Chapter 386

He was dressed in standard corporate attire, but between his green messy hair, two sharp, spiraled long horns extended upward from the sides of his head.

He looked like a demi-human or orc from a fantasy world.

These days, people from other worlds are no longer a rare sight.

People's novelty has worn off; everyone in the carriage was frantically scrolling through bullet comments, paying no attention to this demi-human gentleman.

However...

Kobayashi watched the demi-human brother use his gold-plated smartphone to skillfully post a meme: "Lady 'Sazako' supports this marriage" (an image of Illya with her hands on her hips).

Her face couldn't help but twitch.

With her sharp eyes, she even saw an Illya keychain and other merchandise peeking out from the corner of the demi-human's clothes.

Illya is the protagonist, Illya von Einzbern, from the game-adapted anime *Magical Girl Illya* that aired this month.

It's actually an IF line of the Sky Curtain's Fifth War.

It tells the story of Illya von Einzbern, the young daughter of Shirou Emiya and Artoria Pendragon, after the Fifth War ended peacefully.

Because the original work is a card game, the background setting is that the medium for the Holy Grail system became Class Cards.

The main plot is the daily life of the protagonist group, while incidentally collecting cards and thwarting the conspiracies of villains from other worlds.

(*Cardcaptor Sakura* stitched with *Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya*.)

Honestly, the plot is bland.

But in today's world, any artistic work that touches even a little bit on the Sky Curtain finds it hard to flop.

Let alone a big production of this level?

In fact, it's not just games and anime.

Because *that* person doesn't care about these trifles, elements related to the Sky Curtain have now penetrated every aspect of people's lives around the world.

From the food that existed in the Sky Curtain being replicated, to magecraft, to artistic works, and even temples have been built in Italy.

Britain pointed directly at a piece of land, claiming it to be the hometown of King Arthur, which is now a world-class famous tourist attraction.

Five-star hotels, golf courses, swimming pools, cultural museums... a series of facilities were built rapidly.

The lazy British people themselves didn't expect such efficiency; after it officially opened, professional institutions predicted the scenic area's turnover would exceed 30 billion pounds a year.

Driving economic consumption of over 400 billion pounds, it leaped to become one of Britain's economic pillars.

And this is just an insignificant corner of the Sky Curtain's influence; the madness regarding the Holy King and the true identity of Luo Shu is what's truly crazy.

Every month, governments around the world receive cases of cultists being purified by Holy Light descending from the mysterious heights during their gatherings.

They are all groups of fanatics who became extreme and corrupted, and were personally "sent off" by *that* person...

However, you people from other worlds are being assimilated too quickly, aren't you?

Kobayashi watched, bewildered, as the demi-human brother argued in the chat room with someone named "Loyal Dog Number Seven of Lady Mizuki Natsu, Kouhei."

He rattled off various ACG knowledge with ease.

Various obscure magecraft facts and Sky Curtain details were all at his fingertips.

Both were proving who was more loyal.

And the guy on the other side directly sent a photo.

Hmm.

A photo of a group of police officers lying sprawled on the ground, with the shadow of a demon who had turned into a land god of war faintly reflected in a mirror on the side.

"NO! ONE! CAN!"

"NO ONE CAN STOP ME FROM GOING TO LALAKO'S CONCERT!!!!"

Kobayashi even had an image of a demon roaring in her mind.

Roaring ferociously: "I'll execute that scum Kitahara when I get back."

Kobayashi was speechless, her eyes turning into dots, completely bewildered.

Although she could barely be considered a fellow fan.

She even had a dragon maid at home, but she really couldn't understand the actions of these ACG-poisoned people.

Suddenly, this demi-human brother waited for the guy on the other side to kill his way out of the police station, and then posted gloomily: "Do you think the concert will still be held as scheduled now that the Sky Curtain has activated?"

Once the Sky Curtain activates, world-class events all issue emergency postponement announcements.

What's a concert for a voice actor like Lalako?

It's definitely postponed.

So this guy did all that for nothing.

By the way, how many years do you get for assaulting a police officer?

The demi-human brother pushed his glasses up in a refined manner: "I've studied Japan's laws.

The crime of assaulting a police officer is divided into two parts; minor cases are handled according to the crime of obstructing official business, which is probably detention.

And if it causes serious injury... you didn't hit them too hard, did you?"

Kouhei Imamura:...

Demi-human brother: "Then you're probably really going to miss Lalako's concert. Reform well, get out early. Lalako's voice actor, Natsu Mizuki, shouldn't be married by then, right?"

Kouhei Imamura didn't reply; he was probably dead.

Kobayashi's mouth twitched; she was speechless: "Are you people from other worlds adapting so quickly? I feel like you're more native than the locals."

The demi-human brother put away his phone and looked at the Sky Curtain with fanaticism: "This is *that* person's hometown, after all. As a loyal servant, how can I not learn every single bit of the God's Kingdom? Sure enough, my sincerity must have moved *that* person, which is why the Sky Curtain descended just when I was stuck at a bottleneck."

Kobayashi understood immediately.

Got it.

Convert's zeal, right?

Honorary Earthling.

He was probably just someone who was doing mediocre in the other world.

Actually, she was about the same.

Originally, she was just a female corporate slave.

Like Kuroneko-chan, it was the Sky Curtain that changed her life.

That was why she could walk through that broken forest while drunk, and why she could meet Tohru.

Kobayashi's gaze softened.

She didn't care much about power, but what she cared about was that she met Tohru because of it, and had a family.

Although Tohru is a giant dragon.

Originally, she looked down on all humans except her, despising them as weak insects.

It's a good thing she met the Sky Curtain as soon as she crossed over...

It directly beat all her arrogance away; it's just that she didn't know if it was a bit too much.

Kobayashi was a bit worried.

Tohru doesn't even dare to leave the house now, shrinking in the room like someone with persecutory delusions; she even buys groceries online.

She holds her head and trembles at every turn, muttering: "Humans, humans are so scary, too scary for dragons."

Her thoughts flashed by, and Kobayashi looked up at the three people in the "warm" daily life on the Sky Curtain: "Come to think of it, I always feel like that guy named Aizen has a problem."

"Eh? Did you sense something?

My bloodline talent is spiritual perception; in my perception, that gentle man is a rare good guy."

The demi-human brother, who also wore glasses, said in surprise.

He was a Legendary-rank spiritualist, which would be the limit of the Third Rank here.

However, although the person in front of him didn't have a strong aura, there was a terrifying and ferocious dangerous beacon on him.

Just touching it gave him a sense of danger like facing a demigod dragon.

As expected of the God's Kingdom; we Earthlings are too powerful.

In his world, he wouldn't even bother with kings or Third Rank powerhouses.

But Earthlings...

The demi-human brother frowned and analyzed calmly: "And this Aizen is an original shareholder of Chaldea, right? You could even say that without him, there would be no Chaldea. His weight might be even heavier than the previous director's. Whoever betrays him, it's impossible for him to betray, because that would be betraying himself."

"I don't know."

Kobayashi nodded: "Everything you said is correct, but *that* person won't be wrong."

Rational analysis, logical analysis—what's the use?

Has reality ever followed logic?

They might be wrong, logic might be wrong, but *that* person won't be wrong. ===== CHAPTER 387 =====