Liu Association Section 1, Part 2 — Episode 1 (Stage: 50013)Location: Library EntranceXiaoFine, I don’t need to hear another word from you. If you’re so fearful of death, leave me and escape by yourself!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_1"MirisI wouldn’t have brought you with me if I were such a coward fearing for my life!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_1-01"XiaoThere has to be some reason you’ve done this, then…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_2"XiaoIf your reasoning is unsatisfactory, know that there will be consequences to your actions!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_3"MirisDirector…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_2-01"MirisYour battle will be nothing more than a messy scrape if you try to keep up in your current state, ma’am! You have to have realized it yourself!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_3-01"XiaoOut of my way!!!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_4"Xiao…Step aside. I am as composed as I can be.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_5"MirisYou can’t even best your own subordinate right now, director.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_4"MirisThere is nothing composed about charging blindly into the fray and brandishing your sword like a madwoman…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_5"XiaoThey’re foes that we must destroy anyway!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_6-01"XiaoIn fact, I would argue that it’s better this way, as I can firmly grasp my blade with an undaunted heart, unshaken by fear.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_7"Miris…Even if they were opponents that warrant such a fight, wielding your blade while you’ve lost yourself will only yield a pointless and juvenile revenge.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_6"MirisThey say anger is needed in order to face the enemy, but an excess of that emotion will ultimately hurt yourself.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_7-01"MirisFury shouldn’t be the only motivation to bestir oneself… I thought you knew this well, director.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_8-02"MirisYou’re the one who taught me that I’ll spill my own blood if I can’t see where the edge of my sword is pointed, after all…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_9"XiaoI have no resolve to show to those who have taken what is mine.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_8"XiaoThey had the nerve to make an offer where we must put our lives on the line to earn it back. Such absurdity.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_9-01"XiaoNow tell me why I should treat them with any courtesy!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_10-02"MirisEven then!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_10-01"MirisThat’s not how Lowell would’ve reacted! So please, Xiao… Gather your senses.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_11-02"Xiao…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_11"XiaoMiris… I am aware. I know that the Library didn’t snatch Lowell and Section 2 away from us.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_12"XiaoI am well aware that they took a fair offer and made a bet, and paid the rightful price for losing it.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_13"XiaoBut what can I do when I simply cannot bring myself to accept that?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_14"XiaoWas it truly done of their own volition?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_15"XiaoCan anyone say with utmost certainty that no coercion was involved in their decision!Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_16"XiaoWhenever my mind was plagued with such thoughts, I couldn’t make rational judgement…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_17"MirisIs it because Chun and the other Fixers are dead? Is that why you’re acting like this?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_12"XiaoYou would be right. At first, I thought I only had to care about my own safety.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_18"XiaoAs long as I could get my hands on Lowell’s book…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_19"XiaoI decided that I wouldn’t care about my surroundings, even if that meant I would have no one to rely on once everything was over.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_20"XiaoBut, as I saw my colleagues die out one by one, my mind began to waver…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_21"XiaoAm I truly going down the righteous path?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_22"XiaoIs it truly right as a human being to think of myself, and only myself?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_23"XiaoWhen the many of those who trusted me and followed me have perished, should I overlook their deaths and keep moving forward…?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_24-01"Miris…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_13"XiaoIf my selfishness is causing harm to others, shouldn’t I stop it before it’s too late? Shouldn’t I save those who still have a chance?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_25"XiaoIf I had to make a choice, who should be putting up with the hardship? Is it you, or I?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_26"XiaoMiris… Answer me. I’m no longer certain what I should put first.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_27"Miris…I’m not one to give you an answer for that. How should I know better than you about yourself? You know I’m not in any way wiser than you.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_14"MirisHere’s what I can say, Xiao… None of the Fixers who followed you here were forced by anyone to do so, and I’m no different.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_15"MirisThere can’t be any compulsion about trusting you and willingly following your lead, now can there…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_16"MirisCall it heartless, but as with everyone else… If it was your power that we were after, we would’ve left you once your authority faded.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_17-01"MirisYou’ve stepped down from the Liu’s Section 1. You’re not in the position to pressure us anymore, and we aren’t obligated by any duty to obey you.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_18"XiaoWhat you’re saying is that I can stick to my belief and move on, the same way you kept believing in me, and acted for me.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_28"XiaoLike a cup of tea that maintains its good scent after half is gone, and a quarter of a day has passed…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_29"Xiao…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_30"Miris…Xiao?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_19-01"XiaoDon’t you… hear a sound?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_31"XiaoA warm and charming voice… almost as if it were out of this world…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_32"Miris…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_20"MirisWhat are you talking about? I don’t hear anything other than our own voices.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_21"Xiao…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_33"Xiao…What?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_34"Xiao…You’re wrong. No, maybe there is truth to what you said…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_35-01"Xiao…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_36"Miris…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_22"XiaoAre you calling me selfish?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_37"Xiao…No, I don’t think so.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_38"Xiao…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_39"Xiao…A human cannot live alone. No man is an island entire of itself.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_40"XiaoThey need someone else… Yes.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_41"XiaoSomeone whom I will keep alive. Someone who will become the reason for me to keep on living, no matter what…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_42"XiaoSomeone can be alive because I am there with them… As that person can live thanks to me, I myself should not expire.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_43"XiaoA way to protect you all and myself at the same time…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_44"XiaoI shouldn’t die. By cherishing myself, I am cherishing the people around me…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_45"XiaoTherefore, what you’re saying… isn’t right. I won’t be deceived by your temptation…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_46"Xiao…Yes. I suppose this is what you meant when you said a selfish mind shouldn’t be viewed negatively.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_47-01"Miris…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Miris_23-01"XiaoI’m sorry. I had let my own emotions overwhelm me and failed to lead you rightly.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_48"XiaoThis will be the last time I apologize to you and everyone else.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_49"XiaoMiris… I’m still in the dark, and I cannot see ahead.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_50"XiaoI’m frankly afraid, and I might stray onto wrong paths sometimes.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_51"XiaoHowever, I trust myself to return to the proper way as I stoutly press onward. Just because I cannot see the way ahead, does not mean that a way doesn’t exist.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Xiao_52"Location: Inside the LibraryRoland(Servant)…Did she manifest E.G.O just now?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_1-01"Angela(Library Director)That certainly resembled E.G.O, although it was incomplete like Philip’s.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Angela_1"Roland(Servant)And she was mumbling to herself, but it sounded like she was talking to someone.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_2-01"Angela(Library Director)The voice we couldn’t hear, but Xiao could…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Angela_2"Roland(Servant)…Kinda like Abnormalities.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_3"Angela(Library Director)What do you mean by that?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Angela_3"Roland(Servant)I can hear some sort of voices whenever I borrow strength from the Abnormalities here.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_4"Roland(Servant)The other librarians can’t hear what I hear. The voice is only audible to one person.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_5"Roland(Servant)Sometimes, a voice filled with rage rings through my head, and other times I hear a sorrowful wail…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_6"Roland(Servant)And my mind gets sorta… shaken… by those voices somehow.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_7"Roland(Servant)Listening to it sometimes makes me feel something is boiling up inside me, or cooling my head down all of a sudden.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_8"Angela(Library Director)I think the voice Xiao heard is different from the ones you and Gebura hear.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Angela_4"Roland(Servant)In what way?Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_9"Angela(Library Director)The voices you hear will only say whatever they want to say, one-sidedly. I’m sure there are exceptions, but most will probably behave that way.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Angela_5"Angela(Library Director)On the other hand, Xiao was talking with the voice. She was in a conversation with whispers that seemed to want something to happen to her.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Angela_6"Roland(Servant)Hmm… I’m not so sure. We don’t have solid evidence to prove that the voice was different just yet.Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_10-01"Roland(Servant)Anyhow… We’ve gotta receive her before anything. The problem is how we’re gonna deal with that figurative beast of a person…Audio: "ch6_Liu_Sec1_ep2_Roland_11"
