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In Medb’s kitchen, Mash and Kiyohime packed the melted chocolate and unused ingredients into bags to be sent for analysis. Kiyohime didn’t say a word as she eyed the bottle she had switched the blackberry flavoring with, hoping to reclaim it while Mash wasn’t looking. “There, almost done,” the Shielder said. “Judging by the used spoon, this purple chocolate must’ve been what poisoned Connla.” “Then I’ll handle it,” Kiyohime offered. “You should start bringing everything over to the doctor’s office.” Before Mash could do so however, Fergus and Medb practically shoved open the door and stormed in angrily. The Saber bellowed, “Wait!” “Fergus? What’s the matter?” Mash asked. “Get Kiyohime away from there! She’s trying to dispose of the evidence!” “Huh? Evidence?” Kiyohime bit her lip in consternation. Medb pointed at her and shouted, “Give it up, dragon girl! Paracelsus told us everything! You tried to assassinate me with Void Dust that he brewed for you!” “… Damn it.” Mash

Early the next morning, Connla waited outside Medb’s room for about ten minutes. Eventually, the pink-haired queen returned with some grocery bags full of chocolate, ingredients, and tools needed to get them started on their confection making. Her room was larger than most Servants’, which allowed her to fit it with a personal kitchen so she could do her own cooking and baking in peace. Connla got to work melting the chocolate while Medb sorted through the ingredients she brought with her plus some spices she already had on hand. Connla watched her organize the little bottles into neat rows and writing notes to herself. “Are we almost ready?” Medb asked. “The white chocolate’s all done if you want to dye and flavor each bowl. I need to start on the milk chocolate now.” “Excellent. Now then, white will be vanilla, pink will be strawberry, and red will be cherry. I’m debating on whether to go with grape or blueberry for purple… Hmm… You know what? Let’s try blackberry for a

Two figures exited Chaldea’s recreation room, having enjoyed a game of fidchell for a couple of hours. They were Fergus mac Roich, the former King of Ulster and current lover of Connacht’s queen Medb, and Connla, the ‘son’ of Ireland’s most famous hero Cuchulainn. By ‘son’, it meant that Connla had been born a girl, but after her tragic death by Cuchulainn’s own hand, he asked the local historians to pass down the story of her being born a boy to disguise the truth. Fergus and Connla never met when they were alive, but due to their connections with Cuchulainn, they became a tight unit almost immediately. While they weren’t blood relatives whatsoever, Fergus insisted on Connla referring to him as an uncle figure, perhaps to mimic the days when he raised and trained Cuchulainn. “Hah hah hah, that was a good game, kiddo!” Fergus laughed. “You think so?” Connla murmured. “Of course. You thoroughly trounced me each and every time, but that just reassures me that you’ll be a great

Connie, Caster Cu, Scathach, Connla, Kojiro Lily, Julius, and Zofia were in the training arena in the Dome in Rin's Chaldea. Julius was practicing his spear techniques with Connie supervising while the others watched. "I must say," Scathach said. "I'm a bit concerned that Rin would rather have Connie train Julius than me." "Don't take it too hard. Rin's probably just worried you'd hurt Julius too much," Caster Cu stated. "Well, I can't say that's invalid..." Ralter jumped into the arena with an evil laugh. "I've done it," she smiled. "I have plans that will let me beat anyone in Chaldea!" Julius replied, "That isn't special. Pretty much every master has plans for fighting every servant. We even work with servants to make those plans, Aunt Ralter." "Don't call me aunt, and my plans are special. They don't require any servants other than myself, AND I didn't need anyone's help to come up with them." "Judging from your previous traps, we can find out about them by watching Bond

An alarm blared through Chaldea. Rin, Mash, and Louis ran over to the rayshifting chamber as fast as they could. The three looked around for others; however, no one was present. Every hall was empty. When they arrived, Miyako Arima, Captain Nemo, Connie, and Davion Ramos were there. The older version of the Rider seemed calmer than before; however, there was a degree of tension between them. Miyako said, "We have an emergency. If it isn't solved, Chaldea could be doomed." "What's going on?" Rin asked. The answer was, "Everyone in Chaldea's missing. We're the only ones left." "What? Have you contacted Akio, Ming, Tori, J..." "They're gone too," Miyako stated. "Everyone in every Chaldea." Silence overcame the room. "That means one of two things," Louis contemplated, trying to hold in his fear and anger at his family going missing. "Either everyone except us really is missing or this is something that's affecting us and no one else." Connie nodded, "I think the latter is more

Caster Cu, Connla, and Connie walked through the Dome in Rin's Chaldea. They looked out at the dark ocean surrounding them. The abyss made Connla shiver. With his constant dying, the Lancer didn't want to imagine getting crushed by it. "Are you feeling any better, Connie?" Caster Cu asked. She answered, "I think I am; though, it isn't by much. I was prepared to feel guilt after destroying the Lostbelt, but this was way too much." Her father's heart clenched up. He remembered the guilt he felt when he killed Connla. Although Connie wasn't from his timeline, she was still his daughter. Caster Cu had talked to her about this before, but Connie using the specific term "guilt" sent that emotion washing over him. The Caster could sympathize with his daughter even if their guilt was over different things. He said, "Well, hang in there, Connie. We're here for you." "Mm," the girl nodded. "Thank you." Under previous circumstances, Connie would have hid her emotions to avoid being a burden

The Shadow Border moved through the remains of the Russia Lostbelt. They were getting closer to Chaldea; however, there was a heavy air among most of them. Even if it was to save their world, they had just committed genocide. Rin asked, "Mash, are you feeling alright?" "I'm not," the Kyrlielight admitted. "We had to do this to survive, but that doesn't change that it was terrible." Mash knew that Rin wasn't affected by the destruction of the Lostbelt. The Matou-Dorian-Caesar was protecting her family, and she wouldn't feel any guilt for what she had to do. However, Rin understood that most of the Chaldeans were different. Olga Marie's hologram appeared, "I have Kiara booked for therapy sessions for anyone who needs it." "I think I'll go on one," Mash said. "Me too," Waver nodded with a grim face. "That didn't feel good." Josuke sighed, "Fucking great. Looks like I'm not the only one who needs to talk to soemone about this." "That's the masters," Miyako's hologram appeared.

The Shadow Border emerged on the Russian shore. It moved further and further inland with Rin looking out a window. There was a snowstorm that prevented her from seeing more than a few feet outside. She waited a little bit longer before speaking. "Stop the Border. I want to take a look outside." Black Opal asked, "Are you sure about that?" Rin answered, "I am. Our sensors can only see so much." "And they're barely doing that well," Miyako's hologram appeared. "Getting outside to get a better look is a good idea." With that, they stopped the Border. Rin, Louis, Mash, Svarog, Gudako, Black Opal, The Lion King, Connie, and Connla Alter stepped outside. Without the snow coating the Shadow Border's windows as it flew past, they could see much more. They were in a plane with the Fantasy Tree looming in the distance. It was massive, stretching up into the sky. The Lion King observed, "Even for servants, moving around in this snowstorm won't be easy." "Yes. Our biggest problem is

Wodime pondered as he looked at a screen. "I knew she'd help Kadoc, but making a full singularity? Nguyễn Thi Chinh's really thrown in her lot with him," he noted. As foolish as Wodime thought considering Chaldea a threat was, he couldn't help but admire the two Crypters' solidarity. A smile crossed his face. "I've already sent Caenis to help Kadoc, but that doesn't mean I can't send more help," Wodime called out. "Valentina, come on out." An Italian girl, no more than 15, walked over to him, "What do you need?" He said, "Go to the singularity Nguyễn Thi Chinh created. Help out whoever she put in charge of it, and put one of the Chaldean masters in the ground." "Very well, boss," she took a bow and left. Wodime pondered her unusual way of speaking. Ever since he was gifted her as a servant (not the summoned kind) from Italy, she had failed to call him by his name or title. Instead, Valentina would call him "boss." Sure, the girl had tried to address him properly, but she kept

A plan formed in Connie's head within seconds. If they could hold off Anastasia for long enough, she could use fire runes to melt the ice wall behind them. The two could use that to escape. Of course, that's assuming they lived that long. Globus - Preliator Anastasia unleashed a wave of snow at them. It covered the entire hallway, impossible to dodge. Connie threw out a shield rune. The cold attack slammed into it and she shoved the Gae Assail into the ice wall. While it began to melt, the rate was slow even with the spear's heat. When the wave ended, spikes of ice moved in front of her. Connie and Kojiro Lily were able to dodge them; however, they covered the melting area of the ice wall. That put Connie's plan out the window. She tried cutting other ice with the Gae Assail, but it was far too slow. Connie unleashed stones from her slingshot at Anastasia. The Caster put up a barrier of ice that blocked the attack. Kojiro Lily got behind her during this time and swung his nodachi.

The Battle is to the Strong Extra Vlad III thrust his spear into an oprichnik, piecing its heart and killing it in one blow. Other oprichnik pulled out crossbows and shot Vlad III. Their bolts bounced off his armor and he opened his breastplate. Numerous spears blasted out. They impaled numerous enemies. Vlad III smirked as he saw them fade away. His smirk faded when a sharp blow collided with his back. An oprichnik had hit him with an axe. While the blow didn't penetrate his armor, it hit hard enough that pain lashed through the Lancer. Vlad thrust with his spear, impaling an oprichnik; however, more and more appeared. Their axes slammed down at him. He was forced back as he just barely ducked under a blow that would have taken his head. Another strike hit his armor, sending pain through him. More hits came down. Heracles and Baldwin IV moved in; however, the Saber stepped forward. "Don't go into the chamber, Heracles!" he said. "You'll destroy it if you fight there!" The

Julius Dorian-Caesar was doing spear practice in the Dome in Rin's Chaldea. Connie was across from him. He was attacking her while she defended. Of course, he would have been no match whatsoever for the servant in an actual fight or even a training match. This was different. Connie had given him a book with various spear techniques in it, and Julius had been practicing them. She wanted to know how well he had learned them. That was the reason why they were engaged in their current activity. Seeing something, Connie knocked Julius' spear aside with ease. It went flying out of his hands. She said, "You didn't do that last thrust right. There was too much force in it." "Isn't hitting someone hard a good thing?" Julius asked. "It can be at times," Connie answered. "But you went overboard. You lunged too far forward for you to recover in time to defend. If you were in a real fight and failed to hit your opponent, they would have gotten you in the next second." "Oh. I'll try again," he

The Curadha Sidhe walked through Chaldea with Lancer Cu and Mitsuzuri Ayako next to her. While Cu was happy to have two attractive women by his side, he was very careful to not make a move. He had affection for Ayako that was getting more and more genuine; however, with his past history, it that Connie would believe him. "Conall Cernach was a friend of mine," Cu smiled. "He even avenged my death." Curadha said, "I knew all that. I've read all the stories about him and the people he was friends with." "You must be a pretty big fan of his." "You're damn right, I am," she stated. "I loved hearing about his stories when I was a little girl. I was inspired by him to be a warrior." Ayako questioned, "Sidhe tell stories about humans?" "We do," Curadha nodded. "That's a bit weird." The sidhe replied, "It isn't. You humans tell stories about us sidhe a lot too. Volund the Smith was a sidhe, and Ragnar Lodbrok is half-sidhe with his second wife being a full sidhe." "I sure am glad that