Chapter 5.5

Daily Life with a Servant

"People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little."
― James Hilton, Lost Horizon

It wasn't long before they noticed that caster was…Troublesome

"OK, THEN TIME TO WORK, UOHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled a monk, Reikan Ryuudou, while cleaning the Temple with powerful Determination, going from cleaning one room to another in record time while leaving them almost sparkling.

The other people who worked for the temple just sweatdropped as they watched the monk clean with such a ferocious look.

"NII-SAN?!" yelled a blue haired boy, Issei Ryuudou, as he saw his brother suddenly enter his room and start cleaning while growling like a wild beast.

"UOOOOOOHHHHHHH" Reikan yelled once more, this time while cutting fire wood for the wood fired oven. The more he did so the more his muscles bulged.

Watching all this happen was Izuku and Souichirou who had just returned from their training.

"WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE GONE?!" Yelled Izuku

"… Reikan seems more motivated than normal" commented Souichirou

"Sensei, this is more than being a bit more motivated, he doesn't even look like Ryuudo-san anymore!" Izuku pointed to Reikan who suddenly grew a foot taller and had decided to forgo the top part of his clothes to show to the world his now bigger than normal muscles. The mayor problem was that now his face looked like a big Oni. His brother had already fainted while believing this to be a nightmare

Before Souichirou could answer someone spoke behind them "I see… So it failed" It was none other than Caster

"EH?! What do you mean?" Asked Izuku who was finally piecing the situation together

"I tried to make the Stamina Elixir more effective and with less side effects, but it seems that the extreme amount of unused energy that cannot be stored inside the body makes the user go slightly insane with the need to drain energy" Explained Caster with a slightly embarrassed smile

"You experimented with Ryuudo-san?!" exclaimed Izuku not noticing Souichirou walking off

"Yesterday we bumped into each other and knowing of my status as a doctor, he asked for a medicine to treat fatigue" Explained Caster while referring to the cover they had for their presence in Ryuudo Temple "So I decided to see if I could create a new and safer Stamina Elixir while also trying to help him"

"Caster! You shouldn't experi- "Scolded Izuku but he was interrupted by Reikan falling face first beside him "GAAAHHGH" yelped Izuku

"Can you Heal him?" Requested Souichirou who had knocked out Reikan while they were talking, to stop him from hurting himself "Also you will be working in spacial awareness in the next lesson" Finished Souichirou while pointing to Izuku

Izuku shivered

Two days later the dining table was turned into marble

Just like any other master Izuku had a dream cycle

Caster had started like any other human

Born the son of a physician and a slave, he lived in a house near the Sihl river and grew up with a lot of secrets in his family. It was only after his mother's death and subsequent moving to Villach that he started to learn the secrets that his father held, he was a Magus.

Izuku watched the years pass by as Caster slowly learned the principles of alchemy, botany, medicine, mineralogy, mining, Jewelcraft and natural philosophy from his father. However, while his father tried to instill in him the mindset of the magus, he also received education in humanism and theology from the local clerics.

During his education Caster questioned his father on the reason of his mother's death and it was the first time that the words that would frustrate him so much in life appeared.

"Magecraft cannot accomplish that" and "Medicine couldn't save her".

Izuku watched Casters frustration, not so much with the fact that his mother couldn't be saved, but with the stagnation that was starting to appear in the world. It was with this mindset that he studied medicine and later gained a doctorate. It was at this point that Izuku wondered for the first time if his world was the same

Night after night he saw Caster's life

The time he entered a war, not as a sword of death but as shield of life, settling his view of life as precious, especially those of the children, and slowly creating the man that would later become a legend.

Izuku couldn't help but feel the same as he watched the horror of war through caster's eyes.

His first contact with the Clock Tower, which gave him access to greater resources that would later permit him to settle his name in history as one of the most important figures of the History of Alchemy.

That day Izuku couldn't help but feel a little bad for the Magi as he watched his servant almost rob them blind while they smiled and promised himself to read the fine print of any contract he made.

His defiance before the current medical and Magi communities that planted the seeds of his death.

Izuku blushed and covered his ears whenever his Servant started to curse out another of the stagnant medics and magi that focused more on holding their titles and making themselves look better to the eyes of the world, and forgot to better themselves in their arts.

His discoveries and works that raised him to the mantle of a being that changed history.

Izuku finally understood that people weren't born great, they made themselves great.

And finally he saw his death at the hands of the Clock Tower.

His chilling calm and last request before he let himself be killed would be forever engraved in his mind.

…The Dream Cycle was a two – way road

His master was different from any human he had ever met

Born in a society that valued Quirks, he was the son of a mother that had weak telekinetic abilities and a father that could breathe fire, he lived in an apartment in Masutafu, Japan. He grew as a bright kid that since very young only had one desire, Salvation.

Caster could only smile as he watched his Master save his mother in an 'All Might Suit'.

Life continued on and Izuku grew old enough that he would soon develop his quirk, but luck wasn't on his side, as the Doctor mercilessly ripped away the kids dream with the truth that he had been born different, outdated. Izuku's pain only grew when his mother, his last hope for his dream, could only apologize for something that even Izuku, as young as he was, knew wasn't her fault.

Caster stared disapprovingly at the doctor's delivery of the devastating news and watched in silence as his Master was told quite clearly by reality that he couldn't become a Hero, it just wasn't his Fate.

Night after night he saw his master's life

Izuku wouldn't give up. He knew he couldn't fight head on with quirk users, so he studied. Types, Limitations, Weaknesses, the knowledge he acquired was enormous and completely his own, as he analyzed every single Quirk he came in contact with. Always watching, Always Learning.

Caster was surprised by the familiar defiance that he saw in Izuku and the sense of approval he felt for his master's dedication. Of course, he also saw the fact that Izuku hadn't done EVERYTHING he could've done but the fact that he advanced his mind so much was enough to please him. His master didn't stagnate.

The world around him disapproved. No matter what he did the people around Izuku would do their best to dissuade Izuku from his path, some even going as far as harming him to try and get the point across.

Then came the day that changed his fate. Izuku was attacked and then saved by the person he admired the most. Gathering his courage, he did the impossible to see if he could get the push forward he needed to accomplish his dream, only to get told quite clearly that he couldn't become a hero.

Caster only felt hypocrisy dripping from the hero's words

Then he finally saw the culmination of Izuku's will and then his kidnapping into their world

Izuku's sheer heroic spirit as he rushed where other's feared to thread would be something that Caster's soul would always remember

Even after learning about Quirked Society Caster sometimes couldn't believe the quirks his master held

It was during a normal day of training in both magic and martial arts that ithappened

Caster and Izuku had already taken dinner with Reikan, Issei and Souichirou and had retreated to the Hut/House they were staying in and Izuku had decided to watch a movie called Hachiko Monogatari.

Needless to say Izuku flooded the house with his tears and Caster wondered where in the world his master stored so much water

After Ten Years even Gilgamesh had to get a Hobby

"…Did you really have to humiliate the police again?" asked Kirei

"The Fools attempted to restrain me while I was testing one of my steeds" Laughed Gilgamesh

Kotomine raised an eyebrow 'So he broke the speed limit again while testing a futuristic motorbike' "By the way the western game that you asked for has finally reached us" Commented Kirei

"Hoh? It seems that the packaging agency will survive this time, if they had lasted one day more to bring my entertainment I would have had them all killed" Stated Gilgamesh "Now where is it? I shall amuse myself with it until this War finally starts"

Kirei just handed him the package and watched the King of Heroes retreat to his room

'I wonder why the King wanted that game so much' Wondered Kirei as he remembered the name of the game

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Rin sometimes wondered if she somehow summoned a Brownie or a Zashiki-warashi

"Why?" Rin asked herself as she watched the clean living room, dining room and most importantly…

"Why does a servant act like this?! Aren't you supposed to be a Hero of the Past?!" she yelled as she watched her recently summoned Servant expertly move in a pristine kitchen making dinner with a frilly apron

"WHY?!"

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