West Wind Blossom
Last updated 2026-09-04
West Wind Blossom is the third part of the Trailblaze Continuance chapter Imagenae: Holy Grail War. It automatically begins after completing Muscle Magic.
Steps
- Meet up with Kuchiba
- Track down the traitor and the mastermind
- Return to the agency and figure out the next step of the plan
- Check on Rin
- View Archer's memory
- View the case board
- Find the lost treasures
- (Optional) Track down the source of righteous magical energy
- (Optional) Track down the source of defiant magical energy
- (Optional) Track down the source of greedy magical energy
- (Optional) Track down the source of defeated magical energy
- Track down the red knight
- Meet up with the Rider Master-Servant duo
- Look for the Rider Master-Servant duo
- Accompany Rin and the Rider Master-Servant duo
- Pay, or use a smarter way to pay
- Meet up with the Rider Master-Servant duo under the giant robot
- View the case board
Dialogue
Meet up with Kuchiba
Mission DescriptionThe betrayal committed by Mr. Detective was unexpected, yet it made perfect sense. After all, a Holy Grail War would not be complete without mutual scheming and backstabbing.
However, what no one could have anticipated was that the scheme within a scheme of Mr. Detective would actually reel in a completely unexpected big fish...
- (Imagenae Holy Grail War Day 3)
- Rin Tohsaka: That detective really did have a trick up his sleeve...
- (Trailblazer): It's completely normal for the werewolf in Werewolf to be an actual wolf.
- Rin Tohsaka: ?
- Imagenae Holy Grail War, day 3, early hours...
- Kuchiba: Ashveil betrayed us. He's about to make contact with Sparxie in the station director's office.
- Rin Tohsaka: No wonder. He knows too much about magecraft for a novice. He's always making excuses to disappear, and he even sent the Narrator to spy on us.
- Rin Tohsaka: But I've never been able to sense any trace of a Servant in him.
- Lancer: Logically speaking, the Archer class shouldn't know tricks like Presence Concealment.
- Rin Tohsaka: Perhaps it's not magecraft?
- Kuchiba: Yes, it's the Tuning power of the Harmony. Tuners can connect with and influence the consciousness of others.
- Kuchiba: The Special Ops Team has sealed all the exits. We're on standby here to prevent anyone from leaving.
- Kuchiba: We'll leave the station director's office to you two. We aim to catch them all in one fell swoop. If the threat escalates, you have permission to engage in combat.
- Kuchiba: Any questions?
No questions here.
- Rin Tohsaka: I have one. Why would he betray us?
- Why would Ashveil betray us?
- I'm so sleepy. Can I skip this one?
- Rin Tohsaka: Here, a little magecraft pick-me-up.
- Rin Tohsaka: And moving on, why would he betray us?
- Kuchiba: He'll spill once he's in the interrogation room.
- Rin Tohsaka: That's certainly... Ms. Kuchiba's style.
- Rin Tohsaka: I'm afraid things are about to get serious now. Let's face it together with poise and elegance.
- Let's go, with poise and elegance!
- Lancer: It's a shame we can't go together. Good luck, I believe in you.
Track down the traitor and the mastermind
- (Enter Exploratory Excursion Assault! Seafeld TV)
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- (Begin Assault! Seafeld TV)
Return to the agency and figure out the next step of the plan
- Step DescriptionThat's right! As I mentioned, this big fish is none other than Ishtar, the Goddess of Venus who grants me strength, resides in my earring, and travels alongside me.
Ishtar is a big fish... Pfft... hahaha...
- Some time later...
- Gilgamesh: ...
- Lancer: Impressive, Miss Tohsaka. You actually made a goddess back down with sheer intimidation.
- Rin Tohsaka: I'm a bit surprised myself!
- Rin Tohsaka: In any case, let's take stock of the situation.
- Rin Tohsaka: First, the detective deduced that the true culprit wasn't Sparxie, but Ishtar hiding behind her. That's why he feigned betrayal: to try and win Sparxie over.
- Rin Tohsaka: Second, in order to win the war for herself, Sparxie wanted to incite the detective to fight the goddess, and thus agreed to meet with him.
- Rin Tohsaka: Third, each harboring their own motives, the two decided to work together, using their meeting as a trap to lure the goddess out.
- Rin Tohsaka: Too bad both of those idiots mistook me for the goddess. They never thought that there could be another me in the world — though, to be fair, neither did I.
- Ashveil: Haha, easy now, easy.
- Rin Tohsaka: You... I'm surprised Archer didn't catch you.
- Ashveil: Home turf advantage. I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve.
- Ashveil: Here, the elixir of youth. Please, take it and forgive me.
- Ashveil: This elixir is the real deal. But I have a feeling using it to extend my life would bring some serious bad karma, so I haven't dared to touch a single drop.
- Lancer: You're surprisingly principled about this sort of thing. What about your Master? He doesn't strike me as the type to resist temptation.
- Ashveil: Mr. Won? Anyone with eyes can see he doesn't have a single good intention. It would only be a matter of time before he showed his true colors.
- Ashveil: So I took the initiative to dissolve our contract. Without his imagenated body, he probably reverted back to a halo.
- Ashveil: That guy was definitely interested in the elixir. He said, "I finally thought of the right way to fly with my ear wings. I want to go back to when I was a kid and try it out"...
- Ashveil: Well, he won't get the chance now. You're welcome.
- Rin Tohsaka: Uhh...
- Ashveil: Look on the bright side: at least we lured out the true culprit and figured out what she's up to.
- Ishtar: It's too late for that realization. My rituals have already spread across Planarcadia. If I so wish, I can claim the Wishpower permeating this land at any moment.
- Ishtar: Hand over the Holy Grail and put an end to this farce!
- Rin Tohsaka: That shameless goddess kept bragging how she could end the War in an instant, only to run away with her tail between her legs... I guess she was bluffing, just like me.
- Lancer: But she's a goddess nonetheless. Even if she hasn't recovered her full strength and might be at a disadvantage when outnumbered, taking out a mere Servant would be child's play for her, let alone a Master.
- Lancer: Speaking of which, she seemed remarkably interested in that Holy Grail of yours.
- Rin Tohsaka: The Holy Grail is no longer a wish-granting chalice... So what does she want with it?
- Lancer: Is it possible that, like you, what she wants isn't the Grail itself, but the magical energy inside?
- Rin Tohsaka: You mean... she wants to break free from the constraints of Wishpower and forge a true divine body for herself?
- Kuchiba: Spot on.
- Kuchiba: She left a challenge: We are to hand over the Holy Grail at the Star Rail FEST before the seventh day.
- Kuchiba: Otherwise, she'll start the ritual and take the Holy Grail herself.
- Now we're in real trouble.
- It's not my first time slaying a god.
- Rin Tohsaka: At this point... we have no choice but to face her head-on.
Check on Rin
- (Talk to Rin Tohsaka)
- Rin Tohsaka: I never thought I'd get dragged into the eye of the storm like this, with Archer on the opposing side.
- Rin Tohsaka: Of all the people to end up in this kind of drama... Fate has a twisted sense of irony.
- Lancer: As his Master, you should have plenty of experience with this.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...It's not the same. More precisely, there's a fundamental difference.
- Rin Tohsaka: Bystanders always see things more clearly than those involved, but only someone who has personally experienced both sides can understand the truly complex issues at play.
- We'll face this with you.
- Rin Tohsaka: Thank you, (Trailblazer).
- The theme of life is reconciling with the past.
- Rin Tohsaka: Didn't know you could be so profound, (Trailblazer).
- I love a good tragic backstory. Tell me everything.
- Rin Tohsaka: I will. It's a story about Archer and me... a story of reality and ideals.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- Rin Tohsaka: Everyone, pull yourselves together. We're going to be very busy from here on out.
- Rin Tohsaka: I swear on the honor of the Tohsaka family: I will do everything I can to bring this event to a satisfactory end.
- Rin Tohsaka: I will defeat her. Both the goddess, and this "perfect" version of myself.
- Lancer: There's the Tohsaka I know.
- Rin Tohsaka: My head feels much clearer. I can feel my connection to this land growing stronger.
- Rin Tohsaka: As I am now, perhaps I can turn the memories of the past into the strength to move forward.
View Archer's memory
- (Interact with Champion of Justice)
- Lancer: Impressive. You've captured that "overworked to death" face of his perfectly.
- Rin Tohsaka: I'll take that as a compliment. It would be a waste not to turn every bit of confusion and regret from the journey into a stepping stone for the future, wouldn't it?
- (Archer joins the battle!)
View the case board
View the case board- Rin Tohsaka: There have been some major developments. We need to get our thoughts in order.
- Rin Tohsaka: First of all, the most jaw-dropping revelation is that (Trailblazer) and I were actually unlucky saps who were excluded from the Holy Grail War right from the start.
- Rin Tohsaka: And the true Archer Master turned out to be another "me" possessed by a goddess!
- Rin Tohsaka: After a whole lot of chaos, we recovered Sparxie's "False Attendant's Writings." This also means she isn't Miss Castorice's true Master.
- Rin Tohsaka: We have the detective to thank for all this: Turns out, he's also one of the Servants, the counterpart to the King of Heroes, Gilgamesh. Knowing that guy was also excluded makes me feel a little better.
- Rin Tohsaka: Now that we've taken down the accomplice, we can focus on dealing with the true culprit, the goddess Ishtar.
Find the lost treasures
- Step DescriptionHonestly, this part of the procedure is exactly the same as it was during the last two days. We can totally skip it, right?
However, if I delete it arbitrarily, Master might get angry.
Alas. I will just write it so that I can graduate.
(Optional) Track down the source of righteous magical energy
- (Talk to Champion of Justice (Mechanical))
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my blood, and glass is my heart.
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): I have crossed a thousand battlefields. Unknown to losses. Nor known to victories.[Note 1]
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): So tell me... what exactly is "justice," anyway?
- Justice is about making everyone happy.
- Justice means making sure people's sacrifices aren't in vain.
- Quit it already, that joke's gonna get you in trouble!
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): No, it's only the name that's easy to understand. This so-called "champion of justice" is just a pipe dream for those who can't adapt to human society.
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): If there were no villains to begin with, there'd be no need for a champion of justice. But if villains do exist, it's only because there are those who lament that the world doesn't bend to their will, pathetically beckoning for a champion of justice to come save them.
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): In any case, the so-called champion of justice is just another name for human "weakness"...
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): Trailblazer... I wish I'd never become a hero.
- (Enter Battle Preparations)
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): Even if this body is fake, it's still made of swords.
- Rin Tohsaka: Who asked you!
- (Enemy description)
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- Now that you've made it this far, it might be worth asking yourself: What kind of adult do you want to be?[Note 2]
- (Begin battle against
Aurumaton Gatekeeper and 
Champion of Justice (Mechanical))
- (After the battle)
- Champion of Justice (Mechanical): Just let me... drown, holding on to my ideals...[Note 3]
(Optional) Track down the source of defiant magical energy
- (Talk to Demon Boar)
- Demon Boar: Finally, finally! The time for revenge has come.
- Demon Boar: Captured alive by a demigod to serve as his claim to fame, and hunted down in Calydon and treated like a loot up for grabs...[Note 4]
- Demon Boar: Tell me: Why is it always the trotter that gets hurt in the stories?
- Dear heavens, the pig is talking!
- Demon Boar: This is Planarcadia. Does conforming to the genre really matter that much?
- Maybe wild trotters really are just terrible creatures.
- Demon Boar: You're not wrong about that... but that's no excuse for you guys to keep bullying the trotters!
- Hand over the goods!
- Demon Boar: Knew you'd say that! Nobody ever stops to think about how trotters feel.
- Demon Boar: Not this time! I refuse to accept the destiny of the wild trotters. I will defy it!
- (Enter Battle Preparations)
- Demon Boar: Hmph!
- Rin Tohsaka: Hmph?
- (Enemy description)
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- Hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh, hnngh hnngh hnngh hnngh.
- (Begin battle against
Assistant Graffiti: Demander, 
Demon Boar, 
Assistant Graffiti: Slacker and 
Assistant Graffiti: Rusher)
- (After the battle)
- Demon Boar: Mom, Dad... I still couldn't overcome... the fate of a trotter...
(Optional) Track down the source of greedy magical energy
- (Talk to Master Thief Furbo)
- Master Thief Furbo: This treasure is all shiny and gold. If we auction it off on the black market, it'll definitely fetch a pretty penny...
- Master Thief Furbo: By then, I'll buy out the whole newspaper, make both presidents and all the furbos work for me, and become a furbo of furbos who never has to lift a paw, a fur— You, when did you get here?
- Furbulitzer?
- Master Thief Furbo: Furbulitzer Wh—Who? I don't know them at all!
- Looks like someone's itching for a beating.
- Master Thief Furbo: Th—Threatening me w—w—won't work, I won't hand the treasure over to you...
- Master Thief Furbo: ...It's all or nothing! We gotta strike first!
- (Enter Battle Preparations)
- Master Thief Furbo: Repent, you corrupt adults!
- Rin Tohsaka: Ooh, as expected of Furbulitzer!
- (Enemy description)
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- Now that it has come to this, time to find a way to make the corrupt master thief Furbulitzer mend his ways.
- (Begin battle against
Master Thief Furbo) -
- (The Master Thief Furbo has decided to turn over a new leaf...!)
- (After the battle)
- Furbulitzer: I... I'm never dreaming again...
(Optional) Track down the source of defeated magical energy
- (Talk to Circe's Mechatron)[Note 5]
- Circe's Mechatron: I've been scammed... I've been scammed...!
- Circe's Mechatron: Telling me mechatrons only date other mechatrons... It clearly prefers lightpaws...!
- Circe's Mechatron: This transformation potion is completely useless... Nobody's ever gonna love me...!
- Circe's Mechatron: I'm gonna turn you, no, turn every couple in Planarcadia into mechatrons...!
- (Enter Battle Preparations)
- Circe's Mechatron: I turned into a pathetic loser, just for you...[Note 6]
- Rin Tohsaka: You're obviously still a mechatron. Go look in a mirror!
- (Enemy description)
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- Even individual inorganic lives have emotions that ebb and flow like the tide. Channel her wrath toward the foe![Note 7]
- (Begin battle against
Circe's Mechatron ×4)
- (After the battle)
- Circe's Mechatron: At this rate, wouldn't I become a god-tier loser...!
- Circe's Mechatron: No, let me fade away... I will never allow future generations to remember me like this...!
Track down the red knight
- (Talk to Argenti)
- Rin Tohsaka: We're here. I hope they haven't gone far.
- Argenti: O maiden as passionate as a red rose, we meet again. And (Trailblazer), it has been far too long.
- Argenti: Though only twenty minutes have passed, I sincerely hope you have found your most precious treasure.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...Who are you?
- He's Argenti, a Knight of Beauty.
- Argenti: Allow me to introduce myself once more: I am but a passing Knight of Beauty, Argenti. What an honor to cross paths with you again.
- He's Tristan, a Knight of the Round Table.
- Rin Tohsaka: Wait, a Knight of the Round Table? Is he a Servant too?
- Argenti: No, beautiful soul. Allow me to introduce myself once more: I am but a passing Knight of Beauty, Argenti. What an honor to cross paths with you again.
- Rin Tohsaka: Again? But we've never met...
- Argenti: ...Ah, I see. So you must be the evil doppelgänger she spoke of.
- Argenti: Forgive me. I have sworn an oath to her that I would take your life with my spear. However, I find such a vow lacks "Beauty," so permit me to provide you with the latest version...
- Argenti: I entreat you to a duel of chivalry. Should I be fortunate enough to triumph, you must agree to withdraw from this Imagenae Holy Grail War and acknowledge...
- Argenti: ...that Idrila, the Beauty, is the most peerless beauty of them all!
- (Enter Battle Preparations)
- Rin Tohsaka: So why are YOU here!?
- Argenti: I won't say another word until we've settled this!
- (Enemy description)
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- Legend has it that chanting "Idrila, Goddess of the Beauty, is the fairest of them all" three times in a row here lets you skip battle...
- (Begin battle against
Red Knight) -
- Rin Tohsaka: Wh—Why are we fighting all of a sudden?! And who on earth is Idrila?
- Argenti: Forgive me! "Actions speak louder than words," and I happen to be a man of few words!
- (After the battle)
- Resonating with the strange Wishpower entwined around Red Knight, a certain someone's trail has been detected...!
- Argenti: Such beauty... I admit defeat!
- Rin Tohsaka: *panting* That was tough... Sure you're not a Servant?
- Argenti: I am unworthy of such praise. I have yet to fully grasp the ultimate meaning of Beauty...
- Argenti: Thanks to you two, I am now certain: I am still unworthy to receive the grace of beauty.
- Rin Tohsaka: This Wishpower... It's Ishtar!
- Argenti: That is her name. Even if she does not hail from this universe, she too follows the way of the Beauty.
- How did you become Ishtar's follower?
- I wanna be a knight of the Goddess too.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- Rin Tohsaka: Mr. Argenti, I'm afraid she lied to you.
- Rin Tohsaka: She wants to use all of Planarcadia as a sacrifice for her ascension. We have to stop her.
- Argenti: That's what she said too, almost word-for-word.
- Rin Tohsaka: Ha?
- Argenti: I respect differing ideals, including the ambition to ascend the throne of Beauty. However, her plan did indeed sound perilous, so I challenged her to a duel.
- Argenti: But after that elegant, magnificent, and daring contest, we cleared up our misunderstanding.
- Argenti: She is only fulfilling the wishes of a girl named Rin Tohsaka, and helping her find her most precious object.
- Rin Tohsaka: Uh... I'm the girl named Rin Tohsaka.
- Argenti: Does that mean the "evil doppelgänger" is someone else?
- Rin Tohsaka: That's probably also me...
- Rin Tohsaka: She's just trying to use you to do her dirty work! Don't you see she tricked you?
- Argenti: Her anxiety and confusion arising from her desire to help another were utterly sincere. They were no mere performance.
- Argenti: For you, she has given everything. As a Knight of Beauty, I can promise you: She is a true manifestation of the Beauty.
- Rin Tohsaka: Uhm...
- Argenti: I know naught of your past. As the defeated, upholding the Code of Chivalry means I can no longer fight for either of you.
- Argenti: But hear me: Your conflict need not end in death, for your souls are equally beautiful and noble.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- Argenti: Don't be so heavy-hearted. Let us consider this a simple well-wishing between travelers.
- Argenti: For the enduring beauty of this cosmos, farewell! Maiden as passionate as a red rose...
- Argenti: May you all reclaim that most precious thing — what remains after a story comes to a close, after all material gains and losses are accounted for... something that seems to spring into being from nothing at all!
- Rin Tohsaka: ...What a strange person. Still, thank you.
- Rin Tohsaka: He said Ishtar is looking for a "most precious thing." That must be the Holy Grail we have.
- Rin Tohsaka: It seems she isn't as certain of victory as she acts... Whew, that's a relief.
- Rin Tohsaka: Let's continue our adventure, (Trailblazer). But right now, maybe we can slow down a bit...
- Rin Tohsaka: Look, a text message.
Meet up with the Rider Master-Servant duo
- Step DescriptionAfter we confirmed that the red knight wasn't Archer, Miss Castorice suddenly sent a message asking to meet at Pearluxe Tower.
- (Receive a message from Castorice)
Messages
Castorice(Mr./Miss) (Trailblazer), are you with Miss Tohsaka? If possible,I'd like to ask you to meet me at Pearluxe Tower laterThere's something I want to tell you...
Ah, about that battle earlierPlease do come...!
- (Approach the marked location)
- Rin Tohsaka: My mentor has a real weakness for this stuff. I planned to buy gifts before leaving, but I guess we're doing this early.
- Rin Tohsaka: I don't see Miss Castorice. Is she not here yet?
- Invisible Younger Sister: Wow! Look, Cas! They even have Nikador!
- Untouchable Elder Sister: Y—You're being too loud...!
- Rin Tohsaka: Eek?! A gh—ghost...?
Look for the Rider Master-Servant duo
- (Approach the marked location)
- Untouchable Elder Sister: Eek...!
- Castorice: (Mr./
Miss) (Trailblazer), and Miss Tohsaka! Sorry, we were so engrossed we didn't see you... - Polyxia: Hades's Helm of Invisibility works a little too well...
- Rin Tohsaka: Haha, you gave us a scare. Your treasure really does have quite the connection to the underworld.
- Rin Tohsaka: And this is?
- Castorice: This is my sister, Polyxia. She's my Master now.
- Castorice: We wanted to see you and thank you in person.
- Rin Tohsaka: Thank us?
- Polyxia: If it weren't for Wishpower, if you hadn't come to this world, if the Holy Grail hadn't turned the memory of An Eternal Page into reality...
- Polyxia: If it weren't for the series of miracles the two of you brought about, we wouldn't be here at all.
- I'm so glad to see you again.
- Rin Tohsaka: It's wonderful that you could reunite after so long.
- Rin Tohsaka: But unfortunately, the Grail can't grant wishes anymore. At least not in this Holy Grail War.
- The Holy Grail can't grant wishes anymore.
- Rin Tohsaka: Yes, at least not in this Holy Grail War.
- Polyxia: This invisibility cloak is all we need.
- Castorice: We decided from the start to keep a low profile and just enjoy city life.
- Castorice: Unfortunately, Sparxie got to us first. She used the False Attendant's Writings to forge a new contract with me, leaving me no choice but to draw my blade against you.
- Castorice: But she didn't hurt us, or do anything else out of line.
- Castorice: If we don't count that earlier transformation.
- Polyxia: ...I'm sorry.
- Castorice: It's okay. I guess this counts as a unique experience of modern life. At least we learned how to order takeout.
- Polyxia: Castorice even fast-tracked her car and motorcycle license exams yesterday, though she was forced to do it.
- Then piloting a mech shouldn't be a problem either.
- Castorice: Can I do that...!?
- Castorice: ...Ahem, I mean, you flatter me.
- That's a setting I didn't expect you to have.
- Castorice: It's just the "riding" buff of a Rider.
- Castorice: It's definitely not because I like it. Definitely not.
- Castorice: We had many other strange encounters, too. When we get back to An Eternal Page, it'd probably take three days and three nights straight to tell folks about what happened.
- Polyxia: It'd take a whole day just to compare the combat power of Nikador and MagiMech.
- Rin Tohsaka: Oh? You two seem to be quite interested in mechatrons?
- Polyxia: To tell the truth, we invited you here because we wanted to pick out a thank-you gift, and see the mechs up close.
- Polyxia: But we ended up getting completely absorbed in it. The sugar-coated bullets of modern society are truly terrifying!
- Castorice: If you don't mind, would you like to pick your own gift?
- Castorice: It might ruin the surprise, but finding something you both like is still a win.
- Let's call it my treat.
- I already have "Alloy King Pom-Pom."
- Castorice: B—But how!?
- Where'd you get the money?
- Castorice: I—I get a cut from my livestreams...
- Castorice: It's not much, but it's enough for a couple of model kits...!
- (Trailblazer): Let's call it my treat. Something for everyone.
- Polyxia: No way! You're the ones who helped us.
- I am the host, after all.
- (Trailblazer): You're all new to this universe, and I can't exactly let my guests foot the bill.
- (Trailblazer): Tonight's tab is on me!
- Polyxia: Well...
- Polyxia: Then I'd be happy to oblige!!!
Accompany Rin and the Rider Master-Servant duo
- Step DescriptionMiss Castorice brought us the critical clues required to defeat Ishtar, and... a souvenir for her master (Important).
- Castorice: Polyxia...!
- (Approach Polyxia)
- Polyxia: Castorice, which is better? The "Perfect Destruction Engine," or the "Super-Articulated Glamoth Iron Cavalry"?
- Castorice: Neither! They're both too expensive.
- (Trailblazer): I can pay with my good looks.
- Polyxia: Castorice, (he/
she) said it's okay! - Castorice: Still no!
- Rin Tohsaka: They're so close.
- Rin Tohsaka: I wouldn't have guessed. I thought they'd have more traditional hobbies, like Sakura.
- Who's Sakura?
- Rin Tohsaka: Ah, I suppose I haven't mentioned it to you. I have a younger sister too.
- Rin Tohsaka: Sakura Matou. We have different last names, but she's my sister by blood. She's a girl who loves candy, sweets, and a good horror story.
- You really are a lot like Castorice and her sister.
- Loving horror stories is what you'd call traditional?
- Rin Tohsaka: Eh? But Sakura really likes them.
- Rin Tohsaka: Although...
- Polyxia: Let's go with this one... what do you think?
- Castorice: Ahem...
- Polyxia: ...Castorice? Are you okay?
- Castorice: Yes, don't worry.
- Castorice: We... still have time. Let's walk around a bit more.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...It's nothing. Looks like they've made their choice. Shall we keep looking around?
- Castorice: Ooh, there's even an exhibit on runner casting techniques over there!
- Polyxia: I wanna see!
- (Approach Castorice)
- Polyxia: It's so beautiful... Is this the charm of industrialization?
- Castorice: ...
- Aren't you going to pick something?
- Rin Tohsaka: Hehe, I already picked mine when you weren't looking.
- Rin Tohsaka: I never understood the appeal of these toys, but seeing them in real life, with a soul imbued by Wishpower...
- Rin Tohsaka: ...I guess anyone curious about the world would be drawn to them.
- Castorice: Amazing... Too bad the introduction ended without explaining how the mechatron actually moves.
- Polyxia: Guess it's a trade secret.
- Allow me to expose Pearluxe's trade secret!
- (Trailblazer): The answer is... "transference"!
- Rin Tohsaka: "Transference"... Isn't that a concept from psychoanalysis?
- Castorice: Sounds quite complicated.
- Rin Tohsaka: It's actually simple. For example: Miss Castorice, do you love Polyxia?
- Castorice: H—Huh? If you mean as family...
- Castorice: ...Of course! Polyxia is my dearest sister.
- Rin Tohsaka: Imagine a girl who looks just like her. You would transfer your feelings for your sister onto her, and treat her as you would the real Polyxia.
- Polyxia: ...Is that true, Castorice?
- Rin Tohsaka: Naturally, this transference is unconscious. Regardless of one's conscious mind, people are driven by their subconscious...
- Rin Tohsaka: "When an individual projects their feelings for Person A onto a similar Person B" — that's "transference."
- Castorice: Ah... so you mean mechatrons can move because people have seen similar things before?
- (Trailblazer): No. It's because humanity wants to see similar things, that mechatrons are given life.
- (Trailblazer): The essence of imagenesis is simply "the reality people wish to make real."
- Polyxia: Oh... that's amazing! I totally get it!
- Polyxia: So in the end, what makes mechatrons move?
- Path power.
- (Trailblazer): When imagenae are born, they draw a portion of mass from the Elation Path Space to form their bodies. Upon death, those bodies dissipate, returning that mass to the Path Space...
- (Trailblazer): ...I made all of that up. Nihilux didn't tell me anything.
- Quantum mechanics.
- (Trailblazer): What we call "imagination," is actually a quantum system. The matter and energy within this system is transported into the observable external environment by Wishpower, in a process called quantum decoherence.
- (Trailblazer): ...I made all of that up. Nihilux didn't tell me anything.
- I don't know.
- (Trailblazer): I don't know. Nihilux didn't tell me.
- Rin Tohsaka: Uhh...
- Ishtar: Subconsciously, you prayed to be stronger, to be more perfect. As if then you would be able to escape your predicament.
- Ishtar: Thanks to you, a new imagenae named Rin Tohsaka appeared in Planarcadia.
- Castorice: Are you thinking about Ishtar?
- Castorice: On that matter... I have some thoughts I could share.
- Rin Tohsaka: Ah... you noticed, Miss Castorice.
- Castorice: Maybe the problem isn't as complicated as you think.
- (Trailblazer): Hold on. Let's check out first, then we'll talk business.
- Castorice: Agreed.
Pay, or use a smarter way to pay
- (Approach Cashier)
- (Trailblazer): I'd like to get each of them a gift.
- Castorice, what did you pick?
- Castorice: My sister and I chose... "Alloy King Pom-Pom."
- Castorice: As a symbol of the Trailblaze... no, of this cosmos, I think there is no better fitting gift.
- Castorice: If you don't mind, I'd like to give it to Miss Tohsaka as well.
- (Go back to dialogue choice with the option removed)
- Tohsaka, what did you pick?
- Rin Tohsaka: I chose "Alloy King Pom-Pom."
- Rin Tohsaka: When it comes to picking a gift that represents the Trailblaze and (Trailblazer)... this is definitely the best choice.
- Rin Tohsaka: But, (Trailblazer), if I suggested we give it to the two of them as a gift from the both of us, would you mind?
- (Go back to dialogue choice with the option removed)
- (Once both options are chosen)
- Castorice & Rin Tohsaka: Eh...!?
- You two are the real sisters here!
- Eh...!?
- Swapping twice means back to zero.
- Castorice: ...
- Cashier: Two "King Pom-Pom: Alloy Armor 999"s. How would you like to pay?
- Make up an employee ID.
- (Trailblazer): Oh! Just put it under this employee ID.
- Racking your brain, you scramble the few numbers you can remember into something resembling an employee ID.
- Cashier: Wait, isn't this... Madam Pearl's employee ID!?
- (Trailblazer): Well, it is their first time visiting our cosmos. It's only proper that gifts be given in the name of the IPC to show the proper respect.
- (Trailblazer): We still have more touring to do, so please just deliver them to the Furbobo Weekly office.
- (Trailblazer): ...Run!
- Cashier: It's all arranged...
- Cashier: ...Huh? Where'd they go?
Meet up with the Rider Master-Servant duo under the giant robot
- Step DescriptionAt the end of that long conversation, Castorice and Miss Polyxia secured the magical energy required to defeat the goddess at the cost of sacrificing their Spirit Origins.
To honor them, and for the sake of everyone who has remained by our side until now, we must win this Holy Grail War against the goddess.
- Polyxia: What a rush! I knew it! If I went all out, this wheelchair would go faster than Lord Gnaeus!
- Now we can get down to business.
- I want to try sitting in it, too.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...Let's stop right there with the terrible ideas, okay?
- So this is the true power of the Lady Forklift.
- Rin Tohsaka: I don't know where you heard that name... but you definitely used it on the wrong person.
- Castorice: Maybe we'll never be able to forget this Holy Grail War.
- Rin Tohsaka: That's the meaning of the journey.
- Rin Tohsaka: But you two want to part with your meaningful souvenirs from the journey, and give them to me...
- Rin Tohsaka: Why?
- Castorice: Our reason is the same as yours.
- Castorice: "This memento is more precious to the other person than it is to me."
- Rin Tohsaka: After all, this is your first time in this cosmos, right?
- Castorice: But you and I both have our own, deeper reasons.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- Castorice: I know. That's Miss Tohsaka's secret.
- Castorice: Let's set that aside for now. Right now, we have no option but to defeat Ishtar. Otherwise, Miss Tohsaka won't be able to continue her journey.
- Rin Tohsaka: Defeating a legendary goddess, huh...
- Rin Tohsaka: It's a funny coincidence how it lines up with the Chrysos Heir's adventures in As I've Written.
- Castorice: Actually, that's exactly why we are here.
- Castorice: We will help Miss Tohsaka defeat her.
- Rin Tohsaka: You live up to your names as epic heroes.
- Rin Tohsaka: But will the methods meant to slay Titans be enough to kill a Mesopotamian deity...?
- Castorice: Perhaps you missed it, Miss Tohsaka.
- Castorice: I never said "kill," I said "defeat."
- Rin Tohsaka: "Defeat"?
- Castorice: That's right.
- Castorice: Be it titans or gods, humans are nothing to them. The odds of ants slaying a behemoth are incredibly slim.
- Polyxia: But if they can create their own rules, even ants have countless ways to win.
- Castorice: That's how the epics of humanity are all written, too.
- Castorice & Polyxia: We must create a Holy Grail War especially for you, Miss Tohsaka.
- Is that something we can just whip up on the spot?
- I hope nothing goes wrong.
- Polyxia: Ahem... As long as I stay clear, nothing should go wrong.
- Here comes the sisters' hot-blooded combo attack.
- Polyxia: Hee-hee.
- Castorice: While I was stuck as Sparxie's Servant, I learned a lot of Fuyuki City's secrets from that Archer. I finally understand how the Holy Grail War really works.
- Castorice: You could say it's the only viable strategy we have left.
- Rin Tohsaka: Archer? Sounds like he isn't exactly thrilled to risk his neck for the goddess either. That's good news.
- Rin Tohsaka: Still, creating a Holy Grail War especially for me...
- Rin Tohsaka: ...I get it. You want me to absorb the magical energy in the Holy Grail before Ishtar can, cutting her off at the source.
- Rin Tohsaka: But the ceremony for the Grail we have is already done... I don't think we can host another one.
- Polyxia: You don't need to worry about that, Miss Tohsaka.
- Polyxia: Because in this Imagenae Holy Grail War, there are actually two Grails.
- Two Grails...!?
- Rin Tohsaka: ...Unexpected, yet makes perfect sense. Where's the other Grail now?
- Polyxia: In the hands of someone we all know. You're going to be surprised when you see them.
- Polyxia: We don't know exactly where they are right now, but that Master and Servant duo will definitely be a huge help to you, Miss Tohsaka.
- Castorice: At this point, only one crucial question remains.
- Castorice: Miss Tohsaka, to save Planarcadia, are you willing to give up your chance to continue your journey?
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- We might still have other options.
- Rin Tohsaka: True, there might be plenty of other options, but the most effective one is probably the one right in front of us.
- That's not a fair thing to ask.
- Rin Tohsaka: Please don't say that. I'm the root cause of this whole mess. Logically and emotionally, I owe everyone a resolution.
- Rin Tohsaka: I already swore I'd bring this event to a satisfactory end.
- Rin Tohsaka: At this point, wouldn't I be a laughingstock to you great heroes if I backed down now just because I heard there'd be a cost?
- Rin Tohsaka: If I lose something, I'll just find a way to get it back. Believing I won't lose anything in the end is how I made it this far.
- Rin Tohsaka: Rest assured: I've been prepared for this since the moment I started this journey.
- Castorice & Polyxia: ...
- Castorice: Miss Tohsaka, you needn't be so heavy-hearted.
- Castorice: You can leave it to us to defeat the goddess.
- Rin Tohsaka: Huh...?
- Castorice: After all...
- Castorice: Even mountains of gold and silver can't compare to the weight of two souls, can they?
- Rin Tohsaka: Are you planning to throw your imagenated bodies straight into the Grail to convert them into magical energy...!?
- Rin Tohsaka: N—No way... Absolutely not...!
- Castorice: I don't see why not.
- Castorice: The power of a goddess is a bit more intense than I imagined... Just stalling her for a little while nearly drained everything we had.
- Castorice: I really wanted to finish this Planarcadia journey with you... But we can still keep you company as you go on. Just in a different form.
- Castorice: My sister and I have already made up our minds. After all, these imagenated bodies were just accidental miracles to begin with.
- Castorice: We're really, really happy that we could go on this sightseeing tour full of surprises, and have so many of our wishes granted all at once. At the end of this journey, there could be nothing better than sharing our joy with Miss Tohsaka and (Mr./
Miss) (Trailblazer). - Castorice: Besides, everyone back in As I've Written is still waiting to hear this brand-new adventure story we wrote with you. Shouldn't keep them waiting, right?
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- Castorice: We might carry different burdens than you do, Miss Tohsaka. But be it flame-chasing, magecraft, or the Paths, people often mistake bending the laws of nature for nature itself. They forget that before any of that, we exist first and foremost as "humans."
- Castorice: We're bound to lose things along our journey, but those "bonds" don't just vanish.
- Castorice: The blessing of Death stripped me of all my "bonds" the moment I was born. But, with the help of all the Flame-Chasers, I managed to bring my sister, and everyone else, back to me.
- Castorice: I was destined to lay down my life to chase the flames. But it wasn't until the very end that I realized we were never trapped by fate. We were moving forward, to protect everything we had finally gotten back.
- Castorice: This is the final "bond" I formed. It's the reason we could break the cycle and plant the spores of Nous across the cosmos...
- Castorice: We are worthy of being "human."
- Castorice: These are the most precious treasures life has given me.
- Castorice: Now, I want to pass them on to you. As a thank-you, and as a blessing from one traveler to another.
- Castorice: To everyone, you have always been the girl who shines like the morning star.
- Castorice: So please, keep shining. Forever and always.
- Rin Tohsaka: ...
- Rin Tohsaka: Castorice, Polyxia. Thank you.
- Rin Tohsaka: I won't let you down...
- Rin Tohsaka: And I won't waste this precious treasure — the strength to go forth.
- (Rin's connection with Planarcadia has deepened!)
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- Rin Tohsaka: And with that, the truth about Rider — Miss Castorice — finally came to light. Her true Master was her sister, Polyxia, who was granted imagenated life alongside her.
- Rin Tohsaka: The treasure they were given was Hades's Helm of Invisibility, arguably the perfect item for two sisters who wanted no part in the conflict. It's just a shame they were blackmailed into being Sparxie's accomplices, who is herself an accomplice...
- Rin Tohsaka: The day of the final battle is drawing near. But now, I am absolutely certain...
- Rin Tohsaka: ...That the final victory will be ours.
Notes
- ↑ Literal translation of Shirou Emiya's incantation of Unlimited Blade Works.
- ↑ A reference to Shirley's question to Kiritsugu Emiya when they were kids in Episode 18 of Fate/Zero.
- ↑ A reference to the quote 「さらばだ。理想を抱いて溺死しろ」 "Farewell. You will drown holding on to your ideals." by Archer when he was about to kill Shirou Emiya in Episode 7 of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works. After saving Shirou from Medea, Archer wanted to continue his original goal of killing Shirou, his past self.
- ↑ References to the Erymanthian boar captured by Heracles and the Calydonian boar hunt in Greek mythology, respectively.
- ↑ Circe is a witch in Greek mythology, known for her legends in Homer's Odyssey.
- ↑ The Chinese text “为了你，我变成败犬模样…” "I turned into a loser dog, just for you..." is a reference to the lyrics “为了你，我变成狼人模样” "I turned into a werewolf, just for you" from the 2006 Chinese song 求佛 "Praying to the Buddha" by Shiyan (Chinese: 誓言).
- ↑ A reference to Screwllum's quote "The emotions of organic life are like tides" in Companion Mission Punklorde Mentality.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | West Wind Blossom |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 西风之花海 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 西風之花海 |
| Japanese | 西風の花海 |
| Korean | 서풍의 꽃바다 |
| Spanish | Mar de flores del céfiro |
| French | Fleur du vent d'ouest |
| Russian | Цветы западного ветра |
| Thai | ทะเลบุปผาแห่งสายลมตะวันตก |
| Vietnamese | Biển Hoa Gió Tây |
| German | Westwindblüte |
| Indonesian | Lautan Bunga Angin Barat |
| Portuguese | Flor do Vento do Oeste |
Change History
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