I've been summoned as a Servant. It must mean I'm supposed to resume my research here on Mt. Hourai.
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＠Xu Fu
So from here on, I'll be keeping a diary.[sr]After all, if I'm here, then Lady Yu must be, too.
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＠Xu Fu
The first thing I'm going to do is see what's become of Mt. Hourai over the last two thousand-odd years.
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[lr]Ju○○ XY
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＠Xu Fu
...This is amazing. The people I brought here must have been even more talented than I realized.
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＠Xu Fu
They not only stayed on this mountain for two-thousand two-hundred years, they've continued our research the whole time.
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＠Xu Fu
I won't deny that the fruits of their labors have degraded with each passing year...
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＠Xu Fu
But even so, they managed to come tantalizingly close to our ultimate goal.
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＠Xu Fu
Unfortunately, it also seems this village died off about forty years ago.
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＠Xu Fu
I doubt they went out with any sort of bang. Science has come to dominate the entire world, leaving no more room for secrets to hide.
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＠Xu Fu
So they must have realized they simply couldn't go on like this any longer. Especially since not everyone can live their lives like I did.
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＠Xu Fu
Even the imitation people[line 2]the dolls I created so we could perform our experiments without killing real people were no longer usable.
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＠Xu Fu
It seems my successors tried hiring new people to carry out experiments on without killing them, but with little in the way of success.
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＠Xu Fu
Near the end, their population had declined to less than a hundred people.
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＠Xu Fu
Still, they did make it this far over the last two thousand years...and I'll be damned if I let their achievements go to waste.
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[lr]Ju○○ XZ
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＠Xu Fu
I dug up the dolls that were used for manual labor,[sr]and freed the ones that had been sealed away.
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＠Xu Fu
They may act up from time to time, but they're all willing to do what I say.
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＠Xu Fu
So it only makes sense to use them as my pawns.
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＠Xu Fu
All that aside...their faces are huge, huh...
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＠Xu Fu
Oh, on a different subject, the thing that surprised me most is that historical records said I was a man.
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＠Xu Fu
I knew I had my share of enemies back in the palace, but I never would have expected them to get back at me like this.
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＠Xu Fu
That emperor didn't care if you were a man or a woman. All the emperor cared about was whether you could get the job done. ...Though of course, the emperor was more than a little unusual as well.
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＠Xu Fu
At any rate, history thinking me a man won't have any effect on my ability to see my plans through, so I won't pay it any more mind.
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[lr]August Xth
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＠Xu Fu
Someone showed up on the mountain out of nowhere today, even though it's in the process of becoming a Singularity.
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＠Xu Fu
It scared me enough that the first thing I did was use the mask to kill her.
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＠Xu Fu
I swear, what was she even doing here...? She kind of looked like a mermaid, but I don't think she was.
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[lr]August Yth
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＠Xu Fu
Well, it happened.[sr]Other Servants have been summoned to this Singularity.
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＠Xu Fu
But while I expected that, I didn't at all expect that one of them would promise to help me.
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＠Xu Fu
I'm sure she has her own goals in mind, but as long as it works out in my favor, that's fine with me.
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[lr]August Zth
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＠Xu Fu
And now, the other shoe has dropped.[sr]She's finally here.
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＠Xu Fu
It's not exactly surprising, but it is strange to see her look just the same as she did thousands of years ago.
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＠Xu Fu
She's just as dainty as I remember, and just as strong, too. I was so happy to see her I cried a little.
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＠Xu Fu
Now, at last, I finally have the immortal slayer mask in my hands. I have to do this.
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＠Xu Fu
...I'm basically the reason this Singularity exists.
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＠Xu Fu
So it should be well within my means to brainwash Servants and use them to do my bidding.
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＠Xu Fu
I'll also read the Master of Chaldea's memories and[sr]transform into [&him:her].
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＠Xu Fu
I'll have to do so as a [&female:male] version of [&him:her][sr]thanks to the whole yin and yang thing, but oh well.
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＠Xu Fu
Here in this Singularity, anything I don't like can easily be fudged over with my visual and auditory illusions.
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＠Xu Fu
Well, that one Servant who controls dreams could be a problem, but I'll find and deal with her too eventually.
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＠Xu Fu
I'm scared of fighting and terrible at it,[sr]but I'll do the best I can.
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＠Xu Fu
This mask is so close to becoming a Craft Essence capable of killing immortals I can almost taste it.
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＠Xu Fu
...Will she hate me for this?[sr]...Will she praise me for it?
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＠Xu Fu
Either way is fine with me.
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＠Xu Fu
I didn't come all this way for cheap talk, whether angry, happy, or anything in between.
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＠Xu Fu
...At least, that's what I thought.
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＠Xu Fu
But at one point, something changed.
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＠Xu Fu
Now, I want to keep her close by at all times.[sr]I want to gaze upon her forever.
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＠Xu Fu
...Most importantly, those feelings she hated so much had tied me down.
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＠Xu Fu
I could end up losing here.[sr]My wish[line 2]Our wish...
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＠Xu Fu
...could end up vanishing along with this Singularity.
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＠Xu Fu
But I think...I'm okay with that, too.
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＠Xu Fu
I guess if heaven and hell really do exist,[sr]there's no question where I'm headed.
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＠Xu Fu
...The villagers, though...they should be okay. After all, they never killed anyone aside from that one mage, and they were hardly a saint.
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＠Xu Fu
Then again, I guess having everything disappear into nothingness in the end would be a fitting way for us to go out.
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[lr]August XXth
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＠Xu Fu
...I need to write this down before[sr]I completely lose my mind.
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＠Xu Fu
I loved her from the bottom of my heart, both platonically and romantically. That's all there was to it.
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＠Xu Fu
That should have been enough for me...except it wasn't.
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＠Xu Fu
From a distance, she hasn't changed at all.[sr]But...I know her history now.
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＠Xu Fu
Not long after she and I met...
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＠Xu Fu
...she met a hero by the name of Xiang Yu.
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＠Xu Fu
Part of me was jealous of him,[sr]while another part felt relieved.
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＠Xu Fu
That part was happy to know she found someone she loved, even if they were only together for a short time.
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＠Xu Fu
Even though there's no other creature on Earth as elegant as her, she still found something everyone has in common.
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＠Xu Fu
So even if I should fail, and this body turns to dust...
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＠Xu Fu
...I won't have any regrets.
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＠Xu Fu
...Our final battle is coming up soon, and only one side will be walking away victorious.
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＠Xu Fu
So come on, [%1] and Chaldea,[sr]and let's see what you've got.
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＠Xu Fu
...Sorry, that was a lie. I don't really mean it.
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＠Xu Fu
The truth is, I don't feel any kind of pressure to win.
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＠Xu Fu
After all, whether I win or they do,[sr]I know she'll still be happy.
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＠Xu Fu
Which is why I know I have nothing to fear.
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＠Xu Fu
While I'm at it, if someone else is reading this diary right now, then it must mean that Chaldea won.
