[Comprehensive] Fate holy fool

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"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-tofu? I can't stop...have another bowl!!"

"Really? I think the taste is moderate, and the seasoning is well used. Although the taste is slightly different from what I remember, it is indeed a delicious and nostalgic curry."

"What, this is moderate? Are you kidding me, are your Indian tongues made of steel..."

……

Surrounding a simple square wooden table, Lancer Galna and Saber Mordred, two heroic spirits from different food culture regions sat opposite each other, alternately expressing their very different thoughts on food.Between them, Akutagawa, who was the contract of the two, just held the spoon without saying a word, mechanically feeding the food into his mouth as if he was fulfilling some kind of obligation.

In the center of the table, as Karna says, is a pot of brightly colored culinary mishmash, commonly known as "curry."As long as you take the curry from the pot, pour it on the steaming white rice in a small bowl, and stir it a little, it becomes a simple yet hearty staple food.

As for why they eat curry here...

"It seems that Dazai has caused you trouble again."

From the last empty seat around the square table, came a calm male voice with a sense of vicissitudes.

"How is it? Calm down a little bit. It's pointless to argue with Dazai one by one. It's a pity, but you should be careful about this."

Like the NPC Dazai, he is a man who remains childish in appearance but has an unusually stable and mature expression, making one wonder whether he should be described as a "boy" or a "youth".Short reddish-brown hair and a simple dark beige long coat, although not slovenly, it is obviously not modified, only for the purpose of comfort and ease of movement, revealing a standard young bachelor (?) atmosphere.

Dazai's late close friend - Oda Sakunosuke, commonly known as Oda Saku, was sitting in front of Akutagawa in a posture that was too realistic for a "ghost", and said to him with sincere concern while tasting curry seriously.

"..."

Akutagawa didn't answer, just looked up at him silently.

For the NPC frozen in time, Akutagawa may be a stranger who only exists in the records and meets for the first time, but this is not the case for Akutagawa.

He did meet, talk, and (unilaterally) conflict with Oda Sakunosuke, and then he learned of Oda Sakunosuke's death, and intermittently learned that Dazai left because of his death.Now facing him again, even Akutagawa himself didn't know what expression to put on.

Today, four years later, he is no longer the impulsive young man he was at the time, and he is no longer jealous or hating Oda Saku.

There is no doubt about this.

But besides that, should I say something to him?About Dazai, about the past that happened in memory, and——

"I know, I'm already dead outside, right? But people will die one day, so you don't have to pay special attention, just treat me as an ordinary NPC."

Regarding Akutagawa's complicated and contradictory feelings, Oda Saku easily dispelled it with a straightforward and rough vernacular.

"It's a sad ending...but anyway, I did my best and did what I thought I had to do. So that's fine. So..."

Odasaku stopped what he was doing, and stared at Akutagawa with a heavy worry expression for the first time.

"What do you think 'must do'? I'm not mature enough to teach others, and I'm not as eloquent as Dazai. That's the only point, you must not get it wrong."

"……?What's the meaning."

……

It wasn't until he heard the complete ins and outs from Dazai that Akutagawa really understood what Oda Saku said.If it were someone else, they might have given up thinking at this time, but Akutagawa didn't even allow himself the leisure to give up on himself.

"..."

Putting the momentary shock and resentment behind him, he began to think almost immediately.

"Wow, Master, you are really calm. If others see you, they will definitely think you are a cold-blooded guy."

While puffing up her cheeks and chewing, Saber twirled the spoon in her hand, "Hey, but I understand so it's okay. What should we do next? Join forces with Sakura Matou?"

"... Just kidding."

Akutagawa put the spoon down with his hands down, and let it make a crisp "ding" sound on the edge of the dish.

"Our plan has not changed. Solve the abnormalities that occurred during the Holy Grail War, and then return to reality—other than that, it is not my turn to think about it now."

"What?" Saber couldn't help but be surprised, "Master, did you hear clearly just now. That guy Satsuki, maybe he will die after this Holy Grail War?"

"Maybe. But, I don't think 'Mr. Dazai outside' was unprepared for this."

Akutagawa furrowed his brows tightly and then released them, flexing his knuckles and resting against his jaw calmly.

"The third Holy Grail War... As early as six years ago, Dazai-san had already grasped the truth about Fukamachi. But he hadn't met Fukamachi himself at this time, and his knowledge of her was limited to the surname 'Shimotsuki'."

"Oh. So what?"

Saber swallowed the rest of the curry in one gulp, grinning again from the heat.

"Let's recall the chronological order. After that, Dazai-san met me and took this as an opportunity to meet Fukamachi, and then he started to contact Fukamachi and arranged for us to enter Hogungahara."

"If——he arranged all this on the premise of knowing Fukamachi's death, do you think it would be a meaningless move?"

"Tch, probably not."

Saber clicked her tongue disapprovingly, "That guy always reminds me of Merlin, he refuses to say anything clearly, and just fools around with a playful smile all day long. He's probably trying to plot something... ah."

Speaking of this, she finally came to her senses and slapped the table suddenly: "So, he might have expected this kind of situation a long time ago, right?!"

"Exactly. Mr. Dazai knew this but didn't say anything, and let us enter the spirit world without knowing anything. In my opinion, this means leaving 'everything that happened in the spirit world' to our disposal .”

"That's right... But, do you really trust him so much?"

Saber still felt uneasy, "What if he has no countermeasures at all, and just kept hiding it from you because he has nothing to do..."

"Saber."

Karna, who was always silent (or just absorbed in the flavor of curry), suddenly said, "That court magician named Merlin, do you trust him?"

"Huh? Why did you bring up Merlin again? It's really annoying. Yes, I admit that he is an excellent magician. Although his personality, work attitude and all are messy, his suggestions have always been... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Even though it’s a mess, it seems like Merlin can be trusted!!”

Saber scratched her hair with a face full of displeasure and reluctance, and Karna seemed to have expected this answer, and just quietly gave her an indifferent and refreshing smile.

"Then, what you and I should do is self-evident, Saber."

"...I know. Damn, I really don't want to listen to that kind of guy giving orders. Although he is trustworthy..."

"..."

Seeing that they were unified, Oda Saku, who had a slightly nervous expression, finally lowered his shoulders with relief, and turned to Akutagawa and said:

"To be honest, when I first heard that you were a subordinate of 'that Dazai', I thought what kind of child you would be... But, it's okay. Even if you inherited his distortion, you're still a straightforward guy in the end .”

"what?"

Akutagawa raised his eyebrows and glanced at him in disbelief, "That's a misunderstanding. I've never been told that. It's just from your point of view—that's right, Mr. Dazai said, 'If it was Ori When Tian Zuo picked you up, he would definitely not give up, and would teach you correctly'... If this is the case, maybe I will become a person like you."

"Why, Dazai still said such a thing?"

This time it was Odasaku's turn to half-open his mouth in disbelief, "That's a misunderstanding, I'm not that great. Besides—"

It seemed that after careful consideration, but also as if he was not thinking about anything, Odasaku put the curry to his mouth, and casually added:

"What you will become has nothing to do with the educator. Your strengths are your own. For example, that... the little girl who liked you four years ago also likes you now, doesn't it mean that your essence has changed from Has it not changed?"

"------"

Akutagawa's eyes widened, and his facial features were stiff for a moment that he couldn't hide.But he quickly controlled the fluctuation of his expression to the minimum, pursed his lips without saying a word, lowered his head and pretended to be concentrating on playing with the spoon handle.On the contrary, Odasaku asked with concern:

"What's the matter? Your face is a little flushed. Could it be that the injury has not yet..."

"...It's curry."

Akutagawa replied in a muffled voice, "Because the curry is too spicy."

"? Even you say that?"

As the only guest present who was congenial to Odasaku, Karna's expression became more and more confused: "But, I think it's just ordinary curry..."

"—the curry is too spicy."

Akutagawa repeated firmly.

"Yes, yes, it is because of curry! What else can it be except curry, idiot! This curry is really super spicy!!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Saber immediately followed Akutagawa's words and strongly echoed, "Only Lancer, you Indians like this taste, and the tongues of ordinary people can't bear it at all."

"Really, but I'm not Indian..." ← Oda Saku

"Then your ancestors must be Indians. By the way, why do I suddenly feel that there are two Lancers? Please look at the air a little bit, too?"

"...Let's leave soon, Saber."

As if trying to clear up the gaffe just now, Akutagawa put down the tableware and stood up, while speaking in a flat voice that deliberately suppressed emotions and had no restraint.

"We've been stuck here for too long. Dazai-san too, there's no need to push me away from the beginning. Who would be shaken by this level of despair—"

—— Immediately afterwards, the belt on his coat was hung on the back of the chair in the gap between the openings, and he dragged the chair over without paying attention. The sound of "bang" resounded throughout the empty room. The phrase "who will shake" forms a perfect duet.

"..."

"........."

"…………"

...the scene was once very embarrassing.

"...Could it be that the curry is too spicy?"

For the first time in his life, Karna, the son of the sun, sincerely tried to moderate the atmosphere in the scene.But his lack of experience made his Circus sound even more embarrassing.

"Surprisingly, I never knew the power of food civilization in India. I've only heard of the British..."

Then he was kicked hard by Saber under the table:

"You can shut up!"

The author has something to say:

Mustard: I am not shaken

Little Sun: I tried my best

Xiao Mo: I can only help you so far

——It is a mystery why these three people are so cute...

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Oda Sakunosuke: A friend of Dazai Heaven, the CV is Red A (hey), one of the few characters who had a clear influence on Dazai. For memories, please refer to Wen Ye's novel "Dazai Osamu and the Age of Black" or the first four episodes of the second season of TV .He was once hated by Akutagawa just like Atsushi, but he is a good man who can't be hated... Dazai has always missed Oda Saku (CV interview said that he thinks that his daily suicide may be to feel a little connection with Oda Saku), It's a bit of comfort to be able to meet in the spiritual world.