Chapter 757
The female knight's unparalleled momentum is unstoppable.
In the blink of an eye, Assassin lost more than ten members.
"!!!"
Miyu suddenly sensed something.
This is...
Illya gripped the holy sword tightly with both hands, maintaining a standoff with the remaining assassins who had distanced themselves from her.
The girl's expression remained unchanged, as cold as a doll, but the magical energy around her was rapidly increasing.
--She plans to unleash her Noble Phantasm and wipe out all the enemies in one fell swoop.
"Wait... Illya! If we use that Noble Phantasm in this space, things will get really bad...!!"
Miyu shouted nervously.
But at this moment, Illya could no longer hear anything.
She slowly raised her hands, took a deep breath, and growled out the true name of the strongest holy sword.
"---- Excalibur!!!"
Faced with that surging torrent of stars, Miyu could do nothing.
She could only stare in disbelief as she used the Sapphire to create a magical barrier.
Things happened so suddenly; she had already done everything she could to protect Rin Tohsaka and Luvia.
As the light illuminating the entire space gradually faded, Illya, having deactivated her transformation, stood there with a blank expression.
There was nothing left around her.
The assassins' legion was instantly vaporized, and the once lush forest was reduced to scorched earth.
"What's this...?"
Illya's eyes widened. "Did I... do all of this?"
The girl stared in disbelief at the world she had ravaged.
The only thing that hasn't been burned away by the holy sword is the land surrounding Miyu and the others.
If Miyu hadn't activated her magic barrier in time, she would probably have been eliminated in that attack as well.
Even so, Miyu and the others were all covered in wounds and kneeling on the ground— Sapphire, of course, could not perfectly defend against the brilliance of the holy sword.
... That shouldn't be the case.
Illya's eyes widened: I only wanted to protect everyone.
Just now... my thoughts and body were out of control.
I don't know anything, I just...
Rin Tohsaka and Luvia cast unfamiliar glances at her, as if questioning, "Who are you?"
"Ugh...!"
Illya bit her lip.
No... I don't want to.
I never wanted to get involved in this kind of battle.
I'm just an ordinary person who has no connection to this kind of fighting.
She only became Magical Girl because Ruby happened to choose her.
Half of them were approaching it with a playful, fun mindset, and they were very excited.
She can play with her older brother now, and she can be praised by him.
But things turned out this way; everything was messed up.
Illya looked at Miyu, Rin, and Luvia, whose clothes were tattered and ragged.
I'm the one who hurt everyone.
If my brother had come along today, he would definitely have gotten hurt too.
It's all my fault...
Ultimately, it's all my fault that my brother is now resting in bed; I'm the one who dragged him into this incident.
If I continue fighting like this, something irreversible will surely happen.
"Don't want..."
"Illya..."
"I... I've had enough! Aa..."
"Illya!"
An unprecedented fear gripped the girl's heart.
I'm so scared.
Fear of fighting, fear of death.
I'm afraid I might hurt my friends.
She was afraid she might hurt her brother.
Something that Illya had been holding tightly snapped with a cracking sound.
All she wanted to do at that moment was escape; that was all she could think about.
"Miss Illya, please calm down!"
Ruby sensed its master's emotional instability.
"It's so noisy! It's so noisy. It's so noisy. It's so noisy!"
Illya covered her ears.
I don't want to fight anymore--
Wanting to escape Ruby's voice, wanting to escape everything she hated, the girl flew into the shattered sky.
The next evening.
When Miyu returned to the entrance of the Edelfelt mansion alone, carrying her schoolbag, she found a figure standing there.
She paused for a moment. "Brother... Mr. Shirou?"
"Yo, Miyu."
Shirou Amamiya waved and gave the girl a bright smile in the twilight.
"Are you free now? Spend some time with me."
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Shirou followed Miyu into the Edelfelt Mansion.
Although this mansion had been across the street from my house for several days, it still took a lot of courage to actually step through the gate.
The interior was as huge and spacious as they had imagined; it took them several minutes just to walk from the entrance to the mansion.
"She's definitely super rich, Luvia..." Shirou thought to himself. "Cleaning the garden must be a lot of work."
After entering the house, Miyu asked, "Mr. Shirou, would you like some black tea?"
"Ah, black tea will do."
As he spoke, Shirou walked over to the sofa and sat down, beginning to curiously examine the luxurious interior decor.
A few minutes later, Miyu returned to the living room carrying what looked like a very high-end tea set.
"Please use it, Mr. Shirou."
Thank you.
Shirou took the teacup filled with black tea and stared blankly at Miyu.
"What's wrong?"
Miyu first met Shirou's gaze, then looked away somewhat embarrassed.
"Miyu, aren't you going to change into your maid outfit?" -- I just couldn't bring myself to say that.
Shirou changed the subject. "Well, speaking of which, this seems to be the first time I've ever been alone with Miyu like this."
Thinking about it carefully, Shirou has never been alone with Miyu before.
Rin, Luvia, and Illya...
Those three always made the atmosphere noisy, so the sudden peace made Shirou feel quite uncomfortable.
Miyu explained, "Miss Luvia needs to contact the Mage's Association, so she'll be back a little later today."
Shirou took a sip of tea and nodded. "I see, that's a great help."
"You've been a huge help?" The girl tilted her head, her eyes filled with suspicion.
"No, it's nothing." Shirou scratched his cheek.
He wasn't quite used to being alone with elementary school girls other than Illya.
"Unfortunately, it wasn't just the two of you alone."
Another voice rang out, and Sapphire flew out from behind the girl.
"Sapphire, you're there?"
"Yes, but please don't mind me, Shirou- sama. You have something you'd like to discuss with Miyu- sama, don't you?"
"That's right!"
Shirou quickly revealed his purpose.
He didn't come knocking on my door just to see Miyu in her maid outfit, though he really did want to.
"Illya acted strangely after she went home last night..."
Even though I successfully retrieved the Assassin Class Card, and this morning too, I seemed really listless.
Even when asked about her last Class Card, she just smiled and brushed it off.
Finally, after I pressed her for details, she admitted that she would no longer transform as Magical Girl.
Shirou asked, puzzled, "Hey... Miyu, what exactly happened during last night's battle?"
"..."
Miyu's usually unchanging face twitched slightly, which of course did not escape the boy's observation.
After a pause, she recounted the events of her battle with Assassin the previous night.
When faced with danger, Illya seemed to transform into a different person, using her Class Card to perform a transformation that wasn't a "Install," and she ruthlessly slaughtered the Assassins.
"... Miyu, what exactly happened?"
Faced with Shirou's question, Miyu shook her head helplessly. "I don't know, I only know that Illya expended a huge amount of magical power to use cards to turn Ruby into Saber's holy sword."
"We watched her transform, but we didn't know what was happening."
Lady Illya might be hiding some secret... Mr. Shirou, do you have any leads?
"No. That's impossible. Illya is just an ordinary elementary school student..."
Shirou was also confused.
Illya's behavior sounds like the berserk, out-of-control state that protagonists often experience when facing a crisis in Magical Girl anime.
As a viewer, I would be excited to see such a plot, but if it happened to my own sister, I wouldn't be happy at all.
Judging from Miyu and the others' descriptions, Illya must have developed a fear of the uncontrollable power within her, which made her lose the courage to fight.