Wandering Bard

[Wandering Bard]

This is very dangerous,

It is best to leave here,

The front is about to face

the danger of extreme death.

I've told you

everything I wanted to tell you.

I hope we'll meet again someplace else.

Until then,

stay safe.

I'm leaving for someplace else

in search of new stories to tell.

You'll be on your way, I'll be on my.

I don't have a story to tell you at this moment.

I'm trying to rest my mind.

Why don't you go

rest for a while?

Adventurer,

what story

did you bring me?

You have not yet met the requirements to complete the quest.

Please be safe.

Maybe you're not ready

for that task just yet.

Come back later,

and I'll have a new story ready for you.

Bye for now.

- Tell your story. -

Maybe there's

more to it than that,

but we wouldn't know

because it's too late.

Your story dampens my mood,

and I wasn't in a good mood to begin with.

Well, at least I'm glad to see you back in one piece.

Schwarzwald seems to be

split into

various political factions.

Political intrigues don't mean much

to wandering artists like me.

I'm proud of you, though:

you've become acquainted with the president

and carried out a secret mission for him.

And I'm also glad to see you back in one piece.

Scholars are such a strange kind.

I can't fathom what joy they'd feel

in studying such a thing.

Of course, to some people

my search for new stories

sounds meaningless.

I don't care, so long as I have

curious adventurers like you with whom to pass the time.

Welcome back.

I really enjoyed this story of yours.

Only the gods know

who's right

and who's wrong.

I believe that applies to those scientists as well.

If you ask me,

I can't say which side is right or wrong.

Can you?

The advancement of technology doesn't always mean

the destruction of the old.

Technology cannot advance by itself.

Neither can medical science

and life research.

Um,

at least that's what I've heard.

...Just forget I said that.

The general populace

only likes to hear about happy endings,

so let's focus on

the positive aspects of the story,

instead of

the dark,

depressing ones.

I'm not sure if the same thing

won't happen

in this excavation site

because even I can sense a dangerous shadow looming over it.

And about the last person you've met,

um...

Never mind. I shouldn't even have said that.

We can only watch

the factions conspire against each other

and hope for

the best.

As a bard, my duty is simply to spread the word to the public.

I'm glad to see you back in one piece.

And thank you

for such a valuable story.

Sigh, I hate to say this,

but this will have to be the last time

we share stories with each other.

Thank you for telling me all those interesting tales.

Please take this.

I hope

it'll be useful for you.

I have to leave

in search of new stories.

Be safe.

Please give me some time.

I want to make a new song

based on the story you've just told me.

You should rest and regroup in the meantime.

Listen to my story.

In the Republic of Schwarzwald,

where science prevails over magic,

a giant corporation of men

is rumored to conduct research

whose purpose is noble and questionable at the same time.

Do you know

what's going on behind the closed doors of the corporation?

You should

look further into what that corporation is doing.

Please be careful.

Do you know the president of

the Republic of Schwarzwald?

Usually, commoners like you and me

could never dream of meeting such a prominent figure,

but rumor has it you can

if you can find his contact in Lighthalzen.

Not only can you meet the president,

but you can unlock some new adventure.

Look for his contact,

and everything else will take care of itself.

Who knows?

The adventure of your life might await you.

I wonder where all these researchers

have come from.

They must be

from all over the globe,

seeking the thrills of discovering the unknown.

I think the most daring kind of people are

scholars and researchers,

like those at the Juno Library...

Oh, speaking of the Juno Library,

I know there's a scholar

who does the same kind of research,

you know,

looking at odd-looking things all day.

talk to that scholar.

He may open your eyes to a whole new world.

Are these people

helping each other?

Rumor has it there's a mad scientist

in Juno, and a group of people are

trying to thwart his dangerous research.

I'd say the statement is biased.

Maybe the scientist is sound,

and those people are dangerous.

Who knows? I would steer clear of both of them, though, if I were you.

Scholars. Where do they draw the line at their research?

Drifters like you and me

have no care for the world, and I'm glad for that.

In Hugel, there's a scholar

who's rumored to be obsessed with a dangerous experiment.

I want you to go find out

what it is he's after:

happiness or hollow ambition.

I've seen the same scenery

a long time ago,

when Odin Temple

was first discovered.

Oh, that reminds me

of the story about

the two--no, three people related to Odin Temple.

I wonder if Hugel still has the signboard

to recruit excavators.

Would you go check it out?

I want to hear the story behind those excavators when you get back.