Ep. 19

Summary

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Pandora meets young Emilia at the seal and reveals that the girl herself possesses the key. She promises to spare the forest if Emilia opens the door, but Emilia refuses because she promised Fortuna never to do so. Fortuna arrives and battles Pandora while comforting her daughter. Geuse joins the fight, already destabilized by the Sloth Witch Factor. Pandora manipulates his perception, causing him to strike Fortuna with an Unseen Hand. As Fortuna dies, she apologizes to Emilia’s father and reassures Emilia of her love. Geuse collapses into madness after realizing he killed the woman he cherished, while Pandora praises the act as proof of love. Emilia’s grief unleashes overwhelming ice magic. She repeatedly attacks Pandora and freezes the forest, its inhabitants, and eventually herself, but cannot permanently harm the witch. Pandora erases Emilia’s memory of her and departs with the broken Geuse. In the present, Emilia accepts responsibility without accepting Pandora’s judgment. She resolves to free the people she froze and passes the first trial. After waking, she mourns Fortuna openly. Subaru then confronts Roswaal, arguing that Otto’s unpredictable involvement has already invalidated the Tome’s supposedly perfect future and demanding that Roswaal surrender the wager.