Illya, You Have It So Rough!

Matou Sakura laughed smugly as she tormented Kirei Kotomine while mocking his foolishness.

Having become the Master of "It (Avenger)," punishing the priest in front of her, who was barely surviving thanks to the Black Mud, would be a piece of cake.

Just as the priest could overcome the Cursed Arm by having no heart, Matou Sakura was also the priest's natural enemy.

This isn't a difference in strength, but rather a clash of natural enemies, like cats and mice.

"Oh oh oh!"

Seeing Kirei Kotomine rolling around on the ground, Illya, sitting in her seat, had stars in her eyes.

"This is it! This is exactly what I wanted! Sakura-neechan is amazing!!"

Illya exclaimed in admiration.

For Illya, the priest who reeked of a strange smell and constantly tried to sell her his incredibly spicy Mapo Tofu was the most terrifying person she had ever met.

Therefore, Illya, who tormented the priest to the point of exhaustion, became her idol.

"Sakura-neechan is really amazing! I never knew she was this strong!"

"Why?"

Upon hearing his sister's words Shirou slowly typed a question mark.

Sakura has tormented her brother quite a few times, so why would she say she doesn't know?

"Illya, haven't you ever seen Sakura angry?"

"Oh, brother! Sakura-neechan is so gentle, how could she possibly be angry? This is just Sakura-neechan putting on an act, right?"

"Is that so...?"

Shirou then remembered that, to avoid being lectured as a bad influence on children, Sakura would always chase Illya away before getting angry and hitting Shinji.

"Wait... does this mean that Illya is seeing Sakura's Queen template for the first time?"

Looking at Illya's adoring expression, Shirou had a bad feeling.

[Shinji, you bastard! What if Illya goes astray?!]

At that moment, Shirou truly felt the necessity of strictly adhering to the rating system.

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On screen, Matou Sakura's torment continues.

Unfortunately, Matou Sakura made a mistake that most villains make—villains die from talking too much.

Matou Sakura's original plan was to torture the priest severely before cruelly murdering him.

Perhaps it's to release stress, or simply for the pleasure of sadism.

However, Matou Sakura, who was deliberately torturing and mocking the priest, missed the best opportunity to kill him.

Goodbye, Father.

The girl stretched out two delicate fingers and clenched them tightly, as if twisting off an invisible doll.

Sizzle--

The priest, who had fallen to the ground, twisted like a rag.

Matou Sakura knew that if she did it just once more, the priest would be completely dead in less than a second.

But just before that --

"Ah----Ooh----Ah----!"

This time, it was the girl's turn to lie on the ground and roll around.

Matou Sakura was bent over, her hands gripping the ground helplessly, her face showing extreme pain.

The black clothes covering the girl's body suddenly swelled up a size.

"They're here... No!! Don't come in!!!"

The girl pleaded, seemingly resisting the entry of a large, dark, and thick object into her body.

That was indeed the case, but it wasn't some strange stick; it was a large, muscular, and rough-looking man.

After a long while, the shadow shrank back to its original size, and the Matou Sakura finally calmed down.

"Liar... Berserker actually lost..."

Feeling her soul return to her body, Matou Sakura murmured in disbelief.

The girl couldn't believe that such a powerful Berserker could be defeated by a human.

There is no other reason.

Hehe~~hehehehe~~~

The girl chuckled softly, glancing at the spot where the priest had just collapsed.

The priest was gone, leaving only a black robe stained with blood.

But none of that mattered anymore. Compared to the priest she could kill at will, the girl discovered something more important to her.

"As expected of a senior... You really are the best! Hehehehe~~~"

Matou Sakura, lying on the ground, let out a wicked laugh.

"Oh, Master, you like this kind of style, don't you?"

In the conference room, Joan of Arc asked with a serious expression, "Master, you don't want me to do this kind of thing to you, do you? You really are a pervert."

"How could that be?" Shinji retorted immediately. "I told you to watch the actors' performances and the relative importance of the main characters' scenes together, not to worry about that!"

"Besides, even the most masochistic person wouldn't want to be tortured, right? This is a matter of life and death!"

Upon hearing this, Joan of Arc glanced at Mordred, her meaning clear without a word.

Smack

Shinji slapped his forehead; he realized he was really wrong.

There really was one guy who never tired of being fucked.

Chapter 212 Illya, you're so pitiful!

The Socratic method of discussion refers to asking "what" or "why" about anything you encounter, and exploring the essence of things and problems step by step in this way.

Of course, there is another, more easily understood explanation—arguing for the sake of arguing.

While not quite to the level of a contrarian, Joan of Arc's nitpicking wasn't limited to Matou Sakura's sadistic behavior; she also had strong opinions about the "villain dies from talking too much" bug in Matou Sakura.

"So, if your sister had acted a second earlier, that priest would be dead, right? Does anyone really believe such a coincidence?"

In response to Joan of Arc's question, Shinji shrugged. "As the saying goes, nothing is more dramatic than a story made up of coincidences. Such a dramatic tale is naturally composed of a series of coincidences."

That's just your lazy way of doing things.

Joan of Arc retorted, "As the saying goes, speed is of the essence in war. I think your sister should kill the priest first before pressuring him."

"Only when people are alive can they express their inner joy through sarcasm. Everyone has a tendency to show off," Shinji replied. "After suppressing it for so long, not talking to someone will make you sick. Besides, that's not my sister. My sister isn't that yandere."

Joan of Arc narrowed her eyes. "How come I remember someone being bullied by their sister all the time?"

Shinji ignored Joan of Arc and turned to Amakusa: "Amakusa, you need to pay attention to Matou Sakura's performance. You're playing a villain who jumped over from the main characters. You need to grasp that feeling of pleasure from retaliatory actions against the main characters."

"Master, are you asking me to mistreat Joan of Arc?" Amakusa teased. "Just because Joan of Arc just contradicted you, you're so vengeful."

Upon hearing this, both girls present simultaneously revealed expressions of disdain.

"You Servants, stop trying to make a big splash all the time!"

Shinji slammed his fist on the table and exclaimed, "Character positioning! Character positioning! What do you think I showed this to you for?!"

"Showing off your achievements, Master?"

Joan of Arc tilted her head and asked in return.

"No, that's not true!"

Joan of Arc raised her eyebrows. "Master, you yourself said that the essence of humanity is to show off and be lewd. Are you denying what you said?"

"..."

Shinji found that these Heroic Spirit were even more unreasonable than he was.

No, we can't let them keep leading us by the nose.

Shinji turned to look at Kairi Shishigou and said, "Shishigou, take a good look at the role Illya will play in this upcoming scene. Her position is somewhat similar to yours."

"A mere Tool Person?"

While reading the script for HF, Kairi Shishigou up and asked a question.

"... almost."

Shinji said those words with a sense of helplessness.

Regardless of Shinji's own feelings towards Illya, or Illya Einzbern.

One thing is undeniable: Illya is a Tool Person in Heaven's Feel.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Shirou Emiya became stronger because of his love for Illya, or that Illya ultimately saved Shirou Emiya.

From the perspective of driving the story forward, Illya has always been playing a supporting role; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was the matchmaker who brought Shirou Emiya and Matou Sakura together.

If Illya were even slightly darker-skinned, the relationship between the three of them would be like the Fuyuki City version of Makoto Makoto-bro's trio.

Of course, we can't Shinji for this kind of plot; he just copied a script from some fungus.

Looking at the storylines involving Illya in the Heaven's Feel route, one can easily develop a deep affection for Illya.

Shirou Emiya is feeling lost after losing his Servant, Illya comes to comfort him.

After Sakura's corruption, Shirou Emiya lost his motivation, but Illya helped him regain his spirits.

Shirou Emiya was about to die at the last moment, but Illya risked her life to save him.

In the end, Shirou Emiya and Sakura lived happily together in the mortal world, while Illya could only remain as a ghost in the hole of the Holy Grail.

All of this makes one exclaim – Illya, you've really had it rough!

From this perspective, while Nasu nominally portrays Heaven's Feel as a merging of the Sakura and Illya routes, he is actually repeatedly tormenting Illya.

Of course, there are also UBW routes that don't involve torture; they simply use physical exorcism.

Unfortunately, Second Master couldn't proudly shout to everyone present, "It's all Nasu's fault."

What else can we do but obediently take the blame?

In fact, even in Shinji's revised version of Heaven's Feel, Illya's status as a mere Tool Person remained unchanged.

Sure enough, after Shirou Emiya and Illya returned to the Emiya Residence on the screen, she began to act as the narrator.

Illya's explanation naturally revolved around the history of the Holy Grail War.

The Einsbern family, a thousand years old; the Makiri, five hundred years old; the Tohsaka, two hundred years old—the wishes of the Three Families were ultimately nothing but a pipe dream.

In the Third Holy Grail War, the Einsbern family violated regulations by summoning Avenger Angra Mainyu, the initial anti-Heroic Spirit of the Holy Grail War.

What happened next is well-known to everyone.

Angra Mainyu tainted the Holy Grail with the All-the-world's Evil, turning it into an embodiment of human malice.

Any longtime Fate fan could rattle off a whole bunch of these points.

In other works, these settings about the Holy Grail War were very fragmented, with only a character occasionally mentioning them briefly.

This time, however, it was completely different. Illya devoted the entire episode to explaining to the audience the history of the Holy Grail War, the Three Families, and the All-the-world's Evil from beginning to end.

It's safe to say that if someone wanted to create a history guide for the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, simply copying Illya's passage would be the most convenient and complete method.

Of course, to ensure that the audience doesn't get bored with Illya's long speech—after all, apart from those with a lolicon complex, no one likes watching actors just talking for several minutes straight.

Shinji then added a special cutscene to this explanation.

Unlike the movie version where Illya demonstrates the history that happened back then to Shirou, Shinji borrowed a shadow puppet-like performance technique from the story of the three brothers in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".

The film presents the history of Fuyuki City to the audience through exquisite patterns made of lines.

In order to pave the way for the upcoming release of Brotherhood, Shinji specifically had Illya re-record this voice line last month and added related content.