E9 - The Elegy of Dawn

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[00:02] yuki
    New life of Soleil.
[00:05] yuki
    In celebration of your birth,
    I grant you the royal blessing.
[00:09] yuki
    Ciel Langford.
[00:11] yuki
    May your future be one of joy and prosperity.
[00:26] har
    If you'll excuse me.
[00:34] noel
    Ciel, huh?
[00:36] noel
    That's such a great name!
[00:38] noel
    Dad's so smart!
[00:43] elisa
    Thank you for coming to the celebration
    personally, Princess Yuki.
[00:48] elisa
    Izana would have been so pleased...
[00:52] yuki
    Elisa...
[00:53] noel
    Don't cry, Mom!
[00:56] noel
    We gotta be strong until the war's over!
[00:58] noel
    'Cause Dad's being strong in Hariant, too!
[01:01] noel
    Right, Ciel?
[01:05] elisa
    That's right.
[01:07] elisa
    Well, if you'll excuse us...
[01:12] yuki
    Miss Layla... Have I been
    wrong all this time?
[01:18] yuki
    I didn't want anyone else to die...
[01:21] yuki
    But because of me...
    they just seem to keep...
[01:24] lay
    Lord Izana gave his life to
    bring you important information.
[01:29] lay
    Your royal integrity demands that
    you respect that determination.
[01:33] yuki
    I know.
[01:36] yuki
    I know that, but...
[01:45] ope
    Enemy garrison is beginning to withdraw.
[01:49] har
    Pursue.
[01:50] har
    Don't let one of them get back to
    Hariant alive. Annihilate them.
[01:55] ope
    But they've been completely demoralized...
[01:57] har
    I repeat: Annihilate them.
[02:01] har
    I know it conflicts with
    Princess Yuki's policies.
[02:05] har
    I'll take responsibility.
[02:09] ope
    Yes, sir.
[02:10] ope
    Annihilate them!
[02:16] har
    Izana, I heard the warning you
    gave your life to send me.
[02:21] har
    But...
[02:30] har
    This is the response I've chosen.
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[04:05] sen
    So we took back the State of Theras, eh?
[04:07] sen
    Scared the hell out of me when their chief
    of staff led the invasion personally, but...
[04:13] sen
    Well done. Keep the pressure
    on them, would you?
[04:17] sen
    How goes the increased
    production of the new chrars?
[04:20] har
    We're going as fast as we can.
[04:21] har
    On top of that, I have good news.
[04:23] har
    We've discovered that improving
    the placement of the new chrars
[04:28] har
    allows for far better output than before.
[04:32] har
    Using this in mobile artillery
[04:33] har
    would allow us to shell them from
     greater distances than ever before.
[04:37] sen
    Excellent!
[04:38] sen
    We'll blast those Imperial squatters
    right out of our palace!
[04:42] har
    The weapon will primarily
    serve as a show of force.
[04:45] har
    We're long past the point where powerful
    artillery alone can win us the day.
[04:51] har
    But if used prudently,
[04:53] har
    this could perhaps turn the
    tide back in our favor.
[04:56] yuki
    If that would indeed end the war,
[05:00] yuki
    I would welcome it...
[05:03] yuki
    But only if it doesn't cause
    unnecessary deaths on their side.
[05:08] har
    Princess Yuki, have you forgotten
    what happened the other day?
[05:12] har
    The Empire set an ambush
    for our withdrawing forces
[05:16] har
    and attacked them mercilessly.
[05:18] har
    As a result, the deaths
    were solely on our side.
[05:21] har
    "Treasure all lives, whether friend or foe."
[05:25] har
    It's a beautiful ideal, in principle.
[05:28] har
    But it's not realistic.
[05:31] har
    War cannot be whitewashed so easily.
[05:33] yuki
    I will not argue with you in that regard.
[05:36] yuki
    But the new chrars are another story.
[05:41] yuki
    Those assembled should be familiar by now
[05:43] yuki
    with the contents of the data Izana sent us.
[05:46] yuki
    Yet you continue to manufacture new chrars—
[05:49] har
    We do.
[05:51] har
    We have no other choice.
[05:59] yuki
    I don't believe it.
[06:01] yuki
    How could they ever face Izana after this?
[06:05] lay
    According to the research data
    the Empire was concealing,
[06:08] lay
    the scientists of the Empire of
    Verde had independently realized
[06:11] lay
    the chrars' negative impact
    on the environment.
[06:15] lay
    It would happen over the course
    of a millennium or two...
[06:18] lay
    But if we kept using chrars, the planet's soil
    would eventually turn barren.
[06:23] lay
    The Empire of Verde perceived the new chrars,
[06:26] lay
    which would hasten that
    process, as dangerous.
[06:30] lay
    That perception eventually led to the
    terrorist act of twelve years ago.
[06:34] yuki
    Do you think Mother and Father knew?
[06:38] lay
    I suspect that Verde first
    tried amicably to inform
[06:42] lay
    both sides about the danger of the chrars.
[06:46] lay
    But the information never
    reached the royal couple.
[06:51] lay
    Somebody smothered it.
[06:54] lay
    Them, most likely.
[06:57] lay
    Grandiga also suppressed the information.
[07:00] lay
    The Empire of Verde fell,
[07:03] lay
    and the survivors perpetrated
    that act of terrorism,
[07:07] lay
    killing the royal couple,
    and many others, in the process...
[07:12] yuki
    Miss Layla... did you lose...
    someone important to you, then?
[07:18] yuki
    I just had a feeling...
[07:19] yuki
    But I couldn't ask before now...
[07:23] yuki
    I guess you don't want to tell me about it...
[07:26] lay
    Princess Yuki...
[07:29] yuki
    And so, Miss Layla told me everything.
[07:34] yuki
    How she was caught up in the
    same incident my parents were,
[07:37] yuki
    and lost everything...
[07:39] yuki
    How she didn't feel like
    returning to the Empire...
[07:42] yuki
    and with Izana's help, started a new life...
[07:48] lay
    Princess Yuki, I have a favor to ask you.
[07:52] lay
    As a former chrars researcher,
[07:55] lay
    there is something about the information
    Lord Izana left us that concerns me.
[07:59] lay
    Could I have time to analyze it?
[08:01] yuki
    Yes. Please do.
[08:06] yuki
    The Royal Army mass-produced the new chrars,
[08:09] yuki
    and managed to keep the
    Imperial Army at bay...
[08:12] yuki
    The war fell into a stalemate again.
[08:15] yuki
    Casualties between the two
    armies exceeded 300,000.
[08:28] yuki
    Winter will come soon...
[08:30] yuki
    What will happen to these children
    if we can't get enough food?
[08:39] yuki
    Then one day, as autumn neared its end...
[08:43] har
    It is now about 90% complete.
[08:46] har
    The Excessarca is expected to
    collect the parts tomorrow morning
[08:49] har
    to carry them to the front line.
[08:52] har
    What brings you here today?
[08:54] lay
    Could I use one of the new
    chrars test facilities?
[08:58] lay
    I only require an hour.
[09:00] har
    If you wish.
[09:01] yuki
    Thank you. Let's go.
[09:04] har
    Wait a minute.
[09:06] har
    I'll show you the way.
[09:12] har
    What's in there?
[09:14] lay
    You'll see soon enough.
[09:34] yuki
    Miss Layla, what are those?
[09:37] lay
    Microscopic mechanisms found
    in our planet's atmosphere.
[09:41] lay
    Ancient nanomachines.
[09:44] lay
    The data Lord Izana sent
    allowed me to identify them.
[09:48] lay
    It's my first time seeing
    them this way, as well, but...
[09:53] lay
    These nanomachines were released
[09:55] lay
    by our ancestors to terraform the planet.
[09:59] lay
    These self-replicating nanomachines
    dissolved into the atmosphere,
[10:02] lay
    became part of its composition,
[10:03] lay
    and rendered the planet
    capable of sustaining life.
[10:07] lay
    But as generations passed from
    the initial immigration,
[10:10] lay
    the knowledge and technology were lost.
[10:16] lay
    In time, something unexpected happened...
[10:19] lay
    A mineral unique to this planet,
     the chrarslapis, was discovered.
[10:24] lay
    This revolutionary mineral provided
    limitless clean energy...
[10:28] lay
    But the idea of something coming
    from nothing is pure fantasy.
[10:33] lay
    They should have questioned
    it from the start.
[10:36] lay
    By coincidence, the chrars had a natural
    resonance with the nanomachines.
[10:41] lay
    The energy that seemed to
    be produced by the chrars
[10:44] lay
    was actually the energy that
    powered the nanomachines,
[10:46] lay
    extracted through that resonance.
[10:50] lay
    In effect, the chrars are
    draining the nanomachines.
[10:56] lay
    With continued usage, as you can see,
    the nanomachines begin to die out...
[11:01] har
    ...And the planet's environment degrades.
[11:04] har
    You're saying the Empire
    of Verde realized that?
[11:10] yuki
    Miss Layla!
[11:11] lay
    I'm almost finished.
[11:12] lay
    Try not to look directly at the light.
[11:23] lay
    Do not worry.
[11:24] lay
    The experiment was a success.
[11:27] lay
    Continuous overburdening of a new chrars
[11:32] lay
    shut down its resonance
    with the nanomachines.
[11:36] har
    Are you saying...
[11:38] lay
    Yes. The chrars lost its ability to
    channel energy from the nanomachines.
[11:44] lay
    The result is all around you.
[11:46] har
    I see...
[11:48] har
    It would be impossible to keep
    fighting under such circumstances.
[11:52] har
    It's the greatest weapon I've ever seen.
[11:55] har
    If we turned this on the Imperial Army,
[11:57] har
    the Kingdom could end the war victorious!
[12:06] knight
    90% of our energy supply has been disrupted.
[12:08] knight
    The security system remains down, as well.
[12:11] har
    Maintain maximum vigilance
    with the naked eye.
[12:13] har
    Let me know the moment the
    Excessarca is in sight.
[12:17] man
    Yes, sir.
[12:18] op
    Uncertainty is spreading among the staff.
[12:21] op
    It's late in the season,
    and we'll need ways to keep warm...
[12:24] har
    Distribute emergency rations.
[12:26] har
    Camping will be permitted within
    200 meters of the facility.
[12:29] har
    Tell the heads of each department
    to keep a firm hand on their staff.
[12:36] yuki
    Miss Layla, how long will
    things be like this?
[12:39] lay
    I believe power will be restored by dawn.
[12:42] lay
    Forgive me.
[12:43] lay
    I didn't expect it to
    affect such a wide area...
[12:47] lay
    My simulations had it limited
    to ten meters of the experi—
[12:58] lay
    Ouch!
[13:00] yu
    What was that sound she just made?
[13:04] har
    Not used to keeping a fire?
[13:07] har
    Another lifelong city dweller, I see...
[13:09] har
    I'll take over.
[13:10] har
    Camping's something I can handle.
[13:16] har
    It's getting colder...
[13:18] har
    You've really done it to us this time.
[13:22] lay
    The fire is going out.
[13:29] yuki
    It's nice and warm...
[13:32] yuki
    Maybe...
[13:33] yuki
    if we could all live together
    like this... war wouldn't even...
[13:39] lay
    According to the records, our ancestors
    did live like this, long ago.
[13:46] lay
    Our home planet did not have chrars,
[13:50] lay
    and before civilization developed,
[13:53] lay
    they must have spent a long time
    living just such simple lives.
[13:57] yuki
    Then, you think we could—
[13:58] har
    It's a fantasy.
[14:00] yuki
    Harold?
[14:02] har
    The loss of chrars would lead to a
    scramble for resources just to survive.
[14:07] har
    If we didn't have weapons, we'd just
    kill each other with our bare hands.
[14:10] yuki
    B-But...
[14:11] yuki
    Don't you remember the research
    from the Empire of Verde?
[14:14] yuki
    If we keep using the new chrars...
[14:16] har
    The immediate danger must
    be dealt with first.
[14:18] har
    If we fail to win this war,
    the Kingdom will fall.
[14:22] har
    Your beloved people will die out.
[14:26] har
    But if we use this against the enemy,
[14:28] har
    it could prove extremely useful.
[14:29] lay
    I'm sorry to inform you,
[14:31] lay
    but it cannot be used as a weapon.
[14:34] lay
    Neither we nor the Empire have the technology
[14:37] lay
    to make the phenomenon occur
    in a given location at will.
[14:42] lay
    I'm very sorry to disappoint you.
[14:47] har
    All right, I get the gist.
[14:49] har
    Try to keep the princess warm.
[14:52] lay
    Yes, sir.
[15:01] har
    It really is a fantasy...
[15:04] har
    But...
[15:05] har
    If not for these things, Izana...
[15:08] har
    You and she might never
    have lost your lives...
[15:14] har
    Losing and taking...
[15:16] har
    Is that cycle all there is, in the end?
[15:20] har
    In terms of what I can do...
[15:31] james
    I heard everything.
[15:32] james
    Quite a mess you had to
    deal with yesterday, eh?
[15:35] james
    Izana left you one hell of a souvenir.
[15:39] har
    Yes...
[15:41] james
    What happened with Izana
    isn't solely your fault.
[15:44] james
    You shouldn't beat yourself up too much.
[15:46] james
    We can't afford to lose
    any more of our people.
[15:48] har
    That's quite a tone to take
    with your Grand Master.
[15:52] james
    I feel the same way.
[15:53] james
    When did that boy I watched sweat
    bullets in his first deployment
[15:56] james
    start talking like he's a real man?
[16:03] lay
    I'm told the Excessarca
    will set out this evening.
[16:06] lay
    It's going to be carrying the new artillery.
[16:09] yuki
    I see...
[16:12] yuki
    Miss Layla, I want to ask you something.
[16:17] james
    That's all of it.
[16:19] har
    We're counting on you.
[16:25] aud
    That's the end of it.
[16:26] aud
    It's only a matter of time
    before the Imperial Army
[16:29] aud
    breaks the defense line and arrives here.
[16:30] har
    How goes the loading of the mobile artillery?
[16:32] jona
    Ten minutes to completion.
[16:36] har
    The moment it's done,
    head for State Capital Edinell.
[16:39] har
    Take Princess Yuki and get out of here.
[16:43] har
    Retrieve all the chrars research
    materials from the facility.
[16:46] har
    Get as many of the workers
    on board as you can, as well.
[16:49] har
    Out of the Order machines,
    the Monocherous Unit alone will remain.
[16:52] har
    I'll take command and buy
    time for you to escape.
[16:56] james
    Understood. And the twins?
[16:58] har
    I'm leaving them to guard the ship.
[17:00] lune
    You can't...
[17:00] yuni
    Master! Allow us to join you!
[17:04] har
    You'll keep Princess Yuki safe.
[17:06] har
    That's an order.
[17:09] yuki
    No! You need to come with us!
[17:12] har
    Your life comes first, Your Highness.
[17:23] yuki
    Harold!
[17:30] har
    Don't look at me that way.
[17:32] har
    You need to be stronger than this.
[17:35] yuki
    But...
[17:36] har
    We can't afford to stand still now.
[17:39] har
    The Empire won't be able to maintain
    this war of attrition much longer.
[17:43] har
    They'll be struggling to end things quickly.
[17:46] har
    Princess Yuki, I apologize for the
    many times I've disobeyed you.
[17:51] har
    It was the only way I knew
    to protect the Kingdom.
[17:59] har
    Princess Yuki, if you truly care
    about your country and your people,
[18:04] har
    the time has come for you to make choices,
[18:06] har
    no matter how difficult
    and painful they may be.
[18:09] har
    As their leader, you do not
    have time to stand still.
[18:14] har
    Walk forward, I ask you.
[18:23] yuki
    Harold...
[18:25] har
    I will hold the road behind you.
[18:57] mono
    Traps activated!
[18:59] har
    I think we might just buy them a little time.
[19:01] mono
    Yes, sir.
[19:02] mono
    Let's go out there, guns blazing,
    and hold their attention.
[19:06] har
    I'm sorry to make you join me here.
[19:08] mono
    Not at all.
[19:09] mono
    Any knight would be honored
    to serve as rear guard.
[19:13] har
    Indeed.
[19:16] mari
    Report from field recon.
[19:18] mari
    Hostilities have begun!
[19:20] james
    Have they noticed us?
[19:21] ian
    Not yet.
[19:30] mono
    They've breached the mine field!
[19:31] har
    They'll cut through!
[19:33] har
    Follow me!
[19:35] (Flashback) king
    New life of Soleil.
[19:38] (Flashback) king
    In celebration of your birth,
[19:40] (Flashback) king
    I grant you the royal blessing.
[20:24] har
    The one from last time, eh?
[20:36] (Flashback) king
    Now, give her your blessing.
[20:42] (Flashback) iza
    Princess Yuki Soleil...
[20:53] har
    May your future be one of joy and prosperity.
[21:22] mari
    Report from recon.
[21:24] mari
    Hostilities have ended.
[21:26] ian
    No signs of the enemy in the area.
[21:28] ian
    We'll reach a safe distance soon.
[21:32] lune
    Grand Master Harold...
[21:48] yuki
    Full speed ahead.
[21:50] yuki
    We don't have time to stand still.
[21:52] yuki
    Take us to State Capital Edinell!
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