"It seems that apart from the spirit, the other party didn't expend any effort to modify the spirit base." Sesshouin Kiara held Mata Hari in her arms, maintaining her body and using proper techniques...

"Alright, what's next... eh?"

Suddenly, Sesshouin Kiara noticed that Shion's voice had become very hoarse and indistinct, and could no longer be heard.

“Oh no! Communication is finally almost complete…” Parvati said.

"Shasha... There's nothing we can do, you'll just have to figure it out yourselves... It's a pity, I also wanted to accompany you to the end." Sion, it seems we can only go this far at most.

"Master, can you hear me! Please!" Mashu's muffled yet urgent voice rang out. She had reached a conclusion, "Just like Mr. Yagyu... the foundation of the laws... therefore, what is needed is—"

Mashu and Sion's communication was completely severed and lost, and could not be reconnected unless they returned to the previous level of the dungeon.

"Complete silence." Sesshouin Kiara.

"W-what do we do? Losing communication is a real problem!!" Kasuga Tsubone said frantically, "How can we bring these two back to their senses...!"

She knew that Sion and Mash's help was crucial; it was essential assistance in solving the Great Labyrinth.

“What Mashu said… was using the same laws as Mr. Yagyu… and what we did back then—” Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Parvati, “was Hanafuda! The power of Hanafuda can resolve the problems on Mata Hari and Scheherazade.”

"I understand, it's the same method we used back then, right? Using the power drawn from the flower cards as the driving force for the spell. Applying this method should work, right? Please wait a moment, I'll do it now—"

Parvati quickly pulled out a face card from his breast pocket and began pressing...

Following the same method used to rescue Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami, they rescued the Servants lying in the arms of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Sesshouin Kiara, their bodies shimmering with seven-colored light.

Parvati exudes a sacred and warm aura when she casts spells, truly befitting her title as the goddess of the snow mountains.

A few minutes later, Parvati infused all the spells into their bodies.

"Hmm..." Mata Hari opened her eyes and looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was watching her with concern. "Eh?? Good morning, everyone! It feels like it's been a long time."

"Where was I before... I remember..." I was in Chaldea, and then I appeared here... and then what did I do—!?

Scheherazade's face showed utter terror as he knelt on the ground, startling Kasuga no Tsubone. "Oh dear—! You...you scared me! The beauty of this prostration is beyond the reach of ordinary people!"

Wow, even when she's kneeling on the ground, her figure is still so graceful and beautiful.

“Although I can’t remember clearly… I feel like I’ve caused you all trouble. Anyway, please… please don’t kill me,” Scheherazade said fearfully.

“It seems she has regained her senses. Well done, well done.” Sesshouin Kiara released Mary Hata’s body.

"And it seems they've lost their memories of the time they were manipulated. My lord, I think we should tell them the whole story," Yagyu Tajima-no-kami suggested.

“That’s right.” Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly and concisely explained what had happened to them.

Mata Hari and Scheherazade understood the whole story and the daunting task their Master now faced. Without hesitation, they decided to help their Master rescue the people captured by Kama.

They also want to exact tons of revenge on Kama, who captured them and almost caused them to harm their master!

Kasuga no Tsubone looked at the clothes on Mata Hari and Scheherazade, feeling incredibly conflicted and unable to ignore them, and couldn't help but suggest:

"Ahhh—! No, no! Discipline... the discipline of the Ooku is going to be destroyed. Um... at least, at least!! Could you two put some clothes on your upper bodies?"

“I’m sorry, I know you care, but I don’t have any extra magic left for clothes right now,” Mata Hari said to Kasuga Tsubone in a serious tone. “Also, things are feeling unexpectedly difficult right now. So I want to stick to my usual comfortable attire as much as possible.”

She still prefers wearing this cool and comfortable dance dress, and besides, she definitely wants to show off her charm in front of her master.

So I'm sorry, Ms. Kasuga.

Scheherazade shared Mata Hari's sentiments; now was not the time to dwell on such matters, and they could not waste their precious magic.

As Fujimaru Ritsuka walked through the long labyrinth, her head began to ache more and more. Despite Mashu's protection, she felt like she was poisoned. This state was even worse than if she had taken the Immortal's Decay Nether Vein.

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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War timeline.

"Puhahahaha... Kama, Kama, isn't she sending helpers to Fujimaru Ritsuka?? Sending equipment and helpers... She can't be an evil goddess, right?"

Yu Ishigami was stunned; he felt that the goddess Kama was not a bad child after all.

Is this Kama, like the GM who gives away equipment in a game, putting Fujimaru Ritsuka through some kind of trial?

Wow, this guy is just like Shijou Maki-senpai, a total tsundere, the ultimate tsundere!

He understood. He finally figured out what Kama wanted to do. It was a disguised way of confessing his feelings to Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"I understand now. After capturing all the Heroic Spirits, she was demonstrating her immense power to Fujimaru Ritsuka. At the same time, she wanted those Heroic Spirits to know how formidable she was. That's why she hasn't taken the initiative to attack for so long, but instead has been continuously strengthening Fujimaru Ritsuka's power, guiding him to the deepest part."

"There must be a surprise gift pack at the deepest part of the Great Labyrinth, right? Something like a free 100-pull, a legendary supreme skin, or something like that?"

"Kama would fall for Fujimaru Ritsuka? This is the first time she's met Fujimaru Ritsuka. She seems to hate romance so much, how could she possibly like someone else?" Kaguya Shinomiya looked at Yu Ishigami speechlessly. Although he wasn't stupid, he always misjudged people at crucial moments.

She was quite certain that Kama was the woman who hated love the most, because she herself had died and suffered misfortune because of love.

That's why she hates being in love, turning her love into a distorted kind of affection that ordinary people can't understand.

17. Mata Hari's Noble Phantasm: The Gorgon controlled by her sister.

"Speaking of which, Kama is truly a pitiful goddess. She was completely defeated by Shakyamuni, then tricked to death by the gods, and now she appears as a villain. She's so unlucky." Fujiwara Chika gazed pityingly at the Ooku labyrinth, as if she could see Kama sitting alone on the ground drawing circles, cursing those couples who were obsessed with love, and cursing the gods who had harmed her.

"I hope that those gods who wronged Kama will be punished!! They clearly had the ability to resurrect Kama, but they didn't. How despicable."

She remembered that Parvati's son, though dead, had been resurrected by Shiva.

Kama, being a goddess, could surely be resurrected, but these gods are just too lazy to do it. Yet, when they need Kama, they shamelessly worship her.

Ask someone else.

Indeed, most gods are shameless, selfish, and despicable.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of strange methods the newly joined Heroic Spirits will use. The famous Mata Hari."

“Miss Kasuga is right... Discipline, discipline is very important. Mata Hari and Miss Scheherazade's current attire, won't that make it difficult for Fujimaru Ritsuka to concentrate!? If you can't focus on important things, you're bound to make mistakes. Just like during an exam, if you can't concentrate, you're doomed.”

Miko Iino blushed as she looked at Miss Scheherazade, who was wearing a bikini-like outfit that exposed 90% of her skin, and Miss Mata Hari, whose every move exuded allure.

Magic Frontline timeline.

"Only half a day has passed, and we've already conquered half the floors. We'll soon reach the depths of the Great Inner Palace and face Kama. Once we get there, she won't run away again, will she?" Ushiwakamaru smiled slightly.

"I believe that Kama's schemes and tricks will all fail in the face of brave masters and heroic spirits."

"She doesn't even have the courage to confront Master head-on, and she runs away every time she appears. This girl doesn't seem to be a powerful deity, or perhaps she's simply not good at fighting? After all, she's the goddess of love, a deity skilled at bringing together lovers."

"Hehehe, after all, with her flat-chested figure, she has no charm whatsoever, so her fighting ability is definitely not good either." Ishtar mocked Kama smugly.

Looking at Kama's meager resources, she mercilessly mocked him, saying that Kama was inferior to her in both strength and resources.

"Hehehehehe!"

Ishtar has finally found the goddess she can perfectly defeat; she senses danger upon seeing Parvati's reappearance.

Although Parvati is a goddess with a husband, her husband has such a volatile temper that Parvati, as his wife, must be very dissatisfied. And coincidentally, there is an excellent master by her side when she is dissatisfied.

It's already quite clear what Parvati will do next!

"What a dim-witted goddess, about the same level as Ishtar. You mongrel, thinking you can bewitch my subject Fujimaru just because you've brainwashed a few good-looking Servants??"

The Wise King Gilgamesh said unhappily, "Looking down on Fujimaru Ritsuka, isn't that looking down on Uruk?"

He really wanted to use the treasure from Gate of Babylon to give Kama a buff and help her clear her head.

"Go, Fujimaru. Teach this foolish, monstrous goddess a lesson. Let her see the glory of a subject of mine who has experienced the greatest battle in human history."

"Hehehe, there are actually two Medusas here, Stheno." Euryale's eyes revealed a pleasant smile as she looked at the massive Gorgon and the petite Medusa in front of her.

"Yes, indeed. Wow, Medusa has grown so big! It would have been best if she had stayed in her previous form. Gorgon, don't run! Are you trying to disobey your sister's orders?"

Stheno grabbed young Medusa's little hand and shouted at the Gorgons, "Come back here right now, be good, behave yourself, okay?"

“Yes, it looks exactly like Medusa. How dare you talk back?” Euryale scolded Gorgon while bullying the young Medusa.

"Sisters... Sisters, how did you all end up here? Don't come any closer, I... I don't want to hurt you, even though my mind hasn't been altered or anything."

Gorgon looked at Stheno and Euryale with fear, wanting to approach them but afraid of hurting his sisters and being bullied by them again.

"Hehehe, what are you talking about? What do you mean by hurting us, you silly little thing? It's alright, how could an older sister be afraid of her cute little sister?"

Stheno and Euryale held the hands of young Medusa as they sat together on the massive body of the Gorgon.

Ushiwakamaru was stunned. The Gorgon, whose strength was so terrifying, was actually so afraid of Stheno and Euryale...?

Young Medusa nestled happily against Euryale's chest, rubbing against her, "Big sister... I feel so happy right now."

“Oh, Medusa was absolutely adorable as a child.” Stheno kissed the young Medusa on the cheek, while patting the enormous Medusa beneath him. “Medusa, could you make your body a little smaller? It’s too huge, no wonder no boys like you.”

"Sister... I've tried my best to shrink my body," Gorgon said, feeling aggrieved.

The Great Inner Palace Labyrinth.

"Hehehe, you can't go to the next level using this method, huh? Naive, so incredibly naive. You don't really think you can defy my rules, do you??? No way, no way."

The girl Kama chuckled. "What a naive fool. What good are two more Servants? Do you really think you can escape this Great Inner Palace?"

"The more you know, the more desperate you become, right? It's better not to think so much and just enjoy the pleasure of the Ooku."

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"Ugh, I feel a bit of a headache..." Strange, why is my head getting more and more painful? Fujimaru Ritsuka staggered forward.

"Are you alright, Master?"

Would you like some water?

Mata Hari looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka with concern.

“Strange, Master didn’t drink any alcohol.” Scheherazade observed that Fujimaru Ritsuka’s face was flushed, as if she were drunk. “There is indeed a strong smell of alcohol in this space, but I don’t think that can do anything.”

"His face has turned red, so the antidote should still be working. He shouldn't be drunk yet. It's really strange, why is that?"

"—It's about time, isn't it, Lord Sesshouin?" Suddenly, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami spoke up, as if he knew that Sesshouin Kiara had discovered something.

Is this a swordsman's intuition, or a martial artist's keen sense of smell?

"Just now, you seemed to have derived some kind of answer from this being called Ooku. It should be something that can explain the Lord's strange changes."

"Really? That's amazing! Please tell us!" Mata Hari looked at Sesshouin Kiara with admiration.

"It's nothing particularly serious. Besides, the goddess Kama told us about it without any concealment before. It's just that because I'm a nun, I'm more attentive to those things than others. The precept of not killing. The precept of not lying. If it's consistent with these, then this one—is the precept of not drinking alcohol."

Sesshouin Kiara spoke modestly, her eyes becoming unfocused, "The next level is that without applauding for love, one cannot..."

"The first two sentences are what Kamasuhi, the god of love, mentioned earlier. In other words, this is the theme of each layer of the Great Inner Palace."

"These words are the Five Precepts of Buddhism and Taoism... Precepts that one must not do in order to comprehend them. They respectively represent not killing, not lying, and not drinking alcohol. Now, please recall what we have done on each floor so far... I suspect that these might be the overall design concept of this Great Labyrinth."

"What I did... uh. On the first floor, it was just ordinary fighting with the female officers. Most of the battles weren't particularly difficult," Parvati said blankly, not understanding what Sesshouin Kiara meant.

“Although those are all non-human puppets, there’s nothing we can do if they’re accused of killing,” said Yagyu Tajima-no-kami.

"On the next level, through a road full of lies... and now they're forcing us to drink?"

Parvati didn't want to drink; she was afraid of making a fool of herself, which would be unpleasant.

“Although we don’t remember what the purpose was after we were forced to drink.” Mata Hari frowned, unable to recall what happened after being manipulated by Kama.

"But there's a vague feeling that I'm going to take you somewhere, hmm, I think I have that feeling...?"

Scheherazade stroked her heaving breasts, as if she had etched something into her body while she was being controlled.

"As long as we get drunk, we can move forward. That's the only assumption we can make for now. As long as we get drunk, we can move forward. That's the only assumption we can make for now."

Sesshouin Kiara is increasingly looking forward to what the rules will be in the next level of the labyrinth. If she wants to continue forward then, she can only have her master follow the Heroic Spirits here... Hehehehe.

Her eyes became unfocused as she gazed at Fujimaru Ritsuka, recalling the clear look in his eyes when he handed her the intelligence device without hesitation.

This was the first time she had ever seen someone look at her with such clear and innocent eyes, without a trace of greed or desire.

"Perhaps...perhaps I'm right!" Fujimaru Ritsuka found that with each step she took, the pain in her head became more intense.

He felt his head was about to explode if he didn't get rid of the throbbing headache.

"On the other hand, it's also possible that there's a situation where we can't move forward as long as we follow the precepts. And now this situation has been proven—" Sesshouin Kiara said.

"We can't move forward without getting drunk. That's why our lord's body is acting strangely."

"That's certainly a possibility. It seems a bit strange to have a headache just because you haven't been drinking. Although Master is only having a headache now, there's no guarantee that the headache won't get worse. In the worst case, you might not be able to take a single step, or you might spit blood from your eyes or nose."

Mata Hari speaks chilling words with an adorable expression.

"That...that won't do! I'll die..." Scheherazade was terrified just imagining it, panting as she clung to Fujimaru Ritsuka's arm.

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