Narrator: With the detonation of miniature Rose
activated by the stopping of his heart, netero perished,
and when he died, the king died along with him.
( Both wailing )
♪
( Singing in Japanese )
♪
Royal guards: Sire!
( Flesh cracks )
( Both gasp )
( Menthuthuyoupi gasps )
( Shaiapouf gasps )
He’s breathing!
Menthuthuyoupi: We have to hurry!
Damn it! The king doesn’t have long!
This is bad!
And there’s not enough time to get him back to pitou!
Shaiapouf: It’s going to be fine.
I will save the king myself.
Menthuthuyoupi: But how?
Shaiapouf: I will let him consume me.
Yes, it’s as simple as that.
( Menthuthuyoupi gasps )
♪
Shaiapouf: Hear me! Listen closely, my cells!
Go! Permeate the king, and heal him!
( Menthuthuyoupi gasps )
♪
( Meruem gasps )
( Shuddering )
Both: Sire!
Shaiapouf: Sire!
Are you all right?
How do you feel?
Meruem: An exquisite delicacy beyond description.
It feels like i’m breathing the air of paradise.
I can feel my energy.
It’s flooding back into me...
Like some enchanted fairy mist.
Shaiapouf: No, please.
I am not worthy of praise such as this, my king!
( Groaning )
( Menthuthuyoupi gasps )
( Shaiapouf panting )
I’m very happy to hear that, sire.
( Breathing deeply )
Please feast until your heart is content.
There’s plenty more where that came from.
Meruem: This is far too good.
And now that I have experienced this taste,
i’ll never, ever be able
to eat anything else but that in my life.
( Shaiapouf wails )
Ohh! Sire!
Sire! Oh, sire!
Please, please, no more!
This heavenly bliss, I can’t take any more of it!
Please, stop!
No more!
( Gasping )
Sire!
Menthuthuyoupi: Oh, please, sire,
I sincerely hope you’ll be willing to accept this as well.
♪
( Grunts )
Shaiapouf: He’s liquefying his cells.
Smart, youpi. Very smart.
( Meruem gasping )
( Dripping )
What rich and powerful depth of flavor.
This could only have come from the heavens above,
these veritable dewdrops of the angels.
( Menthuthuyoupi groans )
Sire!
( Wails ) Sire!
Oh, sire!
( Shaiapouf gasping )
Meruem: Try as I might, I cannot compare the two.
I will declare without hesitation
both of them are supreme dishes.
( Shaiapouf gasps )
( Menthuthuyoupi sighs )
Meruem: I need more, more of both.
Give me all that you have...
And I will receive it,
so give me more of it.
Menthuthuyoupi: Sire!
Shaiapouf: Sire!
Menthuthuyoupi: Yes!
Shaiapouf: Sire!
Both: With pleasure!
Narrator: This was supreme bliss
and unparalleled joy.
Shaiapouf: What is this?
Menthuthuyoupi: What’s this feeling?
Meruem: From this point on always,
you will refer to me as meruem.
( Both gasp )
Meruem: For you see, that name...
Is the name my mother gave me.
( Chorus vocalizing )
( Shaiapouf gasping )
Menthuthuyoupi: I see now.
Royal guards: So this is...
( Chorus continues )
Unconditional love!
Narrator: By facing the king’s near-death and revival
and sharing the essence of their own being,
pouf and youpi underwent a transformation...
And became equals to the queen,
the mother of their species.
( Wind rushing )
♪
Menthuthuyoupi: It’s clear that his strength has increased.
He’s even stronger than before!
Shaiapouf: It appears that our flesh was of help to him.
We are a part of him now.
What an honor this is, what supreme bliss!
Menthuthuyoupi: The king’s heartbeat, his warmth.
We’re even able to share in the king’s thoughts.
( Sighs )
Oh?
However...
Shaiapouf: Because of that, we can tell...
The king is currently...
Both: Extremely confused.
Your highness.
Menthuthuyoupi: Uh, l-lord meruem,
how are you feeling, sire?
Is everything all right?
Maybe we should go back to the palace first, sire.
Shaiapouf: If you still wish to feed,
there is more than enough to satisfy you.
The rest of me will arrive in just a few more minutes.
Meruem: Feed?
Oh, I see.
♪
That taste was real after all.
( Both gasp )
Meruem: Even as I wandered through the waning light,
I heard someone call my name.
"Meruem," they said.
- ( Wind blowing ) - ( Both gasp )
Meruem: Whether it was a dream or reality, I cannot say.
And now...
I cannot remember why i’m here.
It escapes me.
( Both groan )
Shaiapouf: Lord meruem.
Menthuthuyoupi: You lost your memory?
♪
Meruem: I feel perfectly normal.
In fact, I am absolutely overflowing with raw energy.
My mind, however, is clouded in fog.
( Gasps )
Tell me, why do you look like that?
( Menthuthuyoupi gasps )
( Shaiapouf shudders )
We both sent our segments out to scout the area.
They are searching for enemies and will dispose--
- ( gasps ) - ( Menthuthuyoupi gasps )
Meruem: Hear me well,
for I will not repeat myself. Do you understand?
It makes no difference to me if you do it out of affection.
Lying to me is a breach of trust.
So I did eat you.
I ate both of you.
Shaiapouf: We offered ourselves to you freely!
Menthuthuyoupi: We know we stepped way out of line, sire,
but it’s what we really wanted.
Meruem: Well, what happened?
Explain yourselves.
Shaiapouf: Before we do,
i’m afraid that I must ask you a question.
It appears that you are able to recall
our former appearances quite well, my lord,
and I wonder, do you remember
the day that we first began serving you?
( Meruem sighs )
No, I do not.
I did, however, recognize
that both of you had been my royal guards.
I knew your names the moment I saw you.
Perhaps I should say instead that I remembered them,
but as to how that came to be, I cannot recall.
Shaiapouf: My lord meruem...
I think that you may be suffering
from memory loss due to the explosion.
Meruem: An explosion, you say?
Shaiapouf: Yes.
That’s why you came here, you see,
to engage in a duel with the enemy.
However, the human, a coward and a scoundrel,
resorted to a devious, underhanded trick
and utilized a powerful bomb, betraying your good faith.
♪
Meruem: A duel. Yes, that’s right.
I remember it now.
I was fighting a duel.
Shaiapouf: But given your power and your limitless fortune,
we knew that a human would never be able to kill you, sire.
However, none of us could bear to see you in that state,
so we did what we could to speed your recovery,
knowing full well that we might be punished.
After all, sire, our bodies are not our own.
No, they belong entirely to you.
We merely returned
what was already yours in the first place.
Menthuthuyoupi: Let’s go back to the palace.
( Shaiapouf gasps )
Menthuthuyoupi: That will be the fastest way
for you to regain your memory.
Shaiapouf: Well, well.
This, this is a golden opportunity!
♪
If I return to the palace first...
I can dispose of it.
At the moment, the king does not remember her.
If I eliminate her now, all of this is finished.
He’ll never even remember who she was.
This will require convincing pitou
and getting rid of that meddling human.
No, I know what I must do.
Before all else, I must end its life.
( Joints pop )
If I can kill her,
everything else will fall into place.
If he’s running at full speed,
the king will still need 20 minutes to reach the palace.
Oh, that’s more than enough time to kill her.
Menthuthuyoupi: Whoa.
Meruem: This feels as natural
as if I were born with these attached to my body.
( Shaiapouf gasps )
Meruem: I can already fly.
- ( Shaiapouf gasps ) - ( Menthuthuyoupi laughs )
Meruem: Which way to the palace?
Menthuthuyoupi: North, sire.
You should be able to make it there
in about 15 minutes or so if you hurry up.
( Wind blowing )
Meruem: It’s there.
Menthuthuyoupi: Huh?
( Shaiapouf gasps )
Meruem: I realize the answer that I seek
is there within the palace.
♪
Shaiapouf: He’s fast.
I can’t slow down, or he’ll catch up!
Fifteen minutes? No.
At this speed, he’ll get there in five.
There’s so little time to spare.
Quickly! Quickly, my segments!
This is a gamble.
It won’t be long before the king
sees the millions of humans gathered outside the palace.
Then he’ll remember everything.
He’ll remember that his objective
is to rule over all living creatures.
That’s why he cannot see that girl.
As a royal guard,
as one who has inherited the queen’s will...
It’s my duty to eliminate that lowly human girl.
She’s gone.
But where...
Knuckle: Hakoware!
Palm: I’ve seen you with my eye before...
Before I was turned into a cocoon.
That means i’ll always be able to see you,
no matter where you go.
Shaiapouf: What was that?
It felt like something just attacked my segment.
Whatever it was, it came from nowhere.
Meruem: What’s wrong? Tell me what’s happening.
Shaiapouf: Eh?
( Gasps )
I don’t know. It seems to have resulted
from the remaining enemies attacking my segment.
Meruem: Let us hurry.
Palm: It’s the king.
♪
The king is alive!
( Singing in Japanese )