Jobless Reincarnation: Emiya the Great Hero Must Show His True Skills

"Uh-huh……"

Unexpectedly receiving such a heartfelt thank you, Luo Qixi couldn't help but turn her head away, her ears inexplicably turning slightly red...

Chapter 36 Earth Magic

More than a week has passed since Loki arrived at the Greirat family home.

During this week, Loki diligently taught Shirou and Rudeus, instructing them in magic.

Rudeus primarily studied water magic, which is also the magic that Loki herself is most proficient in, since Loki's title is Water Saint-level Mage.

This is why Lokishi's teaching progress is rapid and highly efficient, allowing students to quickly grasp the basics of water magic.

Rudeus is also very talented in magic. Not only was he able to use magic without chanting from a young age, but he also possesses a huge amount of magical power that is not commensurate with his age.

Rudeus almost immediately gained the ability to unleash high-level water magic, and continued to improve, reaching even higher levels.

This undoubtedly pleased Loki, who had high expectations for this disciple who practiced water magic just like herself.

In contrast, Loki's progress in magically influencing Shirou is quite subtle.

Although Shirou discovered after trying all types of magic that the opponent had a certain adaptability to earth elemental magic, at least it clearly had unique characteristics, making it worth looking forward to.

However, Shirou's earth magic only has a significant advantage when crafting weapons; all other earth magic is slow to progress.

Whether it's using earth magic to construct walls or releasing stone spikes, these most basic earth magic spells are quite ordinary, as if they've simply become specialized in the craft of weapon making.

Loki had never met such a special person before, and she had no idea how to teach Shirou magic.

After all, what is the point of magic that is only used to make weapons?

If it were that the weapons made with magic were extremely powerful, comparable to legendary holy artifacts, that would be one thing. The problem is that the weapons Shirou made with magic are quite inferior, showing a clear decline compared to the originals. Such crudely made weapons are completely useless in any situation.

As Shirou's magic teacher, Lokishi naturally wouldn't allow her disciple to only use such half-baked magic. She tried every possible method to enable him to use more powerful magic, but ultimately there was no significant progress, leaving Lokishi feeling extremely frustrated.

However, although Loki was disappointed with Shirou's magical talent, Shirou himself was very satisfied with the earth magic that Loki had taught him.

Since arriving in this world, Shirou has been trying to restore all of Emiya's abilities. His swordsmanship has improved through daily training, and his enhancement magic has reached a fairly good level after a long period of diligent practice, allowing him to more than double his physical abilities.

However, Shirou has yet to achieve a perfect projection, despite Emiya's greatest skill being projection magic.

He didn't know if it was because he was too young and his magic circuits lacked sufficient magic power, or because he was missing something, that prevented him from projecting perfectly.

But the earth magic that Loki taught him made him realize the possibility of finding another way.

Since projection magic is unusable, we'll use earth magic from this world to compensate, creating weapons with earth magic to achieve a similar effect to projection magic.

With this idea in mind, Shirou immediately went back to his room to try it out. He dug up a large basin of soil and kept experimenting with the magical shaping techniques in his room.

Although he kept failing at the beginning, after several days of trying, Shirou finally created a weapon that was close to the original.

"Gan Jiang and Mo Xie..."

Looking at the two swords that were most suitable for the Heroic Spirit Emiya, Shirou couldn't help but feel a strong sense of satisfaction.

Although using earth magic to create weapons is a method even inferior to projection magic, as long as one uses one's own enhancement magic to compensate, the magically created weapons can still be comparable to those created by projection magic.

Most importantly, Shirou's earth magic is still quite immature; it can't even affect metals and minerals.

If he could take it a step further and elevate the power of earth magic to a higher level, Shirou might be able to create abilities even more powerful than projection magic, and craft weapons that are infinitely close to, or even surpass, the original!

With this sense of anticipation, Shirou entered a state of near-fanatical excitement.

Aside from basic swordsmanship practice, he devoted all his time to learning earth magic and attempting to use it to recreate the projection Noble Phantasm that the Heroic Spirit Emiya had once used.

Whether he succeeds or fails, Shirou is constantly accumulating experience and can clearly feel himself improving little by little. Both his magic and projection are constantly evolving in the direction of the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

This made Shirou very satisfied, and he was also very grateful to Loki for being willing to patiently teach him magic.

After all, Shirou's magical talent can only be described as mediocre. Most people would probably lose interest in him quickly and wouldn't waste time teaching him. But Roxie not only didn't have any prejudice against Shirou, but also spent a lot of time teaching him from the basics.

It is precisely because of Loki's tireless efforts and earnest hard work that Shirou's earth magic has been able to make steady progress and achieve breakthroughs.

Shirou was naturally filled with gratitude towards Loki, and he thought to himself that he would repay this seemingly young magic teacher no matter what.

As for how to repay her, Shirou couldn't think of a good idea right away. After thinking it over, he finally decided to repay Rocchi's kindness with a meal.

After all, cooking is Shirou's forte, and he believes that his cooking can bring happiness to people.

Thinking it through, Shirou began to dedicate his limited evenings to preparing meals to repay Rocchi's kindness.

……

The Grellatt family's kitchen.

Shirou finished preparing the ingredients in the kitchen, which was much smaller than before, and silently admired the hot pot he had made with earth magic, revealing a satisfied expression.

Although it seems extravagant to use the earth magic he finally learned in this place, Shirou is not the kind of born battle maniac whose mind is only focused on fighting.

Outside of battles, he still knew, to some extent, how to enjoy life.

Using a hot pot to cook hot pot dishes is Shirou's specialty, and he believes that not only Rocchio, but also the Grellard family will be very surprised.

Of course, this was a surprise that Shirou planned to reveal later, so he wouldn't expose it beforehand. Therefore, he carefully hid the hot pot and closed the kitchen door.

On his way back to his room, he suddenly heard a noise coming from the second-floor floor. Confused, he instinctively walked toward the direction of the sound to find out what was going on.

Chapter 37 Are you still practicing water magic so late?

Strange noises came from the second floor.

On his way back to his room from the kitchen, Shirou heard strange noises coming from upstairs. Confused and curious, Shirou walked towards the direction from which the noises were coming.

Upon reaching the second floor, a disturbing sound rang out.

The sound was coming from Paul and Senis's room.

Since the original large house had been burned down, the Grerat family's temporary house was now much smaller than the original one.

After considering it, Paul and Senis moved their own bedroom to the south side of the second floor, let Lilia live on the north side of the second floor, and arranged for Shirou and Rudeus's room to be on the first floor.

Loki now lives in the Grerat family home, and her room is next to Lilia's.

This temporary house is much narrower than the previous large house, and the sound insulation is quite poor. Even a slightly loud noise inside the house can be heard in the corridor.

That's why Paul and Senis's baby-making campaign is impossible to hide.

As soon as Shirou went up to the second floor, he heard the two of them shaking the bed, making creaking and moaning sounds.

This couple is really energetic! Looks like Rudy and I will soon have a younger brother or sister...

Shirou calmly pondered the matter.

Yes, since Paul and Senis are so energetic in their procreation activities almost every night, Shirou has almost gotten used to the sound and has come to regard this kind of sound, which would make a normal person feel disturbed, as just ordinary ambient noise or background music.

In fact, even before Rudius was born, he had already become accustomed to the couple's overly vigorous sex life and was so tired of the sounds that he had completely converted them into sounds in his mind that were similar to the birdsong and frog croaking outside.

Therefore, Shirou was certain that the strange sound he had just heard was not the sound of Paul and Senis making a baby.

The sound was more like someone rubbing against the floor...

"Did I hear wrongly?"

Upon reaching the second floor, Shirou glanced around and found nothing unusual.

He suspected it was just his imagination and was about to go downstairs to his room when he suddenly noticed a wisp of blue hair flashing through the shadows.

Driven by some kind of instinct, Shirou hid almost immediately. He didn't know why he hid, but his intuition led him to take this action.

He secretly observed the corridor ahead and discovered that Loki had secretly arrived at the door of Paul and Senis's room at some point, standing there furtively with shifty eyes.

Luo Qixi? Why is she here?

Shirou remembered that Rocci's room, like Lilia's, was on the north side of the second floor, some distance from Paul and Senis's rooms.

There's no reason for the other person to be here. Even if they needed to use the restroom, they shouldn't have stopped at the door of that couple's room.

What was Loki's purpose in wanting to spy on Paul and Senis's bedroom?

Shirou couldn't understand Loki's actions at all and almost instinctively began to observe her behavior. It wasn't that he suspected Loki had any bad intentions; it was just pure curiosity and vigilance.

If Luo Qixi did nothing, he could simply apologize for his spying later.

That's what Shirou was thinking... but something seems off?

After arriving at the door of Paul and Senis's room, Loki didn't do anything special, nor did she use any magic. Instead, she first looked around to make sure no one was there.

“Hahaha~”

Immediately afterwards, her breathing suddenly became rapid.

The girl's face was flushed, and she suppressed her slightly rapid breathing as she peered through the crack in the door into the dormitory room where intense activity was taking place.

???

To Shirou's astonishment, even shock, as Loki's body slid slowly to the ground.

She stared at Paul and Senis's room while making suggestive gestures.

“Hahaha~”

Seeing Loki's actions, Shirou's brain completely shut down.

All the previous speculations and doubts turned to ashes after witnessing the overwhelmingly shocking scene before them, leaving only confusion and bewilderment.

What...what is Miss Luo Qixi doing? She...she actually...

Seeing Loki's appearance, Shirou simply couldn't connect her with the serious and mature person she usually was. His mind went completely blank, and his eyes began to bleed.

Although Shirou kept hoping that everything in front of him was just an illusion, that everything he was seeing was just his eyes deceiving him, no matter how many times he blinked or even pinched his arm, he couldn't make the scene in front of him disappear.

Luo Qixi's increasingly intense reaction even made it difficult for him to calm down, and his body gradually began to heat up.

Most importantly, Shirou had absolutely no idea how he should react.

If we go out now, Luo Qixi will definitely find us, which will likely have extremely bad consequences, and may even lead to a loss of life.

But if I don't go out now, wouldn't I become a perverted voyeur?

Shirou's moral compass made him unwilling to do such a despicable thing, but he also couldn't just walk out, as that would only make things worse.

While hesitating, Luo Qixi in the distance had already begun to unleash her power.

Seeing that the other person seemed to have gradually calmed down, Shirou's mind also gradually calmed down. He breathed a sigh of relief and made up his mind to keep what happened tonight in his heart for the rest of his life.

If Luo Qixi finds out she saw the whole thing, either she or I will die...

Shirou's expression stiffened. He prayed that Loki would return to her room immediately, and that he could also return to his room, treating everything that happened tonight as a beautiful dream.

However, it is unclear whether it was a coincidence or an inevitability.

After finishing 0721, Loki seemed to want to go to the restroom. She happened to be walking in Shirou's direction and bumped into him at the corner.

It's over! We're doomed!

The moment Shirou's eyes met Rocchi's, only one thought remained in his mind.

Overwhelmed by despair, he was completely at a loss for words and could only awkwardly stammer, "Uh, good evening, Miss Loki, are you still practicing water magic so late...?"

"..."

Upon hearing Shirou's words, Loki seemed to freeze, completely stunned.

The two stared at each other, and the air around them seemed to freeze.

Chapter 38 This must be a dream!!

In his overly confused state, Shirou uttered nonsensical words. He himself didn't know how to deal with the situation and could only try to ease the awkward atmosphere with words.

But he quickly realized just how outrageous his words had been.

Whoa! Did I say something terrible? Did what I just said imply that I saw Miss Luo Qixi doing *that* kind of thing...? Now I can't even pretend I didn't see it!

Shirou was helpless. He never expected that he would be so confused that he would do something so obviously inappropriate.

Now, even an apology might not be accepted by the other party.

But the question is, how would an average person deal with this kind of situation?

Ultimately, do ordinary people really encounter situations like bumping into someone they know, like 0721?

Even the most experienced handsome guy in Ikebukuro, or a dating master, couldn't possibly teach someone how to handle this kind of situation...

What should we do in this situation?

Is all you need to do is smile?

Or should we just say "Thank you for your hard work"?