Love is Not Free

Yawn... Good morning Master! What's wrong?

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Now that you mention it... That is strange. Did the Rayshift fail?

Where are Mash and Fou?

Over here.

Fou!

Mash, Fou! I'm glad you're safe!

Are you hurt? If something happened to you, Master would be sad.

Nnn, kyu.

I'm fine.

...It seems there was an accident during Rayshift. Please wait while I ask the Doctor to bring us back.

Sorry everybody. I don't know what happened, but I have your signals here.

There's no data on where you jumped, but it's spatially stable.

Give me a minute. Once the repairs are done, I'll bring you back.

Understood! Master, I'll go look and make sure there's no danger!

Actually, we should stick together. Is that all right with you, Master?

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Okay!

Master, Ushiwakamaru, watch yourselves.

I-I'm fine... Hyaaah!

I-I'm sorry. Thank you! I was raised by the Kurama Tengu and I still slipped...

Still, this forest It seems different than the one in my country.

That's right. From the look of that coast... Are we on a deserted island?

You're probably right, Mash. There's likely no land bridge.

If we're trapped here, should we chop some wood and make a raft?

If we can Rayshift back, we probably won't need a raft.

Too bad. I'm quite good at chopping wood

What's wrong?

Be quiet. I sense an evil presence.

...Me too. Fou, be quiet.

Kyu.

... S-Sorry.

Fou's so cute, I feel like my heart skipped a beat.

The presenceis starting to approach. Master, shall we launch a surprise attack?

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Right, I'll go around the side. Mash, you intercept them.

Wow... Her "Presence Concealment" is Assassin level. Let's do this, Master stand back.

...Here they come!

I trapped them! Let's go!

Whew! That was good exercise! By the way, can we eat them?

Probably not a good idea to eat the Lamia...

A shame. If you carefully drain them of blood, snakes can be quite delicious.

I used to eat them all the time during war.

I-I see...

This island is pretty small, huh? Doesn't look like there's much to see.

...A bit of a shame, really.

Oh, hello? It's the Doctor. It's going to take me a little longer to adjust the Rayshift.

It's just refusing to stabilize...

Understood. ...I'm sorry. Looks like it will take a bit more time.

Anyway Master, I want to hear a story about you.

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Is it strange to want to know about one's Master?

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No, I want to learn about you, Master.

I might not be the best listener, but I'll try my hardest. So please, go ahead!

...I see, I see. Thank you, Master!

...Looks like the Rayshift's not ready yet. It's so quiet.

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Master, um... I have a question

Am I useful to you?

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I see. Glad to hear it. I...I'm used to people telling me they don't understand me.

When I tell them I want to fight for someone else's sake, they all seem confused.

Is my reason that strange?

I fought for my brother's sake, but he never believed me, even until the end.

It's true that there were misunderstandings, but I never thought of hurting him even once

I'm not angry. It's just strange to me. Why can't people understand how I feel?

I'm sorry. This isn't something I should be talking about with you.

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...You're a lot like Ise Yoshimori, you know?

Oh, I don't mean that you look like him. He had a face like a wicked fox.

But he was easy to talk to. About serious things, or just joking around.

You have many Servants. But you take time to talk to them one-on-one

It's a little embarrassing, but I'm very grateful.

Is it ready? Doctor? I think it's time for us to go back

Oh, sorry. I have bad news.

...Go ahead with the bad news, Dr. Roman.

Just so we're clear, this isn't my fault, okay?

Until you can stabilize that area, even if you try to return, you'll just end up somewhere else.

The cause of the instability circles around the island. Any ideas?

Around the island? Could it bethat ship?

I thought it might be a ship... Yeah. I'm picking up magical energy coming from it.

Can you go there and remove the source of the instability?

I think so. Let's jump aboard when it gets close.

A-At this distance?

Mash, I once jumped across eight ships. This is nothing.

...I think it's about time. Mash, once I'm aboard I'll bring the ship close.

Understood.

Just watch me. Master, take this "Dan-No-Ura Eight-Boat Leap!"Here I go!

S-She jumped! She jumped over eight boats in length!

I did it! Okay guys, sorry! But I'm taking this boat to shore!

I promise I won't kill you

I won't kill you Oh, no! They're already dead!

U-Um, Ushiwakamaru seems to be having a hard time!

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I'm getting this boat to shore Tch, get out of my way!

Okay, got it! Mash! I'm turning the boat around!

It's getting closer. At this range I can do it too!

Ushiwakamaru!

Oh, Mash! Sorry, it took me a while!

I see. It was a ghost ship!

U-Um, Mash?

Yes?

Was Master disappointed? It did take me a while...

...Don't worry. Master believed in you.

I see! Okay, then nothing can stop me!

Come, you ghastly creatures! My name is MinamotoNo, Ushiwakamaru!

As a Servant of Fujimaru, I shall defeat you!

Yup, that's most of them. Master! Master!

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Mash! Master praised me!

I'm so happy for you, Ushiwakamaru!

Right!

Hey guys, the readings from that ghost ship isn't totally gone.

If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to come home.

Huh? Really? But

I don't see anything else...

A mist? Rising from the bodies?

I see, the vengeful spirit driving the ship was the source of the instability!

Okay Mash, this time let's finish it.

Evil is destined to fall. Especially, wicked demons...

Your grudge shall be slain by me Ushiwakamaru!

I defeated them!

Okay, you all can come home now. Let me know when you're ready.

Understood. Let's meet with Master first.

Master, I have slain the vengeful spirits!

It's a shame you couldn't see me since we were fighting on the decks...

But next time, I promise to fight somewhere you can see!

And um...well. If you wouldn't mind...

Oh, no... Never mind, I guess...

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D-Do you think you could maybe pat me on the head? I'd really like that.

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Thank you!