Deep in the forest, everyone present has heard the girl's voice, as it continued to repeat the same thing to us many times afterwards. |
--Save us.
--Don't destroy our dreams. Return our prayers.
--Don't let the starry forest cry rain. |
No one knew what these words meant, but they seemed to have some connection to Freiburg's past. |
Bourse |
"There are star leaves all over the place it seems" |
Rennes |
"It's easy to identify since it glows whenever Freiburg approaches one. From the density of the star leaves, it looks like this is the deepest part of the withered forest..." |
Freiburg |
"Hey, look over there!" |
Where Freiburg pointed, was a wilted fallen tree. It is surrounded by a great number of star leaves and is brightly lit. |
Freiburg |
"It's an oak tree. It's so big." |
Bourse |
"It's completely toppled over. Was it struck by lightning?" |
Rennes |
"...No, it wasn't. This was cut down by human hands." |
Freiburg |
"It's true that oak trees make good material, but one shouldn't cut down such a fine tree..." |
Rennes |
"There must have been a reason why this tree had to be cut down, as none of the other trees have been touched." |
Bourse |
"To cut down such a beautiful oak tree. there must have been a very good reason." |
Freiburg |
"Umm... I hope so." |
Freiburg |
"You must have been lonely, lying there in the middle of a withered forest. You must be bored." |
Freiburg |
"But you have many friends. It was thanks to your friends that we can found you." |
Rennes |
"Mademoiselle Freiburg? What are you doing?" |
Freiburg |
"I'm dressing up this oak tree. Because today is Christmas, you know? I thought I would decorate Herr Oak Tree." |
Bourse |
"Petite Freiburg's very good at decorating trees. Right now there's quite a lot of beautiful decorations just for it too." |
Freiburg |
"Yes♪ And I'll transform it with star leaves♪" |
Freiburg carefully decorated the fallen oak tree with star leaves. |
She talked to the withered oak tree lying on the ground, and weaved a white dress for it that's suitable for the holy night. |
Freiburg |
"Phew ~ that's more like it! What do you two think? Doesn't it turn out quite pretty?" |
Bourse |
"It's amazing. I don't think it would look at all out of place in town." |
Rennes |
"I bet the oak tree would love it." |
Freiburg |
"Mhm, I hope so." |
Freiburg |
"Woah, what's that all of a sudden?" |
Bourse |
"It's the most brilliant thing I've ever seen." |
Rennes |
"Oui, it is." |
Rennes |
"But this... is no sincere light." |
??? |
"Ho-ho-ho! Merry Krampus!" |
Bourse |
"Wha,what is that thing? Don't tell me that's... Santa?" |
Rennes |
"Bourse, that's a bit of a stretch. You shouldn't be dreaming too much." |
Bourse |
"Freiburg, just to be sure, by uncle you don't know in town, you don't mean this one, do you?" |
Freiburg |
"No! He's just a normal uncle dressed as Santa!" |
Freiburg |
"This is Krampus. A demon who misbehaves on Christmas night. He's the complete opposite of Santa!" |
Father Krampus |
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"Ho-ho-ho! Merry merry Krampus! Merry Kra! Merry Kra!" |
Rennes |
"It's an obvious imposter. This air-headed monster is the source of the Phantom Mist." |
Bourse |
"Be careful. This demon has a lot of weapons. We never know what kind of attacks it will launch." |
Freiburg |
"Weapons... So that's what they meant!" |
Freiburg |
"I won't allow anything to pollute the forest! Rennes and Bourse, help me! This Krampus must be defeated here!" |
Rennes |
"Yes. That's what I've been trying to do from the very beginning." |
Bourse |
"Let's beat him quickly and continue the party." |