Swordcraft Chapter 12

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"Text_01","No... Wait! Please! The rebels... they took my wife and kids hostage. They made me join. I swear!"
"Text_02","..."
"Text_03","Aaah!"
"Text_04","Mission one complete. Now commencing mission two."
"Text_05","But... my family. What's going to... What'll happen to them?"
"Text_06","They have betrayed the crown. They will die as all traitors do."
"Text_07","Monster! You're a monster!"
"Text_08","No, Erika, that's all behind you now. Now you are the princess's blade."
"Text_09","Erika, don't concern yourself with it. I forgive you. I accept you."
"Text_10","You fraud! Enough!"
"Text_11","No matter how much blood is on your hands, no matter how tarnished you may be—I forgive you. I accept you."
"Text_12","Stop! How can you make the princess say that!"
"Text_13","What need is there for such stridency? Is this not what you hoped for and wished for?"
"Text_14","It isn't, no!"
"Text_15","Nexus is almighty. All within your heart is clear to her, so she cannot err."
"Text_16","[GROWL]"
"Text_17","No more! I won't allow this!"

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"Text_01","[GROWL]"
"Text_02","Your own heart is a mystery to you! Look inward and accept your desires. Admit them!"
"Text_03","My desires? Are you trying to say that killing illusions of the princess was my desire?"
"Text_04","No, not at all. What you wanted was forgiveness and acceptance from someone dear to you."
"Text_05","You! What do you know about me?"
"Text_06","I naturally know all. I am the keeper, the one chosen by the almighty Nexus to summon the Morning Star."
"Text_07","The Morning Star? Nexus?"
"Text_08","(I've heard those words before, but where?)"
"Text_09","I know all about you and the others—about your sorrows and the burdens you bear."
"Text_10","You once served in another kingdom—not as a knight, not as a soldier, but as an assassin."
"Text_11","You were the sword that cut down the kingdom's rebels. But once they were gone, there was no use for you."
"Text_12","Humph! And what of it?"
"Text_13","You were forced into exile and found your way here, where you decided to serve the princess. "
"Text_14","Why did you hide your past from your beloved liege? Were you scared of rejection? Did you fear your relationship would unravel?"
"Text_15","No, you attempted to purge the sins of your past by serving a new master. That is why you became her sword and her shield."
"Text_16","No! I adore her! I adore the princess from the bottom of my heart!"
"Text_17","Really, Erika? You don't have to lie to me. You killed countless men, women, and children thinking it was for the good of the kingdom."
"Text_18","But you were being used, and once you learned that, you tried to pay penance."
"Text_19","That's why you came to serve me. You hoped if you were dedicated enough, your sins would be erased. I forgive you all the same, my dear Erika."
"Text_20","Aaah!"
"Text_21","I respect you, Princess. I adore you, Princess. I—"
"Text_22","(Am I really only serving the princess to atone for what I've done?)"
"Text_23","No... no, that can't be!"
"Text_24","Will perfect serenity not set her heart at ease? It seems there truly is but one path to liberation."