Roseblack


The next day Nereth lead Shirou to the army camp outside of Chiaroscuro. Looking at it up close reminded Shirou of what he had heard about roman bases, the structure of the base was designed specifically to aid in it's defense. Nereth led Shirou to what he could only understand as a command tent and after signalling for him to stay outside for a bit she ducked into the tend.

Shirou couldn't hear anything going on inside the tent but slowly other people started leaving the tent, after about ten minutes a voice could clearly be heard from within the tent, it spoke in high realm but thanks to Shirou's old lessons that didn't really bother him "Enter."

He lifted the flap and walked in, withing were Nereth and Rai along with another woman who possessed red hair and green armour and an old man with grey hair. He didn't know the specifics but he suspected that the new two were both dragon-bloods as well. He bowed and when he straightened Nereth spoke to the woman "Cousin this is the man I told you about before, he can deal with any extra weapons we may need."

The woman, A Tepet clearly, looked him up and down before asking "And what source does his ability use, you said he was not a Dragon-blood nor an Anathema. He doesn't bare the markings of being God-blooded and his body looks too fit to be a mortal who researched sorcery in order to create an original spell."

Rai shook his head "We don't know, we never got it out of him." Nereth then spoke "He told me only that he can shape his essense into weapons, how he did that is impossible to explain."

The woman looked at Shirou "Well, do you have anything to add?"

Shirou shook his head but now he knew more of the world he could offer a better analogy "Think of it like natural sorcery, some mix of sorcery and natural talent." A moment passed before he added "My lady?" He didn't know if it was the right address but without anything it felt rude.

The woman considered his words before asking for a demonstration, Shirou made sure to project the sword so he wouldn't run into errors in the tracing process. It was a simple sword, just a steel blade and a normal handle. The woman examined the blade before asking "And how long do they last?"

Shirou considered the answer "Depends on the quality, this sort of blade would likely exist for about 90 minutes. One of the higher quality blades might only last somewhere between five and 15 minutes."

The woman thought for a moment before asking a question Shirou had been worried about "And your finer blades? Show me."

He winced and answered honsestly "Recently the process, the spell in other words, that I use to make my Higher quality blades was... damaged somehow. In the current state they cannot be used as weapons."

Nereth looked at him sharply "When did this happen?" Shirou answered by explaining (Though not in it's entirety of course) the encounter with the Lunars in the desert.

"Sometime around then it got damaged and I can't use them properly."

Rai spat out somethig like "Those barbarians." Nereth and the woman looked annoyed but the old man who hadn't yet spoken continued observing him.

"Well then," The woman decided "If you do want to join us you would likely be better as a support as of now. Until you have reclaimed your full power you won't be much help on a battlefield. You do know how to perform the blacksmithing an army would need?"

Shirou nodded so the woman sighed "Nereth, you think he would be good?"

Nereth answered quietly "Yes, if he recovers his quality weapons he would be a great addition."

The woman stood stiff and spoke "Shirou Emiya I hereby recruit you into the red-piss legion, by my name of Tepet Ejava, the Roseblack, you are now a part of my force, do me proud to have chosen you."

A moment passed before she sighed "You don't even have the proper equipment, I'll have some sent to you." She then called in an officer and asked them to lead Shirou to the support workshops.


End of chapter

Yes it is short. The Shirou chapters around here never had much in the planning notes. It is that annoying area where they need to happen for the story to progress but you can't fill them out.

Either way next time should be Rin/Sakura.