Chapter 15 - Resolve Nelpha Maxi: ...No ...Airio... Eleu Coge: ...........My condolences. Nelpha Maxi: Save your hollow sympathy...! All of this happened because of you people...! Eleu Coge: ...Wait. The Echoes are gathering... Nelpha Maxi: Oh........... Nelpha Maxi: Don't tell me... are they trying to Echo Fuse with him...? Airio Sis: ......Hah... Balaeno: Detecting a life sign. Nelpha Maxi: Airio...! Airio, hang in there...! Airio Sis: ...Guh ...Ah...something's ... wrong with my body...... Does it hurt? Itch? I can’t tell... Airio Sis: ...Nel, what's happening to me...? It's like I'm melting into lukewarm water... Nelpha Maxi: Don't think about anything right now! Just wish to live! Don't think about anything else! Airio Sis: Wish to live...? Am I... going to die? Me...? Eleu Coge: I'm not sure how to put this. I am not terribly enthusiastic about your situation. Airio Sis: S-so... what? Eleu Coge: The odds are hi- Nelpha Maxi: Shut the fuck up, bastard!! You’re okay, Airio! Thecto's right here beside you too! Airio Sis: Thecto... where's Thecto...? ...Ah... Nelpha Maxi: What's wrong? Airio Sis: Why’s everything so dark... Is it night time already...? Nelpha Maxi: ........... Eleu Coge: Let's grant him a peaceful end. Nelpha Maxi: What are you doing?! Fucker...! Eleu Coge: He's fortunate enough to not be in pain since he's halfway through a fusion. But there's no telling when the agony will hit again. Eleu Coge: There's no specialist here. The success rate for spontaneous Echo Fusion is less than one percent. Eleu Coge: Touch his forehead. Tell him heaven is waiting for him. Nelpha Maxi: ...Gh ...Airio... Airio... Close your eyes... Airio Sis: *Trembling* My eyes...I thought they were already closed? Nel... Where's Thecto...? Nelpha Maxi: He's close by...It's okay, Airio... Let's go somewhere quiet and peaceful... Airio Sis: ...No...I don't wanna......! AAAHHHHHHHH...!! Eleu Coge: ...The pain's coming back. I don't want him to suffer any more than this. Nelpha, say your goodbyes. Nelpha Maxi: ...! Airio, forgive me... Please, rest peacefully... Airio Sis: ...! NO...! Airio Sis: I don’t wanna die...! Uuuh...I DON’T WANNA DIE…!! Airio Sis: Not here...! ...Hah... I can't even see the sky, I don't wanna die like this...! Lklein Manni: Airio...! Nelpha Maxi: Wh...........! The imperial army...! Suncia Panthera: Is that who I think it is? Federation Commander Eleu Coge!? Eleu Coge: I've left the front lines. I'm a simple Echo researcher now just like I always wanted. Suncia Panthera: Drop your weapon and surrender! Eleu Coge: Sorry, but I'm not that foolish. No one who surrenders to the Empire ever comes back alive. Eleu Coge: Balaeno. Don't lower your guard. Balaeno: Target? Eleu Coge: That tall man there. Suncia Panthera. Balaeno: Got it. [Balaeno unsheathes his daggers.] Lklein Manni: ...Get out of my way...! Airio, this is so terrible... Airio Sis: Ah...Lklein?! Is it that bad? I... I can't feel my own body... Tauran Tiaca: It's all right now. I'm right here. Airio Sis: Dr. Tauran... Eleu Coge: ...Tauran? Tauran Tiaca: Eleu Coge. Of all places to meet you. Eleu Coge: Don't tell me, is that kid... Lklein Manni: ...........? Are you talking about me? Tauran Tiaca: ...........That's right. Eleu Coge: He's grown so much. No wonder I feel like I’m getting old. Lklein Manni: ...Do you know Dr.Tauran? Tauran Tiaca: You don't remember him? He's the man who slipped you out of Manni and brought you to me after the Federation took over. Lklein Manni: He’s the one…? Tauran Tiaca: Be careful. He looks mild-mannered, but he's a vicious man once his blood gets up. Airio Sis: ...! Uugh... Tauran Tiaca: Let's focus on the patient. Lklein, prepare the tools for emergency care. Lklein Manni: Yes, sir! Tauran Tiaca: Airio. I'm going to save you now. Airio Sis: ...Thank goodness... I don't have to die...? Tauran Tiaca: I can’t promise that yet. Before I treat you, there's something I need to ask, harsh as it is. Tauran Tiaca: Will you have no regrets? Airio Sis: ........... Lklein Manni: Wh-what do you mean? Tauran Tiaca: I need to make sure. Lklein Manni: How could he possibly know that?! Just treat him already! Look how much he’s sufferi-! Tauran Tiaca: Echo Fusion isn't a perfect solution. Tauran Tiaca: Nothing in the entire world is perfect. Airio Sis: ...! Ngh, uugh...! Lklein Manni: Dr.Tauran! Tauran Tiaca: It might bring misfortune to you and the people around you, just like it did to your father. Tauran Tiaca: Even so, do you still want to live? Airio Sis: ........... To be continued...