Abnormal Moon

Working in the guard team is already exhausting enough, with the constant threat of dying in the mouths of monsters. After work, she still has to take care of the shop's business. She's not made of steel, so where does she get all that energy?

The blonde girl laughed nonchalantly, as if it were none of her business.

"Then let's have this set, three servings."

"OK, just a second."

Inoue Takina bowed slightly, grabbed Nishiki Chizuka's arm, and dragged the reluctant Chizuka into the kitchen.

"Alright, I'll start telling you from the beginning."

Roy looked at Nino and Itsuki, whose faces were full of anticipation. He coughed lightly and told them about Ichika and Miku's experiences and current situation in this world.

All the debts have been paid off.

Chapter 300: The Grand Badge

For Nino and Satsuki, Ichika and Miku's disappearance happened more than a month ago.

After the two left together, they never came back. The remaining three sisters were almost driven crazy. They called the police, posted notices... They tried every method they could think of and searched for a whole month, but they couldn't find a trace of the two.

The girls naturally had no intention of giving up, so one day when Nino and Satsuki went out together, the two of them stepped out and inexplicably appeared in this world, in the city of Tokyo, and became refugees.

After spending several days in the refugee camp filled with panic and hunger and cold, they were fortunate enough to be found by Mayor Tono Akiha and taken to a magic school to work as cooks, finally settling into a peaceful life.

They had considered it, too.

Since they were able to travel to this world, could it be that Ichika and Miku, who have been missing for a whole month without any trace, have also traveled here?

The two searched in the refugee camp for a while, but naturally they couldn't find even a trace of Ichika and Miku. With their own lives becoming increasingly difficult to secure, they had no choice but to shift their focus to making a living.

Unexpectedly, just a few days later, Roy came looking for Ichika and Miku.

Only then did they realize that Ichika and Miku had indeed arrived in this world shortly before them, but instead of appearing in Tokyo, they had appeared in another city, Fuyuki, or even outside the city, where they were surrounded by monsters. If Roy and Rin Tohsaka hadn't come to their rescue in time, they would have perished in the monsters' jaws long ago.

"Where are they now?"

Nino looked anxious and quickly asked.

"Serve as a servant in my household."

Roy reassured him and gave an answer.

"Don't worry, they are all safe now."

She's even learning magic tricks.

However, this involves Roy's special physical condition, which is hard for the two sisters to accept if explained. But they will figure it out themselves later, so Roy didn't explain it in detail.

"Great!"

Nino breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Although she felt somewhat uncomfortable that the two sisters had been reduced to servants, she could tell that Roy was a very good master, considering that he had traveled all the way across the wilderness to Tokyo to find Ichika and Miku for their request.

She's much better than that trash Oumaru who says he'll definitely treat them well, but then pushes her out as a shield!

In a world like this, just surviving is already a blessing. Having a powerful and considerate master like Roy is a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

"Lord Roy is indeed a magician?"

May visibly relaxed and then curiously circled around Roy's chest.

There's no magician's badge there, is there?

They had spent some time in Tokyo and knew some unwritten rules: those who wore special badges on their chests were magicians, whose status far surpassed that of ordinary people.

However, Roy wasn't wearing a badge on his chest, which they weren't entirely sure about before.

"Ah, I don't really like wearing badges."

Roy followed her gaze to his chest and understood her confusion.

He casually opened the imaginary pocket, and the sight of the void opening out of thin air shocked the two sisters, who were filled with envy.

Under their watchful eyes, Roy took out his magician's badge.

Unlike the previous simple badges for the last son, this badge has a dark gold color and is obviously made of precious metals.

Nino's gaze fell on the badge he took out. After all, they had taken classes at a magic school and had a basic understanding of the ranks of magicians and the appearance of their corresponding badges.

Then her eyes widened, and she looked on with disbelief.

"Grand... Grand Badge?!"

May was so shocked that her mouth dropped open, and she was speechless for a moment.

Nino's voice suddenly rose several octaves, forcing Takina and Chizuka, who were in the kitchen, to hear her screaming voice even if they didn't want to.

Takina and Chizuka paused simultaneously, exchanged a glance, and both saw deep surprise in each other's eyes.

Grand rank, that's the highest rank for magicians in this world!

In other words, that guy named Roy is the top magician of our time?

Inoue Takina recalled the scene she had witnessed outside the city: Roy using his physical body to run at the speed of a high-speed train and instantly defeating a large cursed spirit. Instead, she felt calmer.

That's true. With that kind of strength, perhaps only the Grand rank is worthy of him.

"It's just an empty shell."

Roy, however, seemed unimpressed and casually tossed the badge onto the table.

Because this badge is indeed just an empty shell, merely a foreskin.

In Japan, the determination of a magician's rank is conducted by the Mage's Association branch in Fuyuki City. Before the Holy Grail War, all magicians must abide by the ranks assigned by the Association, and no one is allowed to forge a rank.

However, on the night of the final battle of the Holy Grail War, the Mage's Association was destroyed, almost all of its members were killed, and its branch castles were razed to the ground.

Even now, the association headquarters in London has not sent anyone to rebuild the branch, clearly indicating that it has given up its management of the neon magicians—without the Greater Grail, there is no profit to be made, so the association naturally doesn't care about this place anymore.

Naturally, the rank badges stored in the association's branches, along with the gold coins, all ended up in the hands of Rin Tohsaka, who had dug up the association's castle.

Therefore, Rin Tohsaka gave one of her Grand Badges to Roy.

"Although it doesn't have association certification, it's enough to impress people if they say it out loud!"

With that sly expression, Rin Tohsaka said something completely out of character for a magician.

Basically, any magician can tell he's a homunculus just by looking at his white hair and red eyes. His highest rank is only the lowest, but ordinary people don't know that. If he pulls out a badge, ordinary people will definitely bow down in worship upon seeing a Grand rank badge.

On the other hand, magicians generally know that androids are exceptionally talented. Even if they despise androids as beings no different from lab rats, they will not underestimate their strength.

Therefore, Roy is generally not underestimated. Tono Akiha only felt that he was not strong enough to solve the problem of the cursed spirits, but did not think that he was weak.

Roy really didn't take the Grand Badge seriously.

But Nino and Satsuki only felt that he was in Versailles, their strange expressions carrying a deep sense of reassurance.

With such a powerful backer, at least there's no need to worry about safety. It shouldn't be a problem to go back to the carefree life I had before.

After all, even Varian, the teacher at the magic school, was only a rank-opening magician. Roy's strength and status were so much higher than his, so as a backer, there was no one more reliable than him.

These past few days of refugee life have truly terrified them.

"This is our first meeting, so please consider these as gifts."

Roy opened the Imaginary Number Pocket again and, under the expectant gazes of the two women, pulled out a stack of rune papers.

"I came to Tokyo on a mission. I will be staying in Tokyo for a few more days and will not be going back immediately. I will be quite busy these few days and may not be able to take care of you. Please keep these talisman papers with you to ensure your personal safety."

Chapter 301 Three Conditions

With a sense of reverence, Nino and Mayu respectfully accepted the talisman paper with both hands.

"Among these rune papers, there are those that automatically deploy barriers, those that automatically launch counterattacks... In short, they are all the type that take effect automatically. Ordinary magical beasts and cursed spirits cannot harm you in the slightest, provided that you carry them with you and never let them out of your sight."

"We got it!"

Although they had no concept of the value of the rune paper, Nino and Itsuki obediently nodded and divided the stack of rune paper into two parts, keeping them close to their bodies.

With this rune paper, Nino and Satsuki felt a strong sense of security.

Regardless of the actual effects, the sense of security that such supernatural power brings is completely different depending on whether it exists or not.

At least in this world, in this city, there's no need to worry about encountering the same situation as before, where we could only watch helplessly as we died during the previous cursed spirit attack.

"But the real source of security is still Lord Roy..."

Nino thought to herself.

When she was pushed out of the church to be used as a shield, she could only wait to die with her eyes open. At this moment, Roy, who appeared and killed the cursed spirit, was like a ray of light.

When it comes to a sense of security, nothing is more powerful than that moment.

Nino glanced at Roy discreetly.

I didn't have time to look closely before, but I didn't expect him to be so handsome!

Noticing her gaze, Roy glanced at her.