Hortus de Escapismo
After sixty years of silence, Sanctilaminium Ambrosii sends out a cry for help.
Paradise is stranded in the barrens, and order teeters on the brink of destruction.
It can take years to establish a true friendship, yet the collapse of trust can happen in seconds.
The pious have no choice but to renounce their faith, and the innocent must take on sin and plea mercy.
The young saint asks himself: how do you correct suffering if it was not caused by error?
- HE-ST-1: Crown Offering (Interlude)A ceremony comes to a close. Federico accepts his mission from the Pope, and heads to the hidden abbey out in the wilderness.
- HE-1: Home Sweet Home (Before Operation)Everyone in the monastery has their own plans. Federico and his party, having just arrived at the monastery gates, are blocked by the residents.
- HE-1: Home Sweet Home (After Operation)While acting independently, Serpilia encounters the local residents. Elsewhere, a conversation about the future of the monastery is unfolding.
- HE-2: River of Life (Before Operation)The dialogue between the Laterans and the bishop comes to an end for the time being. Behind closed doors, the many conflicts within the monastery are about to come to a head.
- HE-2: River of Life (After Operation)Gerald says goodbye to old friends. The sermon bell has been struck, but it is then that the ominous peal of a firearm rings out.
- HE-3: No Empty Hands (Before Operation)Fortuna's halo grows dull, and Oren shows up at the monastery. Meanwhile, Lemuen is chanced by a freak attack.
- HE-3: No Empty Hands (After Operation)There's a strum of strings in the ears. Is it grey matter and the ego playing illusory tricks... or is someone filling the monastery with sonata?
- HE-4: My Life I Gave for You (Before Operation)An abrupt conflagration cuts short Federico's pursuit.
- HE-4: My Life I Gave for You (After Operation)As the statue collapses in the fire, fingers are pointed at the Sarkaz present.
- HE-5: God in His Temple (Before Operation)Lemuen picks up her gun. The sharp blade of the past cuts through the gentile facade.
- HE-5: God in His Temple (After Operation)Hunger creates monsters, but even a monster can return to motherhood.
- HE-6: Serenade (Before Operation)Lateran troops under Oren's command are about to storm the abbey. The Sarkaz inside learn of it.
- HE-6: Serenade (After Operation)The others oppose Oren's plan. While they argue, Clément appears, bearing a 'gift'.
- HE-ST-2: In the Garden (Interlude)The silent saint picks up the broken and burned flower.
- HE-7: Joined by Love (Before Operation)The night fades. The dawn prepares to break. The abbot is ready.
- HE-7: Joined by Love (After Operation)The last communion begins. Federico fires a warning shot to interrupt the argument. The Laterans each act on their own.
- HE-8: Devout Follower (Before Operation)Federico will prioritize any and all pending matters, and the arrest of Arturia, standing before his eyes, is far from his greatest priority right now.
- HE-8: Devout Follower (After Operation)The children bring over their bedding, soft and warm. Let's tuck him in, they say. The nice man'll get a cold sleeping here.
- HE-ST-3: Guide by Light (Interlude)Paradise is broken, but life goes on.