# E7 - Succession
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**[00:00] sign**
Conflict Boundary
**[00:20] Rosell**
Infantry, fall back! Archers to the fore!
**[00:28] Charlotte**
Forma Igni Exore!
**[00:44] Ars**
* I was told the enemy outnumbered*
* the Canarre Army by 50%,*
**[00:49] Ars**
* yet an incredible performance*
* by Louvent's forces,*
**[00:52] Ars**
* led by my father, allowed us*
* to take the fortress in the end.*
**[00:59] Ars**
*The campaign lasted over a month,*
**[01:01] Ars**
* and my father returned four days*
* after my twelfth birthday.*
**[01:08] sign**
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
I'll Use My Appraisal Skill
to Rise in the World
**[02:30] sign**
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
I'll Use My Appraisal Skill
to Rise in the World
**[02:39] sign**
Episode 7 Succession
**[02:43] Wren**
Mother...
**[02:44] Kreiz**
Is Father going to die?
**[02:54] Ars**
Welcome home, all.
**[02:57] Ars**
You did splendidly.
**[02:58] Rietz**
L-Lord Ars?
**[03:00] Rietz**
Did you injure yourself somehow?
**[03:02] Ars**
Just training.
**[03:04] Ars**
I'm fine. Don't worry about it.
**[03:07] Ars**
But... how's Father?
**[03:11] Rietz**
It's as I wrote in my letter.
**[03:13] Rietz**
He performed admirably in battle...
**[03:18] Rietz**
But it caught up with him the moment
the fighting was over, and he collapsed.
**[03:22] Rietz**
The long campaign on top of his already
failing health has taken its toll.
**[03:29] Ars**
Then this is my fault for forcing him to go.
**[03:32] Rosell**
O-Of course it isn't!
**[03:34] Rietz**
He was already in poor health.
**[03:37] Rietz**
You are not to blame, Lord Ars.
**[03:39] Ars**
I appreciate your kind words.
**[03:42] Ars**
If Father's condition changes,
please let me know.
**[03:44] Rietz**
Where are you going?
**[03:46] Ars**
More training.
**[03:47] Rietz**
Now?
**[03:49] Rietz**
But it's already so late.
**[03:50] Ars**
I don't mind.
**[03:54] Rosell**
You think Lord Ars is okay?
**[03:57] Charlotte**
The guys who stayed behind filled me in.
**[03:59] Charlotte**
Apparently he's thrown himself
headlong into daily training.
**[04:06] Charlotte**
Hope he doesn't wind up bedridden, too.
**[04:11] Charlotte**
Who could it be at this hour?
**[04:13] Licia**
I'm terribly sorry to intrude like this.
**[04:15] Licia**
Is Lord Ars at home?
**[04:17] Jean**
Truly, please pardon the imposition.
**[04:20] Rietz**
Lady Licia?
**[04:21] Rietz**
What's the matter?
**[04:22] Licia**
I can't apologize enough
for arriving at this hour.
**[04:24] Licia**
But I've grown terribly concerned
about Lord Ars, and I...
**[04:30] Licia**
He and I have been
exchanging correspondence.
**[04:35] Licia**
He's always written so warmly,
conveying such honest emotion.
**[04:40] Licia**
But I've sensed a change in his letters
since the recent conflict started.
**[04:45] Licia**
On the surface, they're no different, but...
**[04:48] Licia**
How shall I put it?
He seems almost... distant.
**[04:52] Licia**
His letters lack the emotion
they once expressed.
**[04:56] Licia**
Has something happened to him?
**[05:01] Rietz**
Lady Licia, I beg you not to take offense.
**[05:04] Rietz**
He has his reasons—
**[05:05] Licia**
I am not offended! I'm *worried*!
**[05:09] Licia**
Please, tell me what's going on!
**[05:13] Charlotte**
Go on, Rietz. Tell her.
**[05:15] Rosell**
Rietz...
**[05:17] Rietz**
Very well.
**[05:20] Licia**
An execution?
**[05:22] Charlotte**
Yeah.
**[05:23] Rietz**
Lord Ars is struggling with feelings
of inadequacy for staying home,
**[05:28] Rietz**
and even more so, guilt that he may have
exacerbated Lord Raven's condition.
**[05:35] Licia**
How deplorable of me.
**[05:37] Licia**
I call myself his betrothed, yet I was
unable to help Lord Ars in his time of need.
**[05:45] Licia**
May I ask where I could
find Lord Ars right now?
**[05:56] Millais**
Are you all right?!
**[05:58] Ars**
I-I'm fine.
**[06:06] Licia**
Lord A—
**[06:09] Millais**
Lord Ars, you can't physically
handle any more training.
**[06:12] Millais**
Let's resume tomorrow.
**[06:14] Ars**
No. Let's keep going.
**[06:17] Ars**
My father fought bravely
in even worse shape.
**[06:22] Ars**
I want to be able to protect everyone, too!
**[06:30] Rietz**
Lady Licia? Didn't you
wish to speak with him?
**[06:35] Licia**
Now is not the time for me to reach out.
**[06:39] Alice**
Lord Raven has regained consciousness!
**[06:42] Rietz**
Has he?
**[06:44] Rosell**
I'm so glad!
**[06:46] Rosell**
I'll let Lord Ars know at once!
**[06:49] Alice**
Wait!
**[06:50] Alice**
He wishes to speak with
the three of you first.
**[07:01] Raven**
You're here?
**[07:04] Raven**
It seems I collapsed and
caused you trouble again.
**[07:06] Raven**
I am much obliged.
**[07:11] Charlotte**
Sheesh, never seen the guy like this.
**[07:13] Charlotte**
Did passing out send him off his rocker?
**[07:15] Rosell**
Charlotte!
**[07:16] Raven**
It's all right.
**[07:17] Raven**
I'm not speaking to you
as your lord right now.
**[07:21] Rietz**
What do you mean by that?
**[07:24] Raven**
How do you like your lives here?
**[07:29] Rietz**
It's like heaven compared to my life before.
**[07:33] Rosell**
I-I really enjoy mine!
**[07:36] Charlotte**
This is pretty much home to me.
**[07:38] Raven**
I see.
**[07:40] Raven**
I called you here because there's
something I must tell you.
**[07:46] Raven**
I am not long for this world.
**[07:49] Rietz**
That can't be—
**[07:50] Raven**
I know my body better than anyone.
**[07:54] Raven**
So please, let me say this while I still can.
**[08:00] Raven**
I didn't know what to make of you
when Ars first brought you here.
**[08:05] Raven**
Rietz, you're a Malkan.
Charlotte, you're a woman.
**[08:08] Raven**
Rosell, you were only five years old.
**[08:12] Raven**
Yet you've all become pillars
upholding our domain.
**[08:20] Raven**
I'm grateful you came to House Louvent.
**[08:22] Raven**
I'm proud of all of you.
**[08:28] Raven**
I have a favor to ask.
**[08:30] Raven**
It concerns Ars, of course.
**[08:34] Raven**
He is not yet strong enough
for the battlefield.
**[08:39] Raven**
Thrusting the lordship upon
him now is a cruel thing.
**[08:44] Raven**
Standing at death's doorstep makes a
man realize how much he's left undone.
**[08:49] Raven**
I should have taken him to the
battlefield while I was still well,
**[08:53] Raven**
and taught him the harsh realities of the world
while I could still protect him from them.
**[08:59] Raven**
But now it's too late.
**[09:02] Raven**
I beg you. I want you three to support Ars.
**[09:07] Raven**
I ask you not as a lord,
**[09:10] Raven**
but as a father!
**[09:13] Raven**
I know I'm far from objective, but he's
a kind boy, beloved by our people.
**[09:19] Raven**
And, as you've proven, he has the
ability to see the potential in others.
**[09:24] Raven**
I'm proud to call him my son!
**[09:26] Raven**
Please!
**[09:30] Rosell**
I-If not for Lord Ars,
**[09:33] Rosell**
I would have been criticized forever
**[09:35] Rosell**
and never reached an understanding
with my family.
**[09:39] Rosell**
I want to study more and more to help
Lord Ars, who gave me confidence!
**[09:47] Charlotte**
I don't know much about the domain stuff,
**[09:50] Charlotte**
but I want the future he's trying to achieve.
**[09:55] Charlotte**
Ars is the one who gave my life meaning.
**[09:59] Charlotte**
You didn't even have to ask.
**[10:01] Charlotte**
I wouldn't serve anyone else.
**[10:04] Rietz**
I feel the same way.
**[10:06] Rietz**
Should anyone stand in Lord Ars's way,
**[10:08] Rietz**
I will fight until I'm the last man standing.
**[10:12] Rietz**
I swear to fight for Lord Ars,
even if it kills me.
**[10:16] Raven**
None of that, now.
**[10:18] Raven**
Stay alive and protect Ars.
**[10:20] Rietz**
Lord Raven...
**[10:24] Rietz**
For taking all of us in...
**[10:27] Rietz/Rosell/Charlotte**
We thank you!
**[10:32] Raven**
Indeed.
**[10:34] Rietz**
Lord Raven, might I make one request?
**[10:43] Rietz**
Lady Licia, Lord Raven
wishes to speak with you.
**[10:47] Rietz**
Go on in.
**[10:50] Licia**
Thank you.
**[10:55] Licia**
Pardon me.
**[11:02] Licia**
It's a pleasure to meet you, Lord Raven.
**[11:04] Licia**
My name is Licia Pleide.
**[11:07] Licia**
I'm sorry we had to meet in this manner.
**[11:12] Raven**
No, I must apologize for
seeing you in this condition.
**[11:17] Raven**
Do you remember the first time we met?
**[11:22] Licia**
We've met before?
**[11:24] Raven**
Yes. You see, I was the one who
requested your engagement to Ars.
**[11:33] Raven**
When I first saw you, I thought
you an overly precocious child.
**[11:40] (Flashback) Boy**
I'm hungry!
**[11:41] (Flashback) Licia**
You can eat later.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Licia**
Be good for now, okay?
**[11:48] Raven**
But I soon realized you had
a deep kindness within you.
**[11:53] Raven**
I remember thinking I wanted
someone like you by Ars's side.
**[12:00] Licia**
Lord Raven...
**[12:02] Raven**
Licia, House Louvent's territory is small,
**[12:06] Raven**
and my son may prove unreliable, but...
**[12:08] Licia**
Not at all!
**[12:10] Licia**
It's true that Lord Ars's kindness
can make him vulnerable.
**[12:14] Licia**
But...
**[12:18] Licia**
He's trying desperately to overcome
that! To become more like you!
**[12:25] Raven**
I see. You've fallen in love with Ars, then?
**[12:34] Licia**
Yes. With all my heart.
**[12:37] Raven**
Thank you.
**[12:39] sign**
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
I'll Use My Appraisal Skill
to Rise in the World
**[12:40] Raven**
Call in Ars.
**[12:43] sign**
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat,
I'll Use My Appraisal Skill
to Rise in the World
**[12:49] Rietz**
Welcome back.
**[12:52] Licia**
All of you...
**[12:54] Licia**
Lord Raven wishes to see Lord Ars.
**[12:59] Rietz**
Very well.
**[13:02] Licia**
Um... Rietz?
**[13:06] Licia**
I am grateful for your kindness.
**[13:08] Rietz**
It was nothing.
**[13:49] Ars**
Father! I heard you'd regained consciousness.
**[13:52] Ars**
What a relief! Are you feeling better?
**[13:54] Raven**
Yes. I'm sorry to summon you at this hour.
**[13:58] Ars**
Actually, while you were off fighting,
I did all kinds of research on your illness.
**[14:05] Ars**
There are herbal remedies I'd like to try.
**[14:07] Ars**
I also heard tell of a skilled doctor
in a neighboring province.
**[14:11] Ars**
Once you recover—
**[14:13] Raven**
You really have grown.
**[14:17] Raven**
I must have been your age when I
first decided to become a warrior.
**[14:23] Raven**
I wasn't born in Lamberg, but a remote
farming village in Missian Province.
**[14:30] Raven**
The lord there was a tyrant
who taxed us mercilessly.
**[14:34] Raven**
The people were forced to live in poverty.
**[14:39] Raven**
Unable to bear it, I ran away from home
and fled to the city when I was ten.
**[14:46] Raven**
The day I arrived, the governor
of Missian happened to be visiting.
**[14:52] Raven**
I'm not sure why. The local lord
was holding a party, perhaps.
**[14:57] Raven**
My memories of that time are vague,
but there's one thing I recall clearly.
**[15:03] Raven**
The bearing and grandeur of the
governor sent my heart racing.
**[15:09] Raven**
I resolved to become the kind of man
**[15:12] Raven**
who could be governor and lead many soldiers.
**[15:17] Raven**
I studied the sword on my own
and became a soldier.
**[15:22] Raven**
I fought with all my heart,
was recognized for my deeds,
**[15:26] Raven**
and was appointed by Lord Lumeire.
**[15:29] Raven**
The next thing I knew, I had my own domain.
**[15:33] Raven**
Time really does fly.
**[15:36] Raven**
My retainers, my citizens, my family...
**[15:39] Raven**
Everyone who lives in Lamberg
is a treasure in my eyes.
**[15:44] Raven**
I've devoted my life to protecting them.
**[15:48] Ars**
Are you all right?!
**[15:51] Raven**
Ars...
**[15:53] Raven**
I understand you feel
responsible for my condition.
**[15:58] Raven**
You aren't.
**[16:00] Raven**
This is how I chose to live!
**[16:04] Raven**
You don't need to feel responsible.
Not in the slightest.
**[16:10] Ars**
Father...
**[16:12] Ars**
I...
**[16:14] Raven**
Ars.
**[16:16] Raven**
Take care of them for me.
**[16:18] Raven**
Please...
**[16:33] Ars**
I will.
**[16:35] Raven**
I see more readiness in your face now.
**[16:38] Raven**
I suppose being my son has been
a great burden for you.
**[16:42] Ars**
Not at all.
**[16:44] Ars**
I'm glad to be your son.
**[16:49] Raven**
Listen to you, sounding like a man.
**[16:53] Raven**
How are things going with Licia?
**[16:57] Raven**
She's a force to be reckoned with.
**[16:59] Raven**
That's her mother's blood in action,
more than Hammond's.
**[17:02] Ars**
Oh, that's right! Are you
close with Lord Hammond?
**[17:06] Raven**
Yes.
**[17:07] Raven**
I was about sixteen when Lord Lumeire
ordered the two of us to have a mock battle.
**[17:14] Ars**
A mock battle?
**[17:16] Raven**
He was a funny one.
**[17:18] Raven**
During the battle, you see...
**[17:22] Ars**
*We ended up talking all through the night.*
**[17:42] Ars**
*Then...*
**[17:44] Ars**
*By the next morning, my father was gone.*
**[17:49] sign**
Year 212 of the Summerforth Calendar
**[17:55] Ars**
Kreiz, Wren. Come here.
**[18:02] Ars**
Say goodbye to our father.
**[18:17] Rietz**
Lord Ars...
**[18:21] Ars**
My father taught me many things.
**[18:25] Ars**
He was an incredible man.
**[18:28] Ars**
I spoke with him at length
last night, before he passed on.
**[18:34] Ars**
He entrusted Lamberg—all of you—to my care.
**[18:43] Ars**
I'm not as strong as my father.
**[18:46] Ars**
But...
**[18:48] Ars**
Just as he did, I swear to care
about you more than anyone,
**[18:52] Ars**
and to protect you!
**[18:55] Ars**
So please, lend me your aid!
**[19:04] Citizen Man A**
You know we will!
**[19:05] Citizen Man A**
I'd do anything for you, Lord Ars!
**[19:08] Citizen Man B**
Yeah!
**[19:09] Citizen Woman A**
You'll do just fine, Lord Ars!
**[19:12] Citizen Man C**
We'll protect you in Lord Raven's stead!
**[19:16] Citizen Kid A**
One, two...
**[19:17] Citizen Kids**
Give it your best, Lord Ars!
**[19:23] Charlotte**
*Pops...*
**[19:28] (Flashback) Soldier**
Are you all right?
**[19:29] (Flashback) Charlotte**
It's no big deal. I can keep going.
**[19:33] (Flashback) Raven**
Rest, Charlotte.
**[19:37] (Flashback) Raven**
Save that desperate effort for
when it's Ars on the battlefield.
**[19:41] (Flashback) Charlotte**
You got it, Pops.
**[19:51] Rosell**
*Lord Raven...*
**[19:56] (Flashback) Raven**
Staying up this late to study?
**[19:58] (Flashback) Rosell**
Oh, I, um...
**[20:00] (Flashback) Rosell**
I was hoping to be of use to
Lord Ars as soon as possible.
**[20:09] (Flashback) Raven**
You're still just a child.
**[20:11] (Flashback) Raven**
You have plenty of time to grow and mature.
**[20:14] (Flashback) Raven**
Don't push yourself too hard.
**[20:16] (Flashback) Raven**
Take your time growing up alongside Ars.
**[20:24] Licia**
*Lord Raven...*
**[20:27] (Flashback) Licia**
I should be going now.
**[20:30] (Flashback) Raven**
Licia.
**[20:31] (Flashback) Raven**
Remain close by Ars's side and support him.
**[20:38] Licia**
*Lord Raven...*
**[20:39] Licia**
* Forgive me if this feeling*
* is inappropriate,*
**[20:44] Licia**
*but I'm delighted to be here right now!*
**[20:52] Ars**
Thank you, everyone.
**[20:58] Ars**
Father, please watch over us all.
**[21:08] Ars**
As of today, I am the master of House Louvent!
**[21:20] Ars**
*The legend of House Louvent begins now.*
**[21:32] Man A**
You hear the rumors? The governor
of Missian was assassinated.
**[21:36] Man B**
Yeah.
**[21:37] Man B**
Killed by his own son during
a succession dispute, right?
**[21:41] Man B**
What a cruel world.
**[21:46] Mireille**
I'd love to hear more about that.
**[21:49] Mireille**
And maybe you'll treat me
to a drink on the side?
**[23:25] Rietz**
Lord Ars, we've received an invitation
from Canarre's headman.
**[23:29] Ars**
All right. Let's go!
**[23:30] Charlotte**
We're all in the same boat here,
so don't worry!
**[23:32] Rietz**
You've never been to the sea.
How'd you learn about boats?
**[23:35] Charlotte**
Rosell said it!
**[23:36] Rosell**
What? Me?!
**[23:37] sign**
Next Time
A New Generation
**[23:38] Ars**
Next time: "A New Generation."