Fate/Grand Order story · Events, Grail Front - Castle of Shining Dawn, Castle of Shadowed Dusk
Section 14: To the Final Castle (Night)
Grail Front - Castle of Shining Dawn, Castle of Shadowed Dusk. Western Castle, Castle Gate
1 scenes, 52 lines
1. Before the battle
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So, you chose me. A wise decision. I am obviously more experienced than my younger self.
You're both equally Ptolemaîos to me.
Even so, the fact that you made this choice is meaningful.
I just thought this way would work better this time.
Whatever you think is best is what you should choose.
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Remember this: whatever a commander decides always ends up being best. That's the ideal we all need to strive for.
How many decisions have you made, and how much responsibility have you borne for them?
A lot, I think.
Yes, I imagine so. You've been given far too much for one person to carry alone.
I've been entrusted with lots of very important things.
I'm sure you have. You've been given far too much for one person to carry alone.
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But that is what it is to command, to wage war.
This was my daily life. Ultimately, I left it all in the hands of a single king.
Did you fight a lot?
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More times than I can count. I let my dreams drive me and my army impossibly far to the east.
I trampled many things in my path to get there. I killed people who were merely sleeping peacefully.
If it hadn't been for my dreams, I wouldn't have roused other peaceful people into fighting and killing either.
But you know, Fujimaru...
What scares me the most is that, even as I recall these memories, I feel no regret over what I did.
Dreams can be infectious. I too became infatuated with my king's dream, and passed it on to many other people.
I see. You want to be fair and impartial.
Sounds like being fair and impartial is important for you.
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"Fair and impartial"... Yes, you may be right.
As long as humans exist, they will pass their dreams and disappointments on to others. I don't want my legacy to be false.
Even if some died because of what I passed on, others no doubt fell to their knees in pride because of it.
I'm sure that's true for this king as well.
Thēseus? You think he told Asterios things like that?
So, you think Asterios has had those kinds of things passed on to him by Thēseus?
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No doubt they shared their dreams and their disappointments with each other. It seems this Singularity is something of a magnet for people like that.
Man, you just love to babble about boring, abstract shit, don't you? Reminds me of the monks.
Oh? And here I thought that was your department.
Hey, I'm not saying I never babble about stuff, but the only thing I know for sure is that I can count on my matchlock.
Anyway...something tells me there's more to that castle lord than we think.
There is?
You mean Thēseus?
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Yeah, something about this just doesn't sit right with me. Then again, it's just a hunch. I could be wrong.
Hmm... No, something about this is bothering me as well. We shouldn't be too quick to dismiss our hunches.
Perhaps we cannot yet draw any conclusions, but we should still keep these thoughts in mind when next we face them.
Though this time, you're going to hide somewhere out of sight, Sugitani.
So back to my original line of work, huh? Got it.
Just don't blame me if I miss again, yeah?
Oh, I'm not worried about that. You made a promise to Master, no?
Hahaha! Knock it off. You're gonna make me blush.
He's a good man. I'm glad I got to have met him here.
Even if this battle is ultimately no more than a clash of egos, it may yet hold some chance of salvation.
All right, Master. Let us go claim our last castle!