How? I know I buried you myself!
It can't be...
Dad?
"Four years earlier"
Why?! Why isn't my wish fulfilled?!
Raising the dead--
It requires the greatest of skill, even among Magonian powers.
If only I could find a Magonian witch...
The source of Magonian power is the strength of people's hopes and wishes.
You have the perfect person to utilize for that, do you not?
You don't mean... Rugis?
Duke Rugis is a hero known to all throughout the kingdom.
You're saying I should use the hopes and desires within him?
Those, as well as the strength of will that he possesses.
But to use one of my subjects so...
Are you forgetting about those suspicions?
About how he objected to you cutting off your support last year,
and was soliciting soldiers to overthrow the kingdom?
Please give me your decision, Your Majesty.
That we may thwart Duke Rugis's plot. And more importantly,
to fulfill Your Majesty's wish.
My soldiers are exhausted from fighting Daire,
and the people are stretched to the breaking point.
Your Majesty, for the sake of the Camellian people,
please extend your support once again.
You have not achieved much of anything militarily for many years,
but your demands, at least, are full strength.
Much to my great shame.
I thought I ordered you to claim the head of Daire's emperor.
The fact that you still have not accomplished that
means that it is beyond your power to do so, doesn't it?!
You are indeed correct.
The strongest, the most primitive of emotions.
You must trigger his anger.
His anger will bring out the Magonian power?
Your Majesty, your words must cause him to let go of his inhibitions.
Once you were set up as a Templar knight,
have you grown overconfident in your own abilities?!
Your Majesty! Rugis is a loyal subject who has risked his life for the kingdom!
What you are saying is--
Don't, Leon!
But...
The Templar knights now conspire with each other. Oh, I get it now!
You're planning to add Olivier to your little revolt now, too, aren't you?!
Seize these two!
Have you lost your mind, Your Majesty?!
Rugis! Did you think I was unaware of your plot to overthrow the kingdom?!
Send our soldiers into Camellia! Burn this traitor's land to the ground!
Why, you...!
What's the matter, Rugis? What are you so angry about?
This betrayal... This anger...
Is this how you reward your loyal retainers?!
What is this?
Oh, I can feel it! Your body is brimming...
...with unimaginable power!
What is happening here?
What...
...the hell...
...have you done?!
"December 5th, 771, New Holy Era"
Snow?
What's wrong moru?
I heard from Maurice that the night Fernando passed away,
it was snowing.
It was moru.
Do you know where the others were heading?
Moru?
I have to go to them!
It can't be...
It isn't possible.
How can my brother be...?
Stop, Fernando!
Please keep back!
But...
We will take care of this.
His swordsmanship-- it is definitely my father's.
Damn you, Vall d'Hebron.
Stop this, Brother!
Are you all right?!
Don't get distracted!
Defeat me.
My body is being controlled by the pope; there is nothing I can do.
Unless you stop me, I will kill all of you.
It can't be...
You must strike me down, Adelheid.
I can't do that!
Please, my daughter. Set me free.
Father...
--Maurice! --Maurice!
I won't let you do this. No matter what it takes,
I will defend the princess and Alfred!
That is the oath I swore to you, Brother!
Run...
...Maurice!
Take that last step.
Surpass me.
Dad, if your soul is being held captive, then I will save you!
I will protect all that I love!
That is my code of chivalry!
Measure the reach that holds the chance for victory.
By doing so, I can...
...relieve Father from his agony!
I did it! For the first time, I bested you, Father!
Nicely done.
You've worked hard, haven't you, Adelheid.
Yes!
Father...
I am so happy that once again, I could exchange words and blows with you...
You've gotten strong, Alfred. The day when you surpass me is not far off.
I've seen for myself how much you've grown. I offer my gratitude.
Dad...
There's so much I want to say to you... so much I want you to tell me...
Your feelings reached me through the strike of your blade.
You must have felt it, too.
Now, move forward, together with the princess. I will continue praying
that your future will be one of good fortune...
Dad...
My brother is something else, all right.
Maurice!
We'll get you treated right away!
You two go on ahead.
--Huh? --What are you talking about?!
Look at the shape I'm in. I'll just slow you down.
Besides, I want to spend a little more time with my brother.
All right.
Please, don't let anything happen to you.
This is enough, isn't it, Brother? I've kept them safe,
and in the end, I got to fight you.
I can now die a happy... man...
Are you sure this is the right way?
It should be this way moru. We have to cross here moru.
Ooh, there's something in the water...
Huh?
Deflotte?
What are you doing here, you two?
We were worried about Alfred, and came running to help him moru.
Wh-Wh-What did you tell him that for?!
Oh, I see.
Moru...
In that case, we can't stand around here!
Moru?
The pope is on the other side of there.
Everything is about to come to an end.
Without you, I never would have made it this far.
I took an oath that my sword belonged to you.
I only did what was right.
Even so, please allow me to say... thank you, Alfred.
Your thanks are more than I deserve, Princess Marielle--
Is something the matter?
No. Come on, let's go.
Charlot?
Charlot!
Sister...?
What was I just...?
Thank goodness! I'm so glad you're all right!
Sister...?
Vall d'Hebron!
Reunited with your beloved brother. A truly touching sight.
How was it for you-- seeing your father after so long?
I am grateful to you.
After exchanging words and blows, I was able to carry on my father's wishes.
If you had not used Magonian power, that miracle would have been impossible.
Ho, so you knew about that, as well?
Pope Vall d'Hebron,
what are you trying to bring about in this country through Magonian power?
It is hardly worth bringing up.
My goal is to preserve the peace in the kingdom.
Peace does not require the power to defile the dead
and to control monsters!
The most efficient means of unifying the country
is to create a common enemy.
This power is necessary to bring together and unify the will of the people.
Charlot, get away from here!
M-Mm-hmm!
When an overwhelming threat is closing in,
even those who are opposed to each other will join hands. That...
...is the way that people are.
And the prayers of those who are in despair pleading with God
makes my own power that much stronger.
Was that why you took on the position of pope?!
And with all of this gathered power, I will lead this country
and bring about everlasting prosperity.
In the place of the detestable Hortensia family.
My mother was cast away by your father after he had his fun with her!
That's crazy!
I will bury your family and take control of this country! That is indeed...
...my revenge!
Are those... monsters?
We are not monsters. We are beings that possess godlike powers.
You might best call us diables.
You would turn to devilish powers?!
Its wound...!
Princess!
Please stay back!
Do you think that mere mortals can stand against diables? Hmm...?
--What was that?! --Incoming!
It can't be!
I'm fighting, too!
Such is the determination and resolve of one who leads the people!
This is... the same power as earlier...
It extends to my sword.
Impudent fools! Receive the punishment of my divine wrath!
Keep going, and vanish into nothingness!
Duke Rugis!
What are you doing here?
Allow me to thank you.
Thanks to the Liberation Army's invasion of the capital,
I was able to come this far without any trouble.
So that's it. You are a Bearer, too, aren't you?
It's been four years, Vall d'Hebron.
I haven't forgotten a moment of the anger I felt back then.
It's thanks to that anger of yours
that the monsters were summoned to this world,
and terror holds sway over the kingdom.
My judgment was sound, wasn't it?
Duke Rugis!
Does this mean that you didn't stage that rebellion of your own volition?
None of that matters now.
Until we defeat him, we can't bring an end to this nation's tragedy!
I, who can control Magonian power, am the true ruler of this country!
I need your help!
--Right! --Right!
Go!
You are every bit Fernando's son.
I could not have done it without you being here.
Allow me to offer my thanks, as well.
I am undeserving of your gratitude. My fight with him was for another purpose.
The relic, right?
You know of it?
The relic has within it the power to create conflict.
It is bound to bring ruin, even in the hands of an honorable person.
It must be eliminated from our world.
Princess Marielle...
I am certain that you are capable of reestablishing the kingdom,
and bringing peace and order back to it.
I will need heroes such as yourself to do so.
Rugis, for Hortensia's sake, will you lend us your assistance once again?
But Your Highness, I...
Imagine, being able to witness a farce such as this...
You're a tough customer.
Permit me to tell you the truth of the matter.
What's that?!
The sky...!
Where is the relic?!
It is no longer here.
Then you don't need the relic to use Magonian power?
It was taken away by Didier.
It was his to begin with, after all.
Oh, no...
You were...
...the werewolf?!
What a superb ending to this affair.
Alfred!
Rugis...
How dare you kill Dad and the others...
...and shatter the happiness of everyone else!
Alfred!
Please stay with me, Alfred!
Princess... are you there...?
I'm right here next to you!
Thank goodness... you're safe...
It's all thanks to you!
As a knight... my oath to you is...
Yes. You kept me from harm.
The other one...
Huh?
That when we are alone... I was to call you Marius, wasn't I...?
Yeah, that's right. I'm impressed you remembered.
I promised... after all...
Now... your journey has come to an end...
Which means I...
I don't accept this! You are the princess's knight, and my dear friend!
Moreover, I am your page. I go with you, no matter what.
I will not permit you to just pass away.
You're right... Let's go home to Albert...
The hill there is waiting for us...
Once again, you and I...
"Chapter 12: Promise" "~Once Again, on the Hill at Sunset~"
In order to repair the kingdom that has been corrupted by the pope,
I rose up, and have now been able
to return to the kingdom the future that it was supposed to have.
However, this was by no means accomplished by myself alone.
Many people have been wounded and struck down,
their lives lost, during this war.
Those who laid down their lives for the sake of the kingdom are indeed heroes!
The princess has committed a taboo.
She invoked a hidden power,
one that should never have been meddled with...
Alfred!
She has not realized
that the death that befell him
is the unmistakable truth.