# E17 - A Warrior Will Die for One Who Understands Him
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This is our first face-to-face
meeting, isn't it?
**[00:39] ---**
I'm Souma Kazuya, provisional king.
**[00:42] ---**
It is my pleasure to meet you.
I am Georg Carmine.
**[00:47] ---**
Congratulations on your recent victory.
**[00:51] ---**
Lift up your head. It's too hard
to talk to you this way.
**[01:00] ---**
*"...Keep on going anyway"*
**[01:02] ---**
*Our bond strikes deep into my left breast*
**[01:15] ---**
*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?*
**[01:36] ---**
*We close our eyes and try to remember*
**[01:41] ---**
*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*
**[02:01] ---**
*Don't stay put; our small,
though by no means helpless steps*
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*will open uncharted territory
for each of us*
**[02:12] ---**
*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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"A Warrior Will Die for
One Who Understands Him"
**[02:37] ---**
How is life in the dungeon?
**[02:39] ---**
Surprisingly comfortable.
**[02:42] ---**
It's peaceful in here.
**[02:44] ---**
Peaceful, huh?
**[02:46] ---**
That's pretty self-serving of you.
**[02:50] ---**
Aren't you going to meet with Liscia?
**[02:52] ---**
Has the princess anything to say to me?
**[02:54] ---**
No, she's said nothing.
**[02:57] ---**
Then I can only repeat what I said
when the princess asked to see me--
**[03:04] ---**
What is the point of a lady who
is about to become the queen
**[03:06] ---**
showing concern for a criminal?!
**[03:12] ---**
I'm not convinced.
Knowing Liscia's personality,
**[03:17] ---**
she took your words very seriously.
**[03:19] ---**
She won't speak about you in front of me,
**[03:22] ---**
and she's thrown herself into her work,
as though to distract herself.
**[03:27] ---**
She's trying to act like it doesn't
bother her, but I know she's shaken up.
**[03:32] ---**
I already said my farewells to the
princess following your ultimatum.
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No further words are necessary.
**[03:40] ---**
So he's refusing for Liscia's sake.
Damn this stubborn old man.
**[03:45] ---**
I have a question for you, as well.
**[03:48] ---**
What is it?
**[03:49] ---**
What has become of the soldiers
who followed us into rebellion?
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The soldiers have been cleared
of any charges after their exploits
**[03:57] ---**
in the fighting against Amidonia.
**[04:00] ---**
And the House of Vargas?
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Castor and Carla are the only two
who must answer for their crimes.
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The Vargas Duchy has been abolished,
**[04:09] ---**
but the eldest son, Carl,
is carrying on the family name,
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and he has been allowed
to inherit Red Dragon City.
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What will be the fate of Castor and Carla?
**[04:19] ---**
The two of them will be tried by me
personally at a later date.
**[04:23] ---**
Then what about the nobility?
**[04:25] ---**
After being stripped
of their family names,
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and having their lands and
possessions confiscated,
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they were executed.
The primary offenders publicly so,
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and those who were implicated
along with them, in private.
**[04:35] ---**
I believe that was a wise decision.
**[04:37] ---**
If they had made sure to cut
all ties first, as you did,
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then so many innocent relatives wouldn't
have been caught up with them.
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In accordance with the royal law,
**[04:47] ---**
"Traitors and their kin up to the
third degree shall be executed."
**[04:50] ---**
There is nothing more you could have done.
**[04:52] ---**
Corruption, graft,
**[04:54] ---**
collaboration with Amidonia,
misdeeds within their territories--
**[04:58] ---**
best to stamp out the entire
corrupted family line.
**[05:01] ---**
"Guilt by association"
makes the others answerable
**[05:03] ---**
for not having stopped them, right?
**[05:06] ---**
But isn't three degrees a bit much?
**[05:08] ---**
There isn't any other choice. Not only
are there humans and beastmen,
**[05:13] ---**
but the longer-lived races, as well.
**[05:15] ---**
As a result, the scope of their
association grows ever wider.
**[05:19] ---**
Still, too many innocent
people have to die!
**[05:23] ---**
I scrambled with Hakuya to get the law
revised just in time to two degrees.
**[05:28] ---**
It was also all we could do to stay
the executions of those 13 and under,
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and have those children taken in
by orphanages or churches.
**[05:38] ---**
That was very thoughtful of you.
**[05:41] ---**
Your Majesty, does it pain you
to take the lives of others?
**[05:45] ---**
There's no way it could be easy on me!
**[05:47] ---**
With one order from me,
many lives are snuffed out!
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I feel like I could be crushed under
the weight of that responsibility.
**[05:53] ---**
I was just an ordinary man
up until half a year ago!
**[05:56] ---**
I have been told about you
in letters from the princess.
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She gives Your Majesty high praise
as being a king among kings,
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and says that she supports you,
body and soul.
**[06:09] ---**
Liscia is supporting me very well.
**[06:13] ---**
I'm going to have to make a decision
that causes Liscia grief, though. I...
**[06:22] ---**
...have to kill you.
**[06:25] ---**
Your plan was spectacular--
**[06:28] ---**
get all the corrupt nobility
together in one place,
**[06:30] ---**
and scoop up their hidden
funds in one smooth action.
**[06:34] ---**
It was the best strategy for the kingdom.
**[06:37] ---**
But it was a plan that
can't be made public.
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I never assumed that
it would be disclosed.
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It is certain that the families
of those fallen soldiers
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will not accept the situation
if they ever learn
**[06:49] ---**
that I was working with
Your Majesty behind the scenes.
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And since it can't be made public,
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you must be treated the same
as those corrupt noblemen.
**[06:59] ---**
I knew this from the outset.
**[07:03] ---**
You really are an idiot!
**[07:06] ---**
You knew all of this beforehand,
**[07:08] ---**
and that you'd literally be taking
this secret to your grave!
**[07:10] ---**
You stubborn fool!
**[07:16] ---**
Tell me, is this really
the only way there was?
**[07:21] ---**
Is this how you wanted it? Are you
content to have your name tarnished
**[07:24] ---**
and to be locked into a suicide pact
with those corrupt nobles?!
**[07:31] ---**
How can you look so composed?!
**[07:35] ---**
There was a way where
we could take our time
**[07:37] ---**
and purge those corrupt noblemen
on our own terms, right?!
**[07:40] ---**
The same goes for Castor! He believed
that you had something in mind,
**[07:45] ---**
and went along with his friendship for
you to the end, becoming a traitor!
**[07:51] ---**
I had things I wanted you to do for me,
and you disrupted everything!
**[07:55] ---**
Yeah, taking care of everything
at once is a huge deal.
**[07:59] ---**
The kingdom has become more open now,
**[08:01] ---**
and Hakuya's and my stock has risen!
**[08:04] ---**
But what's the point
if it means losing you?!
**[08:07] ---**
Do you know how hard a blow it
is to lose valuable personnel?!
**[08:11] ---**
Answer me, Georg!
Are you really content with this?!
**[08:18] ---**
Of course.
**[08:22] ---**
If a new sprout starts growing
from the roots of a large tree
**[08:26] ---**
which, like myself, was expected
to only grow old and wither,
**[08:31] ---**
all one can do is pray that
that sprout grows well.
**[08:35] ---**
Even if, as a result, that large tree
ends up falling to the ground?
**[08:40] ---**
Your Majesty will someday come to know
the joy of feeling the strength
**[08:44] ---**
of the next generation.
**[08:47] ---**
Certainly once you start
having children with the princess.
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Did you think all of this up by yourself?
**[09:03] ---**
What is that supposed to mean?
**[09:06] ---**
You hold me in unusually high esteem.
It's not just this plan, either.
**[09:11] ---**
You don't mean to leave me only Liscia,
whom you think of as a daughter;
**[09:15] ---**
you're attempting to entrust
the future of the kingdom to me.
**[09:18] ---**
That's strange any way you cut it, right?
Where does this allegiance stem from?
**[09:23] ---**
If I learned of your extraordinary
talent from the princess's letters,
**[09:28] ---**
would that leave you dissatisfied?
**[09:30] ---**
Yeah, it would. You expect me to believe
that's where your loyalty comes from?
**[09:35] ---**
If you're going to martyr yourself, it
would be for the Elfrieden royal family.
**[09:40] ---**
Was this plan of yours carried
out under *their* orders?
**[09:46] ---**
I will remain silent.
**[09:47] ---**
Answer me. What do they--
and *you*--know, exactly?
**[09:56] ---**
You won't answer me,
no matter what, will you?
**[09:58] ---**
When the time comes,
they will tell you themselves.
**[10:18] ---**
Poisoned wine.
**[10:19] ---**
I can't bear to let a man who is
sacrificing himself for his country,
**[10:24] ---**
whatever form that may take,
be publicly executed.
**[10:26] ---**
I offer my gratitude.
**[10:28] ---**
I'll recommend the same for those
who would sacrifice themselves for you.
**[10:34] ---**
Sacrifice themselves for me?
**[10:36] ---**
There are a number of
senior staff in the army,
**[10:38] ---**
including your second-in-command, Beowulf,
**[10:41] ---**
who are requesting the same sentence
as the one you're receiving.
**[10:46] ---**
I'm tired of people being so eager to die.
**[10:56] ---**
Your Majesty, please take the
utmost care of the princess for me.
**[11:01] ---**
Liscia is already an indispensable
member of my family.
**[11:06] ---**
No matter what comes my way,
I keep my family safe.
**[11:09] ---**
That is one conviction
I will never change.
**[11:12] ---**
I am relieved to hear that.
**[11:16] ---**
I will be praying for the glory
of the Kingdom of Elfrieden
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and for Your Majesty and the princess's
happiness from beyond the grave.
**[11:24] ---**
And now, I beg your leave.
**[11:58] ---**
Georg is dead.
**[12:03] ---**
I see...
**[12:16] ---**
Thank you very much, Jeanne.
**[12:19] ---**
You even sent it via gryphon cavalry, too.
**[12:23] ---**
Using this, the kingdom and the empire
can contact each other at any time.
**[12:27] ---**
Of course I put a rush on it.
**[12:30] ---**
My sister gladly agreed
to all of your proposals.
**[12:35] ---**
I've never seen her like this before.
**[12:38] ---**
She must have been pretty pleased.
**[12:40] ---**
Pleased, you say?
**[12:43] ---**
To be able to share her values
with someone--or dare I say,
**[12:47] ---**
gaining someone who understands her.
**[12:49] ---**
I see.
**[12:51] ---**
With all that's happening,
**[12:52] ---**
I'd like to arrange a virtual conference
**[12:54] ---**
between King Souma and
my sister as soon as possible.
**[12:57] ---**
Yes, by all means.
**[12:59] ---**
Incidentally, Hakuya, I see
a lot of books behind you.
**[13:04] ---**
Oh, those are the books we're
borrowing from Van as collateral.
**[13:09] ---**
There are many things I'd like to copy
out before we have to return them.
**[13:13] ---**
I was just in the middle of sorting them.
**[13:17] ---**
Hakuya, you organize them yourself?
**[13:21] ---**
You must really like books.
**[13:23] ---**
Oh, pardon me. I have a real
soft spot for reading material.
**[13:27] ---**
Then if I arrange the post of chief
librarian at the imperial library,
**[13:31] ---**
would you come to our country?
**[13:33] ---**
Oh, that does sound appealing.
**[13:36] ---**
Before, I would have leapt at
the chance without hesitation.
**[13:40] ---**
So that's a "no," then.
**[13:41] ---**
Right now, I'd like to keep moving
His Majesty's new era forward.
**[13:45] ---**
And, once one of his heirs takes
the throne, I'd like to retire,
**[13:49] ---**
and become a historian
chronicling this age.
**[13:53] ---**
A comfortable retirement. That may
be a luxury, given our times.
**[13:58] ---**
You're right about that. Stepping down
and having a comfortable retirement
**[14:02] ---**
may be too much to expect from this age.
**[14:06] ---**
Oh, would you look at the time.
**[14:08] ---**
I seem to lose track of time
when talking to you, Hakuya.
**[14:13] ---**
As do I. Thanks for an enjoyable time.
**[14:27] ---**
Prime Minister Hakuya...
**[14:29] ---**
How is it coming?
**[14:30] ---**
Everything is going well. However...
**[14:33] ---**
It just feels as though things are
moving along a little too smoothly.
**[14:38] ---**
Almost as though there is some other,
separate will at work here.
**[14:45] ---**
Someone else's will?
**[14:52] ---**
Nothing in this one, either.
**[14:58] ---**
Maybe that really was the only book
**[15:01] ---**
mentioning the Amidonian
Royal Family tree.
**[15:10] ---**
A bronze raccoon?
**[15:12] ---**
Indeed, there is no shortage
of talent among Amidonia.
**[15:22] ---**
As I said earlier, you cannot
go out, Princess Roroa.
**[15:27] ---**
What, do you have eyes
in the back of your head?
**[15:30] ---**
You know, I'm starting to get tired
of being cooped up like this.
**[15:34] ---**
Princess Roroa, weren't you the one to say
**[15:37] ---**
that we'd best not move until
the situation in Van settles down?
**[15:40] ---**
Yeah, I know. But I am *so bored*!
**[15:45] ---**
In that case, please start thinking
about Amidonia's future.
**[15:49] ---**
Amidonia's future?
**[15:51] ---**
That includes my future husband, huh?
**[15:59] ---**
I feel sorry for the man who becomes
Princess Roroa's future husband.
**[16:05] ---**
Glaive Magna!
**[16:07] ---**
Your loyalty has been truly outstanding.
**[16:11] ---**
As reward for your loyalty,
**[16:12] ---**
you are granted Randel and
the territory surrounding it.
**[16:16] ---**
Yes, sir. I thank you with great joy.
**[16:19] ---**
Further, you are provisionally
granted a portion of the authority
**[16:22] ---**
held by Army General Georg Carmine.
**[16:26] ---**
Maintain the army until it is reorganized
into the kingdom's defense force.
**[16:30] ---**
Yes, sir. I shall endeavor to live up
to His Majesty's expectations.
**[16:36] ---**
Aisha Udgard!
**[16:44] ---**
Aisha Udgard, you are formally...
**[16:50] ---**
You are formally granted the rank
of King's Personal Guardian.
**[16:55] ---**
Yes, sire.
**[16:57] ---**
Wodan Udgard, of the God-Protected Forest!
**[17:03] ---**
Even as you were dealing
with your disaster recovery,
**[17:06] ---**
you were good enough
to dispatch reinforcements.
**[17:08] ---**
Not at all. We dark elves wished only
to repay the kindness you showed us.
**[17:14] ---**
I would like to show my appreciation
for your reinforcements.
**[17:17] ---**
If there is anything you desire,
just name it.
**[17:22] ---**
In that case, I do have one
request of Your Majesty.
**[17:26] ---**
Would you please accept
my daughter's hand?
**[17:30] ---**
Huh?
**[17:32] ---**
Father!
**[17:34] ---**
What the...?
**[17:35] ---**
Please, would you take her
to be your wife?
**[17:38] ---**
Uh, it is possible to welcome
in Aisha as your second queen.
**[17:43] ---**
Th-That would be something
you consider a reward?
**[17:50] ---**
As her father, my feelings
are complicated,
**[17:52] ---**
but it does appear to be her wish.
**[18:02] ---**
Aisha *is* cute.
**[18:04] ---**
If it's a question of wanting to
marry her or not, I would, but...
**[18:17] ---**
Souma, go ahead and take Aisha to wife.
**[18:20] ---**
Huh? L-Liscia, you're all right with this?
**[18:23] ---**
Souma, you're the king.
**[18:25] ---**
There may be times going forward
where you will have to marry
**[18:28] ---**
the daughters of aristocrats
or foreign princesses.
**[18:32] ---**
So when that happens,
**[18:33] ---**
I want to be sure the top-ranked queens
are already those that I know well.
**[18:38] ---**
Yeah, but still...
**[18:40] ---**
Souma, you can make tough decisions
when the kingdom is on the line,
**[18:43] ---**
but you're so indecisive when it
comes to relations with women.
**[18:47] ---**
For crying out loud...
**[18:49] ---**
Aisha!
**[18:50] ---**
Y-Yes?
**[18:52] ---**
I have no intention of giving up
the throne as first queen.
**[18:55] ---**
Can you live with being second queen?
**[18:57] ---**
If so, I have no objection.
In fact, I welcome you.
**[19:01] ---**
Y-Yes, as long as it means
being at His Majesty's side!
**[19:10] ---**
Aisha, um... would you be my wife?
**[19:17] ---**
Yes! Gladly!
**[19:28] ---**
Juna Doma!
**[19:31] ---**
Juna Doma, you are--
**[19:32] ---**
Your Majesty, let my achievements--
**[19:34] ---**
May I have a moment, please?
**[19:42] ---**
Please forgive my sudden outburst.
I ask for permission to speak.
**[19:47] ---**
Permission granted.
**[19:48] ---**
Thank you very much.
Juna Doma is my granddaughter.
**[19:54] ---**
However, Juna's father is the
son-in-law of the Doma family,
**[19:58] ---**
a merchant family in Lagoon City. As such,
**[20:03] ---**
Juna is of commoner lineage.
**[20:07] ---**
What are you getting at?
**[20:09] ---**
You are planning to use your achievements
**[20:12] ---**
to mitigate measures against me--no,
against Castor and his daughter.
**[20:15] ---**
But Grandmother...
**[20:19] ---**
You are someone who has no
involvement with the House of Vargas.
**[20:22] ---**
You must use your achievements
for your own ends.
**[20:26] ---**
Pleading for the life of Castor
and his daughter is of no avail.
**[20:29] ---**
Grandmother...
**[20:33] ---**
Your Majesty, if I may ask...
**[20:35] ---**
What is it?
**[20:37] ---**
If possible, I wish to join
the princess and Aisha,
**[20:42] ---**
and sing henceforth
at Your Majesty's side.
**[20:45] ---**
Huh?
**[20:47] ---**
That means making Juna
my wife, too, doesn't it?
**[20:51] ---**
Your Majesty, Juna Doma
could be your consort--
**[20:54] ---**
No, I'm sorry, but I can't allow that.
**[20:58] ---**
It isn't currently possible.
**[21:05] ---**
You are the Gemstone
program's Prima Lorelei.
**[21:08] ---**
Your popularity among the people is great.
**[21:10] ---**
But what would happen if it were
announced that you were engaged?
**[21:13] ---**
Violence would break out in the capital.
**[21:17] ---**
Could you wait for a little while longer?
**[21:20] ---**
The program still needs
its Prima Lorelei Juna.
**[21:24] ---**
So for right now, please keep on being
the people's songstress a bit longer.
**[21:30] ---**
The people's songstress?
**[21:33] ---**
Once we have assembled more singers,
**[21:35] ---**
and have others who can
carry on the tradition,
**[21:39] ---**
I promise I will come for you then.
**[21:46] ---**
I will be waiting eagerly
for that day, Your Majesty.
**[22:01] ---**
*"What are we supposed to choose?"*
**[22:05] ---**
*Our voices imploring the future are hoarse*
**[22:10] ---**
*We've become so afraid
of what we could lose*
**[22:16] ---**
*that we're just frozen in place*
**[22:21] ---**
*How many times have we made mistakes*
**[22:25] ---**
*because we wanted to check our "answers"?*
**[22:31] ---**
*Before we knew it we were in love,
we had fallen in love*
**[22:39] ---**
*I'll hold fast to you
in the times we're in*
**[22:43] ---**
*We who set alight
our finite lives to fight*
**[22:49] ---**
*are noble and beautiful above all*
**[22:54] ---**
*As long as we create
as many bright tomorrows*
**[22:58] ---**
*as the indelible wounds we suffer,*
**[23:03] ---**
*we can be proud of all
we've woven together*
**[23:25] ---**
The king has built up momentum.
**[23:28] ---**
We have no choice
but to do as the king directs,
**[23:31] ---**
lest we be caught up by that momentum.
**[23:33] ---**
We move in the shadows,
even as we obey the king's orders.
**[23:37] ---**
Yes. We will keep a low profile,
so as not to get caught,
**[23:41] ---**
as we control this country
from behind the scenes.