These eyes have witnessed countless deaths,
but I've never been moved by them
because I never feared death.
But...
But right now—!
You did well.
Please help me.
I'll do anything and accept any kind of humiliation!
Help me!
How unsightly.
The Grey Wolf abandons her pride and begs for mercy.
I want to live!
After being protected by Maman and meeting Kujou,
I learned what fear is.
I don't care if this is unsightly,
because I found something more precious than pride.
That's why...
I will protect Victorica.
I live only for her.
Enough!
Cordelia, stop holding on to the young wolf!
Why, Cordelia?
I'll protect you.
I'll live only to protect you.
Cordelia!
As for you...
you should love me!
You can't have that!
Brian...
What's that?
Wait! Isn't he all bloody?
Wait, what's with that injury?
This is my ticket. Let me pass.
Hey!
Didn't I say I have a ticket?!
Brian!
Then go line up over there.
I'll have to verify your ticket and identification.
Follow the rules.
Let's go, Brian.
Why did you have to save me?
I don't want to lose anything else, not anymore.
Glaviel.
Escape! I can't run anymore!
At least you can...
I can't do that.
You saved me once, so I'll return the favor.
This time, I'll protect you!
The almost-dead person over there,
did you see a tiny little Grey Wolf?
His vision doesn't seem to be very focused either.
He probably won't be able to find that little wolf cub.
But if you do find her, please tell her this:
"If you've decided to run, then you must show me how far you can go."
"Use that Monstre Charmant brain."
Thank you.
After this, consider us even.
Monsieur de Blois, this is terrible!
What is it?
A telegram came.
In Saubreme, the Marquis is...
De Blois?
Your Majesty!
Don't...
Don't leave me alone!
The fire's here as well!
Over here, too!
Run!
The flames are spreading.
Saubure, the place where we first met, is burning.
No,
it's Seyrun, the place where we were born,
the place where we were abandoned,
the place where we were bound together,
the kingdom of lamentations.
Victorica, my soul...
as long as you don't disappear,
neither will I.
Does it hurt?
Wait, I'll go get some medicine.
Marquis de Blois from the Ministry of the Occult seems to have been killed.
It was supposedly some woman pretending to be the Monstre Charmant...
It's almost as if that woman...
What about that woman?
Tell me about Maman...
I mean, what happened to that woman?
I don't know the details either.
How beautiful.
It's almost the golden color of Victorica's hair.
My, how frightening.
Yes. That beautiful golden-haired girl
seems to be a dangerous fugitive.
The wanted order seems to have spread.
On this enclosed ship, sooner or later...
Young wolf with Cordelia's eyes...
listen to me.
The blood that flows through our bodies is not actually that of Grey Wolves.
For that reason, we were singled out and exiled from the village.
In the end, not even Mother protected us.
We hated everything.
Seyrun and this world.
But... Cordelia,
even with her body defiled, she marched forward.
Yes, just like you are now.
Cordelia tried her best to protect this child she was forcibly impregnated with,
and she lived only for that.
She did everything we thought a mother should've done.
I wanted to kill you for so long.
That way, Cordelia would only have us.
That way, she'd live only for us.
Yes...
Enough, stop talking—
You have to keep on living!
That is Cordelia's wish.
Brian...
I never thought I'd witness a funeral on the ship.
I feel bad for the little girl.
She's 15, yet she looks like a 10-year-old girl with beautiful golden hair.
Excuse me.
Silver hair?
Is that me?
The Farting Newt... and what's this object that looks like soft-serve ice cream?
Is that Glaviel?
Kujou.
You don't have any artistic sense at all!
We're going to leave soon. Hurry up!
Excuse me.
You!
Are you here to arrest me?
I've been against my father and brothers' values for quite some time now.
But after being swept into the tide of history,
I thought about what I'm fighting for.
Charge!
I may be kidding myself,
but I think I'm fighting to protect the people important to me.
The one who opened my eyes was you, Victorica.
I want to return alive, so I can see you again.
Then I'll tell you everything I should've told you before, but was too afraid to say.
That's why I'll come back!
I won't die here!
Kujou, you're the only one who mustn't die.
I am my mother's soul.
And you...
you are my heart.
If you die,
I'll die too.
Hey, Victorica.
Let's go outside together again sometime...
...and watch the light gleam on the surface of the ocean again.
Kujou, even now you're right next to me.
This sea...
both you and I are watching it.
How heavy.
My body feels so heavy.
This is... Where am I?
That's right.
I have to
go see Victorica.
But...
my legs are already...
Victorica!
Victorica, where are you?
Are you really right up ahead?
You're...
shining on me...
with your light...
Can you put this book up here?
Yes.
You still come here to work without a break, even in these times.
It's fine.
Right now, I'm happy to learn so many things.
Monstre Charmant.
No, no. I don't want to look at this!
Isn't this war the fault of the Ministry of the Occult?
Are you all right?
You're not angry, Glaviel?
How could he be angry?
He only came back as a policeman because of Signore's help.
The Drill is pretty happy, isn't he?
But I misjudged Glaviel.
He clearly saved Victorica.
Wasn't he just careless and let her escape?
Luigi.
Glaviel really didn't change, after all.
He's still the Glaviel I know.
Yes, with his hair floating in the wind...
Is this a dream?
Hey, Jacqueline.
It's really him! It's him!
Kujou, Victorica,
this letter is for the two of you.
If by some miracle...
Hey, no way!
Argh!!
Come in.
Roger!
Why are you here?!
I came back to tell you something, Your Majesty.
What?
You still show yourself after everything that's happened, Grey Wolf?!
You didn't kill Queen Coco.
Under Your Majesty's orders,
I intended to kill Queen Coco
to gain your trust,
but that's when I saw it.
To immortalize Queen Coco's love,
you decided that...
Your twisted love...
But why did you say I didn't kill her?
Queen Coco's maid took her place, saving her life.
That pure love...
...is completely different from yours.
However, love is still love.
Don't go anywhere.
In return for Seyrun's revival or whatever you'd like...
In return, I want you to come back to the palace and work for me!
Now is the era of the Science Academy.
Sorry, but that won't be the case, Your Majesty.
From now on...
The world is going to change.
Old tanks will become bombers,
carts will become automobiles,
and gas will become electricity.
The war...
...is officially over.
Spring, 1929
He'll definitely be back today, so don't give up hope!
I'll go look over there. Wait here.
Were you bored?
I've returned with some interesting stories.
Victorica!
You're late, Springtime Reaper.
Don't be angry. I got here as fast as I could.
Did you get my letters?
Yes... Because you wrote an address,
I used my Fountain of Wisdom and ended up here.
Victorica...
Because of that, I wasn't too bored.
You deserve some praise.
Thanks.
Ah, Kazuya!
What is she saying?
I couldn't understand her even with the English and French I learned at school.
I only understood her swear words and the sweets she liked.
Hey, that's...
Amazing! What a pretty foreigner.
That hair is really beautiful, like snow.
I went through a lot.
Yeah, so did I.
But, I wasn't worried.
Yes, I wasn't either.
Because I always had Victorica.
Kujou was next to me.
Always.
No matter how the world may change,
from now on,
we'll never be separated again.
Episode 24
Looking at Eternity over the Grim Reaper's Shoulder