I doze with you in front of the mirror, with rouge fingertips
This hand unexpectedly showed weakness and blocked your lips
I made a promise with you that day
And now we can't remember it
Why don't I have wings to float in the sky,
like the wind, like the clouds?
Why don't I have wings to sink into the all-enveloping night,
like the stars, like the moon? Ahh
You loathe us vampires, but we're not foolish enough to prey on you.
We have a way to soothe our thirsts without having to bite Terrans.
Though it is somewhat of a hassle...
Why did you destroy the church?!
You said yourself that its existence is needed to control the humans!
Not any more. The church broke the rules, after all.
Murderer...
You'll pay...
Murderer!
I could say the same to you, Sister.
But what you did was wholly futile;
did you honestly think Terrans could beat a Methuselah?
This is... revenge!
Then you'll understand what I'm about to do.
I'm going to kill people for the exact same reason.
For revenge?
For my wife, Maria.
Maria adored this city's people...
She would even go into the city on bright moonlit nights like tonight
to pass out candy and medicine.
I told her many times to stop,
but she never ceased her almsgiving to the Terrans.
One summer, the plague ravaged the region,
and citizens died one after the other.
My wife, concerned for them, went into town to distribute medicine...
...never to came back.
She was murdered?
That's right! By this city's scum!
Take the gun. Exact your revenge.
Assuming you can, of course.
I won't let you kill anyone! Killing isn't the answer!
You won't save a single person that way!
Father...
What rubbish.
So you can use the star?
So you're not a regular priest after all...
Vampire!
Sebastian.
Right here.
The blood about to flow, I offer to my wife.
I've lived my life for this day!
The Marquis of Hungaria's actions against the church
are more than sufficient reason for us to intervene.
Now do you see why I said there was no time to waste, Caterina?!
Your Holiness! Please give your decision!
We must dispatch a fleet at once
and free the people of Istvan from the marquis' tyrannical rule!
Yeah... That would be best for everyone...
Would it... turn into a war?
Worry not, Your Holiness.
At the Empire's doorstep, that must be avoided at all costs.
Yes! This dispatch is meant to avoid an even greater war!
You look much more human in that than in a blood-covered habit.
What is this "star"?
A legacy from my ancestors and my wife... the "Star of Sorrow".
Star of Sorrow?
My wife was a computer programmer, you see.
Our ancestors set up a power relay satellite to enrich this poor city.
It receives microwave energy from a solar power plant on the moon
and then transmits it down to Earth.
If restored, it would have revived the city.
It was for the city?
Yes.
Maria prayed this city would again be called the Pearl of the Danube.
But the Vatican suspected us of plotting mass genocide instead!
They used the church to agitate the populace into murdering my wife!
I will have revenge!
Not on just this city's humans!
On all Terrans... and the Vatican!
I'm going to avenge my wife's murder
using the legacy that she and my ancestors left behind!
No...
You mustn't kill any more...
Neither of you...
Father...
Revenge... doesn't solve anything...
What nonsense. Who would ever want revenge to solve something?
Just sit there and enjoy the show...
...by which I mean the Vatican's collapse!
If I don't stop the star... Rome will fall!
A Vatican fleet, huh...
Alright, Vatican! I'm going to torture you nice and slow!
I'm going to burn down your world bit by bit, just as Maria suffered!
First, I'll start with Albion!
Stop!
Why?!
Why are you killing so many people?!
Stay out of my way!
Was killing townspeople and the bishop not enough for you?
Why do you want to keep killing?!
To live.
To survive, Sister Esther.
This is a fight for survival between Methuselahs and Terrans, after all.
A pure fight, in which only victory and defeat will remain.
The word "coexistence" is nothing more than a fool's delusion!
Though, in my case, it's revenge against the Vatican I want.
For my wife...
What the?!
W-what?!
Why is the eastern district ablaze?!
What's going on?! I didn't tell it to aim for Rome and the Empire!
What's wrong with this program?!
The program works just fine, Your Lordship.
Dietrich?!
My extra little program activates with the initial shot.
No one can stop the Star of Sorrow now.
It will systematically envelop the world in flames...
Precisely as planned.
It would go to waste as your toy, Your Lordship.
Esther. I see you're there, too.
So the two revenge-bent fools are here together.
You were both so easy to use.
All I had to do to trick you was say I wanted to help you get revenge.
I enjoyed playing dead, Esther.
What's the meaning of this, Dietrich?!
What the hell are you scheming?!
Unlike your crude ideas for revenge,
our work actually has a much grander, sophisticated goal.
Captain?!
Captain!
I know!
Tres-kun?!
The "star" activated 760 seconds ago.
The 8th Brigade was annihilated...
...433 seconds ago.
They're all yours!
Positive.
You're completely surrounded! Drop your weapons and surrender!
Activating resident combat program in genocide mode.
Combat open.
But it's not so bad, Your Lordship.
You did want to massacre the Terrans, after all...
Now I see!
You plan to use the Star of Sorrow
to plunge the Empire and the Vatican into another war!
Wonderful! Absolutely correct!
Who are you?!
Tell me, have you ever heard of the Rosen Kreuz Orden?
Rosen Kreuz?
No, never mind. They do say that ignorance is bliss.
Esther. I absolutely adore you.
You make up excuses justifying every life you take...
...even though all you're doing is murder.
You're so adorable. I just love you!
You're pathetic! I never wanted war!
No?
Then, since I love you so much, I'll tell you the magic words.
"With flames, we shall renew the world."
The self-destruct code. Input it and the Star of Sorrow will explode.
Like I can really believe you!
How regrettable. And here I wanted to help you...
Go ahead and try it, if you think I'm lying.
Assuming no one gets in your way first, of course.
Well, bye!
Stop!
You are not allowed to touch this!
The Star of Sorrow is my wife's legacy! My hope!
I won't allow anyone to destroy it!
Don't be a fool, Marquis of Hungaria!
You've been tricked! You've been used!
Don't you care what happens now?!
There still has to be a way to regain control.
There's no time!
Please, let me destroy the star!
I really should have killed you when I had the chance...
I can't let anyone who knows the destruct code live...
Esther-san!
Father!
D-damn you...
W-what?!
Where did that strength come from?!
Me, stopped by a Terran?! Impossible!
Esther-san! Please take care of the star!
R-right!
What the hell are you?!
Gyula Qadar, Marquis of Hungaria...
I hereby place you under arrest for murder and civil disorder.
I advise that you surrender at once.
Never! I will never bow down to the likes of the Vatican!
W-what the?!
Why do you not kill me?
My job is to stop the star... not to take people's lives.
No way! It isn't stopping!
He said they were the magic words!
"With flames, we shall renew the world."
Father?
Esther-san! Where did you get this from?!
Dietrich told it to me! He said these words would stop the star!
Father, l...
Quiet.
Control program.
Transfer to voice input, system administrator mode.
Voice input activated.
Search for all available commands that can shut down the system.
One match found.
Self-destruct code based on Safeguard Measure 3090.
Please note that this requires Special A Level clearance or higher.
Please enter clearance.
United Nations Aerospace Forces, Commander Abel Nightroad.
Member of the Red Mars Project,
Managed Security ID, UNASF 948R MOC 66602ak.
Password confirmed.
This system will now self-destruct as per Safeguard Measure 3090.
What happened?!
The star is no more...
Why?!
I refuse to be sent to Rome and be killed by the Inquisitors...
Sister Esther...
I'm sorry...
I took someone dear to you...
You have the right to revenge...
It's only right. And... it is my duty to accept it...
My revenge was just. But... I did also take someone dear to you...
Shoot me... This is your last chance...
I haven't much longer, either...
I...
Where did I go wrong?
Why did l...
I only wanted to see you happy...
Maria... How did things turn out this way?
Thank you, my darling...
O Lord, please give this spirit peace...
May he cross paths with his beloved and be shown thy mercy...
Amen...
Bishop...
I'm going to Rome.
I have a dream.
I want to make a world where the two races, humans and vampires,
can coexist peacefully, without hatred for each other.
I may not be able to do much alone, but I'm sure I can do something.
After all, that's the most I can do for all the people who died...
I know this will not remain forever
However, it's beautiful
Your eyes, hands, and your warm smile
They're my treasure
It's hard to forget
I wish there was a solution
Don't spend your time in confusion
I'll turn back now and spread
My broken wings... still strong enough to cross the ocean with
My broken wings... how far should I go drifting in the wind
Higher and higher in the light (My broken wings)
Still strong enough to cross the ocean with
My broken wings... how far should I go drifting in the wind
Across the sky, just keep on flying
(What's falling from the sky is not rain... )
Next time... Episode 5: "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
Let thine eyes be not diverted.