I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

Although their goal is to complete the third magic and save mankind, the Einzberns, a family of artificial humans, have never regarded themselves as human beings and have no habits in human society.

When a person dies, he is buried in a cemetery; when an artificial person dies, no, it should be said that it loses its functions, and is directly abandoned and thrown to a designated place, waiting for natural decomposition. The so-called artificial person grave is just a private name for those who know it, Einzbei The place's official name for the Ren family was "The Dump."

This is not only used to place the "corpse" of artificial humans, but also the failed products in the manufacturing process and the artificial humans that cannot be repaired are also discarded here. For a family of androids that emphasizes efficiency and practicality, useless things are garbage and should be discarded.

As a traitor to the family, Emiya Kiritsugu's daughter Illyasviel von Einzbern is such a failure and trash in the eyes of the family leader, Ahad. Garbage should be thrown into the garbage dump. From the moment it was confirmed that Saber destroyed the Holy Grail, Illya's residence changed from a warm castle to a cold, damp garbage dump full of artificial human parts.

This is almost a hellish nightmare for Ilya, who is only nine years old and whose body is even slower than her peers. However, Illya survived, and the belief and motivation that supported her survival was the agreement she made with her father, Emiya Kiritsugu.

Before Emiya Kiritsugu left the "Winter Castle" and went to Fuyuki City to join the war, he made a promise with his daughter that he would definitely come back and take her to find the Walnut Bud, which was Illya's favorite game. .

Whenever she thinks of riding on her father's shoulders and running around in the woods soon, with her mother following behind her father and daughter, watching the two of them smile happily, Ilya's heart will surge with endless motivation and support. Let her live in hell.

Today is the thirtieth day after my father left. I was thrown here. There are many people here and they won’t move. It’s so cold here and Ilya is so hungry.

Today is the thirty-second day after my father left. I made a quilt using my sisters’ clothes that were broken, and now I’m finally not cold anymore.

Today is the fortieth day after my father left. A sister who is about to go bad told me that all the fresh parts around me can be eaten. Although it is not delicious, I will try my best to eat it. Therefore, my father must come back soon. oh.

Today is the fiftieth day after my father left. Another sister was thrown in here. She told me that there was a frozen wild wolf outside the garbage dump. The wolf was very big. I managed to drag it in. Now I can Been eating for several days.

Today is the sixtieth day since dad left——

The ragged Ilya sat in a small nest made of artificial human parts, holding her chin and staring at the sky in a daze.

A few snowflakes swirled into her nest and touched her fair face. The cool touch of ice brought back Illya's confused consciousness.

She tightened the "quilt" around her body and whispered:

"Dad and mom haven't come back yet. Humph, you liar, liar, big liar. Illya has decided not to talk to you for a day, no, for three days. But, I still miss my dad and mom so much."

"It doesn't matter, Illya will insist and wait for you to come back, hehehe."

"I'm a little hungry. Let's go get something to eat. This is the last meal of wolf meat. We'll start eating parts again tomorrow."

"Okay~ I need to eat slower today."

Illya stretched out and swayed out of the "little nest". She looked around carefully with her mother's red eyes.

The garbage dump has no barrier protection and is not safe. Wild animals often appear. Ilia, who is very weak, must be careful. When she first arrived, she was almost caught by a black bear. Fortunately, she got into the garbage mountain. The bear could not get through the gap and escaped disaster.

Just when she confirmed that there was nothing unusual around her and breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly heard a voice:

"Ah, I found it."

"Who!" Illya jumped up like a frightened little rabbit.

"I'm sorry, I seemed to scare you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the air in front of Illya suddenly distorted, and a boy who was much taller than Illya walked out of the distortion.

"You must be Illya."

"Yes, Ilyasviel von Einzbern." Although she was in ragged clothes, Illya still performed the ladylike etiquette of lifting her skirt and bending her knees, "Brother, who are you?"

"My name is Matou Shinji. Your father asked me to pick you up."

"Kiritsugu?" Illya's eyes lit up.

Shen Er thought it was inappropriate to call his father by his first name, but both father and daughter were willing, so Shen Er didn't have much to say and just nodded.

"Yes."

"Why should I believe you?" Illya took a step back, the joy in her ruby-like eyes faded, replaced by a layer of vigilance.

Shenji was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that this was a normal behavior. Illya had been abandoned in the garbage pile for so many days. If she hadn't been vigilant enough, she might have died long ago.

"Do you want evidence? Your father's name is Emiya Kiritsugu, and your mother's name is Irisviel. Your father is very tall, with black hair and black eyes, and your mother is"

As Shenji described it, the vigilance in Illya's eyes gradually turned into trust.

"I believe you."

"Then let's go now." Shenji stretched out his hand to Illya.

"Um!"

Illya put her hand into Shenji's. Her hand was so cold that she could hardly feel her body temperature.

Shen Er looked at the "little nest" where she lived, and then at her ragged clothes, and his nose felt sore. He began to regret why he didn't come here earlier and take her away earlier.

"Brother Shen'er, why don't you leave?" Ilia asked innocently.

"Wait a moment, brother."

Shinji took off his down jacket as quickly as possible, wrapped it around Illya, and picked her up again.

"elder brother?"

"Is it still cold?"

"It's not cold anymore. It's warm and comfortable." Illya's smile was purer than the snow around her. "Thank you, Brother Shen'er."

“Illya is so sensible”

The more sensible Illya becomes, the worse Shinji's impression of Einzbern becomes.

If Shinji had not come here, Illya would have continued to suffer this miserable treatment for nearly ten years, until the eve of the Fifth Holy Grail War. In these ten years of hell, her heart will fall into despair bit by bit, her father's love will gradually turn into hatred, and she will become strong in despair and hell, but the price of this strength is too high. cruel. Fortunately, everything is different, and Illya will no longer feel "cold" in the future.

"Let's go, I'll take you home."

"Home? Isn't this my home?"

"No, this is not home. Home is where there is a father, a mother, and a warm place."

"Then where is Illya's home?"

"In a place called Fuyuki, your father bought a big yard there, and your mother is waiting there for you to go back."

"Is there snow there?"

"Yep."

"Are there any walnut sprouts?"

"Well, my brother doesn't know Hutao Ya, so I don't know."

"Then Illya will teach you. Illya is very good at finding walnut sprouts."

"Okay, brother, I'm looking forward to it."

The cloak wrapping the two children drifted away and disappeared into the wind and snow, leaving no trace.

PS: A few words: Normally, a Holy Grail War requires 60 years to accumulate magic power. There was only ten years between the fourth and fifth wars because no one made a wish, a large amount of magic power was not used, and the time to accumulate magic power was shortened accordingly. This was a result that no one expected. Illya's lifespan is short and she is unlikely to live for another 60 years. In the eyes of Ahad, she is just an experimental platform, in order to give birth to an experimental platform with a higher performance than Irisviel's Little Holy Grail. Based on the fact that Illya was not treated normally in the Einzbern family after the Fourth World War and the Einzbern family's mechanical and rigid style, the traitor believed that Illya should be thrown out to fend for herself until the Einzberns Beren discovered that the Fifth Holy Grail War was coming, so he was brought back to continue his transformation and join the war as the Lesser Holy Grail. The evidence is that before the war, the Einzbern family assigned Illya a maid. It was obviously a useless tool before, but it became a useful tool after becoming the Little Holy Grail.

PS2: Kiritsugu didn’t go to pick up Illya immediately in “FateZero”. Firstly, he might not have expected that his daughter’s situation would be so bad. Secondly, Kiritsugu is a pragmatist and must take care of the people in front of him first. In the original world line Taking care of Shirou, now taking care of his wife. As for Shinji not going to Einzbern immediately, there are two reasons. Firstly, Irisviel is not in good condition, and he habitually believes that Illya can survive to five battles and suffer at most. Secondly, as a father, If I don’t mention it, I, an outsider, can’t mention it either.

PS3: Do you have the urge to dismantle Einzbern?