Fate/Grand Order story · Events, Christmas 2020
Epilogue: The Snowy Ruins and the Girl Knight
Christmas 2020. Christmas 2020_For Chaldea Gate Display
1 scenes, 91 lines
1. Before the battle
91 lines...So I lost, huh.
I know you're the side of me devoted to combat, which is why fighting was the only option you had.
But it's over now. Come back where you belong.
What about the Christmas Grail?
I'm already a god turned Santa. That present would be much too rich for my blood.
Besides, Santa is supposed to give presents, not receive them, no.
So how about we just give Bradamante back her original power, leave the Christmas Grail in Master's hands...
...and enjoy a nice, normal, samba Santa Christmas?
Hmph. Oh, very well. If nothing else, I have to admit that the tournament is over.
Sí! I do feel bad about inconveniencing all the others, but the one thing we can both agree on...
...is that nothing beats a heated lucha match! Sorry everyone, that's just how we gods are, yes!
...Phew. It's really over now, isn't it.
You were amazing!
Congratulations!!!
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Thank you, Fujimaru. But I genuinely couldn't have done it without everyone's help.
Thank you all so much!
Thank goodness. For a while, I was really worried about how things were going to turn out...
Hehe, I never had any doubt.
Thinking back on it now, maybe you never needed my coaching in the first place.
I'm sure you two would have had no trouble winning on your own power alone.
Don't be silly, Coach Martha! I'm especially grateful to you!
I honestly don't know how I could possibly thank you enough for your help...
Fou, fooou!
Of course I'm grateful to you too, Lord Fou! Your adorableness, fluffiness, and nebulous resemblance to Lord Merlin have been a huge boon!
Merfou? Fou. Fo fou, fou.
Hey guys, check out the sky.
Hey, yeah. The sunshine is already melting the snow.
Now the people here will finally get to enjoy a normal Christmas...
Oh? Maybe not entirely normal.
Fo!?
It's snowing again!
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Wh-what's going on!? I thought Black Quetzal Mask was responsible for the strange weather!
If it's still happening even after you beat her...does that mean the real mastermind is
Huh?
It is just a little fluke of nature that happened to give Mexico snow for Christmas.
It's also a present from the sky, offering its blessing to the warriors after their battle.
What I mean is, it is a miracle, yes!
I see... I guess things like this do just...happen sometimes.
I hate to rain, well, snow on your parade, but this isn't the first time Mexico has gotten snow, you know.
That said...as timing goes, this is definitely kind of miraculous. I won't deny that.
Not to say I couldn't come up with a plausible scientific reasoning for all this, of course!
For example, maybe all that sweat that flew off the fighters' bodies somehow ended up forming snow clouds!
Well... I guess this is goodbye.
I don't know if I'll just go back to the Throne, or continue my journey somewhere else...but I have to keep looking. It's who I am.
We'll miss you.
So it's finally time to disband the team, huh...
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Still...you never know.
Maybe our paths will cross again one day.
So...maybe I'll get to see you again.
That's true. That could very well happen.
If we meet again, you may have forgotten my fighting styles, but I'm sure your soul will remember.
You and I will always be comrades in arms. If you ever need my help again, don't hesitate to ask.
Thank you, my wonderful partner. Next time, I'll be sure to make a mask for you too, okay?
O-oh, uh... Thank you...?
May you be blessed wherever your path takes you. I say that not as a goddess, but as a friend.
Ahaha, I appreciate that. If you had blessed me as a goddess, I know I'm just immature enough that I'd have ended up depending on it too much!
Okay, no more sappy goodbyes! From here on, I'm sending you off with a happy samba rhythm! Olé!
Hehe, thank you. Okay, everyone... Actually, I think this will work as a farewell, too.
After all, I WAS Santa Claus for a while!
Okay, everyone... Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
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...What a beautiful sight. Ah, Ruggiero...if only you were here to see this with me.
I hope that one day...I'll get to tell you all about this snow that fell on an ancient pyramid out in the jungle.
Then again, maybe you're seeing it too, even as I speak, wherever you are. It wouldn't be the first time we've unknowingly passed each other by, after all.
I bet that one day...this will all be another story we laugh about together...
Okay, that's enough of that, meow. There's still cleanup to do!
Even after she's gone, Black Kuku's still running this jaguar ragged. But this cat's gotta do her job if she wants to get paid!
Guess I'll start by taking down this tournament panel. Hup, hup... Phew.
Oh, come to think of it, we never did the whole thing where we give the winner flowers, did we?
Guess I'll just have to break out my official Jaguar Stamp of Approval instead.
There we go. Gotta say though, we sure had a ton of teams compete, didn't we...
Of course, ours was still the wildest, and the most popular! Remember, winning isn't everything!
Okay, what's next on the old to-do list... You know, as hard as I've had to work, I think I might need to invoice Kuku for triple the meat she promised...
Some panels are soon forgotten after their role has been fulfilled. Some are engraved with records detailing the battles that were fought there.
With no one left to look at them, there is no way to tell what they say.
Who competed in this tournament? Which teams fell to which opponents?
Which heroes took to the ring for the African team? At this point, nobody knows.
Of course, even if the young knight had seen the name she was searching for there, she may have just said:
"I didn't even notice! So there was actually another miracle at work here, huh. Too bad I missed him."
...and laughed it off.
She would certainly not lose heart so much that she would abandon her search. Such despair would not even enter her mind.
While she does wish to see him again, her feelings will remain the same, whether she finds him or not.
Because she knows their love will endure forever...
In the meantime, the young knight in love trusts in her feelings, and her sense of justice...
...and continues to put one foot in front of the other, regardless of what lies ahead.