Chapter 857: Sincerity Is the Ultimate Technique

After the initial acquaintance, the compartment fell quiet.

"Sir, Madam, this is the juice you ordered."

The one who broke the silence first was the waiter who pushed the door open and entered.

"I say, you two, don't just sit here like dull gourds, say something."

The waiter withdrew, and Rin Tohsaka took a sip of juice, then spoke.

"But, Senior Sister Tohsaka, what should I say?"

Gray looked somewhat troubled.

"Broly, Gray is somewhat introverted, how about you say something?"

Rin Tohsaka looked helplessly at her husband beside her.

"Then what should I say?"

Upon hearing this, with a *pa* sound, Rin Tohsaka slapped her own forehead with her hand.

"No way, you've already captured so many people, don't you know how to capture a newcomer?"

"Uh, this... you're here."

"Huh, you mean to say I became your third wheel?"

Rin Tohsaka raised an eyebrow.

"No, Rin, that's not what I mean, I just feel that with you here, I don't need to use my own brain."

After hearing Broly's words, Rin Tohsaka was somewhat speechless, and couldn't help but say: "You want to capture someone else, yet you still need me to help come up with ideas?"

"Then I'll do it myself?"

"No need to mind me on the side, whatever tricks you have, just use them, I also want to see what methods you used to capture others in another world."

Rin Tohsaka waved her hand.

"Another world?"

"Miss Gray————"

"Ah, I'm here."

"Let's talk about some things about each other, to increase our mutual understanding."

"?!"

"I'll go first, my name is Broly, I grew up on Nappa Star, the so-called Nappa Star is————

At age five, a Crystal Palace System suddenly appeared in my consciousness, for a mouthful of food, I chose to transmigrate to this world————"

Broly began to recount his past life in a stream, and being candid with the capture target, based on his life experience, currently appears to be rather useful.

Of course, this is based on his life experience not being ordinary; if it were just common and unremarkable, with not a bit of novelty, even if told, it would probably only make people drowsy, unlike now, where it has the Gravekeeper girl on the other side listening with fascination.

And not to mention Gray listening with fascination, even Rin Tohsaka, this first-batch childhood friend wife of the Crystal Palace, even though she knew much of Broly's life experience, hearing him recount his past from the protagonist's mouth once again, she listened with a kind of intoxication.

Hand supporting her chin, head tilted looking at Broly, Rin Tohsaka's gaze was gentle and proud, as if saying: Look, this is my Rin's husband, has been a hero, also been a Savior, extraordinary experience, possessing many uncommon adventures, and even gained the favor of many excellent opposite-sex individuals from other worlds————

"So and so, this and that————"

When the ice cubes in the juice cup gradually melted away, Broly's story also reached its end.

"Until, I married Rin and the others one by one, this is my entire situation."

After Broly finished speaking, Gray only then came back to her senses, yet with a feeling of not having had enough.

*Gudong gudong————* Finishing the iced juice in two or three gulps, Broly looked at the Gravekeeper girl opposite: "Miss Gray, my story is temporarily finished, now it's your turn to tell your story.

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"Ah, my story————"

"What's wrong, is there something inconvenient? If it's inconvenient, you don't have to tell it."

Broly saw the other party's embarrassment, and didn't make things difficult for her either.

"No, it's just that my story, compared to Mr. Broly's story, has absolutely no comparability————"

If Broly's life story is surging waves, then Gray's life story is stagnant water; there might occasionally be some ripples, but after the ripples it quickly returns to calm.

"No matter, this is just to deepen our understanding of each other, it doesn't require the story to be wonderful, plain and simple is also not bad."

Listening to others' stories is secondary; the true purpose is to capture the girl before him.

"Ah, if that's the case, then, I'll make a fool of myself————"

The Gravekeeper girl nodded, and began to tell her own life story.

"I was born in a small village in the Welsh mountains since childhood————

"

Gray's life, before age four, was all ordinary village little girl.

But at age four, a turning point appeared in her life.

"My village has served that great King of Britain — Arthur Pendragon, Artoria Pendragon, generation after generation, guarding the other's cemetery.

At age four, my appearance underwent some changes, causing me to be revered by everyone in the village, just like believers seeing a god's emissary."

", wait, Gray, what kind of change occurred in your appearance, that would make your village people treat you as a god's emissary?"

Rin Tohsaka interrupted her narration, curiously asking the question.

"My appearance, it's said to be exactly the same as that great King of Knights of the past."

Gray fell silent for a moment, then lifted the hood on her head, stating the reason she was treated as a god-like emissary.

", you don't say, I just felt a bit familiar, but now that you put it this way, it really does look somewhat alike."

Broly looked at Gray's face after she lifted her hood, stroked his chin, and said.

"Exactly the same?"

Rin Tohsaka asked.

"No, there are still some differences. At least the hair color isn't the same."

Broly shook his head and answered.

"Excuse me, Senior Sister Tohsaka, Mr. Broly, what are you talking about?"

"We're talking about whether the King of Knights really resembles you or not."

"?!"

"The Holy Grail War. You should have heard of it, right?"

"Mm."

"Eleven years ago, in the Holy Grail War held in Fuyuki City, Arthur Pendragon was summoned. And Broly saw her with his own eyes."

"Ah?!"

Gray looked at the Saiyan boy. Broly nodded at her.

"Then what kind of person is she, Lady Artoria, really?"

The Gravekeeper girl asked.

"Someone with a huge appetite."

Broly thought for a moment, then answered.

"?"

Gray was somewhat dumbfounded. An answer about a huge appetite was completely unexpected, yet it left her a bit stunned.

"What about other things?"

"Don't know. At the time, just like I want to invite you to join my Crystal Palace now, I wanted to invite her. But she directly refused. And I was still young then, so I didn't press the matter further. We didn't have much contact, so I don't understand her that well. However, I know someone on my side who is familiar with her. Mm, the Master who summoned her back then. If you want to know what Artoria is like, I can help you inquire later."

"Ah, this————"

Gray wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but curiosity stirred in her heart. That great king who was supposed to occupy her body and resurrect — what kind of person was the real her?

"Inquiring about this isn't a troublesome matter. You don't need to mind it."

Broly saw the Gravekeeper girl's hesitation and said so directly.

"Then, well, I'll trouble you."

Gray ultimately couldn't restrain her curiosity.

"Alright, let's not talk about other people's business. Miss Gray, you continue with yours."

【My business————】

Always treated as a replacement for a past great hero, at this moment, hearing words that valued her own self more, Gray only felt she seemed somewhat strange.

【Gray, Happiness Value Rising————】

Broly's side also suddenly received a Crystal Palace prompt message. Unclear why the other party's Happiness Value was rising, he couldn't help but look curiously at the Gravekeeper girl opposite.

Feeling Broly's probing gaze, Gray felt a bit uncomfortable. She subconsciously pulled her hood back on properly, using the hood to isolate the gaze from across, only then letting herself not be so flustered.

"After my appearance changed, I lost my original friends. Even my mom's attitude toward me underwent a huge shift. She would pray to me————"

After Gray's appearance changed, her childhood was incomparably lonely. Whether children of the same age, or villagers older than her, including her parents, the attitude they held toward her all turned into worship, reverence, and distance.

"Fortunately, Teacher Belsak took the initiative to approach me. He was the village's Gravekeeper, yet he chose me as the next Gravekeeper."

Gray's childhood only took a turn for the better after being designated as the next Gravekeeper by the previous generation's Gravekeeper in the village.

"That was also when I met Add————"

The Gravekeeper girl placed the birdcage in her arms onto the table. Like introducing a friend, she introduced the talking, building-block-shaped Sealing Mystic Code inside to the two of them.

"I am Add. This child Gray's Initiator Partner."

"I'm Broly. Very nice to meet you."

"Uh————"

Broly's politeness was somewhat beyond Add's expectations.

"Mm, of course, me too."

Facing the finger extended into the birdcage, Add rolled his body over and touched it. It was a bit like a handshake.

【Gray, Happiness Value Rising————】

Seeing her only Mystic Code friend also getting along well with the new friend she made, just like herself, Gray seemed to feel happy.

However, contrasting with her happy mood was her cultivation life after becoming a Gravekeeper, which was somewhat harsh.

Of course, there was no beating or anything. It was just that life became like that of an Ascetic — somewhat dull and meager.

Like her schedule, it was quite strict. Every day at dawn she had to get up to patrol the Cemetery. Aside from the physical labor of maintaining the Cemetery, the whole day was spent doing things like praying for the dead.

"Until two years ago, I encountered Teacher Waver, who came to our village searching to remove the Curse on Teacher Iskandar's Spirit Body. He took me as a Disciple and brought me away from my original village————"

After that, Gray, as Waver's inner Disciple, joined the Clock Tower and became an Assistant Instructor student. Usually what she did most was help clean the Office, organize teaching materials, and other trivial matters.

"This is my situation."

Finishing speaking, Gray lowered her head. She subconsciously placed herself in a weak position.

"Is it a bit plain and boring?"

She asked carefully.

"No, not boring. Although it's a bit plain, this is a normal person's life, isn't it? Mm, don't compare yourself to Broly either. He's different."

Rin Tohsaka waved her hand.

"Since everything's been laid out honestly, what do we do next?"

She looked at Broly and asked.

"Miss Gray, do you have any hobbies or interests?"

Broly thought for a moment and asked. Capturing someone — it's nothing but catering to their preferences.

"I quite like reading classic detective novels."

"Then I'll give you some detective novels."

"?"

Leaving the coffee shop, Broly took the others to the largest library in London, where he bought all the classic detective novel collections.

"Ah, there's no need to spend so much."

"Please, you must give me the chance to curry favor with you."

Unable to refuse such generosity, the Gravekeeper girl carried a pile of books back to the dormitory under the evening sunset.

"You've got quite a few tricks for winning a girl's heart."

After Gray left, Rin Tohsaka couldn't help but say a line, sounding somewhat sour.

"Rin————"

"What?"

"Let me treat you to takoyaki."

"Huh?

"

"That place you treated me to when we were kids, just don't know if it's still there."

Rin Tohsaka stared blankly at the boy, the sourness in her heart directly dissipating because of this sentence.

"If it's gone, we'll just go to another place to eat, anyway it's not like we absolutely have to eat at the one we ate at as kids."

The two walked out of the Clock Tower hand in hand. Luviagelita Edelfelt happened to pass by and saw them. Thinking about the information on Broly she had investigated these past days, she was just preparing to walk over and say hello when she saw the boy leaving the Clock Tower directly scoop up Rin Tohsaka in a princess carry and fly away into the sky.

Luviagelita Edelfelt: "————"

Whatever happened to the principle that magi should maintain mystery?

No, direct flight through the air, and that fast too, is that really something magecraft can do?

The blonde girl standing in place, watching the black dot rapidly disappear at the sky horizon, was a bit dazed for a moment.

"Wait, that Rin Tohsaka, could she be deliberately showing off to me, she has someone to pick her up and drop her off and everything!?"

Rin Tohsaka didn't know about Luviagelita Edelfelt's situation. After being carried flying for a while, when she could already see Fuyuki City, she leaned by the boy's ear and softly spoke: "Broly————"

"Hm?"

"I love you~"

"I love you too."

"I love you more than you love me~"

Broly: "..

In the evening, the two bought a huge pile of takoyaki and returned, leaving everyone at home quite puzzled.

"Broly, if you were the inspector in the book, could you infer who the real culprit is from these known clues?

"

Clock Tower, under a tree, on the lawn, Gray flipped through a detective book, yet was playing a detective deduction game with the Saiyan boy beside her.

The game's method was to tell the boy the clues of the culprit's crime in the book, then have the boy find the real culprit from the perspective of the puzzle-solving character in the book.

However, this kind of puzzle-solving detective game is quite brain-burning, and it's not what Broly excels at. He racked his brains for a while, then shouted out one suspect name after another, only to be stopped by Gray.

"That's not using clues to deduce the culprit anymore, you're just using exhaustive search to find the culprit, that won't do."

"Then I've got no way."

Broly spread his hands.

"Forget it, I'll just solve it directly. The culprit is————

And the proof that he's the culprit is————

Now, you understand why he's the real culprit, right?!"

"Hm.

""

Gray was like a kindergarten teacher, teaching Broly this big baby how to play detective deduction games.

During the game, the two's relationship also gradually became intimate.

And this way of getting along, in others' eyes, made a certain interested party take action.

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"Tohsaka, if you admit you're not as good as me, I'll tell you a secret."

"What secret?"

"You have to admit you're not as good as me, then I'll tell you."

"Tch, if you won't say it then forget it."

", don't leave, forget it, I'll just tell you directly. That best husband you said I'd absolutely never find, your good husband, is currently hitting on other girls."

"You're talking about Gray?"

", you know?"

"Nonsense, I personally introduced them, how could I not know. If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."

Watching Rin Tohsaka's departing back, Luviagelita Edelfelt was once again dazed.

【Could she have a special fetish for sharing her husband?】

Luviagelita Edelfelt had this thought, and suddenly felt things must be exactly as she imagined.

【I see, no wonder it was a multi-person marriage before————】