5th Door: Heartless Moonlight

...I'm sorry? You asked where Avenger went?

Um, he just left. He said something about scouting outside.

He should be back soon. He said there's no need to follow him.

Does it?

No, I never leave this cell... But it's strange.

The hallway beyond these bars never changes. It always just goes one way.

But at the end of it, there's always a different Lord in the Hall of Judgment, they say.

...Avenger says that the hallway, and the Hall of Judgment, change each day.

You're getting further each day. Deeper and deeper in.

This cell moves deeper, along with you.

That's what Avenger said.

...You're right.

He may be rough with his words, but he doesn't seem to dislike you.

In fact...

No, never mind. Perhaps I'm imagining it.

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...You're fighting every day, aren't you? With the Lords in the Hall of Judgment.

The day you saved me, it was like something out of a myth.

The way you fought that monster who called itself Fergus...

It was like an ancient hero. It didn't seem real.

Avenger said that the souls gathered here were trapped by something.

Even Heroic Spirits... Powerful souls greater than humans...

I'm nothing like that. I couldn't be a Heroic Spirit.

But I... I'm here in Château d'If as well...

I am a trapped soul. Perhaps I was chosen as the avatar of some sin, too.

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Thank you, Fujimaru.

I wonder if anyone can truly exist without sin.

Anger, envy... The degrees may vary, but they're both the workings of a functional mind.

If they are sins, who but God could judge them?

Have you awakened, my temporary Master? Then stand.

Let us go. The fifth Lord awaits you.

...Lost one.

To be lost and uncertain is man's destiny.

But perhaps it's not quite right for me to speak of what life should be.

Hmmph. I see surprise in your eyes. My madness is a gift of the lunar goddess, and sometimes it is lost.

It doesn't happen normally, but this is the pit of hell. Even the goddess' eyes cannot see you here.

...But without madness, I cannot touch my beloved child. It is upsetting.

I manifest as a Berserker class. I am not allowed to speak without madness.

Only here, as your body and soul separate ever further, can I speak to you.

Oh, Nero Beloved child, the living image of my sister Agrippina.

Please, please... Enjoy some happiness, no matter how small.

I shall take with me madness and rage. May the path you tread be filled with roses of blessing.

...I'm sorry. I should be speaking to you, but instead my lips speak of my beloved niece.

...I can see your thoughts in your eyes. Yes. Yes, you're very right.

Yes. ...Yes.

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Fou, kyau, kyaaau!

Oh, beautiful beast! Will you guide me?

Fou, fou.

Yes, there is little time. I must speak to you, Fujimaru.

Have you ever tried to devour everything?

Have you ever eaten and eaten and been unfulfilled, as if you were a starving man?

Have you consumed and consumed, making yourself a slave to the hunger of the soul?

I have.

Or was that all I was?

I ate. I consumed. I filled my unloved body with my desires.

The sin of Gluttony. The malignant tumor of Rome.

...My life may have been evil. Indeed, I'm sure that's what later generations said.

The moon goddess may have toyed with me, or perhaps I was born evil.

But my soul was carved into history as a Heroic Spirit, not an Anti-Hero. And that...

I must believe that somewhere in my heart, some tiny bit of love was left.

And thus

I'll tell you who this Lord really is... He is the avatar of Gluttony.

An avatar of evil, who devours all the pleasures of the world and still seeks more.

Thus, he should be a very simple opponent. No need for complexities like last time.

There's no need to think at all. You will win, if you stay true to yourself.

...Kill. All you have to do is kill.

...Gggggaaahhaaaaaaahhh...

Wooaaahh... Ooooh...

ROOOAAARRRH!

I will... kill... kill! Oh... Oh goddess... Forgive my deeds!

My deeds are... fate! I will...

DEVOUR EVERYTHING!

...OOHHHHHH...

Where is Nero... Oh, please... Please, just let her...

ROOAAARHH!

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What are you? Would you stop me? I am... Emperor...

I will eat! I can't even taste it anymore! But I will eat! I don't even know why anymore, but...

The goddess Diana has allowed it all!

My deeds...are...

...I will simply...obey... fate!

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Hahaha! It seems he has failed to calm himself! He will not stop until he devours your soul!

Feel free to keep talking to him. If you want to die here, go right ahead.

You can stop going forward whenever you like. You can always give up.

But your soul...doesn't seem to want to give up!

Look, here he comes! If you don't want to die, then move!

ROOAAARRRHHHH!

If you want to survive... Kill! All that stands in your way is your enemy!

And thus...

Because I believe in that tiny remnant of love. Because I should be an Anti-Hero, but am a Heroic Spirit...

I put some tiny bit of feeling into my mad screams.

It's so small... But this is how I resist my cursed fate.

...Fujimaru. Even I can do this.

So one who knows love cannot fall.

I believe in you, child who keeps going forward.