E3 - 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
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    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."