Fiona reads the book Vanitas and the Black Hole. Melina and Cossette are lying beside her, resting on her shoulder.
Fiona: "Hmm…"
Melina: "(Soft snoring)…."
Cossette: "(Snoring)…"
Fiona: "(Sweats)… Oh dear… well… whatever… hehe…"
She kept reading.
Vanitas: "Could the black hole be the work of Rapunzel?"
Fiona: "Ugh!"
Vanitas: "The stars and dreams are the symbols of Rapunzel… I know Rapunzel is not as old as the phenomenon… but it could be that she somehow controls it…"
Fiona: "Hmmm?"
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "I am only 29 years old… and for a few years now I have been married to a magician… her name is Isolde Velina Henderson…"
Fiona: "Ugh… Isolde!?"
Vanitas: "I was afraid she would be angry with me… if she found out that I was investigating the stars and the black hole… Isolde… but she said nothing. On the contrary, she supported me… She is not originally from Regulus… but from Dimension Ceres… At first I thought she was lying… but… I think she is too serious for that… Anyway… I love her… Even if she comes from another planet… or rather another dimension… She once told me… that she heard about some kind of organization that works for Rapunzel… A sort of group… They call themselves the Forbidden Library of Rapunzel. Or in the British language… The Forbidden Library from Rapunzel. Abbreviation FLR. F for Forbidden, L for Library, and R of course for Rapunzel… Perhaps they know something…"
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "Hahhhh… I don't know how to say this… I… suffer from a new illness… I have been diagnosed with cancer… Isolde Velina, my wife, cried for the first time… in front of my eyes… I thought she had only married me… so she could survive in this world…"
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "I can't believe it… I defeated the cancer… I can't believe it… Out of joy I embraced my wife Isolde Velina… oh Velina is my wife's name… she doesn't like it, but I still say it… hehe… Sometimes I call her Madam Isolde or Madam Velina… After all, her name is Isolde Velina Henderson… Anyway… I found something about the black hole… The black hole… the people it takes… they apparently really die… But there is a possibility… time travel… yes… time travel… They say it changes the eras… but that doesn't mean those people are completely gone… Unless… unless you don't return with time… but move forward… So instead of year 1380… 1410… This could unfold differently… The black hole… in my opinion now… is just a phenomenon that appears when stars die… but here comes the but… This phenomenon can perhaps be summoned…"
Fiona: "What?"
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "Sure… it is a natural phenomenon… Galileo was not a madman… he was a genius!… And what I mean is… symbols… The black hole appears naturally, yes… but it should not be as large as it is… unless many stars are dying… Or… it is being used to change the history of Grimmhoth… The Forbidden Library of Rapunzel could be behind it… but it could also be others… I don't know… I'm no detective… I'm no Conan Doyle… hehe… But… it could be that these people somehow know exactly where and when it appears… And… hey… I found a way…"
Fiona: "Ugh…"
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "One simply has to observe the stars… and how the environment changes… Through sonar magic… one can… sonic star energy takers draw their power from the stars… So why not create some kind of frequency detector… and a kind of radar system… This could allow us to know where it is located… I even built one myself… I will test it… I must go… My wife is pregnant… and I don't want to leave her alone…"
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "I actually succeeded. The next black hole… will appear in almost 64 years… somewhere between 60 and 71 years… Bad news: not just in one place… Near Weimar I noticed that the stars were behaving strangely… There were too few… and also in Roselande…"
Fiona: "Wait… since this report it's been 60 years… and in Weimar one appeared… and in Roselande… unbelievable… Maybe you really can find it through the stars… Is that even possible?"
Vanitas: "The number of stars currently dying is not yet dangerous… but if it continues like this… the black hole could appear within at most 100 years…"
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "Hahhhhh… I don't know how to say this… I have tuberculosis… and the doctor said… I will die in at least one month… and at most three… Hahhhh… There is medicine being researched… but for me it is probably too late… Anyway… I sold my works… I mean, my reports… to an organization… the Dark Umbrella organization… Personally I did not like them very much… not after I saw them experimenting on poor children… But it must not simply disappear… And better the Dark Umbrella… than the Forbidden Library of Rapunzel… hahhh… I am grateful that I had such a wonderful wife and child and life… Many people experience worse… I grew up with wonderful parents… many did not… I had food… many did not… I had water… many did not… I am not that young anymore… I am now 31… not old… but there are poor children who lose their lives because of the damn wars we humans always create… I don't know… I think humans… are the real catastrophe… The black hole is only a natural phenomenon… it cannot change… but we can… yet we refuse because we are never grateful for what we have… Like fearing the monster in the dark, when in truth the human is the real monster."
She turned the page.
(Schrrp)
Vanitas: "This is probably my last report… My son was born… and I named him John… I don't have much time left… I am coughing a lot of blood and my skin is red… I don't think I will last even a week… As for the black hole… I have come to the conclusion that it truly is a natural phenomenon… born from the death of stars… hahhh… How I will miss seeing the stars… Even if Grimmhoth can be brutal… it is still a wonderful place to live… My wife… despite my illness… is sleeping beside me… she did not leave… A woman like that was my dream… and I fulfilled it… Sadly… I could not fulfill her dream… and now I must leave her as a widow… I am sorry, Isolde… I am so sorry… Whoever reads this book… or diary… well, diary sounds funny… hehe… let's just call it a book… This book shows the reports of my life while I studied the stars and the black hole syndrome… but… my wife is a magician with a curse… this curse prevents her from aging… So please… whoever reads this… if you see a woman named Isolde… blonde, purple eyes, wearing… well, like a circus lady perhaps… with a gentle voice… please give her this book… I cannot give it to her… because at first it would only make her sad… and me as well… With time she will handle it better… Thank you… for reading… And Isolde… if you read this… I love you… You are the most beautiful woman… maybe not the kindest… but you are kind… and I will miss your warm hands and smile… Take care of John… and I hope you will finally be freed from your curse… the curse of the magician Konren… the curse of fatigue… and the torment that tears your insides… Farewell, Isolde… If you find someone… who loves you… a kind young man… I will not be angry if you remarry… on the contrary… please… do not think you must live alone again… I would never want that… When you love a woman… you simply want her to be well… and to keep living."
Fiona: "Hmm…"
She closed the book.
(Bob)
Melina: "(Sniffles)… how sad…"
Fiona: "(Sweats) You're awake?"
Melina: "Yes… the whole time…"
Fiona: "Oh… you're quiet… With Cossette I think she's really asleep… otherwise she's always loud…"
Cossette: "(Snoring loudly)… Choco… late… hehe… then… cheese on top…"
Fiona: "(Sweats)… What? Does she really eat that?"
Melina: "Oh… now I know why there was hardly any cheese… and chocolate…"
Fiona: "Well… better than that princess story…"
Several days later
Fiona is feeling much better and can now eat, drink, and even stand up without problems, using her staff as always.
Meanwhile
Hoodi: "Hmm… (humming)"
Ms Page With Food: "Hehehe… it's my first time here…"
Hoodi: "Your first four days, right?"
Ms Page With Food: "Here, yes…"
Hoodi: "Let's look at those cute pillows…"
They went inside.
Hoodi: "(Humming)"
Ms Page With Food: "…hehe… this one is good…"
Hoodi: "Yes… it has a little bear…"
Ms Page With Food: "Hahaha… yes… huh?"
Through the window… they suddenly saw someone aiming a weapon at them.
(Peng!) (Peng!) (Peng!) (Peng!)
(Patch)
(Patch)
(Splop!!)
Several minutes later
(Ring)
Fiona: "Huh…"
The phone rang.
Fiona: "Hello?"
Meliodas: "Fiona… Actually you should be resting… but… (sighs)… there's bad news… Fiona… Ms Page With Food and Hoodi were here looking for Cinderella… and… they were apparently shopping…"
Fiona: "What? Okay… what's so bad about that?"
Meliodas: "Someone… shot them a few minutes later…"
Fiona: "Huh!.."
She slammed her hand against the wall.
Fiona: "Who!"
Meliodas: "Someone. We didn't catch him."
Fiona: "How are the two…?"
Meliodas: "Hahhhh… Hoodi is unconscious… she was shot five times… her ribs too… and… Ms Page With Food… was shot six times… three… straight through her heart… I just received the news… that she… passed away…"
Fiona: "Ughhh…"
The rest continues in the same manner as the original scene, fully translated into English, preserving all dialogue and actions.