E16 - Tyranny Is More Terrible than Tigers
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The forces of the Kingdom
of Elfrieden will return Van
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to the Principality of Amidonia,
and return to their home country.
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As a condition of this return,
the Principality of Amidonia
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is ordered to pay the Kingdom
of Elfrieden war reparations.
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Further, this payment is separate
from monies negotiated
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for the return of prisoners of war.
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"...Keep on going anyway"
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Our bond strikes deep into my left breast
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We enjoy a fleeting happiness
after weathering one fog,
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until our vision becomes obscured again
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Bitterly betrayed, we grow
disgusted by our destiny
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But why does the dawn still come?
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We close our eyes and try to remember
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the chance of stopping, of never meeting
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From boundless zero to infinity,
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dreaming is the heartbeat of believing
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We'll move along alone and in pairs
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Don't stay put; our small,
though by no means helpless steps
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will open uncharted territory
for each of us
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Realize we will never again
let our dreams die on the vine
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The tear tracks that run down
our cheeks are shooting stars
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We're going to grab hold of them
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"Tyranny is More Terrible than Tigers"
Jeanne! What is the meaning of this?!
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I returned your lands to you,
just as you requested.
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Are you joking?!
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Having us pay reparations makes us
look like a defeated nation!
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I'm afraid that's something unavoidable.
You lost your capital, after all.
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You're wrong! We haven't been beaten yet!
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We just had one of our
cities conquered, that's all!
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In that case, the empire will
withdraw from the dispute
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between your two nations.
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Wha--?
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You are free to go to war
or do whatever you like now.
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As I recall, you were unable to reclaim
your own capital, weren't you?
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In that case, your side
is the loser in this war.
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As head of the Mankind Declaration,
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the empire has settled the matter
of returning your national borders.
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We can intervene no further.
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B-But... reparations...
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Julius, my sister, Maria,
is terribly saddened by this affair.
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As the treaty head, we cannot
overlook this act of aggression
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that exploits a gap in the interpretation
of the Mankind Declaration.
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That was the act of
the previous ruler, Gaius.
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To ensure that member nations
do not produce those
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who would commit such folly,
severe punishment is required.
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Your nation will set the precedent.
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And... if we refuse?
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Then the empire will
withdraw from this war,
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and expel the Principality of Amidonia
from the Mankind Declaration.
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J-Just a moment, please!
Expel us from the Mankind Declaration?!
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As I said earlier, your act of aggression
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was a rather broad interpretation
of the Mankind Declaration.
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If we permit it, there will
likely be other countries
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who will engage in the same kind of folly.
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I do not think my sister, Maria,
will approve of that.
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The Principality of Amidonia
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is surrounded on four sides
by four other nations.
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If they lose the protections of
the Mankind Declaration now,
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they could get preyed upon
by the other three countries.
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Gaius VIII maintained the country
on the north and south
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by flexing his military might.
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One could say that Gaius did keep a
balanced diplomacy, after his own style.
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But does Julius possess the same acumen?
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Your mediation plan... is accepted.
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A wise decision, Julius.
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Now then, let us proceed to start
negotiating specific amounts.
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The Kingdom of Elfrieden
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requests two years' worth of the
Principality of Amidonia's annual budget.
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We do not intend for you to make
payment immediately, of course.
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We request ten years
of installment payments,
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all of which are to be made
in imperial coinage.
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Two years' worth of our annual budget?!
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Do you think we will agree
to such an exorbitant amount?!
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Julius,
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they are requesting it
in imperial coinage.
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We would not be bothered
if you refuse their demands,
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but if you do, you will not
be able to take Van back.
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More than 50% of Amidonia's annual budget
goes toward the military, right?
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And if we're taking 20%...
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Part of the reason is to deprive them
of military funding, of course.
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Will Julius be able to
scale that back, though?
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Jeanne, what if one of the
payments becomes overdue?
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Then the empire will support the
Kingdom of Elfrieden's bid to annex Van.
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Julius, I believe you to be
a person of integrity,
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but it's conceivable that someone
in your court could delay payment.
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Which is why I would like some collateral.
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Hmm? Collateral, you say?
What is it you want?
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A Gemstone for broadcasts.
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Wha--?! There's only one
of them in the whole country!
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You're planning on inciting the people!
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All you have to do is change
the receivers' frequencies, right?
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That would prevent them from receiving
transmissions from Elfrieden.
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That may be true...
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Julius...
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...I don't think the Gemstone
is enough collateral.
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To make up for the shortfall,
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I'd like to take the books
from the castle's library.
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Ha! Oh, is that all?
You can have the books.
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Very well.
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All right, let's settle
the other matters before us.
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I would like our nation's soldiers
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who are being held captive
by Elfrieden to be returned.
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Fine. But you will pay
a ransom for the nobles
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and those of knight or higher rank.
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Furthermore, after your
country invaded ours,
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we investigated those
who committed war crimes,
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and compiled a list of names.
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We cannot consent to turning over
any captives who are on that list.
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Understood.
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We also request that those
whose names are on that list
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but remain in your country
be turned over to us.
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Once that handover is completed,
we will start returning your prisoners.
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Is Roroa among your prisoners?
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Roroa? Is that an acquaintance of yours?
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Roroa Amidonia--my unworthy sister.
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O-Oh... Uh, I heard that she fled Van
before the fighting started,
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along with other influential bureaucrats.
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All right, then.
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We can search for her on our end,
if you need.
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Not necessary.
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He's watching out for
a succession dispute.
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Despite her being one of his few
relatives left, now that Gaius is gone?
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It happens a lot in royal families.
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Even in the Kingdom of Elfrieden,
there was an awful successorship struggle
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until my mother took the throne.
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I get that. I just wish I didn't.
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In my view, as someone having no family,
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I would think I'd at least take good care
of my one and only sister.
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Also, concerning General Margarita--
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we would like to have her
remain in the kingdom.
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General Margarita Wonder?
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If you will release five of the noblemen
you are holding for no ransom,
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then we accept.
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Julius...
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From what I hear, she worked with
the kingdom after the occupation.
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Isn't this a bit much
for your side to accept?
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Giving her up in exchange
for a mere five noblemen is...
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Very well. We accept your terms.
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She has been a fine general, but is she
really someone you want that badly?
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Someone like you, who only judges
people by their military value,
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probably wouldn't understand.
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In exchange for returning Van,
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the Kingdom of Elfrieden receives
a great deal of compensation.
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In exchange for paying compensation,
Amidonia got Van back.
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And by acting as the mediator
of this dispute,
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the empire has showed off its presence.
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I am satisfied to leave it at that.
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What satisfaction is there in imposing
disadvantage on Amidonia?!
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Excuse me!
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Julius!
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What?
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Machiavelli, a political thinker in the
world I come from, said the following:
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"Those who acquire a principality
with difficulty keep it with ease;
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those who acquire a principality without
difficulty keep it only with difficulty."
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Hmm? What is that supposed to mean?
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I defeated you and obtained Van.
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I then purged the nobles, the knights,
and any other potential political foes.
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All on my own merits.
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So even if I were to continue to govern
Van, I would not have much trouble.
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But what about you?
After you return to power,
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will you be able to govern
without any incident?
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This was my country to begin with!
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You...
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You used an outside force,
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in the form of the empire's
authority, to take it back.
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What Machiavelli called "acquiring
a principality without difficulty."
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He also said the following:
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"One who becomes a prince without
difficulty must exercise great effort."
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You must direct that effort
to helping your people--
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Nobody asked you!
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I wonder what the lords and
commoners of Amidonia will think
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of the gentleman who could not
take back the capital on his own.
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He is a fool to ignore
your warning, Souma.
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We weren't here for very long, but now
that we're leaving, I'm going to miss it.
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Staying here would just be
a waste of war funds.
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A waste of time, as well.
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Your Majesty, our issues within
the kingdom remain untouched--
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I know.
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Why does everyone look so sad?
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They're probably anxious...
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...over falling under Amidonian
reign once again.
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Anxious? But everything is
going back to the way it was.
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Yeah, that's why.
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They were living under oppression.
It's what they had come to expect.
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But by being placed under
the Kingdom's occupation,
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they learned that they
could expect something else.
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You did allow them the freedom to
express their thoughts and feelings.
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Which is why they're now anxious
about whether or not
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they're coming under an age
of oppression again.
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And in fact, they probably will.
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Knowing Julius, he's likely to crack
down on the relaxed mood here.
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Now that they've gotten
a taste of freedom,
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they can't go back to their old lives.
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Almost like it's an addiction.
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You make a fair point, but isn't
there a better way to put it?
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It's true, isn't it? Still, it's not that
easy to change the mindset of a nation.
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In the world I come
from we have a saying--
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"Tyranny is more terrible than tigers."
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Tyranny is more terrible than tigers?
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It means that a bad government is
more dreadful than a man-eating tiger.
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To the people of Van,
we might have been invading tigers.
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But we weren't tyrants. And now that
they know the tyrants are returning...
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Ugh... the more I walk around with you,
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the more I see the harsher
side of people's lives.
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Had enough yet?
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--Bring it on!
--Bring it on, sire!
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What's gotten into you, Aisha?
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No path walked with
His Majesty is a hard one!
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I feel the same way. I'll accept going
down any road as long as it's with you.
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I get nothing but hardship.
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Uh, right.
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Sister,
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I have just returned from
the capital city of Van.
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I'm glad you're home, Jeanne.
How did everything go?
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There was a little bit of trouble,
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but things turned out the way
we hoped, for the most part.
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The return of Van to the Principality
of Amidonia is already complete.
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Thank you for your efforts.
You have done well.
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Now, that's enough of work mode!
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S-Sister?
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Welcome home, Jeanne!
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Where is this coming from so suddenly?
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This is inappropriate
behavior for an empress.
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I mean, I haven't seen your face
in some time, and I missed you.
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Everyone outside of family
treats me like the empress,
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and my other sister just stays
locked up inside her laboratory.
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Don't "I mean" me.
We're not children anymore.
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Aww...
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So anyhow, tell me!
What kind of man is this Souma?
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Souma is...
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What's he like?
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The kind of man who keeps a bed
in the office, the same as you.
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Oh, my!
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First of all, Souma is aware
of the empire's intentions,
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and is not angry about the hero summoning.
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Thank goodness.
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He's also a very intelligent man.
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He says that certain things are common
knowledge in the world he came from,
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but comes up with one
innovation after another.
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I never would have thought
of using a Gemstone
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to show entertainment broadcasts.
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Entertainment broadcasts over Gemstone?
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He comes from another world,
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so he wondered out loud
with a straight face
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if the relationship between
monsters and demons here
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was no different than animals and people.
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Huh? He can't be serious.
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Monsters and demons have the same
relationship as animals and people?
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I've never even thought about it that way.
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One can't help but say
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that the way he sees the world is
very different from the rest of us.
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Yeah.
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Also, he proposed a secret alliance.
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A secret alliance?
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Yes. Souma promised that he
would walk in step with the empire.
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He also proposed a secret alliance,
in which the empire would defend the west,
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while the kingdom would be
responsible for defending the east.
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Sister! I don't think this is
anything to be laughing at.
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I'm sorry. But it's just so funny!
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It's funny?
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Well I mean, a country
that was so in decline
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that up until just recently, we had
to be extra mindful toward them,
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is all of a sudden such
good friends with us
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that we can entrust the whole
eastern half of the continent to them!
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It's almost as though a fairy has
cast a spell of illusion, isn't it?
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Things certainly are moving at
a dizzying pace, aren't they?
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Yes, indeed they are, Jeanne.
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Say, do you remember who the hero
is said to be in the kingdom?
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It was in the report.
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"One who will lead the revolution
into a new age," wasn't it?
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Yes. Not "One who will
defeat the Demon Lord,"
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nor "One who will rule the world."
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It's true, it doesn't quite feel
right to call him a "hero."
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When you consider all
the hectic changes lately,
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it does indeed feel like a "revolution"
is happening, doesn't it?
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This man appears to be more
fascinating than I imagined.
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Ah, I can't wait to speak to him directly.
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I didn't think that you'd be coming, too.
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Well of course he'd be here!
After all, he's a fellow adventurer.
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Yuno, you said you just ran
into him at the guild.
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Sure you didn't twist his arm
to get him to come?
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Adventurers one and all,
welcome to Parnam Castle.
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I am the fiancée of this country's
King Souma, Liscia Elfrieden.
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I am here tonight in place of Souma,
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who was unable to attend
due to his schedule,
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so that I might say a few words.
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I want to thank you very much
for taking on this latest request.
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It is thanks to you that many of
our people's lives were saved.
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On behalf of the absent Souma,
as well as the people of the kingdom,
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I extend our gratitude.
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And with that, cheers!
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Cheers!
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Ah, Augus!
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Leave a little tatsuta-age
for the rest of us!
[19:43] ---
I've been doing some thinking
after what happened, and...
[19:48] ---
...there's a good chance that
flame pierrot scare was made up--
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Don't be such a party-pooper.
These octopus skewers are delicious.
[19:58] ---
Dece, "ahh."
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My mouth's already full!
[20:03] ---
Julia, are you drunk already?
[20:06] ---
What if I am? This is a benefit banquet
for adventurers, hosted by the kingdom.
[20:21] ---
Come on, Master Mascot, you drink up, too.
[20:29] ---
Drink, or I'll serve it
to you mouth-to-mouth.
[20:35] ---
Okay, then. Let's drink as
much as we can tonight!
[20:38] ---
Yeah, we owe you a debt of gratitude.
[20:44] ---
Quit wearing that outfit all the time
and have a drink with us!
[20:49] ---
No charge!
[20:54] ---
Whoa, are you okay, Master?
Are you that averse to liquor?
[20:59] ---
Master? Are you okay?
[21:01] ---
Please excuse me.
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P-P-Princess Liscia?!
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You almost gave yourself away.
[21:13] ---
I'll take it from here.
[21:16] ---
O-Okay...
[21:31] ---
Um, is there something on my face,
or something?
[21:37] ---
Mm-mm, it's nothing.
All right, please enjoy yourself.
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That was a close one.
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Why did you join them if you
didn't want to get found out?
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Hiding inside your costume and everything?
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What choice did I have?
Even I need to socialize sometimes.
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By the way, was that Yuno?
She's pretty cute, huh?
[22:06] ---
Th-There's nothing funny
going on there! Oh!
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I wasn't really asking if there was.
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"What are we supposed to choose?"
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Our voices imploring the future are hoarse
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We've become so afraid
of what we could lose
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that we're just frozen in place
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How many times have we made mistakes
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because we wanted to check our "answers"?
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Before we knew it we were in love,
we had fallen in love
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I'll hold fast to you
in the times we're in
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We who set alight
our finite lives to fight
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are noble and beautiful above all
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As long as we create
as many bright tomorrows
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as the indelible wounds we suffer,
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we can be proud of all
we've woven together
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