# E2 - Prologue
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***SIGN*** 2013 AD, Tokyo
**[00:16] Man**
*I'm aware of my deficiencies as a human.*
**[00:20] Man**
* My personality is twisted in various ways,*
* and I have every complex imaginable.*
**[00:24] Man**
*But...*
**[00:26] Man**
*I'm superior to the incompetent before me.*
**[00:29] Man**
No...
**[00:30] Man**
Why?
**[00:32] Man**
* In terms of cost-benefits,*
* I've made myself quite valuable,*
**[00:36] Man**
*unlike this incompetent.*
***SIGN*** Talented Employee Award
You are receiving this award in recognition of
your contributions to the company through
the establishment of business processes.
**[00:39] Man**
P-Please...
**[00:41] Man**
I have my daughter's tuition to consider,
and the loan on my house...
**[00:45] Man**
You've missed work without
permission multiple times,
**[00:48] Man**
and you've ignored company orders
to improve your work.
**[00:52] Man**
Now, then...
**[00:53] Man**
What reason does the company have
to continue employing you?
**[00:59] Man**
W-Wait a second... Please!
***SIGN*** Improve Your Skills More Than Ever
Career Support Book
What You Need To Work the Way Only You Can
**[01:03] Man**
Please leave.
**[01:05] Man**
*As long as I'm being paid for my labor,*
**[01:08] Man**
* I'll do my job and tell people*
* they're laid off, even if it's a pain.*
**[01:11] Man**
* Obeying company rules is*
* the easiest thing in the world.*
***SIGN*** Freedom of Choice
**[01:27] Man**
* One need not look to*
* the Chicago school to understand*
**[01:30] Man**
* that a system requires rules*
* to function smoothly.*
***SIGN*** Train Arriving
**[01:33] ---**
*If I follow the rules,*
**[01:37] Man**
* I can ride the rails right to*
* the department chief's chair.*
**[01:43] Man**
*And life will become nice and easy.*
**[01:52] Man**
*At least, that was the plan...*
**[01:56] Man**
*I guess the kind of person who gets laid off*
**[01:59] Man**
* will prioritize an immediate,*
* emotional impulse over reason.*
**[02:28] Man**
*What?*
**[02:32] Man**
*What happened?*
**[02:34] Man**
*What is this?*
**[02:37] God**
I'm getting tired of this.
**[02:41] God**
Humans these days
have no sense of right and wrong.
**[02:46] God**
They've strayed too far
from the laws of the universe.
**[02:49] Man**
*What are they saying?*
**[02:51] God**
They have no ability to empathize with others.
**[02:54] God**
And not a trace of faith in their Creator.
**[02:58] Man**
The Creator?
**[03:00] God**
Indeed.
**[03:02] Man**
I see.
**[03:03] Man**
So I am to understand that
the being known as "God"
**[03:07] Man**
has stopped time in the moments
before my death,
**[03:12] Man**
appearing as people around me?
**[03:15] God**
Indeed.
**[03:17] Man**
Listen...
**[03:19] Man**
I'm sorry to say this after
you came all the way down here,
**[03:22] Man**
but I reject God's existence, from both
realistic and rational perspectives.
**[03:27] God**
What?
**[03:29] Man**
Thinking logically,
**[03:31] Man**
only God or the devil could exist
beyond our knowledge of the world.
***SIGN*** Prices Rise Sharply The Invisible Hand of God
**[03:35] Man**
But hypothetically, if God were to exist,
**[03:38] Man**
he would never let this absurdity happen.
**[03:43] Man**
In other words, you must be...
**[03:45] God**
The devil?
**[03:46] Man**
Or perhaps something similar,
which we could call "Being X."
**[03:51] God**
Apparently, you truly do lack faith.
**[03:55] Man**
It's senseless to start lecturing me on faith.
**[03:59] Man**
If a thing like this is going to happen,
**[04:01] Man**
you need to submit the details to me
in advance and in writing.
**[04:05] God**
I am that which returns people to the
wheel of reincarnation, initiating rebirth.
**[04:09] God**
But I shall make an exception for you.
**[04:13] Man**
The wheel of reincarnation?
**[04:15] Man**
You're saying that you cause
people to be reborn?
**[04:19] God**
That is no longer your concern.
**[04:21] Man**
Are you unfamiliar with
the concept of "duty of disclosure"?
**[04:26] Man**
And if you claim to be God,
**[04:29] Man**
you should try to put
more thought into your decisions.
**[04:31] God**
Administering seven billion people
is already beyond my capacity.
**[04:37] God**
Reincarnating people without faith
is a waste of my time.
**[04:42] Man**
Overwork is the sign of a
failed business model.
**[04:46] Man**
You failed to sufficiently analyze
consumer consciousness.
**[04:49] Man**
In a world with advanced science,
where one's needs are met,
**[04:53] Man**
there will be no faith.
**[04:55] Man**
Only the weak, when they're in
dire straits, cling to someone.
**[05:00] Man**
A salaryman like me would never do that.
**[05:04] God**
So, basically, your lack of faith is because
**[05:07] God**
you live in a world where needs are met,
science is advanced,
**[05:10] God**
you have a strong social position,
**[05:12] God**
and you are not in dire straits?
**[05:15] Man**
W-Wait a second!
**[05:18] Man**
I think you may be jumping to conclusions.
**[05:21] God**
If I put you
**[05:22] God**
into the "dire straits"
**[05:23] God**
you speak of,
**[05:24] God**
your faith
**[05:25] God**
will awaken?
**[05:27] Man**
C-Calm down!
**[05:29] Man**
I don't intend to break any rules!
**[05:32] God**
Try to live as long as you can.
**[05:35] God**
If you die again,
**[05:38] God**
there will be no second reincarnation.
**[05:42] Man**
W-Wait—
**[05:59] Nun**
There, there.
**[06:00] Nun**
Okay, open up...
**[06:03] Nun**
Oh, my...
**[06:09] Nun**
Now, don't be a picky eater,
**[06:12] Nun**
Tanya.
**[06:19] Tanya**
*What?*
**[06:20] Tanya**
*What's going on?*
**[06:22] Tanya**
*Tanya?*
**[06:24] Tanya**
*Me?*
***SIGN*** Episode 02 Prologue
**[06:25] Tanya**
*I'm Tanya?*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1913, Outskirts of Imperial Capital Berun
**[06:35] Tanya**
* As a result of my absurd*
* reincarnation by Being X,*
**[06:38] Tanya**
* I was abandoned in a poor nunnery*
* in another world.*
**[06:44] Kid A**
Give that back!
**[06:45] Kid B**
No.
**[06:46] Kid A**
That's mine!
**[06:46] Tanya**
* It was very similar to a certain*
* European country and era*
**[06:50] Tanya**
*from the world in which I'd lived before.*
**[06:53] Nun**
There's nothing left?
**[06:55] Nun**
No, and we have no money
to go to town for more.
**[06:58] Nun**
What do we do?
**[06:59] Nun**
At this rate...
**[07:01] Tanya**
* Perhaps due to the times, there was*
* a huge gap between rich and poor.*
**[07:05] Tanya**
*A painful, difficult life was unavoidable.*
***SIGN*** Destroy the Enemies of the Fatherland
**[07:08] Tanya**
* And the country was gripped with*
* the madness that precedes war.*
**[07:14] Mob**
Punish the Fatherland's enemies!
**[07:17] Mob**
Now is the time to show our wrath!
**[07:19] Tanya**
*In a time when war seemed unavoidable,*
**[07:23] Tanya**
* I'd thought it would be impossible for*
* a poor, powerless girl to survive.*
**[07:28] Tanya**
* But in that world,*
* the power of magic did exist.*
**[07:33] Tanya**
*And during the orphanage's physical,*
**[07:36] Tanya**
*my magical aptitude was noted.*
**[07:39] Tanya**
* The army always conscripted*
* those with aptitude as mages.*
***SIGN*** Tanya Degurechaff Magical Aptitude A
**[07:46] Tanya**
* And if I were going to be*
* conscripted someday,*
**[07:48] Tanya**
* it made more sense to volunteer,*
* receive officer training,*
**[07:51] Tanya**
*and attempt to get onto a career path.*
**[08:02] Tanya**
* Of course, war is an unproductive*
* and therefore wicked act.*
**[08:08] Tanya**
* And I hated the idea of*
* killing or being killed.*
**[08:12] Tanya**
* But if I could just*
* get on the military's rails,*
**[08:16] Tanya**
*my future would be assured.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Officer Training School
**[08:20] Officer**
You have aptitude as a mage,
**[08:23] Officer**
but why volunteer at your age?
**[08:26] Tanya**
I have no other path.
That is the only reason.
**[08:32] Tanya**
* While this world was similar*
* to the one I used to be in,*
**[08:36] Tanya**
* that didn't mean this country*
* was doomed to lose in the future.*
**[08:40] Tanya**
*With my next reincarnation not guaranteed,*
**[08:43] Tanya**
* my priority was to survive and protect*
* myself in this environment.*
**[08:52] Officer**
Wow, she's flying!
**[08:58] Tanya**
* And in terms of getting*
* my revenge on Being X...*
**[09:05] Tanya**
* I could live a nice, easy life in*
* the rear echelon, where it was safe!*
**[09:15] Tanya**
New soldiers, welcome to hell.
**[09:18] Background**
No matter how difficult the military is,
**[09:18] Tanya**
* The Imperial military was*
* a champion of meritocracy,*
**[09:21] Background**
we seek only the best results.
**[09:21] Tanya**
*and in less than a year,*
**[09:23] Background**
Thus, my task is to eliminate the
incompetent from our ranks.
**[09:23] Tanya**
* I was entrusted with training*
* the second-class students.*
**[09:26] Soldier**
That's our instructor?
**[09:27] Soldier**
She's younger than my little sister.
**[09:30] Soldier**
I don't know if a voice like that
can scare me...
**[09:32] Tanya**
From now on, I'll be your teacher.
**[09:35] Tanya**
I don't expect anything from you maggots.
**[09:38] Tanya**
But at least don't drive me to despair!
**[09:42] Soldier**
She's just trying to scare us.
**[09:44] Soldier**
She doesn't mean it.
**[09:48] Erich**
Okay, submit a report about it
to the investigative division.
***SIGN*** Chief of Personnel Affairs
(Then) Major
Erich von Rerugen
**[09:53] Erich**
Next year, I plan to move from
Personnel Affairs to Operations,
**[09:57] Erich**
but my successor will handle the rest—
**[10:03] Erich**
What's going on?!
**[10:12] Tanya**
What's wrong?
**[10:14] Tanya**
You're twitching like a shrimp.
**[10:17] Tanya**
Want me to feed you to the pigs,
**[10:19] Tanya**
you maggots?!
**[10:22] Soldier**
Wh-Why is this happening?
**[10:28] Tanya**
Why?
**[10:29] Tanya**
You can't be ready five minutes
before it's time to go,
**[10:32] Tanya**
and you don't know why the Fatherland
is better off without you?
**[10:36] Soldier**
Y-You little brat—
**[10:42] Tanya**
You're free to hold whatever
opinion of me you like,
**[10:46] Tanya**
but resisting a superior officer
should be harshly punished.
**[10:50] Soldiers**
That's enough, right?
**[10:51] Soldiers**
That's going too far!
**[10:52] Soldiers**
Stop it!
**[10:54] Tanya**
I'll open up that brainless skull of yours
**[10:57] Tanya**
and carve the damn rules inside!
**[11:00] Erich**
What are you doing?
**[11:02] Tanya**
I'm just doing my job as a soldier.
**[11:06] Tanya**
It's an officer's duty
to discipline her troops.
**[11:10] Soldier**
Hey, what are you doing?!
**[11:12] Soldier**
Let him go!
**[11:13] Tanya**
*There were minor issues.*
**[11:15] Tanya**
*But afterward, I finished my training.*
***SIGN*** Northern Theater Force Garrison
**[11:18] Tanya**
* The only thing missing before*
* graduation was to finish*
**[11:21] Tanya**
*my training deployment in the North.*
**[11:31] Tanya**
Warrant Officer Tanya
Degurechaff, heading out.
**[11:43] Tanya**
*But it was there that I learned...*
**[11:50] Tanya**
*The unexpected can happen in any world.*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1923, Norden Region
**[12:05] Norden Control**
*Norden Control to all zones.*
**[12:08] Norden Control**
* Detecting border violations*
* by the Entente Alliance.*
**[12:11] Norden Control**
*Initiate anti-air interception mission.*
**[12:13] Norden Control**
* I repeat, initiate anti-air*
* interception mission.*
**[12:17] Tanya**
I never thought I'd see battle
during my training.
**[12:21] Tanya**
Damn you, Being X.
**[12:24] Norden Control**
*This is Norden Control.*
**[12:26] Norden Control**
* Warrant Officer Degurechaff has been*
* promoted to second lieutenant.*
**[12:29] Norden Control**
*Cease patrol practice and begin observation.*
**[12:32] Norden Control**
*Your call sign is Fairy 08.*
**[12:36] Tanya**
*Fairy, huh?*
**[12:37] Tanya**
*That's an ironic name.*
**[12:41] Tanya**
This is Fairy 08.
**[12:43] Tanya**
Entente Alliance infantry crossing
the border confirmed.
**[12:46] Tanya**
Over.
**[12:47] ---**
*Understood.*
**[12:48] Norden Control**
*Now beginning ranging fire.*
**[12:52] Norden Control**
*Give detailed observations of the target.*
**[12:54] Norden Control**
*Over.*
**[12:55] Tanya**
Fairy 08, roger.
**[13:04] Tanya**
Norden Control, this is Fairy 08.
**[13:07] Tanya**
Strike confirmed.
**[13:09] Tanya**
Error is within 10.
**[13:11] Tanya**
Fire for effect.
**[13:13] Norden Control**
*Roger.*
**[13:14] Norden Control**
*Contacting artillery unit.*
**[13:15] Norden Control**
*Out.*
**[13:27] Soldiers**
Run to the forest!
**[13:29] Soldiers**
Retreat! Retreat!
**[13:33] Tanya**
* This is the result of the Entente*
* Alliance's brinkmanship, huh?*
**[13:37] Tanya**
* Why would you cross a border*
* without being prepared for war?*
**[13:40] Tanya**
*The Empire would never do that.*
**[13:42] Soldiers**
Medic! Are there any medics?!
**[13:44] Soldiers**
It hurts!
**[13:45] Soldiers**
Damn it!
**[13:46] Soldiers**
Where are they firing from?
**[13:48] Soldiers**
Help me!
**[13:49] Soldiers**
Damn it! I can't move!
**[13:55] Soldiers**
Battalion Leader, this wasn't the deal!
**[13:58] Soldiers**
Wasn't this supposed to be a patrol?
***SIGN*** Entente Alliance 5th Air Mage Battalion
Lieutenant Colonel Anson Sue
**[14:00] Anson**
Damn those upper-brass politicians!
**[14:02] Anson**
How is this a just a
"somewhat tense military exercise"?
**[14:05] Anson**
Cunningham!
**[14:07] Anson**
What's our allies' status?
**[14:08] Cunningham**
No good... I can't get through.
**[14:12] Anson**
We'll just do what we can to
lessen enemy area suppression!
**[14:15] Cunningham**
B-But...
**[14:16] Cunningham**
With these numbers, we can't
touch the artillery camp!
**[14:20] Anson**
I know that.
**[14:21] Anson**
But we can go after the artillery observer.
**[14:29] Tanya**
Norden Control, this is Fairy 08.
**[14:32] Tanya**
Enemy infantry is beginning to scatter.
**[14:35] Tanya**
Over.
**[14:36] Norden Control**
*Norden Control, roger.*
**[14:38] Norden Control**
*Fairy 08, proceed to patrol line 2,*
**[14:41] Norden Control**
* and guide area suppression*
* for the infantry there.*
**[14:44] Norden Control**
*Over.*
**[14:45] Tanya**
Roger.
**[14:51] Tanya**
*Any more of this is just a waste of shells.*
**[14:53] Tanya**
* I didn't expect my first mission*
* to be so easy!*
**[14:58] Norden Control**
*Combat information from Norden Control.*
**[15:01] Norden Control**
*Multi... b...es*
**[15:03] Tanya**
This is Fairy 08.
**[15:05] Tanya**
I didn't hear you.
**[15:06] Tanya**
Can you repeat that?
**[15:08] Norden Control**
*Detec... multiple... fr... bo...es.*
**[15:10] Norden Control**
*Magic... interference.*
**[15:13] Tanya**
Fairy 08.
**[15:15] Tanya**
This connection is bad. The static is awful.
**[15:17] Tanya**
Over.
**[15:20] Tanya**
EM interference?
**[15:27] Tanya**
Emission signatures!
**[15:29] Tanya**
Enemy mage group detected!
**[15:31] Company Commander Ragald**
Only scratched her, huh?
**[15:32] Anson**
She looked younger than my daughter.
**[15:36] Tanya**
Engaging.
**[15:37] Tanya**
Engaging the enemy.
**[15:38] Tanya**
Repeat, I'm engaging the enemy!
**[15:42] Tanya**
Damn it.
**[15:43] Tanya**
Where's our ECM?!
**[15:45] Norden Control**
*Norden Control to Fairy 08.*
**[15:48] Norden Control**
*Give us your sitrep.*
**[15:50] Tanya**
Combat zone alpha, block 08.
**[15:52] Tanya**
Altitude 4,300.
**[15:53] Tanya**
Company-class unit is invading.
**[15:55] Norden Control**
*Roger. Initiate delaying action.*
**[15:59] Norden Control**
* Allied air units will arrive*
* within 600 seconds.*
**[16:02] Tanya**
*600 seconds?*
**[16:03] Tanya**
* That's enough time to cook*
* an instant meal, eat it, and clean up.*
**[16:07] Tanya**
*I can't hold out against a company that long!*
**[16:10] Tanya**
Permission to leave battlefield immediately.
**[16:11] Tanya**
I repeat, requesting permission to
leave battlefield immediately!
**[16:14] Norden Control**
*Unfortunately, we can't permit that.*
**[16:16] Norden Control**
* Delay the enemy until*
* the response team arrives.*
**[16:21] Tanya**
Roger.
**[16:23] Tanya**
I'll do the best I can.
**[16:25] Norden Control**
*Good luck.*
**[16:26] Norden Control**
*God is on our side.*
**[16:32] Tanya**
God...
**[16:33] Tanya**
Did she say God?
**[16:35] Tanya**
I refuse to accept the existence of God!
**[16:42] Anson**
She turned around.
**[16:44] Anson**
Does she intend to take us on by herself?
**[16:46] Company Commander Ragald**
I'll hit her at close range! Back me up!
**[16:49] All**
Roger!
**[16:50] Anson**
Company Commander! That's foolish!
**[17:12] Tanya**
I get to be the hero of
the battlefield all by myself...
**[17:15] Tanya**
What an honor!
**[17:17] Tanya**
People sometimes say,
"It's a good day to die."
**[17:20] Tanya**
And damn, this is amazing!
**[17:22] Company Commander Ragald**
She's coming!
**[17:24] Company Commander Ragald**
Fire!
**[18:00] Soldier**
Company Commander!
**[18:08] Anson**
Damage report!
**[18:09] Soldier**
*Two lost!*
**[18:11] Soldier**
*Captain Ragald is badly wounded!*
**[18:12] Cunningham**
Battalion Commander, I'll go!
**[18:15] Anson**
There's no choice!
**[18:16] Anson**
Back him up!
**[18:17] Soldiers**
Roger!
**[18:23] Tanya**
*120 seconds until reinforcements arrive.*
**[18:40] Cunningham**
Out of ammo?
**[18:54] Cunningham**
Thor!
**[18:56] Cunningham**
She's gone—
**[18:59] Tanya**
Gotcha.
**[19:05] Anson**
Get away!
**[19:07] Anson**
Her goal is...
**[19:19] Anson**
Sh-She self-destructed?
**[19:22] Soldier**
Battalion Commander! Enemy
reinforcements coming in fast!
**[19:35] Tanya**
*Making it seem you fought hard,*
**[19:37] Tanya**
* while leaving the battlefield*
* in a natural way.*
**[19:40] Tanya**
* That is the best way to protect*
* yourself and survive...*
**[19:49] Tanya**
*Or so I thought.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Northern Theater, Military Garrison 1
**[19:56] Officer**
Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff.
***SIGN*** Medical Room
**[19:58] Officer**
During the battle with the Entente Alliance,
**[20:00] Tanya**
*Not good... This is not good.*
**[20:01] Officer**
you detained the enemy until
reinforcements arrived.
**[20:03] Officer**
Despite serious wounds, you had four
confirmed kills and two unconfirmed,
**[20:07] Tanya**
*I didn't think they'd be so impressed.*
**[20:08] Officer**
halting the enemy advance.
**[20:11] Tanya**
*They're treating me like an ace.*
**[20:15] Officer**
In recognition of your efforts,
**[20:17] Officer**
we award you the Silver Wings Assault Badge.
**[20:24] Officer**
Wonderful.
**[20:26] Officer**
Congratulations.
**[20:28] Tanya**
* Of course, it's great to see*
* your work rewarded.*
**[20:32] Tanya**
*It's great, but...*
**[20:35] Tanya**
* But I hope they don't use this as an excuse*
* to send me to the front lines.*
**[20:42] Tanya**
* I wonder if there's a child protection*
* agency I could talk to...*
**[20:53] Scientist**
Awarded the Silver Wings Assault Badge
at the young age of nine.
**[20:57] Scientist**
The young ace known as "White Silver"...
**[21:01] Scientist**
Her magical capacity and output
are both incredible.
**[21:07] Scientist**
With those capabilities,
she won't be easily broken.
**[22:44] Tanya**
*It was just a propaganda photo shoot*
**[22:48] Tanya**
*for the Silver Wings Assault Badge awarding.*
**[22:52] Tanya**
*Or so I thought.*
**[22:53] Woman**
Let's get you made up!
**[22:57] Tanya**
*But sadly...*
**[22:59] Woman**
I have some cute clothes for you.
**[23:00] Tanya**
*My will to resist*
**[23:02] Woman**
Which hat do you like?
**[23:02] Tanya**
*and my very dignity*
**[23:05] Tanya**
*were destroyed here.*
**[23:11] Photographer**
Okay!
**[23:12] Photographer**
Let's get the photo shoot started!
**[23:15] Tanya**
*Loneliness and despair, lasting an eternity...*
**[23:20] Photographer**
Okay, do it just like I said.
**[23:24] Tanya**
*But this is part of the job.*
**[23:26] Tanya**
*Don't let it show!*
**[23:31] Tanya**
Hello!
**[23:32] Tanya**
I'm Tanya Degurechaff, the White Silver!
***SIGN*** Next Time Deus Vult
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.