I wanted to be a bad actor in the anime, but I failed.

"I really want to see you and Illya count walnut sprouts with my own eyes!"

Illya is the name of the girl that Irisviel is carrying.

In such a warm snow scene.

Ever since she became pregnant, Irisviel has never been completely immersed in happiness again.

She would fantasize whenever she counted the walnut buds.

A little kid who looked very similar to her was stumbling around looking for walnut buds, showing off his ability to find walnut buds in front of his father.

He would also say, "Look! Dad! You always say that Mom is very good at counting walnut sprouts, but she is definitely not as good as me!"

What a wonderful scene it was.

Unfortunately, she will definitely be gone by then...

If she was just an ordinary woman in the outside world, without such a heavy mission, how nice it would be if she could live happily with her husband for the rest of her life.

Under the influence of the glory of motherhood, Irisviel finally hated the mission she was carrying and the darkness of this family for the first time.

"I also want to see you teach Illya to count walnut buds." Mu Lin said with a hint of meaning.

"You can teach me then! I can teach you now! Hehe!"

"Let's wait until you count to 215."

"It took me so long to count to 190. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

"It's getting late. For Illya's sake, you should go back and rest."

"Yeah! Okay hubby!"

After having a child, the couple, with a stronger bond, headed towards the castle.

It is unbelievable that the relationship between the two has reached this point in just two months.

Of course, it was also because of the urging of the Einzbern family, which was full of darkness.

After the couple returned to the castle, they were once again persecuted by this disgusting family.

"no, do not want!!!"

Irisviel was dragged into the medical room by several maids.

Mu Lin, who had been to the medical room, knew that it was a bloody medical room filled with limbs and organs.

As soon as I walked in I knew nothing good was going to happen.

Rage overturned his reason in an instant.

"What are you going to do to her?!"

He loudly questioned Ahad, who looked extremely indifferent.

"Don't worry, this is just for the mother and the baby to live healthier."

"What's the meaning?!"

"Have you forgotten? Didn't I tell you that Irisviel is a vessel? If Illya is allowed to stay in her belly and give birth naturally, both of their lives will be in danger!"

"So you're going to take the half-month-old unborn baby out of her body?!"

When Mu Lin thought of the bloody scene, for a moment, he really wanted to destroy the entire family on the spot.

But he knows.

He can't do it now.

Moreover, he is also burdened with the fate of dealing with an even darker abyss.

"How do you know the baby isn't formed yet?"

Because Mu Lin had not yet obtained the Command Seal, Ahad did not treat him well.

"Artea may be right. It's been so long and you still can't stand up. Maybe the Holy Grail didn't choose you because you are too useless!"

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving Mu Lin alone.

Mu Lin was in no mood to care about Ahad's sarcasm. He looked worriedly at the three big blood-red words "In Surgery" on the door of the medical room and couldn't help but clutch the armrest of his wheelchair!

"Kaka..."

An anxious voice sounded in the darkness.

......

In a classic and luxurious bedroom.

Irisviel, who had a high fever, was resting in bed.

Mu Lin, who was sitting in a wheelchair, took off the hot towel on her forehead and replaced it with an ice one.

"I want to go see Illya."

"I'll take you to see a doctor after your fever goes down."

"I really want to see her, just one look..."

Alice almost begged, but was still rejected by Mu Lin.

The latter touched the former's head and comforted her: "Don't worry, she is growing up well."

"Hmm..." Irisviel nodded frustratedly.

Although he had never seen it with his own eyes, Mu Lin could imagine how much pain Irisviel was in when he heard her screams outside the medical room.

The longer he lived in this family, the more he hated this family. Mu Lin took a deep breath, and his thousands of words finally turned into this sentence: "Thank you for your hard work, Ai Li."

Upon hearing this, Irisviel forced a smile on her pale face covered with cold sweat.

"It's great to meet you."

……

This is a baby girl who is full of miracles.

Her jade-like body and short snow-white hair are proof that she has never been contaminated by the filth of the world.

Mu Lin and Alice looked at the child soaked in the nutrient solution.

Look at that brilliant life.

They all smiled at the same time.

"This is our baby! So cute!" Irisviel exclaimed, and then asked, "She's only one month old, how come she's already this big?"

Mu Lin could not answer this question. The only one who could answer it was the entire Einzbern family.

"Maybe Illya will grow up very quickly." Mu Lin said.

"I really want to see what she'll look like when she grows up. But she's obviously your child, so why does she only look like me?"

"Who said it's just like yours?"

"Then tell me, how is she like you?"

A strange competitive spirit made Irisviel question Mu Lin in annoyance.

The latter saw her pale face and said worriedly: "You are very weak now, go back to the bedroom and rest."

"No! I want to see more of Illya!"

"go back!"

Irisviel pouted at the order from her husband.

She felt aggrieved and thought that he was doing this for her own good, so she stamped her feet, looked at Illya reluctantly, and walked out.

"You already have a child, why are you still acting like a child?" Mu Lin scolded.

But what greeted him was Irisviel’s grimace and sticking out tongue.

After Irisviel left.

In the dim medical room, Mu Lin was the only one looking at Illya who was soaking in the nutrient solution that glowed with blue light.

He looked melancholy and helpless.

Time passes slowly.

After taking one last nostalgic look.

"I will come to save you and your mother, Illya, wait for me."

After making this vow, he was about to turn his wheelchair to leave, but he noticed a patch of black in his peripheral vision.

There was such an abrupt and strange black color in the crystal blue liquid and the pure white body!

Like invisible black sand, it circled around Illya in an eerie manner.

"bump!!"

suddenly!

The black particles instantly merged into Illya's body.

Illya, who had been quietly absorbing nutrients and growing up, suddenly moved!

She patted the glass with her plump little hands.

At the same time, the little eyes opened.

Those are very beautiful and sacred eyes composed of pure white base and very bright black pupils!

However, the black pupils disappeared in a flash, like a receding tide, the black color faded away, and was replaced by red pupils that were exactly the same as Irisviel's.

"Wulu..."

Illya blew out circles of bubbles and stared at Mu Lin, as if she was talking to him.

Mu Lin was shocked for a long time before he came back to his senses. He said with a nostalgic and reluctant tone, "Wait for me, my daughter."

"Wulu..."

Illya nodded imperceptibly, and then fell into a deep sleep that lasted for five months.

……

A month has passed since Illya was transferred from Irisviel's body into the nutrient solution.

During this month.

Alice rarely went to count the walnut buds, but took Mu Lin to see Illya every day.

Sometimes she would even secretly go to the medical room to see Illya at night, saying that she wanted to cultivate her relationship with Illya alone, so that she would not like her father instead of her mother in the future.

But Mulin knew that she just wanted to see Illya as many times as possible in these two years.

But......

I also want to spend more time with Illya...

Mu Lin thought so, looking at Irisviel, whose smile was filled with maternal radiance and who was becoming more gentle and responsible.

On the last day of this month.

With Mu Lin's reminder, Alice finally remembered that she still had a proof to prove to Mu Lin.

She wanted to accompany Illya very much, and she complained before she set off: "Really! You didn't want to go out with me before, but now you're urging me to count walnut buds? Are you really that worried about whether Illya likes mommy but not daddy?!"

"Why do you have to like only one of them? Illya will like both of us."

"I have a feeling! Illya will only like one of them!"

"why?"

"Because... because she is very much like my mother! She only likes one person!" As she said this, Alice looked at Mu Lin tenderly.

"So you don't like Illya?"

Mu Lin's embarrassment made Irisviel panic for a while, and then she realized that Mu Lin was deliberately making things difficult for her. She said angrily: "I only like Illya! I don't like you! Don't be so self-indulgent! Humph!"

After flirting with each other as usual, the two came into the cold snowy land.

Irisviel, who just seemed to not want to count the walnut buds and only wanted to see Illya, quickly got into the mood when she started counting the walnut buds and began counting them with great interest.

I really don't understand why she is always so interested in such boring activities.

Perhaps, this is the only free activity she has in her life here?

Mu Lin thought so and looked at Irisviel tenderly, as she was immersed in the sense of accomplishment and joy brought by finding walnut buds.

Slowly, his expression changed from tenderness to worry.

......

"201! 202...214!"

"Where's the last one? Where's the last one?!"

Irisviel muttered, pacing back and forth in the snow.

"What's wrong?" Mu Lin asked.

"Ah, I counted to the last one! But I can't find it!"

"Isn't there one last area left to search? There must be at least one there, right?"

"There are no walnut sprouts there! I have never seen walnut sprouts there since I was born! So the last one must be here!"

"What if you missed one?"

"I won't miss a count!"

Alice glared at Mu Lin angrily and continued searching, complaining as she searched, looking like a nagging woman.

“Really? Illya has grown so big in this month!” Irisviel gestured exaggeratedly. “And what about you? You still haven’t adapted to the prosthesis and can’t stand up! Really! What an idiot! It’s so tiring to push you every day! When Illya grows up, she’ll have to be tired too!”

"You're already thinking about Illya's future."

"Of course! I need to arrange everything for her in these two years!"

"unnecessary."

Irisviel was startled by Mu Lin's heavy tone. She rolled her eyes and pretended to be relaxed: "Of course I need it! You know what I will do!"

It's my turn to arrange everything for you in these two years.

Mu Lin said this in his heart, and then said: "It's getting late, let's go back."

"No! It's the last one! I need to find it before I go back!"

“What if there are only 214?”

"No way! It must be 215!!"

As if this was the only thing that made Irisviel proud, she said it firmly.

After waiting for a long time.

The sky has darkened.

Seeing that Irisviel was so tired that she was dizzy and gasping for breath, Mu Lin said worriedly, "Okay! Let's go back."

"do not want!"

"If you have a fever again, you won't be able to see Illya every day."

Mu Lin's warning put Irisviel in a dilemma.

In the end, her daughter was more important than anything else. She pouted and walked into the castle.

"Aili! Don't you care about me anymore?" Mu Lin shouted.

"Push it yourself! Annoying husband!"

Alice looked as if she despised her husband because she had a daughter, but she didn't sulk for long before she turned around and pushed Mu Lin back towards the castle.

"Hmph! Be grateful to me!"

......

this day.

The Einzbern family received good news.

Following the maid's instructions, Irisviel pushed Mu Lin to the chapel again.

Unlike the last time when she was repressed, this time, Irisviel was full of curiosity.

At Ahad's signal, the maid opened the lid of the ebony cabinet on the long table in the center of the chapel.

An object that amazed Irisviel and excited Ahad came into view.

But their attention was so absorbed in the object that they did not notice that Mu Lin's melancholy expression suddenly became extremely complicated.

This is an object that can cover the darkness of the chapel and give it brilliant light.

A scabbard.

The base is gold and decorated with gorgeous blue enamel.

The gorgeous appearance makes the scabbard more like a symbol of power, such as a crown or a scepter, than a weapon!

The middle part of the scabbard is engraved with long-lost fairy characters, proving that this scabbard was not made by humans.

"Avalon..."

Before Ahad could introduce it, someone had already revealed the true name of this noble relic!

Upon hearing this, Ahad and Irisviel looked at the person who said the real name.

The latter, as a familiar wife, noticed that something was wrong with his mood.

"It seems that you, who have not yet been recognized by the Holy Grail, have some knowledge."

Ahad sneered, he was almost losing his patience with what was said, and recently he was secretly planning to find another magician to represent Einzbern in the Holy Grail War.

He ignored Mu Lin and walked up to look at Avalon.

Putting aside his worries for the moment, he was once again deeply attracted by the beautiful scabbard in front of him.

"I never thought that something that was 1,500 years old would not have even a scratch after such a long time. Should we say it is worthy of being a conceptual weapon?"

"It is rumored that as long as the original owner of this scabbard provides magic power, the user wearing this scabbard can heal injuries and stop aging."

At this point, Ahad looked at Mu Lin again, and said in a cold voice as if giving him one last chance: "In other words, as long as we summon the owner of this scabbard and make him our heroic spirit, perhaps your limbs can grow back."

"That's great!" Alice said excitedly, but she found that Mu Lin's face was still as heavy as ever.

"Of course! The prerequisite is that you can be chosen by the Holy Grail and a Command Seal will appear on your hand!"

After saying this, Ahad walked away, leaving Mu Lin and Alice Phil alone to look at the exquisitely crafted scabbard.

"What's wrong, husband?"

Alice asked, but Mu Lin shook his head and pushed the wheelchair away.

Upon seeing this, Aliceviel quickly followed, carrying the ebony cabinet.