Part 262: Good / Innocent murder

Music: Tender Scenery








"Yeah!
I'll believe you if you say so…!"
Ilya tackles me and embraces my arm again.

"……Man. What are you?"
I complain, but I accept it. It's not bad.

I don't feel any hostility from her.
Her hugging me won't kill me, and it wouldn't be older brother-like to panic now.
I guess I'll have to talk with her, just like she wants

Music: Madder Red Town



…Since when did it start getting painful?
She is an innocent girl.
She's a Master and has no doubts about it…
I think her lack of fear about going into battle is sad.

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A family of magi called Einzbern.
She is sent out as the greatest Master, a result of their thousand-year-old history.

If that is Ilya's goal, then…

"Ilya. Can I ask you something?"


"What?"
"Do you recognize the name Emiya Kiritsugu?"
…I have to ask her this question.



"No. I don't know anyone like that."
…Her silver hair flutters.
Fairy-like, she gets up from the bench and turns around.



"Yeah, I should go home too."
I get up.
This is all the rest I'll get.
We will be enemies again once the sun sets.

But…
"Can I talk with you again, Ilya?"
…I ask the question as if it's only natural.




"U-Um, I don't know. Do you want to see me again, Shirou?"



"Of course. I wouldn't ask you if I didn't want to."


"……! Okay, then I'll come again tomorrow if I feel like it. Don't expect too much and keep waiting, okay?"
She runs out of the park.

…But.
She suddenly stops.



"Ilya?"
"…I was given birth to this world to win the Holy Grail War. My mission is to kill you and Kiritsugu."