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FE7 Novelization Translation - Chapter 10 Section 1

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Chapter 10: New Resolve (Section 1)

After their long search, Eliwood finally reunited with his father.

However, at that very same time, he also had to say goodbye.

He and his allies had now escaped from the Dread Isle, returned to the port city of Badon, and sought out an inn to rest their tired bodies.

After taking some time to rest at the inn, Lyn approached Ninian, who had been freed from Nergal’s spell and returned to her normal, calm self. “...Ninian, are you feeling better?”

“Yes…”

“Really…? That’s great!” She said, but anyone could see the worry in Lyn's eyes as she looked at Ninian.

Ninian was sitting in a chair with a dispirited expression on her face, so sad that it hurt just to look at her.

While still keeping her eye on Ninian, Lyn turned towards Nils. “...Long time, no see, Nils. You’ve gotten bigger!”

“Is it really you, Lady Lyn? Seeing you brings me back!” Nils said with a smile on his face.

“Even though only a year has passed?’

“...A lot has happened since we parted ways.”

“Hey, tell us what happened, too!” Hector cut in, as he knew nothing at all about Ninian and Nils.

But having his warm reunion interrupted annoyed Nils, even if only slightly. “Who’re they?” He asked, his face twisted into a pout.

While looking at him with a pained smile on her face, Lyn introduced Hector. “He’s Hector, the younger brother of Marquess Ostia. He’s got a bit of a mouth, but… he’s a surprisingly good guy.”

“You could have just said I’m a good guy!”

“And you probably remember him. He’s…”

Lyn started to introduce Eliwood, but Nils said “I remember,” went over to him, and looked up at him. “You’re Lord Elbert’s son, right? Your red hair, kind blue eyes, and voice… are all the same as his were.”

“...Where did you meet my father?” Eliwood asked, forcing himself to act calm.

Though he was still in shock over his father’s death, he wanted to avoid showing it and worrying his friends. Still, despite his best efforts, it was written all over his face that he was trying to keep his overwhelming emotions bottled up.

Hector and Lyn of course both noticed that, but out consideration for his feelings, they could not even mention the subject.

“At the… Dragon’s Gate. After we were captured, he helped us escape…” Nils began to explain everything they had experienced until this point.

Thanks to Elbert, he and Ninian were able to escape from the Dragon’s Gate. Then, he found a small boat docked at the shrine that the Black Fang had used, and escaped to the seas.

But the high waves caused Nils to fall into the sea.

“When I came to… I was back on the Valor Isle. After that, I was alone all this time… I hid in the ruins on the isle. Then… I suddenly sensed a great danger, and rushed to the Dragon’s Gate… where I saw everything."

“...Nils.” Ninian’s expression became darker still.

“When we saved Ninian on our ship… she had lost her memory. Even after you both worked so hard to escape, we brought her back here, of all places… It was completely foolish of me to do that. …I’m sorry.” Lyn apologized.

'If I hadn’t insisted on bringing Ninian with us, then…' Lyn thought that it was all because of her decision that this happened, and her expression was one of deep regret.

Seeing Lyn like that made Ninian shake her head no. "...Lady Lyn. You didn't do anything wrong… When Nils fell into the sea, I… didn't know what I should do… and closed off my heart. If I had just kept myself together, then… all of this could have been avoided… I… apologize…"

"...Ninian's power is stronger than mine, but in exchange, her heart and body are that much weaker. …Nergal took advantage of that…" Nils explained.

Everything after that was the same as Eliwood and his army had witnessed.

For a moment, silence fell over them.

A ray of light coming through the window bathed them in a vermillion glow.

They all thought back on their experience at the shrine, and were overwhelmed by their complex feelings, a mixture of anger, fear, and sadness.

Eliwood was the first to break this silence. "...They were targeting you two because… you have the power to summon dragons?"

"...To be exact, you could say that we have the power to open the Dragon’s Gate. If he just wanted to summon dragons, Nergal could do that himself."

"You're kidding." Hector’s eyes widened at Nils' answer.

"...But however he does it, he needs a lot of quintessence."

"Quintessence?" Lyn asked, having never heard the word before.

"That's what Nergal called it. It is the strength of a person’s heart, their will to live. Nergal steals this quintessence from them."

"What happens to the people who have their quintessence stolen?" Hector asked.

"...They die soon after…"

Eliwood understood. That in that moment, his father had his quintessence stolen… and it was the cause of his death.

"It's not that Ninian and I are particularly powerful. Lyn knows as well that all we have is our special power… So Nergal needs a very large amount of quintessence. That is why he first had Ephidel, his right hand man, get close to the greedy Marquess Laus and plant a seed of war across Lycia in his heart."

"...For what purpose did he do that?" Quintessence and war. Lyn asked about them, not knowing how the two were connected.

"The strength of one's quintessence is completely different from person to person. Those with a strong heart and body seem to have several hundred times more quintessence than that of the average person. But the number of people with such great quintessence is small… Nergal was always saying that finding them would be too much trouble. …And that though it would take much work, the best way to gather quintessence would be to cause a war…"

"...So he intended to start a civil war and gather quantity over quality!? Curse him! How dare he think so little of our country!!" Hector's anger could not have been greater.

For his own ambitions, Nergal hadn’t hesitated for even a moment to start a war. He was a man most dangerous and sinister.

Nils continued, "...Ephidel brought Lord Elbert to the Dragon's Gate, saying he'd found someone that possessed ideal quintessence… Nergal was very pleased to reduce his efforts in starting a war. Because he gathered a lot of quintessence from the knights with Lord Elbert, and even stronger quintessence from Lord Elbert himself, he…"

"Nils!" Lyn cut Nils off.

Nils realized why she did so, and quickly apologized to Eliwood. "Ah, my apologies… Lord Eliwood."

"It's fine… When I found Father at the Dragon's Gate, I knew that his soldiers… probably weren't alive anymore…"

The unit of knights that had gone missing with Elbert was Pherae's best. Even before Eliwood and his allies arrived on the Dread Isle, they'd already had their quintessence stolen from them and breathed their last.

Though he'd feared such an outcome, Eliwood initially decided he would be ready to accept it.

But that was all meaningless now. They would never return home. Neither would his father…

He'd desperately tried to hide his anguish until now, but his face finally darkened.

Nils said to him, "...Lord Elbert said that he had a son. Who despite his great talent with the sword, hates war… And has a kind heart that can understand people's pain, so he will become an even greater marquess than himself…"

As he remembered each thing Elbert told him one-by-one, Nils continued, "If it meant that Lycia, the land where his family lived, would become embroiled in the flames of war… then even if he had to sacrifice himself, he would do whatever it took to stop it…"

"...He…" His father’s resolution left Eliwood at a loss for words.

"We had lost all hope of survival at the Dragon’s Gate… but he always talked so cheerfully to us. He spoke only of his beautiful wife and son he was so proud of, but Ninian and I… we both loved him. His stories about his family… gave us great courage."

His father had been a truly honorable man, and done whatever it took to be kind to the siblings and form a bond with them. If telling Eliwood that would at the very least console him… then Nils wanted to share everything he could, and that was why he talked about Elbert.

"F… Father…" Though Eliwood thought he had no more tears to cry, his eyes watered again.

As Nils talked, his memories of his father came back to him one by one, and made his chest feel tight.

But he couldn't. He couldn't cry right here, right now.

Eliwood was trying as hard as he could to keep his sadness contained.

Hector realized that and whispered to Lyn, "We should leave him alone for now…"

"...We should. Let's go Ninian, Nils."

"...Yes."

As they were all leaving the room out of consideration for Eliwood, Ninian paused where she stood for a moment, and looked at him.

His body, shoulders shaking, were reflected in her sad ruby-like eyes.

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