Half a day after the Sun King's dynamic sunrise summoning...
Human Order Security Resort: Chaldea
"Morning! Gil!"
[Hmph, you're back. Has the fatigue clinging to your body been lifted?]
Mash, Olga Marie, Romani, and Ricca finished their capsule treatment and showed their faces in the Command Room.
—Everyone looks so lively! Thank goodness, it seems the fatigue is gone... Everyone worked so hard... I'm glad there were no aftereffects...
Air breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart.
(86cm, same as that sun fox and Jeanne... and 171cm tall, right? Yep. Nice body, Air...)
—It's the female body of the supreme King of Heroes, after all! It's amazing! Because it's the King of Heroes' female body!
[Hmph, do not praise it so much. It is driven by a soul worthy of the body; that is what the title of Princess means.]
—Ehehe, I got praised too!
(Since becoming Air, you've really become emotionally expressive...)
Fou turned into red, green, and blue liquid and poured himself into a rainbow-colored glass.
—Fou Juice!?
(Sefar flavor!)
[Pointed out by the Club Members for being repetitive, did you get desperate? I shall not drink it.]
(But it's delicious...)
—Solidify! Return to a solid, Fou!
(Okaaay.)
He split into three colors of Fou and revived.
"Perfect! I can fight again anytime! Right, Mash?"
"Yes! My body feels overflowing with power! Look at this bicep!"
Mash flexed with a "mph!", and Olga Marie poked her while laughing.
"That capsule strengthens your body and extends your lifespan; it's not meant to make you like Ricca, you know."
"Eh! What do you mean!? I don't look that different!? It's training that turns intermediate muscles into full-body muscles!"
Mash laughed at the flustered Ricca.
"Yes! Senpai is amazing when she takes her clothes off!"
"I wish you meant that in a glamorous sense... My junior is cruellaaa."
"Romani-sama, good work~ ♥ Did you witness Masters' naked bodies~?"
Romani shook his head at the teasing Midrash Caster.
"I was told to rest mentally too, so it was non-REM sleep... When I realized, a whole day had passed..."
"My condoleeeences~ ♥ You are welcome to my naked body anytime~? ♥"
"The coffee is going to be sweet again... I apologize, Master. I will return to duty now."
Da Vinci-chan looked at Olga Marie, who bowed her head, with satisfaction.
"You've got a gooood expression now. Refreshed, aren't you, my beloved disciple! Let's all go eat SweetS later!"
"Agreed!"
[Hmph, then let us quickly handle the guests. —Spin the circle! It is time for summoning!]
Exchanging warm conversation warmer than family, Chaldea invited new brethren—
[Gilgamesh, are you still attempting summoning? I think we have more than enough combat power...]
Ereshkigal asked worriedly.
[I understand the pain of renovation. It's bad for the body, so maybe you should do it in moderation...]
"Come to think of it, your daily routine was making spears one by one. Do not worry, I am enjoying myself."
[Really?]
He nodded at Ereshkigal's confirmation.
"Their renovations were splendid. I cannot afford to lag behind their workmanship. Now, appear!"
The summoning circle spun, filled with light, and subsided.
What appeared was—
"Lancer, Li Shuwen. I'll be in your care."
The Red-Haired God Spear, the embodiment of 'No Second Strike'... Li Shuwen was invited to Paradise.
"Just as per the pact. There are many fierce warriors here; feel free to fight to the death to your heart's content."
"Umu. —Master, I'm counting on you."
"Yes! ...Um, please keep the killing to a minimum...!"
Li Shuwen laughed off Ricca's plea.
"Kakakaka! I do not kill without reason. If I killed everyone I passed on the road, I'd have trouble finding a meal! —Though if there is a reason, I will certainly have them die."
"In China, taking up the sword out of righteous indignation or chivalry is considered a virtue... so Shuwen-san's perspective can be said to be unique in a sense."
"Indeed. I am merely a bloodthirsty killer in the end; best not to become too intimate."
"Shuwen-san, please teach me the spear!"
At Ricca, who bowed her head immediately, he smiled wryly.
"Can't be helped. Come to me later."
"Yay! I'll learn a martial rationality different from Bro's survival spear!"
Glancing at Ricca, who bowed deeply:
"I'm counting on you, King of Heroes."
"Umu. Be diligent."
The God Spear headed out to explore Paradise...
—That was some prickly Haki... Fou, are you okay?
(My fur stood on end. Air, brush me later.)
—Of course!
"The start isn't bad. Now, next! Spin the circle!"
Responding to the King's call, Da Vinci-chan and Midrash Caster fiddled with the console while humming.
"Huh? What about my job?"
"You are a doctor, aren't you?"
What appeared was—
"Caster! Helena Blavatsky! Nice to meet you!"
The Mother of Theosophy, Helena Blavatsky. Mahatma-man had appeared.
"It's Helena-mama!"
"Madame Blavatsky, the pinnacle of Theosophy... I am honored to meet you."
Olga Marie bowed deeply.
"Oh my, a Magus showing respect to a Servant?"
"There is no one in this Chaldea who looks down on Servants as familiars. I guarantee it."
"—Very well! I like you! I'll teach you anything! In the name of Mahatma, I'll reveal all the secrets of the world! Okay?"
Pleased, Helena winked at Olga Marie, Ricca, and Mash.
"First, greetings! Lemuria! Nyarf! This is important!"
"""Lemuria! Nyarf!"""
"Very well! I like you even more!"
"It seems you were able to deepen your friendship immediately. I shall say it is joyous. Next!"
He snapped his fingers.
—Even with that appearance, she's like a mother! Strange!
(She is Mahatma-man, after all! No choice!)
—You can be spoiled too, you know? Fou. Since I don't have any maternal instincts...
(Because you don't have them, you seek them in someone else? Hah, don't underestimate my feelings for Air. My eyes won't wander to anyone else from you.)
Humph, Fou puffed out his chest.
[Even a Beast has pride. I have re-evaluated you.]
(Pride won't fill your stomach, but pride polishes oneself!)
—Thank you! ...Maternal instincts, huh...
[Do not use Raikou as a reference. That is a type of madness; poison to anyone but the Master without exception.]
Air nodded with a shudder at the King's warning.
—But I'd love a cute child like Fou...
(Ah—)
Enveloped by a golden choir, Fou was peacefully surrounded by music.
—Fou—!?
[Using different colors now. —Hmph, trial and error isn't easy either, is it, Beast?]
"Alriiiight! Next up is—whooooaaaa!?"
Suddenly, the summoning circle shone, filled with lightning, sparking and exploding as it scattered around.
"What is happening!?"
"...Ah, geez..."
Helena held her head.
What appeared was—
"Good morning! Citizens of Paradise! The strongest and greatest King of Invention who brings light to Chaldea, Edison, has arrived!!"
The King of Invention with the head of a lion, Edison.
"Good day, gentlemen and ladies! The genius and modern Thunder God! Nikola Tesla has arrived!!"
The gentleman of lightning with a mechanized right arm, Nikola Tesla.
"Activation, summoning, no issues. Steam splendor—Charles Babbage, appearing in response to the summons."
The Father of the Computer, Charles Babbage.
"...Can't you follow the order and queue, you idiots."
The authorities of engineering who left their names in human history had gathered all at once—
"What do you mean 'strongest and greatest,' you cat-head! Trying to demean Chaldea with abominable Direct Current pollution, but I won't let you! I will absolutely not acknowledge your despicable plot, mediocrity!"
"Silence, you fake AC old man, go back into your pot! If your psycho-shit AC causes Chaldea to teleport and mass-produce casualties, can you take responsibility, you bastaaaaard!!"
"Oops, the electricity slipped!"
Tesla sparked lightning and beat down Edison.
"Oops, my hand slipped!"
Edison beat Tesla to a pulp with a Dempsey Roll from a ducking position.
"Mediocrity!!"
"Silence, Teslaaaaa!!"
"Ah, yes yes! Don't fight!"
Helena stepped in to mediate between the two with practiced ease.
"Gratitude. I shall now participate in thy Paradise."
"Go show your face to Fran. She will surely be delighted."
"—Victor's daughter. She is here... Joyous."
Two brawling, Babbage savoring the joy.
[With this, Chaldea's power problems are completely resolved. If we incite them and make them operate efficiently, the fires of Babylon will not go out.]
—Both of them are geniuses indispensable to human history, yet they never stop bickering... Getting along is best. I understand that friendly rivalry is important too, but...
(They fight because they are conscious of each other. With someone you truly hate, you know, even having them in your sight makes you sick, let alone talking to them.)
[The opposite of fondness is indifference. Hatred and disgust are not born unless directed at another. Air, strive not to harbor 'Indifference.']
—Yes! Ah, then the fact that Fou isn't indifferent to Merlin means...
(I like him, you know? Enough to want to split him in half alive right down the center line.)
Fou's fur was dyed crimson with rage, spewing rainbow steam.
—He's super angry! Whoa there! Fou! Whoa!
When Air hurriedly petted him, Fou instantly rolled over and showed his belly.
(Aaaah~... Bliss...)
[...Could it be that Saber feels about me... No, I shall not say it.]
"Karna! Throw them out! Next!"
"Understood."
Karna carried the two of them. To an Indian hero, a lion and a gentleman were equal to infants.
"Fuhahaha, how unsightly, you show-muscle cat!"
"Bark more, you pigeon fetishist! Die in a condo!"
"Sorry, Karna. Thank you! That armor is lovely!"
"—It's going to become lively again, Helena."
Following Karna, who smiled happily, the Servants left the room...
"—Suddenly feel tired. Let's wrap it up with the next two..."
"Or rather, Babbage just collected the bond from London now..."
"Isn't Azi Dahaka Lightning cool?! Like Thunderbolt Breaker!"
"It's Mazinger Emperor G there..."
Olga Marie said exasperatedly.
"Doctor, the Director is also into culture..."
"She reads Negima and stuff often, you know? The reason Ricca-kun can't beat Olga Marie in striking is due to compatibility. She reproduces ridiculous manga tactics with Age of Gods technology."
"My beloved disciple is a lump of ambition, after all. A genius who doesn't neglect effort, and an ordinary person placed in an extreme environment. We are witnessing the greatest mix-up right now."
Fumu, the King of Heroes pondered, then laughed amusedly.
[Air, I shall teach you Uruk Arts one of these days. What, it is my body. You possess all the qualifications. Man-to-man, gorgeously.]
—Thank you very much! Uruk Arts... a martial art still wrapped in mystery... I am honored!
(To put it simply, it's the anti-personnel version of Hyper Zetton's tactics from Ultraman Saga, right? Gil.)
[Umu. It is the sublimation of that. If mastered, there are no enemies in anti-personnel combat. The completed form of Uruk Arts pushes clones, causality manipulation, and future prediction to the limit.]
—I feel like I'm about to be taught an amazing martial art...!
"Oh, you're at it, you're at it. Sorry to intrude."
Swapping with the four, Cú Chulainn dressed in kingly attire entered the room.
"Ah! Bro~!"
"Hello! Mash-san!"
Pop, Connla dressed in casual clothes poked his head out from Cú Chulainn's feet.
"Con-chan! Hello!"
"Hmph, Cú Chulainn. Did you decide to let them stay in Paradise too?"
"Yeah. Laeg is at the culture gathering, and Ferdia is in the cleaning club, apparently. Connla is being looked after by the brats and Medea."
—That's great! Everyone is together in Chaldea too!
"I had a feeling the main event was coming, so. Let me witness it."
Cú Chulainn folded his arms and watched over the circle.
"Connla and Father understand. We understand."
Fufun, Connla laughed.
"Oh? —I've read it. Now, let us meet face to face!"
He spun the circle. Light filled the room and subsided again.
There stood—
"—I have come from the Land of Shadows; I am Scáthach. ...I am counting on you."
Scáthach looked down with a somber expression.
"It's Baba-sama—!! Baba-sama—!"
She caught Connla who leaped and hugged her.
"Now, now, a warrior shouldn't be indecorous."
"I am happy to meet you, Baba-sama!"
"Shishou Scáthach! Please treat me well!"
Ricca bowed deeply.
"Thank you for the spears!"
"Umu. I shall teach you the spear eventually as well. And Runes to you."
Olga Marie received that and bowed deeply.
"Th-Thank you very much!"
"Umu, well then—"
"Alright, let's go, Scáthach. Ferdia and Laeg contacted me. Said 'Preparations are complete'."
"—Oi, don't tell me..."
"We'll let you hear 'Food delicious enough to die for (didn't say it wasn't spicy)' and 'Songs that ascend to heaven.' —Go without hesitation. I'll pick up your bones."
"—...The welcome for me that I saw with Future Sight... is it going to become reality..."
To Scáthach, who sank deeply into despair, Connla smiled with zero malice.
"Baba-sama! Thank you for everything until now!"
"—Umu... stay healthy—"
Radiating tragic determination, Scáthach headed to the cafeteria with Bro and Connla...
BON APPETIT! HALLELUJAH!!
『『BOE———————————————!!!』』
...What happened to Scáthach after that is uncertain.
"Fumu. A break should be fine for now. We shall invite the enemy side another day."
Phew, he exhaled and stood up from the throne.
"Do not let fatigue linger, you lot. Do not neglect stretching, regular meals, and sleep. Understand that your body is capital that cannot be replaced. —Especially you, idol OTAKU over there."
"Gik... Yees."
"""Yeeees!"""
Responding to the King's command, everyone left.
[...Alright, let us decorate the finale.]
—Yes. The greatest result we won, right here.
(Yep, yep. This is unique to this story.)
The three nodded to each other.
"—Sorry to keep you waiting. Your true desire, your happiness. I shall take responsibility for it."
He took out the 'World Holy Grail' and tossed it in front of the circle.
...There was no need to even look at the result.
Who appeared was—
"—I am Rama! King of Heroes, I believed you would surely invite us!"
The Boy King, Rama, and—
"I am Sita. Gilgamesh-sama. To you... many thanks—"
His wife, Sita, nestling close to him.
—Ah, thank goodness...
"Hmph, I shall welcome you. As a glorious page manifesting the inevitability brought about by the Gorgeous Epic and my majesty, enjoy Paradise to the fullest—"
As 'Two Servants in One,' the two answered the summons through the World Holy Grail—
—A new Ramayana was spun here.
"Now, go walk in Paradise together immediately. Everything will be fresh to you. Do your best to make the single staff members grind their teeth."
"Grind their teeth...? A-Anyway, we will take you up on your offer! King of Heroes, really, truly thank you...!"
"I will bring lots of bananas next time. Thank you... very much... truly."
"Hmph, I shall accept your thanks. —Now then."
—Shall we return to our room as well?
[No, there is one more person to invite.]
—Eh?
[Beast, clear the people with your power. Let no one pass, and allow no peeping.]
(Okay.)
—King of Heroes, what are...?
[Air, I entrust my body to you. Challenge the summoning.]
"Eh, —Ah, eh... !?"
(It's okay, Air. Right now, no one can see, and no one can enter here.)
"Ki-King of Heroes...?"
[Hmph, do not be so stiff. There is only one hero who would be attracted to and summoned by your soul, which receives the King's favor solely.]
"...—I-I don't understand well, but I believe the King's command and words!"
(Leave the summoning circle deployment to me! Relax, relax!)
[Your friends will increase, and we can witness the bewildered face of the Sun. Truly—killing two birds with one stone.]
"Hmph, —I'm going!"
"————You, are..."
"—Oh my. To think I would be summoned. There are strange divine wills in the world, aren't there."
[As expected, huh. No need to even speak. —Was it inspired by seeing Rama, or the Sun's rivalry exceeding my expectations...]
(You do good things once in a while, Gil. —Just like Air, a Servant no one knows, a Servant no one understands.)
[...A foolish question. —It was none other than I who said that being sheltered in a box is not good—]
"—I am Nefertari. Beautiful lady, may I ask your name?"
"Y-Yes! I-I am the Heroine Princess, Gilgashana = Gilgamesia—!"
The Throne of the Sun King
"——————————————Impossible."
"Ufufu. It has been a long time. —Rameses."
"Golden One, you... how did you—"
"Who knows? 'On earth, nothing is impossible for Gorgeous,' 'All treasures in this world belong to Me'... something like that?"
"——————————"
"Do you not believe it? Then I shall show you. I cannot have you making a fuss about your catalyst being stolen. —Just like your Queen, do not speak of this to anyone."
"————————Fuh, Haha!"
"—King Ozymandias, and Nefertari-san... It is a pleasure to meet you."
"Fufu. You don't have to be nervous, Shana."
"I-I am—Heroine Princess! Gi-Gilgashana... Gilgamesia! I didn't usurp Queen Nefertari's memento! Um, um..."
"Rameses, she is the soul who invited me, and..."
"Nefertari..."
"—She is the person who became my friend, you know? Fufu—"
"—Golden One! I have surely received your true intent!! Heroine Princess! Your soul's beauty and preciousness as well!! To think you would summon my wife Nefertari—Fuh, Haha! Fuhahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!"
[Hmph, the second friend following Shiki. Treasure her well, Air.]
—Yes! Thank you very much! King of Heroes—!
(Precious... Too preciouuuus—)
Fou separated into sun and moon, collided, and turned into stardust.
—Fou—!?
"Oh my... —How lovely... As adorable as the children. ...
Fufu—"
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