7 - Innocent Blood

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    Someone...
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    Help...
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    The school...
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    My friends...
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    Yuki... Everyone...
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    Hang on!
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    Hey, boy. Are you sure you
    should be taking a casual stroll here?
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    Who are you?
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    I met you once, right after you
    lost your memory. Do you remember?
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    You were an investigator
    looking into the accident...
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    That was a lie.
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    I'm Alphonse Medici Borgiani.
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    Despite how I look,
    I'm actually a genuine marquis.
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    I'm another supporter of
    the royal family, like Dermaille.
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    Though, in my case, I specialize
    in work that needs to be hush-hush.
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    Then you're the one...
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    ...who attacked that boy?!
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    Correct. You didn't seem too fond of it, though.
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    I was the one who thought
    up and suggested the plan.
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    The princess doesn't deserve the blame.
[02:27] ---
    She agreed to it! That's
    basically the same thing!
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    The princess performed her
    duties as a policymaker. That's all.
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    But what about you?
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    First, you abandon your duty
    of serving by the princess' side,
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    and then you abandon the
    friends you should be protecting!
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    You don't mean...!
[02:52] ---
    Lord Alphonse. Lift ♪13 is ready.
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    The team monitoring the church was attacked.
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    The enemy has infiltrated the
    church and taken full control of it.
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    If you're in a hurry, come with me.
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    You're dutiful.
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    But you can forget about
    delivering weapons to the church now.
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    Shut up!
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    His over-stubbornness is just like yours, Wolf.
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    Dad!
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    Listen, Akira.
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    When I saw you one year ago
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    after you failed your
    mission and lost your memory,
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    I had only two choices
    now that you were useless:
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    to kill you or not to kill you.
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    I was for killing you, just so you know.
[03:46] ---
    Especially given what you had apparently seen...
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    But in the end, we decided to let you go
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    and told the princess that you
    went missing during the operation.
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    Don't make me regret that!
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    That's how important you are to the princess.
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    Dunno how important she is to you, though...
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    Listen, Akira! If you go,
    there will be no turning back!
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    Are you prepared to do it anyway?!
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    Yes!
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    But I'm not doing it because you two said so.
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    This is between me and the princess.
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    No! Forgive me!
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    There's no use praying.
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    Real vampires aren't afraid of God or crosses.
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    That's right. We aren't afraid of anything.
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    There's no need to be afraid.
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    With great joy they will awaken as vampires.
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    No...!
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    A vampire's blood-sucking
    is the ultimate pleasure.
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    It makes sex pale in comparison.
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    Yes, Sister...
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    You hide your young body in
    religious garb and live an abstinent life,
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    so I especially want you
    to experience this pleasure!
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    No!
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    Hey, guys!
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    Here's Sister Laura!
    I know you've been waiting for her!
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    Sister!
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    I-I'm sorry, everyone...
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    Now for you.
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    She hasn't had a drop of blood
    since she became a vampire.
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    Quench her thirst.
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    I'm sorry, Yuki... I can't bear it any longer...
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    N-No...!
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    So, please...
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    Once you belong to us,
    I'll have you take on that dog...
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    ...with this silver sword!
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    I can't wait!
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    No... No!
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    A-Akira!
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    Do not call my servant's name imprudently!
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    It began with attacks by vampires,
    whose numbers increased globally.
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    Some began to attack
    humans without leaving any trace,
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    almost as if to flaunt their power.
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    I tried hard to stay hidden
    myself, but to no avail.
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    Had nothing been done,
    the existence of vampires
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    would've been revealed sooner or later...
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    ...as absolute archenemies of mankind.
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    You saw for yourself at school
    what kind of reaction and chaos
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    that would've caused throughout the world...
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    To avoid that worst-case scenario,
    we chose to reveal ourselves
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    and show that we are a regulated society.
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    We would do so with...
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    ...the vampire bund!
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    Manipulating Mizoguchi,
    an opponent to the bund...
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    The incident at the school...
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    The terrorist attack at the press conference
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    and the attack on the princess
    when she went to see you...
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    Even the guy who went berserk on that TV show...
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    It all stems from one thing...
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    The ones who plot to destroy the
    millennia-old order between humans and vampires
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    and plunge the world into chaos.
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    The princess made the
    decision to drag out and destroy
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    these conspirators who hide in
    even darker darkness than we do.
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    She was even prepared to deceive allies
    and sacrifice her most cherished feelings.
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    Princess...
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    And, as a result, the enemy's
    identity at last became clear.
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    Who are they?!
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    They go by the name of...
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    Telomere.
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    You seem to be steeped in
    the organization with that name...
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    ...Jean Marais Dermaille.
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    I am greatly honored that you already
    know my name and my organization!
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    I apologize for one of my men's actions earlier.
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    Is your father involved in any part of this?
[10:03] ---
    No. Even my father is viewed as old-fashioned;
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    an obstacle that will
    someday have to be destroyed.
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    Impudent boy from a
    distinguished family, playing with fire...
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    You manipulated Mizoguchi and
    even spread your reach to the school...
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    What are you scheming? What is it you want?
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    Everything.
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    Oh?
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    Don't you agree, though, that the way of life
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    for us and for humans
    is already nearing its limit?
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    Even your power as ruler of the vampires
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    is limited by those three detestable clans,
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    all the more so in the human world!
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    What's needed is a new framework,
    a new power, a new ruler!
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    And that ruler can only be you!
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    Now is the time to join us and
    show the world the true royal road!
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    Royal road, huh? Interesting.
[11:14] ---
    Princess?!
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    You talk like you know everything
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    and do all this for such a pathetic temptation?
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    No one... No one around
    me understands me at all!
[11:33] ---
    Why?! Is that not why
    you built the vampire bund?!
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    Silence, insect!
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    You are in no position to speak of my kingdom!
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    I don't know what mistaken ideas you have,
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    but we can never be the rulers of this world!
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    Why not?!
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    We cannot live without humans.
    Our existence depends on them.
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    We are but mere travelers.
[12:08] ---
    I only wanted a branch for
    those travelers to rest their wings
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    for a short while.
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    That is the purpose of the bund.
    That is the purpose of the school.
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    I wanted to try living as a
    child, for only a short time...
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    For only a short time, as a normal girl...
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    Princess...
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    But you can see how that turned out.
    My laxness brought on all of this...
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    You will pay for what you've done!
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    Wait, Princess! If you won't
    join us, then let us join you--!
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    Know your place!
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    Do you honestly think a mere
    insect like you can do anything to me?
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    You transformed, huh?
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    That deplorable form is
    befitting of thy true colors.
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    Stop!
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    As a child of Dermaille,
    you cannot disobey my orders.
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    Though...
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    ...the fact an insect like you has
    blood close to mine makes me sick!
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    Please forgive me... Please...!
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    I will not.
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    Prin... cess...!
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    Let go!
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    It looks like the fight is settled.
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    The world will change. No,
    we will use our power to change it.
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    Which is why...
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    ...you must die, vampire!
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    No!
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    Yuki!
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    You!
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    Me, beaten by a lowly dog...!
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    Jean...
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    I heard Telomere had a human sympathizer too.
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    But I never imagined it was you, Vice President!
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    O-Our master...!
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    Hurry! Give the bitten girls the vaccine!
[14:53] ---
    There's still time to keep
    them from becoming vampires!
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    Princess...
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    Akira...
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    Princess...
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    Come on, let's go. It's over, right?
[15:30] ---
    It isn't over yet.
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    Yeah.
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    What? Why?!
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    There is a reason.
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    I have my intentions, and you have yours.
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    Once a sword is drawn,
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    it cannot be put away
    without first crossing blades.
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    Isn't that right, Akira?
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    Yes.
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    One day, a boy asked the
    great ruler of the monsters...
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    "You always scowl at the
    world with such a sad look.
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    Are you always going to be that way?"
[16:04] ---
    I couldn't fully believe you... or myself.
[16:10] ---
    You always fought all by yourself, and yet...
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    I do not need your sympathy!
[16:17] ---
    The ruler replied,
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    "If you promise to grant
    my wish, I will stop being sad.
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    But, if you break your promise..."
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    I want you back. I want you to be mine.
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    That is my weakness; an obsession with the past!
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    "...I may devour you."
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    I knew. I knew all along.
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    I knew we could never go
    back to how we were. Yet, I...
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    If we can never go back...
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    What bothered him was...
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    ...then may you be destroyed!
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    A transformation?!
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    The boy mustered up the courage
    to open the door to the ruler's room.
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    What he saw inside was...
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    That's...!
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    She's beautiful...
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    Akira!
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    Your hand...
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    I never wanted you to know about it. But...
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    ...this is why I couldn't accept
    your declaration of love a year ago!
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    Thanks for everything.
    I have to return to where I belong.
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    Akira... Akira!
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    You've grown stronger.
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    That little boy is nowhere to be seen now.
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    Everyone changes... Everyone.
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    Except for me.
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    I thought I understood that, but...
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    Princess...
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    I am the ruler of the vampires;
    I control all of the world of darkness
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    and even death itself avoids crossing my path.
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    But I don't care about that.
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    What I wanted was something much simpler.
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    Amid this life of blood, scheming, and violence,
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    the promise we made that day was
    the only thing that mattered to me.
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    I promise. I'll protect you.
    I'll always be by your side.
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    Those words alone gave me warmth.
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    It was that warmth that carried me this far.
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    And soon I will have a kingdom.
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    But so what?
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    What I most wanted has
    slipped through my hands...
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    Sentimental nonsense. Go ahead and laugh.
[20:06] ---
    I am alone... I am utterly alone...
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    No, Akira...
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    "But, if you break your
    promise, I may devour you.
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    Will you still promise, despite that?"
[20:21] ---
    No!
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    "I promise," the boy said, with a strong nod.
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    "In that case, my wish is..."
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    Things are finally back to how they were...
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    Akira! Akira!
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    It's all right. Werewolves are immortal.
[21:08] ---
    You fool! Don't speak!
[21:10] ---
    Just listen. I probably already died.
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    And now we've reunited.
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    What brought me back from
    death was the sight of you crying...
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    ...and that promise...
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    Akira...
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    I promise. I'll never forget again.
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    I'll always be with you.
[21:35] ---
    Always.
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    Akira...
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    The bill is hereby passed by majority vote!
[22:07] ---
    Akira Kaburagi Regendorf.
[22:11] ---
    I bestow upon thee knighthood and
    a place among the ranks of warriors.
[22:35] ---
    Vera told me you gave Shinya,
    the prime minister's grandson,
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    a vaccine and gave him back right away...
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    ...and about the girls who
    were attacked at the church.
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    Thanks.
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    Still, that does not change the
    fact that I used a child as a shield
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    or that I caused those girls mental trauma.
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    Tell me, Akira. Do you truly have no regrets?
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    I don't.
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    I told you before. I'll be with you always.
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    People gathered in my shadow! Listen well!
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    I hereby declare the establishment
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    of the kingdom of our kin of darkness...
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    The establishment of our vampire bund!
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    It was a story of a promise.
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    A small tale of the lonely ruler of
    monsters, the boy who gave his all to her,
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    and their love.
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    Dance with the Vampire Maids!
[23:55] ---
    Part 7!
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    You still won’t recognize
    Akira as my knight?
[23:59] ---
    Nothing of the sort. It’s just…
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    He was impaled trying to protect me!
[24:05] ---
    I can impale myself for you too!
[24:08] ---
    You would turn into ash!
[24:10] ---
    I’d gladly turn to ash for you, Princess!
[24:13] ---
    Oh, you…
[24:15] ---
    Umm, could you either talk or tend to me?
[24:17] ---
    Could you hand me that gauze, Princess?
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    Continued in Episode 8
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    Don’t go through me!
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