I am the protagonist

Then, Shirou also turned his attention to skills that conceal one's presence.

Chapter 40 Lancer's eyes are going blind

"Huh? This guy has lost his past memories because of the severe head injury?"

When Lancer was informed of this, he looked at Saber and the little girl with a very strange gaze.

"How did you manage to get him into such a serious condition?"

Feeling guilty, Saber and Rin both looked away, as they didn't really want to answer the question.

"You don't need to ask them about this anymore. It's all in the past now, so there's no need to dwell on it too much."

"...Young man, you really have a great personality."

The topic shifted, and Lancer didn't dwell on the issue too much, continuing to focus his attention on his spear. Actually, Lancer had felt that using projection magic to create the original texts was quite abnormal, and he wanted to ask about this projection magic.

"Young man, projection magic isn't easy to create original texts. Archer at best only came close to the level of an original text, and he had to concentrate very much and even consume a lot of magic power. So how did you manage to do it?"

"That's why I asked you. I don't even know how I made the weapon. I just glanced at the weapon Archer made and made the spear based on my intuition."

"It's that simple?"

This answer made Lancer even more confused. Is projection magic so simple to create the original magic?

It's obvious that even a fool like Lancer would know this is unrealistic; it would cause immediate disaster for any other magician. As a Heroic Spirit with a brain, he naturally wouldn't believe such an absurd claim; he believed there must be other reasons behind it.

"I don't think it's that simple myself, but can you explain why?"

"Then I might really give it a try."

Lancer wasn't sure if he could find a definitive answer, but he had a feeling that there was something else hidden within this young man. He was genuinely willing to give this investigation a try; Lancer had some experience in this area.

"Lancer, what are you going to do?"

Lancer looked at Saber, who had already raised her sword, and felt a lot of pressure. He hadn't said anything profound; he had just done a simple check.

"Saber, put your sword away."

"Shirou..."

"Put it away. Lancer isn't someone who wants to do anything by coming over when he has free time. This isn't the Holy Grail War you're talking about, so give him some trust."

"……Um."

Saber sheathed the sword she had raised, but her face was full of regret. If Shirou hadn't stopped her, she definitely would have slashed down directly.

[Hey, hey, hey, are you really that vengeful?]

Others might not know, but Lancer knew very well that Saber's actions were definitely a sign of holding a grudge, because he had just said something outside and Saber had remembered it.

[As expected, women everywhere are all very petty. Even the seemingly rigid Knight King has become worldly-wise.]

[I should be more careful next time; Saber's words definitely made me want to stab her.]

This wasn't the first time Lancer had encountered something like this; he remembered that his somewhat unpredictable mentor had the same personality. Sometimes Lancer just couldn't understand what those women were thinking, so he always got a severe scolding from his mentor, who showed no mercy.

Seeing Saber's vengeful nature, Lancer was convinced that if he were to be careless and Saber caught him off guard, he would be severely slashed.

Just thinking about it sent chills down Lancer's spine. Being stared at by a Knight King like that was terrifying, especially one who held a grudge.

Lancer drew several special symbols in the air with his fingers, and these symbols immediately turned into light that enveloped Shirou.

"This is……"

“Runes, oh runes. My teacher once taught me about guns and magic, and runes are the magic my teacher taught me.”

“Runic runes that don’t require chanting spells like magicians, but can be used simply by drawing or writing them out… that seems interesting.”

Suddenly, Shirou became very interested in this rune. If he were to learn magic in the future, he would definitely choose the rune as his subject of study.

One point is that you don't need to recite those incantations.

Another point is that it looks very simple to use.

Setting up a base and crafting items both require time and materials. What if we could add different runes?

Needless to say, Shirou knew that the effect would be stronger than expected, so he had to figure out how to learn the runes from the man in front of him.

Lancer had no idea what Shirou was thinking, but he was also experiencing some emotional fluctuations.

What's going on here?

Even Archer's Servant stats aren't this outrageous, how can this guy's stats be so outrageous?

Just now, Lancer used runes to transform the guy's physical stats and abilities into a panel similar to that of a Heroic Spirit. This is because it's a magic trick that confirms ability values ​​based on a Heroic Spirit's panel; big data is calculated according to the Heroic Spirit's ability values.

Normal human data is naturally no match for Heroic Spirits, but after seeing the guy's data, Lancer wondered if he was a fake Heroic Spirit.

Strength: A, Endurance: A, Agility: A+, Magic: EX, Luck: EX, Noble Phantasm: EX

This string of A and EX numbers really got Lancer under a lot of stress. Even though he knew that data wasn't a direct indicator of a Servant's strength, most of the game's data was still directly proportional to their power level.

What's the meaning of this series of A's?

What's with the three extra EXs?

Is this data something a normal human could obtain? This is even more terrifying than heroic spirits.

If it weren't for the fact that it said "[Real Name: Emiya Shirou]" at the top, Lancer would have really had the urge to pick up a gun and stab this unknown man in front of him.

It's understandable that Lancer had some issues with the previous data; perhaps his runes had problems and couldn't fully reflect the data of the person in question. But what exactly is an EX Noble Phantasm? Can a normal human possess an EX Noble Phantasm?

Lancer continued reading, eager to see just how brutal a Noble Phantasm could be.

[Inherent Skills:]

Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (EX): Mystic Eyes that can see death. Since death also exists in the world, they can see the death of the world.

Soul Materialization (EX): The soul is immortalized and materialized. Magic originates from the soul, therefore the magic remains undiminished as the soul is immortal.

The Inherent World (EX): A complete world created using magic. Because it is a world-scale world, it is not affected by matter outside the world.

Fantasy Creation (EX): Allows the creation of all matter through imagination, and, blessed by the world, is permitted to create weapons exceeding all specifications.

These four skills, which could be seen with the naked eye, almost made Lancer's eyes pop out. He had never seen such a luxurious array of inherent skills on a Heroic Spirit before. They were all EX skills, not a single A skill. It was simply abnormal.

Chapter 41 Acquisition of the Primal Rune Successfully

[No wonder the guy managed to recreate the original; this fantasy is so perfect... Could it get any more outrageous?]

It is possible to create all matter through imagination. This does look like a projection, but it is not a projection at all.

Projection magic creates lifelike replicas by analyzing objects. However, "fantasy magic" relies on imagination; it only requires a certain understanding of objects and can even create replicas of the originals. This is something that normal magicians cannot even imagine.

[Oh, I really saw it! This rune can even see other people's data, that's amazing.]

Shirou noticed Lancer's emotional fluctuations and realized that some of his data had been exposed. However, this only made Shirou more interested in runes. The function of runes was obvious; Shirou's first impression was their convenient nature.

"Lancer, what did you see?"

"...Ah, this is a bit of a surprise. I didn't expect that this guy's stats are now stronger than any other Heroic Spirit."

"!?"

Faced with the incredulous gazes of so many people, Shirou scratched his cheek helplessly. In fact, he had already mentioned before that his five dimensions had been improved.

"Rin, Sakura, you should remember me telling you that my strength has increased a lot, right?"

The two sisters simultaneously began to recall whether they had such a memory.

"They're at the hospital!"

"At the hospital!"

The two sisters simultaneously recalled that Shirou had indeed said something similar, something he had said before they were discharged from the hospital. However, they hadn't paid much attention to it at the time, and they didn't have time to think about it too much in that situation.

"When she came back later, didn't Ilya say it was caused by the materialization of the soul?"

"Um……"

Because of a sudden change in his soul, the soul, having completed its materialization, had ascended to the level of immortality. Along with this change in his soul, the body that carried it also underwent a transformation. These were the words spoken by Ilya at the time.

[Soul materialization... is categorized as one of the inherent skills.]

Lancer was very familiar with the "EX" lettering behind that skill. He didn't know much about modern magic and wasn't sure what this magic trick represented, but from the conversation, he could tell that the guy's transformation must have come from this skill.

[Could it be that the immortality of his soul is what caused the young man's physical abilities to evolve so dramatically? And also elevated his projection magic and Reality Marble to a higher level?]

Lancer didn't know if such a thing was possible, but he knew that it had indeed happened to the young man in front of him.

[Is this related to being taken to the hospital? I knew there was something fishy about the idea that Saber and the little girl took the guy to the hospital.]

Well, I don't need to think about those troublesome things.

Although Lancer knew there were some issues behind this, he wasn't one to delve into the reasons. If there's an opportunity, he could look into it; otherwise, it's best not to investigate further.

"Young man, it seems you're doing quite well. Although you've lost your memories, memories aren't everything. If you're a man, don't dwell on the past."

"...I didn't dwell on the past."

Shirou knows nothing about what happened in the past, nor does he want to know anything about it.

What kind of person Shirou Emiya was in the past is no longer relevant to him; it's all in the past. Now that he's the one living in this world, he should be treated according to his standards. Shirou has never had any intention of regaining his past memories.

"Yes, that's right. Men shouldn't be so hesitant and look back. A real man should take the initiative to look forward."

Shirou's gaze shifted, and he seemed to have some ideas.

"We should definitely look forward, but now that I've seen runes, I wonder if Lancer would be willing to teach me?"

"...Huh? You want to learn runes, bro?"

Lancer never expected that this guy would actually target him, so he grabbed the guy and pulled him to the corner to talk.

(Hey, you're already incredibly powerful, why are you even learning runes?)

(I think you've got it wrong. I know those powers are powerful, but do you think I can control them so easily? Forget those powers, I don't even know what magic is.)

(Oh, have you lost your memory?)

Lancer then realized that the young man suffered from amnesia. Forgetting the past meant forgetting how to use magic, and he could only use the familiar projection magic by instinct.

Amnesia is a really big problem.

Lancer scratched his face. He wasn't stingy with runes; he had learned them from that teacher himself.

(Well, if you want to learn, teaching you is no problem. But next time he runs into that woman, don't say I taught him. If she finds out I taught him, she might come after me.)

(Who is that woman?)

(Anyway, it's that woman, the one who's always looking for death.)

Are there really people this twisted in the world?

Shirou couldn't understand why anyone would want to die, especially not at any moment. However, this incomprehension didn't stop him from agreeing to Lancer's conditions; he just needed to be careful what he said when encountering other female Servants.

(make a deal.)

(OK! I will teach you the eighteen primordial runes later.)

It's been a long time since Lancer has used runes, so he needs to take some time to think about them.

"Then next time I'll bring you a book about runes, and you can figure it out yourself then."

Rune magic is not a simple form of magic; the arrangement and application of runes are quite complex, and mastering the use of runes perfectly may require a long period of practice.

Lancer certainly doesn't have the time to teach directly, but he could simply compile the primordial runes and let others study them on their own. That would take even longer to learn the runes, as the amount of content is enormous.

"no problem."

He was extremely interested in Shirou the Magician; his interest was extraordinary.

As for whether runes are difficult to learn, Shirou had already put that aside; he certainly couldn't let the opportunity to learn pass him by. Compared to modern magic that might involve chanting incantations, rune magic, which uses runes entirely for visualization, could directly enhance Shirou's abilities.

Chapter 42 The First Completed Magic Workshop

Shirou's fingers flew through the air, drawing different types of runes. The runes, categorized in different ways, appeared around the Emiya residence, enveloping the entire place.

Countless runes in different arrangements were created in Shirou's hands. The large number of runes gradually formed a barrier under Shirou's construction, and at the moment this barrier was created, the Emiya residence was fixed in an alternate dimension.

This explains why Shirou transformed the entire Emiya residence into a magic workshop.

"It took a month and a half to finally complete the Magic Workshop?"

As a complete novice in magic, Shirou worked for a month and a half with almost zero skill and created his own magic workshop based on his own ideas.

Although it's the most basic level.