Shirou, who returned from the Fairy Kingdom

Shirou shook his head innocently; it wasn't someone he knew.

"You are……?"

The blindfolded Lolita girl cheerfully grasped Shirou's hand, while Luvia made a "tsk" sound.

"Hehehe! It may be presumptuous of me to talk about the recently popular 'Magic Eye Girl' when asked about it!"

Yvette L. Lehman is the owner of the mineral Kokishua!

As a prestigious family with a deep understanding of magic, it's only natural that the Lehman family would be frequent entrants to the Magic Eye Collection Train auctions! *Snap!*

Suddenly, a lot of proper nouns that Shirou didn't know popped up.

Ore Kokishua... I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before...?

Seeing his bewildered expression, Yvette smiled and said, "I am Professor Kenneth's student."

"what……!"

Shirou finally remembered.

Ore science, isn't that the discipline ruled by the El-Melloi faction to which Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald belonged?

Shirou wasn't very familiar with the internal structure of the Clock Tower, but he did know that Lord El-Melloi controlled the Minerals Department.

"I see, so you're Kenneth's student."

The girl held Shirou's hand tightly, revealing a sweet and lovely smile:

"That's right, that's right! People often hear Mr. Kenneth talk about your heroic deeds!"

I was deeply moved after hearing those stories; they were absolutely amazing!

To be honest, he's an admirer of yours and has wanted to meet you for a long time.

Why tell such an obvious lie?

"…………well?"

“How could Kenneth talk about my affairs with outsiders so casually?”

After Shirou said that, the eyepatch girl's smile froze.

Kenneth, back at the Clock Tower, couldn't just talk about Shirou, in order to cover up the truth of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

Of course, this doesn't mean Kenneth would completely avoid that experience, but at least—he wasn't a man so frivolous as to talk about such things with his students.

"What is your purpose in approaching me?" Shirou questioned.

The atmosphere became tense, and Rin Tohsaka and Luvia looked serious.

"Hahaha, you've been exposed~"

Yvette released Shirou's hand, stared at his face, and muttered, "...He's even more amazing than I imagined."

"You!"

Luvia was about to stand up and confront the other party when Shirou stopped her.

He intended to keep a low profile and did not want to cause a commotion on the train.

Yvette confessed, "I'm actually a spy who's been lurking around Professor Kenneth."

Of course, investigating Mr. Kenneth's experiences in the Far East ten years ago was also part of my job.

Rin Tohsaka and Luvia both looked surprised.

As young magicians who aspired to join the Clock Tower, they had naturally heard rumors of the fierce factional struggles there.

The aristocracy led by Barthezello, the democracy led by Transpelio, and the neutrality led by Meastia.

Kenneth's El-Melloi faction belonged to aristocracy, so this girl must be a spy from either democracy or neutrality.

Shirou had no interest in the infighting among the nobles; he was only concerned with the secrecy surrounding the Holy Grail War: "How far have you gotten in your investigation?"

"I can't say, but..."

The pink Lolita gave a playful smile.

"Shirou Amamiya, the claim that you're a living legend at the Clock Tower... that's definitely not a lie, is it?"

As a special reward for exposing my acting skills, let me tell you: it's useless to try to keep a low profile on the train.

After all, everyone sitting in this carriage...everyone, they all seemed casually busy with their own things—

Actually, everyone has been secretly watching you from the very beginning.

"!!"

The girl's flippant words were like a spark falling into a pot of boiling oil, instantly causing the air to boil.

Although no one spoke, one could sense the unease among the magicians sitting in the carriage.

Shirou: "..."

No wonder he felt several pairs of eyes on him every now and then, ever since he started waiting on the platform.

Oh, I see... I was already marked.

I said, you—

Ignoring Luvia's protesting gaze, Yvette sat down next to Shirou on her own.

"Is it alright? Won't you be at odds with everyone?" Shirou asked.

Yvette fiddled with her star-shaped eye patch, saying dismissively, "It's okay, it's okay~"

Magicians, after all, are beings born to be enemies of everyone.

Shirou felt the girl still had value, so he didn't send her away. He then asked, "You just said I'm famous in the Clock Tower. What's that all about?"

He was extremely unwilling: Had all his meticulous intelligence control measures been completely useless? Had all the intelligence about the Holy Grail War been exposed long ago?

The girl tilted her head and said, "This is a secret known to everyone in the Clock Tower—"

The Aozaki sisters and the witch of Kuonji Temple are hiding a common lover in the Far East.

Shirou: "Ah..."

Wasn't it famous because of the Holy Grail War?

So this is what a living legend means...

Shirou looked speechless, while Yvette laughed cheerfully, "Hehe... Nobody cares about those small-scale magic rituals from the Far East except my boss."

What everyone cares about is your rumored relationship with the Aozaki sisters and the witch.

You can simultaneously control the Aozaki sisters, who are incompatible like fire and water, and even the ethereal first magician, the princess of the Kuonji family, falls in love with you...

If this isn't a legend, then what is?!

She's about my age, but her harem is really outrageous!

Speaking of which, these two must be new members of the harem...

The girl with the eye patch gave Rin Tohsaka and Luvia a meaningful look.

"...Gudong."

The two swallowed nervously.

Yvette covered her lips and smiled seductively: "No, that's impossible... Her standards as a woman are far too low."

"You're really being rude!"

"That's it!"

Luvia and Rin Tohsaka slammed their fists on the table and stood up at the same time.

They really do get along well... Shirou thought.

Yvette completely ignored the two people and moved closer to Shirou to ask.

"So, can you tell me about your affairs with the Aozaki sisters and the witch?"

"Of course I can't say."

"Hey~ don't be so stingy, just tell them! Do you guys have 4P when you meet up in private?"

"You actually managed to reconcile the Aozaki sisters in bed... You're incredibly skilled! Do you practice some kind of bedroom arts? Teach me!"

Shirou: "…………"

The cute-looking Lolita girl didn't hold back in saying things like "4P" and "bedroom techniques," which made Shirou's scalp tingle.

Even for the sake of Rin and Luvia's education, Shirou wished he could throw her out of the car window immediately.

Just as he was about to quiet Yvette down a bit, a sudden chill ran through him.

"Shut your irritating mouth... you dog of Meastia."

"!"

Yvette's face turned deathly pale, and she literally lost her voice.

Shirou turned around and saw an old man with white hair and beard, as thin as a withered tree, standing there with a cane.

He wore glasses and his chest and fingers were adorned with jewels, but rather than being luxurious, he resembled a corpse covered in jewels, leaving a deep impression of loneliness.

There were nearly twenty top magicians from various fields in this carriage, but the old man's aura was completely different from the others—his presence was on a completely different level.

"Lord Euryphus... he actually came!?"

It is unknown who uttered that trembling whisper.

The old man before them was one of the twelve Lords of the Clock Tower, the King of the Dead who ruled the Department of Spirit Summoning.

Kenneth's mentor and father-in-law, Rufreus Nazele Ulrich.

"You are... Amamiya Shirou...?"

The old man let out a sneer of utter contempt, while meticulously scrutinizing the red-haired youth with his cloudy, dull eyes.

The boy, however, paid no attention to the intimidating gaze and responded with fearlessness.

However—Shirou didn't notice at the time.

Following behind the monarch, two girls, slightly younger than him, were also silently watching him.

Reines Archizorti, a young woman from the El-Melloi branch family, attends the auction with her uncle as a follower.

Olga Marie Asmirette Animusfia, the daughter of a monarch, was sent here by her father, a fellow member of the aristocratic faction, who dismissed her superiors in a perfunctory manner.

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Volume 6, Chapter 280: The universally loved Shirou, Rin and Luvia finally go berserk.

The old man, resembling a withered tree and an old man reminiscent of a noble mummy, stared at Shirou with terrifying eyes and uttered a hoarse voice.

"Sora has been saying ever since she came back from Japan... that she met a prodigy in the Far East who surpassed Kenneth... that was you... Amamiya Shirou..."

Shirou said calmly, "So that's what Miss Sora said?"

She's exaggerating! I clearly don't have any talent at all.

"Even if you don't say it, I can tell..."

Monarch Euryphus – Luphileus Nazele Euryphus.

Among the aristocratic factions, the monarch known as the most ancient and conservative force was this old man.

"..."

Rin Tohsaka and Luvia felt short of breath, and even their thinking became sluggish.

Not only was he inside the "Demon Eye Collection Train," which was essentially a demonic realm, but the old man's body also emanated an excessively strong "aura of death."

The Lord of the Spirit Summoning Department...!

The so-called spirit summoning, as the name suggests, refers to the magic of summoning the soul of the dead and making it obey according to their needs.

"The dead bow down to Euryphus," the girls had read in books.