The Events of a Lonely Night in November I

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Fran, are you all right?

...Uh.

There's another artificial human like Fran in this era... Was Chaldea's analysis really correct?

We're a long way from both London, and Victor Frankenstein's house...

Uuuh...

Fran doesn't seem to know either... But let's look anyway.

Oh, Fran. Wake Master up, please.

I'll go look around and then meet up with you both.

Uuh!

...Everything seems normal. Okay, now to meet up with Master

W-What happened here!?

...Uuhh!

Um... Master didn't get up, so you were worried it was a terrible illness.

Then you decided to give electroshock therapy, and fired off Blasted Tree... Right?

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Isn't that a really bad idea!?

Uuh?

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I'm glad you're alive.

Uh...

It's okay, Fran. Master isn't mad.

Uuh?

？！

Uuuuuuh...

Looks like she understands.

Doctor, we're almost at our destination. See any responses?

Hmm... That's strange.

I momentarily detected strong magical energy just now, but it's already gone.

There's traces left, but they're starting to vanish. By the time you get there they'll be gone.

Some kind of summoning ritual?

I'm not sure... I don't have enough to say either way. I don't see enemy bio-responses, so don't worry.

...Uuh? Uuuuuhh...

Fran, what's wrong? ...You saw something strange over there, you say?

This is... Something was buried here.

Let's take a look.

Uuuuuhh...

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Uuh, uh.

Under the ground?

What...? A voice!?

Uuuuuhhhhhh!

W-Wait! You shouldn't dig there! Bad idea!

Doctor, what's down there!?

It's a human corpse!

...!?

It's not human... It's a homunculus? And...it's still alive!

Uuuh!

It was dead just a moment ago, with no trace of magical energy at all!

Master, let's fight!

...Whew. Bio-response has disappeared.

I can confirm that here, too. Whew, that scared me...

Uuuuh...

Fran? ...You want us to investigate the homunculus?

Uh.

Doctor, can you analyze it?

Yeah, it'll take a little time, but... I'll get started.

Oh, and that powerful magical energy I detected? I saw something similar in the fortress up ahead.

I'd like you to go after it immediately. That homunculus suggests something bad is going on.

Roger. We'll head there now.

...Uuhhh.

Fran, calm down please. There's nobody here, huh?

I don't sense anybody here either. ...This might be worse than we thought.

Uuuuh... Uuuhh!

Fran!?

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Right! Fran, wait!

...Uuh!

There you...are... My defective...big sister.

!?!?!?

You have...a funny look...on your...face. Or...have you...never...seen...your face...in a mirror?

Fran, you're going too fast... Huh!?

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So that's...your new...Master...huh? Your morals...are defective...as well...then.

When our Master...abandons us...we die. That is...our rule...right?

But you...became...a Heroic Spirit. And swore...loyalty to a...new Master.

Defective...to the core...

Uuuh!

Oh...I see. You can't talk...my poor...Big Sister!

I can talk...like this! And Father...loves...me!

I'm different...than you...in every...way!

Who are you? And what did you do to the people in this fortress?

Stupid...human. You don't really...expect me...to answer that!?

No, the answer is clear. You killed everyone in this fortress.

Hehehe. Wrong.

I...did not...kill them. I...gave...them...new...life.

Huh!?

It can't be!

I've got it! That homunculus was made using human parts!

As you know, homunculi are created using magical circuits as a base

But she's using magical energy to power corpses instead.

They're less like homunculi, and more like Fran... Closer to artificial humans!

Ahahahaha! Let's start...with a warm-up.

Try your best... Big Sister.

...They're coming! Fran, get ready!

Uuh...

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... ...(Nod nod)

GGNNNAAAAAOOOOOHH!

Hmph. I...expected...as much. Fine. I'll...fight you...myself.

You will be...a good...test case. I am...not yet...complete.

But...if I...can defeat...Big Sister. I know...I will...becomecomplete.

Here...I...go!

SSHAAHHH!

Ugh!? No...you can't...be this...strong!

Come home.

...Father!?

!!!

We have sufficient samples. It's time to go.

Don't worry. You will become perfect. I promise.

...I under...stand.

I won't let you get away!

"Blasted Tree!"

Ugh!

...Uuuh!

Farewell...Big Sister. Next time...we meet...will probably...be...goodbye.

...Uh.

She got away! Doctor!

It's no good. There's no traces of magical energy left. ...And what's more.

I just realized this, but the traces of magical energy in the fortress were a trap...

Yup, there's nothing left. It's impossible to track them. I'm sorry...

I did get her data, though. Next time she shows up, I can track her... I think.

Uuhhh!

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Yeah. We have to get stronger, too...

...Uuuhh. (Nod Nod)