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Noloty's such a hard little worker.
[Olivia] That which goes does not go. That which comes does not come.
The moon is the sun.
The birds are the fish.
[Renas] No! [Olivia] The living are the dead.
[Olivia] Steel becomes brittle.
[Renas] I don't want to remember.
[Rensa] No!
[Olivia] Reality becomes a dream. All fantasy becomes reality.
That which is, is not.
This which is not, is.
Creation will be rendered false.
[Renas] No!
[Enlike] Renas!
Renas!
Renas Fluru!
Renas you were chanting that verse again.
Why won't you talk to the Armed Librarians?
I'm not able to help you on my own.
I'm sorry, Enlike. I just can't.
[Enlike] "The moon is the sun."
"The birds are the fish."
That's a verse from Magical Deliberation, used to recover memories stolen by Argax.
From before they planted those memories in me...
This body's true owner is...
Stop talking like that!
You're Renas Fluru.
Enlike, I'm...who am I?
You are Renas Fluru!
[Renas] Thank you so much.
[Mattalast] Your trial's tomorrow.
I don't need to tell you what happens if you're found guilty.
Right.
So you returned because you're confident you'll be found innocent?
Do you have evidence that'll exonerate you?
At ease people!
You can wait for your suspicions to be confirmed,
before he's killed.
Why the hell did you return?
You betrayed us Armed Librarians and left!
Everyone, please hear me out! The last thing I would ever do is betray you!
I didn't flee with Ylucklucu to help the Shindeki Church!
It was for us, the Armed Librarians!
Huh?
What now?
It's been 1900 years since the Age of Paradise drew to a close,
leaving the world to humans.
Since then, who do you think has protected the books and the peace?
If the Armed Librarians lose their sense of justice, then justice will be gone from this world!
What does he think he's doing?
I have not returned to Bantorra Library to atone for my sins.
I've returned to drive out the person who has stolen our sense of righteousness and justice.
I've come back to fight for justice!
That was lovely.
Give him a round of applause.
Acting Director...
[Hamyuts] You gonna applaud him or what?
Director! Don't you think we should lock that traitor up in jail?
He wouldn't come back here and then escape.
Well you haven't been here for a while. Why not go enjoy Bantorra?
I will never forgive what you've done.
I vow in name Armed Librarians!
I like this new look in your eyes.
Milepoc!
Do I know you?
I see. I jus thought...
My apologies.
Huh?
[Mattalast] We haven't seen that boy since the Dragon Pneumonia incident.
If you recall the booy had been in a rebellious stage since a little before that.
You mean what happened in Aro Bay?
We were investigating the Church, recovering pertinent evidence,
and freeing the Meats who were being kept on board the Silver Smoke.
[Hamyuts] Right. The former went down without a hitch,
but the latter was a massive failure. Kaboom.
[Mattalast] Failure?
Why did you do it, Hamy?
I don't recall any need to blow it up.
I originally went just to have some fun with the Church.
That was all it was.
But...
Then, I learned about a person who needed to be killed,
no matter the cost.
Someone who was probably aboard the ship at that very moment.
That's why I went ahead and killed them all.
No matter the cost?
[Hamyuts] Yep. No matter the cost.
Oh, no... This can't be.
"Vend Ruga is alive."
Huh?
[Kyasariro] Man, wasn't Volken's speech amazing?
I really wonder if Volken's doing okay.
Milepoc, too.
There's nothing wrong with worrying about others, but be careful.
Lately, Enlike's been visiting Renas place practically every day.
Huh?
Renas... She has this mature allure, right?
A real dark side to her.
Completely different from the kiddy vibe you give off.
I'm not following at all.
I'm just worried about you, that's all I'm saying.
At this rate, you'll end up having to drink water from Argax, like Milepoc!
Like Milepoc?
Yeah, yeah. You'll have to chug it down like she did.
You ladies care to enlighten me?
Ah...wha...
[Renas] I'd become used to my life here,
and these peaceful days would continue on...
Or so I thought it would be...
Honestly, I was only in denial.
[Renas] I beg of you...
Please teach me what you know,
little by little,
teach me who I am.
Enlike...
Enlike! Why did you?
[Enlike] Who are you?
Huh?
Just who are you, woman?
Enlike...
What a cruel man you are. A monster, indeed.
You even crushed Renas.
What are you talking about?
All the others refer to me as Renas!
I had really convinced myself that I was her.
Then you appeared, and put together who I really am.
That's how I became able to surface.
Come on. You're also a Meat, right?
You understand, right?
They ripped all my memories from me
and forced another woman's personality in.
I'm the victim here!
I want you to save me.
I can't even remember my name.
But...
There's something I absolutely must recover.
You're saying there's something important you've lost?
Yes. I can remember a handful of words.
I'm not sure what any of them mean though.
"A lead-colored..."
"Ven... Vend..."
Renas Fluru!
Renas Fluru!
[Enlike] Renas Fluru!
You ***...
Renas.
I heard everything she said...
[Renas] It's true. I'm not the real owner of this body.
It was time for me to hand it back to her.
That's the only thing there is for me to do. Nothing else.
I will protect you.
Huh?
The Armed Librarians began coming to stay here
somewhere along the way. They all seem to enjoy being around you.
But more than anyone else, Noloty took a liking to you.
So I'm here to protect her and all the things she holds dear and that inclues you.
To protect something that... something that's held dear...
My coworker, a man named Volken Macmani...
He stole the spinning fairy Ylucklucu,
retrieved from the Church of Drowning in God's Grace,
and fled the Library.
Ylucklucu has the lowest status of all the past weapons.
A number of replicas of Ylucklucu have been created.
However, depending on how it's used, it can be the strongest of them all.
Ylucklucu can hold the magic rights of multiple persons.
Unleashed, it has power equivalent to many magic users fighting together.
[Kyasariro] Uh...s-see,
you two were so close.
And you're such a serious person.
Unable to forgive his betrayal, you drank from Argax.
See, that's all it was!
A friend's betrayal...
That was enough for me to decide to drink from the Argax.
I...
You were right, Alme...
I'm weak, aren't I?
I just tried to face my own weakness head-on.
Undergoing Magical Deliberation is the only way to recover my memories.
[Mattalast] We protect the past.
You don't remember but you drank from the Argax cup.
You can't even being to fathom that a decision, in your current state.
Will you turn traitor, too, like Volken?
Wha...
Will an Armed Librarian, charged to protect the past,
betray her past self?
You're a prized subordinate of mine.
What Matt said is correct.
Until I find that piece of evidence,
I don't stand a chance of winning.
Milepoc's forgotten about me.
She must have drunk the water from the cup of Argax.
[Vizac] Volken! Put some effort into it, damn it!
Another 165 laps!
No half-assed running! Give it 110%!
[Mattalast] Take this!
[Voken] Huh? But...
Don't tell Hamy about this, okay?
[Fotona] Volken.
People's deaths are to be mourned.
The ability to save people should be celebrated. You must understand this.
Life itself should be exalted.
That is justice to an Armed Librarian.
It is a concept more important than strength or loyalty.
Right.
Understand this, and you'll become a top-notch Armed Librarian.
I love Bantorra Library!
There are so many unforgettable men and women here.
I have precious memories of all of them.
That's it. Even without evidence,
Milepoc and the others will understand.
I have nothing to fear. I'm sure of it.
Volken's just a weak, little child.
Hamyuts Meseta!
Damn! If only I could find the proof...
If I can just find that woman...
Protect something held dear...
He fought to recover something dear that he once lost.
And...
The personality inside my body...
Just like him, it's fighting to recover something it lost.
[Renas] Um...
Excuse me, might your name possibly be,
Olivia Litlet?
Yes. I'm...
I'm Olivia Litlet.
[Ruweek] Volken's gone?!
Run off with his tail between his legs.
I told you, once a traitor, always a traitor.
That guy's a total scumbag!
[Hamyuts] Volken escaped at midnight last night.
He took off in the flying boat that he returned here in.
I've received word that it was spotted heading northwest.
He's likely heading to the Darai Mine, which he once oversaw.
Also, one more thing...
It seems that he took Renas Fluru with him.
Why would he do something like that?
We've no choice but to catch him and get the answer from the horse's mouth.
Milepoc, I need you to notify Vizac.
Tell him to hurry to the Darai Mine and to shoot Volken down.
There's no need to hold back.
Leave no survivors.
I don't think that's nessecary.
The rest of you are to finish your duties for the day,
and remain on high alert.
Okay, you can take it from here, Matt.
Hamy!
[Noloty] I don't get it. Why would Volken take Renas with him?
It's likely that woman is no longer Renas.
Huh?
[Olivia] The lead-colored man, Vend Ruga...
That name is all I can remember.
Everything else is a total blank.
[Volken] We're heading to the Darai Mine.
I've hidden a Book and Ylucklucu in house that's not far from there.
[Olivia] Ylucklucu?
An artifact that use to belong to you.
Yeah, I guess I kinda remember that.
What about the Book?
The Book...
It appears to me there's no one in this library,
better suited to pick up this story from where it leaves off but you,
Master Volken.
Truthfully, Miss Olivia Litlet is the one who should inherit this tragic tale in my hand.
In light of the circumstances, though, I bestow it upon you for safe keeping.
But why give it to me?
I believe everything will become clear the moment you read it.
[Volken] Written in the book Lascall gave me...
...was the story of the woman called Olivia Litlet, a slave known as a "Meat,"
she's the one who led the other slaves and fought.
With Ylucklucu in hand, there was something she was trying to accomplish.
So the owner of that book was a Meat, as well?
That's right. It was.
And they died aboard the Silver Smoke.
[Volken] I read that book.
And I learned that the Silver Smoke's explosion in Aro Bay
was caused by Hamyuts herself.
Hamyuts tried to kill you.
She was afraid of what you may have stirred up by using Ylucklucu.
If you regain your memories,
we'll have proof of the atrocities Hamyuts has committed!
And then we'll be able to bring that woman to justice!
Man, you're all fired up.
I've busted my butt for ages.
I almost completed the nessecary Magical Deliberation while I was trapped inside of Renas.
All I need is my memory back...
[Milepoc] Volken Macmani, do you copy?
It's Milepoc!
[Milepoc] The Acting Director is after you.
Now's your chance to return to Bantorra.
[Voken] Why are you telling me this?
[Milepoc] Why?
[Voken] The Acting Director views me as the enemy now, right?
Should you be sharing this information with me?
[Milepoc] You've got it all wrong.
This is a warning.
[Volken] I'm acting as an Armed Librarian.
I am not ashamed of what I've done.
[Milepoc] Then come and face your trial, Volken Macmani.
[Volken] Watch me, Milepoc.
[Milepoc] Volken Mac...
What am I doing?
The Acting Director's orders are absolute,
and yet...
I'm shouting out...
I'm shouting out, "He's in the right."
I feel it.
Milepoc...
Even after her memories were erased, she still understands me.
What an odd lady I am.
This is the second time I've been caught up in an Armed Librarian's revolt.
This is not some kind of revolt.
This is a fight to restore honor and justice.
I'm serious!
Looks like I've some business to attend to before I can finish telling you the rest.
So it would seem.
[Vizac] Hey! Volken!
Is that Vizac?
Looking good, you wipper snapper!
What's with the old man?
That old man's my mentor.
[Vizac] Shooting each other out of the air is boring.
Let's duke it out on land!
He seems pretty careless, huh?
We can just fly away now.
If I explain things to him, I'm sure he'll understand.
Huh?
[Olivia] Hey!
I understand now.
But fighting the Acting Director is foolish, Volken.
I don't understand you, Vizac.
I respect all Armed Librarians, and especially you as my mentor and teacher!
But I don't understand how can you can possibly serve Hamyuts Meseta?!
You damned idiot.
What?
Vizac!
You've no hope at all of defeating Hamyuts,
if you can't beat me, pipsqueak!
[Vizac] I pray for your soul's safe departure. A one-spear funeral banquet!
And I accept...
your challenge!
[Mattalast] The broken engine cackles.
Comrades, unable to fully understand one another,
quickly flee in foolish death and laugh.