The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 469 Emiya's Clever Trick Leads to Urado's Mistake on the Guillotine

Wow, your outrageous lesson plan actually got approved?!

While Emiya meticulously arranged the individual basic course affairs, he was communicating with Nuwa, who was far away, through a magical contract in his mind.

"It will definitely pass. It's precisely because it's so outrageous and unrealistic, yet my abilities are exaggerated and I can't quite control them, that Principal Hohenheim let me through."

So, what's the progress of his investigation of the clock tower?

'I tested the waters with Traloc, the true lord of this castle. He can be won over, or at worst, he'll remain neutral. Then, on the night of enrollment, Nono and the others explored the area and basically confirmed that Hohenheim possesses the Holy Grail. No wonder it attracts so many Servants.'

As for his secret plan to collaborate with the secret society to become the principal, we don't know for now, but it doesn't matter; we don't need to target his plans.

[That's true. With what you have, you can easily win over most of the teachers and students. At that point, he'll be all alone, unable to cause any trouble. They'll have no choice but to listen to you, whether they want to or not.]

Once the lesson plan was approved, Emiya immediately used his class to maximize manpower allocation, dividing all students into four groups: Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind.

Obviously, this wasn't a deliberate attempt to forcibly cosplay the four houses of Hogwarts; in fact, there were three considerations behind it.

The first layer, which is actually divided into four categories—earth, water, fire, and wind—corresponds to the different professional fields of magicians, and can be said to encompass almost everything.

For example, "fire" corresponds to magic or alchemy related to the creation of items. Emiya's own Noble Phantasm projection is a technique specifically used to create powerful weapons for combat.

In addition, Emiya also included swordsmanship for self-defense, which can be interpreted as "aggression like fire." Students who enjoy martial arts or are passionate about unleashing their creativity will likely like this set.

"Wind" is a changeable, dynamic, and unstable element. Therefore, this group corresponds to various types of magic such as transformation, illusion, curse, and divination. Students who are good at performing magic will be classified into this group.

The element of "earth" is the complete opposite of wind, leaning towards stability and weight, and is the foundation upon which the world is built. Therefore, it is exclusive to "territory creation". In addition, it also includes engineering such as the production of large-scale magic props and the construction of magic workshops. For example, Avisbloon's puppet production line factory also belongs to this category.

Water is the source of all life, so Emiya entrusted this group with all the magical creatures he could find related to this singularity to try to cultivate and manage.

Through practice, students will gradually discover which creatures produce materials suitable for magic research, which creatures are suitable for taming, and which creatures are suitable for... being eaten.

The classification of these four groups is tantamount to bringing together people with similar expertise, concentrating their efforts on major tasks, and greatly improving efficiency.

The advantage of the second layer is that Emiya's grouping is essentially bringing all students into the game, meaning that no student can escape it.

He certainly didn't think all the Clock Tower students were suspicious, but considering that Boss Gai had recently suffered a setback at this singularity, and that the train attack on the first day of school was also related to Boss Gai, he might come in to get revenge in a while.

Emiya didn't want this guy to act like Voldemort, creating some bizarre things like a mind-bending diary or possessing the back of someone's head—even the Demon King's level was far more ruthless than a village-level terrorist like the Dark Lord—making him have to investigate student candidates like a detective solving a mystery.

Just in case, Emiya cleverly utilized the four keys to the Chaldea system that Nuwa and others had created in the previous singularity: the sword, the golden cup, the crown, and the locket. For example, the sword Emiya pulled out on the train was one of them.

These four items contain the authority and power of the four elements in the endless sea, and also enhance the original mythological ritual system of Chaldea.

During the previous Singularity Battle, this system connected Emiya and Yaobikuni.

Although the current situation is not for combat and there are no readily available ley lines to use, so the mythical ritual cannot be activated, its most basic function—linking users in—is still intact. As long as the Demon King dares to blend into the student group, he will be exposed and displayed on Chaldea's system backend in no time.

As for the final third layer, Emiya's grand gestures also served to divide and win over the Servants who were acting as professors.

For example, Sister Rain from South America, Sister Rain from South America, Sister Rain from South America...

Regardless of what secret plans Principal Hohenheim might be plotting, his plans always require cooperation to execute; otherwise, Hohenheim would never have gathered so many Casters and even negotiated cooperation with the Secret Party.

However, Emiya, who is backed by Chaldea, has no intention of cooperating with any of Hohenheim's plans. His current approach is to openly bring in as many people as possible from the Clock Tower. Once he gets them on his side, Hohenheim, who will be left with no one, will have no choice but to abandon his plans, no matter how unwilling he is.

As for how to continue motivating other Casters, Emiya doesn't think it will be too difficult. He suggests using the current approach with Ameonna: "reasoning with them and offering incentives" will suffice.

First, we should "reason with them." For example, such a large-scale educational activity would definitely need help from others, and it happens to involve so many areas of magic. Shouldn't teachers from various subjects, such as Avisbro, Helena, and Circe, lend a hand? At the very least, they should step in to show their rigorous scholarship.
Secondly, there's the "enticement with benefits." Emiya can present advanced, high-end products, claiming they are the results of his and his students' research under this teaching model, to attract professors. These professors, acting as Casters, are mostly fervent individuals who are powerless against new technologies and research breakthroughs, making a change in the teaching model for individual basic subjects a natural progression.

Even if they're not the best, they'll still be interested in Chaldea's stuff. They even have several Holy Grails, so they don't really care about them, plus other singularity specialties... Their main selling point is that they have what you have, and they even have what you can't produce. They're just taking advantage of your Clock Tower's recent establishment and shallow foundation, relentlessly poaching your talent.

Hohenheim's move was from the underground level. If he thought that Emiya was all brawn and no brains and that his individual basic teaching methods took too long to be effective, he would be sorely mistaken.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

On the lush green lawn next to the huge castle, many students were banging drums and gongs or using megaphone magic to spread slogans, trying to recruit more people into their groups.

At this point, Emiya, based on the usual grades, had already placed most of the senior students into corresponding groups according to their elective subjects, and also explained to them the characteristics of these four groups and the competitive relationships between them.

Only a few senior students with unclear academic performance tendencies and who were undecided about group assignments, as well as first-year students who had not yet undergone any performance tests, remained.

The magic apprentices who were able to get good grades from the professors at the Clock Tower were all elites. They keenly realized that Emiya's move could be described as establishing an unprecedented "large-scale hobby research group" that did not distinguish between grades, with serious academic courses and instructors to support it, and was not at all a small-scale activity of a few student clubs.

This is a golden opportunity to trick younger students... oh no, I mean to recruit talent!
So when Caster hid behind the Nono sisters and mingled among the freshmen, he felt an immense enthusiasm from the upperclassmen.

"...What? A first-year student? Then you absolutely have to join us!"

The handsome, blond-haired youth, Menek, thumped his chest and shouted, his imposing figure like a majestic lion: "The 'Lionheart Society' of the Fire Academy is recruiting warriors! Do you want to forge your own divine weapons? Do you want to hone your combat skills and achieve heroic feats? Do you want to join the glorious Sealing and Execution Bureau like me? Join us! Let's fight side by side to sweep away the aliens on this land and make Great Britain great again!"

"Hello freshmen! The School of Magic is recruiting talented individuals. We offer free, long-term magic instruction from senior students, access to restricted book sections of the library, and support for magic experiment projects. Early adopters will receive preferential treatment!"

In his youth, Angers was not to be outdone. With his elegant demeanor and youthful vigor, he finally had his moment of triumph and found a way to catch up with and compete with Meneke. The deep friendship between the two was one factor, but surpassing Meneke had always been a major goal in Angers' heart.

Under the guidance of many ancient magic masters in the Clock Tower, he has gradually revealed extraordinary talent and even has an amazing magic idea in his mind: time magic! He wants to gather the help of everyone, including professors, to research a great invention that can interfere with or even reverse time!
However, while Angers is full of ideas, the other geniuses in his group also have their own ideas, some of which are even eccentric and unconventional:
"Praise be to the wisdom of Seraphine, the supreme sagacity of a great soul! The Theosophical Society Club is recruiting, really don't you want to consider it? Mmmmmm—" (He was silenced by a fellow student for trying to slip in a long passage of Theosophical doctrine).

"...Civil Engineering Department is recruiting! Be a dust collector, be a dust soul, be a dust collector to become a superior person...Come and be a dust collector for life!" A senior male student from the Civil Engineering Department shouted listlessly, as if he had been working on his graduation project all night and was still half asleep.

In stark contrast was another radiant and beautiful female senior from the School of Water Resources, her eyes gleaming with shrewdness:

"Want to raise a beautiful and adorable little fairy or spirit? Come to the Water Academy and become a magical creature tamer! Want to acquire dishes that surpass the limits of Britain? Come to the Water Academy's magical creature ingredient distribution center! Want to easily achieve financial freedom? Come to the Water Academy's magical creature material management bureau!"

This immediately caused a stir among the freshmen, who eagerly signed up to join.

When Castor heard this after walking around, he was instantly tempted. No matter how you looked at it, this branch was much better than the other three, with better benefits and more opportunities. It seemed like he wouldn't have to worry about his future financial prospects even after graduation...

"Don't rush to agree."

Nono stopped her and whispered, "Isn't this senior obviously just making empty promises? The division of the colleges has only just begun, the necessary facilities haven't been built yet, and there isn't a single magical creature on campus. Where did all those things she's talking about come from?"

"Yes."

Caster suddenly realized that although she didn't know what empty promises were, she had been bullied by the fairy villagers in the countryside of the fairy kingdom since she was a child, and she knew that some superficial words should not be taken at face value.

She then heard Nono say, "Moreover, since we want to acquire magical creatures, we will inevitably have to go out and participate in the capture and subjugation process, which will involve battles. Instead of thinking about gaining benefits, we should strengthen ourselves."

"what do you mean?"

Erii immediately chimed in, "Of course it's the Fire Institute!"

Nono playfully stuck out her tongue. There was another unspoken reason: without even asking, based on their understanding of Emiya, they could easily guess that this subject group was personally supervised by him. With Emiya involved, why would they worry about not getting other benefits?
"Hmm, I see... What about you, Mashu?" Caster still cared about the opinion of this true academic genius. After all, with the know-it-all girl around, her studies would be easier. Caster's entire set of basic course notes was copied from Mashu's.

"As for me..." Mashu hesitated a bit. She actually preferred to consider the Wind Academy, which had a strong research atmosphere, but Emiya-senpai probably wouldn't personally guide this group.

"Then let's go to the Fire Academy too."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The noisy grouping process was completed quickly, but class was almost over.

The students were quite happy. This new professor was organizing large-scale club activities, arranging field trips, and even not requiring them to memorize texts—he was practically the best person in the world! If there were an award for best professor of the year, they would definitely vote for Emiya without hesitation!
"Students, don't get too excited yet. We've been divided into groups, but this is just the beginning. Those who perform well in the following classes will earn more credits and learn more advanced skills from me, the professor."

Having just finished drawing with the Rain God, Emiya is now drawing pie in the sky with his students. He's getting more and more skilled at it.

He casually tossed his sword and swung it, "Like this—Palmtops of Protection!"

White light shot out from the tip, and the figure instantly solidified, causing the thunder giant that caused the sky to shatter to roar above the clock tower and bring a storm of lightning!

Then another figure emerged from the white light, its towering body radiating astonishing flames as it openly confronted the Thor's incarnation without being at a disadvantage!
This mythical spectacle left the students speechless, prompting gasps and cheers. Some immediately recognized it as the enormous figure that had suddenly appeared after the train was attacked at the start of the school term.

"So it was the professor who made the move that day!"

"Is this something I can watch without paying?"

"Holy crap, professor, I want to learn this!"

After recovering from their initial shock, the students erupted in excited discussion, their enthusiasm palpable.

See? That's why Hohenheim wanted to publicly thank Emiya last night, but Emiya directly declined.

Because Emiya wanted to delay the announcement until today.

In this way, combined with his course, he can create a large, round, and fragrant pie, attracting the vast majority of students and achieving a particularly good teaching effect.

"Charge into the principal's office and seize the position!"

"Hohenheim is mediocre, outwardly strong but inwardly weak, and unworthy of his position!"

Our motto is: No papers needed!

A few students, overly excited, took the lead in shouting.

...This effect seems to be too good.

(End of this chapter)