Act 20 [A Forgotten Story]
~The Bartered Bride~
20. AKT
~Die verkaufte Braut~
Once upon a time...
...there lived a girl.
The girl married not the person that she loved...
...but the groom that her parents arranged for her.
She knew that her groom felt strongly for her...
...but the girl was uncertain whether her lover...
...had feelings stronger than the groom's.
Lost between the two...
...the girl began to forget which one she herself loved more.
Fakir In order to find a way to return Mytho to the story...
I've just been holding books in my hands trying to think of ideas.
But still...
Why do I always choose books with their endings torn out?
Why?
What meaning is there to these torn books?
I...
Rachael Found you!
Pique Geez, silly Ahiru...
Can't you stop having to stay and clean after class?
Lilie Of course she can't!
Ahiru Sorry.
Pique Really, you're...
Lilie No way!
Ahiru What?
Lilie Ahiru, don't look over there!
Pique Shock!
Lilie That must be...
Ahiru What's going on...?
Lilie You can't, Ahiru!
There's something that you shouldn't see...
Right over there!
Hanaya Thank you very much!
Ahiru Fakir?
Pique He smiled?!
All of your charms are going to waste now!
Lilie Now you'll have to be all sulky about it!
Pique Who could that woman be to make Fakir show his feelings like that?
Lilie The appearance of an older girlfriend!
Pique We're still not sure that she's his girlfriend.
Lilie You're right.
You should be hopeful!
Pique You need to find out!
Lilie Be brave!
Fakir Hey.
Ahiru Ah, Fakir! Umm...
Rachael Are you a friend of Fakir's?
Pique She's calling her a friend already!
Just as expected, an adult's composure.
Lilie Ahiru's crying face is floating up into my mind!
I can't stay here like this!
Ahiru We were all on our way to have ice cream together.
Huh?
Just now...
Rachael You're quite an interesting person.
My name is Rachael. What's yours?
Ahiru I'm Ahiru.
Rachael Ahiru-san? We're going back to Fakir's house right now.
Would you like to come with us?
Ahiru Wha?
Fakir Rachael...
Rachael Oh, it'll be fine.
Right?
Fakir You sure knew where to find me.
Rachael I know everything when it comes to you, Fakir.
Fakir My house is still...
Charon Welcome back.
Rachael It's been a while, Charon.
Charon Rachael!
Rachael Do you mind if I come in?
Uzura Who do you look good with-zura?
A new love-love-zura!
Rachael Could she be yours, Charon...?
Fakir I haven't seen you since I entered Kinkan Academy, huh?
Rachael That's right...
I was really lonely after that!
Here you go.
Ahiru Thanks.
Rachael It's all right. I'm just like a big sister to Fakir.
Ahiru Big sister...
I mean, it's not really like that, I...
Fakir After my parents died and Charon took me in...
She was like a mother to me.
Uzura Big sister is different from love-love-zura?
Then Rachael is love-love with Charon-zu...
Charon Come on, Uzura!
Rachael That makes me happy! Does it look like that?
Wouldn't it be nice if that was true...
Charon You shouldn't tease your elders, you know.
Rachael Treating me like a child, as usual?
I'm old enough that it wouldn't be strange to be getting married now, you know.
Charon From my perspective, you haven't changed at all!
Just like you were when you played around with Fakir.
Rachael That's right! Where's Mytho?
Fakir Ah, he's at school.
He's engrossed in ballet, after all.
Rachael You always used to be with him, saying you'd protect him, too!
Fakir I will protect him!
You're spending the night, right?
Rachael Don't worry.
I'm planning on staying at the water mill.
Fakir Well then, I'll walk you there.
Rachael Thanks, but I'd like to take a walk with Ahiru-san.
Ahiru Huh?
Rachael I'm quite jealous!
Ahiru Huh?
Rachael For Fakir to be with such a cute girl...
Ahiru Cute? That's...
Besides, Fakir and I are always fighting...
...and he's always being obnoxious...
Rachael Maybe it's you who has changed Fakir, Ahiru-san.
Hey, has Fakir been writing stories?
Ahiru Stories?
Rachael The stories that he writes, you know...
At times they've come true.
Ahiru The stories come true?
Rachael He always liked to write stories as a child.
They were silly stories, but...
Sometimes parts of them would come true.
But since he came to Charon's house...
He hasn't written at all.
Ahiru Rachael-san?
Rachael I think I've said a bit too much!
Fakir will probably scold me for it!
Ahiru Fakir writing stories...
And for them to come true...
If he really can do that...
Maybe...
Rachael Ahiru-san?
Ahiru I'm sorry!
I remembered something I have to do! Umm...
It was fun talking with you!
Rachael Fakir has changed...
No...
The one who has changed the most...
...is me.
Fakir Protect him, huh?
How do I protect him?
Who is it that I have to fight?
Mytho Save me, Fakir!
My heart is...
Your role in the story is over!
Fakir The battle is beginning.
The story is progressing...
...whether I'm there or not.
But besides my sword I have...
...nothing.
With this sword...
...I will protect Mytho.
Ahiru You're here!
Fakir, I heard from Rachael-san!
That the stories you write come true!
Fakir What?
Ahiru If you really have that power, then if you wrote a story that saved Mytho...
Fakir...?
Fakir What are you saying?
Ahiru Well when you were little, the stories you wrote came true...
So...
Fakir Be quiet.
Ahiru But Mytho...
Fakir Shut up!
Ahiru Shut up? But...
Why do you have to say that?
If I could do something to save Mytho...
...I wouldn't ask this of you, Fakir!
But right now I can't do anything...
Fakir I told you to be quiet!
I will protect Mytho as a knight.
I won't do what you tell me!
Ahiru Fakir...
Why, Fakir?!
Listen to me!
Fakir! Come on, Fakir!
If you can save Mytho, why...?!
What was with his attitude?!
Lilie We were waiting for you to come back crying, Ahiru!
Pique So how did it go? Did Fakir-sama...
Ahiru I don't care about Fakir!
Lilie Wonderful!
Cry and be mad as much as you want!
It will calm you down somehow!
Ahiru Just when I thought we could save Mytho...
Why?
Student Mytho-sama has been like a whole different person recently!
Student He's kind of scary...
Dachou It sends shivers down my spine!
Mytho Rachael...
Rachael Mytho...
I envy you.
Mytho Me?
Rachael If I could stay unchanging like you...
Mytho That's not true.
I'm different from how I was before.
I've gotten my heart back.
Now, I can accept your love as well.
Rachael You certainly can make me happy.
Maybe I'll put off my wedding!
Neko Wedding?!
That's Mytho-san...
Which means that must be Rue-san with him?
The two will be mar...ried?
I see, married.
My students will be married before I am.
There is nothing happier for an instructor to see!
Mytho Congratulations.
Rachael Thank you.
Mytho You look depressed.
Perhaps you still have doubts?
Rachael That's not...
I was just joking earlier.
Hans loves me from the bottom of his heart.
I'm sure I can be happy with him.
Mytho You can't lie to your own feelings.
You have a pure and beautiful heart, don't you?
Rachael I'd better get going, Mytho.
Mytho You must love me.
Throw away your life and show me your love!
Rue If I do as father says...
One day he'll be only my prince.
That's right, isn't it, father?
Drossel The fight between the prince and the raven...
...is getting deeper and more violent!
In a place that no one can see, that is!
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...?
Pique She's definitely just toying with him!
Lilie That's right!
He's being trifled with by an older woman!
Fakir, tossed aside like some beat-up old toy...
How wonderful!
I definitely want to see him get sulky like that!
Ahiru Fakir said that he would protect Mytho, so why...?
Fakir I will protect Mytho as a knight.
I won't do what you tell me!
Ahiru Just when I thought we could combine our powers for this...
I don't like this...
I don't want it to stay like this!
Pique Hold on! Where are you going, Ahiru!
Lilie Second round, huh?
Ahiru, you really do love battles!
Rachael I see, so that's what Fakir said...
Ahiru There's someone I want to save...
He's also an important person to Fakir, so...
So I thought that if Fakir could write a story...
...we might be able to save that person.
Rachael I'm sorry.
Because I said something I shouldn't have...
Ahiru Huh?
Rachael Ahiru-san?
Can you please pretend you didn't hear what I said before?
Ahiru But... if we could save that person, Fakir should...
Rachael But in turn, that would hurt Fakir.
Ahiru Wha?
Rachael Once, in Kinkan Town, there was a large outbreak of ravens.
Ahiru Ravens?
Rachael The ravens would be stopped by nothing and attack everyone.
Fakir must have wanted to do something about it, even though he was just a child.
So he wrote a story in which he became a hero and defeated the ravens.
Then, just as Fakir had written, the ravens came to attack hime.
But the ending was not the same.
After that, he may have sealed away any memory of what happened, as he never spoke of it.
He stopped writing stories as well.
Ahiru I didn't know...
...that had happened to Fakir.
Rachael I'm sure his wounds haven't yet healed.
Please, Ahiru-san.
Be gentle with Fakir.
What am I doing?
Mytho I've come for you, Rachael.
My flower...
Uzura Love-love...
Love-love...
Ahiru, what's wrong-zura?
Ahiru I'm the worst...
What can I say to Fakir?
Uzura You want to say something to Fakir-zura?
Ah, there are lots of ravens-zura!
Ahiru The water mill!
Mytho... he couldn't be taking Rachael-san...?!
Mytho Rachael...
I'll give you a love with no doubt.
If you will love only me...
Rachael Yes...
Mytho...
Mytho Come with me...
And give your beautiful heart to me!
Rachael I am your flower, Mytho.
Tutu Wait!
Rachael Who are you?!
Tutu I am princess Tutu.
Will you dance with me, Rachael-san?
Rachael Princess Tutu...
Ahiru If you really have that power, then if you wrote a story that saved Mytho...
Fakir What is this terrible feeling I have?
The power to make stories come true?
Me having that power...
What nonsense!
Uzura Love-love-love-love-love-love...
Fakir!
Could it be that Mytho is love-love with Rachael-zura?!
Tutu What a wonderful wedding dress.
You have someone who you've decided to marry, don't you?
Then, why...?
Rachael Even though Charon realized my feelings for him...
He wouldn't say anything to me!
But Hans...
He tells me that he loves me!
He embraces me and looks only at me.
I love him as well.
But still...
Why does Charon's face appear?
Mytho You're in pain because you're lost between two loves!
If you love me, your doubt will disappear!
Tutu You must not go!
What's wrong with being in doubt?
That is a feeling that comes when you truly love...
Rachael I may still be in love with Charon!
When I think about that, being with him is painful and sad!
Fakir Charon?!
Rachael I don't want to be in doubt any longer!
Rachael...
Mytho That's right!
If you love only me...
Rachael If I love only Mytho...
Tutu That's not right!
That's wrong, Rachael-san!
Mytho You should love only me, and forget everything else!
Tutu Both of them are your true feelings...
But is what you're trying to get now a true feeling?
Mytho It is neither true nor false!
It is just loving someone because you want to be loved!
That's why she is lost as to whom she loves-
Tutu It's painful because it is a true feeling.
Open your eyes!
You want to be happy with the person you love the most, right?
Rachael To decide whom I loved more, I weighed both loves...
In order to escape the pain of doubt...
I wanted Fakir to write a story for me!
Even though I knew it would hurt him!
What a cruel woman I am...
Tutu Everyone wants the person they love to love them back.
It's not a bad thing to think that!
It's painful to be lost between the two, isn't it?
But even if you run away from them, you won't be able to escape that pain!
Mytho You should simply love only me!
Rachael!
Fakir Mytho!
I won't forgive you if you hurt Rachael!
Mytho How interesting!
Tutu Stop!
You two shouldn't be fighting...!
Fakir Mytho... using Rachael like that...
Don't you feel anything?
Mytho I was trying to save her!
Tutu Fakir!
Fakir Trying to save her?!
Don't be so selfish!
Mytho Well then, what can you do?
Worthless knights shouldn't talk big!
How unsightly!
Do you plan to get rid of your shame with that sword that's mere decoration?!
Tutu Stop it, Mytho!
Mytho You can't even make yourself hurt me!
Fakir This sword isn't something to hurt you with!
Open your eyes!
Remember the real you!
Mytho...
Mytho Stop!
Well?
Shut up!
Shut up!!!
Tutu Fakir!
Mytho Stop!
Don't hurt Fakir, you raven!
Fakir Mytho?
Mytho Run!
Don't get... close to me!
Fakir Mytho...
Rachael!
Rachael...
Rachael Fakir, I'm sorry.
I... I...
I was only thinking of myself.
Trying to run away from my pain with all my heart...
I tried to do something that would hurt you...
I'm sorry.
Fakir It's all right.
It's not your fault, Rachael.
Tutu Even though Rachael was suffering that much...
She said this to me.
"Be gentle with Fakir," she said.
Rachael-san didn't want to hurt you, did she?
Fakir!
Fakir Take care of Rachael.
Tutu Fakir...
...didn't want to hurt you, did she?
Mytho Don't hurt Fakir, you raven!
Ahiru If I could do something to save Mytho, I wouldn't ask this of you, Fakir!
But right now I can't do anything...
Fakir Something... I can do...
That's right.
Ahiru Fakir?
You're...
Charon Rachael!
Fakir Rachael!
Rachael Could it be that you wrote a story for me?
Charon, I...
I'm going to marry Hans.
Charon Is that right? Congratulations.
Fakir Rachael!
Rachael You know, I wanted to properly say goodbye to you, Charon.
But I'll take this.
Thank you.
Ahiru The story didn't come true, did it?
Fakir I guess it didn't.
I thought I'd try writing...
...Mytho's story.
Drossel That's dangerous!
That power is truly dangerous!
I wonder if someone who couldn't even be a proper knight can handle it!