My mother's love song

The composition of this painting, and the balance of its creative intent, shows how the Einzbern family tried to belittle the Tōsaka and Matou families two hundred years ago, and the humiliation they felt when they had to rely on them for help.

"Oh, that's right. Let's hang a portrait of me, Airi, and Illya here from now on. After all, I am the winner of the Holy Grail War and the master of Einzbern."

"Are you kidding me?"

Ahadon, who was standing by, leaned against the wall and roared in anger.

"As expected of the clan leader, you can maintain your rationality even after eating the Noble Phantasm of the Crazy Noble."

The defense forces in the castle all lost their combat capabilities in an instant, and now the only one who could stand in front of Rhodes was the old patriarch.

"What exactly is your purpose? You should be satisfied with taking Irisviel from the Einzbern."

"Haven't I made it clear already? The Einzbern clan will be under my command from now on.

From now on, the Einzbern family is not allowed to produce containers that are only consumed for the Holy Grail War, and is also prohibited from randomly experimenting on and discarding androids. "

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The old patriarch widened his bloodshot eyes and roared at the young man who sounded as if he was saying, "Don't add coriander to this anymore."

"If the Einzbern no longer participates in the Holy Grail War, then what do we have left!

If the goal is not to achieve the [Holy Grail of Heaven], what is the point of our efforts over the past thousand years! ? "

"Achievement...? That's just your own wishful thinking, old man."

Hearing the old man's fanatical roar that seemed to imply he was cursed, Rhodes just stared at him and said calmly.

"If I remember correctly, Ahad, you became the head of the Einzbern clan only in the last 200 years, right?

It was in your hands that the Einzbern changed from a clan of the "Holy Grail Quest" to a clan of the "Holy Grail War."

The materialization of the soul is undoubtedly God's great work.

After a thousand years of searching for this lost miracle... after a dizzying wandering, they have confused means and ends.

Just to get the definitive proof that the thousand-year search was not in vain, just to verify the existence of some "definite thing", Einzbern desperately wanted to get the Holy Grail.

But for them, what the summoned Holy Grail was used for was no longer within their consideration.

Rhodes walked slowly to Ahadion.

"But even if you make the Holy Grail descend through the Holy Grail War, it won't prove anything."

Because the true Holy Grail [Saint Graph] has indeed existed there from the beginning.

A distortion of time and space appeared behind Rhodes.

From the pitch-black imaginary space, he reached out and took out a golden cup.

"!?"

Staring at the golden cup emitting a faint glow in the boy's hand, Ahadion's pupils dilated and expanded.

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In a room in Einzbern Castle.

Until three weeks ago, this was a princess room filled with stuffed animals and luxurious furniture.

With the end of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, all the items in the room that carried memories were emptied.

In the corner of the room, Illyasviel huddled up and hugged her legs.

The girl, dominated by pain and fear, kept trembling, and the pain eroded her body and mind.

What Einzbern did to her could not be called abuse, but rather it was forcing the girl to shoulder the long-cherished wish of her clan.

Along with the words "You must become the strongest Master", the girl continues to make physical adjustments in magic every day.

However, for the youngest son, the physical pain was unbearable.

Pain took hold of her heart hopelessly.

"I'm sorry, I will be patient..."

Even if I want to forget, the pain is still insurmountable.

If she had been abused, she might have mustered up the courage to escape from the castle.

However, she did feel expectations from her tribesmen and other artificial girls.

Because of this, she could not escape or resist and could only continue to endure.

"sorry Sorry……"

Happy, joyful, and sad memories should all exist, but those beautiful things are covered by overwhelming pain.

I seemed to have a very strange dream a few days ago. A black woman who looked exactly like my mother said that someone would come to greet her next.

But, that was indeed just an unattainable dream.

It turned out that happy and warm things did not exist at all, and the girl decided to close her heart.

Sudden.

Just before Illya was about to close the door of her heart, the little girl felt a hand placed on her forehead.

The pain that was corroding the body disappeared without a trace along with the touch on the forehead.

"……what?"

Illyasviel raised her head, and what came into her sight was the face of a young boy who was not much older than herself.

"Who are you……?"

She was surprised to find that this person had the aura of her mother.

"I'm here to take you to your mother."

Rhodes used magic to heal Illya's injuries while stroking her silver hair.

“…Mother.”

Illya asked with a trembling voice, looking doubtful.

"Can I see Mother?"

"Ahh, I'll take you to see your mother."

"So...what about Illya's mission?"

The girl showed a hesitant expression and looked at the old patriarch who was standing not far behind Rhodes.

The boy held Illya's face and turned her gaze towards himself.

"Illya did a good job, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't become the Holy Grail."

"Illya... no longer needs to be the Holy Grail?"

"Ah."

Rhodes said with a firm tone.

"Einzbern's thousand-year-old wish has come to an end today."

After showing the Cup of Negativity to Ahadion, the old man expressed his loyalty to Rhodes.

Although the Cup of Wealth that gave birth to the Beast of Revelation was not the true Holy Grail, the brilliance contained in the golden cup still impressed Ahadion.

From now on, Einzbern will be under Rhodes' command, and will no longer pursue the third law as the family's mission, but will focus its research on more realistic things.

For example, improving the status of androids in the magic society, restricting magicians' enslavement of androids, and so on.

Although Rod himself did not intend to discuss the human rights of androids, he gave Einzbern's androids such a direction.

There must be many other artificial beings in this world who possess their own "souls" like Irisviel and her daughter.

As the saying goes, "With great power comes great responsibility." As a family of androids with considerable influence in the world of magic, what should the Einzberns do?

Regarding these questions, let the girls of Einzbern, who have existed for thousands of years, explore them freely.

At this time, the girl who had been silent raised her head.

"Illya... don't you have to work harder anymore?"

Rhode nodded and said to her, "Well, Illya doesn't have to be patient anymore."

“Wuwu…wuwu…wuwuwaaaaaaaaaa…”

After hearing the boy's words, Illya's suppressed emotions finally burst out and she burst into tears.

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Two days later at Fuyuki Airport.

Rhodes brought Illya back to Japan.

Accompanying them were Sera and Lizellet, who would serve as Illyasviel's maids from now on, and Zealot, who had hidden her identity.

Although he has been incarnated and can no longer transform into a spirit body, Assassin's class skills can unexpectedly be used to evade tickets.

"Ilia!"

There was a sound in the distance.

"Mother! It's really Mother! Mother!!!"

Illyasviel, who was wearing a cute dress, let go of Rhode's hand, walked briskly into her mother's arms, and rubbed her head against her chest.

Irisviel hugged her tightly, pressing her face against her daughter's long silver hair, feeling Illya's petite body with her trembling hands.

The familiar scent coming from her daughter and the voice that she thought she would never hear again made Irisviel's nose sore.

"Illya... That's great, Illya..."

"Mother mother..."

The mother and daughter hugged each other and burst into tears as if no one was around.

“Lord Irisviel…Lord Illyasviel…That’s so kind…That’s so kind…”

Looking at the heartwarming scene of the mother and daughter reuniting, Sera took out a tissue to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, repeating what she muttered to herself.

Beside her, the cold and silent maid Lijelite couldn't help but smile faintly.

"… Lord… Rhodes?"

Lijielit noticed that when everyone focused their attention on the mother and daughter, the boy who returned with them pulled away and walked alone to the far end of the terminal.

Obviously, Irisviel and Illya were able to meet again because of him, so where should he go at this time?

"Ah, I need to pee."

Rhode noticed Lijelite's gaze and gave her an embarrassed smile.

"Want to come together?"

"Ok."

Lijielit walked towards Rhodes with an expressionless face.

"Hey! I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously... I'll leave this to you, Lijielit."

"Understood, Lord Rhodes."

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Fuyuki Airport, the men's restroom in the terminal.

"Quiet か に shift り ゆ く~Far い memory の中~"

Rhodes whistled, opened the door and walked in.

"思い出に SendりTim いながら~君を思えるなら~"