Ugh...
"Well, so this is the level of a legendary Servant. The Master is disappointed."
"Kuh, kuuh..."
Eun Jambi was much weaker than expected. To be defeated so easily. Disappointing.
"I thought there'd be more to a zombie goddess. Like mutant zombies from Resident Evil... Disappointing, Eun Jambi."
"You... what are you..."
"What am I? A Pokémon Master!"
"What madness..."
Even if she's a zombie Master... in the end, without that soul, it's meaningless. We're more experts in the concept of death.
"All stored away~"
"Good work."
The zombie incident was subdued simply. Eun Jambi herself was helplessly defeated before Anubis and the Old Man of the Mountain.
"We have a legendary Servant like you at home. Beast Draco, was it? She became so socially maladjusted from whatever education she got from the kids that she never comes out of her room. Want to end up like that?"
"......"
Eun Jambi glared at me while fallen. The fate of the defeated.
"You... now that I look..."
"Hmm?"
".... Tsk!"
Eun Jambi quickly aimed a dagger at me. This is....
"... Eep! Gah! Uwaaaah~ is that what I'm supposed to say?"
".... You monster."
"Well, it's true I died once... but honestly, I didn't think it would work."
It seemed she tried to turn me into a zombie, but thanks to some protection or whatever, it naturally didn't work. Well... if it weren't for that protection, I might have become a lackey.
"Kuh...? Ugh, uuugh...!"
"Huh?"
Then, suddenly, Eun Jambi clutched her chest. What's this?
"Reflected, huh. Becoming a zombie by your own authority, like the downfall of a third-rate villain from common movies."
"Eeeh..."
Anubis looked down at Eun Jambi pitifully, and soon Eun Jambi's eyes grew dull and she quieted down. Is she dead... no, if she's a zombie, she's already dead, but...
"Eun Jambi...?"
"... Yes."
Whoa...
"If it's reflected, shouldn't you just become a zombie? Why so docile?"
"It's simple. The power of the authority itself was reflected, so in the structure where she is the master and the Master is the subordinate... that itself was reflected, causing a reversal of roles."
"What's that..."
Have I ever seen such a fool. In short, I became Eun Jambi's master?
"Well, having her this obedient is convenient, so it's good. Is this the course where I become trash now?"
"It's fine, we don't think so."
"Ah, thanks for the reply."
Ereshkigal was an angel. How is she Evil-aligned...
"I, I was clearly...?"
"Snapped out of it, Black Jeanne!"
Black Jeanne and Hijikata, who had been turned into zombies by Eun Jambi, returned to normal. Only a death-governing god can undo it, I guess.
More fearsome than Pale Rider.
"By the way... did the resistance fall this easily?"
What Eun Jambi led were people and Servants who seemed to be the resistance. The Servants who fought as resistance in the original.
"Certainly... the difficulty has increased."
Is it Goetia's doing? Well, leaving it alone would be madness. But, Eun Jambi.
Originally a divine spirit but now a Servant, even so, her ability is fearsome. Just touching turns you into a zombie... even from a distance, pointing can zombify.
It's an ability that could rightly be called the most vicious.
If only Ritsuka were here... they would have been wiped out easily. This really, the difficulty is messed up. No, it's probably because of me.
My existence created a variable. Plus, I'm separated from the other kids. Openly restraining me, huh.
What is Goetia thinking? Arrogance isn't good. But first, the power of the Humanity Incineration Cannon is impressive.
First, let's get some info from Eun Jambi.
"Eun Jambi. Who summoned you? Was it coercion?"
"... No, the Magus King."
"Hmm... doesn't seem like there's a Holy Grail or such. Trying to create an apocalypse outright."
With the U.S. army and Celtic army, if infected, it would be insane firepower. Of course, we have Bunyan too.
If Bunyan became a zombie... hmm, that's scary.
"Madman~ but conversely, it's lacking."
What is he thinking? I'm curious. But for now, it probably doesn't matter.
"Let's see, first one cleared, I guess."
The resistance had their souls (Spirit Origins) collected and collapsed like corpses, and by restoring them and undoing the zombification, it's done.
"Hey, Dumpty. What about Sakura and the Director?"
"Huh? Ah, no big deal, so I came alone for now? With the Director and little Sakura, I'll go get them soon. Don't worry."
And where they are now is...
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"Huff... huff...!"
Alcatraz Prison. A place where indigenous people were captured or massacred in the past, and now called the world's most famous prison, an iron fortress.
Beowulf, who managed this place under the Mad King's orders. He was fighting suddenly appearing intruders. But...
"Worst compatibility, right? You're clearly strong. But, as a Servant, your compatibility with me is the worst."
He was easily subdued by Sakura. Sakura's shadow corrodes and absorbs Servants more strongly the purer they are, rendering them powerless.
Beowulf fell to Sakura's preemptive strike after her quick judgment.
With teachers like hers, even though she's only five years old, her reactions were fast.
"Ha... to fall for such a trick... I let my guard down, I won't beg for my life pitifully, finish it."
"Alright."
Beowulf cleanly acknowledged defeat. Originally a battle maniac and the origin of Berserkers, the position of jailer didn't suit his temperament and wasn't motivating.
So he cleanly accepted defeat, meeting a somewhat hollow exit.
"Amazing... some are Lords but end up like this."
"Don't be so harsh, Olga Marie. I think you're amazing too, Olga Marie!"
"Right. If we had a monster-eating contest, the Master would win."
"Edgar..."
"More of a glutton than expected? A monster (phantasm) eating contest."
"Sigh..."
Ushigozen seriously responded to Edgar's joke. She didn't know about the demon's drink.
Olga Marie tapped her forehead and sighed.
"The communicator... what's wrong, why isn't it working?"
"Ah... earlier, I emitted a void wave that blocks barriers, so it probably broke because of that."
"... Well, the location will be transmitted to Chaldea, so it's fine."
'Sakura is a child specially managed by that person, and strong. And... if something happens, he'll come save us. He promised...'
"That aside, what was imprisoned here to have a Servant of that level as jailer, let's check it out."
"Yes!"
"Certainly, with a dragon kept together, it must be unusual."
Wiping the blood of the fire dragon she beheaded, Ushigozen showed interest. Edgar snapped his fingers, and FBI agents in black suits were summoned, smoothly entering deeper into the prison.
"Director, there's one Servant here!"
"Is it a woman?"
"Yes."
"Indeed, then there's only one. That hasn't changed, it seems."
"Do you know something, Edgar?"
"Ah, of course. Let's go inside first. They say there are no other hostile entities."
After receiving reports of the agents' subduing, Edgar took the lead and entered inside the prison. Inside the iron bars, only one girl was imprisoned.
"It's safe, release her."
""Yes.""
The agents freed her from the handcuffs, setting her free.
"Thank you... but, who are you all?"
"Ah... we're from the Human Order Preservation Organization... well, anyway, fixers who came to resolve this singularity."
"Ah, I'm late introducing myself. I'm Sita. I am Sita, who was wife of Lord Rama."
"Sita, then..."
"Right, the unfortunate queen who was kidnapped by a demon king, rescued, then doubted for her purity and driven out. And the wife of King Rama who regrets driving her out."
"Eeeh... isn't that her own fault?"
Sakura found Edgar's simple explanation absurd, but...
"Ah, no! I left on my own. Lord Rama believed in me, but the people doubted me. From the position of king, Lord Rama couldn't do anything, and I accepted it. Lord Rama hasn't taken any other wife since I was exiled..."
"So you were exiled, right..."
Olga Marie pitied such Sita, and Ushigozen shook her head.
"Humans being human, I see. That Rama fellow is pathetic too. You're clearly the incarnation of Lakshmi, aren't you? Rama is also an incarnation of Vishnu. Moreover, as a child of Indra, I find it pathetic."
"Ah, you were a child of Lord Indra! Nice to meet you!"
"Well... first, child of Uducheonwang and Jeseokcheon, but... hmm, pleased to meet you."
Sita smiled brightly and offered a handshake, and Ushigozen flusteredly shook hands.
Since Sita is also an incarnation, she's not inferior in status compared to Ushigozen. Sakura was staring at such Sita, when...
"... By any chance, are you under a curse?"
"Huh? Ah... yes, that's right. I'm under a curse that prevents me from ever meeting Lord Rama."
"I see. Just a moment..."
Sakura placed her hand on Sita's chest and closed her eyes. Then, focusing, she flowed her mana into her...
'Deeper, deeper into the soul... the Spirit Origin at the core... I can't handle the main spirit on the left, but for a partial spirit... found it. The evil curse engraved on the Spirit Origin, filled with malice... this is it.'
Grr...
A small light began to emit from Sita's Spirit Origin, and soon something black came out.
"This is..."
Pang!
Sakura grabbed it with her glowing left hand and erased the black light.
"With this, the curse is gone. Only for the currently summoned partial spirit, though."
"... Huh? B-but that's a curse engraved on the foundation of me and Lord Rama as Servants... engraved by the monkey Bali, the curse on me and Lord Rama...?"
"So, I removed it for now. What I learned from Kiara helped."
"... Really, really gone? That curse?"
"Yes."
"..."
Plop... plop plop...
"... Thank you. Really, truly thank you..."
Sita hugged Sakura, shedding tears of gratitude. Sakura silently embraced her back.