You say that Eco is inside?!
Please, Princess, take me over there!
All right. Lancelot!
What's wrong? Why are you not going?
It seems that Lancelot has noticed something.
You can tell?
More or less. I can sense Lancelot's will.
Are those all Maestros?
What in the world is about to happen?
Ash!
I knew it. No doubt about it.
I can tell.
That's... Eco!
The Star-Branded Dragonar
Who knew that the Maestros would reject the control of the Dragonar?
It is utterly disgraceful.
If we were to be attacked by the empire now,
Lautreamont Knight Country would fall overnight.
However, securing the safety of the guests comes first.
Oh, how can this be?! One of the dragons the Knight Country keeps
is destroying my nation's airship!
This is a grave situation, is it not?!
Klaus Viderhausen? Nobody asked him.
J-Just a moment! Our country knows nothing of such a monster!
It is too late for that now.
When you say "dragon," you think Lautreamont Knight Country.
Giving me such excuse is most unseemly.
Y-You're wrong!
Hmm, apparently, that's all.
Quickly, you must evacuate!
Princess, you, too! Hurry!
I'm afraid I can't.
We still have a guest here.
You are Milgauss, the one who was in our report.
Indeed, you do look like Julius. Take off your mask.
Julius...
No.
Well, more precisely, physically, I may be Julius,
but on the inside, I am not.
How do you mean?
I am Mordred.
Mordred, you say?!
That's right.
I am the other soul that dwelled within Julius' Pal, Mordred.
The true heir of the dark kingdom of Nehalennia,
which has fought for many years with the sacred empire of Avalon,
the two bloodlines of which split from the wise dragon king Imbloc,
as recorded in the Old Covenant.
Julius became aware of my existence, and schemed my annihilation.
When I became aware of this, I took on spectral form,
and possessed Julius instead.
If I may ask, why must dragons and humans enter into bonds?
It is to receive the Astral Flow that comes about
when dragons and humans are connected.
Correct. But if the Astral Flow is all that is to be obtained,
there is a simpler way.
Humans can become livestock, and we can prey on them!
That's why Julius committed the taboo of dragonslaying,
to kill you!
I knew it!
I knew that Julius had not gone mad!
You were the cause of all of this!
Why, you...
How I have waited for this moment!
Descendants of the wise dragon king Avalon!
I now take on this physical body to fulfill my return!
I won't let you get away with it,
Mordred!
W-What is this darkness?
You!
Who do you think I am?!
I am the first princess of Lautreamont Knight Country!
Such disgrace will not...!
This is bad... If it goes like this...
I'll lose my mind!
I'm forced to lose it...
Veronica. Veronica!
You!
Hold on a second! lt's me. lt's Julius.
Julius? The real one?
There's no time. Mordred's soul has already possessed Eco.
Julius!
Glen...
There's so much I have to say to you, but for now, let me say this.
I can guess what it is, but go ahead.
You big idiot.
Eco!
What's wrong? She looks like she's in pain over something.
W-What is happening to her? ls that...
I don't remember summoning you here, dark king Mordred.
Navi... Thou may call thyself such,
but I know thou art not a simple ''navigator.''
Thou art, in very deed, the Dragweiss, yes?
Now, grant to me thy great wisdom.
lf I join with thee, I shall be completely reborn as the dark king.
Nope. I don't much like Nehalennia, after all.
What?
I fully support the princess and knight of Avalon.
Especially the knight.
Ash Blake is a far better man than you are.
Hmm, you vixen. ln that case, I'll just take it by force!
Eco!
Wait, Ash!
I'm someone who can ride any dragon! lf I can just ride her...!
But how?! Right now, even Lancelot is gone.
And are you sure you can ride Eco in that form in the first place?
Silvia...
Milgauss!
Calm down. He is no longer the Milgauss that you knew.
You mean...?
M-My brother...?
Ash-kun, the first thing we have to do
is get Mordred's mind out of Eco's body.
You're the only one who can save Eco. You understand that?
Yes.
Dragonar Academy
As long as Navi resists him, Mordred cannot be completely reborn.
This is our chance to get Eco back.
How do you know that?
Just as Mordred appears to have gained knowledge from my memories,
I have also gained knowledge from Mordred.
I'm impressed that you got Princess Veronica
to give up her ship so quietly.
I had something up my sleeve.
I'm sorry, but I'll have everyone except me and Ash-kun to disembark.
You! What's the meaning of this?!
Obey your brother calmly.
Or is it fine to reveal your secret in front of your subordinates who admire you.
I'm talking about all the goods that fill up your room.
Portraits.
Previously worn clothes.
A daily growth journal.
Life sized dolls.
Original poems.
And this thing you took using that device smuggled in from the empire.
When he gets back here, I'll kill him.
So make sure you come back, Julius.
Do you read me, Ash-kun?
Yes.
I'm moving the Sylvanus directly over Mordred.
After that, looking for a good timing, jump down.
Understood!
I thought Navi was supposed to be resisting him!
I am!
That's...!
Ash, the Sylvanus can't hold out any longer.
If you're going to jump, it's now or never!
Prince Julius...
Hang in there, Eco. I'll protect you.
Where is this place?
And what's the big idea, locking a dragon like me up in a bird cage?
Even in this situation, you won't be kept down, will you?
Navi, are you...
I've been playing around with Mordred.
His tentacle predilection did cause me some annoyance.
Mordred? Who's that?
Give me your hand.
I have given you a portion of the information I possess.
I see, so this Mordred fellow is trying to steal my body, is he?
That's correct.
It looks like he's up to yet another crazy stunt.
Huh?
Why?
Why he's going so far... for my sake?
Even though he may get killed?
When... When I've been such a nuisance to him?
Why?!
That's obvious, isn't it?
When you think about who you are to him?
Tell me what I can do!
That's more like it.
Eco, what you can do, as a princess of Avalon
is to dedicate an Arch to him.
You don't stand a chance against Mordred
with the kind of knockoffs you've made up to now.
But there's no time.
An Arch's strength is determined by the strength of your feelings.
Even if you don't have a set design,
as long as you have feelings for him,
your Arch is sure to materialize.
But..
He is risking his life trying to save you.
How are you going to respond to that?
Damn it, stop moving!
Lucca!
I noticed a change come over Gawain,
and came here, clinging to his back. So did the others.
Hey, Ash!
I see you're creating a scene again.
Ash-sama!
I've come to help you, Ash-sama!
Everyone...
Ash!
Princess! Lancelot!
We all know what's going on!
We're going to help get you over to where that thing is!
Let's go!
Princess!
I can keep this up! Keep moving forward!
Manifest now... O ye sure-striking magic spear...
Its name.. Ga'e Bulg!
Lucca, we're leaving it to you!
Now!
Thank you, Lucca!
Ash!
Almete, gorjal, peto...
Where am I?
espaldar, bradonera, faldaje...
Eco?
guarda, greba, escarpel...
Eco...
Be sure to accept... my feelings for you, okay?
Espolazo!
That is an original Arch that Eco has produced all on her own.
It's still unfinished, so its shape isn't quite established.
What are you spacing out for?!
Hurry up and break out the unique enchantment!
Yeah! Thank you, Eco!
O ye steel to sunder all creation,
a holy sword worthy of a knight among knights...
Its name: Excalibur!
Eco, I'm coming to save you right now!
Because I am your knight, and you are my Pal!
Why, you... lf you destroy this body,
the daughter of Avalon will also suffer!
I know her better than anyone!
The way she oversleeps, that she's a big eater...
...and what her vulnerability is!
Halt! Who goes there?!
That scarf... Could this girl be... my...
Is that right?
Yes. He escaped from us.
I sensed Mordred's spectral form flying off into the eastern skies.
I'm sorry.
Not at all I have to say, I'm surprised you're all right.
It was a close call.
After we left, the Continental Congress was cancelled.
Everyone left in a panic, after all.
lncluding Klaus Viderhausen.
I see.
Anyway, it will turn out somehow here.
What is left is the domain of politics.
Well then, it's about time we were leaving.
Feel free to rest up here until you've recovered.
We'll be waiting for you at school.
Okay.
See you, Ash!
Get well soon!
Ash-sama, if you get lonely and need someone to sit up with you-
That will probably have the opposite effect.
I'm sorry. This happened because of me.
It will grow back in soon enough.
Don't underestimate dragon's recover ability.
O-Okay.
Eco...
I am your knight. No matter what happens, that will never change.
So I'd like to keep on...
No, I won't have it! No way!
Huh?
I mean, I'm glad and all, but I want something more.
I want our relationship to be different.
I couldn't even find a name for this feeling in the Dragweiss.
Do you know what it is?
In Lautreamont Knight Country,
boasting the largest dragon population on the Arc Strada continent,
sits the Ansullivan Dragonar Academy.
Young men and women who have entered into bonds with dragons
spend their time there together with their dragons,
and then, when their dragons grow to be Maestros,
they become known as "Dragonars."