I Am a Sword Skeleton, Iron-Blooded and Glass-Hearted

"Synchronization, begin."

From the shadows of the warehouse, a man's voice echoed, as if reciting an ancient incantation. Then, the metal sword in his hand was enveloped by a mysterious domain. "Basic structure, constituent materials, decipher... change, reinforce."

And so, certain phenomena occurred unnoticed—

Elements surged in the darkness, an invisible, powerful magnetic field emerged, as if building a vast, unseen furnace between heaven and earth. The fire of the spirit danced on the weapon. The old metal was 'killed,' and new metal was 'reborn.'

A successfully reinforced short sword was freshly produced, its edge sharp and gleaming, clearly containing a sharpness that surpassed ordinary steel blades.

"Whew... Reinforcement successful."

He casually swung the short sword, tracing a leisurely arc through the air, easily piercing a thick metal plate. On the ground nearby stood dozens of standard longswords, just as sharp and of varying lengths.

Holding the newly formed short sword, its smooth surface reflected the clear face of its creator. The blade flipped over, then showed his dark red hair and his attire—

A UNIQLO color-blocked raglan tee, with an Adidas black and white jacket over it.

This kind of outfit was considered a classic popular style in this era. But when combined with certain specific elements, like Reinforcement Magic and Projection Magic, a certain fact became undeniable.

Meaning...

"I've transmigrated into Shirou Emiya."

This happened a while ago.

And it happened the moment he closed and opened his eyes.

The second before, he was complaining to netizens about how Fate/Grand Order was a money pit with low productivity and long periods of nothing, but the next second, he had transmigrated into Shirou Emiya, the protagonist of Type-Moon's Fate series.

When he first transmigrated, he couldn't believe it, but his appearance and clothing matched, and at the same time, he sensed an astonishing power throughout his body—that should be the Mana generated by his Magic Circuits.

As a first-generation Magus without a lineage, Shirou Emiya's aptitude was quite excellent.

Then he tried Shirou Emiya's most proficient Reinforcement Magic and Projection Magic, and found that he could quickly and easily reinforce all kinds of metal weapons. As for Projection Magic, after a period of exploration, he estimated he was close to getting the hang of it.

So-called Reinforcement Magic refers to Magecraft that increases the attributes of an object by circulating Mana, such as increasing the sharpness of swords and blades.

In Emiya's view, his Reinforcement Magic was already proficient. What he needed to do next was improve efficiency, achieving rapid completion without incantation, and improve his proficiency in Projection Magic.

Projection Magic is a technique that uses Mana to create imitations of real-world objects. Because the objects created by this Magecraft usually only last for a few minutes, it is considered extremely inefficient and a waste of Mana in the Magecraft world.

But Emiya knew he was different. When projecting sword and weapon-type items, he could project anything he had seen, and it could be completed without consuming too much Mana, and the projected products could exist for a long time.

The reason Emiya could do this was because he had awakened an Origin called "Sword." Once a Magus awakens an Origin, they possess extraordinary talent in that area. Emiya's Sword Origin acted on his Projection Magic, allowing him to break through the limitations of ordinary Projection Magic.

Honestly, compared to Reinforcement Magic, Projection Magic was Shirou Emiya's greatest potential skill. The only problem was that he hadn't inherited his memories and needed to learn from scratch.

"Let's go through the steps of Projection again... decipher the creation concept, envision the basic structure... empathize with the growth experience..."

Shirou Emiya was once again enveloped by an invisible domain. However, his attempt to "conjure a weapon out of thin air" without materials failed. It was as if the recitation of the ancient incantation had stalled, missing some crucial prerequisites.

What was missing?

Shirou Emiya was momentarily lost.

He thought about it carefully again. In the original work, Rin Tohsaka said that failed Projection was due to the Magus's own fantasy not being firm enough. Qualified Projection Magic first requires thoroughly understanding the material, properties, and even history to make the fantasy more solid.

So, before projecting a Noble Phantasm, he had to analyze the Noble Phantasm? But he didn't have a Noble Phantasm on hand?

Troubled, Emiya left the warehouse and returned to his bedroom to go online. If worst came to worst, perhaps he'd have to rely on the almighty netizens.

—

"Hey! Ally of Justice, long time no see online! Are you coming out to work again this time?"

A beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl's avatar popped up, flashing a message. "Unfortunately, I don't have any specific commissions I want lately. If you can lower yourself, I don't mind offering a butler position—"

The ID of the person chatting with Shirou Emiya was "Genius Girl Charlotte." Charlotte is a typical Western name. Shirou Emiya didn't know which Charlotte it was. It couldn't be Charlotte Corday from the French Revolution, could it?

"Miss, please don't tease me. Also, the nickname 'Ally of Justice' isn't very good..."

Shirou Emiya's online name was "Ally of Justice." Perhaps it was because he often lurked and didn't respond, which annoyed the young lady, so she gave him an unpleasant nickname. His avatar was the same forever—a lonely back with a flowing cape, looking somewhat chivalrous at first glance but not without a hint of poverty. In contrast, Charlotte's avatar, decorations, and profile picture were all extremely gorgeous, full of the aura of microtransactions.

Charlotte's "online persona" was also a young lady from a Noble Family, and he didn't know if it was true or not... In the chat room, she and another person whose persona was a young noble from a certain place, "Governor of Gaul," had many overlapping topics about high society.

For example, which restaurant under their family's banner had mediocre food and should really be reported to the elders to send evaluators to re-rate it; the guest list for recent social dances was getting longer and longer, and they had added several newly purchased private estates, but after careful tasting, they found that there were only a handful of fun places; last year's birthday gift was a pair of Desert Eagles, and she hoped not to receive a playboy-type sports car like a Bugatti Veyron for her birthday this year...

Charlotte and the Governor of Gaul also occasionally complained about their unreliable elders at home. Charlotte probably had a stubborn grandfather who was dedicated to academic research and always assigned his granddaughter a lot of homework, while the Governor of Gaul had a stallion father who was never serious and always had different women around him—

His tone when talking about it didn't sound like complaining but more like brewing some chilling hatred...

Shirou Emiya never inserted himself into these topics. After lurking and observing several times, he silently labeled the two of them as "Youthful and Energetic Young Lady" and "Arrogant and Flashy Young Master" respectively. As for why he didn't join the conversation, the reason he gave was completely sufficient and powerful.

—His parents were deceased.

"Currently hiring a butler, excellent benefits. Young Hero, are you really not considering it? Selling yourself, not your skills." Charlotte sent a "grinning face" emoji.

"Thanks, but I'm really not considering it." Automatically ignoring the slightly off last sentence, Emiya felt a little toothache.

For a moment, he had a sense of déjà vu, seeing Luviagelita Edelfelt smiling and waving at him—if he remembered correctly, the blonde drill-haired young lady from the Finnish Noble Family, Luviagelita Edelfelt, in a certain world line, hired him as a butler... in reality, she was after his body.