At his favorite spot on North Barona Road, Richard tells Asbel his dream of having a world without conflict. While trying to be sneaky upon the return to Barona, Asbel is caught by his father. Rather than get reprimanded, he sees this as an opportunity to freely explore the city, which will include the castle itself, as invited by Richard. However, this has to be done after dark.

Head back to the Inn for a scene, which is a little bit interesting. You’ll automatically receive the Second-Born Son title for Hubert, who rejoins the party. Head inside the inn and speak to the Innkeeper to rest until nightfall. Upstairs, enter the previously locked room to grab the Rice x3 from the closet and once it is nightfall, you can exit the Inn and head to the Castle District, turn right, and head to the Royal Sanctuary for a scene.

Once on the inside, examine the shining water to discover the Water of Absolution (Discovery) and obtain Water of Absolution x3 for a skit The Boy Who Knew Everything. You can now check the other side of the altar to enter the catacombs.

Barona Catacombs¶

Follow the path until you reach a stone door, where you can view the Revenge Will Be Mine! skit, and then continue over the bridge to a chest with 500 Gald inside. You’ll then want to head down the path to get the Apple Gel x3 and then head back up the main path and continue for a chest with a Glassphere inside.

At the next split go up the path to get a Life Bottle and then backtrack to the lower path with a save for the skit Sticky Situation .

Monarch Bat Boss Guide¶

You’ll want yourself and your AI partners to focus on taking out the smaller bats first, allowing you to diminish the overall damage put out by the group. The Monarch Bat liked to use Photon Strike, a three strike attack that throws balls of light on the ground and damages the targets within it, and Dark Sliver, a single target attack. Setting Sophie to focus on healing with First Aid will help you survive this attack and once you can focus on the Monarch Bat you shouldn’t have too much trouble to combo it to death.

With the Monarch Bat finished, it looks like things are finally clear for the party, but things take an unexpected turn. Watch the following scenes, which will bring an end to the Childhood Arc.