# 21 - Like a House of Cards
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY8D2D88Y/glass-fleet)
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**[00:16] ---**
There is nothing quite as fragile
as the word "justice."
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When we fight for someone,
justice can easily turn to violence.
**[00:26] ---**
Even so, when the time comes
that we must fight,
**[00:29] ---**
people close their eyes
to this contradiction.
**[00:33] ---**
However, we followed our convictions
and took up our swords,
**[00:36] ---**
calling ourselves "The People's Army."
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We believed that this fight was
for the sake of our future,
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and were unshaken.
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We believed that our enemy was evil,
and that we were just.
**[01:01] ---**
*I may have a habit of running away
as soon as anything bad occurs,*
**[01:08] ---**
*but no matter what happens,
I'm not going to run away now.*
**[01:15] ---**
*I may have a habit of bursting into tears,
even though I understand it in my mind,*
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*but since I am aiming higher,
I'm not going to cry now.*
**[01:29] ---**
*I'm tired of hearing that
things will turn out all right.*
**[01:31] ---**
*Don't bury your head in your hands.*
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*Instead give your positive gauge a clip!*
**[01:34] ---**
*In time it will all feel
just like it should!*
**[01:38] ---**
*Deeply, deeply, it's becoming
etched in my mind*
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*that someday, this will all be real.*
**[01:51] ---**
*Both the unchanging mornings
and the never-ending nights.*
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*I'm off and running for tomorrow's sake.*
**[02:56] ---**
So this is where you are.
**[02:58] ---**
Are you sure you're not
drinking too much?
**[03:01] ---**
An answer...
**[03:03] ---**
I was looking for an answer.
**[03:04] ---**
An answer?
**[03:06] ---**
Ever since I spoke to the Admiral.
**[03:10] ---**
How do I get the people of
the world to ride my wind?
**[03:14] ---**
And?
**[03:18] ---**
It's simple.
We can't do it by ourselves.
**[03:28] ---**
It's precisely because we
can't do it by ourselves
**[03:30] ---**
that we're renegotiating
with B.B., right?
**[03:32] ---**
That won't be enough.
**[03:35] ---**
In order to have all people escape
the threat of the Black Cross,
**[03:39] ---**
there's one other person with whom we
must join forces, no matter what happens.
**[03:43] ---**
One other person?
**[03:45] ---**
The power of the one who is
trying to unify the whole world.
**[03:49] ---**
You don't mean... He is the enemy!
**[03:56] ---**
It's true, he is one sickening bastard,
**[03:58] ---**
and an enemy as far as
the People's Army sees him,
**[04:00] ---**
but this is no time to be
griping over trivial matters.
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Everyone's lives are at stake.
**[04:07] ---**
If it comes down to
joining forces with him,
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then I choose an honorable death!
**[04:12] ---**
What are you so uptight over?
**[04:15] ---**
Oh, excuse me...
**[04:17] ---**
This is quite an interesting
conversation you're having.
**[04:20] ---**
Would you be good enough
to include me in it?
**[04:25] ---**
Nothing really interesting about it.
**[04:27] ---**
You don't think so?
**[04:29] ---**
Wind boy, you have brought up
the subject of Vetti.
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Usually, it's the men who
like to dream big,
**[04:37] ---**
and the women who think
more pragmatically...
**[04:44] ---**
So, you've caught on?
**[04:46] ---**
We are from the same mold, after all.
**[04:49] ---**
Still, whether the people's hero,
Michel Volban,
**[04:53] ---**
is a man or a woman is no great matter.
**[04:57] ---**
Rather, the people will follow whichever
path their idol, Michel Volban, chooses.
**[05:02] ---**
Idol?
**[05:04] ---**
Yes. What they need is a signpost,
named Michel Volban.
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Would you accept
teaming up with Vetti?
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Hmph... I told you,
women are pragmatic.
**[05:20] ---**
Well then, you women
speak between yourselves.
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Sounds like there's
nothing else I can do.
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Your taste isn't bad.
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So, how about it? Do you believe it?
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Huh?
**[05:43] ---**
What Big Brother said.
You know, about the Black Cross?
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I hate to come down on Big Brother,
but I just don't get it.
**[05:51] ---**
Me, either. I mean, those kind of tales
are usually just hot air, you know?
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It's not worth making
such a big fuss over.
**[05:58] ---**
Yo!
**[05:59] ---**
Oh, Big Sis!
**[06:01] ---**
How about joining us?
**[06:02] ---**
No way.
**[06:04] ---**
Have you seen Cleo?
**[06:06] ---**
I don't know. We were drinking
together a little while ago.
**[06:10] ---**
Now that you mention it,
Mickey and Chloe are gone, too.
**[06:13] ---**
I wonder if they got lost. After all,
there are a lot of rooms here.
**[06:18] ---**
Maybe they're getting their youth on.
**[06:20] ---**
You dummy!
**[06:21] ---**
Chloe just lost her husband!
**[06:24] ---**
Besides, Mickey is all shriveled up.
**[06:57] ---**
She wants me to wear this
to the banquet tonight?
**[07:26] ---**
Admiral, when I heard you were alive,
it honestly threw me for a loop.
**[07:35] ---**
But still, I don't have a single regret.
**[07:41] ---**
You must have felt his wind, too.
**[07:46] ---**
So please, let us see this
through to the end, Admiral.
**[07:55] ---**
Cleo!
**[07:59] ---**
I found you!
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What is it?
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Let's have a drink together!
**[08:05] ---**
What's wrong?
**[08:10] ---**
Cleo!
**[08:23] ---**
Cleo!
**[08:26] ---**
Mickey... Chloe...
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How could this have happened?
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B.B.'s guards drank too much wine,
and now their defenses are down!
**[08:39] ---**
Cleo!
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I'm going to flush out the intruders!
You go call the "youthful" guys here!
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Gotcha!
**[08:47] ---**
Fire brigade, hurry!
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This place has had it!
Head for warehouses ♪2 and ♪4!
**[08:58] ---**
What's happening?!
**[09:02] ---**
How can this be?!
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Where is the Duchess of Bardeaux?!
**[09:07] ---**
I believe she is in her room.
**[09:09] ---**
Take me there!
**[09:13] ---**
Duchess of Bardeaux!
Duchess of Bardeaux!
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Duchess of Bardeaux!
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Wait!
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This is indeed fortunate. To think that
Michel Volban would come to us...
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Why, you... Who are you?!
**[09:43] ---**
I am Ulugh Sahne,
1st Divisional Commander
**[09:47] ---**
of the Holy Imperial Force's
Special Tactical Division.
**[09:49] ---**
Special Tactical Division?
**[09:54] ---**
The second act has begun,
Duchess of Bardeaux.
**[10:04] ---**
Huh? What's this coded message?
**[10:06] ---**
Ah, Nowy, you're here!
We're leaving port right away!
**[10:10] ---**
We can't. Eimer isn't here.
**[10:12] ---**
What?!
**[10:18] ---**
Now, shall we get going?
**[10:22] ---**
No.
**[10:47] ---**
Cleo!
**[10:54] ---**
What the...
**[10:55] ---**
T- they're all dead!
**[10:58] ---**
Just who would do
something like this?!
**[11:01] ---**
This is expert work.
**[11:04] ---**
Were they after
the Duchess of Bardeaux?
**[11:07] ---**
Cleo-san, where is Michel-sama?
**[11:09] ---**
I don't know. Carried off, apparently.
**[11:20] ---**
Who's piloting it?
**[11:24] ---**
You're late, you're late.
**[11:30] ---**
What's with your glasses?
**[11:32] ---**
I just ran into things
when I wore them.
**[11:35] ---**
My glasses, my glasses...
**[11:36] ---**
Never mind! I'll take over!
**[11:39] ---**
We're leaving immediately.
We're going to find their escape vessel.
**[11:42] ---**
Now that you mention it, I picked up
an unfamiliar coded message earlier.
**[12:02] ---**
The 4th Division has finished their
operation, and is withdrawing.
**[12:05] ---**
All right.
**[12:06] ---**
The 3rd Division has
completed their mission.
**[12:08] ---**
Good work.
**[12:15] ---**
You there! Would you please
not touch that cask?
**[12:19] ---**
There is a vintage inside there
**[12:21] ---**
that you will not partake of
as long as you live.
**[12:26] ---**
You're going to spoil its flavor.
**[12:27] ---**
Oh, how rude of me.
**[12:31] ---**
In that case, I will savor it slowly,
once our operation is concluded.
**[12:36] ---**
What exactly are you planning to do?!
**[12:39] ---**
Blow up the soleil.
**[12:43] ---**
I am going to have you witness
the destruction of Bardeaux territory.
**[12:47] ---**
In the darkness,
once the soleil is extinguished,
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the territory's population
will be eliminated, and then finally,
**[12:53] ---**
His Excellency the Holy Emperor
has ordered me to kill you.
**[12:58] ---**
Vetti's tastes are pretty good as well.
**[13:00] ---**
How shameless! What you are doing
is not warfare! It's just plain murder!
**[13:06] ---**
I'm afraid I must take exception.
**[13:09] ---**
I am doing nothing more than
carrying out my duties.
**[13:12] ---**
What duties?!
You're just minions of evil,
**[13:16] ---**
plotting to do whatever
you please with the galaxy,
**[13:18] ---**
thinking nothing of
the lives of the people!
**[13:20] ---**
If you look at it from our side,
it's your "People's Army" that is evil.
**[13:24] ---**
What?!
**[13:25] ---**
His Excellency was
victorious against you,
**[13:27] ---**
and has conquered the world.
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You are the ones who are trying to destroy
the world His Excellency has created,
**[13:33] ---**
without even looking upon it.
**[13:35] ---**
That's not-
**[13:37] ---**
When I return home,
my wife and children will be there.
**[13:40] ---**
My men also have wives, lovers,
elderly parents, and other family.
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In order to protect them,
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they take upon themselves the honor
of the Holy Emperor's forces,
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and eradicate your side.
**[13:53] ---**
What are you trying to say?
**[13:55] ---**
I am certain that the People's Army
**[13:58] ---**
wages war against us
by that very same reasoning.
**[14:03] ---**
You also want to create a world
where your families
**[14:06] ---**
can live in peace and security,
that's all.
**[14:08] ---**
Which is to say,
the security of the state.
**[14:11] ---**
If my destructive activities
lay the foundations for peace,
**[14:15] ---**
then I will gladly undertake
this dirty business.
**[14:18] ---**
And that is where your honor is?
**[14:21] ---**
Yes. When my mission is safely over,
**[14:25] ---**
I will hug my family with these
same hands that have killed you.
**[14:29] ---**
You're out of your mind!
**[14:31] ---**
Then let me ask you,
**[14:33] ---**
who is it that has ultimately contributed
more towards peace in the galaxy?
**[14:38] ---**
Is it you? Or is it me?
**[14:46] ---**
The 4th Division has
completed their mission.
**[14:48] ---**
Mm-hmm, good work.
**[14:50] ---**
All personnel have evacuated
to the safe zone.
**[14:53] ---**
Preparations to detonate
the soleil are complete.
**[14:55] ---**
All right.
**[14:58] ---**
Even if you blow up the soleil,
**[14:59] ---**
it will soon be restored with supplies
from our linked territories.
**[15:04] ---**
That will not matter.
**[15:06] ---**
As long as we have the territorial
ship that Bardeaux territory is,
**[15:09] ---**
we will not need anything else
that is in this territory.
**[15:13] ---**
Now, let's begin.
**[15:17] ---**
Commander!
**[15:18] ---**
T- the glass battleship is gone!
**[15:21] ---**
What?!
**[15:35] ---**
Duchess of Bardeaux!
**[15:59] ---**
Duchess of Bardeaux, get up!
**[16:03] ---**
Come on!
**[16:06] ---**
That's far enough.
**[16:08] ---**
You must be Cleo of the Wind.
I am surprised by your daring tactics.
**[16:14] ---**
Tactics are only meaningful when
they take the opponent by surprise.
**[16:20] ---**
How did you know we were here?
**[16:21] ---**
You shouldn't have used
those communicators.
**[16:24] ---**
We seized upon your signal,
and calculated this location.
**[16:29] ---**
Must I admit defeat?
**[16:32] ---**
It's up to you.
**[16:54] ---**
Like I said, you have to
take them by surprise.
**[17:03] ---**
Are you okay?
**[17:05] ---**
Yeah.
**[17:09] ---**
I welcome a battle like this any day!
**[17:18] ---**
M- my wine...
**[17:20] ---**
My... my wine... my...
**[17:47] ---**
I must have appeared quite
disgraceful last night, huh?
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No.
**[17:53] ---**
That soldier kept going
on and on about it,
**[17:55] ---**
but now, I understand what he meant.
**[18:00] ---**
We must create a world
**[18:01] ---**
where those who are dear to us
can live with peace of mind.
**[18:04] ---**
I feel no hesitation in
taking up arms to that end.
**[18:09] ---**
Vetti is going to recall just
what kind of woman B.B. is.
**[18:22] ---**
Aren't you thoughtful, wind boy?
**[18:42] ---**
Vetti-sama...
**[18:43] ---**
How is it coming?
**[18:45] ---**
Well... still nothing...
**[18:48] ---**
I wish I could give you a hand.
**[18:50] ---**
No, Vetti-sama, you're so busy.
**[18:54] ---**
Just let me handle this.
I want to help you, Vetti-sama.
**[19:00] ---**
Thank you.
**[19:02] ---**
But you shouldn't be
pushing yourself so hard.
**[19:04] ---**
Mm-mm, I have to push myself.
**[19:06] ---**
After all, Vetti-sama,
you don't have much time left.
**[19:12] ---**
I'm sorry!
**[19:13] ---**
That's okay. It's true, after all.
Muscat's diagnosis backs that up.
**[19:20] ---**
What?
**[19:22] ---**
The soleil's specter is growing.
She says my death is near.
**[19:29] ---**
Vetti-sama...
**[19:33] ---**
And now, it's just us, huh?
**[19:36] ---**
That's right...
**[19:52] ---**
I'm coming in.
**[19:55] ---**
At least knock first!
**[19:57] ---**
What B.B. said is bothering me.
**[20:01] ---**
What did that man say to you?
**[20:06] ---**
It was contradictory.
**[20:07] ---**
Contradictory?
**[20:11] ---**
That the enemy is fighting
for the same reasons.
**[20:14] ---**
They desire peace, and have
those that they wish to protect.
**[20:18] ---**
That we are not the only ones
who have justice on our side.
**[20:22] ---**
Which means that it
might be possible for us
**[20:24] ---**
to team up with the Holy
Imperial forces, like you said.
**[20:29] ---**
Even if it means burying
all of our grudges.
**[20:33] ---**
You always get that look in your eye
**[20:36] ---**
when we talk about
joining with that bunch.
**[20:39] ---**
Still, it wasn't so bad.
**[20:44] ---**
Seeing you, with that dress.
**[21:01] ---**
♪ We will go... ♪
**[21:10] ---**
♪ to the Black Cross... ♪
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♪ to our God... ♪
**[21:32] ---**
♪ who gives us joy... ♪
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"Like a House of Cards"
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*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?*
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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.*
**[23:14] ---**
When you turned to look,
he was always at your side.
**[23:16] ---**
Before you knew it, you were
enveloped in his kindness.
**[23:19] ---**
The pounding in your chest opened
the treasure box of your heart.
**[23:22] ---**
Next time on Glass Fleet,
"Like Adoration..."
**[23:25] ---**
"Like Adoration..."
**[23:26] ---**
The galaxy in revolution. Renaissance.