Things pick up midfight as Macan asks if that’s all Sitri has. He’s having fun with it all and all the attention is on him, which Sitri takes advantage of when the time comes. He signals to you, and you toss him up as best as you can while keeping hidden by the cape.
Snow apologizes to Claude as he says he has to block his view for a sec. Back to your side of things, Sitri commands his feathers to rain down everywhere in the area as he casts his NP. The spectators are wondering what’s going on until the effects kick in, at which point they all start proclaiming their love for Macan and mob him since he’s the first thing they all saw.
Macan thinks he’s just being bum rushed and challenges the mobs to all come at him. Now that there’s a big melee happening, you move on to the next phase as you tell Sitri you’re going for Claude. As you head for him, you wonder if things are working on him too but keep going with it as you throw off the cape as you stand in front of him.
Claude is happy to see you as he calls you his iron blooded warrior, then starts wondering what it is he’s feeling inside himself. After that he laughs and thinks this is you coming to get him as his lovely bridegroom. Claude tells you to make off with him by force, and you can do so by leading him to the outside, grabbing him by the hand, or straight up picking him up and going.
Going B, Claude comments that from the looks of it, you guys are just holding hands. Still, he finds it new and exciting doing it down there and follows along. In any case, when you get outside the arena entrance, in front of the giant theater is a big eye catching truck. Tomte is there directing Takemaru as he backs up into position in the parking lot.
Sitri is amazed and asks what that is, and you either share the same sentiment and/or ask Tomte if that’s a sauna too. He laughs about surprising you guys before explaining it’s a special niche sauna. It’s meant for the crowds who want to go to a sauna after work or club activities, a mobile sauna for places that don’t have one handy nearby.
Tomte comments that it would have been great if he drove it over himself, and Kengo is surprised Tomte has a license. From what I’ve heard Japan requires people to be 18 to get a driver’s license, though I dunno if that’s still true. But anyways Tomte says he thought it might be needed for behind the scene work, so he had to call Takemaru to bring it. You decide to enter and bring Claude with you.
A little time later, Kengo comments on the mobile sauna being a lot bigger than he was guessing it’d be as he stretches out. Snow is noted to be tending to Claude as usual, bringing him a drink and asking if he wants anything else. Sitri also comments on how being able to stretch your arms and legs out is good for feeling better.
Kengo makes an observation about Sitri getting buff, though Sitri says he’s not that far along and says Kengo is super buff as usual. Kengo says it comes from practice and that experience leads to muscle. You either comment that saunas feel great after wiping the sweat off, tell Sitri he did great, or say you like Sitri.
Going C, it takes Sitri a moment to process that with some disbelief. He reminds himself that he should be more stoic if he wants to be a badass, then asks you to wait until after Christmas before he gives you a response to that, swearing to give a real tough guy answer.
Takemaru walks in and asks how the temp is, suggesting that people move to the lower bench if it’s too hot. Kengo comments on how ripped he is while calling him an old man and not just a random carpenter. Takemaru is taken aback to be referred to as old as he says he’s a college student still, but Kengo interrupts to ask why he threw away his swords.
Kengo says the calluses on Takemaru’s hands look like Touji’s, which is why he figures Takemaru is a sword master. Takemaru comments on how sharp he is and says it’s an old story. While he may take up building tools now, he did use swords for a long time.
Takemaru says he gave them up for someone he fell in love with. He was dumped in the end though. But anyways, he’s now concentrating on training to make his ideal home that he can live in happily with his new bride when he gets one.
Takemaru then sighs about how nice it’d be to have a sauna in his dream home. Tomte decides to ask him if he still feels like looking for love after getting dumped. Takemaru says he sort of does and admits there was a time when he started hating humans. It’s different now that he’s finally understood something. Tomte asks him what that is, so Takemaru answers that he realized what he really hated was himself for not finishing what he wanted to do.
Snow asks Claude if he wants to adjust the temperature of the sauna, though Claude starts yelling that something hot is coming from within himself. Snow is surprised while Tomte says it’s about time for the thing to show up. The Evil pops out with another yell from Claude as it babbles about how nice the sauna felt and thanking you guys. It then fades away into Tomte’s pad as if being absorbed by it. Tomte is surprised it activated on its own since he’s supposed to be the only one able to make it work.
A memory playback starts up with the narrator talking about how crazy it seems to manage a farm in Tokyo, especially with how the old couple won’t hire any farmhands. The wife says it started as a hobby that they didn’t expect to turn out like this. Her husband is a bit bothered by it too. She then mentions that there are cows in the barn.
The narrator is shocked by this and asks whether the farm is a ranch now. The lady says she just had to buy cows when she heard that the narrator liked milk porridge. They shrug in response and comment that fresh milk in porridge is really amazing. Then they ask how the husband is doing.
The wife says she and her husband are old now, and that it’s okay for the narrator to go play and not worry about them. They turn the suggestion down and offer to handle all the farm work as they say they helped on farms before coming to Tokyo. The wife decides to accept the offer then and counteroffers to make their favorite for dinner. Narrator of course asks for lots of milk porridge as the flashback ends.
You ask about this memory being from the second Evil and comment about it being fragmented. Tomte figures it’s the same as the other one and mentions it doesn’t seem like the first one ran out from his pad. He wonders if that means there’s multiple Evils running around or some sort of source of them.
Anyways, Tomte asks Kengo to give something to Shirou figuring he can best tell everyone about what’s happening. Kengo agrees but asks why Tomte isn’t going to hand it off himself. He answers after a moment that he doesn’t want to get in the way of your current social circle, but Kengo says it’s fine since he’s already friends with you all.
Tomte cries a little at that, though he refers to it as loyly coming from his eyes. Kengo is shocked by this since it makes it look like he’s bullying him. Claude starts waking up, mentioning he feels like he was dreaming before asking why is he in a sauna. You back out of trying to explain and/or say you aren’t confident you can lay it out for Claude to understand.
Snow says he’ll tell Claude what happened, and after a quick time skip, Claude accepts it and says he caused Sitri some trouble. Sitri brushes it off as something minor and that everyone is to thank for bringing Claude back to his normal self.
Claude says he’ll pay everyone back for today at some point. Tomte asks whether he’s still going to help with the event or back out like he said when he was possessed. Claude answers that he’ll help since he needs to reward the Berserkers as appropriate.
You then decide to ask why Claude ever thought about backing out of cohosting. He says he doesn’t remember much about what happened during his possession, but he did have a thought that kept echoing in his head then. He describes it as sounding full of wrath and spewing a curse, and it said that Santa’s image should be erased from the world.
Takemaru comments that a thought that angry sounds like it came from really sad circumstances. You ask if Santa disappearing is even possible. Takemaru asks if Santa exists in your world and says it might sound discomforting if he does.
Takemaru says there are worlds where Santa doesn’t exist. The reason why Santa is here in this one is a bit like Setsubun and oni, in that people in this world believes it works like so. He then describes the classic image of Santa. Tomte agrees with Takemaru as he says that if that belief disappears, so does Santa. This would also take away Tomte’s home, so he can’t have that happening.
Tomte says he’ll inform Ded about what’s happened today and says he’ll call about the collaboration work later. Snow says he understands and that he’ll be in charge of preparing things. He also whispers to Sitri that the money will be forwarded to his account, so he can relax. Sitri is happy about this as his Christmas stuff will be ready and excuses himself early.
Kengo suggests you guys should head back at this point too or else Shirou will be nagging about curfew. You agree as you say bye to Claude and Snow. Claude tells you to be safe on your way home.
The camera lingers on him as you leave, and Claude asks if Snow can remember what Santa looks like. Snow says he does since he talked to him the other day, then asks what’s wrong. Claude says he’s known what Santa looks like when he was young but says he’s having trouble remembering now.
Time skips to where you guys return to Shinjuku. Tomte comments on how much went on during the day and asks if you have anything you want him to take care of for you. Kengo refuses to let Tomte near his laundry before saying that’s not what friends do anyways.
Before Tomte can say much on this, Ryouta runs up and grabs him by the arm. Ryouta says he’s not letting him go this time as he invites Tomte to join you guys for hot pot. Shirou apologizes for this and says Ryouta really really wanted Tomte to join them for dinner. Touji adds that’s just how Ryouta is.
Ryouta protests being described in those words and asks if they all hate him. Moritaka laughs as he says he also wants to talk with Tomte. Tomte turns to you, so you suggest he joins you guys and eat. He relents and says it’s okay for a meal at least. When you look away he looks sad. He wonders why he doesn’t feel a connection despite this supposedly being a happy occurrence, and the episode ends.
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