Main Scenario/Divine Child's Sacrifice

Giant Tree Strategy Episode
18-1	The Return
18-2	A New Road
18-3	Through a Long Tunnel
18-4	The First Test
18-5	What You Lack
18-6	A Meaningful Battle
18-7	A Shaky Illusion
18-8	How to Save the World
18-9	Divine Child's Sacrifice
18-10	Country of Peace and Iridescent Clouds
18-EP	Epilogue

Queensway	"This is the inside of a Giant Tree..."
Vivienne	"So big... It's much bigger than it looks from the outside."
Yakutsk	"It's amazing that this is inside a tree. The tracks go all the way up to the top."
🔔*RING RING RING*
Samantha	"Here comes the Divine Child from the Giant Tree Railroad."
Samantha	I came here to be the guardian of the giant tree.
Samantha	"Will you leave your body behind, your soul behind, or will you leave both?"
Vivienne	"Umm, is this Samantha the guide Samantha?"
Putra	"I am casting a vote on "No". I think it's more like a normal Samantha."
Vivienne	"But it doesn't seem so bad, does it? It's not like the one that attacked us at Fort Loren, right?"
Yoshino	"It doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look very good either. That's the biggest characteristics of Samanthas, the Ghosts of the Mist."
Yakutsk	"Hey girls, look up!"
Vivienne	"I have a bad feeling about this..."
Samantha	"Humans have come to the Giant Tree."
Samantha	"The elf has come too."
Samantha	"The Divine Children have come too."
Samantha	"And the creature of Nishiki have come too."
Samantha	"We haven't had visitors for a long time. Shall we entertain them politely?"
Samantha	"Is it okay if we eat one of you?"
Samantha	"The Keeper of the Giant Tree wouldn't mind."
Samantha	"The Guardian's subordinates included."
Samantha	"That woman is Mary Rosegarden. The guardian of the Giant Tree and the person who protected St. Iris."
Yakutsk	"It's a horde of Samanthas. Does that mean this Giant Tree is their nest...?"
Mary	"It's true that they appear a lot near the Giant Tree, but this is a bit too many. I've never seen this many Samanthas before either."
Queensway	"They must have sensed something unusual and are gathering together. That's how dangerous the Giant Tree of St. Iris is."
Paddington	"We will now take the magic train up the Giant Tree. We have shifted to the railway track that leads to the Guardian Room."
Paddington	"Rising energy 100%. Guardian's Chamber release rate at 100%."
Queensway	"The Gate is open! Everyone, please continue to maintain your boarding positions."
Putra	"Climbing, do we have to go up there?"
Vivienne	"Never thought we'd be climbing Giant Trees on a Mist Train."
Paddington	"Ascent mode initiated. Target, St. Iris terminus, Guardian's Chamber."
Mary	("Ricardo... When was the last time I saw you in person?")
Mary	("It's been a long time since you were part of the Giant Tree. We must be getting old, though I wonder if it's possible that you're still the same person you used to be.")
Mary	("Hey, Ricardo, is there any other way to save the Giant Tree of St. Iris? You're making your son fight the fate of the world, as Divine Child as his first task... that's way too cruel.")
Mary	("What kind of a sick world is this that its built upon sacrificing Divine Children? I'm the Knight Commander of St. Iris! Can't you at least take my feelings into account a little?")
Mary	("We're friends, aren't we ...?")
Paddington	"Confirm stop. Arriving at St. Iris Giant Tree Railway terminus."
Paddington	"The Guardian's Chamber" - Here houses St. Iris's guardian, Ricardo Trevithick."
Paddington	"..."
Queensway	"Lady Paddington!"
Paddington	"...What's?"
Paddington	"Hawawa? Why am I being held by Miss Queensway?"
Queensway	"Thank God! Paddington's regained consciousness!"
???	"The girl brought you all here by the will of the Giant Tree. She is from one of the most powerful families in the Divine Children bloodline, and was therefore chosen to be the guide of the railway."
???	"And the Guardian of the Giant Tree chose her own direct bloodline. To tell them how to save the contaminated Giant Tree."
Queensway	"Mary, that person is..."
Mary	"Yes, that's Ricardo. Ricardo Trevithick. Looks like she's changed a lot though."
Queensway	"That's Lady Ricardo, meaning she's Conductor's mother."
Yakutsk	"The most powerful Divine Child of St. Iris and the designer of the Mist Train..."
Vivienne	"But she's not quite how I pictured her to look like. I've only heard her voice a few times..."
Mary	"She's been in the Giant Tree for so long that she's lost her sanity. As I said before, the Poison has had a big effect on her. At this point it is no longer enough for her to ease her pain with mere Steel Seekers."
Mary	"Ricardo, can you recognize me?"
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Mary Rosegarden. Knight Commander of the Order of St. Iris."
Mary	"You were the one who entrusted me with the route maps, weren't you? You're the one who left me messages by the Railroad guide, you spoke to us all in The Terminal too."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"..."
Queensway	"Are our voices not being heard anymore?"
Mary	"No. Ricardo is not gone yet. What little human emotion left is struggling desperately in that body. Even now, she is trying to tell me and Conductor something."
Mary	"Isn't that right? Ricardo. Otherwise there is no way we would have got here."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"..."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"The Divine Child of Clearing Mist must not clear the Mist of the Giant Tree. What must be cleared is the Poison that comes from the otherworld."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Poison is Steel. Steel is Poison..."
Yoshino	"The steel puppet's arm is glowing..."
Yoshino	"the magic is getting stronger. It's the same as when Nene went crazy."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Nishkese sorceress. Give me the arm of the doll. The Poison has flowed into it and it is regaining its original strength."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"The limbs that have regained their strength call forth the head. The living head breathes Mist, which is as powerful as the Poison that is poisoning the Giant Tree. It will be difficult to control it with the power that exists in Iris Cloud."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"It is not a good thing to have in our world. Even a shell that has lost its power will run amok. Even Yuuzen could not control it by then."
Yoshino	"steel dolls are things from the otherworld, there are many such things mixed in with Iris Cloud."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Indeed. That is the Poison to this world. The Mist emitted by the Poison of the otherworlds spreads further Poison. If it is taken outside the Giant Tree, the lands and waters will soon turn into the steel of the otherworlds."
Yoshino	"Yoshino also somehow knew that. There are many steel and machines with terrible power in this world, but those things didn't originally exist in this world."
Yoshino	"There are factories in Nishiki and Eisengrad that assemble such things. The factory where Yoshino used to work was also like that."
Yoshino	"I collected the parts that were not to be used, and assembled them. Yoshino doesn't know what the finished products were used for. Yoshino was still small, so I didn't really know. I just did my job as I was told."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Those who live in Iris Cloud know nothing about those horrors. They know nothing about the purpose of the ancient machine parts and the steel weapons from the other world. If they knew the reasons behind them, they would realise the mistakes they have made and regret them."
Queensway	"But there are those who, knowing this fact, are willing to accept the Poison from the other world. That was the case with Canaria."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"There are many others besides Canaria who have the same idea. Because of them, the pollution of the Giant Tree has accelerated, it has finally reached the point of no return..."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"...is Ricardo's son here?"
Conductor	-He's here. I am the blood descendant of Ricardo Trevithick. The only one who can run the magic train, the Mist Train.
Conductor	Mother... Are you still aware of your motherhood? Do you still have a sense of yourself as a Divine Child and as a human being?
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"I am the Guardian of the Giant Tree. I am not a mother, a Divine Child or a human being."
Conductor	I see. Then that's fine. If my mother still had a conscious, I would have had a few words with her. If since you are not my mother, then there is no need for that.
Conductor	Even if my mother's consciousness has been completely destroyed, as long as the Guardian of the Giant Tree is on our side, then anything would be fine. What we need is a way to save Iris Cloud. We didn't come to the Giant Tree to have nostalgia talk.
Conductor	If you are the Guardian of the Giant Tree, we want you to tell us how to protect the Giant Tree. I don't believe you, a mysterious life form that tells me it is neither human nor Divine Child.
Conductor	The Guardian of the Giant Tree, what must we do to save this world? How can we stop the influx of Poison?
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"There is only one way to save Iris Cloud. A Divine Child must be sacrificed to maintain the balance of the world from within the Giant Tree."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"But Ricardo can no longer withstand the Poison. Therefore, a blood relative must take her place."
Vivienne	"Conductor will take her place?"
Putra	"No, you can't do that! If the conductor becomes the Guardian of the Giant Tree, then there will be no one left to run the Mist Train."
Yakutsk	"Calm down, both of you. It doesn't mean we have to."
Yakutsk	"Isn't it? Conductor. You're not going to do what it says, are you?"
Conductor	I would prefer not to, but I understand what she is saying.
Conductor	If she says that Ricardo was the only one who could have done it, then I, as her closest blood relative and with the power of a Divine Child would be the most suitable person to take Ricardo's place.
Conductor	And if I can save this world in that way, I should become a part of the Giant Tree and fight, just like my mother.
Queensway	"How can this be..."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Accept the truth. The Iris Cloud is founded on the sacrifice of the Divine Child."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"I give you the power of the Guardian of the Giant Tree. Neutralise the Poison absorbed from your mother and keep the Giant Tree alive."
Conductor	...
Conductor	...
Conductor	Unfortunately, that is not possible.
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Why? Are you not going to fulfil the mission of the Divine Child?"
Conductor	I understand that there are two mists in this world. The Poison Mist that flows through the Giant Tree from somewhere that is not Iris Cloud, and the other is the Immunity Mist created by Iris Cloud to counteract it. The first Mist we need to clear is Poison from the other world. This is fact.
Conductor	I thought I'd wait until I saw it with my own eyes. But when I saw the huge evil monsters that inhabit this place and the phenomena that are beyond human knowledge, I finally understood.
Conductor	The Giant Tree that is supposed to protect St. Iris is enveloped in an evil force, and I don't feel the power from the Divine Child, Ricardo, the Guardian. I sense no will and rationality of a human being either, at any moment, I feel as if that entire body will be engulfed by evil.
Conductor	--I know this deep in my heart, that the Ricardo now is no better than a Monster.
Queensway	"An existence no different from a monster? Are you saying that Lady Ricardo is on the verge of becoming a Mist Monster?"
Conductor	A little different from a regular Mist Monster. The magic I feel is closer to otherworldly objects such as steel dolls.
Conductor	In other words, Ricardo is now Poison itself. What emanates from her mouth is not a human language, but Phantom Mist.
Mary	"But Ricardo is still alive. If we detach her from the Giant Tree before it takes over completely..."
Conductor	...No, that's not correct.
Conductor	Ricardo cannot be saved ever since she was affected by the Poison. We have no choice but to kill Ricardo along with the Poison.
Conductor	She must not be freed from the Giant Tree. Otherwise, the Poison will escape out of the Giant Tree in the blink of an eye.
Conductor	Ricardo's recording by the Steel Seeker was true. Ricardo knew that it could not be contained by the sacrifices of Divine Children. Over a long period of time, she developed a way to detach the Poison.
Conductor	She had endured years of pain and suffering, waiting for this day, with our own hands, we will defeat the "Guardian of the Giant Tree" so she can bring the Poison with her and cut it off from the Giant Tree of St. Iris.
Conductor	Whatever's left of Ricardo's will, appealed to us.
Conductor	--Defeat this monster quickly.
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Can you hear me... son?"
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"Do it without hesitation. The thing in my body is the Poison of the otherworld itself. Do not be deceived."
Mary	"That's Ricardo's voice. She is using her last strength to help us..."
Conductor	But it's no use. We have to kill Ricardo here as it is. Let's kill her while she is still Ricardo Trevithick.
Conductor	We will free her from pain and suffering and let her fulfil the duties of a Divine Child.
Conductor	And we will save St. Iris, save Iris Cloud. That is what my mother wants.
Conductor	-Train knights. Lend me your strength.
Guardian of the Giant Tree	I am the Guardian of the Giant Tree. I will seize you as my next victim and assimilate you into the Giant Tree."
Guardian of the Giant Tree	"With the life and soul of the Divine Child, the Giant Tree will become more powerful..."

Giant Tree Strategy Episode
18-1	The Return
18-2	A New Road
18-3	Through a Long Tunnel
18-4	The First Test
18-5	What You Lack
18-6	A Meaningful Battle
18-7	A Shaky Illusion
18-8	How to Save the World
18-9	Divine Child's Sacrifice
18-10	Country of Peace and Iridescent Clouds
18-EP	Epilogue