# E7 - Fortress Nation
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**[00:05] Cargo Worker A**
Lower it down! All right, next!
**[00:08] Cargo Worker B**
We still got more!
**[00:10] Cargo Worker A**
Pick up the pace!
**[00:15] Kaina**
So, this is Valghia.
**[00:18] Cargo Worker A**
Hey, make sure you've got a good grip!
**[00:21] Cargo Worker B**
We'd be in so much trouble if we spilled any!
**[00:25] Ririha**
Over there.
**[00:28] Ririha**
Now's our chance to run.
**[00:29] Yaona**
Yeah.
**[00:31] Yaona**
Um, Kaina?
**[00:35] Yaona**
Come on, Kaina!
**[00:37] Kaina**
Oh, right.
**[00:38] Cargo Worker A**
All right! Let's move on to the next one!
**[00:44] Ririha**
It's warm in here, but...
**[00:47] Yaona**
It smells.
**[00:48] Ririha**
First, we need to come
up with an escape plan.
**[00:52] Ririha**
We also need—
**[00:55] Yaona**
Right, food.
**[00:58] Citizen 2**
Look at how much you spilled!
**[01:00] Citizen 2**
That was the last of our water!
**[01:16] Ririha**
Is this... Valghia?
**[01:20] Kaina**
It's huge.
**[01:23] Yaona**
But this fortress is only
impressive from the outside.
**[01:27] Kaina**
Hm? Over there...
**[01:29] Ririha**
Huh?
**[01:30] Kaina**
I wonder what's going on?
**[01:33] Soldier R**
Don't bother lining up if you
don't have a ration stamp!
**[01:37] Soldier R**
Water's too precious to give
to people who don't work!
**[01:40] Boy B**
I'm begging you, please, just give me a sip.
**[01:43] Soldier A**
Tsk! Bug off!
**[01:49] Ririha**
I guess water is also precious in Valghia.
**[01:53] Soldier R**
All right, that's it for today.
**[01:56] Soldier R**
Now scram!
**[01:57] Citizen 1**
When's the next ration?
**[01:59] Citizen 2**
We'll die at this rate!
**[02:01] Soldier B**
Listen up! You just need
to hold on a little longer!
**[02:03] Soldier B**
Once we defeat Atland, we'll get water!
**[02:07] Citizens**
Yes!
**[02:08] Citizens**
That's right!
**[02:09] Citizens**
Defeat Atland!
**[02:12] Citizens**
We need to get more water!
**[02:13] Citizens**
Don't let them hog it all!
***SIGN*** Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
***SIGN*** Fortress Nation
***SIGN*** Fortress Nation
**[03:53] Ririha**
It'll be tough to steal a ship.
**[03:56] Yaona**
Ugh, we need to get back to our
nation before the fighting starts.
**[04:00] Ririha**
I guess there's no stopping this war.
**[04:04] Kaina**
Let's look around the city one more time.
**[04:07] Ririha**
Yeah.
**[04:09] Yaona**
We'll stand out like this.
**[04:10] Yaona**
Let's hide our things.
**[04:12] Kaina**
Okay.
**[04:13] Ririha**
I'm a little hot, myself.
**[04:18] Ririha**
Kaina.
**[04:19] Kaina**
Thanks.
**[04:19] Yaona**
Where should we hide it?
**[04:21] Ririha**
Oh.
**[04:22] Kaina**
What's wrong?
**[04:24] Ririha**
It snapped.
**[04:25] Kaina**
What?
**[04:27] Ririha**
Huh?
**[04:29] Ririha**
What?!
**[04:33] Yaona**
Huh? Hey!
**[04:36] Kaina**
Oh...
**[04:38] Ririha**
Ah!
**[04:40] Ririha**
Kaina, Yaona, go after those guys!
**[04:41] Yaona**
You got it.
**[04:42] Kaina**
Huh?
**[04:44] Kaina**
Um...
**[04:49] Ririha**
Stop!
**[04:59] Kaina**
Wait!
**[05:07] Ririha**
Please, stop!
**[05:17] Kaina**
Hm?
**[05:23] Kaina**
Oh...
**[05:24] Kaina**
Wait!
**[05:38] Ririha**
Why'd you do that?!
**[05:39] Ririha**
Are you with those thieves?!
**[05:42] Noze**
You're the new guys they brought
on the boat today, aren't you?
**[05:46] Ririha**
Huh?
**[05:46] Noze**
I've never seen clothes like yours before.
**[05:49] Kaina**
Oh, uh, yeah...
**[05:51] Noze**
Just give up. Kindness won't
get you anywhere here.
**[05:55] Noze**
Everyone's struggling to get by.
**[05:59] Ririha**
Oh, hold on...
**[06:10] Soldier R**
Hey, you can't just waltz in here!
**[06:13] Chiru**
Come on, now. I just want some water rations.
**[06:17] Soldier R**
You won't get special treatment just
because you're a kid. Get lost.
**[06:20] Chiru**
Don't be so cold.
**[06:22] Chiru**
I've got a special ration stamp for you.
**[06:25] Soldier R**
Huh?
**[06:26] Chiru**
Ta-dah!
**[06:35] Chiru**
Enchanting, isn't it? It's one of a kind.
**[06:39] Chiru**
So? Don't you think it's
a special ration stamp?
**[06:46] Soldier R**
What do you think?
**[06:47] Soldier R**
Enchanting, isn't it? It's one of a kind.
**[06:50] Soldier R**
I'm sure the higher-ups will have
an eye for stuff like this.
**[07:01] Ngapoge**
What do you have there?
**[07:03] Soldier R**
Sir?
**[07:04] Soldier R**
Um, that's mine!
**[07:06] Ngapoge**
This accessory is made from
shells found in Atland.
**[07:10] Ngapoge**
Where did you get this?
**[07:11] Soldier R**
Sir?
**[07:12] Ngapoge**
Tell me the truth, and you won't be punished.
**[07:14] Soldier R**
Yes, sir! A kid from the
slums brought it to me.
**[07:18] Ngapoge**
Bring this child to me immediately.
**[07:21] Soldier R**
Sir? Um...
**[07:22] Ngapoge**
I said immediately!
**[07:23] Soldier R**
Yes, sir!
**[07:28] Ngapoge**
I'll need to notify the admiral.
**[07:34] Boy C**
Is this a hunting tool or something?
**[07:38] Boy A**
Noze, did you hear?!
**[07:41] Noze**
Don't forget our ritual.
**[07:43] Boy A**
R-Right.
**[07:46] Boy C**
What's going on?
**[07:48] Boy A**
Apparently, the Princess of Atland
has infiltrated the city.
**[07:51] Noze**
The Princess of Atland?
**[07:52] Boy A**
They're going to execute her now.
**[07:55] Boy A**
Let's go see what she looks like.
**[08:00] Noze**
I guess.
**[08:04] Yaona**
This sure is a crappy place.
**[08:07] Yaona**
And I'm hungry.
**[08:11] Soldier A**
The execution of the princess of our enemy,
the nation of Atland, is about to take place!
**[08:16] Soldier A**
Everyone, gather around!
**[08:18] Soldier A**
Everyone, gather around!
**[08:21] Citizen 3**
They're gonna execute the Princess of Atland?
**[08:23] Citizen 4**
What does she look like?
**[08:24] Citizen 5**
Why's she in Valghia?
**[08:54] Yaona**
What's going on?
**[08:56] Yaona**
Sis is right here.
**[08:59] Kaina**
That necklace...
**[09:02] Kaina**
That necklace. She's...
**[09:04] Boy A**
Huh? Isn't that...
**[09:05] Noze**
Chiru!
**[09:06] Noze**
How'd she get mixed up in this?
**[09:09] Kaina**
Oh, you're that guy from before.
**[09:10] Noze**
Huh? Oh!
**[09:11] Boy A**
Crap.
**[09:12] Ririha**
Hey, you!
**[09:14] Noze**
Tsk!
**[09:15] Ngapoge**
People of Valghia!
**[09:18] Ngapoge**
Ahem! Before you is
Princess Ririha of Atland!
**[09:23] Chiru**
No, I'm—
**[09:25] Ngapoge**
In a few days, we will defeat Atland!
**[09:31] Ngapoge**
But before we do that, we will
execute the captured princess!
**[09:40] Soldier**
Shut up.
**[09:43] Yaona**
How was she mistaken for Sis?
**[09:45] Noze**
What? What was that?
**[09:47] Noze**
What did you just say?!
**[09:48] Yaona**
Huh? Uh...
**[09:50] Noze**
Don't tell me you're...
**[09:55] Hundergil**
Don't you think this is the best way
to lure out a cockroach in hiding?
**[10:02] Noze**
You! You're the Princess
of Atland, aren't you?!
**[10:06] Noze**
Why is Chiru being executed in your place?!
**[10:08] Yaona**
Because she stole something
from my sister!
**[10:11] Ririha**
No. They're using her as bait to get to me.
**[10:15] Kaina**
Huh?
**[10:17] Yaona**
Then we can't afford to show ourselves.
I'm sorry about the girl, but...
**[10:21] Noze**
You little...
**[10:32] Noze**
Never mind. What's the point?
**[10:36] Noze**
Everyone here is just trying to get
by for one more day anyway.
**[10:57] Ririha**
Kaina.
**[10:59] Kaina**
Okay.
**[11:02] Yaona**
Huh? Sis!
**[11:09] Ririha**
Hear me, Valghians!
**[11:15] Ririha**
Let the girl go!
**[11:25] Ririha**
I am the Princess of Atland, Ririha!
**[11:35] Ririha**
That girl is not from Atland!
**[11:39] Ririha**
If you execute an innocent girl
as if *she* was the princess,
**[11:43] Ririha**
then the entire Snow Sea will hear
about Valghia's incompetence!
**[12:12] Ngapoge**
Hey, let her go!
**[12:13] Soldier A**
Yes, sir!
**[12:25] Citizen 6**
Is she the real Princess of Atland?
**[12:27] Citizen 7**
She showed herself, just to be killed?
**[12:31] Boy A**
I'm going to go get Chiru!
**[12:33] Noze**
I'm sorry we can't help you
after you saved her.
**[12:37] Noze**
We just wouldn't stand a chance
against the Black Armor of Valghia.
**[12:41] Kaina**
The Black Armor of Valghia?
**[12:44] Noze**
That's right. No one in the whole Snow Sea
can beat Amelothée in a sword fight.
**[12:54] Amelothée**
I told you noble actions
would be the death of you.
**[12:56] Ririha**
You did, but it's not something
I can easily change.
**[13:02] Amelothée**
That may be so. Well, we have no intention
of *actually* killing you, so don't worry.
**[13:07] Ririha**
What?
**[13:08] Amelothée**
If you want to save your people,
**[13:10] Amelothée**
abandon your family status and live
on as a soldier of Valghia.
**[13:16] Ririha**
Like you did, you mean?
**[13:20] Yaona**
Sis!
**[13:21] Kaina**
Yaona!
**[13:22] Kaina**
Hold on.
**[13:26] Amelothée**
Don't concern yourself with me.
You should worry about yourself.
**[13:32] Kaina**
Hold this.
**[13:33] Yaona**
Huh? H-Hey, wait!
**[13:34] Ririha**
You know, I'm something of a daredevil.
**[13:45] Yaona**
What?!
**[14:08] Amelothée**
Well... She certainly
can't be underestimated.
**[14:13] Ngapoge**
G-Get them!
**[14:14] Soldier**
Yes, sir!
**[14:15] Ngapoge**
There's more of them in hiding!
**[14:17] Ngapoge**
Scour the lower levels and find them all!
**[14:40] Soldier B**
They've escaped to the lower levels!
**[14:42] Soldier C**
Find them!
**[14:45] Boy C**
Noze, we've got trouble!
**[15:03] Ririha**
Thanks, Kaina. You saved my life again.
**[15:09] Soldier D**
Where'd they go?!
**[15:11] Soldier B**
Overlook nothing! Not even a caddis fly!
**[15:13] Noze**
Quick! Follow me!
**[15:23] Noze**
Here, go on in.
**[15:26] Chiru**
Brother!
**[15:28] Noze**
Chiru! I'm so glad you're safe.
**[15:33] Chiru**
Um, thanks.
**[15:36] Ririha**
Are you all right?
**[15:38] Chiru**
Yup!
**[15:41] Kaina**
Um, where are we?
**[15:50] Noze**
This is our home.
The Skull Brotherhood's hideout.
**[15:53] Boy A**
It's a bad idea to keep them here.
**[15:55] Noze**
We owe them. We can't just leave them.
**[15:57] Noze**
I really appreciate what you did.
**[15:59] Noze**
I'm Noze, and this is Chiru.
**[16:01] Ririha**
I'm Ririha, and this is my brother, Yaona.
**[16:05] Kaina**
I'm Kaina.
**[16:07] Noze**
Guess we'd better return what we stole.
**[16:09] Chiru**
Ah...
**[16:09] Chiru**
This, too.
**[16:13] Noze**
So, what brings the Princess
of Atland to Valghia?
**[16:23] Noze**
Hey, bring them something to eat.
**[16:37] Soldier D**
Did anyone see anybody suspicious?!
**[16:41] Soldier E**
We're giving out water to anyone
who brings us information!
**[16:47] Boy A**
It's not good! It's swarming with
soldiers looking for them up there.
**[16:51] Noze**
Of course they are, seeing that
Atland is their next mark.
**[16:54] Yaona**
That's why we have to
find a way back, somehow.
**[16:57] Noze**
Even if you do get back, you'll soon be
at war, and Atland will lose.
**[17:02] Yaona**
Atland will not lose!
**[17:03] Boys**
Huh?
**[17:06] Boy A**
You really think you can beat Valghia?
**[17:11] Yaona**
Valghia's fleet may be impressive,
but this fortress is just for show.
**[17:16] Boy C**
Oh, these guys don't know.
**[17:19] Yaona**
Know what?
**[17:19] Boy A**
That there's something scarier
than the fortress or the fleet.
**[17:24] Ririha**
What is it?
**[17:25] Noze**
The admiral.
**[17:27] Ririha**
Huh?
**[17:28] Noze**
The admiral has a pet monster.
**[17:30] Kaina**
Monster?
**[17:31] Boy A**
Yeah. No one can beat that monster.
Not even Amelothée.
**[17:36] Boy C**
Our nation fell because of that monster, too.
**[17:38] Ririha**
What?
**[17:39] Yaona**
You weren't born here?
**[17:40] Noze**
We were kidnapped.
**[17:42] Noze**
Valghia absorbs survivors from
nations they've destroyed.
**[17:45] Noze**
That's how they replenish
their soldiers and sailors.
**[17:47] Chiru**
That applies to everyone, even kids.
**[17:49] Boy A**
It's a meritocracy.
**[17:52] Boy A**
Former enemy soldiers can move up
in the ranks as long as they're strong.
**[17:55] Boy A**
The best of the kids are
also chosen to be trained.
**[18:01] Noze**
You know, your clothes are seriously weird.
**[18:04] Kaina**
Huh? Oh, are they?
**[18:07] Ririha**
He's from the Canopy.
**[18:10] Noze**
The Canopy? As in the one in the *sky*?
**[18:14] Kaina**
Yup.
**[18:15] Yaona**
Sis went to the Canopy to meet the
sage in order to save everyone.
**[18:22] Noze**
Tell me more about this.
**[18:26] Soldier D**
Hey, you! Do you know anything?!
**[18:27] Citizen 8**
P-Please don't hurt me.
Th-Those kids probably have them.
**[18:30] Soldier E**
Huh?
**[18:31] Citizen 8**
You know, the kids.
They're a band of thieves.
**[18:33] Soldier D**
A band of thieves?
**[18:35] Soldier E**
Hm?
**[18:42] Kaina**
And that's everything I know.
**[18:45] Chiru**
Kaina, you really are from the Canopy.
**[18:48] Noze**
But the sage is just a fairy tale that
someone desperate for hope made up.
**[18:54] Boy A**
My grandma told stories
of a giant spire tree,
**[18:57] Boy A**
large enough to feed the entire world.
**[19:03] Yaona**
A giant spire tree?
**[19:04] Boy A**
She said it's many times bigger
than a regular spire tree.
**[19:07] Noze**
Wouldn't that be nice?
**[19:19] Kaina**
There *is* a giant one.
**[19:22] All**
Huh?
**[19:23] Noze**
Really?
**[19:24] Kaina**
We could see that giant
spire tree from the Canopy.
**[19:28] Noze**
There's no way!
**[19:29] Noze**
If that tree was real, then Valghia
wouldn't be waging wars like this!
**[19:32] Yaona/Ririha**
What?
**[19:33] Yaona/Ririha**
What?
**[19:34] Ririha**
What do you mean?
**[19:35] Noze**
Valghia ended up this way because orbital
trees around the sea started drying up!
**[19:39] Noze**
Initially, the ship went around saving
people when orbital trees dried up.
**[19:43] Noze**
But the population snowballed,
and here we are today!
**[19:45] Ririha**
Ah...
**[19:48] Noze**
If we had enough water for everyone,
we wouldn't be living like this.
**[19:52] Noze**
Is there really such a thing
as a giant spire tree?
**[19:56] Kaina**
Yup.
**[19:58] Noze**
Then if that spire tree
hasn't dried up yet...
**[20:02] Kaina**
You could see the lights from the
luminous shells, so it's not dried up.
**[20:09] Chiru**
Hey.
**[20:11] Chiru**
Would that water taste really good?
**[20:13] Ririha**
Huh? What do you mean?
**[20:15] Noze**
The "water" they ration out
to us is anything but.
**[20:20] Boy A**
We live off fluids harvested
from snow horses and bugs.
**[20:39] Soldier E**
Hmm?
**[20:40] Soldier E**
Hey, come over here for a sec.
**[20:42] Soldier D**
Huh?
**[20:44] Boy C**
But it's far away, isn't it?
**[20:45] Kaina**
Yeah. It was impossible to
get there on foot, but...
**[20:51] Ririha**
We could get there by ship.
**[20:52] Kaina**
Right.
**[20:53] Noze**
That's great and all, but nobody's
gonna believe you without proof.
**[20:59] Ririha**
Proof...
**[21:04] Soldier E**
It's a hidden passageway.
**[21:05] Soldier D**
Screw it, I'm gonna tear it down!
**[21:13] Boy B**
Hey, we've got trouble!
The soldiers are headed this way!