E19 - The Seal of the Right Eye Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:05] Alice     Speak. However,     if there's any trace of deceit in your words, [00:12] Alice     I will slay you on the spot. [00:15] Kirito     That's fine. [00:17] Kirito     If your decision to slay me is your own. [00:24] Kirito     The reason I say that is because [00:27] Kirito     there's an order inside you that you're not aware     was put there by someone else. [00:34] Kirito     You Integrity Knights were summoned     from the heavens to maintain order and justice [00:39] Kirito     by the surrogate of the gods, Administrator,     the pontifex of the Axiom Church, [00:45] Kirito     or so you believe. [00:48] Kirito     But... [00:49] Kirito     Alice, you don't remember who gave birth to you,     or where you were raised. [00:56] Alice     I was told it's because the moment     Integrity Knights are called here, [01:01] Alice     the goddess Stacia seals our memories     of the heavens. [01:05] Kirito     It's true that your memories have been sealed. [01:08] Kirito     It wasn't the goddess Stacia who did that,     but the pontifex herself. [01:13] Kirito     And it's not your memories of the heavens     that were sealed, [01:16] Kirito     but of having been born and raised     as a human child in this world. [01:21] Kirito     Your real name is Alice Zuberg. [01:24] Kirito     You were born and raised in a small village     in the northern hinterlands called Rulid. [01:29] Kirito     And when you were eleven, [01:31] Kirito     you went to explore the cave     through the End Mountains [01:35] Kirito     and ended up barely crossing the boundary     between the Human Empire and the Dark Territory. [01:40] Kirito     In other words, the taboo you violated     was "trespassing into the Dark Territory." [01:49] Alice     Alice Zuberg. [01:52] Alice     That's my name? [01:55] Alice     Rulid... The End Mountains... [01:58] Alice     I can't remember any of it. [02:01] Kirito     Don't force yourself to remember.     You'll end up like Eldrie. [02:04] Alice     Why would you say that now? [02:06] Alice     I... want to know everything. SIGN    The Seal of the Right Eye [03:50] Kirito     Your father is Rulid's village elder,     and his name is Gasuft Zuberg. [03:56] Kirito     Unfortunately, I don't know your mother's name, [03:59] Kirito     but like I said before,     you have a younger sister. Her name is Selka. [04:04] Alice     Selka. [04:05] Kirito     She's been worried about you     ever since you were taken away by the Church. [04:10] Kirito     When you were living in Rulid,     I'm told you were called a prodigy of the sacred arts. [04:15] Kirito     And she's working hard to become a good Sister,     to follow in her older sister's footsteps. [04:22] Alice     You told me something. [04:25] Alice     That you planned this rebellion [04:27] Alice     in order to correct the pontifex's wrongs     and to protect the human world. [04:32] Kirito     Yeah. That's right. [04:35] Alice     Yet it's a fact that the pontifex's primary order     to us Integrity Knights [04:40] Alice     is to defend against an invasion     from the Dark Territory. [04:46] Alice     Even if you managed     to defeat every Integrity Knight, [04:49] Alice     as well as slay the pontifex herself, [04:52] Alice     then who would be left     to protect the Human Empire? [04:56] Kirito     Then let me ask you this. [04:58] Kirito     If you Integrity Knights counter     at full strength, [05:02] Kirito     do you really believe that you can definitely repulse     the entire Dark Territory forces? [05:11] Bercouli     Prime Senator. Can you have a serious talk     with the pontifex soon? [05:16] Bercouli     The Dark Territory is steadily building up its forces. [05:21] Bercouli     There’s a limit to how much we can fight back     if we're the only— [05:25] Chudelkin     Like I said! [05:26] Chudelkin     It's your job as Integrity Knights     to do something about it! [05:31] Chudelkin     Geez, you never shut up! [05:33] Chudelkin     You just need to do as you're told! Seriously! [05:40] Alice     It's true that Uncle... [05:44] Alice     that His Eminence, Knight Commander Bercouli,     seemed to have the same doubts. [05:50] Alice     But even so, it's also a fact that aside from ourselves,     no other battle-ready force exists in the Human Empire. [05:57] Kirito     But that's a situation of Administrator's own making. [06:02] Kirito     The pontifex feared the emergence     of a force in the Human Empire [06:07] Kirito     greater than her own absolute power. [06:09] Kirito     So she allowed the high-ranking nobles,     who should reach for their swords first if war breaks out, [06:13] Kirito     to lead indolent, lavish lives,     and as a result, their souls were corrupted. [06:20] Kirito     But that doesn't mean it's too late. [06:23] Kirito     Before the Dark Forces close in, [06:26] Kirito     if we can raise the largest possible army     within the Human Empire— [06:30] Alice     There's no way we can do such a thing! [06:33] Alice     You just said it yourself. [06:36] Alice     How corrupt the nobles of this world have become! [06:39] Kirito     Yeah, that's true. But not everyone is like that. [06:43] Kirito     Among the lower-ranking nobles     and commoners, [06:46] Kirito     there are a lot of people     who want to protect this world. [06:50] Alice     Commoners? [06:52] Kirito     That's right. [06:53] Kirito     If we distribute the huge stash of weapons     stored inside this tower, [06:58] Kirito     and then teach them the same real sword skills     and sacred arts you all have been refining, [07:02] Kirito     it wouldn't be impossible     to raise a solid army within a year. [07:06] Kirito     But the way things are,     that can't be made a reality. [07:11] Kirito     Because an army     whose loyalty to her can't be forced [07:14] Kirito     is just as terrifying to Administrator     as the forces of darkness. [07:20] Kirito     In other words, there's only one conclusion. [07:22] Kirito     Our only option is to crush the pontifex's absolute rule,     maximize what little time we have left, [07:30] Kirito     and then build up a defensive force     that can counter the imminent invasion. [07:37] Alice     That there are minions of darkness here... [07:40] Alice     That fact alone is irrefutable proof     that the pontifex is deceiving us, her loyal servants. [08:04] Alice     Will I get to see her? [08:07] Alice     If I agree to help you,     and regain my sealed memories, [08:12] Alice     will I get to see Selka...     my younger sister again? [08:21] Kirito     You will. [08:22] Kirito     But listen. I want you to hear me out. [08:26] Kirito     It'll be someone who's both you and not you     that will see Selka. [08:30] Kirito     The moment you get your memory back, [08:32] Kirito     you'll go back to being Alice Zuberg     from before the Synthesis Ritual. [08:37] Kirito     At the same time, the Integrity Knight     Alice Synthesis Thirty will cease to exist. [08:45] Alice     Selka. Selka. [08:50] Alice     I can't remember. Her face or voice. [08:54] Alice     But this isn't the first time     I've called that name. [08:58] Alice     My mouth, my throat, [09:02] Alice     my heart all remember. [09:04] Kirito     Alice. [09:05] Alice     I called it over and over.     Every day, every night. Selka. Selka. [09:18] Alice     It's true. I have a family. [09:24] Alice     A father and a mother. [09:26] Alice     And a sister who's my own flesh and blood. [09:31] Alice     Somewhere underneath this night sky. [09:56] Alice     Once you told me that we Integrity Knights     were created by the pontifex, [10:03] Alice     I suspected that this might be the case. [10:06] Alice     That I'd stolen this body     from a girl named Alice Zuberg, [10:11] Alice     wrongfully occupying it for the last six years.     Isn't that right? [10:17] Alice     I must return what I've stolen, right? [10:21] Alice     I'm sure that's what Selka, her parents, your friend [10:25] Alice     and you yourself wish for. [10:28] Kirito     Alice. [10:30] Alice     But there's just one...     one favor I'd like to ask of you. [10:35] Alice     Before the original Alice's personality     is restored to this body, [10:40] Alice     will you take me to Rulid Village? [10:43] Alice     And just one look while hidden is all I ask. [10:47] Alice     I want you to show me Selka,     my younger sister, as well as my family. [10:53] Alice     If you could just grant me that, I'll be satisfied. [10:58] Kirito     Okay, I promise. I swear to you. [11:02] Kirito     Before we restore your memories,     I'll definitely take you to Rulid Village. [11:07] Alice     No matter what, all right? [11:25] Alice     I've made up my mind. [11:28] Alice     In order to protect the Human Empire,     and those who reside in it, [11:32] Alice     I, Alice Synthesis Thirty, hereby forsake my mission     as an Integrity Knight and— [11:40] Kirito     Alice? [11:45] Kirito     Alice! [11:48] Alice     Kirito. [11:53] Kirito     Alice. [12:00] Kirito     A bar code?     No, nothing like that exists in this world. [12:08] Alice     It's like my right eye is on fire. [12:11] Alice     And I can see some words. [12:14] Kirito     Don't think! [12:16] Kirito     Empty your mind! [12:18] Kirito     What's happening to you [12:19] Kirito     is probably some kind of psychological barrier     that activates when you try to defy the Church. [12:24] Kirito     If you keep thinking about it,     your eye's going to burst! [12:29] Alice     How cruel. [12:30] Alice     What a cruel thing to do. [12:33] Alice     For not only my memories, but even my mind     to be controlled by someone else. [12:42] Alice     The one who burned this red sacred script     onto my eye... [12:48] Alice     was it the pontifex? [12:52] Kirito     No, I don't think it was her. [12:55] Kirito     It's one of the entities who created this world     and observes it from the outside. [12:59] Kirito     One of the gods     that don't appear in the creation story. [13:03] Alice     Gods... [13:06] Alice     We Integrity Knights have fought endlessly     to protect the world that the gods created, [13:14] Alice     and yet they refuse to trust us? [13:17] Alice     Robbing me of my memories     of my family and my sister, [13:22] Alice     and on top of that,     placing such a seal on me [13:25] Alice     to force me to obey... how dare they. [13:29] Alice     I'm not a puppet! [13:32] Alice     Even if I am an entity created by another, [13:36] Alice     I still have a mind of my own! [13:39] Alice     I want to protect this world     and the people who live in it! [13:43] Alice     That's the one and only mission I must carry out! [13:47] Kirito     Alice! [13:53] Alice     Kirito. [13:55] Alice     Hold me down firmly. [13:58] Kirito     Right. [14:02] Alice     Pontifex Administrator,     as well as you nameless gods... [14:08] Alice     in order to accomplish what I must do, [14:11] Alice     I will fight you! [14:25] Administrator     Eugeo. [14:27] Administrator     Eugeo! [14:35] Administrator     You must be cold over there. [14:37] Administrator     Now then, come here, Eugeo. [14:50] Eugeo     Mom? Is that you, Mom? [14:53] Administrator     That's right. I'm your mother, Eugeo. [15:04] Eugeo     But where's Dad? [15:06] Eugeo     Where did my brothers go? [15:09] Administrator     You silly child. [15:11] Administrator     You killed them all, remember? [15:25] Eugeo     What happened to me? [15:28] Eugeo     What am I doing here? [15:32] Eugeo     Bercouli, the knight commander... [15:35] Eugeo     I fought the hero of the old legend. [15:38] Eugeo     And afterward, a little man named Chudelkin     or something showed up. [15:42] Eugeo     I can't remember what happened after that. [15:46] Eugeo     Is this... [15:50] Eugeo     Is this the top floor of the Central Cathedral? [16:05] Eugeo     If I'm on the top floor of the Cathedral,     then that's... [16:29] Alice's voice     No, Eugeo! Run! [16:37] Eugeo     This person is the pontifex, Administrator. [16:42] Eugeo     If I do it now... [16:44] Eugeo     But this is for Alice, I can't use it now. [16:49] Alice's voice     Eugeo, run! [17:11] Administrator     You poor child. [17:12] Eugeo     Huh? Poor? [17:15] Administrator     That's right. So very pitiful. [17:18] Administrator     You're just like a withered potted flower. [17:21] Eugeo     A potted... flower? [17:24] Administrator     And you know very well yourself.     How you thirst... how you starve. [17:30] Eugeo     For what? [17:31] Administrator     For love. [17:33] Eugeo     Did you say love? [17:35] Eugeo     You make it sound like I don't know what love is. [17:39] Administrator     That's right. You're a pitiful child     who doesn't known what it's like to be loved. [17:45] Eugeo     That's not true! My mom loved me. [17:50] Eugeo     Whenever I had a nightmare and couldn't sleep, [17:53] Eugeo     she'd hold me and sing me lullabies! [17:56] Administrator     But was that love really meant only for you? [18:00] Administrator     You know it wasn't. [18:01] Administrator     It was what was left over     from what she'd divided among your brothers. [18:06] Eugeo     That's a lie! Mom loved only me. [18:12] Administrator     You wanted her to love only you.     But she wouldn't do that. [18:17] Administrator     That's why you hated them. [18:19] Administrator     Your father and your older brothers     who stole your mother's love. [18:22] Eugeo     That's a lie! I... I don't hate my father     or my brothers at all! [18:28] Administrator     Is that true? [18:30] Administrator     After all, you did slash him. [18:33] Eugeo     Who? [18:34] Administrator     That red-haired girl might've been     the first person who loved you and no one else. [18:40] Administrator     When that man tried to take her away by force     and defile her, you tried to slash him. [18:45] Administrator     Because you hated him. [18:47] Administrator     Because he'd taken something     that was only yours. [18:51] Eugeo     You're wrong.     That's not why I raised my sword against Raios! [18:57] Administrator     But your thirst remains unquenched. [19:00] Administrator     No one will ever love you.     They've all forgotten about you. [19:05] Administrator     "We don't need you anymore," they said,     and discarded you. [19:08] Eugeo     That's not true. That's not true. [19:11] Eugeo     I... I haven't been discarded. [19:16] Eugeo     That's right. It's not true. I have Alice. [19:19] Administrator     Is that really true? [19:21] Administrator     Does that girl really love only you, I wonder? [19:27] Administrator     You've forgotten. [19:29] Administrator     I'll help you to remember. [19:32] Administrator     The real memories you've buried     deep inside your heart! [19:43] Eugeo     I haven't seen Kirito or Alice all morning.     Where could they be? [19:52] Eugeo     A— [19:54] Young Kirito     Hey, let's head back now. Or they'll find out. [19:58] Young Alice     We still have time.     A little longer... just a little bit, okay? [20:05] Eugeo     That's a lie. [20:09] Eugeo     This is all lies! [20:12] Administrator     See? I told you. [20:18] Administrator     Do you understand now? [20:19] Administrator     Even that girl's love doesn't belong to you alone. [20:23] Administrator     No. Actually, did she even have any for you     from the start? [20:31] Administrator     But I'm different, Eugeo. [20:34] Administrator     I'm willing to love you. [20:36] Administrator     I'll give all of my love to you. Only you. [20:45] Eugeo     Only me? [20:58] Administrator     Now, come here, Eugeo. [21:04] Administrator     Now you can experience the joy     of being loved to your heart's content. [21:10] Administrator     And if you love me,     I'll return that same amount of love. [21:16] Administrator     The deeper your love for me,     the more I'll bring you to the ultimate pleasure, [21:22] Administrator     one beyond your imagination! [21:26] Eugeo     Is that really what love is? [21:31] Eugeo     Is it like money,     that you use to buy things of value? [21:34] Eugeo     Is that all there is to it? [21:37] Tiese     Eugeo-senpai. [21:41] Tiese     That's not what it is, Eugeo-senpai! [21:53] Young Alice     You're wrong, Eugeo! [21:57] Young Alice     Love isn't something you can get as a reward! [22:08] Kirito     Eugeo! [22:34] Administrator     Don't you want it, Eugeo? [22:36] Administrator     To forget everything that causes you sorrow,     and consume all of my love? [22:42] Administrator     But not yet. [22:45] Administrator     Didn't I tell you? First, you have to love me. [22:49] Administrator     Now, chant exactly what I say. [22:53] Administrator     Be thinking that you trust only me,     and you're offering yourself to me fully. [22:57] Administrator     Now... First, the initial line of the sacred art. [23:01] Eugeo     System Call. [23:04] Administrator     That's right. Now keep going. [23:07] Administrator     Remove Core Protection. [23:10] Eugeo     Remove... [23:12] Eugeo     Was this the best thing to do? [23:15] Eugeo     Core... [23:16] Eugeo     But I don't want to be sad     or in pain anymore. [23:22] Administrator     That's right.     Now, come to me, Eugeo. Into me. [23:27] Administrator     Into eternal stasis. [23:30] Eugeo     ...Protection. [23:36] Kirito     Next time: Synthesis.