Yakutsk |
"The mooks have been eliminated. No new hostiles." |
Putra |
"I'm still surprised. I didn't expect Mist Monsters to appear so quickly." |
Vivienne |
"It's like a portal to an otherworld..." |
Putra |
"Vivienne?" |
Vivienne |
"No, it's nothing." |
Queensway |
"Everyone, now's the time to defeat the Railway Seeker. If it escapes, it will be a disaster." |
Railway Seeker |
"cReAkcReaKCReAK..." |
Railway Seeker |
"DIVIne cHiLD... OF MiSt CLeariiiiInG!" |
Queensway |
"It's no use scaring us. I won't let Brocéliande have any more Mist." |
Queensway |
"Take caution, everyone! We have defeated this enemy once. Keep in line and protect Sir Conduct..." |
Queensway |
"――GAAH!!" |
Yoshino |
"Queensway?" |
Putra |
"Wha, no way...?" |
Queensway |
"F-fast... It's totally different from the last time I saw it..." |
Yakutsk |
"Queensway, raise your sword! It's coming again!" |
Queensway |
"My sword..." |
Queensway |
"What... Why can't my arm move...?" |
Railway Seeker |
"kiLl... kiLL Kill kILl!" |
Yakutsk |
"QUEENSWAY!" |
Queenrose |
"You idiots! How dare you provoke the enemy at engagement distance! A few more deviations and you'd be dead!" |
Queensway |
"You're, Queenrose, why are you here?" |
Queenrose |
"I've been following the Railway Seeker, it spewed a lot of Mist in west Brocéliande." |
Queensway |
"So the disturbance to the west was caused by the Railway Seeker?" |
Queensway |
"...... Oww!" |
Queenrose |
"Don't move. I'll heal you now." |
Queenrose |
"Stay still for a while. If you care about your fellow allies." |
It was Resistance's Queenrose who saved the injured Queensway from the ambush. She, too, is said to be acting for a purpose, but what that purpose is remains entirely unclear. |
However, she did mention something that we have yet to hear of yet. That the cause of the outbreak of Phantom Mist in the west is caused by the Railway Seeker. |
Conductor |
As I recall, it was Queenrose who deliberately made a Railway Seeker breathe Mist back in St. Iris. If you did the same thing this time, Queenrose, that means you're the one who covered Brocéliande with Phantom Mist. |
Queenrose |
"I was trying my best not to show myself to you people because there's a possibility that I'll be suspected of something like that." |
Queenrose |
"For the record, a Railway Seeker is not a tool to breathe Mist or anything like that, unlike the Koutetsu Ningyou you defeated in Nishiki." |
Conductor |
In other words, you are not involved. Is that what you are saying? |
Queenrose |
"I don't even intend to deny completely. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't involved." |
Queenrose |
"But the Mist in the west is not something I made breathe. This wretched monster vomited it all on its own." |
Railway Seeker |
"cREAKcReaK... dIvInE cHilD of miST ClearING..." |
Queenrose |
"No time for chatter. If we don't beat this thing, the east side will be shrouded in thick Mist." |
Queensway |
"If we don't stop it... Brocéliande will be in trouble." |
Queenrose |
"Be careful. It's a lot tougher than the Railway Seeker you fought last time. Well, that's your fault too..." |
Railway Seeker |
"DIvINe chiLd OF MISt Clearing... dIvINE CHiLD oF Mist cLeaRInG..." |
Railway Seeker |
"a witCH's MARK??" |
Vivienne |
"...... Look over here, you monster." |
Railway Seeker |
"CREaKcReAkCreAkcreAk..." |
Vivienne |
"I TOLD YOU TO LOOK OVER HERE!" |
Vivienne |
"You don't think you're going to get away with this Brocéliande for free, do you?" |
Vivienne |
"This forest, they say it's the most beautiful forest in Verforet. A lot of tourists come to the east side because it's safe and there are so many nice places to visit. ......" |
Vivienne |
"Brocéliande's Gendarmerie are better at hunting and guiding tourists than fighting Mist Monsters, and in the west they rely on the Forestiers, and they are said to be unreliable in battle." |
Vivienne |
"But I was proud of Brocéliande that way. What's wrong with being peaceful? This forest has been defending what nobody else can get even all the armies in the world scrambled to do, and they've been defending this forest for a long time." |
Vivienne |
"I will not give you our Brocéliande. I will not let my loved ones suffer!" |
Putra |
"Vivienne, what's wrong with her...?" |
Yakutsk |
"Such vasts amounts of magic. No, it's not a question of quantity anymore. What is this power? Is it really elven magic power?" |
Queenrose |
"That power, no way..." |
Queenrose |
"ALL OF YOU, GET AWAY FROM THAT SPRING NOW!" |
Queenrose shouted as she threw Queensway afar. Putra and Yakutsk picked her up and left the Fairy Spring at full speed to escape the huge ball of light approaching the Railway Seeker. |
Not everyone took Queenrose's word for it. No matter what anyone said, the girls would surely have run away. There was no way she could have survived such terrifying offensive magic. No one there would have thought that. |
――Even Vivienne herself, as she shot a ball of light. |
Queenrose |
"...... Tch, what power. Who's the actual monster here?" |
Vivienne unleashed an attack spell that engulfed the entire surrounding vegetation. Where Queenrose caught the ball of light, the ground was gouged deeply and a huge crater was left around the Fairy Spring. |
Vivienne |
"What the, this magic..." |
Vivienne |
"What would have happened... if I hit Putra and the others?" |
Queenrose |
"They probably would have all died." |
Vivienne |
"No..." |
Vivienne |
"No! I know nothing at all! I've never done anything like this before, All I did was just using my usual magic..." |
Queenrose |
"You don't have to say that. Had you knew and used on purpose, you're an actual nutcase. Do it in a bigger place the next time you use the same magic again." |
Putra |
"Vivienne..." |
Vivienne |
"Putra, I..." |
Putra |
"It's okay. It's okay, Vivienne." |
Putra |
"We all know what's going on. When one's inside the Mist, these things happen." |
Vivienne |
"Mhm..." |
Putra |
"Vivienne, you were scared too." |
Vivienne |
"Uugh..." |
Putra |
"Even Queensway suddenly got stronger at the St. Iris spring. Right? Let's not think too much about it today." |
Putra |
"Right? Everyone?" |
Yakutsk |
"Yeah. You just thought of a new technique." |
Yoshino |
"Mhm, we were able to avoid it for shoken, so we can be safer next time." |
The magic unleashed by Vivienne was completely different in nature from that handled by Verforet mages. It was completely out of the ordinary. |
She looked to Paddington and asked, "Do you have any idea what this magic is?". But Paddington just shook her head silently. This meant that there was no record of it in the past. |
No one said anything, but everyone must have been thinking the same thing. |
ーーThe ball of light that Vivienne released was neither magic nor sorcery, but some unknown force. |
But what we should really fear is Queenrose, who single-handedly blocked that offensive magic. She prevented an attack that would have obliterated the Railway Seeker instantly. |
When the time Queenrose turns hostile against us, will the SSS even be able to defeat her...? |
Vivienne |
"Queenrose. Why didn't you run away?" |
Queenrose |
"That's because the Railway Seeker could be killed if I stayed here. It was distracted by me, and I was confident that I could have prevented your attack." |
Vivienne |
"I see..." |
Yakutsk |
"I'd like to know more about how you blocked that thing, but whatever. It's true that you saved my life, and I thank you in advance." |
Yakutsk |
"However, that doesn't mean we can just say hi and goodbye and let you go. Now that we've met here, you're going to tell us your story." |
Queenrose |
"Haven't I just told you about the Phantom Mist on the west side? The Railway Seeker has polluted this forest by spitting Mist all over the place. I followed it here from the west side to kill it." |
Vivienne |
"So all the Mist in Brocéliande will clear? And the 'mark' on Bourse's chest will disappear?" |
Queenrose |
"No, unfortunately that is another matter." |
Vivienne |
"I beg you. Tell me everything you know. Tell me about the anomalies that have occurred here in Val Sans Retour, and about the mysterious voice that calls itself the Fairy King..." |
Queenrose |
"Fairy King?" |
Putra |
"It's a weird person who speaks directly into our heads. He tells us to be a servant of the Fairy King, or to come to a place where there is no sunlight." |
Queenrose |
"A fairy would never say such a thing. The girl was cursed by the Sorcière Sans Retour. It's a monster that lives here in Val Sans Retour." |
Putra |
"I knew it wasn't a fairy king..." |
Queenrose |
"I'm looking for it too, but I can't seem to find its hiding place. The Railway Seekers are lured by a strong source, so it must be lurking around here... " |
Queenrose |
"From what I've seen thus far... You'd better hurry, anyone who gets marked by a Baiser de Sorcière won't last two days." |
Putra |
"Baiser de Sorcière?" |
Queenrose |
"What, you don't know?" |
Vivienne |
"I KNOW THAT!" |
Vivienne |
"...... I know that, so please, don't speak anymore. I'm about to tell everyone later." |
Vivienne |
"I beg you..." |
Queenrose |
"Okay." |
Queenrose |
"Then the sooner you find the Sorcière Sans Retour, the better. I suggest to look a little further west. The witch must not be hiding far from this spring." |
Queensway |
"Please wait. What do we do if we find that witch, and how do we get Miss Bourse's 'mark' off?" |
Queenrose |
"...... Kill the witch at all costs. That's the only way." |
Queenrose |
"Take heart. The Dark bloods are quite formidable. If you show any openings, you'll be vaporized in an instant, just like before." |
Queensway |
"I knew it, it seems that there is no other way but to defeat that Sorcière Sans Retour." |
Vivienne |
"......" |