Scenario:Anre - The Unspoken Cost

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The Unspoken Cost

Anre reveals that he lost his parents to robbers when he was young, which inspired him to establish the Eternals. He hoped such a force would prevent crime, but a thug comes after him because of his power.



Absolute power can prevent meaningless conflict.
This was the belief that drove Anre, peerless master of the spear, to establish the Eternals.
But Anre has a certain talent that doesn't quite fit such a mighty warrior.
Anre: Hmm... Interesting... So you think the election of the Chairman of Commerce will be decided by wheat this time as well?
Sierokarte: Of course. They always use wheat to buy votes.
Anre: And that means they're hoping for the price of wheat to crash after the election. But I bet you've already stocked up on everything you need.
Sierokarte: Hee hee... I never bother with credit transactions. Of course, I do act as a warehousing and transportation broker for other traders.
Anre: Oho... You never cease to amaze me, Siero. I learn something every time we talk.
Vyrn and Lyria are a little surprised by the sight of Sierokarte and Anre having such an animated conversation.
Lyria: Wow, Anre... You sure seem to get along well with Siero.
Vyrn: Yeah, you're really somethin' else. Not too many folks who can keep up with Knickknack when it comes to business talk.
Sierokarte: What do you expect? Anre was once going to be one of the major players just like me.
Lyria: A major player?
Vyrn: Hey, hold up. Business and spear fighting have nothing to do with each other! What gives?
Sierokarte mutters something as if in thought and then quiets down.
Anre seems to sense what she's thinking because he starts speaking in a serious tone.
Anre: To tell you the truth, I come from a wealthy merchant family. My father actually taught Siero.
Lyria: Oh my gosh! Your dad was Siero's teacher?
Vyrn: Wow... I guess that explains why you get along so well with Anre, Knickknack.
Anre: But tragedy struck our home when I was only ten years old. A gang of robbers invaded our house.
Anre: They were after our property, and they got into a fight with our guards...
Anre: During the confusion, my parents were killed.
Lyria: Oh no... That's so terrible...
Anre: That's when I realized something.
Anre: Once something awful happens, it's already too late. It's crucial to prevent tragedies before they strike.
Anre: And the key to prevention isn't property... It's power. The sort of power so overwhelming that no one even considers an act as heinous as robbery.
Anre: And so I gave up on business and devoted myself entirely to mastery of the spear.
Vyrn: Sounds like you've been through a lot yourself...
While the crew quietly considers his words, a nasty thug spots Anre and saunters over.
Thug: Ha ha! Finally found you, old man! Now I'll be the strongest in the sky!
Thug: I'm the one and only head of the band of thieves known as the Lynxes! Nothin' personal, but I gotta put you down to show the world how vicious I really am!
Anre: Kids these days...
Thug: Argh!
Anre easily knocks the advancing thug down and presses the tip of his spear against the villain's exposed throat.
Anre: I'm Anre, one of the Eternals. Did you really know who you were messing with?
Thug: Of course! That's why I did it!
Thug: I was supposed to take you out so I could finally be the strongest!
Anre: I see... Well, since you knew what you were doing, you'll forgive me for not showing any mercy.
Anre clutches the spear and prepares to strike.
But (Captain) deflects the lethal blow just in time.
Anre: Hmm... I suppose you're trying to tell me I'm going too far. But I have no intention of backing down now.
Anre: A force that stays its hand can never hope to end conflict. What good are the Eternals if they don't follow through?
Anre: If you insist on stopping me anyway, I guess we'll just have to fight it out.

The Unspoken Cost: Scene 2

As Anre watches the thug flee, he thinks back on what happened to his parents and realizes that people are driven by a desire to challenge those they consider the strongest—a fact Anre struggles to accept.



Anre: Phew... Trying to beat you is as hard as I remember.
Anre: Heh heh... But you've made yourself quite clear. If you say letting this thug go is the just thing to do, I'll just have to take your word for it.
Anre releases the thug.
Thug: I'm so sorry! I'll never do anything this dumb again! I'll give up robbery altogether! It's nothin' but honest work for me!
Anre: Well said. I trust that you'll never forget those words.
Thug: Eek!
The thug dashes off at full speed. As Anre watches the villain, with a faraway look in his eye, he begins muttering to himself.
Anre: I've always believed that all one needs to end conflict is absolute power...
Anre: But maybe there was some truth to their words...
Anre reflects on what the robbers who broke into his house told him. It was similar in a way to what the thug said.
Anre: As I told you, my family was quite wealthy. We were far from defenseless when the robbers attacked us.
Anre: To protect our vast wealth, we had plenty of guards, all of whom were known as elite members of their profession.
Anre: But the robbers weren't at all scared of their numbers or expertise.
Anre: The robbers ended up getting caught by the guards... but they were foolish enough to resist and a fight broke out.
Anre: During the fight, my parents were hit by some stray bullets.
Anre: The wounds proved fatal, and then my parents were gone. Just like that.
Anre: So I asked the robbers why they broke into our home even though they knew something like that could happen.
Anre: I was just a boy then, but they accepted their defeat gracefully and answered my question.
Anre: They told me that if they could rob a mansion like ours, there'd be nothing else left for them to fear.
Anre: I spent so much time after that thinking, trying to find a way to prevent similar tragedies...
Anre: What if my house had been protected by someone more powerful than mere guards?
Anre: What if there'd been a crew of unrivaled power that delighted in punishing evildoers?
Anre: With a force like that in the world, surely those robbers never would have invaded my home.
Anre: That line of reasoning is what led me to establish the Eternals, but now I suspect those robbers would have been willing to challenge even us.
Anre: It seems people like them are guided not by logic so much as a desire to challenge those they consider the strongest.
The day's events have run counter to Anre's beliefs. He falls into silence, his mood soured.