E26 - The Twin Pillars
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SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN Capital Planet Odin
Galactic Imperial Navy Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[01:32] Kempff
As the one responsible for overseeing
security in the Iserlohn sector,
[01:38] Kempff
I apologize for our failure to destroy
the enemy in the battle at the corridor.
SIGN Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
[01:42] Reinhard
We cannot be expected to win every battle.
[01:45] Reinhard
There is no need to
apologize for every loss.
[01:50] Kempff
Yes, sir.
SIGN Fleet Admiral Reinhard von Lohengramm
[01:53] Wolfgang
I can't believe His Excellency
just let it go that easily.
[01:58] Oskar
I know.
[02:00] Oskar
That said, His Excellency is
fulfilling two roles now,
[02:02] Oskar
as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy
and Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire.
[02:08] Oskar
He can't concern himself with
every minor battle.
[02:13] Wolfgang
That's true.
[02:17] Wolfgang
Anyway, changing the subject...
[02:19] Wolfgang
Would you like to have dinner at my
place tonight? It's been a long time.
[02:22] Wolfgang
Eva's eager to see you again, too.
[02:26] Oskar
All right. I'll take you up on that.
[02:29] Na
Two great admirals serving under
Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm:
[02:32] Na
High Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer and
High Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal.
[02:39] Na
Mittermeyer's swiftness
in tactical maneuvers
[02:42] Na
earned him the nickname "Gale Wolf".
[02:46] Na
Reuenthal possesses both wisdom and courage.
[02:50] Na
Because both are particularly
proficient in combat,
[02:54] Na
they are considered extraordinary
admirals of the Imperial Navy
[02:57] Na
and are widely known as the "Twin Pillars."
[03:02] Na
Though both are equal in reknown and accomplishments,
[03:06] Na
there is one particular aspect of their everyday lives
[03:09] Na
where the two of them are almost polar opposites.
[03:14] Evangelin
Welcome home.
[03:16] Wolfgang
I brought Reuenthal, just like I promised.
SIGN Evangelin Mittermeyer
[03:21] Evangelin
I've been waiting to see you again!
[03:23] Evangelin
Please, come inside.
SIGN Episode 26
SIGN The Twin Pillars
[03:31] Wolfgang
Boy, I'm stuffed.
[03:33] Wolfgang
I haven't eaten this much in ages.
[03:35] Evangelin
It makes me feel blessed to be a cook.
[03:39] Oskar
That was truly delicious.
[03:41] Evangelin
I'm so glad.
[03:43] Evangelin
Would you care for some coffee?
[03:45] Wolfgang
Let me help you with that.
[03:47] Evangelin
Now, Wolf, whose job is it
to keep our guest company?
[03:52] Wolfgang
Oh, r-right.
[03:56] Oskar
How long have you two been married?
[04:00] Evangelin
It's been six years now.
[04:03] Oskar
Has it?
[04:04] Oskar
And the two of you haven't changed a bit...
[04:07] Oskar
since the day you gave her a
bouquet and proposed to her.
[04:10] Wolfgang
Hey!
[04:11] Wolfgang
Do you have to bring that
up again? Cut it out!
[04:13] Evangelin
Oh, but why?
[04:16] Evangelin
It made me so very happy.
[04:19] Wolfgang
R-Really?
[04:22] Wolfgang
What?
[04:23] Oskar
Oh, nothing.
[04:24] Wolfgang
Then why are you laughing?
[04:27] Wolfgang
You, too?!
[04:28] Na
Wolfgang Mittermeyer was born a commoner.
[04:34] Na
His father did business with
nobles and wealthy commoners
[04:38] Na
in his steady job as a landscape architect.
[04:42] (Flashback) Dad
Listen, Wolf. There's only
one path for commoners:
[04:46] (Flashback) Dad
to establish yourself in a career.
[04:48] (Flashback) Child Wolfgang
A career?
[04:50] Na
He hoped his son would become
a career man or technician
[04:53] Na
and live a peaceful life free of turmoil.
[04:57] Na
But his son chose a
different sort of career:
[05:03] Na
he decided to enroll in a military
academy and become a soldier.
[05:08] Na
Mittermeyer was sixteen at the time.
[05:12] Na
He reached his decision after
considering his own talents,
[05:15] Na
as well as his circumstances.
[05:19] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
I'm home.
[05:21] Na
In the summer of his second year, he came
home after a long time away at school
[05:26] Na
to find that his family had grown by one.
[05:28] (Flashback) Mom
Oh, welcome home.
[05:30] (Flashback) Dad
Welcome home.
[05:31] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
Who's the girl?
[05:32] (Flashback) Mom
She's a distant relative of ours.
[05:35] (Flashback) Mom
This is Evangelin.
We've taken her into our home.
[05:39] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
Pleased to meet you.
You are Master Wolf, yes?
[05:43] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
That's right.
[05:46] Na
It wasn't long before Mittermeyer became
drawn to Evangelin's personality.
[05:53] Na
However, although he was normally the
type to act quickly and decisively,
[05:57] Na
he only made up his mind to tell Evangelin after
excruciatingly prolonged indecision.
[06:02] Na
In fact, it took him seven years.
[06:07] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
Flowers! I need flowers!
Any flowers will do!
[06:10] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
Wait, no...
[06:12] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
I need the prettiest flowers you have!
Ones that would please a lady!
[06:19] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
Oh! Are these for me?
[06:23] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
Thank you!
[06:24] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
Yes.
[06:26] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
They're beautiful!
[06:29] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
Evangelin... Um, that is...
[06:36] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
What is it, Master Wolf?
[06:41] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
Evangelin...
[06:45] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
Will you marry me?
[06:49] (Flashback) Evangelin
Yes, Master Wolf.
[07:01] Oskar
In the language of flowers, yellow
roses mean jealousy, selfish love...
[07:06] Oskar
and fading romance.
[07:09] Wolfgang
How was I supposed to know that?
[07:11] Evangelin
But enough about us.
[07:13] Evangelin
What about yourself?
[07:16] Evangelin
Isn't there anyone you've set your heart on?
[07:20] Oskar
Your husband asks me the same question.
[07:24] Evangelin
Well, just don't indiscriminately pick
the prettiest flower you see, okay?
[07:31] Oskar
I'll keep that in mind.
[07:34] Wolfgang
Well, would you like more to drink?
[07:36] Oskar
Yes, I'll take some more.
[07:40] Na
Mittermeyer's good friend once told him
the reason why he didn't trust women.
SIGN Planet Kapche-Lanka
[07:46] Na
He had never repeated it to
anyone else, not even his wife.
[07:51] (Flashback) Oskar
Looks like we survived.
[07:54] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Seems that way.
[07:55] (Flashback) Oskar
We can't die in a battle as
strategically worthless as this.
[08:00] (Flashback) Wolfgang
You can say that again.
[08:02] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Let's head back and raise a
toast to our safe return.
[08:12] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Don't do anything too cruel.
[08:16] (Flashback) Wolfgang
I heard what happened before you came here.
[08:19] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Can't you decide on just one person?
[08:23] (Flashback) Wolfgang
I want you to be hap—
[08:24] (Flashback) Oskar
Listen to me, Mittermeyer.
[08:28] (Flashback) Oskar
You may have gotten married,
[08:30] (Flashback) Oskar
but women are born to betray men.
[08:35] (Flashback) Wolfgang
You can't paint them all
with one brush like that.
[08:38] (Flashback) Oskar
No, it's true.
[08:41] (Flashback) Oskar
Let me tell you about
the Reuenthal family...
[08:44] (Flashback) Oskar
and my mother.
[08:49] (Flashback) Oskar
The Reuenthals were a low-ranking
family, noble in name only.
[08:53] (Flashback) Oskar
My father did nothing but oversee the tiny
piece of land his father left to him.
[08:59] (Flashback) Oskar
But then, one day,
he suddenly became an investor,
[09:03] (Flashback) Oskar
and he made enough money to ensure
the next two generations would not go hungry.
[09:10] (Flashback) Oskar
He remained single almost
until the age of forty,
[09:14] (Flashback) Oskar
but having solidified the foundation
for a comfortable life,
[09:16] (Flashback) Oskar
he decided to get married.
[09:19] (Flashback) Oskar
So he sought the hand of a noblewoman
who was renowned for her beauty
[09:24] (Flashback) Oskar
in exchange for shouldering
her ruined family's debts.
[09:30] (Flashback) Oskar
She was twenty years younger than him.
[09:33] (Flashback) Oskar
There was no way a marriage
like that would work well.
[09:37] (Flashback) Oskar
My father, feeling inferior in both age and rank,
[09:40] (Flashback) Oskar
spoiled my mother with every luxury,
[09:42] (Flashback) Oskar
and she took advantage of it,
indulging to her heart's content.
[09:46] (Flashback) Oskar
I was born as a result.
[09:50] (Flashback) Oskar
A few days later, she looked
at my newly opened eyes
[09:54] (Flashback) Oskar
and started to tremble in fear.
[09:59] (Flashback) Oskar
My father and mother both had blue eyes,
[10:03] (Flashback) Oskar
and my eyes were heterochromatic,
one blue and one black.
[10:11] (Flashback) Oskar
My mother's first thought was that
[10:13] (Flashback) Oskar
my eye was the same black as the eyes of the
young man she was having an affair with.
[10:20] (Flashback) Oskar
She knew if my father found out,
he'd kick her out with no money,
[10:24] (Flashback) Oskar
and she wouldn't be able to relax
with her young lover anymore.
[10:29] (Flashback) Oskar
So she...
[10:45] (Flashback) Oskar
She thought she'd gouge out my eye
before my father could see it.
[10:53] (Flashback) Oskar
The image is forever burned into my mind.
[10:56] (Flashback) Oskar
Even though I shouldn't have even been old
enough to remember anything.
[11:02] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Reuenthal, I really think...
[11:23] (Flashback) Oskar
The liquor made me say all
that nonsense last night.
[11:26] (Flashback) Oskar
Forget all of it.
[11:27] (Flashback) Wolfgang
What are you talking about?
I don't remember a thing.
[11:32] (Flashback) Oskar
I see. That's fine, then.
[11:35] Na
The topic has not come up
between the two of them since.
[11:40] Na
That is the nature of their friendship.
[11:48] Evangelin
It's really pouring.
[11:50] Wolfgang
You should stay here tonight.
[11:52] Evangelin
That's a good idea.
[11:54] Evangelin
I'm going to retire for the night,
[11:57] Evangelin
but you two enjoy yourselves.
[12:00] Oskar
All right, I suppose I'll stay.
[12:03] Oskar
Thank you for dinner, Frau Mittermeyer.
[12:06] Oskar
Next time I visit,
I'll be sure to bring a bouquet.
[12:10] Wolfgang
Come on, give me a break already!
[12:12] Evangelin
Oh, my!
[12:19] Wolfgang
Sheesh...
[12:21] Oskar
It was storming that one night, too.
[12:24] Wolfgang
A stormy night...
[12:26] Wolfgang
The night when you first met His Excellency?
[12:29] Oskar
You remember it, eh?
[12:31] Wolfgang
As if I could forget.
[12:33] Wolfgang
If that hadn't happened,
I wouldn't be alive today.
[12:38] Oskar
Not just you.
[12:41] Oskar
We're both only here right now
because we met His Excellency.
[12:47] Wolfgang
The loyalty I swore to
His Excellency at that time
[12:50] Wolfgang
will remain unchanged until my life ends.
[12:53] Oskar
Agreed.
[12:58] Na
"The loyalty I swore at that time..."
[13:02] Na
It all began three years ago,
[13:04] Na
in March of the year IC 486...
[13:09] Na
with the Klopstock Incident.
[13:13] Na
On that day, a party was held
[13:16] Na
at the home of Duke Braunschweig,
and the emperor was invited.
[13:21] Na
Since the emperor was in attendance,
[13:23] Na
Reinhard, who was already a military officer,
had no choice but to attend as well.
[13:29] (Flashback) Reinhard
I'll be back as soon as I can.
[13:31] (Flashback) Kircheis
Please enjoy yourself.
[13:33] (Flashback) Kircheis
More importantly, please be careful not to
lose your temper in front of the nobles.
[13:40] (Flashback) Reinhard
I know.
[13:42] Na
Reinhard von Müsel was
nineteen at the time.
[13:46] Na
He held the position of High Councilor
in the Ministry of Military Affairs,
[13:49] Na
which removed him from the battlefield.
[13:51] (Flashback) Kircheis
Take care.
[13:53] (Flashback) Reinhard
I will.
[13:54] Na
Siegfried Kircheis, also nineteen,
held the rank of commander.
[14:06] (Flashback) GuardA
Wait a moment.
[14:09] (Flashback) GuardA
Allow me to carry that.
[14:10] (Flashback) Klopstock
Let me be!
[14:11] (Flashback) Klopstock
I am Klopstock,
SIGN Marquis Klopstock
[14:13] (Flashback) Klopstock
and I must give this to
Duke Braunschweig personally!
[14:17] (Flashback) GuardA
Goodness... I do apologize.
[14:20] (Flashback) Nobleman
Marquis Klopstock?
[14:23] (Flashback) Noblewoman
What in the world is he doing here?
[14:30] (Flashback) Flegel
Well, well! So the Imperial soldier
of unrivaled loyalty and courage,
[14:34] (Flashback) Flegel
the magnificent prodigy himself,
graces us with his presence?
SIGN Baron Flegel
[14:41] (Flashback) Flegel
The man who will one day call
himself Count Lohengramm...
[14:45] (Flashback) Flegel
can't be so careless as to speak
to the likes of us, then?
[14:51] (Flashback) Reinhard
I'm only being cautious.
[14:53] (Flashback) Reinhard
I promised I wouldn't lose my temper
in front of anyone who isn't worth it.
[14:59] (Flashback) Flegel
Don't get cocky, you blond brat!
SIGN Duke Braunschweig
[15:18] (Flashback) Braunschweig
I have just received word
[15:20] (Flashback) Braunschweig
that His Imperial Majesty has been
afflicted by sudden stomach pain
[15:24] (Flashback) Braunschweig
and has returned to the Imperial Palace.
[15:27] (Flashback) NobleA
Oh, dear...
[15:28] (Flashback) NobleB
What a shame.
[15:29] (Flashback) Braunschweig
It is truly unfortunate,
[15:32] (Flashback) Braunschweig
but I would still like all of you
to enjoy plenty of food and drink.
[15:40] (Flashback) Braunschweig
What is that?
[15:43] (Flashback) GuardA
This is...
[15:45] (Flashback) GuardA
Marquis Klopstock was carrying it.
He said he had to give it to you personally.
[15:49] (Flashback) GuardA
But I don't see him anywhere...
[15:53] (Flashback) Braunschweig
I suppose that has-been couldn't bear to
stay any longer at such a glamorous event.
[15:58] (Flashback) Flegel
So it would seem.
[16:00] (Flashback) Braunschweig
And this thing he brought for me
is most likely useless trash.
[16:04] (Flashback) Braunschweig
Dispose of it.
[16:04] (Flashback) GuardA
Yes, sir.
[16:11] (Flashback) GuyA
What happened?!
[16:20] (Flashback) Kircheis
Reinhard!
[16:22] (Flashback) Kircheis
Where are you, Reinhard?!
[16:26] (Flashback) Kircheis
Reinhard?
[16:29] (Flashback) Kircheis
Reinhard! Please answer me!
[16:33] (Flashback) Reinhard
Kircheis...
[16:35] (Flashback) Reinhard
I'm here, Kircheis.
[16:38] (Flashback) Kircheis
Reinhard! Are you all right?
[16:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
I knew you would come,
[16:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
so I stayed right here.
[16:47] (Flashback) Kircheis
Please forgive me for
failing to protect you.
[16:51] (Flashback) Reinhard
You came for me. That's enough.
[16:56] (Flashback) Reinhard
More importantly, I want to
get out of here. Help me up.
[17:00] (Flashback) Kircheis
Of course.
[17:01] (Flashback) Braunschweig
Ansbach!
[17:03] (Flashback) Braunschweig
Where are you, Ansbach?!
Come and help me at once!
[17:08] (Flashback) Ansbach
Here I am, sir!
[17:08] (Flashback) Braunschweig
You're late! Give me your shoulder!
[17:11] (Flashback) Ansbach
Yes, sir!
[17:13] (Flashback) Reinhard
It sounds like Duke Braunschweig survived.
[17:16] (Flashback) Kircheis
Yes.
[17:18] (Flashback) Reinhard
In any case, it's a good thing
the emperor couldn't make it.
[17:21] (Flashback) Reinhard
If he had brought my sister here with him...
[17:27] Na
It quickly became clear who it was that had set the bomb.
[17:33] (Flashback) Braunschweig
Klopstock! He did this!
[17:38] Na
The prestigious Klopstock family fell from
grace when Friedrich IV took the throne.
[17:44] Na
They fell because they tried and failed to
make Friedrich's younger brother the emperor.
[17:48] Na
For the next thirty years, their resentment
toward the emperor and the high nobility had grown.
[17:55] (Flashback) Klopstock
The emperor didn't show up,
[17:57] (Flashback) Klopstock
but I can't die just yet.
[18:00] (Flashback) Kircheis
Marquis Klopstock was asked to turn himself in
after being stripped of his rank
[18:05] (Flashback) Kircheis
for his failed attempt at high treason.
[18:08] (Flashback) Kircheis
But he's refused, and a punitive force
is being organized to subjugate him,
[18:13] (Flashback) Kircheis
and Duke Braunschweig has volunteered
to be its supreme commander.
[18:17] (Flashback) Reinhard
He wants revenge, then?
[18:20] (Flashback) Reinhard
I doubt that man even knows
how to fight a battle.
[18:24] (Flashback) Kircheis
A few members of the main navy plan to
accompany him as tactical advisors.
[18:29] (Flashback) Reinhard
Who?
[18:30] (Flashback) Kircheis
I'm told it will be
Rear Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
[18:33] (Flashback) Kircheis
and Rear Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer.
[18:36] (Flashback) Reinhard
Oh? Those two?
[18:38] (Flashback) Reinhard
They're the great admirals
I've heard rumors about.
[18:40] (Flashback) Kircheis
Yes.
[18:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
But they're going to have
a rough time with this.
[18:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
I pity them.
[18:46] (Flashback) Kircheis
Reinhard...
[18:47] (Flashback) Reinhard
What?
[18:49] (Flashback) Kircheis
Reinhard, you are going to
need allies going forward.
[18:54] (Flashback) Kircheis
Strong, brilliant allies.
[18:58] (Flashback) Reinhard
You're wrong, Kircheis.
[19:00] (Flashback) Reinhard
I don't need allies.
[19:01] (Flashback) Reinhard
We need allies.
[19:04] (Flashback) Kircheis
Right.
[19:06] Na
Braunschweig disembarked in Klopstock's
domain along with a large force.
[19:13] Na
However, even with the strength of the
capable admirals sent from the main navy,
[19:18] Na
the proud, arrogant nobles proved
exceedingly difficult to command.
[19:23] Na
Even with their overwhelming
advantage in numbers,
[19:26] Na
the subjugation took an entire month.
[19:31] Na
In the end, Klopstock opted to poison
himself and die clinging to his grudge,
[19:36] Na
and it was thought that the
matter was closed at last...
[19:40] Na
But then, looting and violence by
the young nobles became widespread.
[19:49] (Flashback) Wolfgang
I taught you people how to fight a battle,
[19:52] (Flashback) Wolfgang
but I did not teach you
looting, violence, or arson!
[19:59] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Disgracing the navy and His Imperial Majesty
this way is an absolute outrage!
[20:03] (Flashback) YoungA
That may be your stance, but...
[20:05] (Flashback) YoungB
Yeah.
[20:08] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Now, you listen to me, and listen good!
[20:11] (Flashback) Wolfgang
If you forget your pride as
soldiers of the Imperial Navy,
[20:13] (Flashback) Wolfgang
you'll find yourself taking
regret by the hand
[20:15] (Flashback) Wolfgang
and leading it in a dance of destruction!
[20:24] (Flashback) Oskar
Trying to reason with dogs and
apes won't get you anywhere.
[20:28] (Flashback) Oskar
They're no more than wild beasts
with wealth and privilege.
[20:33] (Flashback) Oskar
I never understood why the great emperor
Rudolf doesn't rise from his grave
[20:38] (Flashback) Oskar
and just eat up all of
his foolish descendants.
[20:42] (Flashback) Wolfgang
The things you say are so
extreme, Admiral Reuenthal.
[20:47] (Flashback) Oskar
Well, the things I do aren't nearly
as extreme as the things you do.
[20:52] (Flashback) Oskar
I just hold it all inside.
[20:56] (Flashback) Wolfgang
It's not what you say, but how you say it.
[20:58] (Flashback) Oskar
Just be careful.
[21:00] (Flashback) Wolfgang
I will.
[21:01] Na
But the young nobles committed
barbaric acts again.
[21:09] (Flashback) Lady
Not my ring! This ring has been
handed down in our family for—
[21:13] (Flashback) YoungA
The whole Klopstock family
is guilty of high treason.
[21:16] (Flashback) YoungA
There's no longer any need to hand
anything down through the generations.
[21:39] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Now, what excuse are you going to give me?
[21:42] (Flashback) Wolfgang
That this woman came unarmed
at an officer with a weapon,
[21:46] (Flashback) Wolfgang
and you had no choice
but to defend yourself?
[21:50] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Say it!
[21:57] (Flashback) YoungA
I have my father to think about, you know.
[22:00] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Who asked you about your lineage?
[22:02] (Flashback) YoungA
Just let me finish, please.
[22:05] (Flashback) YoungA
My father is Duke Braunschweig's cousin.
[22:08] (Flashback) YoungA
Also, my older sister married into
Marquis Littenheim's family.
[22:13] (Flashback) YoungA
Shouldn't you have an understanding
of my family tree
[22:16] (Flashback) YoungA
before you go waving your cheap
righteousness in my face?
[22:21] (Flashback) Wolfgang
There is a rule in the Imperial Navy.
[22:24] (Flashback) Wolfgang
If one sullies the dignity of the
navy by unlawfully harming a citizen,
[22:28] (Flashback) Wolfgang
an admiral has the authority to
sentence that one to execution.
[22:34] (Flashback) Wolfgang
In accordance with naval code,
[22:37] (Flashback) Wolfgang
I will execute you and
restore order to this Navy.
[22:40] (Flashback) YoungA
Wait! Let me speak to the duke!
[22:44] (Flashback) Wolfgang
Draw your gun.
[22:46] (Flashback) Wolfgang
I will at least give you
a chance to fight back.
[23:04] Na
Braunschweig learned of
this incident quickly,
[23:09] Na
and immediately apprehended Mittermeyer
in order to court-martial him.
SIGN Episode 27
SIGN A Stormy Night
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Next time, "A Stormy Night."
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