A skull!
You're a real chicken, Kujou.
No I'm not.
I was only scared because you were choking me, Avril.
Okay, okay.
Illusion of The Dark Tower.
It was pretty interesting, huh?
I was asleep for half of it.
But, that masked person hiding in the dark tower...
I get the feeling I've heard of something like that before.
I think I've seen that clock tower, too.
The hen chirps.
Before that moment comes,
Even in a dream...
March forward! March forward!
Walk a bit more and soon we'll arrive.
Today's the last day of summer vacation, huh?
Oh, that reminds me, Avril.
Didn't you say you were staying at your grandmother's until the end of the break?
Why did you come back early?
W-Why...?
Do you have to ask?
While I'm gone, you'll be with Victorica...
...doing those kinds of things.
What?
N-Nothing! No reason, really.
I see.
I have some things to do, so I want to head back a little earlier.
To the library again?
N-Never mind.
Oh, right!
What?
I remember now!
Let's go, Kujou!
J-Just a minute!
Episode 13
He Who is His Own Lawyer Has a Fool For a Client
What's with you?
Look at that!
It's the same as in the movie, right?
Yeah, what about it?
Is there some kind of curse?
No, I don't think so...
It won't open.
It looks that way.
Well, I'm off...
Don't!
Umm...
See? It's open now.
Is this really all right?
Really, Kujou. You still go to the library everyday, even after I came back early.
Is that Victorica really so cute?
But, I'm also...
Did you say something?
Adventure, adventure!
When I look in a mirror, am I the only one that sees beauty?
Am I actually just a country girl in Kujou's eyes?
No, it can't be!
Are you all right?
Sorry.
Let's head back, I...
Not yet!
Because... that's right!
If it's just like that movie, maybe the alchemist's room is real too!
Let's look for it!
How could that be?
This is...
I remember, it's Leviathan the Alchemist!
That's right, it's one of the school's ghost stories!
Leviathan... the Alchemist?
He was a masked alchemist who lived about 20 or 30 years ago.
His lab was built in this clock tower.
He was favored by the Queen, and even meddled with politics.
However, the King feared his power, and in the end...
But he didn't die, even though his body was filled with poison arrows,
and he escaped somewhere.
Legend says he can neither age nor die.
The mask and long robe are all to hide his ageless body.
Ever since, a mysterious person has been lurking in the clock tower.
Every night, footsteps could be heard...
So that's it.
They must've produced that movie after hearing about this person in the legends.
What? That's way too boring!
The truth is often like that.
You've already found your mysterious room, so let's leave.
Kujou!
Is there anything else?
That sound...
Enough!
I can't see a thing, so please leave right away!
Professeur Cecile?
Professeur Cecile was acting kind of strange.
This place is restricted to students.
If you come near again...
You'll get a stern lecture!
She actually got really angry.
There must be something in that clock tower.
What do you think, Kujou—
Kujou?
Kujou!
He went to the library again.
I actually thought today was a date.
Watching a movie together normally counts, right?
I wore my cutest dress, put on make up, and boldly spoke up.
But he was snoring right next to me.
Kujou, you idiot!
I'm bored.
He's late today.
Really, when I'm already this bored...
What could that idiot be doing?
It hurts...
To the person who will one day come into possession of this book,
by Leviathan, Year 1899.
Leviathan... the alchemist?
This is your book?
A pop-out memoir, how silly.
I am an alchemist, one who uses secret power to create something from nothing.
You in the future, who have received this book, are perhaps surprised.
What an aggravating person.
You in the future.
Are you a man? A woman?
An adult or a child?
No matter.
Since you cannot solve my riddle,
you must be quite unsatisfied.
What are you talking about? There is no riddle I can't solve.
I am a foolish person,
and you shall become a witness for this foolish person.
Solve this riddle for me.
Don't you dare order me around!
Rude bastard!
Victorica!
Ah, Victorica.
I have an interesting story that should entertain you.
You went to watch a movie, right? Somebody else invited you.
How did you know?
You still have your movie ticket in your front pocket.
From the title, it doesn't seem like something you would enjoy.
That's right. Avril invited me.
Right... and you went.
Anyway...
Hey, about that alchemist, Leviathan...
Have you heard anything?
Then, I suddenly became dizzy and felt really weird.
There seem to be legends that Leviathan is still alive.
Is that true?
A so-called "alchemist,"
is a person that researches how to transform certain elements into other elements.
Most research gold, immortality, and man-made humans, homunculus.
These can all be produced using a material called the "Philosopher's Stone."
"Philosopher's Stone"?
It's said all the most powerful alchemists hold one.
There is a theory.
It's hue is a deep red color like that of a pomegranate seed.
But in the end, alchemy and its like are just tricks.
Those who would believe in, and even praise alchemists are all...
Idiots! Enormous idiots!
V-Victorica?
It's a new semester, so you should maintain your strength.
Y-Yes...
Anyway, who was that nice man with you the other day?
My friend saw you in the city.
"A dark-eyed black-haired Eastern fellow was walking with a red-haired handsome lad."
An Eastern person and a redheaded man?
Who was he? Tell me.
That wasn't me.
I was with my classmate all day yesterday.
Really?
I was hoping you would introduce me to a nice guy.
Sorry about that.
An Asian person other than me?
A black-haired... Eastern person?
What's wrong?!
Alchemist... Levia...than...
Who's that?
Good morning, Kujou.
Ah, good morning.
Sorry, but who are you?
It's me. You'd better pay more attention!
I-Inspector?
That outfit was really...
Y-You changed your hair style?
It looks really authentic.
I didn't have enough time to style my hair this morning.
Oh, you style it.
How refreshing.
Don't worry about me!
Where's the crime scene?
The lab on the second floor.
All right, let's go.
The smell of flowers...
It's just shampoo!
Last night, two foreign men came to the village.
One was an Asian man, the other a redhead male.
This would definitely be the Asian.
The redhead male was staying at a hotel, and is being brought here by my subordinates.
Victorica.
Ouch!
Too slow.
Sorry.
So, what do you want?
Actually...
A clock tower.
A purple bruise.
An alchemist...
The Inspector isn't here yet.
Normally he'd come here right away.
Stupid man.
Does "stupid" refer to the Inspector?
So it's me?
Then, who?
Leviathan.
Kujou.
I accept his challenge.
I will solve Leviathan's riddle, and prevent him from murdering again.
W-What do you mean?
Are you saying an alchemist who's been dead for 20 years is behind this morning's murder?
This riddle would be difficult to solve,
but I have the Fountain of Wisdom.
The remaining pieces of Chaos will be reassembled.
I will play witness to the foolish!
You mean, in solving the case?
Ah, where are you going?
The lower world.
The lower world? You're leaving the library?
Then I'll also...
You will take the stairs.
Why can't we ride the elevator together?!
For me,
seeing you panting painfully after walking the stairs,
and dragging your heavy legs to desperately crawl the final steps,
I truly love it!
What do you mean by that?!
Seriously!
This is... something Victorica was reading.
What's this?
Since you cannot solve my riddle, you must be quite unsatisfied.
I see.
That's why she was so worked up.
1899, winter.
To welcome the last year of the century, this winter...
I, Leviathan, write...
In the past, I was a nameless wanderer.
During my travels I obtained something...
The Philosopher's Stone.
Using its power, I obtained endless time and eternal life.
1897, winter.
On a whim, I abandoned the lifestyle of a wanderer.
Using the Philosopher's Stone, I created...
what was unmistakably gold.
My name instantly echoed throughout the country.
Then...
I received a letter from the Queen of Saubure, Coco Rose, summoning me to the palace.
Soon after that...
The man's name was Baron Musgrave.
He was sent by the King Rupert de Gille.
Are you a charlatan?
I am the same as you.
My father and the King both suspect you to be a con artist.
Find it! You have to find it!
Because the Queen does not know much of worldly affairs,
they are afraid she has been deceived by you.
Do you think so, too?
Musgrave's son, Ian.
He innocently believed in me,
believed in alchemy earnestly.
The Baron checked every corner of the workspace,
confirmed there was no gold within,
and told me...
"You are not allowed to leave this place until you have produced gold, no matter how many years it may take."
Three days is enough.
After three days...
How did you do it?
There's no other exit, and all four sides were surrounded.
You charlatan! How did you do it?!
Let me see the Queen.
I'll make more gold for her.
The King and Your Highness the Queen, as a sign of my sincerity to both of you,
Let me take any white rose from here,
and transform it into the color of blessing, blue.
How can that be done?!
Blue roses don't exist!
There is no impossibility in alchemy.
Impossible!
My alchemist.
I continued to produce gold for the country.
I promised to give the Queen everlasting youth and beauty.
I became a back-stage player who could express his own views on politics.
However...
Who the hell are you?!
What is your goal?!
Hiding under that mask...
What is it?!
My end will come if you take off my mask.
1899, winter.
I can no longer carry the heavy burden of sin.
My crime was not deceiving the King,
nor was it manipulating the Queen into my hand.
Only...
the taking of an unblemished soul.
Ian...
This murder...
You in the future.
Are you a man? A woman?
An adult or a child?
No matter.
Save me.
I can no longer bear the heavy burden of my sin.
If death is coming for me,
I shall forever pace within the clock tower of Ian's death.
Then I will continue to kill.
My soul will forever linger here as a murderer.
Where were you this morning?
I was in the hotel the entire time. The hotel owner can be my witness.
What did you come to this village for?
Wong, my companion, seemed to have some goal here.
But I don't know anything about that.
What about your purpose here?
To find monsters,
for the Monstre Charmant.
How stupid.
Must I really be coupled with this farting newt?
You... farting grim reaper!
Farting?
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The Grumpy Frill Blames the Farting Newt