Book 6: Chapter 47:2: Steal? Master, I Choose You! Part 2
Flat-Chested Chinese: Little Heng, are you coming home for lunch? If you are, I’ll prepare lunch for you.
He Who Knows Fate: Master, there’s no need. I’m having lunch with Kazuma. He delayed my breakfast, so I plan to have a free lunch with him.
Flat-Chested Chinese: Alright, then I’ll just make lunch for Ryougi Shiki and myself.
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki [Root]: Huh? What do you want from me?
He Who Knows Fate: My master said Ryougi Shiki, so why are you here?
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki [Root]: Aren’t I Ryougi Shiki?
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki: ...
Efreet: Oh! Look who’s here. It’s Ryougi Shiki. The imposter can disappear now.
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki [Root]: Imposter? Haven’t I been tagged? I’m Root, you know.
He Who Knows Fate: So, who claimed to be Ryougi Shiki just now?
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki [Root]: How should I know? Is there such a person?
Kazuma the Brute: Root is getting cheekier by the day.
God Sai: Starting to resemble someone.
Kal’tsit: Seems like she’s been spoiled a bit.
Lord of the White Night: Quite an odd personality.
He Who Knows Fate: Shiki, you’re awake.
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki: Yeah, just woke up.
Flat-Chested Chinese: Are you having lunch or going back to sleep?
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki: I’ll go back to sleep for a while; I’ll skip lunch.
He Who Knows Fate: That won’t do; you’re a patient now, and you need regular meals. I’ve already purchased your lunchtime medicinal cuisine and sent it to you via a red packet. Remember to eat at noon, and you can recycle any waste to the Dimension Administrators Association.
King Wolffy: Does the Dimension Administrators Association collect garbage?
He Who Knows Fate: Not really, it’s mainly because this medicinal cuisine was bought from the Dimension Administrators Association, so they offer buyback services. Shiki, don’t sleep yet; have your medicinal cuisine first and then sleep. Just wait a bit longer.
Chen Heng felt like he was dealing with a child; after all, Shiki had lost most of her memories, so that was not quite wrong.
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki: Alright, thank you, Elder Brother.
He Who Knows Fate: Alright.
Time Witch: Elder Brother, what gift are you planning to give me?
He Who Knows Fate: I’m thinking. Luo Li, what do you want?
Time Witch: I want you
He Who Knows Fate: ...
Chen Heng was caught off-guard by Luo Li’s directness. You...are truly something else.
Time Witch: ...to restore your memories.
He Who Knows Fate: Erm...nicely done.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: Phew! You scared me.
Efreet: Sirin, since we’re close in age, I’ll give you some advice.
Herrscher of Pufferfish:
Efreet: Never underestimate the competition around you, no matter who it is, and always stay vigilant. It’s a tough world out there.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: What do you mean?
Efreet: I can’t say anything more. That’s it. If I say it and reveal it, it will be pointless.
He Who Knows Fate: Rest assured. If the Holy Grail can’t restore my memories this time, I’ll use the service at the Dimension Administrators Association’s store.
Chen Heng always felt it was unfair to be missing memories when they all remembered him. Not recalling them felt awkward.
If it turned out that the two of them were really from a re:life, Chen Heng wouldn’t feel conflicted over not having his memories. After all, that was something that hadn’t happened yet.
But now, it seemed their situation wasn’t quite like re:life.
As Chen Heng ate, he began watching today’s Holy Grail Carnival game.
Today’s Holy Grail Carnival only took a morning; the game was already over.
This time, the game presented by the Holy Grail War’s Holy Grail Carnival was called Magic Chess.
That’s right. It was indeed a modified version of the magic chess from No Game No Life.
Root copied many details from the Ten Pledges.
[TL Note: Here’s more information on the Ten Pledges from No Game No Life: /wiki/Ten_Covenants.]
It was blatant plagiarism. If the authorities could see it, Root would surely face legal sanctions.
However, right from the start of the game, the black side encountered a major challenge.
In magic chess, each side had 16 players. This game allowed Masters to participate, but there were only 13 of them. Tohsaka Rin couldn’t attend, still not daring to reveal her identity.