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Ugh...

Uh... I...

Is it over? Did we win?

Ouch!

Good, at least you can still feel your arm.

Now get up if you're still alive.

Ouch! Take it easy, Charles!

Enough fooling around. Harold has enough work to do without you adding to it.

Get to the lakeside if you can still walk. Patch yourselves up if you can.

I need a few volunteers to help me carry the ones that can't get up themselves.

I'll come with you, Jefferson.

Just say it if you don't want that leg of yours anymore. We can have Harold make one for you.

God's wounds, I can't believe everyone's still breathing after all that. What a bloody miracle.

Could it really be Kjeragandr's protection?

Isn't it the other way round? A thousand against one, and she's still breathing...

Maybe it really is Kjeragandr's protection.

It's not.

Kjeragandr is kind and watchful, but this result is not the result of Her power.

That no one lost their life here is a miracle that we created together.

That's what I believe.

Y-You're the Saintess of Kjerag?

Your words honor us more than we deserve.

What are your instructions?

I wouldn't call it instructions, per se.

Just an invitation to attend the post-ceremony banquet, as is the place of the host.

After all, aren't you here in Kjerag for the ceremony?

...I thought exile would be the best-case scenario.

We're allowed to participate in the banquet?

Would you rather be here for the banquet, or admit that you're here for a 'military operation' and go to prison?

Uhm.

Go on, be my guest.

Saintess.

Everything is ready. The banquet can begin at any tie.

Thank you, Kjarr.

Why thank me?

No particular reason... just wanted to thank you.

Kjerag will become a better place, Kjarr.

There will come a day when people from the outside will know more than just Karlan Trade, see more than just the snow, mountains and valleys.

They will know that there is a country here by the name of Kjerag.

A respectable country with its unique culture and customs, where its people live in prosperity.

Sounds great.

You sure you don't need 'a little help', Enya?

Without that, you wouldn't have any rainbows.

Kjeragandr's blessing reaches into the heart because of how precious it is.

If we ask Kjeragandr for a miracle for every little thing, then what's left is not religion, but reliance.

When you start to take something for granted, that's when you stop respecting it.

Things are fine the way it is.

Let's just hope Kjeragandr doesn't get angry at me for thinking this way.

Hah, don't worry, Enya.

Nothing makes a mother happier than to see her child start to walk on its own two feet.

I'm done, Mr. Silverash.

This is my first outdoor speech. Are you sure this is going to work?

It was perfect, Mr. Mob.

Your voice was filled with passion. No one could pick a flaw in it.

Even though you declined my offer to have someone magnify your voice with Originium Arts, the amplification device that you used performed above and beyond expectations.

Is this your company's new product?

This amplifier?

No, of course not. It's good, but the market for amplifiers is cornered by a few big companies. There's no place for us there... ahem. Forget I said anything.

I've heard about corporate competition in Kazimierz. You didn't say anything that I didn't know.

So, what is it that you're using?

A gift from a friend I met on the train.

They probably thought it was just a toy.

Who could have thought that it would come in so handy when Mr. Silverash made that abrupt request?

I see...

Mr. Mob, Karlan Trade would very much love for our cooperation to extend beyond this one time.

I will have someone take you around Kjerag for the next few days, including tours of our mines and factories.

Please accept this as a token of my sincerity.

I believe Kjerag will not disappoint you.

They stopped. They really stopped.

It's like you said. That man in a suit opens his mouth, and both sides stop fighting before long!

I thought we were in for a real fight. Didn't SilverAsh tell you guys to get here quick?

But it was all over in an instant.

Why did the Victorians and Kjerags stop fighting as soon as he arrived?

Because he's a spokesman for the Kazimierz General Chamber of Commerce.

Who...? Is that really important?

Oh, wait, I know!

The important thing is that he's from Kazimierz, isn't it?

Victoria wants to bully Kjerag for its own interests, but they have to be careful when it comes to Kazimierz, who's also here for its own interests... I think something like this came up in one of Anna's tests.

So... is this why SilverAsh contacted you and Muelsyse?

You're his backup plan?

You're learning, Leto.;We don't need it now, though.

No wonder you were in such a hurry.

Stuff like this is a pain.

But how did you know that the man in the suit was a spokesman for... hm, for what again?

You know him?

We've met.;His appearance has changed, but his voice hasn't.

Oh yeah, you and Amiya went to Kazimierz for a while.

I want to go with Mamochka, if I get the chance.

There are a few knights I really like. They're so cool!

Appearance... voice?

I guess his voice was pretty unusual. It was really loud.

I don't know how he did it. I could hear him all the way from here.

Oh yeah, Doctor.

Did you give him something at the station?

A little toy that Closure made.;Just a little help.

Really?

Somehow, I can't help but think there's more than meets the eye.

Oh... Muelsyse is chatting with someone.

Should we go over?

You have people you know here too, don't you, Sharp?