$91-10-05-03-1-0 [soundStopAll] [bgm BGM_EVENT_2 0.1] [charaSet A 8001001 1 Mash] [charaSet B 1005001 1 Nero] [charaSet C 98002000 1 Fou] [charaSet D 1005001 1 Ghost] [scene 10800] [fadein black 2] [wait fade] [wt 0.4] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.7 1] [charaFace B 0] [wt 0.4] @Nero Sorry about that [%1].[sr]I have some personal business I need your help with. [k] @Nero ...The United Empire is gone, and Rome is in an ephemeral peace. [k] [wt 0.3] @Nero However, the one who led Rome as its first citizen,[sr]Nero Claudius is no longer there. [k] @Nero Rather, the human "Nero" is no longer there because[sr]I contracted with you, [%1]. [k] @Nero The human "Nero" already left Rome just like in history.[sr]Now "I" sit as its Emperor. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaFace A 12] @Mash The Era's ability to bring back the past...[sr]No, to repair itself. [k] @Mash As long as the Servant Nero is here, the Emperor Nero must be dead. [k] @Mash In normal space and time, both the human before death and the Servant after death can exist simultaneously. [k] @Mash But in a Singularity, "what's accurate" and[sr]"what's stronger" ends up taking precedence. [k] @Mash Once the Heroic Spirit Nero contracted with you,[sr]the Nero at Septem became this Nero, unfortunately. [k] ?1:You didn't have to say "unfortunately," Mash. [charaFace A 6] [wt 0.5] [charaFace A 8] @Mash ...My apologies. [k] @Mash I wasn't trying to criticize you...[sr]Sorry about that, Emperor Nero. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [charaFace B 1] @Nero It's fine. You were just lamenting[sr]the fact that I passed away, correct? [k] @Nero If that's the case, I forgive you. Actually, I'm happy.[sr]You mourned me, even though I was called a tyrant. [k] ?2:Is that bad? [charaFace A 3] @Mash Yes, sorry about that Emperor Nero. [k] @Mash Well, it's a confusing problem, so I ended up using a negative expression... [k] [charaFace A 13] @Mash Emperor Nero, no...Nero.[sr]You are definitely here in Rome. [k] @Mash I am happy about such fortune, Emperor. [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [charaFace B 1] @Nero Umu, you're a really nice girl, Mash! [k] @Nero You feel regret for your mistakes, and feel happy when good things happen. [k] @Nero I'll forgive what you said with that smile of yours.[sr]You can accompany me to a bath later as an apology! [k] ?! [charaFace B 0] @Nero ...Oh, not good. I always get carried[sr]away when [%1] is around. [k] [wt 0.5] @Nero There's only one reason why we've come to Septem.[sr]I want you to help me, Master. [k] @Nero Remember when I brought out a boat last time?[sr]I heard a little something during the voyage. [k] @Nero Supposedly there's a ghost that appears in the cursed deserts on the outskirts of Rome. [k] @Nero I think I might know who that ghost is. [k] @Nero Right now, I'm carrying out my royal duties as a Servant,[sr]but I'm not sure when I'll finish them and disappear. [k] @Nero That's why before that happens...[sr]I want to ease Rome's pain with my own two hands. [k] ?1:I'd love to help. ?! [charaFace B 1] @Nero [line 3]Umu.[sr]I am counting on you, one who contracted with me. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 2] [wait fade] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_2 0.5] [wt 2.0] [scene 20704] [se ad2] [fadein black 3] [wait fade] [charaTalk A] [charaFadein A 0.7 1] [charaFace A 12] [seStop ad2 3.0] @Mash ...The sun's gone down, Master.[sr]It's a familiar scene, but it feels lonely here... [k] @Mash ...It's like no one's here.[sr]A stage everyone's forgotten about... [k] [charaFadeout A 0.4] [bgm BGM_EVENT_5] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.7 1] [charaFace B 4] @Nero ... [k] ?1:Is it really around here? ?2:What did you mean you think you know who it is? ?! [charaFace B 1] @Nero Umu, it should be around here. The shape of the rocks, the sound of the wind, the faded color of the setting sun... [k] @Nero I remember it all, even now. The fate of an emperor[sr]who died here, in these wastelands. [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaFace A 6] @Mash [line 6]![sr]Nero, is this[line 3] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [charaFace B 1] @Nero Umu. This is where I died.[sr]Nero Claudius slit her own throat here. [k] @Nero Nero loved the people and she continually showed her burning passion... [k] @Nero However, it wasn't the warm love people knew of. [k] @Nero Nero only knew how to love one way. To demand,[sr]give, and burn away... Violently. [k] @Nero It was like forcing people to do things, you may say.[sr]Nero didn't realize even until her end, that her actions were like poison to the people. [k] @Nero Nero made a mistake that weakened her own position,[sr]and was chased away from her throne by the senate. [k] @Nero The army turned against her, but even then she believed[sr]that the people she loved so passionately would defend her. [k] @Nero ...I don't think I need to tell you what happened.[sr]The people didn't defend the foolish tyrant. [k] @Nero Although Nero escaped from her pursuers, she chose to end her life out of grief. [k] [charaFace B 0] @Nero [line 3]I can't say what Nero was grieving over.[sr]Just that her life ended here. [k] @Nero But...Nero didn't die that easily. [k] @Nero Or more like she couldn't die, rather.[sr]She couldn't breathe. Her heart ached. Her eyes burned. [k] @Nero It was like being driven to madness by a never-ending fever. [k] @Nero Three days passed and Nero still wasn't[sr]discovered by her pursuers. [k] @Nero She woke at sunset each day,[sr]for she thought she heard people calling out her name. [k] @Nero It was the sound of the people that she loved. She knew[sr]they didn't blame Emperor Nero. That they were praising her. [k] [charaFace B 1] @Nero Haha, talk about adding insult to injury.[sr]That couldn't have been, it just couldn't. [k] [charaFace B 4] @Nero Even so... Nero awoke, just to verify what she heard. [k] @Nero At the first sunset, she sniffed her nose to an illusion.[sr]At the second sunset, she bit her lips to the inaudible calls. [k] @Nero And at the third sunset[line 3] [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaTalk A] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaFace A 4] @Mash ...That's right.[sr]Emperor Nero said her last words. [k] @Mash A soldier found her body, exposed in the wilderness,[sr]and out of pity, covered her with a cloth. [k] @Mash At that moment, Emperor Nero opened her eyes and[sr]said: "Too late, but how noble of you." [k] ?1:... ?! [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [charaFace B 1] @Nero Umu, my fate ended there. [k] @Nero I don't know what Nero was thinking at the very end. [k] @Nero But Nero was okay with that.[sr]Even if it wasn't by the people she loved so much[line 3] [k] @Nero The tyrant was happy that her life ended with[sr]the warmth of a human. [k] @Nero That's the deus ex machina that I dream of even now. [k] @Nero Because no matter what happened, it was that very[sr]miracle which made the story a happy ending. [k] @Nero If that soldier hadn't come along, I would have still[sr]been waiting in the wilderness for the impossible. [k] [charaFace B 5] @Nero And that is why![sr]Why I must kill you! [k] @Nero A tyrant's wandering dream![sr]The reflection of a flower that forgot how to wither! [k] @Nero The ghost of mine that cannot accept this end![sr]Show yourself and take up your sword! [k] [charaFadeout B 0.1] [charaShadow D true] [wt 0.3] [messageOff] [se ad42] [charaTalk D] [charaFadein D 0.7 1] [charaFace D 0] [wt 0.4] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_5 0.1] [wt 0.1] [bgm BGM_EVENT_3 0.1] [wt 0.7] @Ghost [line 6][sr][line 12] [k] [charaFadeout D 0.4] [wt 0.5] [charaShadow D false] [charaTalk A] [charaFadein A 0.1 1] [charaFace A 7] @Mash A collection of powerful magical energy?[sr]What is this[line 3] [k] @Mash It's not the shadow of a Servant, nor its ghost...[sr]it's like the Demon God[line 3] [k] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [charaTalk B] [charaFadein B 0.1 1] [charaFace B 2] @Nero The Fifth Emperor, Nero Claudius, implores you![sr]My Master, [%1]! [k] @Nero Lend me your strength! I might be a bit late, but[line 3][sr]I shall right my wrongs with my own sword! [k] ?1:Leave it to me, Nero! ?2:Gladly, Your Majesty! ?! [messageOff] [wt 0.2] [charaFace B 1] [wt 1] [fadeout black 1] [wait fade] [soundStopAll] [end]