Day 5

PP, Nautilus docking complete! Initiating Zero Sail!

Yes, very good, everyone. We're right on time again.

It's fifteen hundred hours at Chaldea right now. If we keep this pace, we should make it back shortly after the end of day.

Yeah. Three hours should be enough to make these last fifteen deliveries.

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Um, Captain Santa? Is something bothering you?

No, I wouldn't say that. But I have decided to call it a day here.

These routes being so oddly clear is starting to nag at me. I want to go check in on Master and Mash.

So we're gonna have a party in Master's room this afternoon? Yaaay! This rocks!

Yes, we will. Assuming Master is actually in his room, that is.

Ahh, now I see. You always have been strict about keeping to the rules, Captain.

For my part, I've been happy to enjoy their kindness.

Call me "Leader" when we're making deliveries. Oh, wait. We're on the Nautilus now, so maybe "Captain" is fine...

At any rate, we need to strike while the iron is hot.

As soon as we deliver this present to Scáthach-Skadi, we'll head straight back to Chaldea.

We're scheduled to arrive at the Border at sixteen hundred hours. All hands, proceed with your duties accordingly.

Aye, aye, sir! I'll radio Baker and ask her to bake a cake before weHuh? Hang on.

I just picked up an unidentified heat signature on our sonar! Oh crap, it's huge! What's going on!? It wasn't there a second ago!

I'm sorry! There's no way to avoid it! We're going to make contact in about twenty seconds!

It looks like we made it back with time to spare today, Senpai.

I'm glad our work was so easy to get done today, but I can't help wondering if something changed.

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...So, you think the Nemo Series have another goal in mind besides delivering presents?

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Huh? You're asking me?

I'm already providing Zero Sails that let you jump to each delivery area around the world instantaneously for free.

Now you want me to tell you what this latest event is really all about, too? It's starting to feel like you're just using me!

We really do appreciate how generous you've been with your help.

But if anything were to happen to the Nemo Series and we weren't there to help them, we'd never forgive ourselves.

So please, BB, if there's anything you know about what the Nemo Series are up to, please tell us as much as you can.

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...Danger, huh?

Well, I can promise you this: what you see with Nemo is exactly what you get.

He knows what kind of Santa he wants to be, and being exactly that is all he's trying to do, period.

In addition, the Nemo Series are also taking on an especially difficult delivery mission as a special case.

My guess is that they've been going around talking to different Servants to gather intel for that mission.

Nemo Santa is keeping those talks secret, which is probably why you feel like he's hiding something.

But keep that just between us, okay?

And one last thing. In all seriousness, don't ask any of the Nemos about this.

If Nemo Santa finds out that you did, he'll abandon this delivery mission on the spot...

...because the only way this mission will succeed is if no one knows about it, and it has no effect on anyone.

No one can know about it?

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That's right! This mission is all about making zero impact on the world by delivering a package that's completely empty!

You want to know what the point of delivering such a package is? Great question! I'm wondering about that myself!

But for whatever reason, Nemo the Phantom Spirit really has his heart set on this bizarre mission.

In fact, it's the reason he agreed to become Santa Claus in the first place.

I respect that decision, and his wish to keep it quiet.

Even if this mission may ultimately be pointless, I won't mock it or say it's meaningless.

Anyway, enough of that. See you later, Senpai! Make sure you keep gathering lots of resources, okay?

Seriously, between my painful losses at the Holy Grail Front and my ServantFes being snatched out from under me, I'm in big trouble here.

You'd better believe the world's most advanced AI won't be forgetting that humiliation anytime soon.

So, even as we speak, I'm stocking up on resources to one day take my revenge!

I'm counting on you too, Senpai! From now on, I'm hoping you'll donate any spare change you get at the store to my crowdfunding campaign!

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What do you think, Senpai?

If we take BB at her word, it sounds like we'd be better off in the dark.

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Yes. I agree.

It seems pretty clear he's got a larger goal of some kind in mind, but we don't need to know.

That doesn't mean we have to stop quietly keeping their delivery routes clear, though!

We can still help however we can! In the meantime, let's go wait for the Nemo Series to get back!

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Hi, yes, we're back. Man, that was rough. I never expected to run into a disaster like that.

It's a good thing we already had experience fighting in Void Space.

I'll say! We were like a whale running into a school of hungry sharks.

That's why we got back so late. We had a difficult time fending them off.

Sorry for the delay, Master. You can rest assured that Team Nautilus is back now.

Would you mind giving them our report, Professor? I'm still a little out of breath.

You look exhausted, Nemo. What happened out there?

Yes, well, it started when a group of unknown enemies attacked us while we were en route to a delivery...

I don't know. She just showed up out of nowhere, then left after we beat her, like always.

Well, I'm sure she interfereI mean, came to warn us for a reason.

When BB is acting like a villain, it's usually because she's actually trying to help someone else.

I see... Anyway, we managed to reach depth level five in our Zero Sail. Now we just have to worry about breaking through the Grand waluh...

Uh, anyway, here's today's delivery list. As you can see, Team Nautilus runs a safe and tidy submarine.

BB is the only reason we didn't get back around sixteen hundred hours like we planned.

Okay, that takes care of the report. We'd better be going now. Professor.

Right, sorry. I did it again. I guess I'm still not used to having normal conversations.

Oh, by the way, I've already set up the shop. I hope you'll stop by if you have any time to spare.