Fate/Apocrypha (2017) s01e23 Episode Script

1 Into the Abyss This place is huge.
Yeah.
Ugly as sin, too.
Be on your guard.
I smell something nasty coming from behind that big-ass door.
Did your jeering already push them past the edge? You're the one who'll have to handle it.
Duh.
Obviously, it's the rebel's job to slay the king.
That sounds convincing.
Right? Let's throw a party once this is over.
I like that idea.
How do you feel about wine? I know a good place.
I'm having a hard time imagining you drinking wine.
I'll tell them that if they don't give us their very best, the king will raze the place to the ground! You want to make me king of drunkards? All I had on my mind was to become king.
But what then, once I become a good king? You just can't see it yet, but you already know it.
What do you mean? I feel the same.
I've realized what I need to do, but I keep looking away.
Really? Really.
All right.
Let's do this, Master.
Yeah.
Ame no shizuku mitai mayoinagara ochiteyuku Like drops of rain we fall blindly Sorezore no omoi eranda michi he Down the path of life we each chose Look, the black dawn will soon rise Hora mou sugu kuroi yoake ga kuru kara Dakishimeta yume no kakera ga itai yo Shards of the dream I followed pierce me I pretended to believe to cover my cowardice Shinjiru koto nise okubyou ni natta I wonder what can I find in this world Konna sekai de nani wo kizameru no darou Tameshitai I'll give it a try I stand on the backs of countless past mes Ikutsumo no boku wo koete umareta yo Shinjiru koto de shika tsuyoku narenai Believing is the only way for me to get stronger I wonder what can I find in this world Konna sekai de nani wo kizameru no darou Bokutachi no ima This moment together Hey! Pretty rude of you not to give us a proper welcome, Assassin.
You sure are haughty for someone who, unlike me, never managed to sit on a throne.
Please.
I just need to knock you off yours then.
Beg for your life, Great Empress! Do you really think you got here on your own? Mirthful! I guided you here! Run, Master! Saber! By Command Spell I order you, come to me, Saber! It didn't work?! My Master knows a thing or two about Command Spells.
I'm not letting her out.
You whore! Oh? That helmet will keep you alive for now.
I'll butcher you! I doubt that.
Piss off! That's all?! Try imagining what being a fly about to be swatted is like.
See? You're just like vermin.
You dirty whore! Your bloodlust tickles me like a gentle breeze.
I'm cutting her down, Master! Gotcha! That was close, Knight of Treachery.
Now please return to your seat.
You're starting to get on my nerves! How barbaric.
Are you sure you're not Berserker? This isn't getting me anywhere.
All or nothing! Clarent King of Water.
Blood Arthur! Is this it? What? My Noble Phantasm, Sikera UÅ¡um, turns me and all my surroundings into poison.
While in this room, even this drop of water is poison.
I set it up using the poison of Hydra in preparation for Archer of Black.
How do you like it? Does it hurt? Very good.
I quite like you, to tell the truth.
You are a blade at the king's throat.
No one would appreciate your rebellion, but I do.
Abandon your Master, Saber.
You're but a single use familiar.
Worrying about honor an inch from death makes no sense.
Become my knight and fulfill your wish.
My wish? What was my wish again? Oh? You won't pull it out? You should think carefully before laying hands on it.
Right.
Once you draw that sword, you face a terrible end.
If you take it, you will cease to be human.
No.
Many people were laughing.
I don't think they were wrong.
What about you? Oh, it was so simple.
My wish wasn't to become king.
I just wanted to end my father's solitude.
He couldn't laugh, couldn't cry.
I thought if I became king, that would ease his suffering.
I should've just picked up what he threw away.
I have but one wish! Master, do you hear me? It finally works! What's going on? Master, I want to win.
What? I want to win.
Not for the Grail.
I must defeat this queen of poison.
Even if it takes your life? I don't care, Master! All right.
I'll help you then.
There's only one thing I want, Assassin.
Your throat on my blade! Master! Know your place! Impossible! How are you still standing? Do it.
Roger, Master.
Fill.
Appear.
I'm getting fed up with your pets! This is Bašmu, familiar of the god Tiamat.
It will melt even your bones! By my Command Spell I order you: slay the king, Saber! Got you, Empress! Master.
What about Assassin? I broke her Spiritual Core.
She's dying.
I see.
It was so close.
What are you talking ab— She got you? Yep.
You still have hope.
You'd need to contract with one of the Yggdmillennia siblings.
I don't mind this being the end.
That makes no sense in this war.
Says the guy who came to die.
So? I was a good Servant, right? Yeah.
We were able to get this far thanks to you.
I've been lying to myself all along.
I wasn't looking for a heir.
I was looking for the child I lost.
I see.
Same as me.
I couldn't face myself either.
I finally understood, though.
My father wasn't seeking gems like stars.
He became king to appreciate the rocks in the dirt.
I won't dream about that sword anymore.
I don't need it.
I see.
You would've become a good king though.
What? You want one? I just realized I've never smoked before.
Oh, why not? Here, the last one.
Thanks.
What's up with this, Master? Saber Did you have fun? Sure did, Master.
My father's last— The Greater Grail.
Caster, Shakespeare.
Indeed, I am William Shakespeare, a humble playwright at your service.
I suggest you surrender.
You cannot defeat me.
But please, we haven't even started yet! The curtain opens! Return to your seats.
No smoking, photography or recording.
The whole world is my stage! The play begins! Let the thunder of applause roar! This is my home Saber's Master died there.
That means— Watch out! Rider! I'm fine! Hurry to Ruler! But— Just go! .]
n illusion.
Probably the Noble Phantasm of Caster of Red.
Why? Why burn you at the stake and scorn you for 18 years? Even though the guidance of the Lord urged you to leave.
Mother? Please don't go, Jeanne! No, I go.
I have to go.
To save not just this village or even country, but much more.
Ah, Jeanne! Are you satisfied, Caster of Red? How could I be? This is just the beginning! Now on to the second scene! Wait! Spare me! Dream on! You're covered in blood, Saint.
It doesn't matter what you show me.
The people who followed me bloodied their hands.
That makes mine bloody, too.
I've never feared that.
Then let me ask in place of Charles VII! You descended on the battlefield, risking your life, bloodied your hands and won back France.
But in the very end you were put to the stake.
A terrible betrayal, if you ask me.
A tragedy! Despair! You still say you believe in God? That your fight wasn't meaningless? Of course.
My death was a fate I never tried to avoid.
The moment I raised this banner, I lost the right to die in peace at home.
This is disgusting.
Sorry, blame the costume designer.
Huh? The character to be burned at the stake is already on stage! What are you doing? Stop! You mustn't touch the actors! Stop! Stop! Please! Why are you burning him, not me?! Oh? But you are doing this.
What? My Noble Phantasm uses your own memories.
So it's not me thinking you killed him—but you yourself! No! I'd never! Now the last act.
Where am I? A replacement for the Castle of Tiffauges.
Does that mean anything to you? The fort of Gilles de Rais.
Precisely.
Forgive me for not recreating it completely.
Are you going to kill children in front of me now? Ah, there is someone more fit than I for that role.
Fit? No way! Oh, if it isn't Jeanne! What a coincidence.
What are you doing here? Have you had enough? Whatever you show me is nothing but fakery.
This is about as long as you can bind me in your Noble Phantasm.
As you say.
Just allow me to point out a mistake.
He is no fake.
I heeded the summons.
I am a Servant, Jeanne.
That's impossible.
A Servant in looks only, though.
He is the very real Marshal Gilles.
Are you really Gilles? Look at this! Wonderful material I could never acquire in life.
Gilles, please! Don't show him to me like that.
That's wrong.
You are guided by God.
You must treat everyone equally.
Why are you making an exception for him? No! I That exception is love! A powerful sentiment for this youth.
No! I have neither right nor will to love someone as an individual.
It must be No! You're wrong, Lady Jeanne! You're wrong! As you say.
You are indeed a saint, Jeanne.
Of course you have no such sentiments.
You love mankind as a whole.
You'd never love one person above others.
Isn't it obvious? You sent him to his death.
You knew for sure that he was going to die here.
I didn't The boy had no freedom.
No choice.
You needed his strength and called him here.
Why didn't you stop him? If you really loved him, you should've stopped him even if that took cutting his legs off.
Don't worry about it.
I'm just a homunculus.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I should've told you clearly! Your heart was right! EPISODE Into the Abyss I close my eyes and dive into my memories Mabuta no mukougawa tsuioku no keshiki wa I feel the fading, faint images with my fingers Usurete yuku awai kagerou yubisaki kasumete Usurete yuku awai kagerou yubisaki kasumete I feel the fading, faint images with my fingers Usurete yuku awai kagerou yubisaki kasumete I feel the fading, faint images with my fingers Itami mo kanashimi mo shirazu ni ikitetara If I lived my life without sadness or pain Itami mo kanashimi mo shirazu ni ikitetara If I lived my life without sadness or pain Mune no oku no nukumori sae kizukazu ni ita no kana Maybe I'd have never noticed the warmth in my heart Maybe I'd have never noticed the warmth in my heart Mune no oku no nukumori sae kizukazu ni ita no kana Maybe I'd have never noticed the warmth in my heart Mune no oku no nukumori sae kizukazu ni ita no kana I definitely heard your voice just now Ima tashika ni todoita sono koe ga Kono kumo kirisaki michibiku hikari It tore through the clouds as my guiding light Aimai na sekai wo terasu you na Lighting this uncertain world With love and kindness Itoshisa wo yasashisa wo Namida wa kareagete mo kioku ni yakitsuiteru Tears may dry, but they are branded in my memory Owaranai monogatari A never-ending tale