Chen
Chen's Fantasy Rebirth Story
Chen
―OK, my cats.
Chen
Let me hear your report for today!
Chen
Let's start with Tiny Mike!
Chen
Hmm... You picked up a bag of dried fish, and delivered it to the village and got praised?
Chen
So you got some dried fish as a thank you? You're a good cat!
Chen
How did you get the dried fish in the first place...?
Chen
Oh well! Next! Tiny Rin!
Chen
I see... You found a crying child outside the village, so you guided her to her home.
Chen
So her parents patted you on the head? That's great!
Chen
But I wonder why a child was lost there...?
Chen
Oh well! Who's report do we have last...?
Chen
Tiny Chen doesn't seem to be back yet.
Chen
Oh! She's back!
Chen
Just in time. It's Tiny Chen's turn for today's report!
Chen
Hmm...
Chen
I see... OK.
Chen
You couldn't do anything today either.
Chen
There's no need to worry, Tiny Chen. I'm sure you can do something tomorrow.
Chen
Ah! Wait! Where are you going Tiny Chen?!
Chen
She went off...
Chen
...
Chen
I think Tiny Chen is having a hard time...
Chen
I guess it's no fun being my minion when everything goes wrong, and you keep making mistakes every day.
Chen
I wish I could take better care of Tiny Chen...
Chen
It's difficult for me to be like Lady Ran...
Chen
Everything goes wrong, and you keep making mistakes every day...
Chen
That's just... like me.
Yukari
Shikigami Chen.
Yukari
Let me hear your periodic report.
Hello Chen!
Chen
Lady Yukari and PLAYER!
Yukari
...So that's why you suddenly started crying.
Chen
I'm sorry, Lady Yukari. But I couldn't stop thinking about it...
Chen
When will I... become a competent shikigami...?
Yukari
That's a difficult question.
Yukari
I will not answer for Ran, but I believe you are already competent.
Chen
I'm already a proper shikigami?!
Chen
No, that can't be right. I think I've still got a long way to go!
Yukari
Well, you seem to lack confidence.
Yukari
...
Yukari
But you know, I wasn't joking. Your calculation abilities fully satisfy my expectations for shikigami.
Yukari
Your coordination with Ran is perfect. And when I intend for you to do something, you never let me down.
Yukari
Is that not enough for you?
Chen
I understand that, but...
Chen
It feels like I can't do anything by myself.
Chen
I always fail without Lady Ran.
Yukari
Is that really a problem? You are Ran's shikigami, after all.
Yukari
Or...
Yukari
I wonder if the "youkai" in you plans to work against your master?
Chen
What?!
Yukari
I'm just kidding!
Chen
...
Chen
From the bottom of my heart, I wish that I could work for Lady Ran without always being told what to do...
Chen
I want to use more of my own power for Lady Ran.
Chen
Is this... strange?
Yukari
Hmm!
Yukari
Well, let's ask PLAYER for her opinion.
You're asking me?!
Yukari
Chen, Ran, and myself. How do the three of us look to you?
The three of you? Hmm...
Yukari
By the way, what do you think about this question, Chen?
Chen
Urgh, ummm...!
Chen
A family... Maybe?
Oh, I thought of that too, but...
Yukari
Hm.
Yukari
Yes, I admit that we are like a family.
Yukari
However, that's all. The three of us are merely a group that resembles a family.
Yukari
The relationship between a shikigami and their master is not a family.
Chen
...!
Yukari
It is a relationship between a master and a slave who is almost a tool.
Chen
...
Yukari
But you shikigami are living, willful, and transforming tools. Do you know what this means?
Chen
Living, willful, and transforming tools...?
Yukari
It means you and Ran are...
Yukari
...a part of me.
Chen
...!
Yukari
You are not family. You are a part of me.
Yukari
So, as a part of my body. It is clear what I want from you.
Yukari
I want you to follow my will rather than fulfill some task. I want you to be safe, not sacrifice yourself.
Yukari
You are already capable of doing this, which is why I think you are a competent shikigami. And...
Yukari
...you are still trying to change. This is one of the ultimate challenges that I want shikigami to try and accomplish.
Yukari
In other words, "the power of will."
Chen
The power of will?
Yukari
You do not have to understand yet. The time will come.
Yukari
PLAYER, give Chen the gift.
Here, Chen, this is for you.
Chen
Is that one of the rumored costumes distributed by Lady Yukari?!
Yukari
Open it.
Chen
O-OK!
Chen
T-This is...!
Chen
A wonderful costume!
Chen
I'm really a competent shikigami! Yay!
Chen
...Ah!
Chen
Thank you very much, Lady Yukari and PLAYER.
I'm sure you'll look good in it!
Chen
Hehe!
Chen
Ah! Tiny Chen! You came back!
Chen
I was worried about you!
(I'm glad everything ended well.)
Costume Presentation
Chen
I'm still pretty inexperienced as a shikigami, but I was always OK with that... But after helping you out and getting praised by Lady Ran, I feel like I want to become a better shikigami. So let me stay by your side, OK? Until I can stand on my own!
