# E12 - The Price of Smiles
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***SIGN*** The Price of Smiles
***SIGN*** The Price of Smiles
***SIGN*** The Price of Smiles
**[01:37] fb**
They're not the Order.
**[01:38] fb**
A margrave army, maybe?
**[01:40] fb**
You think they're deserting?
**[01:42] fb**
That's the old Verde territory ahead...
**[01:45] fb**
We can't let them escape!
**[01:52] fb**
I guess we can't shake them off.
**[01:54] fb**
You go on. We'll hold them off.
**[01:58] fb**
Princess Yuki.
**[02:00] fb**
Get away from the window.
**[02:02] fb**
O-Okay.
**[02:09] fb**
Hey. Wasn't that...
**[02:13] fb**
Damn it!
**[02:17] lily**
Initiating attack!
**[02:18] guy**
Lily, go right!
I'll go left and head them off!
**[02:21] stel**
Hang on! I'm on my way!
**[02:24] yuki**
Lune, what's our position?
**[02:26] lune**
Ninety kilometers to the
old Empire of Verde territory.
**[02:29] lune**
If we manage to shake them off, we can
reach our destination by midnight.
**[02:34] yuki**
I see...
**[02:36] yuki**
Increase our speed to maximum.
**[02:38] yuki**
We need to get there as quickly as possible.
**[02:44] lily**
I'm sorry.
**[02:45] lily**
We were hoping to capture a
pilot for questioning, but...
**[02:50] guy**
They were fighting tooth and nail,
**[02:51] guy**
so we couldn't hold back, either...
**[02:53] guy**
The result is plain to see.
**[02:55] break**
Why would they be so desperate?
**[02:57] break**
It's odd behavior for a rural squadron...
**[02:59] lily**
Hey... what do you think of this?
**[03:03] huey**
Hey! This is...
**[03:09] stel**
Yuki Soleil, Princess of
the Kingdom of Soleil.
**[03:12] stel**
I'm sure of it.
**[03:14] huey**
But why?
**[03:15] huey**
Shouldn't the princess be leading
the big face-off right now?
**[03:18] guy**
You think she's abandoning her people?
**[03:21] lily**
If so, it's unforgivable!
**[03:23] lily**
Doesn't she care at all about
the soldiers on the front lines?
**[03:29] break**
Anyway, I'll make the report.
**[03:38] eine**
What's that? Yuki Soleil?
**[03:40] aide**
Yes.
**[03:41] aide**
The data analyst says it's
extremely likely to be her.
**[03:47] eine**
Where was she sighted?
**[03:49] aide**
Put it on.
**[03:53] eine**
That region...
**[03:54] eine**
Going north would take them to the
experimental facility in the Empire of Verde.
**[03:59] aide**
Indeed.
**[04:00] eine**
If it really could shut down chrars at will,
**[04:04] eine**
its military value would be incalculable.
**[04:06] eine**
That is why our empire did
not dismantle the facility.
**[04:11] aide**
At the emperor's command, of course.
**[04:14] eine**
If the Kingdom has the
technology to activate it,
**[04:19] eine**
and they're able to stop
only our army's chrars...
**[04:24] aide**
The tide would be turned immediately.
**[04:27] eine**
Form a dragnet.
**[04:29] eine**
Find the princess at any cost.
**[04:32] aide**
Yes, ma'am.
**[04:33] eine**
Contact all forces.
**[04:34] eine**
Begin the full-scale offensive!
**[04:42] james**
That's all the time we'll
be buying, I suppose...
**[04:44] james**
Return fire!
**[04:45] james**
They have an overwhelming material advantage.
**[04:47] james**
Don't engage them head-on!
Draw out the fighting as long as you can!
**[04:50] crew**
Sir!
**[05:02] guy**
Is the main battle still going?
**[05:05] huey**
Yeah, it's been four hours now.
**[05:08] guy**
The Kingdom's really hanging in there, huh?
**[05:11] lily**
Here and here...
**[05:13] lily**
And this is the last place
a sighting was reported.
**[05:16] stel**
All their theurgears have been destroyed.
**[05:18] stel**
The last image is just the two vehicles.
**[05:21] lily**
So they didn't bring any other squads?
**[05:23] lily**
Pretty light guard for a
princess, don't you think?
**[05:27] break**
I just got our orders.
**[05:29] break**
We're to go north and enter the
old Empire of Verde territory.
**[05:34] huey**
But there's nothing up there!
**[05:36] break**
Break's over! Let's go.
**[05:41] huey**
Hey.
**[05:45] stel**
This is...
**[05:46] huey**
I just happened to find it.
**[05:48] huey**
It's like a good luck charm for you, right?
**[05:50] huey**
Not good to be without it...
**[05:52] huey**
I couldn't sleep at night
if you died on me first.
***SIGN*** Old Verde Territory
**[06:10] lune**
Lune here. Nothing in the area.
**[06:13] yuni**
Roger. Stay on guard there.
**[06:19] yuki**
This is the Empire of Verde's
experimental facility.
**[06:23] lay**
I don't see any damage.
**[06:26] lay**
It might just...
**[06:32] lay**
We're hooking up the new chrars units.
**[06:36] lay**
Based on the data Lord Izana sent us,
**[06:38] lay**
I matched the unit model to the old
Imperial standard before we left.
**[06:45] lay**
It should finally let the facility
execute its original purpose.
**[06:49] yuki**
Miss Layla... you really
were a chrars researcher...
**[06:54] lay**
It's ironic.
**[06:56] lay**
I thought I'd forgotten all of this.
**[07:00] lay**
I'll be fine.
**[07:02] lay**
Beginning energy distribution.
**[07:18] guy**
What's with that light?
**[07:19] break**
Looks like we found 'em...
**[07:22] huey**
*An Order machine?*
**[07:24] huey**
*Where'd it even come from?*
**[07:25] guy**
*Is that it? Just that one?*
**[07:27] lily**
*I can't be sure.*
**[07:29] stel**
Let's wait for reinforcements.
**[07:31] stel**
There could be others lying in wait.
**[07:33] huey**
*Sounds smart to me.*
**[07:35] break**
*No, we're all going to charge in at once.*
**[07:37] break**
We have a direct order
from Chief of Staff Eine:
**[07:40] break**
"Stop the princess, even if
it costs you your lives."
**[07:43] lily**
Why?!
**[07:43] huey**
Who knows?
**[07:45] huey**
We're just disposable pawns to them anyway.
**[07:47] stel**
I'll take the lead.
**[07:49] stel**
You support me.
**[07:50] lily**
Stella!
**[07:51] huey**
You idiot! After all that
crap you said to me...
**[07:53] stel**
*Don't worry.*
**[07:55] stel**
*I won't throw my life away.*
**[07:58] stel**
Let's all live through this.
**[08:00] stel**
Initiating plan!
**[08:01] stel**
Let's go!
**[08:02] all**
Roger!
**[08:08] lune**
*The enemy have found us.*
**[08:10] lune**
*Hurry up, you guys!*
**[08:11] yuki**
Lune!
**[08:16] stel**
More Order machines?
**[08:18] lily**
Stella, you stay there!
**[08:19] lily**
Huey, go back her up!
**[08:21] huey**
Shut up! Don't order me around!
**[08:34] yuni**
Why, you...!
**[09:00] yuni**
One enemy has entered the facility!
**[09:03] lay**
Princess Yuki, go to the main floor.
**[09:06] yuki**
Come with me, Miss Layla!
**[09:07] lay**
I can't leave just yet.
**[09:10] lay**
Go.
**[09:12] lay**
You must not waste our faith in you.
**[09:21] yuki**
Okay. I'll be waiting upstairs.
**[09:37] stel**
Was that...
**[09:39] sol**
Generator unit holding stable.
**[09:41] sol**
It'll reach critical—
**[10:01] lay**
It's no use.
**[10:02] lay**
The entire facility is powered now.
**[10:06] stel**
What are you people doing—
**[10:18] lay**
This facility can shut down chrars at will.
**[10:23] lay**
If we shut down the chrars,
**[10:26] lay**
our civilization's weapons will
all become worthless scrap.
**[10:32] lay**
That is what our ruler, Princess Yuki, wants.
**[10:37] stel**
*What the princess wants?*
**[10:39] stel**
* It seems unbelievable...*
* but if what she's saying is true...*
**[10:44] stel**
* Is she going to use that power*
* to destroy the Imperial Army?*
**[10:50] stel**
* That would explain the*
* chief of staff's order...*
**[10:55] lay**
Princess Yuki merely wishes to end the war.
**[10:58] lay**
Even if it means earning the world's censure,
**[11:01] lay**
she is prepared to see through her ideals.
**[11:04] stel**
*Then it's true...*
**[11:06] lay**
Imperial soldier.
**[11:08] lay**
I know that you, too, have seen many
terrible sights on the battlefield.
**[11:13] lay**
If such things cause you any pain at all...
**[11:58] lay**
I'm so glad...
**[12:00] stel**
You...
**[12:02] lay**
You survived...
**[12:09] lay**
You can't save me.
**[12:11] lay**
Don't worry about me.
**[12:19] lay**
Princess Yuki... although she acts
strong, she is still a child.
**[12:28] lay**
Please help her... Help Yuki.
**[12:35] lay**
You, who have such kind eyes...
**[12:39] lay**
With her... together...
**[12:42] lay**
I know you will...
**[12:45] lay**
bring smiles... to all the
people of this planet...
**[12:49] lay**
My dear... daughters...
**[12:57] stel**
Why... Why did you save me?
**[13:13] stel**
*Stop the chrars?*
**[13:16] stel**
*Impossible. It can't be done.*
**[13:23] stel**
*But if it means...*
**[13:42] yuki**
You're late, Miss Layla—
**[13:46] yuki**
Who are you?
**[13:47] stel**
What does it matter?
**[13:48] stel**
I'm nothing, compared to
the princess of a country.
**[13:52] yuki**
Where's Miss Layla?
**[13:54] yuki**
Did you see her in the room downstairs?
**[13:56] yuki**
She's important to me!
**[13:59] stel**
That woman... Ah, that person...
**[14:04] stel**
The ceiling came down, and for some reason...
**[14:08] stel**
to save me, she...
**[14:18] stel**
She said you plan to stop the chrars.
**[14:20] stel**
Are you planning to destroy
our Imperial Army?
**[14:25] yuki**
Did Miss Layla tell you that?
**[14:29] yuki**
Yes. But I'm not doing
it to defeat the Empire.
**[14:32] yuki**
I want to disable all of the world's weapons,
**[14:36] yuki**
so that we'll never have war again.
**[14:41] yuki**
I've seen so much of it...
**[14:43] yuki**
People dying because of me...
**[14:47] yuki**
People dying for me...
**[14:51] yuki**
I never want it to happen again.
**[14:54] yuki**
So I...
**[14:57] stel**
Even if you do get rid of the weapons,
**[14:59] stel**
the same thing will happen again.
**[15:01] stel**
People will kill each other.
**[15:03] yuki**
But if we don't do anything,
**[15:06] yuki**
more and more people will
die because of the chrars!
**[15:09] yuki**
It's not right!
**[15:12] yuki**
I know. I know it's not that simple,
**[15:15] yuki**
but I want to believe...
that humans are good.
**[15:22] yuki**
That they can stop fighting
and live together, smiling.
**[15:28] stel**
That's just what someone
raised in a palace would say.
**[15:33] stel**
I can't go along with it.
**[15:36] stel**
What would a princess know about our lives?
**[15:39] stel**
About the people forced to spend
their lives crawling in the dirt?
**[15:43] stel**
Stop the chrars, you say?
**[15:46] stel**
That's going to shut down
more than the weapons!
**[15:49] stel**
It'll mean losing all the energy
we need to live our lives!
**[15:52] stel**
Not everyone can endure a life like that!
**[15:55] stel**
Things will get harder than they are now!
**[15:58] yuki**
But it's better than losing
more people we care about!
**[16:06] stel**
*I don't want to admit it.*
**[16:11] stel**
*But...*
**[16:13] stel**
* somewhere in my heart, I've been*
* thinking the same thing as her...*
**[16:18] (Flashback) fb**
Please help her... Help Yuki.
**[16:31] yuki**
With passion and will, we can do anything.
**[16:35] yuki**
That's something...
someone I loved always said to me.
**[16:40] yuki**
I don't care if everyone
in the world hates me.
**[16:43] yuki**
I... I still...
**[16:55] stel**
*What do I do? To make a world...*
**[16:58] stel**
* A world where they don't have to fight...*
* Where they can smile...*
**[17:04] stel**
* If it's really possible to*
* make something like that...*
**[17:14] stel**
This will really shut them down?
**[17:17] yuki**
Why...
**[17:18] stel**
The person I owe my life to
said something to me, too:
**[17:21] stel**
"See them through."
**[17:24] stel**
I think I'll take my chances
**[17:26] stel**
to see what kind of future you'll bring us.
**[17:30] stel**
I'll be court-martialed
for this, to be sure...
**[17:32] yuki**
What's your name?
**[17:36] stel**
Stella.
**[17:38] stel**
Stella Shining.
**[17:43] yuki**
Thank you.
**[18:29] huey**
What's going on? Hey!
**[18:34] yuni**
Princess Yuki...
**[21:04] emp**
Please sign the terms of armistice.
**[21:08] yuki**
Summer has come.
**[21:10] yuki**
The shutdown of the chrars
has restored the crops.
**[21:14] stel**
But the world is still in chaos.
**[21:19] yuki**
The people who escaped Hariant are
gradually returning to the city.
**[21:25] stel**
The members of the Buerger Squad
have all begun walking new paths.
**[21:34] yuni**
We've received a request from the Empire.
**[21:37] yuni**
They're asking if we have any documents
left from the migration era,
**[21:39] yuni**
and if we can make them public.
**[21:41] lune**
It's certainly tempting to go back
to pre-chrars technology, but...
**[21:45] james**
We must be as careful as possible.
**[21:47] james**
We can't afford to make
the same mistakes again.
**[21:53] yuki**
Please, watch over us, everyone.
**[21:58] stel**
Regardless of the resentments
of the past, just as you wished,
**[22:04] stel**
we're going to live on, hand in hand.
**[22:08] lily**
Welcome!
**[22:09] lily**
Thanks for coming all this way!
**[22:13] man**
What's this?
**[22:14] man**
It's weird!
**[22:16] yuki**
Cute, isn't it?
**[22:17] lily**
Yeah, it is! I want one, too!
**[22:21] lily**
Um...
**[22:22] lily**
Thank you for your intervention
with the military command.
**[22:27] yuki**
You mean, about Stella?
**[22:29] lily**
Yes.
**[22:30] lily**
Her punishment was minimal, thanks to you.
**[22:33] lily**
She's off doing service
with the security team now
**[22:36] lily**
because they're so short-handed...
**[22:38] man**
Here, a thank-you.
**[22:40] man**
Enjoy it with the children.
**[22:42] stel**
Not at all.
**[22:44] stel**
And thank you, as always.
**[22:53] stel**
It's been a long time.
**[22:54] stel**
Thank you for talking to the army for me.
**[22:57] yuki**
Well, we need you to see
them through, after all.
**[23:04] stel**
That reminds me...
**[23:05] yuki**
Yes.
**[23:07] yuki**
They're blooming beautifully, aren't they?
**[23:10] yuki**
Ours are, too.
**[23:15] yuki**
*This is the story of two girls...*
**[23:20] stella**
*...born on a planet...*
**[23:30] both**
*...far, far away.*