E23 - The Archpriest and the Truth About the King

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[00:00] Leonhart
    Open the gates!
[00:02] Leonhart
    The king of Ozmargo has returned!
[00:04] Vassal
    Lord Set! It's an emergency!
[00:07] Set
    I understand.
[00:09] Set
    Open the gates and summon the guard at once.
[00:13] Set
    Why has he come to me himself?
[00:16] Set
    Can he be aware of that
    creature's existence?
[00:16] Guards
    It's the human king!
[00:17] Guards
    To the gates!
[00:18] Guards
    Acting king's orders!
[00:25] Sariphi
    Do you think it's started?
[00:27] Lanteveldt
    Any moment now.
[00:28] Lanteveldt
    Let's hurry up and grab that diary...
[00:30] Lanteveldt
    Sariphi?
[00:32] Sariphi
    Don't you feel it?
[00:33] Sariphi
    There's something near here.
[00:35] Sariphi
    Almost like someone is calling out.
[00:38] Lanteveldt
    Hey... Wait up!
[00:49] Lanteveldt
    Wh-What is this thing?
SIGN    The Archpriest and the Truth About the King
[01:00] Lanteveldt
    An animal?
[01:01] Sariphi
    It's badly hurt.
[01:03] Lanteveldt
    Whoa, Sariphi! Don't just walk up to it!
[01:07] Lanteveldt
    I've never seen a monster like that in...
[01:09] Sariphi
    This person is no monster.
[01:12] Lanteveldt
    "Person"?
[01:14] Lanteveldt
    You don't mean this thing's a beast, do you?
[01:16] Sariphi
    Hey, Bennu, could you cure
    their wounds for me?
[01:21] Bennu
    Oh, all right. I'll just—
[01:24] Bennu
    Huh?
[01:25] Bennu
    Sorry, girlie, but I can't
    help you with this guy.
[01:31] Lanteveldt
    What'd the holy beast say?
[01:33] Sariphi
    Bennu says that his healing won't work...
[01:36] Sariphi
    because they're no longer alive.
[01:39] Lanteveldt
    Huh?
[01:40] Capel
    Human girl.
[01:43] Capel
    Why do you possess the king's magic?
[01:46] Sariphi
    Was that your voice just now?
[01:49] Sariphi
    The king's magic?
[01:55] Capel
    I see.
[01:56] Capel
    His Majesty has chosen you, then.
[02:00] Sariphi
    Who are you?
[02:04] Lanteveldt
    Why're you talking to yourself, Sariphi?
[02:07] Sariphi
    Can't you hear him, Lante?
[02:09] Capel
    As you can see, uttering words is beyond me.
[02:13] Capel
    I am speaking directly to your mind.
[02:17] Capel
    I am the former archpriest, Capel.
[02:21] Capel
    As a hideous, silent demon,
[02:25] Capel
    I have guarded the king's secret for a century.
[02:29] Sariphi
    The archpriest...
[02:30] Lanteveldt
    Archpriest?! Hang on!
[02:34] Lanteveldt
    That's the second most
    powerful guy in Ozmargo!
[02:37] Lanteveldt
    He disappeared during the last king's reign,
    and they never replaced him.
[02:41] Lanteveldt
    But then...
[02:42] Sariphi
    How did someone like you
    end up in this form?
[02:46] Capel
    I know a great secret
    concerning the king's birth.
[02:51] Capel
    And so that I might never
    unwittingly reveal it,
[02:55] Capel
    I ensorcelled myself and went into hiding.
[02:59] Capel
    But then a judge named Set discovered me.
[03:03] Sariphi
    Then Set gave you these wounds?! How awful!
[03:06] Sariphi
    Wait a second. I'll help you.
[03:08] Capel
    There is no more need.
[03:11] Capel
    Give me your hand.
[03:15] Capel
    To save the king, I shall entrust
    you with the secret of his birth,
[03:21] Capel
    which I have guarded since
    His Late Majesty's reign.
[03:28] Soldier A
    Forgive me!
[03:31] Jormungand
    Are you hurt?!
[03:32] Leonhart
    I must apologize. As I feared,
    my human form is no match for beasts.
[03:38] Jormungand
    Leave the rest to me, sire.
    Take time to recuperate.
[03:42] Leonhart
    No.
[03:43] Leonhart
    Stopping Set's rampage is my duty.
[03:47] Leonhart
    I'll fight my way to him!
[03:48] Jormungand
    Yes, sire!
[03:49] Set
    No need for that.
[03:52] Set
    I'm amazed that you returned.
[03:55] Set
    But I will thank you to refrain
    from further violence in my palace,
[04:00] Set
    false king.
[04:03] Leonhart
    Set!
[04:05] Capel
    In His Late Majesty's time,
[04:07] Capel
    the queen, who had always been sickly,
    quietly passed away.
[04:13] Capel
    The late king's disappointment
    was immeasurable.
[04:17] Capel
    Because at that time, the royal
    couple had yet to produce an heir.
[04:24] (Flashback) Former King
    Archpriest Capel.
[04:26] (Flashback) Former King
    Keep this matter private for the time being.
[04:29] (Flashback) Former King
    Only you and I know of it.
[04:32] (Flashback) Capel
    Meaning, sire?
[04:34] (Flashback) Former King
    Find him with all haste,
    and bring him back to this realm.
[04:39] (Flashback) Former King
    He is the only one with whom I share blood.
[04:42] (Flashback) Capel
    You mean to turn to His Highness,
    your exiled younger brother, for an heir?!
[04:48] Sariphi
    The last king had a brother?
[04:50] Sariphi
    And he was exiled?
[04:52] Capel
    When twin boys are born
    into the royal house,
[04:56] Capel
    only the more promising is raised—
    a custom known as the "lion's drop."
[05:01] Capel
    The younger brother was driven
    from the palace soon after birth.
[05:05] Capel
    And again, only the late king
    and I are aware of that fact.
[05:11] Capel
    I soon tracked him down and
    made a startling discovery.
[05:18] Capel
    In the midst of a recent battle with humans,
[05:23] Capel
    His Highness had secretly fled
    to Yoana and sired a child there.
[05:29] Sariphi
    Then... that child is...
[05:31] Capel
    Yes.
[05:32] Capel
    The current king of Ozmargo.
[05:36] Capel
    The late king's brother
    had already passed away.
[05:39] Capel
    With no other choice, I took the babe
    from its mother before it opened its eyes,
[05:44] Capel
    and I returned to this realm.
[05:46] Capel
    The child was revealed alongside
    news of the queen's death,
[05:51] Capel
    and the people greeted him as the son
    she had given her life to birth.
[05:57] Capel
    But the late king was never able to accept
    that his heir was a human's son.
[06:05] Capel
    Eventually, his mind took ill,
    and he, too, passed away.
[06:10] Capel
    That is the truth of the
    king's birth as I know it.
[06:16] Sariphi
    Then...
[06:17] Sariphi
    His Majesty is a human's child,
    but he really is royalty, too.
[06:23] Sariphi
    And you've kept that huge secret all alone.
[06:28] Sariphi
    Thank you.
[06:29] Sariphi
    I promise that I'll tell him
    what you entrusted to me.
[06:42] Lanteveldt
    Sariphi.
[06:44] Lanteveldt
    If you're gonna tell the king,
    we'd better go join him quick.
[06:47] Sariphi
    Right.
[06:49] Capel
    Please wait.
[06:51] Capel
    There is one other truth
    I must impart to you.
[06:57] Set
    You confound me.
[06:59] Set
    To think that you would return
    for your own execution.
[07:02] Set
    You are rebels, no longer
    even meriting a trial.
[07:07] Set
    Thus,
[07:09] Set
    I shall carry out your
    sentence here and now.
[07:14] Sariphi
    Another one?
[07:16] Capel
    To save the king.
[07:18] Capel
    To save the tiny child whose
    destiny I set awry that day.
[07:39] Bennu
    It looks like his spell of undeath broke.
[07:42] Bennu
    Since he did his duty and passed on his
    secret, he can finally rest in peace.
[07:51] Sariphi
    Mr. Archpriest,
[07:53] Sariphi
    your legacy is safe with me.
[07:59] Lanteveldt
    Sariphi.
[08:00] Sariphi
    Right.
[08:02] Sariphi
    Wait for me, Leo. I'll be there soon.
[08:08] Anubis
    What is the matter?
[08:09] Set
    His spell is broken?
[08:12] Set
    Who could have...
[08:15] Set
    Don't tell me...
[08:17] Set
    Chancellor,
[08:19] Set
    it appears that we have fallen for a feint.
[08:23] Set
    That human girl has snuck into the palace,
[08:27] Set
    likely escorted by the captain of her guard.
[08:31] Set
    Gather a force, and search
    every nook and cranny.
[08:34] Anubis
    Understood.
[08:36] Anubis
    I shall see to it at once.
[08:39] Jormungand
    Abi!
[08:42] Leonhart
    Sariphi!
[08:52] Jormungand
    Sire!
[08:55] Set
    I would advise against overexerting yourself.
[08:57] Set
    You must be in far greater pain
    than the captain of your guard.
[09:02] Set
    Humans are truly tragic creatures.
[09:06] Jormungand
    Sire...
[09:07] Set
    And yet, to have broken my restraints,
    even for a moment,
[09:12] Set
    shows how deeply you care for that girl.
[09:15] Set
    In deference to your love, I shall send
    you both to your graves together.
[09:24] Set
    A lovely view, is it not?
[09:26] Set
    How does it feel to look out from there
    on what was once your kingdom,
[09:32] Set
    human king?
[09:40] Set
    Oh, you needn't worry.
[09:44] Set
    I shall take it upon myself to restore
    this kingdom to its proper form.
[09:49] Set
    A nation in which species are sorted
    into a definite class system.
[09:54] Set
    To conceal your hideous blood,
    you mixed the wheat with the chaff.
[09:59] Set
    I will remake this realm
    into one of order and beauty.
[10:04] Set
    Wheat with wheat, chaff with chaff,
    and a king with royal blood.
[10:10] Set
    That is how a kingdom ought to be!
[10:13] Leonhart
    No!
[10:15] Leonhart
    I didn't strive for a land in which
    different species merely live together,
[10:22] Leonhart
    but one in which everyone
    can live as themselves.
[10:26] Leonhart
    No one can choose their birth.
[10:28] Leonhart
    Some have long tails,
    others horns, hooves, or scales.
[10:36] Leonhart
    But whatever their species, everyone should
    be able to take pride in themselves
[10:41] Leonhart
    and live without anyone
    trampling on that pride.
[10:45] Leonhart
    A nation must be a place
    where that is possible!
[10:49] Leonhart
    Perhaps, as you say, I have no right to rule.
[10:54] Leonhart
    But I have a duty to stop you!
[10:58] Leonhart
    Until I've done that,
[11:00] Leonhart
    I am still the king of this realm!
[11:04] Set
    A king's duty?
[11:06] Set
    You have no such thing.
[11:09] Set
    You have only...
[11:12] (Flashback) Set's Mother
    Set,
[11:14] (Flashback) Set's Mother
    the truth is that you have
    royal blood in your veins.
[11:19] (Flashback) Set's Mother
    Look. By all rights, you should
    be standing at the king's side.
[11:24] (Flashback) Set's Mother
    You should have been welcomed and
    acclaimed by all as our next king.
[11:31] (Flashback) Set's Mother
    I'm sorry that I was only able to
    give birth to you in this form.
[11:36] (Flashback) Set's Mother
    That I wasn't able to give you
    the appearance of royalty.
[11:40] Young Set
    Mother and I are always
    in a corner of the palace.
[11:44] Young Set
    Because I don't look like the king,
[11:47] Young Set
    no one looks at us or pays us any attention.
[11:51] Young Set
    If I looked like he does, then...
[11:55] Set
    You have only...
[11:56] Set
    your just deserts for deceiving us
    and continuing to play at kingship!
[12:03] Set
    When I slay you with my own hands,
[12:05] Set
    I will be able to take pride
    in myself for the first time.
[12:11] Leonhart
    Sariphi...
[12:18] Lanteveldt
    There are more soldiers around.
    We must be getting close to the king.
[12:21] Sariphi
    Are you all right, Lante?
[12:23] Lanteveldt
    This is a piece of cake.
[12:24] Lanteveldt
    Wait, a dead end?
[12:28] Anubis
    That's as far as you go, wench.
[12:32] Lanteveldt
    Sariphi—
[12:33] Lanteveldt
    Stop it, damn you! Let go!
[12:36] Lanteveldt
    Why do I feel so weak?
[12:38] Anubis
    You didn't notice? I laid wards in advance.
[12:42] Anubis
    I arranged things so that
    you would flee this way.
[12:46] Bennu
    So that's why I feel my power draining away.
[12:51] Lanteveldt
    I'm disappointed in you, Chancellor.
[12:54] Lanteveldt
    I never liked you,
[12:57] Lanteveldt
    but I thought your loyalty to the
    king was the real deal, at least.
[13:01] Lanteveldt
    In the end, though, you're just
    another stupid supremacist!
[13:06] Anubis
    Take him away.
[13:07] Soldiers
    Yes, sir.
[13:09] Lanteveldt
    Sariphi!
[13:10] Sariphi
    Lante! Don't worry about me!
[13:15] Anubis
    You seem awfully confident.
[13:19] Anubis
    What have you come back here to do?
[13:21] Sariphi
    We discovered His Majesty's origins and—
[13:23] Anubis
    That's of no consequence now.
[13:25] Sariphi
    Yes, it is!
[13:26] Sariphi
    You must know what's going
    on outside this palace.
[13:31] Sariphi
    That's why His Majesty came back.
[13:33] Sariphi
    And where he goes, I go.
[13:37] Sariphi
    I've made up my mind
    to stay with him forever.
[13:42] Anubis
    I thought as much.
[13:45] Anubis
    The king taking a human form
    doesn't trouble you in the least.
[13:51] Anubis
    Tell me one thing:
    When did you learn of this?
[13:56] Anubis
    Have you... known all along?
[14:00] Sariphi
    Yes.
[14:01] Sariphi
    Ever since my first night
    of revelation in the palace,
[14:05] Sariphi
    when I was supposed to be sacrificed.
[14:09] Anubis
    I see.
[14:10] Anubis
    While I, on the other hand, was fooled
    by him from the very beginning.
[14:16] Sariphi
    That's not—
[14:18] Anubis
    Answer me one final question.
[14:20] Anubis
    I won't tolerate evasion or deceit.
[14:23] Anubis
    At the slightest sign of a lie, I'll kill you.
[14:26] Anubis
    If he had no human blood like yours,
[14:32] Anubis
    if he were purely a beast man,
[14:36] Anubis
    would you still have
    loved him from the first?
[14:40] Sariphi
    Well...
[14:42] Sariphi
    I don't know.
[14:49] Set
    A waste of effort.
[14:50] Set
    Straining too hard will
    only tear your limbs off.
[14:53] Set
    Humans are such frail creatures.
[14:57] Set
    Struggle all you wish. It will
    only make you more pathetic.
[15:02] Leonhart
    Say whatever you like.
[15:05] Leonhart
    I may be in human form now,
    but I'm still the king of beasts!
[15:11] Leonhart
    I'll never give in to someone who fails
    to protect this realm and its people!
[15:17] Anubis
    Please stop.
[15:19] Anubis
    To continue would be meaningless.
[15:21] Leonhart
    Anubis...
[15:22] Leonhart
    Sariphi!
[15:23] Set
    As expected of our chancellor,
    you work quickly.
[15:27] Set
    However...
[15:29] Anubis
    I haven't killed her.
    She is merely unconscious.
[15:32] Set
    I see. Then the cast is all assembled.
[15:36] Set
    Let us begin with the girl's execution.
[15:39] Set
    By your hand, Chancellor.
[15:44] Anubis
    Mine?
[15:45] Set
    This girl conspired with the
    false king to deceive you.
[15:49] Set
    They trampled on your pride and dignity.
[15:52] Set
    You have every right.
[15:59] (Flashback) Anubis
    You don't know?
[16:00] (Flashback) Anubis
    What do you mean by that?!
[16:02] (Flashback) Anubis
    Can't you love a pure-blooded beast, then?
[16:05] (Flashback) Anubis
    So that's all you amount to.
[16:07] (Flashback) Anubis
    You can only truly love
    other humans like yourself!
[16:11] (Flashback) Sariphi
    That's not it. I don't really
    understand what you're asking.
[16:16] (Flashback) Sariphi
    I mean, His Majesty is both.
[16:19] (Flashback) Sariphi
    He has both beast and human blood,
    and he agonized over that a lot.
[16:26] (Flashback) Sariphi
    And now he's kinder than anyone else.
[16:28] (Flashback) Sariphi
    That's His Majesty.
[16:32] (Flashback) Sariphi
    That's the king I love.
[16:35] (Flashback) Sariphi
    My Leonhart.
[16:40] Set
    What?!
[16:41] Set
    Y-You dare?!
[16:53] Sariphi
    Leo!
[16:55] Set
    Anubis!
[16:56] Set
    Not content with betraying me,
    you would return to your former king?!
[17:02] Anubis
    Return? Betray?
[17:05] Anubis
    Whatever do you mean?
[17:07] Anubis
    Have I ever, even once, called you king?
[17:11] Anubis
    I serve the true king.
[17:13] Anubis
    Though he may bizarrely have
    assumed human form, my king
[17:18] Anubis
    is this man and no other!
[17:21] Set
    Curse you!
[17:27] Jormungand
    Abi!
[17:31] Set
    Now I'll finish you—
[17:34] Set
    Wh-What?!
[17:36] Galois
    We folk of the sea shall not sit
    by in our lord's hour of need.
[17:41] Galois
    We have come to restore this realm
    and its people to our king.
[17:48] Galois
    The full might of the
    Istanese navy has arrived!
[17:52] Sariphi
    Grandpa Galois! And Joz, too!
[17:55] Galois
    Forward!
[18:01] Soldier E
    Hey, state of emergency!
[18:03] Soldier E
    Lord Set called up the whole guard!
[18:05] Soldier C
    What happened?
[18:07] Soldier D
    What do we do with him?
[18:08] Soldier E
    Just get a move on!
[18:16] Lanteveldt
    I don't know what's going on,
    but this looks like my chance.
[18:18] Amit
    P-Please stay still!
[18:20] Lanteveldt
    Huh?
[18:22] Lanteveldt
    Princess Amit?
[18:24] Lanteveldt
    And the blobs, too.
[18:26] Lanteveldt
    What're you doing here?
    We told you to wait outside.
[18:29] Amit
    W-We're terribly sorry, but we
    simply couldn't stand idly by.
[18:34] Amit
    And when we reached the palace, we met
    gentlemen from the Istanese navy, so...
[18:39] Lanteveldt
    The Istanese navy?!
[18:40] Lanteveldt
    So that's what this fuss is about!
[18:42] Lanteveldt
    All right, then! What're we—
[18:44] Amit
    Please wait a moment!
[18:46] Amit
    M-Might you help us find
    what we're searching for?
[18:50] Amit
    If we succeed, we may be able
    to rescue the king from his plight.
[19:01] Joz
    Don't push yerself too hard, boss.
[19:03] Joz
    Ya complained about yer hip
    actin' up just yesterday.
[19:06] Galois
    You needn't worry.
[19:11] Galois
    Old I may be, but I, Galois,
    was once known as the Sea God.
[19:17] Galois
    No fledgling will get the better of me yet!
[19:21] Ocelot
    Neither hate the beasts nor fear them.
[19:25] Ocelot
    Take the refugees under
    your protection at once!
[19:27] Ocelot
    The king of Maskviana commands it!
[19:30] Sorting Squad Captain
    Running to filthy humans for succor,
[19:33] Sorting Squad Captain
    you lesser species?!
[19:38] Ilya
    Get them out of here, fast!
[19:39] Protecting Soldier 1
    Come on!
[19:40] Protecting Soldier 2
    This way!
[19:41] El
    Tha...
[19:44] El
    Thank you!
[19:50] Sorting Squad Captain
    Damn you, human!
[19:54] Ilya
    Do your worst, monster.
[19:57] Set
    What's taking you so long?!
[19:58] Set
    Why are you struggling
    to best these sea scum?!
[20:01] Vassal
    Lord Set, it's an emergency!
[20:03] Vassal
    The Kingdom of Sarbul has
    sent an urgent message!
[20:07] Sariphi
    Sarbul?
[20:08] Sariphi
    That's Tetra's home.
[20:10] Tet
    My people, all the lands of Ozmargo
[20:14] Tet
    are now faced with a choice
    of grave importance.
[20:17] Tet
    We would be first-class subjects
    under the new king's system.
[20:23] Tet
    Accepting that status may pave
    the way for our future prosperity.
[20:28] Tet
    I, however,
[20:29] Tet
    reject it!
[20:32] Tet
    Some may view my choice as folly.
[20:36] Tet
    But for the youth on whom the future rests—
[20:40] Tet
    for the children who will inhabit that future—
[20:42] Tet
    we must not leave a world where one's
    species determines one's standing!
[20:47] Tet
    Our Sarbul stands behind the king of Ozmargo,
[20:50] Tet
    who has championed the equality
    of species since his accession!
[20:56] Tetra
    Sariphi,
[20:58] Tetra
    we're on your side!
[21:01] Vassal
    As has Lord Braun Breuse,
    overlord of Maasya,
[21:04] Vassal
    King Ur I of Bolstobas, and others.
[21:07] Vassal
    If the king of Ozmargo does
    not resume his reign,
[21:10] Vassal
    they are all prepared
    to do battle for his cause!
[21:17] Amit
    Here it is!
[21:18] Amit
    A fixed magical array. This is what is
    clearing the miasma from the skies.
[21:23] Lanteveldt
    Good job figuring that out.
[21:25] Amit
    Given how long the spell
    has remained in effect,
[21:28] Amit
    I felt certain that there
    was some trick to it.
[21:30] Lanteveldt
    So if we destroy this, then—
[21:34] Lanteveldt
    Ow! That stings!
[21:36] Lanteveldt
    What the hell?! More wards?!
[21:38] Amit
    This is a blood pact.
[21:40] Amit
    The caster's blood serves as a
    medium to control the spell.
[21:45] Amit
    Unless we have enough blood
    to overwrite the pact...
[21:49] Lanteveldt
    Princess Amit?!
[21:51] Set
    What is the meaning of this?
[21:53] Set
    I can understand the sea scum revolting,
    but I made those lands first-class subjects!
[22:00] Set
    Curse their moral posturing!
[22:01] Sariphi
    They aren't just posturing!
[22:03] Leonhart
    Sariphi...
[22:05] Sariphi
    I know that some people
    enjoy keeping others down,
[22:11] Sariphi
    but no one is born deserving
    to be treated as lesser.
[22:16] Sariphi
    His Majesty worked hard to
    stop that from happening!
[22:20] Sariphi
    The people who are willing
    to fight alongside him now
[22:23] Sariphi
    are the ones who really understood that.
[22:28] Sariphi
    If you really want to be king,
[22:31] Sariphi
    listen to everyone's voices, and look
    at the people who live in this realm.
[22:35] Sariphi
    Why would anyone look to you when
    you don't even try to see them?!
[22:43] Set
    Silence.
[22:44] Leonhart
    Sari—
[22:45] Set
    Be silent!
[22:54] Leonhart
    Sariphi.
[22:56] Leonhart
    You,
[22:57] Leonhart
    all of you,
[22:59] Leonhart
    gave strength to a weakling like me!
[23:03] Leonhart
    So...
[23:04] Leonhart
    So I will...
[23:10] Set
    What?!
[23:18] Leonhart
    ...repay your devotion!
[23:25] Sariphi
    Hey, Leo, do you remember when
    I first came here as a sacrifice?
[23:32] Sariphi
    You were the strongest,
    kindest person there was.
[23:35] Sariphi
    I hope that your feelings reach
    everyone in your kingdom.
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