Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia

This is one particular story...

...within a large ending and beginning.

--A small story about us. --A small story about us.

"Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia"

Senpai?

Senpai?

Mash...

I'm glad you're all right.

Yes!

You, too, Senpai!

Where is this?

It seems we're somewhere around Babylon.

Oh meow, you're awake!

Jaguar Warrior!

--Heya! --And...

Hola! It's your reliable big sister, yes!

Were you two responsible for saving us?

It was just in the nick of time, so I got a little anxious!

Thank you, both of you!

But anyway, Quetzalcoatl...

I didn't think I'd see you again.

I didn't make it back in time to resume the match after I was sent out of the ring.

You weren't sent out of the ring! It was a magnificent KO victory!

I'm truly glad you're all right!

Whoa, I'll do the explaining from here!

There was this space debris streaking through the stratosphere like a falling star!

So, I said, "Oh, that's Kuku," okay?

So, I'm like, "Arrrgh!" and I ran above the mud and caught her at the last second like a boss!

And thanks to the slippery mud, we were on a slip-and-slide course to the port while burning!

Oh brother.

In any case, I'm relieved to be able to confirm that both of you are safe.

I'm sorry we troubled you by not being able to respond immediately, Doctor.

Not at all.

There's still some time before Rayshift preparations are complete.

Can you stay there and wait for a while until we contact you?

Um...

Can you figure out what happened to the others from your end?

Unfortunately.

I see.

That's a problem. I wanted to give payback to Merlin.

Wait, do you mean from when we threw the Axe of Marduk?

Yes! I was totally ready to present him with a full course of joint locks!

So, we should look around a bit more.

The mud has completely receded.

Right! Completely clean now!

It was obvious even from the surface

that you guys pulled it off.

You defeated Beast.

Tiamat.

Um, Senpai...

We may be reunited with everyone if we head to Uruk.

You're right! Let's hurry on over! Everyone--

I'm sorry.

This is as far as we can go.

It seems my duties as a foreign goddess has come to an end.

I see.

But I'm glad I got to give you a proper farewell.

Yes, I'm glad, as well.

From the beginning, you've always seriously meant whatever you said.

You were a wonderful child who never lied to his own feelings.

Do you remember what I said back then?

M-Marriage?

That you would destroy Uruk.

Back then, my words told no lie.

In my own way, that was the method I'd chosen to stop the Holy Grail.

To stop Gorgon claiming to be Tiamat.

To be honest, I was scared.

But, just as much, I felt you were an unbelievably serious goddess.

I mean, you were that powerful,

yet you said you'd take on each and every person, no matter who, one at a time.

That's why...

...I thought that, in the end, you really loved humans.

Yes. I didn't even need to confirm this.

Yes. It was the same back then.

The eye of a human who, even if weak, never turned away, but faced hardship.

A strong light that sought to know more about the enemy instead of defeating him.

You decided to fight me, a foreign goddess, fair and square.

You did not deny my civilization, the history of others.

I was very, very happy about that!

Kuku does love humans!

Though, I can relate to that!

Humans are tasty to eat, too--

Oh, um, we're forbidden from eating them now!

Really, it's true! Jaguars don't tell lies!

Oh...

It looks like we're starting to fade away.

I guess we bid farewell right here.

Yeah.

Stay steadfast, my cute Master.

I'm looking forward to an exciting victory that would get the crowds roaring.

Yeah!

Thanks for everything until now!

Of course!

Big sister loves a farewell like this, yes!

--Let's head to Uruk. --Okay.

Jeez, I got tired of waiting for you!

You really have some nerve to make me wait.

Welcome back.

Well,

I thought you guys would come back here,

so we decided to get a head start.

Yeah! I had a feeling we'd be able to meet!

Yes!

Really?

I'm glad we were able to meet your expectations.

Hey guys,

do you have enough time for some tea at least?

Yeah, probably.

You're fine. We're still confirming the repair of the Singularity.

There you have it.

Oh, by the way, on our way here, we met Jaguar Warrior and Quetzalcoatl.

Was she all right?

Yes. Oh, but they faded away before they could get here.

I see! What a shame!

I wanted to give her a handshake to show my gratitude one last time!

Yes! She mentioned that she'd be sure to present you with a joint lock!

Can't hear! Can't hear you at all!

I'm sorry, was that hard for you to hear?

It really is a shame!

It would've been a good medicine for Merlin.

It totally would've been fine if he got totally beaten up.

Whoa!

Should you be saying such things, Roman?

Won't you be needing the assistance of my capable self in the future, as well?

You hadn't done anything all the way to the Seventh Singularity. What are you talking about?

Oh, excuse me, you're not dead yet so you can only come to the Age of Gods.

You really go for the sore spots, don't you?

Maybe you actually have a very nasty personality.

You're the last person I want to hear that from!

I'll giftwrap that line and return it right at you!

By the way,

what happened to the underworld after all that?

Merlin, where's the tea?

Whoops.

I knew it.

It tasted better when Lady Siduri brewed them for us.

Oh no, thank you very much, Merlin.

The majority of the underworld has collapsed.

It was due to Beast's critical collapse and the explosion thereof.

The underworld...

Well, they'll need roughly half a century for it to fully look like how it used to.

In the end, the surface and the underworld...

Two worlds were driven to the brink of collapse, huh?

Of all the battles we've had so far, this was leagues beyond anything else.

An Evil of Humanity, Beast II.

We never figured out the nature of that Beast.

Fujimaru,

since you touched upon her spirit,

perhaps you got a glimpse of a different aspect of her.

Yeah.

I'm sure it was because of that part about you that got him to come out here.

Oh, nothing.

So, what about Ereshkigal?

Ereshkigal is resting in the underworld.

She really was happy about the fact that flowers were blooming in the underworld.

She told me to give her final thanks to you all.

Yeah.

Ishtar, what are you planning on doing now?

I'm going to stay in this age.

The Holy Grail didn't call me forth.

I'll stay here in this world until the first Uruk dynasty ends.

Besides,

I did receive twenty percent of the gems in Babylon's treasury!

It'd be a waste not to enjoy them!

What are you going to do?

Well, I'll head back to my tower in Avalon,

and watching over Fujimaru and company fight.

I wasn't supposed to be helping you out like this.

So, about that...

Merlin, why did you decide to help us this time around?

Isn't it obvious? It's because I'm a big fan of yours.

I'm a man who can only watch.

I may not much like individual humans, but I love the stories you weave.

I get excited by the stories I read,

but I'm not interested in the humans who wrote them.

But...

...you're a bit different.

You're a traveler who journeys between books, just like me.

Yet, you take on a different approach than I do.

You use those stories to save everyone and weave together a better ending.

And so, your actions are something that only I can truly appreciate.

Yep. That's why, just once, I wanted to help you.

I got a little overexcited and left my tower like this.

Jeez, you did way too much for a fan.

You came up onto the stage, then got involved in a huge fight on stage--

Oh, Roman...

This is the end, so can't you be a bit more honest during your sendoffs?

You know, as friends who are too similar to one another.