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, Iâll prepare lunch for you.
He Who Knows Fate: Master, thereâs no need. Iâm having lunch with Kazuma. He delayed my breakfast, so I plan to have a free lunch with him.
Flat-Chested Chinese: Alright, then Iâll 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]: Arenât I Ryougi Shiki?
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki: â¦
Efreet: Oh! Look whoâs here. Itâs Ryougi Shiki. The imposter can disappear now.
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki [Root]: Imposter? Havenât I been tagged? Iâm 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.
Kalâtsit: Seems like sheâs been spoiled a bit.
Lord of the White Night: Quite an odd personality.
He Who Knows Fate: Shiki, youâre 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: Iâll go back to sleep for a while; Iâll skip lunch.
He Who Knows Fate: That wonât do; youâre a patient now, and you need regular meals. Iâve 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, itâs mainly because this medicinal cuisine was bought from the Dimension Administrators Association, so they offer buyback services. Shiki, donât 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.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: Iâm jealous. Elder Brother, youâve never been this good to me.
He Who Knows Fate: â¦Be content. If youâre wondering who I treat best, donât you have an idea? Among the group living in my house now, youâre treated the best, although the one I feel the most indebted to is Little Li.
He Who Knows Fate: No, I need to get a gift for Luo Li and also for Jeanne dâArc.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: Elder Brother, I want one too.
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki [Root]: Elder Brother, me too.
He Who Knows Fate: Root, youâ¦
Self-Centered Elder Sister Shiki [Root]: Is there a problem?
Faillen Angel Gabriel: Has Root lost her dignity for a gift?
Iron Fist Teacher: Theoretically, Root Shiki is still Shiki.
Blank Never Loses: Root and Shiki are not on the same level.
Queen of Ice and Snow: Is this the worldâs consciousness of my world? I canât help but feel a bitâ¦
I Have a Strong Presence: Embarrassed?
Queen of Ice and Snow: Not exactly.
Chen Heng sighed as he watched the chat go off-topic. Then he took a bite of Giant Toad meat after sighing. Hmm⦠Delicious.
He Who Knows Fate: By the way, Master, you havenât started cooking yet, have you?
Flat-Chested Chinese: Not yet. Since itâs just me eating, Iâll keep it simple.
He Who Knows Fate: That wonât do; my senior sister will be there at noon. Master, you canât make it too simple. Kazuma has given me some frog meat for Master.
Upon seeing this, Fu Hua pondered whether Chen Heng had discovered her little prank with his breakfast. He even knew about Cheng Lixue coming for lunch, so he might have realized.
Fu Hua recalled her recent behavior when she thought about this morningâs prank; indeed, she had becomeâ¦livelier. Perhaps it was because the pressure of the Honkai had disappeared. After all, China didnât need Fu Huaâs protection anymore.
Kazuma the Brute: Alright, Immortal, this frog meat is specially prepared by Chen Heng for you. Iâll send you half and pass the rest to Big Brother Chen Heng.
As Kazuma spoke, he took one of the four bags nearby and sent it to Fu Hua, then passed one directly to Chen Heng, which went into Chen Hengâs spatial storage.
He Who Knows Fate: Try making some dishes with this frog meat. Itâs incredibly delicious, so donât skimp on it for my senior sister.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: I want some too.
He Who Knows Fate: â¦Sirin, please bear with it for now. Tohsaka Aoiâs cooking should be delicious. Iâll treat you all to a good meal after the Holy Grail Carnival.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: Elder Brother, remember what you said.
He Who Knows Fate: Donât worry.
Time Witch: Elder Brother, what gift are you planning to give me?
He Who Knows Fate: Iâm thinking. Luo Li, what do you want?
Time Witch: I want you
He Who Knows Fate: â¦
Chen Heng was caught off-guard by Luo Liâs directness. Youâ¦are truly something else.
Time Witch: â¦to restore your memories.
He Who Knows Fate: Ermâ¦nicely done.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: Phew! You scared me.
Efreet: Sirin, since weâre close in age, Iâll give you some advice.
Herrscher of Pufferfish:
Efreet: Never underestimate the competition around you, no matter who it is, and always stay vigilant. Itâs a tough world out there.
Herrscher of Pufferfish: What do you mean?
Efreet: I canât say anything more. Thatâs it. If I say it and reveal it, it will be pointless.
He Who Knows Fate: Rest assured. If the Holy Grail canât restore my memories this time, Iâll use the service at the Dimension Administrators Associationâs 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 wouldnât feel conflicted over not having his memories. After all, that was something that hadnât happened yet.
But now, it seemed their situation wasnât quite like re:life.
As Chen Heng ate, he began watching todayâs Holy Grail Carnival game.
Todayâs Holy Grail Carnival only took a morning; the game was already over.
This time, the game presented by the Holy Grail Warâs Holy Grail Carnival was called Magic Chess.
Thatâs 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: Hereâs 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 couldnât attend, still not daring to reveal her identity.