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Cardinal: Under the all-powerful
administrator’s rule,

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this world entered
a long period of peace,

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and the people became apathetic.

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70 years had passed since
quinella became administrator.

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Then, one day,

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she realized
she’d undergone a change.

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She used her control command

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to examine her fluctlight
and discovered

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it had reached its capacity
to retain her memories.

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She refused to accept it,

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so she came up with
another monstrous solution.

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Administrator: Welcome, child.

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Please, come closer.

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Girl: Yes, ma’am.

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Administrator: If I can
overwrite her fluctlight

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with a copy of the thoughts
and memories from my own,

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I will never lose them.

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Close your eyes.

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( Girl whimpers )

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cardinal: It was
a diabolical ceremony...

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A fusing of soul and memory

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which she called
the synthesis ritual.

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With it, she could seize control
of another human’s fluctlight.

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and here was
where administrator,

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or quinella,
made a critical mistake.

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Kirito: What do you mean?

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Cardinal: It didn’t occur to her
that, during the process

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of taking over the young girl
and deleting her old self,

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there would be a split second

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where two gods with equal power
existed at the same time.

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Kirito, you are familiar

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with my original version,
are you not?

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What is the main feature
of the cardinal system?

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Kirito: Oh, um...

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it’s supposed
to operate automatically

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for long periods of time.

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It doesn’t need humans to run.

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Cardinal: That is correct,
and, to facilitate it,

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the cardinal system
has two core programs,

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a main process and a subprocess.

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The main process performs
balance controls on the system.

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Kirito: While the subprocess
runs error checks on the main.

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Cardinal: Precisely.

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When she became administrator,
the preservation of order

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wasn’t the only thing quinella
etched onto her fluctlight.

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In the recesses of her soul,

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i still functioned
as the subprocess to her main,

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and I was obligated
to correct her errors.

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( Kirito gasps )

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Cardinal: For 70 long years,

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I waited for my opportunity...

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And finally it had arrived!

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♪

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♪ shiny sword, my diamond

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( singing in Japanese )

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♪ It’s time

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( singing in Japanese )

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♪

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Administrator: It worked.

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This little girl’s fluctlight
is mine now.

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- Cardinal: System call.
- ( Administrator gasps )

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cardinal:
Generate luminous element.

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Lightning shape. Discharge!

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Administrator: What?

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Cardinal: System call!

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Generate luminous element!

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Administrator: System call!

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Generate umbra element.
ball shape!

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Both: Discharge!

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Administrator: System call!
Redefine object!

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Sword class!

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Cardinal: System call.

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Redefine object!

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Rod class!

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Administrator: System call!

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Change field attribute!

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Cardinal: No!

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She made this area off-limits
for system commands.

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- ( Administrator grunts )
- ( Cardinal grunts )

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I can’t defeat her
in this body.

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( Gasps )

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( Staff rings clinking )

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( Administrator gasps )

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Cardinal: System call!

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Generate aerial element!

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Stream shape!

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( Narrating ) There are only
two locations in this world

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which administrator
has no control over.

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One is the other side
of the end mountains.

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The other is...

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System call!

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Generate blizzard gate.

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Zero one!

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( Narrating )
...The great library!

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In an instant,

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this space was completely
isolated from the outside.

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for the past 200 years,
i’ve been watching and plotting.

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I waited for the perfect moment

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when I could catch her
off guard, then ambush her.

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She knew what I was up to

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and was constantly on guard,

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so she created powerful and
loyal servants for protection.

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administrator:
Through the synthesis ritual,

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this man will be reborn
as a warrior devoted only to me,

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my integrity knight!

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( Chorus vocalizing )

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Cardinal: The first one she
turned into an integrity knight

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was an exceptional swordsman

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who hated
the rule of the church.

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Seeking refuge from it,

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he and his companions founded
a village in the outer regions.

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The name of this knight

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was bercouli synthesis one.

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One-on-one, administrator and I
are equally matched.

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At least, we were.

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her knights
are fast and powerful.

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They made the prospect
of ambushing her impossible,

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so, at the risk
of being spotted,

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I sought out my own allies.

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I opened doorways
far from the cathedral,

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then cast
sensory sharing spells

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upon birds and insects
and sent them out

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to lead potential allies
back here to me.

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( Chuckles )

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Kirito: Uh...

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Huh? ( Gasps )

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Cardinal: Look here.

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Meet Charlotte.

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she spotted
you and eugeo in rulid

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and has been
tagging along with you

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ever since you left that place.

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Sometimes she did more
than just tag along.

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( Kirito gasps )

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She was the one guiding me

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when we were running
from that knight.

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Huh! Sneaky.

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So back when my zephilias
got chopped up,

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was that you
giving me the pep talk?

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Uh...

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Cardinal: She’s a shy one.

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Of all my observation units,

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Charlotte has been out searching
longer than the others.

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At last, she can rest now.

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Her mission’s come to an end.

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When I enlisted her,

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I froze the natural degradation
of her life.

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That was over 200 years ago.

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( Kirito sighs )
Thanks, Charlotte.

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So, for 200 years,

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you had critters like her out
in the world looking for help,

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and you’ve been stuck
in here the whole time?

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Cardinal: Indeed,
and, as I sat here

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observing the world
through their eyes,

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a question kept repeating.

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Why would the gods
of the outside

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abandon a world they created

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to suffer under the tyranny
of administrator, a false god?

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As I pondered this and referred
to the cardinal system’s

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built-in database over and over,

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I eventually arrived
at a conclusion.

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Rath may be the god here,

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but it doesn’t want the people
to lead happy lives at all.

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It wants the opposite.

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This is a test.

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Rath created the underworld

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so they can observe
how its people react

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to stress parameters
put upon them.

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Day by day, they increase.

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Eventually all those stressors
will reach their limit,

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and the final phase of the test
will be at hand.

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Kirito: Then what happens?

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Cardinal: What these people
fear the most,

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an invasion
from outside this realm.

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Kirito: The dark territory.

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Cardinal: Correct. The world
of darkness was created

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to subject the underworldians
to the ultimate agony.

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The monsters there have
fluctlights, just like humans.

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The difference is,
their prime directive

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is to plunder and slaughter.

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They’re eager for the day

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when they can breach
the land of the iums,

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as they call you,
and wreak havoc.

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That day is coming.

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Kirito: And administrator,
does she know they’re coming?

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cardinal: Yes,
but she underestimates them.

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she thinks she
and her integrity knights

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are strong enough to repel them.

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she even had
all four guardian dragons slain,

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north, south, east, and west.

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as allies,
they would have been valuable,

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but she could not control them.

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Pity, she cannot win now,

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for the forces of darkness
are too many,

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and her numbers are too few.

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Kirito: Hang on. If that’s true,

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then why bother takin’ her down?

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’cause it sounds like
the fate of this world’s sealed

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whether you do or don’t.

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Cardinal: You are correct.

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( Kirito gasps )

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Cardinal: No matter what I do,

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the dark territory
will invade the human realm,

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and there is no stopping it.

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kirito: So, like,
once you stop administrator,

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your job here’s done,

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and whatever else happens
happens.

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You don’t care, do you?

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Cardinal: Perhaps I don’t.

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However...

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rath engineered
the bloodshed that is to come.

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I cannot accept
a god who does that.

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Once I learned the stress test
was unavoidable, I decided.

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The human realm
and the dark territory

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must be returned to nothingness.

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Kirito: Hold up. Decided?

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Cardinal: That is what I said.

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When I regain control,

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I will access the fluctlights
stored in the lightcube cluster.

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Then I will delete
every resident

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of the realms
of humanity and darkness.

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- ( Kirito shudders )
- Cardinal: That said,

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if you decide to help me
and I eliminate administrator,

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I will have full access
to all of my authority.

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then, before I
extinguish this world,

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I can Grant you one wish,

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to a certain degree, anyway.

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if you single out
those you would like to save,

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i will refrain
from deleting their fluctlights.

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- Instead, I will archive them.
- ( Kirito gasps )

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Cardinal: After you escape
to the real world,

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you can save their lightcubes.

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I should be able
to set aside ten or so.

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( Kirito gasps )

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I gotta pick?

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Wait a sec.

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Something doesn’t add up here.

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You said your soul’s
a copy of hers.

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that means
you got the selfish part

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of the nobility in you, too,

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the drive to put your wants
and needs above everyone else’s.

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So why’d you wait here all
by yourself and for 200 years?

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You could have found a place
far away from administrator

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and had some kinda life.

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( Cardinal sighs )

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The cardinal subprocess
was burned into me.

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That means my core desires
amount to only one thing,

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to eliminate administrator and
restore normal function here.

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To me, there is no way to have
a properly functioning world,

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unless the corrupting element
is dealt with

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and the slate wiped clean.

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Actually, on second thought...

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( Kirito sighs )

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Cardinal: Perhaps you’re right.

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I do harbor one desire,

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something I was
desperate to experience

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just once
for the last 200 years.

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kirito,
would you stand up, please?

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Kirito: Uh...

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( Cardinal groans )

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Kirito: Uh...

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00:12:32,853 --> 00:12:34,254
Cardinal: This should do.

262
00:12:34,321 --> 00:12:36,590
All right, please step forward.

263
00:12:39,026 --> 00:12:40,861
- Come closer.
- Kirito: Why?

264
00:12:40,928 --> 00:12:42,863
Cardinal: Don’t argue with me!

265
00:12:45,899 --> 00:12:47,267
Raise your arms, please.

266
00:12:47,334 --> 00:12:48,268
Kirito: Like this?

267
00:12:48,335 --> 00:12:49,603
Cardinal: In front of you,

268
00:12:49,670 --> 00:12:50,905
and make a circle with them.

269
00:12:50,971 --> 00:12:51,905
Kirito: Uh...

270
00:12:53,373 --> 00:12:56,309
Cardinal: Honestly,
how dense are you?

271
00:13:03,984 --> 00:13:06,286
So this is it.

272
00:13:06,353 --> 00:13:08,722
Now I see.

273
00:13:08,789 --> 00:13:10,858
this is
what it means to be human.

274
00:13:10,924 --> 00:13:12,125
( Kirito grunts )

275
00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:15,562
( Cardinal gasps )

276
00:13:17,331 --> 00:13:18,699
To be held,

277
00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:21,735
it’s so warm and comforting.

278
00:13:21,802 --> 00:13:25,906
after 200 years,
this makes the wait worth it.

279
00:13:25,973 --> 00:13:29,977
To think something so simple
could be so satisfying.

280
00:13:31,111 --> 00:13:33,246
the wait
was more than worth it.

281
00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:37,617
- ( Robe flaps )
- ( Kirito gasps )

282
00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:43,790
Cardinal: Hmm?

283
00:13:45,158 --> 00:13:46,926
Well? How long are you planning

284
00:13:46,994 --> 00:13:48,629
to stand there like that?

285
00:13:48,695 --> 00:13:50,597
Kirito: Sorry. Just bein’ human!

286
00:13:50,664 --> 00:13:53,267
Cardinal: So then,
what’s your decision?

287
00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:54,968
Kirito: Uh...

288
00:13:55,035 --> 00:13:58,005
Cardinal: Will you help me
stop administrator or not?

289
00:13:58,071 --> 00:13:59,639
( Kirito sighs )

290
00:13:59,706 --> 00:14:01,007
Yeah, okay.

291
00:14:01,074 --> 00:14:04,010
I’ll help you with this plan
of yours, sort of.

292
00:14:04,077 --> 00:14:05,712
Cardinal: Huh?

293
00:14:05,779 --> 00:14:08,915
Kirito: Look, I get where
you’re coming from and all,

294
00:14:08,982 --> 00:14:11,051
but i’m not gonna give up
on this world,

295
00:14:11,118 --> 00:14:13,954
and I won’t give up
on its people.

296
00:14:14,021 --> 00:14:17,825
I’ll help you, but i’ll still
try and find a way to save ’em.

297
00:14:17,891 --> 00:14:20,827
Cardinal: Honestly,
your optimism is absurd.

298
00:14:20,894 --> 00:14:22,596
Kirito: Maybe so,

299
00:14:22,663 --> 00:14:25,132
but if everything gets deleted,
so do you.

300
00:14:25,199 --> 00:14:26,734
( Cardinal gasps )

301
00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,002
kirito: If I can’t
figure this out, you can bet

302
00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:32,005
you’ll be one of the ten people
i’m gonna want saved.

303
00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:33,006
( Cardinal sighs )

304
00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:35,208
Could you be any more foolish?

305
00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:37,778
How do you expect me
to extinguish this world

306
00:14:37,845 --> 00:14:40,181
if I am not present
to perform the task?

307
00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:42,850
kirito: Don’t know.
Hey, i’ll do whatever you say,

308
00:14:42,916 --> 00:14:44,284
but i’m gonna try to come up

309
00:14:44,351 --> 00:14:46,220
with a better solution
all the same.

310
00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:48,188
( Cardinal groans )

311
00:14:48,255 --> 00:14:53,861
Someday, you, too, will know
the bitterness of resignation.

312
00:14:53,927 --> 00:14:56,830
It is not the same
as trying and failing.

313
00:14:56,897 --> 00:15:00,200
It is being forced
to admit failure,

314
00:15:00,267 --> 00:15:03,237
regardless of how hard you try.

315
00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:12,312
( Footsteps approaching )

316
00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:13,313
( Eugeo sighs )

317
00:15:13,380 --> 00:15:15,382
Kirito: There you are!

318
00:15:15,449 --> 00:15:16,951
we thought
you were still in the bath.

319
00:15:17,017 --> 00:15:20,454
eugeo: I’m sorry.
I guess I lost track of time.

320
00:15:20,521 --> 00:15:23,624
kirito: So, uh,
cardinal and I were talkin’.

321
00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:26,826
She used to be the--
the pontifex here

322
00:15:26,894 --> 00:15:29,630
’til administrator kicked
her out and took over her job.

323
00:15:29,696 --> 00:15:30,997
Eugeo: You were a pontifex?

324
00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:32,899
Kirito: Don’t worry.
She’s on our side.

325
00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:35,502
She’s gonna help us fight
the integrity knights.

326
00:15:35,569 --> 00:15:37,571
- Eugeo: Y-you will?
- Kirito: Yeah.

327
00:15:37,638 --> 00:15:39,807
She wants to get her title
as pontifex back,

328
00:15:39,873 --> 00:15:41,441
but to do that,

329
00:15:41,508 --> 00:15:43,744
she’s gonna have to take down
administrator first,

330
00:15:43,810 --> 00:15:47,113
so, like, she sort of
suggested we join forces.

331
00:15:47,181 --> 00:15:48,115
Cardinal: Mm-hmm.

332
00:15:48,182 --> 00:15:49,984
Eugeo: There’s this girl,

333
00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:53,020
an integrity knight
called Alice synthesis thirty.

334
00:15:53,086 --> 00:15:56,690
I think she’s the same person
as an Alice zuberg from rulid.

335
00:15:56,757 --> 00:15:57,992
Do you know if she is?

336
00:15:58,058 --> 00:16:00,427
Cardinal: I’m sorry,
but the information

337
00:16:00,494 --> 00:16:03,330
i’m able to access here
is extremely limited.

338
00:16:03,397 --> 00:16:07,468
I know integrity knight Alice
was born, but no other details.

339
00:16:07,534 --> 00:16:11,838
However, I can tell you how
to undo the synthesis ritual,

340
00:16:11,905 --> 00:16:14,641
the sacred art
that creates integrity knights.

341
00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:17,377
( Eugeo gasps )
And how do I do that?

342
00:16:17,444 --> 00:16:19,646
Cardinal: Simply remove
the piety module.

343
00:16:19,713 --> 00:16:21,882
All the knights have one
in their forehead.

344
00:16:21,949 --> 00:16:24,018
It looks like
a triangular prism.

345
00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:26,653
( Eugeo gasps ) We saw one.

346
00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,823
Cardinal: Once the piety module
is inserted,

347
00:16:29,890 --> 00:16:32,726
it effectively blocks
the links to memories.

348
00:16:32,793 --> 00:16:36,430
With that, the prospective
knight’s past is sealed away--

349
00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:39,599
the result, a knight
who is loyal to the church

350
00:16:39,666 --> 00:16:41,835
and to their creator,
the pontifex.

351
00:16:41,902 --> 00:16:44,037
Kirito: We almost broke
the spell on one of ’em.

352
00:16:44,104 --> 00:16:46,340
We reminded him
of who he used to be,

353
00:16:46,406 --> 00:16:47,641
and the crystal popped out.

354
00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:49,910
Cardinal: That is not enough
to free a knight.

355
00:16:49,977 --> 00:16:52,913
Another element is required
in order to break the spell.

356
00:16:52,980 --> 00:16:54,982
Eugeo: And? What would that be?

357
00:16:55,048 --> 00:16:57,050
Cardinal: The thing
that once existed

358
00:16:57,117 --> 00:16:59,853
in the place
where the module was inserted,

359
00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:02,656
or, more specifically,
a memory fragment,

360
00:17:02,723 --> 00:17:05,025
one the integrity knight
treasures the most.

361
00:17:05,092 --> 00:17:07,962
Administrator is
a cautious woman.

362
00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:09,730
I don’t doubt she keeps

363
00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:11,931
all the memory fragments
close at hand.

364
00:17:11,999 --> 00:17:14,401
if anywhere,
they’d be in her chamber,

365
00:17:14,468 --> 00:17:18,672
located on the top floor
of the central cathedral.

366
00:17:18,739 --> 00:17:20,975
kirito: Okay,
so to turn the knights

367
00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:22,643
back to the way they were,

368
00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:25,445
we need to get our hands
on their memory fragments.

369
00:17:25,512 --> 00:17:27,014
but I doubt
the integrity knights

370
00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:29,816
are just gonna let us
walk up to administrator’s room.

371
00:17:29,883 --> 00:17:32,018
I bet we’re gonna have
to fight every one of ’em

372
00:17:32,085 --> 00:17:33,887
all the way
to the top of the cathedral.

373
00:17:33,954 --> 00:17:35,923
Cardinal: Don’t be naive.

374
00:17:35,989 --> 00:17:37,991
An integrity knight
does not stop

375
00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:40,561
until either you
or they are dead.

376
00:17:40,627 --> 00:17:43,864
I can help you get equipment
that is equal to theirs,

377
00:17:43,931 --> 00:17:46,867
but that is
all the assistance I can offer.

378
00:17:46,934 --> 00:17:49,036
The rest will be
up to your skills

379
00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:51,605
and whether you have
the stamina to endure.

380
00:17:51,672 --> 00:17:54,975
Eugeo: If Alice shows up
and I have to fight her,

381
00:17:55,042 --> 00:17:56,777
I-I don’t want to hurt her.

382
00:17:56,844 --> 00:17:58,412
I can’t.

383
00:17:58,478 --> 00:18:01,548
I just want to take her
back to our village.

384
00:18:01,615 --> 00:18:03,350
Cardinal: I know. I understand.

385
00:18:03,417 --> 00:18:05,352
Your intention is honorable,

386
00:18:05,419 --> 00:18:09,823
and I have an idea that should
satisfy you, so don’t fret.

387
00:18:09,890 --> 00:18:11,992
When you come across
Alice the knight,

388
00:18:12,059 --> 00:18:14,762
you’ll be armed with something
that won’t kill her.

389
00:18:14,828 --> 00:18:15,962
I made them special.

390
00:18:17,764 --> 00:18:18,865
Kirito: Daggers?

391
00:18:18,932 --> 00:18:20,434
Cardinal: Obviously.

392
00:18:20,501 --> 00:18:23,037
whoever they Pierce
will be instantly linked to me

393
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:25,806
in this library
by an unbreakable connection.

394
00:18:25,873 --> 00:18:27,875
the person
will then be susceptible

395
00:18:27,941 --> 00:18:30,444
to whatever sacred art I cast.

396
00:18:30,511 --> 00:18:34,448
Take them. All you have to do
is Pierce her flesh

397
00:18:34,515 --> 00:18:36,450
with just one
of those daggers.

398
00:18:36,517 --> 00:18:39,053
in that instant,
I will use my sacred arts

399
00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:40,921
to put her into a deep sleep.

400
00:18:40,988 --> 00:18:44,425
She will stay that way until you
have her memory fragment

401
00:18:44,491 --> 00:18:46,526
and are ready
to remove the synthesis.

402
00:18:46,593 --> 00:18:47,928
Eugeo: All right, then.

403
00:18:47,995 --> 00:18:50,431
If I can’t manage
to talk sense into her,

404
00:18:50,497 --> 00:18:51,999
I will use your daggers.

405
00:18:52,065 --> 00:18:56,570
Cardinal: Actually, one of those
is intended for administrator.

406
00:18:56,637 --> 00:18:58,973
the other one
is supposed to be a spare.

407
00:18:59,039 --> 00:19:02,376
Either way, who gets stabbed
with which is up to you now.

408
00:19:02,442 --> 00:19:04,511
Kirito: Damn, talk about
puttin’ on the pressure.

409
00:19:04,578 --> 00:19:06,914
- Wait. We still need gear.
- Cardinal: Hmm?

410
00:19:06,980 --> 00:19:08,849
Kirito: You said
you’d help us get stuff

411
00:19:08,916 --> 00:19:10,584
that’s equal
to what the knights have.

412
00:19:10,651 --> 00:19:12,753
Cardinal: You and eugeo have
powerful swords of your own,

413
00:19:12,819 --> 00:19:14,421
do you not?

414
00:19:14,488 --> 00:19:16,757
Those should be more than equal
to what any knight has.

415
00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:19,426
Eugeo: Does that mean
what I think it does?

416
00:19:19,493 --> 00:19:21,362
Can you get our swords back?

417
00:19:21,428 --> 00:19:23,397
Cardinal: Of course.
There is an armory

418
00:19:23,463 --> 00:19:25,432
on the third floor
of the cathedral.

419
00:19:25,499 --> 00:19:28,635
That is most likely
where they are being kept.

420
00:19:28,702 --> 00:19:31,004
kirito: By the way,
how far up do we have to go

421
00:19:31,071 --> 00:19:32,973
to get to administrator’s room?

422
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,009
Cardinal: Each year,
the central cathedral

423
00:19:35,075 --> 00:19:37,044
grows taller than the last,

424
00:19:37,110 --> 00:19:40,013
so her chamber should be
on the 100th floor by now.

425
00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,682
( Kirito groans )

426
00:19:41,748 --> 00:19:42,983
Cardinal: Unfortunately...

427
00:19:43,050 --> 00:19:45,352
There is one more thing
you need to do.

428
00:19:45,419 --> 00:19:47,087
Kirito: Ah. You don’t say.

429
00:19:47,154 --> 00:19:48,856
cardinal:
Your swords are powerful.

430
00:19:48,922 --> 00:19:50,657
That much is true,

431
00:19:50,724 --> 00:19:53,694
but they’re not enough to bring
down the integrity knights.

432
00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,895
They know a technique
which allows them

433
00:19:55,963 --> 00:19:57,665
to amplify
their weapons’s abilities

434
00:19:57,731 --> 00:19:59,900
many times
over what is normal.

435
00:19:59,967 --> 00:20:03,671
Eugeo: Right. I believe it’s
called perfect weapon control.

436
00:20:03,737 --> 00:20:05,672
Cardinal: Once they
activate the spell,

437
00:20:05,739 --> 00:20:07,674
divine weapons
take on the properties

438
00:20:07,741 --> 00:20:10,444
of the thing
the weapon once was.

439
00:20:10,511 --> 00:20:14,915
In other words, perfect control
releases the weapon’s memory.

440
00:20:14,982 --> 00:20:17,785
as a result,
it can unleash potent attacks

441
00:20:17,851 --> 00:20:19,619
that are far beyond normal.

442
00:20:19,686 --> 00:20:21,988
I will arm you both
with that power.

443
00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:24,624
close your eyes,
and think of your sword.

444
00:20:24,691 --> 00:20:26,927
♪

445
00:20:31,598 --> 00:20:33,667
( Wood creaking )

446
00:20:48,982 --> 00:20:50,917
( Crystal clinking )

447
00:20:57,791 --> 00:20:59,393
All right. It is done.

448
00:21:01,094 --> 00:21:02,696
( Staff rings clinking )

449
00:21:04,665 --> 00:21:05,933
( Both grunt )

450
00:21:05,999 --> 00:21:06,933
Cardinal: Here.

451
00:21:08,468 --> 00:21:10,537
Kirito: Uh...

452
00:21:10,604 --> 00:21:12,773
cardinal: Commit
all the words to memory.

453
00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,742
♪

454
00:21:14,808 --> 00:21:15,976
( Rings jingle )

455
00:21:20,881 --> 00:21:23,016
Now then, eugeo and kirito,

456
00:21:23,083 --> 00:21:27,120
the fate of this world
is up to you,

457
00:21:27,187 --> 00:21:29,389
whether it is
engulfed in hellfire

458
00:21:29,456 --> 00:21:31,425
or vanishes entirely.

459
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,996
Or, with any luck, perhaps
you’ll find a third path.

460
00:21:36,063 --> 00:21:39,366
Regardless, I have told you
all that I can tell

461
00:21:39,433 --> 00:21:42,803
and given you
all that I can give.

462
00:21:42,870 --> 00:21:46,107
all that is left
is to trust in yourselves.

463
00:21:46,173 --> 00:21:48,742
eugeo: Thank you
for all your help, cardinal.

464
00:21:48,809 --> 00:21:51,845
i know i’ll make it
to the top of the cathedral

465
00:21:51,912 --> 00:21:53,914
and restore alice’s memory.

466
00:21:53,981 --> 00:21:55,082
( Kirito sighs )

467
00:21:57,050 --> 00:21:58,919
( Singing in Japanese )

468
00:22:00,020 --> 00:22:01,488
Cardinal: Eh...

469
00:22:01,555 --> 00:22:02,456
( Chuckles )

470
00:22:02,523 --> 00:22:03,457
Now then...

471
00:22:04,858 --> 00:22:05,992
Off with you!

472
00:22:13,734 --> 00:22:14,802
( Kirito grunts )

473
00:22:22,643 --> 00:22:23,911
( Cardinal chuckles )

474
00:22:33,887 --> 00:22:37,090
Singer: ♪ the Iris to you