"Clare." "How does Clare sound?" "It's the name of a twin goddess, beautiful, pure, and full of love." "Your late parents' wishes will always be with you in your name." "Then let's go." "Ah, ikutsu-mono yoru o koete" "Koutta yume to kieyuku namida" "Warm me, warm me, wrap me" "Hito o aisenai kono mi ga nikui" "Doko made aruitemo owari ga mienai" "Kako no kioku o michizure ni" "Kono mi wa nani-iro ni somari-yuki no darou" "Kotae o sagashiteru" "Hey, Clare." "Come here and take a look." "It's the town of Rokut." "We'll get there by around evening tomorrow." "That'll be where we part ways." "Don't give me that look." "You'll find far greater happiness there than if you stay with me." "Don't worry." "I won't suddenly dismiss you just because we've arrived in a town." "I'll find someone to look after you." "Rest easy." "So she fell asleep crying..." "What a funny one." "Crying all that time over parting with someone like me." "No matter who in Rokut ends up taking her in, it'll be far better than staying with me." "At the very least, she'll be able to live as a human, after all." "Now then..." "So?" "Is there something you want?" "I'll..." "I'll mess..." "I knew you'd been following us, but if you'd had your wound treated and taken the time to recover, it would never have gotten infected." "If you intend to try to kill me out of a sense of revenge, don't." "There may be rules, but if you try to kill me, it goes without saying that I'll strike back." "I know that." "I won't try to take your life." "Not your life." "What?" "I'll mess you up!" "Your pride, your self-respect!" "All of it!" "Are you aware?" "My body is..." "Like hell I care!" "All that matters is that I humiliate you!" "Humiliate you to the point where you're so ashamed, you can't stand it!" "Do whatever you want." "This is what makes humans so..." "Is it for the sake of beings like this that we fight?" "I never liked that look on your face." "That look, like you're so superior!" "Your face is so composed, like you're some doll, but I'll make it warp with shame!" "You brat..." "Mess with me, will you?" "!" "Don't you try to make a fool of me, you damn brat!" "Don't mess with me!" "Maybe I'll just kill you!" "Eh?" "What do you plan to do with my short sword?" "If you kill me, they'll be coming for your head, right?" "That's the hard and fast rule, right?" "You sure about this?" "Eh?" "You seem to have the wrong idea, so I'll tell you this now." "The rule is ultimately just a rule." "Whether we follow it or not is up to the individual." "Whether we follow the rule or we violate the rule and get cut down by our fellow comrades..." "We're free to choose." "Get lost!" "Unless you want me to put you to the sword." "Serves him right." "Can you stand, Clare?" "H-Hey n't...rt?" "...n't it...rt?" "Clare..." "Doesn't it... hurt?" "You... can talk?" "!" "...wanted... say this... all this time." "I see." "You mean this?" "Don't worry." "It looks bad, but it doesn't hurt." "It just appears that way." "Since we were back there, your eyes..." "always full of suffering." "You looked like you were in so much pain, you couldn't stand it." "Your eyes looked the same as mine." "You looked like you were lonely and suffering, and you couldn't stand it." "That was why..." "That was why..." "I was the one... being held in her arms." "Having had what was precious to us stolen away by Yoma, betrayed and abandoned by the people we trusted..." "Where we each ended up, having lost the means to go on living..." "And the pain we carry in our hearts from having suffered the same fate." "That time, with her small body trembling with fear, am I to understand she was pouring all her strength into holding someone who had been hurt as she had?" "And that was because that was exactly what she most wanted someone to do for her..." "This slip of a girl, half my size taught me that even silver eyes have the capacity to shed tears." "Hey, that looks good on you." "Let's take that." "But this is..." "Don't worry." "I have money." "After all, I don't spend much on my own." "Now, then, shall we go?" "I-Incredible!" "With just one blow..." "S-So that's a Claymore..." "Thank you very much." "I never dreamed that you would slay the Yoma so quickly." "Think nothing of it." "It's just my job." "What with our town being surrounded by mountains, we had nowhere to run to." "Oh, and this is the promised payment." "A man dressed in black will come for it later." "Give that to him then." "I-I see..." "Teresa." "I have one favor to ask." "Yes?" "Would you take this one in and give her a place in this town?" "Uh... pardon me, but this girl is..." "I found her along the way on my travels." "She's been with me, so she's no Yoma." "Her parents are dead and she has no other relatives." "It would be great if there's someone who wants a child." "Well, our town is deep in the mountains with few children, so I imagine we might have someone who would want her..." "That would be convenient." "Please make the arrangements." "Clare..." "I don't want it..." "I don't want these things..." "I don't want anything." "Not nice clothes and not nice shoes." "So let me stay with you." "I want to stay with you always, Teresa!" "I don't need anything else, so..." "Please." "Please, Teresa." "I..." "Clare, as you've seen, my job is to slay Yoma." "There's nothing else that I do, nor do I have any other reason for being." "But..." "Soon enough, you'll get caught in the middle and I'll surely end up putting you in danger." "Ultimately, you and I live in two separate worlds." "Live among humans as a human being." "I'm glad we met." "I won't forget about you." "Teresa!" "I..." "I..." "Find happiness as a human, Clare." "Come now, a girl shouldn't thoughtlessly expose herself in front of people." "Here, these are such adorable clothes." "Well, then, please look after her." "Leave it to us." "We will never allow any misfortune to befall her." "Clare..." "Live as a human among human beings." "The world that you should yearn for that I can never provide you with..." "You will find it there." "And there, live as a human, spend your days as a human, and die as a human." "For that is surely the greatest happiness one could wish for as a human being." "Farewell, Clare." "Oh, no!" "I was careless!" "I thought it was odd to run into bandits so deep in the mountains." "They were after that town from the start!" "That town, deep in the mountains with infrequent visitors, with nowhere to run to." "But they learned there was a Yoma in town, so they had been unable to make their move." "In a way, the Yoma was the town's protective barrier." "And I broke it down!" "Help!" "Clare..." "Clare!" "Kill the men!" "Take the women!" "Rob them of every last scrap they've got!" "Thanks to that silver-eyed witch, we can do our work without any worries." "To us, she's no witch." "Far from it!" "She's a saint!" "How could he reach from that distance?" "My Falcon Sword is invincible!" "Found you..." "Long time no see." "Oh?" "What a coincidence." "Fancy meeting you here." "There shouldn't be any Yoma left in this town, though." "No matter how many people we kill in this town or how we plunder and loot it in every way imaginable, this is ultimately a matter between humans." "It should be of no concern to you people." "Or have you come to stop us, overstepping your bounds?" "Even though you can't kill humans..." "Clare..." "Hey." "Oh, it's you." "Did you forget something?" "You don't have to worry." "I'll look after this one." "I'll keep on treating her real good from now on, so don't worry." "It sure was cute seeing her scream." "She was crying, "Teresa!" "Teresa!"" "Huh?" "What?" "Wh-What the heck?" "Hey, that's my precious arm, the only one I had left..." "Give it back..." "Say your prayers, you bastards." "Curse yourselves for being scum even worse than Yoma." "I'm going to slaughter every last one of you." "She's finally gone and done it!" "The Claymore's finally gone and killed a human!" "Slaughter us all, you say?" "Don't underestimate us!" "The reason we couldn't raid a town with a Yoma in it was because we didn't know who the Yoma was." "If I can see my opponent, whether it's a Yoma or it's a Claymore," "I'll chop you to pieces!" "You're pretty good!" "You're the first ever to parry my first blow." "How about it?" "Can you see it?" "This is what the Falcon Sword really is." "It snakes like a whip, allowing me to attack near and far." "It's impossible for the human eye to see it coming." "No one can evade my sword!" "And at the same time, no one can touch me!" "How about it?" "!" "I doubt you could even get within arm's reach of me." "Huh?" "What?" "B-Boss!" "Y-You gotta be kidding me!" "It was a mistake for us to take on a monster like that to begin with!" "Run!" "She's a monster!" "She's going to kill us!" "H-Hurry!" "Awake, Clare?" "Teresa..." "So she's finally gone and done it." "I had a feeling this would happen someday." "The rules allow for no exceptions." "No matter who it is, no matter what the reason." "It's too bad, Teresa of the Faint Smile." "It's too bad it had to come to this, Teresa." "Yeah, I agree." "Teresa!" "Teresa!" "Honestly, I never expected it." "That I would come to this." "I was confident that I could keep my cool at all times." "I was beside myself." "When I came to, it was all over." "Teresa!" "Teresa!" "Would you tell me one thing before the end?" "What of Clare?" "What do you intend to do with her?" "You have no need to know." "It is no longer any of your concern." "I see." "You're right." "Teresa!" "No!" "I don't want you to die!" "Teresa!" "Farewell, Clare." "Teresa!" "The wounds aren't deep." "If you release your Yoma powers to close the wounds, it'll be more than enough to save yourselves." "Sorry." "I just can't die yet, after all." "Teresa!" "Teresa!" "Teresa!" "Teresa!" "There, there." "You sure cry a lot." "What is the meaning of this, Teresa?" "It's nothing profound." "The reason is terribly plain and simple." "I've found a reason to live." "From now on, I'm going to try living for her sake." "You'll regret it." "I won't." "I couldn't possibly." "This is a troublesome development." "She is said to be the most powerful in the Organization." "For Teresa of the Faint Smile to betray us..." "It's no cause for us to fuss." "Assemble Number 2 through Number 5." "We'll send them to bring down Teresa." "Kokoro... mada anata no kioku no naka de" "Karada... sagashiteru tarinai watashi o" "Kyou mo dokoka de dareka ga nagasu namida" "Tsumetaku warau sadame o ikite-yuku koto" "Nakusenai mono nigiri-shime-nagara" "Watashi wa ima mo koko ni iru no" "Karenai hana wa utsukushikute" "Yuruginai omoi o mune ni saki-tsuzuketa" "Chigireta kumo no danzai no sora" "Tomaranai kanashimi o dakishimeteta" "The reason for betrayal." "The price of betrayal." "An unyielding will." "Next time, "Marked for Death""