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Kyosuke, who originally thought Wang Ha would comfort him, got furious after hearing the other party's admission: "So, old man, you also think I'm an insignificant person, right? People like me should just die. My existence will cause more people who would have lived to die early because of me, right?"
Curse-Wrist was very anxious when he saw Kyosuke getting more and more excited and about to cry. He waved his hands and tried to comfort Kyosuke: "Master Kyosuke, you are not an insignificant person! You are the most important person to us, so please live well and don't think about these things."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Curse Wan realized that he had said too much, and he quickly covered his mouth, but this could not change the fact that he had already let the cat out of the bag.
Hearing what Curse Wrist said, the Mountain Man's eyes, which were already glowing red, became even brighter, and his voice was like a demon from hell: "Curse Wrist, do you want to hand over your head right now?"
Curse Arm immediately knelt in front of the Mountain Elder and apologized in a low voice: "I am very sorry, Master Shodai, please forgive me."
"What do you mean, what did I do to you? Explain it to me clearly!"
Seeing the two people's reactions, Kyosuke knew that they were hiding something from him, so he questioned them loudly.
Curse Arm obviously didn't want to say anything more. He waved his hands repeatedly: "Nothing, Master Kyosuke, you heard it wrong."
Do you think I'm a fool? Kyousuke stared at the other person with his eyes, which clearly expressed this meaning.
"That, that..." Curse Arm was very scared when facing Kyosuke's increasingly sharp gaze, and he retreated again and again. Then he soon found that he had retreated to the feet of the old man of the mountain. Looking at the blood-red eyes of the first generation, Curse Arm felt that he would definitely die today.
"Well, Lord Kyousuke. Let me explain this matter."
"First generation sir!"
"It's okay. It's almost time for Kyousuke-dono to know. It's just a little early. It's not a big deal."
The old man of the mountain turned slightly so that he was facing Kyosuke completely, but he still stood there with his sword in hand.
Aren't you tired like this, old man? Kyosuke felt really awkward looking at the old man's pose. He would never stand it if he stood there for a whole day. It seemed that he had never moved since he met him? Wouldn't this guy stand here like this when he went to bed at night? Or has he never moved since he moved into the office? Could it be that he turned so slowly because his legs were stiff?
The old man of the mountain ignored Kyosuke's expression and continued to speak slowly in his low and magnetic voice: "Your Highness Kyosuke, what you are worried about is just a small matter. Whether the man's matter is related to you or not, you don't need to worry, because it has already happened. If you are really afraid that someone will make the bell ring in advance because of you, then we can do it for you."
"Grandpa, what exactly do you mean by this?" Kyosuke was completely confused. On the one hand, these people admitted that they were useless, but on the other hand, they said that they were important. It sounded like they were saying that their own existence was important, which meant that he, a time traveler, was needed by them.
"Your Highness Kyousuke, as I said before, even though you have no talent, it does not mean that you are unimportant. For us Heroic Spirits who have come down from the Throne, you are an existence that we must protect now."
Kyosuke found that the other party mentioned a term that he had been struggling with recently. Ever since that dream, Kyosuke has been thinking about the meaning of the word "seat" that the "half-broken" man told him. He intuitively believed that this must be related to the heroic spirits that appeared around him, but every time he wanted to knock on his predecessors at work, the other party always cleverly avoided it.
Therefore, when the old man of the mountain said this word, Kyosuke was eager to know the truth of all this. He anxiously asked the old man of the mountain: "Are you talking about [seat]? Is this referring to your Seat of Heroes?"
"Oh, Your Highness, have you heard this word somewhere?"
Yamano seemed to be somewhat interested in Kyosuke's big reaction, which was a little unexpected for him.
Kyousuke quickly told the old man of the mountain about his dream. After thinking for a moment, the old man said, "It seems that Merlin is right, Your Highness Kyousuke. If it is true, it is possible for us to return to our throne."
"So the place you came to is the [Seat]. Is that the throne of the Heroic Spirits?"
"That's right and that's not right. The Seat is our abode in the outside world. As long as we are in the Seat, we will live forever. But staying in one place all the time will eventually make us bored, so sometimes we will secretly come down from the Seat to the human world."
Are you the fairies in heaven who are thinking about love? Do you think your boss knows that you just came down to earth so casually? Wait, maybe there are no such bosses in this world, so you can do whatever you want?
"So you can get down from your seat at any time and do whatever you want in the world?"
Hearing Kyosuke's question, the Curse Arm beside him quickly explained: "Of course we can't do whatever we want. We also have to abide by certain rules, such as not interfering too much. At the same time, after leaving the Seat, we will lose the blessing of the Seat. So when people in the world see us, they won't feel that this person is the person in the history book. At most, they will just think that we are just ordinary people who happen to have the same name and surname as someone else."
Yes, yes, an ordinary person who is proficient in various assassination techniques and doesn't care if his loli carries two daggers on the street.
"And then?" Because the old man's words were too painful to listen to, Kyoji asked the Curse Wrist directly.
The Cursed Arm secretly glanced at the First Generation and found that the other party did not care, so he explained to Kyosuke: "It's like this, because our history, deeds, achievements, etc. are all recorded in the [Throughout the World], if we stay in the human world for too long, we will disappear because we are disconnected from the [Through the World] for too long. Originally, this is nothing, we can return to the [Through the World] at any time, but for some reason, about 25 years ago, our connection with the [Through the World] was suddenly cut off. Those who have come to the human world have no way to contact or return to the [Through the World], and at the same time, the Heroic Spirits in the [Through the World] who are unaware of it have come to the human world one after another. Unknowingly, a large number of Heroic Spirits who cannot return home have stayed in the human world."
"Are you migrant workers who can't buy train tickets and go back home to celebrate the New Year?" Kyosuke couldn't resist the urge to complain and spoke out what was in his mind.
"Lord Kyosuke, your analogy is too much." Curse Wrist wiped the non-existent cold sweat and continued to explain to Kyosuke, "As I said just now, if we leave the seat for too long, we will disappear, so everyone was very anxious at that time, so all the heroic spirits in the world gathered together, trying to prolong their time in the world, and on the other hand, they were also looking for ways to return. This is also the origin of the earliest Heroic Spirit Association. But unfortunately, these two things did not go smoothly. Although several wise men have found a way to prolong our existence in the world - to allow people in the world to clearly recognize that we are the hero or celebrity on the [seat], but these things are all recorded in the [seat]. Under the influence of the rules of the world, we have no way to make people believe that we are the person in history or legend. Everyone has thought of many ways. Lord King Arthur opening a store is also an attempt by Lord Merlin. He tried to stabilize our form in the world by creating our own new legends or idol worship."
It turns out that the story of the manager opening a male host bar is so complicated. I always thought that the round table gang was just bored and wanted to have some fun.
"That was the case at the beginning, but the effect was not very good or had no effect at all. But now continuing to open the store is entirely a matter of Lord Merlin's own interest and Lord King Arthur needs a source of income for his own food expenses." Curse Arm seemed to see what Kyosuke was thinking, so he added another sentence at the end.
"Hehe." Kyosuke found that he was still too naive and thought that those two guys who were in cahoots with each other would be serious. Return my gratitude to you, bastard!
"Curse wrist, tell me the point, do you want to hand over your head?"
Wang Ha felt that the topic was becoming increasingly off-topic and once again looked at Zhuwan with a red light in his eyes.
"I'm really sorry, Master Shodai." Seeing his leader's ferocious look, Curse Arm immediately became intimidated. He quickly changed the subject and continued to explain to Kyosuke: "As I said just now, we failed in both tasks, which made us desperate. If we disappear in the world, then the records about us in [Za] will also disappear, and then our history and legends will disappear with it."
"What will happen if we disappear together? Will it turn into the incineration of humanity?" Kyosuke thought to himself, I couldn't have actually traveled to the world of FGO, right?
Curse Arm quickly waved his hands and said, "How could that be? That's too exaggerated. Besides, the world is not such a fragile thing. The world has the ability to repair itself. It will actively repair the vacancies caused by our disappearance, such as finding other people to replace us, or turning into another thing and then converging back to the current world line. But for ourselves, if we disappear, we really don't exist. So everyone in the world is really anxious, especially at the end, a few people with sparse records have disappeared. After the guy named Kojiro completely disappeared, his existence was replaced by an old gatekeeper who appeared out of nowhere."
"Poof~" Kyosuke, who was drinking tea, sprayed out all the tea in his mouth after hearing this. Is this guy really unable to escape the fate of being a gatekeeper no matter where he goes?
"Just when everyone was at their wits' end and ready to die, one day seventeen years ago, suddenly everyone's ever-flowing existence was fixed."
"You mean my birth solved your crisis?"
Hearing Kyosuke's question, Curse Arm pinched his chin and thought: "From what we learned later, it should be so, but we didn't know it at the time. We only found that we were no longer in danger of disappearing, and the existence that had been lost was slowly replenished. When everyone was looking for the reason for our continued existence, they all found that in this far east, the speed of our existence recovery was particularly fast. So everyone chose to settle down here, while continuing to study how to return to the [Seat], searching all of Japan for items or something else that could allow us to survive."
"And you found me?"
"About a year ago, King Arthur accidentally met you, Kyousuke. Because your existence is quite special, as long as we Heroic Spirits come into contact with you face to face, we can directly confirm that you are the one who allows us to exist. So King Arthur, who recognized you at first sight, hired you directly when he knew you were looking for a job."
"Why me?" Although Kyosuke already had some ideas, he still asked in order to confirm his guess.
"Although it is all speculation so far, because you are too important, Master Kyosuke, we cannot conduct in-depth research on you. However, according to Master Merlin and Master Jill's speculation, it is very likely that your soul is not from this world, so it will not be affected by the rules of this world, which allows you to know our history and the past."
In other words, did these big guys know about my being a time traveler from the very beginning?
Kyosuke felt that he must be the most shameful and humiliating time traveler in the world. Not only did he not have the halo of Long Aotian, but his identity was also guessed clearly by others.
"So everything was planned by you? I was hired as well?"
"What? Lord Kyosuke thinks we are using you again? Are we trying to be more careful when approaching you?"
Kyosuke didn't say anything. He did feel cheated. In Camelot, he felt that he had an inseparable bond with everyone, but in fact, everyone was only qualified to integrate because of his special physique and not because of Kyosuke Kousaka himself.
"So, Your Highness Kyosuke, you are still too naive. Maybe we accepted you at the beginning because you are special, but didn't you accept Arthur's employment for the reward? It seems that you also had impure intentions when you contacted everyone in Camelot. Regardless of the original purpose, whether you are in Camelot or here, all your ties with us are not all lies, and our feelings for you are not all exploitation. I believe that if you really get into trouble, everyone in Camelot will definitely help you, not because you are indispensable to us, but because you are already a member of Camelot."
Kyosuke didn't say anything. He knew that what the old man said was not a lie, but he couldn't accept it. He always thought that he had won the recognition of everyone in Camelot through his own efforts. He could become friends with the famous Knights of the Round Table. He always thought that this was his greatest achievement since his rebirth 17 years ago.
As expected, I still have accomplished nothing? Kyousuke thought dejectedly.
"Master Kyousuke, why don't you go back first? We will investigate the matter you asked us to do."
Curse Arm saw that Kyosuke currently had too many things that he needed to think about and digest slowly, so he decided to end the conversation there and then.
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Curse Arm looked at Kyosuke's lost back and felt a little bit reluctant. He asked the old man of the mountain: "Shodai-sama, is this okay?"
"Boys need setbacks to grow into men. I believe he will not let me down."
The Old Man of the Mountain stood there and answered Curse Wrist's question in a serious tone.
Curse Arm was a little embarrassed by the answer of the First Generation. He thought about it for a while and finally asked his question, "Well, First Generation. What I want to ask is, can we not tell him about the side effects of his antidote? He will vomit all night when he goes home."
After a moment of silence, the red light in the old man's eyes shone brighter than ever before: "Cursed Arm, you really do want to hand over your head."
Chapter 30 Yang No: Kyosuke, can I give you an assist?
Kyosuke never went to Camelot after leaving the detective agency that day. He didn't know how to face Gawain and the others. He was afraid that he didn't have the right attitude and might say something wrong and embarrass everyone. However, Camelot didn't come to him or contact him by phone. Kyosuke guessed that Hassan told the store manager about the situation. Camelot probably knew that he needed a few days to adjust his mood.
Kyosuke has been staying at home these past two days, except for the night he came back from the office when he vomited in the toilet all night due to the drug reaction of the antidote, which caused him to sleep until noon the next day. After that, except for eating, he stayed alone in his room to finish his homework. It's not because Kyosuke suddenly became fond of studying, but because he felt that if he didn't find something to do, he would be alone with his thoughts and fall into endless inferiority.
On the afternoon of the third day, Kanae, who had been ignoring Kyosuke, entered Kyosuke's room. Seeing Kyosuke reading a book dressed neatly, she snorted in dissatisfaction.
Kyosuke knew that the other party had been trying to catch him reading restricted books and magazines during a surprise inspection, so that she could gossip with the neighbors. However, Kyosuke, who knew the content of the original work, would not be so stupid as to let her catch him. Every time he bought books and magazines, he would scan them with his mobile phone outside and save them in a private folder on his mobile phone, and then throw the books away.
Moreover, Kyosuke is very careful about the occasion and time when he uses books every time he is at home. Except for going to the toilet, which is the only time when he can lock the door at home, he basically will not read these things.
Of course, there were no books for children of this age, and there were no tissues in the room. This made Kousaka Yoshino doubt about her eldest son's sexual orientation for a long time, and she shared her thoughts with Eriri and the neighbors. Except for Eriri who knew the inside story and just made fun of Kyosuke, the other neighbors looked at Kyosuke with strange eyes for a long time. There were even two junior high school boys who immediately covered their buttocks and ran away when they found that Kyosuke was looking back at them.
After another surprise inspection failed, Kanao said to Kyosuke regretfully: "Kyosuke, there is a girl looking for you."
"Hmm? A girl?" Kyosuke was a little surprised. From Kano's tone, she must have never seen her before. Among the young women he knew, the only ones his mother hadn't seen were Mordred and Yukinoshita Yukino. If it was Mordred, he would definitely be able to hear her even from the second floor. Could it be Yukinoshita Yukino? Was she going to come to settle accounts with him?
After Kyosuke ran downstairs, he found that he had only guessed half right. The other person was indeed Yukinoshita, but not Yukino.
"Good afternoon, Kyousuke-kun."
It was Yang Noi. She was wearing a black formal dress and was standing at the entrance, greeting him with a smile.
"Hello. Yukinoshita..."
"Just call me Haruno. Here's the thing, Kyousuke-kun, do you have time now? I want to talk to you."
Kyosuke didn't really want to agree to the other party. After all, he had done such a thing with the other party's mother, and the other party's father had just passed away. Kyosuke didn't think the other party would talk to him properly. But he couldn't refuse. If the other party told Kano or the neighbors about it, he would definitely not just be beaten up. It is very likely that Daisuke would take the initiative to send him to the police station.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to cause trouble, I just want to talk to you." Yang No saw Kyosuke's concerns, but she didn't care at all.
"What's wrong? Kyosuke?" At this time, Kano appeared behind the two of them, looking very worried. She subconsciously felt that it must be her eldest son who had caused something difficult to deal with again.
"It's okay, Auntie. I'm Kyousuke's sister. Kyousuke took care of my sister before, and I came here to thank him."
"Kyosuke, is this true?"
"Yes, I'm going to go out for a while, and I'll be back for dinner in the evening."
Kyosuke finally decided to follow the path given by Yono. He had a feeling that if he didn't go out and talk with the other party today, she would definitely not give up until she achieved her goal.
"Then we'll go first. Bye, Auntie."
Jianao stood at the door with her head tilted, a little confused. Why did the tone of the child's voice when he called her "Obasan" sound so strange?
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In the small private room of the coffee shop, Kyosuke sat down and asked Yang No: "Okay, what do you want to say, if it's about your mother..."
Yang No glared at Kyosuke, then glanced at the waiter next to her to signal Kyosuke to shut up, and then she ordered two cups of coffee from the waiter.
After the waiter brought both cups of coffee, Yang Nai waved her hand to ask the waiter to leave.
When only Kyosuke and Yono were left in the room, Kyosuke couldn't wait to say, "What do you want to talk to me about? About your mother?"
Yang No slowly put the sugar cube into the coffee and stirred it. When she heard Kyosuke's question, she said calmly, "So urgent? Don't you want to drink coffee?"
Kyosuke crossed his arms and looked at Haruno without saying a word. He was thinking whether he should protect his face or his lower body if the other party threatened to fight him to the death because of his father's death.
Fumino picked up the coffee with sugar and brought it to her lips and took a sip elegantly. This action instantly reminded Kyosuke of Fumino. Although Yukino and Fumino were more similar in appearance, Haruno, as the elder sister, was more like her mother in terms of behavior and temperament.
Seeing the other party's leisurely look, Kyosuke suddenly felt that this should be the other party's strategy to wear out his patience. He probably wanted to wait for his patience to run out and reveal a flaw. For this reason, Kyosuke took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.
Yang Nuo couldn't help laughing when she saw Kyosuke's funny look. She put down her coffee and said, "I'm really here to treat you and your coffee. Don't be too nervous. And I promise I didn't bring a recorder or anything like that, so you can rest assured."