Drawing Lots, Time, Planning

Looking at the drawing options beneath the lottery page—draw once and draw ten times—Yuan Shikai thought of phrases like "miracles happen on single pulls," "a ten-pull in one second," and "elegant, sorry."

He shook his head and pushed those images aside, then pressed draw ten times. After all, the first draw guaranteed an A-rank item. Seeing that the drawing system was basically no different from Fate/Grand Order, he could not even be bothered to complain. As the cards slowly stopped spinning, their contents were revealed.

The first card was a D-rank skill point, the second a D-rank attribute point, the third a D-rank skill point, and the fourth was a B-rank item card, Mana Renewal (a one-time item card. Upon use, immediately restores 50% mana and increases mana recovery speed to).

The fifth card was a D-rank attribute point, the sixth a D-rank skill point, and the seventh was a C-rank item card, Shock Negation (negates the negative effects caused by one instance of shock, including physical attacks, magecraft attacks, naturally occurring effects, and so on. Activates automatically).

The eighth card was a D-rank attribute point, the ninth a D-rank skill point, and the tenth was an A-rank Mystic Code, Necromancer (upon receiving fatal damage, a check is made. There is a 30% chance of ignoring death and removing all of the user's statuses, including BUFFs).

Returning to the inventory, he found that he had obtained a total of four skill points, three attribute points, two one-time item cards, and one A-rank Mystic Code. However, the Mystic Code was slightly different from its effect in Fate/Grand Order.

The game had not listed the probability, nor had it said that statuses would be removed. Here, not only was the activation chance stated, it also came with an additional effect that reset him to his initial state. If it activated after he had stacked a pile of BUFFs, it would be quite a loss. Still, if it saved his life, it would be a huge gain.

Skill points and attribute points could directly increase skill proficiency and attributes. They were the sort of thing that could make someone invincible in the late game if they saved up a hundred thousand or so. For now, though, that was clearly unrealistic.

When he opened the Mystic Code, Necromancer, several options appeared: upgrade, equip, and dismantle. As the name implied, upgrading could slightly strengthen Necromancer's effects, but he had nothing to use for an upgrade, so there was no way to judge it. Equipping meant wearing it and being able to trigger its effects. As for dismantling, only an idiot would dismantle it.

Remembering that the system also gave him a free ten-pull every day, he casually used it. The results were 100,000 yen in cash, 2 upgrade materials, and an E-rank one-time item, Unyielding (for one hour after use, the user absolutely will not fall over). It was free anyway; every little bit added up.

Upgrade materials were used to upgrade Mystic Codes. He checked, and upgrading Necromancer required 200 points. Forget it, he would save them for now. If he could reliably get 2 points a day, he could upgrade it in around three months and see the effects. Maybe he would even draw something better to use!

When he looked back at his status screen, he discovered that he had gained usable skill points, his attribute points had increased from 16 to 19, and there was now an additional effects section for Mystic Codes.

However, the description had changed: upon receiving fatal damage, a check is made. There is a 90% chance of ignoring death and removing all of the user's statuses, including BUFFs. (Guys, I'm bad at math. Is this probability written wrong? If it is, I'll change it.)

Yuan Shikai immediately realized that the passive effect of his Exceptional Luck talent had kicked in. Rounded up, didn't a 90% chance mean he would not die in battle?

Calm down, calm down. Isn't there still 10%? When I played Fate/Grand Order, didn't 90% critical chances still fail to crit? I can't get cocky. Unless it's absolutely necessary, I should avoid gambling on luck. Even if I'm lucky, I might run into someone luckier than me and have it canceled out. Then I won't be lucky at all.

Although he still had many things he wanted to plan out, he was in the body of a five-year-old child. Even with all his excitement, he was exhausted now. He would think about it tomorrow.

After all, according to his memories, he had plenty to do tomorrow: practice kendo, read books related to magecraft, and more. Tomorrow, he could also use what he knew from those memories to see whether he could determine which Type-Moon timeline this was. With that, he peacefully fell asleep.

After Yuan Shikai fell asleep, the system muttered to itself, I don't know whether what I've gained will be a blessing or a curse for you.

The next day, Yuan Shikai woke up and, attended by servants, went to the hall for breakfast. Through his memories, he learned that he was in Tokyo, and that the Genji Clan had declined in terms of magecraft.

Yet in the eyes of ordinary people, they were still a long-established great clan. They had numerous connections in legitimate society, the underworld, business, and politics. Among ordinary people, they could be said to stand at the pinnacle. But before absolute power, that was still not enough. Perhaps a single gas explosion could wipe out the entire clan once again.

So he still needed power. After breakfast, Yuan Shikai began his daily training. His status screen had made it perfectly clear: as long as he trained more, he could gain more attribute points. At the same time, he arranged for some servants to investigate information he knew from anime in his previous life and compare it against reality, so he could determine exactly which timeline this was.

In the morning, he practiced kendo. The Genji Clan had risen from samurai, so kendo counted as a tradition. Moreover, the Genji Clan was suited for Reinforcement Magecraft, so practicing kendo was never a loss. After all, Emiya had dared to use Projection weapons to fight Gilgamesh head-on. Yuan Shikai did not ask to tear apart Evils of Humanity with his bare hands; being able to exchange a few sword moves with Kojiro would be enough.

In the afternoon, he read books related to magecraft while practicing Reinforcement Magecraft. However, he had only just begun training, and it did not appear on his status screen yet. He was probably still below the entry level.

At dinner, the servants brought news. The magecraft families in Fuyuki City were the Tohsaka Household, the Matou Household, and the Einzbern Household. They had already participated in three Holy Grail Wars.

But all of them had ended in failure. It was now 1980, which meant that, if nothing unexpected happened, the events of Fate/Zero would take place in another ten years. He remembered reading an introduction out of curiosity back then, which said that the Fourth Holy Grail War began around 1990.

If this was that timeline, there would be plenty of room to maneuver. But he should first do what he could in the present. After all, he was still a child. Thinking about it, the system was called "many children, many blessings," so shouldn't he be looking for a wife? No, an adoptive younger sister.

Having watched most Fate works, he naturally felt regret over certain plotlines. There were two tragedies he found most unacceptable: Sakura's tragedy, and Fujino Asagami's tragedy.

Since I had transmigrated here, I had to change some things. Fujino Asagami seemed to be the child of the Asagami Clan, one of Nagano's four great exorcist families. Fujino seemed to have been born today. I remembered her birthday was May 20, because my birthday in my previous life had been May 21, so it had left some impression on me.

The original owner's birthday was January 19, and it was now July 16. It seemed Fujino had been born less than two months ago. The Asagami Clan would go bankrupt within a few years, and Fujino's mother seemed to remarry into the branch Asakami Household. After that, Fujino lived poorly, as the Asakami Household considered her a burden. He could start from there.

Perhaps in a few years, his first adoptive younger sister would make her appearance. He then arranged for his subordinates to keep watch on the matter and see whether it was truly as he had guessed.