Irisviel was now wearing a pitch-black Dress of Heaven, with a wicked smile on her face as she laughed eerily.
This was Irisviel's inverted state, the black holy grail, which was distinct from her White Holy Grail state. Of course, now that Angra Mainyu was dead, this Irisviel's personality was still her own.
However, due to being in the black holy grail state, Irisviel's personality manifested in this eerie way under its influence.
Irisviel floated over to Kiritsugu Emiya's side, lifted his face, and kissed him.
Then, with a satisfied trail of saliva, Irisviel activated her inherent ability, Heaven's Feel.
Kiritsugu Emiya felt his dopamine begin to secrete endlessly; a massive sense of pleasure and happiness flooded his heart, driving away his physical pain.
"Kiritsugu! Wait for me! Hehehehehe~"
Kinpurotia stopped chasing Illya and looked curiously at Irisviel, who was flying not far away, and couldn't resist reaching out to grab her.
Irisviel looked at the giant hand reaching toward her, a wicked smile on her face as she deployed several magic circles, and then several beams of pitch-black Magic Cannons struck Kinpurotia's hand without hesitation.
Feeling the pain, Kinpurotia flew into a rage like a throwing a tantrum child, swatting wildly at Irisviel in the air.
Irisviel allowed Kinpurotia to hit her; upon being struck, Irisviel turned into a pool of black mud that began to multiply continuously, attempting to envelop Kinpurotia and pollute her.
However, she wasn't the original after all. Irisviel, who could only create black mud by extracting the Evils of Humanity, found herself in an awkward position—where would she find so much evil to use in this sparsely populated Spiritron World? After using up the meager evil in the Spiritron World, she was stuck.
Fortunately, when Kinpurotia was previously disciplined by BB, the moves BB used looked somewhat similar to Irisviel's black mud, which temporarily bluffed Kinpurotia. Otherwise, Irisviel would likely have faced Kinpurotia's hill-sized fists pounding on her chest.
However, Kinpurotia's fear didn't last long. Soon realizing she had been bluffed, Kinpurotia's face showed an angry expression, and then a massive mana storm erupted from her body. Irisviel found herself in the middle of a milky-white sea.
'Huge Shadow, Arising from the Sea of Life'—this was a Noble Phantasm themed after the legend of the Churning of the Ocean of Milk from Indian mythology.
Like a giant from creation myths, the massive Kinpurotia rose from the milky sea and then pressed a palm down toward Irisviel.
Irisviel's face twisted as she looked at the island-sized palm pressing down on her, and she let out a roar.
"O black holy grail, chant!"
As Kinpurotia's palm struck the surface, the milky sea erupted in massive waves, and a large amount of milky-white and reddish-black light leaked through Kinpurotia's fingers.
Subsequently, the Reality Marble vanished. Kinpurotia, simple as a child, clutched her bleeding right hand and ignored everyone else, sitting on the ground and beginning to wail loudly.
And a tattered Irisviel also exited her black holy grail state, slumped weakly on the ground.
Illya looked at the baffling result with a mischievous expression. She picked up the remaining upper half of Irisviel and went to the side of the semi-conscious Kiritsugu Emiya. After carefully leaning Irisviel against Kiritsugu's arm, Illya quickly used her hair to set up a healing magic circle and a concealment magic circle. Then, with a satisfied look, she lay down between Kiritsugu Emiya and Irisviel and fell into a deep sleep with a happy expression.
Irisviel's heart twitched with pain as she saw Illya's actions. She knew that until Kiritsugu Emiya fulfilled or abandoned his dream, Illya would not receive his love. At this moment, Illya could only use these methods to comfort herself.
Irisviel stared at Illya's cute face and gently hummed the nursery rhyme Illya loved most as a child.
BB looked at Gudako, whom she had driven into a corner, and asked,
"Are you the key to Elder Sister's plan?"
Then, ignoring the confused Gudako, BB grabbed Gudako's hair, pulled her up from the ground, and leaned in to sniff her neck.
"Hahaha, it really is you, the scent of Beast 666! Come, let's see which of us is worthy of Elder Sister's plan!"
Saying this, BB tossed Gudako aside, slamming her heavily onto the ground, while a flash of light from her other hand fired a Magic Cannon at Gudako.
"Roar!"
A roar sounded. BB, having hurriedly dodged, looked with a sour expression at her sleeve, which had been clawed open by Gudako.
Gudako, who had already fallen into a beastly state, didn't care about BB's reaction. Failing her first strike, she pounced at BB again.
This time, the prepared BB manifested Ten Crowns around her. Then, as if time were reversing, BB's sleeve returned to its original state, and the footprints Gudako had stomped into the ground vanished. However, Gudako herself was completely unaffected; pouncing on BB, she swung her fists like rain, pounding down on BB's face.
But the crowns glowed again, and BB disappeared from beneath Gudako through the power of the crowns as if time had reversed, reappearing where she had just been standing.
The Ten Crowns refer to the ten wicked kings of legend, while the Seven Hills refer to the ominous city of sin. Although the principle and authority are unknown, the source of this power seems to lie in a past even the king of heroes, who should be humanity's oldest, cannot reach. Simply put, it is a skill that treats sustained injuries, events that occurred, and all results as if they 'never happened.'
Gudako was stunned to find her prey had vanished, then turned her head and let out a roar at the prey that had suddenly appeared behind her.
Suddenly, several golden light swords fell from the sky, forming a cage that trapped Gudako within.
Rin, in her Ishtar state, slowly descended from the sky alongside the light swords to BB's side.
"Elder Sister!"
"Hm, is this Sakura's avatar? I remember you were called..."
"BB! My name is BB, Elder Sister!"
BB shouted loudly toward Rin with a face full of adoration.
"BB, although you were outside the plan, having a few more sisters isn't bad. However, I must tell you some unfortunate news. If you want to break away from being avatars and convert into independent Servants, you must accomplish one thing. Originally, I asked Sakura to do it! I just didn't expect her to separate you out."
Then Rin turned around and pointed at Gudako, who was trapped by the light swords.
"Although I really want to help you, I don't have that power yet. If you, BB, and the other Sakura avatars want to maintain your sense of self after Sakura wakes up, you must absorb the Beast-class saint graph residue of Beast 666 from Gudako! Then, through this saint graph, you can convert into independently existing Servants. Otherwise, once Sakura awakens, you will be replaced by Sakura's emotions."
"Don't worry! We all know your plan, Elder Sister! I will definitely fulfill your expectations! No, I will replace this fellow and become the key to your plan, Elder Sister!"
"Sigh! BB, don't push yourself too hard. You should already know most of everything about Gudako. Good luck!"
After saying this, Rin gave her new sister a hug, then turned into a golden light and returned to the sky, vigilantly monitoring the upcoming battle between BB and Gudako. Rin, who didn't want anyone to get hurt, could only do this much.
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