News that someone disappeared on Valentine's Day.
That was me.
I was completely drained. Like squeezing milk from a cow, I was properly squeezed dry.
Me, groaning and lying in bed. Nightingale and Nemo Nurse are attached to me, actively nursing, but why do I feel uneasy...
"Master~ I came to visit~!"
"Astolfo... is this going to turn into a BL development? I don't want that... everyone will curse and abandon me..."
"What are you talking about, Commander? At least as long as we're here, that won't happen. Understand? Besides, anal intercourse is basically not good for your health──"
"If you say more, this world will explode...!"
This angel in white clearly has a bomb attached to her mouth...
"So, what's up..."
"Wow... you're really dying? Roland might be jealous if he saw."
"What a 13-man. Being jealous of this... I'm a doll, just their attachment doll. There's a girl who called herself Kokuri-san and thinks she's a doll, maybe we'd get along if we met..."
"You can't give up~! Anyway, I brought a get-well present!"
Astolfo smiles and pulls something out from under his skirt. I don't know what it is, but I don't want to receive anything from there...
"Just kidding~ this!"
Astolfo, properly wearing pants underneath. Fortunately, the skirt was a joke, and it was actually a small bottle from his pocket.
"What's that, is it poison...? Even if I die, I won't be freed, you know..."
"Too negative. How much were you squeezed... Among the Chaldea men, no one would envy Master. Blackbeard also said, 'Seeing Master, I don't feel jealousy towards a real man, but pity...'"
To be pitied by that guy... I must be quite the merchant of suffering.
"An energy supplement for Master! Very good for magical power recovery and stamina recovery! Of course, I wonder if Master needs it~ that whatchamacallit, plastic effect!"
"Placebo effect, you fool..."
"Yeah that! Anyway~ take it as a gesture to cheer up!"
I take the nutrient supplement Astolfo gives. Nightingale also nods as if it's okay to drink nutrient supplements. Probably hoping for a quick recovery...
I drink the supplement without much thought. Hmm... strawberry flavor, how dreadful. If it were strawberry milk flavor, maybe...
Ugh, I'm sleepy... Just like that, I fell asleep as if fainted.
I had a dream.
A dream where I'm suddenly standing in some place.
"How about sitting there for a while?"
"...."
It was definitely a nightmare.
"Grandma, can't you just die?"
"Ha, grandma..."
Reasoned hatred becomes a dagger stabbing her.
Am I going to be devoured by a succubus even in my dreams? Moreover, do succubi appear even without being summoned? No, Merlin also has independent manifestation...
No, Proto doesn't have it. Is it just because she's a succubus? This mage with affinity for this class is problematic.
"So why did you come?"
"Just bored? I wanted to see Master's face up close too."
"Hmm. So that's all?"
"Not really... well, watching you, it seemed like it might get quite interesting? Just came to tell you that one thing."
Suspicious... did this woman do something?
"What did you do? Tell me honestly."
"Hehe... shouldn't take things from just anyone? Onii-chan~"
"..."
This brat, I want to punch him regardless of gender.
"Time to wake up from the dream~"
Like that, my consciousness seemed to slowly sink...
Soon, I open my eyes. Familiar ceiling and bed. I woke up safely in my room.
"Ugh... what kind of dream is this..."
Feeling a slight dizziness, I sit up in bed. But, somehow my voice seems lighter... and my vision seems a bit smaller...
"Co, Commander...?"
"What's wrong, Nightingale? Is there a problem?"
"... It might be better to see for yourself rather than tell."
The nurse quietly brings a full-length mirror, and I see my reflection in the mirror.
Uh.... uhh, ah?
".... Merlin~!!!"
This damn trouble!
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Chaos broke out in Chaldea.
"Wow... it's, it's Dumpty, right?"
"Dumpty, in this form..."
Ritsuka and Kirei are surprised once, and Mash is also amazed seeing him.
"Senpai, to become like this..."
"That's why... can you stop staring so blatantly? I'm honestly distressed."
Humpty Dumpty. He was a robust 26-year-old adult man...
He had just become younger.
"Damn youth potion or something. Whether it's made poorly or not, only my body got younger. I don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate..."
"I think it's good!"
"Is that so... Mash thinks that way."
Except for Mash and the children, the female Servants are keeping a considerable distance. Honestly, it's unsettling.
"Master, are you okay? Being younger must be a bit uncomfortable."
"That's right. You've become similar to me, Master."
"Like Gilles's childhood, I find it interesting."
"I'm sorry! I never thought I'd be tricked by Merlin!!!"
"It's okay, Astolfo. Who knew Merlin would come..."
'No, a few with future sight might have known...'
Dumpty thought that if a few had noticed but left it be, they must have wanted this development.
"Losing manliness is truly humiliating."
"It's okay~ Master is cool like this too!"
Protea comforted him like that, and next to her, Jack's eyes sparkled as she nodded.
"We're the same now~ We can play even more with Mommy!"
"Master becoming younger... I, might become a bad child..."
"Is that so... that point isn't bad, but it's worrying."
"Returning to childhood, that too is not a bad experience, Master."
"Siegfried... is that really okay? No matter how I look, it doesn't seem right."
"Ahem, perhaps so..."
Siegfried coughed and, roughly predicting Dumpty's future with his clairvoyance, turned his head.
"Really... Sakura, what do you think?"
"....."
"Sakura?"
"... Huh!? Ah, yes... I think it's good too. Isn't it an experience you can't usually have?"
"It's common, though."
In FGO, it's somewhat common. Of course, for Dumpty, it's the first time in reality. Looking at Dumpty and blushing, finding it hard to make eye contact, Sakura hesitates. Dumpty, not seeing Sakura like that, talks with others.
"You've become quite cute, Dumpty-kun. You could have been a child actor."
"Actually, I received a business card once. Of course, it was from a company that went bankrupt a month later."
"Ehh..."
"More of a character than I thought."
"Excuse me, Director."
"Can I examine you~? Like a thorough check-up."
"No, I don't want to, don't do it."
"Too harsh... making me the bad guy."
Romani, the Director, and Da Vinci look at Dumpty with completely different impressions and are amazed.
Dumpty sighs and, to change the mood, decides to go to the next Singularity.
Okeanos. For Dumpty, not a difficult level. No one stopped Dumpty from going to the Singularity like going out for a drink.
"Then can we go too? This time, Nobu has become super strong!"
"As you like~"
Perhaps because he's younger, Dumpty looks quite down. He opens his status screen and summons a Servant he thinks suits Okeanos.
"Ah, ah, Ma, Master..."
Thud...!
"Like this, like this, becoming so cute... Hehe, I can't handle it... Too ecstatic, I can't hold on..."
"Quite a sight right away, Gogh."
"Gogh... sorry..."
"It's okay~ everyone's like that... Bunyan also fell while bleeding from the mouth."
Bunyan, who had been living as a teenager version, saw Dumpty become younger and fainted from heart palpitations, they say.
"Hmph, disgraceful fellows..."
"And then get hit by the kids?"
"... Stronger than most fellows!"
And Ushigozen, who came following Sakura. She eventually came to Chaldea for real after Onigashima and became Sakura's caretaker. Not Ritsuka's Servant, but from the start, as a Servant with affinity for Sakura, protecting her as a caretaker and Servant.
Although weaker than a divine spirit, enough to be among the great heroes as a demigod, she was a reliable bodyguard. At least since she's a child, she won't betray, you know.
"Going to a Singularity like a picnic, still not sane."
"Don't want to hear that from you. For Sakura, it's practically her first proper Singularity. Come on, let's go together."
"Yes... Dumpty."
Dumpty smiles and offers his hand, and Sakura bows her head, hiding her flushed face, takes his hand, and heads to the control room.
Then, of course, a certain person appeared.
"Protea, punch with all your might."
Bang!!!
Defeating the brainwashing sister who appeared on the way, they safely headed to the control room, it's said.