"Who is this teacher? Why don't I have any impression of him?"
Shido's friend, Tonomachi Hiroto, said this.
Shido looked at the young-looking gray-haired teacher on the podium and scratched his head. He did not seem to have any impression of him either.
Caelus calmly finished the history lesson. Thirty seconds before the bell rang, he had already finished teaching everything he intended to cover. Then, just as he finished packing his things, the bell rang, and he turned and left without looking back.
Although the students in the classroom did not have much of an impression of this history teacher, no one went to ask about him. After all, the teacher gave off a very ordinary feeling. There was not a single thing about him that could leave a deep impression.
After the bell rang, everyone gathered into their own small groups to chat.
Just then, the classroom door was pushed open, and the Spirit girl Yatogami Tohka, who had been romanced by Shido, burst in happily.
Then, within a short time, most people in the school knew that Shido from Class 4, Year 2 had a super beautiful transfer student, and that they were even living together!
How hateful! Having already had a cute younger sister, he now had a beautiful girlfriend living with him. He was simply a winner in life and the public enemy of all men!
"Sigh! Young people these days. To be able to have a girlfriend at this age, they are already winners in life. Unlike me, who still hasn't found a boyfriend!"
Caelus looked up at the woman sitting not far away, muttering to herself, and at the resentment constantly radiating from her. Were women who could not find boyfriends this resentful? Besides, her feelings of jealousy were very strong.
Meanwhile, the black-haired boy who had already devoured a certain late-game boss was feeling an even greater headache.
"What is going on? Is that guy really in Tengu City? Or did he, like me, directly detach himself from the stage of the main quest? Why hasn't there been a single trace of him these past few days? He wouldn't be using a system-implanted identity to live diligently like an ordinary person, without showing any extraordinary abilities, would he?"
The black-haired boy seriously suspected that he had encountered someone who followed the path of caution. He began to worry about what that guy was preparing. If he had not shown himself for such a long time, he would not be waiting to pull a huge stunt once he finally appeared, would he?
"No. If I just keep waiting like this, won't I simply be letting him pull off a huge stunt? I have to reveal a few traces and find a way to make him show his flaws, to flush him out."
After that, the black-haired boy began to mobilize the resources in his hands, deciding to intervene when Shido encountered Yoshino according to the original plot. If that guy had been hiding in the shadows and observing, he would definitely notice that things different from the original plot were happening.
"If he still doesn't appear under these circumstances, then I will have no choice but to release Honjou Nia early, complete the usurpation ritual as in the original plot, and use Honjou Nia's Spirit Dress to find that schemer."
Meanwhile, after finishing his day's work, Caelus returned home. He and Cyrene no longer concerned themselves with that System Holder who was hiding somewhere. In any case, the other party would show himself sooner or later.
"Cyrene, let's get ready to depart."
After finishing dinner, Caelus said this to Cyrene, who had already finished tidying up.
Cyrene nodded, then transformed back into the power of memory and merged into Caelus's body.
Caelus came to the rooftop of his apartment building, looked at the stars in the sky, and shot straight up from the ground.
Soon, he passed through the atmosphere and left Earth's main body.
After flying out of the atmosphere, Caelus's body no longer remained a flesh-and-blood life form, but became a form of energy, or rather, a conceptual life form. In this state, he flew toward the deep space of the universe without carrying any mass.
Meanwhile, the other System Holder still on Earth was full of calculations and preparations, unaware that his enemy had long since left the planet beneath his feet.
Shido had originally been living a peaceful life as a male high school student. However, not long ago, his peaceful life was broken. First, he learned of the existence of Spirits. Then, he learned that his younger sister was the commander of an organization specifically tasked with dealing with Spirits. After that, he learned that he possessed a special constitution that could seal the powers of Spirits.
After successfully romancing one Spirit and sealing her powers, Shido encountered another Spirit, a girl who looked very cute while wearing a green rabbit raincoat.
Although the process was somewhat tortuous, and he almost lost his identity as himself, Shido eventually managed to raise the favorability of the somewhat introverted girl enough. And just after Shido sealed the girl's Spirit power by kissing her...
A large number of humanoid robots suddenly descended from the sky, surrounding Yoshino, whose powers had just been sealed, and Shido.
"What!"
The people on the airship Fraxinus were just preparing to celebrate, but they did not expect such a situation to suddenly arise, causing the expressions on everyone's faces to freeze.
"Where did those robots pop out from!"
Kotori stood up abruptly from her seat, her emotions beginning to become unstable.
The sudden appearance of these robots immediately broke the original situation. Shido and Yoshino were about to be captured, and just at this moment, Tohka, who had been chasing closely out of jealousy, happened to appear. The longsword in her hand easily shattered a large number of robots, saving the two of them.
"Shido!"
Just as Tohka was preparing to quickly take the two away from here, more robots were added to the battle, surrounding them completely and leaving no room to escape.
And if she were to completely unleash her power at this time, Shido would definitely be caught in the crossfire at such a close distance, which was something Tohka did not want to see.
"Damn it!"
Kotori bit down hard on the lollipop in her mouth, and without hesitation, she issued the order to teleport herself into the battle below.
Far away at DEM headquarters on the other side of Earth.
The boy who had replaced Westcott watched as Kotori entered the fray and cleared out large swaths of robots. Up to this point, that guy hiding in the shadows had still not appeared.
"He is definitely pulling a huge stunt!"
The boy stood up abruptly. He knew he could not keep watching like this. That guy was probably relying on the fact that the powerhouse Takamiya Mio was watching, so he could not do anything too excessive, which was why he could prepare his backup plans so calmly.
"I must act ahead of schedule. Over these past few days, I haven't just been watching. In addition to my original preparations, I also left enough Flames of Existence on Honjou Nia so that I can temporarily take over her role when necessary... Phew! What a troublesome enemy. The ones I encountered before were either idiots who thought they were the protagonists, or pathetic weaklings. The one I have encountered this time is a formidable enemy worthy of the status of a System Holder. I am actually getting fired up!"
He said this, then the corners of his mouth curled up uncontrollably. He turned around, stopped looking at the battle that had already ended on the surveillance screen, and left the office.
Meanwhile, in outer space, Caelus had already arrived near Mars.
"It should be fine to shatter a large area of space even from here."
Caelus muttered to himself while situated in the void of outer space, and then gray electric arcs flickered in his hand.
He had previously devoured a Counter Guardian Heroic Spirit Servant named Emiya Shirou in the Type-Moon world, so naturally, he could simulate his abilities.
"Trace on."
The grayish-white Ea was constantly being constructed at this moment. Caelus held the simulated projected Ea high in his hand and pointed it at a void in the universe, saying.
(To be continued.)
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