The silver-haired artificial lifeform lowered her eyelids and sighed softly.
Shirou watched her in silence, not knowing how to comfort her, when—
Irisviel suddenly threw herself at him and hugged him tightly.
"So I've decided to stay by Shirou's side! Not as a companion in the Holy Grail War, but as Shirou's mother!
"Please take care of me from now on too, Shirou! I love you the most!!!"
I knew it would turn out like this... Shirou helplessly twitched the corner of his mouth.
Irisviel decided to continue staying in Japan.
As for Sella, Ritseliete, and the maids who had come to Japan with her, Irisviel respected their opinions.
In the end, all the homunculi decided to continue serving by their lady's side.
"Besides, if we went back, Grandfather would scold us anyway," Ritseliete said.
Originally, Irisviel's vital functions should have automatically ceased when the Holy Grail War ended, but for some unknown reason—
Perhaps it was a miracle caused by the sheath embedded in her body, but Irisviel's functions did not stop when the Greater Grail fell silent.
Even today, she was living a healthy, vigorous life.
There was one other person who stayed behind: Lady Avalon.
"Why hasn't our teacher disappeared? If it was because of that night's mana transfer, its effects should have worn off long ago."
"I possess an incredibly overpowered Skill called 'Independent Manifestation.' Even without receiving magical energy from a Master, I can manifest in this era as an independent individual."
Lady Avalon proudly thrust out her shapely, undulating chest. "Besides, Miss Saber entrusted me with Shirou. I have to continue accompanying him from now on... I can't break a promise, can I?"
"Did Saber really say that?" Shirou asked suspiciously.
Shirou found it somewhat regrettable that he had never managed to properly say