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ISHURA

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Episode 14
Linaris the Obsidian

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Former New Principality of Lithia

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Lithia may have fallen,

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but a lot of her children still walk free.

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Smart money says
Aureatia has a big problem with that.

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Ogre
Zizma the Miasma

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So I'm guessing you're not just here
on a social call, huh, Kuuro?

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I don't plan to be here long.

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Just long enough to make sure
everyone's adapting well to the new order.

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'cause you're one of us?

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Is it true some Lithian soldiers

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made for the Old Kingdom
after the Great Fire?

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You're the one with Clairvoyance, kid,
you tell me.

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What's the problem?

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Why is a former Obsidian Eye
asking for intel?

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You some kinda detective now?

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Word is, they had help.

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Somebody with ties to the Old Kingdom.

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Sound familiar?

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Know any Lithians
with those kinds of connections?

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Whoever they are, they're a real idiot.

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Sure, they both hate Aureatia,

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but that's where the similarities end.

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The Old Kingdom is just that.

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They don't tolerate non-minians
the way we do.

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Wonder why someone would go
risking their life like that.

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What reward is worth that kinda trouble?

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Found her on the edge of town,
in a sorry state.

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Gave her a proper burial.

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But imagine my surprise when I found out
she was working for Aureatia.

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How quickly we throw away our ideals.

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Being an Obsidian Eye
was supposed to mean something.

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That's why I signed up.

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Fought tooth and nail for a world
where people like me could live freely.

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We lost, plain and simple.

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No use dwelling on the past,
now, is there?

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I'm done with that life.

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Done with the killing.

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The bloodshed.

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I don't care about ideologies or ideals.

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I just… wanna live my life in peace.

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With all the bodies you've dropped,

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I'd say it's a bit late for that,
wouldn't you?

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You're going straight to hell, kid.

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It was you
who helped those soldiers, wasn't it?

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Now I see…

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You thought the poison
would affect me faster

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because of my smaller stature.

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Sure took you long enough to notice.

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You're losing your Clairvoyance,
aren't you?

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What was that?

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Say that again.

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Don't get so mad.

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I know damn well I can't beat you.

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Even I'm not that full of myself.

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What is the Old Kingdom planning?

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And why do I have this feeling

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that everything we know
is about to fall to ruin?

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Why would they trust me?

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Can't argue with that, can I, Zizma?

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Still, the old Kuuro…

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would have taken you out
the moment you released the poison.

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If anyone ever finds out
that my Clairvoyance is slipping away,

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I'll end up just like Zizma.

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Are you done
with the job Ms. Elea gave you?

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You were visiting with an old friend,
weren't you?

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I'm not sure it's fair
to call him a friend.

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How shall I repay you for keeping watch?

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Hmm…

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Oh! I want some fruits!

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Is that really all you want?

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I envy you.

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Hmm? Why's that?

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Don't worry about it.
It's not important.

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What?

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11 days until calamity arrives

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Itarky Highlands City

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We need someone to confirm
the whereabouts of any residents

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who've recently returned to Itarky.

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That's the job, take it or leave it.

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Minia
Shirok the Sextant

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Easy enough.

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Oh, wow.

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What a huge mansion.

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Huh.

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I-Is it abandoned?

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Hi! I, um…

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I'm here on behalf
of the Council of Lords!

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I'm conducting a census.

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I see. Well, I appreciate your hard work.

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It's nice to meet you.

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My name is Linaris.

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Do you mind if I ask your name?

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Uh, sure. My name is Shirok the Sextant.

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So, do you live here all by yourself? Or…

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Forgive me, Shirok.

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I can't help but notice you're injured.

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Huh?

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Uh…

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Oh. Weird.

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I didn't realize.

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Please. Allow me to treat you inside.

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I would hate to think
you were harmed by one of my roses.

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Really, it's the least I can do.

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I… I really shouldn't, uh…

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I insist.

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Accept my offer
and allow me to tend to your wounds.

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Hmm?

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Are you all right, Master Shirok?

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Yes! I'm fine!

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You've been very kind.

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Excuse me
while I prepare some hospitality.

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You'll have to forgive me.

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This mansion has no servants.

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So you live here alone then?

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My father is here too.

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Anyway, I'll be right back.

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By all means,
make yourself at home.

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Come on, Shirok.
Get a grip, will you?

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You barely know a thing about this girl.

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If you don't mind my asking,
how recently did you return to Itarky?

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I got back around the same time
as everyone else.

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A little after
the True Demon King was defeated.

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But somehow I survived.

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Not many did.

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You must have felt awfully lonely.

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I know just how lucky I am.

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But saying it feels a bit disrespectful
to all the victims, don't you think?

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Perhaps.

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I guess my point was that I can relate.

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How so?

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My family.

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It might not look it,

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but we lost a great deal
at the hands of the True Demon King.

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The truth is,

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my father's the only family I have left.

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May I ask your father's name, Linaris?

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Obsidian.

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His name is Rehart the Obsidian.

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Obsidian?

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As in the Obsidian Eyes?

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I'm sorry,
is something the matter?

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Uh, no. I-Is that really his name?

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It is, I promise.

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There would be no sense in me
lying to you.

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Okay, my turn.

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Tell me, why is it
that you're conducting this census?

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Um…

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It was something to do

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with the literate nobles
creating a registry, I think?

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In that case, would it be all right
if I asked a favor of you, Shirok?

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Sure. I… I don't see why not.

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If it's true that there are
nobles in the city who can read,

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take this,

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and see that it reaches them safely.

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I'll see what I can do.

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Though I'll warn you,
depending on how it's written,

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they may or may not be able
to translate it.

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Yes. That's more than reasonable.

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All the same, try your best, won't you?

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For me?

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Absolutely!

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I'll… I'll bring it back right away.

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Will I… see you again?

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If you'd like to, then yes.

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You know, I'm rather embarrassed
to admit this.

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But you see, I've been so lonely here.

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And it's been so very long.

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As long as it's written in noble script,

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I should be able to identify
the lineage and decipher it.

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Look here though, Shirok.

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There's nothing on it?

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But why would she--

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Let's just focus on the facts at hand.

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But… she was there, I promise.

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And yet the Obsidian Eyes
were completely wiped out.

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Huh?

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We owe a great deal of our understanding
of the world to the visitors.

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But do you know
which revelation in particular

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I find to be the most groundbreaking?

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Uh…
Epidemiology.

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The notion that diseases are carried
by tiny, invisible, living organisms.

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Fascinating, isn't it?

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Why exactly are you bringing this up?

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Because I need you to understand
the nature of vampires.

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Huh?

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There's a rumor about the Obsidian Eyes.

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That their leader, Rehart's lineage,
is vampiric.

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A species whose true nature
eluded us for some time.

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Vampires are a disease.

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Their true form, as it were,
is the pathogen in their blood.

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What's worse,

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they're able to infect others by way
of open wounds and mucous membranes.

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They turn these infected
into their slaves,

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who cannot resist
the pheromones of the parent.

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We refer to these thralls as "corpses."

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Corpses?

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Now then,
do you understand your predicament?

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It's important that you grasp
the gravity of the situation.

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The… The gravity?

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A-Are you saying that Linaris is a corpse?

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No, you are.
Uh…

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Sorry, come again?

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I had your blood checked earlier.

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I'm afraid you're infected
and have become a corpse.

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Liar! You're just trying to scare me!

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How am I talking if I'm dead?

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"Corpse" is a bit of a misnomer.

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They're not dead,
but they do follow orders.

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Whether or not they realize
they were given any.

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It can't be.

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Was she lying to me from the very start?

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Vampires can be
both cunning and manipulative.

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In the case of Linaris and her father,

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they represent an existential threat
to the minian races.

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Can I trust you to cooperate, or can't I?

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ISHURA

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An aberrant form of disease.

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We'll be relying on you
to guide us to the mansion, Shirok.

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However, your arms will stay bound,

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and I will monitor
the condition of your pupils.

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Right.

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Given you're still likely
in the early stage,

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her manipulation should be limited.

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Now then,
let's hunt down some Obsidians.

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Is it true
that vampires have a weakness to sunlight?

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Generally speaking, yes,

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but it's not enough
to hinder their movement.

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Linaris!

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Hmm, it would seem

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that your information
has proven quite valuable.

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As a show of gratitude,

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I'll assist you
in securing admission to a hospital.

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Shirok the Sextant.

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We found two burned bodies.

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Would you like to see them?

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No.

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For what it's worth,
I understand what you're going through.

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One's first love is always the brightest.

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But it burns out twice as fast.

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Trust me, this was never meant to be.

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I don't need your consolation.

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Well, it's the truth.

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Anyway, I leave for Aureatia
in the evening.

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I'll take you to the hospital on the way.

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Thanks, I appreciate it.

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What the…

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Guards!

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Minister!
Eyes open!

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Corpses among us!

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Restrain him!
Hold still, will you?

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Quick! Grab his weapon!

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But I… don't understand
how I was infected.

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They must have been planted
from the start.

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And they're active
because there's a parent nearby!

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Wait, more corpses!

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Everyone! Check each other's pupils!

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Linaris! Are you there?

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If you consider
Shirok the Sextant a friend,

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please show yourself!

262
00:15:41,314 --> 00:15:43,274
Is this who you really are?

263
00:15:43,274 --> 00:15:45,276
What do you want? Linaris!

264
00:15:52,325 --> 00:15:54,285
Master Shirok.

265
00:15:55,286 --> 00:15:56,329
Linaris…

266
00:15:58,289 --> 00:16:00,250
It's nice to see you again.

267
00:16:00,291 --> 00:16:01,334
I hoped you'd return to me.

268
00:16:02,335 --> 00:16:04,337
If I'd only known you were so cruel.

269
00:16:05,296 --> 00:16:07,340
You led these men to my home to kill me.

270
00:16:09,342 --> 00:16:11,302
That girl must be the parent.

271
00:16:11,302 --> 00:16:13,304
You mustn't let her speak. Shoot her!

272
00:16:16,266 --> 00:16:19,269
You cannot shoot me,
Enu the Distant Mirror.

273
00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:21,312
Shoot her!

274
00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,283
She's controlling everyone
despite having made no physical contact.

275
00:16:35,326 --> 00:16:37,245
But how is that possible?

276
00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:38,288
What is her secret?

277
00:16:38,329 --> 00:16:39,330
What am I missing?

278
00:16:40,331 --> 00:16:41,332
Impossible!

279
00:16:41,332 --> 00:16:43,293
The virus is airborne?

280
00:16:57,307 --> 00:16:59,350
Obsidian… Linaris…

281
00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:01,352
You are the real Obsidian.

282
00:17:01,352 --> 00:17:03,313
I didn't wanna believe it, but…

283
00:17:04,272 --> 00:17:05,273
Heavens, no.

284
00:17:05,273 --> 00:17:07,275
That title belongs to my father.

285
00:17:07,317 --> 00:17:09,360
I wouldn't dare
disrespect his legacy like that.

286
00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,323
The Obsidian Eyes are the result
of his tireless work after all.

287
00:17:14,324 --> 00:17:16,284
Forever powerful.

288
00:17:16,284 --> 00:17:18,286
Forever prosperous.

289
00:17:18,328 --> 00:17:22,290
Forever forward, as we guide this world
to the proper future.

290
00:17:22,290 --> 00:17:25,293
But Linaris, your father is…

291
00:17:25,335 --> 00:17:29,255
My father's Obsidian Eyes
will never truly be closed.

292
00:17:29,255 --> 00:17:31,341
Everything will go back to how it was,
you'll see.

293
00:17:33,968 --> 00:17:35,053
And this is how it will begin.

294
00:17:36,054 --> 00:17:39,015
Reveal yourselves,
my unyielding champions.

295
00:17:39,974 --> 00:17:42,060
Come forth, and make yourselves known.

296
00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:47,982
I am the Fifth Vanguard,
Zeljirga the Abyss Web, at your service.

297
00:17:47,982 --> 00:17:51,986
I am the Seventh Vanguard,
Wieze the Variation.

298
00:17:52,987 --> 00:17:55,990
I… I'm the Fourth Vanguard,
Hyakrai the Tower.

299
00:17:57,492 --> 00:18:00,536
The Fourth Rearguard, Frey the Waking.

300
00:18:02,455 --> 00:18:03,539
Damn you, wretched ghosts!

301
00:18:04,499 --> 00:18:07,460
As you can see,
we are very much alive, Minister.

302
00:18:07,543 --> 00:18:10,505
And I assure you,
this is only the beginning.

303
00:18:10,546 --> 00:18:12,507
Enu the Distant Mirror,

304
00:18:12,507 --> 00:18:14,550
you will return to Aureatia as planned,

305
00:18:14,550 --> 00:18:17,470
and recommend us for the Royal Games.

306
00:18:17,470 --> 00:18:19,514
Together, and in the name of my father,

307
00:18:19,514 --> 00:18:22,558
we will return this world
to a glorious age of war.

308
00:18:23,476 --> 00:18:25,520
What makes you think
that I would ever agree to such a thing?

309
00:18:26,521 --> 00:18:29,440
My dove,

310
00:18:29,482 --> 00:18:30,483
you've been obeying me

311
00:18:30,483 --> 00:18:31,567
from the very beginning.

312
00:18:34,529 --> 00:18:37,490
My injury was an accident,
you never manipulated me.

313
00:18:39,534 --> 00:18:41,536
You said you were lonely!

314
00:18:41,536 --> 00:18:43,538
I was going to come back to you!

315
00:18:43,538 --> 00:18:44,539
Am I not good enough?

316
00:18:46,457 --> 00:18:48,501
Master Shirok, I thank you.

317
00:18:49,460 --> 00:18:51,504
You were kind to me
and treated me like a normal girl.

318
00:18:51,546 --> 00:18:53,506
I'll always remember you.

319
00:18:53,548 --> 00:18:55,466
Goodbye, Shirok.

320
00:18:57,468 --> 00:19:01,514
She is the one who possesses
the meticulous cunning of a spider,

321
00:19:01,514 --> 00:19:04,475
seizing upon all
who are caught in her web.

322
00:19:04,475 --> 00:19:07,478
The one who mutated
her own blood-borne pathogens,

323
00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,566
allowing her to spread her infection
on a diabolical scale.

324
00:19:11,566 --> 00:19:15,486
The one who commands
the greatest secret organization

325
00:19:15,486 --> 00:19:16,571
the world has ever known,

326
00:19:16,946 --> 00:19:18,656
comprised of unrivaled warriors
from far and wide.

327
00:19:19,615 --> 00:19:21,617
Bound by her will,

328
00:19:21,617 --> 00:19:24,620
this wicked coterie lurks in the shadows,

329
00:19:24,620 --> 00:19:27,623
awaiting the call
of their one true master.

330
00:19:31,669 --> 00:19:36,674
Scout. Vampire.
She is Linaris the Obsidian.

331
00:19:36,674 --> 00:19:38,593
Aureatia Central Assembly Hall

332
00:19:38,593 --> 00:19:41,596
It would seem Toghie City
has been placed under martial law

333
00:19:41,596 --> 00:19:42,680
by the Old Kingdom Loyalists.

334
00:19:46,601 --> 00:19:48,603
If you're going to waste my time
with a summons,

335
00:19:48,603 --> 00:19:50,646
at least bring news of a decisive battle.

336
00:19:50,646 --> 00:19:53,649
You don't suppose
they're angling for an alliance?

337
00:19:53,649 --> 00:19:55,651
That's certainly one way
to force our hand.

338
00:19:55,651 --> 00:19:56,652
But who?

339
00:19:56,694 --> 00:19:58,571
No.

340
00:19:58,613 --> 00:20:01,657
There's only one thing they're counting on
to tip the scales in their favor.

341
00:20:01,657 --> 00:20:02,658
The weather.

342
00:20:03,618 --> 00:20:05,620
Within the Yamaga Barrens, there exists

343
00:20:05,620 --> 00:20:07,663
a phenomenon known as the Particle Storm.

344
00:20:07,663 --> 00:20:09,665
It's a voracious sandstorm

345
00:20:09,665 --> 00:20:12,627
that annihilates anything
and everything it engulfs.

346
00:20:12,627 --> 00:20:16,631
At present, it seems to be moving
in the direction of Aureatia.

347
00:20:17,590 --> 00:20:20,635
Currently, we're compiling reports
and implementing countermeasures--

348
00:20:20,635 --> 00:20:21,677
Hey, hey!

349
00:20:22,678 --> 00:20:26,599
Don't you think it's a little strange
that it's heading directly for Aureatia?

350
00:20:26,641 --> 00:20:29,644
And right when we're on the brink
of a major war, no less?

351
00:20:29,644 --> 00:20:31,646
A little too convenient if you ask me.

352
00:20:32,605 --> 00:20:35,608
Our source is known
as the Gray-Haired Child.

353
00:20:35,650 --> 00:20:38,653
And before you ask, Mizial,
yes, he is quite reputable.

354
00:20:39,654 --> 00:20:41,656
Of course we'll be verifying,
all the same.

355
00:20:42,615 --> 00:20:46,619
If this storm is being manipulated,
we can't afford to waste any time.

356
00:20:47,620 --> 00:20:49,622
Any updates on the Obsidian Eyes?

357
00:20:49,622 --> 00:20:52,667
All remaining members of the Obsidian Eyes
have been accounted for.

358
00:20:53,584 --> 00:20:54,585
Are the rumors true

359
00:20:54,627 --> 00:20:56,629
that you're considering
letting those who cooperate

360
00:20:56,629 --> 00:20:58,631
participate in the Imperial Competition?

361
00:20:58,631 --> 00:21:00,633
Their offer was compelling.

362
00:21:00,675 --> 00:21:04,679
You'd be surprised
at just how persuasive they can be.

363
00:21:07,598 --> 00:21:11,602
Five days until calamity arrives

364
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Episode 15

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Toroa the Awful and
Mestelexil the Box of Desperate Knowledge