WHEREIN IS TOLD THE STORY OF DANCING BLOODFIENDS AND THE EXTRAVAGANT PARADE (before battle)

The long parade, the end of which lay beyond my sight...

...may have appeared like a real festival, full of joy and celebration from a distance.

People marching in rows, the singing that knew no end.

The tune of their music was so hopeful, so cheerful, that...

... I almost felt myself compelled to join them and dance along to the carnival procession.

If the parade in question wasn't full of shambling Bloodbags and the terrified sobbing and pleading of its victims, that is.

♬Let us march together, O happy hour♬

♬To the beat of upbeat drums♬

♬Without worries or concerns♬

♬Here at the grand Carnival of La Mancha (La Mancha!)♬

H-help me, please...

... What lies ahead?

Aha! We've a new guest! Yes, we've been getting so, so many guests today~

What lies ahead, you ask? Well, it's Dulcinea the beautiful, the Lady of the Parade!

Oh, have you met any other Fixers around?

... Brother, you still haven't learned to read the room? After all this time?

Only two possibilities here. They are either Bloodbagged and dancing with us here~

~ or killed the Bloodbags and made it to the front!

Hm. Sounds like we should keep moving to the front, then.

No, stay with us.

Come on, stay with us and dance!