Chapter 1157: Returning to Kijoko City
"Uwah!"
Eiji let out a loud yawn as he climbed out of bed.
He had slept exceptionally well last night and felt full of energy.
During his long stay in the Fairy Kingdom, he hadn't had many peaceful nights of sleep.
"Brother, which era's Heroic Spirit are you from?"
Just as he entered the living room, his younger sister Okita Souji ran over and asked mischievously.
"Huh? Souji, you've awakened too?"
"I've been awakened for over a month now!"
Okita Souji's face was full of resentment.
If you hadn't been fighting right in front of me back then, I wouldn't have had my memories triggered so quickly. Unfortunately, my happy student life was gone forever—now her mind was filled with memories of when she was an executioner!
No comparison, no pain!
"Is your mind okay?"
"Brother, why are you cursing me?"
Souji looked at him with disbelief.
"I meant, has your personality collapsed?"
Eiji explained in detail the side effects of failed awakenings. In short, it meant being unable to withstand the painful memories of past lives, leading to personality collapse and becoming a puppet-like Shadow Servant.
Okita Souji shuddered violently.
"Whoever did this has such a twisted sense of humor!"
However, Souji showed no signs of such collapse.
This was probably because her past life was merely unsatisfactory rather than truly painful.
Those like Medea had it much worse.
"A-ri, remember to go to school today!"
Minamoto no Raikou brought out breakfast, smiling as gently as ever.
Her knitted sweater outfit was as eye-catching as always.
"School? Wasn't it destroyed?"
"You've been gone for two months—the school must have been rebuilt long ago."
So fast.
Now that he thought about it, the chairman of Type-Moon Academy was Gilgamesh.
Having deep pockets really makes a difference.
"Why do I still have to go to school when I'm this powerful?"
With such internal grumbling, Eiji left home together with Souji.
"Oh, by the way, Mrs. Artoria and Miss Arcueid have come looking for you several times. You should respond when you have time."
"Okay!"
Just thinking about Mrs. Pendragon made Eiji feel instantly energized.
Arcueid can wait!
Type-Moon Academy.
"Huh? When did Mr. Amakusa resign?"
At the school gate, Okita Souji looked at the new security guard in surprise.
The new guard was an elderly white-haired man wearing a Chinese tunic suit, who looked somewhat easy to bully.
But anyone who actually thought that would learn what Chinese Great Spear A+++ really meant!
The previous security guard, Amakusa Shirou, had disappeared at some point.
"There was a theft at the school not long ago."
The old man in the Chinese tunic suit answered their question methodically.
"The previous security guard was fired for inadequate security."
"Wow, someone actually managed to steal from this place?"
Eiji exclaimed in admiration.
With all those strange characters keeping an eye on this place, wouldn't the thief get completely wrecked!
"Hmph, who knows."
The old man snorted lightly, unconcerned.
After entering the school, the siblings went their separate ways.
"Hey, Eiji, which era's Heroic Spirit are you? How come I've never heard your name?"
No sooner had he returned to his seat than Achilles leaned over with a curious expression.
"Whoa, Achilles, have you awakened too?"
"Yeah! Just a few days ago, I had this weird dream out of nowhere!"
Achilles tapped his head.
"You were on leave before, so you didn't know, but actually, the Heroic Spirits in our class—like Suzuka Gozen and Jeanne—have all awakened too!"
"What the hell?"
Eiji's head was filled with question marks.
He glanced over at Suzuka Gozen and Jeanne, receiving a fangirl smile and a polite smile in return.
"And other classes too—Jeanne's sister, several Artorias in the second year—I heard they've all awakened!"
Achilles casually dropped some astonishing information.
What's going on?
Why are so many Heroic Spirits awakening all at once?
After pressing for details for a while, Eiji realized that nearly ninety percent of the student Heroic Spirits at Type-Moon Academy had awakened, with the remaining ten percent showing signs of doing so too.
After sharing information, they discovered most Heroic Spirits had naturally awakened after dreaming about their past lives.
But no one knew where these dreams came from.
Some seemed to know but kept their mouths shut.
After class began.
Eiji noticed that aside from Jeanne, all the Heroic Spirit students in class had vanished.
So, he naturally skipped class too and went to Scáthach's office.
"Scáthach, what's going on?"
"About what?"
"This awakening speed."
"Ah, that."
Facing his confusion, Scáthach gave an enigmatic answer.
"Well, the initial screening process has been artificially accelerated, so we'll likely enter the final screening soon."
Artificially accelerated.
Eiji pondered the implications behind this, lost in thought.
"By the way, what about Aoko?"
"Soon."
After leaving the office, Eiji headed to the student council.
"Lord Eiji, long time no see."
Mata Hari opened the door for him, bowed respectfully, and revealed the hideous scar on her chest.
"Is Nero here?"
"About that, the head actually wanted to contact you too."
He'd only intended to find Nero, but Mata Hari directly turned on the video call television.
On the other end was the Grand Lancer, Founder Romulus, sitting like Commander Ikari.
"Nero is missing."
"What?"
Eiji looked surprised.
He'd only been gone for two months—why were unexpected events piling up one after another?
"Is it because of awakening or something?"
"No, it's unrelated to awakening. She disappeared quite ordinarily, and I haven't found any trace of her."
That's anything but ordinary!
Not to mention Romulus is the current Grand Lancer with terrifying strength—the Roman Group also holds immense influence in this Singularity. If even they can't find Nero... it could only mean Nero has encountered trouble beyond imagination!
"I originally wanted to ask if you knew Nero's whereabouts, but it seems unnecessary now."
Romulus sighed slowly.
"Do you think it's possible?"
Eiji frowned, hinting at something.
Beast VI!
The Great Whore of Babylon!
One of Nero's potential paths!
"I hope not."
Anyway, contact me when you have leads.
After leaving these words, Romulus ended the video call.
Eiji left the student council.
It felt like just two months away, yet the world had become almost unfamiliar!
"So you're the so-called 'god'?"
While heading toward the school gate, Eiji noticed a girl loitering around the entrance.
Eiji hadn't intended to pay her any attention, but she was the one who initiated the conversation.
She scrutinized Eiji closely, her eyes showing a hint of admiration for a finely crafted object, but even more so, disdain for him as a person.
"Aside from being good-looking, you seem utterly useless, completely lacking in substance!"
"Hmph, at least I'm far better than a Beast who got beaten to tears!"
Eiji replied with a hollow laugh.
She was a loli.
White hair, red pupils.
She had the same face as BB and was dressed in an elementary school uniform.
But she was an arrogant little brat with a smug expression.
"You!"
Struck right in her sore spot, the little brat immediately flared up in anger.
"I don't have time to play with you, move aside!"
But Eiji paid her no mind, his figure flickering as he vanished from the spot.
"You just wait!"
Kama gritted her teeth, unleashing her impotent rage.
The elderly man in the Zhongshan suit watched the direction Eiji had left, nodding slightly in approval.
The young man's skills are impressive; hopefully, there will be a chance to spar.