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The Violinist of Hameln

Close your eyes hitomi wo tojite

I want you to remember omoidashite hoshii

Between tears and smiles namida to hoemi no aida ni

The existence of hope kibou ga aru koto wo

Without forgetting dreams yume wo wasurezuni

I will go on enduring loneliness sabishisa ni taete yuku

I believe in the day when surely I will be able to meet you kanarazu anata ni aeru sono hi shinjite

Surely the wind does not know the wideness of the sky kitto kaze wa oozora no hirosa wo shiranai

No matter the day, it seems whimsical donna hi demo kimagureni

The scattering of the clouds kumo wo chirashi Carrying the rain ame wo hakobi

The heart becomes confused kokoro madowasu

But in all the world, you alone are everything dakedo kono yo ni tatta hitori no anata ga subete

No matter how far apart we may be donna ni tooku hanarete mo

Our hearts are one kokoro wa hitotsu sa

So in all the world, you alone are everything dakara kono yo ni tatta hitori no anata ga subete

However lost we may be tomorrow donna ni asu ni mayotte mo

We will find our way to love ai ni tadoritsukeru sa

Ma-ma-magical la-la-la-labyrinth ma ma majikaru la la la labirin

It was a time when the human and demon realms were divided by a non-agression barrier.

Because of the scheming of the warlord of the northern capital’s undead army, Bass...

...Sforzando’s queen, Horn, was injured.

At last, that barrier was brought down...

...and so arrived the end of peaceful times.

Marionettes of Fate

Oh! The magical troops are on the move!

Are they holding practice exercises or something? That or... no, it couldn’t be! Something like that....

It couldn’t be... something like fifteen years ago...!

Magical Corps, Fifth Division, first through seventh bands have assembled.

Eighth Division leader, Operatta-dono, just returned, and will change places with the sub-commander.

Confirmation of the formation has come in from infantry division leader Una Corda-dono.

In succession, 3rd, 4th, 9th, and 8th divisions reporting readiness to move out.

Horn-sama....

Your orders?

Please wait.

That village is the village where you were born.

And its role....

Let us wait...

...until Flute returns safely here, to her old home.

Aye.

Princess, we wish you good fortune upon your travels.

T... “travels?”

Of course. The return to Flute-sama’s homeland, the Duchy of Sforzando.

All of your countrymen have been hoping for the princess’s return.

For that reason your beloved mother, Queen Horn-sama, waits impatiently for your return.

Come now, you must prepare....

Adagio-san....

Vocalise-san, too....

Wh... what are you saying?

“You are the princess....”

It can’t be....

I’m just a girl from here in Staccato village!

I’m Flute, from Grampa Resik’s house!

We humbly ask forgiveness for having been discourteous towards you for so long.

Princess! Please prepare, my princess! Princess! You must depart now!

You’re wrong.... Princess! Princess! Princess! Princess!!

You’re wrong!

That role is not my role!

Princess!! Princess! Princess! Princess!!

Elder Resik!

Hamel!

I have a request that I must ask of you.

Flute....

Is it all right that no one is going after her? The princess... just needs a little more time.

I need you to escort Princess Flute, who is setting out for Sforzando.

I’m counting on you.

Escort?

Right now, if all of the villagers were to mobilize...

...it would be just like asking the monsters to take aim at us.

But if it were only you and the princess, just the two of you... ...it would probably not attract the monsters’ attention.

I refuse.

I know that you have gone to great lengths to look after me.

But I am an outsider.

The circumstances of this Sforzando – a country that I have never seen nor heard of – do not involve me.

No! The princess must return to her homeland, our beloved Sforzando!

For you see, Princess Flute...

...is the only person who can protect this, the Human World, from the hands of the demons.

Wh... what do you mean by that?

There is nothing more to be said.... Just that, fifteen years ago, that child’s fate was placed upon her....

Duchy of Sforzando, 15 years ago

Very well, my lady.

We have only to get our hands on the child....

Then we can crush this nation easily.

Well then....

Only you are left, Horn!

You alone....

In that hour, our final, greatest defense was defeated, and we no longer had the power to withstand the enemy’s assaults.

Horn-sama had but one choice left....

What the...?!

That...

...that’s madness!

Horn-sama....

Horn-sama, with her final sorcery, created the barrier with which to confine the demons.

The barrier created a large magical region.

Because of the barrier’s power, any demons who entered within that glittering field turned to mere stone.

It was the first time that I had seen such a thing.... Someone who could make the demons back down....

However....

Horn!!

They, using the same power as that of the barrier, created a magical zone where only demon kin could live.

They made their capital in the lands remaining in the north.

The Northern Capital....

Whatever we do, we must send the princess safely to her homeland!

Now that Horn-sama’s barrier is falling...

...the only one who can save the world is Princess Flute!

I refuse. Wh– why?!

Considering all this, Oboe...

...your ability to speak isn’t really so odd....

Sorry.

If I hadn’t hidden my speaking, we would have once again been found out.

Whatever may have happened, it doesn’t change anything.... We have no choice but to rely upon him now.

Chief elder!

Ah! C– Commander Resik! It’s urgent! Please come with me immediately!

Darling...

...why....

The evil ones again?

But, how did they enter the village this time?

Princess!

Oh my God! What a mistake we’ve made!

Hurry, search for the princess!

Sir!

Oboe....

I beg of you, please ask Hamel one more time to help us!

It’s an emergency!

Please....

All right....

However...

...you may change your wish once you know Hamel’s true character....

H– Hamel’s true character?

Princess!!

Princess! Princess Flute!!

Princess!!

Princess!!!

Princess Flute!!!

Princess!

I thought you’d be here.

Hamel’s true character is....

Flute goes to such lengths to help such a person....

Still, it is proof that that child is of the lineage of Sforzando’s queen.

It is her fate to become Sforzando’s queen, who brings our salvation.

Undoubtedly. Undoubtedly!

Flute-sama!!!

Here....

Wear this.

Oh....

Haven’t I told you not to go out at night in such thin clothing?

Anyway, I bet you figured it out right away....

Yes....

Ever since we were little, if something happened, I would hide out here.

Hey, Hamel, what do you think?

About me being a princess....

About me being the only girl who can protect the world....

I shouldn’t be laughing....

It’s just...

...it’s just that everyone is being so self-centered!

Up until now, everyone called me “Flute, Flute,” but suddenly it’s “our princess!”

Well then, what does that make my life here?

Are they saying that I’ve been deceived?

Was everyone lying when they would say “good morning” or something?

The autumn harvest, learning to make dandelion wine, a wedding in the village....

But now, I am my mother’s successor, the next queen....

I’m Grampa Resik’s grandchild!

What should I do now?

As things stand, I’m just being pushed around like everybody’s doll, aren’t I?

Hamel!!

Hamel....

That....

Well....

Is it really so terrible...

...the fact that you are a princess?

Knowing what you are?

Why did a thing like this horn appear upon my head?

Why did that monster disappear when I played my music?

I want to know the reason.

I want to know what I really am!

The village...!

The village... is burning!

A– Adagio-san!

Come on! Adagio-san!!

Flu...

Flute!!

Grampa!

H– Hamel....

The princess.... You and the princess must make haste!

Vocalise-san!!!

Hamel?

Hamel....

No....

Every... everybody is....

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.

Not yet....

We can’t die yet!

Y– yes! As long as our lives endure....

We must fight for the princess!

Hamel...!

Your...

...your performance, it’s....

Stop it! It’s making everyone fight against their will!

It’s cruel!

Keep playing your music!!

This is the day that we have long awaited!

Eh? Exactly! For fifteen years, we have waited — for this day! For this hour!

The Nutcracker, Marionette Version.

That music lets those who hear it realize their truest feelings.

Though they may lose their lives, they are able to be roused to action by those wishes within their hearts.

It is as though they become dolls which can grant their own hearts’ desires.

B– But....

It’s all right, isn’t it?

Grampa!!!

My precious Flute....

Well... it’s all right, isn’t it?

Whatever your true character may be...

...that doesn’t mean that your life here has been a lie.

The hot sunshine on summer days, warming up by the hearth in winter....

The murmor of streams in springtime....

Our lives here have not been false.

But all of those things are in the past.

Now, a new path has been set before you.

That’s all.

From here on, as you follow this path, so long as you can know what kind of peron you are, that is enough.

Whether you are a young girl from the village, or whether you are a princess, it makes no difference.

Who are you truly, inside?

That you can search for such an answer, that is sufficient.

Let’s go, Flute.

If someone like me is OK....

Though I don’t even understand what I am....

Oh! Please go....

REQUIEM!!

Explosive magic!!

Princess!!

Now is the time to depart!!

GRAMPA!!!

What?!

The skeleton soldiers were annihilated?!

Why?! That music....

It couldn’t be... magical music? No, that cannot be.

The only one who can play magical music is... Pandora.

Pandora should be the only one....

Everybody.... Everyone from the village...!

Indeed....

Perhaps, after all, we are but marionettes played by Fate....

Nonetheless, though we may be but dolls, so long as we can follow our hearts’ greatest desires....

I bring a message.

Staccato village has accomplished all of its missions.

I thank you.

Go now in mourning with the relatives of the villagers.

So...

...most certainly, two of the Great Hopes have set out upon their journey.

Yes.

Clari....

Resik, the leader of the guards...

...your grandfather...

...was a brave knight.

My Lady.

Yes....

Two of the Great Hopes have now set out upon their journey....

To be continued

Exhausted from running, and having collapsed hashiri tsukarete taoreta mama

I looked up at the night sky miageta yozora ni wa

And I saw uncountable pasts kazoe kireru kako wo mite kita

The moon travels a faraway road tsuki ga tooku michi te iru

I can live my life more strongly motto tsuyoku ikirareru

Surely my dream will come true kitto yume wa kanau

Alone, I try to shout hitori de saken de mite mo

Without a reply, I merely wander kotae mo naku samayou dake

Wounded wings kizu darake no tsubasa

Having spread them, I fly into the night hirogata mama yomiyo wo kakeru

Though I may fall, though I may fall taoredemo taoredemo

For I wish to see something certain tashika na mono ga mitai kara

Regardless of tomorrow’s whereabouts asu no yukue nante

If I would not know anything, after all douse nani mo wakaranai nara

Until a time when I can fly higher than anyone, I will show you that I live believing in myself

dare yori mo takaku toberu sono toki made jibun wo shinjite ikite misero

Preview

The singer, Birdie....

The strong-man, Zanpano....

The wonderful dancer, Dance....

The drummer, Brick....

The ventriloquist Horo and the doll Scope....

And the troupe’s final character....

So, applaud, for the pianist, the magnificent Raiel!

That is magical music....

Next time Swan Lake