Scenario:A Ballad of Unbending Chivalry - Chapter 1: Family Reunion - Episode 4

A Ballad of Unbending Chivalry - Chapter 1: Family Reunion - Episode 4

Ready and willing to repent for past events, Elsine hands Yuisis a dagger. Yuisis, however, takes a more peaceful approach by telling her to make up for the past by living on. Elsine then vows to rebuild the Ditoria Knights alongside Yuisis.

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An uncomfortable silence lingers in the air as Elsine concludes her recount of what transpired that day.

Yuisis stares at her cousin, stunned.

Elsine: If I hadn't acted out on my own, Arrogante's rebellion likely wouldn't have succeeded...

Elsine: There's no way that the boss and Treia would have lost to that bastard under normal circumstances...

Elsine: It was all my doing... If they weren't distracted by my foolishness...

Twinges of bitterness and regret carried in the heart...

Having bared it all, Elsine takes a dagger from her pocket and hands it to Yuisis.

Icas: El!

Elsine: This is my way of atoning. I won't have you interfering.

Icas: ...!

Yuisis: Wh-what is this?

Elsine: I never forgave 'em... My parents, and those cowardly executives...

Elsine: And myself, who sent the boss and Treia to their demise...

Elsine: I staged a rebellion of my own—took control of the Luceria Knights with an express purpose in mind.

Elsine: I had everyone who betrayed the Ditoria family at that time atone for their sin.

Elsine: All that's left now is me...

Elsine: Thing is, I couldn't very well throw away the very thing that the bosses died to protect.

Elsine: It isn't my place to be doing the deed.

Elsine: I would just be rendering their sacrifice in vain.

Elsine: So that's why, Yuisis...

Elsine: I would have you do the deed, as the boss and Treia's daughter.

Yuisis: ...

Yuisis stares at the dagger for but a moment before shaking her head and handing it back to Elsine.

Elsine: But why?

Yuisis: The only ones to blame here are Arrogante and his band of traitors. Not you.

Elsine: But it's all my fault! If only I wasn't there to get in the way—

Elsine: ...

Yuisis: Thank you, El. For going against your own parents for our sakes.

Yuisis: Just knowing that even in their final moments...

Yuisis: They were doin' everything they could to preserve the family...

Yuisis: Just knowing all of that is enough, so don't go blaming yourself and throwin'—

Elsine: The hell are you goin' on about? Your parents... The Ditoria Knights! If it weren't for me...

Elsine: You know I've got no choice but to atone!

Elsine: With my honor as a gangster intact... So please!

Yuisis: ...

Elsine: I'll never be able to forgive myself if you don't do this...

Elsine: Please...

Yuisis: All right, understood. I'll settle this.

Icas: Lady Yuisis, wait—

Yuisis: El, you're going to go on living.

Elsine: What! You would have me live with that shame?

Yuisis: Yes. That's exactly how I'll have you atone.

Yuisis: It's what Mom and Dad would have wanted.

Elsine: ...!

Elsine: I-I see... Fine. If that is what you would have me do.

Icas: You have my thanks, Lady Yuisis. For your merciful treatment of El.

Elsine and Icas bow deeply to Yuisis.

Lyria: Ah... Well I'm glad that was settled peacefully.

Vyrn: You got that right. I thought Crazy Girl was gonna do something crazy there...

Yuisis: In our world, it's true that one's got to pay the price to make amends.

Yuisis: There's ways of doing that without throwing your life away, though.

Yuisis: That's something I came to realize after spending time in (Captain)'s crew.

Vyrn: Hehe, looks like even Crazy Girl's come to see things our way.

Yuisis: Yeah, you could say that. Makes me happy to hear you acknowledge it.

Elsine: ...

Yuisis: What's with the face, El?

Elsine: Nothing. It's nothing.

Elsine: Though I must know, Yuisis. What is it that you plan to do now?

Yuisis: What I'm gonna do now, huh?

Elsine: You said I need to live on, right?

Elsine: If I'm going to do that, then I'm gonna spend my time fulfillin' my dream of rebuilding the Ditoria Knights.

Elsine: I can't think of a better way to further atone for my sins.

Elsine shifts her gaze toward the sword hanging at Yuisis's waist.

Elsine: That sword... That's the Ditoria, right?

Elsine: Whoever holds that blade is the de facto boss of the Ditoria Knights. As long as it exists, I know that the family can be rebuilt.

Elsine: So tell me, Yuisis. Do you also intend to rebuild the Ditoria Knights?

Yuisis: Yeah, you bet I do.

Yuisis: That's why I decided to join up with (Captain) in the first place—all so I could learn how to be the best boss I can possibly be.

Elsine: I'm relieved to hear you say that.

Elsine bows to Yuisis once more.

Elsine: Let me proclaim something now, as the head of the Luceria Knights.

Elsine: From this moment on, on my name do I swear our fealty to you.

Elsine: We will be doing whatever it takes to see your ambitions met.

Elsine: Even if that means payin' with our very lives.

Elsine: We'll see to it that the Ditoria Knights are revived to their former glory.

Yuisis: Thank you, El. Having you and the family's strength at my back is a tremendous boon, I'm sure.

Yuisis smiles gently at the girl.