# 3 - False Freedom
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**[02:04] ---**
So she's steppin' off the ship for good...
Don't ya think that's too out of the blue?
**[02:09] ---**
Seriously, what's up with that?
**[02:12] ---**
How could she just leave a note and go off
without saying a word to us?
**[02:22] ---**
Why... Katalina?
**[02:32] ---**
*I know that you two will get there.
To Estalucia, the Island of the Astrals,*
**[02:37] ---**
*and beyond that,
wherever you want to go.*
**[02:45] ---**
Hey, what are we gonna do?
**[02:50] ---**
Let's go look for Katalina.
**[02:55] ---**
We'll ask her face-to-face.
**[03:04] ---**
I want to hear about it, too.
From Katalina herself!
**[03:09] ---**
I mean, we could look for her...
**[03:12] ---**
But she might've already left the island.
**[03:18] ---**
We might find something out from Vira.
**[03:23] ---**
She's the Lord Commander of this island
and seemed to know Katalina well.
**[03:28] ---**
Then it's settled. Let's get going!
**[03:31] ---**
Right!
**[03:34] ---**
Hey, Gran, can I leave Katalina to you?
**[03:38] ---**
I'm headin' back to the Grandcypher.
**[03:40] ---**
The Grandcypher?
**[03:42] ---**
Something's been buggin' me.
**[03:44] ---**
Oh...
**[03:47] ---**
*Why the long face?*
**[03:57] ---**
*That the one the pipsqueak general came on?*
**[04:00] ---**
*Hard to believe he'd stick around
with the negotiations wrapped up.*
**[04:06] ---**
In that case, count me in, too.
**[04:11] ---**
Understood.
**[04:17] ---**
Let's hope I'm worrying for nothin'.
**[04:21] ---**
Not happening.
If I say no, I mean no!
**[04:24] ---**
All right, get out of here.
**[04:27] ---**
You're mean!
**[04:31] ---**
I can't believe they won't let us see Vira.
**[04:34] ---**
Turnin' us away at the door,
what's the deal with that?
**[04:37] ---**
Totally different from
how they treated us yesterday!
**[04:39] ---**
What should we do, Gran?
**[04:42] ---**
I knew something was up.
**[04:45] ---**
After we arrived in Albion,
**[04:47] ---**
I saw that something was
a little off about Katalina.
**[04:50] ---**
But I couldn't say a single word to her.
**[05:01] ---**
We've got to hurry.
I'm getting a bad feeling about this.
**[05:05] ---**
Gran...
**[05:09] ---**
Vyrn!
**[05:11] ---**
Can you do us a favor?
**[05:14] ---**
Whoa! What are we gonna do?!
**[05:17] ---**
It's the Appleman!
**[05:19] ---**
The Appleman's gotten huge and he's
gobblin' up all the apples in town!
**[05:24] ---**
Oh, man, this is bad!
**[05:24] ---**
Apple... man?
**[05:25] ---**
Soon there won't be a single apple
left in the city!
**[05:27] ---**
What's that?
**[05:30] ---**
What the heck? You don't know?
**[05:36] ---**
It's got these unbelievable fangs...
**[05:38] ---**
It's really huge in size and super fierce!
**[05:45] ---**
Hey, get back here!
**[05:47] ---**
Sorry, guys!
**[05:50] ---**
The Grandcypher crew?
**[05:53] ---**
Yes. The captain and two crew members
have infiltrated the castle.
**[05:57] ---**
I cannot allow them to interrupt
such an important ritual.
**[06:00] ---**
Deal with them immediately.
**[06:02] ---**
Understood.
**[06:06] ---**
*This is happening all because
the empire's dragging its feet.*
**[06:11] ---**
Vira?
**[06:14] ---**
Katalina.
**[06:15] ---**
There seems to be some kind of commotion.
Is something going on?
**[06:19] ---**
Oh, no. We're just preparing for the ritual.
**[06:24] ---**
There's nothing for you to worry about.
**[06:27] ---**
All right...
**[06:29] ---**
Please go and relax in your room.
**[06:54] ---**
That's a lot of soldiers they have on hand.
**[06:56] ---**
Looks like things won't be so easy.
**[06:58] ---**
Since she's the Lord Commander,
she should be upstairs...
**[07:04] ---**
Where have you been?
**[07:05] ---**
I was told by Lady Vira
to bring Lady Katalina some tea.
**[07:08] ---**
K-Katalina? She's here, then?
**[07:13] ---**
Capture the infiltrators at once.
Don't let them go any higher than this floor.
**[07:17] ---**
Whatever you do,
don't them near Lady Katalina.
**[07:20] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[07:23] ---**
We need to capture them before the ritual—
**[07:27] ---**
Tell us what's going on.
**[07:28] ---**
Don't worry! As long as you start talking,
we won't do a thing to you.
**[07:35] ---**
What?
**[07:37] ---**
Allow the empire to use
the primal beast Luminiera as a weapon?
**[07:41] ---**
That was their condition for letting us go free?
**[07:44] ---**
Yes, that's right.
**[07:46] ---**
But how could they...
**[07:47] ---**
I thought it was fishy!
**[07:49] ---**
The empire backing off without a fight like that.
**[07:52] ---**
They had this backroom deal in place, huh?
**[07:55] ---**
So? What's Katalina doing here?
**[08:00] ---**
Lady Katalina is preparing
to offer herself to Albion.
**[08:06] ---**
That is, sacrifice herself for your sake.
**[08:10] ---**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[08:12] ---**
There they are!
**[08:17] ---**
Take them into custody!
**[08:21] ---**
Leave this to me! You guys run!
**[08:23] ---**
But...
**[08:25] ---**
Bring Katalina back no matter what, okay?
**[08:30] ---**
Come on!
**[08:32] ---**
Come back here!
**[08:50] ---**
Gran!
**[08:52] ---**
So you were the ones causing the commotion.
**[08:58] ---**
Albion's Lord Commander is pressing us again.
**[09:01] ---**
She wants us to take immediate action
as per our agreement.
**[09:06] ---**
How many times is she up to now?
**[09:08] ---**
We're all set to go.
**[09:09] ---**
Should we open fire
on the Grandcypher as promised?
**[09:15] ---**
I'll tell you when I'm ready,
so shut up, moron!
**[09:18] ---**
Sir!
**[09:22] ---**
She's really chomping at the bit.
**[09:27] ---**
Looks like the fun's gonna start early.
**[09:31] ---**
Well, whatever the result...
**[09:33] ---**
We're ready.
**[09:44] ---**
We heard all about it.
**[09:48] ---**
That the condition for letting us go free
**[09:51] ---**
was to allow the empire
to use Albion's primal beast as a weapon.
**[09:56] ---**
And that you're sacrificing yourself for us.
**[10:02] ---**
I see...
**[10:04] ---**
I was hoping that you'd set off
without ever finding out about that.
**[10:09] ---**
What did they mean by sacrifice?
**[10:14] ---**
Come with us, Katalina.
**[10:16] ---**
You can't sacrifice yourself for us.
**[10:19] ---**
He's right! That's definitely a bad idea!
**[10:24] ---**
Katalina...
**[10:27] ---**
I didn't make this decision just for your sake.
**[10:32] ---**
It's also for Vira's sake.
**[10:35] ---**
For Vira?
**[10:39] ---**
What do you mean by that?
**[10:43] ---**
Katalina!
**[10:57] ---**
*The year that I turned fifteen,*
**[11:00] ---**
*I enrolled at the Albion Military Academy.*
**[11:05] ---**
*To become a great knight...*
**[11:07] ---**
*To fight to protect the weak...*
**[11:11] ---**
*That was my goal, as well as my dream.*
**[11:19] ---**
*But then something completely unexpected happened.*
**[11:22] ---**
*Albion's Lord Commander at the time
fell ill and passed away suddenly.*
**[11:30] ---**
A succession tournament?
**[11:32] ---**
The winner shall become
the next Lord Commander of Albion
**[11:37] ---**
and fulfill their responsibilities
of ruling Albion without ever leaving this land again.
**[11:45] ---**
Alongside the primal beast Luminiera.
**[11:50] ---**
The final match will most likely be
between you and Vira.
**[11:54] ---**
And it's clear to everyone
that your skills are superior.
**[12:01] ---**
You're going to win.
**[12:03] ---**
Are you telling me to live not as a knight,
but as Lord Commander?
**[12:08] ---**
I've undergone all this training
in order to become a knight—
**[12:11] ---**
This is a great honor, Katalina.
**[12:15] ---**
We all have high hopes for you.
**[12:26] ---**
The succession tournament will now begin!
**[12:32] ---**
*Ever since I was a child,
I'd dreamed of becoming a knight.*
**[12:40] ---**
*I wanted to use my sword
to protect and save the weak.*
**[12:46] ---**
*For those without a voice,*
**[12:49] ---**
*for those in agony who cannot but tremble,*
**[12:53] ---**
*I wanted to become a knight, and...*
**[13:01] ---**
*If I were to become Lord Commander,*
**[13:03] ---**
*it would mean the end of my dream
of becoming a knight.*
**[13:08] ---**
*And...*
**[13:09] ---**
*Before I could find the answer...*
**[13:11] ---**
*I found myself at the final match.*
**[13:17] ---**
*It was a neck-and-neck battle.*
**[13:21] ---**
*It's true that, in terms of technique,
I may have been a cut above Vira.*
**[13:28] ---**
*But that day, Vira's sword was brimming
with an almost terrifying intensity.*
**[14:12] ---**
And the winner is Vira Lillie!
**[14:37] ---**
Katalina...
**[14:42] ---**
Go and do as you please.
**[14:55] ---**
*And so I became a knight, just as I'd wished,
while Vira became Lord Commander of Albion.*
**[15:04] ---**
But now, Vira and Luminiera's bond
has been broken.
**[15:09] ---**
No matter how many times Vira summons her,
Luminiera refuses to answer.
**[15:15] ---**
The pressure and loneliness
of being Lord Commander...
**[15:20] ---**
Vira's soul has reached its breaking point.
**[15:24] ---**
It's all my fault.
**[15:26] ---**
I made Vira shoulder the burden that day.
**[15:31] ---**
It was my hesitation and weakness
that forced her to make that sacrifice.
**[15:40] ---**
You know how Katalina didn't tell us
she'd studied at the academy here?
**[15:45] ---**
Yeah.
**[15:46] ---**
Maybe it's related to all of this.
**[15:49] ---**
To why she's leavin' us.
**[15:52] ---**
Everyone's got a past.
**[15:56] ---**
And sometimes,
we all have to face up to that past.
**[16:04] ---**
I can't go off and live a life of freedom
after letting Vira take the fall for me.
**[16:10] ---**
I'm going to help Vira here in Albion.
**[16:15] ---**
I will take her place as Luminiera's new master.
**[16:20] ---**
N-No...
**[16:23] ---**
Katalina, just hold on a minute!
**[16:27] ---**
Stop right there.
**[16:32] ---**
Katalina has made up her mind.
**[16:37] ---**
Please don't thwart her.
**[16:43] ---**
Io!
**[16:45] ---**
To become Luminiera's master,
and to take over as Lord Commander of Albion...
**[16:50] ---**
That is what Katalina has decided to do.
**[16:55] ---**
Luminiera serves only her master,
**[16:59] ---**
and due to Luminiera's restrictions,
her master can never leave Albion.
**[17:07] ---**
Even if it means joining forces with the empire,
**[17:10] ---**
she will never become a weapon
that might endanger other nations.
**[17:14] ---**
In fact, we should also be able to prevent
the empire from taking advantage of Luminiera.
**[17:19] ---**
B-But...
**[17:21] ---**
Needless to say, as former Lord Commander,
I, too, shall take responsibility
**[17:25] ---**
and do all that I can for Albion.
**[17:30] ---**
This way, you'll be free to continue your journey
without the empire in pursuit.
**[17:36] ---**
Across the neverending skies...
**[17:38] ---**
Freely.
**[17:42] ---**
This is the best solution, Gran.
**[17:45] ---**
But what about Lyria?
What about her?
**[18:00] ---**
Katalina!
**[18:09] ---**
Gran...
**[18:10] ---**
Lyria has you. She has her friends.
**[18:15] ---**
That's why I was able to reach this decision.
**[18:20] ---**
Even if I'm not with you, Lyria...
You'll be fine.
**[18:27] ---**
Katalina...
**[18:35] ---**
But... But!
**[18:38] ---**
We have an important ritual to hold,
so please excuse us.
**[18:43] ---**
Come, Katalina.
**[18:49] ---**
Wait! Katalina!
**[18:52] ---**
Katalina!
**[18:53] ---**
Katalina!
**[18:54] ---**
Katalina!
**[19:00] ---**
Katalina!
**[19:14] ---**
Hey! Whaddya think you're doing?
**[19:18] ---**
Katalina...
**[19:23] ---**
Why?
**[19:28] ---**
As usual...
**[19:29] ---**
I see you've gotten yourselves
mixed up in some trouble.
**[19:33] ---**
Rosetta!
**[19:37] ---**
So that's why you were expelled
from the castle.
**[19:42] ---**
Yes.
**[19:43] ---**
Well, in that case...
**[19:46] ---**
Maybe the best thing to do would be to leave.
**[19:51] ---**
After all, you're finally free, and the empire
won't be coming after you anymore.
**[19:56] ---**
You shouldn't stay here
and expose everyone to danger.
**[20:01] ---**
Wouldn't you agree?
**[20:02] ---**
If anything should happen to you,
Katalina's sacrifice will have been for nothing.
**[20:07] ---**
The last thing we want is for her
to sacrifice herself for us!
**[20:12] ---**
But the reason Katalina's choosing
to become Luminiera's master...
**[20:16] ---**
It's for the sake of Vira as well, isn't it?
**[20:21] ---**
I want to be with Katalina forever.
**[20:26] ---**
But if Katalina wants to stay in Albion,
then maybe I'm being selfish.
**[20:35] ---**
Lyria...
**[20:39] ---**
We can't let this go.
**[20:42] ---**
Let's cancel our agreement with the empire.
**[20:44] ---**
If we do, there'll be no need
for Katalina to take over Luminiera.
**[20:48] ---**
Hey, are you serious?
**[20:51] ---**
Having someone else sacrifice themself
so we can travel freely...
**[20:54] ---**
There's no way I can do that!
**[20:56] ---**
Lyria, you've got to tell Katalina how you feel.
**[21:04] ---**
Then if Katalina still says
that she wants to stay here...
**[21:08] ---**
If that's what she wants...
**[21:13] ---**
Then we'll accept it.
**[21:22] ---**
I see.
**[21:23] ---**
If that's how you feel,
then I think you should follow your heart.
**[21:34] ---**
Let's go!
**[23:23] ---**
U-Um...
**[23:35] ---**
EPISODE 4
UNCONVEYABLE FEELINGS
**[23:36] ---**
Next episode, "Unconveyable Feelings."