"Dude, I know I am sexy, but looking at me like that won't help you get me," says Kyu. "The corporation dictates that I should not have an inappropriate relationship with my clients."
Her words fail to make any sense to me. So I ask her, "Who is the corporation?"
"You know I work for Goddess Venus. It seems my connection with her is severed. I am Kyu, and you?" she asks me with a cheerful voice.
"I am Shirou," I replied. Her presence is almost non-existent, as if she might actually go unnoticed if someone doesn't look for her. But she somehow gives me the feeling of danger. It's not the danger of facing a predator, but an intellectual that can easily ruin your life if you aren't careful.
"Shirou, stop inner monologing. If you want to know something, just ask," she scolds me, annoyed.
I began with the question that bothers me the most: "You're classified as a love fairy, what does that mean?"
"Hmm... right to the point. I am a fairy that helps people with relationships. Like helping a nerd get some action. There were many fairies like me in Sky Garden, which is my home. I worked for Goddess Venus; you made me unemployed, now you will take care of me," she replies.
"What skills do you have? Currently, I need to take care of a strong enemy. Anything you can do to help me?" I asked her.
"Currently, I'm not at my peak, but as you level up, I will regain more of my powers. As a fairy, I know when someone lies. I can also see your relationship with others, and I'm super intelligent. Wait, let me try this first," she told me while concentrating.
[Ding~ Kyu wished for access to your system terminal. Do you want to accept?"]
"WTF!!"
["WTF!!"]
System and I are both shocked to see the message.
"How did you do that?" I can't help but ask.
"Hacking is my specialty. Now permit me, dude."
"Accept," I really shouldn't, but I am curious to see what she is up to.
"...."
"I have checked your status and skills. Now tell me what you want to do?"
"Check the main quests about killing Zouken. He has shed his humanity for a form of immortality. Now, he has his soul spread across a large group of his familiars, crest worms. But the biggest problem comes from the one located in the heart of Sakura. Currently, I do have a plan, but first, tell me what I should do?" I want to check the intelligence she bragged about.
"In this case, the safest bet would be using a death curse with [The Goal Of Life Is Death] and then taking the parasite out of sakura and healing her with phoenix tears. But you don't have any death curse or healing magecraft to keep Sakura alive through the operation. You can wait and check their availability in the system mall," she said, her verdict, then asked, "Now tell me your plan?"
"Zouken's current nature is like an undead, and the goddess's tears work on him. So, I was going to use reinforced goddess tears on Sakura to kill the parasite in her while asking for a favor from Rin to remove them from her body. Then I will burn Zouken's soul with phantom flame," I explained my plan to her.
"That's also a good plan, but have you talked to Rin about this? Are you sure she would accept the deal?" she expresses concern.
"Don't worry, I have an offer she can't reject. Your fae eyes can see beyond the physical world, right?" I asked, remembering Fairy's description. Their ability to interact with the world in a way no human can do.
"As a love fairy, I can see the state of soul, interact with intangible beings, I am awesome like that," she boasts.
"Then please check on Sakura's condition," I politely ask her.
"Then lead the way~"
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I take her to Sakura's room. There she is sleeping soundly.
Kyu starts commenting while looking at her, "You have superb taste in women. Her cute face contrasts with her sexy body. And the afterglow of sex is making her look so tempting. But you were too rough on her. Her throat and vagina are heavily damaged." She takes out a vial of phoenix tear from my inventory and starts treating Sakura with it.
Sakura starts waking up, but I pat her head and lull her to sleep again.
Then we move towards the kitchen. I start making breakfast and remember last night's activity. Once I started last night, the sin of lust took over. Then it escalated from there, and my A+ ranked END and VIT with mana from Type-ORT caused...
"Stop doing it again, don't zone out," Kyu takes my attention.
"Now there are also some concerning things inside her body, other than the parasite. It looked like a malevolent entity of some kind, and it's absorbing the mana you have generously poured into her," she tells me angrily.
"Well, [Seven Deadly Sins] activated with lust at that time, and I lost my reasonings," I say awkwardly.
"I can remove that from her. But you will pay me for that. Normally, I don't touch shit like that," she says, ignoring my poor attempt at reasoning.
"I promise," I really want Sakura to live well.
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After making breakfast, I went to wake up Sakura.
"Don't be an insensitive jerk, give her a soft kiss," Kyu advised.
So, I woke her up with a soft peck on her lips. They look so tempting, maybe.. I take hold of my lust and move back.
"Your condition is worse than I thought," Kyu muses.
Sakura wakes up and freezes for a moment. Then blushes up a storm.
"Sempai, last night, did we really you know do that?" Sakura stammers.
"Yes, we had sex. Now you are my wife," I replied calmly.
"Dude, that's not how it works," Kyu denies.
"Sempai, who is she?" Sakura takes notice of her for the first time.
"Hiya! Name's Kyu."
"She is Kyu, my familiar," I reply calmly. "I made a pact with her this morning."
Sakura looks at me with amazement. We waited at the table for Tiga to arrive, while Sakura was making small talk with Kyu.
Tiga and Rin join us for breakfast. It seems Tiga can't see Kyu, but Rin can, and she kept quiet about it.
Tiga left immediately afterward, complaining about a territorial dispute her grandfather had asked to solve.
Now it's just three of us here.
"So, Emiya-kun, you managed to find yourself a familliar from the reverse side of the world while I left you alone for a night?" Rin questions while a vein pulses on her forehead. She looks at Sakura, "You didn't stop him?"
"I found out in the morning," Sakura says, looking away.
Then she looks at me with a murderous aura and says, " Emiya-kun, maybe I have been lax with my teaching. But don't you know, contracting a creature from the reverse side of the world is generally a bad idea. Their common sense is very alien and might cause you harm. No. Your lack of common sense puts you right at home with them. I am fairly certain that's why she contracted you. Maybe you should join her on the reverse side of the world."
"Chill, girl. You have a pretty face, but your mouth burns, and stop scowling like that, you will get wrinkles," Kyu fires back.
Now Rin looks indignant.
"It talks. Emiya?" Rin asks me for answers.
"Calm down, Rin," I use her first name to get her attention.
"I am calm," she shouts back.
"You really need to chill. If you get angry for every little thing, you probably die a virgin," Kyu touches a nerve.
"Okay, let's not get physical. Never mind, let's not get physical here, keep the magecraft-related things in the workshop. Sakura, can you please handle things here while I solve this?" I asked Sakura while dragging a murderous Rin, while the fae sat on my head, taunting her.
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I enact a sound-isolating bounded field here and ask a question that I know will definitely shut her up, "So, Tohsaka, what would you have done?"
She doesn't really have an answer. Most of the fae are interwoven with nature and impossible to perceive. It's really hard to fight them without any prior knowledge. The fact that she can see Kyu means it's close to an elemental. One needs enough power or special weapons to even have a chance.
She doesn't know about the system, so let's keep it like that.
"Tohsaka, it would be best if you kept it to yourself. Most magi might avoid her, but not all," I remind her.
She calms down and deflates.
I take this moment to address another issue.
"Tohsaka, I want to ask you for a favor."
"If you want to keep quiet about her. You don't need to. I will keep it quiet for free."
"Hey, I have a name, it's Kyu."
"No, not that. It's about Sakura," I cut her off.
"I can't help you if it's a family matter."
"Listen to my explanation first."
"Okay, continue."
"You know my Structure Analysis is pretty advanced, right. I can see more details than others. So one day I used it on Sakura."
"You shouldn't get any details from a magus; they have passive resistance to foreign mana. Don't say you can get data from magus?"
"No, it's not that. Her body had resistance. But there were crest worms in her body, which had part of Zouken's soul. Those worms are causing her a great deal of issues. Most likely, Zouken wants to possess her body, and it's causing her slow death. I have a plan to help her, but I need your help too. So please help me. I have collected some rare gems, and I will gladly give them to you. Just save sakura," I plead to her.
She looks alarmed. "When did this happen? I will kill that bastard."
"Calm down, there is a worm inside her heart. If he finds out about us, then he will kill her," that clams her down.
"Tell me your plan. Now.."
So, I gave her the plan while omitting some details. Basically, Kyu has a way to kill the parasites in Sakura's body(Reinforced goddess tears), while Imaginary Number Magecraft is good at dealing with beings like Zouken. So at night, I will go to Sakura's house to get something for her because she is sick and staying at my house.
Once I reach her house, I will give Kyu a signal to proceed with the plan. She will notify you to erect the defensive and offensive barriers of the house. Then she will put Sakura to sleep and kill the parasites in her. After that, you have to remove them from her body while Kyu keeps healing her.
Meanwhile, I will take care of the bastard.
She ponders for a moment and decides to believe in me for this time.
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Tohsaka returns to her residence, and I decide to keep Sakura here with an unreasonable request. Kyu suggests taking Sakura on a date, and I was happy to comply.
I take her to the central shopping mall. There, she chooses several T-shirts, Crop tops, Hoodies, Blouses, Jeans, Skirts, Shorts, and Trousers. Then she also buys some for Rin and Taiga.
Kyu wanted to buy something, so she took Sakura to the cosplay section and advised me to buy something romantic for Sakura. I decided to get her a ring. I also got a bracelet for Rin as a gesture of goodwill for the upcoming operation.
I find them at the cosplay shop where they were proceeding with payment. Kyu can take money out of my inventory and put it in Sakura's purse, and that takes care of the clothing.
Then we eat ice cream at a couple's restaurant. The atmosphere was good, but the food was average. Afterward, we return home, buying some groceries.
Soon, night arrives, we prepare dinner, and wait for Taiga and Rin. Rin came shortly after the cookings were done, but Taiga was busy with her issues and couldn't come. I didn't know what to do with Taiga's portion. Somehow, Kyu manages to eat Tiga's food despite its size being larger than her whole body.
After cleaning up, we proceed with the plan.
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I leave for the Matou Mansion. It's at the southern end of Miyama Town. Here, Western-style buildings can be seen.
I send a mental signal to Kyu to start the plan and wait till the barriers around my house go up. Then I move towards their house.
Once again, the worm greets me. I empty my mind so that the worm couldn't sense my killing intent. I gave him the preprepared reason. He doesn't believe me, but he gives me entry to his house. Once he turns his back towards me, I immediately hit him with a fireball. It scatters his current body into a swarm.
"Zouken, I am here to take your life." I don't waste any more time talking. He taunts me to meet him in the basement. Hitting him with a fireball was a calculated risk.
I could have set the mansion on sprite fire, but that could have destroyed everything, and Rin needed some proof in case the association decides to investigate.
I go down the stairs. When I manage to see the basement at the end, I cast [The Goal of Life Is Death]. Even if phantom flame isn't a death curse, I put it there in case it works. A countdown timer with '12' appears on my hand, then I append Phantom flame to it. The timer starts to tick.
12...
I reach the basement. It's as filthy as I imagined.
11...
I see the hole where Sakura was 'trained'.
10...
Zouken creates a face from worms in the hole and starts taunting me.
9...
"Emiya, you should have gone to the Mage Association. They would never tolerate someone like me."
8...
"Oh... You can't. They would have killed you for your father."
7...
I kept walking forward.
6...
I find the shard with the malicious force that was in Sakura's body appear inside my inventory. Kyu lets me know that she removed it without Rin's notice.
5...
She also lets me know that the operation was a success.
4...
I stare at Zouken's eye and ask him, "Why?"
3...
"We are magus. If the end is achieved, any means are justified."
2...
"Since you have generously offered yourself, I will take your body."
1...
Countless insects start to swarm, ready to devour me.
0...
A bell chimes.
The spell takes effect. I watch its effective info with fascination.
[Spell Used: The Goal Of Life Is Death
Spell Appended: Phantom Flame
Effects added to Appended Spell:
Debuff Resist -100,000%
Magic Resist -100,000%
Death Resist -1,000,000%
]
Even without a death curse, it's probably a magus' worst nightmare.
I don't bother with him anymore. There is another person who needs to be taken care of.
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On my way home, I received the quest completion notice,
[Ding~ You have completed a quest]
Main Quest:
-> Kill Zouken Matou.
[Rewards:
500,000xp,
10,000 points,
skill: Anti-Evil(passive),
SSR-ticket *2]
[Do you want to receive the rewards?]
"Receive"
Accepting
[Accumulated xp-> 125k+500k->625k
Level: 41[625k/750k]Adding Skill to Spirit Origin: Anti Evil (passive)....Complete
Storing 10,000 points and 2SSR ticketsin inventory...Complete
]
Hint:
[Anti-Evil]:
Increased damage against evil alignment beings.
This time rewards weren't as substantial as before. But killing the worm made me happy.
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Once I reach home, I find they have already taken down the bounded field.
They were in the guest room. I find Sakura and Rin in a hug, crying on each other's shoulders.
I break the atmosphere with a cough and get their attention. They break the hug but stay close. Before they could say anything, I let them know,
"My condolences, Sakura. It seems your grandfather burned to death while cooking something. When your brother heard that, he had a heart attack and passed away during surgery."
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[A\N: If Gilgamesh can be a sergeant, so can Shirou]
[Spirit Origin:
Name: Shirou Emiya
Title: The Gamer
Level: 41[625k/750k]
Class: Foreigner
Alignment: Neutral ・ Evil
HP: 36k->48k [regen 4800 per min]
MP: 18k
SP: 8k [regen 4000 per min]
ATK: 5.2k
Points: 3,525
Familiar: Kyu Sugardust
Params:
STR: C
END: A+
VIT: A+
AGI: D
MP: EX
LUK: D
NP: ??]
[Skills:
[Gamers Mind-EX]
[Gamers Body-EX]
[Sword of Void-EX]
[Type ORT-EX]
[One Radiant Thing-EX]
[Imaginary Number Magecraft-A++]
[Seven Deadly Sins-A++]
[Perpetual Puberty-A+++]
[Kama Sutra-EX]
[Observe-EX]
[Pain Tolerance-EX]
[Avalon-EX]
[??????????????-E~EX]
[Anti-Evil (passive)]
[Archery-A]
[Cooking-A+]
[Technician-C]
[Magecraft-D]
[Eye of Mind-C]
[Anti Divinity-E]
[Phantom Flame]
[Modern Rune]
[High-speed incantation-A]
[Territory Creation(A)]
Spells:
[Tracing]
[Reinforcement]
[Refresh]
[Flash Air]
[Clone Jutsu]
[Voidblast]
[Fireball]
[Eternal Blaze]
[The Goal Of Life Is Death]
]
[Quests]:
World Quest:
->10 months and 2 days left
Main Quest:
-> Help Sakura and Rin Reconcile. {Rewards: exp +10000, 90% off voucher for system mall, 2 SSR-tokens, points +5000, Advanced healing magecraft knowledge.}
-> End Sakura's suffering. {Rewards: 100,000xp, 25,000 points, Expert Level knowledge of Imaginary Number magecraft, SSR-ticket *1, Unknown(Depends on how you end her suffering)}
Character Quest:
->Increase your physical fitness
->Increase your magical fitness
->Increase your knowledge of the world and beings living there {knowledge about powerful beings yields better results}
->Learn/Improve skills
->Learn more about people you already have a relationship with {friends and foes, both are counted}
Side Quests:
->Unlock Immunity to Mystic Eye Of Death Perception
->Upgrade Skill: Type ORT
->Find what happened during the Fourth Holy Grail War. {reward: 25,000XP, ???}
->Find what happened to Irisviel von Einzbern and her daughter. {reward: 25,000XP, ???}
-> Find Tohsaka Tokomi's killer. {rewards: 10,000XP, 1000 points}
->Unlock Excalibur Morgan True Name release.