Long night under the midnight sun, I'd gone numb
Disparaging mutters are meaningless, aren't they?
The light sputtering, dying away in my heart
If I could just grasp it
Come on, rise to tomorrow!
When the awakening comes, let loose a passionate aria, an unending song
A breathtaking judgment that echoes in the chambers of the heart
You can never unsee it
Two libidos with a chance to meet
If you seek an era without overhunting, look no further
Dancing together stirs our blood, we rend the veil of darkness
Together in front of the door, we're flooded with adrenaline,
Bewitched by the devil
"Waltz of Transience"
The school festival's coming up.
All these crazy things
have been going on for a while now.
Both my heart and my head are all mixed up.
But I'm still going to school. I want to know where my mom is,
but more than anything, I'd hate to give in to the craziness of it all.
I haven't seen Rem again,
not since that day.
Ye evil ones, ye who lurk in darkness,
ye sinister ones...
Be thou all repelled by the sacred power of the Light.
Be careful. The festival will have plenty of outsiders
coming and going at will.
It's highly likely there will be devils and vampires among them.
Uh-huh.
I'm... glad those scratches are gone.
It looked worse than it was.
I'm fine. Don't worry about it.
Morning, Ritsuka!
Morning!
Here's the deal: Either Azuna or I will be with you at all times today.
No going off on your own.
Yeah, yeah...
I know.
We can't let anyone find out about me
until after my 17th birthday is safely past.
Yep.
We'll get you through this.
It's so beautiful!
Totally different from the culture festivals in junior high!
Yeah!
Well, it's your first one!
Yeah, our school festivals are really spectacular.
And tonight's dance will be even grander!
Wow!
Hey, you here?
Or not?
Cool it with all the creeping around,
Mr. Fallen Angel.
Who cares what happens to that stupid mutt?
But something's missing. I need to hear that high-pitched yap.
Loewen won't be showing up here again.
He betrayed us.
Betrayed?
He drew close to us in the guise of a poor little puppy,
but was still wagging his tail for his previous master.
The fallen king Maksis?
Didn't your old man defeat Maksis and seal him away?
Oh, of course: the forbidden grimoire.
Loewen was trying to revive Maksis with the power of the grimoire.
Yes.
Shocking.
Good thing he didn't get there first.
No problem. I've already found the grimoire.
What?!
Did she spill the beans?
No. The grimoire was never in the Tachibana family.
Professor Tachibana made arrangements right before his death
to hide the grimoire.
Where?
Vienna.
Vienna?
In an old church, well outside the city.
My men are already on their way to retrieve it.
Checkmate.
May the darkest of blessings be upon this world,
soon to belong to the Arlond family.
So this world's gonna wind up in the hands of Rem's old man?
If we swear loyalty to the Arlond family,
we might just end up with some of the dregs.
You're not thinking this through.
We could still snatch the grimoire before Rem's father gets it.
Get a load of this fallen angel.
We're not planning that at all, are we?
No, sirree!
I thought as much.
The grimoire being nurtured in that body of hers...
If I remove it, she dies.
Thank you!
Lindo...
What's he doing?
Ew, creepy!
Yeah, that's... I'll make him stop.
Please.
You have a visitor.
I see my lovely butterfly is as beautiful as ever.
Can I help you?
Be my partner for tonight's dance.
Give over your body and soul,
and I'll take you to a dizzying world of love.
No way!
Are you angry? Because we kept asking about the grimoire?
We're sorry. Here you really didn't know anything about it.
Yeah, I'm sorry I just snatched you away like that. I didn't know.
Turns out the forbidden grimoire was in Vienna.
What? Vienna?
That's what Rem said.
He did?
Be my partner tonight.
Dances aren't really my thing, but if you wanna dance,
then I'll dance.
No!
Move. You're in my way.
Me? Why don't you get lost?
Boop!
Ooh, even that perturbed face of yours gets me all a-shiver!
Say, be my partner. Let's fall together
as we dance a rondo of immorality and perversion
straight into the labyrinth's depths...
Huh?
Your usual fragrance isn't coming through much today.
Yeah, I thought so, too.
And I really loved that enchanting scent, too.
Hey!
Back off, you three!
Where did that come from?!
You're quite the headache, you know.
Get out of here, you nuisance.
You're the nuisance! This is my good friend.
I won't let you lay your hands on her!
Hey, now, wait!
Get out of there, you!
By the sacred Name, obey me, o ye who lurk in darkness.
Begone from here--
Oh! It's the student council!
There they are! Hey, over here!
--M-My butterflies! --Squee! Sir Urie!
--Aw, yeah, Bossman Mage!
--Hey! Wait! Ow! --Aw, yeah, Bossman Mage!
Master Shiki!
Geez!
Persistent buggers, aren't they?
But what's that all about, Rem saying the grimoire was in Vienna?
He totally lied!
What? Rem?
Sure, to keep those jokers from interfering with his search.
Devils think nothing of lying. It's like breathing to them!
Uh-huh...
Please take a glass as you enter the ballroom!
Grape for men, orange for women!
Whoever gets the crowns is the king and queen!
Crowns? What's this "king and queen" stuff?
Oh, didn't you know? One glass each has a little crown inside.
Nothing!
Missed again this year!
It happens!
Whoever gets them is the king and queen--the stars of the party.
They have a dance in the middle of everyone.
Even if they're strangers?
Yep. It's an old tradition.
Huh!
The odds are way against you, though.
Thank goodness!
Who's the guy going to be?
Squee! It's the Great Rem!
The Great Rem! Isn't he beautiful?
Take a glass, Rem, sir!
Thank you.
This year's king is the Great Rem!
Ugh! I don't want him dancing with some other girl!
No!
Ritsuka! You have to swi--
Happy queen! Happy king! Congratulations!
But... how...
Me and Rem...?
Sheer coincidence.
We just happened to have the crowns in our glasses.
That's all.
I guess so.
This sucks.
Did that lousy Rem cheat?
No--it's just coincidence. You didn't pick up on any magic, did you?
--Dammit. --Even worse.
Ritsuka...
It's okay. They wouldn't try anything in a crowd like this.
Happy queen! Happy king! Happy queen! Happy king!
I-I can't dance.
Just follow my lead.
Okay...
Um...
Thank you.
I don't recall needing your gratitude.
You helped my brother, remember?
I was only protecting myself.
You're always like that.
You like to say it's all for your own interests,
but you've saved me so many times over.
So hot...
Our hands are practically burning up.
There's this murmuring inside me...
...like trees swaying in the woods.
♪ I am in your eyes ♪
♪ And I am in yours ♪
♪ Our touching hands, so hot ♪
♪ A moment becomes eternity ♪
♪ This feeling-- ♪
♪ Is it love? ♪
♪ This feeling ♪
♪ Must be love ♪
♪ I want to go on just like this ♪
♪ To a place (to a place) that I've seen (that I've seen) ♪
♪ In my dreams ♪
♪ No names, no destinies, no yesterdays, no tomorrows ♪
♪ A pristine star shoots by; white flowers shower down ♪
♪ To a place (to a place) that I've seen (that I've seen) ♪
♪ In my dreams ♪
Wow! They're gorgeous!
Let's hit the balcony!
Rem...
Um...
That song is still running through my head.
I guess I really do...
Vampires!
Where's the sacred tome?
We know you know!
Azuna! Get Ritsuka!
On it!
By the sacred Name, obey me! O ye who lurk in darkness,
begone from here forevermore!
By the sacred Name, obey me!
O ye who lurk in darkness, begone from here forevermore!
Ritsuka, we'll keep you safe.
Azuna...
Become thou dust in the sacred Light and vanish!
Lindo...
O ye who lurk in darkness, begone!
Begone!
Lindo!
Ritsuka!
I'll be taking her.
Ritsuka!
Let go of her!
Ritsuka!
You little brat!
No!
Ritsuka...
Azuna? Azuna!
Azuna! Azuna! Azuna! Azuna!
We've found it at last, Lord Nesta!
Just you wait. I'll be back to collect it--
just as soon as that light fades!
It's a secret you can't tell anyone
Wonth gir sliv edhti wecnad
Wonth gir
Cracking a smile only at the witching hour
Spreading rumors sotto voce
You knocked on the door
Without looking behind you
With all these mysteries, impossible to solve
You stopped cold, weak in the knees
It hacks everything
The curse of love
The curse--and you
If you're confused about the touch on your skin
We just can't be transparent
Soon (soon)
Won't you take this hand?
Mademoiselle, mademoiselle: I'll make you happy
This night will never come again
So let us swear to one another
The black clown singing of love at the tip of the moon
Obscuring the sky
Casting a spell with a bewitching fever
Give it up. You can't protect her.
I would die for her!
As you wish.
"War Cry of Secrets and Contrariness"
Act 9: War Cry of Secrets and Contrariness.