Part 54: Chapter 8-7: Painting Travelers and Time Travelers

Part 8-7: Painting Travelers and Time Travelers


A World of Bygone Days
Music: Fragments of that Day -Lydie-









So this is “Etel Nepica” … I don’t see anyone from the past yet, though?





Wow, this takes me back! So this is how it shows us the past!

Hahaha, Lucia has fallen over and she’s crying! Once a crybaby, always a crybaby!

Huh! You’re one to talk! All you ever did was trail around behind Lydie yourself! “Lydie-e! Wait for meee!” You have to remember that, right?

I do. You really were so cute back then, Sue.

S-Stop bringing up ancient history! Lucia, you in particular!

Hahaha! You’ve been good friends for a long time, obviously.

Ah, it’s gone. Hehe, still… Seeing our tomboy Sue as a timid child! That was quite unexpected.

I know everyone has an unexpected side, but such a timid Sue was indeed surprising to see.



I can’t wait to see all the embarrassing things from your past, Mathias! And you, Alt! Get ready! You’ll be howling at me to forget it, but it’ll all be too late by then!



She’s still such a child! Let’s carry on, anyway.

Say, Alt. I’m starting to get worried over here. I’m not going to end up all embarrassed, am I?

Don’t ask me. You shouldn’t have said that stuff if you didn’t want it to come back on you. …Still, though…



Hmm…


Music: Fragments of that Day -Suelle-

Ah, an oasis!

Nice, refreshing water! In a rugged desert like this painting world, you can’t have too much of it.

It goes without saying that this desert has sand as far as the eye can see… but have you ever heard the phrase “sands of time”?



Look at that crumbling shack over there. Hmm…

Come to think of it, remember those giant stone slabs we saw sinking into the sand when we first entered this painting? The ones engraved with an ancient language?

Sure do. That writing doesn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen before. Like a language lost to the sands of time. It’s all fascinating… like the landscape of this world is littered with harbingers of days bygone. Things that can never come back. Just like the memories this world is full of…

Oh! Lydie, you might be onto something!

Right then, who’s up next for a trip down memory lane! Why don’t we see some of Mathias?


A Lifetime of Humiliation



Gah! Not this! Anything but this, seriously!

Is that just siblings fighting, or something more? Mireille really isn’t holding back, is she!

I know. That’s just the way she is. I just took one of her cookies, and look what happened…

Ah, well. Mireille does look like she’d be tough on that. You have my condolences.

Uwah, this is bad! All the trauma is coming back! I want to leave, but my sister is back there…

Are you alright, Mathias? You look pretty pale?

I think so. I didn’t realize having my past exposed would hurt quite so much.

Do you see now? How about some repentance?

Fine… I will never do anything like that again… Lady Sue!




Hey, Alt, don’t start laughing! Quit it, now!

Hehehe! Maybe your shameful past is next, Alt! Don’t get too comfortable!

Haha, I’m ready for anything… Lady Sue!

Gaaah! Just stand still! I’m going to blast you full of holes!

Ah, hold on, calm down! Sue, calm down!

Just what do they think they’re playing at?

Hahaha, I don’t mind! Everyone is having fun.

Hah! Come on, we’re carrying on! Hurry up or get left behind!



La Terre du Passé… what’s past is past, except in Etel Nepica! Hehe, are you ready for everyone to see your embarrassing past, Alt?

Best of luck with that!



Even more ruins! But these crumbling arches look more like remnants of a great civilization, rather than just a rotting shack from a frontier post.



What a bizarre tree! Why is it covered with giant clocks…?

Have you wondered once since entering why the sky is full of those floating orbs? Those are even more bizarre…

Up ahead! Another memory fragment!

Alt’s past! Come on, Alt’s past!

Alt’s past! Come on, Alt’s past!


Beginnings of the Mysterious Journey

Hahaha… hey, look! Here it comes!



That’s when you asked me to take you as my student, Firis. It feels like ages ago!

It was pretty sudden, thinking back on it now… I just turned up and asked to be your student!

It was sudden, for sure, but your feelings came across clearly. I wanted to do whatever I could to help you, and, as a result, I found myself the cutest student!

Miss Sophie…! I’m so happy to be your student!

This world really is interesting! It’s fun learning about everyone’s pasts.



That’s right! Can we have a do over? Do over!

What! I do have some embarrassing moments, but I’d rather not share them with you! Hahaha!

Right. Like the incident with the collapsing cupboard, or the time you forgot to wear a skirt.

Uwah, don’t tell them!

Sorry, Miss Sophie! But at least it’s better than everyone here seeing them…



I didn’t tell you yet, did I. You aren’t going to get an easy look at my past.

Hah! That’s what you say now! Let’s carry on and see Alt’s past right away!


Promise and Revelation

Oh… isn’t… been…

Hey! Did you just hear something? Something I think I’ve heard before!

Oh! Will Alt’s past finally be revealed? Hahaha! Are you ready for this?

No, it doesn’t seem like it’s my past. Over there, look.





Thanks, but my father still didn’t accept me. My brother will be his successor, I believe.

Huh. And you’re alright with that? You’ve been working hard for so long, right?

Yes, but… it’s no good! My father simply doesn’t care, no matter what I do!

Hey! Don’t give up before you even try! Being alive means never giving up! You’re a man, right? So make him accept your abilities!

Make him…? But how?

How, indeed… Alright! I’ve got an idea. Go independent, and become the greatest alchemist in the kingdom!

The greatest…? In the kingdom…? Ha…haha! You have the most incredible ideas, don’t you!

You think so? I don’t think this is too crazy. I think you can do it, too.

Very well. My mind is made up. I’m leaving home and will become the greatest in the kingdom! In which case, I need to start over. About that… Will you come with me, Honnete? I promise to make you happy!





Yes… So that was the past of our mom and dad? But what does it mean…?

If all of that was true, it means… Dad is a certified alchemist…?!

I don’t know! It’s all so confusing… but if we carry on maybe we can see the rest.

Yes! Let’s go. I want to know more about the past of our parents! Still though… Dad? Of all people? A certified alchemist like Ilmeria and Firis and Sophie? That’s the most shocking thing I’ve ever heard! It’s actually unbelievable…

Everything else we’ve seen in here so far has really happened, though. So I don’t doubt that it’s true.



La Terre de l’Origine, huh… How poetic that that’ll be the land where Lydie, Sue and I will learn everything about Roger and Honnete. Come on, you two!

You don’t have to tell us twice!