Chapter 4 - Episode 3: Imperiled Peace
Yuuki and the other drove back the monsters that were attacking Rin.
Rin then dragged Yuuki by the hand towards the farm.
There, what Yuuki and the others saw...
Scene: The farm at Elizabeth Park.
Pecorine
What? This... What's going on here?
Pecorine
I feel like it's just monsters as far as the eye can see! Not exactly a rare sight for me, but... Their numbers are a little incredible.
Pecorine
Maybe I should already know the answer to this. But is monster breeding something that Elizabeth Park does?
Rin
We don't! We only raise normal animals and the like. We do own a few monsters, but we're just a farm. Basically, a normal farm.
Rin
Ah, why is this happening? Y-Yesterday, everything was completely normal!
Rin
I slept in again today... And when I got up in the afternoon, things were already like this! I don't understand!
Rin
I told Lima that I was going to get help and went down the mountain. You didn't see anyone else, did you?
Rin
Everyone must still be trapped inside the farm! H-Help them!
Rin
Please, I'll do anything! Here, I'll even give you the acorn I have on me...!
Pecorine
Ah, acorns are tasty. Especially because people have been selectively breeding them lately... Please, calm down, and we'll find a way to help.
Pecorine
Yuuki, you're familiar with Rin, it seems.
Yuuki
1. "Yes. We're friends."
Pecorine
How nice! Then, please, keep her safe, and hurry back to Landsol to call for help.
Pecorine
I'm going to rescue the people who are trapped inside the farm.
Pecorine
There are certainly a lot of monsters, so it might be a bit difficult... But, well, I'll manage somehow!
Rin
Ah, I'll fight, too! I'm a member of Elizabeth Park, so it's my duty!
Rin
It's true that normally, I just laze around and play games. Even today, I was just lazily sleeping in...
Rin
I owe everyone at Elizabeth Park big time! They're okay, right? They're not dead, are they?
Pecorine
I certainly hope that they're okay.
Pecorine
Unfortunately, this place is infested with monsters... I can't see inside clearly. It's a chaotic mess.
Yuuki
1. Call out to Pecorine.
Pecorine
Huh? What is it, Yuuki? Do you also want to fight?
Pecorine
Hmm. Because you're worried about everyone from Elizabeth Park... is that it?
Pecorine
Ahaha, even though you can't fight well... Well, turning tail and running while us girls do all your fighting for you wouldn't be very manly, after all.
Pecorine
Moreover... Rescuing those people seems difficult, with so many monsters crawling all over the place.
Pecorine
The two of you, it might be safer for you to stay by my side.
Pecorine
Follow me, and don't get separated! I'm going to be using some flashy moves, so make sure you don't get caught up in them!
Animated cutscene.
Rin
Whoa, how strong is she? She took all of those monsters out at once...!? Yuuki, you've got some amazing friends, don't you?
Rin
Oh, I can't afford to relax, either. We... really are surrounded by monsters.
Pecorine
Hm? Rin, Rin, do you see the smoke rising from ahead? Is there something over there?
Rin
The barn is over there... That's a strange color of smoke; could it be some kind of signal?
Rin
What was it, again...? At Kaon's training course, they taught us about different kinds of smoke signals, didn't they?
Rin
Ummm, ummmm? Ah, that has to be the emergency signal! Like, someone over there is asking for help, right?
Pecorine
Understood! Then, first off, we should head straight for that signal!
Pecorine
Three, two, one... Okay, let's go!
Scene: A thicket nearby.
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Kyaru
Haaa....! Hah, hah! Damn, I can't control them! Why?
Kyaru
Damn it, this wasn't what I wanted to do! If I can't get this right, Her Highness will get angry at me! No, I don't want to be punished again...!
Kyaru
I'd been planning to set the monsters loose once Tiana... No, once Pecorine and Yuuki had gone into the farm.
Kyaru
But before that happened, my control over the monsters broke, and they went on a rampage.
Kyaru
They're running wild without paying any heed to my orders. This is bad... I told them to leave Yuuki alive no matter what.
Kyaru
And I told them to capture Pecorine alive if at all possible...
Kyaru
We can't kill them, but the monsters aren't listening at all!
Kyaru
At this rate, Yuuki and the others... are going to die.
Kyaru
They're outnumbers. No matter how strong Pecorine might be, she has her limit.
Kyaru
The cost of using the Royal Armament is just too much. Once she uses up all her calories, she'll pass out from exhaustion.
Kyaru
And then, she'll die. Just a few people can't hope to face off against hundreds of monsters.
Kyaru
They're all going to die. They'll be trampled, or torn apart, or eaten.
Kyaru
I knew it would end up like this. I knew, one day, this was going to happen.
Kyaru
But then, why does my chest ache so much? I'm supposed to be just a heartless puppet!
Kyaru
Your Highness! Am I really just a good-for-nothing defect after all...?