As They Say, Signing a Contract Means Getting Dropped! I Get It Now! I'm Going to Cultivate Immortality! / Lemonhead Evolves-Calm Lemonhead

The waiter looked at the dishes they had ordered. Given his position, he should not have said anything, but the three of them were simply far too attractive.

"Um, the dish ordered by this priest has a very strong flavor. Are you sure you want it?"

Fu Yuan saw that the waiter seemed unconvinced. He had originally wanted to scoop himself another spoonful, but suddenly noticed that the Mage of the Mapo Tofu had covered his bowl with his hand. It was so natural that it did not seem awkward in the slightest.

Fu Yuan took a look, confirmed that he had no chance to scoop any for himself, then helplessly said to the waiter, "Yes, that flavor. Make it very, very spicy."

The waiter was still hesitant. He had tried that flavor out of curiosity before and ended up bedridden for several days, but under the direct gaze of the beautiful girl before him, he still nodded.

"Understood. Your dishes will be ready shortly."

"A Yuan, are you sure that's edible?" Irisviel looked at the bowl full of red chili oil. Just looking at it made her feel as though it would be incredibly spicy.

Little Illya, on the other hand, was extremely curious and secretly made up her mind to sneak a spoonful later.

While Fu Yuan and the others chatted, Kirei Kotomine was also watching them from the shadows. After all, Kiritsugu Emiya, the man he had always wanted to meet, was part of their group.

Fu Yuan tilted his head and looked at Kirei Kotomine in confusion. He had always thought the Child of Purity talent was rather useless, but it still had some use in trivial matters like this.

"Mr. Mapo Tofu, is something wrong?" But if he had a question, he had to ask it. Asking when he did not understand was always one of Fu Yuan's good habits.

"...Is it really alright for you to bring a child into the Holy Grail War?" Kirei Kotomine was silent for a long time before finally deciding to ask. By his reasoning, that man should not do something so pointless.

No, it definitely isn't. But there's no better way. Irisviel did not know how to answer such a question.

"Why don't you give it a try, Mr. Mapo Tofu?" Fu Yuan had no such reservations. Instead, he asked with some interest.

Try what? Raising a child? What a meaningless thing. Although Kirei Kotomine thought of his daughter, he paid no attention to Fu Yuan's words.

Wait, wasn't that a strange form of address just now?

Fu Yuan did not notice his expression at all. Instead, he seemed to grow more excited as he spoke. "Really, Mr. Mapo Tofu, children are angels! Especially daughters!"

"Children are treasures bestowed by heaven." At that point, Fu Yuan paused. Then he looked at Kirei Kotomine and suddenly spoke with some seriousness.

"Especially for someone like you! Just like Kiritsugu, they can completely save a person!"

Hearing the deeper meaning in Saber's words, Kirei Kotomine barely managed to keep it in mind. That man can be saved too?

"Children?"

Perhaps I could give it a try. Kallen is already six, isn't she?

Kirei Kotomine suddenly became interested. Just as he was about to ask Saber about children, he saw that Saber had already started eating.

He was instantly left speechless and quietly took the matter to heart.

Irisviel looked at Fu Yuan speechlessly. That was not what he had said earlier when he talked about buying homework for Illya.

Illya:?! Is this the preferential treatment Daddy always talks about?

Illya still did not understand what this behavior was called. When she grew up, she would learn a new term for it—double standards.

As the saying goes, signing a contract means getting taken down! I understand now! I'm going to cultivate immortality!

Fu Yuan lay alone in bed, curled into a tiny ball and burying his head beneath the blankets, as though that would keep him from hearing the thunder outside.

The mission had already been completed. Because the weather was poor, he had not even visited any shops along the way. After slaying the Demon Beast, he had hurried back down the mountain, but unfortunately, it was still too late. He could only make do with a night at this inn.

His master had chosen the timing well. Senior Sister had her own matters to attend to, while Senior Brother was unwilling to help him, so he had gone down the mountain alone this time.

He did not blame his master. After all, his master was doing it for his own good. But thunder really was terrifying! Every clap felt as though it had brought him back to the moment he had transmigrated.

Shennongjia. This was the first time Fu Yuan had traveled alone since childhood, if one ignored the dozen or so bodyguards lurking in the shadows.

The beautiful mountain scenery and towering trees made Fu Yuan seem as though his true nature had been set free.

Ding, Gods System binding initiated

Bind: Yes/No

Fu Yuan blinked. He discovered that he could see the light screen even with his eyes closed, and he became a little excited. Although people often called him an idiot, he still read novels—especially the systems that had become so popular in recent years.

It's a system! It can definitely cure my fear of thunder, right?

Bind: Yes/No

"Yes, yes!" Fu Yuan nodded quickly, even saying it aloud in case it was voice-controlled.

Binding initiated

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Fu Yuan stood there blankly, staring eagerly at the data that only he could see.

Ding, an extremely high-quality talent has been detected. Requesting authorization to inspect.

So polite! It probably was not one of those old-school webnovel systems. Fu Yuan compared it to the novels he had read and came to a conclusion.

"Yes, yes!" Who would not like such a polite system?

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Talent: Eternal Memory (Incomplete): Due to its incompleteness, the body does not possess the ability to remember at all times, nor can it permanently retain memories. However, it still possesses high Soul Resistance and exceptionally powerful memory.

Ding, a ?-quality talent has been detected. Requesting authorization for an in-depth inspection.

As expected, A Yuan isn't ordinary. Next, I'm supposed to save the world, right? As Fu Yuan fantasized about his future, he became even more grateful to this polite system.

"Yes!"

Ding, inspecting. Deep coverage in progress...

Ding, inspecting. Deep coverage in progress...

Ding, inspecting. Deep coverage in progress...

As though it had crashed, the entire interface froze on that sentence. Fu Yuan suddenly had a bad feeling.

Ding, coverage complete.

The interface froze completely at that moment, with no further response.

But Fu Yuan no longer cared about that. Every hair on his body stood on end as the greatest sense of danger he had ever felt flooded his mind.

Then, a Heavenly Thunderbolt descended from the clear blue sky—one powerful enough to kill someone countless times over. Or rather, Heavenly Punishment!

His entire body stiffened. Though his mind kept telling him to dodge, he seemed frozen and completely incapable of resisting.

Move! Move!

At that moment, he hated the perception he had always been so proud of.

He could clearly sense the lightning striking his body, yet for some unknown reason, he did not die immediately.

It hurt. But he could not make a sound. The Electric Particles throughout his body went haywire, and he clearly felt his throat, blood vessels, and liver being destroyed. He felt every muscle being charred and every shred of flesh being torn apart.

Scientifically speaking—no, the moment he obtained the system, this had already ceased to be scientific.

He felt himself slowly vanishing, breaking down step by step. Despair and collapse wound around him.

It seemed slow, but from the outside, it all happened in an instant. Before even the bodyguards could react, Fu Yuan had completely vanished from this world.

The system, having completed its mission, began to self-destruct as well.

The energy that had kept his body from being destroyed in that instant seemed to have some remaining, and it performed its final function.

At the foot of Honkai Taixu Mountain.

An unconscious infant suddenly appeared there, falling from half a meter in the air and crashing heavily onto the ground. Surprisingly, the child inside did not cry out or make even the slightest sound, making one wonder whether it was a stillborn baby.

That hurts! That was Fu Yuan's first reaction. Even though it was not his first time experiencing it, the pain was still almost unbearable. Fortunately, he had some resistance to it after all.

Fu Yuan quickly came to his senses, immediately broke free from Archer's embrace, and ran back to his seat. With his arms folded over his chest, he stared vigilantly at Archer across from him.

His childish face was filled with thirty percent shyness, thirty percent anger, thirty percent confusion, and ninety-one percent grievance. Having his soul attacked really hurt.

Only then did Archer gradually regain her senses. Her pale, delicate hands slowly rubbed her head as she looked at the Saber she had just ravaged with thirty percent anger, thirty percent flirtatiousness, thirty percent delight, and ninety-one percent curiosity.

"I have to say, Saber, you have successfully piqued my interest."

Unlike before, this time it was truly interest, not lust!

Irisviel had no idea how to join the conversation anymore. She sat there blankly, then belatedly covered Illya's eyes.

Illya:?

"...Pervert." Fu Yuan's expression twisted slightly. After all, just a minute ago, the two of them had been "passionately embracing~ and kissing," and he had been forcibly kissed for the first time by someone who had been a man only a minute earlier. He had always believed his heart was strong enough to withstand many things, but reality told him that he had thought too highly of himself.

Archer gave a soft scoff upon hearing that. Then she leaned forward, the two heavy mounds of her heart pressed against the table and slightly deformed.

"Zasshu, have you figured out how to compensate your King?" Archer sorted through the situation. The Fountain of Youth was among the highest-ranking Noble Phantasms in her treasury. She had items capable of canceling other Noble Phantasms, but none ranked as highly as the Fountain of Youth.

Therefore, she could not change back. At least not during this Holy Grail War. Logically, something beyond her control should have been amusing, but that was only if it had not happened to her.

Still, she forcibly suppressed her anger. Crisis management was also an ability a King had to possess. So as compensation, Saber was hers for the taking.

"Pervert! Hentai!"

Yesterday, Fu Yuan had considered many possible emergencies during the Holy Grail War. For example, some overpowered protagonist barging in, or an agent of the Counter Force appearing to erase him... But he had truly never imagined that his innocence would be sullied like this.

Ugh, stop thinking about it! It's so embarrassing!

His pale little hands suddenly covered his face, carrying the air of, If I can't see you, then you can't see me.

...Junior Disciple Brother~ Fortunately, Fu Yuan had his own alarm system. Whenever he became even a little abnormal, Senior Sister would always remind him in time, though her methods were a little rough.

"Another soul. This is getting more and more interesting!" Archer said something even Caster had failed to notice in an exceedingly calm tone, then thought of her dear friend.

But speaking of her dear friend, Archer suddenly remembered why she had come here. She looked around and discovered that Kirei Kotomine had already left.

Archer frowned, drew an X over Kirei Kotomine in her mind, then looked at Saber. Without waiting for Fu Yuan to respond, she arrogantly said words that pained all warriors of pure love.

"Then, Saber, you are mine for the taking. Let's see whether your dear friend can stop me!"

Then she Spiritronized and vanished. Fortunately, Irisviel had used Suggestion Sorcery around the area beforehand. Otherwise, tomorrow's headlines might have read:

"Shocking? A woman ascends to heaven on the spot after a passionate encounter. Is this the sublimation of morality, or the evolution of humanity? Watch Fuyuki City Beats Science to find out. (No typo.)"

Fu Yuan rubbed his head and slowly recovered from the second stabbing pain. This really is a huge mess!

"Mom, that big brother... big sister left without eating! Is she an idiot?" At that moment, clever little Illya noticed the blind spot. Gilgamesh had sat in the restaurant for so long, yet left without eating anything.

As for Spiritronization, Illya had already seen it on Fu Yuan, who acted like a child himself, so she was not particularly surprised.

"Big brother... big sister might not be hungry right now." Irisviel did not know how to answer that question either. Though she did not think Archer had merely been too busy showing off and forgotten, Heroic Spirits were unreasonable beings. Who knew whether they could still hear her talking?

Little Illya was confused. If she was not hungry, why had she come to a restaurant? Illya tried to sort through the sequence of events with her little brain:

Big sister came to the restaurant + was willing to wait = she was hungry.

Confessed to big brother + kissed him = no need to eat = not hungry anymore.

Greedy big brother did not eat the remaining food = he was full.

!!! Illya felt she had discovered the truth. Kissing could fill one's stomach? That was so amazing! No wonder she often saw Daddy and Mommy doing it!

Irisviel looked at Illya, whose expression was a little strange, and fell into confusion once more. She felt as though there might be something wrong with her factory settings. Otherwise, why could she not understand so many things that had happened?

Fu Yuan did not notice Illya's abnormality. Right now, he was coaxing Senior Sister, even though she had clearly been the one to hit him. So I'm the one who got hurt, okay?

You have an objection?

No. I swear, really!

Lemon Head Evolves—Calm Lemon Head

On Fuyuki Bridge, a Lemon Head man with an exceedingly irritated expression was considering how to reasonably withdraw from this war. Behind him, a handsome man who carried himself like a knight stood guard beside the Lemon Head man with utmost seriousness.

Meanwhile, a gorgeously dressed woman ignored Lemon Head's dissatisfied gaze and continued to cling to the expressionless Diarmuid however she pleased.

Ever since Lancer had nearly died last night, Sola's behavior seemed to have grown even more aggressive. She completely ignored the dissatisfaction of her fiancé, leaving him so irritated that he could not think at all.