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
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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.
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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"
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Is not now our chance,
before public opinion
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tips entirely in Souma's favor?
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Huh?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Roroa, you had best not speak
of such things too blithely.
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The Elfrieden Kingdom sure has it nice.
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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.
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Purse?
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As the documents state, we can look
forward to a plentiful harvest this fall.
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Thus, it would be fair to consider
the food issue to be largely solved.
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That's good to hear.
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Now we can rest at ease and
move on to the "next step."
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We really do have to
go through with it, huh?
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Is it weighing heavily on you?
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Well, yeah. I understand
that it's necessary, but still...
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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.
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I've said before that I've determined
your plan to be one of these "cruelties."
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Yes, as well as saying that if we must
strike, to strike with one decisive blow.
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Kazuya...
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Start a family. And no matter what
comes your way, keep them safe.
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We are hereby commencing
our "subjugation."
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"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"
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The time has come! Assemble the troops!
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As soon as Georg begins his revolt,
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we begin our invasion
of Elfrieden territory!
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Our target is the grain belt
in the southwest!
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The time to take back the land that was
stolen from our forefathers 50 years ago
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is now upon us!
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A moment please, Your Highness!
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Oh, it's you, Colbert.
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If I may humbly say, Your Highness,
please reconsider invading Elfrieden.
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If you begin a war now,
the people will starve.
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You domestic affairs ministers
always say the same thing...
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"Now is not the time.
Focus on domestic affairs."
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What do you have to show for it?!
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Ever since the Elfrieden Kingdom's
new king ascended to the throne,
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their national strength has
been making a comeback!
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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
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Against the Demon Race!
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The Mankind Declaration, huh?
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Spearheaded by the Gran Chaos Empire,
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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,
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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,
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mankind was to come together as one
and cooperate with each other,
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and acts as an international treaty.
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Its main points consist of
the following three articles:
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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.
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If we invade Elfrieden, we will be
courting intervention from the empire.
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Your Highness, please!
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Colbert, that will not be a concern.
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For you see, Elfrieden has not signed
onto the Mankind Declaration.
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Julius... sir, that is just sophistry.
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Diplomacy is something where only
signed treaties carry any weight.
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--But sir!
--Enough already!
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As of this moment,
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Colbert, you are removed from
your post as finance minister!
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Yoo-hoo, Colbert! You sure have
a depressed look on your face.
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Princess!
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That bruise... You must have been
admonished by my old man.
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Princess, I am perfectly all right.
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You are? Then go get ready.
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Huh? Um, Princess, what exactly
are you planning to do?
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That's obvious. We're both
going to drop out of sight.
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Sebastian is already getting things ready.
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For now, just come with me.
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Huh? Huh?!
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What is it, Souma?
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I'm about to meet with the Three Dukes.
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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?
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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.
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It is a pleasure to meet you,
our new king.
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I am Excel Walter.
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I am Army General Georg Carmine.
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Very well, I am now issuing my
ultimatum to the Three Dukedoms.
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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.
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I would like to hear your
thoughts on this matter.
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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.
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Then what about
the Three Dukedom's armed forces?
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I will incorporate
the Three Dukedom's armed forces
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into the Forbidden Army,
creating a new, united force.
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In doing so, I will abolish your
previously recognized right
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to maintain armed forces
within the Three Duchies.
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So, I was right.
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You have some idea of what the hell
you're trying to do, don't you?!
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If a despot becomes king,
and asserts his own racial supremacy,
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then the other races may face oppression.
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The Three Dukedom's armed forces
are what our forefathers came up with
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to prevent that from ever happening.
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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.
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Are you trying to overturn that system?
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That may have been fine
during times of peace.
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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.
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The Nine-Headed Dragon
Archipelago Union to the east
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is relentless in their disputes
over fishing rights.
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In times of strife, having a military with
multiple command structures is futile.
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Now is the time to centralize our power.
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And what if that center
of power grows corrupt?
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If that happens, you can come
and claim my head!
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There is one other thing
I would like to ask you.
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Your Majesty, I hear that you are
constructing a new gulf coast city.
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Once that city is complete,
what is to become of Lagoon City?
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The new city is planned as a port
of trade as well as a tourist spot.
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Thus Lagoon City will likely continue
to serve as our naval port.
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I am relieved to hear that.
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As of this moment, I, Excel Walter,
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along with the Elfrieden Kingdom's Navy,
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place ourselves under Your Majesty's
command, and will follow your orders.
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I am grateful for your wise decision.
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I look forward to working together
from here on for the sake of the kingdom.
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As you wish, sire.
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Duke Vargas, extend to me your help
for the good of our kingdom.
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Unfortunately, I can't do that.
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I have been defending
the Elfrieden Kingdom
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since the reign of the king
two generations prior.
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So then, why did King Albert
abdicate the throne to you,
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without so much as a word
to us Three Dukes?
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That... is something I would
like to know myself.
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Princess Liscia...
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...do you know anything about this?
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I am sorry, but Father stubbornly insists:
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"If I take any action,
some would begin to suspect things.
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Souma is the king now,"
and that is all he will say.
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I see.
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I cannot accept you as our king after all.
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Duke Vargas!
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I will side with Duke Carmine.
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Is that... your final decision?
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Yeah. But this is a decision
I reached on my own.
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The ones siding with Duke Carmine
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are 100 members of
the Red Dragon City knights,
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while the remainder of the air force
will not be mustered,
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and will remain neutral.
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I see.
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Is Duke Vargas's decision in
consideration of his possible defeat?
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How can this be?
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Now, Army General Georg Carmine,
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I'll not ask whether
you'll follow me or not.
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The moment you accepted the nobles
who were guilty of corruption,
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it was evident that you had
no intention of following me.
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So I would like to ask you one thing--
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what was it that stirred
you up so intensely?
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My pride as a warrior.
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After passing 55 years,
it was my lot to decline with age,
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but I have gained a supreme opportunity.
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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!
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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,
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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!
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Princess...
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Duke Carmine...
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This is my resolve.
I will stride alongside Souma.
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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?
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Thank you for everything, Juna.
Because of your connection,
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we will not have to fight
against Duchess Walter.
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I only did as I was ordered to.
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Though she is my granddaughter,
[21:57] ---
I had the audacity to have her look
into Your Majesty's fitness to be king,
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and for that I apologize.
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It's all right. As a result,
I have you on my side now.
[22:09] ---
Souma...
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...you have us on your side as well.
[22:18] ---
The wind blowing by rushes
through the world,
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connecting us when otherwise
we never would have met
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Unfurling wings that no one else can see,
[22:31] ---
I take flight in search of a miracle
that no one else can find
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Seeking the courage to keep on choosing
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the outcome of an ever-meandering morrow,
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I never want to fear change
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or doubt the blueness of the sky
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More than any dreams I once had
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and beyond any future I've imagined,
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I want to keep on drifting along
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within this transcendentally beautiful
moment I'm spending with you
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If I can make that come true...
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I shoot up through the blue
to the sky where we connect
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Grasp my destiny and reel it in
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And through our joined hands,
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you feel my helpless wish for eternity
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Even if this is only an illusion
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taking place within someone's dream,
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I'll still take this blowing wind
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and hold on tight as I take flight