Erlking (after battle)
I'll knock that wretch unconscious! It is one of many lesser-known skills of Butlers to keep their foes neutralized.
Dante. Our foremost priority should be...
... finding out who it was that showed the Erlking Heathcliff about Heathcliffs and Catherines in every world. The one who opened his eyes to the Mirror Worlds.
<... I see now. Faust, you only have the potential to know all things... not the knowledge of all things.>
... If that statement pertains to me, then yes. But that is -
<I suppose I'll find out when it's your turn. One thing at a time, Faust. Let's think about this from the very start.>
Understood. The very first question we must ask is how Catherine suddenly gained a keen interest in studying the Mirror Worlds. Considering that she had led a relatively normal life before Heathcliff's departure, this behavior seems highly irregular.
So it's pretty much a given that there was someone acting behind the scenes, egging her on...
Indeed. Someone who handed the mirror to Catherine, leading her to create the laboratory. Someone who had to have invited Erlking Heathcliff to this manor.
It must be someone close to Catherine. Someone who she heavily relied on.
…….
Executive Manager. If you would allow me to voice a few suspicions.
Do you recall what Nelly said, when we first discovered the Golden Bough in the basement?
T-there! Is that the Golden Bough you were looking for...?
<Right... she did say that.>
Executive Manager. She couldn't have known that we were actively seeking the Golden Boughs. We never shared that information with her. The only thing she should have known at that stage is what Catherine's will stated: that she was leaving the Golden Bough to Heathcliff.
And...
When we encountered the Dead Rabbits in the corridor...
She claimed that the 'word on the street' is that we must be wary of Dead Rabbits with red eyes, but... as you are well aware yourself, in the 'streets', their eyes would not have had any color.
Right? She wasn't even at an angle where she could see their eyes.
It can only mean that she was already aware of that fact before we encountered them.
<Nelly...>
<Don't let Nelly anywhere near Heathcliff...!>
But we were too late.
Now ascend to the rooftops... Heathcliff.
... Nelly? Why are you talking to him...?
Do you still not understand?
It was Nelly who invited me to this manor!
She summoned me here, gave me information I needed to utterly destroy that fool Hindley.
Oh, and it was Nelly who introduced me to that girl, Isabella.
Do not ask me why, for the answer is quite plain. Because we were both tired of enduring!
Erlking Heathcliff, now freed by Nelly's hand...
<NO!>
Disappeared to the rooftop of the manor.