"Sakura, thank you," Bai said.
"—What's wrong?" Sakura noticed that Bai's gaze was unusually troubled, as though something weighed heavily on her mind.
"Illya's body... it seems..."
Bai lowered her head.
Illya looked like a beautiful, adorable little girl.
But Illya was actually already eighteen years old.
And not only that.
Illya herself was the child of a homunculus and a human.
Her body was inherently different from that of an ordinary person.
And... it was nearing its limit.
That body could probably only last for about another year at most.
After that, its functions would stop.
"That body was probably modified for the Holy Grail War," Sakura said.
"..." Bai looked at Sakura, then averted her gaze.
Sakura lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.
[You figured it out?]
[Looks like she figured it out?]
[With Fairy Eyes, secrets usually can't stay hidden, right?]
[Hard to say. Sakura has been with Morgan Shirou for so long, after all.]
[Hurry up, hurry up, why not just say it directly?]
[Fuck, they usually give us the characters' inner thoughts, but not at a time like this?]
[The production team knows what they're doing.]
Just then, the commotion outside shattered the quiet between them.
"Saber said she sensed you. Huff... haha... perfect, you, come here—"
Rin panted heavily.
She was greatly startled.
"What happened?" Bai asked. "Did the negotiations fail?"
"Forget about that for now!" Rin finally managed to speak smoothly. "Do you have one of those... um... computers! Right, do you have one?!"
"A c-computer?"
"Yes, yes! That thing... the thing that can access the internet!"
"Mm, you mean broadband?" Bai said. "We have it."
"Broadband... ah, whatever, that should be it. Seriously, why would the Mage's Association choose such a ridiculous method of communication?!" Rin complained.