E21 - A Wager That Defies Despair

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[00:10] Mimi
    Captain?
[00:16] Guy
    How?
[00:18] Guy
    It's all over...
[00:19] Guy
    We're dead.
[00:23] Subaru
    Don't let it swallow him!
[00:27] Subaru
    If we extricate him before he's swallowed,
[00:29] ---
    we can save him!
[00:38] Rem
    Subaru-kun...
[00:41] Subaru
    Don't think this little bit of despair
    is enough to stop me!
[00:46] Subaru
    Giving up doesn't suit us!
[00:48] Subaru
    Not me, not you,
[00:50] Subaru
    not anyone!
[01:16] Subaru
    Let's go, Patrasche!
[01:17] Subaru
    Run right under the Whale's nose!
[01:24] Rem
    The only one who may sniff
    Subaru-kun is me!
[01:37] Crusch
    Close your mouth!
[01:41] Crusch
    At a glance, the situation looks dismal.
[01:44] Crusch
    Where is Wilhelm?
[01:45] Subaru
    If you remember him,
[01:47] ---
    at least we know the fog hasn't erased him.
[01:51] Subaru
    Everything depends on how well Rem fights.
[01:56] Crusch
    What do you think, Natsuki Subaru?
[01:58] Crusch
    Does nothing seem strange to you?
[01:59] Subaru
    Strange?
[02:01] Crusch
    There are now three White Whales.
[02:03] Crusch
    If it is actually a mabeast
    that lives in groups,
[02:05] Crusch
    how could we not know that by now?
[02:08] Crusch
    There must be some trick behind it.
[02:10] Subaru
    And we need to find out, huh?
[02:14] Crusch
    If not, we won't hold out long.
[02:16] Crusch
    We'll do something.
[02:17] ---
    Retreat is no longer an option.
[02:22] Crusch
    Fire!
[02:26] Crusch
    "Fire," I said!
[02:33] Subaru
    Crusch-san!
[02:58] Subaru
    Willpower!
[03:03] Subaru
    Damn... Being a daredevil isn't enough!
[03:06] Subaru
    I've gotta use my head!
[03:07] ---
    Why are there three of them?
[03:08] Crusch
    Duck!
[03:26] Subaru
    Whoa!
[03:27] Subaru
    Awesome!
[03:31] Hetaro
    We'll all back up Natsuki-san and Crusch-san
[03:35] Hetaro
    until the captain is fully healed,
    and we can regroup.
[03:38] Subaru
    Ricardo's still alive?
[03:41] Hetaro
    Yes, my sister took him to Felix-san.
[03:45] Mimi
    He struggled a lot! It wasn't easy!
[03:47] Subaru
    Gotcha... That's a relief.
[03:50] Hetaro
    On the verge of death, our captain
    sent a message.
[03:53] Hetaro
    "Hey, it's gettin' a lot lighter.
[03:55] Hetaro
    The fact that I didn't die proves that!"
[03:59] Hetaro
    That's what he said.
[04:00] Subaru
    "Lighter"?
[04:04] Subaru
    What's light about a hard,
    heavy situation like this?
[04:11] Subaru
    Light?
[04:22] Subaru
    That's it... I get it!
[04:25] Subaru
    Huh?
[04:33] ---
    What?
[05:02] Subaru
    Wilhelm-san!
[05:06] Wilhelm
    Not skilled enough.
[05:07] ---
    I was careless...
[05:10] Hetaro
    Is he all right?
[05:12] Subaru
    Yeah, he's just unconscious!
[05:14] Subaru
    Sorry, but could you take him to Felis?
[05:16] Hetaro
    Of course! What about you?
[05:20] Subaru
    I realized something...
[05:29] Crusch
    It divided?
[05:31] Subaru
    Yeah.
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    Its fighting strength and the left eye
[05:34] ---
    that Wilhelm-san gouged out convinced me.
[05:36] Subaru
    Your group's been engaging it head-on,
    so you must have sensed it.
[05:40] Rem
    I was absorbed in battle, but...
[05:43] ---
    You're right.
[05:44] Crusch
    I do agree with the conjecture that
    that this one is weaker than the original body.
[05:48] Crusch
    But what good does knowing this do?
[05:51] Crusch
    Killing three White Whales is
    much easier said than done.
[05:56] Subaru
    We don't need to kill all three of them.
[05:58] Subaru
    Just one should be enough.
[06:00] Subaru
    That bastard's been making
    its two doubles fight,
[06:03] Subaru
    while it hangs around up there, watching.
[06:07] Subaru
    What do you think it's doing?
[06:11] Crusch
    That is the real one?
[06:13] Subaru
    It won't descend
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    because it knows it can't
    let itself be killed.
[06:17] Crusch
    But...
[06:20] Crusch
    I cannot rely on my sword
    to hit from this distance.
[06:24] Crusch
    If I had one strike, it might be possible...
[06:28] Subaru
    I have a plan...
[06:30] Subaru
    but it's a little too much of a wager.
[06:34] Subaru
    You want in?
[06:46] Crusch
    I think you're insane.
[06:49] Subaru
    We're already insane for taking on
    that huge thing in the first place.
[06:55] Crusch
    Perhaps.
[06:57] ---
    No, you are correct.
[06:59] Crusch
    That goes for everyone here right now.
[07:04] Guy
    Get away!
[07:13] Crusch
    We will hold off the two doubles.
[07:16] Crusch
    I will take your wager.
[07:24] Guy
    They're coming this way...
[07:26] Guy
    Stay away!
[07:28] Guy
    Run!
[07:29] Guy
    We'll be wiped out...
[07:59] Guy
    Crusch-sama!
[08:03] Crusch
    Stand up! Lift your faces!
[08:06] ---
    Take up your weapons!
[08:08] Crusch
    Look at that boy.
[08:09] Crusch
    He's so weak and fragile,
[08:11] ---
    a breath could blow him away,
    and he's unarmed!
[08:14] Crusch
    He is a powerless boy, whose defeat
    I have seen with my own eyes!
[08:18] Crusch
    He's weaker than anyone else here!
[08:21] Crusch
    Yet he's shouting louder than anyone
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    that we can still do this.
[08:27] Crusch
    So how can we sit here, with downcast gazes?
[08:30] Crusch
    If our weakest man has not given up,
[08:33] Crusch
    how is kneeling in defeat acceptable for us?
[08:41] Crusch
    Did you all come this far
[08:46] Crusch
    to wallow in shame?!
[09:17] Crusch
    Follow me!
[09:32] Subaru
    She has some nerve, calling me
    a weakling and a loser...
[09:38] Subaru
    Let's do this, Rem.
[09:40] ---
    Time for the climax!
[09:41] Rem
    Right, Subaru-kun.
[09:51] Rem
    Al Huma!
[09:58] Rem
    Please!
[10:09] Crusch
    I'm counting on you.
[10:12] Subaru
    Hey... Now that I see you up close,
[10:15] ---
    you really are creepy.
[10:22] Subaru
    Try to keep up with me.
[10:24] Subaru
    Just so you know, I'm infamous for being
[10:27] Subaru
    so annoying that no one can ignore me!
[10:34] Subaru
    Okay, let's do this!
[10:39] Subaru
    I'm doing you a huge favor! Listen up!
[10:43] Subaru
    It's because of you, Rem died
[10:45] Subaru
    and I experienced such a horrible trauma!
[10:57] Subaru
    I made it back!
[11:11] Subaru
    Rem!
[11:12] Rem
    Yes!
[11:27] Subaru
    You saved me...
[11:28] Rem
    Thank you for the treat.
[11:29] Subaru
    What are you talking about?
[11:40] Subaru
    Don't let me down, Patrasche.
[11:42] ---
    You're a dragon, aren't you?
[11:43] Subaru
    Show me how awesome you are!
[11:52] Subaru
    Take this!
[11:54] Crusch
    Fire!
[12:56] Wilhelm
    This is for my wife, Theresia van Astrea.
[13:20] Wilhelm
    I win.
[13:22] Wilhelm
    As a weaker swordsman, you no longer
    have reason to hold a sword.
[13:26] Theresia
    If I don't hold it, who will?
[13:30] Wilhelm
    I shall inherit your reason
    for wielding the sword.
[13:36] Wilhelm
    You need but
[13:38] Wilhelm
    become my reason for wielding it.
[13:46] Theresia
    Hey, do you like flowers?
[13:50] Wilhelm
    I don't hate them anymore.
[13:52] Theresia
    Why do you wield that sword?
[13:55] Wilhelm
    To protect...
[14:00] Wilhelm
    ...you.
[14:05] Theresia
    Do you love me?
[14:09] Wilhelm
    You know that.
[14:11] Theresia
    I still want to hear you say it sometimes.
[14:15] Wilhelm
    Very well.
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    Someday...
[14:19] Wilhelm
    When I feel like it.
[14:38] Wilhelm
    Sleep for all eternity.
[14:56] Wilhelm
    It is finished, Theresia.
[15:00] Wilhelm
    At last...
[15:02] Wilhelm
    Theresia, I...
[15:07] Wilhelm
    I...
[15:12] Wilhelm
    I love you!
[15:23] Crusch
    The White Whale has fallen!
[15:26] Crusch
    The mabeast of fog,
[15:29] ---
    which has terrorized the
    world for four centuries,
[15:33] Crusch
    has been defeated by Wilhelm van Astrea!
[15:45] Crusch
    We have won this battle!
[16:02] Crusch
    Are you all right, Natsuki Subaru?
[16:07] Subaru
    Somehow or another...
[16:10] Subaru
    I'm glad you're also safe, Crusch-san.
[16:12] Crusch
    I am, yes.
[16:14] Crusch
    But our losses are not few.
[16:17] Crusch
    With the White Whale's defeat,
[16:19] ---
    those who have vanished will not return.
[16:26] Subaru
    I think you did great, Crusch-san.
[16:29] Subaru
    Your popularity should shoot through the—
[16:31] Subaru
    Wait, did I just give you a boost in the
    royal selection that I shouldn't have?
[16:35] Crusch
    That is quite a gloomy look on your face.
[16:38] Crusch
    You don't look like the hero who
    brought down the White Whale.
[16:41] Subaru
    The first thing Emilia-tan's gonna
    do is to call me a traitor...
[16:46] Subaru
    What did you call me?
[16:48] Crusch
    The hero who brought down the White Whale.
[16:51] Crusch
    I would not wish to be
[16:52] ---
    shameless enough to claim your
    achievement as my own.
[16:58] Subaru
    No, I really didn't do anything.
[17:06] Subaru
    It sounds like your opinion
    of me has improved a lot.
[17:09] ---
    I'm surprised.
[17:10] Crusch
    There is no cause for modesty.
[17:12] Crusch
    In truth, I would love to welcome you
[17:15] ---
    into my household and reward
    your accomplishments.
[17:19] Subaru
    Please don't ask that of me!
[17:21] Subaru
    It isn't about loyalty or allegiance,
[17:23] Subaru
    but my faith already lies exactly
    where it should.
[17:27] Subaru
    I'll make Emilia the ruler.
[17:32] Subaru
    Not for anyone's sake.
[17:33] ---
    It's simply what I want to do.
[17:38] Crusch
    I was already aware of that,
[17:41] ---
    but it still stings a bit.
[17:44] Subaru
    Honestly, I think you're an amazing person.
[17:47] Subaru
    If I'd been on my own, I'm pretty sure
    I'd have accepted your offer.
[17:51] Subaru
    I'll be counting on you to
    uphold the alliance.
[17:54] Subaru
    Even if we end up as enemies,
[17:56] Subaru
    I believe we can get along until then.
[18:01] Crusch
    Natsuki Subaru, allow me to
    correct one idea you have.
[18:06] crusch
    Even if we do find ourselves
    in conflict one day,
[18:09] Crusch
    I shall remain friendly toward you.
[18:12] Crusch
    Even if the day comes upon which
    we must settle things,
[18:15] Crusch
    I shall not forget the debt
    I have incurred this day.
[18:19] Crusch
    Therefore, even if we do become enemies,
[18:22] Crusch
    I shall respect you and show
    you favor until the end.
[18:31] Subaru
    If I hadn't already had a
    #1 and #2 in my heart,
[18:34] Subaru
    that would've been a close call.
[18:38] Crusch
    I have not gone so far as to think
    of you as a woman might.
[18:42] Crusch
    I do not deny there were occasions on
    which my heartstrings felt a pull,
[18:45] Crusch
    but my heart lies at the end of my dream.
[18:57] Crusch
    Now...
[18:59] Crusch
    I shall leave
[19:00] Crusch
    to take our wounded and the White
    Whale's carcass to the capital.
[19:05] Crusch
    But it would appear you still
    have a duty to attend to.
[19:09] Subaru
    Yeah.
[19:10] Subaru
    It may sound rude,
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    but in a sense, that's what this
    whale hunt was really about.
[19:14] Crusch
    Oh?
[19:15] Crusch
    Subjugating the White Whale was secondary?
[19:17] Crusch
    Intriguing.
[19:20] Crusch
    Do you require assistance?
[19:21] Subaru
    I do.
[19:23] Subaru
    But...
[19:24] Subaru
    Frankly, I didn't expect the hunt
    would exact this kind of toll.
[19:29] Subaru
    On top of that—
[19:29] Wilhelm
    In that case, why not
    make use of this old man?
[19:38] Wilhelm
    Natsuki Subaru-dono,
[19:40] Wilhelm
    with this subjugation,
[19:42] Wilhelm
    it was because of you that
    I was able to carry out my reason
[19:47] ---
    for living all this time.
[19:49] Wilhelm
    I thank you...
[19:51] Wilhelm
    I thank you.
[19:53] Wilhelm
    I thank you with all that I am!
[20:00] Subaru
    It was your strength that made
    this possible, Wilhelm-san.
[20:04] Subaru
    The reason I thought to defeat the Whale,
    and could fight without giving up...
[20:09] Subaru
    I don't know if it's okay
    to say it like this, but...
[20:12] Subaru
    Congratulations.
[20:13] Subaru
    And thank you for your service.
[20:17] Subaru
    I believe you were able to do this because
    you loved your wife like crazy.
[20:23] Wilhelm
    I thank you...
[20:29] Crusch
    You should hold on to that treasured
    sword for a while.
[20:34] Crusch
    In the days to come, being unarmed
    will do you little good.
[20:36] Wilhelm
    Yes, my lady. Thank you.
[20:38] Crusch
    Take Felis and half of the uninjured.
[20:42] Crusch
    They should number about twenty.
[20:44] Subaru
    Are you sure?
[20:45] Crusch
    I told you that I have
    no wish to be shameless.
[20:48] Crusch
    And that I would respect you.
[20:54] Subaru
    Thank you.
[20:58] Rem
    Why?
[20:59] Felix
    You cannyot move, right?
[21:04] Felix
    As a user of healing magic, I cannot
    let you push yourself further!
[21:07] Felix
    You'll stay behind—
[21:09] Rem
    But...
[21:09] Subaru
    H-Hey, careful!
[21:12] Subaru
    Please obey Felis, and don't overdo it.
[21:15] Rem
    I shall not.
[21:16] ---
    It hurts too much... I cannot bear it.
[21:19] Rem
    When you're in trouble,
[21:21] ---
    I want to be the first to reach out to you.
[21:25] Rem
    That is all I want! So please...
[21:28] Subaru
    In that case, you don't have to worry.
[21:32] Subaru
    You've already saved me so many times.
[21:36] Subaru
    Don't you realize how much you've
    done for me up till now?
[21:41] Subaru
    I want you to help me from now on, too.
[21:44] Subaru
    So, this time, leave everything to me.
[21:49] Rem
    After this, you'll still keep me by your side?
[21:54] Subaru
    I'm the one who should beg you for that.
[22:00] Rem
    I shall take that as a promise.
[22:02] Rem
    You cannot back out now.
[22:10] Subaru
    It'll be okay, Rem.
[22:11] Subaru
    I'll find a way to take care of everything!
[22:14] Subaru
    I'm your hero!
[22:16] Subaru
    I've decided to take that first step!
[22:19] Subaru
    But you don't have to worry!
[22:22] Subaru
    I managed to pull off the whale hunt.
[22:24] Subaru
    Right now, your hero
    is fanatical like a demon.
[22:28] Rem
    Subaru-kun...
[22:35] Rem
    All right!
[22:36] Rem
    My hero is the greatest in the world!
SIGN    Man, you really got all the good parts back there, y'know?
[23:02] Mimi
    Captain... Mimi, too! Mimi, too!
[23:05] Mimi
    I did super-duper good!
[23:07] Subaru
    Didn't you almost die?
[23:09] Subaru
    Also, your brother was exhausted.
[23:12] ---
    How do you have so much energy?
[23:14] Mimi
    Hetaro's just a baby. He's weak.
[23:17] Mimi
    Really, it's so pathetic...
SIGN    Later in the battle with the Whale, I didn't get much done,
SIGN    but don't you worry.
SIGN    My lady asked me for a favor, after all.
SIGN    In the real battle comin' up, I'll show ya what I've got.
[23:30] Subaru
    The real battle?
[23:32] ---
    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.
[23:48] Subaru
    Half?
SIGN    Half of 'em were sent to block the road,
[23:52] ---
    instead of fightin' the Whale.
[23:55] Subaru
    They're going to help us, too?
[23:58] Subaru
    Who's leading them?
[23:59] Mimi
    My younger brother, Tivey!
[24:02] Subaru
    You have another younger brother?
[24:04] Subaru
    I'm really curious to know if
    he's more like you or Hetaro.
[24:14] Mimi
    Hey!
[24:21] Subaru
    Why is he with them?
SIGN    A Wager That Defies Despair
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