Chapter 12 Return to Baron
いのりのやかた Hall of Prayer
Elder: Oh, just look at you!
Porom: As you can see!
Palom: I never thought he'd actually pull it off!
Cecil: What do you mean?
Elder: I felt bad, but I ordered these two to keep watch over you. Though it seems there was no need after all. Job well done, Palom and Porom!
Palom: Yup, that's pretty much the deal.
Porom: Sorry we hid that from you. But we had no choice.
Cecil: No, I deserved it. After all I'd done…
Elder: But you've overcome your past self and become a Paladin…! …!? That sword?
Cecil: It was granted to me at the summit.
Elder: My word! This inscription is identical to the legend passed down in Mysidia since antiquity!
Cecil: Legend?
Cecil: …That light called me "son." What exactly is that light?
Elder: What the light on Mount Ordeals is… and what this legend means… even I do not know… Only that we people of Mysidia have been told for generations to keep this legend in our prayers. And to believe in the one who bears the sacred radiance… Perhaps you are the one, after all!
Tella: All that remains is to defeat Golbeza without delay!
Elder: Oh, Tella!
Tella: It's been a while.
Porom: We made his acquaintance on Mount Ordeals.
Palom: Gramps here got his hands on Meteor!
Elder: Meteor…! Are things so dire that even that spell has been unsealed…!?
Tella: It appears so. With this, I shall avenge Anna!
Elder: Anna was…?
Tella: Struck down by Golbeza! I'll defeat him myself with Meteor!
Elder: Tella. Fight with hatred and you will ruin yourself! What's more, Meteor is far too dangerous for you right now!
Tella: Even if it ruins me! I'll never forgive that scoundrel!!
Elder: I thought you would say that. You haven't changed since the old days.
Tella: Nor have you…
Elder: However, Sir Cecil has also become a Paladin. If the two of you were to join forces…!
Cecil: But to stand against Golbeza, we'll need to return to Baron and get an airship…
Elder: Very well… I shall unseal the Devil's Road! Now that you've become a Paladin, you should be able to travel along it! Go forth, to Baron! I shall enter the Tower of Prayer and continue to pray for you all… I'm counting on you…! Sir Cecil, Paladin!
Cecil: Yes!
Elder: Palom! Porom! Your duty is done!
Palom: We're not done yet! Elder, you told us to help this guy out, right?
Porom: Please grant us permission!
Elder: You two… If Mount Ordeals accepted you, perhaps this is your destiny as well… I cannot leave Mysidia. Sir Cecil, Tella… Take care of these two!
Cecil: But…
Palom: You know what we can do!
Porom: Precisely!
Tella: Fear not. You have me as well!
Cecil: All right… I'm counting on you!
Palom: Yahoo, that's more like it!
Porom: Don't get carried away. Let's go!
Elder: Now, take the Devil's Road on the right side of town and head for Baron! From the Tower of Prayer above, I shall keep praying for you… no, for all living things! I'm counting on you…!
ミシディア Mysidia
Townspeople of Mysidia (7 to talk to)
バロンのまち Town of Baron
Townspeople of Town of Baron (6 to talk to)
Townspeople of Town of Baron (6 to talk to)
Cecil: Yang! It's you! You're all right!
Yang: You!
Cecil: Don't you recognize me now that I'm a Paladin? It's me, Cecil!
Yang: Cecil, I've been looking for you! Traitor to King Baron, you cur! Get him!
Royal Guards: Yes, sir!
Battle: バロンこのえへい Baron Royal Guard ×2
Cecil: Yang, don't you recognize me!?
Yang: Of course I do, you fugitive!
Battle: モンクそう Monk
Diiie!!
Hyah! Hyaaah!
Urgh…
Yang: Sir Cecil! I… Leviathan…
Tella: It would seem Baron was using you while you had lost your memory.
Yang: …I am sincerely grateful.
Cecil: What of Rydia and Gilbert!?
Yang: Rydia was swallowed by Leviathan. As for Gilbert… I do not know…
Cecil: I see…
Yang: Where are we?
Cecil: Baron. It'll be trouble if the soldiers overhear us. Let's find a room and work out a plan! Monk Yang joined the party!
Ain't ya a tough bunch! Flattenin' the royal guards like that! I like ya! Stay the night, why don'tcha!
Yang: And who is this gentleman?
Cecil: This is Sage Tella. Gilbert's…
Tella: My daughter staked her life on loving that man…
Yang: I see… I am Yang, head monk of Fabul.
Palom: And I'm Palom, child prodigy of Mysidia!
Porom: Please pardon his impudence. I am his twin sister, Porom.
Palom: Man, letting the likes of Baron use you like that!
Porom: Palom!
Yang: I am ashamed…
Cecil: In any case, we've got to rescue Cid…
Tella: But it won't be so easy to get in there…
Yang: Hm? What is this!
Cecil: This is the Baron Key! Of course! They had Yang commanding the royal guard, so… With this, we might just manage it! Obtained the Baron Key!
(4 battles)
バロンじょう Baron Castle
Townspeople of Baron Castle (2 to talk to)
"Sir Cecil!"
Beigan: You are unharmed!
Cecil: Beigan! Not you too…
Beigan: What about me?
Cecil: …being controlled by Golbeza…
Beigan: Most certainly not. I command the royal guard. No one can sway my loyalty to Baron!
Cecil: I heard Cid is being held prisoner?
Beigan: Some of the remaining royal guard and I tried to save him, but alas, I am the only survivor…
Cecil: I see. Let's go together! It'll be reassuring to have you with us!
Beigan: Yes, sir! Beigan, Captain of the Royal Guard, joined the party!
Cecil: What's wrong?
Palom: Something smells.
Porom: It smells like a monster!
Beigan: What, where?
Palom: You stink, man!
Porom: If you're going to put on an act, I'd appreciate a slightly better performance.
Cecil: So Golbeza got to you, too!
Beigan: I'd thank you not to put it that way… That gentleman has granted me a wonderful gift. Such marvelous power!
Battle: ベイガン Beigan, みぎうで Right Arm, ひだりうで Left Arm
Palom: You're too gullible, big bro!
Cecil: Even Beigan…!
King Baron: Cecil, you are safe! You have grown quite strong.
Cecil: Your Majesty…
King Baron: You look like a Paladin. I see, so you have become a Paladin. But that won't do at all. Not a Paladin.
Cecil: Your Majesty… no, Baron!
King Baron: Baron? Kukakakaka… Who's that? Oh, right, I remember now. The fool of a human who went on about never handing over his country. I was posing as him, wasn't I… Hyah hyah hyah!
Cecil: You…! What have you done with His Majesty!
King Baron: Wanna see him? Wanna see your king? I won't make a sorry mess of it like Scarmiglione. After all, he was such a weakling, it's a wonder he was ever made one of the Four Archfiends. Guh-heh-heh-heh-heh!
Cecil: Then you're one of them too!
King Baron: Indeed! I am one of Golbeza's Four Archfiends, Cagnazzo of Water!
Battle: カイナッツォ Cagnazzo
It began gathering water for a tsunami!
Lightning has destroyed the barrier!
"Why, you… you lousy fake King Baron!"
Cid: How dare you, lockin' me up in that moldy old joint! I'm gonna beat you to a pulp! E-eh?
Cecil: Cid!
Cid: Cecil, it's you! You're alive! You had me all worried, you…!
Cecil: Sorry.
Cid: What happened to Rosa!? She ran off, sayin' you were alive…
Cecil: She was kidnapped by Golbeza…
Cid: What a sorry sight, and you right there with her! But man, that Golbeza… Not only is he usin' my airships for awful things, but Rosa too!
Tella: That girl's in danger. Quickly, take us to this airship of yours!
Cid: Who's this old fossil?
Tella: Look who's talking!
Cid: Hey now, I'm still young and spry!
Porom: Now, now… You're Master Cid, correct? This is Master Tella. He is a great sage.
Porom: This is Master Yang, head monk of Fabul. And I am Porom, an apprentice mage from Mysidia.
Palom: Hmph, a pair of old fossils!
Porom: That foul-mouthed one is my twin, Palom.
Palom: Heh, acting all goody-goody!
Yang: I am very pleased to make your acquaintance, sir. It's dangerous to remain here, so we must move swiftly.
Cid: Well now, you sure know your manners!
Cecil: Cid, where's the new model airship?
Cid: Heheheh…
Cid: Somewhere nooo one would ever think to look! It's a little handiwork I rigged up in advance!
Tella: I told you, we've no time! Rosa's life is at stake!
Cid: Man oh man, what a nagging geezer! I get it already! Come on, it's this way!
"Kukakaka…" "So you beat me, eh? But I can get rather lonely. Kukakaka… The terror of Cagnazzo of Water, dreadful even in death… savor every bit of it as you die! I'll be waiting for you in hell! Hee-heh-heh!"
Tella: The walls!
Cid: It won't open!
Tella: This one won't either!
Cecil: Palom! Porom!
Palom: Thanks for everything, big bro!
Porom: It was like we had gained a big brother. I was so happy!
Tella: What are you two doing!
Palom: We won't let you guys die here!
Porom: Master Tella! Please take care of Sir Cecil!
Palom: Let's do it, Porom!
Porom: Yeah!
Cecil: Stop…!
Palom and Porom: Break!
Cecil: Palom… Porom—!!
Tella: How rash…! Hold on! Esuna!
The two turned to stone of their own free will, so it has no effect…
Tella: Those fools! This old wreck should have been the one to die!
Yang: Such young children…!
Tella: I'll settle this score myself!
Cid: This battle's for the fallen! Let's launch the Enterprise!!
Cecil: Just you wait… Golbeza…!
Meanwhile…
Golbeza: So even Cagnazzo fell. It seems he's grown quite formidable…
Cain: About the one remaining Crystal…
Golbeza: I know… but that place is a bit troublesome.
Cain: Perhaps we could send Cecil to fetch it?
Golbeza: Send him…?
Cain: We have Rosa here. We could exchange her for the Crystal… Would that suit you?
Golbeza: I see… A fine idea. And that will be our chance to dispose of him, too…
Cain: Then I shall go and relay the message.
Rosa: Cain!
Cain: I'll show you that I'm better than your little Cecil.
バロンじょう Baron Castle
Cecil: Here, of all places?
Cid: The darkest place is under the candlestick, as they say!