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Published at 23rd of January 2023 06:13:35 AM


Chapter 103

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"Magician? If it's what you're thinking of, then you're mistaken." Shiro paused for a while before continuing, "But I do possess powers similar to them."

Just like the [Second True Magic - Kaleidoscope], his [Aurora Curtain] can travel through parallel worlds. Not only that, he can also use it to do time travel.

Simply put, [Aurora Curtain] is similar to the Kaleidoscope in nature, yet different at the same time - the former doesn't provide the authority of parallel world operation.

Though, what it can provide is a stable bridge between any and all parallel worlds, something that Kaleidoscope doesn't have. Based on the anime material, Shiro deduced that [Second True Magic] has some kind of limitation such as Zelretch not being able to travel between each Fate Universe, only passing on his memories to his parallel selves.

There's also the fact that he can't go outside the Fate Universe.

"I see. You're a 'Foreigner'." EMIYA suddenly said after realizing his strange abilities.

"Exactly."

Having visited countless parallel Earths as a Counter Guardian, EMIYA has extensive knowledge in regards to magecraft. He even knows some about Age of God's magecraft.

That's why he got confused the moment he saw Shiro's rune magic. At first, it looks similar to the Primordial Runes of Odin, but the way he casted it felt different - there's no god's aura of sorts when he did so. Instead, the vibe that it gave is one with the world. 

Moreover, Shiro also wrote several runes before he casted another water spell, something that is vastly different from the one-character magecraft of Fate. 

"Well, you might also meet more 'Foreigners' soon. Their disposition will be another thing, though." He said as he stood up from his seat and made the kitchen utensils float using his mental power.

With a single series of [Water Magic] and [Wind Magic], he successfully cleaned the dishes in a single second and sent them back to the kitchen with [Aurora Curtain].

"Yawn... It's already nighttime." Shiro said as he opened another [Aurora Curtain] leading back to Terra. "Maybe we could spar next time under peaceful context."

"...Alright."

By the time he left, EMIYA was released from his vigilant state. Even when he fought against strong entities, he was supplied by Alaya at that time. Now that he doesn't have it, he has to be cautious at the person who might have power to endanger the world itself.

Even when he saw Shiro appearing in a Servant-like state, he still hadn't dropped his guard.

"I didn't ask for his name."

Suddenly, he realized this blunder of this. Though, what he doesn't know is that their names has a great chance of confusing the people of Chaldea in the future...

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"Mn..."

After an entire 8 hours of sleep, Shiro finally woke up on his bed in Columbia's hotel. His experiment last night exhausted him so much, something that he only felt the second time.

"Shiro, the property acquisition is successful. Congrats on owning a 30-floor building, I guess." Cardinal appeared on a hologram—the [Light Cube] is placed on top of the desk just beside the bed.

"As for the company acquisition, they didn't mind being taken over."

"Mn... I see. Thanks, Cardinal." He replied with hazy eyes.

Naturally, taking over a company is much better than building one from scratch. They already have their talents, foundation, and even reputation. That's why he opted to take over five and merge them into one.

While the companies that he took over are the failing ones, they're also the companies that shone the brightest through his "A Wealthy Dragon" buff. 

After rebranding it and manipulating the internet for a while, they are ready to launch once more. 

Unlike their previous fields which is centered on pharmaceuticals and originum reactor plants, they opted for the tech field instead - originum-powered products, to be exact. The Chat Group Store is such a goldmine that there are many advanced technology that would only exist in the far future.

By purchasing one of them and reverse-engineering it himself, the only thing they needed to do is to build the said product based on its blueprint.

From smartphones and refrigerators to assistant robots and originum-powered industrial suits... Releasing all of them is enough to kick-start Terra's already insane technological progress to an all-time high!

Of course, what Shiro would provide at first are the ideas and first version of the said products, lest these talents would lose productivity. As someone who considers himself as a good mentor, he decided to let them have a good development and 'speed up' their progress by gradually giving it to them. Only when they developed good enough would he give them the more advanced ones.

He's not stupid to let them fumble around randomly when they can find the correct path easily with his help. There's also the fact that it'll get troublesome if they comes up with a highly advanced technology that is coveted by the others major powers. Even though he's strong, Shiro believes that there's still people stronger than him as of the moment.

The Feranmuts of Yan is a good example of that. Of course, he chose the long-term investment to nurture great subordinates for him to... Ahem, laze around.

"Let's just hope that some good talents will pop up..." He muttered as he stood up in a daze. Going to the bathroom, he created a [Water Ball] and drenched it on his head, waking him up completely.

Thanks to [Wind Magic], he didn't need a blower to dry his hair. In a couple of seconds, his appearance looked the same as earlier.

"Right."

Shiro inevitably saw the [Tail Gear] now that he's wearing a t-shirt. From his senses alone, he felt like it's undergoing some change of sorts. Though, he wouldn't know this change until it fully manifests.

"It'd be funny if it summons an Artifact Spirit of sorts..."

Wearing his [Blindfold], he then opened his phone. Included there is the map of this nomadic city. There are some marks that he placed in yesterday when he and Surtr went out to buy the property of that house and building.

When he went out of his bed room, he saw Surtr standing still expressionlessly. She held her sheathed great sword in her arms, intimidating any malicious person nearby.

They soon left the hotel after checking out. 

"Do you want to visit the house first or the company?"

"...House."

"House it is."

On the way, they ate on a Yanese Restaurant, only for her to be reminded of his cooking once more. Noticing her looking at him, he smiled and said, "I'll cook for our lunch."

"..." She wordlessly nodded, but she slightly looked forward to it.

Her mind went towards the memories inside her head. In some of them, there are few Chefs that 'she' had interacted with, but their skills don't come as close as Shiro's 30%.

What's more, 'she' feels delighted in all of them, which helped lessen her confusion. After all, her memories are a huge contradiction, and it's surprising that there are some memories that didn't.

Soon, they headed to their new home.

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A/N: Welp, looks like WN chose to revert back all the changes after a day. Must've realized how huge the impact had been once they've done the whole website shenanigans...

Fact #57: In Arknights, there's a reference to the Roman Empire, the Gaul Empire. In the canon, they are one of the strongest powerhouse of that time, and they only got destroyed due to four more powerhouses ganging up on their capital in a surprise attack, much like Constantinople. It's so influential to the point that their language became the equivalent of English during that time. If not for the Witch King, a very powerful individual and the strongest Arts Caster, Gaul might have the potential to clash with Kazdel...





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