There are girls who fight, wagering the stories locked within their hearts.
If you were to read these stories,
you would find that they are part of a greater, incomplete tale said to make any dream come true.
When the power of one’s imagination becomes the power to forge one’s dreams into reality,
the fight to complete the unfinished tale begins.
Take me to your story
Colors are slowly and leisurely brushed
shiro ni egaku rinkakusen
onto an outline drawn in plain white.
fuwari fuwari iro wo nosete yuku
A palette filled with all the colors of the world
sekai iro no e no gubako wa
dwells within everyone's heart.
dare mo ga mune no naka ni motteru
Your prayers for hidden desires
himeta negai inoru kotoba
will join together with your overflowing dreams,
afuredasu yume wo
if you've discovered the key that binds them.
tsunagi awasete yuku kagi wo mitsuketa nara
Spread your wings with a dream-filled heart
omou kokoro tsubasa hiroge
and we can go anywhere, no matter how far away it is.
bokura wa doko made mo tooku e yukeru
The two tales we are weaving
tsumugu futari no monogatari ga
will harness the wind and carry us to the distant eternity.
kaze wo atsumete haruka eien ni todoku
Key Princess Story
Eternal Alice Rondo
Key Princess Story
Eternal Alice Rondo
Original Translation: Froth-Bite Edited by: Zalis
Could it be?
What’s going on?
It’s beautiful.
What are you doing?!
Takion’s Alice novel?
You were going to burn it, even though you’re an Alice Seeker?!
Why?!
You interrupted my beautifying.
Huh?
I will make Alice beautiful.
And you plan to do that by...
...burning everything.
You don’t have any intention of taking my story?
Arisugawa-san!
Aruto-kun.
The flames...
All of the Alice stories are burning up.
Hang in there!
The flames disappeared? But they were burning so fiercely.
Then this really was the place we saw burning.
Was it an Alice Seeker?
What happened, Arisugawa-san?
Arisugawa-san! Hang on!
Did she really say that she was beautifying Alice?
Yes.
What exactly does that mean?
From the way she burned those Alice books, it looked more like she hated them.
Can you really be an Alice Seeker if you don’t even like Alice?
Oh, but I don’t like the fact that you keep thinking about Alice all the time,
so I’ve wanted to burn your book before too.
What are you saying?!
I understand those feelings well.
You see?
Since all Kiraha-chan thinks about is Aruto-senpai, I’ve wanted to burn him too!
No way!
That’s the girl from last night.
She was the one burning the Alice novels!
What?!
Um, just what are you doing?
The library.
The library is over there.
Uh, hey! Not that way!
Is her sense of direction really that bad?
Aren’t you the girl we saw last night? Why did you burn the library?!
Who are you?
W-Who am I?!
Weren’t you the one who tried to burn me to a crisp?!
You don’t remember?
Huh?
Hey! Aren’t you being a little too friendly with him?!
Get away from my brother!
It seems she’s afraid of you.
Why don’t we just try talking to her?
She’s done nothing but eat.
She ate the fruit sandwich I made for Aruto!
She ate the scones I baked for Kiraha-chan!
H-Hey, I don’t know why you’re so quiet,
but couldn’t you at least tell us your name?
Andersen.
Oh, so your name is Andersen.
Just like the famous author.
S-She’s cute.
Another interesting research subject has appeared.
Kirihara Aruto seems to have the power to lure numerous Alice Seekers to him.
His enthusiasm must draw them his way.
Andersen, I can’t really walk like this...
Aruto-kun, that girl is dangerous!
That’s right!
She’s probably a bad girl who’s trying to deceive you!
Kiraha-chan, I didn’t mean it like that.
Is she, really?
She doesn’t seems like the type of girl who would burn libraries or Alice novels to me.
Geez, are all boys this dense?
I used to be the only person who could stay close to my brother...
It used to be only me, but...
Why did you follow us all the way home?! And everyone else, too!
You ate it all by yourself, didn’t you?!
Look, the pot is already empty!
Actually, she’s rather interesting.
She’s so slender, yet she has such a large appetite...
Even Kirika-senpai is here.
Sheesh! Get out of here, you guys!
Don’t mind me. I can sleep wherever I want.
I even brought my own pillow.
Go home!
Kiraha-chan, promise me that you won’t even think about fighting her by yourself!
Arisu-chan?
She’s definitely not an opponent you can stand up to.
Good night.
Oh well, I can observe them all I want from across the street,
in the comfort of home.
Good night, ladies.
Onii-chan?
Onii-chan!
She followed me to my room and fell asleep just like that.
She’s sleeping peacefully.
Onii-chan, I can’t sleep.
Why would you want to sleep in such a tight space?
It smells like you.
It does?
Onii-chan.
I thought I was special...
Huh?
Oh, it’s nothing.
But what are we going to do with her?
She won’t answer any of my questions, and I don’t know whom I should contact.
She’ll have to stay here tonight.
I’m rather tired. I think I’ll sleep on the sofa.
Now everything’s just fine.
I wonder why that girl is so fond of Aruto.
Could she want something from him, like Kirika-senpai does?
But, if I were to take her story...
If I did, she wouldn’t be an Alice Seeker anymore.
Alice...
She’s probably not just trying to get to know my brother or us Alice Seekers.
She’s definitely not an opponent you can stand up to.
I can do it myself.
Andersen?!
What are you doing?!
Kiraha!
Andersen?
Onii-chan!
Alice is burning.
Stop this, Andersen!
Andersen?
Yes,
I’ll let you see more beauty.
Huh?
Alice is beautiful when it burns.
Here! Take a look, Andersen!
Andersen isn’t your name?
It looks like she is mistaking you for Andersen.
It seems like this girl may have become lost and wandered into the world of the Alice Seekers.
K-Kirika-senpai!
Given her lousy sense of direction, it’s a rather likely possibility.
She should be fighting against Andersen Seekers instead.
I hate Alice.
The world would be better off if everything related to Alice burned up.
I’ve heard stories of the existence of Andersen Seekers as well.
So what is it that makes her hate Alice so much?
That, I don’t know.
Andersen, I’ll show you more and more beautiful flames.
Alice...
Kiraha!
Didn’t I tell you?!
Arisu-chan...
I will burn everything that concerns Alice...
I won’t let you get away with it.
You can’t win a battle with defense alone.
Andersen published many creative works throughout his lifetime,
while Takion left just three novels.
Which of these talents will become the stronger power?!
This is no time for calm literary analysis!
Arisu-chan!
I don’t like the heat!
Kirika-senpai...
Don’t try to help me!
The Alice novel my brother is writing!
Kiraha-chan?
Arisugawa-san!
I’ll show you even more beauty.
I’ll be your opponent!
Don’t do it, Kiraha-chan!
Sorry, Arisu-chan.
If I hadn’t opened Wonderland Space on my own, this wouldn’t have happened.
Kiraha!
Kisa-chan!
I won’t let you harm Kiraha-chan!
There’s so much Alice here.
I’ll show Andersen lots of beauty!
I will protect Kiraha-chan!
Kisa-chan.
I’m ready for anything!
Kisa-chan and Arisu-chan are doing this for me.
I’m the one... I’m the one who will protect Kiraha-chan!
The beauty is disappearing!
You left yourself wide open!
Huh?
W-What should I do now?
I see.
This is your first time taking a story, isn’t it?
Turn the key with all your might.
But, I’m kind of scared.
You’ll get over it once you do it.
All right then.
This is it!
Here I come!
O hidden door within the heart, guardian of untold secrets.
With this key in they lock, I bid thee open, and reveal the story held within!
If this girl really did wander into this world by mistake,
then I wouldn’t feel right about taking her story like this.
Andersen.
I’m not Andersen.
My name is Kirihara Aruto.
Aruto?
Right.
I happen to be fascinated by the Alice stories,
just as you were fascinated by Andersen’s stories.
Just like you love Andersen, we love the Alice novels.
But that’s not something we can call good or bad.
But if you’re someone
who really loves those books, like we love ours,
then I would really like to know more about you.
Would you mind letting me read your story?
A-li-ce.
Alice!
I hate Alice!
You’re not going to copy it?
No.
I’m sure her story isn’t related to The Eternal Alice,
but I’ll treasure it in my own heart.
Thank you.
I feel like I understand you a little more.
Thank you, Aruto.
Wait up!
I got you!
You dare to give me such cold tea?! Just what do you think I am?!
I’m terribly sorry.
Takion-sama seems to be in a bad mood.
That’s because he hates Andersen.
Shhh! That’s a secret!
You’re right. It’s a secret!
It’s your fault he’s angry.
Come here!
I-I’m sorry!
S-Sorry!
Poor thing, he’s getting punished.
We’re the ones who were wrong.
We’re the ones who invited him here.
Shhh! That’s a secret.
You’re right. It’s a secret.
“Bonk”?
Her sense of direction hasn’t improved a bit.
The library is that way.
Aruto.
I’m Kiraha.
This is Kisa-chan.
Now that I think about it, you haven’t told us your name yet.
Akane.
So we should call you Akane-chan.
I’m Arisu.
Alice?
No, no, no!
That’s written in hiragana, not katakana!
Right?
Kiraha-chan.
Oh, Kiraha-chan!
I’m a little jealous.
Before I smell the scent of my rose-scented memories, I feel the prickling of their thorns.
kioku baraen kaori no mae de chiku chiku to
I stab myself, and see the mysteries of the past in the many falling drops.
watashi wo sashite suuteki ochita kako no nazo wo mite
Love me until I fade and wither away to nothing.
iro aseru made, kuchihateru made koi ni shite
It would be cruel if my petals fell, but cruelty is not all bad.
chiru nara zankoku, zankoku ga ii no
Let's have some fun unraveling my unchanging heart.
kawaranai kokoro toite asobimashou
Is the temptation of betrayal is a poison, or a pleasure?
uragiri no yuuwaku wa doku kairaku
I am not lost, oh wait I am, but love me anyway!
mayowanai mayou mayoinagara mo aishite
You cannot get away from me.
anata wa nigedasu koto nado dekinai
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
yamete, yamete, yamete
Even though I enjoyed its beauty in the moment it vanished,
kirei da wa, kieteku shunkan ga suki demo
the fate of this dream is still undecided...
kimetenai no kono yume no unmei wa...
Next Time
Who is this “Delilah” person?!
Kiraha, don’t get so angry!
She’s sick and can’t leave her house!
She really likes hearing me tell stories!
I’m sick too!
A cold?
Since you’re never here, I’m sick of being lonely!
Episode 5