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Chapter 35 > And Then, Beyond the Storm
Fujimaru! Mash!!
What happened!?
Romani: The video suddenly cut off, we’ve only got audio…!
Romani: Tell me the situation!
Romani: Why are we
suddenly
Detecting a new spirit origin in front of you!?
Why
Have Drake’s
Vitals
Suddenly disappeared!?
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Mash: Captain!!!
Kiyohime: Wait!!
Mash: K- Kiyohime!?
Kiyohime: You can’t!
Kiyohime: go
*Shake*
*Shake*
Kiyohime: closer…!
Mash: Kiyohime’s afraid!
Mash: But the Captain…!
Mash: The Captain was killed by—!!
Calm yourself.
Shield girl.
Solomon: It was quite the ruse.
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“Illusionism”
It seems.
Her head was cut off,
And it turned into what looks like flower petals…
Mash: What’s
Mash: Going on…!?
Da Vinci: Calm down, Mash!
Da Vinci: The important part is that Drake isn’t dead!
Da Vinci: She got away just in time!
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Solomon: Chaldea… It seems like your voices still reach here.
Solomon: I hadn’t heard that you had an Illusionism user…
Solomon: Well… It doesn’t matter anyway.
Solomon: I’m sure it was a blunder by Flauros.
Romani: Flauros..
Romani: Is he talking about Leff!?
Is this voice the one Leff called “King”...?
“Flauros”, “Forneus”...
That can’t be—
Fujimaru: And.
Fujimaru: Who are you then?
Kiyohime: M- Master!?
Kiyohime: You can’t. Stay behind me—
Kiyohime: ...u.
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Solomon: Yes,
Solomon: That’s right.
The 48th, who was only there to make up the numbers.
“Fujimaru Ritsuka”
I guess you might not know who I am.
Solomon: I apologize.
Solomon: Allow me to inform you.
“Flauros” and “Forneus” are names of familiars belonging to a certain “king”.
He has 72 familiars.
Therefore they were called “The Seventy-Two Demon Gods”.
The king ruled his country using them.
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The King’s name was “Solomon”.
In the past he was the third king of ancient Israel.
Now, with those Demon Gods, he is the one who destroyed humanity.
Romani: That
Romani: Can’t…
Mash: King Solomon!
Kiyohime: He said he was the one who destroyed humanity!
Kiyohime: Mash, your shield!
Kiyohime: If this man is behind the destruction of humanity,
Kiyohime: He’s going to want to kill Master!
Don’t be afraid.
Dragon girl.
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Solomon: I didn’t
Solomon: Come here to fight you.
Solomon: A wise decision.
Solomon: Not making any rash moves was the correct choice.
If you turned around and released your flames,
Your Master would have gotten burned as well.
Solomon: In the first place,
Solomon: I don’t even recognize you as my enemies.
Mash: Wha…
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Da Vinci: Those aren’t words I’d expect from someone who tried to kill Drake.
Solomon: It was just a whim.
Solomon: That’s why I said not to make any rash movements.
So is the fact that he’s not killing Fujimaru and the others just a whim as well?
Fujimaru: Then why
Fujimaru: Did you come here?
Da Vinci: Wai- Fujimaru!?
Solomon: Those
Solomon: should be my words.
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Solomon: I ask you.
Solomon: “What” are you doing?
Mash: Huh…?
What do you think you’ll achieve
By restoring the singularities?
Do you really think that restoring seven singularities will stop this destruction?
You seem to have the wrong idea.
Even if you overcome the seven singularities, it’s pointless unless you can defeat me.
Mash: It’s…
Mash: pointless…?
Or perhaps
You actually
Think
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Solomon: That you could
Solomon: defeat me?
Mash: Senpa—
Kiyohime: Master!!!
Solomon: Take my mercy and my warning,
Solomon: Young human.
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Why
Do you fight?
Your life will end one day.
You know that it will end.
Then why,
Do you keep hanging on to that desire to keep living?
Despite knowing
That in your future
There is no salvation.
You understand, don’t you?
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Solomon: Throw everything away,
Solomon: Die pointlessly,
Solomon: and close off that future.
Solomon: For you who were left behind,
Solomon: That’s the easiest way to live.
Mash: *gulp*
You can do what you wish with your plan for the singularities, I won’t interfere.
But unless you listen to these words,
There is but one end for you.
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Being burned until not even ash remains.
That is your future.
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Da Vinci: Hi.
Da Vinci: It was a pretty disorganized retreat, wasn’t it.
Da Vinci: Anyway—
Anyway, shall we go see the others?
I’ve got a custom-made wheelchair ready.
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Fujimaru: Guys…
Da Vinci: Sorry about this!
All the adults here have gone and gotten depressed!
Except for my genius self!
Da Vinci: This guy got it especially bad!
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Romani: A- Ah, you two are back….
Romani: Sorry, there’s a lot of things to look into.
Fujimaru: Have you learned anything?
Da Vinci: There’s only one thing
Da Vinci: that’s good.
It was quite the kerfuffle,
But we’ve confirmed that Captain Drake has returned to her original era.
Drake: Ngh…
She should be waking up in her original era right about now.
Drake: Woooaah! I had some crazy dream where my head got cut off!
Fujimaru: ...That’s good to hear.
Fujimaru: What else was there?
Da Vinci: The fact that that kings words
Da Vinci: were the “truth”.
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Fujimaru: What are you talking about?
Da Vinci: Before you woke up we reanalysed a lot of our observations
Da Vinci: to try to prove that his words were a “lie”.
But we couldn’t.
It’s likely “true” that even if we restore the 7 singularites,
Unless we defeat that man
The world will remain destroyed.
Fujimaru: So then,
Fujimaru: we just need to defeat him then?
Da Vinci: Yes,
Da Vinci: that’s the problem.
Da Vinci: First I should explain about King Solomon.
Da Vinci: Start the video.
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King Solomon lived from 1011 to 931 BC.
He was the third king of the Kingdom of Israel.
He built the Temple of Jerusalem and introduced many policies.
He’s said to be the king who brought the most prosperity to ancient Israel.
At the same time there were many stories of him as a magus.
If he was summoned as a Heroic Spirit,
He would probably be a “Caster” class Servant.
Fujimaru: So his class,
Fujimaru: Is Caster then?
Da Vinci: That’s the thing.
His Spirit Origin output is on a different level.
To the extent where it can’t be contained within the framework of a Servant.
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In spite of the fact that Mash and the rest of us were on alert,
He moved right in front of you.
Something even the great hero “Heracles” couldn’t do.
Fujimaru: I’m fine
Fujimaru: you know.
Da Vinci: But,
Da Vinci: the adults aren’t fine.
Even just searching for the grails, we’re already walking on a tightrope.
In third singularity,
You two were literally on the edge of death.
Even then,
Without Asterios and David’s sacrifice,
And Drake’s Noble Phantasm,
We wouldn’t have won.
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Being told that our journey is meaningless, after giving it so much,
And in the end, when the mastermind held you life in his hands,
We couldn’t do anything.
That truth
Caused the normal people to break.
Da Vinci: I’m a genius though, so I’m perfectly fine!
Fujimaru: Da Vinci-chan.
Fujimaru: What’s this button for?
Da Vinci: It’s for the booster.
Da Vinci: I made it specially so that it can fly.
Fujimaru: Thank you.
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Senpai————————————————!!!?
Da Vinci: Ahahahahaha!!
Romani: Huh, Ow… What, ow.
Romani: Huh, what, huh?
Romani: Did someone just hit me… Who?
Romani: Huh whaa———!!! No way, Fujimaru!?
Romani: You’ve got broken bones all over!
Romani: What are you thinking!!?
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Fujimaru: When you part ways,
Fujimaru: smile.
Romani: Huh?
Mash: Those words…
Fujimaru: Amadeus and Siegfried taught us those words in France.
Fujimaru: I like that saying a lot
But,
With Asterios, and with Archer,
we couldn’t do that.
That’s why,
I was happy when I thought we would be able to properly say goodbye to the Captain.
Then he
Got in the way.
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Fujimaru: It’s really,
Fujimaru: Frustrating.
I don’t hate this journey.
There’s difficult things, and fun things too.
I’ve met lots of people I really like.
But that’s all pointless,
Was what he said.
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Fujimaru: I’m really angry.
Fujimaru: Not one bit of it was meaningless!
Fujimaru: We’ve only made it through three so far,
Fujimaru: but there hasn’t been a single thing that didn’t matter!
Romani: Fujimaru…
Fujimaru: I’m sure he doesn’t care.
Fujimaru: About our journey, or all the hard work from the people of Chaldea.
If that’s the case, I don’t care.
It doesn’t matter how strong he is.
I’m not going to listen to any warnings from a guy like him!
I’ve made up my mind, Doctor.
He’s my “enemy”.
So please—
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Mash,
Doctor,
Da Vinci-chan,
Kiyohime,
Everyone from
Chaldea,
Fou: Fou!
Fujimaru: Yeah, Fou too.
Everyone,
Everyone,
Help me out.
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We’ll reach it “together”.
We’ll find the seven grails,
And head to the “king’s” throne.
Fujimaru: So we can
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Fujimaru: Defeat him!!!
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Pirate: Have you calmed down Sis?
Drake: I’m always calm!
Drake: Anyway, we’re heading to the nearest port!
Pirate: Aye, Captain.
Drake: It’s strange… Even though I don’t remember anything,
Drake: There was something I wanted to say to someone.
Drake: That’s the only thing that’s left.
Drake: But it should be fine…
Drake: I get the feeling he’s already a true man of the sea.
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Drake: Hold your head high.
Drake: You’ve already been thrown out into the stormy sea.
You can’t run back,
You can’t go forward,
And even if you cry, it won’t let up.
Drake: In that situation,
Drake: There’s always only one thing you can do.
Hey——
Just what kind of face are you going to make,
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As you fight your way
Through to the end of the storm?
That’s the first time I’ve seen Senpai
Smile like that.
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Something about it reminds me of the Captain’s smile.
I’m sure that’s what he gained on that sea.
It’s a little different to his normal smile.
But I’ve learned,
That that’s human.
Humans are brutal creatures.
For their desires and goals, they’ll use whatever knowledge and power they can,
But in that brutalness, there’s hope.
The hope of achieving the unachievable.
I’ve learned that humans have the power to make the impossible possible.
So, that’s why I thought—
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Mash: Doctor.
Romani: Mash…
Mash: Please give your orders.
Mash: Senpai’s determination seems to be quite strong.
Romani: It does, doesn’t it…
Romani: He’s amazing.
Romani: Unlike me, who gets depressed over anything.
Mash: Yes, it seems you’re quite a chicken, and you’re often quite negative.
Romani: Yeah…
But,
Because someone like you tries so hard,
The rest of us can as well.
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Mash: When the explosion happened in Chaldea, you were the first one to act.
Mash: It’s thanks to that we’re all here now.
I’m sure everyone here feels that you’ve saved them.
That’s what I think.
Romani: Mash…
Kiyohime: Well, I don’t know anything about this explosion, so I don’t feel that I’ve been saved.
Kiyohime: More importantly, hurry up and give you orders. Do you want to waste my husband’s determination?
Kiyohime: Yes, It’s true that I was afraid of that king,
Kiyohime: But it’s not like we’ve lost.
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Kiyohime: So we just need to stand up again.
Kiyohime: Archer said that it’s important not to give up.
Kiyohime: I’m sure it’s true.
Kiyohime: He wasn’t a liar, after all.
Romani: ...Right.
Romani: You’re exactly right…
Thank you.
Let me say it again. Welcome back.
Romani: We’ll start analysing the data again.
Romani: Since we know who the mastermind is, we’ll be moving to the important part of our operation.
We’ll restore the remaining singularities,
And stop the future from being incinerated.
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Romani: No matter what he…
Romani: What Solomon tries.
Mash: Yes!
Romani: Alright, let’s get back to work! We’ll be pulling all nighters for a while!
Staff: Ehhh~
Kiyohime: Now Master, let’s go rest.
Kiyohime: I’ll make sure to tend to you very well.
Fou: Foou…
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The words that king said at the end.
Why do you fight?
Your life will end one day.
You know that it will end.
That was what he asked us.
That was a question
That I couldn’t give an answer to.
But those words
Were what made Senpai angry.
I still don’t know the answer to that question.
But, even still,
I thought that I could believe,
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If Senpai could
Laugh like that—
Well, it all turned out in the end.
My Illusionism certainly pulled its weight.
It was really close though.
Without Drake’s own luck and Cath Palug’s power it would have been over.
And it’s going to be difficult to help out again directly.
I'll just have to go back to assisting them indirectly like normal…
I have high hopes, young Master.
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Heroic Spirits cannot reach that king.
That’s why you’ll go.
The ones who build an era,
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Are only the ones living in that era,
at the tip of the future.
A.D. 1573 Third Singularity
Sealed Ends of the Four Seas: Okeanos
Foundation Restored
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A few months
After the third singularity was conquered—
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A.D. 1783
—North American continent
Soldier: Stay away! Stay away!!
Soldier: Shit!
Soldier: How many bullets can they take!
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Soldier: Why won’t you die!!!
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Mash: Requesting backup!
Mash: Head Nurse!
Nightingale: Survivors fall back.
Nightingale: Fujimaru!
—agh.
Release spiritual form.
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Fujimaru: Lancer!!!
Lancer: Got it.
Lancer: Don’t worry, I’ll do my work properly.
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...Finally
The star has begun to move.
This is the tipping in this “great war”.
Let us pray
That the star’s light which finally arrived,
Is something to boast of.
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Soldier: We-
Soldier: We’re saved…?
Lancer: There’s no end to these guys.
Lancer: I wouldn’t mind a bit of a break right now-
Nightingale: No.
Nightingale: We’re a long way from curing the root cause.
Nightingale: So we can’t afford to stand around.
Let’s go.
To those living here—
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Medb: Hehehe.
Medb: Just like an animal.
Medb: This land will surely become yours.
Medb: Hey, when that happens-
Cu: Who cares.
Cu: I’ll just run through.
// Cu: Whoever lives in this land,
I will
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Cu: kill everyone.
Nightingale: save everyone!
A.D. 1783
Fifth Singularity
“North American Myth War: E Pluribus Unum
Originally Posted by Takashi
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