Mary |
"HAH!" |
Railway Seeker |
"----!" |
Yuuzen |
"Have things settled down for once?" |
Mary |
"The number of enemies comes in waves. Sometimes they come out all at once, sometimes nothing for a while." |
Yuuzen |
"The number of small fries aren't that big, and that Railway Seeker is not that strong..." |
Mary |
"How can you say that when you're in charge of small fry? You realize it's mostly me who's defeating the Railway Seeker?" |
Yuuzen |
"I'm the one who's covering for ya, by clearing out the scrubs. I'm the one leading the battle." |
Mary |
"So please tell me then, my excellent commander? Have you figured out how to get out of here?" |
Yuuzen |
"Ya know, it's not something that I come up with. I have to find it." |
Yuuzen |
"...Welp, I haven't found anything." |
Mary |
"Thanks for the advice." |
Yuuzen |
"But I've found some clues. I wasn't just holding back. I was observing around while ya were fighting." |
Mary |
"So that was what you're doing earlier? Very well, just give me the hints to what those are." |
Yuuzen |
"I can't find the source of the Phantom Mist. And the monsters here are much weaker than they seem. That's the hint." |
Yuuzen |
"Those monsters feed on other people's magics and movements." |
Mary |
"You mean they're sucking our magical power?" |
Yuuzen |
"That's what I thought at first too, but it doesn't seem that way. If they're sucking our magic, something like an actual monster would've been created. It should be a lot of work just to deal with one of them if that's true." |
Yuuzen |
"From the way they're moving, they're not feeding on that much magic. But whoever it was must be very experienced in dealing with magic if they can send in that many monsters." |
Mary |
"The enemy is tough, but they are taking it easy on us. Is that what you want to say?" |
Yuuzen |
"It's not that they're holding back, it's more like they've got their hands full. The person who's providing said magic power... is also using it for 'something else'." |
Mary |
"Good deduction. That's what intellectuals would say. They have a mindset of villain after all. I would never have figured that out." |
Mary |
"......" |
Mary |
"It looks like you're right. Since the monsters stopped attacking us, I started to sense someone's eyes are on us. It's getting closer and closer." |
Yuuzen |
"The master is going to deal with us personally, then? They've realised we're the 'troublesome duo'. It's not enough to just send in a bunch of humpbacked demons." |
Yuuzen |
"...In all likeliness, there must be a door that was created. This realm is full of devices that can detect intruders." |
Yuuzen |
"Probably sorcery." |
Mary |
"An ordinary person is unable to imbue magic to a dimensional rift. Yuuzen, are you alright? Can you win?" |
Yuuzen |
"I don't know. I'll have to give it a try." |
Mary |
"Come on. They've been ready to do it from the very beginning." |
Yuuzen |
"It seems that way." |
Yuuzen |
"......" |
Yuuzen |
"......It's coming." |
Youko |
"Ara ara. You're more well defended than I thought you'd be. I thought I could do a bit more damage..." |
Youko |
"I see. Not only did you just prevent the art, you offset it. And then you took advantage of that momentary gap and counterattacked. I'm surprised. I am surprised that I took the initiative to strike and got hurt myself." |
Youko |
"As expected. No, much more than that. Nishiki's strongest puppeteer, Yuuzen-san." |
Yuuzen |
"And here's another creepy thing that came out." |
Mary |
"Be careful Yuuzen. She's that hexcastress." |
Yuuzen |
"Ah, that one who burned down the demon hordes." |
Youko |
"Nice to meet you. Happy to see you. Always happy to see Youko." |
Youko |
"Ufufu. Today's a happier Youko than usual." |
Yuuzen |
"Good for you. I thought ya were in a bad mood because ya failed to surprise me and even got yerself injured." |
Youko |
"I will not be put in a bad mood by your injury, and Yuuzen-san, I am thrilled to see you." |
Youko |
"Ah, Yuuzen-san. I have finally met you. Where in the world does that strange magic power come from? Just confronting you like this, I feel like my internal organs are coming out of every hole in my body." |
Youko |
"Anyway, may I ask you one question?" |
Yuuzen |
"Ya meant two instead of one, right? Ya've already asked me the first question." |
Youko |
"Oh no, that's very rude of me." |
Yuuzen |
"It's fine, just tell me what ya want." |
Youko |
"Thank you for speaking so quickly. What I want to ask you is about a certain doll in Nishiki." |
Youko |
"Well umm, how should I put it? It's a very creepy, hideous doll, but I can't remember its name..." |
Youko |
"Yes yes! The Hone Ningyou! The doll with the strange name, Hone Ningyou." |
Youko |
"It's no longer a doll, it's an abominable humanoid weapon, I heard it's a creation by you, Yuuzen , do you know where I can find it?" |
Mary |
"Yuuzen, that woman's words..." |
Yuuzen |
"The Hone Ningyou is not a weapon. It's a doll I made when I was a kid." |
Mary |
"......" |
Yuuzen |
"Ya said yer Youko. Do you know what the Hone Ningyou is made of?" |
Youko |
"No, I don't know." |
Yuuzen |
"My mother." |
Yuuzen |
"A doll made from the corpse of my dead mother by a kid who dabbled in dark magic. That's what the Hone Ningyou is. It killed a lot of people and fled." |
Youko |
"My, what a lovely story♪" |
Youko |
"It's a masterpiece filled with the Yuuzen clan's grudge. You're letting that wonderful doll run wild?" |
Yuuzen |
"If I could, I would dispose of it myself. Unfortunately, I can no longer find it anywhere in the world." |
Mary |
"Yuuzen, you talk too much." |
Yuuzen |
"No problem. She won't be able to find the Hone Ningyou. Even if she could, she wouldn't be able to beat that thing." |
Yuuzen |
"Besides, this woman has never been interested in the Hone Ningyou in the first place." |
Youko |
"Why do you say that? You shouldn't be so judgmental, you know?" |
Yuuzen |
"If ya were interested in the Hone Ningyou, ya wouldn't use the word 'abominable'. Ya wouldn't even use the word 'weapon'. Ya never relied on weapons." |
Yuuzen |
"Yer trying to put a curse on me. This is all just a prelude to waver me for yer Clairvoyance ability." |
Mary |
"What the?" |
Yuuzen |
"She's putting words together to create a special curse. She thought she could consume my heart if she put a curse on the word Hone Ningyou." |
Youko |
"......" |
Yuuzen |
"Yer afraid of me, yer even more wary of me than Mary. Why is that? Is your hexcast incompatible with Nishiki sorcery?" |
Youko |
"Well, well... What a surprise." |
Youko |
"I underestimated you. It seems that you are stronger now than when you were in the Resistance. It's no wonder Canaria admired you so much." |
Yuuzen |
"'Would she be shaken if I mention this name?' Yer thinking about that now. Even without Clairvoyance, I can see through ya this much." |
Yuuzen |
"Ya already told Mary, 'I know Canaria'. If your goal was to get into my mind, ya should have kept Canaria a secret until ya met me." |
Mary |
"The person who was giving instructions to Canaria. Or an associate of hers, most likely." |
Yuuzen |
"If so, she's our enemy." |
Youko |
"Aah, scary scary. I guess it's not so simple after all." |
Youko |
"Yuuzen-san, this time I admit defeat." |
Mary |
"?" |
Youko |
"...However, be prepared the next time we meet." |
Mary |
"We're back...?" |
Mary |
"What the hell is this all about?" |
Yuuzen |
"'What is this all about?' It's my job to find a way out of that realm. Didn't you just said that?" |
Mary |
"The Gate is neatly closed without Youko being able to trace it, Yuuzen, how in the world did you...". |
Yuuzen |
"There were a lot of Youko's sorceries in that realm earlier. I explored it to find a door that the woman uses to get in and out." |
Yuuzen |
"I made some modifications to it. I overwrote the art so that it would connect to the Gate that was here." |
Mary |
"I see... That's when you were first attacked." |
Yuuzen |
"Correct. That one shot as a greeting was fatal." |
Yuuzen |
"What do you think? Have you had a chance to look at it?" |
Mary |
"I thought I could do it right from the start." |
Yuuzen |
"Thank you very much." |
Mary |
"But we haven't solved the problem yet, Youko is back where she belongs. She's trying to do something big there." |
Yuuzen |
"That Railway Seeker must have been taken from the Mistism cultists. So there's no doubt that she's a more troublesome opponent than them Mistism." |
Mary |
"We need to get Flamarine's Navy up there. We need to protect the land rather than the sea." |
Yuuzen |
"That's a good idea. Let's leave the sea to Conductor's team." |