# 23 - Checkmate is Called on a Gray Chess Board
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*It seemed like it had
been decided long before*
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*It seemed like we knew long ago*
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*As if we followed an invisible line*
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*We were led to each other,
to an intersecting saison*
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*Like how light and dark
are two sides of the same coin*
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*I was captivated by mystification*
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*When I turned around toward the voice
that whispered in my ear*
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*The door had opened before I realized*
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*Like joining a little
chance with inevitability*
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*Two histoires were set into motion, ah*
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*Continuing on forever*
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The white king is protected by the knight,
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moving for a slow victory.
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But the black rook is tinged with ash.
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It will bring change to the chessboard.
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"Early Spring, 1925"
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It seems Germany has finally
begun their invasion of Poland.
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But we of Saubure,
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thanks to the chairman of the
Academy of Sciences, Jupiter Roger,
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have chosen to show proper love
to our dear citizens.
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There is no reason for our country
to stain its hands with war.
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Let the light of peace
shine from all windows.
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Roger's work is truly splendid.
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But it's such a shame.
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If only he was truly working
for the sake of our country,
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and not for his own personal ambitions.
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Blois, are you--?
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Do you know of the Kingdom
of Saillune, Majesty?
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Saillune?
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Saillune, he said?
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Those wretched Gray Wolves...
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Here, white, which had the
overwhelming advantage, falters.
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The next thing they know...
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Bad bishop.
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The Gray Wolves of the Kingdom of Saillune,
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their terrible intelligence feared,
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have been pursued throughout
Saubure's history.
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They still bear a grudge against Saubure.
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And...
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...their people have a custom
of keeping a memento box.
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This is the evidence of one man's life.
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A descendant of the Kingdom of Saillune,
born in the village of the gray wolves.
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Isn't that right?
You are the owner of this box,
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Jupiter Roger.
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What?
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--Roger is?
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--R-Roger...
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--That can't be!
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He hid his tainted origins
to ingratiate himself to the palace.
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He deceived the former king
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and became president of the
vaunted Academy of Sciences.
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But it was all to take control of Saubure
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and revive the Kingdom of Saillune.
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This is the covenant
written by Jupiter Roger...
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...deceiving the former king.
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Peace, you say?
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This war will have a great influence
on the world map in the future.
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If we do not get involved in this war,
Saubure's power will surely falter.
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Roger knew that!
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Roger, is this true?
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Answer me, Roger!
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Your Majesty... I...
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The traitor escaped!
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He really was a wolf...
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We'll send out a search party at once.
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No need. A wolf whose fangs
have been pulled will die of hunger.
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The chessboard speaks.
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The scuffle in the box garden is over.
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The stage for the next game will be...
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"Episode 23"
"Checkmate is Called on a Gray Chess Board"
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Hey, where are those planes from?
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Hey, it's the army!
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Move! Open the road!
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Do you want to die?
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My son! My son!
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What the heck?
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Must be an urgent summons.
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My son!
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Do not ever let go.
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What?
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Never let go...
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...of your soul.
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Cordelia, I will...
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I will protect you, Cordelia.
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And I must protect Victorique.
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The wolf cub is being kept
in the palace's dungeon.
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We can't reach her.
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I can't just let her die.
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She is my soul.
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We'll find a chance.
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I see...
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You're going back to England too, Avril?
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Yeah...
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Okay! Then let's give our last class
everything we've got!
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Okay, anyone know this one?
Raise your hand!
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No one? Then I'll call on someone!
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Okay, Avril!
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Monstre Charmant!
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Monstre Charmant!
Monstre Charmant! Monstre Charmant!
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Monstre Charmant, eh?
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I hear the Ministry of the Occult has it.
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Is that what they're all riled up about?
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Miss! Please get to safety over here.
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What a pain in the butt.
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Kujo...
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Victorique...
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Today, on behalf of the
Ministry of the Occult,
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I have come here to ask
the police's assistance,
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Superintendent General Signore.
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So you're the Ministry of the Occult's
lapdog now, Grévil?
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Grévil!
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Jacqueline...
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You sent that boy back to his home country!
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How could you trick him like that?
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I know you're not that kind of person...
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Grévil!
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I'm putting my father's plan into action.
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That's my role as eldest son.
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But...
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Who's there?
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Blois, is it?
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I told the messenger from Germany
that we will fight alongside them.
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Saubure will finally take its place
on the world stage.
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The world stage, eh?
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The people are crying.
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To build a kingdom on their grief...
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Am I throwing innocent people
into an ocean of lamentation?
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Making them cry tears of blood...
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...with my own hands...
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What are you talking about?
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In service to your jealousy and pride,
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you even killed love.
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The blood on your hands
can never be cleansed.
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You have no reason to fear staining them
with a little more blood.
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And this is not for black desire,
like that was.
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It is for the sake of your duty.
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That's right.
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I killed love.
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You killed love.
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Armies from various countries are currently
assembling in Saubrème and reorganizing.
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Over 80% of the nobles support you,
Marquis de Blois.
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Who are they?
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Volunteer soldiers.
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Countrymen devoted to Monstre Charmant
are scrambling to be the first to the palace,
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hoping to become her heart.
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To acquire the beautiful monster alive...
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...it is like obtaining power itself.
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Monstre Charmant! Monstre Charmant!
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Certain of Saubure's victory,
the people lean in favor of war.
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Right now, this entire country
serves the Ministry of the Occult.
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Monstre Charmant has
one more role to fulfill.
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The queen moves east.
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But the black knight...
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Monstre Charmant.
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The treaty with Germany is signed.
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How will they move next?
The world? Saubure?
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The strategy is laid out on that chessboard.
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Now, predict it!
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Not even offering a proper hello.
What a boor.
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I prepared all of these books for you.
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This is no different than the library tower
you have lived in until now.
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It's true, I told you
to bring books to this place.
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A wise man from the past
has told me everything...
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And about your schemes, too.
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What?
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Leviathan's memoir told me...
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...of the homunculus you
longed for for many years.
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I see you finally made it.
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When you were young,
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you believed wholeheartedly
in the alchemist, Leviathan.
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You dreamed of creating a homunculus.
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But Leviathan's so-called alchemy
was merely a trick.
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You realized the truth that no one else did.
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It scarred you deeply.
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Was it possible that the occult
held no power after all?
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But you did not give up.
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The country danced for Leviathan's lies,
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expending a great deal of gold
and military power.
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That is when you realized it...
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That the occult had the power
to move people's hearts.
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Damn you! I won't permit any more heresy!
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You would create puppets that
would dance on your strings,
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just as you had danced
for Leviathan before.
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They would be your homunculi.
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And those homunculi
are now pawns in your hands.
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You do indeed believe in the power
of the occult more than anyone.
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In its power as a fraud that
enchants people's hearts.
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An excellent deduction.
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I have already set this country in motion.
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The Academy of Sciences
has been driven out.
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Rupert is my pawn.
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The country is overflowing
with my homunculi.
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And the same goes for you, Gray Wolf.
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You taste like my blood.
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You are also a homunculus I made.
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You are mine.
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Your blood, your flesh,
and your wellspring of wisdom.
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It all exists for myself alone.
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Like the library tower,
there are many books here.
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There is much knowledge here.
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But...
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...you are not here.
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All done?
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Hey, you stayed behind?
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Those look sweet.
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They're not at all.
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I'm out of a job.
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You can stay with me for a while.
I don't have any family.
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When the war is over,
I have to go look for those kids.
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No matter what.
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You're a good teacher.
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Let me help, too.
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Okay.
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Those kids...
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...where are they now?
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"Winter, 1925"
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What are you spacing out for?
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Listen up.
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Even if you are the son of an officer,
here, you're just one soldier!
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Remember that, all of you!
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Yes, sir!
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Disperse!
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Can you stand?
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Thanks.
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He's pretty unreasonable, huh?
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It's okay.
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I'm used to unreasonable people
being mad at me.
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"Victorique."
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Fire!
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"I'm up north right now.
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Even if we're far away,
I'll never forget you.
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After all...
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After all, I have..."
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What's that?
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Th-That's...
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Flashy nonsense.
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I'm confiscating this!
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Damn you!
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I won't give it up!
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What was that?!
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I'm... sorry...
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But... I can't... give it to you.
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"I still have...
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...the ring you gave me.
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This ring is giving me power."
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This pendant is giving me power.
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No matter how far away we are,
even if you are not here...
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...I...
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What, it's the son?
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In everything, from your
footsteps to your smell,
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you've become exactly like your father.
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Tomorrow, the Ministry of the Occult
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will be holding Albert de Blois's
prime ministerial inauguration.
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He wants to show you off then.
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Put this on.
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The Monstre Charmant I wore then
was purple and dazzling.
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But this dress...
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It's black.
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I...
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Even so, I...
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As long as you have this pendant,
I'll always be by your side.
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I'll always be by your side.
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Another storm has come.
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Its scale will be far beyond
that of the last war.
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Right now, if we cannot stand,
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Europe and its ancient history
will be destroyed.
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But our country, Saubure, is different.
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We have the power to stand.
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I stand here today
with all of you in celebration
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of the fact that Saubure
has a promised future.
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This will be a glorious battle.
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For even if we are hurt,
we have victory promised to us.
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Because...
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...we have Monstre Charmant on our side!
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Monstre Charmant!
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Monstre Charmant!
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Monstre Charmant!
Monstre Charmant! Monstre Charmant!
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Monstre Charmant! Monstre Charmant!
Monstre Charmant!
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I...
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I do not promise this.
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A promise is something shining that exists
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only between hearts and souls that resound.
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This country has no promise for its future.
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What it does have...
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...Albert...
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...is a contract for destruction
stained by your lies!
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You...
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It's been a while...
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...Albert de Blois.
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Mama!
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Take me back! Because of me, Mama is--
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That's right.
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Because of you, Cordelia is--
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Gray Wolf!
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You remember me, Albert?
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I haven't forgotten you, either.
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The floor of that gray tower...
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The feel of that floor so cold,
it froze me down to my heart.
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My body still remains frozen through.
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To warm me up, set my blood flowing again,
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and prepare the first bath for my child...
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...I must have flame!
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Fire!
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Curse you!
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I should have finished you off
long ago, Gray Wolf!
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I won't let you play with
my daughter anymore, Albert!
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Cordelia...
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In order to protect you...
she chose to take your place!
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And my other half...
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In order to see Cordelia's hopes realized...
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...he chose to help her.
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Not for you!
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But because she would rather
kill herself than lose you.
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Because Cordelia would cry.
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She would cry!
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She would cry without shedding
a tear... or letting out a sob.
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But...
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But I'm different.
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I'll cut off the source of Cordelia's tears.
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Here and now, I will...
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...kill you!
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C...
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Cor...
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Cordelia!
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Flames... burn...
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Burn... and illuminate...
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...her future.
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On that morning's calm sea, I saw it.
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Your hair, flowing in eternal light.
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I have something I can believe in.
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I write your name on something certain.
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"Next Episode"
"Eternity is Seen Over the Reaper's Shoulder"
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--Victorique.
**[24:26] ---**
--Kujo.