Mother... Mother...
Mutter...
Mutter!
Look! Look!
I did it!
You're all so clever.
Keep it up.
Okay.
We will!
H-Huh?
What?
Mother...
I love you.
I love you...
Mother...
No!
A Mother's Sins
What's going on here?
These cases don't make any sense.
Yeah, you're right.
And what does forensics say?
Definitely human blood.
Not just one or two dozen people.
They're sure it's at least a hundred.
But there isn't a single body.
Like they disappeared or were eaten.
Right now, that girl is our only clue?
Yeah.
We'll have lots of questions for her.
Don't take your eye off her.
What about the other one?
She said she didn't know anything.
For now, leave her.
Ayase Kasumi
But keep an eye on her, too.
Understood.
You fool!
You want to be a soldier?
Don't you care about our family's duty?!
Murdering people?
It's the same, either way.
So, I want a job I can be proud of.
Better than taking up a family business like this.
Scum!
I hope you die on the battlefield!
That's what he said.
My grandpa was super mad.
And so, I'm telling you this now.
Well, I don't regret it.
Now, it's your turn!
Tell me...
My comrade-in-arms.
Marie, there you are.
You must be cold.
I guess... maybe you don't get sick.
But was there something you wanted to see?
Yeah. The roof.
You said you liked it.
I did?
You did.
You said you were always together here.
I'm practicing, so that I can be the group's fifth member.
I want to get used to the air up here.
What will we talk about here?
What will we do? What will happen?
When I think about it, it's kind of fun.
The roof is a good place, right?
The fifth, huh?
But now...
Why didn't Honjou say that the club was one of the swastikas?
There's no way she didn't know.
Shirou must have made her, but why?
Did she want to kill herself? The idiot!
Thanks to that, they're...
It's okay.
They're alive.
I'm sure of it.
Why do you think so?
Because I haven't really seen you smile.
You always look sad.
Almost always, since you met me.
And I don't like that.
It's as if you're telling me you wish we'd never met.
I...
So I decided that I'd make you happy!
Don't worry.
Nothing sad will happen!
I'm not going to let it!
You see?
Well, I guess you're right
that there's more to life than gloom.
If nothing else, Kasumi was okay.
So they're also probably...
Yeah, that's right.
Listen, Ren.
I've changed a little, haven't I?
It's weird to say that about myself, but I can tell.
Ever since he stabbed me,
I've become something different.
Since then, I've felt like I understand you.
Kasumi, too.
Also, Senpai. Shirou, as well.
A lot of other people, too...
It's very warm and sad,
but it's happy.
And so dazzlingly bright.
And dear to me.
Is it bad, though?
Since it was something he did to me, do I need to throw it away?
That would make me sad.
I'm really scared.
Marie...
It isn't bad. You don't have to discard it.
I don't know what Reinhard and Mercurius are thinking,
but I like you much more this way.
I want you to stay like this.
So if it's important to you, too,
then don't doubt those feelings.
I told you, right?
That in our relationship, I want us both to have our own wills.
Yeah.
You're right.
Let's definitely be like that.
So that's what they chose?
That isn't the right outfit for you.
The only one who says that
is you.
Are you sure you can't just leave, Sister?
I won't let you through.
Give up and go home!
What of you? Will you leave, Fujii-kun?
At least take Ayase-san and run.
I cannot let you take anyone else,
but I can let you take her.
Hell, no.
You don't understand anything!
For Senpai's sake, I'm telling you to leave!
In what messed-up world is there an idiot
who's happy that her family contains a murderer?!
Thank you.
To be frank, I am honored that you think so highly of me.
But I cannot.
I cannot be kind, like you are.
That is the kind of woman I am.
Rea understands and expects no better.
She dislikes me.
And I am frightened of her.
Leonhart.
Stall him.
I will open the swastika here.
Roger.
You are naïve. Far too optimistic.
It is hard to believe you are related to Karl Krafft.
You were a wonderful boy.
But here, things ended horribly for you.
Who said I came alone?
You cannot protect anyone like that.
Wait!
No, Fujii-kun...
First, you must fight me.
Today, I will fight with my true strength, so as not to bore you.
True strength?
That's right.
Remember what I said before?
Our experience allows us to react on different levels.
First, activity. And then formation.
Those are the only levels you've attained.
But I...
The level of creation.
The creation of rules.
The ability to make a world which realizes my soul's desires.
Fujii-kun, I decided
that I would never forget my vow, so my desire could be granted.
Like a flame that burns for eternity.
Creation!
Koko ni amatsukami no mikoto mochite.
Futomani uraete noritamai tsuraku!
It's useless.
You can't cut flames. Or shatter them.
And...
Flames will not break.
They can't be stopped!
Who's there?
Oh, you found me?
I had intended to remain hidden.
You don't fool anyone.
Despite all the noise outside, no one woke up.
Wasn't that your doing?
I never asked for your help, though.
Now, don't say that.
We've known each other a long time.
I know you.
Going around and killing hospital patients,
while they flee, isn't your thing.
No.
But leave now.
Honestly, I don't want to be seen.
You hate yourself for being a murderer?
Yes. Funny, isn't it?
A bit too late.
But that's how I have always been.
Wishing only to bask in the drama.
I simply enjoy doing those things.
Because if you forget your doubts,
you will truly cease to be human?
Perhaps.
Like you.
I don't want to kill.
But I must kill.
I will not change my decision,
but I want to continue having that uncertainty.
It's hypocritical and cowardly,
but at the very least, I do not wish to end up like you.
Riza,
who was the father?
You had two sons.
But you let one escape.
I am aware.
In this drama,
how did you decide
which son to sacrifice to the black round table, and which to let live as a human?
Was he that similar to the father?
Did you fear his blood?
That is why you continue to try to abandon Theresia.
That isn't your...
But it is my problem.
I love Theresia.
But I am uncertain as to her exact origins.
Riza, can this really be called my own love?
Perhaps they are merely emotions that cling to the body I use?
Thus, I want to find out for myself.
And I know how to do it.
Because the other son,
whom you let escape, whose happiness you longed for, as his mother...
Johann's bloodline exists here, in Shambhala.
By offering it up,
I can prove that my love for Theresia is my own.
Borrowed emotions that simply cling to this?
Only by putting an end to Johann's bloodline
can I feel certain that such a thing does not drive me.
By now, you know who it is,
without my having to say a word.
Shut up!
I won't let you...
I will never let you do it.
I decided to let him live!
Then, are you saying Theresia must die?
That's right!
I will not let you deny who I am.
You accepted a monster's body, all so that you could be strong...
You are no different.
Then, my first question was correct?
You could not love Isaak because he was too much like his father.
As a failure, Johann could thus be loved.
I knew it... You are no mother.
Even a bitch on the street can give birth and abandon her litter.
Cain!
Very well. Will you die, then?
If you die here, it will prevent Theresia's heart from breaking...
You are the one who's most broken!
It appears a swastika has opened elsewhere.
It was probably Bey.
That makes four.
Five, once this place opens.
When eight open, my wish will come true...
Lord Heydrich will grant it!
He will bring my loved ones
back to life!
Bring back the dead?
That's right!
Is that insane?
It is, right?
I know.
One couldn't do it if one were sane...
But what would you do?
Just kill one or two thousand people whose names you don't even know,
and you can regain loved ones whom you lost.
How can you refuse such a great deal, when it's before you?
You couldn't!
That is the miracle I long for.
The gold beyond price that Lord Heydrich will give me.
What else can I do?
Shut up.
Don't you realize what you're saying?
If they're that important...
If you loved them that much...
Nothing you sacrificed would be enough.
Something that only returns after one or two thousand lives
isn't "beyond price" at all!
Gold?
Don't make me laugh.
Your "great deal" lowers the value of the things you love!
Shut up.
Shut up!
Shut up! Shut up!
What...
What do you know about me?!
Disgusting.
You lose, girl.
And you speak well, kid.
That was quite the speech.
Now come, bastard child of Krafft.
I will judge the blade offered to Lord Heydrich.
Know that if it is dull, not even your bones will remain.
Einherjar
Illustration: Ayuma Sayu