Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight ReLive Main Story Series 8 - Part 2: The General's Ruby

This story continues from Part 1: The lost ones.

Part 2A

The monarch continues on as he tells the grand chancellor the immense gravity of the situation they are in. They trudge on through the path as they walk towards the first landmark: the volcano where the Goddess of Fire resided. This is also the place where the ruby has flown to.

The ruby is the gemstone that represents military might, and was held by a legendary general. The ruby represents the power the monarch has over the military, and with the ruby in the crown jewels, the monarch can control his armies and achieve victory over his enemies.

They arrive at the volcano, where they find the ruby. On the Revue Stage, they find Liu Meifan being attacked by a Chorus. Michiru and Akira defeat the Chorus handily, and this is when Akira remembers Frau Rubin - Liu Meifan.

The scene goes back to 7 months ago, when the term just started, and Akira has just taken the mantle of Frau Platin.

The silence of the student council room is unceremoniously broken by loud knocking at the door. Shocked, Akira opens the door to see Meifan congratulating her on her new appointment as the new student council chairman. After an enthusiastic exchange of formalities (mostly from Meifan), Meifan tells the both of them about her background in Peking opera, and how she was so impressed by Akira's performance in Elysion--Rebirth the previous year that she learnt Japanese (wtf?) and applied to enter Siegfeld. With her entrance into Siegfeld secured, she wishes to be on the same stage as Akira as an Edel. When asked by Akira about what being on the Monarch of Stages means, Meifan answers that it means bringing the student community together to bring out the best in the Monarch of Stages, and that means serving the school community as the student councillors by supporting the student council chairman in their specific functions. This is immediately followed by Akira flatly rejecting Meifan for the running of the student council and Michiru showing her the door. 


Part 2B

The next day, Akira and Michiru continue on with the search for who will be the next student councillors. They arrive at the student council room to see Meifan cleaning the student council room windows. After another confirmation from Akira that Meifan is still not in consideration to be in the Edel team, Michiru shows Meifan the door.

The day after, Akira and Michiru look through the budget estimates and the to-do list for the student council. As Michiru teaches Akira on the finer aspects of behaving more king-like and enters the room, they see Meifan prostrating at the student council room. Meifan mentions that she has been doing that since 6 in the morning, in the hopes that she can star in the same stage as Akira. She continues that Akira was the reason that she left her hometown and applied to enter Siegfeld. Michiru counters that this was exactly the reason why the both of them rejected Meifan. The role of an Edel is not to single-mindedly serve the monarch, but to serve the student community with equal importance. Meifan's obsession with Akira meant that she lost sight of the need to serve the student community as a member of Edel, and therefore will not be considered for any of the vacant roles.

After Michiru shows Meifan the door (again), Akira thanks her for tanking the role as the bad news bearer, to which Michiru tells her that as the monarch of Edel she didn't need to really use words for that. Michiru looks closer at Meifan's profile and thinks about how out of all the foreign applicants to Siegfeld, Meifan was the only one who actually succeeded in entering Siegfeld. Nevertheless, Akira remains steadfast that regardless of performatory skill, to be accepted as a member of Edel it is important to have a mind to serve the student community as a whole and not just the monarch.

Just as they were about to begin their student council duties, they hear a loud clanging of a gong outside. That is when Akira remembers Meifan as Frau Rubin.

『万里を越えし　覇王の風に
巡り見つけた　己の舞台
胸に秘めたる　龍の紅玉
命をささぐは　貴き白金
「フラウ・ルビン紅玉の君」　リュウ柳・メイファン美帆！
燃ラン燒シャオ吧バー，激ジ情チィン烈レ焰イェン，王ワン道ダゥ擔ダン當ダン
（情熱の炎で、王道を作る！）』

"Crossing a thousand miles, through a warlord's wind
A stage of my own, for which I came across
From the dragon's ruby, to which I have kept hidden
To dedicate my life, to the nobility of the platinum
--Frau Rubin-- Liu Meifan!
The fires of passion burn, to light the royal path!"

[this is what I think Meifan was saying, but her pronunciation is so bad I can't be certain]

As Meifan continues, Michiru tells Akira that Meifan was exactly like how Akira was like back then. Akira reiterates her point that what she is looking for in a member of Edel is not a fan of her, but then she reconsiders. Meifan doesn't want to be a member of Edel because she is Akira's fan, but rather because of Akira's role of Frau Platin, who Meifan wants to support with her ability. With that, Michiru agrees, and asks Akira what kind of role she wants Meifan to fill, to which Akira thinks that since Meifan is good in kanji (wtf that's not how it works) she would fit in as the secretary.

Michiru and Akira return to the Elysion stage. With the ruby secured, the monarch now feels the passion that the ruby exudes, they exit the volcano towards the west, where the Marquis's Jade lies.

Continue on to Part 3: The Marquis's Jade.