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Chapter 17: First Singularity: Final Verse [The Patriotic Holy Maiden] 1
There’s one scene rises to the surface of my mind.
The saint burned by crimson flames.
But this isn’t my memory.
After all, for the one I admired,
Even on the verge of death,
I couldn’t stand before her.
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Dr: Let’s go over the situation.
Dr: With Fafnir and the dragon witch defeated,
Dr: the wyverns have lost their formation and have weakened.
Dr: They are currently being defeated by the French forces.
Amadeus’ group are currently staying in the rear to support them.
It seems like they’ll have no problems continuing combat.
There’s only 1 enemy Servant remaining, Gilles de Rais…
If he’s defeated, the Order for this singularity will be completed.
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Mash: We’ve arrived at Gilles de Rais’ castle…
Dr: I can confirm a super high density magical energy reaction.
Dr: The grail must be there…
Siegfried: Regardless of the dragon witch’s defeat…
Siegfried: It seems your hunch was right, Jeanne.
Fujimaru: You said…
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The “dragon witch”
Was created by Gilles de Rais from the “grail’s magical energy”, right?
Fujimaru: But Gilles was our ally as well, wasn’t he? As part of the French army…
Fujimaru: What’s on earth does that mean?
Gilles: That’s because I’m a Servant,
Gilles: summoned by the grail through my connection to him.
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Gilles: I must say, it’s a pleasure to meet you all.
Gilles: And it’s been a while hasn’t it,
Gilles: Jeanne d’Arc.
Jeanne: Gilles…!
Siegfried: You said you were summoned by the grail?
Siegfried: In other words, just like us?
Gilles: Indeed. I wasn’t a maddened heroic spirit summoned by my saint.
Gilles: I was the first servant summoned into this country.
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Gilles: And because I was the first summoned,
Gilles: I was the first to find the grail, and I took it.
Gilles: That which could destroy France!
Operator: The reaction from the grail has appeared from the Servant!
Dr: Watch all the parameters!
Dr: With a grail we have no idea what’s going to happen!
Jeanne: So then you created “Jeanne” with the grail’s power.
Jeanne: The dragon witch, a Jeanne d’Arc to suit your tastes.
Gilles: Oh Jeanne, those remarks are a bit much aren’t they?
Gilles: Of course I wished for your revival. Why wouldn’t I?
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Gilles: But my wish was unfulfilled!
Gilles: That was the one thing the almighty wish granting device couldn’t do!
Fujimaru: So that was it. This man…
Fujimaru: But,
Fujimaru: He cared about Miss Jeanne that much…
Fujimaru: So why would he try to destroy France, the country she loved?
Jeanne: Even until the end, the dragon witch didn’t know, did she…
Jeanne: That might be her saving grace.
Gilles: Oh… hearing those words from my saint…
Gilles: It pierces deeply into my heart.
Gilles: However,
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Do not worry yourself, Jeanne.
She’s only having a short rest.
After I eradicate you,
She will surely appear before me again!
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Fujimaru: What is that?
Fujimaru: That’s nothing like the dragons! It’s like an octopus’ tentacle!
Gilles: Indeed. I do not use dragons.
Gilles: Those belong to my saint.
Gilles: The means of her revenge!
Therefore you will face my noble phantasm, this demon from the underworld…
...yes,
It isn’t over yet.
My wish, My saint’s revenge.
Let it be known here,
That the Wicked Dragon Hundred Years War has yet to end!
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Fujimaru: What is that…!
Fujimaru: A monster…?
Now then, Everyone
Gilles: This demon requires some time to be controlled.
Gilles: I’ll now take my leave.
Jeanne: Gilles!
Siegfried: You won’t get away!
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Fujimaru: It didn’t hurt him?
Siegfried: No… It’s regenerating…
We won’t be able to beat this thing without help.
We need to fall back for now.
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Jeanne: Gilles…
Jeanne: You…
Amadeus: Well, at the very end we’re facing something this insane…
Amadeus: Hey, Isn’t that thing bigger than Fafnir?
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His class is probably Caster…
It seems his power is summoning magic.
Siegfried: But summoning such a powerful monstrosity… Even if he’s a Servant, is that possible?
Georgius: The only possibility is that Gilles de Rais used a noble phantasm…
That’s right.
He may have been able to summon it,
But that’s not something you could control…
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Couldn’t that be the grail’s power?
Romani: Ah!
I see.
With enough magical energy you could control it.
In other words, the monstrosity is currently stationary,
But that’s because Gilles de Rais needs some time in order to control “that”...
Fujimaru: Time… What’ll happen if we leave it be?
Amadeus: That’s obvious.
It will endlessly devour humans.
In the end, it will become the monster that devoured the whole country.
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Then the soldiers are in trouble!
We’ve warned the army to retreat.
Saying that, they can only run so far.
We need to deal with “that” as quickly as possible. Therefore-
Elizabeth: I know, we’ll go in full power! Let’s fire off everyone’s noble phantasm’s at once!
Kiyohime: You’re such an idiot. There’s no way it could be that simple-
Dr: No, she’s right.
Dr: I mean, we wouldn’t do it that way if we had a better option, but that’s just how it is.
Siegfried: If we’ve decided on that, then let’s go.
Siegfried: We can’t let “that thing” run wild any longer.
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Kiyohime: Is he on your mind? Gilles de Rais?
Jeanne: Huh? No it’s not that…!
Kiyohime: ...That’s a lie.
Kiyohime: I know when a person is lying.
Jeanne: I…
Fujimaru: I want to hear it as well.
Jeanne: Master…
Fujimaru: I don’t understand.
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Fujimaru: I don’t know much about the person, Gilles de Rais.
Fujimaru: Why would a person who’s trying to protect France now,
Fujimaru: try to destroy it after becoming a Servant?
It’s not like knowing the answer will change anything,
But I want to know…
Jeanne: I believed it was a heroic spirit’s role to support the living,
Jeanne: But you’re a person who lends their shoulder to the dead.
Fujimaru: Miss Jeanne?
Jeanne: It’s nothing…
Jeanne: This might take a while.
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Will you listen
To Jeanne d’Arc and Gilles de Rais’
Confession?
Gilles de Rais
Born in 15th century France, he was the origin of the fairy tale “Bluebeard”.
Both a noble and a soldier,
After meeting Jeanne d’Arc, his destiny was forever changed.
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Originally he was a deeply religious man, and revered Jeanne d’Arc as a saint.
After the two of them recaptured Orleans, he became known as the “Hero of France”.
He would never forget the spectacle of the coronation at Reims, which they attended together.
He was proud. It was something he would never dishonour.
Her existence was his proof that the salvation of God was real.
But reality is harsh. The time came when he fell into darkness.
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The saint was declared a witch, and burned at the stake.
The man lost sight of God.
Out of despair, the man devoted himself to black magecraft,
And his hands became stained with blood.
He kidnapped young boys from his territory, then raped and murdered them.
Having lost sight of God, the man continued to commit atrocities and blasphemy to prove that “there is no God”.
Over a period of 8 years, the victim count reached several hundred.
Even then, God didn’t judge the man.
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In 1440, the man was executed.
However, that wasn’t to make him answer for the children's grief.
It didn’t happen due to justice, or faith.
It was just an excuse to take his fortune and his land.
It was because of human greed.
Jeanne: I have no regrets about my end.
Jeanne: I don’t believe his fate should have changed.
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Jeanne: But I can’t help but feel sorrow for the children who were sacrificed,
Jeanne: due to his fate changing after we met.
I see.
That was it…
He-
Mash: Senpai?
Gilles: Oh?
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I’ve just finished gaining control of the demon.
You’ve saved me a lot of time by coming to meet me here.
Jeanne: The time it would take to find and kill us?
Gilles: Indeed.
Gilles: I must grant my saint’s wish.
Gilles: However, if you don’t get in my way we have no need to fight.
Gilles: What do you say? Together we can-
Gilles.
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Jeanne: From the beginning, you tried to resurrect me.
Jeanne: That’s right, isn’t it?
Gilles: Of course.
Gilles: I have no wish other than that.
Jeanne: ...at
Jeanne: If that’s the case, then you’re wrong!
Jeanne: Gilles! Even if you had resurrected me,
Jeanne: I would never have become the “dragon witch”!
Fujimaru: Miss Jeanne…
Jeanne: Yes, I was betrayed!
Jeanne: I was ridiculed!
Jeanne: That ending-
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Jeanne: You could say
Jeanne: that it’s my final regret!
Jeanne: But I would never resent my homeland.
Jeanne: I could never hate it!
Jeanne: Because all of you
Jeanne: Were in this country!
Gilles: Jeanne...
Jeanne: Please, just stop this already, Gilles…
Jeanne: I don’t want this!
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Gilles: What kindness…
Gilles: Your words are too kind…
Jeanne: Gilles!
However,
Because of your kindness you’ve forgotten something.
For instance,
Even if you don’t hate your homeland,
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Gilles: I
Gilles: Hate this country!
There’s one scene that rises to the surface of my mind.
I swore that I would destroy this country, who betrayed everything!
I was always reaching my hand towards it.
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But could never reach.
Of course I couldn’t.
I was never there.
But still, I kept reaching out.
I begged, countless times.
But the ending never changed.
Oh!
Why,
Why couldn’t I be there.
Why.
Did no one.
Save her?
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I’m sure you would forgive them…
But I won’t!
Elizabeth: W-What’s going on!
Kiyohime: L-Look! Over there, Elizabeth
God…
The King…
That monster...
It’s changing?
This country…!
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I’ll destroy them!
I’ll kill them!
That’s my wish,
What I entrusted to the grail!
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Don’t stand in my way!
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Jeanne
d’Arc!
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Jeanne: Gilles…
Mash: ...Senpai.
Mash: I don’t get it…
Mash: That anger.
Mash: That hatred.
Mash: They’re strong enough to destroy the world.
Mash: His emotions…
Fujimaru: It’s probably…
Fujimaru: Because he’s human.
I understood his answer.
I understood his hatred.
Jeanne: Gilles!
Jeanne: Even still, I…!
That’s why,
There’s only one way we can answer-
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Fujimaru: Jeanne.
Fujimaru: I’ll tell him.
Jeanne: Master?
Jeanne: But this is our-
Fujimaru: Yeah, I know.
Fujimaru: But I’m your Master.
Fujimaru: I can’t let carry the burden alone.
Gilles: What are you doing, boy?
Gilles: For one as lowly as you to interfere between the two of us!
Gilles: Or perhaps,
Gilles: You’re planning to childishly deny my emotions?
Fujimaru: I…
Fujimaru: I don’t think I’ve ever felt emotions as strong as yours.
Fujimaru: So I don’t pretend to think I can understand how you feel…
Fujimaru: But
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Fujimaru: I don’t think
Fujimaru: That you’re wrong.
Mash: Senpai!
Dr: Fujimaru!
Gilles: Oh?
Gilles: Then how about it?
Gilles: Will you let me have my way,
Gilles: and accept your destruction?
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Fujimaru: Of course not!
Fujimaru: We’re going to stop you.
Fujimaru: That’s obvious.
Because I’m Jeanne’s Master,
I’m telling you this
In her place…
Gilles de Rais.
It’s natural that you would hate this world.
It’s not wrong for you to try to destroy it.
But we’re going to stop you.
After all,
Even if,
None of us are wrong-
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I know that leaving you be
Is!
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Gilles: I see.
Gilles: Then you can die.
Fujimaru: Jeanne!
Jeanne: Thank you, Fujimaru.
Jeanne: I’m truly glad,
Jeanne: To have you as my Master.
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Jeanne: In the name of Ruler Jeanne d’Arc
Jeanne: I hand down the sentence to that monster!
Jeanne: Everyone, I request your assistance.
Jeanne: I want you to open up a path for me with your noble phantasms!
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Siegfried: Of course.
Georgios: Leave it to us.
Elizabeth: Okay! I’ll sing a song for you!
Amadeus: Brace yourself.
Amadeus: This is the final performance.
Kiyohime: Naturally.
Kiyohime: ...Although it is a bit embarrassing.
Mash: Mash Kyrielight,
Mash: At the ready!
Thank you,
Everyone.
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Jeanne: We’ll stop you!
Jeanne: Evil marshal Gilles de Rais!
Gilles: Let’s settle this!
Gilles: Patriotic Saint Jeanne d’Arc!
Originally Posted by Wandering Swordwoman
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