Charles-Henri Sanson
Guillotine Boy
Sanson:
...
Citizen:
Guillotine!
Put 'em on the guillotine!
Citizen:
Be beheaded and know the evil you have done up to now!
Sanson:
...
Citizen:
Guillotine! Guillotine! Guillotine!
Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!
Sanson:
...Whoa.
You seemed to be having a nightmare. What happened?
Fujimaru 1:
The dream, just now...
Sanson:
Maybe you dreamed about me?
Really, I was just recalling the past now, too.
Sanson:
...My life is a repeat of what you saw.
There are no regrets. None obviously.
Sanson:
I mean, an executioner wielding a sword with regret would be something below a packhorse.
Sanson:
I send criminals to heaven, without an instant of pain, to enable them to travel freely to their death.
Sanson:
Executioners are the blades of the state at all times.
It wouldn't work any other way.
Sanson:
This is because the law can be bent at any time.
If it declares a criminal innocent, that's fine too.
Sanson:
They merely slipped through a loophole of the law.
As long as nobody gives up, the criminal will still be punished someday.
Sanson:
But–the law punishes the innocent at times.
This was especially prominent in the French Revolution.
Fujimaru 1:
Innocent people were killed?
Sanson:
That's right.
Sanson:
...Their crime, if any, was being born.
Sanson:
That child died simply because he served a man that should be executed.
Sanson:
Considering that, though there still are loopholes, the fact that the act of punishing the innocent has became rare
Sanson:
should be something welcomed.
Sanson:
...Oh, sorry.
I apparently disturbed your slumber.
Sanson:
I pray that you have sweet dreams.
Well, good night.
Sanson:
Oh, is it Mash and Master?
What happened?
Sanson:
...That's right. It's definitely strange here.
It looks like... France, but not the Paris I grew up in.
Mash:
I can't specify the place. It appears that I can't communicate with the Doctor either.
Mash:
We may have been flown off to another era during the Rayshift.
Mash:
Let's ask what's going on in the city, first.
Mash:
There may be a Singularity, and we may be able to return if we fix that.
Fou:
Fou!
Sanson:
Oh, you're here, too?
...Yeah, it's as you say, Mash.
Sanson:
Let's move onward, Master.
We just might find something.
Citizen:
H-Help...
Soldier:
Quiet! You're guilty!
Proceed with the execution!
Sanson:
What'd you say...You stop it.
It's impossible to have an execution without a trial!
Mash:
Sanson!?
Soldier:
Who're you?
You, a townsman, dare to defy us!?
Soldier:
Gosh. These uneducated morons!
I shall execute you, in the name of the King.
Sanson:
...What...!?
Soldier:
No need for excuses.
We shall judge you!
Sanson:
...Right. How lucky. You said excuses are useless, and there's no room for discussion, right?
Sanson:
"Thanks for making this easy for me."
I feel like my soul is defiled simply by talking to you.
Sanson:
Permission to fight, Master.
I'll ask these soldiers where the true crime lies.
--BATTLE--:
Sanson:
We're good. They are unable to fight for now.
Let's free the citizens at once.
Fujimaru 1:
What if they're criminals?
Fujimaru 2:
What if they're guilty?
Sanson:
...Be that as it may, the law is the law.
The area should be arranged for an execution, at least.
Sanson:
Not believing their innocence while helping them...
I must say I feel quite contradictory.
Citizen:
Ugh...!
Soldier:
So we're done with all executions, right?
Soldier:
Not yet.
You still have this child.
Child:
Uuh...
Sanson:
–That's enough.
Soldier:
...Why do you stop us?
Sanson:
...er!
It's obvious, isn't it!
Sanson:
That's not the law or an execution!
Just one-sided, unreasonable slaughter!
Soldier:
–You were involved, too, weren't you?
Charles-Henri Sanson.
Sanson:
...What...!?
Soldier:
Right.
You're in no position to say that.
Soldier:
In the name of the King.
In the name of the government.
Soldier:
How many men did you kill?
How many men did you punish?
Soldier:
...There were many innocent people among them, I bet.
Sanson:
Stop...Stop!!
Soldier:
IT IS YOUR FAULT!
--BATTLE--:
Sanson:
(Panting...)
Mash:
Sanson...
Sanson:
...I know. I do know.
I know that!
Sanson:
But, execution and murder are different!
No, they have to be different!
Sanson (?):
–Well, can you explain the difference?
Sanson:
...Er!?
Are you–me?
Sanson (?):
Am I you?
Sanson (?):
You became a Servant.
Do you kill somebody with your own free-will?
Sanson (?):
Or will you obey your Master–conform to the law,
and execute someone?
Sanson:
I am...
I am...
Fujimaru 1:
Sanson won't murder anymore.
Fujimaru 2:
Sanson is an executioner.
Sanson:
Master...
Sanson (?):
This man was once greatly confused in France, and murdered many men.
Sanson (?):
How can you say he won't follow the same path again?
Fujimaru 1:
As long as I'm the Master.
Sanson:
...Master...
Sanson (?):
If you're going to go that far, Master, I shall put that resolve to the test.
Sanson (?):
Whether or not "Sanson" can truly overcome it–!
--BATTLE--:
Sanson (?):
...Hmph.
You're that determined, Master?
Sanson (?):
That's fine, then. Though I have yet to assess whether I can place my blade of trust with you–
Sanson (?):
First, let's show you what I can do as an executioner.
Sanson:
Hey there.
Were you dreaming?
Sanson:
...Probably.
I was dreaming myself.
Sanson:
...Still no end to my worries.
No, my agony haunts me even now, after death.
Sanson:
Nevertheless, I offer my strength to you for believing in me then.
Sanson:
Because that's all that I can do now–