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*Isola is home to another hero, who should be showing his face at any moment...*

## Summary

The Knights encounter Walther Bernhard and after defeating him, tell him that it's okay to let others take responsibility for things as well.

## Character List

### Major

* Walther Bernhard (Light)
* Fram Berge (Water)
* Lord of Avillon

### Minor

* Charlotte Grace (Earth)
* Zaira (Fire)
* Johan Talede (Light)

## Content

Walther: I’ve finally found you.

Fram: Whoa, this old guy’s no joke… Is he the other hero we were talkin’ about?

"Lord": It’s a pleasure to see you, Sir Walther Bernhard.

Walther: Do I know you? You know what, it doesn’t matter. I hear you’ve come to meet the president… Even if that is true, you’ve incurred too great an offense to go unpunished.

"Lord":I won’t ask you to understand, and I won’t make excuses. It was simply the fastest route.

Charlotte: B-but we tried our best not to hurt anybody!

Walther: So I’ve heard. The fact that you managed to make it this far without taking a single life suggests you are far stronger than our soldiers. But we’re different, and we’ve no intention of showing you the least bit of mercy.

"Lord": Neither I nor my knights have ever wished for mercy.

Zaira: What?

"Lord": Er, I didn’t mean…

Zaira: …It is all right. It is just that your mercy is what gave me new life.

"Lord": Sorry, Zaira, I didn’t mean it that way…

Walther: Warriors, repel the invaders!

…

Walther: I can see why you’ve made it this far.

"Lord": I said earlier that I wouldn’t make excuses, but I do think I owe an apology. Sir Walther Bernhard, I am deeply sorry for choosing a strategy that disrespected you and your nation.

Walther: …

"Lord": But now, that we’ve come this far, I don’t plan on losing.

Walther: I suppose that makes it a fight between those who wish to take and those who will protect.

"Lord": We’re not looking to take anything from you, but we’re also not going to stop doing what’s necessary.

Walther: By all means, let’s see if you really can do “what’s necessary”!

…

Walther: We… lost…? I had been preparing for disaster… yet is seems I can’t even fend off a small group of foreign warriors…

"Lord": …Sir Walther, you’re not weak. You haven’t somehow fallen from grace, and your efforts were not meaningless.

Fram: That’s right, old man. You’re really strong. You even had me worried back there.

Walther: Still, I was defeated…

"Lord": I know what you’ve been thinking as you’ve served here. You’ve been training the rising generation to make sure they’re strong enough in case another large-scale war breaks out, like the War of the Tyrants. You’ve also been honing your own strength so that you can prevent another tragedy from occurring.

Walther: You… You don’t understand… Reality isn’t something you can read in historical records. It was horrifying, with every day a new nightmare replacing the last…

"Lord": …

Walther: Perhaps it won’t happen again, but what I saw has stayed with me, haunting me. I couldn’t bear the possibility of witnessing those horrors again.

Fram: You’re makin’ it sound like it was all your fault… Was it?

Walther: I don’t know… I don’t know…

Johan: Lady Fran, some memories etch themselves deeply into the mind. We do not know what Sir Walther went through, nor do we know what scars he bears. Have some prudence in your words…

Fram: Me? He’s the one who keeps beatin’ himself up like it was his fault! Old man! You’re supposed to be the hero who ended the war, right? That’s not enough for you? You really think you gotta solve every single problem that comes up?

Walther: …

"Lord": Ooh…

Fram: I’m not the sharpest sword on the rack, so when I do need some brains I ask Rouin or Johan… ‘cause they’re smart! And if someone gets hurt, I ask Charlotte, ‘cause I don’t know how to heal! Sure, maybe you’re an amazing hero, but you can’t do everything yourself. Whatever happens to the next generation, they can figure it all out. Why do you keep tryin’ to do that for them?

Walther: Heh…

"Lord": Fram might ramble a bit, but you understand what she’s trying to say, right?

Walther: You… do not seem to have ill will towards us.

"Lord": We just want you to deliver a message. Tell your president that we want to meet her, and that we do not wish to cause any harm.

Walther: Is that all…?

"Lord": That’s all.

Walther: …

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