"The transformation won't come off..."
"So why did you transform into that one?"
The transformation won't come off. I can't even change clothes. Damn it, I've become a cross-dressing boy...!
Bavanshee looks at me in disbelief and asks the divine spirit Anubis for the reason...
"It's because Kiyohime's love for the Master is so strong that she's rejecting it. Illya's Class Cards are generally made with the consent of the corresponding Servant. On top of that, you used the Bonding Skill, so Kiyohime is absolutely refusing."
"Why... no, how do you know? How do you know about the transformation?"
"I can feel a connection roughly. It's not like sharing senses or memories, but a feeling of being together constantly. Most great heroes wouldn't notice, but she's terrifyingly skilled in this area, to the point of being divine."
Damn it...
[Darling~♡]
[Take me~♡]
Somehow, I feel like I can hear a voice and see a strange figure...
Since even the Valentine's event chocolate says it's herself.
I'm going crazy... I had no choice but to lie down on the bed in this state. And naturally, Melusine snuggles into my arms, while Barghest and Bavanshee lie down on either side of me.
"As expected."
"Sigh..."
Anubis slips into the shadows as if he expected this, and then I float in mid-air, and she lies down beneath me. Is she becoming a coffin for me...?
Now in this not-so-surprising daily life, I fell asleep thinking about what to do the next day. The next day... I'll go to Lancer.
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I dreamed.
Originally, I shouldn't have been able to dream. But, I wanted to dream once, so I dreamed.
[Goetia!!!]
It was not a simple dream.
It was someone's memory, someone's experience. A man fighting alone against a monster with great power. A man's desperate struggle, surviving through a girl's sacrifice. Even though he couldn't win, he fought with his life on the line.
Through another someone's sacrifice, he won and survived. But another trial came and denied everything about him.
[Why won't you give up! Why can you stand before me like that!]
[Because I survived! I survived this far with everyone's sacrifices! Don't you dare deny that, you just-thawed cryogenic sleeper! While you were sleeping, I barely survived through countless hardships! If I were to die here, if I were to give up here, I wouldn't have started in the first place!]
Even if everyone denies it, even if the world denies it, he kept moving forward. Even in a fight against a god where he couldn't win, he proudly proved it. It's not the strong who survive, but the survivors who are strong.
[Do you think you are right? How many worlds have you destroyed already?]
[Bullshit... where is good and evil in a survival struggle? The fact that you distinguish between them shows that you're an idiot. Where is good and evil in war? You threw the first punch. That means, you bastards are the war criminals, you sons of bitches! Go eat shit! It's disgusting to play the victim cosplay! Your world's residents? It's always the upper echelons who start wars! The common people suffer because of pigs like you! If you don't like it, then you win! Don't you dare mouth off, you losers! I'm not some champion of justice or a hero! I'm just a commoner idiot fighting because I want to live! I don't have any great beliefs or aspirations! I just fight because I want to live until tomorrow!]
It's an impossible fight. A fight he can't win. But... why can you fight so proudly...?
[Really... this is bullshit. So what, do you think I'll be scared? If I die, I die... and if I do my best and win, I live. O.R.T...? If I were to be scared here, I would have killed myself long ago. Napoleon said it, didn't he? There is no word for 'give up' in my dictionary. I also have no word for 'suicide' in my dictionary. So what if the enemy is the strongest in the world... if I give up here, who will praise me for my efforts? I'm not fighting to receive such praise. I fight because I want to live. To reclaim my daily life. That's all.]
No grand cause. No aspirations. Not seeking any reward.
Only... to live. Based on the primal emotion of wanting to live, he moved forward.
At the end, even defined as evil by the world and abandoned...
[Evil is relative. Depending on the perspective, the point of view. To me, you are the evil, you force-fed bastards! Go eat shit! The policy of isolation ultimately fails, as human history has proven, you idiots! I've seen the defeat flags clearly! Stay right there! I'll bring the Extra Class (Beast) and blow all your heads off!]
He doesn't despair. In a fight that anyone, even gods, say is impossible and to run from, he fights to the end without running. Noble...? Precious...?
No, awe.
I couldn't understand it, but it was awe-inspiring that a powerless ordinary person could do such a thing. The humans who are protected by the powerful, the humans who are not protected, are the most courageous and charismatic. Without any beliefs or pride, only the earnest desire to live made him strong.
Countless heroes and monsters followed such him.
Fascinated by the human existence they wanted to protect or destroy, they wanted to walk his path together.
"...."
This was his memory.
"... Beast was an amazing person."
Ding~
"?"
This is... what?
Come to think of it, Beast. I definitely saw something like pressing something in the air. Beast's contractor, the authority given to him?
I pressed the confirm button below. Then, something amazing unfolded.
"... This, all of these are Servants...?"
Hundreds of Servants. Among them, there were several monsters stronger than me. What is this...
Knock knock~
"... Come in."
With a knock, Beast enters.
"What's the matter──"
Ding~
What's this now...? First, I pressed disable.
"**Manaka?**"
A shiver...!
What... is this?
Be, Beast...?
"**What's wrong? Your face is pale. Are you okay? Should I boil some death for you?**"
"... No, I'm fine."
This is Beast's form...? The Beast as seen by those with special eyes like me...?
No wonder he's treated as a monster. What the... they say if you fall in love with me, you're treated as evil by the world, but you're doing even worse while...
"I'll prepare breakfast."
"**You don't have to force yourself. I'll make breakfast, so rest. I called some helpers too.**"
"Helpers?"
"**Since we're going to Lancer today, I called suitable ones. Well, they're ones who are both one and ten.**"
Crash!
At that moment, the door is destroyed. What's...?
""Master~ we're here!""
"..."
Beast always shows something new.
An interesting person.