Fate/Grand Order story · Events, Ephemeral Waxing Moon
Act 16: The Moon Furthest from Heaven
Ephemeral Waxing Moon. Tree of Emptiness, Waxing Moon
2 scenes, 153 lines
1. Before the battle
100 linesThis is bad, Iori. The Tree of Emptiness's magical energy is ballooning rapidly!
It's trying to complete itself. If we don't do something, the Waxing Moon's going to spread over the rest of the world!
Fujimaru! You need to cut the Tree of Emptiness down, now!
Saber. You said you could cut that thing, right?
Then do it. Destroy the Tree of Emptinessthe wish contained in the Waxing Moon.
What are you waiting for, Saber? We're out of time.
Takeru?
...
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Master of Chaldea, I have a favor to ask of you.
Saber?
It's okay. Talk to me.
...All right. Let's save Shousetsu.
You want to save Shousetsu? But Saber
I know this is weakness. There's no sense in what I'm doing.
But...I can't just stand back and let her sacrifice herself for the world.
I can't just turn away from this. Not anymore.
Well, I understand how you feel, but
I understand all too well.
But...given what's happened to her, she
There's no point.
You again.
The Rogue Ruler? What are you doing here now?
What do you mean, there's no point?
Surely you understand. That is no longer the Yui Shousetsu you knew.
It is merely what remains of her.
...You're saying we can't save her now that she's part of the Waxing Moon?
It goes deeper than that.
All of you are already dead. Your lives have long since ended.
What has ended cannot be changed.
Yui Shousetsu's life is over. What is before you now is no more than an empty husk.
That is what Heroic Spirits are. They are no more people than the moon reflected in water is a satellite.
If she were to materialize once again, she would pursue the same ideal, and her efforts would once again be wasted.
There is nothing to be gained by saving her here. To try would be well and truly pointless.
I...
That's not true. There is a point.
Fujimaru?
Oh?
Even if her life is over...
Even if nothing will remain...
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...it still has meaning.
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Yes. You're right, Senpai.
I believe ourChaldea's journey is in part about proving that.
At least, that's what I want to believe.
...Yeah. Sétanta said the same thing.
I knew there was a reason I liked you, Master of Chaldea!
Well, Ruler, that's my answer.
I'm still going to save Yui. Even if that resolve is ultimately meaningless excess...
...that excess still means something to me.
Saber. Your wish is the most humane thing I've heard in a long time.
It's just the kind of conclusion we should be choosing. So I'll be right there with you.
Hohoho. I'll come along too, of course.
Iori...
...So, you have your answer.
Okay, but...how exactly are you going to go about saving her?
Oh, crap. You're running out of time!
You need to stop the Tree of Emptiness right now, or you won't even be able to save yourselves!
Right! We can worry about this later. Right now, we need to
Huh!? What are you doing!?
Namah samanta-buddhânâm bhah.
Is that...a giant circle of light in the sky?
Fear not. I am here.
Is that your Noble Phantasm, Rogue Ruler?
I may not have achieved enlightenment, but I can still protect others.
My True Name is Ashoka the Great. I have materialized here to watch over the souls trapped in this Waxing Moon's hell.
Now that you have found your answer, it is my job to see it through.
Ashoka the Great! Then you must be the Sacred Wheel-Turning King!
In ancient India, a chakravartin was said to be the ideal ruler, and a guardian of the Buddhist way.
So then, your Noble Phanno, your Great Noble Phantasm, must be the wheel of heaven...the Chakravartin!
The Sacred Wheel-Turning King? I can't believe it.
I didn't know Buddhist figures could become Heroic Spirits, too!
Oho. The Sacred Wheel-Turning King, huh?
Now that I have appeared in a Spirit Origin, I am no more than a Rogue Servant.
Be that as it may...my wish to save the masses is immutable.
I will keep the Tree of Emptiness in this place. The rest of you, go do what you must.
Yui Shousetsu's original body is trapped within the Waxing Moon. Go, save her.
...May light shine upon your wish as you make your way through hell.
The Tree of Emptiness has stopped spreading! It's safe to go, Senpai!
Come on, Saber. Let's go save Shousetsu.
Yeah... Both of you, please lend me your strength.
Of course!
You know it!
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The moon's light may have led you astray...
...but I will cut through your confusion with one stroke of my sword!
2. Before the battle
53 lines...The Waxing Moon Ritual.
A fearsome series of battles Saber and I apparently fought together.
I may be but a simple, empty Vessel now, but they say I once had a wish for the Waxing Moon that consumed me. Now, I am whatever is left of that wish.
What was it I wanted? What was it I lost? What did I wish for? What did I throw away?
I'll probably never know. I'll probably never remember the passion, or the grief, or the pain, or the loneliness I felt back then.
I'm dead now. And the dead can't dream of tomorrow.
All that can be said to remain is this hollow where my heart used to be...
...and the light, so like the moon's rays, that fills it.
My True Name is Yamato Takeru.
Possessed by grief... O twisted moon, perish by my sword!
Sky, ground, sea, gale, and flames...
Gather here forces of heaven and earth...
Sword of Heaven - Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi!
Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi, also called Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. A wind that can douse even the strongest flame.
A Noble Phantasm whose true power lies in quelling disasters.
Yeah... It's just like we observed in Heian-kyo.
Damn straight. With that sword, I bet Saber could even cut through hell itself.
Oho! You really did it, Saber!
There, the way is open now! Come on, Iori!
I know! Let's go, Saber!
(I...)
(I made yet another grave mistake.)
(Once again, I allowed the Waxing Moon's light to blind me. Once again, I let Rider deceive me.)
(My war is long since over. Even so, I attempted to spill even more blood, all because I was caught up in my delusions.)
(I can't even pretend to be alive anymore. Now, I'm just a shell of a ghost wandering hell.)
(My wish for a fair world...has devolved into a curse about to destroy the world.)
"Your wish will come true one day, even without the Waxing Moon."
"Feelings as righteous as yours are sure to be rewarded eventually."
(Ahh... Even now, I still...)
(...I truly am pathetic.)
(...The moon is so bright.)
(Ahh... O moon, melting into the darkness.)
(Your light is so bright and clear...)
(...that I never realized the truth...)
(...It really is bright, isn't it...)
(Ahh. I see. This isn't moonlight...)
(...It's God's own nigi-mitama...)
...Yuiii!
Shousetsu! Give us your hand!
...
(I see. Saber...)
(You saw the end for yourself, and yet you remain on that side.)
(...Yes. That's right.)
(Even if the moon's light is pale and cold...)
(Even if it leads to me freezing alone at night...)
(...all the same, it still illuminated the darkness...)