-pg53- Movement #22 Sforzando March -pg54- The City of Sforzando -pg56- Flute There is it! Sforzando... Raiel Yep. We're finally here... Flute It's REALLY huge! We're still pretty far away, but I can still see it... -pg57- Raiel It's been here forever... (Look, there's the castle...) Spreading peace and order all over this huge country... Their Magic Power always repulses the Mazoku. A holy land ruled by a Queen; Sforzando! Flute Spiffy castle! I wonder if the Princess is alive... -pg58- Flute If we go there, We'll find someone to fix Hamel's Violin! Right ? Hamel Hmph. Raiel Christ! Ha-chan! Flute Oh no... That whole thing with Trom... He's still upset... -pg59- Trom Flute-neechan... With your hair down...you're... Very...pretty. Flute Pretty ? Me ? Hamel...am I ? I wonder what he thinks... Man Hombres! Ya goin' ta Sforzando ? -pg60- Raiel Eh ? Man Ain't no way; might as well give up. I'm a peddler... I meant to flip through Sfozando, but... They're all paranoid and hardline now. I'm too suspicious to be let in, apparently. Raiel Paranoid ? Of what ? Why ? Man Ain't sure, but... The Queen's fortune telling... I heard some story about it: 'Unfathomable despair.' -pg61- All 'Unfathomable despair'...!? Man Not sure what that means, but it can't be good. Your luck might be different. (Well, who knows.) Our group Unfathomable despair... What should we do ? Well... -pg62- Oboe If they panic... Raiel Eh ? Oboe No...the guards will still be strict. As you can see, Sforzando's a fortress city... We're kept out by the moat and towering walls that surround the city. It's self-sufficient; they never need to open the gates. This is going to be difficult. Raiel I see... -pg63- Raiel At a glance, I look like a travelling player. A little...though I hate to say so. Flute Mm... Mm. Hamel I have a plan. Others Eh ? Hamel! -pg64- Crow Not Oboe Flute Th... This... Trom Bamboo! Hamel Hmm... Hat Portuguese gentleman Hamel Perfection. Trom Ha-Hamel... Oboe This is... -pg65- Oboe What the hell, Hamel ? This... Hamel Shut it! We're suspicious dressed normally. But with disguises... Flute Th...This plan... I...I understand it...but... Why am I the body of an ostrich! Hamel Shut up! Be an ostrich and like it! Flute Sniff...Sniff...Sniff... Hamel Hmph. Moron. Trom He just really wanted a to dress up. Christ. -pg66- Oboe Er...Hamel... Why in hell would this disguise work ? Hamel Pft...you agreed to this. A travelling ostrich seller! A mysterious young nobel! A Pioneer, to this world! Trom Mysterious my ass, mysterious. Very suspicious, is more like it. Head Mysterious foreigner. Hamel We need a name for the ostrich! Ostrich Bonanza-chan Hamel Bonanza-chan! Oboe What ? That makes no sense... Raiel H-Ha-chan... Uh...um... -pg67- Raiel This costume... Why me ? Hamel Gyahahahahaha! Raiel Why you... Hamel That's great, Raiel! Pervert! No...it suits you very well, Raiel! (You're cute!) Box Chest of drawers Raiel H-Ha-chan... -pg68- Raiel It's cruel, Ha-chan! Why am I... Dressed like this ? Hamel I would be an evil man... If I did not escort you. Oboe To where ? -pg69- Hamel I-I'm not kidding! (This is the best way to get in!) Foot Ostrich kick! Raiel Ha-chan! Trom Er...hey...yer... Hamel Well, what are we waiting for? Trom This is messed up. Hamel A mysterious travelling chest of drawers salesmen, along with a pretty girl! Flute Pretty girl ? Umm...Hamel... You never called me a 'pretty girl.' I'm actually a woman, and yet, you've got me stuck in this costume! Raiel's a man! Hamel SHUT UP! It's better like this, cause Raiel's cuter than Flute! It's no big deal! Don't get weird on me! Box Flute is not encouraged by this argument. -pg70- Trom Of course. My disguise is stupid. Especially since I only have to say I'm the Prince of Dal Segno... And they'll let me in. Hamel Silence, whelp! Yer a tree, ya can't talk! Oboe It's inevitable. He has to use his own idea. -pg71- Guard Mm ? -pg72- Flags Pioneer! Pretty female furniture salesman! Bamboo! Guards Uh... Um... Uhh... G-go in! Hamel Right! Oboe Hunh ? -pg73- Guards H-hey... Ah-ahh... Are those really... Our five great hopes ? A-ah. From the description out Queen gave us... I don't think there can be any mistake. But they look a little different... W-we... Don't stand a chance. -pg74- Hamel Heh... That was perfect. The stategy of Hamel the genius! Thank you! Thank you. Raiel All right, already, Ha-chan! Oboe Why, god ? Why oh why ? Hamel It's all thanks to the wonder that is I! My quick thinking! Oboe My! -pg75- Sforzando Fortress Town -pg76- Raiel Hehhh... This is Sforzando! There's just gobs of people! Oboe Mm-hmm. That shows it's peaceful here. Till we got here, I'd never been anywhere truly prosperous. This is a magnificent city. But I shouldn't go off on a tangent... Hrmph. -pg77- Oboe If... Flute's the Princess here... She should... Trom Ah. I heard from my father, long ago... My country, Dal Segno... Is Sforzando's protector. Our knights protect their Queen... So we know a lot... Long ago, Sforzando... Was...under circumstances that gave them no choice but to send away the princess. Oboe Ohh ? -pg78- Trom This would been about 15 years ago. Flute-neechan's about the same age... The princess was a baby then... And she had with her a crucifix and proof of her royal blood. There's no mistake. She is Sforzando's... Oboe Hmm. Trom If I'm not mistaken, her disappearance... Was kept secret, even within the royal palace. Oboe Really ? Trom And...The birthmark on her back... That's irrefutable evidence! -pg79- Trom It's hereditary, within the royal family of Sforzando. On the back, like the coat of arms -- a cross shaped birthmark. Oboe Cross shaped ? Strange...I've never seen anything like that on Flute's back before... Trom The hot water brought it out. Her true colors were probably hidden by magic... Oboe So... Flute is... -pg80- Both Oh crap! Trom I haven't seen Flute-neechan in ages! Oboe Uh...um... Trom Fluuute-neechaaan! Fluuute! Raiel What's wrong, Trom ? Trom I can't find Flute-neechan! We might've lost her! Raiel Eh ? Oh no! This is terrible! Flute-chan! Trom Flute-neechan! Oboe Flute! Raiel Flute-chaaaaan! Trom Flute-neechaan! -pg81- Hamel Flute's right here! Both AAAAAAAH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ? Really, how nasty can ya get ? Argh! Yer a shitty hero! Raiel Are you ok, Flute-chan ? Trom Who da ya think she is ? She's...! Sfor...! -pg82- Trom Eek! Hamel She's what ? Trom, m'lad. Trom Aaah! Ergh! Hamel Mm ? Hunh ? -pg83- Flute Hamel! I hate you! Oboe Flute. Hamel Wait! Look... -pg84- Flute Why ? Let go, idiot!! Hamel Ya got no right to hit me! Y-you... Flute Oh ? As horribly as you always treat me ? Hamel Shut up! Oboe Both of you, calm down! Hamel No! You can't do that, in front of all these people! Flute Why not ? Self-centered bastard! Hamel It got Trom and the rest of you ya in here, bitch! Flute Oh yeah ? Trom could've got us in here too, and he's just a child! Hamel B-but I... -pg85- Hamel Hmph. You could never have thought of bamboo. What the hell do you know ? Flute I-I'm... I'm a girl! So why... -pg86- Pet Oi, oi! This is a surprise! That's Hamel and his pals! Trum R-really ? They did come to Sforzando! (Why are they fighting ?) Pet This is our chance, Trum! Trum You sure, Pet ? Pet I can take this guy! Trum But...we're just spies! You're disregarding orders! Pet This is a once in a lifetime chance! Trum Wait! Pet I'll lay his neck before the kings! KUKUKU! -pg87- Hamel Wh... WHAT !? Trom M-Monster! -pg88- Pet GAHAHAHA! HAMEL! It's time to be annihilated! But first, this little girl! Flute Wha ? -pg89- Monster Hunh ? Flute Hamel! Hamel Unh... -pg90- Hamel Idiot... What d'ya have arms and legs for ? Move them! Flute Wha... What ? He- He's hurt... Pet Allright, I'll crush ya together! -pg91- Pet H-how ? This power ? I'm a gigantic monster! A dragon monster no less, the strongest kind! -pg93- Flute HAMEL! Trom Hamel! Raiel Ha-chan! Crowd AIEE! He's so powerful! He just blew away a building! -pg94- Hamel Bitter... Taste...too strong... I can't even move... He's going to kill me... Pet DIE! Hamel! -pg95- Flute Eh ? Raiel Wha ? -pg96- Someone Sforzando's Magic Corp! Clari Ch... -pg97- Trum Aah! Crowd Oh, thank god you came! The Magic Corp! Raiel Sforzando's... Flute Magic Corp ? Trom These ? Oboe To destroy a dragon class monster... This man... -pg98- Raiel EHH ? Flute Wh-what ? Trom Why ? Clari Ch... Take them in, to the castle. They're undercover agents.