WHEREIN IS TOLD THE TALE OF CASSETTI'S FILIAL IMPIETY AND THE TRAGIC NATURE OF THE LYRICS (before battle)

We finally found a moment of respite from Bloodfiends...

I looked toward Don Quixote for a moment before turning to Faust.

I had to know the answer to this question before moving forward.

<... Faust knows why, doesn't she?>

<Why... what caused Don Quixote to transform, back then...>

Yes...

I suppose there is no reason for this information to remain classified from you any longer, now that we are here.

... For Bloodfiends, going against the bloodstream is akin to a Taboo. Back on the WARP train, Cassetti attempted to turn Don Quixote into his Kindred. In other words... a lower Bloodfiend attempted to turn a higher Bloodfiend.

<Didn't Moses say that there's a... psychological barrier that makes it practically impossible for them to do that?

Yet, there was a variable then, by the name of Rocinante. As long as Rocinante remains on her feet, Don Quixote loses all characteristics and powers of a Bloodfiend save for her desire for blood.

Then, when Rocinante sensed that Cassetti had broken the Bloodfiend taboo, they slipped off on their own from Don Quixote...

... and Don Quixote, her nature as Bloodfiend returned, must have felt a strong level of instinctual revulsion and fury against Cassetti who attempted to break the taboo.

That would explain her high level of aggression at the time.

<Then...>

Come on, where's the end of this line?!

There is no time to gripe! Clear the path ahead so that our Executive Manager won't have to suffer these monsters.

<…….>

Will you not inquire further?

<No...>

Of course, I had a whole mountain of questions to ask her.

But the answers to those questions did not lie with Faust.

<Because what matters now is that we keep forging onward.>

♬I'm going insane♬ ♬From this burning thirst♬

♬In the streets♬

Saunter SO MANY TASTY MORSELS FOR US!!

♬As it tears♬ (My nails are falling off…!)

♬As it cracks♬ (My hands... my face...!!!)

♬Keep smilin'♬ ♬With those lips♬

I can't... I can't move my lips anymore... Stuck in a smile...

The lyrics are...

... Yes. Getting increasingly depressing.