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Iri's storehouse
Mirror of Kibisis
Reopening
Persimmon cooking
Rider, bicycle, and the jealous Sakura
The King's clothes are a swimsuit (waterfront king: prologue)
Saber lately
Afternoon light
The battle of today's menu
Sakura-san lately
Fuji-nee's persimmon feast
Towards the "splash"
That past is already
Caster's shopping (hobby edition)
Quo Vadis
Lancer
Lancer's Heaven I
Lancer's Heaven II
Lancer's Heaven III
Wabi-sabi-tsumami
Horn (definitely)
Horn (no echo)
Matou residents
After coming back
Return of the wise man
The big three female Servants' super-battle
Sea of memories
Bridge of eternity - right
Warrior's knowledge
Murder at the Twin Mansion
Spearman at work (flower shop edition)
Her holiday villa
For your forgetful self
Murder at the empty mansion
Caster's delivery
Illya strikes back!
Rider and the sandwich
The light on the way home
Great problem at the archery club
How about a training camp?
Crest fever
Sakura and deluxe lunchbox
Sisters' lunch
Educational guidance
The student council chairman is still going strong.
Let's go for lunch!
Fuji-nee's teacher form
Cat-tiger family rampage
Rin and Mitsuzuri on campus
On the verge of a dream
Plushie
Potato sorrow
Marron pie temptation
Rider, reading, and the jealous Sakura
Light-hearted promise
A guest from 5 years back
The trap of high-class ingredients
Sugar candy teatime
This is not Heaven.
Rider's errand, no return
Cleaning alone
Cleaning with everyone
Caster's shopping (good wife edition)
Mimic Tohsaka Lvl 1
Mimic Tohsaka Lvl 2
Mimic Tohsaka Lvl 3
Familiar kid
Angel and a diamond
Visitor
Suspicious pair
Makidera and Rin's pendant
Loitering on the way, main road
Towards the cultural festival
Caster's cooking practice
Dowsing housing
100 views of corpses
Respecting the countless servants
Iron and the second button
Gorgon's cellar
Selected for the King
Pool tickets and a threatening letter
What kind of wedding?
Sakura's memories
Autumn, sky, and a golden taste
Because I groom it twice a week
Mitsuzuri visits
Rin and high tech
Three girls one day
Killing and a fancy bear
Persistent cooking Caster
Successor
Bridge on an ordinary night - left
Two detectives
Mitsuzuri's revival
Himuro Kane's inquiry
Smuggling, fishing boat, round-the-world trip
Rin's magic lesson
Invisible servant
Sakura, Mitsuzuri, and the archery club
Mitsuzuri Minori
Snake princess in the evening sun
Lunch with the track-and-field club
Day of the festival
Praying Fuji-nee
Rider investigates
Adventures of Himuro Kane
A samurai and a wild flower
Dragon trance military history (??)
Pool and the Mystic Eyes seal
Penguin-shaped shaved ice machine
Level up?
Tohsaka exploration party
The secret to finger pressure massage is devotion.
Dreaming cooking Caster
Gossip between the two
Anachro-analog Rin
Border
Adventures around the maid
Sakura and Caster, united edition
Shin-chan and the sea
Blue Panther vs. Black Panther
Big trouble! The ancient legend of the resurrected supreme king inscribed in stone
Big pursuit! Two teachers, an elf, and an apprentice
Flip-flop 2
Flip-flop 3
School maid
On the way home
Crosswords and shogi problems
Training camp, approval
Justice and the kitten
That night: ghost stories
Curse collector
National treasure
A cat, a priest, and a stubborn teacher
Rin at the temple
monster
Ath nGabla
Final night
Good night
Hero of the bath
Sisters' crisis
The future is now
Airmail
Emiya massage
Quartet overture
Stray tiger
Dead Bridge (I)
Dead Bridge (II)
The things that suit Rider
In London
Peace and quiet (I)
Peace and quiet (II)
Peace and quiet (III)
Peace and quiet (1)
Peace and quiet (2)
Peace and quiet (3)
Ritual window
Kagetsu Tohya
Awakening (fake)
Awakening (not yet)
Silver thread
Decisive battle
Temple guardian
End of the four nights
Cruel teacher
One last drink
Execution appreciated
Those that give and take
The shore where he stayed
Choice sake - proof of the wild
Streets at night (patrol)
Streets at night (battle)
Haunted mansion
Tohsaka's advice
Haunted night
Good night - Illya
Good night - winter
No trespassing
Ghost Gossip
Ghost Gossip Glamorous
Hotel Einzbern
Memory
Twilight castle
Not yet
Reopening
A moment in the morning
Rin comes back
Wish.
Sisters' summer (apple)
Sisters' summer (lemon)
Medical medicine
A siblings' game
Waterfront king
Heaven's dress
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unlimited blade works
heaven's feel
Caren I
Caren II
Caren III
Caren IV
Caren V
Caren (?)
Spider ladder
Spiral ladder
Reverse Moon
Holy Grail
Heaven's Feel Backnight 1 (church)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 2 (rooftop)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 3 (Dialogue Möbiuslink)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 3 (out on the town)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 3 (love)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 4 (Endless)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 5 (Void)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 6 (arm)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 6 (church)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 7 (Cradle Hollow)
Chaldea
Accel/Zero Order
Unlimited raise/dead
Let's Tell a Tale of World Salvation
10 - Are you here to pray?
And at the top of the long flight of stone steps--
▓▓▓▓▓▓: G-Good morning.
Below the gate, somebody is busy sweeping.
It wouldn’t be so weird if it were one of the temple monks, but that’s actually Caster, of all people.
Her hood down over her face… This is rather suspicious. What’s up with someone like her suddenly coming out in broad daylight just to sweep the steps?
CASTER: [taking off her hood] Oh my, if it isn’t the boy. What brings you here today?
▓▓▓▓▓▓: ...So, even you get dragged into cleaning.
It kind of caught me by surprise.
...Well, perhaps it shouldn’t have. As one of the residents, she should clean something, after all.
CASTER: Yes, I thought I’d tidy up the place a bit. Is there a problem?
▓▓▓▓▓▓: While in that outfit… Um, is that all right?
Other stuff-- like her plain clothes she wears into town.
I mean, those won’t seem out of place, and it would look like some random parishioner busy with sweeping.
CASTER: What’s your point?
▓▓▓▓▓▓: Oh, nothing… Right, isn’t there a gate keeper? Why not ask him to sweep?
Isn’t Assassin Sasaki Kojirou always standing by the temple gate?
CASTER: …...Haah.
She lets out a theatrical sigh, as if to underscore the point.
CASTER: If only that man had a shred of gallantry, I wouldn’t have to go through all this trouble.
▓▓▓▓▓▓: It seems like he has free time though.
CASTER: Yes, he does. I have told him many times already, at least go sweep the grounds if you have nothing to do.
Good-for-nothing sponger, his only skill is his mouth. “It’s too bad I’m only a spirit with no real body of my own. I would not object if you gave me an order, but would that not be contrary to your style? Adopting physical form and sweeping requires magical energy. Compare that to the amount of magical energy spent when the Master herself is holding the broom. Which is greater? Need I say more?” That’s the crap he keeps telling me! What do you think of that, boy!?
▓▓▓▓▓▓: …………………………
Seems like having minions can be tiring, too.
On top of that, Assassin’s logic is impenetrable.
Nevermind her looks, underneath those robes is a true old-fashioned magus that would make Tohsaka look like a lowly amateur in comparison.
Ever frugal, she wouldn’t use magical energy frivolously. Truly, it’s far too inefficient to make Servants materialize and do grunt work.
CASTER: ...Haah. Perhaps I should have summoned a youngster’s spirit, perceptive and obedient. Just like you, boy--
Caster looks me over from head to toe.
...Whoa, my body temperature dropped for a moment just now.
CASTER: Wouldn’t it be great to have a young guy who can cook, clean, and do laundry as a familiar…?
▓▓▓▓▓▓: ...Umm… Thanks.
Is she praising me, or is she making fun of the fact that I’m useless as a magus? I think it’s a bit of both.
Caster suddenly looks up at the gate with an unpleasant expression.
CASTER: You listening, Assassin?
ASSASSIN: --Mmhmm.
He’s nowhere in sight, only his voice is present.
CASTER: That’s you we’re talking about. You, the good-for-nothing idler that sleeps all day long, is far less useful than even this boy right here, get my drift?
ASSASSIN: Splendid. Indeed, a swordsman is not one whose services should be needed. Rather, the true samurai should be farming the fields, raising wheat. There is no arguing the fact that this boy is more useful than me.
Kojirou’s tone is as carefree as always, even as Caster’s starting to lose it. It’s hard to tell if those two are really a Master and Servant.
ASSASSIN: Or, perhaps you would like to use a Command Spell?
CASTER: Kuh--
ASSASSIN: Haha, now that’s a nice expression. It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a look on that face of yours -- You have become too happy and relaxed lately, and I find it rather uninteresting.
...Kojirou continues to tease her.
I did think that his words always had thorns in them, but he’s taking it to a whole new level with Caster.
CASTER: Hmph, that’s all right, just keep doing your job as a doorman. The original idea was to demote you to a janitor if you don’t do your work properly.
ASSASSIN: Hahaha. Right, I will devote my whole self to this duty.
Kojirou’s voice stops.
...It’s hard to interject when they’re fighting.
CASTER: Just like that, boy. Do you understand now?
▓▓▓▓▓▓: Clear as day… Do you need a hand?
It kind of bothers me, so I asked.
Did I just say something entirely unexpected?
CASTER: ...I had a hunch for a while now, boy. You really can’t tell what’s going on around you, can you? Say you do help me. Now Saber, who’s already treating me like a sworn enemy, will be boiling with rage, no?
▓▓▓▓▓▓: Saber won’t get mad if I just help with sweeping. Sweeping the stairs all the way to the bottom would be quite tedious, right? So…
“Do you need help?” I ask.
It’s not like I have anything else to do, and a bit of help isn’t enough to invoke heaven’s wrath upon me.
Caster sighs again.
CASTER: ...That lass sure found herself a handy apprentice.
▓▓▓▓▓▓: That lass… Tohsaka? She sure orders me around.
CASTER: Ah, it’d be best if I refuse. Should Issei find us going at it together, we’re bound to have another quarrel.
▓▓▓▓▓▓: I see, too bad.
CASTER: It just can’t be helped if it’s you, boy. Now had it been Souichirou-sama, it would be a completely different story.
Kuzuki-sensei with a broom -- sweeping silently without a word. Somehow, it’s really easy to imagine.
And with Caster by his side. A wife doing her husband’s bidding, a classic scene.
ASSASSIN: --Heh.
Sarcastic laughter emerges from the top of the gate.
CASTER: Just what are you laughing at, Assassin!?
ASSASSIN: That, exactly that. Souichirou-sama this, Souichirou-sama that, the way you’re enamored with the man almost makes me sick. Good thing I have a bucket handy.
CASTER: Balderdash-- A-And what’s this about being enamored? I will not let you insult Souichirou-sama in this manner!
ASSASSIN: Oh dear, excuse me for being a hooligan who doesn’t know how to serve his Master properly. I haven’t the slightest clue on how to treat the Master of my Master.
CASTER: Get down here, Assassin. I have a few things to tell you this time.
ASSASSIN: Oh, that’s fine with me, but your sweeping is about to stall there, correct?
CASTER: I will leave the part in front of the gate to you. Time is precious and I’m very busy. I still need to mop the floor in the main temple.
ASSASSIN: --Today’s the cleaning day, is it?
Mopping the main temple floor has got to be a pretty big task.
I’ll make sure to catch Issei and suggest that we tackle it together.
CASTER: GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!
ASSASSIN: Don’t be hasty…
Looks like I’m not needed here.
With a slight nod, I pass through the gate and step onto the temple grounds.