Cossette suddenly felt unwell and transformed before Fiona's eyes. Behind her appeared a figure called the Flying Dutchman. Because Cossette was being tracked due to the traces of ash, they were inside a house where they had hidden.
(Crash!)
Flying Dutchman: "Hahahaha! I am the Flying Dutchman, Bernard Fokke. This girl here… hehehe… thanks to her I finally have a body."
Cossette: "Hhhhhh…"
Fiona: "What are you doing… get away from her!"
Flying Dutchman: "Unfortunately I can't. Without me she dies… hahaha. She was cursed as a child, the Cinderella Curse. I am a spirit, and my mistress is Cinderella. This girl was cursed as a child."
Fiona: "What… why… what did she do?"
Flying Dutchman: "I can tell you. Her mother was a necrologist… and well… she worked with spirits. She was pregnant, and I lived with her, because I was bound to her curse. After her mother died, I went to Cossette."
Fiona: "Wait… Cossette's parents died in the war."
Flying Dutchman: "Well, those weren't her real parents. Her mother lived alone, and since her death I have cursed Cossette. That was her mother's wish. No contract, just a curse for her daughter."
Fiona: "Why?!"
Flying Dutchman: "Relationship nonsense… betrayal… pain… loneliness… people make decisions like that. She gave her daughter my bone remains in ash form. That's how it is."
Fiona: "I understand… I have to say, that's not very cool… but it's better than her becoming an Ashwalker."
Flying Dutchman: "Hehehehe…"
Fiona: "So what are you planning now, since you're finally here?"
Flying Dutchman: "Nothing. I'm a spirit. Cossette gets my powers."
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Flying Dutchman: "I came out because for a while she hasn't had her bracelet anymore. That's all. But… Cossette can't control this power. I can make her attack you… hahaha."
Fiona: "I won't hurt her."
Flying Dutchman: "Oh really…"
Smoke appeared and rushed at Fiona.
Fiona: "Ughhh…"
It knocked her away.
(Crash!)
Fiona: "Urk!!"
Flying Dutchman: "Hehehe… as I said, she can't control her powers."
Cossette: "Ughh… hhhhhh… hahhhh…"
Fiona: "Huh…?"
Cossette's eyes glowed. She moved almost like a zombie.
Cossette: "… hhhhhh…"
Fiona: "Cossette!!! Wake up!!!"
Flying Dutchman: "Hehehe… pointless…"
A pistol appeared. Cossette aimed at the ground.
Fiona: "What…"
(Bang!)
The floor collapsed.
(Crash!)
Cossette: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Ughh…"
Flying Dutchman: "Now no one can disturb us."
Fiona: "Hahhh… I won't fight Cossette."
Flying Dutchman: "Well… that makes it easier."
Fiona: "Ghhh…"
She fired at Fiona's arm.
(Bang!)
Fiona: "Urk…"
Flying Dutchman: "Ahhh… barely missed the chest…"
Cossette stood in front of Fiona.
Fiona: "Hahhhh…"
Flying Dutchman: "Go on… kill her."
Cossette: "… mmm…"
Flying Dutchman: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Cossette: "Hhhhhhh…"
Cossette trembled.
Flying Dutchman: "What… what's going on…"
Fiona: "Cossette!!!"
Cossette: "Hhh…"
Fiona hugged her.
Fiona: "Wake up, Cossette… wake up…"
Cossette: "Ughhh…"
Flying Dutchman: "Damn it… just shoot…"
Cossette: "Ghhhhh…"
She pushed Fiona away.
Fiona: "Ughh…"
Cossette: "Hhhhhhh…"
She held her head.
Cossette: "Urkghhhhh…"
Fiona: "Hhahhh…"
(Crash!)
Cossette: "Hhh…"
Flying Dutchman: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Someone appeared.
Fiona: "Kafka?!"
It was Kafka.
Kafka: "That's enough."
He knocked Cossette unconscious.
Kafka: "Rest…"
Fiona: "Ugh… Cossette…"
Cossette fell onto Fiona's shoulder.
Fiona: "Was that necessary!"
Kafka: "It hurt, but I had no choice."
Fiona: "Hahhh… sorry… thank you for helping…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Count Heinz: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Ugh… the Count?"
Count Heinz: "Yes, it's me… as I see… she didn't transform completely."
Fiona: "It… it's a curse… the Flying Dutchman…"
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Count Heinz: "The dead captain? Hahahaha… I see…"
Kafka: "What do we do now, Count Heinz?"
Fiona: "She's not a danger, okay?"
Count Heinz: "But she has to control these powers, my dear."
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Count Heinz: "But we'll manage. She's still a child."
Kafka: "I have an idea… what if we find a way to seal the curse?"
Count Heinz: "No… she should learn to deal with it."
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Count Heinz: "That would be better for her. This spirit could help her… could help you…"
Fiona: "He tried to kill me."
Count Heinz: "She just has to control it. That's all. No reason to be afraid."
Fiona: "Hahh…"
Kafka: "You're injured… are you okay, Fiona?"
Fiona: "Hahh… yes… it only hit my shoulder."
Count Heinz: "I will confine Cossette for now."
Fiona: "What?! You can't do that!"
Count Heinz: "I can. It's necessary. She must control her powers or she's a danger."
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
Count Heinz: "She'll be safe at Neuschwanstein Castle."
Fiona: "Hahhh… okay…"
Count Heinz: "We also have good news."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Count Heinz: "As I see… her ability also involves shadows. Maybe she can drink or absorb the ash."
Fiona: "I don't know…"
Count Heinz: "We'll find out soon. Also, there are no new cases of Nightwalkers or Ashwalkers."
Kafka: "What happened to the infected?"
Count Heinz: "Either they died… or they live on with the ash. We observe them and place them in a facility where they can eat, drink, even work, under supervision."
Fiona: "I see… in Dehl they would have been executed."
Count Heinz: "I won't allow that. These people did nothing wrong and can still live normally. Why should I take that away from them?"
Fiona: "You're really not like other nobles."
Count Heinz: "Tch… I never wanted to be one. I was just born into a noble family."
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Kafka carried Cossette in his arms. Fiona slowly stood up. Count Heinz looked around.
Count Heinz: "You know what… this house here… is perfect for Cossette. Better than my castle."
Fiona: "What exactly are you planning?"
Count Heinz: "I want to help Cossette. Is that so hard? I once had a child."
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Count Heinz: "And Cossette resembles her a little. My daughter was named Caroline. Since then I've run this hospital to help sick people. No one was there for my daughter. Not even me. I was working… out of anger my wife left me. I understand. My daughter was sick, and her last words were 'Where is Papa?' I will help Cossette."
Fiona: "I understand… thank you."
Count Heinz: "Anyway… I want you to refocus on the goal. This Nemesis."
Kafka: "And the Nightwalkers?"
Count Heinz: "That's not important right now."
Fiona: "You mean the Phantom Nemesis."
Count Heinz: "Exactly. I fear they might already be in the city."
Kafka: "Doesn't that take time?"
Fiona: "It's been over forty hours since the Black Forest… almost two days."
Kafka: "You're saying we haven't slept for almost two days?"
Fiona: "I only just realized that…"
Count Heinz: "Then rest. Fiona, you can stay with Cossette. But… she can be dangerous."
Fiona: "I'll watch over her."
Count Heinz: "Okay. Kafka… I know you'd like to sleep in your fancy castle, but can you stay here?"
Kafka: "My castle… hehe… well…"
Count Heinz: "Huh?"
Kafka: "I don't have a castle anymore. An Ashwalker destroyed it."
Count Heinz: "Oh…"
Fiona: "Uh…"
Count Heinz: "Then stay here."
Kafka: "Okay."
Count Heinz: "I'll head back to the hospital."
He left the house.
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Thank you, Kafka."
Kafka: "No problem. How is she… I hope I didn't hit her too hard."
Fiona: "No, don't worry. She's just unconscious."
Kafka: "Good. Rest, Fiona. You look tired. I'll rest too, somewhere else so I don't disturb you."
Fiona: "Thank you. Really."
Kafka: "Mhm…"
He went to the other room.
Fiona: "Okay…"
Cossette was unconscious. Fiona lay down beside her.
Cossette: "Hahhh…"
Fiona: "Don't worry, my little one… I'll do my best…"
Cossette: "Hahhh…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
She fell asleep.
(Patch!)
Fiona: "Huh?"
Cossette: "Mmm…"
Cossette turned toward Fiona and gently placed her hand on her shoulder. Fiona smiled and turned toward her.
Fiona: "You're cute…"
Cossette: "Hhhhhhh…"
Several hours later
Cossette: "Hahhh…"
Fiona: "(Zzzz)…"
Cossette: "Ugh… Fiona…?"
Kafka: "Awake?"
Kafka said as he came out of the room.
Kafka: "Quiet… she watched over you the whole time."
Cossette: "Oh… okay…"
Kafka: "Are you okay? Sorry about earlier…"
Cossette: "I don't know what exactly happened… that figure, the Flying Dutchman… what should I do?"
Kafka: "We'll find a solution…"
The Flying Dutchman, Bernard Fokke, was a well known ship captain centuries ago. His ship was lost, then returned after twenty years. It was an empty ship filled with skeletons. People assumed a storm or a siren trap. Villagers reported screams like a ghost's laughter. When they approached, they saw a figure of ash and clouds, then the ship vanished again.
Back to the present
Kafka: "How do you feel?"
Cossette: "Better…"
Kafka: "Here… warm milk."
Cossette: "Thank you…"
She drank it.
Kafka: "You didn't know about the Flying Dutchman?"
Cossette: "No…"
Kafka: "Did you know you were the daughter of a necrologist?"
Cossette: "I knew Hugo and Karla weren't my real siblings. My real mother was named Fantine. She gave me away when I was little."
Kafka: "The Flying Dutchman said she cursed you. Then she died."
Cossette: "Jean Valjean told me he knew her. She looked for me. She regretted it deeply. She died from illness. He thought it might be from her work with corpses. I don't know exactly what this curse is… but he almost hurt Fiona."
Kafka: "That wasn't your fault."
Cossette: "Hmm…"
Kafka: "We'll keep you here and see how this curse develops."
Cossette: "Mmm…"
Fiona: "(Cough)…"
Kafka: "She seems exhausted."
Cossette: "She only cares about me and her job… never rests…"
Kafka: "She loves you."
Cossette: "I know… I love her too."
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Cossette: "She searched for me, even went to Roselande to find me…"
Kafka: "Roselande… I see…"
Cossette: "She's like a young mother to me… or an older sister… maybe a young aunt…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Cossette: "But I want her to take care of herself too. She's always tired."
Kafka: "That's kind of you."
Cossette: "Hmm…"
Kafka: "Finished with the milk?"
Cossette: "Mhm."
Kafka: "Then sleep and rest."
Cossette: "Okay…"
She lay back down beside Fiona and fell asleep.
Kafka: "Hmm…"
It was quiet. Peaceful. Finally a short break for Kafka, Cossette, and Fiona. The days had been exhausting. Even small breaks matter.
Meanwhile
(Crash!)
(Splop!)
Joringel: "Hrrrr…"
Jorinde: "Ahhhh…"
Civilian: "No… no…"
(Splash!)
Jorinde: "Mmmm… humans are so delicious…"
Joringel: "Mhm… hrrrr…"
Meanwhile
(Crash!)
(Splop!) ...(Splop!)
Joringel: "Hrrrr…"
Jorinde: "Ahhhhh…"
Civilian: "No… no…"
(Splash!)
Jorinde: "Mmmm… humans are so delicious...…. We were lucky that right after the forest there is a small village…"
Joringel: "Mhm… hrrrr…"
He tore the head off with his teeth and ate it.
Joringel: "What more could you want…"
Jorinde: "Ohhh… Hansel and Gretel are coming… hehehehe..... they will like it…"
Joringel: "Maybe we should rest for a moment…"
Jorinde: "Yes, you are right..."
Joringel: "Hmmm…"
Jorinde: "Sadly they were old people… in this house… I would have preferred a virgin… or a pregnant one…"
Joringel: "Well… it would be boring if we got it right away… the longer you don't eat it, the tastier it is when you do again…"
Meanwhile
Cossette: "Hhhhh…"
Fiona: "Hhhhhh…"
Kafka: "Hahhh…"
He stood up…
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Gerta: "Hey… Kafka…"
Kafka: "What do you want here, Gerta…"
Gerta: "I just wanted to say hello…"
Kafka: "And you expect me to believe that…?"
Gerta: "I… I didn't want to hurt that girl, ok…"
Kafka: "How many lives do you have left…?"
Gerta: "Ugh… 4…"
Kafka: "I see…"
Gerta: "Listen, Kafka… I wanted to talk to you about something…"
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Gerta: "That girl there… Cossette… that girl with Fiona…"
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Gerta: "Dark Umbrella are apparently looking for her…"
Kafka: "I know… that's why she is hiding here…"
Gerta: "I can help you…"
Kafka: "And how?"
Gerta: "Near your house there is a place… you could go there…"
Kafka: "And?"
Gerta: "Well… you could get rid of her… and then Cossette will be safe for now…"
Kafka: "Kill her…? Is that what you want?"
Gerta: "… mhm…"
Kafka: "Hahhhh… I don't kill people…"
Gerta: "…"
Kafka: "Why do you want to help Cossette?"
Gerta: "Because I didn't want to hurt that girl… Naomi… I didn't want to hurt her… I thought that way I could pay my debt…"
Kafka: "Hahhhh....."
He stood up…
Kafka: "I won't kill her, but I will deal with her… we have many other problems… including those Nemesis…"
Gerta: "The speaking ones?"
Kafka: "What, how do you know about them?"
Gerta: "Gerrard is tracking them right now… but… the problem is he hasn't said anything for about 20 hours…"
Kafka: "Hmm…?"
Gerta: "Anyway… I have to go… Kafka… take care…"
She left…
Kafka: "Hahhhhh...….. Fine then, I'll head out…"
(Patch!)
Kafka: "Ahhhh… you're awake, Fiona?"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Kafka: "You want to come with me…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Kafka: "Ok… then come… if you rested…"
Fiona: "I did…"
Kafka: "Good… then we can finally deal with the Phantom Nemesis… maybe also the grave of the Dark Bride Lilly…"
Fiona: "Ok…"
They set off…
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Why did Gerta leave?"
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "I mean you seem to have known her for a long time…"
Kafka: "I'm in love with Gerta…"
Fiona: "Oh… I see… that explains a lot…"
Kafka: "One day… she just left… I have no idea why… but… four years later… I found out the family that adopted her are the Dark Arrow people…"
Fiona: "I see…"
Kafka: "After that she committed a robbery… at a museum… and since then she's wanted… because she is a member of the Dark Arrow…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Kafka: "It just occurred to me…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "Today is my birthday…"
Fiona: "Oh… maybe that's why she came, and told you about Dark Umbrella…"
Kafka: "I don't think Gerta would do that… she never thinks about others…"
Meanwhile
Gerta: "Hmmm... Happy birthday, Kafka… today you turned 22... hehehe… I'm 3 years older than you…"
Back to Kafka and Fiona
Kafka: "I think that's it…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Kafka: "Are you sure, Fiona? Wouldn't that be too risky for you?"
Fiona: "No, they always get close to people anyway…"
Kafka: "Ok…"
They went inside…
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Kafka: "What is going on here?"
Fiona: "They… are already unconscious…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Was that Gerta?"
Kafka: "Why would she tell me to come here then…?"
Fiona looked around…
Fiona: "Well… maybe it really was her… look at the scratch marks…"
Kafka: "But she didn't kill them… is this a birthday gift for me…?"
Fiona: "No… but maybe this is…"
She picked up a box…
Fiona: "It was there… there is nothing written on it…"
Kafka: "Ok…"
He opened it…
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
He took it out… it was a wooden figure… a toy…
Kafka: "Oh…"
A nutcracker…
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "A… nutcracker?"
Kafka: "Yes… my nutcracker… she once broke it in anger… I cried for hours… I built it for her…"
Years ago
Gerta: "Hahhh… Kafka…"
Kafka: "I don't want you to go…"
Gerta: "You're in my way, Kafka… I'm leaving… I don't want this anymore…"
Kafka: "But I wanted to give you this as a gift… the nutcracker…"
Gerta: "Tsss…"
She knocked it away…
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Gerta: "Do you think I'm stupid… ugh…"
Kafka: "Oh…"
He crawled to the toy…
Gerta: "Ugh… I'm sorry…"
Kafka: "Hmmm… (cries)… I just wanted you to be happy…"
Gerta: "Kafka… I… I didn't mean…"
Kafka: "Then go… you're mean to me anyway!!"
He ran away…
Gerta: "Kafka!!!"
End of the memory
Kafka: "Did she seriously build it again…?"
Fiona: "I guess that is… maybe an apology…"
Kafka: "It's been 13 years… I was 9…"
Fiona: "Maybe… she didn't forget… and thinks more about you than you think…"
Kafka: "Do you think so?"
Fiona: "Could be…"
Kafka: "Hmmm…"
Fiona: "She also knocked out the Dark Umbrella people…"
Kafka: "Normally she would kill immediately…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Kafka: "Ugh… maybe she didn't want me to receive my gift with blood…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "Ugh… whatever… we should go back… Cossette is still there…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
They returned. Cossette was still sleeping quietly…
Kafka: "Hmmm…"
Fiona: "Good… she's still there…"
Kafka: "Why did you leave? What if Cossette had transformed?"
Fiona: "She was sleeping calmly and I was awake… and I can't always leave you alone either…"
Cossette: "Hhhhmmmm…"
Fiona: "Oh no… she is drooling…"
Kafka: "Hahahahaha… does she do that often?"
Fiona: "Well… sometimes…"
Kafka: "I see…"
Meanwhile
Gerrard: "Ughhh... Ghhhhh…"
He fell to the ground…
Gerrard: "I have to… warn the others... these creatures...…"
He looked at the crow… it landed on his hand…
Gerrard: "Hello… to the… Dark Arrow members!"
(Pssst)
Zoe: "Gerrard?"
Gerta: "There you are!"
Gerrard: "No time… I'm badly injured… those monsters are on their way to the city… I repeat, they are on their way and attacked a small village… hurry…"
Zoe: "Alright… good work… Zhen… go to him…"
Zhen: "Ok…"
A portal opened…
Gerrard: "Zhen…"
Zhen: "You don't look good, Gerrard…"
Gerrard: "Hurry… or they come back…"
Zhen: "Ok…"
She grabbed his hand and pulled him into the portal…
(Patch!)
Gerrard: "There it is…"
Joringel: "Rrrrr… where are you going, runt!!"
She quickly pulled him through…
(Splash!)
Gerrard: "Aaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... he hit my leg….. hahahaha….. ughhhhh…"
Zhen: "Calm down… you have Mother's blood… it will regenerate… huh?…"
Gerrard: "What?"
Zhen: "Wait…"
She looked at his leg…
Zhen: "The… wound… it's not regenerating…"
Gerrard: "What!!"
Zhen: "Don't tell me their attacks can't be regenerated…"
Gerrard: "Damn it... ughhhhh…"
Zhen: "That's not good..."
Back to Kafka, Cossette and Fiona
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Cossette: "Hhhh…"
Cossette still slept…
Kafka: "Looks like we came back in time…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Cossette: "Hahhhh…"
Fiona: "So how do we do it… so she can control these powers?"
Kafka: "No idea… maybe we should find a way for her to use it…"
Fiona: "I can't believe she's cursed…"
Kafka: "Well… it makes sense if you think about it… you're cursed too…"
Fiona: "Yes… half human, half banshee…"
Kafka: "I'm a human who can turn into a beetle…"
Fiona: "And Cossette has an angry spirit… great…"
Kafka: "Maybe we should learn more about her curse first…"
Fiona: "Hmmm… good idea…"
Kafka: "Whether she can regenerate… what it exactly is… when it transforms… and whether she can stop aging…"
Fiona: "With me it's like this: I don't age… but I can still die… or become a spirit… then I have to return quickly to my form… find my human body as fast as possible…"
Kafka: "Oh… for me it's like this: if I stay more than 2 hours in beetle form, I'll be a beetle forever… when you found me, 1 hour and 40 minutes had already passed…"
Fiona: "You were lucky Cossette and I were there…"
Kafka: "Yeah…"
Fiona: "Hmmm… huh?"
Kafka: "Huh?"
Cossette stood up…
Fiona: "Cossette?"
Kafka turned around…
Kafka: "Ugh… down!"
He jumped toward her…
(Crash!)
Kafka: "Ghhh…"
Fiona: "Ghhhh…"
Cossette: "Ughhh…"
The Flying Dutchman appeared again…
Flying Dutchman: "Hehehehehehe… I'm back…"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Cossette: "Aaaaarghhhh…"
Flying Dutchman: "Aarghhhh! You're not unconscious…"
Cossette: "What are you doing here… are you the Flying Dutchman?"
Flying Dutchman: "I don't understand… you had to sleep!"
Fiona: "Seems… it's not that hard to control him?"
Kafka: "I see…"
Cossette: "Ugh… you are not allowed to hurt anyone…"
Flying Dutchman: "You think you can stop me… hehehe…"
Cossette: "Yes, I can…"
She pulled out a knife and held it to her heart…
Fiona: "Huh!"
Kafka: "What are you doing!!"
Kafka shouted…
Flying Dutchman: "What are you doing…"
Cossette: "If I die… you die too… either you stop hurting others… or I kill myself…"
Flying Dutchman: "You're not strong enough to do it…"
Cossette: "Do you really want to test it… ok…"
She pushed the knife in so a little blood appeared…
Cossette: "Ghhh…"
Flying Dutchman: "Stop… stop… ok… ok… ok… stop…"
Fiona: "Hhh…"
Kafka: "Phew…"
Cossette stopped…
Flying Dutchman: "What do you want?!"
Cossette: "I don't mind that you are a curse I have… but I don't want you to hurt others… I will let you out… I won't use a curse holder… my bracelet is gone but there are others… and you will tell me exactly what this curse does…"
Flying Dutchman: "Hahhh… ok… ok…"
Fiona: "She did it…"
Kafka: "Wow…"
Cossette: "What exactly does this curse do that I have?"
Flying Dutchman: "Hmph… simple… it's a curse called Cloud Ghost… it's called that because of the smoke… this ability lets you become smoke… you can even pass through walls… or create weapons from ash or smoke… you can do that too…"
Cossette: "Is it dangerous?"
Flying Dutchman: "You must know… it regenerates… but it's similar to the other curses… Fiona for example can't age… but she can die from poisons… or if she doesn't return from spirit form to her body in time… and you can even die from normal wounds depending on what gets hit… for example the heart…"
Fiona: "That's true…"
Kafka: "Mhm…"
Flying Dutchman: "Your curse will make you feel pain in your left arm… and when the curse spreads… it's made of clouds or ash… that's why your arm showed that dark smoke a few hours ago…"
Cossette: "I understand…"
Flying Dutchman: "Anything else?"
Cossette: "Do I age?"
Flying Dutchman: "Hmm? Yes… you will still grow older and age… this curse isn't quite like the others… but you can still stay young for a long time…"
Cossette: "Ok… then I have no more questions…"
Flying Dutchman: "Good… then I'm leaving again… but don't forget… you must learn to control my powers…"
Cossette: "Will you remind me?"
Flying Dutchman: "I don't want to live in normal spirit form again… I'm leaving…"
He vanished…
Cossette: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Are you okay, Cossette?"
Cossette: "Yes…"
Kafka: "Phew… I thought it would go wrong again… but hey, all's well that ends well…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Count Heinz: "You're there…"
Fiona: "Oh… the Count?"
Kafka: "What are you doing here…"
Count Heinz: "We have a problem… a village was attacked… and… well, that's where I met her…"
Zoe appeared…
Cossette: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "What… are you doing here?!"
Kafka: "Mmmhmm…"
Zoe: "No time for that… the Naomi thing we should forget for now…"
Count Heinz: "She's right… because… the village was attacked by those two Phantom Nemesis…"
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Huh… they're already here?"
Cossette: "Huh?"
Count Heinz: "That's why we must deal with them before they reach the cities… the village was far away… and luckily there were barely any victims because today most people were in selling hours, selling their vegetables and goods here or in other cities…"
Kafka: "I see…"
Fiona: "How many victims?"
Count Heinz: "Five… including one child… let's hurry…"
He pulled out a map…
Count Heinz: "We have to go to Einenstein, a village near the attacked village… don't worry, we already warned the people, they should already be evacuated, at least those who stayed… get ready, I don't think these beings will be easy…"
Kafka: "Good… about Cossette, we don't have to worry… she more or less clarified her powers by talking with the Flying Dutchman…"
Count Heinz: "Good… then we should hurry… otherwise it's too dangerous…"
Zoe: "My people will help you for now… agreed?"
Count Heinz: "Whether you like them or not… we need their help…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Fine… it's about Phantom Nemesis… so we cooperate for now…"
Zoe: "Ok…"
Cossette's curse seems not to be a problem for now. But the Phantom Nemesis are nearby. Count Heinz ran into Zoe, the leader of the Dark Arrow, and they will help. Kafka and Fiona are not happy, but it's good they have help.
(Splash!)…..(Splash!)
Joringel: "Mmm… hhhmmm… (Chew)… (Chew)…"
Jorinde: "Woow… I didn't think animals could be so delicious too…"
Joringel: "Those are sea animals… mmm… ohhhh…"
Jorinde: "Mmmm… but what kind of sea animals are those…"
Joringel: "I think those are… crabs… crabs… or… lobster… mmmmm… mmmm… they are really tasty…"
Jorinde: "I like them… very… but only to reduce hunger… Hansel and Gretel need human meat…"
Joringel: "Mmmmm… it'll be fine… mmmmm… (Chew)… (Chew)…"
Jorinde: "I heard humans cook food…"
Joringel: "Mmmm… what?… you mean they make fire and eat it?"
Jorinde: "Exactly…"
Joringel: "Mmmm… I see… hmmm…"
He looked at the fire, took the crab and held it to the fire…
Joringel: "Hmmm…"
(Crunch)
Joringel: "Mmmm… mmmmmmmmm… that's delicious!!!"
Jorinde: "Oh… really?!"
Joringel: "Try it!"
She tried it…
Jorinde: "Mmmmmm… this is a feast… wooww… we should maybe learn more from humans!"
Joringel: "Hahahahaha… I don't like humans… but they know a lot… mmmmm…"
Jorinde: "Warm food… that feels good…"
Joringel: "Mmm… yes… it feels like the food warms the body from inside…"
Jorinde: "Are humans cooked just as tasty?"
Joringel: "I actually doubt it… liver and brain are better raw…"
Jorinde: "But the heart?"
Joringel: "We want the blood… hmmmm… the stomach!"
Jorinde: "The stomach… exactly!!"
Joringel: "Mmm… why not, we can try… mmmm… but for now… I want to try that…"
Jorinde: "What is that…"
Joringel: "(Sniffs)… it smells… different…"
Jorinde: "Ahhh… sweets… humans call them sweets…"
Joringel: "Hmm?… sweet?"
Jorinde: "Yes… sweets… um… this one… I think they call it… cotton candy…"
Joringel: "Mmm… ok…"
He tried it…
Joringel: "Mmm… try it…"
Jorinde: "Mmm… oh… this is… different… it melts immediately… but the sweet taste is strong… I like it…"
Joringel: "Mhm…"
Meanwhile
Count Heinz: "We have to go this way…"
They used a wagon…
Kafka: "Do you think we're too late?"
Count Heinz: "I hope not…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Count Heinz: "Most people there were warned… but whether everyone left…"
Back to Jorinde and Joringel
Jorinde: "Huh?"
She found a human on a chair… apparently a woman who is even blind…
Jorinde: "… hehe… a human… (Drools!)…"
Unknown woman: "Huh?… who is there?… is it you… darling?"
Jorinde: "Hmm?… she can't see…"
Jorinde stood in front of her…
Jorinde: "(She is blind?… and she is young…)… hmmm… (That makes it easier hehe)…"
She opened her mouth, but suddenly the woman held Jorinde's cheeks…
Jorinde: "Ugh…"
Unknown woman: "Oh… sorry… is that you… Milt?"
Jorinde: "Ugh… what?"
Unknown woman: "Oh yes… that's you, right, my daughter… I knew you weren't dead…"
Jorinde: "(Daughter?… does she think I am her daughter)…"
Unknown woman: "Oh… no… wait… you're too young… to feel like that…"
Jorinde: "I am Jorinde…"
Unknown woman: "Jorinde?… what are you doing here?… Jorinde… have you seen my husband?"
Jorinde: "No… (Did he leave her here because she's blind and in the way?… Hmph… humans are cruel too)…"
Unknown woman: "I collected crabs for him… hehe…"
Jorinde: "Crabs… you… you are blind?"
Unknown woman: "Hahaha… yes, but I know how my hands feel… I touch the lake and still know through my ears what it is like…"
Jorinde: "I ate them…"
Unknown woman: "Oh…"
Jorinde: "(She will surely be angry)…"
But instead she smiled…
Jorinde: "Hmm?"
Unknown woman: "Oh… no problem… you must have been hungry, dear… you feel cold… shouldn't you rest… the weather is cold outside…"
Jorinde: "I am a monster… not human… a Nemesis…"
Unknown woman: "A Nemesis?… hmmm… did you eat my family?"
Jorinde: "No… they weren't here…"
Unknown woman: "Oh… ok…"
Jorinde: "You believe me right away?"
Unknown woman: "Of course… oh… I can feel something else… something just moved… inside you…"
Jorinde: "I am pregnant…"
Unknown woman: "Oh… how cute… I didn't know you have that too… eat more… for the children…"
Jorinde: "… they prefer humans…"
Unknown woman: "Huh?… oh… you want to eat me?… hmmmm… I won't live long anyway if it helps children…"
Jorinde: "Are you maybe also stupid?"
Unknown woman: "Forgive me hehehe… but I can't defend myself anyway, so I stay calm and hope you do it painlessly… oh… you feel good… your cheeks are cold… but they're ok… you have a small nose… hehehe…"
Jorinde: "Hmmm…"
Jorinde stood up…
Unknown woman: "Don't you want to eat me?"
Jorinde: "No… no desire… you're sick…"
Unknown woman: "Or do you feel pity?"
Jorinde: "Hmm!!"
She got angry and stood in front of the unknown woman…
Jorinde: "Pity… for you… low beings!!!!… hhhhh.."
Her spider legs on her back moved…
Jorinde: "Mmmmmm… hahhhh…"
She calmed down…
Jorinde: "I'm tired… I'm going to rest…"
Unknown woman: "Oh… I have a blanket for you…"
She stood up but stumbled…
(Patch!)
Unknown woman: "Huh?"
Jorinde: "Hmmm…"
Jorinde held her…
Jorinde: "… um…"
Unknown woman: "Oh thank you… hehe… for a monster you are really caring… my partner would just let me fall… after my daughter died, he hates me… hehehe…"
Jorinde: "Your daughter died?"
Unknown woman: "Oh yes… she was kidnapped and then found dead… I never wanted to see again without my child… my body and grief couldn't take it and I made my eyes blind myself…"
Jorinde: "Why?"
Unknown woman: "Without my daughter I didn't want to see anything… because I only wanted one child…"
Jorinde: "Hmmm…"
Meanwhile
Count Heinz: "This is it…"
Kafka: "Oh…"
Fiona: "Then we have to… get serious now…"
Gerta: "Excited…?"
Fiona: "No… more excited that you are with us…"
Gerta: "Hey, no reason to be so angry…"
Fiona: "Ok… ok… we'll talk later about you almost killing Naomi…"
They left the wagon…
(Crash!)
Gerta: "Hmmm… nobody is here…"
Fiona: "Look… are those… crab remains?"
Kafka: "Yes…"
Count Heinz: "Hmmm…"
(Crash!)
Gerta: "Oh… oh…"
They turned around… Joringel stood behind them.
Joringel: "Well well… humans!!!!"
He pulled out his weapon… he had two hands… and one hand on the other hand…
Joringel: "Hahahaha…!"
He attacked them…
Kafka: "Watch out!"
(Crash!)
The whole house broke from one hit.
Gerta: "One hit and we'll be smashed… like bone soup…"
Fiona: "Comparisons are useless right now… what do we do now…"
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Jorinde appeared…
Jorinde: "Well well… children… humans…"
Joringel: "Hehehehe…"
He attacked again…
Kafka: "Ghhhh… Nemesis… clock!!!"
Time stopped…
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Gerta: "Ugh… Kafka?"
Kafka: "I didn't want to use it, but it already happened… you have 30 seconds, hurry!!"
They rushed at him…
(Wushh!)
The 30 seconds were over…
Joringel: "Ugh!"
(Splash!)
Joringel: "Urkkkkkk!"
Gerta stabbed at him…
Jorinde: "Ugh… a Nemesis user… huh!!"
Behind her was Kafka…
Kafka: "Take this… Dark Twilight!"
A dark slash hit her…
(Splash!)
Jorinde: "Ughhhhh…"
Joringel: "Jorinde!!"
He attacked Kafka, but Kafka stopped time again…
Joringel: "Ugh…"
Kafka: "Quick…"
Fiona: "Ok…"
She pulled out a card, it said poison. She threw the cards, they stabbed into him. The 30 seconds were over.
Joringel: "Ughhhhhhhhh…"
Zoe: "Hmmm…"
Zoe attacked Jorinde…
Joringel: "No!"
Jorinde: "Ugh… I'm pregnant!!!"
Zoe: "Ugh!!!"
She stopped…
Fiona: "What!"
Gerta: "Hahhh…"
Zoe: "Hehehe… I see…"
Jorinde: "Huh…"
Zoe: "I don't care…"
(Splash!)
Joringel: "Noooooooooooo…. Jorinde…"
Jorinde fell to the ground…
Joringel: "You damn humans!!!"
He grabbed Kafka by the arm and threw him…
(Crash!)
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Gerta: "Kafka!"
Joringel: "Roaarrr.."
(Splash!)
He slashed her chest…
Gerta: "Urk!"
(Splash!)
Joringel: "Roaaaaaarrrrrrr!!"
Fiona: "Huh!"
He attacked Fiona…
Fiona: "Bob!!!!"
Bob appeared and cut off Joringel's arm.
Joringel: "Aaaaarghhhhhhh…"
Fiona: "Crane!!!"
Crane appeared…
Crane: "With pleasure…"
She got her dagger… and stabbed into Joringel's chest…
Joringel: "Urk!!!"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
He kicked her several meters away…
(Crash!)
Fiona: "Urk!"
Joringel: "Hhhhh.."
Zoe: "That's enough now, big guy…"
Joringel: "Hehhehh.."
He didn't see her… she made a hand sign… and suddenly a big portal appeared. From the portal came many weapons…
Zoe: "Hehehe.."
(Splash!)
They stabbed him…
Joringel: "Aaaaarghhh.."
He fell to his knees…
Joringel: "Ghhhh…"
Zoe: "Hmmm…"
She snapped with her finger. A portal appeared, but this one was a monster that ate Joringel…
Fiona: "Gross…"
Kafka: "Oh I think I'm going to throw up…"
It ate half of him. The other half fell to the ground…
Zoe: "And that's it…"
But suddenly the portal opened again…
Zoe: "Huh!"
He stabbed her with his sword in the chest…
Zoe: "Urk!!"
His body regenerated quickly. Then he looked at Count Heinz…
Count Heinz: "Urk!"
Joringel: "Roaaaarr!"
He stabbed him in the belly…
Count Heinz: "Urkhhhhhh…"
Kafka: "Clock!!!!!"
(Tick… Tick… Tick… Tick… Tick!)
He returned back in time…
(Wooshh)
Joringel: "You filthy humans!!"
Joringel attacked them… of course nobody noticed Kafka used the Nemesis clock…
Kafka: "Watch out… he can regenerate strongly, even if you cut him in half…"
Zoe: "What?!"
Joringel: "Roaaarrr.."
He attacked Kafka…
Kafka: "Damn!"
And threw him away.
(Crash!)
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Gerta: "Kafka…"
Joringel: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "Watch out, Gerta!"
Gerta: "Ugh!"
She jumped back quickly…
Gerta: "Hahhh… that was close…"
Joringel: "You bastard… stay away from my wife!!!"
He attacked Gerta again and again, she dodged…
Gerta: "I could… use… some help…"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
Fiona used the hat, took out the gloves…
Fiona: "Hold on…"
She held a stone in her hand, but it didn't transform…
Fiona: "What?!"
Mr Herold: "You have to touch something made of wood or metal…"
Fiona: "Ghhhh…"
Joringel attacked Fiona…
Fiona: "Damn!"
He slashed her fingers…
Fiona: "Aaaaarghhhhhhh…"
Gerta: "Ugh…"
Kafka: "No, Fiona!"
Joringel: "Tssss…"
Zoe: "Alright, that's enough… portal hands."
Hands came out and grabbed him…
Joringel: "Rrrrrr.."
He broke free…
Zoe: "Damn, it wasn't enough!"
He stabbed her with the sword…
Zoe: "Urk… (Bleargh!)"
Kafka: "Clock!!!"
(Tick… Tick… Tick)
(Tick Tick!)
And again he returned 2, 3 minutes back…
(Wooshh)
Kafka: "Listen… I returned 3 minutes with the clock… that's the second time… I can only use it one more time… you must kill him!"
Joringel: "Roaaaaaarrr…"
Zoe: "Fine… then like this!!"
The portal hands appeared, they held him…
Zoe: "Ghhh…"
Kafka: "That's not enough!"
Zoe: "Ok…"
She summoned more… they held Joringel…
Joringel: "Ghhhhh…"
Zoe: "Ghhhhh…"
Joringel: "…ghhhh…"
Zoe: "Now…"
She made another portal. Out came the big mouth creature again, and this time it ate him completely…
Zoe: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Done?"
Gerta: "Don't know…"
(Splash!)
It didn't spit him out, it swallowed him completely…
Zoe: "… hahhh… probably over."
Kafka: "Finally."
Gerta: "Phew… that was exhausting…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
(Patch!)
Jorinde: "Urk…"
Zoe: "Oh… you're still alive…"
Count Heinz stopped Zoe…
Count Heinz: "Wait…"
Jorinde held her belly… and ripped it open…
(Splash!)
Fiona: "Urk!"
Kafka: "What…"
She went up, grabbed the children and ran to the blind woman…
Unknown woman: "Huh?"
Jorinde: "What… is your name…?"
Unknown woman: "… Melissa…"
Jorinde: "… Melissa… take care… please… of my… children…"
Melissa: "Huh?"
Jorinde: "Hansel and Gretel…"
She fell dead to the ground. The children lay on Melissa's lap…
Kafka: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "… she… died…"
Gerta: "Ughh… damn… was that necessary, Zoe!?"
Zoe: "By children I meant human children…"
Gerta: "Mother wouldn't think like that…"
Zoe: "Hmph… did you even hit her… hmph… our work here is done… we're leaving, Gerta…"
Gerta: "But…"
Zoe: "We're leaving…"
Gerta: "Ok…"
A portal opened…
Zoe: "Goodbye…"
They vanished…
Kafka: "Hahhh…"
Melissa: "Ugh…"
Kafka: "Wait… Fiona…"
Fiona: "Hhhh… I know what you mean… the… the children… they are dead…"
Kafka: "Damn you, Zoe!!"
Count Heinz: "Hahhh… either way… they are Nemesis… let's return…"
Kafka: "Ok…"
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
Melissa: "… oh… no…"
Fiona: "We're sorry, Mrs Melissa…"
Mrs Melissa: "She was like a human...… she was a living being...… different… but a living being…"
Kafka: "Come on, Fiona…"
Fiona: "But… shouldn't we take her with us…?"
Kafka: "The village is safe now, and the people will return… let's leave her alone for a moment…"
Fiona: "Oh… I understand…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"