"I offer up this contract, to bear the wicked spirit beast which sleeps in the earth!" "There's no escaping Kuu!" "Oh yes, Ryner." "Before we part ways, allow me to tell you one thing." "The girl you call Kuku is being confined in the manor of a noble of this territory." "I'll be waiting for you there." "You scumbag." "Tsuioku no tobira o miagete" "Kiiteita tool sasayaki" "Michibiite tamashii no labyrinth" "Hitohira no hikari no michi e" "Tsuranuku itami wa innocent trick" "Shinjitai yo, kodoku ja nai koto" "Koko wa samayoi no paradise" "Shiroku kokoro someru tsubasa de" "Moshi kimi no hitomi ni tadoritsuketara" "Waratte dakishimete" "Umaretekita imi o shiru" "Mitsumeatte hajimaru yo, destiny legend" "Ferris sure is taking her time." "Don't tell me Kuu got to her." "Nah, she wouldn't screw up that bad." "You have an Alpha Stigma." "That's quite valuable, you know." "I'll be sure to be careful when I crystallize it and take it from you." "Crystallizing an Alpha Stigma, huh?" "Could you be saved that way?" "If it can save you, then before you hurt anybody..." "Before you get hurt, I'll gouge it out myself." "Where am I?" "W-Who are you?" "!" "Where are Dad and Mom?" "Dad..." "Dad..." "I-It's because of me that Dad and Mom are dead!" "No, no, no!" "Everyone..." "I..." "Y-You!" "You did that to Dad and Mom!" "I'll kill you!" "You're too slow." "Why?" "Why me?" "What did I ever do?" "!" "Just stop it!" "I can't take it anymore!" "Why did this..." "Why did this happen to Dad and Mom because of me?" " I can't take it anymore!" "No more..." " Do you want to run?" "Or do you want to die?" "I won't stop you." "If you can be saved that way, then do as you like." "You all want to kill me, don't you?" "!" "A monster like me doesn't have any reason to exist!" "Yeah." "But..." "I've thought about it a lot, too." "The fact that I'm alive alone leads to those dear to me getting hurt, getting killed." "And I get hated as taboo on top of that, as a monster." "Why is someone like me here?" "Why was someone like me created?" "Wanted by no one." "Being hated and hurting others just for being alive." "If that's all there is, I may as well die." "I used to think about that constantly, all the time." "But when I did, there were people who told me to live." "Some curious king who knew I was a monster and still wanted me." "Some person who struggled to persuade me that I was no monster." "And lately, even someone who enjoys picking on me and calls me her manservant." "So I started thinking, maybe there is some meaning for me." "Maybe it's okay to live." "So I now dream of building a world, one where they won't lose anything else." "Listen to me, now I've started rambling." "But I have no one left now..." "No one who would want me to live." "What did your old man say before he died?" "Don't let it bother you if I get killed." "You have to live..." "Besides, you have someone waiting for you." "The one who asked me to save you was a girl named Kuku." "Kuku?" "!" "She's apparently being held captive as bait to lure you out." "So I'll have to go and save her." "What'll you do?" "I-I'll go and save her, too!" "But, at the level you're at now..." "I'll do whatever it takes to save Kuku!" "Please teach me, Mister!" "Watch out!" "Welcome back, Ferris." "Arua, don't let yourself be fooled." "That man is a slacker who sleeps all day, gets drunk on sake, brings misfortune to women, and night after night, he goes out in town and..." "The rest cannot be said in front of children!" "Is that right, Mister Ryner?" "Don't listen to her." "Oh, this is my partner, Ferris." "It's a pleasure to meet you!" "He's asking me to teach him how to fight, since he wants to rescue Kuku." "Hmm." "If I left it up to you, your perversion would rub off on him." "Come on, Arua." "Let's go." "Okay, Miss Ferris!" "He has Ferris teaching him martial arts, and he has the Alpha Stigma's magic capabilities." "He might grow into one hell of a master after this." "Hang in there, Arua." "Kuku is being held in there." "So, the story is supposed to have the hero Arua go and rescue the princess Kuku." "Can you do it?" "Yes, I'll be sure to save Kuku." "That's what I've worked so hard for." "You could die." "Even so, I'm going!" "I'll go alone if I have to." "Indeed, you've grown into a fine young man." "As long as you don't resemble that good-for-nothing old man, all that hard work has paid off." "I hope that's not referring to me." "Who else is there?" "You've held the good-for-nothing world championship first-place title for the past several centuries." "I haven't lived that long!" "No traps or ambushes?" "They're completely mocking us." "Yes, indeed!" "Of course we are!" "It's not as though anyone can stand up to my Ailecrono Scythe." "My, my." "We've been waiting for you." "Kuku is safe, I trust?" "Of course." "She's a valuable hostage, after all." "To be honest, we didn't want to pull something like this, but Brother Sui was so insistent this time." "You two can't win against me." "You should remember what happened last time." "Yes, which is all the more reason we want your power." "Would you two be willing to surrender peacefully, and use your power for the sake of our homeland, Gastark?" "Gastark?" "All the world will eventually belong to Gastark." "A peaceful world unified by an excellent king." "A world where there is no discrimination, where no one gets hurt, where no one cries, where everyone can live happily." "The king of Gastark, our master Riphal Edea, has the caliber to create such a world." "Your king sure sounds like an appealing guy." "Yes." "A world where no one gets hurt, where everyone can live happily?" "If your king can really create such a world, maybe it would be easier to join with you guys." "Ryner." "Then, with our country..." "But if that's so, then why do you kill people?" "Why is it that all I see from you are dirty stunts like this?" "To get sole possession of hero relics, you kill huge numbers of people, and you make an Alpha Stigma bearer go on a rampage to gouge out his eyes." "Kill, kill, kill!" "If what you guys are doing is on the orders of the king of this so-called Gastark place, your king's a piece of shit." "That's not where I belong." "At the very least, not in your country, where Alpha Stigma bearers aren't considered human beings." "What'd you say?" "You're offering nothing but pretty words." "You ask why we kill people?" "It's because it's necessary." "We subdue kingdoms with the minimal necessary sacrifice." "It's not as though we enjoy what we do." "When we kill people, we bear that pain..." "You can't bear something like that!" "Because of these "Eyes," I've killed tons of people who called me friend." "So there's no value in my being alive." "That's what I've always thought." "But Arua's different." "He hasn't killed anyone yet." "He might not kill anyone after this, either." "Yet you two are trying to kill him." "He's not like me, no longer able to turn back." "He still has a future." "But you won't find a country anywhere willing to accept an Alpha Stigma bearer." "Sorry, but Roland's actually different." "Our king isn't like your king." "A country where everyone can live happily..." "He's a genuine fool who seriously aims for that goal." "After all, he's a greedy bastard who wants to save the small in addition to the large." "He's an overly self-conscious guy who deludes himself into thinking he can do it, and when anyone dies, he blames himself." "But that's why we're lending him a hand." "Because if it's a world he builds, we'd be satisfied living in it." "However, kings are always pressed with choices." "Even if one can go without sacrifices in the present, there's no telling how it could be in the future." "If that happens, I'll knock Sion upside the head and set him straight." "Then we've reached a breakdown in negotiations." "You had no room for negotiation to start with." "Now we'll be taking Kuku back." "Let's move." "That was a pretty good speech." "I don't dislike that way of thinking, either." "I'm putting my faith in you, partner." "Of course you are." "I'll win." "Yeah, of course!" "Kuu!" "Now then, let's make you disappear." "I offer up this contract, to bear the wicked spirit beast which sleeps in the earth!" "It's still not too late." "How about it?" "Come to our country!" "Like hell." "What I seek is thunder!" "Do you think you can take on a Rule Fragment with ordinary magic?" "Izuchi!" "Ice Wall!" "Burn her down!" "Oh, no you don't!" "From the direction of the west, the empty, the formation, the yang!" "What I seek is thunder!" " Izuchi!" " I bring forth brilliance..." "Damn it!" "How could..." "I've lost." "There is one more enemy." "Well, crap, that screws everything up." "If we couldn't bring them down with this just now..." "Yes, we're in a bit of trouble." "Operation Surprise Attack was a failure." "Call him back." "Arua!" "Sir!" "Meddling with the magic structure, hm?" "The boy fired that thunder from outside, and your magic formation allowed you to redirect its path of aim." "Yeesh, you saw through it that quick?" "I'd really rather not fight you." "I should be saying that to you." "The Alpha Stigma..." "Out of all of the Magic Eyes, I considered it a poor substitute of no significant level." "But it's horribly troublesome." "That doesn't sound much like praise." "I realized it for the first time in this fight." "I understand the reason why humans are in constant discord with you." "They can't help but feel terrified by a monster beyond their imagination." "We're the ones who are terrified the most." "We're always terrified." "We're always regretting being alive." "Always, always shaking with the thought that we could hurt someone, that we could kill someone." "Then would you be so kind as to die?" "If possible, I'd like to avoid fighting you ever again." "In that case, why don't you turn around and go home?" "Kuu." "Kuku!" "Don't tell me you're..." "It's true that we can't win against you." "So we'll kill this girl, and at least destroy that boy's sense of self." "Stop!" "Damn it!" "You're too late!" "Stop!" "No..." "It can't be!" "Just now, that was a Rule Fragment of the same type as Brother Lir's..." "Rule Fragments..." "And hero relics, hm?" "Until recently, they were words beyond my knowledge." "That's the man we met in Nelpha." "What's he doing here?" "Brother Sui, Brother Sui!" " Kuu, leave me and run!" " But, but..." "So, is it you two who are instigating Runa's actions?" "You went a bit too far." "Let there be darkness!" "For crying out loud!" "What I seek is thunder!" "Izuchi!" "Why?" "What I did to you was..." "I'll call in this favor one day." "Go!" "These circumstances are a bit hard to swallow." "I listened in on your conversation." "You two should be from Roland." "So why would you protect people of Gastark?" "We're not like you." "Eliminating others because they're obstacles." "If you keep repeating that, what would be left?" "Alpha Stigma, hero relics..." "What is His Majesty planning?" "Hold on, what?" "Are you leaving?" "I see no need to fight with you two right now." "It may sound intrusive, but may I offer you one warning?" "Huh?" "Warning?" "You just asked what would be left after continually killing obstacles." "In my sincere belief, if I keep eliminating obstacles, what will be left at the end will be people who are convenient to me." "And for you, as an Alpha Stigma bearer, the result of killing all humans would be making a world much easier for Alpha Stigma bearers to live in." "That is the truth, is it not?" "Humans are animals that can't live without conflict." "Everyone being able to live happily, with no sacrifices?" "It's nonsense." "Before you have painful experiences..." "No, you're an Alpha Stigma bearer." "You would know the ugliness of humans better than anyone else." "I have truly spoken intrusively." "You were a big help this time." "Thanks for saving Kuku." "Do you seriously claim I saved that girl?" "No, I doubt that, but that timing definitely gave them a good opening." "What a pity." "I suppose I really will end up killing you someday." "Your existence is extremely..." "Kuku!" "Kuku!" "Arua!" " Arua!" " What do we do now?" "Well, we can't take them with us to search for hero relics." "I've got it!" "I know just the person." "All right, I'll leave it to them!" "I'd better set out a light." "You truly do love to agonize over things, don't you?" "War is brewing." "The Runa Empire's acting strange." "It's rumored that there are signs of a revolution ready to happen in Nelpha." "Now that the world has begun to move, there is no stopping it." "If things stay like this, conflict will become inevitable." "Even though no one wishes for that." "I wonder about that." "People kill each other." "For self-defense, for a happy future, for the dreams and ideals they embrace." "And all of those dreams and ideals they embrace are entrusted to you, the king." "I want to answer them." "Everyone's wishes, their hopes..." "A world without war, where everyone can live happily." "One where no one and nothing is lost." "I want to make a world where people can just take afternoon naps all day." "And so you continue to gaze at the dream furthest from reality." "Even though you're well aware that it could never happen." "It should still be in sight." "It should still be achievable." "Still, still, still..." "I made a promise." "I made a promise to him." "So, I must set out a light..." "A light..." "Wasureteta ano hi no omokage ga" "Sora no mukou, kasuka ni" "Kokoro nara tsunagatteita hazu" "Furueta hitomi wa kotaezu ni" "Donna ni shinjitemo" "Donna ni tsutaetakutemo" "Kono koe wa todokanai" "Hikari no filament" "Subete o kono karada ni kizami" "Arukidasu koko kara" "Kioku no segment" "Ima karamaru unmei no ito hodoki" "Tsuyoku naritai" "Mata deaetara" "Motto mamoreru you ni, kimi o" "You know, I just realized it." "All of these pain-in-the-ass situations I keep getting into, they're all Sion's fault, aren't they?" "Damn it, you diabolical, arrogant bastard!" "Witness my pain-in-the-ass power!" ""The legend still continues...""