Victorique is thrown off by Brian close to a nearby cliff's edge and finds herself behind what seems like an inevitable demise. Brian soon clings on to Victorique's necklace — the one that links her to Kazuya — and this triggers Victorique to defend it, causing Brian to lose his balance and fall into the cliff behind them.
In spite of Brian's attempts to murder her, Victorique decides to take him along to a cruise away from Sauville. The sight of a man drenched in blood alarms the boarding passengers, but neither Victorique nor Brian take heed of this.
The line of passengers would make boarding a difficult task for Brian, so he and Victorique rest on a nearby warehouse. Brian still cannot believe that Victorique would still save him in spite of what he tried to do to her, but Victorique points out that she just wants to avoid losing more that what she had gained, and for nothing else.
Soon, to their shock, Grevil appears in front of them, flanked by two members of the Ministry of the Occult. As Victorique and Brian argue over who shall protect who, Grevil does the unthinkable: acting as if Victorique was not there and talking to Brian Roscoe as if he never knew him. Soon, Grevil leaves a challenge for Victorique albeit indirectly: "If you've decided to run, show me how far you can get. Use that Monstre Charmant brain."
Victorique and Brian are soon able to board the ship, and as Grevil looks on at his younger sister, he receives ill news of his father's fate.
Like the Marquis' only son, the king Rupert de Gilet is also shocked at the news of Marquis Albert de Blois' assassination. However, the king is mortified by the news, now that he finds himself without an adviser to assist him.
Meanwhile, the flames that erupted from the appointment ceremony of Albert de Blois continue to spread, and while many have fled from the scene, a single person can be seen walking towards those flames: the loving Brian Roscoe. He reminisces on his life and meeting Cordelia Gallo, and as he holds the hand of his departed loved one, he lets himself be consumed by the flames.
Aboard a passenger liner, Victorique tends to the wounds of the hateful Brian Roscoe. On one of her trips to get some medicine to ease Brian's pain, she overhears a conversation from other passengers. She heard about the death of the Marquis, and about a woman who became the Monstre Charmant. However, aside from that, she never got any more information.
While Victorique continues to take care of Brian Roscoe, Kazuya Kujo writes another letter to Victorique in a military camp. He realizes that it took him until sunrise to write the letter, and he decides to gaze at the golden sunrise. To his shock, however, the sun's ray mask a squadron of enemy bombers.
In a split second, the military camp is bombed.
Several days later, Victorique finds out that there have been various attempts to look for her, and she finds herself in danger of being captured. Nonetheless, she continues to take care of Brian.
Soon, Brian tells Victorique about his life with his twin as sons of a Gray Wolf mother and a father not born from Saillune. At a young age, they were abandoned even by their mother, and they were forced to earn a living in the streets as magicians. They learned to hate the people who disgraced them, but when they met Cordelia Gallo, how they see the world changed. The twins soon travel alongside Cordelia in protecting her daughter, her only mission in life, and this cause them to develop jealousy to Victorique.
That jealousy was the reason why he planned on killing her.
However, it is no longer a concern to him. Brian now wants Victorique to live for Cordelia's sake.
Those were Brian's last words before he succumbed to his injuries. That night, his corpse was thrown into the sea. After the short funeral offered for Brian, several men looking for someone with golden-blond hair approach her... only to discover that Victorique's hair is silver, like the moon.
Days after Brian's death, Victorique is alone in her cabin. As she rests, she discovers that the necklace Kazuya gave her has a slip of paper inside. To her joy, she discovers Kazuya's drawing of himself, Victorique, Grevil, Cecile and Avril.
Soon, the passenger ship goes to dock, and while most of the passengers leave the ship, Victorique decides to stay. She was later accompanied by Jupiter Roget. Although alarmed at her presence at first, Victorique calms down a bit as Jupiter gives a stack of letters to Victorique, all addressed to her.
It turns out that all of those letters were written by Kazuya, and in the trip, she reads on to his letters. According to the letters, he has joined the military after a long time of disobeying his father and his brothers, and promises to survive the war to tell her something very important that he wants to tell it to her directly.
However, it is uncertain whether if he will be able to fulfill his promise; nonetheless, Victorique continues to hope.
After the war that broke out, things have started to return to normal. Although almost obliterated, Saubrème tries to survive past the ordeal they faced, and any traces of the Monstre Charmant has already been forgotten. In one of the libraries in the city, a young man becomes one of the helpers, and he stumbles upon the storybook about the Monstre Charmant. The young man would turn out to be Ambrose, the Gray Wolf who left his village with Grevil, Victorique and Kazuya.
Grevil would later be reinstated into the Sauville Police with the help of his friend Jacqueline de Signore. In spite of this, Jacqueline is worried that Grevil has taken her remark about his deception to heart, but it seems that it is not the case. Grevil has also abandoned the hairstyle that bound him to a dark deal with Victorique.
As for Avril, she pursued her wish of becoming an explorer and she also grew her hair long so that she can boast about it. However, as she tries to send a message-in-a-bottle to the sea for Victorique and Kazuya, it seems that the sea is conspiring against her, much to her chagrin.
Rupert the Gilet no longer wears the ceremonial attire of a country's monarch despite still ruling as king. He soon receives a visit from Jupiter Roget, who clarifies things about Coco Rose's death. As Rupert de Gilet realizes the truth, he pleads for Jupiter to assist him in leading the nation. Jupiter accepts it, but not under the Science Academy.
Sophie and Cecile, as promised, soon reopen Saint Marguerite Academy.
Spring, 1929.
Cherry blossoms bloom on a war-torn Japan, and a ship full of Imperial soldiers return Japanese men from their loved ones. As mixed reactions are seen from those who have missed their loved ones, both joy, longing and grief, Ruri Kujo and a small girl wait for Kazuya's return.
As Ruri runs off to ask for Kazuya, he unexpectedly walks to the little girl, who is in fact a silver-haired Victorique. It has been years since she stumbled upon the Kujo residence, and thanks to his l
letters, her longing has subsided.
Now, Kazuya and Victorique are able to walk together once again.
"No matter how the world changes,
we'll never be separated again."
we'll never be separated again."
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