THE ERA OF NOBILITY CAME TO AN END, AND STATUS NO LONGER GUARANTEED WEALTH.
WITH THE COMING OF A NEW ERA, THOSE WORN DOWN BY DISCRIMINATION...
OCEAN
HEROD
HEROLINGTON BAY
...BUILT A NATION ON A NEWFOUND CONTINENT.
POLIA
POLDER
THE REPUBLIC OF POLDER.
FOR THIS REASON PEOPLE CAME TO CALL THE POLDER REPUBLIC THE LAND WITH LITTLE DISCRIMINATION, BUT...
WHY ISN'T IT POSSIBLE?
ANSEN.
OF COURSE YOU CAN'T, OLIVIA.
HOW COULD A GIRL POSSIBLY BECOME A MEMBER OF THE RESEARCH TEAM?
ANSEN WILHELM PRESIDENT OF WILHELM CORPORATION.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MAGIC DOME I DEVELOPED?
IT'S ALREADY BEING SOLD WORLDWIDE!
WELL, THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THE ONES WHO DESIGNED IT ARE ME AND OLIVER.
DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN YOU WERE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY?
YOU PRESENTED THE EXACT SAME MAGIC DOME THAT'S BEING USED NOW...
...BUT THEY ONLY LAUGHED AT YOU.
GIRLS HAVE SUCH A LIVELY IMAGINATION!
SINCE THEY WOULDN'T ACCEPT A GIRL'S NAME...
...I EVEN LET YOU REGISTER A JOINT PATENT USING THE ALIAS OLIVER.
WHY ARE YOU BEING SO GREEDY?
GREEDY...?
I JUST I WANT TO USE MY OWN NAME.
IS THAT GREED?
IS IT BECAUSE OF MONEY?
I GET IT. IT'LL BE HARD FOR YOU WITHOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP NOW THAT YOU'VE GRADUATED.
JUST STAY AS OLIVER, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING.
THEN I'LL MAKE SURE YOUR LIVING EXPENSES DON'T STOP.
DON'T REFER TO THIS AS LIVING EXPENSES.
THIS ISN'T LIVING EXPENSES.
IT IS THE PAYMENT I'M RIGHTFULLY OWED.
HONESTLY...
SHE'S SO CUTE.
LET'S CALM DOWN.
IT'S OKAY. AT LEAST THIS MONTH'S LIVING EXPENSES ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
I SHOULD HURRY HOME AND SEND MY RESUME TO THE REST OF THE COMPANIES...
BUT WHAT SHOULD I DO...
...IF I'M REFUSED AGAIN?
MS. LIBERTY?
LADY WILHELM...
GOOD AFTERNOON.
NOT TODAY, OF ALL DAYS...
NOT SO GOOD, SINCE I SEEM TO KEEP...
...BUMPING INTO YOU.
IT'S QUITE UNPLEASANT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT THIS BLUNTLY...
...BUT YOU APPARENTLY NEED EVERYTHING TO BE SPELLED OUT FOR YOU.
A GIRL SHOULDN'T COME TO A HOTEL...
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT TO MEET A MAN WITHOUT ANY SENSE OF SHAME.
?!
WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING?!
THE RECEPTION ROOMS IN THIS HOTEL ARE MEANT FOR BUSINESS!
I HAD THINGS TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR SON--
DISCUSS?
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE HEAD OF WILHELM CORPORATION?
THE MAGIC DOME--
DON'T YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN YOU WERE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY?
THEY ONLY LAUGHED AT YOU.
GIRLS HAVE SUCH A LIVELY IMAGINATION!
...IS MY CREATION.
MOTHER?
OH, ANSEN, MY DARLING BOY!
THE MAGIC DOME...
WHEN DID YOU ARRIVE?
JUST NOW.
OH, OLIVIA.
YOU'RE STILL HERE? I THOUGHT YOU WERE BUSY.
NEVER SCHEDULE OUR MEETINGS AT A HOTEL AGAIN.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH ABSURD MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
IT'S NOT YOUR SON'S.
NO...
ACTUALLY, NEVER MIND.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER NEED TO MEET AGAIN.
LOOK AT HER, BEING SO RUDE!
ANSEN. YOU SHOULDN'T MEET GIRLS LIKE--
?!
ANSEN!
YES, MOTHER?
IT'S TRUE THAT POLDER HAS BECOME A REPUBLIC,
BUT THE NOBLES ARE STILL AT ITS CENTER.
IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS...
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT MEETING A PEASANT GIRL LIKE HER.
ANSEN?
WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, MOTHER.
I NEVER WILL.
THAT'S AMAZING, OLIVIA. YOU REALLY MADE THIS BLUEPRINT ON YOUR OWN?
IF WE CAN USE THE GRAVITATIONAL PULL BETWEEN MANA TO ATTACK MONSTERS AT THE SAME TIME...
...WE WOULDN'T NEED TO FIGHT THEM ONE BY ONE LIKE WE DO NOW!
THAT'S RIGHT!
IT'LL BE POSSIBLE TO ATTACK HUNDREDS OF THEM WITH JUST ONE PERSON'S MANA!
LIKE THIS. BOOM!
I'VE ALREADY DECIDED ON THE NAME, TOO.
WHAT IS IT?
A MAGIC DOME!
DON'T CRY, OLIVIA.
DON'T CRY...
The Cruelty of Salvation Chapter 2 follows Olivia as she confronts Ansen Wilhelm to join the Wilhelm Corporation research team with her Magic Dome invention. Ansen refuses because she is a girl, insisting she stay under the alias Oliver and accept living expenses. After a humiliating confrontation with Lady Wilhelm at the hotel, Olivia declares she will never meet them again and recalls creating the Magic Dome blueprint.
