Narration begins by bringing up a quote: "that's the work of fairies." Say one day your garden gets cleaned up. Your overly friendly neighbor didn't do it, 'it was the fairies.' Say someone dies during a mysterious plague and a dog howls. People will say he died because a fairy dog howled. Say a young genius poet suddenly dies. People will say 'he was taken to the fairy realm.' Your baby didn't grow up the way you wanted them to? They're a fairy changeling, not a human! Your real child must be living happily in fairy land.
People pushed various different things onto fairies. Miracles, mysteries, absurdities, and desires. Birth defects, the unfairness of the world, anything and everything. The world then takes that belief and changes to make it work. The world also reacts to this change by Replacing Things using changelings. Because of that, it's not that a strange thing has occurred because a fairy brought a changeling. Strange things are made the fault of changelings to begin with. However, that faith has turned the fairy's power into the real thing. Fairies that replace things and end up granting wishes were born. Such a world is born from contradictions, and that is the world of Tir na Nog where countless fairy races live.
Despite all that, the fairies who hold such power do not understand what will come about of that in the end. Should a wish that Will Not Be Granted in the Human World be made in Tir na Nog, which ends up changing in an attempt to make it happen, who will be the one to make a wish that Will Not Be Granted in the Fairy World? The only ones who know are the kings who bear the responsibility of prolonging the fairy world for eternity.
One such king would be the old king of the giants living in the land of fairies, Balor. Another would be the old king of the fairy cats, Grimalkin. They are the kings burdened with living and carrying the wishes that won't come true brought about by the fairies' changelings. Tir na Nog cannot exist without these kings being responsible for the ungranted wishes, and in carrying the wishes of all fairykind their daily lives twist into innocent sins. As a result of that, all the kings drive out their inheritors to the throne from the world By Their Own Choice. Cait Sith, the one made to be the next king of cats, was one of those people.
Cait Sith takes over narration and talks about how he feels like he's always been watching Grimalkin from behind. Grimalkin did what a king was supposed to do. He held the country. He served the people. He chanted many kinds of magic and carried great power in his hands. In a world where many different races lived in, he stood in front of the people and protected them. That is the kind of king Cait Sith knew well and was to become like. It is also an ideal he could never reach. Solitary perfection, all knowing and all powerful.
Cait Sith wonders how long it's been since the day he ran away from the succession ceremony. He did his best to try be more like him even a little bit, learning magic tricks to make up for his ineptitude in learning magic. But as he tried, he started to think that he wasn't suited to become king. Someone told him that he could just have someone else make up for his shortcomings, but Cait Sith ended up believing that something lacking something is imperfect, and something imperfect cannot be king.
Title card pops up, and this chapter is called End of the Festival! The Fortune Inviting Illusion!?
The story then picks back up with Kengo commenting that it's the last day of the festival and it is crowded as all get out. Seems like it's peak attendance with the number of people around. Shirou says there aren't many events left, so people are coming to enjoy themselves. Moritaka adds that the last thing going on for the festival before it wraps up is Cait Sith's magic show. The happy power you guys are trying to collect will be depending on this show as the biggest opportunity to gather it, but Touji says they'll have to believe in you and Ryouta. You guys have an idea or so it seems. Kengo is sure things will work out since you're there, and he suggests they get back to work. Shirou agrees, saying that if Ryouta's suggestion goes through then they'll all be super busy. Moritaka is quiet, so Kengo asks him what's wrong. He apologizes, saying he was looking at the full moon.
Scene then shifts to your side of things as Ryouta observes that there's already a lot of people around for the magic show even though there's some time before it starts. He talks about how the show is the finishing touch for the festival, and in plays it'd be the ending program. Tezcatlipoca talks about there being a purification ceremony happening in a different location after this, but the magic show will be the last climax of the main area. The fireworks show will be happening right afterwards, and Tezcatlipoca laughs that people should enjoy it. Furufumi says he was wondering where it would be but is surprised it's at the watchtower, which he notes does stand out. Tvastar is quiet, and Cait Sith is moaning to himself. You try to tell everyone that they're putting pressure on Cait Sith.
Cait Sith makes some more distressed noises before eventually saying he's getting nervous. He tries to remember one of those Japanese suggestions about how to deal with nerves, and Furufumi asks if he's sure he doesn't want to use the idea you and Ryouta came up with. Cait Sith doesn't answer, so Furufumi continues by saying he feels it's an erratic yet unprecedented idea, but it's not an impossible one.
There's Tezcatlipoca's perfect accuracy and unprecedented leadership. There's Li Chou's goldfish scooping skills and exaggerated reactions. There's Ryouta's ability to eat anything and his communication skills. Furufumi glances at you before he adds your natural virtue that somehow connects you with tons of people, but he rethinks it and says it's more a trouble finder's nature. Having all these people assisting should make the magic show a success. You add that Furufumi forgot himself and his knowledge and foresight and say you do want Cait Sith to depend on you guys.
Furufumi coughs as he struggles to find something to say, then decides to say that having all these unique people helping out should make things work for such a large audience. Tvastar says nothing, and Li Chou takes offense at the exaggerated reactions comment and blusters about how he's so much better than anyone else around. Tezcatlipoca laughs and says he doesn't mind. He actually seems happy to excite the crowd together with you, but he says this is only if Cait Sith chooses to go with the idea. Gather happy power to complete his new body is one of his reasons, but he also wants to see how Cait Sith's choice bears out for Tir na Nog. What does a successor to a king who was driven away chooses to do after leaving? That's something he wants to show someone who's come over. You ask Tezcatlipoca who he's talking about.
Tezcatlipoca laughs, then declines to answer. Ryouta expresses concern for Cait Sith while Tvastar stays quiet some more as he thinks. Cait Sith thanks everyone, and he talks about how there are kings who borrow the power of others. That's a valid way of being, but Cait Sith decides he wants to try becoming the perfect king as the next king of cats. If he can get even a step closer to how King Grimalkin is, he'd like to handle the magic show on his own and make it a success.
Furufumi asks Cait Sith if Grimalkin really is so great. Cait Sith describes him as someone all the cats admired, someone who stood in front of the citizens while being a king. The magic he uses can do anything and is his symbol, though Cait Sith makes it sound mostly like it's offensive magic. But anyways without that magic, the cats wouldn't have a nation of their own. Furufumi is a little taken aback, saying the explanation was abstract, but he got the point about how strong he was.
Tezcatlipoca talks about Grimalkin being a user of great magic and says it's appropriate for someone who fights other countries and builds their own. Li Chou suggests Cait Sith is being too stubborn about this since he can become his own style of king. Cait Sith says he knows that him becoming a perfect king is a wish that won't come true, but he shouts that he can't throw away his aspirations. Everyone else reacts in surprise, and their attention focuses on Cait Sith.
Cait Sith says he wants to be perfect, which he has to do as the next king of cats. He needs the strongest magic and the greatest power, or else nobody will forgive him least of all himself. He can't replace what he's missing with someone else, and Furufumi seems sad for him. You try to say something to him, but suddenly Tvastar rejoins the conversation by yelling about modifications. Cait Sith is surprised by this, and Tvastar says modding is the only solution available to his problem. You try to talk Tvastar out of this, interpret his suggestion as a joke, and/or ask what he's talking about all of a sudden.
Tvastar says he finally understands why he can't let the kitty cat be. Tezcatlipoca asks if he's talking about Cait Sith, so Tvastar nods with a bold smile. Cait Sith says his name, and Tvastar repeats his point that modding is the only way. If there's a life in front of him missing something and struggling forward, then he declares that he has to get involved and modify it. He then tells Cait Sith he'll mod him and give him power that can match up to the previous kind of cats. Cait Sith tries to tell him he already turned him down on that, but Tvastar argues that the Old king of cats can't keep waiting for him forever.
Cait Sith reacts in shock at that, and Tvastar says he could die of age, or an accident or illness. Some things can't be taken back while waiting for him. So in that case, Tvastar promises to make Cait Sith super strong with his mods right away. Cait Sith is taken aback and asks if that's the only way, and he still has reservations against it even if it'd be for Grimalkin's sake. Tvastar talks about adding in more things that he thinks Cait Sith may be missing and to give him power comparable to magic, and you call out to either or both of them.
Ryouta tries to stop Cait Sith saying Furufumi wasn't done explaining his idea, but he gets cut off by a wall of fire blocking his way. Vritra is visible in the whirl of fire. Tvastar says he won't let you guys stop him since they'll be doing the modifications. Li Chou asks if they're serious and asks what you guys will do. Tezcatlipoca says this is serious because the plan to collect happy power will fail if things go on like this, and Li is baffled that's what he's focusing on. Tezcatlipoca says it is important, then asks Li if Cait Sith looks happy to him as the camera pans over.
Tvastar declares that Cait Sith will be happy after this as he tells Tezcatlipoca to just sit back and watch in envy. Ryouta yells to Cait Sith and asks if power really is the thing he wants. Cait Sith is surprised, and Ryouta argues that if he did, he could have done something other than learn magic tricks. Tvastar asks that you guys stop and mentions feeling serious for once. Ryouta turns to you, and you say you should stop the because it's too early to decide things.
Tvastar says he won't let you since he wants to make Cait Sith stronger. He modifies weak people, just like he did with his weak son/creation so that next time they'll be rewarded and happy. If you're going to get in his way, he's not going to show any mercy, no matter who it is. He then declares that you're mistaken if you think you can run from him, the Creator of Life and from Vritra, imitator of the Enveloper as he launches the episode battle. The story continues after that.
After the battle, narration picks up and starts talking about Deva Loka. It is a world that repeats the processes of creation, preservation, and destruction for eternity. The previous era and the current era of this world bears the role of the Trinity. Then there is the man in Deva Loka once praised as the sun. He is Tvastar, the artisanal crafter who created life. He brought forth many children/creations, one of which was his cute son. But one day that son was destroyed and died. He grieved and grieved, until a thought occurred to him.
What if he had made him stronger? If he had, his son surely would never have died. The artisan immersed himself in his research so that he could create a stronger, sturdier vessel. And also so that he could take revenge on those who killed his child. A new creation was born, which he named Vritra (re: the Enveloper). His true nature is to lock up a target within its cavity and rebirth it into a new form, Garbha-Pati, Lord of the Womb.
Furufumi asks Cait Sith what it is he really wants. Will he reject their help and accept the modifications, or not? Furufumi thinks it's fine either way, so long as that's actually his choice. Cait Sith says he sounds like an argument he's read in a book somewhere. Furufumi seems surprised by this comment for some reason and says that isn't something he got out of a book. Cait Sith thinks a little more and seems to have come to a decision, and Tvastar prompts Cait Sith to come with him to get modded. Cait Sith however responds by using his magic tricks to evacuate you guys from the flames, surprising everyone.
Cait Sith says he has to get his show ready. Tvastar is quiet for a moment, then sighs as he talks to Vritra as he phrases this turn of events as being dumped, saying modding needs the client's consent. He then wonders what he's going to do now that he's opened hostilities, so it'd be hard to just talk to everyone again. A voice tells him to mod them then, and Tvastar reacts in surprise to what looks like Shadow Cait Sith turning up.
Back to your end, you are confused at being moved to the stall area since you were at the watchtower area earlier. Ryouta asks if Cait Sith let you guys escape, then asks why he did so. Furufumi notices the underground machinery that Cait Sith used to pull it off. Li Chou gets frustrated and asks what it is Cait Sith really wants, and Tezcatlipoca says you guys need to stop the magic show whether Cait Sith accepted the remodeling or not. The section ends with Ryouta urging you guys all to head over to see what's happening.
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