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Jin: This is------
The penalties Jin received from Momiji's earlier attacks have vanished, leaving him convinced of Schwarzritter's victory.
Jin: It's over---How regrettable, Satomura Momiji...In the end, you were not worthy of fighting me---
Jin: Schwarzritter---Finish it. Destroy her magical weapon completely.
Jin: Use your sword against your best friend and destroy them one by one.
Schwarzritter: ......
In accordance with his ruthless command, Schwarzritter walks up to Momiji's unconscious form and raises her sword to break the Grimoire.
Jin: Ha---That sounds nice indeed...
Schwarzritter: !!
Jin: Even with all your hatred for me you couldn't land one scratch on me, and lost while dreaming of hope. Such a cruel melody---
Jin: You are holding on only because of this thing that is the embodiment of sin...Using Suzushiro Nagisa, I will destroy it.
Jin: Now, I will relieve you from your many years of suffering---Satomura Momiji...This is the last mercy that I will grant you.
Schwarzritter: ......!
Jin: This will be the last one---Please wait for me in hell. When I get there someday...Perhaps I can kill you again.
Jin: Therefore---Rest easy, and perish. While you may resent me because of the foolish hope Loki gave you...The reality is that this is goodbye.
Jin: ------Do it, Schwarzritter.
Schwarzritter: ........., ---------HAA!
Momiji: ------
Deep within the comforts of an ocean of blackness, Momiji languishly faces her peaceful death.
Yes---Not just by anyone, but by her best friend's hand------
The thing she wanted to protect Nagisa from the most was experiencing the symbol of the sins she bears------
But now, Momiji's existence will return to nothingness.
Momiji: This is...appropriate for me...This kind of end...Haruka------
Accepting her sins, Momiji surrenders herself to her defeat as the final curtain closes on her life......
Momiji: ...ahh------
But at the last moment, the image of Nagisa rises to the front of her mind.
Her innocent self will now share the same "Sin" she does---
How will she be able to handle the burden and the "Sin" of killing someone so close to her...?
Yes---Just as she had---will her heart be stained as black as the armor she now wears......?
Momiji: ...Such a thing------
Momiji: Such a thing...is absolutely......
Such a thing, would be absolutely wrong------!
To bath in the blood of the damned is Satomura Momiji's role---She is the only one that should bear such "Guilt"...!
Momiji: Such a thing...can absolutely not happen......
In order to protect her precious smile---Just to be happy...Satomura Momiji is the only one who should be judged just by existing.
Just as she hates herself---There is no good or evil to be had...However, in order to protect the important normal life that she believes in...
That is the Rule that Satomura Momiji lives by.
Momiji: Nagisa is......Suzushiro Nagisa is......
Yes.
Only she can be a true Executioner------
-----There is only one person who deserves to be absolutely judged for their crimes-----
Momiji: She cannot be allowed to bear the same sins as I...
Momiji: I will protect Nagisa---WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS...!!
She is one who will give judgment while bearing all sins---!!
Momiji: ---L'Arc...en...Ci...el---
Just before her light is extinguished, Momiji faintly murmurs those words.
Jin: WHAT------?!
And in response to her strong will, a brilliant rainbow-colored aura forms around Momiji's body.
Jin: I-Impossible...What is this "Magic"---??!!!
Jin: This can't be!! All seven components of your magical weapon were destroyed---!!!
Jin: Once a person's magical weapon is destroyed, their existence ceases to exist...Nonetheless, how---?!
Momiji: ------L'ARC-EN-CIEL------!!!
And, Momiji uses the one move she's kept hidden since the beginning of Ragnarok, her final "Last Resort"------
Momiji: ...I still, haven't been defeated yet...
It is the special "Power" that lies dormant within her Grimoire.
Momiji: Because of an important promise, because I haven't realized my desires...I cannot fall, like this...!!
The massive wound caused by Schwarzritter earlier------
Momiji: No matter how many times I am brought to the brink of death, I'll continue to resurrect myself...
Even if her magical weapon is shattered to pieces------
Momiji: Even if my soul burns out completely, I will continue to stand!
Even if her "Bonds" are damaged------
------Everything will be completely restored------
All for the single-minded purpose of judging her opponents for their "Sins"---!
Jin: This can't be...You can restore your magical weapon even after it's been completely destroyed?!!
Jin: I won't allow it...I will not allow such a thing---!!
Jin: Such a thing like the "Power of Feelings" cannot be possible!
Momiji: Yes, you're right. This is no miracle of such opportunism---
Momiji: This is the power of "Will" that my decision has created...I kept this "Power" hidden in order to win this battle...
Momiji: This is the "Power" that she gave in order to protect me!
---------L'Arc-en-Ciel---------
Only when an opponent is burdened with the weight of all "Sins" can it's true power be realized.
As a power of an Executioner, all manner of wounds can be healed exactly once in exchange for "Enforcing a Conviction" on her opponent.
While the criminal regains their seven senses, they will remain marked as having lost them as an effective "Death sentence" so they can be judged.
Among magical weapons, the ability to restore one's magical weapon and power in this manner is exceptionally rare.
She never stopped loving her; This is nothing other than the realization of her younger sister Haruka's wishes to protect her...!
Momiji: If there is a sin to be judged, even if this body is ripped to shreds---even if my magical weapon is broken---
Momiji: I WILL REVIVE---BECAUSE I AM AN EXECUTIONER!!!!
Jin: Haha...heheheheh...hahahahaha...AHAHAHAHA!!
Interesting---That's it! That's the strength of the only woman that I've recognized to be of worth!!!
Jin: To have a such a mighty "Power"---If you're not able to use it several times repeatedly, than the conditions for it can't be too simple...
Jin: I will have you expose all of your "Power" before you fight with me...And, you still have not turned the tide of the current battle!!
Momiji: Haven't turned the tide---? You can't use Nagisa like that anymore with her magical power nearly gone.
Momiji: Also, Nagisa already used her "Power" once before this battle---You can't use her "Last resort" anymore.
Momiji: Since I've completely recovered, there's no way that she can---*Gasp*?!
Jin: ---Heh---
Momiji: No...You wouldn't------!!
As Jin stands there with a smug grin on his face, the worst possible strategy he can formulate jumps to the front of Momiji's mind------!
Jin: Yes. I "Would"---This one is nothing but a sacrifical pawn to me...
Jin: The number of times that sword of victory can be used is not twice...With the price of destroying her body, it can obtain glory thrice.
Momiji: !!!
Jin: Her sword is invincible---You possess "No" means in which to stop her...I will end it this time, Satomura Momiji.
Jin: You can rot away just as your best friend will! SATOMURA!!
Momiji: Kheh...! Stop it...Stop...Stop this! ARIZUKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
Jin: Go. Once more, Schwarzritter---!! Bet everything you have...and cut down Satomura Momiji!!
Schwarzritter: ......Ugh......
Despite Momiji's bitter and vain cries, Schwarzritter settles into her stance, ready to die and give her life for Jin's final order.
Schwarzritter: ...Haa...ugh, ahh......
Schwarzritter: ...Guaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Unleashing a torrent of magic darker than the blackest night, Schwarzritter settles into a new stance.
In order to bring about the ruin of the enemy before her, she begins the countdown to her forbidden blow------!
Schwarzritter: Uuu...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Momiji: Stop it---STOP IT! NAGISAAAAAAAA!!
She knows that she can't stop Tyrfing with Judgment.
Far from overcoming it, her one-sided defeat is clear for anyone to see---But even so, she is still poised to resist.
Momiji: Ghuh...JUDGMENT------!!!
But even so, Momiji cannot stop herself from firing her mythic-class attack.
Yes...Since that last use of her sword will mean Nagisa's death---She is merely refusing the reality before her...!
Schwarzritter: ------TYRFING------!!!
However, Momiji's hopes are in vain, as her mediorce feelings are torn to shreds by Schwarzritter's final swing of her sword.
Like an embodiment of "Despair" that looms before her eyes, that black sword will mean her defeat---!!
Momiji: Guh...ugh...!!
And Schwarzritter's final sword swing easily cuts down the Judgment she had fired with all her power behind it, causing it to vanish---!
Momiji: *Gasp*
As the cutting sword looms toward her, Momiji is prepared to die this time.
---However, the light that fills her eyes is no longer dark.
It is solemn and pure, shining with a golden color.
Momiji: Aah......
Momiji finds herself in a silvery-white world, wrapped in a warm and gentle light.
There is no shape to it, but it is like a person's feelings.
Everywhere feels warm......
And.
Everywhere feels nostalgic------
Yes...Because this important light always shined throughout her "Normal life"---She always shined like the sun itself.
Momiji: Nagisa......
Nagisa: "Momiji...I'm sorry. And thank you, for protecting me up until now---"
Nagisa: "You have...You have always remained the same...If there is a sin you are guilty of...Is that you feel like you betrayed us."
Nagisa: "But no matter what happened, I...We---would never hold a grudge against you."
Nagisa: "Therefore, don't be sad, Momiji...We'll always---stay alive inside your heart..."
Nagisa: "The only sin that binds you, is your own 'Sense of guilt'."
Nagisa: "Therefore, the "Chains" that bind your heart, I will---"
---------......---------
Jin: It's finished------
After watching Schwarzritter's sword blow away Momiji's attack and wash over her directly,
Jin is finally convinced that it is over and murmurs so quietly.
The battle with Momiji that he wanted most so that he could feel alive did not happen, but he is satisfied with how it has ended.
He was able to save the only woman whom he found to have worth...
He was finally able to grant her release from the "Sins" she had continued to bear------
Yes---With the disappearance of her existence---she has been saved.
The "Sins" of Satomura Momiji have now---been purified------
Momiji: ------Nagisa------
Jin: Eh---?
But as Jin immerses himself in the afterglow of victory, her voice rings clearly in the air.
And while she should no longer exist------
She stands there, looking completely unharmed.
Jin: NA---But, Schwarzritter's sword should have torn you to pieces!!
Momiji: ...Yes...I certainly was cut just now......
Momiji: If it was just a cut to kill...than regardless of whether I had lost a hand or a foot I would have lost---But...
Momiji: You...You helped me......?
Momiji: ------Nagisa------
Momiji's eyes gaze ahead...at the undefilable appearance of the girl in front of her as the black armor she wears collapses into magical ether.
Nagisa: Nn...I was always conscious, though I was trapped deep in that darkness---I couldn't resist when I was ordered to cut you, Momiji.
Nagisa: That's why, I cut it---Not your body, Momiji...But the "Guilt" that you've been holding in for so long---
Momiji: Nagisa......
To show that it is her, the now-broken sword that lies at her feet is no longer pitch-black---
Only the sword which can never truly be defiled could shine with that golden luster.
Nagisa: The thing which I cut---Is the feeling of "Guilt" you had for the sins you committed---
Nagisa: I'll take on your sins for you, Momiji...Therefore, you don't have to be sad any longer---So be happy...won't you...?
Momiji: Nagisa...I don't want you to go...
Nagisa: Jeez. Don't make such a face, Momiji...
Nagisa: Our final farewell should be a bright one...Right?
Momiji: An end like this...I don't want it...I don't want it to be like this!!!
Momiji: ...In the end, I couldn't protect you, Nagisa. I couldn't save you...!! Nnn, that's wrong...
Momiji: I've always been protected...! Both Haruka's and Nagisa's kindness---has always protected me!!
Nagisa: That's not it, Momiji...It's true that we've always watched over you---
Nagisa: But the reason...Because you love us, Momiji, that's why we can protect you...
Nagisa: Because you are you, Momiji...I was able to regain myself. That's why, here at the end, I'm able to speak like this.
Nagisa: Therefore, let me bear your sins, ok---? Continue to smile that usual smile of yours...Because that is what "Happiness" is for us.
Momiji: Nagisa...NAGISA!!
Nagisa: Thank you, Momiji------
Momiji: NAGI------
The moment she runs up to touch her body---Her silvery-white form turns to magical ether, and returns to the heavens.
A certain warmth remains in her hands---The heartbeat of her gentle existence...disappears inside of her.
Bearing all of her sins, the silvery-white maiden who can never be defiled---
Her "Magic" becomes one with her best friend's as her presence disappears.