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
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.
This fight is over.
Good timing!
I didn’t get to fight at all! That’s not fair!
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!
S-Stop!
Don’t read it!
Don’t worry. We’re not going to take your story away from you.
Do you mean that?
Takion!
Come again!
I should get home while it’s still warm.
I thought this was a shortcut, but...
Where am I?
Didn’t they say there was no chance of rain?
You came.
I’ve poured you some tea.
Oh, thanks!
Thank you for the tea.
Huh?
Takion, tell me a story.
Takion?
A great story.
But I haven’t had time to think of one.
Tell me a marvelous story.
It’s not that easy.
All right then, I’ll tell you a story.
Yay!
She liked it!
Tell me another story sometime, Takion.
Takion, huh?
I wonder if she called me that because I write stories, too.
It’s flattering, but also kind of embarrassing.
I’m going out!
He’s going out today, too?
Kirihara Aruto?
I’ll stay out of his love affairs.
From that day on, I visited Delilah every day.
She was always so happy to hear the stories I made up.
D-Delilah?!
I’m fine now.
As you saw earlier, the attacks are sudden, but they pass.
Is that so?
You’ll come and tell me a story tomorrow, right?
I can never say no to a girl as sick as her.
Who is Delilah?!
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!
Say something!
Oh, this is great tea.
H-Hey!
A flower tells a story.
It expresses your emotions.
A red rose. It expresses passion.
A white rose. It expresses purity.
And what about the yellow rose?
What does it mean?
What meaning does it have?
It always rains when I come over, doesn’t it?
Hey, Takion, tell me a story.
Takion?
Onii-chan, did you lose some weight?
You think so?
Just as I thought, he went into another dimension.
And they all lived happily ever after.
What, it’s over already?
We’ll stop there for today.
Okay, I understand. See you again tomorrow, Takion!
Um, I’d really rather you didn’t call me Takion.
Oh? Then what should I call you?
Could you just call me by my name?
Your name?
Kirihara Aruto. But you can call me Aruto.
Kirihara Aruto.
Right! Kirihara Aruto.
Kirihara Aruto.
You’re not Takion?
Coming!
Can we talk?
What?! Are you going to do weird things to my brother again?!
Weird things are already happening to him.
What?
Arisu-chan!
Kiraha-chan!
Kirihara Aruto has been drawn into a special instance of Wonderland Space.
What?!
Given the incredible rate at which his life-force is being depleted,
he will soon be trapped there forever.
Oh no!
How do we save him?!
We would need to search for the one who created this Wonderland Space.
That person must be Delilah.
Yeah!
I’m counting on you to stall him.
Is there something on my face?
N-No, there isn’t.
You’re not eating?
Sorry, I’m just not hungry.
You haven’t eaten anything here for three days!
Come on, just a little bit.
Say “Ah”!
I thought I’d go out today.
Huh?
To Delilah’s house, where else?
Onii-chan, you can go when you’re feeling better.
I haven’t gone in three days.
I haven’t been very nice to her.
It hasn’t been three days yet.
It has been three days!
Huh?
Oh, that’s right!
It seems Delilah has moved. She came by earlier to say thank you.
That’s a lie! That girl is way too sick to leave her room!
Why are you lying to me?!
O-Onii-chan...
Wait, Onii-chan!
Stop him, Arisu-chan!
Don’t go!
I must.
He disappeared?!
Onii-chan!
I know you aren’t him.
But I feel so relaxed when you’re here.
You tell me wonderful stories, just like he did.
Kirihara Aruto, I want to see you.
Aruto!
You really came!
I’m sorry. It’s my fault.
Don’t leave me alone anymore.
Delilah? That name brings back memories.
My dad used to tell me stories about her.
She waited day after day for a certain man to come.
“Love turns people blind” is a perfect way to describe her.
In the end, she died in the rain.
Where is her room?
Nobody wants to rent a room with a history like that.
Ever since then, we’ve been using it for storage.
This is most likely the entrance.
My brother is here?
Kirika-senpai.
Yes?
If Delilah is in this special instance of Wonderland Space, could it be that...
Yes, this door separates the worlds of the living and the dead.
She’s a ghost?
Yes.
A-A ghost?!
Are you staying behind?
I-I’m going! I will save my brother!
Let’s get going.
Key of Wind, key that unbinds my heart,
permit me to partake in the search for stories, and unleash the power within!
O-Onii-chan!
Aruto-kun!
Kiraha. Arisugawa-san...
Who are you?
We do not intend to harm you.
We won’t do anything if you return him.
I won’t give him up! Get out!
So much for that idea.
I will not give Aruto up!
Do you people even know anything about me?!
I’ve waited and waited!
For my darling who loved me...
For my darling who told me stories...
For my darling who gave me a potted rose...
For my darling who taught me such wonderful things...
Those days were like living in a dream.
I thought they would last forever.
But...
Nothing lasts forever.
Feelings are no different.
But all of a sudden,
my darling disappeared from my life.
I waited...
...through the wind, through the heat,
through the snow, and through the rain.
All I did was wait and wait.
The flower has withered.
And then, a light shone through that darkness.
He may not be my darling, but the wonderful stories Aruto tells me
fill the cracks in my broken heart.
That’s very selfish of you.
You’re only chasing after an illusion!
That’s right! Give me back my brother!
I don’t care if it’s an illusion. I don’t want to be alone anymore.
I won’t let Aruto go!
Now!
O hidden door within the heart, guardian of untold secrets,
with this key in thy lock, I bid thee open, and reveal the story held within!
No!
What is this feeling?
Delilah-san.
My heart hurts.
Wait.
I’m sorry.
It must have been painful.
I knew.
I knew that you weren’t going to come here anymore.
But my feelings didn’t change. There’s no way they could fade away.
I wanted someone to know that.
And that’s when you summoned me.
Please engrave the time you spent with me,
the kind of girl I was, and the story of my life into your own story.
I will always treasure your feelings and your story.
Thank you, Aruto.
Delilah.
That night, I read her story.
It was a story of 80 years of waiting and waiting.
And when I read it,
I cried.
The yellow rose.
In the language of flowers, it means fading love.
I’m not interested in anything that doesn’t enhance my creativity.
Hey, Liddell.
Takion-sama.
Inspire me.
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
Do you remember what that girl said?
Huh?!
When the prince kissed Alice,
and when Alice kissed the prince,
it was a kiss from the heart.
Yeah.
Arisugawa-san?
Shall we give it another try?
Huh?!
This time, kiss me from the heart.
Episode 6