"Big brother! Please have another bowl!"
"Okay! Ilya, you have such a good appetite! Come give it to you!"
Eat eat...
"Why is this happening? Shirou?"
"You ask me...I also..."
"Shirou! Add some food!"
"Okay, Saber, wait a moment."
"Hey! Saber, don't you say something?"
"Rin! It's meal time now. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it later. For a warrior, meal time is the most precious!"
Bite...
"Teacher Fujimura, what about you? Don't you want to express your opinion on the current situation?"
"Sakura, get me some soy sauce."
"Yes, Mr. Fujimura gives it."
"Ah! Saber, no! Don't do what Fuji-san did and add soy sauce to the miso soup! Gaia-san, you do the same! That's the wrong way to eat it!"
Chew Chew...
"Sister Illya, do you want another bowl? I'll serve it for you."
"Okay, Sakura! You don't have to take care of that guy!"
"Teacher Fujimura? But, but..."
"Hey, Ilia?! Why are you staring at me? Can't you just stop talking? Eat! Eat!"
Swallow...
"Wait! Am I the only one who feels something is wrong?!"
Rin slammed the table hard, interrupting the breakfast time of this seemingly harmonious family.
"Oh? That really surprised me. Berserker is here too? Rin, are you saying you want to bring her into your alliance?"
"...archer, don't you have anything else to say?"
"Oh? Dear master, what do you want me to say?"
"...Don't make it seem like I'm the only one who's having a problem!!!"
Rin's roar echoed over the Emiya family's mansion.
Why does this happen to Emiya's breakfast?
That starts from Rin’s sharp punch to Shirou last night...
…
After accepting Rin's iron fist punishment, Shirou unfortunately hit the back of his head when he landed and fainted.
When Rin saw Shirou fainted, she gave up her thoughts of continuing to beat Shirou and returned to the room without looking back.
"Saber, let's go to the yard. I think you have something to say to me, right?"
Looking at the words floating in the palm of Illya's hand, Saber nodded.
However, Saber had no intention of walking into the courtyard with Illya. Her eyes were focused on Shirou who was unconscious on the ground.
Seeing this, Ilia slapped her forehead, looking like she suddenly realized something.
If she hadn't noticed Saber's movements, Illiana would have completely forgotten about Shirou.
Illya waved her hand to Shirou, and saw a few filamentous magic threads appearing, wrapping around Shirou's body and then disappearing.
Then, Shirou stood up with very stiff movements like a marionette, and walked towards the mansion with his eyes closed.
"This is……"
"Puppet Technique, Shirou will go back to his room to rest later."
The words floating on Ilia's open palm answered Saber's doubts.
"holy you..."
In the courtyard of Emiya's house, Saber stared at Illya with unfocused eyes.
Saber still doesn't know how to speak, and communicating with others is not her strong point. Otherwise, she wouldn't be called "the king, who doesn't understand emotions."
Looking at Saber who fell silent after just saying a few words, Illya smiled silently.
'It's still the same, saber.'
So, Illya raised a hand, and it was up to her to initiate the conversation. If Saber spoke, there wouldn't be enough time left today.
"Hey! Saber, I think you must have won the last Holy Grail War in the end, right?"
"Yes……"
Saber nodded first, then her eyes narrowed.
"However, in the end, I didn't expect Kiritsugu to be... and Irisviel to be..."
There were many breakpoints in Saber's words. Those were the parts that she couldn't express clearly, at least not in front of Illya.
"Well, I know that, even though I blew myself up like an idiot before that..."
Illya can understand what Saber wants to express. After all, she was a participant in the last Holy Grail War, and she was once a "spectator" who knew everything.
"I'm sorry...that was my dereliction of duty..."
Saber lowered her head.
She believed that Illya was forced to self-destruct helplessly, and she had to bear a large part of the responsibility.
As a sworn knight, Irisviel fell into crisis because of her momentary negligence.
Not only did he not have the ability to rescue Irisviel, he finally tried to prevent Illya from using self-destruction to threaten the enemy to cast Irisviel.
Coupled with Illya's operation, she was able to have a smooth and fair fight with the Lancer in the last Holy Grail War.
This made Saber feel that she owed Illya a lot.
"No! You didn't do anything wrong. Isn't there a saying that those who don't know are not guilty?"
Illya doesn't think Saber did anything wrong.
After all, Saber is just a girl who is toying with her fate by a script called Fate-Stay Night.
"But……"
"Okay! Let the past be in the past! What's the use of talking about it now?"
Seeing that Saber wanted to say something else, Illya directly stretched out her palm in front of her.
Saber nodded. She understood that as a warrior, she couldn't always dwell on the memories of the past.
"Very good! Then let's talk about this Holy Grail War!"
Seeing that Saber didn't say anything more, Illya nodded with satisfaction.
"Saber, do you know who is the Holy Grail this time?"
"……who is it?"
Saber's mood fell silent. When it came to the Holy Grail, she couldn't help but think of Irisviel.
"She is the daughter of Irisviel and Kiritsugu, and she is also my current master—Illyasviel von Einzbern."
"What?!"
While Saber was surprised, Illya looked into the distance.
There, beyond the city full of buildings, in the vast forest, there was a castle belonging to the Einzbern family.
Ilyasviel was hugging Illya's clone tightly, with a peaceful elf-like smile, and was sleeping sweetly.
Although drool was still flowing from the slightly open mouth.
"Do you know what Irisviel once said to me?"
Illya looked back at Saber with a rare expression of seriousness.
"It's...what?"
This is the first time for Saber to see Illya with such a serious expression.
In Saber's memory, she has never seen Illya so serious.
When facing the King of Heroes, Illya looked unconcerned.
When saving Irisviel, Illya was only crazy.
Even a few seconds before she blew herself up, Illya could still smile and ask Saber to say "sorry" and "thank you" to her.
(Xiao Ai: And "I like you"! Ilia: What did you say? Laugh. Xiao Ai: Just... Ilia: What did you say? Smile. Xiao Ai: That... Ilia: What? An innocent smile.
Xiao Ai:...It’s nothing. Ilia: That’s good!)
"She said she had no regrets about anything that happened, even if it resulted in her death."
Saber looked at the words on the palms of Suspension and Illya and fell silent.
She was not surprised that such words would come from Irisviel, she just couldn't accept it for a moment.
"Then she also said that the people she felt most sorry for were Kiritsugu and Ilya, especially Ilya."
Ilia looked up at the starry sky, closed her palms, and then opened them again.
"Ilya and her mother have the same identity - artificial people. They also have the same mission - the Holy Grail. Do you know what Irisviel's greatest wish is?"
Illya looked at Saber, the radiant look in her eyes made even the stars in the sky dim in comparison.
"Her biggest wish is that Ilya can live like a normal human being and not repeat her fate."
"what do you want to say in the end?"
Saber looked at Illya without giving in.
She also has her mission and her wishes.
Ilia smiled when she heard this.
"Saber, don't you think that the final ownership of the Holy Grail will definitely come between you and me?"
"I will definitely win!"
Saber made bold statements directly.
Although the situation is unfavorable to her, she still has the confidence to win.
No! It should be said that she must have the determination to win.
This is for her country to have a better future.
"That's it. So before that, why don't we form an alliance. After the other servants are cleared, wouldn't it be nice for you and me to decide the winner?"
Illya made a proposal.
However, this was not in line with her prior plan, it was just a temporary idea she came up with.
Now that the game is already confusing, let's make it even more confusing.
There must be unknown fun hidden in the chaos. As long as the result can be achieved in the end, the process is not important to Illya.
This chapter has been completed!