Monsters called Nemesis bring disaster.
The only ones who can fight these dangerous foes are the sorcerers.
However, the sorcerers are considered tainted beings and feared by most.
I'll ask once more.
Why, and for whom, do you fight?
I...
Oh, no!
Hey, come on. We're not done talking.
Thanks a lot!
I don't really get all this, but you saved me, right?
See ya later!
I'm going to blow everything away!
Don't do this!
The island is going to fall apart!
If you don't like it, then try to make us stop!
If you can get close to us, that is!
I finally made it!
To Stop the Sound of the Wind -Serenade-
"To Stop the Sound of the Wind."
Are you the one controlling the Nemesis? The Domi-whatever?
And you're the sorcerer who fought Konrad.
I'm Seth.
I'm impressed you're alive after falling from this height.
You must have remarkable luck.
I thought I was a goner,
but I can't die yet!
After you managed to survive that... You're a fool!
Tell me... What did you show up here hoping to do?
I came to stop you, obviously!
Stop trying to destroy this island!
I don't think so.
Wait!
Please turn back!
Why are we running away?
That tower will soon fall.
We can save no one if we are smashed to bits.
We must distance ourselves from it so we don't go down with it.
But...
This is nothing compared to Alma's punishments or Yaga's training!
Too close!
Skull Burst!
Magic this weak won't be enough!
Do you realize what you're doing?
You're helping your own enemy!
My enemy?
All I'm trying to do is protect the people in the town!
Protect them?
Don't protect them! Don't help them!
The people of this town aren't worth that!
What are you talking about?
That muscle-brain is the one to blame for all this!
If you defeat him, that'll—
That'll do what?
That'll solve everything?
Just how stupid are you?
You think just getting rid of one Inquisitor is enough?
You've got it backwards.
Huh?
They overlook violence out of fear for themselves.
They wag their tails for authority figures.
They call sorcerers "infected" and offer them as sacrifices.
They're the ones fueling the Inquisitors so they always get their way!
Yeah, but even so...
You'd kill everyone in this town because they discriminate against us?!
Exactly.
So you're going to do the same thing Konrad did?
I don't like the look in your eyes.
Listen. No matter how hard you try,
they're never going to accept you.
No matter how you curry favor with them, humans will call you—
will call us—
infected people and fear us.
I didn't gain the ability to use magic because I wanted to.
Seth, I think you know in your heart which side you should be on.
In that case, Seth, which are you?
Which side am I on?
I'm...
I'm not like that!
I'll use my magic to save everyone!
It would seem you're not like me.
You're a dog who's been tamed by his master.
You're going to save those good, fine people who are being
persecuted by the nasty sorcerer, right?
But you know what? Those good, fine people
tore me away from my mother!
They let my friends die!
They torment us for fun,
but the moment a Nemesis appears,
they expect us to sacrifice ourselves!
If you want to protect people like that, then you...
are not like me...
in the slightest!
Seth... Seth's in trouble!
Veneficium Revelare.
You're wrong!
They feared us as monsters and threw us in a cage.
You're wrong!
They tied us up and tried to kill us.
You're wrong!
They took everything from us!
You're wrong!
And you want to protect those people?!
You're really nothing like me at all!
You're wrong!
I'm... the same as you!
Oh, of course.
Grimm, did you figure something out?
Indeed. It appears the battle is already over.
What? Then is Seth...
The warring Fantasia has vanished,
because Seth has stopped fighting.
To express it in musical terms,
the two of them are performing the same score now.
What does that mean?
It means Seth is in agreement with her.
You're exactly right.
I can't forgive them for all they've done to me, either.
I've thought so many times that I want to destroy everything.
And what about now?
In all this time you've spent just enduring it,
have the people's attitudes changed?
Have they accepted us?
Have they given you a reason not to fight the Nemesis?
No.
I still have dreams.
About the childhood I spent in hiding,
about always being on the run...
I had magic, so I could've easily gotten back at them.
But Alma told me I couldn't do that, no matter what,
and I've stuck to that.
I was frustrated. I was scared.
Then you understand why I came back to this island, right?
And you know that what I've done was necessary!
I'm not doing this just to fulfill a lust for revenge!
Yeah... I know.
But I refuse to become the kind of monster they think I am.
Is it over?
The island's stopped shaking.
Can you see what's going on?
What a farce this is.
What a ridiculous masque.
And I've been taken in.
So you followed your master's orders to the letter, then.
It's not that.
Then what is it?!
Stop.
You're still going to let them tie me up and execute me, aren't you?!
No.
Well, then, are you planning to kill me yourself?!
To prove your loyalty to your master down there?!
I told you, it's not like that!
I won't let them execute you,
and I won't hand you over to the Inquisition!
Then what are you going to do?
There's nothing you can do!
You fool.
You're the fool.
What do you get out of choosing to become the bad guy?
There's nothing cool about that at all!
The rift between them and sorcerers has been in place for generations!
You can't do anything about it!
The only choice we have is to fight for one side or the other!
Anyone who says that's wrong is naïve.
Either that or a traitor.
I told you. It's not like that.
Don't just decide everyone is your enemy.
You don't have to choose one side or the other.
Is that your answer?
Then nothing you want will ever be realized.
There's no reason to go on living.
There is something we can do. Something we ought to do.
Let's destroy Radiant together!
If Radiant is gone, there'll be no more Nemesis!
And then you and I, and Alma too, can live as friends with everyone!
Okay? You'll help, right?
A pipe dream like that could never—
It can!
That's why I left on my journey.
Let's change this world together!
You fool.
I wish I could have felt that way.
Well, then, I'll change you!
Wh-What's that?
All of you are completely surrounded...
by me!
Who's that enormous guy?
Look! A battleship!
It's the Inquisition!
W-We're saved!
Hurry up and capture all those infected people!
Captain! Those are reinforcements from home, aren't they?
Yes...
But to see them using a miracle already doesn't bode well.
That Domitor is out of control. Isn't this to be expected?
The situation is definitely serious,
but they've never dispatched actual officers over something like this before.
Huh?
What are they afraid of?
Or is there something more to that boy?
My goodness!
Nothing makes life feel worth living quite like using a miracle!
Seth!
Melie! Grimm!
What is that? Is it magic?
No. Grimm senses no Fantasia.
This is a different power the Inquisition has, known as a "miracle."
Miracle?
Now, drop your weapons immediately
and hand over the horned sorcerer!
That sorcerer is a criminal under suspicion as follows...
What?! Is he talking about me?
He is suspected of the murder of Inquisition Colonel Viviane Dire,
damage to parts of Castelbosque Castle,
attempted murder of two councilors of Ponantan...
What in the world is he saying?
Theft of weapons from the Inquisition,
and kidnapping during the Meden-Vallée invasion...
What are you talking about?!
Complicity in the massacres at Vivicine and Paul au Prune...
Arson in the northern sector of the Forest of Septentrium...
Is that true?
I don't know anything about any of this!
But... why do I feel as if I know the names he's reciting?
Hey, giant old man! I think you've got the wrong—
Wh-What are you doing?
Inquisitor, I'll give this boy to you.
Oh, and...
You two had better stay put.
One move, and I'll kill him.
Well, who could have seen this coming?
The woman sorcerer acknowledges her own mistake?
Something like that.
You—
First of all, who are you?
Hameline.
I see.
Well, Hameline, the Inquisition does not negotiate with heinous criminals.
But that's just a front, isn't it?
If you didn't mind him being killed, you would've crushed him by now.
Besides, if someone like you took the trouble to come here,
it must mean that he's very important to you, right?
Hey, Hameline!
Did you think you could convince him?
It seems that you're a pretty big deal.
I'll get all the use I can out of you.
Damn you!
Inquisitor, in exchange for this boy, promise me this.
Let's hear your demand.
Release all the sorcerers being held prisoner,
and stop going after sorcerers.
I refuse.
I thought as much.
Then I'll make one more request.
I'd like you and all your compatriots...
to die.
Ouch, ouch, ouch! How powerful you are!
You've cast away my projection!
Santori, you weren't just defeated, were you?
Of course not! I was merely a bit surprised.
I will take care of her at once.
I swear it on my beard!
Don't just stand there! Get up!
The battleship will reach us any moment!
Some of my brothers are in there. Look after them.
They aren't evil.
Don't treat them like monsters.
Hey...
Yes... I like that expression.
The foolish look of an unbiased child who understands nothing.
That's the expression you should always have.
So long, little boy.
Seth!
I can't go with you.
Just as you have a goal you won't compromise on,
I have my own "side" to protect, as well.
Seth!
Let go!
Let me go! She's gonna get caught!
That is what she wants.
She is buying time so that you can escape.
Seth, if you insist that what you say is right,
then keep running...
and find your way to Radiant!
Seth...
Change... this world...
To Be Continued
Next Time
The Thaumaturges make their unexpected appearance:
Torque, Santori, Teppes, Ullmina, and Liselotte.
Seth, out of his mind with rage, begins to change.
His hidden power goes berserk,
but Torque, "the Beast," surpasses even Seth in strength.
Next time on Radiant, "The Light That Follows the Darkness."
The Light That Follows the Darkness -Awakening-
End