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Chapter Name: The Skull Knight

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(An opening scene shows a forest at night time)

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(Gutts sits down by himself beside a camp fire)

Gutts

(An owl hoots)

-………..

(Suddenly he hears a wolf howls, so he ready his sword)

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Gutts

(The wolf runs away into the forest)

-…..…

-Sh…why was I so jumpy just now…

-……

-“It’s been awhile since the last time I was alone”

-“Alone in a forest like this.”

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Gutts

-“It’s been 3 years”

-“I never had to stay by myself like this”

-“I totally forgotten..”

-“the uneasy feeling without the sword besides my body”

-“I completely forgotten….a night can be this dark and long”

-“At that time I didn’t think of running away from the night…”

-“I never thought I would be able to escape from it”

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Gutts

-“Have I….”

-“Abandoned what can not be replaced…”

-“Am I by myself again?”

-“Well……if it’s a bit warmer…..I might feel better…”

-“Will I get it or not..”

-“I have no idea whether I will succeed but….am I doing a useless thing for my dim future?”

-“Even though there’s no huge dream…”

-“Human can still go on”

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Gutts

-“I’m having this thought”

-“Because  I accidentally heard what  Griffith said…otherwise…I wouldn’t be like this”

-“Like this….”

-“Can it be called…..following my own dream and dream?”

-“In the end……”

-“You…Can never be like Griffith” (Thinking about what Corkus said to him earlier)

-“Not anymore…that’s probably the past”

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(Gutts senses energy aura nearby, instinctively he grabs on to his sword)

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Gutts

-…..

-“What…”

-“What is this dark energy field….”

-“A wild animal?”

-“No…”

-“I remember!!”

-“This…”

-“This kind of attacking energy aura…”

-“Is it…!?” (Thinks about the Nosferatu Zodd)

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Gutts

(A large shadow appears behind Gutts)

-“He’s now behind me…!?”

-“He could do this easily….!?”

-“I didn’t even know he was there!!”

-“I can’t move…..”

-“If I move, I will be..”

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Gutts

-“I’ll be killed by him!!!”

(Gutts swings his sword aiming to attack the shadow behind him)

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Gutts

-!?

(A face with skull begin to appear from the darkness of the forest)

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(The skull knight appears in front of Gutts)

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Gutts

-“It can’t be…!?”

-“He was behind me……!!”

-“I never wrong about sensing enemies. He was really going to take a hit at me..!?”

-“Shocked!?“

-“No….”

-“But this…”

-“This surreal feeling is….!!”

Skull Knight

-The gear has begun moving

Gutts

-“Gear!?”

-“What the hell is he talking about!?”

Skull Knight

-The struggled one

-Be prepared

Gutts

-“The struggled one?”

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Skull Knight

-A year from now is the day of branding!!

-When you and your friends! The people who are yet to exist at this moment!! And half of your body who’s destined to be a king will gather at my place!!

-The hurricane of death and the un-washable rain of sin will be pore down into your body.

-Be prepare, the struggled one

-You who were born from a corpse and who begun his life from death!!

-You are closer to death than most and was growing up escaping from death.

Gutts

-“Who the hell are you!?”

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Skull Knight

-Struggling!!

-This is the only weapon you wield in facing death

-Do not forget that.

Gutts

-Who are you!!

-How did you know about my past…!??

Skull Knight

-At the lowest depth of hopelessness….

-He who rises up holding a broken sword…

-That is….

Gutts

-W…Wait!!

-……

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Gutts

-“Was it just an imagination…!?”

-“…No” (Gutts see the foot print of Skull Knight’s horse)

-“Skull knight….”

(Scene shifts back to the rainy night at the palace)

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P. Charlotte

-The snow probably melt

Palace Maids

-Please go to sleep, my princess, you might catch cold

P. Charlotte

-You girls can go take a rest now.

Palace Maid A

-The princess seem so unhappy

Palace Maid B

-Of course

-That’s because Count Yurius and The Queen died recently

-It must be really sad having 3 relatives died very close together.

Palace Maid A

-I can understand about the deaths of Count Yurius and Adonis…but the princess hated the Queen

Palace Maid B

-Silly you

-Even though that’s true….they are mother-daughter you know?

P. Charlotte

(sigh)

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(P. Charlotte hears a knock on the window)

P. Charlotte

-? (P. Charlotte sees Griffith outside the window)

-eh?

Palace Maid

-What is it, princess?

P. Charlotte

-N..Nothing..you can go now…

-….. (open the window quietly)

-Griffith!?

-What’s going on? Why are you standing in the rain at the time like this…!?

Griffith

-Good evening princess Charlotte

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P. Charlotte

-If the guards know you came in the palace at this time…you will be in big trouble

-If someone finds out…!!

Griffith

-If you don’t mind, may I come in your room?

-It’ll be quite bad if someone sees me here

-And it’s pretty tough balancing my body at the edge of window like this

P. Charlotte

-Eh..yes……

-Please come in….

Griffith

-Excuse me.. (Griffith comes in through the window)

-I’m sorry..I’m making a mess in your room

-And sorry for visiting late at night like this (P. Charlotte throws herself into Griffith’s arms)

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Griffith

-……

P. Charlotte

-I really want to see you

-Since that day

-Half a year ago..when you marched the army out

-Since you got promoted, I’ve been very scared

-Scared that I might one day hear bad news about you in some battlefield

-I’ve been having nightmares…..

-And after you got back safely…these horrible things had to happen at the ceremony……

-I was unconscious…..after I came to my senses again…my mother’s……

-There were so many scary things and very sad…

-I’ve been all by myself

-Why…..

-Why didn’t you come see me earlier!?

Griffith

-……

(Griffith kisses the Princess)