Miss Surtr will ignite the world

He definitely couldn't bring the person down from the fourth floor; that would be too dangerous, not only for himself but also for the other person. But there was a platform between the third and fourth floors, so at least he could help the person down to the platform, which was much safer than being on the balcony.

However, when he looked up, he no longer saw the little girl.

A girl who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, with long red hair and a pair of obsidian-like sharp horns on her head, stood by the fence, her dark purple eyes quietly watching him.

The other party is abnormal.

Even though he was just a third-rate magician, Shirou Emiya could vaguely sense that the girl in front of him was definitely an extraordinary being.

The two horns on the opponent's head are most likely not just decorations.

"Don't open your mouth, or you'll bite your tongue."

A vague reminder. Before Shirou Emiya could react, he felt a blur before his eyes, and a sense of weightlessness washed over him.

"what!"

The sound involuntarily escaped his lips, and after a dizzying moment, his vision was filled with black asphalt.

There was a metallic taste of blood in his mouth, so it seemed he had indeed bitten his tongue.

Like carrying luggage, Surtr lifted Shirou Emiya's clothes by the back and placed them on the ground.

Then, *smack*.

The other person's face made intimate contact with the ground.

fsn: Chapter Sixteen Because He Was Illiterate

"Hey, it hurts."

Because of the close proximity, no one was injured, but pain was still inevitable.

Standing up, Shirou Emiya rubbed his slightly red nose and looked at Surtr.

"Um, who are you?"

He subconsciously used honorifics. Although the other person looked to be about the same age as him, the strength he had just displayed was clearly not that of an ordinary person.

"My name is Surtr."

Surtr looked the boy over, and the boy's wish resurfaced in his mind.

I want to become a partner of justice.

It was a wish with a very generous reward, but the conditions for fulfilling it were quite ambiguous. She hadn't thought much about it before because she thought it would be too troublesome, but since she had encountered it again, she might as well give it a try, since she was quite free at the moment.

'By the way, what are the criteria for fulfilling this wish? Also, am I obligated to help him until he becomes a champion of justice?'

Surtr asked in his mind.

Whether a wish is granted is determined by the person who made the request. If Shirou Emiya feels he has become a champion of justice, then the wish will be granted.

[The host needs to make a significant impact on the process of the other party becoming a partner of justice. The system will provide different levels of rewards based on the degree of impact.]

'A pivotal influence? For example?'

[For example, how should one become an ally of justice? Should one follow in the footsteps of the Heroic Spirit Emiya, or choose to be an ally of justice for one person?]

It turned out to be the case.

In other words, she was to become the other person's life mentor, which was quite troublesome for Miss Surtr, who preferred to take action rather than talk.

'If I could brainwash someone using magic...'

Surtr unconsciously thought of Medea's earlier words, but before he could finish speaking, a large X appeared in front of him.

Brainwashing is absolutely forbidden. Host, please do not try to cheat or evade responsibility.

'I was just thinking about it.'

The fact that the host could even think of something like this already indicates a serious problem with their thinking.

System Miss's Sharp Commentary.

I believe I have a fairly sound set of values.

Surtr muttered to herself that she must have been influenced by Medea, and that it was all Medea's fault for saying things like "brainwashing".

The conversation with the system didn't last long before Shirou Emiya's somewhat restrained voice came through.

"Um, hello. My name is Emiya Shirou. Thank you for saving me. Did you rescue the girl on the balcony earlier?"

"Yes, I handed her over to the nearby police."

Surtr nodded.

For this, she received a reward of fifty Originium Stones.

It wasn't just the girl's, but also the other residents in the apartment.

Extinguishing the flames helped them a great deal; we should have more of these kinds of things where you can get raw stones with just a tap of your finger.

"Great."

Emiya Shirou breathed a sigh of relief, genuinely happy for the girl.

Surtr, meanwhile, was mentally calculating how to complete the mission.

Through her memories of her past life, she knew that the boy in front of her was a complete altruist, because his childhood experiences had given him a distorted sense of justice and a spirit of self-sacrifice.

For him, the value of life is helping others.

Miss Surtr could not understand this selfless act of helping others.

She wasn't a psychology expert and didn't have any solutions for the other person's personality.

But if she were to offer advice on the other party's actions as a partner in justice, she felt there was no problem with it.

Of course, this is all contingent on the dialogue continuing.

"Your name is Emiya Shirou, right? It sounds a bit like the name of someone I know."

Looking at Shirou Emiya in front of him, Surtr suddenly spoke.

"His name is Emiya Kiritsugu, a guy with black spiky hair and eyes like a dead man. Do you know him?"

Compared to awkward small talk about "the weather is nice today," starting with someone the two people know is undoubtedly much more effective.

"Kiritsugu?"

Emiya Shirou's tone was one of surprise as if he had heard a familiar name from a stranger.

The surname Emiya is not common in the Far East, and he couldn't think of anyone else who could match the characteristics the other person pointed out, except for his adoptive father.

However, the look in his eyes, as if he were dead, is a bit too much, even though it's true.

"He is my adoptive father. Are you an acquaintance of Kiritsugu?"

Emiya Shirou was puzzled. The other person didn't look much older than him. Where did Kiritsugu get to know him?

"No, it's just that I'm more familiar with him on my own. After all, he's quite famous among magicians."

Surtr's gaze swept over a snow-white figure by the roadside, and he pointed to the side, indicating that the other person should talk as they walked.

"famous?"

Shirou Emiya's curiosity was successfully piqued, and he followed Surtr and asked.

Even though he had lived with Kiritsugu Emiya for many years, he knew practically nothing about him except that he was a magician.

"Yes, he's known as the Magician Killer. He's a rather cold-blooded guy who'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals."

Surtr recalls her memories of Kiritsugu Emiya.

"How could that be! Kiritsugu has always been a gentle person."

Emiya Shirou's tone rose a few decibels, as if he didn't believe the other person's explanation.

In his memory, Kiritsugu Emiya was an incredibly great person, and he still remembered the emotion in the other man's eyes when he saved him, an emotion that seemed to be a sense of redemption.

Moreover, the other party has a naive ideal of wanting to become a partner of justice.

"I'm just stating the facts. Of course, I won't argue with you, because people change in different environments."

"He is naive, he is cold-blooded, and he is also gentle."

"In my opinion, he is a rather contradictory person. Out of curiosity, I specifically looked into him. After learning everything, I think that Kiritsugu Emiya is a pitiful guy tormented by his obsession."

Surtr walked ahead, stretched out his hand, and a white dove, as beautiful as a work of art, fell from the sky and landed on his arm.

"Obsession? Does Kiritsugu have any obsessions?"

Emiya Shirou frowned, a vague guess forming in his mind.

"It's that guy who 'wanted to become a champion of justice.' Since you're his adopted son, you should know him, right?"

"But that's Kiritsugu's ideal."

His tone was somewhat angry; he didn't understand why the other person would say that.

There is still a big gap between obsession and ideal.

"To give you an example, you should know about the trolley problem, right?"

Surtr snapped his fingers and asked.

"Yes, it's that thought experiment about controlling the train, whether it hits five people or one person, right?"

Emiya Shirou nodded.

So, which side would you choose?

"How can we possibly choose like this? There must be another way."

Emiya Shirou blurted it out almost without thinking.

"That's what a normal person would think, right?"

Surtr nodded.

If it were her, she would probably first think of a solution, and if that didn't work, she would simply let them fend for themselves.

Although she would help others because of her own education, she honestly wouldn't care at all if a stranger died in front of her.

“But Kiritsugu Emiya is different. If it were him, he would definitely kill the side with fewer people without hesitation.”

"How could this be!"

Emiya Shirou instinctively denied it; he didn't think the gentle foster father he remembered would do such a thing.

"This is the person I know."

Surtr told the other party to calm down.

"Emiya Kiritsugu's past experiences made him realize that if you want to protect one part, you have to sacrifice another. After so many years as an assassin, this idea has been etched into his mind."

"He might have said something similar to you."

Emiya Shirou remained silent, because the other person had indeed said that. Whenever he recalled the other person's lifeless eyes, he felt that perhaps it wasn't impossible.

Before he left, Kiritsugu said he had given up his dream. Was it because reality made him give up?

"That's why I say it's an obsession. People with ideals will seek more possibilities, but obsession often leads people to extremes."

Surtr summarized.

Listening to the other person's words, a sense of dread inexplicably crept up Shirou Emiya's spine.

It's as if the other person isn't talking about Kiritsugu, but about themselves.

"Then, isn't there a way to save everyone?"

Emiya Shirou asked.

He inherited Kiritsugu's ideals, but he did not want to inherit his methods.

At least for now, he still firmly believes that there is a way to save everyone.

Why do you think Kiritsugu Emiya failed?

Surtr countered with a question.

"This is so sudden."

He only found out today that Emiya Kiritsugu was an assassin, so how could he know why the other party failed?

"Is it because he's not strong enough?"