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boxupallthebutterflies) wrote2011-11-25 08:44 pm
boxupallthebutterflies) wrote2011-11-25 08:44 pm
Memory 30 - Trivial Neutral
THE MEMORY:
[Setting: The metaworld parlor. Beatrice is currently lurking formlessly, while on the gameboard, Hideyoshi, Rudolf, and Kyrie's corpses have been discovered in the mansion.]
BATTLER: Just like usual, let's start by checking whether the corpses are dead. ...Ronove, please, declare it in red.
RONOVE: ...
BATTLER: Hey, can't you hear me? ...Please, declare it in red. Repeat it. "Rudolf, Kyrie, and Hideyoshi are dead."
RONOVE: ...My apologies. Allow me to decline from repeating that.
BATTLER: What's that...? That's so sudden... what are you planning...?
RONOVE: My apologies. Someone speaking in Milady's place such as myself must relinquish his turn at this point. ...Accordingly, "I" cannot repeat that in red. ...The only one qualified to repeat that... is Milady.
BATTLER: ...
VIRGILIA: ...It is a correct point. Ronove is but an agent for Beato's side. ...If Ronove steps down from the position of agent, and Battler-kun will not accept Beato as an opponent... a new agent must be created.
RONOVE: ...There is no new agent. ...Please, Battler-sama. Please accept Milady as your game partner once more.
BATTLER: ...Sorry, but that's advice I can't listen to. ...I definitely won't accept that unpleasant, cruel bastard as my opponent. ...I won't give up in this game because I don't accept her.
RONOVE: Regarding your point about her being unpleasant, I apologize in Milady's stead. Allow me to pledge that Milady will not take unpleasant actions again.
BATTLER: ...I wonder about that.
VIRGILIA: ...Battler-kun. I also apologize as that child's teacher. She has listened well, so would you please forgive her just this once?
BATTLER: ...Hey, hey, quit it please. You're making it sound like I'm the bad guy. ...And no matter how much you guys apologize, it won't reach my ears. ...If Beato can say that from her own mouth... well, it's not like I won't listen to her.
VIRGILIA: ...Understood. If that is your only condition for accepting that child again, let us have that child apologize. ...Ronove. Call for that child. Is that alright, Battler-kun...?
BATTLER: ...Sheesh. ...Do whatever you want. Still, don't expect that I'll forgive her. ...Call for that irritating witch.
RONOVE: ...You have my thanks, Battler-sama. ...I will now call her. ...Milady, Battler-sama is calling for you.
[A beat, and then gold butterflies gather in midair to create Beatrice's form, wearing a docile expression.]
BEATO: ...Did you call, Ronove?
VIRGILIA: ...I believe you heard. ...Is there something you have to say, from your own mouth...?
BATTLER: ... [regarding her coldly]
BEATO: ... [shrinking slightly under his gaze, making several attempts to get her words out, awkwardly, but ultimately failing]
~*~*~*~*~
[On the gameboard, the others have found the corpses in the mansion, and have broken down crying.]
BATTLER: ...Dad... Kyrie-san... oooooooooooooooooohhhh... oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh...
EVA: Dear... deeeaar... whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh...!!
GEORGE: ...Mother... get a hold of yourself... I'm also... crushed... and sad...!
NANJO: ...They probably died instantly. ...I'm sure that, even if we had arrived immediately after they fell, it would have been too late...
EVA: No, that's wrong!! They were definitely alive!! His chest was stabbed with something like this...! My husband must have died in extreme pain...!! If we had come faster... surely they would have been saved! They would surely have been saved!! Uuuuuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh...
GEORGE: ...It must be tough... for you too, Battler-kun... so stay strong...
BATTLER: ...I'm alright... it's alright, Aniki... Let me cry just a little bit longer... I've got it the best... I should be the least sad...! So if you let me cry just a little longer... I'll be fine...
GEORGE: That isn't true... I can understand how much it must hurt your heart to have lost both parents... I still have Mother. ...That's much better than it is for you, Battler-kun...
BATTLER: No, that's wrong!! It's got to be toughest for you, George-aniki... I understand, Aniki... In this group... you are the saddest, and the one who has it toughest!! I understand that... so I can't keep on sobbing like this...!! Oooooooooooooooooohhh!!
GEORGE: ...Why... do you say it is toughest for me...?
BATTLER: To me, Dad and Kyrie-san... were people I would eventually split up with when I grew up and became independent. Since they're parents, it is fated that they would die before their children. ...It's just that it happened a little early...! ...But it's different for you, Aniki. You wouldn't have split up with your parents someday. ...You should have lived your whole lives together... and you've even lost Shannon-chan too, right...?!!
GEORGE: ...
BATTLER: It's not like human lives have different weights. Whether it's a baby or an old person, they should all be respected the same...! ...But still, the longer the life of a person afterwards... the longer the future you've built together... the sadder the fact of death is...!! Aniki, you were engaged to Shannon-chan, right? You promised that you'd build a life and a home together in the future, right?! ...Compared to how huge that future was... compared to how huge that happiness was... stuff like my pain doesn't even come close...!! ...So you should be forgiven for crying much, much more, Aniki...!! And yet... just because you act like a big brother for us cousins... you forcibly act like you're composed...!
GEORGE: ...Stop it... Battler-kun. [trying to smile calmly, but starting to cry] ...There's no way I wouldn't... be sad, right...? ...Together with Shannon, I painted a picture of many futures in my mind. We talked of dreams that couldn't all come true even in a thousand lifetimes. ...Of those dreams, even the very first one... having her move into my family register, could not be granted... so there's no way I wouldn't... be sad, right...?
BATTLER: Compared to that, I... I...!! Like I said, I have no right to cry any more! When even you're holding back, Aniki, I have no right to shed any more tears!!
GEORGE: ...We're the same. ...We both feel the same sadness from losing those close to us. ...So there's no rule that you can't shed any more tears than me, Battler-kun. ...And... for me too... there's no rule... that says I have to hold back my tears any longer.
BATTLER: ...Aniki... Anikii...!!! Ooooooooooooooooooooohhhh!!
GEORGE: Shannon, with whom I talked of the future, died. Father is dead too. ...How sad... how sad... Oooooooooooohhhhhhh!! [they hug, sobbing]
~*~*~*~*~
BATTLER: ...Do you understand why I'm saying that George-aniki has it the toughest...?
BEATO: I... I was listening, so I understand. ...The sadness is proportional to the length of time that would have been spent together in their lives after that...
BATTLER: ...Of course, you can't calculate it just like that though. ...We humans aren't like you witches. ...From the time we're alive to the moment we die, we live in that limited period with our utmost strength. ...I can't forgive anyone who makes light of that. ...Furthermore, I definitely can't forgive anyone who sneers at people and toys with them. ...A person like you, whose very concept of death is all screwed up, probably can't understand that.
BEATO: ...
BATTLER: ...It isn't just the time we would live afterwards. ...Sneering at the lives of people living with all their strength... That's what I can't forgive the most. George-aniki lived his life by recklessly doing his best. ...He must have shown up today heroically prepared to marry Shannon-chan. ...It's completely different from me, since I was happy just to be able to meet my cousins after a long while.
BEATO: ...B... But still...
VIRGILIA: Beato. For now, stay silent and listen.
BEATO: ...H... hmm.
BATTLER: ...In a way, I understand your excuse. ...You say that you need to continue murdering according to the epitaph for your own resurrection. ...So judging by the circumstances of your position... I can just barely understand your murders. ...Because to you, that is a necessary action. ...In that case, all further unnecessary actions are because of your meaningless brutal hobby. ...In other words, if killing the six people for the first twilight was a "necessary action" for you... then all that show of crushing their faces and splitting their stomachs and stuffing them full of sweets was completely unnecessary, and just your brutal hobby. ...I definitely cannot forgive this aspect of you.
BEATO: ...H... mm...
BATTLER: When you repeatedly killed Rosa oba-san in that horrible way... I heard that you were saying something like "in the very end, I will bring them back to life, so it doesn't matter how I kill them, right?" I heard from Virgilia.
BEATO: ...Well, that... well... umm...
BATTLER: That idea that you can kill them as many times as you want, as long as you bring them back to life in the end, is a completely unnecessary action of toying with a life, isn't it? ...If you're going to kill, do it instantly! Don't toy with them!! If you won't kill them, then don't tease them!! You're taking advantage of the fact that you can do as you will with people's lives, and you've forgotten the sanctity of life. So I can't accept you...! I definitely can't accept as my opponent a person who doesn't know the weight of a life, and the sadness when that life is lost!
VIRGILIA: ...That is why the Endless Magic is known as a black art. ...The Endless Witch has no concept of limitations. ...She has no concept of the limitations and losses caused by breaking and killing. ...For that reason, Endless Witches sometimes start playing with the gap between life and death like it's a game. ...That is a very, very frightening thing. So as an Endless Witch, and out of my own desire, I never reached your level.
BEATO: ...I have been told not to break vases. ...But that's why I wanted to break them. ...Then I gained the Endless Magic. ...When I knew that I could fix it back to normal no matter how badly I broke it... I was surprised at how fun it was to break a vase...
VIRGILIA: That is called the forbidden honey. People are not captivated by what's inside. They are captivated by the sealed lock. ...It truly is deplorable.
BATTLER: ...I want to ask you, Virgilia. Why does this thing called the Endless Magic exist? ...And for what purpose does it exist in this world?
VIRGILIA: It is not limited to the Endless Magic. ...All magic exists to bring happiness to the human world. ...After everything that has happened, it may be difficult for you to believe, Battler-kun... but in order to bring blessings to the human world, we witches are supposed to become a bridge between humans and those who are not human, and continue to study.
BATTLER: ...How does reviving the dead and torturing them to death over and over again help the human world?
VIRGILIA: When a vase that is an important memento is broken, if by fixing it, everyone will regain their smiles, I would repair it with magic as many times as necessary. However, I would not be fixing it in order to break it again. ...I would be reviving it to give humans happiness.
BATTLER: In that case... Beato. You fail as an Endless Witch.
BEATO: ...H... mmm...
BATTLER: ...By now, I have, at times, vaguely thought about something. ...Why do I keep going on with this strange game against you? ...This isn't a game to make me surrender. ...Couldn't it be a test for you to be accepted as an Endless Witch, in its true meaning?
BEATO: ...I... I don't know about that. ...The reason I proposed this game to you was, umm... simply as a way to kill time... No one was anticipating it.
BATTLER: Just now, I heard the definition of a witch from Virgilia. By that definition, you, Beato, are not even a witch. You'd be an apprentice who's in the middle of her training, and who misunderstands her own power. ...This was supposedly a fight between a witch and a human. In that case, someone like you, who isn't a witch, is not qualified to be my opponent. ...Understand?
BEATO: ...You say... I am still... only an apprentice... Then, when will I be accepted as your opponent once again? ...When can we resume this game?
BATTLER: ...Who knows. ...At the very least, it isn't now. ...When you fully understand what I've said, and become a real witch... I will probably accept you as my opponent in this game once more.
BEATO: I, I can't understand if you say it so abstractly like that... Clearly tell me what I should do to earn your forgiveness...
BATTLER: No, I've said enough. You think about the rest. ...That's all I want to say. ...If you can't understand it, try talking with Virgilia and Ronove. ...A brat like you should start off by listening to what the adults say. ...Virgilia. Suspend the game for now. Now that Ronove has stepped down as representative, all we can do is wait for Beato to gain the qualifications of a proper opponent.
VIRGILIA: ...Understood. ...Until Beato has been accepted as having gained those qualifications, the game will proceed without an opponent. Is that alright with you too, Beato?
BEATO: ...I... I have no objections. ...I want time, and a place where I can think at a leisurely pace. ...May I leave my seat for that?
BATTLER: ...Yeah, that's fine.
BEATO: ...Well then, see you, later.
BATTLER: Wait. ...Don't make that dejected face.
BEATO: ...Sorry about that. Letting everything inside my heart show up on my face is part of my personality. I cannot deceive.
BATTLER: In that case, there's still room for improvement. ...Let me promise you one thing. In this game with you, I might win, and I might lose. ...If you don't come back, it'll probably be a victory by default for me. [pausing for a second, before continuing forcefully] ...However, I definitely won't be the one to step down. I definitely won't give you a victory by default. ...I will keep on waiting here for you to sit there again as my worthy opponent.
RONOVE: ...Battler-sama...
BEATO: ...Thank you, Battler. ...I will definitely, come back and be accepted by you. [smiling hopefully, very briefly, before disappearing]
SUMMARY:
Yeahyeahyeah I already went through this kind of thing in Aather, I get that I'm a horrible person already. And I GET THAT BATTLER HATES ME ALREADYYY. I GET THAT I AM ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS ALREADYYYY
also Ronove and Virgilia really are like my parents .-.
that's pretty much it...
[Setting: The metaworld parlor. Beatrice is currently lurking formlessly, while on the gameboard, Hideyoshi, Rudolf, and Kyrie's corpses have been discovered in the mansion.]
BATTLER: Just like usual, let's start by checking whether the corpses are dead. ...Ronove, please, declare it in red.
RONOVE: ...
BATTLER: Hey, can't you hear me? ...Please, declare it in red. Repeat it. "Rudolf, Kyrie, and Hideyoshi are dead."
RONOVE: ...My apologies. Allow me to decline from repeating that.
BATTLER: What's that...? That's so sudden... what are you planning...?
RONOVE: My apologies. Someone speaking in Milady's place such as myself must relinquish his turn at this point. ...Accordingly, "I" cannot repeat that in red. ...The only one qualified to repeat that... is Milady.
BATTLER: ...
VIRGILIA: ...It is a correct point. Ronove is but an agent for Beato's side. ...If Ronove steps down from the position of agent, and Battler-kun will not accept Beato as an opponent... a new agent must be created.
RONOVE: ...There is no new agent. ...Please, Battler-sama. Please accept Milady as your game partner once more.
BATTLER: ...Sorry, but that's advice I can't listen to. ...I definitely won't accept that unpleasant, cruel bastard as my opponent. ...I won't give up in this game because I don't accept her.
RONOVE: Regarding your point about her being unpleasant, I apologize in Milady's stead. Allow me to pledge that Milady will not take unpleasant actions again.
BATTLER: ...I wonder about that.
VIRGILIA: ...Battler-kun. I also apologize as that child's teacher. She has listened well, so would you please forgive her just this once?
BATTLER: ...Hey, hey, quit it please. You're making it sound like I'm the bad guy. ...And no matter how much you guys apologize, it won't reach my ears. ...If Beato can say that from her own mouth... well, it's not like I won't listen to her.
VIRGILIA: ...Understood. If that is your only condition for accepting that child again, let us have that child apologize. ...Ronove. Call for that child. Is that alright, Battler-kun...?
BATTLER: ...Sheesh. ...Do whatever you want. Still, don't expect that I'll forgive her. ...Call for that irritating witch.
RONOVE: ...You have my thanks, Battler-sama. ...I will now call her. ...Milady, Battler-sama is calling for you.
[A beat, and then gold butterflies gather in midair to create Beatrice's form, wearing a docile expression.]
BEATO: ...Did you call, Ronove?
VIRGILIA: ...I believe you heard. ...Is there something you have to say, from your own mouth...?
BATTLER: ... [regarding her coldly]
BEATO: ... [shrinking slightly under his gaze, making several attempts to get her words out, awkwardly, but ultimately failing]
~*~*~*~*~
[On the gameboard, the others have found the corpses in the mansion, and have broken down crying.]
BATTLER: ...Dad... Kyrie-san... oooooooooooooooooohhhh... oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh...
EVA: Dear... deeeaar... whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh...!!
GEORGE: ...Mother... get a hold of yourself... I'm also... crushed... and sad...!
NANJO: ...They probably died instantly. ...I'm sure that, even if we had arrived immediately after they fell, it would have been too late...
EVA: No, that's wrong!! They were definitely alive!! His chest was stabbed with something like this...! My husband must have died in extreme pain...!! If we had come faster... surely they would have been saved! They would surely have been saved!! Uuuuuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh...
GEORGE: ...It must be tough... for you too, Battler-kun... so stay strong...
BATTLER: ...I'm alright... it's alright, Aniki... Let me cry just a little bit longer... I've got it the best... I should be the least sad...! So if you let me cry just a little longer... I'll be fine...
GEORGE: That isn't true... I can understand how much it must hurt your heart to have lost both parents... I still have Mother. ...That's much better than it is for you, Battler-kun...
BATTLER: No, that's wrong!! It's got to be toughest for you, George-aniki... I understand, Aniki... In this group... you are the saddest, and the one who has it toughest!! I understand that... so I can't keep on sobbing like this...!! Oooooooooooooooooohhh!!
GEORGE: ...Why... do you say it is toughest for me...?
BATTLER: To me, Dad and Kyrie-san... were people I would eventually split up with when I grew up and became independent. Since they're parents, it is fated that they would die before their children. ...It's just that it happened a little early...! ...But it's different for you, Aniki. You wouldn't have split up with your parents someday. ...You should have lived your whole lives together... and you've even lost Shannon-chan too, right...?!!
GEORGE: ...
BATTLER: It's not like human lives have different weights. Whether it's a baby or an old person, they should all be respected the same...! ...But still, the longer the life of a person afterwards... the longer the future you've built together... the sadder the fact of death is...!! Aniki, you were engaged to Shannon-chan, right? You promised that you'd build a life and a home together in the future, right?! ...Compared to how huge that future was... compared to how huge that happiness was... stuff like my pain doesn't even come close...!! ...So you should be forgiven for crying much, much more, Aniki...!! And yet... just because you act like a big brother for us cousins... you forcibly act like you're composed...!
GEORGE: ...Stop it... Battler-kun. [trying to smile calmly, but starting to cry] ...There's no way I wouldn't... be sad, right...? ...Together with Shannon, I painted a picture of many futures in my mind. We talked of dreams that couldn't all come true even in a thousand lifetimes. ...Of those dreams, even the very first one... having her move into my family register, could not be granted... so there's no way I wouldn't... be sad, right...?
BATTLER: Compared to that, I... I...!! Like I said, I have no right to cry any more! When even you're holding back, Aniki, I have no right to shed any more tears!!
GEORGE: ...We're the same. ...We both feel the same sadness from losing those close to us. ...So there's no rule that you can't shed any more tears than me, Battler-kun. ...And... for me too... there's no rule... that says I have to hold back my tears any longer.
BATTLER: ...Aniki... Anikii...!!! Ooooooooooooooooooooohhhh!!
GEORGE: Shannon, with whom I talked of the future, died. Father is dead too. ...How sad... how sad... Oooooooooooohhhhhhh!! [they hug, sobbing]
~*~*~*~*~
BATTLER: ...Do you understand why I'm saying that George-aniki has it the toughest...?
BEATO: I... I was listening, so I understand. ...The sadness is proportional to the length of time that would have been spent together in their lives after that...
BATTLER: ...Of course, you can't calculate it just like that though. ...We humans aren't like you witches. ...From the time we're alive to the moment we die, we live in that limited period with our utmost strength. ...I can't forgive anyone who makes light of that. ...Furthermore, I definitely can't forgive anyone who sneers at people and toys with them. ...A person like you, whose very concept of death is all screwed up, probably can't understand that.
BEATO: ...
BATTLER: ...It isn't just the time we would live afterwards. ...Sneering at the lives of people living with all their strength... That's what I can't forgive the most. George-aniki lived his life by recklessly doing his best. ...He must have shown up today heroically prepared to marry Shannon-chan. ...It's completely different from me, since I was happy just to be able to meet my cousins after a long while.
BEATO: ...B... But still...
VIRGILIA: Beato. For now, stay silent and listen.
BEATO: ...H... hmm.
BATTLER: ...In a way, I understand your excuse. ...You say that you need to continue murdering according to the epitaph for your own resurrection. ...So judging by the circumstances of your position... I can just barely understand your murders. ...Because to you, that is a necessary action. ...In that case, all further unnecessary actions are because of your meaningless brutal hobby. ...In other words, if killing the six people for the first twilight was a "necessary action" for you... then all that show of crushing their faces and splitting their stomachs and stuffing them full of sweets was completely unnecessary, and just your brutal hobby. ...I definitely cannot forgive this aspect of you.
BEATO: ...H... mm...
BATTLER: When you repeatedly killed Rosa oba-san in that horrible way... I heard that you were saying something like "in the very end, I will bring them back to life, so it doesn't matter how I kill them, right?" I heard from Virgilia.
BEATO: ...Well, that... well... umm...
BATTLER: That idea that you can kill them as many times as you want, as long as you bring them back to life in the end, is a completely unnecessary action of toying with a life, isn't it? ...If you're going to kill, do it instantly! Don't toy with them!! If you won't kill them, then don't tease them!! You're taking advantage of the fact that you can do as you will with people's lives, and you've forgotten the sanctity of life. So I can't accept you...! I definitely can't accept as my opponent a person who doesn't know the weight of a life, and the sadness when that life is lost!
VIRGILIA: ...That is why the Endless Magic is known as a black art. ...The Endless Witch has no concept of limitations. ...She has no concept of the limitations and losses caused by breaking and killing. ...For that reason, Endless Witches sometimes start playing with the gap between life and death like it's a game. ...That is a very, very frightening thing. So as an Endless Witch, and out of my own desire, I never reached your level.
BEATO: ...I have been told not to break vases. ...But that's why I wanted to break them. ...Then I gained the Endless Magic. ...When I knew that I could fix it back to normal no matter how badly I broke it... I was surprised at how fun it was to break a vase...
VIRGILIA: That is called the forbidden honey. People are not captivated by what's inside. They are captivated by the sealed lock. ...It truly is deplorable.
BATTLER: ...I want to ask you, Virgilia. Why does this thing called the Endless Magic exist? ...And for what purpose does it exist in this world?
VIRGILIA: It is not limited to the Endless Magic. ...All magic exists to bring happiness to the human world. ...After everything that has happened, it may be difficult for you to believe, Battler-kun... but in order to bring blessings to the human world, we witches are supposed to become a bridge between humans and those who are not human, and continue to study.
BATTLER: ...How does reviving the dead and torturing them to death over and over again help the human world?
VIRGILIA: When a vase that is an important memento is broken, if by fixing it, everyone will regain their smiles, I would repair it with magic as many times as necessary. However, I would not be fixing it in order to break it again. ...I would be reviving it to give humans happiness.
BATTLER: In that case... Beato. You fail as an Endless Witch.
BEATO: ...H... mmm...
BATTLER: ...By now, I have, at times, vaguely thought about something. ...Why do I keep going on with this strange game against you? ...This isn't a game to make me surrender. ...Couldn't it be a test for you to be accepted as an Endless Witch, in its true meaning?
BEATO: ...I... I don't know about that. ...The reason I proposed this game to you was, umm... simply as a way to kill time... No one was anticipating it.
BATTLER: Just now, I heard the definition of a witch from Virgilia. By that definition, you, Beato, are not even a witch. You'd be an apprentice who's in the middle of her training, and who misunderstands her own power. ...This was supposedly a fight between a witch and a human. In that case, someone like you, who isn't a witch, is not qualified to be my opponent. ...Understand?
BEATO: ...You say... I am still... only an apprentice... Then, when will I be accepted as your opponent once again? ...When can we resume this game?
BATTLER: ...Who knows. ...At the very least, it isn't now. ...When you fully understand what I've said, and become a real witch... I will probably accept you as my opponent in this game once more.
BEATO: I, I can't understand if you say it so abstractly like that... Clearly tell me what I should do to earn your forgiveness...
BATTLER: No, I've said enough. You think about the rest. ...That's all I want to say. ...If you can't understand it, try talking with Virgilia and Ronove. ...A brat like you should start off by listening to what the adults say. ...Virgilia. Suspend the game for now. Now that Ronove has stepped down as representative, all we can do is wait for Beato to gain the qualifications of a proper opponent.
VIRGILIA: ...Understood. ...Until Beato has been accepted as having gained those qualifications, the game will proceed without an opponent. Is that alright with you too, Beato?
BEATO: ...I... I have no objections. ...I want time, and a place where I can think at a leisurely pace. ...May I leave my seat for that?
BATTLER: ...Yeah, that's fine.
BEATO: ...Well then, see you, later.
BATTLER: Wait. ...Don't make that dejected face.
BEATO: ...Sorry about that. Letting everything inside my heart show up on my face is part of my personality. I cannot deceive.
BATTLER: In that case, there's still room for improvement. ...Let me promise you one thing. In this game with you, I might win, and I might lose. ...If you don't come back, it'll probably be a victory by default for me. [pausing for a second, before continuing forcefully] ...However, I definitely won't be the one to step down. I definitely won't give you a victory by default. ...I will keep on waiting here for you to sit there again as my worthy opponent.
RONOVE: ...Battler-sama...
BEATO: ...Thank you, Battler. ...I will definitely, come back and be accepted by you. [smiling hopefully, very briefly, before disappearing]
SUMMARY:
Yeahyeahyeah I already went through this kind of thing in Aather, I get that I'm a horrible person already. And I GET THAT BATTLER HATES ME ALREADYYY. I GET THAT I AM ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS ALREADYYYY
also Ronove and Virgilia really are like my parents .-.
that's pretty much it...