Dad?
Oh. You came to save Kanna?
Impressive. For you.
Without psychite, Kanna cannot survive.
Keiko was the same.
Where is my mom?
Keiko is with me.
In a word that is known, in the sphere of philosophy, as "Idea."
I'm coming after you.
Just stay there and wait for me.
It's time, I think.
Not that "time" means anything at all.
Which is a lesson you're about to learn very well...
So this is Dela Granto?
Are these edible?
If my dad was gonna make me play survivalist,
he should've said so ahead of time!
"Episode 18: Twilight in Dela Granto"
Check.
Activating hall.
Check. Forced teleport.
How many years has it been since I've spent so much time in the woods?
If I use this I won't be able to get back to Kanna-chan.
What the hell is this place?
Help me!
Who's there?
No!
Stay away!
A monster?
And a girl?
Hold it!
I'm glad it was weaker than it looked.
You okay?
What's your name? Where did you come from?
Can you not talk?
Huh? I thought I heard screaming, though...
Well, I'm not sure what to do.
But right now, you're my only hope in this world.
I'm Takuya. Ta. Ku. Ya.
I'm not scary at all!
See?
You laughed.
Does your name start with any of these letters?
A. I. U. E. O.
Okay... Ka. Ki. Ku. Ke. Ko.
This'll take a while.
Um...
Your name is Sayless.
And you don't know where you're from, or about Sakaimachi or psychite.
Right?
So now there's two lost people instead of one, huh?
A desert?
What is it?
That way?
A house?
There may be someone home!
Let's go.
Hello? Is anyone home?
Excuse me...
Hey, Sayless.
Is this room normal?
I see...
So this world's civilization isn't that primitive, huh?
Watch out!
Throw down your weapon.
Who are you?
If anything, I'd like to know who I am in this world.
Did you come from the imperial city?
I don't think so, unless you mean Sakaimachi.
Take off your clothes.
Wow, usually I'd have to buy you dinner first.
Disarm.
Very perceptive... You noticed my magnum.
Mag...?
Do it, now!
Or...
Hey!
Are you okay?
You're awake.
What did you do to me?
Nothing.
You'd peed yourself so I took care of that, but nothing else.
Hang on!
Sayless did it all, not me!
I'm sorry for pointing my sword at you like that.
My name is Ailia.
I am a knight, guarding the border at the order of the Divine Emperor.
The border?
The boundary that separates Dela Granto from the rest of the world.
I defeat the monsters that appear here.
So you're a border guard.
More or less, yes.
Why did you come to Dela Granto, Takuya?
I came to find psychite.
Have you ever heard of it?
Psychite?
I'm afraid not...
Is it a jewel to give that girl?
No.
I'm giving the stone to another girl.
The monsters coming across the border grow in number
and get more violent by the day.
It's a sign of Mother Nature's wrath, which is visited upon us once every 400 years.
Four hundred years again?
That's a number I hear a lot.
The wrath of Mother Nature shows the people of Dela Granto no mercy.
Great rains. Floods.
Earthquakes. Lands turned to desert.
You can't do anything about a natural disaster.
There is a way.
In five years, a ritual will be done to purify this world,
and a god shall manifest.
A god?
The priestess who becomes the vessel
of the god sacrifices her physical abilities in exchange for divine power.
Some lose the ability to walk. Others, their voice.
Are you talking about Sayless?
I thought so as well.
But if she was a priestess,
how did she get all the way here from the imperial city?
She crossed the desert...
Crossing the Rafaelo Desert under Melgio's hateful gaze is impossible.
Completely impossible.
We're back!
You can cook, huh?
Wonderful! Let's eat!
Let's eat!
The priestess is gone?
We've confirmed she was on the dais as of this morning.
Divine Emperor, what shall we do?
The royal guards must form a team to track her down.
I shall consult the will of Mother.
Yes, sir!
This "kendo" of yours isn't meant for real combat, is it?
I've never held a real sword before!
Don't let your guard down in Dela Granto!
All the knights on the border except me have died.
What lies beyond the desert?
The imperial city.
And on the way, the quarries.
The quarries?
I don't know the details. But that's where they mine the holy stones.
Are they different from psychite?
I don't know.
But...
I know. You can't cross the desert, right?
Yes.
I'll handle it.
Ailia, are you okay?
Yes. And after I just told you not to let your guard down, too...
What happened? That's not like you.
I remembered my little sister.
Sister?
Amanda...
The only family I have left now.
She was different from me in every way imaginable.
She ran away from home.
Who knows what she's doing now...
Ailia?
I knew it. You're sick...
Struggling against it won't help.
The disease that eats away at me is fate.
We'll go to the forest later.
Okay.
Is there something on my face?
No, you're as pretty as ever.
I'll be back later.
What's up?
You're going over there to pick flowers?
It's dangerous, so I'll go with you--
Got one! Wow! It's a fighter!
Wow! Wow! It's a big one!
Sayless, wait! Wait!
Look at the size of it!
It's a big one!
Sayless! Behind you!
Sayless!
Sayless, run to Takuya!
Ailia!
Are you okay?
I see...
Sayless...
You knew I would die today, didn't you?
Ailia!
I knew it. You're the priestess.
Why did you abandon the ritual to come here?
I want you to save this nation from
Mother Nature's wrath.
It's something... only you can do...
It's what... you must do...
The wish of all the people...
What Sayless must do...
What I must do...
I'm going to the quarry in the desert.
To find the psychite.
It's what I must do.
So do what you must do.
I'm going alone!
You won't survive in the desert!
Did Sayless give up?
Good... That's what needed to happen.
No way...
Damn it!
Sayless?
Don't tell me... She's still in the desert?
Mother...
Is what you said a lie?
No. I believe it...
Sayless! Sayless!
Sayless!
Takuya...
Where are you, Sayless?
I'm here.
The light of life, the light of Melgio, envelops me...
Melgio?
The direction of the sun?
--I can feel it...
--Sayless! Sayless! Sayless! --I can feel it...
--Sayless! Sayless! Sayless! --His breath. His voice.
Sayless!
Drink, Sayless!
I heard your voice. It brought me here.
Takuya...
My meeting with you was destined by fate...
Fate?
"Episode 19: The Bond Between Parent and Child"
Episode 19: "The Bond Between Parent and Child."