Side story episode 1
Side Story.
I wanted to make everyone happy with magic.
That’s why we needed some magic to make everyone happy.
When a young girl who knew nothing about the world, obtained the wisdom of blue and faced the truth of the world once again.
Even though she became the Blue Tower Lord who ruled the Tower of Lies and Schemes, Lize still wished for everyone’s happiness.
The same was true when the Third Reich collapsed and Dale rose to the top of the new empire, proclaiming himself the Lord of Black Gold.
“I believe in the empire that my brother will establish.”
“The only one who trusts me is Lize.”
Nothing would change.
I wanted to support my proud older brother and make his dreams come true.
And then one day, an epiphany engraved the eighth circle into Lize’s heart.
‘An illusion that does not awaken cannot be distinguished from happiness.’
The magic key to making everyone happy was right there.
* * *
“Lize.”
Her brother sat on the black gold throne. He had destroyed the golden empire and built the Fourth Empire on top of it.
As one empire fell and another was established… … .
“… …What are you trying to do?”
“I am in the process of succeeding to the throne, Brother.”
──The Empress of Lies opened her mouth.
Once again, one empire was collapsing and another was being established.
“You’re telling a funny joke, Lize.”
But when Dale heard that, he burst out laughing, as if mocking his little sister.
King of men and king of monsters. Lord of gold and shadows, lies and truth.
As the great emperor of black gold that no one on the continent dares to oppose.
“I’m not joking.”
Nevertheless, Lise of Saxony, the younger sister facing the Great Emperor of Black Gold, did not smile.
“For the happiness of me, my brother, and everyone in this world.”
“You still don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Phew!
As if threatening Lize, the shadowy cloak worn by Dale engulfed the area. The light faded and the spectres in the darkness began to roam the Great Hall.
But facing the king of humans, the blue-haired lord Lize was never intimidated.
“An illusion that does not awaken cannot be distinguished from happiness, and a lie that cannot be realized cannot be distinguished from truth.”
The scenery of the world collapsed around the feet I was standing on. What was superimposed on top of it was undoubtedly Lize’s world.
A girl who was once reckless and wished for the happiness of everyone in the world, unfolds a boundary of thought after realizing the truth of the world.
And that world had a landscape that was very different from the world that Dale remembered until now.
“… … !”
Chorus!
At the same time, blue chains began to wrap around Dale, binding her. Only then did she understand. Her determination was not a lie.
“I will build a world where everyone can be happy, and an empire where everyone can be happy.”
And her resolve had already begun before Dale realized what was unusual.
“A world where there is no need for senseless killing, no need for meaningless wars, and no need for bloodshed.”
“I’m hoping for that too.”
“Yes, we promised to create a world together where everyone can be happy.”
“Then why are you trying to bring me down?”
“… … .”
Lize didn’t answer right away.
“you……”
Silence fell. But it was never a long silence.
“That’s why my brother has such a sad expression on his face.”
After a period of silence, the blue curtain opened its mouth.
“In order to create a world where everyone can be happy, I don’t want to watch the misfortune that my brother is carrying any longer.”
“I am not unhappy.”
“Do you really think so?”
Lize asked mockingly. Dale couldn’t answer easily.
“What I wish for is a world where ‘everyone’ can be happy. And I don’t wish for you to become the ransom for suffering for all mankind.”
“… … So you want to bear that pain?”
“No, no one needs to atone for this suffering.”
Lize smiled quietly.
“Because in the new empire I will bring, no one will have to be unhappy.”
“… … .”
“No, even if someone has to bear that pain──I don’t want you to be the one to bear that pain.”
“Someone has to do it, Lize.”
“Why… … .”
At Dale’s words, Lize muttered as if she couldn’t understand.
“Why do you always try to become someone else, Brother?!”
As if sobbing, breaking the composure that was desperately being maintained.
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“I remember how devoted you were to humanity. Even though everyone in the world fears you and points fingers at you, I remember how much you sacrificed for our happiness!”
Lize raised her voice as if she couldn’t understand.
“I don’t want to see you suffer for us any longer. You deserve to be happy. No, you should be. Even if the whole world fears you and points its fingers at you.”
Dale didn’t answer, because he just didn’t know what to say.
“From the beginning, what I wanted was my brother’s happiness. That was my ‘world.’”
“… … .”
“Look around you, Brother. And Your Majesty the Emperor.”
Lize stretched out her arms mockingly.
“Everyone is afraid of you and scared of you. No one understands your true feelings.”
At the same time, her world was reproducing the scenery Dale once remembered.
Those who bowed before the new emperor, their faces filled with fear and horror. Even those closest to Dale were no exception.
I couldn’t figure out where it went wrong.
“Your brother’s hypocrisy ends here.”
“… … What do you want me to do?”
“I just want you to be happy, brother.”
“You don’t seem to think that what you are doing now will only make me even more unhappy.”
Lize smiled quietly at Dale’s words.
“As always, my brother justified his responsibility.”
“… … .”
“Even those you loved most feared you, revered you, and turned away from you, but your brother did not change. He believed without a doubt that this was the pain and responsibility he had to bear, and that through his actions he would atone for the sins of mankind.”
Lize said, as if she had nothing left to hide.
“I just want you to be honest with yourself, brother.”
With those words, Lize stretched out her arm.
Countless blue chains were swirling around.
In this world, no one can defeat the king of humans. Who can dare to confront the ‘monarch’ who casts the eight circles and the circle of shadows?
It should have been so.
“I remember the world my older brother showed me when I was young.”
Lize giggled as if she was having fun.
“The world that my brother showed me was everything to me.”
“… … .”
“Please dream, brother.”
Lize said.
“And please, don’t wake up from this dream.”
“Lize… … !”
Before Dale could even open his mouth, his world sank into darkness.
* * *
“Dale.”
A voice was heard. And when he woke up in surprise, a very familiar face greeted him.
“Sepia… … ?”
“What’s wrong, Dale?”
At Sepia’s words, Dale quickly looked around. It was the courtyard of the Saxon ‘Duchess Castle’, no different from any other time.
“Isn’t it time for a blue magic lesson?”
“… … .”
Sepia tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand, and Dale remained silent.
“I had a dream.”
“dream?”
“……yes.”
After a silence, Dale opened his mouth.
“I had a dream of making sacrifices for the happiness of people in the world.”
“The happiness of the people of the world.”
Sepia smiled as if she was amused by those words.
“Was it worth it?”
“well.”
Dale remained silent, his words trailing off.
“It was just something that had to be done.”
After a silence, Dale answered.
“──Lize, even if you don’t want it.”
Clang!
At the same time, the entire landscape collapsed as if a glass window was breaking.
“… …Why.”
A voice was heard, leaving behind the shattered landscape. It was a voice that seemed utterly familiar.
“It’s time to wake up from your dream, Lize.”
With those words, pitch-black darkness began to swirl beneath Dale’s feet.
“… … That can’t be.”
Still, Lize stood in Dale’s way.
“It was my brother who had been dreaming from the beginning.”
With those words, Dale’s world turned upside down once again.
Only then could I finally realize it.
“… … Was it your doing from the beginning?”
─ Forgive me, brother.
In Dale’s shadow, the corners of his lips split open like a crescent moon, giving him a sly grin.
“Does my forgiveness mean anything to you?”
─ Humans are really interesting creatures, aren’t they?
“… …What did you do to my sister?”
Dale asked coldly. At those words, Dale’s shadow wriggled and mocked like a living creature.
─ I didn’t do anything.
“Then how did my sister become such a delinquent?”
─ Well.
In the shadows, the old dark mother, Shuve, spoke happily.
─ I’m just curious.
“What?”
─ Which ‘truth’ is more truthful, that child’s or that brother’s?
“… … I’m sick of that nonsense about truth or lies.”
Dale sneered coldly. But then, next to Dale, a girl in a dress began to sneer.
─ That kid wouldn’t think that way, would he?
“Is it that fun to have everyone in the world act as your puppet?”
─ They are not my puppets, they are your brother’s puppets.
Shuv burst out laughing without a moment’s hesitation. Hearing that, Dale smiled bitterly.
“Let me ask you something, Shub.”
After laughing, Dale asked back.
“It was all your doing?”
For a moment, silence fell. But the silence did not last long.
─ Yeah.
At the end of the silence, Shuv smiled. Seeing that smile, Dale answered coldly.
“Lize is not your plaything. Let her go.”
─ Do you really think so?
“okay.”
─ Then let’s make a bet.
“I can’t bet on my sister.”
─ Yeah, I know.
As if he had been waiting for those words, Shub burst into laughter.
─ Let’s play a game with me.
After laughing, Shuv said.
“What game?”
─ A game to protect the things my brother loves.
Without even a shred of emotion, the old dark mother giggled.
Dale couldn’t laugh. Still, nothing changed.
The final game has begun.
