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Ozymandias’s Interlude

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Posting it here for archive purposes.

(In Ozymandias's throne room in a pyramid)

Ozymandias: Now then─ Let's start the Ceremony of the Practice Hundred. Nitocris!

Nitocris: Yes. Ready and waiting!

Ozymandias: I shall allow even you to participate in this ceremony. No matter how I view it, it doesn't seem you can manage it with merely the pawns you brought with you. Hmph. Let us not have any accidents in this simulation. It'd be bad if feedback from the shock of death woke you. Do your utmost to strive together with Ritsuka. I shall watch over this entire affair from up here.

Nitocris: As you command. Now then, your resolve is magnificent, Ritsuka. Um, now that I think on it, what was it you were going to do? Don't look like a target!

GROWL

Nitocris: As you can tell from that growl, a herd of divine beasts is gathering. To be unprepared is forbidden. I'll do my best to control any carelessness, so surely you can do it, too! Rely on adrenaline and fight!

1) Sparks are flying...

Nitocris: Bold talk! In that case, may your actions reflect your words! I'll become angry if you don't!

2) Wait, did you say a herd!?

Nitocris: Yes. You look like you're about to cry! Or rather, you *are* crying a bit, no way!

GROWL

Nitocris: Eeeek... No, no I won't be afraid! Even like this! I'll do it. I can do it. Just like this..!

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Nitocris: Huff, huff, huff... Haaaaah.... Somehow... that's.... all of them...! Haaah..... ...W-we, we did it! We finally managed to beat them, Ritsuka!

Ozymandias: I see. Your strength exceeded my expectations. You've earned the right to hear me admit I underestimated you. I am a wise pharaoh, a god, the world itself, but even gods and the world are not completely omnipotent and omniscient. From time to time, people raise a miracle. It's easy to say that's simply the way the world works, but tonight, I will not! Fufu. That was a splendid battle, Ritsuka! You as well, Nitocris!

Nitocris: Pharaoh Ozymandias...

Ozymandias: Hm. You endured well. You fought well. You would do well to boast. Now, after five and a half minutes' recess, we shall restart the Sphinx Challenge in Chaldea!

1) Wha!?

2) No way, wasn't that the end!?

Nitocris: Eeeeep (tiny voice)

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Ozymandias: Now, time to restart. Do your utmost not to let the divine beasts tear your soul to shreds!

GROWL

1) Come at me, sphinx!

Ozymandias: To think someone just belittled a sphinx! Hahaha, that tune was meant to be directed at you, so it's best to enjoy yourself to your heart's content!

2) I can see something breaking through!

Ozymandias: Hahaha, that's the spirit. Do not lose heart. Let's view this second Amon Ra as if it were a great rival! Let's see this so-called data reproduction. Yes, strive ever higher!

Nitocris: ...Alright. Here we go!

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Nitocris: Ze... Ha.... Haa... Hafu, hafuuuuuu...... a-air...... Sorry, that, fuu, hyuuu..... Haaaaa.......... Haa, haa.... Y.... yeah.... pha..! W-we did it. We did it.... Finally. Finally, finally, finally....! We finally did it, Ritsuka! We showed we could accomplish the Ceremony of the Practice Hundred twice in a row!

Ozymandias: Hm. You endured well. You fought well. You would do well to boast. Now, after five minutes and forty seconds' recess, we shall begin the Sphinx Challenge in Chaldea's closing battle!

1) No, that's enough!

2) Somehow, it's frightening for the recess to only increase ten seconds!

Nitocris: (smiling while starting to disappear) …....................

1) Nitocris--!!

2) Come back, come back, Nitocris!

Nitocris: (stops disappearing) Hah..! T-too much of an honor... Due to this absolute height of delight, I carelessly flew from this world.... U-um, um um, Pharaoh Ozymandias, if this is truly the final battle, then with my last breath I'll--

Ozymandias: UNNECESSARY!

Nitocris: Pya..!

Ozymandias: ...Hmph. There's no need for you to obey so humbly. Respect rather than your hearts. Your thoughts about myself. All was apparent from your form alone as you challenged the second Ceremony of the Practice Hundred. This god king has received it clearly and is finished. An offering greater than this is unnecessary! There has already been a sacrifice! Too much praise or respect would be counterproductive; let's speak without civility from time to time.

Nitocris: P-please forgive......

Ozymandias: VERY WELL. I FORGIVE ALL!

Take it easy and rest, Nitocris! It's alright to be too serious and wear yourself out if you wish, but if you do so too much, you must understand your body will come to harm. I, a great god, have torn up thirty percent of my reserves. I shall show you no less than twice the restoration effect you'd receive from your bedroom! This is my blessing as Ra!

Nitocris: (smiles) Haha. I shall gratefully accept your kindness. Pharaoh Ozymandias! I who have born my soul, Nitocris, shall rest in the inner sanctum!

Ozymandias: I see. In moderation, yes.

Now, Ritsuka. What was it I saw in you? Hmm... Draw near. Another two, three steps. I allow you to approach my throne. Yes. That's good. Show me your face. I want to see your eyes. ...Hm. It's about the same as the time I saw it was similar after all. First, you do not have the traits of a monarch. Second, you do not have the temperament of a warrior. However, you do not have talent for black magic. To sorcerers, there may be no difference, but do not become a court magician in any country. Now. Let me see a bit more. Oh, don't gaze at my form too much in return! I am the sun in all its splendor; your eyes may cease functioning. Now.

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Without the traits of a monarch, without the temperament of a warrior, and also without talent for black magic. I was prepared for something, but nothing comes to mind. Yes, you do not have the clear foresight of a wise man. You probably don't possess the intellect to pursue knowledge internationally, either. Even so, you've managed to draw my interest. If that's the case... I thought there was no way, but a similarity to my friend Moses...... You───

Nitocris: !!!! Pharaoh, that's...!

Ozymandias: ───Are completely different! In no way do you resemble him!

Nitocris: (Phew)

Ozymandias: That was a man who hid the resolution to be terrible yet beautiful. That was a man who relied on a faith worthy of beguilement and lamentation. He was the sort of saint who would throw his life into fate without hesitation. For the sake of others, he abandoned everything. He wished for the happiness of all people.

1) A saint...

Ozymandias: Indeed.

2) That's amazing...

Ozymandias: So it is.

But what about you? You're completely different. You possess the power to pass the Ceremony of the Practice Hundred. That is, for your own sake. For my sake. For the sake of *continuing to live* you struggled and carried on. That's the sort of person you are. You are transient, yet you are a strong-willed individual who embodies life; no more, no less! That form! That gaze! Even as you call upon the power of heroic spirits, those eyes are so fleeting. Hm. Surely there are no living things I must protect.

1) Huh?

2) Are you perhaps, praising... me..?

Nitocris: Pharaoh Ozymandias...

Ozymandias: Listen well, Ritsuka. You are a young pseudo mage who managed to swindle my summoning here in Chaldea.

RIGHT HERE! I HAVE DECIDED!

In this present day world, I shall allow you to call yourself my master!

Nitocris: What! Pharaoh!

1) ??????

Ozymandias: Hahaha, don't make such a foolish face, master.

2) U-up until now you didn't allow it!?

Ozymandias: Naturally. What of it?

If it was said up until now, it was merely on temporary license, a trial version! It'd be best if you thought of it like a trial period! What, did you really go without realizing? Hmph. Do not consider me the same as the many meek and docile heroic spirits you know! Experience all of the radiance of the sun! Even if you've shown respect by relishing all of the sun's blessings, it still isn't enough. Strive for more and more, master. While you are no king, no warrior, not even a boastful, great sorcerer, you are also no saint. You cannot call yourself a hero, either. Let's call you an individual who seems to point toward the mark your path leaves.

In short... ...You are human. Merely that alone.

You should be self-aware of that fact and advance ever forward! So long as the sun hangs in the sky, my radiance shall illuminate your path!

1) Thank you, Ozymandias.

2) I'll be relying on you from here on out, too!

Ozymandias: Of course!

….Now. It'd be fine to wrap things up here, but no. To finish things with but a word would bring me shame. It should end more concretely, and you should also receive a reward. Nonetheless, as expected of the awlad, Nitocris fearfully widened her eyes and frothed at the mouth. Indeed.

Nitocris: *twitch*

Ozymandias: Now, that's right. I'll have you listen to the poetic words I recite. I shall recite something about my beloved wife.

Nitocris: The beloved wife of Pharaoh... That's... Is that perhaps regarding Queen Nefertari!? Such rare gossip that even I haven't heard much about... You're going to let us hear you recite a poem about her!? That's far too gracious... Please correct your old age, god king! That's far too much, don't you agree!?

Ozymandias: This is my lavish hospitality! Heh, I shall exceed even the great poet Percy Shelley! I shall talk of myself. I shall talk of Nefertari. This will be no less than a poem that causes the world's very atmosphere to quiver with passion. Sit up straight! Concentrate on my words with all your mind!

First of all... On the bank of the beautiful, blue Nile, alone there was...

(Fade to black)

Ozymandias: …And that was how everything happened. Indeed.

Nitocris: Lovely... That was too... beautiful......

But for both of you to be too innocent and have nosebleeds at the same time... Pharaoh and Nefertari-sama at the time of ten years of age... And also the time when you were fourteen, and the time you were sixteen... So you settled into that sort of adorable love.

Ozymandias: Let us draw the curtain on this first telling. Fufu, there will be no occasion where I tell everything!

1) It seems like we've been listening for hours, but!

2) There's still more!?

Ozymandias: NATURALLY!

Well then. Now, another time-- I shall hear out your request. From the start, this practice in sincerity was thanks to you saying, “I want to hear your wish” and the like. Because you asked so suddenly, I placed such inconvenient rules on a practice in sincerity to put your heart on display. You almost forgot to concentrate on Nefertari's story. I forgive it. Now? Your wish for me. What is it?

1) That's.....

(Fade to Chaldea corridor)

Gilgamesh: Hmph... Well now, if it isn't a rare sight. What made you think of keeping company, sun king? Having specially made your way from the simulator into Chaldea like this.

Ozymandias: Heh. Don't talk like that, gold one. If it wasn't for Master's sincere request, I would have flatly refused and not come at all. 'Don't stay in the pyramid simulation all the time and make yourself at home in Chaldea once in a while,' they entreated.

Gilgamesh: Oh? If that's so, then very well. For the pharaoh who knows nothing of walking within Chaldea, I don't mind specially volunteering to be your guide. I happen to be in a good mood this evening.

Ozymandias: Hmm.

Gilgamesh: For example, earlier, I just lined up some coffins that are to become My Room. More than that, do you know that hole in the wall they call a reception hall in the warehouse division interior? There's a western style structure that doesn't suit this wintery base... or so they say. It may be that it's meant to imitate a mountain lodge. In name, it's supposed to be the Recreation Room. It seems many of the common people amuse themselves there with electronic game machines. When we're free, let's kill some time there.

(Hooves clopping)

Artoria (Lancer): Hmm, not bad. The Recreation Room, right? If there happens to be a racing game I can amuse myself with, then I, too, shall join in fellowship. It would be pleasant to beat up you ancient kings until you're black and blue. There's a side of myself you haven't seen as of yet, but I'll beat that up, too.

Ozymandias: Lion king!?

(Examines closely)

….Not her, hmm. A beautiful woman, then. Haha, for the time being, it'd be best if you dismounted from that white horse!

Gilgamesh: *sneer, sneer* It would be difficult for this woman to try to dismount here!

Ozymandias: A night to indulge in sport together with a woman of peerless beauty, is it. Fufu, fufufu. No. I couldn't show this to Nefertari!

Gilgamesh: Hahahahahahaha. It's not *that* sort of sport. Well, it would be troublesome to explain, but first, it would be best to steal a glimpse!

NOW COME!

Ozymandias: LET US BE OFF!

Artoria (Lancer): Both of you, your voices are loud!

(Fade out)

Nitocris: Ah, at last. We finally did it! Pharaoh Ozymandias, together with fresh servants, with such a friendly atmosphere! Good, good! After all, the other party was King Gilgamesh, so I had to shut my eyes! Thank you, master. Thanks to you, it seems Pharaoh was able to stretch his wings and enjoy himself.

1) Yeah, yeah!

2) The plan was a great success!

(Flash back to earlier in Chaldea's main room)

Nitocris: Ritsuka, the truth is... I have a favor to ask. We god kings, Pharaoh Ozymandias....

...I want you to get him out of the pyramid!

In the simulator's reproduction of the temple complex, there seem to be some faults in the way Pharaoh imagined his reality marble. Being confined indoors must be hindering his body. From time to time, strolling around Chaldea, mingling with the other servants... I... I...... I would like for Pharoah to be healthy.

1) I understand; I'll do it!

Nitocris: Thank you very much! If it's you, you'll surely do as you say! Of course, this unworthy Nitocris shall also do her best to assist! No matter what it takes! We shall accomplish this! Even if it's just a bit, we'll get Pharaoh to leave his pyramid!

2) Nitocris, you seem like like an older sister or mother.

Nitocris: (blushing) N-no way... That view of me is too awe-inspiring.

(Changes to Medjed form)

Nitocris: TO RIDICULE THAT MUCH I AM TROUBLED! IRREVERENCE! DISRESPECT! BUT. BUT. PLEASE, LEND ME YOUR POWER! FOR PHARAOH'S SAKE!

(Fade back to present day)

Nitocris: We did it... We did it..! Uu... *sniffle* ...Finally, that cheerful appearance....

Ozymandias (from offscreen): Nitocris! Is that Nitocris! There's no need for you to ask, so be by my side. If you will, let us go to the Recreation Room together!

Nitocris: Yes..! Now, Ritsuka. You should come, too! We have been granted the light's joy!

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Profile update:

His behavior toward his master depends on his mood. If he recognizes your personality as one with the traits of a king, from time to time he may carry out orders of his own free will.

Possibly, if there's a companion who resembles his former friend (saint), his interest will be held, and he may look closely into that face.

───However, most importantly.

For him, his [Beloved] will always be Queen Nefertari, and his [Peerless Friend] will be Moses. No matter how many months or years pass, that alone will absolutely never change.

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