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Chapter 8 – Gaius's
Test
Man: Oh, Arst-san, it seems the people you've been waiting for have
arrived.
Gaius: It was a good discussion. I hope to speak with you again.
Man: Next time we can talk over drinks.
Gaius: Then let me treat you.
Leia: I saw the crowd gathered and thought Gaius must be in the middle
of it.
Leia: Ah, I was showing Milla around. She said she wanted to learn
about Elenpios.
Milla: It really is a city built of "gin"…
Leia: You look like you were
having an interesting conversation, Gaius.
Gaius: Yes. The more I talk to them, the more I realize the people of
Elenpios are just the same as the people of Liese Maxia.
-L1: They all pay for each other's drinking bill? (Leia, Gaius +)
-R1: You had some business to discuss with me?
L1 Route:
Gaius: Hmph, that's an Elenpios way of thinking.
Gaius: If you came in contact with a lot of people, you would come to
understand.
Leia: I understand.
Gaius: I heard everything from Rowen. So you were formerly Maxwell.
Milla: You seem rather important, but who are you?
Elle: He is important. He's a
real king.
Milla: And? You forget, I was the master of all spirits.
Gaius: I see, interesting.
Gaius: It seems the alternate timelines really do exist.
Milla: …
Gaius: Well then, let's get right to the point now.
Gaius: Ludger, I want to know if you really are worthy to carry the
fate of the world on your shoulders.
-L1: That was very condescending.
-R1: And what if you determine I'm not worthy?
R1 Route:
Gaius: I would kill you.
Milla: Well, of course.
Elle: No, you can't do that!
Leia: What do you want Ludger to do?
Ludger: Bring me with you to the next alternate timeline.
Gaius: I want to see your actions with my own eyes.
Vel: It's Vel. A new alternate timeline has been discovered.
Vel: The entry point is near Khan Balk. I'm counting on you to take
care of it.
Gaius: Hmph, perfect timing.
Milla: I'll go too.
Milla: To see your resolve in destroying worlds.
Ludger: …
Elle: And if Ludger does well?
Gaius: Then that would be good.
(bonus scene if you completed
Leia Episode 2)
Leia: Hey.
Leia: I'm working as a journalist for a newspaper now. Would it be
alright to write about you, Gaius?
Gaius: I'm afraid I'm supposed to be travelling in secret.
Leia: Well then, I can wait to publish the article until your work is
finished.
Gaius: It might take years.
Leia: I'll wait. No matter how many years.
Gaius: …Then, you can do as you like.
Leia: Thank you! I just know this will be a great scoop.
(end bonus scene)
Leia: But, if you needed to talk to Ludger so badly, you could've just
contacted him on his GHS.
Leia: If you don't know his number, would you like me to send it to
you?
Gaius: No, Rowen entered the numbers already, but…
Leia: Could it possibly be that…. you're bad at using machines?
Gaius: Now then, please guide me to the alternate timeline.
Leia: And suddenly, I've got a scoop!
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Gaius: So this is an alternate timeline…
Vel: We've detected a guiding sign of Canaan in that timeline. We're
counting on you to recover it.
Elle: There's a guiding sign here!
Gaius: What now?
Leia: First, we look for the thing that is most different from the true
timeline. That is most likely the time factor.
Milla: this is your home, right? Do you notice anything strange?
Gaius: …The city's air is unusually thick.
Leia: Let's ask around for information. That's the basis of any good
investigation!
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Guard: …Step back. King Reen has given orders that no one is to enter
the castle.
-L1: (Force your way in) (battle, Leia +)
-R1: (Turn around and go back)*
L1 Route:
Guard: We won't allow you to enter! If I disobey orders I'll be killed!
(battle)
*If you don't fight I think you
have to sneak in via the rooftops. You can get to the rooftops through a path
near the church on the outskirts of town.
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Wingal: I didn't expect this to happen…
Wingal: I didn't expect…
Wingal: I thought I said no one was to enter!
Wingal: Who are you people…?
Leia: Wingal…!?
Wingal: Hmph, again assassins have come for my life…
Wingal: Don't worry, no one will come to help me. A lonely king is the
most suitable for assassination.
Wingal: However, without fail, I will make you regret coming here!
Elle: What is that!?
-L1: (Transform and attack him!)
-R1: I wanted to try talking to him first… (Gaius +)
R1 Route:
Gaius: I want to as well.
Gaius: This is one possible future.
Gaius: This world is likely one that came about due to an error in
judgment that I made.
(Speaking the Rondau language)
Gaius: Calm down Reen.
Wingal: Bastard, don't you know who you're speaking to!?
Gaius: Have you already forgotten my face?
Wingal: Arst…
(Back to Japanese)
Wingal: Arst! You came back!
Wingal: Ah, For… forgive me.
Gaius: What happened?
Wingal: You want… me to tell you?
Gaius: …
Wingal: To begin with, you abandoned this country's people and
abdicated the throne.
Leia: Gaius did? Why!?
Wingal: Carla was sick with a fatal disease. You wanted to be with her
for the remainder of her life.
Gaius: Carla had… a fatal disease…
Elle: Carla?
Leia: Gaius's younger sister.
Wingal: Once you decide something, I know that you won't waver from
that decision.
Wingal: That was why I asked Carla to persuade you to return.
Wingal: Carla understood and sympathized. But, I never thought she
would…
Gaius: In order to stop me from
leaving, she took her own life.
Wingal: I'm so sorry, Arst!
Wingal: I never intended for
her to do that…! Please believe me… Please believe me…
Gaius: And from the shock of
losing her, the me of this world ran away and disappeared.
Wingal: You…!?
Wingal: You're not Arst, are
you!?
Gaius: No, I am not the Arst
that you knew. But I understand how he feels.
Wingal: How could you
understand!?
Wingal: There is only one Arst
Outway who was my true friend!
Gaius: So there was a possibility
for us to truly become friends…
Wingal: But, I was apparently
the only one who thought we were friends!
Wingal: He abandoned his people, and he abandoned me!
Wingal: Why… Why, Arst!
Elle: The time factor!
Milla: Ludger didn't even need to confirm he was the time factor, did
he?*
Leia: Gaius, is this ok?
Gaius: Destroying alternate timelines, so this is what it means?
Gaius: I now understand this pain. My test of Ludger's resolve is complete.
Ludger: …
Gaius: He's coming!
(boss battle)
Wingal: Help… me… Arst…
Gaius: The person who sits on that throne must prioritize the greater
good over their own individual needs.
Gaius: A king is a solitary figure who must abandon himself for the
greater good.
Wingal: I couldn't… handle it…
Gaius: …I see.
Gaius: Ludger, I'll leave the rest to you.
-L1: (Destroy the time factor.) (Gaius +)
-R1: Are you sure, Gaius…?
L1 Route:
Ludger: Ahhhh!
Gaius: …Excellent.
Elle: Ludger, the guiding sign!
Elle: Umm… I think Ludger did very well.
Lulu: Meow~
Ludger: …
Gaius: You did well.
Gaius: So that was an alternate timeline.
Gaius: …There were times when I too considered abdicating the throne
for Carla's sake.
Gaius: However, in the end I chose to be king. Do you know why?
-L1: Because Gaius was strong enough to make that choice?
-R1: Because you like being king? (Gaius +)
R1 Route:
Gaius: Hm, that's a very Elenpios way of thinking, but it may not be
far from the truth.
Gaius: Interacting with people, as I have been doing here, gave me
strength.
Gaius: I think I like being king, as it means I can volunteer myself to
work for their sakes.
Gaius: Ludger, this is your problem as well.
Gaius: The harshness of destroying alternate timelines would eat away
at even the strongest of hearts.
Gaius: If you fight alone, someday the loneliness will consume you.
Milla: …
Elle: Loneliness means being all alone, right?
Elle: Then that won't happen to Ludger. Because Elle and Lulu are with
him.
Milla: Such words make you seem all grown up.
Elle: Of course! Because Elle is grown up!**
Elle: ?
Leia: Hey, Gaius. I think in the case of having people to support
Ludger, the more the merrier.
Gaius: Yes, you're right. If you need help, just call me.
Gaius: Even if I happen to be having a drink at the time, I don't mind.
Leia: We did it, Ludger! Being acknowledged by Gaius is an amazing
feat.
Milla: Will you treat him then?
Gaius: No, I think we'll just split the costs.
Milla: Did he really acknowledge you?
Ludger: Haha…
(bonus scene if you completed
Leia Episode 2)
Leia: Sigh, it seems like I won't be able to write that article about
Gaius for a long time.
-L1: Are you ok with that? (Leia +)
-R1: What if you secretly write it?
L1 Route:
Leia: There's no helping it.
Leia: Gaius doesn't speak much, but he always seems to be thinking about
so many important things, don't you think?
Leia: In order to properly understand everything, I first have to
become an adult myself.
Leia: It's the same with Ludger.***
Leia: I'm not just going to write up some quick article just for fun,
I'll put my all into it, so don’t worry.
(end bonus scene)
*His Corpse Shell reacts to time
factors, remember? That's what she means.
**Umm, this is sort of lost in
translation I think, possibly. The word "grown up" contains the
Japanese word for "one person," so I think Elle just copies Milla's
phrase and thinks she is saying that "Elle is one person," which is,
of course, true. This is my guess at why they laugh at her.
***She's talking about the fact
that Ludger agreed to let her write about the alternate timelines back in Leia
Episode 2.
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ノヴァからのコール7 [main]
Call
from Nova 7
Nova: Good work Ludger! You now have permission to go to Lacorum Port.
Nova: Our confidence in your ability to pay back your debt is
increasing. Steadiness and diligence are the most important traits in people as
I thought.
Elle: Papa said so too. He said if I don't marry someone who is steady,
he'll never forgive me.*
Nova: Although, someone who is constantly steady and diligent and an
all around "good person" can be a little boring.
Elle: Like a person who will just go along with anything.
Nova: Right, right~
Ludger: Eh…
*The word they use for steadiness
also means diligent/earnest/honest/serious.
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ヴェルからのコール3 [main]
Call
from Vel 3
Vel: It's Vel. I have additional information on the wherabouts of ex-Division
Manager Julius, who ran away after stealing the guiding sign of Canaan.
Vel: Ludger-sama, we would like to ask for you cooperation in this
matter.
Vel: We ask that you meet up with Division Manager Redau's pursuit team
in Ilart Port.
Elle: We have to get the guiding sign back.
Ludger: …
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