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So is this place a better place for you to be?

[ No wonder Endorsi agreed, if so. ]

Better? Well, it seems softer, certainly.

[She frowns, though.]

But doesn't that seem suspicious to you? What kind of place gives you everything you wanted through indulgence and not hard work?

The note they gave us mentioned that people can die. I think that's the catch.

[ Killing can be an indulgence to some. After all, they don't know if there are sociopaths here. ]

Because who knows? Maybe the person who covered the room cheese would also cover it in blood some other day?

...That's not much of a catch. You just have to be strong enough not to get killed.

[That's definitely how it works. She pauses, though, with a laugh.]

Well, I think we'll probably be fine for a while. It mentioned something about justice in those instructions, right? I think most people would at least want to hold off on killing anyone until they know what kind of form that "justice" takes.

[ Oooh. That confidence, Endorsi.

Medb smiles. ]

Justice? We'll see how long that takes, but I guess they also didn't mention how long we're supposed to be here or how much we're supposed to indulge.... or well, I'm sure there are other fine print things that'll come up, if you're looking for things to be suspicious about.

I don't need to look too hard! This whole thing is suspicious. You read the part where they said they won't even show their faces when they come find us, right?

Cowardice or regulated, if they don't have something to hide. Either way, it's not a good look.

That they know more about us than we do about them, too.

Oh, interesting! Regulated by who, in that case? Do you think there's a ninth that's above the other eight?

[ She shrugs. ]

Who even powers this whole thing? What's going to give us the power to get what we want? There has to be something, doesn't there?

It doesn't have to be a who.

[She blinks.]

Not a person? Do you know something else that would be able to do all this?

Yeah. Anything or anyone with access to a wish granting device could. In my world, anyone who could grab hold of a Holy Grail could.

Or anything that could operate like it, I guess.

[She blinks.]

How interesting! It must have been difficult to grab hold of. Harder than what they're putting us through here?

It depends! Usually, it's a battle to the death, but sometimes, you can show up somewhere and it's right there.

[ Casually, like a battle royale isn't much. ]

[She doesn't have any visible reaction to the battle to the death part, but she does seem surprised at what Medb says next.]

Really? Isn't that way too lucky? Does that happen often?

[ Used to death, is she?

Medb makes a dismissive gesture with her hand. ]

Seven times when someone's trying to destroy humanity. Or something.

[She tilts her head.]

As some kind of failsafe to make sure someone can wish that humanity won't be destroyed?

No, the other way around. Someone released them so humanity would be destroyed.

[ Just once upon a time ago. Like she's talking about some random episode of a CW series. ]

Oh.

[She looks surprised! But mostly curious.]

Did someone dislike them that much? Still, humans are usually weak enough to beat in a fight without something like that, aren't they? Although I guess it would take a while to find them all...

Hm, probably? I don't know the exact reasoning those tentacle simpletons had, but you'd be surprised. One human ended up being able to beat them.

Miraculously. Very, very miraculously.

[ She can't stress enough how miraculous. ]

Just one, on their own? That does sound like a miracle!

[Curious.]

How did they manage it? Were they unusually strong?

She was very ordinary.

[ Medb huffs, as if thinking about them is part bothersome and part vexing. ]

Bu she managed to form enough bonds with other Heroic Spirits that she could fight with them.

The power of friendship...?

[The judgment in her voice is Real.]

Disgusting, isn't it?

[ She thinks it's terrible, too. ]

If it's something you can't accomplish yourself, it means less... Well, but I guess that wouldn't matter to her, considering the stakes.

[But she still looks deeply skeptical. They can continue to vibe over squinting at friendship.]

She's the type who'd find it very meaningful.

[ She sighs. ]

It's one thing if you're the leader, but it's another to be— [ She makes a vague hand gesture. ] Whatever she is. Well, I wanted her to succeed more than I wanted the Solomon wannabe to.

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