Is Kujō-kun in the library again?
I wonder what kind of girl Victorique-san is...
Stupid Cecil! Let go of me—
C-Calm down, Victorique-san!
S-Someone will get hurt!
Miss? Victorique?
Kujō! Help me!
It's rare to see her venture out of the library,
so I told her she should go to the classroom and say hello to everyone, but...
I'm not going to any stupid classroom!
Why not?
Anyway, I won't do what I don't want to do!
No way! No way!
Nooooo!
And so, this is the classmate you've all been waiting for...
Victorique-san!
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
That Victorique?
The one in the library tower?
The Gray Wolf?!
She's... Victorique-san?
Her skin is white and smooth,
her cheeks are rose-colored, like in a dream,
her long hair is of a brilliant gold,
and her arms and legs are tiny.
It's as if she were a doll made for god himself.
Avril-san and everyone sitting behind her, please move back one seat.
Victorique should sit next to Kujō-kun.
This way, Victorique.
What is it, Avril?
M-M-Morning!
Morning. We'll talk later.
Everyone! An incident, perhaps crime-related, occurred this morning,
so class is canceled for the rest of the day.
What's wrong?
I'll give you a brief checklist of important points.
Could she be nervous?
First, do your best to stay away from the clock tower.
Say, are you all right?
Do you feel ill?
After class, return to your dorm and study for the rest of the day.
Hello?
Come on, you could at least answer me!
Or does a Gray Wolf not understand the human language?
Hey!
Gray Wolf!
Wolf-girl! Monster!
Monster!
Insolent girl!
Don't touch me!
Don't you dare, Victorique!
Episode 14
The Ill-tempered Frill
Blames the Farting Newt
I'm glad you weren't hurt.
Y-Yeah...
Come on, apologize!
I won't.
L-Listen, Kujō-kun...
You could've really hurt Avril!
So...
No!
Actually, I—
This woman is a farting newt!
I don't talk to newts!
Victorique!
Come on, apologize!
Ah! K-Kujō-kun!
I'm just teaching this farting Victorique some manners!
I won't let go until you apologize properly!
You... half-retarded... mediocre wretch!
No!
You've got it all wrong!
Oh dear.
A murder in the clock tower?!
Strange things also happened yesterday.
It may be the ghost of Leviathan after all!
That sounds like something a farting newt would come up with.
Victorique!
C-Come to think of it, Ms. Cecil, it was strange how you got angry and shooed me and Kujō-kun away yesterday.
This isn't the first time someone died in that tower, so...
It happened before?!
This is the fifth time.
All of them in that room.
Every time, the victim's right index finger would be dyed purple...
The autopsies always show the cause of death to be poison around the finger.
When did these deaths first start occurring?
Around the turn of the century, I believe.
That's about the time Leviathan disappeared from the tower.
Do the victims have anything else in common?
I suppose none of them were from around here.
For example, one was a visiting instructor, one was a visitor...
one was a trespassing traveler, and so on...
Where are you going?
Where else?
The clock tower.
Leviathan's mystery can only be exposed at the clock tower in broad daylight.
My wellspring of wisdom tells me so.
Wait, I'm going too!
Kujō-kun! Me too!
Well, well...
Now why would you venture out of the library?
I was challenged by Leviathan the Alchemist.
By Leviathan?
E-Excuse me... The bugs...
I-I was in a hurry, so I used sugar water to stiffen it.
That's why...
More importantly, Inspector, where are you going?
Back to the station.
The investigation is over.
Huh? Already?
Kujō-kun...
Do you have a moment?
This academy only began accepting exchange students such as yourself several years ago.
For hundreds of years before that, outsiders were prohibited from entering the grounds.
Why?
This educational institution was once a front for the secret royal armory.
This is a place that hid confidential research and people as well as the country's dark past.
Things that mustn't be brought back up.
Leviathan is one of those things.
Is that why you won't investigate?
It's in the interests of the Kingdom of Sauville...
As well as...
Kujō-kun...
If my sister tries to tackle this case, I'd like you to stop her.
I don't know what dangers may lie hidden here.
Dangers?
What do you mean, dangers?
I'm saying it's better for you and my sister to behave yourselves, helpless Baby Squirrel.
And now I will take my leave.
Dangers... Dark past...
Say, Kujō-kun, why don't we go to the village and investigate the murder there?
Yeah, I guess...
Victorique-san, come with us!
I'm not going.
Go wherever you want with Kujō!
You farting newt!
Victorique!
Apologize to Avril!
No way!
Victorique!
Listen, Kujō-kun...
I'm the one...
Quiet, Avril!
Victorique, I thought you were a kinder girl than this.
You're my dearest friend!
"My dearest"...?
So please, Victorique...
Fine, then!
The hell with you!
U-Um...
Really, won't you come with us?
Th-Then it's a competition!
Which of us will solve the alchemist's mystery first?
Okay?
Well...
I-I'll see you later then!
Stupid Kujō...
He didn't have to get that mad...
He's so cruel...
I see.
Was that how it was, Leviathan?
"My dearest," huh?
Maybe I went a little too far.
What's this? There are a lot of names written here for some reason.
I wonder if they were buried together?
Yes, 500 years ago.
This is a Protestant grave.
It's from the age when Catholics and Protestants were at violent odds.
These people were gathered together in this village and killed.
In some of the older structures in this area, there are still hidden rooms that were used to shelter Protestants.
So, what are you looking for?
Well...
Graves of the outsiders who died in the clock tower?
They don't exist.
The only people buried here are the villagers.
I see. Thank you.
It happened when I was still a child.
Avril!
Don't be shocked.
In this very cemetery...
I saw a ghost that couldn't be seen!
But what does it mean to "see a ghost that can't be seen"?
One night...
I definitely heard footsteps.
But there was no one around.
And yet, on the ground...
The footprints were clearly made by the ghost of a child.
Avril, come on!
Gold and black skin...
Oh, Kujō-kun!
What are you doing here?
I'd like to ask the same thing, Sophie!
I'm visiting a grave, of course.
Kujō-kun, are you... on a date?
N-No!
By the way, that song...
Who are you?
Just a traveler looking for something.
There's a lost item in a place like this?
There is.
A beautiful monster.
Monster?
That red hair...
You're the companion of the Oriental who died in this room.
Yeah.
Wong Kai the Conjurer.
Heard of him?
No.
Wong was interested in that movie, Illusion of the Dark Tower .
He apparently snuck into this tower, the model for the film, but...
And you're a magician too?
Oh. How did you know?
Because I'm the monster.
Then as to the question of who I am...
I already know.
I also know what you're after...
and the name of your partner.
Very impressive.
There's nothing I don't know.
You're just a tool.
What could a tool that was raised without love possibly understand?
There's nothing I don't understand!
What are you two doing in here?
Who are you?
A carpenter.
Me and a big shot are evaluating whether or not to tear this place down.
As you can see, it's a very old building.
In fact, it's dangerous for you to even be here.
I see. I'll be careful.
There's something I want you to investigate.
We heard quite a bit, huh?
Yeah.
H-Huh?!
Kujō-kun?!
Victorique!
Victorique.
Huh? Hey, Victorique!
You can hear me, right?
I have something for you.
I'm sure it's just another weird hat or something.
It's a raspberry sandwich.
Kujō-kun...
You're a surprisingly fast runner...
We found out some old buildings in the area have hidden rooms that the Protestants used.
Also, do you know African songs?
It seems even the kids in this village know them.
I heard the songs are about Africans who once lived here long ago.
The hens chirp!
No one really knows where they came from or what they did here,
Until it's time, even in dreams!
but apparently, they all died at once from an epidemic.
Ah, you must be talking about the end of 1873.
Walk, walk I say!
By the beginning of the next year, the previous king passed away.
Walk, walk I say!
I remember it well.
Walk, walk, and we're finally there!
Cute sisters, Papa and Mama!
Gold and black skin!
Row, row, row, and row!
Did you catch the "gold" in the lyrics?
Doesn't it make you think?
Kujō-kun!
Avril?
I said this is a competition!
Why are you sharing the information we dug up?!
Well, I thought we could make more progress by exchanging information.
Is the farting lizard going home?
What, you frilly witch?!
Y-You called me a frilly witch?!
What is that?!
I don't know!
But I won't lose when it comes to bad-mouthing!
Enough of that.
Now, let's announce our theories!
I think the ghost of Leviathan haunts the clock tower.
And he doesn't like it when outsiders enter the place.
But Leviathan disappeared right after he was shot with poisoned arrows.
He might still be alive and murdering people for some reason.
You're both idiots.
W-What was that?!
Especially you. There is no such things as a ghost.
Wake up.
So you're saying he's still alive, like what Kujō-kun said?!
Leviathan died a long time ago.
He just kept his death a secret.
He wasn't immortal by a long shot.
And his alchemy was phony too.
You're wrong!
Leviathan is an alchemist!
He's incredible!
Avril, calm down...
Certainly, he turned a white rose into a blue one.
That's right!
He did it in front of the king, the queen and a lot of others!
Very well, I'll show you the technique.
But you'll want to die of embarrassment once you see how silly you are.
W-W-Wh...?!
Calm down.
Hmph! As if you can do it!
I don't believe it!
W-What happened?!
Cotton?
If a white rose absorbs ink through the cut end of its stem, it will be tinged with the ink's color.
It's a simple trick.
That can't be...
Is Leviathan really dead?
I've seen through most of his tricks.
But it's not quite complete.
I'm waiting for the final, necessary piece so I can reconstruct the truth.
The final piece?
Brian... That's right. Brian Roscoe.
Brian Roscoe came to this village 10 years ago.
10 years ago also coincides with when that photo was taken.
E-Excuse me, I just remembered something I have to do!
W-Wait, Kujō!
Victorique-san...
I'm sorry for calling you a monster.
You're amazing, Victorique-san.
Maybe I am a little... you know, dense...
What do you think?
Indeed, you are dense.
But you're free.
M-Maybe it's like this.
Kujō-kun is with you a lot, so maybe he just sees me as a stupid girl.
What I'm trying to say is...
I don't want you to take Kujō-kun from me!
W-Wait, ignore that!
I didn't say anything!
Thank goodness!
Ah, youth...
You, who have acquired this volume in the future...
Are you a man? A woman? An adult? A child?
I'm saying it's better for you and my sister to behave yourselves, helpless Baby Squirrel.
You have business with me, boy?
You shall learn more of my tale.
And understand.
The tale of my crime and remorse...
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
"Take it."
That's my answer to your challenge!
Here, I'll catch it—
Not you, Kujō!
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