Blue Archive story · Volume 2: Game Development Department, Chapter 2, Episode 24
Vol. 2 Ch. 2 Ep. 24: What You Want to Be
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This is Aris'...
...Mental space?
Aris!
Who...are you?
It's us!
Aris! We're here!
Aris!
"Aris, are you okay?"
You ran away without telling us, so we came to take you back!
Aris, you don't belong here! Let's go home!
You belong with us, Aris.
Princess, have you forgotten what I've shown you?
Who are you?!
"Key."
Oh, Sensei, that means...!
That person who looks exactly the same as Aris...
Is the one who locked up Aris here...?
"What do you mean by what you've shown her?"
3;<Key>;17;The princess understands what it means.
3;<Key>;12;The things the princess has seen while in here.
"These are all..."
The scenes of us fighting to get here?
Why are you showing us these things?
3;<Key>;17;The scenes shown through Eridu's surveillance network.
3;<Key>;17;All the fighting, running, falling, and injury just to arrive here.
3;<Key>;12;How could it have come to this?
3;<Key>;17;Don't you already know the answer, princess?
"Aris...?"
Aris! It's not like that! None of it is your fault!
Midori is right, Aris. None of it matters to us.
Midori... Yuzu... It is the truth that everyone was injured because of me.
Momoi...
Midori and Yuzu...
And Neru...
I am not...a hero...but a demon lord.
I was born this way...
I am a demon lord meant to bring destruction to Kivotos...
Even if I wanted to be in your party...
A demon lord does not belong in the club room, playing games with their friends.
If my loved ones get hurt because of me...
I would rather...
I...
I would rather choose "Game Over".
"Momoi?"
Destruction to Kivotos? What does that even mean?
You'll hurt us if you stay with us?
Says who?!
Because we met you...
Because we got lucky enough to meet you...!
We made a game, and we won the Millennium Prize! We got to stay together as the Game Development Department!
Yeah!
...Yes!
"That's true."
Momoi...?
We were able to keep the club, make a game, have fun, and play lots of games together...
I even became friends with the scary Neru by playing games together...
All of it was possible because you were with us!
How can anyone say that you're a demon lord, or that you have to disappear? It's all nonsense!
I can't accept that!
Right, never.
It'll never be "Game Over." We'll come resurrect you every time. We'll go back to our last save point together.
Why...Why are you doing this, everyone...?
I am...a demon lord...
You got hurt because of me...
Why are you not afraid of me? Why do you not hate me...?
Why...?
...!
You've said this before.
Final Fantasia, Dragon Crest, Tails of Destiny, Chrono Digger, The Fable of Heroes, Pyre Emblem, and...Tales Saga Chronicle...
No matter which game you look at...
"The heroes never, ever, leave their friends behind."
Even if you're a demon lord, I don't care...!
Think of it as a class!
In life, you get to choose who you want to be!
It doesn't matter what class other people want you to be. You get to choose!
Soldier, knight, mage, priest... Whatever you want, Aris.
It doesn't matter what it is. You could even choose...
...to be a hero.
"So, Aris, tell us what you really want to be."
I am...a demon lord...
A demon lord...who will bring destruction to the world...
Even if...
Even if that is true...
Can I really...choose my class?
Can I keep going on adventures with everyone...
And keep doing quests?
Even if I am like this...? Really...?
"Yes. You can."
"It's a given, Aris."
Then... I want that! I would like to choose my own class!
I want to be a hero! And be in a party with everyone...
And continue to adventure with Momoi, Midori, Yuzu, and Sensei...!
If...you do not mind that I am a demon lord!
Yes! You're our favorite demon lord!
Even a demon lord can be a hero.
That kind of plot would be a hit these days!
And if that story doesn't exist, we'll just write it ourselves!
The four of us here can do anything we set our minds to!
We can create anything...
Because we're the Game Development Department!
Yes, we are! I choose to be a hero!
"Let's do that then, Aris!"
Let us continue training together, Sensei!
"You get to choose who you want to be, Aris."
This is...
The hero's sword... Aris! This is it!
The hero's sword...!
Draw the sword, Aris!
3;<Key>;15;Princess...! The abilities you have are...!
3;<Key>;16;The power you possess exists only to destroy the world...!
You are wrong! This is a hero's weapon!
Because that is what I want it to be!
And right now, I am a light-attribute hero!
Blinding Light!
Princess... You are...
Incomprehensible...!
...
How can this be possible?
"You can see it with your own eyes."
"Nothing is impossible for them."
"No matter what others may say..."
Oh?! Aris?!
Aris! Are you awake?
...Aris!
"It's possible for a hero and her party members."