Hello everyone, me again.
one more chapter for my story and thank you for giving it the opportunity and getting here.
sorry if there is a spelling mistake (the translator betrays me).
If you have something you want to correct please tell me and I will do my best to improve it.
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I won't drag this out so enjoy the chapter.
fate/heavenly demon
Arc 1 - birth of the celestial demon
chapter 3 - first contact with the einzbern
Irisviel and Shirou, after spending hours in the reality marble, discovered that a whole day had passed and they separated to attend to their business.
As Irisviel went back to her study, Shirou began his morning exercises using his teacher's methods.
'shirou' his teacher started talking to him in the middle of training
'Yes, teacher?'
'Do you remember the tasks I had ordered you?'
'Yes teacher, gather all the basic information of magecraft and master the spells that irisviel taught me'
'it's good that you remember but unfortunately we are going to cancel the task'
'because?'
'The conversation I had with Irisviel answered the question I had and you can retrain the methods I gave you'
'but the reward...'
'don't worry, I'm still teaching you a martial art but it will be a different one' explained the teacher 'the method wasn't the right one for you so I'm teaching you another'
'Is it as powerful as the last one?'
'I can assure you only that you will need a sword to train'
'Will you teach me how to use a sword?' a little emotion came out in his voice
'that and more but practice the other methods and then we'll see how to get you a sword'
the boy excited to learn the technique and began to practice diligently, the awkward positions, the crazy stretches and so on would not stop the boy from getting the sword technique.
einzbern mansion - main studio
"Ma'am" a Fujimura man called and entered the study with an envelope in his hand.
"Oh what is it?" Irisviel was sitting on one of the sofas while thinking about many, many things.
"While he was not present, a letter arrived" he said as he handed the envelope to the albino.
"Thank you for bringing it, you can retire" he dismissed while looking for who sent the letter.
found it and didn't like it.
kotomine kirei
He quickly analyzed the envelope for a possible spell but found nothing, he slowly opened the envelope and began to read its contents.
he did not trust the priest so he did not trust anything the man gave him, it was the cunning fox and, unfortunately, temporary owner of fuyuki
"alliance with the tohsaka" the albino murmured
Kirei threw an olive branch at her but Irisviel didn't trust the one who threw the branch. The letter said that the Tohsaka would agree to make an alliance with her against the Einzbern that would attempt against her.
"How do they know?" his actions were careful but apparently not enough
the alliance was beneficial for her but she did not want the priest to watch her back, the opportunity to return all fuyuki on her land meant an advantage, she could increase the surveillance range with the fujimoris and the mercenaries, she could put safe houses in different places positions, could keep an eye on the entrances to the city, etc.
Irisviel quickly began writing a letter to the priest stating her terms of the alliance while trying not to leave any loopholes for Kotomine to take advantage of.
knock Knock knock
"forward" stopped what it was doing to allow access.
"Madam, some guests arrived saying that they are new staff" the same one who delivered the kotomine letter came to notify the guests.
"Guide me to them" the albino sensed that they were the mercenaries, they had said that they would arrive in one or two days, she asked the man to help her carry out the contracts that she prepared.
the calls he made to those bastards were hundreds so he wanted at least thirty or forty people to come but when he faced them he got the very pleasant surprise that there were more than thirty or forty.
She quickly counted and there were a total of seventy people in front of her mansion, all in black and with large suitcases. Irisviel was internally grateful that the mansion was large because otherwise she would not be able to cope.
"We arrived as agreed" spoke the one closest to her and the one who seemed to lead the group.
a man with a scarred face and one blind eye with a trench coat covering his entire body and a large bag on his back, he had a deep voice and hair that was beginning to dye white.
"I am grateful that they were able to come, first of all these are the contracts and I have already set my conditions" he said while the Fujimura began to distribute the contract sheet "they will receive half of the payment in advance and if they suffer an accident or death during the job you or a recipient you specify will be paid accordingly."
All the contracts were delivered and Irisviel took her time waiting and observing the men and women in front of her.
Apparently all of them had some mark of their work such as a scar, mark or simply their empty eyes that reminded her of Kiritsugu and the albino could only assume that they came with the work.
the contracts began to be returned after they signed, the pay was good and the job was simple, defending the mansion and its occupants, with the number of mercenaries that were along with the men behind irisviel, they didn't think it was that difficult.
"I have to say it, if you hadn't said that you were Emiya's wife I never would have imagined it, I speak for many here and also our most sincere condolences" the scarface was impressed with the woman's beauty even though he knew she was a homunculus.
All the mercenaries that had appeared in front of the mansion were at some point companions of the late Kiritsugu Emiya and all had been saved more than once by the Japanese.
"Thank you very much, my husband had told me that if he didn't come back on a mission to contact you" Kiritsugu really trusted these guys even though the bastards only moved for money
"This man will guide you to your rooms. You can tour the castle and its surroundings to get to know the terrain, but be careful with the traps, there are many." Irisviel did not want the mercenaries to fall into the traps she had prepared for the Einzbern.
He was really lucky that everything was going well for him for now but he couldn't trust himself since the enemy could be knocking on his door at any moment.
Fuyuki - Tohsaka Residence
a girl ran to the door of the house, quickly entered and took off her shoes and ran to her father's office, she did not knock on the door since she did not need permission and screamed.
"You shoddy priest!" little rin was furious with what she had just heard from the priest himself in the church once she finished her magecraft classes.
The Tohsaka had allied with an outsider to fight the Einzbern, a founding family of the Holy Grail War, a powerful family in Germany, and having unlimited practitioner manpower.
Little Rin was pulling her hair but that wasn't the worst, the priest took his damn time to tell her, it had been months! Rin wanted to strangle the man but then she blurted out that she had to meet the person she was with. they allied to be a mediator between that person and kotomine.
not even the other person trusted kotomine!
she took a bath and fixed herself up as best she could, she had to look dignified as the future head of the tohsaka and if she had the opportunity, take advantage of the wretch who took advantage of her family to betray her pact with the einzbern.
the tohsaka, matou and einzbern had a pact of non-aggression and interference with each other, only the relationship of the einzbern with the other two families was worse than the relationship of the other families because they did not mobilize to the land of the rising sun .
"quick, quick, quick I'm late"
"You have until four to meet up," Kotomine said.
it was already four.
being dressed in her best skirt and shirt, she put on her shoes and ran out of her house on her way to the mansion in the Fuyuki forest where the "ally" was staying.
rin thought it was the einzbern mansion.
Fuyuki - Einzbern Mansion
"he comes late"
"Yes but it has to appear today so let's wait a little longer"
Irisviel and Shirou were in front of the mansion waiting for the intermediary that Kotomine sent and that Irisviel had ordered since she definitely would not meet with that man.
"although shirou, are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes, Irisviel, I'm fine" I thought that I already answered that question thousands of times.
Two months had passed since the mercenaries had arrived and the changes in the albino and the redhead were notorious.
since the albino began to train the martial arts that yuan jun had given her, her figure was now a little more noticeable but it was a change that everyone noticed, if she was already beautiful before then now she was really sexy, so sexy that more than one mercenary man and woman stared at her drooling for the change but the figure was not the only thing but the woman's strength skyrocketed.
the homunculus was impressed with his change as he was reaching the strength of the combat class homunculus, he still lacked it but he believed he could reach that level soon.
As for Shirou, irisviel understood that the children could have their growth spurt just because she didn't think it would be so soon so it could only be due to martial arts.
His little shirou no longer looked like a seven-year-old boy but a twelve-year-old and his musculature was not that of a child but of an adult.
"But I read that it is not normal for a child to pass-"
"I understand but the teacher says you don't have to worry, it's normal for children who practice martial arts"
The back and forth between the albino and the redhead dates back to a week ago when Irisviel measured Shirou's height, worried about the redhead's sudden spurt, talked to Yuan Jun and investigated on her own on the computer that the Fujimura gave her.
"but…"
"look, the intermediary arrived"
Irisviel managed to see a small red spot that was rapidly approaching and she realized that it was a little girl, when she got to them she took a while to catch her breath before she could face them.
"excuse my delay, my tutor forgot to notify me of our meeting"
When little Rin saw the albino she was shocked by...everything, she was beautiful, white hair, red eyes and a figure that every woman would envy, but little Rin was not shocked just because of her beauty but because she was a homunculus.
'Do we side with a homunculus against the einzbern?'
homunculus vs homunculus
"Oh calm down I understand, the incompetence of that priest is not your fault"
"forget it, I like it very much"
rin noticed that the woman hated kotomine so the enemy of my enemy is my friend right?
"My guardian sent me so that I could tell you our terms–"
before rin could finish speaking they were surrounded by men and women equal to irisviel.
"homunculi"
Rin looked at those around them and shifted her gaze to Irisviel, suspicious of the women but the beautiful homunculus was also surprised by the sudden appearance of the artificial people.
"apparently the tohsaka were not making it difficult for you to leave"
That was the last excuse that Irisviel had told the old Jubstacheit half a month ago, the albino only looked at the homunculus that spoke.
"Jubstacheit"
"But I'm seeing something totally different"
The homunculus was being controlled by the head of the einzbern and was used to talk to them, the control allowed him to communicate with them but did not allow him to have such fine control as to join in a fight over what was dead weight.
Irisviel counted eight homunculi without counting the one the old man controlled but she was sure that it wasn't just them that surrounded them, unfortunately it was time to start the confrontation.
"I guess there's no need to pretend anymore, old Jubstacheit, I want my daughter back."
"the girl is busy being modified"
for a moment irisviel saw red, she wanted to kill the controlled homunculus... but she had to control herself, she had already warned the mercenaries, through a telepathy spell, the arrival of the enemy now she had to buy a little time for them to find all the homunculi.
"Give up your fight, irisviel, accept our orders and follow us to Germany"
"I'm sorry but the homunculus irisviel died a long time ago, the one in front of you is the irisviel mother of two children"
Irisviel put shirou and the tohsaka girl behind her as she faced the controlled homunculus.
"I expected resistance so I came prepared"
"I was also waiting for your arrival"
Many shots suddenly rang out and with that as a signal, Irisviel removed a few hairs to turn them into large birds that attacked the homunculi around them.
the homunculi jumped towards irisviel and many others left the surroundings while dodging as best they could the hail of bullets, some died from the shots, others were stopped by the furry birds but two homunculi still reached irisviel.
Rin thought that at that moment they lost but against all odds Irisviel exchanged blows with the two combat-class homunculi without flinching.
One moment they were in an alliance meeting and the other the enemy appeared and it became a battlefield. The controlled homunculus died a long time ago and those who were fighting the hair birds were riddled with bullet holes and as quickly as it started the fight was over.
The two who made it to irisviel were the only ones alive.
As fast as I start, I finish.
"Reckless, you will achieve nothing with your miserable fight, give up and come back"
From two combatants they became one when the old man began to control one, the bullets stopped a moment ago and Irisviel left them both alive to speak with Jubstacheit.
"I have a force competent enough to defend your attacks, I don't have the strength to rescue my daughter but don't think it will always be like this, return to illya before I destroy the einzbern"
The homunculus's face wrinkled in rage and he snorted at irisviel but shifted his gaze to the girl behind irisviel.
"I will take this as the end of the deals between our families but if you give us the container we can reward you very well"
if you asked rin which side she would prefer she would say the winner and the one that didn't try to hurt her, she looked to her right at the dead body of a homunculus, full of bullet holes, that went for her and shirou.
his answer was clear.
"I'm sorry but I think the pacts that the Tohsaka had with the Einzbern have to end" she spoke with a happy and sweet voice followed by a smile.
the homunculus's face soured more with that answer
"You can see that I'm not alone and it's a matter of time before my strength increases."
Irisviel understood that her words sounded like a bluff but it was the truth but old Jubstacheit did not know it.
"if you want to continue your futile resistance then expect no mercy from illya"
"If you touch a single hair of my daughter-"
"Do you think your empty threats intimidate me? I have your daughter–"
a hail of bullets interrupted the homunculus' monologue and eliminated all the remaining homunculi.
Irisviel looked at the corpses of the homunculi, she thought of illya and what she must be suffering, she understood that she couldn't do much if she went to Germany at that moment but when she thought of her daughter her desire to go regardless of the result increased.
"irisviel"
Shirou's voice brought her out of her thoughts and she turned to see Shirou, holding Rin's hand, looking at her with concern, Irisviel had to calm down first before answering.
"I'm fine, Shirou, but let's go into the mansion to talk to…" With the interruption of the homunculi, they were never able to introduce themselves.
"rin, I'm tohsaka rin"
"I am emiya irisviel and the child is my son emiya shirou"
"We have a lot to talk about, don't we?"
rin agreed
Time after - two days
Shirou was very dissatisfied, two days ago he couldn't do anything to help irisviel against the homunculi and he had to be protected.
the boy was training his magecraft, he improved a lot with the reinforcement and in the structural analysis but nothing special the pencils with which he trained no longer broke and he could reinforce them enough to resist a few blows to the walls or the floor so it's progress.
'Master, can't you teach me how to use a sword yet?'
"I understand your impatience but everything takes time, just keep training your body and your magic"
Shirou resigned himself and continued practicing with the pencils or moved his gaze to analyze anything but after a few minutes his teacher spoke again.
´Shirou I have an idea, do you want to hear it?´
"yes please teacher"
"With your affinity and origin, I think your magical training would increase if you trained with swords."
there was a chance and Shirou knew where to get a sword.
Shirou ran outside to find a sword, the Fujimori had brought many katanas with them when they first arrived, taking one wouldn't make much of a difference.
He arrived at the room they used as a storage room and started looking for a katana and after raising a lot of dust he found a simple one with a wooden handle and scabbard without a guard, he ran back to the workshop and unsheathed the katana.
Shirou found the blade of the weapon fascinating and unconsciously used structural analysis on it.
judge creation concept.
a weapon made like many others from a machine.
hypothesize the internal structure.
a straight blade with a slight curve to improve the strength and direction of the cut
duplicate composition material
the blade is made of steel and cheap wood
matching manufacturing process
it was a sad creation of the machines that couldn't be compared to the vision sword given to him by his master.
The analysis ended but Shirou managed to see further.
he saw the katana being wielded by a young girl who was laughing as she ran from men who were yelling for her to be careful and put the weapon back.
I can't see more.
"Wow"
got better
shirou thought about how to explain what he saw but did what he could.
'I saw…the past of the sword?'
what do you mean with that
"I saw a girl with light red hair running with the sword while laughing and men followed her shouting to be careful"
"So we achieved what we were trying to achieve, start practicing with her from now on"
Shirou would use any trick he can to get better faster so he will be the one protecting irisviel and not the other way around.
Fuyuki - Einzbern Mansion - study
Irisviel kept busy for the two days by upgrading the boundary fields and magical and non-magical traps with the mercenaries and creating even more traps everywhere.
the meeting with little rin was also good, the terms she gave were that she would allow her to do whatever she wanted in fuyuki but they had to give a large financial remuneration, the girl said that they were having serious financial problems and irisviel couldn't tell her what it was because she bought all her assets although the cause of the sale was kotomine.
now she was training the technique of the imei sect, it was very helpful when she faced the two combat class homunculi, the technique consisted of seven levels and she was only in the first level: serene throbbing.
each level revolved around a concept, the first was calm, making the movement requires calm since the attacks need the tempo of the heartbeat, the second level: increasing flow, making the changes of attacking and defending fluidly and more defensive moves appeared, the third level: roaring walk, extremely fast footwork that would allow the user to increase their speed, fourth level: hypnotic dance, attacks become mysterious and very difficult to dodge, from the fifth level onwards it required a monstrous mastery to use them.
when you reach the fourth level in theory your body produces a transformation or as yuan jun defines it, a tribulation, turning you into a superior being but irisviel was missing a lot, really a lot for even the second level.
*to sigh*
I had to put more effort into this technique.
the other technique, the Meditation Method: Six Realms Purity, showed immediate results and was the technique that allowed him to "transform" into what he is now.
The technique consists of breathing to gather qi and use it to purify the user's body and the less impurities a body had, the easier it was to improve it, so the union of the two techniques gave great results.
"but I didn't need a prettier body but a stronger one"
although his body transformed and gained strength it was nothing compared to the techniques shirou had, when he tried to get shirou to teach him those he refused saying his teacher said the techniques were not for women.
irisviel wanted an explanation and yuan jun gave it to her, shirou's techniques gave more yang energy while her techniques gave more yin energy, so she could not practice shirou's techniques and shirou could not practice his techniques since they would give disastrous results.
He stopped himself from so many unnecessary memories and thoughts, he thought about the techniques and his power, he thought about the strength he would get from here on out and he thought about when he could go for Illya and unfortunately he was still calculating the time in two years or more and he was being generous.
It was an absurdly short time before but now with martial arts it was becoming a possibility but if he kept wasting his time he definitely wouldn't make it in that time.
it was time to continue training.
Fuyuki - Matou Residence
"interesting development"
Sakura was training but not in the worm pool, fortunately, the old matou was teaching Sakura different border fields, since he had a talent for that or so his grandfather had said.
"There are things I need to do, keep practicing the limit fields"
was the last thing he said before leaving the workshop, leaving Sakura alone.
The change in her training happened two months ago, her grandfather had taken her out of the pool and put her to study normally from one day to the next, she thought it was a trick from her grandfather to make her fall into greater despair... but none of that had passed.
she was thankful that the torture was over, she would study everything she was given, push herself to practice as much as they wanted as long as she didn't go back to the pool of worms, she went back to school and returned to a relatively normal life.
he saw his sister again.
but they couldn't talk, she couldn't tell her everything she experienced, that she was raped, abused, broken, destroyed... but the agreement between the families prevents them from interacting with each other, that was the deal.
given one more chance, he would seize it and fight tooth and nail to seize it.
Sakura went back to concentrating on creating the boundary fields.
Germany - Einzbern Mansion
In a large empty room with only a throne in the background was an old albino man. The man did not make any noise, plunging the room into silence.
The man was the current leader of the Einzbern, Jubstacheit Von Einzbern.
"it's useless"
The old leader was trying to think of a solution to his problem, the grail container rebelled against its creator asking him to hand over the other possible container. They might not get the rogue vessel back but they can't deliver it to the girl.
Their situation was precarious since they did not have enough materials to create another vessel after trying to create more, but old Jubstacheit was already prepared for such a case.
illyasviel von einzbern.
When the magus killer and the vessel left for fuyuki, the elder homunculus began to modify the girl as a vessel for the possible failure of the couple, it was nice to find out that the girl was capable of becoming the next grail vessel.
Jubstacheit sent the homunculi to fuyuki so that the container would not fall into the hands of another magus family but he understood that he could defend himself but he knew that it would not last long, he estimated that he had a few months to live, maybe one or two more months.
he would recover his corpse if necessary.
Irisviel's words did not affect Jubstacheit but she will keep an eye on her for the rest of her life, she ordered the best homunculi available to be guardians of the girl while she receives her "training".
Irisviel's lantern will not work on the old man, but being aware of any attack never hurts.
one week later - Fuyuki - Emiya Mansion (formerly Einzbern)
Shirou was practicing with a different katana, he had explained to irisviel his skill with swords and she, with the help of old Raiga, leader of the Fujimura, got him some swords illegally.
"this is incredible"
"It's better than the first"
Shirou had in his hands a tachi, a sword similar to a katana but more curved and longer. The boy was fascinated with the sword and couldn't help but get excited to see what kind of story it will be.
after discovering his ability to see the history of swords he tried to use it on other objects but the amount of energy he used was much higher to see a small fraction of history.
the story of the sword began with a one-armed man who ran in the rain and looked at his back from time to time, the sword was found drawn in his spare arm.
while shirou looked at the past of the sword he could not see the exact surroundings but he understood where he was, a forest, the boy wondered if the man was running from someone and as if they wanted to answer the boy some creatures appeared among the trees.
They were three similar but different animals, one had hands similar to a wooden club, another had sickles in its arms and another carried medicine.
As soon as they appeared, they ran towards the one-armed man but with a quick reaction the man cut the hammer-handed creature in two and blocked the second, the third was simply waiting behind the first two.
"A bloody kamaitachi won't end up with…"
Shirou didn't understand what he said, he thought it was the man's name, the vision suddenly ended with a strong blow behind the man, the mace-handed creature had not died and next to him was the creature that was carrying a jar.
"Wow"
"Did you see anything again?"
shirou was surprised to find irisviel looking at him, leaning against the workshop doorframe with her arms crossed, her eyes worried.
"You were really focused there, did you see his story again?"
"Yes, it was a man trying to run away from a…kamaitachi? and he managed to disable one but he was cured and in the end he was killed."
"I'm worried about you, shirou"
the child's response to death was not normal and it was not a problem of his soul, it was simply the child's mind used to death.
"shirou can you show me your booster?"
Instead of answering, Shirou activated his circuits and began to strengthen the sword, he saw the cracks and filled them with his magical power as much as he thought necessary and showed the result to Irisviel.
Irisviel took the tachi and analyzed it, the albino was impressed by the speed of improvement that Shirou was having and seeing the reinforcement in the sword, she believed that it was time to teach him the next spell.
"Very good Shirou, I think you've improved your control of magical energy enough so now I'm teaching you a third spell so pay attention."
Shirou took the tachi again but another one appeared in irisviel's hand, the boy was impressed but when he touched irisviel's tachi it disappeared into lights.
"What you have just seen is the projection spell and it consists of shaping your magical energy in the way you want, although unfortunately what you project does not withstand a lot of tension, that is why the spell is only used to further improve control of your ear"
with a new spell, shirou, he finally felt like he was getting better.
"I'll let you practice again and remember to keep practicing the spells you know and study the Phantasmal species books"
Irisviel said goodbye with a kiss on his head and left the boy to practice, Shirou was about to start but was interrupted.
"I also think you've improved enough"
yuan jun spoke in shirou's head, he trusted irisviel's decision, shirou got better and was ready for a new spell and also a martial art from him.
"After you finish your magecraft practice, you will begin to train the sword technique and meditation that I have prepared for you."
if before shirou was excited then now he couldn't even explain it.
'teacher let's train now'
Shirou didn't allow his teacher an answer before running out of the workshop to the courtyard and when he got there he waited for his teacher to tell him what to do.
"Shirou I understand your impatience but remember to practice your magic too"
"Yes, I will definitely do it, don't worry, teacher."
resigned, yuan jun handed over the techniques.
'Meditation Method: Heavenly Demon Flame' 'Sword Technique: Heavenly Sword'
Shirou was lost with the techniques, he was seeing the shapes, the movements and the ability in his mind, the techniques were fascinating but Shirou saw beyond that thanks to the sword technique.
saw his story.
two children, he could not see anything else, he could not see their faces, he could not see his surroundings but he knew that they were two children, a boy and a girl, the boy was the oldest and he took care of the girl as he could but from one moment to the next the boy had to be separated from the girl.
The girl was separated from the boy and he carefully looked for her but never saw her again.
The vision continued and time passed, the boy ceased to be a child and became an adult, learned martial arts and made a name for himself as someone just and chivalrous, the embodiment of orthodox thought.
The man became the leader of a great sect and began an era of prosperity in martial arts. He increased his power but never stopped thinking about the girl and with the strength of the sect he began his search once again.
Time passed and no progress in the search but after a while a disaster began.
war.
a demonic religion began to emerge and he, as leader of the just, sent his warriors to eliminate them but they never returned, the religion spread and its strength increased and the confrontation escalated.
War was the only solution.
The war had no mercy on anyone, neither with those related nor with the innocent, death and more death was its reward.
Years of warfare and the destruction of the sect of man resulted in their encounter with that of the demonic religion.
he recognized the demon leader, he knew who it was.
the girl.
hatred, anger and despair in his gaze.
the boy.
sadness, bitterness and despair in yours.
a bitter reunion for the boy and the girl
"I'm sorry"
the vision ended.
´shirou?, answer me shirou´
Shirou heard his teacher's voice in his head but when the vision ended a strange feeling began to tighten his chest, the vision triggered a rejection reaction in his soul for what he felt in the vision.
The boy fell to the ground squeezing his chest without knowing what was happening to him, he heard his teacher trying to talk to him but he did not understand and his consciousness began to wane between consciousness and unconsciousness.
he saw people running towards him but he couldn't make out who it was, they carried him in their arms and ran to a place that Shirou didn't know, the pain in his chest only increased, he felt tears fall from his eyes.
heard screams and some white hair, irisviel.
it was the last thing he saw.
moments before - emiya mansion - studio
"We have sighted three groups of homunculi guarding the mansion when they realized that we had found them, they fled, we managed to capture a group but they committed suicide without hesitation"
"They are surely studying the terrain"
"and measuring the reach of our men"
Irisviel was having a technical meeting with the mercenaries, Scarface, a black man with muscles on his muscles and a woman with blue hair.
a week without any attack but with multiple sightings of einzbern homunculi in the area, irisviel suspected why and her face showed great concern.
´illya-´
The study door opened abruptly, taking Irisviel out of her thoughts, a shirou in the arms of a Fujimura man, clutching his chest in pain and crying blood, was what shocked her.
"ma'am, Shirou is having a fit!"
"back off!"
Irisviel ran to the child and took him in her arms, ordering everyone to leave the study. When no one else was in the room, Irisviel laid the child down on the desk.
"Shirou? Yuan Jun?"
lightly hitting the boy's cheeks to make him regain consciousness, he took the boy's hand and before he could cast any spell he heard yuan jun's voice in his head.
´quickly, the pod!´
without hesitating the order, irisviel took Avalon off her chest and gave it to shirou, she didn't see any improvement in the child and began to despair.
"yuan jun?!"
The albino tried to talk to the woman but got no answer when she tried to call for her again, she was attracted to Shirou's inner world, the sky was broken and the earth had gigantic cracks, Avalon was in the sky releasing a healing aura but that was not it was the most impressive.
Great hands of purple energy and crimson flames held back the cracks in heaven and earth allowing Avalon's healing aura to heal the world.
irsivel spotted yuan jun's figure in the distance, arms and flames coming out of her, the situation stagnated for a moment before everything returned to normal, the cracks in heaven and earth disappeared.
"What the hell just happened?!"
The albino approached Yuan Jun trying to get answers, the woman didn't lose her breath with everything that had just happened.
"What you saw was the rejection of the one I spoke to you about"
"But what happened to you to suffer rejection?"
for yuan jun it was obvious that the rejection occurs due to one of the techniques he had given the child but he did not understand why since he should not overload the child with any feelings.
"I gave him the techniques that I had promised him but then the setback arose, I don't understand why but when he saw one of the techniques"
"is the rejection that strong?"
"This is an exceptional case, the usual would be a simple chest pain, I think you understand that the time to find a partner is getting shorter"
"..."
"You have to decide before it's too late, whether it's you or someone else and you have to take into account that it has to accompany him forever"
"you mentioned that"
"I hadn't mentioned many things to you because we could take our time but now we don't have that luxury"
"What didn't you tell me and how much time do we have?"
"with the pod in the child I could tell you a few months or a year"
irisviel would not allow yuan jun to ignore the first question
"yuan jun, that you didn't mention it to me?"
*sigh*
with the insistence of the albino, yuan jun understood that he had to tell her everything.
"previously, shirou's soul was not in such a bad state and the technique would allow the child to return to normal but it would exert great pressure on the partner's soul, initially the pressure should not be so great that the partner is in danger but now the pressure would be too much for a partner"
"Don't you think it was important to tell me that?"
"The reason I didn't mention it was because it wasn't important, a single partner would heal the child but with the constant rejection I would have to be healing him at all times"
"how do we fix it now?"
"It's simple, put more than one partner"
"Do you know that if you had told me that this could happen, I would rush to find him a partner?"
"I didn't even foresee this event, the overload of emotions was not normal, no person can feel so much in such a short time"
With the einzbern's constant surveillance over them, Irisviel couldn't start the search for a partner for the child but at this point she could only start the search for a good partner for shirou or rather partners, in the plural.
The albino on more than one occasion thought of joining Rin with her son but she was undecided but she could not hesitate now, she could negotiate a marriage with the girl but it will be difficult to convince her.
Thinking a little further, he could try to look for a family in decline in Japan and agree to another marriage, but if Shirou already has one, it will be difficult to create another commitment.
Irisviel's mind raced to think of a solution to the problem now and she could return to concentrating on her situation with the einzbern.
"you can start with you"
the speed of irisviel's head turning and the indignation on her face was divine level.
"what are you saying?"
"You can also try to talk to one of the mercenaries"
"I'm not going to ask those people to be Shirou's partner"
"So what will you do?"
"We probably have a year to solve it, for now I'll think about how to find a partner for Shirou"
Irisviel will not discuss the matter with the woman anymore since she was creating bad ideas in the albino's mind.
"You will know but if you can't find a solution, you already know what to do"
yuan jun dismissed a blushing irisviel from the boy's sphere of reality.
"Let's hope he comes up with something quick"
As long as she and the pod meet in the child's soul, not much will happen to him, if he doesn't have another strong rejection.
One day later - Einzbern Mansion
Shirou was resting on the bed looking better than the day before, his teacher and Irisviel had told him how worried they were, he told them that he was fine but he didn't help to remove the women's concern.
the obligation to rest fell on him and he could not refuse the sad face of irisviel so he had to accept. The boy was left in the room and all he could do was think about the vision he had.
He did not know who the man was but he did recognize the figure of the woman, it was his teacher. The history of the sword technique showed him the past of the technique's creator and coincidentally he was related to his teacher.
The story of the man left the boy thinking, what the man lived through and the wisdom he gave him was unconsciously passed on to Shirou, the justice and chivalry that his people proclaimed was a big lie since they always took advantage of the just because that was the same thing. passed to man
Is the just man just because he always trusts others? Is the just man just because he cares for everyone? Even the wicked?
the man before his meeting with the demonic leader cleared all his doubts and came to an answer.
he was an idiot.
sacrificing the lives of the innocent for the greed of the people he believed to be his companions, the pinnacle of justice, was really not worth it and in his encounter with the woman he regretted it.
Shirou couldn't sacrifice himself for everyone, he could only sacrifice himself for those he loved.
'teacher, can I ask you something?'
can
"Do you think I could create a sect?"
'why do you want to create a sect?'
´…´
shirou could tell him many things but he would also have to explain the vision and he believed that it was not correct, the story of his teacher and the man ended he also believed that the man would do the same.
"I also want to create a safe place for those I love"
"...if that's why I can help you"
With the support of his teacher and what he saw of the man's life, he would create the best sect of all, a safe place for his own.
I would make sure of that.
one week later - emiya mansion
"Shirou…can you tell me…what is that?"
a week had passed since shirou's problem, the boy had continued training after that, he did not suffer another "rejection" for irisviel's luck, returning to his usual magical and martial training.
"it is the flame of the heavenly demon"
Shirou had a fire in his arms, literally, and he was carrying it as if it were a baby.
"and that is…?"
"It is the technique that the teacher gave me and I need you to take a part of my flame for yourself"
"But where am I going to put it?"
"It will be inside you, it will protect you a bit but if I keep practicing it may become more conscious and it may be more powerful and it will only take a little of your qi"
"conscience?... well as long as nothing happens to you I will accept it"
She tried to touch the flame carefully so as not to burn herself but a part of the flame flew directly towards her without waiting for her to grab it and entered her chest, a warmth spread through her body, it was a pleasant sensation.
"Feels good, right?"
"Yes, I feel much more comfortable"
"great, I'm going to find a place to keep my flame"
Irisviel saw Shirou run the way he came and sighed. The boy didn't have any problems after the first one, but Irisviel's concern didn't disappear.
he had ideas for shirou's pairing but still couldn't make his moves with rin so he went for the second option. The Fujimuras were always talking about the leader's granddaughter and how talented she was with a sword and all that.
irisviel would bring the girl and ask for yuan jun's opinion after that she would continue with her plan. The albino walked towards the entrance of the mansion and saw Scarface waiting for her with a vehicle.
The time has come to look for the possible partner of your son.
Fuyuki-Fujimura residence
When Irisviel arrived at her destination, she was greeted by a line of men opening their way to the interior of the mansion. She entered the house guided by one of the men at the entrance to a room where the old Raiga was.
"hello again, old raiga"
"Yes, yes, let's move on to the important stuff. Irisiviel, what do you need?"
"Come on, why are you treating a young lady like that? Couldn't I stop by and say hello?"
"...I only put up with you because you pay very well and you never stop by to say hello, what do you want?"
"You know about the world I'm in, don't you?"
"..."
Being a well-established criminal organization in Fuyuki means that it's a matter of time before they discover the moonlit world, either through the police or by getting involved in a matter of one of the two families in the city.
"Yeah, I know, magical shit and stuff"
"My son has a problem that your granddaughter could solve"
With the mention of Raiga's granddaughter, the atmosphere in the room changed and the old man's gaze was sharper. Raiga loved his granddaughter and, if possible, he didn't want to involve her in anything illegal or magical.
"No"
"old raiga please-"
"No, my granddaughter won't be into anything magical, that shit is worse than what we ever did."
"My son's life depends on it, I promise if she can't help him I'll leave her and never mention it again"
"...I can't trust your word but I will throw an olive branch, what do you need from my granddaughter?"
Now came the most difficult part, explaining the child's situation.
"I need her to perform a ritual"
"For what purpose? Can't someone else do it? Besides, my granddaughter has no knowledge of magic"
Irisviel didn't make an effort to explain to the old Fujimura the difference between magic and magecraft, so she focused on what was important.
"The purpose of the ritual can be explained after we discover whether it is suitable or not and there is no need to know magic to perform it"
The vague answer only served to increase Raiga's doubts, his eyes narrowed suspiciously but he continued with the questioning.
"What would happen in the hypothetical case that it is suitable for the ritual"
"... in the event that I am suitable, I would ask your permission to marry your granddaughter and my son"
The albino's response left the old man perplexed for a moment, when he came to, he thought about the implications of such a thing and made up his mind.
"yes, it won't happen"
"old raiga understands-"
"What I understand is that you will throw my granddaughter into your dangerous magical world"
"we can protect her"
"You seem to forget that you asked me for protection for something, which means that you are not in a position to assert my granddaughter's protection."
"I what?, Grandpa"
the conversation was completely cut off by the sudden presence of the old man raiga's granddaughter, he entered the room and saw that his grandfather was talking to a beautiful albino woman with red eyes.
"who is the guest?"
the old raiga didn't like the look that irisiviel was giving his granddaughter, he had to get her out of the room before the albino took advantage of her granddaughter's innocence.
"It's nobody important, go away, we're talking about business"
"Calm down, raiga, is this the granddaughter you talk about so much? Can't you introduce her to me?"
raiga cursed the albino demon in the room under his breath, knowing his granddaughter and her personality, the next thing he would do is.
"Oh, I'm taiga, fujimura taiga, granddaughter of this old curmudgeon, I've never seen you around town, are you new here?"
"That's right, I got the mansion in the forest outside of Fuyuki and I'm living there, I'm Emiya Irisviel."
"Your appearance and name don't look like Japan"
"You mean by my last name? It belonged to my husband"
"I'm sorry for your loss"
"No problem, you were curious, hey Raiga, why didn't you tell me that your granddaughter was such a beautiful woman?"
"fuck you"
the old raiga's expression was bitter, irisviel had already dragged his granddaughter into the conversation and forced her to stay, if he neglected for a moment the albino demon would take his granddaughter on his own if he didn't intervene.
"Grandpa don't be rude to Emiya-san, I'm sorry for my grandfather"
"Oh, how polite, no problem, the old man raiga always acts like that with me and I got used to it but changing the subject we were just talking about you"
"but it's not a conversation you have to listen to so go study"
"Old raiga I just want to thank you for helping me so how about letting taiga hang out with me to get to know each other better?"
"No"
"Don't listen to Grandpa, I'm old enough to make my own decisions, how about we get together tomorrow?"
"taiga I don't allow it-"
"oh~ that's fine, we can talk at my house and I can introduce you to my son"
"very good, enough"
The old tiger's patience ran out and he said things as he wanted, his granddaughter would not change her mind otherwise and the albino demon would get away with it.
"Taiga, this woman is very dangerous, do not trust her personality, you are still too young to deal with this woman and irisviel, you will not take my granddaughter anywhere and you definitely will not introduce your son to her"
with the old tiger back, taiga fell silent and irisviel knew that her hasty new plan failed she could only continue with plan c.
"old man raiga is right"
when irisviel began to speak and confirmed what the leader fujimura said, it caught the attention of the granddaughter and raiga.
"I'm dangerous thanks to that I was able to relate to the old raiga but now I'm here to ask you for help, Fujimura-san"
"I?"
taiga looked between her grandfather and the albino, her grandfather looked at the woman suspiciously but the albino had a sad smile as she looked at her.
"That's right, my son has a problem that you could solve"
"Irisviel I already told you-"
"Just as you protect your granddaughter, I will do it for my son, Taiga-san. I want you to know that I am a dangerous person, living in a world much more dangerous than the criminal underworld of Fuyuki, but I am also a mother concerned for the life of my son"
Taiga kept looking between her grandfather and irisviel, the situation was escalating too fast for her.
"raiga let's leave the decision to taiga, I can assure you that she will not suffer any mishap and if she is not suitable I will never mention the subject again and I will give you compensation"
"..."
"..."
The Fujimura looked at each other, the young woman asking the older man for help to solve the situation. raiga thought through the matter in detail.
"...Can you ensure that you will keep my granddaughter safe?"
"I assure"
"taiga, you decide, do you want to try to help this woman?"
"...Yeah"
Irisviel's face relaxed and she breathed a sigh of relief, if that didn't work then she had to use hypnosis, much to her regret.
"Thank you very much for helping me taiga-san, I appreciate it for allowing it old raiga"
"Hmm, I only allow it to finish your childish act, now go away I'll send my granddaughter tomorrow afternoon so you can introduce her to your son."
"thank you-"
"You're going to explain the whole thing she's getting into and if she's fit, come back and we'll define the terms between the three of us."
"of course"
"Very well, taiga you can retire, irisviel already has to go"
"Thank you very much for the opportunity, taiga-san."
"No problem, Emiya-san."
With those simple words the whole matter ended, it was a brief but very exhausting conversation for the three members, Irisviel said goodbye and left the Fujimura residence.
Fuyuki - Emiya Mansion
"well, this is unexpected"
He was already hoping that due to Shirou's magical characteristics he could improve quickly in sword technique.
but I didn't expect it to be so fast.
Shirou started his day practicing the meditation method: heavenly demon flame, he started training with her the day after his "problem" under the strict supervision of yuan jun and there was no problem, a week later he managed to reach the first level: flame infant.
The first level was the creation of its flame and the following ones are based on its growth, granting different abilities, but what the flame could do now was little, maintaining the temperature of the bearer and being able to divide to be delivered to others, but its true power he was growing up.
the skills of the technique ranged from pyrokinesis to purification of spirits and the growth of the flame influences only the potency.
after giving a part of his flame to irisviel he began to train in the first techniques that were given to him and it was only after that that he began to train the sword technique: heavenly sword.
"You move very well Shirou, anything to say?"
"Thank you teacher, when I have a sword in my hands I just let my body do what it wants"
´the techniques that I gave you are the best of the best in my world, practicing them is difficult but the results are totally worth it but apparently only the meditation technique will be difficult for you´
the sword technique: heavenly sword, it had nine levels, each level was extremely demanding with the user and his physical condition but shirou reached the first level the same day he started practicing it and only stopped there because of the lack of diantian but with the meditation technique it was a matter of time before he got it.
It would possibly take a few months or a maximum of a year to get it.*
"I think thats enough"
´Your magecraft is lagging behind, you have to dedicate more time to it and not neglect the´
Yes, teacher
shirou's abilities kept increasing, with his body that looked like twelve but with an actual age of seven, super powerful martial skills and decent learning ability it was only a matter of time before he could take on the least experienced magus, he was not at the level of a enforcer was still missing.
the redhead's magecraft is the only thing that was lagging behind thanks to his element and origin, he was improving fast but irisviel had no other spells that shirou could learn so he would stick with the basic three for a long, long time.
That's something irisviel had told shirou so the only thing he could do was fully master those three spells but with the structural analysis he had a few ideas.
Arriving at the sword storage that served as his new practice room, he grabbed one of the swords and began to implement his idea.
Irisviel had told him that spells sometimes needed to be visualized, create a mental image or maybe a sentence or word so Shirou wanted to try it.
The structural analysis had four basic steps, but Shirou's skill with swords allowed him to see his history, so the boy came up with the idea of inventing or adding steps to his analysis to allow him to see the stories of objects.
The four steps of the analysis were to judge the creation concept, hypothesize the basic structure, duplicate the composition material, and match the manufacturing process and shirou wanted to add more steps.
they will start with something simple, look at the history of the object.
one day later - emiya mansion
Taiga was not calm, rather the opposite. She was at the entrance to the mansion in the forest, Irisviel's home, and Irisviel herself was waiting for her at the door with a boy who was beginning adolescence.
his son, he supposed.
"Thank you very much for coming, taiga-chan, may I call you that?"
"only if you let me call you iri"
"I have no problem, let me introduce you to my son, shirou"
"nice to meet you taiga-san"
With a bow, the boy introduced himself to the teenager. Taiga looked at the boy and thought that he was kind of cute but also thought that he didn't look like irisviel at all.
"I guess it came out the same as the father"
"nice to meet you too shirou"
"We accompany you inside and there I will explain everything"
Taiga prepared herself for what was about to happen, they entered the mansion and the guest looked around the place impressed with the western decorations.
"the place is very nice"
"thank you, we had to fix a few things when we first arrived"
paintings, candlesticks and vases all expensive looking, it was a nice change from the Japanese style the girl was used to, they kept walking and having a little chat before reaching their destination.
"Please take a seat and make yourself comfortable as the conversation may be a bit long and…strange"
Taiga looked at irisviel strangely but she took a seat on a comfortable sofa and looked at the small table full of different sweets.
"First of all, shirou, what does she say?"
"said it's an excellent choice"
*sigh*
"taiga I have a lot to explain to you and you will think I'm crazy but I want you to have an open mind, okay?"
"...OK"
Irisviel saw the discomfort of the girl but taking into account what that discomfort would tell her, it would become something else.
"First of all I ask you, what do you think of magic?"
"magic?, well, apart from the funny street tricks, nothing"
"What would you say if it existed"
"...well, it would be fun to learn, levitate things, have a magic cauldron turn people into toads"
"It's good to know that you're comfortable with the concept but… what would you say if I told you that magic really exists?"
Taiga looks at irisviel strangely, since she was born her fascination for magic disappeared with the programs that explained the magic tricks that were famous.
"But...it doesn't exist, right?"
With a wave of the albino's hand, she brushed off a few hairs and in front of Taiga's eyes two blue birds suddenly appeared.
"..."
The girl was shocked by the event, she jumped in fright but never took her eyes off the birds, from surprise to fascination, the birds were impressive and beautiful, she approached to touch them but they began to fly above her, on the ceiling of the room until they disappeared and hair fell from the ceiling.
"incredible"
"Was that enough to convince you?"
"magic exists"
"that's how it is"
"You teach me?"
"I could but we have to see if you're capable but let's focus again"
"Oh sure"
Irisviel noticed the change in the girl, now she was more focused on the conversation than before but with what they would deal with next...
"As you can see magic exists but it's not how you really think it's a totally different world, the "magic" I showed you isn't real magic, it's magecraft"
He kept explaining the basics to Taiga in a summarized way, the girl paid close attention and the expression on her face never stayed the same for long.
"...and that would be the basics"
"a secret magical society"
At the end of the explanation, taiga was grinning from ear to ear from the excitement of the hidden world or the moonlit world.
that poetic.
"Now what matters to us, the reason you are here"
"Do I have some super awesome hidden talent? Do I come from a line of super powerful mages?"
"it's not that, you are here to help shirou"
"Oh what do I have to do?"
*sigh*
"First of all, taiga-chan, keep an open mind and deal with the request maturely, as I already explained, magi do much more terrible things than what I'm going to ask of you."
"...OK?"
"I need you…to become my son's partner"
"...you mean partner, right? Magical comrades and stuff"
"I reflect a couple…in the sense of man and woman"
the silence was very long, taiga's gaze went from irisviel to shirou and her face slowly blushed until it was crimson red, practically all her blood went to her face.
"I-I mean…w-do you want me…to be…shirou's girlfriend?"
"more than girlfriend I would say wife"
"w-wa–aw"
the poor taiga's brain short-circuited, so they explained to her that shirou wasn't the age he seemed to be but it was something about his training and he really was seven, the age difference was seven years, that's practically it! be a cradle robber in your dictionary!
"wh-wh-why?"
"Shirou has a special condition but I am not referring to his body but to his soul, his soul was destroyed and fixed but it was not fixed correctly because some small fragments of his soul could not be recovered, preventing him from feeling hate, sadness, despair, love or lust"
"..."
"But the problem is that even if your soul can't feel it, you can feel it in your body, in a physical way"
"What do I have to see there?"
still blushing but now calmer, taiga regained her ability to speak without stuttering.
"There is a way to heal it but it requires a ritual…basically tantric"
Taiga looked at the redhead shyly, he was certainly cute but she couldn't imagine doing…that…with the boy.
"I understand that it is something strange for you but understand that if it is not treated now you may not live long, every time your soul tries to feel those feelings it will generate a rejection reaction that could destroy your soul"
"I could die"
"That's right, that's why I ask you such a thing, please"
The decision was in the hands of Taiga, she would not force her to such responsibility if she was not willing, but Taiga would bear the weight of possibly letting the child die. He looked at the boy one more time, although he seemed older, he was really seven years old and on top of that he had amnesia so his memories dated back only months.
The girl kept thinking about what to decide.
"if you do not want-"
"I will do that"
"YOU WILL DO IT?!"
"that's how it is"
Bells rang in Irisviel's mind, she managed to get the first time…
The albino forgot to mention a detail.
"Uh taiga-chan, I forgot to mention…a small detail"
"what is it?"
"Well…the ritual puts a lot of pressure on the soul of the couple so…you may not be the only one"
"I can still refuse?"
"PLEASE, TAIGA-CHAN!"
So far today's chapter and see you in possibly four days.