# 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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