"Even More Learning with Manga! Fate/Grand Order" Release Commemorative Quest

Yet another day of collecting Embers...honestly, it's such a drag.

But this is the fate of all Servants summoned to Chaldea.

If I don't hurry, Kiyohime's going to get on my case about being late.

...Oh?

What's this? It looks like a book. Did someone drop it?

(Flip) It's a volume of manga.

Hmmm, hmmm.

Hnnn?

Is that...me!?

...Wait! Wh-wh-what the heck is this!?

Th-there's NO WAY I would do something like this!

A-a-and it's with another girl...!

With Kiyohime, of all people, too! No way!

Who drew this!? They don't even have my permission to use my likeness!

Th-this is highly offensive...!

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... (Flip)

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Hello?

Kyah!?

What are you doing here?

Everyone is waiting in the Command Room. Please hurry up and join us there.

Oh, y-yeah. Sorry.

Honestly, you're beyond hopeless... So terrible...

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Commencing battle!

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(It's not right... It's unthinkable...)

(Kiyohime and I together...? Impossible...)

(We're nothing alike, and we get into fights every time we see each other.)

(Right...)

(I bet Kiyohime feels the same way...)

Get it together, Elisabeth! We're in the middle of battle!

Y-you're right! Sorry.

Senpai...

Is there something going on with Elisabeth today?

She seems distracted...

It's almost time.

Elisabeth, I'm going to fire my Noble Phantasm, so please cast a Buff on me.

What!? B-blast you? Blast you with...what!?

I said CAST. Sadistic Charisma, right?

Y-you want me to inflict Sadistic rituals on you...? W-why...

Watch out!

Kyah!?

N-no! I can't! I'm an idol! I belong to everyone...!

We can't rush into a relationship! L-let's try being friends first!

We need to get to know each other! So tell me about yourself, Kiyohime!

W-wait a minute! Elisabeth! Let me go!

The enemy! The enemy's coming!

E-Elisabeth, what's going on!? We're in the middle of battle!

Please calm down! Please let go of Kiyohime!

M-M-Mash, you too!? You've got it all wrong! Kiyohime's the one that's... I swear I didn't mean to hurt you...

No...I can't choose. Because...I have feelings for both of you!

I love both of you! (Hug)

Elisabeth!? L-let go of me! Please! Senpai, help me!

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Senpai! Why are you just watching!? You need to do something!

Ahhh!

Ahem.

It's too early for you to rest easy in death... Master, wake up.

Eh? You're wondering why I, Circe, the most beautiful of witches, am here? Because I look like an angel, obviously!

Wha...!!!

You prefer other women!? Why you... Why you...!

THAT'S all you have to say!?

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This is your chance to fall in love with me...me...me...! (Echo)

...I never thought we would get wiped out while collecting Embers. I'm disappointed in our performance...

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Yeah, I see you guys went through a lot.

We've restrained Elisabeth for the time being. She's quite frazzled and a bit...deranged.

Also she keeps muttering a lot of nonsense.

She's even talking about me. Something about me either "having one or not having one..."

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We really shouldn't worry about what Elisabeth says. None of it is relevant anyway.

Anyway, we finished counseling Elisabeth. To summarize our findings...

She says she's on the verge of getting into a relationship with some woman close to her...or rather, that she needs to be in one.

She seems to have been overcome with some kind of obsession.

This is no mere misunderstanding or simple suggestion. It's the work of some kind of annoying mental indoctrination, in magecraft terms.

In other words, she's been brainwashed.

Brainwashed!?

But...who would do that...?

Elisabeth claims she read a strange manga she picked up in the hall right before you all left to collect Embers.

She said it was a story set in Chaldea, featuring characters that look just like us.

Apparently its subject matter is pretty risqué. There's a lot of nudity and, um, intimacy. You know, that sort of thing.

It's probably one of THOSE kind of doujins.

What...?

Having read it, Elisabeth's mental state was twisted around by its magical powers...

Ultimately leading her to believe the relationships in the book are, in fact, real.

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Right. If we analyze and dispose of it, the brainwashing should stop!

Let's get a move on! Off to the hall where she found it!

So, it should have been around here...

Oh, there's Altera. Let's ask her.

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Wh-wh-what is the meaning of this...?

Helena Blavatsky and I... Why are we paired up like this...?

Look! The book Altera is reading... That must be it!

Altera, can you show us the book you're holding?

Ah...aaah...aaaaaaah...

This is bad civilization... No, good civilization... No...

Uuuuuunnngh...ahhh...!

No good! The brainwashing's already started! Mash, get it away from her!

Right! Excuse me, Altera. Hiya!

(Gasp) Where...am I?

Could this be the diabolical book that brainwashed Elisabeth?

Let's see here... (Flip, flip)

D-Da Vinci? Isn't that dangerous?

I'll be fine. Prominent artists are also prominent critics, and I am possessed of an imperturbable, discerning eye.

So I won't get brainwashed that easily. Okay, what happens next? (Flip, flip)

Mhm...

The contents really are something else. These superhuman feats wouldn't be possible unless the characters were Servants.

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For some reason I'm depicted as a greedy miser... Definite nope.

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Hahaha, Fujimaru is depicted as going completely off the deep end.

Their arms flail like tentacles and they don't even look human. They're constantly rubbing against and groping Mash.

I-is that what's in that book...?

Right!

Senpai has never done such a thing!

I can say that with pride!

Exactly.

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And even Mash, who's practically abused by Fujimaru...

...doesn't seem to mind it that much! At least in this book!

...!

Oh sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.

N-no. I've read in the manuals that as long as it's between two people sharing mutual affection, such behavior is quite natural...

(Hmmm, I guess Romani didn't do a great job with the birds and the bees talk.) Right, right.

Hold on a minute. Calm down, Mash! We're not talking about the real Fujimaru here.

The character in this book is completely different from Fujimaru.

I mean, they're not even human!

Ah!

Th-that's right! This is terrible! This could affect Senpai's reputation!

Senpai, um...I hope you aren't upset by this?

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Kukuku...

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The book, it's...!

Accept it... This is your story...

It's talking!

I'm getting a strong magical energy reading!

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There is no point asking me who I am...since this world will soon be mine.

I am the shadow conceived by this world, and I am the true representative of this world.

Don't tell me... Are you trying to change our reality to match the story written in your pages!?

I designed a perfectly balanced and harmonious world. Once you submit to me and your world is conformed to my text...

...a union of potent love will allow us all to gain unlimited power!

No evil that threatens this world will stand a chance!

Barbarism in all its forms will cease to be, and an everlasting spring of only joyous, heartwarming days will begin!

Now come, join us at the end of "happily ever after" and spend your days in giggling merriment.

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It was necessary to bring us closer to my ideal world.

And everyone will be paired up as I deem fit.

Elisabeth shall be with Kiyohime. Jeanne shall flirt with Marie.

Martha and Marie shall share their love for each other. Altera shall marry Madam Blavatsky.

My ships are the best ships. The ONLY ships. No other unions may occur. EVER!

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How ridiculous...

Hm!?

This is a farce. It's fine to ignore the original setting or break down the characters.

There's nothing wrong with secondary creations having Kiyohime get together with someone other than Master.

But not everyone is going to accept that. You can't just ignore reality.

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Yes, thank you! That's perfect!

Your fantasy is just that: a fantasy! You can't just force it on everyone else.

And trying to overwrite our "official" reality with your fantasy is the height of selfishness!

Reality is reality, and there's no room for fantasy to butt in!

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This is getting complicated, so just stop. Besides, I'm speaking generally here.

Hmph! Looks like the original Master does not understand my noble ideals...

Then I have no choice but to use force to change the world!

Senpai, they're readying for battle!

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I can't believe I lost... Why... How...?

Imagined relationships hold no power. There's no point in forcing pairings through brainwashing.

Yuri doesn't always mean the characters are constantly trying to jump each other.

Rather, the essence of yuri is the feelings of those watching the relationship blossom from afar! (Universal Man of Culture)

Ah! Now that you mention it, you're right... I was mistaken...

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Shush, Fujimaru.

May the world that provided me with so much inspiration for my fantasies be blessed for eternity...

Enemy response has disappeared...

Oh? There's something on the ground.

It's a Craft Essence. Looks like that book left it for us. We might as well take it.

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That might not be the case! You'll find out once you equip it!

Senpai, the battle may be over, but I still wonder where that book originated.

There's a possibility that someone in Chaldea made it...

Or it could've come from a minute Singularity that we don't know of, or even from the Pruning Phenomenon.

It's disappeared, though, so that will forever remain a mystery.

But the moment humanity forgets to be tolerant or be considerate of others once again, and when it forces its fabricated pairings on others...

I imagine it will likely return then.

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Well, I didn't say that I want to see that thing again, but...oh, whatever.

Now come on! Pull yourselves together and get ready to save the world again tomorrow!

Argh. What a blunder on my part.

The idea was absurd from the start... Kiyohime and me getting along...

What a joke. (Munch, munch)

Hey, Elisabeth! You're leaving cookie crumbs on the bed!

Leave me alone! Just needs to get cleaned up later is all!

But I'm not going to clean up, because I'm an idol.

Where do you get off talking so big if you're not going to clean!?

What did you say!?

You heard me!

Hnnnngh!

Hiss!

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