"Not this, not that, not anything…! Waaah! I'm gonna be useless again! At least give me my haori—!"
"Pardon me, I borrowed an Ember from Da Vinci."
"Why?!"
"Altering a Spirit Origin changes one's form—it's obvious. Against nature's order, perhaps, but Cat doesn't care."
"I'll perform a seeding on Okita."
"Seed—wait, huh?!"
"Seeding will be done. Resign yourself."
"No way—!? Hold on, w-what—!!"
Wild.
"Die, I'll kill you all! Perish by my arrows—!"
A Berserk Archer, one of the seven maddened Servants, charges the advancing party, sowing madness and tyranny.
"She's been forcibly driven to madness—!"
"She wasn't the type to follow the Dragon Witch willingly. They broke her mind to make her obey."
"That's cruel…! Servants have their own will, their own lives!"
"Raaaargh!!"
Arrows rain down with ferocious speed and force, shot from slender arms with unbelievable power, pinning the party in place.
"Guh… ugh!"
"I'll take the front. In the name of a Guardian Knight!"
Undaunted, he steps into the fray, neutralizing the threat with Ascalon, the blessed sword that slays power itself.
"Get out of my way!!"
She dashes wildly, as if to trample the area, circling her prey and firing with deadly precision.
"Surround Master! All directions!"
Flags, swords, shields—everything is used to protect Master.
"She's fierce, but it's sad. That beautiful woman… she could've shot far more splendid arrows, couldn't she?"
"When madness takes over, that's all they become! Those who abandon reason are mere beasts—what a pity!"
"Perish—!!"
A full-force arrow is loosed—!
"—Come, 'Tamamo Cat'!"
A glowing right hand connects to Chaldea.
"—Yo, Master, you called?"
"Gah…—!!"
Tamamo Cat answers the summons, already twisting Atalanta's arm.
"Oh my! So cute!"
"No way, Maria, that's… some kind of monster cat, probably…"
"Let… go…!!"
"She's a beast, I'm a beast. Master called me for a jab and some healing, got it? So, how's it going? Hm?"
"Do it, Tamamo Cat! For beastly pride!"
"Pride, huh? Doesn't fill the belly, but Master's smile fills my heart, so I'm in! Time for a straightforward massacre!"
"Graah!!"
Atalanta hurls Tamamo Cat away with sheer strength.
"Ooh, nice brute force."
"You mockery of a creature! Die!!"
"Got her! She's Atalanta, the swift, ear-sporting archer! The famed Greek bowmaster, beloved by Artemis!"
Atalanta—the Greek archer who first struck the Calydonian Boar, renowned for her speed and radiant beauty, a devotee of Artemis.
"A Greek archer, huh? Such a waste—raw talent like that, squandered. Sad. Cat is sad."
"Zaaah!!"
"Whoops."
She deftly parries and knocks down the fired arrow, perfectly reading its distance, trajectory, and timing.
"You, with that ridiculous outfit—!"
"Ridiculous? My very existence is a joke, so that's no insult, nyahaha!"
Tamamo Cat closes the distance in an instant.
"What—!?"
"A Berserker who's lost reason is no match. I'm a Berserker without reason."
In a flash, she grabs Atalanta's right arm and crushes it.
A sickening crunch echoes.
"Gaaaah—!!?"
"No bow, no arrows with a broken arm. It's logic, it's common sense. How's it feel? Painful? Rough?"
"This is nothing—!"
Atalanta bolts again, but Tamamo Cat remains unfazed, unruffled.
"Why, you ask? Heh, don't get it, Master?"
"Huh, why?"
Tamamo Cat catches up, running alongside Atalanta in an instant.
"What—!?"
"We're both Agility A. No need to rush. Cat just hunts her prey."
She trips Atalanta, sending her sprawling.
"Guhh!!"
Grabbing her leg, she lifts her effortlessly.
"Time for some meat tenderizing."
Still holding the leg, she slams Atalanta into the ground repeatedly.
"Gaaah! Grahh!!"
"Hm, still breathing? Pretty tough—Cat's impressed. Wouldn't it be easier to just give up?"
"Not… yet—!"
"No choice, then. If you won't understand, I'll teach your body. Fighting's sad, but it's for Master."
"—Let me show you Tamamo Hell."
She swings Atalanta carelessly, hurling her toward a massive tree.
"Guhf—!!"
"Senpai! Shouldn't we, uh, stop her!?"
"It's fine! Cat's a loyal Berserker! She knows what she's doing!"
"Time to say goodbye. —Noble Phantasm, release."
"—!!"
"—'Radiant Sunlit Nap Palace of Revelry'—Hear the cry of a Cat returning to the wild—!!"
"What—!?"
Cat's ferocious, primal power erupts.
How? Well, it's just… intense. Really intense.
A colossal, cat-like something appears, ravages Atalanta, and wipes her out in an instant—
"Farewell, fellow beast-ear buddy. You're a rival (not that I said friend). Probably the dumbest fight scene ever. Cat doesn't read the room, nyahaha."
"…Servant elimination confirmed."
Olga Marie sounds exhausted.
"Nice job, Cat! Come here—I'll pet you!"
"Gimme some carrots too, Master."
"It's a win, so all's good! Let's move on!"
"…The world's full of all kinds of heroes, huh…"
Georgius mutters, stunned, watching Master and Cat play.
"Let's wrap this up quick, Master. I've got a party to prep for your return."
"Yeah! Wait for me!"
"…Let's just keep moving…"
The group, somehow deflated, presses on…
"Serious? Cereal? Enough of that—enjoy Cat. Kept you waiting, Okita, time for seeding."
"Noo, I found it, I found it! No idea where, but it's here! Here!"
"No worries, plenty of Embers left."
"I've got normal hobbies, okay—!!"
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