I don't do well in this kind of atmosphere.
What's wrong, Ange?
It's so wonderful!
I've never seen this kind of meal before in my hometown!
Don't restrain yourself and dig in.
Yes!
It looks delicious!
Ange--
you eat the hors d’oeuvres with the outermost fork.
Y-Yes!
Dinner parties will also be held from now on.
You should hurry and learn your manners.
Yes...
It's all right. Just enjoy eating like you always do.
Luva-sama...
Where are you going, Clavis?
Leaving your seat while dinner is still going on...
I no longer need to eat.
Don't worry about it!
That happens quite often.
Clavis-sama...
A strange person... full of loneliness in some respects.
A Recollection of the Dark
The Seijuu Holy Land seems to have changed a lot.
The fruits of Ange's labor have appeared.
However,
there seems to be a shortage of Dark Sacrea.
About that...
I couldn't receive any Sacrea from Clavis-sama yesterday or the day before.
Did Clavis reject your request?
F-For some reason, I couldn't talk with him smoothly...
He's a bit hard to deal with in some ways...
But I'll try again!
I'm sure I'll get it today!
Clavis-sama, it's me, Ange!
I wonder if he's out...?
Y-You were there!?
I'm sorry... for opening the door as I pleased...
I have a request.
The greenery in the Seijuu Holy Land has become plenty.
Next, it needs the Dark Sacrea.
U-Um...
I don't feel like it.
Ah... okay!
I'll come back again!
No matter what happens...
I'll try hard again this afternoon!
He seems to be in a bad mood again.
Why am I acting all sneaky?
I'm not even doing anything bad...
P-Please wait!
Clavis-sama?
Um...
Clavis-sama, please... The Seijuu Universe needs Dark Sacrea at the moment!
I don't care if you hate me.
But right now, the Queen of Seijuu is waiting for help...
I know nothing about you.
Just as you know nothing about me.
Are you able to receive Dark Sacrea?
B-But...
Um!
Ange!
Are you all right, Ange?
Clavis-sama's book...
I'm so sorry! Because of me...
Please lend me this book!
I'll dry it well and return it to normal somehow!
And you looked like you were reading it like it was something precious to you...
If I think of how you must feel right now...
I... I...
Please!
You don't know anything about how I feel.
Aren't you cold?
What have I done...?
You shouldn't blame yourself so much.
The letters are fading!
You might fix it by writing over it.
But... I wonder what's written in it?
They're characters I've never seen before.
Ah, these are characters from Medochilia.
It seems to be a poetry book.
Medochilia characters?
It's an old character system used in Clavis's hometown.
He lived in an ancient metropolis with his mother until he was five.
Mother and child, with a traveling party, moved from town to town.
The two were linked by a strong bond.
However, one day, envoys from the Holy Land appeared.
The powers of Shinchou's Guardian of Dark were used up.
The young Clavis was chosen to take his place.
The Guardian's power ran out?
Ange, the power of all Guardians will decline some day.
When that happens, we have to transfer our duties to the next Guardian.
The chosen Guardian cannot refuse.
His family, friends and lifestyle up to that point are lost to him
and he is brought to the Holy Land.
His duty in the Holy Land continues until he loses his powers.
That length of time differs with each Guardian, however...
when our power declines, we return to our previous world.
Then they can see each other again then, right?
Clavis-sama and his mother...
A year at the Holy Land is around several decades in the human world.
From when Clavis was brought to the Holy Land,
his mother must've already passed away a long time ago.
Clavis, whose Dark Sacrea awoke in him at a young age...
will never see his mother again since then.
It's a book written in his beloved hometown's characters...
And now...
I've ruined this book beyond repair!
Ange...
What's this...?
I saw a light when I was taking a walk and I decided to have a look...
What could you be doing at this hour?
Staying up late is bad for your skin!
I'm fixing Clavis-sama's book.
I'm mending the torn pages with wax and rewriting the faded characters with a special ink.
I see! Was that Luva's suggestion?
Luva-sama also lent me this Medochilian dictionary.
Such old characters...
I’ve gradually learned to read them from copying them everyday.
You're really incredible...
The Etoile's mission is so hard, and yet you're doing all this...
Ange...
You must’ve realized what kind of girl Ange is by now.
So you let her take care of the book for that reason.
What are you trying to tell me?
For me... I think she's...
Luva-sama?
I'm taking a break!
Aren't you pulling all-nighters here every night?
It's all right!
It's already gotten late.
Would you like me to escort you back?
I've managed to memorize a few.
They're all romantic poems!
"The night is a mirror reflecting love..."
"at the lake shining of the moon..."
"I let out a sigh."
I see.
Clavis-sama seems cold-hearted and lonely, but maybe from the bottom of his heart...
It's not like Clavis has always been lonely.
There was a girl who swayed his heart.
I wonder how long it's been since then...?
Have you fallen in love, Luva?
If so, what will happen?
Fate is so cool and remote.
Just like...
that moon.
It's not like Clavis has always been lonely.
There was a girl who swayed his heart.
"The night is a mirror reflecting love..."
"at the lake shining of the moon..."
"I let out a sigh."
Clavis-sama! Clavis-sama!
Clavis-sama!
Up here!
The golden-haired Queen Candidate, huh?
It feels good! Won't you climb up here?
Me?
It's all right! No one's looking, anyway!
Come on!
I've always been thinking...
this flower is like you.
You both have a deep purple color like the night.
It's got a round pattern in the middle that looks just like the moon, right?
Look!
It's a gentle color...
that seems to pierce my heart.
Beautiful.
You mean this flower?
No...
"The night is a mirror reflecting love..."
"at the lake shining of the moon..."
"I let out a sigh."
Now, what have you been thinking of all this time?
I need you.
I want to spend my days with you in the future.
I'm a Queen Candidate.
I can't express love so easily.
I know. However, I'm...
I'll answer you tomorrow...
At this lake!
She's not coming here.
She's been chosen as the next Queen of Shinchou.
She accepted it.
Of her own free will.
Clavis-sama, I will offer my life to protect the universe.
I will offer this body to all living beings!
Clavis-sama...
I had to see it no matter what.
I wanted to see the moon shining from the lake, so I came here.
It's such a wonderful poem.
This was the best I could do.
I don't know if you'll ever forgive me for it--
But as I was working on that book day by day,
it relayed... something to me.
No matter how there are many painful things and how sad you get,
people feel at ease sleeping at night.
And when they wake up the next morning,
Their yesterday's self seems like a different person.
It's because the dark of the night gently enfolded them.
To heal their sadness and help them forget about it, right?
That's why when you wake up, you can live out a new day.
I'm sorry to have said some audacious things.
Thank you very much.
Wait.
You were an unknown girl to me.
But starting tonight, I will make an effort to get to know you.
Dark Sacrea, called from the depths of tranquility.
Rise and overflow from both my arms...
and go to the Etoile.
This is the Dark Sacrea...
It knows all the pains and sadness of the heart.
And it feels as if it wraps around you.
How gentle it is... such a peaceful Sacrea.
It's Clavis-sama's heart itself.
Clavis-sama.
This peace...
and profound healing...
will surely...
reach the Seijuu Holy Land.
Ange, today's a holiday, right?
Taking the opportunity...
Would you forget about your mission for one day
and go on a date with me?
And you'll become a legend.
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A Holiday in the Holy Land