Claude: Alright *stabs her*... Oh, before you die, why me, of all people?
If you go all the way back from the last Save Point in Fienal to Central City (it's a really long walk, I hope you don't mind... No, there's no way to get out more quickly), you'll meet Filia here. You might remember her for her accurate prediction of the disaster that struck the town of Clik. Wait a minute, that was on Expel! How in the world... Well, it doesn't matter, she seems to want your help.
She abruptly says she wants you to kill her, and tries to explain this insane thought of hers by mentioning how she's linked to the Ten Wise Men. As it usually happens in these cases, you get no chance to even choose what to do, because she disappears shortly after that; all you learn is that she's the daughter of Dr. Lantis, the man that created the Tewn Wise Men. Oh, you also learn that Filia was 'programmed to be unable to get her own life'... Does it mean she's an android or something? Who cares? She left an equippable accessory behind!
This event has the effect of changing the last part of the game: the secret research data in North City (which you can only unlock with some private Actions with Chisato) would have told you explicitly, but you may also deduce by yourself that Dr. Lantis is Indalecio, turned into an android to lead the Ten Wise Men in his plan of total destruction; what you don't learn with just this scene is that he's decided to do all that because of revenge against the people who killed his daughter and covered their crime. I won't bore you with all the information you can get from the secret data, just know that obtaining it doesn't actually change anything in the story. This event with Filia, instead, causes Indalecio to absorb her consciousness and to erase the limiter factor that sealed his real power.
Fighting Indalecio with this 'limiter' erased nets you a slight variation of the ending sequence; more importantly, it makes the final battle a lot harder. And by that I mean A LOT harder! His speed increases dramatically, he can now easily cast any Heraldry spell while moving (and at that speed it's almost impossible to disrupt his chanting), he's physically stronger, and he can also petrify his opponents with his attacks. Winning this battle is no joke, even on the basic difficulty (the game has two hidden difficulty levels, and at the last one, 'Universe', he's almost unbeatable, no matter your characters' level); if you plan to fight 'Limiter-off' Indalecio, I'd suggest you try going through the Cave of Trials first. What's that, you say? Well, where should I start...?
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