01x11 - Past

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Look, Sister! I made a flower crown!

My, how wonderful, Vermeil!

You've done a lovely job, too!

Mielle showed me how!

Thank you. Does it make me look pretty?

Really pretty! You look like you're gonna get married!

That's Vermeil when she was a little girl...

Doesn't she look happy?

Huh?

She's happy now, too.

But the happiness she felt then and the happiness she feels now are not the same.

You're hogging all of Sister's time again!

No fair!

I wanna hug her, too!

M-me, too!

That is her family.

They were not of the same blood, but they were her family in the truest sense.

Shiro ka kuro kongaragatte gray

Itsudatte aimai na mama de

Tayorinaku aruku tonari de hohoenderu kimi

Akogare wa tashika da toshite

Hateshinaku tooku mabushii

Chippokena kono genjou Abracada-Boo mahou kakete yo

Kimi no hitomi no yami ni kakushita

Samishisa wa yasashii uta de dakishimeteitai no ni

Sekaijuu ga uso datte sawagihajimetatte

Kimi ga kimi naraba

Kirameku kaze o makiokoshi shinjitsu o sakebu

Sekaijuu ga tsumi datte togameta toshitatte

Tatta hitori demo

Kimi o rikai shi tsuzuketai

I'm on your side mamotte ageru

PAST

C'mon, Vermeil, you keep inhaling your food like that and you'll choke again.

See? What'd I tell you?

Your stew is super yummy, Mielle!

I know.

That's 'cause I'm good at everything!

Oh yeah, today, I made a flower crown, just like how you showed me!

Sister really liked it!

Yeah, I know. She's sitting right next to you.

Sister, you didn't need to wear it to dinner, y'know.

I don't see why not. Vermeil made it especially for me, after all.

Mielle! I wanna make one, too!

No fair! Me, too!

Goodness, crowns from Lin and Cait, too?

How're you gonna wear three crowns at once?

Seconds, please!

Do you ever listen to anything I say? There aren't any seconds!

She lived in a run-down abbey on the outskirts of the town.

Poor, yes, but always smiling.

Those times were the happiest in her life.

Those people were Vermeil's family.

We don't know how she came to be in their care.

She said she had been with them for as long as she could remember.

I'm a demon?

That's why I have these horns on my head?

That's right, but there's nothing wrong about that.

Really? Demons are bad, right? Mielle said they're God's worst enemies.

Hmm... You're right, some demons do bad things.

And you're friends with God, right, Sister?

Why are you being nice to me? I'm a demon.

That's simple.

You're a part of our family.

That's it?

That's it. You, Mielle, Lin, and Cait...

As long as the five of us are together, I'm not afraid of anyone, not even God, Himself.

There, all done.

Thank you, Sister!

You'll need to learn how to do it by yourself soon, all right?

The Sister there knew she was a demon.

Of course she knew.

But she was the only one.

This was back in the days where demons were well-known and feared.

Humans were much more afraid of demons than they are today.

The woman of the cloth who took care of Vermeil in spite of her service to God

most certainly exhibited the qualities of a saint.

Hold on.

If she had family, then why did Vermeil decide to seal herself away?

Do you sense a turn for the worse?

Your sense is correct. You would do well to steel yourself for what comes next.

There she is!

The demon!

C'mon, say something, demon scum!

Get out of our town, demon!

Yeah! You really think you can hang out with us humans?!

Stop it... Stop, please!

It started when a few neighborhood children discovered her horns.

My, my. Are you angry?

Of course I'm angry! How dare they do that to her?

Then you should not watch these next memories.

Huh? What do you mean?

Hey, you little brats!

What're you doing to Vermeil?!

Crap, it's Mielle!

R-run!

You all right, Vermeil?

Those little bastards. Teasing's one thing, but this is straight-up bullying!

Mielle...

Vermeil! Wait, are you...

W-wait, Mielle! My horns are just...

I'm... I'm not...

I'm sorry! I didn't want to lie to you...

I'm really sorry.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry.

It's gonna be all right.

Mielle...

Rest easy.

I'm gonna keep you safe.

I'm... your big sister, after all.

Let's go home. Back to our family.

Come out here!

You vile demon!

How dare you deceive us all these years!

We will not live alongside a demon!

Sheesh, don't they have anything better to do?

The rumor has spread throughout the town now. This was to be expected.

Bastards, the lot of them.

Sister, um...

You're fine, Vermeil.

You're such a good, virtuous girl.

I know God will save us.

It's all right.

Another death!

Bring out the demon!

Bring it out!

Where's the demon kid?!

We know she's in there!

You took my child from me!

Get out, you demon scum!

Why did it get worse?

The town was beset by a plague that k*lled dozens of its people.

Sure, but-!

Why are you saying Vermeil has done this?!

Shut up!

Everything that's happening to us is that demon child's doing!

Are you still going to protect it, even now?!

Do you know how many people have d*ed because of it?!

You're wrong!

Vermeil... Vermeil's a sweet, innocent child!

I will not stand for the insults and accusations flung at my precious girl!

God may forgive you for your sins...

But you will never have my forgiveness!

You have no say in this, Sister!

Move!

We'll drag the demon out ourselves!

Mielle...

I...

I could...

Mielle!

Vermeil!

Listen close, Vermeil.

Leave us here and run away.

You're fast. I know you can make it.

Get outside the town and go as far away as you can from here.

But what about you?

Lin and Cait aren't fast enough to get away.

C'mon, don't you worry. I'll figure something out.

And then we'll be together as a family again.

Mielle...

I'm sorry, Vermeil.

I'm their big sister, too.

I can't leave them to run away with you.

I'm sorry I couldn't keep you safe.

I'm sorry I can't be with you.

I'm so sorry, Vermeil.

I'm sorry I'm not strong enough.

I want you to live.

It's all right, Mielle.

It's all right.

I'll be all right. Stay with Lin and Cait.

You're the best big sister ever, Mielle!

Owie...

Mielle... Sister...

Did you find it?!

No, no sight of it!

Damn it all, they let it get away!

We're not going to let it escape!

Curse those fools from the abbey for protecting that thing!

Let's head back for now!

We'll force them to tell us where it went!

If I run away, they'll get hurt...

Vile demon... When we find it, we'll cut it to pieces!

Yeah! Cut it down and burn the remains!

We'll make it pay for the scourge it's laid upon our town!

That's it! I'm done running!

If I let them have me, then Sister, and Mielle, and everyone will be safe!

I just need to turn that corner, and I'll be at our abbey!

I can do it! I can save them all!

Sister?

Mielle?

Why? I came back.

Sister?

Vermeil, our God in Heaven is kind and loves good little boys and girls.

Really?

Am I a good little girl?

But of course.

I know God must love you very much.

Hey, there's the brat!

L-look at its horns!

It's really a demon!

The demon child!

Get it!

Flay it alive!

k*ll it! k*ll it!

Don't worry, Vermeil. You're a part of our family.

You're such a good, virtuous girl. I know God will save us.

k*ll it! Hang it! k*ll it! Hang it!

Our God in Heaven is kind and loves good little boys and girls.

I know God must love you very much.

Blasphemous bastards like them deserve death!

k*ll it! k*ll it! k*ll it!

Vermeil!

I'm sorry... I'm sorry...

I'm so sorry.

Ver...Vermeil...

Well? You see it now, yes?

This was the calamity she brought upon the town.

The plague was nothing compared to the destruction of life and land she caused.

That is the power she possesses.

That was the moment her life of loneliness began.

It would be two hundred years until she would be sealed away,

during which time she became well-known as the "strongest scourge" to afflict mankind.

Her power is the most difficult to control and most detested amongst demonkind.

Despite this, will you still treasure her?

Vermeil... How much have you suffered?

Um, who are you?

I did something really bad.

Something I can never, ever take back.

Something so bad that no one will ever like me ever again.

It's all right.

It's all right.

I'm here with you.

But I destroyed the town. Everyone is dead because of me.

I've been feeling this way for a while, but I've never been able to say it for some reason.

Vermeil...

I know you tried your best.

Alto, I... I k*lled everyone!

I could never, ever tell anyone...

If I told anyone, they'd hate me! I knew they would!

I'm a monster who should be alone! No one will ever love me!

I'd never hate you.

And it's not just me. Your Sister, Mielle, and your siblings, none of them would hate you.

That's right. I finally understand.

I still don't know if these feelings are right, but it doesn't matter.

She may be the strongest scourge to walk the face of the Earth, but I don't care.

If they're going to say that being with you is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

Vermeil, even if the entire world turns against us, I'll always stay by your side.

Alto...

I want to be with you forever.

I love you, Vermeil.

You'll never be alone again. Not on my watch.

Does it get easier with time for the immortal?

If I was born normal, if I become normal, can I stay close?

With the children, we link our arms

Make a circle and sing a song

Knowing there was no chair for me all along

You locked me into the dark, I'm your preserved flower

The world is too slow to understand

Not all blossoms spark, And spikes may be sharp

They only want to see the beautiful parts

Sitting in a shower of scarlet rain

It all used to be ours, I'm counting the hours

Hours that stood between us like a river

Once I crawled through the water

All I ever knew have become distant past