We followed Mary's lead through the city centre of illusions and finally reached our destination, the church. |
Mary and Yuuzen immediately repelled the surrounding Mist Monsters, and easily took control of the front of the main gate. |
Mary |
"Well, if the Blue Rose apparition is here, it's beyond this door. Let's go, Yuuzen." |
Yuuzen |
"Leave it to me." |
As soon as Mary kicked the door down and stepped into the church, Yuuzen deployed an enchantment to protect Mary's left and right sides. They had not even exchanged glances with each other up to this point. |
Mary |
"...Looks like I was wrong." |
There seemed to be no one in the church, let alone a Blue Rose apparition. |
Yuuzen |
"But this is the place where the Mist Monsters were most agitated. I have a feeling that something is definitely going on here." |
Mary |
"Let's check inside. Conductor and Miyako, get in." |
Miyako |
"Amazing teamwork... How did you two know what each other had to do? Did you have a meeting beforehand?"
" |
Mary |
"Not really...?" |
Yuuzen |
"We've travelled together enough to get tired of seeing each other's face. We can usually tell what the other's thinking." |
Miyako |
"Even if Versailles and I know each other well, we still have to at least look at each other in the eye to understand our intentions. How long have you two known each other?" |
Mary |
"At least since before the formation of the Special Steel Squad." |
Yuuzen |
"Mah, I was more often working alone in the end." |
Conductor |
The last time would be after she left my mother Ricardo. Nevertheless, I know that Yuuzen rushed to Mary in a pinch. It's not hard to imagine that they were always worrying about each other, and were always trying to find out each other's movements. |
Miyako |
"That means..." |
Miyako |
"Since Yuuzen-san was a Resistance fighter, it means that Mary-san was a Resistance fighter too. How could you make the decision to join a group hostile to the SSS?"
" |
Mary |
"Hmmhmm, you're so direct, Miyako. You're really interesting." |
Yuuzen |
"She's refreshingly unrestricted with her words, It's very impressive that she's so straightforward." |
Miyako |
"I didn't mean to say anything rude, but..." |
Miyako |
"Yuuzen-san is cooperating for the purpose of finding dolls. That's what I understand why she's in the SSS. Because the Mist Train is very convenient for travelling from place to place." |
Miyako |
"Could it be that Mary-san has another purpose like Yuuzen-san, and that's why she was cooperating with the Resistance?" |
Mary |
"No, the Resistance's philosophy of action mirrored my purpose. So at first the SSS was our obstacle." |
Mary |
"We created the Resistance in the first place. The way the SSS did it back then, they couldn't save what they should have saved. That's why we went our own ways." |
Miyako |
"So you are now in the SSS because you changed your purpose?" |
Mary |
"No. Our means were just incompatible, but the end goal was the same - to aim for a Mist-free world. And now the SSS and I have exactly the same goal. That's what I meant." |
Mary |
"Miyako. You should learn to look at things from another perspective." |
Yuuzen |
"Both Mary and I have moved on because we believe in what we believe in. That hasn't changed." |
Miyako |
"So, what do you mean?" |
Yuuzen |
"Ya don't seem to have a clear idea of what yer talking about. But that's okay. Ya'll learn in time." |
Yuuzen placed her hand on Miyako's head, and began to examine the back of the church. |
But there didn't seem to be anything strange about it, so she shook her head and turned back to us. |
Yuuzen |
"Who are ya?" |
Yuuzen's sharp voice made me look behind and I saw a strange girl standing in the entrance. The girl turned her head and ran outside. |
Miyako |
"I'm going after her." |
Yuuzen |
"Miyako?" |
It was fine until Miyako, who was closest to the girl, ran out, but the moment she passed through the doorway, her figure disappeared in a flash, as if she had never been there in the first place. |
Yuuzen |
"Seems like the space here is twisted, after all." |
Mary |
"So this is what Yuuzen was talking about when she said there was something there. I don't know where it's leading to - anyway, let's follow her immediately." |
Without hesitation, Mary and Yuuzen jumped into the maze of a universe woven by the Phantom Mist. |