Liebe said, "Why are we crying?"
Alysa said, "I don't know."
Licht said, "Same here."
Isurugi said, "Here, sir, tissue."
Liebe said, "Thanks."
Alysa said, "Still hard to believe... to believe Excalibur chose me."
Liebe said, "Honestly, I'm not surprised. Among all of us, you are the most humble and kind, so it's
really no wonder it chose you as its master."
Alysa said, "I guess... but I'm not as kind as you all claim to be. But either way, at least the half-sword tattoo is cool."
Liebe said, "Same."
Liebe said, "Looks like our job here is done. Time to head back."
Licht said, "Sounds like a plan. I'm tired, and a nap sounds great right about now."
Liebe said, "Wait. I can sense mana. Something else is in here too."
As they looked behind to the stone-bricked wall, Licht said, "Maybe it's behind."
M said, "How about we just smash it?"
Licht said, "Let's be more careful. How about we search the walls for a lever or something?"
And after trying for a few hours, M said, "Liebe, you sure it even exists?"
Licht said, "No, I also sensed the mana."
Liebe said, "I have an idea."
Licht said, "Now that's more like it."
Fate said, "I suggest caution, as a failure to execute it properly will cause our deaths."
Elizabeth said, "Please don't get us killed, brother."
As Liebe walked up to the wall, after a deep breath, as everyone observed carefully, Liebe said, "Mr. Wall, please open and show us your treasure."
And as nothing happened, Liebe said, "Sorry, nothing happened."
Licht said, "No, I'm sorry for thinking you actually had a plan."
Liebe said, "Time for plan B. Dark Impact!"
As the wall crumbled, Licht said, "Yeah, you really have lost all your brain cells."
Liebe said, "What? If requesting didn't work, I couldn't think of a better idea."
Licht said, "Somehow... no."
As behind the wall was a golden light, it was almost blinding.
Licht said, "What the hell is this?"
Liebe said, "No way... it's a crystal? But why is that girl inside it?"
Licht said, "That's sad. She died years ago, yet she has been crystallized."
Liebe said, "Before anything else, it's best if we at least bury her. No matter who she was, she deserves this much at least."
Licht said, "Of course."
Isurugi said, "But Fleet Admiral, if we sell it to a museum, it will easily be worth more than a million gold coins."
Fate said, "Maestro, I must agree with Isurugi. This will help our finances."
Liebe said, "Of course we can, but we won't. How can any of us sleep at night knowing we sold a poor girl's corpse to some museum, even if she is a devil?"
Isurugi said, "I understand."
As Liebe walked inside the room, the crystal began to crack. As in an instant, the crystal shattered and the girl woke up and said, "Good morning."
Liebe said, "Sorry, what?"
As M and Licht hid behind Alysa, Isurugi said, "What just happened?"
Alysa said, "Ohh, you don't know? Umm, Licht here is, well, afraid of ghosts."
Licht said, "Get that thing away from me! It's a ghost! No, a zombie! No, an undead! No, a monster!"
Liebe said, "Calm down, dumbass."
The girl said, "Are you my friends?"
Licht said, "Alysa, Isurugi, go with him and... and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. And no,
Alysa, stay here. Elizabeth, go with him."
As Liebe walked up to her, Liebe said, "Sure, I guess you can say that."
The girl said, "Where are we?"
Liebe said, "In Eldorian airspace. And, well, why are you covered in wounds?"
The girl said, "Actually, I don't know."
As she began to cry, Elizabeth said, "Brother, great, now you made her cry."
Liebe said, "I'm sorry."
As the fear in her eyes was real, Liebe said, "I'm sorry, and we are not going to hurt you."
Licht said, "Forget hurt, kill the zombie before it eats your brains and organs!"
As Liebe extended his hands, the girl extended hers.
Liebe said, "Staying here sounds boring. Want to go on an adventure with us, the members of Team Liebe?"
The girl said, "Will I get plenty of treats and blood?"
Liebe said, "Sure."
The girl said, "Ok then."
As Liebe said, "Licht, look, we have a new member."
Licht said, "I gave you two one job! One goddamn job! And this is what you do? You get us this thing!"
Isurugi and Elizabeth said, "We are sorry."
Licht said, "Keep that thing far away from me!"
M said, "I think we can kill it if we both try."
Licht said, "Are you dumb? That thing has been alive for centuries, and you think you can kill it that easy?"
Liebe said, "How long have you been in there?"
The girl said, "About 1000 years."
Liebe said, "Sorry, what?"
The girl said, "Yeah."
Liebe said, "Ok then. Any idea who used to run this place? Or your parents? Or anyone?"
The girl began to tear up as she said, "No."
Alysa said, "Look at that, you made her cry."
Liebe said, "I didn't mean to."
Liebe said, "I'm sorry for being insensitive."
Licht said, "I really, really do hate you, Liebe."
Meanwhile, in the floor above, as the devil said, "Still alive... I will not let these greedy humans steal your treasure either!"
As the ground began to shake, Licht said, "What the hell is going on?"
Liebe said, "We are moving. The entire structure is moving."
M said, "Something this big moving... it's over 1000 cubic km in volume."
Liebe said, "Well then, everyone, looks like it all ends here. As knights, we have two choices: either we can run and save our lives for sure, or we can stand and try to destroy this place with our all and die with it."
As everyone laughed and said, "Is that even a question?"
Licht said, "My house and family are still in Eldoria, so of course I will fight."
Alysa said, "Everyone we know is in Eldoria. Where would we even go?"
Elizabeth said, "My mother and father are in the Black Rose HQ, so of course I'm staying."
Fate said, "Everyone in Black Rose has given me sweets, so I want to stay."
Isurugi said, "And for me, everyone in Black Rose has been so kind to me and treated me as an equal, so of course I'm staying."
M said, "I don't love this place, but the only person I care about is still here, so I'm staying too."
Liebe said, "And for myself, I'm staying. Now that's the spirit! Ok, everyone, let's end this and turn this pile of crap into dust, no matter what!"