FATE: As Illya, I was summoned by Kotomine Kirei?!

Chapter 5: I, Tōhsaka Tokiomi, will also be a partner of justice

"No, don't come over here, don't come over here...."

Miss Illyasviel's school uniform was already covered in dirt and had several holes torn into it. With red eyes, she was thrown off the iron gate again.

If she hadn't "happened" to lower her head, the sharp magic blade would have chopped off her head like cutting through an iron railing.

The Ritter: Stork Knight flapped it's wings, and magic power gathered between it's wings and pounced out. Illyasviel looked at the exquisite little bird with tears in her eyes, but she could not feel the slightest love. She was trembling all over like a frightened kitten, and the tears and dirt made her little face look pitiful, which made people feel pity unconsciously.

However, compared to the fear and panic on the surface, Miss Illyasviel's heart at this moment is completely different. She is not as naive as she appears.

'Why haven't you come yet? Is there no one here?'

'But there are familiars and detection magic here, so it looks like a magic workshop with people living in it, right?'

Mystifying?

Not necessarily.

Because the construction of a magic workshop is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive, it is a magi's biggest trump card when dealing with the enemy. Some veteran magi, such as the insect magic workshop of the Matou family, are said to be so difficult that even third-rate servants find it difficult to break into and kill the magi hiding inside.

A magic workshop is a magi's lair, which is common knowledge in the entire magi community.

As for why Miss Illyasviel is so sure that this mansion is a magic workshop?

This brings us to one of her inherent skills: Einzbern's consciousness transfer magic.

Within a certain distance, she can silently transfer her consciousness to the wall and grass. Although she has no killing power, she can share the vision with the attached objects, so she can easily find out various information, that is, there are familiars and a large number of defensive and reconnaissance magecraft in this mansion, including a beautiful and expensive gem in the pool of the manor that controls these magecraft.

Therefore, she was eighty percent certain that this manor villa of the Tohsaka family must be inhabited. The only uncertainty was whether the resident was the master himself.

So how to confirm, or perhaps lure the snake out of its hole, requires reverse thinking.

What would you do if you were the magi living in this magic workshop?

Although the first night of the Holy Grail War is not very dangerous, as a magi from one of the three major families, they are naturally cautious. Under what circumstances will they be attracted to it?

A qualified magi would not care about the life or death of ordinary people, so under what circumstances would the other party care about his/her life or death?

The answer is simple.

That is, when the ordinary person is alive and can bring himself sufficient benefits.

"Heroic spirits have their own pride, and most of them won't cry in disguise."

"Magis are indifferent to ordinary people, but during the Holy Grail War, they are supervised by the Holy Church. They can tolerate certain casualties, but they cannot target ordinary people."

"My life or death is meaningless, but if I am in front of a Master and am hunted by another Master's familiars and servants, then my value will become meaningful. It can be used to report to the Holy Church that another Master killed innocent people during the Holy Grail War and gained some benefits from it. They can even get some of the information I know from me."

And these thought processes can be achieved through another inherent skill of hers:

The disguise of a pure little girl.

To achieve this, before she shows her fangs, magis, and Heroic Spirits without intuition cannot see that she is a Heroic Spirit. They will subconsciously think that she is a poor and innocent little girl, and cannot detect the slightest magic power or dangerous reaction from her.

This was the foundation that enabled her to carry out the assassination, and it was her biggest trump card that allowed her to move freely.

Even if the other party has summoned a heroic spirit, she is not afraid, because in that case, the worst that can happen is that she will just keep pretending, pretending to be controlled by the other party and then take the opportunity to escape.

Of course, if she really encountered a Heroic Spirit with intuition who saw through her disguise, it would only prove that she was unlucky, and she would have given up on this Holy Grail War. There was no need to fight any further.

Even such a low-probability event can happen, which simply means that no one wants her to hold the Holy Grail.

"Dad, Mom, woo woo, I miss you...."

Miss Illyasviel, who was at the end of her rope, curled up in the corner of the doorway, crying with her head in her hands as if she had given up all hope. The Ritter: Stork Knight in front of her seemed to be playing a trick on her.

Every attack only added a few more scars and blood to her body.

It was like it was enjoying her desperate fear, playing with the dirty little mouse that had been caught.

Boom!

 crack!

Just when Miss Illyasviel gave up struggling and waited for death, several brilliant lasers suddenly fell down, opened their gluttonous mouths to devour the Ritter: Stork Knight at the gate, and launched a dazzling vibration. It was a gem magecraft of extremely high level, one of the most expensive magecrafts in the magi world so far!

The desperate little girl was startled and trembling with fear like a frightened little rabbit. She looked around and nodded in fear, and there was a glimmer in her eyes as if she had survived a calamity!

"During the Holy Grail War, you killed ordinary people for fun. Is this the family tradition of your Einzbern family?"

"As one of the founders of the Holy Grail Ceremony, your Einzbern family is truly corrupt..."

With a clang, the iron gate opened, and an elegant middle-aged man with a cane inlaid with exquisite rubies, surrounded by several floating gems, walked out of the manor with a sigh on his face, and spoke lightly to the dark forest not far away.

At the same time, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, as if he had won the lottery jackpot.

He glanced at the frightened and bewildered little girl, as if he was looking at a delicious dinner that was suddenly delivered to his door.

After weighing the pros and cons, he still chose to come forward. After all, this wave of luck was really unstoppable. He had already joined forces with his disciple Kotomine Kirei, and he had the overwhelming combat power of two servants.

Now that the Einzbern family has delivered this kind of handle to his door, he only needs to report it to his old friend Kotomine Risei. He doesn't even dare to think about how much benefit he can get from it.

"You, you are......."

"Don't be afraid, kid. I'm the current head of the Tohsaka family, Tohsaka Tokiomi. As long as I'm here, those bad guys will never be able to hurt you."

Magis are not allowed to carry out large-scale indiscriminate killings of innocent people. This is an unspoken rule in the magic world.

But the Holy Grail War is a secret ritual. If Tohsaka Tokiomi really wants to take things too far and join forces with Kotomine Risei to make things a big deal, it would be easy to kick certain people out by then.

After all, some things are like this. If you don't make a fuss, everyone can pretend that nothing happened. But if you make a fuss and let everyone know about it, the authorities will have to step in to uphold justice.

"Thank you, thank you, uncle. Can I trust you?" Miss Illyasviel asked timidly, hugging her arms.

"Hahaha, kid, I promise in the name of the Tohsaka family that I will definitely ensure your safety."

'If you were dead, how could I report to the Cathedral Church? You are living proof and material evidence.'

Tohsaka Tokiomi smiled elegantly and kindly, then he waved his hand and threw several exquisite and expensive gems directly into the dark forest as if they were free.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

 A wild explosion! Magical sparks flew everywhere with extraordinary noise!

As if to prove that what he said was true, or to gain the trust of a cute little girl.

"Heh, has it left?" Through the perception transmitted by his familiar, Tohsaka Tokiomi did not discover that there was still a magi lingering in the darkness. He judged that the other party had most likely left quietly after he showed up. It was really ridiculous. If he was the magi of the Einzbern family, he would definitely not leave so easily.

Even if the enemy has their backs to the Magic Workshop, if they see that there are no Heroic Servant following them and that Miss Illyasviel, an insider, is still alive, they will definitely try to kill Miss Illyasviel to avoid leaving any evidence for the enemy.

"The Einzbern family is becoming increasingly decadent. The Master they sent to participate in the Holy Grail War is so cowardly and afraid of trouble. He is probably just an unknown person."

He sneered with some disdain, then politely greeted Miss Illyasviel.

He waved his hand to signal the other person to follow him.

"Come with me, kid, and tell me what has happened to you and your family."

"Tomorrow morning, I will take you to the church and personally seek justice for you."

Looking at Tōhsaka Tokiomi who was as amiable as an elder.

Miss Illyasviel, who had already noticed the Command Seal on the other's hand, wiped the corners of her eyes, which had turned red from tears, with gratitude.

It's just a pity that the other party still didn't seem to completely believe in her. He kept a safe distance from beginning to end, and there were several exquisite gems floating around him.

But it didn't matter. As long as she got closer, all that gem magecraft would be useless to her. She just needed to wait for the opportunity to strike the fatal blow.

So she sobbed, with a hint of tears in her voice, and with genuine joy from the bottom of her heart:

"Thank you, Uncle Tokiomi, you are such a good man, like a partner of justice."

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