After Shirou killed the butler Thomas with one sword, he was also stabbed in the throat by a dagger because of the other's rampage. But luckily, he was fast enough, and the other party didn't have time to react. Plus, Shirou used magic to strengthen himself, and even used the indestructible holy Durandal, relying on this angel sword to give himself a layer of protection.
So even if Shirou's throat was cut by a dagger, he was not in any life danger.
Although it looked like a lot of blood, it could be completely healed with simple healing magic, or even just bandaging.
However, Shirou never expected that the Boreas family didn't seem to think so about his condition.
The people of this family are generally a bunch of stubborn weirdos who think their way is the only way, so Shirou, who clearly thought he was fine, was still forced to stay in the medical room, being taken care of by several orc maids from the Boreas family.
Sauros even directly summoned the best doctors and healing mages to conduct a comprehensive examination of Shirou's body to prevent any aftereffects.
Shirou was really helpless about the Boreas family's overreaction.
But he didn't feel bad about it.
Because he could feel their concern for him from the Boreas family's actions. Although the method was a bit excessive, this was also the Boreas family's love for their family members, a reflection of them truly regarding Shirou as a member of their family.
Of course, no matter how he could accept it mentally.
In reality, Shirou was still a bit uncomfortable when he had to face several orc-eared maids running around in front of him all day, and he wasn't allowed to go out at all.
So every day in the evening, he would try his best to sneak out of the ward when no one was around, find a place where no one was around, and start practicing swordsmanship.
This fusion with the Servant card allowed him to understand the power of Servant Emiya a step further, and also gave him a deeper understanding of what true projection is.
However, a Servant-level magic circuit was still a huge burden for him.
Each use would cause the Servant's power to further erode him.
Like this time using projection to create the indestructible holy sword, although the strength of this projection was far less than the time he projected the shooting hundred heads, Shirou could clearly feel that the white hair on his head had expanded a bit more than before after it ended, meaning that he was further affected by the power of Servant Emiya.
This was undoubtedly unacceptable to Shirou. He began to look for ways to replace projection and strengthen his combat power in a normal state.
But for now, he couldn't find any particularly good way other than learning Sword God Style.
Shirou could only temporarily aim for a higher level of Sword God Style.
Besides these things, the trial of Thomas and the kidnappers had also come to an end.
Basically, the Boreas family had determined that the mastermind behind the kidnapping was Darius, a noble in the royal capital.
When the name Darius was mentioned, everyone in the Boreas family felt inexplicably heavy.
The reason was simple: the other party's status was too high.
Darius came from a prominent family, bathed in the aura of power since he was a child, and easily climbed to the top of power, becoming a senior minister of the Asla Kingdom.
He not only held great power and had a prominent position, but also possessed an extremely elite private army, said to be able to compete with the kingdom's army.
At the same time, Darius himself was constantly climbing the ladder of power. In the kingdom, Darius's power was almost everywhere.
He used the power in his hands to manipulate the kingdom's decisions, exclude dissidents, and consolidate his position.
Eventually, he not only eliminated all his political enemies in the kingdom's high-level officials, but also supported his own forces. Even the heir to the throne had to rely on him to ensure his ability to take the throne.
Of course, if it were just like this, then Darius would at most be considered a hero, not a purely evil person.
But this man who had reached the peak of power, as time went on, the corruption of power gradually eroded his mind, making him increasingly greedy and cruel.
His morbid obsession with young girls further pushed him into the abyss of morality, making him a despicable demon.
In order to satisfy his desires, he secretly planned a series of outrageous conspiracies, especially targeting the children of noble families.
For targets he was interested in and liked, he would often send people to secretly kidnap them to his territory. After playing with them at will and losing interest, he would send people to the slave market or execute them.
It can be said that Darius is purely evil.
He distorted power into a tool to satisfy his selfish desires, and trampled on the lives and dignity of others without mercy, without any kindness.
Therefore, when they learned that Eris's kidnapping was related to a noble, the Boreas family was almost 100% sure that it was Darius who did it.
But the Boreas family was helpless about this. They couldn't fight or punish Darius at all. Even if they knew that the other party was the murderer, they could only pretend that nothing had happened and swallow their anger.
Shirou could completely understand the Boreas family's choice.
After all, going against Darius at this time would be like hitting a rock with an egg.
Not only would they not be able to defeat the other party, but it might even lead to the destruction of the Boreas family itself.
But even so, Shirou couldn't completely put Darius's existence aside in his heart. He secretly made up his mind that he would spend a lot of time trying to eliminate Darius in the future.
Even if it took a long time to prepare, he would not stop.
Because this is the justice he has chosen.
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After receiving treatment for a whole half month (although he was already healed), Shirou finally got a complete diagnosis from the healing mage, confirming that he had no injuries or aftereffects.
The people of the Boreas family were finally relieved and no longer forced Shirou to receive any care.
Just when Shirou felt that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief and welcome a peaceful and harmonious day, the door to his room was suddenly opened, and an energetic old man barged in.
"Shirou, you're all better!"
The visitor was undoubtedly Sauros.
This old man, who never controlled his volume, entered the room, reached out and grabbed Shirou's head, and then rubbed it roughly.
Although it was an impolite attitude, it showed that Shirou's status had further improved in the old man's heart, and he was completely family.
"Yes, I'm almost better."
"Good, good, good!"
Looking at Shirou's completely recovered body, the old man said "good" three times in a row and laughed loudly, "This time, thanks to you for saving Eris. Whatever reward you want, I will definitely satisfy you!"
Shirou then realized why Sauros was in such a hurry to find him.
The other party was planning to give him a reward.
However, Shirou was not the kind of person who cared about benefits. He didn't need anything external to reward himself. But looking at Sauros's appearance, it was obvious that the other party wouldn't give up easily.
Helpless, Shirou could only delay and say, "I haven't thought about what reward I want yet. Can I wait until I've thought about it?"
"Of course!"
Sauros said without hesitation, "You are the benefactor who saved my granddaughter. You don't need to have any concerns!"
"Okay, okay."
Shirou was gradually getting used to Sauros's loud and assertive speaking style. After all, he and Servant Emiya used to know someone named Fujimura Taiga, a figure like an older sister, who often spoke with a similar attitude.
Shirou didn't have much trouble getting used to it.
"Shirou!"
Sauros suddenly became serious again, "I have something I want to ask you to do."
"Ask me?"
Unexpectedly, the lord of the Phitoa territory would have something to ask of him, Shirou showed a puzzled attitude for a moment.
Sauros clapped his hands hard and looked at the door in the distance.
While Shirou was puzzled, he saw an incredible scene from the door of the room in the next second. A red-haired girl was wearing a maid's outfit, with animal ears on her head, and walked in from outside with her head lowered.
"This, this is..."
"Eris!"
While Shirou was in a daze, Sauros opened his mouth aggressively, "What should you do now?! Have you forgotten what I told you before?!"
Sauros's voice was very loud.
Shirou even felt that his eardrums would be shattered.
This old man really doesn't like to lower his volume at all.
While Shirou sighed in his heart, he found that Eris had raised her head because of Sauros's request.
The girl's face was flushed at this time, staring at Shirou fiercely, her face was full of anger and humiliation.
But since Sauros was there, she didn't dare to resist no matter what. She could only open her mouth with a delicate voice that was completely different from her usual behavior: "Plea...Please..."
"Is that the attitude you should use when asking someone for help?!"
Sauros seemed very dissatisfied with Eris's reaction and roared loudly.
After hearing this, Eris seemed to give up completely. She grabbed her long red hair from the roots and tied two braids on the sides of her head, turning them into pigtails.
Then, the maid-like young lady with animal ears and pigtails smiled cheerfully with an appearance that was almost like a different person: "Please, please teach Eris swordsmanship, meow☆"
"???"
Shirou was stunned for a long time by this scene that shattered his worldview.
Is this a prank?
Although he wanted to think so, the people of the Boreas family seemed to approve of Eris's behavior.
Without a doubt, the people of this family have something seriously wrong with their brains!
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