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CIS Productions Presents...

 A Legends of Multi-Universe Spin-Off...

 LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off

 Firenza Junior

 A Filler Arc For...

 LOTM: Sword of Kings AA Final - Eckidina Arc

 By Officer Candy Apple



 Episode 8.5 of Season 2

 Suggest to read together with Death Arc 

 Episode 22.5 - Return of Old Friends 

 Previous Crossover: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow & Sword of Kings Crossover - The Corbin Files

 Previous Crossover Episode: LOTM: Crossover - The Corbin Files - Chapitre Douze et Fin (Final)

 Previous Episode: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - Carl's Weak Spot

 Also tie-in with: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow - Death Arc

 Previous Death Arc Episode: LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Horsemen Saga - Jenny Mills

Lyrics
Tell me; oh tell me, the way it works, who is that inside of me?

Here in this broken-down, broken-down world, you laugh, without seeing a thing

I'm just so damaged, I hold my breath

Not even the truth can unravel me, freeze

Breakable, unbreakable, shakable, unshakable

When I found you, it shook me

In this shook-up, twisted world, I'm gradually growing transparent and vanishing

Don’t look for me; don't look at me

I don't wish to hurt you in a world of someone else's imaging

Remember who I am, my full, vivid self

Entangled in the loneliness that fans out endlessly, stung by the memory of smiling so innocently,

I can't move, I can't move, I can't move, I can't move, I can't move, I can't move!

UNRAVELLING THE WORLD

I've completely changed, I couldn't change back

The two entwine, the couple perishes

Breakable, unbreakable, shakable, unshakable

I won't defile you!

In this shook-up, twisted world, I'm gradually growing transparent and vanishing

Don’t look for me; don't look at me

Before the future comes completely undone, caught in a pit of solitude somebody set for me,

Think back on who I am, my full, vivid self

Don't forget me, don't forget me, don't forget me, don't forget me

The change over me has me paralyzed,

In an immutable object paradise,

Remember who I am

Tell me, tell me, is there someone inside of me?

Previously on Firenza Junior...



 * Adam Frankenstein: Previously on Firenza Junior...

Carl's Tragedies
<p style="text-align:center;"> 1 day after Michael's ascension as the pope

<p style="text-align:center;"> Italian Alps

<p style="text-align:center;"> Pinewood

''Carl Robinson, who had been walking in the snow for hours, was so tired and distressed. He stopped and sat in the snow, as the soldiers in his crew beside him all fell on their knees. Lady Spencer is the only person who is still walking.'' ''Lady Mary Spencer looked back to Carl and his crew of soldiers, and she bit her own lips in sheer frustration. Carl was now covering himself in a scarf and pretended to be a normal person, but he was surprised that Lady Spencer could recognized him under such an outfit.''
 * Carl: Lady Spencer, shall we take a rest in this spot? We have been walking in this wood for a day since we lost while looking for Carissa, I'll suggest that we can at least take a rest.

In spite of this, Carl agreed to Lady Spencer lead him out of the forest since she said she would lead him to Carissa. ''Dismayed, Carl then looked at the sky. The sky was filled with clouds and the blizzard was howling fiercely. It was already Christmas, and the winter was a lot harsher and weirder since Italy could hardly have such a heavy snow in December.'' ​Spencer interrupted Carl's words and walked back, looking at him and his crew in frustration. ''Carl then frowned his brows and looked at Mary Spencer, as he thought about it for a moment. Then, he looked up with a nod on his head.'' ''Just as Carl was finished, several people behind Carl began to make their complaints. Their voice were so loud that it even shambled the snow on the pine trees. Carl looked aside and saw the snow mountain from Alps before he immediately made gestures to make them go quiet.'' ''The soldiers then went quiet. Carl stood up from the ground and patted the snow down from his body. He then looked at Lady Spencer in the eyes.'' ''Carl was then relieved and followed Spencer's pace out of the woods, with people following him. They were all feeling dissatisfied, but they had nothing they dared to speak out.''
 * Reckless.Fist.(Raven).full.1838327.jpgMary Spencer: No, I told you that I saw your target, Carissa, in this place, and I'm not only leading you to the forest, but also I'm doing you a favor in capturing him. Therefore, you're going to give yourself up, Mr. Robinson?
 * Carl: At least we can camp here tonight and maybe the snow will be less harder in--
 * Mary Spencer: No, Mr. Robinson, I'm helping you to find the place where one of the most vicious war criminals is hiding! I guess if we can go out of the woods, we may find them.
 * 20120819235827_Mn5km.thumb.600_0.jpegCarl: Very well, I think we need to move on.
 * Carl: Hey, keep your voice down. There're risks to cause avalanche since we're near mountains. Also, considering the new Pope had turned his side to the KnightWalker Family with the entire Catholic Church as his "gift" to Eckidina and her minions, we cannot risk ourselves to be discovered. After getting out of forest, we can get quiet.
 * Carl: After going out of forest, you'll bring me Carissa. That's what we said.
 * Mary Spencer: Yes, I vouch myself in the name of Catholic Church.

''Nevertheless, nobody - not even Carl - had noticed that a dark expression had surfaced on Lady Spencer's face all of a sudden. She did not look at them, of course. After another 10 minutes of crossing in the snow, Lady Spencer stopped at a large white rock and looked at the front.'' Finally, Carl and his men all dropped themselves on the ground in relief. Carl looked at Lady Spencer with a smile, but he was then surprised to find that Lady Spencer bit her lips with a dark look. ''Lady Spencer's words surprised for Carl. Her dark expression shocked him even more. Carl looked around immediately but found no trace of Carissa at all. He frowned his brows and realized something was wrong.'' ''Before Carl could finish, he suddenly widened his eyes in shock as he suddenly realized something was wrong. He shouted at Lady Spencer in shock.''
 * Mary Spencer: Good, we're now at the place where the end of woods resides.
 * Carl: Aw, finally we're out of this place. Now, we can finally take a rest. Would you help me to find Carissa as you promised?
 * Mary Spencer: She's not far away from this place, Mr. Robinson.
 * Carl: I can't see her anywhere. Would you please detail--

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Carl: Wait, you vouched yourself in THE NAME OF WHAT!? '



Before Carl could react, a large net suddenly came down from the sky, and it strained Carl immediately after covering him up.

''Without expecting such an attack, Carl was then rolled up like a filling inside a burrito. The ropes that binded into the net suddenly turned active and started to tight Carl even harder. Carl was shocked that he stepped into such a trap, and he looked at Lady Spencer in rage.'' ''​Mary Spencer did not look at Carl at all. She only lower her head. Carl did not see that she was holding back her tears.'' ''​Before Spencer could finish, several Papal Knights came out of the woods and surrounded Carl. Under the shields of the knights' protection, Carissa walked out and looked at Carl struggling. Carissa then grinned and looked at Lady Spencer.'' ''Lady Spencer refused to answer, but Carl looked at her with rage. Carl then looked at his fellow soldiers, as they were his only possible helper in his attempt to escape. However, instead of saving Carl bravely, Carl's squad just looked at Papal Knights all gathered towards Carl. They were amazed that they were NOT surrounded. Then, they began to discuss.'' ''The soldiers then went away and deserted Carl. They rushed away so quickly that they did not even say goodbye to Carl. Carl then felt everything turned colorless to him.'' Carl struggled in horror as he was trapped inside the net and ropes, but the soldiers never looked back, much less went back to save him. Carl then lowed down his head as Carissa walked towards her, looking at him as she towered above him. ''Carissa then looked at Shinya Banba beside him. Shinya was about to raise her blade to attack Carl.'' ''However, Shinya's grin disappeared when she saw Carissa glared at her. Shinya immediately settled down as Carissa berated her. Then, Carissa turned to another place and smiled.'' ''Carl the looked at the white stone not far away, and he saw a lean man with silver hair and white attire coming out. He then looked up and saw the new Pope of Catholic Church, Michael Langdon, looking at him with a smile.''
 * Carl: You work for that corrupt Michael Langdon! You lied to me!
 * Mary Spencer: No, I didn't lie to you. Carissa is not far away.
 * Carissa: His Holiness will make you an admiral in the Church's newly built navy fleet, Lady Spencer. You never shamed your alias of "Bloody Mary", right?
 * Archer,_Saber_and_Lancer.pnger 1: What do you think, pal? We save him or not?
 * Soldier 2: Save him? Are you nuts? He forced us to walk out of the forest after we lost, and now he was trapped. It's all his fault!
 * Soldier 3: Yeah, you want to commit suicide? Leave this place right now! They're not coming for us, at least!
 * Soldier 1: Very well, retreat! Let's get out of here!
 * Carl: No! No! Get back! You can't leave me here! NO!!!
 * Carl: YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!!
 * Carissa: Poor cousin, it looked like your sworn brothers in camp are just teammates like hogs. We're not your enemies like gods, after all. I'm rather feeling sorry for you at this point.
 * Shinya: Get ready to slice and dice, boys!
 * Carissa: NOT SO FAST! WAIT FOR THE POPE'S ORDERS!
 * Carissa: Your Holiness, the man you wants had caught, on your orders.
 * ???: Well done, Queen Carissa. Now, who do we have here?
 * Michael: Greeting, Carl Robinson.

''Mary Spencer never looked at the entire scene. She just stood by and fell silent.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> 1 month ago 

<p style="text-align:center;"> City of Vatican 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Neo-Inquisition Department 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Interrogation Room

''Carl was captured in the cell for three days and was waiting for rescue. He lowed down his head and sighed. Fiamma just looked at Carl with a face filled with sarcasm. A girl with Gothic lolita dress and a pair of red eyes was standing beside him.''

''It was none other than Celestia Ludenberg, now invited by Fiamma to assist the interrogation. Carl looked at the top of his head... before he realized that he was actually sitting on an electric chair.'' ''A face of horror started to surface on Carl's face as he tried hard to struggle, but he could not. Like the time when he was captured, Carl felt powerless. He angrily snarled at Fiamma and Celestia and ranted.'' With a smile of scorn, Celestia went closer to Fiamma and started to whisper to him. ''Fiamma only glared at Celestia in dissatisfaction. Celestia immediately stepped back before she laid her gaze on Carl, who was still struggling, but he could not.'' ''Fiamma nodded in a grin, before Celestia spotted a Chinese paper fan on the table. Swiftly, Celestia grabbed the fan in her hand and fanned herself as she looked at Melancholia, who was sitting in the corner looking at the interrogation.'' Celestia the wiped her fan in the air before she suddenly closed the fan and slammed Carl's face with it.
 * Carl: Who are you? What is the meaning of this!?
 * Carl: Tell me what is happening!
 * Celestia: Is this really necessary? I don't think things will go as far as we planned before.
 * NSjSH.jpgtia: I can see what you meant. Only breaking his sanity will make his blood become more and more dangerous, like you said. 
 * Celestia: After the interrogation, you can keep Firenza Junior, the belligerent swords and his stinky archbishop in your prison after you captured the later both, while I get my pay...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Celestia: ... after telling this pathetic farce a grim reality! I promise we'll squeeze every penny of worth from his veins once he is despaired! '

''Carl was beaten, but was unable to answer. He felt that he was getting empty and tired. He looked up to Celestia and narrowed his eyes in resentment. Melancholia and Fiamma both watched as Carl opened his eyes. The sunlight had been shone on Carl's face, revealing that his nose was bleeding.'' ''Before Carl could finish, Celestia slammed his face again in a sadistic look. Carl then had another illusion in front of his face, as he saw Celestia turned into another woman with black cloak and an emotionless face standing in front of him after beating him.''
 * Carl: You slut...

Melancholia and Fiamma both disappeared and were replaced by two shadowy figures appeared behind the woman in black cloak, both with a pair of red eyes as they were looking at him with rage.

''It took five seconds for Carl to get rid of those hallucinations as he received a third punch from Celestia in brute force. He then looked at Celestia, clenching his teeth in rage.'' Fiamma then looked at Carl with curiosity before he finally spoke. Fiamma then narrowed his eyes and looked at Carl with his smile never faded. Carl then sharpened his eyes and sighed. ''Fiamma looked at Celestia with a grin. With a evil smile, Celestia picked up a newspaper from the nearby table and delivered it to Carl.  Carl then looked at the newspaper and its headline article... before he was shocked by the title of the news. He felt his throuat was strained all of a sudden and widened his eyes.''
 * Carl: You want to capture Matt Butcher and Archbishop Laura? Never ever! You will not take England down as you already failed in Carissa's attempted coup!
 * Fiamma: Yes, I know, and this is what you thought. However, for humans, reality is sometimes worrying and even disturbing, as you can be pierced by the truth of despair.
 * 64945972_p0.jpgFiamma: You really think your comrades will rescue you? Because you were a hero who saved England from Carissa's uprising?
 * Carl: Hero or not, I believe there are many people already looking for me! At least, I see them as my friends, and I never betrayed them!
 * Celestia: Now, take a look at this.
 * Carl: No, what... the...

<p style="text-align:center;"> Carl Robinson Died in Italian Alps 

<p style="text-align:center;"> His Place Was Replaced By Coporal Morrian 

''Carl could not believe his eyes. His throat was strained and he was almost becoming a mute. Celestia showed him a Joker card and grinned deviously.'' ''Carl was so shocked that he was trembling on his chair. His face turned grayish and he started sweating.'' ''This Corporal Morrian was one of the soldiers who helped Carl to find Carissa who ultimately deserted him. It was apparent that he took over Carl's place and ascended into a corporal rank after deserting him. Celestia put her Joker card back into her own pocket, but her grin still stayed on her face.''
 * Celestia: Checkmate.
 * Carl: N-no! This is impossible! I'm still alive! DOES THAT MEAN I DIED AND TURNED INTO A GHOST!? Corporal Morrian? One of those who left me to die in this place?

''For the very first time, Carl felt his mind was making noise like ice cracking. He tasted the repugnance of betrayal for the very first time in his entire life. The man whom he saw as a comrade had not just deserted him, but also lied for his current status, framing him as a deserter and someone who died in disgrace.''



Celestia then let out a sigh in a feigned sadness. ''Carl became more and more angry and distraught, as he shook his head in horror and rage, but it was difficult for him to look away from the newspaper as his head was strained tightly. Celestia was satisfied to see Carl going into a state of panicking.'' ''Carl struggled himself in horror and pain. He could not believe that the people whom he trusted so much and once saw as brothers, had not only deserted him, but also made everyone believed he was dead.'' ''Celestia was clearly talking about the House of Lords in the British Parliament occupied by aristocrats, and she described them as conservative. She then smiled at Carl as he struggled in pain. Celestia seemed to enjoy every moment Carl was lost inside this torment.'' ''As Carl was driven into despair due to his fear of being abandoned, Celestia then turned into a colder tone and turned more threatening, as she felt Carl was slowly losing his sanity. Carl's eyes was now as cold as hard stone, as he could not feel anything. Everything beside him lost their colors. His world had turned into black and white.'' Celestia then grinned again and finished her words in a manner of sinister whispering.
 * Celestia: I pit you... As far as we know, according to the informations sent by our spies from Ultimate Despair, who had been lurking in every corner of England, those comrades not just deserted you.
 * Carl: No...
 * Celestia: Oh, by the way, they also framed you. They bribed some of the Londoner authority in Parliament, and they spread lies that you escaped with public funds under the "lies" of chasing Carissa!
 * 61134425_p0_master1200.jpgCelestia: They lied to you in order to protect themselves from being punished due to their sheer cowardice. Maybe for them, becoming liars is better than being labeled as deserters!
 * Carl: No! Impossible!
 * Celestia: Oh, this isn't impossible. This is what's happening. Carl, after all, those old and conservative guys from the House of Lords are like potteries, as they were beautiful from outside but empty inside. As long as you gave them a smash, and then, boom! They're done! They're interior corrupt.
 * Celestia: Believe me, Mr. Robinson. Those old men cannot allow you to become a national hero. They don't even like you. They think your actions, as an action out of normal citizen in saving the nation had disgraced them as aristocrats, and they won't make you hailed. It'll compromise their own goods. Even if they know you're Duke Firenza's son, which we've already confirmed but they haven't yet, they cannot let you become a national hero because you're born from an outcast that was filled with scandals, corruptions and all sorts of controversies connected to the, um, devil worshiping. Therefore, you're nothing but their price to pay in order to keep their so-called reputation as aristocrats! For us, you're a worthy foe, but for them... Ha, I'll put it in this way... They rather believe you NEVER EXISTED! In their mind, YOU DON'T EVEN DESERVE A NAME ON YOUR TOMBSTONE!!! 
 * Celestia: Therefore, nobody will ever care about you. No one will care that if you're living or dying. You're just one of 7 billion in the world for them. You're not matter to them. Even if you get out of here, we'll expose who you truly are, and people will then know you, not as Carl Robinson who was supposed to be a national hero... but...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Celestia: ... As "Firenza Junior", the son of a villain! The son of an unwanted, undesirable, useless, wasted and unlawful scumbag on Earth! '

''Carl screamed in horror and shock, and he tried to struggle. However, Melancholia went out of the dark and pointed at Carl.'' ''As soon as Melancholia pointed her index finger to Carl, Carl was electrocuted as some kind of electric current was released from Melancholia's tip of her finger. Carl screamed in agony, not because he was electrocuted, but because he was abandoned...'' ''Carl let out a final scream before he passed out, and his eyes were still wide opened. However, his eyes seemed foggy as if he was dead... In fact, Carl's heart was still beating, but his mind was dead and was behaving like some sort of vegetable.'' ''Melancholia then looked at Celestia with a grin while walked to an unconscious Carl and uncuffed him. Fiamma then stood up from his chair.'' ''Celestia nodded and smiled, before she bowed in front of Fiamma. She was satisfied.'' Melancholia then carried Carl on her back and turned back.
 * 64985964_p0.jpgCarl: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!!!
 * Melancholia: Know your place, you pathetic scum on Earth!
 * [[File:Jeanne_alter_and_ruler_fate_grand_order_and_fate_series_drawn_by_toshi_1_147_7f86527d9120976ed8897d3131f23a2c.jpg|thumb|340px]]Carl: NO! GOD, WHY DID YOU... WHY DID YOU FORSAKEN ME?!
 * Melancholia: Good work, Celes. I can see his greatest fear. He's afraid of being abandoned, and I'm pretty sure he'll never be so easy to trust anyone anymore after such an impact.
 * Fiamma: Now, I can feel that his blood is boiling. If we take it, that's the best time. Celestia, I have one more mission for you, but you've done a nice job. I'll reward you later on.
 * Celestia (think): *This is the greatest gamble I've ever participated, and I bet my head on this. Now, since Firenza Junior was driven into despair, I've won.*
 * Melancholia: Well, this is our lucky day. After all, Carl trusted wrong people, or he won't become something like this! Hahahaha...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: And I wonder just how much he could continue to stand something like this. '

''Melancholia then went out of the room with Carl, followed by Celestia and Fiamma. They were heading towards the place where Melancholia will take Carl's blood.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> 4 years ago 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Japan 

<p style="text-align:center;"> A small town 

''Four years ago, when Carl was 23 years old, he was yet to join Royal Air Force, and his adoptive father, Mr. Matthew Robinson, had retired as well. They were supporters of Anglican Church since Carl was also raised by Archbishop Laura Stuart, and like Matt said, he once was caring and cheerful until many turns of events that changed his personality.''

''The very first one of them, which somehow even Matt did not know, happened during their family holiday in a small town of Japan. It was one of the worst crimes against humanity happened after Liberty City War and before World War III.''

''In fact, the crime was committed by the first groups of Langdon Orphans, who burned down the town due to its road had accidentally trampled their master, Michael Langdon, who was nobody then, in the last day. The person who carried out the idea was none other than Nio Hashiri, who joined Langdon Orphans much earlier than Esther, Spencer, Sumireko and Mahiru Banba.''

''The following night after Michael being trampled, the Langdon Orphans took their fanatic moves. They found Arzonia Brothers, who happened to be in the town along with their sister, the then 9-year-old Maria, who was new to their evil terrorist group, Mafusa Gang.''

''Under Arzonia Brothers' lead, the Langdon Orphans and Mafusa Gang members took matches, gasoline and nepalms. They started their move to burn down the town.  As Carl was trying to save his adoptive parents from the burning hotel, he found out that the door was locked by Langdon Orphans. He couldn't open it. Carl then rolled his eyes and shouted out...  Hearing this, Carl's adoptive parents then put their hands back. Carl realized that his parents heeded his advice, and at least there was a road to the underground parking lot which was set in case of fire.'' Carl sighed in relief, but then, all of a sudden, Carl heard a high-pitched female voice coming from his other side. ''Carl was horrified when he heard the voice, before he turned back and saw a short blond girl with a pair of red eyes were looking at him. She was grinning. To Carl's horror, the girl's grin seemed so inhumane due to her pointy teeth and her menacing expression combined together.'' ''Carl was so terrified that he immediately ran away in a speed like wind. He was so fast that none of the bullets were hit by him. Carl bit his lips intensely until it started to bleed.''
 * Carl: This hotel has a parking lot! Go there to seek refugees! I'll meet you there!
 * Carl: God bless them. Hope they make it.
 * Nio: We found someone here! Kill him!
 * Nio: Kill him! Leave no witnesses in this town!

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Carl: Mom... dad... I hope you can survive. We'll survive... We'll all survive... '

However, Carl currently had no idea that it was the last day he spent with his adoptive parents.

<p style="text-align:center;">' Meanwhile... '

<p style="text-align:center;"> Arzonia Brothers' location 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Underground Parking Lot 

''A younger Maria Arzonia, standing in the parking lot far away from the fire zone. She stared at her evil brothers with brown cloak covering her body, and a logo of Mafusa Gang was on her cloak. She berated her brother for their heinous actions. A large thin ferrule was tied around her forehead.''
 * 50013520_p0_master1200.jpgMaria: Brother! Stop it! This is madness!

Just half a month ago, Maria was coerced by her brothers to join Mafusa Gang, and she was forced to joined their crimes of murder, which she felt nothing but disgust and regret.

''Her brothers, Cain Arzonia and Robert Arzonia were standing not far away, counting the money they stole while seizing the fire. Jacob Arzonia, Maria's third brother, were not there.''

(- Narrator: To separate Cain Arzonia from Cain Nightroad, we'll adress Maria's eldest brother as "Cain Arzonia".) ''Robert Arzonia, who was an obese and hideous young man, drank rum he grabbed from a store. He drunk them all and smashed the bottle on the ground, and the smells all over his body made Maria want to puke in disgust.'' ''Turned out, Michael had already hired Arzonia Brothers for his crimes against humanity even before he started his campaign to pursuit papacy. Michael and his Orphans hired them for the crime in order to pin the crime on the forces of KnightWalker Family and their supporters.'' ''Maria heard this name and was shocked. She could not imagine there was someone so callous and repulsive that could burn down a town. Maria stepped back in horror. She was just a child, and she could not comprehend this.''
 * Cain Arzonia: Ha, sis, why piss off yourself so much? It's so much fun in this town, like an amusement park, but lighting it up will make it up to eleven.
 * Robert: Do you know who would pay us for this? A bishop named Michael Langdon! Hahaha, it was such a surprise since he's a clergy, but as long he wish us to purge this town from its sin, we'll be happy to do it!
 * Maria: Michael... Langdon... How callous.

Even so, Maria had put the name Michael in her mind forever, and yet she never knew that one day, after a few years, this man would be her archenemy. ''Maria's mind suddenly went back when she heard another voice that drove fear into her heart. It was Jacob Arzonia, Maria's third brother.'' ''Jacob threw a man and a woman towards Maria with his strength. He had a thin build, but he was as brutal as his two elder brothers. Maria was appalled. She saw the couple in front of her. They were heavily bruised and severely beaten by Jacob with his fists and feet.'' ''Jacob made a casual yawn. He pointed at the couples.'' ''Turned out, the couples were Carl's adoptive parents , Mr. & Mrs. Robinson. They were beaten and tied up, and their mouth were sealed in plastic tapes. Maria was horrified and widened her eyes.'' ''Robert then pushed a gun on Maria's hand and grabbed her arm. Somehow, Robert was wearing a pair of rubber gloves. He then forced Maria to point her gun at a struggling Mr. Robinson.''
 * ???: Cain! Maria! Robert! I found two refugees here!
 * Jacob: Maria, here're the preys for you!
 * Maria: What... What have you done to them? What do you mean "preys for me"?
 * Deadman_wonderland_by_hyugahinata78-d7ryzld.pngJacob: These two were running down from the burning hotel above this parking lot, and I captured them. I know there will be people running down, and now we'll make them face their hunters.
 * Jacob: Since we three did so much job today while you just stood by and tried to berate us, I guess you're not cruel enough to fit Aki Honda's standards. Thus, you need to commit your first kill today by killing them. It'll shut their mouth forever.

''However, before Maria could finish, Cain Arzonia behind her pressed the red button on a remote in his hand. Then, suddenly, the ferrule on Maria's head began to shine in white current as some electric current passed. Maria then screamed in horror as the ferrule now electrocuted her in a surge of electric shock which lasted for 4 seconds.'' ''As the electric current surged through her head, Maria screamed in pain and terror with an expression of horror, but her brothers were very merciless. They did not even help her to get up.''
 * Maria: No, I can't do this... We've gone far enough! This man should be innoncent! We cannot...
 * 50148528_p0.jpgMaria: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

''Maria had to bent in pain and shivered in horror. She was just a child then, so she was too weak against her wicked brothers.'' ''Maria had fell down on the ground and looked up to the couples. She suddenly heard Mr. and Mrs. Robinson mumbling something. Maria held back the pain in her head and clenched her teeth.'' ''Maria tried to hold her breath and slowly regained her sense due to the electric shock. She turned to her merciless brothers, and tears began to stream down her cheeks.'' The three brothers looked at each other and then looked at Maria, nodded. Maria then struggled herself to get up and took off the tapes that sealed the mouths of Mr. & Mrs. Robinson, with sorrow in her eyes. ''Maria's tears began to stream down her cheeks, and she shivered in sadness. However, then she heard a soft voice coming at her.'' ​Maria was appalled by Mr. Robinson's words,. Mrs. Robinson then went closer to Maria and whispered to her in a tone like a mother. ''Maria was deeply shocked by the words, the forgiving words. She could not believe that two victims forgave their killers and decided to face death with dignity. Then, Maria bit her lips and pointed her gun at Mr. & Mrs. Robinson, but she dared not look at them. She closed her eyes tightly...''
 * Cain Arzonia: Kill them or being electrocuted, your choice!
 * Maria: At least... At least, they have rights to speak their final words!
 * Cain Arzonia: Well...
 * Robert: Make things fast!
 * Maria: God will condemn me for my murder of you two...
 * Mr. Robinson: I can see you were coerced... We don't blame you.
 * Maria: Ah...
 * Mrs. Robinson: We only have one request...
 * Mrs. Robinson: If you ever find our son, tell him that we only wished him to live with hope and happiness. We have nowhere to go, and thus we only wished he moved on. Now, do it.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: Forgive me... '

<p style="text-align:center;">' BANG! BANG! '

''Maria closed her eyes and fired two shots at the couples. The shots both killed them instantly and ended their pain as they died with smiles. Maria then opened her eyes. She then looked at her own hands. There were drops of blood on her hand.''
 * Maria: No, what have I done...

''Maria was horrified by the blood on her hand, and the suddenly flow of remorse soon consumed her. Maria could not even cried out. She was terrified, but her brothers cheered on.'' ''Jacob's yelling soon spreaded across the entire basement, and then he noticed that there was a young man standing not far away with horror in his eyes. It was none other than Carl Robinson, who just saw Maria killing his adoptive parents.''
 * Jacob: YOU'VE DONE WELL, MARIA ARZONIA!!!

<p style="text-align:center;">' The killer's name is Maria Arzonia... '

<p style="text-align:center;">' The killer's name is Maria Arzonia... '

<p style="text-align:center;">' The killer's name is Maria Arzonia... '

''Carl was horrified and the voices above kept echoing inside his brain. Carl stepped back in terror, and Maria suddenly felt rue pain inside her heart. Suddenly, Maria noticed that her brothers had been ready to kill him.'' ''Before Robert could finish, Maria suddenly threw a smoke bomb on the ground. The bomb bursted and the smoke spread into everywhere in the basement, blinding Arzonia brothers' sight. Maria seized the chance and rushed out of the smoke, yelling at the young man with tears in her eyes.''
 * Robert: It's time for--

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: You're their son, right!? Your parents told you no matter how much you endured, just live with hope! Live with happiness! Leave here! As far as you can! '

''Carl looked at the young girl with shock and anger, but then he heeded her pledge and rushed away. Before Maria could finish, she felt her head being hit by a stick and collapsed on the ground. Robert hit Maria unconscious from behind, and he carried her on his shoulders.'' After cursing Maria in foul language, Robert then looked at Cain Arzonia in a confused face.
 * Robert: Compassionate b***h. She deserves imprisonment for a month!


 * Robert: Do we need to chase him?

Cain Arzonia firmly shook his head. ''​With a dark laughter, the brothers soon left the parking lot. However, Maria was shedding tears out of remorse.'' ===Current Events===
 * Cain Arzonia: No, the Langdon Orphans are outside. He won't live long.

''Carl felt his head hurt and then he slowly stood up from the ground. He only felt something strange. He had 3 days of comatose inside his cell of Corazon Prison ever since Maria arrested him for his overuse of his own energy.'' ''Mumbling to himself, Carl struggled himself to get up in sheer exhaustion as if his three-day-period of sleep were useless. He now regained his sanity when he suddenly lost during the attack in the Russian Orthodox Church, thanks to the comatose. Carl looked around and found that it was actually another familiar place.'' ''Mumbling to himself, Carl suddenly felt a strain into his throat. He sensed that the air itself was very thin, and he felt difficult to breath. Carl then stood up while struggling. His entire body was filled with sore feelings. He then looked at the window with heavy mental bars attached to it. It was definitely a prison. Carl tipped his toes and looked outside.''
 * [[File:Raven_and_reckless_fist_elsword_drawn_by_kirimi_maguro_9299b717dc576744399dfa70c037bf9b.jpg|thumb|312px]]Carl: My God... Where am I?
 * Carl: Oh, dear, I was having a nightmare. I killed many people including Lady Spencer, and I argued with Esther, so fury I was that even I was surprised...
 * Carl: Am I in a prison?

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" 

''What he saw shocked him. He saw clouds was outside and birds were flying, with the wind so heavy and cold that he could feel pain when the wind passed his cheeks, making him feel like being pierced by icy knife. Carl then looked down and felt dizzy all of a sudden. His eyes went blurry and he immediately stepped back in shock.''

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Carl: IMPOSSIBLE! This... is a prison... on the SKY!!! '

''Brother Petros Orsini stood in front of Cardinal Katherine Sforza, and they looked at each other in the eyes. Both of them were serious.'' Not long after Maria and other lead executives had left, Brother Petros had entered the place of Catholic Rebels and claimed to deliver some message, before he was captured by the guards.
 * Petros: As you can see, Cardinal Sforza, I take no weapon with me. I'm here to tell you an information, not a declaration of war, since the battle three days ago had wasted both factions' power and strength, and I never kill a patient or wounded.

''Much to the guards' surprise, Petros never intended to escape. He only made a request to see Cardinal Sforza directly.'' ''At this moment, Tres had received the news that Vaclav Havel had arrived in the place. By following Maria's own instruction, Tres went to pick Vaclav up and escorted him to Sforza, unknowing that Petros was inside Sforza's office, because Petros and Vaclav arrived in different gates. '' Petros sighed and kept his face straight. ''Sforza sighed and nodded. She was now an enemy to Michael's faction since she joined Catholic Rebels, but she believed that Petros had no hostility when he entered the place.'' Petros nodded and began to tell the things.
 * Sforza: It's been a long time since we met, Brother Petros. You want to persuade me back to Vatican? Won't you join us?
 * Petros: This is only a matter of alignments. After all, my duty is to serve the Pope no matter who he is, and as long as I'm serving him as his guard, I cannot betray him, which leads to what I'm going to tell you, Your Emnisence. I'm telling some important things to you, and I promise to God I have no lies in my following words.
 * Sforza: Please tell.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Petros: It was Aureolus Izzard. '

''The vampire, Cain Nightroad, who coincidentally shared the first name with Maria's big brother, roamed the memory in Carl and went back into the burning streets, standing by Carl who was still knocking the door of the hotel. Instead of being so desperate, he knocked robotically and seemed to lose all of his emotions.'' ''Cain actually never told Carl that Maria was forced to do so by her abusive brothers, since Carl never saw the process of Maria being abused and forced by her brothers. He only saw her to commit murder.'' ''Carl could not answer. He heard Cain's words, but he could not answer. He only felt that his mind was consumed by his inner darkness with his darkest secrets being revealed.'' ''Cain then bent down himself and looked at Carl, whose face was full of tears. Cain grinned again just a little bit, but he then narrowed his eyes and whispered to him.'' Carl then looked at a smiling Cain, with surprise in his eyes.
 * 37550745_zps625a7b43.jpgCain Nightroad: So that's Maria Arzonia who killed your adoptive parents, so things are obvious... You hate her. After you escaped, you hid yourself within those corpses, pretending to be dead . Thus, you survived the ordeal and then escaped... Impressive.
 * Cain: It's because of your goals were the same, which drove you stick together. You both want Michael Langdon dead, but she was for saving the world while you wanted him dead for revenge. He's the mastermind behind every tragedy on you, even that town arson and mass murder four years ago which took your adoptive parents with it, and Maria was the one who butchered your adoptive parents right in front of your eyes.
 * Cain: How can you live in happiness even after you suffered so much? Isn't her pledge to you sounds hypocritical? Therefore, it's right not to trust her. I believe in your decisions.
 * Cain: And of course, those who believed you survived the fire were killed by Nio Hashiri, the blonde girl you saw and the primary executive in that arson. In a way, we were there since your very beginning. Thus, in order to let your best buddy, Matt Butcher, to survive, you choose to hide this from him. Then, the killing stopped, and your secret truly became your secret... until now.
 * Carl: You and I both have a common. God seems not to be getting on well with us, and thus we're both souls that lost ourselves in this world. I can sense you that your had a beast inside your heart... or more precisely, your blood. "He" urges you to break the moral code and do anything horrifying. I give you an advice. You should neither escape from him or confront him, since you can do neither of them. If you really feared him, then I give you an option...  Try to * be * him. 

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Cain: And I can help you with that. '

''Petros nodded in agreement. He noticed that the face of Sforza was full of disgust and anger due to the self-serving purpose of Aureolus.'' ''Petros the nodded with a serious expression. Sforza then sharpened her eyes and looked at Petros with a look full of doubt.'' ''Petros still maintained his calm as he responded. It was hard to imagine that someone so wrathful and violent could keep his calm when was questioned.'' "........................!?"
 * Sforza: How selfish... Just like that. He was so effortless in switching a faction, but not his own nature...
 * Petros: Well, that's indeed correct.
 * Sforza: Why are you coming here to tell me this? We're on the different side now.
 * Petros: I want you to be careful that he is exploiting you. Also, I'm also here to take you away. As His Holiness stated when he asked me here, considering you are a sister in his eyes, he asks you to return to Vatican for further care. He says he has the cure for your deathly disease.

''Unable to make an answer, Sforza heard this and widened her eyes in surprise. Sforza could not comprehend that Michael had made an order to keep her alive. She thought Michael was utterly malevolent and uncaring, but Petros' words surprised.'' ''Sforza clenched her fist in anger. She already knew that Michael and Melancholia manipulated Esther and caused the greatest disadvantage that the Catholic Rebels had to face, and therefore she was unsure that Michael was telling the truth.'' ''Sforza lowered her head and sighed. She felt something inside her were chewing her heart and making her getting more and more frailed. Ironically, as someone who endured many battles and ordeals while helping important people during the world, Sforza was getting killed by an "assassin" inside her own body. During the funeral, Maria came to visit her several times and could not get enough rest. Sforza felt guilty.'' However, Sforza still shook her head. Looking at Sforza in an eye of calmness, Brother Petros fell silent. ''Petros stepped back a bit due to Sforza's words, which put him into thought. Petros was thinking, but suddenly, he heard a voice coming from the back.''
 * Sforza: What exactly do you mean?
 * Petros: He says that you are a hostage to the rebels and also states that he will give you a mercy if you surrender yourself to him.
 * Petro0.jpgs: By the way, he shows genuine concerns. He said, considering that this "family"'s matriarch had to take care of someone who was tormented by deadly disease, even Pope himself felt sorry for Arzonia herself. Therefore, giving in will reduce Arzonia some burden ... I quote.
 * Sforza: I never was captured. I joined the rebellion by myself.
 * Sforza: Tell Pope Michael that even though I appreciate his help, I can still stand here. I join this rebels just to overthrow him, for the sake of our people! You will one day see how flawed and corrupt he is!
 * Petros: For the sake... of people...



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Tres: Cardinal Sforza, Lord Vaclav Haven is here. ''

''Petros was so shocked that he immediately went back and saw Tres Iqus, with a man beside him. It was Vaclav Haven, an AX Agent inside Vatican who also worked with the Inquisitor. As stated before, he acted as the spy of Sforza in Vatican. He was a tall, pale man with lean chin, long black hair and thin beard. He was wearing a black cassock.''
 * 12522.jpgPetros: Vaclav!?

Petros was shocked to see Vaclav entering, and he was even more shocked when he heard Tres said... ''Tres did not continue when he saw Brother Petros inside the room. He was too concentrate on introducing the guest. It took him 15 seconds to notice Petros in the room, much to his visible surprise.'' Brother Petros immediately pointed Vaclav in anger.
 * Tres_Iqus.jpgTres: There is some vital information gather from his spying network--
 * Tres: Brother Petros? What are you doing here?
 * Petros: I'm sending Cardinal Sforza an advice good for you. What is HE doing here?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Petros: And did you say "spying network", Tres? '

''After lashing at Tres, Petros then turned back to a visibly panicked Cardinal Sforza in anger. Sforza's face was as pale as paper. Her sweat started to flow from her hair and her heartbeat fasten as she loooked at Vaclav.'' ''However, there is no speculation in the things that already happened as a matter of the fact. Petros clenched his fists in rage.'' ''Sforza did not answer. She had her face shrouded in shadow. Petros then turned to Tres and Vaclav in anger, as he was about to punch them with his bare fists.'' However, Tres did not cowering in front of the knight's sheer wrath.
 * Caterina_Sforza.jpga: (think) * No, no, not in this time... Not now... Come here earlier or come later, at least not now! *
 * Petros: Your Emnisence, I respect you with high regards, and I'm here to tell everything about that two-faced jackal who exploits your rebellion!
 * Petros: But you sent a spy inside the Department of Inquisition?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Tres: And your Mother Superior let Antonio Borgia to spy on us with his hawk. That makes us even. '

''Hearing this, Petros stopped his attempt of attacking Tres and Vaclav, and Sforza was rather surprised to hear the words of Tres. Tres sharpened his eyes and walked closer. Petros' face expression indicated that he was surprised, maybe he never knew that Antonio Borgia was spying Catholic Rebels.'' Tres still looked at Petros with calmness, but all of the people inside knew it was a frigid struggle. ''Petros clenched his fist and bit his lips. He lowed down his head with a gloomy look.'' Tres did not show any expression, but Vaclav walked one step further to Petros, facing the knight without any anger. Hearing this, Tres immediately walked towards Vaclav and narrowed his eyes. Vaclav, however, turned back and interrupted the words of Tres in a determinate face. Tres bit his lips and then he turned to Petros in a face of anger. ​Before Tres could finish, Petros suddenly interrupted the words of him. Petros then turned his back and started to walk out the door. Petros then summoned a portal and disappeared, before Tres paced towards him and tried to catch him. ''Tres tried to reach the portal before it disappeared into the light. Tres, Vaclav and Sforza all looked at the scene silently, but then, when Tres turned to a mirror without purpose, he suddenly saw the reflection. He saw a large black hawk behind him.''
 * Tres: I know you for many years, Petros. You should really check on the dishonorable man in your faction before trying to berate some of them inside our factions. If you say that is your strategy, then we have OUR strategy as well.
 * Tres: At least, Melancholia's spying work is much more efficient than ours. I mean, a hawk can fly but a human cannot.
 * Petros: I have no idea that Cardinal Borgia is spying on you, but you have a point. I have no rights to berate all of you for spies, but I do tell you that all of us inside the Church really devoted to our master, but you so-called rebels have people who are selfish like Aureolus. Therefore, who is actually flawed? Us, or you?
 * Vaclav: You can hold your loyalty by telling Mother Superior that I am a spy from the Rebels, or you can keep it as a secret. Anyway, there is no difference to me. My job as the spy is done, and I will later outright fight against you.
 * Tres: What are you doing? What are you talking about, Lord Vaclav? Melancholia will slaughter all of us if she knows you are spying her! Given to the fact that Aureolus plans to exploit from the rebellion, the fact that Firenza Junior is missing, this whole thing will be compromised by--
 * Vaclav: At least, Petros and I are friends for many years, and I cannot lie to him. Besides, there are no room for lying... for my identity already exposed in front of him!
 * Tres: Due to such a coincidence, your arrival is now the most unwelcomed.
 * Petros: Hmm?
 * Tres: I can see you not carrying your weapon inside the place, and I thank you for telling me the fact of Aureolus. I will keep an eye on that man, but that does not mean I will forgive you for knowing the identity of...
 * Petros: I understand. We have different view on the current papacy, and that makes us enemies. However, a teammates who only tries to serve himself in the war is even more compromising that an outright spy or an outright traitor.
 * Petros: Sorry to cut in, but please keep my word in mind. I just want to fight you with honor. About Cardinal Borgia, I have no authority to reach him, but God shall one day punish him.
 * Tres: Stop!

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

''Tres immediately turned to the hawk as it squeak in fear. Tres immediately analyzed the hawk with his Cyborg ability, before he identified it as the pet hawk of Antonio Borgia .''

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Tres: THAT HAWK! Shoot it! '

''Tres tries to shoot down the hawk, but suddenly it stroke towards him and beated him down. Suddenly, much to others' surprise, Vaclav suddenly drew his sword and tried to slice down the hawk, but its motion was so fast that he cannot slice it. Cardinal Sforza went out of her seat immediately, but she the dropped on the table due to pain coming from her chest.''

''The bird of prey immediately speeded itself up and rushed out of the room like an arrow, before it flew away in an astonishing speed and altitude. It took only five seconds for it to escape, sending the message to Melancholia.'' ''Tres looked at the scene in a dark face, as he let the hawk disappeared. Soon, even if Petros kept what he saw as a secret in the name of his friendship with Vaclav, the hawk will definitely inform what it saw to Cardinal Borgia or even directly to Melancholia or Michael, comprimising the Catholic Rebels even further...  "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"''
 * Act45-p26-tres-caterina.jpg: We're screwed.
 * Tres: Lord Vaclav, they'll come and kill you... and even all of us. We need to tell Arzonia--

Suddenly, Cardinal Sforza felt her heart stun in pain before some sweet taste started to flow into her own throat... ''Sforza suddenly spat blood again from her throat, and Tres and Vaclav suddenly noticed this. They were both shocked and horrified.'' The two the rushed towards the sick Cardinal as she started to struggle herself in pain.
 * Sforza: UGH!
 * Tres & Vaclav: Your Eminence!!!

<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Sforza: Antonio Borgia's hawk? I should thought about that. It solved the great mystery why our strategies was always outwitted by our enemies. ''

Then, she lost her consciousness.

''Maria sharpened her eyes and looked at the young Cardinal. She had already found what the prisoner had suffered. That prisoner was suffering under the influence from the Blood of Firenza, having a deluded and paranoid mind and ranting in sheer rage, just as what Esther behaved.'' Feeling angry and anxious, Matt beside Maria immediately stepped forward to Borgia. ''Borgia spoke in a calm and sane tone. He did not even try to pretend, and Maria sensed no lies in his words. However, that only further her suspicion. Matt crossed his arms in fury.'' However, much to Matt's surprise, Borgia merely shook his own arms and acted as if there was nothing happened to him after all. ''Under the surveillance of his enemies, Cardinal Borgia only walked to the other side of the room with a calm attitude... surprisingly calm attitude.''
 * Maria: The prisoner must be infected by Firenza Blood, judging from his behavior. What had you done with the Blood of Firenza Junior? Who has it?
 * Borgia: Mother Superior Melancholia.
 * Raven_blademaster_elsword_by_amarog_checkmate-d91j3jj.pngMaria: Where is she? Where's she taken it?
 * Borgia: I don't know. As I told you, I was brought to her lab against my will. I know nothing of her other plans.
 * Matt: Cardinal Antonio Borgia, uh, you're under arrest for, uh, trying to weaponize the, uh... Oh hell, you know why!
 * Borgia: Oh, you don't want to do that.
 * Borgia: The delivery mechanism that they plan to use to release the blood virus just recently arrived in Odessa. It still needs to be tested, which means that you still have enough time to keep them from unleashing it in London first... and then worldwide.

''Hearing this, Matt clenched his fist in anger. He was thinking about the "corpse" of that weird fish which had a horde of zombies inside it .''

Matt quickly assume that it was one of the guardian monsters that Melancholia arranged to guard the equipment, before it somehow fell into the ocean and was salvaged by the Catholic Rebels at the beach.

''In fact, it really was. However, Matt did not mention this suspicion. He merely listened to Borgia as the latter continued.'' ''Tendering his pet hawk on his shoulder, Borgia did not continue at this very point, just in the perfect moment to cause the air being surrounded by nothing but suspension. Hearing Borgia's words, Matt, Sumireko, Maria and Magilou looked at each other with chagrin. Sumireko then realized what was happening.'' ''Matt immediately turned to Sumireko with annoyance. He seemed upset with her decision.'' ''Borgia turned back while Matt was arguing with Sumireko. He calmly picked up a book of files and a vial with black blood inside.'' ''Feeling surprised, Maria widened her gaze, bit her lips harder, and then she walked towards Borgia. Gaius had already help Pietro to get up from the ground, and he was surprised to see the things inside Borgia's hand. Maria and Matt both looked at the cardinal with scorn.'' Matt, Magilou and Gaius all sarcastically looked at Borgia with annoyance. Borgia looked at Gaius with a calm face, despite all of the people around him had saw a coward under such a calm and polite demeanor. ''Maria heard "test" subject and then looked at the deranged prisoner who lied on the ground. Maria suddenly realized the reason of Carl's gratuitous bitter and cruel personality.''
 * Borgia: But, of course, if she discover that her lab has been compromise, and Lord Vaclav was a spy of yours...
 * 52699000_p0_master1200.jpgSumireko: He's right. She might unleash the blood as gas weapon right away. We can't take him in or kill him, or Melancholia will know we found the place that produced weapons.
 * Matt: Are you crazy? What if he's deceiving us? What stops him from picking up the phone and call the Papal Knight brigade the second we walk out that door?
 * Borgia: My research... and a vial of my Firenza Blood compound which I secretly hid away unbeknownst to my captors. A token of goodwill, which I hope will be remembered when the time comes.
 * ZestiriaXBerseria-10.jpgMaria: Goodwill? You're playing both sides. You help us to take down Neo Inquisition and what? We cut you a deal? But we fail, and you appear to be loyal to Melancholia, is that it?
 * Gaius: You logical bastard.
 * IMG_4258.pnga: Don't worry about the mess. We have our poor test subject to blame for that. The Firenza Blood takes well effect upon him, and when the time comes, there will be 7 billions of Firenza Junior copycats around the world, hating each other and showing their own dark side. Then, we will purge them all. 

Judging from the prisoner's attitude of distrust when he first saw them entering, just as the same manner when Carl, Matt and Maria finally realized the reason behind Carl's bitter behavior.
 * Maria: I can see the root of all evil for now. It was Carl's own blood. The accursed blood of Firenza Family, combined with his trauma, made him break his moral code and distrust anyone, even after they're supposed to be redeemed. He killed them anyway due to such a paranoia.

''Borgia then handed the vial and the document to Maria while smiling on his face. Maria merely looked at him with disgust. Ever since she invited Carl into her new family, his betrayl would be inevitable.'' ''Hearing the process of making Carl's blood curse take over this once kind and caring man, Maria took a deep breath and bit her lips. She finally understood the key behind all of this event. Carl's cursed blood was the key.'' Matt had the impulse of punching Borgia in the face, since he could not do so considering their situation was already in hot water.
 * Celestia_frightened.jpga: You're so clever, Ms. Arzonia. Mother Superior just manipulate such an event in order to bring down the world, but she just could not figure out he would be break out so suddenly. Even so, thanks to Celestia Ludenberg's perfect efforts of revealing Carl was betrayed by Corporal Morrian, Carl was driven into despair . His blood curse immediately turned him into the dark side, changing his personality, and there is nowhere back. It slowly pushed him towards insanity, making him as the monster you seen now... The Firenza Junior.
 * Maria: You should feel lucky that I did not burn you alive, you payaso. Tell me where did Terra put Carl and Esther.
 * Borgia: Esther is now with His Holiness in Vatican, and Carl is on the Star of Bethlehem, a invisible floating fortress owned by Fiamma of the Right. Oh, you would not like to cross him.
 * Matt: This ain't over yet.

''Maria then raised her hand and summoned a portal. Teleporting herself with Matt, Sumireko, Gaius, Pietro and Magilou, Maria then left the house of Borgia almost immediately.''

Borgia scoffed with a grin.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Borgia: Good luck, rebels. '



''Teleporting herself and her allies in the streets of Geneva, Maria hid herself inside an alley alongside the others. She looked at the vial at her hand before handing it to Matt.'' ''After giving out those instructions, Maria then turned to go out of the alley. She was relieved that a new hope had emerged. Magilou immediately stepped forward to Maria in a face of surprise.'' ''Despite Magilou's words, Maria did not stop walking. She continued to walk towards the pavement in sheer fury. The fire of fury was burning right inside her heart.'' Suddenly, Maria heard her phone being ringing and she quickly answered the phone. ''One second later, her face turned pale all of a sudden. She heard Melancholia's voice from the phone.'' The name "Melancholia" had shocked Matt, Sumireko, Pietro, Magilou and even Gaius.
 * Maria: Matt, please get Cardinal Sforza the virus compound and the research. See if she can find anyone we can trust to start working on the cure. Gaius, please go back to your friends in Witch Cult, telling them that we're okay with dealing the problems from now on, and I agree with our new partnership. We have vital informations now. Magilou, Sumireko, please send Cardinal Yogdis back to the base of Rebels. I appreciate the help from the Witch Cult, even if it means temporal partnership.
 * Magilou: Wait, Maria, where are you going?
 * Maria: I gotta find out where Melancholia's testing the bomb.
 * Maria: ¿Hola?
 * ???: It's me, my dear.
 * Joan.Alter.full.2093334.jpgMaria: Melancholia? How did you...
 * Maria: Uh...

''Maria soon regained her composure. One second before, she nearly started ranting at the phone in pure Spanish but she held back her feelings.''

Melancholia had spoke before Maria could react. ''Hearing Melancholia's words mentioning Pietro Yogdis, Maria felt relieved. ​In order to avoid Melancholia's suspicion, Maria had to lie so that Melancholia will not discover that they found Borgia's secret lab and rescued Pietro Yogdis.'' Maria widened her eyes and started to rant. In contrast to Maria's fiery rage, Melancholia only answered in a calm and cold tone like cold icy iceberg that could pierce a large ship like Titanic. ''The communication was the cut off. Maria put the phone back to her pocket.'' ''Maria then immediately raised her hand before she summoned a pair of wings behind her. She then disappeared all of a sudden, making everyone shocked at the moment.''
 * Maria: (think) * You had corrupted Esther and Mary Spencer. You made Carl turned against us. You caused Patriarch Krans' presumed death. Now, you are here to tell us something? *
 * Melancholia: (phone) [I just discovered a second ago that you've coming to take Pietro Yogdis away from Switzerland, and don't worry. I thought perhaps we need to have a peaceful talk to you alone.]
 * Maria: I hardly know what you're planning.
 * Melancholia: [You'll know, my dear, and it's the time to take the next step. Meet me at an alley near the Watch Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, alone.]
 * 20119235827_Mn5km.thumb.600_0.pngMaria: Can't give any more than that?
 * Melancholia: (phone) [I know you don't like to be kept in the dark. Let's see if you're worthy of the light.]
 * Maria: Well, here she is. I will meet her face to face.

''Matt looked at the empty air, and Maria was not there. A moment later, looking at Gaius who was shocked, Matt shrugged his shoulders jokingly.''

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Matt: She often does this. '

''Matt's voice was suddenly heard by Ivy, Noelle and Abel, and they all made their turn to the direction of the door, and they saw Matt coming into the room. Seeing Ivy crying making him quite confused.'' ''Poison Ivy looked at Matt and wiped her tears. She then sighed and lamented as she looked at Matt into his eyes.'' ''Abel and Noelle both nodded, confirming Ivy was telling the truth. Matt and Sumireko looked at each other, and then instead of getting angry, Matt calmly revealed a vial with thick and blackish-red liquid inside it.'' Poison Ivy was surprised when she saw the vial of Firenza Blood, which was unexpectedly given to Matt by Cardinal Antonio Borgia. ''Matt nodded his head and told her about the plan of Firenza Blood Weapon and the motive made by Cardinal Antonio Borgia during his research. Poison Ivy patiently listened and nodded confidently.'' Matt then nodded with a smile. Matt then turned his sight to Abel Nightroad before he handed Abel the Firenza Blood. ''Abel nodded and went out of the greehouse. Matt sighed in relief and prepared to leave with Magilou. Just then, Sumireko stepped towards Matt and looked at him with confusion.'' ''Matt was both surprised and confused by what Sumireko said in front of him, and so he looked at her in an awkward face. Sumireko then looked at Vento of the Front.''
 * 65905875_p0_master1200.jpgMatt: What are you three doing there?
 * Matt: Why're you crying, Poison Ivy?
 * Poison Ivy: I felt tormented. I gave Carl that rose so that I can do a research on his blood... and it caused fatal consequence. I want to atone all of my mistakes.
 * Poison_Ivy_JL_01.jpgMatt: There's no need crying for a spilled milk. You can do your research right now without any compromise on your plants.
 * Poison Ivy: You got it? Seriously?
 * Poison Ivy: I need to do some preparation now since the condition inside my lab could be a bit of rusty. It won't take more than 5 minutes.
 * Matt: Thank you. Abel?
 * Matt: During this five minutes, please keep guard on this vial. I need to head towards Switzerland right now to find Maria. Now, please show it to Cardinal Sforza, telling her that we sees a chance to twist the table.
 * Sumireko: But wait, Matt! I need to tell you that I had...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Sumireko: If that's Vento of the Front, then who did I saw inside Melancholia's base? '

Matt was apalled and looked at Vento standing not far away with Acqua. Sumireko then put her index finger on her lips. ''Matt, Magilou and Acqua all looked at each other, apalled. Noelle and Poison Ivy had the same reactions as well when they looked at each other before laying their eyes on Vento.''
 * Matt: When did you saw that "Vento" inside that base beneath the sea?
 * Sumireko: About three days ago.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Noelle: But Mother Vento has been here for nearly half a month! I can prove it! '

''Sumireko then thought about that "Vento of the Front" she saw, floating in water and acting motionless. Right after that, a chilled feelings started to get onto her spine... and she looked at everyone as they all reacted in shock''
 * Sumireko: Then, who did I saw in that base?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - All: A DOPPELGANGER! '

''The International Museum of Horology (French: Musée international d'horlogerie, or MIH), is a museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, dedicated to horology, which is the study of time, timekeeping and timekeeping devices (primarily clocks and watches). The museum is owned and operated by the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds.''

''When Maria arrived at the building beside the museum and far away from Generva, Melancholia was already in there, standing under the light chandelier. Under a guide of a papal knight, Maria entered the room. Melancholia grinned at Maria's arrival.'' Maria only stood behind Melancholia with a face of disdain. Melancholia turned back to Maria with a face of menace, despite the grin on her face did not fade. ''Melancholia turned to take a look at a demon, who then walked towards Maria. Maria then gave the demon her staff, her sword and her phone. Melancholia then showed Maria a pair of shackles before cuffing the shackles on Maria's wrists. Maria then felt that her strength and magic power disappeared all of a sudden as if they were all drained by the handcuff.'' ''Maria did not answer. She merely looked at Melancholia with anger and rage. Melancholia then took Maria to the window. Maria looked down on a hall within the building, where many ladies and gentlemen - almost 200 of them - with lavish dresses and suits, were holding some kind of party. Maria looked at the scene with no emotions in her eyes.'' Melancholia then narrowed her eyes and looked at the party scene as well. ''Melancholia then look at the hall with distaste. Maria looked at Melanchola without saying a word, but her eyes had sold her - she was worried.'' Regardless of Maria's feelings, ​Melancholia let out a wider evil grin once again. ''Melancholia slowly turned back and led Maria to a table. A large metal can was on the table, guarded by Shinya Banba beside it.'' ''Melancholia then stood beside the can and turned back to face Maria. Their eyes matched.'' Maria looked at the can-shaped object and had a bad feelings leaped into her mouth.
 * Joan.Alter.full.2167628.pngMelancholia: Ah, my dear Arzonia, I'm glad that you could make it.
 * Maria: I'm not sure if I had a choice.
 * Melancholia: I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you for your staff, your phone and your sword.
 * Melancholia: Don't worry. This cuff only strains your power, not draining them. After I release you, you will regain your power again.
 * Tob-48.jpgMaria: Nice party.
 * Melancholia: Refugees in Generva. Socialites who believe they had the most neutralized and peaceful city in the world under their feet, when really what they really are is window dressing.
 * Melancholia: Believe me, in this world which has plunged into the World War III, there is no neutral countries. You must have know what happened to that country that is no longer on Earth...
 * Melancholia: You must have know what happened to Aldegyr Kingdom, Maria.
 * Maria: Aldegyr Kingdom...
 * Melancholia: Yes, it is destroyed for some kind of supernatural reason that is very hard to explain. However, Maria, I'm here to act as a teacher, and my first class is, "There is no middle ground in a war." which is why I've brought you here.
 * Maria: Interesting centerpiece.
 * Melancholia: It's an aerosol dispersal bomb.
 * Maria: Dispersal bomb for what?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: For Firenza Junior's blood. '

''Showing a vial of Firenza Blood to a shocked Maria, Melancholia's word were like a large hammer that hit on Maria's heart. Maria looked aside right on the bomb and narrowed her eyes in bitterness. Maria remembered the information sent by Lord Vaclav prior to his return. He said that Melancholia revealed to him that she was going to make humans reveal their darkest self, and the message arrived right after the preperation for Spencer's funeral was finished.'' ​Melancholia nodded before she stopped grinning and turned more serious and more menacing. Maria turned to look at the guests in the hall, but soon Melancholia made a shocking revealing that caused her to turn back her head.
 * Maria: So that's what you meant by showing the world its darkest colors.
 * Melancholia: Precisely.
 * Maria: Infecting 200 people won't be enough to change anything.
 * Melancholia: True, but the blood compound only lives in aerated form for a matter of minutes, so, in a closed space like the room below, it will be contained to our guests.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: But in an open space, the radius of infection is a half mile. '

Maria slowly turned her face back to face Melancholia immediately after she heard Melancholia's words.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: This is merely a test. '

''In shock, Maria could do nothing but seeing Melancholia opened the lit of the bomb and placing the vial inside it. Maria tried to struggle and uncuff herself, but the cuff was too tight for it. It was obviously made of special materials to trap a holy spirit from Paradise. Melancholia then placed an alarm bell on the bomb.'' ''Shinya grinned maliciously and followed the order of Melancholia. Maria immediately walked forward, but two demon guards had blocked her way with two heavy spears, which Maria cannot pass through. She had now rendered fully powerless and was like just a normal human.'' ''Shinya held the bomb in her hands and looked at Maria like a walking zombie without thinking. She merely grinned in a malicious menace.''
 * IMG_7866.pngMaria: * gasp *
 * Melancholia: The bomb will be activated in 15 minutes. Shinya, place it in the middle of the room.
 * Maria: Mahiru.. No, please! Snap out of this! Think of Sumireko! She is...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Shinya: There is no longer any connections between me and that TRAITOR. '

''Maria felt horrid and heartbreak to the words. Only betraying the evil after seeing its true nature will cause condemn from her former comrades, this had made Maria sad and frozen. She could not speak a word. She could only watch as Shinya carried the bomb away. Melancholia looked at Shinya with satisfaction, before she turned back to Maria with sheer scorn.'' Maria then regained her composure and looked at Melancholia with no fear. ''While speaking, Melancholia walked towards Maria and was only inches to her face. The two the stood against each other with anger from both of their faces.''
 * Melancholia: Don't worry. You'll be safe up here. I need to trust that you're ready to make the difficult decisions when the time comes.
 * Maria: That's why I am here.
 * Melancholia: Good. Because if it's not, if you try to stop the bomb, or interfere in any way...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: Shinya has instructions to execute Carl and your family on the spot. Since we have attacked your base several times, we can attack it again. You have no base, and you have to borrow the base from the now shattered Russian Orthodox Church. Is that what you got to defeat us? '

Facing the challenges from her enemies, Maria then looked at Melancholia with a combined feelings filled with confidence, anger and seriousness. Melancholia only shrugged her shoulder with sheer disdain when she heard Maria mentioning God. ''After finishing her threatening, Melancholia left the room with calmness, and Maria snarled to her like a caged beast. She could only watch as the woman who orchestrated all those evil event went out of the room freely.''
 * Maria: Believe me, one day this will be fixed. I have already arrange people to rescue Abel and Carl. Esther will no longer be your pawn, either. One day, when and if she dig the ultimate truth behind her misery out, I guess that's the day she turn against you people... and God will forbids your victory.
 * Melancholia: I lost my faith in God ever since my family was gone . I once had a family... God is unfair sometimes, even to His zealous devotees like you. You suffered from so many loss that your remaining power can only save a minor pawn like Pietro Yogdis. As for Carl, I guess you can meet him one day... in Purgatory.

''The door of Cardinal Sforza's door was opened, and then Lord Vaclav came into the room alongside Abel who walked behind him. Abel was holding the vial in his hand.'' ''Before Lord Vaclav could finish, he suddenly stopped. He only stared at the front desk, and all of his words started to stuck into his throat. Abel did not saw it, and thus he was so confused that he went further.'' ''Abel went one step further into the room, and he was shocked by what he saw in front of him. He saw the front desk was empty. Cardinal Sforza was not there.'' ''Abel was shocked. He quickly stepped further into the room as Lord Vaclav stepped away to give him a way, but Lord Vaclav was also staring at the empty table. Abel went towards the table and found a paper on it. He picked up the paper and narrowed his eyes, widening his eyes in shock.'' It was Cardinal Sforza's letter. ''Without any thoughts, Abel slammed the paper back on the table. He rushed towards the door and immediately rushed towards the window.'' ''Lord Vaclav tried to stop Abel, but the latter rushed towards the window and leaped out of it, turning himself into a winged creature with large black wings, sharp fangs and red eyes, revealing his vampire form and went away flying. However, he forgot that he still carried that vial of Firenza Blood inside his pocket.''
 * Vaclav: Cardina Sforza? It seems that Arzonia has...
 * Abel: What happened?
 * Abel: What's... going...
 * Abel: No... No...
 * Abel: I must go to Vatican right now! I need to find Cardinal Sforza and Esther before everything is too late!
 * Vaclav: Abel!

''Lord Vaclav could not chase him. He then turned to the table and took a look at the letter on the table. He picked up the letter and view it...''

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Vaclav: I can't believe it... '

What he saw on the letter shocked him intensely.

Dear friends,

'I hope everything is all right for you, but alas, everything is not right for me. You might call me coward, you might call me selfish, but believe me. I'm doing this for all of us.'

'I have give myself in to Michael, and Brother Matthaios will pick me up at Odessa. I won't tell them our next plan. I promise. I never have any intention of betraying you. The reason I'm giving in to our enemies is that I don't want a sick woman like myself to be your burden.'

'I'm sorry to do this, but I had no choice. I need to give myself in so that you can be safe. One life of a dying woman shall be sacrificed to save so many lives of the people I cared about. This is a gamble, and I hope it'll be paid off. You've done so well in these days, but now the situation is worsen. Lord Vaclav's spy identity could be exposed to Michael in any time. Ever since our plan was all exposed under the plain sight of Melancholia, things becomes so much worse and is still worsen.'

'Therefore, I must do this. Taking care of a woman like me while dealing with so many threats can only make all of you stressed out. After all, I'm going to die anyway. I just don't want to make you involved. Don't prepare funeral for me. My ashes shall be embraced by sea. You'll move on and carry my legacy. My soul will be there to bless you all.'

'I don't think you all will agree, but I hope you can understand. Don't find me. Tell Maria that I love her, as I love all of you in this family... Adieu.'

<p style="text-align:right;"> Sincerely,

<p style="text-align:right;"> Cardinal Kathrine Sforza

<p style="text-align:center;"> 'P.S. Beware of Aureolus Izzard. He joined us only for personal goals. I swear it.'

In the streets of Vatican, Terra of the Left looked at Esther in a face of menance, and he grinded his pointy teeth. ''Esther was currently sitting in front of him while hugging her own knees. They were currently hiding in an alley within the urban area of Rome, just not far away from the place where Katarina Couteau and her friends being attacked by that mysterious unknown figure with the Grand Grimoire, and that man's identity was still unknown to the people that never encountered him.  Terra of the Left put his hand on his chin and fell into his thoughts. Thinking of Maria Arzonia made him enraged.'' ''Then, Terra narrowed his eyes and bit his lips. He had some bad feelings before he laid his sight back on Esther once again.'' ''Esther lowed down her head and sighed. She was now thinking about the time when she and Abel was spending together in the base of Catholic Rebels. When Esther questioned Abel about his reason of leaving the Church, somehow Abel only answered in this form:'' ''Standing up from the ground, Esther thought about this conversation which ended abruptly, and two days later, she became full of hatred towards Carl Robinson even to the point of betraying Arzonia Family... Despite Firenza Blood was taking effect in Esther, Esther still had her own free will. Like Carl, Esther was regretting what she had done after being inside the prison for three days.'' ''Before Esther could finish, she suddenly stopped talking. She was horrified when she saw Terra turned his head back to her suddenly after looking aside for a few moments.'' ''Enraged, Terra bit his lips and glared at Esther like a beast after shouting at her like crazy. Those sharp expressions in Terra's eyes were like pointy hooks and would even possibly scoop out Esther's eyes in any minute.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Terra_Novel.jpgTerra: What happened?
 * Terra: You said that Abel Nightroad was with them?
 * Esther: Yes, Father Terra. He was with Arzonia.
 * Terra: (think) * If one day I knew she would become our enemy, I should have left her to die instead of sending her to that trashy Cyborg Factory of the KnightWalker Family for "repair"! *
 * Episode_12_(Stay_Here).pngTerra: You saw Abel Nightroad... Did you take him down, Esther?
 * Abel: (in flashback) I know you are grateful for his timely rescue, but let us be realistic, Esther. Do what you should do. Michael is not that Michael you knew before... Maybe, he never is. I can move on but you cannot! That's why we are different!
 * Esther: No, I didn't. I can't do this to my best friend.
 * Terra: Ignorant!
 * Terra: Why're you trying to persuade him back? He should be executed for treason!

''Esther could hardly believing her ears with Terra's words. Since she was under the effect of Firenza Blood, Esther could hardly feigned her feelings. Her feelings towards Abel was realistic as well.'' ''Terra then crossed his arms and frowned his own eyebrows. He then bit his lips.'' Hearing Terra's words, Esther was even more apalled when she heard the death of Mary Spencer being referred as "sacrifice", as if Terra already knew Mary Spencer was going to get killed and it would be served as some sort of an act out of necessarily evil.
 * Act.41MarySpencer.jpgEsther: Treason?
 * Terra: I thought you were going to be smarter and more matured when you saw through Carl Robinson's true nature via feeling his blood's power, but unfortunately there's still nothing in you being progressed. Alas, your sister just sacrificed for nothing! Her sacrifice! I mean it! SACRIFICE!!! 

That made Esther very confused. ''Terra then scoffed. Esther started to shiver with fear in front of this hideous man as he snarled at her.'' ''​Terra's words shocked Esther. She never knew that Michael used her sister as a bait to lure Carl into his trap set out before his capture, but Terra didn't finish it. He simply added more salt on Esther's wound by his harsh explanations.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Esther: Sacrifice? What do you mean? Did you planned... her death?
 * Terra: You really think Carl Robinson killed Mary Spencer simply because she was under that blade's manipulation? No, Carl wanted to have her killed for a long, long time, but with multiple reasons. His Holiness used your sister as a bait to lure Carl into the trap we set up for so long, and Carl was betrayed by her, and he started to distrust her.
 * 49875808_p0.jpgTerra: After we captured him, Mother Superior, Celestia Ludenberg alongside that Fiamma of the Right broke his sanity by revealing that his former comrades... except Matt Butcher... had turned against him for personal gain, but if his blood is like normal human's blood, he won't distrust so many people even if he was utterly betrayed. Then, I assume his distrust turned into a state of fury when he found her attempting to kill Matt Butcher, breaking Arzonia Family's rules, while his inner evil deep within his veins urged him to break the line. Such a man with wicked blood inside him should be a public nuisance!

''Hearing Terra's confession, Esther was so shocked that she immediately stumbled back on the ground. She could hardly believe her ears. Terra then grabbed her wrist and narrowed his eyes. Now, Esther realized that both Carl and herself were just tools used by Michael and his minions, only trying to break Russian Orthodox Church from inside. Now, the consequences were obviously devastating.'' ''Esther was shocked that she was going to be imprisoned again. She tried to resist, but Terra was much stronger than her despite not as tall as Acqua of the Back. Esther could not get rid of Terra, and she could only let herself being dragged by Terra.'' ''Esther screamed in horror as she was dragged by Terra away from the alley, all the way towards a secret tunnel that led to the underground jailhouse beneath St. Peter's Ballisca built recently. Terra ignored her pledge of terror.'' ''As Terra continued his ruthless berating, Esther suddenly bursted into tears and her eyes became hollowed and vacant. Her mind was going to break.''
 * Terra: It's apparent that Arzonia is too merciful to chain you in her jail for just three days. I'll put you in our jail for half a month! I'll see if you can make up your mind.
 * Terra: By the way, His Holiness also sent you to Ukraine in order to kill Abel Nightroad, although he didn't tell you so. I thought you could understand. Now, Cardinal Borgia is about to send assassin to him tomorrow! His Holiness will understand the reason I put you in jail!
 * Esther: Wait, wait a second!
 * Terra: Can't you understand that if you never released Mary Spencer from that jail, Carl Robinson would never kill her? When you released her, she was doomed. That boy with such an evil blood will tear her apart as he began his rampage like an angry lion! Therefore, it's not Carl's fault in Lady Spencer's death, nor mine, nor His Holiness' or Mother Superior's fault. GUESS WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE BLAME?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Esther: I am... '

''Standing in front of a cell door, Terra let out an evil grin and pushed the door open. He pushed Esther into the cell room, and he quickly started to cuff her wrists and her ankles. Esther did not react. She only looked at the front with dismay.'' ''Esther's tears started to stream down her cheeks. However, Terra was not a emphatic listener. He interrupted her rudely and instantly.'' Terra then stood up and looked at Esther, who was crawling on the ground like a scared animal.
 * Terra: Heh-heh, at least you're clever in this point.
 * Esther: That makes no sense.
 * Terra: That makes perfect sense! It is all your fault to be so ignorant! Admit it! It is your own fault to make your sister killed! It is all your fault to make you fall into such a situation! Carl Robinson does not deserve to be loved. Abel Nightroad does not deserve to be a friend. Neither a traitor or a Devil's Child deserve you to pity them!

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Terra: I hope this imprisonment will teach you more than your last one. '

Terra then ruthlessly walked away, leaving Esther looking at him in dismay. Esther then lowed down her head and started to cry.
 * Esther: No, please...

''Walking into the room, Lord Vaclav thought about the man who left the Church in order to pursuit alchemy when he heard the news. He had snuck into the office of Melancholia, which he found thanks to his co-worker in the AX.'' However, Vaclav suddenly shook his head and got himself out of his thinking. ''Vaclav then ignored the radio news and went towards the desk of Melancholia. He searched shelf after shelf, drawers after drawers. When he noticed the drawer on the left side, Vaclav opened it and felt something was strange at its bottom, right after he heard a strange noice.'' ''Vaclav pulled the entire drawer out from the desk, but instead of looking its interior, he turned it upside down and looked at its bottom. He found that there were two layers of wooden frame pieced together like a door, but there were no handle or keyhole on it, which is pretty unusual for a door.''
 * 19957769_p0_master1200.jpgReporter: (radio) [Recently, there were some eye-witnesses who saw someome that resembled the physical appearance of the notorious alchemist named Aureolus Izzard, who kept appearing during the debacle happened in the city of Kiev, Ukraine, which was claimed to be an actions to put down terrorist attack according to Pope Michael Langdon himself. The City of Vatican is yet to response with the presence of Aureolus...]
 * Vaclav: (think) * That man... Izzard... Why did he appeared in the current place where the Russian Orthodox Church... *
 * Vaclav: (think) * No, I can't distract myself. *
 * 12526.jpgVaclav: (think) * This is it. *

''Vaclav thought for a moment, before he made a try. He pushed the frame and slided it, but then it revealed a large card on it. He took the card out and saw what it was written on it.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> Golden Dawn 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Access Number 

<p style="text-align:center;"> CODE 2210 

''This would be the very same card that Maria later used in accessing into Cardinal Borgia's secret base. Vaclav was surprised to see there was a "Golden Dawn" written on it, but then he saw Melancholia appeared not far away in the corridor, taking to Shinya.''

''Immediately alerted, Vaclav put the card inside his pocket, placed the drawer back into the desk and pushed the chair back as if nothing seemed to be moved at all, or so he thought. However, as Vaclav was trying to leave via the other side of the corridor, he spotted Cain Nightroad passing by. There was nowhere for him to get out of such a situation.''



''Vaclav then sighed. He quickly went back into the room of Melancholia. If he could not escape, he decided to face her immediately. As soon as Melancholia reached her room, she took a look at her desk.'' Melancholia turned her head to Vaclav and narrowed her gaze as the man in front of her walked slowly to her. ''Melancholia narrowed her gaze. She was still unconvinced, and she narrowed her eyes in anger while looking at Lord Vaclav in their unexpected confrontation.'' ​Vaclav walked a step further to her.
 * Vaclav: Mother Superior!
 * Melancholia: Lord Vaclav Havel, what's the meaning of this? Who let you in here?
 * Vaclav: Aureolus Izzard is alive and possibly went into Eastern Europe just today. He paid me a visit some days ago. He knows Bishop Biagio Busoni's disappearance has something to do with Langdon Orphans.
 * Vaclav: I'm tired of being kept in the dark. I want a seat at the table.
 * Melancholia: How ambitious.
 * Vaclav: You asked me to be in the Department of Neo Inquisition. Now, I've done everything you asked. I think I've proved my commitment. I want to know what's going on. I want to know what your future plans entails.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: And if you don't like what you hear? '

''Melancholia narrowed her gaze and looked at the face of Vaclav, with her expressions seemed to become a needle that firmly pricked into his heart. Vaclav, however, showed no fear at all.'' ''Melancholia sighed. She then turned her head towards the world map on it. The map was a detail to the nations and regions currently controlled by the KnightWalker Family and all of its allies, which all combined into the KnightWalker Alliance.'' ''Hearing Melancholia talking about humanity's apathy as well as her further plan, Lord Vaclav became more and more nervous. It was not because he feared that Melancholia would discover that he had stole something from her. Instead, he was horrified by Melancholia's intention of forcing people, so he wanted to know how.'' Melancholia looked at him with a grim smile.
 * Vaclav: Try me.
 * Joan.Alter.full.2226867.jpgMelancholia: Do you know, Lord Vaclav? When I lost my family, nobody was here to help me. Now, I saw tragedies happening across this world, but people rather believes in lies of some lying politicians and chose to ignore the tragedy. Many parts of the world now falls under this tragedy, and that was what happened in Aldegyr Kingdom during its prime, which it deserves its fate of being destroyed. The point is, this pathetic world is sick. Crime and violence are so common that humans have become numb to it. To heal this world, there are many steps we need to follow in order to drown such apathy of humanity, making it disappeared. First and the foremost, we have to force people to take notice . 
 * Vaclav: Force people how?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: By showing everyone in this world their darkest selves. '

''Melancholia's words puts chill in Lord Vaclav's spine. Looking away from the map after scanning it for about five seconds, Melancholia then laid her eyes again on Vaclav.'' ''Vaclav nodded and turned back. Under the plain sight of Melancholia, Vaclav left the office and went towards the teleportation rooms. He then used a phone to contact a friend of his.'' In a voice of whisper, Vaclav then spoke out his greatest fear.
 * Melancholia: I'll consider your request. Now, leave my office at once.
 * Tres: [This is Tres. Please leave a message.]
 * Vaclav: (whisper) * I'm coming to the rebel's base, Tres. I know what's Melancholia going to use in her further plan. I know how she's gonna pass her judgement. Tell Maria that we need to be careful. *

''Esther could not speak more. She then grabbed a saw from the ground, continuing to break the chain on the cuff which chained her. Minutes ago, she used that saw to break free.'' ''Esther was tormented. She never knew that Abel had betrayed Michael Langdon, but even so, she was torn in the idea of killing him.''
 * Esther.Blanchett.full.204954.jpgEsther: I can't just...

What was more, Esther never thought about that Michael intentionally made her into the Catholic Rebels only for two purposes; kill Abel Nightroad and fueled her hatred towards Carl Robinson after seeing his despaired personality, indirectly causing her sister's death, which Terra even noted it was a sacrifice.

''However, Esther could not care about more than that. All she wanted to do was get out of here as soon as possible even if it might meant treachery. She thought at least Michael could understand her reason of caring Abel even after he left them, and...'' ''Michael's voice suddenly appeared from outside, making Esther quite confused. Hearing Michael's voice, Esther immediately stop her attempt of breaking free. She then hid the saw behind her. Michael was certainly angry to someone.'' ''Esther leaned on the wall and frowned her brows, as she could not understand who Michael was referred to, and she did not know what the "Stone of Wisdom" actually is. However, she then heard another voice which made her even more frightened.''
 * Michael: She's unbelievable.
 * Michael: She has the nerve to call * me * a liar, while she supports all those lies that the Stone of Wisdom is a protector of her town! Believe me, that's just an accursed stone which could turn people into monsters under their human skin after granting them what they wished for.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Nio: Don't worry, Your Holiness. One day, they'll all pay. Sumireko has betrayed us as well, but I promise I'll find a way to make her pay. '

''It was Nio Hashiri, who was surprisingly staying beside Michael. There could be a reason that Nio was with Michael while other younger girl of Langdon Orphans were still inside Melancholia's Underwater Base. Esther was frozen in fear. She was scared of Nio ever since the beginning.'' Esther still carefully listened to what Nio said, and she heard Nio's words. ''Esther listened to Nio's words and was confused. However, before she could think about it, the cell door opened. Michael and Nio went into the room, whereas Esther was hiding her saw behind her.'' ''Michael glared at Esther's cuff and found it was damaged, but was not cut. Michael then let out an evil smile.'' ''Esther was sweating nervously. She never saw such an expression on Michael's face before. The wicked grin on Nio's face make things even worse.'' ''When Michael spoke "them", he was clearly referred Cardinal Sforza, Abel Nightroad, Tres Iqus and others who had turned against him despite being his former minions. Esther was now scared to her soul.'' With a mischievous grin, Nio crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes in a casual manner. ''Before Nio could finish, Michael immediately glared at her. Nio immediately shut her own mouth and waved her hand casually to Michael.'' Michael then turned to Esther and narrowed his eyes when he laid his eyes on Esther's face. ''Hearing Michael's words, Esther then looked at Michael in a face of surprise. She thought he would come to punish her for her mercy towards Abel.'' Michael then turned back and look at Esther in a strict look, a look from a strict teacher looking at his student being punished for right reasons.
 * Michael: What about Esther? You mean we don't need to punish her or Abel?
 * Nio: No, we don't, because I have special arrangement on them. The situation will gets more interesting.
 * Michael: Esther...
 * Michael: It's my fault to make you inside the cell with a saw inside of it.
 * Michael: So you... and "them" are the same kind of creature, right? You tried to abandon me as well, like my grandmother?
 * Esther: No, no, I'm not the same with them! I was just feeling that I can't kill Abel, not even harm him...
 * Nio: Yeah, Esther, but being so merciful will make yourself so much like those cowards, being soft and weak. A noble thoughts of yours, but I'm afraid it's messing everything up.
 * Michael: Anyway, I have other arrangement on you, Esther. If you really can't let Abel go, then I can find a way to make him rejoin us, even if it's against his will, so that you can be together. You'll take him back to Vatican, even if you force him to do so.
 * Michael: Nio, uncuff her.

''Michael then left the room. Nio reached Esther and started to uncuff her. When Michael went into the room he bit his lips and thought about Antonio Borgia.''
 * Michael: It's all your fault. You can only mend it by yourself.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Michael: (think) * Curse that Cardinal Borgia... I know he won't send anyone to take Abel back into Vatican for execution, but since I still need him around, I'll spare him. Fine, I'll send Esther to make Abel to Vatican or Madrid, anywhere under our control, so that Melancholia would execute him in front of Esther. Everything is happening according to my plan. '

''Chuckling wickedly like a psychopath, Michael then walked away and disappeared at the end of the parlor. Neither Nio nor Esther heard his chuckles.'' Meanwhile, inside Esther's cell, Nio uncuffed Esther and sharpened her eyes. ''Esther only looked at Nio with confusion, but Nio had extended her hand to Esther. Esther looked at Nio, before she put her own hand in Nio's hand. Nio then helped Esther to get up from the ground with a smile on her face.''
 * Nio: You need to thank me, Esther. It was me who persuaded His Holiness to change his mind. Terra of the Left had no objection towards my idea of releasing you.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Nio: Time to go, Esther. '

''Meanwhile, inside the Department of Inquisition, Brother Petros Orsini was pacing anxiously inside the room, as he started to fall into thoughts. He knew that keeping the spy identity of Lord Vaclav would compromise the future plans of the Pope, but he could not betray his best friends as well.''

''Just then, the door opened. A female inquisitor walked into the office with a calm face. It was Sister Paula. Behind her, there was Duo Iqus who was a Cyborg like Tres Iqus, but serving the Inquisitors instead of the AX. They both went swiftly into the office of Brother Petros Orsini.''

Petros looked at the two visitors and was confused. Sister Paula stood in front of Brother Petros and bowed to him. ''Petros then lowered his head and sighed. For many years, he admired Cardinal Sforza for being a truly selfless and dependable person, and he was surprised to find out that Cardinal Sforza really gave herself in. He then sighed and shook his head.  Sister Paula shook her head in confusion.'' ''Petros then nodded with a sigh before he laid his eyes on Duo. He suddenly noticed that Duo was rather nervous. It was obvious that he brought bad news.'' Petros was shocked and immediately went towards Duo with surprise. Petros then slammed his fist on his table, as he started to get more and more enraged. ''However, Sister Paula shook her head. She immediately went towards Brother Petros and Duo before she spoke to them in a serious face.''
 * Petros: What can I do for you?
 * Sister Paula: Cardinal Sforza followed our advice, and she gave herself in so that she will not be a burden to Arzonia. Mother Superior wanted us to escort her to London.
 * D5ea41046cb2cc83918023246c8fe165.jpgPetros: Why did Mother Superior wanted Cardinal Sforza to be escorted to England?
 * Paula: I'm as confused as you are.
 * Petros: Then, make sure she is safe.
 * Petros: What is it?
 * Duo: Brother Petros, the safe in Cardinal Francesco di Medici's office was opened by someone else, and one of the vials of Firenza Blood inside it went missing .
 * Petros: Missing? How could it be?
 * Duo: I saw it with my own eyes. Misusing two vials that was given to Cardinal Borgia, there are supposed to be six vials of Firenza Blood in our possession, but now there's just five. I failed to seek out the person, and I failed to understand why they stole just one, not all.
 * Petros: Impossible, only His Holiness and Mother Superior have the password of that safe, but if they wanted to use the blood, they won't keep it away from us.



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Paula: No, Nio Hashri has the password, too. ''

''Esther was walking out of the prison cell in the face of confusion, while crossing through the tunnel with several torches beside her. Leading Esther's way, Nio Hashiri was walking towards the stairs. There was a vial of Firenza Blood inside her pocket. Now, it had turned black.'' ''Esther frowned her eyebrows and looked straight at Nio, before she took a careful look at Nio's pocket. She then saw a vial inside her pocket.''
 * Esther: Where are you taking me, Nio?
 * Nio: Esther, since you're still caring about Abel Nightroad, and I cannot kill him in His Holiness' sake, I know a way to win him back to you.
 * Esther: You want to inject more Firenza Blood into me? There are seven vials of ten left, and you stole one of them?! Don't tell me that you're about to...

''There was originally ten vials of Firenza Blood left in Melancholia's possession, one was used in a henchman, one was used into Esther and Cardinal Borgia as Melancholia once intended, one was used by Cardinal Borgia to drive his prisoner into insanity, and thus there was still seven vials left unused. However, since the fourth one was given to Maria by Cardinal Borgia (unknown to Michael, Melancholia and their minions), there were now actually six in the Catholic Church's possession, including the one Nio was holding.'' ''Nio's words made Esther utterly confused, and she quickly narrowed her eyes and bit her lips. Esther stopped walking and immediately yelled at Nio in rage.'' ''Nio then let out a wicked chuckle and stopped her pace. Turning back at Esther, Nio let out a malicious grin.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ''Nio chuckled bitterly and shrugged her shoulders. Esther was scared by her pointy teeth and sadistic personality. Nio then walked towards Esther with a menacing grin.'' ''Nio then closed her eyes in satisfaction as she looked at Esther with a smile. Esther still tried to control her rage with the little sanity left in her mind.'' Nio then swayed her index finger in a childish manner. ''Esther, however, immediately turned back in anger. Despite her eyes was still shining red and having black veins around it, Esther was trying to control the blood's effect inside her.'' ''However, Esther soon felt her back was clenched by someone. She turned back, and she saw Nio looking at her with malice. Nio narrowed her eyes and her fingernails were like crushing themselves into Esther's flesh.''
 * Nio: I never intended to trust Antonio Borgia, and thus I followed him to his lab and found him giving another vial to Arzonia and her friends, including that traitor Sumireko who abandoned us. Therefore, there're actually six vials in our hands, but I won't use just one that is holding in my grasp.
 * Esther: What do you mean?!
 * Nio: You still cared about Abel Nightroad, right? I can make him to get back to you, and to us, Esther. I didn't tell Mother Superior about the vial that was given to Arzonia Family and their so-called Catholic Rebels, because I have my own plan on it that would not compromise our plan .
 * Esther: You mean you want to use that vial in Arzonia Family to do your own plan?
 * Nio: Ha, bingo! Yes, I have set a brainwashed Sister Lidvia Lorenzetti free, but she will target Abel Nightroad as well as that vial in Arzonia's possession. She'll find him whenever he went. Then, I will force Abel to take that vial of blood and succubb to his dark side, so that you could be together, but at first you need to be injected with more blood to embrace your true self, a girl thrist for love and caring from another lost soul so much like you. I guess both Abel and Father will be satisfied to see you embracing yourself.
 * Esther: You're all deceiving me. Mother Superior, Pope Michael, you, Terra of the Left, and Cardinal Borgia, you all treated enemies and allies like tools, and I'm one of those tools, right? I would rebel myself against His Holiness, but at least he saved me after my mother committed suicide.
 * Nio: Therefore, we need your devotion, Esther. If you can't let Abel go, then you'll let him in, make him back to us, and all of the anger in His Holiness' mind will be disappeared.
 * Esther: You're going to lose, Nio... if you never lost before. You can't produce a miracle. Let Abel be who he wants to be, and I will wish him to be happy.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Nio: You said I can't produce a miracle?

Nio then chuckled wickedly in malice, much to Esther's horror.

<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Nio: What if I can? ''

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

''Esther was surprised by Nio's words, and looked at Nio in curiosity. Nio then cryptically smiled and turned back, going on her walk.'' ''Nio then led Esther towards another room. Esther was so curious that she immediately followed Nio's own pace, and she walked all the way towards the room Nio stopped. The room was not like a room of cell, and it had no number on its door.'' ''Nio's smile never faded. She pushed her key in the keyhole.'' ''Nio then rolled the key steadily inside the keyhole. Then, the door opened after Nio pushed it, slowly opened. Esther followed Nio into the room and was surprised to know that it was actually an office.''
 * Nio: Please follow me. There's someone I need to show you.
 * Esther: What is this place?
 * Nio: Heh-heh-heh... You'll know.

''What was even more surprising was that there was a girl who sat on a chair at the corner. Esther was so shocked when she saw that girl, but that girl merely let out an evil grin...''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Celestia: How was my funeral? ''

''Sitting inside her chair, Melancholia looked at someone in front of her, speaking with a calm and polite tone. The person she was conversed was none other than Fiamma of the Right, who was tied on a chair.'' ''Fiamma looked at Melancholia with fury inside his eyes, but he did not interrupted her. He allowed her to continue.'' Melancholia paused before she revealed the name with her face turned furious. ''Fiamma heard the name Vaclav Havel and shook in fury. He was in a bitter rivalry with Vaclav. Once he heard Vaclav had turned against the Catholic Church, Fiamma trembled in rage as Melancholia continued her words.''
 * Joan.Alter.full.1972511.jpgMelancholia: I want to apologize for my and Terra's curt behavior earlier. It was a mistake to put you inactive for such a long time.
 * Melancholia: We both want the same thing for the Catholic Church and the world; judgement.
 * Melancholia: However, I have just discovered someone I thought was loyal has been deceiving me from the start.
 * Melancholia: Lord Vaclav Havel has now threatens to undo what we both seek.
 * 29294665_p9_master1200.jpgMelancholia: Fiamma, I need you to kill him before he can do that. The Star of Bethelehem will be put into functioning right now, and you shall be the commander of our next phase of our holy war!

''Trembling harder, Fiamma soon stood up from his chair, broke from from the ropes that tied him. His body was soon surrounded with tangerine aura that illuminated him. A huge red claw started to surface behind him.''

''At this point, since he was out of his status of inactive, all of the grudges inside Fiamma suddenly disappeared without any warning at all. All he wanted was to punish traitors like Sforza and anyone who allied with the Catholic Rebels as well as its instigators, members from La Nueva Familia de Arzonia, with his own hands.'' Fiamma shook his body in rage and menacingly narrowed his eyes, finally accepting the offer of Melancholia. With a menacing and satisfied grin, Melancholia nodded her head with sheer satisfaction as he enjoyed Fiamma displaying his dark nature.
 * Fiamma: Vaclav Havel is a traitor...
 * Fiamma: ... and I will be the one who will pleases God with his head in front of the alter!
 * Melancholia: Hmm...

Act 1 - Barnes & Frankenstein
<p style="text-align:center;"> Spain  <p style="text-align:center;"> Catalonia 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Barcelona 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Streets 

With so many questions inside his own head, Patriarch Krans R. Tsarskiy, the Russian Patariarch who was believed to be dead, now covered himself inside a cloak as he slowly walked into an alley, right behind another tall blond man with armor.
 * Leon.(Fire.Emblem).full.2030322.jpgKrans: What do you mean? I can't tell Maria Arzonia that the blood within Carl is a kind of demonic material when I met her again? How did the Witch Cult found me, anyway?

It was 5 hours since the young patriarch was saved by that mysterious man with the helmet. The companion of Krans, who was wearing in an armor immediately showed his finger and hushed to Krans, as they leaned into an alley.
 * ???: Hush.

''There were two inquisitors leading a march of Papal Knight brigade passing the alley. The armored man looked at the guards as they passed by them, without noticing neither of the two people.'' ''The blond man sighed as he looked at the night sky. Krans was bitterly looked at him and narrowed his eyes.'' ''Hearing Patriarch calling his full name in anger, Yuri Barnes then turned back and narrowed his gaze, facing Krans in a serious manner. The man named Yuri Barnes met Patariarch Krans moments after he made a pact with the Witch Cult for help.''
 * Demon_invasion_by_aon616-d7cclfr.jpg???: That was close.
 * Krans: Now, answer my question. I don't want to make us get into such a fight since we should be allies... Mr. Yuri Barnes.

''As Yuri was walking in the streets looking for something, he knocked into Krans, who walked out from the Witch Cult's hideout in disguise, right after Gaius Phoenix went back to tell Katya about Maria's message. As soon as he heard Maria went to face Melancholia, Krans ran out of the house almost immediately, and that's when and how he met Yuri.'' With a sad face, ​Krans then went on following Yuri into the deeper place of the alley, making sure that they won't be discovered if there was another group of Papal Knights arrived and heard what they were discussing about. ''Enraged, ​Krans clenched his fists. His finger nailed into his hand so hard that his hand began to bleed. Some bluish liquid tained his glove. Krans then looked down on his hand, and suddenly, he widened his gaze.''
 * Yuri: * sigh * Your Holiness, I just don't get it. Why do you try so hard trying to involve yourself into such a whirlpool? Those demons that were connected to Carl's blood has the power beyond your own imagination, and not even Michael Langdon can compare to it. Melancholia shall burn herself when she tried to negotiate with those demons...
 * Yuri: As for Carl, the black demonic material that was inside Carl's blood has no cure. You can't save him, but you and Arzonia can save yourself. Therefore, think about Arzonia and Matt Butcher. You really want them to be involved into a greater danger while being chased by the Catholic Church all around the world? 

''All of a sudden, Krans remembered that during the battle three days ago, Carl somehow became weaker and regained his sense for a while when in touch of his blue blood. Krans lit up his eyes and realized that things could go better.'' ​However, before Krans could finish, Yuri raised his hand and interrupted his words. Krans narrowed his gaze harder, as Yuri raised his hand and summon a portal. ''Krans sighed in dismay. He was so curious about those mysteries inside his head and it almost made him out of his mind. His own blue blood, which somehow had effects on Carl's rampage, as well as its possible cause - the Elemental Armatization - as well as its origin story, all combined together and formed an enormous question mark on Krans' head. Besides, Krans had no idea who this man was, other than Yuri's introdution on himself.''
 * Krans: But my blue blood...
 * Yuri: I don't know about your blood, but I can assure you that it can only weaken its effects, but it cannot reverse it or nullify it. You should be lucky that Carl was not fully transformed into demonic, as I assume he has such a nerve of steel... but I doubt if it can hold him for too long.
 * Yuri: There's no time to explain this. We need to hurry ourselves. Michael Langdon and all of those Inquisitors under his service made this place into a state of total curfew, and we can't stay here for too long.



When Krans first met him in the streets, Yuri claimed to be a sorcerer who was hunting for all sort of evil in the world and once was connected to the Witch Cult, but that was only things Yuri could tell Krans.

However, as Yuri said, it was neither the time nor the place to ask more about this for now. Yuri walked one step towards the portal, but Krans immediately went forward and grabbed Yuri's own wrist in desperation. ''Yuri turned back to face Krans, stopping himself from entering the portal completely. Krans closed his eyes and sighed in sadness.'' ''Yuri looked at Krans, who was very persistent on the problems of Carl. Yuri did not know what to say about this and closed his eyes.'' ''Holding a large magic book in his hand, Yuri then turned back to the portals and closed his eyes. Krans deduced that the High Priestess was '' ''Krans widened his gaze as Yuri spoke the above words. Yuri's words made him delighted as he saw some hope in making Carl be freed from Michael and Melancholia's manipulation.'' Yuri answered with a cryptic smile.
 * Krans: Where are we heading to?
 * Yuri: Your Holiness...
 * Krans: If you can't find a way to cure Carl, then I'll find it myself, and I solemnly swear that I shall not tell Arzonia or her friends about this so-called Blackness that was inside Carl's blood... However, Mr. Barnes, at least you need to help Carl and free him from Melancholia's own control.
 * Yuri: I can't understand why the High Priestess would be persuaded by you and deal with Melancholia & Michael together alongside Catholic Rebels.
 * Yuri: Fine, I'll join your cause, but I'm highly uncertain. However, our first priority was to rescue Maria Arzonia from Melancholia. I'll take you to someone we can rely on.
 * Krans: That means you'll help us in freeing Carl from those manipulations?
 * Yuri: Sort of.
 * Krans: Who would you take me to?

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Yuri: The man in helmet.

''In confusion, Krans immediately narrowed his gaze as he tilt his head a little bit towards the left. Krans then remembered that a man who wore helmet not only saved him, but also sent him to the Witch Cult.''
 * 3217266-fm-d.pngKrans: The man in helmet?

The man also sent the Witch Cult an information about a possible alliance Melancholia made with the mysterious demon army the Witch Cult fought against. Yuri then sighed and went into the portal. Right after Yuri went into the portal, Krans then carefully went into the portal as well, while he start putting his hand on his chin as a large drop of sweat on his head began to fall.
 * Krans: You mean that man who saved me and sent me to Katya?
 * Leon.(Fire.Emblem).full.2228322.jpgYuri: The information he sent was gather by me. With those informations, he was supposed to make Katya be careful to Melancholia, not to make her fight that woman, but you persuaded Katya to join your cause... Now, I have to make another plan to join this cause, so that we'll end Melancholia's evil reign as soon as possible.
 * Yuri: Anyway, this boat is made, after all, but from this day on, Melancholia shall make the Witch Cult on her enemy list. Now, let's go.
 * Krans: So I messed it all up? Oh, but I have no choice...

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile

<p style="text-align:center;"> Beneath Barcelona

<p style="text-align:center;"> A secret building

Inside a large dark room underground beneath some city that was classified, two men in service of the New Arzonia Family, dressed up like noble gentlemen, stood in front of a woman, talking to her politely.
 * Arzonia 1: Ms. Frankenstein, are you sure you about this?

The woman had a tall and slender figure, with long black hair and ivory skin, but there were faint scar on her face as if her face was once a shattered cloth but later sewed by needles and threads.



''The woman was Eva Frankenstein, formerly adressed as the Bride of Frankenstein. After the previous encounter with the Black Army, the Bride went into Europe and acted as Catholic Rebels' agents alongside her comrade in arms and best friend, Adam Frankenstein, right before renaming herself as Eva in order to blend herself into human society.''

After Mary Spencer's funeral, Eva and Adam were currently in service of Diamante Army in secret, and thus all her informations would ended up at the hands of Magilou.



For now, she and the two Arzonia Family assistants were discussing about some problems of the porridge given to the hungry refugees who chose to shelter themselves within their secret base. Eva smiled cryptically and interrupted the man in a polite tone. ''Looking at the confused face of two men in front of her, Eva shook her head and her smile disappeared instantly. She then closed her eyes and remembered the poor people on streets, beggars and vagrants, all became homeless as a result of the World War III.''
 * Arzonia 2: I know you were concerned about those who pretended to be refugees and only tried to get something to eat, but putting some sand into the bowl ...
 * Eva: Sorry, but I need to state that we only put a little sand into the meal. Only too much sand shall ruin it. 

Standing near a large pot with plain white porriage, Eva then looked at the closed door not far away, and she closed her eyes, knowing there were people with bowls and spoon, lining up outside.
 * 0b55b31ee9eb2333c4b7459465a130ccfc1e178a821526.jpg: I have a hard feeling about this as well, but after all these weeks we saw while fighting against the KnightWalker Alliance, I saw many hungry people picking garbages and ate them anyway . That's when I know the concept of extreme hunger. The really hungry people will not mind the quality of food or drinks, and they will consume them anyway as if they are edible and tasty... At least, that's enough for them to stay alive.
 * Eva: Now, we need to find out the people who really need help outside this kitchen. Who are geniuely refugees, and who are pretenders? It all needs to add a bit of sand and some dry rice hull so that we can find out. After all, it's all human nature.

While speaking, Eva grabbed some sand and dry rice hull into the porriage, mixing them together with porriage.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Eva: Let them in. '

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10 minute later 

''10 minute after allowing people to get in, as it was expected by Eva, there were people disatisfied. As Eva was preparing a bowl of porriage for a skinny old lady who was hungry for days, a man immediately threw his bowl of porridge on the ground before he immediately went to Eva, and he started lashing out at the Bride of Frankenstein all of a sudden.'' ''Eva merely looked at the man with a calm face. The two Arzonia advisors, however, were utterly freaked out by the man's angry mood.'' The man was enraged and immediately paced closer to Eva in a rude manner. ''The man's words was so rude and loud that everyone beside him began to feel fear and started to get away from him. Those people tasted the porridge as well, but none of them made any complaints of its bad qualities. Eva then took a look at the spilled bowl of porridge.''
 * [[File:MV5BZmNiMmY5MmEtMmEyNy00MzFhLWE0NjEtYzJmZDliMDczNDM1L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU4ODM5Nw@@._V1_.jpg|thumb|340px]]Eva: Here you are, madam. I hope you don't mind it if it's--
 * Old lady: That's okay, Ms. Frankenstein. Thank you.
 * Man: Blah! You trick me, Ms. Frankenstein! You put sand and grain hulls into this porridge, and this rice tastes raw!
 * Eva: Sorry, but many of the supplies of good grains lies under the corrupt official and Mafusa Gang remnants. You want good rice? Why the hell you won't get here for yourself?
 * Man: I dare you say it again! I demand another bowl of porridge for me! My last bowl of porridge is not edible!

However, Eva immediately narrowed her gaze when she saw two sallow and skinny beggars were licking the floor beside the spilled bowl, trying to eat the rest of the rice and drink the water on flood like animals desperate for food and drinks. ''Laying her eyes back on the man's face, Eva's face twisted in anger and narrowed her eyes. The man who spilled the porrige immediately turned back and saw the two beggars desperately trying to eat the porridge, regardless of dust and sand on the floor. However, that man did not show any compassions at all. He immediately went to kick the beggars in their head.'' ​''Hearing this, the two Arzonia Family advisors immediately leaped from their position as if they were stung by a scorpion. Their reaction was justified, since Eva standing at the middle of them had her face darkened. She was trembling intensely as she threw her ladle into the porridge.'' The man heard Eva's threatening words and then he turned to look at her, but then he reacted in horror as Eva started to change her appearance.
 * Eva: If you think it's not edible, why do they treasure it so much?
 * Man: HOW DARE YOU! YOU EAT THOSE RUBBISH? LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ONLY YOU TWO CAN DO! YOU'RE BEHAVING LIKE WORTHLESS UNDERDOGS!
 * Eva: What did you... call them?

''All of a sudden, her hair turned shorter and became dark pink, and her eyes turned red as a result. Her face became gloomy, and a large and spiky golden horn started to form on her forehead.'' ''As Eva was speaking, her teeth were revealed to the terrified man. They were sharp fangs like those of wolves. She immediately grabbed the neck of the man, who was whining and abusing other poor people ten seconds before. Now, that man was cowering in front of her in terror.'' ''Eva immediately threw the man to a wall beside her, and before he could slam the wall, she lifted her hand and pointed at the direction. Then, a blue portal appeared on the wall. The man flied straight into the portal and then disappeared immediately. The portal did not disappeared, though.''
 * Eva: You call these poor souls... underdogs? Do you know just how sick I am when I heard someone use such a vulgar word on those who should be helped?
 * Eva: The really hungry people shall never ever complain about the meal's quality like you did! You're just an imposter, trying to get something from me to eat! I tell you this, you terrible liar. This place has no place for such imposters like you! Leave!

''Eva then pointed at the portal in a serious face. She was showing her monster form in front of many people, but she did not try anything to help them.'' ''Before Eva could finish, several people were so terrified that they immediately slammed the bowls on the ground, leaving immediately. However, this drew more beggars and vagrants going into frenzy in feasting on those spilled porridge.''
 * 65806575_p1_master1200.jpgEva: Those who don't want to have the dinner today, those who impersonate hungry people only trying to get something to eat, now immediately turn to the right and get out through that portal, back on the street where you should belong, ere our arrows fly!

''The two Arzonia advisors looked at those vagrants in a surprised expression, but Eva looked at them and sighed sadly. She was not shocked by such a scene at all. She made a finger snap, and then her magic spell erased some parts of the memory in all of those people who were got rid of the chamber, so that they could never remember their experience in this chamber.'' ''Eva took a look at those who stayed. They calmed down already after seeing Eva had no intentions to lash out at them. After all, they were too hungry that they never mind about the quality of porridge at all. Eva was correct. The really hungry people will never mind the quality of meal, though she proved it in a rather extreme way.'' Just as Eva was lamenting about the dark side of humanity, her mind wandered into several times when she saw some ungrateful people on the streets, ever since she arrived in this world.
 * 65406960_p0_master1200.jpgEva: What some people wasted might also be what other people desired. Now, I know which group of people deserve help after all. Those who does not want to stay... I've erase their memory. I don't want them to spill this chamber's location to Papal Knights on the street, period.
 * Eva: I'm sorry to do this, but I have no choice but being a ruthless person in order to help those who really need help... After all, as far as I know, not all humans are honest.

At first, Eva was like Adam when he was firstly created, like a piece of pure white paper with no personality or her own experiences, and she once believed many people would always be grateful if she helped them out of some dreadful circumstances.



''Some people she helped were indeed grateful, and Eva later made them a shelter inside this old underground place. However she was disgusted by some others who never show any gratitude and even tried to be a crook. Some even attacked her due to her scary appearance...''

In an angry face, Eva thought about many crooks and ungrateful people she saw throuhout this month, and then she clenched her teeth.
 * Eva: (think) * It was like when you helped someone who fell on the ground to get up, before they framed that  you  were the one who pushed them and demanded you to mend this with money... Ugh... *

During her worldwide trip, Eva was disgusted by some dreadful people who tried to use the war and its consequences as their chance to gain money as well. ​"..............." ''All of a sudden, Eva was approached by one of the Arzonia Advisors beside her. For now, the brief debarcle was settled and everyone calmed themselves down. The beggars licked all of the spilled rice on the floor and sat in the corner, looking at the ground in a sad face.''
 * Eva: (think) * If I didn't saw those Catholic Rebels who fought bravely alongside us and demanded no rewards from us, I would believe that all humans are evil bastards... Now, seeing those people, so hungry that they even behaved like animals in order to survive in this cruel era... I feel so tormented. However, there are still corrupt riches who feeds themselves with the spirits of labors and never satisfied. Those people will play Prince John while I play Robin Hood. I hope we can really do something to those poors, so that no one on Earth will be so... sad. *
 * 54732405_p0_master1200.jpgArzonia 1: Ms. Frankenstein, according to our guards, Yuri Barnes is here. He took Patriarch Krans here unscathed.

''Hearing this, Eva took a compassionate glance to the poors in the corner, and she sighed. The pot was already empty, and those who impersonated hungry people were driven out. However, it was uncertain if she could find grains and food next day.'' Stop thinking about her sad situation, Eva then turned to her advisor again. ''Eva sighed and started to walked out of the kitchen, following the advisor's footstep. She narrowed her gaze and walked steadily like a normal woman we meet on street every day.''
 * Eva: Where's Yuri?
 * Arzonia 1: He's in the hall outside.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Eva: Finally, he's back... '

<p style="text-align:center;"> 5 minutes later  <p style="text-align:center;"> Vagrant Army's Hall  <p style="text-align:center;"> 10 meters away from the kitchen


 * Eva: My name is Eva. Eva Kalinoth Frankenstein, also known as the Bride of Frankenstein. In addition, I'm not really a human, but an artificial homunculus. Sorry, Your Holiness. You seems weary. This place is very humble, and I hope you don't mind it.

''With a smile, Eva looked at the young Patriarch sitting in front of him while holding a cup of hot water in her hand. Krans smiled back at her as well.'' ''With a sigh coming from her pale lips, Eva lowed her own glance and looked at her own reflection in her cup. She then put the cup back on the table.'' ​Eva then shook her head in sadness and sorrow. ''Eva closed her eyes and then thought about the days she stayed in Spain. Krans, however, was quite amazed as he heard Eva wanted to Maria a new Queen of Spain.'' ''Hearing Krans' question, Eva opened her eyes in a face of emotionless expression. She seemed very calm with Krans' reaction. Yuri just listened to Eva's words, as he did not seem too surprised by her own words.''
 * Krans: That's fine. You're one of those people Maria brought to me when we were attacked by those demons... So, since you were related to that man who saved me, Ms. Frankenstein, how did you find Yuri Barnes and the Witch Cult anyway?
 * Eva: It's a long story... After our last battle near Chernobyl, I and Adam went to Spain, one of the major places where Michael Langdon took control. According to Acqua of the Left, Spain is Maria's own country, and its current ruler is Esther Blanchett, who recently gone missing.
 * 64809353_p0_master1200.jpgEva: The country now falls under complete control of Melancholia, with the help of her inquisitors, despite she never officially coronate herself as the new Queen of Spain. This country is now brought into utter mess, and we started to gather enough helpers to get Michael's minions out of this country, making Maria Arzonia the new Queen of Spain . We'll make a newer and better base for Arzonia Family, like a fallen leaf from a tree, merging into the ground beneath it and absorbed by its root, waiting for the next flourishing spring.
 * Krans: You mean it?
 * Eva: This is only a plan, since I'm not sure if Maria herself will accept it. After all, Esther Blanchett is a puppet of Michael and would do anything for Michael. She cannot make this country back to life. This country needs a new Queen who can make this country get out of the KnightWalker Alliance as much as possible, and the Catholic Rebels will be the best royal family during the war, despite they're not really royalty.

''​Eva then opened a map that showed many countries and regions covered in blue. The blue parts all mark those countries that stand on the side of Stabilization Union, which Eva believed was standing against the KnightWalker Family's side and thus the side of "true justice".  Eva then took a look at Yuri Barnes, and she rolled the map back and closed it.'' Listening to this, all of a sudden, ​Krans remembered that the information given to Katya by that mysterious man in helmet, concerning about Carl's blood status and the possible league between Melancholia and that mysterious demon king that the Witch Cult had already mentioned to him.
 * Eva: As now both Fiore Kingdom and Aldegyr Kingdom fell into ruins, as the Mainland China is suffering from all sort of attack, now our situation goes sour. We need better allies to stand against Eckidina KnightWalker and her minions & allies. Besides, as far as I know, the Catholic Rebels faces a great peril and needs a more stablized place to stay for now. Believe me, Patriarch. Ukraine is no longer safe, as it's now on Melancholia's radar. She can attack it in any time, with any ways, in order to bring us down... slowly and painfully. However, if we get to her base on land, we can give her a fatal attack. Now, me and Adam were planning on an uprising with those who fed up with the current Pope's corrupt rule. As for how I met Mr. Barnes and the Witch Cult...
 * Eva: It was all because of a coincidence, as we knocked into Barnes in the street of Portugal as he arrived at the Iberian Peninsula to investigate Melancholia. He suspected that she was in league with a mysterious demon forces they controlled, and he already had some vital informations.
 * Eva: When Yuri came to help us from the surrounding of a group of demonic ghouls, he introduced himself as a magicial formerly working for the Witch Cult.

''Due to his impulse, Krans almost spoke out "Astaroth King" all of a sudden, but he then held his tongue in time. He promised to Katya to keep the existence of the Black Cult, as well as the Witch Cult's alliance with Ratatoskr, its current location, the truth behind Carl's blood - among many others - as top secrets.''

''Spilling them out might compromise the future, quote Yuri Barnes when he first met Krans on the street. ''
 * Krans: How did you know about the Witch Cult and its existence?

Then, after making his next question, Krans silently listened to Eva continuing her story in a peaceful tone. ''Eva then leaned forward and started to whisper to Krans... Krans' exprssion became confused, before it turned into a surprised face. Then, the face of Krans went pale due to sheer horror.''
 * 64433941_p0_master1200.jpgEva: I studied about the Witch Cult with the current manuscript in my stores, thus I know roughly about their story. Coincidentally, some members in the Witch Cult were in Barcelona as well, and then I realized that it was not mere coincidence when Yuri handed us that vital information. Then, we knocked into such a surprising situation... 

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Krans: WHAT? CELESTIA LUDENBERG IS STILL ALIVE!? '

''Krans was so horrified that he immediately yelled. However, fortunately, there were no other people in the room aside from Krans, Yuri and Eva. It was their secret meeting and strictly prohibited any other people to present or overhear their talk.'' '"..................!!?"
 * Krans: But she died... Mary Spencer killed her.
 * Eva: That dead Celestia is a doppelganger created by Melancholia using an unknown method. That fake Celestia is also the one who join Terra and Shinya's attempt to burn a school bus in Warshaw. The person who attacked the Russian Resistance HQ is also that fake! If I never saw the real Celestia, who is in the Iberian Peninsula all along, if I never overheard her call to Melancholia, I guess I'll never believe it as well.

''​Krans heard Eva speaking all of this and was very confused. He thought about Celestia being killed by Mary Spencer. That murder did not seemed to be faked at all.'' ''​Eva's expression darkened once more as she leaned forward once again with a dark death glare. Krans got more and more nervous as Eva started to speak all of this in front of him.'' ".........."
 * Krans: But why did Mary Spencer kill that doppelganger?
 * Eva: She never know that Celestia was a doppelganger. That was set up by Melancholia all along. It turns out that Melancholia wants the bloodlust of Spencer - caused due to that ominous knife - to be witnessed by Matt and Magilou, and then Spencer will attack Matt and Magilou... prompting Carl to kill her in retaliation.
 * Eva: In fact, from what I've overheard, Spencer was once used as the person who drew Carl into a trap, and then this gave Carl a reason to hate Spencer. In a way, what Carl Robinson has become is already in that Michael Langdon's calculation.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Eva: By the way, did you creamte that doppelganger? '

''A sudden feeling of strain suddenly came from Krans' throat. He was so horrified that he almost fell from his chair all of a sudden.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ''Like a ferocious beast, Eva immediately slammed the table in rage, much to Yuri and Krans' shock. Eva seemed very upset by Krans' words.'' ''With her whole body shaking violently, Eva trembled harshly and her face was even paler that before. She stood up all of a sudden, Eva rushed to a telephone beside her and dialed a number, making a call.'' ''Such action made Krans confused, but he immediately had terrible feelings judging by Eva's actions and facial expressions. Then, he saw Eva slammed the telephone to hung it up.''
 * Krans: No, I put her inside the morgue.
 * Eva: BLAST!
 * Eva: You did not cremate it? So that corpse still lies well in your morgue? Even after FOUR DAYS!?
 * Eva: Fortunately, I kept Russian Resistance HQ's phone number! I hope it's not too late if I tell them about the doppelganger's corpse right now!
 * Eva: What's this? I failed to make a call. All I heard was Michael Langdon's audio message, full of his own dreadful words that filled with faked sadness, telling Esther that Carl and Abel are liars...

​Flashbacks
<p style="text-align:center;"> Scene from LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - Deeper Terror

''Although not standing on the side either AX or Neo Inquisition, Antonio Borgia was still a sophisticated man who could follow any order both quickly and accurately as long as there was no unexpected interference. After listening to Michael's hypocritical orders without any ill will, Borgia then hung up the phone after speaking in a tone of satisfaction. He then blinked with a smile.''

''However, Michael did not hung up his phone. He then dialed another number... to Esther's telephone.'' ''Michael bit his lips and sighed, thinking about Esther who he thought was so similar to him, being a broken yet stubborn soul. With a sigh, Michael had came to realize that someone being stubborn inside delusions could only have themselves killed, after so many years of his own struggling.'' ''Michael's eyes started to be filled with tears. He shook his hand when he tried to create an emotional facade. After three seconds of silence, Michael immediately spoke his own message to Esther without any hesitation, knowing it might be heard by the members of Catholic Rebels.'' ''Michael did not fear that. In fact, ''' he preferred them to hear what he said so that he could make them into just another trap he set. '
 * Esther: [This is Esther. I am not here yet. Please leave a message.]
 * Michael: Esther...



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Michael: Esther, my poor dear child... you have suffered so much. Feel free to come back to me if you feel deceived there... At least Maria Arzonia and Matt Butcher cared for you, but now they shunned you as well. I was sorry for the loss, and I will find a way to mend it... However, one thing is clear. ''

<p style="text-align:center;">'' "......" ''

<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Michael: Carl Robinson and Abel Nightroad are both dangerous liars. ''

''Afterwards, Michael hung up the telephone, wiped his tears... and had a cruel smile on his face.''
 * Micheal: I know one day she would be of use to me. After this step of our plan...

<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Michael: I will take back Firenza Junior and allow that treacherous vampire to pay. ''

Nowadays
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yuri and Krans immediately stood up when they heard the words coming from the infuriated Bride of Frankenstein, much to their horror. ''​A chilling feelings started to cling on Yuri and Krans' spines. They realized that knew too little of what their greatest enemy was capable of. No one would ever believe that even making a call can have some sort of capability to block the communication...'' Before Eva could set out, Krans immediately went closer to her and blocked her way. ''Behaved rudely, Eva looked at Krans in full anger and lashed out at him. Krans then found out that Eva was like Maria. They both had violent temper caused by suffering and/or seeing the dark side of humanity and was traumatized, but at least Maria had some sense in controling it.'' In a rapid speed, Eva then turned her head away from the Patriarch all of a sudden.
 * Yuri: You mean Michael blocked the whole Russian Resistance HQ's communication between outside world and their base, only with his audio message to Esther?
 * Eva: It certainly appears so, and it might worked out after a certain period of time. For now, I need to get back to Russian Resistance HQ right now...
 * Eva: What are you doing?
 * Krans: The Witch Cult members will do the work if Russian Resistance HQ is compromised by that doppelganger's... corpse, though it sounds strange.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Eva: If you like it, dead people can walk on this planet once more... '



Then, after taking a deep breath, Eva started to cool herself down from her feisty temper. ''​Eva then sat back on her seat and seemed much more relent than seconds before. She then looked at Krans after keeping five seconds of silence.'' Krans heard this and immediately put his hand into his pocket, and he immediately picked up the Elemental Seal he used to turn himself an elemental being. ''Yuri widened his eyes in curiousity and looked at the emerald seal, while Eva showed some interest as well. She leaned closer and narrowed her gaze with a serious expression, looking at the crest as if she's a serious, strict and duty-driven archeologist like Dr. Zahi Hawass.'' Krans sat back on his seat as well before putting his crest back into his pocket.
 * Eva: Fine, I hope they can manage it. I was so surprised that Melancholia was planning such a massive set of plots in order to take us down, and the blood of Firenza Junior could possibly only be one of them. Who knows what she's got in her store.
 * Eva: Patriarch Krans, the reason that we, particularly that man in helmet, save you is that we discovered some power inside your blood as well, possibly influenced by your elemental artifact, which somehow weakened Carl's blood. I guess we can use your blood as some sort of ingredient to make cures.
 * Krans: You mean this one?
 * Eva: Yes, it is. It is said that you performed formidable power using this seal, but it costed your own stamina as well, causing you being unable to handle Carl's berserk attack. How did you find it?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Krans: I didn't find it, actually. This is one of my late mother's two legacies. '

''Eva heard this and immediately expressed some surprised expression on her face. She closed her eyes and sighed, confusing Krans.'' ''Eva then silently opened her eyes. Her eyes had different color, one was orange, and one was blue. Inside the dark and gloomy room, they were like shining amber and sapphire that lumininate the mood.''
 * Krans: What is it, Eva?
 * Eva: I once met someone this kind of power at the day I was born... or being created. The difference is that * she * always carries this kind of power related to elemental air. This crest might have some relations to her.
 * Krans: She? What is her name?



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Eva: Her name is Aerisi Kalinoth, my beloved mother. '

(- Narrator: For more information of Eva's creation, please check the episode of LOTM: Crossover - The Corbin Files - Chapitre Cinq, the episode which the destroyed Bride of Frankenstein was brought back to the life by Aerisi.) ''Just as Krans was thinking and Eva was telling him all those informations patiently, the door opened, and heavy footstep followed with noises like metals that slammed the floor. Krans, Yuri and Eva stopped their discussion and all laid eyes at the door.'' ''Hearing this, Krans immediately stood up and walked to the calvary with silver armor, with a smile full of gratitude. He extended his hand to the man with helmet and shook his hand.'' ''The man with the helmet spoke in a deep and dark tone, but he was polite and calm. Even so, anyone could be scared by his menacing figure. He was a towering man, nearly eight feet tall, and carried a large sword that anyone could feel impressed by his vigor.'' ''The man then slowly removed his helmet and revealed his face. Patriarch widened his eyes in surprise, but he was not scared by the person's appearance. He was just surprised since they met before, and then his face turned into a smile.''
 * Eva: However, that's another day. I don't know anything about the mysterious power inside your own blood, or its blue color, or its relation of the artifact that your mother gave you, but I can assure you that if we need to stop such a madness of Melancholia, the cure may lies within your veins.
 * Yuri: Oh, well, finally, your savior arrived, Your Holiness.
 * ???: Glad to see you well, Your Holiness.
 * Krans: Thanks for saving my life, this Mister...
 * Krans: Oh, it's you... old friend.

''Anyone would be shocked by the man's scarry face and stayed back to him, but due to Krans' nature, he would never be bother by anything with physical deformity. Besides, the man's sallow and scarry face cannot nullfy the gratitude inside Krans. Without this man, he would have died.''



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Adam Frankenstein: Just call me Adam. '

​Krans answered with a smile. Adam Frankenstein, the most important partner of Eva Frankenstein, as well as a homunculus created by the late Dr. Frakenstein's experiment under the manipulation of Eckidina KnightWalker, was now following a mission with Eva in Western Europe, and they wasn't being seen by Russian Resistance for almost two months ever since their departure.
 * Saber.(Fate.Prototype).full.2079128.jpgKrans: Nice to meet you, Adam.

Smiled back, Adam looked at the Patriarch for one second before he started to speak in a serious tone. ''Eva immediately stood up from her chair in horror. Krans narrowed her gaze and bit his lips.''
 * Adam: For the further story, we can talk about it for another day. Now, I'm here to tell you guys that we need to head for Switzerland. I just found out via my secret agents that Maria Arzonia is inside Switzerland, and she was trapped inside a secret building where a bomb of Firenza Blood was located, while she was guarded by Shinya Banba.
 * Krans: Where're Matt and others?
 * Adam: It's apparent that Arzonia made them return temporarily to transport some important stuff back to Ukraine, but they're heading towards the place as well. I can send them a message to tell them about that location. Besides, what is worse...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Adam: I suspect that Shinya Banba is just another doppelganger, since my secret agent said that he sensed artifical scent on her. '

Krans did not know about the "artificla scent" Adam was on about, but judging from Eva's expression of horror, Krans deduced that things were going into a horrible whirlpool. ''Krans narrowed his gaze and immediately stood up as Adam started to speak about the location. Krans put a blue hood on his head and walked towards the door, with Yuri, Eva and Adam accompanied him. Adam put on his helmet once more as he left the room.''
 * Eva: No way! We need to get there as soon as possible! Arzonia never knows about the stuff of Celestia's and Shinya's doppelgangers, or their effects as soon as they were killed. Where's that place?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Krans: Now, let's go! '

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> England 

<p style="text-align:center;"> London 

<p style="text-align:center;"> St. George's Cathedral



''While some people were dying, some people were living in their own fantasy. Archbishop Laura Stuart had came to realize this a long time ago.''

''It was a bright day in St. George's Cathedral. Several weeks had been past since the civil war that the treacherous second princess Carissa had triggered came to an end.'' Laura stood beside her most trusted minion, Styil Magnus, who returned back to England ever since his mission in Ukraine was over.
 * Laura: Bright day, huh, Magnus?
 * Laura: It has been some time since Matt went to help that Robinson boy. He hasn't return yet.

Holding a large umbrella, Laura turned back to look at Styil in a confused face. ''Her second in command, Stiyl, was still smoking cigarettes as he usually does. He calmly stared at Laura in a stone face.'' Archbishop Laura immediately looked aside in a face filled with distrust.
 * Laura: Is that possible he met some kind of misfortune? Princess Villian did not wrote back to me, either. This hardly make any sense.
 * Img_12.jpgStyil: With all due respect, Archbishop, I guess we need to update our news. I just heard that the Russian Orthodox Church was attacked by the forces of Melancholia. The Patriarch went missing, Carl & Esther Blanchett were captured by Terra of the Left, and Maria Arzonia was struggling to hold the whole situation in case it starts to crack and crumble.
 * Laura: Maria Arzonia? I cannot understand why Matt and Carl trust her so much. She almost take down Acqua of the Back under the order of Eckidina KnightWalker, but I never expect that she is still alive. She should be send to the noose.

''Laura then closed her umbrella and went into the church in front of her. Stiyl was following her into the church. The church's hall was filled with sunlight. It was so sacred that anyone who entered shall be stunned in awe, having no attempt to make fun.'' Stiyl was confused by Laura's words. Much to Stiyl's surprise and chagrin, ​Laura's serious appearance suddenly changed and she started to giggle like a child.
 * Laura: However, I know it is not the time we talk about this, Styil. Since there is need to unite together, we can throw away that personal stuff. However, I guess Maria has a reason to lose.
 * 6118539.jpegStiyl: Huh?
 * Stiyl: What makes her lose?
 * Laura: Fuhehe, she needs to think further and less conventional, like me. Ever since I become the leader of this Church of England, I know how to gather the mass to do my biddings.

​Stiyl blinked his eyes and did not respond, allowing Laura to continue. ''After that, Laura immediately made a funny face and mischevous gesture like a child who won a million worth of lottery rewards. Stiyl, however, was not that happy to hear that.'' ​Stiyl showed Laura a large pile of papers, which made her jaws dropped in shock.
 * Laura: As you know, there are certain spies for me inside the underworld who shall give me massive informations. Maria should use this as an advantage since as far as I know, she is the daughter of a weapon dealer working for the Mafusa Gang! Can't she use this as an advantage? Now, problems solved and case closed. High one!
 * Stiyl: Well, due respect, I don't think it could work out. Putting the distrust of mine aside, Maria Arzonia is not that type of person.
 * Laura: Why is that?
 * 514531-the_hooded_man.jpg: According to our investigation after her presumed death, Maria is conceived from, uh, outside of formal matrimony, and her mother is, well, not someone you'll call a high standard. What is more, considering what kind of monsters her brothers are, I don't think she would connect herself to underworld despite all those potential chances.

''Laura's fantasy cracked apart. Her smile frozen and she stood there like a rock. She then started to bit her nails, trying to control her own temper.'' ''For a while, Laura felt she was like being lifted above the clouds, but Stiyl's words had made her fall into some deepest pit in human's own imagination. Even so, she calmed herself down and then started to think it over.'' ​".................." ''Despite still maintaing his calm attitude, Stiyl Magnus was worried and it caused an awkward silence before he broke it with a deadpan face. He realized that what the archbishop would do if situation went sour. Rumors has it that there was a man in Godom Empire who hardly ever show his true face in the public. He only wore a hood and hid himself inside a mask.'' Holding a sheet of paper in her hand, Laura only looked at her table, where a laptop was on it. ''Laura then looked at the paper, with a long list of vital information from underworld written on it. She then took a look at her laptop, waiting for some e-mail from her agents.'' ''​Laura's face did not change her facial expression, and Stiyl maintained calm as well. However, Stiyl had became more and more worried and concerned.'' ​Laura still had a face like a child, in contrast to her normal emotionless poker face. Stiyl narrowed his eyes in a serious look. "......"
 * Laura: Fine, fine, fine... Then, I think I need to find a way to contact that mysterious hooded man if things goes wrong.
 * Stiyl: Hooded man? Don't tell me that is the guy who stole the Grand Grimoire...
 * Bf9YP31CUAIF9Hh.jpg: No, definitely not, it was the hooded figure in Godom Empire.
 * Stiyl: Is there a difference?
 * Emperor_Tathagata_Killer1234567.pngStiyl: It is apparent that people nowadays like to wear hoods to hide their identities. Anyway, sorry to say so, but there will be consequences if we don't make up our mind properly. That man seems to be someone dearly trusted by the current emperor of Godom Empire. Emperor Tathagata Killer is no saint, as you know.
 * Laura: I'll calculate that risk dearly. Besides, no one said I'm gonna use this kind of tendency on Melancholia. I need to treasure my connections I've been build for many years.
 * Laura: Even so... there is still something that worried me. I guess that Carl Robinson shall face quite a torment when that Michael Langdon captured him... yet again. I shall show my own sympathy towards Arzonia for two seconds... I mean, two centuries.
 * A59db9fc6f57cf4ce40a1b4f45e10299.jpegStiyl: Archbishop, I guess since Matt Butcher had lost Carl and failed his mission, I think it was the time for him to get back to England as soon as possible. Working with a frailed and leaderless Russian Orthodox Church has its risks.
 * Laura: No, I guess we need to keep him like this state. After all, he is not a traitor of the Church of England. I trust his honesty.
 * Stiyl: I see, and I hope he will cause no trouble to us. For now, it is still unclear if we can trust that man from Godom Empire. Remember, he is from a country that joined the KnightWalker Alliance.
 * 4453.jpegLaura: You see? If you can't trust that hodded man because of this, why can't you trust Maria Arzonia who is on our side?

''Struck in speechlessness, Stiyl then sighed as he thought about the mysterious hooded figure from Godom Empire. He met this man before, but he could not know what was under that hood and that mask. However, Stiyl quickly change the direction of their conversation since he found it hard to continue.'' ''Even after a month since the assassination of former Pope Matthai Reese, the Church of England was still trying to figure out about the thief of the Grand Grimoire. Since many of them never believed Matt's own theory, they could never realize that this very thief was now sitting on the Holy Seat right inside the City of Vatican itself.'' ''Laura stopped acting weird and fell into thoughts. She narrowed her eyes and let out a sigh.'' With his face still acting emotionless, Stiyl then put his cigarette away from his own mouth. ''Laura closed her laptop and stood up. All of a sudden, when she stood up from her chair, her face turned back to her normal indifferent face.'' Laura then looked at the window in the church, which was decorated in chormatic glass. Seeing the theory which he was trying to disprove had been proved, Stiyl narrowed his eyes in surprise. Laura blinked at him and stared at him with sheer calmness, right before she let out a confident smile on her face.
 * Shadow-man_(1).jpgStiyl: At least, I heard Chinatsu was revoked from her duty since the battle within Aldegyr Kingdom, and it was apparent that Godom Empire would not have any big move for now. However, we must understand that there are still dark currents of whirlpool right beneath the seemly truce. However, there are still one thing that concerned me... which is that mysterious man who stole the Grand Grimoire. If he is not Terra of the Left, then who is he?
 * Laura: Hmm...
 * Laura: The only thing that can figure it out is to find out that who owns the Grand Grimoire. Even so, whoever keeps it is keeping it well in secrecy. I tried several ways to track the book down, but nothing ever worked.
 * Stiyl: Then, what do you expect me to do?
 * Laura: Someone should tell Her Majesty and the Prime Minister to start an investigation to the whereabouts of the Grand Grimoire.
 * Laura: I guess Matt is right about the thief of Grand Grimoire. Right after the missing of the Grand Grimoire, the Ultimate Despair members had caused troubles in Rome. Soon after that, Michael Langdon had ran for the Pope... If we deduce it backwards, everything shall make sense.
 * Stiyl: You mean Michael Langdon orchastrated all those events including the former Pope's assassination and the theft of the Grand Grimoire?
 * Laura: What would you think?

Maria's Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 days ago 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Ukraine 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Kirv 

<p style="text-align:center;"> New Russian Resistance HQ 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Russian Orthodox Church Library 

''Sitting inside the library, Maria was reading a large book in front of her while sitting in front of her desk, doing note. Sweats were filling her forehead and her lips was pale as a piece of paper. So far, she's the only reader in this library, but there was another person inside the library, looking for her.'' ''After arriving in the library looking for the current new leader of Catholic Rebels and the New Arzonia Family, Duchess Astharoshe Asran was standing beside Maria for ten minutes, as she looked at this young lady working so hard taking some notes from the books she read. Maria was so concentrated that she hardly noticed Duchess Asran was beside her.'' ''Asran frowned her eyebrows as she sighed, looking at the book beside Maria. The books was full of all sort of magic artifacts as well as demonic curses, and Maria was looking for a way to find out the curse of Carl. However, so far, what she found was not enough in her mind. Maria immediately closed the book in fraustration. She then covered her face with her gloved hand...'' Interrupting Asran as if she never heard anything, Maria then stood up from her chair, leaving her notebook being opened. Duchess Asran took a glance at Maria's notebook, and she saw several sections such as " Seal of Sins ", " Wind Armatus ", " Elemental Armatization ", " Vykos ", and she wide opened her gaze.
 * Asran: Oh, Arzonia...
 * 87439.jpgMaria: At least, at the very least, this library is spared from our previous battle, preventing ourselves from losing a chance - a chance to look for a way to strike back as soon as we recover .
 * TOB.full.2044615.jpg: Maria, I was thinking if we can go out and have some meal? I have something important to tell you. I know a nice restaurant nearby called--
 * Maria: There's something wrong with Carl... and I MUST find out why... and I have so much question in my mind, not only Carl.
 * Asran: Maria, the New USSR had took away most of the books the Orthodox Church possessed... These are only books about curses we have in this library.
 * Asran: (think) * Hmm? The Seal of Sins? The Wind Armatus? Those are connected to Patriarch Krans' powers, but what is this " Vykos "? *

In fact, Maria believed that those were connected the magical power of Patriarch Krans Romа́n Tsarskiy, as he somehow possessed with two powerful artifacts.

''Maria then put her hand on her desk, trying to cool herself down from her rage. She then looked up to Duchess Asran with a pair of teary eyes.'' Maria then slipped herself back on her chair like a tired snake falling from the desk, looking at the ceiling with a sigh. ''Maria could not continue anymore. She immediately stumbled up and went all the way to Duchess Asran, hugging her and starting to cry like a child. Duchess Asran sensed Maria's sorrow.''
 * Maria: Oh, I've working so hard studying Carl's situation, but there are only vague description on these books... Oh, I wonder if there are some other books in Moscow, but considering that's King Hamdo's territory, we can't risk ourselves...
 * Astharoshe_Asran,_anime_normal_Trinity_Blood_11-022.jpgMaria: Now there's too many questions remains unanswered. Patriarch Krans just possessed some kind of elemental power in our previous battle, becoming some kind of devine being like me, albeit possessing wind magic instead of fire magic. I need to figure it as well since it might... be our chance to fight back! What should I do? What should I...

''After the previous loss, Maria's emotions and mental state became more and more unstable, as she turned more and more emotional to the point of being easily fraustrated and later bursted into tears. Her refinement, calmness, maturity and grace began to shatter. Asran then hugged Maria tighter and began to comfort her.'' ''Hearing this, Maria took a deep breath as she began to calm herself down from her own self-scolding emotions. She then started to wipe tears away from her eyes though she was still sobbing, and Asran looked at her seperated themselves, as Maria took a look at the note.'' ''Maria then closed the notebook and put her into a bag beside her. She then turned to face Asran once again, as the latter looked at her and sighed.'' Asran then took a paper note from her pocket and gave it to Maria, who was observing it silently with curiousity. ''Maria narrowed her gaze and viewed the letter again and again with great care. She then put the letter on the table once again.'' Asran crossed her arms and narrowed her own gaze in a serious face. Maria looked aside and sighed, interrupting what Asran was about to say.
 * Asran: Don't cry... Don't cry... I know how you feel, but crying won't solve anything, Maria.
 * Maria: I'm sorry, Lady Asran. I didn't mean it to lash out at you.
 * 2012072023155367.jpgAsran: That's okay. By the way, Maria, I guess you need to take a look at this stuff. It was send by Lord Vaclav Havel.
 * Maria: That spy of ours inside Melancholia's faction?
 * Asran: Lord Vaclav said that there was some kind of handcuffs crafted from some unearthly material to restrain Guide Spirits' and Magician's power. Those handcuffs are all produced by Langdon Orphans and the workers they hired. Vaclav said that he never found out who exactly produced those materials, but he said they some Orphans mentioned a man named "Marlos". I belive this man could be connected to such a project.
 * Maria: It's apparent that Michael has even more connections that not even some of the most intellegent people on our planet ever know about this... After all, he has the Grand Grimoire, and he can travel across time and dimentions to find connections. What do you propose?
 * Asran: I propose a false surrender, but of course after we clean up all Carl's messes. This plan needs you to falsefully give yourself in, so that you can inflitrate Melancholia's own facility and seek out her plan. Since you're now a Spirit Guide, Melancholia WILL use that kind of handcuff to cuff you, but don't worry. We'll make you a new pair of boots with special high heels, and those heels shall be the key to uncuff anything as it can shape-shift...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: Anyway, you want me to get that cuff with the information, right? '

Asran then leaned forward and whispered to Maria about her further plans. ''Maria, however, sharpened her eyes and glared at Asran in menace. Asran immediately stopped speaking and tried to maintain her calmness.'' ''Asran, however, shook her head and sighed. Asran didn't get angry with Maria, since Maria did have a point that she won't go into enemy territory alone.'' ''Maria then sighed and put the hand in her pocket. She picked out a golden locket that was multi-layered in its interior, filling with photos. It was left by Maria's own mother, who gave it to Maria before she died.''
 * ToB_Teresa_Artwork2i.pngAsran: Exactly.
 * Asran: What draws my attention is the material and the production method of this handcuff, which can somehow restrain magic manas. I guess if we do further research on the cuff, we may know how to defeat Melancholia and even Michael, twisting the table. It only needs you to say yes.
 * Maria: You want me to get to Melancholia alone? I don't think this is such a bright idea, since I cannot leave Matt and Magilou and many others, facing the disavantage alone. Sorry for my impolite expession, but that really makes me like a reckless and simple-minded idiot.
 * Astharoshe_Asran,_normal_Trinity_Blood_11-066.jpgAsran: I understand how you felt, but this is perhaps one of the only chances to twist the table... No, maybe even that "one of the" is absent. You cannot take anyone to any of Melancholia's facility. This can only cause them to be alerted, and then it'll compromised all of us. If one day, this kind of chance came, we can at least take one of their cuffs... so that we can let them hoist by their own petard. This plan needs you alone to win. Everything now depends on you.

''Opening the locket, Maria observed layer after layer, looking at all those photos of all those people she cared about inside, first her own mother, then Vento of the Front, and then Matt, and then Magilou, then Mikan Tsumiki, and then Noelle Bor... and finally... Carl Robinson.''

''Maria then let out a sad smile, before her face turned serious once more. She closed her locket and held it firmly into her clenched fist.'' Maria then stood up from her desk, walking pass the gloomy candlelight.
 * Maria: You're right, Lady Asran. I need to do this. I don't know if I can become Houdini, but for all my friends, I have to meet her alone... even it means a brief interaction.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Maria: Please show me those boots.

Nowadays
<p style="text-align:center;"> Switzerland 

<p style="text-align:center;"> La Chaux-de-Fonds 

<p style="text-align:center;"> A secret building 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Near International Museum of Horology 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 100 meters away from the museum 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10 minutes to the disaster 



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: (think) * So this is the chance... * '

''Looking at her own new pair of boots, which was paired with special heels, Maria then looked at the clock. She looked at "Shinya Banba" standing beside her with some confusion.''

''As it was earlier revealed by Eva, this Shinya was a doppelganger. However, Maria was unawared of this even if she suspected so.''

''That "Shinya" was crossing her arm and grinned wickedly, but somehow Maria sensed no light inside her pupils. She was just behaving like a simple puppet acting according to a specific program or order.'' Hearing this, Maria looked at "Shinya" as she sharpened her eyes, looking at those pupils of "Shinya" that had no light at all. All of a sudden, "Shinya" immediately interrupted her when she suddenly leaped towards her. ''Maria then stepped back a little bit, not because she was scared of those threats, but she sensed the scent of decadence from "Shinya"'s mouth as if she was a rotten zombie. She couldn't help herself from making a sacarstic comment.''
 * "Shinya": What happened, Arzonia? Never mind. You don't have to answer me.
 * 789679.jpgMaria: Are you really Shinya? 'Cause I found something wrong with your eyes...
 * "Shinya": You shut up.
 * 1419901978186.jpgMaria: Did you brush your teeth today?

"..................."

Sometimes, the scariest thing in the world is that the air itself turned silent suddenly.

''It's noteworthy that Maria is a rather sensitive person, just like her eldest brother, and she is also an extremely tidy Mysophobia - a person feared of gems, dusts and also filth. Thus, she's quite annoyed with the putrid smells and felt confused.''

However, she did not waste any chance on this.
 * Maria: (think) * Here's my chance to uncuff myself. *

''Holding her feelings of disgust, Maria narrowed her gaze as she lifted her right crus, trying to make her heel reach the keyhole of her cuff while speaking some annoying words to draw the full attention of "Shinya", pretending to be a brat urging her parents to buy everything she wanted. She was using all sort of stuffs that she used to test Matt in order to buy herself time.'' ''As Maria was speaking, her heel suddenly shifted its shape into a shape of key. She lifted it as high as possible and tried hard to push the "key" into her handcuff's keyhole. "Shinya" never noticed this as she narrowed her gaze and berated Maria harshly.'' ''A scary scene suddenly happened. Shinya's face suddenly turned into a more horrid one with nothing but pure disfigurement. Her eyes turned hollowed and her mouth wide opened, before a large red word "HIDDEN" appeared in front of Maria's eyes. Maria was startled by such a vision at first, but then she calmed herself down when the vision disappeared all of a sudden, leaving Shinya's face normal.''
 * Maria: I suggest that you should buy a mint or maybe strawberry bubblegum and chew it. Being a Cyborg, your breath is truly smelly. Has Melancholia ever know that?
 * "Shinya": I told you to shut up!

''Maria took a glance at the clock and bit her lips. The time was running, and there were many people downstairs, all would become Melancholia's innoncent guinea pigs.'' Maria then rolled her eyes as the key itself started to reach further into the keyhole, but "Shinya" suddenly raised her blade and wiped it in front of Maria's eyes. ''Pretending to be scared, Maria immediately bent herself backward, with her back pointed on the ground and her face was facing directly at the ceiling... as well as the face of "Shinya". Maria suddenly saw Shinya's face that was turning putrid and greyish, and her face began to crack down.''
 * Maria: Ooh, sorry, I'm not feeling well today... Maybe I suddenly bloated? It looks like I ate too much creamy cake recently... I need to burn my fat. Don't you think so?
 * "Shinya": Don't try my patience!

''Maria narrowed her gaze and started to twist her arm to make the handcuffs twist itself in 180 degrees, as she was unable to twist her own foot. Maria then heard a snapping voice inside the keyhole, indicating that the lock was opened...'' "Shinya" tried to slash Maria as soon as she got impatient, but at the same time, Maria unlocked the handcuff.
 * Maria: As long as the key itself never breaks.
 * "Shinya": What are you talking about!?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: THIS!!! '

''As soon as the handcuff dropped on the ground, Maria immediately raised her leg and kicked the chin of "Shinya" with the tip of her toes. She didn't relent to waste more time. She then leaped towards the air with her wings summoned, kicking into Shinya's face before she summoned a blade made of golden light from her hand and impaled the chest of "Shinya" at once.''

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: You're not Shinya! Melancholia would be a idiot if she uses her most trusted Cyborg as merely a reserve for some guarding need! '

The blade impaled the doppelganger's chest as Maria let out her yell, and then as her face started to twist into an inhumane face that Maria saw in her illusion, Maria pulled the blade out of Shinya immediately before picking up that pair of handcuffs, putting it into her pocket.

Maria could still feel its effects, but now they were much less effective to her, since now she wasn't cuffed any longer.
 * Maria: The bomb...

Knowing she had no time to waste, Maria rose back to her full height and went towards the door of the hall immediately.

''However, as soon as Maria reached the door, that door immediately opened and an old man wearing golden cassock and had short blond hair appeared. Maria didn't see him clearly. She only wanted to stop the bomb as soon as possible.'' ''There was still 5 minutes left. Maria immediately raised her blade and turned into a staff, hitting the old man's head and beated him down.''
 * Maria: OUT OF MY WAY!!!

''Maria then saw his face clearly as he fell down with blood on his head. It was Bishop Biagio Busoni, the bishop who went missing ever since that debarcle on Roman Charity Fair.'' Distracted due to her sudden shock, Maria turned to take a look at the body of Bishop Biagio, but she then immediately returned to her senses and tried to rush towards the bomb at the hall. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Maria: What?
 * Maria: (think) * I'll check on this bishop as soon as I got this bomb problem solved, as soon as---!! *

''Before Maria could finish her thinking, she suddenly felt someone was grabbing her ankle and dragged her back into the hall. Maria lost her balance and dropped back on the ground.'' ''Maria immediately struggled by kicking the creature that grabbed her ankle and stood up. She was so shocked to see that it was Shinya's doppelganger. Not only it was not dead, but also it transformed into a pale humanoid creature with hollowed eye sockets and enormous mouth.''
 * Maria: Oh, what the--!!

''Meanwhile, the body of "Bishop Busoni" rose as well, revealing his true monstrous form as such. That "Biagio Busoni" is just another doppelganger.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Maria: Is that what HIDDEN under their current appearance?!

''Maria was shocked by the two monsters, but she had no time to waste. Instead, she immediately rushed to the hall. However, tentacles started to breach out from the two doppelgangers' wide-opened mouths. They binded on Maria's arms and dragged her back.''
 * Maria: Whoa!!!

''Falling herself on the ground, back first, Maria rose her head looked at the clock. It was four minutes left, and people below still don't know what was happening...'' ''As Maria was struggling, all of a sudden, a large blue portal appeared, and a tall blond man in a set of heavy knight armor rushed out of the place, followed by another man who wore a helmet and a heavy armor and a woman who was wearing a white wedding gown... and then, there came Patriarch Krans. Maria immediately recognized two of them.'' ''As Maria was about to cry for help, Krans already reached Maria and helped her to get up from the ground. Yuri and Adam immediately fought against those two doppelgangers.''
 * Yuri: Ah, I hope I'm not too late!
 * Maria: Patriarch? Eva Frankensetin?

''Krans immediately helped Maria to get up, and Maria looked at the sky with a relieved smile. Eva and Adam (in armor) joined the battle against two mutated doppelgangers alongside Yuri Barnes.'' After smiling to each other and gave a little joke, Krans and Maria then turned to look at the fight between a trio made by a magician & two homunculi and two monsters.
 * Krans: Are you all right?
 * Maria: Thank God you're alive...
 * Krans: It's not so easy to get rid of me, right?

''Both of Maria and Krans reacted in awful shock when they saw how fierce those beasts were. Krans lowed down his head and fell into thoughts, started mumbling.''
 * Krans: So this is what happens when those doppelgangers come back to life ...
 * Pixiv.Fantasia-.Fallen.Kings.full.1696617.jpgMaria: Doppelgangers?

''Meanwhile, Adam who was hiding his face in helmet immediately brought down the two monsters and then pierced their chest, but they were still yelling. Adam raised his sword again before chopping the doppelganger of Shinya in half.''

''However, it was not the end, as that vicious and brutal doppelganger immediately leaped to Adam and grabbed his neck. Trying to get rid of it, Adam struck it on the window.''



Meanwhile, Eva electrocuted another mutated doppelganger with her staff, as she charged it with electricity, releasing electric currents that blasted the monster in front of her. Eva yelled in sheer rage and blased Biagio Busoni's doppelganger again and again, until it turned into ashes, as if she was having some private grudge against the real bishop, but of course, that's not true.
 * Eva: Die, die, die, die, die!!! DIE AGAIN AND DIE FOR GOOD!!! 
 * Yuri: Way to go, Eva!

Yuri was satisfied with Eva's work, but Maria and Krans were even more shocked with Eva's attack of brutality. As Maria mumbling to herself, she suddenly saw Eva looked at her with a malicious leer, scaring her all of a sudden. ''Maria immediately panicked and swayed her arm in an exaggrated and comedic manner. Meanwhile, Yuri let out a brief smug smirk as he saw Maria had a breakdown in her usually stoic personality.'' ''Regaining her calm as soon as she saw Eva turned back, Maria then looked at the armored man in a helmet and widened her eyes as he strucked the doppelganger of Shinya on the window. That doppelganger was still waving its arm and struggling.'' ''Maria immediately regained her senses and raised her hand. A large fire ball was formed on her hand. Maria rushed to the doppelganger and pushed the fire ball into her chest, as soon as Adam pulled his sword from the doppelganger's chest.'' ''Yelling at the doppelganger, Maria ignited it as a whole and kicked it out of the window. The burning doppelganger soon broke the glass window and fell into the hall, terrifying everyone in the hall.''
 * Maria: I thought those two monsters that were once doppelgangers are already terrifying enough, but...
 * 80cb39dbb6fd52664186X4893a118972bd5073683.pngEva: What did you say, Arzonia?
 * Maria: Uh, nothing!
 * Adam: Burn it, Arzonia! NOW!!!
 * Maria: YOU'RE MAKING ME PUKE, YOU DISGUSTING KNOCK-OFF! BURN TO ASHES!!!

''The struggling finally came to an end. After calming herself down, Maria took a deep breath and smiled in relief. She then turned to Adam with a smile of gratitude.'' Chuckled as he heard Maria's words, the man in helmet then quickly removed his helmet... ''Maria widened her gaze as soon as she saw the man with helmet revealed his scarry face. It was a face with stern expression and sallow skin, and no ordinary human shall possess that kind of skin.'' ''Maria immediately recognized who this man was. Adam Frankenstein was the person she met almost one month ago when she was fighting in Northeast China against Heis' Black Demon Army.''
 * Maria: Thanks all of you. You... does have some talents that no ordinary possess... and I have a feelings of meeting you before.
 * Adam: Because I'm not a human myself.
 * Maria: You?
 * Maria: You... are... Adam Frankenstein!

Maria's Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;"> Scene from LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - The Black Army 



Maria had no idea of how those demons started to appear, and she was not sure whether they were summoned by Reverend Mother Melancholia, the current Mother Superior of Catholic Church and Michael Langdon's right-hand. ''However, even though Maria was uncertain about the origins of those demons, she had a bad feeling that the world was going to be torn apart as her heart pounced in sheer fright. ''

''Soon, she forced herself into a large house via smashing herself through a glass window. According to Maria's own speculation, the house was already empty since its owner had already fled.''
 * Maria: Tsk! It's just too many of them! If this is what Melancholia planned---

''All of a sudden, Maria heard some music that sounded like some sort of bell, and Maria was confused. She and the demons stopped fighting and all turned to the source of that music.''

Surprised, Maria immediately had her jaws dropped when she saw a large ice cream truck rushed towards her and the demons in front of them. ''However, before she could react, the ice cream truck passed by her as she immediately stepped back in shock and because of the gust of air turbulence the truck caused. Those demons from the Black Army, however, were much less lucky. The ice cream truck hit some of them and sent them all the way towards Black Dragon River not far away.''
 * Adamfefiuh.jpgMaria: Wait! Wait a sec--

Just then, the back of the truck was opened, and two people with clear facial scars jumped out of the truck and immediately landed themselves swiftly on the ground as the truck fell into the river, exploded.



''It was Adam Frankenstein and his trusted partner, the Bride, who were now working for Chronos Empire. As Adam turned back to look at that explosion when the truck fell into the river, Maria immediately recognized who were those two.'' ''Happily, she waved her hand and called for help. Adam immediately noticed her, and so was the Bride.''
 * Maria: Those two people... they were both siding with Katarina when I saw them... in Sleepy Hollow!
 * Pkpkkjjjkik.pngMaria: Hey, are you Katarina's friends? Come here! I need a hand!

Before Adam and the Bride could react, some demons suddenly came out of nowhere and attacked them, prompted Adam and the Bride to take two axes and a sword, respectively, in order to defend themselves.

The Bride sighed with a sweat drop on her forehead, as she was trying to defend herself from a demon's large blade.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Bride: Oh, that's why you looked at that explosion... '

Maria was surprised by this and then she turned back in order to find her way out, but there were demons inside the house as well, trying to attack her. Meanwhile, at Adam and the Bride's side, the two eventually took down the demons who were just surrounding them, and soon they rushed towards a crowd of demons that were trying to enter the house.
 * Maria: Aw, no...

''The two then struck down the demons from behind as Maria started to strike the demons in the opposite way with her fiery fists. Maria were fighting against her enemies in struggle, but then she saw Adam attacking the demons as well. That give her more confidence.'' ''Maria immediately started to burn the demon quicker as Adam and the Bride were killing demons on another side like a lawnmower. The demons were felling on the ground and reduced to ashes, and finally, after the demons in the house were cleansed, Maria and Adam stopped attacking and then looked at each other, face to face.'' ''Maria swiftly nodded as she narrowed her eyes. She then withdrew her sword and showed Adam her hand.''
 * Maria: Ah, thank God...
 * Adam: You said you are a friend, right?
 * Maria: Yes, I am. My mission was to save this world from those wicked warmongers and had Eckidina KnightWalker's head. You are either with me, or you are against me. There is no middle ground.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: I am Maria Arzonia, a Spirit from Paradise. '

Nowadays
''Now, there was only two minutes left. Maria rushed towards the hall downstairs, and Adam looked at her run away and was deeply impressed by Maria's determination. Unfortunately, the time runs dry.'' ''Adam immediately followed Maria's lead, followed by Yuri and Eva. The crowd inside the hall went into a sheer frenzy when Maria and others immediately rushed into the hall.''
 * Maria: Good to see you again, Adam, but I guess we need to talk later. There's a bomb with weaponized Firenza Blood below it! I need to save those people below!
 * Adam: Hey, I'll help you!
 * Eva: Run! Everyone, run away!

''Yelling at the panicking crowd, Eva and Adam led the crowd out of the door, and Maria and Yuri helped in escorting the crowd. Just then, Maria heard a little crying. She immediately turned to the direction and saw a young girl, sitting beside the burning dead body of Shinya's doppelganger, was crying in fear.''
 * Girl: Momma! Momma!

''Maria heard the girl's crying, which suddenly jogged her memory of sadness, a memory she never wanted to recall - a little girl crying in the alley and running, yelling for help. Maria soon shook her head and snapped out of her vision, before she went to the girl and cradled her inside her arm. She then turned back and saw a woman running to her, crying.''
 * Maria: Is this your child, Madam?

However, just as Maria was about to send the crying girl back to her mother, the grandfatherclock beside her rang.

<p style="text-align:center;"> 0:00 AM 

<p style="text-align:center;">' It's the midnight. '

''Then, much to Maria's horror, the gas bomb started to activate all of a sudden. Its core bursted and a huge cloud of purpleish black energy started to spread from the place.'' ''Just as Maria saw the bomb, she felt a horrid and negative feelings coming from her chest, and she started to feel revolted that she had to step back from the bomb, but she still went closer to the woman. Yuri, who was escorting the escaped citizens not far away, saw the mist as well, but his feelings was more astonished rather than feeling repulsive.''
 * Maria: What's this?

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Yuri: (think) * THIS IS...!!!* 

''Seeing the dark purple mist roaming towards the sky, Yuri was astonished that he could barely move. He saw the smoke of Firenza Blood for the first time, but it was apparent that he recognized the material as if he knew it all along...'' ''With no time to waste, Adam immediately grabbed the arm of Yuri and dragged him towards the door, and Yuri immediately went to the door as well in a hurry speed. However, Yuri can't get what he saw from his head.'' ''As Yuri rushed out of the door in panic, Maria immediately sent the child in her arm to the child's mother and sent them out. As the dark mist started to surround the hall, without questioning the reason of Yuri's panic state, Maria almost immediately pushed the door closed. Thanks to their efforts, no one was infected by Carl's blood mist.''
 * Adam: What're you waiting for!?
 * Yuri: (think) * How can this be? How... This is the Blackn--- *

''However, everyone knew that things were far from over, and as soon as assuring everyone was all right, Maria and others retreated... to somewhere else. Matt and other crew members were waiting there.''

After a hard time struggling...
<p style="text-align:center;"> 10 minutes later  <p style="text-align:center;"> 2km away 

<p style="text-align:center;"> On the streets 

<p style="text-align:center;"> An alley 

''Deep inside the street, there was someone who dropped unconcious on the street. It was a guard from the KnightWalker Family, who was beat down by Adam with two crowbars.  Adam beated down the guard and then he turned to a door, making a cough and knocking it. Then, he heard a weird voice coming from inside. It was the voice of Magilou.''
 * Adam: All right.



While Maria looked at the door with confusion, Adam coughed and made an unnatrual response as a large drop of sweat appeared on his forehead, saying... ''... while thinking, "What the Hell?" Maria looked at Eva and Yuri, but the latter just shrugged their own shoulders.'' ''The door opened, and Magilou appeared in front of the door, letting everyone into the room. Maria was the first walking into the door, following by Eva, Yuri and Adam. Maria walked into the room and sighed. She just looked at Magilou with a pair of dead fish eyes and a large sweat drop on her forehead.'' Scratching her head, Magilou shrugged both of her shoulders with a sigh and smiled. ''Matt sighed and stepped back into the living room. He was now standing in a living room, right beside a TV, and then he walked back sitting into his couch, watching TV with the football play.'' ''Before he could finish, Matt saw the Brazillian football team made another goal. He immediately returned to his occational jovial self and jumped himself on the couch, cheering up.'' As soon as she felt serious scent of drunkard from Matt's mouth, Maria then covered her own face with her palm.
 * Magilou: Beijing Roast Duck.
 * Maria: ???
 * Adam: Kung Pao Chicken... (=_=) |||
 * 474370423333.pngMagilou: Come in.
 * Maria: Roast duck? Kung Pao Chicken?
 * Blade.Master.(Raven).full.921085.jpg   <span id="cke_bm_203E" style="display:none;">  Magilou: It's for a contact signal, just a contact signal. Matt invented those.
 * Matt: I didn't! Magilou did!
 * Matt: Bulp! I just sat here, drinking these cans of beer and watch football match to kill my boredom! They say that Brazillian football are among the best football in the world, and I'm a fanboy ever since I was--!!
 * Matt: Ole! Ole, ole, ole!!!
 * Leon_by_sugure726-d930tqo.jpgMaria: He's drunk...

Yuri looked at Matt in a face like looking at an alien creature, before he let out a sacarstic grin. ​Magilou then pointed at that KnightWalker Family guard, who was beaten by Adam and went into a stage of unconciousness.
 * Yuri: Are your companions all weirdos like him?
 * Maria: No, they're not... Anyway, how did you find such a place? Who's this house's original owner?
 * Magilou: This house belongs to that... um, that KnightWalker guard outside. We broke into his house and found him absent. We then occupied this house as our temporary secret base. Now, it's apparent that the owner is outside coming back home, and it seems that Adam beated the crap out of him.
 * Maria: ........................

''Maria didn' t know what to say to this situation, but she was glad that at least Matt and others won't risk themselves staying on the street and was under their enemies' radar. It was apparent that even Switzerland was never safe, either. With a sigh, Maria stared at Matt cheering at the football game, and her face blushed in anger and shame. However, her mood changed as soon as she saw Sumireko walking towards her in a face of worry.''
 * Sumireko: You're back. I was really scared that you faced Melancholia alone.

Lifting the sides of her lips up, Maria then raised the pair of black magic handcuffs, which she got from the enemy territory. ''Sumireko looked at the handcuffs and sighed. She was pretty impressed that Maria managed to become someone like Houdini who successfully escaped from enemy terriory.'' ''Hearing this, Maria suddenly widened her eyes as her smile faded all of a sudden. She tilted her head a little bit in sheer confusion.'' Meanwhile, outside the door, Adam was tying up that KnightWalker Family guard he beated, and Yuri summoned a large blue portal which sucked the guard into it.
 * Maria: If you don't make any sacrifise, you'll never succeed in your goal. For me, I will use myself as a bait. If I take you all with me to meet Melancholia, she'll get alerted. Then, we'll all screwed.
 * Sumireko: Well, yes, all strategies shall take risks, after all. Maria, I'm here to tell you about something that I saw in the base... It's about Vento of the Front.
 * Maria: Vento of the Front?
 * Magilou: It's not our Vento. It's someone... No, it's something else. The real Vento is out there gathering more informations with Acqua. She's safe.

The guard was teleported to the Vagrant Army's secret base in Barcelona, where he'll be treated as a prisoner.

Hearing Magilou's words, Maria quickly sharpened her eyes and looked at Magilou, who casually sat on the ground and looked at the ceiling.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: You mean... Vento's doppelganger. '

''Lucia's voice suddenly came from a door of the kitchen. Maria then saw Lucia and Angelene walked out of the room with Angelene by her side.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Lucia: Yes, and so you met one, too?
 * Maria: I met two. One was Shinya... or Mahiru Banba's doppelganger, and another was the doppelganegr... of Bishop Biagio Busoni... who has been missing for nearly two months...

''Lucia and Angelene reacted in shock as they heard Maria mentioning Biagio Busoni. Lucia sharpen her eyes and spoke in a calm voice.'' ''Maria closed her eyes and clenched her arms. She was still feeling uncomfortable when she thought about the revived doppelgangers, who became hideous and extremely dangerous.''
 * Lucia: So that means Bishop Biagio Busoni is now under Pope Michael's containment in somewhere else unknown.

''However, Maria face immediately lit up again as she heard another familiar voice. Patriarch Krans then walked out of the kitchen. Lucia & Angelene made their way immediately.'' Finishing his words, Krans walked to Maria and kissed her lefthand with a smile. ''Seeing this, Maria immediately felt surprised and blushed. She looked aside and covered her cheek with her right hand.'' With a smile, ​Krans nodded. ''Maria then turned to Yuri and Adam, who had already walked into the room. She gave them a grateful smile. Matt then stood up from the couch and plundged his head into a bucket of icy water in order to make his mind returned back to his normal state. After all, he cannot always act like a drunkard.'' After shaking hands with both Yuri and Adam, ​Maria's smile then faded and she looked down on the ground.
 * Krans: Fortunately, none of us has been used by Melancholia to create our doppelgangers yet. At lease we warned Maria about that fake Vento, or Maria will suffer another and maybe more extreme psychological condition...
 * Krans: Do you miss me?
 * Maria: Gaius Phoenix told me about your survival, and I heard someone with a helmet saved you.
 * Krans: Yes, it's this Mr. Adam Frankenstein. He found me when he searched in the battlefield of Ukraine for survivors, and he had the information gathered by that armored man sent to the Witch Cult, saying that there's a horrible demonic cult which now worked with Melancholia's force. That armored man's name is Yuri Barnes. Because of these two as well as Eva, and the entire Witch Cult, I survived.
 * Maria: Thank you for saving my friend...

''Krans' smile faded as well. He looked at Maria in confusion as she got sadder and sadder. Matt restored to his normal clear mind and walked to Krans.''
 * Maria: ... considering the fact that now our allies are thinner and thinner.
 * Krans: What do you mean?
 * Matt: The enemy of ours never take a holiday.

<p style="text-align:center;"><span id="cke_bm_203S" style="display:none;">  ' - Matt: Terra of the Left... raided our prison. He took Carl and Esther away, and he murdered Vasilisa. '

''Hearing this sudden bad news coming from Matt's lips, Krans was so shocked that he almost collapsed on the ground. His best friend, Sister Vasilisa, is dead, and he didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to her...'' ''Matt lowed down his head and sighed. The television had already shut down since the football game was over, and the air of joy was replaced all of a sudden with such a sad reveal.'' ''Maria nodded with tears in her eyes. She slowly brushed them off.'' Maria then turned to Adam with a serious face. Maria heard Adam's words and widened her gaze in surprise.
 * 45183219_p0_master1200.jpgKrans: What!?
 * Matt: My sympathies.
 * Krans: Do you know? When I was a child, my parents already dead, and I grown up under the care of the previous Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. Sister Vasilisa took care of me and Sister Misha Kreutzev, and we grown up together, living happily like family. She also taught me a lot when I had to become the Patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church in a young age. She's a mother to me, and I'll never forgive the people who murdered her.
 * Maria: Me neither. We lost a wonderful ally... and I hope our new allies will find a way to defeat our enemies so that our dear friends can rest in peace. 
 * Maria: Adam, now tell me if you know something is going on. I need more informations.
 * Adam: What a coincidence. I'm going to tell something important to you.
 * Adam: It's about Celestia Ludenberg.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Adam: I discovered that she's still alive. '

''Adam's words made Maria, Matt, Lucia, Angelene and Magilou all reacted in shock, but Krans, Eva, Yuri didn't react in shock. Instead, they reacted in silence with a serious face, as if they knew that there were something big and horrible going to happen.''
 * Adam: I'll tell you about our experience those days. We met Yuri Barnes by coincidence during our actions in Spain, and somehow the Witch Cult was in there investigating some demonic power that even I don't know what it is. No one tell me or Eva about it.

<p style="text-align:center;"> '- Adam: Anyway, we started our plans with the help of Yuri Barnes... before we found out something...'

Adam's Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;"> 3 days ago

<p style="text-align:center;"> Spain

<p style="text-align:center;"> Catalonia

<p style="text-align:center;"> Barcelona 

<p style="text-align:center;"> A mob leader's mansion 

''Raising a large sphere hammer that charged with golden electricity, Eva smashed the enemies right in front of her. Those people were several corrupt officials who were affiliated with the underworld, taking the wealth of people for themselves while they escaped the law and lived in lazy life.''
 * Eva: Crack... you... all!
 * Eva: Those Mafusa Gang scums are here, killing and plundering, just because of your ignorance! I'll make you pay!

Electrocuting several guards of KnightWalker Family down ruthless, Eva punched them with her elbow and smashed their head with her hammer, killing them. In the blink of mist surfacing from the scorched bodies, Adam Frankenstein went out and looked around to the dead bodies of corrupt officials and the KnightWalker Family guards with a cold and grim face that showed no remorse. ''Eva, however, still clenched her teeth and bit her lips. She did not answer to Adam, but tears started to fell from her eyes.''
 * Eva: Men talk too much.
 * Adam: Eva, that's enough.
 * 65603629_p0_master1200.jpgAdam: You've done a good job. Next, we'll play St. Nicolas to send those money to the vagrants under our care.

Not only she was drenched in her rage and began to feel disgusted for the corruption around the world caused by the World War III's breakout, but Eva was also fueled of hatred towards some human citizens she saw, who were showing no gratitude at all. ''Adam sighed and went to Eva, before he patted her shoulder and tried to comfort her. For now, Eva served as someone who could make Adam find some peace inside, while Adam would also comfort Eva when she was feeling negative.'' ''As Adam and Eva was lamenting about humanity's both light side and dark side they saw during their rebellion, they were approached by heavy footsteps. They turned back and saw Yuri Barnes, who used his magic to make money bags in the room float in the sky.'' ''While speaking his words, Yuri summoned a large blue portal and sent the money bags into it. Then, the portal started to disappear after the last of money bag was sent into it. Then, Yuri grinned and looked around in the house. Eva was trying to tear gold from the pillar beside it, and Adam was helping her.'' ''Casually smiling while looking around, Yuri showed his own casual side beneath his serious appearance, which firmly annoyed Eva. She then grabbed a large golden microphone, probably made of pure gold, and lifted it to Yuri as if she was ready to punch Yuri with it.'' ''Hearing Eva's menacing words, Yuri immediately opened his magic book as soon as he returned back to his normal serious self. He then used his magic power and brute force combined together to tear down the gold decorations on the walls and pillars.'' Eva threw the golden microphone on a large pile of gold and gems she torn down behind her, before she start tearing down the gems on furnitures.
 * Eva: Only if they say "thank you." Is it really hard to say such words?
 * Leon.(Fire.Emblem).full.1905614.jpgAdam: There're still good people in this world. Think about those victims. I bet they'll show gratitude when we send the money to them. After all, we need those money to pave way for our next phase of rebellion against Melancholia and her rule.
 * Yuri: I'll make them teleported to our vault, and we'll seperate them to those poors. After all, those impressive Catalonians told us the adress of these corrupt officials and made you two succeeded in today's daily mission as our secret agents, knowing all things in the streets. They should be rewarded instead of suffered.
 * Yuri: I personally did not try to join your cause, Mr. & Ms. Frankenstein, but your appearance, abilities and loyalty towards Maria Arzonia's faction draw my own interest. As we shared the similar goal in this part, I guess if we work together, we would cause great effect and make a difference to the world, don't you think so, huh?
 * Eva: Come and help us or I'll--- OR I'LL BEAT YOU SO HARD THAT EVEN CHUCK NORRIS WILL BE IMPRESSED!
 * Yuri: Violence never solves anything.
 * Eva: YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SHOOT ME WITH YOUR SPELLS!!!

''It was worth noting that when Eva first met Yuri on the streets, Yuri considered her hostile and shot her with magic spells immediately. Then, Adam arrived to help her and fought against the magician until the misunderstanding was solved.'' Yuri seemed embarrased and tried to look away. Hearing this, Eva could not say anything to respond Yuri's sacarstic words, and so she focused herself on the work. ''Leaping on the wall all of a sudden, Eva leaped on the wall and stood on the wall with one foot. She then extended her long arms and reached towards the ceiling. Then, she grabbed a large gold dragon statue decorated on the center of celing.'' Eva then torn the dragon statue down and threw it to the pile of trophies.
 * Yuri: That's self-defense.
 * 66694137_p0_master1200.jpgEva: Self-de...
 * Eva: After this work, we'll sell these gold to the Merc in exchange of weapons. I know that's illegal place, but in this world, in this war...
 * Eva: ... if you want to survive...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Eva: ... YOU MUST BE AN OUTLAW AFTER ALL!!! '

<p style="text-align:center;"> 10 minutes later

<p style="text-align:center;"> Street of Barcelona 

Walking in the dark night street carefully under their disguise, Eva, Yuri and Adam walked one by one in a narrow alley.
 * 63936184_p0_master1200.jpgEva: Sorry that I threw that kind of tantrum in front of you, Yuri. I was in a bad mood and I'm still trying to control my own impulse. Please accept my apologies.

''Eva was holding a large lantern and led the way. Behind them the mansion was on fire, but it was already nothing but a barren house with no propety inside it after Adam, Eva and Yuri plundered the house and burned it down.'' ''Standing at the rear of the trio, Adam was swinging his axe every ten seconds in order to prevent some bad things happened, like an ambush. He was wearing a large set of armor, with a silver helmet in medival style covered his face.'' Speaking in a deep but vigorous voice, Adam then thought about Eckidina KnightWalker, the person who tried to use him as her tool, as well as the very same person who plundge the entire world into the Third World War, before he clenched his fist.
 * Yuri: That's nothing. I'm just showing a little concern on how you do things. I know Arzonia hates those corrupt officials and mobsters, as you told me she was among their victims as well...
 * Najimi_ajimu_by_lolnagisa-d994j5k.pngAdam: Although they're humans, they has to die. Now, it's war era and there's no rule after all. More people will live and the world will be a better place with those blood-sucking leeches in human skin gets torn apart. Besides, if we are murderers, and what will that Eckidina be? She killed more than we do, but none of them out of righteous reasons...
 * Adam: As soon as I find out where she currently is...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - (???): Those Catholic Rebels are clearly fools. I doubt if they ever did any body analysis. '

''A sudden female voice came from nowhere, which scared Yuri and Adam. They immediately looked at Eva, who was panicked and acted innoncent as well.'' Eva had to keep her voice down so that the trio won't be discovered by Melancholia's troops, as none of them sure that there won't be Papal Knights patroling the streets in at least two blocks away.
 * Eva: I didn't say anything.

''Eva then noticed that they were standing beside a window, and then she waved her hand to Yuri and Adam. Immediately, they hid themselves at the right side of the window, looking at the person talking inside. It was a black haired young woman with pale skin and red eyes, dressing in Gothic lolita dress.'' ''Adam narrowed her gaze and bit his lips, shocked. Eva saw the face of the woman and had the similar expression.'' A moment later, they heard Celestia speaking once again, this time with a much clearer tone.
 * Yuri: That's...
 * Adam: That's Celestia Ludenberg...
 * Eva: Celestia Ludenberg? But... but how come? I heard she died by murder...
 * Celestia: Arzonia and her fanatic followers are all idoits... What they just discovered as a body was just a doppelganger created by Mother Superior, who kept assaulting their base, while I was recovering from those bee stings in my bed. Mary Spencer might never know she stabbed a fake with that blade, which gave her bloodlust.

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

While overhearing this, Adam, Eva and Yuri were all shocked by Celestia's words, but they alreayd held their tongue in order to avoid themselves from being discovered. Celestia then spoke more, unknowing that Adam, Eva and Yuri were overhearing her words. On the other side of the phone, Nio Hashiri spoke in a wicked giggle. Hearing those Celestia grinned in malice and had her face darkened.
 * Bamba_Shinya_ep2.jpgEva: (think) * Huh? A doppelganger created by Melancholia? *
 * Celestia: Uh-huh, yes, Nio, I know. Now, the doppelganger of Vento of the Front is about to be finished, in order to torment Maria. Besides, I need to tell you that we need to create... just another large series of doppelgangers that resembles Shinya Banba in both appearance and personality, in order to confuse Sumireko Hanabusa and kill her, as you told me that she betrayed us.
 * Nio: (phone) [What if those doppelganger were killed instantly? All of them?]

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Celestia: That marks beginning of another hell. '

''Celestia then let out a cryptical smile and looked at a card with the Ace of Spade on it, that lied on her table. She picked it up with a smile.'' Celestia then put the Ace of Spade card back onto her table after using it to make a pun about Carl, and then she sharpened her gaze.
 * Celestia:​ Our tool now is Carl Robinson, and I heard his codename in the family is "As de Picas", the Ace of Spade. Interesting. However, as your plan instigates itself, Nio, our tools will include my doppelganger, dying and lying in the Catholic Rebels' morgue.

''Eva immediately stepped back in terror as she heard Celestia talking about the doppelganger, and she immediately ran away as soon as possible. Adam and Yuri noticed her face of terror as she started to leave the place.''
 * Celestia: According to the original setting, the replica of mine shall turn into a mutated monster in the morgue if Arzonia Family members do nothing on it at all. I hope no one shall remind them to cremate it. This is inspired by our previous Frankenstein's Monster series  Eckidina created, but the resurrection requires no electricity, and those resurrected monster shall be immnue to electricity, unlike the previous prototypes... Ha, that would be wonderful if they becomes our allies in later projects.

However, Adam and Yuri did not leave immediately since they discovered that Celestia spoke something else in a face fueled in malice. Starting to laugh like a complete psychopath and ending the communication, Celestia turned back and looked at the window. She found no one outside, only wind that came into her room.
 * Celestia: Oh? You mean Carl had went berserk? Quite successful. He'll brutalize his own comrades while we stand by and watch! See you later, Nio! HAHAHAHAHA!

Relieved, Celestia looked at the ceiling via rolling her eyes, holding her phone in her hands. Celestia then lifted her sides of lips casually.
 * Celestia: I thought there were people listening to me... It turns out that it's just me, after all.

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 minutes later  <p style="text-align:center;"> Two blocks away 

Meanwhile, Yuri and Adam already followed Eva's running pace and ran about two blocks away in a speed like wind, before they stopped in another alley to catch their breath. ''Adam closed his eyes and looked aside, feeling angry that there was a very similar project now going on under Michael's administration. Adam hated to think about this, as this project which put him into life also put him into misery, for being a monster created from the dead and nobody ever wanted.''
 * Adam: Michael must lost his mind totally. The Frankenstein's Monster series... That's what he forced my father to produced, and I was once among those monsters.

''Eva shared the similar origin story with Adam, and thus she understood how he felt. She sighed and looked at Adam with sympathy.'' Adam narrowed his gaze as he immediately put his helmet back on his head.
 * Adam: Yuri... take Eva back to our base and try to warn Maria about the doppelgangers. Contact the Russian Resistance HQ right now.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Adam: But before that, please teleport me to Ukraine.

Nowadays
''After telling those above experiences, Adam sighed and walked out of the room, stepped on the pavement slowly. Maria and others held their breath and walked on the street as well, holding their breath listening to Adam's story.'' ''While speaking, Adam took a glance at Patriarch Krans with a serious face. Seeing Adam's facial expression, Maria immediately realized what Adam was about to say.''
 * Adam: After that, I raced against the clock to the headquaters of Russian Orthodox Church, but when I reached the place, all I saw were mere blood and corpses of Papal Knights and Eastern Orthodox Clergies. I assumed there was a horrible bloodbath. After searching throughout the battlefield, I then saw a green light about 4km away, swiping the air like a shooting star, with a horrible yell that was like some ominous creature from Hell.

''During her time listening to Adam and Eva's words, she was about to criticize their abuse of violence, but she then held back. After all, with no violence, those people will still held power. If Carl was here, he would definitely support Adam and Eva's tendency.'' Hearing Maria's words, Adam nodded. ''Adam sighed and then he shook his head in dismay. ​Eva then spoke as soon as Adam finished his words.''
 * Maria: You found Patriarch Krans...
 * Adam: I found Patriarch Krans lying on the ground and was barely alive, and I immediately saved him. It was by coincidence, but if I never was there, he would never make it...
 * Eva: Meanwhile, we tried so hard to contact the Russian Resistance HQ but we failed to contact it. I assume that the communication system in Russian Resistance HQ was utterly disabled, and then we cannot make a contact.

Adam then continued Eva's words as soon as she stopped talking once she's done. While Eva and Adam were speaking, Matt then thought about the communication problem, as after he returned back to Switzerland, he phoned HQ almost immediately, but only with Michael's audio recording.
 * Saber.(Fate.Prototype).full.2245497.jpgAdam: I sent Patriarch Krans back to Yuri Barnes to take care of, and I tried to get there once again, but was too tired to do so. However, he was too badly injured. Yuri somehow found the Witch Cult in the city of Barcelona, and he sent me to find them. In addition, Barnes wanted me to brought them some very precious information that was connected to a possible plan of Melancholia, and I wanted Patriarch Krans to give it to the Witch Cult's High Priestess. I told the Witch Cult about it before I left.

''At that time, Matt was so horrified that he immediately phoned Acqua of the Back and told him about it. Fortunately, this time he successfully made a call.''

After Adam finished, Maria and Krans looked at each other, and Krans then shook his head. ''Magilou suddenly bit her lips and lowered her head, as some bad feelings suddenly flowed into her body. Suddenly, Matt immediately stood up from the side of pavement and rubbed his head.'' After taking a deep breath, Matt then turned to Yuri in a face of doubt. Maria, however, immediately looked at Matt with a face of seriousness.
 * Krans: I'm sorry, Maria, but to keep you safe, the Witch Cult demands me to keep the details in secret, but I can tell you some rumors... Rumors has that Melancholia was working with an ancient demonic cult, which the Witch Cult now fight against, in her plan to use Carl's accursed blood for other plots. I cannot say their name since I need to keep my promise... The Witch Cult was trying to protect us, I think.
 * Matt: Wait a minute... I don't get it...
 * Matt: An ancient demonic cult? Melancholia? But I think she seems as young as Michael.
 * Maria: Sorry, Matt, but I don't think so. When I finally faced Melancholia without a fight, despite I thought she was like, um, 20 years old, she gave me a matured impression, a vigor that could only appear on some... some veteran with decades of experience .

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: Besides, I doubt if she ever is a human. '

''Maria immediately narrowed her gaze as she put her hand on her lips, as she suddenly remembered something...  Maria started to mumble a strange name sounded like that French word for "pleasure", and then she closed her eyes and her face turned darker and more gloomy.'' Maria frowned her eyebrows with a serious expression.
 * Maria: " Plaisir "...
 * Magilou: What's wrong?
 * Maria: That's Melancholia's other name, or so she claimed.

Maria's Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;"> Scenes from LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - Symphony of Madness

Melancholia raised her sword and tried to break the lock, but all of a sudden, she felt something hit her sword very harsh. With a loud "clang" and splashing of sparkles, Melancholia looked ahead and saw Maria blocked her attack with her staff and snarled at her. Melancholia pushed herself away from Maria and leaped backward, facing Maria, who was landing on the ground. ''Yelling in fury, Maria immediately narrowed her eyes and leaped towards Melancholia. Maria immediately stroke the head of Melancholia, but the latter blocked it with her sword.''
 * Joan.Alter.full.2122274.jpgMelancholia: Hmm, Firenza Junior, finally, after so many days of suffering and humiliation, I finally get you. Now, you are mine!
 * Melancholia: Hmm!?
 * Maria: You have some nerve to show up here.
 * Melancholia: I have no time to deal with you, kid. Get out of here!
 * Maria: Are you sure? You can ask my staff first to see if it agrees with you!
 * Melancholia: Leave!

Instead of engaging herself into a fight, Melancholia then narrowed her before she jumped onto the midair and rushed towards Carl's tent immediately.
 * Maria: You fiend! Leave the wounded alone!

''Seeing all of this, Maria was furious and flew on the air, attacking Melancholia all the while fighting. Then, her staff struck with Melancholia's sword. Melancholia tried to push Maria away, but Maria was nevertheless stronger than her. The guards surrounded the tent, creating an energy shield to protect the screaming Carl inside the tent.'' ''As Maria stared at Melancholia, she suddenly saw something which was wrong. She saw another figure with pale skin and blue eyes, wearing in silver armor. The eyes of that person were full of sorrow and grief, and Maria was shocked to see the person.''
 * Joan_(FateZero).jpgMaria: Ha, now allow me to see the wicked part of your own soul, monster! I will see if you have a glimpse of redemption!
 * Maria: What?

The most shocking thing was that female person, who had the same face as Melancholia's face, but with no evil on it. Maria bit her lips and immediately attacked with the face Melancholia once again, as the latter shouted out to her all the while fighting.
 * IMG_2388.jpgMaria: No, it is just an illusion...
 * Melancholia: Did you see something? Did you see someone?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Melancholia: Did you see my stupid past self? '

''Maria heard those words, and intended to ignore it, but when she heard the words "past self", Maria stopped her attack and immediately pushed Melancholia forward. Both of them floated at the sky and looked at each other.'' ''With a cruel smile, Melancholia then raised her hand and immediately showed to Maria a scene. Maria then saw the scene where Plaisir was tormented by Moloch and had her family and friends killed by Moloch.'' ''Before Maria could react, suddenly, Melancholia suddenly felt pain inside her head. She widened hr eyes and grabbed her head. Maria suddenly noticed that Melancholia's white hair was becoming golden, while one of her eyes were turning blue.'' ''Melancholia suddenly talked in a mixed voice, like there were two people talking the same sentence together. Maria sensed this and was confused. Most importantly, Maria sensed two kind of energy clashing inside Melancholia's body, hinting there were two kind of personalities inside her.''
 * Melancholia: In present days, my name is, as you know, Melancholia... but thousands of years ago... my name was Plaisir.
 * Maria: Plaisir?
 * Melancholia: Now, do you see? Have pity on me, please. I...
 * Melancholia: Wait... why am I feeling so hurt? Why am I looking like this?

One voice was gentle and sad, and the other was menacing and dreadful, and the latter was Melancholia's voice when she spoke to Maria. Melancholia pressed her head harder and harder, to the point of was bashing her own skull, as if she wanted some nefarious thing to get out of her head. Maria only stared at the scene with confusion, but then she raised her staff once again before it turned into a sword. However, before Maria could strike, Melancholia growled and immediately raised her hand. ''Melancholia immediately raised her sword and flashed a purple light. She immediately disappeared. With confusion, Maria could do nothing but landing and looking at the sky.'' Maria took a look at Carl's tent, finding that Carl was okay as the tent was under protection, and yet Maria was trying to figure out the truth behind what she had just saw...
 * IMG_2222.JPGMelancholia (gentle): I won't allow her to lie to you! She is not the one who needs pity! She controlled me and made me to do those dreadful works!...
 * Melancholia (menacing): Hey, we are one and the same! I don't think you are going to get away from my crime!...
 * Melancholia (gentle): No, you are the evil! You had bad influence on my benefactor, Michael Langdon...
 * Melancholia (both): NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
 * Maria: Looks like she had a split personality... I must get rid of her very soon.
 * Melancholia (menacing): That wicked psychological disorder... I am still not fully in control... not yet!
 * Maria: What happened just now?

The visions, the split personality, the benevolence released from the body of Melancholia when she was under that unstable states...

''There were so many mysteries. Maybe Melancholia we saw... is a combination of two souls, Maria deduced. However, she was not sure.''

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Maria: Was Melancholia really once a tragic person or she was just acting?

Nowadays
''After telling everyone about the things connected to this so-called Plaisir, which Melancholia claimed to be her former name, everyone started to look at each other. They were utterly confused by the swift of personality shown by Melancholia as well. After two seconds, Eva broke the silence.''

''Hearing Eva's words, Maria closed her eyes and clenched her fists. It was getting more and more complicated when Maria didn't even know the past of Melancholia or her true age, despite she seemed to be a few years older than her.''
 * Eva: I don't know if she's lying, but it never seemed to be truthful, either. Even if she was a good person before, it never justified that she tried to infect the entire world with some sort of accursed blood.
 * Maria: You're right, Eva. Don't worry. I won't let my guard down. If I saw her next time and found something funny, she'll die. She caused so much mischief and should be took down. If we knew about her past, we'll still get her so that we can know why she did all this, or why she worked with Michael so devoted.

Hearing this, Eva and Adam smiled when they saw Maria making her determination on finding the evil Melancholia and putting an end to her plan, no matter who Melancholia was. ''As he was speaking those words, Adam couldn't help himself from remembering his days being tormented and tortured by the army of the KnightWalker Family. Adam was still a bit of scared when he thought he was still alive yet, enduring so much distress during his battle against his sworn enemies.'' ''Just then, Maria noticed that Yuri somehow sighed in sadness as soon as he heard Maria said about her ambition of saving Carl Robinson. Maria sensed something wrong.'' Yuri tried to speak something and opened his mouth wider, but somehow his voice was stuck in his own throat and he cannot let it out. ''Facing Maria's face of confusion, Yuri then let out a sigh. Maria had a feeling that Yuri was hiding some hidden informations from her, most likely connected to Carl, since he had such an expression as soon as she mentioned Carl.'' Naturally, as soon as he saw Maria questioning his behavior, Yuri brushed her off while trying to control his feelings. Maria immediately narrowed her gaze. ''The nuns of Agnese Forces was confused with Maria and her decision. They were thinking about Carl's rampage and his remorseless attitude.'' However, before Angelica could finish, Maria suddenly gave her a dark and sinister death leer.
 * Adam: Good to see you making your mind firm. The KnightWalker Family caused so many people - including me - as their victim in their twisted atrocities, and none of their followers can go free from their crimes. That's it.
 * [[File:Leon_fire_emblem_and_fire_emblem_if_drawn_by_kakiko210_sample-58ed64be8d7b8a06071bedb972a1d980.jpg|thumb|340px]]Maria: Now, we have no time to waste. Time to find out where exactly Melancholia will use the gas bomb and put Carl into her actions, if she did trying to make him her servant. I need to save Carl... despite what he did. I need to show him that there are still kind--
 * Maria: What happened, Yuri?
 * I659699329.pngYuri: It-It's just...
 * Maria: You know something, right?
 * Yuri: This is going to be dangerous, Arzonia. You can't imagine what Melancholia will planned, but I can. Besides, are you really sure you can pull Carl from his dark pits? As far as I know from Patriarch Krans, he locked his own heart away from you.
 * Maria: Dangerous? I have danger as my breakfast! If Carl locked his heart, I'll be his key! Since we know about his tragic past, we cannot let this tragedy ever happen again in the future. I'm not some treacherous scum, after all.
 * Lucia: I don't think it's such a good idea to save such a ungrateful man who distrust us.
 * Angelica: Yeah, he's just a jackass--

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: If anyone says he's a jackass one more FFFFFFFFFFFF... FREAKISH TIME!!! '

''Even if Maria tried to avoid speaking that word as hard as possible, people around her still had the chilling feelings inside their spines. They started to know that at this time, Maria was really angry.'' ''Matt went to Maria one step further as the latter was trying to cool herself down. Matt could feel intense heat wave coming towards him when he walked closer to Maria, so he had to stop.'' Adam and Eva nodded as well and smiled when they saw Maria was getting serious. ''​Eva then turned to Angelica and Lucia angrily, who were both now altered when she started to approach them. Angelica was so scared that she immediately hid behind Lucia.''
 * Matt: Maria...
 * Matt: No matter what happens, you'll have my support on your decision.
 * Adam: And ours, too.

They thought Maria (when she was out of patience) and Carl (who went into a rampage) were menacing enough, but Eva was even more terrifying than they could have ever imagined... As Eva was lashing out at the two nuns, who was trembling in front of Eva, Maria and Adam went to her immediately, in order to calm her down. ''Suddenly, Matt's phone rang as the air itself started to get frozen. Matt immediately raised his finger to all others.'' ''Matt looked at his phone. It was Acqua, calling from Switzerland.'' After Acqua joined Maria's new family, he and Maria began to eliminate the hostility between them during the plan of Michael Langdon was in progress.
 * Black.Berserker.full.2226354.jpgEva: Carl might turned harsh to you, but I understand the way of his feelings. You think he's not good? Then, tell me what's the concept of good. What does cake tastes like? I only tastes vulgar flavor from it, but every human seems to enjoy it much. Tell what is be like to be cosy. Tell me what is be like to be happy. Tell me how to be like to live in a nice and peaceful enviroment! All I see is barren and war, turning humans into blood-thristy monster. You call him a cold jackass simply because of his distrust towards you? Then that means I'm born to be a jackass!? HOW'S IT FEEL LIKE TO BE ACCEPTED BY HUMAN? HOW'S IT FEEL LIKE NOT TO BECOME AN OUTCAST JUST DUE TO YOUR FACE OF MONSTROUS DEFORMITY? TELL ME!!!
 * Maria: Eva, that's enough.
 * Droidh2013-10-22(134845)_alien_cyborg_by_zerojs-d605py3.jpgMatt: Wait a minute...
 * Matt: It's Acqua?
 * Maria: Father Acqua is also here?

''After being saved from being an insane and blood-thirsty KnightWalker Family Cyborg, Maria always knew Acqua had saved her from the brainwashing effect of Eckidina KnightWalker and was grateful for it. Thus, she had now regarded Acqua as her father and treated him with respect, calling him "Father Acqua" and "Father" more often.''

Acqua also treated Maria as his own daughter, giving Maria a kind of love she never received before - love from a father, since he knew that Maria and her mother abandoned by her own father not long after Maria was conceived.
 * Matt: We'll tell you later on.

''Nodded to Maria, Matt immediately opened the phone and narrowed her gaze. He opened the hand-free mode so that everyone could hear Acqua's voice.'' On the other side of phone, Acqua told Matt some information with a desperate tone. ''Before Acqua could finish, Maria suddenly felt a gust of wind passing her, and she found an enormous truck was rushing on the street wildly, hitting everything on its way. Acqua, Aureolus and Izzard were chasing them.'' Acqua immediately cut the communication, and Maria immediately drew her staff which suddenly turned into a large fiery sword.
 * Matt: Hello?
 * Acqua: (phone) [Did you find Maria?]
 * Matt: Yes, we did.
 * Acqua: (phone) [Now, please come here quickly. There's a truck running on the street. I, Vento and Izzard found that a inquisitor from Melancholia's force was on the truck with a load of weapons and a kidnapped child! We need to get him as soon as--]
 * Maria: Okay, I know, Father! We saw that truck. We'll help you now!
 * Acqua: (phone) [Very well.]

Maria immediately summoned a pair of wings made of fire on her back and a golden halo above her head, and she went first towards the running truck.
 * Maria: Guys, it's time for a car chase.

Yuri opened his magic book and teleported himself to the truck and attacked it, trying to make it stop.

Magilou used her card skateboard to chase the truck, while Lucia and Angelena chased their enemies via using their spell to fly into the sky, speeding themselves up.

''Sumireko immediately leaped towards a building after another building, acting like Spider-Man. Adam and Eva both rushed towards the truck in inhuame speed.''

Matt was the only one left behind... ''Being the only person who had no such superhuman ability (at that time), Matt looked at everyone raced towards the truck with all their efforts, while he himself was like a normie with only swords as his forte. There was no way Matt could ride on that speed at all...''
 * Matt: Hey! Hey! Don't forget me!


 * Matt: Oh, what should I do? I need to find a taxi or something like that.

​'In desperation, Matt looked around to see if there was some transportation that could make him catch up that truck. Just then, he found a young woman who had just parked a motorcycle on the pavement.
 * Matt: Wait a minute...
 * Matt: (think) * Here's my chance. *

''The woman had spiky black hair and seemed very young, possibly in a young age as Esther. In contrast to Maria who wrapped herself in puffy dress tightly like an ascetic, this young woman seemed much more casual, dressing up like a juvenile with short T-Shirt, a pair of shorts and a pair of long black boots.''

''Immediately, Matt went to the young woman for help. He cared nothing about her appearance or attire at all. He only cared about that motorcycle.'' ''Matt then pointed at the truck which already drove 1km away from him, but its red light was still visible. The young woman made a V gesture and smiled like a naughty teen.'' ''Even Matt was surprised that this young woman could agree him so fast. Before Matt could react, the young woman immediately pulled him on her motorcycle. After taking her seat, the woman put her helmet on her head, and she was ready to take a ride. Despite this, Matt seemed worried.''
 * Matt: Miss, I am sorry, but would you please take me a ride? I need to catch that truck!
 * ​Woman: No problem!

Hearing this, Matt was relieved.
 * Matt: Are you good at riding this stuff?
 * Woman: Well, never mind. I drove a car before.

After calming himself down, Matt took on the motorcyle and the woman took him towards the truck in a wild speed.
 * Matt: Phew...

<p style="text-align:center;"> 1 minute later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2km away 

As Maria was approaching the truck and was only six feet away from its reer, she turned to Angelica and Lucia in an anxious face.
 * ToB_05-16-16.jpgMaria: Why don't you two get faster? I need more helpers to stop the truck!

Quite unfortunate for both of them, they were left behind by Maria and others, who were definitely stronger and faster than them.
 * Lucia: You tell me? This is the fastest speed we can make!

Just as Lucia ranting at Maria, Angelene beside her turned her head as soon as she felt some strange wind coming pass her.

Shocked, Angelene widened her eyes as soon as she saw a woman with helmet riding her motorcycle in a wild speed, while Matt was sitting at the reer, with his face twisted because of the tremendous speed.

5 seconds later, the motorcycle surpassed both Lucia and Angelena, surprising both of them.
 * Angelene_profile.jpgAngelene: But she surpassed even our fastest speed...
 * Lucia: And what's Matt doing on there?

''Before Angelene and Lucia could speculate what was going on, Matt let out a horrid scream and yelled... to the woman who was riding the motorcycle in a wild speed. It terrified him as this kind of riding is highly risky.''

​Matt suddenly thought about something and gulped...
 * Matt: Whoa! Wait! You're riding dangerously!
 * Woman: That is how I ride, mister!

The woman chuckled and gave Matt a chilling answer...
 * Matt: What kind of car did you drive before!?



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Woman: Bumper car!!! '

All it remained was Matt's painful scream as he felt there were like more than 10,000 running horses stepping on his heart.
 * CEAtlPZUEAEgOVL.jpg: AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

''Hearing Matt's horrid scream, Maria's attention was distracted. She looked at Matt's reaction while sitting on a overspeed motorcycle and behind a young lady riding the motorcycle with a childish giggle...''

Maria started to facepalm herself...
 * Maria: Oh, dear...

Act 4 - Remove the Humanity
<p style="text-align:center;"> On the sky 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Star of Bethelehem 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Battle Arena 

''In the Star of Bethlehem, which was a city made on the air, Fiamma of the Righit crafted a design of a battle arena in an ancient European style. Beside Cain who was watching, Carl was fighting against a masked Papal Knight in a fight of sticks. Carl showed speed and strength, but the knight was a lot more skilled. He then grabbed Carl's wrist and hit it with his stick, knocking Carl's stick off his hand. Carl then dropped his stick on the ground.''

''The fight paused. Cain looked at Carl in a serious mood.'' ''Carl then turned his back to Cain, refusing to pick up the stick. As a response of that, Cain narrowed his eyes and stared at Carl in menace.'' ''Before Carl could answer, the papal knight immediately whipped his stick again to Carl. Carl was hit on his arm, but he still refused to pick up the stick. For now, he was showing his good side of personality to Cain.'' Carl shook his head, trying to control his temper, fear and rage that were all burning inside his heart, along with that inner demon who was trying to consume his soul. ''Carl bit his lips in rage, but as the knight behind him was trying to attack again, Carl immediately picked up the stick and fought against that knight once again. He fought harder and harder, as Cain spoke loudly beside him, trying to fuel his attempt of attacking.'' ''Just as Cain was speaking, Carl was defeated again, and his stick was knocked on the ground once again. He picked it up this time and fought his rival again, as Cain continued to taunt him.'' ''Carl fought harder and harder, thinking his opponent as those who betrayed him, those who destered him, those who forced him to do whatever they wanted him to do, and those who faked his death only trying to take his place. Under Cain's encouragement, Carl's vengence and sadism started to slowly consume him. He fought with brutality and strength, but he became much more skilled... or so he thought.'' ''As soon as Cain finished his words, Carl was beaten on his leg. The knight used a spiral attack with his stick and knocked on Carl's feet, sweeping the floor underneath him. Carl was defeated and he was knocked on the ground. Sitting on the ground, Carl looked around in confusion.'' ''​Carl spoke the words with determination and coldness, but then he thought about the face of Esther accusing him, as well as Maria's face of disappointment. Then, Carl suddenly closed his eyes. Cain saw everything on Carl's face with his own grim eyes.'' ''As Cain put his hand on Carl's shoulder, he noticed that Carl's eyes turned red, not because he was angry, but because he bursted into tears. Cain sighed in sympathy.'' Standing up from the ground, Carl looked at Cain in sorrow.
 * Cain: Pick it up.
 * Carl: No, I'm not your killing machine. I only kill those who are guilty.
 * Cain: You are still haunted by your dark side. I tell you that stop fighting it if you feared it so much. Accept it and upgrade it, like I did so many years ago. Now, pick up your stick, and defeat this man. If you win, you'll go free.
 * Cain: I said pick it up.
 * Carl: I will NOT! You're lying. This is another way of you to manipulate me.
 * Cain: Then, there is more necessity for you to pick it up... so that you can prove me wrong.
 * Cain: Your fear and hatred, you think they're sources of your humanity. They're not!
 * Cain: You think you can harness them by yourself, but you can't. You think they're a part of you, but they don't have to be!
 * Cain: To face that beast inside you is the only way to defeat it and conquer it!
 * Cain: Do you know why you were defeated, Carl? Your fear. It blinds you. You're feared of being abandoned. That's the source of your rage. That's the reason you became such a beast. You're feeling guilty in killing Mary Spencer in blind rage, and thus Maria Arzonia lost her faith in you. That made you torn. 
 * Carl: That's a lie. I never felt guilty. She deserved her... death... Death? What a simple word...
 * Cain: It's you who are lying, Carl, and you're lying to yourself . Even if you don't admit it, I can see through you and your guilty concience, and don't... lie to me . You claimed you're a warrior, but you're actually a worrier ... and a coward. You seek to get rid of your cowardice, but it seeks to control you and has ever since that night Celestia Ludenberg showed you that newspaper. You trust no one, not even me. I'm telling you to become what you really are, so that you can find your true path.
 * Cain: Rage and pain are two sides on the same coin. I can release you from the pain of that night in the interrogation room, and when I do, nothing will be able to stop you. They don't accept you. I accept you. They think you're dead, and they hoped you're dead. In my mind, you're more than alive, more vivid than anyone else, young man. You're not some human I saw who are selfish and wicked. Let me help you.

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Carl: So, help me.

"......"

Real World
"......."

Act 5 - Sabbat Clan's Legacy
<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile

<p style="text-align:center;"> United Kingdom

<p style="text-align:center;"> England

<p style="text-align:center;"> London

<p style="text-align:center;"> Iscariot Section XIII

Dressing in her new red dress and holding a large sword inside her hand, Carissa smiled as she looked at the window outside. ''Behind Carissa, there was a mysterious man who stood behind her. His face was shrouded in shadows and nobody could see his face.''
 * Carissa: It sounds like Cardinal Aleister did a good job capturing that deranged Firenza Junior. I don't care whether he is my cousin, but we need to chain this beast and tame him so that he will serve our cause.

''Then, he spoke out. Judging from his tone, he was seemly unhappy...'' ''Carissa put the sword on the table in front of her with a dark chuckle. She then went to a pot of soup not far away before having a spoonful of soup, and she ignored much of the shadowy man's angry complaints.'' Carissa then looked at the city and street outside, and she was looking at the Parliament out there, before she sharpened her eyes with anger. ''The man behind her immediately walked forward to Carissa for two heavy steps after hearing her proclaim. He was even angrier.''
 * Roger4.png: Is there any possibility to stop this farce like a child's play? You've gone too far in our recent battle in Ukraine. You caused such a havoc that we have to push them on Arzonia and her so-called family for it.
 * Carissa: You old bags from Isacriot Section never tells me what kind of demonic force you were fighting against, since I'm not an official member of your section. However, my curiousity remains especially on this demon force's leader. I think they must be connected to my cousin's own sickness, and I intend to cure it.
 * Carissa: That humiliation he gave me, I need to let him pay, but not now. For now, Firenza Junior is our tool to destroy Arzonia Family's terrible rebellion, as Maria Arzonia is a much more intense problem. We need to put such a rebellion to an end.


 * Man: We!?



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Man: YOU THINK WE DIDN'T COST TOO MUCH KNIGHTS? '

Carissa put the spoon back into her pot and put on a pair of glasses, but before that, she calmly took just a glance at the man who tried to scold her.
 * Carissa: There's no need to send those Papal Knights, as we need to preserve our military strength as much as possible. However, we still have some progress despite our recent loss.

''While she was speaking, Carissa put her hand into her right pocket and took out a small piece of paper. The paper was folded, and Carrisa had to open it so that she could read it. It was a letter.'' ''In Queen Elizard's three daughters, Carissa is the second daughter, who was renouned by her might in military. Her elder sister, Rimea, is a well-known strategist. Her younger sister, Villian, is known for her benevolence.'' ''Carissa then grabbed the unfinshed letter tightly in her hand and grinded her teeth. For now, Carissa knew that her elder sister went on a global journey in order to take Carissa back to custody. However, even after more than a month of searching on both sides, Rimea never found Carissa, and vice versa.''
 * Carissa: This letter is unfinished, but I assume that Arzonia wrote it. Ha, I snatched it while their prison was in chaos. It had several words written to my eldest sister, Rimea, to invite her join the Catholic Rebels and devote her notable intellegence to Arzonia Family.
 * Carissa: Judging from my elder sister's own aloof personality, I guess it's hard for her to join Arzonia Family. She never likes their tendency after all, but since she's my enemy...
 * Man: Judging that one of your sisters gone rogue and the other joined the Catholic Rebels officially, while your mother opposed you during our coup, are you still certain that you're about to take back the throne?

The shadowy man seemed to cool himself down, and he stopped complaining about Carissa's recent behavior due to that advanced information which costed so many lives of Papal Knight.

Then, Carissa turned to the shadowy man, who was staring at her with a pair of sharpened eyes.
 * Carissa: My mother is old enough to be such a fool to stand against me... Without her dreadful interference, I can easily take over that throne and raise the whole kingdom from dreadful ashes. Also, I can easily take down my cousin and end his madness! As I informed you, serving the KnightWalker Family won't be a long term after all.
 * Man: Perhaps, there's something else I need to ask you about... How did you know that Carl Robinson is Duke Firenza's son, also your own cousin? 

''Carissa grinned wickedly. She didn't try to answer the question first, but instead, Carissa started to ask another question.'' ''Hearing Carissa suddenly changed the topic from Carl to Krans, the shadowy man was very confused. He then sighed.'' ''Carissa shook her head as her face began to turn pink. She let out a cryptic smile as if she found some top secret while the person who accompanied him was an idiot and could not find out.'' ''The shadowy man seemed surprised as soon as he heard Carissa's word. He stepped in sheer surprise and his spoken words seemed to turn influent all of a sudden.'' Carissa nodded in her cryptic grin.
 * Carissa: Before that, I need to tell you that the second report came from our suriving Knight included an important message - the blood of Patriarch Krans Romа́n Tsarskiy seemed to have effects on Carl's rampage and weakened him for a while, despite not healing him. There are also something wrong with Patriarch Krans' blood as well, and I knew its reason as well.
 * Saber.(Fate.EXTRA).full.2242204.pngMan: They sound like two seperate stuffs after all. You're not answering my question.
 * Carissa: They sound seperated, but what if I told you that the informations of those two secrets came from the same man ?
 * Man: You mean...
 * Carissa: Someone told me about the origin of Carl Robinson long before I started that coup, and the very same guy told me that there were some kind of strange stuff in Patriarch Krans' blood as well. For now, I cannot tell you who he is, but even if I tell you, it'll be useless, as you cannot get him. No one can. He told me that the blood curse of Carl was connected to some kind of mysterious material of demons, known as the Blackness, but his soul was connected to a powerful and ferocious demon king that nobody could tame. This man who told me such a thing belongs to a vampire clan which was loyal to that demon king. I ask you this, dear sir... Have you ever heard about the name...



<p style="text-align:center;">' - Carissa: ... Sabbat? '

The shadowy inquisitor immediately stepped back as he narrowed his eyes in disgust, looking at Carissa, but she remained her cool. Keeping her cryptic and gruesome smile, Carissa nodded and was not alarmed at the man's reaction full of horror. ''The shadowy man immediately alerted when he heard this. He paced closer to Carissa and stepped just one inch away from her.'' Hearing this, Carissa's smile went even wider like some prideful person outsmarting someone obviously much stronger than her.
 * Man: No, that's impossible! Many of the known vampire current linage of the Sabbat Clan died a long time ago, as some of them went extinct or went into escape. How can this be?
 * Carissa: MANY of them, yeah, but not MOST, much less ALL. Here's what that man told me about. There's a legend about one of the families in Sabbat Clan, with its alledgely genderless leader known as Vykos. Vykos was a savage and hideous vampire leader in the Sabbat, who fanatically loyal to Moloch, the Demon King who cursed Carl and his family blood. The family is infamous for its incestous relationship to keep their so-called divine blood pure and clean... Disgusting. However, Vykos has a daughter who never ever agree with their cruel tendency. One day, more than 20 years ago, she escaped her family after stealing two artifacts from Moloch's followers. One was an Elemental Artifact named the  Wind Armatus, and another was the Seals of Seven Deadly Sins invented by the sages serving the Sabbat Clan.
 * Man: That's the two stuff that Patriarch Krans used against our forces according to the current informations inside our hand, with the Seal of Seven Deadly Sins inside the hands of the Pope...
 * Carissa: By the way, by the time she betrayed the Sabbat Clan, that vampire woman was pregnant. She married a Russian human, and yet her husband was killed by Vykos. To escape the murder attempt of the sadistic vampire leader, that poor thing went to Russian Orthodox Church, asking for sanctuary, not long after she betrayed the leader Vykos. To purify herself, the woman fed herself with an exotic and rare elixir who can turn her blood into more human-like, and it'll also purify her child. However, she had an overdose on the elixir which costed a large part of her lifespan. After giving birth to her child, who showed no aspect of a vampire, the vampire woman rested in peace. The Russian Orthodox Church raised his child, and later the then Patriarch, the adoptive father of the child, rechristen him as...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Carissa: ... Krans Romа́n Tsarskiy. '

The pale inquisitor could not give a clear answer, as he was shocked by what Carissa knew about the Sabbat, somehow from another mysterious person who was possibly connected to the Sabbat. ''Carissa then led the man to the window, as the light of the moon finally revealed his face. It was Fiamma of the Right, the leader of God's Right Seat.'' ''Annoyed, Fiamma then stepped back to get away from Carissa, as he narrowed his eyes in anger. He was pretty annoyed when he saw Carissa's flamboyant attitude in her words.'' ''While Fiamma was speaking, Carissa heard him mentioning Cardinal Sforza and immediately took out her watch from her pocket, looking at the watch in a face of grim expression. She was seemly a bit of annoyed and she had to narrow her eyes.'' ​Before Fiamma could finish, Carissa lifted her finger to interrupt him with her eyes sharpened. ''Just then, the telephone beside Carissa suddenly rang. Carissa immediately went to the phone and picked it up.'' ''Carissa then narrowed her eyes as she bit her lips. She then nodded and spoke in a determined tone.'' With no time to waste, Carissa immediately hung the phone and rushed to the door. ''Hearing this, Fiamma immediately reacted in a grin. He then turned back with a grin, returning to his own sadistic personality with his delusional grandeur.'' Carissa then went towards the door with a cold and grim face. ''However, as Carissa was making her comments on the current situation in an sacarstic tone, her words stopped all of a sudden, and she then stopped pacing all of a sudden. Something suddenly came into her own mind.'' ''Fiamma lowered his head and fell into thoughts. For now, the name of Sister Lidvia Lorenzetti was still on the name list in the Church's service clergies. Even so, since now many clergies were now turning against the current Pope and joined Arzonia Family, Fiamma felt he could trust no one.'' However, with a cruel grin, Fiamma said the word "Don't worry" in a calm tone. ''Carissa smiled and nodded. She then turned back again and paced slowly towards the opened door.''
 * Trinity.Blood.full.1666606.jpgMan: You... you mean...
 * Carissa: That young Patriarch Krans, as I assmued, is not completely a human. He's the very own grandson of Vykos. I assume that the blue blood in his veins, which somehow weakened Carl Robinson's rampage for a while, was caused as a result of that rare elixir his mother consumed, but its power was released soon after Krans used the Wind Armatization to empower himself. That's his mother's greatest legacy to restore his humanity.
 * Carissa: Besides, Fiamma, I need to tell you one thing... That Abel Nightroad is the son of a vampiristic Sabbat Follower, and he had a twin brother named Cain Nightroad who is believed to be dead by now years after their seperation... And they also have a sister who was one with Langdon Orphans but betrayed them as well. Therefore, as you can see, the danger is all around us, not just from Carl, but also from the remnants of Sabbat, now joining Arzonia's force against us.
 * Fiamma: I know my next mission. As this world going into an deadend, I'll enter the Star of Bethlehem now and drive it to London. By the way, how was the escort mission of Cardinal Sforza shall be escorted in London. 
 * Fiamma: I guess we should treat her harshly. She was close to Abel ever since she was younger, and she must be influenced by his ideas. In addition to that--
 * Carissa: Excuse me. This isn't right. Brother Matthaios should arrive here already in London now. He should give me a call as soon as he--
 * 45298064_p0_master1200.jpgCarissa: Hello?
 * Carissa: Good, I understand. I'll be there as soon as possible. Thank you.
 * Carissa: Wait for our plan to be instigate. I just got the news that Brother Matthaios arrived at our secret meeting place beneath the sewers, right next to the Paliament. Besides, according to those informations from our guards, there are two people from enemies coming for Cardinal Sforza. One is Abel Nightroad, and one is my younger sister, Villian, who was seemly looking for Sforza or Abel, or perhaps maybe both.
 * Bayonetta.(Character).full.1790807.jpgFiamma: Ha, I was worried about where to find them. Very well! Haha, I never ever expected that they're now heading right towards us!
 * Carissa: You just need to wait for Cardinal Aleister's instruction, and then you'll return to the Star of Bethlehem in order to make it atop London. I'll start a bigger war in this city. Now, maybe another sister of mine, Rimea, was on her way to find me, or maybe not. Even so, ha, things are getting funnier!
 * Fiamma.Of.The.Right.jpgCarissa: By the way, Nio said that she sent Lidvia Lorenzetti to capture Abel. I trust Nio since she said she would make my family all spared, but can we still trust Lidvia? I heard recent days, she went missing as well soon after the rise of Maria Arzonia's rebellion.
 * Fiamma: Don't worry.
 * Fiamma: If Lidvia is still loyal to us, then we can consider it bygone. However, if she dared to protect Abel intentionally, I would not let her go unpunished. After all, we have already make a plan to track her down. One day, we'll find her. 

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Carissa: I'll meet you again on battlefields, sisters. '

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Cardinal Sforza's Location 

<p style="text-align:center;"> River Thames 

<p style="text-align:center;"> A steamboat 

On the river of Thames, a steamboat swiftly rode itself towards the place where Carissa was supposed to meet Cardinal Sforza, who gave herself in so that she won't be a burden to Arzonia.

However, once she was escorted to London via the magic of teleportation and was put on a boat, Sforza was confused. At this moment, Sforza was sitting between Brother Matthaios and Sister Paula, who were escorting Sforza under Melancholia's instruction, while Brother Petros Orsini was guarding on the deck.
 * Sforza: This place is... England? Why did you bring me to England?

Petros put his hand on his chin, and he seemed as confused as Sforza as well, not only because Sforza needs to be escorted to London somehow, but also because of Nio, who stole a vial of Firenza Blood for unknown purpose. Sister Paula went towards Sforza and whispered to her, but Sforza shook her head in disappointment with a sigh.
 * Paula: Don't worry, Cardinal. His Holiness has his own meaning doing so.
 * Sforza: Then, is there any meaning in making Mary Spencer some cannon fodder who only serves as a catalyst to release Carl Robinson's wrath?

Paula looked at Sforza with a sad face. Sforza then looked at the river Thames and closed her eyes in dismay. ''Paula did not answer, but Brother Matthaios chuckled and clapped his hands. He still kept his bruises coming from his previous conflict against Vento of the Front four days ago.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Saber.(Fate.EXTRA).full.2238742.jpg: Only sacrifising a little can make success to the greater good. After all, now people all see what kind of monster Firenza Junior is, and this is merely a beginning. Cardinal Sforza, I should ask you that is there any meaning for you to help Maria Arzonia in her senseless rebellion? In the name of God? I don't think she's a saint after all.
 * Sforza: This is where Carissa gone escaped somehow and later joined the current Pope... and now I need to meet her and surrender to her?
 * Matthaios: Impressive imagination, Cardinal Sforza, but she does not ask for your surrender. In fact, she needs you in another plan, which we have to deliver the "material" to Mother Superior.

Shocked, Sforza immediately sharpened her eyes and yelled angrily.
 * Sforza: She still have plans?
 * Matthaios: Yes, and it shall be a longer term.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Matthaios: Not even I know about it. '

The air itself turned silent all of a sudden, only with the sound of river flowing as the ship moved itself on...

<p style="text-align:center;"> 2 minutes later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> London Sewers 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Secret Underground Chamber 

''Holding a large rose in her hand and trying to be as romantic as possible, Carissa stood inside the chamber with the sewers. Despite hating such a place, Carissa had no choice. This is perhaps the most suitable place for her to make such a meeting.'' Just then, Carissa suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming across the tunnel, and she turned to face the source of sound with a smile. ''It was Cardinal Sforza, being cuffed on her wrist and being escorted by Sister Paula, Brother Petros and Brother Matthaios, were walking towards her. Duo Iqus was standing behind Brother Petros with his gun holding in his hand. Sforza never intended to speak anything. Duo stopped and bowed in front of the Second Princess in red dress.'' Carissa merely waved her hand. ''Carissa then walked closer to the frail Cardinal and let out an evil grin, but Sforza never intended to look at Carissa. Instead, she looked at the wall beside her with no reason.'' Sforza suddenly gave Carissa a death glare as soon as Carissa was about to finish her words. ''Hearing Sforza's threats, Carissa suddenly stepped back and pretended to be horrified. She widened her gaze and her mouth, trying to make a terrifying face that was obviously faked.'' ''All of a sudden, Carissa turned into a menacing face rapidly, right before she raised her sword and aimed its point at Sforza's chin, narrowing her gaze. Sforza clenched her teeth and raised her head, looking down on Carissa's tip of sword.'' ''Sforza had no intention trying to speak a single word, but Carissa was still threatening her. For now, the resistance of Sforza showed no effects.'' Meantime, Sforza never intended to show herself to be scared, either. Carissa bit her lips intensely, and three seconds of confrontations later, she withdrew her sword. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Carissa: She must come here by now.
 * Carissa: Well, well, well, our most wonderful guest of honor is here. Welcome to London, my respectful Cardinal.
 * Duo Iqus: We're sorry. This place is still under control of the Church of England. They put up guards three times more cautious than usual.
 * Catherina.Sforza.full.1662408.jpgsa: That's fine.
 * Carissa: Caridinal Sforza, I know this is against your own will. You're diseased and you want to spare Maria Arzonia from burden. That's very admirable. After all, that poor Spanish kid tried to cross us several time, and then she learned a hard way that she's too weak against us. Such a loser she--
 * Sforza: She's NOT a loser, Carissa. If there's one person who can stop Michael Langdon from achieving whatever inside his mind, it'll be her. As his collaborator, Carissa, you'll not get away with it.
 * Carissa: Oh, you scared the heck out of me! She sounds so scary... NOT!
 * Sforza: Ugh...
 * Carissa: I know what you are thinking, Cardinal Sforza. If you think scaring me can make me surrender, think again.
 * Sforza: I know you want me to give in for a reason. You need me in just another plan of Melancholia, right?
 * Carissa: Yes, you're right. We need no wealth or title of yours, Duchess of Milan, we only need...  your disease. 

''Sforza was shocked and horrified for the first time since she met Carissa. When Carissa tried to tease Maria in front of her, Sforza never felt scared. When Carissa tried to threaten her, Sforza never felt scared. However, when Carissa revealed that they needed the Croatoan Virus, Sforza felt horrified for the first time. Brother Petros was visibly shocked as well, but neither Sister Paula nor Brother Matthios showed any shock. Duo Iqus showed no expression as well.''
 * Carissa: Once, there was a secret organization in Sleepy Hollow in the United States, named the Order of Flourish, which is an old secrect council that even had international influence in its prime, but was rumored to be obliterated for good alongside that old town during Cold War II... They planned to use Croatoan Virus, combined with many perculiar magical elixir, to create a new enhanced version of the magic plague, known as  Supreme Croatoan Virus, who can make its host to merge with a natural element they wished, becoming the one with nature. The one who can merge perfectly with the virus shall not only control their sanity, their own form and the virus' power, but also gained one more special gift...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Carissa: Immortality. '

''Sforza's body began to tremble as she started to step back in terror. She never thought that even her own sacrifise was inside Michael and Melancholia's own manipulations as well.'' ''While Carissa was speaking her plans with a dark and sinister tone, Sforza started to tremble. She widened her eyes and kept mumbling "This is madness..." or something else, but she cannot escape. The cuff on her hand is in the same type that cuffed Maria, restraining Sforza's magical power, but Sforza had no tool to break free.'' Suddenly, before Sforza could finish, a man with orange suit suddenly appeared from the other side and slammed Sforza's head with a large stick. ''Fiamma of the Right held the stick in his hand and hit Sforza's head, rendering her unconscious. He then smiled at Carissa wickedly.'' Carissa then went to Brother Petros with a smile on her face, but Petros could only feel ashamed for himself.
 * Joan.Alter.full.2221837.jpgSforza: You, you mean...
 * Carissa: If I never mistaken, Cardinal, YOU'RE the only known surviving host of a kind of normal Croatoan Virus. Now, Mother Superior has all other kind of blood, including Firenza Junior Blood as well as blood from the body of a dead witch who used an elixir to alter her own body, but all it remained... was the virus inside YOUR blood. Mother Superior will make His Holiness to canonize you if you would devote yourself by turning the killer virus into something that benefits the humanity...
 * Sforza: No, I'm so idotic... Your plan is mad! The virus can only create suffering! Making the whole world immortal is not possible without costing their humanity! All magic has a cost! The Croatoan Virus cannot benefit the world, because it has no heart!
 * Fiamma: And soon neither with you!
 * Fiamma: She seemed a lot more worthy now, I suppose.
 * Petros.jpgPetros: Is this really necessary? No one told me about the virus stuff.

However, Carissa smiled and put her hand on the arm of the towering knight in front of her. Petros only looked at an unconcious Sforza with a sad face.
 * Carissa: Don't worry. We'll never kill her, just trying to take her blood. Besides, if the project succeeded, the virus will benefit the whole world, even changing the history. You've done a great job, Brother Petros. His Holiness will be proud of you.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Petros: .............................. '

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile

<p style="text-align:center;"> Switzerland

<p style="text-align:center;"> On the street

<p style="text-align:center;"> La Chaux-de-Fonds

''On the sky, Maria struggled against several flying creatures on the sky as she saw the truck escaping. Those creature came out of nowhere trying to stop her from getting closer to the truck. Not far away, Adam, Eva, Magilou and Sumireko were too busy in fighting against several demonic creatures that came from nowhere, and so were Acqua, Aureolus, Vento, Angelene and Lucia.'' At this moment, Matt is so far the only person who was racing towards the enemy truck with no setbacks just because he was on a motorcycle, rode by some female nut job in a wild speed... ''Thanks to the wild speed of the motorcycle, Matt went closer and closer all the way towards the truck. Then, Matt narrowed his eyes and started to raise his blade. He was starting at the ''
 * Maria: Don't run away, whoever you are!
 * Acqua: No, where're these things come from?
 * 147.jpgMatt: Wait!







<p style="text-align:center;">' - ???: Seth Nightroad. '

''Maria heard the name "Nightroad" and widened her eyes with surprise. She immediately looked at the black-haired girl, who was smiling at her.'' ''After her transformation, Seth floated towards Maria and stood in a place one inch closer. Maria observed this young girl. She looks like a child, and is very petite, barely reaches 5 feet tall, making her even shorter than Magilou in such a form. However, when Matt saw her in the first time, Seth was not that short. Instead, she seemed to be in a same age as Esther, like a teenager.''
 * Maria: N-Nightroad?
 * Seth: Yup, "Nightroad".  I'm the younger sister of Abel and Cain Nightroad. 

''Matt then put on his glasses and started to take a look at Seth, in order to see her more clearly. Maria, however, immediately hit his shoulder with her elbow. Matt immediately stepped back.'' Hearing this, Maria stared at Matt in a serious face. ''Matt immediately stepped back with obedience. Maria then turned her sight on the face of Seth as she looked at the young lady. No doubt, like Cain and Abel, Seth is also a vampire, but it was unsure if she's friendly or hostile.''
 * Matt: What? That's just mean! However, this lady... who almost killed me in a car accident due to her recless driving... happened to be a Nightroad?
 * Maria: Let me handle her.
 * Seth: Good evening, Arzonia. It's good to see you here.

''Carefully, Maria stepped back a pace and looked at her in an alerted expression. Maria knew that despite she helped in founding the Catholic Rebels, there might still be some rogue rebels that fought against Michael and Melancholia around the world. She had to assure whether Seth is good enough to join her.'' Hearing Maria's weapons, Seth gave a cryptic smile. ''Maria narrowed her gaze when she heard Seth say so. She was rather surprised, as she once believed that after the destruction of Aldegyr Kingdom, nearly every regions, nations and individuals around the world had chose their side in World War III. Thus, Maria was rather surprised that Seth was on nobody's side, or so she claimed.'' ''Hearing this, Maria suddenly narrowed her eyes as she had some feelings somehow. She wanted more detailed informations from Seth, since she wasn't sure if she could label Seth as a friend.''
 * Maria: Who do you work for, Seth? You work for Michael Langdon, like Cain... or you work for Catholic Rebels, like Abel?
 * Seth48.jpgSeth: I work for myself . Also, I'm not trying to fight against Michael Langdon... or Eckidina KnightWalker, either, despite I'm also on their radar. I'm only here trying to stop my big brother Cain's rampage.
 * Seth: You never knew how diablolical Cain was. You have no idea on his past. He was a monster. I cannot understand why my kind and loving parents will give birth to such a monster. That man... is not even a thing . To be honest, I was once a member of Langdon Orphans as well, until I found it was too brutal and I left.
 * Maria: When did you left Langdon Orphans?

''Hearing this, the cryptic smile on the face of Seth suddenly disappeared. It faded into a sad frown, as if Maria's words jogged some utterly uncomfortable memories inside her head.'' ''Seth then took a closer look at Maria's face. Then, all of a sudden, her face turned more serious and darkened, as a face of a young girl started to flow into her mind. Even though Maria's face seemed different to that face in Seth's mind, the two faces eventually merged together... and matched to each other perfectly.  "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"''
 * Seth: Much earlier than Abel did.
 * Seth: And you were in that very same place.

Hearing this, Maria's face turned pale and almost fell herself on the ground, as Maria was still standing unstable with her special high heel boots. ''Seth closed her eyes and shook her head in dismay. Meanwhile, Abel and Aureolus were still trying to subdue Aureolus.'' ''As Seth was speaking, she let out a dark and sinister death glare into Maria's soul. Matt, Acqua, Magilou, Aureolus, Yuri, Adam and Eva all looked at Maria with sheer confusion, while Maria stepped back in horror.''
 * Maria: W-What do you mean?
 * Seth: At least, I know that brutality was against your will. Your brothers forced you to do the work, but you still had blood on your hands, Arzonia. Also, there was this boy--- who lost his parents because of you... or more precisely, your brother.
 * Maria: D-don't tell me that it was...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: ... That arson four years ago! '

Maria's Flashback
<p style="text-align:center;"> Scene from LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off - Firenza Junior - Carl's Weak Spot

<p style="text-align:center;"> 4 years ago

''A younger Maria Arzonia, standing in the parking lot far away from the fire zone. She stared at her evil brothers with brown cloak covering her body, and a logo of Mafusa Gang was on her cloak. She berated her brother for their heinous actions. A large thin ferrule was tied around her forehead.''
 * 50013520_p0_master1200.jpgMaria: Brother! Stop it! This is madness!

Just half a month ago, Maria was coerced by her brothers to join Mafusa Gang, and she was forced to joined their crimes of murder, which she felt nothing but disgust and regret.

''Her brothers, Cain Arzonia and Robert Arzonia were standing not far away, counting the money they stole while seizing the fire. Jacob Arzonia, Maria's third brother, were not there.''

(- Narrator: To separate Cain Arzonia from Cain Nightroad, we'll adress Maria's eldest brother as "Cain Arzonia".) ''Robert Arzonia, who was an obese and hideous young man, drank rum he grabbed from a store. He drunk them all and smashed the bottle on the ground, and the smells all over his body made Maria want to puke in disgust.'' ''Turned out, Michael had already hired Arzonia Brothers for his crimes against humanity even before he started his campaign to pursuit papacy. Michael and his Orphans hired them for the crime in order to pin the crime on the forces of KnightWalker Family and their supporters.'' ''Maria heard this name and was shocked. She could not imagine there was someone so callous and repulsive that could burn down a town. Maria stepped back in horror. She was just a child, and she could not comprehend this.''
 * Cain Arzonia: Ha, sis, why piss off yourself so much? It's so much fun in this town, like an amusement park, but lighting it up will make it up to eleven.
 * Robert: Do you know who would pay us for this? A bishop named Michael Langdon! Hahaha, it was such a surprise since he's a clergy, but as long he wish us to purge this town from its sin, we'll be happy to do it!
 * Maria: Michael... Langdon... How callous.

Even so, Maria had put the name Michael in her mind forever, and yet she never knew that one day, after a few years, this man would be her archenemy. ''Maria's mind suddenly went back when she heard another voice that drove fear into her heart. It was Jacob Arzonia, Maria's third brother.'' ''Jacob threw a man and a woman towards Maria with his strength. He had a thin build, but he was as brutal as his two elder brothers. Maria was appalled. She saw the couple in front of her. They were heavily bruised and severely beaten by Jacob with his fists and feet.'' ''Jacob made a casual yawn. He pointed at the couples.'' ''Turned out, the couples were Carl's adoptive parents , Mr. & Mrs. Robinson. They were beaten and tied up, and their mouth were sealed in plastic tapes. Maria was horrified and widened her eyes.'' ''Robert then pushed a gun on Maria's hand and grabbed her arm. Somehow, Robert was wearing a pair of rubber gloves. He then forced Maria to point her gun at a struggling Mr. Robinson.''
 * ???: Cain! Maria! Robert! I found two refugees here!
 * Jacob: Maria, here're the preys for you!
 * Maria: What... What have you done to them? What do you mean "preys for me"?
 * Deadman_wonderland_by_hyugahinata78-d7ryzld.pngJacob: These two were running down from the burning hotel above this parking lot, and I captured them. I know there will be people running down, and now we'll make them face their hunters.
 * Jacob: Since we three did so much job today while you just stood by and tried to berate us, I guess you're not cruel enough to fit Aki Honda's standards. Thus, you need to commit your first kill today by killing them. It'll shut their mouth forever.

''However, before Maria could finish, Cain Arzonia behind her pressed the red button on a remote in his hand. Then, suddenly, the ferrule on Maria's head began to shine in white current as some electric current passed. Maria then screamed in horror as the ferrule now electrocuted her in a surge of electric shock which lasted for 4 seconds.'' ''As the electric current surged through her head, Maria screamed in pain and terror with an expression of horror, but her brothers were very merciless. They did not even help her to get up.''
 * Maria: No, I can't do this... We've gone far enough! This man should be innoncent! We cannot...
 * 50148528_p0.jpgMaria: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

''Maria had to bent in pain and shivered in horror. She was just a child then, so she was too weak against her wicked brothers.'' ''Maria had fell down on the ground and looked up to the couples. She suddenly heard Mr. and Mrs. Robinson mumbling something. Maria held back the pain in her head and clenched her teeth.'' ''Maria tried to hold her breath and slowly regained her sense due to the electric shock. She turned to her merciless brothers, and tears began to stream down her cheeks.'' The three brothers looked at each other and then looked at Maria, nodded. Maria then struggled herself to get up and took off the tapes that sealed the mouths of Mr. & Mrs. Robinson, with sorrow in her eyes. ''Maria's tears began to stream down her cheeks, and she shivered in sadness. However, then she heard a soft voice coming at her.'' ​Maria was appalled by Mr. Robinson's words,. Mrs. Robinson then went closer to Maria and whispered to her in a tone like a mother. ''Maria was deeply shocked by the words, the forgiving words. She could not believe that two victims forgave their killers and decided to face death with dignity. Then, Maria bit her lips and pointed her gun at Mr. & Mrs. Robinson, but she dared not look at them. She closed her eyes tightly...''
 * Cain Arzonia: Kill them or being electrocuted, your choice!
 * Maria: At least... At least, they have rights to speak their final words!
 * Cain Arzonia: Well...
 * Robert: Make things fast!
 * Maria: God will condemn me for my murder of you two...
 * Mr. Robinson: I can see you were coerced... We don't blame you.
 * Maria: Ah...
 * Mrs. Robinson: We only have one request...
 * Mrs. Robinson: If you ever find our son, tell him that we only wished him to live with hope and happiness. We have nowhere to go, and thus we only wished he moved on. Now, do it.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: Forgive me... '

<p style="text-align:center;">' BANG! BANG! '

''Maria closed her eyes and fired two shots at the couples. The shots both killed them instantly and ended their pain as they died with smiles. Maria then opened her eyes. She then looked at her own hands. There were drops of blood on her hand.''
 * Maria: No, what have I done...

Nowadays

 * AcquaoftheBack.pngMaria: No, I...

Maria stepped back again in fright as Seth's words, which she spoke in a cold and callous voice, jogged the memory of Maria from one of the very first day of darkness in her childhood memory.

All others were quite confused and looked at Maria, who was trying to cover her face with her gloved palms.

''Maria then looked ate everyone, as Acqua narrowed his gaze and looked at Maria with strange look. He never saw Maria being such terrified before.'' ''Maria looked around and tried to maintain her composure, but she could hardly catch her own breath. Maria opened her mouth and started to breath desperately, and Matt went to her immediately to help her keeping stable.'' Magilou immediately narrowed her gaze and lashed out at Seth, who crossed her arm and looked at Maria with a face of calmness. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Seth: You were also coerced in that sort of sheer brutality, but you killed people as well. Then, I'm here to question you that how come you want peace if you yourself is a murderer.
 * Acqua: What's going on?
 * Magilou: What do you mean, you witch? You're no different to Cain!
 * Seth: Because that boy is Firenza Junior !!!

''Sometimes, as we stated before, one of perhaps the most terrifying things in the world is that the air itself fell silent all of a sudden. Seth then looked at Maria in a dark look, and Maria was so shocked that she could barely speak a word. Seth's sudden revalation had gave her a hard punch in her chest.'' ''Krans, Matt, Magilou, Sumireko, Adam, Eva, Vento, Aureolus and Yuri were all surprised, but Seth still remained calm. Now, Seth was the only person who could stay calm and solace, while Maria was to the point of freaking out.''
 * Maria: F-Firenza Junior... You mean Carl!?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Maria: He's... the young man in that night... '

Still hugging the child with comatose inside his arms, Aureolus looked at the entire scene with a confused and shocked face. ''Maria ignored Aureolus' words, and her head was about to be exploded. Seth narrowed her gaze and went towards her.'' ''Maria then covered her head instantly. She was now experiencing a serious psychological Heroic BSOD at this very moment. Seth's word jogged her darkest memory, and she never thought it was connected to Carl, the person who showed distrust towards her.'' ''Seeing Maria squeezing her head in awful pain and distress, Acqua immediately went towards Seth and glared at the vampire girl, who was still floating on the sky like a cloud.  Trying to regain her cool, Maria then immediately wiped her mouth. Seconds ago, because of her desperate state, she started foaming like a rabid dog, completely losing her grace for a brief moment, but then she calmed herself down.'' Seth then narrowed her gaze and showed her a silver locket in a shape of silver. ''Maria took the silver locket and checked it carefully. It was similar to Maria's own locket, but with merely three layers, containing three photos. Those photos were respectively Carl and his foster parents' own mugshots. Maria's face went pale when she saw the two middle-aged people on the locket layers right next to Carl's photo.''
 * Aureolus: Uh, what's going on?
 * Maria: Uh, I thought he could live in a happy life... His parents wanted me to kill them and told their son to move on... My brothers...
 * Acqua: But isn't his father Duke Firenza?
 * Seth: It was his adopted parents. Carl's own father died mysteriously when he was a kid, and he was later raised by Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, both of whom he loved dearly. They were his adoptive parents.
 * Index_v02_182.jpgMaria: But how exactly do you know that this person is Carl? Even I did not know.
 * Seth: After Carl was captured, I tracked down Terra of the Left all the way, knowing he will send Carl to Cain Nightroad, my elder brother who's still in Langdon Orphan's service, but I failed to capture Terra. Even so, I found this locket dropped on the ground.
 * Seth: You and your brothers might not see me, but I happened to be there, trying to find survivors inside the basement, only finding your brothers killed many people looking for shelter. Your brothers forced you to kill the adoptive parents of Carl, while they asked for a mercy death. Then, one of your brother yelled your name to cheer on the crime, but suddenly, Carl appeared...

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Seth: ... And perhaps he heard your name and thought YOU were the killer... '

''Maria sighed sadly. Her feelings could not be described as mere shock or sad. She had a bitter feeling inside her heart, and the feeling was about to tear herself apart.'' ''Maria immediately went forward once again and stood only one cetermeter close to Seth. Even Seth was floating on the sky, she was still one-head shorter than Maria. A menacing and absolutely scary mood was created due to Maria's expressions. However, Seth didn't even flinch.'' "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Seth: By the way, I need to tell you that Carl is the sole survivor of the town. His parents and those friends he made in that town perished forever, because of Langdon Orphans and your brothers.
 * Maria: Then, why are you here telling me about it!? You want to rub salt on my scars? You want to tell me that Carl was already doomed to be a beast because of my fault? He was doomed to distrust me because what I did?
 * Seth: I'm here to tell you that if Cain has Carl in his hand, he definitely would use that kind of hatred inside Carl, so that he could make Carl to unleash all sort of violence towards you for pure vengence, pushing him towards becoming his own demon.



''Maria heard Seth's words one by one, carefully. Her expression soon changed from rage to worriness and then she started to get horrified.'' ''Seth nodded confidently. The air itself turned silent once again, and everyone could feel that even time itself seemed to be frozen with fear. They could hardly breath. They only focused on Seth's words on Cain's unhinged nature as she described it slowly, clearly and specifically.''
 * Maria: You mean Cain Nightroad, your brother, will use Carl's hatred towards me to corrupt him even... even further?
 * Seth: He not only manipulates Carl's hatred. He manipulates the hatred inside all of us so that we Langdon Orphan can become stronger, till we become loyal killing machines to Michael Langdon. Cain can even use the hatred inside himself to fuel his power... His hatred is always reserve for the humanity, as he's been condemned by humans for being a vampire. From the time he was born, all he learnt was to hate. He hates humans that killed our parents... That makes him incredibly dangerous. I was the first one to notice his deadly nature, and I left him even before Abel. Cain and Abel both thought I was dead, but they never know I'm now working as a rogue, trying to make humans and vampires into peace so that no one will be consumed by hatred like my brother... but the World War III shattered my dream. I don't know where to go now.

<p style="text-align:center;"> '- Seth: After all, the Sabbat Clan is almost no more. I'm now just a lost outcast.'



''All of a sudden, Matt reacted in shock as soon as he heard the word " Sabbat ", and he stepped back so quick that he immediately stumbled on the ground. Acqua, Sumireko, Maria and Magilou immediately reacted in shock as soon as they saw Matt fell on the pavement with his hip first.'' ''Much to Maria and other people's confusion, Matt started to mumble the word "Sabbat" again and again in sheer grim terror, as if he lost his mind all of a sudden. Seth saw this and went closer to Matt, as Acqua and the three ladies were working hard to revive Matt.'' ''Seth's words again acted like a massive earthquake to cause a tsunami on the surface of Pacific Ocean. They looked at Seth's words and widened their eyes in shock. They don't know how many hidden informations was hiding on this vampire girl.'' ''With a cryptic grin, Seth covered her face under silk once again, making Maria quite confused with how much secrets Seth was hiding, before she took a look at Matt. Maria then realized that there was some hidden secrets in Matt's past as well, but she didn't know if she could ask it out of Matt. Fortunately, just one second later, Matt immediately regained his own composure.'' Seth then opened a large map she got out from her own pocket, even though it seemed impossible to contain such massive map at all.
 * Matt: S-Sabbat?!
 * Seth: I have a feeling that I somehow met this boy many years ago...
 * Seth: Uh, maybe's it's just a misunderstanding.
 * Matt: Don't worry about me. We need to think about Carl first. Seth, since now your brother is taking Carl as his own prisoner, where you think he will be now?
 * Seth: I heard from a troop of Melancholia I once caught, and he said that my brother is taking Carl to London, where the Firenza Blood bomb will also be executed...

''Maria then looked at the map of Europe. Acqua bit his lips and clenched his fists.'' ''All of a sudden, Acqua immediately rememberes some kind of important stuff. In shock, Acqua turned to take a look at Aureolus.'' ''Acqua and Aureolus' words made Maria confused. She just thought that Acqua and Aureolus came to her for a reason, but somehow they never said about their own reason.'' Acqua and Aureolus both looked at Maria with faces full of regrets. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
 * Acqua: London again?
 * Acqua: Did we forget to tell her?
 * Aureolus: Nope, we were busy..
 * Trinity.Blood.full.89757.jpgMaria: Tell me what?
 * Acqua: Cardinal Sforza's sickness gone worse. She gave herself in to the Church so that she won't be our burden. Abel went to Europe to find her, but he accidentally took the Firenza Blood vial you found in Borgia's lab with him.

''Maria was so shocked by the bad news and she immediately fell on the ground. Acqua and Aureolus saw this with shock and immediately apologized to her. Maria then slowly trying to get herself up. Seth heard this and immediately slapped her own head, showing that she remembered something.'' ''From Seth's words, Krans and Maria both heard the words "Croatoan Virus" and narrowed their own gaze, as they both knew it was a dangerous magical plague. Yuri frowned his eyebrows as well. Those formerly seperated things were now started to tie up in London.'' ''Standing up from the floor, Matt then went to Yuri as he slowly regained his composure. The word "Sabbat" had jogged his memory somehow, but Matt was still unable to think about the meaning of this word and the connection between it and him.'' "......................."
 * Leon.(Fire.Emblem).full.2228322.jpgSeth: Oh, speaking of Cardinal Sforza, that minion of Melancholia also said this to me. He also stated that Sforza will be transported to London as well, where Carissa will take care of her. He said that Melancholia wanted the Croatoan Virus inside her, but that's only thing he knew about it.
 * 9508691_p0_master1200.jpgYuri: It's so apparent that Michael, Melancholia and Cain are playing a large game inside London using Carl and Sforza's blood, and who knows what's also inside their store.
 * Matt: Yuri, we really need you and the Witch Cult in this fight. Melancholia is planning something big, and if we don't get Carl out and save him from his blood curse, we'll lose. I know Carl for many years and I know who he once was. Judging from his friendship with me so many years serving in the army, I still believe he's redeemable. Now, we're compromised, and we're unable to contact our base. If Carl is corrupted, things will only get worse. Therefore, we need to do so, no matter what will happen.

''Much to Matt's surprise, Yuri suddenly fell silent. He frowned his eyebrows as soon as Matt mentioned his plan to save Carl, and he seemed sad about it.'' ''Hearing Vento questioning him, Yuri sighed and shook his head, as he started to look at the night sky. After two seconds, Yuri returned back to his normal personality. Maria walked towards Yuri and looked at him in confusion.'' ''Matt didn't ask more, but he suddenly felt that Yuri was somehow knowing something in Carl's blood and was hiding something. Maria had the same feelings as well. However, it's not her place to ask. Everyone's life is at stake. Yuri then opened his magic book and sharpened his gaze.'' ''Magilou then turned to look at Maria, who had already regained her own composure, and closed her eyes. Sighed, Magilou turned back to Seth. Much to her surprise, however, Seth seemed happy about the current situation.'' ''Hearing this and seeing Seth's smile, Maria's face suddenly turned intense. She was fed up with Seth's childish behavior and immediately gave her a dark death glare again that turned the whole mood darker again.'' ''Maria then shook her head in a darkened face. Now, somehow she was acting like her brothers with a dark and intense streak.'' ''Clenching her fists intensely, Maria started to tremble. She was now blaming herself for what happened on Carl and the reason that Carl never believed in her. Seth, however, nodded with a smile. However, her smile then turned into a sad expression and looked on the ground.''
 * Vento: What's going on?
 * Yuri: No, nothing.
 * Yuri: I'll go to Ukraine and warn your collegues about Celestia Ludenberg's doppelganger. I can undo Michael's spell, and I hope nobody will listen to his words. I'll also send the child to your medics. I believe he was also trying to brainwash your collegues with his words and made them all like Esther, blindly following his will.
 * Magilou: Don't worry. I already said that only the four executives has the right to talk to Michael if he phoned us, and if we sense something funny, we'll try to prevent something bad to happen, even to the point of cut the communication. We won't let our guard down.
 * Seth: I'm happy to see you all now trying to mend this whole thing up. Also, I'm glad that you, Arzonia, never tried to escape from your dark past.
 * Maria: Seth Nightroad, I know you're in grudge with Cain and somehow you never wanted to reach for Abel, maybe due to him quitted Michael's forces much later than you did, but I tell you this... If you want to work alone, you'll find yourself trapped inside a place surrounded by enemies, also including vampire haters. Those happened to what your parents and those what drove your brother insane will definitely happen again upon you...
 * Maria: Trust me, Seth. If you want to survive, you must choose your side. Cain is on the side of our enemies, and that makes him our enemy as well. Therefore, I really need your help in our fight against Cain and save Carl, since you know him better than we do. At least, I shall say sorry to Carl since I was the one who pulled the trigger. It was my fault for him to distrust me, and I must mend this before his hatred goes wild. Therefore, are you in or out?
 * Maria: Oh, my, I'm sorry to say something like that. Am I gone too far?

Maria then returned back to her original personality and covered her mouth. As Seth was lamenting on the grudge between humans and vampires, Maria then extended her hand to Seth immediately. Seth looked at Maria in surprise, but then, she smiled again and shook hands with Seth.
 * Seth: No, not at all, Arzonia. I'll help you this time, and I'll also retrieve that vial of Firenza Blood for you. It seems that you're having a stronger mind. Well, you had a point there... I'll join you for now... Like Cain, I never trust humans, despite I don't hate them. There are vampires who are vicious and devilish. I just don't know how and why Abel can trust humans even after what happened upon our family...
 * Maria: Join us and you can see why Abel still have faith in humans. We'll head for London now, shall we?

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Seth: I can see why Abel trust you so much, Arzonia. '

''Seeing Maria persuaded Seth to join her successfully, Vento and Acqua looked at each other and smiled. It's apparent that Maria could face one of the darkest past and tried to atone the crimes, despite it was really not her fault. However, as Aureolus gave the child to Yuri, Acqua stared at him and suddenly raised his hand.'' Izzard suddenly widened his eyes and turned to Acqua. ''Aureolus immediately widened his gaze after hearing this. As Yuri summoned a portal to teleport himself and the child away, Aureolus approached Acqua with a cautious look.'' ''Acqua immediately pulled Aureolus to him, as the latter felt intense feelings around them. With the exception of Maria, Seth, Krans, Adam and Eva, now everyone around Aureolus gave him death glare, as Aureolus felt horrified. He nearly peed in his pants.'' ''Trembled, Aureolus had to nodded his head like drumsticks hitting the drum. Maria was confused when she saw Acqua and many others looking at Aureolus in such a way.'' Acqua immediately pushed away Aureolus to let Vento grab him in her arms, and everyone around Aureolus turned to Maria with casual smiles.
 * Maria: Thank you, Seth. Don't worry about Abel. There are agents of Catholic Rebels in other places around this continient, and they'll find him before Michael's minions did. I'm sure I'll make you brother and sister reunite together.
 * Acqua: You'll come with us, Izzard!
 * Aureolus: Uh, to where?
 * Acqua: London, of course!
 * Aureolus: You mean we'll face Firenza Junior and that vampire creature named Cain Nightroad?
 * Acqua: Or what do you think?
 * Acqua: (whisper) * What if I tell Maria that you tried to exploit our rebellion in order to gain your cause? You should know how she despise opportunists like you. Therefore, you'd better obey or you'll face prison for your two-faced attempt. *
 * Maria: What's going on?

<p style="text-align:center;"> - Acqua, Vento, Sumireko, Matt & Magilou: Nothing...

<p style="text-align:center;"> Meanwhile 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Vatican 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Celestia's Office 

''Looking at Esther with a cold and malicious grin, Celestia's eyes was about to peel Esther's soul... or it's just an expression. Esther's skin turned pale and widened her eyes in horror.'' ''Letting out a devious and dark chuckle, Celestia stood up from her chair. Esther suddenly felt some full contrary on Celestia's personality. Instead of being lousy and noisy, Celestia who appeared right in front of her seemed calm and callous, with her face darkened with shadows.'' ​Esther started to tremble as she heard Celestia mentioned doppelganger. ''Celestia walked all the way towards Esther as soon as she stood up from her chair. Her grin was very gruesome in Esther's eyes as it flashed beneath the sallow light. Esther was more and more frightened. She tried to escape, but Nio blocked her way.'' Before Esther could react, Nio secretly poured her vial of Firenza Blood into a syringe. Hearing Celestia's word, Esther shook her head and stepped back in horror. ''Nio, however, immediately pointed the syringe to Esther with a grin. Esther didn't finish her words.'' Esther then took a look at the syringe before she grabbed it from Nio's hand. ''Closing her eyes, Esther plundged the syringine into her arm slowly and carefully. As she pushed the diluted Firenza Blood into her body, Esther's eyes started to be surrounded in black veins, as her eyes turned even redder. Nio and Celestia watched closer as a sadistic smile surfaced on Nio's lips.'' Tears started to stream down Esther's face.
 * Celestia.Ludenberg.full.2180618.jpgCelestia: How was my funeral?
 * Esther: You... I thought you were dead, but why you...
 * Celestia: It was no accident. It was by design. The dying "me" is just a doppelganger made from a corpse of a dead woman, with her own appearance altered.
 * Esther: D-doppelganger?
 * Celestia: Ahh, yes, but the fun shall go on as soon as I revive it... and then there'll be fun. The place where Firenza Junior slaughtered your sister shall be drenched in blood. Paying blood with blood, don't you think this is a good retaliation?
 * ZestiriaXBerseria-2.jpgCelestia: Arzonia is such a fool... She never know that we played her like a violin all along until her string is broken, thanks to you. Now, the communication towards the Catholic Rebels has been shut down, and now you have no one to rely on... but us.
 * Celestia: You job is to corrupt Abel Nightroad as soon as we captured him... Together, fufu, Arzonia's New Family shall be plundged into breaking point and then, your sin shall be over. You'll be forgiven. Think about your sister.
 * Esther: No, this is madness! I cannot taint my hands with blood of innoncent and make Abel into a monster--
 * Nio: The blood has already been under a process of dilution by me, and it'll not turn people into monster immediately... However, if you refuse, I can steal another syringe of blood and inject you two with it. You'll become two monsters which terrified everyone and ended up being killed! The choice is yours, Esther. The only way to make His Holiness forgive you and Abel is to make him rejoin you... After all, you and him are friends. I know you still can't let go your feelings, and thus I'll let your feelings flow.
 * Esther: If that's the way to make you spare him...
 * Nio: Now, Esther, dear... We'll take our move.

<p style="text-align:center;">' - Esther: (think) * Abel... * '

<p style="text-align:center;"> 6 minutes later 

<p style="text-align:center;"> United Kingdom 

<p style="text-align:center;"> England

<p style="text-align:center;"> London

<p style="text-align:center;"> Near the bank of Thames

''The night's gown had covered itself on London, as the city was unaware of its upcoming ordeal once again... It should be noted that throughtout these several months, London was suffered from two times of attacks, once under Mafusa Gang's attack and once under Carissa's coup.''

''On the bank of the river, Carissa stood silently under her disguise, watching the river flowed. Nobody had ever saw her, since the street was empty. She was waiting for someone.'' ''With his gentle and calm voice, Cain Nightroad suddenly appeared behind Carissa with a smile and a large puff of smoke. Carl was beside him carrying a large sack, with someone inside the sack.''
 * Cain.Nightroad.full.114060.jpg: Glad to see you here, Princess Carissa. You followed our deal.

''Carissa turned back but without warning, she started to attack Cain. Cain, however, as if he knew Carissa would do that, suddenly catched her fist and grabbed it inside his palm, and the two started to do a close hand to hand combat. Carl looked at Carissa with a dark grim cold face, but without Cain's order, Carl could not attack Carissa despite that leaving Carissa alone will stand against his will.''

''Therefore, Carl pushed his wrath down and only watched as Cain tried to overpower Carissa by seizing her wrist and pulled her arm to her back. However, Carissa immediately let go of him and waved her arm. The two shared another 10 seconds of combat before Carissa slammed the cheek of Cain on a wire pole not far away.''

''Cain, however, never got hurt or pain at all. He did not even flinch. He only let out a satisfied chuckle.'' With sheer pride, Carissa then smiled as well. ''However, as Carissa stepped back, Cain seized the chance and grabbed Carissa's arm immediately, pushing her back and forced her to face the ground. He then whispered to her in a cold and malicious tone and a grin.'' Carissa shook her head and sighed. Cain heard the words and immediately reacted with curiousity. ''He then let Carissa free and walked towards the river bank, looking at the sight with a smile. Carissa and Carl both looked at him in confusion, and Carl still didn't say a single word. His emotion and humanity were now stripped by Cain.'' ​Cain remained calm and passive listening to Carrisa asking her question, while looking at the flowing river of Thames calmly. ''In a casual way, Carissa then let out a smile and shrugged her shoulder. She then took a glance to Carl in sheer scorn, much to Carl's inner annoyance.'' Carissa then paced towards Cain and tried to touch his face with her palm in a seductive manner, but Cain merely grabbed her wrist calmly as a response. Carissa then put her hand back to her pocket and made herself more distant towards Carl. ''Cain smiled and nodded before he went to Carl, who still stood emotionlessly. The person inside the sack was indeed Abel Nightroad, who was just captured by Cain not long ago.''
 * Cain: Excellent technique, Carissa. I'm very impressed.
 * Carissa: I have a good teacher. I wish you had called earlier.
 * Cain: Does that mean you don't have your sister captured?
 * 38769003_p0_master1200.jpgCarissa: No, but she won't get away. I'm now luring her into the city. The Arzonia Family are now heading to London as we planned. Cardinal Sforza will be our bait.
 * Cain: Really?
 * Cain: How interesting.
 * Carissa: You're not angry?
 * Cain: No, not at all. You see, Carissa, when I made Terra to insert that chip inside your head, when I told you about the Sabbat Clan, about the tales of me and my ignorant siblings, about the tale of Patriarch Krans and his parentage... I did it in the knowledge that you would become... a competent ally of mine... and so far, you've done an admirable job. The Croatoan Virus will be our ingredient for our next project, after all. Cardinal Sforza gave herself in... just as ALL of us expected.
 * Carissa: I'm glad to hear that... and I wouldn't worry about my cousin. After all, he's nothing special.
 * Cain: Oh, but you couldn't be more wrong. You see, your cousin... is the key to everything.
 * Carissa: As now he follows your order, I'll do my own job to bury Abel into where he should stay, and for Lidvia Lorenzetti... I'm gonna make her cry in pain.



(- Narrator: About the full process of Abel's capture, it'll be presented in the next episode.) Like a cold machine, Carl looked at Cain with no emotions, before responding in a robotic manner. ''Cain then turned to the city of London once again. He extended his arm and pointed at the very city across the river bank.'' ''​As a response, Carl slowly raised his fist as it began to mutate into that demonic claw. Carl's hair then fully bleached into white, as fury began to fill his eyes.''
 * Cain: I'll lead you to Hyde Park to bury Abel, and then we'll instigate our further plan. You'll defeat Arzonia and give her to me, so that you can exact your own vengence against her...
 * Carl: Yes, Milord.
 * Cain: So, this is your home... Tell me how you think about it.



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Carl: A home is a place you need to do a cleanup. ''

<p style="text-align:center;">' CIS Productions Presents... '

<p style="text-align:center;">' A Legends of Multi-Universe Spin-Off... '

<p style="text-align:center;"> LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow Spin-Off 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Firenza Junior 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Episode 8.5 of Season 2 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Suggest to read together with Death Arc 

<p style="text-align:center;"> Episode 22.5 - Return of Old Friends 

<p style="text-align:center;">' To be continued... '

Lyrics
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In the Next Episode...


<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Plaisir: Leave me alone... ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Maria: Your Majesty, we're here to keep you safe. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Fiamma: Attack the Scotland Yard! ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Adam: I'm not a cop. I'm a warrior. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Eva: WHERE'S CARL, BORGIA!? ANSWER ME OR I'LL SEND YOU INTO HELL! ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Celestia: Kill them all, my mutated doppelganger. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Evil Carl: ARZOOOOOOOOOOOOONIA!!! ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Nio: We buried Abel in Hyde Park. Only that vial of Firenza Blood is his way to break out, or he'll be choked in a place "six feet under". Lame pun, huh? ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Gaius: TO THE RESCUE!!! ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Esther: Everyone pay attention! Stay in your place, and I promise I won't kill you! I put my word out! I won't kill you! ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Lidvia: I'm sorry, Abel. Do what Nio says. Take that blood, and we'll find a way to make you out of this... ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Fiamma: Welcome to my Star of Bethlehem, Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'. This is your personal hell. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Krans: What did you do to me, Fiamma? Where am I? ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Aerisi: Just another piece of ignorant human. You can never estimate the power of air elements! A mortal man like you, Krans, shall get torn apart when using it! Don't make me laugh with all of your arrogance! However, I somehow admire that. I'll give you my name. My name is Aerisi Kalinoth, and you must pass my test! ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Vykos: Good evening... My dear grandson. My name is Vykos. ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Matt: Vykos?! This name... I heard it before... ''



<p style="text-align:center;">'' - Melancholia: People from London, humans all around the world, now heed your verdict, the verdict of ALL of you... Guilty. ''

Afterwords

 * From Officer: This episode tends to tie loose sub-storylines as much as possible since now Adam Frankenstein and the Bride (now calling herself as Eva) joined the fight alongside Yuri Barnes as well as the Church of England. This episode contains many explanations of the possible mysteries in the last episode as I gave more screen time on Adam & Eva, since I found them overstaying their welcome for far too long and it's time to make them reprise.
 * ​However, I need to remind you that some mysteries - like Elemental Armatization and all about Patriarch Krans' blue blood and artifacts he used to empower himself - shall not get completely explained in the spinoff, as I need to save them till the story of LOTM: Witnesses of Sleepy Hollow - Elemental Evil Saga, where there will be an origin story of all of these stuffs (since Aerisi Kalinoth was mentioned in this ep). Before that, we need to wait...
 * By the way, due to my miscalculation, I thought I would return on the main story after this episode's release, but turns out there's still one more episode to catch up with the cycle. The conflict that the recent episode set up will start to break out in the next episode. Due to the time schedules, all MAD section in Firenza Junior will be absent for some episodes until it needs to return as each of the following episode might get longer and longer.
 * From CIS: Meanwhile, several pages of some important characters in future stories had came out, including Baccarat Blueberry, Calvin Cranberry, Sascha Vykos and most importantly, Patriarch Krans Romа́n Tsarskiy! Please beware of spoilers when you want to read those pages, thank you.
 * From Prime: The scene of Church of England is based on a delected scene from LOTM: Sword of Kings Special: Tales of a Lost Hero - Part 1, but it had difference in time point as well as conversation. This scene is set to give more roles for the Church of England in the spinoff and set up another important plot that will occur in the ongoing CM Sub Arc. We can't spoil it for now. Wait and see, please.