Star Rail: Can't I Just Peacefully Do Commissions? Chapter 50

[Kafka]: Shirou, Acheron said you're a variable outside the script. He once showed me the future of this world, so we made a plan together to reach the end we both desired. Your appearance has made this end chaotic and no longer so clear... However, I actually don't like predetermined futures.

[Kafka]: I'm looking forward to you... acting out your own script, rather than the future Acheron saw.

[I really can pole vault]: If you're going to talk, say more (recipient did not receive)

"It's rare, this woman actually said something like that."

Shirou couldn't help but smile. Among the women he had met, Kafka was the most difficult when it came to expressing emotions. It wasn't that she couldn't speak, but rather that after lacking a certain emotional function, her judgment of emotions would be flawed.

... ... ... ...

"I'll let it slide this time, but if you disgust me again, I'll go back to the dorm and cook a meal that only you can't eat."

The words sounded a bit petty, but Shirou couldn't help but laugh again. The Stellaron Hunters and the Astral Express people actually got along quite well. Perhaps it was because everyone played a part in the family, and the small number of members made them particularly harmonious.

For example, within the Stellaron Hunters, Kafka lacked common sense in daily life, sometimes acting like a ditsy mother.

Although Blade had a cold personality and sharp words, when he wasn't rampaging, he would meticulously clean the dorm, tidying up every nook and cranny until it was spotless, like a germaphobe, even spending a long time cleaning dust from the corners.

Silver Wolf was like the pampered darling of the group, but she wasn't willful. Instead, the occasional laziness and the childish, lively feeling she displayed made her seem more like a younger sister in the family.

As for Sam, Ms. Firefly's lack of practical life knowledge made her genuinely ditsy. Sometimes she would rely on Blade to be her guardian when she wanted to go out... Of course, Mr. Emiya also contributed a lot of time to looking after her.

Despite the many trivial matters, it was precisely these trivial and subtle shared experiences that pieced together the harmonious relationship among the Stellaron Hunters.

With that thought, he swiped his phone again, found a cute profile picture of a cat head with a dark green ribbon, and sent a message.

[I really can pole vault]: After the script on Xianzhou is over, I plan to go back.

[Ms. Firefly's Great Victory]: Really? Yay!

Chapter 101: Jingliu: Buli Ren? I'll make sure he never returns!

"The Marshal is already aware of the existence of Nen techniques, and is now assigning two expert teams to Xianzhou to conduct more in-depth research and further confirmation of its efficacy."

"If your method succeeds, younger brother, it will be a feat of eternal merit for the Xianzhou Alliance. For tens of thousands of years to come, your memorial tablet will likely be indispensable within Xianzhou."

"You Xianzhou people still believe in this?"

"Not at all. Yaoging still likes to worship Fox Ying statues, and some people even set up living shrines in their homes to worship General Tianji."

"It's a bit strange. Maybe we shouldn't enshrine this memorial tablet anymore?"

Mr. Emiya's expression was a little subtle. Although he didn't mind having a separate page in the family genealogy and enjoying the first incense himself, he was still a living person. If he saw others enshrining his memorial tablet, he would undoubtedly feel incredibly awkward.

"If that's really not an option, 'Nine Nine Seven,' you might as well enshrine the Astral Express, or offer incense to the Nameless."

"I will inform the Marshal of your request, younger brother. However, are you truly willing to cede such fame and fortune to all the Nameless?"

"Is there a possibility that if I married Himeko, the train would also have a share in me in the future?"

"..."

Jing Yuan was silent for a moment, then seriously observed Shirou for a while before softly saying, "It seems my younger brother's considerations are more thorough. My own thoughts were not comprehensive enough."

He never expected his younger brother to have such ambitions to "encompass the world." He thought he was a noble recluse who sought neither fame nor fortune, but it turned out... he was thinking further, thinking more broadly.

With a single thought, the heavens and earth felt vast!

If he, Jing Yuan, had the ability, and were to marry the Marshal, wouldn't the Xianzhou Alliance also be his?

But upon closer thought, Luofu had driven him almost mad. How could Jing Yuan handle the entire workload of the Xianzhou Alliance?

Alas, one must only take on what one can handle.

Although his stomach wasn't feeling great, it wasn't suitable for eating too soft a meal.

Moreover, he couldn't, and wouldn't, be able to handle that soft meal from the Marshal.

Wait a minute...

If his younger brother could handle that meal from the Marshal, then he would also be related to the Marshal, wouldn't he?

It all depended on whether his younger brother had the capability.

As the saying goes, a woman three years older is like a brick of gold, A woman thirty years older gives you a kingdom, A woman three hundred years older gives you an elixir of immortality, A woman three thousand years older makes you an immortal.

The Marshal... hmm, she was probably approaching that number, wasn't she?

"Brother Jing Yuan, I have something I'm not sure if I should say."

"Speak freely."

"Luofu is currently in a period of turmoil. With two more batches of so-called experts arriving, are you truly not afraid of major chaos?"

"Younger brother, you are mistaken. One must know that fortune and misfortune are intertwined. The two expert teams about to arrive at Luofu are no ordinary ones. While I cannot elaborate, I can reveal a little information to you, younger brother."

"No ordinary ones? Surely it's not like two or three Generals gathering at Luofu, is it?"

Shirou Emiya couldn't help but chuckle. During the martial arts ceremony that followed, the Alliance, in order to investigate the various hidden affairs of the Luofu, had specifically arranged for two Generals to come to the Luofu to uncover the truth.

But now it shouldn't be...

Wait, though there was no urgent matter of escorting Hulei, It seemed that Nen ability could indeed effectively extend the age of Mara-struck Xianzhou people...

The importance of this matter was no less than that of escorting a major criminal like Hulei, and it even lay hidden above this Buli Ren battle leader.

And as Shirou Emiya's expression turned slightly subtle, a hint of unnaturalness flashed across Jing Yuan's face, "Two or three Generals shouldn't be..."

"But Feixiao and Huaiyan, the two Generals?"

...There's an insider in the Xianzhou Alliance?

Jing Yuan's mind conjured this thought, and his gaze immediately became very serious. The fact that he revealed this information and Shirou Emiya directly knowing it were worlds apart.

"If I say now that I just guessed it casually, would you believe me?"

"Should Jing Yuan believe it?"

"Then... I have to reveal my second identity."

"Does younger brother have other identities?"

"Actually, I used to be colleagues with Kafka and Silver Wolf."

The moment Shirou Emiya said this, Jing Yuan's doubts vanished. Including his initial questions about how Shirou Emiya possessed so much information about the Luofu, he no longer had any doubts.

A slave of destiny, A mysterious individual seemingly connected to the Aeon who moved against the flow of time, And even a possibility of being an Emissary of the End.

The actions of the Stellaron Hunters were all arranged in advance by that slave of destiny...

"Stellaron Hunters, I didn't expect younger brother to have such a past. Then why are you on the train now?"

"Digging into the past is meaningless, Brother Jing Yuan. Respect other people's privacy."

"Indeed, it was my recklessness. So... would younger brother be willing to let me take a look at that script?"

"It's useless even if I show it to you. The script has changed. Even I haven't received the new script. It was just that after this Phantylia incident, someone from the Xianzhou would object to your governance of the Luofu, so they would dispatch two Generals to use the martial arts ceremony to settle accounts with you..."

"So that's how it is. In that case, this current script has two plays arriving at the same time?"

"If two plays arrive at the same time, the Luofu will need to be wary of some beastly invasions."

Shirou Emiya said, raising his brow slightly. Compared to infiltrating the Xianzhou during the martial arts ceremony, the current Xianzhou, with the Stellaron crisis, would be more susceptible to invasion. The invasion of Buli Ren into the Xianzhou was by no means an overnight affair, and there must be Buli Ren spies within the current Luofu.

"Beasts? Could it be... Buli Ren?!"

"Mm."

Shirou Emiya nodded, and Jing Yuan's expression became much more solemn. But after a moment, he suddenly couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Excellent! Truly excellent! The Buli Ren arriving is just in time."

"Indeed, they are arriving at a good time."

Although the current Luofu Xianzhou had many potential hidden dangers, the leader was Phantylia, followed by Jing Yuan's troublesome Master, Jingliu. One was someone he dared not provoke, nor could he keep, a hot potato. And then there were the Medicine Master's Legacy and the like.

And once the Buli Ren attacked, without Jing Yuan saying anything, the Cangcheng survivors who smelled the scent of the Buli Ren would unhesitatingly awaken from their slumber and begin hunting those Quanrong beasts that went mad under the moonlight.

The Buli Ren were the enemies with whom the Xianzhou had the most rounds of battles and killings. Jingliu's hometown, Cangcheng, was destroyed amidst the Abundance fiends within an "Active Planet." After she was rescued and learned sword techniques, whenever she encountered Abundance fiends, her sword would not be sheathed unless they were all killed.

If the Buli Ren dared to intrude into the Xianzhou at this time, when Jingliu was fighting against many Buli Ren, then Jingliu would no longer be considered a hot potato. At least there would be room for maneuver. He would also not have to be so confrontational with his Master. Even if the two Generals arrived at the Xianzhou, with the Buli Ren invasion, they would not necessarily bring up Jingliu's past transgression into Mara-struck.

"However, Brother Jing Yuan, your good Master and her good companion have brought something quite dangerous into the current Luofu."

"What thing?"

"The remains of Taiziyouluosi."

"...????"

Chapter 102: Jing Yuan! Your Brother is Too Loyal!

[You have received a new commission!]

[Persuade Jingliu (Client: Jing Yuan)]: Find Jingliu and Luocha, persuade Jingliu to leave the Luofu Xianzhou, or agree to meet and discuss with Jing Yuan.

Commission Reward: 240 points + Limited-time opening of Sword Skill gacha pool

Task Difficulty: 2 Stars

[Investigate Buli Ren (Client: Jing Yuan)]: Assist Jing Yuan in investigating the Buli Ren incident. If Buli Ren are found, it can be converted into a subjugation commission.

Commission Reward: 120 points.

Task Difficulty: 1 Star

[Subjugate Buli Ren (Client: Jing Yuan)]: Requires prior investigation. If the prerequisite conditions are met, the Buli Ren legion can be subjugated.

Commission Reward: 240 points + Limited-time opening of Orc Skill gacha pool

Bonus Reward: For every Buli Ren that invaded the Xianzhou Luofu and was defeated, you will receive an additional (5) points.

Mission Difficulty: 2 Stars

[Defeat Lord of Annihilation (Client: Jing Yuan)]: Participate in the campaign to defeat the Lord of Annihilation Phantylia, which was launched on the Xianzhou Luofu.

Commission Reward: 240-680 points + Limited open chances for Destruction Blessing UP banner.

Addendum: Depending on the final outcome after your participation, "Repelled 25," "Crushed," "Killed," or "Captured Alive (Sealed)."

Commission Difficulty: 2-4 Stars

"Jing Yuan! You finally dropped some serious coin for your brother!!!"

Seeing the four additional commission tasks appear at once, Mr. Emiya was so touched he almost shed tears.

Teary-eyed, F***ing teary-eyed, Isn't this exactly why he traveled all this way from his homeland in Nasuverse?

If you need something, just say it. No beating around the bush. The mission details are crystal clear, and what he needs help with is also clearly defined.

Jing Yuan!

You're a brother I'm glad to have recognized!

"I've basically handled all the elite monsters in the Luofu storyline for my brother. All that's left are Hulei in Youqiuyou and those Suiyang in the furnace."

The average difficulty is two stars. Except for the investigation of Buli Ren, which is one star, the rest are estimated to involve combat.