Marquis Lohengramm, I shall avenge my lord!
What are you doing?!
Why, you!
Kircheis!
Admiral, use this!
Get him away from here!
Admiral Kircheis, stay with us!
Admiral!
A doctor! Call a doctor!
It's too late...
Duke Braunschweig, please forgive me!
I incompetently failed to keep my pledge to you.
for the golden-haired brat to fall into Hell.
I guess you'll have to wait a few more years
What are you saying?! You simpleton!
child's other half as a gift to you.
But at the very least, I wrested away the
Please wait in Valhalla!
Stop him!
Poison?!
Don't let him swallow it!
Of all the foolish...
It may still be booby trapped!
Get the medi-tube out of here!
Lend a hand!
And get Ansbach out of here, too!
Sir!
Hurry up!
Yes, sir!
This way!
Understood!
Kircheis...
Lord Reinhard...
Are you all right?
Kircheis!
Thanks to you. Can't you see?
No, I'll be...
of no more use to you, Lord Reinhard.
Forgive me.
Idiot! What are you saying?!
The doctor will be here soon!
A wound like this will heal quickly,
we'll go visit my sister to tell her of our victory.
and when you're well,
Right? We'll do that.
Lord Reinhard...
Don't talk until the doctor comes.
Please...
...win the universe.
Yes!
Yes, of course, with you!
And please tell Lady Annerose...
that Sieg kept his old promise.
No!
I won't tell her anything of the sort!
You'll tell her yourself, in person!
I won't tell her, do you hear me?!
We'll go to my sister together, Kircheis!
Kircheis, answer me!
Kircheis, why won't you say something?!
Kircheis!
It's no use. He's gone.
Let him rest in peace.
Don't lie to me, Mittermeyer.
You're lying.
Kircheis can't die before I do!
Come on, open your eyes, Kircheis.
Kircheis!
KIRCHEIS!
How is Marquis Lohengramm doing?
The same.
He just sits.
was that fragile.
Still, I didn't think Marquis Lohengramm
You're wrong, Müller.
he wouldn't be carrying on like that.
If it was you or me that died,
Siegfried Kircheis is special.
Was special...
has lost half of his own self.
You could say that Marquis Lohengramm
And by his own mistake, too.
Even saying that, it can't be helped.
The problem is now what do we do?
We'll make Marquis Lohengramm recover.
We must make him do so.
Otherwise, we'll just become a chorus,
head into the depths of the galaxy.
singing a song of ruin as we
But what should we do?
How can we make him recover?
to break this stalemate?
Wouldn't that man have a plan ready
"That man"?
Haven't you noticed?
The man who isn't here.
Oberstein?
he couldn't keep his mouth shut?!
If I may, didn't this all start because
Right!
Do we really have to ask him for advice?
Under these circumstances, we've no choice.
and he demands preferential treatment?
What if we ask for his help
without Marquis Lohengramm.
He's well aware that he's nothing
this opportunity to promote his own welfare,
Besides, if he says he'll take advantage of
we will just take suitable retaliatory measures, too.
That's true, too.
actually command the fighting forces.
Because we're the ones who
Excuse me.
The chief of staff is here to see you.
Nice timing for an appearance, huh?
You've been discussing this for a while,
yet you appear to have not reached a conclusion.
no Number 1 or Number 2 in our army,
At any rate, there being at present
we lack an organizer, don't we?
So, might the chief of staff have any ideas?
I might.
Marquis Lohengramm's older sister.
I will ask a favor of
Countess Grünewald?
We thought of that, too, but...
the responsibility of informing her.
It looks as if no one's taken up
I would have you do, as well.
I'll do it, but there is something
Capture the criminal who killed Admiral Kircheis.
What's that supposed to mean?
It was Ansbach, wasn't it?
He is no more than the perpetrator.
The real criminal is someone else...
an important figure.
but Duke Braunschweig is already dead.
That's true,
I don't mean Duke Braunschweig.
Then what do you mean?
Who are you saying is the criminal?
The prime minister, Duke Lichtenlade.
to eliminate potential enemies?!
You mean, he's taking this opportunity
Yes.
He's not someone you want as an enemy.
There's no beating him.
Duke Lichtenlade must be eliminated.
Sooner or later,
And similarly, Duke Lichtenlade is without question
Marquis Lohengramm.
already devising a plot to eliminate
You're not just falsely accusing him, are you?
You must return to Odin as quickly as possible,
and take the seal of state from him.
arrest Duke Lichtenlade,
Marquis Lohengramm's dictatorship.
With that, we can establish
but how you wield it.
Power is justified not by how you acquire it,
both plots and deception are unavoidable.
In this situation,
Marquis Lohengramm's enemies
We'll take this opportunity to sweep away
and seize absolute power!
Yes, Oberstein's plan must be adopted!
That's right!
the enemy will steal a march on us!
If we stand by and do nothing,
Are there no objections, then?
No!
and let's send them at once to Odin.
Then select the fastest ships from each fleet
Reuenthal and I will take that command.
holding the highest rank.
As expected of the admirals
All right, then, Mecklinger, Lutz!
and protect Geiersburg.
Take command of the remaining forces
Sir! Understood!
Admiral Kircheis leak out.
And remember, don't let word about
All right, everyone else, carry on!
There's not a moment to lose!
Yes, sir!
but we'll reduce it as much as we can!
It's a twenty-day journey to Odin,
Ahead, full speed!
the Schwarz Lanzenreiter Fleet!
Show them the speed of
A chance to restore our honor, so soon!
Don't fall behind the other fleets!
Leave the slowpokes behind!
Let them stumble along to Odin eventually!
and guarantee our air supremacy.
Müller, you'll deploy outside of satellite orbit
Aye, sir!
Imperial capital in one stroke.
Remaining fleets, we will occupy the
Disregard ground control and forcibly land!
Onward!
Open the hatches!
If you don't, we will open fire!
just land where you can!
It doesn't matter if it's in the lake or the suburbs,
What's going on?!
Flying above the Imperial capital...
Who would be so bold?!
How dare you?! What's the meaning of this?!
you are under arrest!
Prime Minister Duke Lichtenlade,
And the crime?
against His Excellency Marshal Lohengramm.
As the instigator of an assassination attempt
Madness! What proof do you have?
accuse one of a crime in this empire?
Didn't you know that proof isn't required to
What?!
You've dedicated yourself to this system.
It must be satisfying to sacrifice yourself to it.
Lock him up!
Please stop!
What do you think imperial authority means?!
Authority comes from might!
Your Excellency, we've found it!
This is it!
This is the seal of state?
Miss Hilda, it's dangerous.
It's all right.
those troops came from, Miss?
Where do you suppose
Those troops aren't anything to be frightened of.
Marquis Lohengramm's forces has that many.
I don't think anyone aside from
I'd say an age of great excitement is coming.
but it's far preferable to stagnation.
It might be a bit noisy,
a communique coming in from Odin.
Your Excellency, we have
It's from Countess Grünewald.
Damn you, you told her!
You told my sister about Kircheis, didn't you?!
I told her.
How dare you interfere?!
for the rest of your life.
I doubt you can avoid facing this
Shut up!
Are you afraid of your sister?
What?!
If you're not, please see her.
Your Excellency, I'm not ready to give up on you.
and not pushing the responsibility onto me.
It's admirable, your blaming yourself
and don't rise to face the future,
But if you only dwell on the past
that's the end for you.
The universe will fall into someone else's hands,
will think of you with shame.
and Admiral Kircheis in Valhalla
With light, there come shadows, too.
the shadows, too, grow darker.
But when the light dims,
Sister...
Poor Reinhard...
Now you have nothing left to lose, do you?
N-no...
No, I still have you, Sister.
Don't I, Sister? Don't I?
Yes...
We have nothing left but each other.
Reinhard, I'm going to leave your mansion.
Perhaps I can take a small house somewhere.
Sister?
And then, let's not see each other for a while.
Sister!
I shouldn't be near you,
because you and I lead different lives.
For me, there is only the past,
but for you, there is a future.
please come to see me.
Reinhard, when you're weary,
However, you mustn't be weary yet.
Understood.
If you say so, Sister, it shall be as you wish.
and gained the universe, I'll come to see you.
After I've fulfilled my pledge to Kircheis,
But before we part, please tell me just one thing.
Sister, Kircheis...
were you in love with him?
That's right, I will gain the universe.
Considering the enormity of what I've lost,
what will I do if I can't get that, at least?
Oberstein has apprised me of the situation.
Sir.
for your distinguished service.
You'll be greatly rewarded
I, too, will return to Odin from here.
to greet me en route?
Could you please send somebody
Yes, sir, Mittermeyer, perhaps.
Duke Lichtenlade's family,
By the way, we've apprehended all of
but what shall we do with them?
the prime minister.
There's no way we could execute
Suggest that he take his own life.
As you wish.
And his family?
Banish the female children to the frontier.
over the age of ten to death.
Put all male children
Yes, sir.
And do nothing to the ones under ten?
I was ten when I entered boy's school.
their own person until that age.
One can't be said to be
Because of that, I won't take their lives.
after they've grown up, so be it.
If they choose to strike at me
with no real power be overthrown.
It's only natural that a ruler
The same goes for you.
resolution to overthrow me,
If you have the confidence and
then you may have at me, any time you like.
You jest.
Your Excellency, we can leave port momentarily.
Are you sure about the Lichtenlade family?
I've shed plenty of blood until now,
and there will likely be still more as we go on.
The blood of the Lichtenlade family is a few drops.
What's to be gained by adding it into all the rest?
If that's what you think, then very well.
You bastard!
Don't be so hard on the dog.
I hate dogs!
And now I'm a dog for the government.
Dog?
and spy for the government!
They told me to go to the Alliance
you knew Yang when you were a kid!"
"Let's make use of the fact that
But you didn't refuse, did you?
That's what's pissing me off so much!
we should just get close to Yang Wen-li for now.
With regards to the Alliance,
The problem is the Empire,
that brat shouldn't be underestimated.
because politically,
Yes, sir.
new post on Odin as high commissioner,
And so, Boltik, you will leave for your
and get close to the golden-haired brat.
Y-yes, sir, but who will be your aide?
Don't worry. I've decided on your successor.
you can hand things over to him.
Since I'm about to introduce you,
Rupert Kesserling...
You're surprised by his youth.
and take on Marquis Lohengramm.
He's not ready to go to the Empire
Y-yes, sir.
That was dangerous.
When I shook hands with Trunicht.
Once again, he came through without a scratch.
Just like when we fought at Amritsar.
only to emerge unscathed.
He summons a big storm then hides inside,
he's amassed even more power.
And then, before you know it,
it made me indescribably frightened.
When I thought about it,
But then, I thought of it this way:
hands power to a man like that?
What kind of democracy
It became even more obvious to me.
and that National Salvation Military Council bunch...
Rudolf, who established the Galactic Empire,
"Only I can save this."
The thing they dwelt upon was the belief that
It's completely paradoxical,
despotic government
but what made Rudolf turn to an atrocious,
was his sense of duty to the whole human race.
is like that, too?
Do you think Marquis Lohengramm
Yeah...
Your tea's getting cold.
You probably think I'm happy if I can drink tea.
has apparently concluded, too.
At any rate, the civil war in the Empire
to drink my tea in peace.
Maybe I should take this chance
Marquis Reinhard Lohengramm?
Well, then, how will you come out next,
Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!
having returned to Hauptplanet Odin,
At that time, Marquis Reinhard Lohengramm,
supreme commander of the Imperial forces
maintained his position as
the de facto prime minister,
while concurrently becoming
establishing his dictatorship of the Empire.
was awarded the title of imperial marshal
At the same time, the late Siegfried Kircheis
the three chiefs of the Imperial army.
and retroactively given the positions of
Kircheis...
Did my sister come to see you?
was simply "Mein Freund..."
But chiseled on his gravestone
"My Friend."
I have nothing to lose now.
But for that reason alone, I'll fight.
To keep my promise to you,
the thirst in my heart.
and to secure something to quench
Will that be a good friend?
Or a mighty enemy?
Yang Wen-li, will you give me the answer I seek?
Universal Calendar 797,
Reich Calendar 488:
the galaxy ticked away eternity.
Heedless of the affairs of men,
Farewell, Distant Days
Subarashiku atsui namida wo
Hito wa kokoro ni tameteiru
Kimi ga yuku michi wo saegiru
Omoku munashii ikusa tsuzukou to
Yume wo korosu na
Yume wo oun da
Haruka ginga no kagayaki wo
Utsusu namida de hoho wo nurashite
Yorokoberu hi wo
Hikari no hashi wo koete
Kokoro wo hadaka ni shite
Hikari no hashi wo koete
Namida to ai wo tokihanashite
NEXT EPISODE
while on patrol to train new recruits,
The Iserlohn garrison fleet,
triggering an unexpected battle.
encounters the Imperial forces,
The Empire and the Alliance...
Once more, a head-on clash seems inevitable.
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"First Battle"
Episode 27:
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.
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