"Akatsuki..." "Where am I?" "Where am I going?" "come all!" "your Christmas cake..." "How about that?" "It turned into a plain old cake!" "It's hip with today's youth!" "it comes with a reindeer mask!" "beautiful!" "Damned adventurers... 1)}A Lost Child at Dawn" "A Lost Child at Dawn." "There's no need to worry." "Henrietta will contact us." "Yes..." "Aren't you cold?" "You've been standing by the window for a while." "You're right... it's cold here." "You weren't born in Akihabara?" "No." "I was born in a town called Kiyose." "it would be around Nobidome District." "Rieze?" "I'm not." "normal home." "do I?" "About you... either." "Or Marielle." "And..." "And..." "No." "It's not that I didn't know." "It's that I never tried to know." "Not even about Crusty..." "It's especially cold today." "I was a good student." "and I was adept at my studies." "everyone praised me." "I became skilled at it." "In that sense" "I'm glad I joined D.D.D. when I came here." "I met a lot of people and I was forced to realize that the only world I had ever tried to see was so small." "with something very important missing." "I was really on a bad path." "Yes." "somewhere." "And because it's important" "I think you need to treasure it." "That's why I think I need... to be a princess." "But I'm never good enough." "So..." "Rieze!" "I won't have the right to be treated kindly by you or to delude myself into thinking I'm protecting you." "Treat me properly?" "Very well." "Then here's my first bit of advice." "To treat someone "properly" is too difficult." "Lenessia." "but if you don't mind that..." "No..." "This couldn't be..." "Where am I heading?" "driven along..." "Where am I trying to go?" "I may not have a destination." "I'm just trying to run." "I didn't think it would be so quiet here." "Yeah." "Something disappeared... my lord?" "Akatsuki..." "I see." "isn't it?" "is it?" "No." "Everyone's thoughts..." "The memory fragments they offered up so they could rise up once more." "Akatsuki?" "That's right." "I died." "I had almost figured something out..." "I see." "So was I." "I died." "my lord?" "Yeah." "my lord." "I failed." "I was naïve." "I couldn't trust them enough." "I don't understand." "It isn't that I'm upset because I couldn't win." "You didn't do the best you could." "You didn't do what you needed to do." "It's strange." "I didn't think I'd see you here." "my lord." "It is strange." "Is it only a coincidence?" "I'm sure it's because I wanted to see my lord." "I wanted him to pat me on the head." "Maybe I can find that which I almost found if I search for it myself." "I'm going to try again." "I guess." "Everyone taught me." "My lord..." "I passed through some quiet place..." "It's gone." "But..." "I feel like I found something like I understand something." "So there's something I should do..." "Something I must do." "Akatsuki!" "Are you okay?" "do you?" "S-Stop..." "You're so cute!" "I thought it was about time for you to wake up." "Um..." "I know this isn't an appropriate request but I'd like you all to help me." "Would you share your Teachings with me?" "I want to capture that murderer." "didn't Soujirou use the Teachings?" "Yeah." "But it wasn't enough." "Yep." "despite that?" "Because..." "I want to end the murders!" "but... well... please tell me anything you know!" "You think you can beat him?" "I don't know but I have to do something to end it." "someone has to do it." "What do you mean?" "Shiroe isn't here?" "We were asked to keep it a secret but that's right." "Shiro is away from Akihabara." "Now I get it." "No wonder you're so desperate." "Well?" "I haven't heard your answer." "Do you think you can beat him?" "Do you think you can end this?" "Can you do it alone?" "I can't." "I can't do it alone." "That's why I want your help." "Please help me!" "I would say." "There are eight Teachings that D.D.D. is aware of." "I've already gained my lord's permission." "He's told me to share them with you." "Really... just to start over as a middle schooler... either." "Yeah." "My lord..." "Are you bored?" "You got me." "yes." "Deal with it." "and I'm still bored." "What's wrong?" "my weapon's been acting strangely." "Why not send it to be repaired?" "Yeah... so I've just overlooked it." "right?" "as well." "It seems to be fine." "Sorry to bother you." "Onigiri Shop Enmusubi" "What a relief!" "no matter how often you do them." "But it looks like everyone was surprised." "it had a lot of impact." "even if their sub-class isn't chef." "It's limited to simple stuff like salad..." "But why is a change like this happening?" "Guild master?" "you can keep eating." "so I'll just briefly interrupt." "Personality {\cH805DAD}Woman {\cHAAA96E}Man" "Voice Sex Differences" "There are three things I need to announce." "regarding sex differences between now and when this was a game." "Sex differences?" "right?" "He's talking about that." "RDR has reported in the past that personality is influenced by a person's body." "as well." "An adventurer with a female body will find their voice gradually becoming feminine even if the player is actually a man." "Next is optical observation." "There's still a lot we don't know but it seems the distance between Akihabara and Mt." "Fuji is increasing." "the distance between any two points is increasing by a small amount." "Excuse me." "Go ahead." "Is that occurring everywhere?" "Does that mean Yamato is getting bigger?" "We believe so." "regarding flavor text... flavor text is merely" "Healing Potion (Basic)" "Effect/ Healing Potion (Basic) Restores a small amount of HP an explanation that describes where an item originated or what it is." "and scent change depending on the skill of the creator." "it's just for flavor." "It has no in-game effects." "Yeah it's just to add atmosphere..." "Yes." "It should have no meaning at all." "But we've confirmed that some items' flavor texts are having real-world effects." "No way." "Could so many coincidences really occur at once?" "Shouldn't we assume that this world is undergoing some large-scale change?" "The Apocalypse is not over yet." "I've already heard the broader details." "The murderer is a Person of the Land." "You told them." "If this gets out relations between adventurers and People of the Land will worsen in Akihabara." "Akatsuki tried to resolve the situation because she was concerned about that." "Right?" "I can understand that." "Though I can't imagine you'll be able to hide it completely." "Not with all these victims..." "Is the West Wind Brigade going public with this?" "No." "Souji said he's pulling out." "Though that's up to you two." "That's... and get on with the lecture." "Is this what you mean?" "You two were vain enough to think you could deal with this yourselves." "didn't you?" "Aren't you being a little arrogant?" "Aren't you insulting the people around you?" "How long do you intend to remain alone?" "Don't you think it's childish to tell yourself that all you need is Shiroe?" "it's always been that way." "I was content with how comfortable I felt in his shadow." "I never tried to get close to anyone else." "Because I was totally reliant on him..." "I suddenly couldn't do anything." "Not even what he asked me to do." "Did you think you've been coming here to protect her?" "You weren't the only one who had the job of visiting Watermaple House." "and so was Rieze." "I'm not the only one my lord relied on." "Of course." "But..." "It's true that I wanted to help her because she was trying so hard." "So..." "I want your help." "I need your help." "of course." "Rieze and I will help you." "But who should you be saying that to?" "Who..." "Akatsuki..." "Akatsuki is my friend!" "Lenessia is doing her best so I want to help her!" "I want you all... all of us... to help her." "Because we're friends." "Very well." "Let's stop that murderer." "I'll come up with a plan." "after all." "the sun has set." "Let's hurry." "A broken spearhead..." "What's the matter?" "It looks like this is a training area." "For goblins." "Goblins?" "Surely not." "I've never heard of them training." "I'm sorry..." "It's acting strangely again." "Sansa!" "My lord!" "My lord!" "My lord?" "The Graupel Sword Byakumaru?" "That's the katana the samurai had?" "I knew it on sight." "I saw it many times at Amenoma." "is something wrong?" "just... and I haven't gotten a call." "Shiroe and Naotsugu aren't playing around." "They won't always have time." "but... something just doesn't feel right." "Did you notice anything else about the murderer?" "One second." "Yes?" "Yes." "What?" "That can't be..." "The murderer's mind is taken from him as he becomes a true monster." "Is he remembering a legendary hero?" "Rieze and Henrietta begin preparations for a raid." "Akatsuki attempts to master the Teachings." "they find themselves with many friends." "in all." "Next time:" "The Maidens of Watermaple." "The Maidens of Watermaple" "Rise up once more."