First of all, I promise that under the current conditions, our plan can still proceed smoothly.
Ebenholz
It's not 'our' plan, it's yours.
Gertrude
If your semantic games allow you to sleep better at night, then so be it.
Ebenholz
Kreide's Voice of Mundane is damaged, and Rhodes Island has also discovered its side effect.
Ebenholz
Can a damaged Voice of Mundane cancel out another one? Even if it could, would Rhodes Island turn a blind eye?
Gertrude
Indeed, Kreide's Voice of Mundane can still join in Resonanz.
Gertrude
As for Rhodes Island... Where do you think we are?
Gertrude
This is Vyseheim. My domain.
Gertrude
That little Fräulein Hibiscus is also an Infected. Even letting her step into Leithanien is only to keep up appearances with Rhodes Island. She can go nowhere but Vyseheim.
Gertrude
In any case, she only knows that there's something going on with you and Kreide, but doesn't know how it's happening. She has no evidence.
Ebenholz
......
Gertrude
I understand, you don't have the heart to bring harm upon the Infected who have nothing to do with this.
Gertrude
The way I see it, this compassion is extraneous. But if you truly wish to act upon it, it is even more important that you carry out the plan.
Ebenholz
Carry out the plan, and let all those Infected people die?
Gertrude
I'll tell you the rest of the plan then.
Gertrude
You and Kreide will duet, and you will remove your own Voice of Mundane.
Gertrude
Afterwards, I'll create some commotion in the concert hall, and take advantage of the chaos to kill Kreide and disguise his body as yours––
Ebenholz
What did you say?!
Gertrude
As he has become the biggest scourge of the Afterglow, it is impossible for him to live on.
Ebenholz
Impossible for what? Don't be ridiculous! The biggest scourge of the Afterglow is none other than YOU!
Gertrude
As I said before, all the scourges of the Afterglow come from Kreide's corrupted Voice of Mundane.
Gertrude
Resonanz exacerbates the leakage of the Voice of Mundane, in an irreversible process.
Gertrude
Even if you were to plummet off the edge of this nomadic city, Kreide's Voice of Mundane would not return to the relatively harmless state it was in a week ago.
Gertrude
More importantly, the Voice of Mundane isn't just harming the people around Kreide, it's also hurting him.
Gertrude
He is the biggest victim of the Resonanz between you two.
Gertrude
He may seem perfectly healthy right now, but don't be fooled. That is just another example of false recovery.
Gertrude
Kreide's body may have adapted to the Voice of Mundane in the past, but with the recent surge of leakage, this delicate balance is about to be thrown upside down.
Gertrude
An optimistic estimate is that his good days will come to an end within two weeks. After that, he will experience the intense suffering that occurs in the acute phase following the false recovery phase.
Gertrude
The happiest ending for both him and the Afterglow, would be for him to die following the concert.
Gertrude
For you, for me, for the Afterglow, and for him. It would be a good thing.
Gertrude
I would obtain a trump card I could pull out at any time. The Afterglow would obtain peace, Kreide would obtain his rest.
No courtesy or greetings are needed. Just listen to me.
???
Even though you were born into a distant branch far from the Witch King, you are indeed the last of his bloodline.
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Out of pity, I will not trouble you.
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Beyond that, you shall also inherit the fiefs passed down from generation to generation in your family.
???
You will become the Lehnsherr of Urtica.
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You will learn to take responsibility for your own subjects.
???
You are about to take a completely different path from that of your disgraceful kin––
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I await you.
This was my first memory.
I was around five or six years old at the time, I can't remember from before that. I only vaguely remember coming into contact with a strange thing called the 'Voice of Mundane,' and nearly lost my life.
Staring at the pure-white dress in front of me, I was filled with thoughts that I'd become some obscure little aristocrat.
I thought I'd live the rest of my life in peace, with the exception of the occasional headache and the auditory hallucinations from the Voice of Mundane.
Your Illustrious Highness, I shall be frank from the onset. You are the true heir to Leithanien.
Stoic-Looking Noble
I've been laying in wait in your spire for a number of years now. I'm sure you recognize me.
Stoic-Looking Noble
You don't have to say anything. Just listen to me. You don't have to agree with me or repudiate me.
Stoic-Looking Noble
I know that you're scared, that you don't want to lose even this life you have now. But you should at least know how those people see you, and what they want you to do.
Stoic-Looking Noble
I'm sure you know that the attendants the tyrants have forced upon you are setting up the banquet below. I will take you there, and let you see the truth.
The one in front of me grabbed me and pulled me up off the ground.
