Chapter 22 - Responsibility Fail Urus: (Fail's Arca Song) Fail Urus: (Go, Echoes…! Protect Thecto and the others…!) Fail Urus: (Protect us from the unfair game these adults are playing…!) Thecto Sis: (…Fail…) Thecto Sis: (Don't… If you accept the Echoes, you'll become a monster, Fail…) Thecto Sis: (Please, leave me behind and run…) Thecto Sis: (Hah………) [The wind blows harder…] Imperial Soldier: Aahhh…! Imperial Soldier: Someone's controlling the wind! There's another Echo Master among the enemy! Imperial Soldier: Send for Lord Umarit! Eleu Coge: Shit……This is bad. Umarit will kill them if he gets here… Eleu Coge: Fail! We need to retreat…! Take Thecto and fall back! Fail Urus: I'm not running! I'm getting Nel and Balaeno back! Eleu Coge: FAIL…! Umarit Imuse: Hmm……… Eleu Coge: Ah…! Eleu Coge: Umarit's drawn his longsword… Eleu Coge: GET DOWN, FAIL…! Fail Urus: Huh? Umarit Imuse: (Umarit's Arca Song) Fail Urus: HUHH…! Eleu Coge: Gh…! Fail Urus: W-Wha…!? Eleu Coge: …Are you okay!? Fail Urus: Eleu! Thecto……Where's Thecto!? Imperial Soldier: The injured rebel has been secured. Imperial Soldier: Take him away. Thecto Sis: ……… Fail Urus: Ah…! …Thecto…! Eleu Coge: We can't save him right now. We're falling back. Fail Urus: But…! Eleu Coge: Just come with me! You’re gonna be Umarit's next target! Umarit Imuse: Someone got in the way. Next time then… Echo Knight: Lord Umarit! Umarit Imuse: ……… Echo Knight: We've captured Nelpha, Lord Nuxma’s personal agent! Umarit Imuse: Nelpha? What do you mean, captured? Echo Knight: It appears he had defected to the Federation… He surrendered alongside a Federation soldier. Umarit Imuse: That ungrateful fool. Throw him in a cell. Echo Knight: Yes…! Umarit Imuse: And that boy… Umarit Imuse: Hm……… Umarit Imuse: So he's gone, then. [A little later…] Fail Urus: Let me go! Let go of me…! Eleu Coge: Calm down-…Ngh… Fail Urus: Ah…! Are you hurt? Eleu Coge: It's nothing serious. Fail Urus: I'm sorry… But what about Thecto? And Balaeno? Eleu Coge: The Empire's men took them away. Fail Urus: No…What about Nel!? Eleu Coge: They took him too. Fail Urus: We have to save them…! They're all gonna be killed! Eleu Coge: We need to wait for the right moment. There have been too many arrests. They won't execute everyone at once. Fail Urus: Hah…Really…? Eleu Coge: Yes. Doing that would provoke backlash, especially since the government is so unstable after losing its ruler. Eleu Coge: Umarit is not foolish enough to go that far….Are you all right? Fail Urus: …Ngh… I… I couldn't protect them… Eleu Coge: Honestly, I never expected you to have the potential to become an Echo Master. Eleu Coge: But given the circumstances, I have to say that you adapted remarkably well to a situation this dire. Fail Urus: Ugh… ngh… hic… Eleu Coge: As for the fact that you ultimately weren't able to protect your friends… Eleu Coge: I can't deny that my judgment regarding our intelligence gathering and deployment may not have been optimal. Eleu Coge: I take full responsibility for that. It's something I need to reflect on seriously. Fail Urus: Waaah…! …Waaaah…! Eleu Coge: ……… Eleu Coge: …Fail, you did well. Don't cry… Eleu Coge: I'm sorry you had to witness that much horror… To be continued...