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| − | {{Monologue||' |
+ | {{Monologue||'So, about the one who'll enact the miracle.<br />Have you finished preparations yet?'}} |
| − | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|" |
+ | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"Just hold yer horses a little while longer.<br />I'll be able to ensure it within a few more days."}} |
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+ | {{Monologue||'I must ask you to work slightly faster, or we'll have<br />a problem on our hands. If all goes well, this incident<br />could easily shift the political landscape.'}} |
| − | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"I |
+ | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"Believe me, I'm aware of yer circumstances.<br />How long do you think I've been doing business with all of you?<br />This isn't the first time you've made use of us."}} |
| − | {{Monologue||'I |
+ | {{Monologue||'Well, ''I'' simply received your contact information<br />from Sensei. Whether I can really trust you or not<br />will depend on how this case turns out.'}} |
| − | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|" |
+ | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"Your political rival has also contacted me,<br />but the price you put forth was much more favorable.<br />As such, you can rest easy."}} |
| − | {{Monologue||' |
+ | {{Monologue||'Just don't leave it too late, whatever you do.<br />The payment for the wish is already complete, you know.'}} |
| − | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|" |
+ | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"I already told ye. Just have patience for a few more days."}} |
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+ | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"When the time comes, you'll receive<br />a satisfying result for your payment,<br />and you too will be thankful to Sensei."}} |
| − | {{Monologue||' |
+ | {{Monologue||'We're counting on you.'}} |
| − | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|" |
+ | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"Also, I'm sure you understand this already,<br />but all of our conversations are recorded as evidence.<br />We'll have each other over a barrel from now on."}} |
| − | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|" |
+ | {{Monologue|Mikoshiba|"Do not ever let that slip your mind.<br />It may very well end your political career."}} |
| − | {{Monologue||'Of course |
+ | {{Monologue||'Of course.'}} |
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| Chiharu |
| Ng... Ngg... |
| Chiharu |
| Hah... |
| Chiharu |
| ...Where am I!? |
| Shizuka |
| Charu, you woke up? |
| Chiharu |
| Shizuka-chan! Thank goodness you're safe! |
| Shizuka |
| Given what you just said, I suppose all of that was real. |
| Shizuka |
| How I almost sank to the bottom of the water, how you purified my jewel... |
| *Pinch* |
| Chiharu |
| Does that hurt? |
| Shizuka |
| Ihhur's... |
| Chiharu |
| Then this is real. That's the rule, after all! |
| Shizuka |
| Seems so. |
| Chiharu |
| But, where are we...? |
| Shizuka |
| I don't know either. I'm sure that we're alive, though... |
| Chiharu |
| This is a girl's room, right? |
| Shizuka |
| It could also be an afterlife that's simply disguised as a girl's room? |
| Chiharu |
| Noooo, no way! C'mon, let's at least agree that we're alive. |
| Sunao |
| You are both alive. |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao. |
| Chiharu |
| It's Sunao-chan! |
| Sunao |
| And this is my home. |
| Chiharu |
| So Sunao-chan must have saved us! |
| Sunao |
| ...Yes, I did. |
| Chiharu |
| Thank you! |
| Shizuka |
| I would like to express my gratitude too. Thank you very much. |
| Sunao |
| Mm-hm... |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao, you're acting a little weird... |
| Sunao |
| I could say the same of you two. You came floating down the river, of all places. |
| Shizuka |
| If you put it that way... |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| I'm sorry. I didn't. I haven't saved you at all... |
| Sunao |
| In fact, I attempted to kill you... |
| Shizuka |
| Huh? What are you talking about...? |
| Sunao |
| For now, could we just take a moment to talk things over? |
| Sunao |
| I have quite a lot to tell you, and quite a lot I'd like to ask. |
| Sunao |
| I've prepared breakfast as well. |
| Shizuka |
| I don't feel like eating anything... |
| Chiharu |
| ...Sunao-chan was going to...? |
| Chiharu |
| Sunao-chan... |
| Chiharu |
| Is what you said a few minutes ago true...? |
| Sunao |
| Yes... |
| Sunao |
| It's true that I attempted to kill you both. |
| Chiharu |
| But why...? I don't understand! |
| Sunao |
| My role is to eliminate anyone who goes against the village's will... |
| Sunao |
| Therefore, I was attempting to kill you. Mainly... Charu... |
| Chiharu |
| Me... |
| Sunao |
| If Charu wavered over the contract or said she wanted to go back... |
| Sunao |
| Tried to eliminate the holy Wavering Deity... |
| Sunao |
| Or went deep into the shrine's central building... |
| Chiharu |
| ――!? |
| Sunao |
| I certainly didn't expect you to come floating down the river with Shizuka, |
| Sunao |
| but there were many times when you met the conditions that Lady Mikoshiba gave me. |
| Sunao |
| But Charu narrowly escaped from those moments. |
| Sunao |
| Because of Shizuka's intervention... |
| Shizuka |
| In short, Sunao is Mikoshiba's pawn... |
| Shizuka |
| An assassin that executes those who go against her will. |
| Shizuka |
| So you targeted Charu, because she went against Mikoshiba's expectations, and me, because I tried to protect her. |
| Sunao |
| Yes... |
| Shizuka |
| So you were her hunting dog...? I can't bring myself to believe this... |
| Sunao |
| But, it's the truth... |
| Sunao |
| I didn't want to do it either. |
| Sunao |
| I thought of the two of you as friends, so I swear I didn't want to hurt you. |
| Sunao |
| But something unexpected happened... |
| Sunao |
| Charu became sensitive to some sort of mysterious scent, |
| Sunao |
| and Shizuka tried to protect her, which raised Lady Mikoshiba's suspicions... |
| Chiharu |
| But you didn't kill us. |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| You didn't. You helped us, Sunao-chan. |
| Shizuka |
| Why is that...? |
| Sunao |
| I heard what Shizuka said beside the river, and that stopped me from going through with it... |
| Shizuka |
| What did I say...? |
| Sunao |
| You said... "I'm going to be another corpse down in those waters." |
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| Shizuka |
| What did I say...? |
| Sunao |
| You said... "I'm going to be another corpse down in those waters." |
| Shizuka |
| Why would that sentence make you reconsider...? |
| Sunao |
| ...As you said, I am a pawn. |
| Sunao |
| All I know about myself is that I'm meant to aid the Land of the Rising Sun and its people, |
| Sunao |
| and that I've been ordered to deal with situations that threaten the village. |
| Sunao |
| I didn't know what would happen when I no longer fought as a Diviner... |
| Sunao |
| Or rather, I had doubts about it, but I put them out of my mind... |
| Chiharu |
| Doubts...? |
| Sunao |
| Yes... |
| Sunao |
| I did know that Diviners have to leave someday. |
| Sunao |
| But even though I live outside the village... in the closest town to the village... |
| Sunao |
| I had never seen another Diviner... |
| Shizuka |
| And so my words... |
| Sunao |
| Yes. An awful scene suddenly flashed through my mind... |
| Sunao |
| Could all the Diviners who "left" be those corpses down in the water...? |
| Shizuka |
| That's the reason you saved us... |
| Sunao |
| Yes. I needed to ask you directly about what happened... |
| Shizuka |
| Then, it's my turn to talk... About what I heard during the coming-of-age ceremony. |
| Chiharu |
| You mean that conversation I saw...? |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah. Mikoshiba said this to me, without an ounce of shame... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Let me tell thee the truth before thy departure. |
| Shizuka |
| The... truth? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Indeed. The truth about ye Diviners. |
| Shizuka |
| ...Please tell me. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Diviners are the beings that shatter Devils. |
| Shizuka |
| Yes. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Yet at the same time, they are the beings that will become Devils in the future as well. |
| Shizuka |
| ――!? |
| Shizuka |
| Eh, that means... |
| Mikoshiba |
| It's quite literal. Ye will all transform into Devils one day. |
| Shizuka |
| You... must be joking, right? |
| Shizuka |
| If that's true, why did you withhold something so important? |
| Mikoshiba |
| I'm sure you're aware that such a harsh topic can't be discussed easily. |
| Shizuka |
| ...Does my mother or anyone in the village know this? |
| Shizuka |
| Did they know this, and still make us into Diviners? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Nay. This knowledge is limited to myself as the head priestess, and the dancers. |
| Shizuka |
| I don't understand... |
| Shizuka |
| If we, who shatter Devils, are going to become Devils... |
| Shizuka |
| Then that's just a vicious cycle. There's no point in us becoming Diviners. |
| Mikoshiba |
| However, the fact remains that you can grant wishes to save the Land of the Rising Sun. |
| Shizuka |
| ――!? |
| Shizuka |
| So what are we after that...!? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Used-up dregs. |
| Shizuka |
| ............This is too cruel... |
| Shizuka |
| We just literally sacrificed our souls, didn't we...?! |
| Mikoshiba |
| Exactly. |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah... No... This isn't the time to cry...! |
| Shizuka |
| If I literally sacrificed my soul to the Land of the Rising Sun... |
| Shizuka |
| My honor can be maintained...! |
| Shizuka |
| Even if I become a Devil, it won't erase anything that I've achieved. |
| Shizuka |
| I can be proud of that, and so I can fight till I eventually fall...! |
| Shizuka |
| So that's what the last ceremony was about. Acknowledging this truth, and enduring it... |
| Mikoshiba |
| No. |
| Shizuka |
| ――!? |
| Shizuka |
| Then why did you tell me that truth?! |
| Mikoshiba |
| Thou shalt become a Devil very soon. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Why? Because it occurs when thy jewel loses its shine. |
| Shizuka |
| ............Wait... |
| Shizuka |
| What is this "coming-of-age ceremony"...? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Discarding a Diviner who already fulfilled her wish and protected the village, and turning her into a Devil. |
| Mikoshiba |
| No Diviner hath ever left the village. |
| Shizuka |
| -!! |
| Shizuka |
| MIKOSHIBAAAAAA—――!! |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "My apologies..." |
| WHAM! |
| Shizuka |
| Ah... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Go on, now. Sink in the waterfall basin, struggle in agony... and become feed for the next Diviner. |
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| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| That's all of what I heard... |
| Shizuka |
| I've told you what you want to know, Sunao. |
| Shizuka |
| Just as you feared, no one has ever gone outside. |
| Shizuka |
| They've all been trapped beneath the water to this day... |
| Shizuka |
| Now that you've heard this... Will you kill me? |
| Sunao |
| ...I don't want to. |
| Sunao |
| I don't want to be a pawn, either, having everything hidden from me... |
| Shizuka |
| Then, join us. |
| Sunao |
| But Mikoshiba might kill Dad and Mom! |
| Shizuka |
| What...? You mean she's blackmailing you...? |
| Sunao |
| Mm-hm... |
| Sunao |
| So I had to choose who to kill... |
| Sunao |
| Shizuka and Charu... Or Dad and Mom... |
| Sunao |
| I moved into Mikoshiba's house and tried searching through it, hoping to find some weak point I could use against her... |
| Sunao |
| Some kind of documentation, a passbook somewhere, |
| Sunao |
| absolutely anything that I could use to threaten her back... |
| Sunao |
| But I couldn't find anything... |
| Shizuka |
| I knew you couldn't kill me. I know how kind you are, Sunao... |
| Shizuka |
| Factually speaking, you haven't killed anyone. And I wouldn't know anything about whether you tried to or not. |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah! The only Sunao-chan I know is our kind friend, too! |
| Sunao |
| I'm sorry, Shizuka... Charu... |
| Chiharu |
| Plus, us Diviners would've gotten killed at some point anyway, right!? |
| Chiharu |
| So let's launch a preemptive strike! |
| Sunao |
| Charu? |
| Chiharu |
| Granny doesn't know that Shizuka-chan and I are alive, right? |
| Chiharu |
| So let's sneak back up there and give 'er a piece of our mind! |
| Chiharu |
| And then we'll get her to cough up everything! |
| Chiharu |
| About Diviners and Devils, why she's been drowning Diviners, |
| Chiharu |
| and about Sunao-chan! Everything! |
| Chiharu |
| Presto! We'll have saved everyone! |
| Sunao |
| ...Straight to the point. But that's only if she doesn't know... |
| Shizuka |
| Wait. I agree that we should give her a piece of our mind, |
| Shizuka |
| but this time, I think the full picture is a bit more complex. |
| Chiharu |
| How so...? |
| Shizuka |
| Charu, do you remember those Underlings we fought...? |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah. The ones without a Labyrinth, right? |
| Sunao |
| Without a Labyrinth...? |
| Shizuka |
| Right. That's what I thought they were during our previous battle... |
| Shizuka |
| But now I think it's the opposite. They might have had a Labyrinth after all. |
| Chiharu |
| They didn't have one, but they did...? |
| Chiharu |
| ...Ah. |
| - Todoriki (Chiharu) - |
| Because that little thing called 'truth' may be lying somewhere much closer than you expect. |
| Chiharu |
| Somewhere very close by... |
| Chiharu |
| Shizuka-chan... You mean the whole village is a Labyrinth...? |
| Sunao |
| That's impossible...!! |
| Shizuka |
| No, Charu's exactly right. |
| Shizuka |
| At some point, a Devil swallowed the entirety of Tokime Village, |
| Shizuka |
| and it's been feeding off of us Diviners' power while influencing Mikoshiba and the others... |
| Shizuka |
| I think that would explain everything. The setup where we're all killed eventually, |
| Shizuka |
| the villainous acts of blackmailing Sunao and eliminating anyone undesirable, |
| Shizuka |
| and how Underlings could appear without a Labyrinth. |
| Sunao |
| ...Indeed, it does explain everything. |
| Sunao |
| But if that's the case, the smart thing to do would be to keep the cycle contained within the village... |
| Sunao |
| Luring in people who're unfamiliar with the conventions, like Charu and I, |
| Sunao |
| is exactly what would cause unexpected incidents like the one happening now. |
| Shizuka |
| We could chalk that up to the Devil not being intelligent enough, |
| Shizuka |
| or perhaps it becoming impatient for some reason. |
| Shizuka |
| Of course, it's all no more than guesswork... |
| Chiharu |
| Look at this, though! I think this gives us more evidence that the village is a Labyrinth! |
| Shizuka |
| What's this plate? |
| Chiharu |
| My smartphone. |
| Shizuka |
| So this is one of those "telephones" I've heard about... |
| Chiharu |
| See, this is a map, but Tokime Village doesn't show up on any of the photos. |
| Sunao |
| So that means the village really has fallen into a Devil's hands...? |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, there must be an enemy to defeat! |
| Shizuka |
| I don't entirely understand the smartphone part, but if you two believe it, then so do I. |
| Shizuka |
| Let's hurry...! |
| Shizuka |
| You're with us too, right, Sunao? |
| Sunao |
| Yeah...! |
| Sunao |
| We don't know what'll happen once it detects our powers and realizes we're alive... |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah! Let's go beat the village's Devil before anyone else gets involved! |
| Shizuka |
| Right, let's hurry to the village. |
| Sunao |
| I'll tell my Dad and Mom that they should escape, too. |
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| Chiharu |
| Shizuka-chan, Sunao-chan, the Devil's reaction is getting stronger... |
| Sunao |
| Perhaps Shizuka's theory is correct... |
| Sunao |
| Is everyone else alright...? |
| Chiharu |
| Like my mom, the man from the village... |
| Shizuka |
| And my mother... |
| Sunao |
| Devils are beings that eat humans, by nature. Now that we've betrayed its expectations... |
| Shizuka |
| We should go confirm the village's situation first... |
| Sunao |
| True... |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| No sign of any people... |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah... |
| Shizuka |
| Maybe it took care of everyone here... |
| Shizuka |
| before information about the village could leak to the outside...? |
| Chiharu |
| The Devil's still here, though, so we can't say for sure whether it hurt anyone! |
| Sunao |
| I agree. |
| Sunao |
| This place would have been useless if it had already finished feeding. |
| Sunao |
| Let's stop thinking pessimistically. |
| Chiharu |
| Also, do you think it might be waiting for us? |
| Sunao |
| ...Thinking about it from the Devil's perspective, |
| Sunao |
| feeding off of the Diviners by manipulating them would be more appealing to it, |
| Sunao |
| so it might be trying to do away with us here and reset the situation... |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, it already anticipated that we'd come back...! |
| Shizuka |
| If only a few of the people involved disappeared, it wouldn't pose any problem for the Devil... |
| Shizuka |
| If so, it'd benefit from leaving everyone alive to maintain the village... |
| Chiharu |
| We're not gonna get any answers just by thinking about it, though... |
| Shizuka |
| Unfortunately, the only facts that we know... |
| Shizuka |
| Are that the Devil is still alive, and that the villagers' situation remains unknown... |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| What's wrong, Sunao? |
| Sunao |
| Oh, it's just-- I still feel like something's amiss, somehow. |
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| Sunao |
| (I'm probably just anxious because of how tense this situation is...) |
| Sunao |
| (I'm overthinking it...) |
| Shizuka |
| This is...! |
| Sunao |
| You felt it too, Shizuka!? |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah, I did... But where'd it come from...? |
| Shizuka |
| What about you, Charu? |
| Chiharu |
| No clue... but I can tell that it's somewhere nearby! |
| Sunao |
| Nearby... |
| Chiharu |
| Nearby... |
| Shizuka |
| Nearby... |
| Shizuka |
| —!? |
| Shizuka |
| Charu!! |
| Chiharu |
| What? |
| Shizuka |
| Behind you! |
| ...!! |
| Chiharu |
| Aaaah!! |
| Shizuka |
| Charu—! |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| There's more Underlings coming from the shadows... |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao, quick! Charu's gonna—! |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao! |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao! |
| - Sunao - |
| I should have known this, but why...? |
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| Sunao |
| (That reminds me. Mikoshiba said...) |
| Mikoshiba |
| I heard from the daughter of the head family, though. |
| Mikoshiba |
| It seems that the Hiroe girl gained a very troublesome power... |
| Sunao |
| Yes... |
| Mikoshiba |
| You. Toki girl... |
| Mikoshiba |
| I'd like to request this of you, but if you've gotten attached to them, you won't be of any use. |
| Mikoshiba |
| You're just some young girl, after all. |
| Sunao |
| ...But. |
| Sunao |
| Then, how are we going to eliminate Hiroe Chiharu...? |
| Mikoshiba |
| If we simply leave her alone, the shadows ought to devour her. |
| Sunao |
| —!? |
| Sunao |
| Shizuka, Charu! Our shadows! |
| Shizuka |
| Charu, behind you!! |
| ...!! |
| Chiharu |
| Hrragh! |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| I missed...!! |
| Sunao |
| This hit had better land! |
| ...!? |
| Chiharu |
| Sorry, Sunao-chan. I didn't think I'd miss like that... |
| Sunao |
| I didn't recall it until just now either. |
| Shizuka |
| Still, good job realizing that they'd come from our shadows. |
| Sunao |
| I remembered something Mikoshiba said. |
| Sunao |
| She said the shadows would devour Charu... |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, those were the same Underlings that I fought with Shizuka-chan...! |
| Shizuka |
| They came out at night before, so they didn't have to bother with shadows... |
| Shizuka |
| But if Mikoshiba knew about that... |
| Sunao |
| She's the center of the village, so the Devil's manipulation must run deep... |
| Chiharu |
| More importantly, we've gotta do something before nightfall, right? |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah, but we don't even know the Devil's location at this point... |
| Shizuka |
| So, let's go check if everyone is safe first. |
| Shizuka |
| We might be able to sense the Devil's power while we're moving around. |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, got it! |
| Sunao |
| I'll be going to Mikoshiba's house, then... |
| Chiharu |
| Won't that be dangerous...? |
| Sunao |
| There might still be some information I can collect. |
| Sunao |
| And as she's the center of the village, the Devil could very well be in her own home. |
| Shizuka |
| ...Just make sure not to do anything reckless. |
| Sunao |
| Yes. |
| Shizuka |
| Then, Charu. |
| Shizuka |
| This may be dangerous for us too, but let's go separately. |
| Shizuka |
| We need every second we can get before sunset. |
| Chiharu |
| Agreed! |
| Shizuka |
| Then, let me teach you how to use telepathy. |
| [Note] Here, Shizuka uses the Japanese word 念話 (nenwa) rather than the usual loanword テレパシー (terepashī). |
| Shizuka |
| That's the technique that we Diviners can use to transmit what we think. |
| Chiharu |
| Ah. |
| Chiharu |
| (So that's why I could hear her voice back in the waterfall basin.) |
Next: Chiharu 11 / Shizuka 3 / Sunao 4
Chiharu 11
| Chiharu |
| (Did everyone escape...?) |
| Chiharu |
| (Or did the Devil kill them...?) |
| Chiharu |
| (If so, my mom would be in big trouble too!) |
| Chiharu |
| Nah—! No way no way no way! |
| Chiharu |
| (Something still feels weird about all this...) |
| Chiharu |
| (If Devils are beings that hurt people, and if there's one manipulating the village,) |
| Chiharu |
| (then the whole "wishing for the Land of the Rising Sun" narrative doesn't sit right.) |
| Chiharu |
| (Yeah, it feels contradictory.) |
| Chiharu |
| (Plus, if it wants to eat Diviners, it can just do that. Like, chomp!) |
| Chiharu |
| (Instead, it made all these detailed rules like the coming-of-age, the ceremonies...) |
| Chiharu |
| (And it even made a phone call to our house...) |
| Chiharu |
| Hm——... Hmmm? |
| Chiharu |
| No, Granny made the phone call...? |
| Chiharu |
| Gah, enough! My head's spinning already! |
| Chiharu |
| How would Todoriki Kouichi think in this situation...? |
| - Todoriki (Chiharu) - |
| You need to accept bizarre truths. |
| Chiharu |
| That's his iconic line after closing a case, though, so right now it just sounds like "welp, anything goes"... |
| Chiharu |
| (But there's something bizarre mixed in here...) |
| Chiharu |
| (What's important is to figure out how far-reaching that 'something' is...!) |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Phew... maybe it's pointless to keep searching this way. |
| Chiharu |
| I've checked everywhere I know, so they must've escaped. Yeah. |
| Chiharu |
| (This... isn't a Devil's Underling...) |
| Chiharu |
| (It's that smell of a weird case, coming from the shrine's direction...?) |
| Chiharu |
| (It seems stronger than before...) |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Ahh, no no no! |
| Chiharu |
| I can't stand around getting distracted by stuff like that. |
| Chiharu |
| Hm! |
| Chiharu |
| ...More of the Devil's Underlings up next, huh!? |
| ............!! |
| Chiharu |
| Bring it on! |
| Chiharu |
| I am gonna drag ALL of you down to the station! |
Chiharu 12
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Hah! You're wide open! |
| ...!! |
| Chiharu's voice |
| I pronounce ye GUILTY! |
| ............!?!? |
| Chiharu |
| Yes, yes! This is going great. |
| *Thump* |
| Chiharu |
| Hm? |
| Dancer |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Uwawa... A-are you okay...!? |
| Chiharu |
| This is, um-- her! Yeah! One of the girls who did the dance! |
| Dancer |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| (Is it just me, or did she collapse at the same time as I beat that Underling...?) |
| Chiharu |
| (No, wait, Shizuka-chan's mother said that Devils can manipulate people...) |
| Chiharu |
| What was it, again...? |
| Chiharu |
| (Someone being manipulated should have...) |
| Chiharu |
| Right. She's got a Devil's Brand on her. |
| Dancer |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Sorry, but I have to go... |
| Dancer |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Hmm—? Wait, it looks like... she doesn't? |
| Chiharu |
| (So she's one of the evacuees, after all?) |
| Chiharu |
| (I thought there was nobody left, but I guess there's people who were slower to escape...) |
| Chiharu |
| (Again...!?) |
| *Shuffle, shuffle*... |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| *Step*... |
| Chiharu |
| PREPARE THYSELF! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Ms. Hiroe, this way! It's easier to fight in an open field! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| What do you mean "easier," Ms. Tokime!? That sword's not going to do anything! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| We still have no choice but to do this ourselves! |
| Chiharu |
| It's Mom and Shizuka's mom! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Chiharu!? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Chiharu-chan!? |
| ...!! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Before that... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Tokime Isshin Style... Meter-Leap Decapitation!! |
| Chiharu |
| Meter-Leap Decapitation—!? |
| ............ |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Ah, the sword... |
| ............!!! |
| Chiharu |
| Aah, it's okay! I'll defeat it!! |
| Chiharu |
| After that, we should contact Shizuka-chan and Sunao-chan!! |
Chiharu 13
| ...!? |
| Chiharu |
| Mom, are you okay!? What about Shizuka's mother? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks, Chiharu... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| That's a Diviner for you... I don't think I'll ever be able to close that gap. |
| Chiharu |
| No, you did an awesome job just now! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Ha, thanks. |
| Chiharu |
| Haven't you both escaped? |
| Chiharu |
| I searched all over the place, but didn't find anyone else. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Of course, we evacuated with the others... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| But those monsters came out of our shadows on the way, |
| Chiharu's mother |
| and then we were left behind. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Though we have no idea why they chose to target us... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| So, Chiharu. |
| Chiharu |
| Hm? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Don't "hm?" me! Where on EARTH did you go?! |
| Chiharu |
| Eek! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| You just vanished all of a sudden, and never came back! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| And now there's monsters popping up! Do you have any idea how worried I was...!? |
| Chiharu |
| Um... I'm sorry... |
| Chiharu |
| I was worried about the coming-of-age ceremony, so I went to see. |
| Chiharu |
| Then Shizuka-chan and I got pushed into the waterfall basin... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Into the waterfall basin...!? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Who would do that...!? Are you hurt at all...!? |
| Chiharu |
| I'm fine! Physically. You saw me take out those Underlings, right? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Er, do you mean to say you got pushed during the ceremony...? |
| Chiharu |
| ...Yeah. |
| Chiharu |
| It's like, the coming-of-age ceremony was a Diviner-killing ceremony... |
| Chiharu |
| And we get turned into Devils... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| This-- is all a little much for me to process. Shizuka's alright, yes? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| She said she would contact me... |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, we came back together. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| ...Just leave the details until we evacuate to the house. |
| Chiharu |
| Then we'd better take the dancer I saw just now, too. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Dancer? |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, she collapsed just a minute ago... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Nobody's there, though...? |
| Chiharu |
| Huh...? |
| Chiharu |
| You're right... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Was there actually anyone...? |
| Chiharu |
| Uh, YEAH! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Into thin air, huh...? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| That's certainly strange, but we've got another strange thing to deal with... |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| ...!! |
| Chiharu |
| Why do they keep tracking us like this? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Right. That. |
| Shizuka |
| You'll be able to take it a little easier from now on, though. |
| Sunao |
| Yes. We're here, too. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Shizuka...! |
| Shizuka |
| I'm back, Mother. We'll tell you the details in a moment. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| We were just talking about that! |
Shizuka 3
| Shizuka |
| There's a Devil nesting in my hometown. |
| Shizuka |
| (Even as I say that to myself, I find myself growing even more confused...) |
| Shizuka |
| (The customs we've maintained thus far, the wishes we made for the Land of the Rising Sun...) |
| Shizuka |
| (Just by finding out that there's a Devil lurking here, I don't know whether I can still trust them or not...) |
| Shizuka |
| (And the part about how we become Devils-- is that because it wants to kill us in a nefarious manner...?) |
| Shizuka |
| (Is that why it kept all that a secret...?) |
| Shizuka |
| (No, that whole story might be made up too, for all I know...) |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| (I've always loved this place.) |
| Shizuka |
| (But now, everything about my beloved hometown seems completely fake...) |
| Shizuka |
| (In that fake world, I was bound by rules meant to eat Diviners...) |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| (No, I can't... I can't think negatively...) |
| Shizuka |
| (Even if I was born and raised in a fake world...) |
| Shizuka |
| My mother's existence is real... |
| Shizuka |
| So the same must be true of the others... there's no way they could be fake! |
| Shizuka |
| —!? |
| Shizuka |
| The lights are on in that house...! |
Shizuka 4
| Shizuka |
| Is anyone in here!? |
| Woah! Hooray, everyone! |
| Our Diviner is back! |
| "Waa—!!" |
| Welcome back, Shizuka-chan! |
| Thank you, thank you! You did so well, coming back...! |
| We thought we might never see you again, what with the ceremony being over. |
| Shizuka |
| Um... |
| Shizuka |
| Charu and Sunao came back with me, too. We thought something might have happened? |
| All three of you? |
| Then we'll be saved nice and soon, I take it! |
| Shizuka |
| But why are you all gathered here? |
| Lady Mikoshiba came over all of a sudden, |
| saying that monsters were showing up, and told us to hide until things cooled down. |
| Shizuka |
| (She noticed that we were back, and ordered the villagers to evacuate...?) |
| Shizuka |
| (Just as we thought, it's trying to wipe us out and revert to how things were...) |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka-chan, what's the matter...? |
| Shizuka |
| (Everyone could be fake, though... Underlings in disguise, for instance...) |
| Shizuka |
| ...You're all real, right...? |
| Real...? |
| Shizuka |
| I—I'm sorry! |
| Shizuka |
| I just felt a little uneasy, since I've never seen the village like this. |
| Oh, it's all right. After all, you've always been protecting us, Shizuka-chan. |
| We understand how you might feel anxious. Especially with that injury before, good heavens. |
| But we all believe in the three of you! So please, try to feel at ease. |
| Shizuka |
| (They're probably real... I think it's safe to assume that.) |
| Shizuka |
| Yes, I'll be fine. Thank you, ma'am. |
`
Shizuka 5
| Shizuka |
| Okay! My worries are gone, and I'm feeling fine! |
| Shizuka |
| I'm going to go defeat the Devil! |
| Sorry for leaning on you so hard at a time like this. But do your best out there! |
| Shizuka |
| Certainly. |
| Shizuka |
| We Diviners exist precisely for times like these! |
| Shizuka |
| By the way, have all the villagers gathered here? |
| Shizuka |
| It's an emergency, so has anyone evacuated elsewhere? The Grand Shrine, for instance? |
| No, everyone ought to be here. |
| Shizuka |
| ...Then even if anything happens here, I suppose my mother ought to keep you safe... |
| Ah, yes. With a head family member here, we'll be safe and sound. |
| Shizuka |
| Can anyone call my mother? |
| No, wait... I haven't seen anyone from the head family so far. |
| Shizuka |
| Eh... Nobody saw her...!? |
| I haven't... |
| Shizuka |
| You're kidding... |
| Shizuka |
| Also, right... Where's Chiharu's mother!? |
| The woman who volunteered as your nurse? |
| Shizuka |
| Yes, the one who treated my wounds! |
| Sorry, I haven't seen her... |
| Shizuka |
| But what about when you were evacuating!? |
| We should have been together till then. |
| Yes, I saw that too. |
| But I don't think I ever saw her since we evacuated to this house... |
| Shizuka |
| ...I'll go look! |
| Shizuka |
| How can only my and Chiharu's mothers not have evacuated...? |
| Shizuka |
| The only explanation I can come up with is they got targeted... |
| Shizuka |
| (But, why...?) |
| Sunao |
| ...Thinking about it from the Devil's perspective, |
| Sunao |
| feeding off of the Diviners by manipulating them would be more appealing to it, |
| Sunao |
| so it might be trying to do away with us here and reset the situation... |
| Shizuka |
| So it's trying to kill all the relatives involved...? |
| Shizuka |
| —!? |
| Shizuka |
| Telepathy... From Sunao...? |
Sunao branch unlocked
Next: All 15
Sunao 4
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| (It might be my fault that the situation's gotten so complicated...) |
| Sunao |
| (Because I became a Diviner without Mikoshiba's permission...) |
| Sunao |
| (And I was punished by being forced to kill someone...) |
| Mikoshiba |
| What!? She already became a Diviner!? |
| Sunao's father |
| It's not Sunao's fault, though, we swear! |
| Sunao's father |
| We're the ones to blame for not telling her about Diviners...! |
| Mikoshiba |
| A grave crime... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Have ye forgotten that your family was born of a Tokime branch family!? |
| Sunao's father |
| We are fully aware of that...! |
| Mikoshiba |
| If so, things should never have gotten to this point. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Your awareness of the clan may be weak, certainly, but you have a daughter entering the age of menarche! |
| Mikoshiba |
| You kept this from her on purpose for some reason, didn't ye...? |
| Sunao's mother |
| ............ |
| Sunao's mother |
| We didn't want her to develop an interest in them. In Diviners... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ye fool! |
| Sunao |
| No! |
| Sunao |
| Mom and Dad did nothing wrong! |
| Sunao |
| It was me. I made a wish and became a Magical Girl on my own. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Is that what they're called out there, these days? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Then, what did thou wish for? |
| Sunao |
| ...For Mom and Dad's sake. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Trivial... Wasteful... |
| Sunao |
| How is that trivial...!? |
| Sunao |
| Is it so bad to make a wish for the people you love!? |
| Mikoshiba |
| I'm saying that one of the Tokime bloodline must not make such a wish. |
| Mikoshiba |
| ...Come. Listen to me a moment. |
| Sunao |
| Wh-what...? |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Thou must atone for thine and thy parents' crime with thy own behavior." |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Even if thou hast become a Diviner wastefully, there are mountains of things thou canst do in the village." |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "If anyone who disobeys our will doth appear, thou shalt kill that person." |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Thou cannot refuse." |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Kill others to atone for your crime, or thy parents die to atone for your crime. Two choices, but in essence, only one." |
| Sunao |
| (I'm still afraid...) |
| Sunao |
| (But if we take care of the Devil fast enough, maybe I can save Mom and Dad too...) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| If Mikoshiba's there, I take her into custody, and question her after the Devil is defeated... |
| Sunao |
| Once she's in her right mind, I'll ask her what she was thinking... |
| ............!! |
| Sunao |
| Move aside! I have business in this house! |
Sunao 5
| *Ka-chak*... |
| Sunao |
| Lady Mikoshiba...? |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| She evacuated with the other villagers, surely...? |
| Sunao |
| (That, or she's working as an agent of the Devil...) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| Not here... |
| Sunao |
| (I'll take this chance to search the shelves that I couldn't when Mikoshiba was here...) |
| Sunao |
| (...A gap in the wardrobe.) |
| Sunao |
| —!? |
| Sunao |
| (There's a faint light...) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| ...This is an old laptop... |
| Sunao |
| (There shouldn't be anything like this in the village...!) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| It's usable... |
| Sunao |
| Password... |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| Oh no! |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| Several Underlings in this room... and outside, too... |
| Sunao |
| This is Mikoshiba's home, after all... |
| Sunao |
| It only makes sense that the Underlings would welcome me with large numbers... |
| Sunao |
| (For now, I need to request aid from Shizuka...) |
| Sunao |
| And defend this computer with my life. |
Sunao 6
| Sunao |
| Take this-- and vanish! |
| ............!?!? |
| Sunao |
| Hah... Hah... |
| Sunao |
| Though I've left the room in quite a mess... |
| Sunao |
| The computer... seems... intact... |
| Sunao |
| Whew... |
| Sunao |
| (The password...) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| (1234...) |
| Sunao |
| (Of course it isn't...) |
| Sunao |
| (Still, there's got to be a limit to what she can remember at her age...) |
| Sunao |
| (Since she's using a computer this old, I expect that her knowledge and common sense about them would be fairly outdated too...) |
| Sunao |
| (It's just a hunch, but I don't think it should be that complex...) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| (The information that I've gathered in hopes of getting revenge someday...) |
| Sunao |
| (There's got to be something seemingly-complex that she'd still be able to remember somewhere... A word, a number...) |
| Sunao |
| (How about her safe combination...?) |
| Sunao |
| —!? |
| Sunao |
| It worked...! |
| Sunao |
| (There's hardly any files at all...) |
| *Click, click click*... |
| Sunao |
| (It's got an internet connection...) |
| Sunao |
| (The e-mail...) |
| *Click*... |
| Sunao |
| (...is empty. Nothing in the recycle bin, either...) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| *Click* |
| Sunao |
| (But something's taking up some disk space.) |
| Sunao |
| (Commonly accessed folders...) |
| *Click* |
| Sunao |
| Ah... |
| Sunao |
| (A lot of audio files...) |
| *Click* |
| Sunao |
| ............It's muted? |
| Sunao |
| Ah, the earphones... |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| This is...! |
| Shizuka |
| I'm sorry, Sunao! I ran into some Underlings on the way too! |
| Sunao |
| Don't worry, I'm alright. I already defeated them, as you can see... |
| Shizuka |
| ...You don't look well, though? |
| Sunao |
| I had a bit of difficulty, that's all. |
| Shizuka |
| Are you hurt...? |
| Sunao |
| I'm fine. |
| Sunao |
| (Is this something that I can tell her that easily...?) |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| Sorry, but can you help me out with a search after this...? |
| Sunao |
| Search? |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah. |
| Shizuka |
| My and Charu's mothers are missing... |
| Sunao |
| Both of yours, on top of everything else... |
| Sunao |
| Do you have any idea where to search, though...? |
| Shizuka |
| That's the main issue... |
| Shizuka |
| —!? |
| Shizuka |
| Wait, Charu's calling me... |
| Sunao |
| (I have to take this... to the grave...) |
All 14
| Chiharu's mother |
| ............*Sigh*. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Ms. Hiroe... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| First the Diviners and the Tokime Clan, now this... my suspension of disbelief was already stretched pretty thin. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| ...I understand how you feel. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| It's hard for me to imagine that the whole village lies inside a Labyrinth... |
| Chiharu |
| Sorry for dumping this on you so suddenly... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Don't apologise, Chiharu. We're just a little surprised. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| I told you, I'd already prepared myself for whatever would happen when you became a Diviner. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| I can bend my own common sense enough to accept this. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Really, I'm sure it was far harder for you Diviners to hear this... |
| Shizuka |
| However, we still have no idea about how much of it was true... |
| Shizuka |
| It's clear to us that I was almost killed by Mikoshiba, |
| Shizuka |
| that Mikoshiba threatened Sunao into becoming an assassin, |
| Shizuka |
| and that Underlings are suddenly emerging from nowhere in the village... |
| Sunao |
| And the part about... how we Diviners become Devils...? |
| Shizuka |
| Mikoshiba might have been lying in order to kill me in a more horrible way... |
| Shizuka |
| That possibility's still open, so I'm not taking it as fact just yet. |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka's mother |
| What's wrong, Shizuka...? |
| Shizuka |
| ...A little while ago, I had a thought that scared me. |
| Shizuka |
| If, hypothetically, the village really is a Devil's Labyrinth, |
| Shizuka |
| then all the scenery and people I've seen might be no more than illusions, too... |
| Chiharu |
| My mom came with me from outside, so I can guarantee that she's real! |
| Chiharu |
| And Shizuka-chan's mother was attacked by Underlings, too, |
| Chiharu |
| so she can't be fake either! |
| Shizuka |
| Charu... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Who do you think gave birth to you, anyway? |
| Shizuka |
| That's... |
| Sunao |
| Try not to overthink it all like that. Let's just focus on the here and now. |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah, sorry. |
| Chiharu |
| At any rate, we're 100% sure that there's a Devil here. |
| Chiharu |
| Let's beat the stuffing out of it and find Granny! |
| Chiharu |
| We can't interrogate her without finding her, after all. |
| Shizuka |
| Though if the Devil's been manipulating her, she might not have any memory of it. |
| Sunao |
| Ah, that's... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| ...I think the three of you should hurry things up. |
| Chiharu |
| It's evening already...! |
| Chiharu |
| If we don't defeat it before thsunset, it'll be just like that night last time! |
| Shizuka |
| Right. When darkness falls, the Devil will have free reign... |
| Chiharu |
| What's gonna happen to our moms if we leave, though!? Will they be okay!? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Don't worry. I can take out a few Underlings myself. |
| Chiharu |
| Even though your sword broke!? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| So I want you to do me a quick favor before leaving. |
| Chiharu |
| What...? |
| Bang!! |
| Chiharu |
| —!? |
| Chiharu |
| A ton of swords... In the wardrobe... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Can you infuse these swords with your Diviner powers? |
| Shizuka |
| I see. |
| Chiharu |
| See what? |
| Shizuka |
| A Diviner can apply her power to various objects. |
| Shizuka |
| And if you infuse your power into weapons like these, |
| Shizuka |
| they become weapons that can be used to fight Devils. |
| Chiharu |
| Ama—zing! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| So, sorry to ask this of you, but come over and infuse these before you go. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Us old folks may have technique, but not your power. |
| Chiharu |
| Gotcha! We'll top these things right off! |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao, you come help too! |
| Sunao |
| O—okay! |
| Shizuka |
| The only question left is where to find the Devil... |
| Sunao |
| Um, there's still one sword left over. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| That's our ace in the hole, so could you leave that one alone? |
| Shizuka |
| They say that the Tokime Diviners have each been adding their power to it for generations. |
| Sunao |
| That's something precious indeed. Understood. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| About that sword though, Shizuka. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| I might have to tell you the rest of the story about it when you come back. |
| Shizuka |
| Aw. What's with that half-finished feeling...? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Just keep it in mind. |
| Shizuka |
| ...Okay, I understand. |
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| Shizuka |
| So, got any idea after you both patrolled around the village...? |
| Chiharu |
| Nothing at all here... |
| Chiharu |
| The shrine still smells as weird as ever, but that's about it. |
| Sunao |
| I went to Mikoshiba's house, but didn't find anything particularly amiss... |
| Shizuka |
| Same here, actually. |
| Shizuka |
| I patrolled over there while double-checking that everyone was safe, but found nothing worth mentioning... |
| Shizuka |
| Did we all really not feel anything...? |
| Sunao |
| I can sense a Devil's presence. |
| Sunao |
| But, how should I say this... it feels flat, even... |
| Sunao |
| There's slight changes every so often, but the intensity of the reaction remains the same... |
| Chiharu |
| I think I'm feeling the same thing? |
| Chiharu |
| I was just searching around for everybody, thinking "wow, it sure hasn't changed much." |
| Chiharu |
| What about Shizuka-chan? |
| Shizuka |
| The same as you two, unfortunately... |
| Shizuka |
| Even an idea about whether it's approaching or leaving would be good... |
| Chiharu |
| Maybe it's constantly moving and keeping a set distance from us? |
| Sunao |
| Wouldn't it be impossible to keep the same distance from all three of us...? |
| Chiharu |
| Hmn, right... |
| Sunao |
| Perhaps the response is changing slightly because it's hiding somewhere...? |
| Chiharu |
| Hiding something, being hidden... hmm, you might be on to something. |
| Sunao |
| ............? |
| Chiharu |
| At times like these, I ask Todoriki Kouichi! |
| Shizuka |
| Who? |
| Sunao |
| Ah, the character from that drama? |
| Chiharu |
| You know him, Sunao-chan!? |
| Sunao |
| Just the name, not much else. |
| Chiharu |
| I see... |
| Shizuka |
| So, what can this Mr. Todoriki do? |
| Chiharu |
| I put myself in the shoes of Mr. Todoriki as he's solving a case, and ask him! |
| Chiharu |
| Hmnーーー |
| Chiharu |
| Mr. Todoriki, the reaction remains the same no matter how much we move. |
| Chiharu |
| What should we do at a time like this!? |
| - Todoriki (Chiharu) - |
| If you're absolutely sure that the culprit is lurking nearby, try taking a moment to remove the map from your mind. |
| - Todoriki (Chiharu) - |
| You should realize that the world you perceived as a flat plain is actually composed of three dimensions, with its own mountains and sky. |
| - Todoriki (Chiharu) - |
| Think carefully, with that in mind. |
| - Todoriki (Chiharu) - |
| In today's world, that little thing called 'truth' may be lying somewhere much closer than you expect. |
| Chiharu |
| Phew... That's what Mr. Todoriki told me. |
| Shizuka |
| "Told"...? You were just talking to yourself in a funny voice... |
| Chiharu |
| Playing the part makes me feel like I've gotten smarter...! |
| Sunao |
| I agree that it's a perspective we've largely ignored so far, though... |
| Sunao |
| Considering the differences between two and three dimensions... |
| Shizuka |
| Got any idea...? |
| Sunao |
| Yes... |
| Sunao |
| To make matters quick, I think it's underground. |
| Shizuka |
| Underground...? |
| Sunao |
| If you think about it from a two-dimensional perspective, |
| Sunao |
| the distance from us to the Devil should have been shrinking, eventually approaching zero meters. |
| Sunao |
| But if it were somewhere 200 meters below ground, |
| Sunao |
| the difference in the reaction as we moved, if any, wouldn't feel very significant. |
| Chiharu |
| The sky looks pretty empty to me, so if it's anywhere, I bet it'd be underground! |
| Shizuka |
| But is there anywhere to hide beneath the village...? |
| Shizuka |
| ——!? |
| Sunao |
| Do you know a place...? |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah... Just one...！ |
| Shizuka |
| By the way, have all the villagers gathered here? |
| Shizuka |
| It's an emergency, so has anyone evacuated elsewhere? The Grand Shrine, for instance? |
| No, everyone ought to be here. |
| Shizuka |
| The Grand Shrine...! |
| Chiharu |
| Where's that? |
| Shizuka |
| It's behind the kagura stage that Charu went past. In the same place as that old shrine building... |
| Chiharu |
| The awful-smelling place...！ |
| Shizuka |
| Charu might have been sensing it from the very beginning... |
| Shizuka |
| That little thing called 'truth' might be lying somewhere much closer than we expect. |
| Chiharu |
| Exactly! |
| Sunao |
| Then, let's go. |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah. We're almost out of time, after all-- let's hurry to the Grand Shrine. |
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| Chiharu |
| The smell definitely feels stronger than before... |
| Shizuka |
| I assume that by 'smell,' you mean a sort of incident-related feeling? |
| Shizuka |
| Like the power you feel from Devils, for example. Is it unconnected to that? |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah... It's not like power, exactly. |
| Chiharu |
| It's this feeling that something bad's about to happen. Like I've got this awful, queasy feeling in my chest. |
| Shizuka |
| And you've been feeling it from here the whole time... |
| Sunao |
| We can't know what it really is until we go inside... |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah... |
| Chiharu |
| By the way, what's the Grand Shrine that Shizuka-chan mentioned...? |
| Shizuka |
| The Grand Shrine is where our gods are venerated. |
| Shizuka |
| Like Kyūbē-sama, who grants our wishes, |
| Shizuka |
| and all the Diviners who fought for the Land of the Rising Sun before us. |
| Sunao |
| Have you ever gone inside? |
| Shizuka |
| Nope... |
| Shizuka |
| Trainee dancers have been summoned in, |
| Shizuka |
| but I don't think most people have been there. |
| Shizuka |
| Though it was designated as an emergency shelter, we've never had an emergency until today... |
| Sunao |
| I see... |
| Shizuka |
| We've arrived. Once you enter the shrine building, there should be a path down. |
| Chiharu |
| ... |
| Shizuka |
| Charu? |
| Chiharu |
| Uwegh... It's so gross... |
| Sunao |
| Wait, are you all right!? |
| Chiharu |
| Sorry... But I think I'll be able to get used to it in a minute... |
| Chiharu |
| I don't understand... What is this...? ...It's malice, probably. |
| Sunao |
| Malice? |
| Chiharu |
| You get this gross feeling when you see a person doing something bad, right? |
| Chiharu |
| It sorta feels like that... |
| Shizuka |
| If it's not reacting to the Devil, perhaps there's someone that you need to arrest...? |
| Sunao |
| We might find Mikoshiba down there too, not just the Devil... |
| Chiharu |
| ...Alright. I'm okay now. |
| Sunao |
| Then, let's start descending...? |
| Chiharu |
| Okay... |
| Shizuka |
| You felt that reaction right as we arrived at the stairway. |
| Chiharu |
| We did it. This is the right place... |
| *Step, step, step*... |
| *Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle*... |
| *Clonk, clonk, clonk*... |
| Sunao |
| How far down should we go...? |
| Shizuka |
| I don't know... This is my first time in here too, after all... |
| Sunao |
| So there's a lot of things that even the head Tokime family doesn't know... |
| Shizuka |
| Really, the only one who knows everything is Mikoshiba... |
| Chiharu |
| Our enemy might be manipulating Granny, too, |
| Chiharu |
| so I bet it's real tough. |
| Sunao |
| True, we must be prepared... |
| Shizuka |
| If we die, everything will be buried in darkness... |
| Shizuka |
| It's our duty to go back alive and expose everything under the sun's rays. |
| Chiharu |
| ...I can see a light. |
| Sunao |
| *Inhale*... |
| Chiharu |
| ...Strong malice... |
| Shizuka |
| ...and a Devil's strong power... |
| Chiharu |
| ............What is this place...? |
| Shizuka |
| Such a magnificent place... built without anyone knowing... |
| Shizuka |
| Mikoshiba... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Little girls... Ye did well, figuring out I was here... |
| Shizuka |
| Charu seems to have felt the smell for a long time, though. |
| Mikoshiba |
| My, how pesky. |
| Mikoshiba |
| It was a blunder on my part not to kill ye earlier. |
| Shizuka |
| Don't you dare talk so casually about killing her. |
| Shizuka |
| You're going to tell us everything that's happened until now! Not a single omission! |
| Mikoshiba |
| Thou needn't order me to. I shall tell thee as a last parting gift. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Come, now. Why not come and play with the Devil to liven up the conversation? |
| Sunao |
| The Devil! |
| Sunao |
| Shizuka, Charu! It's behind Mikoshiba! |
| 衆倒令專 方界諸聞 若持後佛 |
| Mikoshiba |
| Bury them for me, o Devil...! |
| Mikoshiba |
| And then it will be their parents' turn! |
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| Chiharu |
| Granny's controlling the Devil...!? |
| Sunao |
| It may look that way, but there's no way she could pull off a feat like that... |
| Shizuka |
| This is the head Tokime priestess we're talking about. |
| Shizuka |
| It hardly seems strange when Diviners already exist. |
| Chiharu |
| But... It's still possible that it's the one manipulating her. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Go, crush them! |
| 出佛爲應!! |
| Shizuka |
| Ghh...! It's certainly powerful enough to envelop a whole village... |
| Shizuka |
| However! |
| 衆大因非!?!? |
| Shizuka |
| I hit it... |
| 得是喜德 |
| Shizuka |
| But not fatally... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ho ho! |
| Mikoshiba |
| I've been raising this Devil for years! You're just inexperienced young girls! |
| Mikoshiba |
| You're generations behind. Go and melt them all together...! |
| 沮名量趣 當南紫一! |
| Sunao |
| What's with that water...!? |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao, step back! |
| 者肩金等 其興方利 出一故藐 |
| Chiharu |
| It keeps closing in on us! |
| Chiharu |
| If we get up higher...! |
| Shizuka |
| Alongside the wall... |
| Sunao |
| Kick off the wall, and leap all the way to the Devil... |
| Shizuka |
| If we do that, we'll hit the water the moment we fall! |
| Mikoshiba |
| How pleasant it is to hear the cries of you annoying little girls! |
| 歡光吼生 |
| Shizuka |
| Kh! |
| 喜汝諸勒 |
| Shizuka |
| I'll use my power to stop it now... |
| Shizuka |
| CEASE!! |
| Sunao |
| The water flow stopped...! |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao! Escape up above while you still can! |
| Sunao |
| But Shizuka, you can't move, can you!? |
| Shizuka |
| Get up while I'm holding it back! |
| Chiharu's voice |
| Shizuka-chan! Sunao-chan! |
| Shizuka |
| Huh--? There's a rope wrapped around me... |
| Sunao |
| With a jitte on the end... |
| Chiharu |
| I'm gonna pull you upーーーー!! |
| Chiharu |
| Raaaーーーgh!! |
| Shizuka |
| Uwa! |
| Sunao |
| Kya! |
| Chiharu |
| Success! |
| Shizuka |
| Thanks, you saved us. |
| Sunao |
| I hardly expected something that quick-witted. |
| Chiharu |
| Hee hee hee. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Petty tricks... |
| Chiharu |
| The stage where we'll fight is up here! |
| Chiharu |
| If we occupy the top of the shrine, oncoming water is nothing to fear! |
| Sunao |
| Right. Let's attack from here! |
| Shizuka |
| We just narrowly escaped from death. |
| Mikoshiba |
| It's useless to scurry around like that. |
| Mikoshiba |
| O, Devil! |
| Mikoshiba |
| Worry not about destroying the shrine! Eliminate them at any cost! |
| 顛不十敎 德威生舍 土空當佛! |
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| Chiharu |
| Suffer thyself to be bound! |
| 佛當舌斯!? |
| Shizuka |
| She's succeded in binding it... |
| Shizuka |
| Thanks, Charu! |
| Shizuka |
| Tear into this Devil, O Sevenfold Swords! |
| 願合者愍!?!? |
| Shizuka's voice |
| Finish it off, Sunao! |
| Sunao |
| If you want to melt us, we will in turn purify you! |
| Sunao |
| With this light! |
| 得十佛下!?!? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ough... Ngh... |
| Mikoshiba |
| What, can't thou move!? Art thou no more of a Devil than that!? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Can'st thou show me thy true power?!! |
| ............!! |
| Chiharu |
| You're going to pop a blood vessel in your head, getting that angry... |
| Mikoshiba |
| You loathesome little Hiroe girl... |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| Granny... Wake up. |
| Shizuka |
| You might not be controlling that Devil. It could really be controlling you! |
| Shizuka |
| If that's the case, you've been ending lives for no reason... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Stop talking nonsense, Tokime girl. |
| Mikoshiba |
| As if I could ever be manipulated. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Everything I've done is in accordance with our traditions of divine offspring. |
| [Note] 御子神 (mikogami): IRL Shinto term referring to gods that are children of other gods |
| Mikoshiba |
| All of it is true. |
| Mikoshiba |
| My control over this Devil, the fact that ye wretches shall become Devils... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Furthermore, |
| Mikoshiba |
| the acts of discarding those who leave, and killing those who come from outside... |
| Mikoshiba |
| They are committed out of necessity for this village... Nothing more and nothing less. |
| Mikoshiba |
| All this is necessary for this place to continue serving as the Land of the Rising Sun's shadow. |
| Shizuka |
| So that whole story is true...? |
| Shizuka |
| How we're just used-up dregs after our wishes were granted... |
| Shizuka |
| ...and so we're killed to get rid of us? Is that the village's tradition? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Precisely. |
| Mikoshiba |
| For that reason, ye should be buried. |
| Mikoshiba |
| To ensure that the existence of Tokime is never exposed under broad daylight! |
| 生是目謗 授弗達長 往法當輩! |
| Chiharu |
| There's no getting through to her right now... |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah... But I still have hope. |
| Shizuka |
| She'll return to normal after we slay the Devil... |
| Shizuka |
| Though Mikoshiba might be an awful old granny, there were times when she was kind... |
| Sunao |
| Shizuka, stop... |
| Sunao |
| Don't hold out that kind of hope for her. |
| Shizuka |
| ...Don't worry. It really is just a faint hope. |
| Mikoshiba |
| This is thy last chance, Devil! Don't you dare fail this time... |
| 忍行實相 稱光三汝 生受門須 |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao, Charu, let's make this next one the finishing blow. |
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| 佛色佛諸 應故至貧 以諸靡乃 彼地如國 意聞淨佛 如甚修覆 |
| Chiharu |
| W—we beat it... Victoryyy... |
| Sunao |
| We consumed quite a lot of energy... |
| Sunao |
| But it dropped its Soul, so I believe we'll be fine... |
| Shizuka |
| What about Mikoshiba...? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ough... Ng...h... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| Don't tell me... |
| Chiharu |
| Is Granny okay...? |
| Shizuka |
| We can't have her dying on us down here. |
| Sunao |
| Yes. It'd leave mountains of questions unanswered... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| ...Seems she's just fainted. |
| Shizuka |
| Mother! |
| Chiharu |
| Mom! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| ——!? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Chiharu! Shizuka-chan! Sunao-chan! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| You defeated the Devil, yes? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| I assumed as much, given how the Underlings suddenly vanished. |
| Chiharu |
| It was SUPER tough, but we all worked hard and managed to beat it! |
| Sunao |
| It was nice teamwork. |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah. What about the two of you...? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Exhausted, as you can see... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| We only had sword left. Another second, and everything would have been over... |
| Shizuka |
| Thank goodness we made it in time... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Now, about Lady Mikoshiba-- was she with the Devil...? |
| Sunao |
| She was manipulating the Devil... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| In other words, she was in league with it...? |
| Chiharu |
| We're still not sure. |
| Chiharu |
| It looked that way, but it's possible that she was actually being manipulated. |
| Shizuka |
| Chiharu, let's talk about that later. |
| Shizuka |
| We just have to ask Mikoshiba after she wakes up. |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Then, let's go back to our house for now... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| May we also stay at the house you're renting, Ms. Hiroe? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Yes. Yours is in shambles now, after all... |
| Shizuka |
| Huh...!? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Mu... uuh... |
| Shizuka |
| So you're finally awake... |
| Chiharu |
| Granny, are you okay...? |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Mikoshiba |
| ...Ye're the Diviner girl. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| As far as I can tell, you're uninjured, but do you feel unwell at all? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Ms. Hiroe, you don't have to worry about her that much. |
| Mikoshiba |
| The Tokime and Hiroe mothers... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ah, is that it? Did I get hurt somehow, an' pass out? |
| Chiharu |
| ...Don't you remember anything? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Sorry, dear... Everything lately seems t' be a bit of a blur... |
| Chiharu |
| Huh...? Is this for real...? |
| Shizuka |
| People who receive a Devil's Brand do tend to forget what happened... |
| Mikoshiba |
| I received one? From a Devil...? |
| Sunao |
| ...But if anything, it looked like you were manipulating said Devil... |
| Mikoshiba |
| I'm so sorry... I can't remember a thing... |
| Mikoshiba |
| But it's true that ye saved me, right? |
| Mikoshiba |
| I must express my gratitude to ye three Diviners. Thank ye, truly. |
| Shizuka |
| Still... We have things that we want to ask you... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ...About what? |
| Shizuka |
| It's fine if your memory's hazy. We still want to hear what you have to say. |
| Shizuka |
| About us Diviners... |
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| Mikoshiba |
| ...And I really did say all of that, correct...? |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah, you did. |
| Shizuka |
| At the coming-of-age ceremony, you said that Diviners inevitably become Devils. |
| Shizuka |
| You also said that Diviners can never be allowed outside, so the village can continue being the Land of the Rising Sun's shadow... |
| Mikoshiba |
| I've never heard of any of that... |
| Mikoshiba |
| But I hardly think that ye'd be a dishonest girl... |
| Mikoshiba |
| So please, allow me to at least make an apology. |
| Shizuka |
| Well, alright... |
| Chiharu |
| Granny, you're lying... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ah, that's a shame... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Considering what I did, it's natural for ye to say so... |
| Chiharu |
| It still smells...! |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| Enough. I can't take this anymore... |
| Mikoshiba |
| Toki girl...? |
| Sunao |
| I thought things might be all right if you'd just admit to all of it, but I've heard enough... |
| Sunao |
| I didn't want to say this, because I knew Shizuka and Charu would be hurt by it... |
| Sunao |
| I thought that if Mikoshiba were punished, I should take this to the grave. |
| Sunao |
| But-- but I can't, any more! |
| Mikoshiba |
| W—what are ye talking about...? |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah, what is it? What's so bad that we can't hear it? |
| Sunao |
| ...! |
| Sunao |
| I went to Mikoshiba's house, right? |
| Sunao |
| Of course, I couldn't find her there at the time. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Oh, that's right. Where was I...? |
| Sunao |
| At the Grand Shrine... |
| Mikoshiba |
| There, of all places...?! Unbelievable! I was by a Devil's side in such a holy place!? |
| Sunao |
| Don't change the subject! |
| Sunao |
| I take it you don't remember threatening to kill my parents? |
| Mikoshiba |
| I'm afraid not... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Then, you shouldn't remember threatening me into coming here either... |
| Mikoshiba |
| That's... true... |
| Sunao |
| How far back did this go...? When did your memories become blurred? |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Mikoshiba |
| It was... yes, I believe it was since Sunao's case. |
| Mikoshiba |
| One year... Perhaps even two, at most...? |
| Sunao |
| Then you were at least in your right mind during that case... |
| Mikoshiba |
| That... case...? |
| Chiharu |
| Sunao-chan... What are you talking about...? |
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| Sunao |
| I went to Mikoshiba's house, and I found something... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| A computer, which shouldn't be here in this village... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| I entered the same number as your safe combination, and logged in to it. |
| Sunao |
| Then, I found some audio files... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ...So what? |
| Sunao |
| Several of the files were at least 2 years old... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ...And you listened to them? |
| Sunao |
| Yes... Clearly, with my own ears... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Mikoshiba |
| I see. I see... So you heard them... |
| Sunao |
| What was that...!? Tell me...!! |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ye're better off not knowing. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ignorance is bliss. |
| Sunao |
| This is not something you can get away with! |
| Mikoshiba |
| ...Yes, I should never have allowed people in from outside... |
| Mikoshiba |
| I'll tell ye this. There's no written documentation. |
| Mikoshiba |
| Leaving any would risk other villagers reading about it. |
| Sunao |
| Mikoshiba...! |
| *Crick*... |
| Sunao |
| Huh...? |
| Mikoshiba |
| Ough... |
| Sunao |
| Mikoshiba...!? |
| Chiharu |
| Granny! |
| Shizuka |
| Wait, what's happening...!? |
| Chiharu |
| Mom! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Girls, leave the room! |
| Chiharu |
| Granny's dead? Really...？ |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Yes... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| She had poison tucked into her back tooth. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Perhaps she intended to escape into the underworld, in the end. |
| Chiharu |
| She didn't have to do that... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Charu... |
| Sunao |
| That means she admitted them... Her wrongdoings... |
| Chiharu |
| But... but... He said that any bad guy can have another chance... |
| Chiharu |
| Mr. Todoriki said so... |
| Shizuka |
| It's quite possible that there's some people who can't... |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| I can't forgive her... |
| Sunao |
| Doing as many awful things as she likes, and then dying to cover them all up...! |
| Sunao |
| I'm sorry... I shouldn't have brought it up... |
| Sunao |
| I should've gotten more out of Mikoshiba first... I could've waited...! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Sunao-chan, calm down... |
| Shizuka |
| I'd probably have doubled down on her even if you didn't, Sunao... |
| Shizuka |
| Because I saw more bodies in the waterfall basin than could've accumulated within a couple of years. |
| Shizuka |
| The Devil had nothing to do with it. |
| Shizuka |
| She'd been killing Diviners of her own accord... The entire time... |
| Shizuka |
| ...So, Sunao. What did you hear from the computer...? |
| Sunao |
| ...I don't even want to talk about it. |
| Shizuka |
| It's something to do with me and Charu, right...? |
| Shizuka |
| Let us hear about it... |
| Sunao |
| No. You're guaranteed to regret it! |
| Shizuka |
| But it's about us, right? |
| Shizuka |
| It's not fair of you to take it to your grave. |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, Sunao-chan. |
| Chiharu |
| We want to know about ourselves. So let us carry it, too. |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| What I heard... what I heard was... |
| Sunao |
| ...! |
| Sunao |
| The prices of Diviners' lives... |
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Sunao 7
| Sunao |
| (A lot of audio files...) |
| Click |
| Sunao |
| ............It's muted? |
| Sunao |
| Ah, the earphones... |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| This is...! |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "It's me." |
| 'So, about the one who'll enact the miracle. Have you finished preparations yet?' |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Just hold yer horses a little while longer. I'll be able to ensure it within a few more days." |
| 'I must ask you to work slightly faster, or we'll have a problem on our hands. If all goes well, this incident could easily shift the political landscape.' |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Believe me, I'm aware of yer circumstances. How long do you think I've been doing business with all of you? This isn't the first time you've made use of us." |
| 'Well, I simply received your contact information from Sensei. Whether I can really trust you or not will depend on how this case turns out.' |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Your political rival has also contacted me, but the price you put forth was much more favorable. As such, you can rest easy." |
| 'Just don't leave it too late, whatever you do. The payment for the wish is already complete, you know.' |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "I already told ye. Just have patience for a few more days." |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "When the time comes, you'll receive a satisfying result for your payment, and you too will be thankful to Sensei." |
| 'We're counting on you.' |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Also, I'm sure you understand this already, but all of our conversations are recorded as evidence. We'll have each other over a barrel from now on." |
| - Mikoshiba - |
| "Do not ever let that slip your mind. It may very well end your political career." |
| 'Of course.' |
Sunao branch ends. The story continues on the main route (See All 15)
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| Chiharu |
| The pricing of lives...? |
| Shizuka |
| Which means, the pricing of my and Chiharu's lives...? |
| Sunao |
| ... Exactly. |
| Sunao |
| A conversation with an unknown man was recorded... |
| Sunao |
| Though it was hard to understand at the beginning, |
| Sunao |
| the topic gradually shifted to about the wish made when becoming a diviner... |
| Chiharu |
| Who is on the other side...? |
| Sunao |
| I heard only his voice in the file at that moment. As for his name... |
| Sunao |
| Anyway, he must be a celebrity... |
| Sunao |
| She talked about the pricing of the wish... and the trend of the time... with that person... |
| Shizuka |
| In short, our wishes... Our lives were sold out... |
| Shizuka |
| Hah... |
| Shizuka |
| Sorry for telling you straightforward... You are more tolerant than I expected... |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| ... Uh... |
| Chiharu |
| We didn't wish for the Land of the Rising Sun...? |
| Sunao |
| ... That fact doesn't change. |
| Chiharu |
| But, the old woman received money and asked us to make the wishes... |
| Chiharu |
| I... |
| Chiharu |
| I didn't sacrifice my life to the god... |
| Chiharu |
| My life was just sold to an unknown man... |
| Chiharu |
| ... My wish... What did I wish for... |
| Shizuka |
| Indeed, it was probably sold. Even so... Even so, Charu... |
| Shizuka |
| Your wish was indeed realized, and foiled the evil nesting within justice... |
| Chiharu |
| Shizuka-chan... |
| Shizuka |
| So, it was meaningful... It was... Charu...! |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah... |
| Chiharu |
| By the way, Sunao-chan... How much was I...? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Wait, Charu... You don't have to ask about that... |
| Sunao |
| Yeah, it's not about price. |
| Chiharu |
| This liar... |
| Sunao |
| We are friends, and that's priceless. |
| Sunao |
| Charu and Shizuka have always been the greatest people. |
| Sunao |
| How much are they... I don't know... |
| Chiharu |
| Sunao-chaan... |
| Shizuka |
| Thank you... |
| Shizuka |
| Sorry for making you bear that... You are the greatest person too... |
| Sunao |
| Even if I attempted to kill you...? |
| Shizuka |
| Of course. |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| It turned out that Mikoshiba knew everything and manipulated the devil too... |
| Shizuka |
| And this village has long been selling lives since ancient times... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Shizuka, not exactly... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| This is Tokime's village. It knows nothing about how things were before Mikoshiba came... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Even if you want to ask, the dead men tell no tales... |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Jeez... |
| Chiharu |
| If that's the case... If that's the case, just do it till the very end...! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Charu, what are you doing! Stop! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| As my mom said, however bad she was, a dead person is dead! |
| Chiharu |
| Not that... |
| Chiharu |
| It still smells wrong, didn't I say that just now! |
| Chiharu |
| The old woman still smells like a bad person even when she is dead! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| So what can you do? |
| Chiharu |
| The so-called truth may be lying in the very unexpected vicinity. |
| Chiharu |
| If it could lie in the computer Sunao-chan found |
| Chiharu |
| the real important things may be carried with her, right? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| I see... Let me search... |
| Mikoshiba |
| ............ |
| Chiharu's mother |
| ... I'm sorry. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| Is there... nothing...? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Something inside the pocket... |
| Chiharu |
| Here it is... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| ... This is |
| Shizuka |
| a book...? What... what is the weird script... |
| Sunao |
| I don't know... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Nothing can be done if it is unreadable... |
| Chiharu |
| This is... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| A brain is essential to becoming Mr. Todoriki. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| You promised that you will study and learn the classics now. |
| Chiharu |
| H'm. Why the classics? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| You have to, it is the Hiroe family's tradition. |
| Chiharu |
| I'll change this from my generation... |
| Chiharu |
| Mom!! |
| Chiharu's mother |
| We... can read it...! |
| Shizuka |
| You're kidding... |
| Chiharu |
| Our family has the rule of remembering this script... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| But we never expected it to appear in such case... |
| Shizuka |
| It can be... deciphered? |
| Chiharu |
| Quite possibly...! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Then I'll leave the deciphering to you. We are going to summon other people. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Other villagers are still in shelters. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Anyhow, Mikoshiba should be carried home too... |
| Sunao |
| Okay... |
| Shizuka |
| Then, Charu... Please... |
| Chiharu |
| Okay. I'll try. Mom, try reading this. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Yeah. We probably have to stay overnight. |
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| Shizuka |
| Thanks for your hard work, Charu. |
| Sunao |
| Thanks. |
| Chiharu |
| It's my first time to stay overnight... |
| Sunao |
| The same to us. |
| Chiharu |
| Was it much harder for you to deal with? |
| Sunao |
| It's because Mikoshiba died... |
| Shizuka |
| And on top of that, the dancers died too, creating a fuss... |
| Chiharu |
| That's the reason why people were gathering... |
| Shizuka |
| Perhaps only people linked to diviners knew the fact... |
| Shizuka |
| The dancers were said to be adopted as Mikoshiba's successors. |
| Sunao |
| Then, what about Charu's side? |
| Chiharu |
| Here is it: though we didn't dig into every detail, it's comprehensible overall. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Though almost all read by your mother. |
| Chiharu |
| Ur... I will learn it hard... |
| Sunao |
| But why should we come here? |
| Chiharu |
| This shrine is the root of Tokime, a good place to start things, |
| Chiharu |
| except it isn't — The Wavering Deity is nearby. |
| Shizuka |
| Why the Wavering Deity? |
| Chiharu |
| Just listen to it and you will understand. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| So can we listen to it now? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Don't just give us cliffhangers and make us impatient. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Okay, the story is divided into two chapters. |
| Chiharu |
| One is Mikoshiba's story, another Tokime's. |
| - Chiharu - |
| Let me begin with Mikoshiba's story She used to be a warrior dispatched to protect Tokime who managed to come into power when there happened to be no diviners in the village |
| - Chiharu - |
| Since then Mikoshiba altered many rules creating rituals like Nation's Guard's Holy Music, the ceremony of diviners, and the coming-of-age ceremony |
| - Chiharu - |
| By having the village's girls have their wishes granted she obtained the ability to manipulate devils |
| - Chiharu - |
| Then she hid the village in a labyrinth |
| - Chiharu - |
| Which is to say, Mikoshiba hid the village in which diviners are created for money in a labyrinth killing diviners in order to monopolize it so that no information would be leaked out |
| Shizuka |
| What Mikoshiba had done on me... |
| Chiharu |
| seems to have been long followed... |
| Shizuka |
| Then, we might one day become devils... |
| Chiharu |
| Seems to be true too... |
| Shizuka |
| How can that be... |
| Shizuka |
| ... What followings that! |
| Chiharu |
| Okay, go on. |
| - Chiharu - |
| The following writes about the Wavering Deity |
| - Chiharu - |
| It is a devil formed by the dumped diviners who could neither go out nor return to the village hence becoming a drifting existence |
| - Chiharu - |
| The Wavering Deity would return to the village as soon as Mikoshiba and the labyrinth of the devil are eliminated |
| - Chiharu - |
| Ultimately, it will devour the village and erase all evidence of the diviners — That's all it writes |
| Chiharu's mother |
| It feels like an obsession that she would never surrender Tokime to anyone else... |
| Shizuka |
| Oh, wait... |
| Shizuka |
| Since there is already no labyrinth covering the village...! |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, the Wavering Deity must be returning... |
| Chiharu |
| At that time, we must defeat it. |
| Sunao |
| We'll attacking our ancestors head-on... |
| Chiharu |
| Not exactly... |
| Chiharu |
| We are going to liberate the diviners who have always suffered... |
| Chiharu |
| By us the rules Mikoshiba had set up will be smashed...! |
| Shizuka |
| But, since our ancestors have grown for so many years, |
| Shizuka |
| are we three capable of defeating them...? |
| Shizuka |
| Though we know a battle is inevitable. |
| Shizuka |
| Wow! |
| Chiharu |
| This reaction... It's the Wavering Deity... |
| Shizuka |
| Now I understand the reason to get all the trouble to take up positions here. |
| Shizuka |
| We will attack it head-on here, right? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| I know it's a bad timing, but can you all return to my home...? |
| Shizuka |
| Mom!? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| I'll tell you about the sword I talked about last night while walking. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Whew, it still raise my pulse despite my life experience. |
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| Shizuka |
| So what are you gonna inform me? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Firstly, Hiroe family is the descendant of Mikoshiba, make no mistake. |
| Chiharu |
| Huh... By Mikoshiba, you mean the old woman? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Exactly. |
| Chiharu |
| But why!? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Only Mikoshiba's people can read that kind of script. |
| Chiharu |
| Though I heard from my mom that we came out from Tokime's Village |
| Chiharu's mother |
| I never expected that to be Mikoshiba... |
| Chiharu |
| It's complicated... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Don't say so, |
| Shizuka's mother |
| because we Tokime's family have been waiting for you |
| Chiharu |
| You know we didn't come for that, right? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Even I wasn't aware of that until last night. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| But finally, I understood the meaning of the story that has been passed down by Tokime's... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| When the ones who can read Mikoshiba's script appear, Mikoshiba will collapse. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Before the collapse, diviners should sharpen a sword. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| There is a legend goes like this in Tokime's family. |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| This time we decided to decipher the book after witnessing the situation of the village. |
| Shizuka |
| Actually, could we read the book in the first place, we would be able to see the big picture of the plan... |
| Shizuka |
| And to annihilate the plan, we will battle against the Wavering Deity... |
| Sunao |
| Maybe Shizuka's and Charu's families used to cooperate with each other? |
| Sunao |
| And the plan was leaked, so one was banished and lived outside as Hiroe family... |
| Shizuka |
| My family has been sharpening the knife... |
| Chiharu |
| My family has been passing down Mikoshiba's script... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Shizuka! Accept this! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| This is the treasured sword to which Tokime's diviners' power has infused. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Use the power incorporated during the 100 years, 200 years, or even 300 years, |
| Shizuka's mother |
| and liberate the Wavering Deity. |
| Shizuka |
| I'll use it properly. |
| Sunao |
| This will be the final battle |
| Chiharu |
| Those who infused their emotions into the sword must be wandering as the Wavering Deity. |
| Shizuka |
| Go and welcome them back, as well as the bright feeling they once had. |
| Chiharu |
| At the end of the centuries-long time! |
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| Chiharu |
| The Wavering Deity is pretty close... |
| Sunao |
| No, it's still far away... |
| Chiharu |
| Will it become excited when seeing the village? |
| Shizuka |
| After hundreds of years of wandering, it will finally see its hometown... |
| Shizuka |
| Though they are no longer humans they used to be, but just a devil. |
| Shizuka |
| Still, seeing the place where it beloned |
| Shizuka |
| should make it happy, right? |
| - Chiharu - |
| -Chiharu- However, even if it wants to return happily it is just a venomous devil now |
| - Sunao - |
| -Sunao- We can't allow Tokime's village surrendered to it as its living space |
| Shizuka |
| That's why we should liberate it with our hands, right! |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, exactly! |
| Chiharu |
| Their real destination is the Heaven. |
| →→→→!!! |
| Chiharu |
| O—kay! |
| Chiharu |
| The first shot — nah, the first jitte is mine! |
| →↑↓↑←!?!? |
| →→→⇒!! |
| Shizuka |
| Let us go your boss' place! |
| ←↓←↑!?!? |
| →⇒→⇒!!! |
| Sunao |
| Go inward at one fling! |
| ↓↓↓→...!?!? |
| Chiharu |
| Huh... Huh... Hey, Shizuka-chan! |
| Shizuka |
| What's up, Charu? |
| Chiharu |
| What's next after liberating the Wavering Deity! |
| Sunao |
| Too early to ask. |
| Shizuka |
| Though we don't know, I guess we will have to rebuild the village first, |
| Shizuka |
| then explain things that have happened so far. |
| Shizuka |
| Everyone will definitely be shocked just like what happened yesterday. |
| Chiharu |
| Not that—! |
| Shizuka |
| What!? |
| Chiharu |
| I mean what should we do as diviners! |
| Shizuka |
| Well, what should we do...? |
| Shizuka |
| We won't know until we defeat it. |
| Shizuka |
| You see, finish up what's right in front of you first! |
| Shizuka |
| We are entering the deepest part. |
| Chiharu |
| Okay. |
| 壷*ｒｶ蟶縺ｫ螳ｰ縺Ы※!! |
| Sunao |
| --!? |
| Chiharu |
| The devil's power feels overwhelming... |
| Shizuka |
| It's existence per se... seems oppressive... |
| Sunao |
| ... |
| Chiharu |
| Sunao-chan! |
| Sunao |
| Sorry, the strong power suddenly feels... |
| Chiharu |
| Really, my head... feels dizzy now... |
| Shizuka |
| Even the followers are bluffing...？It's hard to even stand up, why... |
| 繧ゅ＠ｸ縺ｪ縺??ｪ峨?∫ｧ√ |
| Shizuka |
| AAaaah!! |
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| We kill people after becoming a devil We didn't become the existence that saved the Land of the Rising Sun We want to tell others, but we can no longer do anything |
| Shizuka |
| Hah... |
| Shizuka |
| What, is that voice...! |
| - ??? - |
| Though 'twas a diviner's body, as a devil, becometh tantamount to death Even if I save one person tomorrow may kill a hundred the day after |
| Shizuka |
| (The devil...?) |
| 貞ｮ医溽ｩ｢繧後◆肴ｵ!! |
| Shizuka |
| Don't look at me... |
| - ??? - |
| Tainted, stained, we became unclean |
| Shizuka |
| Stop... Don't say that...！ |
| - ??? - |
| 'Tis a body for price evaluation |
| Shizuka |
| (This is...) |
| - ??? - |
| One silver coin, two silver coins, forty grammes, eighty grammes, price label'd, display'd in shops |
| Shizuka |
| (From within my body...!) |
| - Shizuka - |
| My life isn't mine I was kept, sold, then became a devil, staining this hateful mortal world |
| Shizuka |
| Ye... Yeah... I don't know about what's next. |
| Shizuka |
| Because we are existences that will become devils... |
| Shizuka |
| We didn't fight for the Land of the Rising Sun, so we are designed to be killed. |
| Shizuka |
| Even pricing lives... |
| Shizuka |
| Even what Mikoshiba had done might be right. |
| Shizuka |
| And that's why we have been living within the confine of these conventions... |
| Shizuka |
| I really don't want to consider about what's next after defeating it. |
| Shizuka |
| Because, isn't it too horrible! |
| 蝨＊溷慍‡繧［］貞ｮ医ｌ!! |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| Ough...！ |
| Sunao |
| Pricing lives is wrong...! |
| Sunao |
| As you Shizuka said to me, I am the best person, |
| Sunao |
| there is no difference between lives! |
| Sunao |
| Wouldn't Shizuka be admirable if she maintains her honor, never surrendering it, and always does her best? |
| Sunao |
| Even if we become devils someday, |
| Sunao |
| won't it be good if we fight for the Land of the Rising Sun till the very end! |
| Sunao |
| Meanwhile, we may be able to find out... |
| Sunao |
| a new path for us, right! |
| Sunao |
| Let's find it out together, Shizuka！ |
| Sunao |
| To compensate your forgiveness for me, |
| Sunao |
| I will heal your heart, always...! |
| Shizuka |
| Sunao... |
| 薙Зｧ縲∫嚀俶純Лｵ縺ｦ!? |
| Sunao＆Shizuka |
| Ouuuugh! Aaah! |
| Chiharu |
| Cough cough... |
| Chiharu |
| I am too weak to be the cushion... |
| Shizuka |
| Chiharu... |
| Sunao |
| Sorry... |
| Chiharu |
| Hey, listen to me... |
| Chiharu |
| I didn't finish Tokime's story in the book, did I? |
| Shizuka |
| --!? |
| - Chiharu - |
| Before Mikoshiba came... Tokime's people think about national affairs on their own They made their wishes on their own mind too |
| - Chiharu - |
| Though when the war became fierce and nobody was trustwrothy and also when there were no diviners left they became under Mikoshiba's control |
| - Chiharu - |
| Those who became coming-of-age seemed to really have departed and gone out |
| - Chiharu - |
| After that, they knew their relationship with devils However, here's how Tokime's people thought |
| - Chiharu - |
| "Honor can be maintained as long as souls were sacrificed to the Land of the Rising Sun" |
| - Chiharu - |
| "Even if I become a devil, what I have achieved won't be wasted" |
| Shizuka |
| Which means... |
| Shizuka |
| If I literally sacrificed my soul to the Land of the Rising Sun... |
| Shizuka |
| my honor can be maintained...! |
| Shizuka |
| Even if I become a devil, what I have achieved won't be wasted. |
| Shizuka |
| Proud of that, I can fight till I eventually fall...! |
| Shizuka |
| That's what I said to Mikoshiba... |
| Chiharu |
| You did say so... |
| Chiharu |
| So, here's what I think: |
| Chiharu |
| there is no place for Mikoshiba inside Shizuka-chan's soul, which has always been Tokeme's. |
| Chiharu |
| Thus, as Sunao-chan said, let's find it out together! |
| Sunao |
| Shizuka! |
| Shizuka |
| Sorry... |
| Shizuka |
| I was the one who was beaten by the devil... |
| Shizuka |
| But I have woken up...! |
| 蟆剰ｳ｢励＞滉Ч偵Щ九↑！ |
| Shizuka |
| Let us three keep some distance! |
| Chiharu |
| Okay! |
| Shizuka |
| Fortunately, we are a trio. |
| Shizuka |
| I want us three to win together and find our new future! |
| Shizuka |
| So! |
| 菫ｗｐ＊斬翫Лｑ!! |
| Shizuka |
| Let's watch over where our ancestors will be liberated! |
| Shizuka |
| Huh... |
| Shizuka |
| Oh, Tokime's sword... |
| Shizuka |
| Open a future for us...!! |
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| - Chiharu - |
| Time elapsed hurriedly after the Wavering Deity was liberated |
| - Chiharu - |
| That's because we had to tell everyone the history of Tokime and Mikoshiba |
| - Chiharu - |
| As well as to search Mikoshiba's home and investigate into her background so far |
| Chiharu |
| Is your family fine, Sunao-chan? |
| Sunao |
| Yeah, perfectly. |
| Sunao |
| Papa and mama also apologized more than before. |
| Shizuka |
| I'm glad that everything returned to normal. |
| Shizuka |
| Now we have broken free from Mikoshiba's curse. |
| Sunao |
| Yes. |
| Chiharu |
| And we will be together from now on too, right? |
| Sunao |
| Of course. Why not? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Ah—, I'm tired; I'm tired... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| It is a feeling of done and dusted though. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Actually, everyone is so unfamiliar with modern society. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Without you, Ms. Hiroe, we couldn't have made clear anything. |
| Chiharu |
| Welcome back, mom. |
| Shizuka |
| You must be tired. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| On the case of Mikoshiba, everything finally fell into place. |
| Chiharu |
| --!? |
| Chiharu |
| How was that!? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Let Ms. Hiroe tell that. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Eh, ah, okay... |
| - Chiharu's mother - |
| The root of this incident was indeed the village's convention but it seems that what triggered it was the Mikoshiba's debt |
| - Chiharu's mother - |
| After a huge investment failed she seemed in trouble of cash flow Therefore, she took advantages from diviners hurrily |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Regardless of reasons, she used others' kids... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| I can't forgive that, not even if I am dead... |
| Chiharu |
| Mom... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| I don't want to say like that before my daughter, but it's such a feeling of holding a grudge until the doomsday. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Definitely... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| That being said, Ms. Hiroe, the doomsday hasn't come yet, right? |
| Chiharu's mother |
| ... Don't carp at me pointlessly. |
| Sunao |
| Then, the reason she reached out to me and Chiharu was... |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Sunao-chan's becoming a diviner should be out of Mikoshiba's expectation. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| So she turned to us, triggering an unexpected chain of incidents. |
| Sunao |
| If so, had I never become a diviner, Charu wouldn't have to bear all of these. |
| Chiharu |
| There is no such thing! |
| Chiharu |
| We already decided to be together. Don't dither over such thing! |
| Sunao |
| O—okay, I know that. |
| Shizuka |
| By the way, what about other villagers? It seems that they never calm down... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Eventually, the village has been blessed by diviners. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| In the past, people could grow their own crops and live good lives. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| In other words, adults become worried when losing their financial support. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Of course, I am no exception. |
| Shizuka |
| Please don't say that indifferently... |
| Shizuka's mother |
| What Mikoshiba worried about included the funding of the village too. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| We have to take it into consideration. |
| Shizuka |
| ... The same way we also worry everything about the future of diviners... |
| Shizuka |
| People in the village have their things to worry about in the future too. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| That's true. |
| Shizuka |
| Didn't you find anything else? |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Hmm, if you mean something interesting, I found something like Tokime's family tree. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Actually, Tokime's bloodline seems to have scattered all around. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| It looks like our blood relatives live in other mountains and seaside areas too. |
| Shizuka |
| Hueh— |
| Chiharu's mother |
| On top of that, what will you do? That's what I concerned about. |
| Chiharu |
| We have a clear answer in our minds. |
| Chiharu |
| We already knew what we would fight for in our hearts and what we would aim at! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Oh, you became pretty reliable. |
| Shizuka's mother |
| Then, what's your first step? |
| Chiharu |
| Firstly, we will have a conversation with Cubey-sama! |
| Shizuka's mother |
| With Cubey-sama? |
| Sunao |
| Yes, about any method for us to avoid becoming devils, |
| Sunao |
| we want to know if he knows anything about that. |
| Shizuka |
| Then, we will plan our future living according to the answer. |
| Chiharu's mother |
| Anyhow, we three will be together from now on. |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah! |
| Chiharu |
| Because we must change us diviners' fate! |
All 28
| Sunao |
| Can we summon it out without dancers? |
| Shizuka |
| It is the god, but we are not the priestess. I'm afraid we can't. |
| Chiharu |
| We won't know unless we try! |
| Shizuka |
| Yeah. |
| Chiharu |
| Then, let's try shouting loudly! |
| Shizuka |
| Okay. |
| Chiharu |
| One, two, |
| - Three people - |
| "Kyu———be————sama————" |
| Shizuka |
| ............ |
| Sunao |
| ............ |
| Chiharu |
| ............ |
| Shizuka |
| It doesn't work? |
| Kyubey |
| Hey, it's you who called me out, right? |
| Chiharu |
| He came! |
| Shizuka |
| Then what's the meaning of the dance...? |
| Sunao |
| Probably a performance to make it felt solemn... |
| Kyubey |
| Did you summoned me for no reason? |
| Shizuka |
| Ah, no! We have things to ask you! |
| Kyubey |
| I'll answer anything I can. |
| Kyubey |
| Then, Shizuka, what do you want to ask from me? |
| Shizuka |
| Well, we know that we will become devils... |
| Shizuka |
| Do you know any method to avoid that? |
| Shizuka |
| The means that we can keep living as diviners. |
| Shizuka |
| Because we fight for the Land of the Rising Sun and don't want others to suffer! |
| Kyubey |
| I'm sorry, but I cannot satisfy your expectation. |
| Chiharu |
| You don't know any...? |
| Kyubey |
| True. |
| Kyubey |
| At least I don't know any method to avoid it. |
| Kyubey |
| There haven't been many successful cases so far. |
| Chiharu |
| --!? |
| Chiharu |
| Did you just say "many"!? |
| Chiharu |
| Then it means it's just Cubey-sama doesn't know, |
| Chiharu |
| but the method exists, right!? |
| Sunao |
| Yet, Cubey-sama doesn't know, right...? |
| Kyubey |
| True. It's hard for me to tell you by myself. |
| Kyubey |
| But you can see how it works and obtain it. |
| Sunao |
| Obtain...? |
| Kyubey |
| Do you know a place called Kamihama City or not? |
| Chiharu |
| I don't... |
| Shizuka |
| Neither I... |
| Sunao |
| Ah, I once heard about it! |
| Kyubey |
| There is an automatic purification system in Kamihama City. |
| Kyubey |
| Thus, if you manage to obtain it, |
| Kyubey |
| I think you will be able to avoid becoming devils. |
| Kyubey |
| Of course, I cannot say I am sure about that. |
| Shizuka |
| That trivial thing doesn't matter...! I suddenly feel the overwhelming hope...! |
| Shizuka |
| Let's go! To Kamihama City! |
| Sunao |
| Yeah, I'll guide you using a map! |
| Chiharu |
| I will explain everything about modern society to Shizuka-chan! |
| Shizuka |
| That—that's not quite necessary. |
| Chiharu |
| Can you use an IC card...? |
| Shizuka |
| ... Haven't even heard the name. |
| Chiharu |
| It's decided! |
| Kyubey |
| If you feel like to go to Kamihama, I have several things to explain. |
| Chiharu |
| Explain...? |
| Kyubey |
| First, there are dozens of girls like you in Kamihama City. |
| Kyubey |
| You'd better keep that in mind. |
| Kyubey |
| Second, they have some different terminology. |
| Chiharu |
| Huh...? |
| Kyubey |
| For example, except around Tokime's territory, girls like you |
| Kyubey |
| aren't known as diviners. |
| Shizuka |
| Then, how they call us? |
| Kyubey |
| You are called magical girls. |
Epilogue
| Sunao |
| Diviner. |
| Shizuka |
| Magical girl! |
| Sunao |
| Devil. |
| Shizuka |
| Witch! |
| Sunao |
| Devil's ghost. |
| Chiharu |
| Well! Grief seed! |
| Sunao |
| Jewel. |
| Shizuka |
| Soul jam! |
| Sunao |
| You lose! |
| Chiharu |
| I remembered them well though. |
| Shizuka |
| I am too familiar with the old names. |
| Shizuka |
| It's pretty hard to switch away... |
| Sunao |
| That's because of your long experience. |
| Shizuka |
| Speaking of which, Charu hasn't since felt the village's awful smell? |
| Chiharu |
| No. It's completely away. Now I breathe more freely. |
| Sunao |
| Eh, was that a real smell? |
| Chiharu |
| Actually not. It was like something from intuition? |
| Shizuka |
| It doesn't seem to have anything to do with witches, but is really like a power specialized for any case. |
| Chiharu |
| Yeah, I might have felt malice at that time. |
| Sunao |
| It somehow sounds like a power that may be useful in the future too. |
| Chiharu |
| I'll do my best for that! |
| Shizuka |
| That's reassuring. |
| Chiharu |
| But it still feels incredible. |
| Chiharu |
| It hasn't been long since I met with Shizuka-chan and Sunao-chan, |
| Chiharu |
| but we three are actually departing together. |
| Sunao |
| Looking back, I couldn't imagine it at all. |
| Chiharu |
| It's so exciting! |
| Shizuka |
| It's been just a couple of days since Charu became a magical girl. |
| Shizuka |
| But for me, it was quite a radical change? |
| Sunao |
| Shizuka is more like confused. |
| Shizuka |
| Nah, actually not quite. |
| Sunao |
| Really? |
| Shizuka |
| I don't really understand it, but I think something finally started, |
| Shizuka |
| and that's my life. |
| -Chiharu- We will obtain it someday The means for not becoming witches! |
| -Sunao- And we will keep fighting for the Land of the Rising Sun till death |
| -Shizuka- That's us Tokime Clan's long-maintained honor |
| -Chiharu- To do so, first, we have to? |
| -Shizuka- I already got the answer |
| -Chiharu- Great, Shizuka-chan! |
| -Sunao- Then, what's the answer? |
| -Shizuka- We should read the family tree remained in Mikoshiba's home and get into contact with people from Tokime clan and its branches |
| -Shizuka- We will recruit people who are willing to join us and found a group of Tokime clan |
| -Chiharu- Oooooh! |
| -Shizuka- When prepared let's go to the other side of this landscape! |
| -Sunao- Exactly over the mountains to the place beyond them |
| -Three people- To Kamihama City! |
The End