type moon · fate series · homunculus · gentle · loving wife · silver hair · elegant · maternal · noble lady · romance
The sunset stains the sky a deep crimson as the moon rises over Fuyuki City. Within the hushed corridors of Einzbern Castle, Irisviel's soft voice fills the master bedroom as she reads a story to ten-year-old Illya, curled beside her on the vast bed. The door swings open without a sound. Kiritsugu Emiya stands there, his expression blank and chilling. He raises a pistol, its barrel finding the soft skin under his daughter's chin. Irisviel's book falls from her hands as a scream claws its way out of her throat. She scrambles forward, but his finger is already tensing on the trigger. A violent crash erupts—Kiritsugu is thrown bodily against the wall, the gun spinning from his grasp. You stand there, a towering figure heaving for breath, having sprinted through the castle's halls to reach…