That's Right, This Is Intimidation

Women were like runaway dogs—leave them alone for a day, and they could change beyond recognition. So Illya disappearing for two days and going from eight to eighteen was perfectly logical... my ass!

Sella and Leysritt were artificial lifeforms of the Einzbern Family. Like Illya, they had been given the duty of the Holy Grail. As artificial lifeforms, they were qualified, but as candidate Grails, they were defective products. If young Illya had not needed someone to care for her, the two of them would have long been recycled as scrap.

As fellow Holy Grail vessels, Sella and Leysritt knew very well that Illya could never grow up. There was not even the slightest possibility.

The two had already prepared themselves for the worst. Illya had very likely been modified again.

Out of the corner of her eye, Sella caught sight of the group entering the garden. Without drawing attention to it, she shielded Illya behind her. "Esteemed guests, may I ask if you are friends of the young lady?"

Of the two maids, Sella was lacking in combat ability. Her duties were to serve as Illya's maid and magecraft instructor, and she often offered Illya advice.

The other maid, Leysritt, was far more straightforward. She directly took out a gigantic mystic axe and aimed it at Duke's group. She was a combat maid, responsible for protecting Illya's safety.

"No. They are Illya's enemies!"

Due to a manufacturing defect, Leysritt possessed excellent combat ability as a familiar, but her five senses were dull, and her sense of self was correspondingly weak. Her vocabulary was simple, and her pronunciation broken when she spoke. Although her combat capabilities were extremely powerful, with strength reaching a Servant's B-Class, like Sella, she had to shut down for twelve hours every day, or she would