12 - Mercenary

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    Alert every knight secreted
    throughout the land!
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    Commence the invasion!
    Curtana Original is in our hands!
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    Those who do not wish
    their country to be befouled
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    are invited to rise up with me,
    Carissa, the new head of state!
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    At the start of a new United Kingdom,
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    we will level whatever may be necessary,
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    and destroy whatever may be necessary!
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    The knights are even coming
    after those of us in Necessarius.
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    In any event, I need to rendezvous
    with the sisters in the other fortress,
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    and regroup...
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    Oh, no!
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    Three through 20 and 30
    through 35 ready to fire.
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    Designated witches will
    please accelerate in sequence
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    and attend to intercepting the knights.
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    How about it, Smartvery?
    We can't be sure that our attacks
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    will have any effect
    against those knight monsters.
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    I guess we'll have to tough it out until
    Coven Compass crosses the border.
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    So we're the decoys.
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    Knights do love to chase after witch tail,
    no matter what year it is.
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    Here they come!
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    "A Certain Magical Index III"
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    "#12 Mercenary"
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    We have instructions not
    to kill as much as possible,
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    but with this many of us mixing it up,
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    I can't guarantee that will be possible.
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    So you're telling us to surrender
    before we get hurt? How bighearted of you.
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    You don't care if anyone gets killed?
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    What?!
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    Begin searching the area!
    They couldn't have gotten too far away.
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    --Sir!
    --Sir!
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    Wow, that worked surprisingly well.
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    What do we do now?
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    My goodness,
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    I was planning to call the
    List of Prohibited Books in
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    and have her analyze whether the
    First, Second, and Third Princesses
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    posed a threat before
    things ended up like this.
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    If there are this many
    knights grouped together,
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    that points to the militaristic
    Second Princess.
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    Mm-hmm, good show,
    her locating the Original like that.
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    As a result, Curtana Second
    here is all but useless.
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    Daughter or not, this speedy
    invasion has been outstanding.
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    Perhaps her fool of a mother could stick
    her head in the noose right now for her.
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    Offer no resistance, and you needn't
    come to any undue harm.
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    Please, choose wisely.
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    This must be rough for you.
    That isn't the way Carissa operates.
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    If I know my daughter,
    these must have been your orders:
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    "If she doesn't obey you,
    kill her without hesitation;
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    once you decide to kill her, show no mercy."
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    So then, what will it be?
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    A Roman Orthodox spell,
    based on the lore of the House of Loreto,
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    was used as a destruction glyph.
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    Hmm.
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    The original House of Loreto is
    famous for having Louis IX visit it.
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    It's possible that the magical item
    theory he brought back with him
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    was updated by someone and
    used to cause the blast in this tunnel.
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    That is terrific news.
    Both for me, and for you.
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    Your statement is definitive proof
    that France was involved in this blast.
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    If you had denied France's involvement,
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    I would have had to slay you, right here.
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    Issue the ultimatum to France.
    Then mobilize the military,
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    and deploy the destroyers to Dover,
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    such that they're ready to send
    missiles into Versailles at any time,
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    depending on their response.
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    Should we consider Academy City?
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    Ignore them. It should be our own nation
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    that holds the reins
    to our nation's military might.
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    To hell with this war between the
    English Puritans and Academy City,
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    and Roman Orthodoxy and the Russian Church.
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    Whether the magic side wins,
    or the science side wins this fight,
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    Britain will go down, having gotten
    mixed up in both magic and science.
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    If we're going to avoid that,
    we can't wage a war of just two powers;
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    we must make it a three-sided war
    for British independence.
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    Mother's way is not aggressive enough.
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    For the sake of our nation's future,
    we need to win this war on our own,
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    without any help or
    interference from anyone else.
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    Well, that leaves the matter
    of Mother and my sisters.
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    To secure my claim to the usage of Curtana,
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    we'll have to kill them at once.
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    Right.
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    Damn, those knights are everywhere.
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    We need to meet up with Necessarius
    in a hurry, or she won't make it.
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    Are you kidding me?!
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    Golem Ellis?!
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    Sherry is making a move?!
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    That sorceress is bad news.
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    That's right. Her good friend was
    killed by a knight way back when.
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    You take advantage of this chaos
    to deliver her to Necessarius's dorms.
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    I'm going to knock out these knights
    while they're occupied with the golem,
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    and wait for my chance to bring
    that sorceress back to her senses.
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    Can you do that by yourself?
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    What I wanted you to ask was,
    "Can I leave this to you?"
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    Or would you rather abandon
    the girl and tag along with me?
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    Once you deliver the girl,
    head to Waterloo station
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    and blend your way aboard the Eurostar train.
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    The knights will be using it
    to move people and goods around.
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    Why would I do that?
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    That train will take you to Folkestone.
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    The List of Prohibited Books
    and Carissa will be there.
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    Can I leave this to you, Oriana?
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    There, that's better. I've got things here.
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    I was wondering how she sensed
    the danger, and now I know--
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    the servants let her escape.
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    The virtuous third daughter
    lives up to her reputation.
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    Princess Vilian's carriage
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    appears to have headed toward
    Canterbury by way of Dover.
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    That's where the English Puritans
    ostensibly have their main cathedral.
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    Slow-witted sister or not,
    she made quite the quick getaway.
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    Let's go. There's not a moment
    to waste on my incompetent sister.
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    We'll kill Vilian with all haste,
    then go after my older sister in hiding.
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    An aircraft.
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    What?
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    Is it hostile?
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    Likely so. We haven't received
    any word of reinforcements.
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    I'll bring it down.
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    Too late. It's already here.
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    I doubt that all of this
    commotion will subside too easily,
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    but I'll start by defeating the ringleader.
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    I don't have time for this.
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    Allow me to take care of her.
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    So the reason you were
    so persistent in your invitation
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    was because you knew it
    would end up like this?
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    My hope in having you put in
    some time as a lady was unfeigned.
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    However, it seems too late for that now.
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    Wha--?
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    Why do you look so surprised?
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    Our United Kingdom was forged
    around Curtana and our four cultures,
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    and that itself binds us under
    unique church-of-the-cross rules.
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    Within our realm, the king is
    the archangel, and knights are angels!
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    I don't care if you are a saint,
    as long as we are in this land,
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    the amount of power I have
    is on an entirely different level.
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    To the Canterbury Cathedral...
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    If there are still any puritans remaining,
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    then I have to at least have them
    rescue the servants who let me escape.
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    Give up, already. Whether you come
    out quietly, or hole up inside there,
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    you're going to die either way.
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    Three... two... one...
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    If you're counting on
    Canterbury Cathedral, don't bother.
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    You understand what I mean?
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    The reason your carriage lost
    control was none of our doing.
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    It's thanks to some autopilot magical item
    jamming on the Canterbury end.
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    The puritans have forsaken you.
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    That can't be! No, that can't be!
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    Looks like that settles that.
    You have no one left on your side.
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    Not even a single one.
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    I took care of the saint.
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    Nothing stands in our way.
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    Hmm. Then would you do one more task for me?
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    Using a sword would
    just ruin the cutting surface.
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    The axe used for executing
    the aristocracy is the better choice.
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    You're free to beg for help.
    I'm sure there are those who are listening.
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    But don't go thinking
    that anyone will answer you.
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    There's no one... no one there...
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    There isn't anyone who will help me...
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    This is farewell.
    Let me promise you one last thing.
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    I will take all measures that I can
    to ensure that your head will remain
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    as beautiful as it was in life.
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    That those who see it may honor your memory.
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    He came back...
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    You've come back.
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    You came back?!
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    --William Orwell!
    --William Orwell!
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    Are you all right, princess of the realm?
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    You're late.
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    You're late, you has-been
    mercenary scoundrel!
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    Bring me both of their heads.
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    As you wish.
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    Bayard?
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    Necessarius's safe house has been input.
    Princess, you're leaving now.
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    William, what about you?
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    I'll catch up soon.
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    I'll take measures to minimize their
    ability to follow you, so do not worry.
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    You're going to go up
    against the knights alone?
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    Against Carissa, who is
    now effectively the state?
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    Never mind. Cast me aside.
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    There isn't even one other person
    who would have saved me.
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    That's just the sort of person I am.
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    Cast me aside and be off.
    Then at least you can...
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    William, what are you...?
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    Even if you don't believe in my strength,
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    the reason why I fight
    for you remains unshaken.
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    Wait!
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    You idiot! That isn't what
    I wanted to hear from you!
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    Why do you stand here against me?
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    There is no reason for you,
    the onetime mercenary,
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    and now Acqua of the Rear,
    of the Right Seat of God,
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    to risk your life for our nation's
    Third Princess, is there?
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    I see. No matter who you are,
    or who you are with,
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    it doesn't change what you must do, does it?
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    That truly is your way of thinking.
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    Is that Hrunting?
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    The ten years since you left are right here.
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    I am no longer the same man
    you knocked out in Dover.
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    I'll stake my ten years to assess what
    you've accomplished in your ten years!
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    I left Lessar with them and managed
    to sneak aboard the train and all...
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    A patrolman?!
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    They're checking in here?
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    Hey.
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    Are you Japanese?
    You don't look like you're with the knights.
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    Y-Yeah.
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    Huh? Seems like I've seen that outfit
    somewhere before. Is that a style now?
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    Then you can help me.
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    Huh?
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    I'm Floris. I dabble in
    a minor little sorcery society.
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    Now, don't just sit there, move it.
    We're almost to the end of the line.
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    A sorcery society? Wait, if you've
    been stuck in something that sturdy,
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    what exactly did you do?
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    Oh, I don't think I did
    anything that was too wrong.
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    Ah, and these are magical items,
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    so you'll never get them off
    without the keys over by the door.
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    Wha--?!
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    Oh, see, my right hand
    is called Imagine Breaker,
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    and it does this to all
    kinds of magical objects.
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    Spare me the blather!
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    If you break these off
    so roughly, you're gonna--
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    Now what do we do?!
    We'll hit a dead end in about ten minutes!
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    Nah, it's too soon to give up just yet.
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    Huh?
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    Wait, you're not thinking...
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    That's exactly what I'm thinking.
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    What are you, an idiot?!
    If you want to commit suicide, do it alone!
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    There's a tailor-made river just ahead.
    If you want to escape, it's now or never.
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    Let's go!
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    I'm telling you, we're gonna die for real!
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    It's fine! The water's
    surface will cushion us!
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    This river is no more than a meter deep!
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    Huh?
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    Whoa, watch my right hand!
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    Heh, with each blow,
    I can tell that your wounds are aching.
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    Are you suffering the aftereffects
    of your defeat in Academy City?
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    You talk too much, my friend.
    Can you no longer take up your sword and fight
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    without making excuses,
    both to yourself and to everyone else?
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    It's such a pity.
    If this is the fight of our lives,
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    then I would have preferred
    to fight you at your best!
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    That was not Hrunting.
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    You're manipulating your attack pattern?!
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    I'm impressed that you
    realized it so quickly.
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    I was hoping that we could settle things
    without me having to use this...
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    This isn't like you. Holding back
    against the sign of the evil dragon?
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    Here I come!
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    Bring it on!
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    Wha--?!
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    Movement Speed!
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    Weapon Weight!
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    Slicing Power!
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    Attack Range!
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    That's all you have. You cannot
    overcome my blade in your condition.
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    I will give you a choice.
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    You can lay down your sword
    and leave the United Kingdom,
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    or you and your sword can become
    one with the United Kingdom's soil.
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    Which would you prefer?
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    Before I choose, I have a question for you.
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    If you support the Second Princess,
    and kill the Third Princess,
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    do you truly believe
    that this nation will be saved?
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    I cannot say it is the ideal course.
    However, history is already in motion.
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    As such, I have no choice but to take a side.
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    The side which will bring
    the most benefit to this nation.
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    I see.
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    To flee, or to die--have
    you made your decision?
[20:10] ---
    No, I have but two choices.
    It's a question of whether I kill you, or I don't.
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    Indeed. It seems I have
    my answer, then. Very well...
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    This is where you die!
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    How about that? I managed
    to get us out of our restraints.
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    What are you talking about?!
    That wasn't setting us free,
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    that was just an explosion!
[20:44] ---
    As long as the outcome is the same,
    who cares about the process?
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    Still, the carriage is an awful mess.
[20:51] ---
    Won't getting around now be a huge problem?
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    I-I have a terrific idea about that!
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    Y-You're not thinking of doing
    that fabled whatever-it's-called!
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    Ta-da! The hitchhiking gambit!
[21:08] ---
    Hey there, driver of that wretched lorry!
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    How would you fancy a drive
    with this beautiful little lady?
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    Should I get him for that?
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    You moron, the driver
    made the right decision.
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    All right, let's go. We're off to London.
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    Huh? I don't know anything about
    such savagery as riding horses.
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    Hi-yo!
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    Wait, are you planning to
    leave me behind?! Just a moment!
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    I can't hitchhike, you know!
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    "Preview"
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    The sword rips apart dimensions,
    and engulfs Britain in a sea of flames.
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    Will the sorcerers succumb
    to such overwhelming power?
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    Next time, "Curtana Original."
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    When science and magic cross paths,
    the story begins.
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