＄01-00-06-17-2-1 [soundStopAll] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] [charaSet A 8001001 1 Mash] [charaSet G 5022001 1 Sanzang] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 1] [charaFadein G 0 1] [scene 28720] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [wt 0.7] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [wt 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFace G 1] [charaFadein G 0.1 0] [wt 0.2] [charaFace A 0] [charaFadein A 0.4 2] ＠Mash Sanzang, are you still awake?[sr]Everyone is asleep now... [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang Hm? I was just writing down what happened today before I go to bed. [k] ＠Sanzang How about [%1]?[sr]Is everyone asleep already? [k] [charaFace A 13] ＠Mash Yes, they're all sound asleep. Even Doctor Roman left his staff in charge and is taking a nap. [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang I see. Chaldea's work is tough.[sr]No, it's not just tough... it's incredible. [k] ＠Sanzang I mean, it's Chaldea's job to send [%1] and you back and forth through time, right? [k] ＠Sanzang Their Servant System efforts are equally incredible. Normally, Heroic Spirits don't appear like this, you know. [k] ＠Sanzang When someone in this world summons a Heroic Spirit, all they're doing is temporarily invoking phenomena related to that spirit. [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang For example, in my case they'd say:[sr]“I've summoned Sanzang! Now I'm smarter!” [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang A Singularity created by the likes of the Holy Grail may indeed contain Servants like Touta and me... [k] ＠Sanzang But summoning Heroic Spirits without space-time distortion and then using them as familiars is impossible normally. [k] ＠Sanzang So when I found out Chaldea was able to perform such a miracle... Well, you can imagine my surprise. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Mash ...I don't know much myself, but... [k] ＠Mash Right up until the issue of the Grand Order, it was actually failure after failure. [k] ＠Mash Chaldea only succeeded in summoning three Heroic Spirits... the second of which lent me their strength. [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang Hmmm. Whoever it was, they certainly have a good eye. [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang I suppose that Heroic Spirit probably thought it'd be a waste not to. [k] ＠Sanzang After all, to us Heroic Spirits, being summoned as a Servant is a miracle in itself. [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Mash Really? [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang Yes, really. As I said, Heroic Spirits are nothing more than “strength” to be harnessed. [k] ＠Sanzang We were never summoned as individual beings before. This is incredible. [k] ＠Sanzang Every Heroic Spirit who gets summoned as a Servant probably has the same thought: “This sort of miracle will never happen again.” [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang That's why most of us follow our own path after being summoned. [k] ＠Sanzang Because this is like a second dream, a continuation that never should've happened. One we'll wake from if we're not careful. [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang Some follow the principles they lived by in their previous lives. Some try to erase their own regret and disappointment. [k] ＠Sanzang In my opinion, neither path is evil. It's simply behavior based on one's alignment as a Heroic Spirit. [k] ＠Sanzang However, I do feel it's a little bit cruel. [k] ＠Sanzang I mean, we're given the chance to live as individuals, albeit temporarily. But in the end, even then we're just guests. [k] ＠Sanzang We don't get to become residents of the era into which we're summoned. We will always be outsiders from a different time. [k] [charaFace A 4] ＠Mash That's not true... I never thought of you as outsiders... [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang Thank you. But don't worry. Feelings of alienation only come from within. [k] ＠Sanzang I do feel that you and [%1] totally rely on me! [k] [charaFace A 13] ＠Mash ...Yes. I was very happy when you joined us. [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang Right!? I know a thing or two about traveling, you know? [k] [charaFace A 1] ＠Mash Ah, yes! Your journey to Tianzhu! A long, long adventure with your three companions: Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing. [k] [charaFace A 12] ＠Mash Um... Can I ask you something? There was one thing that bothered me when I was reading Journey to the West... [k] ＠Mash Sanzang, why would you go to such lengths to continue your journey? [k] ＠Mash Your legends don't really mention your motivation... [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang Why? To get the Buddhist scriptures, make a name for myself, retire, and live happily ever after in Leiyin Temple, of course! [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang ...Just kidding, although it's partially true. [k] ＠Sanzang The thing is, I just don't know when to quit. I really don't. I can be reincarnated three or nine times and still won't learn my lesson. [k] ＠Sanzang Also, it was never a case of me just going, “I think I'll go to Tianzhu!” No, it was a vow: “I'll make it to Tianzhu no matter what.” [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Mash ...Is that like the Bodhisattva's vow in Buddhism?[sr]One of the conditions required to reach nirvana? [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang No, that's a little bit different.[sr]...You see, sometimes I can hear the Buddha's voice. [k] ＠Sanzang Once I do, there's nothing that can stop me. [k] ＠Sanzang I'm normally a cowardly, selfish crybaby... But when you hear the voice of the Buddha, what choice is there but to obey to the best of your ability? [k] [charaFace G 5] ＠Sanzang “Go to Tianzhu.” “Discipline Wukong.”[sr]“Get out of this Holy City.” “Go across the desert.” [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang Things like that. So this time, I walked across the desert. [k] [charaFace G 5] ＠Sanzang Wukong once told me: “It's the voice of the Buddha, but not one from on high: it's from inside your heart.” [k] ＠Sanzang “You're the one who said every human can become a Buddha, after all.” [k] ＠Sanzang “So what you hear is your own voice.[sr]The voice of your future enlightened self.” [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang That silly disciple... He says something cool like that once in a while. Hmm, either way... [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang The point is, my actions cannot be explained by reason.[sr]I just do whatever I want, however I want, whenever I want. [k] ＠Sanzang It's more like... I just genuinely believe in what I feel is the right thing to do. [k] ＠Sanzang The same must be true for you too.[sr]As a high priestess, I can tell. [k] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 6] [wt 1.0] [charaFace A 13] ＠Mash ...You may be right. It's not the first time I've heard that. [k] ＠Mash Captain Drake, an individual we spent some time with, said something similar: that I already have a wish. [k] ＠Mash ...But also that I'm better off not realizing what it is.[sr]I'll know in the end, she said. [k] [charaFace G 4] ＠Sanzang ...I'm not sure what that means, but could it be something like this? [k] ＠Sanzang Those who realize what they live for after you give them a shove, [k] ＠Sanzang as opposed to those who only realize what they have lived for at the end? [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang They're nice words, but that Drake sounds like the complete opposite to who we are. She must've been insanely materialistic! [k] [charaFace A 13] ＠Mash Yes, she was an amazing person. She saved the world by following her own greed. [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Mash ...Umm. Sanzang, you have joined our side, yes... But we never asked about your intentions. [k] ＠Mash Is the Lion King an enemy to you? [k] [charaFace G 4] ＠Sanzang Yeah about that... I don't dislike the Lion King. I'm actually not interested in fighting against the Holy City. [k] ＠Sanzang Or against King Ozymandias in the desert. [k] ＠Sanzang In the end, some annoying lady prevented me from meeting him, but... [k] ＠Sanzang I saw how that desert nation was run.[sr]It was under a strict dictatorship, but it was peaceful. [k] ＠Sanzang The Lion King and Ozymandias are the same.[sr]They both strive to protect the people of their nation. [k] [charaFace G 4] ＠Sanzang I understand both sides' sense of justice, but... Actually, wait, no. That's not right. [k] ＠Sanzang Let me say that again: I understand both sides' wrongdoings. That's why I can't take a stance. But... [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Mash But? [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang But I have a dream now.[sr]As a Servant who was summoned. [k] ＠Sanzang As someone who ended up meeting you and a Master named [%1]. [k] ＠Sanzang Mash. After bringing peace to this era, I want to go to Chaldea. [k] ＠Sanzang There, I want to mentor [%1]. Together we'll laugh, cry, and laugh some more. [k] [charaFace G 0] ＠Sanzang Uh... the King of Mages, was it? My dream is for us to have an overwhelming victory over him. [k] ＠Sanzang That's the voice I hear coming from the bottom of my heart. That's what I want to do the most. [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang Even if this life is temporary, that's what I desire.[sr]That's why I will fight... with you guys. [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Mash Sanzang... [k] [charaFace A 13] ＠Mash ...Yes. You definitely will. I am looking forward to that moment. [k] [wt 0.7] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFadeout G 0.1] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk G] [charaFace G 0] [charaFadein G 0.1 1] [scene 28720] [wt 1.0] [fadein black 1.5] [wait fade] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang Well, now Mash is asleep too.[sr]I guess I'd better follow suit. [k] ＠Sanzang ...I'm really glad I was summoned as on my way back from Tianzhu. [k] ＠Sanzang After all, I found a purpose that seems even more exciting than my journey there. [k] [charaFace G 1] ＠Sanzang Oh well. It'll take longer for me to become a Buddha now, but I'm sure the Lord Tathagata will let it go this time, right? [k] [wt 0.2] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 1.4] [wait fade] [wt 0.2] [soundStopAll] [end]