For Emiya Kiritsugu, it was little good news that Kenneth took the initiative to get involved with Danik because of this old grudge.
Whether it is Darnic, who has lived for hundreds of years and is known for his insidiousness, or Kenneth, who has been dubbed a child prodigy since he was a child. Many people think that he will be rated as the best magician in the future. They are all famous. Great magician.
Even though Emiya Kiritsugu, who is known as a magician killer and possesses the absolute killer weapon of the origin bomb, must deal with it carefully and use the opponent's carelessness to create the most suitable killing plan.
Although he is just a mediocre person who uses magic as a tool, he is still a magician. Because of this, he understands how difficult the great magician is.
"All in all, in this battle for the Holy Grail, I will try my best to put Darnic as the first priority. If there is no chance, I will consider Tohsaka, Matou, and Irisviel when you are the master of the heroic spirit. Just take these two points as the first strategy.”
"I see."
Although she represented the Einzberns in monitoring and supporting Emiya Kiritsugu, strategically speaking, Irisviel, who was not good at fighting, had no intention of intervening in Emiya Kiritsugu's choices and left it to professionals. Doing professional things was the strategy Einzbern chose after many failures.
"Counting you, there are six of them, right? Is there any news about one of the masters?"
"No, in the final analysis, the Holy Grail War did not expose the truth under the protection of the Yusan Family. If it were not for the two people in the Clock Tower, it would have received even less attention, but this kind of magician was chosen at the end. The quality is generally not very good, and they may perish on their own without us taking action.”
"I hope so."
Irisviel turned her head again, looked out the French window, and ended the conversation.
In the moment of silence, Emiya Kiritsugu sighed silently, stood up, and stood a few feet away from Irisviel before standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.
In the snow-white earth, the nearby forest was also gray in tone. He didn't even need to look carefully before he spotted the girl running freely in the snow.
It was because of her that Irisviel was distracted before.
"Are you looking at Illya again? That child likes to go out and play every time the snow stops."
Perhaps noticing that Irisviel's expression was a little complicated, Emiya Kiritsugu said softly that in the Einzbern family, which was made up of artificial humans, the human Irisviel was one of the few people he could chat with.
"That's right. Look, Kiritsugu, that child doesn't wear much, but he's not afraid of the cold at all."
Emiya Kiritsugu looked around after hearing this. Indeed, she looked like a deer. The little girl playing in the snow only wore a purple coat and a velvet hat of the same color on her head. Even if the child is not afraid of the cold, this kind of Dressing up is also very scary in the current environment.
This is an area that is covered in heavy snow all year round. In the warm castle, Kiritsugu is wearing a winter windbreaker. If he is outside, even if he is tightly wrapped, his body temperature will drop to freezing point within a few hours.
But Illya seemed not to feel the cold, dancing freely like an elf in the snow.
When the two of them were watching her, Illya seemed to have discovered something. She squatted down, her little face turned red. Then, with a gentle blow, a scorching ray of fire came out of her mouth, covering the surrounding area. The snow melted instantly, revealing the ground that was scorched black.
She was able to achieve this level without even chanting. After seeing this scene, it was no wonder that Irisviel, who always loves her children, ran out without stopping Illya from wearing such thin clothes.
"Is this technology from Einzbern? It's really amazing..."
Seeing this scene, Kiritsugu couldn't help but feel horrified in his heart, and subconsciously looked at Irisviel. If this winter beauty could do such a thing, the scene would still be a bit shocking.
But despite this, Emiya Kiritsugu did not show it on his face. He had long known that the core of Einzbern was the technology of artificial humans. Irisviel was the Little Holy Grail of this generation, and Illya was As candidates for the next year, they have been adjusted in terms of magic circuits and growth conditions. Irisviel, who looks like a lady, is actually not even one-third of his age.
As for Illya, as a homunculus, she was conceived by Irisviel alone. It is said that she has no father at all, and she is usually closely guarded. Emiya Kiritsugu has basically no contact with her, but seeing Irisviel He looked like he had something to hide, and he also became a little curious.
"Does it mean that this is impossible?"
"Of course it can't be done. I gave birth to this child. Although I shouldn't say this. Her performance is far better than mine, but it is limited to Einzbern's technology. All her conditions are normal, but It showed many abilities that I didn’t expect.”
Irisviel subconsciously put it on her collar and tightened it tightly, using this action to relieve her inner uneasiness.
"Obviously the growth cycle and weight are the same as in theory, but she was able to control the flames at a very young age, was not afraid of cold, and had high resistance to flames. She only needed to expend some physical strength to use it. A great magic level attack."
"Furthermore, her physical abilities are obviously not specialized. Without using any magic, she surpasses most battle maids... Even if I asked my grandfather, all I got was a vague statement that this is normal. Answer."
Irisviel became more and more excited as she spoke, with tears glistening in her pupils.
"But there's nothing unusual about this, right? It should be a good thing, right?"
Although he could understand Irisviel's feelings as a mother, Emiya Kiritsugu, who had no children of his own, still expressed his feelings from the usual practical point of view.
"Is it a good thing?" Irisviel smiled bitterly, and finally seemed to have made up her mind.
"Kiritsugu, I will reveal some of Einzbern's secrets to you. In exchange, I hope you will win this Holy Grail War. Otherwise, Illya..."
"This has been my goal, Irisviel."
Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes also became serious. Although Einzbern had opened up a large amount of information to him, as an outsider who was employed, there were some things that he could not access after all.
"You should know that Illya is not a simple artificial human, but a child conceived by me like an ordinary person. But aside from me as a mother, the one who really gave her those strange abilities was my grandfather's last time. Things gained in the Holy Grail War.”
Irisviel took a deep breath, subconsciously touched her belly, and recalled with some nostalgia.
"It was not a physical power, but a remnant of pure magic power. My great grandfather intercepted these remnants and used them as a blueprint to create Illya."
"But this power does not come from heroic spirits, nor from any tangible things that I can understand at present. It is a ball of invisible gas without any process. When the ball of gas attached to my body, it cooperated with Einz With Beren’s technology, Illya was born in my womb.”
"..."
Emiya Kiritsugu tried his best to pretend to be indifferent, but because the content was too absurd, he wanted to interrupt several times to confirm whether it was a joke, but Irisviel's serious expression had already rejected this.
"And now, as the Holy Grail War is getting closer and closer, as the mother of that child, I feel more and more abnormal. She has not yet been instilled with the knowledge of the Holy Grail. Recently, she has always looked in the direction of Fuyuki unconsciously. , I couldn’t get any useful information from asking the child.”
"There is no doubt that the great grandfather must have obtained something in the last Holy Grail War. Recently, I have been reviewing the information of the last Holy Grail War and came to a somewhat incredible conclusion."
Irisviel put down her hands, clasped her hands behind her back, and said seriously: "I know you may not believe it, because this is just a guess of mine, but I feel that the last Holy Grail War was cursed."
"There is an invisible spirit, or demon, that uses the connection of the Holy Grail War to shuttle and wander between the Master and the Holy Grail."
Irisviel's voice was as thin as a mosquito's, and in the end, only her lips were moving silently.
But during his years of war, Emiya Kiritsugu, who had already honed the skill of lip reading, could still understand what Irisviel was saying.
——I suspect that the invisible devil is possessing my great grandfather.
