I really didn't want to burn it.

However, compared to studying the mysteries of magic, Orange had one more thing to do—clean up the mess left by the deceased Araya Sōren.

Compared to Scáthach, who inexplicably became a private tutor, Medea was much luckier.

She originally planned to travel throughout Japan to see if she could find her Mr. Right.

As a result, she didn't even reach her first stop; Fuyuki City, where she started, was captured.

She meets, falls in love with, and marries a bespectacled schoolteacher who lives at Ryudong Temple.

Medea was very efficient when she decided to do something. She not only obtained her identity and household registration through a silver bullet attack, but also officially signed a marriage certificate with the man, legally establishing their marital relationship.

After completing this process, Medea decisively chose to settle in Fuyuki City, enjoying her newlywed life and managing household affairs as a housewife.

Medea even earned the titles of "elegant and virtuous wife and mother" and "excellent good wife" from the ladies in the shopping street.

Compared to Medea's blissful life, the Emiya couple's situation is a bit more complicated.

After finishing up all the trivial matters in Fuyuki City, the Emiya couple headed straight for the Einzbern residence.

Without negotiation, without communication, and without any room for bargaining, Kiritsugu Emiya, having cleared the curse of the black mud, truly showed the Einzbern family what it meant to be a magician killer.

If it were just Kiritsugu Emiya, it might be manageable, but he also has Irisviel by his side, who is very knowledgeable about the clan's barriers and magic.

Not to mention, Kiritsugu Emiya also brought his newly made friends, such as Touko Aozaki and Fujino Asagami, to help him.

Although Kiritsugu owed Touko a huge sum of money and a favor for this, the legendary puppeteer was worth the price she asked for.

Even with the powerful barrier of the Winter Castle, the Einzbern family was still defeated by Kiritsugu Emiya's team in their attack.

Ultimately, the Einzbern family had no choice but to hand over Ilya unconditionally, otherwise the mountain where the Einzbern family was located would be twisted into a pretzel by Fujino's twisted demonic eyes.

Holding his adorable daughter, Kiritsugu Emiya returned to Fuyuki City with a sense of contentment.

With a son and a daughter, he finally abandoned his identity as the Magician Killer and became a full-time father.

Although the Holy Grail War and the Burning of Humanity are still to be faced in the future, Kiritsugu Emiya is undoubtedly happy at this moment.

Sometimes, Kiritsugu would sit in the corridor with Shirou and Illya to admire the moon.

Looking at the bright moonlight, Kiritsugu would always think of the rune mage who suddenly came to ask him to participate in the Holy Grail War, and his other child who was still fighting for justice, and he looked forward to the day when he would meet them again.

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The Qin Dynasty, the Imperial Palace.

"Finally back. Ah Zheng, long time no see, here you go."

Li Ang, who had just stepped out of the time tunnel, smiled and tossed the imperial seal to Ying Zheng.

"It's finally back."

Ying Zheng had always been fond of the jade seal made from the He Shi Bi jade. He took the jade seal and immediately began to play with it. "Indeed, this plate is the most comfortable to hold... Hmm?"

Upon sensing something amiss, Ying Zheng's expression changed drastically. He picked up the imperial seal and examined it closely, then suddenly flew into a rage.

"You damned Li Risheng!"

Ying Zheng kicked Li Ang, who was trying to escape, to the ground and then straddled him.

"What's wrong?"

Li Ang still intended to gloss over the situation.

"Why is there a corner of my imperial seal broken?"

"Oh? You probably broke it yourself by accident, right?"

"You idiot! How dare you try to fool me!"

Thus, Ryougi Shiki and Kirigaya's first impression of the Qin Dynasty was of magnificent palaces, imposing cities, and an emperor riding on his own man and strangling him with a rope.

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Chapter 179 Li Guoshi's Retirement Life in Qin

Ultimately, under various forms of "oppression" from Ying Zheng, Li Ang had no choice but to reluctantly part with two pieces of He Shi Bi jade to appease the First Emperor's anger.

When Qin Shi Huang used the He Shi Bi to make the imperial seal, he gave Li Ang four extra scraps of the jade.

Two of the pieces were used by Li Ang to make two small jade pendants, which he gave to Xiang Yu and DD. The other two pieces were kept by Li Ang.

Ying Zheng had been eyeing these two scraps for a long time, but since they were gifts he had given away, he, the First Emperor, was too embarrassed to ask Li Ang for them.

Li Ang presented these two pieces to Ying Zheng as an apology, and Ying Zheng got what he wanted.

only……

"I still feel like I've been ripped off."

Looking at the jade seal with a chipped corner, Ying Zheng shed tears of heartache.

Li Ang was also heartbroken; the scraps of the He Shi Bi jade... its very origin was enough to attract Li Ang, a person from the future.

"However... it's fine to send it away."

Li Ang originally planned to make a jade pendant from one of the scraps and give it to Chloris.

Unexpectedly, after returning from this trip, not only did they bring Chloris back, but they also brought back Ryougi Shiki and Kirie Wujou.

Although Li Ang is a bastard when it comes to women, he still has a strong will to survive.

I made a jade pendant for Chloris, should I also give Ryougi Shiki a piece?

Now that we have Ryougi Shiki, should we also give one to Wutiao Wue, who also came to Qin with us?

Li Ang knew very well that while equally bestowing favors on all women might not bring peace to the harem, not doing so would definitely not bring peace.

I only have two small pieces of material, which is not enough to share.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to present the materials to Ying Zheng, Li Ang decided to take several pieces of jade from the Qin treasury that were no less valuable than the He Shi Bi, and make a jade pendant for each of his women.

After hearing Li Ang's request, Ying Zheng was very moved and gave him the middle finger.

"roll!"

Amidst the roar of his brother Zheng, Li Ang was dragged away by several guards.

cough cough.

The above is just a little joke between two close friends.

Although he was very unhappy with Li Ang's behavior of taking advantage of wealthy people, Ying Zheng still ordered him to search for jade materials in the national treasury.

Unfortunately, Ying Zheng underestimated Li's shamelessness. After searching through the national treasury, this guy took away half of the best jade materials in the treasury.

Li Ang felt this was a rare opportunity, and since he was going to make jade pendants, he might as well make the whole set.

Not only Chloris, Ryougi Shiki, and Mizuki Kirigaya, but Leon also prepared a set for the other girls as well.

Artoria, Nero, Athena, Aphrodite, Ritsuka, Mashu, and so on... Li Ang made a collection of every girl related to him, including even the little maid Mochizuki Chiyome that Ying Zheng had bestowed upon him.

Since Li Ang said that everyone should receive equal treatment, he must keep his word.

However, Li Ang didn't go too far; he always gave the jade pendants to girls privately and secretly. Of course, for the girls like Ritsuka who weren't in Qin, Li Ang would have to wait until another time to give them to them.

Although the girls in Da Qin knew that others had also received jade pendants—it was impossible for them not to know, as they all hung them in the most conspicuous places—they turned a blind eye because of the sweet words Li Ang used when giving them the pendants.

After winning over all the girls in his family, Li Ang lived a blissful retirement life in Daqin, indulging in parties every day, revelry every night, and debauchery.

Aside from occasionally visiting the Great Qin Astronomical Bureau (formerly an observatory for observing the stars, now a research institution for the mystical side of the Great Qin) to conduct research with Zhang Liang and a few other cultivators, Li Ang basically spent his time at home having fun.

There's nothing I can do right now; Li Ang really doesn't have much to do.

He handed over all his work before he left Daqin for Chaldea.

After returning and checking that no one had made any mistakes, Li Ang lost interest in taking over the business again.

Nonsense. After finally handing over all the work, why would Li Ang bother to suffer for himself again? Isn't it better to stay at home and be a lazy bum who just wants to eat and wait to die?

For Li Ang, all he needs to do now is wait for Ritsuka and the others to conquer the Temple of Time, and then take Ryougi Shiki there to sever the Singularities from the Origin of Type-Moon.

As for other things...

Sorry, Imperial Advisor Li says he hasn't found it as fun as holding the Flower Goddess, smelling her ever-changing fragrance, and guessing the flower's name.

However, Li Ang at least had some self-awareness; he entertained himself entirely within the Imperial Preceptor's residence and rarely went out.

After all, while other officials in the Qin Dynasty were working diligently, Li Ang was out sightseeing in public, which was as ironic as someone shouting "I am your father" in the public chat of a game.

In fact, it wouldn't be a big deal if Li Ang went out to play. Apart from Ying Zheng being a little unhappy, no one else in Qin would have any objections.

The Grand Preceptor has worked tirelessly for the Qin Dynasty for decades; it's only natural that he should retire now that he's old enough to enjoy his retirement.

Although the Grand Preceptor looks younger than more than 80% of the officials in Qin.

Of course, although Li Ang stayed at home and lived a secluded life, he still engaged in some necessary official social interactions.

Therefore, as night fell, Li Ang, dressed in a silk robe, drove to the residence of Xiao He, the current prime minister of the Qin Dynasty.

Yesterday, the Xiao family sent an invitation to the Imperial Advisor to a banquet at their home.

Generally speaking, Li Ang would usually refuse such social invitations.

After all, there are far too many people in the entire Qin Dynasty who want to pull strings and get in through Li Guoshi's back door. If he were to try to get in touch with them all, Li Ang would probably only be able to eat at home a few times a year.

Furthermore, if Li Ang gets carried away with his meal and someone says, "Grand Preceptor, I need your help with something," how should Li Ang respond?

Although it wouldn't have been a big deal for Li Ang to refuse, and it wouldn't have damaged his dignity as the Grand Preceptor Li, such things were annoying if they happened too often, and it made eating and drinking uncomfortable.

However, Xiao He, who was promoted by Li Ang himself, still needed special attention. In any case, Xiao He, who was already the prime minister, did not need to go through Li Ang's back door.

So Li Ang rushed over to the Xiao family's house to freeload.

The Xiao family mansion was not particularly luxurious.

At least in this area where high-ranking officials' residences are concentrated, it belongs to that kind of inconspicuous gate.

Aside from two stone lions erected at the entrance to ward off evil spirits, similar to those at the Li Ang National Preceptor's Mansion, there wasn't much decoration, and even the courtyard walls weren't particularly tall.

This led a group of old nobles in Xianyang to look down on Xiao He, feeling that he had disgraced them.

When the officials of the Fengpei faction were brought to Xianyang by Li Ang, Xiao He chose to keep a low profile because his power base was unstable, which is understandable.

But now that you, Xiao He, are the prime minister, you still act so shabby; you are simply disgracing the Qin Dynasty.

But Li Ang felt that this was precisely where Xiao He's wisdom lay.

If Xiao He had indeed built high walls around his residence, making it incredibly extravagant, while Ying Zheng and Li Ang certainly wouldn't have said anything, their opinion of Xiao He would definitely have been lowered.

In this way, Xiao He is telling them, "I am not forgetting my original intention, working diligently for the Qin Dynasty, and not coveting wealth and glory."

Thus, Xiao He's image as a loyal minister was established in the emperor's eyes. In addition, Xiao He himself was an outstanding person, so he naturally received continuous imperial favor.

Meanwhile, those nobles who despised Xiao He all day long, were good for nothing but enjoying the glory of being number one, were certainly living a life of great prestige.

However... those who committed crimes were always the quickest to die, basically being used by Ying Zheng and Li Ang to exploit others.

On the contrary, Xiao He, who was conscientious and dutiful, maintained a stable position for two generations of emperors.

"Hmph, no wonder he's a slippery character in history who uses self-degradation to protect himself."

Li Ang chuckled softly and cursed as he stepped down from the carriage.

The gates of the Xiao residence were already wide open.

A man who looked like a butler rushed forward to greet Li Ang.

"The presence of the Imperial Preceptor has greatly honored my humble abode. My master has already prepared a banquet and cleaned the courtyard to await your arrival."

After saying this, the other party bowed and said to Li Ang, "Please come in, Grand Preceptor. My master is waiting!"

Li Ang smiled and returned the greeting slightly.

"Thank you for your help. Lead the way."

"Don't dare, don't dare."