Illya watched Er's fight quietly.

She was somewhat excited and expectant before coming, but after actually seeing Shirou Emiya and actually fighting with Saber, she was not as happy as she had imagined.

Illya looks like a little girl of about seven or eight years old, but she is actually older than Shirou Emiya.

She is the daughter of Kiritsugu Emiya and Aliceviel von Einzbern, two of the previous Holy Grail War participants.

The long-cherished wish of the Einzbern family is to realize the Third Law. As one of the three families that initiate the Holy Grail ceremony, they will send androids to participate in every Holy Grail War. At the same time, the androids sent by the Einzbern family are also the guardians of the Lesser Holy Grail.

Originally, in the last Holy Grail War, Kiritsugu Emiya, as the final victor, should have obtained the Holy Grail, but at the last moment, he betrayed Einzbern and ordered his Servant Saber to destroy the Holy Grail.

Kiritsugu Emiya was cursed by the Holy Grail and settled in Fuyuki City, adopting Shirou Emiya, but he could never see or find his daughter Illya who was left in Einzbern again.

As the descendant of humans and androids, Illya has been comprehensively transformed by the Einzbern family. Her body only has about a year left to live. The only value of her existence is to help the Einzbern family win the Holy Grail War.

Illya came to Fuyuki City to participate in the Holy Grail War. On the one hand, she wanted to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Einzbern family, and on the other hand... she also had her own purpose.

Before coming, she was determined to kill Shirou Emiya.

But after really meeting Shirou Emiya, Illya felt that everything was boring again.

I didn't expect that Shirou Emiya really didn't know anything, and Kiritsugu Emiya didn't tell him anything.

Moreover, the Saber summoned by Shirou Emiya was not the female knight king she had seen last time, but a heroic and awe-inspiring man.

Is he a knight under King Arthur? But the armor he wears is very similar to King Arthur. Could he be Gawain, the Knight of the Sun in the Knights of the Round Table?

It is said that the Sword of the Sun, a sister sword held by Gawain, is blessed by the sun.

Illya thought so and looked up at the night sky.

Saber's power would decrease at night, right?

You definitely can’t win!

Illya was happy at first, but soon became disappointed.

She is the daughter of Kiritsugu Emiya and Aliceviel. Her body was cut open, magic circuits were implanted, and various modifications were made, all for this Holy Grail War.

Shirou Emiya is the adopted son of Kiritsugu Emiya, but he enjoys a warm and peaceful daily life in Fuyuki City. He knows nothing, just like an ordinary person.

It would be really boring if we just killed Shirou Emiya like this.

Her hatred, her pain, her sorrow, her anger...Emiya Shirou didn't understand, and wouldn't realize that if she died like this, it would seem that everything she had endured was insignificant.

Just when Illya was distracted, a young girl suddenly ran over from the other end of the street.

The girl was wearing a white dress with a short cotton shirt on top. She had purple hair and purple eyes and looked very flustered.

Illya recognized at first glance that the other party should be the savior of the current generation of the Matou family, but then Illya frowned. The girl from the Matou family... No! She also has the Little Holy Grail! It is a new Little Holy Grail that was artificially transformed!

As a member of the same Lesser Holy Grail, Illya was able to see through what was inside Matou Sakura's body.

Perhaps it was because Illya's gaze fell on Sakura Matou, and when she repelled Saber's attack, the blade deflected a little, and the cracked ground splashed out a lot of rubble, and several huge stones fell towards Sakura Matou.

Because Arthur had been away for too long, Shirou Emiya still hadn't come back, and Sakura Matou, who had run out to look for him, didn't notice the gravel above her head. When she saw Shirou Emiya, she showed a happy expression.

"Senior..."

"Sakura! Get out of the way—!"

Matou Sakura stumbled and raised her head subconsciously, but then her vision went dark and her body was hugged and thrown to the ground.

It turned out that it was Shirou Emiya who rushed over without hesitation and helped Matou Sakura to stop the falling rocks.

After Matou Sakura managed to steady herself, she smelled blood. She then saw a large bloodstain on the back of Shirou Emiya who was holding her. She screamed instinctively, "Senior? Senior?"

Arthur arrived a little too late. He didn't have time to check Shirou Emiya's injuries, but instead held his sword in front of him to prevent further attacks.

Illya stared at the scene in a daze.

Ah, had she seen it in her dream? Did her father also try to protect her mother, who was the Lesser Holy Grail, like this? Did Saber also stand in front of the couple like this?

In an instant, Illya lost interest in continuing the fight.

She said calmly, "...boring, let's go back."

The tall and strong man returned to Illya, picked up the girl, and disappeared in an instant.

Arthur slowly let out a breath of anger, and quickly came to Shirou Emiya: "Master, you..."

The next second, Arthur was stunned. The wound on Shirou Emiya's back had healed without him noticing.

Matou Sakura's mood also stabilized a little. She listened carefully to Shirou Emiya's breathing: "Senior seems to have passed out."

The wound healed, but the shock and dizziness from being hit by the boulder remained.

Arthur stepped forward and supported Shirou Emiya: "Let's go home first."

Matou Sakura hummed softly.

After a few people left, a blond man in black long coat and trousers at a distance raised his hands to cover his face and laughed softly.

“Hahahahahahaha——” King Gilgamesh, the heroic spirit of the Fourth Holy Grail War, could no longer suppress the laughter in his throat and laughed happily, “Kirei, did you see that? That’s King Arthur!”

How interesting! After seeing the female version of King Arthur, a male version appeared in the fifth Holy Grail War. Could it be that Gilgamesh also has a female version?

After thinking about it for a while, Gilgamesh felt a chill at first, and then he thought of his best friend Enkidu.

That's not right. Enkidu is a genderless clay figure. He seems to be able to be male or female. As Enkidu's best friend, it seems that it would be fine if I also have both male and female versions!

Gilgamesh murmured, "If I were to become a woman, that idiot Ishtar would never be the goddess of beauty. I should be the goddess of beauty!"

Standing next to Gilgamesh, Kotomine Kirei silently glanced at the King of Heroes who was so bored in the real world that his hair grew. He changed the subject: "It seems that Shirou Emiya still doesn't understand what happened. Really, as an ordinary person who suddenly participated in the Holy Grail War, I, as the Supervisor, have the obligation and necessity to explain the situation to him."

Kotomine Kirei is the supervisor of the Holy Grail War, the agent and priest of the Fuyuki City Cathedral Church, and the senior and guardian of Tosaka Rin, who runs a small church.

Theoretically, the Supervisor cannot personally participate in the Holy Grail War, but Kotomine Kirei participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War as the Lord Protector last time. At the beginning of this Holy Grail War, he secretly attacked Lancer's Lord Protector and took away the Command Seals and Servants.

Yes, Kotomine Kirei is the boss that attacked Shirou Emiya and Lancer Cu Chulainn.

Gilgamesh ignored Kotomine Kirei's words and continued, "The female King Arthur makes people feel pity, but the male King Arthur makes me want to let go and fight well."

His focus is still on King Arthur.

Kotomine Kirei asked, "Do you want to fight King Arthur?"

Gilgamesh sighed and said, "It seems that King Arthur was not summoned completely. The magic power seems to be insufficient. It's a bit disappointing."

As he said this, he suddenly glanced around and saw something.

"Hmph, there are quite a lot of demons and monsters in this Holy Grail War. Anyway, if King Arthur doesn't even have the ability to stand before me, then there's no need to mention him anymore."

After Kotomine Kirei and Gilgamesh left, Oberon, who had stayed nearby, seemed to have sensed something. He looked in that direction, but when he saw nothing, he looked away.

A butterfly landed on Oberon's fingertips.

Oberon lowered his eyes. The moonlight fell on him, as if casting a lead-gray shadow over him.

"Bone monster? Caster's familiar?"

Oberon was in a bad mood. "All kinds of things are popping up. It looks like it will be quite troublesome to get the Holy Grail."

His eyes rolled and he suddenly smiled brightly.

"King Arthur is an absolutely positive character. Even if I hate him, so what? It's enough that his lord trusts me."

This isn't the first time he's joined a team of positive characters. Didn't he follow Fujimaru Ritsuka and Caster last time and finally achieve his goal?

As for the fact that Ize Shan had lied to him again, Oberon took a deep breath and said with a sneer, "Just wait for me, bastard!"

But when Oberon returned to the Emiya residence, he was shocked to see his lord Sakura Matou saying goodbye to Emiya Shirou.

Oberon was a little surprised. Why didn't Sakura Matou rush in while Shirou Emiya was injured? Why did she leave?

"Then I'm going back."

"Hey, Sakura, it's so late, how about staying overnight?"

Matou Sakura shook her head, bowed, turned and left.

Emiya Shirou looked at it for a long time, then closed the door.

Oberon whispered in Matou Sakura's ear: "Sakura, is Shirou Emiya okay?"

Matou Sakura hummed softly, lowered her head slightly, and seemed to be in a bad mood.

"...The supervisor of the Fuyuki Church came to tell the senior about the Holy Grail War."

Oberon: "Eh? Didn't you tell Shirou Emiya everything?"

Matou Sakura smiled bitterly: "Grandpa only said that we can obtain the Holy Grail by summoning servants. As for the rest... I don't know much. It's a good thing that there is a supervisor to explain it to the seniors."

Oberon understood instantly.

In the eyes of Matou Rankan, Matou Sakura is just a tool, and even if she practices magic, it is only to prepare to become the carrier of the Holy Grail.

She doesn't need to master advanced knowledge of magic, just knowing the general idea is enough.

"Are you going home?"

"Um."

Oberon: "It doesn't matter even if your brother beat you yesterday?"

Matou Sakura: "...If I don't go home, where else can I go?"

She was once Tosaka, but was passed on to Matou; she was a Matou, but in the Matou family, no one cared about her and all she got was humiliation and harm.

Although she has the key to the Emiya family's house and can go there to cook for her seniors and organize their clothes, she is just the younger sister of Emiya Shirou's friend. That place is not her home, but just a haven for her to escape from reality.

The world is so big, but there is no place where she can stay with peace of mind.

In the end, she had no choice but to return to the Matou family.

Oberon remained silent.

After a long time, he asked Matou Sakura: "Do you want to have a place to return to?"

Matou Sakura was a little dazed, and the breath she exhaled turned into white mist, blurring her vision.

She couldn't see the road ahead clearly, but she couldn't just stop and resign herself to her fate.

"……I have no idea."

Oberon: "Is this what all humans are like? Wanting to have an anchor to hold you, whether it's a home to return to or a signpost to hold you on your way forward, is so weak that it makes you sick."

“I’m sorry.” Matou Sakura apologized subconsciously. She seemed to suddenly remember something and said, “Rider is a fairy. Compared to fairies, humans are indeed very weak.”

"But..." Matou Sakura gave a small smile, "Senior's hands are very warm."

Oberon was stunned.

Humans are weak, but the love they convey is passionate and warm.

He suddenly remembered the great magic that Ize Shan had released in Britain through Kirshtalia.

——Although I am a mortal, I can also kill gods.