Part 89: Chapter L-10: The Dream They Shared

Part L-10: The Dream They Shared

Hey, remember how L-6 fell under the giant Sophie Spoiler Umbrella™? Well, this update in its entirety is spoilery for the exact same reason, so Sophie spoilers, all update long!

With that, the twins are due for a visitor in their atelier. A visitor, or a fugitive…


Alt’s Determination

Hey, Alt! Welcome!

Hehe! Did you at least bring some snacks?

Sorry, you know that’s not I’m wired. I just had to flee my atelier again. Even more women have been crowding the place recently… I can’t get anything done!



Haha, you’ve got me, Lydie. It’s not like I want any of this… Well, enough about that. I also have something I want to ask you.

Ah, go ahead! Fight some monsters? Synth up some items? We can handle it!

Good… I’m looking for some materials today, actually.

Materials? Is this another bug-hunt, like for that Trice Flower?

No, this is easy enough to find. It should be growing pretty much anywhere. I’d rather go alone and get it, but I’m still a bit worried…

I bet. With your popularity, who knows what might happen!

That’s right. I might suddenly be surrounded by women. So, girls, can I count on you?



Hahaha, thanks. I’ll be looking forward to it.

All he needs is some Moisture Grass… we have plenty of great Moisture Grass. So we oughta hurry over to his atelier immediately.

Lydie…? What’s the matter?

Nothing. Now let’s go.



Ah, the Moisture Grass. Thanks for getting it for me, and delivering it too! With this, I can make the item I need… Thank you, both of you.

Not at all. What are you making, though? Something to drive off all your female customers?

No, nothing quite that extreme. You’ll have to wait to find out…



Alt! I’ve got so much I need you to do!

Uwah! Hold on, hold on! Calm down…! Save me, girls!

Haha, you’re as popular as ever, Alt… We’ll leave you to it!



Hey, wait!

Alt! Forget about those little girls and look over here. I’ve got loads of work for you! Come on!

Gah, stop pulling on me! D… Damn those heartless twins!!

Are you sure about this, Lydie? I could hear him screaming after us as you dragged me out the door…

Yes. Let’s leave him to it, I said. Besides…

I guess he’ll be busy with whatever he’s making with that Moisture Grass we gave him after he’s done dealing with those ladies. So…

Let’s wait a few days.

Right. A few days, for you to calm down too…

What was that?

N-Nothing!

A few days later…


Reunion and Reconciliation

Uwah… Alt, are you angry…?

I g-guess we shouldn’t have left you like that… I’m really sorry!

Hahaha, I’m joking. I was just having some fun! I’m not that angry. It’s fun teasing you, though… I understand how Mathias feels.

Ooh, Alt, you’re mean!

I’m sorry… Here, take a look at this.



Yeah. I made this with that Moisture Grass. This, you see, is the first item I ever made.

Wow, it is! Then it must be really amazing!

Regrettably, it has almost no effect. A very poor example of alchemy, I’m afraid. But it’s still a good memory for me. This is where I got my start.

So this is where you started… I can feel the warmth from it, Alt.

Thank you. …I made this with Plachta. I’d like to go and show this to her, but I’m a bit embarrassed to go myself…

Very well. We’ll go with you, just this once. We’d be worried to send you out there on your own.

Hahaha, you really do have me pinned. Let’s go right away, then.



Luard…? What’s wrong?

I wanted to show you this.



Yes. …I finally remembered. Those times when we started out together.

Hahaha, it took you long enough! About 500 years too long!

I’m sorry about that. Also… I’ve made up my mind to proceed, looking forward. So I want you to have this.

Me…?

Yes. On this item, I swear… I will never lose my way again. As proof of that vow, I want you to have this.

Very well. It’s a request from you, after all.

Thank you. …I’m going back to basics, in order to realize my dream. To use alchemy to make people happy. The dream I had back when I was a child… No, the dream WE shared when we were children. So, you know… I’ll do my best, Plachta.

Hehe…

Hahaha, I think that was a bit corny…

Yes, it was. Very corny. You really turned back the clock on that one. But I’m glad. At long last, just like the day we started… We are aiming for the same thing, after all. Let’s work together, Luard.

…Sure.



…We’d better be going now, Sue.

Right. Still though… we just saw something really beautiful, didn’t we, Lydie?

We did! Alt and Plachta… I can feel how happy they are right now! It’s been 500 years since they’ve been able to have a heart-to-heart conversation like this. 500 years’ worth of catching up to do…

…So they’re gonna be at it for a while.

Later that day…

…What?! Luard came by earlier?!

Yes. We…

That does it! I’m getting right to the bottom of this!

S-Sophie, wai-

Miss Sophie! Don’t leave me behind!


Reunion or Confrontation?

Yeah, spill it! You said you could never turn back, right? So I was told!

If you’re planning something nasty again… you know what will happen, right?

You’ve got me all wrong, honestly! I didn’t really want to turn back! I was doing some pretty serious synthesizing and I fell into my cauldron, alright? Perhaps it was a miracle, I don’t know, but I got turned back to my original body. And was de-aged…

Hmm. So long as that’s all this is, fine…

Thank goodness for that, Alt. I thought Miss Sophie was going to have to beat you down again!



Uwah, that’s unexpected! You don’t have the face for such violence, Sophie!

Girls! No, you’ve got this all wrong. Well, not all wrong, but there was a reason…



And all I was doing was some research in my atelier! Ah, I can hardly bear to think about it…

Hey! Hold it, that’s not…

Is that really what happened? Hearing Alt’s side of it, I’m starting to sympathize with him…

Not you too, Firis! I think you’re all getting the wrong idea here!

Hehehe… Looks like the tables have turned!

Uwah! Turning my student on me like that… Unforgivable!



…Hahaha! Can I get in on this action?

Firis! Not you, too! This isn’t fair!



Yeah, they do. Best friends!

Girls, please! Stop smiling on the sidelines and help me! SAVE MEEEEEEEE!

…You’ll be just fine, Alt!

Have fun, you three!

The next day…


After 500 Years

Alchemy is a wonderful power, like a dream. It can even restore lost connections from the past.

Yes. I think so, too.

However, that power is still developing. The path of alchemy continues, without end… So I want you to further develop this power, girls. The power of the future! You need to surpass me, Plachta, Sophie and Firis, and reach a height no one has ever reached!



Very well. A little at a time, in order to not get swallowed. We’ll remember your teachings, Alt!

Haha. Keep on working hard everyday.

Hahaha. Alt, try to avoid those hordes of women, too! Otherwise we really will overtake you, in a flash!

I know, I know. I’ll be careful. See you later.



…And there they go, with every bit as much of the energy and promise they had back when they first stepped through these doors. …What a life this has been! After more than 500 years, I’ve suffered, and I’ve hated. But in the end, that led me to Sophie, and Firis, and both of you special girls. And having seen what you’re capable of and how you want to use that power, I can see exactly how you’ll leave your mark on this world! This is the start of a new era. An era in which alchemy will be used to save people.
If I can make the smallest contribution to that… If I can see just a little of it for myself…



A new Combination Art for Mathias and Alt “Einzelkampf” is unlocked.



So this is Alt’s capstone book…

It is. He said that this book will reveal all the truths of alchemy!



Without any further ado… Hagel!

You got it, girls!



Hmm… Wait, this book’s pages are all blank?!






Atelier Sophie spoilers end here.