Saya, Hagi and others in “Do You Remember the Promise?”

How do you pronounce it?

I believe it's called Pokrovskoye. This is the village where Gregory was born.

Is that our destination?

Not quite. But according to all of the reports that we've received, Gregory is supposedly hiding somewhere outside this village.

I remember. He had died.

This country was in the middle of intense turmoil after the Revolution broke out. That scenario would make this the perfect place for chiropterans to slip away from us and go into hiding. First, we should stop at the village mentioned in the report and collect some information on Gregory.

What about Anastasia?

Anastasia? Well, I'm sure that she must be hiding out somewhere in this country. As far as she goes, she trusted Gregory completely.

You're right. We should start looking for Gregory.

Agreed.

Gregory? Well, he kind of looks like the second son of the Eflmovich family, the wealthy farming family from the village of Pokirovskoye. He was called Rasputin.

Rasputin?

The translation means "a debauched one."

That's right. In every village, all young people just keep leaving and leaving. They're all Rasputins.

So, there are no more young people left?

There's still a young woman. Sonia.

Sonia?

She is the daughter of Yuri, a strange scientist who used to live on the outskirts of the village. He was doing all sorts of weird experiments. No one from the village even went near the place. Crazy man, I tell you. Then he moved to Ekaterinburg, but for some odd reason, he moved his family back here after the Revolution broke out. There she is. That is Sonia.

Hello, ma'am. Do you need any help? Good morning.

I must be going now. Good luck.

I haven't seen you before. Just passing through?

We're looking for someone.

Someone?

A man who goes by the name of Gregory.

Gregory?

Right. That's him.

Can't help. I've only been living here about two years, so I don't really know many people in the village.

I see.

Tell me. Where are you two staying in town tonight?

What?

I haven't seen anyone my own age for a pretty long time. You could spend the night at my house. and we could stay up and talk. I think it would be a lot of fun. You could come, too. There's an empty room, there's plenty of food, and besides, I would love the company.

But I wouldn't---I wouldn't want to be an incovenince for your father.

My father is no longer with me. Not long ago, he was discovered dead. When they found his body, he was very pale, as if he was drained of blood.