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

The two then went together to the center of the banquet hall.

When Shirou and Alice appeared together, everyone around couldn't help but look over. Most people didn't react much when they saw Alice, but when they saw Shirou, they immediately showed negative emotions.

Only Princess Ariel remained interested in Shirou, showing little change in her behavior.

However, Luke, who is by Princess Ariel's side, is now bursting with resentment towards Shirou.

After all, Shirou's current actions not only conflict with him over the family inheritance rights, but also show him such unpleasant behavior. Now, he even tries to steal Alice, whom Shirou has his eye on. He can be described as an enemy among enemies.

Right now, he just hopes that Shirou won't dance well and will make a complete fool of himself, so that he can comfort Alice in Shirou's place, and even dance with her.

Amidst the complex emotions of Luke and everyone else present, Shirou calmly stood in front of Alice and extended his hand.

Seeing this, Alice took a deep breath and made up her mind to take Shirou's hand.

As the music began to play, the people dancing around them started making moves with their partners.

Alice was so stiff she was practically frozen, as if her joints were locked.

Seeing Alice's appearance, Shirou sighed. He realized that before dancing, he needed to address Alice's mental state.

He then looked at Alice and slowly said, "Don't worry about what others think, Alice. If you really can't do it, just treat the people around you as spectators, and treat them as enemies. What we need to do now is to use our weapons to wipe them all out!"

"Enemy? Eliminate them?"

Upon hearing Shirou's suggestive words, Alice's expression subtly changed.

For Alice, who possesses a beast-like fighting instinct, the mere mention of eliminating the enemy is enough to instantly send her into a ferocious state, completely forgetting her current situation and focusing all her attention on her physical movements.

Seizing the opportunity, Shirou acted immediately.

Although he had never danced in his life, nor had he ever watched a dance performance many times.

However, due to the existence of projection technology, Shirou is very used to imitating other people's actions and making corresponding gestures.

He can now simply watch the people around him dance and follow along with the beat, and he can naturally perform the corresponding actions.

Under Shirou's guidance, Alice quickly got into the rhythm of the dance.

Alice was originally a master of the Sword God style, with fast and swift movements, so dancing should be a piece of cake for her.

However, Alice had been somewhat unnecessarily tense because she viewed dance as something contrary to herself and instinctively rebelled against it.

However, Shirou guided Alice with sword movements, making her realize that dancing was nothing more than swordsmanship.

The girl quickly became more agile.

Although there were some minor mishaps during the process, with Shirou being stepped on by Alice several times, Shirou and Alice still managed to complete the dance together successfully the moment the music ended.

Furthermore, their swordsmanship far surpassed that of ordinary nobles, quickly drawing enthusiastic applause from everyone around them.

Chapter 149 Birthday Gift - [Black Key]!

Shirou led Alice through the entire dance smoothly.

Although there were occasional stumbles along the way, the explosive power of their dance, displayed by these two excellent swordsmen, far surpassed that of everyone around them.

Therefore, he quickly received applause from everyone.

"You are amazing, Shirou-sensei."

After the dance, Edna, Alice's etiquette teacher who taught her dance, came over to give her heartfelt praise.

She had been teaching Alice to dance for a long time, but Alice had never performed better than she did today.

Shirou didn't fully accept Edna's admiration.

He knew that Alice's perfect performance today was inseparable from her daily training. If it weren't for Teacher Edna's hard work every day, even if Shirou had eliminated Alice's nervousness, he wouldn't have been able to get her to perform so perfectly.

Upon hearing Shirou's words, a strange expression immediately appeared on Edna's face.

She glanced at Shirou shyly, then suddenly suggested that she and Shirou dance together.

Shirou agreed without thinking too much about it.

The two dancers performed so perfectly that it reignited the enthusiasm of the surrounding nobles.

When the dance ended, Ms. Edna suddenly said that she was not feeling well and hoped that Shirou could take her back to her room to rest.

Shirou was puzzled because he couldn't see anything wrong with Edna's body.

Because he needed to stay on site to take care of Alice, and because the incident with Mrs. Somar had left him with a lifelong trauma, Shirou decisively declined Edna's offer, leaving a clear look of regret on the woman's face...

Shirou quickly left Edna's vicinity, wanting some peace and quiet by himself, and also to prepare for the gift-giving segment that followed.

He had prepared a very suitable gift for Alice.

Shirou also sampled the dishes at the banquet, selecting the best-prepared ones, intending to ask the head chef about their preparation methods later.

Shirou still wants to further improve his cooking skills.

However, before Shirou could rest for even a short while, he suddenly noticed several girls of similar age surrounding him from a distance.

They all seemed to be drawn to Shirou's dance and now wanted to invite him to dance as well.

Shirou never refuses an invitation.

But he can't keep dancing with people indefinitely.

Most importantly, he could clearly sense that several girls were having a significant conflict over the right to dance with him.

Shirou, being such a kind-hearted person, naturally couldn't stand seeing others argue over him.

Just as Shirou was at a loss and didn't know how to deal with it, the blonde girl, Princess Ariel, suddenly walked over from not far away.

"Would you like to dance with me?"

Ariel flashed a sweet, captivating smile and extended an invitation to Shirou.

Most people would certainly not refuse this.

However, Shirou was filled with wariness towards Ariel and absolutely did not want to have anything to do with this second princess anymore.

But he was in a situation he couldn't resolve, and the only solution was to agree to Ariel's request and accept her help.

After all, given Princess Ariel's status, other noble girls probably wouldn't even have the slightest thought of competing for her; they would simply give up without hesitation.

"Ok."

Shirou sighed and had no choice but to surrender.

Seeing Ariel's knowing look, he slowly walked with her to the center of the dance floor.

Because of Shirou's excellent performance in the dance, most people have changed their opinion of him, and at least no longer think of him as a coward who doesn't even dare to accept a duel.

However, seeing that Shirou has been given the opportunity to dance with Princess Ariel, many nobles still harbor resentment.

After all, Princess Ariel rejected most of the men who wanted to dance with her.

The fact that Shirou, a seemingly unknown figure, was able to dance with the princess still ignited the jealousy of many.

"..."

Shirou naturally noticed the glaring gazes from those around him.

But there was nothing he could do.

Dancing with Ariel is the only way he can relax right now.

Moreover, Ariel seemed to have a good grasp of the level of harassment. During the dance with him, the blonde girl did almost nothing superfluous and just danced earnestly with Shirou.

"What a delightful dance."

After finishing her dance, Ariel spoke earnestly, "Shirou, you're very good at observing other people's movements. You always coordinate with me at the perfect moment for every key move, as if you can read other people's thoughts and are willing to offer your best help to strangers."

"This……"

I'm once again amazed by Princess Ariel's keen observation skills.

Shirou never expected that the other party could deduce so much from just his dance moves; it was truly unlike a human being.

Seeing Shirou's helpless profile, Ariel's face quickly lit up with a sly expression as she smiled and said, "I really want you more and more, Shirou. Aren't you really going to join me? I'll grant you any request."

Ariel spoke with a seductive expression, radiating allure.

"No... I didn't have that idea."

Shirou resolutely refused Ariel's offer to recruit him, saying, "I have no interest in the struggle for the throne, not to mention that Lord Luke is not very welcoming of me."

"I am truly sorry about what happened to Luke."

Ariel's attitude was very sincere. Seeing that Shirou still had no intention of joining, she could only say silently, "Alright, if you insist on refusing, I can't force you."

Seeing Ariel's dejected look, Shirou couldn't help but sigh.

The other party has helped me many times, and although I have always been wary of them, I think that might just be a misunderstanding on my part.

After hesitating for a moment, Shirou couldn't help but say, "Although I can't be your subordinate, we can still be friends."

"friend?"

Ariel paused slightly upon hearing Shirou utter the word.

She then chuckled, as if she had heard something particularly interesting, and covered her mouth with her hand, saying, "Interesting, really interesting. Shirou, you might be the first person in the world to ask to be my friend."

"This... I seem to have been a bit rude."

Shirou realized that he had been incredibly disrespectful to a princess by asking to be her friend.

He immediately wanted to apologize.

But before that, Ariel shook her head: "No need to apologize, I accept it."

"what?"

"What I mean is, I can be your friend, Shirou. You will become Princess Ariel's first friend. How about that? Are you happy?"

"..."

What were meant to be happy words, when spoken by Ariel, gave the impression of making you want to beat the person up.

Shirou couldn't help but sigh, but he still reached out his hand.

Ariel then grasped his hand in return.

The two smiled at each other and officially became friends.

After the dance was completely over, Shirou became the center of attention at the banquet.

His exceptional dancing skills and close relationship with Princess Ariel make it hard to believe that he was just an ordinary descendant of nobility.

Luke, on the other hand, regarded Shirou as a thorn in his side.

Of course, because of Ariel's warning, he no longer dares to lay a hand on Shirou in person, but his attitude remains as annoying as ever.

After the dance performance, the banquet officially began to celebrate Alice's birthday.

The nobles each presented carefully prepared gifts to celebrate the birthday of Alice, the eldest daughter of the Boreas family.

Most of the gifts prepared by nobles were very valuable, either priceless jewels or extremely rare items...

Princess Ariel and Luke also presented their own prepared gifts, all of which were priceless treasures.

Once everyone had given their gifts, the banquet was drawing to a close.

Shirou didn't plan to give the gift in front of everyone; he wasn't good at doing things that were too high-profile. So he just planned to present his gift when the banquet was over and no one was around.

Everything proceeded according to his plan.

The banquet soon came to an end.

Most of the guests had already left.

Princess Ariel, however, and her men Luke and Dirich remained where they were, seemingly having something to discuss with Sauros.

Shirou intended to present his gift after the princess's people had all left, but Zoros suddenly spoke up: "By the way, Shirou, you didn't forget to prepare a gift for Alice, did you? I reminded you before!"

Shoros was a rough and uncouth man. He completely disregarded the presence of outsiders and insisted that Shirou present his gift.

In Shoros's view, it doesn't matter what gift Shirou gives; what matters is the sentiment behind it.

Because he had long regarded Shirou as family.

However, this was undoubtedly bad news for Shirou, because the nobles' gifts were so precious that if Shirou didn't prepare a corresponding gift, he would easily be ridiculed.

Philip immediately noticed the problem and tried to stop his father.

But Shirou stopped Philip, even though he didn't really care when to give the gift.