Meeting of Seaweed and The Grail

Mankind was a creature that yearns for freedom, if you put someone in prison they will yearn to be free.

Not convincing enough?

If you drown someone in the water by pushing their head, their body will panic and start to struggle to free itself so that they can breathe free air.

Still not convincing enough?

How about inspect yourself and count how many rules no matter how minor they are that you had broken in your life?

If you never break any rules congratulation! You are either machine or have a very boring life. Afterall if you break a rule usually you get some kind of excitement, feeling cold feet, a chill on your spine, afraid in anyone caught you red-handed breaking a rule. Just don't break any moral rule okay? This paragraph definitely not encouraging you to break a rule

Afterall just like medicine too much freedom can become poison, example of too much freedom? Just read any cultivation novel, and count the number of the arrogant young master, arrogant senior, arrogant elder.

Well at least they make good cannon fodder…should I also include them in this novel?

It just to explain that mankind was a creature that yearns for freedom.

Illyasviel always yearns for freedom, in her whole life since her father and mother left for The Holy Grail War, the family head confine her in his room.

When her father and mother never returned, the family head starts to modifying her body to become the perfect master and vessel for the grail…without the painkiller.

The family head repeatedly said her mother is dead and her father abandoning her for a better boy.

'Father will never do that!' was Illya childish thought while remembering the memory of when she playing with her father

Magus was not born sociopath, their education, and the environment that turn them into one. That was the same case with Illya, she still believes her father will return and save her, and her father death was just a lie fabricated by the family head.

Illya keep waiting day by day for her family…her real family come and save her and denounce everything that family head said

'Is everything the family head said is true?'

'Father abandoning me' Illya thought 'will I never be free?'

The closer the day of The Holy Grail War begun, the more Illya confidence wavers…until that day comes.

For Illyasviel von Einzbern freedom come from a kid her age with Seaweed Hairstyle that comes out nowhere and beat the head of Einzbern to death…

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At the first time accessing The Root, Shinji nearly died thanks to the information overload, but thanks to that, Shinji has so much miscellaneous knowledge.

One of such knowledge was Einzbern Mansion location and details…thanks to that Eiznbern trap and everything was useless, its like playing a game while reading the walkthrough at the same time

"This is too easy" Shinji wiped the dust in his clothes "If this is a game, my quest to rescue Illya was an optional side-quest"

In Shinji feet was the Einzbern head already passed away after beaten up by Shinji

"Xiang Yu, Hinako!"

"Yes Master/Boss!"

"Collect all the Einzbern research and search for the place they keep their treasure" Shinji ordered "Oh, and if you find Illya bring her to me"

"Okay, Master/Boss!" Xiang Yu and Hinako saluted before start looting the mansion

Shinji didn't concern for the safety of his underling, afterall Xiang Yu was a Heroic Spirit there nothing alive in the modern world can harm him except some specialized magus, and Hinako was immortal will just reform automatically as long she has enough energy and since she becomes his underling slash familiar she get access to Shinji literal unlimited mana.

*crack*

"Who there?!" Shinji tensed because even though he has knowledge everything about the Einzbern mansion, his cowardly nature still afraid of the unknown

Resigned because Shinji found her, Illya come out from her hiding place and raise her hand, a sign of universal surrender

And that was how Illya and Shinji meet for the first time…

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Omake:

Its been a year since Sakura moves to Emiya residence.

Its been a year since Shirou follow the workout regiment that he finds in his mind, Shirou still has his hair but anyone sharp enough will realize that his hair has trouble, after all in the whole year Shirou never going to the barbershop.

Sadly, Taiga was too much of a klutz to recognize something like that, Sakura was too happy just to live with his senpai, and Shirou didn't have any close friend except Issei…who train to become a monk that 100% will shave his head clean when older.

"97, 98, 99, 100!" Sweat drenched from Shirou body perfect figure, any girl will drool from the sight of it, even though Shirou already reaches the level of Superhuman the workout still giving him a challenge.

BTW for all of his strength Shirou didn't know that he already reach superhuman afterall he didn't have anything to compare, afterall this is not Saitama world where a monster or threat pops out everyday like a mushroom.

Shirou just glosses the fact that he is that weak…chipping his confidence little by little.

This is was part of Shirou daily life, in the morning before preparing breakfast and go to school, Shirou always completes his Saitama workout. Because of the workout, Shirou only can practice his magecraft at night.

"Finally today set is complete" Shirou wipe his sweat "lets prepare for the breakfast right away"

"This workout really takes my time, but thanks to this I know how weak my body" Shirou muttered "to think after a whole year practicing it, I still can't complete the set without out of breath"

And that is how Shirou Emiya daily life start…