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...Um, Sir Knight. I cannot help feeling
we have seen the same withered tree several times now...
we have seen the same withered tree several times now...
...Why do you look at me with such cold eyes—
Details 8:42
- Chapter
- Saltatio Beneath the Shifting Moon
- Duration
- 8:42
- Release
- Nov 17
- Characters
- Doloris / Uika Misumi , Mortis / Mutsumi Wakaba , Timoris / Umiri Yahata , Amoris / Nyamu Yūtenji , and Oblivionis / Sakiko Togawa
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I know...! What an annoying forest this is...
The fog is thickening, too... Let us make haste!
The fog is thickening, too... Let us make haste!
Yes...!
That day, I had set out with the Stern Knight
to seek the trial appointed to him.
to seek the trial appointed to him.
But the forest ran deeper than we had ever imagined...
For days on end, we wandered and could not find our way.
For days on end, we wandered and could not find our way.
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...It is dangerous to go any farther...
There is no help for it. We shall camp here tonight.
There is no help for it. We shall camp here tonight.
Yes.
By the way, Sir Knight, if I may ask something rather forward...
Why did you propose to the Princess?
Why did you propose to the Princess?
Is that not obvious...!
Her beauty goes without saying,
but it was her character that won me over, heart and soul!
but it was her character that won me over, heart and soul!
It was the day I proposed...
I stole a march on the other two knights and obtained a chance to meet the Princess—
I stole a march on the other two knights and obtained a chance to meet the Princess—
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Old Castle in the Woods
—Princess, forgive me for calling at this hour!
I simply had to see you, if only for a moment...!
I simply had to see you, if only for a moment...!
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Oh my...
And here I thought a mouse had slipped in.
And here I thought a mouse had slipped in.
You call yourself a knight,
and yet you cannot even muster the patience to wait your turn?
and yet you cannot even muster the patience to wait your turn?
...
I have no excuse...!
But my love is without a single cloud—
I have no excuse...!
But my love is without a single cloud—
...Without a single cloud?
Perhaps you ought to look in a mirror.
Perhaps you ought to look in a mirror.
Then you might come to see that
the love you speak of is nothing more than self-indulgence.
the love you speak of is nothing more than self-indulgence.
...!
...My, that was a joke.
No, perhaps I was half in earnest?
No, perhaps I was half in earnest?
Either way,
whether I accept this so-called "love" of yours...
depends entirely on whether you can overcome the trial I set before you.
whether I accept this so-called "love" of yours...
depends entirely on whether you can overcome the trial I set before you.
By all means, struggle desperately to entertain me.
Hehe.
Hehe.
The Princess was truly a mystery,
a woman who spoke without mincing words...!
a woman who spoke without mincing words...!
And yet so whimsical, with such a mocking, insolent nature!
She is precisely my ideal...!
She is precisely my ideal...!
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Mocking...?
The Princess...?
The Princess...?
(The Princess I know is merciful to all,
and always smiles so gently.)
and always smiles so gently.)
(She is not the sort of person Sir Knight speaks of...)
(And yet what Sir Knight told me
hardly seems a lie, either—)
hardly seems a lie, either—)
...
A Few Days Later
As our journey wore on, the fog in the forest grew ever thicker,
until we could no longer be certain even of where we stood.
until we could no longer be certain even of where we stood.
...! There is a light beyond the fog...
Could the magic mirror be there...!?
Could the magic mirror be there...!?
Sir Knight! Please wait!
To go on now is—
To go on now is—
—!
Waaah!
Waaah!
Sir Knight!!
...Th-That cannot be—
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I hurried back to the castle and reported everything to the Princess.
...I see.
Understood.
Understood.
(...That is all?
Sir Knight has lost his life, and yet...)
Sir Knight has lost his life, and yet...)
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Next, I came to travel with the Graceful Knight.
When I asked him about the Princess as well—
When I asked him about the Princess as well—
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...Ah... my beloved Princess...!
So dazzlingly bewitching, so radiant...!
And yet so willful, so bold and unrestrained!
And yet so willful, so bold and unrestrained!
A beauty that could topple a kingdom! She is my ideal!
(...Nothing at all like the Princess I know.
Nor like the figure the Stern Knight described—)
Nor like the figure the Stern Knight described—)
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A Few Days Later
But the Graceful Knight, too—
Ngh...! The wind has risen so suddenly...!
I cannot see through the sand...!
I cannot see through the sand...!
Sir Knight...! Let us take shelter behind that rock...!
No, wait! There is something shining atop that great tree...!
Is that not the crown!?
Is that not the crown!?
Please wait...!
To climb a tree that tall in this wind...! It is far too dangerous!
To climb a tree that tall in this wind...! It is far too dangerous!
But I cannot leave it unconfirmed...!
Sir Knight, please come back!
Sir Knight!!
Sir Knight!!
—There, just a little farther...!
If I can but lay my hand on that branch—
If I can but lay my hand on that branch—
...!
Aaah—
Aaah—
High in that great tree, one step short of his prize, his hand slipped,
and he fell to his death.
and he fell to his death.
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A Few Days Later
And at the very last, I came to travel with the Sincere Knight.
The image of the Princess
that I heard of on that third journey was unlike the one I knew,
and unlike the ones the other two had spoken of as well.
that I heard of on that third journey was unlike the one I knew,
and unlike the ones the other two had spoken of as well.
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Yes...
If I were to put it in a single word, she is a saint...!
If I were to put it in a single word, she is a saint...!
Full of loving-kindness, so warm... She forgives everything...!
She is truly my ideal!
She is truly my ideal!
And the Sincere Knight as well—
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In pursuit of the item the Princess desired, he was swallowed by the raging waves and perished,
one step short of his goal.
one step short of his goal.
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Old Castle in the Woods
...Princess. The Sincere Knight has also departed, never to return.
Every one of them, one step short of the goal...
Every one of them, one step short of the goal...
I see.
Thank you for your report.
Thank you for your report.
...
...Why do you look at me with such cold eyes—
Princess, is that all?
Three knights lost their lives for your sake, and yet...
Three knights lost their lives for your sake, and yet...
...
...I do not understand... I do not understand...
I no longer understand you at all...!
The image of you each knight spoke of was wholly unlike the others...
and utterly unlike the Princess I know...!
and utterly unlike the Princess I know...!
Please answer me, Princess!
Which one is the real you!?
Which one is the real you!?
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Uika's Mansion - Loft
...
(I finally finished writing it.)
(—It's already this late...)
(...Hehe, my tea's gotten completely cold.)
(I'll bring it to rehearsal tomorrow.)
(With this script, I can take Ave Mujica
to an even higher stage...)
to an even higher stage...)
(...Without fail, the ultimate masquerade—)