E3 - The End Mountains

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SIGN    March 20, year 378 in the time of the realm of humanity
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    Ten more minutes...
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    Maybe only five...
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    No. Wake up.
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    Sugu?
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    Snap out of it. It's already five-thirty.
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    You may be a guest, and a lost child of Vecta,
    but you're still expected to get up on time, okay?
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    Okay.
SIGN    The End Mountains
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    Forty... five!
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    There's still a lot about this world
    I don't understand,
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    and to get to the central city,
    I'm definitely going to need Eugeo's help.
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    But to release Eugeo from his Calling...
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    I guess we're going to have to
    chop this tree down first?
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    What was that?
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    No, it's nothing.
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    That's it for this morning, so let's have lunch.
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    Thanks for the meal.
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    I really wish you could've tasted Alice's pie.
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    The crust was so flaky,
    and there was so much filling...
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    Having it with some fresh milk,
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    I couldn't think of anything in the world
    that tasted better.
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    So Alice's Calling was a baker?
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    No, it wasn't.
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    Alice was studying the sacred arts
    at the church.
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    She was known as the greatest prodigy
    ever born in this town,
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    and she could cast all kinds of spells
    by the time she was ten.
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    Really?
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    Then what about Selka,
    the girl living in the church now?
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    She's Alice's little sister.
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    After Alice was gone, she moved into the church
    to become a nun and to study the sacred arts.
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    Come to think of it,
    there were other kids there besides Selka.
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    Those kids were taken in
    after they lost their parents.
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    Ever since an epidemic broke out
    in the village three years ago.
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    And that's not everything.
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    All these odd things seem to be happening lately.
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    There's talk that a horde of goblins
    appeared far south on the main road
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    and have been attacking
    and abducting people.
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    Goblins?
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    But I think they're just rumors.
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    Because a Integrity Knight
    would've subdued them right away.
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    They have to.
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    All Alice did was touch the ground
    in the land of darkness,
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    and those goblins are much, much worse.
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    Eugeo...
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    Still, it's true that after the last 2 or 3 years,
    there are more graves behind the church.
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    Isn't there a way to bring someone back to life
    using the sacred arts?
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    I don't know.
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    It's not the same,
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    but Alice did say that there's a high-level sacred art
    that can stop life from decreasing.
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    Stop life from decreasing?
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    Yeah. She was surprised to see a passage
    about that spell in one of the church's ancient books.
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    I mean, apparently only the highest priests
    in the Axiom Church can use it.
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    Axiom Church?
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    The big shots in the central city
    who wrote the Taboo Index.
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    In other words, it's not like anyone can use
    the sacred art that stops life from decreasing.
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    Of course not.
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    The sacred arts' source is the sacred power that
    Solus and Terraria suffuse the air and the land with.
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    The more elaborate the sacred art,
    the more sacred power it requires.
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    There's nobody who can wield such a power,
    not even in Zakkaria.
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    I see. If only there was a sacred art
    that would finally let us chop down this tree.
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    Well, that would make my life easier.
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    So we can only keep chipping away
    with this ax—
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    Hey, Eugeo.
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    Does the town have anything
    tougher than this ax?
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    There's not. The only thing stronger than this ax
    would have to be an Integrity Knight's...
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    Well, it's no substitute for an ax, but...
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    There's something I want to show you.
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    Hey, are you all right?
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    Can I open it?
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    Y-Yeah. Be careful, though.
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    If it falls on your foot,
    you'll have more than just a scratch.
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    This is...
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    In the fairy tale, it's known as the Blue Rose Sword.
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    Fairy tale?
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    Three hundred years ago, a swordsman named Bercouli
    traveled to the End Mountains,
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    and in the lair of the white dragon, a protector
    of the realm of humanity, he found a single sword.
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    It's just a silly story.
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    Or it would be, if certain children
    hadn't decided to go find out if it was true.
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    I mentioned it yesterday, remember?
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    That I went to the End Mountains
    with Alice six years ago?
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    That's where I found this sword.
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    Back then, I couldn't even lift it up.
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    Really? So that means
    the fairy tale was true, huh?
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    Well, there was nothing left
    of the dragon but bones.
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    And then after that,
    Alice entered the Dark Territory...
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    When Alice was taken away,
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    I just stood there and watched,
    unable to do anything.
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    I tried to save her.
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    But it was like my arms and legs were frozen.
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    Oh, sorry. We were talking about the sword, right?
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    I couldn't stop thinking about it,
    so the summer before last,
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    I went to the cave to the north to retrieve it.
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    I hauled it back little by little,
    but it was so heavy, it took me three months.
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    Three months? That's amazing.
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    Why would you do that?
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    I was hoping that
    I'd be able to swing this sword one day.
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    I can't swing it at all right now,
    but how about you?
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    Leave it to me. After all, I'm a swordsman!
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    So it's too much for even you to handle, huh?
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    What material is this sword made of?
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    It's not ordinary steel, is it?
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    And it's not silver or dragonbone, either.
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    So I think it might be a Divine Object.
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    Divine Object?
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    Something that either took shape with the gods' help,
    or else was created by the gods themselves.
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    We call things like that a Divine Object.
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    I see.
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    Hey, Eugeo, would you mind
    checking the Gigas Cedar's life right now?
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    I have to ask... you're not going
    to strike it with that sword, are you?
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    Is there a rule in the Taboo Index that says
    we can't strike the Gigas Cedar with a sword?
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    For some reason, I have the feeling
    that something like this has happened before.
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    Let's see... It's 232,315.
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    All right. Remember that, okay?
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    I told you so!
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    This isn't good.
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    I told you, it's impossible for us.
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    No way...
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    That much, from just one strike?
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    You actually cut into it.
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    See? Take a look at its life again.
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    O-Okay.
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    232,314.
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    Wh-What? It only went down by one?
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    You cut into it in the wrong spot.
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    If you'd hit the center of the cut instead of the bark,
    I bet that would've decreased its life more.
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    It's true that we may be able to
    carve into this tree a lot faster with this sword.
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    But that's only if we're able to master it.
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    Maybe I can't do it, but what about you, Eugeo?
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    I already told you, I can't swing it well, either.
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    I'll give you some swordsmanship tips.
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    Well, just once, then.
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    S-So heavy!
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    Use your body weight
    more than you would with an ax,
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    and use your whole body,
    not just arm strength, for balance.
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    H-Hey! Are you okay?
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    Like I said, Kirito, it's impossible.
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    It seemed like a good idea...
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    So this durability is what Eugeo refers to as "life"?
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    "Object Control Authority, 38"?
    A parameter for controlling objects?
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    It's higher than my authority.
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    This is heavenly.
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    Is there really no way
    for me to get to the central city?
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    It's not like Eugeo would ever think
    of shirking his Calling...
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    The ultimate law that no one dares to break...
    the Taboo Index, huh?
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    What is the Axiom Church,
    that made the Taboo Index in the first place?
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    If this is some kind of simulated civilization
    populated by Artificial Fluctlights,
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    any rules to inhibit the actions of the AIs
    would only backfire.
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    No, hold on.
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    If I remember correctly,
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    that girl named Alice violated the Taboo Index
    by entering the land of darkness.
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    And of her own volition, too.
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    An AI that's deviated from the system...
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    Alice, who are you?
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    Huh? Is somebody still in there?
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    O-Oh, sorry! I'll be right out!
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    N-No, you can take your time.
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    Anyway, I'm heading back to my room now.
    Good night.
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    Selka!
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    There's something I want to ask you.
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    So what did you want to ask me?
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    Right.
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    Well...
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    It's about your older sister... actually.
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    I heard about her from Eugeo.
    That you had an older sister named Alice.
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    Eugeo? He told you? About Big Sister Alice?
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    Yeah, how Alice was studying the sacred arts
    at this church,
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    and how she was taken away to the central city
    by an Integrity Knight six years ago...
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    He seems really concerned about her.
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    Eugeo still thinks about Big Sister Alice...
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    So the reason Eugeo doesn't smile anymore
    is because of Big Sister Alice, after all.
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    Eugeo... doesn't smile?
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    Yes. He always looks gloomy,
    and doesn't have much to say, does he?
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    R-Right.
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    But when my sister was here,
    he always had a smile on his face.
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    It was actually harder
    to catch him when he wasn't smiling.
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    But now, on his days of rest, whether he stays inside
    or heads to the forest, he's always alone.
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    Selka, you like Eugeo, don't you?
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    You've got the wrong idea! Jeez!
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    Nobody ever said it out loud,
    but they were always sighing.
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    It was like seeing me reminded them of my sister.
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    And I can't stand it.
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    Eugeo's been avoiding me all this time.
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    Even when we do see each other,
    he always has a tortured look on his face.
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    It's not my fault
    that my sister's not here anymore!
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    I'm sorry for losing control.
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    N-No, well... I think when you feel like crying,
    you should cry.
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    Yes. You're right.
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    For some reason, I feel a little better now.
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    It's been such a long time
    since I cried in front of somebody.
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    Oh? You're impressive, Selka.
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    Even at my age, I cry a lot in front of people.
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    Kirito, have you regained your memories?
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    N-No, it's not like that!
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    A-Anyway, you're your own person.
    You can't be someone else.
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    Just do whatever you can,
    and that should be fine.
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    You're right.
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    I'd better get back now.
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    Hey...
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    Did you hear why the Integrity Knight
    took my sister away?
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    Uh, yeah. Why?
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    I don't know what it was. Nobody will tell me.
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    So, what was the reason?
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    Um... because she went through the End Mountains
    and entered the land of darkness.
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    I see. The End Mountains...
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    Tomorrow's a day of rest,
    but you're to get up like usual.
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    I'm not coming to wake you up anymore, okay?
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    I-I'll try my best.
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    Good morning.
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    Oh, good morning.
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    Mr. Kirito, have you seen Selka?
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    No, I haven't seen her.
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    Is that so.
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    I haven't seen her all morning.
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    She didn't come to morning service,
    and she's not in her room, either.
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    This has never happened before.
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    Is that right?
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    If you do happen to see Selka,
    will you let me know?
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    Yes.
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    Eugeo!
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    Hey, Kirito.
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    Have you seen Selka?
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    Huh? No, I haven't.
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    Sister Azalia's been looking for her.
    She hasn't seen her all morning.
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    Really?
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    Can you think of anywhere Selka might've gone?
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    I haven't spoken to her lately, so...
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    What about you, do you know anything?
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    I see. The End Mountains...
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    That's right. Last night I told Selka about Alice.
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    That she'd entered the land of darkness, and...
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    Do you think Selka went to the End Mountains?
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    This is bad! We have to bring her back right away!
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    What's wrong, Eugeo?
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    This has been stepped on.
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    Its life has decreased slightly.
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    There's no doubt
    that somebody came this way a while ago.
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    So Selka did go to the End Mountains, after all?
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    Yeah.
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    This is it, Kirito.
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    These are the End Mountains?
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    I was surprised the first time I came here, too.
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    Just beyond these mountains is
    the land of darkness?
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    Let's hurry.
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    Y-Yeah, right.
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    System Call.
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    Generate Luminous Element. Adhere.
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    Eu-Eugeo... what was that?
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    A sacred art. A really simple one, though.
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    So you know the meaning of things like System?
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    Meaning? There is no meaning.
    It's just a command.
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    It's a phrase you use
    to call on the gods to bestow a miracle.
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    Meaning it's a type of spell?
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    Come on, let's go.
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    Do you really think
    Selka came into a place like this?
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    Here's a sign that someone came through here.
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    There's no doubt about it.
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    Hey, Eugeo...
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    What?
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    If Selka does enter the land of darkness,
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    would she be immediately taken
    by an Integrity Knight?
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    No, the Integrity Knight would probably fly
    to the village the next morning.
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    That's what happened six years ago.
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    Then even in the worst-case scenario,
    we still have a chance to save Selka.
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    What do you have in mind, Kirito?
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    It's simple.
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    Even if Selka's violated the Taboo Index,
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    if we get her away from the village before today's over,
    we might be able to escape the Integrity Knight.
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    There's no way we could do that.
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    I have my Calling, for one thing.
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    I'll take Selka and run away.
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    Well, this happened
    because I said too much.
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    So I'll take responsibility.
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    Kirito...
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    Selka!
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    That way!
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    Hide.
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    Are those goblins?
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    Selka!
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    H-Hey...
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    Hey, look!
    Two more White Ium brats just wandered in!
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    What now? Want to capture them, too?
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    Even if we took back male Iums,
    we could never sell them.
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    Too much trouble.
    Kill them here and turn them into meat!
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    Eugeo!
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    Eugeo?
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    Eugeo!
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    Eugeo!
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    Eugeo!
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    Next time: Departure.