﻿\setgamedatatitle("Inside Lusario 1")

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The great Alda Forest stretches across the heart of the Nilt
region.
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At its deepest point lies Lusario, the kingdom of the
Brightleaf Elves.
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Its queen, Tiela, gazed down at her country with eyes full
of worry.
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A high-rise city fused with the trees. Not only elves live
here. Even if you can't see them, the spirits are there too.
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\text("Tiela")
(I'm sure everyone has noticed it too...)
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The forest... the spirits are restless. It's not just
her―this unease is surely spreading to her people as well.

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\text("El")
Lady Tiela! El Fraphnith, reporting back!

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\text("Tiela")
Thank you for your work. How was the forest?
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El... one of the few friends Tiela could truly trust, and
Lusario's finest archer.
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After finishing her patrol of the great forest, she always
came straight here to tell Tiela about what she'd seen.

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For Tiela, it was one of her few pleasures.

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\text("El")
Yes! Today, I saw a white fox and her cubs! They were so
fluffy and cute!

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\text("Tiela")
Hehe, is that so?
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She'd talk about which trees were bearing fruit, how she
treated an injured animal, or how she took a detour to
explore a new place for the first time.
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El spoke cheerfully, but at the end, her expression clouded
just a little.
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\text("El")
...But, the spirits were acting a little strange today.

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\text("Tiela")
You think so too, El?
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\text("El")
Yes. It's like they're panicking, or maybe scared... I
wonder what's going on?

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\text("Tiela")
...Something bad might be about to happen.

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\text("El")
Lady Tiela...
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\text("Tiela")
............
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\text("El")
It'll be okay!
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\text("El")
I'll definitely protect you, Lady Tiela! If any bad guys
show up, I'll shoot them all down with my bow!

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\text("Tiela")
El...
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\text("？？？")
Well, well, how reassuring.
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Tiela shrank back a little at the sudden appearance of a
man.
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\text("Tiela")
Rudol...
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\text("El")
Chancellor! I keep telling you to knock before you come in!
You're scaring Lady Tiela.

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\text("Rudol")
My apologies, Lady Tiela. There's something urgent I must
report.

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\text("Rudol")
It will take a little of your time... may I proceed?

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\text("Tiela")
Yes...
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\text("Rudol")
Recently, there was a report that bandits calling themselves
the Demon Lord's Army appeared in Old Hados.
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\text("Tiela")
Demon Lord...?
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The name that flashed through both Tiela and El's minds was
Demon Lord Astaroth.
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Hundreds of years ago, a demon who committed countless
atrocities alongside Diabolica―
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\text("El")
The Demon Lord, as in that Demon Lord!?
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\text("Rudol")
I doubt it. That Demon Lord has been gone for a long time.
It's probably just an impostor borrowing the name.

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\text("Tiela")
But it's true that the spirits are frightened, isn't it?

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\text("Rudol")
There's no need to worry so much. In the end, they're just a
bunch of monsters...
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\text("Rudol")
I doubt they could even occupy Old Hados, let alone invade
Lusario.
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\text("El")
But... isn't it dangerous to underestimate them like that?

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\text("Rudol")
Oh...? Are you saying, El-dono, that Lusario's soldiers are
inferior to bandits? That your bow couldn't even pierce the
neck of a fake Demon Lord?
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\text("El")
Of course not! My bow never misses its mark―one shot, one
kill!
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\text("Rudol")
...As you can see, El-dono is confident. Besides, 'Demon
Lords' are relics of a bygone era. There's no way a real one
still exists, right?
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\text("Tiela")
Yes... you're right...
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\text("El")
But I'm still worried... Maybe we should at least increase
the lookouts?

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\text("Rudol")
Shall I arrange that for you, then?
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\text("Tiela")
Please do.
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\text("Rudol")
Well then, I'll take my leave.
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\text("El")
............
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―The Demon Lord's Army. The threat to Lady Tiela.
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If that's the case, then what I must do is clear.
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El was never good at thinking about complicated things.
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That's why it's easier when the answer is obvious. There's
only one thing to do.
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\text("El")
(I will definitely protect Lady Tiela...!)

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Standing by Tiela's side as her face clouded with worry, El
made that vow.
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