"..."
Seeing the silver-haired man looking at him with cold eyes, a normal person would probably already be in chaos from fear at this point.
But Shirou didn't react that way, simply looking at the other person calmly, and answering, "We don't know each other, do I have to answer your question?"
"That's true... I was disturbing you."
The silver-haired man was unexpectedly easy to talk to. After hearing Shirou's words, he nodded in agreement, and then actually looked like he was about to leave.
Regarding his actions, the girl wearing a white mask couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Are you just leaving like this?"
"I can't have too much contact with other people right now, so let's leave it at that."
The silver-haired man said something confusing, lacking a subject, and then turned to leave without looking back.
The black-haired girl followed behind him.
Seeing that the two sides were about to separate, the atmosphere at the scene relaxed a little, at least it wasn't as tense as it had been just now.
Shirou glanced at Eris and Ruijerd beside him and noticed that their attitude was clearly more relaxed than before, obviously gradually relaxing their guard because the silver-haired man was moving away.
"Regarding my matter... you will understand soon enough."
The silver-haired man said something that seemed to have a deep meaning.
Shirou looked at the departing back, and always felt that there was something extremely special about this man, giving him a feeling he couldn't ignore.
If he had to explain it, it was like Hitogami who often appeared in his dreams...
As Shirou was lost in thought, the silver-haired man's advancing steps suddenly stopped.
Because the black-haired girl beside him suddenly spoke up, "By the way, Orsted, have you noticed that the red-haired boy doesn't seem to be afraid of you at all? Is he not affected by the curse?"
"..."
After the black-haired girl's words fell, the silver-haired man, called Orsted, suddenly stopped moving.
He turned around with a cold expression, his eyes fixed on the direction where Shirou was.
This time, Shirou could even clearly feel a shocking pressure, and his whole body instinctively retreated, but he still managed to steady his steps, and didn't fall into chaos because of the other person's imposing manner.
However, although Shirou resisted Orsted's power, Ruijerd and Eris beside him showed obvious panic at this moment.
Not only was Eris, who was weaker, but even Ruijerd, who was at the Emperor level, was now trembling so much that he couldn't steady his steps.
Seeing this scene, Shirou finally realized that something seemed subtly wrong.
The huge impact brought about by a certain difference in information was having a huge impact on reality before he could even realize it.
But he didn't have time to change his thinking and could only watch the wrong thing happen.
Because Orsted was already walking straight towards him.
"As expected, you are indeed not affected by the curse."
Orsted looked at Shirou with surprise, examining him, "I'm sorry, but I have to ask you again, who exactly are you?"
"..."
Looking at the silver-haired man in front of him, who was imposing and seemed ready to start a fight at any moment, Shirou realized that he could no longer escape, so he silently said:
"Before asking me, shouldn't you give your name first?"
"Sorry, I was negligent."
The silver-haired man actually apologized very seriously, and then said, "My name is Orsted, and as for my identity, just think of me as a passing traveler."
Seeing that the other party was so sincere, Shirou relaxed his guard a little, and replied:
"My name is Shirou Greyrat."
"Never heard of that name... But since you are a Greyrat, what are your parents' names?"
"Paul Greyrat and Zenith Greyrat, I'm their adopted son."
"... Hmm? Paul? Paul shouldn't have a son, only two daughters."
Hearing Orsted's strange words, Shirou couldn't help but say, "Do you know my adoptive parents?"
"Kind of, I've had some connection with them."
Orsted said something vague.
This made Shirou show vigilance.
This wasn't because he suspected Orsted of anything, but simply because he knew Paul's personality very well.
As the head of the Greyrat family, Paul was the most unreliable person, and he often provoked some inexplicable threats, and had made countless enemies in the past.
If this Orsted was also an enemy that Paul had provoked in the past, then he had to be careful and vigilant.
However, Orsted didn't seem to show any hostility towards him, and just said, puzzled, "Hmm... That's strange, I don't have any memory of meeting you."
"Is that strange? We shouldn't have met before."
"Not meeting now doesn't mean we haven't met before, but not meeting before means we shouldn't be meeting now."
"... What are you talking about?"
Orsted's words confused Shirou.
The latter felt more and more of a sense of discord, as if talking to someone through a mirror, but because there were various barriers in the world in the mirror, the conclusions drawn from the conversation were infinitely distorted.
Compared to Shirou's confusion, Orsted seemed to have already drawn some conclusions from the conversation just now.
He nodded calmly, as if confirming an answer, and silently asked Shirou, "Say, have you ever heard of the word [Hitogami]?"
"... Hitogami? What are you talking about..."
Because he didn't want anyone to know that he was a Reincarnated Person, Shirou's first reaction was to deny Orsted's words.
But his denial still had a brief pause.
Because no matter what, it is impossible for a person to deceive their own instincts.
When Orsted suddenly asked a question, and the topic went straight to that disturbing fact, even the most cunning being would show flaws because they didn't react in time.
Shirou's reaction showed a flaw.
But he never thought that his one flaw would cause such terrible consequences.
After all, in the next moment, Orsted suddenly burst out with an extremely terrifying aura, and lifted his right hand with an unbelievable exaggerated movement.
How fast was that?
Not to mention tracking it with the naked eye, even the body's instincts couldn't keep up with Orsted's movements.
The only reaction Shirou had time to make was to pull out the magic sword Muramasa from his waist and swing his fastest sword to block the attack.
"Pa!"
The air exploded.
Shirou's movements couldn't keep up with Orsted.
The silver-haired man's hand first reached him.
But Shirou wasn't hit by the hand.
Because before that, Ruijerd rushed to his side, pushed him away, and swung the spear in his hand to block Orsted's attack.
"OAAAAAA!!!"
Ruijerd's movements were unbelievably fast.
As Emperor class expert his strength was erupting in an almost limit state, that was the peak of Ruijerd's martial arts, which had rarely been shown from start to finish on this trip.
However, even though Ruijerd was so powerful, every thrust he made was effortlessly caught by Orsted.
In the end, even the tip of the spear fell into Orsted's fingertips.
"This spear..."
Orsted looked at the weapon in Ruijerd's hand, and a clear surprise appeared in his eyes, and he said in confusion, "What is this weapon? Never seen such a forging process, it's just like the stuff forged by that guy named Muramasa who suddenly appeared before..."
Orsted's words made Shirou's heart skip a beat.
He never expected that the other person would instantly judge that the spear he made for Ruijerd was Muramasa's handiwork.
This made Shirou realize that he would probably have to reduce the number of weapons he forged by hand in the future, and he would have to forge weapons as Muramasa to reduce flaws.
Fortunately, Ruijerd didn't care about Orsted's nonsense, he looked at Orsted with cold eyes, and shouted without looking back, "Shirou! Run! Take Eris with you!"
"!!!"
Shirou did not hesitate at Ruijerd's reaction and grabbed Eris' hand immediately.
He has noticed the horror of the enemy.
It would only be a burden for him to stay at this time, it would be better to take Eris away and then find a way to do a dream call and then support in the form of Servant Emiya.
That was his idea.
This can't be considered a wrong idea either.
But the right idea will become the wrong thing when it meets the wrong object.
"Boom!"
Before Shirou could run away with Eris, an amazing roar suddenly sounded from behind.
Shirou turned his head blankly and found that Ruijerd was instantly blasted away by Orsted, and the whole person flew in the air for a long time, and finally fell heavily to the ground, unconscious.
"Ruijerd!!!"
Seeing this, Eris got anxious.
Her relationship with Ruijerd can now be regarded as master and disciple, so she would naturally not watch the other party be killed.
But Shirou stopped Eris.
Because the other party obviously couldn't be Orsted's opponent.
If even the Emperor class Ruijerd could be killed in seconds, it was enough to show that the opponent's strength was far above the Emperor class, meaning that the opponent in front of him was a god level being.
But why?
Why would a god-level being attack him?
Hitogami?
Just because he heard the name?
Shirou's thoughts flashed away, and he almost subconsciously pulled out the magic sword Muramasa, and also took out Avalon and Galatine.
The current situation no longer allowed him to hold back in any way.
But he still greatly underestimated the god level expert —
"Boom!"
Orsted's aura alone made it difficult for Shirou and Eris to support themselves and unable to maintain free movement.
At the same time, the silver-haired man had already walked over step by step, and said with a cold expression, "Hitogami's apostle, after you die, go tell Hitogami that the Dragon God Orsted will definitely kill you."
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