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Published in TYPE-MOON Ace Fate/Grand Order special issue
By Kuroha
01
Roman: Hey, the last one is finally here. I'm the head of Medical, Roani Archiman!
Roman: People call me Dr. Roman. So, which one of you is the Master candidate?
Gudao/Gudako: I am!
Roman: Umm...
Roman: What?
Roman: I heard we were getting the last of the 48 candidates. Which one of you is it?
Gudao/Gudako: Me!
02
Gudao: I
Gudako: I
Gudao/Gudako: was chosen as the 48th! The last Master candidate (from the common pool)!
Gudao/Gudako: Which means that this one here is an imposter, so kick him/her out!
Roman: Ehhhhhh? What's this? What is going on?
Mashu: Doctor.
Roman: Oh, Mashu. You were here too.
Mashu: They are both Master candidates.
Roman: Eh? Really?
Mashu: They couldn't have entered if Chaldea didn't recognize them as such. Professor Lev said that there were two viable candidates.
Mashu: It may be that two people were selected because of a mistake.
Roman: What did the Professor say to do?
03
Mashu: "Either one is fine, right?" is what he said.
Lev: (They're both from the common pool so they're all the same.)
Roman: Wow, he doesn't seem to care at all.
Roman: But we only have one seat left.
Lev: That's true. Let's do this.
Lev: Orientation is about to start.
Lev: Whoever gets there first will be the candidate.
Mashu: And then both Senpais went there ahead of us.
Roman: Oh. What happened next?
Mashu: They delievered a fantastic Double R_der Kick to the Director.
Roman: WHY!?
Gudako: Hey, isn't he a scumbag? There's no way a guy who uses violence on women can be suitable as a Master!
Gudao: (You kicked her too!)
Gudao: Wha- You're the one that played dirty and tried to trip me on the way there!
04
Mashu: Yes, well. Unfortunately for the Director, she happened to be between them as they were fighting.
Roman: (I'm sorry, Director! I'm so sorry!)
Mashu: Without raising her voice, the Director uttered just one phrase.
"GET. OUT."
Roman: What the heck? That's scary. (She didn't shout?)
Roman: But you two really don't get along well at all. Are you acquaintances or something?
Gudao/Gudako: We've never met.
Gudao/Gudako: But, I've felt it from the second we laid eyes on each other...
Gudao/Gudako: (I have to kill, or be killed!)
05
Gudako: That's right, Doctor!
Gudao: Doctor,
Gudao: Me or her!?
Gudako: Which of us is best suited to be a Master? Please give us your objective opinion!
Roman: Ehhhhhh... even if you ask me that...
Roman: (These two are totally in sync. Rather, aren't they getting along?)
Roman: But, that's right.
Roman: If I had to choose, I'd say that he's the one.
Gudako: Wh-Why? WHY!?
Gudako: WHY HIM AND NOT ME!?
Roman: Well, how do I put this...
Roman: He sounds
Roman: a lot like a main character. (Like, a Shima____ Nobunaga vibe.)
06
Gudako: His voice!?
Gudako: M-Mashu... what do you think?
Mashu: Eh?
Gudako: Which one of us is suited to be a Master?
Mashu: I don't sense any differences in your abilities...
Mashu: And both of you are my senpai... I couldn't possibly choose...
Mashu: But... well.
Mashu: As the Doctor said, his voice is certainly...
Gudao: (Two points, score!)
Gudao: (Heh.)
Gudako: YOU PISS ME OFF!
Gudako: What is this?
Gudako: All you keep talking about is his voice...
07
Gudako: You're just trying to drive me out after sidelining me into a mute character role!
(Waaaahhhh!)
Mashu: Senpai!
Gudao: (I won...)
Roman: Your opponent was a girl. Weren't you a little too mean to her?
Gudao: You may not understand, Doctor, but this was an existential battle.
Narration: After she ran off, we were on standby in my room.
Alarm: Emergency alert! Emergency alert! Fire has broken out in the central generator and the central command room! Sealing central block!
Narration: Then, I got caught up in a crisis involving Chaldeas.
Narration: And then...
Shielder: Master... please wake up, Master.
Gudao: Ugh... urgh, this is...
Shielder: Master.
08
Gudao: AHHHHHHHHH IT'S YOUUUUUUUUU!!!
"Shielder": (I won't kill you for now, so relax.)
"Shielder": Well, I got caught in the explosion too~
Let's get along, Master☆
Gudao: BY THIS COMMAND SPELL, I ORDER YOU!
Gudao: Change out with someone else!
"Shielder": HEY! WHAT THE HELL, YOU JERK!?
Narration: Mashu was safe back at Chaldea.