Illya's Multiverse Odyssey

While some mages in the Type-Moon world train in martial arts, fist techniques, or close-combat skills—like Rin Tohsaka who studied the Eight Extremes Fist, or Luviagelita Edelfelt who excels at wrestling—their fighting style still revolves around long-range magical bombardment.

Only someone like Shirou Emiya, a self-taught amateur without systematic training, would think to project weapons and fight up close, much like those unorthodox Mystic Arts Masters in Marvel.

Of course, that's mainly because Kiritsugu Emiya only taught him the two basic spells of Projection and Reinforcement; he doesn't even know the most fundamental magic shooting.

And yet, it just happened to work out by accident.

Illya hasn't systematically studied magic either, but she's still far better off than Shirou Emiya.

On top of that, her entire body is made of Magic Circuits—countless times more than Shirou's paltry twenty-seven. It took him five or six years to learn Projection Magic, but she mastered it in just three days.

Taking advantage of the bath when no one was watching, Su Ning tried projecting a mirror and then narcissistically admired himself.

"Tomorrow you'll head to Fuyuki City. The tickets are already booked. Sella and Riesbyfe will escort you there."

"Yes, Grandfather!"

Su Ning lowered his head, his mind racing.

There were only three days left until the Holy Grail War began. Setting out now was already several days later than the original timeline; he really couldn't delay any longer.

"I'll head to the Underground Vault soon..."

"If I can sneakily get the Dress of Heaven, great. If not, I'll have to burn a Command Spell to forcibly summon Berserker over and snatch it."

"But what about Acht? Should I kill Acht first?"

Kill Acht first, or secure the Dress of Heaven first—Su Ning was deeply conflicted.

The Dress of Heaven was the ultimate magical dress crafted by the Einzbern family, using countless precious materials specifically for Justeaze. Its ability was to store and dominate the souls of all things, allowing a brief use of the Third Magic: Soul Materialization, while granting immunity to any soul-based attacks.

In Sakura Matou's route, Illya, wearing the Dress of Heaven, could even resist the corrupting influence of All the World's Evil and completely purify it—demonstrating just how formidable this magical dress truly was.

Of course, for Su Ning, the significance of this magical dress was that once worn, he would grow stronger the more he fought.

Originally, every defeated Servant that retreated would be absorbed into Illya's body.

But with the Dress of Heaven on, those Servants could be stored inside it and summoned at any time to act as his enforcers—an effect somewhat similar to the Holy Grail Mud's corruption and control over Servants.

With so many bosses and hidden hands in the Fifth Holy Grail War, if he didn't have the Dress of Heaven, turning the tide and defying fate would be incredibly difficult.

"I have to get the Dress of Heaven!"

"So..."

"Kill Acht first!"

With that thought, Su Ning was already preparing to summon Heracles.

But at that moment, Acht waved his hand, pulling a pure white dress trimmed with gold from his magical space, and handed it to Su Ning.

"???"

"The Dress of Heaven?"

"What does this mean?"

Su Ning stared at Acht with a dazed, adorable expression, while Acht earnestly began explaining the Dress of Heaven's abilities.