8 - Empire of Consolation

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[00:00] Toru
    Ura... Ura...
[00:00] Toru
    Ura... Ura...
[00:00] Toru
    Ura... Ura... Urara...
[00:00] Toru
    Urara...
SIGN    Chaika the Coffin Princess
[01:32] Guy
    Do you realize what you're doing?
SIGN    Empire of Consolation
[01:50] Gillette
    Albéric Gillette, head of the
    Gillette Squad, returning to base.
[01:54] Gillette
    Our squad has begun pursuit of a
[01:56] ---
    second Chaika in addition to the
    one we had been pursuing initially.
[02:01] Gillette
    Have you received any new
    information from the other units?
[02:04] Konrad
    There is currently no
    decisive progress to report.
[02:08] Gillette
    Chief, I would like to see the
    files on Emperor Gaz once more.
[02:13] Konrad
    They are stored in the library along with
[02:15] ---
    the other materials
    seized from Gaz Castle.
[02:18] Konrad
    But is there really anything
    new to search for now?
[02:22] Konrad
    Albéric, for the past five years,
[02:25] ---
    we have struggled silently
    with the Chaika case.
[02:28] Konrad
    Even now, after his subjugation,
[02:30] ---
    we still know very little about the emperor.
[02:34] Gillette
    Does the fact that Chaika is collecting
[02:37] ---
    his remains really pose a threat to us?
[02:41] Gillette
    The first Chaika stole the remains owned
[02:43] ---
    by Count Abarth right before my eyes.
[02:46] Gillette
    But her intentions seemed
    far from threatening to me.
[02:51] (Flashback) Chaika
    Father, funeral.
[02:54] Gillette
    Among other things,
    the fact that she is traveling
[02:56] ---
    with a dragoon does concern me.
[02:58] Gillette
    However, it did not appear
    to me that they were
[03:02] ---
    plotting to overthrow the state.
[03:05] Gillette
    There must be something else—
[03:06] Konrad
    Albéric.
[03:08] Konrad
    Why don't you take a break from
    the Chaika case for a while?
[03:11] Gillette
    I'm sorry?
[03:13] Konrad
    The Chaika case still remains
    a problem of great importance.
[03:17] Konrad
    But right now, what is expected of us
[03:20] ---
    is to tangibly improve
    the lives of the people.
[03:23] Konrad
    That must be our first priority.
[03:26] Gillette
    Yes, sir.
[03:29] Toru
    What's with this road?
[03:32] Chaika
    Very bumpy. Control difficult.
[03:34] Akari
    I know we deliberately
    chose to follow back roads,
[03:37] Akari
    but this can hardly be called a road.
[03:39] Toru
    It's weird...
[03:42] Toru
    That wire connects you to the vehicle
[03:45] Toru
    so you can drive it using magic fuel, right?
[03:47] Chaika
    Yes. Same system as Gundo.
[03:50] Chaika
    Memories, thoughts of living
    things in fossils, raw minerals.
[03:55] Chaika
    All magic power.
[03:57] Chaika
    Magic fuel, source of all magic.
[04:01] Toru
    Remains, huh?
[04:02] Toru
    The remains of Emperor Gaz are
    powerful magic fuel, too, right?
[04:06] Akari
    Brother, do you know who developed most of
[04:09] ---
    the magic techniques presently in use?
[04:11] Toru
    Nope.
[04:12] Akari
    Emperor Gaz.
[04:13] Toru
    Huh?
[04:14] Toru
    So it was your dad who developed
    vehicles and Gundos, too?
[04:18] Chaika
    Yes. Father, great wizard.
[04:25] Toru
    An inspection?
[04:27] Guy
    Halt!
[04:30] Guy
    You'll have to pay a toll.
[04:32] Guy
    This land belongs to the Neo Gaz Empire.
[04:35] Toru
    Neo?
[04:36] Toru
    Uh, didn't the Gaz Empire
[04:38] ---
    fall five years ago when
    the emperor was killed?
[04:41] Mart
    Indeed.
[04:43] Guy
    General!
[04:44] Toru
    General?
[04:45] Mart
    We wish to restore the empire.
[04:49] Mart
    Along with the departed emperor's
    orphaned daughter, Princess Chaika,
[04:53] Mart
    we are building a new empire on this land.
[04:56] Toru
    Princess Chaika?
[04:57] Chaika
    Shocking truth...
[04:59] Frol
    This is General Mart,
[05:02] Frol
    and this is Minister Lavr.
[05:04] Frol
    I am Frol, head of the Imperial Guard.
[05:07] Julia
    What are you doing?
[05:10] Frol
    Princess!
[05:11] Frol
    That is the princess of the Neo Gaz Empire,
[05:15] Frol
    Princess Chaika.
[05:17] Toru
    Huh... Chaika, eh?
[05:20] Mart
    Don't be rude! Show Princess Chaika respect!
[05:22] Frol
    And pay the toll!
[05:25] Akari
    Should we break through?
[05:27] Chaika
    Request permission, pass.
[05:28] Toru
    Hey!
[05:36] Toru
    What are you thinking,
    giving them a silver coin?!
[05:39] Frol
    Upon closer inspection,
    you appear quite suspicious.
[05:42] Frol
    Who are you people?
[05:43] Chaika
    Cha—
[05:45] Toru
    Uh... We'll just be going...
[05:47] Frol
    We're not done with you!
[05:49] Frol
    Check inside the vehicle!
[05:51] Guys
    Sir!
[05:55] Frol
    What is this?
[05:57] Akari
    That is our prop case, of course.
[05:59] Akari
    We are migrants who travel
    from town to town.
[06:02] Akari
    This village today, that city tomorrow.
[06:05] Akari
    We are traveling performers
    who bring joy to the people.
[06:08] Frol
    Traveling performers?
[06:10] Mart
    In that case, to prove your identities,
    perform for Princess Chaika.
[06:15] Julia
    Yes, I'd love to see it.
[06:20] Lavr
    This is Neo Gaz Castle.
[06:23] Toru
    This?
[06:24] Lavr
    The Alliance of the Six Nations could
    come for us again at any time.
[06:28] Lavr
    For that reason,
[06:29] ---
    this is a provisional castle
    in which we remain hidden.
[06:32] Frol
    And we, under the Emperor's
    daughter, Princess Chaika,
[06:36] Frol
    aim to restore the Neo Gaz Empire
[06:38] Frol
    by gathering here the collective will of all
[06:40] ---
    those who were run out of the Gaz Empire!
[06:44] Mart
    Those who are displeased with
    the Alliance of the Six Nations
[06:48] Mart
    support our activities, as well.
[06:50] Lavr
    The day of the empire's restoration is near!
[06:56] Akari
    Thank you for waiting!
[06:58] Akari
    We will be performing a few
    tricks for you all today.
[07:02] Akari
    We are still quite inexperienced,
[07:03] Akari
    so please forgive any mistakes,
[07:05] ---
    and view them as part of the entertainment.
[07:11] Akari
    I have here an apple.
[07:13] Akari
    Mysteriously, when this apple is
    thrown, it does not fall to the floor.
[07:21] Akari
    How about it? How about it?
[07:23] Akari
    How about it?!
[07:27] Akari
    Next, this apple here
[07:29] Akari
    mysteriously attracts all
    knives thrown at this girl!
[07:39] Toru
    Yes!
[07:40] Akari
    There! How about that?!
[07:45] Frol
    That girl...
[07:46] Frol
    She looks familiar...
[07:48] Akari
    Next, we have this kitten.
[07:51] Akari
    She is a mysterious cat
    who reveals her true form
[07:54] Akari
    when we recite an incantation.
[07:58] Akari
    Go!
[08:13] Frol
    I know! She's...
[08:15] Toru
    Areya!
[08:24] Frol
    Uh... What was I saying?
[08:53] Zita
    How'd it go?
[08:55] Vivi
    He's preoccupied.
[08:56] Ziti
    Oh...
[08:57] Ziti
    Well, you probably don't
    want to be too persistent.
[09:02] Vivi
    Gillette-sama!
[09:04] Gillette
    Were you two waiting for me?
[09:06] Vivi
    Yes.
[09:07] Gillette
    Sorry about that.
[09:09] Zita
    Did you find out anything about Emperor Gaz?
[09:12] Gillette
    Details of his birth aren't even known,
[09:14] Gillette
    let alone any information useful to us.
[09:17] Gillette
    I thought there must be some
    state-of-the-art technology
[09:20] Gillette
    that he was involved with until
    just before he died, but...
[09:24] Vivi
    Did you find anything about Chaika?
[09:26] Gillette
    I had heard that there
    were remnants who wanted
[09:28] Gillette
    to lift Chaika up as the champion of
[09:30] ---
    their efforts to restore the Gaz Empire,
[09:33] Gillette
    but I couldn't verify the existence
    of any such organizations.
[09:38] Vivi
    Gillette-sama, have you eaten today?
[09:40] Gillette
    Oh... Now that you mention it,
    I haven't eaten since this morning.
[09:45] Zita
    Then why don't we all go for dinner together?
[09:49] Gillette
    Sure. Good idea.
[09:52] Julia
    Those were such magnificent tricks.
[09:54] Frol
    Street performing takes stamina, right?
[09:56] Frol
    You should eat more!
[09:58] Toru
    Right...
[09:59] Frol
    You guys are really something!
[10:01] Frol
    That thing where you put the cat
[10:03] ---
    in the coffin and it turned into a dragoon...
[10:05] Frol
    How did you do that?!
[10:07] Akari
    That's a secret.
[10:09] Frol
    Aww, at least gimme a hint!
[10:11] Lavr
    Frol, you've had too much to drink.
[10:13] Frol
    Sure.
[10:14] Chaika
    Everyone here, Gaz Empire citizens?
[10:17] Lavr
    Yes, that's right.
[10:18] Chaika
    Me, same!
[10:20] Toru
    Hey!
[10:21] Mart
    Is that so?
[10:22] ---
    You guys are from the Gaz Empire, too?
[10:25] Toru
    Oh... Well...
[10:27] Frol
    You should've said so sooner!
[10:29] Guy
    General!
[10:30] Guy
    We're back.
[10:32] Mart
    Good work.
[10:34] Guy
    Thank you.
[10:37] Guy
    We'll turn it all into
    military funds tomorrow.
[10:39] Mart
    I'm counting on you, men.
[10:41] Mart
    For the restoration of the Gaz Empire!
[10:44] All
    And the revival of the imperial family!
[10:45] All
    Long live the Neo Gaz Empire!
[10:48] Toru
    Neo Gaz Empire, my ass.
[10:51] Toru
    These guys are nothing but a band of thieves.
[10:55] Toru
    We got a silver's worth of food,
[10:57] ---
    so we don't need to stay long.
[10:59] Julia
    What a cute cat.
[11:01] Julia
    Got a name?
[11:03] Chaika
    Fredrica.
[11:05] Julia
    I see.
[11:06] Julia
    So, Fredrica, what is your
    relationship with Toru?
[11:10] Chaika
    Huh?
[11:11] Julia
    You two were in perfect sync
    during that performance.
[11:15] Julia
    Is he your brother?
[11:16] Chaika
    No.
[11:17] Julia
    Your boyfriend?
[11:18] Chaika
    No!
[11:20] Julia
    Do you... like him?
[11:23] Chaika
    N-No! Definite no!
[11:30] Chaika
    Wish, restore Neo Gaz Empire?
[11:34] Julia
    Yes.
[11:35] Julia
    We want to give the citizens
    who were scattered
[11:39] ---
    as a result of the war a new place to live.
[11:43] Julia
    That's why I want to rebuild the empire.
[11:47] Chaika
    Have place to live, happy.
[11:50] Julia
    Yes.
[11:51] Chaika
    Goal, everyone happy?
[11:53] Julia
    That's right.
[11:54] Julia
    By the way, Fredrica,
    you're also from the Gaz Empire, right?
[11:57] Chaika
    Yes.
[11:58] Julia
    Then, would you help us
    work to restore the empire?
[12:03] Chaika
    Help?
[12:04] Julia
    You'll visit the homes of the wealthy with me
[12:07] Julia
    and get financial assistance from them.
[12:10] Julia
    If you ask them for me,
[12:12] Julia
    I'm sure they'll all offer us their aid.
[12:15] Julia
    Please, will you help me?
[12:19] Chaika
    My goal...
[12:24] Julia
    Have you heard of this?
[12:27] Julia
    I cannot forget
[12:29] Julia
    my hometown in winter, where you were.
[12:31] Julia
    I wait there to see you,
[12:35] Julia
    your skin purer than frozen white breath,
[12:38] Julia
    blue eyes clearer than the earth,
[12:41] Julia
    and flaxen hair glistening like amber.
[12:47] Chaika
    Love poem?
[12:48] Julia
    Yes, by a poet from the Gaz Empire.
[12:51] Chaika
    Beautiful!
[12:53] Julia
    Would you like to learn it?
    Shall I teach you?
[12:55] Chaika
    Yes!
[12:58] Julia
    And your smile, like the sunlight,
[13:01] Julia
    gently embraces my—
[13:02] Lavr
    Juli—
[13:04] Lavr
    Princess Chaika, please come to the office.
[13:07] Julia
    Of course.
[13:08] Julia
    We'll continue tomorrow, okay?
[13:10] Chaika
    Tomorrow! Promise!
[13:15] Julia
    That girl's a real idiot.
    I've almost got her.
[13:19] Julia
    You take care of the other two.
[13:21] Julia
    You can just take their money.
[13:23] Mart
    Yeah, I'm definitely getting that vehicle.
[13:26] Julia
    All right, I'm going.
[13:28] Mart
    Counting on you!
[13:35] Toru
    We can't leave because you made a promise?
[13:37] Toru
    If we get any further involved
    with those guys, we'll regret it!
[13:41] Toru
    I want to get a move on.
[13:43] Chaika
    Toru, correct.
[13:45] Chaika
    But I promised.
[13:47] Toru
    Is this promise that important?
[13:50] Toru
    They didn't trap you
[13:52] ---
    in their plans to establish
    the Neo Gaz Empire, did they?
[13:56] Toru
    Isn't your goal to collect
    your father's remains?
[13:59] Chaika
    Yes. Also, objection.
[14:02] Toru
    What?
[14:03] Chaika
    Leave tonight, leave in
    morning, no difference.
[14:07] Akari
    True, that road was pretty bad.
[14:09] Akari
    It would be wiser to depart in the morning.
[14:11] Fredrica
    Besides, without Chaika to drive,
    this vehicle's going nowhere.
[14:15] Fredrica
    Why don't we leave tomorrow?
[14:18] Toru
    Have it your way!
[14:20] Chaika
    Sorry, selfish...
[14:21] Toru
    It's fine.
[14:29] Toru
    Am I just naïve?
[14:35] Julia
    Lavr, you take the silverware
    in the dining room.
[14:37] Julia
    I'll take the food in the storehouse.
[14:39] Lavr
    Right.
[14:41] Julia
    Take the most valuable things you can find.
[14:43] Lavr
    Naturally.
[14:55] Julia
    It's a trap! Run!
[15:00] Toru
    What's up?
[15:02] Mart
    You're from the former Gaz Empire, right?
[15:06] Mart
    So why don't you work with us
    to restore the Neo Gaz Empire?
[15:11] Mart
    It can't be easy wandering around the world
[15:13] ---
    disguised as traveling performers.
[15:15] Mart
    What do you say?
[15:16] Mart
    We'll give you a status befitting
    of the work you put in for us.
[15:21] Toru
    I don't think so.
[15:22] Mart
    What?
[15:23] Toru
    I said I won't do it.
[15:26] Mart
    We don't have a deal, then?
[15:29] Mart
    That's too bad.
[15:42] Mart
    You guys are no simple travelers...
[15:45] Toru
    Took you long enough.
[15:46] Frol
    Now I remember!
[15:49] Frol
    She's the real Chaika!
[15:50] Mart
    What?
[15:51] Frol
    I saw her on a wanted poster.
[15:53] Frol
    It said Chaika carries a coffin around,
[15:56] Frol
    and she has silver hair and purple eyes!
[15:58] Mart
    Then...
[15:59] Toru
    If you're going to talk about
    Chaika, do your research first.
[16:03] Mart
    Why didn't you say anything sooner?!
[16:05] Frol
    I tried to!
[16:07] Frol
    But...
[16:08] Toru
    You people fed us lies about
    restoring the Gaz Empire
[16:12] Toru
    so you could try to steal our money.
[16:16] Toru
    Am I wrong?
[16:18] Toru
    I bet all your buddies are people
    you deceived to lure into your plot.
[16:25] Mart
    We never meant to deceive anyone.
[16:28] Mart
    At first, we meant it,
[16:30] Mart
    but our goal seemed so far out of reach,
[16:33] Mart
    it was all we could do
    just to get by every day.
[16:36] Frol
    We had no other choice.
[16:38] Mart
    But we haven't completely given up.
[16:41] Mart
    We still want to restore the empire.
[16:43] Toru
    It's got nothing to do with me.
[16:45] Lavr
    Mart, there's trouble! Julia was—
[16:48] Mart
    That's right. He found us out.
[16:51] Mart
    What happened to Julia?
[16:53] Lavr
    I'm sorry. It was a trap.
[16:55] Lavr
    We walked right into it.
[16:57] Mart
    So where is Julia?!
[16:58] Lavr
    In the military prison.
[17:01] Mart
    Damn it...
[17:02] Toru
    Well? You get it now?
[17:04] Toru
    I don't want to deal with any more trouble.
[17:06] Toru
    Let's go.
[17:08] Toru
    So, we'll be on our way now.
[17:10] Toru
    The food was good.
[17:15] Chaika
    Toru, want rescue Julia.
[17:17] Toru
    What?
[17:18] Akari
    We shouldn't get involved.
[17:20] Toru
    Yeah.
[17:21] Toru
    Come on, we're going, Chaika.
[17:23] Chaika
    Julia, promise! My friend!
[17:25] Toru
    Now, look...
[17:31] Toru
    All right, fine.
[17:38] Lavr
    Over there.
[17:40] Akari
    The prison is underground?
[17:42] Mart
    Can you get her out from here?
[17:45] Toru
    Nope. Let's go.
[17:47] Chaika
    Use magic, rescue possible.
[17:50] Chaika
    I try. Rescue Julia.
[17:58] Toru
    Chaika, go ahead.
[18:01] Chaika
    Come, silence which speaks not.
[18:04] Chaika
    The Silencer!
[18:21] Julia
    Uh... I was being chased
[18:23] ---
    by someone from the Alliance
    of the Six Nations,
[18:24] Julia
    and I had no choice but to hide here...
[18:26] Akari
    No time to waste.
[18:28] Akari
    We're leaving. Hurry.
[18:31] Julia
    You're...
[18:33] Mart
    Julia!
[18:36] Lavr
    I'm sorry!
[18:37] Julia
    It doesn't matter now.
    You came to save me!
[18:40] Frol
    Thank goodness!
[18:43] Mart
    Will you allow me to thank you?
[18:45] Toru
    If you want to thank someone, thank Chaika.
[18:48] Toru
    I didn't do anything.
[18:53] Mart
    Princess Chaika...
[18:56] Mart
    I thank you for saving her.
[19:05] Julia
    ...gently embraces my trembling body,
[19:07] Julia
    filling my heart with the glow of spring.
[19:11] Julia
    Winter scenery of Gaz, you are
    the beautiful glow of spring,
[19:15] Julia
    which I will never forget.
[19:20] Julia
    I really am sorry I lied to you.
[19:26] Julia
    Why are you traveling, Chaika?
[19:28] Chaika
    For father, funeral.
[19:31] Julia
    I see.
[19:32] Julia
    I hope you achieve your goal.
[19:35] Chaika
    Feelings, grateful.
[19:41] Julia
    Maybe it's time we put an end to this...
[19:45] Julia
    But
[19:47] ---
    what will we do now?
[19:50] Chaika
    Find another goal.
[19:55] Julia
    Yes...
[19:57] Julia
    We'll have to do that.
[20:06] Mart
    Sorry for the trouble.
[20:11] Toru
    Okay, we'll take this back.
[20:14] Toru
    Can I ask one thing?
[20:16] Mart
    What?
[20:17] Toru
    What was Emperor Gaz like?
[20:20] Mart
    What do you mean?
[20:21] Toru
    Like, his personality.
[20:23] Mart
    It's hard to say. I never even saw his face.
[20:27] Mart
    Everyone said he was a great wizard, but...
[20:30] Lavr
    We lived in the countryside,
[20:32] Lavr
    so we lived normal lives,
    even though we didn't know
[20:35] ---
    a thing about him.
[20:37] Frol
    There were rumors that
    he did some pretty dodgy
[20:39] ---
    human experiments to advance
    his magical technology,
[20:42] Frol
    but we didn't even hear
    those until after the war.
[20:44] Mart
    The truth is, we don't
    know a thing about him.
[20:49] Mart
    What made you ask that question now?
[20:51] Toru
    I was just asking.
[20:54] Toru
    So what are you guys going to do now?
[20:58] Mart
    I think it's about time we took action
[21:01] Mart
    to do what we've put off for so long.
[21:09] Toru
    Even people of the Gaz Empire don't
    know anything about the emperor...
[21:13] Toru
    Your dad's a pretty mysterious guy.
[21:17] Toru
    Still, I wonder what they're
    going to do next...
[21:21] Chaika
    Find again.
[21:24] Chaika
    Find goal again.
[21:28] Toru
    I guess.
[21:33] Guy
    This is a grave problem.
[21:36] Guy
    The emissary we sent to Duke
    Gavarni's domain to request
[21:39] ---
    the return of the floating fortress Soara
[21:41] Guy
    was murdered, and his body returned
    to us in horrific condition.
[21:48] Cizeta
    This is mutiny!
[21:49] Cizeta
    We must enforce military
    sanctions immediately!
[23:25] Chaika
    Recently, magic fuel depleting.
[23:28] Chaika
    Need restock!
[23:29] Chaika
    But today, end of war anniversary.
[23:32] ---
    All stores closed.
[23:34] Chaika
    Distress for me!
[23:36] Chaika
    Next week, episode 9:
    "The Value of Memories."
SIGN    The Value of Memories
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