Namco × Capcom/Story/P4:Pre-Stage

Shinkai - Ishtar's Temple

Ishtar: "Are you really... going alone?"
Valkyrie: "Yes."
Valkyrie: "I believe I fully understand how dangerous this matter is..."
Ishtar: "Then why not have your 'follower' accompany you...?"
Valkyrie: "With all due respect, Lady Ishtar... 'He' has a family to protect."
Valkyrie: "'The Phantom Potion,' 'The Key of Time,' 'The Golden Seed'... In every incident, he fought without regard for his family..."
Ishtar: "........."
Valkyrie: "I don't want to involve Kurino in this fight any further."
Ishtar: "But, the events occurring in every world right now... isn't it impossible to resolve them with your power alone?"
Valkyrie: "I'm sorry, Lady Ishtar... Even so... I don't want to involve him."
Ishtar: "........."
Ishtar: "...I have already informed the chief of the Sandra tribe of this."
Ishtar: "If anyone breaks this order... they will be branded as a traitor."
Ishtar: "Is this... alright?"
Valkyrie: "........."
Valkyrie: "Thank you."
Valkyrie: "...Then, I will depart immediately."
Ishtar: "Shouldn't you at least enlist the help of the 'Golden Knight' and the 'Silver Knight'?"
Valkyrie: "...Their battles also ended... at that time."
Valkyrie: "I don't want to threaten their current peaceful lives with those hateful memories..."
Valkyrie: "If we can end this without anything happening... I think that would be best."
Ishtar: "........."
Valkyrie: "Then... I will go."
Ishtar: "........."
Ishtar: (Valkyrie... Even a warrior like you... doesn't seem to understand...)
Ishtar: (About the men who, despite being mere mortals, fought through "that battle"...)
Ishtar: (And most importantly... about that young man from the Sandra tribe...)

Makai - Demitri's Castle, Central Hall

Dimitri: "........."
Dimitri: "............"
Dimitri: "..............."
Dimitri: "It's incredibly boring... Don't you think?"
???: "Yes, I agree with that opinion."
Demitri: "What are you doing here, Morrigan?"
Morrigan: "Hehe... just saying hello. A lady has come all the way to a gentleman's bedchamber, you know?"
Morrigan: "Isn't it a gentleman's duty to treat her gently...?"
Demitri: "...Did you come to settle things?"
Morrigan: "Well? Take a guess."
Demitri: "Hmph... whether I'm right or wrong doesn't matter."
Demitri: "Now, Lord of Aensland, fight me!"
Demitri: "Betting on who is the strongest in Makai... betting on the right to rule the darkness!"
Morrigan: "Ah, stop, stop."
Demitri: "Nu..."
Morrigan: "I'm the type to save the fun for later. ...Otherwise, I'd die of boredom."
Morrigan: "Besides... you're not even slightly appealing right now."
Morrigan: "It wouldn't be any fun."
Demitri: "You... enough already..."
Morrigan: "Then why don't you tear me apart right here?"
Morrigan: "Then you'll be the king of Makai."
Morrigan: "...Oh, but before that, you have to get rid of Enma, don't you?"
Demitri: "...Even if I win against someone like you, it's meaningless...!"
Morrigan: "Hehe, that's right."
Morrigan: "...That's what I'm saying is boring. You wouldn't understand, though, not in your current state."
Demitri: "...Nonsense."
Morrigan: "Hehe... I shouldn't tease you too much, it would be cruel. How about we talk about something fun?"
Morrigan: "...The demon Druaga... you know him, right?"
Demitri: "The demon who was once driven into the 'Rift of Time' by humans?"
Demitri: "Hmph, what about him...?"
Morrigan: "Hey, listen to the end of the story."
Morrigan: "...And then there's the Demon King Zouna, the Demon King Astaroth, the evil sword, Soul Edge..."
Demitri: "Wait, those things were all sealed away in the 'Rift of Time' in the past..."
Demitri: "...I see, the 'Rift of Time'...!" Morrigan: "That's right, it's opened."
Morrigan: "Pandora's Box, where everything inconvenient was sealed away."
Demitri: "Heh heh... ha ha ha..."
Morrigan: "Hehehe... isn't it? Interesting... Don't you think it's going to get very interesting?"
Morrigan: "Ufufu..."
Demitri: "Then, does that mean 'that village' will reappear as well?"
Demitri: "Hehehe... Hahahahahahaha!"