Chapter 2
Ode to a Burning City
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Hey, hey! From the Fourth District of the City of Water Gates, Liliana is calling you!
We have reached the control tower, which the wicked Archbishop of Sin has taken possession of! A great war against the Witch Cult is being waged right before your eyes. But fear not, Priestella is not defenseless! Great warriors, the most powerful of the powerful, have joined forces to crush the evil that has invaded the City of Water Gates!
How did I, the lovely minstrel Liliana Masquerade, end up among these brave men? I'll bet you're surprised to see me going into battle against evil with my head held high! I won't take a step back until those wretches are gone from Priestella!
Now let me introduce you to the heroine of this epochal struggle. Here she is! A noble lady, an aristocrat one might say!
- Ah, truly, I'm already sick of seeing your nasty mouth. It's time to end this. You can finally get down on your knees and put your life in my hands. I'll make a tasteful candlestick out of your skull.
Her words full of cruelty, her taste remarkable! Let's hope she doesn't live up to her predictions, because together with the enemy we will all die, and we don't want that! Look at those almond-shaped eyes in which the glow of the flames is reflected! At those graceful hips that she moves as if in a dance! The character of this lady is also fiery, so it is better not to touch her, because you can get burned! Look how lightly she holds the Yang Sword! How she spins it in the air! This is the amazing Lady Priscilla Barielle! A lady who's just running through the burning canal, to aim her next cuts! To battle, Lady Priscilla! Elegant, graceful, graceful!
Unfortunately, the opponent manages to stop the attack, What will Lady Priscilla do? Do you see how she hurls thunderbolts with her scarlet gaze!
- Ah! Aaaah! Why are you trying to interfere with our meeting? It's the sadness! I'm overcome with a terrible sadness! My chest is about to burst! My heart is trembling with all these emotions... Why doesn't the sadness leave me?!
Here is the opponent! Who understands what her words mean? I certainly don't! This is the Archbishop of the Witch Cult, Sirius Romanee-Conti! That's how she deigned to introduce herself at the very beginning of the fight.
Look at the bitter tears streaming from her only visible eye! We cannot see the rest of her face because she hides it under thick bandages! We cannot see a scrap of flesh from under the black robe of worship! From a distance, it would be difficult to know that she is a woman! She is holding golden chains in her hands! You'd better stay out of their reach!
- Die!
See how with a groan and with tears in his eyes he moves to attack! How the flames are reflected in the golden chains! Amazing!
Where are the flames coming from? Ah, you must know that the square in front of the control tower is surrounded by channels that burn with white magic fire! And just behind this unusual 'barrier are people, a whole lot of them! Yes, people! A multitude of those who should have taken cover at the evacuation point! Why didn't you do that, inhabitants of beautiful Priestella? Did you rush to witness this battle? No! All these unfortunates are swept by Authority and cry the same tears as the wicked Archbishop! Identical groans are coming from their mouths!
Here we are witnessing the workings of the power of Wrath! The same one that caused chaos throughout the city! There is only madness in the eyes of the citizens! They've been poisoned, drunk with emotion, it's controlling them! If no one saves them, they will end miserably. Fortunately, we are here!
- Ufff, ufff... What an audience! This is my chance of a lifetime!
I, Liliana Masquerade, stand on a hill from where I observe the scene where this drama is taking place! Two women are dancing, one with a flaming sword, the other with golden chains, and sparks are flying around them! A song about this is about to flow from my lips!
In truth, my heart is completely at peace! I don't get carried away by emotions, I don't get intoxicated by them! And this is because for me, a poet, an artist, using the power of emotions is my daily bread! What kind of minstrel would I be if I succumbed to the first wave of exaltation!
Is it time to introduce the star of the evening!
Well! Lend an ear to all of you who have gathered here today! You who are closer will have the opportunity to admire my movements! And you from the farthest rows, let my voice reach your ears as well! Behold, the beautiful Liliana Masquerade will sing, dance, and showcase her talent! Listen up! This is "Farewell, Red Dawn"!
And so I begin! I strum the strings of the lily and open my mouth wide to let my voice reach even the farthest corners, to make it sound as beautiful as ever. I borrow sounds from nature and begin... as is my custom, Liliana Masquerade!
However, before I started the show, a lot happened. Oh, you should probably listen about that first!
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