""I..." "love you."" "Brother, what is "love," in this sentence?" "Ferris, you don't know what love is?" "I'm sure that what I feel for you, Ferris, is love." "You do, Brother?" "You love me?" "Of course I do." "I'm certain that Father, Mother, and Iris all love you." "Is training hard for you?" "I see." "You impress me, Ferris." "Am I being complimented?" "No, you're being loved." "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" "You're always such a disappointment." "Our blood runs through your veins." "So why can't you stop such a simple sword blow?" "I'm getting up now." "How unseemly." "I'm so embarrassed to have given birth to such a failure." "I still have high hopes, though." "At the very least, she holds the blood of us siblings, who have been hailed as geniuses since House Eris's beginning." "Siblings?" "If we could bring the blood of your father to House Eris once more it is certainly a possibility." "Mother, just what are you..." "Ah, no more of this foolishness." "If you are doomed to failure, at least bear an excellent child for House Eris." "Father..." "Why, you..." "My dear younger sister is not meant to be soiled by your filthy hands." "Brother..." "I see." "So you, too, are a failure." "There is no need for those unsuited for House Eris to live." "You were bragging about being a genius with your level of power?" "W-What the hell?" " First comes destruction." "Then rebirth." " What are you..." "Destruction." "Rebirth." "Destruction." "Rebirth." "You..." "Don't tell me you're using..." "Come, you have nothing left to fear." "It's all over." "From now on, I will protect you." "Ferris is at that man's place again today?" "This is no time to sleep!" "We have an emergency." "You have two seconds to make preparations." "Huh?" "One." "Two." "Okay, let's go." "What the hell are you doing this early?" "I told you, it's an emergency." "While we've been away from Roland, the dango power relationships have been practically rewritten!" "Huh?" "Right now in Roland, there's a rush of new emergent dango stalls!" "Unknown dango await us!" "Doesn't it make your heart sing?" " Fine, just let me sleep a little longer!" " Ryner, today I'll save..." "What are you doing?" "!" "I-It couldn't be..." "C'mon, Ryner!" "Fine." "Just let me sleep a little longer, honey." "You're filthy, Ryner!" "I think you've got the wrong idea." "I tried to resist at first, you know." "But against Ryner, the peerless perversion master..." " Why are you adding fuel to the fire?" "!" " What I seek is thunder." " You..." " Well, I'm off first." " Hey..." " You cheater!" "The weather today is perfect for dango." "You... filthy, filthy, filthy man!" "You seem to rather like this place." "Yeah." "I don't get my peaceful sleep interrupted by a certain dango girl here, or get my bed blown up by a certain lightning girl." "I have trouble bringing myself to push work on you like this, but..." "Then don't." "I'd like you and Ferris to come with me to Estabul." "Can't hear you." "Nope." "Can't hear a thing." "Whatever the case, I need an escort." "It's not secure outside of Roland." "You could get tons of others to be an escort." "No, you two are the ones I trust the most." "Of course, if you don't do as I say," "I'll wield my influence as king to the point that you'll do something you hate." "You just blurted out a huge threat." "Oh, also, about the Alpha Stigma child in the report you sent." "We placed him in the care of House Eris." "House Eris?" "That's Ferris's home, isn't it?" "Yes." "It's a family of the sword, which has traditionally protected the king of Roland." "He should be safe there, don't you think?" "Yeah, he should." "How would you like to visit him?" " Or would you like to assist me with my job..." " Oh, yeah!" "I had some business with Arua!" "So on that note, see ya." "Now then, better get to work." "I thought I'd get my fill of afternoon naps once I got back to Roland." "Oh, well." "It took some digging to find this." "This is what you asked for, right?" "Thank you very much, Sir Miller." "It seems to be a rather valuable book." "Only a small number of copies exist across the whole continent." "Yes." "To understand the full substance of my mission, I wanted to give it a read." "Did you find something?" "No." "It just has so many interesting points of reference, I got engrossed in reading it." "I'll use this with great care." ""Alpha Stigma bearers always eventually go out of control." "When they go out of control, they always... die"?" ""There is not a single historic exception to this."" "Is that really true?" "Back then, Ryner definitely went out of control." "But he came back from it without dying." "Is this all I can learn here?" "I hear there's a lot of folklore still around in Gastark about the Magic Eyes." "Guess I'll have to go." "This is, uh... something else." "A warm welcome to you, Sir Ryner Lute." "Sir Arua and Lady Kuku await." "Is that right?" "So those two have been doing well here?" "Indeed, quite so." "They've been bouncing on their heels since this morning, when they heard you were coming today." "What's that?" "The dojo, sir." "Though the interior is treated as the room of Sir Lucile, head of House Eris." "Is that Ferris's old man?" "No, he is Lady Ferris's elder brother." " And their parents?" " Unfortunately..." "I see." "So Ferris was freed at that point." "One glimpse of that incredible talent makes it easy to tell." "She was abused a lot, wasn't she?" "Tell me." "How old did she get before it stopped?" "When Lady Ferris turned fourteen, the prior house head passed away." "Fourteen years, huh?" "That's a long time." "Quite so." "But right now, Lady Ferris has people like you and Lord Astal at her side." "Watch out!" "Kroselli, you mustn't let this wild beast get close to you!" "If he touches you even a little, he'll turn you pregnant!" "Ow, ow, ow..." "Mister Ryner!" "All right!" "Let's beat that wild beast and capture him!" "Arua, flank him to the left!" "Okay, Sister Iris!" "She's got you totally tamed, doesn't she, Arua..." " Miss Ferris!" " Sister!" "What are you doing raising a fuss in our house?" "My head isn't your sandbag, okay?" " Kuku, this one's delicious, too!" " Aww, Arua!" "Sister, are you full already?" "None of them are bad, but the depth of their taste..." "Perhaps the full dango experience can't be achieved in just one day." "But the dango here had a new taste..." "Though the interior is treated as the room of Sir Lucile, head of House Eris." "Mister Ryner?" "What's the matter, Mister Ryner?" "Oh, uh, nothing." "I've got a little favor to ask." "Could you take a look at that dojo over there with your Alpha Stigma?" "Sure, but is this some kind of training?" "Well, maybe." "Either way, if it gets dangerous, close your eyes immediately." "Got it?" "Yes, sir." "Okay, so what do I do now?" "You really don't see anything?" "I see the dojo clearly." "Okay, thanks." "That's enough." "So he wants us to escort him all the way to Estabul." "So basically what you're saying is that we'll be worked to the bone by that diabolical disregarder of labor standards, King Sion Astal?" "All right, let's resume our search for hero relics." "Yeah." "For once, we're in agreement." "So when do we set out?" "Tomorrow morning." "The meeting point will be in front of the Wynnit dango shop." "To stock up for the road, huh?" "Yes." "We'll split seven backpacks' worth between us." "Seven backpacks' worth?" "But right now, Lady Ferris has people like you and Lord Astal at her side." "Okay, fine." "I'll carry all seven." "You must be growing to understand the way of the dango!" "Then I had best prepare fourteen backpacks without delay!" "Why did she double them?" "!" "Ferris and Arua are probably both sound asleep by now." "Even though they have someone so dangerous right at their side." "You're Ferris's brother?" "That's correct, Lucile Eris." "Ryner Lute, I presume?" "Ferris has been getting along well with you." "I've been hoping to meet with you alone like this for a long time." "My, you didn't even flinch." "Your strength is just about on par with Ferris's, I think." "Nah." "If she got serious, I'd be dead a hundred times over." "Still, I'm glad Ferris's partner is you." "You're going to Estabul as Sion's escort after this, aren't you?" "Is it safe to trust both of them to you?" "That part's fine, but, y'know isn't protecting the king your job?" "Yet Sion asked me and Ferris to escort him." "Doesn't it sound strange to you?" "Almost like you can only protect the king inside Roland itself." "Is there some reason you can't leave Roland?" "For example..." "Having a curse, or a kind of binding." "A curse or binding?" "You say some amusing things." "What makes you think that?" "I don't think that." "I see it." "Or rather, maybe I should say I can't see it?" "Your figure doesn't show up at all in my Alpha Stigma." "What the hell are you?" "Just as you're aware already." " I am Ferris's elder brother, and..." " Don't even try to say that!" "Ferris is human." "She's not like you!" "What the hell are?" "Y-You..." "Ferris isn't a monster?" "Yes, indeed." "You understand her well." "Ferris is human." "Unlike me, and you." "So I'd like for you to avoid getting the wrong idea." "She will not be yours." "Neither my blood nor your blood will mingle with hers." "I will not allow it." "What are you getting at?" "What manner of unfulfillable dreams has such a hideous monster seen?" "You should know as much already." "You can't grasp anything with those blood-stained monster's hands of yours." "You can't reach anywhere." "That is why I am at ease with entrusting my younger sister to you." "You can't touch my sister." "You can't touch anyone." "Not you, when you hold no value in being alive." "I don't hate you." "Come, lift your face." "And do take care of Ferris." "Ah, Ryner!" "Where did you go, this late at night?" "What's wrong?" "You look a little green." "It's nothing, really." "So what are you here for, anyway?" "Well, um..." "Here!" "Tomorrow, everyone in the squadron is holding a birthday party for me." "So I was hoping you could come, Ryner." "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow morning." "The meeting point will be in front of the Wynnit dango shop." "And Luke said he's going to do all the cooking!" "Luke made those written invitations, too." "And, see..." "Wait, hold on." "Your birthday?" "Y-Yeah." "I don't know my real birthday." "But, see, Luke and the others suggested it." "They said we could take the day our squadron was first formed, and make it my birthday!" "Ryner, make sure to come tomorrow, okay?" "What to do..." "Still, one day shouldn't be too bad." "I could say something like, "Let's wait until after we dispose of Sion."" "Ferris would be fine with that." "My deepest apologies, Captain Milk." "If that taboo breaker goes out of control, you would have to take his life yourself, the life you treasure so dearly." "So..." "This is the best way to handle it." "I gave it to him!" "If Ryner comes, I know it'll be the best birthday ever!" ""If the Alpha Stigma bearer, Ryner Lute, goes out of control outside the country, or behaves in a manner implying treason against Roland, eliminate him immediately."" "Signed and sealed by His Majesty, Sion Astal, huh?" "What manner of unfulfillable dreams has such a hideous monster seen?" "I see." "I guess he's right." "He must be right." "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" "It's really something I've known for a long, long time." "That as long as I'm around, things will suck all around me." "Hey, we both are sick of things sucking so much, right?" "So just leave me alone." "This sucks."