The group packed quickly. After a light meal inside the Einzbern manor, Izumi turned to Ahad.
"Well then, Ahad—until next time. We'll be leaving now."
Ahad bowed deeply, expression calm.
"I wish you a pleasant journey, Izumi-sama."
He had heard Izumi's earlier explanations.
He understood why Irisviel vanished, and the implications of a collapsing worldline.
He did not fear it.
In fact—he rather looked forward to the day Izumi returned.
Izumi gave a brief nod, then activated the Second Magic.
He turned toward Tohsaka Rin.
"Well then. Let's go—another parallel world awaits."
A magic circle spread beneath his feet.
Rin's eyes flew wide.
Another parallel world?
"W-wait, hold on!"
"What do you mean 'another parallel world'!?"
"When did you get the ability to do THAT!?"
Second Magic—Operation of Parallel Worlds.
That was the domain of the Kaleidoscope.
When had Izumi of all people—
Izumi blinked innocently.
"I didn't tell you?"
"I also happen to be a Second Magician now."
Before Rin could even scream properly, the magic circle flashed—
and the four vanished from the Einzbern hall.
The only thing left behind was Rin's fading shriek:
"EHHHHHHHHH—!?"
Magi-Illya World
A pitch-black sky.
A floating, ominous cube looming overhead.
Magical Girl Illyasviel, alongside Miyu and Chloe, stared upward in horror.
"What… what IS that!?"
Luviagelita Edelfelt stared at the monstrosity created by Julian Ainsworth, her face pale with fear.
Beside her, a maid-uniform wearing Tohsaka Rin scowled irritably.
"How should I know!? Don't ask me—ask someone ELSE!"
Be it Bazett, or Rin, none of them understood what the thing in the sky even was.
The story had clearly progressed deep into its late-game route.
Just as in the anime, waves of corrupted Servants formed from black mud engaged the magical girls.
And after a brief, chaotic exchange—
—the corrupted Servants turned their attacks on Rin's group.
According to plot, at this moment, Hero Emiya should arrive with a heroic rescue.
Except…
He didn't.
Instead, the world simply—stopped.
The arrows mid-flight froze in the air, suspended in time.
Everyone stared, shocked beyond words.
Illya screamed, voice cracking.
"W-W-WHAT IS HAPPENING!?"
"Is something coming!?"
Even Julian felt it.
"No… impossible…!"
"What is this magic power…!?"
"This isn't natural—what the hell is going on!?"
Their minds could move. They could speak.
But their bodies couldn't move an inch.
Even Ruby and Sapphire, the intelligent magical wands, reacted.
Sapphire's voice trembled—yet thrilled.
"This… this is the aura of the Second Magic!"
"Could it be—Master is returning!?"
Ruby gasped dramatically.
"EHH!? Master is coming back!?"
"That means this jerk is so DEAD—!"
At those words, everyone froze.
If the Second Magician was coming—
They might actually survive.
But before hope could settle—
A lazy voice echoed overhead.
"Ah, sorry. I'm not your 'Master.'"
"Hey, Rin—check it out. That maid over there is totally you."
"Tsk, tsk. Didn't know you'd look that good in a maid outfit."
"How about you dress like that for a year and let me play with you?"
The familiar, furious retort came instantly.
"SHUT UP!"
"Why the hell would I wear a maid outfit!?"
"And stop saying creepy crap, you idiot—!"
Their bickering echoed shamelessly across the battlefield.
A massive magic circle bloomed in the sky—
—and Izumi's group descended.
The Magi-Illya world's Rin's brain shut down completely as she stared at…
herself.
Luviagelita, however, was focused elsewhere.
Specifically—on the man stepping out of the magic circle.
"H-he's… so handsome…!"
Yes. She was instantly captured.
Even the arrogant Edelfelt heiress had never seen a man so absurdly attractive.
This man's presence alone was intoxicating.
Izumi snapped his fingers.
The frozen arrows simply vanished—erased without trace.
With the threat gone, everyone regained movement.
Rin and Luviagelita immediately collapsed to the ground, legs trembling.
All battles ceased.
Every eye locked onto the intruder who had effortlessly rewritten reality.
Izumi glanced at the corrupted Servants and called out casually:
"Le Fay. Take care of them."
Le Fay grinned mischievously.
"Leave it to me!"
"I've been wanting to test out my magic anyway!"
With that, she transformed into a Dark Magician Girl-style magical girl.
Even though she possessed a partial form of the Third Magic, she still kept the transformation device Izumi gave her.
She knew he liked that version of her.
So she never discarded it.
"Magical girl!?"
"There are… OTHER magical girls!?"
Illya, Miyu, and Chloe were stunned speechless.
Ruby chimed in:
"No, she IS a magical girl, but her device doesn't have artificial intelligence."
"In other words, it is inferior to us."
"Yes, just a low-grade imitation."
"But why does that boy have the aura of the Second Magic?"
That was Ruby's greatest confusion.
Could there be another wielder of the Second Magic?
Sapphire fell silent as well, equally baffled.
Illya and Miyu simply stared.
But the one most frozen in shock was Magi-Illya world's Tohsaka Rin.
She stared at the Rin and Sakura standing beside Izumi—
her mind going blank.
She had no idea what was happening.
But in the next moment—
her body began turning translucent.
A wave of magical energy washed through her mind, filling it with new knowledge.
And in that instant—
She understood.
Everything.