I am the protagonist

"Then how come you can walk without making a sound?"

"That's just your imagination."

"Were you focusing all your attention on the dinner Sakura made?"

Is that true?

Rin wasn't sure if she hadn't heard Shirou come in because she was focused on Sakura's cooking.

Shirou really didn't expect Rin to waver so quickly.

[It seems Rin has also developed a foodie streak; she's even wavering on such a statement.]

On the surface, Shirou remained serious, looking at Rin with a somewhat helpless expression.

"You must be hungry."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't be so focused on dinner."

Rin's face turned slightly red.

She was already hungry when she got home, and her stomach was starting to rumble.

My stomach growled even louder when I smelled the dinner my sister had prepared.

This made her a little embarrassed, and she looked away.

"Let's go take a shower first."

"Sakura's dinner will probably take a while to prepare. It should be ready by the time you finish your shower."

"Well, I'll go take a shower now."

Rin left much faster than usual.

Shirou found this amusing and sat down.

Saber looked at Shirou, who was sitting opposite her, with some doubt.

"Shirou, you've been hiding your presence?"

"Yes, I talked to Rin about some things when we were outside, and I'm planning to hide my power a little."

"Shirou, you've been hiding more than just a little bit."

"If I hadn't seen you sitting in front of me, Shirou, I wouldn't have been able to sense your presence even with my eyes closed."

Saber had only ever witnessed this kind of concealment technique with Assassin before.

Saber can no longer sense any presence from Shirou, just as she hadn't heard him open the door to come in at all.

"Shirou, did you use magic?"

Shirou shook his head.

“Using magic will cause magical fluctuations, and you will already feel them if you do.”

"Caster, try using magic to see if you can find my location."

Medea immediately used magic to find out.

Not found?

[Shirou is right in front of me, yet I couldn't find him using magic under these circumstances?]

This seemed incredible to Medea.

She immediately used other magic tricks to find out.

No matter what kind of magic they used, they couldn't detect Shirou's presence.

In the end, all I could do was shake my head helplessly.

Medea looked at Shirou with curiosity.

"Even magic cannot detect Shirou's location."

"Shirou, what's going on?"

"The fact that magic couldn't detect it also exceeded my expectations."

Shirou never imagined that even magic could be used to deceive.

In other words, if I'm hidden, it's almost impossible to detect my presence except through visual means, as long as I don't actively reveal myself.

If I were to upgrade my stealth skills to the highest level... would I become the perfect assassin?

In addition to being hidden so well that even the eyes cannot find it, it also lies dormant with its presence diminished.

The combination of the two allows them to easily invade any place.

This aligns perfectly with the setting I'm looking for later.

"It can be considered a derivative use of my abilities."

"I can hide almost everything about myself as long as I don't use my power, but if I do use my strength, you will find out immediately."

Shirou used a trace of magic.

Even if it was just a trace, all three heroic spirits present this time sensed it.

"Shirou, all I can sense is your magical power."

"I still haven't found your aura."

Medea, who has been using magic all along, has already grasped Shirou's magical power.

However, no matter how they used detection magic, they still couldn't find Shirou's exact location.

All she could find was the location of the magic.

Saber and Medusa exchanged a glance; they, too, could only sense magic.

"Shirou, we are the same."

Shirou was slightly taken aback.

"I see, it really is a capability beyond my imagination."

In this situation, using magic means only sensing the magic power without actually feeling it.

Shirou can now imagine how significant the role of lurking is.

If he further diminishes his sense of self-worth, even if he uses magic, he might be subconsciously ignored.

Chapter 101 I'm happy to be bothered by you

"Shirou, what made you decide to start concealing your presence today?"

"I guess you'd say you wanted to hide some of your abilities."

"Rin also said that most of my power is too conspicuous, making me an easy target for those scheming magicians."

"I see."

Saber, however, thought Rin's idea made a lot of sense.

Even she felt that Shirou's power was quite abnormal.

Shirou's extraordinary power will definitely make him stand out as a very special person, and such people are often the most attention-grabbing.

"Shirou, Rin makes a lot of sense."

"Your powers are rather ostentatious. There are many heretics among magicians, and among those heretics, there are bound to be some with extremely filthy thoughts."

"However, Shirou, how much are you planning to hide?"

It's understandable that Saber would conceal her victory.

The key question is how much of Shirou's strength he's planning to hide.

"That's quite a lot."

"Projection magic does not project Noble Phantasms."

"Minimize direct physical confrontation, which means concealing your physical functions and strength."

"That means I can only rely on speed, skill, and magic to win battles."

"In return, we can demonstrate the power of the Mystic Eye."

"There are too many restrictions."

This restriction is a bit too harsh.

Saber felt that Shirou's restrictions were almost suppressing all of his abilities.

"That's a bit too much."

"But for me, it's just a return to the situation of a normal magician."

Shirou was unaware that he had so much power that he needed to hide it.

"Hiding these powers does not mean that my strength will be weakened."

"It's just that I don't want others to know my true abilities, so I'm hiding them."

"What's hidden is nothing more than a very problematic force."

"These powers are too conspicuous; it would be a bad thing to reveal them all."

In fact, it's not necessarily a bad thing to temporarily hide these powers that you've already mastered.

Set limits for yourself so that you can focus your attention on other forces.

After purchasing the Magic Eye, it is necessary to learn how to use it.

Shirou has now fully mastered the skills of the spear, and it's time for him to switch to another weapon and learn some new techniques.

"Indeed, Shirou has far too many [weapons] in his possession."

"Knowing how to conceal oneself on the battlefield is extremely important."

"My teacher once said something similar: although he was an excellent magician on the surface, he preferred to take his wand and smash people when they thought he was a magician."

"Moreover, you can't tell from the surface that he is also a master swordsman."

Saber has lost count of how many flaws her teacher has.

Anyway, there are quite a few things I still remember now.

It may look like a harmless sheep on the outside, but it is a ferocious beast on the inside.

[Using a magic wand to smash people...that's a vivid image.]

[A melee mage who's all bark and no bite.]

A very strange image has now appeared in Shirou's mind.

Merlin walked towards the enemy with his wand, saying, "Come here, I'm going to give you a buff."

This scene is really a bit jarring.

"Saber, are you sure that great magician taught you swordsmanship, and not staff techniques?"

"It is indeed swordsmanship."

Although Saber herself doubted where Merlin learned his swordsmanship, it is true that Merlin taught her.

"Therefore, I will try my best to study [Technique] in the future."

"I'll probably be going to Ryudong Temple a lot lately. I still need to ask Assassin for advice on my [technique] training."

That samurai's swordsmanship was terrifying beyond belief.

Shirou felt that consulting that samurai was the most reliable option.

"Shirou, my swordsmanship is not weak either!"

"...When it comes to Saber, I can never really go too far."

It's not that Shirou thinks Saber's swordsmanship is bad.

It's just that Shirou felt that seeing Saber meant he was destined not to be able to use his full strength.

It's much more interesting to fight Assassin head-on.

"I simply cannot accept this reason..."