# 20 - Like a Royal Road
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8D2D88Y/glass-fleet)
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"Now, when the roses
are past their season,
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"what a rose is this,
to know its first bud!
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"A single stem, with its shining,
belated blossom;
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"its vibrant colors more than
compensating for its tardiness."
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That day, I remembered this poem...
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...when I saw you once again,
riding the wind like a winged horse,
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galloping across the galaxy.
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*I may have a habit of running away
as soon as anything bad occurs,*
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*but no matter what happens,
I'm not going to run away now.*
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*I may have a habit of bursting into tears,
even though I understand it in my mind,*
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*I'm not going to cry now.*
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*I'm tired of hearing that
things will turn out all right.*
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*Don't bury your head in your hands.*
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*Instead give your positive gauge a clip!*
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*In time it will all feel
just like it should!*
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*Deeply, deeply, it's becoming
etched in my mind*
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*that someday, this will all be real.*
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*Both the unchanging mornings
and the never-ending nights.*
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*I'm off and running for tomorrow's sake.*
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Honey...
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LaCuree... Birdie...
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Congratulations...
Now, you are finally free...
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We won't ever forget you.
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Or your youth.
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Admiral, you were indeed legendary.
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I am proud to have felt
the same wind that you did.
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Farewell, Admiral.
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Rest in peace.
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Nowy, find a course through
the weakest part of the enemy attack!
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Hold on...
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Heizak, keep the enemy's attack
at a distance for a little bit!
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As you command!
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Can't you shake them off somehow?
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This is all we've got!
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There it is! There's one possible
course we can take at 2 o'clock!
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Where?
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The garbage heap planet.
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Right! They won't come near us there!
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Sylua!
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Right!
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Can't we go after
Vetti's ship right now?
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No way, no way! We'll never
catch up to them in this thing.
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No matter.
I know where he'll be going.
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So what do we do?
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If we go to get our ship back
in this gigantic thing,
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we'll be too conspicuous.
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And we're low on ammo, too.
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Huh? I'm intercepting
a coded message.
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It's coming from...
the Holy Emperor's forces!
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Can you decipher it?
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Let's see, what do we have here?
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Urgent... support... glass battleship...
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Cleo!
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Where is it that you are taking me?
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Where is my father?
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This way.
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What is this?
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Connection to Côte-d'Or's
soleil complete.
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Is it possible to operate it from here?
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There are still several
hurdles in the way.
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Hurry. If this takes too long,
Vetti will realize what is happening.
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Father!
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Oh, Rachel, you're here.
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Never mind the incident
at the castle the other day,
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what is going on here?
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What in the world is this place?
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I was thinking that it was about
time I told you everything.
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The light and shadow of the Cross-Star
religion is assembled here.
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Light and shadow...
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You do know the final destination
spoken of in our scripture, right?
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Of course I do.
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"When ye, and all those who are with
ye after the manner of the flesh,
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"do pass beyond the dark depths
of the Black Cross,
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"ye shall obtain
an everlasting galaxy."
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What about it?
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The time we have been waiting
for has finally arrived.
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The time when we will
reach the Black Cross,
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and obtain immortality.
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You know, don't you, that the galaxy,
slowly though it may be,
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is already being drawn
toward the Black Cross?
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Yes.
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However, the nobility, who prosper
in the things of this world,
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content themselves in
the day of their probation,
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devoted to lining their own pockets,
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and have forgotten the sublime spirit
of attaining the everlasting galaxy.
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We cannot wait any longer.
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We must reach the Black Cross
by our own power alone.
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So that is why you need
Côte-d'Or's soleil?
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Yes. We cannot leave it
to Vetti any longer.
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But you should at least
discuss it with him.
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If you speak to him, I'm sure that
Vetti-sama will understand.
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The die has been cast.
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Behold.
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What is it?
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The sword of the last king,
Magnus Corvalle.
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What is something like
that doing here?
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I killed the king with this sword.
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Magnus did not understand
our sublime spirit,
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and tried to eliminate
the Cross-Star religion.
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Somebody had to kill him.
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I committed a grave sin.
Even now, I am tormented by that sin.
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However, it was all
for the people's sake.
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The people?
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Rachel, I commit this sword to you.
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Are you telling me
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that I am to bear the responsibilities
of the pope as well?
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That is your destiny,
as one who was born my daughter.
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However, this is also for
your beloved Vetti's sake.
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For Vetti-sama?
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Have we lost them?
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Just a minute...
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Deciphering code...
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There are still Imperial
forces in front of us.
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Feels like they're not letting
us get away, no matter what.
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Full-speed evasive!
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Roger!
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With the royal family's
secret technologies,
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I will knock the enemy off their perch!
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Sylua, shake off the enemy
somehow and get us out of here!
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Right!
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With my beloved piloting us,
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I will fire away, with you in my heart!
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U- us not performing in tune
with each other is inopportune.
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Sorry!
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Settle down and recover!
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Right!
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The glass battleship has fallen silent!
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Open all gunports!
Finish off the enemy ship! Fire!
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The Imperial fleet is taking fire.
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Reinforcements?!
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Reinforcements? There's no reason
why we would have any right now!
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What's going on?!
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I don't know.
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The attacks appear to be coming from
the other side of the meteor swarm.
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What?!
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What an enormous ship!
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It appears to be an old
royal family warship.
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What?!
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N- no, that's...
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...Admiral Gawain's flagship,
where I once served!
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But that dauntless way in
which it is fighting is...
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No, it couldn't be...
He's supposed to be dead...
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Receiving a transmission
from that huge warship.
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"Ride... my... wind..."
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Eimer is there, too!
The two of them are safe!
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You take it from here.
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Where are you going?
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Isn't that obvious? To my ship.
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No fair! Take me with you!
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Come hard about
and slip through them.
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Only you can perform that trick.
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Cleo is coming here!
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How is he planning to get here?!
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H- hey, chief!
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Cleo!
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Michel!
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Cleo! Cleo!
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Come on! Come on! Shoot at me!
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Having a target this huge
makes it easy to aim, right?!
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Isn't Cleo there yet?!
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You sure seem youthful!
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Hey! Sorry to keep you waiting!
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Cleo!
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We'll skip the greetings.
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It's been so long,
how about we get going?
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All right!
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We're counting on you.
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Make a run at the center
of the enemy fleet!
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Badat, maximum power!
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Right!
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Nowy, tell Eimer to act as a decoy
toward the center of the enemy fleet!
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You got it.
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Sylua, set course 1-5 to starboard!
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Right!
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Heizak, don't forget our gifts!
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As you command!
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Act as a decoy?!
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That bastard! That's a real
pickle he's asking us to get into!
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Still, three flagships
are all that remain.
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Port cannons are out of ammunition!
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Same here!
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All right, let me handle this!
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Start by disposing of that rustbucket!
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All ships, get the enemy vessel
into the crossfire point!
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Pierce their hearts.
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I've been waiting for this!
It's been a long time!
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Analyzing soleil location...
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Sylua!
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It's all right!
I can pull this off, just watch!
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Loading coordinates!
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Take this!
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Changeover!
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Sylua...
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Yes?!
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Believe in yourself.
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Right!
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Yes...
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Once we reach the Black Cross,
and obtain the everlasting galaxy,
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maybe Vetti-sama's heart will change.
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Please come back soon, Vetti-sama...
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"The box that maketh
the two-headed eagle
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"doth sleep within the child of stars.
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"He who seeketh it
shall reawaken it," huh?
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Yes, that's what Guildy-sama said.
So I'm going to find the star box.
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For you, Vetti-sama!
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I'm looking forward to it.
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Right! Also, I had a thought
about that other prophecy.
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Vetti-sama, you said that
Rachel was the god of love,
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but I don't think that's true.
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Oh? Then who do you think it is?
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Well... it's probably... um...
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Vetti-sama, I'm all done.
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As I anticipated, your wound from
the other day is completely healed.
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As you anticipated?
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Yes.
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The same was true of that man Cleo.
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The effects of having soleil
within his body
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gave him surprising
recuperative abilities.
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So that's it... It was you, after all...
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You're the one who fills me with
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the unspeakable loneliness
that pierces my heart.
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I swear I will defeat you,
and subdue everything about you...
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Cleo...
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Eimer!
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Nowy!
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--Have you been doing
all right, you little...
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--Stop it! Cut it out!
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Huh? My glasses!
Huh? My glasses...
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--You're the same as ever.
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--Where are my glasses?
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Same goes for you, too.
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Youth!
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My glasses...
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We picked up this whole bunch
on that garbage heap planet.
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Be good to them, will you?
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By the way, who was it that
was piloting the ship earlier?
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That was me.
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You, Sylua?! A brat like you
can pull off heart piercing?!
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I'm not lying to you!
Everyone here is a witness!
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They all exploded because you
missed the target, you know!
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It was pretty good for my first time.
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What, you want a contest?
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I was hoping you'd say that!
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All right! We'll settle this right now!
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That's fine with me! You think
you're the only one who can do it?!
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I want to thank you.
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For getting my ship back.
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I have something else
to give back to you.
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Thank you.
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You've changed a little bit.
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Have I?
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Welcome home.
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You're still awake?
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It's only right that a wife
awaits her husband's return.
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I'm tired tonight.
Go sleep in another room.
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Another room? Why should I,
when we have exchanged vows?
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Then I will leave.
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Please wait. I need to talk to you...
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...about the future of the galaxy...
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Excuse the interruption
while you are fatigued...
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Doesn't matter. What is it?
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The glass battleship, as well as what
is reportedly Gawain's giant warship,
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have entered Bardeaux territory.
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Which means that, naturally...
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Yes. It is still touch-and-go whether
or not B.B. will work with them,
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but they undoubtedly have
but one objective:
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the formation of a new People's Army.
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We don't need to wait for
B.B.'s decision anymore.
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That old lady can run
to the ends of the world,
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or provoke antagonism among
the baronage, I don't really care.
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Crush anyone who opposes us.
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With that in mind,
I have made ready an elite unit.
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Excellency, it is a pleasure
to meet you. I am Ulugh Sahne.
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Michel-sama, thank goodness,
thank goodness you're safe!
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I'm glad too, Michel!
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Sorry to worry you.
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Oh, and you guys, too.
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Man, that sounded like
an afterthought, huh?
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So, how go the negotiations with B.B.?
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She's being as stingy as ever.
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She doesn't seem to be receptive to us.
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Which is only natural, when you
consider the people of my territory.
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Yo! How have you been?
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It has been too long, wind boy.
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As it happens, there's something
I need for you to hear, too.
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You're saying that we humans
came here from another galaxy?
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Yeah. This galaxy will
perish before long,
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and be drawn into the Black Cross.
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You always say the most
fascinating things.
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Whether you believe it
or not is up to you.
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There's no way we could believe
a tale like that, is there?
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In the Cross-Star religion, they preach
that once we reach the Black Cross,
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mankind will be able to
obtain an everlasting galaxy.
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Quite correct.
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That's a load of rubbish.
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So, what will you do, Cleo?
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There's not much time.
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I'm going to unite the whole world,
and say goodbye to this galaxy.
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Needless to say, I'm not going
to plunge into the Black Cross.
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We're all going to escape
from this galaxy.
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For that, I don't mind abandoning my
goal of restoring the royal family.
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If this is true... Cleo...
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You sure have raised
your reputation, boy.
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Now then, what to do?
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Simple. Ride my wind.
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Sure enough, you are...
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"Like a Royal Road"
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...our savior.
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*In these streets which have lost their color,*
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*under my breath, I look at the screen.*
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*Searching for the key to the future,*
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*I've torn my pocket.*
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*Have I any doubts?*
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*Will the light shine?*
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*What is right?*
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*As I struggle, I move into the distance.*
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*I am the only one,*
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*my drifting heart is as hard as a cocoon,*
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*and it protects me,*
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*but I am not the only one,*
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*and the words that issue forth*
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*want to catch*
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*going round and round.*
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The shadow of an assassin that
steals in without a sound...
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What is it that whispers into
the ear of a savior to sway his heart?
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Next time on Glass Fleet,
"Like a House of Cards..."
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The galaxy in revolution. Renaissance.
**[23:25] ---**
"Like a House of Cards..."