# E24 - A Queen and the Future of the Kingdom
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**[00:00] (Flashback) Set's Mother**
Set,
**[00:01] (Flashback) Set's Mother**
the truth is that you have
royal blood in your veins.
**[00:06] (Flashback) Set's Mother**
By all rights, you should
be standing at the king's side.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Set's Mother**
I'm sorry that I was only able to
give birth to you in this form.
**[00:15] (Flashback) Set's Mother**
But remember, Set...
***SIGN*** A Queen and the Future of the Kingdom
**[00:40] Sariphi**
Sire!
**[00:42] Leonhart**
Keep some distance from me, Sariphi.
**[00:51] Set**
Returning to the form of a beast
now will make no difference!
**[00:56] Set**
You have already been unmasked!
**[00:59] Set**
No throne will tolerate your
weight upon it any longer!
**[01:11] Set**
Curse you!
**[01:24] Leonhart**
Set, your warped obsession with species
has led the people of this land astray
**[01:30] Leonhart**
and caused harm to those I hold dear.
**[01:34] Leonhart**
Even if I must relinquish my throne,
**[01:38] Leonhart**
I will see you pay for your crimes!
**[01:44] Lanteveldt**
Is that...
**[01:46] Cy**
The king!
**[01:47] Clops**
His Majesty is back to normal!
**[01:49] Lanteveldt**
Sariphi!
**[01:54] Soldier A**
Wh-What magical power!
**[01:56] Galois**
Half his blood is human, and yet
he commands such arcane might.
**[02:00] Galois**
No ordinary beast could hope to equal him.
**[02:05] Soldier B**
S-So is His Majesty legitimate after all?
**[02:09] Soldier C**
But...
**[02:10] Leonhart**
That is beside the point.
**[02:13] Leonhart**
The strength that a king should wield
is not the magic of the royal line.
**[02:19] Leonhart**
It is the strength to protect those
who struggle to live in this realm.
**[02:24] Leonhart**
Because you failed to grasp that,
**[02:27] Leonhart**
you have no right to the throne!
**[02:31] Set**
Protecting the people of this realm?
You call *that* royal power?
**[02:36] Set**
Don't make me laugh!
**[02:38] Set**
If that's true, then why did
no one protect my mother?!
**[02:44] Set**
Merely because I was born looking like this,
**[02:47] Set**
she was unable to become queen
and died in obscurity.
**[02:52] Set**
So I searched...
**[02:54] Set**
And I found this!
**[02:56] Set**
Sealed deep within the forbidden archive
**[03:00] Set**
lay a codex of taboo spells that only
those with royal blood can wield!
**[03:04] Set**
With it, I shall prove that I
possess the might of a king!
**[03:13] Lanteveldt**
What is that?
**[03:17] Sariphi**
This is a stone that the archpriest left me.
**[03:21] Soldier B**
The archpriest?!
**[03:23] Soldier C**
The one who's been missing since forever?!
**[03:26] Set**
*I knew it!*
**[03:27] Capel**
*I am Archpriest Capel.*
**[03:31] Capel**
*I took on the form of a speechless devil*
**[03:34] Soldier D**
Wh-What's this voice?!
**[03:34] Capel**
* in order to safeguard*
* the truth about our king.*
**[03:37] Galois**
It must belong to the one
who gave her that stone.
**[03:41] Capel**
* There is one more truth*
* that I must impart to you.*
**[03:47] Sariphi**
Mr. Archpriest's last words...
**[03:50] Capel**
* This is the secret that I was*
* to guard above all others.*
**[03:56] Capel**
*His Majesty,*
**[03:58] Capel**
* our former king, was physically*
* incapable of siring children.*
**[04:05] Capel**
* His Late Majesty shared a bed with many*
* concubines in addition to his queen,*
**[04:12] Capel**
* yet neither Her Majesty nor any of his*
* other partners ever conceived a child.*
**[04:18] Capel**
* At last, our late king realized*
* that the cause lay with him,*
**[04:24] Capel**
* and he reluctantly claimed*
* his brother's son as his own.*
**[04:29] Jormungand**
The last king had a brother?!
**[04:31] Amit**
That is His Majesty's true lineage.
**[04:35] Capel**
*To conceal that fact,*
**[04:37] Capel**
* when one of the late king's concubines*
* conceived a child by another man,*
**[04:42] Capel**
* he falsely claimed the child as his own,*
* and I signed my name as witness.*
**[04:49] Capel**
*This is another of my sins.*
**[04:53] Capel**
* Yet in time, that concubine*
* became convinced of our falsehood.*
**[04:58] Set**
Lies!
**[05:03] Set**
"Convinced of a falsehood"?
**[05:07] Set**
That can't be!
**[05:09] Set**
As we speak, I now wield the power of a king!
**[05:13] Set**
I will prove it!
**[05:15] Set**
Otherwise...
**[05:16] Leonhart**
Enough, Set!
**[05:17] Leonhart**
Any more, and—
**[05:18] Set**
Otherwise, my birth would be meaningless!
**[05:29] Set**
What is... this?
**[05:34] Leonhart**
Your limits.
**[05:36] Leonhart**
Those forbidden spells consume
immense magical power.
**[05:40] Leonhart**
You cast more than your blood could bear.
**[05:43] Leonhart**
Set,
**[05:45] Leonhart**
you became drunk on brute strength
and never attempted to accept yourself.
**[05:50] Leonhart**
And so, you lost.
**[05:53] Set**
*Is this... the truth?*
**[05:57] Set**
*Everything I believed*
**[06:00] Set**
*was a lie.*
**[06:02] Set**
*What I sought was always beyond my reach.*
**[06:08] Set**
*Then... why have I...*
**[06:19] Sariphi**
It doesn't matter what your reason was.
**[06:23] Sariphi**
If meaning only makes you suffer,
you're better off without it.
**[06:27] Sariphi**
No matter how you were born,
you can only ever be yourself.
**[06:32] Sariphi**
No one else can ever become you.
**[06:36] Sariphi**
What more meaning does your birth need?!
**[06:40] Set**
*Oh, I see.*
**[06:43] Set's Mother**
*Set.*
**[06:44] Set**
*What I've always longed for was merely...*
**[06:49] (Flashback) Set's Mother**
No matter what you look like,
you're still you.
**[06:53] (Flashback) Set's Mother**
Your mother loves you very much.
**[06:56] Set**
* What I've always longed for*
* was merely... merely...*
**[07:04] Set**
*that one thing.*
**[07:08] Set**
*I know.*
**[07:09] (Flashback) Set**
I love you, too, Mother!
**[07:17] Anubis**
You must be furious with me.
**[07:21] Leonhart**
Don't you mean the reverse?
**[07:24] Leonhart**
I've deceived you all this time.
**[07:27] Anubis**
No, I have spoken out against humans
many times in your presence.
**[07:35] Anubis**
It is only natural that you could
not unburden yourself to me.
**[07:40] Leonhart**
My weakness was to blame.
That was no fault of yours.
**[07:44] Anubis**
Even so, I cannot forgive myself.
**[07:49] Anubis**
Once my wounds heal somewhat
and I am able to walk,
**[07:52] Anubis**
I intend to leave this realm.
**[07:56] Anubis**
In all this time, I have done nothing
but hound and harm you.
**[08:02] Anubis**
Now that I realize that, I cannot
bear to remain at your side.
**[08:07] Leonhart**
Anubis!
**[08:07] Anubis**
You have the girl.
**[08:11] Anubis**
I admit it.
**[08:13] Anubis**
More than anyone else, she has
guided you to become a mighty king.
**[08:17] Anubis**
She became the thing that you needed most.
**[08:22] Leonhart**
You are right that Sariphi
made me the strongest of all.
**[08:27] Leonhart**
But that was only possible
because I had you, Anubis.
**[08:34] Leonhart**
To make a weakling like me a king,
you've played the villain all this time.
**[08:40] Leonhart**
No one knows that as well as I do.
**[08:44] Leonhart**
Without you,
**[08:46] Leonhart**
I would still have been soft
when I was crowned.
**[08:49] Leonhart**
And I may have been toppled from
my throne before I ever met Sariphi.
**[08:54] Leonhart**
I could have crushed all opposition
and made Sariphi my queen at once.
**[09:00] Leonhart**
I stayed my hand because I wanted you,
of all people, to approve.
**[09:05] Leonhart**
I wanted the woman I truly
love to be truly accepted
**[09:11] Leonhart**
by you, my first friend.
**[09:19] Young Leonhart**
*Hi, Sirius.*
**[09:21] (Flashback) Young Anubis**
My name is Anubis.
**[09:23] (Flashback) Young Anubis**
Your Highness must never
treat a vassal as a friend.
**[09:27] Anubis**
*I didn't care how shunned or detested I was.*
**[09:31] Anubis**
* We could never go back to*
* the way we used to be.*
**[09:35] Anubis**
* I thought that I would never*
* be able to touch him again.*
**[09:39] Anubis**
*To feel this warmth.*
**[09:41] Leonhart**
Lacking though I am,
**[09:43] Leonhart**
lend me your aid a little longer... Sirius.
**[09:48] Lanteveldt**
What?!
**[09:50] Lanteveldt**
You knew that the chancellor
hadn't turned traitor the whole time?!
**[09:53] Jormungand**
Of course.
**[09:55] Jormungand**
He's too much of a contrarian for
such a straightforward betrayal.
**[09:59] Lanteveldt**
Then what'd you punch him so hard for?
**[10:03] Jormungand**
How could Set doubt Abi's loyalty after that?
**[10:08] Jormungand**
But anyway,
**[10:09] Jormungand**
the worst is yet to come.
**[10:12] Jormungand**
We need to deal with the sorting squads
that followed Set's way of thinking.
**[10:15] Lanteveldt**
So I'd better stay on my toes?
**[10:17] Lanteveldt**
Tell me something I don't already know.
**[10:22] Lanteveldt**
Please continue to spar with me,
Captain of the Royal Guard, sir!
**[10:32] Sariphi**
Thank goodness!
**[10:33] Sariphi**
It's still here.
**[10:35] Sariphi**
Look!
**[10:37] Leonhart**
So this is the diary you
brought back from Yoana.
**[10:41] Leonhart**
You hid it in the passage I used
to let the sacrifices escape.
**[10:45] Sariphi**
It might not bring any fresh discoveries.
**[10:48] Sariphi**
And you might end up wishing
you'd never read it.
**[10:59] Leonhart's Mother**
* A life with a human mother and a beast*
* father is now growing inside me.*
**[11:05] Leonhart's Mother**
*This child may resent its beast father.*
**[11:09] Leonhart's Mother**
*Or it may resent me for loving a beast.*
**[11:13] Leonhart's Mother**
* A beast I met one year ago,*
* in the forest near the border.*
**[11:19] Leonhart's Mother**
*He'd been horribly wounded in battle.*
**[11:22] Leonhart's Mother**
* "I won't hurt you, so please,*
* let me die in peace."*
**[11:26] Leonhart's Mother**
* He said that with such a sad look*
* in his eyes that I heard him out.*
**[11:31] Leonhart's Mother**
* His family cast him out*
* as soon as he was born,*
**[11:34] Leonhart's Mother**
* so he had no home or*
* loved ones to return to.*
**[11:37] Leonhart's Mother**
* He could only win recognition by fighting,*
* but he was sick of hurting people.*
**[11:43] Leonhart's Mother**
* He just wanted to live loving someone*
* and being loved by them.*
**[11:48] Leonhart's Mother**
* He was so different from*
* my image of a beast.*
**[11:54] (Flashback) Leonhart's Mother**
Don't cry.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Leonhart's Mother**
I'll love you.
**[12:00] Leonhart's Mother**
* My whole family shunned me*
* because I have red eyes like a witch,*
**[12:04] Leonhart's Mother**
* and he was all alone,*
* never even given a name.*
**[12:08] Leonhart's Mother**
* Looking back now, our meeting*
* must have been fate.*
**[12:14] Leonhart's Mother**
* Though he was taken from us all too soon,*
* I'll tell our child for him.*
**[12:20] Leonhart's Mother**
* "Your father couldn't wait*
* for you to be born," I'll say.*
**[12:26] Leonhart's Mother**
*"You were born loved."*
**[12:29] Leonhart's Mother**
*"And someday,*
**[12:31] Leonhart's Mother**
* I want you to love someone—*
* and yourself—with all your heart, too."*
**[12:39] Sariphi**
Sire?
**[12:40] Leonhart**
No, I'm fine.
**[12:43] Sariphi**
Okay.
**[12:45] Sariphi**
*I understand.*
**[12:46] Sariphi**
*Those aren't sad tears.*
**[12:49] Leonhart's Mother**
* My baby kicked a lot today.*
* I'm sure it will be born healthy.*
**[12:56] Leonhart's Mother**
* If my baby is a boy, my first gift*
* to him will be the name "Richard."*
**[13:03] Leonhart's Mother**
* The same name as the legendary king*
* whom people called "Lionheart."*
**[13:08] Leonhart's Mother**
* Please, let my baby have the*
* indomitable heart of a lion.*
**[13:13] Leonhart's Mother**
*Let my child be strong and brave.*
**[13:17] Leonhart**
Now I feel as though I truly
do understand who I am.
**[13:22] Leonhart**
Thank you, Sariphi.
**[13:25] Sariphi**
I just passed on a diary I was given.
**[13:28] Sariphi**
Anyway, I guess your real
name is Richard, sire.
**[13:32] Sariphi**
Should I call you that from now on?
**[13:35] Leonhart**
No. My only name is the one you gave me.
**[13:39] Leonhart**
From now on, I'll face everyone
as I am, keeping no secrets.
**[13:45] Leonhart**
And...
**[13:47] Leonhart**
that includes you.
**[13:48] Sariphi**
Me?
**[13:55] Amit**
Oh, is resuming the ceremony where
they left off really a good idea?!
**[14:00] Lanteveldt**
Like I said, it'll be fine.
**[14:02] Cy**
More importantly, your scar.
**[14:04] Clops**
Why didn't you ask Sari's holy beast to heal it?
**[14:07] Amit**
What? W-Well...
**[14:11] (Flashback) Jormungand**
Lante told me what happened.
**[14:13] (Flashback) Jormungand**
Forgive me.
**[14:15] (Flashback) Jormungand**
I, a knight, am unscathed,
while you suffered such a wound.
**[14:19] (Flashback) Amit**
N-No, I did this to myself!
**[14:23] (Flashback) Amit**
Besides,
**[14:25] (Flashback) Amit**
I'm glad that even I was
able to make myself useful.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Amit**
It wasn't much compared
to all of your contributions,
**[14:32] (Flashback) Amit**
but to me, this scar is a badge of honor.
**[14:38] (Flashback) Jormungand**
Then an apology from me
would merely wound your pride.
**[14:42] (Flashback) Amit**
What?!
**[14:45] (Flashback) Jormungand**
You have my gratitude for
the aid you rendered my king.
**[14:50] (Flashback) Jormungand**
I know of no hand more beautiful.
***SIGN*** BLUSH
**[14:57] Clops**
Princess Amit?!
**[14:58] Lanteveldt**
Seriously, is she all right?
**[15:00] Jormungand**
Silence!
**[15:02] Jormungand**
His Majesty approaches!
**[15:15] Leonhart**
Several days ago, on this spot, I appeared
in a form that I have long concealed.
**[15:22] Leonhart**
It is true that half of my blood is human.
**[15:26] Leonhart**
Proving my royal lineage
will not change that fact.
**[15:30] Leonhart**
But my efforts to mend relations with Yoana
**[15:35] Leonhart**
were not driven by a desire
to conceal my lineage.
**[15:39] Leonhart**
I did that
**[15:40] Leonhart**
because I learned to love someone.
**[15:44] Leonhart**
She was merely an unfortunate girl,
**[15:47] Leonhart**
given to Ozmargo as a sacrifice.
**[15:49] Leonhart**
But no one is as strong of heart as her,
and she has sustained my own, weak heart.
**[15:58] Leonhart**
She simply faced others as people,
not as beasts or humans,
**[16:02] Leonhart**
and her spirit moved me... and many others.
**[16:07] Leonhart**
Loving her brought me to a realization.
**[16:11] Leonhart**
The kingdom I should truly strive for
is one unbound by species or birth,
**[16:16] Leonhart**
where people are free to love
and be loved as they are.
**[16:34] El**
Hey! It's the lady from that time!
**[16:38] Leonhart**
No doubt some of you cannot forgive me
for having human blood and hiding it.
**[16:44] Leonhart**
But I want you to trust me one more time.
**[16:46] Leonhart**
With Sariphi at my side, I swear to
defend Ozmargo until my dying breath.
**[16:54] Leonhart**
Once more, I want you to entrust all
of your presents and your futures
**[17:00] Leonhart**
to me, as the new king of Ozmargo:
**[17:03] Leonhart**
Leonhart!
**[17:13] Bolas**
Long live King Leonhart!
**[17:15] Bolas's Mother**
Long live Queen Sariphi!
**[17:25] Sariphi**
*That's my Leonhart.*
**[17:46] Anubis**
Tomorrow, our second meeting
with Yoana will proceed as planned.
**[17:51] Anubis**
Forgive me for rushing you, sire,
**[17:53] Anubis**
but please prepare immediately
after the ceremony.
**[17:55] Leonhart**
I understand.
**[17:57] Leonhart**
This is the most vital time.
**[17:59] Leonhart**
Even newlyweds must attend
to serious matters.
**[18:02] Anubis**
You need have no fear.
**[18:04] Jormungand**
We will devote our hearts and souls to
Your Majesty more than ever before.
**[18:10] Leonhart**
I'm counting on you.
**[18:12] Priest**
Queen Sariphi is ready now.
**[18:30] Sariphi**
H-How do I look?
**[18:34] Leonhart**
You look lovely.
**[18:35] Leonhart**
My queen is more beautiful
than anything in the world.
**[18:41] Leonhart**
Come. It's time.
**[18:43] Sariphi**
Oh, just one thing first.
**[18:47] Sariphi**
Before I become queen for real,
I want you to hear
**[18:51] Sariphi**
how I feel now, just as me.
**[18:55] Sariphi**
I grew up in the small northern village of Noel.
**[19:00] Sariphi**
I had a mom, a dad, and a big sister.
**[19:03] Sariphi**
I never doubted that I was happy...
**[19:07] Sariphi**
until I learned about the sacrifices.
**[19:10] Sariphi**
I accepted my destiny.
**[19:12] Sariphi**
That was so much easier than
brooding over or struggling against it.
**[19:17] Sariphi**
But...
**[19:19] Sariphi**
I was really just running
from my own feelings.
**[19:23] Sariphi**
I was always weak.
**[19:25] Sariphi**
But, you know,
**[19:27] Sariphi**
everything changed when I met you.
**[19:30] Sariphi**
Because you chose me, I was
able to face my own destiny.
**[19:37] Sariphi**
And now, from the bottom of my heart,
**[19:41] Sariphi**
I feel truly glad that I lived to see today!
**[19:46] Sariphi**
So I hope you'll stay with
me forever, warts and all.
**[19:52] Leonhart**
Yes. I feel the same.
**[19:55] Sariphi**
*I'm so glad that I was born me.*
**[20:01] Sariphi**
*Say, Leo.*
**[20:03] Sariphi**
*Tomorrow, and the day after,*
**[20:05] Sariphi**
*even a decade or a century from now,*
**[20:07] Sariphi**
I'll always feel this way.
**[20:09] Sariphi**
* I was truly lucky to get to live*
* with everyone and by your side.*
**[20:16] Sariphi**
*Truly.*
**[20:17] Leonhart**
Let's go, Sariphi.
**[20:19] Sariphi**
Right.
**[20:21] Sariphi**
*This is only the beginning.*
**[20:23] Sariphi**
* For this kingdom,*
* for everyone... and for us.*
**[20:32] Clops**
Your Highness!
**[20:33] Clops**
Prince Richard!
**[20:35] Clops**
You slipped out of your lessons again!
**[20:38] Clops**
Lord Anubis will be furious with us!
**[20:40] Cy**
Us!
**[20:41] Richard**
That's the problem!
**[20:43] Richard**
I can't stand Anubis because he's always angry.
**[20:46] Richard**
That's why I run away!
**[20:51] Clops**
We've got you now.
**[20:56] Clops**
No fair, Your Highness!
**[20:56] Maidservant A**
Goodness!
**[20:58] Maidservant A**
Prince Richard's transformations
barely faze me anymore.
**[21:03] Maidservant B**
Same here.
**[21:03] Maidservant B**
I never thought the day would come
that I got used to seeing humans.
**[21:10] Amit**
Prince Richard is certainly
a lively young man, isn't he?
**[21:14] Jormungand**
Yes, although I worry he may be
too rambunctious for his own good.
**[21:18] Jormungand**
King Leonhart could never have
spent his youth like that.
**[21:23] Jormungand**
When I think of that,
his childishness seems charming.
**[21:28] Jormungand**
If I had a child of my own, I'd want them
to be unfettered like the prince.
**[21:34] Amit**
I feel the same way.
**[21:38] Amit**
O-Only hypothetically, of course.
**[21:41] Jormungand**
Yes, hypothetically.
**[21:44] Lanteveldt**
Gotcha.
**[21:45] Richard**
Lante! What gives?!
**[21:47] Richard**
I thought you were on my side!
**[21:50] Lanteveldt**
Sorry, Your Highness. I side with Her Majesty.
**[21:54] Lanteveldt**
Come on. The chancellor is waiting for you.
**[21:58] Anubis**
Now, let us resume your lesson.
**[22:01] Richard**
I've had enough!
**[22:03] Richard**
I'd rather train with Lante than study.
**[22:07] Richard**
A king of beasts just has to be strong, right?
**[22:10] Anubis**
Those days are over.
**[22:14] Anubis**
You'll need more than powerful
magic to become a great king.
**[22:18] Anubis**
You must learn history and culture,
both domestic and foreign,
**[22:21] Anubis**
broaden your horizons, and become
a king who can guide others.
**[22:25] Richard**
Guide others?
**[22:27] Anubis**
Indeed.
**[22:28] Anubis**
Listen to the voices of many people
and sympathize with their pain.
**[22:32] Anubis**
That is how your father and mother
have guided our land to this day.
**[22:41] Richard**
Hey, Anubis,
**[22:42] Richard**
in that case, tell me about
my mom and dad today!
**[22:45] Richard**
I wanna hear about what they
did before they had me!
**[22:47] Anubis**
What?
**[22:48] Anubis**
Oh, very well.
**[22:51] Anubis**
That *is* part of what a monarch ought to know.
**[22:54] Richard**
Yes!
**[22:55] Anubis**
But you mustn't tell your
father that I told you.
**[22:59] Richard**
Right!
**[23:01] Anubis**
In those days, our land was still entirely
isolated from Yoana diplomatically.
**[23:07] Anubis**
The one exception to this inviolable
rule was the practice of sacrifice,
**[23:11] Anubis**
by means of which a lone
girl came to our land.
**[23:15] Anubis**
At first, I saw her as a wretched creature...
**[23:21] King of Maskviana**
At the ends of the earth,
blanketed by miasma,
**[23:24] King of Maskviana**
lay a kingdom that was once
called a forbidden realm.
**[23:28] King of Maskviana**
There lived many beasts,
ruled over by a kindly king
**[23:33] King of Maskviana**
and a happy sacrificial princess.