Chapter 277 277: Afterword: A Letter from Fraxinus Follow up 2

One day after New Year, Nia was drawing manga together with Shido in her apartment.

Nia: "I've decided! Today's chapter title will be 'A Letter from Fraxinus Follow up 2'!"

Shido: "Don't point out the theme so quickly! The truth of the afterword got exposed instantly!"

Nia: "What's wrong with that? The chapter title is already 'Afterword,' isn't it?"

Shido: "Guh, somehow I can't argue with that…"

Nia: "Then, what's the first keyword?"

—Mikoto's Secret—

Shido: "Speaking of which, what secret about senpai did you learn, Nia? Was it Tsukuyomi? The sunset under the shrine? Or…"

Nia: "Let me tell you, boy. Drawing a girl and then insisting she's a boy is absolutely amazing!"

Shido: "So it really was that!"

Nia: "Ah, somehow I feel like I got some pretty good inspiration. Should I add a girl into Silver Bullet and insist she's a boy too? Right, how about calling her Shiori-chan?"

Shido: "What are you planning to do to Shiori? What exactly are you planning to do?"

Nia: "Mm, setting wise, to make a living, she crossdresses as a woman and works as a dancer in the slums. Then, a fat, round bellied city lord discovers her true gender, breaks her through training, and uses her to entertain nobles with special tastes. Shiori-chan, who had already lost all desire to live, finally meets the protagonist and regains hope and love. A classic story, right?"

Shido: "Stop talking already!"

Nia: "What a shame, even though it was such a good idea. This kind of public use girl—boy—is unexpectedly popular, you know. Adding just a little yandere would make it even better."

Shido: "Let's start the next keyword! Next!"

—Demon King—

Shido: "The Demon King was taken by Westcott."

Nia: "So, Shiori-chan and the protagonist…"

Shido: "We already moved to the next keyword!"

Nia: "Haha, sorry, sorry. Then, boy, is there anything strange about the Demon King?"

Shido: "It seems some readers don't understand how Nia interfered with the Demon King's search ability."

Nia: "Ah, that. Look, Angels and Demon Kings are connected. So if I scribble all over Rasiel's search page with a pen like this, then the Demon King's search page will also get scribbled over. No matter what, reading information from a scribbled page would be difficult, right?"

Shido: "Even though it directly pours knowledge into the mind, it unexpectedly follows the traits of a paper book. Although you aren't really reading a book, a scribbled page can't clearly transmit its contents to the user."

Nia: "Then the question is answered. Let's return to Shiori-chan's…"

Shido: "Next keyword! Next!"

—Rejected Search—

Shido: "Westcott tried to search for senpai's information, but was rejected."

Nia: "It wasn't because of distance, okay? My Rasiel isn't the kind of thing that would have a 'the number you have dialed is outside the service area' problem."

Shido: "That's true. In other words, this was Tsukuyomi's power?"

Nia: "Mm. If Tsukuyomi is deployed, it should be able to reject searches. But as for Mikoto, she probably doesn't keep Tsukuyomi deployed every moment."

Shido: "In other words, it could only be 'that person' who did it."

Nia: "That's right."

Shido: "Thank goodness. Senpai's secret won't be discovered by that kind of guy."

Nia: "Maybe after Westcott searches up Shiori, he'll fall under the boy's skirt?"

Shido: "He absolutely won't! Why do you keep bringing up Shiori?"

Nia: "Because your reactions are funny, boy. Right, what's the next keyword?"

—Can Rasiel Stay?—

Nia: "Cough, cough. Regarding this question, from the perspective of a manga author, I can very responsibly say that it's absolutely impossible."

Shido: "Ehhhh? Why are you so sure?"

Nia: "Because its ability is omniscience. Omniscience, you know. If Rasiel remains, then many twists can't be revealed properly, right? Many mysteries can't be kept hanging, right? It's practically a plot destroyer!"

Shido: "Th-that's true."

Nia: "Although Rasiel's combat power isn't the strongest, its destructive effect on the plot is absolutely number one, boy. Didn't you see that even the original author, Tachibana Koushi, gave Rasiel to Westcott at the first opportunity and kindly disabled its search ability?"

Shido: "Rasiel really is terrifying."

Nia: "For example, facing the upcoming Mukuro arc. What kind of past does this Spirit have? What ability does her Angel have? What does she like? What does she hate? On a date, which choice will raise affection? What are Shiori-chan's three sizes? Why not just look it all up?"

Shido: "…Uwah, wouldn't that make the whole story lose all suspense? (flat reading)"

Nia: "You don't even want to retort anymore… Fine. Also, as a fanfic author, the restrictions are even greater."

Shido: "Thinking carefully, for a fanfic author who doesn't know the original work's hidden truths, omniscience is simply impossible."

Nia: "There are still many hidden truths in DAL that only the original author knows. For example, even the author of Tsukiha doesn't know who that 'Mio' is." (TL:This was before Mio's volume)

Shido: "Well, in any case, the plot has already become like this. There's no point worrying about whether Rasiel could be kept. Let's look at the next keyword."

—Artemisia—

Shido: "Her name has already been completely shortened."

Nia: "Her full name is Artemisia Bell Ashcroft. The complexity and length of her name perfectly places her into the 'this is so hard to spell that I want to give her a death flag soon' series."

Shido: "What is that dangerous series?"

Nia: "Overall, according to the setting, she seems to be an ace Wizard from Britain's SSS unit."

Shido: "She appeared in the manga Date A Strike, right? Speaking of SSS, that's an anti-Spirit organization like AST, isn't it?"

Nia: "According to Origami, yes. It seems that in the first worldline, not only did Artemisia not join DEM, she was instead harmed pretty badly by DEM."

Shido: "I have absolutely no idea what happened in the second worldline to make her become like this."

Nia: "Mm, maybe brainwashing? Or maybe there's some unavoidable reason?"

Shido: "If that's the case, I hope we can save her."

Nia: "Uwah! Boy, is your harem still not big enough? But that girl is very cute. Mm-hm, I understand, I understand. Boy, go capture her boldly!"

Shido: "That's not what I meant!"

Nia: "In short, the final keyword is the long awaited book recommendation corner. Let's look at the title."

—Restarting Fate— (TL:Shit...should I check this out?)

Nia: "This book is a Fate fanfic. Then, here is the recommendation!"

A genius boy who crossed over arrived in the Type-Moon world and happily lived with his favorite characters… if you think that's what this is, you're completely wrong!

This is the story of a double reincarnator (Archer + Rin-route Shirou) mixed with an impurity (a transmigrated boy), becoming a fused personality. Since he doesn't know what he wants to do, he starts by trying to change "his own" fate… but why did he end up with the model of his own sister Illya? (TL:hmmmmmmmmm)

Subtitle: The world is so big, I want to go see it.

This is a Type-Moon fanfic based on early works. The timeline is heavily modified, and related works extend to Mahoutsukai no Yoru. FGO is at most extra content. The protagonist is a crossdressing boy. That is all. (TL:Hmmmmmmmm)

Shido: "That was a glorious amount of word-count padding."

Nia: "Padding word count is also an essential skill for authors! Then, boy, please erase the lines and fill in the black for this."

Shido: "I understand… wait! Isn't this Shiori? When did you secretly draw this?"

Nia: "Huh? Didn't we agree earlier that we'd draw a Shiori-chan book?"

Shido: "We never did! Erase it!"

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