Main Scenario/The Secret Tea Party

Metro St. Iris Episode
20-1	The Old Castle in the Rain
20-2	Miyako's Task
20-3	The Big Door
20-4	Lighting the Lamp
20-5	Voice From the Dungeon
20-6	Anna the Handmaiden
20-7	Chambermaid's Choice
20-8	The Saboteur
20-9	Anna
20-10	The Secret Tea Party

Victoria	"Farewell, Anna. Get on well with your mistress on the other side."
Victoria	"You can have your cake again. In your sunny garden, surrounded by lots of flowers."
The demonic figure crumbles as if its exterior is peeling away. A woman figure emerges from within.
-After all, she was not a demon, as Victoria had said.
Anna	"I am glad to have met you. I am glad that you are the kind of person who can unlock all the dungeons. I'm sure the people left behind in this castle are grateful to you too."
Anna	"Farewell, Victoria. Remember the joy of serving your loved ones and the pride of being a knight."
Versailles	"The people left behind in this castle, meaning...?"
Victoria	"I'm sure they are the ghosts who lived in those dungeons. They are the ones who saved us."
Versailles	"They must have been Anna's friends. Perhaps they were thieves in the same bandit gang."
Victoria	"I don't think so. There must have been many different people. As far as I could tell from the voices, they were of different genders, races and ages."
Victoria	"They must have been the people who were in the dungeons watching over Anna and the young lady's secret meetings.'
Yakutsk	"Maybe they could have helped Anna, but... How can we help the young lady? It hasn't stopped raining yet..."
Victoria	"Leave that to me. I will open the door to that tower. There is one thing I would like to try."
Yakutsk	"How can you do that that without a key? You're not going to break it down again with brute force again, are you?"
Victoria	"Let's save that as a last resort."
Yakutsk	"YA CONSIDERED THAT FOR REAL!?"
Victoria stood in front of the closed door and tidied her hair and clothes. She ran around in the water and fought in the heavy rain, there is no longer any way to fix any part of her appearance...
Victoria straightened her posture. After taking a deep breath, she knocked twice on the door.
Victoria	"Please excuse me."
Victoria	"......"
Victoria	"The tea party is ready, mistress. Please let me know when you are ready."
Victoria continues to wait at the door. She did not use the key, she did not put her hand on the door. She keeps her posture straight and waits for a response from the 'Miss'.
Then...
???	"What's the cake today?"
A voice came from behind the door. It was not Anna's voice. None of us ever heard her voice before.
Victoria	"I'm so sorry, mistress. I have no cake for you. I have brought you some cold tea and moldy bread."
Putra	"It's open!"
Vivienne	"HOW!? WHY!?"
Victoria	"As a general rule, when one has a secret meeting in a master-servant relationship, leave no physical evidence. Duplicate keys and correspondence can all be spotted by a good little bird."
Paddington	"You are of course, a servant in the service of my father and mother in the Elrond family!"
Yoshino	"Of course, Paddington is full of enemies in her home."
Victoria	"It's an ironclad rule to use a 'password' in situations like this. When Lady Paddington and I were breaking all the house rules, we used all manner of ciphers. This is where Lady Paddington's rote memorization ability is put to maximum use."
Putra	"You kinda ruined the touching story bit completely."
Victoria	"The door's open now. Can go outside by yourself, Miss? You'll catch a cold if it rains, so let's stop praying."
Victoria	"Don't worry. Anna is not going to war. She is waiting for you in the blossoming gardens. She has prepared a special cake for you both."
Victoria spoke to the empty bed. We don't know if the young lady is there or not, but it is true that she heard voices earlier. I am sure that Victoria's voice has also reached her.
Victoria	"Let's start anew your relationship together. There's no need to make it rain anymore. The war is over and Anna has been freed."
Victoria	"...You two are 'friends' now."
Versailles	"It has stopped raining..."
Victoria	"Now you two don't have to have any more secret tea parties. You two are free to play as much as you like."
The rain stopped, and a beautiful rainbow appears over the stone bridge connecting the dungeon and the other tower. Neither the young lady's nor Anna's voice could be heard again.
Victoria	"If it keeps raining, Anna won't have to go to war. The young lady must have thought of it that way."
Versailles	"Perhaps it was due to a plan made by the general forces here. They were probably thinking of manoeuvres that would not work if it rained."
Versailles	"We can see in the foreground that they have a plan to advance through the swamps. If they put their main force in the mountains to the west and east, they could pincer and ambush the enemy."
Putra	"Wait, wait. A pincer attack from the mountains by marching from the swamps? I'm a bit confused here?"
Versailles	"Advancing through the swamps is a decoy. If they encamp with a small number of men, the enemy army will gather forces to surround them. Anna must have been selected for that sacrificial decoy force."
Versailles	"...Assuming there was a battle between humans."
Putra	"Then the people in the dungeons must have been the decoy unit..."
Versailles	"It's possible. It's a sad story."
Victoria	"The young lady knew that if Anna went off to war, she knew she would never come back..."
Paddington	"Not necessarily!"
Victoria	"Lady Paddington?"
Paddington	"Look here. There's something naughty hidden under her bed!"
Queensway	"N-No, Miss Paddington! It's best to leave that sort of thing alone. The mistress is old enough to know, you know..."
Queensway	"Interested in the love making stuff!"
Paddington	"What are you talking about? I didn't find a naughty book, but a knight's sword."
Queensway	"What, a knight's sword...?"
Queensway	"......"
Queensway	"I-I-I-I see! I apologize! For being a knight with such impure thoughts...!"
Paddington	"Victoria, shall I read the inscription on this sword?"
Victoria	"I have a vague idea, but... just proceed."
Paddington	"Then I'll read it to you!"
Paddington	"Anna Blumengarten. In recognition of your valour, you are hereby knighted."
Paddington	"As a knight, be with me always; As a friend, be with me always."
Victoria	"......"
Paddington	"She was going to knight her when the battle was over. The young lady has been waiting for Anna's return, you know."
Paddington	"Don't you think so, Victoria?"
Victoria	"Yes... I think so too."
Paddington	"You've done a great job this time, Victoria. You are the reason this place was saved."
Paddington	"You saved my life too. Thank you very much. Victoria."
Victoria	"I did what I had to do. As a knight; and as a friend."
Thus, the old castle that appeared in M. St. Iris disappeared with the rain. The mass occurrence of Phantom Mist and the celestial sphere anomalies were no longer seen.
But we cannot rest easy. The existence of Canaria and the extremists she mentioned meant that the new faction of the Resistance is on the move.
Victoria	"Paddy, would you like to sleep with me today?"
Paddington	"Gosh, you can't help it now can you? You're such a spoilt brat, Victoria, no matter how old you get."
Victoria	"I'm fine with being a spoilt brat."
Paddington	"If the SSS saw us here, they'd laugh at us, wouldn't they~?"
Victoria	"I don't care."
Victoria	"Being here with Paddy like this makes me very happy."

Metro Nishiki Episode
21-1	Senbon Torii
21-2	The Fox Girl
21-3	Ward Sorcery
21-4	Miyako's Secret Art
21-5	Nagashi-bina
21-6	The Black Doll
21-7	The Doll's Friend
21-8	Staring at the Pillar
21-9	Beyond the "Gate"
21-10	I Am Fine