# E23 - Farewell to the Days of Old
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G64PE0W3R/farewell-to-the-days-of-old)
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**[00:12] Guy**
Pardon me, sir.
**[00:14] Kircheis**
What is it?
**[00:15] Guy**
Weapons are not permitted beyond this point.
**[00:17] Guy**
I must ask you to leave your blaster here.
**[00:20] Kircheis**
I am High Admiral Kircheis.
**[00:23] Kirchies**
Am I still forbidden to carry a weapon?
**[00:26] Guy**
There are no exceptions,
not even for you, sir.
**[00:30] Guy**
These are our orders.
**[00:32] Guy**
I do apologize.
**[00:34] Kircheis**
Very well. No need to apologize.
**[00:45] Hans**
Didn't Admiral Kircheis have special
permission to carry weapons?
**[00:53] Volker**
Seems the circumstances have changed.
**[01:18] Kircheis**
*I can put up with this for now.*
**[01:20] Kircheis**
* Reinhard may have moments when*
* he hesitates or makes mistakes,*
**[01:23] Kircheis**
*but he'll understand in time.*
**[01:26] Kircheis**
*He has all this time, for the past eleven years.*
**[01:30] Kircheis**
* All this time? That has been*
* the case all this time,*
**[01:34] Kircheis**
*and I believed it would be forever.*
**[01:37] Kircheis**
*But...*
**[01:39] Guy**
The highest commander in the Galactic Empire,
**[01:41] Guy**
His Excellency Marquis Reinhard
von Lohengramm, enters!
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:35] Na**
In the year IC 488,
**[03:38] Na**
a celebration of victory and
audience with war prisoners
**[03:41] Na**
was held on this day at Geiersburg Fortress.
**[03:47] Reinhard**
Fahrenheit. It has been a long time.
**[03:50] Reinhard**
Since the Battle of Astarte, I think.
**[03:53] Fahrenheit**
Indeed.
**[03:54] Reinhard**
Allying with the likes of Duke Braunschweig
was a mistake unbefitting of you.
**[04:00] Reinhard**
Why don't you follow me and live
the rest of your life as a warrior?
**[04:05] Fahrenheit**
I am a soldier of the Empire.
**[04:07] Fahrenheit**
Now that you have seized authority
over the Imperial military,
**[04:10] Fahrenheit**
I shall humbly serve you.
**[04:13] Fahrenheit**
I do realize I took the long way here...
**[04:16] Fahrenheit**
but I intend to make up for the time I lost.
**[04:20] Reinhard**
Then you should join my ranks as admiral.
**[04:48] Fritz**
Imagine presenting your own
master's body in surrender.
**[05:11] Ansbach**
Marquis Lohengramm!
**[05:15] Ansbach**
I will avenge my lord, Duke Braunschweig!
**[05:49] Hans**
Physician! Call the physician!
**[05:51] Kircheis**
It's... too late...
**[05:59] Ansbach**
Forgive me, Duke Braunschweig.
**[06:03] Ansbach**
I have failed to keep the
promise I made to you.
**[06:07] Ansbach**
It may be a few years before the
blond brat follows you to Hell!
**[06:13] Kempff**
What are you talking about, you fool?!
**[06:16] Ansbach**
Though I am powerless...
**[06:18] Ansbach**
I shall accompany you myself.
**[06:21] Oskar**
Stop him!
**[06:37] Reinhard**
Kircheis?
**[06:41] Kircheis**
Rein...hard...
**[06:45] Kircheis**
You're safe...
**[06:49] Kircheis**
I don't think... I can be
of use to you... any longer.
**[06:59] Kircheis**
Please forgive me.
**[07:00] Reinhard**
You idiot! What are you saying?
**[07:03] Reinhard**
The doctor will be here soon.
This little wound will heal in no time!
**[07:06] Reinhard**
When it does, let's go inform
my sister of our victory.
**[07:10] Reinhard**
All right? Let's do that.
**[07:13] Kircheis**
Rein...hard...
**[07:14] Reinhard**
Don't talk until the doctor gets here!
**[07:19] Kircheis**
Make the universe... yours.
**[07:24] Reinhard**
I will.
**[07:25] Kircheis**
And...
**[07:27] Kircheis**
tell Annerose...
**[07:32] Kircheis**
that Sieg kept the promise...
he made so long ago...
**[07:37] Reinhard**
No!
**[07:38] Reinhard**
I'm not going to tell her that!
**[07:40] Reinhard**
You can tell her yourself! In person!
**[07:43] Reinhard**
I won't say it! You hear me?! We'll go...
**[07:46] Reinhard**
We'll go see my sister together!
**[07:48] Reinhard**
All right, Kircheis?!
**[07:50] Reinhard**
Kir...
**[08:01] Reinhard**
Kircheis...
**[08:03] Reinhard**
Answer me!
**[08:06] Reinhard**
Kircheis!
**[08:08] Reinhard**
Why won't you speak?
**[08:11] Reinhard**
Kircheis!
**[08:13] Reinhard**
Kircheis!
**[08:15] Wolfgang**
Don't. He's gone.
**[08:18] Wolfgang**
We should let him rest in peace.
**[08:20] Reinhard**
Don't lie to me, Mittermeyer.
**[08:23] Reinhard**
You are lying!
**[08:27] Reinhard**
Kircheis would never die and leave me behind!
**[08:31] Reinhard**
Right, Kircheis?
**[08:33] Reinhard**
Open your eyes.
**[08:36] Reinhard**
Kircheis...
**[08:43] Reinhard**
Kircheis!
**[09:00] Oskar**
It's been three days since
he imposed the gag order.
**[09:03] Oskar**
We can't keep this up any longer.
**[09:05] Oskar**
It's not as if we can remain
silent toward Odin forever.
**[09:10] Lutz**
But to be honest,
**[09:12] Lutz**
I never realized the marquis
had such a fragile side.
**[09:16] Wolfgang**
He wouldn't be like this if it
had been you or me who died.
**[09:22] Wolfgang**
Siegfried Kircheis is special.
**[09:25] Wolfgang**
*Was* special.
**[09:28] Wolfgang**
He has essentially lost half of himself.
**[09:32] Wolfgang**
Because of his own mistake, no less.
**[09:36] Oskar**
We have to hope
Marquis Lohengramm will bounce back.
**[09:39] Oskar**
No, we need him to.
**[09:43] Oskar**
If he doesn't, we'll all end up singing
an elegy into the galactic abyss.
**[09:50] Fritz**
But what are we supposed to do?
**[09:53] Fritz**
How do we get him back on his feet?
**[09:55] Ernest**
If there's anyone who can offer a solution,
**[09:57] Ernest**
it's him.
**[09:59] Fritz**
Him?
**[10:00] Lutz**
You know who.
**[10:02] Lutz**
The man who isn't here right now.
**[10:04] Wolfgang**
We'll have to seek out his wisdom?
**[10:07] Oskar**
We have no choice.
**[10:08] Oskar**
I'm sure even he is well aware that he is
who he is because of Marquis Lohengramm.
**[10:15] Wolfgang**
This would mean we'll owe him a favor.
**[10:19] Wolfgang**
What if he demands that we grant
him preferential privileges?
**[10:24] Oskar**
All of us, including Oberstein,
are aboard the ship Lohengramm.
**[10:30] Oskar**
We have to save the ship if
we want to save ourselves.
**[10:35] Oskar**
If Oberstein tries to turn this
crisis into his own profit,
**[10:41] Oskar**
we'll just have to retaliate
with the appropriate measures.
**[10:49] Guy**
*Vice Admiral Oberstein has arrived.*
**[10:55] Paul**
You've been in council for quite a long
time to have not arrived at a conclusion.
**[11:00] Oskar**
Well, with our navy's number one and
number two absent, we do lack leadership.
**[11:06] Oskar**
So, do you have any good
ideas, chief of staff?
**[11:10] Paul**
I just might.
**[11:15] Paul**
Ask Marquis Lohengramm's sister to help.
**[11:19] Wolfgang**
Countess Grünewald?
**[11:22] Wolfgang**
We thought of that, but...
**[11:24] Paul**
You can leave that part to me.
**[11:26] Paul**
But there is something
I'll need all of you to do.
**[11:30] Paul**
I need you to capture the man who
killed High Admiral Kircheis.
**[11:35] Oskar**
What a strange thing to say.
**[11:37] Oskar**
Wasn't Ansbach the killer?
**[11:39] Paul**
He is merely a bit actor.
**[11:41] Paul**
We will officially say that the
principal offender is someone else.
**[11:44] Paul**
Someone much more significant.
**[11:47] Wolfgang**
Who?
**[11:48] Paul**
The Imperial Prime Minister,
Marquis Lichtenlade.
**[11:55] Wolfgang**
I wouldn't want to have you as an enemy.
**[11:58] Wolfgang**
There's no way I'd win.
**[12:01] Paul**
Marquis Lichtenlade must be
eliminated sooner or later.
**[12:05] Paul**
Besides, it's not as if his
heart is as pure as an angel's.
**[12:11] Paul**
There's no doubt that he's been working on
his own plot to eliminate Marquis Lohengramm.
**[12:17] Oskar**
So you're saying it wouldn't
be a completely false charge.
**[12:21] Paul**
You must return to Odin as soon as possible,
**[12:24] Paul**
capture Marquis Lichtenlade,
and steal the state seal.
**[12:28] Paul**
Then we can establish
Marquis Lohengramm as dictator.
**[12:33] Wolfgang**
But what if the one who steals
the state seal stays on Odin
**[12:38] Wolfgang**
and tries to become the dictator himself?
**[12:41] Paul**
No need to worry.
**[12:43] Paul**
Even if one of you has such an ambition,
**[12:46] Paul**
the other admirals who are
of equal rank will stop him.
**[12:49] Paul**
None of you are the type to resign yourself
**[12:52] Paul**
to being subordinate to
someone who was your equal.
**[12:55] Paul**
That's exactly the reason why I believe
having a number two is unnecessary.
**[13:02] Oskar**
Power is not determined by
the means used to acquire it.
**[13:06] Oskar**
It is justified by the manner
in which one exercises it.
**[13:10] Wolfgang**
Which means some scheming and
swindling are inevitable.
**[13:20] Oskar**
We will use this opportunity
**[13:22] Oskar**
to purge the enemies of
Marquis Lohengramm hiding in the palace
**[13:25] Oskar**
and take back all political authority.
**[13:32] Wolfgang**
Leave the deserters behind.
**[13:34] Wolfgang**
All that matters is that
they reach Odin eventually.
**[13:37] Na**
The fleet that was 20,000 ships strong
when it left Geiersburg Fortress
**[13:42] Na**
was reduced in numbers with
each warp it passed through.
***SIGN*** Capital Planet Odin
**[13:45] Na**
By the time it reached
the capital planet Odin,
**[13:48] Na**
it was down to just 3,000 ships.
**[13:52] Fritz**
The situation is urgent!
**[13:54] Fritz**
Land wherever you can,
even if it's in a lake!
**[14:24] Klaus**
What's the meaning of this?
***SIGN*** Minister of State and Prime Minister of the Empire
Klaus von Lichtenlade
**[14:26] Klaus**
Why are you riffraff making such a ruckus?
**[14:28] Oskar**
Marquis Lichtenlade...
**[14:32] Oskar**
We are here to arrest you.
**[14:35] Klaus**
On what charges?
**[14:37] Oskar**
The charge of being the principal
offender in the attempted assassination
**[14:40] Oskar**
of Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm.
**[14:44] Klaus**
You fool!
**[14:45] Klaus**
What evidence do you have
to prove such nonsense?
**[14:49] Klaus**
I am the Imperial Prime Minister!
**[14:51] Klaus**
I stand above all of you as the one
who gives counsel to the emperor!
**[14:55] Oskar**
And at the same time,
you are an irreverent conspirator.
**[15:00] Oskar**
Restrain him!
**[15:04] Wolfgang**
Where is the state seal?
**[15:06] Guy**
On what authority do you ask that?
**[15:10] Guy**
This is the room where the prime
minister keeps the state seal.
**[15:16] Guy**
Stop this at once!
**[15:17] Guy**
What do you perceive the power of the Empire,
of the Imperial household, to be?
**[15:23] Guy**
Your behavior is
unbecoming of Imperial subjects!
**[15:25] Guy**
You should be ashamed!
**[15:27] Wolfgang**
The power of the Empire, eh?
**[15:29] Wolfgang**
I suppose such a thing
existed once upon a time.
**[15:31] Wolfgang**
But in the end, power is
determined by one's capability.
**[15:35] Wolfgang**
Capability is not determined by power.
**[15:37] Guy**
It's open!
**[15:41] Guy**
This is it.
**[15:44] Wolfgang**
This is the state seal?
**[15:54] Maid**
What army is that, milady?
**[15:57] Hilda**
*Armies don't just appear out of nowhere.*
**[16:00] Hilda**
* No army but Marquis Lohengramm's*
* could have so many people.*
**[16:06] Hilda**
*It looks like a very lively age is coming.*
**[16:09] Hilda**
*It may be a bit turbulent,*
**[16:12] Hilda**
* but that's far better*
* than remaining stagnant.*
**[16:51] Reinhard**
Kircheis!
**[17:12] Paul**
Your Excellency, it's Oberstein.
**[17:15] Paul**
We've received a message from
the Imperial capital Odin.
**[17:20] Reinhard**
From whom?
**[17:21] Paul**
From your sister, Countess Grünewald.
**[17:29] Reinhard**
Damn you! You told her!
**[17:32] Reinhard**
You told my sister about Kircheis!
**[17:34] Paul**
Yes, I did.
**[17:35] Reinhard**
How dare you?!
**[17:37] Paul**
But you cannot remain in hiding forever.
**[17:41] Reinhard**
Shut up!
**[17:42] Paul**
Are you afraid of your sister?
**[17:45] Reinhard**
What?!
**[17:46] Paul**
If not, then please see her, Your Excellency.
**[17:49] Paul**
I have not yet abandoned you.
**[17:52] Paul**
It is admirable of you to blame yourself
**[17:55] Paul**
and not try to force the
responsibility onto me,
**[17:59] Paul**
but if you continue to look only at the past
**[18:03] Paul**
and refuse to face the future, then you
are truly no more of a man than that.
**[18:08] Paul**
The universe will fall
into someone else's hands.
**[18:11] Paul**
Admiral Kircheis must be
feeling ashamed in Valhalla.
**[18:35] Reinhard**
Sister...
**[18:36] Annerose**
*My poor Reinhard...*
**[18:40] Annerose**
* There is no one left for*
* you to lose, Reinhard.*
**[18:47] Reinhard**
No. I still have you.
**[18:50] Reinhard**
Don't I, Sister? I still have you, don't I?
**[18:54] Annerose**
* Yes, the two of us now have*
* nothing left but each other.*
**[19:01] Annerose**
* Reinhard, I'm going to leave*
* the Schwarzen mansion.*
**[19:05] Annerose**
*Could you give me a small house somewhere?*
**[19:08] Reinhard**
Sister...
**[19:09] Annerose**
* Also, I think we should not*
* see each other for a while.*
**[19:13] Reinhard**
Sister!
**[19:15] Annerose**
*It's better that I'm not beside you.*
**[19:19] Annerose**
*We live very different lives.*
**[19:22] Annerose**
*I have nothing but the past,*
**[19:25] Annerose**
*but you have a future.*
**[19:29] Annerose**
*If you ever get tired, come see me.*
**[19:34] Annerose**
*But you must not get tired yet.*
**[19:40] Reinhard**
I understand.
**[19:42] Reinhard**
If you insist, Sister,
then I'll do as you wish.
**[19:47] Reinhard**
I'll come for you after
I make the universe mine.
**[19:51] Reinhard**
But before you go, tell me one thing.
**[19:57] Reinhard**
Did you... love Kircheis?
**[20:17] Reinhard**
*I'm aware of the situation.*
**[20:19] Reinhard**
*I heard from Oberstein on the day you left.*
**[20:23] Oskar**
Yes, sir.
**[20:24] Reinhard**
* I'm sure your achievements*
* will be generously rewarded.*
**[20:27] Reinhard**
*I will soon return to Odin, as well.*
**[20:31] Oskar**
We have arrested and confined
Marquis Lichtenlade's entire family.
**[20:36] Oskar**
Please give us your
judgment upon your return.
**[20:38] Reinhard**
*You don't need to wait for me to return.*
**[20:42] Reinhard**
* I'm entrusting all of you to carry*
* out their punishment. Understood?*
**[20:45] Oskar**
Then what shall we do with
Marquis Lichtenlade himself?
**[20:50] Reinhard**
*We can't execute the Imperial Prime Minister.*
**[20:53] Reinhard**
*Encourage him to commit suicide*
**[20:55] Reinhard**
*in the most painless method possible.*
**[20:57] Oskar**
Understood.
**[20:58] Oskar**
And what shall we do with his family?
**[21:01] Reinhard**
* Banish the women and*
* children to the frontier.*
**[21:04] Reinhard**
*Execute all men over the age of ten.*
**[21:08] Oskar**
Understood.
**[21:09] Oskar**
*We don't need to execute those under nine?*
**[21:12] Reinhard**
I was ten years old when I entered school.
**[21:16] Reinhard**
Anyone younger than that is not fully a man,
**[21:19] Reinhard**
so I will spare them.
**[21:21] Reinhard**
* If they want to try to strike me*
* down when they grow up, let them.*
**[21:25] Reinhard**
* It's only natural for an incompetent*
* supreme ruler to be overthrown.*
**[21:31] Reinhard**
*The same goes for all of you.*
**[21:33] Reinhard**
* If you have the confidence*
* and resolve to defeat me,*
**[21:36] Reinhard**
*you can try it at any time.*
**[21:41] Oskar**
Surely you jest.
**[21:43] Oskar**
Then, I shall take my leave.
**[21:45] Reinhard**
You've done good work.
**[21:49] Paul**
Your Excellency,
**[21:50] Paul**
are you sure that's what you want
to do with Marquis Lichtenlade's family?
**[21:54] Reinhard**
I have shed a great deal of blood in my life.
**[21:58] Reinhard**
I will surely shed more.
**[22:00] Reinhard**
What will change by adding a few drops
of blood from Lichtenlade's family?
**[22:07] Paul**
If that is how you feel, very well.
**[22:21] Na**
His heart was starved.
**[22:24] Na**
He had lost both Kircheis and his sister.
**[22:29] Na**
Even if he were to become
the ruler of all humanity,
**[22:32] Na**
would that satisfy the desperate
hunger in his heart?
**[22:36] Na**
No, it would not.
**[22:39] Na**
This hunger in his heart could not be sated...
**[22:43] Na**
likely for all eternity.
**[22:46] Na**
But Reinhard was left with no other path.
**[22:51] Na**
He had no choice but to counter
the hunger in his heart
**[22:56] Na**
by continuing to fight, win, and conquer.
**[23:01] Na**
For that, he needed an enemy.
**[23:04] Na**
The stronger and more competent the enemy,
**[23:07] Na**
the more he could forget
how starved his heart was.
**[23:11] Na**
And in the Free Planets Alliance,
**[23:14] Na**
he has the strongest, most competent
enemy he could hope for.
***SIGN*** Episode 23
Farewell to the Days of Old
***SIGN*** Episode 24
***SIGN*** My Friend
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of the
Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:54] Na**
episode twenty-four, "My Friend."