Illya: Does that mean there's a castle overseas waiting for me to inherit? / This is unbelievable! Illya's luck has finally turned!

"Pfft—" Illyasviel von Einzbern couldn't help laughing.

"Teacher Chu Chen, if Illya finds out about this, she'll definitely be furious!"

"So... don't keep dwelling on that sad past. You should think carefully about how you've finally come out now. A happy future is clearly right in front of you, so why use killing to cast such a heavy shadow over it? Think it over... Miyu's room is empty today. Go rest there tonight!"

With that, Chu Chen returned to his room alone.

Left by herself, Illyasviel von Einzbern wore a thoughtful expression and remained silent.

Illya: Could It Be That There's a Castle Overseas Waiting for Me to Inherit?

Ilyasviel: "Um... Teacher Chu Chen, how is that person who looks exactly like me doing?"

Unlike in the original story, Illyasviel von Einzbern had helped Illya and the others fight Berserker right after appearing. She had even left quite a few wounds on him, so Illya's attitude toward her was far better than it had been in the original story.

After all, in the original story, Illyasviel von Einzbern ran off as soon as she appeared and kept attacking Illya afterward. Both Illya and the others had been full of hostility toward her. But now that they had fought together, they had at least formed some camaraderie.

Haibara Ai: "Our esteemed Administrator didn't do anything inappropriate to that child, did he?"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "That's hard to say, Ai. After all, a certain Administrator is a loli-con..."

Chu Chen merely curled his lip at Ai and Yukino's remarks without getting angry. They were only joking.

Administrator: "Don't worry, Illya and Miyu. You'll both see her at school tomorrow!"

Ilyasviel: "Eh! She's coming to school? Then how am I supposed to explain who she is?"

Illya was starting to panic. It would feel too strange. Aside from their skin color, Illyasviel von Einzbern looked exactly like Illya, so having her go to school would be far more than a simple inconvenience for Illya.

The reason was simple: Illya had quite a few friends at school, and their imaginations were terrifyingly wild!

If Illyasviel von Einzbern went to school with her, even if a teacher explained things, those girls could still concoct thousands of words' worth of love, hate, and drama between them. When it came to making things up in their heads, they were truly formidable!

Administrator: "Just introduce her as your cousin..."

Strictly speaking, Illyasviel von Einzbern should have been Illya's older sister, because she was the original Illya. After Illyasviel von Einzbern had been sealed away, the newly formed personality and character had become the Illya now living as an ordinary girl.

In other words, judging by the order in which they had appeared, Illyasviel von Einzbern should have been the older sister.

Busujima Saeko: "Um... am I the only one who wants to ask what exactly is going on between Illyasviel von Einzbern and Illya?"

Alicia Testarossa: "Yes! Illya and Illyasviel von Einzbern look exactly alike... I want to know what's going on too. Is it some complicated story like the one between Fate and me?"

After that, Alicia had seen the photos posted by the others in the System Network, so she knew what Illya looked like.

As for Illyasviel von Einzbern's appearance, Alicia had naturally seen it when Chu Chen took those pictures earlier.

Administrator: "Of course not... But I'm not in a position to explain Illyasviel von Einzbern's situation myself. If she doesn't want to talk about it, no one can force her. Illya, if you want to know, rather than asking me or her, you should wait until your mother comes back and ask her. Just tell your mother, 'The seal has been lifted, and someone who looks exactly like me has appeared.' Then your mother will know what happened."

Ilyasviel: "Eh? Mother Irisviel knows about this? Could it be that I wasn't born into an ordinary family?"

Excitement immediately flashed in Illya's eyes. She thought of some anime plots she had seen before.

An anime protagonist kept fighting and gradually discovered that her background was anything but simple. Then she found out that she had actually come from some enormous, prestigious family. Just like that, Illya began imagining an anime plot hundreds of thousands of words long.

Administrator: "Isn't that obvious? You actually thought you were a child from an ordinary family... Setting aside the System's enhancements, the amount of magical energy in your body already exceeds that of normal people. Would a child from an ordinary family possess such an enormous amount of magical energy? So, Illya, you were never from an ordinary family. You come from a Magical Noble Family too!"

Haibara Ai: "So Illya is from a prestigious family too..."

Ai couldn't help sighing. A strange expression surfaced on her face as well.

Miyu: "..."

Miyu's expression was rather peculiar. In truth, she felt inexplicably strange about the Einzbern family.

How should she put it? It felt as though Einzbern was simply the name Einsworth used in this world.

In fact, Miyu might not have guessed wrong... Einzbern might really have been Einsworth's name in this world.

Ilyasviel: "Really, Administrator? Could there be a huge snow-white castle hidden in a forest somewhere in some overseas country, waiting for me to inherit it? Could it be that Mother Irisviel never told me because she was waiting for me to become an adult, so I could inherit the enormous Einzbern fortune overseas and rise straight to the peak of life?"

Illya's eyes shone as if she could already see herself sitting in a castle like a noble lady, with Sella and Liz standing behind her and waiting on her. She would sip tea while desserts sat before her.

Well! Dreams were still worth having!

Haibara Ai: "..."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."

Busujima Saeko: "..."

Miyu: "..."

Alicia Testarossa: "..."

Administrator: "..."

Ilyasviel: "What's wrong? Why did everyone stop talking?"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "We just didn't want to disturb a certain dream-loving child's beautiful fantasy..."

Administrator: "What an innocent child... Where would this world have so many enormous fortunes waiting for you to inherit!"

Haibara Ai: "And Illya, if your family were really rich, why would your mother have nothing better to do than let you live such an ordinary life... Wouldn't it be better to spend all that money? Why make you live as a child from an ordinary family just to experience life!"

Ai thought that if she had that much money, she would definitely buy as many Fusae bags as she wanted!

Ilyasviel: "That makes so much sense that I have no response... But... can't you at least let me dream a little? Ai, you really love crushing people's hopes..."

Illya was close to tears. Why was she always being bullied like this?

Haibara Ai: "Sigh... Illya, I don't oppose you having dreams, but adults like us have to make children like you understand the cruelty of reality. Otherwise, once you enter society, reality will hit you even harder!"

Busujima Saeko: "There's nothing wrong with that, but—"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Coming from Ai, who only has the body of an elementary school student, it feels extremely out of place!"

Ding! System upgrade complete! The Point Function and Mall Function have been added. Please inspect them!

Illya: Damn, Has My Luck Finally Changed?!

Ding! System upgrade complete! The Point Function and Mall Function have been added, and other functions have been improved. Please inspect them!

Haibara Ai: "!!!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "!!!"

Ilyasviel: "!!!"

Busujima Saeko: "!!!"

Miyu: "!!!"

Alicia Testarossa: "!!!"

Chu Chen did not step forward to join the lineup. Instead, he quietly began examining the System's newly added functions.

Chu Chen was quite interested in these functions, and...

Even on his side, aside from the System Creation function, the Point Function and Mall Function had also been added.

The Point Function was basically the same as the point functions of ordinary Systems. It was something used to buy items in the mall.

And the mall basically contained items from every world Chu Chen had ever deployed Systems to, which made his eyes light up.

This Mall Function would save Chu Chen many chances where he had to wait...

For example, if Chu Chen wanted a particular reward, he had to wait and see whether he could refresh a mission that offered it.

However, these things all required a great many points. Things on the level of the Five Great Magics required hundreds of thousands of points. Chu Chen currently had zero points... How was he supposed to earn them?

"Damn! I can earn rewards just by giving out Systems, and I can earn even more rewards depending on the System host!"

As long as Chu Chen gave out a System, he could receive a guaranteed reward. Depending on who received the reward, Chu Chen could obtain even more rewards. However, there was not much information explaining how the recipient was evaluated.

Chu Chen's expression immediately became extremely complicated. What a troublesome thing. He had to figure all this out himself.

Haibara Ai: "I took a quick look at the Point Function and Mall Function. They really have the feel of a pay-to-win mobile game!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "But the Mall Function and Point Function really are a blessing for people like us!"

Administrator: "That is indeed true..."

The Check-in System's Point Function and Mall Function were somewhat different from Chu Chen's.

Their way of earning points was through check-ins. After their Check-in Systems upgraded, the check-in missions changed.

The check-in rewards would no longer be displayed. Only the reward rank would be shown, and the higher the rank, the better the reward.

There were five check-in ranks: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, and King.

After successfully checking in, if they did not want the reward, they could exchange it for points.

There were only five products in the Check-in System's mall: check-in rewards.

Bronze Check-in Reward, Silver Check-in Reward, Gold Check-in Reward, Diamond Check-in Reward, and King Check-in Reward...

One hundred points could be exchanged for one Bronze Check-in Reward. Five hundred points could be exchanged for one Silver Check-in Reward, one thousand points for one Gold Check-in Reward, ten thousand points for one Diamond Check-in Reward, and finally, one King Check-in Reward cost one hundred thousand points.

So, the appearance of the Mall Function and Point Function truly was a blessing for them. Some people might never obtain a King Check-in Reward in their entire lives, but the mall gave them a chance to obtain rewards of that rank.

As more and more worlds were deployed, the rewards from King check-ins would only become richer.

If they started saving points now, then when some outrageously powerful world appeared later, exchanging for a King Check-in Reward could send a System host straight to the heavens in one step...

Haibara Ai: "I'm going to start saving points now. My goal is one hundred thousand points!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Same!"

Busujima Saeko: "I don't have many thoughts on it right now. Selling some useless rewards would be fine too!"

Alicia Testarossa: "The new functions in your Systems sound so interesting, and earning rewards is so convenient! Unlike me, I can only earn points through choices. I can't sell my rewards..."

Alicia's Selection System earned points differently. From now on, every choice would grant points, although the amount earned would vary...

The two methods of earning points each had their own advantages... Since they had not been compared, it was hard to say exactly how they differed.

Miyu's full-day check-in has ended. Please select one item from all check-in rewards: Hyakume...

Ilyasviel's full-day check-in has ended. Please select one item from all check-in rewards: Servant Berserker: Heracles...

Chu Chen: "???"

Wait! What had Chu Chen just seen? What had Illya drawn? Servant Heracles?

Chu Chen's expression immediately became extremely complicated. Was he seeing things, or had this world gone crazy!

Illya, who had always been persecuted by the world, had actually gotten lucky this time, and she had directly drawn a Servant.

"Wait! Illya drew a Servant, so why didn't I sense anything... Could it be that the Servant entered spirit form?"

Chu Chen's question was quickly answered, and the answer was—

Ilyasviel has triggered an Item Check-in: Berserker Class Card

Check-in time limit: 30 minutes

Check-in reward: One random ability, skill, attribute, or other aspect of Heracles

Congratulations to Ilyasviel for obtaining Servant Berserker: Heracles

So that was it! She had not claimed the reward yet... Chu Chen's expression became very strange.

Illya had actually been smart for once.

If she directly summoned Berserker Heracles, things would get interesting!

"Hmm? Wait! This new function is... Damn! It can be used like this?"

Chu Chen was slightly stunned as well, because he discovered that he had also gained a new function.

This new function was in his System Creation interface. It was a benefit for both him and all System hosts.

—Its name was: System Agent Team Permission!

It was a new function that could only be used when Chu Chen had more than five Systems in hand that had not yet been deployed.

It allowed System hosts to form teams and travel to different worlds to conduct System sales.

What could be traded for Systems included a person's luck, abilities, items, skills, and so on...

Every time a System was sold, Chu Chen would gain points, while the System Agent Team would also gain a certain amount of team points. The more valuable the traded item and the more special the trading target, the more team points they would receive. Once every System Agent Team had completed its mission, each member would be awarded a certain amount of points based on the agent team's points.

According to the description, the points earned through this function were somewhat greater than the points they normally acquired.