Chapter 8 Episode 2/1-10 - Storyline

Helkovara

Alma	Liz! Are you okay!?
Lisbeth	Alma! And... Thank you for your help, Melvy!
Melvy	Don't worry about it. It's our air defense mission to protect the skies of Lustburg.
Sarah	...
Melvy	Even so, "You're still alive" is a greeting. Even if we were best friends, right?
Sarah	Because you seemed to have little attachment to life... and you didn't have a boyfriend either.
Melvy	It's not that they weren't there, it's that they didn't make them...!
Sarah	Is that so? All the men were avoiding you, but they said your arms were too strong and you weren't cute.
Melvy	Haha! This woman talks a lot... What is she hiding next time?
Sarah	What are you talking about?
Melvy	When you provoke someone like that, it's always when you have something dark to hide.
Sarah	...
Melvy	Why did you come back from the depths of hell now? Two hundred years ago...! This country we have rebuilt together with Venus! Are you planning to destroy it with your own hands now!?
Sarah	Melvy... During your lifetime, I thought many times that this country should disappear...
Melvy	Sarah?
Sarah	That's the kind of woman I am, that's why I... I'm sorry.
Melvy	Ugh!?
Sarah	After all, even if your appearance doesn't change, it will deteriorate. You don't have the sharpness you had back then, Melvy.
Melvy	Ha! That's why I'll show you the techniques I've honed...!
Melvy Sarah	!
Alma	I see.... Then, that woman...
Lisbeth	Alma, do you know her? That Sarah is a witch.
Alma	I heard it from Melvy before. Venus and Melvy's best friend who died 200 years ago... And for the sake of Helkovara, the "betrayal" witch tried to assassinate Queen Venus and was struck back.
Lisbeth	Betrayal... But...
In the past...
Sarah	From the time of the founder, the wise man Miranyx, witches always fight to protect something.
The present...
Lisbeth	If so, what is that woman trying to protect now...?
Battalion A	...
Battalion B	...
Battalion C	...
Battalion D	...
Lisbeth	The Battalions again!?
Alma	Well, it seems like we won't be able to support our friend Melvy unless we defeat these guys.
Melvy	You don't need it! You guys don't play with them!!
Alma	Melvy is so stubborn even after fighting on the front lines!
Lisbeth	Oh! You'll use it without hesitation!? Is that okay? Aren't you gaining weight?
Alma	Liz! What you are most concerned about right now!? Well, it's no problem, she's been around since this war started... I've never had any leftover Alchemy!
Battalion B	...
Lisbeth	Alma...I see. Alma has been working hard, too.
Battalion A	...
Battalion D	...
Lisbeth	Let's continue to destroy the Battalions and support Melvy!
Alma	Let's go!! It's been a long time since we two are going wild!
Later...
Lisbeth	!
Battalion	...
Lisbeth	Okay, we're done! Melvy...
Melvy Sarah	!
Melvy	Hey, aren't you having more Alchemy than before?! What are you going to do when the dead grow up...!
Sarah	That kind of girl has started using disgusting techniques. If you look at her bad blows, there's a limit to what she can do with ground moves...!
Melvy	The teacher would have used it often...!
Sarah	...

Sarah	Yes, I guess...
Melvy	Sarah?
Sarah	But that's okay. Enough with the memories. Peace too. Joy too. She decided to give her all, even her sadness... Let's restore this country to vacant land once again, including our suffering. All my sorrows are covered with snow... "The size of the beast that calls for spring...
Battalion	!
Sarah	...!?

Sarah	A Battalion other than mine, and this technique...
???	It has become a fleeting thought for quite some time, Mother.
Lisbeth	Eh, who!?
Eleonora	This voice... I never thought she would leave the mansion. She is Rakel Helkovara.
Rakel	Don't say that. No matter how anti-reformist you are, you are not depressed enough to wait until the country is in crisis.
Sarah	You. You are...
Rakel	Let me say it again, it's been a while since I've seen her, Mother. And from this moment on, this battlefield will be in my custody. I am Rakel Helkovara, the current head of the Helkovara family.
Court Mages	...
Sarah	...
Rakel	The entire Air Defense Force and Helkovara's main force, as expected from Mother, will not be unscathed against all this... What should we do?
Sarah	That's fine. You're a witch of Helkovara, and you don't fight in unfavorable battlefields. That's what I taught you. ...
Lisbeth	Is she escaped?
Rakel	That seems like it. As expected of a Helkovara witch, her quickness in running away is second to none.
Eleonora	Do you say that yourself? Anyway, thank you for your help, Rakel. As the Headmistress of this school, I would like to thank you.
Rakel	Don't worry. It's after something.
Lisbeth	Hmm, what is it for me?
Rakel	That's right. Witch Lisbeth, I have a suggestion for you.
Lisbeth	A suggestion?
Rakel	That Sacred Stone Asmodeus that you hold... Are you willing to leave it with me?

Holy Knights of Babel	...
Rebecca	We really have infiltrated...!
Edgar	Yes, I'm surprised too... Why didn't they notice us?
Nyx	That's where my magic comes from... Well, it's all about this kind of trickery, but right now I'm did this. Let me explain once again. I am a residual thought of a "me" who has already died. In other words, I'm like a ghost. You can't have too many alchemies. Instead, do this...
Holy Knight of Babel	...
Nyx	You can directly respond to spirits and deceive what you see in the entire world.
Edgar	Super amazing hallucinations. I hear some of Wadatsumi's ninja are good at such things.
Rebecca	But what are you going to do now? It's true that we want to rescue Lady Venus, but... we don't have the means to do so.
Nyx	I want you to feel safe about that, because you have called for a very reliable helper. Could you please come out soon?
???	Well, it's true that we were also looking for collaborators, but... I never expected that in this day and age, there are people who can master the old codes of the Holy Guard of Knights.
Edgar	You. That armor...
Cadanova	Yes, I belong to the Holy Guard, but it was a hundred years ago. My name is Cadanova. I'm the Former Captain of the 4th Regiment of the Holy Guard.