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10 - Narrow Escape from Death

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    The beasts are disappearing from the forest...
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    Yes...
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    The beasts have all gone
     away within the past few days.
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    It's possible that the Magic Territory
     on this island is changing.
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    A country is rooted to the magic
     residing within the land.
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    Soon the water's flow, the land's bounty,
     and even the air itself will be affected...
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    Agito is planning to place
     Lady Inori upon the throne.
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    You were simply used to
     cover up his intentions!
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    I'll try and talk with Agito.
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    Let's hurry to Shuka.
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    Thank goodness!
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    I thought we had gotten
     separated, dear Brother!
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    Please don't let go of me again.
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    Meanwhile... | D'natia embassy
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    Bishop.
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    Bishop Enumael.
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    Inori is nowhere to be found.
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    Sir Sweallow...
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    I'm sorry I haven't greeted
     you yet, Ambassador.
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    I received orders from our
     country to bring Sir Enumael
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    and the Imperial to Shuka immediately.
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    Where's Ibuki?!
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    What's this monster doing here?
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    She's a member of the combined expedition.
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    Ibuki is the name of the other Imperial.
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    Ibuki isn't around, either?
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    Close this structure immediately!
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    Yes.
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    What's the matter?
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    The name of this country is Nil Kamui.
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    It has been three years
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    since this very small island country was
     invaded by the great country Kouran.
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    Despite being Nil Kamui's ally,
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    D'natia avoided direct conflict with Kouran
     and maintained a stance of neutrality.
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    After the Seven Year War ended,
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    peaceful rule of the land between the two
     countries was established, with D'natia
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    keeping a watchful eye on
     Kouran's occupation of Nil Kamui.
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    But one day, this island must
     be returned to its rightful owner.
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    Holy Era 285, October...
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    Conflict is about to begin again for Nil Kamui...
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    Weren't those found near Bishop Enumael...?
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    A Holy Spirit...
[04:00] ---
    It's a seal given by the Church
     to protect its bearer from attack.
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    Sir Sweallow has you for a partner,
     so he probably doesn't need one.
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    The Holy Spirit is valuable,
     so I'm sure he just sold it.
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    I, on the other hand, am free to use.
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    Being close to someone may
     prevent you from seeing the obvious.
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    He really thinks of you...
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    ...as someone precious...
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    So, Mashiro--
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    No... A Returned One killed Bishop Enumael?
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    In that case, it makes sense
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    Haiga | Ka Grava's mansion
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    that Inori and the others have disappeared.
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    Does this clear the doubt placed upon us?
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    Like I was saying, this is Agito's scheme to
     make Kouran and D'natia confront each other.
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    Leader of Ten-Thousand, Byakuei, was it?
[04:54] ---
    The moment you arrived in Haiga,
     our bishop was killed.
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    It seems too timely...
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    Nah, I don't think he's a bad...
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    ...person...
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    Sir Simeon.
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    Our spiritual mother
     would like to have a meeting
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    with D'natia's representative in
     regards to the rulership of Nil Kamui.
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    You mean the legend who ruled
     Kouran for over 3,000 years...?
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    Legend?
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    Not at all. In fact, she's here right now
     in the capital of this island, Shuka.
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    I don't think it's right for the fate of Nil Kamui
     to be determined by those two countries.
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    Your presence is, of course,
     requested as well, Sir Ka Grava.
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    The leader of the revolutionary army, Agito...
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    ...is controlling the two Imperials
     for his own purposes...
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    D'natia was tricked by him once before.
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    This is not the time for Kouran and
     D'natia to be competing for power.
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    As soon as I get approval from our country,
     we will have the meeting in Shuka.
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    W-Wait a minute!
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    A meeting in Shuka?
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    So what about the combined expedition?
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    Kouran... D'natia... The revolutionary army...
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    We believed having these three forces join the
     Red Dragon expedition would lead to peace.
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    But with the revolutionary army plotting
     in secret, there's no meaning to it anymore.
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    Between Haiga and Shuka | Woodlands
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    As things stand now, there's no way Kouran
     or D'natia would approve Inori as king.
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    Then...
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    Both of you, please stay behind!
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    Go...!
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    Val! What's the matter, Val?!
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    Unable to exert your power,
     and feeling sick as well, aren't you?
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    So the attendants were Returned Ones too?!
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    It's because our State Magic
     Territory was tainted.
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    The beast you're bonded to is weakened, too.
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    Dear Brother, this is how they're invading us.
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    The real purpose of the combined expedition
     is to take Red Dragon's power away.
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    But it is a fact that Red Dragon went mad.
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    It incinerated the people and the villages!
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    Well, they deserved it.
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    Red Dragon is angry.
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    Angry at the powerless citizens who
     gave Nil Kamui over to the invaders.
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    Kill me!
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    How sad...
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    You're no king!
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    Only Ibuki can use Red Dragon's flames!
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    That's right... It's important to you
     that dear Brother become king.
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    Only because Ibuki is fit to become king.
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    You were created as a worthless
     Bounded One, and your days are numbered.
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    But you're offering your life to
     dear Brother as something precious.
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    Only then can you say in satisfaction that you
     lived and died as the king's sword and friend.
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    Huh? What? Are you trying to make me laugh?
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    No matter how much you adore dear Brother...
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    No!
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    Dear Brother only sees you
     as a mere attendant.
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    That's why your life isn't
     worth offering to Red Dragon.
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    N-No...
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    You'll just have a pitiful death!
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    You'll die... for nothing!
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    Dear Brother, you should kill her.
     After all, it's her--
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    Stop it already!
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    Eykha, go back to Ka Grava.
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    Ibuki, you didn't kill me the last time, either.
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    Is it because... you think my life has no value?
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    Eykha...
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    I don't consider you to be my blade.
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    I want to protect you...
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    But... I don't have the right to do that.
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    Ibuki...!
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    Haiga | Ka Grava's mansion
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    Quite impressive...
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    It's the best Wu Xing Ti that Kouran has.
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    The item you gave me is that valuable.
[09:48] ---
    And this...?
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    It's the dragon's claw.
[09:54] ---
    I'm sure it's the best weapon
     available to defeat Red Dragon...
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    It's unusual to see you showing
     interest in someone else's property.
[10:04] ---
    You may be right.
[10:09] ---
    Thank goodness. It looks like
     the operation was a success.
[10:12] ---
    And...?
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    Ah, well...
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    The combined expedition
     was just to buy time...
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    ...and behind it was the political
     posturing of all the countries involved.
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    But that kind of behind-the-scenes
     stuff doesn't concern us, right?
[10:28] ---
    Yes... We just have to continue our mission.
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    Well, let's go, then.
[10:33] ---
    Yes...
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    To save Ibuki.
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    To find Red Dragon.
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    Huh?
[10:36] ---
    What?
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    I didn't understand what you said just now...
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    Depending on the results from the peace
     meeting in Shuka, Ibuki may be in danger.
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    We should find and protect him before then.
[10:47] ---
    But our goal is to find Red Dragon...
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    No... I'll be upfront with you.
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    Don't we need to kill it?
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    Yeah...
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    Well, it's clear that killing
     Red Dragon would benefit me, too.
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    But if I was asked whether the benefit
     was worth ruining a single child's fate,
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    my answer would be "no."
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    Honestly speaking, I haven't been attached
     to any single thing my whole life.
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    That applies to Red Dragon's life, too.
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    Quite an interesting person, isn't he, Lou?
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    But if we stay with him, I'll be able to consume
     the Imperials and Black Dragon Knights...
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    I think I said this before, Lou,
     but I can't casually touch you...
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    Sir Sweallow, I will kill Red Dragon.
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    I don't get it.
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    Why are you so persistent in
     going after Red Dragon? That's...
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    That is like asking me why my heart is beating.
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    In other words, you're the opposite of me--
     you form very strong attachments.
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    Well, I have known you were
     like this ever since we first met.
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    I think I was looking forward to having similar
     emotions grow within me from being with you.
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    Your expectations will not be betrayed...
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    If you'd like, we can...
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    ...do it here...
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    Lou Chun Wah.
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    Did I bother you?
[12:18] ---
    No... Is there something you need
     from me, Leader of Ten-Thousand?
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    Yes... I have a message from L´ng MÔ.
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    Are you all right, Sir Sweallow?!
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    Ah, um, it's not what you think, and...
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    I understand.
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    You're going to protect Ibuki even if it
     gets in the way of lifting your curse, right?
[12:42] ---
    Oh, shoot. Did Meryl say
     something weird again?
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    You've suffered more than enough,
     even in your childhood.
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    And yet...
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    That's why I don't want to
     see any more children suffer.
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    Be safe.
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    Holy Spirit | A spirit-like existence which
     is born from D'natia's 'Creation Magic.'
[13:15] ---
    You were planning to kill that
     Black Dragon Knight, were you?
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    Is there a problem?
[13:20] ---
    I guess the rumors are true.
[13:22] ---
    You became a cold-blooded assassin
     after you stole that sword of yours
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    from a general that favored you.
[13:30] ---
    Supposedly, it has something
     to do with L´ng MÔ...
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    It's said to be so sharp that the previous owner
     tested its blade against his subordinates.
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    There's no telling what would happen to me.
[13:51] ---
    Will you be the one to entertain me...?
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    I want you...
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    I heard you were charmed by
     the sword and became its slave...
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    I'm surprised that the Leader of
     Ten-Thousand would believe such a rumor...
[14:16] ---
    I have word from L´ng MÔ.
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    Even if you are the only one left,
     take Red Dragon's life.
[14:29] ---
    Ah, the dragon's claw...
[14:30] ---
    We didn't tell anyone we were heading
     to Shuka, so we can't go back to get it now.
[14:35] ---
    It could be a problem if it gets in Lou's hands.
[14:38] ---
    Nah, I don't think she cares
     about other people's weapons.
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    To be safe, let me secure it.
[14:46] ---
    Thanks, but...
[14:48] ---
    Sir Sweallow.
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    I believe it's in everyone's
     interest to live in happiness
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    without intolerance among
     Kouran, D'natia, and Nil Kamui.
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    Such thinking would make me unfit
     to be a member of the force...
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    Not at all.
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    I thought the combined expedition
     would lead the way to such an ideal.
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    But that wasn't the case for Lou Chun Wah!
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    She is... evil.
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    Ulrika...
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    I'm sorry.
[15:22] ---
    I want to move quickly, so I only need
     the bare minimum to be on board.
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    Yes, we understand.
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    Would this be the item you've asked for?
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    Yes, it is...
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    Dragon's claw...
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    So, making it seem like they parted ways,
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    only to converge later with
     that Black Dragon Knight...
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    I'm worrying too much...
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    Your fate is sealed, even if
     you are a Black Dragon Knight!
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    Smiling, I see...
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    Lou! The shadow!
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    A familiar?!
[16:19] ---
    That's...?!
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    I didn't expect she would harbor
     such a monster in the shadows!
[16:44] ---
    I sensed nothing from it...
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    Dark, Lou.
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    The Black Dragon's attribute is "Dark."
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    Its divine protection is
     greatest during the night.
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    We should hurry.
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    The sun is about to set.
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    If that happens...
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    Everything will be covered in dark...
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    Contract seal, release!
[17:38] ---
    Bring upon me the power of Black Dragon!
[18:04] ---
    Well, well...
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    None can resist your charm, my Lord.
[18:14] ---
    You can't hold back your
     desire for this sword now.
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    Right?
[18:27] ---
    Enjoy the soul of the Black
     Dragon Knight Ulrika Ledesma!
[18:32] ---
    She's mine!
[18:41] ---
    My Lord!
[18:42] ---
    She has a Holy Spirit on her.
[18:46] ---
    Holy Spirit?
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    It can take a blow of death.
[18:52] ---
    In other words, it's like a sacrifice.
[18:55] ---
    She has more than one life...?
[18:58] ---
    So the pain made you
     regain your consciousness.
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    But my Lord's charm can't be lifted so easily.
[19:06] ---
    Then I just have to increase the pain...
[19:11] ---
    You'll go to such lengths to refuse my Lord?!
[19:15] ---
    Now!
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    I won't be charmed by such trickery!
[19:25] ---
    Because I already saw the most
     beautiful thing in this world!!
[19:31] ---
    His fate to lose all that comes
     within his grasp allows him
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    to put his life at stake for the future of others...
[19:39] ---
    If he will protect the children, then I will...
[19:44] ---
    You love him that much?
[19:46] ---
    It's not like he can even touch you...
[20:15] ---
    The Magic Territory of this ocean
     has greatly shifted towards Kouran.
[20:21] ---
    Being from D'natia, you must
     be very uncomfortable now.
[20:30] ---
    So, still trying to protect your master?
[20:36] ---
    How admirable...
[20:56] ---
    There is nothing more beautiful than my Lord.
[21:20] ---
    Sweallow...
[21:31] ---
    We've been had.
[21:33] ---
    The dragon's claw must have
     been sent through other means...
[21:38] ---
    She sacrificed herself...?
[21:41] ---
    I see... You wanted to
     become his Holy Spirit...
[21:50] ---
    Act 10
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    Act 10
    Narrow Escape from Death
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    Act 11
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    Act 11: "Pandemonium."
[23:35] ---
    The revolutionary army's fire burns strong,
     as do Red Dragon's flames.
[23:40] ---
    Nothing can escape the dragon's flame...
[23:44] ---