Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Irisviel: It would be nice if I could see Illya again
Chapter 24: Irisviel: It would be nice if I could see Illya again
Irisviel von Einzbern thought of her lovely daughter.
The girl in white couldn't help but feel nostalgic. Her name was Irisviel von Einzbern. During the Fourth Holy Grail War, because her husband Emiya Kiritsugu was incompatible with the summoned Servants, she followed her husband's plan and became the acting Master.
She acts in the open, with the Heroic Spirit Servants protecting her, while Emiya Kiritsugu works in the dark to "accurately eliminate other Masters."
Having grown up in a castle, the white girl lacks common sense about the lives of common people and even regards winter clothes made of high-quality fur as common people's clothes. However, because of her husband, the white girl has always been curious about things in the outside world.
She likes to drive the luxury car given to her by her husband, Emiya Kiritsugu, in the forest within the territory of the German Einzbern family. She has excellent driving skills but has no awareness of speed limits and even lacks basic traffic knowledge. She is a "modern mechanical idiot" like many magi and is completely incompetent with the ever-changing electrical appliances in modern society.
Unlike the impoverished aristocrats such as the Tohsaka family, the white girl's family, the Einzbern family, are true aristocrats in Germany.
Her family history dates back at least three thousand years, although it is not well-known in the Clock Tower.
Some experienced magi in the Clock Tower might be surprised when they hear about the Einzbern family: "Oh my god, the family of Homunculus hasn't become extinct yet?!"
After all, there is no way. There are fewer and fewer real living people in the Einzbern family.
Many important members and even family members are artificial humans, but they look no different from normal living people.
But there is no doubt that compared with the Matou family and the Tohsaka family, the Einzbern family is very large. These two families have been declining more and more in recent years. The Einzbern family still has some status in the eyes of the senior magi in the London Clock Tower, while the other two families are really like country bumpkins.
"There are so many cute clothing stores. If Illya wears those clothes, she will be even cuter..."
Seeing the elementary school students of Fuyuki City passing by on the street, Irisviel couldn't help but imagine in her mind what her lovely daughter would look like wearing such clothes. For a moment, she covered her cheeks with her hands and her face turned slightly red with excitement. There is no mother who doesn't like her own child, and she is the same. Moreover, her daughter is really super cute.
Although she is still very young, her doll-like appearance makes her unable to help but hug her every time she sees her. Just like she deeply loves her husband, as a simple Homunculus, she also loves her Illya very, very, very much.
"If Illya goes to elementary school in the future, will she also wear a uniform like this? Hehehe, speaking of which, Saber, will Illya be well-behaved at home? Will she miss her mother? Illya will definitely, right? I miss her so so much, tooooo~ ⸜(。˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡!"
"Iri, I don't think you need to worry too much. You'll only be away for seven days. You'll be able to see Illya again after seven days."
The blonde girl in a suit felt a little helpless. She didn't hate the liveliness of the white girl, or rather, she was happy to protect such a winter princess.
Maybe it's because she's not good at speaking, and sometimes it's really hard to keep up with the white girl's unconventional ideas.
But she could feel the kindness of the white girl and her deep love for her loved ones.
"Hehehe, I just miss her too much. Saber, I remember you also had a child in history, right? Was he also very cute when he was a child?" Irisviel changed the subject and asked curiously. It was shocking that the blonde girl in a suit was a female, so it was possible that the other party's real child was not the same as recorded in human history.
"......."
Upon hearing this, the blonde girl in a suit was silent at first. Was her child cute when he was young?
She was not sure about this, but maybe Morgan and Merlin would know more about it.
"It's not easy for me to answer this question. It's not that it's inconvenient, but I really don't have much impression of Mordred when she was a child. Besides, in a sense, she is not my biological child. I also don't have a very good impression of a rebellious knight."
In essence, her child was an artificial human created by her sister Morgan using magecraft to obtain her genetic material, and strictly speaking, was not her biological child.
She was also reluctant to admit that this was her child. After all, he had started a rebellion. Although she successfully suppressed his rebellion and killed him with her own hands at Camlann Hill, his actions undoubtedly became the last straw that broke the camel's back and accelerated the demise of the kingdom under her leadership.
"Well, maybe he's not a bad guy? He just wants your recognition?"
Irisviel tilted her head and made a casual guess.
"Iri, you are too naive. A rebel is a rebel. Mordred is different from Illya. he is not an innocent little girl......"
The blonde girl in a suit shook her head, and just when she was about to say something else.
The wisp of golden hair on her head shook inexplicably.
"Um?"
As if she sensed a vague and ethereal malice, the blonde girl in a suit looked towards a building in the distance. It was a commercial building about 300 meters away from Fuyuki City and the others. She looked deeply for a few times and found nothing, then she withdrew her gaze slowly.
Following closely beside Irisviel, the blonde girl looked around again in confusion and found that apart from some pedestrians who were leaving work and noticed the combination of the housekeeper and the daughter, she did not sense the presence of other magi and Servants.
'Is it an illusion?'
'Or is there an enemy watching them from somewhere?'
The blonde girl in a suit frowned. Her intuition told her when she entered the commercial street just now that there was a vague gaze watching them in secret.
But the feeling of being spied on soon disappeared, and she was not sure if it was an illusion. After all, she possessed the powerful skill of Intuition A, which made it easy for her to detect things that most Servants were unaware of. She was very sensitive to other people's spying, especially the kind of spying that was malicious or murderous towards them.
Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that it was some ordinary people who were peeping like voyeurs.
Being a peeper is not something unusual in modern society, because Irisviel's appearance is indeed somewhat eye-catching, but to be on the safe side she still increased her vigilance in guarding the white girl beside her to avoid any unexpected situations.
"What's wrong, Saber?" Irisviel saw the blonde girl in a suit getting closer and closer.
She turned around with some confusion and felt a little curious. Although they were all women, it was okay to get closer. She also liked righteous Servant Knights like the blonde girl. In other words, she had never disliked anyone and was always kind to them. But they were shopping now, and it would be inconvenient if they got too close.
"It's okay, but I feel like someone is watching us. It looks like a familiar, or maybe a human and the distance is quite far."
"Maybe it's the control of the Holy Church? Kiritsugu said that during the Holy Grail War, the Holy Church will fully control Fuyuki City and supervise the progress of the Holy Grail War."
"I hope so... Anyway, it's better to be cautious."
The blonde girl in a suit nodded, apparently she also knew about the supervisor of the Holy Grail War.
However, she still kept a distance of two meters from Irisviel. No matter whether it was the snooping of ordinary people or the surveillance of the supervisors of the Holy Church, it was always right to be cautious. She was not fighting alone and could not do anything without worries. She had promised to protect the well-being of the princess beside her.
At the same time, there was a dark and dirty alley in the corner of the commercial street, and a foul smell was coming from it.
This is where garbage is piled up in the commercial street. People come to clean it up regularly. Most of the time, no normal person would come to such a disgusting place. A small black figure fell from the sky.
There were sounds of mice chirping, and creatures that feed on garbage kept appearing around. Their reactions were slow, but no matter how slow they were, according to common sense, when faced with such a situation, they would naturally crawl into a hole or hide in a dark corner. But they did not do that. Instead, they continued to eat garbage as if nothing had happened.
Not caring about these mice the silver-haired dark figure blended into the darkness, blocking the breath and disguising as a pure little girl, which were the skills used by the young figure.
"Strange, shouldn't the Master of the Einzbern family be Emiya Kiritsugu? Is there something wrong with the information from the Holy Church? Or is that guy in a suit also an anti-hero, who killed his master the first moment he was summoned, and then signed a contract with someone else?"
Miss Illyasviel looked at the two beautiful figures still strolling on the commercial street with confusion.
Maintain a distance of about two hundred meters and continue to observe and follow.
Undoubtedly, the blonde man in a black suit next to the white girl is a Servant, and should be a Servant of the Three Knights. As the three knights are always by her side, anyone with a little experience in the Holy Grail War can infer that the white girl is her Master.
Although this Master was quite bold in openly strolling around the streets during the Holy Grail War, which seemed a bit unlike a Master who would participate in the war, she had the capital to be bold as she summoned the three knights, and no one doubted her true identity as a Master.
But, it's quite strange, because this is completely different from the information Miss Illyasviel got.
The Master of the Einzbern family should be Emiya Kiritsugu.
"Or is this a sleight of hand, throwing out bait to fish in the open, while the real Master is hiding in the dark?" This possibility cannot be ruled out.
"Besides, the job selection is not easy to say. I have the example of Gilgamesh."
Assassins can perform magecraft, Archers can perform close combat, the stereotypes of job classes are really terrible.
Miss Illyasviel really didn't dare to believe in the job description before the specific characteristics were revealed. It was not impossible that the blonde flat-head suddenly turned evil and became a berserker in the middle of the game.
"Let's observe closely. It's daytime anyway. If we're discovered in such a crowded area, there's no chance of a fight. If a fight does happen, I can just run away..."
Miss Illyasviel held up her little face and thought for a few seconds, then her clothes changed again.
The pure little girl's disguise skill was activated again, the flow of magic power in her body was completely concealed, and her silver hair became slightly messy, covering half of her face.
Her clothes were replaced with a white short dress, a brown student hat was added to her head, and black student stockings were tightly attached to her white and tender calves. In just a few moments, the transformation of her temperament and appearance was completed.
"Close contact is still the most suitable this way..." She had already tested the effects of her two invincible skills on Mr. Tohsaka Tokiomi last night.
It was broad daylight, and if she didn't operate it, it would be a waste of her mechanism.
Miss Illyasviel clasped her hands together devoutly, feeling somewhat moved.
"Hehehe! No magic reaction, inherent affinity, and that woman doesn't look very smart... Thank you for the gift of nature~"