Entry 45: All BB’s fault

Chapter 2: Prison of Projections -Girl’s Side Laboratory-

This is the story of a woman. When she changed her apparel, the public eye was drawn to her. She controlled men with a hand so gentle it could not harm an insect.
You will live a life of moderation! Oh, of course, her reputation is impeccable.
You will cast aside pointless things! Indeed, she’s amazing.
What she had was a prison of projections. A thing as pure as it was cruel. She was handsome, and her conduct irreproachable. So why did things turn out this way?

[The word used here means both calculation and prediction – projection was the closest word in English I could think of, though it kind of makes it sound like a projected image.]

When I open my eyes, we’re in front of the cherry tree. There’s nothing wrong with my body. Caster, who dematerialized, is fine too. Rin…may have taken damage, her expression is strained.

Rin :: …looks like we managed to transfer somehow…This is the old-style school building you use as your base, isn’t it? It really is different from the school on the near side…Maybe it’s was used in the early days of the Holy Grail War, but it got out-modded and was abandoned. Well, that’s a topic for extracurricular study, I guess. Where’s Leo?

*

I point to the student council room on the second floor from the garden. I explain the rough layout of the old school building, and who’s inside it.
 

Rin :: …*sigh* I’d really like to just go to sleep for a while, but I guess I’m not in a position to say that. I’ll head to the student council room. I might be too ashamed to expose my disgraceful behavior, but I at least have to tell them what I know.

[She leaves.]

Caster :: Rin's pushing herself too hard... I can't imagine she wants to do anything right now other than dive into the infirmary bed and pretend that was all a dream. She really is a hard worker. I nearly found myself yelling "Hey, get back here, you money slave!". I managed to fight it off, though.

…Rin’s been both spiritually and physically defeated, I suppose. But still, as an acquaintance of that girl in black — BB, she’s gone to the student council room to supply information. I can’t show weakness either. I should go to the student council room and discuss the situation with everyone.

[But before that, I decide to check to see if anything new is going on around the school building. At the item kiosk, for example.]

Kotomine :: What a despondent expression. You’ve found some new trouble?

My mouth moves spontaneously as if his words enticed me. I tell him about BB, the strange girl who looks just like Sakura.

Kotomine :: Ah, you met that one. Then I understand why you make that face. It seems you’ve finally met your true enemy.

…huh? Wait, he knows about BB?

Kotomine :: She is the one dragged me, the Holy Grail War’s administrative AI, over to this side and overwrote my role. She has also placed a tax on all sales from this kiosk. She is quite troublesome. It’s caused my business ambitions to decrease dramatically. After negotiations, I settled for paying 5% of my net profits as a protection money.

…BB and the priest are both unexpectedly stingy. Still, judging by the way he talks about her, the priest doesn’t like BB. In that case, maybe he could make things a little cheaper for us…

Kotomine :: Those are wholly separate matters. I offer established products for an established price. Such is the pride of a store clerk. I may have wholly fallen from the role of Grail War overseer to hired manager of this store, but my essence will not change. Please, leave me to watch over all of you as an impartial employee as you writhe in agony.

Modified from the original at https://tsukinoura.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/entry-45-all-bbs-fault/. Please support the original translator.