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[chaldeluxe]

Hi, I can't find anyone else to help me. I'm Medb and Alter Chu fan,I don't understand what they're talking about in the video. Medb and Skadi canon? I've been depressed about this. watch?v=PRl0pRRvix0&t=3s

Medb thinks that Skadi is a rather adorable character and is interested in her. IIRC you can find translations of this event on FGOGuide.

[chaldeluxe]

LI SHUWEN (ASSASSIN) BATTLE / MY ROOM LINES.

BATTLE START:

1. No need to rush. Let's enjoy ourselves. 2. This turned into a mess worth spurring these old bones of mine into action. Good grief. 3. I'll strike with killing techniques, but... well, don't die?

SKILLS:

1. I'll go easy on you. 2. Kuhahahahah! 3. Live in Yang, kill in Yin. 4. Find the opportunity in Yang, open the way in Yin.

COMMAND CARD SELECTION:

1. Hmph. 2. Well now. 3. Leave it to me.

NOBLE PHANTASM SELECTION:

1. Well then, I suppose I'll treat you to a single strike. 2. One blow, that's all I need. 3. Now then, shall I go for the kill....!

ATTACK:

1. Funh! 2. Sh! 3. Good! 4. Hah! 5. Teih!

EXTRA ATTACK:

1. Not there yet! 2. I'll treat you to just one.

NOBLE PHANTASM:

1. My Baji needs [No Second Strike]! Fuhn! (Erupt!) Hah! (Rend!) Seven Wounds Gushing Blood, accept your loss and die! 2. Not by 100 mysteries, but with a single technique, my enemies are destroyed. This is the [No Second Strike]! Hah! (Rend!)

DAMAGED:

1. These old bones can't handle it...! 2. Hoh?

DEFEATED:

1. Such cruelty to a body so old... 2. I haven't reached the Sphere Boundary yet...

VICTORY:

1. Now then, let's have tea. 2. Weren't they a bit too fragile? 3. Use your own strength and utilize the power of your opponent. That is martial arts, that is reason. 4. What, you dropped your guard against this old timer?

LEVEL UP:

We still have a long road ahead.

ASCENSION:

1. I went and became a used-up old bachelor. It's troublesome, but I'll pay a bit of mind to appearances. 2. Ha ha ha, old but still going strong, as the saying goes. 3. You hear things like 'you can master the martial arts even late in life.' Well then, I wonder how far these fists  of mine can go. 4. Splendid! Here is where my fists finally reach the ultimate truth! You've done well looking up to me until this point. I'm not sure how useful these old fists will be from here on, but I'll temper them in order to meet your expectations.

BOND:

1. Leave the fighting to me. No, that's not right. I suppose I mean to say leave just the fighting to me. Even though I've gotten old at this point, I was a man not worth much beyond breaking people. 2. Having a body where you don't have to be worried over getting weak is both good and bad.  It's ridiculous to even consider.  It's because humans are aware of their limits that things like logic and strategy exist. To think it's all come down to fighting... 3. Hmph, I believed you to be a curious Master, but you've gone beyond what I expected. There are other interesting Heroic Spirits, you know. Honestly. 4. It seems we've been together for a long time now. Just keep up with the morning and evening training and tea time. You may be the first human to have come so far with me. 5. Well, are you heading out soon, my Lord? Let us fight our enemies and slay them. Is there not any more trust I can show than this? [LB3 Uncleared] 5. Serving the Emperor? Me...? It was a rather interesting place to work. But these days, no matter how much gold someone piles up, I won't be serving anyone but my Master. Ha ha ha ha, it's dangerous work, looking after you! [LB3 Cleared]

CONVERSATION:

1. It's about time for us to get out and about. My fists and fighting spirit will get dull if I don't use them. 2. When the Servant dies, the lord yet lives, but when the lord dies, both fall. ...stop that laughing. I know how old-fashioned it sounds. 3. My contract with you isn't all that bad? To face an old timer like me with such a serious face, though... honestly, you really are an eccentric type of person. 4. Well now, what a wonderful thing, being able to face my past self. Servants truly are wondrous beings. We can even have a bout. I have no words. [ Li Shuwen (Lancer) ] 5. To be able to meet the famed founder of the Yànqīngquán even after death. Honestly, the things you see after becoming a Servant. The high-speed fist that casts no shadow... Hmph, what an amusing thing. [ Yan Qing ] 6. Well, well, if it isn't Crown Prince Nezha. I shall gladly pay my respects. [ Nezha ]

LIKES:

There's nothing in particular I care for.  If you mean something I care about on a personal level.... hm. Of course it would be family, wouldn't it?

HATES:

What I hate? Idiots who can't calculate. It's not as if it's difficult? I'm talking about those foolish enough not to be able to calculate simple reason.

HOLY GRAIL:

The Holy Grail that grants wishes, eh?... If it really exists, I would summon my past self. Between fist and spear, it would be a good opportunity to see which is stronger.

EVENT:

It seems a festival has started up. ...well now, wait. No need to rush. The main performer doesn't appear until the very end.

BIRTHDAY:

The day you were born, hm... I suppose I'll have to prepare a denser training routine.

SUMMON:

My name is Li Shuwen. I'm just a simple old man who no longer has a spear, but... What, I'm not so lacking that I can't protect you. You'll be taken care of from here on, Master.

[chaldeluxe]

BRADAMANTE BATTLE / MY ROOM LINES.

BATTLE START:

1. Bradamante will do this righteously! 2. In the name of our Great King Charlemagne, I'll punish you!

SKILL:

1. Join together, O Light! 2. Plenty of energy!

COMMAND CARD SELECTION: 

1. Right! 2. D'accord! 3. Leave it to me!

NOBLE PHANTASM SELECTION:

Mon joer!

ATTACK:

1. Take that! 2. Teeeyah! 3. Tooouh!

EXTRA ATTACK:

Uuoooh! O Light!

NOBLE PHANTASM:

1. O Light, grow into a mighty spiral! I'm going ahead with all my might! Bouclier d'Atlante! 2. Spirals interlacing! With all my heart and my soul! Bouclier d'Atlante!

DAMAGED:

1. Uwaaaaahh! 2. Ahhhh!

DEFEATED: 

1. I failed..... I'm sorry..... Master.... 2. Being tough was, supposed to be my selling point....

VICTORY:

1. A paladin won't be beat! Only victory lies ahead! 2. I won, Master!

LEVEL UP:

I'm overflowing with energy!

ASCENSION: 

1. I put on a surcoat. It feels like my defensive power's increasing, Master! 2. My Saint Graph's been enhanced! Now I'll be able to help you even more! 3. I'm fully armed! Don't worry. Whatever seems uncovered is actually wrapped in a cloak of magical energy. That's what I mean by armor. Now, let's go! 4. Uhm... are you sure that was a good idea? To spend all your resources on someone like me... no, no! Bradamante will do absolutely all that she can to meet your expectations. I'm looking forward to working with you more, Master.

BOND: 

1. I was summoned into the Lancer class, but... I don't actually have a spear-related Noble Phantasm. I'm so sorry! My Noble Phantasm is this shield, yes. This magical shield that collects light. A rather wicked magus once used it to gather darkness, but Merlin-sama purified it for me after he was defeated. 2. I have other Noble Phantasms, you know. Take this ring, for example. It doesn't look like a glove, usually... as one of Great King Charlemagne's Twelve Brave Paladins, it once bestowed upon me much power.  It's a very precious ring that I received from a certain princess. 3. Being summoned into another class... ? Let's see. In my case, it's possible to summon me as a Rider class Servant. Have you heard of the hippogriff? I'm able to soar through the skies on top of such a lovely phantasmal beast! Mmhm! ... though not being able to call on one in this Saint Graph feels a bit lonely. 4. I'm one of the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne, but... heheheh. I was also escorted by the legendary magus, Merlin-sama! Really! In fact, on one of my journeys in the past, Merlin-sama's priestess... Merlin: You haven't changed a bit, Bradamante. Right now I'm speaking to you from the heart. It's been a long time... Bradamante: Eh?! Eh, what?! Did you just hear something just now?! 5. In the past, I was a paladin who chased after my love, Ruggiero. It was a long and arduous journey. And that's why, even now as a Heroic Spirit, I feel that I can continue on. As long as I remain myself, there are things I must pursue... and even if we never meet again, I'll still chase after him. .... but, rest assured, Master! My duty as a paladin comes before all that. I'll give it my all to take back our world! Merlin: That's how it should be. Right now I'm speaking to you from the heart. Yes, that's right. It's Merlin. Bradamante: Eh?! Merlin-sama!?

CONVERSATION:

1. Let's go, Master! Chivalry's all about diligent training! 2. Use me as you see fit, Master. I, Bradamante, will be of service to you in any way I can! Ahem! For instance, I'm really good at finding things! Is there anything you've lost? 3. You're quite different from a King, aren't you? While that's not really something I'm used to or get.... well, being able to serve you in your ways feels a bit nostalgic.  4. Hey, Acchan.  Isn't that my hippogriff... ? ... hey, hey! I'm talking to you! [ Astolfo ] 5. T-The Knights of the Round... King Arthur's famous entourage... incredible! This is just incredible, Master! [ KOTR ] 6. Me... Me-Me-Merlin-sama! The man himself?! To think I'd be able to greet you in the present-day... Bradamante's absolutely touched! But, uhm... how did you leave the tower... ? [ Merlin ] 7. It's the legendary hero, Hector-sama! My and Ruggiero's ancestor! Ooough.... ! Ahh, uhm! It's an honor to meet you! [ Hector ] 8. The Holy Blade of the King of Knights... King Arthur?! What is such an infamous man doing... ?! Ahh.... I really want his autograph! [ King Arthur-types ]

LIKES:

Is Ruggiero not here? Ah, Master! Actually, I just thought of something... the white beast that has a similar aura to Merlin-sama, Fou-kun. Could it possibly be... Ruggiero's reincarnated form?!

HATES:

I don't care much for magi. And when I say that I mean the ones who generally seem cold, ill-tempered, or are always plotting something dreadful. .... ahh, but you're different, Master! I can feel the aura of the legendary grand magus, the famed "Magus of Flowers" Merlin-sama coming from you! If you're Merlin-sama's relative, then... right! There’s nothing to fear!

HOLY GRAIL:

By Holy Grail, you mean the chalice that King Arthur once sought after. I heard it was a sacred object.

EVENT:

Bradamante won't give up at anything! Let's go full speed ahead! ... an event? I'll go at maximum!

BIRTHDAY:

Happy Birthday! I'll do my best to make you a cake! Eh? It's quite all right! Now that you mention it, it's my first time doing so, but. It's no problem! I won't stop until it's absolutely delicious!

[chaldeluxe]

hello, is it allowed to post the servant line translations into the fate go wiki? credit will be given. Thanks in advance and sorry for the trouble

Hey, this is a super old ask. If you want to use my translations to over-ride whatever’s on the wiki, I really don’t mind. I’m not good at formatting things for reddit or wikipedia-type systems so it’d help me out, anyway. Giving credit would be great, though... just so others are able to find anything else they might want.

[chaldeluxe]

CONSORT YU PROFILE.

No one would pardon her. They dreaded, and rejected, and persecuted. No one would believe the truth from the man she loved.

And so she loathed the human world. Let the night air be painted with a melody of hate.

Height: 160cm. Weight: 49kg. Source: Records of the Grand Historian / Chinese literature. Region: China. Alignment: Lawful Evil. Gender: Female. Her physical condition fluctuates a bit each time her Noble Phantasm is used. It seems that she doesn't plan on seriously regenerating her body.

Xiang Yu's favourite concubine who was veiled in mystery and talked about in fragments of the Records of the Grand Historian. It's popularly believed that after Xiang Yu's death she joined him in suicide, and through that anecdote, the field poppy was commonly said to be named after her.

The incarnation of an Elemental, a vampiric creature that makes a living by draining energy. Different from both Magical and Phantasmal Beasts, she was born in the inner sea of the earth in order serve as a surface terminal of maintenance. While closely related to those labelled as “True Ancestors” in the magus world what with how similar their developmental processes are, their very existence is that of a different kind of bloodsucker. Not even she’s aware of her true origins, though, due to the fact that the fae and zhenren mentioned in Ancient Chinese legend didn’t become self-aware of their own existence until far off into the future.

Incarnated Elemental A: In order for an Elemental to co-exist with both nature and mana, they do not store magical energy within their own bodies, but rather draw from the outside world's limitless supply. But since they're bound to a "humanoid" form, the output of that infinite supply has a limit. In fact, the amount of magical energy expended would be rather close to that of a humanoid Heroic Spirit.

Immortal Winged One A: Immortality, a philosophy often spoken of in Taoism. The sphere of nature's influence interferes in order to preserve her body, and as a result she is bound to a humanoid form. [1]

Bloodsucking C: The ability to use a fixed quantity of energy from any sort of life-form, be it plant or animal, for a destitute body. Executors have persecuted this act through-out history due to its perceived similarities to vampirism.

Eternal Lament Rank C: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm Range 1~20 Maximum Targets 100 People Eternal Lament. A drastic move that uses the caster's flesh as a catalyst, pushing their body past its limits in order to expend large amounts of magical energy. It releases in the form of a cursed malediction that causes severe weather. Afterwards, the sacrificed flesh is restored. One could say the combined energy from nature and spiritual core act as the Elemental race's form of suicide attack. [2]

She regards human culture with abhorrence, but doesn't find humans all too detestable as life forms. In other words, you could say she has a peculiar set of ethics and a kind of "wild fundamentalism". She fully believes in the principle of "the weak are meat, and the strong do eat". But monotheistic values like "that's what God wished for" and scientific developments that exercise their authority against the order of nature will earn her wrath.

[1] The title of this skill is a pain. The “land of sages” / realm of immortality also serves as a type of “Fairyland” and immortal winged creatures also reside there in Chinese myth. I felt like this was the easiest way to go about it.

[2] Please don’t ask me to figure out what her Noble Phantasm means in Japanese.

[chaldeluxe]

CONSORT YU BATTLE / MY ROOM LINES. 

BATTLE START:

1. Try not to waste my time, all right? 2. As if anything could be more hideous.

SKILLS: 

1. Don't know when to quit, do you? 2. Why bother struggling?

COMMAND CARD SELECTION:

1. I'll make this simple. 2. Ugh, seriously. 3. What a hassle.

NOBLE PHANTASM SELECTION:

1. Aren't /we/ getting friendly. 2. You'd better cry and beg for forgiveness. 3. Want a glimpse of Hell?

ATTACK: 

1. Here! 2. Fufu.  3. How's that?

EXTRA ATTACK:

1. Better to die quick, right?

NOBLE PHANTASM:

1. Even as I'm abandoned by a destiny of ruin... my eternal grief! O Sky! O Clouds! Let your pitiful tears cast a curse on their life! 2. To those who know destruction... to you, upon whom fortune shall smile and achieve inner peace. My envy, my hatred! Let them be known through the pain of death!

DAMAGED: 

1. Quit it, would you... 2. Why, you... !

DEFEATED:

1. This pain, is the only thing I can't get used to... 2. Next time we meet, I'll rip you to shreds... !

VICTORY:

1. You look so content in death... enough to make one jealous. 2. To be able to die so easily... you lucky bastard.

LEVEL UP:

You're really pushing me around, aren't you? .... well, whatever.

ASCENSION:

1. On second thought,  my true nature's sure to get exposed at this rate, so there's really no point in pretending to be human. Sigh. I lost out to how attentive you are. 2. Eh? This is too much for you? Ugh, I don't care. Humans let such trivial things delude them. 3. All right! All right already! I'll have to get serious now. Honestly. Being a Servant's more difficult than I expected. 4. I didn't think that weird curiosity of yours would last this long. Fine. I'll stick with you till the end if necessary. When you draw your very last breath, I'll be there at your bedside.

BOND: 

1. While the First Emperor had a point when it came to becoming a Heroic Spirit, I didn't think I'd end up stuck in a contract with you. Ugh, you've got to be kidding! 2. I never thought I'd end up having to accompany and support a bunch of humans like this. Looking back on it, accepting Marisbilly's invitation was my first mistake. 3. Don't you get it... ? You're human and I'm an Elemental. Two completely incompatible existences. We're only similar in how we look. 4. Well. It might've been a mistake to assume you were just like all the others. A Master able to bond with so many Heroic Spirits wouldn’t have reason to abhor me like some kind of monster. 5. There's no sanctuary for someone who's only human on the surface... is what I'd always thought. Until I became a Servant, I mean. No matter what fate brings, I'll probably never be able to forget how relaxed I feel in this moment.

AFTER LOSTBELT 3 CLEAR:

1. ... well. Not that I have the right to say this, but since you were eligible to leyshift too, shouldn't you be doing your job? 2. Sorry, but I'm a woman who holds a grudge. I don't intend on ever forgetting what you did to the Eternal Qin Empire. 3. A master-servant relationship... ? Are you being sarcastic? Right, right. I took you up on the contract, so I'm fine with the fact that you're my Master. But don't forget. When it comes to the hierarchy of Chaldea's staff, I'm way ahead of you.

CONVERSATION:

1. ... well. Not that I have the right to say this, but since you were eligible to leyshift too, shouldn't you be doing your job? [ Lostbelt 3 Clear ] 2. Sorry, but I'm a woman who holds a grudge. I don't intend on ever forgetting what you did to the Eternal Qin Empire. [ Lostbelt 3 Clear ] 3. A master-servant relationship... ? Are you being sarcastic? Right, right. I took you up on the contract, so I'm fine with the fact that you're my Master. But don't forget. When it comes to the hierarchy in Chaldea's staff, I'm way ahead of you.  [ Lostbelt 3 Clear ]   4. Ahh, at last... at long last I get to see you. Xiang Yu-sama, you're more than worthy for the Throne of Heroes that safeguards humanity. I was prepared to wait for you here until the end of time. [ Xiang Yu ]  5. Eh? Wait, ehhh?! What sort of logic did that Lostbelt's First Emperor use to slip into Chaldea!? Even an immortal's illogical behavior shouldn't be able to get this far! [ First Emperor / Lostbelt 3 Clear ] 6. The oni of... Yamato? Even you've teamed up with Chaldea? .... I see. I'd like to hear a bit about what sort of circumstances led to this partnership, actually. [ Oni-type Servant ]

LIKES:

Voiceless life. Those who paint a true picture of what it means to celebrate the momentary springtime of their lives. There's just something about it I adore, that endless chain of life. Though naturally, I'm just a bystander.

HATES:

What I hate? You already know that. Humans. And don't forget that you're one of them.

HOLY GRAIL

The Holy Grail, huh. Humans are the worst when it comes to trying to get ahold of suspicious-lookings that dazzle them.

EVENT:

There’s some kind of commotion going on. You sure it’s okay to just let it be?

BIRTHDAY:

I've always thought it kind of strange, but why do humans gets so excited about celebrating another year of their lifespan wasted when they fear death so much? What's their deal?

SUMMON:

Now, look, how dare you go and... and for YOU of all people to summon me, what were you thinking?! Hmph. Well, whatever. It's true that we have a deep connection. Servant, Assassin. I’ll accept your contract.

[chaldeluxe]

LONDON: CHAPTER 9.

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Dr. Roman: … Hm… the mic keeps picking up noise. Speak of the devil and he shall appear, huh. I’m detecting a ton of enemies in the area.

Dr. Roman: There’s a lot more wandering around the apartment than before… The amount of energy is starting to affect communications.

Mashu: These mechanical reverberations--- I think it’s a group of Helter Skelter.

Andersen: It’s not like they can get inside. Still, they’re trouble. Take care of it at once.

[CHOICE]

1. All right. 2. We’ll end this fast.

Mashu: Got it, Senpai. We'll intercept them in the alley and attempt to destroy as many as possible.

// BATTLES. //

Mashu: … good work, everyone. We drove the Helter Skelter back.

Dr. Roman: Hm. Uhh? Wait… wait a minute, uhm… so then, that means…

Dr. Roman: ---Helter Skelter?

Fou: Fou?

Dr. Roman: Oh. Oh, yeah! Actually, we managed to analyze the Helter Skelter!

Dr. Roman: Like we thought, they’re machines being manufactured with a technology we’re unaware of. It’s likely that they’re constructed with magical energy in mind.

Mashu: So… they’re machines made out of a combination of magecraft and science?

Dr. Roman: It’s a little different. Even though they were created through magical means, they're still machines.

Dr. Roman: While we still don't understand the processes that went into making them, their structure is definitely mechanical, but produced through magic.

Jekyll: Basically... uhm...

[CHOICE]

1. What does it mean?

2. Kinda like a Noble Phantasm?

[ANSWER 1]

Jekyll: I’m not exactly sure myself...

[ANSWER 2]

Dr. Roman: Bingo! You’ve got it!

Mashu: … in other words, they’re machines composed of magical energy, much like a Servant’s Noble Phantasm.

Dr. Roman: Yeah. Since the construction was kind of all over the place, I relied too much on the assumption that they were golems constructed with magecraft.

Dr. Roman: In essence, it's actually a Noble Phantasm--- a shape and power knitted together via magical energy.

Dr. Roman: Instead of a wielded Noble Phantasm like a “sword”, the Helter Skelter are more of a “combat units” Noble Phantasm.

Dr. Roman: It looks like they’re operating on their own, but the owner of this Noble Phantasm’s been keeping them mobile.

Dr. Roman: Sort of like an army of remote-controlled robots. If we can find and destroy whatever the remote is, we should be able to put a stop to them.

Mashu: So, to eliminate the deviants, we have to defeat the owner of the Noble Phantasm.

Mordred: The rest of us up and disappeared, looks like. What, did they see the ending to this story?

Mashu: So, Doctor. Where is this Noble Phantasm’s owner?

Dr. Roman: … I don’t know.

Jekyll: I see. Yes, that’s about what I expected.

Dr. Roman: Not even the great Da Vinci-chan seemed to know. Rather, she said she didn’t look it over…

Mashu: Uh.

Jekyll: Hm?

Mordred: So, what. Other people’re analyzing this stuff?

Dr. Roman: … ughh, yes… I mean, it’d be a hopeless effort if it were just me…

Dr. Roman: I’m just a member of the medical staff section… all things considered, don’t you think I’m doing my best… ?

Mashu: Y-Yes. We appreciate your efforts, Doctor. Don’t we, Senpai?

[CHOICE]

1. Yeah.

2. The location of the Servant who used this Noble Phantasm, huh...

[ANSWER 1]

Dr. Roman: Thank you. Thank you… Gudako-chan…

[ANSWER 2]

Dr. Roman: Uuu… I’m so lonely….

Fran: … …u…  …u, u…uu…

Mordred: We know what we’ve gotta do. Right. But, we don’t know our destination. Okay.

Fran: … uu...

Mordred: What’s with you guys? If we’ve got a chance to knock this out in one shot...

Mordred: If you’re right about there being some kind of remote control, then you should be able  to trace the signature.

Dr. Roman: If even Da Vinci-chan, who’s great at analyzing magic and science, can’t do it, then I don’t really think there’s any way around it.

Dr. Roman: And on top of it all, the demon fog's influence makes it even trickier to pinch down the fainter traces of magical energy….

Dr. Roman: It’s impossible for me, at least. Maybe even difficult for Chaldea’s own equipment.

Jekyll: I’m at a loss, myself. I’m no true magus, either.

Fran: … Uu...

[CHOICE]

1. For a while now, Fran’s been… 2. There’s someone here who wants to say something.

Mashu: Fran-san? Hiding way in the back like that… is something wrong?

Fran: … U… … uu, uuu…

Mordred: What, you running away from the authors next door? They’re so damn noisy. I feel you.

Fran: …Uu … U, uu…

Mordred: Stop hiding back there. C’mon, show yourself.

Fran: … Uu, uu…

Mordred: What. You got something to say to us? Spit it out quick, then.

Fran: … uu.

Mashu: It’s fine. As long as you’re all right with telling us. Right, Senpai?

[CHOICE]

1. Of course. 2. You can say anything.

Fran: … U, uu... aa...

Fran: … aa…

Fran: … Aa, u… Uuu… uu...

Fran:  ...a, aa, a…

Mordred: Wh… is that for real?!

Mashu: I’m surprised. To think Fran-san was capable of such a thing...

Jekyll: ?

Dr. Roman: Wait, you really understand that? You can really get what she’s saying?

Mashu: Kind of. Thanks to her gestures, it’s almost like reading a certain type of sign language.

Mordred: Sounds like this kid knows where that remote control is.

Dr. Roman: Eh?!

Jekyll: R-Really?

Fran: … uu.

Jekyll: Let's go over this once more. Fran. Are you truly able to perceive… evidence of the magical energy they manipulate?

Fran: …u. Uu.

Mordred: See, look, she's nodding. All right, now that we've got that down, we can cut this short. Let’s get moving!

// OUTSIDE, SEARCHING THE SERVANT BEHIND THE HELTER SKELTERS //

Mordred: … even after getting used to it, the bad field of vision out here still pisses me off.

Fran: … uu.

Mordred: Hey, Gudako. That Royal Court magus you’ve got… Doctor Maron, or whatever.

Mordred: Can’t you just have him peer into a crystal ball? If Merlin were here, he would’ve knocked this out in one go...

Dr. Roman: Roman! It’s Roman, actually! And I’d like it if you didn’t compare me to someone like Merlin!

Dr. Roman: That guy’s the ultimate shut-in wizard! I happen to be a fine doctor of the modern age!

Fou: Fou, fou!

[CHOICE]

1. Margarine? 2. Marmalade?

Mordred: Huh?! Shouldn’t a magus know this stuff?! Merlin, y’know. Merlin!

Mordred: King Arthur’s successor, the brains behind the Round Table. He's half-human and half-incubus, and a great magus, but...

Mordred: What, that guy’s not that big a deal anymore? Haha! That’s awesome news! Serves him right!

Dr. Roman: Merlin is renowned as a world-famous kingmaker. He’s the one who had King Arthur pull the sword from the stone.

Dr. Roman: While his magical abilities seemed seemed peerless, a troublesome relationship with a woman got him imprisoned at the edge of the world.

Mordred: Yeah. Dying or leaving’s out the window. He's stuck up in the Tower of Avalon getting crazier by the day, or so they say.

Mordred: He was, like… a soft, floaty kinda guy. Who always gave off an image like flowers were swirling down his back.... you follow?

[CHOICE]

1. I do. 2.  I don’t.

Mordred: Well, forget him. He's a weakling that can't come running to London's little accident.

Mordred: … Anyway. Hey, Gudako. You okay with that?

[CHOICE]

1. With what? 2. What’s wrong?

Mordred: ( Mashu, I mean. She’s looked a little blue for a while now. Try calling out to her. )

Fou: Fou...

[CHOICE]

1. What’s wrong, Mashu? 2. You look down, Mashu.

Mashu: …Yes. There’s nothing wrong with me physically, it’s just.… a mental issue, I think.

Mashu: …Forgive me, Senpai. The battles just keep getting more and more intense, but I don’t seem to be making any progress at all…

Fou: Fou…. ?

Mashu: … With my Noble Phantasm, that is. A Noble Phantasm is a Servant’s greatest show of strength.

Mashu: We’ve seen a countless number of Noble Phantasms by now. They’ve all lived up to the names of the heroes that wielded them.

Mashu: Yet, I’m--- I still haven’t been able to use my Noble Phantasm.

Mashu: … I’m just holding you back at this point. I know that, and yet I still can’t manage to remember its True Name…

[CHOICE]

1. Even without your Noble Phantasm, you’re…

2. That’s not your fault, Mashu.

[ANSWER 1]

Mashu: No, I need it... !

Mashu: Ah, uhm… excuse me. I didn’t mean to yell. I just feel like.. my Noble Phantasm will become essential at some point.

[ANSWER 2]

Mashu: … It’s true that we fused due to an unexpected event, but he entrusted his everything to me...

Mashu: I don’t know the true strength of this Noble Phantasm, and even his True Name remains a mystery to me...

Mordred: So that's what it is. Finding out the Helter Skelter are actually Noble Phantasms is eating at you, huh?

Mordred: You’re not a Servant if you can’t use a Noble Phantasm.

Mordred: No matter how weak, a Noble Phantasm represents a hero’s pride.

Mashu: …

Mordred: --But you’re not like that, Mashu. You can only be you. A shield jerk’s pride and your way of thinking are bound to be different.

Mordred: You’re not making full use of that Noble Phantasm. From what I can tell, you’re only using about ⅓ of its power.

Mordred: The other two halves are dormant. So long as you remain yourself, there’s no way you’ll ever reach its full potential.

Mashu: … So it’s just as I thought.

Mashu: The Demi part... so then, the part of me that remains human is what is holding Senpai back...

Mordred: Stupid. That’s not what I meant. Wait until I finish.

Mordred: You’re not bringing out its maximum potential. But--- I get the feeling you used to be a pretty strong Heroic Spirit.

Mashu: Eh… ? Used to be… do you mean the Heroic Spirit that fused with me?

Mordred: Yeah, that guy was definitely pretty strong. There's no doubt about it because I'm saying so.

Mordred: You’re getting your ass kicked on the Noble Phantasm front, but you haven’t lost on everything else. Ain’t that right, Gudako?

Mordred: Mashu’s the greatest partner to you, right?

[CHOICE]

1. Of course! 2. I’ll do something about your Noble Phantasm!

Mashu: …  ...Is, is that really true?

Mashu: … …Okay. If you say so, I feel like I can pull myself together.

Mordred: See. Besides, managing a Servant’s condition is the Master’s job.

Mordred: The issue of discovering the Noble Phantasm’s True Name isn’t just Mashu’s problem alone.

Mordred: Ain’t that right, Gudako?

Mordred: Before Mashu can fill those shoes, you need to become a first-rate Master, right?

[CHOICE]

1. We’ll grow together. 2. I’ll show you I can.

Fou: Fou!

Mordred: What he said. So don’t sweat it, Mashu.

Mashu: Gudako’s the one who’s sitting in the more hazardous seat here.

Mashu: ---Right!

Dr. Roman: … all right. Are we about ready to go? I hate to interrupt while the mood’s good, but…

Mashu: Ah…

Mordred: Geez. Gudako, call on a Rider Servant or something. Get them to kick Maron in the ass.

Dr. Roman: Okay, okay! It’s my fault! All mine! Now get ready for battle, ‘cause a ton of signature are closing in!

Dr. Roman: Go kick them around instead!

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AVICEBRON’S BATTLE / MY ROOM LINES.

BATTLE START:

1. We'll mow down the enemy before us. Commence activation.  2. Though I'm none too suited for battle, I suppose I've no choice.

SKILLS:

1. Move, golem. 2. Commence operation.

COMMAND CARD SELECTION:

1. Yes. 2. Understood. 3. Very well.

NOBLE PHANTASM SELECTION:

1. Let's begin.

ATTACK:

1. Well, well. 2. Go! 3. Whittle them away!

EXTRA ATTACK:

O Stone Giant, dance about furiously!

NOBLE PHANTASM:

1. Born of Mother Earth, imbiber of the wind's wisdom, fulfilled by the water of life. An armament of fire thou shall wield to drive away the demon known as disease. Thine own justice will be the guiding light to cleanse thy blood. Thou who embraces the name of the Holy Spirit Ruwach -- thy name be "the Primordial Man, Adam"! 2. Connect the five elements. Grant life and weaponry to this clump of earth. Guide these suffering people to a constructed Paradise. "Diadem: the Light of Wisdom, Golem Keter Malkuth!"

DAMAGED: 

1. Nnnnghhh! 2. Mmph.

DEFEATED:

1. So I've failed... next time, then! 2. Just a little longer, and the light will.... ! Guhgh!

VICTORY:

1. While I'm not proficient at using them, my limbs are far more capable than yours. No hard feelings. 2. I'm rather poor at combat. However, proper preparation to compensate for such is what makes a magus.

LEVEL UP:

I'm not necessarily that much stronger. What this means is I've the potential to command another golem.

ASCENSION:

1. This is... to think someone of my caliber would still have room to grow. It's astonishing, to say the least. 2. Not bad. While I'm not accustomed to the pleasures of this body yet, this may become somewhat of a habit. 3. Magnificent. I never expected to possess such power... very well. I'll devote all my energy towards my golems. 4. Would I have ever been able to reach this realm in my lifetime? ... no, I suppose now is as good a time as any. I'll save the world with you. That'll serve as my atonement.

BOND 

1. I have work to do. Excuse me. 2. I can keep you company if you wish to chat, but I won't let up on my work. If you're all right with me not glancing your way, then we'll proceed like this. 3. What's wrong? If you think me capable, then give me an order. I was just thinking about taking a short break. 4. If you've time to spare, will you talk with me for a bit? 5. Only you understand my earnest wish, Master. I'm truly grateful. You're likely the only one I can call a friend.

CONVERSATION

1. Master. It's about time we set off. 2. I killed someone once, in the Great Holy Grail War. That was wicked of me. That scar will last for eternity on my Saint Graph, surely. [Clear Lostbelt #1] 3. You command me, and then I the golems. In a way, you could call my work middle management. 4. In any case, there are some orders I can't follow. Oh, pay it no mind. I would believe those aren't the sort of orders you'd choose to exercise. 5. If what I desired was Adam, then she would be Eve. To say she's a failure would be laughable. She's the closest existence to Eve. That Victor was quite the genius, truly. [ Frankenstein ] 6. Are you able to treat skin? No, nevermind. This is a skin condition I had in my lifetime. If it healed, something about me would feel distorted. Leave it as is. 7. I see. A well-loved doll. Though, looking at her, all I can see in her is my shortcomings. Is it all right if I use her as a reference for just a moment.. ? ... it's not? Hmm. How discouraging. [ Nursery Rhyme ]

LIKES

Things I like? Weaving poetry. It's an act that's quite human.

HATES:

There is no man who loves persecution. I detest it to a high degree.

HOLY GRAIL:

The salvation of my people, as well as the realization of my earnest wish, the Origin of Creation. I can only hope the Grail will aid me in establishing such. That alone would suffice.

EVENT:

Something’s come up, it seems. We ought to take a look.

BIRTHDAY:

The day you were born, hm. That’s something worth shouting into the blue above.

SUMMON:

Servant, Caster. I, Avicebron, have come at your request. Pardon me for asking so soon, but I desire a workshop... is that all right with you?

[chaldeluxe]

Thanks for this blog!!! Oh man, going to be reading through everything. I'm so excited to learn more and so so happy to see you even have Arjuna's second interlude translated (as I've been looking all over that!!)

Thank you... ! I know things’ve been a bit quiet, but we should be putting out more content in the future.

[chaldeluxe]

LONDON: CHAPTER 8.

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Mordred: Listen up, you. There's no way we can consider you part of the front line.

Jekyll: You’re going to search the ruins of the Mage’s Association, correct? As if a scholar like myself could hold back his intellectual curiosity.

Jekyll: Even I can be helpful in times of crisis. I have a trump card.

Jekyll: Besides, you’ll all be there to protect me, won’t you? I’m counting on you, Saber.

Mordred: I’m trying to tell you I’m not protecting jack. Ugh, just do what you want.

Dr. Roman:  All right. We should hurry up and get moving. The British Museum was around… the Regent Park area, I think.

Dr. Roman: You're gonna be covering a lot of ground. Brace yourselves for back-to-back battles.

Dr. Roman: Hm? Come to think of it---

Dr. Roman: Just how many of the Mage’s Association’s research bodies exist along the outskirts of London, anyway?

Jekyll: Those are separate from what’s here.

Jekyll: The London headquarters is the birthplace of the Mage’s Association. It’s been hundreds of years since its establishment, and as it expanded, more facilities were added.

Jekyll: The cities dotted around London are like a college town. The Clock Tower of the Mage’s Association is the heart of London.

Jekyll: They were organized the way they are to basically surround London.

Jekyll: Could it be that you’ve never been to Clock Tower, Doctor?

Andersen: What? You did seem rather boorish to begin with. Are you just some bumpkin, then?

Dr. Roman: Er. N-No?

Dr. Roman: It was a little far off. You could say me and London weren’t exactly meant to be...

Dr. Roman: B-But I pretty much know about London’s current circumstances! Chief Marie was a transfer from the Mage’s Association, after all!

Mordred: Cut the chit chat. It’s like you said, we’re getting pretty close.

Mashu: The sound of huge machinery. Lots of them! I think it’s the Helter Skelter, Senpai!

Fou: Fou, fooou!

Dr. Roman: Appearing right off the bat, huh? We need to break through. Hurry towards Regent Park!

[CHOICE]

1. Understood. 2. We’ll find a way!

Mashu: Right, Master!

// BATTLE BEGINS & ENDS. //

Shakespeare: The British Museum, one of the inordinate locales of the British Empire! This site...

Shakespeare: Alas, is it not a pitiful spectacle to behold, the state of this most important museum, one of many dedicated to the annals of human history!

Shakespeare: I cannot suppress my lament. Here is both the way of the world and mankind itself.

Shakespeare: Can such a thing be allowed to transpire? Alas and alack! Is it to be such as that tragic fire at the Library at Alexandria!

Shakespeare: How vexatious---

Shakespeare: Even still, even still. This is but the work of Man.

Shakespeare: Therein lies one who must not confuse foolishness and pain. You gods, will give us some faults to make us men.

Mordred: Looks the same as before. Ruins. Rubble. That’s it.

Mordred: The bastard who tore this place apart had a grudge. There weren’t any survivors.

Mashu: This is… the British Museum. From its image data, I remember its greatness...

Mashu: In the London where this destruction hadn’t happened, like here, in this city...

[CHOICE]

1. It’s painful, isn’t it. 2. I don’t like looking at the ruins.

Mashu: Right, Senpai… Right…

Andersen: You. Labor Union. Ah, and by that I mean Saber and Mashu Kyrielight, especially.

Mashu: Yes?

Mordred: Hah?

Andersen: Dig up this area, if you would. If we follow what Mr. Jekyll laid out for us earlier, the Clock Tower should have an underground network here.

Andersen: No matter how thorough the destruction of the Tower is, this street remains undisturbed. It stands to reason that all we have to do is make for the underground.

Andersen: The stairs are unfortunately completely covered in rubble. Which means--- hmm?

Andersen: Now is the time to utilize that absurd Servant strength of yours! Make like a bulldozer and dig to your heart's content!

Shakespeare: How right you are...! O, how I regret that I can lift no more than a pen; perhaps then I could bring to bear such terrible magical strength!

Fou: Fou...

Mordred: … …

Jekyll: I… I’ll help you. Yes. Though I may not be of much use.

Dr. Roman: Wahoo! I noticed first this time! I’m detecting magical energy close by! A great deal of it, at that!

Mordred: Hm… yeah, I feel it. The heck is that?

Dr. Roman: You don’t see anything around you, do you? But something’s there, and it’s steadily heading your way.

Dr. Roman: It’s not a type of Mystic Code scattered throughout the ruins either. Which can only mean one thing!

Jekyll: Is it coming from the basement?! Saber, forgive me, but watch ou---

Mordred: Master--- don’t stand around looking stupid! I get it, only let you handle the ones that run up on you!

Mashu: Master, several enemies have arrived! The magical energy readings are rapidly increasing--- assuming a ready stance for the next attack!

[CHOICE]

1. Time for battle! 2. Be careful!

Mashu: Yes, Master. Commencing battle!

Shakespeare: Allow me to be of assistance. A shield-toting maiden dancing through the debris--- oh, how it arouses the imagination!

// BATTLE. //

Mashu: The battle’s over, Senpai. Good work.

Dr. Roman: While there doesn’t seem to be any Helter Skelter in the area, something just as annoying seems to have taken its place...

[CHOICE]

1. That looks just like... 2. I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before.

Mashu: Right, Senpai. They resemble the Demon Books we encountered around Soho.

Mashu: Only unlike the last time, our attacks were able to connect fairly easy. We didn’t even need Andersen-san to grant them names.

Mashu: We may be able to handle them with our usual attacks. As long as they don’t change shape…

Mordred: These guys weren’t here last time. The floating books, I mean.

Jekyll: Listen closely. This may have been easily predictable, but I'm of the belief these grimoires are different from the ones before.

Jekyll: Things from the depths under the basement of the Mage’s Association may have been awakened due to the influence of a magus.

Dr. Roman: ( Ah….. I was just thinking that, but he managed to say it first… )

Andersen: …books are attacking us in flocks, then.

Shakespeare: …what horror. Nay, 'tis more akin to the depths of Hell itself.

Andersen: Don’t be stupid. It’s not really that big of a…

Andersen: … …

Shakespeare: … …

Mordred: Hahah. What’s up with you two? Shouldn’t you be yapping away like usual?

Andersen: … I’d been holding back until now, but-- enough. I quit! Ahh, this feels so good! It’s the best!

Mordred: Wha??

Shakespeare: Book burning! Could there be no other thing so tantalizing! Yet, also so wretched... Even still, therein lies its promise!

Shakespeare: It's the sort of wicked deed that should never be committed! An impermissible act of barbarity! There ought be naught but melancholy in such an act.

Shakespeare: Yet now, in this moment, I feel that promise, that sweet, tempting sensation known as corruption! O, Lord!

Andersen: I don’t even care if no work exist besides my own! Ahh, in fact, burn mine as well!

Andersen: A world without books! No lamenting all the masterpieces I couldn’t read!

Andersen: A world without books! No shouting in outrage, “what vile rubbish is this!”

Andersen: A world without books! There’d be no editors breathing down my neck!

Shakespeare: What candor… ! Oh, how your words have moved my heart!

Fou: Fou, fou…

Mordred: Wh-what’s with them...

Jekyll: They’re amazing… truly...

[CHOICE]

1. Authors are really messed up.

2. Authors are pretty self-contradictory creatures, aren’t they…

Mashu: A-Anyway, Senpai. Our path is now clear thanks to them.

Mashu: An entrance to the basement level appears to have opened up the moment those book-type enemies appeared---

Dr. Roman: Seems like it. Run for the underground as soon as the authors calm down!

Dr. Roman: This is kinda exciting. I mean, this place is practically the Mage’s Association.

Dr. Roman: I wonder what sort of condition its in? Man, I wish I could go there myself.

Mordred: Get over here, then. Quit being just a voice.

Dr. Roman: I have to… u-uh… you see… I’m busy with observation and Chaldea’s maintenance and…

Dr. Roman: O-Okay! I’m gonna keep doing my best when it comes to observing!

Fou: Fooou, kyukyu…

// AND DOWN THEY GO. //

Jekyll: ...this dungeon down here spirals on for an age, doesn't it?

Andersen: And dark.

Shakespeare: Indeed. Not to mention unpleasantly damp.

Mordred: That’s just how magus dwellings are. No doubt this’d be a gloomy, clammy mess of a place.

Mashu: Really?

Fou: Kyuu, kyuuu! Fooou!!

Mordred: Look. Even the little fluffy guy agrees. He said, “this place is certainly appropriate for a magus”, right?

Fou: Kyuuu!

Mashu: Fou-san? He seems a bit excited…

[CHOICE]

1. Maybe he senses something?

2. It looks like he really agrees with Mordred.

[ANSWER 1]

Fou: Kyukyu… kyuuu…

[ANSWER 2]

Fou: Kyuu, kyauuu! Kyuu!

Mashu: That must be it. I wonder if Fou-san’s become rather attached to Mordred-san?

Fou: Fou…

Dr. Roman: We’re walking down this dark passage, because, well, It’s the only one that wasn’t closed off by debris.

Dr. Roman: Each and every doorway is collapsed, buried away in the rubble…  

Dr. Roman: It looks like each of the nodes were carefully destroyed. There’s no way a magus could have survived.

Dr. Roman: If my guess is right, then the enemy probably sent some forces down here. That's---

Mordred: So you’re sayin’ there might be some left? Looks like we're about to meet some of 'em.

Fou: Fou!

Mashu: I’m sensing magical energy! Senpai, there’s something around the corner!

[CHOICE]

1. Time for battle! 2. It’s a closed space ahead, so be careful!

Mashu: ---understood, Master!

Andersen: Good grief. I’ll make an exception this time and assist you. Just this time, understand?

// BATTLE. //

Jekyll: Mr. Andersen. This door is---

Andersen: You can feel magical energy in it, make no mistake. That library doorway is being protected by magecraft.

Andersen: It’s not blocked off by debris, either. How convenient. If fortune favors, we'll find the components I need inside.

Andersen: Saber, Mashu Kyrielight. Then---

Andersen: Jekyll and I will search for materials inside. You two, protect the door. [CHOICE]

1. Roger. 2. Leave it to us!

Mashu: Okay, Senpai.

Mordred: Hurry up and find what you need in there. We don’t know when the enemy’s gonna rushing in---

Mordred: ---well, they got here fast. There’s even some Helter Skelter mixed in with a bunch of those flying books.

Dr. Roman: I'm getting a ton of signature readings! Th-This isn’t good!

Dr. Roman: They’re rushing in one after the other! I can’t gauge how many! Andersen, find what you’re looking for and get out of there!

Andersen: Ah... if that’s even possible. This is troubling.

Jekyll: This is… certainly a problem… I see. So they were protecting the grimoires with a trap like this…

Mordred: What? Stop being so pretentious and just say it!

Jekyll: It's unique to this library. With the meticulous spell they installed, there’s no taking anything outside this room! We can’t pass through the door!

Andersen: It was by our good fortune that we managed to gather this much. But, ah… this is, well….

Andersen: … wait there until I finish reading.

Mordred: Seriously?!

Shakespeare: On one end, an endless garden of knowledge and mystery begging to be perused! On the other, a fierce line of foes poised just before the warded door!

Shakespeare: On one end, a struggle of wisdom! On the other, a struggle of valor!

Shakespeare: How terribly exciting! How my heart dances at this crossroads!!

Shakespeare: Ah, what demeanor must I bear? Which circumstance that I have seen with mine own eyes must I bequeath to those who come after by jotting it down in my book!

Mordred: Just get over here and fight already! They’re coming!

Mashu: … Employing defensive strategy! Master, your orders!

// BATTLE AGAINST BOOKS AND HELTER SKELTER. //

Mordred: We finished ‘em all--- no, wait. There’s more on the way… !

Dr. Roman: Way more, even! This terrain isn't doing us any favors!

Dr. Roman: The enemies are endless! We can't do anything but stay on the defensive!

Mashu: Present conditions aside, it’s dangerous to prolong this anymore. Master!

[CHOICE]

1. We can’t stand back yet!

2. Hold out just a little longer!

Mashu: … Understood, Master. Pressing onward!

Andersen: Just a little more, Gudako! I’m at the best part. There’d be no point to drawing back now.

Shakespeare: We’re outnumbered! Naturally, this is the most appropriate situation for a battle of justice; however---

Shakespeare: It could be said their numbers are exceptionally profound. I’ve about exhausted all my magical energy. No, in truth, I’m completely expended.

Mordred: Wha---

Jekyll: … honestly, it seems I’ve no choice. I’d been hoping to avoid this.

Mordred: ---hah? Hey, Jekyll. What’re you getting into the hallway for!

Mordred: We don’t have time to work with your wanna-be magus crap. Get back in that library!

Jekyll: I told you. I have a trump-card.

Fou: Fou??

Mashu: Jekyll-san, that’s---

Jekyll: It’s an elixir. My own special recipe, even. Using this, you just… inject it… like this, and...

Dr. Roman: Wh-what the?! I’m getting a reading for an enormous outbreak of magical energy?!

Fou: Fouu!! Kyu!

// A SPECIAL BOY ARRIVES. //

Jekyll: Haha---

Jekyll: Hihihihi, hahahahahahHAHAHAH! I finally get the floor after so long! Your boy’s back!

Mordred: Hahh?!

Mashu: … …! …?!

[CHOICE]

1. Who’re you? 2. Jekyll… -san?

Mashu: Yes, it’s Jekyll-san… rather, Mr. Henry Jekyll! But, it's almost as though he's gone through the transformation from the novel...

Hyde: The name’s Hyde! I kill the guys I hate. I kill guys in the way. Kill, kill, kill!

Hyde: HYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I’ll kill the whole lot of ya! Helter Skelters!

Mordred: … he dove into the enemy at full-speed. Just like a Berserker. You’re not half bad, man!

Dr. Roman: Transforming with an elixir, huh. He's gotta be the real Jekyll and Hyde! But it must be one heavy burden, if it managed to bring out a physical change.

Dr. Roman: I don’t think he can maintain that state for a long time, so can you hurry and finish up what you're reading, Andersen?!

Andersen: I’ll be done in twelve minutes. Don’t rush me.

Andersen: It’s best to go at your own pace when reading. Yes, alone, slowly and in a quiet room just like---

Andersen: Hm. It’s not quiet at all. It’s awfully loud out there.

Mordred: So you finally decided to notice, huh! Just hurry it up!

Mordred: …Shit. Shield jerk, you follow Jekyll!

Mashu: Got it! ---Senpai!

[CHOICE]

1. Cooperate with him closely, but chasing too far is forbidden! 2. Tag along, but not in a way where you chase Hyde-san too far!

Mashu: Understood, Master! Assuming battle formation!

// BATTLE. //

Mashu: The enemy group was destroyed!

Jekyll: ... It’s over, then… Phew. I’m a little… I can’t do anymore than this…

Mordred: Oh. He’s back to normal.

Jekyll: There’s a chance I won’t revert back, so it’s a good thing I did. Then, is Andersen’s reading of the material---

Andersen: Finished. I’ve about deciphered the gist of what I needed.

Andersen: Not to mention, there were quite a few books of interest. I managed to satisfy my own individual curiosity as well. A great achievement indeed, you lot.

Mordred: Individual curiosity… ?

Fou: … Fou… … fo…

Dr. Roman: Andersen is such a free-spirited man... That's a dignified way of living to be greatly admired, but.

Dr. Roman: A-Anyway, you need to hurry and make a breakaway! Enemies are still flooding in!

[CHOICE]

1. Withdraw, Mashu! 2. That’s enough. The battle’s over.

Mashu: All right, Senpai. Let’s return to the surface at once.

Andersen: Once again. Good work. I’ll announce my findings once we return to the apartment.

Shakespeare: Yes, there has been plenty of time to rest on your laurels. Now, let our gallant heroes charge into the heat of battle once more!

Shakespeare: Oh? Are you all preparing for our return?

Mordred: Yeah! So get moving!

// INSERT CLASSIC BATMAN TRANSITION. BACK AT THE APARTMENT. //

Andersen: Now, then---  thanks to your effort, I managed to clear up some of our questions.

Andersen: Let me express my gratitude. Thank you, Gudako, Mashu, as well as Saber.

Mordred: S-Sure.

Andersen: Well, while these pitiful pockets prevent me from rewarding you with even a single pence, I hope the results of my findings manage to make up for it.

Jekyll: Yes. I’m looking forward to hearing it, Mr. Andersen. I hope it’s enough to keep my mind off this muscle pain.

Fou: Fou.

Andersen: Very well. I’ll take your condition into account and get straight to the point.

Andersen: What interested me the most was the relationship between “Heroic Spirits” and “Servants”.

Andersen: Heroic Spirits are the records and accomplishments of human history.

Andersen: Whether they’re real or not, they’ll continue on as long as humanity exists.

Andersen: On one hand, Servants are different. They’re regarded as something that lets Heroic Spirits “exist” in reality...

Andersen: Regardless of whether they truly existed or not, they’re given vessels called “Classes” and are treated like familiars.

Andersen: But Jekyll, as well as Roman. Are humans, or even magi, even capable of such a thing with the power they wield?

Andersen: Turning Heroic Spirits into familiars--- I see. It’s quite powerful. Perhaps even the strongest of summoning rituals.

Andersen: It’s also a ritual that can’t be handled with human power alone. To make it possible, you’d need---

Dr. Roman: Something greater than humanity. The authority to create supernatural beings is usually referred to as the World, or the Gods. Is that what you’re getting at?

Andersen: Exactly. A Heroic Spirit summoning can’t be done with just human power alone. Some other motive must’ve been---

Andersen: I theorized that something else must be behind it.

Mashu: … uhm. Do you mean the Holy Grail?

Mashu: In regards to that speculation, the Holy Grails we've encountered thus far have summoned several Servants.

Andersen: That’s right. You said something about seven singularities, and seven Holy Grails that’re causing chaos throughout the ages.

Andersen: On that note, I decided to ask Doctor Roman about these Holy Grails.

Andersen: What is this Holy Grail War that makes summoning Heroic Spirits possible? In what way was this concept originally conceived?

Dr. Roman: Right. While we don’t have any detailed material about it, it all started in a Japanese city. That city in flames you visited, Gudako-chan.

Andersen: A vessel for the Holy Grail was invented in that city. With its power, it summoned Heroic Spirits who then competed against each other as Servants.

Andersen: That fact alone bothered me. Rather, the concept of Heroic Spirits battling each other is flawed in itself.

Andersen: There had to be another level to it. Something behind the scenes. With that in mind, I hunted for the necessary data in the Mage’s Association.

Andersen: The results were as expected.。

Andersen: It appears that the Spirit Invocation ritual---Heroic Spirit summoning---was originally performed to gather seven powers into one.

Andersen: By no means were those seven actually supposed to fight each other.

Andersen: Though the Holy Grail War and Heroic Spirit summoning use the same system, you can also say they’re of completely different genres.

Andersen: The “Holy Grail War” was merely a ritual arranged solely for selfish human use.

Andersen: With that said, the Heroic Spirit summoning was---

Andersen: ---a ritual that pitted “humanity’s seven greatest heroes” against “one single, gigantic foe”.

Andersen: That portion was contorted heavily during Fuyuki’s Holy Grail War.

[CHOICE]

1. …does this apply to you and the others?

2. …uhm, so what does it all mean?

[ANSWER 1]

Andersen: It does. Naturally, only seven are meant to be summoned. Any Heroic Spirits after the fact are---

Andersen: Anyhow, we’re but cheap familiars that can be used for any purpose.

[ANSWER 2]

Andersen: … the Holy Grail War ritual must be modeled after something else. That’s all you need to know for now.

Dr. Roman: Hmm, hmm. I see, I see! That’s pretty interesting stuff!

Dr. Roman: Chaldea had a hard time creating a Heroic Spirit summoning system from the get-go.

Dr. Roman: We decoded the Fuyuki ritual, then improved upon it and stabilized it. We hadn't taken the idea of a preceding original into account.

Fou: Fooou!

Mashu: That’s right, Doctor. It’s a point of view we’d never considered until now.

Mashu: That is, questioning the basis of Holy Grail War ritual’s origins.

Mashu: We thought we’d learned everything about the nature of Heroic Spirits. But in the end, that knowledge was just superficial---

Mashu: We weren't able to reach an insight like this. That’s impressive, Andersen-san.

Mashu: It must be thanks to your sharp insight as an author gifted with world-wide fame.

[CHOICE]

1. You may be right. 2. Like a bird’s-eye view?

Mordred: It’s that big of a deal, huh? Well… whatever.

Mordred: This still doesn’t have anything to do with the mass-production of the Helter Skelter, right?

Mashu: Th… that’s…

Dr. Roman: … right. That’s true.

Andersen: Of course. I was merely caught up in the Heroic Spirit summoning system’s know-how.

Andersen: Suppose we’re being summoned into more conventional Saint Graphs, or Classes, through this system…

Andersen: Just how incredible were the Saint Graphs bestowed upon the original seven, then?

Andersen: … There were others who shared a similar view.

Andersen: The fact that all the information regarding this was neatly gathered here can't be called a coincidence.

Andersen: Someone was expecting us. Someone collected it for us in anticipation of us coming here.

Mashu: Someone... ?

Dr. Roman: I wonder it is. Maybe a surviving magus from Clock Tower? Or a Servant?

Andersen: While I can’t see it being the work of a magus, I also can’t fathom why a Servant would bother. Let’s shelve this matter for now.

[chaldeluxe]

LONDON: CHAPTER 7.

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Mashu: Senpai--- are you alright? You’re looking a little pale.

[CHOICE]

1. I’m sleepy. 2. It’s still early, that’s all.

Mashu: … that’s true. It’s not as if a morning patrol is necessary, either.

Mashu: Still, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with Mordred-san’s conduct. Events like the one last night are still possible.

Mashu: Uhm… I wouldn’t want you to become excessively fatigued in the process, so…

[CHOICE]

1. I’m fine. 2. You don’t have to worry about me so much.

Mashu: … Okay.

Mordred: Masters are so inconvenient. Though I guess you can’t help being human.

Mordred: Anyhow, it’s not like anything we’ve faced up ‘til now have been more than small-fry. All you really need is me anyw---

Mashu: … …mechanical reverberations verified. It’s a big one!

Mordred: Speak of the devil. Haha, so I’m finally gonna fight a Helter Skelter again!

Mashu: Excuse me, Master! We’re going into battle. Your orders, please!

// BATTLE. //

Dr. Roman: … I’ve got some pretty bad news. I’m sorry, but I need you to listen. It concerns your surroundings.

Dr. Roman: Oh, you already heard? Okay. Business as usual, eh.

Mordred: No problem. I’ll smash ‘em in as many times as I have to! Getting to rip into some oversized hunk of junk sounds like a good time to me!

Mashu: I’m so sorry, Master… ! It’s just one battle after the other. Your orders, please.

// BATTLE. //

Mordred: … that was a bit tiring, as expected.

Mordred: It’s about time we head back to Jekyll’s.  I don’t really need sleep. I want to recharge my magical energy, at least.

Dr. Roman: Ah--- …. well, I wish I didn’t have to say this, but…

Mordred: … I know. I get it, so don’t bother telling the rest of them. I felt it a while ago. There’s a lot.

Mashu: …mechanical reverberations. It’s several large-scale enemies! I’m anticipating a whole mass of them!

Mordred: We might as well fight them in Hyde Park if there’s gonna be this many! I’ll blow them to smithereens with my Noble Phantasm there!

Mashu: Please contain yourself. Fire-power on a scale like that would be dangerous for the whole city!

Mordred: I’ll watch it! As best as I can!

[CHOICE]

1. Do your best!

2. I’m starting to feel better about this!

[ANSWER 1]

Mashu: Okay!

[ANSWER 2]

Mashu: S-Senpai?

Mordred: Looks like the enemies in this quarter of the base are starting to get serious! All right, I’ll fight you bastards to the bitter end!

// BATTLE THEN SCOOBY-DOO ZOOM TO JEKYLL’S APARTMENT. // 

Jekyll: … I see. So that’s what happened.

Jekyll: Anyhow, good work. You did well. A bit of rest might do some good for everyone, myself included.

Mordred: Ahh--- I feel alive again… phew…

Jekyll: Seizing my personal sofa again… well… right. Like I said last night, you’ve worked hard.

[CHOICE]

1. I’m dead tired. 2. I’m exhausted.

Mashu: Don’t overdo it, Senpai. I’ll be managing your vitals from here-on.

Dr. Roman: Wait, I thought that was my job… ?

Dr. Roman: Y-Yeah. It’s fine. I’m sure you’d be happier if someone close by were nursing you...

Jekyll: Still. I didn’t think mass production of the Helter Skelters was possible. I see. Our situation has turned grave...

Jekyll: I fear that it’s likely they were created solely because you defeated Paracelsus, one of the three masterminds behind the “Demon Fog Project”.

Jekyll: The enemy recognizes you as a threat. They’re building up reinforcements in order to make certain they capture newly manifested Heroic Spirits.

Jekyll: It’s merely food for thought. I wonder what sort of Heroic Spirit it is they’re looking for… ?

Mordred: Who knows. Thinking’s your job, not mine. I’m…beat.

Mordred: ... Oh, yeah. Speaking of thinking, we managed to snag that talentless good-for-nothing. Two of them now, even.

Mordred: Jekyll. What’re they doing? They’re in the study, right?

Andersen: You called?

Shakespeare: Perchance you called?!

Mordred: … sigh. I’m regretting this hard. Me, of all people, opening the Ark with your hand.

Shakespeare: Ark? By Ark, could you refer to the Holy Ark? Hahaha, so harsh, how exaggerated!

Shakespeare: ‘Tis true I pride myself on my ability to enthrall and my sumptuous rhetoric never ceases from the moment I open my mouth...

Shakespeare: It cannot compare to such a box of calamities! Regardless, a box like that is nonsense to begin with.

Andersen: Right. Nonsense. As if such a thing exists. How would one even use it?

Andersen: An unsatisfactory end-of-the-world anecdote like that is unthinkable. If you want to die that bad, do it alone.

Mashu: ... …uhm, Senpai.

[CHOICE]

1. … let’s just keep quiet about the Ark.

2. The Ark exists. I’ve seen it. 

[ANSWER 1]

Mashu: …right. It’s obvious they’re fond of it, despite all the denial.

Mashu: I believe it’d be best to say nothing for now.

[ANSWER 2]

Andersen & Shakespeare: For real?!

Shakespeare: Hm. I beg pardon, I was swept up in Andersen's wake and raised my voice.

Shakespeare: That aside, esteemed Gudako. Your words pique my interest!

Shakespeare: Come now, where and when did you see the Ark? Why were its contents laid bare?

Shakespeare: To wit, how mirthfully tragic was it, and what sort of foul denouement overflowing with comedy arose from it?

Andersen: … …hm. （← calming listening with the deepest attention.）

Andersen: … …hm.（←silently preparing black tea.）

Andersen: … ...hm.（←spreading jam on his scones.）

Mordred: … Idiots. Dredging up something that doesn’t even matter. I don’t get it.

Mordred: Gudako, Mashu. Let them talk about that in the study until they’re content.

// IN THE STUDY. //

Mashu: Dejected…

Jekyll: Thank you for your work. Perhaps we should consider that a break in itself?

Mordred: Ha. As if you can take a nap in front of a goose pond. Look at Gudako’s face. She looks like she’s been poisoned.

Andersen: Ah, I’d almost forgotten. You wanted to know what we were up to, correct?

Andersen: All that playwright cares about is jotting down the plot of our current predicament. I’m another matter entirely. I’m not planning on doing any work, period.

Andersen: But there’s something that concerns me. In particular, the details of your journey thus far… and those seven singularities.

Andersen: ....No, to be precise, there's something that gets triggered in the magic ritual we call the Holy Grail War .

Andersen: … I don’t have enough material to form a proper opinion. To be frank, I’m at a dead end.

Mordred: …. hmmm. Even you can act like a Caster sometimes. It doesn’t change the fact that you’re a good-for-nothing, though.

Dr. Roman: Ah, sorry. Can we return to the topic at hand? That is, confirming our current situation and what our plans are from here-on out.

Dr. Roman: We’re fortunate that the enemy’s attention is focused on the Demon Fog. If they meant to wipe us out, they’d be going around destroying buildings too.

Dr. Roman: As far as the city goes, the enemy's influence only reaches as far as the streets where the Demon Fog is present.

Dr. Roman: There’s got to be an opening---

Jekyll: … Is there?

Dr. Roman: At least, I hope there is. No… I wonder… I mean, it’d be nice… real nice…

Mordred: You can deal with troublesome stuff. Up until now it wasn’t irrational to spend a long time outside.

Mordred: Wandering about thoughtless in battle’s just gonna whittle down our magical energy.

Mordred: If we could disable those Helter Skelter there wouldn’t be a problem, but…

Jekyll: It's hopeless. It's a fix, being locked in such a stalemate.

Fran: … u … …U, uu…

Andersen: Alright. How’s this for a suggestion?

Andersen: While those Helter Skelter are being mass produced, gather materials to support my investigation.

Andersen: In short, you’ll be my dogs. Fetch is the perfect game for those of you with muscle.

Dr. Roman: Roaming around outside will be pretty tough with so many Helter Skelters around, but…

[CHOICE 1]

1. Let’s give it a shot. 2. Let’s work together with Andersen and the others.

Mashu: Got it, Senpai. Though not in response to the current state of affairs.

Mashu: While this apartment feels like somewhat of a cage, things should start to improve soon.

Fou: Fou!

Dr. Roman: Well, if there’s anything we can do at this point, trying our hand at it is better than sitting around.

Dr. Roman: Still, asking us to gather material for you--- where we even find it?

Fou: Kyu, fouuu…

Andersen: Come, now. This is London. Your destination should be glaringly obvious.

[CHOICE]

1. Glaringly obvious?

2. The Mage’s Association, maybe?

[ANSWER 1]

Dr. Roman: Hmm, I wonder.

Jekyll: Perhaps he means the Mage’s Association--- more commonly known as the “Clock Tower”.

[ANSWER 2]

Andersen: Precisely. That enormous academy at the core of magus society--- the Clock Tower, where the Mage’s Association resides.

Dr. Roman: Ah!!!

Andersen: That’s right. A giant university in the center of London that unravels the world's mysteries. Think you can make use of it?

Dr. Roman: We should be able to… b-but, it might be hard with the way London is. We should... b-but with the way London is, it might be hard.

Dr. Roman: Though if the Mage’s Association--- Clock Tower is still in good shape, wouldn’t our Mr. Jekyll have brought that to our attention?

Mashu: That’s true. And Jekyll-san hasn’t mentioned a single thing about the Clock Tower.

Jekyll: … I didn’t think it was necessary.

Mordred: The Mage’s Association is, what. That place running underground from Regent’s Park up until Westminster?

Mordred: It was the first thing I checked up on when I manifested and met Jekyll.

Mordred: The British Museum, yeah? That’s around where I heard the entrance was, so I went to take a look.

Mordred: But the entrance was totally trashed. It’s just a bunch of rubble now.

Jekyll: That’s right. It was rather remarkable, actually, how the building itself had been completely wiped out.

Jekyll: Thinking back on it now, that could’ve possibly been the masterminds behind the “Demon Fog Project” trying to squash any future rebellion.

Andersen: I don’t care about the destruction nor the rubble.

Andersen: The shut-in magi being alive would be joyous news, indeed. Though it’d be of no use to me or my motives.

Andersen: All I want is records. Materials.

Andersen: There should be an unmistakably remarkable warehouse protected by a rather hefy incantation. Bring me there.

Fou: Kyuu… Fou….

Shakespeare: Allow me to accompany! An academy of such mystique as that shall be a spectacular source of inspiration!

Dr. Roman: Looks like be operating with a larger crowd… wait, hold on.

Dr. Roman: Having more firepower for when we encounter the Helter Skelter isn’t such a bad idea. Yeah. Not bad at all.

Fran: … …u… … Uu… … ??

[CHOICE]

1. You should stay here, Fran. 2. It’s risky out there, so stay and watch the house, Fran.

Mashu: Right.  Currently, the streets of London are too dangerous for you. You should stay here, Fran-san.

Fran: … U, uu…

Andersen: Let's depart, then. And investigate the time of the mysterious academy's former glory.

Andersen: Also, Saber. Be sure to protect us frail and delicate Casters.

Mordred: Huh? Protect? Tell that to shield jerk over there, not me.

Mashu: Ah, uh, uhm---

Jekyll: All right. I’m going too. Let’s head off!

Mordred: Huh?

Mashu: Eh?

[chaldeluxe]

LONDON: CHAPTER 6.

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Andersen: You did well in coming back. It’s a shame what happened to the Yard.  

Andersen: Kick your feet up. Isn’t that what you came here for? To rest?

Andersen: Working hard is well and good, but not all works are meant to be completed. Whether in writing or hunting for the Holy Grail, everything in moderation is the key.

Mashu: Thank you very much. But… we can’t afford it given our current situation.

Andersen: Idiot. So you’re a workaholic as well. Don’t forget just how heavy that luggage is.

Andersen: Let’s discuss something to kill time, then. The issue of how both Nursery Rhyme and I came to be in this world.

Mashu: Uhm, it was Alice… wasn’t it? That was the name she used…

Andersen: Nursery Rhyme. Anyway. Without much deliberation, you lot headed for the Yard.

Andersen: I didn’t have the chance to tell you before: Nursery Rhyme and I both manifested in that fog.

Andersen: Without a Master, the proper summoning procedures weren't followed.

Mordred: Come to think of it, I was the same. Jekyll isn’t a Master, and there weren’t even traces of a summoning ritual.

Mordred: I was just there in the fog. What, Servants can just naturally appear outta nowhere?

[CHOICE]

1. I guess so.

2. I wonder if that’s really the case here.

[ANSWER 1]

Dr. Roman: Nonono! Something like that’s totally impossible!

Dr. Roman: Manifesting on their own... no, anything able to be summoned like that is way beyond the scope of a Servant’s ability!

[ANSWER 2]

Mashu: Right. It’s essentially not possible.

Mashu: There are only a few instances on record of a Heroic Spirit just spontaneously manifesting.

Mashu: However, if that were to happen, it would be an entity with no personality.

Mashu: Heroic Spirits that manifest as Servants are called without fail from the Throne through a summoning ritual.

Dr. Roman: You see, the summoning of the Servants you encountered in the previous three eras were all influenced by a Holy Grail.

Dr. Roman: There’s no way Servants popping up astray like that could ever happen!

Andersen: There’s no feasible way we could’ve manifested from that fog, then. Having said that, there’s only one conclusion.

Andersen: The Holy Grail gave rise to that fog. Either that, or whatever creates this fog is being influenced by the Grail.

Mashu: That… seems like it may be the case. It’s the most logical conclusion. Consistent, too.

Andersen: Much of reality has a reasonable amount of logic tied to it. The only thing that hasn’t an ounce of logic to it is love.

Andersen: Use your imagination. You can anticipate most things with it. Even make predictions.

Mordred: Haha. Love? You’re pretty cheeky for a kid.

Andersen: I don’t need to hear that from a brat who knows nothing of passion. I’m a virgin. I fully understand both the concepts of love and passion.

Mordred: … …haah? Hm. Huh? Doesn’t that make no sense? At all?

[CHOICE]

1. I don’t really get it, but it sounds impressive. 2. Hm? It sure doesn’t...

Andersen: Have you forgotten? I’m Andersen. A Heroic Spirit classified as a Caster simply for the stories I spun.

Andersen: If jumping into battle with a blade is a swordsman’s duty, capturing indolence, suffering, passion and love in the written word is an author’s duty.

Andersen: Be it a deadline or even impromptu poetry, when we put our all into it everything’s sure to be finished on time. That’s what an author is.

Andersen: Amongst the lot of them, my works are original. No one can best me when it comes to the power of imagination.

Andersen: Amateurs who can't even debate that much should give up speaking on the subject. If you’re not going to rest, you might as well carry out a night patrol.

Mordred: Yeah, might as well. If we can smoke out that “P” guy and get him to cough up the details, all of this will be settled.

Mordred: I’m gonna go out on patrol. I’ll walk the length of the city and take a look around every turn.

Mashu: Ah… Senpai, Mordred-san left.

[CHOICE]

1. Let’s go after her. 2. It’d be better if we pursued her.

Mashu: Right!

// MASHU AND YOU EXIT WITH MORDRED, LEAVING ANDERSEN ALONE WITH JEKYLL. //

Jekyll: You’re pretty good at persuading others. Let me express my thanks. She seemed to be suppressing herself a bit.

Andersen: No need. Compared to having to move my readers, it was nothing special.

Andersen: At best it was enough to motivate her. … still, there’s something I don’t understand.

Jekyll: Hm?

Andersen: What I described might’ve just been an illusion from the flame of a match. A mere delusion despite how much logic stems from it.

Jekyll: You were using your imagination, correct? Then---

Andersen: Are you stupid? That was obviously just a figure of speech.

// BACK TO THE HEROES. //

Mordred: … we’ve done some patrolling, but. It feels weird.

Mordred: Mostly ‘cause I’ve always done it alone. Not that I mind as long as it’s easy... so. Right off the bat, huh?

Dr. Roman: It’d be really hard to keep up with Mordred’s speed. I’m sensing a bunch of enemies even over here!

Mashu: Understood.  Master, your orders!

// BATTLE. //

Mordred: That sure was a lot. Phew.

Mashu: Good work. Do you need a break?

Mordred: Nah. Their numbers were just great. If there’d been a Helter Skelter in the mix though, it would’ve been a different story.

Mordred: They’re damn strong. The only ones I get a kick out of fighting here are those guys.

Dr. Roman: Though Mashu and Gudako-chan have only encountered about one of them, they’re pretty powerful opponents.

Dr. Roman: That reminds me, we haven’t really caught any moving from place to place. Maybe they’re just few in numbers?

Mordred: Yeah... when you put it that way, I haven’t seen a ton of them either.

Mordred: I really want a chance to sink my teeth into something after all that. I wonder if one’ll show themselves tonight.

[CHOICE]

1. If you act like that, they will. 2. Don’t jinx us.

Mordred: Oh, yeah?

Mashu: What if we walked around a bit more? It’s still a long ways to the end of the city.

Mashu: Ah, uhm. I just wanted to confirm the information on our map… I don’t really have a good sense for London’s layout.

Mordred: Well. If something shows up, we’ll deal with it then.

// BATTLE. //

Mordred: … seriously? I can’t chew on this.

Mashu: We’ve successfully repelled the enemy. They weren’t exactly the easiest opponents to face, it felt…

Mordred: If a Servant ever pops outta this fog, they better be super flashy and strong.

Mordred: Ah… but, I guess it’s like earlier. Can’t always expect what shows up to be an enemy, right?

Dr. Roman: That’s true. Just like how you decided to cooperate with us. Andersen was similar.

Dr. Roman: Nursery Rhyme ended up being an enemy, though. She must’ve manifested from somewhere inside that fog, too.

Mordred: I’m sick of all this being attacked from the rear. A frontal assault every now and again would be nice.

[CHOICE]

1. True.

2. Attacks from the rear aren’t so bad.

[ANSWER 1]

Mordred: Right? Hey, you’re a pretty sharp Master.

[ANSWER 2]

Mordred: … you think so?

Mashu: Senpai, let’s continue our patrol. We should reach the city limits in a little while.

Mordred: Bring out a strong one. C’mon!

Shakespeare: Come, now--- which of you was the one who summoned me? I, Caster Shakespeare, have risen from this City of Fog to rally behind you!

Shakespeare: … is what I would’ve liked to say. This seems a bit far gone from the usual Holy Grail War pattern.

Shakespeare: I’m in a bit of a tight spot, then. Oh God, where is the tale which you would fashion me upon?

Shakespeare: There comes no response. No reply. Ah, how God has forsaken me. Where is a story that burns with passion, that shakes the very core of one’s soul?

Shakespeare: I’ve no choice then but to say this. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind!

Mordred: … ...wrong one. Next.

Shakespeare: Oh, what have we here? I didn’t expect to see you of all people amidst this bizarre fog.

Mashu: Do you know each other? You and, uhm… Caster Shakespeare?

Mordred: Nope. Not this loser.

Mordred: But at least we’re sure of it now. This guy just manifested straight out of the Demon Fog.

Shakespeare: 'Tis regrettable I have no Master, and yet, I was able to meet with you. This, too, is fate.

Shakespeare: For now, I’ll spin a tale of your own making. One different, I expect, from the rumors that swirl around you.

Mordred: Ah--- …

Mordred: That guy doesn’t really seem like an enemy. But this is getting weirder by the second.

Mordred: What makes that guy any different from that clown or Jack? Jack aside, they were all moving with their own purpose.

Mordred: Besides---

Mordred: … ...No. Wait. The hell? So the night patrol brings the better catch?

Mashu: Excuse me?

Mordred: He showed up, the one I've really been waiting on. Hey! You've got some balls showing yourself after running away!

P: … apparently I’m a little late.

[CHOICE]

1. P?! 2. When did you... ?!

P: It seems that you’ve secured the newly manifested Servant. That’s unfortunate.

P: A Caster-type Servant manifested, then. You would’ve been a fine comrade if we’d managed to obtain you.

Mordred: Haha. Got you. Never show your hand too early.

Mashu: ...Yes. I also understood the gist of that.

Dr. Roman: So they’re recovering the newly-manifested Servants from the Demon Fog only to have them join their ranks.

Dr. Roman: I get it now. That’s simple enough. That’s still easier said than done, though.

Dr. Roman: Getting a Heroic Spirit to follow your every whim is impossible without the Holy Grail.

P: ---Let me answer you in turn. You’re correct.

P: We’re waiting for something essential to us to make itself known in London.  

P: Therefore, in order to expand the Demonic Fog we had to secure those Heroic Spirits that emerged from its realm and “adjusted” them so they would aid its expansion.

P: I apologize deeply and sincerely for being unable to secure your capture. It’s truly regrettable.

P: We would’ve surely become good friends with one another.

[CHOICE]

1. That can’t be. 2. You’ve got to be joking.

Mashu: …yes, Senpai. I feel the same way.

Mordred: Hah! Seriously! Whatever you’re selling, we don’t want it.

Mordred: I won’t let you get away this time! Give us your name before I run you down, magus!

P: ---Very well. This time I’m without a catalyst for transferral. I’ll have to secure your capture here.

P: I am Paracelsus von Hohenheim . A magus who manipulates the four elementals, who seeks out the True Ether.

Paracelsus: Though, for now… That which I truly desire is different.

Mashu: Master, we’re battling the enemy Servant! Your orders--- !

// BATTLE WITH BIG P. //

Paracelsus: … Well done.

Paracelsus: Ah, the sword-bearing hero. In the face of them, those who build up atrocities must indeed meet their end.

Paracelsus: Defeating all the evil this world holds. Objecting all the greed this world holds.

Paracelsus: You who seek to clear a path for everything in this world. What lay ahead of you is...

Paracelsus: I beg of you… the true… light…

Mashu: … the enemy Servant has been obliterated. Senpai, it’s our victory.

Mordred: Shit. He went and vanished without leaving any clues. A loathsome magus to the very end.

Mordred: The hell does he mean by clearing a path? That’s not my kind of work, ugh.

Shakespeare: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player!”

Mordred: Uh? And that means?

Shakespeare: Nothing. They’re merely the words that came to mind for showing me a rather amusing sight.

Shakespeare: My eye beheld but only one end for that magician. This ending is shaping up into something grandiose!

Mordred: … don’t be stupid. You’re just imagining things.

[chaldeluxe]

LONDON: CHAPTER 5.

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Andersen: Hoh. Not bad for a hideaway. I like it. I’ll take the study.

Andersen: I’ll be unpacking, so call me if you need something. Ah, and if you’re entering, be sure to knock.

Mordred: ... Ahh, I’m exhausted. Twice as much thanks to the luggage. Three times, even!

Jekyll: You’re treating my sofa so roughly again… if possible, I’d like it to be a guest-only… … no, nevermind.

Jekyll: It’s fine as is. Listen closely, Mashu and Gudako.

Jekyll: Jack the Ripper appeared again. Only this time it wasn’t to murder a woman under the cover of the fog.

Jekyll: They’ve got Scotland Yard under siege. I’ve received telegraphs for reinforcements from police stations all over London.

Mordred: That bastard’s finally shown up again!

[CHOICE]

1. Is that some kind of fated encounter for you? 2. An acquaintance of yours?

Mordred: Yeah. They’re a Servant. Assassin Class. We fought a lot in the fog, but…

Mordred: Every time they get away. I can’t lock ‘em down. They just escape into the fog!

Mordred: That and I can’t remember a single concrete detail about them. Not their face, or form, or even their abilities. It’s frustrating as hell… !

Mordred: Best I can do is nod my head whenever I hear the name Jack the Ripper like, ooh yeah, that Assassin!

Mordred: Damn. My head’s all fuzzy just thinking about that asshole!

Jekyll: You two might’ve run into them as well. What do you think? Do you recall fighting an Assassin?

Mashu: Ah…

Mashu: Now that you mention it… it sort of feels like we did. A surprise attack... by...

Mashu: That’s right… we got ambushed. My memories are suddenly coming back to me.

Mashu: I almost forgot everything. But, there has to be some reason for what happened...

[CHOICE]

1. A skill? 2. A Noble Phantasm?

Mashu: Yes, Senpai. That must be it. I wonder which one it was, though? A skill or Noble Phantasm.

Mordred: That one’s quick to run. If we don’t get moving, they’ll have cleared out already. Let’s go!

Andersen: What, you’re leaving? You should’ve said something. If you’re going out, let’s see... I’ll take a scone, then.

Mordred: Like hell you're going! Well, not like you’d be useful if you did…

Mordred: … hold up. You think we’ll have as easy of a time as before?

Andersen: That was an phenomenal exception. Don’t go depending on me for everything. And just what are you looking to get out of us authors, truly?

Andersen: Do you think of me as some all-knowing being? If so, you’d best reconsider.

Andersen: Listen up. Authors are just morons whose words run off the page simply because they couldn’t get anything in life!

Andersen: Do you think someone like that could ever be useful?

Mordred: … I was stupid for even asking. Let’s get moving, Mashu, Gudako!

// SHIFT TO OUTSIDE. //

Mordred: Full speed ahead to our destination. Mashu, carry Gudako. It’s a race against the clock.

Mordred: There’s no way a human can keep up. We’ll head straight for the Yard with pure Servant sprinting power.

Mashu: R-Right …excuse me, Senpai. It’s just for a little while.

[CHOICE]

1. Try not to drop me. 2. Likewise. Sorry for this.

Mashu: O-Okay.

Mashu: …I’ll be as careful as possible. Be sure not to let go of me, Senpai.

Mordred: Hey, get movi--- tch. Soon as I say it, there's enemies at our flanks!

Dr. Roman: Huge enemy readings. They’re closing in from all directions. Break through before they surround you!

// BATTLE. //

Mordred: We almost crushed ‘em all! Forget the rest. We’re making a run for it, Mashu!

Mashu: Right!

Dr. Roman: She sure is full of moxie. I guess they don’t call her the Knight of Treachery for nothing.

Mashu: That’s right. That combat efficiency is straight out of the legend.

Mashu: As swift and accurate as a bolt of lightning across the sky, the point of her sword never wavers.

[CHOICE]

1. Knight of Treachery? 2. You mean Mordred?

Dr. Roman: Ah, that reminds me--- no one said anything to you, did they, Gudako-chan?

Dr. Roman: The Knight of Treachery, Mordred. A Heroic Spirit manifested in this world under the Saber class.

Dr. Roman: He’s[1] not from this era, of course. His origins lie in the 5th-6th century with the legend of King Arthur.

Dr. Roman: The individual who brought about the end of an era. The one person who literally staged a rebellion against King Arthur.

Mashu: And it was by all means an exceptional rebellion. It was the first time someone had ever rallied together anti-Arthur forces made up of their foreign enemies.

Mashu: In order words, Mordred stood alone as the King of Treachery. If times had been more peaceful, perhaps she might’ve even succeeded the King.

Mashu: There are countless legends about Mordred’s bravery as well. As one of the Knights of the Round---

Dr. Roman: They called him the son of King Arthur. Only they also said the King never properly acknowledged his child.

Dr. Roman: That may be the reason why he changed their mind about the rebellion. So why did Mordred still defy King Arthur at every turn?

Dr. Roman: I suppose only he--- she[1], would know the real reason why.

[CHOICE]

1. The rebellion succeeded? 2. The rebellion was a failure?

Mashu: … yes. The knight Mordred lost her life during the Battle of Camlann.

Mashu: In reality, it was more of a tie. She wielded the Demonic Sword Clarent against King Arthur in battle.

Mashu: King Arthur fought with his holy lance and pierced the traitor.

Mashu: The king himself had also fallen, mortally wounded when---

Mordred: What’re you blabbing about over there!? Get moving already!

Mashu: Ah, r-right!

[CHOICE]

1. Let’s go!

Mashu: …Roger, Master!

// BATTLE. //

Mordred: They’re closing in from the side, one after the other!

Mordred: Pick up the pace again, Mashu!

Mashu: Okay… !

Dr. Roman: Sorry to interrupt while you’re en-route. I’ve got a hot report straight from Da Vinci-chan!

Dr. Roman: It’s about those huge, armored, mysterious robots. I’ll be reporting the results of our findings concerning the Helter Skelters.  

Dr. Roman: It’s as accurate as we can be while still analyzing, but here’s what I’ve got, based on the preliminaries.

Dr. Roman: First of all, they’re not golems. Traces of magical mechanisms can’t be confirmed with video evidence.

Dr. Roman: Though they’re purely mechanical… there’s still a lot I don’t get. It seems like they’re running on steam engines. Any other details are unknown.

Dr. Roman: It seems like technology you’d find in our time, the year 2017.

Dr. Roman: Made with some kind of hidden or long-lost technique---

Dr. Roman: Almost like they made rapid progress with their super technology by taking a different path from our world.

Dr. Roman: … ...yep.

Dr. Roman: … well, of course. Of course you wouldn’t answer, ‘cause you’re busy running and stuff…

Dr. Roman: That’s enough out of me. Do your best out there!

// BATTLE. //

Jack the Ripper: … ....huh?

Jack the Ripper: So you came from that direction. Then, hehe, we’ll… What should we do with you?

Jack the Ripper: Should we kill you? One, two, three. So many. A whole lot.

Jack the Ripper: Hehe. We already killed a whole bunch, but we’re still hungry. Starving.

Jack the Ripper: All ‘cause Mr. Policeman didn’t have much magical energy.

Jack the Ripper: So, thank you! We’ll eat your magical energy up and be full!

Mordred: We made it---

Mordred: Or not, it looks like. The smell of blood… so the Yard’s been wiped out.

Dr. Roman: I’m detecting two other signatures besides you guys. Jack the Ripper and one other.

Mashu: I can guess pretty well who the unknown Servant is. That man over there---

(???): Yes. I just so happen to be a Caster Servant. One of the three pulling the strings of that “Project”.

[CHOICE]

1. The Demon Fog Project? 2. Why’re you doing this?

(???): We have several of our own conditions and circumstances. You may call me “P”, if you wish.

P: I’m afraid you were just a tad too late. The poor Scotland Yard has already been annihilated.

P: They all died in such horrid, gruesome ways. For you see, that child hasn’t an ounce of compassion in her heart.

P: It was all necessary, however. An unavoidable sacrifice. It almost seems a tribute to the fallen when you say express it in such a way.

P: Truly, man is a creature who ought to be adored. Both love and affection are such dazzling things.

P: How sad, that the cause sometimes takes precedence.

P: Something we required was tucked safely away in Scotland Yard’s headquarters.

P: As one would expect, the Mage’s Association, Clock Tower, reside in the British Empire. They applied a strong magical seal to the place.

P: Thus they, while unfortunate, ended up posing a grand obstacle to our cause.

Mordred: What's with this blowhard. Who gives a damn about love or affection!

Mordred: You went and put your hand on what’s mine again. You, who are not the king, have touched that which belongs to the king.

[CHOICE]

1. You killed innocent people despite being a Heroic Spirit? 2. Don’t you have any pride as a hero!?

P: Indeed. And that is why I cannot show any sadness.

P: Those bound to hope should be noble. Those bound to love should be brilliant.

P: I’m not likely to save them with this paltry power of mine. That alone should be clear when you consider the aforementioned outcome.

P: This era will fall to ruin. Even humanity itself will fall to ruin.

P: Annihilate desires, love, humanity’s progression, and only four idiosyncrasies will remain in this left behind world.

P: What a miserable outcome it’ll be. But neither you nor I can stop it.

P: No. If you’re unable to stop it, that is---

Mashu: … you’re contradicting yourself.

Mashu: I feel a deep discrepancy in those words of yours, Caster. No, P. Who are you, really?

Mashu: You’re using Jack just to take human lives. It sounds to me like you’re the one who lacks an ounce of compassion.

P: That may very well be true, beautiful young lady.

P: I’m nothing more than a wicked magus in the end, it seems. Even now, I command an innocent girl.

P: Jack. I’ll leave the rest to you.

P: Do as you like. That girl may even be your Mother, you know.

Jack: Eh? Is that… true. ?

Jack: So that’s how it is. Hmm. Then… we’ll treat you just like our own Mother.

Jack: Will you let us go back? Deep, deep inside of you… inside Mother…

Mordred: Forget it. You’re going straight back to the Throne. Here’s where you die.

Mashu: We need to think of a way to stop Assassin in her tracks. ...Senpai…

[CHOICE]

1. We’ve got to stop her. 2. Let’s start this.

Mashu: ---OK! Master!

// BATTLE. //

Jack: Mo… ther…. no…. no, no, no… it, hurts…

Jack: Why… why did you…

Jack: … why, did… tell me... hey… …?

P: Farewell, child who knows naught of love. One day, you’ll obtain the affection you seek.

P: ---now, then. I suppose this is where I die, felled by your hand.

P: The cold-blooded magus is defeated by the hero. Therein lies the sole answer I seek.

P: But. I must carry out my role first.

P: Farewell, you heroes who walk on a radiant path. And you, Knight of the Round---

P: I pray for your continued existence as a champion of justice who strikes down treachery.

Mordred: Wait! Shit, he vanished! Magi always do this!

Mashu: Spatial Transportation--- that’s the spell that let him be forcibly removed.

Mashu: It was originally a form of magecraft that could hold a candle to True Magic. Using it like that... it’s very possible that a Holy Grail is…

Dr. Roman: It’s very likely. At least for the sole mastermind who’s behind the “Demon Fog Project” that’s trying to destroy this era.

Dr. Roman: Otherwise, it’s possible that possession of the Holy Grail was transferred to him.

Dr. Roman: I wonder what his true purpose in London is…

Mordred: I could care less. All we’ve gotta do is flush him out and flatten him!

// TO THE LEAGUE OF GENIUSES. //

P: … I’ve returned safely.

B: Psssh… kohh…

M: Good work. …that girl was defeated, then?

P: She died, unfortunately. We've suffered a sequence of failure since Mephistopheles’ loss.

M: It won’t affect that much. All we need to focus on is carrying out the “Project”.

P: Yes. I suppose so. You’re right. We three are Servants. All we need do is follow the whims of our Master.

P: There’s no need to wallow in regret. You should be moving forward with your own “Project”, yes?

M: …I know.

B: Creating a path for this world and its civilization--- therein lies the greatest mission for we wise scholars.

B: If this world were incinerated, both humanity and civilization itself would be well on its way to that established point of demise.

B: We would no longer be---

[1] Roman only uses カレ and 彼 (kare, katakana then kanji, he/him) in reference to Mordred when he gets carried away talking about the legend here. Mashu doesn’t do that in that segment. Once Roman catches himself, he corrects himself to 彼女 (kanojo, she/her) which is also what Mashu and everyone else uses for Mordred usually.

It’s difficult to put in English because in Japanese pronouns aren’t necessarily required when referring to someone and Mashu isn’t using any during the exposition. It’s only supposed to be Roman, so the official translation probably missed the context and falsely had Mashu use he/him too while explaining Mordred’s legend.

Editor V note: Since it’s a topic in tandem, everyone uses kanojo for Mordred and usually she doesn’t slice their throats open so she doesn’t care about pronouns. Just don’t call her or treat her explicitly like a man or a woman. That’s why she threatened Jekyll in the other chapter.

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LONDON: CHAPTER 2. ____________

Dr. Roman: I’m detecting signs of life! Here they come! From the corner of that alley!

Mashu: … it’s the same driving sound from earlier. Master!

[CHOICE]

1. Let’s kick ‘em down!

Mashu: Right!

// BATTLE BEGINS & ENDS. //

Mashu: Hm? This is… some sort of presence, it’s… what is this feeling, I wonder?

Dr. Roman: Is it from that girl from earlier? I wonder if she’s close-by? Londoners are pretty fast on their feet.

Mashu: No, it’s a group. But they’re not making any sound… it's definitely not those dolls, then.

Dr. Roman: Yeah, you’re probably right. I mean, their movements are totally different. But this feeling, yeah, it’s off. There’s no way it isn’t the enemy. Here they come!

// BATTLE BEGINS & ENDS. //

Mashu: We destroyed the enemy. Good work, Senpai.

Mashu: Those enemies were quite different from the dolls. But I’m afraid that... we can't exactly... call them them human either.

Mashu: I think it’s likely that… these enemies are a type of, well…. homunculus.

[CHOICE]

1. Homunculus? 2. Those magically-made artificial humans, right?

Mashu: Yes. They’re… primarily created through magical means… --artificial humans, that is.

[CHOICE]

1. Mashu? 2. Were you injured in that battle?

Mashu: No… no, but thank you all the same, Senpai. You don’t need to worry about me. I can manage my physical condition just fine.

Mashu: Forgive me. It seems this unusual environment is causing me a bit of stress.

Mashu: I need to be sure to adapt to any situation. I’m your Demi-Servant, after all.

[CHOICE]

1. I’m counting on you!

Mashu: … Right.

// CHALDEA VIDEO LINE IS UP. //

Dr. Roman: ---Okay. Things are finally coming together.

Mashu: Doctor? Did you detect any movement signatures?

Dr. Roman: Yep. Specifically of a mechanical nature, but I guess I’ll go out on a limb to say this for certain. It’s the enemy. Multiple signatures are closing in!

Mashu: ---Master, prepare for battle. Your orders!

// BATTLE BEGINS & ENDS. //

Mashu: ---we’ve annihilated the enemy. As far as I’m able to discern, no more are present.

Dr. Roman: I’m not detecting anything on my end, either. Okay. We’ll just keep going, and…. no. Wait.

Dr.Roman: I’m picking up something huge. It’s easy to guess what, though. I mean, there’s no way it can be anything human with that size!

Dr. Roman: There shouldn’t be any vehicles that size around. Mashu, do you sense anything?

Mashu: … there’s mechanical reverberations. It’s a big one!

Dr. Roman: The United Kingdom’s secret service, for instance, had special vehicles they issued, and in those days, the Mage’s Association also had their mechanical golems---

Dr. Roman: If something along those lines were to show up just to save the citizens of London it’d make for a pretty romantic story.

Dr. Roman: Not that I can say that’s what’s happening here, but! There’s an enemy signature coming your way, straight ahead!

Mashu: Master, keep your guard up. It’s very likely that this is a new type of enemy.

[CHOICE]

1. Let’s be cautious when we fight. 2. Don’t take any chances, Mashu!

Mashu: … right!

Dr. Roman: Here comes the enemy!

// BATTLE BEGINS & ENDS. //

Mashu: … …we’ve halted the enemy’s movement.

Mashu: It was fairly powerful… what was that, exactly? A golem? A mechanical doll?

[CHOICE]

1. It’s a robot… 

2. It’s so cool!  

[ANSWER 1]

Mashu: It… appears that way…I suppose you could see it that way, yes.…

[ANSWER 2]

Mashu: Cool…? All I see is whirling parts…   I suppose that one’s opinion on what’s cool is subjective…

Dr. Roman: Being unable to sense magical energy signatures is gonna pose a real problem. Mashu, are there any leftover enemies?

Dr. Roman: I’d like it if you could transmit shots of their exposed components. When I’ve got time I’ll analyze them.

Mashu: Understood. We’ll shoot that and then transmit the film to you.

// MASHU SHOOTS SOME PICTURES OF THE ROBOT. //

Mashu: Hmm…

Mashu: It’s a little strange… a portion of the metal armor seems to be corroding.

Mashu: There’s nothing wrong with the majority of it. Just that that only the parts of iron have corroded.

Dr. Roman: Hm. Did we use an acidic attack in that fight just now? Huh? Do we even have a Servant who can do that?

Mashu: Even during the process of abandoning steam engines at the end of the Industrial Revolution, vast amounts of smoke continued being a huge issue for London's society.

Mashu: The cool fog interfered with the sulfurous gas in the smoke until it accumulated into a hazardous smog, and then…

Mashu: … hm.

Dr. Roman: What’s wrong, Mashu?

Mashu: Just a moment, please. If I’m not wrong, it was… “like breathing in sulfuric acid” … ?

Mashu: I read something about this before… it’s like...

Mashu: Yes, that’s right. After all, this era is when---

// A SHADOW BEHIND MASHU. //

[CHOICE]

1. Behind you, Mashu! 2. Who’re you!?

Mashu: ?!

// MASHU GETS HIT. WHAT UP. //

Mashu: … !

Mashu: I’ve been hit!  Is this a surprise attack?! I couldn’t sense anything coming ...!  

??? (Jack): … you’re, mm, what. Human? Or maybe a magus?

??? (Jack): Our mist and that fog is made of magical energy… You can move around pretty well in both.

??? (Jack): Are you a Servant like us?

Mashu: You’re a Servant, then. Though, originally you were a human of this era.

Mashu: --- Jack the Ripper.

Mashu: The one who murdered a countless number of women in the streets of 19th Century London. Not only that,  but left all of their victims dismembered...  

Mashu: The legendary serial killer who even posed a challenge to Scotland Yard. The United Kingdom-- no, all of Europe was conquered by that symbol of fear.

Jack: You know us? Hmm, that makes us happy… yeah… really happy. Then...

Jack: You already know what we’re going to do to you, right? That makes us happy. Very happy.

Jack: So… happy!!

Mashu: Here she comes! Master, your battle orders!

// WE FIGHT JACK. //

Dr. Roman: Any signs of movement just vanished from the map. She either retreated or hid herself in the mist.

Mashu: … right. That was one dangerous Servant.

Dr. Roman: After analyzing that mist’s range mid-battle, I can only think of it as that Servant’s Noble Phantasm.

Dr. Roman: The Demon Fog that’s breathing life through the streets of London is a whole other matter, though.

Dr. Roman: You could say the two combined somewhat. We’ve got a real troublesome opponent on our hands here...

Dr. Roman: The amount of highly-concentrated sulfuric acid this fog contains is absurd, even for this era's standards.

Dr. Roman: And then… what’s actually the most troubling about this is...

Mashu: Right. It seems that my memory’s been altered somewhat. Even though… I was just in combat…

Mashu: … my recollection of what just happened is a blur.

Mashu: I can remember just one thing clearly. What we just fought is what you’d call a Servant.

Mashu: Their form, their name, and then… It feels like I definitely had memories pertaining to them.

Dr. Roman: Hmm. It looks like that feeling crossed over to this era, too. Even my memory is fuzzy.

Dr. Roman: This is gonna skew our observational results, probably. That was one odd Noble Phantasm…

Mashu: Rather than odd, you could say--- ah, right. Doctor, we were... uhm...

[CHOICE]

1. We were filming. 2. What about that huge robot we just beat?

Mashu: Ah. That’s right, we were taking photos. Senpai, I’m sorry… and thank you.

Mashu: Whatever’s going on must’ve had a weaker impact on Senpai’s memory. Thank goodness.

Dr. Roman: Oh yeah! Yep, right, we received them. We’ve got all the image data on the mysterious robot right here.

Dr. Roman: I’ll analyze these. Still, I wonder what it really is?

Dr. Roman: It doesn’t seem like a golem powered by magical energy. On the other hand, it doesn’t seem like a complete machine either…

Mashu: Doctor, how’s your mechanical engineering know-how?

Dr. Roman: Not that great. But even as medical staff, I'm still a member of Chaldea.

Dr. Roman: Mm, this is... we couldn’t have --- did we just discover a remnant of steam engine technology?

??? (Mordred): Oh, that---

??? (Mordred): The lump of steel over there, right? This is what we call them.

??? (Mordred): ---the [ Unknown Mystery Machine : Helter Skelter ].

Mashu: You’re---

??? (Mordred): I've been watching you. Since you went outta your way to crush those guys, I guess that means you're no enemy of mine.

??? (Mordred): That wasn’t a bad fighting style, either. Pretty good for someone who doesn’t know a damn thing about the details.

??? (Mordred): Nice. Can’t say I hate idiots like you.

[CHOICE]

1. Is it okay to ask a question? 2. Who’re you calling an idiot!

??? (Mordred): Haahh?

Mashu: It’s just as you’ve said. I’m sure we’re not enemies.

Mashu: So, please… tell us. Do you think you could explain the situation here?

Mashu: About what happened within this City of Fog.

??? (Mordred): Sure. I’ll tell you.

??? (Mordred): But before that, give it to me straight. Are you one of those Demi-Servants or whatever?

Mashu: … yes. I’m Mashu Kyrielight, a Demi-Servant.

??? (Mordred): And you?

[CHOICE]

1. I’m Gudako.

??? (Mordred): Mashu Kyrielight, huh… well, whatever. That name’s got nothing to do with me.

??? (Mordred): I’m Mordred. A Heroic Spirit, and---

Mordred: A Knight of the Round who came running to Londinium, a city in my Father's beloved Britain, in its time of crisis.

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LONDON: CHAPTER 1. ____________

Mashu: The rayshift was a success. This is … ---It seems my vision is being obscured.

Mashu: Fog… ? Or perhaps you could call this smoke? It’s extremely thick…

Mashu: Up in the sky, there’s… as I thought, the same “Ring of Light” we’ve observed up until now is here. However…

Mashu: Either because of the fog or the smoke, it’s hard to get a clear---

Dr. Roman: A fog that’s thick enough to cloud up the sky, huh? That’s nothing too unusual for the Industrial Revolution, but…

Dr. Roman: Nah, this is definitely not your run-of-the-mill fog. I’m detecting an abnormal amount of magical energy coming from it.

Dr. Roman: It’s pretty dense. Like, very dense. Super dense. Rather, just a bit too dense… !

Dr. Roman: Like the air itself is just teeming with magical energy. It's in a class of its own, like the concentrated magical energy is the atmosphere itself!

Dr. Roman: It’s got to be pretty harmful to human bodies … Mashu, Gudako-chan, how’re you feeling?

Mashu: No problems on my end. I wonder if it’s because I’m a Demi-Servant?

Mashu: What about you, Senpai? …you don’t look any different than usual.

[CHOICE]

1. I’m the same as ever.

Mashu: Thank goodness. Still, I’d like it if you could avoid the thick of the fog, please.

Dr. Roman: No issues with Gudako-chan either, then. Well, there were no major changes to your vitals, after all.

Dr. Roman: That’s a little surprising. I got back the results of our analysis, and… 

Dr. Roman: I’ll announce our findings. That fog’s definitely harmful to living things. A normal human will definitely lose their life if they inhale too much of it.

Dr. Roman: Usually, proper magi, monster, servants or other types of phantasmal species possess an innate form of magic resistance.

Dr. Roman: Which means Mashu should be fine. Gudako-chan, on the other hand...

Dr. Roman: Hmmm…  I wonder. Did you acquire a poison resistance skill or something?

Mashu: That’s possible?

Dr. Roman: Or maybe, Mashu… yeah, maybe it’s a blessing from the Heroic Spirit you fused with, Mashu.

Dr. Roman: The Servant Mashu fused must’ve had either a high poison resistance or a strong blessing skill.

Dr. Roman: It’s probably possible to grant a Master that divine protection. That’s got to be the reason why you’re fine.

Mashu: … while I’m glad that I can be of use, calling it a skill sounds a little strange, Doctor.

Dr. Roman: Well, Gudako-chan’s just a human. We’ll call it a (temporary) poison resistance, then.

Mashu: O-Okay… (temporary)… then…  

Dr. Roman: In any case, London has transformed into a deadly City of Demonic Fog.

Dr. Roman: How’s your surroundings? Do you see any victims around?

Mashu: No, Doctor. The street’s completely devoid of people.

Mashu: It’s currently two in the afternoon, and yet, there isn’t a single pedestrian or carriage.

Mashu: I don’t see any casualties. There’s no one here.

Mashu: Almost as the city were completely deserted…

Mashu: Also... I checked along the narrower streets, and all the doors and windows were shut, too.

Dr. Roman: After the fog’s outbreak, the survivors must’ve headed straight for the closest shelter. There you have it, then…

Dr. Roman: I can confirm that there’s a lot of living signatures coming from the surrounding buildings.

Dr. Roman: They must be the surviving citizens. They’re likely stumped on whether it’s okay to come out or not.

[CHOICE]

1. Let’s find a solution as soon as possible. 2. Let’s do what we came here to do.

Mashu: … yes. Let’s do that, Senpai.

Mashu: We have to obtain and retrieve the Holy Grail in order correct the existence of this abnormal London.

Mashu: So, surely... the lives of those citizens lost to this fog...

Mashu: Along with those who shut themselves away to escape the danger, everyone and everything...

Mashu: If we can fix this situation, anything related to the magical fog should vanish completely.

Mashu: Even the damages it caused should revert to normal.. So… uhm…. that is, well… you see….

Dr. Roman: This is what you should say, Mashu. “Senpai’s very kind to do so much”. Right?

Mashu: …

Dr. Roman: Eh. Wha, isn’t it? Wait, oh no, did I say something bad?

Dr. Roman: ---wait. Hold it. A living signature.

??? (Mordred): ...who the hell’re you guys?

Mashu: Uhm, yes, we’re actually---

??? (Mordred): Pretty calm for a gang that’s about to kick the bucket, standing around inhaling all this fog. You’re not normal humans, that’s for sure.

??? (Mordred): So. What are you, really? Friend? Foe?

Mashu: ( I feel like I should return the sentiment...  Doctor, is she human, or is she…? )

Dr. Roman: ( Hey, I feel the same way! Thanks to all the magical energy flying everywhere, I can't make heads or tails of them. )

Dr. Roman: ( Still, that armor. There’s no way any ordinary London citizen would have it. )

Dr. Roman: ( Ohh, man! I thought this was gonna be a walk in the park since we’re confined to city limits. )

Dr. Roman: ( We’re about to be in serious trouble! I can’t tell what kind of character she is at all. )

Dr. Roman: ( Whether she’s a Servant, a magus, or just some ordinary citizen who just happens to be resistant to magic---  )

Dr. Roman: ( I can’t make anything out! Ahh, th-this is bad, we’re like fish out of water… )

Dr. Roman: ( This is our first time in a fog like this… ahh, save us, Magi☆Mari! )

Dr. Roman: ( “London’s fog was worse than I’ve heard, what’re we supposed to do…” )

Mashu: ( Get a hold of yourself, Doctor. Consulting your virtual idols isn’t going to make it all better! )

??? (Mordred): What’re you slinking around for? If you’re not gonna come at me, then whatever.

??? (Mordred): I’ve got no beef with you. My bad for getting in your way.

??? (Mordred): The fog’s pretty thick around here. You’d better get out while you can.

[CHOICE]

1. Thanks for the advice. 2. I’ll do that.

??? (Mordred): Hm? Yeah. See ya.

Mashu: Ah---

Mashu: She went off into that northern alleyway... It's impressive she can walk straight into that deep of a fog all on her own.

Dr. Roman: Eh, right in the middle of us putting our heads together? Talk about impatient. Are all Londoners like that?

Mashu: That was putting our heads together… ?

Dr. Roman: It definitely sounded like she knew what was going on. She must know way more than we do about London’s current situation.

[CHOICE]

1. Let’s run after her. 2. Information gathering is important.

Mashu: Okay, Senpai. Let’s hurry on after her.

Dr. Roman: I was just thinking that myself. But then she had to go and vanish on her own.

Mashu: Doctor… Dr. Roman.

Dr. Roman: Right. Forgive me. Alright, let’s get moving. I'll keep a proper lookout!

Mashu: ... what's that? I can hear something.

Dr. Roman: I’m not picking up any signs of life, but there’s a lot of motion being detected! Magical energy signatures are… no good. Trying to perceive anything through this fog is useless!

Mashu: The sound’s getting closer. It’s nearby. Master… !

Dr. Roman: I’m detecting a ton of moving objects rushing towards you at incredible speeds! It must be the enemy. Break through before they surround you!

Dr. Roman: Commands and proper judgment are going to be even more necessary than before. We’re counting on you as usual, Gudako-chan.

Mashu: I’m ready for combat. Master, your orders!

// BATTLE BEGINS & ENDS. //

Mashu: ---we managed to break through before they could surround us.

Dr. Roman: Who would’ve thought something like that’d be in the fog? Must be the reason why no one will leave their homes.

Dr. Roman: Since none of the windows or doors have been kicked in, does that mean they’re not even trying to enter the buildings?

Dr. Roman: That’s strange. No, that’s just plain weird.

Mashu: Yes. Those enemy creatures were very… odd. I doubt they were living organisms. 

Mashu: Let’s give them a temporary name for now.  Since they’re probably the work of magecraft, Automaton Dolls.

Mashu: I recognized some of the shapes in the wreckage. Machinery from this era was used in their construction.

Dr. Roman: I see...

Dr. Roman: Sorry. Our ability to detect anything magical has been completely shut down. To be honest, I can't sense anything in advance.

Dr. Roman: All we can perceive right now are moving bodies at best. What a mess.

Mashu: It’s the same for me. We're just like this city...

Mashu: Fog, smoke. It's as if... we've been enveloped by it, too...

Dr. Roman: In any case, you’ll have to proceed with more caution and vigilance than ever before. Hurry and catch up to that girl.

Mashu: ...Okay. Let’s go, Senpai.

[chaldeluxe]

LONDON: PROLOGUE. ____________

Woman: Huff, huff.. huff...  !! (panting noises)

Woman: Something’s up with... this fog..! I'm rapidly... losing..  my strength... !

Woman: B-but-----

Woman: It feels like something... something in there's been... chasing me this whole time!

???: Sorry.

Woman: Wha... when did you get... in front of... ? Ah... ahh...

Woman: .... n, no.... don't come any closer...

Woman: Aaahh, no, don't... I don't even know you... what're you… what’re you doing?!

???: We're sorry, Mother. So sorry.

???: But it's because we want to go back... go back, go back, go back, go back...

???: It's because... we really, really... want to go back, okay… ?

Woman: Hiiiih! No, stop that, stopitstopitstopitstopit!!

Woman: What's that, what're you... holding in your hand! Just stop... I'm begging you... don’t come any closer!

???: Yup. Sorry.

// SLICE AND DICE. THE MYSTERIOUS SERVANT WHO TOTALLY ISN’T JACK KILLS THE WOMAN. FADES OUT TO CHALDEA. //

Mashu: Good morning, Senpai… You’re looking a little pale today.

Mashu: Did you not get any sleep? That’s no good. You need to get the proper amount of sleep while we’re in Chaldea.

Mashu: Rest is very important to our operations. Like I’ve said before---

[CHOICE]

1. ...

2. I had a nightmare.

[ANSWER 1]

Mashu: Senpai?

Mashu: Could it be… you were dreaming… ?

[ANSWER 2]

Mashu: …you saw something, then.

Mashu: What sort of dream was it? It couldn’t have possibly been… uhm, that is… about my...

[CHOICE]

1. It was kinda horror-like.

2. I don’t really remember.

Mashu: I see. Thank goodness…

Mashu: Oh, no. It’s nothing. In any case, the meeting is about to start, so let’s head towards the control room.

Mashu: It seems you’ve already finished breakfast. Let’s go, then. The Doctor is waiting.

// FADE-OUT TO CONTROL ROOM. //

Dr. Roman: Morning, Gudako-chan. Great timing. I’m just about done with my prep work.

Dr. Roman: Let’s start with an analysis of our previous findings.

Mashu: The 72 Demon God Pillars… that’s what their evocation was called--- the ones born in the era of King Solomon, right?

Dr. Roman: That’s right. But as it turns out, this sort of abnormality never actually occurred in King Solomon’s time.

Dr. Roman: We didn’t observe a singularity around 10th century BC, either. What this basically means, is…

Da Vinci: It’s just as Romani’s said, unfortunately. It seems those beasts they call the 72 Demon God Pillars and King Solomon have nothing to do with each other.

[CHOICE]

1. Why’s that?

2. Good morning, Da Vinci-chan.

[ANSWER 1]

Da Vinci: We keep going on and on about it, but that’s how it is. If this were a murder mystery, then this would be one of those so-called alibis.

[ANSWER 2]

Da Vinci: Morning. Hmm, a Master that bothers to greet you is rather nice!

Dr. Roman: We would’ve definitely observed traces of Solomon using the 72 Demon God Pillars to his advantage if that were true.

Dr. Roman: Or at least noticed his familiars being sent out from 10th Century BC.

Dr. Roman: But we didn’t observe anything abnormal in King Solomon’s time. That’s to say, his era remains as is during the “correct human history.”

Dr. Roman: Which means---

Da Vinci: Leff Lynor and the rest of those so-called Demon Gods emerged from a totally different time.

Da Vinci: They essentially have no relation to King Solomon. Well, nearly.

Mashu: … It’d be a different case altogether if Solomon were forced by someone to do this as a Servant, yes?

Da Vinci: Right, right. Someone could just summon Solomon into our own age like Gudako-chan does and use him as a familiar.

Da Vinci: Then, that person would have the 72 Demon God Pillars under their control.

Dr. Roman: Sigh. Using the 72 Demon God Pillars as familiars... that'd be a story in and of itself, if they really existed.

Dr. Roman: I don’t think King Solomon would support such depravity, anyway.

[CHOICE]

1. Maybe not while he was alive, but... 2. A Servant’s bound to obey their…

Mashu: With all due respect, Doctor. Servants are bound to obey their Master.

Mashu: Wouldn’t even King Solomon have no choice but to follow his Master’s command?

Dr. Roman: Solomon wouldn’t be summoned by a villain like that. I mean, it’s not like this is Fuyuki’s Holy Grail War.

Dr. Roman: Chaldea's Summoning System establishes a contract between Master and Heroic Spirit only if both sides are willing to cooperate.

Da Vinci: Ah, that’s true. That’s how I came to Chaldea too.

Da Vinci: The first Director was a very excellent magus. I felt he was trustworthy enough, so I had no issues working with him.

Da Vinci: Didn’t I tell you? I was Chaldea’s third summon and considered a monumental success.

[CHOICE]

1. The third summon? 2. What about the first?

Da Vinci: The second one is standing right in front of you. That’d be Mashu-chan. The first was…

Da Vinci: The first and second are treated as highly classified information. Only the Director back then knew the nitty gritty.

Mashu: Senpai. The Heroic Spirit that saved me was Chaldea’s second… though I’m still unsure as to what their True Name and abilities are.

Fou: Fou…

Dr. Roman: Not even our previous Director, Marie, was privy as to the details of the first summon. The former head made sure to hide all details surrounding it.

Dr. Roman: …looking back on it now, the first Director's "accident" was probably more along the lines of a murder.

Dr. Roman: The first successful summon--- no, Leff, who didn’t think much of Chaldea’s Summoning System, likely killed him.

Da Vinci: Right. But don’t you get the feeling that their initial attempt ended in failure? I mean, Mashu-chan here is pretty much an incomplete Heroic Spirit.

Da Vinci: Chaldea’s first successful, complete summoning of a Heroic Spirit occurred when they summoned me on the third attempt, anyway.

Da Vinci: The question of whether or not there was even a first attempt is a little vague. It was probably just a fluke.

Da Vinci: Since FATE… Since the principles of the Heroic Spirit Summoning System were only realized thanks to the second’s---

Dr. Roman: Ahem! Leonardo-kun, we’re about to start the rayshift any moment now, so could you get it ready?

Da Vinci: My, just a slip of the tongue. I’ll be going, then ～♪

Dr. Roman: … now. The remaining four Singularities… the possibility of the mastermind lurking in one of them is high.

Dr. Roman: We're sure to run into him since he wants to destroy history via the Singularities.

Dr. Roman: Let me explain the Order this time in detail. The fourth Singularity is in the 19th Century...

Dr. Roman: Out of the seven Singularities, you could say it’s the closest to the era we live in. But, don’t be too surprised. There’s a good reason for it.

Dr. Roman: It’s a time of growth and prosperity. Better put, an era of rapid progress in human history.

Dr. Roman: In other words, the Industrial Revolution! A crucial turning point for humanity!

Dr. Roman:  Despite being regarded for the rise of consumerism, you could say this is when humanity gained a foundation for modern society.

Dr. Roman: Our destination will be the Golden Age of the British Empire.

Dr. Roman: Compared to the others, this singularity differs a little. It’s specifically the capital city, London.

Dr. Roman: You won’t have to walk yourself lame this time, either. Not only are there carriages, but trains, too.

Dr. Roman: That’s if they can be utilized… since there’s abnormalities in the era, I mean.

Dr. Roman: It won't be long until the Singularity of 19th century London is incinerated. We’re going there to stop that from happening.

Dr. Roman: Find the Holy Grail and correct the Fourth Singularity.

Mashu: Understood. The scope of our work this time will be around the city’s perimeter.

Dr. Roman: Yep. That’s right... London sure is nice, isn’t it? The City of Fog.

Dr. Roman: I would’ve liked to go myself. To like, get Sherlock Holmes’s autograph or…

Mashu: Doctor. This isn’t a vacation.

Dr. Roman: R-Right.

Mashu: Another thing: Sherlock Holmes is just a fictional character.

Mashu: That’ll make it sort of hard to get his autograph. I’m afraid you’ll have to give it up.

Dr. Roman: I guess... hm.  Mashu, are you also into… ?

Mashu: Yes?

Dr. Roman: Are you a fan of Holmes too? Isn’t he great? The world’s greatest consulting detective who relies on his little grey cells!

Mashu: That would be Hercule Poirot, a character who debuted in Agatha Christie’s works.

Dr. Roman: Ah...  th-that’s right. Yup.  I’ll pull myself together, then.

Dr. Roman: I hope you’re ready. The world has yet to be reduced to ashes. Take back our future!

[CHOICE]

1. Mission start! 2. Let’s be cautious this time.

Mashu: Right, Senpai.

Announcer A: Unsummon Program, Start. Commencing Spiritron Conversion.

Announcer A: Rayshift starting in 3, 2, 1…

Announcer A: All stages, clear. Commencing Grand Order verification.

[chaldeluxe]

Remembrance of Scorched Earth ____________

// FLASHBACK CAMPFIRE SCENE. //

Vlad III:  What’s the matter? Can you not sleep, my friend? 

Vlad III: I told you to leave tonight’s watch to me. You’ve a body that needs sleep. It’s better to rest in preparation for the ‘morrow. 

Vlad III: Hm… ? You wish to hear a tale of my time before I became a Heroic Spirit? … I’ll permit it despite how whimsical you are.

Vlad III: I haven’t a single anecdote to recite about myself. Nor any boastful stories to tell. 

Vlad III: In order to purge those who carried out their own injustice, I donned this armor and became a beast that committed those very same atrocities. 

Vlad III: You won’t find a trace of Vlad III the sovereign in me. As I stand before you now, I am both a warrior and a voyvoda. 

Vlad III: I formed a contract with you as a Heroic Spirit simply because I could sense something smelled of sin. 

Vlad III: Your battle is one that walks with justice. There-under, I can’t allow my spear to waver even in the slightest. 

Vlad III: No principles, no ideals. Just this skewering tool of mine. That’s all there is to speak of me.

Vlad III: …. no. That’s right. I can recall one reason of mine.

Vlad III: A strange vision comes to my mind. Perhaps it’s the fault of this slowly dwindling bonfire. 

Vlad III: Unlike the Heroic Spirits, I have no need of a second wish. Even why I fight beyond death is still unclear to me.

Vlad III: I lost sight of the Lord’s mercy. What I once thought, wasn’t, and what I was had all been forsaken.

Vlad III: From my vassals and their retainers’ virtuous souls to my other half, my love who plunged herself from the tower.

Vlad III: I never doubted the grace of God’s love. However, I never imagined to bear witness to it ever again.

Vlad III: …. however. I witnessed a dream. 

Vlad III: Hahahah. Even a Servant can dream, you know? Though our dreams are merely adaptations of “incidents that occurred in our lifetime”.

Vlad III: … however. This was different. No matter how improbable it may be, I dreamt of an event that “didn’t occur in my lifetime”. 

Vlad III: … I dreamt of a lone woman. A woman so thin and deranged, she appeared as if at death’s door.

Vlad III: That woman’s beloved child was stillborn, and it was then that her heart and mind shattered.

Vlad III: She submerged herself in contradiction by refusing to eat out of despair, by only being able to consume that which she truly loved. 

Vlad III: … it goes without saying that she was banished from society. She was then left with naught but to embrace her heresy.

Vlad III: People perish without sustenance.

Vlad III: Killing and consuming others was simply one of the laws of nature. It’s likely that woman managed to deceive herself so.

Vlad III: But until the day of her death, she’d never known the taste of such love.)

Vlad III: … she valued those convictions over her own life. 

Vlad III: … it’s quite the strange tale. It was almost as if I’d caught a glance of the true love I’d lost in her form.

Vlad III: For if such a woman were to exist – I felt I would gladly let hell-fire scorch me once more.

// SCENE CHANGE TO THE PRESENT. //

Vlad III: Nnhn! 

Vlad III: Such hideous undead! Though dead, they yet yearn to eat the flesh of the living!

Vlad III: Sinners who left your prayers behind and for whom no one prays anymore! I won’t tell you to repent!  You’ll simply become prey to my spear instead!

Dr. Roman: Amazing. It’s just a storm of violence over there! His spear isn’t the only deadly thing about him. That armor’s pretty wicked too!

Dr. Roman: He’s like a hedgehog that caught on fire. No, wait, more like a rotating guillotine. Or a human mortar.

[CHOICE]

1. Like black paint dripped on a canvas? 2. Like a snowplowing train?    

Dr. Roman: Yup, yup! It feels like he’s racing straight through, no questions asked!

Mashu: Doctor, Master! That’s enough carefree metaphors! 

Mashu: Please stand back, Lord Vlad! The enemy readings are well over a hundred! We’ll have to withdraw at the next opportunity!

Vlad III: Heh. What are you saying, shield-maiden? You speak as if even a hundred men are enough to bring me down.

Vlad III: At worst a single spear might bore through my entrails and a hundred arrowheads might burrow into this body of mine.

Vlad III: Trifling. How truly trifling. Even a pick-me-up drink would hit harder.

// VLAD GETS ATTACKED. //

Vlad III: Ghh, nnnh – !

[CHOICE]

1. Lord Vlad… ! 2. Lancer… !

Vlad III: Phew, an outstanding blow! My eyes are wide open now! Allow me to return the favor and run my pike through your crotch up your skull!

Monster: FIGIIIIIIIIII

Mashu: ------

Vlad III: What’s the matter? Was this the only one among you with an ounce of courage? Are there none who dare take me on in a duel? 

Vlad III: Then there’s naught left but for me to mow you all down. Though undead, you indeed gave my spear a hard time.

Vlad III: Know that literally, no piece of bone shall remain!

Dr. Roman: Hmmmm, so this is the famed Lord of Impalement. Vlad Tepes was Wallachia’s demonic defender of the state. Once he repelled an army of 100,000 with a mere force of 10,000 men.

Dr. Roman: And it’s not like that story is hard to believe or so. Especially not with these first-row seats.

Dr. Roman: Right now, it’s do-or-die! If you fail to find means to escape, you’re bound to get annihilated!

Dr. Roman: As long as Lord Vlad is alive, there’s no way you can lose here!)

Mashu: This isn’t the time for idol worship! Master, your orders! I’m going in to backup Lord Vlad!

// FIGHT WITH SKELETONS & SHADOW HERACLES. //

Vlad III: They’ve been disposed of. Are you well, my friend?

[CHOICE]

1. Of course. 2. Are you okay, Lord Vlad?

Vlad III: Naturally. As if I could allow myself to offer you such an unseemly sight, my friend. Though that final enemy was tougher than I expected.

Vlad III: However… there’s something vexing about this town.

Vlad III: Though this place was certainly once the stage for a Holy Grail War… did that very same war truly exude this amount of corruption? 

Vlad III: This horrid landscape doesn’t suit this world. Some other catastrophe must’ve brought forth/led to this horrific calamity.

Dr. Roman: Well… I was pretty much wondering that myself. That maybe this is what it’s like when the grail goes totally out of control or something…

Dr. Roman: Actually, since Fuyuki’s Greater Grail had such a superb Magic Core, it’s highly likely that a worst-case scenario occurred here only to blow everything away.

Dr. Roman: But for everything to keep burning on forever like this… it doesn’t really make sense…

Mashu: … did you have any other unanswered questions? Did you notice something unusual and wish to investigate, Lord Vlad? 

Vlad III: I wasn’t carrying out my own investigation, no – I haven’t the means to do such a thing. The corruption that this singularity carries simply left me concerned. 

Vlad III: Something lurks here. A something that I absolutely abhor. I wish to discover the source and destroy it before – 

Dr. Roman: Sorry. We’re totally out of time.  And we’ve already retrieved the grail in that singularity.

Dr. Roman: We can’t just loiter about all we want. The surplus of mana circulating from Shiva is about to run out, too. 

Dr. Roman: I know this’ll feel like an unfinished job for you, but…  do you think we can head on back now?

Vlad III: Pay it no mind, man they call Roman.

Vlad III: While that cowardice is rather unseemly, your daily efforts in undertaking modest tasks haven’t gone unnoticed by me.

Vlad III: Honestly - if only most people displayed diligence like yours. But such is life,unfortunately humans aren’t this simple.

// RAYSHIFT HOME. //

Dr. Roman: Welcome back, Gudako-chan. Lord Vlad is… yeah, it seems he’s back on standby.

Dr. Roman: But, man. I can’t say that’s the sort of Servant I thought you’d ever thrust straight into the middle of our Fuyuki problem.

Dr. Roman: While investigation of the Fuyuki singularity was our focus this time, we’ve got to start prioritizing our efforts towards the next one.

Dr. Roman: It’s finally time for the Seventh Singularity, the ancient time of Uruk.  All of our staff are coming together to carefully investigate the….

Dr. Roman: Oh. What’re you thinking, Gudako-chan? I might be able to offer some advice.

[CHOICE]

1. … I don’t really get Lord Vlad’s reason for fighting…   2. I feel like you’ve explained this before, but…

Dr. Roman: … hmm. The kind of dreams that Servants have, huh.

Dr. Roman: They might be battle records carved into his soul from his time as a Heroic Spirit.

Dr. Roman: That doesn’t necessarily make this a sad story, though. “I felt I would gladly let hell-fire scorch me once more.” —

Dr. Roman: He doesn’t mean he “wishes to suffer once more”. What he’s trying to say is, “I wish to search for that light once more”.

Dr. Roman: Even if he were to die failing to kill his adversary, he still wouldn’t have chosen to take the brilliance he saw in that woman’s ways down with him. 

Dr. Roman: He’s not doing something like that for the sake of his honor or just because it’s a personal resolve.

Dr. Roman: To put it simply, “thou shalt love thyself as thy neighbor.” 

Dr. Roman: He’s always been a firm believer in the inherent good of human souls. Between now and back then, he really hasn’t changed.