Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Shiomi also had to admit that Rin, who possessed the attributes of the five elements, was indeed better than Sakura in some ways.

It was precisely because of this slightly jealous motive for Sakura that Shiomi did not allow Sakura and Rin to take his magic class together.

Sakura's magic skills were all taught by Morgan.

Since the students' qualifications are similar, the only option is to widen the gap in the teacher's level.

"In three months, Mr. Tokiomi will start transferring the seal to his daughter ahead of schedule." Shiomi continued, "and let Rin take over as the next head of the Tohsaka family. This matter has also been reported to the Magic Association."

From then on, Tokiomi would only act as a father and take care of many chores of the Tōsaka family for Rin before she came of age.

Although he could no longer continue to teach his daughter as a magician, he was still not too dissatisfied with the current situation.

Being alive is better than anything else.

"Magic Association..." Waver muttered.

A few days after the end of the Holy Grail War, Waver, as a surviving magus, received a war report.

In front of him, Shiomi Tianxi killed Kenneth and his servants in a head-on battle.

"Don't look at me like that. The Holy Grail War is a matter of life and death. Kenneth himself has this awareness." Xi Jian raised his eyebrows.

"I know." Weber sighed.

Ever since he found out about this, he began to feel that he was somewhat responsible for Kenneth's death.

If the King of Conquerors' Master was Kenneth instead of Waver, the outcome of the battle between the Sensei and Shiomi would be uncertain.

"So, Mr. Weber, you're not going back to England?" Shiomi asked, "You were the student who skipped classes from the Clock Tower to participate in the Holy Grail War, right?"

"I will probably take a break from school for a while." Weber said naturally, "After that, I plan to travel around the world and see things I never thought I would know."

The world is extremely vast, and therefore, there are countless things waiting for Weber to understand.

"Sure enough... the existence of a king will affect a person." Shiomi said with deep sympathy.

After hearing this, Irisviel couldn't help but laugh.

After the chat, Irisviel went to reunite with her husband and the family drove to Miyama Town.

Emiya Kiritsugu bought a house there and is currently renovating it, probably planning to settle down there.

Weber also went to the shopping mall in Xindu to purchase supplies for the trip.

"Already finished talking?"

Morgan, who was having snacks upstairs with Sakura and Kallen, came back downstairs after making sure everyone else had left.

She was still wearing the green kimono and seemed to like the clothes that Shimizu chose for her.

"Now that we're done talking, we can go to the park to enjoy the cherry blossoms later." Xijian said this while deliberately looking at Sakura.

Kallen covered her mouth and laughed strangely, "Are you looking at your sister, or the flowers on the tree?"

"Dad!" Sakura protested to Shiomi dissatisfiedly.

Shiomi dodged while saying something else to Morgan.

"I don't plan to live in Fuyuki or Japan forever. In two years, when Sakura and Kallen grow up a little bit, I will take them out to travel from time to time to increase their knowledge and experience." Shiomi Dan closed his eyes, "So I need to give you a fake identity to conceal your identity to a certain extent."

After all, the Servant is a high-level familiar and a famous witch, so it is inevitable that trouble will arise.

"what do you mean?"

"I need to come up with another fake name. If you have a good idea, you can tell me. Time is not urgent."

Morgan held his chin and thought for a moment.

"It won't take that long, actually. I've already thought of it. I'll keep your last name, and the first name——"

She gave Xi Jian a look that was so gentle that she was speechless, and she spoke the name.

"Let's just call her Toneriko."

Ending

Thank you all for your company. Today, the first volume of this book has finally come to an end.

I don’t know if the final development will satisfy everyone.

If there are any shortcomings, please forgive me.

As my first Fate fanfiction, I feel quite lucky. For example, the anniversary servants that were implemented this summer and the latest FGO setting collection released in August played a very important role in the writing process of this book.

As you can see, the plot of the first volume is based on the timeline of FZ.

Next, I can give you a brief update on the reservations for the next two volumes.

The second volume will mainly talk about Shiomi Tenkei's life as a magician in the Clock Tower, and the story mainly corresponds to the part of "The El-Melloi II Case Files".

I think some readers may have guessed that the third volume is actually going to connect to the fifth Holy Grail War in the FGO timeline. After all, Morgan has appeared, and the plot is definitely moving in that direction (laughs).

I hope that my advance notice will not affect the reading experience of those who are still following the book.

Finally, let me give a brief explanation about the protagonist’s setting.

The name Xijian Tianxi carries a certain degree of personal connotation.

The surname Shiomi comes from the official default name of the heroine in "Persona 3 Portable", Kotone Shiomi.

Tianxi happened to see the pen name of a writer named Hasegawa Tianxi and thought it sounded nice, so he chose it.

And it just so happens that Tianxi and Tianqi have the same pronunciation in Japanese.

So that’s how it was finally decided.

As for the setting of the male protagonist, there were subtle adjustments during the writing process, so I secretly made some changes to the initial prologue. As for the specific reasons, please allow me to keep it confidential for the time being.

Finally, thank you again for your support.

Although it is the National Day holiday, I will not be lazy and will try my best to fulfill the reward for extra chapters.

I wish you all a happy National Day.

Life in the Shadow Kingdom (1)

"Successful!"

"too slow!"

Using the smoke created by the explosive fire magic bombing to interfere with vision, Shiomi Tianxi took the opportunity to come to the back and launch an attack on the opponent in front of him.

But before he could stab him with the gun, the opponent turned around faster and knocked him down.

After rolling several times on the hard and uneven stone ground, Shiomi's body stopped after hitting the stone wall.

"hiss……"

Shiomi lay there gasping for air.

With that strike just now, the gun had hit one of his shoulder blades right on the other, and Shiomi almost thought his bones were going to break.

Even with the help of the healing rune, the pain in the body could not be avoided.

Seeing the slender purple figure falling in front of him, Shiomi habitually reached out to grab the gun that had fallen aside, preparing to get up and continue fighting with the person in front of him.

"Let's stop here today. Your body is almost at its limit." The woman with long purple hair lightly hooked her toes, and Shiomi's gun flew up and landed in her hands.

After receiving the declaration of end, Shiomi finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued to lie on the ground motionless.

Although there was no way to measure time in this place, and the passage of time could not be seen, and the sky was always overcast, Shiomi could still barely use his body sense to estimate that the training lasted about a whole day.

The fatigue alone made his whole body ache, so he simply lay on the ground and waited for Rune to recover.

"There's been progress. I was originally just trying to test the waters, but surprisingly you can hold on so well." The woman half squatted down and said to Shiomi happily.

"Can I hold on? It was obviously you who refused to say stop, Master..." Xi Jian closed his eyes, not wanting to look at the pretty face whose hair was not even messy.

This place is called the Kingdom of Shadows, and the person he calls his master is the mistress, or queen, who guards this kingdom.

Scathach.

Xijian could hardly count how long ago he had come here, but he just felt that a long time had passed.

Because he was able to survive in this land, Scathach was very satisfied with his qualifications and accepted him as her disciple.

Of course Shiomi could refuse, but if she did that she would just leave him alone in the wilderness.

Tired of fighting the undead, Shiomi readily accepted the offer to become the apprentice.

"Really? I think that was just a test. My disciple can certainly hold on to this level." Scathach said.

"Okay..." Xi Jian half opened his eyes, "So Master, did you show mercy today?"

he asked again.

Training like this, which is like vomiting blood in a marathon, is not new.

But he felt that today was not that difficult - even though he still lost in the end.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to say that. It seems that we can move on to more difficult content during the next training." There was a dangerous signal in Scathach's smile.

Shiomi realized that what was done was too late, so he got up from the ground and leaned against the stone wall of the castle.

And Scathach also sat down next to Shiomi in a very casual and unrestrained manner.

"But then again, there really is nothing here," said Shiomi. "Nothing to eat, nothing to drink... I'm really lucky I'm still alive."

Scathach smiled knowingly, "Not entirely. Unlike outside, the source of mana here is still strong. As long as there is enough mana, we can survive."

She stretched out her hand, and the magic power naturally gathered in her hand, just a millimeter away from crystallization.

"When you are tired, use magic to fight fatigue. When you are hungry, use magic to fight hunger. When you are injured, use magic to recover yourself." Scathach said, "You don't even need me to teach you things of this level."

"Uh..." Xi Jian grinned but couldn't explain clearly.

He thought that Scathach had given him some kind of magical protection, but in fact it seemed to be just the opposite.

"From this point of view alone, your talent in this area is already the best among all the disciples I have taught." Scathach was ruthless when training, but she would not be stingy with words when it came to praise.

Shiomi crossed her legs and placed her hands on her ankles. "Since there is enough magic here to keep me alive... is it possible to use magic to create plants and make them grow fruits?"

"I've already said it before, this is the kingdom of the dead." Scathach answered him quietly, "In other words, this is like the underworld, and the concept of 'life' basically does not exist."

Hearing this, Xi Jian wanted to ask, "Then Master and I are not considered lives?" But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, Xi Jian swallowed them back.

Scathach, who has become semi-deified, can no longer be considered a life in the general sense.

For her, there was no possibility of death.

Whether it is a beautiful death or an ugly death.

She just maintains her eternal existence like this.

Perhaps only when the world and the outside world disappear, she will have the moment that can be called "death".

As for him——

"Well, you don't have to worry about it. It's just that I have a tough life and I can't die."

Shiomi once asked Scathach this question, but the master simply gave the answer in a somewhat mysterious way.

Knowing that no matter how much she asked, there would be no other answer, Xiomi did not ask any more questions.

"Then... is it really impossible?" Shiomi said.

Scathach gave a comfortable smile, "Why? You want to try it?"

"I kind of want to, can you teach me, Master?" Xijian became excited.

But Scathach's next words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head, "You should figure this out on your own. I have already taught you everything I can about magic."

"...Master..." Xijian complained.

"Don't force yourself. If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, forget it." Scathach smiled to herself, "Just don't delay training."

Xi Jian suddenly got angry. He dusted himself off and jumped up from the ground. "Master, do you think I want to shirk my training in this way?"

Seeing how he was trying hard to control his emotions but couldn't help showing them, Scathach simply decided not to clear up the misunderstanding.

"It's best if you don't shirk your responsibilities. You know the consequences of shirking training. Everything in the castle is at your disposal. If you can really achieve some results, then you can reduce the intensity of your future training."

After Shiomi nodded silently, he walked away without looking back.