Medusa Lily
The Three Friendly Gorgon Sisters
Mash:
Oh? Isn't that...?
Euryale:
Hellooo, Medusa.
Quit spacing out.
Euryale:
That tea is way beyond steeped.
We don't want bitter tea!
Stheno:
You're right. The moment of tea perfection has already passed. If only you were the normal Medusa...
Stheno:
She may be gangly and graceless, but at least she never missed the right time to pour the tea.
Stheno:
You should be more mindful of your size.
Some things you can't do on speed alone.
Medusa:
My apologies, big older sister, little older sister.
I was too focused on the hourglass...
Medusa:
Here is your tea. Little older sister prefers one scoop of sugar, correct?
Euryale:
Yes. Just a bit...only a little bit...
Stheno:
That will be enough, Medusa.
We shall have our tea.
Euryale:
...Hey, what IS this!?
This tastes terrible!
Stheno:
You mustn't be so harsh, me.
Our younger sister is doing her best.
Stheno:
Then again, it is truly disgusting. The problem isn't how it was made, but that she used bad tea leaves.
Stheno:
Medusa.
Where did you get this tea from?
Medusa:
I-I'm terribly sorry! I used a pretty golden can that I found in the reception room.
Stheno:
I see. At least you took some minimal effort. But if you want to find good tea, go to the doctor's clinic.
Stheno:
That man stashes away good Chinese tea. You should also learn how to properly prepare tea from him.
Euryale:
I hate Chinese tea.
You can only mix honey with it! ...I-I mean...
Euryale:
If you are to steep black tea, you should use soft water that's free of minerals. Why in the world did you decide to use hard water, Medusa?
Medusa:
...Um, was that bad?
Medusa:
I thought it was for the best to splurge on mineral water...
Euryale:
Mineral water!? What a terrible rookie mistake, even for you, Medusa!
Euryale:
You must go to Japan. Japan! You shall learn about soft water, and the proper essential rules for preparing black tea there!
Medusa:
...I see.
Please forgive me for being so ignorant...
Mash:
...It appears the sisters are having tea.
Mash:
Whenever the young Medusa is with us...
Mash:
...she seems so mature and composed...
Mash:
But watching her right now, she seems to be acting her age, or at least the age she appears to be.
Mash:
Although...
Stheno:
Oh, it's Master and Mash.
Are you here because you missed us so?
Euryale:
So much that even a brief moment apart is agony?
Teehee, you are so cute, Master.
Medusa:
Oh...hello, Master, Mash.
Fujimaru 1:
...They weren't bullying you, were they?
Medusa:
N-no, absolutely not.
This is all because of how immature I am!
Medusa:
And...actually, I'm a little happy about...this. There's no problem.
Mash:
...?
Medusa:
To tell you the truth, it took a very long time for me to be able to speak to my sisters, even after I was summoned to Chaldea.
Medusa:
Until now, all I could do was watch from afar...because I was scared.
Medusa:
I was created by an irregularity in history.
Medusa:
I'm here as a product of a miraculous coincidence and humanity's warped timeline...
Medusa:
I am the Medusa who is not an Anti-Hero...someone who should never have existed in the first place.
Medusa:
And I had no idea how my older sisters would react when they saw me.
Medusa:
I wouldn't have known what to do had they ignored me, or if they said I was not their younger sister...
Fujimaru 1:
...
Medusa:
Oh, please don't look so glum, Master.
Medusa:
It turned out that I was worrying needlessly.
Medusa:
My older sisters call me by my name and treat me as their younger sister.
Medusa:
And that...makes me happy.
Mash:
I-I see...
Um, if I may point out...
Mash:
Since Stheno and Euryale are goddesses...
Mash:
...we know that they have a tendency to be very...intense and often make impossible requests...
Mash:
And, well, when it comes to their treatment of Medusa... Um, it seems they don't really hold back when it comes to their own family...
Mash:
Sometimes it's painful to see what unfolds...
Medusa:
Family members...I see...
Medusa:
...
Mash:
But perhaps it's all right if Medusa doesn't mind...
Fujimaru 1:
We should intervene if it goes too far.
Fujimaru 2:
Different things make different people happy...
Mash:
You're...right...
Euryale:
Hellooo! How much longer are you two going to be whispering over there!?
Stheno:
Mash, Master, would you two like some tea? I'll have to warn you that it will be a poor cup of tea prepared by our failure of a younger sister.
Medusa:
I will prepare it right away. Please wait a minute.
Euryale:
You really are impossible, Medusa. Get us some new snacks, too. I know there are some on top of the cabinet over there.
Euryale:
We cannot possibly reach them ourselves, frail and delicate as we are, but you're a huge woman whose nickname was Big Mountain of the Shapeless Isle...
Medusa:
Um, I'll need to borrow this step stool...
Medusa:
And stack these boxes...
Medusa:
(Huff...puff...)
Reeeach...got it!
Euryale:
...
Stheno:
You know, thinking on it, I believe we stored a cookie jar under the floor.
Stheno:
But, Medusa, be careful of that enormous body of yours. You might get stuck down there if you so much as stretch your arms or legs.
Medusa:
Here, right? I can't reach, so I'll just crawl under to find it... (Rummage, rummage) ...Whew. I found it.
Stheno:
...
Medusa:
...Is something the matter?
Euryale:
...Agh! This is so frustrating!
Euryale:
Why is this Medusa so small!?
Medusa:
...I wonder. This form...it seems to be how I was before Athena cursed me.
Medusa:
It's frustrating that I'm so young and powerless, but...
Medusa:
...I am still happy.
Medusa:
I didn't get to spend much time with my sisters in this form, you see...
Medusa:
Having a chance to spend time with them like this is so new to me...
Mash:
...I see. I know that Medusa was concerned that her form is an irregular one...
Mash:
But it appears that it's not all bad.
Stheno:
Happy, you say, Medusa?
Did you hear that, me?
Euryale:
I did hear that, me. I can hardly believe what our foolish sister just said.
Euryale:
I heard her saying she's happy to take OUR role as the small, cute goddess for herself!
Medusa:
Wha...!? N-no! That wasn't what I meant!
Euryale:
Oh...oh, my. How could you treat your older sisters this way, when all we've done was treat you with kindness and compassion...
Stheno:
True... But such an idea as this couldn't be something Medusa concocted alone.
Stheno:
There must be someone else who should be persecuted as her coconspirator...
Fujimaru 1:
Could that be...me...?
Fujimaru 2:
(Attempt to avert gaze)
Stheno:
The Master is responsible for their Servants.
Isn't that how it works here?
Euryale:
This entire Servant system is wrong to begin with.
Euryale:
To have goddesses like ourselves manifest in this world only to be used as Servants to fight is just such a horrid idea.
Euryale:
We aren't able to fight, and we could starve if we were left alone. We are the eternal girls who cannot live without help from others... That is who we are.
Stheno:
Oh...perhaps that's why...
Mash:
...?
Stheno:
Medusa has manifested in this world with our usual cuteness. We manifested here with the power to fight, something that isn't really innate to us.
Stheno:
There is a possibility that the three of us took the attractive features away from one another to make it our own.
Euryale:
...I see. What a profound statement, me.
Then we must confirm your hypothesis!
Stheno:
Yes, let's move to a different location, me.
Medusa:
...? Um, big older sister and little older sister...to where?
Stheno:
Quiet, you!
You don't get to refuse.
Medusa:
...Where are we?
Mash:
This is Chaldea's training ground.
Euryale:
We can go all-out here.
Stheno:
Yes, just something to punish our younger sister and Master who took something precious away from us and gave us something useless in exchange.
Stheno:
I'll warn you that you mustn't hold back, Medusa. We're doing this to test out fighting abilities, too.
Medusa:
B-but...!
Euryale:
Now, let's begin.
Euryale:
Honestly, playing with our little sister like this is new to us, too!
--BATTLE--:
Euryale:
...
Euryale:
I can't believe!
They really hit us!
Stheno:
Ah... So, it's true...
No one likes us...
Stheno:
To be defeated by the cute, stylish, and maybe overly romantic version of our younger sister...
Medusa:
Y-you have it all wrong, big older sister and little older sister! You said I shouldn't hold back...
Euryale:
We were just saying that! Ugh, do we have to spell EVERYTHING out for you!?
Euryale:
The younger sister CANNOT be better than her older sisters!
Medusa:
Ow...ow...
Mash:
Oh...she's pulling Medusa's cheek really hard...
Stheno:
...Now that I think about it,
using Charm against Medusa was pointless.
Medusa:
A-actually! It hit me really good! B-because...well...because my older sisters were too cute...it was so intense...
Stheno:
Oh? How could you let such lies pass through your lips? How dare you!?
Medusa:
Ow...ow...ah...ahh...
Mash:
Oh...and now they're tugging her other cheek...
Euryale:
But now we know...our battle skills really are only so-so.
Stheno:
Yes. It appears violent battles really are Medusa's only skill.
Medusa:
...Of course. If something were to happen, I would step in to solve the problem, and be sure to do so without bothering my older sisters.
Medusa:
But I'm sorry... With this small body of mine,
I'm not sure how much I can be of help...
Stheno:
Oh, my. Did you hear that, me?
Stheno:
Medusa just flat-out admitted that she stole the title of cutest goddess from us.
Euryale:
Oh yes, I heard, me.
Euryale:
Isn't that like boasting you got paid, even though you skived off work? I believe that's quite unfair.
Stheno:
It may be nice...but let's put that topic aside. There is just one thing I can't accept as the older sister.
Stheno:
I really must say that we simply must do something about you being so small. It's not right to have you be the same size as us.
Mash:
Well...isn't that just something that can't be changed...?
Euryale:
...
Euryale:
Oh, I know. I vaguely remember being with a super big person recently.
Euryale:
Our problem is because the three of us are lined up together.
Euryale:
If there was another person who is even bigger, Medusa's annoying short stature shouldn't stand out.
Stheno:
Good idea. But is there someone who would fit the bill?
Euryale:
Leave it to me! We're at the training ground.
If I do this...and press this...
Mash:
Ah...um, Euryale!
That button starts up the training program...!
Euryale:
I know. I'm just bringing up something big to test our theory. I'm as smart as I am cute... You know, I sometimes scare myself♪
Euryale:
Size? MAX, of course! Difficulty? I don't know what that means, but “Super Difficult Mode” sounds good!
Mash:
U-um!
Euryale:
That'll do it. And...start♪
Euryale:
...Huh?
Stheno:
Me. It's big, but I think it's TOO big...
???:
...!!!
Mash:
I think...maybe...all that button mashing made it go berserk! It's coming at us without any limiters!
Medusa:
...Older sisters, watch out!
Medusa:
Begone...!
I won't let you lay a finger on my sisters!
--BATTLE--:
Medusa:
...Whew. I managed to defeat them.
How are my older sisters...?
Medusa:
Oh...I'm so glad...
Mash:
Medusa!?
Oh no... She's collapsed from her wounds...!
Fujimaru 1:
Let's carry her to the infirmary.
Fujimaru 2:
Let's treat her right away.
Mash:
But we lack the first aid here...
Mash:
The best thing to do is to transport her to an appropriate place for treatment, Senpai. Let's go.
Stheno:
I can't believe she went down before us. Look at that face... She looks like she thinks she just did something really great.
Euryale:
...I agree. She shouldn't look so smug.
Mash:
U-um, she's injured, so would you please not pull her cheek right now?
Mash:
We need to take her to the infirmary.
Please, step aside...I'm going to...
Stheno:
No need. This is the result of our foolish younger sister's carelessness. It's something her family should take care of.
Euryale:
Indeed. Making her two older sisters go through so much trouble...she really is a dumb, clumsy, and good-for-nothing younger sister.
Euryale:
If Mash takes her, she won't know how much trouble she caused for us when she finally wakes up, now will she?
Euryale:
For her to owe us...to remind her that she will always be beneath her older sisters, I will carry her. I don't want to, but I will.
Mash:
(Oh...they've lined up side-by-side...and the two of them are carrying Medusa on their backs...)
Medusa:
Unhhh...older...sisters...
Stheno:
...If there's a silver lining for Medusa having this form...
Euryale:
Yes... If she was a giant, the two of us wouldn't have been able to carry her like this.
Stheno:
...If she was a giant, what would we have done...?
Euryale:
...We probably would have rolled her like a barrel.
Mash:
...Senpai. There are times when watching Stheno and Euryale's banter worries me...
Mash:
But I feel that a lot of the reason they behave that way is because of the absolute, unwavering confidence in their bonds with each other.
Fujimaru 1:
They're family.
Fujimaru 2:
They have a bond.
Mash:
Yes. Even if one of them looks different than before, the fact that they are family will never change.
Mash:
No matter what, they are a trio of sisters who get along very well!