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The Reader of Fate
Euden: No need to look too hard, Ranzal. Honestly, I'm not really into fortune- telling to begin with.
Ranzal: Don't be a downer! I'm gonna find me... Ooooh! I think we struck gold.
Ranzal: ...Yep. She's pretty, all right.
Euden: Wait, THAT'S what you heard great things about?!
Ranzal: Bwa ha ha! Nah, that was just an aside. Don't worry—her skills are top-notch.
Ranzal: ...Uh-oh. Looks like she's already got a customer.
Woman: ...So how compatible do you think the two of us are? Lately, it feels like he's always being cold to me.
Verica: ...I see a great secret.
Woman: Secret?! I knew it! He's cheating on me!
Verica: No. It is you I see reflected, not him. Are you not the one who has a secret?
Woman: Huh?! H-how did you...?
Verica: I but reveal the destiny I see reflected in the orbuculum's surface.
Woman: But...but I can't possibly tell him the truth!
Verica: Do not fear. The future I see for you is a most positive one.
Verica: I am certain that he will accept the truth if you share it with him.
Woman: Y-you really think so? ...All right. I'll try telling him.
Woman: Thank you very much! I'm feeling a little more courageous now.
Verica: I am happy to have been of use. May your future be prosperous.
Ranzal: Bwa ha! Fortune-telling's amazin', yeah? Who knew you could know someone's secrets usin' some crystal ball?
Verica: Ah. I didn't know I had another visitor. It is exceedingly impolite to listen in on other people's divinations.
Ranzal: Sorry, sorry. Just couldn't help ourselves. Right, Euden?
Euden: Your skills are impressive—I think I might be scared to have my fortune told after seeing that.
Verica: Heh heh. You have nothing to fear. Come along now.
Ranzal: C'mon, Euden. Get her to tell ya yer future.
Euden: M-me?
Ranzal: That's what I brought ya here for! Yer fortune is all of our fortunes, yeah?
Euden: Well, I guess...
Verica: Then look into the crystal ball's surface... Gently regulate your breathing...
Euden: ......
Verica: Let your heart be at peace... Let your mind... No!
Verica: No... No...
Ranzal: The heck?! She just fell to the floor!
Verica: Ngh... Nnngh... How awful...
Euden: A-are you okay? What happened?
Verica: A violent clash... Light and darkness met one another head-on, only to repel and scatter in all directions.
Euden: Sorry, what?
Verica: That's the vision I saw in you. It was...exceedingly powerful.
Ranzal: Uh-oh. That can't be good.
Verica: I know not if it bodes good or ill. I've never seen anything like it.
Ranzal: Well, crap. Sorry 'bout all this, Euden.
Ranzal: I wouldn't have dragged ya here if I knew we were gonna get some kinda foreboding result like that.
Euden: Don't blame yourself, Ranzal.
Euden: Besides, we don't even know for sure if it's a good omen or a bad one—which means we'll just try our best to make everything end well.
Verica: ......
Verica: Then please allow me to help you.
Euden: Wait, really? But...why?
Verica: Seers share with others what destiny has in store for them, then help guide them along the proper path.
Verica: But we are also warriors who fight against the bounds of fate itself.
Verica: After seeing a destiny as terrible as yours, I cannot just stand by and leave you to fight it alone.
Ranzal: Uhhh, so whatcha wanna do here, Euden?
Euden: The more allies we have, the better. What's your name?
Verica: My name is Verica. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
Euden: I'm Euden, and we're delighted to have you.
Ranzal: Gotta say, this ain't really what I was expectin' when I brought ya here.
Euden: Maybe not, but it's always nice to have more help. So I'm glad I came.
Euden: I'm no expert on fortune-telling, but I'd say that alone is a good omen for the future.
Ranzal: Man, you really can find a bright side in whatever life throws at ya!
Verica: A strong spirit such as yours will be essential in standing up to fate.
Verica: (But that vision I saw was less a clash between light and dark, and more...)
Verica: (More a vision of light being gradually swallowed up by a vast darkness.)
Verica: (What terrible fate lies in store for this poor young man?)
Verica: (Well, no matter the end, it is now my charge to watch over him as it happens.)
An Ominous Omen
Ranzal: There were loads of 'em, all right. You gotta be tired after all the runnin' around ya been doin' lately.
Euden: Oh, I'm fine. Just seeing the looks of relief on everyone's faces is enough to make my exhaustion fade away.
Ranzal: Bwa ha ha! That's our prince!
Euden: ...Hah! Hah! Hah!
Elisanne: Training again today, Your Highness? Would you care to spar with me?
Euden: I'd be happy to.
Euden: Getting the warehouse in order must take a lot of effort, Cleo. Let me give you a hand.
Cleo: Could you carry this for me, then?
Euden: This? Hnnngggh! Oh wow, this is seriously heavy.
Verica: ......
Verica: Might I have a moment, Euden?
Euden: Sure, what is it?
Verica: Would you let me read your fortune today? There's something I have been wondering about.
Euden: Umm...I'd rather you didn't.
Verica: Oh, please don't be like that. It won't take long.
Euden: Well, I guess...
Verica: Thank you. I'll start right away. Hmm...
Verica: ...Ah! Oh no! This is terrible!
Euden: What is it? What did you see?
Verica: I apologize for losing my composure. But the future I saw was most ominous.
Verica: You are in a most perilous position at the moment. If you don't do something, I fear a great misfortune will descend upon you.
Euden: What?!
Verica: Will you leave this to me? I will see if I can avert it and change your future.
Euden: All right. I appreciate it, Verica.
Verica: I will not disappoint you. Now then, if you would come right this way?
Verica: Good. Lie down and rest your head here.
Euden: Ummm...this is your lap.
Verica: Correct. Does this displease you?
Euden: It's not that—it's just... Well, I suppose this is no time for being embarrassed.
Euden: So if this is really what I have to do...
Verica: Heh. It is, I promise you.
Euden: A-all right, I've got my head down. What should I do next?
Verica: Let us not get ahead of ourselves. Just take it nice and easy... Breathe slowly and deeply...
Euden: Right, then. I'll just breathe... Breathe... Breeeeeatheeee...
Euden: Zzzzzzz...
Euden: H-huh?! Oh, sorry! I think I drifted off for a moment there.
Verica: You are quite welcome to keep napping if you wish it.
Verica: Or perhaps I should sing you a lullaby so you can have a proper sleep?
Euden: Er, that's okay. But what happened to changing my destiny?
Verica: Heh. That was, I fear, a lie.
Euden: What?!
Verica: I did not look into your future today.
Euden: Then what has all this been about?!
Verica: While what I said about your future being ominous wasn't exactly true, the part about you being in a dangerous position was.
Verica: At this rate, a great misfortune will descend upon you ere long.
Euden: I'm going to need you to explain that.
Verica: You are greatly overworking yourself. Day in and day out, you fight fiends, train, and take care of other assorted tasks around the castle.
Verica: No one can handle so much work indefinitely. You must rest.
Euden: I think you're worrying too much. I'm pretty much the picture of health.
Verica: Someone who was the picture of health would not fall asleep the second they lie down.
Euden: Erk.
Verica: If you were to collapse from overwork, it would be the people around you who would suffer the most.
Verica: When you have the chance to rest, you need to do so. You have a DUTY to do so.
Euden: ...You're right.
Verica: Good. Then it's time for sleep.
Euden: Er, here? ...On your lap?
Verica: I have a duty to watch over you until the moment you finally surrender to slumber. Now close your eyes.
Euden: O-okay...
Verica: ♪ Sleep, oh sleep, my dearest child, and may your dreams be soft and mild. Then on the morrow you'll awake, at the moment of dawn's break. ♪
The Power to Decide
Verica: Now then, you wish for me to look into the future of yourself and the boy you are in love with, correct?
Girl: Y-yes! Er, please? Um, I mean...
Verica: Heh. There's no need to be so nervous. Let me have a look...
Verica: Hmm... Oh my. I fear your road will not be an easy one.
Girl: I knew it... There's no way he would fall for someone like me.
Verica: Oh, that's not what I'm saying at all.
Verica: Certainly, the way things stand now, the chances of love blossoming between the two of you are quite low.
Verica: But that just means you need to change the way ＂things stand.＂
Girl: Um, okay? How do I do that, exactly?
Verica: First, take a deep breath. You need to take everything one step at a time and only do what you can.
Girl: O-okay? Geez, I hope I can do this...
Euden: Hey, Verica. I heard you wanted me for something?
Verica: Thank you for coming. I was hoping you could do something to help this young lady, actually.
Euden: Sure. What's up?
Girl: EEEEEEEK!
Verica: Stop! You're never going to change anything if you just keep running away.
Girl: I...I'm sorry.
Euden: Um...what's going on here?
Verica: Allow me to explain...
Verica: ...In other words, even the simple act of looking a man in the eyes makes her nervous.
Euden: I see. So that's why you called me here.
Verica: I'm sorry to burden you with something like this.
Euden: Oh, it's fine. Sooo...
Girl: Eeep!
Euden: It's nice to meet you. I'm Euden.
Girl: I-i-i-it's...nice to...m-meet you? I mean...yes? Yes! Wait... Eeep.
Euden: Ah! She fainted!
Verica: Are you all right? Stay with us!
Euden: ...Hmm? Wait, I recognize her.
Euden: You came to see Verica again, huh?
Girl: Oh! Hello, Euden!
Euden: You seem much more confident than when I first met you.
Girl: Y-you really think so? I'm happy to hear that.
Verica: Now you see what I meant when I said that simply altering your outlook can change a person completely.
Girl: I do. Thank you very much.
Girl: In fact, I think I'm going to try confessing my love to him now!
Verica: I hope it goes well for you.
Girl: Thank you. I'll give it my best.
Verica: Whew...
Euden: You okay? You seem tired.
Verica: I suppose I am. I've been helping her every day of late, and I think the strain is starting to get to me.
Euden: Heh. She has been around you a lot lately.
Verica: This isn't really what I should be doing, though.
Euden: I had no idea that seers helped and advised people like this.
Euden: I always figured they would just tell people their fortune and that was it.
Verica: Ordinarily, that IS how it works.
Verica: But I want to do as much as I can to help the people whose fortunes I tell.
Verica: The reason that people rely on seers is because they want to change something about how they are.
Verica: So I feel our role is not to simply provide them with an immutable future, but to give them hope that future can be changed— that THEY can change.
Euden: That makes sense. And while I have no idea how her confession will go, I think you've given her plenty of room to believe she can change how she is.
Verica: Heh. I certainly hope so.
Girl: *sigh* It didn't work...
Girl: H-he said there's already someone he's in love with...
Verica: That's a shame. I was hoping it would be possible to change the sad future that awaited you.
Verica: But please do not let yourself become too disheartened. I'm sure that someone who will love you for who you are will come—
Girl: Oh, don't worry about me. I'm sad to have been turned down, but I'm not THAT sad.
Girl: My hopes of a relationship might have been dashed, but you've showed me that even someone like me can change.
Girl: Before, I felt like if he turned me down my entire world would have collapsed, but now I'm much more positive.
Girl: If anything, I feel like I want to hurry up and fall in love with someone else.
Verica: What? Umm...
Girl: And I owe all of that to you!
Verica: Y-you're awfully close to me... C-can you move away a little...?
Girl: But I wanna be with you foreeeever!
Verica: F-forever?! Oh dear...
Deathbringer
Man: Haw haw! That's a top-class seer for ya!
Verica: Just who are you, sir?
Man: Haw haw! No need to be so on guard. We just need your help with somethin'.
Verica: I assume I don't get to say no to this?
Man: You're a right trig one, ain't ya? Now just follow me.
Boss: Sorry for makin' ya come all the way out here. I assume ya knows who I am?
Verica: You are the boss of this backstreet area, correct? The one with a reputation for being an unscrupulous churl.
Boss: Haw! Everyone loves a good gossip, whether the rumors they spread are true or not.
Verica: So what exactly do you want with me?
Boss: Ain't no need to be so tense! I just want ya to do a little job for me.
Verica: Do you want me to tell you your fortune?
Boss: Nah, I got no interest in that. I just want ya to tell me when someone who stands in my way is gonna die.
Boss: Sooner the better, by the way.
Verica: You seem to be misunderstanding the entire concept of fortune-telling.
Verica: What you need is a practitioner of curses.
Boss: Haw haw haw! Oh, there's no mistake. You're the famous Deathbringer, after all.
Verica: H-how do you know that name?!
Boss: Haaaaw haw haw! Suspicious rumors are my stock and trade, little lady!
Boss: So, Deathbringer...do your work.
Verica: N-no... I'll not tell a fortune like that ever again...
Boss: Hmm. Looks like it's time for me to stop playin' nice.
Boss: You ain't getting any say in this matter! I said DO IT, and yer GONNA DO IT!
Verica: Ah!
Boss: I don't care if ya want to or not!
Boss: I knows how to make people do what I want, so I do.
Men: You tell her, boss!
Verica: I refuse!
Boss: Bah. Looks like this is gonna get ugly.
Men: Haw haw! Make her pay, boss!
Boss: H-huh?! What just happened?!
Euden: Are you okay, Verica?!
Verica: Ah! You all came for me!
Ranzal: Been a long time, boss. I see yer just as much of a scumbag as ever.
Boss: Aw, crap! Ranzal!
Ranzal: Yer men are just havin' a little sleep—and unless ya wanna join 'em, maybe it's time ya tried livin' an honest life.
Boss: Gah! You'll regret this!
Ranzal: That really the best line in yer arsenal? What a loser.
Euden: You aren't hurt, are you, Verica?
Verica: I'm perfectly fine. Thank you very much for coming to my aid.
Ranzal: That musta been rough. Couldn't have picked a worse guy to tangle with.
Verica: No, this is all my fault at its root. It was my sin that caused all of this.
Ranzal: This have somethin' to do with that Deathbringer dealie?
Verica: ...Yes, that's right. People say that I bring death to those whose fortunes I tell.
Euden: Will you tell us what happened?
Verica: I suppose after involving you this much, I have a duty to do so.
Verica: Once, I believed that it was a mistake to fight against your destiny.
Verica: That was why I once peered into only the most inevitable fate of all—one's death.
Verica: If what I told people made them sad, I could simply tell them that was their lot in life and feel nothing in my heart.
Verica: If they tried to beg me for help, I would simply order them to stop resisting the inevitable.
Verica: But then, one day...I foretold the death of my own younger brother.
Euden: I didn't know you had a younger brother.
Verica: He was still very young at the time, and the thought that he would lose his life... it was just too cruel.
Verica: The moment I was faced with that reality, I realized the truth.
Verica: If people were to simply accept everything fortune-telling revealed as fate, then what was the point in bothering to do it?
Verica: What purpose did my art even have?
Ranzal: What happened to yer brother?
Verica: ...He died.
Ranzal: Oh man, that's rough. Sorry.
Verica: No, it's not your fault. It's my own for not being able to win against fate.
Verica: But it was then that I resolved to stand up to the fates that my divination revealed.
Euden: So that's why you decided to help me?
Verica: That's correct. I still don't know whether fate's plan for you is good or ill, but I have a duty to find out.
Verica: But do not fear. No matter how terrifying it may prove to be, I WILL defeat it.
Verica: I may have failed my brother, but that is all the more reason I cannot fail you!
???: Grr... Graaaaah!
Euden: Damn! ...It...ng?!
Euden: Gah... He's...ing... At...
???: Graaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Euden: Guh... I... I think I'm done for... Sorry...everyone...
Verica: AAAAAH! *pant* *pant* ...A dream?
Verica: This is just like when I lost my brother...
Verica: Then is this fate, too? ...No. I will not allow it to happen!
Standing Up to Destiny
Euden: Damn! How is it so strong?!
Euden: Gah... He's overpowering me... At this rate—
???: Graaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Euden: Guh... I... I think I'm done for... Sorry...everyone...
Verica: AAAAAH! *pant* *pant*
Verica: Not that dream again...
Verica: I'm running out of time. I need to do something.
Euden: ...What? I'm going to be killed by a fiend?
Verica: I apologize for startling you, but this is no ordinary dream.
Verica: I had a similar one regarding my brother's death. It is proof that a terrible destiny is drawing near!
Euden: Well, if you say so. I've got no reason to doubt you.
Verica: In that case, are you going to stop fighting fiends?
Euden: I appreciate your warning, but I can't do that. Sorry.
Euden: As long as fiends continue causing trouble and misery, I'll be there fighting them.
Verica: But you must!
Verica: ...No, I have to respect your will.
Verica: But in return, I will protect you. I will triumph over destiny!
Verica: Stay alert! There is no telling where fiends may be lurking!
Euden: I will. Hmm? Is that...?
Fiend: Grrr... Raaaaaaaaah!
Verica: (That's the fiend from my dream... I'm sure of it!)
Euden: There you are! Right, leave this to me—
Verica: No! I will take care of this!
Euden: Verica?!
Verica: (I cannot expose Euden to danger!)
Verica: Come, fiend! I shall be your opponent!
Fiend: Grrr... Graaaaah!
Verica: Guh... This fiend is so strong...
Euden: Verica, watch out!
Euden: Hey! I'm here! Come and get me!
Fiend: Grr... Graaaaah!
Euden: Gah... He's overpowering me... At this rate—
Verica: (This is just how things played out in my dream!)
Euden: Guh... Agh...
Verica: (No... I can't believe my actions ended up directly causing it to become reality!)
Fiend: Raaaaaaaaaah!
Verica: (Is there really nothing I can do? Am I completely powerless in the face of destiny after all?!)
???: Hiyaaaaa!
Fiend: Guh!
???: Haaaaaaaaaah!
Fiend: Graaah!
Verica: Ah!
Ranzal: Heh. Piece'a cake.
Elisanne: Whew... I'm glad we made it in time.
Euden: Ranzal! Elly! I owe you two big-time.
Ranzal: Eh, coverin' for yer recklessness is kinda what we do.
Verica: Oh, thank goodness...
Verica: Thank you both so much!
Verica: Because of you, I was able to overcome my nightmare and defeat fate.
Ranzal: Eh, we didn't do all that.
Verica: What do you mean?
Elisanne: It was only because of your warning that we were as cautious as we were.
Elisanne: If not for that, we would never have made it in time to save him.
Ranzal: So WE actually owe everythin' to YOU.
Euden: Thank you, Verica. I owe you my life.
Euden: You prevented a tragedy.
Verica: No, this is wrong. He was only saved because the two of you interfered.
Elisanne: It took all of our combined efforts to triumph over destiny.
Ranzal: You couldn't have done it alone— but neither could we.
Verica: Oh, I'm such a fool! How was I not able to realize that on my own?
Verica: I knew better than anyone just how difficult it is to change fate, and yet I still tried to do it alone.
Verica: I should have tried to enlist everyone's help from the start.
Euden: There's no reason you need stand up to destiny alone.
Euden: So long as we're together, we can get through anything.
Verica: I won't forget that again... Thank you so much, Euden.
???: Waaah! Waaaaaah!
Verica: Oh dear. He doesn't sound happy.
Man: Yeah, I just can't seem to get him to bond with me like he has with you.
Verica: Heh. I'm sure he loves you, too.
Verica: After all, he's my child—and I love you dearly.
Man: Maybe he just wants to snuggle with you. We have that in common.
???: Waaah... *babble*
Verica: It looks as if you're right. You're just like one another.
Verica: Feel free to snuggle with me, too, dear.
Verica: ...A dream? But who was that man I was talking to?
Verica: Was that just a reflection of my desires? Or is this also fate...?