In the winter of 2004, on the island nation, Fuyuki City was as peacefully nuclear as ever.
At Homonculus Academy, the arrival of winter had brought a slight chill on the breeze. Autumn had long passed, and the trees in the distance that had once been red in fall already carried the air of winter.
At the gates of Homonculus Academy, school had ended long ago and most students had gone home. Only a silver-haired boy in the academy uniform remained, occasionally glancing into the campus as though waiting for someone.
The sun in the distance had slowly set, its remaining glow staining the clouds on the horizon. A bright moon hung overhead, though night had yet to fall.
Yu Feng looked into the campus. When he still failed to spot the figure he wanted to see, he sighed softly, pulled his clothes tighter around himself, and prepared to leave.
"Hey! Idiot! You could at least wait for me a little longer!"
At that moment, an angry voice reached Yu Feng's ears.
Yu Feng turned around and first saw a pair of twin tails walking toward him. Only then did he see the angry face and those dissatisfied azure eyes.
Yu Feng turned back without caring. "I've already waited for you long enough. You're the one who was too slow."
"Huh? Is that how you talk to a girl? Your emotional intelligence is really low!" Rin Tohsaka's blue eyes were filled with displeasure.
Yu Feng shot back bluntly, "I don't think you're really a girl."
'Demon Muscle Rin' isn't just a joke. Did she really think I didn't know?
Smack!
"Ow!" Yu Feng cried out in pain and looked at Rin Tohsaka in dissatisfaction.
"You..."
Yu Feng had wanted to ask what she was doing, but upon seeing Rin Tohsaka's displeased expression, he feared she would smack the back of his head again and immediately swallowed his words.
"My mistake, all right?"
When you live under someone else's roof, you have no choice but to bow your head. Sigh, it was all Tokiomi Tohsaka's fault for raising such a tsundere daughter.
Only then did Rin Tohsaka snort haughtily and turn away.
Yu Feng rubbed his aching head and muttered unhappily, "You were the one who punched Matou in the face, got called in by Kuzuki for a lecture, and made me wait for you."
"Hm?" Rin Tohsaka's gaze sharpened as she looked at Yu Feng. He immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say anything more.
Rin Tohsaka was the current head of the Tohsaka family, one of Fuyuki's Three Founding Families, after Tokiomi Tohsaka had been backstabbed by Kirei. Even so, in this generation, the Tohsaka family had begun to fall behind the other two families. It could even be said that Rin Tohsaka was the only one left in the entire Tohsaka family.
Look at the Einzbern and Matou families next door. At least they still had clan members alive. As for the Tohsaka family, excluding Sakura, who had been adopted into the Matou family, only Rin Tohsaka remained.
As for Yu Feng, he was merely an ordinary classmate temporarily staying at Rin Tohsaka's house.
Though he was supposedly just staying there, no matter how Yu Feng looked at it, he felt that Rin Tohsaka treated him like a servant whenever he was at her house. He found it rather strange.
As for why Yu Feng was staying at Rin Tohsaka's house, it was simply because of an earlier accident. He had discovered some of Rin Tohsaka's little secrets, and she had used that as an excuse to make him move in to keep him quiet.
Yet no matter how Yu Feng looked at it, he felt as though Rin Tohsaka had recruited him as a servant. It was practically as if she had planned it all along.
Yu Feng returned with Rin Tohsaka to her small villa.
Yu Feng was currently staying at Rin Tohsaka's home.
Rin Tohsaka gave Yu Feng a sharp look. There was also an indescribable emotion in her eyes, but he did not notice it. Seeing this, Yu Feng sensibly returned to his room at once.
A trace of disappointment flashed through Rin Tohsaka's eyes, but she quickly concealed it.
Back in his room, Yu Feng sighed helplessly and brushed his hand through the air. A virtual screen, visible only to him, immediately appeared before his eyes.
A progress bar was displayed on it, frozen precisely at "99%."
"It's been stuck at 99% for five days. Why hasn't it moved yet?" Yu Feng muttered helplessly as he looked at the virtual screen.
Suddenly, the 99% progress bar finally changed and jumped straight to 100%.
Yu Feng's face lit up. It worked!
The Heroic Spirit Life Simulation System has successfully bound to its host! This system's function is Heroic Spirit life simulation. It can extract the abilities of characters from each Heroic Spirit life simulation! There is only one Heroic Spirit life simulation opportunity every three days! Refresh time: every three days at 4:00! Would you like to begin a Heroic Spirit life simulation?
Those few short sentences quickly allowed Yu Feng to understand the function of his system.
This system could simulate a life in any timeline, any world, any place, and any era within Type-Moon.
As long as the simulation was completed, the simulated version of himself would become a Heroic Spirit and enter the Throne of Heroes.
No, it was also possible that he would fail to enter it.
Heroic Spirits were beings transformed from heroes whose great deeds remained as legends after death and who had become objects of faith.
If he was merely an ordinary person in the simulation and lived an unremarkable life, he would not enter the Throne of Heroes.
At the same time, he could choose to obtain part of the simulated version of his own abilities.
"Begin the Heroic Spirit life simulation!" Yu Feng said without hesitation.
Please select your talents! (Note: You may select only three of the five talents! Talent grades are: white, blue, purple, gold, and red!) (P.S. Since this is the host's first simulation, the current simulation period is revealed to be the Arthurian Era, when Mystery was about to disappear!) Sword Heart Clarity (Gold): You are born with an innate understanding of all things related to swords. You possess your own unique insight into the sword, and no one can surpass you in the way of the sword! Chivalric Spirit (Blue): You will possess the eight virtues of chivalry and never violate them! However, in the malice-filled modern age, this may become a burden. Magecraft Talent (White): You are highly talented in Magecraft, but you only have talent. Talent, too, has its limits. Dragon Bloodline (Purple): You possess the bloodline of dragons! It may not be very useful in the modern age where Mystery has disappeared, but in the Age of Gods, it will become a powerful aid! Yin-Yang Reversal (Blue): Men become women, women become men. You know the deal.
Looking at the five talents before him, Yu Feng immediately crossed out Yin-Yang Reversal without the slightest hesitation.
Even if he went to the Matou family to seek death, he would never choose that damned Yin-Yang Reversal. Whoever wanted it could pick it.
Of the five talents before him, one had already been crossed out, leaving four.
Sword Heart Clarity was definitely a must-pick. It was a gold talent, and no matter how he looked at it, it was extremely suitable for the simulation. Chivalric Spirit could also be kept.
After all, the Simulator had said that he would be simulating the Arthurian Era, so Chivalric Spirit could remain.
But he hesitated somewhat between Magecraft Talent and Dragon Bloodline.
Judging from their descriptions, if this was the Age of Gods, Dragon Bloodline was far better than Magecraft Talent. In the Age of Gods, Dragon Bloodline was simply much stronger than Magecraft Talent.
After all, the Age of Gods had not completely vanished during the Arthurian Era. It had merely declined, and Britain's Mystery had not entirely faded away.
Thus, he was somewhat torn between Dragon Bloodline and Magecraft Talent.
Yu Feng worried that Dragon Bloodline might not be able to fully display its power during the decline of the Age of Gods, but he also felt that its decline still counted as the Age of Gods.
After hesitating for a while, Yu Feng ultimately chose Dragon Bloodline.
Though Dragon Bloodline could not compare to Magecraft Talent in an era where Mystery had vanished, it was still the bloodline of dragons. It was leagues beyond Magecraft Talent.
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