17 - The Turning Wheel

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[00:02] ---
    Has there been any contact with
    Count Mazuurek since then?
[00:04] ---
    No. However, his Landing Castle
    is still functional.
[00:08] ---
    If its Aldnoah is still active, that
    means that Count Mazuurek is alive.
[00:13] ---
    Perhaps he is lying low and
    waiting for an opening. Or perhaps...
[00:17] ---
    Or perhaps he has been taken
    prisoner by the Terrans.
[00:19] ---
    Either way, it would be prudent to assume
    that Count Mazuurek will not return.
[00:24] ---
    In which case, there is but
    one course of action.
[00:28] ---
    What are you...?
[00:32] ---
    I cannot allow that Earthborn
    stray to run loose any longer.
[02:22] ---
    Resupplying and inspection operations
    are on schedule. No delays reported.
[02:26] ---
    As for Kataphrakt repairs,
[02:27] ---
    we are working in concert with the
    base's repair depot to get back on schedule.
[02:31] ---
    Very good. Carry on.
[02:34] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[02:35] ---
    And our Mars Knight guest?
[02:37] ---
    Not a word. He appears
    to be the silent type.
[02:40] ---
    Mizusaki, do you know why men who are
    the silent type are so attractive?
[02:46] ---
    Is it because they always
    seem calm and collected?
[02:48] ---
    It's because they sit quietly and
    listen to what you have to say.
[02:51] ---
    And our replacement crew?
[02:52] ---
    Y-Yes, ma'am. They're already aboard,
    and station shifts have been revised.
[02:58] ---
    A few of them were members
    of our previous crew.
[03:00] ---
    Warrant Officer Kaizuka and Lt. Marito.
[03:03] ---
    As well as Dr. Yagarai, who is now serving as an
    official medical officer with the rank of ensign.
[03:08] ---
    Also, there has been a request from
    Ensign Kaizuka to interrogate the Mars Knight.
[03:13] ---
    From Kaizuka Junior?
[03:15] ---
    He says he wants to use
    his analytical engine.
[03:20] ---
    You programmed this yourself, Inaho?
[03:23] ---
    All I did was customize the firmware
    that it was already running.
[03:29] ---
    The area it's tied into has
    been expanded, too. How's it feel?
[03:34] ---
    Not all that different.
[03:37] ---
    Try not to expand it
    any further, okay?
[03:39] ---
    By the time you notice it's affecting
    your brain, it'll already be too late.
[03:42] ---
    I won't. I'm aware of the risks.
[03:47] ---
    Oh, this is where you are.
[03:50] ---
    Yuki.
[03:52] ---
    Got a minute?
[03:55] ---
    Nao, why did you decide to
    serve aboard this ship?
[03:58] ---
    What do you mean, why?
[04:00] ---
    There's no reason
    for you to fight, right?
[04:04] ---
    You should have packed up and left
    once your injuries were healed.
[04:07] ---
    It's the same for you, Yuki.
[04:09] ---
    No, it's not. I'm a soldier.
[04:13] ---
    There was no reason for you to become
    a soldier, so it is the same.
[04:16] ---
    It is not!
[04:21] ---
    I regret it every day...
    That I made you into a soldier.
[04:27] ---
    When I saw you that day,
     unconscious and covered in blood,
[04:31] ---
    I asked myself,
    "Why didn't I stop you?"
[04:35] ---
    I became a soldier because I wanted to
    protect you and the world you live in.
[04:44] ---
    But you still...
[04:45] ---
    I'm sorry. But I can't stand
    around doing nothing.
[04:52] ---
    It's because of the princess, then?
[04:55] ---
    That girl's not the Princess
    Asseylum you used to know.
[05:00] ---
    She's now an enemy who's trying
    to conquer the Earth.
[05:03] ---
    That person is a fake. The real one
    is still alive somewhere.
[05:06] ---
    How could you
    possibly know that?
[05:08] ---
    That's what my left eye determined.
[05:12] ---
    Judging from the situation, I think
    she's being held against her will.
[05:17] ---
    So I want to rescue Seylum.
[05:20] ---
    That's impossible!
[05:21] ---
    Yuki, she was shot right in front of me.
[05:26] ---
    I was hurt, and she was shot
    as she was trying to help me.
[05:33] ---
    That's why I have to save her.
[05:37] ---
    Nao...
[05:47] ---
    It's been a long time.
[05:51] ---
    What is the Kataphrakt's status?
[05:53] ---
    When they ran diagnostics,
[05:55] ---
    they found even the sub-frame had
    been warped by the gravity waves.
[05:58] ---
    Looks like it basically
    needs an overhaul.
[06:01] ---
    I hear you quit drinking.
[06:04] ---
    My primary physician is a real nag.
[06:07] ---
    I guess a toast is out
    of the question, then.
[06:10] ---
    There's always room for toasts.
[06:13] ---
    You're unbelievable.
[06:14] ---
    It was doctor's orders. Medicinal.
[06:21] ---
    How are you feeling?
[06:25] ---
    Not very well, looks like. I heard you
    were subjected to a full body search.
[06:30] ---
    I never imagined I would be subjected
    to such primitive questioning.
[06:35] ---
    We can't have you using
    a poison tooth.
[06:39] ---
    What an outdated notion...
[06:41] ---
    That does seem to be
    your national character.
[06:44] ---
    From a Terran's point of view,
    I suppose Vers' feudal system
[06:47] ---
    would seem just as anachronistic.
[06:50] ---
    If it's a problem,
    change it yourselves.
[06:53] ---
    Spoken like someone born
    into a land of plenty.
[06:56] ---
    You're like pigs who
    are about to die.
[06:59] ---
    Once you are too cold
    to move, it is too late.
[07:02] ---
    You know quite a bit.
[07:04] ---
    You admit I'm right?
[07:05] ---
    No, about pigs. Even though Princess
    Asseylum had never seen birds before.
[07:11] ---
    You have spoken to
    Princess Asseylum?
[07:14] ---
    She spent time aboard this ship.
[07:17] ---
    I see. You are one of those who
    sought to exploit her, then.
[07:21] ---
    It wasn't exploitation.
    It was cooperation.
[07:24] ---
    Cooperation, you say?
[07:26] ---
    Can you tell me one thing?
[07:30] ---
    Do I look like a man who would
    sell out his country lightly?
[07:34] ---
    You don't look that way.
    Or sound that way.
[07:38] ---
    Which makes you the
    perfect man to ask.
[07:41] ---
    Have you sworn loyalty
    to Princess Asseylum?
[07:58] ---
    Aren't you going to eat, Rayet?
[08:00] ---
    If you don't eat a little, you won't have
    any energy when we go into battle.
[08:04] ---
    I'm not hungry.
[08:05] ---
    With fasting diets, the weight starts
    coming off at your boobs.
[08:08] ---
    I've never gone on
    a diet before.
[08:13] ---
    You've never dieted before, Rayet?
[08:16] ---
    That's amazing! How do you
    keep that figure?
[08:21] ---
    Would you tell me, too?
[08:24] ---
    Commander.
[08:25] ---
    Having lunch, ma'am?
[08:27] ---
    I thought it would be nice to eat somewhere
    besides the ship while we're in port.
[08:31] ---
    Right, we don't get to eat out
    very often, do we?
[08:34] ---
    That reminds me,
    has anyone seen Inaho?
[08:38] ---
    I was going to ask him to join us
    for lunch, but I haven't seen him.
[08:41] ---
    Ensign Kaizuka is interrogating
    the Mars Knight at the moment.
[08:46] ---
    Inaho's interrogating him?
[08:48] ---
    I'm heading back.
[08:51] ---
    Hey, wait... Rayet?
[08:55] ---
    She didn't tell us the
    secret to her figure.
[08:58] ---
    So, you are saying that the Princess Asseylum
    currently at our moon base is an impostor?
[09:07] ---
    Yes.
[09:08] ---
    If that is true, where is the real one?
[09:12] ---
    Is she being held prisoner somewhere?
[09:16] ---
    Or is there a reason she
    cannot show herself?
[09:18] ---
    Possibly both.
[09:20] ---
    That left eye of yours
    saw through that, as well?
[09:22] ---
    It's an analytical engine.
[09:31] ---
    Impossible! I am not so foolish that I
    would believe such a preposterous tale!
[09:37] ---
    We've retrieved your Kataphrakt.
[09:42] ---
    Its Aldnoah Drive was knocked offline
    by the force of the explosion.
[09:45] ---
    It will never work again.
[09:48] ---
    You powered it down yourself, didn't you?
    Out of fear that Terrans would steal it.
[09:52] ---
    Weren't you listening? It stopped
    working after the explosion.
[09:56] ---
    Did it, now? Just as I thought,
    you shut it down intentionally.
[10:02] ---
    I will say it again.
[10:05] ---
    Princess Asseylum is an impostor.
[10:10] ---
    There are many species of birds, as well.
[10:13] ---
    Large birds. Small birds.
[10:16] ---
    And brilliantly-colored birds.
[10:22] ---
    They're beautiful...
[10:24] ---
    This is how birds
    fly through Earth's skies.
[10:28] ---
    Most birds fly, but there are some
    species of flightless birds.
[10:35] ---
    Flightless birds?
[10:36] ---
    I suspect that Princess Asseylum
    might say that she finds it sad
[10:41] ---
    that they cannot fly
    even though they have wings.
[10:44] ---
    She is a kindhearted person.
[10:48] ---
    But their inability to fly does not
    trouble them in the least.
[10:52] ---
    On the contrary, perhaps the ones
    to be pitied are the birds
[10:55] ---
    who can fly, but are kept in a cage.
[10:57] ---
    Why would someone
    lock them in a cage?
[11:00] ---
    Because they are so very beautiful.
[11:12] ---
    Princess Asseylum was shot
    right in front of me.
[11:16] ---
    Shot by Count Saazbaum.
[11:18] ---
    Preposterous!
[11:20] ---
    Who then left with Slaine Troyard.
[11:22] ---
    They took Princess Asseylum,
    who was on the verge of death, with them.
[11:26] ---
    Count Saazbaum was celebrated as the
    hero who rescued Princess Asseylum!
[11:31] ---
    He's no hero.
[11:34] ---
    He's the mastermind behind
    the plot to assassinate her.
[11:38] ---
    Count Saazbaum is?
[11:40] ---
    Those bastards tricked my father and
    used him as much as they could
[11:44] ---
    and then they killed him
    like some lowly insect.
[11:46] ---
    You are Vers-born?
[11:50] ---
    I see...
[11:51] ---
    In any event, your father would
    have died sooner or later.
[11:55] ---
    Consider it a blessing that he wasn't
    branded a traitor and lynched.
[12:00] ---
    What's that supposed to mean?
[12:03] ---
    Are you saying my father
    deserved to be killed?
[12:06] ---
    Let's go.
[12:07] ---
    I'm not done with him!
[12:10] ---
    Come on.
[12:14] ---
    Let go!
[12:18] ---
    You must think I'm an idiot.
[12:22] ---
    That I'll always be bound by the past.
    Always be a prisoner to it.
[12:27] ---
    You're right.
    I'm just like them.
[12:30] ---
    All I can do is blame others.
    Hate them, envy them, and fight them.
[12:38] ---
    A stupid Martian!
[12:40] ---
    You're different.
[12:42] ---
    I am not.
[12:43] ---
    You are.
[12:44] ---
    I am not!
[12:45] ---
    You are.
[12:46] ---
    I'm no different!
    I hate Martians!
[12:50] ---
    And I hate myself
    most of all!
[13:00] ---
    Count Marylcian, you say?
[13:02] ---
    Yes, sir.
[13:03] ---
    He has been calling repeatedly, insisting that
    he be put through to Princess Asseylum.
[13:08] ---
    What does Milord Slaine say?
[13:10] ---
    There is no sign of him, sir.
[13:13] ---
    What is all this commotion?
[13:19] ---
    Leave us.
[13:20] ---
    Yes, sir.
[13:23] ---
    Oh, dear. You can't have your discussion
    with me in the room?
[13:26] ---
    Unfortunately not, Highness.
[13:28] ---
    Knowledge of your existence is limited,
    even here at the moon base.
[13:33] ---
    I must ask that you
    avoid public areas.
[13:35] ---
    Shall I speak to him?
[13:39] ---
    It's Count Marylcian, isn't it?
[13:41] ---
    But, Highness...
[13:42] ---
    Is there a problem?
[13:48] ---
    Patch him through
    to the throne room.
[13:53] ---
    Her Highness Asseylum
    is most gracious.
[13:58] ---
    Please forgive this
    sudden disturbance.
[14:00] ---
    It is a pleasure to see you,
    Count Marylcian.
[14:03] ---
    Now, what did you wish
    to discuss with me?
[14:07] ---
    It must be urgent indeed
    for you to contact me
[14:09] ---
    without first obtaining
    Count Troyard's permission.
[14:13] ---
    Ah. One cannot speak
    to you in private?
[14:18] ---
    I must say, Count Troyard is being rather
    overprotective to keep you under guard thus.
[14:25] ---
    Perhaps "under guard"
    was a poor choice of words.
[14:28] ---
    He is more a knight who seeks to protect
    his princess imprisoned in her ivory tower.
[14:34] ---
    Oh, my apologies if I
    have given offense.
[14:37] ---
    I compared Your Highness
    to a bird in a cage.
[14:40] ---
    A bird in a cage?
[14:41] ---
    Apparently, that is the
    expression used on Earth
[14:44] ---
    to describe one who has been
    deprived of her freedom.
[14:49] ---
    Message from base command!
[14:51] ---
    They report that the
    prisoner has escaped!
[14:52] ---
    Put the ship on alert!
    Inform all duty stations!
[14:55] ---
    Yes, ma'am!
[15:11] ---
    These late-night alarms
    are killing me...
[15:16] ---
    Rayet, we have to get out there!
[15:22] ---
    Rayet?
[15:26] ---
    So, it's you.
[15:29] ---
    Come with me.
[15:38] ---
    Hurry.
[15:47] ---
    Why are you doing this?
[15:49] ---
    I want you to go back
    to your Landing Castle
[15:52] ---
    and find out where the real
    Princess Asseylum is.
[15:56] ---
    Why me?
[15:58] ---
    Because you want the same thing
    as Princess Asseylum.
[16:03] ---
    I don't think that you ever had
    any desire to attack Earth.
[16:08] ---
    Your left eye also told you that?
[16:10] ---
    I can tell that much even
    without using my left eye.
[16:14] ---
    You were very familiar with Earth.
[16:17] ---
    Your interest in Earth goes beyond
    its value as an invasion target.
[16:22] ---
    So you do see everything.
[16:24] ---
    There's one other thing that I
    want you to find out for me.
[16:29] ---
    What Slaine Troyard's objective is.
[16:34] ---
    Keep going north and you'll reach
    the Martian Landing Castle.
[16:37] ---
    You'll need to walk from here.
[16:41] ---
    Here.
[16:44] ---
    Food and water.
[16:46] ---
    We can't have you dying of thirst
    before you get away.
[16:50] ---
    I wouldn't mind at all
    if you did, though.
[16:53] ---
    If it comes down to it, I need you
    to keep Princess Asseylum safe.
[17:00] ---
    Before I go, may I
    ask you one thing?
[17:04] ---
    What is your name?
[17:07] ---
    I am Mazuurek, member of the
    Vers Empire Orbital Knights' 37 Clans.
[17:13] ---
    Mazuurek... There's a type of folk
    music on Earth with a similar name.
[17:18] ---
    Yes. As I researched my name's meaning,
    I became fascinated with Earth.
[17:26] ---
    And your name?
[17:28] ---
    Inaho. Inaho Kaizuka.
[17:35] ---
    Mr. Mazuurek. Take good care
    of Princess Asseylum.
[17:39] ---
    I shall do so, Inaho Kaizuka.
[17:49] ---
    Tell me, why did you ask me
    to help with this?
[17:52] ---
    What do you mean?
[17:54] ---
    Didn't you think that I would
    kill that Martian?
[17:57] ---
    Just like that time
    with Princess Asseylum?
[18:00] ---
    In the end, you didn't actually
    kill her back then.
[18:03] ---
    I failed to kill her.
[18:05] ---
    You're different.
[18:06] ---
    I am not.
[18:06] ---
    You are.
[18:07] ---
    Give it a rest, I am not–
[18:09] ---
    You are.
[18:12] ---
    You're not the same person
    you were then.
[18:18] ---
    Mustang Leader to Mustang 11.
    What's your status?
[18:22] ---
    Mustang 11, nothing to report.
[18:24] ---
    Stay on alert.
[18:26] ---
    Roger.
[18:31] ---
    Inaho...
[18:33] ---
    Why?
[18:44] ---
    What's the meaning of this?!
[18:46] ---
    Who gave those Landing Castles
    authorization to dock?!
[18:49] ---
    Milord, it was—
[18:51] ---
    I did.
[18:53] ---
    Highness?
[18:55] ---
    Count Marylcian requested a personal
    audience with Princess Asseylum.
[19:00] ---
    And so, I gave them
    permission to dock.
[19:03] ---
    As Princess Asseylum.
    Rather, a princess of Vers.
[19:09] ---
    Why would you do such a thing?!
[19:13] ---
    Let's be off.
[19:16] ---
    It would be poor manners to
    keep our visitors waiting.
[19:52] ---
    We are both humbled and delighted
[19:54] ---
    that Your Highness has granted
    us an audience on such short notice.
[19:59] ---
    Count Marylcian,
    Count Barouhcruz,
[20:03] ---
    I am most grateful to you both for
    bolstering our orbital defenses.
[20:08] ---
    Under normal circumstances,
[20:09] ---
    I expect that you would wish to go
    down to Earth and expand your domains.
[20:13] ---
    We shall leave the conquest of Earth in
    the hands of our like-minded brethren.
[20:17] ---
    Your Highness needn't worry.
[20:19] ---
    I see. That is good to hear.
[20:21] ---
    However, there is a matter of
    even greater import to discuss.
[20:26] ---
    With the previous Count Saazbaum dead,
    who will succeed to the post of Royal Guard,
[20:32] ---
    who is charged with safeguarding
    the moon base and Your Highness?
[20:35] ---
    There is no cause for concern.
    I have taken over those duties.
[20:42] ---
    Princess Asseylum, I have come
    to beg you to consider
[20:47] ---
    giving me the honor of
    serving at your side.
[20:52] ---
    But Count Marylcian, I have–
[20:54] ---
    I will thank you to keep your
    comments to yourself, Terran!
[21:01] ---
    This is a fortress that flies
    the flag of the Vers Empire.
[21:04] ---
    If that post were bestowed upon
    the previous Count Saazbaum,
[21:07] ---
    a man of great merit who
    rescued Her Highness,
[21:10] ---
    I would be disappointed,
    but would nonetheless approve.
[21:12] ---
    Yet you, an Earthborn even if you are
    his adopted son, dare to think
[21:17] ---
    you can inherit that post
    using this turmoil as a pretext?
[21:21] ---
    To have one of low blood set foot
    inside the castle where a member
[21:24] ---
    of the venerable Vers imperial family
    dwells is a fact that cannot be tolerated!
[21:29] ---
    One who does not possess a Landing Castle
    is unfit to call himself count.
[21:37] ---
    You are not qualified to protect
    this place, not in the least!
[21:42] ---
    What are you suggesting, then?
[21:45] ---
    That we determine which is more fit
    to protect Her Highness,
[21:50] ---
    my Herschel or your Tharsis.
[21:56] ---
    Count Troyard, I hereby
    challenge you to a duel!
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