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NAN: Something comes up, and it's just*poo*, you're gone! Always, always running away by yourself!
KAROL: It-It's not like that!
NAN: Not like what?!
KAROL: Like I said, back in Halure...
NAN: I'm not talking about Halure!
If you're not ashamed of anything, then shouldn't you hurry back to your friends?
KAROL: It's just that...
NAN: No need to explain to me. I think you've got other people who'll listen to you.
KAROL: Huh...?
KAROL: Guys...
ESTELLE: Karol, I'm so glad you're safe.
RITA: Where the hell did you go? We were really in a jam back there.
KAROL: I'm... I'm sorry...
YURI: Hey, at least you made it out in one piece.
NAN: I'm leaving.
KAROL: Wait...
NAN: You think long and hard about what you've done. That's all I have to say to you.
KAROL: Hey, cut it out
YURI: Let's get going Karol. We're all tired.
KAROL: Yuri...
RITA: Man, we were way off. The Blood Alliance was nowhere to be seen.
YURI: No kidding. We'll have to take any information that guy gives us with a grain of salt.
RITA: "Guy"...? You don't mean...?
YURI: Yeah.
RITA: Ooh! I am gonna roast that deadbeat the moment I see him.
ESTELLE: Let's...let's take it easy on the way back.
KAROL: ...It's not like I...
YURI: Hey! You're gonna get left behind!
KAROL: I'm coming!
Karol: So aer is more than just a handy substance for making blastia work, huh?
Rita: The questions amateurs ask, I swear...
Aer affects everything in the world.
Our own bodies, the growth of living organisms, even the weather.
Estelle: So the blastia in Ragou's palace that controlled the weather was interfering with the aer?
Rita: Correct.
Yuri: So then, that means the aer here is interfering with the processes in our bodies.
Karol: I mean, I can handle it, but is it really a good idea for us to be in aer this dense?
Rita: We shouldn't stay here too long. Especially runts like you who are still growing.
The younger you are, the more of an effect the aer will have.
Yuri: Huh, guess that makes sense.
REPEDE: Grrrr...
CUMORE: Ah, the common rabble. so I've finally found you. That's far enough.
YURI: You lackeys must have had a lot of time on your hands if you crossed the ocean just to see us.
CUMORE: Humph... You're in no position to talk down to the likes of me.
Now, Princess, right this way.
KAROL: Huh? What does he mean, "princess"?
YURI: The princess standing right here in front of us.
ESTELLE: Y-Yuri... But how did you...?
KAROL: What? ...Estelle's a princess?
RITA: I suspected as much myself.
ESTELLE: Rita... You, too?
KAROL: W-wait, you've gotta be kidding...
ESTELLE: ...And what will happen to my friends?
CUMORE: Why, they'll be drawn and quartered for abducting a member of the royal family, of course.
ESTELLE: Please wait. I wasn't abduct --
CUMORE: Ah, what a mouthy young lady you are. This way, please!
KAROL: Estelle...!
CUMORE: Now die like the flies you are!
LEBLANC: Arrest the culprit Yuri Lowell and his accomplices.
CUMORE: Gah...you. The Schwann Brigade...!
CUMORE: Just a minute! This prize catch is mine! I won't let you take him from me that easily!
LEBLANC: "Catch"? Our duties are not to be carried out in the fashion of a hunt.
CUMORE: Humph!
LEBLANC: Did I not also hear someone mention "dying" earlier...?
CUMORE: You did. What is wrong with condemning criminals to their deaths?
LEBLANC: Should not criminals be captured and judged in accordance with the laws?
CUMORE: ...Humph. I suppose I can let you have these little worms.
If it isn't Schwann, it's Flynn. These upstart commoners are so full of themselves...
Even that Commandant...
LEBLANC: This way please, Your Highness. Do watch your step...
ESTELLE: Um, but I...
BOCCOS: Yes, right this way!
LEBLANC: Arrest them in the name of Captain Schwann!
ADECOR: Okay, Yuri Lowell gang it's curtains for you, I say!
RITA: What do you mean "gang"?! Hey, get your hands off me! Do you know who I am?!
KAROL: B-but I haven't done anything!
ESTELLE: Don't hurt them! I beg you...!
YURI: Estelle, don't worry.
ESTELLE: Yuri...!
ADECOR: Just start walking! Walk, I say!
YURI: Ow! Hey, watch it with the pulling...!
LEBLANC: Sir Schwann, we shall take these undesirables to Heliord.
LEBLANC: All members, fall out!
LEBLANC: Continuing on, we will review the particulars of your 18th crime.
YURI: Please do.
LEBLANC: Is it true that you threw a knight sent to collect the taxes into the river?
YURI: Wow, I'd forgotten about that. was that you, Tweedle A?
ADECOR: That's right! I was in bed with a cold for three whole days thanks to you.
YURI: ...How many more of these are there? this is getting pretty boring.
KAROL: ...I wonder what'll happen to me.
BOCCOS: So, I'll write you have "no signs of remorse" in the report then...
YURI: Where's that do-nothing captain of yours, anyway? What was his name? Schwann?
RITA: Playing hooky because he's the big shot.
LEBLANC: You dare mock our captain? Sir Schwann is a legendary hero and a veteran of the Great War ten years ago.
RITA: So basically, his eminence would never stoop so low as to deal with nobodies like us.
ADECOR: Quiet, I say! Quiet! Getting on to your next offense...
LEBLANC: Y-your Excellency Commandant Alexei! To what do we owe this pleasure?!
YURI: Alexei... What...?
ALEXEI: All your crimes are hereby pardoned by the good graces of their Highnesses Estellise and Ioder.
LEBLANC: What?! But these foul criminals have disturbed the peace of the empire...!
ALEXEI: The Imperial Knights thank you for rescuing Prince Ioder and protecting Princess Estellise.
WOMAN: Please take this.
YURI: We've got no need for this. It's not like we did those things for the sake of the Knights.
ALEXEI: I see.
YURI: What about Estelle...?
ALEXEI: She has just given her consent to be returned to the imperial capital.
KAROL: What? ...Well, I guess she is a princess, after all.
ALEXEI: The Princess is waiting at the inn. We would be pleased if you made an appearance.
Karol: I was so surprised to find out that Estelle was a princess!
Yuri: I had a feeling. She knew Flynn, and she was obviously brought up as a noble...
Rita: Shut up. You knew, already.
Yuri: Maybe...
Karol: Oh man... I wonder if I was rude to her without realizing it?
Yuri: Your language has been unpardonable. Captain Karol, the sentence for insulting royalty is... decapitation.
Been nice knowing you.
Karol: What about you?! You're way more rude than I am!
Yuri: Guess it's off with both our heads, then.
Karol: What?! Th-that's...
Rita: Idiots...
KAROL: So Estelle's going back home, huh.
RITA: You don't have a problem with this, Yuri?
YURI: It's not my decision to make.
RITA: Well...I guess that's true, but...
YURI: More importantly, where are we?
KAROL: This is the city of Heliord. Geographically speaking, it's located between Torim Harbor and the city of Dahngrest.
It was only just recently built. It's still a very new town.
If you follow this road to the east you'll hit Caer Bocram, where we were earlier. Cut through the west and go to the northwest to reach Dahngrest.
YURI: I see...well, maybe I'll have a look around the town a bit.
RITA: ...I've got my own business to attend to.
KAROL Hmmm, what to do...
HELIORD THE RISING CITY
YURI: Oh, so both of you were here the whole time!
FLYNN: Yuri, please watch your speech in front of His Royal Highness.
You could at least show due courtesy to the gracious pardoner of your crimes.
IODER: It's okay, Flynn. Miss Estellise and I acted of our own volition.
FLYNN: You've already heard about Princess Estellise then, I see.
YURI: Yeah, I heard.
FLYNN: Yuri, I thought that traveling with you would be to Her Highness' own benefit, but...
IODER: The royal family can't be allowed to romp all over the countryside without restraint.
YURI: That's not very convincing coming from you.
IODER: Haha, I apologize. But now especially, it's undesirable for the royal family's concerns to be brought into the public eye.
YURI: Concerns? You mean whether you or the Princess is next in line for the imperial throne?
IODER: Correct. There are currently two opinions, that of the Imperial Knights, and that of the Council.
FLYNN: Your Highness!
IODER: There's no use hiding any details from him when he already knows so much.
The Imperial Knights are backing my own ascension to the throne.
Meanwhile, Miss Estellise has the support of the Council.
YURI: She's a princess, after all.
IODER: Yes, her relation may be a distant one, but she's unmistakably of royal blood.
YURI: That's gotta be tough for the Knights, too.
Even if she's the rival of their candidate for the throne, it's not like they can just stop protecting the Princess, is it?
FLYNN: Yuri, this matter is...
YURI: I don't know anyone odd enough to be interested in information like this.
Well, I'm going to go drop by Estelle's place, and then I'm gonna take a load off at the inn. Thanks for the chat.
ADECOR: Wait, I saaay!
BOCCOS: Wait, you!
YURI: Hey, it's Tweedle-a and Tweedle-B!
BOCCOS: Don't call us that!
YURI: Something I can help you two with?
ADECOR: Even if you have a direct pardon from His Highness Ioder, I say, that does not change the fact that you committed crimes against the empire!
BOCCOS: As members of the Imperial Knights, our honor will not allow us to simply let that slide!
ADECOR: Yuri Lowell! You will battle with us here, I say, fair and square!
BOCCOS: If you beat us, we'll recognize you as innocent of your crimes!
YURI: Don't make claims you can't back up.
Since when did you two have the authority to forgive people their crimes?
ADECOR: Regardless, we must battle!
BOCCOS: Battle!
YURI: ...If that's what it takes to make you happy, I guess I can humor you.
BOCCOS: Excellent! Come with us!
BOCCOS: Kiss your freedom goodbye, for it ends today!
ADECOR: I say, prepare to face the Imperial Knights' ultimate fighting technique: the burst arte!
YURI: Again, you're claiming regular techniques as your own... that doesn't belong to the Knights!
ADECOR: I say, be quiet!
YURI: The Burst Arte, huh... I've heard of it before, but...
BOCCOS: You don't know how it's done? You fool!
ADECOR: I say, we shall show you!
But before that happens, you'll be reduced to no more than a worthless caterpillar crawling on the ground!
ADECOR: Rargh!
YURI: Maybe it has something to do with Over Limit...
BOCCOS: Go! Show him how it's done, Adecor!
ADECOR: I say, watch me now...!
The arcane arte of the Imperial Knights!
BOCCOS: It didn't hit him! What are you doing?!
YURI: Huh. Burst artes can be linked from an arcane arte.
I wonder if I could imitate that...
ADECOR: Ha, there's no way an amateur could do something like that, I say!
YURI: ...And now, Over Limit...!
INFORMATION: Press directional button to go into Over Limit.
YURI: I'll blow you away.
ADECOR: No thank you, I'm full already.
BOCCOS: Wah, be careful! Yuri Lowell's going to attack!
YURI: Arcane arte...!
INFORMATION: Trigger a burst arte by holding X after an arcane arte.
YURI: You're dead!
ADECOR: Thats enough for today.
BOCCOS: Ngaaah! Burst Arte!
ADECOR: I say, what a terrible turn of events!!
YURI Man... Nothing like some good exercise before turning in for the night.
I guess I'll hurry back to the inn...
RITA: Hey, I thought you went to see Estellise?
YURI: She seems to be asleep already.
We can still talk tomorrow.
KAROL: Right. Why don't we all return to our rooms then.
YURI: What's the matter, Repede?
KAROL: Do you guys hear a strange sound?
RITA: Now that you mention it, yeah...
Clerk: Oh, I've been hearing that the barrier blastia's been acting up lately...
YURI: Hey, hold your horses!
RITA: I can't!
YURI: Commandant Alexei is there, isn't he? He should be able to take care of it.
KAROL: Rita, if we let you go out on your own, it'll just be another repeat of Ehmead Hill.
YURI: Well, if you want, we could at least let Flynn know about it.
ESTELLE: Rita, please wait!
KAROL: Estelle!
ESTELLE: After all, I've heard that the Imperial Knights have made some repairs on the blastia here.
YURI: Give the knights some credit for once, will you?
ESTELLE: Please, Rita.
RITA: ...All right then.
YURI: It's okay for you to be wandering around like this?
ESTELLE: Yes... But can I stay with you until it's time to return to Zaphias?
YURI: I don't mind at all.
YURI: The barrier blastia's been making some odd noises. Do you think it's okay?
FLYNN: You came all the way there because you were worried about that?
As always, Yuri, you can't leave well enough alone if you see anything amiss.
YURI: Hey, it's not me! She was the one that--
RITA: It's obvious that something's not right with that blastia. Let me have a look at it!
FLYNN: This blastia is currently in a state of repair.
I'm sorry, but I cannot allow you to examine it.
RITA: Why!
YURI: What was that vibration?
FLYNN: Don't tell me that was the blastia...
ESTELLE: Maybe something's happened to the blastia!
YURI: Let's get outta here!
FLYNN: Your Highness, you must stay here!
Estelle: What do you think that scary monster we saw in Caer Bocram was?
Yuri: That beast was way tougher than anything I've ever seen before. If it didn't run away when it did, we'd have been in a world of hurt.
Rita: That's a surprisingly cautious opinion, coming from you. Not that I disagree, when it comes to a monster like that.
Estelle: Do you think it was the Hunting Blades who trapped it in the a reverse barrier?
Yuri: ...Yeah, probably... It looked like they'd come to take that monster down.
Whatever the case, I don't want to meet up with a monster like that again.
YURI: Rita...!
RITA Let me go! I can't just leave him like this!
The aer is just pouring out of this thing! At this density it might kill someone!
YURI: And what about you?!
YURI: Dammit! That girl's blastia crazy!
RITA: It's okay. I'll just readjust the volume of aer. You'll be just like new!
FLYNN: It's too dangerous! You've got to get out of here!!
ALEXEI: ...Lead the civilians out of the city, as well as the Princess and the others.
FLYNN: Yes, sir.
ALEXEI: The aer is completely out of control. There's no telling what it will do.
RITA: ...No! The flow of aer has outstripped his capacity.
At this rate, it'll either swallow the city or even explode.
YOUNG MAN: E-explode? did you hear that?!
Everybody, get out of here! Hurry!
ESTELLE: Rita!!
ALEXEI: Princess?!
FLYNN: Your Highness!
YURI: Gah!
YURI: What is she--?!
ESTELLE: Rita! I'm here!
RITA: ...Estellise...
Krityan: ...Commandant?!
RITA: There, got it... Aaaah!
ESTELLE: Rita! Hang on!!
..*Huf* ...Please... Get a room ready...for Rita...
YURI: Do you even hear what you're saying? You're just as worn out as she is.
FLYNN: Prepare rooms at once!
I'll take here there myself.
YURI: Karol, can you stand?
KAROL: Y-yeah...
YURI: Come on, we're going too.
ESTELLE: ...C-come in.
YURI: You can't keep using your healing artes on her forever, Estelle.
Come on, let's let her rest for now.
ESTELLE: Yes...
YURI: I can't believe she had to go and do something like that.
ESTELLE: Yes. Once Rita chooses to do something, she won't listen to anyone else..
YURI: You're one to talk! You were just as bad as she was.
ESTELLE: ...I'm sorry.
YURI: I'm going to stay here. You should go rest. Aren't you tired from using your healing artes so much?
ESTELLE: I'm jealous of Rita. She has something she cares about so much...
YURI: And so can you, if you spend enough time looking for it. But you need to go and get some sleep now.
ESTELLE: No, I'm fine. Yuri, you should get some sleep, yourself.
YURI: Flynn will get mad at me if you pass out.
ESTELLE: So let him get mad at you.
YURI: Look, don't come asking me to take your place when you collapse from exhaustion!
ESTELLE: I can't ask you to take my place if I've already collapsed, can I?
KAROL: You must think I'm totally useless.
After what happened when you first met me, and at Caer Bocram, and today...
YURI: I think everyone freaked out today.
Even the great Commandant was pretty in over his head.
There are lots of things even grown-ups can't do.
KAROL: Even you, Yuri?
Yeah. I guess so. It's a tough world.
YURI: Now you got the idea.
KAROL: ...Hey, Yuri?
YURI: Hmm?
KAROL: Do you think you'd wanna maybe ...start a guild with me?
YURI: A guild, huh... Yeah, that's an idea.
I'll think about it.
KAROL: R-really?!
YURI: What, you're surprised?
KAROL: I thought you'd say "No way! I've been in enough messes already!" or something.
YURI: Not all adult think like that, you know.
Anyway, it's late. Lets get some rest and see how she's doing in the morning.
RITA: ...Come in.
YURI: Glad to see you're awake.
YURI: ...And after I told her over and over to call me before she collapses.
RITA: You didn't think she'd really listen to you, did you?
ESTELLE: Uuh...
RITA: ...Heh, she looks happy.
Hey so...what do you think Estellise thinks of me?
Why are you making that face?
YURI: I just didn't think you were the kind of person who cared what other people thought.
RITA: F-forget it. You can go now.
YURI: Compared to those formulas of yours, she should be easy to figure out.
ESTELLE: Uuh... Huh? Rita! You're awake!
But be careful! It's just when you think you've recovered that you're in the most danger.
RITA: It's all right, Im fine.
Also, you don't need to pretend to be using that blastia anymore.
ESTELLE: I... What do you mean?
YURI: It's pretty cool that you can use healing artes without a blastia.
ESTELLE: B-but how did you...?
YURI: What the?
RITA: Hey, it's that dragon freak!
ESTELLE: Rita, are you all righ?
RITA: Don't you ever learn...?
KAROL: It sounds like the sky's falling in here. What's going on? ...Huh? Aaaah!
KAROL: W-What was that thing?
RITA: Just when the conversation was getting interesting.
YURI: That's enough talk about Estelle's healing artes for now.
RITA: Fine by me. I've pretty much figured it out, anyway.
YURI: Don't look at me like that. Do I really look like that much of a bad guy to you?
RITA: Yes.
ESTELLE: ...Heh heh heh.
KAROL: ...Hey wait. What's going on you guys? Come on, tell me!
YURI: Well, take care on the way back to the capital.
ESTELLE: Okay.
YURI: Do you have everything? Wouldn't want to have to come back later.
ESTELLE: If I forget anything, you'll bring it to me, won't you, Yuri?
YURI: Hah, yeah right. Okay, let's go find Flynn. I'll take you that far.
ESTELLE: U-um, what are you all going to do after this?
YURI: Hmm. Well we did lose track of the Blood Alliance...
KAROL That's easy, we can just go to Dahn...grest. Or not.
Man, if I go back there now, they'll all just laugh at me...
YURI: Dahngrest? That's the guild city, right?
KAROL: Y-yeah. I thought we could find out about the blood Alliance there...
YURI: What direction is it from here?
KAROL: Well, it's to the west I guess, but...
YURI: Let's check it out, then. Might be helpful for anybody thinking of starting a guild, too.
KAROL: Huh? For starting a guild? Well let's go, then!
RITA: It doesn't seem like that Flynn character is around here.
KAROL: Does that mean you're staying with us for now?
ESTELLE: Well, I... Would that be all right?
YURI: Karol, don't fill the princess's head with ideas.
ALEXEI: You cannot simply do as you wish. Your Highness must return to the capital.
Flynn has already set out to attend to other business.
Now then. Rita Mordio, we would like you to investigate yesterday's blastia malfunction.
RITA: ...That's pointless. I looked at him this morning, but I couldn't figure anything out.
ALEXEI: No, we would ask that you go the forest of Keiv Moc.
KAROL: ...Keiv Moc, huh? Oh yeah, the plants affected by the disaster here look just like the ones in that forest.
ALEXEI: We have reports of tree mutations and of monsters increasing in both number and aggressiveness.
Messengers have gone to the capital, but much time will be wasted finding a gifted mage.
RITA: I specialize in blastia. Plants are out of my league.
ALEXEI: Consider their connection to the aer. I imagine that is within your league.
RITA: Besides...I... If Estelle is going back to the capital, I want to go with her.
ESTELLE: What do you mean?
ALEXEI: You are a researcher in an imperial blastia laboratory. You must undertake the tasks assigned to you.
ESTELLE: Um... Then there should be no problem if I accompany her to the forest, right?
ALEXEI: Princess, please, do not make suggestions that are simply out of the question.
ESTELLE: If this does have something to do with aer, then my healing artes would prove useful.
ALEXEI: Yes, they would...
ESTELLE: Please, Alexei! Let me do my part to help.
ALEXEI: Your Highness, I simply cannot allow you to go to such a dangerous forest.
ESTELLE: Well, what if...
Yuri, would you come with us?
YURI: Me?
ESTELLE: If Yuri were to come, you wouldn't be worried right?
ALEXEI: Young man, please escort the Princess.
I ask this of you only because you once sought to join the Imperial Knights.
YURI: ...Of all the underhanded... I didn't ask anybody to count on me. You're pushing me into this.
ALEXEI: It seems I can take that reply as indication of your agreement.
YURI: But there's something I have to do as well. We go to the forest after Dahngrest.
ALEXEI: Very well.
WOMAN: Your Excellency...
ALEXEI: It seems Flynn foresaw this outcome.
YURI: Huh? He did what?
ALEXEI: He left this message for you: "Take care of Her Highness".
KAROL: All right then, it's the forest of Keiv Moc by way of Dahngrest!
ALEXEI: I have a job for you.
Karol: I'm glad that Commandant Alexei turned out to be so reasonable.
Rita: Yeah, I thought he'd be more of a stubborn jerk myself.
Estelle: Had you met him before, Yuri?
Yuri: I knew him, but I doubt he knew me.
I was barely in the Knights for any time at all, really.
Karol: What sort of person is he, I wonder?
Estelle: He can be very formal at times. But in a way, he's something of a symbol for the Knights.
Many who are in the Knights now were inspired to join by Alexei's example.
Yuri: Heh. One thing's clear. I don't have much in common with him.
Rita: Estelle, there's something I want to ask you.
Estelle: Yes, what is it? *gas*...Wait!
Rita: What's the matter?
Estelle: Could you repeat what you just said?
Rita: I said, there's something I want to ask you.
Estelle: No, before that!
Rita: Es...telle?
Estelle: Yes! You finally called me Estelle! I've got to go tell everyone!
Rita: ...Oh, well...heh heh...
ESTELLE: Master!
MASTER: Princess...what are you doing in a place like this?
ESTELLE: ...There's something I have to talk to Flynn about, so...
MASTER: I heard about you slipping out of the castle.
ESTELLE: Um, um, ummm...
KAROL: Who's this...?
MASTER: I apologize for not having introduced myself sooner. My name is Drake Dropwart.
ESTELLE: He was the previous emperor's swordmaster, and is also my teacher.
YURI: Ah...the knightly patriot, Drake...
KAROL: The knightly patriot?
ESTELLE: Master Drake has served the empire with his sweat and tears for decades.
YURI: In the Imperial Knights, Drake Dropwart is thought of as a model for all knights to follow.
ESTELLE: He's now an advisor to the Imperial Knights, you know.
KAROL: Wow, really?
DRAKE: I'm really an advisor in name only. These days I'm pretty much retired.
My only real duty of late is teaching the Princess swordsmanship.
ESTELLE: But didn't you come here with the Commandant as an advisor?
DRAKE: Yes...I've heard everything that's happened so far.
How was it, setting foot into the outside world for the first time?
ESTELLE: Well, we've had a lot of bad things happen to us, but all of it's been a fantastic experience.
DRAKE: A fantastic experience, you say? I see...
ESTELLE: ...Ummm... Is something wrong...?
LEBLANC: Mr. Drake, sir...!
Wh-wh-wha...it's you...
DRAKE: What do you want, Leblanc?
LEBLANC: Sir. His Excellency the Commandant is calling for you, sir.
DRAKE: All right.
Well then, Princess. I must take my leave. Try to avoid doing anything too rash, won't you?
ESTELLE: Yes, of course. Take care of yourself, Master...
YURI: I can't believe Drake Dropwart taught Estelle how to fight with a sword.
RITA: I'm surprised that a princess would know how to use a sword at all, really.
KAROL: Estelle, what made you learn how to use a sword?
ESTELLE: That's a good question... It might take a while to tell the whole story. The next time I get a chance...
YURI: Yeah, I'd like to hear about it too, once things have calmed down a little.
ESTELLE: Sure!
Rita: ...Honestly, that girl...
Karol: Huh?
Rita: Estelle. She rushes off regardless of danger... She doesnt listen when you tell her to stop...
Yuri: So Estellise has finally become Estelle, huh?
Rita: I...Ive been calling her that for a while... What's with you, anyway?
Karol: Hey, you know... Your tone of voice was different just then... Maybe its just my imagination...
Rita: You're damn right, it is!
Karol: Ahh, there's the Rita we all know and love.
Rita: Ha!
Karol: Ow!
Rita: How about you just shut up? Who cares what I say or how I sound?!
Yuri: Not me. Here's to you being you, Rita.
Rita: Humph...!
GUARD: Yuri! Is that you, Yuri?
YURI: Huh? Who're you?
GUARD: You don't remember me? I sure as heck-fire remember you! It's Hachette!
KAROL: Not that it's easy to recognize someone when they're got a mask on.
YURI: Oh wow! You look different from how I remember. I didn't realize it was you.
Haven't you gained weight?
HATCHETTE: Ouch! It's nice to see you too, Yuri...
RITA: Looks like the mask had nothing to do with it!
ESTELLE: Is this a friend of yours, Yuri?
YURI: Hachette joined the Imperial Knights at the same time I did.
That armor color is the same as Leblanc's knights, isn't it?
HATCHETTE: Yep! I'm in the Schwann Brigade!
To tell you the truth, I'm pretty glad they didn't assign me to the Flynn Brigade.
ESTELLE: You didn't want to work with Flynn?
HATCHETTE Well, it would be tough working under him, since we started off training to be soldiers together.
RITA: That doesn't seem like the sort of thing Flynn would care about.
YURI: You've got that right, Rita.
KAROL: Flynn's all about advancing in his career, isn't he?
HATCHETTE: It's pretty crazy for a non-noble to make captain at such a young age.
Me on the other hand...thanks to all the goofing off I did with you, Yuri, I'm still nothing but a lowly peon.
ESTELLE: what sort of things did you two do?
HATCHETTE: We used to skip training and sneak into the dining hall to grab snacks.
YURI: Yeah, and then we'd sneak into the warehouse to switch bodhi blastia for nicer ones...
KAROL: Sounds like a whole lot of sneaking!
HATCHETTE: It's true. We had our fair share of youthful indiscretions.
RITA: Yuri's still up to his old tricks, though.
HATCHETTE: Ha ha, I've heard as much. Go easy on Flynn, would ya?
YURI: Yeah, yeah. Don't goof off too much on the job!
HATCHETTE: Oh yeah, Yuri, you've been traveling around, right?
You think you might be able to t stop by Capua Nor and tell my folks that I'm doing well?
They live in the inn, so you can't miss 'em.
YURI: Sure, I'd be happy to. See ya later, Hachette.
ESTELLE: I didn't expect to hear you talking so happily about your time in the Imperial Knights, Yuri.
YURI: Oh yeah?
ESTELLE: I mean, it seemed to me like you didn't enjoy your time as a knight very much.
YURI: Joining them was a decision I made myself.
It's not all bad memories. Practice wasn't so bad, and I had all sorts of fun with my fellow knights-in-training.
RITA: From the way that knight was talking, it sounds like you acted like a crazy and rambunctious kid.
YURI: Rita, if there's one person who doesn't need to be scolding me for a little youthful indiscretion, it's you.
WONDER REPORTER: Oho, you found me!
Blastia goes out of control, and more! Yes, some serious events have taken place in the world recently!
I'd better write an article about it, post haste!
Day and night, I run around chasing after the newest scoops... I'm the Wonder Reporter!
I'm not stalking you or anything, I promise!
Well then, adieu!
YURI: ...Is he following me...?
YURI: ...Someone's here...
MAN: Traces left behind by the flow of aer...
But where is it flowing...?
YURI: That monster sucked all of it up.
MAN: ...Monster...?
KAROL: Yeah, that big, rough, spiky, huuuuge monster...
MAN: So... He was here after all...
ESTELLE: He? You mean the monster?
MAN: "Monster"...
...It matters not what humans call them, but...
Such a name does them a disservice.
ESTELLE: So...that wasn't a monster?
RITA: Just what makes something a monster, anyway?
KAROL: We call any creature that viciously attacks humans a monster...
YURI: So that would mean that thing's a monster, right?
RITA: ...Huh... But the kid just gave us the human point of view.
ESTELLE: You mean we just lump them all together as monsters, but there might be more to it?
KAROL: ...What do you think that guy was up to...?
ESTELLE: We met him earlier at Deidon Hold, didn't we Yuri?
YURI: I can't figure him ou.
RITA: Well, whatever, he's got nothing to do with us, anyway.
KAROL: Y-yeah, I guess...
YURI: The city streets may look nice, but people's lives are the same everywhere.
ESTELLE: Yuri?
YURI: What're you doing awake this late at night?
ESTELLE: I couldn't sleep. I kept hearing noise from outside...
Even at this late hour, everyone's still hard at work.
YURI: Well, I don't think they're doing it because they enjoy it.
But if they don't keep working, they won't be able to make a living.
And even with this work, they're hardly able to get by.
ESTELLE: ...That's terrible...
ESTELLE: Are you all right?
MAN: You're a noble, aren't you? Stay away from me!
ESTELLE: Oh!
YURI: They've just learned to distrust nobles and the empire.
It's nothing personal against you, Estelle.
Try not to let it bother you too much.
ESTELLE: I wonder if it's something that can be changed...
YURI: I dunno... It's not easy. For his part, Flynn's trying his hardest to change things.