Chapter 4: Sinking Beauty (1/4)
(Battle against Caesar)
Tamamo Cat
So there were still Servants left on the Back Side.
Since he managed to survive this long, he must have been quite the skilled hero. Especially when it comes to cajolery.
But unfortunately, his sweet talk didn’t work on Cat! I rejected his get-rich-quick scheme due to my overflowing intelligence, Master!
EMIYA Alter
…Your words were too difficult for her to understand, Caesar. It was your mistake to speak of money to a cat…
Passionlip
Good work, Cat! Your magnificent claw-work was inspiring!
Tamamo Cat
Hoh. So you like my paw hand technique, Lip? But this is easy compared to cooking, you know?
Passionlip
Eh…cooking? You cook, Cat?
Choice:
1- Yeah. Despite how she looks, Cat is a master chef.
2- Cat, change into your second Saint Graph form!
EMIYA Alter [1]
What…?
Meltlilith [1]
No way!?
Passionlip [1]
Is that true!?
Tamamo Cat
Hmm, if you say that much, I have to show it. Tamamo, Maid Up!
(Tamamo Cat transforms into her maid outfit form)
No matter how I may try to hide it, I’m the good wife who got the universal household skills that Tamamo no Mae dropped into the pond!
Well, anyway, I can basically do any kind of maid work. The only thing I’m bad at is cutting onions.
Lip, there’s nothing to fear just because your hands are a bit big. That’s quite useful in its own way. Like for splitting eggs.
Under my tutelage, making you’re a first-class cook would…be impossible, yeah. Even Cat understands that much.
Well, I could train you to be a second-class cook at least, but are you up for it?
Passionlip
P-Please make me your student! From now on, I’ll call you Master Cat…!
Tamamo Cat
Hahahahaha, then I’ll be taking carrots as payment! Welcome to the Benienma-style Hell’s Kitchen!
Meltlilith
………
Choice:
1- You seem to be enjoying yourself.
2- You seem happy.
Meltlilith
Yes. It’s quite rare for Lip to speak up without worrying about the attention of others.
I thought it was a waste when you didn’t kill Tamamo Cat,
but now, I feel a bit grateful for it. I could never make Lip smile like that.
Tamamo Cat
Hmm, I detect a happy aura! You seem to be having a tasty conversation there, Melt!
Ah, you should keep your distance, Demiya. This is a private talk between Alter Egos. Master can stay.
Meltlilith
—Wait a minute. Didn’t you say something incredible just now?
…Between Alter Egos? Are you referring—to yourself?
Tamamo Cat
What are you so surprised for? I’m Tamamo Cat, one of the Tamamo Nine who were cut off from our accursed Original (Tamamo no Mae).
In other words, I’m an Alter Ego, you know? Though my class is Berserker.
(Meltlilith looks surprised, then blushes in embarrassment)
Meltlilith
—No. No, enough. Enough already. I didn’t want to learn such a meaningless fact!
Passionlip
As I thought, Melt didn’t realize it. Cat is basically the same as us.
Choice:
1- I didn’t know that…
2- (In the first place, just what are the Tamamo Nine?)
Tamamo Cat [2]
Well, we were originally a concept made for the sake of opposing the Sakura Five, but that’s a long story.
In fact, it would take up the text length of a whole RPG. So you should try learning of the details through some other means.
Tamamo Cat
Still, Melt, Lip, even though you’re sisters, aren’t your abilities specialized in completely different ways?
I can understand Lip having specialized attack skills on her upper body and Melt on her lower body, but even your personalities are so different…
Meltlilith
…That’s only natural.
I was made based on the aggressive side of BB’s personality, while Lip was based on her defensive side.
Sadism and masochism. I can only truly feel self-aware by tormenting others, but Lip is the opposite.
This girl’s sense of touch is especially sensitive. Even just a little damage will cause an exaggerated reaction in her.
Lip’s reactions are so excessive that it can bring out the sadistic side of even people who aren’t normally interested in that kind of thing.
Gudao, how about you give it a try yourself if you get the chance?
It’ll start off as just giving her a little punishment, but eventually you’ll end up abusing her to the point that people around you will start pull away.
Passionlip
T-That’s not true!
In the first place, Gudao-san would never bully the weak!
Tamamo Cat
Indeed, Master is teasing but kind!
But Melt, what do you mean that you’re the opposite of Lip?
Meltlilith
My sense of touch is weak and dull. Especially my fingers. Fingertips are more important as sensors than for taking action, right?
I can move nimbly, but I can’t feel the body temperature of myself and others well.
That’s why I can only attack others one-sidedly.
Since I have trouble feeling any joy or pleasure produced in me, it’s only by seeing the pained faces of others that I can finally feel like I’m alive.
I rule others and corner them until they can only see me and cling to my feet.
By seeing that, I can at last truly feel it. —That this is what it means to love others.
Choice:
1- A natural-born…sadist!
2- Isn’t that inconvenient?
Passionlip [1]
Yes, she is.
Both Melt and I have reformed ourselves, but our original natures haven’t changed…Sorry for the trouble we’ll be putting you through.
Meltlilith [2]
Inconvenient? Have you ever seen me show any shameful display in battle up until now?
Ah, but…yeah. I do feel some dissatisfaction over it in my daily life.
I can’t do any delicate work that requires using my fingers…No matter how many figures I collect, I can’t line them on the shelf well…
EMIYA Alter
Enough with the pointless chatter. Meltlilith, is Suzuka Gozen the only Sentinel on the Back Side?
Meltlilith
Yes…I don’t know which area she’s made into her shrine, but I can roughly guess its location.
The central axis of SE.RA.PH, the Spinal Cord. It seems she’s received the strongest KP too,
so there’s no doubt that she rules the Back Side. If we defeat Suzuka, a path forward will open up for us.
EMIYA Alter
Then let’s head for the back area where the spine is. Ah, by the way, Gudao.
If we’re going to be fighting a Sentinel, make sure to take BB’s usual deal. The key of the heart, I believe it was called?
If we have that, we can mitigate the power of the KP. We can’t beat the Sentinel Suzuka Gozen in a normal battle.
Tamamo Cat
That Heart-Pounding Maiden Coaster, right? In Cat’s case, I was taken out by bullets, but I’ll overlook that in exchange for carrots.
Either way, it’s good to immobilize the enemy without killing them. Let’s do it with a bang.
That fox will lose in both battle and personal caliber. That will serve as the greatest punishment for her.
Passionlip
? Cat, are you acquainted with Suzuka Gozen? Your words just now seemed to contain some complicated feelings…
Tamamo Cat
Impossible, as if I’d ever be acquainted with that imitation! I will definitely win against those ears of hers!
But, well, you know. I can kinda tell what she’s so obsessed over.
Master, please defeat that fox’s heart. I’ll take care of the rest after that.
Originally Posted by Sacred
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