Control Tower, Collapsed

...Sheesh. There's seriously no end here! Aaanyway...

We managed to clear a path for you. Go, Fujimaru.

What's with that face? You can't move your legs? Then let me tell you: if you stay here, you'll just be in our way!

This is now a war of attrition and endurance! A human who only has a bit of magecraft will just hold us back!

That kind of stung, but I agree.

Fujimaru, Mash. Go on.

We shall take care of this base. You have somewhere else to go.

Thy protests prick my conscience, but what can a playwright do? Incompetent as I am, I bid thee farewell to witness the conclusion of this story!

We are in complete agreement, playwright! I, too, have tired of this battle line.

There is no end to assisting these warlike Heroic Spirits. There's no point in getting carpal tunnel even as Heroic Spirits.

Though I've never been afflicted by such an ailment. Well then, I shall fight to the best of my ability, my onetime landlord and fellow lodger.

No, not you wretches! Well actually, you guys are in the way, too.

But your support comes in handy now and then, so we need you to stay here!

...Tch. This is why I hate serialized stuff...

Quit clicking your tongue in sync, fools! Your styles are so different, yet you two are eerily like best buds!

Hmmm. It seems everyone is in high spirits.

But are you all right, burning through so much magical energy? There's a limit to the support even I can provide.

Everyone here is part of a team, so please don't just lie down on the job!

Heheh. Looks like you're using your magical energy to the max, too, Fox.

As usual, ya got great hexing techniques, but you too have your limits. Go ahead and take a break.

No, no. No need to worry about me. I am not some woman who works herself like a dog.

If worse comes to worst, I will just leave you all and take shelter in Amano-Iwato alone♡

(Oh geez... It's hard to play along with her obvious lies...)

(This fox doesn't know herself too well.)

Is something the matter? Do you have a problem with my smile?

N-no, no problem. Oh right, I forgot how coldhearted you are.

I'm just gonna assume you'll bail when this entire thing goes to hell, okay?

Yes! And so, there is no need to worry about me. Although I do appreciate the consideration.

...Still. Come to think of it, we're both far from home...

Traveling to Britain is one thing, but coming to a bloody war at some temple beyond time and space is something else.

Such bizarre fates connect us. I recall Abe-no-Seimei causing both of us trouble back in Kyoto...

Yeah. I remember, Fox.

Back in old Kyoto, we were both arrogant and absorbed in our own pleasures.

Yeah, we were... Ah, no, no! Wait, I ain't done nothing like that!

As one of Raikou's retainers, I led a pure, good life, of course!

I am Kintoki, popular with brats past and present! In the Edo period, EVERYONE loved me!

I don't know about that. After all, you were one of Raikou's, you know...

Well, that doesn't matter right now. Anyway, the Demon God Pillars. They irritate even me.

My head is pounding. My original's devotion, passion, and high spirits are pouring in from the Sun Palace!

How unlike me to get this worked up! Am I a vicious or a peaceful spirit!?

Ahhh, then I have no choice. I may or may not spontaneously develop additional tails!

Ohh, I'll do it! Just don't go engraving it on my Spirit Origin!

Mikon! Tamamo Seven Transformation☆

Okay, so that's a Golden Change! It's about time I unveiled my Huge Bear, too!

Let's go, partner! Mega-Gorgeous Golden Huge Bear!

My, that is a huge conveyance. Is that, um, from the time in Kitayama Rendai field?

Yeah it is! It's my secret weapon that exterminated the Great Tsuchigumo!

Namuhachiman, Golden Hachiman Drive! Eat it, you lousy Demon God Pillar!

Are you listening, girls? Absolutely do not ride alone into the enemy's line.

Jack, Frankenstein. I would like you two to work together.

Nursery Rhyme and I will support you from the rear. However, I can't promise outstanding results

...Yes, the "hit and fade" style.

The hit-and-run tactic. Let's go with that as our basic strategy.

Uuh, uuh. Uuuh!

Okay, got it. We won't charge them on our own. But we're lucky. We're not alone.

Because we are "we"... If we feel like it, we can rush them and dismember them.

Ah, but that would leave Frankenstein alone... Mmm, maybe that would be bad.

...Would that be bad?

Yes, it would. I want you two to fight together.

Follow the orders, Jack. I know you don't like to follow Paracelsus's instructions...

...but right now, he's of sound mind. Wait, if he's not acting like himself then maybe he's not of sound mind?

He looks like a nice person. He talks like a nice person. It's strange.

I wonder which one you are, Paracelsus. Which is the fake and which is the real you?

The evil man who kills children? Or a good man who worries about them?

Good question. Long ago, I gave in to villainy. I am a bad person.

However, right now, Fujimaru is here. I have been given another chance to at least act as a good person.

Just as I did during my lifetime. Or, perhaps...

Heeheehee! Another silly mage... Debating what is good or evil will gain you nooothing, no, no!

But you are amusing. You, sir, are funny!

You are like the two sides of a coin. Flip you around and your attitude changes. But then again, that is also...

...just like any human.

Even though Heroic Spirits are a menagerie of the dearly departed, you behave as if you don't understand that.

Are you insane? I bet your Spirit Origin says as much. Like, if you dropped a piece of cake, you would step on it to finish it off!

...Yes, you're probably right.

But, Paracelsus... You don't have that kind of skill, do you?

...Uuh, uuh. No...need...worry...

What's that?

According to one hypothesis, the Philosopher's Stone cannot be created by one who is not righteous.

While it may not have been absolute justice that blessed the masses, the world itself saw him as righteous, at one point or another.

Therefore, there is nothing odd about him. Somewhere in his heart, there is a spark of righteousness.

Uh-huh... Righteousness, eh...? No matter how meager it is, huh!?

Yes, but it really isn't about quantity.

Heh-heh-heh... Pfft, ahaha!! Ahaha, ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

I see, I see. How amusing! That's wonderful!

In the writing style of the Far East, that would be compared to a spider's thread dangling into Hell, I suppose!

Where there's one thread of good, there's hope. Hope! And you say he has one, too!

...

Good, then. I, the demon Mephistopheles...

...shall witness the good and evil hidden in the soul of a single man, as he faces 72 Demon Gods!

...Hmmm. It looks like you've finally arrived, Your Majesty.

Chain Summoning. I suspected as much, but to see it with my eyes is marvelous.

Last time was in Londinium, with Sir Mordred. That was like a chain catalyst.

This time, I bet Sir Mordred and Fujimaru started the chain Summoning.

Wouldn't you like to see your daughter, Your Majesty?

I'm sure she wouldn't say it, but she would no doubt be pleased to have you speak to her.

...Unnecessary. She's a member of the Round Table, not my daughter.

No. Let's stop there. I am no more than a version of myself arising from an "if."

Oh?

I am a potential form that was produced from a hundred million-to-one coincidence, the product of a me becoming a goddess by holding the sacred lance.

A possibility that allowed me to remain who I am while holding the lance. At the same time, a possibility that accepted the curse of the Grail.

In my current form, I cannot remove the elements of "Storm" from myself, nor can I behave like a ruling king.

Therefore... this is how I would define myself.

I am a storm that will obliterate everything before my eyes.

I see. Now I understand. So will you obliterate me as well, Your Majesty?

No. My eyes are set on those horrid pillars of flesh. Heroic Spirits trying to save the world are not worthy of my gaze.

Sacred lance, removing restraints...

Haha, hahahahahahahahaha! Wonderful! A torrent of light, surpassing both AC and DC, one born from the planet itself!

Truth be told, I am not fond of Heroic Spirits with either Heaven or Earth attributes... But, King of the Storm, you are different! You are the Wild Hunt itself!

Let us go together, my queen! Witness as I clear a path for you!

Hey, you. You're still here?

Kindness should have its limit, Fujimaru.

You saw that light at nine o'clock? There's no doubt that the King of the Storm manifested.

Not even a Servant would be able to maintain their Spirit Origin next to a Noble Phantasm like that.

Though I suppose there are a few morons who would gleefully let themselves get liquefied.

How bitterly disappointing. I thought a viewing of yon light up close would surely inspire me!

..."Ah, kill me with thy weapon, not with words!"

Death not by blade, but by light. An extraordinary last moment, carved into the victims' soul.

Not a bad last moment for my own materialization, but unfortunately, now is not the time for the final act of the story.

'Tis time to bring the curtain to a close, Fujimaru.

...Playwright. Did you say something profound for once? If so, perhaps we shall shortly see some snow here.

Well. Fujimaru. Mash Kyrielight.

I would like to see the innermost area of the Temple of Time, but as you can see, I am busy researching a story here.

My role here is to provide support not only for the great scholars, but also for those muscle-brained Servants.

Go forth, Fujimaru. Or don't tell me you mean to make us say it?

I don't know how many times this line has been used. That line has been repeated in many heroic narratives.

Yes, THAT, you imbecile!

You twit, don't make me spell it out!

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Fine! I will meet thy expectations and serve it to thee!

So, leave this to us and go forth...!

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Go! Go and save the world, Fujimaru!