Chapter 860: A Reason One Cannot Refuse a Companion

Facing her own teacher's straightforward questioning, Gray's first reaction was a bit of panic, but she immediately thought of it — this was the coursework task her teacher had assigned her, and she quickly calmed down.

"Yes, Teacher Waver, I am currently dating — hmm, going out with, sorry, Tohsaka-senpai's husband. I've never done this kind of coursework task with marriage as the goal before, so I forgot to record the task progress, but I will definitely make it up afterwards."

Coursework tasks always need to be recorded to leave traces for others to see; the Gravekeeper girl thought her teacher had sought her out precisely for this.

Hearing this, Waver's eyelids twitched continuously; as expected, his own disciple was dating Tohsaka Rin's husband because of this.

"Ah, Gray, you don't need to worry about that coursework task with marriage as the goal; at the time, I as your teacher was merely joking with you, you absolutely must not take it seriously."

"So, Teacher Waver, I don't need to keep records anymore?"

"Of course; a lifelong matter like marriage should be treated with caution, one must not truly treat it as an academic assignment to complete — only when one finds a suitable good partner should one proceed."

Waver nodded repeatedly, then immediately said: "Broly is, after all, your Tohsaka-senpai's husband; to continue half-heartedly will only invite chaos."

"Gray, you find a chance to make it clear to him that dating him was only because I, this teacher, assigned it as a coursework task as a joke; it cannot be taken seriously."

"Hmm, you must be polite and apologize to him, then draw a clear boundary between each other, lest troublesome matters appear in the future."

"Ah!"

"What, is there a problem?"

Waver looked at her; seeing her reluctant appearance, he couldn't help but ask.

"Teacher Waver, although I contacted and dated Mr. Broly because of the coursework task you assigned, these recent days of dating him, I feel he is a trustworthy good person —"

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"So, what do you mean?"

"Teacher Waver, can I continue dating Mr. Broly —"

Waver: "————"

This appearance of hers pinching her hem, face slightly red, not daring to look directly at him, resembled extremely some introverted children who see a toy they like in a mall, want it, but dare not demand it from their parents.

"But, he is, after all, your senpai's husband."

"Tohsaka-senpai doesn't mind."

"Tohsaka doesn't mind, but do his other wives not mind either?"

"Uh, I haven't asked, but they probably don't mind either —"

Waver looked at Gray speaking in a small voice, and the thought 'a daughter cannot be kept once grown' suddenly popped into his mind; in his heart there was also a complex feeling of the little white cabbage in his own vegetable garden being rooted away by a wild boar, while he, as a father-figure, could do nothing about it.

"Then, Gray, are you truly willing to accept sharing a husband with other women?"

"I don't know, but in the past there was the concubine system, and in modern times there are also mistresses; if others can accept it, I should be able to as well —"

Gray wasn't very confident, but it wasn't that she had thoughts of monopolizing Broly; rather, she was worried whether she could do well as his mistress in the future.

After all, this is also her first time in a bridal sedan chair as a yellow-flower maiden; she has no experience.

"Since you have decided to continue dating him, as your teacher I will not stop you, but vetting him for you is still necessary; I wonder how much you understand about Broly?"

Hearing this, Gray cheerfully told her teacher about the Saiyan youth; Waver also went from his few encounters with Broly to deeply understanding that the other party's situation was actually an alien from another world —

However, such a person entering this world did not attract the Counter Force's hostility; could it be the Counter Force did not detect it?

No, even a figure like the Magus Marshal who has involvement with the Counter Force went to attend his wedding banquet and presented a thick gift; to say the Two Great Suppressive Forces are unaware of Broly this outsider is simply impossible.

Therefore, eliminating all impossibilities, what remains, no matter how hard to believe, is the fact — the Two Great Suppressive Forces are wary of Broly, even not daring or unable to stop his invasion of this world; Broly's real identity should be an Alien Grandpa from another world!

"Such a person is indeed worthy of entrusting one's life to; Gray, I want to talk with Broly; I wonder if you can bring him here tomorrow?"

"Should be possible, but Teacher, what do you want to talk to Mr. Broly about?"

"Naturally it concerns your matters; you are dating someone with marriage as the goal, shouldn't your mother's side be notified?"

"Ah, but my mother's side —"

"I know your situation, but this needs to be discussed after I talk with Broly."

Waver raised his hand to interrupt Gray's words, and let this disciple of his leave.

After Gray left, Waver came to the office desk, pulled open the bottom drawer, and took out a document written with 【Brakmoa Cemetery】 from inside.

The next day, Broly was invited to this office; he looked with some curiosity at the black-haired, straight-haired youth across from him who had severe dark circles and looked like he had stayed up all night, and asked directly: "I wonder what Mr. Waver Velvet wishes to say by inviting me here?"

"Please look at this first."

Waver did not answer, placing the document he had organized all night on the table and pushing it before Broly.

"Brakmoa Village — Holy Lance Wielder System · —————— Arthur Pendragon's Resurrection ————

Broly was somewhat puzzled, but still took the document before him and flipped through it.

"What is this?"

He frowned at the Clock Tower youth teacher opposite.

"This writes what the Brakmoa Village has been doing for one thousand five hundred years; and since you are dating Gray with marriage as the goal, I believe you also have the right to understand some of the troubles on my disciple Gray."

Waver sipped some black coffee, slightly roused his spirits, and spoke.

"Can you specifically say what the trouble is?"

The document in Broly's hand only introduced what the Brakmoa Village was doing; it did not involve Gray.

"It writes here that Arthur Pendragon's resurrection is divided into three parts: Spirit, Soul, and Body. Among them, the Spirit is the cooperation between the Morgan Family descendants and the Atlas Institute, one of the three great departments of the Magic Association, with the Atlas Institute responsible for the resurrection; the Soul places hope on further research of necromancy; the Body is the responsibility of the Morgan descendants of Brakmoa Village to resurrect.

And my disciple Gray is the descendant of this Morgan lineage that wants to resurrect Arthur Pendragon; these Morgan descendants have, for one thousand five hundred years, continuously performed Arthur Pendragon factor modifications on their descendants.

Eleven years ago, the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War began; Arthur Pendragon Artoria Pendragon was summoned to the present world as a Saber-class Servant; the appearance of the Soul stimulated the Arthur Pendragon factors passed down generation after generation inside some villagers of Brakmoa Village.

And among them, the one who activated the Arthur Pendragon factors most thoroughly was a four-year-old girl."

"You mean Gray?"

"Correct; Gray is the flesh vessel Brakmoa Village prepared for the departed Arthur Pendragon.

Of course, as Saber was defeated by my Rider back then, the Arthur Pendragon factors on Gray did not thoroughly remodel her into Arthur Pendragon's appearance.

But even so, the people of Brakmoa Village still regard Gray's external changes as a sign that Arthur Pendragon is about to revive.

The village head began preparing the Resurrection Ritual; many years ago, to resolve the Angra Mainyu curse on Iskandar, I sought out Blackmore Village, famous for exorcism————

Waver began narrating the reason he met his Disciple.

"When I first encountered Gray in that village, both Iskandar and I were startled, thinking we had seen a ghost————"

Waver and Gray's initial Intersection stemmed from her appearance closely resembling Saber; later, while searching for a solution to the Curse Problem in Blackmore Village, they learned of Arthur Pendragon's Resurrection Ritual.

"To serve as a resurrection vessel for Arthur Pendragon's flesh, two requirements must be satisfied: first, the vessel must activate the Arthur King Factor, the more the better; second, once the Resurrection Ritual begins, the vessel's original owner's Soul must be completely expelled, to avoid influencing Arthur Pendragon's Soul's inhabitation.

The Key Item to achieve this is Invasion Blade Gold, a Mystic Code passed down through generations in Blackmore Village, shaped like a Short Sword; its Function is precisely to strip a person's Soul, and likewise, it can strip the curse from Iskandar's Soul.

The one holding this Key Item is Lady Margatleina, who is Gray's mother; on the Surface, she displays fanatical enthusiasm regarding the changes in Gray's Magic Appearance, seemingly Willing to offer her own daughter for Arthur Pendragon's resurrection.

In Actuality, however, she is someone who loves her daughter immeasurably; she cooperated with Belsak, Gray's Gravekeeper master, preparing to have their daughter, Disciple fake death and Retirement/Resignation before the Resurrection Ritual began.

Only, before the plan's Execution, I and Iskandar happened to Encounter them; Lady Margatleina, in exchange for using Invasion Blade Gold to help Iskandar sever the curse on his Soul, entrusted her daughter to me————

This is why I accepted Gray as an Inner Disciple and kept her by my side to care for her properly; having received her mother's kindness, I should fulfill her mother's entrustment and take good care of Gray."

"Is that so? But I heard it's Gray taking care of you, Master, often helping clean and maintain your leather shoes and such."

Broly asked with some doubt.

"Ah, this, cough cough, Master toils, Disciple acts in their stead; this is Mainly because this child Gray respects her teacher and the Way too much."

Waver reddened slightly; at first it was indeed Gray who voluntarily helped, but slowly he also Accepted the benefit of the Disciple acting on his behalf.

Speaking of care, his own Disciple taking care of this useless-at-life Master is probably more the case.

"Mr. Broly, let's continue with Proper Business."

Wary of being retorted, Waver hurriedly spoke.

"Fine."

Broly did not pursue who was caring for whom, simply letting the other continue.

"The fake death Retirement/Resignation plan from back then should have Succeeded; these years no one from Blackmore Village has come to cause Trouble, but Gray is still alive, and those village people will not easily Give Up on the idea of resurrecting Arthur Pendragon————"

"So, Mr. Waver, you're Worried someone might have designs on Gray's Body?"

"There are things I Not Obtain but prevent; although I have Iskandar on This Side, anyone wanting to move against a Magecraft Disciple who can command a Heroic Spirit in the present world must weigh the matter, but among Magecraft practitioners, there is no shortage of bold madmen; Gray is now Intimate with you, I feel these matters must be Told to you, After All, you are the one who will Protect that child Gray in the future."

"Understood, I know; I will Solve this Trouble, thank you Mr. Waver for informing me of Gray's situation."

"No need to thank me; Gray is also my Disciple."

Waver did not know what Broly would do, but he knew his Disciple's future Safety Issue probably no longer needed this Master to Worry about.

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"Broly, what did my Master tell you?"

Leaving the Office, when they met Outside and encountered Gray, the Gravekeeper girl grew Curious and asked him.

"Nothing much, just told me some things about your Hometown, said when I have time to go back with you to see your mother, my future mother-in-law."

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"Right, Gray, what's your Opinion on your Hometown people?"

"What what Opinion?"

"Meaning, besides your mother and your Gravekeeper master, are there any other people back Hometown you care about?"

"This, probably not."

"Then if those people suddenly met with calamity and died, would you feel Sadness because of it?"

"Ah? That would probably still make me feel Sadness, After All they're all village people, people I'm familiar with."

As Gray spoke, she linked her arm through Broly's elbow, rather forcefully.

"Rest Assured, if the culprit would make you feel upset, then I Definitely won't be the culprit.

Though Gray is simple, she is not a Stupid girl; having read all kinds of detective Novels, she has already Detected the youth's killing intent.

However, Broly also Detected that she Detected his killing intent, and proposed a negative Opinion, so he quickly stated his stance.

"Broly, what are you and Gray talking about?"

Just then, Luvia noticed the two people on This Side and walked over quickly.

"Nothing, just Gray and I Discussing when to go to her Hometown, to see her mother together."

"Oh, is that so? Can I come too?"

"Wait, what are you coming along for?"

Broly looked at Luvia with some doubt.

"Lately at Clock Tower my studies have gotten Annoying, so I wanted to go travel a bit, just didn't know Destination; now hearing you say this, I'll Prepare to go with you, good to have company on the Road, and Of Course, I Guarantee I won't be a Third Wheel for you two!"

Luvia said Sincerely.

"Ding-ling~"

Just as Broly prepared to Refuse, the phone in Luvia's pocket rang.

"What, gone? What happened?

Fine, later, have someone go set it up again."

Luvia answered the phone and exchanged a few words with the person on the other end.

"What Happened?"

After the Gold Hair girl Hung Up, Gray Curiously asked her.

"Nothing, just that Amusement Park I gave you tickets to Yesterday, the Ghost our Family specially placed in the haunted house, was Eliminated by someone unknown."

"Ah, Senior Sister Luvia, that haunted house Ghost was specially placed there by your Family?"

"Yes, that Amusement Park has our Family's Shares, the haunted house is a Sign/Board attraction, so we placed a processed harmless Ghost inside to act as Atmosphere staff.

Why, Gray, that couldn't have been Exorcised by you, could it?"

"No, it wasn't me."

The Gravekeeper girl hurriedly waved her hands in denial.

"Good, as long as it's not you. Ah, let's not talk about this anymore. Mr. Broly, can I go with you all?"

Luvia looked over.

"Want to go? Then let's go together. The more people, the livelier it is."

Broly awkwardly touched his chin; having taken their ticket and accidentally exorcised their ghost employee, he found himself too embarrassed to refuse at this point.

"Speaking of which, aren't you mages required to keep magecraft secret from ordinary people? Why would you place real ghosts in a place like a haunted house?"

"What's the issue? Ordinary people can't detect real ghosts even if they're there, and those who can detect them aren't ordinary people anymore. This doesn't violate the Confidentiality Regulations.

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