People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"Hey, are you listening? I'm Illya! That guy outside took everything from me!"

After a verbal confrontation, Chloe finally couldn't keep up her disguise and revealed her thoughts without reservation.

"Well, I'm listening," Qin Xuan listened to her speech while recording the valid information and building a personality model based on her emotional response, "but you and she seem to have two completely different personalities, that is, the same body but different aspects?"

"Don't confuse me with that carefree guy," Chloe had inexplicable complex emotions towards the current Illya, like disdain, jealousy, and anger mixed together, "She knows nothing and likes to fantasize all day long. Humph, just looking through her memories makes me feel bored."

"I see, but there are still contradictions in your statement just now," Qin Xuan flipped through the records, "According to what you just said, you should not care about the life of 'superficial personality', but your emotional reaction definitely shows that you care about her."

"——Actually, you envy her, right?"

"I……!"

Chloe wanted to deny it outright, but those were the words she had just said.

Qin Xuan did not wait for her to find words to refute, but continued to attack without stopping: "Also, according to what you said, you were sealed inside by your parents when you were a baby, and then "another Illya" took your identity and lived -"

“So, let’s not talk about whether your parents really sealed your consciousness, or whether they sealed it first and then gave birth to your consciousness… Do you want to know what kind of life you (Illya) would have lived if the (Lesser Holy Grail) had not been sealed?”

"What... do you mean...?"

"Brother, this is a joke, right?" Chloe wanted to guess the meaning behind this sentence, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt it was ridiculous. "Brother, you know, the seal is already a fact. No matter how you assume it..."

"——Aren't you curious about where I came from?" Qin Xuan interrupted Chloe again and chose a seemingly unrelated topic. "Let's not talk about the carelessness of the 'surface personality' (Illya). It's impossible for you not to notice the unusualness of me who entered here (inner) and this giant building."

Based on the previous conversation, Chloe carefully guessed: "Brother...you are not saying that you are from another world——?"

"To be precise, it is a parallel world," Qin Xuan briefly mentioned the concept, "The so-called parallel world, in simple terms, is a world derived from 'different possibilities', just like the different results of dice falling to the ground and facing up after a random collision -"

Qin Xuan looked at Chloe who was sitting obediently, and slowly approached her, "The Illya I want to talk about is the Illya who has not been sealed, the Illya who has 'grown up correctly' in your imagination..."

"Big brother..." Chloe just looked at Qin Xuan in confusion as he got closer and closer to her. It's not that she trusted Qin Xuan to the point of not resisting, but Qin Xuan's spirit brought an astonishing amount of pressure, and she felt that she couldn't contend from the beginning.

"Watch it."

——The world has changed.

The Egyptian-style palace filled with spirit particle facilities disappeared, replaced by a snowy field.

"This is -- my hometown?"

Chloe was stunned for a moment, and then Qin Xuan took her hand and said, "Let's go, our destination is still ahead."

They came to a castle in the frozen land, a room guarded by a warm fire in the fireplace.

"Don't worry, she's sleeping."

Said a maternal voice that Chloe was extremely familiar with.

What she saw was Irisviel, who had not yet recovered from the fatigue after giving birth, and the baby in the cradle.

A baby that has never been sealed.

Chapter 189 My Heart Hurts (Physical)

"What? Didn't this 'Illya' have a happy childhood?"

Soon, Chloe had almost finished watching Illya's ordinary childhood in her hometown in Germany for eight years, and said disapprovingly.

At this time, 'Illya' was walking in the forest outside the castle with her father, Emiya Kiritsugu.

She was wearing small snow boots and trudging forward in the thick snow. At the same time, she was nervously and excitedly looking for the winter buds of the walnut trees. This was a competition between Illya and Emiya Kiritsugu, and it was also one of the few pleasures she had in the snowy area.

In fact, Illya has played this game with her father many times this year, with a record of twelve wins, nine losses and one draw. It seems to give people the illusion that she is playing a game that is not much different from other children, as if this daily routine can last forever.

She had no idea that the Holy Grail War was about to begin and her parents would be left her forever.

"Oh? Do you really think so? You should pay attention to 'your parents' and the difference between them and the two people you remember."

Listening to Qin Xuan's meaningful words, Chloe recalled what Kiritsugu Emiya said when Illya was just born - "One day, I will kill you."

This is what Emiya Kiritsugu said to his mother, Irisviel. It was a declaration, a heart-wrenching declaration. He cried and cursed himself when he said this, but Irisviel always forgave and encouraged him again and again.

Chloe could feel that the relationship between them was no less than that between her parents, but she had never seen her parents with such a painful and lasting expression, as if they were torturing themselves.

Soon, it was time to say goodbye, and Einzbern was going to Fuyuki City to participate in the Holy Grail War.

"…Kiritsugu?"

"Illya, are you willing to wait a little longer? Can you endure feeling lonely before your father comes back?" Emiya Kiritsugu was unable to explain to Illya what the Holy Grail War was, let alone help a child understand what true "death" was.

"Well, Illya will be patient."

"...Then Daddy has made an agreement with you that I will never let Illya wait too long. Daddy will definitely be back soon."

As a result, Emiya Kiritsugu never came back.

"Liar..." Illya waited for a long time, but the person she promised to meet did not come back. She also did not know that Kiritsugu actually wanted to come back, but his body was dragged down by the curse and he was already terminally ill, so he was blocked outside by the family's barrier and could not force his way in.

During the endless waiting, Illya's longing turned into hatred.

She hated her father's betrayal. She hated her own life. In the end, this hatred became Illya's life for a long time.

What awaits her ahead is a new Holy Grail War. She is about to go to the new war to complete her revenge, or repeat the same mistakes as her fathers.

"…………"

"Okay, that's it."

Qin Xuan cut off the video. The scene before him changed from the castle in the snow to the Egyptian palace.

As a result, Chloe, who had been completely immersed in it, came back to her senses and complained to Qin Xuan, with a hint of anger: "...Why is this happening! Isn't it over yet?"

"It's over. That's all I'm going to do." Qin Xuan only planned to stop here. There was no need to watch the subsequent developments, and it was not something that would happen in the future. "If you want to watch, you can take a look at the ending of a certain world. How about it? Do you want to watch it?"

"want!"

Chloe asked. But she soon regretted it, because Qin Xuan only sent a picture into her mind:

In the broken castle, a blond man killed Illya and dug out her heart (the Holy Grail) from her body with his bare hands.

"Although there may be other possible developments, this is undoubtedly one of the endings," Qin Xuan looked at Chloe's trembling appearance, "Do you feel it?"

"...Yes...hiss!" Chloe covered her chest. She did feel a phantom pain, as if there really was another similar individual whose heart had been dug out of the body. How to put it...

——It hurts. It hurts. It hurts.

Berserker, where is it? I can't find it. It's dark all around.

Then, I felt a strong resentment again.

——Hateful, hateful, hateful.

I want to beat that blond guy who's dressed like a nouveau riche to death.

"wake up!"

Seeing that she was about to immerse herself in a certain experience, Qin Xuan promptly read a sentence into Chloe's sea of ​​consciousness. This was a way to terminate the mental spell. Because of the experience of her counterpart in the parallel world, Chloe developed an effect similar to the empathy magic of "feeling the same thing", and the effect was better than ever, it was simply too good.

"Hmm..." Chloe covered her head. She almost thought she was another Illya.

"Calm down first and follow me."

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Hogunhara Gakuen Elementary School.

Illya, who had just finished school, was about to pack up and go home when she suddenly heard a classmate coming to look for her.

"Hey, Illya!" Ryuko invited cheerfully, "Nana and I are going to play at the Sonaka's house. Want to join us?"

"Hey, you guys?"

"Yes, yes," said Nana Moriyama with narrowed eyes, "I heard that there are many valuable treasures in Suhua's place!"

"Good news...what is it?" Illya felt that it was not something serious, and she was a little busy recently.

"——Sorry, something happened at home. I have to go home first."

Several good friends looked at Illya's back as she hurried away.

"Hey, has Illya been busy lately?"

"It seems so. What on earth is going on?"

While her best friends were talking about it, Illya ran all the way back home, "I'm back! Sera, Lijelite!"

Illya greeted the two "guardians" at home, and then, without giving them time to react, she ran upstairs to her room.

Hearing the sound of Illya slamming the door, Sera and Lijelite looked at each other.

"Is there something wrong with Illya recently?"

Sera is the nanny and guardian who takes care of the family when Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel are not at home, but those two basically never come back, so she is almost the person in charge.

"She's quite energetic, and she came back earlier than usual, which means her running speed has improved recently, which is a good thing."

Lijielit said casually. Although she had a similar job to Sera, she basically did nothing but eat and drink.

Moreover, as soon as Illya came home, she went into her room and didn't compete with her for the TV. This was a good thing, a very good thing.

p.s. It felt so weird when I was writing the content of [河蟹], I had to keep putting myself in the female perspective (?)

Chapter 190 I, Illya, became a magical girl through my own efforts!

"Lijelite, have you noticed that Illya has been staying in her room recently after returning home... I suspect she is always distracted by watching some weird things, but her grades don't seem to have dropped... What does this mean?"

Mother Sera is still worried. In order to further understand her child's movements, she recently started to search Illya's bedroom. This move can be said to be the worst parental behavior in the eyes of the child.

"Huh?" Lijelite hadn't recovered from the TV show for a second or two before she said, "This means... Illya's learning speed has increased?"

If she doesn't even rush to watch magical girl anime, what else could she watch? Could it be that besides magical girls, Illya has other themes that interest her?

"Hush! I found it in Illya's room... She was reading ancient Egyptian mythology, some occult books, some messed up secret histories of dynasties... Is that something a child should read?"

"......?" A question mark popped up in Lijelite's head. Isn't this style of painting a bit different from that of a magical girl?

"She bought it herself?"

"She must have used her pocket money. It's strange, there are so many books. How did she buy them with her own money?"

Sera was still making irrelevant guesses. "Besides, Illya shouldn't have been involved in the matter over there. Could it be that these... were the intentions of Master (Kiritsugu) and Madam (Irisviel)?"

As she thought about it, Sera began to have wild thoughts.

"Master and Madam, do you know how dangerous it is for a good child like Illya to get involved in the world of magic... wuwuwu... What if something happens to Illya after she becomes a magician... I, I..."

As she spoke, Sera began to get excited again.

"...No, I feel like your idea is off track, Sera." Lijelite understood what she meant. She and Sera knew that Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel were currently active in the magic world, but they intentionally kept Illya from knowing about this.

But the problem is... Even if the master and the mistress really want Illya to get in touch with magic, they wouldn't let the child buy popular science books on the outer world sold on the market and study alone, right?

What can you learn from this?

"I'm back--!"

Just when Sera and Lijelite were having a rare serious (?) discussion, the eldest son of the family, the ordinary Emiya Shirou, finally returned. "Sorry, I need help with something over there so I'm a little late..."

"Hey, Shirou, why did you come back just now!" Sera was interrupted by Shirou Emiya and said unhappily, "Look at your sister Illya, she came back so early, and you, a cyclist, can't even beat your sister..."

Sera started to preach in an unreasonable way.

“Ah? Um, I just said that because of Issei—”

"You still think you're right, don't you? As the eldest son, don't you know how to take care of the family? Come to the kitchen, there's a dish to prepare, come and help."

"..." Emiya Shirou was silent for a moment, "Okay..."

Oh, has my status in the family become lower again recently... or is Sera going through the period of emotional instability that she inevitably experiences every month?

Shirou Emiya began to consider whether he should stay at Yanagi Kazunari's place for a while, perhaps he could avoid the limelight.

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Illya was sitting in her room, her desk filled with school supplies... not school textbooks, but some strange books she had collected recently, such as "The Egyptian Book of the Dead", "The Sacred Magic of Ancient Egypt", "Thoth - Hermes of Egypt"... a mix of mythology, mysticism and other miscellaneous books.

"Ahh, can I really learn magic from these? I feel like I was cheated by that saleswoman."