"Act Three" "Ah, it's beautiful." "Hey..." "How about accompanying me to a town where no one can find us, and living there, just the two of us?" "If you live in human villages, your life will no longer last for eternity," "I understand that fact." "However, I have confidence that I will give you something that is more precious than that." "Maybe only 40 years, no, 30 years, or even 20 years..." "Compared to the Forgotten God's, the time we are granted seems to last only for a brief moment." "However, no matter if it's a flower that withers a day after it blooms, or a flower that stays in full bloom for a hundred years, it does not affect how beautiful it really is." "Tomi Hime, let's live together, and then die together." "20 years..." "During such a short life, will I be able to eat such delicious dumplings again?" "Definitely." "Are you willing to consider it?" "Hime-sama." "Why did you come here?" "Hime, please return to the castle." "I will come back immediately after I change my clothes." "Okay." "Please take a look at the room of the serving girls." "Her wound refuses to heal." "It is constantly bleeding and it has started to fester." "It is now badly swollen." "We should be immortal, but our strength is slowly fading away." "You should know why this is, right?" "It is because Hime-sama has become obsessed with that man and lost her soul!" "I am sorry, Susuki." "It is fine." "It is fine, Hime-sama." "Hime, are you thinking of committing the same mistakes as your mother?" "Are you planning to send us down the road to death once again?" "!" "Susuki has passed away." "So, this is where you are." "I came up because you did not return for such a long time." "If I am seen by that Uba, I'll definitely be chased off again." "What happened?" "Tomi Hime?" "Kneel." "I said kneel!" "Get out of this castle." "Vanish from my sight this instant." "Tomi Hime..." "I treasure my life." "Whenever you take a step closer to me, my wound hurts more." "Whenever your breath comes near me, my wound continues to bleed." "But..." "Do you wish for me to die?" "No." "In the end, you are a human, while I am a Forgotten God." "Just from that fact alone, we should not be involved with one another." "My encounter with you was a mistake." "Please go." "If you ever appear again in front of me," "I will definitely kill you." "Tomi Hime." "I do not feel that our encounter was a mistake." "Neither do I feel that you and I are two different entities." "I wish to once again nourish your dry throat." "Even though we are separated far apart," "I still wish for a flower to bloom splendidly in your heart." "I wish you happiness from the bottom of my heart." "I wish you the same." "Everything will be fine now." "Zusho-no-Suke-san." "Oshizu." "Zusho-no-Suke-san, you have returned." "I am glad." "I am sorry." "Do not cry." "Please wait a little." "I am coming in now." "Welcome back." "Ah, there are grosbeaks." "What is it?" "It is nothing." "I did not expect the lord above to turn us away at the gate." "Could it be because the whereabouts of that falcon are still unknown?" "How can that be?" "That is just the Tono's excuse." "Your voice is too loud." "He does not listen to what we say anyway." "I am very sorry!" "I have something to tell Harima-no-Kami-sama." "Hey, hey, step aside!" "You are that falconer's..." "I have already told that man that he is free to return to being a falconer." "What is it this time?" "It is regarding that falcon, Koujirou." "Let me hear it." "Tono?" "That falcon is still in Shirasagi-jo." "The female demon that resides in the castle has kept the falcon captive." "What are you saying?" "Scram." "Demon?" "Is she aiming for my neck next?" "Tono?" "How is that possible..." "Wipe them out!" "Huh?" "Bring me the head of the leader of the demons." "Take down Shirasagi-jo!" "Hurry up, hurry up, inform everyone quickly." "We are finally going to bring that demon-infested castle down." "Hey, what is it?" "What is it?" "Hey, hey." "What are you doing?" "We came to get information." "What?" "We heard that Harima's troops are going to attack Shirasagi-jo." "We are preparing to go to Shirasagi-jo as well." "During the battle, the castle will be thrown into chaos, and we will be free to do what we want." "We will use that chance and help ourselves to the treasures of the castle." "That's pointless." "No matter how hard humans try, they cannot win against the Forgotten Gods." "No, Shirasagi-jo will fall." "Due to a certain person, the people at the castle have been weakened considerably." "They cannot do much now." "The humans will probably all die, but they should serve as a decent match against them." "For your sake, I want you to see the flowers in full bloom!" "Please report that Zusho-no-Suke has died." "That way, you can get some money from the country." "Please think of me as dead." "I am sorry." "Haguri, what is it?" "Why..." "Why are you here?" "I have already said, if you step in here again..." "Yes, I have come to be killed." "No, the Zusho-no-Suke that Hime knew has already died." "What are you saying?" "Return home." "I no longer have a place to return to." "If you do not wish to accept me, then please kill me." "Why?" "Do not ask me why." "I do not know what to say." "Only..." "Only?" "You are like a restive horse..." "Restive horse and seemingly like overflowing water." "Overflowing..." "Unable to stop." "You humans call this love, right?" "Yes." "It is troublesome." "But I am not regretting it." "Do you think we will win or lose this battle?" "You and I are probably thinking the same thing." "That is being sly." "Odawara-sama." "This woman wishes to talk to you." "Well well, you again." "Please bring me along." "What are you saying?" "I have entered that castle before." "I understand, I understand." "Follow us." "Thank you." "Tomi Hime-sama." "What is it?" "Please take a look."