Gate of Memoirs/Friendship for All

Eriole explains to Paris the type of world he wants to build. However, it is then that Paris remembers the words of her dear childhood friend...
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Snow Poem"	Music: "Snow Poem"
 	
*Tesla: ......
 	
*Paris: Lady Tesla...
 	
*Tesla: For someone so gifted, you are completely oblivious to everything.
*Tesla: In the end, it seems you never had what it took to be part of Lord Eriole's plans.
 	
*Paris: ......
*Paris: Perhaps you're right. I couldn't hope to understand the pain you and Lord Eriole have experienced.
 	
*Paris: ...but even so!
*Paris: That is the main reason why I wanted to help change the Imperial Capital!
*Paris: So Lord Eriole and I...
 	
*Tesla: So he could become a noble, like you?!
*Tesla: Spare me your nonsense!
*Tesla: There will never be a future in which commoners like us walk hand in hand with the rich of this nation.
*Tesla: The noble and the poor shall keep fighting until one of them is obliterated! That is our fate!
*Tesla: And the history we've managed to build so far is proof of that.
*Tesla: However, we will be the ones to have the last laugh!
 	
*Paris: ......
 	
*Eriole: ......
 	
*Paris: Lord Eriole!
 	
*Eriole: Paris.
*Eriole: I am considering an approach in which I allow the nobles to remain living by our side.
 	
*Paris: Remain...living?
 	
*Eriole: Yes.
*Eriole: As the ruler of the Imperial Capital...
*Eriole: No!
*Eriole: After I've come to rule Elgaia and Grand Gaia, they shall all kneel before me!
 	
*Paris: ......
 	
*Eriole: The only one who can save the Imperial Capital from corruption is me!
*Eriole: For the weak to pledge fealty to the strong is their duty, and the law of this world.
*Eriole: This is the only choice you aristocrats have, and the extent of my mercy.
 	
*Paris: Mercy...?
*Paris: ...and if we don't pledge ourselves to you?
 	
*Eriole: Then of course, a purge would be in order.
 	
*Paris: ......!
 	
*Eriole: You may be of noble birth, but you have far more potential than any of them.
*Eriole: And though you failed to defeat at Mt. Granakia...
*Eriole: ...you haven't lost your skill with the blade.
*Eriole: So what do you say? Will you lend me your power once again?
*Eriole: The leader and the follower.
*Eriole: Why don't we build a world in which...
*Eriole: ...you can earn your status by how worthy you have proven yourself to be?
 	
*Paris: ......
*Paris: The leader and the follower...can create a new world...
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Obstacle"	Music: "Obstacle"
 	
*You know what? My mommy says I can't play with you anymore.
*She says we're from different worlds...
*But that can't be true.
*We'll always be friends, right...?
Portrait 	Dialogue
 	
*Paris: Lord Eriole...
*Paris: Since we are already discussing this topic, I'm afraid I must declare that I won't be taking up your offer.
 	
*Eriole: ......
 	
*Paris: I have remembered, you see.
*Paris: My old friend.
 	
*Eriole: ......
 	
*Paris: When I was a child, I had a friend who was not of noble birth.
*Paris: We promised each other that we would remain friends forever...
*Paris: ...but once we grew up, and fell into our social positions...
*Paris: ...the distance between us became even greater, and we never met again.
*Paris: But you know, now that I think about it, the promise that I made to her...
*Paris: ...is the original reason why I wanted to change the Imperial Capital in the first place.
 	
*Eriole: ......
 	
*Paris: The world that you and I wish for is completely different.
*Paris: The way that the Imperial Capital bases our social standing on our lineage may be indeed mistaken...
*Paris: ...but the world you are hoping to build changes the power of lineage for power created by ability and talent.
 	
*Eriole: And what is wrong with that?
 	
*Paris: The world that I'm hoping for is not a world in which we are all tied down by how capable we are...
*Paris: ...but a world in which no matter who you are, you are free to become friends with whomever your heart so desires.
 	
*Eriole: Are you saying that a noble like yourself is willing to throw away her status for such a world?
*Eriole: Don't mock me. What you speak of is nothing but a mere illusion.
*Eriole: People never let go of their privileges.
*Eriole: If they did, then their birth would have no say in their lives, and they would have to prove themselves through their talents.
*Eriole: That is what a truly equal society consists of!
 	
*Paris: Perhaps you're right.
*Paris: However, I don't want to give up on the path I have already chosen.
*Paris: Because I have seen with my very own eyes people who have managed to do the impossible.
 	
*Eriole: ......
*Eriole: Very well then.
Music: "Sky Fort"	Music: "Sky Fort"
 	
*Eriole: If you refuse to work for me, then you are my enemy.
*Eriole: Are you prepared for that?
 	
*Paris: ......
*Paris: Even if our roads differ, I wouldn't want to fight someone I so dearly loved.
*Paris: However, I can't be defeated here!
*Paris: I will draw my blade against you in order to follow the path I believe in!
 	
*Eriole: How interesting...
*Eriole: Then I shall respond in kind to the best of my ability.
 	
*Eriole: Tesla, lend me your power!
*Eriole: Are you not afraid?
 	
*Paris: No.
*Paris: In order to win a battle, the most important thing is to assess how much power will be needed to prevail before the battle actually begins.
*Paris: That is something that you taught me yourself.
 	
*Eriole: Hmph, fine then.
*Eriole: Well Paris, shall we begin?!