Scenario:A Ballad of Unbending Chivalry - Chapter 1: Family Reunion - Episode 3
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A Ballad of Unbending Chivalry - Chapter 1: Family Reunion - Episode 3
Elsine confesses that it was her fault the Ditoria Knights collapsed in the first place. On the day of Arrogante's revolt, Yuisis's parents gave their lives to make sure Elsine would survive an attack on her. Yuisis is shocked to learn about this.
(Captain) and the crew share a meal with Elsine, the boss of the Luceria Knights, at an upscale restaurant managed by the family.
Yuisis and Elsine take the opportunity to catch up and reminisce.
Yuisis: I was really worried sick, you know. How did you manage to survive after everything that went down?
Yuisis: I guess you had no choice but to follow your parents even though they betrayed the family, huh...
Elsine: Well...
Yuisis: Sorry. I won't push you if you don't want to talk about it.
Yuisis: I can tell just by lookin' at your face just now that a lot must have happened.
Yuisis: I'm content with havin' you by my side once more.
Elsine: Yuisis...
Elsine: ...
Icas: El. If it's too much for you at the moment, then allow me—
Elsine: No need. I'll tell the story. It's the least I can do for all the chaos I was involved in causing.
A serious look on her face, Elsine bows deeply to Yuisis.
Yuisis: El? What's gotten into you?
Elsine: Yuisis, I have something I need to tell you.
Elsine: The reason your parents died... No, the reason that the entirety of the Ditoria Knights' collapse... It was all my fault.
Yuisis: Wha... What do you mean by that?
Elsine: I feel I must explain what happened at that time in detail. But first...
Elsine: What about all of you? If you don't want to hear the story, I don't mind if you—
Lyria: Yuisis is family. We'd like to hear about what happened together with her.
Elsine: As you wish.
Elsine begins to recall the moments leading up to the death of Yuisis's parents. A bitter look clouds her visage.
Elsine: When Arrogante attacked, you and I split up and went to our respective parents.
Elsine: We were desperate to find a way to overcome what was happening...
Yuisis: Yes, I remember our distress clearly.
Elsine: I started telling my parents everything in great detail.
Elsine: I pleaded with them to help me protect you, the boss, and Treia—to help keep the family together.
Elsine: They stopped me from going, though. They confided in me and told me the shocking truth...
Elsine: They already knew about the rebellion... Because they were part of it.
Elsine: My own parents and many of the other family heads... They were planning to flip over to Arrogante's side...
Yuisis: ...
Lyria: That's... But everyone was part of the same family, right? So why...
Elsine: Truth is, not everybody values the family structure in the same way.
Vyrn: Say it ain't so...
Elsine: I mean, even I couldn't forgive my own parents after that.
Elsine: I would end up blowin' them off and focusing all of my strength and attention on protecting Yuisis and the bosses.
Elsine: I only wanted to protect you all, and yet...
Elsine: We were surrounded by a group of Arrogante's men...
Elsine: I honestly thought that I wasn't going to make it out of there alive... But Wendt and Treia... They took it upon themselves to protect me...
Elsine: They were mortally wounded in the process.
Yuisis: ...!
Elsine: I was shaken and confused... I was petrified in the moment and didn't know what to do until they told me to run.
Elsine: Wounded as they were, they still managed to beat back the onslaught and make their way to Arrogante's position...
Yuisis: No... It can't be... Then you mean to tell me that what I saw then was their final moments...
Elsine: What? You saw them together?
Yuisis: Y-yes, as I was making my own escape...
Elsine: I see...
Yuisis: ...
Elsine: I heeded their words and made a run for it.
Elsine: My parents would end up safeguarding me, and I had little choice but to become one of Arrogante's lackeys for a time.
Yuisis: ...
Yuisis is taken aback by what Elsine has told her.
The room is overtaken by a melancholic silence.