The Eminence in Shadow (2022) s01e12 Episode Script

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Everyone in the stadium will be talking about Shadow,
the mysterious Eminence.
They'll have forgotten all about
background character Cid.
I worked hard today.
Maybe I'll go soak in the hot spring and
What is this?
A giant door?
Oh, come on.
This is not what they mean when they talk about
a door that can go anywhere.
I'm getting the feeling that if I ignored it,
it would follow me all the way to the inn.
Well, fine then.
Let's just get this over with.
Kono subete ima kakete
Tada risou ni todoku made kono te nobashite
Me no mae ni nobiru sentakushi
Zen to aku to no haguruma wa yuku
Tada hitotsu no ketsumatsu e
Nanimo kamo guuzen no Choice
Soshite mata tsugi e no aizu
Kanousei no genkai made
Sono yukusaki o mitsumete
Only one, hoka ni mo iranai
To the one, dake misuetetai
Yuzure wa shinai shinnen to
Ketsui kono mune ni himete
Highest, highest, I'm going on
Shinjitsu yori shinsou no kage o yuke
Highest, highest, I'll carry on
Ze ga hi demo saa, nozomu nara kokou ni tsuranuke
#12 The Truth Within the Memories
What is that?
Whoa, what in the
What is that?
A giant door?
Do you think a new warrior is going to come out of it?
We already saw that witch.
What would be next?
The demon?
Impossible
Does this mean the Sanctuary responded to Shadow?
Archbishop?
What do you mean, "responded"?
Oh, um, just, well, as you know,
today is the one day of the year that the
door to the Sanctuary is opened, but
A door appearing in the middle of the Trial?
Nothing like this has happened before.
I heard that the door to the Sanctuary
was hidden inside the cathedral.
The word door doesn't refer only to
the one door with a physical manifestation.
As you can see, it changes shape and location at will,
taking on the most appropriate form
to respond to those who seek it,
and those who are worthy to pass through it.
Which is to say, there is a Forbidding Door,
a Beckoning Door, and a Welcoming Door.
I couldn't say which door we're seeing now.
Oh no! The door is opening!
Get the congregation outside!
Don't let anyone near that door!
The Goddess's Trial has been cancelled!
Please exit quickly!
Now, ladies, we don't want to risk
putting you in any danger,
so let's exit the stadium and
What in the world?
Oh dear, dear, dear, dear
Y-you
It can't be
Shadow Garden?!
My apologies.
But I ask that you behave yourselves
until the door is closed,
Your Highnesses.
It's up to you now.
Understood, Lady Alpha.
When did you
Delta.
Yes, your ladyship, sir!
So that's Alpha.
She's strong.
Stronger than Iris.
They vanished!?
Stop! Keep out of our Sanctuary!
What are you people trying to do?!
All we want is for you to be good little girls
and stay here until the door is closed.
But we will be taking the baldy with us.
What could you possibly be planning
to do in the Sanctuary?
It's not about what we do there.
It's about what we find there.
Nobody move.
One more step, and who can say what
will happen to this woman?
Miss Natsume!
We could just let her die.
No, we can't!
Don't worry about me!
I'll be fine!
Not buying the act.
I totally understand how you feel.
I totally understand how you feel.
Really! I'll be all right!
Miss Natsume!
Such bad acting
So anyone can go through,
So anyone can go through,
My breasts hurt!
but it won't stay open forever.
But that's all!
but it won't stay open forever.
Miss Natsume!
Let's let her die.
We are going inside.
Come on, Baldy.
Bring the woman, too.
If you must go, then go without me!
To the afterlife!
Kill her, Executioner Venom!
Do you want power?
I will claim victory!
Over nature!
I refuse to be exposed!
Not here, not now!
What the? What happened?
Venom! What are you doing, Venom?
Did you see?
Did you see anything?
N-no, I didn't!
N-not a single thing!
I mean, what would-
Come on, Baldy.
What would he have seen?
It all happened in the blink of an eye
Oohhh noooo!
Hey!
Miss Natsume!
The door!
It's closing!
Stay out of it.
I refuse!
Princess Alexia!
Jeez, fine!
Here are the group assign-
Is everyone all right?
My dear Rose, please move. Now.
Princess Alexia, may I ask you not to touch me
in such questionable places?
I'm not touching this jiggly sack of meat for fun, okay?!
Oh, are you jealous?
Ladies, let's not fight
Umm
I'm very sorry!
I tripped and fell,
then there was a door right in front of me,
so I couldn't stop myself.
Do as you like.
It may be that you should learn this, as well.
This is the Sanctuary?
According to legend, this is the place where they
sealed away the left arm of the demon Diablos,
after he was defeated by the hero Olivier.
So what about it?
Are you listening to a fairy tale,
coming here to find the arm?
That sounds fun, too,
but we're more interested in
learning about the Cult of Diablos.
What are you talking about?
I know that you can't answer our questions.
That's why we came to see it for ourselves.
To find everything from the beginning,
the truth that was buried in the dark corners of history.
The statue of the great hero Olivier
The hero Olivier?
But I thought he was a man.
We have a general grasp of all the facts.
We know the true history,
the Cult's real objective,
and we know why this hero
has the exact same face as mine.
You're a possessed elf!
But you weren't compatible!
You should be dead!
So you do know about us.
We know the truth about the possessed, as well.
We must be quite the nuisance to a church that's
so eager to maintain the current way of things.
What on earth are you talking about?
We also suspect that the Cult's goal is not
merely to bring the demon back to life.
But we aren't yet certain.
So why don't we all go see for ourselves?
What?!
There was once a great battle here.
Many lives were lost.
This is impossible!
How did you turn it on?
The magical powers of the demon and
the warriors whirled together,
and that vortex locked away the memories
that had nowhere else to go.
This place is a graveyard, the final resting place
of ancient memories and demonic grudges.
Olivier!
Now, let us begin our journey
into the world of fairy tales.
Hi there.
"Hi there"?
So, uh, are you the one who summoned me here?
"Summoned"?
I don't think I did,
but that fight we had was fun.
I had fun, too.
My memories are incomplete,
but I'm pretty sure you were the strongest.
If only you had been around in my day and age
I'm honored.
So? How did you get here?
There was kind of this door that
wouldn't stop following me around,
so I gave in and went through it, and now here I am.
I don't really understand.
Me neither.
By the way, do you happen to know,
like, how to get out of here?
I'm not sure.
I don't have any memories of ever leaving.
But you just fought me.
I woke up and I was there.
That had never happened before.
As far as I remember, anyway.
I see.
Well, that doesn't help.
Guess I'll start by trying to go back the way I came.
Wait a moment.
There's a beautiful woman right in front of you.
What is she wearing?
She's in a straitjacket.
Maybe you could start by helping her out of it?
So this wasn't part of some training?
I used to do something like that back in the day.
How avant-garde.
Finally free after a thousand years!
That long, eh?
I'm guessing.
I don't actually remember.
But it was at least that long.
Now, you and I both want essentially the same thing.
You want to get out.
I want to be free.
Am I wrong?
Well, no, I guess not.
So let's work together.
Okay, but
You've never gotten out before, right?
But I do know how to free myself.
This Sanctuary is a memory prison,
created from ancient battles.
If we go to its center and destroy its magical core,
then I will be set free.
Just you?
Just me.
Or that's what I'd like to say,
but once the core is destroyed,
everything will disappear.
You should be able to leave then, as well.
Doesn't that mean there's no more Sanctuary?
Who cares?
Is that a problem?
I guess not.
That settles it, then.
Also, and I think you've already noticed this,
but we can't use magic.
We're close to the center of the Sanctuary.
You can try and work your powers,
but they'll be absorbed.
So it would seem.
Well, that's not a problem.
I'm good at breaking stuff.
My, how reliable!
By the way, I'm just a weak, delicate damsel in distress.
I've always wanted to see what it was like
to have a gallant knight to protect me!
You don't seem all that distressed to me, damsel.
Now that I'm thinking of it,
what will you do once you're free?
I'll vanish into nothing.
What is this?
The memories of the hero Olivier that have
been locked up in the Sanctuary.
Long ago, the Cult gathered
orphaned children in this place,
and used them as guinea pigs in their experiments.
Most of the children's bodies rejected the treatments,
and they died.
Only a small handful of girls survived.
They're the possessed.
That's horrific.
Where are we?
Inside a memory.
Yours?
I do recognize it.
I think she's crying.
She looks just like you.
Just a coincidence.
Why do you think she's crying?
I don't know.
She probably wet the bed.
Anyway, what are we going to do?
If we want to move forward,
then all we have to do is end this memory.
Meaning?
Crying won't change anything.
That was harsh.
It's fine.
She's me anyway.
So you admit she's you.
Olivier was one of the few children
who were compatible.
Compatible with what?
Diablos cells
That's what we call them.
The Cult was performing experiments to
implant demon cells in children.
There was no other choice!
If we were going to fight the demon, we needed power!
That's the Cult's excuse.
Whatever their real intentions were,
the fact remains that Olivier
did sever the demon's left arm.
Are you saying it's not just a fairy tale?
You're welcome to think whatever you like.
Even the things we're seeing right now
In the end, we still don't know how much of it is true.
Memories fade with time,
and are replaced with new ones.
In any case, once Olivier had matured,
and gained the power of Diablos,
she was given a mission.
To vanquish the demon, right?
In the fairy tale, that is what became her quest.
But in reality, the mission that was assigned her
was to extract new cells from Diablos.
Stop making up nonsense!
She remained obedient,
even after she had obtained her powers.
She believed that if she completed her task,
it would lead to a world where
people could live in peace.
But the Cult had a different goal in mind.
A battlefield?
No matter how many parts she cut off,
the demon still lived.
The Cult used powerful ancient artifacts
to immobilize the left arm.
They cut into its flesh, drew its blood,
and researched it,
all to gain the marvelous life force
contained within Diablos' cells.
What was created in that process were these.
Those are
But the side effects are too strong.
This is not what the Cult truly sought.
The demon's arm!
A relic?!
It's enormous!
Th-that's impossible!
How dare you?!
You would expose this of all places?!
Stop! Don't look!
You're the lowlife descendant of a guinea pig!
You have no right to know these things!
It was said that, with its crimson sheen,
it looked just like the blood of Diablos.
A single taste of it would grant tremendous power
and a body that never grows old.
You mean, they'd gain ageless immortality?
And that's what the Cult is really after?
Look at our friendly priest Nelson
and that man over there.
Does anyone else see a striking resemblance?
You were there.
I think you should have some
wonderful stories to tell us.
What is the name of this drug?
B-beads
Beads of Diablos!
Thank you.
But there was a problem.
This drug had two major flaws.
What kind of flaws?
Oh please, one look at him will tell you.
Past Nelson had hair.
But in the present
That's not the flaw! It's not!
I lost my hair from all the stress!
I was surrounded by idiots who figured,
since I wasn't gonna die anyway,
they could ask me to do all the hard work!
They were normally always at each other's throats,
but for some reason, they managed to work together
when it came to making me clean up the mess!
Those bastards!
Um, sorry.
The first flaw is that the Beads of Diablos must be
taken at regular intervals or the effects wear off.
I would guess about once a year?
Your guess is right!
The second is that they can only be produced
in very small amounts.
In one year?
We can make twelve.
Come to think of it, I believe the
highest ranking organization in the Cult,
the Knights of Rounds,
contains twelve members.
A coincidence, perhaps?
Knights of Rounds
To this day, you have yet to perfect
the Beads of Diablos.
And you assume the keys to your perfect drug
are the immobilized demon's limb,
and the heroes' descendants.
Yes, people like me, the girl with Olivier's blood
running thickly in her veins.
Isn't that right?
Sir Eleventh of the Rounds?
Every single member of the Cult wants the power
and eternal life you can gain from those Beads!
And indeed, I am one of the chosen Knights of Rounds!
Nelson the Avaricious!
Delta
We told you not to kill him
until we got all the information out of him.
I-I'm so sorry, Lady Alpha!
But I thought it would be better if I hunted him!
I hunted boars in the mountains once, and-
That's enough.
And remember what I'm constantly telling you.
Always make sure that your prey is actually dead.
It's all white!
What is it this time?
I don't see Epsilon or the others
We've been separated.
This must be another feature of the
Sanctuary's security system.
The Sanctuary is our territory.
You will rue the day you turned against the Cult.
Now feel our wrath!
Akenai yoru nante nai tte iu keredo
Akenakute ii to, sou omotteta
Kakushitai kizuato datte
Wasuretai kioku mo minna
Taiyou wa zenbu terashidasu kara
Ryuusei o sagashi
Samayottetanda yo
Anata to deau toki made
Sora ni matataku ano hoshi ga
Tsunaida kibou no michi no saki e yukou
Mou mayowazu ni susumeru
Kurai yoru o koeru inori o oikaketeku
Tatoe mada todokanaku tatte
Tsutaetai kara
Arigatou