"Coppelia's casket" "The flowing tears have already dried up" "Solitude starved for blood smelling of angel down" "In a town where the black sun never sets" "Everyone works silently with an air of deception" "I cannot meet you" "I cannot meet you here our savior" "Coppelia's casket" "People are dolls tired of dancing" "The lamb on the altar" "Where is the mechanical dream headed?" "Coppelia's casket" "O light awakened from the darkness" "The lamb on the altar" "Where is the dream with the broken spring headed?" "Noir..." "It is the name of an ancient fate." "Two maidens who govern death. their black hands protect. their black hands protect." "It is the name of an ancient fate." "Two maidens who govern death. their black hands protect." "you..." "I..." "I am..." "Mireille..." "The tea has gotten cold." "Oh?" "Altena!" "But you've read that book many times by now." "I want to hear it from you one last time before the ritual." "The way I used to hear it from you before bed." "old tale." "the people saw the shape of this world." "It happened at the end of the tenth century." "An abominable plot to gain power." "Many people were killed." "Even old men and even young children." "The worst atrocities man could commit against fellow man." "The people saw such extremes with their very own eyes." "Several of them survived that hell." "And they understood..." "The true nature of man." "The Earth is constantly overflowing with evil and hopelessness." "Those who survived swore to one another and to realize justice on this Earth." "They swore absolute secrecy and loyalty and that was when the Soldats took root for the very first time here." "The blood of the Soldats will seep throughout the wilderness and flow into the great river." "Those who made the pledge scattered to all parts of the world and took up secret lives in the shadowy side of society." "The blood of the Soldats will seep throughout the wilderness and flow into the great river." "Many months and years have passed." "the blood of the Soldats runs throughout the world." "The Soldats is already the world." "We must continue to be active in order to preserve this world." "But Altena... she is correct." "In that she is trying to realize the ideal of the Soldats." "Restoring Noir would be anachronistic." "Altena's motivations are nothing more than delusions." "It's just a farce." "The Grand Retour is in accordance with the Soldats' collective will." "we cannot openly oppose her. gaining the highest position of authority." "That woman doesn't understand anything." "Power and wealth are what make the world go round. hatred can save people." "the world of man does not change." "The land overflows with grief and man commits wicked deed upon wicked deed." "But Heaven..." "Heaven maintains its silence." "Someone must bear the sins." "Someone must bear the sins." "Two maidens figured in the Soldats of old." "but dared to take up their swords." "Their valor was greater than that of tens of thousands of knights combined." "And they had both the Holy Mother's mercifulness and the Grim Reaper's heart of stone." "The maidens with black hands that attended the Soldats' high priest." "Their name is Noir." "I'm beginning to see how things are. but the very reason they came after us. they hide our identities from the hit men and they don't even try to attack us here in this room." "Why?" "Because those are the rules." "The trials..." "The fate of those who are to become Noir." "for us to dodge our way through the traps..." "That was their true goal." "And one more thing..." "You were in a special position from the beginning." "Do you remember what Chloe said?" "That you and Chloe were special." "Mireille... you and Chloe are definitely special." "she claimed... {\cHCFCFCF}Mireille!" "stop." "I felt as though I had seen my own reflection." "But... wasn't it?" "Chloe." "The day of the ritual is already near." "Give her the final guidance." "I will." "But what about her friend?" "You know as well as I that the daughter of Corsica is also fit." "But..." "You have nothing to worry about." "she and you are special." "You need only tell her friend." "Just the truth..." "I will." "You and Chloe are the true Noir." "Then what am I?" "Noir is a pair of chosen assassins." "Even if the Soldats' aim is to question your qualifications..." "What am I?" "The two hands of Soldats are two maidens." "Noir's station and title were inherited generation after generation." "By maidens who did not fear being sullied." "bound by a black thread and chosen by rigorous standards." "For it is a sublime duty." "Chloe has started to take action." "That is not good." "they will be beyond our reach." "we will set the knights of Paris in motion as well." "However..." "However?" "Will they be able to defeat those chosen two? once feared to have governed death?" "Man commits sin. for that is man's fate. we shall soil our hands for the sake of man." "The sins that the Soldats of old dared to commit..." "They were in atonement for man's sins." "Noir will commit sin upon sin. without end." "For eternity." "Noir will commit sin upon sin." "You two have overcome all of the trials." "And the depth of your sins is worthy of the name of Noir." "I have come." "to give you the final guidance to the Manor." "What's this manor?" "!" "The sole parcel of land on this Earth sacred ground." "The ritual of accession to Noir will take place there." "Thank you for being with her until now." "But now she must go home." "Your gun..." "Accept the final guidance." "No!" "The soft touch" "Finally made me realize how cold my cheek was" "Like waking up in the morning" "And noticing the birds chirping for the first time" "Suddenly" "I don't know anything yet" "What my heart is seeking" "I don't know" "I was always looking up at the sky since who knows when" "I would send my thoughts to right below that cloud"