What's this?
Marry me.
I love you.
Okay.
Wait! Wait!
Butterfly!
Are you serious?
Yeah.
A friend of mine died.
I want to adopt his child...
I'm sure it will be difficult for you,
but please.
Daddy! Mommy!
Look! Look!
All right.
Let's take him in.
Kasumi will be happy to have a brother.
What's his name?
Ren?
That's right.
Ayase
He'll be a part of our family.
Be nice to him.
Come on, Kasumi.
Say hello.
I'm Ayase Kasumi.
Hey!
That hurt!
What was that for?!
Come on, now...
Stop it, you two.
Apologize!
Indeed.
For you, this was how the story began.
Our beloved self-destruction factor.
I will tell you the requisite conditions to be the star...
The toy of God.
Self-Destruction Factor
Everyone has his own fate.
For example, to always have their favorite prey stolen from them...
To be unable to escape from the depths...
And thus,
to grab the legs of others, to pull them to their deaths.
To think that that is the truth.
Even if we limit ourselves to the two who interacted with you,
it is quite entertaining, isn't it?
A human's fate can be thought of as an actor's role.
In other words—
Shut up.
Who are you?
You keep talking about crap I haven't asked about.
That isn't what I want to know—
Is your question, perhaps, why you are alive?
That is a foolish question.
You already know the answer.
As long as you still feel déjà vu, you cannot die.
That's right.
You cannot die. Ever.
Because I will not let you die.
What?
I suppose I should start at the beginning.
When you were young, a minor change occurred in your life.
You had a new neighbor, named Fujii Ren.
What did you think of him?
Nothing.
I just thought he was gloomy.
Yes, indeed.
Was that all you thought of him?
Then, why did you two build a friendship that has lasted to this day?
You remember, right?
What you felt on that day, at that moment.
Right, you had...
I'd experienced that before.
Yes, that was the moment that your déjà vu began.
The father in question did not have a normal background.
His role was to culture and incubate a certain thing
that I had envisioned during the war.
He tried to incorporate another special bloodline, as well.
"Eugenics," they call it.
In other words, neither of your two childhood friends
was born in a normal way.
Ironic, is it not?
You, the greatest rule-breaker of all, were actually the most normal.
Your bad luck, huh?
If you had never been involved with them,
you would have died as a human.
What are you getting at?
Are you saying that killing that old man wasn't my decision?
That's right.
Didn't I tell you?
You were never supposed to be part of this.
So why did you become the murderer, a central character?
No, let us put it a different way.
Who gained the most from the death of the father?
If he'd said what he was doing,
Kasumi Ayase would have been saddened.
Thus, when he decided to suffer in silence,
his feelings were true, but...
But all things have both front and back sides.
His desire to destroy his false, everyday life was also true.
You took its place.
To save it and to destroy it.
Just as my friend is to me...
You, a manifestation of a wish for destruction,
the self-destruction factor.
That is what you are.
Hence, you will not be allowed to die.
As long as you are useful to me,
as long as you do not surpass this déjà vu.
Show me the unknown conclusion.
That is why I have given you this incredible power and luck.
Are you trying to tell me you're God?
That blond guy and I are God's toys?
Shut up!
Shut your damn mouth!
Maybe you, but he...
Ren is...
Naturally, his friendship is true.
The feelings I have for my friend,
are the same as the feelings my son has for you.
When one is high up,
just as one imagines falling, or harming oneself when one holds a blade,
we always build a destructive friendship.
Just as you
destroyed his normal life on that day.
Thus, I am hoping you disrupt things again.
I'm counting on it.
Riza?
That was...
From the hospital's direction, maybe?
Well, don't push yourself too hard.
I know it's pretty rough.
Each time a swastika opens, your stomach hurts, right?
As if you're pregnant.
"What will I give birth to?"
"I've never had sex."
"I'm scared! Help me!"
Is that about it?
Riza is dead.
How do you feel?
I heard that she was your great-grandmother.
Did you know?
What? You didn't?
But you know...
There's nothing to worry about.
She was a really evil woman.
All the pain you're suffering now is her fault.
So laugh... Go ahead.
Be quiet...
Shut up.
Your voice is really unpleasant!
Oh, dear!
Just because you're going to die soon, don't get so upset!
Sadly, I won't die.
I'll sacrifice you, Riza, thousands, tens of thousands more,
and I'll live forever.
So...
Don't look at me like that!
Hey, it looks...
like your... stomach hurts, too.
Did you eat something bad?
Yo! I'm stopping in.
Hey, Malleus...
Do you believe in fate?
Whenever I aim for something, it escapes.
It dies. Or someone else takes it.
A hell of a thing, huh?
Stop.
Do you want to fight me?
Because I killed him?
Answer me! Bey!
You?
Killed him?
The kid's dead?
Of course.
Because I—
No, that isn't true...
That's impossible.
I couldn't kill him.
So, he's right there,
isn't he?
I don't understand.
Are you crazy, you idiot?!
Fine, I'll just kill you—
No... It's impossible.
This is impossible—
That's right!
Don't betray my hopes!
Come on out, kid!
Good stuff.
You stole that from Malleus, huh?
That's what I was hoping for.
I believed this would happen.
You talked lots about déjà vu.
But don't you dare tell me you've seen this before!
Rot, my lover.
I alone know you, who my love will cause to rot...
Rosenkavalier Schwarzwald!
Here, I go!
I don't want to die... I don't want to die.
I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!
I see... I'm going to die.
Then...
Then, I'll just...
Impossible!
Hey, Anna...
It's been a while.
Just like old times.
Sch-Schreiber...
You're...
H-Help me!
Please... I think I'm going to die!
Wait... Wait!
I love you, Schreiber!
Love me?
You love me?
Yes...
So please... help me.
I don't want to die.
I want to live with you. Because I love you.
I see.
I didn't know.
I love you, too.
I'm so happy.
Then, protect me.
This is great!
I love this feeling!
I'll kill the one who did this to my beloved.
How sad... How wonderful!
I've never killed someone for this reason!
I will avenge you. I swear!
What are you doing
to my Wilhelm?
I haven't introduced her, have I?
This is Helga...
My sister and mother.
Wil... Wil?
My beloved Wilhelm!
I won't let anyone be mean to you.
Kill... Kill... Kill. Kill!
Yeah, she's a little overprotective.
Whenever I get excited, she comes out.
Pretty crazy, motherfucker.
Don't insult my son!
I like it...
I love it!
More. More!
More's to come than this.
Isn't that right?
Yeah.
I'll kill you!
You... Schreiber!
Shut up... You're in the way, Bey.
Get lost.
I'm here for him.
I... I...
Not bad, kid.
I can't believe Bey lost.
I'd never have imagined it.
You killed him.
By the way,
you did this, right?
I guess we're in love.
And I have to get revenge.
So I'm going to kill you, okay?
Help me... Help me...
Please...
Schreiber... I don't want to die.
No... No—
Once she's dead, my revenge will begin.
Run, while you can.
Wherever you hide, I'll find you and rip you apart.
Don't forget...
I'm Wolfgang Schreiber.
Einherjar of Lord Heydrich.
A hero, brought to golden Valhalla!
Illustration: Piyoko Hidori