Morning at the Tohsaka Household (Continued)

"Who are you?"

She sat up abruptly, and when she saw Rovey's face and saw him taking pictures of her with his phone, her previously hazy thoughts suddenly cleared. She subconsciously and stiffly tugged at her loose pajamas.

"What... what did you just see?"

Rin Tohsaka, realizing what had just happened, spoke in a trembling voice.

"Don't worry, there's nothing there. Besides your sleepy, goofy look, we didn't capture anything... What?!"

Just as Rovey was about to answer, his eyes narrowed slightly.

In the blink of an eye, his figure once again crossed the barrier of space and appeared directly in another location in the Tohsaka Family. The tea table that had just been placed behind him had been smashed into numerous fragments by Rin Tohsaka's deliberate punch.

"Hand over the stuff..."

Rin Tohsaka suddenly turned around, stretched out her hand, and glared angrily at the nonchalant Rovey.

"Your morning grumpiness is really outrageous."

In response, Rovey simply rubbed his neck lightly, then looked at the messy living room and couldn't help but complain, "Even in this state, aren't you going to cherish your furniture? It's one of the few resources you have left."

Upon hearing this, Rin Tohsaka's expression froze, then she glared angrily at Rovey.

"None of your business! Who gave you permission to take pictures of me without my consent! And you'll definitely blackmail me with these photos, won't you?!"

"Me... blackmailing you?" Upon hearing this, Rovey fell into deep thought, or rather, his brain momentarily went blank. He asked with some curiosity:

"Hmm, that is indeed a very good suggestion. So, Ms. Rin Tohsaka, what do you think I should extort from you? Or rather, what can I extort from you?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Rovey's serious question, Rin Tohsaka, who was still angry, couldn't help but pause for a moment before starting to seriously consider the question.

"Oh right, what can you extort from me?"

"Right, after all, you're broke and not as strong as me, and I have no interest in your thin figure. So what do you think I'm extorting from you?"

Rovey Wei smiled at her and said, "You really think too badly of people."

"Then why did you...?"

Rin Tohsaka could finish speaking, Rovey casually tossed her his phone, indicating that she could look at it herself.

"See for yourself."

"This, this is... You're not allowed to take pictures!"

After carefully looking through the photos, Rin Tohsaka saw that there were indeed no inappropriate pictures, only an embarrassing image of herself drooling in her sleep.

"So I was just trying to scare you a little to get you on your feet. If I really wanted to take a picture of you secretly, you wouldn't notice even if I did it openly."

Rovey answered casually, and in the blink of an eye, he was sitting down in front of Rin Tohsaka again.

Seeing that Rin Tohsaka was in good spirits, he dropped his playful attitude and became slightly more serious. Then, Rovey looked at Rin Tohsaka again and said with a smile, "Well then, that concludes our morning exercise. Go wash up quickly, and then come back and we can talk about business, Rin Tohsaka."

"Just a heads-up, if you dare go back to sleep alone again, I'll post your embarrassing sleeping posture on the big posters in London, and then the entire mystical world will know who you are."

As he spoke, he raised his finger and Projection the photo he had just taken between his fingers, then casually tossed it to Rin Tohsaka, whose face turned bright red again.

"You bastard..."

Rin Tohsaka was about to say something more, but this time, Rovey wasn't in the mood to continue playing around with her.

After briefly scaring Rin Tohsaka, he got up and disappeared from the living room without giving her a chance to speak, and went to wait for her in Tokiomi Tohsaka 'Rin Tohsaka study.

Rin Tohsaka was left alone, unleashing a new round of impotent rage.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"Isn't it just because they're richer, stronger, and have a higher status than me?! What's so great about them? This is so bullying!!"

Rin Tohsaka let out an angry retort.

Noticing that Rin Tohsaka hadn't moved, Rovey made a new sound the next moment.

"Hurry up and wash up. If I still don't see you in ten minutes, then you can go to the streets of London and admire your big-character posters."

"..."

Rin Tohsaka gritted her teeth again. "Damn it, how dare they threaten me! Who do they think I am?"

"It's just washing up, right? Fine, I'll go! Who's afraid of you?!"

After uttering the most cowardly words in the toughest tone, Rin Tohsaka walked into the bathroom without looking back.

Rovey's gaze turned somewhat strange, and he began to have doubts.

Am I starting to think like I can't keep up with her?

In the end, Rovey didn't dwell on trivial matters like Rin Tohsaka's intelligence and personality for too long.

Instead, he went directly to Tokiomi Tohsaka's study.

Despite the presence of numerous restrictions within Tokiomi Tohsaka's workshop, these were all dispelled in less than two seconds by Rovey. He then briefly examined the workshop, which, aside from a considerable number of books, consisted of remarkably rudimentary Magecraft facilities. He was now certain that Tokiomi Tohsaka had indeed sold everything he could, including the materials in his workshop.

That's quite a bold move...

The fact that the Magus sold his workshop signifies that Magus has completely abandoned the path of magic.

Thinking about this, Rovey sighed slightly, then stopped dwelling on the problem and sat down in Tokiomi Tohsaka's chair, beginning to seriously consider the situation based on the information he had obtained from Kirei Kotomine.

First of all, this Holy Grail War was not initiated by the Three Families.

Instead, the scale and measures from London will only be larger and more comprehensive than the first time.

The successful descent of the Holy Grail last time had already completed the Holy Grail ritual in Fuyuki City, so there shouldn't have been any more Holy Grail War, and the duties of the Three Families could be said to have ended.

However, because Aoko obtained the Holy Grail War ritual data from the Einzbern Tohsaka Family, and because she had also made breakthroughs and mastered the Third Magic, it was a piece of cake for her, Grand Magus, to recreate the Holy Grail War a few years later. She set up a new Holy Grail ritual in Fuyuki City a few years ago.

Kirei Kotomine also didn't understand why the other party wanted to arrange the Holy Grail ritual.

However, since the other party had obtained the consent of forces such as London, the Church, and the Spiral Manor, he could not refuse and could only let the other party carry out the arrangements.

However, although Kirei Kotomine couldn't understand it, Rovey had already guessed the reason very clearly. It was all because of a problem caused by someone who had disappeared for ten years without a trace.

And that person just happened to be here.

Having guessed what was going on, Rovey was also thinking about a peaceful and appropriate solution before explaining things to them.

After all, the appearance of the Command Spells signifies the official start of this Holy Grail War, which is now unstoppable. Moreover, according to Rin Tohsaka, she is currently unable to contact Aoko.

However, since it was Aoko who asked her to participate in the war, and Aoko herself who arranged it, it was obvious that Aoko would come. So, Rovey decided to wait for her here and explain to her.

Although Rovey had no fondness for the Holy Grail War ritual.

However, he believed that Aoko knew what she was doing. Having experienced it before, she would not let things get out of control. Moreover, as long as he was there, nothing would happen.

With that in mind, Rovey had pretty much finalized his plans. In short, he would continue to spend a few more days with Rin Tohsaka and help this not-so-bright girl survive the Holy Grail War.

As for this Holy Grail War...

Chronologically speaking, it is indeed the Fifth Holy Grail War in my world, also known as the Fifth Holy Grail War.

But the Fifth Holy Grail War is now completely different.

First, there's Kirei Kotomine from the original work.

He has transformed from a pampered priest into a true clergyman.

Not only will they not do bad things, but they are as upright as a piece of steel.

Even Rin Tohsaka had to praise him.

Although he seemed a bit odd, that priest was actually a very good person.

Then there's Karen, whose fate has completely changed now that Kirei Kotomine is watching over her.

It's fair to say that it has completely deviated from expectations, and it's entirely unpredictable how things will develop.

However, compared to them, the one whose World Line has changed the most is Emiya Shirou.

No, rather than Emiya Shirou, he should now be called Fujimaru Shirou or Kotomine Shirou.

The Fourth Holy Grail War was resolved peacefully.

No fire occurred in Fuyuki City.

The evil within was not revealed at this time.

So Shirou Emiya, who should have been on the Emiya Kiritsugu Emiya Shirou, and renamed, is still living a healthy life. However, for some reason, this time he established a connection with Kirei Kotomine and became his disciple.

This time, Kirei Kotomine was extremely fond of this disciple.

To protect him and not interfere with his life in the normal world, she even offered to be his godfather, allowed him to operate under the name Kotomine Shirou in the Magecraft World, and taught him everything she knew. She also became his senior and junior sister to Karen.

So last night, when he saw Kotomine Shirou dressed as a priest, even the well-traveled Rovey was momentarily stunned.

He's been in this world for so long, what kind of situation hasn't he seen?

But he had never seen anything like what happened last night.

Seeing Kirei Kotomine and Shirou together filled him with complex emotions.

What a strange combination!

What kind of bizarre World Line is this?!

Father Shirou appeared.

After a brief moment of distraction, he gradually regained his senses and understood the current situation. He learned that the protagonist of the original work, Shirou, a participant in the Fifth Holy Grail War and the Shirou killed King Gilgamesh with a single elbow strike, would not only not participate in the Holy Grail War now, but would also work with Kirei Kotomine to maintain order.

This also piqued Rovey's interest.

So he suggested sparring with Kotomine Shirou, wanting to see how Shirou's attack methods and abilities had changed in this World Line.

Kirei Kotomine was somewhat surprised by this.

After all, he knew how strong Rovey was.

Moreover, the other party is the chairman of the London board of directors, so his strength is beyond question. How could my disciple possibly be his match?

However, he also believed in Rovey.

After thinking for a moment, he guessed that Rovey's purpose was to test his disciple's strength and whether he was qualified to serve as a referee.

Because of his confidence in his disciple, Kirei Kotomine agreed.

Seeing that his master agreed, Kotomine Shirou had no reason to object. He was ruthless and didn't say much. He pulled out two Black Keys from his sleeve and began sparring with Rovey.

In order to see through Shirou's methods, Rovey did not use Magecraft. He simply used one hand to deflect Shirou's attacks and promised that if Shirou could make him move, Shirou would be considered the victor.

Then, Shirou, who had been worried about whether Rovey could handle the gun, couldn't help but feel that Rovey was being a bit too arrogant.

After all, it would be extremely unreasonable for Magus to compete against Executor without using Magecraft, and he himself was worried about accidentally hurting Rovey.

But soon, what happened next made him realize the gap between him and Rovey.

It's like comparing heaven and earth.

His proud Reinforcement Magecraft, Steel Training, and Black Keys rapid-fire were all ineffective against Rovey.

Even with Baji Fist, combined with the exquisite close-combat techniques of fist blades and stepping techniques, it couldn't shake the opponent in the slightest. On the contrary, it could easily spin the opponent with one hand even without the opponent using Magecraft.

For a moment, Kotomine Shirou was greatly shocked.

He began to doubt whether this was truly Magus. This physical ability and strength far surpassed even the Dead Apostle he and his master had killed together.

He even began to wonder if Rovey was some martial arts master teasing him.

Although he couldn't come up with the right result, he stopped worrying about it and surrendered when the attack proved ineffective.

Kirei Kotomine was not surprised by this. He personally comforted his disciple, telling him that he had just faced one of the strongest people in the mystical world, and that even the Burial Agency would not be his match. Losing to Rovey was not shameful.

On the contrary, his basic skills and techniques were quite good. It seemed that while attending school normally, he had not neglected the most basic training. He was very pleased and told Karen to learn from Shirou.

The quintessential "other people's child".

After this test, Rovey had a pretty good idea of what Emiya Shirou's abilities were in this World Line.

Because Kirei Kotomine, who came from a background Executor, was not proficient in Magecraft, he had no intention of guiding Shirou toward Magecraft at all, but instead used the training methods of Executor.

Shirou only learned religious Magecraft such as Reinforcement Magecraft, sensory Magecraft, and exorcism rituals. The rest were Baji Fist, Steel Training, and practical combat techniques using the Black Keys.

He has considerable practical experience; he has clearly hunted Dead Apostle alongside Kirei Kotomine. He is no longer an ordinary high school student but someone from a mysterious circle.

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