E1 - Mercy of an Assassin

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    What organization are you bastards from?
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    Hey there, buddy! You find any notable intel?
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    You tell me.
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    Why not ask the head of the
    house over there yourself?
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    I can give chase. Want me to?
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    No need to right now.
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    Man, that guy's tough.
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    If we're talking in terms of
    Status, he was your equal.
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    How's Lord Elsnes?
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    He's dead.
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    Mercy of an Assassin
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    The "canbells," inside which
    the city blocks are housed,
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    are connected by glass tubes.
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    Humankind's last-standing city-state -
    the world within the lantern - Flandore.
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    Within the unending darkness outside,
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    lurk monsters gnawed at away by
    the night called "lancanthropes."
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    Feels like a brainy place.
    Feels like a brainy place.
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    We said the same exact thing!
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    Yeah, talk about a coincidence.
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    Take my hand, milady.
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    Wh-what a gentleman!
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    Th-thank you.
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    It's only natural to show a little courtesy.
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    I wish I could escort you all
    the way to your destination...
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    Don't be silly!
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    I'd been terribly anxious
    being all on my own...
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    So I'm glad to have met you!
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    I get the feeling everything's
    gonna keep going smoothly for me!
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    I'm happy to hear that.
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    Well then, I hope to run
    into you again sometime.
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    Yeah, see you later!
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    Definitely, definitely meet up with me again!
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    See you!
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    Mr. Kufa Vampir, I presume?
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    Pleased to meet you.
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    I look forward to working alongside you.
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    I'm Aimee, the head maid of this residence.
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    Likewise, I'm looking forward
    to working alongside you.
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    Well then, allow me to show
    you around the mansion.
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    Starting today, this is where you'll
    be working for the next three years.
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    I believe milady is already waiting for...
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    Oh?
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    L-Lady Melida?!
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    Are you alright, milady?
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    A-are you my instructor?
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    Yes. The name is Kufa.
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    I look forward to spending the
    next three years together.
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    I'm so glad you're safe!
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    Milady!
    I'm so glad you're safe!
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    Milady!
    You really shocked me!
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    You really shocked me!
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    Any injuries?
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    N-nice to meet you, Instructor.
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    My name is Melida Angel.
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    Milady, it's time to get
    going to the academy.
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    Please get ready.
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    Kufa, please look after milady,
    even while she's attending the academy.
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    Huh? Y-you'll be coming
    with me to the academy?
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    Yes. Were you unaware of that?
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    Milady, while I am in charge of your instruction,
    I am also your attendant,
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    so I have received special
    permission to enter the grounds.
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    You're finally here!
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    You're late, you know, Melida.
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    G-good morning, Nerva.
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    I thought you were playing hooky.
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    And who might he be?
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    Ah... He's my private tutor,
    who has just arrived today.
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    Hmm... Is he going to instruct
    you in your studies?
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    Or...
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    in the use of mana?
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    W-well...
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    Oh, dear!
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    We don't have time to
    waste talking like this.
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    Right, Melida?
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    Come and be my training partner.
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    A power that grants various
    unusual talents to its users
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    and elevates their physical abilities
    beyond those of ordinary humans...
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    "mana."
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    It is a gift that has been granted
    to only the chosen noble class.
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    Generally speaking, this power
    awakens around the age of seven.
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    Oh... She has beautiful form.
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    While she was born into the House of Angel,
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    with its title of "Paladin" as one of
    the three big aristocratic Houses...
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    she has been unable to manifest any mana
    whatsoever up through this very day.
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    An incompetent talented girl.
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    That is the limitation of
    the mana-less Melida Angel.
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    Hey, Melida.
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    You going to be able to
    achieve your dream like that?
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    Oh, she has a dream?
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    Whatever are you talking about, Nerva.
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    I hear that from a young age it's been
    this girl's dream to join Crest Legion
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    and become the people's sword of hope!
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    When I learned it was the much-talked-about
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    "incompetent talented girl"
    who was saying such a thing,
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    I found it quite amusing...
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    How funny!
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    Oh, right, the new tutor Elise secured for herself
    is an elite member of Crest Legion, you know?
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    You're here, huh, Elli...
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    We are talking about Elise,
    who ages ago awakened her Paladin class,
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    so if she receives guidance
    from a tutor like that...
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    she'll end up joining Crest
    Legion in no time, you know?
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    I...
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    Having been born into a branch
    family of an aristocratic House,
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    that is Lady Melida's cousin...
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    Elise Angel, huh?
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    Why're you coming chasing after me?!
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    You're also gonna tell me there's
    no way I can do it, right?!
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    You know, Lita, I-
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    Don't be all friendly calling
    me "Lita" like that!
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    This incompetent talentless girl's goal is to join
    Crest Legion, the most eminent guild.
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    What a bad joke that is.
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    Lady Melida's grandfather, Lord Mordrew,
    has doubts as to whether Melida,
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    who has yet to awaken the power of mana,
    is a true child of the House of Angel.
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    So, you mean to say that Lord Elsnes had an
    affair with Lady Melida's mother, Lady Melinoa?
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    Tough to say.
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    We're left in the dark now
    that he's ended up like this.
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    And so...
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    that means it's finally your
    turn to spring into action!
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    Hm?
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    Your first mission is as follows:
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    Become Lady Melida Angel's
    private tutor, guide her,
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    and foster her into a battle maiden
    befitting of an aristocratic House.
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    If approaching it from the outside isn't
    working, go at it from the inside, eh?
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    So, you see, the use of a specialist
    instructor has become necessary now.
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    I've now observed her for a full day, and I see
    no sign of Melida Angel possessing any aptitude.
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    Conclusion: She is not the biological
    daughter of the knight-duke, Felgus Angel.
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    Consequently, I will carry out my second
    mission: the assassination of Melida Angel.
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    Properly speaking, the deed
    shouldn't be done so soon.
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    Nevertheless...
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    I can't stomach watching Melida Angel.
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    A child who's the product of a mother who,
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    although vastly wealthy,
    came from the commoner class
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    and the man with whom she had an affair.
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    She may boast the Angel family name,
    but she lacks the qualities to be a Paladin.
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    Without knowing any of that,
    she straightforwardly believes in her own talents.
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    What a pitiful girl.
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    Her life is full of suffering.
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    And she will continue to keep on suffering.
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    The day that all suffering is
    finally rewarded will never come.
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    That being the case, promptly severing
    that chain of events is called for.
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    It's the mercy of a professional killer...
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    an assassin's pride.
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    I'm not picking up her presence?!
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    What the hell's with you guys?!
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    This anima...!
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    Lancanthropes?!
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    Why're they in a city block
    on a layer this high up?
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    I hear Lord Mordrew often
    tries to pressure her,
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    but it apparently never
    produces a positive effect.
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    So this is that pressure...
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    So he intends to awaken her mana
    by forcing her into combat, eh?
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    You little...!
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    Why doesn't she call for help?
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    Stop that! Don't touch my hair!
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    Hands off! Let go of it!
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    It's something I remember my mother by!
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    My departed mother had the same blond hair.
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    If it's taken away from me,
    I'll no longer be able to recall my mother!
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    If she was to call for help,
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    a guild out on patrol
    would rush to the scene.
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    They'd easily dispatch these
    lowest of lancanthropes.
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    So, why then...?
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    I have to treasure and
    take good care of my hair!
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    I have to join the ranks of Crest Legion!
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    Otherwise...
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    No one will even acknowledge...
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    that I'm a child of the House of Angel.
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    So she doesn't call for help because doing so
    would mean she doesn't possess any mana,
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    and it would be seen as her admitting she's
    not a child of the House of Angel... huh?
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    Aah, it truly is...
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    a bad joke.
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    Don't lay a finger on my employer.
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    "Save me"...?
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    What made you think you could
    come out of this alive?
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    Phantom-Blade Trident...
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    Void Fang!
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    Instructor...?
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    I'm sorry it took me so
    long to get here, milady.
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    I-it's no problem.
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    I'm sorry for having caused you trouble.
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    Oh, I see...
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    She's always on her own.
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    I'd like to see it with my own two eyes...
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    The moment this precious girl,
    who's been fighting with all she's got in this cruel world,
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    is someday acknowledged.
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    Milady, please allow me,
    at least, to save you.
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    I want to lend you my support.
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    No matter the storm you may find yourself in,
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    I will not fail to respond to your call.
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    Milady, will you entrust me with your life?
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    It's a risky gamble, but there is one -
    and only one - way to awaken your mana.
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    There's no guarantee it
    will be successful, though.
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    If it fails, beyond just lasting aftereffects,
    it may even result in death.
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    I can't force you to go through with it.
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    What will it be?
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    I'll do it.
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    My Little Lady.
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    Milady, just as you have entrusted your life to me,
    I have staked my life on you.
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    Look, Instructor!
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    Amazing! Simply amazing, Lady Melida!
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    Whenever did you become
    able to do such a thing?!
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    Milady has at long last used mana!
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    Aimee, Grace, Nietzsche, Myra...
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    I'm sorry for causing you all
    nothing but worry for so long.
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    If you hadn't all been here,
    I couldn't have endured until now.
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    Thank you.
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    Alright! Tonight, we're
    having a party to celebrate.
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    Party!
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    Well... I suppose there's
    no turning back now.
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    I can't let milady know about
    her mother's illicit affair.
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    And, of course, me being an
    assassin must remain a secret.
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    At the same time, I must conceal her true lineage
    and the substantial support I'm giving her
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    from our client, Lord Mordrew,
    and from my guild, White Night.
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    If I err in regard to any of this,
    both of us will be meet an instant death.
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    So, please, My Little Lady,
    don't make me have to kill you, okay?
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