I am the protagonist

Although it's just an empty shell.

However, Shirou created this magic workshop entirely on his own, and he completed his first magic workshop by taking advantage of his knowledge of runes and utilizing their unique properties.

"[Just]? [Finally]?"

"Shirou, you've only been learning magic for a month and a half, yet you can already independently complete a magic workshop... Do you think this is something an ordinary magician can easily do?"

Rin was filled with envy and jealousy towards Shirou's talent.

Shirou in the past would never have had such talent, but after becoming a magician, he gained this ability.

He single-handedly created his own magic workshop, using runes that he had only recently learned.

"The magic workshop is both the magician's first and last means. No magic workshop can be completed in a day or two, even the most basic magic workshop."

"Shirou, you used runes to turn the entire Emiya residence into your magic workshop... From the theory of magic, this should be impossible. The magical energy gathered in such an empty place would have evaporated into the air long ago, but you turned the Emiya residence into another dimension and forcibly controlled the gathered magical energy within this space, thus forcibly creating a magic workshop."

"Theoretically speaking, this is something that is impossible to achieve, but you actually did it."

As soon as the Magic Workshop was established, Rin could feel the magic power from the outside world gradually filling the Emiya residence. It was as if she were flowing into a pool filled with magic power, and even using magic became much easier than before.

This feeling is like stepping into a cool, air-conditioned room on a summer day, making you want to sing praises of this comfortable feeling.

But Rin's feelings were particularly complicated when she thought about how Shirou had created this magic workshop.

"Rin, I can still sense the deep resentment in your words."

"Isn't that natural?"

Rin rolled her eyes at him. She had worked hard as a magician for over a decade. But after seeing Shirou's achievements, Rin felt that all her efforts over the past ten years had been in vain.

"You accomplished in just one and a half months what I couldn't do in over a decade. Do you think my resentment is small?"

"Rin, didn't you just say before not to compare me to others? You yourself said that ordinary magicians can't compare to mages."

"That's what I say, but I still think that way in my heart."

Rin knew that no matter how good her aptitude was, she, as an ordinary magician, could not compare to a sorcerer.

But rational knowledge is one thing.

Whether one can accept it on an emotional level is another matter entirely.

"Would you like me to make some magic props for you?"

This sentence immediately caught Rin's attention.

"Shirou, can you also make magic props?"

For the past month, Rin has been staying at the Emiya residence, partly to help Shirou recover his past memories... Even though medical science has stated that recovery is impossible, it is still necessary to have some hope.

On the other hand, she taught Shirou some theoretical knowledge about magic and helped him learn runes.

"I can still make some magic props. Didn't the study of runes mention that many magic props can be engraved with runes to enhance their effects?"

Rin certainly remembered that there was such a saying. Runes are a type of magic with a wide range of applications. Moreover, what Lancer organized was the primordial runes, a total of eighteen runes, each with a wide range of applications and a variety of combinations.

Runes greatly enhance magical artifacts, especially the original eighteen runes, which are incredibly powerful.

"Shirou, I remember you don't have any experience in making magic props, do you?"

Rin wasn't concerned about the runes; she was more interested in Shirou's experience.

The creation of magic props requires highly experienced magicians. The more powerful the magic prop, the higher the level of experience and skill required. It is almost unrealistic for a novice magician to create magic props.

Shirou knew he had little experience in making magic props, and even that his professional knowledge was quite lacking. Normally, Shirou would definitely not be able to make magic props, but he did possess the skill "Props Making (A)".

Shirou initially chose the [Tool Making] path so he could create all sorts of magic tools that could be used by those around him. Shirou's idea was good, but having no prior experience with magic, he naturally had no way of creating any magic tools.

But things are different now. Shirou has acquired considerable magical knowledge and even learned the eighteen runes of the Primordial Rune. It can be said that Shirou has now mastered the basics of making magical tools.

Of course, I need to select the production profession first before starting, otherwise my professional knowledge will be far behind.

Shirou's lack of professional knowledge has also been addressed. In fact, Shirou had already started thinking about production professions, but he had been so focused on learning magic and runes that he didn't have much time to work on production professions.

Now that we have the time and the opportunity, we should naturally make the most of our production jobs.

Chapter 43 Preparing to Go Out to Purchase Materials

The choice of crafting professions and items is made possible by the availability of crafting professions.

The knowledge about the related content brought about by the choice of prop making is still in his mind. The methods of making magical costumes and magical props are already in Shirou's mind.

Shirou already possesses a lot of knowledge related to magic creation, such as the method to turn a piece of clothing into a magic prop. However, he does not have the method to create a piece of clothing. Therefore, he now needs certain professional knowledge to better complement this skill.

[Open the list of production professions.]

A list of production professions appeared before Shirou's eyes.

There are many choices.

[Forging, sewing, gold carving, alchemy, sculpting... so the production professions suitable for me now are forging, sewing, and alchemy.]

Crafting weapons, sewing clothes, and making potions—these are the three most crucial production skills for Shirou right now. Once he has the knowledge of these three production skills, the creation of magical items will begin, and Shirou can start making related magical items.

[Hmm? Do secondary professions also require JP value?]

[That makes sense. SP is mainly used to upgrade skill levels. If you have enough skill levels, you don't have to worry about running out of SP. But JP (Junior Points) are not that many, so it seems we need to use them sparingly.]

In the past, JP value was used to upgrade professions, but there was only one profession available. Once used, it could only be saved up until the next profession arrived, which was useless. However, with production professions, things are different.

The highest level for each production profession is estimated to be level 10... Thinking about this, Shirou realized that JP value would definitely not be enough in the future.

Just like SP points, even though you've accumulated a lot, it's still not enough to use all those skills.

[Luckily, I beat Archer a month ago, otherwise my level wouldn't have increased.]

[Facing a Heroic Spirit, creating an opponent that invades the world's barrier only resulted in a level increase of 1, and even that was a level 1 with some prior experience. It seems that the period before level 10 is truly the beginner phase; gaining experience becomes much more difficult afterward.]

Shirou doesn't even want to talk about how difficult it will be to upgrade later; it's all just a bunch of frustrating things.

Right now, the more important thing is to choose all the secondary professions first.

[Would you like to spend 1 JP point to unlock the crafting profession of Blacksmithing?]

[Spend 1 JP point to unlock the sewing profession?]

[Would you like to spend 1 JP point to unlock the production profession, Alchemy?]

Yes!

[Production professions are now available!]

The moment the production profession was activated, a large amount of information flooded into Shirou's mind, but this time the amount of information was not particularly large, and Shirou was still able to handle it.

These are all basic production methods, not particularly in-depth content.

After receiving the message, Shirou quickly organized it. Although it was just some basic professional knowledge, it was enough for Shirou to make weapons and clothes.

[The alchemy profession, however, is quite surprising. It allows them to create more advanced potions from ordinary materials. That's quite a skillful trick.]

We're in a mysterious world now, so materials are definitely plentiful. But what if we went to a world without any mystery? Then materials would definitely be scarce.

Furthermore, the scarcity of these mysterious materials also needs to be considered.

[If we think like this, we'll be carrying around a lot of materials and magic props. Should we upgrade the prop box then?]

The item box is a spatial storage box, a skill Shirou acquired from the beginning. This skill is quite valuable, but Shirou didn't need to carry many things with him before, so he temporarily put this skill aside.

The current consideration is the shift to a production-oriented career. In the future, you will definitely need to carry a lot of materials with you, so a personal storage box will become very important.

[Upgrade! The Item Box skill has become very important now.]

[Would you like to consume 45 SP to upgrade the item box?]

Yes!

Shirou immediately upgraded the item box from level 1 to the highest level.

Shirou had already tested what the item box's interior was like, and knew that it was just a simple storage box. It didn't preserve food, and living things couldn't be put inside.

The space inside the prop box doesn't need to be organized; as long as the total number of items stored doesn't exceed the box's capacity, you can put anything in it.

I wonder if this has changed when it's upgraded to the highest level.

We'll conduct the test later.

[Let's go buy some medicinal herbs to test it out first.]

With that thought in mind, Shirou prepared to pack up and go out to buy some medicinal herbs to use for alchemy.

"Senior, are you going out?"

"Yeah, we just turned our house into a magic workshop yesterday, and today we want to try something else. Sakura, do you want to come along?"

"Then I'll go too, senior, please wait for me."

Sakura took a deep breath, unable to contain her joy. This was the first time her senior had invited her out since losing his memory.

"Huh? Sakura, are you going to change your clothes again?"

"Yes, it's because the clothes we wear at home aren't really suitable to wear outside."

It's already so beautiful.

Shirou, on the other hand, thought that Sakura's current clothes were definitely wearable.

Although he wasn't good at describing girls' appearances, he was stunned for a long time when he first saw Sakura. She was definitely the kind of girl who was stunning at first glance, and a girl with such a gentle personality would definitely be very popular.

Girls are really strange. They might wear beautiful clothes at home, but then change into different clothes when they go out. Is it because girls are naturally more delicate and care more about these things?

Upon closer reflection, it seems there are no other answers.

Shirou waited outside for a while, about half an hour, before Sakura came out of the room.

She changed from a short skirt to a long skirt, wore a scarf around her neck, and a cotton hat on her head, looking very warm.

"Oh~ Sakura, you look beautiful in this outfit too."

"Hehe~ Thank you for the compliment, senior."

Sakura was absolutely thrilled. Today she got to go shopping with her senior, and he even complimented her on how pretty she was.

During this time, Sakura also participated in the study of Rune Runes. It was through this study that she realized how close her sister and senior had been.

Now it's her turn.

Chapter 44 I don't want you to die of old age before my eyes

In January, it was still snowing outside in the island nation, and the chill in the air continued to afflict many girls who seemed oblivious to the cold. Walking down the street, he saw many girls wearing short skirts, seemingly unfazed by the cold, but even Shirou felt a chill in his eyes seeing them.

Shirou, holding the umbrella, moved closer to Sakura. The umbrella was just big enough to cover the two of them; if they didn't get closer, it might not be able to block the snowflakes falling from the sky.

Sakura glanced at her senior and took the initiative to link arms with him so that she could get closer to him.

Shirou's body stiffened for a moment, mainly because he wasn't used to being suddenly attacked by a girl. However, after spending so much time together, Shirou had gradually begun to accept Sakura, and interacting with her wasn't as awkward as it had been at the beginning.

"Senior, it's been a month already and you still aren't used to it?"

"...What I'm not used to is your sudden approach. Do you think I would react this way if we had normal contact?"

"Then why doesn't the senior feel any discomfort with Ilya at all?"

This question caused Shirou's facial muscles to twitch slightly. Was this a question that needed to be raised?

"Sakura, would you develop feelings for your older sister that go beyond sisterly affection?"

"Ah, senior, you're changing the subject. My sister and I are girls, we're biological sisters, how could my sister and I have that kind of relationship?"

"That's the right way to think. So, do you think I would have those immoral feelings for my sister?"

[Illya isn't your real older sister, so it's perfectly normal for her to have some feelings for you.]

However, the clever Sakura didn't say those words; she wouldn't interfere in other people's relationships so casually.

"Senior, what are you planning to buy this time?"

"This time I'm going to try making some magic props. I finished the most basic magic workshop at home yesterday. As an intern magician, I should do some of the things a magician should do."

"Senior, creating a magic workshop is not something an apprentice magician should do."

That really left Shirou speechless.

"Sakura, there's no need to go into details about this."

Sakura chuckled but didn't continue. It was nice to see her senior getting flustered, especially when he was completely unaware of what kind of magician he was. His embarrassed reaction was particularly amusing.

"Senior, what kind of magic prop are you planning to make this time?"