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

"This, this is it..."

Loki seemed unable to look Shirou in the eye, and hurriedly left after speaking.

Seeing the other person's expression, Shirou showed an even more helpless look.

He had no idea why he had provoked such an attitude from Luo Qixi, nor did he understand why she was so hostile towards him.

Did I do something that made the other person dislike me?

Chapter 44 Graduation Exam

Since the monster hunt ended, time has started to fly by again.

Shirou reached the age of ten smoothly, while Rudeus reached the age of five.

Because Shirou gave a false birthdate and age, his actual age is unreliable, and even his birthdate was just a vague and random one.

So the Greratter family ultimately decided to combine his and Rudius's birthdays and hold a small birthday party for the two of them together.

The Kingdom of Asura does not have the custom of celebrating birthdays every year, but when people reach the age of five, ten, or fifteen, they are still given blessings and gifts and celebrated.

As a father, Paul gave Shirow and Rudius each a sword.

The sword he gave to Shirou was specially made by a blacksmith in Roya Town. It was not only very hard, but also very easy to wield.

Rudeus's sword, given that he was only five years old, was not for actual combat but for training.

"A man must have a sword in his heart; only to protect those he cares about can he draw it."

Paul was spouting lines he'd picked up from some adventure novel, and because he was in such a good mood, he started telling stories of his past adventures.

Although he was in a good mood and kept talking, he was eventually stopped by Senis for saying it was too long.

Paul then stopped with a wry smile and specifically taught Shirou and Rudeus how to maintain their weapons.

Afterwards, Senis also presented gifts to Shirou and Rudeus.

She gave Rudeus a precious botanical dictionary, because although this world had papermaking technology, it seemed to lack printing technology, so all books were made by hand, which made them very valuable.

Rudius was undoubtedly very happy about this.

Senis then looked at Shirou and took out a book as well, but the book was titled "A Guide to Cooking on Various Continents".

"Although Shirou's cooking skills are very high, people in many different places use very different cooking methods and have very different eating habits. I think you will definitely be able to use them in the future."

"This... thank you."

Shirou was taken aback when Senis gave him a cookbook, but then a genuine smile of happiness spread across his face.

But he was also puzzled and couldn't understand why Senis looked so forlorn.

In fact, the cookbook that Senis gave him contained culinary knowledge from many different places, such as the Central Continent, the Bekari Continent, the Milis Continent, and the Demon Continent, as if she thought that Shirou would definitely set foot in those places in the future.

Kashiro himself doesn't know what he will do in the future. He might stay in the Grellard family for the rest of his life, protecting the family's small happiness.

While Shirou was deep in thought, Loki, the magic teacher, slowly walked over from the side, seemingly also intending to give him a gift.

She first approached Rudeus and handed him a wand.

The wand was very simple, just a stick about thirty centimeters long with a small red stone at the end, very plain.

Loki slowly said, "This is something I made a few days ago. Because Rudy could use magic from the beginning, I accidentally forgot. But as a master, I should make a wand for a disciple who can use basic magic. I'm really sorry."

"Yes, Master, I will cherish this magic wand."

Rudeus wore a happy expression, while Loki smiled wryly; she clearly didn't want to be called a master by such a talented student.

After that, Loki turned to look at Shirou.

When facing Shirou, her reaction became even more intense than before. A multitude of complex thoughts swirled within her, leaving her with no choice but to awkwardly speak:

"I'm sorry, Shirou, I couldn't prepare a gift for you,"

"It's ok."

Although Shirou was somewhat disappointed, he remained outwardly calm.

Ever since that embarrassing incident that night, his relationship with Luo Qixi has become distant, like a puzzle that is always missing a piece and can never be put together perfectly.

Although Shirou has been searching for a way to repair their relationship, neither he nor Emiya has any experience in dealing with such matters in his life, so things have dragged on and turned out the way they are now.

On the other side, although Luo Qixi hadn't prepared a gift, she seemed to have something to say.

After hesitating for a moment, Luo Qixi slowly said, "Um, Shirou, although I couldn't prepare a gift for you, I did prepare some things for you."

As she spoke, Luo Qixi took out a thin notebook from her bosom.

Although the notebook is very thin, it looks very exquisite. Especially when Shirou opens it, you can feel the care put into the notebook's creator. Almost every page is filled with various magic-related knowledge and paragraphs, with a lot of annotations. You can see from every line of text the writer's tireless planning and repeated revisions.

"This...this is..."

Shirou stared blankly at Loki, never expecting that she would give him something so precious.

The many magical contents within were like a beacon in the darkness for someone like him who lacked magical talent.

Moreover, Shirou could tell at a glance that this content could not have been summarized all at once; it must have taken a lot of time and effort to summarize the magical techniques. Even in the world of magicians, it would probably be priceless.

“I’m sorry, Shirou. As your tutor, I’ve never treated you and Rudy the same. Although I’ve tried my best to help you keep up with the pace of magic, due to differences in objective factors, I have indeed been somewhat biased.” Loki apologized. “If I could, I would love to spend more time personally teaching you and guiding your magical training, but unfortunately, some things are beyond our control.”

"Luo Qixi, you mean..."

"I'll probably resign from my tutoring job and leave this place in a few days. Before that, I'll probably give you one last graduation exam."

Luo Qixi spoke slowly with a forlorn expression, but her look was incredibly firm, as if she had made up her mind and would never change her choice.

Shirou and Rudeus exchanged a glance, each seeing a complex emotion in the other's eyes.

Neither brother said anything to persuade the other to stay. Instead, they nodded seriously and accepted the challenge of the graduation exam.

Chapter 45 Mixed Magic

Loki is leaving the Greirat family.

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the Grerat family looked dejected, but no one offered any attempt to persuade them to stay.

After all, everyone knows that Luo Qixi must have her own reasons for making such a decision, and others cannot force her to change her mind just because they are reluctant to let her go.

After hearing the news about the graduation exam, Shirou and Rudeus reunited after a long time to discuss the matter.

"What will the graduation exam be like?" Rudeus asked curiously. "We're not going to have to fight monsters, are we? That's terrifying!"

Rudius seemed unwilling to fight, filled with fear of it.

Shirou simply smiled and shook his head, saying, "Rockish wouldn't do such a thing. I suppose the exam is just to test magical abilities."

At this point, Shirou revealed a subtle expression.

He didn't have any particularly high talent in magic. After practicing earth magic for so long, he had only barely reached the upper level, and was actually still only at the intermediate level.

In contrast, Rudeus's water magic reached the advanced level long ago, and it wouldn't be surprising if he reached the saint level at any time.

Shirou sometimes couldn't help but wonder if Lokishi's rejection of him was because he lacked magical talent.

Could it be that Lokishi has been keeping such a distance from me because she doesn't want to teach me a disciple who has no talent, and is even planning to leave the Grerat family now?

Although Shirou knew that Rocci wasn't that kind of person, he still couldn't control his thoughts and couldn't help but have such thoughts.

For a moment, the more he thought about it, the more helpless he felt. He felt that he had done something to disappoint Loki and could hardly be called a qualified magician disciple.

"Shirou-san..."

Rudeus had been observing Shirou's expression. Although he couldn't guess what Shirou was thinking, he could roughly guess it.

Seeing Shirou's disheartened look, he couldn't help but say, "Shirou-nii, you're overthinking it. Magic is often not that complicated, but very simple. Just like some people are good at writing books, and some people are good at running, the differences between people are also obvious when it comes to magic. What we need to do is not to learn magic that we are not good at, but simply to perfect the magic that we are good at!"

"Rudy..."

Shirou was taken aback when Rudeus comforted him, but then he realized that what Rudeus said made a lot of sense.

He always felt that he lacked talent in magic and wanted to make up for his weakness so that he could gain Loki's approval.

However, his thinking was, in a sense, flawed.

Magic is different from swordsmanship; it's not something that can be learned simply through perseverance and willpower.

Even the Heroic Spirit Emiya, the magic he mastered throughout his life was still only the simplest projection magic. It's just that he pushed the power of projection to its limit, even creating a Reality Marble like Unlimited Blade Works, thus bringing the single projection magic to its peak.

Shirou's magical talent is quite average now, with only progress in earth magic. Therefore, what he needs to do is not to make up for his weaknesses, but to bring the only earth magic he can master to its fullest potential and hone this unique skill to its peak!

"Thank you, Rudy, I understand what I need to do!"

Shirou made up his mind, picked up the magic notebook that Roxie had given him, and returned to his room.

As he flipped through Loki's notes, he recalled everything he had learned about earth magic, and gradually began to have some ideas about the magic he wanted to cast.

At the same time, Shirou also discovered that Rocky's magic notebook was very useful.

The other party not only provided detailed explanations and descriptions of some basic magical knowledge, but also specifically proposed a concept called hybrid magic.

Hybrid magic refers to creating drastically different effects by simultaneously layering different spells.

For example, activating the Waterfall, Geothermal, and Ice Domains in sequence will create mist. This kind of phenomenon caused by using several systems in sequence is called mixed magic.

Shirou recalled that the earth magic he used was basically just manipulating the element of soil, which was why it was too difficult to control and to quickly generate effective magical power.

If one could combine the abilities of water magic, earth magic, fire magic, and many other types of magic, perhaps one could recreate their most proficient projection magic.

Shirou gradually came to understand.

He also discovered that Lokishi's notes contained some basic common sense about magic, such as the average proportion of mages in the combat population being one-twentieth, and the average proportion of high-level mages within the magic community being one-hundredth, making them talents that various countries were vying to invite.

At the same time, there are also schools in the magical world that specialize in teaching magic, and each country has its own magic academy.

The largest of them is called Lanoa Magic University, and Loki is a graduate of Lanoa Magic University.

Loki believes that if Shirou wants to further his studies in magic in the future, it would be best for him to study at La Noa Magic University. This is because it is not true that a swordsman must give up magic. There are many magical swordsmen in this world who can use both swordsmanship and magic.

Shirou was deeply moved by Loki's painstaking efforts; her words seemed to contain fervent emotions, making him increasingly aware of Loki's care for him.

In any case, I must repay Loki's kindness.

Shirou made up his mind to do his best in the graduation exam to repay Rocchi's kindness.

"Okay, let's get started."

Shirou took a deep breath, took out the clay he had prepared earlier, and began to practice earth magic once again. This time, he no longer adhered to the form of earth magic and decided to use a more special way to realize his magic.

……

Several days passed quickly.

The day of the graduation exam has arrived.

Shirou had been staying up late these past few nights practicing his latest magic research, so much so that he didn't even realize it was dawn until his dark circles became incredibly pronounced, at which point he finally yawned.

Although his body became extremely tired due to excessive practice, his spirits unknowingly became incredibly invigorated.

Shirou believed that the magic he displayed during the graduation exam would give Loki, the examiner, a huge surprise!

Chapter 46 The Story of Luo Qixi

Loki is a member of the Migrud race from the Demon Continent.

As a member of the Migrud tribe, Lokishi lived a less than comfortable life from a young age.

This doesn't mean her family was terrible, nor that the villagers were hostile towards her. In fact, most Migrud people are good people, and her parents were a kind couple.

However, Lokishi was unable to adapt to life there.

The reason for this is the racial talent of the Migrud people, which allows them to communicate through telepathy without the need for words.

However, Loki did not possess such talent. Not only could she not understand the language of her fellow tribesmen, but she would also hear a series of chaotic noises that caused her to feel dizzy.

Luo Qixi was an outcast in that place, destined to be unable to integrate into the local life.

Even though her parents learned human language for her sake and were able to have normal conversations with her, Luo Qixi could not feel any emotion or love from them.

Their feelings could not be conveyed to her, nor to her, who could not use the special abilities of the Migrud race.

Staying in the village will only bring more heartache and reaffirm my belief that I am a worthless Migrud.

Therefore, as soon as she came of age, Loki left the village and became an adventurer on her own, striving to learn to live independently.

She firmly believes that she must become strong on her own, live by her own abilities, and become a mature adult without relying on anyone.

However, things rarely go as smoothly as they could have.

Because her blue hair appears green under certain lighting, Loki is often mistaken for a Spelud, leading to her being ostracized. In addition, the extremely long lifespan of the Migrud race means that even though she is an adult, she still looks like a child.