E9 - Contrary to Wishes

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    "Never mind, face forward,"
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    my heart just cried until it was hoarse
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    When you lose something,
    is that the end of it?
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    Is there no putting things back
    the way they were?
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    Just as a line of clouds
    moves off somewhere
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    when you take your eyes
    off of them for a moment,
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    so does everything else
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    I never thought there was a version of me
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    that the world would have a need for
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    But when I believed in what I believe,
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    I found myself as I truly am
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    Hello, yes, the first step
    I take after nodding
[01:26] ---
    Hello, yes, is toward
    the yet-unseen horizon
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    "Contrary to Wishes"
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    Your Majesty? It's Juna Doma.
[01:57] ---
    Juna? Come in.
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    Please excuse me.
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    I heard from the princess that
    you have not been sleeping lately.
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    My body is tired and everything,
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    but I have a lot running around
    in my mind, and I can't fall asleep.
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    Please lie back.
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    Huh?
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    Just lie back for me.
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    It's all right to show weakness.
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    I am on your side, after all.
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    I understand not wanting to look
    miserable in front of the princess.
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    That is why you can put in
    so much effort to appear strong.
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    But sire, when it gets to be
    too tiring, please call for me.
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    It's all right. If the princess is the one
    who draws out your strength,
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    then I will be the one
    who conceals your weakness.
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    ♪ Sleep tonight ♪
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    ♪ Sleep until tomorrow ♪
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    ♪ Once you awaken, walk on ♪
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    ♪ When you tire... ♪
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    "Carmine Duchy: Randel"
[04:00] ---
    Is not now our chance,
    before public opinion
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    tips entirely in Souma's favor?
[04:06] ---
    Huh?
[04:07] ---
    Castor, are you still planning on
    rebelling against the king?
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    Of course! I don't care if he is a hero!
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    And what about you?!
    You disliked the king,
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    which is why you refused his request
    for assistance, remember?
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    What comes first for me, above all else,
    is the peace and safety of Lagoon City.
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    As if it wasn't enough that
    our neighboring countries
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    are waiting for their chance to strike,
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    quarreling among ourselves
    right now is preposterous.
[04:31] ---
    You mean the Principality of Amidonia?
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    "If you wish to dethrone the false king,
    we stand ready to send reinforcements."
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    That was in the letter they sent us.
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    I'm sure they sent the same offer
    to the king, as well.
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    They are hoping that we
    bring each other down.
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    What do you have in mind?
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    What are you asking?
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    The reasons why you, who has such
    patriotism and loyalty to this country,
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    would take hostile action
    against the new king.
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    Setting aside whether or not he is a
    legitimate king, his reign has been sound.
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    Why would you deliberately try
    to make waves?
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    I have determined that this king cannot
    govern the kingdom. That's all.
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    Why is that?
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    He has competently overcome
    a number of national crises already.
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    What do you find unsatisfactory?
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    He has cast aside so much
    without a second thought!
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    This king was summoned here
    from another world.
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    As such, he does not hesitate
    to let go of anything.
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    If he finds them to be too inefficient,
    he discards our history, our traditions,
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    our soldiers, and our ministers.
    Am I wrong about that?
[05:36] ---
    Well...
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    This king did away with ministers who
    served the kingdom for many years.
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    Those who harbor ill will toward the king
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    will be effective pawns
    in overthrowing him.
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    Have you become obsessed with
    your aspirations to the throne?!
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    This is Duke Carmine you're talking to.
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    He has no designs on usurping the throne.
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    Of course not.
    Once King Souma is driven out,
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    I will have King Albert reclaim
    the throne, and we will serve him.
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    Castor, just in case anything happens,
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    you must sever your ties
    with Accela, Carla, and Carl.
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    Are you saying I will be beaten
    by that lightweight kid?!
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    It is on the off chance
    that something happens.
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    If you are going to go against the king,
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    then at least be prepared
    in case something does.
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    Carla?!
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    Grandmother! If Father is committed
    to fighting, then I will fight, too!
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    You must not! Do you intend
    to turn traitor at your age?!
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    He deposed King Albert,
    and attempted to violate my friend Liscia.
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    This cannot stand!
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    You misunderstand! King Souma--
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    You need not worry about me.
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    I, Carla, daughter of the House of Vargas,
    will accomplish this brilliantly!
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    "Principality of Amidonia, Capital, Van"
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    Ho...
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    What is it, Father?
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    It's from Georg Carmine.
    Apparently, he's finally taking a stand.
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    Took him long enough
    to get off his hindquarters.
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    He must be getting old.
    If he were still in his prime,
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    he would have been wise enough
    not to accept our invitation.
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    That's for certain.
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    We act upon declaration of war. We'll send
    "reinforcements" to the kingdom.
[07:34] ---
    Ho... and whom will we be sending them to?
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    Whom, you ask?
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    King Souma will be sent reinforcements
    against the Three Dukedoms.
[07:43] ---
    The Three Dukedoms will be sent
    reinforcements against the new king.
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    Father, you really are the worst.
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    Good grief. What am I going to do
    with my old man and my idiot brother?
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    As if Amidonia's strength
    wasn't meager enough,
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    they want to pare it down even more?
[08:04] ---
    Roroa, you had best not speak
    of such things too blithely.
[08:09] ---
    The Elfrieden Kingdom sure has it nice.
[08:12] ---
    They have a large population,
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    so they must have lots of
    tax money and operational capital.
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    For goodness sake, I can't help but
    be jealous of our neighbor's purse.
[08:22] ---
    Purse?
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    As the documents state, we can look
    forward to a plentiful harvest this fall.
[08:33] ---
    Thus, it would be fair to consider
    the food issue to be largely solved.
[08:38] ---
    That's good to hear.
[08:40] ---
    Now we can rest at ease and
    move on to the "next step."
[08:44] ---
    We really do have to
    go through with it, huh?
[08:47] ---
    Is it weighing heavily on you?
[08:49] ---
    Well, yeah. I understand
    that it's necessary, but still...
[08:54] ---
    Yes, it was necessary.
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    The great political thinker Machiavelli
    says the following in The Prince:
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    If a prince must turn to acts of cruelty,
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    then his position, even in
    peaceful times, is in jeopardy.
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    However, for some rulers, despite
    the length and breadth of their cruelty,
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    they live out their lives in tranquility
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    without any uprisings domestically,
    and staving off any external enemies.
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    The difference is in whether
    the ruler's "cruelties"
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    are used properly or poorly.
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    To a ruler, "cruelties"
    are a sword of last resort
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    to cut through all obstacles...
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    ...but if he falls prey to
    their addictive nature,
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    they are an enchanted sword,
    which will bring downfall sooner or later.
[09:41] ---
    I've said before that I've determined
    your plan to be one of these "cruelties."
[09:47] ---
    Yes, as well as saying that if we must
    strike, to strike with one decisive blow.
[09:58] ---
    Kazuya...
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    Start a family. And no matter what
    comes your way, keep them safe.
[10:16] ---
    We are hereby commencing
    our "subjugation."
[10:21] ---
    "Union of Eastern Nations
    A federation composed of
    smaller nations on the central eastern
    region of the continent."
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    "Castor Vargas
    Race: Half-dragonewt
    A hot-blooded man who
    values creed over interests."
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    "Principality of Amidonia, Capital, Van"
[10:34] ---
    The time has come! Assemble the troops!
[10:37] ---
    As soon as Georg begins his revolt,
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    we begin our invasion
    of Elfrieden territory!
[10:43] ---
    Our target is the grain belt
    in the southwest!
[10:45] ---
    The time to take back the land that was
    stolen from our forefathers 50 years ago
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    is now upon us!
[10:50] ---
    A moment please, Your Highness!
[10:55] ---
    Oh, it's you, Colbert.
[10:57] ---
    If I may humbly say, Your Highness,
    please reconsider invading Elfrieden.
[11:02] ---
    If you begin a war now,
    the people will starve.
[11:18] ---
    You domestic affairs ministers
    always say the same thing...
[11:22] ---
    "Now is not the time.
    Focus on domestic affairs."
[11:25] ---
    What do you have to show for it?!
[11:27] ---
    Ever since the Elfrieden Kingdom's
    new king ascended to the throne,
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    their national strength has
    been making a comeback!
[11:34] ---
    Please listen to me, Your Highness.
    If you invade Elfrieden
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    our nation will be open to censure
    from other countries!
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    We are signatories to the empire's
    Declaration of Mankind's Common Front
[11:44] ---
    Against the Demon Race!
[11:47] ---
    The Mankind Declaration, huh?
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    Spearheaded by the Gran Chaos Empire,
[11:53] ---
    the Declaration of Mankind's Common
    Front Against the Demon Race,
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    or "Mankind Declaration" for short,
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    is the name of a decree from the empire,
    which controls the largest territory,
[12:01] ---
    as well as the greatest military might,
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    stating that owing to the expansion
    of the Demon Lord's Domain,
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    all conflicts between mankind
    were to come to a halt,
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    and to keep monsters and demons
    from coming any farther south,
[12:11] ---
    mankind was to come together as one
    and cooperate with each other,
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    and acts as an international treaty.
[12:17] ---
    Its main points consist of
    the following three articles:
[12:21] ---
    One of those articles states that any
    changes in borders among mankind
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    that come about through conflict
    will not be recognized.
[12:29] ---
    If we invade Elfrieden, we will be
    courting intervention from the empire.
[12:34] ---
    Your Highness, please!
[12:43] ---
    Colbert, that will not be a concern.
[12:46] ---
    For you see, Elfrieden has not signed
    onto the Mankind Declaration.
[12:51] ---
    Julius... sir, that is just sophistry.
[12:54] ---
    Diplomacy is something where only
    signed treaties carry any weight.
[12:58] ---
    --But sir!
    --Enough already!
[13:01] ---
    As of this moment,
[13:02] ---
    Colbert, you are removed from
    your post as finance minister!
[13:10] ---
    Yoo-hoo, Colbert! You sure have
    a depressed look on your face.
[13:14] ---
    Princess!
[13:16] ---
    That bruise... You must have been
    admonished by my old man.
[13:21] ---
    Princess, I am perfectly all right.
[13:24] ---
    You are? Then go get ready.
[13:26] ---
    Huh? Um, Princess, what exactly
    are you planning to do?
[13:31] ---
    That's obvious. We're both
    going to drop out of sight.
[13:34] ---
    Sebastian is already getting things ready.
[13:37] ---
    For now, just come with me.
[13:39] ---
    Huh? Huh?!
[13:43] ---
    What is it, Souma?
[13:45] ---
    I'm about to meet with the Three Dukes.
[13:49] ---
    But before I do, there's something
    I very much need to ask you, Liscia.
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    This is the first time we're meeting
    face-to-face, isn't it?
[14:15] ---
    I am the interim king,
    to whom King Albert,
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    the previous ruler of Elfrieden, has
    yielded the throne, Souma Kazuya.
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    Air Force General Castor Vargas.
[14:26] ---
    It is a pleasure to meet you,
    our new king.
[14:30] ---
    I am Excel Walter.
[14:33] ---
    I am Army General Georg Carmine.
[14:38] ---
    Very well, I am now issuing my
    ultimatum to the Three Dukedoms.
[14:43] ---
    If you continue to disobey
    my orders moving forward,
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    then I will have no choice
    but to recognize you as traitors.
[14:50] ---
    I would like to hear your
    thoughts on this matter.
[14:53] ---
    Your Majesty, I would like
    to ask you a question.
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    What is it?
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    What do you plan to do
    with the Three Duchies?
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    If you do as I say,
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    I have no intention of taking action
    against the Three Duchies themselves.
[15:06] ---
    Then what about
    the Three Dukedom's armed forces?
[15:09] ---
    I will incorporate
    the Three Dukedom's armed forces
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    into the Forbidden Army,
    creating a new, united force.
[15:13] ---
    In doing so, I will abolish your
    previously recognized right
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    to maintain armed forces
    within the Three Duchies.
[15:19] ---
    So, I was right.
[15:22] ---
    You have some idea of what the hell
    you're trying to do, don't you?!
[15:26] ---
    If a despot becomes king,
    and asserts his own racial supremacy,
[15:31] ---
    then the other races may face oppression.
[15:34] ---
    The Three Dukedom's armed forces
    are what our forefathers came up with
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    to prevent that from ever happening.
[15:40] ---
    This allows us, the Three Dukes,
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    to support as well as watch
    over the royal family,
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    and if it becomes necessary,
    to remove that despot.
[15:48] ---
    Are you trying to overturn that system?
[15:51] ---
    That may have been fine
    during times of peace.
[15:54] ---
    But right now, the state
    of the world is unstable.
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    The Principality of Amidonia, which
    cries out for vengeance against us,
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    and the Republic of Turgis,
    whose aim is to expand northward,
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    are out to claim our territory
    if they see any opening.
[16:06] ---
    The Nine-Headed Dragon
    Archipelago Union to the east
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    is relentless in their disputes
    over fishing rights.
[16:12] ---
    In times of strife, having a military with
    multiple command structures is futile.
[16:16] ---
    Now is the time to centralize our power.
[16:19] ---
    And what if that center
    of power grows corrupt?
[16:24] ---
    If that happens, you can come
    and claim my head!
[16:33] ---
    There is one other thing
    I would like to ask you.
[16:36] ---
    Your Majesty, I hear that you are
    constructing a new gulf coast city.
[16:41] ---
    Once that city is complete,
    what is to become of Lagoon City?
[16:45] ---
    The new city is planned as a port
    of trade as well as a tourist spot.
[16:50] ---
    Thus Lagoon City will likely continue
    to serve as our naval port.
[16:56] ---
    I am relieved to hear that.
[17:02] ---
    As of this moment, I, Excel Walter,
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    along with the Elfrieden Kingdom's Navy,
[17:07] ---
    place ourselves under Your Majesty's
    command, and will follow your orders.
[17:13] ---
    I am grateful for your wise decision.
[17:15] ---
    I look forward to working together
    from here on for the sake of the kingdom.
[17:18] ---
    As you wish, sire.
[17:21] ---
    Duke Vargas, extend to me your help
    for the good of our kingdom.
[17:26] ---
    Unfortunately, I can't do that.
[17:29] ---
    I have been defending
    the Elfrieden Kingdom
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    since the reign of the king
    two generations prior.
[17:34] ---
    So then, why did King Albert
    abdicate the throne to you,
[17:38] ---
    without so much as a word
    to us Three Dukes?
[17:42] ---
    That... is something I would
    like to know myself.
[17:48] ---
    Princess Liscia...
[17:49] ---
    ...do you know anything about this?
[17:51] ---
    I am sorry, but Father stubbornly insists:
[17:53] ---
    "If I take any action,
    some would begin to suspect things.
[17:56] ---
    Souma is the king now,"
    and that is all he will say.
[18:00] ---
    I see.
[18:02] ---
    I cannot accept you as our king after all.
[18:07] ---
    Duke Vargas!
[18:09] ---
    I will side with Duke Carmine.
[18:12] ---
    Is that... your final decision?
[18:16] ---
    Yeah. But this is a decision
    I reached on my own.
[18:20] ---
    The ones siding with Duke Carmine
[18:22] ---
    are 100 members of
    the Red Dragon City knights,
[18:25] ---
    while the remainder of the air force
    will not be mustered,
[18:28] ---
    and will remain neutral.
[18:30] ---
    I see.
[18:32] ---
    Is Duke Vargas's decision in
    consideration of his possible defeat?
[18:35] ---
    How can this be?
[18:38] ---
    Now, Army General Georg Carmine,
[18:41] ---
    I'll not ask whether
    you'll follow me or not.
[18:44] ---
    The moment you accepted the nobles
    who were guilty of corruption,
[18:47] ---
    it was evident that you had
    no intention of following me.
[18:51] ---
    So I would like to ask you one thing--
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    what was it that stirred
    you up so intensely?
[18:57] ---
    My pride as a warrior.
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    After passing 55 years,
    it was my lot to decline with age,
[19:05] ---
    but I have gained a supreme opportunity.
[19:08] ---
    I will decide the fate of Elfrieden
    through my own acumen.
[19:13] ---
    You are being a complete fool!
[19:16] ---
    Needless to say. One cannot serve as
    a warrior without being a complete fool.
[19:20] ---
    I will let you witness how I live.
[19:24] ---
    Are you sure you don't mean
    the way you die?
[19:26] ---
    They are the same thing. Those who aim
    to live, die; those who aim to die, live.
[19:32] ---
    Such is the way of the warrior.
[19:34] ---
    In that case, I will step over
    your old-growth trunk.
[19:39] ---
    Hmph, though I may be rotting, I am
    a great tree, with roots long and deep.
[19:44] ---
    If it's resolve you want, I have it!
[19:49] ---
    Georg Carmine, as well as Castor Vargas,
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    before we head into battle,
    I have one proposal.
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    You do not wish for
    the fighting to drag on,
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    and for it to involve innocent citizens
    of the kingdom, do you?
[20:05] ---
    So I'd like to establish the rule
    that if you kill or capture the other,
[20:07] ---
    the forces under their command
    immediately switch to fall under yours.
[20:11] ---
    Mm-hmm.
[20:13] ---
    All right. If I am defeated, take good
    care of my men who still remain.
[20:22] ---
    With that, I will excuse myself.
[20:26] ---
    Wait!
[20:30] ---
    Princess...
[20:33] ---
    Duke Carmine...
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    This is my resolve.
    I will stride alongside Souma.
[21:06] ---
    I see and acknowledge your resolve.
[21:24] ---
    I'm sorry. I couldn't convince Castor.
[21:29] ---
    There was nothing you could do.
    He made his decision for himself.
[21:33] ---
    Duchess Walter, is she there?
[21:36] ---
    Yes, she is.
[21:40] ---
    You called for me, Your Majesty?
[21:45] ---
    Thank you for everything, Juna.
    Because of your connection,
[21:49] ---
    we will not have to fight
    against Duchess Walter.
[21:52] ---
    I only did as I was ordered to.
[21:55] ---
    Though she is my granddaughter,
[21:57] ---
    I had the audacity to have her look
    into Your Majesty's fitness to be king,
[22:00] ---
    and for that I apologize.
[22:03] ---
    It's all right. As a result,
    I have you on my side now.
[22:09] ---
    Souma...
[22:13] ---
    ...you have us on your side as well.
[22:18] ---
    The wind blowing by rushes
    through the world,
[22:22] ---
    connecting us when otherwise
    we never would have met
[22:27] ---
    Unfurling wings that no one else can see,
[22:31] ---
    I take flight in search of a miracle
    that no one else can find
[22:43] ---
    Seeking the courage to keep on choosing
[22:48] ---
    the outcome of an ever-meandering morrow,
[22:52] ---
    I never want to fear change
[22:56] ---
    or doubt the blueness of the sky
[23:01] ---
    More than any dreams I once had
[23:03] ---
    and beyond any future I've imagined,
[23:05] ---
    I want to keep on drifting along
[23:09] ---
    within this transcendentally beautiful
    moment I'm spending with you
[23:13] ---
    If I can make that come true...
[23:17] ---
    I shoot up through the blue
    to the sky where we connect
[23:22] ---
    Grasp my destiny and reel it in
[23:25] ---
    And through our joined hands,
[23:30] ---
    you feel my helpless wish for eternity
[23:35] ---
    Even if this is only an illusion
[23:37] ---
    taking place within someone's dream,
[23:39] ---
    I'll still take this blowing wind
[23:41] ---
    and hold on tight as I take flight