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

Shirou decisively rejected Senis's behavior, which bordered on sexual harassment, and urged her to leave the kitchen.

"Shirou." At the same time, Paul suddenly poked his head in from outside and said seriously, "Let me reiterate, Senis is my wife!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!!"

Shirou was really fed up with Paul being jealous of his own son. He couldn't stand this stupid couple anymore.

He reluctantly returned to the kitchen, picked up a cleaver, and began preparing the dish.

After finishing cooking, he quickly called Grellat's family over for dinner.

"Huh? Speaking of which, where's Rudy?"

"He's been going out a lot lately."

Ever since Senis gave Rudeus that botanical dictionary, Rudeus has frequently gone out to find unique plants in this world and recorded them one by one.

This resulted in situations where, during the day, only Lilia would be left at the Grerat's house.

"Rudy's willing to go out now..."

Shirou spoke with emotion, vaguely remembering that a long time ago Rudeus had never dared to go out and stayed at home alone every day.

I don't know when it started, but the other person has also gotten used to going out.

"I am back."

Rudius returned home right on time for dinner.

For the Greirat family, nothing is more important than eating Shirou's cooking, and it's almost impossible for any member of the family to be absent at dinner time.

After everyone had arrived, dinner time officially began at the Grellatt family's house.

"Rudy, did you meet a girlfriend today?"

During the meal, Paul suddenly said something that made Shirou burst out laughing.

"There aren't many cute girls in the village."

"That's true. The level of Buena Village is far inferior to that of the capital. Back when your old man was your age, he was lifting up the skirts of pretty girls in the capital every day!"

Paul began with a smug look on his face, engaging in a completely unromantic father-son conversation.

"Hey, I'd really like to hear about your romantic escapades, Mr. Paul. How many women's skirts have you lifted up?"

Senis suddenly spoke, veins popping out on her forehead.

Seeing her angry expression, Paul immediately realized he had misspoke and hurriedly looked at Shirou and Rudeus, hoping they could help him out of the predicament.

Shirou was at a loss for what to do, but Rudeus suddenly spoke up:

"Speaking of which, I heard a rumor in the village today."

"rumor?"

"Yes, it's a rumor about the demon race."

Rudeus spoke with a serious expression, "Unlike Professor Loki's situation, it's said that green-haired Speluds have appeared in the village!!"

"The Spelud tribe?"

Upon hearing Rudius's words, everyone in the Grerat family was startled.

Even Shirou, who didn't know much about the demon race, had learned through various channels how terrifying the Spelud race was.

"Are you telling the truth, Rudy? Did you see it with your own eyes?" Paul's expression turned serious. As the lord who protected the village, he naturally could not allow such a dangerous demon to roam the village.

"No, I didn't see it." Rudius was startled by Paul's sudden serious attitude. "I just heard the village children muttering something like that while they were playing, saying that the terrible Spelud tribe had appeared."

"The children playing..."

Paul breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Rudius's words.

He quickly realized that it was more likely a joke. After all, the Spelud race was a dangerous race that hadn't appeared for hundreds of years. Even if there were remnants, they would most likely be on the Demon Continent, not on the Central Continent.

The topic was quickly moved on, and Paul escaped unscathed.

However, after hearing Rudeus's words, Shirou inexplicably recalled some things, and combined with Roltz's previous reaction, he realized that he might need to launch an investigation into this matter.

……

The next day, Shirou set off early in the morning with his longsword and bow and arrows to patrol the village.

Although it's called patrolling, since it's unlikely that any dangerous monsters will appear in the village, Shirou basically spends his time helping the villagers.

He not only helps the villagers repair horse-drawn carts and farm tools, but also helps transport rice and collect materials in his spare time.

Gradually, Shirou has become the most popular person in Buena Village, and the adults in every household praise him highly.

In addition, Shirou is now almost 11 years old, and with the onset of puberty, he is becoming more mature every moment than before.

As a result, the villagers often tried to sell their daughters to him, which gave Shirou a headache every time he had to refuse.

“I’ve already delivered the goods to the yard, Mrs. Somar.”

As usual, Shirou delivered the heavy goods to Mrs. Somar, who lived alone. Mrs. Somar was a very young wife, and now she looked like she was only in her early twenties.

"Thank you, Shirou. Would you like to come in and have a seat?"

Whenever Shirou came to help, Mrs. Somar would warmly invite him over.

One time, Shirou couldn't resist accepting the invitation, and Mrs. Somar actually took him to her room while inviting him for tea, saying that her cat could do backflips.

Faced with such a clumsy lie, Shirou was so frightened that he quickly refused, and afterwards he never dared to easily accept the invitations of this single woman again.

Chapter 55 The greatest evil is not knowing what evil is!

"No need, Mrs. Somar, I have business to attend to with Roltz today."

Shirou declined Mrs. Somar's invitation with a reasonable excuse.

Upon hearing his words, the young married woman couldn't help but show a regretful expression on her face, and she tried her best to hand him the bento she had made herself.

"My little Somar doesn't like the food I make, so you can have these extra snacks, Shirou."

"This……"

Looking at the confectionery, which was clearly meticulously made and didn't seem like an overdone treat, Shirou didn't know what to say for a moment and could only accept the other person's kindness with a wry smile.

As he was about to leave, Shirou casually asked, "Mrs. Somar, have you heard any rumors about the Spelud tribe lately?"

"The Spelud?" Upon hearing the name of this dangerous demon race known to all, Mrs. Somar's expression changed slightly, but she quickly shook her head. "I've never heard of them. If such a dangerous demon race appeared, everyone would probably be very afraid."

"That's right."

Seeing that Mrs. Somar was unaware of the Spelud tribe, Shirou became even more certain of his guess.

"Have you heard the village children talking about the Spelud people?"

“...Ah, now that you mention it, it’s true. Somar often says when he comes back lately that he has defeated the evil Spelud tribe.”

"I see……"

From Mrs. Somar's words, Shirou was almost certain that his guess was correct.

He then quickly bid farewell to Mrs. Somar and turned to walk towards the forest in the village of Bouyenne.

After leaving the village for a certain distance, a treehouse near the forest came into view.

The last time Shirou came here was several years ago. He was injured in a fire and had nowhere to go, so he was taken in by Roltz.

Now he came to the Roltz's house again, hesitated for a moment, and then knocked on the door.

"Shirou?"

The door opened quickly, and Roltz looked at Shirou with surprise, his face full of astonishment.

"May I come in and have a seat?"

"Of course."

Although Shirou's arrival was quite surprising, the close friendship between the two, despite their age difference, made it impossible for Roltz to refuse Shirou's proposal.

Shirou quickly entered Roltz's house. He glanced around briefly and muttered, "Where are your wife and Sylphie? Aren't they home?"

“My wife took Sylphie out for a walk.” Roltz seemed to sense Shirou’s purpose, and his expression darkened slightly. “They probably won’t be back until evening.”

"That's it..."

Shirou nodded, and the atmosphere inexplicably turned cold.

Shirou then spoke up: "Speaking of which, lately the children in the village seem to be talking a lot about the green-haired Speluds."

"..."

Roltz could no longer hide anything from Shirou's almost explicit words. He sighed and said, "They must be talking about Sylphie."

"So... is it because of her hair color that Silphi is mistaken for a demon by her peers?"

"Yes, green hair is very rare in this world, it's almost a symbol of the Spelud race. Even when my wife and I gave birth to Sylphie, we had some doubts, worried that she was a demon child. But she's our own flesh and blood, we can't doubt our own child. But other people besides us might not think that way."

Roltz spoke helplessly, clearly having been troubled by this matter for a long time, and not even having anyone to talk to.

"Can't we explain it to the villagers?" Shirou hesitated before speaking. "The symbol of the Spelud tribe is not only green hair, but also the red gem on their foreheads. Most people would never believe that such a young child could be a terrifying demon."

Although Shirou had never seen a demon before, and the only demon he had ever seen, Lokishi, was not scary at all, he still complied and spoke up based on the way people in this world behaved.

“I did explain it, and of course the adults didn’t care. Although some people couldn’t let it go, they wouldn’t say anything to a little kid. The problem is still the peers…” Roltz sighed. “I really can’t explain to a group of immature kids what the real Spelud are. They just don’t listen to me and always show hostility towards Hilfi.”

"Children are like this; their world is too simple. Therefore, if they have even the slightest difference, they are easily attacked by the group and ostracized by those who are different from them."

Although Shirou has never experienced bullying or bullied anyone else, he has witnessed similar things before and knows the psychology behind children's actions.

They are less immature than they are instinctively taking actions that are called evil.

Without proper guidance, children often commit heinous acts that are unimaginable to adults, and what is most disturbing is that children often don't even realize that their behavior is sinful...

Shirou therefore understood Roltz's distress. Adults cannot understand children's thoughts, let alone interfere with their actions.

Even when adults know that a behavior is wrong, they often cannot get children to stop the wrong behavior and accept the correct understanding.

"..."

Seeing the bitter look on Roltz's face, and even the obvious signs of his haggard appearance due to Sylphie's situation, Shirou couldn't help but recall his own words from the past.

When he was young, he made a promise with Roltz that he would help Sylvie if she was ever bullied.

Now he realizes it's time for him to keep his promise.

"Don't worry, Roltz, I will help Sylphie."

"Shirou..."

Looking at the boy's determined expression, Roltz was at a loss for words.

He had actually been hesitant about asking Shirou for help. For some reason, he felt that this young boy had a more mature mind than many adults, as if no difficulty could defeat him.

Hearing Shirou's words, he was both moved and helpless, and slowly said, "I know what you think, but what can you do, Shirou? The children are rejecting Sylphie based on pure instinct. They don't even know that what they are doing is wrong, that it is a terrible evil. How can you expect someone who doesn't know they have made a mistake to correct it?"

"This……"

Shirou can understand Roltz's thoughts.

He couldn't think of a good idea right away.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Shirou slowly said, "In that case, how about letting Sylphie come to my house? My brother Rudeus and I certainly won't ostracize Sylphie. As long as Sylphie can make friends, there won't be any problems, right? Once the other children in the village grow up a bit, they probably won't ostracize Sylphie just because she has green hair..."

"That's...indeed true."

Roltz thought about it and felt that Shirou's words made sense, so he agreed with the suggestion to send Sylphie to the Grellard's house.

Chapter 56 Sylphie's Self-Isolation

Shirou and Roltz made an agreement that Sylphie would stay at the Grellard's house for a while, and then Shirou returned home to make preparations.

He first told the rest of his family about it.

Paul and Senis naturally had no objections; they both knew Roltz and were willing to help take care of each other's daughter.

The maid, Lilia, had no right to offer opinions, and she always approved of all the decisions Shirou made.

Rudeus's behavior was rather strange; he seemed to still remember Sylphie and what kind of child she was.

"Do we really have to let that Silph come to our house?"

Rudius spoke with an awkward expression, seemingly dissatisfied with the decision.

Shirou, oblivious to the other's attitude, calmly said, "Sylphie is bullied by the villagers because of her hair color. No one wants to be her friend, so we're the only ones who can befriend her."