~9-103~ ~Brutus Mansion basement - QUESTION~ Guards:
This is Lord Brutus' famed wine cellar. Do you intend to enter...?
~9-104~ ~No~ Guard:
Right. If you want to drink, you can drink in the tavern... You can have all you want in the tavern.
~9-105~ ~Yes~ Guard 1:
We've been ordered to guard this wine cellar and not let anyone through except Lord Brutus. Is it worth risking our lives for?
~9-106~ Guard 2:
They are the Julian army, who defeated the army guarding the town. We two would be no match...
~9-107~ Guard 1:
Since we weren't able to protect the wine cellar, Lord Brutus will be very mad. What punishment is in store for us?
~9-108~ Guard 2:
Although there's no sense guarding this cellar anymore, we should still follow the lord's orders.
~9-109~ ~Brutus Mansion - Main floor~ Butler:
Why did Lord Brutus lock his wife and son in the cellar...? My lord has been a different person as of late.
~9-110~ ~Brutus Mansion - Second floor~ Old Woman:
The master is not the kind of person to abandon his family to an invading enemy. It's just as Harold said... The master is possessed by something.
~9-111~ Woman:
I... heard something I shouldn't have... The master was working with an Imperial prince, and they were planning something terrible. They want to steal Aspia from King Benetram and create a new country.
~9-112~ Young man 1:
We came from Saraband by boat, but then Prince Arrawnt and Governor Garvin left and we were unfortunately left behind.
~9-113~ Young man 2:
I guess Governor Garvin doesn't need us to guard him anymore, but why were we left behind? He promised to protect us!
~9-114~ Harold:
Stop... Julian army...
~9-115~ Julian:
. . . . . . .
~9-116~ Harold:
Since the plan at the drawbridge failed, father... abandoned the town and is heading to the capital. Only the Julian army has any reason to come here.
~9-117~ Gracia:
Why were you imprisoned in this wine cellar... by your father?
~9-118~ Brutus wife:
He changed that night. He's possessed by a devil... and when we found out, he put us here...
~9-119~ Harold:
Mother... we shouldn't speak to the enemies. The Julian army is here to conquer the Republic!
~9-120~ Bresby:
Us? Conquest...? Nonsense. It's your father who has betrayed the Republic. He has sided with Prince Arrawnt and Garvin of Saraband!
~9-121~ Harold:
The secret is already out, isn't it...?
~9-122~ Harold:
Yes... that man has betrayed the Republic. He's a monster who will be handing Aspinia over to our enemies.
~9-123~ Harold:
As his son, my shame won't allow me to face the world again.
~9-124~ Brutus' wife:
But Harold... You tried to stop him... Then we were imprisoned. You did all you could.
~9-125~ Harold:
Everyone began to go mad that night... The night before the peace conference.
~9-126~ Harold:
A pagan monk paid us a sudden visit... I heard father's scream. Something must have happened at that moment.
~9-127~ Bresby:
Lord Brutus screamed... during the meeting with the Bulzome monk?
~9-128~ Brutus' wife:
We rushed to his office, but found him talking with the Bulzome monk as if nothing had happened.
~9-129~ Bresby:
Something must have taken control of Lord Brutus during that meeting.
~9-130~ Gracia:
We can't be certain, but from Harold's story, it sounds like the normally patriotic Lord Brutus... changed after that incident.
~9-131~ ~QUESTION~ Gracia:
Why did Lord Brutus leave General Produn in Baersol? Was he trying to stop the Julian army's advance?
~9-132~ ~Yes~ Gracia:
If he was concerned about the town, he wouldn't have left with the Baersol army. He left General Produn to guard the town alone.
~9-133~ ~No~ Gracia:
Don't you find it strange, Julian? Why did Brutus depart with the Baersol army and leave General Produn to guard the town alone?
~9-134~ Bresby:
You mean, Lord Brutus merely used General Produn to buy some time?
~9-135~ Bresby:
Since the Baersol army knows this area very well, they have likely gained significant ground...
~9-136~ Harold:
The devil posing as my father is an enemy of the Republic. He's also an enemy of my father.
~9-137~ Harold:
I can't sit idle. I'm going to make him pay for my father's death with the skills my father taught me. Please allow me to join the Julian army.
~9-138~ Brutus' wife:
Harold! It's too dangerous... Besides, you are his heir. What will happen to Baersol...?
~9-139~ Harold:
Please relax mother. If I don't go, Baersol will suffer with a weak lord who couldn't even avenge his father's death.
~9-140~ ~After the dialog ends~ Brutus wife:
Please take care of that child. Oh yes... There is delicious wine here. Please help yourself.
~9-141~ Guard 1:
Master Harold has joined the Julian army to take revenge on the possessed Lord Brutus? Is that so. That Lord Brutus... is a devil after all. I had been wondering...
~9-142~ Soldier 2:
I knew something strange was going on. He ordered us to guard a wine cellar in a defeated territory, and then locked his family up. Now that I know Lord Brutus is a devil, it all makes sense.
~9-143~ ~Brutus Mansion - Main floor revisited~ Butler:
The wife and son in the cellar... We were all worried, but there was no way we could defy the master. We are relieved that you have freed them!
~9-144~ ~Brutus Mansion - Second floor revisited~ Old Woman:
The master was an impostor... His son said as much... The night before he went to the peace conference... That scream... I'm sure the master's life was also taken.
~9-145~ Line:
The son was put in the cellar because he planned to stop his father's scheme to betray the Republic. The master was a fake... He was acting strange, but this is hard to believe.
~9-146~ Woman:
It was not long ago when Lord Brutus left town with the army. He left with General Edmund. They departed with Aspia in their sights.
~9-147~ Young man 1:
The Baersol army was torn apart by the Julian army and now the town is defenseless... I say we flee to Guarder.
~9-148~ Line:
Others who fled to the Empire seem to be well. For two merchants, however... If any beasts appear, it's the end for us. We have gold, so let's hire mercenaries.
~9-149~ Young man 2:
I hope we can make it to the Empire. I asked General Edmund for a favour, but he wouldn't listen. Ever since he returned from the Empire, he's been brooding about something...
~9-150~ Bookcase:
"Harmony Diplomacy is Outdated@ The absolute harmony philosophy does not parallel with reality in this day and age. Flexibility is the diplomatic method from here on out.