E5 - At the End of an Ashen Journey

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[00:06] Rufus
    Thank you for taking the time to be here,
[00:09] Rufus
    General Aurelia and
    Brigadier General Wallace.
[00:13] Aurelia
    You displayed incredible skill and savvy
    in the Imperial annexation of Crossbell.
[00:17] Aurelia
    Well done, Governor General Rufus.
[00:19] Rufus
    You flatter me.
[00:22] Rufus
    It was merely a result of carrying
    out the duties given to me.
[00:25] Lechter
    Starting off with some banal pleasantries...
[00:29] Rufus
    I hope the North Ambrian government
    accepts our demand for reparations.
[00:34] Lechter
    A talented diplomat familiar with
    working with both nobles and commoners, huh?
SIGN    It all depends on the Lightning Lord of the North, Master Glark.
[00:43] Rufus
    Once upon a time, not a day would go by
    in Zemuria without hearing his name,
[00:49] Rufus
    but now, you could call him a relic of the past...
[00:52] Rufus
    a mere puppet of the government.
[00:54] Aurelia
    You would do well not to underestimate those who
    have faced death and lived to tell the tale.
[00:58] Aurelia
    The North Ambrian Disaster,
[01:00] Aurelia
    and the chaos, riots, and revolution
    that began after the Salt Pale appeared...
[01:05] Aurelia
    And it seems there are snakes hiding
    in the grass up north, as well.
[01:08] Lechter
    Trust the Golden Rakshasa to be on the ball.
[01:11] Rufus
    History cannot be rewritten.
[01:14] Rufus
    But in the future to come,
    there will be no "nobles" or "commoners."
[01:18] Rufus
    For the prosperity of our Erebonian Empire,
[01:21] Rufus
    I hope you two will continue
    to dedicate yourself to the cause.
[01:26] Rufus
    And if the need arises, we can also call
    upon the Empire's hero as a trump card.
[01:31] Aurelia
    The Ashen Chevalier?
[01:33] Aurelia
    I pray the day he stands
    on the battlefield never comes.
SIGN    A figurehead hero, or a hero of the past who loses his homeland...
SIGN    Which one is more pitiful, I wonder.
[01:45] Lechter
    The annexation of North Ambria
    is set in stone, I see.
[01:54] Talion
    We didn't learn anything
    new in Legram, either.
[01:59] Marty
    They went to the trouble
    of luring us into the Empire.
[02:03] Marty
    There must be something
    they want to tell us.
[02:06] Lavian
    So, they'll contact us?
[02:08] Marty
    We'll find out eventually.
[02:11] Talion
    You can be nonchalant about this,
[02:13] Talion
    but I'm the one who's
    making the scheduled calls!
[02:16] Talion
    Even with my Enigma, I get chills
    from that absolute-zero smile of hers!
[02:20] (Flashback) Jayna
    No need to rush! I have high hopes for you!
[02:24] Talion
    If we can't find intel on the Imperial hero
    or that mysterious Soldat,
[02:30] Talion
    we may never set foot
    in our homeland again...
[02:33] Lavian
    I'll make sure that doesn't happen.
[02:40] Talion
    Let's refocus and ensure this
    scouting mission succeeds!
[02:44] Talion
    We'll return to Bareahard, and...
[02:46] Iseria
    Ta–dah!
[02:48] Iseria
    Look at these souvenirs I bought in Legram!
[02:51] Iseria
    Let's try playing this, Lavi.
[02:56] Talion
    More money wasted...
[02:58] Iseria
    What's your problem?!
[02:59] Iseria
    A maiden must always buy
    memorabilia! For posterity!
[03:02] Iseria
    That's how we remember each
    shining moment of our lives!
[03:17] David
    Sis?
[03:19] Jean
    Oh, to think a day would come when
    I would ride the same train as commoners!
[03:26] Jean
    Life is a surging and swirling river,
[03:29] Jean
    a sheer cascade of wonder
    and new discoveries!
[03:34] Jean
    Butler, I'll have some caviar.
[03:37] Butler
    I'm truly sorry, Master,
[03:39] Butler
    but I don't think caviar is on the menu.
[03:42] Jean
    What? No caviar?!
[03:45] Jean
    What do the commoners even eat, then?
[03:47] Jean
    Do they have foie gras?
[03:48] Marty
    Wanna get some boxed lunches?
[03:49] Butler
    I don't believe so.
[03:50] Lavian
    Yeah.
[03:51] Jean
    Truffles, then?
[03:51] Cartlady
    I recommend this one.
[03:52] Butler
    I'm truly sorry.
[03:54] Jean
    What do they even have?!
[03:55] Lavian
    Hup.
[03:56] Marty
    Huh? Hey!
[03:57] Marty
    That looks so expensive!
SIGN    Trails of Cold Steel
SIGN    Trails of Cold Steel
SIGN    The Legend of Heroes: - Northern War
SIGN    At the End of an Ashen Journey
[05:49] M. Passenger
    You can't do this to me!
[05:50] Butler
    Master.
[05:52] Butler
    It appears to be a fissure, one of the
    many reported around Bareahard lately.
[05:57] Jean
    Could it be? Is this a trial given to me
    by the Goddess of the Sky, Aidios?!
[06:03] Butler
    No, it's the work of monsters.
[06:06] Butler
    It seems that Interim Lord Jusis,
    from House Albarea,
[06:09] Butler
    dispatched countless extermination squads
    from Bareahard, but to no avail.
[06:14] Butler
    Now, even the government has directly
    issued an extermination order, or so I hear.
[06:19] M. Passenger
    I'm in a hurry here!
[06:20] F. Passenger
    When are we gonna get moving again?
[06:23] Conductor
    We should be back on track by tonight...
[06:25] Jean
    I have grown thirsty.
    Butler, some champagne.
[06:28] Butler
    Master, we do not have any champagne.
[06:31] Jean
    Oh, Aidios! What am I supposed
    to drink if not champagne?!
[06:37] Jean
    I'd take sparkling wine, too!
[06:38] Iseria
    He's one noisy guy.
[06:39] Jean
    Maybe even beer!
[06:40] Lavian
    Let me go shut him up.
[06:42] Jean
    What do we have, then?!
[06:42] Talion
    Don't you dare.
[06:43] Conductor
    We need to repair the tracks.
[06:46] Butler
    But we're right in the middle of two cities.
[06:50] Butler
    Even if we call for help,
    it'll be night before they arrive.
[06:54] Jean
    You don't say!
[06:55] Marty
    We'll just have to do it ourselves, then.
[06:58] Talion
    First, we need to clear out all that dirt.
[07:01] Jean
    Oh, how wonderful!
[07:04] Jean
    All right, everyone! Get to those repairs!
[07:09] M. Passenger
    Who does he think he is?
[07:12] Jean
    Butler! Butler! Butler!
[07:17] Talion
    Lavi!
[07:25] Lavian
    Why'd I have to take Curly Boy's place?
[07:28] Talion
    Are you okay, Lavi?!
[07:30] Lavian
    Keep it down, Tally!
[07:32] Lavian
    Don't yell. I can hear you.
[07:34] Talion
    Oh, good. You're fine.
[07:36] Lavian
    Looks like I fell into
    an old underground waterway.
[07:39] Talion
    A waterway? Then there should be
    an exit to the surface somewhere.
[07:44] Lavian
    Yeah. I'll find one somehow...
[07:49] Talion
    Lavi? Lavi?!
[07:58] Rean
    This way!
[08:07] Rean
    Jump! Quick!
[08:10] Rean
    Come on!
[08:27] Rean
    It's gone.
[08:28] Rean
    You don't look hurt, thankfully.
[08:33] Talion
    Will she be okay by herself?
[08:35] Iseria
    She might go out of control again.
[08:38] Talion
    She's moody in the mornings,
    always leaves carrots on her plate...
[08:42] Talion
    She can't even go on an errand by herself!
[08:45] Marty
    Uh, how does any of that matter underground?
[08:47] Iseria
    But as tough as she looks,
    she's still just a fifteen year old girl!
[08:53] Talion
    Wait for me, Lavi! I'll be right there!
[08:57] Marty
    Look, she'll be back sooner or later.
[09:00] Talion
    Don't make her sound like some lost puppy!
[09:02] Marty
    We just need to do what we can.
[09:05] Marty
    We should get things back on track
    by the time Lavi comes back.
[09:08] Talion
    I've changed my mind about you, Supervisor!
[09:11] Talion
    You act to help those in trouble,
    not just out of self-interest!
[09:13] Iseria
    What? Can't we just ignore the tracks?
[09:18] Iseria
    We can walk.
[09:20] Marty
    Uh, we've already paid for four tickets.
[09:24] Talian
    Ouch!
[09:27] Rean
    So you protected a passenger
    from a monster attack,
[09:29] Rean
    and ended up falling into
    this underground waterway?
[09:33] Rean
    I'm sorry.
[09:34] Rean
    We're here on government orders
    to exterminate that monster.
SIGN    The path we used to come here had been sealed off.
[09:43] Rean
    Looks like we'll have to find a new way out.
[09:51] Rean
    She's Altina. And this is Claiomh Solais.
[09:55] Rean
    I'm a provisional military officer
    with the Imperial Crossbell government.
[10:00] Rean
    Rean Schwarzer.
[10:01] Rean
    And you?
[10:03] Lavian
    I want to get back out as quickly
    as possible. I'll do things my way.
[10:08] Rean
    Okay.
[10:09] Rean
    I guess we'll look for an exit, too.
[10:13] Rean
    Even if we happen to go
    in the same direction as you,
[10:15] Rean
    that's us doing things our way.
SIGN    Maybe so.
[10:20] Lavian
    Nobody's stopping you.
[10:22] Rean
    Thanks.
[10:47] Rean
    Back to square one, huh?
SIGN    It seems the monster with the bounty on it
SIGN    has caused many of the passageways to cave in.
[10:54] Rean
    We'll find a way out eventually.
[10:56] Lavian
    I'm not wasting any more time!
[11:20] Rean
    Judging from the flow of water, we should
    be headed the right way, upstream.
[11:26] Lavian
    If this path doesn't work,
    we just have to make a new one.
[11:30] Rean
    Wait! That's...
[11:42] Rean
    Hang in there!
[11:45] Rean
    Come on!
SIGN    So you're all right.
[11:55] Rean
    No point rushing things. Let's take a break.
[11:58] Rean
    Rean, you don't mean...
[12:02] Rean
    I always have my fishing gear with me.
[12:11] Rean
    Oh, yeah. This is important to you, right?
[12:14] Lavian
    Oh...
SIGN    It must have fallen out during that monster attack earlier.
[12:22] Rean
    I'm glad we found it
    before it got washed away.
[12:27] Rean
    Okay, should be good to go now.
[12:42] Lavian
    Lavi.
[12:43] Lavian
    Lavi. My name.
SIGN    This place seems familiar.
[13:01] Rean
    Yeah.
[13:02] Rean
    If we go right at this fork,
    we can get back to the surface.
[13:10] Rean
    I'm pretty sure that way was a dead end.
SIGN    But it's a chance to carry out our order.
[13:13] Lavian
    Wait, are you going to fight that monster?
[13:17] Rean
    If that thing goes crazy again,
    the whole bedrock may crumble.
[13:22] Rean
    We can't have any more casualties.
[13:25] Lavian
    Why go that far? Getting hurt
    for the sake of others... is stupid...
[13:31] Rean
    Yeah, maybe.
[13:32] Rean
    But if I see people in danger, I want to help them.
[13:37] Rean
    No matter who they are, I'll protect them.
[13:44] Rean
    Besides, this is the order I've been given.
[13:48] Rean
    I'm sure you're fighting to accomplish
    a goal of your own, too.
[13:56] Rean
    "But come what may,
[13:58] Rean
    keep moving forward,
    not for the sake of the past,
[14:01] Rean
    but for the sake of the future."
[14:04] Lavian
    Rean... Schwarzer...
[14:06] Rean
    I'm just quoting someone I know, though.
[14:10] Rean
    This is goodbye. I hope you get back safely.
[14:26] Lavian
    I'm a Northern Jaeger!
[14:28] Lavian
    I don't care what happens
    to an Imperial citizen!
[14:43] Lavian
    What I have to do is...
[14:55] Girl
    David!
[14:58] Jean
    What's the matter, young boy?
[15:01] David
    Why aren't you helping us?
[15:05] Jean
    It's only natural that nobles don't take
    part in manual labor like commoners do.
[15:09] David
    It's natural that you're
    the only one not doing anything?
[15:13] Jean
    That is what we Erebonian nobles...
[15:21] Jean
    No...
[15:25] Jean
    All my life, I have been
    supported by many, many people, haven't I?
[15:30] Jean
    Young boy.
[15:31] Jean
    Is there something I can help with, too?
[15:34] David
    Yeah! This way!
[15:38] Jean
    There's something I can do, as well!
[15:42] Jean
    From now on,
[15:43] Jean
    there will be no nobles or commoners!
[15:47] Butler
    You've become an upstanding
    young man, Master!
[15:49] Jean
    Butler! Where have you been?
[16:10] Rean
    Lavi! Why are you here?
[16:12] Lavian
    Well, I'm just a sore loser,
[16:15] Lavian
    so I'm here to get some payback.
[16:18] Rean
    Okay, let's do this!
[16:37] Conductor
    The repairs are finished!
[16:39] Conductor
    Thank you all so much for your help!
[16:52] Talion
    Lavi, you're okay?!
[16:55] Iseria
    Sheesh, let that relief show
    for more than a second.
[17:00] Talion
    What is that?
[17:02] Butler
    Oh, I don't believe it!
[17:04] Butler
    That must be a fang from the wanted monster
    that's been terrorizing Bareahard lately!
[17:09] Butler
    It's said that it makes
    a very nutritious boiled soup!
[17:12] Jean
    Is this the kind of thing commoners eat?
[17:15] M. Passengers
    Thank you!
[17:16] M. Passengers
    I can't believe you took down that monster!
[17:19] M. Passengers
    I'm glad you're all right!
[17:24] Jean
    Great job.
[17:27] Jean
    I would actually love
    to award you with a medal,
[17:31] Jean
    but this is all I have right now.
[17:33] Marty
    Hey!
[17:34] Iseria
    Whoa! Whoa, whoa!
[17:35] Iseria
    Come on, Lavi! We could buy a bunch
    of souvenirs with all this money!
[17:40] David
    Thanks, missy.
[17:42] Girl
    Thank you.
[17:51] Talion
    By the way, Lavi, who is that?
[17:54] Iseria
    He's a real hottie!
[17:56] Lavian
    Oh, we escaped the waterway together.
[17:58] Jean
    Hmm? Where have I seen him before?
[18:13] M. Passenger
    Monsters!
[18:17] Rean
    I'll protect everyone.
[18:18] Lavian
    Hey!
[18:21] Rean
    Valimar!
[18:31] Talion
    That's the mystery Soldat from the report!
[18:34] Talion
    Which means...
[18:36] Lavian
    Don't tell me Rean is...
[18:38] Jean
    I remember! He's the Ashen Chevalier!
[18:41] F. Passenger
    The Ashen Chevalier?!
[18:42] M. Passenger
    Oh!
[18:43] F. Passenger
    The Empire's hero!
[18:46] Lavian
    The Empire's... hero?
[19:17] M. Passengers
    As long as we have the Empire's hero,
    we have nothing to worry about!
[19:20] M. Passengers
    The Empire will rule all of Zemuria!
[19:27] (Flashback) Rean
    "But come what may,
[19:29] (Flashback) Rean
    keep moving forward,
    not for the sake of the past,
[19:32] (Flashback) Rean
    but for the sake of the future."
[19:39] Altina
    Order completed.
[19:40] Altina
    I'll make a report to the captain
    about the events of today.
[19:45] Rean
    The way she handles herself at that age...
[19:47] Rean
    There's no doubt she's a jaeger
    who's undergone special training.
[19:51] Altina
    If you think so, then why?
[19:53] Rean
    They're blending in with
    Imperial citizens incognito.
[19:56] Rean
    Is something major about to happen?
[20:01] Rean
    Altina, just how much do you—
SIGN    I don't have clearance to give you that information.
[20:09] Rean
    Right.
[20:11] M. Passenger
    Long live the Empire!
[20:12] F. Passenger
    Symbol of our power!
[20:14] M. Passenger
    Erebonia forever!
[20:16] F. Passenger
    Thank you!
[20:18] Lavian
    He was the Empire's hero?
[20:22] Talion
    He risks his life to fight
    for the Empire. Truly a hero.
[20:27] Talion
    He's a real monster,
    just like the rumors said.
[20:30] Iseria
    Too bad! He seemed like
    good boyfriend material!
[20:34] Iseria
    Right, Lavi?
[20:36] Iseria
    Lavi?
[20:41] Lavian
    It's not too late!
[20:43] Lavian
    I'll drag him out of that massive
    hunk of metal and end him—
[20:46] Marty
    Lavi.
[21:04] Lavian
    He was right there...
[21:07] Lavian
    The devil who's going to destroy
    North Ambria was right there!
[21:11] Lavian
    And I just...
[21:12] Iseria
    What are you talking about?
    You did it, Lavi!
[21:16] Talion
    That's right. We've finally
    accomplished our mission.
[21:21] Conductor
    We're departing! Please get on!
[21:29] Marty
    Let's return to our homeland.
[21:33] Lavian
    Yeah, be right there.
[21:42] Lavian
    Is this really the end?
[21:46] Lavian
    Of my journey?
[21:56] Lavian
    Come what may, I will protect North Ambria!