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
Oh?
So this is the house where Alternate L. Takion’s parents lived?
It’s a lot smaller than I expected.
Where? Let me see!
Oh, so this is the house where the author of Alice lived.
The house was discovered recently,
but nothing suggesting that he spent his childhood there has been found.
So, no one knows if it really is the place.
That is suspicious! So that’s how it is.
Lots of fans who love and respect him have their own visions of what the place would be like.
According to another rumor...
Takion had a younger sister, but was separated from her at a young age.
What? A little sister? Really?
I heard that too.
Takion was supposedly very fond of her,
and that was supposedly his motivation to write Alice.
It sounds like someone made the whole thing up.
I feel the same way.
Ooo! I’m going to start learning a lot more about Alice, too!
An Alice tea party invitation?
There’s no date, time, or place written on it.
Now that I think about it, when I was getting those books at the library...
...it seemed like someone was watching me.
I thought it was just my imagination, but...
You mean someone invited you to a tea party, Arisu-chan?
The Alice Seeker who wrote that must’ve been pretty careless,
if they to forgot to write the date and time like that.
We won’t accomplish anything by staying here and worrying.
Why don’t we go to the library?
Yes, let’s.
It doesn’t look like anyone’s here.
But this is the only place it could be.
We don’t know whether an Alice Seeker will show up tonight or not.
But if one did, I wouldn’t want anything to happen to you.
It doesn’t feel like there’s an Alice Seeker lying in wait for us.
While that is an interesting research theme in itself,
how interesting can it be if we’re not collecting stories?
Over here, over here!
Arisugawa-san?
Onii-chan?
Arisugawa-san!
No way!
I’m right back where I started.
Arisugawa-san!
Aruto-kun!
Just where are we?
The letters are backwards.
Could we be in a world within the mirror?!
Aruto-kun, it looks like we’ve been drawn into the world of the Alice novels!
That’s great! But why...
Just like how Alice was invited by some creature
into the world beyond the looking-glass and drawn inside,
we have been drawn into the book’s world.
What’s going on?
We’re back where we started again!
It seems that from the moment we entered the library,
we had already become trapped within someone’s Wonderland Space.
It’s Arisu-chan’s invitation.
Could my brother and Arisu-chan be in here?
It’s just a normal mirror.
It’s this one.
Let’s go!
Where are we?
It seems that we’re in the Alice world,
rather than just a Wonderland Space.
Let’s take a look.
What is that?!
It’s so cute!
Kisa-chan, run!
We should have transformed before we entered!
These are probably images produced by our imaginations.
Just have a little courage; there’s nothing to be afraid of–
Kirika-senpai!
This is rather interesting!
It looks like they have no substance.
No, perhaps this is a world created by my own imagination
that only attacks foreign beings it perceives as hostile.
Let go of Kirika-senpai!
Are you all right, Kirika-senpai?
Well, I certainly do feel pain...
Kiraha-chan, it’s too dangerous!
Kisa-chan!
I don’t care if you are a cute elephant, I’ll make you pay if you hurt Kiraha-chan!
That’s an awfully agile elephant!
Get your paws off Kisa-chan!
Thank you, Kiraha-chan!
I never thought I’d use this key like that.
Ouch!
That girl!
Follow her!
That girl might know where Aruto and Arisu-chan are!
Yeah!
Takion-sama,
why did you ask those girls to come here?
To relieve the boredom, to shake up their emotions,
and because I want to see their stories.
Take a look, Liddell.
A much more interesting game is about to begin.
Incredible!
This is the Alphabet Forest from the Alice stories!
If this is a Wonderland Space, then whose is it?
Oh, Aruto-kun, don’t be such a bore!
Just being able to see the world of Alice with our own eyes is like a dream!
Yeah. It really is amazing,
but in the books, Alice was attacked in the Alphabet forest, right?
Aruto-kun...
Aruto-kun!
Arisugawa-san, stay back! It’s dangerous!
Arisugawa-san...
Aruto-kun!
This is strange.
Since this is the world of Alice, and I am an Alice Seeker,
the one who should be captured is me, not you!
What are you saying, Arisugawa-san?!
I spell it with hiragana instead of katakana,
but Arisu is still Alice!
If you’re going to capture someone, then capture me!
Stop this!
Is this your doing?!
A little girl like her opened a Wonderland Space?
I won’t let you off the hook, kid!
If I take your story, then this world will disappear!
She disappeared?!
Aruto-kun!
What are you trying to do?!
Think back.
Think back to the story of Alice.
The story of Alice?
What should you do to save a captured hero?
When the prince kissed Alice,
and when Alice kissed the prince,
it was a kiss from the heart.
Yes, but I’m certainly nothing like a prince.
That’s right, and it was Alice that was captured.
Even if we did that, it probably won’t save you.
But...
It’s better than doing nothing, right?
What?!
But I can’t just leave you trapped here forever!
Well, that’s true, but...
If you don’t mind...
No, I don’t! But, that is, if you don’t mind...
Sorry. Um...
Come closer.
Huh?! Uh, sure.
Well, it doesn’t look like anything happened.
I-It’s a good thing we tried it out anyway.
We can hide in there!
I can’t take this anymore!
I really hate these Alice novels!
I-I can’t reach.
Hey, Kirika-senpai! Give us a hand!
Just as I thought.
What do you mean, it’s just as you thought?!
They’re delicious!
Geez, this is no time to eat sweets!
They were in the Alice novels, weren’t they?
If I eat the parrot animal cracker, then the parrot will disappear.
It really did.
The parrot disappeared!
All right! This is great!
They disappeared, just like in the Alice books?!
I’m sorry.
Huh?
If I hadn’t gotten myself trapped in here, then you...
Saying that now won’t change anything.
Besides, if I had been more prepared,
I wouldn’t have caused you so much trouble.
Saying that now won’t change anything.
You’re right.
Hey, 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.
Aruto-kun!
The forest disappeared!
Amazing! The spell was broken!
Onii-chan!
Onii-chan, where were you?! I’ve been looking all over for you!
Sorry, Kiraha.
Onii-chan?
This portrait is...
Alternate L. Takion!
The author of Alice?
But what would a portrait of Takion be doing in a place like this?
It’s not just his portrait.
Look! It’s a first edition Alice novel!
And all the stories he ever wrote are here!
I’ve seen this letter before!
It’s a letter announcing the start of the Alice novels!
Everything here is a priceless piece of Alice memorabilia.
Welcome, everyone.
The librarian!
What are you doing here?!
I am the caretaker of this place.
Being a librarian is just a side job.
Come now, the Alice Master is waiting for you.
The Alice Master?
Welcome...
...to the Alice mansion.
It seems that you received my invitation.
Alternate L. Takion-san!
It’s flattering to be called that, but I am Alternate L. Takion’s great-grandson.
Great-grandson?
That’s right; there’s no way Takion could still be alive.
Oh, I’m sorry. You just look so similar to the pictures in the books.
Pay it no mind.
Here, I am known as the “Alice Master.”
The Alice Master...
Those girls...
Where is this?
Besides that, what was that dimension we were trapped in?
I’m Alice!
Go play somewhere else; we have guests.
I intended for them to welcome you, but it seems they made it into a little game.
I deeply apologize for everything those two did.
So everything was a Wonderland Space they created.
But when I tried to take that girl’s story from her, I couldn’t.
Liddell and those girls are not Alice Seekers.
To put it plainly, they are my servants.
This is not a Wonderland Space;
it is another dimension, created by the Alice Master.
I control and supervise everything within Wonderland Space.
I am seeking out Alice Seekers, and trying to form an agreement with them.
I want to bring out their latent power,
have them fight each other, and collect stories.
Of course, since the Master cannot leave this place,
we are assisting him in this.
But why did you send us an invitation?
Kirihara Aruto-kun.
Uh, yes?!
It seems that you possess a unique talent
to transcribe the Alice Seekers’ stories.
I’m not sure that it’s really a talent...
There’s no need to be modest.
Would you be willing to lend me your powers?
I have decided to publish the third Alice novel.
In other words,
I want to publish The Eternal Alice.
What?!
Publish it?!
Master...
And to do that, I need your cooperation.
Well... but...
No, you could say that without you, this venture would be impossible.
I understand.
If I can be useful to you, then I would love to be of assistance!
Aruto-kun?
Onii-chan?
I would also like you girls to assist Aruto-kun.
That was, The Eternal Alice will be completed even more quickly.
I understand.
Aruto-kun, it feels like I’ve been filled with a whole new reason to do this!
Yeah! Arisugawa-san, let’s give it everything we’ve got!
To meet Takion’s descendant, let alone participate in publishing The Eternal Alice...
It’s almost too good to be true!
Yeah, it is!
But it seems the only reason he’s called the Alice Master
is because he created that weird dimension in the first place.
You’re right. It is very similar to the Alice novels.
We had a rough time getting attacked by those animal drawings.
What, you too?
We were lost in the Alphabet Forest from the Alice novels.
The Alphabet Forest?
And I got locked up.
What?! You did?
Yeah. It was rough.
Oh? And just how did you get out?
Huh?!
Did you break the spell with a kiss?
Kirika-senpai, don’t say weird things like that.
Right, Onii-chan?
Yeah... sure...
To think that you wanted to publish The Eternal Alice.
I have no interest in that at all.
I said that because I don’t want to put forth the effort to collect the stories myself.
Then, your intention really is to gather the stories to grant your wish.
Kirihara Aruto’s talents will be very useful to 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
A-Aruto-kun.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Arisugawa-san.
Sorry, I did it again.
No, no. I just got here myself.
The cheesecake here is really delicious, isn’t it?
Y-Yeah, it is.
It’s no good. It’s just the same as always.
This... isn’t a date, is it?
Episode 7