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"correct."

"Mrs. Alice... there's actually another matter I'd like to ask for your opinion on."

"It's about how to settle Ilya, isn't it?" Irisviel said.

"Eh, Alice, you already knew?" Artoria was quite surprised.

"I guessed it."

Irisviel's gaze swept over the two of them.

"after all--"

"Those of you who can do this must all be Servants."

“You will leave Fuyuki City sooner or later—but Ilya can’t do that.”

Perhaps realizing that this was not a good thing, Irisviel quickly switched back to her previous lively tone.

Tell me, what are you planning to do?

Having said all that, Ian stopped beating around the bush.

Mrs. Alice.

"We plan to have the Tohsaka family adopt Illya after this Holy Grail War ends."

"The Tohsaka family?"

Alice Phil paused for a moment, as if she had remembered something.

"Is its head of the family Tokiomi Tohsaka?"

“Um—” Artoria answered cautiously, “he is dead.”

“I know…it seems it really is the same company.”

Irisviel's tone became somewhat worried.

"Can you really guarantee that Ilya won't be bullied there?"

"no problem."

Ian nodded very seriously.

"I will do my best to ensure that."

"anyway--"

"Everything will allow her to live as normal a life as possible."

“But speaking of which…” Ian glanced at the little girls playing nearby, “I wonder why she has such complex magic circuits?”

"Because, like me, she underwent transformation from her family."

“However—” Irisviel hesitated before continuing.

"But what?"

"..."

Irisviel hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to tell the whole story.

After all, Ian had made that kind of promise.

"However, it seems that Ilya's transformation has only been partially completed—she may remain like this forever."

"Why is this happening?" Ian asked, puzzled.

"Perhaps it was my and Kiritsugu's failures that made the family realize that our approach wouldn't work."

Irisviel looked at the two people in front of her.

"If that's the case, are you still willing to help Ilya?"

“Of course. / I’m willing.” Ian and Artoria said almost simultaneously.

The two looked at each other and instantly understood each other's feelings.

“Mrs. Alice,” Ian summarized his and Artoria’s thoughts.

"No matter what... we will help Ilya."

"As long as you're willing to believe us."

"..."

Irisviel was taken aback at first, then laughed.

"Really."

"You... why do you always sound so reliable when you talk?"

"That--"

"I'm entrusting this child to you!"

"Don't worry," Ian nodded.

"But then again... how should we tell Ilya about your death?"

"what?"

Irisviel blinked, looking quite confused.

"What are you talking about? Ilya already knew."

"what?!"

Ian and Artoria were both stunned.

"She knows?"

“Yes.” Irisviel tilted her head slightly, looking as if she couldn’t understand the two’s reactions.

"What exactly makes you think she doesn't know?"

"Did she cry? No—how could a child from the Einzbern family be so fragile?"

"..."

Upon closer examination, Ian and Artoria realized that Ilya hadn't actually said she didn't know.

From beginning to end, her goal was to "find her mother," not to "find out where her mother was buried."

But neither of them was upset by the misunderstanding.

On the contrary, they breathed a sigh of relief—because it meant a thorny problem had been solved.

"That's great." Artoria clutched her chest.

“Mr. Ian, now we really don’t have to worry about Ilya anymore.”

"Yes."

Ian took Artoria's hand.

"The only thing left is how to tell Rin and Sakura about this—but it shouldn't be a big problem, Mrs. Aoi really likes Illya."

"And as a magician, Ilya should be a good candidate."

“Of course!” Irisviel’s tone was full of pride.

“That’s my and Kiritsugu’s child—of course he has that talent.”

"correct."

Irisviel remembered something.

"Although I am not clear about the situation of this Holy Grail War."

"But you must be careful of a person named Kirei Kotomine."

"..."

Upon hearing the name, Ian paused for a moment, then quickly asked.

"What's up with him?"

“He’s the one who killed me.” Irisviel clutched her chest, seemingly recalling some terrible scene.

"And if my memory serves me right—"

"It's highly likely that he killed Tokiomi Tohsaka on the night of the final battle."

"..."

"..."

"What's wrong?" Irisviel looked at Ian and Artoria's reactions, somewhat at a loss.

What do your expressions mean?

“Mrs. Alice.” Ian took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

"The person you're talking about... is now the mentor of Rin Tohsaka, the eldest daughter of the Tohsaka family."

"Huh?" Irisviel was stunned. "How could this be?"

But even more unexpected things were yet to come.

Just then, Ian's phone rang—it was something Sakura Tohsaka had prepared for him.

However, the person who called was not Sakura Tohsaka, but Rin Tohsaka.

She said on her phone:

"Ian, where are you?"

"Something serious has happened."

"Kiri was killed... and the old master named Li Shuwen also disappeared."

"what?"

353. The Pledge of Love: Dongstarian / Ibaraki-dōji's Wish / Cruel Reality (4k)