Veronica-sama is highly disappointed by your lack of ability.
She commands you to visit the cathedral of Saint Valeria tomorrow,
where you shall offer prayers of repentance.
Our sources provided us with information that this person might have infiltrated it.
The former mountain guerrilla terrorist:
Avdocha, the Convicted.
Saint Valeria once said, "Hate the sin, not the man."
Death to all sinners!
I am Avdocha, the Convicted!
Blue Brionac
What's with that smoke?
It's coming from Saint Valeria cathedral!
It can't be...!
Princess, let us return to the Sylvanus.
Mmm.
Wait! Can't you see that?
The princess might be in there!
Never fear.
We'll make the magical airship Sylvanus our strategic headquarters.
Incoming transmission from Saint Valeria cathedral.
Connect us.
Long time no see,
Veronica Lautreamont.
I should have known you were behind this,
Avdocha, the Convicted.
Huh? That's...
It's someone else entirely!
What do you want, after taking over the church?
Are you after my head yet again?
That's not all.
Look at this.
Jessica!
Is that...
An Imperial-made mechanical bomb.
If it goes off, this church'll be blown to smithereens.
What's more,
I'm not what you'd call a patient person.
Each time the church bell tolls,
I'm going to kill a hostage.
What?!
There's less than an hour until the next bell.
I look forward to that moment when your head is delivered here.
Your Highness?
I refuse to give in to terrorists.
If it comes to it, using the Sylvanus's artillery,
we'll blow away the whole church and everyone in it.
You!
Don't get worked up, boy.
Stay vigilant!
We don't know what will that woman will do!
Yes'm!
Jessica...
Wait.
If she discovers that you're the princess's younger sister,
we don't know what she'll do.
But if I reveal who I am and demand the hostages be released-
I don't want to be rescued by you sacrificing yourself.
Now hear this!
I am Jessica Valentine!
Despite all appearances, I am well-known Lautreamont nobility!
Out of respect to my name,
swear you'll not lay a finger on the remaining hostages!
Valentine, you say?
Never heard of 'em. But... very well.
And then... even as her clothes were torn from her,
even as they strung her up,
she never said a word... and shed not a single tear.
Jessica...
You're a far higher-minded woman than any noble in these parts.
So in return, I...
That's Avdocha, the Convicted.
If I tell her I'm a fellow Tantalos...
No, I'd better not.
I'll stay like this for a while.
Even though I came here looking for comrades,
precisely what am I doing in a place like this?
A bombarding? Are you serious?
Calm down, Ash Blake!
Veronica-sama, I have a plan.
Yes? Speak.
I see. That's interesting.
Avdocha-sama!
Ash Blake,
we're sending you to the church as a negotiator.
Whaaat?
Now hang on!
Why are you sending him into such a dangerous place?!
They don't know that Ash can unleash
the power equal to an Arch Dragonar.
While he buys us time inside the church,
we Arch Dragonars will use the underground passage
and break through the church's foundation from below.
Oh, I get it!
What do you think, Ash?
If it's like that...
Good. Then let's start the strategy meeting.
Hey, Eco...
What?
I have a favor to ask. About the next Arch you make for me...
Huh? That's-
You can.
If it's you, then you can.
I'm counting on you.
This means three times the usual crepes.
Sure, everything but the ansal.
Halt!
I'm Ash Blake, sent here as a negotiator.
I seek entry!
Ash!
A kid like you as a negotiator...
I'm being taken quite lightly.
The Sylvanus has its largest gun aimed right at this church.
The princess will not yield to terrorists.
Silence!
It seems that you're a foolish negotiator, aren't you?
What do you think you're doing by scaring the hostages?
Stop the pointless resistance. You don't want to die for nothing.
The truth is...
I'm here looking for my long-lost sister.
I understand Veronica has three sisters of her own.
She should taste the sorrow of being torn from her beloved siblings.
It's useless. She isn't a person that wants to negotiate.
Eco, please! Hurry!
I'm working on it!
I'm working on it... but it's not easy!
Then just create him an original Arch already.
L-Like I'd bother for the likes of him!
He can ride any dragon... Very mysterious....
You should get to be ridden by him as well, after you become your true form.
My true form?
While this human form is indeed your reality,
you are of the dragon race, and Ash Blake's Pal.
It's high time you realized that.
Ugh! Be quiet! You're in my way!
You'll understand, eventually.
I have to create it.
The Arch that can stop a mechanical bomb, like he asked for.
Ash Blake.
I remember now. That name.
Wh-What? You want to be fed?!
Nothing will come out of there!
This is no place to be grabbing them!
What's that racket?
Very well. It's about time this one got hungry, too.
It's a bit early, but the mother and child
shall be the first sacrifice.
No!
It can't be!
Wait!
Idiot! Why?!
Dragonar Academy
Who's this?
I-I am...
I am the fourth princess of the Lautreamont royal family,
Silvia Lautreamont!
Oho. Fourth princess, was it?
Out of respect to my name,
release these two at once!
What is she doing?
That fool.
So you are Veronica's sister.
Stop! Don't touch her!
Silence!
If you're volunteering your name like that,
you must be ready for what comes next.
I-I am a princess! I can't just stand by and watch my people be slaughtered!
I... I wish to die a knight's death.
That's the spirit!
Princess!
That's your true form.
By simply revealing your nude body, you go back to being just a woman.
You have no right to call yourself a knight, and...
...you're not even worthwhile to kill.
You disappoint me.
One must do one's utmost, no matter the contest.
So goes my family motto.
That's all.
Standing around chit-chatting there, of all places,
don't you realize how annoying that is?
What's with that speaking style...?
Isn't she getting carried away just because she's royalty?
Like brother, like sister.
Sorry, Your Highness. It was my fa-
All this horsing around on dragons is out of the question!
Behave yours-
Such ineptitude you've put on display,
and you count yourself part of the House of Lautreamont?
That's you in a nutshell...
You act pretentious, but in reality, you're nothing but a little girl.
Never mind your Dragonar ambition-
It's far more appropriate for you to be a civilian housewife!
I wasn't prepared enough.
If you don't like it, you'll have to surpass Princess Veronica.
I can't help it if sister scolds me... but...
I'll carry you, and we'll look for the Mother Dragon together!
I promised him.
That I'd become a splendid knight...
I must thank you, Avdocha.
What?
You made me realize how weak I am, how ill-prepared of a princess I was.
But the old me died the moment she was cut by you.
And now,
I am reborn as a new Silvia Lautreamont!
Here and now I declare:
I am a knight! A woman who will become a paladin!
Well said, Silvia!
Enemy attack! It's an enemy attack!
O ye sure-striking mystic spear...
Its name: Gae Bolg!
O ye lightning-quick mystic sword...
Its name: Caladbold!
Don't toy with me, brat!
Ash!
Sorry 'bout the wait.
Nice timing!
Thanks, Eco!
I-I didn't do it for you!
Not so fast!
Stop right there!
Unless you want me to push this detonator button!
As if I'd let you!
Manifest now... O ye sacred glacial carabine...
Its name:
Brionac!
W-Wait! I-
Oh, my!
Guess those stories are good for something.
The Heavenly Dragonar...
Ash-sama!
Huh?
We meet at last, Silver Knight-sama!
J-J-J-Jessica-san?!
Now to plant your seed in me...
D-Don't take them off!
I decided that our first time would be on the church altar.
Liar! You just came up with that now!
Please, take off your clothes too, Ash-sama.
Are you even listening?
Could you stop?
Rebecca-san!
Go to her.
Are you all right?
Of all the times, this is when my legs give out. Pitiful.
Not at all.
You were amazing.
W-Why are you saying such stupid-
C'mon.
Don't be shy.
Why is it,
when Ash is carrying me,
It feels very nostalgic...
Eh?
Panties?
Eh?
W-What...?
J-J-J-Jessica-san!
I came to seal our marriage vow, Ash-sama!
H-How?
I am all ready to go.
Why the underwear?
Then the top, too.
I didn't mean it like that!
A-Anyway,
wasn't your first time supposed to be at the church altar...
I am prepared to throw away my beliefs anytime for you, Ash-sama.
No, let's keep them, please!
Come, Ash-sama!
This time, we will conceive our child!
W-Wait! Stop-
I never even thought you would be this passionate!
No, not there !
What shall we name our child?
I thought so.
When I heard that you disappeared from the girl's dorm I knew you would come here.
What?
You let Jessica-san join the student council?!
Yes, because she learned who the Silver Knight really is.
We had her quit as president of the fan club and join our group instead.
Call it "leak prevention".
Let's hurry. Princess Veronica is waiting.
I am Avdocha the Convicted!
Wh-What are you doing here?
It was all my elder sister's scheme.
A scheme?
To correct my unworthy sister.
By any chance... did you notice?
I wasn't all sure, though.
As you know,
I was once part of an anti-government group,
where I failed in my task of assassinating Veronica five years ago.
After that, I surrendered to her and began working as her agent.
That's how it is.
It's a cleansing for humility.
B-But you look completely different on your wanted poster.
One of my people made that based on complete hearsay.
The timing was right, so I let it be.
But why would you work for Princess Veronica?
To search for my long-lost sister.
Her name is Shamara, and she's turning fifteen this year.
So the part about looking for your sister was true.
Until I find her, I can't throw away this life of mine.
Thanks to this, we got to hear something interesting:
I am a knight! A woman who will become a paladin!
Please stop, sister!
I am a knight! A woman who will become a paladin!
Ash-sama?
Do you know where this magical airship Sylvanus gets its name?
I am a knight! A woman who will become a paladin!
Where?
Doesn't it sound similar?
Sylvanus and Silvia?
So that's it...
Sister... Sister !
So it just means that she cares for her sister very much.
How long are you going to make fun of me?
Please, stop laughing and answer me!
During that incident, Princess Veronica mobilized a detachment force
and rounded up a bunch of Avdocha-inspired insurgents.
All that payoff from a single action...
I still have so far to go.
No, I think you'll be fine.
Huh?
We'll see...
Next Time
Ash-sama! Ash-sama! Silver Knight-sama!
Stop, Jessica-san! That's a top-secret agreem-
Whatever do you mean? We have no secrets between us!
Isn't that two different-
Now then, let's get that seed planted!
Next Episode
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Uh, see you next week!
To make babies?