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On a street in Fuyuki City...
Rin Tohsaka, Luvia, Illya, and Miyu, who had changed back into their casual clothes, walked together. Yet the atmosphere was rather stifling.
As they wandered forward without any particular destination, both Rin Tohsaka and Luvia kept their heads down in silence. Miyu quietly followed behind Luvia without saying a word. Even Illya found herself affected by the mood, her heart growing heavy as her cute little face filled with gloom.
Unlike the seemingly mature Miyu, Illya was a perfectly ordinary elementary school student. Before she had met Ruby, she had not even known magic or magi existed. Naturally, she could not understand the importance of the Class Cards.
To Illya, recovering the Class Cards was less a mission than an unexpected disaster...
After all, until today, Illya had always thought recovering Class Cards simply meant finding them and putting them away. Who knew they would actually have to fight?
Making an elementary school student fight famous heroes from myths, legends, and history?...
That went far beyond simply asking too much.
Therefore, Illya could not understand why Miyu, a girl about her own age, could remain so calm in the face of something like this, even acting unhurried when facing enemies. In short, Illya herself still did not truly grasp the reality of it.
As for the Class Cards, Rin Tohsaka and Luvia each had their own thoughts. Miyu looked composed, as though she were considering something too. Only Illya felt nothing at all; she simply found the atmosphere unbearably uncomfortable.
Unable to endure it any longer, Illya lowered her voice