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Hakuno: ………… // No way… Since… When…!?
Text: Julius appears before the last Alter Ego, Kazuradrop!
Julius: -- // She’s been lurking by our side // since before you woke from that dream.
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Julius: Isn’t that right, // Kazuradrop?
Kazuradrop: Ufufu… // BB was the one who prepared this old school building, // and Sakura was in charge of overseeing it. // But I asked a little favor // and took over all the school’s management rights before you all appeared here. // …Hmm. // The fact that you know all this // proves my suspicions. // Isn’t that right, BB’s secret dog?
Hakuno: !
Julius: That’s right. // I was working with the 2nd BB.
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Text: Julius B. Harwey. The assassin of the Harwey family. And also--
Chapter 45: Replica
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Hakuno: Julius…!? You…
Julius: In other words, I was a double agent.
Hakuno (small): Double…
Julius: --I don’t know what her objective was, // but the 2nd BB kidnapped participants from the Holy Grail War to the Far Side of the Moon, // and trapped you alone in a dream. // While that was happening, she came to scout me, who had lost in battle and was merely awaiting my own dissolution, as a spy. // I decided to pretend to obey her in order to keep observe and keep tabs on her actions. // But before I could start properly acting as a spy, // I lost all contact with BB right after Kishinami woke up. // …Most likely--
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Kazuradrop: --I told you before, remember? // “BB is insane as an AI.” // She’s full of contradictions as an AI-- // An imperfect (ruby: incompetent) AI is unpleasant, bothersome and unnecessary, right? // So I ate most of her.
Hakuno: Ate--!?
Julius: “Ate”--So absorbing a target and turning them into your own power is your id_es, // “Insect Eater”, is it?
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Kazuradrop: Fufu… The BB who saved Hakuno-senpai back then // managed to run away twice before I could finish eating her, but she’s merely a drained carcass at this point. // That BB only has 1/8 of her full power left! // Her dash to save you back then was the most she was able to do.
Julius: And as for the 7/8 of the power you ate… you used that memory data to make the 1st BB-- // a fake BB that you fabricated…!
Kazuradrop: --That’s no good, Julius-san. // Please phrase it // correctly.
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Kazuradrop: First, // based on the gap in their current abilities, // the one who is worthy of being called the “real BB” at this point is the doll I made. // Second, // I only put 5/8 of BB’s power in that doll. // I disguised Meltlilith with the exterior of BB and have been controlling her actions from here. // (small text): I’m personally using the remaining 2/8. // Third, // it’s not quite right to call it “memory data”. // For example, Meltlilith’s id_es “All Drain” // can only melt and absorb others as simple experience points. // But my “Insect Eater” is different. // Though it only works against those of the “Sakura series”, // I can “absorb the target into myself with all of their abilities and characteristics intact”.
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Kazuradrop: Eating BB (ruby: the main dish) right away was impossible, // so I started with Passionlip (ruby: an hors d’oeuvre) and Meltlilith (ruby: some soup) first. // After storing up power that way, // I crept up on BB from behind while her guard was down and… // Cho- // mp♥
Julius: The reason you’re able to control BB’s shadows… the Shapeshifters is because of that ability. // Then why didn’t you absorb the original Sakura?
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Hakuno: ! // The original Sakura…!?
Julius: Yeah. // Sakura, as well as Rin and Rani, have been captured, // but they’re still alive. // For now, anyway.
Kazuradrop: To BB… or rather, the old BB, as she should be called now… // …Sakura is special. // Annoyingly, we Alter Egos, as beings born from the old BB, // were made so that we cannot lay a hand on her. // But my “Insect Eater” is an exception to that rule. // After all, it’s an ability specifically for eating Sakura, right? // It would be contradictory if I couldn’t eat her. // So when I took over the old school building, // I went to eat that carefree and oblivious Sakura, but…
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Sakura: Activate Cryostasis--
Kazuradrop: Sakura froze herself and put up a firewall around her. // “Insect Eater” is a specialized skill that only works against Sakura. // I was unable to break the firewall protecting her and therefore unable to lay a hand on her-- // Using the power of Domina Cornam, // I’ve been modifying myself so that I can break through it and touch her, // but it seems it’ll take a little while longer before I’m capable of that.
Hakuno: …Then, // Sakura, Rin and Rani are still in this building--
Julius: Don’t show your back to the enemy, Kishinami!
???: That warning // is a bit late.
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NPC girl: You humans are // already surrounded.
Hakuno: The NPCs--AIs…? // They’ve surrounded us…!?
NPC girl: In order to resolve this situation, // we AIs have chosen to obey Kazuradrop-sama.
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Kazuradrop: Ufufu. I’d already finished winning them over when you all went to the hot springs. // These people immediately listened to me // once I asked a little favor.
Julius: …
NPC girl: Only incompetents would rely on incompetent humans. // We’ve already finished cleaning up the worthless AIs who opposed us. // …Fujimura Taiga seems to have higher privileges than me, though, // so she’s merely been imprisoned for the time being… // In any case, the student council’s authority has been abolished and we have taken over the school building. // It should have been like this from the start-- // And my privileges as a high-level AI exceed that of Matou Sakura. // With time, I can easily overcome the firewall protecting her, Kazuradrop-sama!
Julius: … // Just what exactly does // “resolving the situation” mean for you all?
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NPC girl: Huh?
Julius: One of Kazuradrop’s objective is obtaining the Holy Grail. // That is nothing less than rebellion against the Moon Cell. // Properly managing the Holy Grail War is the very reason for the existence of you NPCs. // But what you’re doing right now is the exact opposite. // Furthermore, you may extol your pride as an AI, // but the truth is merely that you were threatened into cooperating out of fear for your own life… // Do you understand what I’m getting at? // The Alter Ego you’re praising so much // shows no mercy to contradictory AIs like you. // Even if you obey her, // you have no future.
NPC girl: ----! // That’s ridiculous…
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Kazuradrop: Ufufu… // You really are an idiot. // I never said I’d spare your life if you served me, remember? // As thanks for taking care of all those troublesome minor tasks for me, // I’ll turn you all into my experience points with “All Drain”…
NPC girl: W-Why…!? // You managed to take over the school so easily thanks to us…! // And I can break through Matou Sakura’s firewall--
Kazuradrop: You showed yourselves with convenient timing, yet didn’t you hear what I said? // With enough time, even I can break through it.
NPC girl: Then… // What about… us…!? // What was the point of obeying you then--!?
Kazuradrop: You were useful to me until the end… // That’s quite an honor, you know? // Well, I’ll barely get any experience points from you all, though.
NPC girl: No… // way…
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Hakuno: … // In the first place… why did you pretend to be Sakura?
Kazuradrop: --I can’t lay a hand on any Master myself. // Well, I’ll make sure to take a long time explaining the details later, once we’re alone together-- // Now then, Julius-san. // Hand over Hakuno-senpai-- // No matter how exceptional of a human you are, // you’re powerless before these children of mine.
Julius: …You stole BB’s power, // and took over the old school building.
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Julius: Then you invaded Kishinami’s dream // and attacked BB when she rushed over to stop you. // …Is that right?
Kazuradrop: Yes. // So what?
Julius: While BB was escaping from you in the dream, // she used the last of her power to send a message to me.
BB (flashback): Juliu… // Please prote… senpai… // And don’t tru… Saku…
Kazuradrop: So that’s why, even if you had no proof, // you suspected me while I was acting as Sakura. // But what’s the point of bringing that up now?
Julius: Basically, BB’s interests and mine align in this case.
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Julius: Kishinami. // I will protect you.
Text: Will Julius’ hidden trump card save Hakuno?
Kazuradrop: That’s! // A replica… of the Staff of Rulership!? // BB! // She gave you that trump card while escaping!?
Originally Posted by EDreamer
In any case, here's the translation for this month's chapter (and don't ask me about the mistaken chapter numbering, I just assume that there was some kind of error with the publishing department):
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