"Milady, I still cannot agree with this."
"You clearly could have forced Saber out of the war then and there. Why did you suddenly make Berserker stop?"
Inside the Einzbern Family's castle, a maid-like woman frowned as she spoke to Illya.
"It's fine. Isn't it more interesting to kill rabbits after they've been driven into a corner?"
Although Illya wore a smile, the chill hidden in her eyes was enough to inspire fear from the bottom of one's heart.
"But Berserker's Noble Phantasm may already have been exposed!"
The maid still looked rather anxious.
"I told you, it's fine. Letting Berserker's Noble Phantasm be exposed is also a strategy, because there is no way to counter it. And it recovers once every three days, so there's no need to worry."
Illya waved a hand, paying little mind to the possibility that Berserker's Noble Phantasm had been revealed.
Though it had been used twice during the battle with Saber, it did not matter.
As long as it could recover over time, there was nothing to worry about.
".Could it be that you are worried about that Shirou Emiya...?"
The maid pursed her lips.
Saber was clearly no weakling. Letting such a good opportunity to eliminate Saber slip away was a bit too...
"Hehe, who knows?"
Illya merely smiled.
"For now, let him take Emiya Kiritsugu's place and properly endure his suffering."
There was not the slightest light in her eyes. When she mentioned that name, there was no warmth in her voice at all. Instead, there was—
Hatred?
"Interesting. Truly interesting."
Adelson narrowed his eyes as he plucked a leaf from the Gem Magecraft Tree and felt the power of the healing magecraft within it.
Sure enough, Life Gems truly were a form of magecraft with limitless potential.
If ordinary Matou