Infinite time stopped beating its heart, and humans burnt away without making any noise.
Not one person notices as the world becomes dislocated and is covered in the flames of Guze.
And stain this sky red.
Just walk through the times that approach you with your own body.
People that walk by you and things that get lost in the mess all have a time when they'll disappear.
Passionate unwavering strength...
Transient and wavering weakness...
In the end, it's the same future.
Melting down the rock hard Earth
As days start and the world ends.
Draw a line as the wind blows you.
Tips of paper flowing like water spear the enemy.
The determination wells up within me.
All I have to do at this moment is to complete the mission with these hands.
I gave the name Shana to a girl who was just a Flame Haze.
That was the best I, one who will eventually disappear, could do to resist.
The Torch and The Flame Haze.
What was it thinking, naming me without asking?
What an arrogant Torch.
A name, eh?
I don't need such a thing, either.
A Flame Haze who just completes missions doesn't need a name.
You're right.
Sha... na...
That's a really weird Torch.
Sakai
All the other Torches I've told the truth either cried or ran away from reality.
There was even one that committed suicide.
But...
This one's different.
Why? Ýs it because it's a Mistes?
No, a Torch's nature is inherited from who it used to be.
A Mistes is a Torch, so there's no exception there.
What could be in it?
I don't know yet.
However the problem isn't the content...
...It's the Guze no Tomogara that'll come for it.
Yup, it doesn't matter what kind of Torch it is.
Besides, it'll disappear soon enough.
A remainder will burn out.
No one will remember its existence, and not a trace will remain.
I won't forget.
Never.
Shana said she's going to keep an eye on me, but she's not around.
Morning.
Sakai! What was wrong with you yesterday?
Disappearing at the arcade like that...
You said you'd search for Hirai-san and never came back.
Ike, you remember about Hirai-san?
Eh?
About who Hirai-san is.
Why would I forget?
Besides, she's right there.
Why?
What...
Ike, please, tell me the answers to the homework.
Sure.
You should go wash your face.
What are you doing?
I told you, I'm keeping an eye on you.
But you didn't have to come all the way here.
And that's Hirai-san's seat.
I am Hirai Yukari.
I barged into the existence of Hirai Yukari.
B- Barged in?
...By using the remainder from yesterday.
So right now, I'm Hirai Yukari.
But your face and everything is different...
Hirai-san, thanks for the notes you lent me the other day.
Thank you, you saved me.
They haven't noticed?
Why?
Barging into an existence isn't anything like becoming another person.
It's to change others' mental understanding of Hirai Yukari to match mine. Thoughts... I kinda think it sould be "to match me" [i. E., she makes them think Yukari = her -alizar}
How could you...
It's to hunt down the Tomogara.
You feel awkward because you made contact with us.
Don't worry about it.
I do worry.
Hirai-san only disappeared yesterday.
And to usurp her place...
Usurp?
She was already eaten and dead.
Where's the downside in using a place that would have disappeared?
It's not matter of upsides and downsides!
Sakai.
Why can you say such things?
Speaking of people like that!
I can't understand it!
You're the worst!
Just'cause you can't understand her, you're calling her "the worst"?
Is this a privilege given to an honor student?
Besides, screaming at girls is just unsightly.
What's this?
This100} is what I don't understand.
Hey.
What are you all doing? Hurry up and take your seats.
Grade 1 Class 2
I'll take attendance now.
Abe.
Yes.
Ike.
Yes.
Ishii.
Yes.
Ueda.
Yes.
Uehara.
Yes.
Oobayashi.
Yes.
It's not Shana's fault Hirai-san disappeared.
The reason she barged into Hirai-san's existence is to defeat the enemy, as well.
I'm sure Shana has done this before.
Crush down!
And like Satou said, just because I don't understand it...
But I couldn't hold it in.
'ey Hirai!
What are you doing without your notebook or textbook?
Hirai, don't you hear what I'm saying?
You...
That fill-in-the-blank problem, a meaningless spot is left blank.
It's not a quiz game, so only leave places where one can make conjectures from the context blank.
The correct answer is: That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.
But you wouldn't have a chance of getting it right unless you'd had the original sentence memorized.
And if you look at the paragraph, you're missing two more sentences.
What are you saying...
Besides, your explanations suck, and all you do is continue on and on with meaningless talk.
If you intend to teach me, come back after you
Hirai-kun! Where is my chemical formula mistaken?
What's wrong with my explanation!
So... So... So cruel...
I hear the bells ringing like it's the copscorrectly, try that amendation-alizar}
Hey, was Hirai like that?
I don't know, it's really hard to go near her.
School store.
I almost suffocated in class.
I got more nervous than in a test.
But Sakai-kun was saying really harsh things to that Hirai-san.
Yeah, that.
Is he a short-tempered guy despite how he looks?
It's scary.
Sakai.
I have a committee meeting during lunch break.
Don't worry, I'll eat alone.
I'll talk to people later, but something was weird about you this morning.
Sorry.
Later.
Oh man.
It's rare for you to be in such a good mood.
The melon bread here... the crust's at a perfect crispness... so it tastes good.
So I guess the Torch is a Torch, after all.
It gets angry over incomprehensible stuff,
just like the other times; nothing's changed.
We'll hunt the Guze no Tomogara, and we'll be done with that Torch, as well,
just like always.
Will you really be going, Marian?
Yes.
Please let me hunt that Mistes.
I cannot leave my failure from the other day alone.
I'm not bothered by that at all.
But I do not just want to be receiving your kind heart. Tive has to be split to make the meaning right-alizar}
Please accept my heart, as well.
Oh, my cute Marian.
You're the one that's kind.
Sure, go on.
Yes.
But that Flame Haze will be by that Mistes.
Take this with you.
This must be what it's like right before a Torch disappears.
No one would find it a mystery even if I were to disappear.
There isn't a single person who'd remember that I was here.
That might be a harsher fact rather than me disappearing.
How are you enforcing discipline here, Oomiya-sensei?
That Hirai Yukari is one heck of a problem girl.
I'm sorry...
I never thought she was a girl like that...
You're being taken lightly by your students.
You just have to show them what the deal is for once.
Afternoon class was amazing, too.
It's like... "What's on Hirai-san's mind?"
Yukari-chan, bye-bye.
Ya.
Bye-bye.
Enough.
I- I'm sorry.
Sakai, I've got time before cram school starts; you want to come get food with me?
Are you being considerate of me?
It's not like that...
It's here.
Isn't this the one from the other day?
It's a Fuzetsu.
Hold on, in school?
Location has no meaning...
...since you're here.
It's easily predictable.
Wait! Everyone's still around!
The one who set the Fuzetsu up is the enemy.
Talk to them.
At this rate, everyone will be dragged into this.
I've got to do something.
It's my fault.
I'm sorry.
Shana!
No honorifics?
Who cares about that?
What's going to happen to all of this?
This thing's easier than a magic trick.
Ike!
The same Rinne from the other day.
What is the name of your master?
You think... I would tell?
No, just making sure.
But since he uses his useless pieces over and over, he must be a real idiot.
You...
Good afternoon, little girl.
It is a perfect time for our meeting.
I can tell, he's the Guze no Tomogara.
Hmm, to decrease my favorite Hougu, Regular Sharp, this much with one sword.
Master, my apologies.
Please don't be sorry, Marian.
I'm sorry for making you carry a Hougu you're not used to.
You're the master?
Indeed. Friagne the Hunter.
That's my name.
Hunter.
I see, so you're the Flame Haze assassin.
I don't appreciate being addressed like that.
The title comes from hunting Hougus that are dispersed in this world.
And you must be the famous Flame of Heaven, Alastor.
Would this be our first meeting?
I did hear that you were on this side.
Don't let his appearance fool you.
He has killed countless Flame Haze with his many Hougus.
He's a powerful King of Guze.
Yeah.
So that's who you contracted.
The Flame Haze of Nietono no Shana.
How beautiful you are, just like the rumors.
However I hear you cannot control flames at all.
What did you say?
You're using the sword's power as an aid to call forth the flame within you.
Isn't that right?
Flame of Heaven, if your contractor is like that, all your power's going to waste, isn't it?
You want to see if it's a waste?
I've seen countless Flame Haze die going berserk like you're about to.
If that were to happen and hurt the Mistes behind you, that'd defeat the entire purpose, wouldn't it?
I'll visit again.
I wonder what's inside.
I cannot wait to find out.
As we thought, he isn't an ordinary Tomogara.
We've got to fix the places that were broken.
Move, I need to use him.
Use?
I'm going to use his power of existence and fix the places that are broken.
Use... Use Ike?
Yes, since there aren't any half-eaten Torches, I have to use that half-dead guy.
Since it's a human, one half-dead guy will be enough to fix everything.
There wouldn't be any problem if I make a Torch of him and replace him, would there?
Sure there is!
It means that Ike will die like me, right?
We can't help it.
We need a source to fix everything.
I can use someone else, like him.
No!
You can't use a live human!
Then what am I going to do?
If I unlock the Fuzetsu like this, there'll be chaos.
He'll die anyway.
But I can't let that happen.
Then, you want me to use you
Your remaining flame should be enough to fix this much.
But that will accelerate your burning out as a Torch.
It can't do it.
This one's like any other Torch, clinging on to its last bit of existence.
Right, we could do that.
My existence will be used for Ike's and the others' sake.
The proof that I existed.
What a weird... no awkward... no annoying... that's right, an annoying one!
You used a lot without hesitation.
What else could I have done?
It told me to.
I still left it enough.
I knew you'd be here.
What, I can't?
How did you know we were here?
I felt something like a small Fuzetsu up here.
I see. You would start to feel it after sitting through that.
Um, it's been bothering me for a while, but is that a communicator?
Yes and no.
This is called a Cocytus. It allows my personality to reside in it while I, myself, remain within her. Erence, I think that might be a reasonable romanisation for the term-alizar}
Um... I kind of get it and yet not...
Is that all you wanted?
No, I thought I'd apologize to and thank you for today.
Apologize to and thank me? I don't remember doing anything that deserves that.
Apologize for what I said about Hirai-san and thank you for not using Ike.
I didn't understand what you said, and all I did was use your existence instead of the human called Ike's.
Your flame's really small.
It's only a matter of time.
Still, it's better than just being forgotten as a Torch.
It feels like my existence and memory will remain with Ike and the others.
But in the end, it's the same as any other memory.
You'll just get covered up and overlaid by new memories.
But it will remain, won't it? That's enough.
Here, have some.
It's bitter!
I did add sugar...
Spoon.
Ah, I forgot it.
I'll go get it.
Really, why am I so irritated?
Did you just see that?
The Hougu in that Mistes just might be...
I knew nothing yet...
...about what was inside of me...
...and how new people had entered Misaki City.
Bah. Isn't this a sucky city.
I heard that bitching of yours throughout Europe, too.
Isn't it your eye that sucks?
My beloved goblet, Marjorie Doe...
So I know he ran in here, but I smell something else, too.
Yeah, it does smell, all right.
Your boozed breath, that is!
Shut up, stupid Marco.
Looks like I'll have some fun.
An intruder, is it?
Those born with the dawn
Do not lose sight of it.
You are you, girl, it is time.
Shake it off and stand up.
There is not a single way to just gaze at you as you run through the wind
With that hidden wounded heart.
Are those eyes of yours searching for the you that stands somewhere ahead of you?
But I can hear your deep sad heart beat...
It's screaming!
I'm just telling, the darkness before the dawn
Could even determine the fate of the life
Don't worry girl, it is time.
There no need to be mortified or be ashamed.
Fire away!
Carry the cross on your back and run through the fire ready to die.
Shana's anxiety was cornering her.
In such a situation, a battle between Flame Haze starts.
Next time, Flame Haze in Wonder.