(Heartfelt thanks to Yunqi Qinggu, Wu Guan Wei She Mi, and Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo for their rewards!)
"R-Right!"
As if trying to break the strange atmosphere, Illya clapped her little hands and asked Wu Yan a question.
"Big Brother, Rin said that you went to retrieve Cards last night too. How did it go?..."
Upon hearing Illya's words, Miyu immediately raised her little head and turned her gaze toward Wu Yan. Clearly, she cared quite a bit about this matter as well.
Under the gazes of the two little girls, Wu Yan shrugged and raised one hand.
On it was a card bearing the image of a sinister assassin holding a curved dagger and wearing a skull mask.
"That is..." Miyu's expression tightened.
"The Class Card—'assassin'!"
"'Assassin'...?" Illya blinked and leaned her little face slightly closer to the 'assassin' Card.
"I think Rin mentioned that it was a very treacherous Heroic Spirit..."
"It really was quite treacherous..." Wu Yan put away the 'assassin' Card.
"Its own strength wasn't very great, but the materialized 'assassin' Heroic Spirit could conceal its presence and hide in the shadows to launch sneak attacks. It also had a Noble Phantasm that could create tangible clones. We fought around eighty 'assassins' in the forest last night!"
"E-Eighty?..." Miyu was stunned, and even Illya shrank back a little.
"W-Wasn't that practically an entire army?..."
"It only had an advantage in numbers..." Wu Yan explained reassuringly.
"There was only one materialized Heroic Spirit and only one Class Card. The main body's mana was fixed, so once it split into clones, its mana was dispersed. Naturally, its strength was dispersed too. In the end, every single 'assassin' was pathetically weak. Even if Rin Tohsaka and Luvia had been there, each of them could have handled two or three alone."