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.
We have business with you.
Must destroy it before they get their hands on it.
Shana!
So she protected the Mistes?
What a peculiar one...
Shana...
Shana!
Yuji...
I don't know what to do, so...
The Seirei-den seems to be quiet.
Don't worry so much; she should come to soon.
You have probably figured it out by now, but ever since she met the Mistes, Sakai Yuji,
she has been confounded by the emotion we did not teach her at the Tendou-kyu...
by the emotion she never knew; how could she control it on her own?
Why over a Mistes?
That's a silly question, Manipulator of Objects.
We never taught it to her, but it's not as though we do not know of it.
However, she does not truly understand it.
As a result, she becomes frustrated.
It's only natural ~de arimashouna.
But the duty of a Flame Haze is not something that should flicker because of that ~de arimasu.
All the more so, for the successor to the title Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eyed.
She understands that, as well.
That is why she is lost.
Have some.
Are you all right?
I- I'm sorry.
Damn it, what are those Tomogara planning to do with Sakai?
Bet they want the Reiji Maigo inside him.
Then... would they... kill Sakai?
That can't...
Don't worry; we'll save him before that happens.
You mean us?
Who else can?
Even Hirai and that Flame Haze tried to kill Sakai.
What is this?
It's a weapon Ane-san left behind.
Ane-san was swinging it around with one hand, but we can't even lift it.
Damn it.
...just too different.
Different?
What is?
Us and them.
Sakai-kun, too.
Even when Sakai-kun was taken away, Yukari-chan was fighting...
but all I did was watch...
Yoshida-chan!
If only Ane-san was around...
What's the point of saying that now?
We're the only ones around.
But you really think we can rescue him?
Aren't we being rash because Ane-san left?
This is the world Yukari-chan and Sakai-kun belong in.
Even though I can get close to them, I cannot stand beside them.
It's so painful...
It's so painful not being able to do anything.
Sakai-kun...
Are you sure, Hecate?
It is acceptable so long as Reiji Maigo fulfills my desire.
How much longer are you going to worry for no reason, Metamorphosis?
Hecate is going to become the one who will fulfill the power of existence forever.
That "fulfill" is what catches my attention.
It means my pure Hecate is going to be infected with something unneeded, right?
Nothing will change.
In fact, purity will be of the utmost importance for the blue insignia.
Well, I wonder if the Reiji Maigo's preparations are almost complete.
Where... am I?
Why am I in a place like this?
Have you come to ~de arimasuka?
Yuji!
Don't rush.
He's still a captive in the Seirei-den.
What could Balle Masque be planning with the Reiji Maigo?
What worries me is what the Arbiter of Reverse Reasoning said.
What Bel-Peol said?
She said this place will become a pool of existence.
A pool of existence...
The characteristic of the Reiji Maigo is to recover power of existence every night.
In other words...
They'll be taking advantage of the Mistes ~de arimasuka?
Most probably.
However, the amount of power of existence the Reiji Maigo recovers each day is the same as the amount lost during that day.
Considering the small capacity the Mistes has, it's not an appreciable amount at all.
You're implying there is no reason for them to go through that complicated setup?
Yeah.
Therefore, it is natural to think there's some sort of scheme behind all of this.
It will soon be midnight.
Yuji.
What am I doing?
I can't remember.
I know I'm forgetting something.
Now, Hecate.
Reiji Maigo.
Hecate, what you seek and what will fulfill you is that Reiji Maigo.
Try synchronizing with it.
Synchronize, eh?
It doesn't make me feel good having my Hecate doing that with a mere Mistes.
That's the skill Hecate has...
Something that none other can do.
Who are you?
The Master Throne, Hecate.
Hecate...
Open thyself to me.
I'm spreading out.
What is this? Ýt feels really good.
Good.
I can feel the infinite power that fills me.
I'm sure the Reiji Maigo is surprised, too.
Hecate's capacity is incomparable to that of others; it's infinite.
Don't speak of her like a monster.
Never gets filled, and hence never becomes stained.
She's a pure being.
Either way, because of that, Reiji Maigo has to put out a vast amount of power of existence.
Plus, Seeking Researcher's trick is made to syphon the power of existence as it is recovered,
so no matter how long it refills, the vessel remains empty;
the Reiji Maigo is forced to restore the power forever.
The power of existence that is sucked out will overflow from the Seirei-den and keep falling onto the land,
like a fountain that never dies.
That's...
What is it? Power of existence?
This is a serious matter ~de arimasu.
Reiji Maigo.
It's probably a setup by the Seeking Researcher.
At this rate, power of existence will concentrate in this city ~de arimasu.
If that happens, the balance of the world will be...
Who would have thought things would move this quickly?
We don't even seem to have time to think of alternative tactics.
We will have to put an end to this ~de arimasu.
Enter the enemy's base.
Destroy the Mistes.
Breaking the core of the system is the obvious and the most effective plan ~de arimasu.
As a Flame Haze, failure is not acceptable ~de arimasu.
For that, we must heal your wound first.
Yuji.
Then what do you want me to do?
I don't know what you're thinking, Shana.
I know; I'm a Mistes, and you're a Flame Haze, right?
So you'll be destroying me, after all?
It's not like that.
It's not like that, yet I can't say anything.
What do you want to do with Sakai Yuji?
What I want to do...
If not, what do you want Sakai Yuji to do for you?
I believe in you ~de arimasu.
Shana!
That's...
Blutsauger.
Why is it here?
Margery-anesan left it behind.
You're fighting those Tomogara, right?
We brought it to give it to you.
Please, save Sakai with this.
We're begging you!
We wanted to help on our own, but we just can't.
After all, this is about all we can do.
Hirai-chan, don't let Sakai die, please.
We're asking you as Hirai Yukari, not as a Flame Haze.
Hirai-chan!
Please!
We'll head to the Haridan,
since we might be able to help out with something there.
As Hirai Yukari, huh?
This is the first time a human's appealed to us like that.
It looks like I'm thinking the same thing as those two.
I don't want to hear it.
I don't want to say it, either.
If I were you, I could go save him myself.
It hurts so much, seeing how close the two of you are.
Yuji and I are?
But that is why I can trust you.
I will trust you.
Because affection towards others should not differ between us.
I can trust you as one who loves Sakai-kun.
I'm...
So this is where you are ~de arimasu.
If you won't stay put, the wound won't heal ~de arimasu.
Since the destruction of Mistes is an urgent matter ~de arimasukara,
let's go.
Yukari-chan, I'll be waiting.
Please come back with Sakai-kun.
Now.
Please, if you love him...
Yuji and I are...
This entire city will become a crystal of existence.
Has anyone ever gained so much power before?
No, I, the Arbiter of Reverse Reasoning, will be the first.
Hecate...
What am I doing?
I can't remember.
I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
These are the memories of the Mistes.
My memories?
Yes, your memories.
They're coming into me.
My...
That's right! Ý'm...
Shana.
Choose your own path.
Yeah.
Those were... Those were...
Yuji...
Shana!
Are you prepared ~de arimasuka?
Yeah.
Once we are in, we cannot back down ~de arimasu.
I know.
Our objective is...
What I know is that I have to go now.
Roger ~de arimasu.
If we go, the answer shall be found automatically ~de arimashou... as a Flame Haze.
Sortie.
Shana protected me...
Me, even though I'm only supposed to be a Mistes.
Why?
They're filling me;
the Mistes's emotions as a human...
How deep and strong.
It's different from all those I have synchronized with thus far.
Shana.
Yuji... Yuji, I will...
They're coming.
Yes, it is according to plan.
But can you make it all the way here?
Sakai-kun...
Yukari-chan...
Hirai-chan...
We're counting on you.
Why is this place so filled with Balle Masque's Tomogara?
Did you all get kicked out of the Seirei-den?
They say rats desert sinking ships.
That thing won't sink even if you put a weight on it.
Especially the old hag, Bel-Peol.
But it's true that their actions are strange.
Looks like we have enough candidates to question.
Then should we ask some questions?
After we beat the shit out of them, it'll be easier to talk.
Shana and Wilhelmina finally enter the Seirei-den.
Balle Masque's traps engulf them.
A final battle with no retreat now begins.
Next time, Battle in the Seirei-den.