...I'M GOING TO CHECK INSIDE THE ROOM.
...AH.
THE ROOM...
I WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT TO CALL FOR YOU, CAPTAIN.
YET... YOU ARRIVED BEFORE I COULD.
THE HANDMAIDENS... WELL.
I PUT THEM ALL TO SLEEP WITH SLEEPING HERB...
HE'S NOT...!
HE'S NOT DEAD YET.
HE ISN'T DEAD.
NOT YET...
SO PLEASE, JUST LISTEN TO ME FIRST.
I'M BEGGING YOU. PLEASE.
I'LL GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
CAPTAIN, YOU CARRY THE ROYAL BLOODLINE.
ONCE... A DRUNKEN ANTON TOLD ME SOME- THING.
HE SAID THERE WOULD COME AN ERA WITH TWO SUNS UNDER THE HEAVENS,
ACCORDING TO THE PROPHECY OF THE DRAGON.
YOU SAID THAT MARK ON YOUR FOREHEAD WAS THERE SINCE BIRTH.
ANTON HAS A MARK OF THE EXACT SAME SHAPE ON HIS LEFT BROW.
A KING'S CHILDREN ARE BORN SHARING THE SAME TRAITS.
THAT'S A WILD LEAP..
YOU TOLD ME YOURSELF YOUR MOTHER WAS THE LATE KING'S HAND- MAIDEN, DIDN'T YOU?
RECORDS SAY ONE OF THE LATE KING'S CHILDREN WAS STILLBORN.
WHAT IF...
WHAT IF THAT WASN'T TRUE?
WHAT IF THAT HANDMAIDEN HID THAT YOU WERE THE KING'S CHILD AND RAISED YOU LIKE THAT?
WHAT I NEED TO USE IS YOUR DAGGER.
A DAGGER BEARING THE ROYAL BLOODLINE.
IF WHAT I SAID IS TRUE, YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO KILL ANTON.
THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT WHY ANTON WAS SO HOSTILE TOWARD YOU.
DID YOU THINK I...
DID YOU THINK THIS IS MY FIRST TIME KILLING THAT BASTARD?!
I TOLD YOU BEFORE.
ABOUT THE BLESSING THE DRAGON BESTOWED UPON HENBURG.
I AM THE LAST ROYALTY OF HENBURG.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS IF I DIE?
YOU COULDN'T ANSWER ME BACK THEN.
I DON'T DIE.
I JUST RETURN TO THE DAY HENBURG FELL.
AND WHEN I DO? I PLUNGE A BLADE INTO MY OLDER BROTHER'S CORPSE,
AND BEG ANTON FOR MY LIFE.
THEN ANTON KILLS ME AGAIN.
YET I STILL DON'T DIE.
ANTON KILLS ME AGAIN,
AND I NEVER STAY DEAD...
IT REPEATS OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
AND I BEG FOR MY LIFE,
BEG AGAIN,
AND BEG ONCE MORE,
PANDERING TO HIS EVERY WHIM TO SURVIVE,
SURVIVING...
SURVIVING EACH TIME...
THANKS TO THIS "MAGNIFICENT" BLESSING OF THE DRAGON, I'VE LOST COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES I'VE DIED.
PEOPLE CLAIM I BROUGHT ADELHEID BACK BECAUSE I WAS CAPTIVATED BY HER BEAUTY...
THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.
WHEN I ASKED WHAT SHE'D DO IF I SPARED HER LIFE, SHE SAID SHE'D DO ANYTHING.
SO I ASKED IF SHE COULD SLAUGHTER HER DEAD OLDER BROTHER WITH HER OWN TWO HANDS.
AND SHE ACTUALLY DID IT.
JUST AS SHE CLAIMED, SHE DID WHATEVER SHE WAS TOLD.
I'VE KILLED THE KING MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE.
AT FIRST, IT WAS OUT OF SHEER RAGE...
AFTER ENDLESS CYCLES OF DYING, THOSE FEELINGS WEAR AWAY.
SO THIS ISN'T REVENGE. IT'S A GAMBLE.
IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU'RE NOT OF THE ROYAL BLOODLINE-
THEN YOU'RE NOT. THAT'S ALL.
I WON'T STAY DEAD ANYWAY.
IF YOU KILL ME RIGHT HERE AND NOW,
I'VE SIMPLY LOST ONE OF MY INFINITE CHANCES.
...WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
...TAKE ME TO THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME.
...THE KING MUST ALREADY BE DEAD.
SHE PLEADED THAT HE WASN'T DEAD,
YET HER BEHAVIOR ASSUMES THE KING HAS ALREADY BEEN SLAIN.
A KNIGHT NEVER HANDS HIS BLADE TO ANOTHER.
NOR COULD ADELHEID HAVE SNATCHED MY DAGGER TO STAB HIM.
THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE WILL BELIEVE.
IF EVERYTHING GOES AS ADEL INTENDED,
THERE IS ONLY ONE THING I MUST DO NOW.
GO TO THE TEMPLE AND TEST MY BLOOD AGAINST THE BLOOD ON THE BLADE.
IF I AM PROVEN TO BE OF THE ROYAL BLOOD AS ADEL CLAIMED,
THIS BECOMES A LEGITIMATE BATTLE FOR THE THRONE.
BY THEN, ADEL WILL HAVE ALREADY ESCAPED XENOMES—
SHE PLANNED TO HEAD FOR THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME ALL ALONG.
IN MY PAST LIFE, WHEN ANTON MURDERED ME,
YOU WERE STANDING RIGHT BESIDE HIM.
SHALL I TELL YOU HOW YOU LOOKED AS YOU WATCHED ME DIE?
YOU WERE COMPLETELY EXPRESSIONLESS.
AS IF LOOKING AT SOMETHING COMPLETELY INSIGNIFICANT.
SO PLEASE, CAPTAIN. DOMINIC LEGENON.
DON'T BE LIKE THAT THIS TIME.
I DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH TO ENDURE IT AGAIN...
...YOUR HIGHNESS.
YOU MAY OPEN THE DOOR NOW.
AH...!
HE MUST BE... ALREADY DEAD.
...CAPTAIN?
I WILL TIE UP ALL THE HANDMAIDENS.
WE MUST DELAY WORD OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
NO OUTSIDERS MAY ENTER MOND PALACE WITHOUT THE KING'S PERMISSION,
SO THAT SHOULD BUY US AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS.
YOU DEPART TOMORROW AT DAWN.
I CANNOT ACCOMPANY YOU, SO I WILL ASSIGN A TRUSTED KNIGHT TO YOUR SIDE.
...YOU CAN'T COME WITH ME?
...LEAVING TOGETHER LIKE THIS WOULD BE IDEAL.
HOWEVER, WITH ME DRAWING ALL EYES AT THE TEMPLE,
IT WILL BE MUCH EASIER FOR YOUR HIGHNESS TO SLIP AWAY TO THE MOUNTAIN OF TIME.
YOU MUST GO PACK YOUR BELONGINGS NOW.
YOU WILL NOT BE RETURNING TO XENOMES, SO TAKE ONLY THE BARE ESSENTIALS.
I UNDERSTAND.
JUST AS I COULD NEVER PRESUME TO KNOW ADELHEID'S LIFE,
SHE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THIS CHOICE MEANS TO ME.
TO SPARE THE KILLER OF THE LORD I SERVED WITH LOYALTY AS A KNIGHT,
TO CLAIM TO BE HIS MURDERER AND TAKE HIS THRONE.
I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED SUCH A THING.
YET FOR SOME REASON,
NONE OF THAT SEEMS TO MATTER ANYMORE.
When the Captain enters the room, Adel says she put the maids to sleep and that the king is not dead yet, begging him to listen to her. She claims the Captain carries royal blood, that the mark on his forehead is the same as Anton's, and asks for his dagger. She explains that as Henburg's last royal, she has not died, and that with every death she returns to the day of the fall and is killed again by Anton. She gets him to accept her offer and asks to be taken to the Mountain of Time; the captain accepts the escape plan.
