#618 - How about I be the Master? (Second update)

"Mr. Maple, are you alright?"

Seeing George land after dealing with the Lancer who attacked, Shirou Emiya felt relieved.

However, before he could even ask what was going on, the courtyard gate was suddenly pushed open, and a man and a woman barged in.

"Rin Tohsaka, what are you doing here?"

Shirou Emiya looked at the girl who had barged in, a surprised expression on his face.

The girl was Rin Tohsaka, his classmate at school, the student council vice president, and an exemplary campus goddess.

However, they weren't particularly close, because his friend, the student council president Issei Ryudou, told him to avoid contact with Tohsaka, lest he be persecuted.

"The second Heroic Spirit, I'll take care of this one!"

The swordswoman, seeing the white-haired, red-clad man standing behind Rin Tohsaka, immediately recognized him as a Heroic Spirit and understood that Rin Tohsaka was one of the seven mages.

She immediately swung her transparent longsword to strike.

The Archer on the opposite side reacted quickly, materializing two daggers in his hands to block the swordswoman's attack.

"Stop, don't fight! Can you please tell me what's going on?"

Shirou Emiya quickly rushed between the two to stop the fight.

Rin Tohsaka, seeing this, covered her forehead.

"Why does the seventh person have to be you? Alright, Shirou, it seems you're an amateur.

Anyway, good evening, Shirou!"

"Good evening, Rin."

Shirou Emiya looked at the bright-faced Rin Tohsaka and replied somewhat embarrassedly.

"Restore to original state."

George, who was standing there, waved his hand, and the courtyard, which had been damaged by the battle, immediately returned to its original state.

This scene also caught the attention of Rin Tohsaka and Archer.

The swordswoman was clearly a Saber-class Heroic Spirit summoned, but who was this young man who could cast advanced magic?

She had never seen this kind of magic that could repair damaged areas; it must be some kind of advanced magic.

"Who is he?"

"He's Mr. Maple, he transformed from my maple tree."

Shirou Emiya wanted to explain, but halfway through, he didn't know how to explain it, how could he say that the maple tree he planted had turned into a person and could also use magic?

"Transformed from a maple tree? What are you saying, Shirou?"

Rin Tohsaka touched Shirou Emiya's forehead; he didn't have a fever, so why was he talking incoherently?

Could it be a sequela from being stabbed through the chest earlier and not being fully healed?

Tonight, she was originally investigating the student disappearance incident at school and discovered that someone had set up a soul-devouring barrier in the school that could corrode human bodies and absorb human souls.

Afterward, she was attacked by Lancer, and while her Archer was fighting Lancer, Shirou Emiya, who was leaving the archery dojo late, accidentally saw it.

As a result, Shirou Emiya was stabbed through the heart by Lancer.

Fortunately, for some reason, although his heart was pierced, Shirou Emiya did not die immediately and still had a breath left.

She used the ruby that her father left her to heal Shirou Emiya's injuries.

In fact, when she was in junior high school, she went to the school that Shirou and Sakura attended because of student council matters and saw Shirou practicing high jump on the sports field.

He kept trying to reach a height that was impossible to reach, and she was deeply impressed by Shirou and often paid attention to this person who made her feel incredible.

In addition, her poor sister Sakura seemed to like Shirou, so she couldn't ignore it even more.

So, after realizing that Lancer might still hunt down Shirou Emiya, she immediately brought Archer to rescue him.

"The thing is, tonight at school..."

Shirou Emiya scratched his head and told Rin Tohsaka everything that happened, from being stabbed by Lancer at school to everything that followed.

In the end, among so many people here, the one he was most familiar with and trusted was Rin Tohsaka.

George was transformed from a maple tree, and the swordswoman was summoned from a magic circle; he was meeting them for the first time today.

Rin Tohsaka was a classmate in the same grade and the vice president of the student council; they already knew each other, but they just weren't particularly close before.

"The maple tree you raised turned into a person and defeated Lancer..."

After listening to Shirou Emiya's narration, Rin Tohsaka opened her mouth wide; she felt it was too bizarre.

But for some reason, her intuition told her that Shirou Emiya was not lying.

But she really couldn't believe it.

Lancer was one of the strongest classes in head-on combat among the seven major servant classes.

And the name of the Child of Light of Ireland was not small, but he was defeated by a red maple tree, and it was a red maple tree that Shirou Emiya planted ten years ago.

"Why don't you all come in and sit down, have a cup of tea and chat slowly?"

At this time, George's voice came from the living room; George had already walked into the living room and sat down familiarly.

Everyone nodded and came to the living room together.

"I'll make tea for you."

Shirou Emiya hadn't found the tea leaves yet, when George waved his hand, and several cups of freshly brewed hot tea appeared out of thin air on the table.

"No need, we have it already."

"This guy's magic..."

Rin Tohsaka looked at George waving his hand and conjuring hot tea, her pupils shrinking again.

As the sole heir to the Tohsaka family, she was not a half-baked mage like Shirou Emiya and knew a lot about magic.

However, she had never seen the magic that George used.

Waving his hand to repair the damaged house, waving his hand to conjure hot tea, no incantations were recited, and no magic circle appeared; it was as if he was performing magic tricks in the eyes of a magician.

"Well then, let me explain the situation first."

Picking up a teacup and taking a sip, Rin Tohsaka娓娓道来 the relevant information about the Holy Grail War.

"So, that's the situation, you are the seventh Master, and also the last participant in this Holy Grail War."

"To be honest, I still don't quite understand. If the Master needs a proper magician, I think it's better to re-elect. I only learned a little of the most basic magic from my father."

Shirou Emiya sighed.

"And this kind of thing is too absurd. For the sake of the so-called Holy Grail, six people have to be killed, as well as the Heroic Spirits they summoned."

He had made a promise with his adoptive father since he was a child to be a person of justice and do things of justice, and this Holy Grail War was not just in his opinion.

"It's not necessarily necessary to kill the Master; resolving the Heroic Spirit is also possible, but compared to the powerful Heroic Spirit, killing the Master is more efficient.

But even if the Heroic Spirit is killed, as long as the Master's Command Spells are still there, they can summon a new Heroic Spirit to continue participating in the war."

Rin Tohsaka explained.

Shirou Emiya's eyes lit up after listening.

"So, as long as I use up all three Command Spells at once, then I can give up my Master status?"

"If you plan to give up being a Master, why don't you give the Master status to me? I'm quite interested in this Holy Grail War."

At this time, George, who had been silent all along, finally spoke.