This is where...
Yes.
I see.
So I'm here...
Led by a phantom...
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
Sophie-san is... {Shophie is...} {lm - missing honorific}
already inside.
What the hell is this?!
What's wrong?
Th-This suitcase suddenly...
Much better!
Ms. Cecil!
Kujō-kun!
What's going on?
Why were you inside a suitcase—
She's in trouble!
As a teacher, I can't just stand by and watch when one of my students is in trouble!
This is a desperate deep cover operation!
Please calm down.
One of your students?
Yes! Victorique-san is in trouble! {Yes! Victorique is in trouble!} {lm - missing honorifc}
Victorique-san was summoned by her father again. {Victorique was summoned by her father again...} {lm - missing honorifc}
Stay in here, Cecil.
You mustn't get any closer.
I don't think I've ever heard her sound like that.
Though I was inside the suitcase at the time, so I couldn't really tell...
K-Kujō-kun?! {K-Kujō?!} {lm - missing honorifc}
Please go on in.
Excuse me!
Please move!
W-What was that?!
Episode 20
The Phantom's
Phantom Leads the Way
Victorique!
Victorique...
You'll be fine.
No matter where you are...
No matter what kind of storm comes...
I'll...
I'll...!
Victorique!
Kujō-kun?! {Kujō?!} {lm - missing honorifc}
What are you...?!
You...
You really did...
Didn't I tell you?!
That I'd always find you!
But this is as far as it goes.
I'm sorry, Kujō.
There he is!
Wai... Victorique, wait!
Got him!
You can't just run in here!
P-Please let go of me!
Wait, Victorique!
Be quiet!
Victorique!
Don't struggle!
Victorique!
Come on!
Please let go of me!
Let go!
Come with us!
Kujō...
Will you lead me?
To my father...
To the Marquis Albert de Blois.
I'm glad you're here, my daughter.
We'll make good use of your power now, more than ever.
I've given it some thought.
Why would the Ministry of the Occult want to expose the truth behind Coco Rose's murder now?
Oh?
Perhaps you've already figured it out.
But you have no definitive proof.
You want that so you can manipulate the criminal at will, no?
And then you'll attain even greater status and power.
The person who wields that kind of power in this country...
He is the true culprit in this crime.
Amusing.
That's my sweet Gray Wolf.
The Coco Rose Case...
In the spring of 1914, right before the beginning of the Great War,
an ambassador from France came to see Coco Rose. {an emissary from France came to see Coco Rose.} {lm - ambassador sounded better}
His Majesty summoned the queen, who had been moved to the country house, to the royal palace.
And then...
a headless corpse was found in the queen's chamber.
Right before that, no one had entered or exited the room...
except for one person, His Royal Majesty, the King.
But of course, he didn't have anything suspicious on him.
He couldn't have been the murderer.
For at about the same time, at the queen's country house...
Apparently, a member of the Science Academy was among the witnesses.
And the case has remained unsolved to this day.
And why must Victorique solve it?
I don't know myself, but...
What?
If she can't solve the case, I don't think she can return to the academy.
Why?!
It's our father's will.
That's ridiculous!
Well, I don't think there's a case that she can't solve.
Don't worry so much, Baby Squirrel.
The fragments...
Are the fragments of chaos gathered? {Are the fragments of Chaos gathered?} {lm - capitalization error, and you told me to look for i :p}
Newspaper articles...
The investigation report...
Information has been gathered, more or less.
That's not good enough!
Victorique would already know any public information!
Then what should I do?!
I'll gather them myself.
What?
I'm the only one who can.
If I don't bring back the fragments, Victorique will...!
I'll fight too.
I'll fight at Victorique's side!
Wait for me, Victorique!
Victorique?
Do you know Cordelia?
Cordelia?
Yes, Cordelia.
Then this person is...
Victorique's...
mother.
That was 16 years ago.
She was such a good dancer.
She suddenly disappeared...
Her mother used to be here.
This is where Victorique was...
That reminds me, I believe a girl was looking at this photograph earlier.
She looked just like her.
For a moment, I was startled,
but that would be impossible...
Excuse me.
The queen?!
Why is the queen's photograph here?
You're mistaken.
That's Nicole Lulu.
She looked just like Queen Coco, so she's known as the "Downtown Blue Rose" and had quite the following.{lm - im not sure whats up with the "had quite the following"}
Downtown... Blue Rose...
She was a good girl, always cheerful.
But she disappeared somewhere too...
Although that happens often in this line of work...
It's time you solved the mystery, Gray Wolf!
I can't. There aren't enough fragments of chaos.
All of the information is here!
I thought there's nothing a Gray Wolf can't understand.
Only if the fragments have been gathered.
But you've given me nothing to reconstruct.
What are you doing?!
Secretary recruitment?
Yes. This would've been in 1900.
I realize it's been 24 years, but...
Oh, I know what you mean.
Yes, I remember it well.
The requirements were blond hair and blue eyes.
Even the shoe size was specified.
They vacated the room once the interviews were over.
They were peculiar men.
So that actress, Nicole Lulu, applied for the secretarial position and then just vanished?
Yes. There's something fishy about this...
Let's look into it a little more.
Yes, for Victorique-san!
But the "Downtown Blue Rose"...
Is that really connected to the murder?
I-I get the feeling that it is...
Anyway, let's go!
Now when was that?
I saw her riding in a fancy carriage.
It's been roughly 10 years, since Nicole left the stage.
Rumor has it that she became the lover of some rich man or noble.
I remember hearing that too.
Huh? Oh, I think that was 10 years after Nicole disappeared.
She applied to become a secretary, and ended up the mistress of a noble?
Kujō-kun, sorry to keep you waiting!{Kujō, sorry to keep you waiting!} {lm - missing honorific}
When did you...?!
We're in the city, after all.
And I had to buy a souvenir for Sophie, anyway...
For Sophie-san? {For Sophie?} {lm - missing honorific}
We often come here together to shop.
She'll probably be angry when she finds out I came here alone.
Sophie-san is in Saubreme right now.{Sophie is in Saubreme right now.} {lm - missing honorific}
Well, she came to see the Coco Rose play.
She drove me here on her motorbike.
Huh?! Why didn't she invite me?!
We've been best friends for 10 years, and she takes you instead?!
You've been best friends for 10 years?
Where did you first meet?
I'm not telling you.
I hate you, Kujō-kun! {I hate you, Kujō!}
That's why I won't tell you!
Um, well... Miss?
I hate Sophie even more!
I hate her so much!
I think I caught a cold...
But I hope Coco makes her appearance soon!
Nicole Lulu?
I heard you were a big fan...
Yeah. That's why it was such a huge shock to hear about her death.
What, you didn't know?
Nicole passed away.
It's true.
Huh?
It says 1900...
That's the year Nicole-san went missing.
The year of that secretary recruitment...
But didn't someone see her 10 years later?
Please stop this at once!
This won't help anything!
You watch closely too.
Watch the power that dwells within my daughter, your younger sister.
Father! Father!
Herbs to sharpen the senses, monotonous ringing and flickering candlelight solely to heighten the effect...
What do you mean, "occult"?
Is this not an admirable example of science?
We don't have tickets and there are guards.
What should we do, Kujō-kun? {What should we do, Kujō?} {lm - missing honroific}
The inspector should be coming here, but...
What's the criminal's name?!
Solve the mystery, Gray Wolf!
No one may leave this room until the ceremony is over.
He's not here...
Miss, please stay here!
W-What's wrong, Kujō-kun?! {W-What's wrong, Kujō?!} {lm - missing honorific}
Gray Wolf!
Solve the mystery!
Quickly!
Who is the culprit?!
How was the murder committed?! {lm - perhaps accomplished should be replaced by commited}
What's the matter?
What happened to that assertiveness you faced me with...
boy?
Brian?!
Answer!
What's going on?!
Turn on the lights! Now!
Y-You...
Hurry.
The wolf cub is through the inner door.
Thank you!
Victorique! Victorique!
Victorique!
Kujō!
How can you be there?!
Victorique!
Kujō...
Thank God...
Thank God... Thank God... Thank God...
You can't! This case is...
I know!
I know.
If I didn't get involved, you would...
You would...
But I got involved.
Isn't it okay?
To have a busybody involve himself in all of your affairs...
To have a friend like that...?
Kujō...
The sacred rite has been defiled!
Get that person out of here!
Please wait!
Kujō.
Right now, struggle as I may, there's no way I can free myself from my father's spell. {lm - i think it should be strugle as i may}
But...!
Solve the mystery.
So that you may live...
Show me your power.
I'll solve it!
I'll solve it.
I'll solve...
the Coco Rose Case!
Beautiful wolf mother and cub...
I wish you well.
Kujō...
Why did you think to investigate Nicole Lulu?
Why...?
It seemed like a story that would please you.
Well done, for a bright bore.
I commend you.
Father has granted permission.
So where will you go?
The cemetery.
What?!
I'm going to the cemetery...
to dig up Nicole Lulu's grave.
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
The stage of Coco Rose...
The time has come for the curtain-raising.
Coco, I'll adorn your life with a flower.
Amid chaos, a flower called "true lie" blooms.
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