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
Even inside the hearts of the Alice Seekers who have stories,
there are unsightly, gruesome things written.
I told you; these wonderful stories don’t need harsh pasts and ugliness.
They’re nothing more than an escape.
A dream...
...was it?
My heart...
...must not be seen by anyone.
I’m sorry, Onii-chan.
I told you, it’s all right.
She’s strong!
That’s to be expected from the Alice Seekers who have made it this far.
You people aren’t bad yourselves.
But I’m the one that will win this fight.
Take this!
I’m not going to lose to people who collaborate with each other!
Leviran’s Folly!
Stop!
No!
Stop!
No!
Stop!
What?!
What do you mean, you’re leaving?
It’s just like I said.
But our opponents are getting stronger and stronger.
We should really all fight together!
That’s right!
No. I’ve already decided.
Excuse me.
Oh, what a coincidence.
What do you want?
I’m the one who should be asking that.
You’re the one who wants to talk to me, right?
That’s right.
So, what are you going to make with that apple?
Let’s see, perhaps an apple pie...
I’d use it to make jam.
I see.
Whether we’re fighting an apple or an Alice Seeker,
the methods we use are different.
That means you are not particularly fond of my ways
of sealing off the unsightly things inside them, right?
I suppose.
Your opponents will be happier if you take their stories from them.
They are released from the mountain of grief those stories cause.
They’re more grateful than you think.
I don’t have time to discuss this with you.
You really...
...want to be released, don’t you?
You yourself really want to be released, don’t you?
Lorina.
I wonder...
...if Kirika-senpai will be happy.
There isn’t a girl in the world who wouldn’t...
...be happy to receive a Moroziff exclusive cheesecake!
But...
Kirika-senpai isn’t exactly a normal girl.
That’s true...
I don’t think Asuka-san’s methods are right either,
but if there are better methods available, you have to try them.
Thank you very much!
For some reason, the weather’s always nice on this day.
Lorina, is this your doing?
The poor thing!
She’s still so young!
When both of my parents died, I was, oddly enough, not sad.
I was released from their special education for the gifted.
The world was dazzling!
Yes, I was free.
If your grades are great, you can earn a scholarship.
I unerringly skipped right to high school.
I made my much-older classmates feel awkward.
There was no way that someone like me,
who had never done anything fun nor seen a kind smile,
could make friends with anyone.
Oh, you too?
My meeting with her was sudden.
Her name was Lorina Lilina,
and she too had a key to Wonderland Space.
We had a deep relationship with that secret place of ours.
Here I am! Follow me!
Wait!
I felt like I wanted to learn more about that world,
Wonderland Space, because it was a precious place
where I met with Lorina and built my friendship with her.
It felt as if learning about that place would tell me more about her.
She is the reason why I study Wonderland Space now.
Day by day, I began spending more and more time with her.
And then, that day came.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100!
We were playing hide and seek as usual.
I had only intended to play a little joke on her!
I just wanted to watch how she’d panic for a bit.
I had planned on opening it soon afterwards.
Lorina!
Lorina...
Onii-chan, here you go.
Thank you!
You’re writing your Alice story?
Yeah! I’m really inspired to write!
Oh? I should try reading your story sometime.
What?!
You don’t have to be so surprised.
But it’s embarrassing!
Embarrassing?
It’s like you’re looking inside my heart.
There’s a rabbit with his ears pierced!
What?! Where, where?!
I said no!
Wonderland Space?!
Took me by surprise...
Let’s go.
Yeah.
Huh?
Stop it!
I will reveal the unsightly, grotesque story inside you.
Leviran’s Folly!
Long time no see.
Lorina...
Thank you for coming to visit me every year on the day I died.
Lorina...
The day I died...
Why, that’s strange.
Since I’m not dead.
I was rescued later on.
You should have known that.
Just like I thought.
On that day, you and I became distant from each other.
Please, stop this.
It’s only natural that I pay you back,
since you did such a cruel thing to me.
N-No!
I planned on getting you out right away!
Inside that dark, cramped coffin,
I called your name over and over.
You were such a cruel person.
You made yourself believe that I had died
to get over the shock of losing me.
That’s right.
Lorina didn’t die.
That’s why...
To recover from the shock of losing a friend,
I convinced myself she was dead.
Lorina...
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!
So it was a trauma she suffered during a happy time, eh?
Ki...
Kirika-senpai!
She is no longer an Alice Seeker.
Onii-chan!
This is a good opportunity.
Don’t touch that!
Give it back!
I’m late!
Good timing. I’ll take your story from you!
I’ve been planning on taking your stories from the beginning.
O feathers of purest white, from the wings of my heart,
may the shadows of this girl’s memories be brought to light
by the power of these pure and radiant feathers!
How foolish.
What’s the meaning of this?! My power wasn’t effective?!
Why can’t I unlock your memories?!
Arisugawa-san!
Kisa-chan!
I’ll withdraw for now.
Are you all right, Kisa-chan?
Yes, I am.
Arisugawa-san!
Huh?
Are you all right?
Uh, yeah. I’m fine.
Oh, thank goodness.
Are you feeling better now?
Yeah. I’m just fine.
Sorry for being such a bother.
So, we can’t fight together anymore.
Anyway, what’s lost is lost.
I plan on cooperating with you from the outside.
Well, a lot happened this time.
When I really think about bidding my fantasy good-bye,
I realize that the story I imagined to escape reality
was just a means of punishing my heart.
That’s not true!
It’s not just escapism! It’s a story of salvation!
A story of salvation?
You made that story to save yourself,
so that you wouldn’t break apart.
Why can’t I unlock your memories?!
Why is it...
...that I can’t remember anything?
kioku baraen kaori no mae de chiku chiku to
Before I smell the scent of my rose-scented memories, I feel the prickling of their thorns.
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
You don’t plan on fighting Kiraha?
If you two beat each other up, it will save me a lot of time.
But that’s not it.
There’s a reason that you must defeat Kiraha.
Have you even noticed it yet?
Episode 10