Training them

You're Never a failure until you fail to get up.

-Evel Knievel

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Izayoi: How long before you could use this?

Gil: Maybe a month, it was designed for me but what about getting some soldiers.

Izayoi: Soldiers?

Gil: Tell me what you see in them.

Gil said while pointing at Shirou, Miyu and Illya.

Izayoi: Don't tell me...

Gil: Yes, potential.... potential to grow stronger, they each have hidden potential inside them to reach the level of top 10 Dead Apostle Ancestors.

Izayoi: And you think, Kiritsugu would agree?

Gil: It's a Holy Grail war, who knows their intentions, what they may plan to use their wish on. Reaching Akasha or something far worse. Emiya may not be a guy obsessed with becoming a hero anymore but he would still want to contribute to saving the world if he can.

Izayoi: I don't want to risk the innocent kids in this war.

Gil: Becoming a magus is like having one step in your grave, if you don't toughen up then you die.

Izayoi: Well, let's ask Kiritsugu about it then...

After some convincing Kiritsugu agreed, he wanted to help instead of sending kids in it but he cannot deny Gil's logic, Ex rank charisma isn't just for nothing and the training began the next day.

Izayoi: Here, we go again.

Gil: So, mongrels. We don't have any idea when the enemy would make a move and your dad Emiya has gone to investigate about it. Does anyone of you have some formal training in Magecraft?

No one trained in Magecraft among those three except Illya.

Illya: I have been trained in Magecraft back in Einzbern castle.

Gil: Then, what's your origin and Element affinity?

Illya: My origin is hope, my element affinity is Five great elements, Ether and void.

Gil: And average one with two extra elements that's good and you both place your hands in this orb.

Gil summoned a crystal orb from his treasury and walked towards them.

Gil: First, Shirou.

Shirou put his hands on the orb and it started glowing and it showed a shadow of a sword and Shirou felt like electricity ran through his body.

Gilgamesh: Awakening of magic circuits could be pretty shocking anyway your orgin is sword and as well as for your element it's also a sword, congratulations you are a sword incarnate, a living by breathing walking sword.

But your Magic Circuits are low both in number and quality,27 Magic circuits each can barely handle 10 units of magical energy while being damaged in the process, we have to come up with a special plan to train you.

Shirou went beside Illya with a disappointed look on his face.

Gil: Miyu, your turn.

Miyu did the same as Shirou but a star instead of a sword.

Gil: H...How?

Izayoi: Gil?

Gil: Her origin is Transcendent, same as mine. I have dual origin, Ruler and Transcendent. This origin is because of my existence as the keystone of gods, living in human flesh. She also has it because she is a being that who's existence is borderline between a human and Gods.

She also has great magical circuits and magic core in her soul. Her massive Od could reach millions but her body only allows the maximum output of 2000 at a time. She indeed has great potential.

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Hearing this Shirou and Illya jaw dropped in shock this was simply unheard of in magus association or anywhere, that a human could have so much magical energy despite being a non-true magician.

Illya: That's so cool.

Gil: You are not weak either. Your has unsurpassed potential as a Master amongst all Masters past and present. 70% of your body is composed of Magic Circuits. Tell me about your skills and abilities.

Illya: Similar to the wire construct wielded by my mother, I am able to make a familiar from her hair. The name of the technique I use is Angel's poem. I can create several familiars such as a bird named is Storch Ritter: Knight of Stork. Then the Ibis that shoots bullets is Zell, and I can also transform them into a Degen.

( A/N: German for "épée").

They are autonomous beings that defend me and pursue targets automatically, strong, fast and are able to fire small blasts of magical energy capable of easily shooting through them. They each generate a considerable amount of magical energy, they are like miniature magus. I can easily create up to two without any issue, and I can also change their shape into swords. I also possess Mystic Eyes of Binding which she used to capture targets but they aren't that powerful.

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Illya was sure to reach the power level of top 10 but for a Shirou, he was very disappointed in himself but Izayoi had a way to help him.