E23 - Allegiance

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[00:00] sign
    Grangeon Estate
[00:06] (Flashback) Butler
    They're both incredibly talented.
[00:11] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    Shoot! I didn't see that coming!
[00:11] sign
    Thomas Grangeon
[00:13] sign
    Mireille Grangeon
[00:13] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    I can see right through you, Thomas.
[00:17] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    One more game!
[00:23] Thomas
    Mireille was always a few steps ahead of me.
[00:27] sign
    Province of Missian
    Officers' Academy, Intermediate Facility
[00:34] Thomas
    She wasn't just intelligent;
    she also excelled athletically.
[00:44] Thomas
    No matter how hard I tried,
    I couldn't beat her.
[00:53] sign
    Castle Arcantez
[00:53] Thomas
    That remained true, even after
    we came to serve the governor.
[00:59] Thomas
    All I could do was stand in her shadow
    as she moved onward and upward.
[01:04] Thomas
    Mireille's a genius.
[01:06] Thomas
    I had to acknowledge that.
[01:10] Thomas
    However...
[01:11] Thomas
    The one thing she had wrong
    was her disdain for our father.
[01:15] Thomas
    Our father was a fine man who
    upheld his allegiance to the end.
[01:20] Thomas
    If I could best Mireille,
    I could prove I was right about that.
[01:29] Thomas
    But then, one day, it suddenly happened...
[01:33] (Flashback) Soldier
    Mireille Grangeon, you are hereby banished!
[01:39] (Flashback) Mireille
    Guess I messed up!
[01:43] sign
    Episode 23 Allegiance
[01:46] Amador
    Thomas Grangeon.
[01:49] (Flashback) Amador
    As governor of Missian Province,
    I hereby appoint you my chief advisor.
[01:55] (Flashback) Thomas
    Lord Amador, I humbly accept.
[01:59] (Flashback) Amador
    I'll be relying on you from here on out.
[02:02] (Flashback) Amador
    Give me your best.
[02:03] (Flashback) Thomas
    My lord!
[02:05] Thomas
    At last, I'd gotten the best of her,
[02:07] Thomas
    my victory born out of
    allegiance like our father's.
[02:10] Thomas
    I was right the whole time!
[02:14] Thomas
    Or so I thought...
[02:24] sign
    As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
    
    I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World
[02:28] sign
    Season 2
[03:42] sign
    As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
    
    I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World
[03:42] sign
    Season 2
[03:47] Thomas
    Mireille has anticipated
    every one of my plans.
[03:52] Thomas
    She's undeniably a genius.
[03:55] Thomas
    But if I make any more mistakes, I...
[03:59] Yuno
    Lord Thomas...
[04:03] Vasmarque
    That's not at all like you...
[04:06] Vasmarque
    Thomas.
[04:09] Sign
    Vasmarque Salamakhia
[04:09] Thomas
    Lord Vasmarque?!
[04:14] Vasmarque
    Couran and his people are heading for Verzud.
[04:17] Vasmarque
    I thought I'd check in on you
    before that happens.
[04:23] Thomas
    Forgive me, my lord!
[04:25] Thomas
    I swear, in our next engagement,
    I will bring you—
[04:28] Vasmarque
    Mireille has joined Couran, I hear?
[04:31] Vasmarque
    That explains our disappointing outcomes.
[04:34] Vasmarque
    Rise, Thomas.
[04:39] Vasmarque
    I know your loyalty.
[04:42] Vasmarque
    Like your father before you,
[04:44] Vasmarque
    you have dedicated your heart
    and soul to our province.
[04:48] Vasmarque
    Why would I chastise you?
[04:54] Vasmarque
    I'm like you.
[04:57] Vasmarque
    I took up the sword because I love Missian
    and want to protect what my father left to me.
[05:06] Vasmarque
    For our homeland, we must slay Couran.
[05:12] Thomas
    Lord Vasmarque...
[05:16] Vasmarque
    I'm counting on you, Thomas.
[05:19] Thomas
    My lord!
[05:20] sign
    Castle Staatz
[05:21] Ars
    It's finally time to take Castle Verzud,
    the stronghold of Verzud.
[05:26] Couran
    Yes.
[05:28] Couran
    During our Castle Staatz campaign,
    Thomas came after me himself.
[05:28] sign
    Taking Verzud
[05:33] Couran
    It's a sign of their desperation.
[05:37] Couran
    I expect the Verzud forces to
    throw everything they have at us.
[05:42] Couran
    I'll be relying on all of you.
[05:44] All
    Yes, sir!
[05:46] Ars
    We're finally going to face Thomas directly.
[05:50] Ars
    Will Mireille really...
[05:55] Guard A
    Excuse me.
[05:56] Guard A
    A messenger from Verzud's headman
    requests an audience with Lord Couran.
[06:02] Messenger
    I'm here on behalf of Canses Vandol,
     headman of Verzud.
[06:08] Couran
    What is his message?
[06:10] Messenger
    Regarding the upcoming battle...
[06:13] Messenger
    Would you perhaps accept a truce?
[06:18] Couran
    A truce? Now?
[06:21] Messenger
    Lord Canses seeks to avoid needless death.
[06:26] Couran
    He knows he's losing and
    doesn't want to surrender,
[06:29] Couran
    so he's asking for a truce?
[06:31] Messenger
    Not at all.
[06:33] Messenger
    The needless death will be
    on your side, Lord Couran.
[06:37] Couran
    What does that mean?
[06:39] Messenger
    We've successfully developed
    a large-scale weapon...
[06:44] Messenger
    A massive catalyzer and spell capable
    of wiping a city off the map in one strike.
[06:51] Messenger
    If we wish, we could turn this entire
    area into a barren wasteland.
[06:57] Couran
    If you have such a device,
    why haven't you used it already?
[07:02] Messenger
    If possible, we'd prefer not to destroy our
     own lands and kill our brethren en masse.
[07:11] Messenger
    But should your aggression continue,
    we will be left with no other recourse.
[07:16] Messenger
    Therefore, I came to request a truce.
[07:20] Couran
    I find this difficult to believe.
[07:23] Couran
    Give us some time.
[07:25] Mireille
    It's totally a bluff, you guys!
[07:28] Ars
    Yes, I suppose...
[07:31] Ars
    Have you heard anything
    about this large-scale weapon?
[07:34] Couran
    Nothing from the previous governor.
[07:36] Couran
    I doubt that Verzud alone could
    create such a powerful weapon.
[07:42] Charlotte
    They expect us to believe this crap?
[07:44] Rietz
    It does feel rather pointless
    to even humor the idea.
[07:48] Ars
    You're right.
[07:50] Couran
    Well, I feel like we should
    reject their offer, at least.
[07:53] Couran
    Send the messenger away.
[07:55] Guard A
    My lord!
[08:00] Ars
    What's the matter, Rosell?
[08:02] Rosell
    It's just... It seems awfully
    crude to be a bluff.
[08:07] Rosell
    Surely they knew we wouldn't accept.
[08:10] Rosell
    Thomas is on their side, isn't he?
[08:13] Rosell
    He must have something else
    in mind, don't you think?
[08:17] Mireille
    Not sure.
[08:18] Rosell
    Could you tell me more about
    your relationship with him?
[08:23] Mireille
    Huh? Where's all this coming from?
[08:26] Rosell
    You're the one who taught me to
    put myself in my opponent's shoes!
[08:31] Mireille
    Well, sure, but...
[08:34] Rosell
    How did you two end up becoming strategists?
[08:38] Mireille
    Just kind of fell into it, I guess...
[08:42] sign
    Head of House Grangeon
    Edouard Grangeon
[08:43] Edouard
    What is the meaning of this?!
[08:46] Missian Official
    You are to be executed for plotting treason.
[08:46] sign
    The Grangeon Siblings
[08:49] Edouard
    Wait a minute! I would never even dream of—
[08:52] (Flashback) Missian Official
    The governor has received reports
     from multiple sources!
[08:58] (Flashback) Missian Official
    House Grangeon is hereby
    stripped of its title.
[09:02] (Flashback) Edouard
    What does the governor
    have to say about this?!
[09:04] (Flashback) Edouard
    I've asked to speak with him numerous times!
[09:07] (Flashback) Missian Official
    I'm afraid the decision is final.
[09:10] (Flashback) Edouard
    Wait, please!
[09:12] (Flashback) Edouard
    Then... may I make one final request?
[09:19] (Flashback) Missian Official
    Very well.
[09:21] (Flashback) Missian Official
    I'll hear your last wish.
[09:24] (Flashback) Edouard
    Thank you, sir.
[09:27] (Flashback) Edouard
    I have two children.
[09:30] (Flashback) Edouard
    Will you please support them?
[09:34] (Flashback) Edouard
    And if you won't do that...
[09:38] (Flashback) Edouard
    Please kill them both.
[09:42] (Flashback) Official
    Kill your children?!
[09:44] (Flashback) Edouard
    Unlike their father, they're both brilliant.
[09:47] (Flashback) Edouard
    But that brilliance also
    makes them dangerous.
[09:51] (Flashback) Edouard
    If they're stripped of their noble standing
     and go to some other province,
[09:55] (Flashback) Edouard
    they may become a threat to Missian someday!
[10:10] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    Someone set our father up!
[10:12] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    He's so loyal that he'd ask for
    the execution of his own heirs!
[10:16] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    He would never betray the governor!
[10:20] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    Isn't that right, Mireille?
[10:22] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Boy, this is a real mess.
[10:26] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    How can you be so calm?
[10:28] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    They might kill us, too!
[10:30] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    C'mon, think about it.
[10:32] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    The governor ignored all of our father's
    pleas when deciding to execute him.
[10:36] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Why would he believe him about
    the need to have us killed?
[10:47] Mireille
    Our father was then executed,
[10:49] Mireille
    and we became commoners.
[10:54] (Flashback) Noble A
    No need to go any further.
[10:56] (Flashback) Noble B
    They may be the children of a traitor,
    but they're just commoners now.
[11:01] (Flashback) Noble B
    It'd be stupid to waste
    any more time on them.
[11:14] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Ow, ow, ow...
[11:19] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Pretty cool that they didn't
    kill us, huh, Thomas?
[11:23] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    There's no point in living like this.
[11:26] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Father was such an earnest guy.
[11:29] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    He shoulda run away instead
    of letting 'em kill him.
[11:33] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    What a dummy.
[11:35] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    Don't talk that way!
[11:37] (Flashback) Young Thomas
    Our father isn't stupid!
[11:40] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Glad to see you've still got spirit.
[11:45] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Thomas, we've lost our house and our parents.
[11:54] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    But we've still got our brains and our mouths.
[11:58] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    With weapons like these,
    we can keep on living.
[12:04] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Guess we're not nobles anymore, huh?
[12:13] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    Ain't it great, Thomas?
[12:15] (Flashback) Young Mireille
    We don't have to wear those
    stuffy clothes anymore!
[12:22] Mireille
    To survive after we were
    stripped of our nobility,
[12:25] Mireille
    we joined an officers' academy for commoners.
[12:28] Mireille
    Then we became strategists.
[12:32] Mireille
    Thomas never really liked me.
[12:35] Mireille
    He was always finding something to bark
    at me about. Pretty annoying, really.
[12:39] Rosell
    I had no idea you went through all that...
[12:42] Mireille
    Well, you got what you needed, right?
[12:44] Mireille
    I'm gonna go drinking!
[12:49] sign
    Castle Verzud
[12:52] Thomas
    Hurry! We set out the moment we're ready!
[12:56] Canses
    Thomas.
[12:58] Canses
    Are you really going yourself?
[13:01] Thomas
    Yes.
[13:02] Canses
    With Castle Staatz under their control,
[13:05] Canses
    we have no hope of receiving reinforcements.
[13:07] Canses
    We're absolutely—
[13:08] Thomas
    Lord Canses.
[13:10] Thomas
    I will prove my allegiance to Lord Vasmarque.
[13:20] Thomas
    This time... I will defeat Mireille
    and put all this behind me!
[13:27] Couran
    Do we have everything ready for the campaign?
[13:29] Canarre Soldier A
    Yes, sir.
[13:29] Canarre Soldier A
    Reinforcements will arrive soon, as well.
[13:32] Couran
    Good. If anything comes up,
    contact me immediately.
[13:35] Guard
    Lord Couran!
[13:36] Couran
    What is it?
[13:37] Guard
    Report from our scouts!
[13:39] Guard
    The large-scale weapon has
    been sighted on Verzud Hill!
[13:42] Sign
    As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
    
    I'll Use My Appraisal Skill
     to Rise in the World
[13:42] Couran
    What?
[13:47] Sign
    As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
    
    I'll Use My Appraisal Skill
     to Rise in the World
[13:47] Guard
    Report from our scouts!
[13:49] Guard
    The large-scale weapon has
    been sighted on Verzud Hill!
[13:53] Retainer A
    Then the large-scale weapon really exists?!
[13:55] Retainer B
    I thought Verzud didn't have the
    money or the know-how for that!
[13:59] All
    What do we do?
[14:01] sign
    Déjà Vu
[14:02] Ars
    What do you think?
[14:04] Rosell
    You think it's really a weapon?
[14:06] Rietz
    It does seem rather dubious.
[14:08] Mireille
    It's a total bluff, you guys.
[14:10] Mireille
    They just set up a scary-looking
    model to make us sweat.
[14:15] Ars
    Probably...
[14:16] Retainer A
    But what if it really is a weapon?!
[14:18] Retainer C
    We could all be in grave danger!
[14:21] Mireille
    You're gonna swallow that garbage
    without even looking into it?
[14:24] Mireille
    What are you, stupid?
[14:25] Retainer A
    What?!
[14:25] Retainers
    Did she call us stupid?!
[14:26] Ars
    Well, then, why don't we
     investigate to be sure?
[14:30] Mireille
    Who do we send?
[14:31] Mireille
    The scouts on the field are already back.
[14:34] Ars
    You're right.
[14:35] Ars
    In that case, I'll ask Pham.
[14:38] Pham
    The kid never stops asking for stuff, does he?
[14:45] Glenn
    So that's the large-scale weapon?
[14:57] Ars
    We have a report!
[14:59] Ars
    The large-scale weapon was a fake!
[15:02] Retainers
    What? A fake?
[15:04] Ars
    A close inspection revealed that
[15:06] Ars
    it doesn't have an aqua magia tank
    of sufficient size for a powerful spell.
[15:11] Ars
    There were no mages were present, either.
[15:13] Couran
    I see.
[15:14] Rosell
    Then was the truce offer just
    an attempt to buy time?
[15:21] Rosell
    Wait, but that doesn't add up, either...
[15:24] Ars
    What is it, Rosell?
[15:26] Rosell
    Why bother buying time?
[15:28] Rosell
    There's no way to get backup
    to Castle Verzud anyway.
[15:31] Rosell
    All it would do is give us
    more time for reinforcements.
[15:35] Rosell
    They're putting themselves
    at a greater disadvantage.
[15:38] Ars
    You're right.
[15:39] Rosell
    Also, did they really expect us to believe
    them about the large-scale weapon?
[15:44] Rosell
    Surely Thomas is smarter than that...
[15:47] Couran
    I have heard that they're strengthening
    Castle Verzud's defenses.
[15:53] Rietz
    Is that why they're buying time, then?
[15:56] Couran
    It seems so.
[15:58] Couran
    Better not to give them any more time, then.
[16:01] Ars
    But this situation...
    Why does it feel like déjà vu?
[16:06] Messenger
    A massive catalyzer and spell capable
    of wiping a city off the map in one strike.
[16:14] Couran
    Then prepare to—
[16:15] Ars
    Wait a minute!
[16:16] Couran
    What is it?
[16:17] Ars
    I feel like I've been through this before!
[16:21] Charlotte
    You've seen through a fake
    secret weapon before?
[16:25] Ars
    No, not that part...
[16:27] Mireille
    I hear you, kid.
[16:29] Mireille
    The mock battle, right?
[16:31] Ars
    Th-That's it! The mock battle!
[16:34] Ars
    You had a soldier surrender
    and leak false information
[16:38] Ars
    to encourage the other side
    to advance, remember?
[16:42] Ars
    They've sent a messenger with a lie
    we'd see through to spur us to action.
[16:48] Ars
    It's the same plan!
[16:50] Couran
    What are you talking about?
[16:52] Mireille
    My little bro Thomas wants us
     to call their bluff and sortie
[16:58] Mireille
    so he can hit us hard while our guard's down.
[17:01] Couran
    I see.
[17:03] Couran
    He was taking your
    intelligence into account.
[17:07] Rosell
    Which means they'll have an ambush
    waiting for us when we march.
[17:11] Rosell
    As for spots along the path to Castle Verzud
    where we'd be vulnerable to ambush...
[17:18] Rosell
    Here! The Forest of Kai!
[17:21] Rosell
    The enemy might be hiding in here!
[17:25] Couran
    Good. Well done, Ars.
[17:28] Couran
    We can use this to outwit the enemy.
[17:30] Ars
    Not at all! Thank you, sir!
[17:32] Couran
    Let's move out!
[17:34] Couran
    We'll burn the forest with their troops in it!
[17:37] Retainers
    Sir!
[17:39] Mireille
    Turning an old plan of mine back on me...
[17:43] Mireille
    You've still got a long way to go.
[17:46] Mireille
    Looks like I win again.
[17:51] Narrator
    The most important element of strategy is
    gauging the depth of your enemy's thinking.
[17:57] Narrator
    Whoever correctly estimates
    their enemy's intelligence
[18:01] Narrator
    and deciphers their thinking
    will control the flow of battle.
[18:04] sign
    Forest of Kai
[18:04] Narrator
    The enemy force led by Thomas was,
    as Mireille's side predicted,
[18:08] Narrator
    indeed in the Forest of Kai near Verzud.
[18:12] Narrator
    But this time,
[18:13] Narrator
    the one with greater understanding
    of their opponent was not Mireille...
[18:17] Narrator
    but rather Thomas.
[18:20] Thomas
    Just you wait, Mireille.
[18:22] Thomas
    You'll realize we've set an ambush in the
    forest and try to burn it down with us inside.
[18:27] Thomas
    You'll be certain of your victory.
[18:30] Thomas
    But we've rigged up the forest with magical
    devices that detonate in contact with flames.
[18:37] Thomas
    They'll blow the moment
    you unleash your fire
[18:40] Thomas
    and deal significant damage to your forces.
[18:43] Anton
    It's an amazing plan,
     predicting what the enemy will think.
[18:46] Anton
    Lord Thomas is as incredible as ever.
[18:50] Bent
    The devices are all in place!
[18:52] Thomas
    Good.
[18:53] Thomas
    Now I'll tell you the real plan.
[18:58] Thomas
    The enemy outnumbers us many times over.
[19:00] Thomas
    Even if we take a portion
    of them out with explosives,
[19:03] Thomas
    it won't be enough to stop their advance.
[19:06] Bent
    Then this was all pointless?
[19:08] Thomas
    No.
[19:09] Thomas
    The explosions will tell them they made
     the wrong call and throw them into disarray.
[19:13] Bent
    You're going to break their line
    while the bombs are going off?!
[19:17] Thomas
    Yes.
[19:19] Thomas
    We're vastly outnumbered in this situation.
[19:22] Thomas
    To overcome that,
    we must be willing to risk death.
[19:27] Thomas
    The battle ahead is do-or-die!
[19:30] Thomas
    We may not survive it.
[19:34] Thomas
    If you're not prepared to face that,
    then leave before I turn around.
[19:44] Thomas
    It's a dangerous plan.
[19:46] Thomas
    If we fail to take the enemy
    general's head, we may die in vain.
[19:51] Thomas
    But...
[19:53] (Flashback) Vasmarque
    I see.
[19:54] (Flashback) Vasmarque
    You're Edouard Grangeon's son?
[20:01] (Flashback) Vasmarque
    He gave his heart and soul for our province.
[20:06] (Flashback) Vasmarque
    I believe that he was wrongly accused.
[20:10] (Flashback) Vasmarque
    We lost a good man.
[20:13] Thomas
    In that moment, I swore
    allegiance to Lord Vasmarque.
[20:18] Thomas
    I've done absolutely everything
    I could to bring him victory.
[20:23] Thomas
    That includes the plot at Castle Samkh.
[20:26] Thomas
    If I die, so be it.
[20:29] Thomas
    I've been prepared for death at every turn.
[20:36] Thomas
    All I do, I do for Lord Vasmarque.
[20:39] Thomas
    My loyalty is my affirmation
    of the way my father lived,
[20:44] Thomas
    and it will bring me victory over Mireille!
[20:48] Thomas
    Even if none of them stay with me...
[20:51] Thomas
    I'll do it myself!
[20:59] Thomas
    You all...
[21:04] Bent
    Lord Thomas.
[21:06] Bent
    Just as you swear allegiance
    to Lord Vasmarque,
[21:10] Bent
    we swear allegiance to you.
[21:18] Thomas
    Some of you may not survive this.
[21:23] Thomas
    But more than being a mere
    ragtag band of soldiers,
[21:26] Thomas
    a force that comes together in the
    name of a cause is truly strong.
[21:32] Thomas
    I'm proud of all of you.
[21:38] Thomas
    Take your positions!
[21:42] Thomas
    We charge at the first explosion!
[21:45] All
    Sir!
[21:50] Couran
    The Forest of Kai is just ahead!
[23:25] Rietz
    Thanks to Rosell, we know what
    the enemy's after, right?
[23:28] Ars
    Yes.
[23:29] Ars
    But they may have a plan to circumvent ours.
[23:33] Rietz
    We can't let our guard down, but I
    know you can handle this, Lord Ars.
[23:36] sign
    Next Time Entrusted Feelings
[23:37] Ars
    Next time: "Entrusted Feelings."