The Infinite Journey of a Certain Flame

Or rather, something was wrong with her.

"How strange..." Rin reached out and gently lifted Kiana's calves and feet to examine them, then reached out to compare them to Kiana's slender waist, which she envied.

Feeling the texture of the unusual material in the clothing, she then reached her hand upwards...

After quickly drawing a conclusion, she touched her chest, which she had almost been overtaken by...

They were utterly shocked.

"Could I be seeing things? Why has she grown so much all of a sudden?"

"I only realized it after you pointed it out..."

Luvia followed Rin's instructions and tried them out, then looked incredibly surprised.

"Is she really Kiana?"

"It can't be wrong."

Miyu gave a very affirmative answer to both of their questions.

She gently bent down and straddled Kiana's lap, then opened her hands and grabbed the unconscious girl's face, trying to make out her features.

Finally, after careful consideration, she released her grip and continued speaking to the two of them:

"She is Kiana..."

“Even though you say that,” Rin covered her forehead, feeling utterly speechless, “it all happened so fast.”

"Yes, indeed..."

After Luvia finished speaking, she stroked her smooth chin and pondered:

"If we rule out the possibility that Berserker has special abilities, then there must be some secret we don't know about that's why she turned out this way..."

"Hmm... bread rolls."

"Ok?"

"nonsense."

"What did you say!"

Rin ignored Luvia's dissatisfaction, and simply squatted down with a slight sigh, taking out her family's treasured gem from the pocket of her short skirt.

Normally, she wouldn't use gem magic.

It's not because I don't want to use it or because it's not very effective.

After all, it's a magic trick passed down through his family, so its effectiveness is beyond doubt.

But she still didn't want to use that kind of magic.

The reason is...

That's too expensive.

"Waaah! If I keep using this, I'll be bankrupt..."

However, it is clear how much completing the association's tasks will help in the future.

In addition, this little white-haired girl who had suddenly grown up quite a bit was of great help to him.

To repay the favor, Rin had no choice but to grit her teeth and steel her resolve.

He used the gem directly to perform a magic trick with extremely strong healing power.

As the magic flash faded, Kiana, who had fallen into a coma due to the backlash from overusing the Herrscher power, slowly opened her eyes.

Upon seeing this, Lin's face lit up with joy, and he was about to utter a few words of complaint.

"Cough cough! I didn't expect..."

Upon waking up, Kiana's first action was to exhale the stale air that had been trapped in her throat.

With just a light cough, puffs of thick black smoke billowed from her small mouth.

Rin's face collided head-on with his.

"Cough cough cough! Damn it!"

Unexpectedly, Kiana pulled this move, and Rin, caught off guard, hurriedly waved her hand in front of her and managed to dispel the thick black smoke.

Even so, the sudden thick smoke covered her in soot and made her look incredibly miserable.

"Um, sorry... I might not have been careful to control the voltage properly."

"You..."

Rin touched the soot on her face. She felt there were many things she wanted to complain about, but she didn't know where to begin...

Sentimental Magical Girls (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya): Chapter 39 The Hero is Approaching

Mirror World.

Inside the enclosed room of the building, Rin stared at her companion, who had now turned into a girl, her eyes filled with helplessness and confusion.

"Hey, are you some kind of electric eel?"

"Huh? How is that possible..."

Upon hearing Rin's question, Kiana instinctively denied it.

"Oh, really? Then can you tell me why you can control lightning? I don't think that's a power that humans can control so easily, right?"

Rin's words were very rational and straightforward, almost without any suspense, pointing directly to the crux of the problem.

To be honest, her bluntness left Kiana somewhat unsure how to respond.

Ultimately, after a brief hesitation, Kiana decided to tell the truth.

"Because... I relied on the power of the gem."

"Gemstone? Gemstone!? You mean... a gemstone? Oh, so you're a magician like me. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Rin, who was initially full of doubts about Kiana, immediately perked up after learning that Kiana had also used the power of the gems to achieve her success.

He recalled the various difficulties he faced because of paying exorbitant prices for gemstones.

She felt a sense of shared suffering with Kiana almost instantly.

"Really, I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Knowing how expensive gem magic is, she reached out and gently hugged Kiana without saying a word, giving her the illusion of a reliable older sister for a moment.

Kiana, caught off guard by the sudden hug, felt bewildered but didn't know what to say.

After all, it's already a blessing that Rin didn't ask about the Herrscher Gem, so there's no need for me to add my own comments, right?

"Um..."

With Kiana's slow nod, the question of why she was able to wield the power of lightning was put to rest.

However, there are still a few mysteries that we can never get around.

"Why have you become like this? And that greatsword...where did you hide it?"

Rin's subsequent series of questions left Kiana at a loss for words.

Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to care too much about these issues.

When she saw that she refused to answer, Rin sighed and steered the conversation toward the most crucial topic at hand.

How to defeat the Berserker who has been defeated multiple times and gained a significant power-up...?

"This card's characteristics are too troublesome. If we don't develop a strategy, there might be casualties among us."

Rin slowly stood up, then reached out her hand, gesturing for Kiana to grab it.

After successfully mobilizing this indispensable combat force, Rin stretched and loosened her limbs before asking:

"Miyu, Kiana, are you two still able to continue fighting?"

"I can continue fighting if needed."

Despite suffering a minor injury, Miyu did not admit defeat, but calmly stated that she could fight again.

Since she has said so, Kiana naturally cannot back down at this moment.

"I can too!"

"Oh? Really? Well, if either of you feels it's too much to handle, then I'll suggest we retreat first and come back later."

Rin's words have already made her meaning quite clear.

They feel that their current disadvantage is too obvious, and they want to retreat but can't say it directly.

However, her composure was not understood by the three of them.

"No, if we come back again... who can guarantee that Berserker won't be completely restored?"

"Yeah, I just defeated him so many times with great difficulty. If I retreat now... will I ever have another chance like this?"

The two girls' stubbornness left Rin feeling somewhat helpless.

As the chief planner of the operation, she was somewhat overwhelmed by the bravery of her subordinates.

What she found even more difficult to handle was the fierce offensive from her colleagues.

"Rin, are you scared?"

"Don't talk nonsense, bread roll, hmph!"

Rin felt not only humiliated by Luvia's sarcasm, but her face also felt burning hot.

She stood with her hands on her hips, trying her best to look tough on Luvia.

In order not to embarrass herself in front of this annoying woman, she coughed.

"Alright then. Next... I need the two of you to stick together. Sapphire!"

"Hey!"

The sapphire that was called responded quickly.

"Temporarily revert to staff form. I need your magic to heal Kiana's wounds."