2 - The Right Seat of God
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Now,
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you already know what we're going to ask you,
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Biagio Buzoni, Lidvia Lorenzetti.
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If you wish to have the Roman
Orthodox Church lecture you on the Bible,
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ask us on Sunday.
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Acting tough is pointless.
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If necessary, we will use
whatever means we have to
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to extract the information inside your heads.
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Don't take Necessarius too lightly.
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Tell us what you know
about the Right Seat of God.
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Before we do, I'd like you to tell us one thing:
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What is going on outside right now?
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You can pretty well guess, can't you?
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It's either that, or it's even worse.
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"Saint Pietro slips through the evil
clutches of the emperor and sorcerer."
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Oh, no--
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Lidvia!
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Let's hear it.
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Oriana Thompson.
I request that you release her,
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and let her lead away those
who are caught up in this unrest.
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So that's it. Even now,
you insist on relief for the weak.
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Still, are you in any position to demand that?
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Oriana has currently entered
a temporary partnership
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with the English Puritan Church.
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One condition of this partnership
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is for protection of the weak
by her leader, Lidvia Lorenzetti.
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Even if you order her to be released,
Oriana herself would never agree to it.
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Don't let her resolve be for nothing.
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If this unrest has been drummed up
by the Roman Orthodoxy--
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or rather, the Right Seat of God,
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then it's in bringing them down
that the key to resolving this lies.
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Am I wrong?
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What is it that you want?
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Our objective is clear--
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to rescue the lost sheep
who have been swallowed up
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by the overwhelming power of magic.
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That remains the same, now as in times past.
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I have never personally met them,
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but I have had occasion to
hear bits and pieces about them.
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According to that, the Right Seat of God is...
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"A Certain Magical Index III"
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"#02 The Right Seat of God"
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I-I'm being strangled...!
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Huh?
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Um, are you all right?
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Y-Yeah.
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And you're the Amakusa's... Itsuwa, was it?
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Oh, yes. It has been too long.
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Hmm? Did Tsuchimikado call
you over here? Where is he?
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Huh?
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You know, the demonstrations
that are popping up all over
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supposedly involve the Document of C.
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H-How do you know about that?!
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Listen here, Kami.
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Originally, the Document of C, you see,
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was kind of like a deed,
which said that the land rights
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to all of the vast territories of Europe
that Emperor Constantine controlled
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were given over to the Roman pope.
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In fact, if you use the
Document of C, its seal emerges,
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which is said to prove that the
land belongs to the Roman pope, see?
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However, as a magical item,
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the Document of C has an
even more off-the-wall power.
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That would be that everything
that the Roman pope declares
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ends up becoming "accurate information."
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Uh-huh?
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Like, say, if the pope declares something
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even though there isn't any basis for it,
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for followers of Roman Orthodoxy,
it ends up being correct.
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B-But that's...
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...too good to be true? All it can
actually do is make people believe,
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so it isn't able to alter
any of the laws of physics,
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and it has to be set up in the heart
of the Vatican for it to be used.
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Anyhow, the Roman Orthodox Church
is currently using the Document of C
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to make everyone blindly believe
that Academy City are the bad guys.
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And that's what's causing the demonstrations?
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Could be.
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Didn't anyone contact you about this, Itsuwa?
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No. Those of us in the Amakusa Church
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received a request from
the English Puritan Church
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to survey the magical merit of the
geoducts and geography of France...
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France?!
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Yes. This is Avignon, a city in southern France.
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Huh? But if the Document of C
can only be used in the Vatican...
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Um...
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Is it okay if I go get my bag?
I left it up there on the bridge.
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Then, you jumped off of there to save me?
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I sort of lost my head.
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Oh, yeah? If you hadn't helped me,
I would have been done for. Thanks.
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O-Oh, no! It was nothing, really!
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By the way, do you have
a change of clothes in your bag?
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Yes, just in case I need a disguise.
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You do? That's good.
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I-I'm sorry you had to
see something so unsightly!
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Hmm, I'd feel less anxious
if she'd at least go "Gah!" or something.
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"Tsuchimikado Motoharu"
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It doesn't seem to be broken.
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Th-Thanks for waiting.
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Um, Miss Itsuwa?
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Th-This is supposed to be
a disguise worn over my tank top
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to create a different impression,
so I can't help it!
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Please don't say anything!
Please don't say anything!
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W-Well,
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that's sort of the way Kanzaki dresses, so...
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The priestess wouldn't wear
such a slutty outfit as this!
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H-Huh?
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So, um, if you're after the Document of C, too,
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would you join me until you
meet up with Mr. Tsuchimikado?
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I'd appreciate that, too, but are you sure?
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Yes!
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These are big-name shops;
we even have them in Japan.
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Aren't there any well-established,
out-of-the-way shops?
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We'd stick out in those kinds of stores.
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Oh, is that the issue?
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Come on, let's go inside.
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Hold on, let me contact Tsuchimikado.
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"New message"
"To: Tsuchimikado Motoharu"
"Sub: No subject"
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"Sending message"
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Could he be from Academy City?
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Are they some of the demonstrators?
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Yes.
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So, why Avignon and not the Vatican?
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Are you familiar with an incident
in the late 13th century,
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known as the Avignon Papacy?
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Hmm?
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There was a dispute between
France and the Roman Orthodoxy,
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and when the king of France won,
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he incarcerated the
Roman pope here in Avignon.
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For the next 68 years,
the functions of the Roman Holy See
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were moved to the Papal Palace in Avignon.
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But then...
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Oh, just a moment, please.
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I'll get you a wipe right away...
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Thank you. I mean, merci.
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Sorry for interrupting your story.
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Hmm? What's wrong?
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N-Nothing. It's nothing, really.
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Tell me, is the pope's work something
that can be done easily anywhere
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and not just at the Vatican?
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No. There are a number of things
that couldn't be done away from home.
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The best example would have been
using the various magical items
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that are within the Papal domain.
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Using geoducts between
the Vatican and Avignon,
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they established an enchanted pipeline,
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making it possible to control the
facilities in the Papal domain remotely.
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That makes sense.
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Then you're saying that they can
use the magical items here in Avignon?
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That's right.
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Still, that's a hell of a
roundabout way to go about it.
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Why not just use them from the Vatican directly?
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It's because they can abridge
or just ignore some arrangements
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that are required to use them at the Vatican,
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--so the pope can use them
at his own discretion, maybe.
--Hey...
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--so the pope can use them
at his own discretion, maybe.
--Wha--?
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However, the trade-off is that it seems
to take some time before it can activate,
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so we may still be able to stop
them from using the Document of C.
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May still be able to, huh?
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I'm sorry! This is all just supposition.
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Say, Itsuwa, is there
anything I can do to help--
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There's one of them! Him!
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--Where?!
--Grab him!
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Hey, we can't have this!
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There's a guy from Academy City over there!
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Academy City?
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Who, him?
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This way!
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Don't just stand around, get him!
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Hey, that little boy!
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It's all right. The way they were moving,
no one will get killed.
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Come on, quickly!
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Damn it! The ones who are really
suffering are those caught in the middle!
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I'm going to put an end
to this insanity as fast as I can.
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Hey, Itsuwa, have you ever been
caught up in a riot like this here before?
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No. If I ever sensed anything like this coming,
I always got away from there.
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I figured. This timing is too convenient.
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I'll just bet that this
violence is an enemy ambush.
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Could it be?
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It doesn't look like we have time
to wait for Tsuchimikado to contact us.
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We'll have to head for
the Papal Palace on our own.
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Those horrible people
can still use the Document of C
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if they return to the Vatican.
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We have to quash this thing here,
while we have the chance.
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When we charge through there,
please, keep your head down.
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All right, let's take off.
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The Right Seat of God
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is said to be an organization for
the purpose of overcoming original sin.
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The sin that Adam and Eve took
on by eating the fruit of knowledge?
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The story is that their children,
all of mankind, also carry the same sin.
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However, there is also
an exception to that story.
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The Holy Mother Mary?
The Immaculate Conception--
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That sin was removed from the Holy Mother,
who would bear the Son of God.
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What that shows is that normally,
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there is no other way to wash away original sin,
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except through having
a firm faith in the Son of God,
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and yet, there is a loophole.
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Are you saying they've
obtained the means to do so?
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Word is that they have successfully
diluted their sin as much as is possible,
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and though it is incomplete,
with their sin removed,
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it's said that they can use even
the techniques of the angels or the Lord,
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which are normally unavailable to humanity.
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If they've done that,
then their very essence as humans
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would transform into
something approaching angels.
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Which would mean the ultimate goal
of the Right Seat of God
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is to rid themselves of what
little original sin remains within them.
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That is but a single avenue
that is open to them.
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Their true objective has
always been broadly laid out.
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What's that?
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The literal "Right Seat of God."
That is where they aspire to reach.
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It would have to be like this.
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Yes. We must get through
that group to get to the Papal Palace.
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Then, we have to go through them!
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Hey, Kami, you made it okay?
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Tsuchimikado! Where are you?!
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Ah, I'm on my way to the Papal Palace.
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--I knew it.
--Hmm?
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I don't remember explaining
that part of it to you.
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Itsuwa from the Amakusa told me.
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But the rioting is too
severe for us to get through.
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Is this due to the Document of C's power, too?
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Bingo! Well deduced.
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So no matter how long you wait,
the situation will never improve.
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Isn't there anything else we can do?
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Yes.
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Here's a question:
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Why is the Papal Palace of Avignon
regarded as being so important?
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Because they can remotely control
the facilities in the Vatican, right?
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Bingo!
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That's it! The geoduct pipeline!
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Bingo, bingo!
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Yes, if we sever the geoduct
connecting Avignon and the Vatican...
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...then even if it's too hard
to reach the Papal Palace,
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we can get close enough
to the pipeline on the way there.
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And then all I have to do
is wreck it with my right hand.
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It would be safer if you avoided doing that.
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Hmm? But geoducts are a
magical sort of thing, right? So then...
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"Connected"
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It's awfully hard to identify
what exactly your right hand does.
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It's supposed to cancel out magic,
supernatural, and all other powers,
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but there are probably some exceptions.
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Itsuwa, was it?
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Do you know how to demolish the pipeline?
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Y-Yes.
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If the Amakusa way of doing things will work...
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That will suffice.
I'm going to make my move now,
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but if you discover the pipeline,
you guys take care of it.
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"Closed"
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A museum?
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It looks like the rioting
spooked them into closing early.
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Poking around in there is fine
and all, but how do we get in?
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Hyah!
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Come on, quickly!
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O-Okay...
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H-Hey!
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It looks like this is the place.
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This power has been processed
in the Roman Orthodox style.
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This duct is distinctly for western
church-of-the-cross societies.
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It doesn't look like anything to me.
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That's because it's fairly cleverly concealed.
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Let's take care of it before
the enemy realizes we're here.
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So the Amakusa use those kinds
of household items to make their spells?
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Yes.
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The pamphlet, the mineral water,
and the white pan--
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What's the matter, Itsuwa?
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It's...
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The framework of this
spell absolutely requires these.
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O-Oh...
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It's impossible to sever the geoduct outright,
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but I can manage to make
the pipeline unusable.
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Here goes.
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Get away from there, Itsuwa!
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--Itsuwa!
--Don't! Stay there!
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Outside, quickly!
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Well, well...
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I guess accuracy really does drop off
when not launched from short distances.
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Magic? You're Roman Orthodox?
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You're not wrong about that,
but if you call me anything,
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I really wish that you'd
call me Right Seat of God.
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My name is Terra of the Left.
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It looks like my time has finally arrived.
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You see, we can't use the regular
sort of magic that humans use.
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Enacting the Document of C
must be left to other spellcasters.
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With that in mind, perhaps you
would indulge me in killing some time.
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I would certainly appreciate it
if you entertain me for a little while!
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That's a ridiculous amount of force.
But with my right hand...
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Ordinarily, that attack should have killed you.
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I see, so that's Imagine Breaker.
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I heard that you tormented Vento of the Front.
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Itsuwa...
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Let me apologize in advance.
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Seven Teachings Seven Blades!
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Precedence.
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Precedence.
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Outer wall lower; physical body higher.
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Precedence.
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--Outer wall lower; blade motion higher.
--Itsuwa!
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I'd heard tales of the
Imagine Breaker beforehand,
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so I did have expectations
of you, to some degree,
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but honestly, I am disappointed.
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If Vento had been at her best,
she would have had no trouble against you.
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So this is...
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This is... the Right Seat of God...
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"Preview"
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Unrest breeds more unrest, and the city
is enveloped in the flames of science.
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What is the secret of
my right hand as told by Terra?
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Next time, "The Document of C."
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When science and magic cross paths,
the story begins.
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