Main Scenario/The Path

Giant Tree Strategy Episode
17-1	The Breakthrough
17-2	The Instructor of the Out-Siders
17-3	Challenge to the Death
17-4	The Newcomer's Identity
17-5	Terror
17-6	The Guide
17-7	Steel and Poison
17-8	Mary's Purpose
17-9	Poison is Steel
17-10	The Path

Mary	"It's over."
Canaria	"No~ my cute little robot..."
After a deadly battle, we succeeded in destroying the humanoid combat weapon operated by Canaria. Everyone in the Special Steel Squad fought well, but it was Mary who did the most. She coordinated well with Blackfriar and led the other Train Knights. She is indeed a former Knight Commander.
Mary	"It's your move now, Canaria."
Canaria	"How dare, how dare you destroy my robot?"
Mary	"It wasn't yours to begin with. This factory and the mechanical doll you just saw belong to another world. Why don't you do something about your habit of wanting everything to be yours?"
Putra	"Come to think of it, she was summoning in strange things with her gate back in Flamarine too."
Mary	"The otherworldly weapons that Canaria likes to use are from the Giant Trees. The Poison from the otherworlds contain all sorts of foreign substances, many of them are dangerous weapons and arms to Iris Cloud. Canaria is a big fan of tasteless junk."
Mary	"It's more convenient for someone like Canaria to keep the Giant Tree contaminated with Poison."
Queensway	"How selfish of..."
Yoshino	"That's why she said she was on the side of Yoshino and friends in Flamarine. If the Special Steel Squad continues to destroy the immune system of the Giant Tree without knowing it, the Poison will keep flowing in."
Mary	"Correct. If only Canaria were a bit smarter, she can take advantage of the SSS to do her dirty work to destroy the immune system. Thank goodness she's stupid."
Canaria	"Do realise that I didn't need the help of the SSS. If I can seal Ricardo inside the Giant Tree, she will spit out Poison forever."
Vivienne	"What a cruel idea."
Putra	"She's really screwed up. How can she treat human life like that?"
Mary	"I had an inkling of what Canaria wanted. If Canaria could still use Gate magic at will, I didn't think it could get any more worse, but apparently, Gate magic doesn't work for the both of us."
Mary	"The best evidence is that Canaria is also looking for the Giant Tree Route Map. But without the Mist Train, the map's useless, you didn't even get this fact right, so you're out of your depth. If you're going to do evil, you'd better be a bit smarter."
Mary	"Or else, you're going to be killed by me! You are my enemy now."
Canaria	"Ggrhh..."
Canaria	"Shut up! Don't you yell at me, you old hag! I'm stronger than you right now! You're the one who's going to lose if we actually fight! Shut the Hell up and just give me the route map now!"
Mary	(Why is even Canaria asserting that I have the map? Did that Samantha guide tell her that?)
Mary	(I haven't seen anything of that sort since I got here. I haven't even met any Samantha either...)
--Mary
--The Giant Tree Route Map is yours. I leave my son in your hands.
Mary	"Ricardo ...?"
Mary	"You entrust me with the route map? What does that mean?"
Canaria	"Tshk! What's with the light...?"
Canaria	"It burning my eyes... and I don't like it very much. This sensation is... Impossible, it's Ricardo?"
Queensway	"Mary, your body's glowing?"
Mary	"No, not my body. It's a piece of my clothing that is glowing brightly."
Queensway	"Mary, could it be that you are carrying something like the Heavenly Sword of Mercy again? Are you carrying something dangerous with you?"
Mary	"No, I carried nothing of that sort."
Mary	"Wait, no way...!"
Mary took out a notebook out of her pocket and checked its contents. Strangely, the pages of the notebook emit a strong light, and every time Mary turns a page, a mysterious pattern appears in the air...
Mary	"Station order, switching branches..."
Mary	"Gate locations... this is the route map."
Mary	"It's the Giant Tree Route Map! It shows the route to the Giant Tree!"
Queensway	"So the route map was written into your notebook by the light we just saw."
Blackfriar	"I'm surprised. That Samantha was right."
Canaria	"Give me that thing now!"
Mary	"I'm not going to give it to you. Besides, even if you take this notebook away from me, Canaria, you won't be able to see the route map anyway."
Mary	"These route maps were projected by Ricardo. The Giant Tree Map was created by the Guardian of the Giant Tree."
Canaria	"How could you possibly know that? You don't know unless you try?"
Mary	"Because Ricardo said so. She said she would give me the Giant Tree Map."
Mary	"Ricardo is waiting for me, and the SSS too."
Blackfriar	"Mary, the route map... Does it also show how to get out of the Terminal?"
Mary	"Yes, it does. I just have to think of where I'm going and it will show up on the route map. It looks like I can use my Gate to get back to the original Portal door. My gate is activatable within this space."
Queensway	"Ah, so we can use your Gate to escape..."
Queensway	'Mary, open your Gate! Let's all get out of here!"
Mary	"Yes, I'll try."
Mary	"I wouldn't forgive you if you were lying to us, Ricardo..."
Mary created a Gate in front of the iron fence barrier as indicated on the route map. Previously, she said she couldn't activate it after an anomaly with the Giant Tree. But... this time it seems to be working.
Because our Samantha guide is looking at us from the other side of the gate.
Samantha	"Just jump straight into the Gate and you can teleport to me. Just go back to where the Portal is and I'll take care of the rest."
Samantha	"You have been chosen by the Guardian of the Giant Tree. This is the guidance of the Giant Tree."
Yoshino	"Oooh-- that Samantha is a good person after all."
Putra	"Thank goodness! Now we can say goodbye to this creepy factory!"
Yoshino	"But I think we'd better get out of here as soon as possible."
Yakutsk	"What's this, the factory's going to collapse?"
Mary	"No. This space itself is about to disappear into the interstellar world."
Blackfriar	"There's no time to lose. It's better to jump through the Gate than to be swallowed up by it."
Mary	"Wait. If we're going in the gate, it's better if we're all together. If we get separated inside the Gate, I'll never be able to get you back."
Blackfriar	"Very well. Then let's all go in together, just as we did when we went through the Portal. Gather round"
Vivienne	"Let's go, Putra. Put your arms around me tightly. Grab my chest, not my stomach."
Putra	"Okay, I've got you! It's big! It's so soft!"
Yoshino	"Yakky-tan, hug Yoshino tightly too."
Yakutsk	"Hold on to me properly and tightly. Don't you ever let go."
The Train Knights gather in front of the gate and start preparing to escape.
But Canaria is the only one who refused to move from her spot. She kneeled in front of the broken mechanical doll. If she is left here, she will be swallowed into the interstellar world.
Mary	"Canaria. Surrender to the Allied Forces. Also, promise me that you will never go near the Giant Tree again. If you do, I will get you out of here."
Canaria	"...And what if I say no?"
Mary	"I'll leave you here."
Canaria	"..."
Canaria	"Do what you want. I'd rather die a little than spend time in a cage."
Mary	"I see..."
Canaria	"...That's what you expected me to say, huh!?"
Mary	"...!?"
Queensway	"Mary!"
Canaria jumped on Mary and fell straight to the ground. The collapse of this realm accelerated. The gate, the only escape route, is getting smaller and smaller.
...They're too far from the gate. At this rate, Mary and Canaria will not be able to escape.
Mary	"Damn it! Let go of me! Canaria! You're going in the Gate with us!"
Canaria	"I don't wanna. If I do I'll be arrested~"
Canaria	"You're going to wander in the interstellar worlds with me. Gahahah, don't worry. As long as we're together, I'm sure we'll reach a wonderful world together one day, someday~"
Mary	"I don't mind wandering in the chasm forever, but I don't like to be with you."
Queensway	"Canaria! Let go of Mary!"
Blackfriar	"No, Queensway! The gate will close soon!"
Queensway	"Then what are we going to do!? If we don't do something, they'll both be trapped here!"
Blackfriar	"..."
Blackfriar	"We're leaving Mary here. We're giving up on the Giant Tree Map."
Queensway	"The Hell are you talking about!? Of course we can't do that!"
Blackfriar	"Obey me, even if it's not good enough! Don't give up victory so easily!"
Queensway	"Blackfriar please..."
Blackfriar	"If you rush back right now, you have forfeited your victory. Going back now only means one more casualty. The situation only gets worse, not better."
Queensway	"Tchah..."
Blackfriar	"Mary, it's for the best. You're on your own now."
Mary	"Affirmative, all good."
Canaria	"Ha-ha-ha-ha! I love it! This is so funny! I'm on a rendezvous in Hell with Mary. I wonder what the world has in store for us next, eh?"
Canaria	"Hey Mary, how do you feel now? How does it feel to dive into a world of pain and suffering with me, the person you hate so much?"
Mary	"..."
Yuuzen	"What are ya doing? Why is there a little kid here running off her mouth?"
The situation is in dire straits. The Gate was about to close. Yuzen, the sorceress, appeared with Nishikese dolls in her arms. Apparently, she had been hiding in here all this time.
Mary	"Yuuzen, I knew you were here."
Yuuzen	"Well, after ya left, there wasn't much left to do in the Resistance anymore, I'm losing my mind from boredom. So I've been tailing ya to kill time."
Canaria	"You are... Yuuzen. My most hated woman..."
Yuuzen	"Oh, I see? I don't care what ya think of me."
Yuuzen	"I mean, I don't even know who ya are. Are you a new member of the Resistance?"
Canaria	"Tch...".
Yuuzen	"Hey kid, how do ya feel now?
Yuuzen	How does it feel to dive into a world of pain and suffering with me, the person ya hate so much?"
Canaria	"Yuuzen! YOU DAMNED BITCH HAG--!"
Yuuzen seized Canaria, and she magically pushed Mary as hard as she could towards the Gate.
Mary staggered to her feet and looked back at Yuuzen while in front of her Gate, which was about to close.
Mary	"Thank you, Yuuzen. Even at your last minutes, you never gave up on me and Ricardo."
Yuuzen	"Nah, I was just returning the favour. Ya've helped me find my dolls after all."
Mary	"It was a good journey with you. Should we ever meet again, I'll be happy to see you. Be nice to your dolls."
Yuuzen	"Yeah, good bye, Mary."
And thus, the SSS successfully secured the Giant Tree Route Map.
We would be going to the Giant Tree moving forward. To meet the 'Guardian of the Giant Tree', who sacrificed herself to be a human pillar to maintain harmony in the world--
Ricardo Trevithick. My mother.
What is the Poison that afflicts this world?
Will you tell us about it when we reach the Giant Tree?
Then I will go. As a Divine Child of St. Iris, as a conductor of the SSS.
And-- As the son of Ricardo Trevithick.

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