Chapter 34 -:34 Rias noted
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Needless to say neither Rias nor Sona were particularly pleased with their Pawns going behind their backs, a sentiment they made certain the two males understood by proceeding to render their backsides inoperable via demonically enhanced spanking, though Issei was given something of a reprieve for offering to take full responsibility for Koneko's involvement, for all the good it did him.
Fortunately for Shirou, while their displeasure extended to him as well, the fact he wasn't affiliated with either Peerage meant they really couldn't punish him for his involvement. Not only that, their concern for his well-being actually seemed to outweigh their displeasure, Rias even going so far as to teleport him to the Occult Research Club Building before fetching her Bishop, Asia Argento, to tend to the Faker with her Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing.
Now Shirou was no stranger to being healed, as even before the Grail War Kiritsugu had apparently pulled out all the stops to save his life after finding him in the ruins of the Fuyuki Fire. Since then, he'd been revived at least once by Rin, to say nothing of the miraculous healing he'd been forced to endure every time he recklessly endangered his life to save her, Saber or whoever happened to need him most at that moment. There was even the bizarre form of 'Healing' afforded to him by his Reality Marble, though he doubted any sane doctor would consider 'knitting his flesh together with swords in the shape of muscle tissue' as 'healing' by any stretch of the imagination.
Regardless, all forms of restoration he'd experienced up till now paled in comparison to the soothing bliss that was Asia Argento's Twilight Healing, the Sacred Gear that was both the reason for her ascension to the rank of 'Saint' and the reason she was condemned as a Witch in the same breath. Not only did it help to alleviate the pain that came from having to partially unseal Archer's arm, he was fairly certain it had healed some of the damage that simply being attached to the limb had wrought.
"Honestly..." Rias sighed, prompting the redheaded Faker to turn and face the Gremory and Sitri heiresses, who were seated on the couch on the other side of the table, their respective Queens flanking them while their errant pawns stood tenderly off to the side, unable to sit down after receiving their punishment for their unauthorized actions "I really don't know how to feel about you right now, Emiya-kun. Part of me wants to thank you for helping Issei and Koneko; another part wants to lecture you for sending Yuuto off with two Exorcists."
"To be fair, he'd have gone after them even if I hadn't intervened." Shirou offered by way of apology and as a means of placating Rias "At least with Hrunting they won't waste his energy looking down rabbit holes."
"Which brings us to our next concern." Sona cut in, a shiver racing up the Faker's spine as the shorter of the two heiresses primly adjusted her spectacles in a manner that somehow came off as menacing "How is it that you came across the weapon of a Legendary Hero?" she demanded "To my knowledge, Hrunting was lost centuries ago when Beowulf cast it aside during his fight with Grendel's mother."
"I don't suppose I could get away with saying 'Trade Secret'?" Shirou quipped, only to shiver as light glinted off her glasses "You remember how I explained how my branch of Magecraft works?"
"It allows the user to materialize objects in accordance to their imagination and skill level." Sona supplied word-for word, her expression unchanging "I also recall you saying it was essentially useless due to the inherent flaws involved in the process."
"Right, to most Magi, Gradation Air is only truly useful if you need something immediately and possess enough understanding of its basic structure to even manifest it." He tapped the side of his head "And for the longest time, I thought I was doing something similar, when in actuality I was actually using a personal variation of Gradation Air I've come to call 'Tracing'."
"Meaning you developed your own style using the basics of Gradation Air as a basis?" Tsubaki pondered, sounding honestly impressed by the achievement, as developing your own variation on a subject, be it Magecraft, sword fighting, or any other form of art, was no easy feat.
"In all honesty, I stumbled into it ass-first after being told what I was doing was wrong." Shirou admitted, honestly embarrassed as he recalled Rin berating him once she figured out why he was having so much trouble reinforcing a lamp, only to shake his head in confusion. That clearly wasn't one of his memories. Rin hadn't offered to tutor him in Projection until after they hatched upon the plan to Trace Zelretch's Jewel Sword.
"So how does your version differ from the official school?" Sona persisted, though her tone was now laced with intrigue, a sentiment shared by Rias as they looked down at him, arms crossed "And how could it allow you to recreate the weapon of a Hero, one missing since antiquity no less."
"My style differs in that not only does it reproduce the shape and substance of an object, it also fully recreates said objects entire history as well." Shirou supplied, earning raised brows from the Kings and their Queens, and looks of confusion from pretty much everyone else "Remember how I mentioned I was unable to learn traditional Magecraft? Part of the reason for that was due to my Origin and Element being unsuited for it."
"Makes sense." Rias noted, her expression understanding "Most people have a hard time mastering an element not their own, Sona's clan is notable for being affiliated with Water, so they have a hard time learning fire spells."
"Whereas the Gremory's have a hard time with delicate spells due to their penchant for passionately charging in head first." Sona quipped, the two rivals glaring at one another for a second before returning their attention to Shirou "What does this have to do with your Magecraft?"
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