[A Fictitious Return] - Red Rhongomyniad

Dammit, they just keep coming!

I can't believe I'm fighting a whole damn texture of the world, even if it is in the process of disappearing!

I'd rather fight Darius and his whole Persian army any day of the week! At least there was an end to that!

Hey! Fujimaru! Hang in there!

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Ugh, don't give me that! You're obviously in no condition to fight!

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Back home...

Yeah... That's right. I promised you I'd get you back home to your true body, didn't I?

Outta my way!

Freeze!

Dammit, I don't have enough magical energy for this. Even with my Noble Phantasm, there's just too many for me to

Can you hear me?

Conductor!? What is it!?

I'm contacting you telepathically to inform you of our decision.

We've been fortunate enough to collect eight Mystic Eyes on this excursion, so we don't mind using one or two of them now.

You don't say. Look at you, all generosity now.

Difficult as it will be to part with them, I am simply carrying out the acting manager's orders.

I'm surprised you can tell what she's saying, since she's no more than a shadow now.

Of course. I could never work for the Rail Zeppelin if I weren't able to.

Now, do be cautious as we dispose of these creatures.

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It's the Rail Zeppelin's trump card. It can burn Mystic Eyes to make itself thousands of times more powerful.

The last time I got summoned, it used that technique to incinerate me and the forest we'd summoned.

The only problem is, firing it even once uses up a Mystic Eye, and that's a pretty precious resource.

To give you an idea of how much those things go for, the one El-Melloi II bid on sold for five hundred million dollars!

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That wake you up a little? I gotta say, that broke-ass lord really hung in there back then.

But, as much money as they sell for, the Rail Zeppelin values Mystic Eyes mainly for their own sake.

It's gotta be absolutely killing both the conductor and the acting manager to use them up like this!

Loading Mystic Eye of Burning Flame now. Complete.

Commencing Mystic Eye Great Projection Sequence. Mystic Eye and Anchor Car Rilcabellow connection complete. Analysis in...

Three... Two...

One... Complete.

Securing extension of connected Mystic Eye. Opening Spiritual Revolving Lens Rose-Eye.

Great Projection of Mystic Eyes!

Hahaha, that thing just took a bite out of the whole damn sky! Man, I'm glad it's on my side this time!

The tracks are clear! Hang in there just a little longer, Fujimaru! We're gonna really pour on the speed!

Move! Get out of the way! Nega Rhongomyniad is charging a shot!

It's going to fire!

Aw, great! Just what we needed!

Fujimaru!

Dammit, there's no end to them!

Ghh!

Even the Mystic Eye Projection Cannon can't clear them all out! It's only a matter of time until the whole thing melts down!

Hey! Hang in there!

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Don't be ridiculous! You're hanging by a thread!

From the look of you, you're hurt so badly you aren't even feeling pain anymore!

You don't have a physical body right now, remember!? If you push yourself even further, you'll have no chance of recovering!

I'm not Orpheus! If you let yourself sink that deep, you can't count on me to come find you!

Dammit! The chariot just took a direct hit!

Ghh...!

Guh!

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Worry about yourself here!

We need to get back to the train. C'mon, let's

Actually...Fujimaru, let me ask you something, while we still have the chance.

Once you make it back, you'll reintegrate with your true body. But...that version of you will just believe this was all a dream.

Like Mnemosyne said, there's no guarantee your current consciousness will continue on within you.

Doesn't that scare you?

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Yeah, figured you'd say that.

...But even if you forget, I'll remember.

Even if reintegration with your true body feels like death, or if your other self thinks this is all just a dream...

I'll always remember.

Yes... That's right.

I'll never forget either you or Doctor Heartless. I promise.

So go home, Fujimaru.

You have to live.

Damn. Looks like the surviving automata and Steam Ghosts already found us.

My Noble Phantasm can't take them all out. Hell, even the Mystic Eye Projection Cannon couldn't do it...

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Good thing I know exactly what to do.

Hehe, I never would've thought of this if I hadn't kept my memories from my last summoning!

This isn't my Noble Phantasm. If I push my luck too far, it'll probably shatter my whole Spirit Origin.

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Don't worry about me. Just summon me again at Chaldea. I told you I'd always remember, didn't I?

That'll still be me as far as you're concerned, yeah? If I'm the same Servant AND I retain my memories…what do you think?

Thanks.

Just knowing you'll welcome me back like that someday is enough.

Maybe you're right.

Honestly, we're all so unstable, I'm not even sure I'm the same person now as I was just a second ago.

But even if you don't summon me per se, I know you'll still treat me with sincerity.

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...Yeah. Even I can't say for certain that it'd actually be me.

But...

I do know I'm grateful to you, and to him, for giving me a chance to make this choice.

Rest easy, Fujimaru. I'll get you back to Chaldea. I promise.

All right, let's get started.

Disguising True Name. Initiating false Spirit Origin registration.

Utilizing current Pretender class to fabricate foundation. Utilizing potential Faker class to thaw foundation.

Setting virtual Noble Phantasm. Ghost Liner reconstruction complete.

That's right. My name is...Iskandar.

I am Iskandar, the King of Conquerors!

The expedition will not end as long as we remain ambitious!

To victory!!!

Ionioi Hetairoi!

A desert...here in the city? Daytime in the middle of the night!? That's...a mindscape made manifest!

It can't be... A Reality Marble! Even for a mage from the Age of Gods, that's still...!

Hahahahaha! I never dreamed YOU would summon ME one day!

This is GREAT! I can't believe I get to step into a fight like this, even as a Heroic Spirit!

Iskandar, the King of Conquerors!!!

All right, my soldiers, let's show them what we're made of!

...My...king...

Hmm. Only you, huh, Hephaistíon? It's a shame Ptolemy and Eumenes couldn't join us, too.

Even my great army can only fight so hard with foot soldiers alone.

I know. This is only a fraction of your true Noble Phantasm...and even still, I can only maintain it for a few minutes...

And that's even after borrowing your name to summon your army...and with the power of the soldiers who were willing to obey me to help maintain my Bounded Field...

But...this was the most I could compromise...

Whoa, whoa. Are you burning your own Spirit Origin for energy?

I've wanted to ask you for so long... Why?

Why was that your dying wish? Why did you encourage the Diadochi, your successors, to fight among themselves?

Do you still want to know?

No. I don't need an answer from you now. I don't have the time.

I have a promise to keep.

Everything I learned led me to think you'd betrayed me.

But now...

Right now...!

There's something more important to you then getting angry, huh? Haha, now you're speaking my language.

Very well then!

So, we're up against the remains of a sacred lance that's trying to fundamentally change this world, huh? I couldn't ask for a better opponent!

Go on, my body double! Roar in my stead!

Yes, my king!

The word "king" refers to one who lives bigger and louder than anyone else, who captivates others with their mere presence!

A king is the envy of all heroes; they are the what everyone else aspires to be!

That is why a true king never stands alone! Why their noble ambitions embody the hopes and dreams of all their subjects!

Well said!

Well said! Well said! Well said!

Then I'll say it once more!

Even if my Spirit Origin should burn, and my soul should shatter, I say this for all the world to hear:

I am Iskandar! The King of Conquerors!

AALALALALALALAI!

This way, you idiot.

...All enemies eliminated. We've escaped Nega Rhongomyniad's sphere of influence.

What about Fujimaru and Faker?

...I see.

Very well. As you wish.

The Rail Zeppelin is now departing from the Patchwork London Singularity.

All passengers, please remain seated.

Once again, the Rail Zeppelin is now departing from the Patchwork London Singularity.

All passengers, please remain seated.

Hey, look! A flying train!

Goodness! It really is!

We didn't know trains could fly! Wait. Is that a train?

Now that's what I call golden. ...Must be headed for somewhere real far from here.

The battle is over. The music has come to an end. Where is thy lustre now?

Ahh, but of course. For this one night, thy lustre lies with the stars shining overhead.

I never thought I would see a shooting star rising rather than falling. Hmph. It's as if we were in some kind of fairy tale.

I see. So that's the light I see right before I disappear...

Ahh, this is terrible. Just terrible.

That is...

...the sort of train even my living self would never have imagined in his wildest dreams...