And so, the victims are listed on this stone.
And that concludes our tour of the monument~
Thank you very much. Here's a little something for your time.
Ah, wait!
You shouldn't do that...!
Hehe, thank you~
Anise, it's forbidden to accept offerings outside of the institution.
Tear! And Luke, too!
Please let it go!!
No.
I have to pay back the debt Papa and Mama were tricked into.
Right? Right?
That's some story...
Isn't it, Luke?
Don't you feel sorry for me?
I think it's regrettable, but that's no reason to break the rules.
All right, fine, I'll give it back.
Ah, wait a sec.
We want to see Ion. Can you bring us to him?
Okay. Wait for me in the cathedral.
You sure are working me hard.
You don't know a thing.
Master Ion, you have visitors.
Luke, Tear!
It has been a while, Fon Master Ion.
Mieu is here too!
Long time no see, Mieu.
Good, you're looking well.
Yes, I haven't used any Daathic fonic artes since our journey, so I'm in good health.
Yo, Luke.
Well, well, I didn't expect to meet you here.
Why are you here?
That's our line.
Why are you guys here?
Oh, right.
Ion, has Asch been here?
Asch?
No, he hasn't.
Has something happened?
It seems he's acting on his own again.
Please have a look at this report.
It's regarding the increased activity of the Planet Storm, I see.
I admit I have been concerned...
Since the Planet Storm's activation was part of my brother's plan.
I see. Asch has probably begun investigating this on his own.
I've also heard that there have recently been signs of intrusion at the Absorption Gate.
I have a feeling that the ghost of my brother's vision for a replica world is still lingering....
Indeed. I believe so too.
Jade?
In fact, we are here with a report for Fon Master Ion as well.
You came at just the right time. Listen to this.
Dist escaped from Grand Chokmah's detention camp.
W–What?
Furthermore, Dist attacked the ship that was transporting the former Grand Maestro Mohs to his hearing.
The ship's crew was slaughtered, but Mohs's body wasn't found.
So that means Dist freed him?
It looks like it.
Anyway, Emperor Peony is asking you to be careful.
Is he?
I understand.
There is something else.
The Malkuth military was attacked by mysterious forces during training.
Mysterious forces?
The troops that attacked my men... were wearing Kimlascan colors.
The Kimlascan army?
It can't be...
I also do not believe that they were Kimlascan forces.
What do you mean?
Their eyes were lifeless... as if they were dead...
As if they were dead...
It couldn't have been...!
They used fontech bombs... on my men...!
General! General Frings!
Oh no! General Frings...
I am sorry.
What the hell is going on?!
I believe that someone is trying to incite conflict with Kimlasca.
Since they bore Kimlascan colors, it's going to become an international incident.
In that case, we should meet directly with King Ingobert himself to verify if there was any Kimlascan involvement.
Yes, you're right. Let's go to Baticul. I'll accompany you.
You can't, Master Ion!
You have an audience with the maestros!
This problem is more important than the meeting.
But...
Is something troubling you?
Ah, err...
I have something to tell Papa and Mama, so...
Go on ahead without me, I'll catch up. Later!
Anise!
What's up with her?
I hope Natalia will be back there already.
Did you call me?
Whoa! What are you doing here?!
I came to ask Fon Master Ion and the Order of Lorelei to issue a protest against Malkuth.
Hey, Natalia...
Oh?
My, you look unconcerned as ever.
What is the meaning of this?
Of what?
Is it Malkuth's new tactic to attack unsuspecting Kimlascan troops?
What? Kimlascan soldiers were attacked too?
Oh?
Really... Malkuth forces were attacked by a mysterious unit...
I wonder who would've attacked both armies.
General Frings's last words...
Their eyes were lifeless... as if they were dead...
They trouble me.
What do you think they mean?
I cannot yet confirm it, but... there is a possibility that those men were replicas.
Replicas...
But why would replicas masquerade as Kimlascan troops?
They're trying to aggravate tensions between Kimlasca and Malkuth to reignite the war.
Isn't that exactly what Mohs was doing?!
Right! Dist escaped with Mohs.
It'd be just like him to start a war between Kimlasca and Malkuth to get the Score back on track.
The Score again – after all we've done?
The world broke free from Yulia's Score. And still...
My brother's plan, Mohs's plan... they're still in motion...
Tear...
Tear, you look pale.
That's right, are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine. The medication is probably just wearing off.
That's odd.
Even if the effects wore off, your condition shouldn't worsen.
What does that mean?
Don't tell me it's becoming worse.
Really... I'm just... fine...
Tear!
Thank goodness, you woke up.
Master Ion...
You collapsed all of a sudden.
We were so worried.
I'm sorry.
But I'm fine now.
You're really feeling worse, aren't you?
But she really shouldn't be that exhausted as long as she hasn't inhaled any more miasma.
Could it be that the miasma is rising again because of the Planet Storm's activity?
If that were the case, we would be in danger too.
Oh, I see.
Shouldn't we rather think of removing the miasma from her body?
It's no use. Didn't they tell us that in Belkend?
Well, actually, I have an idea about how to cleanse Tear's body of the miasma.
But to do that, I...
Master Ion, it's terrible!
Anise, where have you been?
There's a big problem outside!
What's going on?
The miasma's back! It's seriously bad!
What?
Master Ion, come on!
Let's go too.
Huh? Where did they go?
Anise has been acting strangely for some time.
That's true.
I found you.
Arietta!
So you guys are really alive!
Are you trying to start a fight again?
Save Master Ion!
Huh?
At this rate, Master Ion will...
Come, quickly!
W–Wait a second!
What's happening?
Anise took Master Ion to the Sephiroth in the cathedral.
Hurry up and follow them!
I don't really understand, but...
Anyway, let's go.
Wait!
Mohs...
Arietta! Are you going to betray me?
Commandant Van said he wouldn't kill Master Ion!
You're the traitors!
Anise! What's the meaning of this?!
Well...
They're going to have Master Ion read the Score on the Seventh Fonstone!
Have Fon Master Ion read the Planet Score?
If they do that...
Master Ion is weak! He'll die!
I won't allow that!
Anise, you know what will happen to your parents if you betray me too.
Hey, Anise!
What happened to your parents?
Ah, you're annoying.
It's been my job from the beginning to tell Master Mohs everything about Master Ion!
Wait!
This is no good. It won't budge.
Damn!
Wha... What is that?
Mr. Iemon!
No way!
Target detected. Apprehend them.
My... My sister...
Your sister?
Why? Why is my sister here?
General Frings is there too!
Yes. Yet I certainly witnessed him die in Grand Chokmah.
W–What's happening?
Replicas!
In the past, there were experiments to use replicas for military purposes by programming them to perform set tasks.
Their eyes resemble those of the replicas from the experiments.
Eyes like those of dead people...
So they're the ones who attacked the Malkuth and Kimlascan troops.
Master Mohs's orders.
Kill.
This is... the Sephiroth.
Don't get in my way!
We have no choice but to eliminate them.
Wait a minute!
That's my sis... my sister Mary!
It's just a replica!
I know! But...
Leave it to me.
Tear...
tue lei zwe kuloa riou tue zwe
Tear!
Are you all right?
I just felt a little dizzy.
Don't push yourself too hard.
Thank you, Luke.
To think they created a replica of my sister...
They probably planned to unsettle us by replicating people we know.
Hey, take a look at this.
It's holding a message.
"There's a way to the Sephiroth from Mt. Zaleho's crater. I'm sorry."
It is from Anise, is it not?
And judging from Mohs's words, could her parents have been taken hostage?
It seems like it.
Well, it seems she was Mohs's spy from the beginning, but...
Let's trust Anise's letter for now and go to Mt. Zaleho.
It's dangerous to let Master Ion read the Planet Score.
But, Tear...
Don't worry about me.
I won't become a burden.
All right.
Let's rescue Ion!
Ion, please be safe.
"Which will ultimately lead to the downfall of Auldrant."
"ND2019. The forces of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear shall march northward, through the Rugnica Plains."
"After inflicting atrocities upon the villages in their wake, the army shall surround the fortress capital."
"Within a fortnight, the city shall fall. The Kimlascan army will stain the Malkuth throne with the blood of its last emperor."
"Their howls of victory shall resound throughout the land–"
Ion!
Y–You!
Stop, Ion! Stop that!
Arrest them!
Don't interfere!
"ND2020. A mountain of corpses shall bury the fortress capital. Death and disease shall envelope the city."
"The plague born thence shall become a new poison unto humanity, killing all within its reach."
"Its spread shall mark the true end of Malkuth."
"Kimlasca shall enjoy decades of prosperity as the plague of Malkuth grows."
"Ultimately, the plague shall be brought into the Kimlascan kingdom by a single man."
Ion!
That's enough. Stop, Ion!
"The light of the sacred flame shall approach a Kimlascan city of fon machines, seeking a way to purify the taint."
"There, salvation shall be found through the use of a forbidden power..."
Damn it, we failed.
I'll remember this!
Ion! Hang in there!
Luke, this is a Score I give to you...
A single path among your many futures.
You will probably not rely on it, but... that's all I can do to help you.
Idiot!
You've helped us plenty of times already!
And you'll keep on doing it...
Luke, please don't make that face.
There are plenty of replacements for me.
That's not true!
The other replicas don't know anything about me!
You're the only Ion who went to the Cheagle Woods with me!
Tear, come over here.
Fon Master Ion...
I will take your miasma.
But if you do that, you'll...
I told you: I know a way to save you.
Seventh Fonons attract each other.
I will take your contaminated Seventh Fonons as mine dissipate.
Ion!
It's all right.
See?
Tear will be fine now...
Master Ion...
You won't have to watch over me anymore, Anise.
I'm sorry, Master Ion.
I... I...
Thank you... for everything... my most precious...
Ion!
Master Ion...
Master Ion?
I deceived Master Ion from the beginning.
Mohs told me to report everything that Master Ion was doing.
I let him know that we were trying to stop the war, that we were with you, Luke, and everyone.
Anise...
That's why... the assault on the Tartarus... the ambushes by the God-Generals, they were all my fault!
But that's because he used your parents against you.
They're really gullible, aren't they?
When I was still very little, they got scammed into owing a huge debt.
And Mohs bailed them out.
That's why I couldn't disobey his orders...
I hated that.
Master Ion was so trusting. It was so hard to lie to him.
Master Ion... because of me... he died...
Anise...