Texas Beyond I

Entering atmosphere. Entering atmosphere. The current cabin temperature is fifty degrees Celsius and rising.

Anyone wishing to escape the heat should don the complimentary space suit.

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Good job suiting up so quickly. Ten out of ten.

We have an important announcement. It has come to our attention that this pod suffers a fundamental design flaw.

We regret to inform you that its safety and durability levels do not meet galactic standards.

On a completely unrelated note, our current altitude is ten thousand meters... Nine thousand five hundred meters... Nine thousand meters...

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Attention: This pod will now automatically disassemble. Thank you for your patronage.

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...(Sigh) I can't believe I ended up all alone on this backwater planet.

Stallion II is in the shop after I had to go through those ten black holes to escape...

Almost all my equipment is gone, along with all the QP I earned...

I even have to walk my air bike across this wasteland just to save as much Altrium as possible...

What kind of reward is this for the Saber who saved the universe?

Oh well. Pity, party of one. Suits me fine since I wanted to be alone right now anyway...

But all the same, what happened to the Servantverse while I was gone!?

Now everyone and their mother's going around calling themselves Sabers, even though they don't have a shred of respect for actual Sabers!

Hell, forget respect! Some of them are even going around hunting the actual Sabers down 'cause they say they're hogging all the glory!

And as if dealing with a bunch of new rivals for my Saber hunts wasn't bad enough...

...if this crap sundae needed sprinkles, it's that no one has even come looking for me! ME! Heroine X, the Saber to beat all Sabers!

I swear, what's wrong with these Saber poseurs!? Can't they tell the real thing when they see one!?

Huh, that sounded like a spaceship exploding. You don't hear that every day on planets that don't have so much as a spaceport!

Ooh, and now its passenger is falling to the ground. They've got guts, making an emergency landing without even thinking to bring a parachute.

Is there a Gorilla class among Servants too? I can't remember for sure.

...Wait. Hang on. Is that...?

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Nope! Heaven helps those who help themselves, after all! It's too soon to resign yourself to your fate just yet!

At first I thought the falling guy was just someone who looked like you, but it turns out it really was you, Fujimaru!

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That's right! It's Heroine X, Saber-killer extraordinaire and visitor from the Shining Blue Galaxy!

Then again, I guess you're the visitor this time, since this is the Servantverse and all.

It's no problem for me to visit your universe, but if you're in mine, something must be seriously wrong.

How did you get here? Did your universe finally kick the space bucket?

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Oh, right, good point! Okay then, here comes my Diving Catch!

You know, the fact that I showed up at just the right time to save the protagonist's life with my flying bike really makes me look like a true heroine, yeah?

So, so... That must mean... Yes! I'm the main character for this event!!!

FINALLY!

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I see... So you had another visitor from our universe besides me and Ex...

And not only was this visitor there for a Master, she also looks exactly like Ishtar...

This can only mean one thing.

I'm not the main character after all! FINE! I'm taking my air bike and going home. X out!

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Whoa, you really are serious about not letting me go.

I figured you'd have no trouble finding a way out of this mess, what with you being the unparalleled expert of finding your way into them so often...

But maybe I was too hasty. This isn't your usual Rayshift, after all.

Given how you've ended up in a parallel universe, I can understand why you might be kind of on edge.

All right then. The fact that we ran into each other like this must be the sacred sword's will.

Because of reasons, I may be a little low on heroine power just now, to say nothing of just plain energy, but if you want my help anyway, I can't say no!

Let's see... I know, let's start by looking for a space diner.

It doesn't matter how backwater a planet might be, you can always find a space diner somewhere on it.

Once we do, we can grab some food, acquire some information, and most importantly, get out of this damn heat.

Oh, but I did use the last of my air bike's fuel to save you, so we'll have to hoof it.

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Don't worry. Another car's bound to come down this road sooner or later, and once it does, we can ask the driver to share some fuel with us.

Look, here comes one right

Heehaha! Guess I know what I'm having for lunch today! Aw man, an Assassin!? That's just false advertising!

Ah, whatever. I'll just have to kill you weaklings quickly and move on to something better!

I can at least turn a little profit once I sell your brains on the space black market!

Oh good! Now I don't even have to feel bad about taking all your stuff!