I, System Creator

Seeing Busujima Saeko suddenly trigger so many check-in missions, Illya and the others were honestly green with envy.

And the rewards for these check-in missions all looked perfectly legitimate. They were far better than things like "Height Increase Level 1" or "Three Measurements Increase Level 1." If they couldn't make you stronger, who would want to do so many bizarre missions?

Illya especially felt she had every right to say that... Her brother was still suffering under Sella's terrifying rule, especially after what she had said that day...

Of course, she wanted to say that she had only been joking when she said it, but would Sella listen?

So all she could do was silently cheer her brother on...

Ai: "Let me handle this mission! I'm a biochemist, after all. Leave it to me!"

Illya: "I want to join too, but... I'm in class..."

Miyu: "...I can't go either... I can't skip class... (;д｀)ゞ..."

Yukino: "Being a student is really painful... Ai, aren't you an elementary school student right now?"

Ai: "I can just take leave. I know everything anyway... Let me ask you this: what's more important, class or saving the world?"

Saeko: "..."

Illya: "..."

Miyu: "..."

Yukino: "You're obviously going for the rewards, yet you insist on saying it's to save the world..."

Ai: "Maybe I'll develop the relevant cure... If that isn't saving the world, then what is?"

Yukino: "..."

Well, now that she had put it that way, what else could Yukino say? All she could do was say, whatever made her happy.

Administrator: "Come to think of it, it seems like Ai is the only one among you who can spare the time... But Ai, are you sure you'll be okay? What if you get infected by a virus after going to that world... Will you be alright...?"

Ai: "Don't worry. I got A-rank item crafting before, and I found that it can use existing materials to make plenty of interesting things. They're called Magic Crests, right...? Some Magic Crests can even grant immunity to certain physical attacks when worn. I specifically tested it, so I think those zombies probably can't even break through my defenses... And if I have enough materials, I can make quite a few Dragon Tooth Soldiers too. I'm only short on materials right now."

Ai declared that she was no longer the person she used to be. She was covered in treasures now!

Even if the Black Organization stood right in front of her, she would not be afraid in the slightest. The ones running away would definitely be them.

Administrator: "Then is everything alright on your side, Saeko? If you need me, I can head over at any time!"

Chu Chen was not particularly interested in dealing with zombies. It would just be mowing them down, after all, but taking a trip there would not be bad.

More importantly, that world had lots of beautiful women... It was quite pleasing to the eye, wasn't it?

Chu Chen admitted that he was just that shallow... As long as there were beautiful women, he could be persuaded to go...

Saeko: "I'm fine over here. These zombies are too weak. They can't even get close to me..."

Ai: "Saeko really is strong. She's far stronger than the rest of us. Those zombies alone can't do anything to her... No matter what, she's one of the few among us whose check-in rewards are basically all legitimate!"

At that, Ai felt a little sour. If there were legitimate rewards, who would want the improper ones?

Illya: "Actually, I really want to take leave. I'm a little worried about what's happening over at Sister Saeko's place, but I'm sorry... If I take leave, they'll call my guardian..."

Miyu: "..."

Miyu also felt the urge to skip class outright, but when she remembered that Mr. Chu Chen was a teacher here...

She could not skip Mr. Chu Chen's class... Silently, Miyu suppressed the restless feelings in her heart...

Ai: "I'm ready already. Saeko, call me once you find somewhere to rest and regroup. I'll head over immediately. I put my entire laboratory into my system space, so even after arriving in that world, I won't need to prepare a new lab for experiments..."

Saeko: "No problem. I'll let you know when the time comes..."

As she spoke, Saeko looked at the corridor, which was already packed with blood-covered zombies, and excitement surged within her.

A cold flash lit up the entire corridor. In an instant, more than half of the zombies in the hallway had fallen.

After her swordsmanship had continuously improved, it could basically be said that Saeko had long surpassed the limits of this world.

In terms of swordsmanship alone, even among Saber-class Servants, Saeko could be considered first-rate.

The next moment, Saeko swung again, and the remaining zombies instantly toppled over like dominoes.

But after that second slash, the Japanese sword in Saeko's hand instantly shattered into countless fragments.

With a helpless sigh, Saeko silently drew another Japanese sword from her waist.

Her strength was too great. Even her own sword could not withstand it, so after one round of cutting, the blade was ruined.

That was one of Busujima Saeko's frustrations. Without a system shop, she could not buy powerful weapons from other worlds.

Saeko: "Sigh... Ai, can your item crafting make stronger weapons? My weapons are far too low-grade. They don't even have the durability to support me swinging at full strength... With just one slash, the weapon in my hand turns into fragments."

Ai: "Sure... Even if I switched careers and became a blacksmith making weapons now, it would be no problem... What kind of sword do you want? Do you have any requirements? Making this kind of Magic Crest won't be a problem... I'll make it for you before I go over there. Do you still have weapons? If not, I'll head over immediately..."

Saeko: "Don't worry. I prepared plenty of swords here..."

Yukino: "I really can't imagine what kind of swing could turn a sword into fragments... Saeko, you really are cheating!..."

Ai: "Yukino, did you eat your system? Aren't you all cheating right now?"

Ai felt that if their systems could talk, they would definitely be crying by now.

Aren't we systems your cheats?

Even if our missions and rewards aren't very proper, we're still golden fingers!

You say the other side is cheating, but aren't you cheating too?

Take Care, Young Master Emiya...

"Mr. Chu Chen..."

The school bell rang. One elementary school student after another, carrying schoolbags, came out of their classrooms into the corridor. Some were alone, while others came out in groups of three or five. Chu Chen also left the office at this time, ready to head home.

Not long after Chu Chen came out, he saw Miyu walking over alone.

Seeing that Miyu was the only one coming out, Chu Chen felt helpless. It seemed she had not made any friends.

No, rather, Miyu herself probably did not care about making friends at all...

To her, friends were unnecessary... After all, there was basically no difficulty she could not overcome...

"You came out so quickly... But it's only you, Miyu. You just started school today, so didn't you make any friends?" Chu Chen asked with some regret. After all, Miyu had come out of the classroom all alone.

Miyu froze for a moment at his words, then tilted her head and spoke.

"Friends? I don't need friends."

"Why don't you need friends? That won't do..." Chu Chen said slowly.

"Why do I have to make friends?" Miyu asked with a puzzled expression.

"Miyu, making friends is actually a wonderful thing. When you're alone at school, don't you feel lonely? If you have friends, you can go to school and play together in the future. When you encounter difficulties, you can ask your friends for advice and solve them together... Isn't that nice?"

Chu Chen made his voice much gentler and crouched down to meet Miyu's gaze.

However, Miyu remained expressionless and answered with complete rationality.

"Mr. Chu Chen is at school too. I can come find Mr. Chu Chen, so I'm not lonely at all. As for difficulties, I can solve them by myself. I don't need to seek anyone else's help..."

Chu Chen could not help rubbing his forehead. I'm talking to you, Emiya Shirou. Your parenting is a complete failure!

Why did you let Miyu read so many books...? Now look what happened. She read so much that she accumulated too much knowledge and developed this excessively rational personality. She has no childlike innocence and no desire for friends at all...

Forget it, forget it. He should not think too much about it. Once they began collecting Class Cards, Miyu would eventually end up with Illya anyway... Didn't need help? Miyu had thought the same way before practicing flight, yet she still went to ask Illya for help in the end, didn't she? Of course, Illya's help had not really been useful at that time.

Just as Chu Chen was about to take Miyu home, a figure suddenly entered his sight.

"Illya... Are you here to see Miyu?" Chu Chen's face immediately bloomed with a brilliant smile.

But from Illya's perspective, where she was hiding nearby, Chu Chen's smile looked somehow ill-intentioned.

Miyu turned around and looked in a certain direction with a confused expression. She had sensed Illya's gaze as well.

"Teacher Chu Chen!" Illya hurriedly stepped out and greeted Chu Chen...

However, her eyes kept drifting toward Miyu beside him, as though she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Miyu, don't you have a pretty good friend right here?" Chu Chen said with a light laugh.

"Illya is only a classmate, not a friend..." Miyu said flatly.

Illya's expression stiffened at once, and a trace of dejection appeared on her face. But she quickly rallied. After spending the day together, Illya had more or less learned what Miyu's personality was like.

Though she had taken quite a blow upon hearing that, Illya still endured it.

"Uh... Sorry, Illya. Miyu didn't mean that maliciously..."

Chu Chen looked at Illya with a bitter smile. He had slightly underestimated how closed-off Miyu was.

"It's alright, Teacher Chu Chen... I won't take something like that to heart..."

Illya shook her head. She understood Miyu to some extent.

"Miyu, you can't talk like that again... If your family were here, they would definitely hope that you could make friends of your own too..." Chu Chen said warmly.

He wanted to bring up Emiya Shirou, but Chu Chen knew he could not say it directly, so he could only phrase it another way.

Miyu froze slightly, and for some reason, her brother's voice echoed in her mind.

"I hope to create a world where Miyu will never suffer again, where she can meet kind and gentle friends she can laugh with, and enjoy this warm yet humble happiness..."

Miyu's eyes grew moist, but the girl did not let Chu Chen notice anything unusual.

Miyu nodded slightly at Chu Chen's words. Since it was what Mr. Chu Chen wanted, and also what her brother had hoped for, then no matter what, Miyu would try her best to change herself a little...

"I understand..."

Chu Chen smiled lightly and stroked Miyu's little head. Perhaps Miyu could not change her personality overnight, but Miyu and Illya had become best friends in the original story. Surely they could still do so now.

Miyu was merely poor at expressing herself. She was not an emotionless doll after all, so Chu Chen believed that she would gradually change.

"Um... What is the relationship between Teacher Chu Chen and Miyu? Are you siblings? But I've been to Teacher Chu Chen's house too, and I didn't see Miyu before..." Illya asked curiously. It was not as though she had never visited Chu Chen's house, but why had she never seen Miyu before? Or had Miyu only recently moved into Teacher Chu Chen's home?

"Miyu and I aren't related by blood, but nominally speaking, I really am Miyu's guardian now. Miyu only recently moved into my home... So from now on, I'll be responsible for taking Miyu to and from school..."

"So that's how it is... Hehe, then when I go play with Miyu in the future, I can also visit Teacher Chu Chen's house!"

"Sure. I'll have some magical girl anime ready for you when the time comes..."

"Mm... It's a little embarrassing to reveal my hobby so directly in front of Miyu..."

Illya immediately blushed and scratched her head with a sheepish grin.

"Come to think of it, Illya, aren't you going home with Shirou today?"

Before they knew it, Chu Chen had led Miyu and Illya by the hand to the school gate. It was unusual for Illya not to be going home with Shirou this time, so Chu Chen could not help asking. He wondered how Shirou was doing.

"Well... Actually, it's because..." Illya became somewhat embarrassed when she got to that point.

"What I said to my brother last time seems to have awakened some terrible switch in Sella, and then—"

"Every day, Sella personally comes to school to drag Shirou back home. As for me, because I wanted to walk home myself, Sella didn't come pick me up. Now Sella watches me and my brother all day. As long as we get even a little too close, my brother has to suffer!"

Tsk, tsk... From the information Illya had revealed alone, Chu Chen knew exactly how miserable Young Master Emiya's life was right now.

Take care, Young Master Emiya...

—This was the gloating of the culprit who had made Young Master Emiya's life so tragic!

Illya: Isn't Collecting Cards Just Picking Up Cards?

"Luvia..."

That night, Miyu brought Chu Chen to meet up with Luvia. As for why Chu Chen had come along, the reason was simple. Miyu had already told Chu Chen everything. It would have been one thing if Chu Chen were an ordinary person, but he was a magus after all, so it was perfectly natural for him to come with Miyu. Besides, Chu Chen had intended to intervene in this matter from the start.

Now that Miyu had told Chu Chen, he had even more reason to involve himself.

When Luvia saw Chu Chen, surprise immediately appeared on her face.

After giving Chu Chen and Miyu a quick once-over, Luvia immediately understood who this person standing beside Miyu was.

Miyu had said she had been adopted by someone named Chu Chen, so the person beside her could only be...

It seemed that the person who had adopted Miyu was not ordinary either...

Luvia was not foolish. With just one glance, she could basically tell that Chu Chen was also a magus.

"Miyu... This is..." Although she had guessed, Luvia still could not be certain. After all, it was only a guess.