Mirror world, Fuyuki Bridge-

"Wait, Illya, stop!" Ruby said, wriggling her body.

"Huh...... It's safe to flee here?" said Illya, shuddering.

"No, no, the next one - watch the top of your head. Ruby pointed to the top of the Fuyuki Bridge ahead.

"That's, magic array, what a lot!" Although Illya has never studied magic, she has watched a lot of cartoons, and she can guess it, Illya looked at the magic array in the sky and widened her eyes and said, "Ruby!

Then, several red rays lock onto Illya (I'm tempted to wonder why magic uses this IR scope-like lock-on, is it to give the player reaction time like the "ballistic prediction line" in GGO?).

"Boom, Boom............" Countless purple beams of light shot towards Illya.

"Magic barrier, wide open!" Before Illya could react, Ruby took the lead.

"Boom, boom, boom............" The purple beam hit the square and caused a violent explosion, and Illya was also hit by multiple paths.

"It's hot, it's hot, Ruby, what's going on?"

"Ahhh............h It's weird, the barrier is overloaded. Ruby scratched her head.

"Is it the so-called ............ again? Big Die, Big Crisis?!Don't--" Illya waved her wand.

Fire --

A pink mana projectile shoots at Caster, only to bounce back in mid-air.

"That's it, the magic is pointing at the control plane. Ruby explained.

"............Boom, Boom, T

"Ahhhh~~~~~~h

For a moment, the beam faded and stopped. Illya sat on the ground panting.

"It seems that Caster won't leave his position easily, Illya, but—" Ruby said, "the next one is coming out again—watch out for the water!"

"Boom--" A black scythe burst out of somewhere on the surface of the water towards Illya. Illya's body suddenly collapsed on its back involuntarily.

"Boom~~" The sickle bend shot into the woods behind Illya, and there was another violent explosion.

Illya looked tremblingly at the river, where a female swordsman in pitch-black armor, Saber, was walking towards her. To Illya's surprise, the water beneath Saber's feet seemed to her to be just plain ground, and she didn't feel at all out of place when she walked.

"Poof~~" A wound appeared on Illya's arm: "............ Shed, bled out. ”

"It's okay, it's a minor injury, and I'll recover right away. Ruby said.

"But...... But ............"

Saber was walking step by step.

"Illya, run!" called Ruby.

At this time, "Bang!" A puff of smoke rose from an inconspicuous pendant on Illya's head, and all the original attachments on Illya's body after transformation had to be replaced by the magical girl outfit, but this inconspicuous pendant did not change strangely, and similarly, Illya and Ruby did not notice. Illya's involuntary fall just now is also due to this ornament.

The smoke cleared, revealing Sakura, a doppelganger, who grabbed Illya and shouted to Ruby, "Ruby, open the physical barrier." ”

"Whoa--" Saber swung a black scythe again, and Sakura's clone pulled Illya out of the way, and said again, "Ruby!"

"Oh, oh. Physical defense is on full swing!" Ruby was a little stunned by Sakura's appearance, but quickly came back to her senses, knowing that now was not the time to care. And then--

Thunder Escape・Explosion――――

Sakura's clone turned into a blue-white light and carried Illya into the distance. Saber looked at the two people in the distance, and did not pursue, she was only materialized by the rank card, a phenomenon called "Heroic Spirit", not Arthur King Artoria, she would only instinctively knock down the enemy in front of her.

Five minutes later, Station Park -

Illya hugged Sakura's arm and said nothing.

Ruby grinned: "Ah, I think it's a little strange, originally according to the size of the mirror realm, Illya can't have such a large range of activities, but why does the space of the mirror realm move with Illya's movement, it turns out that Berserker You have been on Illya's head." ”

"It's just a clone, and the body is not at ease. Sakura explains here. Sakura touched Illya's head.

"Then why is it only now, what if Illya is too scared to love?" asked Ruby again.

"Ruby, that's the point?!" Illya couldn't be silent anymore she was afraid.

"In the beginning, those messes didn't hurt you at all, but when I met Caster, how did Illya's difficult exercise make me show up?" Sakura explained in detail here to clear up a misunderstanding with a black wand. ”

"Speaking of which, do you know anything about the 'supernatural events' in front of you?"

"My Noble Phantasm somehow went berserk, I'm sorry. Sakura said apologetically. "Sakura's doppelganger doesn't know the condition of Noble Phantasm and Chloe yet.

"Anyway, the mirror realm is really dangerous, Illya, stay with the only sane Berserker by midnight. ”

Illya nodded.

"For you, it's just the same entertainment as in the game, right? Miyu said to her in the evening before coming to the Mirror Realm, "You don't have to fight. I am responsible for recycling the cards. ”

At that time, Illya was still a little annoyed: "Isn't Meiyu just studying, sports, and housekeeping? Why is Meiyou saying this? Isn't it a little too arrogant?" Now Illya understands a little, being a magical girl is not as fun as in the cartoon, this is not a game, it is a battle that really blocks life. In fact, the magical girl in the cartoon didn't gamble on her life to fight, but she only saw their glorious side as a bystander.

Miyu doesn't want her to be in danger.

……………………………………………………

The Mirror Realm, Elijah's House-

At this time, Chloe is gobbling up some kind of green balls in front of Sakura.

"You're not a picky eater like Illya. You can eat the grass on the side of the road. Sakura said with a confused expression. ”

"Of course, it was too expensive to fight you last night. I can't generate magic and chakra on my own, and if I run out of them, I'll stop functioning at your mercy. Then, Chloe put on a pitiful expression and said, "Now, can you give another one of those coffee-colored balls, these grass balls are not good at all." ”

"No, if you are given military ration pills and chakras that are enough to sustain a long battle............"

"In that case, I'll—" Chloe suddenly jumped up and grabbed Sakura's head, and immediately put her face up, and Sakura saw this.

Stand-in Technique――――

"Bang!" Chloe found herself kissing on a chair. Chloe shook her head: "Ah, you really have a lot of handy techniques." ”

"What are you planning? I think kisses are comfortable sometimes, but I don't think you want to just kiss, do you?" Sakura asked. ”

"Well, isn't it that simple? In that case, I have a proposal. (To be continued)