Chapter 16: Imperial Capital War Outbreak
The League of Mage-Knight Nations recommends that troubles between member countries are resolved with representative battles because of two main reasons. One reason is that protecting non-Blazers is the moral significance of mage-knights and the League. The other reason is to prevent power play due to national power difference so that it does not compromise sense of solidarity in the League where small countries provide mutual aid in order to be able to oppose nations of great power. However there is another reason which is economy. ‘War’ between nations as an entertainment event is an important revenue source for the League when they sell broadcasting rights and mediating sponsors. It’s not a bad thing for both countries that are fighting since they would also receive revenue regardless of winning or losing. At Cradleland’s capital Lucier, a helicopter and countless drones with cameras are flying over the sky that turns scarlet due to the sun setting down. A man named Boomer is providing live report of the war between Vermillion and Cradleland. He introduces Cradleland’s representatives who are on the roof of Lucier’s royal castle.
“HEEEEYYYYYY! You bastards in front of TV, long time no see! Are you well!? Are you having meals!? It’s KOK’s hottest live reporter Boomer, the one who did not understand complaints such as ‘The live report is too vulgar. Is your mouth a butthole?’ and so was removed from stage by the PTA! Today I who you haven’t seen in a while will deliver live coverage of the ‘war’ from Cradleand that has become dangerous recently! Huh!? Why me who got fired!? That popular ‘Rikochii’ woman with a bust size of 102 cm is better!? There is no one else suitable to make live report this dangerous, so just give up! That’s right, the war this time is seriously dangerous! You bastards know too about the once every few years ‘war’ between Vermillion and Cradleand regarding the border, but this time is not like that ‘sports event’. The king of Cradleland’s new administration, Johann Cristoph von Collbrand, killed his father who was the previous king and declared a real ‘war’ that bets the existence of both countries. CRAZYY!! Furthermore, in order to win this war it seems the new administration brought over a group of terrorists which includes that ‘Haboob’. ---Look, at those insane people’s faces! Holy sh*t!! Every single one of them does not have honest eyes! Even when I was making a living by reporting live in the underground industry after got fired from KOK, I had never seen such bunch possessing such cancerous eyes before! As expected even I refuse to give support to those sh*ts! And so look forward to me giving today’s live report that is gentle to Vermillion and super-discriminate to Cradleland!! Well then let’s introduce right away the heroes who will deliver iron fist of justice to those motherf*ckers!”
He then introduces the Vermillion representatives who are in front of a huge gate which is the castle town’s entrance. Stella is the first one being introduced and the people that remained in Vermilion are watching over her through a huge monitor set in the central park. The next ones being introduced are the KOK A-League rankers Nene and Ascarid. Boomer notes that Ascarid made her debut in the A-League last year and kept stacking up a number of wins until she ranked 4th. He also didn’t know that Ascarid was such a beautiful woman because she always wore her armor in the KOK. Astrea who is watching Nene and Ascarid being introduced prays to both of them to look after everyone. Ikki is introduced next and Boomer notes that Ikki possesses weakest magic and strongest sword techniques which Boomer has never seen such unbalanced person before in his long career. Yui is the last one being introduced and Boomer has expectation for her since the Akatsuki Academy student was nominated instead of Sirius. After the introduction is over, the signal to start the war is given.
The war starts with Naseem jumping from the roof of the royal castle and heading towards Ikki and the others. At the moment of landing on the ground near the main gate Naseem uses ‘Mictlan · Tormenta’ to unleash a sandstorm that blows away everyone far away, separating them from each other. However, Nene is the only one that remains there and is able to keep standing in the sandstorm due to her gravity ability. She then takes out her iron-fan shaped Device and unleashes ‘Jibakujin’. The gravity of the surrounding is increased to 100 times but Naseem doesn’t seem to be affected by the pressure. They both agree that it’s not enough for both of them and Nene says “The little kids have returned home. Let’s begin, shall we? Adult time, that is”. The two Desperados then clash, creating huge shockwaves and destruction. Meanwhile, Vermillion’s other representatives are at 1,500 meters above ground after being blown away and Stella uses ‘Dragon Wing’ to stop in the sky. She knows that Ikki has nothing to neutralize the impact of his fall like Ascarid’s armor or Tatara’s reflecting ability, and so she tries to catch Ikki who is falling from the sky. However, she is stopped by an incoming attack that she receives with her sword which is ‘Circus Maximus’ launched by Johann riding on his golden horse. Stella is hurt to see nothing is reflected in the eyes of Johann who has been made into a doll by Or-Gaule. She also thinks Ikki should be fine and that the person she needs to save is right in front of her. She then decides to fight Johann instead of pursuing the Ikki. However, Ikki is falling too vertically towards the ground, making it impossible to lessen the impact of the fall by rolling on the ground. There is no building nearby that he can catch with his sword and it’s impossible to kill the fall’s impact with his little magic.
As Ikki is falling from the sky, BB in his 300 meter tall giant form is coming towards in front of the falling Ikki and strikes at him with both hands as if hitting a mosquito. However, Ikki ends up fine and is standing on BB’s hand. The reason was because during the moment BB appeared Ikki used his school uniform’s jacket that’s made of special fibers as a parachute. It was enough to slow down Ikki’s fall a little and thus ruining the timing of BB’s attack. BB then shakes Ikki away from his hand which Ikki doesn’t resist because this allows Ikki to fall not at a vertical angle. Ikki is able to land safely on the ground after distributing the impact of the fall to the ground, and is ready to face his opponent again. Ikki heard from Ascarid that BB was kidnapped by a terrorist group and was subjected to horrible physical body remodeling to be their combatant. After that the terrorist group was destroyed by Rebellion and BB was picked up by Rebellion. Ikki actually doesn’t want to hurt BB and so gives off an intimidation to BB like an adult disciplining a child. Ikki says BB is being deceived by bad people. He also tells BB to let go of his giant form and come with him, and promises that he won’t do anything bad. However, BB gives off a huge yell and delivers a slow punch which Ikki dodges without difficulty. BB screams that Or-Gaule is his friend and that he will protect his friend. Ikki then decides to fight and to teach BB that if he doesn’t choose his friends he will go through painful experiences.
The scene then takes place before Ikki and BB clashed. Ascarid releases her mana in order to make her fall faster and to land earlier than everyone else. Like Stella, Ascarid is also aware that Ikki has no means of landing and so runs towards him in order to catch him. However, she stops when she hears a little girl screaming. Ascarid finds the source of the voice in a quiet residential area and sees a doll resembling a boy cutting off the finger of another doll resembling a girl with a scissor. More dolls then appear and they break each other’s bodies which they lose their arms, their eyes being ripped out or their stomachs being cut open.
“STOP, ONII-CHAN, IT HURTS, IT HURTS, DON’T CUT IT, DON’T TAKE MICHÈLE’S FINGER”
“NO, MICHÈLE, THIS IS, MY BODY IS ON ITS OWN, UaAAA”
“N, NOO, I DON’T WANT TO EAT THAT, DON’T WANT TO EAT, u, urgh”
“I CAN’T SEE, MY EYES, GIVE BACK MY EYES”
“MOTHER…MOTHER”
“WHY IS THIS HAPPENING…IRIS-ONEECHAN?”
At such sight, Ascarid just stands still trembling because she knows this sight of hell. A doll resembling her then screams “STOP…STOP ALREADY…NOO…MAKE IT STOP---ORLEUS”. At that moment, Ascarid attacks all the dolls with her battle axe while screaming. After all the dolls are cut down, she leans on her axe while breathing roughly, tearing up and feeling nauseated. She then screams the name ‘Orleus’ which causes Or-Gaule to show up sitting on the roof of a church. Or-Gaule laughs and says that his older sister is now the only person to call him by that name. He also says even though it’s been almost 10 years, he was able to make a good performance thanks to imitating various people ever since he joined Rebellion. Ascarid is furious and won’t forgive Or-Gaule because he’s also toying with people’s dignities even after killing them. She shouts in anger that she will kill him and put an end to everything that started that day so that he can’t hurt anyone else. As she shouts that, purple mana rises up from her whole body and manifests as her black armor-shaped Device, ‘Orichalcos’, which is the League’s greatest defense power. Or-Gaule then says “Well then, let’s do it, nee-san. The continuation of ‘La Croix Sanglant’ just for us siblings this time”.
The ‘Unturning Assassin’ Yui Tatara is at a rose garden in the courtyard of Lucier’s royal castle. She finds ‘Dirty Rose’ Ein relaxing on a garden table that has teapot and teacups. Ein says Tatara’s cute dress looks good on her and also praises Tatara for finding her here. Ein believes it’s because Tatara knows her very well from watching and chasing her like a puppy even in a hellish place, and so in other words it’s because Tatara loves her. Ein then asks if Tatara will be her real sister because she also loves the cute and adorable Tatara. She says this while pouring tea to one of the teacups, inviting Tatara to sit. However, Tatara instead cuts the garden table into two with her chainsaw-shaped Device. Tatara tells Ein to prattle in hell and calls her a c*nt, which Ein replies that it’s a shame. As Boomer reports that Ascarid and Tatara have made contact with enemies, he is then surprised to see many drone cameras showing images of BB being beaten.
BB hates adults and instead gets along with Or-Gaule because Or-Gaule won’t get mad no matter what BB does and will play with him. He thinks Or-Gaule is going to be captured by scary adults and so he needs to help him. BB repeatedly delivers punches to the ground in order to crush Ikki who is the enemy that is going after BB’s friend. However, Ikki is still standing unharmed on the tattered road that has been hit by BB’s fists over and over again. Even though the fists are swallowing Ikki up, they are unable to crush him as if he’s a ghost without a solid body. BB then jumps and then falls with his body laid horizontally in order to execute a body press with his 300 meter high body which Ikki shouldn’t be able to escape in time. The cars, trees, buildings and such are crushed and flattened, but Ikki is still standing unharmed. BB can’t understand how this is happening and Ikki replies that it is because the human body has full of unevenness. When BB increases hugely the size of his body, the unevenness of his body also increases hugely and so all Ikki need to do is slide into any of the huge gaps that exist. Ikki then says that BB’s huge body has more disadvantages. Ikki moves fast towards BB in a circular direction and explains that it is difficult for BB to follow Ikki’s fast movements when BB’s body is very huge. Ikki then adds that a human’s weak points remain unchanged even if their body becomes huge. While slipping out of BB’s sight, Ikki slashes the Achilles tendon at the back of BB’s lower leg which causes BB to collapse to his knees. Ikki then slashes the quadriceps tendon at BB’s fallen knee and this causes BB’s body to fall forward. BB prevents his body falling down completely with the support of his arms, but his temple is now within Ikki’s range. Ikki uses ‘Saigeki’ to pierce the thinnest part of BB’s skull and cerebellum, causing BB to finally collapse to the ground.
While losing consciousness, BB gazes at Ikki who shows up in front of his eyes. Ikki says that BB can’t win because he’s still a small child but no one will remain a child forever. Ikki thinks BB will get to know various things such as himself, his own power, society and what he has done until now. BB then will face them and think carefully about the kind of adult he wants to be, which will be the real starting point of his life. Ikki then says he’s looking forward to see BB again someday, while putting his hand on BB’s cheek.BB thinks the warmth from Ikki’s hand is something he felt before being taken to a dark place by cold and scary adults. He hears happy voices saying “Ahaha. Look. It’s a big and healthy baby” and “Yes, I’m sure he will become a tall good-looking guy. Unlike you”. He’s sure he had received such kindness and warmth from those voices somewhere but doesn’t remember well. As he tries to remember that nostalgic warmth, his consciousness falls and he returns to his original size. His sleeping face is like a child having happy dream. Boomer is shocked after seeing Ikki defeating BB without magic or Noble Art and without receiving even a single injury. The Vermillion army who were watching the broadcasted images praise at Ikki’s strength. Miriallia says it was an instant kill and Signard says Ikki would have defeated BB before if he didn’t have the Vermillion army to worry about at that time. Tilmitt’s body trembles from seeing Ikki able to maintain cool judgement even when huge fists were coming at him, and she thinks Stella has brought home someone outrageous. Ikki then starts running towards the center of Lucier probably to aid the others, leaving BB in the care of the League’s relief squad.
The focus of the war’s broadcast then changes to Stella and Johann who are in the sky. Johann’s causation manipulation type ‘road’ ability enables him to overcome any environment or situation. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the sky or if there are obstacles in the path, Johann’s ‘Chariot’ can run straight towards its target with ease like lightning. Stella is at disadvantage since Johann is able to run his ‘Chariot’ through the sky as he pleases. She had just learned ‘Dragon Wing’ and is unable to make full use of her strength when there’s no ground. All she can do is defending against Johann’s charges that keep coming at her. Even if she tries to counterattack with her sword, Johann won’t be hit. However, after charging towards Stella tens of times, Johann is seen shedding blood. Stella realizes Johann’s ability is being drawn out to its true full potential by Or-Gaule’s threads but if this continues his body will break. Stella then let goes her Device in order to catch the spear that is approaching her heart as shown in a pic. She has caught the spear and pulls it to drag Johann down from his golden horse. While Stella is lifting Johann’s body by grabbing his collar in the sky, she delivers a message from Lunaeyes which is a scolding for him and then sends him flying by slapping his cheek. Johann’s body is blown away to the ground in the suburbs from hundreds of meters high in the sky and then crashes through seven houses. There is no dangerous damage because Johann is protected by his mana that has been released beyond his limit forcefully by Or-Gaule. While getting up from the rubble, he’s shedding tears and remembers that the scolding he just received was exactly the same as the one Luna gave when they studied at university in UK. At that time, Johann was feeling the pressure of inheriting the throne in the future and so was hanging out with bad crowd. Luna then came and reminded him of his responsibilities by scolding and hitting him like Stella did just now. Luna brought him home before the people he was hanging out with got arrested for illegal drug use. After that Johann decided to be more responsible and dignified like Luna. However, Johann thinks it is impossible now because he had killed his parents and friends with his own hands, and so it fells easier to be Or-Gaule’s doll. Suddenly, Luna appears in front of him saying she won’t allow it.
Johann is confused why Lunaeyes is in Lucier which is currently a battlefield. She tells him that she has come here to fulfill the promise they made when they were kids which she would support him or share the burden that he can’t carry alone. Suddenly, Johann can feel Or-Gaule’s malice spreading to his entire body and he points his spear towards Luna. This is the same bad feeling he had when he killed his friends and back then he couldn’t stop it. As shown in a colored pic, he screams “Just this person, DON’T TOUCH HERRRRRR!!!!” while the tip of his spear pierces Luna’s thin body deeply. However, there is no blood coming out of Luna’s body because his device had been changed to ‘illusion form’ right when it pierced her. Johann broke out of Or-Gaule’s control by forcibly pulling the threads controlling his body. But his whole body is fully torn with blood coming out of his eyes and ears, and there is significant damage to his brain and organs. Luna can still feel the damage from the penetrating spear’s ‘illusion form’, but she refuses to lose consciousness because she has something important to do. She pulls away from the spear that pierced her and then approaches Johann. Luna embraces Johann and welcomes him back. Johann says he couldn’t protect anyone but Luna disagrees. Despite knowing what he did, she tells him that he had protected her. She also says it will be okay because Stella will reclaim Cradleland back and Luna will always be by Johann’s side to support him in his duty to rebuild the country. After hearing those words from her, Johann loses consciousness and leans against Luna who remains standing while hugging him closely. They remain that way until the League’s relief squad comes.
Astrea sees Lunaeyes being escorted out of Lucier along with the fainted Johann by the relief squad, which causes her to remember what happened the night before. The scene changes back to last night during the state funeral. While everyone is in the park, Luna calls her parents to a quiet place. She tells them that she’s renouncing her succession to the throne, which surprises them both. Luna realized earlier that Stella is more worthy to be Vermillion’s ruler and she is the one the people wishes to be their ruler. Astrea argues that she doesn’t think Luna is less worthy and that just being popular with the people is not enough. Luna replies she had made proper evaluation and that she’s not bothered by the fact that she’s less popular with the people. She just loves Vermillion when the people are standing together as one to fight. Astrea realizes Luna is serious but from her own point of view there is no one more worthy to succeed the throne than Luna because her coolness and rationality is what this country needs. Sirius says it’s fine and asks Luna if Johann is the reason for her decision. Luna replies that she wants to stay by Johann’s side and support him when he’s suffering the most. Sirius tells her to go ahead which surprises both Luna and Astrea. He adds that Luna has always been thinking things too complicated and everyone in this country doesn’t want Luna to live and die for this county. All they wish is for Luna and Stella to smile since all of them are like doting parents including Sirius. While he caresses the top of Luna’s head, Sirius tells her to go do the things that she wants and only she can do. Luna then jumps into Sirius’ chest and tells him that she has been in his care and that she loves him.
Back in the present, Astrea thinks Lunaeyes is a woman of Vermillion after all. Even though Luna can’t fight, she recklessly went to rescue Johann. Astrea had thought Luna was similar to her, but she was quite wrong because Luna shares the same fiery blood as Sirius and Stella. Astrea is glad that Luna has managed to get Johann back but Sirius thinks that it’s not okay, which Astrea replies he shouldn’t have let Luna go if that’s case. Sirius couldn’t refuse Luna’s wish after knowing how determined she was to renounce the throne after working hard to claim it. Stella who is watching Luna and Johann from the sky is relieved. Stella was against Luna going to Lucier but Luna argued that she couldn’t be such a weak princess when someone important to her was waiting for someone to help him and that she is Stella’s older sister. Stella thinks Luna is amazing that she was able to get Johann back without relying on any ability. Stella then spreads light from the flames of her wing in order to see the thin threads extending from Lucier to the entire country like spider nest. She is sure that the person responsible for Johann’s suffering and many deaths is in the center of that nest and so flies towards there. The focus of war’s broadcast then changes to the rose garden of the royal castle, and the scene shown there causes Boomer to lose words in his live commentary.
Chapter 16: Imperial Capital War Outbreak
The League of Mage-Knight Nations recommends that troubles between member countries are resolved with representative battles because of two main reasons. One reason is that protecting non-Blazers is the moral significance of mage-knights and the League. The other reason is to prevent power play due to national power difference so that it does not compromise sense of solidarity in the League where small countries provide mutual aid in order to be able to oppose nations of great power. However there is another reason which is economy. ‘War’ between nations as an entertainment event is an important revenue source for the League when they sell broadcasting rights and mediating sponsors. It’s not a bad thing for both countries that are fighting since they would also receive revenue regardless of winning or losing. At Cradleland’s capital Lucier, a helicopter and countless drones with cameras are flying over the sky that turns scarlet due to the sun setting down. A man named Boomer is providing live report of the war between Vermillion and Cradleland. He introduces Cradleland’s representatives who are on the roof of Lucier’s royal castle.
“HEEEEYYYYYY! You bastards in front of TV, long time no see! Are you well!? Are you having meals!? It’s KOK’s hottest live reporter Boomer, the one who did not understand complaints such as ‘The live report is too vulgar. Is your mouth a butthole?’ and so was removed from stage by the PTA! Today I who you haven’t seen in a while will deliver live coverage of the ‘war’ from Cradleand that has become dangerous recently! Huh!? Why me who got fired!? That popular ‘Rikochii’ woman with a bust size of 102 cm is better!? There is no one else suitable to make live report this dangerous, so just give up! That’s right, the war this time is seriously dangerous! You bastards know too about the once every few years ‘war’ between Vermillion and Cradleand regarding the border, but this time is not like that ‘sports event’. The king of Cradleland’s new administration, Johann Cristoph von Collbrand, killed his father who was the previous king and declared a real ‘war’ that bets the existence of both countries. CRAZYY!! Furthermore, in order to win this war it seems the new administration brought over a group of terrorists which includes that ‘Haboob’. ---Look, at those insane people’s faces! Holy sh*t!! Every single one of them does not have honest eyes! Even when I was making a living by reporting live in the underground industry after got fired from KOK, I had never seen such bunch possessing such cancerous eyes before! As expected even I refuse to give support to those sh*ts! And so look forward to me giving today’s live report that is gentle to Vermillion and super-discriminate to Cradleland!! Well then let’s introduce right away the heroes who will deliver iron fist of justice to those motherf*ckers!”
He then introduces the Vermillion representatives who are in front of a huge gate which is the castle town’s entrance. Stella is the first one being introduced and the people that remained in Vermilion are watching over her through a huge monitor set in the central park. The next ones being introduced are the KOK A-League rankers Nene and Ascarid. Boomer notes that Ascarid made her debut in the A-League last year and kept stacking up a number of wins until she ranked 4th. He also didn’t know that Ascarid was such a beautiful woman because she always wore her armor in the KOK. Astrea who is watching Nene and Ascarid being introduced prays to both of them to look after everyone. Ikki is introduced next and Boomer notes that Ikki possesses weakest magic and strongest sword techniques which Boomer has never seen such unbalanced person before in his long career. Yui is the last one being introduced and Boomer has expectation for her since the Akatsuki Academy student was nominated instead of Sirius. After the introduction is over, the signal to start the war is given.
The war starts with Naseem jumping from the roof of the royal castle and heading towards Ikki and the others. At the moment of landing on the ground near the main gate Naseem uses ‘Mictlan · Tormenta’ to unleash a sandstorm that blows away everyone far away, separating them from each other. However, Nene is the only one that remains there and is able to keep standing in the sandstorm due to her gravity ability. She then takes out her iron-fan shaped Device and unleashes ‘Jibakujin’. The gravity of the surrounding is increased to 100 times but Naseem doesn’t seem to be affected by the pressure. They both agree that it’s not enough for both of them and Nene says “The little kids have returned home. Let’s begin, shall we? Adult time, that is”. The two Desperados then clash, creating huge shockwaves and destruction. Meanwhile, Vermillion’s other representatives are at 1,500 meters above ground after being blown away and Stella uses ‘Dragon Wing’ to stop in the sky. She knows that Ikki has nothing to neutralize the impact of his fall like Ascarid’s armor or Tatara’s reflecting ability, and so she tries to catch Ikki who is falling from the sky. However, she is stopped by an incoming attack that she receives with her sword which is ‘Circus Maximus’ launched by Johann riding on his golden horse. Stella is hurt to see nothing is reflected in the eyes of Johann who has been made into a doll by Or-Gaule. She also thinks Ikki should be fine and that the person she needs to save is right in front of her. She then decides to fight Johann instead of pursuing the Ikki. However, Ikki is falling too vertically towards the ground, making it impossible to lessen the impact of the fall by rolling on the ground. There is no building nearby that he can catch with his sword and it’s impossible to kill the fall’s impact with his little magic.
As Ikki is falling from the sky, BB in his 300 meter tall giant form is coming towards in front of the falling Ikki and strikes at him with both hands as if hitting a mosquito. However, Ikki ends up fine and is standing on BB’s hand. The reason was because during the moment BB appeared Ikki used his school uniform’s jacket that’s made of special fibers as a parachute. It was enough to slow down Ikki’s fall a little and thus ruining the timing of BB’s attack. BB then shakes Ikki away from his hand which Ikki doesn’t resist because this allows Ikki to fall not at a vertical angle. Ikki is able to land safely on the ground after distributing the impact of the fall to the ground, and is ready to face his opponent again. Ikki heard from Ascarid that BB was kidnapped by a terrorist group and was subjected to horrible physical body remodeling to be their combatant. After that the terrorist group was destroyed by Rebellion and BB was picked up by Rebellion. Ikki actually doesn’t want to hurt BB and so gives off an intimidation to BB like an adult disciplining a child. Ikki says BB is being deceived by bad people. He also tells BB to let go of his giant form and come with him, and promises that he won’t do anything bad. However, BB gives off a huge yell and delivers a slow punch which Ikki dodges without difficulty. BB screams that Or-Gaule is his friend and that he will protect his friend. Ikki then decides to fight and to teach BB that if he doesn’t choose his friends he will go through painful experiences.
The scene then takes place before Ikki and BB clashed. Ascarid releases her mana in order to make her fall faster and to land earlier than everyone else. Like Stella, Ascarid is also aware that Ikki has no means of landing and so runs towards him in order to catch him. However, she stops when she hears a little girl screaming. Ascarid finds the source of the voice in a quiet residential area and sees a doll resembling a boy cutting off the finger of another doll resembling a girl with a scissor. More dolls then appear and they break each other’s bodies which they lose their arms, their eyes being ripped out or their stomachs being cut open.
“STOP, ONII-CHAN, IT HURTS, IT HURTS, DON’T CUT IT, DON’T TAKE MICHÈLE’S FINGER”
“NO, MICHÈLE, THIS IS, MY BODY IS ON ITS OWN, UaAAA”
“N, NOO, I DON’T WANT TO EAT THAT, DON’T WANT TO EAT, u, urgh”
“I CAN’T SEE, MY EYES, GIVE BACK MY EYES”
“MOTHER…MOTHER”
“WHY IS THIS HAPPENING…IRIS-ONEECHAN?”
At such sight, Ascarid just stands still trembling because she knows this sight of hell. A doll resembling her then screams “STOP…STOP ALREADY…NOO…MAKE IT STOP---ORLEUS”. At that moment, Ascarid attacks all the dolls with her battle axe while screaming. After all the dolls are cut down, she leans on her axe while breathing roughly, tearing up and feeling nauseated. She then screams the name ‘Orleus’ which causes Or-Gaule to show up sitting on the roof of a church. Or-Gaule laughs and says that his older sister is now the only person to call him by that name. He also says even though it’s been almost 10 years, he was able to make a good performance thanks to imitating various people ever since he joined Rebellion. Ascarid is furious and won’t forgive Or-Gaule because he’s also toying with people’s dignities even after killing them. She shouts in anger that she will kill him and put an end to everything that started that day so that he can’t hurt anyone else. As she shouts that, purple mana rises up from her whole body and manifests as her black armor-shaped Device, ‘Orichalcos’, which is the League’s greatest defense power. Or-Gaule then says “Well then, let’s do it, nee-san. The continuation of ‘La Croix Sanglant’ just for us siblings this time”.
The ‘Unturning Assassin’ Yui Tatara is at a rose garden in the courtyard of Lucier’s royal castle. She finds ‘Dirty Rose’ Ein relaxing on a garden table that has teapot and teacups. Ein says Tatara’s cute dress looks good on her and also praises Tatara for finding her here. Ein believes it’s because Tatara knows her very well from watching and chasing her like a puppy even in a hellish place, and so in other words it’s because Tatara loves her. Ein then asks if Tatara will be her real sister because she also loves the cute and adorable Tatara. She says this while pouring tea to one of the teacups, inviting Tatara to sit. However, Tatara instead cuts the garden table into two with her chainsaw-shaped Device. Tatara tells Ein to prattle in hell and calls her a c*nt, which Ein replies that it’s a shame. As Boomer reports that Ascarid and Tatara have made contact with enemies, he is then surprised to see many drone cameras showing images of BB being beaten.
BB hates adults and instead gets along with Or-Gaule because Or-Gaule won’t get mad no matter what BB does and will play with him. He thinks Or-Gaule is going to be captured by scary adults and so he needs to help him. BB repeatedly delivers punches to the ground in order to crush Ikki who is the enemy that is going after BB’s friend. However, Ikki is still standing unharmed on the tattered road that has been hit by BB’s fists over and over again. Even though the fists are swallowing Ikki up, they are unable to crush him as if he’s a ghost without a solid body. BB then jumps and then falls with his body laid horizontally in order to execute a body press with his 300 meter high body which Ikki shouldn’t be able to escape in time. The cars, trees, buildings and such are crushed and flattened, but Ikki is still standing unharmed. BB can’t understand how this is happening and Ikki replies that it is because the human body has full of unevenness. When BB increases hugely the size of his body, the unevenness of his body also increases hugely and so all Ikki need to do is slide into any of the huge gaps that exist. Ikki then says that BB’s huge body has more disadvantages. Ikki moves fast towards BB in a circular direction and explains that it is difficult for BB to follow Ikki’s fast movements when BB’s body is very huge. Ikki then adds that a human’s weak points remain unchanged even if their body becomes huge. While slipping out of BB’s sight, Ikki slashes the Achilles tendon at the back of BB’s lower leg which causes BB to collapse to his knees. Ikki then slashes the quadriceps tendon at BB’s fallen knee and this causes BB’s body to fall forward. BB prevents his body falling down completely with the support of his arms, but his temple is now within Ikki’s range. Ikki uses ‘Saigeki’ to pierce the thinnest part of BB’s skull and cerebellum, causing BB to finally collapse to the ground.
While losing consciousness, BB gazes at Ikki who shows up in front of his eyes. Ikki says that BB can’t win because he’s still a small child but no one will remain a child forever. Ikki thinks BB will get to know various things such as himself, his own power, society and what he has done until now. BB then will face them and think carefully about the kind of adult he wants to be, which will be the real starting point of his life. Ikki then says he’s looking forward to see BB again someday, while putting his hand on BB’s cheek.BB thinks the warmth from Ikki’s hand is something he felt before being taken to a dark place by cold and scary adults. He hears happy voices saying “Ahaha. Look. It’s a big and healthy baby” and “Yes, I’m sure he will become a tall good-looking guy. Unlike you”. He’s sure he had received such kindness and warmth from those voices somewhere but doesn’t remember well. As he tries to remember that nostalgic warmth, his consciousness falls and he returns to his original size. His sleeping face is like a child having happy dream. Boomer is shocked after seeing Ikki defeating BB without magic or Noble Art and without receiving even a single injury. The Vermillion army who were watching the broadcasted images praise at Ikki’s strength. Miriallia says it was an instant kill and Signard says Ikki would have defeated BB before if he didn’t have the Vermillion army to worry about at that time. Tilmitt’s body trembles from seeing Ikki able to maintain cool judgement even when huge fists were coming at him, and she thinks Stella has brought home someone outrageous. Ikki then starts running towards the center of Lucier probably to aid the others, leaving BB in the care of the League’s relief squad.
The focus of the war’s broadcast then changes to Stella and Johann who are in the sky. Johann’s causation manipulation type ‘road’ ability enables him to overcome any environment or situation. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the sky or if there are obstacles in the path, Johann’s ‘Chariot’ can run straight towards its target with ease like lightning. Stella is at disadvantage since Johann is able to run his ‘Chariot’ through the sky as he pleases. She had just learned ‘Dragon Wing’ and is unable to make full use of her strength when there’s no ground. All she can do is defending against Johann’s charges that keep coming at her. Even if she tries to counterattack with her sword, Johann won’t be hit. However, after charging towards Stella tens of times, Johann is seen shedding blood. Stella realizes Johann’s ability is being drawn out to its true full potential by Or-Gaule’s threads but if this continues his body will break. Stella then let goes her Device in order to catch the spear that is approaching her heart as shown in a pic. She has caught the spear and pulls it to drag Johann down from his golden horse. While Stella is lifting Johann’s body by grabbing his collar in the sky, she delivers a message from Lunaeyes which is a scolding for him and then sends him flying by slapping his cheek. Johann’s body is blown away to the ground in the suburbs from hundreds of meters high in the sky and then crashes through seven houses. There is no dangerous damage because Johann is protected by his mana that has been released beyond his limit forcefully by Or-Gaule. While getting up from the rubble, he’s shedding tears and remembers that the scolding he just received was exactly the same as the one Luna gave when they studied at university in UK. At that time, Johann was feeling the pressure of inheriting the throne in the future and so was hanging out with bad crowd. Luna then came and reminded him of his responsibilities by scolding and hitting him like Stella did just now. Luna brought him home before the people he was hanging out with got arrested for illegal drug use. After that Johann decided to be more responsible and dignified like Luna. However, Johann thinks it is impossible now because he had killed his parents and friends with his own hands, and so it fells easier to be Or-Gaule’s doll. Suddenly, Luna appears in front of him saying she won’t allow it.
Johann is confused why Lunaeyes is in Lucier which is currently a battlefield. She tells him that she has come here to fulfill the promise they made when they were kids which she would support him or share the burden that he can’t carry alone. Suddenly, Johann can feel Or-Gaule’s malice spreading to his entire body and he points his spear towards Luna. This is the same bad feeling he had when he killed his friends and back then he couldn’t stop it. As shown in a colored pic, he screams “Just this person, DON’T TOUCH HERRRRRR!!!!” while the tip of his spear pierces Luna’s thin body deeply. However, there is no blood coming out of Luna’s body because his device had been changed to ‘illusion form’ right when it pierced her. Johann broke out of Or-Gaule’s control by forcibly pulling the threads controlling his body. But his whole body is fully torn with blood coming out of his eyes and ears, and there is significant damage to his brain and organs. Luna can still feel the damage from the penetrating spear’s ‘illusion form’, but she refuses to lose consciousness because she has something important to do. She pulls away from the spear that pierced her and then approaches Johann. Luna embraces Johann and welcomes him back. Johann says he couldn’t protect anyone but Luna disagrees. Despite knowing what he did, she tells him that he had protected her. She also says it will be okay because Stella will reclaim Cradleland back and Luna will always be by Johann’s side to support him in his duty to rebuild the country. After hearing those words from her, Johann loses consciousness and leans against Luna who remains standing while hugging him closely. They remain that way until the League’s relief squad comes.
Astrea sees Lunaeyes being escorted out of Lucier along with the fainted Johann by the relief squad, which causes her to remember what happened the night before. The scene changes back to last night during the state funeral. While everyone is in the park, Luna calls her parents to a quiet place. She tells them that she’s renouncing her succession to the throne, which surprises them both. Luna realized earlier that Stella is more worthy to be Vermillion’s ruler and she is the one the people wishes to be their ruler. Astrea argues that she doesn’t think Luna is less worthy and that just being popular with the people is not enough. Luna replies she had made proper evaluation and that she’s not bothered by the fact that she’s less popular with the people. She just loves Vermillion when the people are standing together as one to fight. Astrea realizes Luna is serious but from her own point of view there is no one more worthy to succeed the throne than Luna because her coolness and rationality is what this country needs. Sirius says it’s fine and asks Luna if Johann is the reason for her decision. Luna replies that she wants to stay by Johann’s side and support him when he’s suffering the most. Sirius tells her to go ahead which surprises both Luna and Astrea. He adds that Luna has always been thinking things too complicated and everyone in this country doesn’t want Luna to live and die for this county. All they wish is for Luna and Stella to smile since all of them are like doting parents including Sirius. While he caresses the top of Luna’s head, Sirius tells her to go do the things that she wants and only she can do. Luna then jumps into Sirius’ chest and tells him that she has been in his care and that she loves him.
Back in the present, Astrea thinks Lunaeyes is a woman of Vermillion after all. Even though Luna can’t fight, she recklessly went to rescue Johann. Astrea had thought Luna was similar to her, but she was quite wrong because Luna shares the same fiery blood as Sirius and Stella. Astrea is glad that Luna has managed to get Johann back but Sirius thinks that it’s not okay, which Astrea replies he shouldn’t have let Luna go if that’s case. Sirius couldn’t refuse Luna’s wish after knowing how determined she was to renounce the throne after working hard to claim it. Stella who is watching Luna and Johann from the sky is relieved. Stella was against Luna going to Lucier but Luna argued that she couldn’t be such a weak princess when someone important to her was waiting for someone to help him and that she is Stella’s older sister. Stella thinks Luna is amazing that she was able to get Johann back without relying on any ability. Stella then spreads light from the flames of her wing in order to see the thin threads extending from Lucier to the entire country like spider nest. She is sure that the person responsible for Johann’s suffering and many deaths is in the center of that nest and so flies towards there. The focus of war’s broadcast then changes to the rose garden of the royal castle, and the scene shown there causes Boomer to lose words in his live commentary.
