Now, you two.
Try moving your hands like I told you.
This is the trick behind Simon Hunt's murder.
This method of tying is called a "slipknot."
It's often used in escape artist acts.
The nun, Morella, used this method to untie the rope.
She then grabbed the dagger.
Really, Mademoiselle?
But that doesn't fall within the realm of chaos.
What I truly need to reconstruct is...
"Gu"?
Are you all right?
Thank you for helping us.
I recall that we arrived on the same train as well.
There's room.
Actually, I...
It's fine.
Sorry, but can we join you?
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
Thank you so much.
All the other rooms were packed.
Um, how do you two know each other?
I was at a loss over the lack of seating when this gentleman called out to me in the hall.
Say, let's introduce ourselves.
Meeting fellow passengers like this must mean something.
Mademoiselle, what were you doing at that convent?
I'm an orphan.
Huh?
I don't know my own birthday.
Because of that, I'll get lost on my way to Hades.
So I participated in Phantasmagoria, hoping someone could find it for me.
How about you, Madame?
Very well, I'm a scarecrow.
Usually, I stand guard on a farm in the remote countryside against the bad little birds.
Excuse me,
what game is this?
What fun!
In that case, I must be a knight!
I race through the lands on my beloved horse, cutting down villains right and left!
How about you?
I'm a woodcutter.
I couldn't possibly imitate such brave feats.
Chopping down trees is the best you'll get from me.
So you're a cowardly young man.
How about you two?
Um...
An ancient, proud Gray Wolf and her idiot servant.
Wait a minute!
I am not an idiot!
Ow!
Isn't "Masquerade" the ideal name for it?
It's the perfect setting for a masked ball.
Episode 18
The Jet-black Train Has
Several Falsehoods on Board
Do you really believe it?
That the wolf cub can recapture that box?
For us Gray Wolves, that's our trump card.
I'm sure it'll protect her from the coming storm.
So that's why you're entrusting it to her.
But what about us?
After we've come all this way for it...
Don't worry.
There are other plans.
Solve the riddle, my daughter.
Demonstrate your power so that you may live.
Mademoiselle Lesglant is still missing.
So this is what's happening in Sauville...
By the way, Victorique,
what were you about to say earlier?
Kujō, do you know anything about memento boxes?
No.
The memento box is a tradition that is passed down in parts of Europe.
People pack the small box with items that represent each juncture in their life.
When the owner dies, the box is buried in the coffin with them.
So it symbolizes someone's life?
Yes. It's likely that someone's life is also sealed within the box that was at Beelzebub's Skull.
Maman and her companion tried to retrieve that box.
I have to get to the truth behind that memento box!
That was unexpected.
K-K-K-K-Kujō!
You're heavy!
S-Sorry!
You! I'll get you for this later!
Children, you'll catch a cold if you remain soaked.
I'll talk to the crew and borrow something for both of you to wear.
Oh, I'll go.
It's gone.
What's wrong?
Excuse me, Mr. Knight...
I'm feeling chilly from the night air.
Would you mind asking the lady to borrow something on my behalf as well?
Not at all.
Um...
You wait here, young man.
It's the duty of a knight...
to fulfill a princess's request.
Is that it?
A rendezvous?
In a place like this?
It's unforgivable for a scarecrow to steal someone else's harvest.
You're going to return what you took from my friend!
I see.
They're both taking a long time.
I'm sorry...
about your private affairs being brought up earlier.
I don't mind.
I hope you find out your birthday.
I-I just saw someone outside!
Wait!
Sorry it took so long.
Look, dry clothes!
Um, where's Madame Scarecrow?
She ran into an acquaintance and changed rooms.
She passed on her regards.
But...
Let's go change our clothes, Kujō.
Huh?
What you witnessed was definitely not an illusion.
I don't know if the person is dead or alive, but somebody exited the train early.
Don't tell me...!
Don't tell me that I saw...
Yes. The woman who called herself a scarecrow.
All the people in that room are minions of either the Ministry of the Occult or the Academy.
It appears we've found ourselves in the midst of a grotesque masquerade.
But we're lucky, depending how you look at it.
Likelier than not, at the center of this dance is...
But I don't have enough fragments of chaos to make a firm statement.
Problem?
No, I was just thinking that outfit suits you.
It suits me?
Are you telling me to wait on you?
You've become quite the big shot!
I didn't say anything like that!
Brother...
Help me...
Hold on! I swear I'll...
Help me...
A radio?
Mr. Woodcutter, who were you talking to?
Nobody.
Oh?
You're all here?
You took so long that we came to look for you.
What are you doing here?
Well, Mr. Woodcutter?
The buffet, perhaps?
Shall we drink until dawn?
Sounds good.
But it's your treat.
Sure, leave it to me.
We're invited too, aren't we?
O-Of course.
The vodka, please.
The raisin-snatching game, I presume.
A game where you grab raisins out of the fire quickly, eat them, and state a wish.
You're well informed.
So, who will start?
Well then...
If you'd like, I'll...
Very well, I'll go first.
I want to see my hometown in the spring again next year.
You see, I love the beautiful irises.
I don't quite understand...
I see.
And would you betray your fellow woodcutters for that?
Okay, I'll go next.
There's no need to worry about food poisoning with these raisins, is there?
Of course not.
Are you all right?
You should drink some water.
Mind your own business.
Let's see, a wish, huh?
Let me think.
Is something wrong?
No...
I hope you'll make it back to your hometown safely too.
What do you mean?
For instance...
No!
Don't drink that water!
Are you okay?!
Wha...
Don't feign ignorance.
You poisoned her, didn't you?!
Hey! Are you okay?!
Is there a doctor here?!
Poison, you say?
Ridiculous! You saw the whole thing!
I ate the same raisins!
I drank the water too!
You froze a thin layer of poison at the bottom of the glass.
When both of you first drank from the glass,
the poison hadn't mixed in with the water yet.
However, as the ice began to melt, she brought the glass to her mouth again.
Bastard!
Oh, stop...
A gun doesn't suit you.
Lesglant-kun!
How do you know my name?!
Tell me.
What is at the center of this absurd masquerade?!
Occult bastard!
Even if I die...
you're not getting this box!
Box?
Then it must be...
Wait! You can't walk around in that state.
It's over.
Either way, everyone on this train is going to die.
Our comrade will derail the train since we didn't contact him at the designated time!
It's better for the whole train to be buried than let the Ministry of the Occult steal it!
You two stay right there!
Go to the locomotive!
Stop it!
But...
That's right.
Victorique, wait... there...
I'm going too, of course.
No!
But...
Fine.
Let's hurry.
Hold on tight!
You're not going anywhere!
He's coming!
Kujō!
It seems the knight tragically fell off his horse.
Hang in there!
Don't...
touch me.
No one...
is getting...
the box.
Who cares about that?!
Your life is more important!
Railroad bridge...
Bomb...
Hey...
Hey!
I'm scared.
Without a birthday...
Mo... ther...
It's still not possible at this distance.
What isn't?
Look at that.
What's that?
Probably a trigger device...
to derail this train.
Vic—
Only one bullet left.
Give it to me.
I'll hit it for sure next time.
No, you can't.
I'll do it.
Maman said to demonstrate my power so that I may live.
That's why I'll do it with my own hand.
All right.
But allow me to...
Yes, you can help me.
For the master and her servant are as one.
You're incredible.
Kujō, nothing is impossible for a Gray Wolf.
Yeah.
Empiricism and the like are all just foolish barbarian claptrap.
I've never fired a gun before...
but I know the theory of it well.
It's okay.
I know you can do it.
After we get through this storm, you and I are going home.
To St. Marguerite Academy, where we belong!
Now!
See?
See? I did it!
Indeed. You did it!
But what do we do now?
Nothing.
Nobody's feeding coal to the engine.
The train will stop on its own eventually.
The older brother of the missing Mademoiselle Lesglant.
That's your real identity.
The Ministry of the Occult abducted your sister and held her hostage...
to use you as an impromptu spy.
They went that far in a bid to get...
this memento box.
It is filled with fragments that reveal the life of a certain man.
He was born.
This was cut from the owner of the box.
His umbilical cord.
He grew.
This is his portrait.
He fell in love.
This perfume bottle belonged to the girl he loved.
And then...
he experienced failure.
"Don't turn around."
That's all it says...
That's all that's in here.
And this memento box isn't complete.
In other words, the owner of the box is still alive.
Because...
The box wasn't hidden in a cemetery,
but under the floor of a house.
In that "Nameless Village," where Maman's photo was..
Um... so the owner of the box and Cordelia are both...
Yes.
His name is...
"Jupiter Roger, 7 years old!"
At Saillune?!
Indeed.
The head of the Science Academy, Jupiter Roger,
was in fact a Gray Wolf from the infamous "Nameless Village."
This is a truth with consequences, capable of shaking the power balance of the government.
That's why the Ministry of the Occult...
...tried to steal this box.
And the Academy put lives on the line in an attempt to hinder them.
Thus ends my reconstruction.
Take it.
I don't know how the Ministry of the Occult will use it.
But your sister will be saved if you have that box, right?
Hey, Victorique!
W-Wait for me!
Thank you.
But are you sure it's okay?
If the Marquis de Blois acquires that...
Don't worry.
I solved the riddle Maman gave me.
I still hold...
the trump card.
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
No tarts and no macaroons either...
Oh, I have tarts and macaroons too.
Here, help yourself.
No, these are song lyrics.
Ah, never mind.
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