- [Park Table]
- Aisha: You went to Elrios? You were all soldiers then?
- Diana: Huhuhu, it's all in the past. Once we met our new Queen, we decided to settle here.
- Diana: We tried very hard to create and decorate this place! I hope you like it!
- Elsword: We like it. Thank you.
- Eve: (Elsword. We must hear a definite answer on the invasion.)
- Elsword: You were part of the Red Demon King faction, right? Do you know anything about the other factions? Like what they're doing now...
- Diana: Mm... Mm... No? There's nothing I can tell you about the other factions. I don't think I've met them, even.
- Add: It seems... you didn't have a close alliance with the other factions.
- Elsword: Then why did you invade Elrios? Do you know?
- Aisha: (You're being too direct! Are you trying to get caught?!)
- Elsword: (Ugh, no, I...!)
- Diana: I don't know, maybe Karis had a reason? We just followed our Queen's orders. Plus, it looked fun to go to a foreign land.
- Diana: Did you come to join an army or something? Sorry to say, but the Red Demon Army dissolved, and I don't think any of us know anything.
- Elsword: Yeah... It seems like it.
- Add: (Are you even trying to hide?)
- Elsword: (Ow, what do you want! Why don't you ask, then!)
- Eve: I suppose you wouldn't know why Ran decided to dissolved the army, then?
- Diana: Nope. But if I had to guess, you know, when we were in Elrios, Ran got really angry when things didn't turn out well at the burning village.
- Diana: Then all of a sudden, he said we're returning to the Demon Realm. So? We decided to return just like that.
- Add: (Burning village... She means Lanox.)
- Aisha: (Once the Large El was restored, the demons were set back. I thought that was the main reason for their retreat, but I guess the Red Demon Army decided to retreat for a different reason.)
- Add: (He broke his word...? It must be related to the Priestesses and the prophecy. Since Scar's main purpose was to summon the Demon God.)
- Diana: Anyway, why do you ask? You're asking like you've all planned together.
- Add: None of your business.
- Aisha: Hey! Don't say it like that! Ahahaha, you see you need a lot of information when you're traveling! So we were just wondering.
- Elsword: Yeah, it's just a habit of ours! Anyway, this place is so nice and fun, that I don't want to leave.
- Diana: That's great! You should enjoy and stay as long as you want! There's not much, since it's a new village...
- Eve: No, it's astounding. I wouldn't have noticed it's new if you didn't tell us.
- Add: (How long do we have to do this?)
- Aisha: (... For a while.)
- [Rose Garden]
- Vasili: Suspicious activity...? After returning to the Demon Realm, Commander Ran began searching for something.
- Vasili: Afterwards, the Red Demon Army was put on standby until the next order. It was quite a long time. We had quite a few deserters.
- Rena: Deserters from the army? I guess the army wasn't being maintained properly.
- Vasili: Yes. When they all left and the remaining army finally created what could be called a base... Earl Ran ordered our dissolvement.
- Vasili: We were going to leave as well... But the new Queen negotiated with Ran and received this land to build a village for Dream Demons. After that, we settled here.
- Ain: ... From the story, there's no way to tell what the Shadow Earl was thinking, doing all of this.
- Raven: It was a mistake to determine that Berthe's death was what caused the disturbance with the Red Demon Army.
- Rena: I'm sorry to be so inquisitive, but can I ask another question? What happened to Ran after that?
- Vasili: The only one who met with the Earl after the dissolvement order is out Queen. I cannot tell you anything, whether if he's still at the manor, or if he left... because I do not know.
- Ara: ... Ah, excuse me. I'm getting tired...
- Rena: Will you be alright by yourself?
- Ain: I'll go with her. I'd like to get away from dem... I mean crowds and rest for a while.
- Rena: Will you? We'll gather more information here. You two can go out for a breath of fresh air.
- Ara: Thank you, Rena.
- Ara: .......
- Ara: ... Ain. May I ask you something?
- Ain: What is it?
- Ara: If you have something you want desperately, but do not have the conviction, what would you do?
- Ara: Have you experienced just being on edge because you don't have the conviction, until your wish itself begins to waver?
- Ain: .......
- Ara: I... That's what I'm feeling right now.
- Ara: I've traveled for a long time to save my brother. While I was on my journey, I met good people like you, and I thought I finally was able to set the standard for my path and justice.
- Ara: But even as I've accomplished all of that, I... I still came here with no understanding of my brother's thoughts.
- Ara: If he decided to use the power of demons because of hatred... and if he still harbors that hatred within him...
- Ara: What should I do?
- Ain: .......
- Ara: ... I'm sorry. This isn't something anyone else could answer for me.
- Ain: Regardless of your emotion... Your choice itself could be a mistake, since a mistake can sometimes be a choice. I don't think that's important.
- Ain: You're just you, Ms. Fox, no one else. You can only take a guess at what other's might think.
- Ain: So, how about thinking it from your perspective, Ms. Fox? Don't think about others. Think about what you would do.
- Ara: My choice...
- Ain: I... have made a choice too, something I cannot tell you about. I was also troubled by my thoughts, just like you.
- Ain: What I must do, but do not wish to and what I shouldn't want, yet still do... It wasn't easy, but I've made my choice.
- Ara: ... It's you. I trust you've made the right decision.
- Ain: You do? Well, I don't know about that.
- Ara: Huh?
- Ain: I do not know whether or not it was the right choice. It's no longer important to me. I just... made up my mind.
- Ain: Perhaps that's what you need, Ms. Fox.
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