I listen to a boring song as I stare out the window
Let me don a dress and dance for you
Am I insane? Please tell me
Someday, the wind will take me away
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
Hurry...
Do it quickly, Esther!
With a thirst this bad...
I will most likely wind up sucking all your blood...
So kill me...
Kill me, before I kill you...
No... I can't!
Do it, Esther...
I cannot hold it back any more...
I beg you!
I... do not want to hurt you...
Please!
Your Lordship...
It's all right.
You can suck my blood.
So please stop crying.
It isn't your fault. You aren't to blame.
Esther...
Now, then...
Esther...
I...
N-no! I can't!
Thank you, Esther...
I will never forget your kindness...
Your Lordship!
Stay away!
I'm glad I met you...
Goodbye, Esther!
Stop!
Looks like I made it just in time...
Sorry about that! I sort of wasted some time getting here!
Father...
...Nightroad!
Süleyman!
Impossible! The palace is supposed to be fully secured!
What is it, Duchess of Kiev?
I've come to expose your acts of treason!
You're going to expose me?
The Count of Memphis and the Terran with him are my witnesses!
With their accounts of the situation and collateral evidence-
Unfortunately, that is impossible!
I was told just moments ago that they were found dead inside their cell.
What?!
It seems they killed each other.
If you don't believe me, you're free to inspect their bodies for yourself.
Interesting!
Then go ahead and inspect me!
Count!
I'm quite alive, as you can see!
And I know all about your secret plot!
Your murders of my grandmother and Her Majesty are clear as day!
Give yourself up quietly!
You should give yourself up, Count!
You repugnant traitor!
Halt!
Impossible!
How?!
How is she still alive?!
How?!
You almost seem troubled that I am alive, Duke of Tigris...
W-whatever do you mean? Why would I ever blow Your Majesty up?
I am not referring to the Moldova mausoleum incident.
After all, I was never there.
Show him your face.
The Duchess of Moldova?!
Indeed.
The Duchess of Moldova and head of the Imperial Privy Council,
Mirka Fortuna.
Grandmother?
Why?! Why is Grandmother-
I knew the traitors would spring into action upon your return.
I made the Duchess of Moldova serve as my body double
and placed an automaton in the manor.
Süleyman.
Never did I expect you to be the chief behind this machination...
Out of all my children, I had especially high hopes for you...
P-please wait, Your Majesty!
Why do you listen only to them?!
I would never wish death upon you, Your Majesty!
Tell me...
Do you recognize this face?
You're-!
Even my blood froze when I had the Ring of Solomon pointed at me.
This... can't be!
Isn't that- Seth-chan?!
Do you have anything else to say?
I do...
You said that you had high hopes for me, Your Majesty...
Indeed. I feel deep regret.
Regret?
What hollow words.
No one has high hopes for you!
There's not a single person among us who trusts in you!
Süleyman!
Why... did you miss?
I am a child with no love... for his mother...
Süleyman...
After 300 years of servitude...
I find you are someone I cannot comprehend...
Who... are you?
Who are we?
How I wish I could answer that...
Well done, everyone. I thank you.
Yes, Your Majesty! Yes, Your Majesty!
And, Esther...
Yes, Seth-chanI mean, Your Majesty?!
Seth is fine.
You're not a vassal. You're my friend.
Okay, Seth-chan! What were you going to ask?
Where is the other envoy who came with you?
Father Nightroad ran off the instant we mentioned the Baron of Luxor.
The Baron of Luxor?
No, the baron had already passed away.
The one controlling him now is a man named Dietrich, of the Orden...
The Orden?!
Here we go, self-restoration!
Step away from there!
So you did come...
That thing will do nothing but bring forth disaster!
But your people used it long ago...
Don't worry, I'm not blaming you or anything.
If you'll overlook this, I will simply leave for today.
I'm afraid I can't do that.
Leave the data cube and come here!
You're surprisingly sharp-sighted...
But I'd rather die than take orders from someone!
It's no use!
What do you think? Neat, huh?
I decided to give my blood combustive abilities, too!
Now what?
Nano-machines, Crusnik 02! 80%-
What?!
The Crusnik-
I see...
A vampire that sucks the blood of vampires...
Yet, you don't want to feed.
Is this the result of acting stoic?
H-how do you-
How do I know about that?
I've heard many other things, as well.
That you were once the enemy of the world, for instance.
Goodbye, Father.
Think you could stop right there?
Who are you?
Me? I'm just a pretty girl who's passing by.
S-Seth...
It's been a long time, Abel. How have you been?
Sorry, but could you please not interrupt?!
You're-
W-what is this?!
The power of Crusnik 03! High-energy focused ultrasonic waves!
Flames of Sound!
I will spare you today. But you will pay next time!
I will have my revenge for your irreparable sins against my children!
You will know the wrath of my vengeance
Seth...
It's been 900 years, Abel-niisan.
Thank you for everything!
Please be safe on your return home!
Right!
Your Lordship. Take care...
Y-yes. You too...
Right!
Well then, everyone. Please take care!
If you have something to say, you should say it.
She will grow old and die before you realize it.
There is no guarantee you'll ever see her again.
But what do I say?!
Just say what you feel.
Or am I wrong about your feelings?
Esther!
Your Lordship!
Let's promise to see each other again sometime...
Yes, Your Lordship...
Say. Why don't you stay here? We can live like siblings again!
I'm a sinner.
It's been 900 years! Surely she would-
I cannot be forgiven!
I absolutely cannot forgive myself.
Well, whatever.
Having you there is more convenient, anyway.
Convenient?
He's still alive.
We were careless.
After having fused 100% with the Crusnik nano-machines,
being dropped through the atmosphere was nothing to him!
They...
Brother?!
I will destroy him.
I swear it!
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 wing show 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 wing show 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 20: The Throne of Roses I. Kingdom of the North"
Let thine eyes be not diverted.