Meliodas wanted Fiona to meet the seeker named Nolita. For that, she had to go with Sophie, Melina, and Violet to the Resin River…
Sophie: "Oh… Fiona…"
Fiona: "Have you been waiting for me?"
Sophie: "We wanted to wait because we thought you'd come. New orders?"
Fiona: "Yes… Remy was spotted… near the Resin River… he… was found by two seekers… one was caught, and Remy… shot him…"
Melina: "Huh!"
Sophie: "Fiona… I think you know what that means, right?.. he was ready to kill one of us…"
Fiona: "Hahh… yes, I know… most likely we'll have to kill him… anyway… let's quickly go to the Resin. Violet, do you know this river?"
Violet: "Of course."
Fiona: "Please lead us there."
Violet: "Okay…"
They followed her…
Violet: "It's not far… do you see over there…"
Sophie: "Ohh…"
Fiona: "Indeed…"
Melina: "Hmm."
(Some minutes later)
Sophie: "Where could she be?"
Fiona: "No idea…"
Nolita: "Shhh… psst…"
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Hmm?... um…"
Melina: "Oh."
Violet: "Ugh…"
There was a woman hiding behind the bushes.
Nolita: "I am the seeker… you're looking for her… you must be Sophie and Fiona, right?"
Fiona: "Yes."
Sophie: "Yes."
Nolita: "That one is Melina…"
Sophie: "Oh… yes, and the other one there is Violet. She knows this place well… that's why we needed her help."
Nolita: "Okay… no problem."
Sophie: "You saw Remy…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Nolita: "Yes, I did…"
Fiona: "Where exactly?"
Nolita: "Near this river there is a building. The building is right next to the river, you can even jump from it…"
Melina: "Ohh…"
Nolita: "That's where I saw the people… it's a secret organization… if I'm not mistaken, they call themselves Circus of the Damned…"
Fiona: "Hmmmm… okay…"
Nolita: "Huh?"
Fiona: "You should leave… maybe you were followed…"
Nolita: "No, I'll lead you there. No one followed me… follow me…"
Fiona: "Okay…"
Nolita: "Mhm."
She walked ahead.
Nolita: "So you have to take this path… oh, by the way… it's a great honor to meet you, Lady Uhr and Lady Mystery…"
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "Hahh… I can't deal with that… but okay…"
Nolita: "You have to take this path here…"
She turned around…
Violet: "Hmm… huh?"
She heard something like footsteps.
Violet: "Mmm…"
She followed the sound and left Fiona, Sophie, and Melina alone with Nolita.
Nolita: "Here, this way…"
Fiona: "Huh."
Sophie: "Something's not right…"
Nolita: "Hmm?…"
(Peng!)
(Splach!)
Sophie: "Ughhuh!"
Fiona: "Ugh!"
Nolita was shot in the stomach.
Nolita: "Urk!"
And suddenly a mechanical hand pierced through her neck.
(Splach!)
Nolita: "Urk… urkl… ghhh…"
Killer machine: "Target… target… target… target!"
Fiona: "A machine!"
Sophie: "No… let her go!"
Fiona held her hand.
Sophie: "We have to help her."
Fiona: "Forget it… look…"
Nolita: "Urk…"
(Splach!)
The blood streamed out, and then it tore her head off with its hand.
(Splach!)
Sophie: "Ugh!"
Fiona: "Ghhhh…"
Melina: "Haahhhh…"
Her body fell to the ground.
Killer machine: "…Target… target… 3… targets… dark… umbrella… seekers?... detectives…"
Fiona: "Run… now!"
They ran.
Sophie: "What is that thing?"
Fiona: "No idea…"
(Krach!)
It broke through the wall and grabbed Sophie by the neck.
Sophie: "Urk!"
Fiona: "Sophie!"
Melina: "Hahhh… no… let her go!"
Butterflies flew around her. Melina jumped and kicked the monster on the head.
(Dong!)
Killer machine: "Urk!"
It let go of Sophie. Melina caught her.
Sophie: "Huh… Melina…"
Melina: "Are you alright?"
Fiona: "Come on… we have to go before that thing gets up again."
Melina: "Okay."
They ran.
Sophie: "…Melina… you're just a child!"
Melina: "Oh… sorry, am I too fast?"
Sophie: "That's not what I meant…"
Fiona: "Ughhh… do you hear that?"
Sophie: "Huh?"
A waterfall.
Sophie: "What…"
Fiona: "Jump! I have an idea… Melina, hold on tight…"
Sophie: "Huh."
Fiona took something from her back… it was a device. A grappling gun that shoots a rope with a hook…
Sophie: "Ugh… Hoodi's grappling device."
Fiona: "Yes."
(vor einigen Tagen)
Meliodas: "Fiona… I think Hoodi would want you to use her climbing pistol…"
Fiona: "Huh."
He held it out.
Meliodas: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Okay… if you say so… I'll take good care of it."
Meliodas: "Mhm… Hoodi must not be forgotten…"
(Ende der erinnerung)
Fiona: "Okay… now!"
They jumped, and Fiona used it on a lamp.
Sophie: "Wooowww…"
Melina: "Hahhh…"
Fiona: "Hold on tight… it's my first time using it."
They swung over the bridge… but then the rope retracted.
(Potch!)
Sophie: "Huh."
Fiona: "Oh oh…"
Melina: "Oh…"
(Krach!)
Sophie: "Ughh… my butt…"
Melina: "…ohhhh…"
Fiona: "Oh… okay… wait… where is Violet?"
Sophie: "I… didn't see her…"
A black smoke appeared…
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "What now?"
Violet: "It's me…"
She emerged from the smoke, wearing black clothes.
Sophie: "Oh… where were you? We were worried…"
Violet: "Sorry…"
Fiona: "That's… an interesting ability…"
Violet: "It's my curse… I was cursed…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Violet: "By death itself… because I laughed at a funeral…"
Fiona: "Huh… didn't think I'd say this, but… that's unlucky…"
Violet: "Hey… I was a child and a dog licked my hand…"
Sophie: "Ughh… I hate dogs so much."
Fiona: "Me too."
Violet: "Why?"
Sophie: "They're loud."
Fiona: "They poop on the ground and bark… but before I explain further, we should leave before we get torn apart…"
Violet: "I think I know this machine…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Violet: "Let's get somewhere safe first…"
They entered a house…
Sophie: "What is this?"
Violet: "We should be safe here… I hope."
She opened the door, they went in, and she closed it.
(Krach)
Sophie: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "So… where were you?"
Violet: "I heard something while we were following the seeker… I followed it and saw the machine… but it had already attacked you… these machines belonged to the former military Kravengarden… a group that spread fear in Titia 300 years ago…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Violet took something out… it was a machine.
Violet: "The former leader of Titia was military commander Benoit Irnew… a brutal murderer… he used highly intelligent machines… King Rudolf Irnew, his brother, was said to be sick… but in truth, Benoit and Rudolf were one…"
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Violet: "Rudolf Irnew… was a robot the entire time… that's why he was rarely seen… the real leader was Benoit Irnew…"
Sophie: "I see…"
Fiona: "And what happened then?"
Violet: "What happened?... he disappeared… after suddenly all of Titia vanished… and returned two days later… covered in fog… and then it was just back…"
Sophie: "The black hole…"
Fiona: "Mhm…"
Sophie: "But why are these machines still here?"
Fiona: "Good question…"
Violet: "Anyway… stay away from them… they're very dangerous…"
Fiona: "How do you know so much?"
Violet: "My… grandfather… lived in Titia but fled… his grandfather worked there as a craftsman…"
Fiona: "I see… so your family originally comes from the Slavic Empire…"
Violet: "Back then there was no Slavic Empire… Titia was its own kingdom…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Violet: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "One more thing… what are those clothes?"
Violet: "…I'm a thief…"
Sophie: "Hmm."
Fiona: "Oh."
Violet: "Wait… you didn't know?"
Fiona: "I had a feeling… nothing more…"
She sighed.
Violet: "Hahh… huh!"
They heard the machine.
Violet: "We need to hide."
Fiona: "Okay."
Melina: "Huh…"
Sophie: "Okay."
They hid.
(Krach!)
Killer machine: "Target… eliminate… target… anyone… non-cursed… non-stellaron… do not harm cursed unless working for dark umbrella…"
Violet: "Ahh… I see…"
Violet stepped out.
Fiona: "What…"
Violet: "Shh… hey… you there… killer machine."
Killer machine: "Person… found… cursed… not dark umbrella… do not kill… listen…"
Violet: "I saw them… three people… a child and two beautiful women… over there at the bridge…"
Killer machine: "Okay… thank you… cursed human…"
It left.
Violet: "Phew…"
She collapsed to her knees.
Violet: "My goodness…"
Sophie: "Are you okay?"
Fiona: "That was dangerous…"
Violet: "It only attacks non-cursed or cursed working for Dark Umbrella…"
Sophie: "So… someone wants us gone…"
Fiona: "Hmm… Violet, do you know who?"
Violet: "Let me think… have you read Sherlock books…"
Fiona: "Not now…"
Violet: "Sorry… ah… yes… one of the strongest evil organizations… the Cursed Circus…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Sophie: "And the leader?"
Violet: "Sevasti Wolfski…"
Fiona: "I see…"
Fiona: "You're very helpful, Violet…"
She patted her head.
Violet: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "Call Meliodas… we need info…"
(While this was happening)
Killer machine: "Hahh… target… target…"
Lucy: "Huh?"
Killer machine: "Cursed… but Dark Umbrella member."
Marcus: "What the hell is that thing…"
It attacked them. But Lucy didn't move.
Lucy: "Aha…"
With her foot, she stopped the attack.
Lucy: "Hey… hey… Marcus, can I kill it?"
Marcus: "Do it… it's too dangerous, and it's a machine."
Lucy: "Hehehehe… finally I can use my ability…"
She transformed. An eye appeared on her arm, and her skin turned gray.
Lucy: "Hehehehe… Moon Fairy!!!"
(Splach!)
She split the machine into two parts.
Marcus: "Hmm… that looks like the machines lost in time through the black hole…"
Lucy: "Huh?… and how do you know that?"
Marcus: "Dumb question… I originally come from Titia. I know these machines because I once found a piece of one as a child at the border between Prussia and Titia."
Lucy: "I see…"
Marcus: "Hmm… why did it attack us…"
Lucy: "Maybe it's being controlled…"
Marcus: "Yeah… I think so too…"
Lucy: "Hmm?… hey, there are people in that building…"
Marcus: "Hmm… let's go in."
They went inside with the seeker.
Marcus: "Huh?"
Lucy: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Huh?.."
Marcus: "Ugh… (blushes)… Lady Uhr and Lady Mystery!!!"
Fiona: "Hmm?... Marcus?... is that you, Marcus?"
Marcus: "Oh… you still remember me… hehe…"
Fiona: "Of course I do… we were in the same class… you confessed your love to me back then…"
Marcus: "Ugh!"
Lucy: "Ohhh… look at that…"
Fiona: "And this one here?"
Lucy: "Hehehe, I'm Lucy de Carlotta."
Fiona: "I know that name… ugh… aren't you a contract killer?"
Lucy: "Yep… hehehe… nice to meet you…"
Marcus: "Ugh… Sophie is here too…"
Sophie: "You remember me… you even confessed to me in front of Fiona."
Fiona: "Really?…"
Marcus: "That… that was when we were very young… you were 11 and I was 8…"
Lucy: "Let me guess… you got rejected?"
Fiona: "Hmm?... I didn't reject him…"
Marcus: "Ugh… yeah… she didn't… hehe… it's just… I had to transfer to another class the next day… so she never had the chance to answer…"
Lucy: "Oh…"
Fiona: "But I'm glad to see you again, Marcus…"
Marcus: "I'm glad too… I've known you both since we were kids…"
Sophie: "You still look… how should I say… childlike… like back then."
Marcus: "Just say dwarf… that's my nickname anyway."
Fiona: "Hmm… you were 145 cm back then, now you're 150… that's fine."
Marcus: "Ugh… Fiona… you even remember that?…"
Fiona: "You were one of the few who meant something to me… of course I remember…"
Marcus: "Ugh…"
He blushed.
Marcus: "Mm."
(By the way, Marcus is still very much in love with Fiona, unlike Sophie who rejected him coldly back then. Fiona didn't want to hurt him…)
(memory)
Marcus: "Um… Fiona…"
Fiona: "Huh?.."
Marcus: "Are… are you single?"
Fiona: "Huh?.."
Back then, Fiona was 13 while Marcus was only 10.
Marcus: "Mm…"
Fiona: "Why are you asking, Marcus?"
Marcus: "…Because… because I… I love you…"
Fiona: "(Still)… huh?…"
Marcus: "Yes…"
Fiona: "You're saying that to a girl with white hair and a staff at age 13…"
Marcus: "I don't mind…"
Fiona: "Huh… um…"
The whole class started laughing.
Marcus: "…Mm…"
Fiona: "Give me time to think, okay?…"
Marcus: "Huh…"
Fiona didn't want to make him look like a clown, so she asked for time, even though she acted cold. She did like Marcus… he was kind to her…
Fiona: "Mm…"
(The next day)
Classmate: "Marcus transferred to another Dark Umbrella branch…"
Classmate: "Hahahaha… he was dumb enough to fall in love with Fiona… look at her… white hair and a staff at 13 is weird…"
Classmate: "Hehehehehe…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
(end of memory)
Marcus: "Mm…"
Fiona: "I'm sorry, Marcus… and I'm glad to see you… but we're busy. What are you doing here?"
Marcus: "We were sent for a case… but then a robot attacked us…"
Fiona: "You mean that killer machine… it attacked us too…"
Marcus: "I see…"
Lucy: "My goodness… Marcus, I have to say… I'm really annoyed… you fall in love with a woman who needs a staff because of a weak leg… and she's so dull…"
Fiona: "Hmm?…"
Marcus: "Hey…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Lucy approached Fiona.
Lucy: "Lady Mystery… tsss… I always wondered why they call you the youngest woman with a staff… what happens if you take it away…"
She kicked Fiona's staff away.
(Patch)
Fiona: "Ugh."
Fiona fell to the ground.
(Krach)
Marcus: "Ughh…!"
Marcus pressed a gun-like device. Lucy suddenly screamed in pain.
Lucy: "AAAAAAAAARGHHH… you bastard!"
Marcus: "Touch one of us again… and I'll release more worms into your organs… be careful… they love blood… blood worms are dangerous…"
Blood worms: inside every contract killer is a device. When activated, it releases worms that feed on flesh and blood. They die every 5 minutes, but they hurt a lot.
Lucy: "Aaaah… ghhhh…"
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Fiona stood up while Lucy held onto a pillar.
Lucy: "AAAAARGHHHH…"
Marcus: "You brought this on yourself…"
Violet: "Uh… hello, I'm Violet…"
She returned.
Marcus: "Hmm… Fiona, explain?"
Fiona: "This is Violet… she kind of saved us…"
Marcus: "I see… and that's Melina…"
Melina: "Yes… I'm new… pleased to meet you, Mr. Marcus."