Part 63: Drifting

Last time, we were about to leave the knight-filled Nordopolica by boat.


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Our ship starts to charge straight through the imperial ships...





And it works!




Judy...?







Yeah! We broke through!




...What...?





What are you doing?!
No, stop!!




...This is the path I have chosen.



You're that dragon freak!



Judy! Wait!



...Goodbye.
Judith...?!







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Sounds like the core on the new blastia's pretty much totalled.
I just finished replacing the ceres blastia with a new model. I'd planned to do it ever since we ran into the ghost ship, just to make sure...
So, luckily, we still had the old blastia around? Either way, looks like we'll be drifting out here for now.
Looks that way.
What are Karol and Estelle up to?
They're a bit down in the dumps. Why don't ya go check in on 'em?
You'd probably be better at cheering them up, old man.
You know I'm not cut out for that stuff.



Might as well see how they're doing.


Skit: The Truth about Judith
I knew Judy's secret would get out some day, but...not like this.
A little heads up would've been nice.
I don't know what to think about anything anymore.




We can now talk to all our party members once again. Let's start with Estelle.




I don't see anything at all... ...After what happened to Belius... And with Judith breaking our blastia and running away... I just don't know what to think anymore.
Oh yeah?
And then you went and cut your arm like that...
Heh, that was painful.



But you healed me.
I couldn't just ignore you, could I?



So what are you all rattled about? Don't you remember? Belius said to take good care of your kind nature.
My power is the reason that the Entelexeia hate me, isn't it?
What with you being able to use magic without blastia...
Even if I make an effort not to use my power on the Entelexeia, ... to them, I'll still be evil... That's why Phaeroh was trying to kill me.
But Belius said you should try to meet Phaeroh, didn't she?
Yeah, in order to discover my destiny... But I wonder...is that really right?



Now you've got the idea.


Skit: The End of the Guild?
I was okay with taking out bad people on my own. But I couldn't tell the others.
...Not before, with Estelle, and not now. I gotta face up to the choices I've made.
It's been weighing on Karol, too. Who knows what'll happen to Brave Vesperia...


Next, Karol.




What's the matter? You look more serious than usual.
Yeah... I was just thinking about how hard it is to put a guild together... I thought things might go okay since I was with you guys, but...
...Have you lost faith in your ability to lead the guild?
No, not at all! I'm working as hard as I can...!
All right, then I'll borrow from your attitude and do the best I can, too!
...Hey, Yuri. Can I ask you something?
Yeah?



It's true.
How could you keep that from me...?
I kept meaning to tell you. I'm sorry.
Even though I think it's bad...you don't regret killing them, do you?
Yeah, I don't.
...I just don't know... Flynn and Estelle were trying to bring them to justice, too... Did you really have to kill them?



Someone has to do them, even if it means taking the blame.
Maybe so, but even still...
I just did what had to be done. You shouldn't force yourself to try to accept what I did.
Yeah.


Rita's pretty occupied with the blastia, but let's see what she thinks of Judith now.




Does it look like it'll be okay?
Oh...well, it's pretty bad...
Geez, this isn't usable at all...
...Damn it! I can't believe that Judith was...
And all the time she was with us she didn't destroy any blastia at all.



That dragon...Ba'ul, right? It attacked us back in Heliord, didn't it?
You've got a good memory.
That's not the sort of thing I easily forget. Do you think they were going after Estelle back then? Yes...she knew. She knew about Estelle...



...Yeah.
Damn it, I can't believe you...!
We all have our reasons for what we've done. You and Judith both...
...You mean...
And me too, of course.
You mean Ragou and Cumore? Hmph, I don't care much about what happened to them.
Judy was a loyal member of our party. That's how it looked to me, at least...
Yeah, that's true, but... If she had just shared what she knew about the Child of the Full Moon, and about the Entelexeia... Estelle's problems might already have been solved by now.
It depends, doesn't it? Phaeroh told her she was poison, after all.
...You know, it's possible she knew where Phaeroh was from the very beginning.
...Yeah, maybe so.
Either way, I'll never forgive her for breaking that blastia!
Well then, if Judy comes back, you can feel free to beat her up.



Hmmm, I couldn't say.


Raven surely has his own thoughts about the whole situation, as well.




You sure have your own way of doing things, old man. Then again, I guess that's your only redeeming quality.
Hey, way to hurt a man's feelings! I've got a ton of redeemin' qualities!
That's one list you can just keep to yourself.
I hafta tell ya, I was so surprised to find out that Belius was that beast--sorry, I mean, Entelexeia, was it?
Yeah. But it seems like the story about her engineering the Great War was a lie.



Maybe, yeah. So, is that the Don's grandson? How'd he end up here, anyway?



I heard that an ally of the Don's had been captured by a monster, and I thought I'd come to save him. And then I heard that the monster possessed apatheia, so...
They said that Belius had been captured?
Apparently that's what Leviathan's Claw said. So they went down there with the Hunting Blades to kill the monster.
And that monster was actually Belius, so even though you got the apatheia, the ally you were supposed to save ended up dying.
Yeah...
You need ta learn ta take things slower. Check your information before you rush out all ready for battle...
Damn it, what the hell do you know!
...Things like this happen, I guess... Having the Don for a grandfather puts a lot of pressure on the boy.
Anyone with a grandfather like that would be expected to work their butt off, yeah.
Everyone expects too much of him. So he works hard not to let anyone down, and then things like this happen...
...Palestralle's not going to be too happy about this. Even if he didn't have any choice but to fight, I doubt they'll take that for an excuse.
That Natz guy should forgive us, I think.
That would be nice. But Natz isn't the Duce. It's the others in the guild we have to worry about.
Well, I don't know how to get out this mess! For now I'm going to take him to see the Don. Take the ship to Dahngrest as soon as it's workin' again, would ya?
Gotcha.

Yuri walks off.




An eye for an eye... It's a matter between guilds, after all...


And let's not ignore Repede, either!



So many things to deal with... I'm a little mixed up.
*Whine*
Sorry for dragging you around Repede.
Woof... !
Right... There's nothing else to be sorry about after all these years.
Woof!
Hahaha... OK, so what should we start with... ...Before anything else, we'll need to have the ship moving...
*Whine*


And in the PS3 version, Patty's around too.





Hm. It seems we got caught in the tide and are drifting north.
Really... Sorry for dragging you out all the way out here.
Don't worry. I wanted to come with you from the beginning.
Well, we're thankful to have someone around who can operate the ship. But, you have to look for that treasure to get your memory back though, don't you?
It's okay. I like to take things slowly. Life is longer than the red ears of a hare or the slimy body of an eel.
Well, that's better than rushing through life.
Besides, spending time with you like this isn't so bad either.
Heh. Thanks.



But still, that's not enough to make you actually give up searching, right?
Aye. I want to know what my grandfather was really like. From here on, I want to answer some questions for myself. Like, what I should be doing, and how I should deal with the name "Aifread".
I see. Guess that means you can't stay with us forever, huh?
Aye... But I've realized that being with others is a million times better than being alone. So, when my memory finally returns, I want to keep travelling with you and the others.
Yeah, if the opportunity arises, that might not be bad at all.
When that time comes, do you think Judy...
Who knows. Judy has her own reasons for not being able to join us. I hope that when the time comes, your wish to stay with us doesn't change.



Yuri leaves.

...Indeed.




And that's everyone.





The next day...

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That's great... We'll be able to use the boat again.
If ya don't mind, I'd like ta bring Harry back to Dahngrest first.
We need to head to Dahngrest, too.
Right. We've got to deliver Belius' apatheia.
Why don't ya let old Raven take care of that for ya? Whaddya say?
We couldn't ask that of you.
Oh, that hurts. Still can't trust me after all we've been through, huh?



It would be unjust if we didn't deliver it.
Yeah. Besides, we're also at fault for Belius ending up like she did. We've gotta own up to what we've done.
The Don also might know why everyone wants these apatheia so badly.
He was tryin' ta get his hands on one too, don't forget.
If we can learn more about the apatheia, we might find out why Flynn's been using such extreme measures.
Well then, I'll make sure ta set things up with the Don for ya.
Really?
A wiser man than I once said, "Even chance acquaintances are decreed by destiny." If it's meant ta be I don't mind puttin' in the effort for Brave Vesperia.



You too, Rita...?
A lot has happened. And I get the feeling it's all connected to this apatheia somehow. So...
It was the Don that told us ta go find the apatheia in the first place. He just might have somethin' up his sleeve.
So Rita, you're with us as far as Dahngrest?
That only leaves Estelle...



I agree.
I wonder when we'll see Judith again...
Hey, once we've delivered the apatheia, let's go see if we can find her?
That's not a bad idea. Besides she broke the guild laws, and you know we can't just let that slide.
R-right. At least not without hearing her reason.
But first up is Dahngrest.
There'll be a stretch of beach along the southern edge of Tolbyccia where we can lay anchor. I'd wager that'd put us as close to Dahngrest as we could hope.
Okay, sounds like we've got our destination.