Stheno
It's Not Impossible?
Mash: ...Treasure hunting?
Stheno: No, it is a bit different. The purpose of this request is different from before.
Stheno: What I want to ask you is to hunt down the one who wrecked the place where I hid the treasure.
Stheno: The place is, yes, where I previously materialized. The Shaped Isle–in the 1st Century.
Mash: I remember. It's a tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Stheno: Yes. On that island, I hid away many treasures.
Stheno: I thought I could go reclaim them if I was summoned as a Heroic Spirit again, like now.
Stheno: But when I went there to check things out, the peaceful paradise was no more.
Stheno: I'm sure back in the 1st Century some wretch dug the treasures up.
Mash: I...see?
Stheno: As far as I can tell, the culprits most certainly are undead monsters.
Stheno: What do you say, everyone. You just need to drive them out of that place.
Stheno: Can't you do it for me? Doctor Romani?
Dr. Roman: Wh-What? Me? Why would you ask me? Ahem.
Dr. Roman: If it's the request from the beautiful goddess Stheno, I'd love to accept it, however–
Dr. Roman: Back at the Second Singularity, you asked us something really unreasonable...
Dr. Roman: We just figured... This time is going to be the same...
Stheno: Oh, what a shame. Can't you do it, for me?
Stheno: Hey, Fujimaru. My master. It's my request, you'd do it for me, right?
Fou: Fou, fou fooou. Fou!
Mash: Just like the Doctor said, Senpai. I'm sorry about her, but we have a duty.
Mash: Answer her properly. Senpai, you are her master.
Fujimaru 1: Of course, goddess!
Fujimaru 2: Wretches are unforgivable!
Mash: S-Senpai!?
Dr. Roman: Okay, if that's the case, I'll help you, too!! Rayshift preparations! Complete! Looking good!
Fou: Fou!?
Mash: Even you, Doctor! Can it be Stheno's Charm skill!?
Stheno: Heheh, can you not call it a skill, please? It is exactly what I am.
Stheno: I am a goddess. I am a phenomenon born with the wish to captivate any and every hero.
Stheno: Like I said. I'm sorry about it, but.
Stheno: Please, come with me. I'm sure it will be a very fun event, so do your best.
Mash: I feel the phrases "very fun" and "do your best" sound contrary to one another–
Dr. Roman: Commence Rayshift! Let's do it!
Stheno: Both of you, take care♪
Mash: Ah–!
Mash: ...We're here. This is the Mediterranean island we visited before...
Mash: How is Senpai doing...
Fujimaru 1: What? Why are we on an island?
Fujimaru 2: Weren't we in Chaldea?
Mash: Looks like you've regained sanity. I'm glad.
Mash: We're on the Shaped Isle in the 1st Century, which we visited during the correction of the Second Singularity.
Mash: Senpai, this is due to you and the Doctor accepting to take on Stheno's "request."
Mash: So...Is there anything else I need to explain?
Fujimaru 1: It's okay, I remember now.
Fujimaru 2: Now that you mention it...
Dr. Roman: Let's go, guys! According to Lady Stheno, she hid the treasure in a cave!
Dr. Roman: It's that cave we entered before. You know where it is. Well, be on your way!
Fou: Fou...
Mash: ...Looks like Doctor is still charmed. Guess there's no choice... but to go to the cave...
Fujimaru 1: It cant be helped.
Fujimaru 2: Let's complete it ASAP.
Mash: Yes, Senpai. Let's finish this quickly.
Mash: Be careful, I feel there's a battle coming.
Fou: Fou, foou!
Mash: Speak of the devil, it looks like an enemy response! Senpai, stay back!
???: Gegege... I won't allow you go any further...
Mash: This magical energy feels like an undead monster...? It is exactly like the information Stheno gave us–
???: All for our beautiful goddess Lady Stheno... As Lady Stheno commanded, we must protect her treasure!
???: We will risk our lives to eliminate the intruders! Although we don't have any lives to risk!
Mash: !?
Mash: Instead of some wretches who dug up the treasure... They sound like they're the ones protecting it!
Fujimaru 1: What? Then the real culprits are...
Mash: I-I'm sure that's it!
Fujimaru 2: That's good to hear, no problem at all!
Mash: Not, not exactly–
Mash: "We are the culprits" here! As I thought, Stheno was pulling a prank on us!
???: Go home, go home! We won't give you the treasures, go home!
???: Woooo! Lady Stheno, woooo! We won't forgive the intruders!!
Mash: Charm works even on undead monsters... No, this is the power of a goddess born to be loved!
Mash: Senpai, they're coming! We can't avoid combat!
--BATTLE--:
Mash: ...Somehow, we managed to defeat them. The battle is over.
Mash: We're almost in the deepest point of the cave, so what should we do, Senpai?
Fujimaru 1: Let's take the treasure!
Fujimaru 2: Tips for this errand!
Mash: You're... right. We came this far, let's be thorough in playing the culprit.
Mash: A tiny part of me has thoughts about this. Just a tiny part.
???: ...I'm sorry.
Mash: !?
F：???: Seems my older sister is being unreasonable... I'm sorry, I apologize for the inconvenience.
Mash: You are... Servant Rider...Medusa.
Mash: Why are you here–Ah. Don't tell me you too are...
Medusa: I'm sorry... I was also ordered by my older sister to get rid of the wretches.
Medusa: So, well, I'd just like to state that this isn't what I want to do.
Fujimaru 1: ...A battle?
Fujimaru 2: We can talk it out.
Medusa: I'm sorry, I can't resist. I'm sure my sister is watching us right now!
Medusa: I won't ask you to forgive me. But anyways, I will make you face death!
Mash: N-No, you can't! Senpai, Medusa is pretty serious!
Fujimaru 1: We have to do it!
Fujimaru 2: If you ask me, it can't be helped!
Mash: Yes, Master! ...Commencing anti-Servant combat!
--BATTLE--:
Medusa: ...I lost. I surrender, you can take the treasure.
Fou: Fou, fooou♪
Mash: The treasure chest. What do you think is inside?
Stheno: Congratulations♪ Good job, you completed the trials I gave you, heroes♪
Mash: !?
Fou: F-Fou!?
Mash: ...I-I see. You Rayshifted together with us.
Mash: And then took the trouble to come here, to hide... in the treasure chest...
Fujimaru 1: What a mess!
Mash: ...Yes.
Fujimaru 2: Our goddess!!
Mash: ...Ah, Senpai, this again...
Stheno: As you can see, I was the treasure.Rejoice, Fujimaru. See, aren't you happy?
Dr. Roman: WOW! I'm really happy! Wow, Lady Stheno!!
Mash: Well...
Fou: Foou...
Really, It's Not Impossible?
Mash: Hunt the wretches? ...Erm. Not even us will fall for that twice.
Stheno: Don't misunderstand me. It's different from last time. The purpose of this request is different from before.
Stheno: Specifically–
Mash: ..."The purpose is different." I should've properly understood what that meant last time.
Mash: In other words, you want to once again rope us into one of your games?
Stheno: Oh, wonderful. You are pretty smart, Mash.
Mash: No, um... Your Charm skill isn't working on me...
Mash: If you really want to win me over, you shouldn't use the same logic as last time. Try a different–
Dr. Roman: Understood, Goddess Stheno! I, Romani Archaman, will risk my life to get it done!
Mash: Ah.
Fou: Fou, foou fou!!
Mash: Even you, Fou...
Fujimaru 1: Lady Goddess!
Mash: ...Senpai, not again...
Fujimaru 2: Oh, brother.
Mash: ...Oh, so you're fine this time?
Mash: ...So Stheno, are we on another hunt on the Shaped Isle?
Stheno: Yes, you're right. But this time, I really have an elaborate plan. Have fun♪
Dr. Roman: It's fun! I'm already having fun, our Goddess! Let's do it Mash, Fujimaru! Right now!
Mash: (Noo...)
Dr. Roman: Commence Rayshift!! Off you go to the 1st Century!!
Stheno: Be careful, both of you. This quest may be a bit difficult to complete, perhaps?
Mash: ...We're here again. The Mediterranean island we've visited so many times...
Mash: Servant responses in the area... None detected. But we can't drop our guards.
Mash: Based on what happened last time, we have to consider the possibility Stheno is here, too.
Fujimaru 1: Let's finish it ASAP.
Fujimaru 2: The cave, right? Let's hurry.
Mash: Yes, Senpai.
Dr. Roman: Let's go, guys! According to Lady Stheno, she hid the treasure in a cave!
Dr. Roman: It's that cave we entered before. You know where it is. Well, be on your way!
Mash: Every last word is the same... Doctor is completely taken by the Charm skill...
Fou: Fou...
???: Gegege... I won't allow you to go any further...
???: All for our beautiful goddess Lady Stheno... As Lady Stheno commanded, we must protect her treasure!
Mash: ...
Fou: ...
???: They seem speechless against our determination! Gegege...Then go home! Go on back home!
???: Go home, go home! We won't give you the treasures, go home!
???: Woooo! Lady Stheno, woooo! We won't forgive the intruders!!
Mash: ...Identical, again...
Fujimaru 1: Let's do it, Mash!
Fujimaru 2: We can't waste their efforts!
Mash: Y-You're right. Understood, Master. Your orders, please!
--BATTLE--:
Mash: I-It was different...from last time? Instead of undead monsters, Chimera and Lamia...
Mash: She really changed her plans. Then, there's a chance the developments may change too.
Mash: Some Heroic Spirit stronger than Medusa? But, what kind of Heroic Spirit–
F：???: ...I'm sorry.
Mash: !!
Medusa: I am embarrassed to say, it's the same as last time. As my older sister said, "they won't see it coming"...
Mash: Servant Rider...Medusa. It is you, again.
Medusa: ...Don't say it. It's hard for me, too. She ordered me to get rid of the treasure-hunting wretches once and for all.
Medusa: What can I say, erm, this time, it will really be hard. Do your best!
Fujimaru 1: A battle, right?
Fujimaru 2: I have...nothing left to say.
Medusa: I'm sorry, many many times. But, I won't ask you to forgive me.
Medusa: This time I'm really serious. Although I am on my sister's orders, but I'm still a Heroic Spirit.
Medusa: I can't afford to be defeated twice. Watch. This is the Gorgon-style Projection Killing Technique—
Medusa: Named "Snake Magic" by my older sister.
Fujimaru 1: S-She split up!?
Medusa: ...Yes. Thank you very much for the expected reaction. To be honest, it's embarrassing, so you helped me.
Fujimaru 2: S-She's molting!?
Medusa: ...I split up. It's obviously a split. Molting? What do you think I am?
Fou: Fou, Foou...
Mash: Senpai, it's not the time to chit chat! Visual impact aside, her power is real!
Mash: Multiple enemy Servants— Intercepting at full power, Master!
--BATTLE--:
Medusa: Is that all you've got? I still have a lot of stamina left.
Medusa: Let's see. I still can molt— N-No, I can split twice more, you know?
Mash: Hah, ah...I-It's endless, Senpai... Really, I'm almost...
???: No, it is too early to give up, Mash, Fujimaru. Hah♪
Medusa: B-Big Sister!?
Mash: Stheno!?
Stheno: Huhuhu. The star always arrives late, right? To clean up a little sister's mishap is an older sister's duty.
Stheno: To punish Medusa, who's needlessly big and violent, the Goddess Stheno makes her beautiful appearance♡
Mash: Wha...What?! Stheno, are you on our side?
Mash: Aren't you protecting the treasure together with Medusa?
Stheno: What are you saying, Mash. Right now I am Fujimaru's Servant.
Stheno: If someone is making Master suffer, I will get rid of her, mercilessly.
Stheno: Sadly, even if she is my own little sister!
Medusa: What, Big Sister!? The script was to summon Middle Sister, and all 3 of us would fight together, right!?
Stheno: Huhuhu. Did you honestly believe those words? You really have to train much more, Medusa.
Stheno: Always doubt things that sound too good to be true, yes? Me, do something that would delight you? Such a thing—
Stheno: Has it ever happened, even once...!?
Medusa: Ah...You are soooooo right! How convincing you are...!
Stheno: Come on, Fujimaru, let's fight! I've never had so much fun fighting a Servant before!
Mash: ...I do pity Medusa, but this must be the fate of those who meddle with goddesses...
--BATTLE--:
Medusa: Uh...My split self's out of magical energy too...
Medusa: Extremely... Tired...I used all I had...
Medusa: Big Sister doesn't care about how much magical energy she uses...
Stheno: Heheh. Don't worry, I didn't consume any of mine.
Stheno: But it is really delightful. My original self doesn't have the strength to fight...
Stheno: But I can fight if materialized as a Servant. A shame I didn't have this power during the Age of Myths.
Mash: ...I-It was a really valuable experience. Thank you very much, or rather...
Fujimaru 1: I'm ti...red...
Fujimaru 2: I'm somehow sleepy... Mash...
Mash: A-Aah, Senpai!? That's right... You used more magical energy than you do in usual combat!
Medusa: Yes. All the magical energy Big Sister used, it should have been all consumed from Fujimaru...
Medusa: So, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry, if you die.
Fou: Fou, foou...!
Mash: Senpai, hold on! Senpai...!
Stheno: Wait. I have to tell you before you pass out. Unfortunately, there is no treasure chest this time.
Stheno: It'd be boring if it was the same every time, right? I didn't want to disappoint you, but...
Stheno: I found a different treasure. Sometimes it's good to fight like a tomboy.
Stheno: Well, just like what "Euryale" said. ...I can get used to this, heheh.
Stheno: So, I'll fight with everything I have next time, Master. Please make a full use of my even more charming Noble Phantasm.
Mash: More important than that, Senpai! Senpai, get a hold of yourself!
Fujimaru 1: I'm...done...
Fujimaru 2: Sisters...Don't fight... Please...
Mash: Senpai!