# 8 - Empire of Consolation
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYZX2XE46/chaika-the-coffin-princess-)
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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
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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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