For all eternity, the curtain of thousands of years of nights...
...stretches across the nostalgic eternal homeland.
The moment a knock is heard upon the gates of Heaven...
...the beginning of a new adventure will be proclaimed.
In the place where the mysterious meeting occurs...
...the black silence will be broken.
The gateway to the alternate world of El-Hazard...
...is opening once again.
W-What? Where am I?
U... Uh...
Pleased to meet you!
I just dropped in from Roshtaria, ha ha.
Could you tell me where I am?
W... Wait! Please, wait!
I can assure you that I'm not a threat!
Nanami!
Makoto? What's going on?
What just happened to us?
Makoto, look out!!
What's the big idea!?
Makoto!!
Nanami!!
You put me down, you!
Of all the nerve!
You did it! That was awesome, Makoto!
H... How's that?
All right, now I'll try!
This is bad!
You. Identify yourselves.
E-Excuse me!?
Don't order us around through your silly mask! Show your face!
I am Gilda, Captain of the Creteria Kingdom Armored Division.
Now, tell me. Where did you come from?
Well, actually... We're...
I doubt you'll believe this...
...but we sort of came to your world unexpectedly.
A-And besides, you're the ones who attacked first, not us!
What? From the sky?
What? Do you think they're buying it?
Somehow, I doubt it.
Too hard.
I could swear that these are prison bars...
Hey! Let us out of here!
W-We're moving!
N-No kidding!
What is this!?
M... Makoto!
Where in the world are we!?
We really aren't in Roshtaria anymore!
Factories?
Hey... Makoto?
Hm?
Isn't it... kind of cold?
Yee!
It's iced over!
You're kidding!
That explains it...
Nanami, take this.
You don't have to...
You're cold too, aren't you?
N-No, not really.
Ura...
That's much better!
I'll take some of that! Sorry, Ura!
Ooh, you're so warm!
M-M-MAKOTO!!!
What's the matter?
L... Look, there's another one!
Th-That's going to be us!?
N-No way...
I-I don't think that's very funny!
We didn't do anything wrong!!!
Oh... There are more?
Never mind, open the cage.
Hey! Are you the man in charge here!?
Oh, my word!
Never mind!
What gives you the authority to treat us like this!?
Don't forget, we're victims of unfortunate circumstances!
Exquisite...
U-Uh, sir? A-Actually, we're...
Oh, how dull. I have no interest in men.
H-Hear me out, please!
Hey, you two! What do you think you're doing to Makoto!?
What is your name, pretty one?
It's impolite to ask one's name without saying one's own first!
Oh, of course! You are quite right!
I am Dall Narciss the 3rd, Emperor of Creteria.
Emperor!?
Tonight, we celebrate!
For we have been blessed with not one, but two celestial maidens!
Please, enjoy everything I have to offer!
Wow, that looks scrumptious!
I accept your hospitality.
It looks yummy!
Hey, Nanami.
Didn't you hear the Emperor say something odd just now?
Odd? In what way?
He said two celestial maidens.
He did?
Maybe he's making the usual mistake.
Nanami!
By the way...
...Nanami, was it?
I would like to hear more about your world.
Hey, Makoto... Which world is our world again?
That's a good question...
I'd say that we're actually from the world we first came from.
Aha!
Well, I was born in Shinonome, Shinonome City.
I attended high school at Shinonome State High.
"Shinono"?
That's an interesting-sounding name.
Excuse me, Emperor?
Yes?
About what you said right before we sat down...
...something about two celestial maidens. Is there anyone else here?
I mean, is there anyone else here, like us...
...that came from another world to yours?
Would you like to see her?
Yes, sir.
Qawoor!?
Qawoor!
W-What's she doing here!?
She alighted from the sky as if from Heaven itself...
...a celestial maiden who appeared with the very light of day!
She looks exactly the same as when we last saw her.
Makoto, do you think she's...
It's okay. She's still breathing.
Y-You there!
You are leaning entirely too close to her!
Emperor, this girl's name is Qawoor Towles.
Where we come from, she is the great priestess of water.
She's no "celestial maiden."
The great priestess... ...of water, you say?
Yes.
Actually, it was during her inauguration ceremony...
...that we all were inexplicably transported to your world.
We're not here by choice, you know.
Hm... Interesting.
Very interesting.
Gilda, did you hear that? Give me your impression.
I think they are spies, sent by either Volcania, or Coctura.
Hey, we're not spies!
Oh, can't you come up with anything else!?
Wherever you are from...
...you all appear to have unusual powers at your disposal.
I have a proposition... If you help our cause...
...I will help you to find a way to return to your own world.
You want our help, sir?
Holy cow! It looks just like a fusion reactor!
What's a fusion reactor?
It fuses the lighter elements, like hydrogen and lithium...
...to produce enormous amounts of energy.
In doing so, it generates a minus...
All right, all right!
I get the picture! I've heard enough, thank you!
This is our Spring of Life.
Thanks to this Spring, Creteria is the prosperous nation it is today.
It couldn't be! A dimensional reactor!?
This was not made by our hands.
Ever since ancient times, possibly even before recorded time...
...it was already here.
Hey, Makoto... What is all of this about, anyways?
I think that an ancient war led to world destruction...
...a war using the Eye of God.
The Eye of God!?
But, how?
So, what is it that you want us to do?
The Spring of Life is dying.
What I would like you to do, is to help revive it.
Revive it!?
I fell fast asleep...
The Lamp of Water!
This means... I've finally become the great priestess of water!
Where in the world am I?!
Makoto?
What will become of us now?
Yeah...
Will we be strung up like that poor guy?
Yeah...
Are you listening, Makoto!?
Huh!?
Y-Yeah... That's true.
You didn't hear a word I said, did you?
I've been thinking about it, and I wonder...
...if we were somehow transported into another dimension.
You mean, just like when we were transported to El-Hazard!?
Are you saying that we can't go back!?
Qawoor came with us, so unless I'm wrong...
That can't be!!!
I've still got payments to make on the Shinonome Diner...
...and some customers haven't paid off their tabs!
And besides...
...someone had to have set off that device of mine...
Yes, splendid!!
Dressed in this fine raiment, I can walk anywhere without fear of shame!
Qawoor Towles...
Ooh, what an elegant name!
And, I'm off!
Qawoor!
Is Qawoor Towles here?
Hm... Perhaps she is still asleep.
If so, I shall take it upon myself to wake her!
According to the teachings of old, the proper way to awaken a princess...
...is with love's kiss.
Q... Qawoor?
Oh?
This is strange...
What could have happened to me?
This is definitely strange!
I'm not in Roshtaria anymore!?
Hey, halt!
You little!
- Now! - We owe you one, Ura!
WHAT!?
Find them!! Go find them at once!
Get moving, or I'll have the lot of you...
...c- cast into the hanging cages!!
Oh... My precious, so precious Qawoor!
Makoto, stop! Look!!
It's okay, they're gone.
What is it, Makoto?
Qawoor!?
M... Master Makoto...
Master Makoto!
Hey, great! You're all right!
Master Makoto, I... ...I was so scared!
I woke up surrounded by strange people in this strange city!
I'm so relieved that you're here...
It's okay... It's okay.
Makoto...
Huh? What?
H-Hey...
My!
M-My precious Qawoor!
How can this be!?!
You never learn.
Dammit!
Where the hell is this place!?
Why am I hiking through a blizzard!?
What is it, Katsuo?
What?
You see someone lying in the snow?!
I see!
It's her!
I did it!
I did it! I finally have it!!
I have the device that will allow me to rule all of El-Hazard!
But, why...
Why does this woman insist upon getting in my way!?
Dammit!!
Hey, Katsuo! Do something!!
What? I should be worried about other things, you say!?
Next on El-Hazard: The Alternate World!