Mephisto 16

MEPHISTO #16

tl by molokidan

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Chapter III 12 Reflections in the Water

104)
V: What should we do...?!
B: Forget her. Light him up!
B: No one will stand in my way...
R: Uwaaaahhh! Alma, save me...

105)
B: Look!
B: She gave up and is starting to leave...
R: Gyaaaaaahh! Wait, please, Almaaaaaa!!
R: How can you be so cruel?!
R: Kill me quickly!
V: What's wrong?
B: Geh?!

106)
B: This can't be...?!

107)
sfx: bakin!
B: Uwaaaaahhhhh!
V: Hiiieeeeee

108)
V:wah!
V: P-please, spare us...
R: Owwww!
R: Forget about them!
R: Hurry up and put out this fire!

109)
R: W-what are you going to do...?!
sfx: shaaaaaah!
R: Uwahh?!
sfx: juuuuuh!

111)
A: How are you feeling?
A(2b): Drink this, it'll give you strength.

112)
R: I can't believe you'd actually piss on me like that...
A: I'd never do such a vulgar thing.
R: Then it was an illusion after all...?!
A(3b): Just a simple trick...if you crush hallucinogenic plants like belladonna into a fine powder, sprinkle it on dry sticks,
A: and then burn it, smoke that increases the effectiveness of mass hypnosis on those who inhale it will be produced.
R: I see...
R: Now that you mention it, the furnace was lit in the cellar back there...
A: Exactly.

113)
R(2b): Hmmm...amazing. So what we call witchcraft is just the mastery of natural science...would that be an accurate way to describe it...?
A: Hoho...I'm honored.
R: Alma!
R: Marry me!
A: What's this all of a sudden?
R: I'm serious!
R: Let's make the best of our inseparable fate and live together in this time period!
R(2b): I hunger for your knowledge! I want to learn as much as I can from you!
R: Reason, faith, free science, and the harmony of the holy mysteries...
R: Let us pursue the secrets of the Almighty and build up a single microcosmos together...
R: In return...
A: In return?

114)
R: I'll teach you the pleasures of being a woman.
A: Oh my...
sfx: pasa
A: Sounds interesting...but impossible.
R: Why?
A(2b): You have a past. Unless you can free yourself from its shackles, your existence in this time will be ever transient...
R(2b): That shouldn't be! I'm completely free right now.
A(2b): You just think you are...in the deepest reaches of your psyche, however, an unerasable consciousness of your sins still exists...

115)
R: Huh?!
R: Enough already!
R: Why do you enjoy tormenting me with that illusion so much?!
A(2b): That wasn't an illusion -- it was merely a projection from your heart.
A: Now you do you understand...?
A(2b): Her existence is like the trigger for an explosive within you...an explosive so powerful it's capable of destroying "The Philosopher's Stone."
R: Wait!

116)
R: What now, then?!
R: Just what am I supposed to do?!

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A: First, you need to fix your eyes on the truth!
R: The truth?!
A: Take a look.
A: What do you see?
R: What do I see?
R: My face is reflecting in the water...
A: You've heard of crystalmancy, the art of predicting the future using magic mirrors, correct?
A: Much like that, this water reflects the present.
A: A present that you absolutely need to understand.
R: Ahh?!

118)
R: Youko...she looks just how she did when I saw her in court...
R(2b): Poor thing...why does her face look so exhausted...?
R: Youko...?!
R: What's with all that gaudy makeup?!

119)
R: And those clothes...they look just like a prostitute's...?!

120)
R: Youko!

121)
sfx: bashan!

122)
R: Lies!
R: Please tell me that was all a lie!
R: I'm begging you, Alma!
R: Tell me everything I saw right now was...

123)
R: It's all my fault, isn't it...
R: I'm the one who made Youko turn out that way...
A: Let's return to your world now...
A: You're the only one capable of saving her...
R: Yes...

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A: Rudou...
A: It's not like I feel it's my job or obligation to lend you a hand like this...
A: It's just because I like you...

Chapter III 12 Reflections in the Water / End