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Saber: …Apparently, after dying, // the fox turned into a stone that kept releasing a cursed poison…
Chapter 69: Killing Stone 2
Saber: Her current state is a result of her overwriting the Moon Cell’s rule that those who die are deleted // with the concept of death in the form of turning to stone. // She pushed herself past her limits to try and endure until Kishinami could get here.
Hakuno …!
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Saber: Grasping at straws… // she transformed herself out of sheer perseverance. // Though I can’t say whether this little trick succeeded because of her legend equating turning into stone with death // or because it was easier to accomplish here on the Far Side… // But it’s still too much for her body to take. // The World’s system correction is directly attacking her even as we speak. // I’d say she only has 4 or 5 minutes left, I guess?
Hakuno: …!! // Caster… I’m coming right away—
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Leo: Hakuno-san. // I won’t allow such reckless actions.
Hakuno: Leo.
Saber (thought): …Well, // saw that coming.
Leo: I understand how you feel, // but I cannot allow you to foolhardily challenge a Servant on your own. // We cannot afford to lose any of our precious few fighting forces at this point.
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Leo: Besides, we swore to work together as the Tsukumihara student council just a short while ago. // There’s no way I could allow personal desires to be prioritized in this situation. // As both the student council president // and as a king, // I cannot permit you to go and fight alone.
Hakuno: … // …Could you please stand back and watch over our battle as my old friend, // Leo?
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Leo: … // Fufu… // Ahahaha! // That’s unfair! // That’s so unfair, Hakuno-san! // Are you asking me // to mix official and personal affairs? // —Do you have a feasible plan?
Hakuno: Nothing like a real plan // …but I do have a few tricks up my sleeve.
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Gawain: Leo!
Leo: …My position cannot waver, even by my own will. // —However, since this is the Far Side of the Moon where light does not reach, // there are surely things that my eyes cannot see here. // I will remain still only during the brief time I am blinded by the darkness. // Is that good enough, Hakuno-san?
Hakuno: Yeah!
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Saber (thought): As usual, these guys really love Kishinami.
Gawain: …
BB (thought): So nai———ve!! // You’re being as naïve and sweet as a deluxe strawberry parfait, Leo-san! // There’s no way I’ll play along with this…
Leo: And we’ll keep an eye on BB to make sure she doesn’t do anything unnecessary.
BB: Kuh…!
Caster: —ter— // Mas…
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Hakuno (thought): Caster…!
Saber: Sometimes there are things we have to do // even if it means ignoring the bigger picture… // I feel exactly the same. // Show me… just how far your obstinate resolve goes!
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Hakuno (thought): I’ll use this item I bought from Taiga…! // Enhancement Spikes
Text: Increases movement speed for two minutes
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Leo (thought): He used a Mystic Code’s Code Cast // to increase his speed! // Can he manage to instantly close the distance to Caster…!?
Gawain (thought): But Suzuka Gozen’s swords are faster!!
Hakuno (thought): Over the course of my journey with Caster // since coming to the Far Side of the Moon… // we found… // a Mystic Code from an item folder in the Sakura Labyrinth—
Hakuno: Key of Better Fortune
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Hakuno (thought): I’ll use it on myself!
Text: Increases Luck (for 3 turns)
BB (thought): After increasing your speed, // you’re just leaving the rest to luck, senpai!?
Hakuno (thought): Just once is enough…!! // Look… // Look closely—
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Hakuno (thought): And dodge them—!!
Hakuno: Haa…! // Haa!
Everyone (thought): He dodged them!
Leo (thought): But even if he dodges them just once and reaches Caster, // what will he do then—?
Hakuno: Haa… // Haa…
Caster: …ter… // Mas…
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Hakuno (thought): I know this much at least…! // In order to save her, // I have to touch Caster’s heart— // You’ve saved me countless times by now… // —So I have to reach out my hand to you this time—!!
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Everyone: !!?
Saber: Fufu… // Kyahahaha! // What an idiot! // I wasn’t trying to slash you from the start. // Did you really think you could challenge me by manipulating your luck a little? What a joke.
Hakuno: ? Haa…? // …!? // Aa
Saber: I forgot to mention it before, but right now the fox is basically in a cursed mode that releases deadly poison all around her. // In the end, the one who will drive her precious, precious Master to death is the fox herself! // —What a great punchline…
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Saber: … // …Let’s just sit back and enjoy the show…
Hakuno: —I’m growing pale. // My temperature is dropping. // I finally realize that, even as an empty NPC, there’s still something I can lose. // Caster’s poison is seeping into those empty cracks // and eroding—invading Kishinami Hakuno.
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Leo: Gawa—
Leo&Gawain: !!
Gawain: Kuh!
Saber: I said to sit back and watch. // As if I’d let you interfere.
BB: It’s no good, Senpai! // That’s no ordinary poison! // It’s a cursed poison created from the accumulated overflowing hatred that humans have rained down upon her— // A normal human won’t last thirty seconds within it…
Hakuno: Guh…
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Hakuno: Yeah, // I know… // The burden that Caster has been shouldering all this time // is pouring into me… // I did something I never should have done to Caster… // Because I didn’t understand her— // because I lost the bond we should have had before—
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Hakuno: That’s why I have to properly get to know Caster this time… // …Yeah. // This curse… // is something precious to me—!!
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Text: This time, he won’t let go of her hand—
Sound effect: *Gurgling*