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"Artoria?"
Nero's expression shifted in a very specific way.
"Artoria. Who is that?" She pressed one hand to her chest with the authority of someone who had never once in her life accepted a misidentification. "My Master, it is extremely rude to confuse me with someone else."
"My name is Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Emperor of Rome. Flower of Rome."
She straightened to her full height.
"I accept your existence."
[Chat]: SHE ACCEPTS HIS EXISTENCE
[Chat]: the confidence. I'm done.
[Lore]: Emperor's Privilege EX rank. she has the self-belief of someone who has genuinely never questioned her own correctness. about anything. ever.
[Watching]: Maverick is nodding. he has learned from previous Servant encounters.
"I apologize," Maverick said. "I was mistaken. You do look like someone I know."
Nero considered this. The sharpness in her expression softened into something warmer and considerably more magnanimous.
"An understandable error. If there is someone who resembles me, she must also be beautiful." A serene smile. "Though naturally, a little less so. I am the only flower of my kind in the world."
[Chat]: she said "a little less so" about Artoria
[Artoria_Fan]: formal complaint filed
[Nero_Fan]: formal counter-complaint filed
[Maverick]: still nodding. extremely committed to being agreeable.
Nero finished her introduction and moved forward with the energy of someone with a plan and no intention of being delayed.
"The Holy Grail has granted me all knowledge of this era. Rest assured, Master — the Holy Grail belongs to me. No one will take it from my hands. Only an omnipotent vessel worthy of granting all wishes deserves to be called worthy of my beauty."
"Right," Maverick said. "So — ready to go? We should probably start moving before other players—"
"Fighting?" Nero looked at him as if he had said something mildly unusual. "Fighting is important, yes. But there is something considerably more important than fighting."
"...What?"
"A bath."
[Chat]: A BATH
[Chat]: she said A BATH
[Lore]: Roman bathing culture was central to daily life. public bathhouses were social institutions. for Nero specifically, luxury bathing was a documented priority of her reign.
[Maverick]: he is processing this.
"Umu! Of course!" Nero clapped once, decisive. "I have long yearned to experience modern bathing culture — hot springs, bathhouses, the full range. It is rare to manifest, and experiencing this thoroughly is the most urgent task. Fighting can wait. Come, Master."
[Chat]: MAVERICK YOU HAVE TO GO
[Chat]: MAVERICK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
[Responsible_Opinion]: he is on a livestream with six other streamers
[Irresponsible_Majority]: MAVERICK GO
[Reality]: he is going
Max had built the Fuyuki bathhouse with appropriate authenticity, including the steam. Not arbitrary steam — functional steam, the kind that maintained the immersive experience while also serving the practical purpose of keeping things tasteful. Specifically, player-controlled characters could only enter the men's section, and if anyone tried to force their way into the women's section, it would be empty. The steam handled the rest.
The warm water was, as advertised, genuinely pleasant. The haptic feedback system rendered temperature with its usual thoroughness. Maverick, sitting in the bath with the accumulated stress of multiple sessions dissolving out of him, felt something close to actual relaxation.
He had almost agreed to come in here without thinking about the broadcast. He'd caught himself in time.
He would revisit this section after the stream ended.
For research purposes.
[Chat]: Maverick you coward
[Chat]: EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND viewers
[Defending_Weakly]: professional obligations
[Counter]: those obligations are exactly why he should have gone in
The warmth was working. The drowsiness was building. Maverick was approximately thirty seconds from an accidental nap when the sound reached him through the wall.
"Hashire sori yo, kaze no you ni—"
"Tsukimihara wo, PADORU PADORU—"
[Chat]: ...
[Chat]: what
[Chat]: WHAT IS THAT
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