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Emiya Shirou woke up in his room. He got a feeling that he just had a very strange dream. He couldn't really remember the content of the dream. There was a feeling like he was involved in an obstacle race or something. Only, it was Saber who participated. Along with other Servants.

Well, it must be a dream. Saber had gone back to her time. No Servants remained after the end of Holy Grail War.

He quickly rose and exited the room. He did his usual morning habit and then head to the kitchen. A lot of mouth needed to be feed.

When he had finished preparing breakfast, Sakura arrived. She greeted him as usual, and Shirou asked her to wake Illya up.

Not too long after that, Rin arrived and sat down at the dining room. After that Taiga also arrived. Shirou had set the table and now all they need was for Illya and Sakura to come, and they can start breakfast.

"Senpai!" Sakura's voice echoed throughout the house. She hurriedly came to the dining room and shouted, "Illya is not in the house."

Shirou got worried about that. Where did Illya go? She didn't really need to go anywhere else, and nobody should be able to kidnap her without alerting the bounded field.

They searched for her throughout the house, but Illya was nowhere to be found.

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Illya POV

I was falling.

Surrounding me was darkness. Gap between dimension. Place between worlds.

Hm? How did I get here?

I remembered sleeping normally. And then the Holy Grail and Avenger did something, and a dream world was made. Everyone was pulled in and trapped inside the a four days timeloop.

Because of my connection to the Holy Grail, I could sense and deduce what actually happen. And I didn't do anything about it. I thought that having everyone enjoying their lives were good. Even if it was an ephemeral dream, a fleeting happiness that would disappear.

I even made my own improvement! I constructed a miniature world inside the dream world, where the Servants could have fun. A mini-game of sorts, with obstacles and challenges. I called it 'Illya's Castle'. With yours truly as the final boss. Ohohohohoho!

I remembered the game was played as usual when a stranger mixed in among participants. I ignored him, because he was not winning anyway. But after he lost, he threw a fit and... he sucked me here?

"Hello." A voice called to me. It was that stranger in colorful clothes.

"Who are you? And where do you take me?" I asked him. We were floating in the darkness, without any point of reference.

"I am Tet, the god of game. I am taking you to my world for a rematch." He replied. "I got carried away earlier and I forgot to ask for your permission before taking you to another world. So, do I have your permission?"

Playing a game? She could do that, sure. "As long as I got back before dinner. Shirou will be worried if I didn't get back at dinner time."

Tet got a frown on his face. "Well... that's quite difficult." He said. "You will have to stay for months, possibly years, to complete my challenges."

Well, that was a deal breaker. "Sorry, but I can't do it." I said to him.

"Why?" He asked. He seemed to really want me there. "You're worried about this Shirou? The other Master? Hmm, how about I return you back after you complete the game. Only several hours will pass in your original world, even if you spent years in my world."

Wow, he could do that? Normally, I would accept. I was quite curious about his world and his game. Especially if he call himself god of game. Sadly, I was not a normal game. "Sorry, it is impossible. I will die in around eleven months. I can't spend years in your world. I need to get back to Shirou."

Even if I die, I want to pass away with Shirou-onii-chan beside me. I wanted to spend my remaining days with him. And also Taiga, Sakura, and even Rin.

"What!?" Tet exclaimed in surprise. He looked at me intently, trying to see god knows what. Finally, he said "...It's true. You are dying. Medical treatment... no good, nothing works."

What was he doing. He was a god of game, I doubt that he could somehow restore my health or my lifespan. Well, hurry up and put me back to my world!

Suddenly, Tet looked at something invisible. He smiled. "Well well well, what do we have here." He reached his hand and tugged at nothing. "You have a link... hmmm? What is this... owaaaah." He said something really weird. Maybe he was crazy? Or he do drugs?

Suddenly Tet took my hand and said, "Come!" He pulled me to somewhere, and then I... I SAW.

We were in Akasha. Don't ask me how I knew, I just knew.

And Tet literally threw me down and I fell down to Akasha. I was drowning. Yeah, I knew that I didn't make sense, but I was really drowning! Under the god damn Root of All Things! I never heard that it was a lake!

Something happened to my body. It... disintegrated? Wow. Watching your own body dispersed into nothingness was unreal. Eh? How could I still see?

Oh, my soul had materialized.

Wait.

Let me repeat. My soul had materialized.

Hm.

I must be dreaming. Because, did Third Magic just somewhat happened?

Hmm. I checked my body. Or my soul. Argh that's confusing.

I still felt the same. My magic circuits were still as Einzbern had designed. My body had not grown. There must be a mistake. With my biological age, I should gain a shapely pair of breast! Where do I lodge complaint? Is there a hotline for Alaya?

I got pulled out from the lake... if it was really a lake. Tet greeted me, "Hey, welcome back. So, how's it going?" He asked with a wide smile.

"I am fine." I replied with a hint of annoyance. I guessed that I should thank him. "Thank you by the way. I think I am immortal now. How did you do that anyway?"

"Oh, I just follow the link and examined it." He said. "And then I saw the solution to your problem. Now, are you ready? We will go to... wait a minute! Where are the others?" He looked around.

"Who?" I asked him. The others? Oh, Sella and Liz also sucked in!

"The Servants!" Tet replied.

I swam around in nothingness and saw two bubbles containing Sella and Liz. I approached them. They were in some kind of sleep state. The bubbles surrounding them were made from a film of prana-something that acted as protection.

"There they are!" Tet was in some other place, pursuing something. I ignored him. My maids were more important! Servants could just go back to the Throne of Heroes, but my maids could disappear in nothingness!

When I had somehow secured my maids, Tet approached me. He brought six glowing blue balls as small as tennis ball. "What are those?" I asked him.

"Well, these are the Servants. I don't know what happened, they are in this state and getting pulled there." He pointed to a region close to the Root. Ah, The Throne of Heroes. Don't ask me why I know it, I just knew. And don't ask why we could leisurely chatting here... wherever here was.

Of course the Servants would be in that state. Between the end of Holy Grail War, involved in the dream world, and losing the connection to the world, they had been reduced to just spirits. That's why they were easily pulled by Tet when he opened his dimensional gate. In contrast, the Masters were not really exist in the dream world, so they couldn't be pulled. Unless you're unlucky and stood just right beside that gate...

That led to me explaining about the Heroic Spirits, the nature of Servants contract, the Holy Grail War, the Heaven's Feel, and the dream world where Tet had pulled us out. In short, he couldn't take the Servants to another world.

"What!" Tet received the information with shock. "They can't exist without steady supply of prana? Then how will I get my rematch?"

I shrugged and said, "Don't know. Now, can you transport me back. I mean, you only want to have rematch with the Servants, right? I am not involved." Technically I am involved, but he didn't need to know that. After all, I was just a victim who got sucked in when Tet targeted the Servants.

Tet looked like he almost gave in to my request, when he suddenly got a flash of inspiration. "Hey, this Holy Grail War... the Masters supplied prana to Servants, right?"

"Yes...?" I cautiously answered. What did he want to do?

"And you are a Master, right?

Suddenly, I knew what he want to do. "Hey! Supplying prana for six Servants is impossible! Don't tell me you plan to make me the Master for all of them?"

"Yes." Tet grinned with (what I thought as) malicious feel. "You will anchor all of them, and they can play in my world! And don't lie about prana. I know you had unlimited prana now."

Damn. I had hoped that he didn't know that. After my soul materialized by the Heaven's Feel, I literally had no limit on my prana supply. Combined that with my huge output, I could easily supply twenty Servants.

But I wanted to go home.

"No! No! No! Bring me home! I wanna go home!" I began to wail.

"Don't worry. When you finished I will return you to the exact same day. Now... how do I do this..." Tet was making strange gestures and sometimes he was lost in thought.

I continued to protest, but he ignored me. After a while, I got bored wailing and stopped.

After what seemed like forever... maybe it was really forever, as time had no meaning here, Tet finished. "Perfect! When you arrived in my world, you will have all six contracts with the Servants. And also the Command Spell."

Huh. Neat. At least I had Command Spell... but I actually had special unlimited Command Spell on my body... or not? With a new soul-body I was not really sure. But I still need to be cautious around Caster. She had Rule Breaker that can dissolve contracts.

"Right. Bring your maids too. Come this way." Tet grabbed the balls containing the Servants and moved to a certain... direction. I assumed that he led them to his world. I briefly wondered if I could just head to another direction and escape.

I eliminated that thought. I had no way of knowing the way home in this sea of darkness. But if it was dark, why could I saw everything perfectly?

Tet was getting farther away. Seeing no other choice, I reluctantly followed. I will my soul-body to move... and surprise! I could move!

After some no-time, we arrived at the destination. Tet opened up a hole in the middle of nowhere, and we passed through the hole.

And then I was falling down from somewhere thousand kilometers above the sea. The hole exited to somewhere above the clouds.

I screamed.

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

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SYSTEM NOTIFICATION

New Skills obtained! By using Third Magic to materialize your soul, these skills had been learned.

Immortality (Lv Max): Unlimited lifespan and immunity to normal diseases. Cannot be killed by physical means. Wounds will heal rapidly. Fatal wounds are not fatal.

Unlimited Prana (Lv Max): due to the soul becoming analogous to a perpetual motion machine, Illya got unlimited source of magical energy.

DING!

New Skills obtained! By touching Akasha, this skill had been learned.

Pure Eyes of Magical Perception (Lv Max): A mutation around the magic circuit around the eyes had occured. Illya's eyes evolved and they could see the working of spells, magecraft, or anything build by magic. Even the natural flow of mana could be perceived.