"No, I may be a rookie mage without a Magic Crest, but I'm a Master. Then, Illya, you're a Master too, right? That makes you a mage."
"I'm not a mage, but a Master? Haven't I learned ordinary magecraft?"
"Then you didn't inherit a Magic Crest from your parents? Um, Illya's family is a distinguished house that can have a castle, right?"
"That's right. Isn't a Magic Crest something you have in order to become a Master? So I'm a Master." Illyasviel von Einzbern tilted her head with an innocent expression.
"Illya, let me ask you something. Where do you live? You seem to have come to this town only for the Holy Grail War. Are you staying in a hotel now?"
"A hotel? Do you mean a villa?"
"More or less. It's not a home, but it's somewhere you can stay."
"Then I have one! Look, there's a huge forest over there, right? Deep inside it is a Western-style mansion built by my grandfather's grandfather. They said it was for the Einzbern Master to stay in during the Holy Grail War." Illyasviel von Einzbern pointed westward in the distance as she spoke to Lin Yan.
It was a forest that had yet to be developed.
Was Illyasviel von Einzbern living in that forest already?
"That forest is an hour's drive from here. Did Illya come from there all by herself?"
"Mm. I snuck out today. Sella and Lisleitte are clearly just maids, but they're so naggy. Since I finally came to Japan, I thought it would be fine to go outside for a bit. I've already gotten everything I wanted, but I've been shut in my room all this time. This much is a reward, right?"
"Shut in your room? You mean you, Illya?"
"When it snowed, I couldn't