"Did you do it on purpose, Melu?"
At night, after the children at home were sound asleep, Emiya Kiritsugu turned on the video communication and contacted Einzbern Castle in far away Germany. With Illya as the patriarch absent, the burden of handling the castle's affairs fell on Melu... Well, when she was here, Melu was also doing these things.
That's why the father and daughter left so simply. Like other people, they are worried that the servant will bully the master and take the plunder. This is not the case here. With the rank of the maid, what does she really want to do? Emiya Kiritsugu knows very well that he can't stop it even if he tries his best, not to mention that the girl's trust in her has reached the point where the maid has no objection to anything. Kiritsugu's father, who didn't even think about Lun, didn't bother to take care of it.
Compared with these bad things, it is better to care about the growth of your daughter. For example, in the past few days, he took Illya, who had never done housework, and Shirou, who was used to doing housework, to clean up the house, and went out to play with these small things.
If there was Mei Lu, Illya might not be able to integrate into the family so quickly with her support. The house doesn't need them to do it. Mei Lu can tidy up the whole Japanese-style mansion in half a day, and they don't have to worry about buying vegetables and cooking. The whole family just lies on the sofa and waits to eat. The whole family gets up, puts on their own clothes and folds their quilts, goes to exercise together, goes out to play together after breakfast, goes to the supermarket to buy vegetables in the evening, and the whole family squeezes into the kitchen and struggles for a dinner.
Because of these trivial matters, the tense relationship between the two children quickly disappeared, and laughter can be heard every day.
[No, I really can't leave the castle.]The blond maid on the screen walked aside and gave way to her current working place. In a row of cylindrical petri dishes, creatures the size of a fist were slowly taking shape. The critical period of formation, after this period of time, I will select five of the best qualities and continue to cultivate them. There are still many things to be busy.]
The container for the Lesser Grail...
Emiya Kiritsugu narrowed his eyes slightly, or it should be said that these are spare parts for Illya's replacement heart, and Meru wanted to pick out the most suitable heart to continue Illya's life.
[Besides, I'm not by Missy's side, isn't that what Mr. wants?]The girl's words brought his mind back.
Emiya Kiritsugu was silent for a moment, but he still spoke: "I admit that you are very good, but Meru, you are not suitable to be a leader. Illya will become lawless after following you all the time."
Originally, I thought the maid would be angry, but the other party smiled slightly: [Sir, I am not a guide in the first place. I am a maid who exists attached to my master. I can be the sword or shield of the master. I can do anything for the master, but I will not make any decisions for the master. What the master wants, I will offer. This is the duty of a servant, isn't it?]
Emiya Kiritsugu was startled when he heard the words, and then his eyes widened: "So, this is the fundamental reason why you are willing to separate from Illya? Do you want me to help her form a correct concept of life?"
[What is right and what is wrong is everyone's subjective consciousness. These are actually not important, what is important is that you are the biological father of the young lady, and you are the most qualified person to teach her, aren't you?]The maid's smile remained unchanged,[Missy loves you very much, and you love her too, and will protect her and teach her. Hasn't fallen to the miserable situation where I, a servant, needs to set up her ideas for her, has she?]
The scene fell into silence again, and after a long time, Emiya Kiritsugu spoke in a low voice.
"Melu, thank you."
Without servants, and without an overly luxurious and refined life, Illya's life at Wei Gong's house was more pleasant than expected. Especially talking to Mei Lu who is far away in Germany every day, and occasionally the maid will fly to Japan to meet her when she is free. Those few days are probably the happiest days for the Emiya family and the neighbors next door, and everything can be done If you don't do it, there are super luxurious dishes to eat.
Of course, Illya, who has always been very close to her father, would also dump her father directly that day, and throw herself into the arms of the maid. By the way, there was also a little tail named Emiya Shirou, so that someone could experience a bit of it. Illya's sad taste when she saw Shirou.
Unknowingly, three years have passed, and the container used as a substitute for the Lesser Holy Grail has also been successfully cultivated. When Illya returns, the heart replacement operation can be carried out.
When they left, the siblings were very sad because they were reluctant to part with each other. They couldn't imagine how Ilya resisted three years ago.
"Sister, after finishing the operation and recovering from the heart disease, come back. Then we will take Dad out to play together." The thirteen-year-old Emiya Shiro has grown quite a bit, but there is no change in comparison. Illya is a bit pitiful.
"Don't worry, I'll be back." Seeing her younger brother growing taller, Ilya, who didn't have much thought about her height before, was really anxious. She didn't want to be so short all the time, and always be the one whose head was touched , "I will grow taller than you by then!"
It wasn't until Meilu who sent off his father and sister and picked him up got on the plane that Emiya Shirou turned his head to look at Fujimura Taiga, the half guardian next to him: "Sister Fuji, what does heart disease have to do with growing tall? Meilu Didn't my sister say that even if my sister grows normally, she is not as tall as me?"
Fujimura Taihe next to him sighed helplessly in the face of the boy's innocence: "Don't tell Illya this, disciple No. 1 will beat you up."
Shirou immediately shut up.
In the past three years, Yi Liya not only eats, drinks and has fun, but also learns kendo with her neighbor Fujimura Dahe at the Tiger Dojo.
Three years later, Ilya, who was already shy of the cold, suddenly felt uncomfortable when she returned to this cold castle that was always covered in ice and snow.
The artificial maids who served her and her parents in the early years returned to her side long ago because of her success in seizing power, including the sisters Sela and Lijielit who were specially named for her. After going through so many things, the artificial man still has the same feelings for his master, but Ilya no longer has the original feelings for them.
Maybe it's because I lost too much desire in those two years but couldn't get it, or maybe it's because I gained a lot in the past three years and no longer cling to the old obsessions. I have a new family and new emotions, and I understand a lot of life principles. Illya has matured a lot compared to her previous self who was ignorant of everything.
"This operation is not only to replace my heart, but also to remove some magic circuits to reduce the burden on my body?"
While drinking the long-lost Einzbern special black tea, Illya raised her head and asked.
"Yes. After this operation, you will no longer have to worry about having nightmares and not growing taller."
Illya pursed her lips and laughed at the maid's words.
The father next to him was a little worried, knowing that the maid's ability was beyond their imagination, but he still asked subconsciously: "Is it really all right?"
"Please rest assured, sir." To his repeated questioning, the maid replied gently without any impatience, "Before notifying the eldest lady to come back, I have conducted a hundred clinical experiments on the spot, and the success rate is confirmed to be 100%. I just contacted you."
A hundred times!
Emiya Kiritsugu directly took a step back, forcibly suppressing his instincts to think about the maid taking two hundred artificial humans for heart replacement surgery, and nodded with a stern face: "Then I'll leave everything to you."
On the third day after making all the preoperative preparations, Illya was pushed into the magic operating room that had been remodeled long ago. After the door was closed, Emiya Kiritsugu also guarded the door for a whole day and night.
"The remodel went well."
Emiya Kiritsugu's tense mind was not completely relaxed until he heard what the maid said and saw Illya who was still sleeping and breathing shallowly.
It took a few months to recuperate after the operation, but similarly, the container implanted as the little holy grail heart was completely adapted to its new heart.
"This container..." Emiya Kiritsugu looked complicated as he looked at the artificial human body similar to Yili's in the cylindrical petri dish.
"Sir, please don't look at it with the eyes of human beings who judge people by their appearance." The maid standing next to him reminded softly, "Although it looks similar to Missy in appearance, to be honest, it is just a "living piece of meat" Forget it, during the operation, I used alchemy to transplant some of the magic circuits from the eldest lady into her body, plus the magic circuits attached to her before, what I absorbed during this period completely guaranteed the activity of the Little Holy Grail . In other words, as long as we maintain it safely until five years later, we will be stimulated by the awakened magic power of the Great Holy Grail, and we will get the Lesser Holy Grail immediately. "
Meilu's explanation reminded Emiya Kiritsugu of those scientific researchers, not because of the content of her words, but because of her tone of disregard for life and ethics when she spoke.
"Melu." He couldn't help calling the maid, and when she looked over, he asked, "Do you have anything you like?"
The maid replied directly without thinking: "Serve the master."
Emiya Kiritsugu frowned: "I mean, besides master, do you have no other hobbies?"
The maid returned him with a puzzled look: "Is it not enough for me to have a master?"
The man suddenly didn't know what to say, looking at her clear and pure eyes, Emiya Kiritsugu felt a burst of heartache for no reason.
During the last few days of Illya's recuperation in the castle, Emiya Kiritsugu, who had always focused on taking care of her daughter, began to pay close attention to the maid's actions. He watched her get up early to prepare breakfast for them, and then called Sera and the others to arrange various housekeeping tasks, inspect the situation of the small holy grail in the workshop, check the warehouse, repair the enchantment formation that was accidentally destroyed, and exchange news with the magic family outside. ... Handling all the big and small matters in the castle, the huge Einzbern is like a precision-running machine in her hands, each gear is just stuck on that node to drive another function to run.
— As she said, she devoted all her time to the Master. She is clearly an independent individual, but she herself never feels that there is any problem.