I am the protagonist

"Sakura, let's go shopping."

"Hey?"

"Let's go."

Sakura, who was holding Shirou's hand, was taken away before she could even react.

Looking at her senior's profile, Sakura's sense of loss dissipated; the feeling of being protected by that gentle warmth was truly wonderful.

While Shirou and Sakura went out on a date, Rin, Saber, and Rider returned home, but Saber and Rider had quite a few bags and packages with them.

"Rin, you should have gotten enough things this time, right?"

"Yes, most of them have already been moved over."

Because Shirou turned the entire Emiya residence into a magic workshop yesterday, Rin thought about moving all the magic materials from the Tohsaka family over.

Although there is a spiritual vein under the main house of the Tohsaka family, she no longer lives there. No matter how powerful the spiritual vein is, it cannot change the fact that she and her sister have moved.

Some things definitely need to be moved over.

Those precious magic books will be moved over; they represent the accumulated wealth of the Tohsaka family since its founding, and are even more important than the Tohsaka family itself.

It was precisely because these things were so important that Rin specifically requested that her own people carry them.

Rin wouldn't even consider moving any of the other worthless things over.

"Spellbooks, magic props used in the past, and a lot of magic materials. If these things are not moved here, I will not be able to conduct magic research in the future."

Through her observation of Emiya's residence yesterday, Rin discovered that Shirou's magic workshop was of a very high level; one could clearly feel the magical energy flowing in the air as soon as one entered the house.

However, Rin knew that this was not the effect of the spiritual veins; it was the result of Shirou, that big idiot, inexplicably drawing the power of the Great Source into this magic workshop.

"That big idiot actually dared to do something like this."

Saber and Rider exchanged a glance; they knew what Rin meant.

"Rin, didn't Shirou learn anything about magic before?"

"I taught him! I did teach him about magic, and I also said that magicians cannot absorb large amounts of high-level magic, and the amount they can absorb is quite small, which would greatly limit their magic circuits. But who knew that big idiot would still do it!"

Rin was absolutely certain that she had taught Shirou this knowledge, but that idiot still did it anyway.

In fact, she only discovered this during her subsequent examination, for which Rin gave Shirou a severe lecture.

"Rin, you don't need to be so angry. In fact, Shirou did it too, didn't he?"

"Although forcibly introducing the magic of the Great Source into one's own magic workshop is a very dangerous act, it is actually just like introducing the magic of the earth's veins into one's own home."

"Rider, this is not even in the same league!"

"The magic in the ley lines is relatively gentler, and the amount is much less than that of the Great Source. Simply drawing magic from the ley lines into your home will definitely be less effective than bringing magic from the Great Source into your home, but it is much safer."

"But the magic in the Great Source is the life force of this world... That idiot directly brought the life force of the world into his home. What he did was like lighting a fire in a bottle full of gunpowder!"

Rin became quite emotional as she spoke, and she couldn't even imagine what would happen if Shirou failed to build the magic workshop.

Saber and Rider naturally understood this principle as well.

"Rin, Shirou has already succeeded this time, right? Everyone just needs to be more careful from now on."

“...We need to be careful. From today onwards, I will keep an eye on that big idiot every time he conducts magic research, otherwise he will definitely do something even more outrageous.”

Shirou is a half-baked magician, and half-baked magicians are often the most dangerous and terrifying.

Because only a half-baked person doesn't know what the consequences of their actions will be.

In any case, Rin decided that she would keep a close eye on Shirou from now on, whenever he was conducting magic research.

Chapter 47 Gifts Prepared Personally

"Sakura, what do you think of this necklace?"

"Senior, take a look at the price first."

Because she has always been careful to manage her household finances, whenever Sakura goes out to buy something, she doesn't check if it suits her first, but rather if the price is right for her.

Sakura couldn't keep up with how many zeros were on the price of this necklace; things like this weren't usually her concern. After all, necklaces like this weren't things girls absolutely needed. Sakura would definitely prepare the things girls needed, but she wouldn't consider anything that wasn't something a girl needed at this time.

"Yes, it is a bit expensive."

"That's right."

Sakura didn't want her senior to squander his newly acquired living expenses; this money needed to be used sparingly. She could accept him buying clothes and such, but she didn't want something like a necklace.

"Sakura, don't you want it?"

Sakura shook her head decisively.

"I don't want it at all."

"Necklaces are not something that high school students have to wear. Apart from things that girls need, nothing else is on my mind."

[What a kind girl who knows how to take care of her older sister.]

Shirou already knew that Sakura was a good girl, but now he was even more certain of it. Sakura's willingness to help Rin with her daily life and financial burdens was truly admirable; she was a considerate and kind girl in every way.

Shirou originally thought Sakura would like it, but it seems that people are different.

Sakura doesn't really like the kind of things that girls would like. Perhaps Sakura focuses more on life itself, rather than actively seeking to embellish a girl's appearance outside of daily life.

"Sakura, you really know how to take care of people."

"Senior, I don't mean it. I just think necklaces are unnecessary."

The female shop assistant next to her almost burst out laughing.

Jewelry is quite essential for women.

No woman can claim to be so naturally beautiful that she needs no adornment. In fact, the more beautiful a woman is, the more she needs accessories, because they make her even more beautiful.

Look at this girl, she's got a great figure, and she's pretty too. The female shop assistant has already given her a score of 90 out of 100.

Such beautiful girls should cherish themselves even more and adorn themselves with more embellishments.

However, this beautiful girl has a very virtuous personality. She was worried that her boyfriend would spend too much money and therefore said that such things were completely unnecessary for her.

[What a silly girl! She should have accepted it at a time like this.]

Accepting a gift from a boy is a way of acknowledging and acknowledging him.

The female shop assistant knew that this was a private matter between the couple, so she simply suppressed her laughter and avoided looking at the adorable couple.

When young couples go shopping, there's always one girl advising her boyfriend not to spend money recklessly.

"Hmm... then how about this?"

Shirou knew that Sakura wouldn't accept anything from the store, so he decided to give her something else.

"Excuse me, do you sell raw gemstones around here?"

The female shop assistant was slightly surprised, but the shop also sells raw stones.

"What kind of rough stone would you like, sir?"

"Ruby, sapphire, emerald and amethyst."

"Okay... please wait a moment, sir, while I go check if we have any stock in the store."

The female shop assistant quickly went to the back office to check if they had any of the four types of gemstones in rough.

They allow custom gemstone orders, and they keep a certain inventory of all types of gemstones. In the past, some customers would buy rough gemstones directly, and it seems like there have been quite a few of those customers lately.

"Senior, are you planning to do it yourself?"

"Yes, Sakura, don't you refuse to accept food bought from outside? Then you won't refuse what I made by hand, right?"

"Senior, this is just wasting money..."

This time, however, Sakura's objections were not as strong.

Are things bought from outside the same as things made by your senior? They are completely different concepts.

If it's jewelry bought from outside, the first thing Sakura cares about is the price.

But if the jewelry was made by her senior, then Sakura's first concern would definitely be its meaning.

Fortunately, gold carving is one of the production professions.

[It just so happens that some magical concepts can be incorporated into gemstones, so consider this my first gift to them.]

Since coming into this world, he has always been the one being taken care of, and Shirou has nothing to give to the girls around him.

Rin and Sakura definitely don't want expensive things.

Of course, Rin would probably pry the gem off to do gem magic research.

Saber has become quite feminine now, but her strong personality would definitely prevent her from accepting something as feminine as jewelry.

Rider probably wouldn't be as extravagant as Saber, but Shirou has never seen Rider wearing any jewelry.

Shirou deduced that they definitely wouldn't wear ordinary jewelry.

What if it's not ordinary jewelry?

"Sakura, have you and Rin been having trouble dealing with magic power?"

"That won't happen. My sister and I both have many magic circuits in our bodies, which can store a considerable amount of magic power. We will never have a problem with insufficient magic power in our daily lives or when researching magic."

"And what about the speed of magic recovery?"

"Recovery speed is indeed a problem."

No magician can recover magic power very quickly. The magic circuits in the body can accelerate the recovery of magic power, but there are limits to this recovery. If these limits are exceeded, the magic circuits may cause some problems.

This is similar to how you can't overload a magic circuit when using magic, otherwise the magic circuit will also have some problems.

【Hmm, then let's use a little more magic power to speed up the conversion of magic power absorbed from the Great Source.】

"I kept you two waiting for a long time."

The female shop assistant returned with four rough gemstones.

Rough stones of rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and amethysts, completely unpolished with very rough surfaces.

"Sir, we have rough stones of all four gemstones you mentioned in our store. Please see, these four rough stones have not been polished."

"I'll choose these four rough stones. Please wrap them up for me."

"Ok."

The female shop assistant took the credit card from Shirou and went to the back to process the four rough stones.

The initial questions in Chapter 48 were quite difficult.

[Hmm, that covers the basic concepts of gold engraving, but it really is just some very basic stuff.]

After all, it is a production profession. Gold carving itself is a pure craft production skill without any magic concept. However, you can add some of your own elements during the gold carving process, such as magic effects or enhanced abilities.

"Senior?"

"Senior!"

"Hmm? Sorry, I was just thinking about something."

Sakura pouted. She had been holding her senior's arm the whole time. Did that mean he could think about other things?

"Is the senior thinking about his sister?"

"Oh, no, that's not it."

This statement was refuted without any pause.

"I was just thinking about what to do with these gems when I got back."

"After all, this is a gift for you. I was just thinking, is it a bit too simple to just make some effects that increase magic power and quickly restore magic power?"

"Your senior is already being very generous."

Senior is really worrying too much. Increasing magic power and accelerating its recovery speed are extremely important for any magician, especially for magicians with very little magic power, these are life-saving magic props.

Sakura, who has some understanding of the world of magicians, is certain that such magic tools are extremely rare. Perhaps increasing magic power is only moderately rare, but accelerating the recovery speed of magic power is extremely rare.

"If it were a gift for me and my sister, I think my sister would be ecstatic with just these two effects."

"It shouldn't be that bad, right, Rin?"

After learning from Sakura that increasing magic power wouldn't have much effect on the two sisters, I didn't think Rin's tolerance was necessarily stronger. These two effects alone wouldn't cause Rin to overreact.