Many people don't know that there is an unwritten rule in restaurants like late night restaurants - only familiar customers are served. When strangers walk in, the owner usually ignores them. Don't get me wrong, the owner is not cold or impolite, but he doesn't know how to deal with it.
Customers who go to the store usually eat whatever is available and don't have many requirements. When faced with unfamiliar guests, the owner doesn't know how to greet them and can only put on an expressionless face. The kinder ones may prepare a reminder board to explain the rules of the store.
There is a wooden reminder board like this on the counter of the "Complaint Pavilion":
One, feel free to complain.
Second, please come alone.
3. Even if you meet someone you know, please pretend not to know them.
4. Please don’t spread what you heard here and forget it quickly.
It looks weird, but combined with the store name "Lao Suo Ting" it seems normal.
The "Complaint Pavilion" is a place for everyone to vent their complaints. No matter whether you are a hero or a rogue, no one will ask about your origin or your past. As long as you are willing to speak, everyone here, including the store owner, will be a good listener and will consciously not spread the word.
It is worth mentioning that it was this reminder board that initially retained old customers when the name was changed and the store manager was replaced. New customers gradually joined the ranks of old customers after seeing the reminder board, and the fame of "Laoshouting" spread at a silent and strange speed, which surprised the new owner Haruki Kitahara.
There is no doubt that Kitahara Haruki is the alias of Matou Shinji. In order to avoid being tracked by intelligence personnel, Shinji and Arquette could not use their real names, which also gave Shinji the opportunity to play a joke.
However, this time, Shinji did not play the joke about his own CV, but the joke about Elquet. Elquet's earliest CV was Namatame Hitomi, and the most well-known female character he has voiced is Touma Kazusa, one of the famous "Shiraku" trio. She is Touma Kazusa, and Shinji is naturally the only male in the "Shiraku" trio, Haruki Kitahara.
Shinji came to Hokkaido to avoid the spies sent by various major forces. He originally planned to find an inconspicuous place to stay, study magic, go on adventures in Mooncell, and wait quietly until the storm passed. It was completely accidental that he thought of running a "Midnight Diner".
That day, the two were attacked by a large group of hostile life forms, namely the Chaos Program, in the "Spiritual Fictional World". The enemy life forms were not strong individually, and could be crushed with a single shot or claw, but there were too many of them, and they could not be defeated no matter how hard they tried, and they were surrounded in the center. In the end, Elquet, who was tired of fighting, said that it was over for today, and Shinji activated the forced logout.
It was still dark, and Elquet didn't want to sleep, so Shinji suggested going out to find something to eat, so the two of them came to a late-night restaurant. To be honest, the food in the restaurant was really not good, and Shinji couldn't eat after a few bites. Only Elquet, relying on her physique as the incarnation of nature, accepted everything and ate everything.
While Elquet was concentrating on eating, Shinji, who had nothing to do, began to observe his surroundings.
Shinji knew the name of Midnight Diner in his previous life because there was a very popular manga, which was later adapted into a movie and TV series, and then remade in China. Although the ratings of this remake were dismal due to its strong commercial flavor and inappropriateness to Chinese culture, it was enough to show how popular Midnight Diner is in Japan.
After traveling through time, Shinji once tried it out of curiosity, but was greatly disappointed by the result. Perhaps it was because he was still a Chinese at heart and had no feeling for this type of Japanese restaurant.
"It's far worse than the midnight snacks made by Sakura. It's a complete waste of time." - This was the evaluation of Shinji, who had not yet gone to China to study in the imperial kitchen and could only eat but not cook.
If he hadn't really had nothing to eat this time, he would never have brought Elquet to such a place. But after observing casually for a while, Shinji changed his mind - it was right to come, it would have been better if he had come earlier.
It's not that he has lowered his standards, but compared to his past self, he sees the world differently now.
I remember there was a comment like this in my previous life - what you taste in the late-night diner is not food, but the vicissitudes of life and the warmth and coldness of human nature.
In the past, even though he had lived two lives, he still did not have this experience, and could not experience the subtle flavors of life. But now he has entered the realm of the third magic, and can draw strength from thoughts and emotions, and therefore can feel the flavors of it. Just like what Orange said about the color of the soul, Shinji also heard the melody hidden behind the humble, ordinary, or glorious life.
At that moment, Shinji had a new realization.
Of the five remaining magics in the world, the manifestation of five kinds of miracles, only one is related to the human heart and human feelings, and that is the third method. Thoughts become power, and the human heart creates miracles. Without a full understanding of the human heart, it is impossible to truly complete the third method. Therefore, no matter how hard Einzbern tries, he can never reach the level of a magician, and if Shinji wants to complete the third method, he must also observe the human heart deeply.
Where is the human heart? At the bottom of society, the closer you are to the market, the more you can see the various aspects of life - the late night restaurant is a good example.
"Jewel Man" once told him that magic is different from magic. Diligence, environment and even talent are not important. What really matters is the sudden enlightenment. If you can't understand, even with Zepia's extraordinary talent, you can't open the door to magic. If you understand, even a transfer student like Aozaki Aoko, who has average qualifications and serious subject bias, can still become a magician.
Just like the sudden enlightenment in Buddhism, ordinary people can become Buddhas if they have enlightenment, but it is useless even for great monks if they don’t have enlightenment.
Of course, this kind of thing is rare, Shinji can only think about it, but if there is a chance to perfect magic, he will never give up - if he really becomes a magician, what does the Holy Grail mean to him
At worst, I could roll one as a gift for Yustisa, roll another for Rin Tohsaka to fulfill her wish, and finally roll one for Lorelaia, and hold the Holy Grail War directly at the Clock Tower headquarters. I could also enjoy the old gem man's addiction of using the world as a chessboard and all living beings as chess pieces.
Not convinced? Not happy? No problem, come and fight me, one-on-one or in a group.
Arrogant? No, no, not at all. Magicians have the confidence to do this. The old man and Aozaki Aoko both did this, and I haven't heard of them being harmed by anyone.
In the Type-Moon Universe, Gilgamesh, Shirou Emiya, and Sieg are not the real cheaters. The real cheaters are the magicians, who have infinite possibilities.
Of course, these are all Shinji's fantasies, and the possibility is infinitely close to zero, but this does not prevent him from understanding human hearts and perfecting magic.
At first, he wandered around the streets and observed the lives of various people. Later, he felt that this was inefficient, so he bought a late-night restaurant with a long history in a special area where good and bad people mixed together, and began his life as Haruki Kitahara.
PS: In "Night of the Wizards", Aoko was abused by Orange at the beginning because Aoko didn't use magic. Comparing magic with Orange is like asking for trouble. You should know that even Weber, the king of nitpicking, can hardly find fault with Orange's magic. Orange's magic is a work of art, which truly sublimates Rune.
PS2: I always think that Beast, Saver, and Crown are not as good as magicians. No matter how strong they are, they are all confined to the planet, not UO, and magic is something similar to the bottom level of authority at the cosmic level. Of course, this is an exception in MC. The worldview of MC is different. The upper limit of the awakened ones on Earth is fixed, but in MC, they are terrifying existences at the galaxy level. If Boss Yahweh doesn't come, anyone who comes will probably die.
PS3: Since FE is on, let me talk about it briefly. There are two most terrifying things about MC's worldview. One is the amplification of the fantasy circuit (I think that's the name), which can increase the power of the treasure geometrically and greatly enhance the strength of the servant. The other is that legend is reality. Note that there is no limit to the legend being reality. What exists is true, and it is not like on Earth where it has to go through various judgments. Why are the awakened ones scary? Because in the spirit world, the bodhisattva is the sky, and the awakened ones dominate the three thousand worlds, and one world is a star cluster... There is no need to say more, it is useless to fight when the scale is large enough. Of course, even with such an awakened one, the treacherous young master believes that the magician has a chance of winning, after all, there are infinite possibilities.
PS4: The demonic Bodhisattva Shashengyuan is only infinitely close to the Awakened One, but not as good as the Awakened One—well, the one who swallowed the MC is another story. Without the bonus of the spirit world, the Awakened One is not good enough to master the Shashengyuan of the MC. Because the Awakened One has a high level of style but no outstanding record, he is often regarded as a small fish Awakened One. But after all, he is Sakyamuni, don't take advantage of him.
PS5: When I was playing FGO, I was wondering, what on earth are the magicians doing? Second, magicians can go to parallel worlds without worrying about the burning of human principles. The burning of human principles is within the scope of the fifth law. There is no reason for Aoko to be affected. Why would they leave gays alone to make trouble? Could it be that all the magicians are traveling and are not in this world
PS6: From this, I derived my imagination - Gay: Let's take a look first, hmm... Very good, the old man with the gem is not here, and that woman is not here either, it's just the right time, burn burn burn burn!!!