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: Clmore, 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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