# 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!