The Witch of Paitan — Chapter 1
Dialogue Transcript
Dialogue TranscriptThe Witch of Paitan — Chapter 181
SO...
BEFORE THE MORNING FOG CLEARS, RIGHT HERE,
WE'RE GOING TO HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MALEA FOREST.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, WILHELM?
I'M LISTENING.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM THIS TIME?
IT'S NOT SO MUCH A PROBLEM...
I JUST WONDER WHAT THE POINT OF A MEETING LIKE THIS IS.
TWO CLOUDS OF DUST WILL ROLL IN FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE MALEA PLAINS.
CHASE THE FLEEING ENEMIES, BUT DO NOT CROSS THE RIVER.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE CROSS?
IF WE RUN INTO THOSE AMBUSHERS, WILL WE GET COMPLETELY WIPED OUT?
WIPED OUT? WATCH YOUR TONGUE! DOESN’T THAT MEAN THERE ARE HIDDEN AMBUSHERS ON BOTH SIDES?!
VELDIAM, I WASN’T ASKING YOU.
THE ONE YOU BROUGHT ALONG TO AVOID UNEXPECTED DANGERS...
...I’M ASKING THE ‘SORCERER’.
O KING OF PAITAN.
THE SUN OF PAITAN HAS NOT GONE OUT.
THEN THAT'S SETTLED.
YOU NEVER FAIL TO SURPRISE ME, DANCING UNDER THE MOONLIGHT...
I CAME OUT TO SEE THE MOON AND BEFORE I KNEW IT--
YOU STARTED DANCING?
NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. IT WAS A DANCE AS BEAUTIFUL AS A GIFT.
YOUR MAJESTY, IF YOU KEEP ACTING LIKE THIS...
ARE YOU AFRAID?
THAT VELDIAM MIGHT FIND OUT ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP?
YES, I AM.
BOTH THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP WILL BE EXPOSED...
AND THAT YOUR MAJESTY IS HEADING OFF TO THE BATTLEFIELD.
ROXY...
Y-YOUR MAJESTY.. STOP—
I KNEW.
FROM THE VERY MOMENT I FIRST LAID EYES ON YOU...
I...
WE WERE DESTINED TO END UP LIKE THIS.
Y-YOUR MAJESTY—!
S-STOP PL-!
OUR NIGHT IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING.
AND IT WILL GO ON... ALL THROUGH THE WAR.
WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?
WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I LOVED TO DANCE.
I WAS SO HAPPY...
THEN I WAS FOUND BY A VALERON SORCERER AND HAD TO GO TO THE KINGDOM.
I HAVEN'T BEEN HAPPY SINCE THEN.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT THE HARDER THINGS GET, THE MORE I SHOULD SMILE.
SHE SAID GOOD THINGS WOULD HAPPEN IF I DID...
SO... WHENEVER THINGS WERE HARD AND SAD, I SMILED EVEN BRIGHTER.
IS IT... BECAUSE OF ME THAT YOU'RE SUFFERING?
NO.
THE ONLY REASON I SMILE WITH JOY IS BECAUSE OF YOUR MAJESTY.
WHEN I'M WITH YOUR MAJESTY...
-IT FEELS LIKE I'M FINALLY ALIVE.
THEN THAT'S ENOUGH FROM NOW ON—
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DANCE AND SMILE TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT—
WHEN THE WAR ENDS.. YOU'RE COMING WITH ME TO PAITAN—
YOU'RE GOING TO BE- THE QUEEN-
HUGH.. NO, Y-YOUR MAJESTY!
TH-THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE—
TRUST ME.
YOU WILL BE MY WIFE...
LOOK AT HER! SHE'S BEEN HIT WITH STONES AND SHE ISN'T EVEN SCREAMING!
THAT DEVILISH BITCH!
I WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO REPENT. IF YOU HAVE ANY LAST WORDS, SAY IT.
...WHAT DID YOU SAY?
...I WANT TO DANCE.
L-LIGHT THE FIRE!!
BURN HER!
CONFESS YOUR SINS!!
DID YOU ENGAGE IN A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A DEVIL?!
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR DESIRES—
DID YOU OFFER YOUR BODY TO THE DEMON?!
HAHK...
HUCK.
HAH...
HAH- HAH...
HAH...
HAH.
HAH.
HA...
AGAIN...
¡ IT'S THE SAME DREAM...
Chapter Summary
In The Witch of Paitan Chapter Draft 1, Roxy is torn between the war council attended by Wilhelm and Veldiam and her secret intimacy with the King of Paitan. While an attack to the left of the Malea Forest is planned before the morning mist lifts, the order not to cross the river sparks debate, then Roxy, dancing in the moonlight, confesses her fear and the king tells her that when the war ends she will come to Paitan as queen. The chapter closes with the same recurring dream of a stoned woman who, while people want her burned, wishes to dance.