Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

Because Ruby suddenly said that, Ilya, who was planning to capture Ruby for interrogation, was stunned for a moment.

"Ruby, you really didn't seem to be in the room just now..."

"You're so indifferent to my whereabouts, I'm going to be really sad, you know. So sad that I'll secretly look at the comics Iya hides under her bed, and who knows, I might even go to the school's broadcasting room during the day to broadcast my love confession~"

Upon hearing this, Ilya, who was staring at the ruby, pursed her lips.

Although he secretly wished he could tear the talkative Ruby to pieces for daring to read his privately collected comics behind his back and say those strange things, he would have already taken action if he didn't want to know what had happened to this guy when he ran away or if he had been misunderstood.

So Ilya took a deep breath, trying her best to laugh, but she tensed up.

"Then, what are the detailed details of Ruby Sauce's meeting with Ivia?"

"I'm giving you a gift."

Ruby replied in a malicious tone.

"Gift?"

"If I were to bring him a gift, it should be something that smells like Illya. Hmm, speaking of Illya's scent, something like her personal clothing would be perfect, wouldn't it? After all, it's a scent that I can smell all the time at school. If Illya herself were to give it to him, he would surely be moved to tears."

"You're just lying to me, aren't you!"

Ilya, who forced herself to listen to everything Ruby said, gritted her teeth in anger and charged at Ruby with a punch in her hand.

She shouldn't have expected Ruby, that bastard, to be serious. She just kept spouting nonsense. She couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to punch her to pieces.

"No, no, it's the truth. The gift really is yours, Ilya~ The one I take every night~"

Ruby's words, like those of a malicious interrogator, made Ilya feel like the sky had fallen. After all, given Ruby's personality and way of speaking, Ilya felt that she was really capable of doing such a thing.

Therefore, she stood motionless on the bed, the sheet covering her slowly slipping off her stiff, slender shoulders.

Could it be—

"Milk, what else could it be?"

As Ruby said this, she looked at Ilya with a nonchalant look of pleasure in her eyes. "But Ilya, what do you think would be better? I don't know."

"……Um."

But to Ruby's surprise, Ilya did not refute, but simply placed her hand gently on her heart.

So that's how it is. The fact that I felt relieved after sending it out means that I was actually quite worried.

Once the girl had this awareness, she clearly felt all the tension in her body relax.

"Thanks, Ruby."

"Eh!?"

Ruby couldn't help but exclaim, "Ilya, you look so much like a magical girl right now! It's absolutely perfect and amazing! What was that you just thought of? Can you tell me?"

"Ruby, I really can't understand your views on magical girls..."

At this point, Ilya suddenly remembered something, looked at the empty bedside table, and her tone became somewhat confused.

"By the way, where did my job placement card go?"

"..."

The moment the words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room fell silent. The two people, one with a magic wand, stared at each other intently.

"Could it be that Miyu picked it up yesterday?"

"I do not know……"

"That should be the case, since the only one who could defeat Saber should be Miyu."

"I do not know."

"Anyway, it definitely didn't fall... right?"

"should……"

Ruby hesitated, "But I just asked Sapphire, and it seems Miyu didn't take the Archer card yesterday, and Miyu is also in poor condition like you, Illya, and is currently asleep..."

"Where did they go?!"

"I think I just sensed something..."

Ruby swallowed her words halfway through.

She thought about it for a moment. Although the small park had a lot of magical energy, it seemed quite normal that the class card was attracted there by Ilya's accidental drop. After all, it's mysterious, and anything is possible. This possibility wasn't out of the question.

But there's clearly another person inside the tent... right? At first, I thought it was just my imagination, but the more I think about it, the more I feel like there are two figures. Could it be that Illya's strongest enemy, the Unknown Descendant, has already quietly appeared?

"Where is it? I have to find it quickly, otherwise it won't be good if Rin finds out..."

"Well, before I tell you where it is, I need to give you a little heads-up, but I'm just saying it casually, and it might not be accurate."

"Why are you suddenly so serious? Anyway, what is it?"

"Maybe Ivia already has a girlfriend."

"That is impossible."

Ilya raised her eyes and said calmly, "Because Ivia is misogynistic, isn't he? Apart from me and Ms. Karen, it's not easy for others to get close to him."

girlfriend.

Ilya had considered this possibility before, but she thought it was unscientific to date at this age. However, Ruby's sudden mention of the topic made Ilya realize that the possibility was not entirely zero, which greatly shook her concept of "let's leave it at that for now".

However, upon closer inspection, it's still impossible, because Ivia has a disease.

Despite telling herself this, Ilya was quickly overcome by a sense of crisis, and alarm bells rang.

Because she felt that someone like Ivia might be the type who believed that once you start dating, you have to get married, the image of the new transfer student, Miyu, popped into her mind.

"Sigh, I never thought that I, a childhood friend supporter, would waver. I'm not even as good as Ilya..."

Ruby sighed. "Anyway, the class card seems to be inside Ivia's tent. Let's go check it out now."

"...Huh? Why am I there?"

Even if you ask me, I don't know.

"OK then……"

After locking the door from the inside and sending a letter through the crack in the floor saying, "I'm going to sleep for a day, don't bother me," Illya transformed into her magical girl form and flew towards the small park.

The earth's surface flowed backward in an instant.

Whether it's pedestrians on the road, vehicles crowded on the road, or billboards hanging on buildings, everything is mixed in the palette of vision, and then forgotten.

Above Fuyuki, Illya flew freely, just like a real magical girl.

Flying is extremely difficult for modern magicians. They can barely manage small-scale levitation, but with very few exceptions, long-distance solo flight is almost impossible. Even those exceptions are far from true free flight.

After all, it's normal for rubies, being products of the Second Law, to be able to fly to every corner of the world.

So, Ilya, who was being violently swayed by the enormous acceleration but felt nothing about it, landed smoothly in the park from high altitude.

Then, Ilya went straight into the tent and scanned everything in her line of sight, but she did not see any trace of the class card that Ruby had mentioned.

"Huh, that's strange, it was here when I came..."

"They were probably taken away by Ivia."

"That seems possible. Let's go to school now—"

"No."

Ilya waved her hand. "Sera has already asked for leave for me, so I won't be going to school."

"Ah? Why?"

"Hmm, although it's boring, I don't want to study."

"Shall we go back now?"

"Um……"

Ilya crouched down, touched the sheet where the empty milk bottle had been, and felt the lingering warmth. "Let's wait here for Ivia to come back."

"I have a feeling that you're saying these things on purpose, Ilya."

"After all, if we go home now, we'll have to find a way to transform again later. It wouldn't be good if someone saw us, would it?"

As Ilya spoke, she lay down. For some reason, the bed sheet gave Ilya a strange sense of déjà vu, which stirred something within her.

An inexplicable longing is almost suffocating.

"Tsk..."

She clicked her tongue, imagining a certain scenario, and hugged her pillow tightly.

I guess Ivia and I are pretty good friends, right? Although there are some things I feel don't need to say outright so I haven't said them, and I've also kept some things from him that might make him dislike me if I told them, he also has some trivial things like these that aren't exactly secrets, but he hasn't said them.

Interpersonal communication is perhaps a series of trivial matters that accumulate over time, eventually leading to a growing number of unknowns.

However, after confirming that Ruby's comment about 'possibly having a girlfriend' was just a prank, Ilya did feel relieved, even though it made her feel incredibly lonely.

Not long after, Ilya fell asleep inside, probably because her body was actually more exhausted than she thought.

Then, Chloe, who came home from school, saw her sleeping inside.

"How did this guy end up in my bed?"

"...Because I'm charging..."

Ilya was talking to herself in her sleep.

"Since you've come to us, this is the only way."

Chloe's calm voice carried a steely coldness as she stretched out her hands. Her school uniform had changed back to the one she wore when they first met, and the two swords in her hands clashed fiercely, producing a clear sound.

In this simple way, the waves generated by sound become a magical impact capable of taking lives.

If Ruby hadn't reacted quickly, Ilya's body would probably have been pierced through by the wind.

"What's going on? Ilya, wake up! Wake up! There's another you here!"

"Ruby, you're so noisy..."

Ilya, who had been woken up, rubbed her eyes and looked at the girl in front of her who looked exactly like her. She rubbed her eyes again, unable to deny it.

"What's going on?! How can there be two of me?!"

"Forget about that now, the class card is with her, transform quickly!"

Immediately afterwards, Ilya hurriedly transformed, while Chloe just watched, seemingly waiting for her to transform.

"Um, why are you, no, 'I' so dark-skinned..."

"No way! I look the same no matter where I am. Because I am Ilya. If you say my skin is a little dark, that's just your own wishful thinking."

Chloe answered calmly.

“Indeed, if Ilya hadn’t pointed it out, I wouldn’t have noticed how dark it was…”

"Well, since that's the case, and you look so much like me, there must be some connection between us, right? How about we try to communicate amicably first, without resorting to violence..."

Under Chloe's indifferent gaze, Ilya asked cautiously.

She didn't know who the person in front of her was.

However, there was a strange sense of nostalgia and an impossible feeling of déjà vu, as if it were me.

"I've already decided to kill you."

"……Um?"

Ilya muttered to herself, to which Chloe merely glanced at her before Ruby quickly offered an explanation.

"Regardless of its power, that spell was generated directly within the opponent's body. It's like a resonance, although it requires matching the opponent's wavelength to work... In other words, she's very familiar with your body, Ilya. And once successful, it's like detonating a bomb inside the human body. Ignoring almost all of the target's spiritual defenses, it directly blasted the bones and internal organs to smithereens. Luckily, I managed to protect them."

"Is it...that scary...?"

"Yes."

Ruby nodded. "Let's fight first, and talk about everything else later."

Therefore, Ilya unleashed her magic bullet, but Chloe, wielding twin swords, was even faster. Instead of dodging, she used her twin swords to shatter the magic bullet. The magical girl's magic bullet was thus cruelly severed, dissipating like a dream before even touching the ground.

“Come, Ilya von Einzbern.”

Chloe, rushing towards them, revealed a fierce look in her eyes like a cheetah, and spoke extremely sincere words.