On the streets of the Royal City.
Shirou once again solved a theft case.
A young woman who had come out to shop was picking out things in front of a store. When she was about to pay, a pickpocket suddenly jumped out of the shadows, grabbed her wallet, and quickly ran away.
The young woman was shocked and panicked because she clearly couldn't catch up with the thief, and there were no knights or guards around.
Seeing the thief about to escape into an alley with her only belongings, the woman felt despair.
"Clap!"
However, just before the tragedy was about to happen, a red-haired boy suddenly appeared from the shadows. He moved with great agility, as if he had predicted the thief's escape route, and rushed in front of the escaping person very quickly.
The thief didn't expect an uninvited guest, and in the confusion, he decisively pulled out the dagger from his pocket.
This scene frightened all the passersby.
Everyone was worried about the red-haired boy.
"Thud!"
However, what happened next stunned everyone.
The boy, empty-handed and without any extra weapons, directly grabbed the thief's wrist and performed a perfect over-the-shoulder throw!
"Bang!"
The thief's back collided heavily with the ground, and the wallet and other stolen items were scattered all over the place.
"How amazing!"
"So cool, young man!"
"Are you a professionally trained knight?"
"When did the Royal City have such a powerful young man? Would you like to meet my daughter?"
"..."
The atmosphere of the Royal City was no different from other parts of the Asura Kingdom.
As the people gave warm applause and cheers for Shirou's act of bravery, many also showed their welcome as the opposite sex.
This was clearly due to the atmosphere of the Asura Kingdom itself.
Because this country had been fighting against the demons for many years, especially since many powerful heroes had appeared in history, most people worshiped the strong and had a special liking for young people with great strength.
Especially young people like Shirou, who possessed great strength and did good deeds, reminded the people of the kingdom of the human heroes during the founding period, and their favorability could be said to have soared.
Many girls who had witnessed the scene were showing admiring expressions towards Shirou.
Even the young woman who had just lost her wallet started to look at Shirou in a strange way.
"..."
Shirou was still a bit unaccustomed to this kind of atmosphere in the Royal City.
Since Buena Village, he had been really bad at interacting with the opposite sex.
The main reason was that he always felt that the women around him had a strong desire to get close to him...
To be honest, it scared him a bit.
Now that Shirou had returned the wallet to the young woman, he wanted to leave immediately and send the criminal thief to the knight's guardhouse.
However, he didn't expect the young woman to grab him and insist on thanking Shirou, even saying things like having dinner together, and her eyes almost spun silk...
Shirou couldn't stand this kind of situation.
He had already been uncomfortable enough facing Mrs. Somar in Buena Village, but he didn't expect similar things to happen in the Royal City.
Was he some kind of wife-snatcher?
Moreover, Shirou now needed to find Eris to prevent her from running to places that couldn't be found, like a wild dog off its leash, so he naturally wouldn't do anything else.
Just as Shirou was troubled and didn't know how to get rid of the predicament, a figure wearing the Royal Knight's standard armor suddenly walked over from a distance.
"Excuse me, what happened here?"
The voice was very clear.
Shirou turned around and saw a blue-haired girl with the manners and temperament of a noble lady, but both her armor and her movements, which clearly showed that she had received formal training, proved that she was a true knight.
Shirou did not dare to underestimate her appearance, and quickly explained what had just happened.
"I see, thank you for your help."
The blue-haired girl seemed to have expected Shirou's words. "I am Isolte, a trainee knight of the Royal Knight Order. I will arrest this criminal and bring him to justice. Could you please come with me and explain the details?"
"Of course."
Shirou was surprised that this knight would come to help him out of the predicament, and he also showed an expression of gratitude.
The woman on the side was reluctant to part, but facing a knight of the Knight Order, she didn't dare to be too ostentatious and had no choice but to give up and let go of Shirou's hand.
Shirou then followed Isolte away from the scene.
"It's about here, right?"
After walking not far, Isolte suddenly stopped.
Shirou was stunned when he saw this, and then said in surprise, "You came forward to help me?"
"Yes."
The blue-haired girl showed a cheerful expression. "I actually noticed your good deed of bravery just now. To be honest, I admire you very much, because I don't have the speed to deal with these scoundrels myself."
"No speed? Are you Water God Style?"
As soon as Shirou said this, he realized the situation.
Since the other party was a knight of the Royal City, she must have come from the Water God Style dojo.
In fact, Isolte quickly nodded: "That's right, I am a disciple of the Water God Style and serve as a trainee knight in the Knight Order. Although our Water God Style is strong in frontal combat and defensive operations, it lacks sufficient aggression. Therefore, it is difficult to catch those agile thieves."
"Indeed."
Shirou had also learned Water God Style, and knew that the characteristic of Water God Style was that it was heavy and inflexible, but as a compensation, Water God Style had an extremely exaggerated defensive ability.
Whether it was swordsmanship, archery, or magic, as long as the attack came from the front, the Water God Style could easily catch it. In extreme cases, the Water God Style could even bounce back the opponent's attack, causing the enemy to be killed by his own moves.
Since Isolte was a successor of the Water God Style, it was natural for her to not be good at catching agile thieves.
"Your speed is very fast. Among the Swordsmen I know, only the Sword God Style can do similar things."
Isolte asked curiously.
"Indeed, I am an Advanced Sword God Style Swordsman."
"So young and already Advanced?!"
Isolte was very surprised to hear Shirou's words, but she quickly added: "However, I am actually also an Advanced Water God Style, maybe we can fight each other to see who is stronger."
"This..."
Shirou was indeed very interested in Isolte's words.
Because he had never fought against a Swordsman of the same level.
Not to mention Paul, it would be an insult to call him Advanced. In fact, Paul's level was at least quasi-Saint level.
Although the kidnappers who had kidnapped Eris before were Advanced North God Style, Shirou was in the Dream Summoning form at that time, so it couldn't be used as a reference.
Therefore, if he could fight against such an Advanced Water God Style Swordsman girl, it might provide him with some experience.
Unfortunately, Shirou didn't have time to do such a thing right now. He still needed to find Eris, who was running around like a wild dog.
Therefore, he reluctantly refused: "Sorry, I have other things to do right now."
"I see, that's a pity."
The blue-haired girl showed a clear look of regret on her face, but she didn't force it and said frankly, "In that case, I won't bother you, but before you leave, can you tell me your name?"
"This..."
Shirou hesitated for a moment at Isolte's request, thinking of her proactive help, he honestly said, "My name is Shirou, Shirou Greyrat."
"Shirou... Greyrat?"
Isolte showed a clear strange look at the surname Shirou had given.
Because Greyrat was a noble surname, it was almost common sense in the Royal City.
Shirou then left quickly under Isolte's gaze to find Eris.
And after Isolte returned to the Knight Order, she was still thinking about Shirou in her mind.
As the successor of the Water God Style, Isolte was a very talented genius, or rather a super genius.
Because she became an Advanced Water God Style at the young age of ten, and steadily moved towards the Saint level. Now she was less than twelve years old, it could even be said that she was half-step Saint level.
The current Water God attached great importance to her, believing that she was the hope of reviving the Water God Style, defeating the successor of the Sword God Style, and taking back the Holy Land of Swords.
Under her constant teaching, Isolte naturally also took defeating the Sword God Style as her long-cherished wish.
However, the Sword God Style opponents Isolte had encountered in the past were weaklings. Not only the Sword God Style, she couldn't find any opponent of her age in the Royal City at all.
Isolte was both happy and somewhat lonely, because she couldn't find a companion who could advance side by side with her.
Whenever she saw her peers in the dojo studying swordsmanship with each other, but when they faced her, they were all respectful and didn't dare to say a word, she felt very sad in her heart.
Could there be no one who could have the same strength as her?
Isolte often had such thoughts.
But in fact, she couldn't find such a person.
After all, an Advanced Water God Style at the young age of ten could be said to be a genius among geniuses in the Royal City.
However, at the moment of seeing Shirou, Isolte's heart wavered. At the moment of seeing Shirou's actions, she judged that the other party was a Swordsman no less than herself.
Although he was the Sword God Style who was opposed to her, Shirou's act of punishing evil and promoting good still won Isolte's favor.
If it was Shirou, he might be able to become someone who advanced side by side with her in swordsmanship...
Isolte had such a long-cherished wish in her heart.
This idea became stronger and stronger, to the point that she even began to be absent-minded during her patrol as a knight, and she even wished she could immediately put down the work in her hand and go find the young man who had suddenly appeared like the wind, but had suddenly disappeared.
...
On the other side, Shirou arrived at a high place in the Royal City as soon as he separated from Isolte. With his Eagle Eye activated, he quickly found the familiar red-haired girl in the crowd.
However, Eris's current situation was a bit wrong. She seemed to be arguing with some people, and then she followed several strange men in a certain direction.
"Eris!"
Shirou thought Eris was in danger and rushed to rescue her.
But when he arrived, it caused Eris and several strange men to look at each other in confusion.
"Shirou, you're here!"
Eris said excitedly when she saw Shirou arrive, "Great, let's go to the Water God Style dojo to cause trouble!"
"???"
Shirou didn't expect Eris to say such shocking words, and his brain almost crashed in an instant, completely unaware of what was going on.
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