Butler Thomas's sudden madness surprised everyone present.
The Boreas family members generally had some affection for the butler who served the family, so they showed him some leniency.
But they never expected that their leniency would be repaid with such ruthless betrayal.
For a moment, even Sauros, the head of the Boreas family, turned pale with anger. His angry face looked like a lion's glare, making people tremble with fear.
At least Thomas didn't dare to look at Sauros's face at all. His face was full of panic, and he could only look at Philip as much as possible:
"Quick, let me go! Otherwise, I can't guarantee this girl's safety!"
Thomas has completely given up.
Faced with punishment from the Boreas family, losing everything, and possibly even ending up in prison, he chose to gamble everything. He used Eris to threaten the Boreas family, hoping to find a way out for himself.
"Thomas, you..."
Eris never expected that the other party would use her as a hostage. Because his dagger was already on her neck, she couldn't make any resisting movements. Any slight movement made her feel like the sharp blade was about to touch her skin and blood vessels.
She never thought that she would experience such an unavoidable life-or-death crisis twice in just a few days.
This made her realize her weakness even more, and she felt very regretful for not having trained properly in the past.
"Thomas, calm down."
As Eris's father, Philip was undoubtedly the most nervous person present.
He tried his best not to show any panic, but his eyes, which usually held a smile, were now filled with icy coldness.
"How can I calm down! You definitely want to arrest me and try me, or even get Darius's information from me. If that terrifying master finds out I betrayed him, I'll definitely die without leaving any scraps. I might as well take a chance, escape the Asura Kingdom, maybe there's a chance!"
Thomas could no longer maintain his composure.
His words were filled with fear and panic about his employer. That fear was even greater than the despair that the Boreas family brought him.
This was undoubtedly the reason why he was so crazy, even doing something like kidnapping Eris, which was almost a suicide mission.
"Darius?"
Although Shirou was also worried about Eris, he also cared about the name Darius that Thomas mentioned.
If nothing else, this noble with that name should be the mastermind behind this Eris kidnapping incident.
And someone who could send people to kidnap a young girl, even hiring desperate people with money, must be an enemy of justice.
Shirou couldn't sit idly by.
Of course, that didn't matter right now.
How to save Eris from the rampaging Thomas was the top priority.
Shirou carefully looked around at everyone and found that everyone, including Ghislaine, was forced to stand still, not daring to act rashly.
Although Ghislaine was confident that she could instantly kill the opponent, Thomas, as the Boreas butler, knew the Beast Girl Swordsman's skill level very well. He was absolutely vigilant towards her. As soon as Ghislaine drew her sword, he would stab the dagger into Eris's neck.
Because of the fear of that happening, even though Ghislaine was a King-level of the Sword God Style, she didn't have the courage to use the young lady's life as a gamble.
Apart from Ghislaine, not to mention the other members of the Boreas family, Philip and his wife had no fighting ability at all and couldn't save anyone from Thomas.
Although Sauros looked like he could fight, he was obviously only good at direct, open combat and couldn't deal with such sinister tactics.
In this situation, it was clear that only Shirou could solve the crisis.
Because only Shirou had the ability to save Eris from Thomas without being overly guarded against by him, and he can take some action.
However, how should he handle this situation to save Eris?
Shirou recalled all the abilities he currently possessed, and even began to think about the powers that belonged to Servant Emiya, which he had not yet mastered.
With so many abilities, he really couldn't think of a way to forcefully save Eris in this situation.
After all, no matter what action he took, it would definitely attract Thomas's attention.
And the other party was like a frightened rabbit now. Any abnormality in his behavior would cause him to act like crazy.
Therefore, the ability to prioritize must be one that wouldn't attract Thomas's attention at all, one that he couldn't perceive.
However, at least in Shirou's own memory, such a skill didn't exist.
Neither he nor Servant Emiya were good at taking action after hiding their presence.
Otherwise, Servant Emiya's class wouldn't be Archer, but Assassin.
However, Servant Emiya had a unique quality, which was what set him apart from other Servants: Unlimited Blade Works.
As the wielder of Unlimited Blade Works, Servant Emiya spent his entire life storing all kinds of weapons in his armory. As long as he saw something once and determined that it could be analyzed, he could directly create a copy of the weapon and store it in Unlimited Blade Works.
This led to Servant Emiya having more skills than imaginable. There was a way to solve the current crisis!
While Shirou was constantly going through Servant Emiya's armory, trying to find a solution, Thomas in the distance had reached his limit of patience.
"Quick, get me a carriage, or I'll kill her!"
Thomas knew that after his reckless act, the Boreas family would definitely not let him go, so he directly asked for a carriage as a means of escape.
"I can get you one ready."
Philip knew that he couldn't provoke the other party at this time, so he tried to stabilize his mood and said, "However, I hope you can release Eris after that."
"How is that possible? If I let this girl go, how could you let me go!"
"But we can't allow you to take Eris away either."
Philip was unwilling to give in on this matter no matter what. After all, if Thomas took Eris away, no one knew what would happen next.
However, Eris was also Thomas's only trump card. If he let her go, it meant that he would have no way out.
In this almost deadlocked situation, no one could imagine what would happen next.
At least Sauros, the head of the Boreas family, was silent, clearly unable to think of any way to solve the problem.
Just as everyone was hesitant, Shirou suddenly stood up and said, "Let me switch with Eris. The Boreas family can't give up Eris, but there's no problem with using me as a hostage, right?"
"Shirou?"
The Boreas family members were stunned that Shirou would stand up at this time.
Sauros looked at him with a complex expression that became incredibly complicated.
Thomas was hesitant about this. He apparently believed that Eris was worth more as a hostage than Shirou.
However, he also knew how important Eris was to the Boreas family.
If he continued to push it, no one knew what action the Boreas family would take next, and it might even result in mutual destruction.
In this way, letting Shirou exchange hostages, using Shirou as a hostage to leave, might be his best option.
"Okay."
Thomas wasn't stupid. He quickly weighed the pros and cons and made what he thought was the most reasonable judgment.
After all, in his opinion, Shirou was just a little older than Eris. Even if his swordsmanship was extraordinary, as long as he didn't have a sword in his hand, he wouldn't be afraid at all.
Moreover, Shirou was someone that Sauros cared about a lot. The Boreas family definitely wouldn't want him to be harmed, making him a very suitable hostage.
"Then let's exchange."
Hearing Thomas agree, Shirou breathed a sigh of relief.
Eris's expression was complex when she saw this. She never thought that this tutor she hated would stand up for her.
Especially when she saw Shirou really walking towards them with empty hands, an unspeakable tremor arose in her heart...
"!"
Seeing Shirou voluntarily step forward as a hostage, Thomas felt a little uneasy, but because he had no other choice now, he could only take the risk.
After all, the Boreas family couldn't allow him to leave here with Eris.
And in fact, the exchange of hostages went very smoothly.
Until Shirou replaced Eris and was held at knifepoint, and Eris was released, nothing unusual happened.
Even Sword King Ghislaine, who Thomas was most wary of, didn't take any extra measures while this was happening.
This made Thomas complacent, thinking that the Boreas family really didn't care much about Shirou, at least not as much as they cared about Eris, this boy from a branch family.
In this way, he had a chance to escape this castle with him, even leave the Asura Kingdom, and go to a place where no one could find him.
Thomas was fantasizing about his life after escaping, so he didn't notice that the boy he was holding hostage with a dagger had a faint magical power gathering in his seemingly empty hands.
What was happening was a projection like never before!
In order to project this weapon, at least half of Shirou's magic circuits in his right hand began to glow, showing the form of a blurry long sword!
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