"Dad!"
Someone shouted "Dad!" The sound came from the yard behind the door, but Tia looked at Gudako without thinking. Lancelot also looked at Mash without thinking.
Gudako smiled back at Tia, while Mash looked at Lancelot a little embarrassed.
Soon a girl ran out of the yard. She was wearing a purple dress, with silver hair and red eyes that were exactly like Irisviel, who was running out right behind her.
That's right, it was Illya and her mother, Irisviel, running out of the yard.
Illya and Irisviel came to stand behind Emiya Kiritsugu. Illya looked at Tia and the others a little shyly, while Irisviel stood next to Emiya Kiritsugu, planning to say hello to Tia.
"Is this... an artificial human from the Einzbern family?" Aozaki Touko recognized them right away and spoke first.
As soon as Aozaki Touko spoke, Emiya Kiritsugu looked at her.
"The master doll maker, Miss Aozaki Touko. I didn't expect you to visit in person," Emiya Kiritsugu said. "I wonder what brings Miss Aozaki Touko here to see us?"
"A master doll maker?" Irisviel didn't expect to see someone with doll-making skills that even the Einzbern family couldn't reach, so she looked very surprised. After all, they were in similar fields.
"It's nothing. I just heard that King Arthur is here, so I thought I'd come and see," Aozaki Touko said, waving her hand. "I came with them. They're the ones with the real business. But this trip wasn't a waste. I actually saw someone similar to me."
Aozaki Touko said this and nodded to Tia and Lancelot to acknowledge them, then turned her attention to Illya and Irisviel. Her original goal of seeing King Arthur in person was no longer important, or rather, she had already seen King Arthur, so her goal was achieved. Therefore, she became interested in her next target.
"Tia, Lord Lancelot," King Arthur said, stepping forward. "You're back."
"My King!" The moment Lancelot saw King Arthur, his clothes changed into white armor and a blue cloak, and he gave a very formal knight's salute.
"The King!" Tia hadn't seen King Arthur for only a few days, but after the Araya Souren and giant octopus incidents, she felt like she hadn't seen King Arthur in a long time, so she looked a little excited.
"No need to be so formal, Lord Lancelot. I'm just a Servant now," King Arthur said. "And Tia, have you already seen the Root...?" King Arthur said a little uncertainly, because he didn't know about the Root himself.
Tia nodded and said, slightly excited, "Yes, we've already gotten answers from the Root. But we've been through a lot. Let's find a place to sit down and talk."
Gudako looked at Tia and smiled, whispering something in Mash's ear.
"Dad is still the same," Gudako said.
"What do you mean, Miss Mash?" Mash whispered back.
"King Arthur. Dad has always admired King Arthur since I was a kid," Gudako whispered to Mash.
"Well, come in and talk then," King Arthur said, glanced at Emiya Kiritsugu, and stepped aside, signaling Tia and the others to come in.
"Let's talk inside," Emiya Kiritsugu nodded.
The group stepped into the big house together.
Tia saw the real appearance of the big house for the first time and felt a strange excitement in her heart.
This is like visiting a holy place again.
At this time, Aozaki Touko took a few steps to Irisviel and Illya.
"Is this your child?" Aozaki Touko asked.
"Yes. Is there a problem, Miss Aozaki Touko?" Irisviel asked.
"I heard that your Einzbern family makes artificial humans to participate in the Holy Grail War. I never really cared much about it, but seeing it in person is really amazing. It's a very good skill," Aozaki Touko said, praising her.
"Miss Aozaki Touko, you flatter me. It's far from being like your master doll making," Irisviel replied to Aozaki Touko. "I was just born from something like an amniotic fluid tank. I still need to copy human birth and growth to get to this level. But you're different, Miss Aozaki Touko. You create a living person. All you need to do is move the soul."
"Hahaha~~ You Einzberns are too modest. Isn't the soul the Third Magic that your Einzbern family has been pursuing? And haven't you already successfully summoned the existence of the soul? That's already reached the level of magic. I'm still just at the level of making the body," Aozaki Touko laughed when she heard Irisviel say this.
"Hehehe, if that's the case, then you, Aozaki Touko, have achieved and surpassed our Einzbern family's thousand years of artificial human skill by yourself in just less than a hundred years... no, less than 50 years, maybe even less than 30 years. In this, you're much more amazing than us, than everyone in the world," Irisviel gave the praise back to Aozaki Touko. "As for the soul itself, that's something that only our ancestor Justeaze could do. We've just been using what our ancestors left behind."
"Maybe there's a chance for you to see the magic circle for making the Greater Grail. Then you might really become a magician in your lifetime, Miss Aozaki Touko," Emiya Kiritsugu said.
"Dad, is this aunt very good?" Illya pointed at Aozaki Touko and asked curiously.
Tia laughed in her heart when she heard Illya call her "aunt."
Although Tia knew that Aozaki Touko was old enough to be called an aunt, hearing it out loud was still quite funny.
"Little girl, you should call me Touko sister," Aozaki Touko said, showing her teeth to Illya.
"Hmph! Touko sister should also call me Illya, and this is my Mom, Irisviel. Don't always call us Einzbern or whatever! It sounds bad!" Illya replied to Aozaki Touko.
Tia smiled without realizing it when she heard Illya's words.
She's really cute, like always.
After all, living is for Illya!
(End of Chapter)
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