Sacred Stone Memories Chapter 9/Quest 10 - Storyline

Hatred and Jealousy

Sieba	You finally came! I finally get to meet you.
Yauras	... ...
Sieba	Well then! Let's decide once and for all who the best twin sword fighter is!
Yauras	...Almira.
Almira	Huh? ...Oh! Yes!
Yauras	I'm sorry. Do you think you can look after Kagura? She has a few deep wounds.
Kagura	Yauras...
Sieba	Heheh. Are you trying to act tough? I'm sure you want to defeat me as well and gain the title of the best in the world, right?
Yauras	There's no sign that Greed Dike showed up in Slothstein. Most likely, they're headed towards Wratharis. Did you receive any word from Othima?
Kagura	No, not yet...
Sieba	Hey...are you listening?
Almira	Um...are you sure you don't need to address her?
Yauras	...? Address who?
Almira	Who? Um, she's been talking to you all this time...
Sieba	Heh. You're afraid to face me, aren't you?
Yauras	Who is that person?
Sieba	Huh...?
Yauras	I'm not sure what you mean by address her since I don't even know who she is. Oh...were you talking to me?
Sieba	...!!! You scum...!
Yauras	See? I don't have any acquaintances who use abusive words like "scum."
Sieba	Aghhh! Get off your high horse! I'm taking you down, you little...!
Yauras	How pathetic.
Sieba	...!
Kagura	Y-you dodged it!
Yauras	If you're going to speak of beauty, then you should start by working on your vocabulary.
Almira	Captain Yauras...you can see her movements?!
Sieba	Very impressive, Yauras. How noble of you to give advice to your enemy.
Yauras	...?! Ugff...!
Kagura	Yauras...?!
Yauras	Ack! Wh-what the...?! I'm sure that I dodged it!
Sieba	Oh? Your complexion isn't looking very good. Now where did that look of confidence disappear to?
Yauras	So...you're not all talk, huh? Fine...come at me then. I'll take you on.
Sieba	Heheh. You're still just as arrogant as ever. Try to ask nicely next time, you rude little tramp!!!
Yauras	Ack...?! She's fast?!
Sieba	You don't learn, do you? Did you think you dodged it?
Yauras	Agh?!
Kagura	Yauras!!!
Sieba	Heheh! Hyahaha! What a wonderful moment! The famous Yauras being carved by my blade...and kneeling pathetically! It's almost like a dream!!!
Yauras	Ugh...! Wh-why do you see me as your enemy?
Sieba	Of course...you wouldn't remember me, would you?
Yauras	Have we met before?
Sieba	In a small village in Wratharis. You...saved me.
Kagura	Saved you?
Sieba	You once saved a little band of thieves from the Wratharis soldiers. The Wratharis soldiers were not necessarily in the wrong. They found a small group of ruffians and, according to their law, were going to execute them. We were the ones that were obviously in the wrong.
Almira	"We"? You were one of the thieves then?
Sieba	My father was a bandit. When I say bandit, he was weak, unresourceful, and a terrible father, but... At that time, he tried to run away and abandon me. He was caught by the Wratharis soldiers.
Kagura	Was he executed?
Sieba	Yes. All the other bandits were restrained along with myself. The Wratharis soldiers, following their law, began the execution. I was ready to die.
Kagura	And Yauras showed up there?
Sieba	Yes. Going against the tough soldiers, you said to them... "What can they do to defend themselves? Put away your weapons."
Almira	Do you remember?
Yauras	No...
Sieba	...I didn't think you would. But...I still remember you clearly in that moment like it was yesterday. Before the army troops, your strength never faltered. And you were breathtakingly beautiful... My father had just been killed...and yet I found myself completely smitten by you!
Yauras	... ...
Sieba	If I had your strength I'm sure I would've been able to save my father... I continued to hold a grudge against you for not having come to save us sooner. Meanwhile, on the other hand...I was filled with deep jealousy and envy for your beautiful figure. You continued to haunt me...
Kagura	Wait. What even is that?! Yauras didn't do anything wrong!
Sieba	Huh? What are you saying?! Being so beautiful and strong is sufficient enough of a sin.
Almira	...! You're twisted. You're so in love with Captain Yauras that it's warped your mind.
Sieba	In love?! Please, you must be joking! Why would I be...
Yauras	...I'm sorry.
Sieba	...?!
Yauras	If I had rushed there a little sooner...I could've saved you from your suffering. ...I'm sorry.
Sieba	Huh?! Stop it!!! Don't say that! You...are the object of my hatred! You have to remain that way!
Yauras	I don't intend to flee from that responsibility, but... That doesn't mean I can let you and the others do what you're doing. I cannot overlook what you people are doing...as a knight who lives in the name of absolute justice.
Sieba	Heheh...! That's right! You've gotta be yourself! Come on...this is the moment I dreamed of! Yauras...I'm going to carve you up with my swords!!!
Kagura	Yauras...!
Yauras	I can't afford to lose! I must avenge my lost friends as well!
Yauras Sieba	!
Later...
Sieba	Ahah...! Ahahaha!!! This is it! This moment! I've lived for this moment!
Yauras	Agh...!!!
Kagura	Yauras...!
Sieba	Come then! Vanish with my blade! I will kill you...and you will become my flesh and blood!
Almira	N-no...this isn't safe! Run!!!
Sieba	Goodbye...you who I have long adored!!!
Kagura	Yauras!!!
Yauras	What you are seeing...is who I was long ago...
Sieba	...What?
Yauras	Your eyes can see only the past. I'm sorry...I am no longer the same person.
Sieba	What do you mean...?!
Yauras	Even while you remained obsessed with the past...I continued to flow forward in time! I encountered and said farewell to many different people... Those experiences made me stronger! I am far, far stronger...and more beautiful than when you knew me!
Sieba	...?! What is this?!
Yauras	Goodbye...
Sieba	...?!
Yauras	My encounter with you will also...become a part of me, blooming into something beautiful...so don't worry...let go!
Sieba	Yauras...!!!
Yauras	Slender Twin-Blade!!!
Sieba	Agh!!! ...Ackk!!!
Almira	Ye...yes...!
Sieba	Ugff! I...I've...
Yauras	...?
Sieba	I think...I've been...waiting...for this moment...
Almira	Yes! Captain Yauras!!!
Yauras	What a poor soul...
Kagura	Huh...?
Yauras	If you are reborn...then you should live...however you wish to live...
Kagura	...Yauras...
Almira	Huh...?! Wh...what?!
Kagura	...? Almira...?
Almira	Th...there are many...many...soldiers there...!
Kagura Yauras	...?!
Orion	...
Yauras	...! ...Orion!
Orion	I see... We meet again, Captain Yauras.
Yauras	Ack...! Stand back!
Almira	O-okay...!
Orion	So you appeared here after all... Just like the Mikaboshi, you intend to protect Matter from our hands. Is that so, Captain Kagura?
Kagura	Ack! O-of course! I won't hand Matter to you!
Orion	Heheh. That's quite the spirit you've got there.
Almira	Wh-what are you going to do? We're obviously outnumbered!
Yauras	It's not a matter of numbers. Of course we'll stave them off here.
Almira	B-but...!
Yauras	I'll create an opening. You two go and request reinforcements from Northern Pride.
Kagura	W-wait...what are you going to do?!
Yauras	What do you think? If I can take out Orion, it will cause mayhem. I'll risk my life in order to try and settle things here.
Kagura	You've got to be kidding! I can't let you handle this on your own, Yauras!
Almira	Me too! We need to stop them here or they'll end up getting us eventually!
Yauras	You guys...
Orion	Hehe...such a beautiful friendship, isn't it?
Yauras	Tsk...!
???	Hey...what are you doing?
Yauras	...?
???	What are you doing? Open your eyes, idiot! I thought you were going to climb all the way to the top of Veda! Hey!!!
Kagura	Where did that person...come from?
???	Who did it? Who killed my friend?!
Yauras	It appears he's one of the Templars too.
???	...! Are you a twin blade fighter? Hey...are you the one who killed her? The wound on her body and the sword you have in your hand are strikingly similar...
Waginau	Calm yourself, Sol. Emperor Orion is speaking.
Sol	Shut up. My friend was taken from me. If you're gonna get in my way, I'll eliminate you, all right?
Waginau	...! Uckkk...!!!
Kagura	Sol...?! You're the leader of the Templars?!
Sol	Hey...I'll ask you one more time. Are you the one who killed my friend?
Yauras	Yes. I defeated her.
Sol	...Tsk. Nothing good comes from hanging around with you lot.
Orion	What...?!
Sol	Any man who raises his hand against a woman is worse than a dog. That's my philosophy...and yet you're making me do this.
Yauras	?!
Kagura	He's fast!!! Yauras!!!
Sol	This goes against my philosophy! But...I cannot allow the person who killed my friend to remain alive! That is our law!!!
Yauras	...Ack!!!
Kagura	He dodged it! H-how fast can he be...?!
Orion	Dodged it...? Captain Kagura...is that how you see it?
Kagura	Huh...?
Sol	Is this the arm you used to kill my friend? I will dedicate it to her death!
Yauras	Ugh...! Agh!!! Ahhh!!!
Kagura	...!!! Yau...ras!!!
Almira	Ca-Captain Yauras...your arm?!
Sol	You will never again be able to hold two swords. Now the title of twin swordsman will belong to Sieba alone.
Yauras	Uckk...!!! Ru...run!!!
Kagura	Huh...?!
Yauras	Th-this man...is on a whole other level! Ughh! Ahhh!!!
Almira	Captain Yauras?!
Yauras	Ack! I-I'll buy you time! Hurry...
Kagura	?! No...is that Burning Seal...?!
Yauras	Ta-take Almira...hurry!!! Report to...Ka-Kanon...
Sol	What are you up to?
Yauras	...Agh!!!
Kagura	Yauras!!!
Sol	What are you plotting? Your atonement still hasn't finished yet.
Yauras	U-ugh...! Ack...!!!
Kagura	...! Wait! I won't let you continue any further!
Sol	Huh? Are you going to stop me?
Yauras	...! N-no...! Kagura!
Kagura	Agh! I-I won't let you have Yauras!
Sol	This is penance for having robbed me of my friend. If you're going to interfere, I'll take your head off...understood?
Almira	Kagura...!
Kagura	Y-you've gotta be kidding me! That woman's death was her own fault! Likewise, I'll have you make amends for the death of Captain Monzein!
Sol	You're an unreasonable one, aren't you?
Almira	He disappeared...?!
Sol	If you want to blame anything...blame your own stupidity.
Kagura	?! Hu...huh...?!
Sol	Pay...with your soul!!!
Yauras	...
Sol	...! You...
Yauras	Agh...!!! Ugfff!!!
Kagura	Ya...Yauras!!!
Yauras	Ug-gfff...! You...you cannot die...he-here!
Kagura	Huh...?!
Yauras	For the sake of Commander Za-Zain...Monzein...and all the others who have lost their lives...the torch must pass on to you... Y-you must not...die here!
Kagura	Ya-Yauras...!!!
Yauras	Ugfff! I-I...will connect with you, Kagura. You must do whatever you can...to survive! Live...and report to Kanon and the others! Tell them to carry on my dying wish...and make certain that they all...
Sol	Her belly is sliced open and yet...what tremendous will.
Yauras	Ugh...! Uck!!! Ahhh...!!!
Kagura	St-stop...!
Sol	Come now... It is time for you to atone for all those you have buried.
Yauras	Ju-justice is...absolute...
Sol	What's that...?
Yauras	O-our absolute...justice...will not succumb...to the likes of you...!!!
Kagura	Yauras!!!
Sol	She kept her resolve until her last breath. I must say that I'm impressed.
Kagura	...! St-sto...!!!
Yauras	!!!
Kagura	?! ...Ya...Yaur...as...?
Yauras	... ...
Kagura	!!! Noooooooo!!!
Almira	!!! It...it can't be...!!!
Sol	Just to confirm. We just need to get Matter, correct?
Orion	Heheh. Are you asking why we came to the Saga Region? Don't worry. I just wanted to confirm that you would appear.
Sol	It doesn't sound like you trust us.
Waginau	You're a group of vagabonds. Of course there is no trust.
Orion	Enough. Matter is what will be responsible for ending the balance of power in this world. There must not be a single error in obtaining it. Don't worry. This doesn't change the fact that Matter will be my reward to you.
Sol	We're cooperating with you in order to obtain that. There's no chance that you will suddenly decide not to keep your end of the bargain, is there?
Kagura	Agh...?! Le-let me go!
Sol	Well, as long as we get our reward then all will be well. Is this the girl who belongs to the royal family of Wadatsumi? She should have a better sense of that than anyone. We'll have her serve as our guide.
Orion	Do as you please. Let's go, Waginau.
Waginau	Are you certain you want to leave it in his hands?
Orion	Of course. Do you think there is any harm in leaving it to the man who is greedier than anyone?
Waginau	Hm...
Orion	More importantly, we don't have time to waste here. The time to encounter Nimul is imminent.
Waginau	Indeed. Sol...do follow your orders.
Sol	I don't need you to tell me that. Off with you.
Waginau	Annihilate all who serve the Holy Guard!!! Do not let a single soul live!
Greed Dike Soldiers	...
Almira	Ugh...ghh!
Kagura	Ack...! Vermilion Bird!!!
Almira	Huh...?!
Kagura	Vermilion Bird! Take Almira to Northern Pride!
Almira	?! Ka-Kagura...?!
Kagura	Almira! Tell Kanon of our situation...please!
Almira	Wa-wait...! Ka...Kagura...!!!
With Sol, the leader of the Templars, having finally shown himself... His greedy eyes search the grasslands for any signs of the Philosopher's Stones... As for the Holy Guard...having lost an irreplaceable knight... Will they be able to stop the ambitious end that the King of Beasts has planned? The balance of power tilts, as the world slides into chaos... Unbeknownst to all, everything is being manipulated by a certain man...