Raishin: You know I don't have any choice. Dad's making me.
Nadeshiko: You can't! You said we'd watch the Ryogoku Bridge fireworks together again next year! Was that a lie?!
You told me you would stay right here by my side until I find a husband, remember?
You promised! But you're lying to me! How can I forgive you?
Raishin: It's time to grow up. If you're so helpless without your big brother around, it's good that I'm going.
Yaya: Just open your eyes! Please, Raishin! Wake up!
Loki: Cherubim, we're done here.
Cherubim: Yes, sir. Why, sir?
Loki: Wouldn't want him to die on me, that would result in my disqualification.
Cherubim: Yes, sir.
Bronson: Why did you not take his glove when he was down?
Loki: I could have made the attempt, but the automaton would have fought back more strenuously.
Bronson: Why should you care if it did? You think my Cherubim would be bested by a doll with an unconscious puppeteer?
Loki: It was a Banned Doll, sir. If we'd kept on, its puppeteer would have died before long.
Contestants who cause the death of an opponent are disqualified regardless of the reason.
Bronson: Very well. You have one more thing still to explain, boy. Why did you forfeit seventh place and drop to 99th?
Loki: I had to keep Frey out of that fight. There was no chance that she would win.
We want to compare the Garms' and Angels' performance. To do that, we must eliminate Second Last...
Bronson: That won't be called for.
If you do not stop acting without my leave, I shall be forced to stop your heart.
Now, when you face Rabbi tomorrow, endeavor to destroy it. It will be best for Frey as well.
Loki: As you wish, Father. I understand.
Yaya: Yaya is his puppet! Let her come in with him, please!
Charlotte: Idiot girl! They'll find out she's a Banned Doll for sure!
Yaya: Sister, why are you here?
Charlotte: Sister?
Irori: You need to calm down, Yaya.
Yaya: But Raishin won't wake up! It was just like that other time! He shielded Yaya!
All that blood! It was Yaya's fault! She's a bad doll! She...!
Irori: Now take a breath. How do you think panicking will help the situation?
You know how strong Raishin is. You need to believe in him. Show him some patience.
If nothing else, you know he'll refuse to die until he's defeated Tenzen.
Charlotte: Has there been any change?
Sigmund: None. He's still unconscious, apparently.
Keep resting. I shall alert you if he wakes.
Charlotte: He is such an idiot. A prize idiot. A boundless idiot.
No human could withstand an attack like that without sustaining life-threatening damage.
Sigmund: About that... It sounds strange, but I think Loki may have held back.
Charlotte: I don't see how that would be possible. Cherubim was in the middle of his attack.
And Loki could only ease off at that point if... Wait, could there be a magic circuit that allows for such precise control?!
Sigmund: I cannot be certain, but the answer to that may hold the key to the Blade Emperor's defeat.
Charlotte: We must be sure to tell the idiot about this when he awakens.
Sigmund: Must we? The more Raishin wins, the stronger he'll become.
Imagine just how powerful he'll be once he's worked his way through the ranks and he finally has to face you.
Charlotte: Don't get carried away, Sigmund! I am still Charlotte of the House of Belew!
No matter how powerful he becomes, I shall face him on the battle field and crush him.
You had better not die, Raishin. After all you should be honored just to have me worrying about you.
Yaya: If there are any gods out there listening, please save Raishin's life, Yaya begs you.
She promises not to be selfish anymore.
Even if Raishin flirts with a human girl, Yaya will not be angry or jealous.
Even if he rejects Yaya's attention and comes home smelling of another girl or spurns Yaya for one of those vixens.
Even if one day he suddenly declares he's found a girlfriend!
No no no wait! That was an accident! Yaya will be good, she promises!
Yaya won't be jealous or obsessive or violent ever again!
Kimberley: So, how is he?
Cruel: Looky, that's how. He was slashed with a giant sword and he's still breathing.
That's a good start. A couple more millimeters and it would've punctured a lung.
A centimeter, would've hit the lad's heart.
Kimberley: It is likely he'll survive, though?
Cruel: As far as this wound, yeah, however.
His vital forces are still being drained.
He could drop dead without any warning.
Kimberley: Thanks, doc. So lad, do you have enough fight left in you to return to the festival?
Students: See, Blade Emperor's keen for the fight to start.
Well, I don't know why. The bottom fifty together couldn't match him. This fight will be a bore.
Shh! Look. Here comes Silent Roar.
Loki: I'm surprised you're here, Frey. Disappointed as well, I might add.
I expected you to back out of this bout.
Frey: No, I would never run away from this, Loki.
Loki: Ever since we were children, you've been slow and clumsy at everything.
Always so eager to give up when things got hard.
How many hundreds of times did you get frightened and run to me for protection?
Yet here you are now? You don't actually intend to fight me?
Frey: You don't get it. My entire life, I've always thought you could do anything.
So bright and brilliant and strong, good at everything you try.
Never letting fear take over, just calm and steady.
And that made things easy for me. All I had to do was stay near you and keep out of sight.
Now here we are. You may despise me, but it doesn't matter.
I am going to fight you tonight! I can't keep cowering in your shadow.
I can't protect anyone from there.
Loki: You foolish girl. Who are you protecting?
Frey: Rabbi!
Loki: Feeble attempt.
Frey: Evade! Go, Rabbi! Attack again!
Loki: You didn't learn the first time!
Frey: Rabbi! Rabbi, no!
Loki: You wanna close your eyes. This will be its end.
Charlotte: Such strong magic... How can a human even put out that much power?!
Frey: Rabbi?! Are you...?
Charlotte: Something is wrong over there. That's not Frey's magic controlling him anymore.
Frey: What?
Charlotte: What the devil is going on?!
Sigmund: Looks as if Frey's magical power is being forcibly drained out of her.
Charlotte: What do you mean "forcibly"? That shouldn't...
Sigmund: If it doesn't stop, she'll die.
Charlotte: What's that around them? Looks like some kind of force field.
Her blood is being transformed into magic.
Loki: Cherubim, halt.
Cherubim: Yes, sir.
Frey: No, Rabbi! Stop it!
Charlotte: We have to help them!
Kimberley: You will do no such thing!
Students may enter the festival arena by invitation only!
Setting foot in there now would be the very definition of poor form!
Charlotte: Now is not the time to worry about form!
Kimberley: Stand down, Tyrant Rex. Someone is already on the job.
Charlotte: Huh? That bloody idiot!
Raishin: Mind if I cut in? Think I'd like to give this dance a try.
- - - - -
Raishin: Now Yaya! Whistle 24-- What did you do that for?!
Loki: For sticking your nose in again. Now buzz off and annoy someone else. Cherub--
What was that for?!
Raishin: For being an arrogant ass! Do you even know what you're gonna do?!
Loki: You are a complete and total idiot! Obviously I'm going to stop Rabbi from killing me!
Raishin: No, you're the idiot here. Don't you see what's going on?
If you attack now, you're putting Frey's life in danger!
Loki: You don't understand anything. Now shut up and watch while I do what needs to be done.
Raishin: You shut up and watch me!
Loki: Not a chance, idiot! You're determined to interfere?!
Raishin: Sure I am! I won't let you kill Rabbi!
Loki: If he isn't put down, spectators might get hurt and Frey will likely die!
Raishin: If that's your only plan, back off and let me do this! I'll stop him without killing him!
Loki: Give up. You can barely stand as it is. This is the only way left to save my sister.
I'll destroy its heart in one blow, the monster must die, so Frey may live.
Raishin: That's not good enough!
If this ends with Frey alive and Rabbi dead, do you think she'll thank you?!
You'll still be killing a part of her!
Loki: So what's your solution? Save the dog and watch her die?
Raishin: No, idiot! I plan to save them both! Yaya, Whistle 24 Sho!
Yaya: Right!
Raishin: Good job! Now hold him back for me.
Yaya: Don't hurt him!
Raishin: Loki?
Loki: I am a humble, tolerant person.
However, what I cannot abide is someone who is all talk!
You say you can handle this, so hurry and do it so I can kill you!
Raishin: Dream on, pretty boy. I'm gonna kill you first!
Loki: All talk!
Raishin: Sorry for this.
Cruel: Behold a goddess!
Raishin: Thank you for coming. I'm sorry. It's just that... I have no one else to turn to.
Shoko: Now's not the time, boy. But there will be a lecture.
I wouldn't want to intrude without your permission.
Kimberley: Granted, of course. In fact, I'd be honored.
It's not often I get to see the great Karyusai at work.
Shoko: I'll need insulated forceps. And a conductance catheter.
Ethanol and distilled water, too. Plus salt and plenty of it, the last thing I want is to run out.
Irori, go and fetch me a washbasin full of ice, won't you?
Irori: Yes, ma'am.
Shoko: If it's not too much trouble, Professor, would you locate a pair of shears, and snip a lock of the girl's hair?
Raishin: About Rabbi...
Shoko: Save it. You owe me dearly, boy.
Raishin: A magic circuit... You just removed it from him?
Shoko: The Army will receive the specimen they requested.
They should have no reason to complain that I left the poor dog alive.
Raishin: Thank you, ma'am.
Shoko: You're getting ahead of yourself. Don't thank me yet.
His chances of survival are still quite slim.
Raishin: So what exactly happened out there? Why did Rabbi suddenly lose control?
Shoko: Silly boy, you have it backwards. Frey was the one who lost control.
Raishin: What?
Shoko: The amount of power Frey sent Rabbi exceeded safe levels.
It overwhelmed his reason, turning him into a monster.
Clearly you didn't know there's a magic circuit installed in Frey's heart.
Raishin: In her heart?!
Shoko: Like a parasite designed to forcibly extract power from its host.
While it increases her magical affinity, it will eventually reconfigure her entire body.
Have you heard of White mediums?
In this country, I understand they're known as "Promised Children".
Young people born incredibly rich in magic.
Can you imagine the benefits if these kids could be mass-produced?
Raishin: You're saying... you think Frey and Loki are...
Shoko: Synthetic white mediums, yes. Divine Works' most important laboratory rats.
Frey's power is unnatural. Its flow has been artificially divided.
There can be no doubt. Her heart has definitely been mechanized.
Raishin: Divine Works installed machines inside of humans?
Shoko: The change in their coloring is the most visible side effect.
The load on their bodies must cause a breakdown in melanin.
Raishin: That sort of procedure can't be easy!
Shoko: Of course not!
Did you not see what happened to those children whose surgeries were less than successful?
Not another step. I forbid you from setting one foot off campus.
Raishin: But ma'am!
Shoko: Do you remember our discussion about arrogance?
You can do nothing about this situation, boy.
How much more plainly must I phrase it?
Anyway you slice it, you're simply no match for him.
Try as you might, you would accomplish nothing.
Raishin: Him who?
Shoko: The head of Divine Works, naturally. Named Bronson.
He was a student here 20 years ago. Even earned the Wise Man title.
Now I hope you haven't forgotten our agreement.
You don't get to die a pointless death.
Raishin: Are you sure you're allowed out of bed?
Just so you know, Shoko's the world's best doll maker.
So, I'm saying, there is a good chance he'll make it.
When he's feeling up to it, you should think about letting Charl visit.
She kinda has a soft spot for dogs.
Frey: Doesn't sound like Tyrant Rex?
Raishin: Yeah, an intimidating nickname, but not a bad person.
Tough to get to know, maybe.
She's not really unfriendly, though, just misunderstood.
Frey: She's kind of like me in some ways. I don't have many friends either.
But I wasn't lonely. I had my family, and of course I always had Rabbi.
Raishin: And Yomi, was she like family, too?
Frey: Absolutely. We were very close. In fact, she was almost like a second mother to me.
Raishin: I'm sorry. It's my fault.
Frey: Don't blame yourself. It was me. It was because I was so weak.
When my parents died, I was supposed to be the one on stage.
But I was too scared, so my mom... She went instead.
Loki, my own brother, hates me. Because I'm weak and frightened and worthless...
But he is strong, strong enough to be Cherubim's operator.
I'm sorry, Rabbi... I'm sorry I didn't protect you.
I'm sorry everyone dies because I'm so weak.
Raishin: Don't say that. It's not true! None of it is your fault. Understand? Not one bit! Yaya.
Yaya: Yes?
Raishin: I'm an idiot, right?
Yaya: Yes.
Charlotte: And where do you think you're off to at this hour?
Raishin: Taking a stroll.
Charlotte: To the orphanage, I guess.
You're gonna steal Rabbi's automaton siblings before they're demolished, aren't you?
Raishin: Nice girls don't eavesdrop and here I thought you were a lady.
Charlotte: You can barely even walk! And you want to put your body through more?
Think this through, you're half-dead already! Are you hoping to finish the job?
Raishin: There's nothing to worry about, Charl.
I have the world's best automaton at my side. No one can touch me.
Besides, I thought this was the kind of thing you'd understand.
Because family is sacred. And you don't let it go without a fight.
Charlotte: I'll have to stop you then. You wanna get yourself killed, you'll have to fight me for the privilege.
Raishin: What are you getting so worked up for? So what if I die? No loss to you, right?
Charlotte: It isn't about that!
Look, I owe you a debt for saving me. Well, assisting me, a little.
And as a proper English lady, it is only right I return the favor in kind, by rendering you assistance.
So there, I shall do what's necessary, including protecting you from yourself.
Even if it means you'll hate me when all is said and done.
Raishin: I think you're forgetting about the amulet. Its defensive power saved my life.
So you owe me nothing. We're even-steven, Charl.
Charlotte: That was a gift! It doesn't count!
Raishin: I'm asking for your trust. You don't have to trust in me.
But at least trust in the magic strength of the amulet.
Charlotte: That is not fair. It's downright tacky, using my gift against me like that.
Hmph! Fine, you twit, go die in a ditch somewhere and may wild dogs eat your body!
I can always count on your stupidity. It's as reliable as Big Ben!
Raishin: Thanks to Komurasaki getting off campus was simple enough.
But getting in there will be a different matter.
Yaya: They sure have a lot of guards.
Raishin: What happened yesterday must have made them extra-cautious.
Yaya: You flirting with Komurasaki, Yaya's surprised it didn't make them vomit.
Raishin: Let it go, Yaya. That's not what happened.
And show some respect, I almost died.
Yaya: They've already been scrapped?
Raishin: Damn it, I smell an ambush. Time to get rowdy, ready?
Yaya: Yes. Yaya's always ready.
Raishin: Flare 12 Ketsu!
Yaya: Right!
Loki: I am a humble, tolerant person, however, there are three things I simply cannot abide!
Those who order me around, those who stand against me, and of course, foolhardy idiots like you!
Raishin: N-Nadeshiko...
Nadeshiko: Please don't go, Raishin!
Raishin: You know I don't have any choice. Dad's making me.
Nadeshiko: You can't! You said we'd watch the Ryogoku Bridge fireworks together again next year! Was that a lie?!
You told me you would stay right here by my side until I find a husband, remember?
You promised! But you're lying to me! How can I forgive you?
Raishin: It's time to grow up. If you're so helpless without your big brother around, it's good that I'm going.
Yaya: Just open your eyes! Please, Raishin! Wake up!
Loki: Cherubim, we're done here.
Cherubim: Yes, sir. Why, sir?
Loki: Wouldn't want him to die on me, that would result in my disqualification.
Cherubim: Yes, sir.
Bronson: Why did you not take his glove when he was down?
Loki: I could have made the attempt, but the automaton would have fought back more strenuously.
Bronson: Why should you care if it did? You think my Cherubim would be bested by a doll with an unconscious puppeteer?
Loki: It was a Banned Doll, sir. If we'd kept on, its puppeteer would have died before long.
Contestants who cause the death of an opponent are disqualified regardless of the reason.
Bronson: Very well. You have one more thing still to explain, boy. Why did you forfeit seventh place and drop to 99th?
Loki: I had to keep Frey out of that fight. There was no chance that she would win.
We want to compare the Garms' and Angels' performance. To do that, we must eliminate Second Last...
Bronson: That won't be called for.
If you do not stop acting without my leave, I shall be forced to stop your heart.
Now, when you face Rabbi tomorrow, endeavor to destroy it. It will be best for Frey as well.
Loki: As you wish, Father. I understand.
Yaya: Yaya is his puppet! Let her come in with him, please!
Charlotte: Idiot girl! They'll find out she's a Banned Doll for sure!
Yaya: Sister, why are you here?
Charlotte: Sister?
Irori: You need to calm down, Yaya.
Yaya: But Raishin won't wake up! It was just like that other time! He shielded Yaya!
All that blood! It was Yaya's fault! She's a bad doll! She...!
Irori: Now take a breath. How do you think panicking will help the situation?
You know how strong Raishin is. You need to believe in him. Show him some patience.
If nothing else, you know he'll refuse to die until he's defeated Tenzen.
Charlotte: Has there been any change?
Sigmund: None. He's still unconscious, apparently.
Keep resting. I shall alert you if he wakes.
Charlotte: He is such an idiot. A prize idiot. A boundless idiot.
No human could withstand an attack like that without sustaining life-threatening damage.
Sigmund: About that... It sounds strange, but I think Loki may have held back.
Charlotte: I don't see how that would be possible. Cherubim was in the middle of his attack.
And Loki could only ease off at that point if... Wait, could there be a magic circuit that allows for such precise control?!
Sigmund: I cannot be certain, but the answer to that may hold the key to the Blade Emperor's defeat.
Charlotte: We must be sure to tell the idiot about this when he awakens.
Sigmund: Must we? The more Raishin wins, the stronger he'll become.
Imagine just how powerful he'll be once he's worked his way through the ranks and he finally has to face you.
Charlotte: Don't get carried away, Sigmund! I am still Charlotte of the House of Belew!
No matter how powerful he becomes, I shall face him on the battle field and crush him.
You had better not die, Raishin. After all you should be honored just to have me worrying about you.
Yaya: If there are any gods out there listening, please save Raishin's life, Yaya begs you.
She promises not to be selfish anymore.
Even if Raishin flirts with a human girl, Yaya will not be angry or jealous.
Even if he rejects Yaya's attention and comes home smelling of another girl or spurns Yaya for one of those vixens.
Even if one day he suddenly declares he's found a girlfriend!
No no no wait! That was an accident! Yaya will be good, she promises!
Yaya won't be jealous or obsessive or violent ever again!
Kimberley: So, how is he?
Cruel: Looky, that's how. He was slashed with a giant sword and he's still breathing.
That's a good start. A couple more millimeters and it would've punctured a lung.
A centimeter, would've hit the lad's heart.
Kimberley: It is likely he'll survive, though?
Cruel: As far as this wound, yeah, however.
His vital forces are still being drained.
He could drop dead without any warning.
Kimberley: Thanks, doc. So lad, do you have enough fight left in you to return to the festival?
Students: See, Blade Emperor's keen for the fight to start.
Well, I don't know why. The bottom fifty together couldn't match him. This fight will be a bore.
Shh! Look. Here comes Silent Roar.
Loki: I'm surprised you're here, Frey. Disappointed as well, I might add.
I expected you to back out of this bout.
Frey: No, I would never run away from this, Loki.
Loki: Ever since we were children, you've been slow and clumsy at everything.
Always so eager to give up when things got hard.
How many hundreds of times did you get frightened and run to me for protection?
Yet here you are now? You don't actually intend to fight me?
Frey: You don't get it. My entire life, I've always thought you could do anything.
So bright and brilliant and strong, good at everything you try.
Never letting fear take over, just calm and steady.
And that made things easy for me. All I had to do was stay near you and keep out of sight.
Now here we are. You may despise me, but it doesn't matter.
I am going to fight you tonight! I can't keep cowering in your shadow.
I can't protect anyone from there.
Loki: You foolish girl. Who are you protecting?
Frey: Rabbi!
Loki: Feeble attempt.
Frey: Evade! Go, Rabbi! Attack again!
Loki: You didn't learn the first time!
Frey: Rabbi! Rabbi, no!
Loki: You wanna close your eyes. This will be its end.
Charlotte: Such strong magic... How can a human even put out that much power?!
Frey: Rabbi?! Are you...?
Charlotte: Something is wrong over there. That's not Frey's magic controlling him anymore.
Frey: What?
Charlotte: What the devil is going on?!
Sigmund: Looks as if Frey's magical power is being forcibly drained out of her.
Charlotte: What do you mean "forcibly"? That shouldn't...
Sigmund: If it doesn't stop, she'll die.
Charlotte: What's that around them? Looks like some kind of force field.
Her blood is being transformed into magic.
Loki: Cherubim, halt.
Cherubim: Yes, sir.
Frey: No, Rabbi! Stop it!
Charlotte: We have to help them!
Kimberley: You will do no such thing!
Students may enter the festival arena by invitation only!
Setting foot in there now would be the very definition of poor form!
Charlotte: Now is not the time to worry about form!
Kimberley: Stand down, Tyrant Rex. Someone is already on the job.
Charlotte: Huh? That bloody idiot!
Raishin: Mind if I cut in? Think I'd like to give this dance a try.
- - - - -
Raishin: Now Yaya! Whistle 24-- What did you do that for?!
Loki: For sticking your nose in again. Now buzz off and annoy someone else. Cherub--
What was that for?!
Raishin: For being an arrogant ass! Do you even know what you're gonna do?!
Loki: You are a complete and total idiot! Obviously I'm going to stop Rabbi from killing me!
Raishin: No, you're the idiot here. Don't you see what's going on?
If you attack now, you're putting Frey's life in danger!
Loki: You don't understand anything. Now shut up and watch while I do what needs to be done.
Raishin: You shut up and watch me!
Loki: Not a chance, idiot! You're determined to interfere?!
Raishin: Sure I am! I won't let you kill Rabbi!
Loki: If he isn't put down, spectators might get hurt and Frey will likely die!
Raishin: If that's your only plan, back off and let me do this! I'll stop him without killing him!
Loki: Give up. You can barely stand as it is. This is the only way left to save my sister.
I'll destroy its heart in one blow, the monster must die, so Frey may live.
Raishin: That's not good enough!
If this ends with Frey alive and Rabbi dead, do you think she'll thank you?!
You'll still be killing a part of her!
Loki: So what's your solution? Save the dog and watch her die?
Raishin: No, idiot! I plan to save them both! Yaya, Whistle 24 Sho!
Yaya: Right!
Raishin: Good job! Now hold him back for me.
Yaya: Don't hurt him!
Raishin: Loki?
Loki: I am a humble, tolerant person.
However, what I cannot abide is someone who is all talk!
You say you can handle this, so hurry and do it so I can kill you!
Raishin: Dream on, pretty boy. I'm gonna kill you first!
Loki: All talk!
Raishin: Sorry for this.
Cruel: Behold a goddess!
Raishin: Thank you for coming. I'm sorry. It's just that... I have no one else to turn to.
Shoko: Now's not the time, boy. But there will be a lecture.
I wouldn't want to intrude without your permission.
Kimberley: Granted, of course. In fact, I'd be honored.
It's not often I get to see the great Karyusai at work.
Shoko: I'll need insulated forceps. And a conductance catheter.
Ethanol and distilled water, too. Plus salt and plenty of it, the last thing I want is to run out.
Irori, go and fetch me a washbasin full of ice, won't you?
Irori: Yes, ma'am.
Shoko: If it's not too much trouble, Professor, would you locate a pair of shears, and snip a lock of the girl's hair?
Raishin: About Rabbi...
Shoko: Save it. You owe me dearly, boy.
Raishin: A magic circuit... You just removed it from him?
Shoko: The Army will receive the specimen they requested.
They should have no reason to complain that I left the poor dog alive.
Raishin: Thank you, ma'am.
Shoko: You're getting ahead of yourself. Don't thank me yet.
His chances of survival are still quite slim.
Raishin: So what exactly happened out there? Why did Rabbi suddenly lose control?
Shoko: Silly boy, you have it backwards. Frey was the one who lost control.
Raishin: What?
Shoko: The amount of power Frey sent Rabbi exceeded safe levels.
It overwhelmed his reason, turning him into a monster.
Clearly you didn't know there's a magic circuit installed in Frey's heart.
Raishin: In her heart?!
Shoko: Like a parasite designed to forcibly extract power from its host.
While it increases her magical affinity, it will eventually reconfigure her entire body.
Have you heard of White mediums?
In this country, I understand they're known as "Promised Children".
Young people born incredibly rich in magic.
Can you imagine the benefits if these kids could be mass-produced?
Raishin: You're saying... you think Frey and Loki are...
Shoko: Synthetic white mediums, yes. Divine Works' most important laboratory rats.
Frey's power is unnatural. Its flow has been artificially divided.
There can be no doubt. Her heart has definitely been mechanized.
Raishin: Divine Works installed machines inside of humans?
Shoko: The change in their coloring is the most visible side effect.
The load on their bodies must cause a breakdown in melanin.
Raishin: That sort of procedure can't be easy!
Shoko: Of course not!
Did you not see what happened to those children whose surgeries were less than successful?
Not another step. I forbid you from setting one foot off campus.
Raishin: But ma'am!
Shoko: Do you remember our discussion about arrogance?
You can do nothing about this situation, boy.
How much more plainly must I phrase it?
Anyway you slice it, you're simply no match for him.
Try as you might, you would accomplish nothing.
Raishin: Him who?
Shoko: The head of Divine Works, naturally. Named Bronson.
He was a student here 20 years ago. Even earned the Wise Man title.
Now I hope you haven't forgotten our agreement.
You don't get to die a pointless death.
Raishin: Are you sure you're allowed out of bed?
Just so you know, Shoko's the world's best doll maker.
So, I'm saying, there is a good chance he'll make it.
When he's feeling up to it, you should think about letting Charl visit.
She kinda has a soft spot for dogs.
Frey: Doesn't sound like Tyrant Rex?
Raishin: Yeah, an intimidating nickname, but not a bad person.
Tough to get to know, maybe.
She's not really unfriendly, though, just misunderstood.
Frey: She's kind of like me in some ways. I don't have many friends either.
But I wasn't lonely. I had my family, and of course I always had Rabbi.
Raishin: And Yomi, was she like family, too?
Frey: Absolutely. We were very close. In fact, she was almost like a second mother to me.
Raishin: I'm sorry. It's my fault.
Frey: Don't blame yourself. It was me. It was because I was so weak.
When my parents died, I was supposed to be the one on stage.
But I was too scared, so my mom... She went instead.
Loki, my own brother, hates me. Because I'm weak and frightened and worthless...
But he is strong, strong enough to be Cherubim's operator.
I'm sorry, Rabbi... I'm sorry I didn't protect you.
I'm sorry everyone dies because I'm so weak.
Raishin: Don't say that. It's not true! None of it is your fault. Understand? Not one bit! Yaya.
Yaya: Yes?
Raishin: I'm an idiot, right?
Yaya: Yes.
Charlotte: And where do you think you're off to at this hour?
Raishin: Taking a stroll.
Charlotte: To the orphanage, I guess.
You're gonna steal Rabbi's automaton siblings before they're demolished, aren't you?
Raishin: Nice girls don't eavesdrop and here I thought you were a lady.
Charlotte: You can barely even walk! And you want to put your body through more?
Think this through, you're half-dead already! Are you hoping to finish the job?
Raishin: There's nothing to worry about, Charl.
I have the world's best automaton at my side. No one can touch me.
Besides, I thought this was the kind of thing you'd understand.
Because family is sacred. And you don't let it go without a fight.
Charlotte: I'll have to stop you then. You wanna get yourself killed, you'll have to fight me for the privilege.
Raishin: What are you getting so worked up for? So what if I die? No loss to you, right?
Charlotte: It isn't about that!
Look, I owe you a debt for saving me. Well, assisting me, a little.
And as a proper English lady, it is only right I return the favor in kind, by rendering you assistance.
So there, I shall do what's necessary, including protecting you from yourself.
Even if it means you'll hate me when all is said and done.
Raishin: I think you're forgetting about the amulet. Its defensive power saved my life.
So you owe me nothing. We're even-steven, Charl.
Charlotte: That was a gift! It doesn't count!
Raishin: I'm asking for your trust. You don't have to trust in me.
But at least trust in the magic strength of the amulet.
Charlotte: That is not fair. It's downright tacky, using my gift against me like that.
Hmph! Fine, you twit, go die in a ditch somewhere and may wild dogs eat your body!
I can always count on your stupidity. It's as reliable as Big Ben!
Raishin: Thanks to Komurasaki getting off campus was simple enough.
But getting in there will be a different matter.
Yaya: They sure have a lot of guards.
Raishin: What happened yesterday must have made them extra-cautious.
Yaya: You flirting with Komurasaki, Yaya's surprised it didn't make them vomit.
Raishin: Let it go, Yaya. That's not what happened.
And show some respect, I almost died.
Yaya: They've already been scrapped?
Raishin: Damn it, I smell an ambush. Time to get rowdy, ready?
Yaya: Yes. Yaya's always ready.
Raishin: Flare 12 Ketsu!
Yaya: Right!
Loki: I am a humble, tolerant person, however, there are three things I simply cannot abide!
Those who order me around, those who stand against me, and of course, foolhardy idiots like you!
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