0: Does Master Dream of Luluhawa? (Prologue)

...ear me? ...u...ear me?

...Can you hear me? Can you hear me, Fujimaru?

If you can hear this, then you must awaken...

Tropical islands... A vacation... Making doujin... A festival of Heroic Spirits... Partying in swimsuits...

It's more than a little concerning when you lay all that frivolity out, but this is bigger than any mere party...

The Child of Prophecy, who tends to forget her duty... The three terrifying calamities... The Earth legend too epic to even comprehend...

Yes, unprecedented turmoil is headed your way, ready or not...

You are the only one who can contain this situation... Now, awaken... Awaken... Awak...

...Just wake up, already.

It being summer doesn't mean you just get to hit the snooze button all day long...

Oh Master. You're still in bed even after I came to wake you up? You really are a sleepyhead, aren't you♡

Okay, go for it, Fou! Show him the new technique Mash taught you!

(Enthusiastic nod) Solar Plexus Shot Foooooou!

？！

Morning, Master. Just 'cause it's summer break doesn't mean you can sleep in all day☆

Come on. You need to wash your face, have some breakfast, and get to the computer room.

The festival's already started, so you should hurry up and get your work done so you can enjoy it!

Fou. Fou.

？！

What, are you still groggy or something?

Well, I guess I can't blame you. Reality's a tough pill to swallow sometimes.

Okay, Big Brother, I know it might be painful, but try to remember what happened in the Command Room yesterday...

It's finally time for our summer vacation, Senpai.

And this year, we have more Servants here for it than ever before.

That said, we aren't in any kind of strange place or environment this year, so we don't really have any special plans....

...but when I get the chance, I'm planning to suggest a small summer camp program to Commander GoredolHuh?

Nooon! Don't settle for a sad fallback plan like that! Summer break doesn't come around every day!

On which note, I have breaking news!

Attention, Servants with nothing better to do! Attention, our Master who burns with fiery passion!

Cast your minds back to that legendary summer spectacle organized by BB Pele...

...goddess of eternal summer, noted abyss entertainer, and renowned pig wrangler.

Yooou guessed it! The Servant Summer Festival, affectionately known as ServantFes, returns!

And it is once more taking place in Luluhawa, the perfect resort town created by smooshing a bunch of Hawaiian islands together.

And, in a shocking turn of events, BB Pele won't be running it this year.

Last time Luluhawa popped up, it was because she'd messed with the Hawaiian archipelago to create a BB world of unending nightmares...

...but this time, it's just an ordinary Singularity recreating the Luluhawa you all remember.

Yes, I've learned my lesson. I won't make trouble for human history anymore, nor will I make any worlds you can't leave until you finish your doujin.

You don't even need a plane to get there this time. You can just Rayshift over at your leisure♡

So I hope that every participating Servant can enjoy the liberating summer resort atmosphere...

...and the doujin market that has something for everyone, no matter your passion!

Does that sound like a dream come true? It definitely sounds too good to be true, right?

Sorry to say, but this is not a dream! Reality waits for nobody. The festival has already started!!

I'll spawn the Singularity today, but the first official day won't be until tomorrow.

ServantFes will be held in Luluhawa over the next seven days...

...and the long-awaited doujin market will open on day seven to cap things off.

I've also made some very special...arrangements to welcome every idioI mean, clever Servant who shows up...

...so I hope to see you all here!

Wooo! You see that, everyone!? That was the face of a mastermind who REALLY knows her stuff!

No wonder she's sus personified! Bad times are coming, no two ways about it!

That's for sure. (To BB, specifically.)

All right, enough of this formal piratewear! Time to unleash the power I've been storing up for a whole year!

Yeaaah! Blackbeard Alter Naked! In! The! Hooouse!

Hm? C'mon, Master and Mash, what're you waiting for? Hurry up and change.

You need to get to Luluhawa as soon as humanly possible if you're gonna have any hope of snagging a good hotel room!

？！

Can you Rayshift for summer vacation!? Why would you even ask!? Obviously not!

That being said, any Singularity created by BB is going to be dangerous, so you can certainly go to investigate.

I recognize that much is part of Chaldea's mission.

As for this Servant-focused doujin exhibition you call...uh, ServantFes, was it?

Truthfully, that still sounds like something out of a fever dream no matter how many times I hear about it...

...but, it would hardly be the only mind-boggling, preposterous thing to happen in human history.

So, yes, I'm just going to accept that it's a real thing and deal with it. Though I absolutely, most certainly will NOT be going myself.

？！

Not so fast! I can't let you go on summer vacation just yet! Do you know why?

Because you still haven't submitted your reports for the last six months!

So until you submit every missing investigation report up through last month, don't even think about summer vacation!

If you want to go to this Luluhawa place, you'll need to make sure your homework is done first! Is that clear!?

？！

Come on, let's go, Mash. Let that pathetic excuse for a Master reap what he sowed. It'll be a good lesson for him.

Man, having a job is rough. To think you have to DO work before you can BREAK from work.

Yep. Rough. Really rough. At least, it looks that way. I was born on the open sea, so I've only ever known freedom, baby!

Well, I guess I'll be going to Luluhawa ahead of you then, Senpai.

In the meantime, I'll gather up the rest of the team and wait for you at Jekyll's hotel!

？！

That's right. Today's the second day of summer break. And you've been...

I see. You fell back asleep 'cause you were up late last night writing your reports.

Working hard is great and all, but you've gotta pace yourself, okay? No point in pushing yourself so hard that you're too burnt out to have fun.

Let's see... Yeah, if you work hard, I bet you could finish the reports you've got left in two more days.

Hey, I know. Since I had Illya and Miyu go on ahead so I could take care of our summer prep...

...why don't I stay here and help you finish up? It'll get done faster that way♡

Fou, fooou! (Special Translation: You're so nice, Chloe!)

Got it. Then I'll go over these reports you just finished while you're gone.

Be warned that I'll be checking them rigorously not just for accuracy, but for thematic consistency, typos, and spelling errors!

Fooouuu... (Special Translation: I take it back. She's not nice; she's terrifying.)

Taking a late lunch, are we? I see your hands are still quite full.

？！

...No matter. Hard work is important, but take care not to overtax yourself.

Go on now, get back to it. And try not to take too long.

？！

？！

Yes, that's the last of your overdue reports, and I see you have no other outstanding duties, either. Very good.

As promised, I am granting you authorization to Rayshift to this, erm, Luluhawa place.

I frankly can't understand why you're so excited. I've had more than enough unpleasant summer event experiences for one lifetime...

But, they say youth is the time to experience hardship. Now...here. A little parting gift from yours truly.

Take it. If you're going to Hawaii, you'll need a new Mystic Code for the occasion.

？！

Consider it your summer bonus. (No need to tell him that it just showed up in my room at some point.)

Now, I want you to take one of the other Servants who stayed behind for personal reasons along to protect you.

Be at the Coffins in fifteen minutes. I'll make sure they're ready to go in the meantime.

Now, go get ready. You don't want to keep Kyrielight waiting any longer.

？！

？！

Waaah! I can't believe this is happeniiing! Please, Senpai, you've gotta comfort meee!

Hmph! And now you've added insult to injury!

You just totally froze in shock at my unexpected entrance, didn't you, Senpai!?

Well, I'm serious this time, okay!? Trust me when I say these aren't my usual crocodile tears!

？！

Oops. Teehee☆

？！

ServantFes was stolen from me.

I repeat: someone stole my entire Singularity, and ServantFes along with it!

I've been saving resources for a long time so I could blow them all at once to recreate the Luluhawa Singularity...

...and someone came along and stole them all right from under me.

More specifically, they stole my right to Rayshift to the Singularity, and my ServantFes organizer privileges.

Can you even imagine what a nightmare this is!? What a complete and utter tragedy!?

All that time and money I poured into setting up the convention center, only to be kicked out of my own Singularity.

All my dreams of messing with you in every conceivable way, killed in their crib!

？！

Don't be ridiculous! Whoever stole this from me is definitely up to no good!

I'm obviously not happy about being shut out of my own Luluhawa, but I can understand.

I'm sure I would've done the same thing if I were in their shoes.

However...

I took a look at the future through Sheba just a little while ago...

...and I saw this Singularity becoming seriously bad news if nothing is done about it!

If the Chaldea top brass find out about this, some of them will probably want to expel me.

And if that happens, humanity will lose its ultra-advanced, top-of-the-line health management AI, and enter a new metabolic age...

...and this era will become a black mark on history, spoken of in whispers by the moon AI people who will come to replace humans for generations to come!

The stakes couldn't be higher, Senpai!

Please! You have to find this Singularity thief and put things right in my stead!

？！

Hmph. I can see you're not too concerned about this, but fine. It'll only be a matter of time until trouble finds you, anyway.

All right, let me go over your orders.

Mission One: find the thief who stole ServantFes and the Singularity from your adorable kouhai, BB.

Needless to say, this mission is your top priority! There's even a Holy Grail in it for you when you complete it!

Mission Two: resign yourself to attending as a normal con-goer instead of joining a club.

You'll never be able to concentrate on finding the thief if you're caught up making doujin, so you'll have to forgo it this time.

？！

And finally, Mission Three. This one may not be your top priority, but it is your most important:

Make sure that ServantFes goes off without a hitch.

See, out of the purest of good intentions...which may, in retrospect, have been ill-advised...

...I set up this Singularity to only disappear when ServantFes has a grand and successful conclusion.

So please make sure that when this ServantFes ends, there's a big smile on the face of every attendee!

Damn. I was hoping to have you comfort me a little longer, but my magical energy is just about to run out.

Now that I've lost everything, I'll probably just keep sinking until I've hit Void Space bottom...

I might never get to talk to you like this again. Especially with that Ordeal Call thing going on...

Still, Senpai. It's you! I have faith you'll come help me recharge.

So I'm trusting you to handle things from here! Take care of Luluhawa for meee!

？！

Fo fou.

Damn. I hope Illya and Miyu are okay over there...

Well, either way, we still need to go and see for ourselves. And we're not supposed to tell the higher-ups about this either, right?

In that case, we won't be able to communicate with anyone, which means no advice from Da Vinci or Sion.

We'll be out searching for this Singularity and ServantFes thief all while spending our time in Luluhawa like normal...

I guess that makes us detectives then. Hmm. Do you really think we can pull this off?

Fooou...

？！

Sorry for not knocking, but I overheard the whole thing!

Fo, fou!? (Special Translation: Who are you!?)

Good thing I stayed behind in Chaldea to pick out the perfect swimsuit!

My Merlin magecraft will be perfect for gathering evidence! Eavesdropping, spying, exploding, tracking... I've got a spell for everything!

This'll be the perfect debut case for Great Detective Altria Caster!

Foooooou! (Special Translation: We're all doomed.)