Door to Summer/Dark Mix

In Hawaiian mythology, Pele lives in Kilauea. That part fits.

But BB never went there.

Even weirder, she explicitly told us to come here, to Mauna Kea, on the last day.

That just doesn't make sense. Mauna Kea is the snowy mountain where Poliʻahu lived.

According to myth, this was the one place Pele could never conquer, and she hated it more than anything.

...I see. Then BB may be Pele the goddess, but she is not Pele.

Or, she is not ONLY Pele... That means everything comes down to the order of events, doesn't it?

Specifically: When did the Foreigner that Chaldea detected first arrive here?

That's right. You all came to Hawaii after the Foreigner was detected.

But Foreigner XX didn't show up until after you'd checked in at the hotel.

That means it wouldn't make sense for XX to be the Foreigner we detected.

Honestly, I'd been wondering exactly when XX first got to Hawaii.

But now that we know XX isn't the Foreigner we're looking for, the question is: Who is?

(...I don't wanna get in trouble, so I'm just gonna keep my mouth shut.)

Ah! So, the reason we couldn't contact Chaldea's Hawaiian office isn't because this place became a Singularity, but

Right you are! It's because the entire office disappeared into Void Space, like it never existed to begin with!

Welcome to the Mauna Kea Evil God Observatories, foolish humans♡

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Teehee. Do you even know where Chaldea's Hawaiian office used to be located?

It was right here, on the peak of this very mountain.

Did you know that Mauna Kea is one of the best mountains for stargazing in the entire world?

Or that it's home to a cluster of research facilities with telescopes from all sorts of different countries?

The one from Japan, Subaru, is especially well known.

It's quite the sight, seeing the silhouettes of so many observatories along the top of the mountain.

Though of course...

...there ISN'T anything on top of this mountain anymore. I cast them all down into Void Space myself!

This ominous aura... It's just like Abigail's...!

Abigail? Ugh, don't insult me. I'm nothing like that lazy, good-for-nothing sleepyhead.

I'm a much more active, much more friendly dynamo of destruction!

I've been peeping on you foolish humans from outer space, thinking up all sorts of ways we can have fun together!

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Is this...a slot machine...?

What the hell are...no, what WERE those things? They're bizarrely horrifying!

H-hey, Master? You don't look so good. Are you feeling okay? Do you want some candy?

Tick, tock, tick, tock♪

Did you enjoy your repeating summer vacation? You decided to reach for the stars, worked hard...

...encountered and overcame setbacks, found friends to help you, and emerged victorious in the end.

I haven't seen such a good reality show in ages. It was worth all the trouble it took to set it up.

But then...

...I had the perfect bow to put on this touching story, and you just ignored it altogether!

Why didn't you use the Holy Grail?

You're the Master of Chaldea, right? Aren't you supposed to use the Grail to help people?

Easy. Tell her, Fujimaru.

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Whaaat!? THAT'S why my perfect plan was foiled!?

(Sniff)... After everything I did for all of you, this is the thanks I get...?

I worked really hard to put all this together for you, you know?

I spent the last month working it all out with Pele here.

I was just laying the groundwork to hold ServantFes here when I decided to drop in on Chaldea's Hawaiian office.

Then, when I took a look through their telescope to see how far humanity's astronomical skills had advanced...

...it synergized with my own functionality, and I saw so far into space that I locked eyes with an evil god.

How does that old quote go again? "If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into you"?

Turns out, Nietzsche was more right than he knew when he said that♡ As soon as our eyes met, I synchronized with the evil god and became an eeevil BB!

It didn't take long for Chaldea's Hawaiian office to catch on, so I went and tossed them all into my shadow♪

And I tossed the other observatories in for good measure♪ So now, there's nothing left up here!

I plunged it all into the shadow of the void. Destroying the evidence, as they say☆

Then, you were the Foreigner Chaldea observed!

Yep! Rewinding time is the evil god's Authority.

Collecting human desires is my innate functionality. And controlling Luluhawa at will is Pele's Authority.

I'm also the one who fudged that golden eyesore Gilgamesh's memory!

Then, you're the one who put the Knights of the Round Table in swimsuits...?

And the one who gave me MY swimsuit!

That's right. It was aaall me.

Well, except Jeanne Alter's horrid swimsuit. I had nothing to do with that. Suuuch awful taste!

Hey! You leave my taste outta this, asshole!

All right, I get how you got possessed by an evil god. I can even get my head around it happening just because you looked at the thing.

But how are you disguising your class? Is the Moon Cancer thing just BS?

Nope! Sure, I synced up with the evil god pretty well, but I didn't merge with it!

Didn't merge with it...? But, all those evil things you've done...

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That's right! It doesn't matter that I synced up with an evil god from the abyss. I'm still the same old BB I've always been!

We just hit it off really well, agreed on a plan of action, then waved goodbye and went our separate ways☆

So your whole thing is that you test humans, watch them drown in their desires, then end up losing when they outwit your dumb ass...

Now I get it. You and this evil god both have the same messed-up fetish, huh?

Yep! So there you have it. I'm a Foreigner, yes...in more ways than one...but also a Moon Cancer!

Oh, and one little nitpick.

"End up losing when they outwit your dumb ass"? Don't make me laugh! That was absolutely the exception that proves the rule.

I'm going to whup all your butts here and now, and you'll go right back to day one!

And this time, I'll even reset your memories while I'm at it. Humanity's future sucks anyway!

So why shouldn't you just keep reliving this summer forever, so everyone can be happy?

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BB... No, make that BBHotep. Can I ask you something?

Huh? Why would you call me that? You barely even know me!

What would have happened if Senpai had used the Holy Grail at Kilauea, like you asked?

Would this Singularity really have disappeared?

Hey, I'm no liar. Of course it would disappear...along with the rest of the planet.

My Holy Grail's more of a monkey's paw. You wish for something, and more or less get the opposite.

Wish for wealth, and lose all your money. Wish for peace, and the world's plunged into war.

And if you made a wish with purely good intentions... Hehe... Hehehehehe!

Forget waking up from a dream! It'd be the bad end to end all bad ends!

And don't you think that would be the best way for all of you to go out?

You're a monster...

Fou.

Oh, but please don't misunderstand me, okay? It's not that I want to wipe out humanity.

I mean, if humanity were gone, who would I play with?

I don't want to actually break my toys. I just want to see how much I can mess with them.

BB is gathering up magical energy... She's getting ready to attack!

Now, without further ado... Iiit's piiig tiiime!

...Heh, nice try. But I had a feeling this would happen!

Robin?

Let's see what that spell the Caster of Kykeon taught me can do. No Face May King, Anti-Pig Version!

Hey! No fair!

Phew, that was close! And really, BB? You're complaining about ME being unfair!?

I heard the whole thing! So, you've finally shown yourself, Foreigner!

I've been searching for the source of all the evil I'd been sensing lurking around ServantFes, and now I've finally found it!

Now all that's left is to carry out your sentence... Execution!

...Yep. Much as I hate to admit it, I'll never be able to draw a better book than I managed this time.

Part of me might wanna give it another go, but that's about enough of this endless summer shit. You like playing with toys, BB?

Well, playtime's over. I'm gonna beat some sense back into you!

My, my, listen to you. But... Hehehe, hehehehe...!

You drew a lot of books in your various loops, I'll give you that. But there's still one genre you haven't tried your hand at, isn't there?

Well, now seems like a good time to fix that. So, as the Great Evil BB, let me teach you aaall about it!

Are you ready, Master? This is where the battle really begins.

This is going to be a real-life horror show, complete with blood, gore, and lots of literal dead ends.

Scream and cry all you like; you can't turn back now. You are about to get veeery intimate with the unending darkness of Void Space!

Not a scratch on me, of course♡

So, humans, what sort of horror would you like to experience next? There's still so much we haven't tried yet!

Ugh! How the hell is she so strong!? It doesn't make any damn sense!

What do you expect? She's a goddess, a Foreigner, and a ridiculously OP Servant all in one!

This is looking real bad...! We're not gonna be able to escape that shadow!

It's consuming all of Mauna Kea...! It's as though my shield isn't offering any protection whatsoever!

That's because it isn't. You still don't get it? The usual rules don't apply here.

Things might be different if you had more than three dimensions to work with, but I don't see humanity ever evolving that much, let alone in the next few minutes.

Now I think it's time I gobbled you and the rest of summer up in one delicious bite♡

Hraaargh!

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That's enough, you goddamn Foreigner! Who the hell even likes cosmic horrors anyway!?

Everyone knows SF is the best genre of all time! Now, I'm gonna show you why!

Shine bright, my galactic spear! Seal this evil god away, and bring order to this universe!

Huh!? That ridiculously bright light...! Is that cosmic ether!?

You were supposed to just be a joke character!!! How'd you end up with a weapon to kill evil gods!?

I said I was a Foreigner Hunter! Not my fault you wouldn't listen! Now, my double-sided spear, unleash your nebula!

Get ready for the true power of a heroine! The power of paid leeeave!

Aaah!

(Sniff)... All that Authority, confiscated...

They didn't make me a space cop for nothing.

But I heard you weren't on active duty with them anymore!

That doesn't mean I'm gonna pass up a juicy bounty on a Foreigner! Space cops have quotas to meet, you know!

Dammit, I knew I should've looked into their policies and stuff too...

Oh well, I guess I don't really care enough to bother...

So that oughta be the end of these time loops. I take it you're ready to calm down now that the whole evil god thing is over?

Hmph. I never needed an evil god to be perfectly wicked on my own...

...Anyway, are you sure about this? This does mean your vacation will actually end, you know.

Isn't there anything you still want to do here?

I...

...I can solve that easily enough.

...Gorgeous P?

Indeed.

And I don't need to do anything as ham-fisted as rewinding time. I just need to make a proclamation.

I hereby extend ServantFes by one more day!

You may have sold every copy of your book, but there is still plenty of celebrating left to be done. Go forth, mingle, and enjoy yourselves!

Consider it a wrap party. I'll pick up the tab, of course.

That is, my secretary will, using all that money she's trying to sneak off with.

H-huh!?

But I worked so HARD to steaI mean, save it all!

As they say, you can't take it with you.

I can vouch for that personally!

Please! At least let me keep half of it! My dreams of a camel paradise are growing fainter by the second!

All right, I'll take this criminal Servant...I mean, BB up to my ship for interrogation and cleansing.

Now come on, you, get a move on.

Aw man, so you're really gonna book me... I can't believe you're into that kind of doujin content!

I can carry you there on my spear tip if you'd prefer?

I'll be good☆

Okay Senpai, looks like I'll be seeing you later.

Oh, right! I almost forgot. Hup!

All right, we'll be off then. But don't worry, we'll be back before tomorrow night's party!

Once I've done a little time for my crime, let's just call it even, okay? Okay☆

...What'd she drop?

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Yes.

This is the photocopied manga we made in the first loop...and these are all our other attempts...

...Wow. We really stuck with it, huh?

Hm? ...That's weird.

What's up?

Two of these books are the same.

This book's the one we drew in this loop... But this other book is...

It looks older, doesn't it?

...Oh no. This can't be happening...!

What's wrong? Is there a problem with that book?

N-never mind that now. Master, c'mere. I gotta talk to you. Alone.

...Okay, look. See this book? It's the one we just drew. But this other one? It's the one that made me want to try drawing in the first place.

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Right. But the lead-up to the last act is pretty much identical.

The ending may be a little different, but that's about it.

...And that leads me to one inescapable, horrifying conclusion...

I drew this manga, didn't I?

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This. Is. So. Embarrassing!!!

So all this time, I've been working so hard to surpass my own damn book!? I've been jealous of my own work!?

BB must've left my own finished book from the future in Chaldea on purpose! She KNEW this would happen!

I can't believe it! All that time I went on and on about making a better manga...!

Gaaah! I wish I could go back in time and just kill myself!

Aaaaaaaaaahhh!!! Aaaaaaaaaahhh!!!

Wh-what's the matter, Alter!? You're going to hurt yourself if you keep pounding those rocks!

Oh God... Why does there ALWAYS have to be a stupid goddamn last-minute plot twist!?

Prithee, wherefore didst it become my wretched fate to be expelled from blissful vales of ignorance? Oh, woe is me!

She even sounds different!

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This is it. This is rock bottom. I am finally here... Just let me lie here awhile...until it passes...

A-all right. I'm sorry Alter isn't feeling better, but at least we know this Singularity will disappear soon.

And since we still have some time before it does... AND since we came all this way to Luluhawa...

...let's take the time we have left to enjoy our vacation here, Master!