 Ara: Everyone! I'm so happy to see you all again! Laby: Heya! Did you all come here after you saw Gurumi? Rose: Yes! Along with a spark that looked like Add. Ain: Do we have a plan to deal with this situation? Elsword: Yup! We need to stop the performance to interrupt the ritual before it's too late! Victoria: Oh? Looks like our special guests have arrived on stage. Welcome! Let's create a wonderful performance together. Add: Kugh, ... There's a barrier surrounding the queen. How inconvenient. Aisha: It makes sense to protect the one performing the ritual... Chung! Can you fire a cannonball in the air? One that's really big and flashy! Chung: Oh, of course! If we make a big commotion, they might be distracted. I'll try!- Chung: Everyone close your eyes!
- (PSSS... ... BOOOM!!)
- (YEAAAAHHH!!)
 Elesis: ... Hm? I think they loved it...? Raven: It's already so loud, more noise is only adding to the excitement.- Elesis: How about it, want to try breaking the barrier? It might be possible if we all strike together.
 Noah: Clamor, what do you think? Can we remove the magic? Clamor: It's a waste of time. That guy over there has been attacking it for a while now, but hasn't even made a dent. The ritual is going to end before we manage to do anything.- Aisha: The stage set! It's amplifying the sound, so they'll have to stop if we destroy them!
- Victoria: Ahaha! Everyone having fun? Unfortunately, we're already on our last song. Let's enjoy it 'til the end!
 Ciel: Stay calm. We just have to end it!- Elsword: I'll head to the left. I'll leave you the rest!
- Ara: I'll head to the opposite side!
- Elesis: Then I'll take care of those that get in our way!
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- (... ... ... ...)
- Laby: Uuuh... It seems like the show's over. Then are we done for, too?
- Victoria: Now! That's all the songs I've officially prepared for today's performance. Did you all have fun?
- Chung: No... We just need a bit more...!
- Ain: (I thought they were beastly dreams, dreams of primitive desire... But perhaps I shouldn't have disregarded them.)
- Ain: (A curse that binds us for the demons to complete the ritual... I can break free the moment I stop intervening. I can end this right away. But...)
- Ain: (Who knows what will happen if I stop intervening in front of all these onlookers.)
- Ain: (I would have to do something before the situation becomes irreversible, but...)
- Rose: ... I see an opening. We can aim for the Queen now.
- Noah: Send me. I can do it, as long as you buy me some time.
- Ain: Shh. Wait.
- Ain: ... You're hesitating. Do you have something to say?
- Victoria: Ah, I hoped everyone would enjoy the performance... but it seems you didn't. Did you not like the special stage?
- Rose: How can we enjoy the stage when our lives depend on it?
- Elsword: You may not understand, since you are already dead, but we have an important mission. We can't lose it all here!
- Victoria: Why do you think we don't understand? We were all alive once. We each had our names, a desperation for our goals, lives, and yearning.
- Victoria: We only enjoy this life because we realized when we escaped from our restraints, how futile everything is. Huhu, but I know you don't understand yet.
- Victoria: Goals, mission... Those are like names. You believe it's yours when someone else bestowed it to you. Though it's yours, it's also not.
- Victoria: Hope, determination... Those are sparks that last only a moment. They soon wilt away like flowers. If so, then the only thing that can be considered eternal is love for yourself, isn't it?
 Eve: Are you trying to persuade us? So that we agree to becoming Dream Demons out of our own free will?- Victoria: Ahaha. I just want you to understand our way of life. Yes, many underestimate Dream Demons.
- Victoria: They think we are foolish, seeking only pleasure and passion without thought. But we are beings that walk ahead of you.
- Ain: ... If life is one long journey, some might say you have already reached your destination.
- Ain: But I do not appreciate the flowery language when our lives are in danger.
- Ain: If you have something you wish to suggest, why don't you get straight to the point?
- Victoria: Huhu, alright. To tell you the truth, I've been watching you from the moment you stepped foot in this land. You see, Bettys all act as my eyes.
- Victoria: I do not know what answers you seek, but you know what they say, the world is a monster you cannot convince.
- Victoria: To be frank, I like you, the heroes that set on a journey with no reward... So I wished to show you another future.
- Chung: Another future...?
- Victoria: A life full of trials, a wish with restraints, family and friends, companions, and yourself...
- Victoria: Freedom that comes only after you lose them all... I can give you that.
- Raven: Even if you say that... Our answer is already decided.
 Rena: And that is, no.- Chung: We're not here to convince the world. And we never wanted any rewards.
- Chung: We just want our journey to end safely, and we are each able to gain what we want from it.
- Eve: We apologize for assuming you wouldn't understand because you are already dead. But, you are also making assumptions about us.
- Eve: As someone who's already reached your destination, did it seem like our journey was only a meaning less struggle asking for pain?
- Ciel: Though it will be sad if we die without anyone to remember our name, everything must come to an eventual end with the passage of time.
- Elesis: True. Everyone thought the Ancient Kingdom was infallible, yet here we all are, born after the kingdom fell.
 Lu: Thought you made a compelling argument... They all have too much to live for to just lay down their lives because you told them 'everyone will die someday'.- Victoria: Huhuhu... I see.
- Rena: Now that we have our point across... Let's talk about the ritual. Are you going to fight? Or stop?
- Victoria: With that kind of determination, I'm sure you'll leave even after I turn you into one of us. And that's no good for me.
- Victoria: Thought the ritual is already complete... I accept your strong determination to refuse our courtesy!
- Victoria: So then... shall we continue with this show?
- (YEAAAAAAH!!)
- Lu: Continue? You won't stop?
- Victoria: Yes. It's a way to neutralize a complete ritual. We just need to leave it be until the sun rises and that will scatter our magic for the night.
- Victoria: I would say... we have time for three more songs.
- Raven: We just need to stall for time...? Then what should we do?
- Victoria: You just do what you're supposed to do, as an audience.
- Victoria: Enjoy. With no regrets. Like there's no tomorrow.
- Victoria: That's my condition for ending the ritual. I won't forgive you if you act like amateurs and try to ruin the show again!
- Ara: But... We can't relax when our lives are...
- Victoria: Haha, at least pretend. Once you let go of yourself even a bit, your mind and body will do the rest.
- Victoria: Ahh, I knew it. Only thing eternal is desire!
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Meeting with the New Queen
Varnimyr
Pruinaum
Tirnog
