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Speak. However, if I determine that your words are meant to deceive me,

I will slay you on the spot.

That's fine.

As long as your decision to slay me is your own.

There's a reason I'm saying that.

Inside of you is an order that was implanted by someone else—an order you're not aware of.

You Integrity Knights were summoned from the heavens to maintain order and justice

by the surrogate of the gods, Administrator, the pontifex of the Axiom Church.

Or so you believe.

But...

Alice, you don't remember who gave birth to you, or where you were raised.

I was told that's because the moment Integrity Knights are called here,

the goddess Stacia seals our memories of the heavens.

It's true that your memories have been sealed.

But it wasn't the goddess Stacia who did that. It was the pontifex herself.

And it's not your memories of the heavens that were sealed,

but of having been born and raised as a human child in this world.

Your real name is Alice Zuberg.

You were born and raised in a small village in the northern hinterlands called Rulid.

And when you were eleven, you went to explore the cave that passes through the End Mountains

and ended up brushing past the boundary between the Human Empire and the Dark Territory.

So the taboo you violated was trespassing into the Dark Territory.

Alice Zuberg.

That's my name?

Rulid... The End Mountains...

I can't remember any of it.

Don't force yourself to remember. You'll end up like Eldrie.

Why would you say that now?

I...

want to know everything.

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I have pride that shines with an undying passion

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And I'll resist fate until the end

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In a place where your voice can't reach me

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I encounter an intolerable rule no one had taught me

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When you were young, you had dreams you wished for with all your heart

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The journey to find where they are has only just begun

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I don't need to waste any more time lamenting fate

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It's time to break though my limits right now

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I have pride that shines with an intense, undying passion

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No matter how much I grasp at this pain, my memories won't change

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I embrace the oath I found when I opened my mind

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Because the path I chose with unclouded vision leads to you

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Make your voice heard and resist fate until the end

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Your father is Rulid's village elder, and his name is Gasuft Zuberg.

I don't know your mother's name, I'm afraid.

But like I said before, you have a younger sister. Her name is Selka.

Selka?

She's been worried about you ever since you were taken away by the Church.

You were known as a prodigy of the sacred arts when you were living in Rulid, I'm told.

And she's working hard to follow in her older sister's footsteps—to become a nun worthy of her position.

You told me something.

You said that you planned this rebellion in order to correct the pontifex's wrongs and to protect the human world.

Yeah. That's right.

Yet it's a fact that the pontifex's primary order to us Integrity Knights

is to defend against an invasion from the Dark Territory.

If you manage to defeat every Integrity Knight and go on to slay the pontifex herself,

who will be left to protect the Human Empire?

Then let me ask you this.

If you Integrity Knights fight at full strength,

are you really sure that you'll be able to fight off an all-out invasion from the Dark Territory?

Prime Senator. Can you have a serious talk with the pontifex soon?

The armies of the Dark Territory are growing stronger and stronger.

If we're the only ones fighting back, we can only do so much—

For God's sake!

I've told you that it's your job as Integrity Knights to do something about that!

I'm getting sick of this!

Can't you just shut up and do as you're told? Seriously!

It's true that Oji-sama...

that Knight Commander Bercouli seemed to have the same doubts.

But even so, it's also a fact that aside from ourselves, no other battle-ready force exists in the Human Empire.

But that's a problem of Administrator's own making—and something she did on purpose.

The pontifex feared the emergence of a force in the Human Empire greater than her own absolute power.

So she allowed the high-ranking nobles, who in a just world would be first on the front lines,

to lead indolent, lavish lives, and as a result, their souls were corrupted.

But that doesn't mean it's too late.

Before the Dark Forces close in,

if we can raise the largest possible army within the Human Empire—

That would be a fool's errand!

You just said it yourself.

You know how corrupt the nobles of this world have become!

Yeah, that's true. But not everyone is like that.

Among the lower-ranking nobles and commoners,

there are plenty of people who want to protect this world.

Commoners?

That's right.

If we distribute the huge stash of weapons stored inside this tower,

and then teach them the real sword techniques and sacred arts you all have been refining,

it wouldn't be impossible to raise a solid army within a year.

But the way things are, we'll never make that a reality.

Because an army that Administrator can't force into loyalty is just as terrifying to her as the forces of darkness.

In other words, there's only one way forward.

We have to crush Administrator's absolute rule, use what little time we have left as effectively as we can,

and then build up a defensive force that can counter the imminent invasion.

That there are minions of darkness here...

I cannot deny that this one fact alone is proof that the pontifex is deceiving us, her loyal servants.

Will I get to see her?

If I agree to help you, and regain the memories that have been sealed away from me,

will I get to see Selka... my younger sister again?

You will.

But there's something you need to hear first.

The person who will see Selka will both be you and not you.

The moment you get your memory back,

you'll go back to being Alice Zuberg from before the Synthesis Ritual.

And at that moment, the Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty will cease to exist.

Selka. Selka.

I can't remember. Her face or voice.

But this isn't the first time I've called that name.

My mouth, my throat,

my heart all remember.

Alice...

I called it over and over. Every day, every night. Selka. Selka.

It's true, isn't it?

I have a family.

A father and a mother.

And a sister who's my own flesh and blood.

Somewhere underneath this night sky...

Once you told me that we Integrity Knights were created by the pontifex,

I suspected that this might be the case.

That I'd stolen this body from a girl named Alice Zuberg,

wrongfully occupying it for the last six years. Isn't that right?

I must return what I've stolen, right?

I'm sure that's what Selka, her parents, your friend,

and you yourself wish for.

Alice...

But there's just one... one favor I'd like to ask of you.

Before the original Alice's personality is restored to this body,

will you take me to Rulid Village?

All I ask is to be able to catch a glance from a distance.

I want you to show me my younger sister Selka, as well as my family.

If you can just grant me that, I'll be satisfied.

Okay, I promise. I swear to you.

Before we restore your memories, I'll take you to Rulid Village.

No matter what, all right?

I've made up my mind.

In order to protect the Human Empire and those who reside in it,

I, Alice Synthesis Thirty, hereby forsake my mission as an Integrity Knight and—

Alice?

Alice!

Ki... rito.

Alice.

A barcode? No, nothing like that exists in this world.

It's like my right eye is on fire.

And I can see some words.

Don't think!

Empty your mind!

What's happening to you is probably some kind of psychological barrier that activates when you try to defy the Church.

If you keep thinking about it, your eye's going to burst!

How cruel.

What a cruel thing to do.

Even my mind is controlled by someone else... Were my memories not enough for them?

The one who burned this red sacred script onto my eye...

Was it the pontifex?

No, I don't think it was her.

It's one of the entities who created this world and observes it from the outside even now.

A god that doesn't appear in the creation story.

A god...

We Integrity Knights have fought endlessly to protect the world that the gods created,

and yet they refuse to trust us?

Robbing me of my memories of my family and my sister,

and on top of that, placing such an awful seal on me to force me to obey...

How dare they.

I'm not a puppet!

Yes, I may have been created by someone else.

But I still have a mind of my own!

I want to protect this world and the people who live in it!

That is my sole mission. That is what I was created to do!

Alice!

Kirito.

Hold me down firmly.

Right.

Pontifex Administrator, and all you nameless gods...

In order to accomplish what I must do,

I will fight you!

Eugeo.

Eugeo!

You must be cold over there.

Come to me, Eugeo.

Mom? Is that you, Mom?

That's right. I'm your mother, Eugeo.

But where's Dad?

Where did my brothers go?

You silly child.

You killed them all, remember?

What happened to me?

What am I doing here?

Bercouli, the knight commander...

I fought the hero of the old legends.

And afterward, a little man named Chudelkin or something showed up.

I can't remember what happened after that.

Is this...

Is this the top floor of the Central Cathedral?

If I'm on the top floor of the Cathedral, then that means...

No, Eugeo! Run!

This is the pontifex, Administrator.

If I do it now...

But this is for Alice. I can't use it now.

Eugeo, run!

You poor child.

Huh? Poor child?

That's right. So very pitiful.

You're just like a flower withering away in its pot.

A flower... in its pot?

And you know very well yourself. How you thirst... how you starve.

For what?

For love.

Love?

You make it sound like I've never known love.

That's right. You're a pitiful child who doesn't know what it's like to be loved.

That's not true! My mom loved me.

Whenever I had a nightmare and couldn't sleep,

she'd hold me and sing me lullabies!

But was that love really meant only for you?

You know it wasn't.

It was what was left over from what she'd divided among your brothers.

That's a lie! Mom loved only me.

You wanted her to love only you. But she wouldn't do that.

That's why you hated your father and your older brothers who stole your mother's love.

That's a lie! I... I don't hate my father or my brothers at all!

Is that true?

Don't you remember who you cut down?

Who?

That red-haired girl might've been the first person who loved you and no one else.

When a man tried to take her away by force and defile her, you slashed at him.

Because you hated him.

Because he'd taken something that was yours alone.

You're wrong. That's not why I raised my sword against Raios!

But your thirst remains unquenched.

No one will ever love you. They've all forgotten about you.

"We don't need you anymore," they said, and discarded you.

That's not true. That's not true...

I... I haven't been discarded.

That's right. It's not true. I have Alice.

Is that really true?

Does that girl truly love you alone, I wonder?

You've forgotten.

I'll help you to remember.

Take a look at the real memories you've buried deep inside your heart!

I haven't seen Kirito or Alice all morning. Where could they be?

A—

Hey, let's head back now. He's gonna find out if we don't.

We still have time. A little longer... just a little bit, okay?

No way.

This is all a lie!

See? I told you.

Do you understand now?

Even her love doesn't belong to you alone.

Or, wait. Did she even have any for you from the start?

But I'm different, Eugeo.

I'm willing to love you.

I'll give all of my love to you. Only you.

Only me?

Now come to me, Eugeo.

Now you can experience the joy of being loved to your heart's content for the first time.

If you love me, I'll return love in equal measure.

The deeper your love for me, the deeper I'll take you into the ultimate pleasure.

More intense than you could have ever imagined.

Is that what love is?

Is it like money, with a value attached to it?

Is that all there is to it?

Eugeo-senpai.

That's not what it is, Eugeo-senpai!

Something starts to overflow

Something starts to overflow

That's wrong, Eugeo!

Something that's a red, red, shade of rust

Something that's a red, red, shade of rust

Love isn't something you can get as a reward!

I'm a soot-covered tin man

I'm a soot-covered tin man

Eugeo!

In what was an empty body, a pulse starts beating

In what was an empty body, a pulse starts beating

You dispelled the evil magic, didn't you?

You dispelled the evil magic, didn't you?

Good night, until we can meet again

Good night, until we can meet again

Don't you want it, Eugeo?

To forget everything that causes you sorrow, and consume all of my love?

My chest, which had always lay hollow,

My chest, which had always lay hollow,

But not yet.

Didn't I tell you? First, you have to love me.

Now, chant exactly what I say.

Has started to hurt so so much now

Has started to hurt so so much now

Hold in your head the thought that you trust only me, and that you're offering yourself to me fully.

Now... First, the initial line of the sacred art.

This pain that you left deep, deep in me

This pain that you left deep, deep in me

System Call.

That's right. Now keep going.

Remove Core Protection.

Is my heart, isn't it

Is my heart, isn't it

Remove...

Was this the best thing to do?

Core...

But I don't want to be sad or in pain anymore.

That's right. Now, come to me, Eugeo. Into me.

Into eternal stasis.

...Protection.

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Synthesis

Synthesis

Synthesis

Synthesis

Next time: Synthesis.