Chapter 45: Shirou Emiya, What is Your Reason for Fighting?
Masamichi Yaga, Principal of the Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College.
His Sorcerer grade is classified as Grade 1, and he is a master of creating Cursed Dolls [Cursed Corpses]. At the same time, he was Gojo Satoru's homeroom teacher at the Technical College many years ago, which is why he still carries a strange sense of pressure when speaking to the 'Strongest' person.
Perhaps this is the innate restraint a teacher has over a student?
And the reason he followed the route to find this place was, of course, the battle that just occurred.
The commotion was so massive that if the Technical College wasn't shielded by a Barrier Technique, probably half of Tokyo would have felt the explosive sound and the tremor that felt like an earthquake.
Before learning from the Assistant Supervisors that Gojo Satoru was sparring with someone on the mountain, Masamichi Yaga had thought a missile had struck the Technical College's hill.
With his own school nearly torn down by someone, how could he, the principal, not rush over to see what was happening?
"Hold on, hold on, Principal Yaga~ Don't be angry now~"
Facing Masamichi Yaga, who was clearly furious, Gojo Satoru cautiously adopted a posture resembling a Maneki-neko (beckoning cat) and waved his hand towards him. "To test true talent, combat is an indispensable method... Look here, look here, I've found a very good teacher for you.
Shirou Emiya, despite his young age, is already a Grade 1 Sorcerer now."
"...Huh?"
Emiya was a bit confused. He had expected Gojo Satoru to introduce him, but what did he mean by saying he had found a very good teacher?
He didn't recall agreeing to such a thing.
Strictly speaking, he hadn't even fully graduated from high school yet, and at best, he was only a middle school graduate. Could someone in this situation really be a teacher? What if he was younger than his own students?!
Emiya was starting to suspect that Gojo Satoru said this merely to shift the focus of the problem away from himself, as Masamichi Yaga's gaze was clearly fixed on him.
"Hello, I am Shirou Emiya... pleased to meet you." Regardless, living in their school, he couldn't possibly neglect basic manners, could he?
"Shirou Emiya... I have heard that a very strong, rising Sorcerer appeared in the Tokyo area, who consecutively subjugated over twenty Grade 1 Cursed Spirits in less than half a month. I didn't expect him to be so young."
Even the more experienced and knowledgeable Masamichi Yaga was astonished by Emiya's performance.
He could tell that Emiya's age was probably similar to that of the students at the Technical College, yet in the area of Cursed Spirit Exorcism, he was clearly more capable than most Sorcerers.
Despite his position as Principal of the Technical College, due to the constant shortage of personnel in the Jujutsu world, Masamichi Yaga inevitably had to take on Cursed Spirit Exorcism missions, so he understood how incredible it was to achieve such a feat.
Likewise, he understood Gojo Satoru better than most people—
"But, Satoru.
Don't think that changing the subject will make me ignore your responsibility for destroying the back hill. Even for various reasons, making a mistake still warrants reprimand. As a teacher, you must first serve as an example to your students.
If the students weren't currently away from school, wait a minute...
What is the meaning of that, Satoru?"
Because after entering the room, Masamichi Yaga's attention had been mostly focused on the stranger, Emiya, so only now did he notice the large hole in Gojo Satoru's chest.
The Reverse Cursed Technique can heal flesh, but it clearly doesn't have the function of repairing clothing. And because he was only concerned with rushing back to eat the curry rice, Gojo Satoru even forgot that he needed to change into new clothes to not look like an exhibitionist.
"You mean this? Isn't it obvious? It's a wound Emiya-kun inflicted during the fight.
Even though I tried my absolute best to find a way, I still couldn't stop that attack from coming... Even thinking about it now, it feels so unfair." Gojo Satoru's body had been replenished with sugar after eating, but his refreshed brain still couldn't come up with a way to directly counter the Sword of Reversed Light.
Unfair, unfair, this is indeed too unfair!!
"Wounding Satoru to this extent, are you really not joking...?"
While saying this, Masamichi Yaga knew that Gojo Satoru would not lie about such a thing. If he had previously considered the idea of having a child serve as a Technical College teacher a joke, he now had no choice but to take it seriously.
After all, upon learning that someone could injure the 'Strongest' person in the Jujutsu world like this, who wouldn't immediately take notice?
Masamichi Yaga hadn't seen Gojo Satoru suffer such severe injuries since the 'Star Plasma Vessel Incident' many years ago. Or rather, apart from that one incident, the genius named Gojo Satoru had never sustained any damage.
"In that case, Shirou Emiya... I am compelled to take seriously the matter of whether to allow you to take a position at the Technical College."
"...Huh?!" Emiya had initially thought that this Principal, who was infinitely more serious than Gojo Satoru, would righteously refuse that suggestion, so why did he suddenly start getting serious about this?
Have him, a student who hasn't even finished high school, become a teacher? Is this real?! How did they manage to align their brainwaves on such a strange point?
"No, no, no, becoming a teacher is definitely too early for me. If it's purely about combat, I could teach some techniques or something..."
"Shirou Emiya."
Emiya was trying hard to explain why he couldn't be a teacher, but then heard Masamichi Yaga call his name with great seriousness.
Emiya raised his head, and couldn't help but become serious in response to the other party's solemn expression.
"I want to know, what is your reason for choosing to become a Sorcerer?"
"...A reason?"
"That's right. To become a qualified guide, you must first possess a clear philosophy in order to provide students with correct guidance... So answer me, what is your reason for choosing to become a Sorcerer?"
Masamichi Yaga's question was sharp, but for an educator in the Jujutsu world, this sharpness is necessary.
The Jujutsu world is not safe like ordinary society; every Sorcerer is destined to step onto a brutal battlefield. Therefore, their job is not to gloss over the truth but to teach students how to find the right direction on this cruel path.
Now then, what answer will Emiya give? He is very much looking forward to it.
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