After meeting with Titania again, Noah hands over the flowers he collected. Titania's polite, yet cool behavior doesn't stir anything as Noah decides to move along.
Quest Acceptance Dialogue
诺亚：It was surprisingly easy to find these flowers. This should be enough, right?
克拉摩尔：I think so, Kid. Considering how many people were at the camp, this should be enough when Titania brings her share.
诺亚：... My name is Noah.
克拉摩尔：Yes? And I'm Clamor.
诺亚：... I'm not asking for an introduction. I mean, why are you calling me, kid?
诺亚：I'm not a kid.
克拉摩尔：The young are the only ones who don't want to look young.
诺亚：... You're not going to stop calling me kid.
克拉摩尔：Oh, I see Titania coming this way. Is she alright? It looks like she's injured.
缇坦妮雅：Finally. I was looking for you.
诺亚：What happened? Your leg...
缇坦妮雅：Oh... I made a wrong turn earlier. They struggled harder than I expected. I took care of it.
缇坦妮雅：Now, please give me the flowers.
诺亚：But you're injured... wouldn't it be better if I...
缇坦妮雅：Oh, it's just a stain. I'm not injured. Don't worry about it.
诺亚：.......
诺亚：If you say so... Here you go.
缇坦妮雅：Thank you so much. I wish I could reward you in some way... But as you know, I have patients to take care of.
诺亚：It's fine, I don't want to be a bother.
缇坦妮雅：You're leaving? Do you know where you're headed?
诺亚：... No, not yet.
缇坦妮雅：I see. It was nice meeting you. I won't forget your assistance today. Goodbye.
诺亚：.......
克拉摩尔：...Huh. Something seems odd about that one. Maybe we should follow her?
诺亚：No. I doubt she'd want us to anyway.
克拉摩尔：But we didn't say goodbye to that girl, Yuria. She might feel disappointed that you left so suddenly.
诺亚：She has something more important to take care of. Her family is sick... And I don't like being around people anyway.
克拉摩尔：For a kid, you sure sound like an old man sometimes. Don't you want to help them?
诺亚：... Let's go. We have no time to waste.
Quest Completion Dialogue
克拉摩尔：Kid.
诺亚：Pant... pant... pant...
克拉摩尔：Hey, you stubborn old kid. I'm not going to go away just because you pretend to not hear me.
诺亚：... Shut up...
克拉摩尔：You've been walking without rest for a while now. I don't think you're built for this kind of exercise anyway. Why are you in such a hurry?
克拉摩尔：I guess that doesn't matter. You should really take a rest. You're going to collapse at this rate.
诺亚：I should be... fine. This is nothing new... And we will be late if we don't move now.
克拉摩尔：Nothing new...? Never mind that. You really need to take a break. Your walk is becoming steadily more unstable.
克拉摩尔：I told you we should have visited the camp!
诺亚：And I'm telling you, I'm fine! Who are you to tell me I'm not!
克拉摩尔：It's obvious that you're not! You can't even grip the handle properly anymore. Just find a shade and take a breather, won't you?!
克拉摩尔：If you don't, I'm just going to keep talking. Unlike you, I can't get tired because I don't actually have a mouth!
诺亚：Why did I decide to remove the seal for this...
克拉摩尔：Your eyes start drooping... you feel more and more relaxed as you hear the rustling leaves... The tree calls to you, inviting you under its shade...
诺亚：You always do whatever you want. Are you sure you're not a demonic weapon?
克拉摩尔：Yes, I'm so wonderfully evil, that I care about your health and well-being. Where would you find such a fantastical weapon?
诺亚：...How are you so calm? Didn't you wake up into an unfamiliar world as well? Everyone you knew is gone.
诺亚：Aren't you worried? Scared? Nervous?
克拉摩尔：.......
克拉摩尔：... Of course. I'm only mortal. I'm worried... nervous too. I can't help but think, why me? I also have a lot of regrets.
克拉摩尔：If only I could go back in time, I would make a different decision. I get that.
克拉摩尔：But you can't stay worried all the time. That's depressing, and keeps you on edge far too long.
克拉摩尔：Everything bad seems like it's your fault, and any positive feedback just sounds like empty compliments.
诺亚：.......
克拉摩尔：From my experience, it's best to focus on something else when you feel like this. And for me, that's learning about this brand new world I've woken up to.
克拉摩尔：I'm sorry if I bothered you with my enthusiasm. But, you know what they say, if you can't avoid it, enjoy it, right?
克拉摩尔：I thought, rather than focusing on being lost in an unknown world, I should be excited about the second chance at life I've obtained
诺亚：... I wasn't bothered.
克拉摩尔：That's good. Anyway, I'm surprised to find you're so insecure! I was having fun teasing you, because you were acting all stuck-up.
诺亚：I did not!
克拉摩尔：Mm hm. If you say so. You can cry in my arms if it gets too overwhelming. I understand.
(CLANG)
诺亚：I'm going somewhere quiet where I can rest alone.
克拉摩尔：Hey, wait a minute.
克拉摩尔：Heeeey! Take me with you! What am I supposed to do if you leave me by myself!
Exhausted after being on the move, Noah dreams about Harque when he falls asleep. It's a dream he had several times already.
Quest Completion Dialogue
Harque:Noah. Noah?
Harque:You were sweating a lot as you were sleeping. I'm sorry, did you wait? My lessons ended late. I should have told you...
Young 诺亚：I'm ok... I didn't wait that long.
Harque:You're not upset I'm late...? I'm sorry. I'll make sure to be on time next time.
Young 诺亚：No! I was just... sad. You're always late because of your training. I know there's no helping it...
Young 诺亚：Why didn't the Goddess fix the El completely? If she's omnipotent, why does she make it so that we need the El Lady and the El Masters?
Harque:...I believe it's because the Goddess wishes us, humans, to make a better world for ourselves.
Harque:The Primal El led to envy, dispute, and divide. However... now that the El is unstable, everyone is finally helping each other, making up for each other's weaknesses.
Harque:In order to have the will to create a better world than the complete world we were given.
Young 诺亚：...I don't think I have that kind of will...
Harque:Huhu, what are you saying? You waited this long to wait for me, didn't you?
Young 诺亚：This is nothing. It's nothing special!
Harque:But I'm happy you waited for me, Noah. You don't need special qualifications to lend someone a hand.
Harque:You just need the desire to help. Anyone can do it. Even you, Noah.
Young 诺亚：... Ok.
Young 诺亚：... It's ok even if you're late Harque. I can wait for you.
Harque:Huhu, thank you. But I won't be going back. You forgot that I died.
Young 诺亚：... Harque... Harque?
Harque:You didn't remember the real me.
Young 诺亚：No... No! I did not forget. It wasn't like that... Don't go! You can't go!
克拉摩尔：...ah, ...Noah!
克拉摩尔：Noah? Wake up!
诺亚：... Harque... Mmm...
克拉摩尔：Are you awake? I was going to let you sleep in, but you seemed to be having a nightmare.
诺亚：Yeah... It's been a while since...
诺亚：Wait a second, how are you right next to me? I thought I left you over there!
克拉摩尔：Ha! I moved here all by myself!
诺亚：You can move on your own? Then why didn't you, all this time?
克拉摩尔：It's not that I didn't, rather I couldn't. I think the problem was that I was trying to move a human body, when I should have tried moving as an artifact.
克拉摩尔：When I tried different methods, I was able to move, albeit just a little. I really can't move much, since I am a weapon, mind you.
克拉摩尔：But! At least you can't threaten to throw me away or leave me behind!
克拉摩尔：You're stuck with me until I get my body back.
诺亚：So now you're even more annoying than before...
Noah and Clamor share what they were wondering about each other's story.
Quest Acceptance Dialogue
诺亚：Come to think of it, didn't you say the Order requested you create an artifact? What did they want you to create?
克拉摩尔：Artificial spirits. More precisely, a blueprint to create an incubator to allow creation of multipurpose artificial spirits. I know, it's a mouthful.
克拉摩尔：Artificial spirits are, at the core, aggregation of magic. They cannot maintain the shape on their own, so they end up scattering. So, you give them a capsule as a 'body'.
克拉摩尔：If you connect that to a device and give orders, they can move on their own. It's mindless, repetitive work, but the device was created to help out where it's tricky or even dangerous for humans to implement.
克拉摩尔：It's like me, actually. An artifact that can be used semi-permanently. Kind of ironic that I'm stuck in a capsule made for an artificial spirit.
诺亚：It sounds like a tool that exploits spirits.
克拉摩尔：It's really not. Artificial spirits are not actually living beings. For example, you may consider fire spirits as a living being, but not fire itself.
克拉摩尔：Artificial spirit is just a name to help an average person understand better. It's actually closer to elemental magic with the addition of implementing spirits' behavioral patterns.
诺亚：I still don't understand. How does this all work?
克拉摩尔：Mm... In one of my earlier successes... There was an auto-sweeping broom using the artificial spirit of wind.
诺亚：... It's rather plain, considering the grandiose theory behind it. What about others?
克拉摩尔：A lamp that lights itself when someone approaches.
诺亚：Do your own chores!
克拉摩尔：Sigh... The three greatest innovation in technology is lightness, diversity, and high-performance. Of course YOU wouldn't understand, kid.
诺亚：You just made it because you're too lazy to do them yourself. I bet the floor was the only thing clean in your house.
克拉摩尔：You say it as if you're seen it yourself... You're right. A task of cleaning or turning on the lights is nothing special for an average individual.
克拉摩尔：But what if you're missing an arm or a leg? Those ordinary chores would become exponentially more difficult.
克拉摩尔：Even those without disabilities would find these tasks hard to accomplish if you are very young, or very old. I bet you couldn't do certain things when you were younger and shorter, hm?
诺亚：Well... Yes...
克拉摩尔：When I was younger, there was a fire every two months or so. It usually started because someone made a mistake when lighting a lamp.
克拉摩尔：Those mistakes were often made by those who were old with shaking arms, or children who had a hard time reaching the lamps.
克拉摩尔：So I thought, if there are so many accidents that happen, trying to light a lamp, why not remove the process completely and let magic handle it?
诺亚：...I never thought of it like that... To fix things that way.
克拉摩尔：Of course, these tasks are easy with magic or servants, but not everyone is blessed like that.
克拉摩尔：Everyone selects tools according to their needs. The wider the selection of tools, the more convenience there is for the people.
克拉摩尔：As a magitech scholar, it is my job to solve even the most trivial problems. Well, at least, that's one aspect of it. Do you get it now?
诺亚：... I heard something similar. That the Goddess gave us the will to cover each other's weaknesses in order to create a complete world.
诺亚：What you made, it somehow reminded me of it. It may have nothing to do with each other but...
克拉摩尔：You're right. Covering flaws and enhancing strengths is the foundation in the field of magitech.
克拉摩尔：It's really a perfect way to describe it. Who told you?
诺亚：...Someone I respect the most.
克拉摩尔：How about you respect me for inventing devices that help many people?
诺亚：... Why did the Order need a device like that? Surely, they weren't thinking about the betterment of humanity.
克拉摩尔：Changing the topic, I see? I'm so proud of you. You're taking to my lessons like a duck to water.
诺亚：You're ridiculous.
克拉摩尔：Mm, well... The Order said they were going to use the invention for good. On the surface.
诺亚：On the surface...
Quest Completion Dialogue
克拉摩尔：So, tell me... about Harque.
诺亚：...Why do you ask?
克拉摩尔：Just curious. I swear it's not because a kid was desperately crying out his name.
诺亚：Ugh... You can just say you've heard me.
克拉摩尔：You said Harque was the candidate for the Moon Master, right? Do El Masters usually come from the same family?
诺亚：Not always. A family that produces the El Master gains great influence, so other families are also desperate to train their own candidates.
诺亚：But, abilities are, in large part, inherited. And families that already produced El Masters have the know-how, so certain families often end up producing multiple El Masters.
克拉摩尔：Great influence to the family with the El Master? I can only imagine how desperate people became to have El Masters appointed from their own families with a system like that.
诺亚：...I heard the appointments were not always made... justly.
诺亚：But... Harque was different. He was aware of his own limits, but trained harder than anyone, researching endlessly to overcome his weakness.
诺亚：The Moon Master needs to use both the power of the Moon, and the power of Darkness. For someone like Harque... who had a low tolerance to the dark element, it wasn't an easy challenge.
诺亚：But he went through excruciating hardship to train, and passed the trials to become the next Moon Master. There was no one like him before.
克拉摩尔：.......
诺亚：If it weren't for the Order... If the Order did not take away his life and opportunity, he would have been the greatest Master there ever was. He was... someone like that.
克拉摩尔：He was a hard worker. He sounds amazing.
诺亚：Yeah. And... he was a great brother.
诺亚：He told me to help others. He believed that I could.
诺亚：... I don't think I could have been the kind of person to meet his expectations, even without the Order ruining my life.
克拉摩尔：Why do you think that?
诺亚：I'm not a hard worker like Harque, nor was I born with the abilities. There's a limit to what I can do, no matter how hard I try.
诺亚：I wanted to be someone who could support him by his side... But even that is a dream that can no longer be achieved.
诺亚：I was lucky I could help Yuria this time. Even that was a failure when I did it the first time...
克拉摩尔：First time? Failure?
诺亚：...Never mind, I was thinking about something else.
克拉摩尔：Hm... Alright. To me, it sounds like you're demeaning yourself.
克拉摩尔：You're thinking too much. What you did, was a great help to those at the camp. Have some confidence!
诺亚：It's just a few flowers...
克拉摩尔：It may not have been a big deal for you, but it was just what they needed. That's all there is to it.
诺亚：... That was enough rest. Let's go.
克拉摩尔：I'll let you go this time, kid. Since you're so embarrassed.
克拉摩尔：A golem? Something special hiding in this place?
诺亚：It's a sentry guarding the manor that is now in ruins.
克拉摩尔：I was thinking... Kid, how do you know all this? You're acting like you've experienced this before.
诺亚：... You're not wrong. I know because I've done it before.
诺亚：Last time I didn't find anything because it was after someone else already stopped by.
克拉摩尔：What... Didn't you wake up around the same time as I did?
诺亚：.......
诺亚：When I woke up in the temple for the first time, I missed every opportunity because everything was unfamiliar and terrifying. I couldn't save Yuria, nor the camp... and I didn't meet you.
诺亚：I wandered for a long time without any information, until one day when I thought I should investigate this place. But when I came, it was too late, and I couldn't find anything.
诺亚：I think this time, I was able to meet you and Yuria because I didn't miss the opportunity. So maybe I can learn more from this place as well.
克拉摩尔：Are you... saying you've experienced all this before? You're living the same timeline twice?
诺亚：It's fine if you don't believe me. I don't understand what's going on either. Maybe I lost my mind.
诺亚：One thing's for certain... 'This' time is not the same as 'last' time.
诺亚：Just like how I've saved Yuria by facing the monsters without hesitating... I might arrive at a better outcome sooner.
克拉摩尔：.......
诺亚：As I said, you don't have to believe me. If you don't, I'd rather you don't force yourself.
克拉摩尔：... Suppose what you say is true. How did it end the first time?
诺亚：...... I managed to take revenge, technically.
克拉摩尔：'Technically' you say.......
Quest Completion Dialogue
诺亚：What happened to the sentry?
克拉摩尔：It stopped operating. Good job. You seemed to have more trouble than you did with the monsters... Are you alright?
诺亚：Yeah. Last time, it was already dealt with, by someone else. I was able to predict how the monsters would fight because I encountered them before.
诺亚：This is the manor. The door was open last time, but it's closed this time.
诺亚：...... Ugh, it won't budge like it's stuck. How did the person before me open it?
克拉摩尔：...Kid? Can you check the floor in front of the door for me? I see something, but it's covered with moss.
诺亚：Hold on...
诺亚：... How's this? This symbol... I saw similar symbols in the manor. Is this an ancient scripture?
克拉摩尔：Lift me up so I can take a look. Hm...
克拉摩尔：It's sealed using magic. Someone was trying to stop whatever it is inside from getting out.
克拉摩尔：It won't be easy to open without the necessary password whether you're inside or out.
诺亚：But someone definitely managed to get in last time.
克拉摩尔：You said the door was open, right? Then... It's probably not through using the password like they were supposed to.
(...... ......CLAK!)
(CREEEEEAK-)
诺亚：How did you do that?
克拉摩尔：The spell was loosened. It was old, and something disturbed it, so it was easier to break it, than trying to solve it.
克拉摩尔：But I broke the spell, so the door won't function properly anymore. Good thing we defeated all those monsters on the way.
诺亚：Is it supposed to be that easy?
克拉摩尔：How about a thank you for this genius magician?
诺亚：... Come to think of it, Yuria said strange things happened to the ruins when the Large El was restored. Is that when this spell was disturbed as well?
克拉摩尔：Hello? A simple thank you would suffice??
诺亚：Let's go inside. I hope we manage to find something useful this time.
克拉摩尔：Sigh, I should have known not to ask for simple courtesy with this kid.
Hurried Steps
