Epilogue II: Goodbye and Hello

Oh, there you are.

Hey, Master of Chaldea? Could we have a moment of your time?

Thank you.

Oh, you'll see.

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Now, would you come up on deck with me?

Oh, there's Rindr and the Master of Chaldea! Over here!

You really came. Sorry to call on you so late at night.

We understand you need to rest, but it's now or never.

Oh. It's already started.

...You knew this would happen, didn't you? Of course you did.

We talked about this amongst ourselves.

We weren't sure whether it would be better to just disappear without a word.

Ultimately, though, we decided that...we just wouldn't feel right leaving without saying goodbye.

...Yes. That's right.

Heroic Spirits who are summoned to a Singularity by a Holy Grail always disappear when that Holy Grail is collected.

We talked about whether we should just disappear without saying anything, but...

...we didn't like that idea. None of us did.

We're not entirely sure why, though. I wonder if Thrúd, Hildr, Ortlinde, and Sister Brynhild would understand this feeling.

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My best guess is, back when Rindr was accompanying you...

...she acquired more data every time she synced up with the other three Valkyries for combat.

That's probably how she came to know about yo

No, never mind. Forget I said anything.

Irs.

We know what you want to say. We're all the same unit.

Yeah. And you know, you might be right.

But we have another theory.

Seeing how hard you fought to help Lady Skadi, well...

We think...maybe we sensed some real heroism in you.

...Just kidding! The truth is...we honestly don't know.

It really is strange.

There you three are!

I sensed your Spirit Origins fading, and... M-maybe I should

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Hnn!

B-but, I summoned them here. It should be I who

Yah! (Tickling)

Eep!

The Master of Chaldea is right. You almost died, remember? No more pushing yourself.

Instead, we can use a little...work-around.

H-huh!?

That was impressive. But, it's also

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I told you: a work-around! Gotta love 'em! Hehehe!

Well, only one of them will be able to fight at a time...you see, there can only be a set...something like that...

...but it'll be up to you, Master.

Theirs may not be the easiest Spirit Origin to work with, but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.

I also left you a video file in the cabin, so make sure to watch that, too!

...Ah.

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...Yeah. You all knew this was coming.

The Holy Grail summoned me here too, so this was always going to happen.

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Oh no you don't. Don't look at me like that!

...I'm sorry.

Hey now, you can't go around apologizing for absolutely everything. Besides, you're not even the one who summoned me.

I'm just your typical, beautiful Mage of Flowers who stopped by because this all looked like fun!

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Ahaha, no can do.

That only worked because they're Valkyries, with identical Spirit Origins.

I'm sure you'll summon me again, though...if fate wills it.

In fact, hehehe, I'd prefer it if you did!

I was originally only planning to hang out here for a little while...

...but you were all just so interesting! And of course, I'd like to read more of Skadi's manga too.

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Welp, this is it!

Make sure you give the Valkyries plenty of big sister love on behalf of everyone's little sister!

As for me, I swear on the Tower of Avalon...

...that I'll be praying for the paths you all walk to be blessed with clear blue skies and flowers as far as the eye can see!

Ahem, ahem. Okay, let me explain.

I'm just gonna skip over the bit about the Valkyries' temperament, if you don't mind.

Basically, my work-around is a special Spirit Origin synthesis that takes advantage of the Valkyries' particular traits.

This only works because you already have units from the same manufacturing period registered at Chaldea.

As for exactly how my work-around, erm, works, it takes one of the new Valkyries and registers her as a Spiritron Dress for the unit you already have at Chaldea.

This also results in the other Valkyries being automatically registered as Noble Phantasms.

I mean, all the Valkyries have similar Noble Phantasms regardless of their class, right?

So this format allows us to temporarily summon multiple Valkyries and release their Noble Phantasms all at once.

We then tie this format directly to their Spirit Origins.

All this means that your first step...

...must be to select just one of the Valkyries already at Chaldea.

Which is to say, Thrúd, Hildr, or Ortlinde.

Once you've done so, the Valkyrie who was manufactured at the same time as the Valkyrie you chose will be registered as a Simple Spiritron Dress.

For example, if you choose Thrúd, then Rindr, who was manufactured at the same time, will be registered as a Simple Spiritron Dress for her.

If you choose Hildr, the Simple Spiritron Dress unit will be Rún.

And if you choose Ortlinde, it will be Irs.

...Too complicated?

Guess it sort of is, yeah. Sorry about that!

If I had more time, I could have set things up so that you could switch between any of the Valkyries the way you can between the, er, original three.

But, I don't! Sorry!

I'm afraid this is the best I could do under the circumstances. Parts of me are already starting to disappear.

So, uh, I hope you can forgive me for not doing a better job.

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...But of course you will. You're nothing if not a kind Master.

Anyway, that's it from me! You can hear the rest from the Valkyries themselves.

Bye!

Fooou!

Fooou.

Hey, you didn't rush at me. I wasn't expecting you to jump into my arms like this.

What, are you going to miss me? Hehehe. What a cute Cath Palug you are.

Fou, fou.

Yeah... You're right. If fate's on our side, we'll see each other again soon. So cheer up, okay?

Make sure you be a good boy, and do what Mash and Fujimaru tell you.

Fooou!

Hehe. There we go! Okay then...bye for now!