A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

Chapter 1227 1220. The Rookie Magician Who Doesn’t Know the Situation

"..."

Girl... Saber still looked at the confused Emiya Shirou calmly, as if she didn't quite understand his behavior.

"No, that's not right. What just happened doesn't count. That's not what I want to ask. In other words..."

"I see. You're not a regular Master, right?"

"what……?"

"But, even so, you are still my Master. Since we have exchanged contracts, I will not betray you. There is no need to be so vigilant."

"Well……?"

Oops……

Although I could understand every word she said, I couldn't understand what she was saying together.

Emiya Shirou felt helpless.

"No. My name is not Master..."

"Then let's go with Shirou. Well, for me, I also prefer this pronunciation."

"…………!"

When she said the word Shirou, Emiya Shirou thought that fire was probably coming out of his face.

Because generally speaking, shouldn’t you use the surname instead of the given name when you meet someone for the first time?!?

"Wait, why are you yelling────"

"it hurts……!"

Suddenly, my left hand felt numb.

“It’s so hot…!”

The back of my hand is getting hot.

The left hand was burning hot.

There was a strange tattoo-like emblem engraved on it.

"Varied……"

"Those are called Command Seals, Shirou. They are the three powers that bind us Servants, and they are also the qualifications for being a Master. Please refrain from using them carelessly."

"you you……"

What on earth was it? When Emiya Shirou was finally about to ask this time, the girl's senses suddenly became alert.

"...Shirou, please treat the wound."

The girl said in a cold voice.

When she spoke, her attention was not on Emiya Shirou, but on the distance - outside the wall.

  Emiya Shirou didn't have such keen senses, so he was a little confused about the girl's words. Treatment, did she mean for him to do it...?

"Wait a minute, you're not saying this to me, are you? Sorry, I don't know how to do magic that difficult, and isn't it already healed?"

Saber frowned slightly.

"..." Shirou Emiya felt as if he had said something that he shouldn't have said.

“…Then I will face the enemy like this. Although the automatic repair is only superficial, there should be no problem in fighting again…” the girl said helplessly.

"...? Once again, what do you mean?"

"There are two enemies outside. With this level of pressure, they should be defeated in a few seconds."

Saber jumped lightly as she spoke.

Just like Lancer, he flew over the wall and went outside.

The only one left was Emiya Shirou, who was left in the courtyard.

"…Are there enemies outside?"

As he said it, he understood what the situation was like.

"Wait, are you saying you still want to fight...!"

His body moved. Without a second thought, Emiya Shirou ran towards the door with all his strength.

“Hahahahahahaha!”

He ran to the door, hastily unlatched it and rushed outside.

“Saber, where is she…!?”

  He gazed in the dark night

At this time, the moon was blocked and the surroundings were enclosed in darkness.

  But────

A sound was heard nearby.

“Over there…!”

He ran into an empty alley.

"what?"

It happened in a split second.

In front of Saber there was a man wearing a red coat.

The man in red was attacked by Saber and his body was unable to defend himself. He was about to receive a fatal blow.

And behind his back.

The figure watching Saber under the protection of the man in red was undoubtedly someone Emiya Shirou knew.

"Stop..."

Emiya Shirou stretched his left hand forward and pulled his throat away.

He didn't know where the man in red came from.

But after he falls to the ground, Saber will surely attack the person behind him without hesitation.

This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed.

He couldn't bear to watch her being killed!

“Stop, Saber─────!!!!!!”

“Ugh!?”

Suddenly there was a slight stinging pain.

One of the marks carved on the back of his left hand disappeared.

It seems like this is the price to pay.

Saber stopped the attack that should have been unstoppable.

“Hmm—”

For a moment, the silver helmet stopped moving as if petrified.

Taking advantage of this gap, the man in red immediately distanced himself.

"That guy -- the one from before?"

Can't go wrong.

The red knight was the guy that Lancer had just fought.

"..."

So, the girl behind that guy is... this man's Master?

That... I don't dare to imagine it, but that's probably the case, right? Emiya Shirou roughly understood the situation.

"Are you crazy, Shirou? If we had continued like that just now, we would have been able to defeat Archer and his Master. But you used the Command Seal and missed this great opportunity!" The girl's tone was somewhat dissatisfied.

"..."

Emiya Shirou was speechless.

No, even if you say so, what can he do?

He has no idea what the situation is.

You can't just watch someone you know being killed by the girl who just saved him, right?

"Master, please take back your instructions. With your attitude, even an opponent who can be defeated will become unstoppable."

Saber once again raised the "something" in her hand.

  In front of her was the man in red who she had failed to defeat just now────

“…No. Stop it first, Saber. To be honest, I am totally confused right now. Besides, the person you are planning to attack is someone I know. I can’t watch her being attacked by you.”

"What are you talking about? She is Archer's Master. She is our enemy. If we don't get rid of her here..."

"?"

enemy?

  That red-clothed man and that Toosaka Rin are enemies?

"...I don't know about this. Besides, even though you call me Master, I don't know anything about it. What does Master mean? You should at least explain it to me."

"Having said that, but..."

Saber looked very embarrassed, and her words began to become unclear.

On the other side. "──I see. I think I understand what's going on. You have no idea what it means to be a Master, right? You are what we call a rookie Master who is not aware of the situation?"

A polite but harsh voice came towards Emiya Shirou.

Shirou Emiya followed the direction of the voice and saw in front of him a man in red and a girl in uniform coming out from behind him.

"call……"

He couldn't help but swallow.

It seems that he is not seeing things.

The person next to the man in red is undoubtedly Toosaka Rin.

"Tousaka Rin..."

Emiya Shirou didn't know what to say.

He also knew that the man behind Toosaka was not human.

That person, like Saber, does not belong to this world.

  Then...Tohsaka who is with him is of course also a Master, but what does this mean?

"Huh? So you know me. What? This makes things much easier. Anyway, good evening, Emiya-san."

Does she have any intention? Emiya Shirou was a little confused when he saw that Tousaka actually greeted him with a smile.

“Ah… eh?”

In this situation, Emiya Shirou was speechless.

  After hearing her natural greeting, it seemed as if all the strange things that had happened so far were just a lie, and I subconsciously wanted to say hello back────

"You... you idiot, what's wrong with you? Good evening. Toosaka, you..."

"Yes, you and I are both masters. In other words, we are magi. We have similar identities, so there is no need to hide it, right?"

"You mean, a magician? No way, you are a magician, Toosaka...!?"

Shirou Emiya opened his eyes wide and pointed his finger at Toosaka carelessly.

“Ah──────”

...Oh no.

For some reason, Toosaka was staring at him as if she was very unhappy.

"Ah, no, that's not it. That's not what I wanted to say."

"...I see. I see. So that's what's going on with you, right? You don't know the slightest bit about what's going on?"

Toosaka glanced at us and turned back to the man behind her.

"Archer, excuse me, could you please transform back into spirit form for a moment? I'm a little mad."

"That doesn't matter... What do you mean by angry?"

"It means exactly what it says. I can't bear the shame if I don't let him know the current situation. You have no right to appear before this, so disappear first. Saber wouldn't put away her sword if you were here."

"Huh, you're forcing me again. But since it's an order, I have no choice but to accept it... Let me give you a piece of advice, what you want to do is unnecessary."

The man disappeared like a phantom.

"To-Tousaka, what was that just now!?"

"Don't worry about it until we get inside. You don't know anything anyway, Emiya-san. Don't worry, I will tell you everything even if you say you don't want to."

Throwing down these words, Toosaka walked quickly towards the door.

"Eh...wait a minute, Toosaka, what are you thinking about...?"

Emiya Shirou subconsciously stopped shouting.

  At this time────

When Toosaka turned around, her expression was completely different from the smile she had just shown.

"You're so stupid. I've been thinking about a lot of things. That's why I said I'd tell you. Emiya-san, it's okay to be surprised by a sudden situation, but sometimes if you don't accept it honestly, it may cost you your life. By the way, you should know that the current situation is very serious, right?"

"……Well."

"I'm glad you understand. Let's go, then, to Emiya-san's house. Is that okay with you, Saber? In return for letting us go, I will tell your Master a lot of things."

"...Okay. Although I don't know what your intention is, as long as you are helping the Master, I will restrain myself."

Toosaka walked into the door of Emiya's residence.

"...That guy seems very angry?"

Emiya Shirou didn't know why Toosaka Rin was angry.

It just feels so baffling.

It should be said that everything that happened tonight was very confusing to him.

By the way, this guy... seems to be 180 degrees different from the impression she gave in school...

  ······

I don't know why this weird situation happened.

In front of him was the campus idol walking briskly, Toosaka Rin, whom Emiya Shirou admired, and behind him was the blonde girl who followed him silently, Saber, who called herself a Servant.

"..."

what.

Shirou Emiya felt as if the corridor had become a different dimension.

Then again, he couldn't always be timid.

He was still half-witted, but still a magician.

It seems that even Tousaka, who is also a magician, can be so open and aboveboard.

If he doesn't cheer up, he will be looked down upon.

…Having said that, there are only some minor things that come to mind.

First, following behind him was Saber.

She called herself the master, and judging from the fact that she had signed a contract, she was most likely a familiar.

The so-called familiar is said to be a kind of auxiliary thing that helps the magician.

Most of them are transplanted from a part of the magician's body and used as a clone.

A familiar is a magician's assistant.

Therefore, in order to avoid burdening the magician as much as possible, small animals that do not require much magical power should be used to perform the task.

That's what she heard, but...

"? Is there something wrong, Shirou?" Perhaps feeling Shirou Emiya's gaze, the blonde girl was a little confused.

"Ah... no, nothing."

Emiya Shirou also realized that his gaze was very rude.

Saber looked like a human being no matter how you looked at her. And she was obviously superior to him, her Master.

Facing such a person, he didn't have the magic power to restrain her. Besides... he didn't even have the magic circuits to command a familiar.

"..."

Therefore, Emiya Shirou thought that Saber must be slightly different from a familiar.

She calls herself a Servant.

He didn't know what it was, but whether it was the man named Lancer or the man in red that Toosaka brought, he thought it was the same thing.

Saber said that Tousaka is also a Master.

  So, a magician with servants is called a Master, right?

...Tousaka also seems to be a magician, so there's no reason for him to know where she comes from.

The Emiya family is a group of outsiders who came to this city from my father's generation.

So Emiya Shirou didn't know that Toosaka was a magician, and it seemed that Toosaka didn't know that he was learning magic.

...In this city, there were more than one magus who he didn't know about.

  If the one called Lancer is also a Servant of another magician, does that mean that he has already stepped into the fight between magicians?

"..."

"Wow, this place is quite big. A Japanese-style house is quite fresh. Ah! Emiya-san, is that the living room?"

As she said this, Toosaka walked into the living room and seemed to be quite curious about everyone around her, without any sign of nervousness at all.

"..."

So much for thinking.

Anyway, Emiya Shirou entered the living room to listen to Toosaka's explanation.

He turned on the light.

The hour hand pointed to one o'clock in the morning.

"Wow, it's so cold! What's going on? Aren't all the window glasses broken?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. I was attacked by that guy called Lancer. I couldn't think of anything else at the time!"

"Ah, that's what happened. So before you called Saber out, you fought him alone?"

(End of this chapter)