# E11 - Wilhelm van Astrea \ A Wager That Defies Despair
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**[00:31] Wilhelm**
I haven't seen you before.
**[00:32] Wilhelm**
What is a woman doing here
so early in the morning?
**[00:45] Theresia**
Oh, don't worry about it.
**[00:48] ---**
Just come here.
**[01:05] Theresia**
Hey...
**[01:10] Theresia**
Do you like flowers?
**[01:23] Crusch**
Troops—
**[01:24] Subaru**
Let him have it!
**[01:26] Rem**
*Al Huma!*
**[01:43] Crusch**
Troops! Follow those two fools!
**[02:01] Rem**
They're firing the night-banisher!
**[02:03] ---**
Close your eyes!
**[02:14] Subaru**
Whoa...
**[02:15] Subaru**
It's just like everyone said! Incredible!
**[03:00] Subaru**
That's... the White Whale?
**[04:46] Subaru**
It's so huge...
**[04:49] Rem**
Are you scared?
**[04:52] Subaru**
Yeah, I'm scared...
**[04:53] Subaru**
of the blindingly bright future
**[04:55] ---**
where I'm praised for defeating it!
**[04:58] Subaru**
Now, let's run like hell!
**[05:01] Rem**
Yes.
**[05:09] Subaru**
It's so fast!
**[05:21] Crusch**
You greatly underestimate us,
**[05:22] ---**
looking away so carelessly.
**[05:25] Rem**
The intangible sword
with no regard for range...
**[05:28] Rem**
That's Crusch-sama's sword art,
**[05:30] ---**
famous for its Hundred-Man Strike.
**[05:54] Crusch**
Disperse!
**[05:55] All**
Disperse!
**[06:13] Wilhelm**
For fourteen years,
**[06:15] ---**
I have dreamed of nothing but this day.
**[06:19] Wilhelm**
Fall here, and leave your corpse behind.
**[06:35] Wilhelm**
You're nothing but a monster!
**[06:58] Wilhelm**
How wonderfully cooperative of you,
**[07:00] Wilhelm**
coming here to be slain!
**[07:13] Subaru**
Oh, crap!
***SIGN*** Don't you look away from us, moron!
**[07:29] Mimi**
Here we go!
**[07:30] Hetaro**
Everyone, now!
**[07:36] Crusch**
Troops, get back!
**[07:45] Crusch**
Fire at its flank!
**[07:47] All**
*Algoa!*
**[08:07] Subaru**
Looks like that was pretty effective!
**[08:09] Subaru**
I think we can pull this off!
**[08:11] Rem**
No, in truth,
**[08:13] ---**
we had hoped that attack would ground it.
**[08:19] Subaru**
It's not losing altitude at all...
***SIGN*** We used all of our best attacks right from the get-go.
***SIGN*** If that didn't make it fall,
***SIGN*** that means it's a lot tougher than we thought.
**[08:34] Subaru**
The magic attacks didn't work?
**[08:36] Rem**
Its white hair scatters mana
and disperses force.
**[08:40] Rem**
My magic wasn't as effective
as it appeared, either.
**[08:44] Crusch**
Fire!
***SIGN*** Time for the second campaign.
***SIGN*** Hack away at its reserve power!
**[09:03] Subaru**
Acting as a decoy now
would just be a hindrance.
**[09:07] Subaru**
So all we can do is watch
until it makes a move?
**[09:10] Felix**
I feel just as irritated as you do.
**[09:14] Felix**
I don't even have any attacks,
**[09:16] ---**
so all I can do is watch, anyway.
**[09:18] Subaru**
But with your healing specialty,
you're our lifeline.
**[09:22] Subaru**
Just fulfill that role for us!
**[09:25] Subaru**
We're counting on you!
**[09:27] Felix**
You've really changed
in just one day, huh?
**[09:31] Felix**
What happened?
**[09:33] Subaru**
If I had to say,
**[09:34] ---**
I've just become a slightly better man.
**[09:36] Rem**
Wilhelm-sama is...
***SIGN*** Upsy-daisy!
**[10:29] Wilhelm**
Miserable.
**[10:31] Guy**
What is that?
**[10:35] Guy**
Something's odd...
**[10:36] Guy**
What's going on?
**[10:45] Subaru**
The color of its eye...
**[11:50] Theresia**
Have you grown to like flowers?
**[11:55] Wilhelm**
No, I hate them.
**[12:03] Theresia**
Why do you wield that sword?
**[12:05] Wilhelm**
Because this is all I have.
**[12:14] Subaru**
It disappeared?
**[12:18] Rem**
We're going to move! Hang on!
**[12:28] Crusch**
Troops, retreat!
**[12:30] Guy**
Retreat!
**[12:31] Guy**
Retreat! Re—
**[12:37] Subaru**
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
**[12:48] Subaru**
That's what the magic fog looks like?
**[12:51] Subaru**
If that hits us...
**[13:02] Crusch**
How many men did we lose?
**[13:03] Conwood**
Twelve from my unit.
**[13:06] Conwood**
We're three short now.
**[13:08] Crusch**
Who was lost?
**[13:09] Conwood**
I don't know.
**[13:11] Guy**
Fourteen from mine.
**[13:12] ---**
One deserted.
**[13:14] Guy**
I'm missing six. I'm sorry.
**[13:20] Otto**
No one was riding on the
opposite side of me.
**[13:23] Otto**
Who is Rem?
**[13:25] Ram**
Rem... Who is that?
**[13:27] Subaru**
You've forgotten Rem, too?
**[13:29] Subaru**
*That's it...*
**[13:31] Subaru**
*People hit by the White Whale's fog*
**[13:33] ---**
* vanish from existence, along with*
* all memories of them.*
**[13:37] Subaru**
The Fog of Elimination...
**[13:40] Crusch**
You're back?
**[13:42] Wilhelm**
Forgive my haste.
**[13:43] ---**
What are the damages?
**[13:44] Crusch**
A total of twenty-one lost.
**[13:47] Crusch**
It appears one whole platoon was wiped out.
**[13:50] Crusch**
It won't even be possible
**[13:52] ---**
to properly protect the honor of those lost.
**[13:55] Conwood**
My apologies.
**[13:58] Theresia**
Why do you wield that sword?
**[14:06] Wilhelm**
Because I couldn't think
**[14:08] ---**
of any other way to protect.
**[14:17] Crusch**
Now that it's in the fog,
**[14:19] Crusch**
we don't know where it will attack from.
**[14:22] Crusch**
Staying close together is
the worst thing we can do.
**[14:25] Crusch**
Disperse immediately—
**[14:28] Crusch**
What is that?!
**[14:33] Subaru**
Is that the White Whale?
**[14:40] Subaru**
Hey! What's wrong?!
**[14:44] Subaru**
Hey!
**[14:56] Subaru**
Hey! Rem!
**[14:58] Rem**
That voice is the fog
directly attacking our minds...
**[15:03] Rem**
It's similar to mana sickness,
**[15:06] ---**
but much worse...
**[15:08] Subaru**
Some people can resist it, and some can't?
**[15:12] Subaru**
I don't feel anything...
**[15:15] Rem**
It's all right.
**[15:16] ---**
It will calm down now.
**[15:19] Subaru**
Hey!
**[15:20] Subaru**
Enough! Stop it!
**[15:24] Crusch**
Felis!
**[15:25] ---**
Have the unaffected help them!
**[15:27] Subaru**
They say hurting people is harder
on an army than killing them,
**[15:31] Subaru**
but what monster does that?
**[15:33] Felix**
Move!
**[15:41] Subaru**
* I guess Felis can remove the effects*
* of the fog's contamination,*
**[15:45] Subaru**
*but there's not enough time.*
**[15:47] Subaru**
*If it comes for us now, we're finished.*
**[15:58] Subaru**
Crusch-san!
**[15:59] ---**
I'll buy us time.
**[16:01] Subaru**
Have everyone regroup!
**[16:03] Crusch**
What?
**[16:04] Subaru**
Rem, sorry, but I need you to come with
me to the most dangerous place here!
**[16:08] Rem**
Of course. Anywhere.
**[16:10] Crusch**
Wait, Natsuki Subaru!
**[16:11] Crusch**
In this fog...
**[16:11] Subaru**
Anyone who can hear me, cover your ears!
**[16:14] Subaru**
Anyone who can't, stay where you are!
**[16:19] Subaru**
I'll Return by Death to—
**[16:31] Subaru**
I'm back!
**[16:33] Subaru**
Well, Rem?
**[16:34] ---**
Do I smell like the witch?
**[16:36] Rem**
Yes! You reek!
**[16:38] Subaru**
That's what I wanted, but did
you have to say it that way?!
**[16:41] Crusch**
Those who can move, get the injured
to the foot of the tree!
**[16:45] Crusch**
We'll have to use a bit of force.
**[16:49] Subaru**
With the ulgarm,
**[16:50] ---**
it was effective enough
to cover the whole forest.
**[16:54] Subaru**
What will it do this time?
**[16:55] Subaru**
Honestly, it's an unknown quantity...
**[16:57] Rem**
No, it's working.
**[17:01] Subaru**
It's coming...
**[17:03] Subaru**
It's coming! Here it comes!
**[17:06] Rem**
*Ul Huma!*
**[17:12] Subaru**
How?!
**[17:24] Hetaro**
Sis! Together!
**[17:32] Mimi**
Captain!
***SIGN*** I got this!
**[17:46] Subaru**
Rem!
**[17:55] Wilhelm**
Looking away from me? How unfriendly.
**[17:58] Wilhelm**
And after I've spent the past fourteen
years utterly mad for you!
***SIGN*** This is startin' to get fun!
***SIGN*** It's more sturdy than expected, but not all that strong!
**[18:12] Wilhelm**
No, it's putting up less
of a fight than it should.
**[18:17] Wilhelm**
I find it hard to believe this mabeast
**[18:20] Wilhelm**
got the better of my wife,
a Master Swordsman.
**[18:23] Wilhelm**
The fact that we got the jump on it,
**[18:24] Wilhelm**
and that it didn't use its fog to
divide our forces to start with—
**[18:34] Wilhelm**
I'll take one more thing before I leave!
**[18:46] Subaru**
Wilhelm-san!
**[18:47] Wilhelm**
Be alert!
**[18:48] ---**
We don't know where it'll come from!
***SIGN*** What's up?
**[19:12] ---**
It ain't gonna follow us?
**[19:20] Wilhelm**
It comes!
**[19:23] Subaru**
The fog's coming down!
**[19:38] Subaru**
Run!
**[19:46] Theresia**
Hey, have you grown to like flowers?
**[19:51] Theresia**
What is it?
**[19:53] Wilhelm**
There was talk of conferral,
**[19:55] ---**
and I became a knight.
**[20:00] Theresia**
Well, congratulations!
**[20:02] Theresia**
So you're one step closer to your dream.
**[20:04] Wilhelm**
My dream?
**[20:05] Theresia**
You wield a sword so you can protect, right?
**[20:09] Theresia**
A knight is someone who protects another.
**[20:22] Wilhelm**
I don't want... to die...
**[20:45] Wilhelm**
It's humiliating!
**[20:48] Theresia**
I see.
**[20:49] Wilhelm**
Were you laughing at me?!
**[20:52] Wilhelm**
Answer me, Theresia!
**[20:55] Wilhelm**
No...
**[20:57] Wilhelm**
Master Swordsman Theresia van Astrea!
**[21:08] Theresia**
I won't come here again.
**[21:16] Wilhelm**
With a face like that,
**[21:18] ---**
you shouldn't be holding a sword!
**[21:21] Theresia**
I'm the Master Swordsman.
**[21:24] Theresia**
I didn't understand the reason why,
**[21:26] ---**
but I do now.
**[21:28] Wilhelm**
The... reason?
**[21:31] Theresia**
Wielding a sword to protect someone...
**[21:34] Theresia**
That sounds nice to me, too.
**[21:41] Wilhelm**
Wait, Theresia!
**[21:44] Wilhelm**
I'll take your sword from you!
**[21:46] Wilhelm**
I don't care about the role bestowed
upon the Master Swordsman!
**[21:50] Wilhelm**
Wielding a sword...
**[21:53] Wilhelm**
The beauty of a steel blade...
Don't look down on them,
**[21:57] Wilhelm**
Master Swordsman!
***SIGN*** We've got trouble!
**[22:42] Subaru**
You're kidding me...
***SIGN*** Wilhelm van Astrea
**[23:01] Mimi**
Captain?
**[23:07] Guy**
How?
**[23:08] Guy**
It's all over.
**[23:10] Guy**
We're dead.
**[23:14] Subaru**
Don't let it swallow him!
**[23:18] Subaru**
If we get him out before he's swallowed,
**[23:19] ---**
we can save him!
**[23:29] Rem**
Subaru-kun...
**[23:32] Subaru**
Don't think this little bit of despair
is enough to stop me!
**[23:37] Subaru**
Giving up doesn't suit us!
**[23:39] Subaru**
Not me, not you,
**[23:40] Subaru**
not anyone!
**[24:03] Subaru**
Let's go, Patrasche!
**[24:05] Subaru**
Run right under the Whale's nose!
**[24:12] Rem**
The only one who may sniff
Subaru-kun is me!
**[24:24] Crusch**
Close your mouth!
**[24:29] Crusch**
At a glance, the situation looks dismal.
**[24:32] Crusch**
Where is Wilhelm?
**[24:33] Subaru**
If you remember him,
**[24:35] ---**
at least we know the fog hasn't erased him.
**[24:38] Subaru**
It'll all depend on how well Rem fights...
**[24:43] Crusch**
What do you think, Natsuki Subaru?
**[24:45] Crusch**
Does nothing seem strange to you?
**[24:47] Subaru**
Strange?
**[24:48] Crusch**
There are now three White Whales.
**[24:50] Crusch**
If it is actually a mabeast
that lives in groups,
**[24:52] Crusch**
how could we not know that by now?
**[24:55] Crusch**
There must be some trick behind it.
**[24:58] Subaru**
And we need to find it, huh?
**[25:02] Crusch**
If we don't, we won't hold out for long.
**[25:04] Crusch**
We'll do something.
**[25:05] ---**
Retreat is no longer an option.
**[25:10] Crusch**
Fire!
**[25:14] Crusch**
Fire, I said!
**[25:21] Subaru**
Crusch-san!
**[25:45] Subaru**
Willpower!
**[25:50] Subaru**
Damn... Just being a daredevil
isn't gonna be enough!
**[25:53] Subaru**
I've gotta use my head!
**[25:55] ---**
Why are there three of them?
**[25:56] Crusch**
Duck!
**[26:13] Subaru**
Whoa!
**[26:15] Subaru**
Awesome!
**[26:19] Hetaro**
We'll all back up Natsuki-san and Crusch-san
**[26:23] Hetaro**
until the captain is fully healed
and we can regroup.
**[26:26] Subaru**
Ricardo's still alive?
**[26:28] Hetaro**
Yes, my sister took him to Felix-san.
**[26:33] Mimi**
He struggled a lot! It wasn't easy!
**[26:35] Subaru**
I see... That's a relief.
**[26:38] Hetaro**
On the verge of death,
our captain sent a message.
**[26:41] Hetaro**
"Hey, it's gettin' a lot lighter.
**[26:43] Hetaro**
The fact that I didn't die proves that!"
**[26:47] Hetaro**
That's what he said.
**[26:48] Subaru**
"Lighter"?
**[26:51] Subaru**
What's light about a hard,
heavy situation like this?
**[26:59] Subaru**
Light?
**[27:09] Subaru**
That's it... I get it!
**[27:13] Subaru**
Huh?
**[27:21] ---**
What?!
**[27:50] Subaru**
Wilhelm-san!
**[27:53] Wilhelm**
Not skilled enough...
**[27:55] ---**
I was careless...
**[27:57] Hetaro**
Is he all right?!
**[27:59] Subaru**
Yeah, he's just unconscious!
**[28:02] Subaru**
Sorry, but could you take him to Felis?
**[28:04] Hetaro**
Of course! What about you?
**[28:07] Subaru**
I realized something.
**[28:16] Crusch**
It split up?
**[28:18] Subaru**
Yeah.
**[28:19] ---**
Its fighting strength and the left eye
**[28:22] ---**
that Wilhelm-san gouged out convinced me.
**[28:24] Subaru**
Your group's been engaging it head-on,
so you must have sensed it.
**[28:28] Rem**
I was absorbed in battle, but...
**[28:30] ---**
You're right.
**[28:31] Crusch**
I do agree with the conjecture that
this one is weaker than the original body.
**[28:36] Crusch**
But what good does knowing that do?
**[28:39] Crusch**
Killing three White Whales is
much easier said than done.
**[28:43] Subaru**
We don't need to kill all three of them.
**[28:46] Subaru**
Just one should be enough.
**[28:48] Subaru**
That bastard's been making
its two doubles fight,
**[28:51] Subaru**
while it just hangs around
up there and watches.
**[28:54] Subaru**
What do you think it's doing?
**[28:58] Crusch**
That's the real one?
**[29:00] Subaru**
It won't come down
**[29:01] ---**
because it knows it can't
let itself be killed.
**[29:05] Crusch**
But...
**[29:07] Crusch**
I can't rely on my sword
to hit from this distance.
**[29:11] Crusch**
If I had one strike, it might be possible, but...
**[29:15] Subaru**
I have a plan
**[29:18] Subaru**
that's just a bit too much of a wager.
**[29:21] Subaru**
You want in?
**[29:34] Crusch**
I think you're insane.
**[29:36] Subaru**
We're already insane for taking on
that huge thing in the first place.
**[29:43] Crusch**
Perhaps...
**[29:45] ---**
No, you're right.
**[29:47] Crusch**
That goes for everyone here right now.
**[29:52] Guy**
Get away!
**[30:00] Crusch**
We will hold off the two doubles.
**[30:04] Crusch**
I'll take your wager.
**[30:12] Guy**
They're coming this way...
**[30:14] Guy**
Stay away!
**[30:15] Guy**
Run!
**[30:17] Guy**
We'll be wiped out!
**[30:46] Guy**
Crusch-sama!
**[30:51] Crusch**
Stand up! Lift your faces!
**[30:53] ---**
Take up your weapons!
**[30:55] Crusch**
Look at that boy!
**[30:57] Crusch**
He's so weak and fragile,
**[30:59] ---**
a breath could blow him away,
and he's unarmed!
**[31:01] Crusch**
He's a powerless boy whose defeat
I have seen with my own eyes!
**[31:05] Crusch**
He's weaker than anyone else here!
**[31:09] Crusch**
Yet he's shouting louder than anyone
**[31:12] ---**
that we can still do this.
**[31:15] Crusch**
So how can we sit around,
looking at the ground?
**[31:18] Crusch**
If our weakest man hasn't given up,
**[31:21] Crusch**
how is it acceptable for
us to kneel in defeat?
**[31:29] Crusch**
Did you all come this far
**[31:34] Crusch**
to wallow in shame?!
**[32:04] Crusch**
Follow me!
**[32:19] Subaru**
She has some nerve, calling
me a weakling and a loser.
**[32:26] Subaru**
Let's do this, Rem.
**[32:28] ---**
Time for the climax!
**[32:29] Rem**
Right, Subaru-kun!
**[32:38] Rem**
*Al Huma!*
**[32:46] Rem**
Please!
**[32:56] Crusch**
I'm counting on you.
**[32:59] Subaru**
Hey, now that I see you up close,
**[33:02] ---**
you really are creepy.
**[33:10] Subaru**
Try to keep up with me.
**[33:12] Subaru**
Just so you know, I'm infamous for being
**[33:15] Subaru**
so annoying that no one can ignore me!
**[33:22] Subaru**
Okay, let's do this!
**[33:27] Subaru**
I'm doing you a huge favor! Listen up!
**[33:30] Subaru**
It's because of you that Rem died
**[33:32] Subaru**
and I experienced such horrible trauma!
**[33:45] Subaru**
I made it back!
**[33:59] Subaru**
Rem!
**[34:00] Rem**
Yes!
**[34:14] Subaru**
You saved me!
**[34:15] Rem**
Thank you for the treat.
**[34:17] Subaru**
What are you talking about?
**[34:27] Subaru**
Don't let me down, Patrasche!
**[34:29] ---**
You're a dragon, aren't you?
**[34:31] Subaru**
Show me how awesome you are!
**[34:40] Subaru**
Take this!
**[34:42] Crusch**
Fire!
**[35:44] Wilhelm**
This is for my wife, Theresia van Astrea.
**[36:08] Wilhelm**
I win.
**[36:10] Wilhelm**
As a weaker swordsman, you no longer
have any reason to hold a sword.
**[36:14] Theresia**
If I don't hold it, who will?
**[36:18] Wilhelm**
I'll inherit your reason
for wielding the sword.
**[36:24] Wilhelm**
You need only
**[36:26] Wilhelm**
become my reason for wielding it.
**[36:34] Theresia**
Hey, do you like flowers?
**[36:38] Wilhelm**
I don't hate them anymore.
**[36:40] Theresia**
Why do you wield that sword?
**[36:43] Wilhelm**
To protect...
**[36:48] Wilhelm**
you.
**[36:53] Theresia**
Do you love me?
**[36:57] Wilhelm**
You should know.
**[36:59] Theresia**
I still want to hear you say it sometimes.
**[37:03] Wilhelm**
All right...
**[37:05] ---**
Someday...
**[37:07] Wilhelm**
When I feel like it.
**[37:26] Wilhelm**
Sleep for all eternity.
**[37:44] Wilhelm**
It is finished, Theresia.
**[37:48] Wilhelm**
At last...
**[37:50] Wilhelm**
Theresia, I...
**[37:55] Wilhelm**
I...
**[38:00] Wilhelm**
I love you!
**[38:11] Crusch**
The White Whale has fallen!
**[38:14] Crusch**
The mabeast of fog
**[38:17] ---**
that has terrorized the
world for four centuries
**[38:21] Crusch**
has been defeated by Wilhelm van Astrea!
**[38:33] Crusch**
We have won this battle!
**[38:57] Crusch**
Are you all right, Natsuki Subaru?
**[39:02] Subaru**
Somehow or other...
**[39:05] Subaru**
I'm glad you're safe, too, Crusch-san.
**[39:08] Crusch**
I am, yes.
**[39:09] Crusch**
But our losses are not few.
**[39:13] Crusch**
With the White Whale defeated,
**[39:15] ---**
those who have vanished will not return.
**[39:21] Subaru**
I think you did great, Crusch-san.
**[39:24] Subaru**
Your popularity should shoot through the—
**[39:27] Subaru**
Wait, did I just give you a boost in the
royal selection that I shouldn't have?!
**[39:31] Crusch**
That's quite a gloomy look on your face.
**[39:34] Crusch**
You don't look like the hero who
brought down the White Whale.
**[39:37] Subaru**
The first thing Emilia-tan's
gonna do is call me a traitor...
**[39:41] Subaru**
What did you call me?
**[39:43] Crusch**
The hero who brought down the White Whale.
**[39:46] Crusch**
I don't want to be so shameless
**[39:48] ---**
as to claim your achievements for my own.
**[39:53] Subaru**
No, I really didn't do anything...
**[40:06] Subaru**
It sounds like your opinion
of me has improved a lot.
**[40:09] ---**
I'm surprised.
**[40:10] Crusch**
There's no reason to be modest.
**[40:12] Crusch**
In truth, I'd love to welcome you
**[40:15] ---**
into my household and reward
your accomplishments.
**[40:18] Subaru**
Please don't ask that of me!
**[40:20] Subaru**
It's not really about loyalty or allegiance,
**[40:23] Subaru**
but my faith already lies
exactly where it should.
**[40:28] Subaru**
I'm going to make Emilia the ruler.
**[40:32] Subaru**
Not for anyone's sake.
**[40:34] ---**
It's just what I want to do.
**[40:40] Crusch**
I was already aware of that,
**[40:42] ---**
but it still stings a bit.
**[40:46] Subaru**
Honestly, I think you're an amazing person.
**[40:48] Subaru**
If I'd been on my own, I'm pretty sure
I would've accepted your offer.
**[40:53] Subaru**
I'll be counting on you
to uphold the alliance.
**[40:55] Subaru**
Even if we end up as enemies,
**[40:58] Subaru**
I believe we can get along until then.
**[41:03] Crusch**
Natsuki Subaru, allow me to
correct one idea you have.
**[41:08] crusch**
Even if we do find ourselves
in conflict one day,
**[41:11] Crusch**
I will remain friendly toward you.
**[41:14] Crusch**
Even if the day comes that
we must settle things,
**[41:17] Crusch**
I will not forget the debt
I have incurred to you this day.
**[41:21] Crusch**
Therefore, even if we do become enemies,
**[41:24] Crusch**
I will respect you and show
you favor until the end.
**[41:35] Subaru**
If I didn't already have a
#1 and #2 in my heart,
**[41:39] Subaru**
that would've been a close call.
**[41:43] Crusch**
I haven't gone so far as to think
of you the way a woman might.
**[41:47] Crusch**
I don't deny there were occasions
where my heartstrings felt a pull,
**[41:50] Crusch**
but my heart lies at the end of my dream.
**[42:02] Crusch**
Now...
**[42:04] Crusch**
I'll be leaving
**[42:05] Crusch**
to take our wounded and the White
Whale's carcass to the capital,
**[42:10] Crusch**
but it would seem you still
have a duty to attend to.
**[42:14] Subaru**
Yeah.
**[42:15] Subaru**
It may sound rude,
**[42:16] ---**
but in a sense, that's what this
whale hunt was really about.
**[42:19] Crusch**
Oh?
**[42:20] Crusch**
Subjugating the White Whale was secondary?
**[42:22] Crusch**
Intriguing.
**[42:25] Crusch**
Do you need assistance?
**[42:26] Subaru**
I do.
**[42:28] Subaru**
But...
**[42:30] Subaru**
Frankly, I didn't think it would
take this kind of toll on us.
**[42:34] Subaru**
On top of that—
**[42:35] Wilhelm**
In that case, why not
make use of this old man?
**[42:43] Wilhelm**
Natsuki Subaru-dono.
**[42:45] Wilhelm**
With this subjugation,
**[42:47] Wilhelm**
it was because of you that
I was able to carry out my reason
**[42:52] ---**
for living all this time.
**[42:54] Wilhelm**
I thank you...
**[42:56] Wilhelm**
I thank you.
**[42:58] Wilhelm**
I thank you with all that I am!
**[43:05] Subaru**
It was your own strength that
made it possible, Wilhelm-san.
**[43:09] Subaru**
The reason I thought to defeat the White Whale,
and could fight without giving up...
**[43:14] Subaru**
I don't know if it's okay
to say it like this, but...
**[43:17] Subaru**
Congratulations.
**[43:18] Subaru**
And thank you for your service.
**[43:22] Subaru**
I believe you were able to do this because
you loved your wife like crazy.
**[43:28] Wilhelm**
I thank you.
**[43:34] Crusch**
You should hold on to that
treasured sword for a while.
**[43:39] Crusch**
In the days to come, being unarmed
will do you little good.
**[43:42] Wilhelm**
Yes, my lady. Thank you.
**[43:43] Crusch**
Take Felis and half of the uninjured.
**[43:47] Crusch**
They should number about twenty.
**[43:49] Subaru**
Are you sure?
**[43:50] Crusch**
I told you, I don't want to be shameless.
**[43:53] Crusch**
And that I would respect you.
**[44:00] Subaru**
Thank you.
**[44:05] Rem**
Why?
**[44:07] Felix**
Well, *nya* can't move, right?
**[44:11] Felix**
As a healing magic user, I can't
let you push yourself any further.
**[44:14] Felix**
You'll stay behind—
**[44:16] Rem**
But...
**[44:17] Subaru**
H-Hey, careful!
**[44:19] Subaru**
Please, do as Felis says,
and don't overdo it.
**[44:22] Rem**
I won't!
**[44:23] ---**
It hurts too much! I can't bear it!
**[44:26] Rem**
When you're in trouble,
**[44:28] ---**
I want to be the first to reach out to you.
**[44:32] Rem**
That's all I want! So please...
**[44:35] Subaru**
In that case, you don't have to worry.
**[44:39] Subaru**
You've already saved me so many times.
**[44:43] Subaru**
Don't you realize how much you've
done for me up to this point?
**[44:48] Subaru**
I want you to help me from now on, too.
**[44:51] Subaru**
So leave everything to me this time.
**[44:56] Rem**
You'll still keep me by your side from now on?
**[45:01] Subaru**
I'm the one who should be
begging you to do that.
**[45:07] Rem**
I'll take that as a promise.
**[45:09] Rem**
You can't back out now.
**[45:17] Subaru**
It'll be okay, Rem.
**[45:18] Subaru**
I'll find a way to take care of everything!
**[45:21] Subaru**
I'm your hero.
**[45:24] Subaru**
I've made up my mind to
take that first step.
**[45:27] Subaru**
So you don't have to worry!
**[45:29] Subaru**
I managed to pull off the whale hunt.
**[45:31] Subaru**
Your hero is demonically
inspired right now.
**[45:35] Rem**
Subaru-kun...
**[45:42] Rem**
Right!
**[45:43] Rem**
My hero is the greatest in the world!
***SIGN*** Man, you really got all the good parts back there, y'know?
**[46:11] Mimi**
Captain! Mimi, too! Mimi, too!
**[46:14] Mimi**
I did super-duper good!
**[46:16] Subaru**
Didn't you almost die?
**[46:18] Subaru**
Also, your brother was exhausted.
**[46:21] ---**
How do you have so much energy?
**[46:23] Mimi**
Hetaro's just a baby. He's weak.
**[46:26] Mimi**
Honestly, it's so pathetic.
***SIGN*** I didn't get much done later on in the battle with the whale,
***SIGN*** but don't you worry.
***SIGN*** My lady asked me for a favor, after all.
***SIGN*** I'll show ya what I've got in the real battle comin' up!
**[46:39] Subaru**
The real battle?
**[46:41] ---**
What're you trying to do here?
***SIGN*** You're takin' on the Witch's Cult, right?
***SIGN*** Never underestimate the merchant information network.
***SIGN*** Ah, here they come.
***SIGN*** That's half of our mercenary team.
**[46:57] Subaru**
Half?
***SIGN*** Half of 'em were sent to block the road
**[47:02] ---**
instead of fightin' the whale.
**[47:04] Subaru**
They're going to help us, too?
**[47:07] Subaru**
Who's leading them?
**[47:08] Mimi**
My younger brother, Tivey!
**[47:11] Subaru**
You have another younger brother?
**[47:13] Subaru**
I'm really curious to know whether
he's more like you or Hetaro.
**[47:24] Mimi**
Hey!
**[47:30] Subaru**
*Why is he with them?*
***SIGN*** A Wager That Defies Despair