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

Chapter 64 Apologize to Shirou!

When Shiro and Paul went to the village of Buena, they were prepared to be questioned by the enraged villagers.

This is a perfectly reasonable consideration.

Even if Shirou had a legitimate reason—to protect Sylphie when he disciplined the children—he still went too far.

So many children were beaten so badly they were unrecognizable, and some couldn't even get out of bed for months afterward. In severe cases, they might even suffer lifelong psychological trauma.

As the child's parents, the villagers would never easily let go of the culprit who beat their child, and would most likely unite to accuse him.

Before he even started beating the children, Shirou had already prepared himself for the consequences. Knowing that he would likely lose the villagers' trust and be refuted by them, he still proceeded to beat the children.

For Shirou, nothing is more important than the people he wants to protect. If anyone crosses his bottom line, even if he is facing an opponent he cannot defeat, he will fight with all his might and give everything he has to make the other party pay the price!

Of course, there are unavoidable consequences for doing so.

When Shirou and Paul arrived at Buena Village, the villagers had already gathered in the village's open space. Familiar and unfamiliar villagers alike were all gathered there. Several children who had been beaten by Shirou but whose injuries were minor and who were still able to move were standing beside their parents as witnesses.

Among them was a boy named Somar, who huddled behind Mrs. Somar, his face filled with fear and horror. He trembled instinctively when Shirou approached.

"Everyone..."

Seeing the villagers gathered there with serious expressions, Shirou took a deep breath, knowing that it was time for him to take responsibility.

He will take responsibility for beating the child, but he will not apologize for it.

Because he didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did, and he didn't think there was anything he should apologize for in order to protect Sylphie.

Before he could speak, Mrs. Somar pulled out Somar from behind her and said angrily, "You idiot, step forward and apologize to him!"

"what???"

Mrs. Somar's words stunned both Shiron and Paul.

Both of them were visibly surprised, clearly not expecting the lady to say such a thing.

Following Mrs. Somar, the other children's parents also scolded their children with disappointment and forced them to apologize to Shirou.

This sight left not only Paul bewildered, but even Shirou himself was stunned.

The father and son looked at each other, completely unaware that things would turn out this way.

"Mrs. Somar, what are you doing?"

Seeing the young woman in linen clothes approaching with her child, looking serious, to apologize, Shirou was completely bewildered.

He originally thought that since he had severely beaten the village children, it was only natural for the villagers to resent and envy him.

Paul was in the same boat; he had even prepared to resign from his position as knight lord and return to being an adventurer.

The father and son never expected things to develop in such an unexpected way.

While Shirou and Paul were in a state of confusion, Mrs. Somar, with a look of utter disappointment, spoke sternly: "Miss Lilia has just explained everything to us. After questioning the children, we fully understand the truth. I never imagined these foolish children would do such a thing! Just because of her green hair, they mistook the Roltz family's daughter for a demon, and even bullied and humiliated her, bringing shame upon that child named Sylphie. I'm so angry! It's all my fault for being so disciplining; it allowed my children to do such lawless things!!"

"Yes, yes, Roltz has been so good to our village, always unconditionally guarding the forest tower to prevent monsters from appearing. These brats actually bullied his only daughter! It makes me so angry!"

"Shirou, you did a great job! Even if you didn't teach those brats a lesson, I'd give them a good spanking when I got back!!"

"Once they've recovered, I'll beat that brat to a pulp! He even dares to bully a little girl!"

"If only my child had even a fraction of your reliability, Shirou..."

The villagers spoke up one after another, showing no resentment towards Shirou for beating the child. On the contrary, they all looked enthusiastic and fully supported Shirou's actions.

This result surprised both Shiro and Paul, and for a moment the father and son were at a loss for words.

But Paul soon realized that this was, in a sense, a natural outcome.

After all, Shirou's reputation in Buena Village these days was something even he had heard about.

Shirou not only patrols the village every day to protect its safety, but also often helps the villagers with all sorts of tedious tasks without expecting anything in return. For example, he uses enhancement magic to help repair the village's wagons and waterwheels, or he uses the earth magic he later learned to fertilize the village's farmland...

He showed kindness to everyone in the village of Buena, unconditionally helping all those in need and embodying the belief of a partner of justice.

Even though he looks like a child who is not yet an adult, Shirou’s attitude is comparable to that of a true knight.

The people of Buyena Village saw all of this, and their recognition and gratitude towards Shirou grew deeper over time. Now it was time to repay them.

It's fair to say that even if Shirou had no legitimate reason to beat the child, the villagers wouldn't have cared too much about it.

Vote me for peaches, and repay me for plums.

You give me your heart, and I will repay you with kindness.

Most of the time, relationships between people are not complicated. Everyone has their own standard for how to treat others, and this standard is mostly well-intentioned.

Shirou treats the villagers of Buena Village with kindness, and the villagers naturally reciprocate with the same kindness.

"..."

Faced with the villagers' attitude, Shirou didn't know what to say for a moment.

For a moment, his heart was filled with complex emotions and gratitude. The part of his soul belonging to the Heroic Spirit Emiya was even more stirred by this ideal of getting closer to justice.

After apologizing to Shiro, the villagers all said that once the child had recovered from his injuries, they would bring him to apologize in person as soon as possible.

Shirou said that he didn't need to apologize to him, but should apologize to Sylphie herself.

These words were accepted by the villagers.

"Shirou, I'm so sorry this time."

Mrs. Somar spoke apologetically, "Soma's father passed away early, and I haven't had time to discipline this child. I never expected it would cause you so much trouble. If possible, Shirou, please come to my house. I will personally entertain you and apologize to you."

"Uh...no, that's not necessary..."

Although it would be perfectly reasonable for Mrs. Somar to treat him to a meal as an apology, Shirou couldn't help but feel that Mrs. Somar's gaze was very strange.

The other person was clearly looking at me, but their gaze seemed to be focused on my developing body.

Although Shirou is only a little over ten years old, his body has already entered the initial stage of development, which may be related to his daily exercise.

Mrs. Somar's gaze was like that of a hunter eyeing its prey, which instilled fear in Shirou, who immediately refused.

After finishing their business in the village, Shirou and Paul returned to the Grerat family home.

This incident has had a significant impact, and Paul, as the Knight Lord, will likely be busy for a long time to resolve the matter.

Meanwhile, Senis had returned home and heard everything.

When she heard that Shirou had beaten up other children to protect Sylphie, she didn't question him at all and simply smiled and hugged him.

"Good boy, good boy! As expected of my little Shirou, you're as dashing as a knight!"

"...It's not that bad."

Shirou responded awkwardly, not only because Senis's praise made him feel embarrassed, but also because Paul's gaze had inexplicably become as stern as the winter wind.

So you, as a father, shouldn't get jealous of your son so easily!

However, Shirou is now in puberty, and such close physical contact with Senis is indeed a bit too much for him to handle.

He tried his best to push Senis away to prevent her from making any overly intimate moves.

Next, the whole family gathered around the dinner table in a lively and cheerful atmosphere, filled with warmth and coziness.

Shirou sincerely felt that the Grellard family were indeed a group of good people, and that he was truly lucky to be a child of this family.

……

When Roltz learned that Shirou had beaten up all the children in the village for Sylphie's sake, he immediately brought his family to formally express their gratitude.

The half-elf never imagined that Shirou would do something so outrageous for his daughter, and for a moment he didn't even know what to say, only able to keep repeating words of gratitude.

Meanwhile, with the bullying resolved, Hilfi had emerged from the shadows and no longer needed to live in Grerat's house.

However, Hilfi looked very disappointed and felt extremely sad about leaving this warm home.

Seeing this, Shirou went up to her and patted her head: "Sylphie, the other children in the village won't bully you anymore. You can come to our house to play anytime from now on."

"Really, brother?"

"of course."

Shirou spoke with a smile, which brought a joyful smile to Sylphie's face as well.

Seeing the interaction between the two, Rudeus looked very uncomfortable. He couldn't help but step between Shirou and Sylphie, as if to say, "Don't try to steal my older brother's thunder."

Shirou couldn't help but show a headache, but he also smiled from the bottom of his heart.

After everything was over, time began to fly by, and the new year soon arrived.

Chapter 65 Breakthrough, Advanced Sword God Style!

This winter was much colder than usual.

Even though it was already the New Year, white snowflakes were still falling from the sky, and the snow piled up on the ground, blocking all the roads.

In the snow-covered fields, only the bare tree trunks can be seen occasionally; in this desolate world, it seems that not even an insect can survive.

Fortunately, this year's harvest in Bouyena village was good, and the villagers have stored enough food to get through the winter, so that they won't starve even if they stay at home.

All of this was thanks to Shirou's constant use of earth magic to improve the fertility of the village's fields. His special earth magic could not only extract metal elements, but also increase the fertility of the land.

The villagers were undoubtedly very grateful for this, which further boosted Shirou's reputation.

Of course, Shirou did all this not just to gain the villagers' gratitude, but he wouldn't go to such lengths to do good deeds.

The reason Shirou tried to increase the fertility of the village's land was that he was further practicing his magic.

After mastering sword magic, his magic remained in a state of slight improvement, but not a significant one.

Given the limitations of talent, intermediate and higher-level magic is simply too difficult to use proactively.

This was a skill that Loki had painstakingly taught him, and Shirou really hoped to improve it further so that he could surprise Loki when they met again in the future.

That's why Shirou took the initiative to use earth magic to increase the fertility of the village's land, and found that the effect was quite good. His understanding of earth magic was further improved, and he could even quickly release some simple earth magic without omitting some of the incantations.

Of course, even so, his earth magic can only be described as intermediate level. Compared to Rudeus, whose all attributes are at the upper level and whose water magic is already at the saint level, he is still far behind.

Besides magic, Shirou's swordsmanship has also reached a bottleneck.

Since he fully mastered the Sword of the Mind and entered a state of mindless swordsmanship, he has made no progress in the next stage of the Sword God Style—the Silent Katana.

After Paul demonstrated it that day, Shirou had a general understanding of the principle behind the so-called silent katana.

Simply put, the method of the Silent Katana is to achieve supersonic sword strikes by swinging the sword at extreme speed, making the sword's slashing speed even exceed the speed of sound!

A sword whose sound cannot keep up with the wind is a silent sword.

Although Kashiro knew the theory and reasoning, he couldn't understand how a pure sword swing could be so fast that even the sound couldn't keep up.

After all, the human body has its limits, and the power that the body can release will inevitably be depleted, making it impossible to achieve a perfect strike with 100% accuracy.

To unleash such swordsmanship, one would not only need to utilize all of the body's energy, but might even need to exceed the limits, releasing power at 200% or 300%.

Is this really possible?

With this question in mind, Shirou tried every day to practice swordsmanship with Paul, attempting to comprehend the abilities of the Silent Blade in his battles with Paul, a master of the advanced swordsmanship style.

But this approach is generally ineffective.

Because swordsmanship is not something that can be mastered through research or magic. So-called swordsmanship is something that is felt through the body and comprehended through the mind—a purely intuitive level of understanding.

Shirou's comprehension, if not exceptionally outstanding, is at least quite average.

He never considered himself to be someone with any special talent.

Therefore, for Shirou, there is only one way to hone his swordsmanship: to work day and night, giving it his all, and reach the pinnacle of skill at one point!

For this reason, Shirou has spent a lot of time practicing swordsmanship almost every day for the past few months. He constantly swings, sheathes, and swings his sword, trying to make up for his lack of talent with perseverance and master the true Silent Katana.

"Shirou, aren't you pushing yourself a little too hard?"

Seeing Shirou swinging his sword almost all day long, as if burning his life force to hone his swordsmanship, Paul couldn't help but offer a reminder.

In fact, not only Paul, but everyone in the Grellard family was worried about Shirou's condition, fearing that his frenzied sword practice might put a strain on his body.

"Fight to the death? Did you?"

In response to Paul's words, Shilang naturally asked a question in return.

For him, this level of training was just a matter of putting in a little enthusiasm; it wasn't really risking his life.

He once poured everything into a gun to save Miyu, and faced the Eindsworth family with the utmost resolve; that was when he truly risked his life.

Of course, Shirou's ideas were destined to be misunderstood by the rest of the Grellard family.