![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"We've managed to get down here. But there still doesn't seem to be any lights..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Is this the love nest? The secret room that would make Queensway blush." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Miss Yoshino, seriously... Do you know what a love nest is?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Yes. It's where two people who love each other make love." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"It-It's not always a place where people make love!" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"Shut up, both of you. You two can make love only after we turn on the lights." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"Sorry..." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
'It's kind of a strange place. I didn't expect Victoria to be right, it really was a torture chamber..." |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"No, not a torture chamber. This is perhaps a dungeon." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"A dungeon?" |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"Yes. Inmates or POWs are kept in these cells. You can see the bars here. I think this whole room is one dungeon." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"So we're in a dungeon right after you go down the Hole... It's kind of sad. This is such a magnificent castle." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Huh, but wait? Wait... I understand inmates, but what's a POW?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Short for 'Prisoners of War'." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"So this castle is..." |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"This is not a castle, but a fortress. It was built in the middle of a long war. And this war was not against Phantom Mist, but against men." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"So a fight against humans." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"That kind of warfare exists. I don't know when this castle was built, but I'm sure people still fight each other." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Did the inmates or prisoners of war in this dungeon summon us? If so, it is most likely a trap." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"But the woman just now said she would 'turn on the lights'. Isn't she going to help us?" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"That's why I said it could be a trap. What if we unleash something bad?" |
??? |
"Don't worry. I have no intention of harming you." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"......" |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"D-did someone say something?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Nobody said anything." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"No? Then I must have heard wrong. |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"But it's true, I heard strange voices in the back." |
??? |
"Please come straight to the back through the grating. I would like you to open my prison." |
In the darkness, with no lights, the woman's voice was heard again from the back of the dungeon. "I don't mean you any harm." |
Conductor |
In my experience, saying 'yes, I understand' and do as I am told obviously is trouble. Unlocking the dungeon means releasing the captives. Releasing inmates and prisoners of war at this stage, when we don't know the purpose of this castle, is risky. |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"But we are not able to progress considering the status quo. It seems that the other side is alone, so why not challenge them on the premise of a fight?" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"That's a good point, but only if we have light. It's dangerous. We don't even know if our opponent is alone." |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"Hence I will go alone first. You will all stay here until I return. If anything should happen to me, please retreat up the stairs to the Hole." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Then I will go. I am more used to working in the dark." |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"No, no. I should be the one to go here." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Why?" |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"That is because you are of short stature, Miss Versailles." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Wait? Did you just say 'stature'? Not 'temper'?" |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"Dungeons have keys and escape routes hidden higher up than you'd think, Miss Versailles. You may not be able to reach them." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Not to worry. I have my sword." |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"There may be a hidden switch or something where I can only reach, even with a sword." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"That's..." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Miss Versailles, please allow Victoria to proceed from here." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Miss Paddington..." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"I understand that you are concerned, Versailles. Victoria is very good at escaping and breaking out bad situations though." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"When she was locked inside Oshioki Prison, when she's fallen down a well, when both her hands and feet were bound and dropped into a fountain, Victoria still made a perfect escape on all those situations." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"I see. She has survived in extreme conditions. Meaning she's done a lot of front-line work..." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"No, this all happened in our compound." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Eh..." |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"That's why I'm the right person for this kind of assignment. I've been recommended to this team by Lady Paddington, I hope you'll trust my infiltration ability here." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"Very well. But please proceed only as far as we can hear you. I want you to keep us informed of the situation so that we can be sure you are safe, Victoria." |
![Story Victoria.png](/images/c/c8/Story_Victoria.png) Victoria |
"Verily. Please wait here for a moment, ladies and gentlemen." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"......" |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
Don't worry, Miss Versailles. Victoria will make it. I'm sure she's better at these jobs than making tea or cleaning." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"I've never heard of such a maid." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Yes I have! I'm proud of my maid!" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
(I don't remember complimenting her...) |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Victoria has a tendency to charge in without really thinking things through. But on this occasion, she has thought it through and explained it to you all. It's a sign of unusual discretion. Though I think she was half-serious about your height." |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"So this is really the relationship between a Divine Child and her servant. You know the minute details very well." |
![Story Paddington.png](/images/2/28/Story_Paddington.png) Paddington |
"Our relationship isn't of a Divine Child and a servant though. Victoria and I have been best friends since childhood♪" |
![Story Versailles.png](/images/b/be/Story_Versailles.png) Versailles |
"The great Divine Children sure are interesting..." |