Act 16 [Prayers of a Maiden]
16. AKT
~Gebet einer Jungfrau~
Once upon a time...
...there was a girl who loved flowers more than anyone.
Every day, she offered up prayers...
...to let the town be filled with flowers.
To that end, she left no weeds alive...
...uprooting every one and throwing them all away.
Finally, the girl's wish was granted...
...and the town was filled with flowers.
However, this town that was engulfed in flowers of all colors...
Somehow, it seemed to be a grey landscape.
Ahiru Rue-chan?
Rue-chan?
Rue-chan...
Rue-chan came back to school as Rue-chan.
Not in Kraehe's form...
But something was different...
Was it Kraehe after all?
Was it because of Kraehe that Mytho tried to take Pique's heart?
Is something happening? In a place I don't know of?
I don't want to fight.
Lilie Hey, why don't you two fight again?
A&P No!
Lilie But this is your chance!
You can have an epic battle!
A&P We're not gonna!
Pique First of all, I thought Mytho-sama was nice before, but...
Truthfully, it's worn off now, and I don't really care about him.
I'm a member of the Fakir-sama faction after all!
Lilie It's true that Fakir-sama has been quite nice recently!
Pique Like that dark side of his!
Lilie The shadow of a villain!
Pique Just a hint of a dark feeling...
Lilie That dark mood he has...
Pique Wanna battle?
Lilie That's what I was hoping!
Ahiru Eh?! You can't!
Battling, you shouldn't be...
Pique Could it be that Ahiru's in the Fakir-sama faction too?
Lilie Th-Three-way?!
Ahiru T-th, that's not it!
It's not like that...
I just don't want any fighting. You shouldn't fight...
Ahiru Umm...!
Neko I have a wonderful announcement for everyone.
In this week's arts newsletter...
...regarding the winner of the upcoming ballet contest.
In place of Rue-san, who is injured and cannot dance...
Mytho-san has said he will take the winner as his partner for the exhibition.
It is still too early to be happy, everyone.
Class Eh?
Neko The runner-up will, amazingly...
...be able to be my partner.
And my life partner, at that!
In other words, marriage! Marriage!
Marriage n-
I understand.
Everyone has already started practicing so that they can come in second place!
Ahiru I'm sure Mytho and Rue came this way...
Rue It's not easy pretending to be hurt.
Ahiru Pretending to be hurt?
Then she was lying?
Rue Make sure things go well this time.
Mytho I know, Kraehe.
Ahiru Kraehe?
He called her Kraehe...
Ahiru Mytho...
Freya Bloom beautifully! You, and you!
Ahiru Amazing!
Ah, I'm sorry!
I didn't mean to interfere.
Freya It's fine, this flower garden belongs to everyone!
Ahiru How pretty!
Freya Aren't they?
Ahiru Umm, not that...
Ah, of course the flowers are pretty!
But not just that...
Umm...
Freya I'm Freya.
Ahiru I'm Ahiru!
Um, this is amazing! You take care of all of these flowers?
Freya The flowers bloom by themselves.
I only pray for them.
Bloom beautifully!
Bloom, all of you!
Ahiru Umm, Freya-san, you don't need to practice?
Freya For the contest at the arts faire?
Ahiru Yes.
Freya I like ballet as well, so I was planning on practicing later.
After I'm done taking care of these guys, right?
Ahiru You really like flowers, don't you?
Freya But don't you think it would be wonderful if the whole world was filled with flowers?
Ahiru The one who's wonderful is Freya-san...
It'd be nice if I could be as wonderful as her...
Silly, that's...
Uzura Not-zura!
Ahiru What, really?
Uzura Really-zura!
Ahiru Not at all?
Uzura Not at all-zura!
Ahiru Who are you, anyway?!
Uzura It's not here-zura!
Where are you hiding it-zura?
Ahiru Huh? Hiding what?
Uzura Your duck tail-zura!
Ahiru D...
What do you mean, duck?
Uzura Where is it-zura?
Ahiru Quack!
Uzura A duck-zura!
Oh, it has a tail-zura!
Ahiru What the heck was with that girl, anyway?
I was late to class because of her, and now I have to stay after class...
Freya You're...
Ahiru Huh? That voice just now...
Freya I'm not really trying to win...
Ahiru It was Freya-san after all!
Mytho You don't like me?
Ahiru Mytho?
Freya That's not...
Mytho Your beautiful heart...
It makes beautiful flowers bloom.
If you put your power together with mine, surely...
You could make bloom flowers more beautiful than any before.
You want to make everyone happy with your flowers and dancing, right?
No one possesses a heart more beautiful than yours.
You think the same yourself, don't you?
Freya I don't really think that...
Mytho It's fine like that.
You're different from the rest of that insignificant lot.
And you will be victorious in the contest!
Yes, the rest of the people around you...
They're all your enemies!
Love only me!
Turn your hatred on everything else!
Freya Yes.
Mytho Pique, love only me!
Pique Yes.
Mytho Have hatred for everything else.
Pique Yes.
I will love only you, Mytho-sama.
I will hate everything else.
Ahiru You can't!
Tutu That's...
Freya I've never seen such flowers before, Mytho-sama!
Mytho Tutu...
Tutu Freya-san...
Hating other people...
Your true self doesn't wish for that, does she?
Freya But Mytho wishes for it, so...
Mytho Tutu... save me!
Tutu Mytho...
Freya Mytho-sama?
Tutu Mytho!
Freya-san?
Kraehe You haven't soaked enough in raven's blood...
Hurry and become only my prince.
A prince who loves only me.
Drossel The story is progressing...
Quietly, in the depths, to a place that Ahiru-chan doesn't know!
I'm afraid that that is all for today.
Is a fun story awaiting us?
A sad story?
Or maybe...
Now, let us continue our interrupted story.
Is what is waiting for us a happy ending?
A cruel ending?
Or maybe...?
Neko We will start the ballet contest momentarily!
The winner will be Mytho-san's partner.
And the runner-up will be my partner to dance with forever!
All participants...
You must all be engulfed in nervousness!
Pique Well, that's true.
Lilie If you win, heaven!
One misstep, and it's hell.
Neko Now, let us start the contest.
Everyone, aim for this runner-up bouquet and do your best!
Cont 1 Mytho-sama is watching!
Cont 2 I don't want to lose!
Cont 3 Definitely!
Cont 4 The one to be his partner...
Cont 5 Will be me!
Pique A suffocating atmosphere, isn't it?
Lilie If it had been possible, I would have wanted Ahiru to enter too!
Pique Now that you mention it, where's Ahiru?
Lilie I wonder if she doesn't care who Mytho-sama's partner will be...
Pique Which means she's completely in the Fakir-sama faction?
Lilie I sense a battle coming!
Ahiru Mytho won't be able to do anything weird during the contest, right?
Ahiru I came here all of a sudden, but...
I wonder if Fakir will be here.
Q-!
She's back!
Fakir Hey.
What are you doing here?
Ahiru Ah, Fakir!
Uzura Fakir!
Ahiru Fakir... Fakir?
I-is this... is she someone... someone you know?
Uzura She had a butt! [oshiriai = someone you know, oshiri = butt]
Fakir Did you do something?
Uzura I found her butt when I was looking for her tail-zura!
Fakir Stop that.
Ahiru QUACK!
Qua...
Her neck... her neck...
Fakir H-hey!
Ahiru Her neck was spinning spinning spinning spinning...
Spinning spinning spinning spinning...
Uzura Why are you hiding-zura?
Fakir Shut up!
Fakir Here.
Have you calmed down a little bit?
Ahiru Yeah, thanks...
Who is this girl?
Fakir Her name is Uzura.
Charon made her from Edel's embers.
Ahiru Edel-san's?
Is that why she knew me?
Fakir No, I told her about you.
Ahiru What?
Fakir I told her about you and about Mytho...
But it seems that Edel's memory has disappeared.
She became a fire to warm my body, and light the way for you and Mytho...
Ahiru Edel-san...
She saved our lives.
Even in this way, I'm happy I got to meet her again.
Saying that, it's kind of like putting the three of us...
Quack!
Qua...
Quaaaack! Quack quack quack quack!
Quack, quack...
Quack.
Ouch!
Uzura What are you doing-zura?
Fakir Shut up!
More importantly, didn't you come here for something?
Ahiru Yeah. It's about Mytho...
The other day, he tried to take Pique's heart!
Since that failed, he's trying to do the same thing to Freya-san...
Kraehe The feeling of love that princess Tutu returned...
You see...
I bathed it in the blood of the monster raven.
He'll love only me, and find young beautiful hearts...
And offer them as sacrifices.
Fakir Have you told that to her?
Kraehe That's right.
If I did that, I would be able to make Tutu suffer.
Ahiru Hey, what do you think could have happened to Mytho?
Did you find out anything?
Fakir No, nothing.
Ahiru I see. All right.
I just came here thinking you might have found something.
Fakir Right.
Ahiru Well then, I'm worried about Freya-san, so I'm going back.
Fakir Wait.
I'll go with you.
Uzura, take care of the house.
Uzura Leave it to me-zura!
Fakir Let's go.
Ahiru Right.
Uzura Edel?
I don't know-zura!
J high This is no good!
J curl Their dance is one thing, but their expressions are worthless!
J lady At this rate, we'll have no one qualified to be winner or runner-up!
Neko Next entrant!
J curl What a novel dance!
J high And her expression is quite good!
J lady A potential winner, I'd say.
Neko Next entrant!
J lady It seems the winner has...
J high ...been decided, doesn't it?
Neko No... the runner-up, right?
Please make her the runner-up!
Kraehe It's almost time, father.
Raven A beautiful fragrance...
A sweet fragrance has made its way here.
It's not enough.
Kraehe This time we will send a darkly shining heart to you, father.
Raven And then your suffering will be put to an end, my daughter.
Kraehe Yes, father.
Fakir Leave Mytho to me. You save Freya!
Ahiru Ah, but if we tried talking to Mytho...
Fakir You should just do what I tell you!
Ahiru O... Okay.
J curl No complaints! She is the winner!
J lady Yes!
Mytho Freya, congratulations.
My love is yours.
Neko She's the winner after all...
Which means the runner-up...
Ahiru Okay!
Neko This year there was no one qualified to be runner-up!
And so, the contest is now over!
Fakir It's over!
Ahiru That's right!
Fakir Hey!
Mytho Love only me, Freya.
Turn your hatred on all other things.
Your heart is young and beautiful.
When it is dyed black, it emits a sweet fragrance.
Will you give it to me?
Freya Yes.
Mytho Dance for me as proof of your love for me...
M&Rvn And give your heart to me!
Ahiru Freya-san!
Ah, Fakir!
Tutu wait!
Dance with me, Freya-san.
Mytho Tu...
Don't keep showing up like this.
Hurry up and disappear!
Freya You... are you going to interfere with me and Mytho again?
I don't want that!
Tutu Freya-san!
Mytho Yes, that's the way, Freya.
Come here, into my arms!
Fakir Get ahold of yourself, Mytho!
Tutu Freya-san, is that love real?
I was sure that flowers were your hope, your prayer, your wish...
Freya Yes, that's right.
That's what I wish, what I pray for.
So look, look how many there are!
Tutu Is this really how you wished them to look?
Listen well, to the voices of the flowers you loved.
Freya Voices of the flowers?
I can't hear...
I can't hear them!
Fakir Look at Tutu's dance!
Freya I can't hear them!
I can't hear the voices of the flowers!
Tutu Don't give up!
Remember your prayers...
Freya My prayers...
Tutu Yes, to make everyone happy...
That was what you wished, I'm sure.
Freya Ah, I can hear the voices of the flowers!
Mytho Why?!
Fakir Mytho! Remember!
Mytho Why will you not love me? Why?!
Fakir Mytho, remember your true self!
Mytho My true self...
Kraehe There is no need to listen to the words of a knight who could not even succeed at dying.
Tutu Kraehe!
Kraehe The way you are now is the true Mytho.
Tutu Kraehe, did you do something to Mytho?!
Kraehe The one who did this to the prince was you, Tutu.
Tutu What?
Fakir Stop!
Kraehe You returned the feeling of love to the prince...
...without knowing that it had been bathed in raven's blood.
You didn't tell her, Fakir?
I have to thank you, Tutu!
Tutu Mytho...
Fakir Hey, are you mad that I was hiding that from you?
Ahiru A little.
Fakir I'm sorry.
Ahiru Mytho is Mytho, right?
Even if he has the raven's blood in him, he's still Mytho...
...so he'll go back to being the original Mytho, right?
Fakir That's true.
Ahiru Uzura-chan's waiting for you, huh?
Fakir You be careful of Uzura!
Ahiru Huh?
Drossel Congratulations, Ahiru-chan!
You've discovered one thing you didn't know before...
But would it have been better not to know?