2 - Antinomy

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    Child of Contract...?
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    A Child of Contract...
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    A Child of Contract has finally appeared...
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    We'll protect him until he rises to the throne.
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    We are the members of the revolution
    seeking independence for Nil Kamui.
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    Please, use us to your will, Child of Contract.
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    Fugaku...
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    Why did you make me wear the Ryugatou?
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    You knew Kouran would go through the market.
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    Why...?
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    I did not expect this result.
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    But... I have heard your
    will to rise as king, and--
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    Why did Mashiro have to die?!
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    You're the one who killed her!
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    He's no Child of Contract!
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    He's... He's just a murderer!
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    He killed my sister, Mashiro!
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    The name of our country is Nil Kamui.
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    It's a small country.
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    The covetous, great ancient country
    of Kouran conducted a sudden invasion
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    and plundered a third of the land.
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    Our ally, the great country to the east, D'natia,
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    defended settlements where they
    had their bases, then kept silent.
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    The two great countries quickly
    carved away Nil Kamui's lands
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    like meat from a sacrificial swine.
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    Our guardian deity, Red Dragon,
    didn't protect the land.
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    Imperial Era 3015, September...
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    Our country was no longer ours.
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    Nil Kamui | Shuka revolution army quarter
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    I-I'm not afraid of any Bounded One.
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    Back in the old days, the likes of you
    wouldn't even be able to speak with us!
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    Are you acquainted with Mashiro?
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    You know my sister, Mashiro...?
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    No...
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    She's not actually my real sister, but I really...
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    ...liked her?
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    That's not it...
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    How marvelous...
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    My lord's authority makes even
    the most mindless of beasts kneel.
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    I thought this place to be
    a petty island of little value,
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    but this place is quite... interesting.
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    Mashiro was a shrine maiden
    of the Child of Contract?
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    That's what I heard.
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    That means Ibuki was at the castle, too.
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    So why'd he kill Mashiro, then?!
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    Don't the shrine maidens serve the
    Imperials who came from the line of kings?
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    Mashiro told me...
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    Long, long ago, Red Dragon made a promise.
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    If the Child of Contract, the king,
    made a suitable offering,
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    Red Dragon would lend its blade in return.
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    Offering?
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    A bonded soul.
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    There are a number of interpretations of this,
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    but I think it means to
    offer everything to the king.
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    An equivalent exchange of
    the life of someone precious
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    for the life of one who may get in the way...
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    What an ingenious scheme.
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    So, you're telling me that Mashiro offered
    her soul to Ibuki by her own accord?
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    Mashiro eagerly awaited
    the arrival of such a day.
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    But...!
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    But that's wrong...
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    Kai, you heard how Red Dragon went mad
    and destroyed villages around the area, right?
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    Are you saying that this is all
    because Red Dragon went mad?
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    Kai...
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    What, so you weren't responsible for killing
    Mashiro because Red Dragon is insane?!
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    Lord Ibuki.
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    There you are.
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    While this country went
    without a king, the council...
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    Nil Kamui | Shuka revolution army quarter
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    ...or should I say, the provisional government,
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    along with D'natia and Kouran, usurped us.
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    Now is the time for us to regain this country.
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    Did I really become a Child of Contract?
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    The power you exhibited
    to defeat Kouran's general
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    is no doubt the power of Red Dragon.
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    We will move ourselves
    somewhere safe tonight.
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    Kouran's reinforcements
    should arrive by daybreak.
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    We'll leave at once.
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    Oh, c'mon. That's not going to help me.
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    Who are you?
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    Hey there! We pretty much came from D'natia.
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    What do you mean "pretty much"?
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    You're that...
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    D'natia?!
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    You've got some nerve coming here now!
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    Sir Black Dragon Knight...
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    Yup, I'm Sweallow Clazzvali
    of the Black Dragon Knights.
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    My name is Meryl Sherbet.
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    I am an attendant to Sir Sweallow.
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    Black Dragon Knight...
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    A mighty soldier said to have received
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    the power of D'natia's
    guardian deity, Black Dragon...
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    I heard there are only thirty like him
    out of D'natia's force of 300,000.
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    I can't believe one of them...
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    Hm? "One of them" what?
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    Has the look of an idiot.
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    Whoa... That's gonna hurt me bad, Meryl.
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    So... What is a great person
    like you doing here?
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    Come now, you're the great one, Ibuki.
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    You're this country's runner-up for king.
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    By request of Nil Kamui's council,
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    we would like to bring you on as a member
    of the expedition for Red Dragon...
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    ...or at least that's what I heard.
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    I was selected to be a
    member of the expedition, too.
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    Red Dragon... expedition?
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    Nil Kamui | Shuka prison
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    I can't believe you called me at this hour...
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    I am truly sorry for bringing you here.
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    But there was no way we
    could let him out of here...
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    Welcome to this filthy prison.
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    It looks like the current rulers
    of Nil Kamui are here.
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    I didn't notice you here...
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    Agito... Kouran's forces were
    attacked by the revolutionary army.
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    Ah, in town, right?
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    Are you the one who gave the order?
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    Listen carefully...
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    We need to confirm the rumor
    of Red Dragon going mad.
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    But moving a country's force will
    bring about unwanted confusion.
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    Hence, Kouran...
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    ...D'natia...
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    ...and the rebel army...
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    Correction... "The revolutionary army."
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    The three countries are to send their elite
    to form the expedition for Red Dragon.
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    That was our agreement.
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    In order to bring Ibuki aboard the expedition,
    he needed to have his eyes opened a bit.
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    Are you telling me that Kouran and the
    revolutionary army were sacrificed for that?
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    That's fine... I'll treat this as if
    it was an unfortunate accident.
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    But I won't let you do such a thing again
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    until after the combined
    expedition finds Red Dragon...
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    Shuka outskirts | Kouran force's camp site
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    Unfortunate accident?!
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    I could care less about
    the combined expedition!
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    Nil Kamui's rebels are the ones
    who caused the commotion!
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    When are the reinforcements going to arrive?!
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    Return at once...
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    There's no way I can heed such an order!
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    I will get back the stolen Dragon Eye!
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    Lady Kohkaku.
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    Are you certain that this "Child of Contract"
    was the one who killed Kohretsu?
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    Yes, everyone is saying that it
    was by the power of Red Dragon.
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    Why would one from the king's
    lineage reside at an orphanage?
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    It is true. After all, he came to our stall
    a number of times to make purchases.
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    I thank you for your information.
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    Now, please return to us our child
    whom you have summoned!
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    Ah, I see.
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    That handsome-looking boy
    was your son, was he?
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    But you're too late...
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    What?
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    A special spell of the Kouran
    allows one to burn life onto a seal.
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    Your son's life is now a part of me,
    to protect me from harm...
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    Mom...
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    And so we really need your
    power to find Red Dragon, Ibuki.
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    D'natia and Kouran, who are in
    conflict over dominion of this island,
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    forming a combined expedition in goodwill?
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    That's hard to believe.
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    Besides us, I heard that there is a participant
    from the revolutionary army as well.
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    That is news to me.
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    In the first place, where is
    Kouran's representative?
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    We're supposed to meet up somewhere in
    this town, but I haven't met the person yet.
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    They're supposed to have
    something like this on them...
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    Huh? Wait a minute.
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    Unlike Kouran, D'natia and
    Nil Kamui have always been allies.
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    We're like friends... Right?
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    It seems you've forgotten, so make sure
    this gets through that thick skull of yours.
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    D'natia was allied with this island's royal family,
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    but when Kouran's forces invaded Nil Kamui,
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    our country defended only the towns
    where our military bases were stationed.
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    Huh? Then what happened to the king?
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    The king was assassinated during the turmoil
    with Kouran during the Seven Year War,
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    and as a result, Nil Kamui accepted a treaty
    which signified complete surrender.
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    Whoa... That was a terrible
    move by our country.
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    Excuse me...
[11:21] ---
    ...but I...
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    The Kouran force...
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    The Kouran force is laying siege to the town!
[11:29] ---
    So, their reinforcements arrived already.
[11:31] ---
    No, it's actually the remnant
    force from earlier today.
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    If that's all there is,
    we can fight them on our own!
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    Please wait!
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    There are children in the town!
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    I'm assuming it's futile to try to stop you...
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    You know, you really are the best
    attendant I could have, Meryl.
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    Mashiro...
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    I said horrible things to Ibuki.
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    But...
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    Let the flames dance until they reach
    the eyes of this "Child of Contract!"
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    Cry until they reach that one's ears!
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    Bound One | A slave whose body
    has been linked to that of a monster.
[12:28] ---
    You're unfit for this.
[12:29] ---
    Let me go! Who are you?!
[12:31] ---
    Ibuki...
[12:33] ---
    Yes... I hear he's able to convert the souls
    of those precious to him into power.
[12:39] ---
    There must be something you can do, too...
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    My... soul?
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    We'll go all out on them!
[12:52] ---
    Open the gates!
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    Nah, if you open the gates, everyone will die.
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    What's this about, Black Dragon Knight?
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    Now, now. I think this is about
    the only way to gain your trust.
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    Besides, I don't want to see
    any children get killed...
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    Right, Meryl?
[13:13] ---
    Finally... but only one of them?
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    Hm? He's not one of the rebels.
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    Die!
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    Oh, well...
[13:34] ---
    My debt to Meryl's going to increase again.
[13:38] ---
    What's with that move?!
[13:40] ---
    Who cares? Charge!
[13:44] ---
    Guess it can't be helped...
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    What's with his battle style?
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    Any instrument he wields falls apart.
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    That's the curse he was born with.
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    But the moment it falls apart...
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    ...that instrument is capable
    of exerting all of its power.
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    Now then...
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    I wonder how much he's
    planning to waste on this battle.
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    That direction...
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    Could it be...?!
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    Where are you going?
[14:43] ---
    Fugaku asked for you to stay here.
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    Eykha, was it?
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    Please...
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    Please?
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    You're saying that to me, a Bounded One?
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    Please...
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    ...let me ride on your friend's back.
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    Sure.
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    I knew it!
[15:07] ---
    Could everyone still be inside?
[15:08] ---
    I'll distract her, so you go on in.
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    Is anyone around...?!
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    Ibuki!
[15:23] ---
    Ibuki!
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    Thank goodness! It'll be all right.
[15:29] ---
    You came back to save them?
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    Yes... You protected them, didn't you, Kai?
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    Thank you.
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    Bite it to pieces, Val!
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    I hold more than one life!
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    Eykha!
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    This isn't good...
    At this rate, we'll all be killed!
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    We need to defeat her.
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    I'll use that power once more...
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    Answer me...
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    ...Red Dragon!
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    Imperial...
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    So, you desire the flames I possess?
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    The contract was enacted.
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    You forced the offering from me.
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    A person that was precious to me...!
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    Indeed.
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    If so, bring about that flame once
    more and get rid of the enemy!
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    If that is what you desire,
    then offer me an equivalent.
[17:00] ---
    I already paid for that...!
[17:03] ---
    I...
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    One life, one soul... Scales are impartial.
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    One life, one soul?
[17:15] ---
    What's with that nonsense?!
[17:16] ---
    Ibuki...
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    It's my turn now!
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    What are you saying, Kai?!
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    Red Dragon seeks the soul of
    someone you're bonded to, right?
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    Couldn't that also mean
    someone who's your friend, Ibuki?
[17:29] ---
    What are you...?
[17:30] ---
    Kill me, just like you did Mashiro!
[17:33] ---
    Then go and beat that monster!
[17:36] ---
    Stop it! Please... stop!
[17:39] ---
    I killed Mashiro with my own hands.
[17:41] ---
    I won't let another...
[17:44] ---
    You're a king, right?!
[17:45] ---
    You're going to become a king, right?!
[17:47] ---
    Are you going to let all of them
    die in front of you?!
[17:51] ---
    No... I can't...
[17:53] ---
    I'm not good enough? Am I not
    your friend anymore, Ibuki?!
[17:57] ---
    Kai.
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    You're my...
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    Ibuki!
[18:05] ---
    I can't believe you can use such a terrifying
    move with that cute face of yours.
[18:09] ---
    Where is the Dragon Eye?
[18:11] ---
    There it is!
[18:17] ---
    Out of my way!
[18:23] ---
    Kai...! Kai!
[18:25] ---
    The equivalent has been received.
[18:28] ---
    Red Dragon! What are you saying?!
[18:30] ---
    I didn't kill Kai!
[18:32] ---
    He has the birthright to be king, yet could
    not stop what occurred in front of his eyes.
[18:36] ---
    That is called abandonment,
    and is akin to murder.
[18:40] ---
    Ah... So that's how a dragon sees it.
[18:43] ---
    Souls hold that much weight,
    and thus are sweet.
[18:47] ---
    Indeed, my lord...
[18:50] ---
    Thank goodness...
[18:52] ---
    Kai...
[18:54] ---
    Red Dragon acknowledged...
[18:56] ---
    ...that I'm still your friend, Ibuki...
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    I said a lot of horrible things to you... Sorry...
[19:04] ---
    I was... jealous...
[19:08] ---
    ...of you and sis...
[19:11] ---
    ...Mashiro...
[19:16] ---
    Do as you desire, Imperial.
[19:21] ---
    I couldn't protect him...
[19:23] ---
    That's the same as killing him...
[19:26] ---
    That's what you want to say,
    isn't it, Red Dragon...?
[19:31] ---
    He's fused with the Dragon Eye?
[19:33] ---
    Steel Form, release!
[19:36] ---
    I'll gouge the Dragon Eye from you!
[19:38] ---
    Young boy, if you're going to curse anything,
[19:40] ---
    curse your misfortune in being
    born on this island of savages!
[20:10] ---
    In the name of the Child of
    Contract and Red Dragon...
[20:15] ---
    ...perish!
[20:42] ---
    Are you sure about this?
[20:44] ---
    Yes... I'll join your combined expedition.
[20:50] ---
    If I stay here, I'll lose more
    of those precious to me...
[20:54] ---
    What?
[20:55] ---
    I want to meet Red Dragon.
[20:58] ---
    And I want to return this power.
[21:03] ---
    No... This curse!
[21:07] ---
    Got it.
[21:08] ---
    Let's go, then.
[21:09] ---
    Fugaku, please take care of the children.
[21:23] ---
    Ibuki!
[21:34] ---
    You're...?
[21:35] ---
    Kouran's representative.
[21:37] ---
    She's...
[21:43] ---
    So we finally meet, Ibuki.
[21:45] ---
    Will you be my friend?
[21:50] ---
    Act 2
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    Act 2 | Antinomy
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    Act 3
[23:31] ---
    Act 3: "Three as One."
[23:35] ---
    The motive behind the three countries
    seeking the dragon dyes Ibuki's life in black.
[23:41] ---
    And now, the final player
    takes a seat at the table.
[23:45] ---