The sentiment of genuine righteousness—even if that had
been warped by the highest minister to suit her purposes—
flared up and burnt in her two eyes as Alice shouted.
“For what reason have you hurt all of those knights, starting
from Eldrie Synthesis Thirty-one?!!”
There were unfortunately no words within myself to refute
the girl’s enquiry. In the end, though the lines I spoke to Alice
about wanting to protect the Human World were my true
feelings, they were also a great deceit at the same time.
If I reach the highest floor of the cathedral, then fight and win
against the highest minister, Administrator, the hermit,
Cardinal, would recover all of her authority. And it was likely
that girl would try to reset the Underworld to its original state
in order to prevent that disaster soon to come. I have absolutely
no idea on how to avert the end where everything returns to
null at the present moment.
However. If Alice and I were to both crash and die here, the
tragedy befalling the world would be on an even larger scale.
With Cardinal still deprived from her authority, the «final
load experiment phase»—the invasion from the Dark Territory
in other words, will begin and the integrity knights Eugeo and I
fought and injured would likely be crushed along with
Administrator, with the humans massacred amidst their agony
and sorrow without a single person remaining.
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Chapter 10 - Integrity Knight Alice
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What I couldn’t bear most was the fact that I would simply
awaken inside a «Soul TransLator» somewhere in the real
world even if I lost my life in this world. The Underworld people
would die at the end of their hellish anguish while I return to
the real world alone without a single injury— No matter what, I
definitely cannot accept such a development.
“…I…”
I wonder what could I impart to the current Alice, a guardian
of the church and order, even with all of this insignificant time I
had left. But even if those words do not reach her, I have no
means left aside from talking about that with all my heart.
“Eugeo and I slashed Raios Antinous and Humbert Zizek
because the Axiom Church and the Taboo Index are flawed.
Don’t you understand that just as well deep down? The Taboo
Index doesn’t forbid it, so the upper class nobles can do as they
please with girls that didn’t even commit a single crime, like
Ronye and Tiezé… do you honestly believe that’s forgivable?!”
The scene I caught sight of two days ago in a room of the elite
swordsmen-in-training dormitory—of Tiezé and Ronye who
had their entire bodies mercilessly bound up, their cheeks
damp with tears, came back to me in a flashback and my whole
body shook violently. The sword point thrust into the wall
creaked once again, but I shouted with hardly any care for that.
“What do you think! Answer me, integrity knight!!”
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Chapter 10 - Integrity Knight Alice
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My raging emotions became a single tear that fell from the
corner of my eye, hit Alice’s forehead as she dangled below, and
scattered. The golden knight drew in a sharp breath and opened
her two eyes wide.
The voice that soon leaked out from her slightly trembling
lips seemed to have lost much of its earlier rigidity.
“…The law, is the law… and crimes, are crimes. How could
order be maintained if the masses are permitted to arbitrarily
decide on them?”
“Exactly who’s to decide whether the one who made those
laws, the highest minister, Administrator, is just or not? The
gods of the Celestial World!? Then why haven’t I incurred divine
punishment, getting hit by lightning and burnt to death right
this moment!?”
“The gods—Stacia-sama’s plans are naturally made clear
through the actions taken by us, her attendants!”
“Eugeo and I climbed all this way in order to make that clear!
To defeat Administrator and prove that it is a mistake! And for
that exact, same reason…”
I glanced upwards and confirmed that my beloved sword
wedged in the wall was finally reaching its limit. The tip would
break or slip the next time Alice moves, no, the next time the
wind decides to send a gust this way and we will likely crash
down together.
been warped by the highest minister to suit her purposes—
flared up and burnt in her two eyes as Alice shouted.
“For what reason have you hurt all of those knights, starting
from Eldrie Synthesis Thirty-one?!!”
There were unfortunately no words within myself to refute
the girl’s enquiry. In the end, though the lines I spoke to Alice
about wanting to protect the Human World were my true
feelings, they were also a great deceit at the same time.
If I reach the highest floor of the cathedral, then fight and win
against the highest minister, Administrator, the hermit,
Cardinal, would recover all of her authority. And it was likely
that girl would try to reset the Underworld to its original state
in order to prevent that disaster soon to come. I have absolutely
no idea on how to avert the end where everything returns to
null at the present moment.
However. If Alice and I were to both crash and die here, the
tragedy befalling the world would be on an even larger scale.
With Cardinal still deprived from her authority, the «final
load experiment phase»—the invasion from the Dark Territory
in other words, will begin and the integrity knights Eugeo and I
fought and injured would likely be crushed along with
Administrator, with the humans massacred amidst their agony
and sorrow without a single person remaining.
Sword Art Online 13 - Alicization Dividing
Chapter 10 - Integrity Knight Alice
25
What I couldn’t bear most was the fact that I would simply
awaken inside a «Soul TransLator» somewhere in the real
world even if I lost my life in this world. The Underworld people
would die at the end of their hellish anguish while I return to
the real world alone without a single injury— No matter what, I
definitely cannot accept such a development.
“…I…”
I wonder what could I impart to the current Alice, a guardian
of the church and order, even with all of this insignificant time I
had left. But even if those words do not reach her, I have no
means left aside from talking about that with all my heart.
“Eugeo and I slashed Raios Antinous and Humbert Zizek
because the Axiom Church and the Taboo Index are flawed.
Don’t you understand that just as well deep down? The Taboo
Index doesn’t forbid it, so the upper class nobles can do as they
please with girls that didn’t even commit a single crime, like
Ronye and Tiezé… do you honestly believe that’s forgivable?!”
The scene I caught sight of two days ago in a room of the elite
swordsmen-in-training dormitory—of Tiezé and Ronye who
had their entire bodies mercilessly bound up, their cheeks
damp with tears, came back to me in a flashback and my whole
body shook violently. The sword point thrust into the wall
creaked once again, but I shouted with hardly any care for that.
“What do you think! Answer me, integrity knight!!”
Sword Art Online 13 - Alicization Dividing
Chapter 10 - Integrity Knight Alice
26
My raging emotions became a single tear that fell from the
corner of my eye, hit Alice’s forehead as she dangled below, and
scattered. The golden knight drew in a sharp breath and opened
her two eyes wide.
The voice that soon leaked out from her slightly trembling
lips seemed to have lost much of its earlier rigidity.
“…The law, is the law… and crimes, are crimes. How could
order be maintained if the masses are permitted to arbitrarily
decide on them?”
“Exactly who’s to decide whether the one who made those
laws, the highest minister, Administrator, is just or not? The
gods of the Celestial World!? Then why haven’t I incurred divine
punishment, getting hit by lightning and burnt to death right
this moment!?”
“The gods—Stacia-sama’s plans are naturally made clear
through the actions taken by us, her attendants!”
“Eugeo and I climbed all this way in order to make that clear!
To defeat Administrator and prove that it is a mistake! And for
that exact, same reason…”
I glanced upwards and confirmed that my beloved sword
wedged in the wall was finally reaching its limit. The tip would
break or slip the next time Alice moves, no, the next time the
wind decides to send a gust this way and we will likely crash
down together.