He returned to his room.
Nan Xiaoji casually tossed his school bag aside, then lay down on his bed and started reading a manga.
At that moment, "Gintama" was a huge bestseller.
Just then, BB-chan floated in, holding the kusanagi sword, a playful smile on her face.
"Senpai~! You haven't taken your reward, the kusanagi sword, yet~!" BB-chan said with a laugh.
"This kusanagi sword is Ibuki Douji's Noble Phantasm, you know. It possesses immense power and can cut down the Yamata no Orochi with a single strike~!"
"Senpai, quickly take it and go seize the Holy Grail~!"
Nan Xiaoji took the kusanagi sword, then tossed it next to a Gundam model on the side.
To anyone looking, the sword resembled a toy.
This left BB-chan stunned.
"Senpai, this sword is very precious!!! How can you just toss it aside so casually?!" BB-chan's face puffed up with anger.
"Tch, don't waste your breath! How could that Atram just inexplicably come over to snatch this emergency food?" Nan Xiaoji said, picking up Fou.
"Fou~?"
"That guy coming to kill me was definitely a script you arranged! You just want to force me to participate in some Holy Grail War, your intentions are truly sinister!" Nan Xiaoji cursed.
"Senpai! I didn't, but if you don't participate in the Holy Grail War, you'll definitely die! The Fifth Holy Grail War will bring about a world-ending disaster~!" BB-chan shouted, hugging Nan Xiaoji's leg.
"Bullshit, even without me, the three routes of this Holy Grail War can resolve themselves. I just won't participate, what can you do to me?" Nan Xiaoji said with a look of disdain.
"Senpai~! If you don't participate, I won't get my minimum living allowance reward~! I'm so poor~!" BB-chan cried.
"Scram! Anything the System tells me to do, I refuse to do! This must be right! It's already tricked me for ninety-nine lifetimes, and it still wants to trick me! Hmph!"
Nan Xiaoji kicked BB off the bed.
BB's plump backside bounced several times on the floor.
"Ouch..."
Damn it...
This stinky Senpai absolutely refuses to participate in the Holy Grail War...
Is this forcing me to use my intelligence?
BB-chan immediately jumped back onto the bed and began massaging Nan Xiaoji's waist.
"Senpai~! Comfortable?" BB-chan asked with a grin.
"Hmph! The strength is just so-so."
"Alright, alright~!"
"Fou? (Where's the intelligence?)"
...
In the evening.
In the living room of the Sajou Family.
Sajou Ayaka turned on a flashlight and shone it on the dining table.
"Ayaka, what are you talking about, so mysterious?" Although Saajou Aika asked this, her face showed an expression of excitement.
"So mysterious that Nan Xiaoji wasn't even called for dinner."
"I went to call him, but he was still snoring just now, so I didn't bother to wake him up," Sajou Ayaka said.
"However, I also really didn't want to wake him up, because what I'm about to say also concerns him."
"What is it? Have you decided to let him marry into our family?" Saajou Aika asked with a grin.
"Of course not, Sis, can't you be serious?" Sajou Ayaka said, puffing out her cheeks.
"Hehe~!" Saajou Aika chuckled wickedly.
"To the point!" Sajou Ayaka calmed down and continued.
"When I came home from school today, I found a second-rate Magus dead at our doorstep, and I also found this lump of Golden Fleece on him."
"Who do you think killed him?"
Sajou Ayaka, being a Magus herself, had already disposed of Atram's body.
"A dead Magus? Are you suspecting Nan Xiaoji did it? But he hasn't even started yet, he's been learning from that useless dad for several years and hasn't learned anything," Aika Sajyou said, puzzled.
"But there are no other Magi near our house, and he was the only one home at the time, so I suspect..." Sajou Ayaka also felt very confused.
"Could he be hiding his strength?"
"Hiding his clumsiness? According to what you just said, that was a second-rate Magus, and it seems his Mystic Codes were all very high-grade. Even I wouldn't find him that easy to deal with, how could he have done it?" Aika Sajyou said with a laugh.
"I don't know, how about... Sis, you go test him?" Sajou Ayaka suggested.
"Alright! I'll go now!" Aika Sajyou said with a grin.
Then, she skipped towards Nan Xiaoji's room in the stairwell.
...
A few minutes earlier.
Nan Xiaoji slowly woke up from his sleep.
Oh dear, I'm so hungry...
He reached for his phone and checked the time displayed on it.
Good heavens.
It was already ten o'clock at night.
Why didn't that damned Sajou Ayaka wake him up for dinner?
Damn it~!
He was practically starving to death.
"Fou~!" Fou suddenly jumped onto Nan Xiaoji.
Oh, the emergency food has arrived.
"Forget it, since I can't find anything else to eat, I'll eat you!" Nan Xiaoji said with a smile.
Then, he picked up Fou, and then took the kusanagi sword from the side, preparing to skin and bleed Fou.
"Fou? Fou!!!" Fou struggled non-stop, terrified.
Just then, BB-chan suddenly jumped out again.
"Senpai, no!!!"
"This is a Beast, the Fourth Beast!"
"If you raise it well and fatten it up, you can also dominate the Holy Grail War!"
BB tightly clutched Nan Xiaoji's hands, continuously trying to dissuade him.
"What you're saying makes some sense..."
"Senpai really listens to advice~!"
"How can such precious ingredients not be grilled? I'll go build a grill outside right away!"
"Senpai!!!"
"Fou!!!"
Just as Nan Xiaoji was about to deliver the killing blow, Saajou Aika suddenly pushed the door open and walked in.
"Hi~! Second Disciple, Senior Sister has come to see you—" Aika Sajyou was just about to try and act alluring, when she was startled by the creature in Nan Xiaoji's hand.
That squirrel... was actually the Fourth Beast???
Saajou Aika's Magic Circuits could connect to the Root, allowing her to gain much knowledge through this method.
She recognized Fou's true identity at a glance.
She was immediately dumbfounded.
How on earth did Nan Xiaoji manage to hold a Beast in his hand?
"Nan Xiaoji... Is this... the Fourth Beast?"
"This? I guess so. I was just about to butcher it for dinner," Nan Xiaoji said with a laugh.
"No, no, no, absolutely don't kill Beasts indiscriminately..." Saajou Aika was completely bewildered.
What the heck, kill and eat a Beast?
Such a thing was simply unthinkable.
And how could ordinary human tools possibly kill a Beast—
Then, Aika Sajyou saw the kusanagi sword in Nan Xiaoji's hand.
She was dumbfounded once again.
Where did Nan Xiaoji get this divine sword?
"If I can't kill it, then what do I keep it for?" Nan Xiaoji asked, puzzled.
"How about you give it to me?" Aika Sajyou asked with a grin.
"Alright~!" Nan Xiaoji casually tossed Fou to Aika Sajyou.
"Fou~! (Saved...)"
Immediately after, Aika Sajyou looked at the sword in Nan Xiaoji's hand, "Nan Xiaoji, this sword..."
"This toy sword? Senior Sister wants it too? Here you go!"
Then, Saajou Aika left Nan Xiaoji's room, holding Fou and the kusanagi sword.
She felt her scalp prickle.
Even though she could connect to the Root, witness all truths from the Root, and learn Age of Gods Thaumaturgy.
But she couldn't imagine where Nan Xiaoji had obtained a Beast and the kusanagi sword...
She had no choice but to believe that Nan Xiaoji had the strength to kill that second-rate Magus.
So, she turned her head to look at Nan Xiaoji, who was preparing instant noodles.
She accumulated magic into her eyes and activated her Mystic Eyes.
Nan Xiaoji, your past, your future, and even your true nature, what are they?