What's wrong? Nostalgic, isn't it?
This scar...
Yeah...
I remember.
You... really are Gil...
It would be better for me to die right here.
Protecting the master is supposed to be my job...
I will never betray you.
No...
Not again...
I don't wanna have that feeling again...
You're... finally back.
To think...
...that I would lose you again...
No way...
So Doldam's threads were torn...
Damn!
I'm very sorry, but we have to lower the curtain now.
Even though it's not what was written in my script.
Damn you!
Be sure to look forward to the next stage, Oz Bezarius!
The scent of their presence has disappeared.
She must have really left.
I see!
Alice, are you okay?
Any injuries...
...none, right...
Just what are you thinking?
So you really wanted to die?
No way.
That could never happen.
Why not?
If I... If I hadn't resisted in time-
I know that.
But, I believed you could hold back.
What?
If it was really Gil, that's what he'd do.
I... don't believe in "forever".
Yeah, I know.
But...
It's all right to try it at least once.
Don't you think so?
I will absolutely never betray you.
And I won't let anyone hurt you.
Because I believed in the "forever" you spoke of.
I'm no longer the old Gilbert you used to know.
My name is...
My name is... Gilbert Nightray.
Nightray?
Right.
Because of my irreconcilable relation with the Bezarius family,
A man from one of the Four Great Duke Houses,
the Nightray Family, took me in.
So, don't treat me the same as before.
I'm no longer eligible for you to do so.
What was that?
What was he talking about?
Hey, Oz.
Nightray...
How come these kinds of thing keep happening?
Come to think about it, he didn't completely explain it to me!
Oz!
He is a dear friend who is more important to me than anyone else.
There were lots of chances for me to fully explain to him.
I've always known that it was just a matter of time before it was revealed.
And yet, I couldn't tell him anything at all.
Tsch! Shame on me!
The enemies might still be around, I'd better hurry back...
I thought you'd be here.
This place hasn't changed much, even after 10 years.
What did you come here for?
What for? To help you treat those wounds.
Come on, let me wrap them up.
Do you still remember? Me, you and Ada explored this mansion together.
We fell down here on the way, though.
Young Master!
Big bro!
Gil!
That hurt...
Hey, Gilbert, you're still alive?
Yeah, somehow.
This place is...
Nostalgic, isn't it?
Even though it wasn't that long ago for me.
Why did you keep quiet about this?
Well?
I didn't want you to see how much I've changed.
Just as I thought. That's just like you; you're so reserved.
What?
So which parts of you have changed?
Is it that you're taller than me now?
Or that you've learned to use a gun?
Ten years have already passed.
It's normal for lots of things to change.
Even then, I don't see that you've lost any of the characteristics I used to know.
You were the one nearest to me when I woke up that time.
And also just now, your "forever" didn't lie to me after all.
So tell me:
Which parts of you have changed?
Even now, I still believe what you said back then.
No matter what happens, I will always stay by your side.
No matter how much time may pass...
Even if our standpoints may change...
You've become a man of a duke's house... So what?
It's true that the relationship between the Bezarius family and the Nightray family isn't good.
However, it's just like I said:
Just because you've become a noble now,
doesn't mean that I'll ever let you leave me.
Really, you're so unreasonable as usual.
I've betrayed the Bezarius family, you know.
But still... If I can be forgiven...
I...
It's okay. If that's what you want.
I will always be your servant.
I also want to be your servant from now on.
It's been a while... Gilbert.
Hey. Isn't it just like I said?
You're annoying. Don't talk to me.
You should know it by now, right?
No matter where you go, in the end, you're always...
...alone.
Shut up!
Will of the Abyss...
Hey...
Why?
Are you... "Alice"?
Why are you... "Alice"?
Because... aren't you... the bloodstained black rabbit?
Alice.
Oz.
A dream?
Are you okay?
You look pale.
Don't you dare touch me freely!
What happened to Raven?
I have him waiting in front of the tomb.
We wanted to investigate that tomb at first,
but then we realized that we couldn't because Alice wasn't with us.
Um... Don't tell me... you're mad because we ditched you?
I'm sorry.
A-Alice...
Just now... I was trying to apologize...
Shut your trap.
Being a servant, you dared to leave me. What's with that decency of yours?
Thanks to that, I had such an annoying dream.
Hurry up and lead the way.
I'm sorry!
So you haven't had a detailed conversation with him yet?
Nope.
You also don't know much about this place, right?
So you'll understand more about it once we talk together.
Well, that's true.
That's the given reason...
..but in fact..
The truth is that I wanted time to think.
I was glad that I could get out of the Abyss.
Gil has finally returned to my side.
However, there are still many things that don't make sense to me.
Hey, Gil, did you find anything?
Nope. It'd be better if we knew, ahead of time, whose tomb it was.
That's how it is, Alice.
Alice?
Because the voice was too quiet, I didn't notice it.
It seems to reside inside these trees and petals.
Little by little...
They're... waiting for me.
Wait!
That is...
Could it be... one of the stupid rabbit's memories?
Alice?
Who's there?
You're such a naughty kid.
So you followed me after all?
That voice...
You've finally come.
He... was in Alice's memory that last time...
Please be careful.
You're being watched by the Will of the Abyss.
What?
Oz!
The memory space has started to collapse.
Ah. It's you.
You have to be sure to protect him this time.
What is... the Will of the Abyss he mentioned?
Gil! It hurts, Gil.
I don't know much about the details, but...
...it may be the existence that created the present Abyss.
Alice!
It's what Pandora and the Baskervilles have been pursuing.
You mean... that rabbit?
No. That's probably just a substitute.
Ah, I meet you at last.
I've been waiting all this time.
All this time...
All this time... All this time
Hey, hurry and come pick me up.
I've prepare lots of kinds of puppets for you.
Let's play with them.
Let's chat until we fall asleep.
And then, and then...
Right? My beloved one..
I don't know about you.
More importantly, hurry up and let go of Alice.
Why?
That girl is just a Chain.
Her existence will just destroy yours.
So...
Why?
Oz!
Don't get in the way!
Gil!
Don't interfere with us!
You...!
Hey...
You know nothing about that girl.
Why do you want to stay by her side?
My reason... for staying... with Alice?
Yes... That's it.
She's just a kid who knows neither what she is nor why she was born.
You... don't suit her.
However...
...she has yet to take over you.
That girl...
It would be better if she was never born.
It would be better if she was never born...
That's why... you should just leave her be.
Really, what you said is true.
I don't know anything about Alice at all.
But, you see...
I don't think I can stop caring about her.
Because I think we have something in common.
That's why...
...I won't leave Alice be.
Why?
Why is that?
Why?
There is no "why" this time.
Why?
Because I just follow what my heart tells me, that's all.
Besides...
...it's a pity, but...
I'm... no longer interested in talking with you.
Gil.
Even though you invited me,
I prefer not to... play with puppets.
I'm more addicted to treasure hunting.
Alice!
You will definitely regret that.
For choosing that black rabbit over me.
So it's because of that.
I never expected that the Will of the Abyss would interfere so early.
For now, it's still within our calculations, though.
Let's return to Pandora.
Hurry up.
Come pick me up.