Vengeful Demon's Wail at the Prison Tower
1st Door: The Dark Haired Demon
B：???:
—Have you ever envied someone?
B：???:
Have you ever faced someone with the talent, opportunity, and riches that you lacked, and knelt down before them in defeat?
B：???:
This world is rife with inequality, and so we shed our tears as we ruminate on the sanctity of fairness. Have you experienced that?
B：???:
Do not answer. There is no need for you to.
B：???:
Peer inside your heart. Do not turn your eyes from what you see. For that is what every heart holds. None can escape it.
B：???:
It is what leads us to covet and begrudge one another, then shed tears of regret.
B：???:
The sin of envy.
Mash:
...Senpai?
Mash:
Um, is something the matter?
Fujimaru 1:
Why do you ask?
Mash:
Oh, it's just... You suddenly stopped walking and broke off in mid-speech.
Mash:
You just kept standing there in silence, so I thought maybe something was worrying you...
Fujimaru 2:
Good morning, Mash.
Mash:
Good morning.
I mean—
Mash:
Senpai, were you doing your special move, the REM REM Trance? As in, sleeping while standing?
Mash:
I was wondering if that was the case since you suddenly stopped walking and broke off mid-speech...
Mash:
Your expression sort of looked vacant too.
Are you not feeling well?
Fujimaru 1:
I haven't noticed anything.
Mash:
Oh, okay... Just in case, let's go get you a medical check-up.
Fujimaru 2:
Just daydreaming?
Mash:
It's possible. Let's get you checked out in case it was caused by magecraft.
Mash:
First, let's get you to your room, Senpai.
I'll call the Doctor over—
B：???:
Welcome to the Prison Tower on the Isle of Despair, Senpai!
B：???:
Sinner by the name of Fujimaru! This is a place beyond love and hate, thus any soul may be imprisoned here!
B：???:
You are no exception.
Fujimaru 1:
...I'm in Chaldea.
B：???:
Chaldea? No. You are certainly not.
Ha, ha, ha, your beloved little friend is not here.
B：???:
And neither is that meddlesome Doctor, nor that pervert who is so pleased with his own body's modification. You are the only one here.
B：???:
...Though, of course, I am here too.
Fujimaru 2:
...Who are you?
B：???:
A Heroic Spirit who does not belong in this world.
To borrow a phrase from your adorable friend.
B：???:
A name comes to mind, does it not?
Or have you already forgotten?
B：???:
That is fine. Forget it all. Only a vengeful soul would seek to carve all things indelible upon itself.
B：???:
Oh, that's right— Did you find that First Tower fun? No, it's all right. Don't speak. I don't actually wish to hear your opinions.
B：???:
It was but an automatic reflex of hospitality. Like an involuntary reply to someone calling out your name.
B：???:
The Second Tower welcomes you.
Do enjoy it to its fullest extent.
Unknown Spirit:
Uu...uuuuuuuuu...
Uuuuuu...
B：???:
See, they are all coming out to greet you. It seems they don't find the warm pulse of your soul likable.
B：???:
It may not be like the First Tower, but a large number of dead souls have congregated here as well.
B：???:
They seem severely agitated, don't they?
They're resentful. And envious.
B：???:
Of you! You, who stands in this room and yet still lives!
Fujimaru 1:
They're going to attack me?!
Fujimaru 2:
...That's totally unreasonable!
B：???:
Haha, calm yourself, Master.
There are so many things you still need to know.
B：???:
For instance, where, exactly, are you right now?
And who am I?
B：???:
That said, most of the information that awaits you will be quite trivial, but...you can at least learn one thing of importance.
B：???:
For instance... Yes, the ugliness of you humans—
Fujimaru 1:
With just one blow...
Fujimaru 2:
Just exactly who are you!? Where am I!?
B：???:
This is Hell. Namely, the Château d'If, the prison tower that lies beyond love and hate.
B：???:
And I...
B：???:
...am a Heroic Spirit. A part of a tale that you should know quite well. I am one piece of the curse that has laid its shadow upon this world.
B：???:
I, born of sadness and given form through my unending resentment, rage, and hatred as an Extra Class...
B：???:
Yes— You can refer to me as Avenger.
B：Avenger:
For so long as I live—
B：Avenger:
Survive this, and you shall learn a great deal of things, though they may be twisted. This is a place for that.
B：Avenger:
However, I am under no obligation to spend time teaching you how to obtain them.
B：Avenger:
I have no intention of becoming your very own Abbé Faria. I shall have your soul battered and tossed about until I am sated.
Fujimaru 1:
Abbé Faria?
B：Avenger:
Hmmph.
Fujimaru 2:
...First of all, I've never even heard of an Avenger class.
B：Avenger:
Haha! I told you it was an Extra Class, didn't I?
Of course you've never heard of it.
B：Avenger:
However, I shall teach you the absolute minimum of things you need to know, briefly that is.
B：Avenger:
First, your soul has been imprisoned.
To escape, you must pass the seven Halls of Judgment.
B：Avenger:
Your voice shall not reach Chaldea, nor shall its voice reach you.
B：Avenger:
If you're defeated and killed in the Halls of Judgment, you die. If you do nothing and seven days have passed, you also die.
B：Avenger:
That is all.
Fujimaru 1:
Why are you doing this?
Fujimaru 2:
What about Mash? And Chaldea?
B：Avenger:
Ha, ha! Who can say?
B：Avenger:
This Château d'If is very different than the one that existed in history.
B：Avenger:
It bears some similarity to the Singularities you have seen, but again, it's something else.
B：Avenger:
This is a hunting ground.
A type created by the King of Mages.
Fujimaru 1:
Hunting ground for what?
Fujimaru 2:
The Grand Caster?!
B：Avenger:
Who can say?
B：Avenger:
Now then, the first Hall of Judgment awaits. The first stage to mount in order to survive the Seven Nights.
B：Avenger:
Seven Lords are waiting for you.
Every single one of them is itching to kill you.
B：Avenger:
Behold this! Savor this!
First up is the Phantom of the Opera!
B：Avenger:
Seeking a beautiful voice and detesting all things ugly,
he is a monster of Envy who has come to kill you!
Phantom:
Christine...
Christine, Christine, Christine!
Phantom:
I shall sing to you in your sleep...with all the love in my heart.
Phantom:
Ahh, but tonight, a new star stands upon the stage!
Ahh, who are you? You are not Christine!
Phantom:
Here, my soul and my voice are bound up as one!
Which is to say...
Fujimaru 1:
He's attacking me now?!
B：Avenger:
Of course he is!
I already told you he was a monster that would kill you!
Fujimaru 2:
Could it be due to a Mental Corruption skill?
B：Avenger:
No, not at all! Hahaha! Try listening for a change!
He has dominion over this room, and is here to kill you!
Phantom:
Look not upon my face! Look not! Look not!
You are not Christine, so I cannot bear it!
Phantom:
Whoever you may be,
I... I...cannot let you live.
Phantom:
Oh, Christine! My love!
Oh, Christine! My masterpiece!
Phantom:
Let me dig my nails into a voice the equal of yours! Let me rip apart a throat the equal of yours and see it gush red!
Phantom:
How I want... And want... And want... I am inconsolable tonight.
Phantom:
...Oh, how I envy all people, near and far!
B：Avenger:
Take a good look, Master. This is man. This is a caricature of the human beings your world is overrun with!
B：Avenger:
Fight. Kill. You don't have time to hesitate. Because—
B：Avenger:
It makes no difference whether you believe me or not. There'll be no reasoning with him. He will kill you!
B：Avenger:
Hahaha! Look! Just look! He can barely contain how badly he wants to add your throat to his collection!
Phantom:
Sing! Sing, my angel! Tonight, there's no song better than your dying scream!
B：Avenger:
What will you do? Only defend yourself?
Or will you fight?
Fujimaru 1:
...I'll defend myself.
Fujimaru 2:
...I'll fight.
B：Avenger:
Then take my hand! We will show this black-haired masked demon a true dance of death!
--BATTLE--
Avenger:
How fragile! How fragile! You poor thing, all you can become is naught but an ugly monster!
Avenger:
Château d'If is not the place for your soul!
You are far too pitiful to be a murderer!
Phantom:
From the end of time... I see a light...
Does it open...an emotionless hole in my heart?
Phantom:
Oh, my heart... Where are you?
Oh, my love... Where are you?
Phantom:
Christine... I offer my heart to you...
Christine... I offer my love...to you...
Fujimaru 1:
You're singing of love, huh?
Fujimaru 2:
What a sad song...
Avenger:
Are you certain? Listen carefully.
That is the other song that black-haired murderer sings.
Avenger:
My vengeful strike has shattered his Spirit Core and he has little time left, but his song will last till the very end.
Phantom:
Christine... My love... I love you, but... Christine... I simply cannot endure...
Phantom:
Noble Christine... The people who live with you... Beloved Christine... Everything in your world...
Phantom:
The people who spend time with you... The world where the morning sun rises... I... I...
Phantom:
—Sometimes... I envy them... And it drives me mad—
Avenger:
Hahaha! Hahahahahaha!
Hahahahahahaha!
Avenger:
Phantom of the Opera, I have witnessed your envy.
I have killed you, and I shall carry your ugliness in my heart and move onward!
Avenger:
Be proud in hell.
For you are a true human.
Phantom:
...Please, be careful.
Fujimaru, my Christine.
Phantom:
There is only one who will protect you in this twisted Château d'If.
Phantom:
And that one may not necessarily be good.
Fujimaru 1:
What do you mean?
Phantom:
I'm sorry, Christine, my love.
I can say no more.
Fujimaru 2:
Weren't you just killed?
Phantom:
I was indeed slain in the Hall of Judgment.
But what died was my ultimate ugliness.
Phantom:
However, we never...
Avenger:
Hahahahahah! So this is what it's like to fight with a Master!
Avenger:
I commend you on the brilliant moves you made.
It may be a temporary contract, but you are a true Master!
Avenger:
You mastered the use of a Heroic Spirit you'd only just met! Me! An Extra Class, an Avenger, no less!
Avenger:
Now, on to the second Hall of Judgment!
Six more Lords await!
Avenger:
Roar like a tiger.
For you are allowed to do everything.
Fujimaru 1:
...Hold it.
Avenger:
...Hmm?
Avenger:
Oh? Are you scared to go with me?
Are you uncertain you're walking the right path?
Fujimaru 2:
Can I really get out of here?
Avenger:
...Heh.
Avenger:
Very well. I have but one thing to say in answer to your doubts.
Avenger:
“Attendre et espérer.” Wait and hope.
2nd Door: The Devil of Purgatory
Mash:
The Château d'If?
Mash:
It was a prison tower that existed in France, in the Bay of Marseille. It was a fortress built in the 16th century.
Mash:
It was primarily used to hold political and ideological offenders.
Mash:
But the prison was closed at the end of the 19th century, and now it's just a historical site.
Mash:
It became world-famous after Dumas wrote his novel—
B：Avenger:
—Can you hear me, Master?
Fujimaru 1:
...I was just in Chaldea now.
B：Avenger:
I guess you should properly recognize the reality.
Haha. Listen. You're still in Chaldea right now.
B：Avenger:
Of course you are, your body is still there.
Have you not noticed?
Fujimaru 2:
Huh? Where's Mash?
B：Avenger:
Your pretty little friend is still in Chaldea.
And so is your body.
B：Avenger:
Hah. I love the shocked look on your face!
That's right, your body is still in Chaldea!
B：Avenger:
What is trapped here is your soul.
I said that before, didn't I?
B：Avenger:
I know it's hard to wrap your head around the concept. The flow of time and the concept of space are different between here and there.
B：Avenger:
These seven days may only be a single day in Chaldea.
Fujimaru 1:
I'd hate if it was the other way around.
B：Avenger:
Humph. It makes no real difference.
Fujimaru 2:
Could it be seven years in Chaldea?
B：Avenger:
It's very possible.
Hah, your expression just changed, Master.
B：Avenger:
If you want to stop the separation of your soul and body, it's simple. You must pass through the remaining six Halls of Judgment.
Fujimaru 1:
But we're back in that cell.
Fujimaru 2:
...Do I have to start over?
B：Avenger:
The concept of space is different here.
Oh, I said this already.
B：Avenger:
We always start here, but our destination will be different.
Let's go. The second judgment awaits you.
B：Avenger:
...Oh, that reminds me.
Feel free to lay on that bed there if you want.
B：Avenger:
Wait for a hand to reach out from somewhere to save you, and long for a miracle.
B：Avenger:
That's the simplest solution.
The rest will be taken care of automatically.
Fujimaru 1:
...What happens if I do that?
B：Avenger:
Your soul rots, and you'll never wake up in Chaldea again. That's all.
Fujimaru 2:
...No, I'll pass.
B：Avenger:
...Humph. Then let's go.
C：Woman's Voice:
...Someone...
C：Woman's Voice:
Someone...
Oh...Is there no one there?
B：Avenger:
Mmm—
Fujimaru 1:
I heard a woman's voice!
Fujimaru 2:
I heard something!
B：Avenger:
What's that look?
You seem as if you want to help her.
B：Avenger:
Is that your sense of justice?
Hahaha. You don't seem very concerned for yourself!
B：Avenger:
Or do you just not understand the situation? Very well. Go help the voice, but...
B：Avenger:
Stay on your guard.
Or you'll die.
B：Avenger:
—There they are. Is that it?
C：Woman:
...Help me...
C：Woman:
I woke up here...
...alone in the darkness...
C：Woman:
Where...am I?
It's so dark... I'm so scared...
Fujimaru 1:
Are you okay?
C：Woman:
Thank you.
I just found myself here...
C：Woman:
This place is so dark, and so sad...
I don't know why it feels this way...
Fujimaru 2:
Are you the second Lord?
C：Woman:
What? I don't understand. I just found myself here...
C：Woman:
It's so dark and cold...
Like a scream was frozen and hanged in the air...
C：Woman:
Am I...dead?
Have I gone to hell?
B：Avenger:
Woman. Do you have a name?
C：Woman:
I... I...
No, I don't know. I'm sorry.
C：Woman:
I don't know why I'm here, or where I am.
And oh...my name!
C：Woman:
I can't remember my name.
Um... I was looking for something important...
C：Woman:
...I think I was...
B：Avenger:
Hmmph. A woman whose name and memories were stolen? Interesting. Call yourself Mercédès, then.
C：Woman:
...Mercédès...
B：Avenger:
It was the name of a woman dear to a man who was robbed of his name, and everything he had, at the Château d'If.
Fujimaru 1:
It's a good name.
B：Avenger:
...
Fujimaru 2:
A man who was robbed of everything?
B：Avenger:
Hmmph. You'll learn someday.
That is, if you pass through all the Halls of Judgment.
B：Avenger:
Now, Master. Fool, who would save this tainted world. What will you do with Mercédès?
B：Avenger:
I will leave it to your judgment.
Leave her here, or put her in a cell.
C：Mercédès:
I-I don't want to be alone...
It feels like something bad is staring at me...
B：Avenger:
Shut up.
The choice isn't yours to make.
Fujimaru 1:
I'd feel bad leaving her here.
Fujimaru 2:
...I'll take her with me.
B：Avenger:
Fine.
B：Avenger:
No matter who this woman is,
it doesn't change what you must do.
C：Mercédès:
You... You would save me, even though you don't know who I am?
Fujimaru 1:
Of course.
C：Mercédès:
...Thank you.
May the blessings of God be upon you.
B：Avenger:
Hmmph.
Fujimaru 2:
Wait, and hope.
B：Avenger:
Heh. Indeed. Indeed! No matter what happens, that is the only thing allowed by you humans!
B：Avenger:
—Have you ever felt lust?
B：Avenger:
That is my question for you in the second Hall of Judgment, Master.
B：Avenger:
Have you ever longed to touch the body of another human being, with a properly developed personality?
B：Avenger:
Have you ever driven reason and wisdom from your mind and given in to mad, bestial urges?
Fergus:
Of course I have!
Fergus:
Great Spin of Heaven and Earth! That's the way of the world! Of course, I do it all the time!
Fergus:
How can you be a warrior or a hero without bestial lust? If you say what I do is a sin, very well! Hahaha!
Fergus:
Then I stand here as the greatest of sinners! I am the leader of the Red Branch Knights, and former King of Ulster!
Fergus:
AND I MOSTLY LOVE WOMEN!
Fujimaru 1:
He's spun so much he doesn't care anymore!
Fujimaru 2:
Mostly?
B：Avenger:
Look into his heart. Do not avert your eyes.
It is something all humans have, and none can escape it.
B：Avenger:
That which seeks others, which shakes, which leads to sordid tears.
B：Avenger:
The sin of lust—
Fergus:
Who are you calling sordid!? I eat when I want to eat, and bed someone when I want to bed them!
Fergus:
That is the true way of mankind!
That is the greatest pleasure in life!
Fergus:
Hahahaha! And of course, now is one of those times!
Fergus:
You there, woman! I can tell! You're one who's worthy of respect, and difficult to bed!
Fergus:
I find you quite attractive!
Especially those protruding breasts!
C：Mercédès:
M-Me?
Fergus:
I was scared I'd have to drink and sleep alone here in this moldy prison, but my night's looking up already!
Fergus:
YOU WILL BE MINE!
C：Mercédès:
!!!
Fergus:
And you, Fujimaru, and the new Servant!
You're, you know. Whatever. I don't need you.
Fergus:
You're in the way. I'll kill you.
Fujimaru 1:
...Huh?
Fergus:
I said I'll kill you.
Fujimaru 2:
You're kidding, right Fergus?
Fergus:
No, I'm not. I'm a Celt.
I've decided I'm going to kill you for real.
Fergus:
This is a self-evident principle. The law of survival.
Fergus:
You're trying to kidnap my woman, aren't you? I can tell. Yes, I can tell. You're trying...
Fergus:
...TO STEAL MY WOMAN! AND! IT! AIN'T! HAPPENING!
Fergus:
My sword lies in both heaven and earth, and my power spins in the heavens! Great Spin of Heaven and Earth!
Fujimaru 1:
He's gone crazy!
Fujimaru 2:
...Mutation!
B：Avenger:
Oh, I see.
You're unaware of the Vision of Tnugdalus.
B：Avenger:
What did you think that was?
It's not Fergus, warrior of the Ulsters.
B：Avenger:
It was what was seen by the medieval knight Tnugdalus, who fell into another world and came to know fear.
B：Avenger:
In the fourth torture chamber of purgatory, created by the glory of the Almighty, lies a guard lifting up the jaw of a beast like a burning hill—
B：Avenger:
It is the Devil of Purgatory!
C：Mercédès:
The legend of Purgatory from medieval Europe, and the suffering of the soul... For some reason, I know them...
C：Mercédès:
Once the Almighty captured those pious heroes who offered their worship to a foreign god!
B：Avenger:
Of course, that's likely an interpretation brought by the passage of time, but this is the Château d'If! The prison of despair!
B：Avenger:
If it's a place that has once proven that God shall not save everyone...
B：Avenger:
...Then it's only natural the unworthy would gather here!
Fergus:
GIVE ME THAT WOMAN!
C：Mercédès:
Aah!
B：Avenger:
Now what will you do, Master?
Give this woman you don't know to the lusty hero?
B：Avenger:
Or, despite not even knowing her name—
Fujimaru 1:
Avenger! Lend me your strength!
B：Avenger:
Very well! Let us see if the vengeful tiger's fangs can defeat the bestial demon of Purgatory!
--BATTLE--
Mash:
—Senpai? Senpai?
Mash:
...Um, are you sure you're not sick?
You don't look good.
Mash:
Um, do you understand me?
Do you remember what we were talking about?
Fujimaru 1:
The Château d'If.
Mash:
I'm glad. Your consciousness is intact.
Fujimaru 2:
What was it again?
Mash:
!!!
Mash:
I knew it. Your mind isn't fully here.
Mash:
Your eyes go out of focus as we talk and you keep mumbling—
Mash:
I'll call the Doctor. He didn't see anything in that brief physical yesterday...
Mash:
...but I think you need a full medical checkup.
It must be all those Rayshifts...
Fergus:
Hey, excuse me, Master.
Oh, you're here too, Miss Mash—Wait, what's going on here?
Fergus:
You don't look good. You're pale.
Actually, you're as white as a ghost!
Mash:
Fergus, good timing!
Can you help me with Senpai?
Mash:
It's probably better to take Senpai directly to the medical room than wait for the Doctor...
Fergus:
Of course. I had a feeling something might be bad.
Looks like I was right.
Fergus:
But I don't think that medical-whatsits are gonna help much. No point in worrying about it.
Mash:
No point?
B：Avenger:
—Well done. You have cleared the second Hall of Judgment.
B：Avenger:
The Devil of Purgatory was defeated, and met his end. Now we proceed to the third hall.
C：Mercédès:
U-Um...
What am I supposed to do now?
Fujimaru 1:
Let's go together.
Fujimaru 2:
I won't leave you here.
C：Mercédès:
Thank you... I don't even remember my name, but I'll do my best to be helpful.
B：Avenger:
Do you have the strength to spare for a woman like this?
Haha. I'll admit that you have a generous spirit.
B：Avenger:
That's right. It's too early for despair.
You should just keep walking forward.
B：Avenger:
If you despair and think you cannot fight anymore, tell me. I'll kill you, without waiting for the seven days to pass.
B：Avenger:
But if you wish to continue—
Fujimaru 1:
“Wait, and hope,” right?
B：Avenger:
—Hahaha! That's right, my temporary Master!
3rd Door: Monster of R'lyeh
Dr. Roman:
All vitals look fine. I'm not seeing any issues with the magical circuit either.
Dr. Roman:
But this certainly isn't normal.
Fujimaru, can you hear me?
Dr. Roman:
...No response.
The eyes seem to be looking at us...
Dr. Roman:
...but the mind isn't here, and we're not getting any response from our answers. Even if the eyes are open, that's all that is.
Mash:
Senpai...
Mash:
I've been with you all the time these past three days... I should've realized something was wrong from the start.
Dr. Roman:
I do see occasional magical circuit activity.
That might be our hint.
Dr. Roman:
Da Vinci and I will keep doing a detailed diagnosis and analysis.
Dr. Roman:
Fergus seemed to know something, right?
But he wouldn't answer my questions.
Mash:
Me neither. He said there was nothing we could do from here...
Mash:
Senpai—
Wake up, Senpai!
C：Mercédès:
How are you feeling?
C：Mercédès:
Oh, please keep lying down.
There's no need to force yourself out of bed.
C：Mercédès:
You seemed to be having a bad dream so I spoke to you. I apologize for scaring you.
Fujimaru 1:
I was dreaming.
C：Mercédès:
About your memories?
You haven't lost yours like I lost mine.
C：Mercédès:
The reason you can be so courageous...
Is probably because of your memories.
C：Mercédès:
I... I could never be like you.
Fujimaru 2:
I think I saw Chaldea...
C：Mercédès:
That's where you belong, isn't it?
Chaldea...
C：Mercédès:
I've never heard that name.
But it's important to you, isn't it?
C：Mercédès:
When you say the name, I can see the nobility in your eyes.
C：Mercédès:
I'm so...jealous.
I'm sure you know what you must do in life.
C：Mercédès:
But I... I don't even know who I am.
B：Avenger:
How does it feel to have a woman care for you?
It's not a bad thing, is it?
B：Avenger:
You're probably the first to turn a woman into a maid at the Château d'If, Master.
B：Avenger:
You do like to sleep, though.
You were out for an entire day.
Fujimaru 1:
Good morning.
B：Avenger:
There is no morning or night here. It is completely isolated from the outside world, so it's meaningless.
B：Avenger:
Hello, my temporary Master.
I have a question for your addled head.
Fujimaru 2:
Wait. Was I out that long?
B：Avenger:
The soul seeks rest of its own volition.
You may not always be this way, but today you are.
B：Avenger:
How does it feel to wake up, my temporary Master?
I have a question for your addled head.
B：Avenger:
—Have you ever been slothful?
B：Avenger:
Have you ever known what you must do, but instead of exerting effort, given in to the temptation of rest?
B：Avenger:
Have you ever acted, not as a gear in the machine of society, but as one who seeks only their own pleasure?
B：Avenger:
Oh, there is no need to answer.
That's what you're doing right now.
C：Mercédès:
...That's going too far, Avenger.
Fujimaru is too exhausted to get up...
B：Avenger:
Oh I'm sure. The connection between soul and body is becoming unstable.
B：Avenger:
You're spending less and less time with your mind in Chaldea, correct?
B：Avenger:
Do as you please. You can sleep here, or you can stand and face the third judgment.
B：Avenger:
Whatever it is, you must choose.
Fujimaru 1:
...I'll get up.
C：Mercédès:
Fujimaru!
B：Avenger:
Haha, yes. That's perfect! As long as your soul continues, I shall witness its end!
B：Avenger:
I am not going to slow my pace down. If you don't wish to be left behind, try your best to keep up.
B：Avenger:
Focus on the existence of your magic circuits. You are human. You can only gain power through reason.
B：Avenger:
Weave the magical energy from your body at Chaldea like you've done so far, to fuel your spells.
B：Avenger:
Fight. Kill.
Just as you've done on your way here.
Fujimaru 1:
(Silence.)
B：Avenger:
...Haha. Did that anger you? Forgive me.
These words and actions are the way of an Avenger!
B：Avenger:
We gather malicious intent just by existing.
You cannot escape hating us.
B：Avenger:
You hate. Kill. Grind down. And then forget. Even though it is precisely that infinite cruelty which creates avengers of darkness.
Fujimaru 2:
Was it okay to leave Mercédès?
B：Avenger:
Let her wait in the cell.
The Hall of Judgment that awaits is yours alone.
B：Avenger:
To be precise, yes, this is your Château d'If.
B：Avenger:
Your trapped soul forces fragments of the souls you've formed relationships with to come here, across time and space.
B：Avenger:
Yes. You've forged a relationship with that woman.
Or perhaps you will in the future.
B：Avenger:
Don't think too much about it.
Just keep killing the enemies you see.
B：Avenger:
...I would hope you'd understand by now...
B：Avenger:
...but the third judgment will pit you against the avatar of Sloth.
Gilles de Rais:
—Oh Lord!
Gilles de Rais:
Was it you who has brought me to this stage? Very well then! I shall perform, be it tragedy or comedy!
Gilles de Rais:
But be warned. All of my performances shall be blasphemous!
Gilles de Rais:
Shining one, tremble before my blasphemy!
Holy one, let my mockery bring you to down to earth!
Gilles de Rais:
Oh! Ooh! Blessings be upon this place!
My heart is pounding like never before!
Gilles de Rais:
I shall offer up to God the ultimate COOL!
Yes, perhaps the soul of a hope-filled hero!
Fujimaru 1:
How is that sloth?
Fujimaru 2:
He looks ready to go to me!
B：Avenger:
Hahahaha! What?
That is the greatest sloth imaginable!
B：Avenger:
He has forgotten his purity as a knight, and even what it was his Saint stood for!
B：Avenger:
He let his soul rot, and fall!
His is the lowest state of humanity!
B：Avenger:
He is a manifestation of the worst that humanity can become!
Gilles de Rais:
Your words honor me!
Gilles de Rais:
Yes! Yes! And so my comedy shall make a mockery of the Lord!
Gilles de Rais:
You, dark laughing man who doubts in the Lord, to hell you shall go! Along with that holy light!
Gilles de Rais:
A soul filled with hope, refusing to give up hope that they will someday return, even in an eternal prison! How wonderful!
Gilles de Rais:
No, no. It's never going to happen.
No matter how much hope you have, you will end here.
Gilles de Rais:
Did you know?
The soul can feel pain.
Gilles de Rais:
If I break the fingers of your soul, sever its limbs, slice open its belly, stir its intestines and rip out its eyes—
Gilles de Rais:
You will fall into despair immediately!
Faster than a shooting star in the night sky!
Fujimaru 1:
I'll pass.
Fujimaru 2:
He's crazy!
Gilles de Rais:
Noble soul who would save the world!
I shall send you to the pits of hell!
B：Avenger:
Kill! Kill! Kill!
He knows how to devour your soul!
--BATTLE--
Gilles de Rais:
...Hmm. That's not good, Fujimaru.
Gilles de Rais:
You're not responding to even Lady Mash or the Doctor's calls? Your soul must have wondered off to some abyss indeed.
Gilles de Rais:
I'm sorry. It seems a fragment of me has caused you problems...
Gilles de Rais:
What a strange state you are in.
I cannot save you.
Gilles de Rais:
But don't worry. As far as I know, the light of your soul is without peer.
Gilles de Rais:
You will someday return here, as long as that light does not go out.
Gilles de Rais:
...Of course, at my level, I have no way of knowing everything on your mind.
Gilles de Rais:
But even so...
Gilles de Rais:
May the blessing of my Holy Maiden be with you.
4th Door: God Doesn't Speak
Jeanne d'Arc:
—Oh, good. You're awake.
Jeanne d'Arc:
You can hear me, right Fujimaru? I can tell.
Jeanne d'Arc:
There's something I want to tell you.
It's a record from a long time ago, a tale of vengeance...
Jeanne d'Arc:
A story of emotions that never faded, even if everyone forgot about them.
Jeanne d'Arc:
It is the story of a man.
C：Mercédès:
...Good morning, Fujimaru.
C：Mercédès:
I'm sorry I'm whispering.
You see, this morning... I'm not sure if it's morning, though...
C：Mercédès:
Avenger seems rather angry about something.
C：Mercédès:
So... You should probably try to not aggravate him.
Fujimaru 1:
He's always angry.
C：Mercédès:
Is he? He doesn't seem that way to me.
C：Mercédès:
Usually he looks like he's having fun.
But today...
Fujimaru 2:
Is he that mad?
C：Mercédès:
He usually seems to be having fun.
...Huh? Is that wrong?
C：Mercédès:
It's not obvious, but he does seem to be enjoying himself...
C：Mercédès:
But things are different today.
He seems very upset...
B：Avenger:
...You're awake.
B：Avenger:
We're going to the fourth Judgment. Don't fall behind.
Fujimaru 1:
...You're right.
Fujimaru 2:
He's gloomier than usual?
C：Mercédès:
Yes, that's right.
Oh, and please take care today.
C：Mercédès:
I'll be praying that you come back safe, and don't get hurt.
B：Avenger:
...I'll say this before we start.
B：Avenger:
What you will kill this time, in the fourth Hall of Judgment, is the avatar of Wrath.
B：Avenger:
Wrath. Anger. Fury.
I define these as the strongest feelings.
B：Avenger:
It can be a private rage that exists only within oneself, or an open rage against the entire world.
B：Avenger:
Righteous rage draws people more than anything. Sometimes they even praise the tragedies it brings.
B：Avenger:
A splendid vengeance, they call it.
B：Avenger:
It doesn't matter who you are, or where you are.
All humans love stories of revenge.
B：Avenger:
And!
B：Avenger:
That bastard refuses to admit this! She denies anger, the most pure emotion!
B：Avenger:
Even placed in the role of the fourth lord, she still speaks of salvation and forgiveness!
B：Avenger:
Unforgivable. Unforgivable!
False salvation makes me want to vomit.
Fujimaru 1:
Do you like wrath that much?
B：Avenger:
Don't ask something so stupid. Let's go.
Fujimaru 2:
“That bastard”?
B：Avenger:
Indeed! That bastard! People may forgive, and God may forgive, but I will not!
B：Avenger:
You! You will fight her in the next Hall of Judgment!
You can use me in the next battle all you want.
B：Avenger:
I shall gladly aide you!
It will be an honor to rip her apart!
Gilles de Rais:
...You're here, then. Enemy of the righteous, who would lead the lost soul to further abyss.
Gilles de Rais:
The other me was inflicted with madness, but I am Gilles de Rais, the knight who stands with the holy banner!
Gilles de Rais:
My blade of righteousness shall condemn you!
Fujimaru 1:
Saber Gilles de Rais!?
B：Avenger:
He's slightly different than the last one.
That bastard must have dragged him here.
B：Avenger:
Right behind that knight.
Behold.
Fujimaru 2:
The fourth Lord...
B：Avenger:
No. The fourth Lord is standing behind him. Look.
B：Avenger:
Look! There she is! Bearer of the holy banner! She who foolishly calls herself a mediator, who speaks of God's blessing!
B：Avenger:
Servant Ruler!
I know your true name—
B：Avenger:
Cursed Jeanne d'Arc! The woman who willingly came to the prison tower to stand in my way!
Jeanne d'Arc:
...Avenger.
Yes, your words are true.
Jeanne d'Arc:
I have come here to stop you.
As one who was once a leader, I stand in your way.
Fujimaru 1:
Holy Maiden Jeanne!
Fujimaru 2:
She's the avatar of Wrath?
B：Avenger:
That's right! Jeanne d'Arc is the avatar of Wrath!
You should know this by now!
B：Avenger:
She believed in humanity, believed in God, and was betrayed and burned at the stake!
B：Avenger:
An eternal flame must burn within her heart.
No, that flame should be her core!
B：Avenger:
You should know sadness! You should be black flames of anger, hatred, and rage!
B：Avenger:
You! You are the one most worthy of the fourth judgment!
Jeanne d'Arc:
No, Avenger.
I never felt wrath.
Jeanne d'Arc:
I will not judge Fujimaru.
I lack the right, and the will.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Even if I did not manifest here properly... it matters not.
B：Avenger:
...What?
Jeanne d'Arc:
It is you, Avenger.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Poor, raging soul who is destined to hate the world and humanity forever.
Jeanne d'Arc:
I will save you. Just as the holy banner still shines within the Château d'If.
B：Avenger:
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
B：Avenger:
SHUT UP!
Gilles de Rais:
Jeanne, please stand back! My blade belongs to you and God, and now is the time to wield it!
Jeanne d'Arc:
Gilles!
No, he needs my—
Gilles de Rais:
That dark presence! That black hatred! In this prison tower, even the salvation of the Lord cannot reach his soul!
Gilles de Rais:
Oh Holy Maiden, that is not the soul you think it is!
A soul gone mad must be judged by the blade!
B：Avenger:
Hahahahaha! That's right! I am an Avenger, from beyond the horizon of love and hatred!
B：Avenger:
Everyone says that is what I must be.
They tell me to hate, to kill, to bury all my foes!
B：Avenger:
And so that is what I shall be! I shall exact my vengeance on the world, as you wish me to!
B：Avenger:
My beloved Haydée isn't here, nor is the noble Abbé Faria. So even God cannot save my soul!
Fujimaru 1:
Haydée? Abbé Faria?
B：Avenger:
You too! My temporary Master, you won't save me either!
B：Avenger:
You cannot! These black flames shall never disappear!
B：Avenger:
Haha! Hahahaha!
Hahahahahahaha!
Fujimaru 2:
Say it in a way I can understand!
B：Avenger:
Yes, you're right!
I'm saying I'll kill the fourth lord for you!
B：Avenger:
I shall tear her banner of hope in two!
Her light, her holiness, they mean nothing to me!
B：Avenger:
That which is noble! That which is holy!
It's all equally worthless!
Jeanne d'Arc:
...I have no choice.
I cannot stop you with words.
Jeanne d'Arc:
I will fight.
Gilles, lend me your power!
Gilles de Rais:
As you wish! Oh Holy Maiden, may victory go with you and the banner of the Lord's light!
B：Avenger:
Hahahaha! Come! Come!
I always wondered what God thought of me!
B：Avenger:
Listen, Master! No matter what she says, she is a lord of the Hall of Judgment!
B：Avenger:
Thus, you must fight, and win!
If you want to survive—
B：Avenger:
—Kill that Holy Maiden!
--BATTLE--
Jeanne d'Arc:
...It's the story of a man.
Jeanne d'Arc:
The man was a sailor in Marseille.
A happy man betrothed to a beautiful woman.
Jeanne d'Arc:
But the man fell victim to a cruel trap.
Jeanne d'Arc:
He was falsely convicted...
And sentenced for the crime of treason.
Jeanne d'Arc:
No one came to his aid.
Jeanne d'Arc:
He was denounced in secret,
betrayed by an old friend.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Even the judge became his enemy out of greed.
Jeanne d'Arc:
And the man...was sent to a prison tower in the bay of Marseille.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Yes. The prison tower. The island of despair.
The Château d'If, from which no one returns alive.
Jeanne d'Arc:
He was trapped inside a living hell,
his days and years stolen from him.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Sometimes the man wished that he might starve to death, so great was his despair.
Jeanne d'Arc:
And then...
Jeanne d'Arc:
There was someone to give him a bit of guidance.
An ancient wise man imprisoned there, Abbé Faria.
Jeanne d'Arc:
The Abbé brought him hope. He was a tiny light shining at the bottom of the darkness.
Jeanne d'Arc:
The man learned much from the Abbé,
and when the priest died he escaped.
Jeanne d'Arc:
He took the place of the Abbé's corpse in its bag, and escaped from the prison.
Jeanne d'Arc:
By the time he made it out... fourteen years had passed.
Jeanne d'Arc:
With the treasure of Monte Cristo, he began his revenge.
Jeanne d'Arc:
He enacted revenge upon those who had forgotten him for fourteen years. On the cruel world which had allowed his betrayal.
Jeanne d'Arc:
The man took the life of those who had sent him to that hell one by one...
Jeanne d'Arc:
...Yes, it is a very cruel, brutal story.
Jeanne d'Arc:
But the people loved it. They applauded him for bringing righteous wrath against evil.
Jeanne d'Arc:
He called himself the Count of Monte Cristo.
Jeanne d'Arc:
The one man to return alive from the living hell made by man and society.
Jeanne d'Arc:
The man who abandoned pity, ethics, and everything good in the human heart, and chose revenge.
Jeanne d'Arc:
He... He is the world's most well-known seeker of vengeance.
Jeanne d'Arc:
His name is—
B：Avenger:
Haha! Hahahahahahaha!
A mere fragment of a soul!
B：Avenger:
...You cannot extinguish the flames of my vengeance! Behold! Your knight has fallen in battle!
B：Avenger:
And now it's your turn!
Jeanne, you false saint!
Jeanne d'Arc:
...I admit it.
This battle is yours.
Jeanne d'Arc:
But I won't give up.
I will stop you. All of your plans—
B：Avenger:
She's gone! Haha!
There's nowhere to run! Someday I will kill you!
B：Avenger:
This is the Château d'If!
None can ever return alive!
B：Avenger:
Haha! Hahaha!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Fujimaru 1:
Who are you, Avenger?
B：Avenger:
...Why are you asking this now?
B：Avenger:
I am the one who guides your soul.
B：Avenger:
I didn't tell you where we're going, did I? Oh, it's not to the Lord whom that Saint and her knight worship.
B：Avenger:
I will only take you to one place... A place beyond the horizon of love and hatred.
B：Avenger:
Whether you give up or not, your soul is going there.
B：Avenger:
When that happens, will you return alive? Or...
B：Avenger:
Will you be trapped forever, despair, go mad, and die?
B：Avenger:
Look forward to it.
I know. That is what I should have said.
B：Avenger:
—Wait. And hope.
5th Door: Heartless Moonlight
C：Mercédès:
...I'm sorry?
You asked where Avenger went?
C：Mercédès:
Um, he just left. He said something about scouting outside.
C：Mercédès:
He should be back soon.
He said there's no need to follow him.
Fujimaru 1:
Outside always seems the same.
C：Mercédès:
Does it?
C：Mercédès:
No, I never leave this cell...
But it's strange.
C：Mercédès:
The hallway beyond these bars never changes.
It always just goes one way.
C：Mercédès:
But at the end of it, there's always a different Lord in the Hall of Judgment, they say.
C：Mercédès:
...Avenger says that the hallway, and the Hall of Judgment, change each day.
C：Mercédès:
You're getting further each day.
Deeper and deeper in.
C：Mercédès:
This cell moves deeper, along with you.
C：Mercédès:
That's what Avenger said.
Fujimaru 2:
...Avenger's actually a nice guy.
C：Mercédès:
...You're right.
C：Mercédès:
He may be rough with his words,
but he doesn't seem to dislike you.
C：Mercédès:
In fact...
C：Mercédès:
No, never mind.
Perhaps I'm imagining it.
C：Mercédès:
...You're fighting every day, aren't you?
With the Lords in the Hall of Judgment.
C：Mercédès:
The day you saved me, it was like something out of a myth.
C：Mercédès:
The way you fought that monster who called itself Fergus...
C：Mercédès:
It was like an ancient hero. It didn't seem real.
C：Mercédès:
Avenger said that the souls gathered here were trapped by something.
C：Mercédès:
Even Heroic Spirits... Powerful souls greater than humans...
C：Mercédès:
I'm nothing like that.
I couldn't be a Heroic Spirit.
C：Mercédès:
But I... I'm here in Château d'If as well...
C：Mercédès:
I am a trapped soul. Perhaps I was chosen as the avatar of some sin, too.
Fujimaru 1:
It's probably the work of the King of Mages.
Fujimaru 2:
It might just be bad luck.
C：Mercédès:
Thank you, Fujimaru.
C：Mercédès:
I wonder if anyone can truly exist without sin.
C：Mercédès:
Anger, envy... The degrees may vary, but they're both the workings of a functional mind.
C：Mercédès:
If they are sins, who but God could judge them?
B：Avenger:
Have you awakened, my temporary Master?
Then stand.
B：Avenger:
Let us go. The fifth Lord awaits you.
Caligula:
...Lost one.
Caligula:
To be lost and uncertain is man's destiny.
Caligula:
But perhaps it's not quite right for me to speak of what life should be.
Caligula:
Hmmph. I see surprise in your eyes. My madness is a gift of the lunar goddess, and sometimes it is lost.
Caligula:
It doesn't happen normally, but this is the pit of hell. Even the goddess' eyes cannot see you here.
Caligula:
...But without madness, I cannot touch my beloved child. It is upsetting.
Caligula:
I manifest as a Berserker class.
I am not allowed to speak without madness.
Caligula:
Only here, as your body and soul separate ever further, can I speak to you.
Caligula:
Oh, Nero— Beloved child, the living image of my sister Agrippina.
Caligula:
Please, please... Enjoy some happiness, no matter how small.
Caligula:
I shall take with me madness and rage.
May the path you tread be filled with roses of blessing.
Caligula:
...I'm sorry. I should be speaking to you, but instead my lips speak of my beloved niece.
Fujimaru 1:
(Nero's great, huh?)
Caligula:
...I can see your thoughts in your eyes.
Yes. Yes, you're very right.
Fujimaru 2:
(I understand.)
Caligula:
Yes. ...Yes.
Fou:
Fou, kyau, kyaaau!
Caligula:
Oh, beautiful beast! Will you guide me?
Fou:
Fou, fou.
Caligula:
Yes, there is little time.
I must speak to you, Fujimaru.
Caligula:
—Have you ever tried to devour everything?
Caligula:
Have you ever eaten and eaten and been unfulfilled, as if you were a starving man?
Caligula:
Have you consumed and consumed, making yourself a slave to the hunger of the soul?
Caligula:
I have.
Or was that all I was?
Caligula:
I ate. I consumed. I filled my unloved body with my desires.
Caligula:
The sin of Gluttony.
The malignant tumor of Rome.
Caligula:
...My life may have been evil.
Indeed, I'm sure that's what later generations said.
Caligula:
The moon goddess may have toyed with me, or perhaps I was born evil.
Caligula:
But my soul was carved into history as a Heroic Spirit, not an Anti-Hero. And that...
Caligula:
I must believe that somewhere in my heart, some tiny bit of love was left.
Caligula:
And thus—
B：Avenger:
I'll tell you who this Lord really is...
He is the avatar of Gluttony.
B：Avenger:
An avatar of evil, who devours all the pleasures of the world and still seeks more.
B：Avenger:
Thus, he should be a very simple opponent.
No need for complexities like last time.
B：Avenger:
There's no need to think at all.
You will win, if you stay true to yourself.
B：Avenger:
...Kill. All you have to do is kill.
D：???:
...Gggggaaahhaaaaaaahhh...
D：???:
Wooaaahh...
Ooooh...
Caligula:
ROOOAAARRRH!
Caligula:
I will... kill... kill!
Oh... Oh goddess... Forgive my deeds!
Caligula:
My deeds are... fate!
I will...
Caligula:
DEVOUR EVERYTHING!
Fujimaru 1:
Caligula!
Caligula:
...OOHHHHHH...
Caligula:
Where is Nero...
Oh, please... Please, just let her...
Caligula:
ROOAAARHH!
Fujimaru 2:
I just met you...
Caligula:
???
Caligula:
What are you? Would you stop me? I am... Emperor...
Caligula:
I will eat! I can't even taste it anymore! But I will eat!
I don't even know why anymore, but...
Caligula:
The goddess Diana has allowed it all!
My deeds...are...
Caligula:
...I will simply...obey... fate!
B：Avenger:
Hahaha! It seems he has failed to calm himself!
He will not stop until he devours your soul!
B：Avenger:
Feel free to keep talking to him.
If you want to die here, go right ahead.
B：Avenger:
You can stop going forward whenever you like. You can always give up.
B：Avenger:
But your soul...doesn't seem to want to give up!
B：Avenger:
Look, here he comes!
If you don't want to die, then move!
Caligula:
ROOAAARRRHHHH!
B：Avenger:
If you want to survive...
Kill! All that stands in your way is your enemy!
--BATTLE--
Caligula:
—And thus...
Caligula:
Because I believe in that tiny remnant of love. Because I should be an Anti-Hero, but am a Heroic Spirit...
Caligula:
I put some tiny bit of feeling into my mad screams.
Caligula:
It's so small...
But this is how I resist my cursed fate.
Caligula:
...Fujimaru.
Even I can do this.
Caligula:
So one who knows love cannot fall.
Caligula:
I believe in you, child who keeps going forward.
6th Door: Vengeance is Mine...
B：Avenger:
The sixth judgment. The sixth Lord—
B：Avenger:
You will see for yourself that human desire has no limits.
B：Avenger:
I've never seen a man more greedy than he.
It is astonishing.
B：Avenger:
Even the man who tried to offer his own daughter for wealth, money, and riches comes nowhere near him.
B：Avenger:
His greed is for the world itself.
Fujimaru 1:
You sound like you're having fun.
B：Avenger:
...Fun, you say?
B：Avenger:
Hmmph. That's how I look to you?
Then I must have very wicked tastes.
B：Avenger:
First there was sorrow and tears. Then pain and suffering. Then he arrived to a great wish that could be called greed.
B：Avenger:
It was never achieved, but his vengeance was the purest and noblest in the world.
B：Avenger:
You would say I find that—fun.
But I do not deny it. I have given up all that is good in me.
B：Avenger:
What is left must be like a demon.
One who mocks the noble wishes of man.
B：Avenger:
Haha. Hahaha. Fascinating!
Indeed, you may be right.
Fujimaru 2:
Do you like him(?)?
B：Avenger:
Hmmph. Yes. I've never thought about it, but perhaps I do.
B：Avenger:
He sought an answer. If there was no true righteous man in the world, he said...
B：Avenger:
Or perhaps you could say he believed in nobility, and in human good, and thus denied a world where evil reigned?
B：Avenger:
We will never know. Though, perhaps someone like you could understand him.
B：Avenger:
Yes, he is the man who tried to do good for the entire world.
B：Avenger:
He's very like you.
He tried to save the world.
B：Avenger:
Either way—
I have a certain respect for him.
B：Avenger:
His boldness. His nobility. His greed!
They are worthy of acclaim!
B：Avenger:
And thus...and thus...
With the greatest respect...
B：Avenger:
My black flames shall destroy them all. My flames burn brightest against righteousness and noble wishes.
B：Avenger:
Be prepared, Master. You...
B：Avenger:
You must crush this Greed that would devour the world. Kill, or be killed.
B：Avenger:
To put it simply, yes—
B：Avenger:
He is a tough foe. Let your guard down, and you will die.
Jeanne d'Arc:
...You're here then, Avenger.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Last time I was defeated, but this time I've made my decision. I will defeat you, and stop you.
Jeanne d'Arc:
I believe now that this is the way to guide you.
B：Avenger:
No, no, no!
B：Avenger:
Yes, I won't let you escape. I'll kill you someday.
But not now! You're interrupting me, Holy Maiden!
B：Avenger:
Your timing is almost as bad as Caderousse!
Fujimaru 1:
Why are you so mad at her?
Fujimaru 2:
...You don't like Jeanne?
B：Avenger:
It's because of who I am!
B：Avenger:
If she refuses to admit the existence of wrath, it's the same as denying my existence!
Jeanne d'Arc:
Keep raging, Avenger.
Rage is, as you say—
Jeanne d'Arc:
Not easily dispersed. I can understand that.
I've seen it many times.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Your anger will burn brightly, like straw set to flame.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Until it burns the one who rages, and much of what surrounds him, to cinders.
Jeanne d'Arc:
But...even if there is rage in your heart...
You can still wish for forgiveness and salvation.
B：Avenger:
Shut up! You would speak to me of forgiveness and salvation?
Jeanne d'Arc:
Yes, because—
You have experienced it once for yourself, right?
B：Avenger:
Haha...hah...! Hahahahahaha!
BWAHAHAHAHA!
B：Avenger:
“That” is not me!
B：Avenger:
Do not speak of my vengeance, woman!
B：Avenger:
My black flames seek not salvation!
My rage brings no forgiveness!
B：Avenger:
“Tyger, tyger, burning bright. For if you travel to the horizon beyond love and hatred.”
B：Avenger:
I am the Count of Monte Cristo! An eternal avenger!
A wicked shadow carved into mankind's history!
Jeanne d'Arc:
He truly is the Avenger of Château d'If.
The man who returned to Paris and had his revenge...
Jeanne d'Arc:
His true name is Edmond Dantès.
Jeanne d'Arc:
In his bloody revenge, he also called himself...
The Count of Monte Cristo—
Jeanne d'Arc:
It must be the same name as the hope given to him by the Abbé, the treasure of Monte Cristo.
Jeanne d'Arc:
But...
His deeds brought only despair.
Jeanne d'Arc:
Even beyond the horizon of love and hatred, his rage continued to burn bright.
Jeanne d'Arc:
The Count of Monte Cristo.
It is the name of a devil born only to seek revenge.
B：Avenger:
I understand now, Holy Maiden.
You and I can never get along!
B：Avenger:
So I'll kill you here! I shall show you the true form of my resentment and grudge!
Jeanne d'Arc:
!!!
D：???:
Some feelings cannot be shared by mere words.
Holy Maiden, you should know this well.
Jeanne d'Arc:
...I know. I know.
But I just can't give up.
D：???:
—And that is why God still loves you, I'm sure.
B：Avenger:
—I've been waiting for you, other Ruler!
Avatar of Greed!
B：Avenger:
I see. What a wonderful idea!
Meet an exception with an exception!
B：Avenger:
One Avenger and two Rulers.
Interesting. Truly interesting.
B：Avenger:
Servant Ruler!
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada!
Amakusa Shirou:
—Hello, Avenger.
Amakusa Shirou:
In a different place, we might have had a very different meeting.
Amakusa Shirou:
You call yourself the Christ of Vengeance.
Words and prayers will not reach you, I'm sure.
Amakusa Shirou:
But I believe in you.
More than you could know.
B：Avenger:
???
Amakusa Shirou:
If you know what a living hell is, then you should know what is truly valuable.
Amakusa Shirou:
You did not join in the King of Mages' plan. Therefore...
B：Avenger:
—Shut up.
B：Avenger:
He has no hatred in him. I've no interest in a being that exists outside of love and hatred.
B：Avenger:
Don't get the wrong idea about me, Amakusa Shirou.
I've never helped save the world.
Amakusa Shirou:
...That's true.
Amakusa Shirou:
Oh well. I don't like fights, but I guess this is how I shall guide you.
Amakusa Shirou:
Jeanne d'Arc. I'll ask for your help. As a fellow Ruler, not as one placed in the Château d'If.
Jeanne d'Arc:
—Of course, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.
Amakusa Shirou:
Thank you.
...Do you feel a little conflicted about this?
Jeanne d'Arc:
We can forget the past for now.
I want to save him. As do you.
Jeanne d'Arc:
So we must fight together, and there is no better ally I could ask for than you.
Fujimaru 1:
We're fighting two Rulers?
B：Avenger:
They have two, and we have one, huh?
it does seem we're at a disadvantage, then.
B：Avenger:
But that's wrong, Master!
I have you, and your Servants!
B：Avenger:
This is the Château d'If! God's light does not reach here, and he will not play favorites!
Fujimaru 2:
...It's like we're the bad guys!
B：Avenger:
Hahahahahaha! That's a funny joke.
Nothing could be more ironic, Master!
B：Avenger:
I once learned that God does not save us!
So now I will kill you, the avatars of His salvation!
Amakusa Shirou:
I don't know about that—
B：Avenger:
Let's go, Master.
You and I are as one, now.
B：Avenger:
Here in the Château d'If, where there is no salvation, if one continues to hope, and truly wants to go home...
B：Avenger:
They must be guided!
B：Avenger:
And I shall be the one to guide you!
Fujimaru 1:
...I'm going back to Chaldea!
Fujimaru 2:
I know that already!
B：Avenger:
Hahahahahaha!
Yes! Yes! You roar like a tiger too!
B：Avenger:
—Kill! Steal! Take back all that is yours!
--BATTLE--
Amakusa Shirou:
...Avenger.
We wish to save you.
Amakusa Shirou:
Both Jeanne d'Arc and I fought for the same reason. ...Am I right, Holy Maiden?
Jeanne d'Arc:
Yes... But once again I wasn't strong enough—
Amakusa Shirou:
Vengeance is not man's to perform.
One does not need to refer to scripture to know this.
Amakusa Shirou:
This is neither a prediction nor a prophecy,
but a statement from me to you, Avenger.
Amakusa Shirou:
Those black flames will someday destroy you as well.
B：Avenger:
Are those your last words, Rulers?
B：Avenger:
Even God himself cannot change my state as an eternal Avenger. Do you speak, knowing that?
Jeanne d'Arc:
...Nothing is eternal.
Evil, in particular.
B：Avenger:
Weak. Weak. What weakness!
I cannot even bring myself to laugh!
B：Avenger:
Know that weakness is what trapped you here as avatars of Wrath and Greed!
B：Avenger:
If you had manifested in your true forms, you would not have been so easily...
Amakusa Shirou:
—
B：Avenger:
No, I won't say it. We'll meet again in another hell.
B：Avenger:
You who do not lose your nobility, even here.
I mock your God, but I do not mock you.
B：Avenger:
You, Holy Maiden who forgives all without Wrath. And you, Saint of Greed, who stands against an evil world.
B：Avenger:
—Farewell.
Jeanne d'Arc:
...I pray your soul...
Amakusa Shirou:
...finds rest, somewhere far from here.
B：Avenger:
...I've kept you waiting, my temporary Master.
B：Avenger:
Only one Hall of Judgment remains.
Perhaps you shall return alive after all.
B：Avenger:
If you never give up, and you keep killing and pressing on, that is.
Fujimaru 1:
Were we really supposed to defeat them?
B：Avenger:
—Who can say?
B：Avenger:
Their interest was in me. If they'd gotten what they wanted, what would've happened to you?
B：Avenger:
Perhaps you would've been saved.
Perhaps you would have been trapped here forever.
B：Avenger:
There's no way to tell now, though!
Whichever it was, you can do nothing but believe me!
Fujimaru 2:
(Silence)
B：Avenger:
...Hmm. I like the look on your face.
B：Avenger:
We're going back to your cell.
This time, even I'm feeling tired—
7th Door: The Count of Monte Cristo
F：???:
...The man was saved, in the end.
F：???:
When he finally achieved his bloody revenge, he abandoned all the evil he'd built up.
F：???:
He regained once more the nobility he thought he'd lost.
F：???:
His emotions. His love— His human goodness.
F：???:
The man's name... His name, after he threw away the name of Count of Monte Cristo...
F：???:
He became Edmond Dantès. The man who regained love, even after becoming a terrible avenger.
F：???:
As he threw aside his revenge and set out on a journey, they say you could see a foreign princess at his side.
F：???:
But...
But now he is...
Mash:
Senpai...
Fou:
Kyuu, fou...
Mash:
...Yes, Fou. It's fine.
I'm sure Senpai will wake up tomorrow.
Mash:
We can't let ourselves get down.
We must stay strong.
Mash:
When Senpai wakes up, we can't be seen feeling sad.
Fou:
Fou, kyuu!
Fou!
Mash:
Yes, I think so. We need to be ready for Senpai to come back at any time—
B：Avenger:
...Where is the woman?
B：Avenger:
Hmmph. Don't look so confused.
The woman. The one I called Mercédès.
B：Avenger:
Where'd she go while I was gone?
There's no place to go in the Château d'If.
Fujimaru 1:
Huh? She disappeared...
B：Avenger:
You've no idea then, I guess.
Fujimaru 2:
The Hall of Judgment, maybe?
B：Avenger:
Yes, that's the only part of this hell that you know.
B：Avenger:
But the prison tower you've seen is only a small part of the whole that is the Château d'If.
B：Avenger:
You have all you need, but there are many other wonderful rooms inside it.
B：Avenger:
...Well, it doesn't matter.
B：Avenger:
Let's go. Get ready. The last Hall of Judgment has been prepared.
B：Avenger:
Kill the seventh Lord. Do not hesitate. Do not be uncertain. There is only one path, anyways.
B：Avenger:
You are very lucky.
B：Avenger:
Not only that I'm personally at your side, but that you know naught of most of the hells within this place.
B：Avenger:
Something must love you very much.
A rain of tortures do not assault your senses.
B：Avenger:
The screams of the imprisoned and dying do not assault your sense of hearing.
B：Avenger:
The endless stench of death does not assault your sense of smell.
Fujimaru 1:
That's a good thing.
B：Avenger:
Hah! You're right about that!
You're right about that indeed.
Fujimaru 2:
How do you know so much about this place?
B：Avenger:
Because of what I am. This is different in several ways from the real Château d'If...
B：Avenger:
...and in many ways its closer to what I am.
Neverending grudge has altered its very essence.
B：Avenger:
...Well, whatever the reason...
B：Avenger:
...the only thing that assails you is the Halls of Judgment. Not that I envy you—
B：Avenger:
But you walk a very different path than I do.
B：Avenger:
—Hmmph.
Fujimaru 1:
No one's here?
Fujimaru 2:
Didn't you say it was prepared?
B：Avenger:
Let me tell you an old story.
It'll help pass the time.
B：Avenger:
...I'd love a smoke, but I suppose I'll do without.
B：Avenger:
It's a simple old story. But some say it's the greatest tale of revenge the world has ever known.
B：Avenger:
There once was a fool who lived by the sea.
B：Avenger:
He was an honest man.
He didn't know that the world was full of evil.
B：Avenger:
That was how the man fell into a trap.
He was falsely convicted and sent to the Château d'If...
B：Avenger:
He spent fourteen years in that hell,
and when he escaped alive—he became an avenger.
B：Avenger:
He threw aside all that was good in man,
and attained the cunning and power of a devil.
B：Avenger:
In his wrath, the man put all he had into his revenge.
B：Avenger:
One by one he terrified and slew all those who had sent him to that hell.
B：Avenger:
Heh...
Oh, I can still remember their faces!
B：Avenger:
The shock when I told them my name! The despair when the evil deeds they'd forgotten came back to haunt them!
B：Avenger:
Haha—Hahahahahahaha!
That was true vengeance! Righteous revenge!
Fujimaru 1:
Is that...
Fujimaru 2:
Was that man you, Avenger?
B：Avenger:
Hmmph. Don't be in such a hurry.
Let your elders finish their stories.
B：Avenger:
But that's most of what I have to say.
The man achieved his revenge, but let the last one go.
B：Avenger:
...Some say he abandoned his wickedness.
They say at the very end, he regained his goodness.
B：Avenger:
—That he gained love.
Fujimaru 1:
...Why are you so mad?
B：Avenger:
...The man did indeed stop seeking revenge.
He probably did regain the love he lost.
B：Avenger:
He disappeared, along with the captive princess who had loved him.
Fujimaru 1:
A happy ending.
B：Avenger:
Yes, it was.
Fujimaru 2:
I've heard that story somewhere...
B：Avenger:
...I'm sure you have. A wicked author wrote it all down, and it became known throughout the world.
B：Avenger:
The man's life became a story.
Or perhaps the story was his life.
B：Avenger:
Whichever way it was—
B：Avenger:
The story received unparalleled acclaim, and countless emotions turned it into a myth of revenge.
B：Avenger:
Once the man cried out for the god of vengeance, but sadly, in the end, became that god himself.
B：Avenger:
The man's place was carved into history, in the vengeful form that existed in man's imagination.
B：Avenger:
His soul became a Heroic Spirit, and when the King of Mages tried to incinerate time itself—
C：Mercédès:
...It became a very unique Servant.
An Extra Class.
C：Mercédès:
—And that's you, isn't it Avenger?
B：Avenger:
...
C：Mercédès:
In the end, I...
I never did remember who I was.
C：Mercédès:
But I know you.
I don't know why, but I know you.
Fujimaru 1:
Mercédès?
Fujimaru 2:
Are you the seventh
C：Mercédès:
Hello, Fujimaru.
No, not you. The one in black, I...
B：Avenger:
Move!
I prefer not to kill women.
Fujimaru 1:
You're kidding me!
B：Avenger:
...Hmmph.
Fujimaru 2:
You went all out with Jeanne.
B：Avenger:
That was a Ruler. A human fortress.
In body and soul, she's far too sturdy to be a woman.
C：Mercédès:
This tower is a wicked thing, and so are you, Avenger.
C：Mercédès:
You...cannot be allowed to exist in this world.
B：Avenger:
—Oh, interesting.
Another woman uttering those same words, eh?
B：Avenger:
Mercédès. No, no, woman who has lost herself and wanders. Would you deny me? Here in the Château d'If?
B：Avenger:
You are no weak woman. You are strong.
Your strong soul rivals even that Holy Maiden.
B：Avenger:
Show me what you really are!
If I must not be allowed to exist...
B：Avenger:
—Then reveal yourself!
Use your full power to kill me!
C：Mercédès:
I still don't know...
Why, why am I here?
C：Mercédès:
...But there are those who will lend me strength.
Wraith:
...We will lend you strength...woman...
Wraith:
...We are wraiths who could not become Heroic Spirits...
Wraith:
...But we have never forgotten you for a moment...
B：Avenger:
A convergence of the curses within the Château d'If?
No. There's no hatred. No rage.
B：Avenger:
Are those fragments of the souls that admire you? Hahaha! Splendid! Even the dead love you, woman!
B：Avenger:
You must have walked quite the path in life.
Perhaps you are a famous Heroic Spirit.
B：Avenger:
—But a wraith without hatred is just a whisper on the wind.
C：Mercédès:
!!!
Wraith:
Moooaann!
Avenger! Pitiful...me!
Wraith:
This woman is our light, our one salvation.
You must not reject—even her!
Wraith:
No salvation... No salvation!
At least, then, die! Like a moth burning at the flame!
--BATTLE--
C：Mercédès:
...Oh, don't force yourself to move.
C：Mercédès:
Stay where you are.
Though I doubt you could move at all.
C：Mercédès:
Don't let it bother you.
I've simply done what I felt I must.
C：Mercédès:
Did the wraiths help me for the reason he said...
C：Mercédès:
Because of who I was in life?
C：Mercédès:
I am supposed to be the Lord of the seventh Hall of Judgment. One of the obstacles set to slay you.
C：Mercédès:
For some reason I lost that role, as well as my memories.
C：Mercédès:
I still can't remember.
But...
C：Mercédès:
I pray that the light shines down upon your path.
C：Mercédès:
Much of what he says is lies, but one thing he said remains in my heart.
C：Mercédès:
“Attendre et espérer.” Wait and hope.
C：Mercédès:
...What sad words, but what a strong wish that lives within them...
Avenger:
Hahahaha!
Die! Die! Leave nothing behind!
Avenger:
Without hatred, you are weak!
True, you had an advantage over me—
Avenger:
But your blade could not touch me, woman.
It was far too kind.
C：Mercédès:
So it...seems...
C：Mercédès:
I'm not the real Mercédès, but...
C：Mercédès:
I pray that the light shines upon your path.
Avenger... No...
C：Mercédès:
—Edmond Dantès.
Fujimaru 1:
She's gone...
Avenger:
...Heh.
Fujimaru 2:
Was she a Heroic Spirit too?
Avenger:
...Who cares!?
Avenger:
Haha. Hahahahaha!
How hilarious! Those were her last words?
Avenger:
Me, Edmond?
Avenger:
No! No! First the Holy Maiden, then her! I am not him!
I am not Edmond Dantès—
Avenger:
That's the name of a miserable, innocent prisoner. The name of a man who was saved...
Avenger:
...by a miraculous love—
Avenger:
That is not me.
I am an Avenger! An eternal being of vengeance!
Avenger:
The name of a human who lived and died as a man!
How could it be worthy of me?
Fujimaru 1:
Is that your True Name?
Avenger:
...We're done talking.
Avenger:
The Château d'If's role will end soon.
The seven judgments have been destroyed.
Avenger:
All that's left is to go outside, into the sunlight. But...
Avenger:
No human has escaped the Château d'If.
With one exception.
Avenger:
It is the same even now that a million hatreds have reformed this place. Only one may leave.
Fujimaru 1:
But there are two people here.
Avenger:
Yes. Yes, there are—
Fujimaru 2:
I figured this was coming.
Avenger:
Very perceptive.
No, I suppose it's to be expected.
Avenger:
The one who remains shall become the new Abbé Faria.
Avenger:
They will end their life as one who shatters despair and guides towards hope. It's a meaningful way to end one's life.
Avenger:
You, or me.
One of us will survive and one of us will die.
Avenger:
—Come, my temporary Master. Prepare yourself.
Avenger:
Of course, I have no intention of dying.
I was lucky enough to come back to this world.
Avenger:
I will do as I please. I'll make you a second Abbé Faria, and live.
Avenger:
Your story will end. It's that simple.
Avenger:
Let us end this. In the last act of the play, your soul shall truly die.
Avenger:
But if...
Avenger:
If you say you will continue!
If you have not yet lost hope!
Avenger:
—Then slay me!
Avenger:
To me belongeth Vengeance! I am the avatar of Pride, the Lord of the seventh Hall of Judgment!
Avenger:
Fight me, and save the world—
Hold nothing back!
--BATTLE--
B：Avenger:
...Heh, heh.
B：Avenger:
Amazing. I see. You've learned how I fight...
Your time as my temporary Master was well-spent.
B：Avenger:
Hahaha! This feels good!
Indeed! I wanted to taste this once!
B：Avenger:
To be like the one person who gave me guidance...
The noble Abbé Faria!
B：Avenger:
I... I can be a tiny light of hope...
B：Avenger:
To an innocent person—
who fell into a terrible trap—
Fujimaru 1:
Edmond Dantès...
B：Avenger:
...So you would call me that...too?
Fujimaru 2:
Avenger!
B：Avenger:
Haha! That's right!
You understand me, Master!
B：Avenger:
I shall admit it! You have done me a favor by killing me! You have guided me to victory—
B：Avenger:
You don't understand?
...Yes, I'm sure.
B：Avenger:
I knew naught of victory.
Even as I found my place in history as an Avenger...
B：Avenger:
Because Edmond was saved at the end...
B：Avenger:
I, the one who failed to taste victory and achieve his revenge, continued to exist.
B：Avenger:
But...you, Fujimaru. I guided you to victory, and you overcame the obstacles and escaped the prison tower.
B：Avenger:
What an ending...
...filled with hope.
B：Avenger:
I was without victory, and you allowed me to guide you, and earn that victory.
B：Avenger:
You're so generous—Haha, Fujimaru!
B：Avenger:
“We” have won! Not even the King of Mages is all-powerful!
Fujimaru 1:
So this was Solomon's...
B：Avenger:
Fool. You may speak of the King of Mages, but do not use his True Name carelessly.
B：Avenger:
That name has become a curse. Just saying it aloud is enough to place that curse on you.
B：Avenger:
That is how you came to be in this hell.
B：Avenger:
You stared into his eyes in London, did you not?
That was enough for him.
B：Avenger:
It's called the Evil Eye.
You were given a fatal poison then.
B：Avenger:
He didn't let you go.
He decided that you were already finished.
B：Avenger:
But—Haha! Hahaha!
This was the result! Too bad, King of Mages!
B：Avenger:
Your single whim, your single cunning trap has met its end here!
B：Avenger:
That's what you get for choosing me, you fool!
B：Avenger:
Walk forth! Keep struggling! You have been released...from this prison of the soul!
B：Avenger:
Someday you shall save the world!
Fujimaru 1:
Will you disappear forever?
B：Avenger:
...You would wish to meet me, an Avenger, once more?
B：Avenger:
Hahaha! HAHAHAHA!
Then there is but one thing I can say!
B：Avenger:
“Attendre et espérer.” Wait and hope!
A：???:
...Senpai!
Fou:
Fou, fou, kyauu!
Mash:
Senpai!
It looks like Senpai's awake!
Mash:
If I'm not dreaming, this means...
Dr. Roman:
Yeah. Looks like a full recovery.
Really, it's amazing...
Dr. Roman:
Good morning, Fujimaru You were asleep a long time. Do you have a headache?
Fou:
Fou, kyau!
Kyuu!
Mash:
Senpai. Good morning.
...I'm glad you're back.
Mash:
I'm so glad—
Fujimaru 1:
I'm home, Mash.
Mash:
Yes— Welcome back, Senpai.