![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Finchley, are the surroundings secure?" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"We've just finished. As long as we maintain our current speed, we should have no problem in just surveying the surface of these walls." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Understood. We'll start with investigating the left side. If you find anything suspicious on the right, please inform Queensway immediately." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Euston, be on alert. Get back to us as soon as the train starts to accelerate." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"But of course. I wouldn't want to get separated from the main group here." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Hmm? What's that light?" |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Miss Finchley, what's wrong? We're ready to go now." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"No, I thought I saw something glow for a second. I don't think there was any magical response..." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"EUSTON, INSTRUCTOR FINCHLEY! GET BACK INSIDE NOW!" |
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![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"...And well, that's what happened. After Vivienne used magic, there was a big bang and the train started moving really fast." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"It wasn't so much that we were moving, it was more like we were being sucked into something. It was brief, but we must have been a long way from where we were." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Are you saying that I magically flew the whole train here?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"You could say that. It was a far stronger magic than the one you used in the Celestial Sphere Chamber." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"It only took a moment to activate. Putra warned us all before we detected your magic. That saved me and Euston from being left behind on the tracks." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"I was also very close to Vivienne, but I didn't feel any amplification of the magic that occurs when big magic is activated, so I was surprised that Putra had such keen magic-sensing abilities." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"I don't have that ability, it's just a hunch. I just noticed Vivienne's different." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"I promised her that if anything happened I would take care of her." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Putra..." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"I was just thinking, I don't think the Ruins of Thunder are just for the shana..." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Do you mean that humans and elves also went in and out of the ruins?" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"That's a possibility, but that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that maybe there were people who were sort of special to the shana people." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Someone special to the shana... Certainly, there could be such a family." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Very interesting thought. There were no shana tribes in Brocéliande with such ideas." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Vivienne has Gate-like powers. I think it's that power that the King of Ever-Darkness is looking at. Mary and Yuuzen borrowed power from the Giant Tree, but Vivienne might have borrowed power from lightning or clouds or something." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Brittany is a shana that came down with the lightning, right? I've heard that there are a lot of shana like that in Brocéliande." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Oui, you're right. For some reason, there are a lot of shana in Brocéliande." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Vivienne is an elf from Brocéliande. Like Rennes and the other forest rangers, they have lived in Brocéliande for a long time." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"So what might that have to do with anything?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"......" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"......" |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Well, I just had a bit of a guess, how's that? Do you think it's possible?" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"...Its possible." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"It's possible, Mademoiselle Putra! What if someone with powers like Vivienne's was in Brocéliande or the Ruins of Thunder long ago? If that were the case, it would make sense that there would be some kind of magical contraptions of lightning here." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"These ruins have existed since ancient times. I suspect that the administrators of the Ruins of Thunder were trying to protect the history and civilisation of the world together with certain special magic-users." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Teleportation magic..." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Teleportation magic?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"I've heard Miss Versailles said that back at the Metro Hole in St. Iris. She was very surprised to hear that Mary could use Gates." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"If you have super-powerful teleportation magic, you can travel between two worlds. It wasn't just the Metro Holes that connected the two worlds..." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"So it was this magic that my sister was looking for." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"So the celestial sphere was also a bridge between the two worlds. Even today, thunderclouds are common in the M. Verforet celestial sphere. Perhaps there were tribes that could have harnessed their power long ago." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Vivienne has that power. Without Vivienne's magic we wouldn't be able to solve the incidents in these ruins. It's like Conductor's power. It's the power we need to save the world." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Is it a good thing that I can use teleportation magic? It's a dangerous power if I don't control it well..." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"But so far we've been helped by your magic. I'm sure these tracks lead somewhere too." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Don't you all think so?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"I think so. There's no way that this can be a dead end." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Well, with the help of the shana and Vivienne, we can manage. Even up until now, we've been able to get ahead in some way." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"If this is where it ends, there is no way the railway line could have extended beyond the wall. Vivienne wouldn't have warped the entire train to this place for no reason." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"It's just as Bourse said in Brocéliande. Vivienne is her light, even if she's called a dark-blood." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"You all..." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"'Thy are one of the 'dark-bloods'. Thy ruled over the Forest of Doom and the Forest of Fairies. Unleash thy hidden power. Then neither the end of light nor the ever-darkness will lose their place.'" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Paddington, what was that?" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Vivienne murmured these words in a dream. Perhaps the King of Ever-Darkness said that to Vivienne." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"'The Forest of Doom and the Fairy Forest' refers to two forests. Do you know of any forests with different names in the west and east?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Brocéliande..." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"The Forest of Doom and the Fairy Forest, are both in Brocéliande!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"And by End of Light, I think he meant the power of... teleportation magic that the shana people tried to protect. If so, it makes sense that the King of Ever-Darkness entrusted Vivienne with the task of defeating the Apostle of Doom." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"'Eliminate the Apostle of Doom with the Thunderclouds. Return the Princess to the Celestial Sphere, the Celestial Sphere of Thunder shall return to its original darkness.'" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Indeed..." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"The Apostle of Doom is the one who have a negative effect on both countries of Verforet. He is a threat not only to us, but also to the King of Ever-Darkness..." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"You see, Vivienne's teleportation magic is not accidental. The King of Ever-Darkness encouraged her to use it." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Which means..." |
Finchley & Euston |
"There is a way out!" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Even though Vivienne manipulates the forces of darkness, you are a light to us all... what Putra said is true♪" |
Conductor |
I think we can think on the bright side about our strategy versus the ruins, and of Vivienne's power. With the shana as well as Vivienne, we might be able to clear this Mist. |
Conductor |
The reason why Vivienne is called the dark-blood. Her special magical abilities. We don't know what kind of nature it possesses, but we can be sure that it has something to do with the Metro Hole that appeared between the Ruins of Thunder and Brocéliande. |
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![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Yoshino, Brittany, have you found any clues to help us get further? Any walls with weird incantations on them, or any unusual stone statues..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Well, there was one clue that looked like it, my oku-san." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Who are ya calling a wife? Stop messing around and tell me now." |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"A hole. I found a hole just like the one Mademoiselle Versailles fell into." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Another hole? We're not going to fall for the same trick over and over again. What if it's a trap?" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"Naturally it could be a trap, but unlike the hole Versailles fell into, this time we can see the bottom of the hole. It would be possible to get to the lower floor by having all of us jump down at once." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Of course, we don't know what's down there when we land." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"So where is the hole?" |
![Story Brittany.png](/images/e/e1/Story_Brittany.png) Brittany |
"It's right by the railway line. It's over there. Can you see it?" |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Aye, I see it." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"......" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Euston." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Aye, I know. We can't afford to make any more mistakes." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Very well, that's a deal." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Euston and I are going to investigate the hole. You all maintain positions." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"You two, I'm coming with you too!" |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Negative. You stay here in case of emergency." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"It's more dangerous down there. We need to build up your strength a bit more." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Miss Queensway, what she said is correct. She is right. It is more dangerous to investigate down there. We are more likely to be attacked by demons than this place is." |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"That's exactly why only two of us shall go. Either one of us, me or Miss Finchley can make it out alive." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"!" |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Certain tasks require experience, not competence. The three of us might not make it. It's because that increases the odds of running into those situations, that's why I want to go with only two people." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Queensway, you know the mistake I made when I was a zeroth gen, don't you?" |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"...Yes." |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Then trust me here. Someday I will take you with me. But for now, let me go with Euston." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Yes, sir." |
Finchley and Euston headed out towards the unnatural hole in the side of the tracks to investigate below. |
But Finchley turned around, clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, patted on her pupil's shoulder, and uttered a single 'good job'. |
![Story Finchley.png](/images/1/15/Story_Finchley.png) Finchley |
"Shall we go then?" |
![Story Euston.png](/images/5/55/Story_Euston.png) Euston |
"Yeah." |