The love which ends with the first light
Streaming in on the dreamy morning
Starting tomorrow, we go our separate ways
So abruptly, we can't prepare our hearts
Was there something
We knew which could not wither away?
Cherry blossoms falling everywhere
Saying with your voice
Goodbye, fall in love
Cherry blossom, cherry blossom
Forget all your tears
Starting now, fall in love
Does the message reach you now?
That's Sakuya?
Well, um, I mean...
That's a flower bud, right?
Do you feel it?
Shall we go?
S-Sure!
All of you, stay with Nirvash.
No! I'm going to go with you!
Me, too!
Wait here.
EPISODE 41 ACPERIENCE 3
Well? Did you raise the Gekko yet?
Not yet!
The three communicators we brought can't all be broken!
No, it's not that they're broken.
This is happening on all audible frequencies.
All I can hear is us and the noise from the soldier monks' digital encryption signals.
Seeing how these monks aren't attacking past this wall for some reason...
This wall seems to hold a secret after all.
No good, Leader!
I shoot and shoot, but they keep sprouting!
It's like target practice with a wall!
I know that!
You just have to bear with it until Renton's group comes back!
Shooting a wall, huh?
My honey just gave me an idea.
What's up?
Watch this. I'll send a encrypted signal to the Gekko now.
What do you mean?
I mean, I'm hitting the wall.
What?
Even if I send a signal from here, it immediately bounces back.
As if we're hitting an invisible wall.
An invisible wall?
It is a flower bud, after all.
Is Sakuya inside of this?
It really has been a long time, Lady Sakuya.
Yes, that's right. This is Eureka and Renton... and Nirvash.
Renton, what do you think is beyond the Great Wall?
What do you think awaits you beyond those gates?
I don't know.
If I told you the sleeping scub coral created Eureka and Lady Sakuya...
as mediators for communicating with humanity...
That Nirvash is a ship that appeared so that you two could go past the Zone...
What would you think? What would be your thoughts?
I... I don't know! I don't know at all...
Lady Sakuya and I once attempted to see past it, but we never got there.
Eureka!
It's all right, Renton.
Eureka!
She really looks so very much like my own beloved Sakuya.
Is that clear?
You must not speak one word in front of the saint!
Do not taint her with the dirt of this world.
But, am I qualified to take care of everyday duties?
The saint cannot do anything and everything by herself.
We need someone to take care of her.
And, it was the unanimous decision of...
the high priest council that you were qualified to do so.
As plain as the nose on your face. You should have no qualms about it.
This is as far as I dare enter.
May everything be as Vodarac guides us.
Hello, Eureka!
Hello, Sakuya.
No one told me the saint was a young girl.
No, that's not true.
She was a girl born from the land,
whom we selfishly set up as a saint.
I'm so happy! I mean, I've been wanting to see you for all this time!
You're the second person to come visit me inside my heart!
My first guest in 40 years!
I wanted to see you, too.
Will you listen to my story? I've wanted to tell it for so very, very long!
About me and Norb!
Even though the high priest council accepted me as the caretaker,
what I would be doing was obvious from the start.
Clean the room, get her change of clothes ready,
change the oil in the lamp, bring and clean up her meals...
It wasn't like there was something special that only I could do.
Nor could I do anything of my own accord.
But, she always had a gloomy look.
And she would only eat one bite of her meals.
It's normal to want to do something about it, right?
I mean, it tasted awful!
Besides, I barely got any exercise, so I couldn't possibly eat all of it!
Nothing to do, day after day. Nobody would speak one word to me.
It was boring!
And then, one day, he!
No! That's a lotus flower from the lake!
Lotus?
N-No, my name is Norb!
Norb...
It was the first smile Lady Sakuya ever showed me.
And that moment, I...
I think it's called "falling in love."
Oh, my!
I mean, I couldn't help it.
All the monks who tended me before him were all uptight.
Of course he'd knock me out.
Norb was the one who taught me how to smile.
You sure about this, Leader?
I don't care! Fire a beam up toward the sky!
Whatever.
Whoa! What the hell is this?!
Is this wall acting as a barrier or something?
Exactly!
Until they come back, all we have to do...
is to guard against the attacks that come from the crack up ahead!
Roger!
Sakuya never showed her smile to any other people.
It was something for me alone.
The glimmer of the Compac. So beautiful...
Norb.
Norb!
His hand was so warm, so gentle...
I wished that the night would last forever.
I thought being imprisoned like that forever...
wouldn't be so bad, if he was with me.
But then...
The day finally came.
I'm to go to the Great Wall with Lady Sakuya?!
I heard the saint, to whom we have not taught a single word,
speak your name, Lord Norb!
The saint has made her choice.
To head to eternity, to preach our deepest desires,
and to rid the negative chains we have with the land...
You have been chosen, Lord Norb!
Me? A link between humans and the land?
I am...
Lord Norb!
Forgive me for the profanities that will enter your ears
If I can accompany Lady Sakuya, get past the gates,
and link humans and the land, how wonderful it would be.
It would give me pleasure to seek out the meaning of my existence.
But...
But, if I hadn't spoken my name back then,
you really wouldn't have chosen me.
Norb.
Forgive me, my beloved saint.
This is the light of the land!
What a majestic sight!
Norb!
Norb! Norb!
Norb!
Lady Sakuya!
Norb!
Lord Sakuya!
Lady Sakuya!
Norb... I love you!
But...
Sakuya!
Sakuya! Sakuya!
SAKUYA!
Sakuya?
Sakuya!
What if I hadn't pulled out the Compac Drive... Is that what you're thinking?
I don't know, either.
All I knew was that Lady Sakuya had turned herself into a flower bud,
that a Compac Drive had been embedded into my chest,
and the fact that we weren't able to break through the Zone.
Really, it was a big failure!
But listen up! I found out back then...
that you would be born!
Sakuya...
I'm sure that time stands still within the Zone,
waiting for the Compac in my chest to return to Lady Sakuya.
No... It isn't waiting.
The land is just there, watching over us.
It must have been tough.
Still, I have no regrets.
When he called out my name, I felt that we'd finally become one.
I was really happy.
Because how I feel about Norb is...
And you, Eureka? How do you feel about Renton?
Still, I'm just a little bit jealous.
Jealous?
I mean, you have so many things, Eureka.
I wish I had them, too.
Just kidding. It's all right. I'm sure you two will be fine.
It's not a scary thing to become one.
He's head-over-heels in love with you, Eureka.
I'm sure he'll be really nice to you.
Be happy, Eureka.
You too, Sakuya.
It's almost time for the bus to leave.
See you later, Eureka.
Oh, wait!
You tried to go back once, right?
You want me to get rid of it?
This is proof that I've lived to this day.
You're so strong, Eureka.
What is it?!
I don't know! A tectonic shift?!
Wait a second... Leader! Up there! Look!
What's wrong?!
The barrier's disappeared?!
Eureka!
Eureka! Speak to me!
I'm fine.
What did Lady Sakuya say?
She told us to be happy.
I see, Lady Sakuya. I see.
Confirming Compac interference waves on the radar!
Battleships approaching the Vodara shrine from 9 o'clock and closing fast!
Three ships total!
Where are Holland and the others?
Communications restored!
Route it over here!
Holland, we can be overhead in 8 minutes. Are you ready for retrieval?
No good! Renton's group isn't back yet!
Three Federation ships are closing fast! What now?! At this rate...
We'll hold this spot with our lives! I promised Renton!
But, Holland!
Make the first move with the Gekko!
No matter what happens...
Holland!
We're fine! You've got my word on this!
I don't plan on dying here!
Got that? We won't die. I won't let anyone die!
Even if we cough up blood, we're gonna survive this!
TO BE CONTINUED
To be continued!
Trying to escape the same old thing
You set out, walking all alone
Thinking that if you just spread out the map clutched in your hand
You'd be sure to reach your destination
But you were mistaken
You thought you'd be stronger on your own
You discovered your own weakness and the path was hazy
But then the light fell on you and you remembered all their faces
So you kept getting up, moving forward, no matter how many times you fell
Because you knew inside that everyone has a place to call "home"
Always relying on those bonds every time
Hands in the air, with a yell that carries on in your heart
Always looking back to where you've been
Because there are some places that never change
No matter what adversities or fears you overcome
You advance down this unknown endless road
Always looking back to where you've been
Because there are some places that never change
No matter what adversities or fears you overcome
You advance down this unknown endless road
Always looking back to where you've been
The land awakens from the repeated attacks.
As the boy and the girl prepare to set out towards the future,
the adults risk their lives to support them.
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