3rd Door: Monster of R'lyeh

All vitals look fine. I'm not seeing any issues with the magical circuit either.

But this certainly isn't normal. Fujimaru, can you hear me?

...No response. The eyes seem to be looking at us...

...but the mind isn't here, and we're not getting any response from our answers. Even if the eyes are open, that's all that is.

Senpai...

I've been with you all the time these past three days... I should've realized something was wrong from the start.

I do see occasional magical circuit activity. That might be our hint.

Da Vinci and I will keep doing a detailed diagnosis and analysis.

Fergus seemed to know something, right?

But he wouldn't answer my questions.

Me neither. He said there was nothing we could do from here...

Senpai Wake up, Senpai!

How are you feeling?

Oh, please keep lying down. There's no need to force yourself out of bed.

You seemed to be having a bad dream so I spoke to you. I apologize for scaring you.

About your memories? You haven't lost yours like I lost mine.

The reason you can be so courageous... Is probably because of your memories.

I... I could never be like you.

That's where you belong, isn't it? Chaldea...

I've never heard that name. But it's important to you, isn't it?

When you say the name, I can see the nobility in your eyes.

I'm so...jealous. I'm sure you know what you must do in life.

But I... I don't even know who I am.

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How does it feel to have a woman care for you? It's not a bad thing, is it?

You're probably the first to turn a woman into a maid at the Château d'If, Master.

You do like to sleep, though. You were out for an entire day.

There is no morning or night here. It is completely isolated from the outside world, so it's meaningless.

Hello, my temporary Master. I have a question for your addled head.

The soul seeks rest of its own volition. You may not always be this way, but today you are.

How does it feel to wake up, my temporary Master? I have a question for your addled head.

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Have you ever been slothful?

Have you ever known what you must do, but instead of exerting effort, given in to the temptation of rest?

Have you ever acted, not as a gear in the machine of society, but as one who seeks only their own pleasure?

Oh, there is no need to answer. That's what you're doing right now.

...That's going too far, Avenger. Fujimaru is too exhausted to get up...

Oh I'm sure. The connection between soul and body is becoming unstable.

You're spending less and less time with your mind in Chaldea, correct?

Do as you please. You can sleep here, or you can stand and face the third judgment.

Whatever it is, you must choose.

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Fujimaru!

Haha, yes. That's perfect! As long as your soul continues, I shall witness its end!

I am not going to slow my pace down. If you don't wish to be left behind, try your best to keep up.

Focus on the existence of your magic circuits. You are human. You can only gain power through reason.

Weave the magical energy from your body at Chaldea like you've done so far, to fuel your spells.

Fight. Kill. Just as you've done on your way here.

...Haha. Did that anger you? Forgive me. These words and actions are the way of an Avenger!

We gather malicious intent just by existing. You cannot escape hating us.

You hate. Kill. Grind down. And then forget. Even though it is precisely that infinite cruelty which creates avengers of darkness.

Let her wait in the cell. The Hall of Judgment that awaits is yours alone.

To be precise, yes, this is your Château d'If.

Your trapped soul forces fragments of the souls you've formed relationships with to come here, across time and space.

Yes. You've forged a relationship with that woman. Or perhaps you will in the future.

Don't think too much about it. Just keep killing the enemies you see.

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...I would hope you'd understand by now...

...but the third judgment will pit you against the avatar of Sloth.

Oh Lord!

Was it you who has brought me to this stage? Very well then! I shall perform, be it tragedy or comedy!

But be warned. All of my performances shall be blasphemous!

Shining one, tremble before my blasphemy! Holy one, let my mockery bring you to down to earth!

Oh! Ooh! Blessings be upon this place! My heart is pounding like never before!

I shall offer up to God the ultimate COOL! Yes, perhaps the soul of a hope-filled hero!

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Hahahaha! What? That is the greatest sloth imaginable!

He has forgotten his purity as a knight, and even what it was his Saint stood for!

He let his soul rot, and fall! His is the lowest state of humanity!

He is a manifestation of the worst that humanity can become!

Your words honor me!

Yes! Yes! And so my comedy shall make a mockery of the Lord!

You, dark laughing man who doubts in the Lord, to hell you shall go! Along with that holy light!

A soul filled with hope, refusing to give up hope that they will someday return, even in an eternal prison! How wonderful!

No, no. It's never going to happen. No matter how much hope you have, you will end here.

Did you know? The soul can feel pain.

If I break the fingers of your soul, sever its limbs, slice open its belly, stir its intestines and rip out its eyes

You will fall into despair immediately! Faster than a shooting star in the night sky!

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Noble soul who would save the world! I shall send you to the pits of hell!

Kill! Kill! Kill! He knows how to devour your soul!

...Hmm. That's not good, Fujimaru.

You're not responding to even Lady Mash or the Doctor's calls? Your soul must have wondered off to some abyss indeed.

I'm sorry. It seems a fragment of me has caused you problems...

What a strange state you are in. I cannot save you.

But don't worry. As far as I know, the light of your soul is without peer.

You will someday return here, as long as that light does not go out.

...Of course, at my level, I have no way of knowing everything on your mind.

But even so...

May the blessing of my Holy Maiden be with you.