Seisen to Shinigami Dai Yonbu "Kokushoku no Shinigami" ~Eiyuu no Kikan~

聖戦と死神 第4部「黒色の死神」 〜英雄の帰郷〜

Holy War and the Reaper Part 4 "The Black Reaper" ~The hero's homecoming~

Band
  • Sound Horizon
Release Medium CD
Disc Number 1
Track Number 10
Length 3:52

Holy War and the Reaper Part 4 "The Black Reaper" ~The hero's homecoming~ (in Japanese 聖戦と死神 第4部「黒色の死神」 〜英雄の帰郷〜, Seisen to Shinigami Dai Yonbu "Kokushoku no Shinigami" ~Eiyuu no Kikan~) is the tenth track on Sound Horizon's first story renewal CD Chronicle 2nd.

Lyrics

The defection of Alvarez sent shock waves rippling not only within the Empire,
But also throughout the entire continent of Garia...

The era seeks for a hero, and counterattacks were launched one after another
The former region of Castilla announced independence from the empire
The former region of Lombardo and former region of Preuzehn follow its lead
The accumulated hatred for holy war finally reached its breaking point in the empire

Holding Alvarez as an example, soldiers and peasants alike rushed to defect
Forced into fierce battles form all four directions,
The empire continued to lose territory, its power exhausted...
And...the changing tides of war brought one decision upon this era...

That is...one letter addressed by Emperor St. Childebert VI
To the queen of Britannia...

4th year of the imperial calender『Verseine cease-fire agreement convention』
Imperial territory, palace of Yvelines Verseine
The queen of roses proceeds through the marble corridors
On her left is Parsifal, on her right is Alvarez
Within the shade of the pillar is an uninvited guest...

An assassin sent by the Black Order...
A fatal strike of time made from a blind spot...
Ah...history does not allow alterations...

Within the frozen time
Alvarez crumbled to his knees
Parsifal's thunder spear flashed
And Gefenbauer fell as well

Is that...the moment when history changed its course?
Or was everything decided from the very beginning?

"...so you went first...Gefenbauer...
Humans are...such sad beings..."

Even within the final darkness that invites him...

"Ah...how red...what a red sunset...
Charlotte...I'll definitely...definitely come back..."


Year 630 of the Britannian calendar. The hero Albers Alvarez
Fell to the strike of an assassin within the palace of Yvelines[Verseine]...carved on his tombstone
Is one stanza from a poem Luna Ballad dedicated to him...

He killed many; and spared as many. He troubled many; and fulfilled as many.
Ah...<Brethren of Belga>[Arbelge] rests here...

The great war that involved the whole of Garia seems all but unstoppable now
When it reached its finale...more blood and tears would've been shed
And 5 years would've passed...

A hill stained by the sunset. Two tombstones nestled close to each other.
The white crow flies on bravely, beyond the endless sky...

Translated by Defade.

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Alvarez亡命の報は 帝国のみならず
Garia全土に強い衝撃を響かせ疾はしった…

時代は英雄を求め 反撃の狼煙は上げられた
旧Castilla領が 帝国に対し独立宣戦を布告
旧Lombardo領 旧Preuzehn領がそれに続き
帝国内部で高まりつつあった聖戦への反感が遂に爆発

Alvarezを頼り 軍・民・問わず亡命者が殺到
更に熾烈な四正面作戦を強いられた帝国は
次第に領土を削られ 国力を疲弊していった...
そして...戦局の流転は 時代にひとつの決断を投げ掛ける…

それは...皇帝 聖サンChildebert6世より
Britannia女王へと宛てられた一通の親書…

帝国暦4年『Verseine休戦協定会談』
帝国領Yvelines Verseine宮殿
大理石の回廊を進む薔薇の女王
左にはParsifal 右にはAlvarez
柱の陰には招かれざる客…

黒の教団より放たれし刺客...
死角より放たれし時くろの凶弾…
嗚呼...歴史は改竄を赦さない…

凍りつく時間ときの中を
崩れ堕ちるAlvarez
Parsifalの雷槍やりが閃き
崩れ落ちるGefenbauer

それは...歴史の流れが変わる瞬間だろうか?
それとも最初から全て決められていのだろうか…

「...先に逝ったのか...Gefenbauer...
人間ひととは全く...哀しい生物ものだな…」

彼を誘う最期の闇 その中にさえ…

「嗚呼...朱い...何て朱い夕陽なんだ...
Charlotte...私は必ず...必ず帰って…」

Britannia暦630年 英雄Albers Alvarez
Yvelinesベルセーヌ宮殿 にて暗殺者の凶弾に倒れる...彼の墓碑銘には
Luna Balladが捧げた詩の一節が刻まれた…

多くを殺し 多くを生かした 多くを悩み 多くを為した
<Belgaの同胞アーベルジュ>ここに眠ると…

Garia全土を巻き込んでなお停まらない大戦
その終結には...更に多くの血と涙 5年の歳月を要するのである…

夕陽に染まる丘 寄り添うように並ぶ二つの墓標
白鴉が凛と羽ばたいて往く 終わらない空の向こうへ…

History

Credits

Vocals:
Aramary


Voices:
Aramary
Jimang


Musicians:
Other All Violin by Mutsumi Suzuki
Cello by Shigeru Ohara

Flute & Piccolo Flute by Remiko Kawase
Clarinet by Kazuhisa Kojima
Oboe & English Horn by Masayo Miyata
Fagotto by Hiroaki Kimizuka

Trumpet by Miki Iwatuki
Trombone by Takuya Handa
Alto Sax & Tenor Sax by Kei Suzuki

Udu & Djembe & Tambourince & Castanet & Other Percussion & Computer Programming by Revo


Production:
Produced by Sound Horizon

Lyrics & Image Story Written by Revo
Music Composed & Arranged by Revo

Recorded & Mixed & Mastered by Revo
Booklet & Label Design by Yokoyan
Special thanks for Kuri
Recorded at Studio C5