----What an absurd girl.
But precisely because of that... she was this irritating, this dazzling."
Camilla murmured softly until she faded away. "Ah... I'm returning to the darkness. In those final moments... that light I saw through the cracks in space—ah, yes... as expected, I... whether in life or death, have always been alone!"
"Farewell, my future. The other me, sorrowfully separated from myself."
After defeating Camilla with her resolve to become an idol and her brand-new Noble Phantasm, Elizabeth still felt a little melancholy.
She had defeated her future "self," clearly demonstrating her resolve not to become "Camilla" as dictated by that future. Though the Dragon Maiden was also "Elizabeth Báthory," she absolutely did not want to become the Blood Countess of the future, whose hands were stained with the blood of young girls.
Even so, it was impossible for the sins of "Elizabeth Báthory," the sins of slaughtering women, to become any lighter because of this. Nor was it possible to erase people's fear of the "Blood Countess."
"Even so, I shall—no matter how many times, I'll deny that future. No matter how many times, I'll keep singing, until I bring joy and hope to all the people, until I wash away the blood and shadows..."
Elizabeth spoke softly, as though declaring her resolve to Camilla, who had already vanished, and as though making a promise to her present self.
"Stop—! If you keep singing, not only will you fail to wash away the blood, you'll only create more innocent victims!!! Rather than hope, all you bring is despair..."
Jeanne d'Arc (Lily) let go of her hands and stated it bluntly.
The beautiful, sorrowful atmosphere created by the Dragon Maiden's soliloquy vanished in an instant.
Children did not lie—or at least, Jeanne d'Arc (Lily) was not the kind