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I'll tell you about it.

I don't know if you'll accept it or not,

but I'll tell you everything I believe to be true.

Speak. However, if there's any trace of deceit in your words,

I will slay you on the spot.

ka

re

na

i

tsu

yo

i

o

mo

i

ka

I have pride that shines with an undying passion

de

ka

ga

ya

re

ku

PU

RA

I

DO

na

i

tsu

yo

i

o

mo

i

de

ka

ga

ya

ku

PU

RA

I

DO

un

mei

ni

a

ra

ga

t

te

yu

ke

un

And I'll resist fate until the end

mei

ni

a

ra

ga

t

te

yu

ke

ki

mi

no

ko

e

ga

to

do

ka

na

ki

In a place where your voice can't reach me

i

ba

sho

de

wa

mi

no

ko

e

ga

to

do

ka

na

i

ba

sho

de

wa

da

re

mo

o

shi

e

te

ku

re

na

da

I encounter an intolerable rule no one had taught me

ka

tta

yu

re

gan

da

RUU

mo

RU

o

shi

e

te

ku

re

na

ka

tta

yu

gan

da

RUU

RU

o

sa

na

i

ko

ro

ni

tsu

yo

ku

o

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

ne

ga

t

ta

sa

na

i

ko

ro

ni

tsu

yo

ku

ne

ga

t

ta

yu

me

no

a

ri

ka

wo

sa

ga

su

yu

The journey to find where they are has only just begun

ta

bi

wa

ha

me

ji

ma

t

no

ta

ba

ka

ri

a

ri

ka

wo

sa

ga

su

ta

bi

wa

ha

ji

ma

t

ta

ba

ka

ri

na

ge

i

ta

ji

kan

wa

mou

i

ra

na

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

nai

ge

i

ta

ji

kan

wa

mou

i

ra

nai

gen

ka

i

no

ka

be

wo

i

ma

su

gen

It's time to break though my limits right now

gu

ko

wa

shi

te

ka

i

no

ka

be

wo

i

ma

su

gu

ko

wa

shi

te

ka

re

na

i

tsu

yo

i

o

mo

i

ka

I have pride that shines with an intense, undying passion

de

ka

ga

ya

re

ku

PU

RA

I

DO

na

i

tsu

yo

i

o

mo

i

de

ka

ga

ya

ku

PU

RA

I

DO

do

n

na

i

ta

mi

ni

fu

re

ta

do

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

to

shi

te

mo

n

ka

wa

ra

na

na

i

ki

i

o

ku

ta

mi

ni

fu

re

ta

to

shi

te

mo

ka

wa

ra

na

i

ki

o

ku

shi

ka

i

wo

hi

ro

ge

te

mi

tsu

shi

I embrace the oath I found when I opened my mind

ke

ta

chi

ka

i

wo

da

i

te

ka

i

wo

hi

ro

ge

te

mi

tsu

ke

ta

chi

ka

i

wo

da

i

te

ku

mo

ri

na

ki

me

de

e

ra

n

ku

Because the path I chose with unclouded vision leads to you

da

mi

chi

mo

wo

ki

mi

ni

ri

tsu

na

gu

na

ka

ra

ki

me

de

e

ra

n

da

mi

chi

wo

ki

mi

ni

tsu

na

gu

ka

ra

ko

e

wo

hi

bi

ka

se

te

u

n

ko

Make your voice heard and resist fate until the end

me

i

ni

a

ra

ga

tte

yu

ke

e

wo

hi

bi

ka

se

te

u

n

me

i

ni

a

ra

ga

tte

yu

ke

PROUD

OF

MYSELF

PROUD

OF

MYSELF

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Ouch.

Hey! I caught you slacking off again, didn't I?

Crap.

H-Hey, Alice.

Y-You're done with your sacred arts class?

Integrity Knight Alice Synthesis Thirty,

your real name is Alice Zuberg.

You're the daughter of the elder of Rulid Village.

I heard that you were a girl who was skilled at cooking and the sacred arts.

Your cooking skills are really improving, Alice!

Y-You really think so? I felt like it was still missing something.

Eight years ago, along with the boy you grew up with,

you went to the End Mountains in search of ice.

And on the way back, you got lost.

There's the exit!

This is...

...the Dark Territory.

It was the entrance to the realm of darkness the Taboo Index forbids anyone to enter,

the Dark Territory.

No!

Alice!

Although it was only the tips of your fingers that entered the Dark Territory,

there were no exceptions to the Taboo Index, which all residents of the Human Empire must obey.

For her crimes against the Taboo Index, the child of Gasfut Zuberg, Alice Zuberg,

will now be apprehended, taken in, and, after questioning, executed.

Eugeo, please! Go after her!

Eugeo! At least get these guys off me! Then I'll...

Eugeo!

You were taken away to the capital city by the Integrity Knight Deusolbert,

and no one knew what happened to you after that.

Alice!

Well, years ago, somebody used to bring me lunch at noon every day.

6 years later

What happened?

She was my childhood friend.

A girl, the same age as me.

When we were little, we played together all the time.

Even after I received my Calling, she'd bring me lunch every day.

But...

Because of me...

It was Eugeo, your childhood friend and carver of the Gigas Cedar,

who made up his mind to find you and bring you home to Rulid Village.

I'm scared...

But I've got to go!

If I don't, it'll be just the same as when Alice...

He'd been full of regret ever since the day Deusolbert seized you and he froze, unable to help.

Die!

Kirito!

This time...

...I'll be the one...

...to protect you!

Eugeo, run!

Eugeo!

Eugeo.

Eugeo.

Stay with me! Eugeo!

W-We promised each other as kids, remember?

Me, you and Alice.

We were born on the same day, so we're going to die on the same day.

This time...

...I'm keeping it.

And so, in order to gain the power needed to bring you back, Eugeo became a swordsman.

- H-Hey! Look! - What is that?

Eugeo was finally released from his Calling as carver of the Gigas Cedar after seven years.

All right, let's go.

Okay.

And so we set off on our journey to the capital city.

Eugeo and I both enrolled in the Swordcraft Academy in the capital city,

where we met all kinds of people and learned a lot.

We swore that we'd become Integrity Knights one day, and climb the Central Cathedral and bring you home.

And to do that, first we have to place in the top 12 on the Advancement Exam, huh?

But after we'd become elite disciples, an incident occurred.

Eugeo's page, Tiese, and my own page, Ronie

were taken against their will into the room of Raios and Humbert, the sons of high-ranking nobles.

Eugeo entered the room to try and save the girls.

...as is my right!

Hold still. I'm going to discipline you now.

Stop it!

Don't move, commoner!

But unable to defy Raios's order not to move,

Eugeo could only watch as he humiliated the girls.

Why? Because under the Taboo Index, commoners must follow a nobleman's orders.

Serving as a seal, this doctrine is embedded in the souls of those who reside in the Human Empire,

and under no circumstances can anyone defy it.

If upholding such a law is the "right" thing to do...

I...

I...

What's... this?

No, this is the same as that time.

Unforgivable. It's absolutely...

...unforgivable!

No! No! Senpai!

In violation of the Taboo Index,

the law that would prevent him from saving those dear to him,

he chose instead to uphold his sense of justice.

My secret skill will demolish that piece of junk!

Come on then, Raios!

How's that? How's that?

As if I, Raios Antinous, would fail to keep up with a mere commoner like you!

Kirito.

In order to protect the injured Eugeo, I took on Raios.

But for the crime of running afoul of the Taboo Index, which forbids taking the life of another,

Eugeo and I were arrested.

I am the overseer of the capital city of Centoria, an Integrity Knight of the Axiom Church...

Alice Synthesis Thirty.

Alice, is that you?

The Integrity Knight who came to take us into custody was you, Alice.

Though it was jarring to find that you weren't the Alice I'd heard about from Eugeo...

For running afoul of the Taboo Index,

I shall apprehend you, take you into custody and, after questioning,

I shall execute you.

Eugeo and I were imprisoned in the Central Cathedral dungeon.

After breaking out of our cell,

we found ourselves fighting the Integrity Knight Eldrie.

System Call! Enhance Armament!

Don't worry.

If it's a whip, as long as we keep an eye on the distance...

...it can't possib—

It extended?

Release Recollection.

There, we saw with our own eyes

the Integrity Knights' secret skills, the Perfect Weapon Control and Memory Release arts.

No wonder Lady Alice was cautious of you.

That attack has no form or anything, but that's why it exceeded my expectations.

We were only able to escape from Eldrie because we happened to discover the Integrity Knights' secret.

Wh-What just...

Did Alice lose her memories and change personalities because of that?

But then Deusolbert arrived to help, and we were driven away.

You won't be forgiven for the sin of tempting a brilliant Integrity Knight to fall from grace.

After piercing all four of your limbs, I shall throw you back into your cell!

Run!

Kirito! Up ahead!

It's a dead end!

Hey!

This way!

Dive!

Where are we?

We've been detected. Can't use this back door anymore.

It was Cardinal, the sage of the Great Library who saved us from that crisis.

She revealed the secrets of this world to me.

Um...

Come with me.

Let me be as succinct as possible.

System Call. Generate Luminous Element.

Form Element, Liquid Shape.

The story of how a simple young girl named Quinella became Administrator, the pontifex of the Axiom Church.

Through the Synthesis Ritual, this man will be reborn.

As the ultimate warrior, a Integrity Knight swearing absolute fealty!

The method of how the Integrity Knights are created, in which memories are stolen and fake ones implanted.

How do we do that?

Simply remove the Piety Module embedded in their foreheads.

We also asked Cardinal how we could restore your memories.

And then, Alice, in order to reach you, we battled numerous Integrity Knights.

How?

I can't mo—

I won't kill you.

Instead, watch closely.

At how strong the Integrity Knights you're mocking actually are!

You didn't come all this way because you hated the Integrity Knights, right?

Aren't you're here because you want to get Alice back... because you love her?

And those feelings aren't in any way inferior to her justice.

It's the same for me.

I want to protect everyone in this world.

You... Alice...

I even want to protect her.

So right now, we can't lose to her no matter what.

Isn't that right, Eugeo?

And we finally encountered you on the eightieth floor.

I shall erase all of your life.

Enhance Armament!

He aimed for the sword?

Unfortunately, even the two of us together couldn't defeat you.

That's how we ended up on the outer wall of the Central Cathedral.

Are you going to approach me, youngster?

I'm sure that Eugeo is fighting fiercely right now, in order to get to you.

Lend me your strength,

Blue Rose Sword!

Release Recollection!

And there's one final thing I need to tell you.

This world is coming to an end.

According to Cardinal, this world will soon enter its final phase,

when the Dark Territory forces will mount a concerted invasion into the Human Empire.

But as the entity charged with maintaining this world,

Cardinal tells me that she can't accept its demise.

And believing it to be the only way to normalize the Underworld,

Cardinal intends to return it to nothingness.

I see. So this is...

This is what it means to be human, huh?

So warm.

At last, I feel rewarded.

Those 200 years I spent weren't in vain.

Just discovering this warmth is enough to satisfy me.

I feel rewarded... more than enough.

But I also realized that Cardinal wasn't just a coldhearted supervisor.

And so I swore that even after the battle against the Integrity Knights and Administrator began,

I'd keep trying to find a way to avoid tragedy and allow this world to survive peacefully.

This is everything I believe to be true, and my goal.

It's up to you whether to believe me or not.

But if possible, to save everyone living in this world,

it'd be great if you could help me...

Alice.

S

o

t

h

i

s

i

s

m

e

o

m

o

s

u

g

i

r

u

y

So this is me, a man whose armor has dragged him to the dirt

So

o

r

o

i

d

e

this

is

me

o

mo

su

gi

ru

yo

ro

i

de

a

r

u

k

e

n

a

k

u

n

a

t

t

a

o

k

u

b

y

o

u

n

a

A cowardly hero so encumbered that he can't even walk

a

y

u

u

s

h

a

ru

ke

na

ku

na

tta

o

ku

byou

na

yuu

sha

a

i

s

a

r

e

t

a

k

u

t

e

m

a

m

o

r

i

t

a

k

u

t

e

The sword that I swung because I wanted to protect and be loved

a

f

u

r

u

t

t

i

a

k

e

n

sa

w

a

re

ta

ku

te

ma

mo

ri

ta

ku

te

fu

ru

tta

ken

wa

s

a

s

h

i

d

a

s

a

r

e

t

a

t

e

n

i

s

a

s

a

t

t

Stabbed the hand that reached out to me and won't come out

sa

e

n

u

k

e

shi

n

a

i

y

o

da

sa

re

ta

te

ni

sa

sa

tte

nu

ke

nai

yo

m

a

d

a

i

e

n

a

i

m

a

m

a

L

i

f

e

g

o

e

s

And without saying what needs to be said, life goes on

ma

o

n

da

i

e

nai

ma

ma

Life

goes

on

O

h

E

v

e

r

y

t

h

i

n

g

t

u

r

n

s

t

o

a

s

h

Oh

t

o

a

s

Everything

h

turns

to

ash

to

i

n

o

ash

c

h

i

w

a

k

a

n

a

t

a

w

o

m

e

z

a

s

u

And my life makes its way past the horizon

i

no

chi

wa

ka

na

ta

wo

me

k

i

z

za

u

t

s

u

k

e

t

a

t

s

u

m

su

i

t

o

i

t

a

m

i

Dragging the sins and the pain that hurt me with it

ki

h

i

k

i

z

u

zu

t

t

e

tsu

ke

ta

tsu

mi

to

i

ta

mi

hi

ki

zu

tte

A

n

d

e

v

e

r

y

t

h

i

n

g

t

u

r

n

s

t

o

d

u

And

s

t

t

o

d

u

s

everything

t

turns

to

dust

to

dust

t

a

o

r

e

t

e

t

s

u

c

h

i

n

i

k

a

e

r

u

t

o

When I'm returned to the earth,

ta

k

i

o

re

te

tsu

chi

ni

ka

e

ru

to

s

e

m

ki

e

t

e

c

h

i

i

s

a

n

a

h

a

n

a

g

a

h

o

All I pray is that a small flower

se

r

a

me

te

chii

sa

na

ha

na

ga

s

a

k

i

m

a

s

ho

u

y

o

u

ra

n

i

Blooms from me

sa

ki

ma

su

you

f

ni

o

r

g

e

t

-

m

e

-

n

o

t

forget-me-not

Next time

Next time

Next time

Next time

Seal of the Right Eye

Seal of the Right Eye

Seal of the Right Eye

Seal of the Right Eye

Next time: The Seal of the Right Eye.