Coppelia’s casket
The flowing tears have already dried up
Solitude starved for blood
Death dances, smelling of angel down
In a town where the black sun never sets
Everyone works silently with an air of deception
I cannot meet you
I cannot meet you here
God, our savior
Coppelia’s casket
People are dolls tired of dancing
The lamb on the altar
Where is the mechanical dream headed?
Coppelia’s casket
O light awakened from the darkness
The lamb on the altar
Where is the dream with the broken spring headed?
Noir…
It is the name of an ancient fate.
Two maidens who govern death.
To ward the darkness from the nursing babes,
their black robes serve as shields.
I’m going back to visit Corsica, my homeland.
I haven’t ever gone back.
I didn’t want to go back.
[Return to Corsica]
When my parents were killed,
the Bouquet family and syndicate collapsed.
Corsica fell to the hands of a rival syndicate,
and having lost my home, I left the country with Uncle Claude.
Pardon us.
Not at all.
– Bye-bye! – Please excuse us.
I’ve come home to this place.
Lady Odette!
Mary! Mary, it’s really you!
I honestly thought my heart would stop.
You’ve grown so…
Oh, I never thought that I would ever see you again.
When you saw me, you called me by my mother’s name.
I served the Mistress,
Lady Odette, ever since she was a little child.
I could never forget her, even if I tried.
You are the spitting image of Lady Odette.
I feel as though the Mistress has returned from the past.
Oh, this is my husband, Victor.
Yes, I remember.
Dear, it’s Lady Mireille.
Remember? Lady Odette’s daughter.
Please excuse him, he’s never had any proper manners.
It’s okay, Mary.
It’s only natural he wouldn’t want anything to do with the Bouquets.
Lady Mireille!
Thank you. I’ll go now.
Mr. Bertonie wants to see you. Get in.
Fine.
Thank you.
Odette?!
No… What a surprise.
Mireille Bouquet, why have you returned?
I’m just here to visit graves.
I’m not here for revenge.
I see.
The past is the past.
I have no interest in who this turf belongs to now.
But there is something I want to know.
What’s that?
About my parents.
I’m not the one who killed them.
I know.
You’re Bouquet’s daughter all right.
You’ve got guts.
Very well.
Want one?
All right.
Numerous powers have been vying in Corsica since long ago.
Our syndicate is also one of them.
But Bouquet’s syndicate was special.
They always stood at the apex of the underground society.
But that glory ended when Laurent and Odette were killed.
Such a fleeting thing…
Spare me the sentimentality.
My father must have been having trouble with someone back then.
With some organization.
There was a rumor…
That Laurent was eliminated by a colossal power.
I couldn’t even begin to guess where that story came from.
But I can see why people would believe it.
That assassination was not the work of someone from Corsica.
That’s the only thing that’s certain.
Have you met with Madelin?
Madelin? George Madelin?!
That’s the one, Laurent’s old right hand man.
He may know something.
I thought he was dead!
No, he is alive.
Here’s some friendly advice.
It’s the one warning I can give you.
Leave this island quickly.
Who’s there?
It’s been a long time, hasn’t it, George?
It’s me, Mireille.
I was so happy to learn that you were alive.
George, I…
Please go away!
I need to talk to you! Please!
George?! Please open the door! What’s wrong?!
George!
Please, hear me out! George!
I wonder what’s happened to our olive field?
A fiery-spirited woman who doesn’t know when to give up.
You’re just like Lady Odette.
Who did you hear about me from?
Do you remember this?
It’s the watch that used to belong to my father.
We can’t… Not here.
What do you mean?
Tomorrow, I will tell you.
Everything that I know.
The Bouquet family had an enormous secret.
An enormous secret?
Why were the Bouquets able to dominate Corsica?
The reason behind that lies in a pact with a certain organization.
Generation after generation,
the head of the Bouquets swore loyalty to that organization,
and in exchange, they were given the power to dominate Corsica.
It was the prerogative of the Bouquets and an absolute secret.
The name of that organization is…
The Soldats!
You knew?!
You’re saying that my mother and father were members of the Soldats?
Yes, that watch is proof of that.
You’re lying!
That’s impossible!
Because they were killed by the Soldats!
You are exactly right.
Then why?!
That is because…
George!
Geor…
Master Laurent and Lady Odette
were killed for trying to protect you.
There was nothing I could do.
Not only that, I made my escape all alone.
Now, I’ve finally…
George!
Chloe!
Who was this man?
Kill any who tries to open the seal to Corsica’s past.
That was his duty.
And you?
I will not help him in his duty, nor will I hinder.
Then why are you here?
And don’t tell me you’re just sightseeing.
Corsica is a special place.
For me and for her.
Her?
You mean Kirika?
Yes…
She and I are special.
She and I are the true Noir.
Kirika is a true Noir?
There is something I have to say to you.
I’m listening.
If a time comes when she says that she would like to go home,
please don’t stop her.
Because I am the one who is to make the journey with her.
What if I say no?
I will kill you.
I would like to become friends with you.
Friends…
Because you are her friend, aren’t you?
Yes, I am sure we can become friends.
After all, you are also unmistakably a child of the Soldats.
A child of the Soldats!
This turned out to be a watch of the Soldats.
I…
Mireille?
She said…
I’m a child of the Soldats.
The soft touch
Finally made me realize how cold my cheek was
Like waking up in the morning
And noticing the birds chirping for the first time
Suddenly
I don’t know anything yet
What my heart is seeking
I don’t know
I was always looking up at the sky
Like this, since who knows when
I would send my thoughts to right below that cloud
[Preview] [My self within the darkness]
[A disturbing enigma]
[The beast that cries] [at the deeply wounded soul]
[The Darkness Within Me]