Main Scenario/Knight Commander and Instructor

Ruins of Thunder Episode
28-1	More Haste, Less Speed
28-2	Vivienne's Anomaly
28-3	Guardian of the Otherworld Portal
28-4	Dark Power
28-5	Administrator of the Ruins
28-6	Teleportation Magic
28-7	Knight Commander and Instructor
28-8	Apostle of Doom
28-9	Fairy King of Brocéliande
28-10	The Final Key

Finchley	"Clear."
Euston	"Clear here too."
Finchley	"The monsters here are strong in numbers. The source of the Mist seems far away. You and I should be able to make it without too much trouble."
Euston	"Miss Finchley, over there."
Finchley	"There's... tracks. That's a hit. Now we just need to figure out how to get the train here from above."
Euston	"What about bringing Vivienne and Brittany with us as soon as it's safe? Maybe there's some contraption the two can solve."
Finchley	"That would be the only way. There's no point in us going through it alone."
Finchley	"Now if we could just unite with Versailles, we'd be all set."
Euston	"Yes, it would. I'd like to see her alive again, if possible."
Finchley	"......"
Finchley	"Euston, about what you said to Queensway earlier."
Euston	"Did I say that impolitely? I tried to be as gentle as I could."
Finchley	"No, you're fine. I'm rather grateful for your concern."
Finchley	"You didn't mention one of the worst outcomes that awaits us down the road, you said Queensway's 'inexperienced', rather than mentally immature."
Euston	"I am a knight and a commander. I would never dare say anything to demoralise my men. Should it deem necessary, then I can be merciless in confronting them with reality."
Euston	"Putra's kindness and positive attitude changed the atmosphere of the unit. Everyone was united and aligned to reach the goal. At a time like this, I don't want to demoralise them by backtalking about Versailles' safety."
Finchley	"Whoever dragged Versailles down there. That's no mere monster."
Euston	"Aye, I think so too. For a brief moment, I could feel a strange evilness coming from that 'hole'."
Euston	"I hope that whoever is down there is not after Versailles' life. But sometimes things don't work out that way. I, too, must be prepared for that to some extent."
Finchley	"The Mist fools us with illusions. Never forget that. I've been hurt by it many times in the past."
Euston	"Thank you for the advice. It's really helpful to have someone like you. I've heard that Iris Cloud's Special Forces have been through several rounds of Hell already."
Euston	"Out-Siders, the covert side of the Order of St. Iris. I hear they are a super-offensive squadron specialized in combat."
Finchley	"Well, you're not wrong. I'd say there's more to it than fighting, but in reality it's a unit that spends most of its time in the danger zones fighting the Mist and monsters."
Euston	"We of the Metro Railway Knights too, would like to eventually have a squadron like that. Please do come and train our M. St. Iris Railway Knights."
Finchley	"No, please. I'm still an instructor at the Knight's Academy. If you want someone to train a team like the Out-Siders, you'd better get a real instructor."
Finchley	"I have an excellent instructor, Blackfriar, who is my senior. You could ask her to assist."
Finchley	"And besides, I don't think you should be too concerned about setting up a special task force unit like the Out-Siders."
Euston	"What do you mean?"
Finchley	"I mean that it's also important to consolidate the area around the royal castle. With all due respect, there are a lot of poorly trained Metro's Railway Knights as a whole. They must have had quite a hard time when the Metro Hole emerged."
Euston	"...I am unable to retort against you."
Euston	"It's easier to see the difference between danger zones and safe zones in Iris Metro compared to Iris Cloud."
Euston	"It's easier to detect anomalies from the cycles of Tag and Nacht if we're observing the celestial spheres, and there's not as much Phantom Mist under the major celestial spheres..."
Finchley	"In addition, the Divine Children do not have the strength to fight, and the knights guarding the royal castle are all nobles with little experience in actual combat. The nobles spend their money to line their pockets, and are relieved when their country is 'fine', looking at how 'clear' the celestial sphere is in the distance."
Euston	"Oh, you were told that much?"
Finchley	"No. The second part is my imagination. I'm not far off the mark, am I?"
Euston	"That's exactly what you're thinking."
Finchley	"When the two worlds connected, the people of the Metro rejoiced at the appearance of Conductor and Lady Islington. Saviour of the world. Hero to clear the Mist. With words like that, they welcomed the SSS that came from Iris Cloud."
Finchley	"In front of the bitter-smiling Divine Children and knights in the royal castle."
Finchley	"They are too quick to rely on us, mere strangers. This is a sign of the people's anxiety. The people are accustomed to peace and they know it. The knights and soldiers who protect them are also accustomed to peace."
Euston	"The endless Nacht and the appearance and opening of Metro Holes. The situation in the Iris Metro has changed drastically as Mist has emerged from various celestial spheres. Faced with these critical situations, the people realised the truth. It was a problem that the Metro Railway Knights and the Alliance could not possibly cope with."
Finchley	"Some powerful people have deep pockets, even in Iris Cloud. But fortunately, the Divine Children here have the power to overcome the threat. The military power of our countries is high, and many of us live to fight."
Finchley	"I am from Iris Cloud. I know almost nothing about the history and circumstances of Metro. But if your world were somewhat more peaceful than mine, there would be work to be done in the future."
Finchley	"It's not about building a force that jumps straight into danger. It's not about recruiting brave young men and sending them off to their deaths."
Finchley	"It's about safe places and peaceful times. It's about making those things worth just a little bit more."
Euston	"About safe places and a little bit more time for peace..."
Finchley	"Euston, you are a very good Knight Commander. If we belonged to the same country, you would be my superior. We may not even be speaking on equal footing here."
Finchley	"But now you are a fellow member of the SSS. As a fellow soldier, let me give you some words as a fellow man."
Euston	"Yes, by all means."
Finchley	"Our victory is not about defeating the enemy. It is about fulfilling our purpose."
Finchley	"Our aim is to lift the Mist. Our aim is to restore peace to the world."
Finchley	"Peace is a world where people can live in peace, without fear of the Mist. To restore them is our purpose. It is our victory."
Finchley	"'Who dares wins - You cannot win if you never want to dare; You have to dare if you ever want to win.'"
Finchley	"'Demon of the Hell House'. Those are words from the officer in charge of training recruits to survive Hell in the 'super-offensive squadron', as you call it. Well, that last sentence is our unit's motto."
Euston	"Was that from Miss Blackfriar? You must have had a good superior officer."
Finchley	"Yes, she's the best knight we've ever had. I've known her longer than I've known Miss Ohana."
Finchley	"When I had lost my way, her words guided me. What makes you strong? What constitutes strength? I thought I saw it coming."
Euston	"So Miss Finchley went through a period like that too."
Finchley	"Well yeah. When I was young, I was troubled and lost a lot. And I was very weak."
Finchley	"That was the first time I saw Hell. That one time made me realise how weak I was."
Euston	"So you were grinded hard during your time as the Out-Siders?"
Finchley	"No, not at all."
Finchley	"I saw Hell as a cadet. We were in the middle of a zeroth gen field training when the deadly Mist hit. A lot of the Out-Siders perished that day."
Euston	"That much Phantom Mist in a safe area..."
Finchley	"We didn't think it would be there either. None of us ever imagined we would be fighting for our lives."
Finchley	"The knights who escorted us, veterans of a hundred battles, were all killed one by one, and we, the Zeroth Generation of the SSS, were stranded in the Phantom Mist. Only Miss Ohana stood alone against the Mist, but I got in her way."
Euston	"So that's the 'mistake' you told Queensway earlier."
Finchley	"That's right. It's my sin that will never be forgiven..."
Finchley	"Ohana was buying time for us to retreat. And I jumped in without thinking and screwed up everything."
Finchley	"There was someone watching from the rear, not moving an inch. But it's not that she never did anything. She was gritting her teeth and preparing herself to take advantage of the slightest opening that Ohana could create."
Finchley	"That was Blackfriar. It was thanks to her that we were able to escape from the Phantom Mist. She is the one who should be praised the most for this incident, because she didn't forget her purpose until the very end."
Finchley	"Do you understand, Euston?"
Euston	"Yes, I understand. Painfully."
Finchley	"What drove me was a sense of justice, a sense of mission. I didn't think about the details of what to do, what the objective was. I think all I could think about was 'destroy the enemy in front of me'." [
Euston	"......"
Finchley	"What about you? Does the mystery of the Ruins of Thunder reveal new objectives in your mind each time it is unravelled?"
Finchley	"You want to save Versailles. That's all you want. You want to save Iris Metro. That's fine too, Euston, but why are you so preoccupied with the mystery of these ruins? Is there a reason you need to know so much about the Ruins of Thunder?"
Euston	"......"
Euston	"It's a shameful story. I can't believe that I was the one to be accused of being careless in the middle of a mission. I have you to thank for that."
Euston	"This site... The Ruins of Thunder, may be the place my dead sister was looking for."
Finchley	"Your sister is already dead?"
Euston	"Yes. She left behind three memos and much mysteries."
Finchley	"Three notes?"
Euston	"'Verforet', 'Lightning' and 'Ruins'. Such notes were hidden in the hilt of my sister's favourite sword."
Euston	"My sister was a member of the Royal Guard at the castle, she was researching the thunder and ancient ruins of M. Verforet. She seems to have assembled a dedicated research team of skilled knights and scholars, so I think she was carrying out some serious research."
Finchley	"Was she interested in the history and archaeology of Verforet?"
Euston	"No, not at all. The research was not known about until the day she died. I think it was carried out in secret."
Euston	"Why would my sister, who had a fiancée and a promising future, take such an action? I have personally conducted a number of investigations, but have not been able to find out what she was looking for."
Finchley	"But this investigation mission has given you a glimpse."
Euston	"Aye, she's probably after the teleportation magic. She had a purpose that she was willing to give up everything to achieve. Otherwise, she wouldn't have... gone without telling me anything."
Finchley	"Perhaps she thought she could go to Iris Cloud. She was the first to realise that Iris Metro was in danger and kept looking for teleportation magic to get help from Iris Cloud."
Euston	"That is very possible. My sister had a very strong sense of justice and was a very kind person."
Finchley	"If your sister's purpose is as I suspect, that purpose has already been achieved."
Finchley	"We have come, have we not? And now you're on the Mist Train too. As one of the Train Knights who will save the world."
Euston	"Miss Finchley..."
Euston	"That's true. I'm beginning to get that feeling too."
Euston	"Thank you so much. I am very glad to have found such a wonderful knight in you."
Finchley	"I didn't mean to encourage you. I'm just giving you a light push."
Euston	"That's the Demon Instructor alright. You're very harsh."
*RUMBLE*
Finchley	"That magic energy just now is..."
Euston	"That's the evil I felt in that 'hole'!"
Finchley	"Euston, are you ready for this?"
Euston	"Aye, don't worry. We'll proceed as normal!"

Ruins of Thunder Episode
28-1	More Haste, Less Speed
28-2	Vivienne's Anomaly
28-3	Guardian of the Otherworld Portal
28-4	Dark Power
28-5	Administrator of the Ruins
28-6	Teleportation Magic
28-7	Knight Commander and Instructor
28-8	Apostle of Doom
28-9	Fairy King of Brocéliande
28-10	The Final Key