Skeleton!
Zutto mae kara kimatteita youna
ずっと前から決まっていたような
It's like it was predestined
Tooi mukashi kara wakatteta youna
遠い昔からわかってたような
It's like I've known it since the distant past
Mienai sen no ue wo tadoru youni
見えない線の 上をたどるように
Like following atop invisible wires,
Michibikare deai kousasuru Saison
導かれ出逢い 交差する Saison
we're guided to our meeting where the seasons intersect
Senakaawase no hikari to kage no youni
背中合わせの 光と影のように
Like the co-existant light and shadow,
Tsuyoku hikareru Mystification
強く引かれる Mystification
Mystification is strongly drawn to us
Mimimoto de sasayaki yobu koe ni furimukeba
耳元で囁き呼ぶ声に振り向けば
When I turn to the voice whispering into my ear,
Kizukanu uchi hirakareteita tobira
気付かぬうち 開かれていたトビラ
the door had already been opened
Sukoshi no guuzen to hitsuzen wo tsunagu youni
少しの偶然と 必然をつなぐように
Like joining a little coincidence with inevitability
Ugokihajimeta futatsu no Histoire Ah
動き始めた二つの Histoire Ah
Two stories began
Zutto hatenaku tsuzuiteyuku
ずっと果てなく続いて行く
And they'll go on forevermore
Kujō-kun, you really are a scaredy-cat!
I'm not!
I was just surprised when you started to strangle me.
Whatever you say.
Illusion of the Dark Tower...
Wasn't it a great movie?
Actually, I slept through half of it.
But that masked mystery man lurking in the dark tower...
His character sounds like something I heard from another story.
And I'm pretty sure I've seen that clock tower before somewhere...
The hens chirp!
Until it's time, even in dreams!
Even in dreams!
Walk, walk I say!
Walk, walk, and we're finally there!
Today's the last day of summer vacation.
Oh, that reminds me, Avril.
Didn't you say you'd be at your grandmother's house until the last day of vacation?
Why did you come back earlier than planned?
W-Why?
Isn't it obvious?
While I'm away, you and Victorique-san might...
I can't allow that!
What's that?
N-No special reason. I just felt like it!
Oh.
Well, there's something I have to do, so I'd like to get a move on.
Are you going to the library?!
N-Never mind!
Oh, that's right!
What?
I just remembered!
Let's go, Kujō-kun!
W-Wait!
Episode 13
The Fool
Appoints His Spokesperson
What's gotten into you?!
Look at that!
See? It's just like the one in the movie!
Yeah, but what about it?
Maybe it's cursed!
Nah, I doubt it.
Looks like we can't get in.
Seems that way.
Well, I'm off...
No!
U-Um...
Look, it's open!
I don't know about this...
Even after I come back early, Kujō-kun still goes to the library every single day...
Is Victorique-san really that cute?
I'm not bad either... I think...
Did you say something?
This is an adventure!
Do I simply idealize myself when I look in the mirror?
What if Kujō-kun sees me as an incredibly homely girl?
No! I couldn't bear that!
Are you all right?
Sorry!
I think we should head back. I...
I'm not done yet!
I mean... That's it!
Since this place is just like what was in the movie, maybe there's an alchemist's lab in here too!
Let's look for it!
There's no way...
it's there.
What is this?
I remember!
“Leviathan the Alchemist”!
It's a ghost story from school!
Leviathan... the Alchemist?
He was a masked alchemist who actually lived 20 or 30 years ago.
They say he built a workshop in this clock tower.
The queen favored him to the point where he could meddle in politics.
But the king was afraid of his power...
And despite being riddled with a flurry of poisoned arrows, the alchemist escaped.
You see, he was immortal.
He used a mask and robe to hide his ageless body, or so the story goes...
Ever since then, a mysterious figure has been spotted lurking within this very tower,
wandering endlessly night after night...
I see, so the movie was made by someone who knows the story.
What? That'd be so boring!
Often, the truth is as boring as it seems.
Now that we've found the room you were looking for, let's go back.
Kujō-kun!
Is there something else?
Th-That noise!
I can't take it any more!
I can't see anything, so vanish now!
Ms. Cecil?
Ms. Cecil was acting kind of weird.
Students are forbidden from entering here!
If you even come close to here,
I'll chew you out like there's no tomorrow!
I've never seen her so serious...
There must be something in that clock tower.
Right, Kujō-ku–?
Huh?
Kujō-kun?
Kujō-kun!
He ran off to the library.
Darn it! This was supposed to be a date!
I mean, isn't inviting somebody to a movie exactly that?
I wore my cutest dress, tried to look my best, and was all raring to go...
But there he was, next to me, sleeping like a log!
Kujō-kun, you idiot!
I'm bored.
He's late today.
The nerve! How could he do this to me when I'm so bored?
What the devil is that good-for-nothing up to?!
Ow!
That hurt...
You, who have picked up this tome on this day...
Know that it was written by Leviathan in the year 1899.
Leviathan? The alchemist?
This is your book?
You must be a fool to have a pop-up book as your memoir.
I am an alchemist.
With my occult powers, I have successfully created something out of nothing.
You, who have acquired this volume in the future, must be surprised.
He's unpleasant as well.
You of the future.
Are you a man?
A woman?
An adult?
A child?
It matters not.
My mystery is impossible to solve.
Are you embarrassed?
W-What are you talking about?!
There's nothing I can't get to the bottom of!
I am a fool.
You, become the spokesperson of a fool, and expose my secret!
Don't order me around!
Insolent wretch!
Victorique!
I have an interesting story that might please you...
You went to a movie, didn't you?
Someone invited you.
How did you know?
I can see the ticket stub in your chest pocket.
Going by the title, I don't think it was your cup of tea.
You're right.
Avril invited me.
I see.
And you went.
Anyway, have you heard of Leviathan...
the Alchemist?
So then, I suddenly felt dizzy and a weird sensation came over me.
There seems to be a rumor that Leviathan is still alive.
I wonder if it's true.
An alchemist is someone who studies the art of transforming one material into another.
The most common goals are gold,
immortality,
and homunculi, or artificial life.
They're created by using a substance called the Philosopher's Stone.
The Philosopher's Stone?
It's said that powerful alchemists possessed the stone,
and some say that it was colored a deep red like a pomegranate.
Wow.
However, alchemy and the like is all a bunch of rubbish.
Those who talk about alchemists, believe in them, or make a fuss about them...
are all idiots!
Fools of the highest caliber!
V-Victorique?
It's the new term after all, so you'll need your strength!
S-Sure...
By the way, who was that handsome man you were with yesterday?
My friend said she spotted you together in town.
She said an Oriental man with black hair and eyes was walking with a handsome red-haired man.
An Oriental man and a red-haired man?
Who was he? Come on, tell me!
That wasn't me.
I was with a classmate all day.
Really?
And I was thinking you could introduce me to the perfect man...
I'm sorry to disappoint you.
Another Oriental here...?
A black-haired...
Oriental man?
What's wrong?!
Th-The alchemist...
Levia... than...
Who's that?
Good morning, Kujō-kun.
Good morning...
Um... excuse me.
Do I know you?
It's me.
Recognize me already!
I-Inspector!
I-I should've known from your suit...
Y-You changed your hairstyle?
It looks much more proper this way.
I had to leave early this morning, so I didn't have time to set it!
Oh, you set it...
Hmph!
It's silky...
Give me a break!
So, where's the body?
The room with the clock spring, at the far end of the 2nd floor!
Very well, let's go.
Ahh, I smell the scent of flowers...
That's my shampoo!
Last night, two male outsiders came to the village.
One was Oriental, the other had red hair.
This is the Oriental, no doubt about it.
The red-haired man was at an inn.
One of my men is bringing him over right now.
Victorique!
Ow!
You're late.
I-I'm sorry.
So what is it?
Huh? Oh!
You see...
A clock tower...
A purple mark...
An alchemist...
I wonder what's taking the inspector so long.
He usually comes right away.
Foolish man...
Foolish...? You mean the inspector?
Then... me?
Then who?
Leviathan.
Kujō!
I accept his challenge.
I'll unravel his mystery and stop him from murdering again!
W-What are you talking about?
You're saying the murder this morning was the work of an alchemist who died over 20 years ago?
This enigma is a difficult one.
But I have the wellspring of wisdom.
I'll reconstruct the fragments of chaos that remain,
and become a fool's spokesperson!
Meaning you'll solve the case?
Where are you going?
Outside.
Outside?
You're leaving the library?
I'll go with you!
You use the stairs.
Why can't I use this when I'm with you?!
Seeing you huffing and puffing in agony,
your tired thighs straining as you plod up and down the stairs for me...
is one of my greatest pleasures!
What was that for?!
For crying out loud!
Victorique was reading this...
What's this?
“My mystery is impossible to solve. Are you embarrassed?”
I see. So that's what set her off...
Winter, 1899...
It is winter, and I, Leviathan, am about to greet the final year of this century.
Long ago, I was a nameless traveler.
During my journey, I procured a certain item.
The Philosopher's Stone.
Its power gave me eternal time and a life forever adrift.
In the winter of 1897, I gave up the life of a traveler on a whim.
I put the Philosopher's Stone to work...
and produced an abundance of genuine gold.
My name spread throughout the country.
And then...
A letter arrived from Queen Coco Rose of Sauville, inviting me to the palace.
Directly afterwards...
The baron's name was Musgrave.
He was the messenger for King Rupert de Gille.
Are you a swindler?
No different from you...
My father and the king both suspect you of being a swindler.
Find it! It's in here somewhere!
They say that the queen is naïve and therefore easily tricked.
And what do you think?
Musgrave's son, Ian, innocently believed in me and in alchemy.
The baron searched every inch of my workshop, until he was convinced that I had no gold.
Then he turned to me and said:
"You're not leaving until you produce gold, no matter how many years it takes."
"Three days is all I need."
And then, three days later...
How on earth did you do it?
There's no other exit but this, and the place was surrounded!
How the devil did you do it, swindler?!
Let me see the queen.
I will produce more gold for her.
Your Majesties, as proof of my allegiance to you,
I will take this uncolored white rose and make it blue, the color to bless you both.
An impossible feat!
Blue roses don't exist!
With alchemy, nothing is impossible.
Impossible!
My dear alchemist!
I continued to produce gold for the country.
I promised the queen eternal youth and beauty.
My opinions were sought for when it came to politics, and I gave them freely.
However...
Who are you?!
What are you after?!
What are you hiding under that mask?!
If you peel off this mask, it will be over for me...
Winter, 1899.
I could no longer bear the weight of my sin.
My sin was not in swindling the king...
Or in leading the queen by the nose...
But...
in murdering of...
Ian...
an innocent soul.
You of the future...
Are you a man? A woman? An adult? A child?
It matters not.
Save me.
I cannot bear the weight of my sin.
Should the time of my death come...
I shall wander about forever in the clock tower where Ian died.
And I shall continue to kill.
My murderer's soul will haunt this place for eternity.
Where were you this morning?
I was at the inn the whole time.
The proprietor will corroborate my statement.
Why did you come to this village?
Wong, my companion, seemed to have his own objective, but I don't know what that was.
And what's your objective?
Monster hunting...
"The Charming Monster."
Whenever, Wherever
Arata na tabidachi mukaeyou
新たな旅立ち 迎えよう
Let us go off on a new journey
Ushinaikaketeita Soul
失いかけていた Soul
I was about to lose my soul
Yobisamashita Confide in you
呼び覚ました Confide in you
Confiding in you aroused it once more
Tomo ni shita hibi wo tsuyoku nigirishime
共にした日々を 強く握りしめ
I'll hold tight the memories of our days together
Whenever, Wherever
Tagai ni yorisoi
互いに寄り添い
We lean against one another
Osoreru koto nado nai
恐れる事などない
We have nothing to fear
Yami ga futari wakatsu to mo
闇が 二人分かつとも
Even if the darkness should separate us
Tashika na kodou ga
確かな鼓動が
That's what my palpable heartbeat
Sou tsugeteiru kara
そう告げているから
Is telling me
Futatabi deaeru made
再び出会えるまで
Until we can meet each other again
Omoi yo douka kimi to tomo ni
想いよ どうか 君と共に
I bid my feelings to be with you
How ridiculous...
I have to take sides with this stupid, farting newt?!
Damn farting grim reaper!
F-Farting?
Next Episode Preview
The Ill-tempered Frill
Blames the Farting Newt