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M 13 “Betrothal Ceremony”
Raphael: Is this really all right?
Francis: I decided it for myself.
Raphael: I understand. As God wills.
Gabriel: We’re going to hold the ceremony for Sir Francis and Lydia, Father Raphael.
Mikhail shoves forward out of the crowd and grabs Raphael, holding a knife to his throat.
Mikhail: Stop!
Raphael: Mikhail!
Mikhail: This ceremony is over. That man is shadowed by a crime of heresy against the Church of Rome!
Raphael: You have violated the precepts! You will fall into hell!
Mikhail: Letting another man have the woman I love – that is hell!
Gabriel: Even if you weren’t a priest, you couldn’t be my successor.
Mikhail: Why?
Gabriel: Because you are weak.
Mikhail: What?!
Gabriel: Not just your body. Your heart is weak as well!
Mikhail: What did you say…? How should I become strong, then?
Mikhail shoves Raphael away and begins to go up the steps to the cross.
Raphael: Wait! Don’t go near it!
Mikhail: I wonder… what will happen if I release the seal?
Raphael: Stop!
Mikhail rips the cross out of its mooring and lifts it into the air. He disappears.
Mikhail: There is no God in this world! Francis, now I am a god!
Gabriel: Mikhail, stop!
Gabriel: He’s opened the seal….
Lydia: How could this happen…?
Raphael: Mikhail has disappeared!
Gabriel: No, he’ll be back. With the violent souls absorbed.
Francis: We must seal them again.
Gabriel: But that requires power.
Francis: There’s not a second to spare! We must do the rite. Lydia!
Lydia: Yes.
Francis: Bring me into the family. Give me the soul, now. Quickly!
Lydia: Is this really what you want?
Francis: What do I have to hesitate over? I’m just taking on the same destiny as the one I love.
They kiss.
Francis: My last kiss as a human. Now, give me the soul!
Lydia: Kneel…
Francis kneels and Lydia bites him, taking his blood and lowering him slowly to the floor. He lies there, unconscious.
Gabriel: The rite is finished without hindrance. When he opens his eyes, Francis will be the true successor of the vampire race.
M 15 “Mikhail’s Counterattack ~ Lydia’s Death”
With another crash of thunder, Mikhail has returned. His cassock is gone, and now he wears armor and carries a sword. The soldiers who were chasing Francis follow him into the temple.
Mikhail: Where is Francis?
Raphael: Mikhail! You…
Mikhail: I summoned his pursuers.
Mikhail: Gabriel, only a vampire can win over a vampire, right?
Gabriel: Be quiet!
Mikhail: The wild souls are inside me. Shall we test them? Go!
Mikhail: Lydia, move.
Mikhail lifts his sword, but Lydia stands between him and the unconscious Francis.
Lydia: No.
Mikhail: If you don’t move, you’ll lose your life.
Lydia: I don’t care.
Mikhail: You love Francis that much?!
Lydia: Yes. That’s love.
Mikhail: It’s a lie!
Mikhail cuts her down, then turns to plunge his sword into Francis.
Mikhail: There is no such thing as love. Remember that, Francis.
But Francis wakes up in time to grab the sword. The two wrestle for a short time, and then Francis stands up. He has the sword now. Mikhail picks up the broken cross.
Mikhail: Come!
Francis: Mikhail, give back the cross.
Mikhail: No.
The two wrestle for it, and then Mikhail disappears in a cloud of smoke and thunder. Francis begins searching for Lydia. He finds her and takes her into his arms. She is dying.
Francis: Lydia!
M 16 “The Burden of Love” (Reprise)
Francis: Lydia! Lydia!
Lydia: Lord Francis… I’m glad I was able to meet you. It gave meaning to my hundreds of years of waiting.
Francis: Lydia…
Lydia: Only a vampire can win over a vampire. Gather the five roses… If Mikhail gets them, his power will increase…
Francis: Lydia!
Francis:
A fate I never knew was approaching
At last we have met, lovely flower bud
My beloved has ceased to breath
The burden of loving
Clamps down on my chest
To go on living
To go on living
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