The outsider magus Illya spoke of was undoubtedly Yuan Shikai.
But did he really consider himself an outsider magus?
He had always considered himself half a local. After all, a son-in-law was half a son, and when all was said and done, he counted as Tokiomi Tohsaka's son-in-law.
Just like Kiritsugu Emiya, he had joined in the name of being a son-in-law.
What was more, he had Yustica. When it came to having a say in the Holy Grail War, he had more authority than anyone.
He simply was not a Master and had no Servant. That did not make him an outsider.
Yuan Shikai said, "Outsider magus? I might be more of a local than you!"
The tea party area in the castle garden had only one table and two chairs, with neither pastries nor black tea.
Illya could not make such things, and no one could expect B-Bro to do it either.
In the end, Yuan Shikai had to provide for himself, letting Illya share a meal along the way.
Yuan Shikai said, "The vast Einzbern Household does not even have a service Homunculus. How shabby."
Illya said, "There is no longer an Einzbern Household. Illya is the last one."
Seeing Illya stuff her little mouth full of pastries with a thoroughly content expression while saying something so despairing, Yuan Shikai felt deeply moved.
Though the Heaven's Feel route was said to be Sakura's salvation, it had also come with sacrifice.
Other than Souichirou Kuzuki and the scumbag Shinji, who had to die, the greatest sacrifice had been Illya.
It was precisely through Illya's sacrifice that Sakura could receive complete salvation.
Thus, in Yuan Shikai's eyes, Sakura's plight was indeed heartbreaking, but the one people found hardest to accept was actually Illya.
Because how different had Illya's