"So, what's the situation?" "Not very pleasant." "Bearers of Magic Eyes all across the continent are gathering, and it appears that they're forming an anti-Gastark movement." "The one behind it is most likely..." "Come on out." "Y-You!" "I-I'm sorry for coming in without permission." "There were so many pretty jewels..." "They caught my eye." "The things here wouldn't look good on you." "If you'd like some jewelry, I'll buy you whatever you like." "I have no reason to accept anything from you!" "Looking up at the door of reminiscence" "The faraway whispering I was listening to" "Guide me, labyrinth of the soul" "To the path of the flakes of light" "The pain that pierces me is an innocent trick" "I want to believe that I'm not alone" "This place is a paradise of wandering" "With wings that dye the heart white" "If I can reach your eyes" "Embrace me with a smile" "Know the meaning behind being born" "Gazing at one another, the destiny legend begins" "Having second thoughts?" "No, I never liked this country much anyway." "I meant to ask if you were looking back to the time when you were human." ""Were human"?" "Ryner, we're not humans, inferior creatures." "We are superior beings that bear the Eyes of God." "You like humans, don't you?" "But you must understand by now that we can't coexist with them." "No matter how much you seek it, they won't give you that." "The closer you grow, the more it hurts." "You don't have to agonize over it any longer." "You're not alone." "Let's go." "Our friends are waiting." "Thanks for waiting!" "This is..." "The outer texture is dry, and your teeth don't sink into it properly." "It's neither sweet, nor salty." "The stench of old flour overwhelms the senses!" "Damn you, Ryner!" "If only he were here..." "I'd force this dango down his throat as punishment!" "It's dull being alone." "Come, let us be off." "Our friends are waiting." "Ryner..." "Ryner!" "Aren't..." "Aren't I... your friend?" "Miss!" "Your luggage!" "Just what is this all about?" "Your Majesty, you were keeping an Alpha Stigma?" "!" "Their existence is a danger capable of destroying entire countries!" "The Alpha Stigma is an existence which holds incredible magical power." "In the era of the prior king, he underwent special training, and was even referred to as Roland's most powerful magician." "Roland's most powerful magician, you say?" "!" "You mean to say the Alpha Stigma, when put to proper use, can be of great military aid?" "Of course, since he was an Alpha Stigma bearer, and was in constant danger of going out of control," "I had the Taboo Breaker Pursuit Squadron monitor his movements." "With orders to kill him on the spot, should he go out of control." "It was all for the sake of this country." "I see." "When you put it that way..." "Keeping a monster in our ranks..." "Our king is truly impressive!" "No monster would pose a problem for him." "Indeed." "Ryner was right." "You're not to blame." "You're wrong." "Neither of you are to blame." "You're wrong." "I won't cause any more trouble for you." "It must be rough, looking after a monster who could go out of control at any moment." "You're wrong, Ryner!" "I..." "I now know the reason why I can't reach you." "So, Ryner, join me." "What a farce." "I held out my hand to you myself, and I ruined it all myself." "You've grown into a sweet child." "That alone makes me proud." "You're wrong, Mother." "I'm not sweet." "I'm nothing to be proud of." "That's why I'm all alone." "So, continuing with the proposal..." " I utterly refuse to accept it!" " Calm down, Lize." "We haven't even covered the specifics yet!" "That won't be necessary!" "What's the meaning of this?" "!" "I utterly refuse to accept His Majesty joining this woman in marriage!" "What?" "Marriage?" "Nice!" "It looks as good on you as I'd hoped, Kiefer." "What's the big idea?" "Where did you put my clothes?" "Well, you heard me, everyone." "I'll be marrying her." "And that's that." "Huh?" "!" "So he's finally decided to settle down..." " Gastark should be more stable as well..." " But is such a sudden decision safe?" "I don't know what country she fought for, but I cannot allow a woman of such unknown lineage to be placed at your side!" "I don't remember accepting any marriage with you, either!" "Then give me the okay now." "Quit joking!" " Your Majesty!" "Would you just?" " Help, Riphal!" "Brother Sui..." "Brother Sui is..." "What happened?" "!" "How awful." "I'm all right." "You should make Kuu get some rest." "She's used the scythe's power this whole time to carry me all the way here..." " Prepare for an operation." "Hurry!" " Sir!" " Who on earth would have?" "Forget about that for now." "Don't speak, Sui." "I'll be sure to save you, okay?" "N-No, I'll speak." "This might be the last time I can..." "Brother Sui!" "Don't be ridiculous!" "There's no way I'm letting you die!" "Lize, please..." "Your Majesty, your decision?" "Take Kuu." "You've struggled hard." "Get plenty of rest now." "Thank you." "This is how strong this country is." "Its servants gladly cast away their lives for their king." "And the king sacrifices his own body to progress forward." "What happened in the south, to cause such wounds?" "A man using a Rule Fragment..." "The same type as Brother Lir's Lightning Beast Ring..." "What country was he from?" "I don't know." "And, in Roland..." "They have a monster named Ryner Lute lending them power." "He looks like any ordinary Alpha Stigma bearer." "But I've never seen such a monster..." "Riphal, figure out what he is..." "Your Majesty." "It would appear that this woman is familiar with the name Ryner Lute." "You're not eating?" "Do you not like them?" "Yeah, I hate dango." "Is it that hard accepting that you're not human?" "Your misfortunes begin at birth." "You're born as a human child, and as you're raised, you get brainwashed." "You love people, devote yourselves to them, yet you always end up betrayed." "Isn't it the same for you?" "No." "The timing of the eye opening is different for my lino Doue." "The lino Doue eye opening occurs before one is born, while in a human woman's stomach." "A voice became clear to me." "A voice that only I could hear." "Everything." "Yours to toy with." "Release it." "Open up." "Kill." "Everything." "That voice commanded me." "It told me to have my first feeding, to devour that inferior human." "So, I'm..." "Do you think of me as a monster, too?" " No." " Right now, the sensibilities you developed growing up might still be hindering you." "But we are superior beings." "Separate existences, with power far beyond that of humans." "It's a report about Ryner Lute." "Frankly, I still find the whole thing unbelievable." "Sir Sion, keeping an Alpha Stigma bearer on a leash?" "Alpha Stigma, huh?" "Don't most of those guys go out of control as kids and wind up dead?" "Yes." "But Ryner Lute seems to be an unusual type, one who returns back to normal after going out of control." "Ryner Lute." "His real name, actual age, birthplace, and everything else are all unclear." "At an age presumed to be five, he was taken into a bandit village." "There it was discovered that he had an Alpha Stigma, and he was taken into military custody." "At Germer Kleisrole Training Institute, he underwent combat training, and after that, he was sent to Roland Special Training Institute #307." "He underwent the deadliest of training, and was then placed in a Roland military secret organization." "They dubbed him Roland's strongest magician." "But he doesn't seem to have handled missions well." "Mission abandonment and obstruction, leaking of secret information, insubordination to military higher-ups..." "So they partly had surveillance in mind when they dumped him in the Royal Special Academy." "Yes." "That's where he met Sir Sion." "It's amazing that he never betrayed Roland before this." "In the old days, I saw a lot of people like him." "After going through one horrible experience after another, they try to resign themselves to it all by going completely emotionally dead." "After all, nothing will be changed." "Nothing can be changed." "It all sucks." "None of it matters." "Guess I wouldn't know how a monster feels, though." "That's the place?" "It's temporary lodgings." "We plan to move out in another few days." "Brother Tiir!" "A kid?" "You took too long, Tiir!" "We've been waiting so long for you!" "Tiir!" "Sorry, sorry." "Have you been good children while I've been out?" " Yeah, I've been extra good!" " Where did you go?" "Here you go." "T-Thanks." "What a surprise." "Are they all?" "Yes." "They all bear the Eyes of God." "They're chased by humans, given nowhere to go." "And they're hunted down." "Lightning Beasts!" "Stop!" "Whoops!" "Even an lino Doue can't consume my Lightning Beasts." "Geez, Brother Lir." "If you kill him, we won't be able to steal the crystal!" "This will be our seventy-sixth!" "Monster extermination safely complete, huh?" "Thirty-eight people were killed then." "Who are the real monsters here?" "They said they were from Gastark." "Gastark..." "I will make Gastark pay." "Those lowly humans dared to meddle with us." "I'll make them regret it one day." "Tiir, I'm hungry!" "Hungry!" "Oh, sorry." "Is it that time already?" "I want to protect these children." "I want to create a world where these children can live with a smile." "So I'm truly happy to gain an ally like you." "Say, Brother, are you another friend for us?" " Well, uh..." " What's your special technique?" "Special technique, huh?" "Afternoon naps, maybe?" "This one's useless!" "Afternoon naps are nice, aren't they?" "Welcome home, Lafra!" "I'm home." "I like afternoon naps, too." "Welcome back, Lafra." "It was just as you told me." "Ryner was in an Estabul inn." "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ryner Lute." "My eyes are called Ebra Crypt." "They replace the dreams in my head with those of other people." "Basically, it's a power that resonates with people's dreams, and allows me to see inside them." "So you saw my dreams?" "What manner of unfulfillable dreams has such a hideous monster seen?" "Sorry." "All I can see are bits and pieces." "So..." "Nah, don't worry about it." "That's how you found me?" "Yes." "Actually, I've been watching you for a rather long time now." "But I never told Tiir or our friends that." "Why?" "Because you were special." "You were completely different from other bearers of the Eyes of God." "I was fascinated by you." "You're really kind." "I kept watching your dreams." "Negative emotions so strong that they made me, an onlooker, want to cry and sob..." "Anger, sorrow, hatred, despair..." "Treated like dirt, feared, growing more and more, ever more lonely." "Being afraid of hurting others." "Being afraid of getting hurt." "Wishing you were dead, wishing you could go mad, being tormented by such feelings." "And yet, what ultimately dominated your mind was the cry that you loved people." "You always ultimately desire to protect those dear to you." "You're sick of being alone." "You love people." "You love everyone." "You may be a monster, but still, you want more, more and more, to mingle with people." "You're so kind, so weak, so lonely, it makes me sad." "Don't say that stuff with a face like you're gonna cry." "Calling me lonely and stuff?" "Isn't everything you just said really about you?" "That's why I called you here." "Because I wanted salvation." "You wanted salvation?" "For Tiir." "For the children here." "For our friends gathered in the central continent." "And for you yourself, Ryner." "For the sad bearers of the Eyes of God, who have lost faith in humans." "I want you to save them all." "Because it's something I can't do." "Dig in, okay, Lafra?" "Thanks." "No fair giving Brother Lafra all the attention!" "Sister Pueka loves Brother Lafra!" " Love, love, love, love!" " Come on, now, mind your manners!" " Okay!" " Sorry!" "Eyes of God, huh?" "Ryner, we're not humans, inferior creatures." "We are superior beings that bear the Eyes of God." "Is that really true?" "Are we really monsters that are different from humans?" "Can we really not get along with humans?" "Isn't this the same thing?" "Nothing's different at all!" "It's not like..." "It's not like..." "It's not like we want these eyes, either!" "They're monsters whose very existence causes trouble." "For the sad bearers of the Eyes of God, who have lost faith in humans." "I want you to save them all." "Me, save everyone?" "I'm a cursed monster." "There's nothing to be gained from being saved at this point." "But they're different." "If they're labeled as monsters just for having their eyes, does that mean there's nothing to be gained from saving any of us?" "Is that really acceptable?" "Come on out." "As expected, the one known as Roland's most powerful magician is quite good." "Who are?" "I'm the executive officer of the Taboo Breaker Pursuit Squadron, Callaud Squad." "Sergent Luke Stokkart." "As ordered by His Majesty, Sion Astal," "Ryner Lute, I shall dispose of you." "Vestiges of that day I had forgotten" "Faint in the direction of the sky" "Our hearts should have been connected" "The trembling eyes don't answer" "No matter how much I believe" "No matter how much I want to convey" "This voice won't reach" "Filaments of light" "Carve everything into my body" "From here where I set out walking" "Memory segments" "Untie the strings of fate that now bind me" "I want to grow strong" "So that when we meet again" "I can give you more protection" "I left Roland because I didn't want to make things suck for everyone." "Yet, why?" "Why do things end up this way?" "Nobody wanted this." "Why does it end up sucking this much?" "!" ""Ryner!""