Epilogue

I'm so sorry about how things turned out this time.

All that big talk about insisting you'd all thank your lucky stars that I was compatible with this Singularity, and look what I have to show for it...

You don't suppose there's a hole around here I could crawl into for a while, do you? Hoo boy, I really blew it...

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Really?

Ahh, thank you, Master. You don't know how happy it makes me to hear you say that.

I can feel the envy of that other me fading away already.

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Oh yes. You said he was commanding Huang, Nezha, and even Lady Koyanskaya in battle, right?

With a force like that, I could try all kinds of strategies I'd only ever have been able to dream about back when I was alive...

How could I not be envious!?

Well, now I'm even happier I wasn't ever summoned to this Singularity.

Yes, your strategies are excellent, Chancellor, but it's not exactly easy being the one who has to execute them.

I agree. With Huang Feihu. You are. What they. Call a. Slave driver.

Whaaa...? That's no fair. It's not MY fault the most effective strategies are also the biggest pains in the ass.

If you're going to catch an opponent off guard, you need your people, the land, and even the heavens to all be in alignment.

Of course, you can't do anything about the land or heavens, but you can always count on people to do their jobs!

If Thēseus ever gets summoned here, I'm going to have to have a...talk with him.

Thēseus...?

Well, it sounds to me like he talked you up, like you were the lord of the castle. Then he kept all the best parts for himself.

Sounds exactly like the kind of thing he'd do, too. You know, I never liked that about him.

I bet there's plenty you'd like to say to him, too. Right, Medea?

Hm? No, not really. I wasn't even summoned to that Singularity.

I know that, according to myth, I was his stepmother...but I don't have any memory of that.

Oh, really now? What about you, Penthesilea?

Me? That goes without saying. In fact, nothing so paltry as words can do justice to this body of mine!

(Uh-oh. Thaaat might've been a bad idea.)

Come, Master! The simulator is prepared!

Show me what you learned from your battles in this most recent Singularity!

Oho. I'd like to get in on that.

I've had enough of Chancellor's strategies to last a lifetime, but I don't love hearing about how this other me lost.

We need to settle this score right here in Chaldea, fair and square!

I agree. Huang Feihu. I am. The strongest. One here. Obviously.

Ooh, I like this plan! Tell me you'll be in command of your side, Huang!

I, of course, will command our side! This other me should never have put her fate in the hands of a weakling like Thēseus!

I swear on my Amazon honor that I shall prove here and now that I am the greatest general in Chaldea!

Oh, you wouldn't be having a "greatest general in Chaldea" contest without inviting me, would you?

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Hehehe. My army has finally assembled.

Sure, my retainers are still getting to know each other, nothing strengthens new bonds like a battle!

Besides, I have questions for you, Fujimaru.

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I do. I heard Ptolemaîos's message...

...but a message alone just isn't enough.

They say you need to experience the winds of Troy for yourself before you can fully understand the "Iliad."

So, if I'm going to understand his message properly, I'll need to hear it from you. You're the one who fought by his side.

So what do you say? Do you have time to talk with me?

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Good!

You may not be able to drink alcohol yet, but we can still chat over soft drinks.

And believe me, I have plenty of stories to share about my old friend from school, my Somatophylakes...

...and the man who nastily insisted on referring to me as "that Iskandar boy"...