Why do I have to die?
Because you sold me out.
I have a reason to keep living.
So that guys like us no longer...
So that these bastards stop robbing children
of their parents and turning them into weapons!
I gave up everything for that to happen!
Even you, my close friend!
Why do this, Sigma?
Someone like you with no righteousness or will of your own...
What reason will you live for after killing me?
I need... a reason?
What?
For some reason, I don't want to die.
I don't particularly like pain, either.
That's why.
What the...
So, you had thought of me as a close friend.
I can't laugh at that joke.
Sorry to make you wait.
You said you wanted to ask me something?
I know who you are, Mr. Yuukaku Kuruoka.
My boss is Francesca...
and Mr. Faldeus is among my clients.
Ah...
I had thought you were a spellcaster, and sure enough...
Can you tell me what is going on?
What exactly is this world?
In my opinion,
this is a Reality Marble intentionally created by Tsubaki's Servant.
That thing is a concept like death,
a void, or illness that has been purposely given a personality.
A type of folk Magecraft that captures phenomena into a shape with a will.
In that Servant's case, I'm sure it is an existence that's recognized globally.
You don't want to try getting out of here?
Why would I?
Tsubaki is healthy and well here.
Perhaps your mind is dominated, so you think that way?
Yes.
I believe that is the case.
However, what of that is a problem?
Who is it?
Where are you?
Try looking around, little girl.
It's hide-and-go-seek.
If you can find me, I'll give you some sweet, sweet candy syrup.
Then, do you understand that your daughter
is being targeted outside of the Reality Marble?
Oh, is that so?
That is quite an ordeal.
However, Tsubaki's Servant is starting to become quite solid.
Solid?
A short while before you came to...
it sent us a wonderful guard dog.
Looks like your conversation was overheard.
I will follow that thing.
The fact that it's on the move
means that it may have an ally where it is headed to.
Got it.
I'll stay...
and do what I can do.
I'm counting on you.
Switch!
Ex...
calibur!
Saber!
Are you all right, Ayaka?
That's mine!
Sorry, I borrowed it!
This is an emergency situation, so I'd be delighted if you let this slide!
Next time, I'll arrest you for robbery.
That's quite scary!
O guard dog, the sentry of the bottomless pit!
If you have intelligence, listen up!
It is good if you deemed that I,
a Heroic Spirit, was a soul avoiding death!
However, these ones here are most definitely still alive!
If you are a disciple swearing allegiance to the king of the underworld,
I wish for you to righteously carry out that allegiance! What say you?
Can it be...
that it understands language?
This is...
The living.
Those who used to be...
the living.
A declaration.
Your bodies...
have no life in them.
This is...
Sink into caging darkness...
Zabaniya.
I see.
That is likely the underworld.
H-Hold on a sec, Professor!
Does that mean we are already dead?
That's not so.
What I called "the underworld" is the characteristic within that field.
Like how what is seen in a mirror corresponds to reality...
Cerberus being activated makes me think
the location has an aspect of the underworld.
In regard to Magecraft,
dreams are often perceived as the afterlife.
Tsubaki Kuruoka's Servant uses her comatose dreams as the catalyst...
to create an artificial underworld.
In other words, this is a dream world that reflects upon the existing city?
The Servant who created that space is quite a systematic being.
Something close to the underworld.
Likely something close to the concept of death itself.
Its consciousness is continuing to learn
by dealing with the reactions of its Master...
Tsubaki Kuruoka.
Brainwashing the residents of Snowfield may be a result...
of making the girl's wishes come true.
But Professor...
we got taken into this world...
but we don't seem to be brainwashed.
About that,
I can narrow down my speculations from the perspective of why that didn't happen.
"Whydunit"! Right? Like your signature phrase!
Oh, you almost sound like a detective.
It's not out in the open,
but you all are considered missing persons in the real world.
It is likely you were drawn into the barrier, physical body and all,
and that's why you were not brainwashed.
As to how that location can link up to the outside world like this...
it is because something compatible within that world...
exists in the same location in the real world.
The most conceivable prospect would be a corpse...
and not just any corpse, but one under some effect of Magecraft.
Sir!
Something is climbing up from underneath!
What's wrong, Flat? What happened?
A woman!
She's likely a Servant!
You were over here, as well?
A foreign priest?
Whoa, there. Today, I am acting as the Overseer.
By the way,
I'll let you know they have no intention of engaging in warfare, either.
At least, not until we escape from this Reality Marble.
Let me ask.
Huh?
Oh, y-y-yes!
Are you also one of the Mages seeking the Holy Grail?
Huh?
At first, I thought I wanted it because it seemed awesome.
But now...
my Servant is in trouble...
so I'd like to resolve that with the Holy Grail first.
One question.
How are you going to open the path out of here?
By killing the Master who created this realm?
We just settled on avoiding conflict as much as possible.
Who is that?
Someone like a guardian for that young man over there.
Though it's probably asking for too much to believe me as I'm not on the scene.
If you want to leave this realm even if it means killing a young child...
I'd like to propose that there are other ways to go about it.
I will at least listen.
That won't work, Miss.
Such a path...
doesn't exist in this world...
that Tsubaki created, okay?
How did you get such a Servant?
More importantly, why did you give Command Spells to a comatose Tsubaki?
I found...
a guidepost.
Do you know how many bacteria a human body hosts?
Huh?
Several hundred trillion.
Among them...
there's one that forcefully awakens the Magic Circuits within the host human.
And to make its habitation more comfortable...
it starts operating...
in the most efficient way possible.
You can't win with a straightforward approach against them...
against the Makiri Family!
What I sought after was something to surpass them.
A symbiotic relationship with Magecraft which must be harnessed!
You're a good girl, Tsubaki.
You're a good girl, so you can endure this, right?
You put bacteria inside your daughter's body?
I trembled when I harvested it in those Latin American ruins!
With astounding values...
that bacteria adapts to humanity through Magecraft.
It was a miscalculation that it encroached up to the brain.
Oh, Tsubaki...
our dream!
Our precious...
child!
If I keep Tsubaki alive...
in due time this warped dream will engulf the real world.
So, you have to kill her...
that pitiful child.
Hey.
You found me.
Here, I'll give you some candy syrup.
Um...
Are you an important person?
A close call.
My importance is a thing of the past.
I'm not even a person.
Oh, drats.
This is a bad habit of mine.
After all, it's been two thousand
and several hundred years since I last talked to a human.
Are you all right?
You are a kind one.
I just want to know why I have arrived here.
And to do that, I have a favor to ask you—
So, this is where you were.
Who are you?
You are not entrapped within this realm.
Let me confirm something.
Are you an enemy of this girl? Or an ally?
As of now, I intend to protect her.
Oh, wonderful!
I was a bit uneasy since your eyes looked more
like someone who'd kill their rulers, if anything.
But if that's the case, I am relieved.
Please, call me "Jiao."
Rest assured, I am her ally, as well.
I'll hear you out.
Oh...
I am so glad you are intelligent.
But how unfortunate.
I will sink down again soon.
Monsters are headed this way.
The incarnation of malady will closely observe her, as well.
I can't hide all of my existence, either.
What's wrong?
It's fine.
I'm just going to play a bit of hide-and-seek again.
Take that. Have yourself or someone who is always with Tsubaki hold onto it.
It is something that was once called "the God-Felling Crossbow."
What in the world are you?
Are you a Servant?
It's a long story to tell, but if I'm going to keep it simple—
Wait.
Why do I feel the presence of that giant beast
that covers the sky from you?
You know about Watcher?
Oh no, I'm at my limit.
You should show that crossbow to a clearheaded Mage!
That way...
Right! I entrust it to you!
Protecting Tsubaki...
You've decided to reveal your hand this time around.
Quite the composure you have...
vampire.
This child is...
He can change form or soul, but he can't change that warped smile.
I didn't think the same trick would work twice against you, Executor.
That, and I eventually wanted to see
all sorts of expressions from that pretty lady!
Right?
You're so cute, Assassin!
Did you think that I'd be stupidly honest...
and show up in my actual form before you, an enemy?
Huh?
Tsubaki, who is that guy there?
Oh, Jester!
Oh, this is amazing!
This looks like a secret hideout!
You're lucky.
I can't kill you in front of Tsubaki.
Don't get the wrong idea, okay?
I'm Tsubaki's friend, you see.
Hey, Tsubaki!
What is it?
I heard from my dad...
that your dad and mom are really important Mages.
Yep!
Daddy and Mommy are both amazing Mages!
And you said you wanted to be helpful for your dad and mom, right?
Yep!
I wonder. What should we do to make them the happiest?
What are your parents wishing for?
Stop it!
You know...
I...
I want...
to become a Magician...
for Daddy and Mommy!
I want to become a Magician!
Wh-What is this?
This is the path to death.
The underworld.
The passageway to Hades.
You are judgment.
You are gospel.
An eternal tranquility.
Flat!
Tell me what is going on!
Professor...
the world...
is turning black!
The passageway to Hades will become my minion...
and protect my lord.
The Holy Grail.
To my lord.
To the hands of my friend.
The Holy Grail!
It can't be!
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!
The embodiment of death...
Pale Rider?
You bastard! What did you do to that young girl?
I merely gave her a supportive push.
So that a child can be a child and chase after a grand dream.
Ex...
calib—
Saber!
You didn't fully heal your wounds!
Go!
Thank you!
Why someone like me?
No!
There's nothing that I can do!
No! No! No!
I'm not a Master at all!
I didn't become one.
I ran away again.
Because it was easier to run away!
I don't have anywhere to go to anymore!
Move aside.
You can kill me.
You can curse me.
I'm sure you have the right to do so.
I am afraid of you...
but...
Right now, I'm more scared of running away from Saber!
Huh?
Oh, Ayaka.
You always manage to surprise me.
Saber!
Don't give me that look.
These wounds are trivial.
We've gone over this many times already.
But I've made up my mind, so just shut up and listen!
Oh, okay.
Saber, you're still holding back some of your power, aren't you?
I will no longer run away from you or from the Holy Grail War!
I decided that I will fight together with you!
Though, I just decided that right now, and I'm sorry about that!
Oh, right. Okay.
If I die because my Magical Energy is sucked dry, that's fine!
No, it's not fine,
but it's a whole lot better than dying in a place like this!
So, I'm going to do what I am capable of doing!
I will fight, too!
Please teach me how to fight!
I don't care if it's just how to throw a rock.
If you think I'd just drag you down...
it can be something like amplifying my Magical Energy!
I'm glad you feel that way...
and you are strong.
But...
I, in my current state, can't answer your call.
Huh?
I really learned a lesson from that golden guy.
I still haven't found a reason to risk my life or chivalry.
Nor trample upon other people's wishes to obtain the Holy Grail.
Saber...
That's why I don't mind fading away.
I brought you into this, so keeping you alive is first and foremost!
The wish can be anything!
I don't care if you want to sell the Holy Grail and make money off of it!
You know, you said you were going to
take music back to the Throne or Heaven or wherever it was!
Throne aside, my place isn't in Heaven.
Cookies?
Incorporating Cerberus was interesting, but that was a mistake!
Its weakness is so famous, as you can see!
Oh, I guess it's nice to meet you!
King Lionheart...
and I don't really get it...
but the girl with amazing Magical Energy!
EPISODE 12