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Skuld is reading a manga when she comes across an ad
for angel-related merchandise. This makes her think
of her own angel, Noble Scarlet, who is still locked
away within her tiny egg. Skuld contemplates swallowing
the Angel Egg, so that she can see Noble Scarlet once
again, only to be stopped by Urd, who states Skuld does
not have enough power to control an angel. The young
goddess cries out how much she misses her angel, and
that Urd would miss hers too if she was forced to be
separated from it. Hearing this sends an emotional jolt
through Urd, but she only walks off, stating that Skuld
would not understand. Once she is alone, Skuld wonders
to herself what Urd was doing with an Angel Egg that
one time anyway (as seen in Chapter 80).
Outside
the house, Urd approaches Belldandy, and asks what it
was like for her when she first met her own angel, Holy
Bell. Belldandy states that meeting her angel for the
first time was like seeing a mirror, reflecting her
innermost soul. Urd states that perhaps this is the
very reason why encountering her angel for the first
time was so terrifying for herself. Urd goes back to
her room, and tries to call forth her angel, but nothing
happens. Unknown to her, Skuld is watching. She concludes
that Urd does not have an angel either, and comes up
with a plan for revenge.
Later
that day, Belldandy is in her room, reading the mystic
stone Runes that can predict the future. Urd enters,
and asks whose fortune she is reading. Much to Urds
shock, it is hers. The Goddess becomes even more nervous
when Belldandy begins drawing stones that bear the symbols
for challenges ahead. It seems that Urd
is to face a terrific challenge in the near future that
will force her to come face-to-face with her true self.
At
that same moment, Keiichi is sitting down to watch TV,
only to discover all the inside circuitry has been removed.
The same goes for his stereo as well. Knowing that Skuld
is behind it, since shes always tinkering with
his electronics without him knowing, he goes to her
room where he finds the young Goddess hard at work at
a giant mechanical device that she has dubbed The Skuld
Power Amp A-707. It is a device that will amplify
her own power, giving her enough strength to control
her angel, Noble Scarlet. Not wanting to get involved,
Keiichi starts to walk off, but unknowingly sets his
foot on the devices switch, which turns it on.
Instantly, Skulds magic powers are amplified,
and a swirling mass of water (Skulds elemental
power) begins to surround the two.
Belldandy
and Urd hear the cries of Keiichi, and race into Skulds
room. They are shocked to discover both their sister
and Keiichi trapped within a powerful swirling wall
of water. Keiichi tries to run through the magical wall,
but it is so powerful and fast, the constantly swirling
mass of water knocks him away. Belldandy summons her
angel, Holy Bell, to create an opening in the wall with
its wind magic, but even that is not strong enough to
break through. She states that only a fire elemental
spell, which is Urds signature element, can break
through water. Belldandy asks Urd to summon her angel,
yet Urd refuses, stating that it is impossible
We
learn that years ago, when Urd was a child, she used
to question if it was true that she was the offspring
of a God and a Demon. When the day came that Urd had
to swallow her Angel Egg, and meet her angel for the
first time, she was horrified to discover that the fact
she was only a half goddess was true, and that it was
reflected by her angels physical appearance. Urd
screamed in terror at the sight of her angel, and said
she never wanted to see it again. Since angels obey
the word of their Goddesses, it disappeared, and Urd
has not been able to summon it since. Belldandy, however,
reminds her that angels obey the soul of a Goddess much
more than their words. If Urd truly wants to see her
angel once more, it will obey her summon.
Urd
realizes she has been running from her true self all
this time, and that she is ready to confront her inner
self once more. She calls forth her angel, World of
Elegance a beautiful spirit who represents Urds
half nature with the wings on its back, one white (God),
one black (Demon). Calling upon the power of the angel,
Urd is able to destroy the wall of water surrounding
Keiichi and Skuld. As she holds her sisters unconscious
body in her arms, Urd silently hopes that Skuld will
get to see Noble Scarlet again someday soon. But, before
that happens, Urd plans to have plenty of chances to
rub it in, and show off her angels powers to her
jealous sister
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