Unit Scenario: Unreliable Messenger of Nature Mare

**Unit Scenario: Unreliable Messenger of Nature Mare** was a character scenario released in Mass for the Dead, featuring the character Mare Bello Fiore.

## Episode 1: Mare's Daily Life

Mare Bello Fiore taking a shift in monitoring the Crack on the 6th Floor, recording what he see and found in his notebook. So far, no changes have occurred whatsoever. The Crack appears to be stable just like the observations from the past few days. The only time when something serious happens is when several Chaos Beasts appear. After jotting down his notes, the dark elf returns to reading his book from Ashurbanipal that he was introduced to by the protagonist. Mare finishes the books he borrowed and wonders if maybe he should deliver the notes on the Crack to Momonga and also pay a visit to the library.

He then decides to call upon his sister Aura Bella Fiora via [Message] and asks her to watch the anomaly while he heads out to the 9th Floor. Aura is hesitant to take the job since it's Mare's turn to watch the Crack and plus she is already busy taking care of her pets in the meantime. Mare tells her that it's of great importance he must make sure to submit his report on the Crack as directed by Momonga to detail all its changes and the types of Chaos Beasts that emerge. With that in mind, Aura asks why Mare didn't bother to submit the notebook to Momonga earlier. Mare apologizes as Momonga's schedule shifted so he was unable to deliver the notes to him on time. But Aura sees that Mare wants to be praised directly by Momonga. Even so, Aura agrees to take Mare's shift in his stead but for only this time around as a special exception. Mare thanks Aura and also inform her that he will be visiting the library as well to pick up a new book. Aura is fine with that, though reminds Mare to come back early when he is done with his errands. Mare promises and hopes that he can hurry to finish up all his tasks before his sister gets annoyed.

## Episode 2: Friendly Friends

After delivering his report to Momonga, Mare hurried over to Ashurbanipal where he was welcomed by the protagonist. Mare returns the book he borrowed from the library, having enjoyed the story of a mischievous boy going down the river with his friends and taking a dangerous adventure. The protagonist is glad to hear Mare think so in that way as the book itself is enjoyed by so many kids like himself. It is the kind of children's literature work that was loved by a lot of people since ancient times and draws out youth of a boy in a rural town where dissatisfaction and racial discrimination with society exists. The protagonist mentions that the book is part of a three-part sequel. Though he warns the content is a little older than children's literature, but is confident Mare will still come around in enjoying them nonetheless. Mare happily accepts the books as all of the protagonist's recommendations to be a bit interesting. The two talk with the protagonist, bringing up his desire to be of help and use to the Supreme Beings, as he has been spending a lot of his time in the library and has no one to chat to. Thus, he gets pleasure when Mare comes over and asks for his advice.

## Episode 3: Mare's Feelings

Time passes with Mare forgetting the time as he was excited about discussing book topics with the protagonist. Upon seeing the time he panics, this causes the protagonist to ask what is wrong with him. Mare explains his dilemma of having promised Aura to return home after he finished his errands first, but looks like he will be coming late later on. The homunculus comforts Mare that it can't be that bad, apologizing for the inconvenience their conversation must have had on him. Still, the homunulus notes that it is quite rare for him to actually see Mare voice his complaint about Aura as they are siblings who hardly ran into troubles with each other. Mare tells him that Aura tends to frequently be angry at him and always needs to acquire her permission to even do anything. It makes him feel suffocated.

Mare confesses if he were the older sibling between the two of them, the former wouldn't get angry, but his sister can't understand that sort of feeling as he is always indebted to her all the times. On a brighter note, Mare expresses that he is very grateful for his sister Aura and strangely has no words for the feeling the former have towards her. But knows that Aura herself is a very important person to him because she's his big sister. With that, the protagonist tells Mare that to Aura, he is also regarded as extremely important to her. And is glad of Mare's virtue to be able to accept it, including if there is dissatisfaction with the other party. Mare briefly considers this and agrees. At the same time, Mare then says that he must get going but promises to be back when he finally finishes reading the new book. Before setting out and leaving, he asks his friend if they can keep their private conversation a secret between just the two of them. Especially from Aura which the protagonist promises that he will make sure to keep quiet about from her. Mare seeing that he needs to get back home, worries about facing Aura. Remembering that Aura has been taking care of a number of magical beasts and that the food for them should be running out soon, he then opts to go forward and take a detour himself.

## Episode 4: Maid Struggle

At the canteen in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, normally it has a calm atmosphere with few people, but now the general maids have gathered and it is full of noises and activities all around. Foire declares the latest dish happened to contain plenty of various seasonal fruits to Pestonya Shortcake Wanko who tries it and compliment it to be bad, as it lacks impact. Fiore asks the Head Maid to try another dish, a different one one which topped with chili peppers on special sweets, but the Head Maid declines. Mare steps in while the maids are busy with their dish tasting. The maids taking notice asks Mare whether he requires any help from them which he confirms to be the case. The women are willing to aid Mare in exchange for just a bit of his cooperation. Foire explains to the dark elf that they are conducting research and development on the menu and thus ask Mare to try one of their dishes. Pestonya chides them for asking Mare to do something so suddenly out of the blue. Foire apologizes but she wishes to help create a kind of unique dish that everyone in Nazarick can enjoy without feeling dissatisfied about it. Though Mare came for a request of his own in return for assisting them on their objective after he agrees to taste one of the maid's dishes much to the glee of the Foire and the general maids.

## Episode 5: Bond With My Sister

After taste testing the dishes, Foire and the maids thank Mare for his cooperation. Pestonya offers to drop by anytime to the canteen to try the new menu. Mare likewise enjoyed the meals he ate and reciprocates the maids' thanks as they were able to retrieve what he needed from them. Leaving the canteen, Mare returns to the 6th Floor where it is already the middle of nighttime. As Mare anticipated would happen beforehand, Aura came running towards him, demanding to know where he has been all this time. Seeing her go on a tirade, Mare notes this to be natural as she berates Mare for his tardiness when Nazarick is no longer a safe place as it was previously, especially with the emergence of Chaos Beasts. She stress that they always need to be aware of each other's situation no matter what, so they can act separately and cohesively. If Mare neglects to contact her ahead of time, he won't be able to proceed forward in taking further action alongside her. Mare tries to say sorry for the inconvenience he has caused her, but Aura is just glad and relieve that nothing bad happened had this time around and tells him to be a bit more careful next time.

The Beast Tamer then notices that Mare is carrying a big package with him that she hadn't noticed until now. She asks if he really went to the library and questions what is in the box. Mare states that its for her and shows her the contents which turn out to be demon beast food. Mare got it at the canteen as he thought Aura was running out of food for feeding her magical beasts.

Since Aura was taking over the duty of lookout, Mare thought he could thank her by fetching something for her as a way to express his gratitude. Hearing that, Aura realizes that Mare was apparently late because he went out of his way to collect the food for her and that her anger was for naught. Aura tells Mare that she is thankful for his kind action and embraces him as thanks, much to his surprise while the hug nearly crushes him physically. Aura then let's go of him and asks her brother if he wants to help her feed her pets. Mare asks if that is okay for someone like him to handle as she normally doesn't want others but herself to do that. Aura states that since he brought the food, she wants to show him that the beasts are properly eating it. She even offers to teach him with her knowledge of how to feed them. The offer captures Mare's attention as he wants to try feeding the beasts himself. Aura, now happy boasts that they are twin guardians of the 6th Floor and without each other they can't do anything!

## Trivia

* This is the second story unit of Mare Bello Fiore in Mass for the Dead.

## References

1. ↑ *Unit Scenario: Unreliable Messenger of Nature Mare*