# 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.
**[05:32] ---**
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
**[06:14] ---**
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
**[08:24] ---**
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.
**[14:17] ---**
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,
**[19:11] ---**
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 can*nyot* 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
**[24:35] ---**