Chapter 133: Luck Doing its Part

After Mami became his student, Shiro tried to awaken her circuits; however, it all went according to his theory. Rather than the body, Magic Circuits are attached to the soul.

This is the reason why he didn't succeeded with Mami's awakening. Her soul is stored inside the Soul Gem, thus it couldn't manifest as a "pseudo-nervous" system; she needs to have a connection between the body and the soul.

After all, its usage involved the conversion of physical nerves into the metaphysical Magic Circuits, turning the body into a container for magecraft.

Still, he gave her the basic magecraft books that were written and printed out by him. The use of her Soul Gem can completely substitute Magic Circuits, so she's able to use them.

With all that, Shiro left and went to eat his breakfast. Thankfully, he spotted another restaurant in which he ordered an omurice.

As he waited, he took out a pair of wireless earphones and wore it.

Buzz-!

"Shiro!"

"Are you alright?"

He hadn't forgotten the two on the [Lightcube]. Knowing that they connected to the outside world, they must've seen him getting out of the factory all bloodied.

"I'm fine."

"Really..?" Strea asked with a huge doubt in her tone. Ever since they got together with him, that is the first time they saw Shiro being that injured. Even when he fought off against Heathcliff, he's really chill about it.

"I'll trust you this time."

Unexpectedly, Cardinal said helplessly as she added, "Though, I can see your favoritism with young girls."

Shiro deadpanned upon hearing this. He'd already realized how tough it would be to accompany someone with Touka's personality—they'll take a jab every now and then. Of course, this made his life more fun and interesting, so he didn't mind playing with Cardinal.

"Eh? Shiro?! Don't get arrested!" Strea said with genuine concern. She knew many things thanks to the internet and one of them are laws.

"...I wouldn't because I didn't do anything wrong."

Seeing that Shiro gave her no chance to make a jab, Cardinal went to her normal self.

"What do you plan to do here?" She asked.

"Here? We'll finish the mission first. Maybe there's something useful in the [Store] that can help Madoka-chan to avoid being a Witch."

The [Store] section is undeniably luxurious, but each item in it are miraculous. An example of that is the [Magic Circuit Enhancement: Quantity] and [Magic Circuit Enhancement: Quality].

They both costed 5,000 Points, which gave someone a certain chance to enhance his/her circuits. This success rate depends on the amount and quality of the Magic Circuits, so it's the same as gambling in the [Random Spin].

The point here is that... Magic Circuits are fixed at birth and only by doing some painful procedures, such as how Shirou Emiya forcefully converted his own nerves to Magic Circuits due to Kiritsugu's stupid machinations.

"Well, let's focus on the rewards first." He murmured.

"Oh right! Your own game system!"

The innocent Strea became excited along with Shiro. The latter didn't mind telling them about his system since they already knew about his [World Travel] shenanigans and he trusted them enough based on what he saw. Both of these souls didn't conceal anything unlike Mami, laying bare their true feelings at him.

That's why he sensed Cardinal's slowly changing feelings towards him.

Shiro called forth the previous prompts like a system log. It all started from the notifications when he completed Kaede's mission.

[Official Quest Complete! Reward settlement...]

[+3,000,000 Soul Points]

[+5 Random Ability Card]

[+1 Ability Upgrader (SS)]

[+1 Buff Upgrader (SS)]

[Hidden Quest Complete! Help Tomoe Mami from her own [Unbroken Will] ! Reward Settlement...]

[+5,000,000 Soul Points]

[+5 Weapon Enhancement Cards]

[+1 Future-gauging Card]

[+1 Ability Upgrader (SSS)]

[+1 Time Card]

[Hidden QUEST Complete! Fully save Tomoe Mami from her destiny! Reward Settlement...]

[+50,000 Points]

[+1 Random Ticket (SSR)]

[+1 50% Discount Coupon (SR)]

[Hidden Quest Completed! Have 10 students. Reward Settlement...]

[+3,000,000 Soul Points]

[+3 Ability Upgrader (S)]

[+2 Starter Packs (Students)]

[+3 Enlightenment Chances (Students)]

[Mentorship System has been unlocked!]

Once he's done scrolling through everything, only one word is left out of him:

"Wow."

When he went through the Ranks of Aura Knight and Circle Magician, he's quite stumped on how they required millions upon millions of Soul Points to upgrade. Back in the previous realm, he needed a few hundred thousand Soul Points at best, so how did this happen?

Shiro got his answer once he finished going through many light novels and games. His path seems to go through the path of maximizing benefit, usurping every single beneficial thing to him before going to the next level. This held true once he reached the peak of his current realm, whereas they gave him stats similar to a Grand Magician/Knight.

Looking at his current Soul Points...

[Soul Points: 51,002,900]

'Finally...'

This is the result of a year of farming on Aincrad. While he received quests there, the rewards weren't as lucrative as today's. A single week netted him more than 15M Soul Points, which is more than a fifth of what's needed to upgrade his jobs to the next realm.

'I'll settle this later. For now...'

Shiro opened the [Abilities] tab besides his [Status] tab. There, his abilities from the system are showcased.

[Abilities]

Energy Box (S): Stores 75,000 (Current Mana Stat*100) Mana in an independent space. The stored energy can be freely taken out by the user.

Counter (SS): Whenever you block or counter an enemy's attack, there will be a 60%~70% chance to send the attack back with 80% of its power.

Time Control (SS): Allows the manipulation of time. Endless applications can be done, but the energy spent will be greater.

Critical Strike (A): Gives a 50% increment to the attack damage once activated.

Swift Stride (B): Once activated, the user's speed will be increased by 15%.

Danger Sense—Passive (S): Gives the user heightened senses when dangers far above his current level is/are met.

Thanks to those time in Aincrad, he still managed to gain 3 more Random Abilities. Though, it can be seen here that the more dangerous the mission is, the greater the rewards that he'll get.

Pinching the 5 Cards made out of white light, Shiro gained new abilities as 5 streaks of light entered his body.

[Abilities]

Sword Master—Passive (S) (NEW!): Grants an additional 50% in physical and elemental damage when wielding a sword.

Blacksmith—Passive (SS) (NEW!): Increases mastery in terms of smithing. There's a chance of gaining stat points whenever a successful masterpiece is made.

Ocular Enhancement (S) (NEW!): When activated, all eye-related abilities will be increased by 30%.

Identity Theft (A) (NEW!): Allows the user to replicate an attack that they witnessed and understood. However, only a maximum of 20% of the attack can be replicated—the understanding is in proportion to it.

Smile More! (S) (NEW!): When this ability is activated, your smile can charm whoever sees it for a period of time. Effects are proportional to the Charm Stat.

Seeing the abilities that he got, he could only say:

'My luck overdid it again...'

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A/N: He also got dozens of abilities from the crazy random spins that he got, but it won't be mentioned for now since I'm still deciding some of them. One more thing, this reward unraveling chapter would last for another chapter or two before we move on to the next scenario (which I can hopefully execute well enough).

Happy reading~!

Fact #82: Fuyuki City is divided into two towns: Miyama Town and Shinto Town. Miyama Town is where the traditional and foreign houses are built. This includes Tohsaka's mansion and Matou's household. On the other hand, Shinto Town is where the Fuyuki fire had happened. Due to it, many buildings are rebuilt, causing it to usher in modern development. The Ryuudou Temple is also present in the Shinto Town, as well as the place where the destruction of Holy Grail had occurred; it's now a gloomy park.