Fiftieth..?

[No, she doesn't understand what he means by that. By her reckoning, Sebastian had just released his report recently, and Austria hadn't yet poisoned Spain; she didn't hesitate, she didn't drag it out and put it off until the last moment, and Austria hadn't had the chance to go through with her plot. The museum was never opened. Spain was never killed—

So how does Kaoru know about the anniversary...? It's a question that will weigh heavily on her until she has the answer, but for the moment there is a more pressing need. Kaoru's anxiety is infectious and she is seized by the insistent urge to explain, to make him understand - surely he won't panic if he just understands...]

They... they said that... I had to. Something went wrong— Something was... wrong. They said I could end it. [End the game.] Someone was— Interfering... And that was why my memories of you were so muddled, and if it went on any longer none of us would ever be able to... they said if I acted, everyone who was still alive would be saved but I—

I didn't care about them... I just wanted to save you.

[Her hold on him tightens.]

So I killed... Kuzuryuu-san and Feferi-san. And I framed Nanami-san— They said that if I retired after she was executed, they would send everyone home and let me save you right away... They promised...