Episode 5: Encountering the Legend

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Scene: Inside a cave.

Iliya
Just now... You said you were going to defeat a vampire?

Maho
Iliya, is there something wrong with that? Right now, Kaori and I are vampire hunters!

Iliya
Vampire hunters?

Maho
That's right. We heard that the Vampire of Legend had been resurrected, and because vampires are such frightful beings, we thought it needed to be eliminated, so we took up that task.

Maho
There are stories of the Vampire of Legend terrorizing Landsol, once upon a time.

Kaori
If nothing was done, terrible things would happen to Landsol! That's what they said about the Vampire of Legend!

Kaori
That's why... Knowing normal vampires' weaknesses of garlic and wooden stakes... We went to gather even more powerful items than those!

Iliya
So, then, in place of garlic, you chose bitter melons, and in place of a wooden stake, you chose an udon rolling pin...

Kaori
That's right! Iliya, we'd like it if you could help us defeat the Vampire of Legend, too!

Iliya
Heh heh... Ha ha ha...

Iliya
Ha ha ha ha! Unfortunately, what you're saying is impossible...

Kaori
Why is that?

Iliya
Let me ask you... Would you happen to know the name of this Vampire of Legend?

Maho
Well, not yet, no...

Iliya
I see. Then, allow me to tell you...

Iliya
That vampire's name is Iliya Ornstein! She who was once the feared ruler of Landsol... The Vampire of Legend!

Kaori
Iliya Ornstein... HUHHHH!?

Kaori
Iliya... Iliya was the Vampire of Legend all along!?

Kaori & Maho
......

Kaori
Wait, there's no way that's true! A little girl like Iliya couldn't possibly be a vampire.

Maho
Iliya, you tell such funny jokes! Ah, could it be that the rumor of the vampire was also something you started as a part of your game?

Kaori
I could see that! Makoto might have just jumped to conclusions!

Iliya
You all, calling me little, and calling this a game -- how rude of you!

Iliya
Then, allow me to show you!

Iliya
Yuuki! With your presence, I can turn back to my adult form! And in my adult form, my magical powers will be vastly increased!

Iliya
N-Now, I'm going to give you a hug! Hold still!

Yuuki
1. "My heart isn't ready!"
2. "Now, now, calm down."

Option 1.

Iliya
Hey! Don't talk to me as though I'm some young lady!

Option 2.

Iliya
Who needs to calm down! Shut up and accept my hug!

End of branches.

Iliya
H-Here I go! Now!

Iliya
Ooh... Why is that, every time we hug, my heart races so...

Iliya
Ah... My body feels... warm...!

Kaori
Eep!? Iliya is... growing up more and more!

Maho
T-This... This can't be real!

Iliya transforms into her adult form.

Iliya
Heh heh heh... I'm overflowing with magic... This is the form I truly belong in...

Iliya
Mwa ha ha! Behold, the lodestar that rules the night! The Vampire of Legend! Iliya Ornstein!

Iliya
Did I not tell you? I am the ruler of the night!

Kaori
I thought these were just the fantasies of a little girl! Now I feel dumb for thinking it was so pleasant!

Maho
So do I... I can't help but wonder what Mister Prince thought of all this...

Iliya
Hm hm hm... How strange to think that the two people to whom I thought I owed my life were actually after it all along... How ironic...

Iliya
Not only that, but... that together, we searched for the items that were meant to defeat me...!

Iliya
Heh heh heh... Ha ha ha ha! But I won't stand by and allow you to kill me!

Iliya
Now, then, how about you two come defeat me?

Iliya
You'd best have your bitter melons and monster horns at the ready!

Maho
Oh... Kaori... We need to prepare to fight...

Kaori
No way... but...! Iliya is... our companion...!

Maho
I... I feel the same way! She's a young lady who knows lots of things, and is always reliable in a pinch...!

Maho
I feel as though we've been friends forever...

Kaori
I do, too! We traveled together, and fought together... so...!

Kaori
So, to think that she's the Vampire of Legend...

Iliya
That's right, I am the Vampire of Legend, feared by all! The enemy you must defeat!

Iliya
That's why... The thought of scattering you lot to the winds... is truly nothing special to me...

Iliya
... Bah, how dull! Now... Prepare yourselves! I will face you with my full power!

Yuuki
1. "Think this over some more."
2. "Return to being a child."

Option 1.

Iliya
That I cannot do! This is a matter of life and death!

Option 2.

Iliya
The time to say that has long passed! There is no turning back now!

End of branches.

Iliya
Now, Yuuki, take cover! This is... a problem between myself and those two!

Iliya, Maho, and Kaori stand facing each other, brandishing their weapons. The decisive battle between the three of them was at hand...