Episode 4: The Unleashed Monsters

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Scene: A village in the woods.

Shiori
(Big sister...!)

Hatsune
Shiori's in danger!

Hatsune teleports to the farm.

Hatsune
Shiori! H-Huh!? This was definitely where her voice came from... Shiori, where are you!? Huh, this... This is the book of monster pictures I gave her?

Yuuki
1. "Hatsune?"
2. "What are you doing here?"

Option 1.

Hatsune
Ah, Yuuki! Shiori, where's Shiori!? I think she might be in danger!

Option 2.

Hatsune
Ah, Yuuki! I heard Shiori calling for help, so I used my psychic powers to teleport here! Where is she!?

End of branches.

Hatsune
If I had just come sooner...!

Yuuki
1. "She's definitely nearby."

Hatsune
That... That's right. I can't cry now, I have to look for her... Shiori... Shiori! Where are you!?

Shiori
... Yah! Hah!

Hatsune
Shiori's voice! It's coming from that direction!

Scene: In the woods.

Monsters
Roaaaar!

Shiori
Hah!

Shiori shoots one of the monsters.

Monster 1
Roaaaar!

Shiori
Good! I got that one!

The monster is healed by something.

Monster 1
Roaaaar!

Shiori
Wha!? It recovered!? Why!?

Hatsune
... ri! Shiori!

Shiori
Big sister --

Hatsune
Shiori! I'm so glad you're okay!

Shiori
Mmf... Big sister, this isn't the time...

Hatsune
Ah! That's right! But don't worry about a thing! Your big sister's magic will take these monsters all out!

Hatsune
Kiraaa-n! Leave it all to Hatsune! Take this!

Hatsune's spell hits the monster, but it recovers.

Monster 1
Roaaaar!

Hatsune
Huh!? Why didn't it go down?

Shiori
It also recovered from my arrows right away...

Hatsune
I've never heard of anything like this? Where did they come from?

Shiori
They... suddenly appeared out of that illustration book...

Hatsune
From that book!? How is that possible!?

Shiori
I think there must be some clue in the book itself, but I left it behind when I ran...

Hatsune
All right, then we'll just have to get that book back... Ahh, but I can't leave you here!

Yuuki
1. "I'll stay here."

Hatsune
Yuuki! Thank you! Shiori, I'll be back soon!

Shiori
I'm sorry you've gotten caught up in this, Yuuki.

Shiori
Until my big sister returns, I'm counting on you!

Monsters
Roaaaar!

Scene: At the farm.

Hatsune
Pant, pant... It was definitely... around here!

Begin battle sequence. The Jizu, a giant bird, appears.

Hatsune
W-W-Wha!? What's that!?

Hatsune
That monster really came out of the book! I've never seen such a giant bird monster...

Hatsune
H-Heeey! Get back in the book!

End battle sequence.

Hatsune
Ooh, it flew off... B-But there must be some clue in this book!

Hatsune
... Is this ancient script!? I can't read it at all! Shiori reads books like this often... That's it! Shiori can read it!

Hatsune
I've got to go back quickly! Um, the book... And the bookmark is here, too! Wait just a bit longer, Shiori, Yuuki!

Hatsune teleports back to the forest.

Hatsune
Shiori! Sorry for keeping you waiting!

Shiori
Big sister! Did you find out anything?

Hatsune
Sorry, Shiori, but I can't read the ancient script in this book...

Shiori
No, I should thank you for bringing it, big sister. The way to seal the monsters back in the book must be in here somewhere...

Hatsune
Did you see anything like that while you were reading it up until now?

Shiori
I don't remember anything like that... But wait. I haven't read all the way to the end yet, so it could be in the last few pages...

Shiori
There it is! ... Living monsters were imprisoned in this book by magic... The bookmark is the key to sealing them inside, and if it is separated from the book, then the magic weakens, causing the monsters to be released before long...

Hatsune
Key? The bookmark is the key?

Shiori
Yes... I liked the bookmark, so I started using it with other books, and I think that's what caused the magic to weaken.

Hatsune
So it was that important... So then? How do we seal them back inside?

Shiori
Wait just a bit... Ah, I think... this is it. To seal the monsters again, the bookmark must come in contact with the monsters...

Shiori
I see, the bookmark contains some sort of sealing spell!

Hatsune
So, we just have to hit the monsters with this bookmark!

Shiori
And we can seal them back inside...!

Hatsune
Nice! Amazing, that was amazing, Shiori!

Yuuki
1. "I can't hold out much longer..."

Hatsune
Waah! S-Shiori! Yuuki's in trouble!

Shiori
Yuuki, get down! I'll attach this bookmark to an arrow and fire it!

Shiori
Haaa!

Monster 1
Roaaaar!

The monster is hit, and then vanishes.

Shiori
The sealing... worked... Just one left!

Hatsune
Leave recovering the arrow to me! Here, Shiori! Magical Pass!

Hatsune casts a spell that returns the arrow to Shiori.

Shiori
Thank you, big sister! ... Now... Yah!

Monster 2
Roaaaar!

The second monster is sealed.

Shiori
Whew... We're out of danger, it seems... There were three that came out of the book. We have to find the last one.

Hatsune
Huh? Shiori, did you also see that giant bird monster?

Shiori
Bird monster? No, the ones that emerged in front of me were different... What do you mean?

Hatsune
When I went to fetch the book, a bird monster came out and flew off somewhere...

Hatsune falls down.

Shiori
H-Hatsune!?

Hatsune
Oooh... I'm sorry, Shiori... I used too much of my psychic power, and now... I'm sleepy...

Hatsune
Yuuki... Take care of... Shiori... Zzz...

Shiori
Big sister... Sleep tight. Yuuki, let's go after the monster that escaped.

Shiori
Look... There are still two blank pages in this book... This one is the one I saw, and the other is the one my sister saw... The "Jizu," it's called.

Shiori
It seems very strong... And the one I let escape is also a vicious carnivore... Let's hurry and seal them both.

Yuuki lifted the sleeping Hatsune onto his back, and he and Shiori ventured onward to seal the remaining monsters.