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20 - Like a Royal Road

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    "Now, when the roses
    are past their season,
[00:22] ---
    "what a rose is this,
    to know its first bud!
[00:26] ---
    "A single stem, with its shining,
    belated blossom;
[00:29] ---
    "its vibrant colors more than
    compensating for its tardiness."
[00:34] ---
    That day, I remembered this poem...
[00:38] ---
    ...when I saw you once again,
    riding the wind like a winged horse,
[00:43] ---
    galloping across the galaxy.
[00:57] ---
    I may have a habit of running away
    as soon as anything bad occurs,

[01:04] ---
    but no matter what happens,
    I'm not going to run away now.

[01:11] ---
    I may have a habit of bursting into tears,
    even though I understand it in my mind,

[01:18] ---
    I'm not going to cry now.
[01:25] ---
    I'm tired of hearing that
    things will turn out all right.

[01:27] ---
    Don't bury your head in your hands.
[01:28] ---
    Instead give your positive gauge a clip!
[01:30] ---
    In time it will all feel
    just like it should!

[01:33] ---
    Deeply, deeply, it's becoming
    etched in my mind

[01:39] ---
    that someday, this will all be real.
[01:47] ---
    Both the unchanging mornings
    and the never-ending nights.

[01:53] ---
    I'm off and running for tomorrow's sake.
[02:13] ---
    Honey...
[02:15] ---
    LaCuree... Birdie...
[02:17] ---
    Congratulations...
    Now, you are finally free...
[02:22] ---
    We won't ever forget you.
[02:25] ---
    Or your youth.
[02:28] ---
    Admiral, you were indeed legendary.
[02:33] ---
    I am proud to have felt
    the same wind that you did.
[02:39] ---
    Farewell, Admiral.
[02:41] ---
    Rest in peace.
[02:50] ---
    Nowy, find a course through
    the weakest part of the enemy attack!
[02:54] ---
    Hold on...
[02:55] ---
    Heizak, keep the enemy's attack
    at a distance for a little bit!
[02:59] ---
    As you command!
[03:05] ---
    Can't you shake them off somehow?
[03:06] ---
    This is all we've got!
[03:08] ---
    There it is! There's one possible
    course we can take at 2 o'clock!
[03:12] ---
    Where?
[03:14] ---
    The garbage heap planet.
[03:15] ---
    Right! They won't come near us there!
[03:20] ---
    Sylua!
[03:21] ---
    Right!
[03:27] ---
    Can't we go after
    Vetti's ship right now?
[03:30] ---
    No way, no way! We'll never
    catch up to them in this thing.
[03:34] ---
    No matter.
    I know where he'll be going.
[03:38] ---
    So what do we do?
[03:40] ---
    If we go to get our ship back
    in this gigantic thing,
[03:42] ---
    we'll be too conspicuous.
[03:44] ---
    And we're low on ammo, too.
[03:50] ---
    Huh? I'm intercepting
    a coded message.
[03:53] ---
    It's coming from...
    the Holy Emperor's forces!
[03:58] ---
    Can you decipher it?
[03:59] ---
    Let's see, what do we have here?
[04:02] ---
    Urgent... support... glass battleship...
[04:09] ---
    Cleo!
[04:18] ---
    Where is it that you are taking me?
[04:23] ---
    Where is my father?
[04:36] ---
    This way.
[04:40] ---
    What is this?
[04:58] ---
    Connection to Côte-d'Or's
    soleil complete.
[05:01] ---
    Is it possible to operate it from here?
[05:03] ---
    There are still several
    hurdles in the way.
[05:06] ---
    Hurry. If this takes too long,
    Vetti will realize what is happening.
[05:11] ---
    Father!
[05:13] ---
    Oh, Rachel, you're here.
[05:16] ---
    Never mind the incident
    at the castle the other day,
[05:19] ---
    what is going on here?
[05:20] ---
    What in the world is this place?
[05:24] ---
    I was thinking that it was about
    time I told you everything.
[05:35] ---
    The light and shadow of the Cross-Star
    religion is assembled here.
[05:41] ---
    Light and shadow...
[05:43] ---
    You do know the final destination
    spoken of in our scripture, right?
[05:49] ---
    Of course I do.
[05:51] ---
    "When ye, and all those who are with
    ye after the manner of the flesh,
[05:55] ---
    "do pass beyond the dark depths
    of the Black Cross,
[05:59] ---
    "ye shall obtain
    an everlasting galaxy."
[06:04] ---
    What about it?
[06:06] ---
    The time we have been waiting
    for has finally arrived.
[06:09] ---
    The time when we will
    reach the Black Cross,
[06:12] ---
    and obtain immortality.
[06:17] ---
    You know, don't you, that the galaxy,
    slowly though it may be,
[06:23] ---
    is already being drawn
    toward the Black Cross?
[06:26] ---
    Yes.
[06:28] ---
    However, the nobility, who prosper
    in the things of this world,
[06:32] ---
    content themselves in
    the day of their probation,
[06:34] ---
    devoted to lining their own pockets,
[06:37] ---
    and have forgotten the sublime spirit
    of attaining the everlasting galaxy.
[06:42] ---
    We cannot wait any longer.
[06:45] ---
    We must reach the Black Cross
    by our own power alone.
[06:49] ---
    So that is why you need
    Côte-d'Or's soleil?
[06:52] ---
    Yes. We cannot leave it
    to Vetti any longer.
[06:56] ---
    But you should at least
    discuss it with him.
[06:59] ---
    If you speak to him, I'm sure that
    Vetti-sama will understand.
[07:04] ---
    The die has been cast.
[07:11] ---
    Behold.
[07:12] ---
    What is it?
[07:13] ---
    The sword of the last king,
    Magnus Corvalle.
[07:17] ---
    What is something like
    that doing here?
[07:20] ---
    I killed the king with this sword.
[07:24] ---
    Magnus did not understand
    our sublime spirit,
[07:29] ---
    and tried to eliminate
    the Cross-Star religion.
[07:32] ---
    Somebody had to kill him.
[07:37] ---
    I committed a grave sin.
    Even now, I am tormented by that sin.
[07:43] ---
    However, it was all
    for the people's sake.
[07:48] ---
    The people?
[07:49] ---
    Rachel, I commit this sword to you.
[07:58] ---
    Are you telling me
[08:00] ---
    that I am to bear the responsibilities
    of the pope as well?
[08:03] ---
    That is your destiny,
    as one who was born my daughter.
[08:08] ---
    However, this is also for
    your beloved Vetti's sake.
[08:14] ---
    For Vetti-sama?
[08:18] ---
    Have we lost them?
[08:19] ---
    Just a minute...
[08:21] ---
    Deciphering code...
[08:23] ---
    There are still Imperial
    forces in front of us.
[08:25] ---
    Feels like they're not letting
    us get away, no matter what.
[08:30] ---
    Full-speed evasive!
[08:31] ---
    Roger!
[08:36] ---
    With the royal family's
    secret technologies,
[08:38] ---
    I will knock the enemy off their perch!
[08:45] ---
    Sylua, shake off the enemy
    somehow and get us out of here!
[08:48] ---
    Right!
[08:49] ---
    With my beloved piloting us,
[08:52] ---
    I will fire away, with you in my heart!
[09:00] ---
    U- us not performing in tune
    with each other is inopportune.
[09:04] ---
    Sorry!
[09:15] ---
    Settle down and recover!
[09:17] ---
    Right!
[09:22] ---
    The glass battleship has fallen silent!
[09:24] ---
    Open all gunports!
    Finish off the enemy ship! Fire!
[09:34] ---
    The Imperial fleet is taking fire.
[09:36] ---
    Reinforcements?!
[09:38] ---
    Reinforcements? There's no reason
    why we would have any right now!
[09:41] ---
    What's going on?!
[09:42] ---
    I don't know.
[09:43] ---
    The attacks appear to be coming from
    the other side of the meteor swarm.
[09:46] ---
    What?!
[09:55] ---
    What an enormous ship!
[09:57] ---
    It appears to be an old
    royal family warship.
[09:59] ---
    What?!
[10:01] ---
    N- no, that's...
[10:04] ---
    ...Admiral Gawain's flagship,
    where I once served!
[10:10] ---
    But that dauntless way in
    which it is fighting is...
[10:14] ---
    No, it couldn't be...
    He's supposed to be dead...
[10:18] ---
    Receiving a transmission
    from that huge warship.
[10:21] ---
    "Ride... my... wind..."
[10:42] ---
    Eimer is there, too!
    The two of them are safe!
[10:51] ---
    You take it from here.
[10:53] ---
    Where are you going?
[10:55] ---
    Isn't that obvious? To my ship.
[10:58] ---
    No fair! Take me with you!
[11:01] ---
    Come hard about
    and slip through them.
[11:03] ---
    Only you can perform that trick.
[11:11] ---
    Cleo is coming here!
[11:13] ---
    How is he planning to get here?!
[11:19] ---
    H- hey, chief!
[12:01] ---
    Cleo!
[12:02] ---
    Michel!
[12:09] ---
    Cleo! Cleo!
[12:17] ---
    Come on! Come on! Shoot at me!
[12:20] ---
    Having a target this huge
    makes it easy to aim, right?!
[12:32] ---
    Isn't Cleo there yet?!
[12:34] ---
    You sure seem youthful!
[12:37] ---
    Hey! Sorry to keep you waiting!
[12:40] ---
    Cleo!
[12:41] ---
    We'll skip the greetings.
[12:44] ---
    It's been so long,
    how about we get going?
[12:46] ---
    All right!
[12:48] ---
    We're counting on you.
[12:49] ---
    Make a run at the center
    of the enemy fleet!
[12:52] ---
    Badat, maximum power!
[12:54] ---
    Right!
[12:55] ---
    Nowy, tell Eimer to act as a decoy
    toward the center of the enemy fleet!
[13:00] ---
    You got it.
[13:01] ---
    Sylua, set course 1-5 to starboard!
[13:03] ---
    Right!
[13:04] ---
    Heizak, don't forget our gifts!
[13:07] ---
    As you command!
[13:21] ---
    Act as a decoy?!
[13:23] ---
    That bastard! That's a real
    pickle he's asking us to get into!
[13:27] ---
    Still, three flagships
    are all that remain.
[13:29] ---
    Port cannons are out of ammunition!
[13:32] ---
    Same here!
[13:35] ---
    All right, let me handle this!
[13:43] ---
    Start by disposing of that rustbucket!
[13:45] ---
    All ships, get the enemy vessel
    into the crossfire point!
[13:50] ---
    Pierce their hearts.
[13:51] ---
    I've been waiting for this!
    It's been a long time!
[13:55] ---
    Analyzing soleil location...
[13:58] ---
    Sylua!
[13:59] ---
    It's all right!
    I can pull this off, just watch!
[14:02] ---
    Loading coordinates!
[14:05] ---
    Take this!
[14:11] ---
    Changeover!
[14:39] ---
    Sylua...
[14:40] ---
    Yes?!
[14:41] ---
    Believe in yourself.
[14:45] ---
    Right!
[15:05] ---
    Yes...
[15:07] ---
    Once we reach the Black Cross,
    and obtain the everlasting galaxy,
[15:12] ---
    maybe Vetti-sama's heart will change.
[15:18] ---
    Please come back soon, Vetti-sama...
[15:26] ---
    "The box that maketh
    the two-headed eagle
[15:29] ---
    "doth sleep within the child of stars.
[15:31] ---
    "He who seeketh it
    shall reawaken it," huh?
[15:35] ---
    Yes, that's what Guildy-sama said.
    So I'm going to find the star box.
[15:42] ---
    For you, Vetti-sama!
[15:44] ---
    I'm looking forward to it.
[15:45] ---
    Right! Also, I had a thought
    about that other prophecy.
[15:52] ---
    Vetti-sama, you said that
    Rachel was the god of love,
[15:56] ---
    but I don't think that's true.
[15:58] ---
    Oh? Then who do you think it is?
[16:01] ---
    Well... it's probably... um...
[16:06] ---
    Vetti-sama, I'm all done.
[16:08] ---
    As I anticipated, your wound from
    the other day is completely healed.
[16:12] ---
    As you anticipated?
[16:13] ---
    Yes.
[16:15] ---
    The same was true of that man Cleo.
[16:18] ---
    The effects of having soleil
    within his body
[16:20] ---
    gave him surprising
    recuperative abilities.
[16:23] ---
    So that's it... It was you, after all...
[16:29] ---
    You're the one who fills me with
[16:32] ---
    the unspeakable loneliness
    that pierces my heart.
[16:36] ---
    I swear I will defeat you,
    and subdue everything about you...
[16:41] ---
    Cleo...
[16:48] ---
    Eimer!
[16:50] ---
    Nowy!
[16:52] ---
    --Have you been doing
    all right, you little...
[16:53] ---
    --Stop it! Cut it out!
[16:57] ---
    Huh? My glasses!
    Huh? My glasses...
[16:59] ---
    --You're the same as ever.
[17:00] ---
    --Where are my glasses?
[17:01] ---
    Same goes for you, too.
[17:03] ---
    Youth!
[17:10] ---
    My glasses...
[17:11] ---
    We picked up this whole bunch
    on that garbage heap planet.
[17:14] ---
    Be good to them, will you?
[17:17] ---
    By the way, who was it that
    was piloting the ship earlier?
[17:20] ---
    That was me.
[17:21] ---
    You, Sylua?! A brat like you
    can pull off heart piercing?!
[17:25] ---
    I'm not lying to you!
    Everyone here is a witness!
[17:28] ---
    They all exploded because you
    missed the target, you know!
[17:32] ---
    It was pretty good for my first time.
[17:34] ---
    What, you want a contest?
[17:36] ---
    I was hoping you'd say that!
[17:38] ---
    All right! We'll settle this right now!
[17:40] ---
    That's fine with me! You think
    you're the only one who can do it?!
[17:43] ---
    I want to thank you.
[17:46] ---
    For getting my ship back.
[17:50] ---
    I have something else
    to give back to you.
[17:59] ---
    Thank you.
[18:00] ---
    You've changed a little bit.
[18:04] ---
    Have I?
[18:16] ---
    Welcome home.
[18:18] ---
    You're still awake?
[18:22] ---
    It's only right that a wife
    awaits her husband's return.
[18:26] ---
    I'm tired tonight.
    Go sleep in another room.
[18:30] ---
    Another room? Why should I,
    when we have exchanged vows?
[18:34] ---
    Then I will leave.
[18:36] ---
    Please wait. I need to talk to you...
[18:42] ---
    ...about the future of the galaxy...
[18:55] ---
    Excuse the interruption
    while you are fatigued...
[18:58] ---
    Doesn't matter. What is it?
[19:00] ---
    The glass battleship, as well as what
    is reportedly Gawain's giant warship,
[19:05] ---
    have entered Bardeaux territory.
[19:07] ---
    Which means that, naturally...
[19:09] ---
    Yes. It is still touch-and-go whether
    or not B.B. will work with them,
[19:13] ---
    but they undoubtedly have
    but one objective:
[19:16] ---
    the formation of a new People's Army.
[19:18] ---
    We don't need to wait for
    B.B.'s decision anymore.
[19:21] ---
    That old lady can run
    to the ends of the world,
[19:24] ---
    or provoke antagonism among
    the baronage, I don't really care.
[19:27] ---
    Crush anyone who opposes us.
[19:29] ---
    With that in mind,
    I have made ready an elite unit.
[19:37] ---
    Excellency, it is a pleasure
    to meet you. I am Ulugh Sahne.
[19:45] ---
    Michel-sama, thank goodness,
    thank goodness you're safe!
[19:48] ---
    I'm glad too, Michel!
[19:52] ---
    Sorry to worry you.
[19:55] ---
    Oh, and you guys, too.
[19:57] ---
    Man, that sounded like
    an afterthought, huh?
[20:00] ---
    So, how go the negotiations with B.B.?
[20:03] ---
    She's being as stingy as ever.
[20:05] ---
    She doesn't seem to be receptive to us.
[20:08] ---
    Which is only natural, when you
    consider the people of my territory.
[20:13] ---
    Yo! How have you been?
[20:16] ---
    It has been too long, wind boy.
[20:19] ---
    As it happens, there's something
    I need for you to hear, too.
[20:26] ---
    You're saying that we humans
    came here from another galaxy?
[20:29] ---
    Yeah. This galaxy will
    perish before long,
[20:33] ---
    and be drawn into the Black Cross.
[20:37] ---
    You always say the most
    fascinating things.
[20:40] ---
    Whether you believe it
    or not is up to you.
[20:43] ---
    There's no way we could believe
    a tale like that, is there?
[20:47] ---
    In the Cross-Star religion, they preach
    that once we reach the Black Cross,
[20:50] ---
    mankind will be able to
    obtain an everlasting galaxy.
[20:53] ---
    Quite correct.
[20:55] ---
    That's a load of rubbish.
[20:57] ---
    So, what will you do, Cleo?
[21:00] ---
    There's not much time.
[21:02] ---
    I'm going to unite the whole world,
    and say goodbye to this galaxy.
[21:08] ---
    Needless to say, I'm not going
    to plunge into the Black Cross.
[21:11] ---
    We're all going to escape
    from this galaxy.
[21:14] ---
    For that, I don't mind abandoning my
    goal of restoring the royal family.
[21:19] ---
    If this is true... Cleo...
[21:24] ---
    You sure have raised
    your reputation, boy.
[21:29] ---
    Now then, what to do?
[21:32] ---
    Simple. Ride my wind.
[21:37] ---
    Sure enough, you are...
[21:39] ---
    "Like a Royal Road"
[21:40] ---
    ...our savior.
[21:56] ---
    In these streets which have lost their color,
[22:02] ---
    under my breath, I look at the screen.
[22:09] ---
    Searching for the key to the future,
[22:15] ---
    I've torn my pocket.
[22:22] ---
    Have I any doubts?
[22:28] ---
    Will the light shine?
[22:35] ---
    What is right?
[22:40] ---
    As I struggle, I move into the distance.
[22:47] ---
    I am the only one,
[22:49] ---
    my drifting heart is as hard as a cocoon,
[22:56] ---
    and it protects me,
[23:00] ---
    but I am not the only one,
[23:02] ---
    and the words that issue forth
[23:05] ---
    want to catch
[23:08] ---
    going round and round.
[23:14] ---
    The shadow of an assassin that
    steals in without a sound...
[23:17] ---
    What is it that whispers into
    the ear of a savior to sway his heart?
[23:22] ---
    Next time on Glass Fleet,
    "Like a House of Cards..."
[23:25] ---
    The galaxy in revolution. Renaissance.
[23:25] ---
    "Like a House of Cards..."