The Day You Vanished with the Stars/Story/Faded Memories

Faded Memories is the 1st chapter of the The Day You Vanished with the Stars storyline.

Summary

Kongming with Rozaliya and Liliya behind her.

Captain wakes up to see Rozaliya and Liliya above him, but their figures are soon replaced by fragmented memories of his past adventures. The flux of images is interrupted by Kongming's appearance. The two talk about the three kingdoms and how the Captain found the wish granter, yet failed to return to his world. Another attempt to send him back was about to be performed and as they bid their farewells, Kongming mentions that Captain strongly reminds her of certain someone.

The formation must have failed as rather than aboard Hyperion, Captain finds himself in damaged ruins. Panicked Theresa, disguised as Kongming, runs into him and the two try to make a run for it to escape enemies on their tail. They fail and both get captured by Emberyan soldiers.

Script

Transcluded Script

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Chinese and Japanese romanizations and translations, if present, are unofficial.

Last updated: January 4, 2022

Characters Present

Rozaliya

Liliya

Captain

Arch Imperator

Rita

Corsair Queen

Yae Sakura

Water Djinn

Seele

Bronya

Start

File:The Day You Vanished with the Stars (CG01).mp4

Rozaliya

Lili Lili! Look, this one is awake!

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Liliya

Da, Roza Roza. You're right.

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Two voices rushed to my ears the moment I woke up.

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One is cold, tired and the other one is warm and peppy... but both are unmistakably teen girl voices.

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My senses gradually returned to me as my body fought against the numbness.

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What happened? Where am I now?

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Though I didn't have the answers to these questions, my past experience soon laid out a simple fact for me.

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Another stupid ponzi scheme with hot girls.

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Captain

I'll just get back to sleep. Nothing good for me after I open my eyes.

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Rozaliya

Lili! Look, this one is trying to escape from reality. Did you hear those words, Lili?

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Liliya

Da, Roza. It sounds like what losers would say. I heard everything.

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Captain

Ahem. So you did hear me.

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Captain

But you can never wake someone pretending to be asleep.

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Captain

Shameful but... eh?

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Captain

(What's with this strong sense of deja vu?)

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Arch Imperator

I've traveled the mountains and seas for many seasons... I tried many things, and failed many times...

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Arch Imperator

Just before I decided to give up...

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Arch Imperator

I heard about the Holy Writings describing a God who can fulfill any wish.

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Arch Imperator

So again I traveled the mountains and seas...

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Liliya

Skip the boring repetitions, please.

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Arch Imperator

Ahem...

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Captain

...Fu Hua?! Why are you dressed like...

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No, I know it. She is not her.

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The Arch Imperator of the Holy Schicksal Empire - the part she now plays in this world fragment.

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File:The Day You Vanished with the Stars (CG03).mp4

Rita

Here we go.

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Rita

Allow me to re-introduce myself.

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Rita

I'm a bound handmaiden of the Forbidden Citadel...

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Rita

And Grand Chancellor of Emberya, Rita Rossweisse.

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Grand Chancellor of Emberya... even now she couldn't seem to shake off her maiden identity.

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A lot happened the last time, and I miss it dearly.

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Wait... miss?

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It's all very recent, but why do I...

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Corsair Queen

You're just a fish for gutting and salting.

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Corsair Queen

So are you a fool trying to look brave?

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I'd rather be a reckless fool...

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If you could somehow return to the lady leaning by the bar and throwing drunken words at me.

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Yae Sakura

Thank goodness...

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Yae Sakura

You're finally awake.

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Captain

The beach, the island... This is...

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Ah, I remember now!

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It's an unplanned adventure.

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File:The Day You Vanished with the Stars (CG06).mp4

Water Djinn

Leave me alone, human.

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Water Djinn

Be my slave, and I'll keep you alive till the end of the world.

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The Water Djinn dwelling alone in the Desert Pyramid.

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Seele

I didn't! Stop getting so close to me.

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The girl venturing alone to find her big sister.

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File:The Day You Vanished with the Stars (CG08).mp4

Bronya

Seele, I'm sorry...

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And the Rime Witch freezing the battlefield to seal the Colossus.

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File:The Day You Vanished with the Stars (CG09).mp4

Zhuge Kongming

Humph, finally starting to remember?

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Ah, now I remember.

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Captain

I was teleported against my will to a certain world fragment...

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Captain

Where three kingdoms were warring with each other for the ancient ruins that kept the legendary wish granter.

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Zhuge Kongming

Exactly. You won the wish granter, but somehow you ended up losing the opportunity to return to where you belong.

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Captain

The thoughtful chancellor told me she Grand Seeress gained immortality as the finder of the wish granter.

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Captain

She might teach me how to travel to other isekai worlds.

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Zhuge Kongming

My tried and true formation should have worked like a charm.

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Zhuge Kongming

In the end, your pathetic obsession brought much uncertainty to the system and even I suffered from your idiocy.

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Captain

Oh, maybe deep down, I've always wanted to stay... in a world where I don't belong, but everyone is safe and sound.

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Captain

It's a world where people come and go. Perhaps we just couldn't handle farewells.

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Zhuge Kongming

"Couldn't handle farewells"? That sounds familiar.

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Zhuge Kongming

But the only reason I'm here is to end this farce once and for all.

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Zhuge Kongming

It's time to go, Captain.

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Captain

Can you answer me one last question?

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Zhuge Kongming

Let me hear it.

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Captain

When it happened, you knew the formation went wrong but you didn't back up from it.

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Captain

Instead, you stepped right into our mess and ended up here with us. Why?

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Zhuge Kongming

Why would I care about...

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Zhuge Kongming

Ahem... saving one life is equal to saving the world world... that's the empress's way.

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Captain

And?

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Zhuge Kongming

And for some uncanny reason, you always remind me of someone I used to know, even though you look nothing alike.

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Zhuge Kongming

I'm just slightly intrigued by you, the self-professed "Captain".

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Zhuge Kongming

No worries. There is plenty of time for you to know me in the coming days...

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Captain

Coming days? Wait...

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File:The Day You Vanished with the Stars (CG10).mp4

< The screen goes black. >

Captain

Huff... Kong... ming...

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I indulged myself in oxygen like a drowned person with one hand clenching to the rescue raft.

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Captain

Huff... huff...

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With Kongming and the other images from the past still lingering on my retinas, I could hardly see what lay before me.

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Captain

Ho... this is...

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A cold and rough pain attacked my palms. Seems like my senses came back faster than my brain.

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Very soon, the flashing images settled down and became solid memories.

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???

Hey!

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Some noise came to my ears, but I couldn't make it out.

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???

Move aside! Out of my way!

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Captain

Right, Kongming blamed me for dragging her into it, but she did promise to send me back to Hyperion.

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Captain

This doesn't look like...

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???

...What's wrong with you?! You're getting me caught... Damn you!

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I felt a violent tug at my arm. Whoever did this seemed in panic, unsure whether to push me aside or pull me up.

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???

It's you?!

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Captain

Her brute force sent me a sharp pain up my arm and put an abrupt end to my numbness.

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Captain

Thanks to her, I began to see the surroundings.

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Captain

...Wait... you're Kongming?

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As I began to size up the girl in sight, a peculiar familiarity came to me.

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Captain

But the way you speak is different. You remind me more of someone else...

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Captain

Are you... TeRiRi the Magic Girl Emperyus... and the Grand Seeress?

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She froze for a brief moment, and gave me a dry smile.

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Theresa

Even you saw through my disguise. It's a total failure.

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Theresa

And stop calling me that. I'm no longer the Grand Seeress. I'm a fugitive now.

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Captain

Fugitive? What happened?

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Captain

And why are you dressed like Kong...

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Theresa

Long story... Enemies are catching up.

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< The screen goes black, then switches to the battlefield, where the Captain will have control of Theresa's [Starlit Astrologos] battlesuit. >

< Defeat the enemies. >

Theresa

Why are you still here? I thought you left.

Captain

Where... am I?

Theresa

It's the ruins. You've been here, remember?

Captain

Ruins? Hmm... It looks even more broken now.

Theresa

Eyes on the road!

< Enemies defeated. >

< Enter the blue portal and move to a second part of the stage. >

< Defeat the enemies. >

Captain

This isn't right... Kongming said she'd send me back to Hyperion,

Captain

which is my world, but now...

Theresa

Kongming said that? Are you kidding me?! That can't be possible...

Captain

Wha... What happened?

Captain

Watch out! Someone is there!

< Enemies defeated. >

Swoosh... swoosh... swoosh...

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Three arrows darted into the ground barely before our feet, with the arrow vanes vibrating fiercely.

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I took Theresa's arm to flee the other way, but a harsh kick in the knee sent me to the ground.

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And my eyes then took me back to complete darkness.

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< The screen goes black. >

Soldier A

Separate them and take them away.

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Captain

What do you want? Let go of her!

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Theresa

Darn it... take me back to Rita, or kill me now!

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Soldier A

Enough talk. Her Majesty wants her alive.

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Soldier B

What do we do with this one?

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After a short silence, a cold breeze swept over my neck.

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Theresa

He knows nothing, and he didn't even see your faces...

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I thought I heard a lance knocking the ground. My captors were probably deciding when to take my life.

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Soldier B

We should leave it to Her Majesty's decision.

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Soldier A

Yeah... just a small potato of no consequence.

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Soldier B

Hahahah, let's move.

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My hands were firmly tied behind my back, and with a sudden tug of the rope, I was sent faltering forward.

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Captain

Hey, where are you taking us?

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The answer I got was a mean elbow strike in the stomach.

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Captain

Ugh...

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Coughing violently, I was then hauled up from the ground.

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I was no stranger to a bag over the head, but something told me this time was different.

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As cold sweat crept up my back, I tried to take a deep breath and sort out everything I knew so far.

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First of all, I didn't return to Hyperion, and I'm not on the island either. I'm with the Grand Seeress and...

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I must have returned to the era of Holy Schicksal Empire, Jormungond, and Emberya...

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But...

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After a while, my captor suddenly stopped and took the gunny sack off my head. I got a glimpse of the surroundings.

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Night had fallen and I was standing before an imposing palace.

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???

I heard he's a friend of Theresa. Release him now.

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Soldier B

Show your gratitude to Her Majesty now!

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Captain

"Her Majesty"? The ruler of Emberya... Who are you?

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The guard taunted me as he lifted his hand that held my head low.

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Soldier A

Ha, this one has lost it. Everyone in the world knows...

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File:The Day You Vanished with the Stars (CG12).mp4

End