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And now... and now, I...

My fighting spirit's been amplified! I'm overflowing with energy!

To be more specific...

I am invincible!

System... Call!

Generate...Thermal... Element!

Titan of the Sword

I had no idea he was capable of such an art.

Unfortunately, I can't destroy that intangible flame giant with my flowers.

If I were to focus on defense, I couldn't hold it off for long.

Meaning we'll have to attack the real Chudelkin in that time, huh?

Exactly. I'll find a way to avert him for ten seconds.

Kirito, Eugeo, please take that opportunity to attack Chudelkin.

But remember not to get too close. Or else the pontifex will target you.

- Ten... - ...seconds.

Spin, my flowers!

His eyes.

Got it.

System Call.

Discharge!

Your Eminence!

Please watch out!

This is...

M-My... My...

Eminence...

Kirito.

Well, that was a boring show,

but at least I was able to gather some useful data.

What an eyesore.

How could you?

Irregular boy.

At first, I thought I couldn't view your properties

because you're an unregistered unit from an unofficial marriage,

but that's not why, is it?

You came from over there, didn't you? A human from the other side...

Isn't that right?

That's right.

Even so, I've been granted the same Authority Level as the people of this world,

so I'm nowhere near your level in that respect, Administrator... or rather, Ms. Quinella.

So the little brat filled your head with all her silly stories!

Well, then?

Tell me, boy, what was your reason for stumbling into my world?

Ms. Quinella, in the near future, you're going to destroy your own world.

I will? I'm going to destroy it?

That's right.

Your mistake was creating the order of Integrity Knights

to counter a massive invasion from the Dark Territory.

That's the reason.

That definitely sounds like something that little brat would say.

So pitiful...

Both her, for being so desperate to expel me, and you for taking the bait!

If I may, Lady Pontifex.

Those who were concerned with the current order of Integrity Knights

having no hope of fending off the coming invasion of the forces of darkness

were Knight Commander Bercouli and Vice Commander Fanatio.

I share those concerns, too.

Lady Pontifex, do you have means to protect the people if the order of the knights fall?

That is not all I want to ask you.

You've forcefully taken us from our parents,

from our wives and husbands, from our brothers and sisters,

and sealed away our memories

to plant false memories of being summoned from a non-existent heavenly realm!

Why couldn't you at least trust in our loyalty and respect for you?

Why would you subject our souls to such a tainted ritual to force us to submit to your control?

I'm offended. I trusted you very much.

The Piety Modules I gifted you are the proof of my love.

They freed you from any trifling worries or pain,

so you could remain beautiful dolls for all time.

You think that Uncle... His Excellency Knight Commander Bercouli,

throughout his long 300-year tenure as an Integrity Knight,

never had any worries or suffered at all?

Is that what you think, Lady Pontifex?

This man, who's shown you the deepest loyalty of us all,

and you knew nothing of the pain he's been carrying in his heart.

Is that what you're saying?

Of course I knew.

This isn't the first time Bercouli brooded over such worthless issues.

You see, he brought up the same things about a century ago.

So I fixed him.

And it wasn't just him...

it's all of the knights who've been around for over a hundred years.

I made them forget every one of their painful memories.

Don't worry, Alice,

I'm going to erase the memories causing you such grief.

I'm going to turn you back into a doll that has no need to think.

I admit that, right now, I'm feeling enough pain and sorrow to rip my heart to shreds.

But this pain...

I don't wish to erase these feelings I've never felt before.

Because this pain is precisely what tells me I'm not a puppet knight, but a human being.

Lady Pontifex, I don't want your love. I don't need you to fix me.

Sadly, it doesn't matter how you feel about it.

Once I synthesize you again, every one of your emotions will be erased.

Like how you did to yourself, Ms. Quinella?

Hey, boy, didn't I tell you not to bring up the past?

If I stop, will that erase the truth?

Even for you, you can't alter the past as you please.

The fact that you were born and grew up as a human being can't ever be erased.

Am I wrong?

And what if it can't, boy from the other side?

As long as you're a human, you can't possibly be a perfect entity, that's what.

Humans are creatures that make mistakes.

And the mistake you've committed is beyond repair by now.

With the partial collapse of the order of Integrity Knights,

if the Dark Territory's invasion starts now, it'll wipe out the Human Empire.

But it was you who annihilated my knights. Quite awful.

If you're the sole survivor, then you can start over with a clean slate.

That might be your intention.

But, unfortunately, that's not what's going to happen.

Because on the other side, there are people who truly hold absolute authority over this world.

They'll probably think, "Well, that was a complete failure. Let's start over."

And then a button will be pressed, and everything will vanish.

The mountains. The rivers.

The towns.

And all of the people here, including you, will be erased in the blink of an eye.

Then what about you people on the other side?

Are you constantly aware that your world was created by a higher power,

and strive to do only what would please those higher authorities, so they won't reset your world?

Of course you don't.

After all, they would create a world, and life, for fun,

and then erase it all when they have no more use for them.

What gives a boy from a world like that the right to criticize my choices?

Well, I refuse.

I won't pander to those who fancy themselves gods of creation,

or reduce myself to groveling so they'll allow me to continue to exist.

The only proof of my existence is the control I exert.

That desire is the one thing that motivates me and gives me life!

These legs of mine are meant only to trample over others.

They are not for bending at the knees!

Then...

Then does that mean you're going to let the Human Empire be overrun,

and wait for annihilation, alone, on a nominal throne as the ruler of a nation with no civilians?

I have no intention of allowing them to reset the Underworld,

or of accepting the final load test.

I've already perfected a command to counter that.

You should be happy. I'm going to show it to you all before anyone else.

Command?

To be honest, the knights were just a stopgap.

The military might I truly seek has no need for the ability to think,

much less memories or emotions.

They just need to relentlessly massacre the enemies before them.

In other words, it doesn't need to be human.

Now, awaken, my faithful servant! My soulless slaughterer!

Release Recollection!

I-Is this...

It can't be!

Discharge!

Impossible. Multiple weapons at the same time?

Not only that, but using Perfect Weapon Control art of this magnitude on thirty weapons...

It violates the fundamental rules of the arts!

This is the power I've sought.

Pure offense that will continue to fight forever.

Its name is... let's see...

Why don't I call it Sword Golem?

A sword automaton!

Each of its swords has the Priority Level of a Divine Object.

Do you think you can defeat this Sword Golem,

the ultimate weapon I've created by stretching my precious memory capacity to the limit?

Now then, fight, Golem.

Annihilate your enemies!

Eu-Eugeo...

Use your dagger, Eugeo!

Stab the floating platform in the floor!

I'll buy you some time! Hurry!

Thank goodness. He made it in time.

I'm happy... that I got to fight with you at the... end...

Kirito.

Who is she?

Cardinal.

She fought Administrator 200 hundred years ago and was banished. She's another pontifex.

Don't worry, she's on our side.

She's the one who rescued Eugeo and me and guided us here.

She loves this world with all her heart, and also mourns for it.

Very well. Since she healed my wounds, I shall trust in the warmth of her power.

You're so stubborn!

Didn't I release you from duty, thank you for your hard work,

and order you to live as you pleased in the corner of your favorite bookshelf?

Did Charlotte have a Fluctlight, too?

No. To use a phrase from your world, she was the same as an NPC.

B-But... But then...

She saved me. She sacrificed herself for me.

How... how can that be?

This child had already lived for 200 years.

During that time, she spoke to me constantly and watched over numerous people.

It's already been two years since she attached herself to you.

Even if you have no Fluctlight if you've spent that much time with another...

Even if her intelligence was nothing more than accumulated input and output data,

it's possible for a true heart to reside there.

Yes, even love, in some cases.

Not that you'll ever understand that as long as you live...

Administrator, you hollow fool!