I am the protagonist

Rider chuckled and shrugged. Receiving a gift from Shirou this time was truly unexpected, but that surprise didn't affect her mood.

“Rider, your necklace has the same ability as Saber's. As long as you inject magic into the necklace, you can accelerate time.”

Saber and Rider's necklaces function exactly the same. Compared to other abilities, time-related abilities provide the greatest boost to Servants.

"Shirou, can you tell me about your situation now?"

"Well, Rin, which part would you like to hear?"

"Of course, it's about time."

What Rin wants to know most right now is what exactly happened with Shirou's timeline.

Now that Rin has uncovered what Shirou had hidden, she decides to dig even deeper.

Let's take this opportunity to dig out all the other things Shirou has hidden.

"Time...that's a rather complicated topic."

Shirou needs to think about how to explain this situation.

"Actually, I felt it as soon as I woke up, but at the time all I could feel was that it was a little strange. That's probably why I saw Archer's past when I saw him, and why I could predict his actions during the battle with Archer."

"So that's where your precognition comes from."

Rin had sensed something was off before: why could Shirou see the future during battle? The real issue wasn't Shirou's precognitive abilities, but rather that Shirou had actually seen the future with his own eyes.

It was because he saw the future that he was able to defeat Archer so easily.

[Archer, you're really unlucky to have run into Shirou, who can see the future.]

Shirou, who possesses the ability to time travel, is absolutely terrifying.

The ability to see the future during battle alone is terrifying enough.

Shirou, who can see the future, already has an absolute advantage even before the battle begins.

"Then tell me, what exactly are you capable of doing?"

"You'd better tell me everything honestly today. I seriously suspect you're hiding a lot of things."

Shirou had no choice but to surrender. To be honest, he had been hiding a lot of things, since some of them concerned his identity as a transmigrator, and those things could not be exposed casually.

Time can no longer be hidden, so let's talk about the power of time.

"As for time, I've only come up with four simple applications."

"Accelerate, decelerate, stop, and backtrack."

"The meanings are self-evident: time acceleration, time deceleration, time stop, and time rewind. These three are the simplest applications that I understand right now."

"Shirou, wait a moment."

Rin can understand time deceleration and time acceleration, but what about time stopping and time reversal?

“I can understand both deceleration and acceleration; the meaning is very clear from the literal words.”

"But what about time stopping and time rewinding?"

"Stop time? That's simply impossible."

Is it possible to stop time?

Just as time has no length, the idea of ​​time stopping is the same as the idea of ​​time having a length—it's something that can't happen.

As for time reversal... well, Rin can understand what time reversal really means.

The table that had just been corrupted by the black mist was instantly restored to a table from the ashes thanks to the time reversal. This time reversal was so abnormal that Rin wanted to bang her head against the wall.

However, we're not talking about time reversal right now; what Rin wants to know about is time stopping.

"It's impossible... Rin, I can actually do it."

"It's not a regional time stop, but the entire world enters a state of time stop, which I can maintain for a maximum of ten seconds."

"Ten seconds!? This isn't a localized time stop, but rather a global one?"

Rin's eyes widened even further, now almost bursting out of their sockets.

Time-based powers are all quite terrifying, but since time-based powers have never appeared before, one can only understand how terrifying they truly are when they do appear.

Shirou now says he can stop time in the world for ten seconds.

To be honest, Rin really didn't want to believe such a ridiculous claim, but Saber and Rider's necklaces both possessed such power, and now she had no choice but to believe it.

Rin pressed her head; she did indeed feel a headache, and even her breathing had become very heavy.

"Shirou, you really exceed my expectations. Even something like this has happened to you."

There are five methods in the world of magic.

Currently, only three methods are known.

This includes Shirou's third technique, Soul Materialization; Zelrich's second technique, Parallel Space Interference; and Aozaki Aoko's fifth technique.

The holders of these three methods are still alive in this world, among whom Aozaki Aoko and Shirou are relatively young achievers.

But now the situation seems to have changed.

Rin didn't know what the other two methods were besides these three.

But Rin has the right to believe that time may be one of the other two methods.

"The five wonders of the magician's world are also known as the five magics of magicians."

"Currently, only these five major spells are known to ordinary magicians. You are the master of the third spell, and the second and fifth spells also have masters. The first and fourth spells are still unknown."

"But I suspect that one of the remaining two types of magic must be related to time."

Rin had only made a guess about the five major magics, and now she needed to tell Shirou her guess, because these guesses were also very useful information for Shirou.

Rin believes this is also an issue Shirou will need to pay attention to in the future.

"If, I mean if."

"Shirou, you have mastered the third magic, Soul Materialization. If the first magic is also Time, then Shirou, you are the only modern magician who has mastered two kinds of magic."

Chapter Fifty-Five: Sister, We Need to Get This Clear Today

Rin felt that the more she thought about Shirou, the more exaggerated his behavior became.

He has risen from a third-rate magician to a level that no other magician can reach.

"...Shirou, you're not hiding something from me, are you?"

Although Rin felt that this was all Shirou had to offer, a strange feeling was still telling her that "Shirou is definitely hiding something else."

"Rin, now that I've told you everything, what do you think I'm still hiding?"

Shirou, however, felt a cold sweat break out in his heart.

Women's intuition is just too accurate!

However, other things really can't be dug up anymore.

"..."

"That's true, I guess I'm just being a little oversensitive."

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Shirou possesses two major magics: soul materialization and time manipulation. He also previously unearthed the Mystic Eyes. It's a bit far-fetched to say that Shirou has any other hidden abilities.

It wouldn't be normal if they dug up something else.

"Even if you change a lot, it's not easy to hide things anymore."

"...Doing something so exciting so late at night, Shirou, don't do something so exciting at night next time. Isn't that just deliberately keeping people awake?"

"..."

At this moment, Shirou felt that he was wronged.

"Ha~~"

"It's getting late, Sakura, let's go to sleep."

Rin looked sleepy, but her eyes showed no sign of wanting to sleep.

Sister, you don't seem to be sleeping at all.

Right now, you're probably just itching to laugh, which is why you want to go back to your room.

Sakura, who knew her older sister's character very well, knew without a doubt what her sister was thinking at that moment.

However, to be honest, it is indeed a bit late now, and some things can wait until tomorrow.

"Senior, then I'll head back too."

"Ah."

Shirou turned to look at Saber and Rider.

"Saber, Rider, let's postpone the testing until we have some free time."

"Shirou, are you going to rest too?"

"I'm going to go back to my room and get some sleep. I'm exhausted after all this commotion this afternoon."

"Then I'll go back to the room first."

Saber got up first, preparing to go back to her room to rest.

Even now, she couldn't fall asleep immediately. As a former king, she had never received a gift like a necklace before, and she had always been most averse to jewelry for young girls.

But today, Shirou used a different reason to get her to accept a girl's accessory, which is also a girl's accessory that she cannot discard.

Saber is feeling conflicted and needs to go back to her room to calm down.

"Shirou, I really like the gift you gave me."

Rider's attitude was much simpler and clearer: she really liked the gift, and that was the conclusion.

"I'm going to sleep now."

Stepping out of the living room, Rider put the necklace directly around his neck. Looking at the color of the amethyst, Rider's eyes sparkled with a tenderness he rarely showed.

"Everyone's gone to sleep. I'll tidy up here and go to sleep too."

After turning off the electricity to the kotatsu, the air conditioner, and the heater, Shirou finished everything and finally turned off the living room light before leaving the living room and returning to his room.

Today has been exhausting for Shirou. He went out to buy things and prepared magic props for Rin and the others in the afternoon. He's completely drained and needs to recharge.

Shirou lay down on the bed, covered himself with the blanket, and immediately fell asleep.

The other girls, however, were having trouble sleeping.

"Hum~"

After returning to her room, Rin immediately took off the necklace she was wearing. She didn't want to wear anything while sleeping, as it was easy to feel uncomfortable.

This is the first gift Shirou has ever given me.

[That idiot! He could have just sent something ordinary, but he sent a magic prop of this caliber.]

Rin was already very happy to receive a gift.

[Ruby...did that idiot choose ruby ​​because he saw me using it so often in magic?]

Or does that idiot think I just like bright red and festive things?

"Sister, your mouth is all wide open."

Rin quickly wiped the smile off her face.

"No way! Do I look like I'm happy?"

"Sister, you're so happy you can't stop smiling. Are you that happy about the gift your senior gave you?"

"Sakura, don't misunderstand. I'm not so happy because Shirou gave me a gift. It's just because I thought of something interesting."

"Alright, alright, sister, you don't need to make up those excuses anymore. We've lived together for so long, do you think I don't know that you like senior too?"

Rin's expression immediately changed; she knew that her sister was about to have a showdown with her in Chengdu and the second city.

Ever since Sakura openly confessed her feelings to Shirou, Rin realized that her younger sister also liked Shirou. However, for the past month, Rin had kept this issue to herself and had not wanted to discuss it with Sakura.

"...Sakura, everyone is very happy today."

"Sister, that's why I'm saying this today."