This is an opportunity.
An opportunity...
This is a great opportunity to turn Burgundy into the most powerful empire.
Montmorency...
#11 Utopia, Then...
Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight
I hereby declare...
judgment has been passed!
She falsely assumed the title of a saint,
lied about her purity,
and the witch who conspired to throw France into darkness forever...
is no more!
Montmorency...
What's happening?
Hey, Jeanne! What happened to Montmorency?
Jeanne?
What?!
C-Could this be...
Jeanne!
I can't hear...
I can't hear Montmorency's voice anymore!
Montmorency!
Mur d'Air, was it?
Montmorency!
No, my name is Enlil.
Ruler of the utopia,
and king among the seventy-two gods,
Enlil!
Montmorency... You're no longer...
Avenge him.
Avenge him?
Yes. Kill the god,
and spread your reputation as the god-killer...
as the black savior, Saint Philip,
throughout France and England.
Use it as foundation of the rise of the Burgundy Empire!
Worry not.
You have a trump card by your hand.
I pulled you out of the river, along with this.
Trump card.
What?
It's true that...
if that alchemist turned into Ulysses,
my arrow would be effective.
But have you forgotten?
He can block the arrow with a wall of air.
Let's use Jeanne as a sacrifice, and create an opportunity for the shot.
Oh?
This should be a good deal for you, as well as for Lord Bedford.
Can I count on your assistance?
Can you do it?
Noire...
No, Princess Philip of Burgundy.
I hear that you don't even kill a single insect.
Your nickname is Philip the Good.
Can you do it?
This must be my destiny.
To avenge Montmorency.
That must be why I have crossed paths with this helm.
In that case, I shall abandon my nickname and paint myself black.
Can I count on your assistance?
Sure thing.
Oh, no!
Pierce them!
Protect your vital spot!
How long can we stay as Ulysses?
Not for long.
I'll be your shield.
Destroy Montmorency's head!
Your hearts are linked, so you should know better than anyone else...
The one over there is no longer Montmorency.
Make up your mind, Jeanne!
Go, magical bullet!
Now, go!
This is the end...
Come, my followers!
The time for judgment has come.
It seems you have stayed in the Void Dimension for far too long.
Hey, this is not what we were expecting.
Is that thing still a Ulysses?
Will my arrow still work?
The god did not try to kill Montmorency and grab his Philosopher's Stone.
Why do you think that is?
As I thought, a special host is needed for us
to maintain our form and consciousness.
Oh, well. I shall just be the one and only god who obtained a host!
That is a Ulysses.
Get ready, Glasdale.
Damn it!
I don't want to die a virgin!
What?!
I had my mind set on Etienne!
I guess I'll just have to settle on you!
The utopia will be restored!
The world will return to the way it should be.
However, there will be no place in it for humans!
The next generation of slaves will not be made in our image.
They will only obey our orders without thought or consciousness!
What a tragedy.
Will this be the end of the history of human beings?
What are you...
I'm the one who turned humans against gods.
Punish me if you need to punish someone.
You can burn me for eternity, or rip me apart for eternity.
Do as you like.
So, please, spare them...
Spare the humansー
Stay there and witness the end of this false utopia.
Not yet...
Respond to my voice, Ship in the Sky!
What?!
Now!
I dedicate this revenge to you, Montmorency.
I love you. I loved you!
No way!
It's not over...
Montmorency is still here.
I can tell.
How long do you intend to hold onto me?
You're in my way!
Damn it!
Pathetic!
I couldn't tell.
But you were able to feel his presence.
In that case...
you're the only one who can save Montmorency.
Enough of your meaningless tussle!
Montmorency!
Where am I?
Hello? Excuse me?
Where's Montmorency?
Huh?
Uh, um...
Oh, the grandson of Jean the Redbeard?
He's over there.
Refinement of the Philosopher's Stone!
It'll become a true treasure!
The stone will give immortality to its owner!
In other words, if I master alchemy...
If I master alchemy, I can stop people from dying in the war!
Is that your reaction?
You already told me at least a hundred times.
So you'll buy all the grimoire you can find...
Yeah!
I've been reading them, but it's like a code!
I'll have to become that old dude's apprentice.
Montmorency!
I'm so relieved!
There you are!
Who are you?
It's me, Jeanne!
Hey, only students are allowed on the school premises.
Leave right now.
Stop acting dumb, Montmorency!
Let go of me.
I don't know you.
So let go of me!
I get it now.
Montmorency is stuck in his past.
Hey, why don't we swear an oath?
To stay friends forever.
Let's do it, then!
We will...
...even after we graduate from school...
...remain best friends forever!
Montmorency.
You again?
Hey, Montmorency...
Don't speak to me like you know me.
I already told you that I don't know you.
The Philosopher's Stone.
You gave me half of it.
You saved me when I was about to die.
Many things have happened since.
I went to the castle in Chinon, and they made me a knight.
We fought the English army at Orléans.
After my heart was pierced, you...
Stop it.
You told me that you'll keep protecting me.
That you'll never get married.
Just as legendary knights swore their allegiance to noblewomen,
Stop!
as they have maintained their inner purity.
Stop it!
Where am I now?
What are these?
My little sisters are sleeping in there.
The girls who were taken to the castle...
and died in the tower.
They wanted to go home, to see their family.
They all cried, lost all hope, and died.
I couldn't save a single one of my little sisters.
It's not your fault!
Jean the Redbeard did all this...
The old man has gone mad.
But it's the war that made him that way.
Only the strong can survive.
You have to step over someone, or someone will step over you.
In a world like that, people have no choice but to be like Jean the Redbeard.
Even if he died, nothing will change.
Unless this war can be ended, the tragedies will never end.
Alchemy...
If I master this, people won't die in wars.
No, I can even end wars.
Montmorency.
Let's go home together.
Let's end the tragedies together.
I'm sure we can do it.
We can do it together.
We can't be together.
What?
My ribbon?
I've seen...
what will happen to you.
What will happen to me?
No way!
I saw the flow of time when I became one with Enlil.
I learned of things that happened in the past,
and things that will happen in the future.
Can't you feel it?
This is not an illusion.
It's something unavoidable that will happen in the future.
But it's all right, as long as we stay here.
Brings back memories.
Yeah, we were here not too long ago,
but it feels like decades ago.
This must be a fake world.
But there's eternity in here.
Let's settle down here.
Forget about the world.
As long as I have you, that's all I need.
We can't, Montmorency.
There are many sad things in the world.
War, betrayal, misunderstandings.
But I love that world.
Princess Charlotte, La Hire, Astaroth, Richemont,
Alençon, Batard, Xaintrailles,
The Maiden Volunteer Corps, the villagers, and the fairies...
I love the world where they live.
You must feel the same way.
That's why you learned alchemy,
to make the world a better place.
But you won't be there!
We can't be together!
No, in the world where not only the strong can survive...
A world where people can survive without stepping over others...
In the world where you and I will create...
I will continue to live on.
I will be in everybody's smile.
So we'll always be together, Montmorency.
You idiot, you're talking like a real saint.
I left you all alone for a while.
But from now on, we'll always be together.
Let's go home.
To our world.
Yeah, to our world.
Get out of my body!
I-Impossible...
This can't be happening!
D-Damn you!
Ship in the Sky!
F-False utopia...
A world without gods...
cannot be allowed to exist!
We've been chosen.
Not by the gods, and not by destiny.
You've chosen me, and I've chosen you!
It must be something that can't be achieved alone.
It's meant to be achieved together.
Our eternity exists in the world that we will change!
I-Impossible!
Your time is over.
We'll create this world with our own hands!
To Be Continued
#12 In This Wonderful World
We will continue walking in the world without gods.
Our footprints will probably eventually disappear,
but our feelings will never disappear!
It'll become history and continue for all eternity!
Final episode: In This Wonderful World.
Boobs forever!
Surprisingly useful French lesson
Protect the family jewels!
Use it when someone is getting too close!