FFBE Script part 160: As a Knight of Grandshelt

Previously...

CHAOTIC DARKNESS -- AS A KNIGHT OF GRANDSHELT -- HEAVENSPLIT PEAKS 1

(Nichol, Jake, and Lid are walking along. They come to a stop, and Jake turns to Nichol.)

Jake: What's wrong, Nichol? You're looking pretty gloomy.

(Nichol turns to look at Jake as Jake speaks further.)

Jake: Are you worried about Lightlord and Waterlord?

Nichol: ...Yes.

(Jake takes a step closer to Nichol.)

Jake: It's true that Behemoth seemed like one tough nut to crack. But you know what? People always fight harder when they know they're fighting for someone else. And those crazy strong ladies are fighting for our sake. They're not gonna let themselves be done in that easy.

Nichol: You're surely right.

Lid: Yup! Let's do it! I feel all powered up, too, knowing that I'm fighting for the one I love most!

Jake: Oh? I'm glad to hear it.

Lid(irritated): What? Isn't this when you would normally demand to know who I'm talking about?

Jake: What!? Oh... Y-yeah, I guess so. Right. I mean, you're obviously talking about me. Right?

Lid: It's not funny if you take that long, dumb-dumb!

(She wallops him with her hammer.)

Jake: Gyah! Why!?

(The camera pans left to show Rain looking on.)

Rain(...): Fighting... for someone... huh?

(Rain bows his head, and a flashback occurs. Child Lasswell and child Rain stand with Sophia in Grandshelt. Raegen enters slowly.)

Rain: Oh! Dad's back!

(Lasswell and Rain run to either side of Raegen, but Raegen seems focused on Sophia.)

Raegen: I took care of some of the monsters nearby. Things should be safe for a little while now.

Sophia: I imagine so. Good work, darling.

Raegen: I should go report to the king, though. You all wait at home.

(Sophia moves to let him pass, and Raegen walks slowly on. Rain speaks once Raegen is off screen.)

Rain: Dad... He was covered in wounds....

Lasswell: Was he really okay? There was a lot of blood...

Rain: Hey, Mom. Why does Dad have to fight like that?

Sophia: He fights to keep the people of this land safe.

Rain: But I don't want Dad to die just to keep everybody else safe either.

Sophia: Don't you worry. Your dad won't die. When I say your dad is keeping everyone safe, that includes himself, too. He's one of the people of this land now, too.

Rain: What?

Sophia: Our family is part of this country. Keeping himself safe is also part of the way your dad keeps everyone safe. If he didn't, there would be many people who would be sad.

Lasswell: Yeah. You're right. I think so, too.

Rain: Dad's.... pretty amazing, huh?

Sophia: Yes. Your dad fights to keep others from feeling sorrow. As a knight of Grandshelt.

Rain: As a knight of Grandshelt... I want to be like that. I want to become a knight of Grandshelt just like that.

(The flashback ends and returns to Rain in present day.)

Rain: (To protect others from sorrow... That is what it means to protect...) (Can I really do it? Can I take on the Chaotic Darkness?)

(He's had his head bowed, but now lifts it.)

Rain: (No. I have to. I have to do it.) (As a knight of Grandshelt. Just like my father...)

(The camera pans left to include Raegen in the frame, then the scene fades out.)

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