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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'd give it about a fifty-fifty chance that Gorgon will be lured by our diversion. But the Demonic Beasts will definitely come out of the Cedar Forest.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You won't find the Holy Grail on me.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well, in any case, we won't know till we get there. I expect to encounter wandering Demonic Beasts along the way... But those that have strayed from their pack are no threat to Fujimaru anymore. Let's try to gain the ranchers' gratitude by quickly disposing of them as we move along!

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The real question here–which none of you have bothered to ask–is how we'll get the Axe of Marduk to the temple. Aaand the answer is: I'll take care of it!

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I see. That's a unique name. Sure don't hear it around here. And the lady, then?

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I was... a being that only loved beautiful conclusions. I may have a human appearance, but my true self is cold-blooded like an insect. I am a non-human incapable of even feeling proper emotion. And yet, I have fallen in love with a single, beautiful heart.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yes, indeed. A powerful ace that I've kept up my sleeve. But who summoned him? It wasn't King Gilgamesh. Nor the Mage King's Holy Grail. ...I shouldn't even have to say. It was you, Fujimaru, of course.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If there's a time to for you to throw away everything, it's going to be only in a single instant. Watch for that instant as you fight.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Fairy Kingdom and your world are both nothing more than layers. Textures. Each of them are outward appearances attached to the Earth's surface.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ARTORIA: Even after I told you time and time again to refrain from getting into too much trouble with the ladies. That's the one thing you can never fix no matter how many years have passed. MERLIN: It's my reason for living after all. What is life without flowers?

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

All's well that ends well, I always say.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh, both of you are back already. Oh boy, that went nowhere.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Of course. It's an important role of the king to relate his epic tales. Whenever he comes back from the underworld, the priests won't let him go. They record his stories for three days and three nights.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

...I screwed this up. Instead of trying to create some breathing room, I ended up hurrying things along.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

You are correct, the fairies have indeed fled to the Reverse Side of the World. However, an opening still exists for them to enter and exit, though that will close in time as well.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Humph. I'll take that as a compliment.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hey, I was looking for you, Artoria~! I brought you the application form for your coronation ceremony.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

No doubt about it. That's the Tablet of Destinies. Great! Well, that was easy!

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Merlin might've just killed us...

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I see... So... it really did turn out this way...

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Listen up, this island is special. The continent has already become a part of the human world. As the countries are joined by land, the change in physical laws is swift. But this island is different. Even now, the atmosphere of the Age of Gods, its arcana, remains.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

There's the goddess controlling all Demonic Beasts up north, the goddess residing in jungles in the south, then there's the soaring goddess who has no fixed residence. The biggest threat is the goddess in the north, but the soaring goddess is another problem altogether.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

All right. I'll be going, then. One of my favorite girls is waiting for me.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

King Gilgamesh sees value in what humans create. "Humans themselves are foolish, but the things humans create have meaning..." That's probably a belief that lies at his core.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So what's the plan to liberate the city of Nippur? What does Fujimaru have to do?

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Well, I delightedly went along with his plan, so you could also say the same for me. But at the time it seemed like a good choice, and it was in fact the best move we could've made. We created the ideal king, and if you ask me, I think we did a good job.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

His policy was to govern as he would a flower, one of the reasons why he later became known as one of the world's foremost kingmakers.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I studied humans and tried experiencing emotions, but I still couldn't understand them. Of course, I have intelligence, so I understand human pain. But I can't really understand the burden of it.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A violation of the rules set by the forest goddess you speak of. I see.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

MERLIN: Hehe... FOU: Fou fou! Foooooou! (Special Translation: He is SO up to something!)

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No matter how we hide ourselves at the temple, Quetzalcoatl will likely detect us. So we'll just hit her head-on with all we've got. The Servants will give their all to keep Quetzalcoatl busy. That'll get you two or three minutes.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How kind of you. Thankfully, we are uninjured. We're just here to investigate, so our party is small. If the king had known you were alive, he would've sent a large-scale rescue party.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yes, of course he does. Though, the king doesn't leave the ziggurat, so he's never met them personally. But his response was unremarkable. "Someone calling themselves Enkidu appeared? I see. Well, I suppose that's possible." That's all he said. He didn't get angry, or sad...

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So we're gonna defeat Ishtar first? She's not as strong as Gorgon, but she's still very powerful, you know?

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I see. If you're okay with it, that's that. Then, is this farewell, Gilgamesh?

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hahaha, my head isn't a piece of gum to be chewed, strange and mysterious animal.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I want you to accept this in return. It's a handmade craft, so it has no monetary value.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

At any rate, I may be heartless, but I'm not an animal.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Shall we speak of something a bit merrier? What is chivalry to you, Artoria?

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No, no, that's impossible. It's a divine weapon; it repels human magecraft. I'd barely be able to do anything with it...Maybe levitate it a little and just drop it, but that's about it...

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I didn't mention this before, but I'm immortal. After all, I'm half-incubus. The second this body is smashed, I will reappear in the world of dreams!

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Sorry, I misspoke! I'll apologize and do some physical labor for once!

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This could use some adjusting.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

But let's be perfectly clear, okay? Regardless of the result of this upcoming battle, you will die.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

All that was granted to the man was a measly piece of land. The prison furthest isolated from the world. But the flowers bloomed wilder here than anywhere in the outside world; an unchanging garden of memories. The garden of paradise—The Garden of Avalon.

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Magi☆Mari @merlinsays.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Ow, ow, ow, stop clawing me, you! Give me a break, it worked out better than expected! There was no way to save THAT Bedi and the Lion King together! In the end, I think I did a darn good job!

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