Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

Evening

Weber and Gray were waiting by the subway door with their luggage.

Gray was standing there quietly, pulling a small suitcase, while Weber looked around anxiously, checking his watch from time to time...

"Ah~~~, you guys are here pretty early, Weber."

"Shinji! You're finally here, get in the car!"

Just when he was feeling extremely anxious, a young man walked out slowly from the entrance, rubbing his eyes as he walked towards Weber.

Before I could take a few steps, the other party rushed over, grabbed my arm and dragged me onto the subway. A few seconds later, the last departure notice came, and then the doors closed and the train started to move slowly...

Waver finally calmed down after getting in the car, then walked up to Shinji and stared at him with a questioning look on his face.

"...Why are you looking at me like that? Haven't we caught up yet?"

"It was just a few seconds before the end! Didn't I inform you long ago? Why did you come only now? Even if you didn't want to come, you should have told me in advance!"

"Ah~~"

“(...)”

"Uh huh... Sorry, I've been playing games a little too much lately, and now I'm a little sleepy..."

"Games? Are you a child?!"

Waver was furious when he saw Shinji, who looked sleepy. On the other hand, Shinji still looked calm and composed.

"I'm just a student, isn't it normal for me to like playing games?"

You're so embarrassed to say...

Weber's brows twitched unconsciously, and he was obviously out of control with anger.

Regardless of what era you are from, you are at least the same age as him. How dare you call yourself a student here without realizing it?

Gray looked at the scene in front of her and subconsciously said to herself:

"I remember that Master often plays games until very late, right?"

"..."

"..."

"Eh? Did you all hear that?!"

Seeing the two people in front of her suddenly fall silent and then look at her together, Gray immediately covered her mouth in embarrassment... Is this something that cannot be told?

"...Oh, forget it, take a seat first."

Weber, who was ruthlessly sabotaged by Grey, couldn't continue speaking. He had already gotten in the car, and the next step was to wait.

"Okay, I'll go to sleep first. Ah~~...Good night."

"..."

The train drove away from the clock tower and headed towards their destination - the ancient Roman ruins, the location of the Marbury Workshop.

The next day, after changing to another train halfway, the group arrived at a plain and would reach their destination in a few hours.

Because they were riding in a relatively high-end seat, they had special berths and seats, and in addition to Shinji and Gray, Lanis and Wells were also on it.

In the early morning, Weber and Wells sat opposite each other by the car window, drinking coffee and watching the scenery passing by quickly outside the car:

"...It's about time you told me... This matter should be the responsibility of the Spiritual Summoning Department, why did you entrust it to me?"

Weber calmly asked his doubts, and this sentence also made Wells, who was sitting opposite him, hesitate.

"Actually... it's because our family has reported this matter to the Spiritual Summoning Department..."

"Nan...Nanny!?"

"Because it is my fault that the workshop has become unstable, if it continues it will violate the rules of mystery and secrecy, so this matter should be handled by the main family..."

“Oh, then that would give Plum a headache!”

Next to the two of them, Lanis, who was sitting opposite Gray, suddenly interrupted the conversation and seemed to be quite interested in this matter.

"...The Spiritual Admonition Department openly intervened in the fight for inheritance. How shameful!"

After hearing Lanis' explanation, Weber basically understood the situation behind this incident. It was still a struggle for the rights and interests of magicians...but he was also acting for his own purpose.

"...I see."

"..."

Shinji put his hands behind his head, closed his eyes and listened to the conversation behind him, with no intention of interrupting.

And since there was no one sitting opposite him, he just put his legs up, taking up two seats by himself, and continued his sweet dream.

Magicians... the fighting between factions... it's just ridiculous.

It turned out that he would never be able to fit into the circle of magicians in his lifetime... He should just call himself a heroic spirit from now on.

After a few more hours, everyone finally got off the car and walked along a winding path. All around them was an endless wilderness, so flat that not even a tree could be seen.

"Well... this is it!"

Suddenly, Lanis, who was walking in the middle, stopped with her hands covering her eyes with a look of pain, and everyone else stopped walking.

"Miss Lenise?"

"Miss, please use this."

Under Lanis's hands, a pair of pupils emitted a gem-like red light, and the burning sensation constantly stimulated her nerves.

"Are you okay?"

"Ah... maybe it's because I didn't take the medicine. I just need to bear with it."

Taking the eye drops from the maid, Lanis dripped a drop into her eyes, and then her pupils, which were glowing red, began to recover...

"It seems that the spiritual veins in this area are more unstable than I thought."

"...Um, is that the Demonic Eye?"

Wells looked at Lanise's eyes in surprise. Those eyes were not something that ordinary people could possess.

"Ah, Lanis's eyes turn red whenever they come into contact with magic power... but it's a bit rare to be accompanied by pain like that."

"...Actually, it's just like when you put your hand into a stove when you were a kid. It felt like burning pain, but it went away after you put in some eye drops."

He handed the medicine back to the maid, and when he looked at her again, her eyes had turned back to their previous azure blue.

"...It's useless and will only bring pain to myself...What kind of rubbish is this magic eye?"

"..."

As soon as the words fell, everyone looked at the person who said it with horror.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"..."

Waver looked at Shinji and a drop of cold sweat appeared on his head.

This ancestor... actually dares to speak like this, you are really not afraid of death!

He glanced at Lanis and saw that her helpless expression suddenly turned gloomy.

“Haha! There is indeed nothing wrong with this statement. Do you have any other opinions... Mr. Matou?”

"oh!?"

Shinji's originally indifferent expression gradually disappeared, and he looked at the petite girl with some surprise.

Have they found out his identity?

He remembered that there was another guy named Shinji Matou in this world, so he never mentioned his last name. He didn't expect that it had been found out by this little girl.

Unexpectedly, one day the account would be opened by him...but it’s not a big deal for him.

"It seems that I was too abrupt and accidentally offended Miss Lanis. Although in my understanding, the magic eye has very powerful abilities, which is something that ordinary magicians can't even dream of..."

"But it's useless to do what you did. It's the first time I've heard of it harming your own magic eyes."

"Indeed, I have always been quite puzzled by this matter."

A hint of coldness flashed across Lanis's eyes, but her face remained calm. She smiled as she walked and talked, then turned around and looked at Weber and the others who were standing there in a daze and shouted:

"What are you guys standing there for? Keep going."

"Oh...oh, let's go quickly..."

Weber looked at Lanice's reaction, then looked at Shinji who looked interested, and finally sighed helplessly and tiredly.

This is bad, the most troublesome woman and the most troublesome man are entangled together, but why are these two guys the people closest to him...