Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

Or, save the world and give up Miyu.

but----

"People are selfish. As for the current situation, aren't you replacing Miyu? Being the one to be sacrificed—"

As he spoke, Darius pushed the wheelchair next to the altar, and a black iron spike appeared in his hand.

The next second—

"Pfft——!"

"Illya!!!!"

The tied up Xiao Hei opened his eyes wide and tried hard to break free from the chains, but with the meager strength of his doll body, there was no way to break free from the restraints, even if it was just an ordinary chain.

Blood slowly spread from Illya's hands to the entire stone slab.

And the girl in maid outfit, Xiao Hei, who was sitting on Illya, also kissed her directly.

The magic power around seemed to be activated, and instantly surged up like waves.

"We are only one section away from completing the Holy Grail Ceremony!"

Chapter 1040 I Want to Save Them All

"Well--!"

When Illya regained consciousness, it was already the next morning.

Erica was still lying beside Illya, soundly asleep.

Everything seemed the same as yesterday, nothing was different.

However, Illya would not regard what she experienced yesterday as a dream.

If there was one thing that concerned her most about what happened yesterday, it was Xiao Hei who was discovered by Darius.

Almost at the moment of waking up, Illya couldn't help but shout out: "Xiao Hei!"

"I'm here!"

And at the moment when Illya shouted, a familiar voice responded from the group of dolls on the cabinet nearby.

"Little black!"

Illya cried with joy again.

"Keep your voice down, don't alarm the Endsworth family!"

Xiao Hei, who was a doll, waved his hand, signaling Illya not to make too much noise.

Last night, after Illya lost consciousness, Angelica and Darius further brainwashed the doll, Hei.

Xiao Hei was in great pain for a while, his entire consciousness was almost sealed. It felt like he was sealed into Illya's body again, sealed into the body of that doll.

Angelica then placed them in Erica's room along with the repaired dolls. She could only watch everything happening in the outside world at the counter but was unable to take any action.

Perhaps out of luck, Xiao Hei was able to regain control of his body thanks to the connection between himself and the job card in his body.

But more importantly, it is her will that has been tempered by time.

If it weren't for his strong will, Xiao Hei's consciousness would have been completely exhausted when he was still in Illya's body.

However, if Xiao Hei were to say this, she would set a good example for her younger sister, so how could she just abandon her like that?

"Well--!"

It seemed that Illya's movement woke up Erica who was still sleeping nearby.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes, sat up dazedly, and looked at Illya beside her: "Good morning! Sister Illya!"

"Good morning, Erica!"

Illya also responded softly. At this time, Xiao Hei on the counter was motionless, almost indistinguishable from a real doll.

"My father originally asked me to look after sister Illya, but I accidentally fell asleep."

Erica squinted her eyes, as if she was not awake yet, and it seemed that she had slept very late last night.

"Hey, Erica, can you take care of me?" Illya seemed very surprised when she heard Erica's words. After all, it was hard for her to imagine that a child like Erica, who seemed to know nothing, could take care of herself.

"Well, actually, my father asked me to give you the blood-replenishing medicine and told me to drink it."

As she spoke, Erica pointed to a glass bottle placed on the bedside table. Inside was a bright red potion that was emitting some magical fluctuations.

"Well, thank you—"

Illya didn't dare drink the potion prepared by Darius, especially since it contained magic power and she had no way of telling whether it was good or bad. If the ruby ​​was here, perhaps things would become simpler.

But the ruby ​​had been taken away by Ishtar.

"Hey, hey! No need to praise me!"

"I don't want to be praised at all, and definitely don't touch my head or anything like that!"

"After I say no three times, I will definitely—"

Hearing Illya's words, Erica seemed very excited. She leaned directly into her arms and even lowered her head on her own initiative, as if she wanted to let Illya touch her head better.

Facing Erica's coquettishness, Illya had no choice but to stroke Erica's head with a gentle smile, and looked at Xiao Hei's position again, and then slowly said: "Is this everything that Miyu has experienced?"

She felt a pang of heartache when she thought of everything Miyu had to bear.

Only by standing in Miyu's position could Illya feel her inner struggle and the heavy burden that she was carrying that made her unable to breathe.

Sacrificing themselves to save the world is simply not something they can bear at their age.

It can even be said that most ordinary people in the world cannot face the idea of ​​sacrifice calmly, let alone elementary school students whose values ​​have just matured.

She didn't want to sacrifice herself because she still had people she loved and people who loved her.

She also doesn't want to sacrifice others because others also have their own loves and are loved by others.

She doesn't want the world to be destroyed even more, because countless people will lose the ones they love and the ones who love them.

If you have to choose between the two.

If you have to choose between the two.

So the decision she made was - I want to save both of them.

Whether it's herself, Miyu, or the world, she wants to save them all, and she doesn't want anyone to be sacrificed.

This may be a dream that only a child would have, and this may be a decision that only a child would make.

But this was Illya's final decision.

"Squeak—!"

The door of Erica's room was pushed open again, and Xiao Hei, dressed in a maid outfit, appeared in front of the two and began to urge them to get up early.

"Got it!" Erica responded and quickly got out of bed and started changing her clothes.

As for Illya, she also wanted to get out of bed, but the moment she stood up, she felt a surge of weakness from the soles of her feet to her forehead, causing Illya to fall straight onto the bed.

"Didn't Illyasviel drink the blood-replenishing potion?"

Xiao Hei, who was standing beside the bed in maid outfit, frowned and looked at the blood-replenishing medicine on the bedside table that had not been touched.

"Because Sister Illya hasn't woken up yet, I forgot about it!"

Erica tilted her head and explained apologetically.

"Please drink the blood-replenishing potion as soon as possible, otherwise even your movements will become a problem. Lord Darius does not want to see the Holy Grail ceremony fail tonight."

The maid-girl Xiao Hei spoke coldly, seeming very dissatisfied with Illya for not drinking the blood-replenishing potion.

Illya said that she didn't know this would happen, and the feeling of weakness in her body didn't seem fake, but she really didn't dare to drink it. What if there was some kind of captivating poison?

Ai Lijia took the medicine bottle to Illya's side, but looking at Illya's resistant eyes, she seemed to have thought of something, and immediately said: "Sister Miyu also drank this blood-replenishing potion before!"

Has Miyu ever drunk it too?

For some reason, after hearing Erica say that Miyu had also drunk this blood-replenishing potion, Illya immediately drank it with confidence, making Xiao Hei, who was standing at the counter, feel ashamed.

We let our guard down too quickly!

However, there is a reason why Illya is so weak. If Illya did not take any action and was simply captured by Darius to perform the Holy Grail ceremony.

She would wake up even before dawn, so he ordered Erica to let Illya drink the blood-replenishing potion.

Even if he hadn't drunk the blood-replenishing potion, he wouldn't be that weak under normal circumstances.

But Illya ran around in Endsworth Castle in the morning, and because she forced to use two job cards at the same time, her magic disorder broke out.

After finally calming down, he had an extremely fierce fight with Beatrice and was injured to a certain extent.

You have to know that Illya is not a real magician. Without the assistance of rubies, problems with magic circuits basically rely on her own body to control.

So when Darius captured her, Illya's body was already exhausted, but because of the high tension and the special situation that she was overwhelmed by, Illya had been ignoring her physical condition.

And now, this is the result of the accumulation of negative impacts from yesterday's entire day of experiences.

Chapter 1041: Escape Plan, established!

"I have recovered..."

After drinking the blood-replenishing potion and resting for a few minutes, the feeling of weakness in her body was finally reduced a lot, at least it no longer affected Illya's normal movements.

However, if you fight, this weakness will still cause some impact. As for how much the impact will be, if you have a ruby ​​on your body, the impact can be almost negligible.

But without the help of ruby, the impact on Illya is still quite large.

"Now we finally have time to organize the information we have collected."

Erica has left. She would take time to go to school almost every day. If Erica kept sticking to Illya, it would be difficult for Xiao Hei to communicate with her.

She is too innocent, to the point of being disgusting at times.

Perhaps because the other party has been staying in the Endsworth family, Erica has always been thinking about issues with the Endsworth family as the center.

It is absolutely certain that if Xiao Hei appears in front of Erica without any preparation, she will be completely exposed when she meets Darius or Angelica.

"Illya, please tell me what you have gained first—"

After checking that there were no special magic spells in the room, Xiao Hei sat down in front of Illya's bed.

"The job cards and rubies have been found. Now they are all in the hands of Rin Toosaka in this world. I don't know how to get them from Rin Toosaka."

Illya lowered her head. Sometimes she really felt useless.

"But you still got two job cards, didn't you? Can you tell me what happened when you met her? Maybe there's a way to get the remaining job cards and rubies from her."

Although he learned from Darius' words that night that tonight should be the final moment of the Holy Grail ceremony, Xiao Hei did not urge Illya to tell him everything at once.

Instead, he proceeded step by step, listening carefully to what Illya told him about what happened yesterday. Xiao Hei understood that they only had one chance to leave the Endsworth family, so they must seize it.

As for leaving this world, Xiao Hei said that he had not thought that far yet. He would first leave the Endsworth family. Otherwise, he would always be in a passive situation and there would be no possibility of leaving this world at all.

Illya also nodded. After confirming her belief, she no longer avoided it. Her eyes became more determined, and she told Xiao Hei everything that happened yesterday in detail.

"Bring back the ruby ​​and the job card—"

Xiao Hei pondered for a moment, because this was not a simple matter, and she would certainly reject the option of directly snatching the item.

"and many more!"

"and many more!"

Illya and Xiao Hei's eyes sparkled, and they shouted in unison at this moment.

"It seems that you think the same as I do, one touch is too much!" Xiao Hei raised the corner of his mouth with a slight smile.

"It was obviously me, as the older sister, who thought of it first!" Illya pouted in anger.

"Let's talk about it together!"

"Find an opportunity to use projection magic to replace the original with the new one!"

"Find an opportunity to use projection magic to replace the original with the new one!"

They were indeed in sync with each other. This was the only solution they could think of in a short period of time without alarming Ishtar.

Although Xiao Hei's projection magic now has great flaws, it is not comparable to normal projection magic.