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Text: The Battle of The Animal-Eared Lovey-Dovey Girls returns!?
Chapter 72 Caster VS Saber IV
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Hakuno: Tamamo no Mae…!
Hakuno (thought): The stone petrification just now… // Her final moments in those fields… // I’d already vaguely guessed it, but— // “Tamamo no Mae” is one of the Three Great Monsters of Japan.
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Hakuno (thought): The great demon fox that once engaged in a great battle against Japan’s Imperial Court.
Hakuno: But to think that such a famous being would be such ditzy Heroic Spirit…
Tamamo: Right? // From now on, // there’s no need call me such a distant title like “Caster”. // Master♥
Hakuno: But to think “Tamamo no Mae” would be such ditzy Heroic Spirit…
Tamamo: You had to say it twice!?
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Tamamo: So, so~ // From now on, please call me // Tamamo // …and make sure to put in lots of affection when you say my name♥
Hakuno (thought): …Still… // “Tamamo no Mae” is an “offshoot of Amaterasu”…? // What in the world does that mean…? // *Cough*
Tamamo: Are you all right, // Master?
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Hakuno: Yeah // Thanks… Tamamo.
Tamamo: Yes♥ // Let’s leave discussing the finer details about me until later. // A certain someone who is interrupting a fox’s romance // is persistently asking for a beatdown right now.
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Suzuka (flashback): The fox and her friends have figured out my true name. // So there’s no point in hiding it anymore, right? // I’m, like, seriously OK with you calling me “Suzuka” without reserve from now on!
Kazuhito (flashback): ……Your true name was revealed because of a mistake in my orders. It’s not your fault, Saber.
Suzuka (flashback): That’s not what I’m trying to get at, though!
Suzuka: Tch!
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Suzuka (flashback): Regardless of her reasons, // regardless of what kind of woman that fox is, // you’ll still accept her in the end, right?
Suzuka: I already knew from the start // that Kishinami would accept that damn fox.
Suzuka (thought): However, saving the fox from the endless loop of her original death // couldn’t have been easy. // —I’ll admit it. // …You’re not just some nobody.
Suzuka: Yeah. // Just like I thought…
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Suzuka: If I’m going to completely knock down the damn fox, // I have to crush her along with Kishinami. // You’d hate to // leave behind any regrets, right? // …So, // I’ll allow interference just this once.
Hakuno&Tamamo: !?
BB: Yes, yes. // In honor of their long-awaited reunion, // this much is fine, right?
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BB: Donima Cornam!
Hakuno: !!
Hakuno (thought): My Phoenix Muffler…!!
Hakuno: BB!
BB: Phew // Suzuka-san doesn’t consider // beating up near-dead opponents a “perfect victory”, right? // So I reluctantly read the mood // and gave you guys the minimum healing you need for this battle. // Please be satisfied with this, senpai.
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Leo (thought): …Caster, or rather “Tamamo no Mae”, was revived from her petrification with all her fatal injuries still present. // The difference in their physical conditions was something that not even Hakuno-san could do anything about for all his stubbornness. // If BB hadn’t acted first, I would have healed them myself.
Hakuno: … // You’re right… // Thanks again, // BB
BB: Ehem. // That’s all I can do to help here. // Vio-chan seems to be fighting over in the forest, // so I’ll go meddle over there next. // It’d be a shame to lose either her or her opponent at this point. // …Or rather, I just can’t stand to watch… // the sickeningly sweet mood the two of you have going right now.
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BB: Hurry up and get Suzuka-san’s SG.
Suzuka: Yeah. // There’s no point in taking down a Caster who’s already low on HP and MP. // Kishinami can’t do any healing without that muffler Mystic Code anyway, right? // This is just a bit of generosity from me. // Accept it with a bitter face…
Tamamo: Fufufu
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Tamamo: Sorry, Suzuka-san. // Your attempts to rile me up // are as meaningless and nonexistent as a tailed kappa* to me right now! // In the face of the strong and ho~t bond between me and my Master, // a JK’s rowdy shouts are powerless to affect us. // Of course! As long as I’m with my Master, I won’t lose in any situation, but if you feel so strongly about it, // I suppose I can accept your feelings and allow us to be healed~ // …so said I, fully calm and composed.
(TL Note: The water yokai “kappa” apparently don’t have tails in their depictions, hence the simile here.)
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Suzuka: You’ve gotten quite lively and loose-lipped, // even though you’ve already lost to me once.
Tamamo: Oh my, perhaps you’re feeling annoyed at our overflowing aura of happiness? // Right, Master♥
Hakuno: Why does my Servant keep taunting the enemy…?
Tamamo: Is it just me or is there a difference in our excitement levels right now?
Hakuno: …But well, // it’s true that I don’t feel I can lose when I’m with you, Tamamo.
Tamamo: Ye… // Yes!
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Suzuka: …Perfect, just perfect… // …I’m seriously heated up now…!!!
Tamamo (flashback): Because whether they be fear or regret, all those feelings are what I received from that person. // I will acknowledge both the good and the bad // and accept them all.
Hakuno (flashback): That’s why I have to properly get to know Caster this time… // …Yeah. This curse… // is something precious to me—!!
Suzuka: You like-minded idiot couple…!
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Kazuhito: Saber! That’s enough! // Don’t fight Caster and the others!
Suzuka: Kazu-kun.
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Suzuka: Caster… // …huh? // Kazu-kun, stay there and watch.
Kazuhito: !
Suzuka: I’m // going to open your eyes now…!! // —Or will you // make me obey with a Command Spell again?
Kazuhito: !!
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Kazuhito: … // There’s no way… // I could do that…!
Suzuka: … // I know…!!
Kazuhito (thought): —Damn it! // She won’t listen to me at all… // Saber has always respected my feelings, and yet now… // Does she not want to disappear that much—?
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Suzuka (flashback): I don’t want this! // I want to be with Kazu-kun forever!!
Kazuhito (thought): …No.
Suzuka (flashback): And yet that damn fox influenced this precious moment between me and Kazu-kun?
Kazuhito (thought): This is… the result of me only thinking of myself // and not properly facing Saber… // I never understood // what she was really thinking at all—
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Tamamo: When I was turned to stone, I barely managed to catch // what you said to me before. // “There’s no way I would lose with neither of our Masters present”. // It turned out just as you said. // …But are you okay with this? // If I’m all hot and cozy with my Master // and you’re all alone,
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Tamamo: —I’m at an overwhelming advantage, you know?
Suzuka: …I said this before too. // When I spit something out, I don’t take it back!!
Text: Tamamo is revived!! Suzuka won’t turn back either!!