Gaius Julius Caesar
Nostalgic Merrits
Caesar:
–So nostalgic.
Caesar:
It's easy to end with just that one phrase,
but I don't do that. Do you know why?
Fujimaru 1:
(shake head)
Mash:
Right Senpai, I don't understand his ideas either.
Fou:
Fou...
Fujimaru 2:
(nod)
Mash:
Senpai, you can understand the idea behind his words.
But I...
Fou:
Fou...
Caesar:
I achieved valor in Gaul and Britannia.
That is a fact, and it was written down as well.
Caesar:
I guess you could say that I was young.
But, that was not all.
Caesar:
I escaped. It felt slightly better to preoccupy myself with service by sword than the schemes surging through Rome.
Caesar:
Betrayal for betrayal, conspiracy for conspiracy.
It's easy for me to climb the ladder of power as such.
Caesar:
After all–
Caesar:
I am a descendant of the goddess of love and beauty,
and a man who fathered a child with a female fairy.
Caesar:
My beauty makes women fall into my hands at will.
Add in my intelligence and I'm the best at scheming.
Caesar:
But...
Mash:
...
Fujimaru 1:
Beauty?
Fujimaru 2:
He said beauty, right?
Fou:
Fou.
Caesar:
Actually, scheming takes quite a bit of courage.
At first you feel nothing, but gradually. Gradually.
Caesar:
While I bite into juicy grapes, while I fool around with women, political enemies die off by my schemes–
Caesar:
But when it's being repeated over and over, you start to feel sick, as if something's been tainted.
Caesar:
That is why, at times, I escaped to the battlefield.
Mash:
...I now finally understand.
Gaius Julius Caesar.
Mash:
You seek to settle all the escaping you did right here and right now.
Caesar:
That's right. I–wait, enemies.
They must have noticed us.
Dr. Roman:
Enemy signatures are approaching!
Is this like, remnants of the United Empire army?
Dr. Roman:
Rome should be correcting itself now, so why are there United Empire soldiers still left?
Caesar:
I'll tell you later. Before that Fujimaru, hurry up and drive them off.
Caesar:
I will take command for you.
I am a great commander.
Fujimaru 1:
Caesar, you fight too!
Fujimaru 2:
You're a Saber and you're hanging back?
Caesar:
Saber, right, Saber. Saber.
By rights I shouldn't even be in the Saber class.
Caesar:
...I only unsheathe my sword when I'm next to a beauty.
Mash:
Why look at me...
Caesar:
Not knowing your own beauty is equal to a crime, yes?
Well anyways, I shall unsheathe my sword.
Oh, brother–
--BATTLE--:
Caesar:
...I guess that's it.
Makes me sick.
Caesar:
Wielding a sword like this gets me fired up with nostalgia. Though, swordfights are the epitome of nuisances.
Caesar:
I seem to be escaping even now that I am a Heroic Spirit.
How pathetic!
Fujimaru 1:
Why are you so angry?
Fujimaru 2:
Despite the lack of scheming?
Mash:
Yes, Senpai's question is legitimate.
Caesar, what is upsetting you?
Mash:
You are already a Heroic Spirit, unrelated to the bloodstained schemes of ancient Rome.
Mash:
And still...
You end up returning to Rome with us, why?
Caesar:
I've said it many times.
It is to escape.
Caesar:
To put it nicely, it's to settle things.
Oh, it also answers this Doctor guy's question.
Dr. Roman:
You mean these United Empire remnants?
For some reason, they're still around...
Dr. Roman:
Whoa, another enemy attack as we speak!
Is this area under the United Empire influence?
Caesar:
Right.
Dr. Roman:
What?
Fou:
Fou!
Mash:
We're entering combat, Master!
Your orders, please!
--BATTLE--:
Mash:
–Battle complete.
Soldiers perceived as United Empire are retreating.
Caesar:
After them. If they're headed home,
it'll save us the trouble of searching.
Mash:
Search?
Search for what–
Caesar:
I'll go on ahead.
Mash:
Please wait–
Oh, h-he's fast!
Fujimaru 1:
He's pretty nimble for his size.
Fujimaru 2:
I expect nothing less from a Saber.
Mash:
Y-Yes... No, well–
Dr. Roman:
You guys should chase them, too!
I don't know what he'll do, but you can't abandon him!
Fujimaru 1:
Understood!
Mash:
Yes.
Mash:
We've caught up.
Caesar is right there–
Caesar:
You're finally here.
Perfect, you can see me face my own foolishness.
Mash:
Face?
Fou:
Fou?
???:
...I am a distinguished general of Rome.
???:
I'm the general that conquered Gaul, and made a successful expedition to Britannia.
???:
I slaughtered the great general Pompey.
I'm the only ruler of Rome, the origin of its Emperor.
???:
I danced within the cruelty of Rome, and also danced in the battlefield.
???:
I shall continue fighting.
As long as Rome exists, my dance continues.
Caesar:
No, that horrible dance ends here.
This is the end of your escapism.
Caesar:
A general? The origin of Emperor?
That is quite absurd!
Caesar:
You are merely escaping!
You pig!
Caesar:
You could not grant the wish of the one woman you loved, and you chose not to name your loving child as your heir!
???:
I am! I am Caesar!
The origin of all Roman Emperors!
Caesar:
That's right, you are me!
My unsightly half that still clings onto Rome!
Dr. Roman:
I see, I get it now! Residual effects of the Second Holy Grail is what "that" is!
Dr. Roman:
So that's why it's leading the United Empire remnants.
In other words, "that" is like Caesar's shadow!
Dr. Roman:
He sensed its presence, and guided you guys all the way here–!
Fujimaru 1:
He could have just said so.
Fujimaru 2:
That is indeed hard to mention.
Mash:
...Yes.
Caesar:
I apologize, beautiful friends.
I'd like to defeat my ugly escapism half right here.
Caesar:
...No, I want to return it to myself.
Lend me your powers.
Fujimaru 1:
Understood!
Mash:
Yes, Senpai!
???:
Oh... Ooooh!
I am! I am Caesar! I am!
Caesar:
Shut up, you pig! Such ugliness will scatter like flower petals before my beauty!
--BATTLE--:
Caesar:
...Begone my foolish past.
Mash:
Confirming zero response.
Battle's over, Senpai.
Fou:
Fou...
Caesar:
Whew, I'm tired.
Indeed, I am not fit to fight at the front line.
Caesar:
Let us hurry back to this Chaldea and rest.
I won't move one step further.
Fujimaru 1:
...
Fujimaru 2:
Thanks for the hard work.
Mash:
Thank you for your hard work.
Senpai, Doctor, please start the return process to Chaldea.
Fou:
Fou!
Dr. Roman:
Yes, yes, return– Hmm?
Looks like Caesar's magical capacity has increased?
Dr. Roman:
After defeating his own shadow, he absorbed it as his own magical energy I guess?
Fou:
Fou, Fou!
Dr. Roman:
Yes, yes, the return process.
You don't have to rush me so much...