ANNE'S ENDING ========================================================================================== Piko: Thinking about it, tonight there will be the Decorations Ceremony, right ? Piko: To think the results of your efforts so far will take form there... That's quite heartthrobbing. Piko: But, tomorrow we'll hafta leave the country... There's nothing to be merry about... Piko: Ah, thinking about it... I've forgot you've got a letter. Piko: Hey hey, get a little read at it. Anne's Letter I'll wait for you at the beach this evening. -- Anne. Looks like she'd like you to come... Say... What to do ? - Meet Anne - Go back * Meet Anne * Piko: Then, what about the Decorations Ceremony ? - Love is more important than fame - Go back * Love is more important than fame * Piko: All right... Understood. Piko: Since that's your decision, I won't oppose it... Piko: As long as you won't have regrets, it's fine. --- And then, in the evening... Piko: Well then, shall we go ? --- Anne is nowhere to been seen. --- The evening sun tainting the sky and the sea slowly sank into the far horizon, and the sea deepened into calmness. --- Among the sound of the murmuring waves, a sound of footsteps on the sand is drawing near Kazeno. Anne: I'm sorry... To have called you so suddenly... I... couldn't gather my courage, despite having sent you a letter, and I was worrying all alone... I was thinking : "Shall I go there, or... ?" But, when I saw you, that gave me a bit of courage. My fears disappeared, whatever what will come out of this meeting. I finally realized that the most frightening moment, is when you put a stop at doing nothing and let things stay as they are. Sir Kazeno, please listen what I'd like to tell you... I... had a person I loved. That person too gave me kindness... ... I had the feeling... That I wouldn't mind even giving myself to that person, if it was him... But, that person died in a shipwreck... I... couldn't save him... ... I don't remember how much time has passed since then... As that elapsed time was too meaningless to me... But... Time went in motion again inside of me... Yes... Since the time I saw you at the pier... You then saved Miss Sophia from those scary people. That scene... had a feeling of déjà-vu... It was exactly the same as when that person saved me. That may be my imagination, but... ... Your face... is exactly the same as that person's. And then, when you fell from that boat... I thought : "I'll save him no matter what... I won't repeat the same mistake..." At that time... Yes... At the time you came back to your senses on this beach... My heart was settled. I thought : "I want... to love him". Th, that's an troublesome story, don't you think ? Falling in love with someone you don't know because he looks identical... B, but... I'm not saying I love you because you look like that person... I... came to love you, the person named Kazeno. Sir Kazeno. Lastly, there's a one thing I want to ask you... That feeling of mine... Do you accept to take it... ? YES NO * YES * Anne: T, Thank you... very much... Sob... I'm... I'm... I'm so glad to have gathered my courage... But, if only I could be in the same era as you... What a nonsense... I can't live in the same time period with a person, yet I fall in love with a person... ... Why God didn't give me life as a person ? I... I want to be with you in the same era as you ! I want to live as a person !! I... I... I don't want things to end like this... I don't want to vanish like this... I want... to be with y... --- Anne's last words dissolved along with her body in the moonlit sea. --- What's left is the necklace she was wearing on her... Anne: Sir Sety... I'll... I'll treasure it for my whole existence. That night... I'll never forget it... ever... ...Snow that melts on a hand's palm and disappears... Just like... my...