Episode Title:
The End of a Lie
Episode Description:
Sherry activates the control relic, deactivating the Eye and its barrier. Cid arrives disguised as Eminence and his army of Shadows begins slaughtering the terrorists. Iris is enraged that it appears Shadow Garden is responsible for the attack. Cid finds Gaunt Knight burning Sherry’s research and reveals he is Ruslan, Sherry’s adoptive father. Ruslan explains he was once a master swordsman, until an illness weakened him. Believing the Eye might cure him he cultivated a relationship with the woman studying it, Sherry’s mother. When she grew too afraid to continue her research Ruslan killed her and adopted Sherry as a pawn to complete the research he needed. Ruslan combines the Eye with the control relic and regains his lost sword skills. Cid is still the better swordsman so Ruslan brags he has framed Shadow Garden for all his crimes. Unconcerned, Cid kills Ruslan, witnessed by Sherry. The kingdom designates Shadow Garden as a terrorist organisation. Sherry informs Cid she will miss him but with Ruslan dead she has decided to transfer to a scientific research academy to pursue her new goal. Cid asks what her new goal is; she insists it is secret but her dark aura suggests her new goal is sinister.
