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Caster: Haa! // Haa…! // Haa…!
Fox: We have been waiting for you. // Congratulations on finishing yet another dream (ruby: story).
Text: Her tragedy—
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Caster: Haa… // Haa… // Ah… // Uuh….
Caster (thought): Aah— // I was such a fool—
Chapter 71: True Name
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Caster: I wasn’t trying to deceive you. // But // I shouldn’t have tried to live among you all in the first place— // Guh…
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Caster (thought): That day, // even as the world fell apart around me… // These waves of people blotted out both my resolve and feelings.
Caster: I’ll leave… // I’ll leave your sight, so please…
Caster (thought): “A goddess that yearns for humans shouldn’t exist.” // That’s what this spectacle taught me.
Caster: Please forget—
Caster (thought): The shouts of the people are telling me, // “Your wish to remain by that person’s side is something you don’t deserve—”
Caster: Please forget about a foolish woman like me—
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Hakuno: I won’t forget.
Caster (thought): Even so, I couldn’t help but yearn for
Caster: —Ma… // Master…? // Aah…
Caster (thought): that star shining beyond the horizon—
Caster: No way… Why…?
Hakuno (thought): It’s only natural that the poison is having such a weak effect on me. // Here, this curse // is solely directed at Caster herself—
Hakuno: I’m sorry. // I touched your important memories without permission…
Caster: …!
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Hakuno (thought): I only touched pieces of her memories, // so I don’t know all the details. // But the final scene I saw was always this grassy field. // Incapable of reaching anyone with her words, // Caster was bathed in hatred and malice beneath the moonlight, // as she resisted by spreading death around her. // She was trapped here by deep grief and regret. // …Caster has regained her awareness of the “present” by noticing me. // The army representing her “past” has disappeared, but…
Caster: Ehehe…
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Caster: I was hated // and despised by humans, // and finally I was hunted down here. // So… // It’s only natural that you would despise me too.
Hakuno: That’s not…!
Caster: So please just forget about me. // It has always been my fate to die here alone.
Hakuno: …Kuh!
Hakuno (thought): Get a grip on yourself, Hakuno! // If I don’t hold my ground here, I’ll be blown out of this place—
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Hakuno (thought): …All this time, Caster has // been exposed to hatred and died over and over again. // So her state of mind is naturally affected by it even now…! // She’s refusing to return to reality due to her intense feelings of self-rejection… // Now that the reiteration of her death has ended, // Caster’s deletion has started again…! // She staved off death by turning herself to stone—and yet now all that effort’s about to go to waste! // I can’t be picky about my methods now…I have to use persuasion or anything else I can think of in order to at least stop her from vanishing—
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Hakuno (thought): No…I got it backwards. // Whether or not I try to persuade her, first I have to show my sincerity to Caster. // Because this rejection is proof of my own sin—
Hakuno: —Caster, please listen. // I did something unforgivable as a partner to you.
Hakuno (flashback): Caster, // is it true // that you killed // lots of people?
Hakuno (thought): I can tell from the pieces of memories I saw… // Caster tried to love humans but was despised and rejected by humans.
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Hakuno (thought): But even so, you didn’t give up and earnestly expressed your feelings for me. And yet I… // I trampled over Caster’s courage.
Hakuno: It’s all my fault // for not putting in the effort to regain the relationship of trust I had with you before—
Hakuno (thought): It’s my fault that Caster is suffering even now on the verge of disappearing—
Hakuno: I’m truly sorry.
Caster: Please raise your head. // That was just because you were controlled by Suzuka-san—
Hakuno: You understand it too, don’t you?
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Hakuno: It was just as Suzuka Gozen said. // There were already seeds of doubt in my heart. // But If I still had the trust and bond we had developed on the Near Side of the Moon… // If I still had those precious things, // I would never have said that even if I was enthralled. // That’s why… it’s all my fault… // for not regaining those things.
Caster: —No… // …It’s not your fault…! // In that case! // I’m equally to blame for not regaining your trust.
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Caster: Besides, // you’re fine the way you are, carrying that normal sense of rightness. // Back then, // the way you stood up with no memories or reason to fight, only for the sake of fighting to live… // You are the symbol of all the ordinary people in the world—
Hakuno: …I’m not right or correct at all, // Caster.
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Hakuno: I swore to defeat Shinji. // But… when I heard that Shinji had been killed by the last Alter Ego Kazuradrop, // part of me felt relieved.
Caster: …That’s only natural. // Normally, no one would want to kill their friend regardless of the reason—
Hakuno: Yeah, // I was relieved that I didn’t have to kill Shinji… // —But then I realized that was wrong. // I’ve already killed Shinji once before in the Holy Grail War. // No matter how I feel about it, both cases are equally “death” to Shinji.
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Hakuno (flashback): “If you kill someone outside of the rules, that’s just murder.”
Hakuno: In other words, it’s still murder regardless of the rules. // For me to bring up rules and all that when I’ve already dirtied my hands… // that’s just an excuse—
Caster (thought): That’s just because… whether good or bad, // even those who kill must have a reason for their actions… // —Only monsters like me // are not allowed any excuse…
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Hakuno: In the first place, from the moment I chose to participate in the killing of the Holy Grail War for my own desires, // I was already stained by sin. // No matter how you look at it, it was wrong // for me to accuse you like that, Caster.
Caster: I // don’t blame you at all for what happened back then. // So please just forget about it…!
Hakuno: Thank you, Caster… // But there’s no way I could ever forgive myself what I did—!
Caster: … // No…
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Caster: In the first place, it was wrong // for an anti-hero like me // to answer your call.
Hakuno: …!
Caster (thought): And my sin // is my hideous, clinging desire // to serve you // even now when I’m like this—
Hakuno: … // Back during the preliminaries of the Holy Grail War— // I would have died if you hadn’t contracted with me.
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Hakuno: Are you saying it would be better if I hadn’t met you… and died instead?
Caster: Eh? // Umm // Could it be // that you’re angry…?
Hakuno: Of course I am. // Of course I’m going to be angry if you say something like that. // In the first place, Caster, you were the one who trusted me, // even though I have nothing and my very existence is a mistake. // If you’re going to say that you’re wrong for becoming my Servant… // then the existence of Kishinami Hakuno // is also wrong.
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Caster: …… // You have nothing and your very existence is a mistake…?
Hakuno: —Kazuradrop told me. // That I’m just a bug born from an NPC’s error… // Kishinami Hakuno is just a lump of data.
Caster (thought): …We learned that during the Holy Grail War. // But I kept silent about it because he shouldn’t have to be weighed down by it again here on the Far Side. And yet now…!
Hakuno: …In other words, I’m an empty existence. // But that emptiness inside me // was filled by my memories with you here on the Far Side…
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Hakuno: That’s why I
Caster: Please… // wait…
Hakuno (thought): The only thing I can do to keep you here is to say how I really feel—
Hakuno: want to—
Caster: Don’t say anything further—!
Caster (thought): —It was never possible // for a god to become a human.
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Hakuno: !
Hakuno (thought): But the army is gone…!?
Caster (thought): That’s right—this is how I realized // that a god could never be loved by a human— // In the first place, I have no right… // to accept Master’s kindness with my blood-stained hands. // This arrow is proof of that. // This is an arrow of severance that separates yearning (ruby: love) and myself (ruby: impurity).
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Hakuno (thought): I see… // That is the symbol of Caster’s self-rejection. // As long as that is piercing her, Caster won’t—
Caster: …
Caster (thought) —But
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Caster (thought): Even if I’m hated— // Even if I have no right to do it, // I’ll keep gathering up my courage again and again // I’ll keep yearning // again and again—that’s what I—
Caster: No… // That… // will just dirty you… I’m unworthy of being with you…
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Caster: …I’m a bad fox, far worse than you think— // So… I should just disappear here…
Hakuno: —You told me before. // “You’re the only one who can discover your own value” // I shouted to Kazuradrop before too. // “My feelings decide what my own value is in the end”
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Hakuno: My value lies in being with you! // I can’t go on without you anymore, Caster! // I was just empty in the beginning, // so if you say that you’re bad, // then I will just dye myself in your colors. // In the first place, that’s always been our relationship from the start. // That’s why the answer was actually simple from the start.
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Hakuno: I // will be your accomplice in crime.
Caster: ……
Hakuno: That’s all I can do, but… // is it okay for me to return to your side, Caster…?
Caster: …Master…
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Caster: Lifelong (ruby: Eternal) // Shackling (ruby: Love)!!!! // I can treat this as a proposal, right!? // Because I definitely heard it! // With these dear cute and big ears of mine♥ // Wait, no, I should say “foxy” instead of “dear”!*
(TL Note: In the second to last bubble, Caster says “shikato”, which means “definitely”, and she makes a pun with “shika” (deer) by saying “No, I’m a fox, not a deer, but still!”. It doesn’t translate into English, so I changed it to something a bit more appropriate here.)
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Caster: Yes! // I heard! // I saw! // And I conquered!!
Banner: Foxy Great Victory!!
Caster: Happy Miko-Cas-End! // I accept // those hot and steamy words!!
Text: Voice Recorder
Caster: My title as a good wife fox would be stained if I remained in super-depressed mode after being so passionately approached!
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Caster: I’ve unshakably resolved myself now!! // So~♥ // Let’s sail off to our dazzling garden of love and passion♥ // Castaway (ruby: Cast off)!!
Hakuno: H~~~~~~~~~~~mm. Yeah, I’m definitely looking at an anti-hero here. // This truly is a demon that shouldn’t be left to wander the world freely…
Caster: Mi…Mikooo!?
Hakuno (thought): Also, being adrift on a deserted island is bad. // That’s a bit too excessive. // Also, that wasn’t a proposal.
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Caster: No, no, Master~! // That was just a small fox joke~! // So don’t take it back! // Please don’t!! // I don’t take cancellations. // Once I accept an order, I deliver it at divine speeds. // Of course~ // the destination~ // is your heart… // And the package // is M-E… // Truly premium service☆ // You’re so skilled at wording your order like that~!
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Caster: You, you♥
Hakuno (thought): Eh… This fox // isn’t stopping at all, is she?
Caster: You little♥
Hakuno: …Well, it’s fine.
Hakuno (thought): Since Caster finally came back.
Caster: ! // Umm // it really throws me off when you don’t give a come back, you know…! // Ehem // In that case, // allow me to renew my oath to you as well.
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Caster: No matter how deep the darkness on the path you choose, // I will always stand before you // and illuminate your way with the light of the sun!
Hakuno: …Sorry. // I don’t like that.
Caster: …Huh?
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Hakuno: I told you, we’re accomplices, remember? // I’d rather be beside you than behind you. // …Is that no good?
Caster: Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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Caster: Overdose! // I’m over capacity for how much handsome soul aura I can receive today! // If you don’t hold back more, the beast inside me will awaken! // No… // Beside you is… // That’s so… // But! // Yes… // Serving you is my greatest joy… // So, // let’s gradually… // gradually step things up between us until we eventually reach that point…!! // Let’s follow that kind of (family) plan for the time being…!
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Hakuno: I see… // I don’t want to force you… // Yeah. // Let’s reach that point eventually.
Caster: …I’m starting to remember now. // The poison going through your body right now… // That’s my fault. // Since it’s a curse from me, // I can easily purify it. // Please give me your hand.
Hakuno: …Can I make one request?
Caster: Whatever you desire.
Hakuno: Please leave just enough of the poison so that it doesn’t affect my body’s normal activity. // I want to share this curse as your accomplice.
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Caster: …Master, truly understanding me // is something that even you likely cannot do, you know?
Hakuno: I know. // This is just my selfish request. // But it’s precisely because I know that it’s impossible // that I want you to allow me this as the least I can do to get closer to you.
Caster: …Even though I told you to hold back your handsome soul aura more…
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Caster: Please make this the last selfish request you ask of me. // Asking me to hold back from fully healing you // is far too cruel.
Hakuno: Sorry. // And thanks.
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Text: Golden snow falling
Caster: Then, let us be off, // Master. // So that we never part again, // let’s go together—
Hakuno: Yeah
Text: upon the fertile land
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Caster (thought): —Master, thank you. // I’m so happy I could reach the heavens. // Dirtying you like this is my sin. // That’s something I can never make up for. // However, that sin itself
Text: They embrace, their hearts overlapping
Caster (thought): is what forms our bond—
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Hakuno: Ha!
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Hakuno: Caster!
Caster: —Yes.
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Caster: I’ve revived with the power of love! // Your Caster has returned!
Suzuka: Fox… // So you came back along with Kishinami…
Hakuno: Gah! / Haa // Haa
Hakuno (thought): …Yeah. // I’m fine. // I can move.
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Caster: Master.
Hakuno: !
Caster: Since we’ve finally reunited, I’d like to take advantage of this opportunity. // After thinking long and hard, // I’ve decided to make this an even more heartwarming scene. // —So please lend me your ear.
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Caster: Please listen // to my words.
Hakuno: …Yeah. // Please, // tell me your true name.
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Caster: —I am an offshoot of the goddess Amaterasu. // My true name is Tamamo no Mae.
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Caster: In both this life and the afterlife, // no matter where you go, // I shall always walk by your side—
Text: He’s finally reached the truth—
Originally Posted by Byegod
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