As a Ninja, All I Want Is to Live Off Others in the Type-Moon World

Waver kept his distance from women like her and had no desire to deal with them, but for some reason, Adashino Riri seemed inexplicably interested in him.

"Oh? Isn't this Fliyouga's little servant? Why are you with them?" Adashino Riri looked in surprise at Higashino Kanade, who was following behind Waver.

Before Higashino Kanade could answer, Waver hurriedly grabbed his arm, tossed out, "He's my newly accepted disciple," and fled at top speed, terrified that this female devil would set her sights on Higashino Kanade.

By the time they arrived at the dining hall, quite a few people were already seated at the table.

It was a massive marble table ten meters long and nearly two meters wide, already covered with all sorts of dishes. Perhaps considering that the guests came from different countries, aside from a standard Western breakfast, there was also Japanese sushi and seafood on the table.

The three of them casually found seats. Before long, Heine and his sister arrived, accompanied by Jirobou Seigen Shitou, whom Heine had defeated yesterday. Judging by how happily they were chatting, something must have happened to rapidly improve their relationship.

Roxanne, timid as a fledgling bird, walked up to Higashino Kanade and took the initiative to ask, "C-Can I sit next to you?"

The girl looked extremely nervous, her face so red that she seemed about to faint at any moment. Perhaps she had been drawn in by Higashino Kanade's beautiful-boy charm, or perhaps he was simply the only one around her age, and being surrounded by adults made her uncomfortable.

Higashino Kanade calmly nodded. She was just a child, after all. He was not enough of a pervert to get turned on by children.

Roxanne breathed a sigh of relief. Soon after sitting down, she began chattering with Higashino Kanade like a little bird. Most of it concerned her beloved brother and complaints about her family. From her personality, it was clear that she was not suited to being a Magus.

Luvia was still the last to arrive. She sat at the far end of the dining table with a Mohawk-haired bodyguard, as though deliberately drawing a line between herself and everyone else. She looked entirely prepared to fight alone.

Orlok, the oldest among them, still kept his face hidden. During the meal, he cast several covert glances at Higashino Kanade, seemingly still brooding over what had happened yesterday.

Jirobou Seigen Shitou brought out some good liquor to share with Heine. Fliyou, who had little presence, caught the scent of alcohol and wanted to trade a divination for some of Jirobou Seigen Shitou's liquor. However, the divination ritual was interrupted halfway through by Jirobou Seigen Shitou, and it ended with him very reluctantly sharing some of his drink.

If nothing unexpected happened, this breakfast banquet would end uneventfully. But Luvia publicly revealed the information Waver had told her yesterday about the angel. Some of those present suddenly understood, while others wore expressions of just as I thought.

Is this woman trying to get everyone to search together, then swoop in and reap the rewards herself? Higashino Kanade guessed.

After breakfast, Higashino Kanade followed Waver back to their room.

"Uchiha Kanade, we're planning to investigate the angel names on everyone's doorplates first. Do you want to come with us?" Waver asked.

"No. I don't know anything about magecraft, so I'd just be sightseeing if I went with you. I wouldn't be able to help much. Besides, compared to playing detective, I prefer reaping the rewards of someone else's work."

Higashino Kanade had no sense of honor whatsoever. To him, completing the mission by any means necessary was his way of survival.

"I'll secretly follow the others, record what they discover, then come back and report it to you."

Higashino Kanade had no intention of truly doing nothing but tagging along. Ever since he had intervened, the plot had already veered into unpredictable chaos. What if the butterfly effect caused by him meant that Waver failed to uncover the truth? Wouldn't that be a huge loss for Higashino Kanade?

So Higashino Kanade decided to operate from the shadows, providing Waver with intelligence gathered from the others. That would help Waver, and help himself complete the mission as well.

Upon hearing Higashino Kanade's proposal, Grea's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. The kind-hearted girl apparently did not like his near-"robbery" approach.

"Grea, the magecraft world is just like this. Compared to other Magi, your junior disciple's methods are already quite gentle." Waver truly never missed an opportunity to teach.

"Yes, Master." Grea obediently nodded. She knew her master meant well. Three months after leaving her hometown, she was no longer the naïve gravekeeper she had once been.

Waver left with Grea and did not return until nightfall.

During that time, Higashino Kanade remained in the room, resting and conserving his strength. At the same time, he summoned several little Toads to monitor the others.

That night, after dinner, the three of them were playing cards in their room when a little Toad suddenly squeezed in through the gap beneath the door and hopped onto Higashino Kanade's arm.

"Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit—"

"Mm, I understand. Go monitor the others first."

Higashino Kanade patted the little Toad's head, then tossed down his utterly terrible hand of cards. "My Toad told me that Heine secretly slipped out alone tonight. I'm going to follow him."

"Be careful. Heine comes from a prestigious alchemy family, so he may possess armaments no weaker than a lower-ranked Heroic Spirit. If you can't beat him, remember to run immediately," Waver warned.

Higashino Kanade nodded, then left the room and headed in the direction the little Toad had indicated.

But before he had gone far, something unexpected happened.

"Isn't this my fellow countryman with the Uchiha surname? Hic— We're both Japanese, but we haven't had a proper chat yet, have we? Want to come to my room and have a good talk? I've got good liquor to treat you with. Hic—"

The drunken Jirobou Seigen Shitou staggered into the corridor. Upon seeing Higashino Kanade, he enthusiastically latched onto him and dragged him toward his room. As they walked, he did not forget to shove the bottle toward Higashino Kanade's mouth, seemingly trying to get him drunk.

"Be good! If you want to drink, go find Lord El-Melloi II. He'll be happy to keep you company. Daddy has business to attend to, so I'm leaving first."

Higashino Kanade pushed Jirobou Seigen Shitou away with a look of disgust. He did not want to lose track of Heine because some drunkard held him up.

"You're not my daddy. You're my fellow countryman with the Uchiha surname. I'm not drunk, so hurry up and drink with me!" Jirobou Seigen Shitou grinned like an idiot.

Higashino Kanade's mouth twitched wildly. You're supposedly a fellow Japanese person, yet you don't know that encouraging a minor to drink in Japan is illegal?

Just as Jirobou Seigen Shitou was about to drag him into his room by force, Higashino Kanade recalled the scene from their first meeting and immediately came up with an idea.

"Stop dragging your daddy around. Daddy will show you something good."

The moment he heard there was something good to see, Jirobou Seigen Shitou stopped moving and stared blankly at Higashino Kanade.

Higashino Kanade swiftly formed a hand seal and silently recited, Sexy Technique!

P.S. I've seen many people getting hung up on the settings. Please don't overthink them too much. I'm also working hard to improve this book's system.

39. A Game with Luvia

With a soft poof!, Higashino Kanade transformed in the next instant into a mature older sister with long, straight black hair—a devastating beauty whose looks could rival his current appearance.

The mature older sister struck a seductive pose. Her voluptuous, alluring body was completely naked, with only a few cloud-like shapes censoring the crucial areas.

"Hohohohoho—"

Jirobou Seigen Shitou howled like a horny baboon. As someone fond of women, he simply could not withstand such a stimulating sight, and two streams of blood immediately burst from his nose.

"There's an opening!"

Seizing the moment when his opponent froze, Higashino Kanade kicked Jirobou Seigen Shitou in the chin. The tremendous force sent him spinning once through the air before he crashed to the ground and passed out.

"Damn it, I really didn't want to use that move."

After undoing the Transformation Technique, Higashino Kanade let out a soft sigh. He had specifically learned the Sexy Technique from Naruto back when he wanted Jiraiya to take him as a disciple. Thanks to his extensive experience watching videos, he had quickly surpassed his teacher. Even Jiraiya had once been sent straight to the hospital from excessive blood loss because this technique was too stimulating.

That technique that had defeated one of the Three Legendary Ninja had finally been used today. Jirobou Seigen Shitou, you had not lost unfairly.

Just as Higashino Kanade was about to step over Jirobou Seigen Shitou's body and go find Heine, another unexpected incident occurred...

"You little brat, how dare you make a fool of me! Are you prepared to atone with your life?"

The nearby door suddenly opened. Luvia, dressed in pajamas, had Gandr gathering at her fingertips. Her golden spiral curls floated without wind, making her look like a woman who had turned completely dark.

"Y-You saw everything?" Higashino Kanade gave an awkward smile.

"With how noisy the hallway was, it would have been strange if I hadn't noticed! So that innocent look you wore yesterday was all an act. You actually deceived my feelings!" Tears glimmered in the corners of Luvia's eyes as an unprecedented sense of humiliation rose within her.

She, Luviazael Edelfelt, the next head of the Edelfelt Family, a master of Jewel Magic, a rising star in the wrestling world, and a future powerhouse of the magecraft world, had actually been fooled by a child! And he had seen her body! It was simply the greatest humiliation!

Is it too late to apologize with the Reverse Harem Technique? Higashino Kanade panicked internally.

"Die!"

The Gandr grew larger and larger, its terrifying Mana seeming ready to kill Higashino Kanade in one strike.

Higashino Kanade's mind raced. He absolutely could not fight Luvia here.

If they fought, not only would he create a mortal enemy for no reason, but the noise of battle would undoubtedly wake everyone else who was resting. At that point, Higashino Kanade's tracking plan would be completely ruined.

In a flash of inspiration, Higashino Kanade suddenly moved at incredible speed, wrapped an arm around Luvia's waist, and rammed her into the room.

When Luvia saw that Higashino Kanade wanted to fight at close range, she was overjoyed. She grabbed his body with both hands, intending to show him what a professional wrestler was capable of!

But the moment Luvia exerted force, she discovered that her arms suddenly could not use any strength, as though something had severed them.

This child is dangerous!

Although Luvia did not know what method Higashino Kanade had used, having lost the use of her arms clearly disqualified her from fighting him at close range. Now, she wanted to kick him away before her legs also lost control, while crushing the communication gemstone to summon her bodyguard.

The battle-hardened Higashino Kanade saw through Luvia's intentions at a glance. With both palms shaped like blades, he slashed across the roots of Luvia's legs, using the Chakra Scalpel to sever the muscles in her legs.

The Chakra Scalpel was an A-rank Medical Ninjutsu. It concentrated Chakra in the hands, allowing the user to cut any part of the body for further treatment. It could also be used in combat to sever an opponent's muscles and meridians, or even function as a weapon to cut through an opponent. Its power was immense.

Higashino Kanade had trained in Medical Ninjutsu with Tsunade for a time. Though his talent was terrible and he could not learn the Strength of a Hundred Seal at all, he had still mastered some basic Medical Ninjutsu, including the Chakra Scalpel.

After severing the muscles in all four of Luvia's limbs, Higashino Kanade pulled out a Kunai and aimed it at her neck, saying helplessly, "Did this really have to go this far?"

Hearing that only made Luvia angrier. Higashino Kanade's tone made it sound as though she was the one making trouble. He had seen her body—was she not even allowed to say a word about it?

"You little pervert, do you know what you're doing? If you kill me, the Edelfelt Family will make you pay in blood!" Luvia threatened fiercely, like a cat pinned beneath someone's body and raging helplessly.

Higashino Kanade's mouth twitched. Luvia was right. He truly did not dare kill the woman beneath him.

If Luvia were an ordinary Magus without such a powerful background, killing her would not have been a problem.

But Luvia's background was enormous. Setting aside her birth into a prestigious magecraft family, he did not know whether she would become Zelretch's disciple in this timeline. Moreover, in the FGO mobile game, she would become the vessel of a Goddess Heroic Spirit in the future.

The Emiya Family truly was full of martyrs!

Killing Luvia meant offending two major figures. Unless Higashino Kanade was prepared to spend the rest of his life by Ryougi Shiki's side without ever leaving, he could only let her go.

Besides, as an office worker in his life before last who had loved anime and manga, Higashino Kanade did not really want to kill a character he had once liked. Things had not yet reached the point of no return.

"Listen, what happened last night really was an accident. I'll spare your life now, and we'll pretend none of this ever happened. How about it?" Higashino Kanade tried to negotiate.

"In your dreams! You humiliated me so badly, and you expect me to let it go? Even if I die at your hands, I'll never forgive you!"

Why was this woman so stubborn?

Looking at Luvia, who would rather die than yield, Higashino Kanade scratched his head in frustration. Then, he suddenly remembered something.

Waver had said that the Edelfelt Family was a pack of hyenas. If you did not leave them some benefit, they would never let go.

It looked like if Higashino Kanade wanted to get rid of this woman, he would have to pay a price today!

"How about this? I'll give you another piece of intelligence, and we'll call it even. What do you say?"

"What intelligence?"

Luvia's eyes immediately lit up, like a dog that had caught the scent of food.

"My familiar told me that Heine went out alone tonight. He must have discovered something. If we secretly follow him now, we might obtain an important clue to Gryphon's inheritance."

Luvia thought for a moment, then nodded. "I accept this deal. But you have to heal me first. You've made it so I can't move any of my limbs."

"If I heal you, can you guarantee that you won't hit me once you recover?"

"I swear in the name of the Edelfelt Family!"

After receiving Luvia's assurance, Higashino Kanade relaxed and used Medical Ninjutsu to reconnect the severed muscles in her body.

At this moment, Luvia wore only a thin set of pajamas. It was obvious that she had been preparing to sleep.

Large areas of her snow-white skin were exposed. Through her pajamas, it was easy to make out the style of her underwear and the shape of her lovely body.

It had to be said that Luvia, currently "unable to resist," was extremely tempting. An ordinary man would struggle to restrain himself. But once Higashino Kanade entered his focused state, he cast aside all distracting thoughts and devoted himself entirely to the mission, unaffected by worldly temptations.

Even if Luvia stripped naked and lay before him now, Higashino Kanade, whose eyes held only the mission, would not do anything to her.

"He's actually not a bad man."

Seeing that Higashino Kanade did not take advantage of her, but instead treated her with a serious expression and eyes devoid of any impure thoughts, Luvia's impression of him improved considerably.

40. Knight and Beast

However, more than Higashino Kanade's gentlemanly conduct, Luvia was curious about exactly what technique he had used to treat her.

Although Luvia had not yet studied at the Clock Tower, she had been born into a prestigious magecraft family and received an excellent magecraft education since childhood. She could not claim to recognize every form of magecraft in the world, but she could identify at least sixty percent of it. Yet Higashino Kanade's methods happened to fall outside that sixty percent.

More importantly, from the moment she began fighting Higashino Kanade until now, she had not sensed even the slightest fluctuation of Mana. That was something she had never encountered in any battle she had experienced.

The method he had used to sever the muscles in her limbs could perhaps be explained as exceptional physical skill, but what about the green glow now healing her? What kind of miraculous method was that?

Is it a secret technique of his family? Or could it be...

Luvia suddenly had a bold thought, but the instant it surfaced, she rejected it.

"A Dead Apostle with supernatural abilities is impossible. Phantasmal Species should all have been driven into the Other Side of the World, so he cannot possibly be one in the modern world. But if he were a Phantasmal Species, perhaps that would explain his mysterious abilities."

Luvia stared at Higashino Kanade's face, and a feverish gleam gradually appeared in her eyes, as though she had discovered treasure.

After healing Luvia with Medical Ninjutsu, Higashino Kanade stood up to leave. "I'm going first. If I delay any longer, I won't be able to catch up with Heine."

The next moment, a pair of slender yet powerful arms wrapped around Higashino Kanade from behind. After a dizzying whirl, he was slammed onto the ground.

"Didn't you swear not to hit me?" Higashino Kanade looked tearfully at Luvia's raised fist.

Luvia looked as delighted as an avenger personally killing her sworn enemy. With a cold smile, she said, "Did you really think I would honor an oath without any magecraft binding it?"