As a result of the fall of the Goldenbaum Dynasty,
hidden as national secrets saw the light of day.
a great number of documents that had been
Reich Calendar 46:
the control of the Galactic Empire wavered,
With the death of the founder Rudolf,
and Rudolf's grandchild became the second kaiser.
With the succession of Sigismund I,
Duke Joachim Neue Stauffen as regent,
and with his father
of republicanism occurred.
a great suppression of the supporters
relatively just towards law-abiding citizens,
At the same time, the government was
making for a carrot and stick policy,
of the Empire's foundation of control.
which could be called a strengthening
hunting, and music more than politics,
The third kaiser, Richard I, loved beautiful women,
into the role of the most powerful,
but he uneventfully stepped
strong-willed queen and sixty beloved concubines.
and lived his life in relative safety alongside a
was more serious than his father,
The fourth kaiser, Otfried I,
prosaic lack of self indulgence,
and with his wholesome and
in both the people of the time and in the future.
he was peerless at inciting boredom
follow his schedule every day
He seemed to expressionlessly and precisely
in order to deal with a large amount of work.
and it's said that when he voluntarily read a book,
He had no interest in music, the arts, or literature,
of the founder Rudolf the Great
it was only the memoirs
and the medical journals of the family doctor.
conservative who detested change and reform,
Called "the gray man," he was a gloomy
the much-adored Rudolf administration.
and so he clung to the precedent of
One day, after finishing his lunch,
go for a fifteen minute walk in the garden,
when Otfried I was scheduled to
he received an urgent report
had resulted in a large-scale explosion,
that an accident at a military base
of more than 10,000 soldiers.
resulting in the deaths
Otfried I dismissively replied
Upon being told of this,
today to hear such a report."
"We have no extra time in Our schedule
was sacred and inviolable,
In this way, though his schedule
to assemble it himself,
he lacked the creative ability
to the imperial secretary Viscount Eckhart,
and so he gave that mission
increasing his responsibility and power greatly.
privy council and the director of palace affairs,
Eckhart served as both the advisor to the
become little more than a puppet of Eckhart.
so it became clear to all that Otfried I had
his child Kaspar took the throne.
After Otfried I's death,
than his father in his love of music,
Kaspar was more like his grandfather Richard
was castrato choirs.
but the music he loved the most
are castrated to maintain their boyish soprano,
Castratos are young male singers who
had homosexual preferences.
which is to say that Kaiser Kaspar
It was the height of historical irony
was born among Kaiser Rudolf's descendants,
that someone with homosexual preferences
mass slaughter of homosexuals
considering he committed
running through society.
while calling them a poison
To hold on to his political power,
in a plot to become a relative of the kaiser,
Eckhart offered his daughter to Kaspar as a wife
remained firm in his rejection,
but in this matter Kaspar
the castrato boy Florian whom he favored.
as he didn't wish to part from
Losing his temper,
brought soldiers into the imperial palace.
Eckhart plotted to murder Florian and
Chamber of Wild Roses,
And the second they stepped into the
to gun them down.
Baron Lissner gave the command
Having long hated Eckhart's tyranny,
and executed a "treacherous subject,"
Lissner took the will of the kaiser
the incident had settled,
but once the confusion surrounding
a declaration of abdication,
the kaiser in question left behind
and a number of precious jewels.
vanishing with both Florian
to the throne, but he was never seen again.
It had been exactly one year since his ascension
After 140 days of an empty throne,
Archduke Julius took the crown.
Otfried I's younger brother
The senior statesmen held greater hopes
Franz Otto rather than that of Julius himself.
for the ability and popularity of his son
When Julius was enthroned, he was already 76,
eventually take the throne.
so it was thought that Franz Otto would
more robust health than expected,
And yet Julius proved to be of
when he was 96,
and so he remained on the throne until,
of illness at the age of 74,
Archduke Franz Otto died first
making him the oldest crown prince in history.
As the archduke's son had died young,
the 24-year-old Karl,
his grandchild, Kaiser Julius's great-grandchild,
became the crown great-grandchild.
have been able to gain the throne at a young age.
Had Karl simply waited a few years, he would
And yet, from his point of view,
than he could remember,
Julius had been an old man for longer
which may have made him seem eerie.
and forever remain on the throne?"
"Will this old man remain an old man forever,
he made the decision to murder the kaiser.
Perhaps driven by such an obsession,
Reich Calendar 144, April 6th:
with five of his favored mistresses.
The 96-year-old Julius I had dinner
shocked the senior statesmen,
The sudden death of the aged kaiser
a feeling of relief.
but at the same time it brought them
they had all grown sick of him.
To be honest, almost without exception,
of the funeral service without a heavy heart,
Though it was grand, Archduke Karl took command
everyone thought he would take the throne.
and with the start of the mourning,
on the 1st of May,
And yet, to the shock of the people,
coronation ceremony was not Archduke Karl,
the one who received the crown at the
but rather the second son of Archduke Franz Otto,
Karl's cousin Marquis Sigismund von Blaune.
was never officially made public,
Of course, the truth of this incident
more than 300 years.
and remained a national secret for
mistresses who were with him fell into a panic,
With the sudden death of Julius I, the five
and instead of being given proper care,
to follow Julius by committing suicide.
were compelled by Archduke Karl
the inside of her bracelet in lipstick before dying,
One among them wrote the truth of the matter on
to her older brother,
and it was delivered as a memento
who was an officer in the imperial guard.
on the wineglass before presenting it.
She wrote that Archduke Karl had spread poison
she became his accomplice,
Having been bribed by Karl,
eliminate her sin through self-sacrifice.
and knowing this, she sought to
the officer swore vengeance,
Having failed to save his little sister,
who was next in line of succession after Karl.
and brought his evidence before Sigismund,
the just cause for driving out Karl,
Sigismund was pleasantly surprised at
and through maneuvering within the court,
to abdicate his claim to the throne.
he succeeded in getting Karl
great-grandchild had poisoned the kaiser,
Of course, he did not proclaim that the crown
coup d'état behind the scenes.
and instead advanced his
a single room in the palace,
After being confined to
mental hospital in the suburbs,
Karl was moved to a
treated to a certain degree of decorum.
and within those thick walls he was
great-grandfather and he reached the age of 97,
His longevity surpassed that of his
a Sigismund II and an Otfried II,
but when he died, there had already been
and it was the age of Otto Heinz I.
who still remembered the old man
There were no longer any in the imperial court
more than seventy years earlier.
who had failed in taking the throne
Since Karl's death in Reich Calendar 217,
with the Free Planets Alliance occurred,
the Battle of Dagon Stellar Region
their crushing defeat in Reich Calendar 331,
and in the time between then and
of the Goldenbaum Dynasty,
there were another eight kaisers
as well as beauty and ugliness.
bringing with them many stories of good and evil,
from the Ministry of Science,
While scanning the informal report
and at other times he pondered.
Reinhard gave a derisive laugh at times,
in history as Yang Wen-li,
He didn't have as much interest
must know of the past.
but those who think of the future
all indicators are hidden in the past.
However, it's not as though
He was not able to follow after anyone.
Everyone followed after him, after all.
It's a notice from the government, Dear.
So they're cutting my pension after all, huh?
while doing all that work that I didn't want to do...
The one thing I looked forward to
So, how are our household finances?
Think we can make do with this?
We'll manage.
although that's not the reason I feel so oppressed.
We'll need to tighten our finances,
God, can't they give it a break?
pestering a harmless, peace-loving fellow like me?
I want to try asking them what's so fun about
What is it?
No, it's nothing.
the suspicions of the Imperial forces.
At any rate, it's not a good idea to rouse
And so...
Just keep idling around, all right?
is the definition of tranquil.
Marshal Yang's everyday life
I certainly don't sense anything
a spirit of rebellion against the Empire.
that would cause me to suspect
where he doesn't need to work to eat, is it?
A beautiful new wife, and a social position
It's certainly something to be jealous of.
It's worthy of being called an ideal life, isn't it?
R-right...
Just where are you looking?!
Don't be fooled by Yang Wen-li's façade!
It's pure camouflage.
suffer such bitter experiences over and over
It's unthinkable that a man who's made our forces
living off his pension, only to die in obscurity!
would be content with idly growing old and
Deep in his heart,
to overturn the Empire's rule!
he's surely polishing a long-term plan
an ordinary, everyday life!
To cover that up, he's just playing at
Head out once again, and investigate more closely!
Sir!
That can't possibly be...
and unpleasant for you, Marshal,
I realize this is inconvenient
so I have no choice but to obey.
but it's also an order from my superior,
I beg your forgiveness.
Ah, no, don't worry about it, Captain.
as their wages demand, after all.
Everyone needs to be as loyal
It was the same for me.
but chains that bind men.
Wages aren't actually made of paper,
Well then, excuse me.
the people on the scene.
Well, it's no use complaining to
Even with the Alliance military,
even if they were unreasonable.
a superior's orders were absolute,
in the Imperial military, right?
That's probably all the more so
is even more of a stickler for the rules.
And it seems this man Lennenkampf
that breaks the rules as being good,
He'd never accept anything
so long as it's done according to them.
and would accept evil
this Lennenkampf person, do you?
In other words, you don't like
I don't dislike him; I just can't stomach him.
when it comes to interfering with our life,
At any rate, if he's going to go beyond the limits
measures to make that bastard Lennenkampf...
then we'll also need to take some extreme
but the issue is his successor.
...to make Mr. Lennenkampf take his leave,
An irresponsible and greedy rogue
in a place the kaiser can't see
who turns into a traitor when he's
would be easiest for us to use.
If Kaiser Reinhard were a corrupt ruler,
a person like that, right?
then I'm sure he would appoint
Right, you've grasped the essence of the situation.
That's exactly it.
and actually help promote it.
We need to welcome the enemy's corruption,
It's pretty pathetic, isn't it?
have come under the control of devils.
I know full well that politics and military affairs
God, just what are we getting involved in?
By the way, Dear, um...
It's been a month since we got married,
I'm doing a good job being a wife.
but I'm still not sure
or anything like that?
Is there any problem with my cooking
Of course not.
Especially that thing before...
Um, what was that dish called?
It was tasty.
I've always been bad at cooking...
That's not true at all, really.
that sandwich you made for me was delicious.
Oh, right, during the evacuation of El Facil,
I'm good at sandwiches at least!
and hamburgers...
No, that's not all, there's also crepes,
They all have things in the center, huh?
That's true.
and I can't really cook anything elaborate.
I'm only good at simple things,
just take your time learning that stuff.
No, well, you have plenty of time, so you can
That's right.
Yeah!
Day in and day out, they sure work hard.
we don't need to worry about thieves.
But thanks to them,
that are paid for via public expenditure?
Isn't it nice, having guards around our house
Oh right, shall we offer them tea or something?
Do what you want!
Charlotte!
Yes!
soldier from the ones out front.
Please go pick the proudest looking
Got it!
Do you need something?
It's not me; it's my wife.
What is it?
that I thought I'd treat you to coffee or something.
You see, you're always working so hard
I appreciate it, but right now I'm on duty, so...
Oh my, you can't?
we're not allowed to be treated to anything.
Unfortunately, while we're on duty,
If there's nothing else, I'll excuse myself.
Come again!
Maybe I can use this...
Get to it, Dear.
"Get to it"?
You mean I need to drink it? All of it?
Well it's a waste, isn't it?
Looks like I won't be getting any sleep.
Don't loosen your surveillance.
That man is surely guilty of something.
become harmful to His Majesty or the Empire
We must eliminate anything that could
before they're able to do so.
Where's your response?!
observation of Marshal Yang!
As ordered, I shall continue my strict
Captain, I ask you this as a test,
but is it subordination or welcome that we need?
Subordination, of course.
That's right.
We are winners, and thus rulers.
We have a duty to establish a new order.
to carry out a greater responsibility,
Even if we're temporarily shunned by the losers,
we must have determination and conviction.
Hi, Uncle Yang, Big Sis Frederica.
Hello.
Welcome.
This is from our mom.
What is it?
It's raspberry pie, so she says to please eat it.
I see, thank you.
Please, come on inside.
Right!
What is it, Dear?
Why are you "Big Sis" when I'm "Uncle"?
to hear me called "Auntie"?
Would it make you happy
Hey!
Oh?
Dear, come look.
What is it?
communication as cheesy as this.
He did well, thinking up a method of
Our phones are tapped and letters get inspected,
of communication we have.
so this may be the only method
But we can only use it so many times,
to speak in detail, right?
and we'd need to meet in person
Yes.
If only we could think of an excuse for visiting.
Well, I have an idea about that, but...
Hey, Mrs. Yang is here.
My, is she alone?
No, she brought her husband.
a commander and his aide seems tough.
Still, for a married couple to be
It has to be difficult for both of them, right?
It's fine, isn't it?
class household may be too confining.
For those two, the setting of a lower middle
to where they need to be, wouldn't you say?
Well, it won't be long till they fly
Hey, I don't remember marrying a prophet.
I wasn't predicting anything.
I just know it.
Good grief.
What's the purpose of this visit?
To learn cooking from the lady of the house.
Cooking?
That's right.
Around when are you planning on returning home?
Let's see, maybe around 9:00?
Hey!
Give this to your mom. It's bavarois.
Hey there, uninvited guest.
What's up, O Husband of Madame Cazerne?
Bring a bottle of cognac every once in a while.
stuff that my wife likes?
What's with you, only ever bringing
Well if you're going for flattery,
at the one with the real power, right?
it's more efficient to aim it
The one who makes the food is your wife, yes?
What a narrow-minded bastard.
of materials for the cooking.
I'm the one who pays the cost
the one with the real authority is-
No matter how it may appear on the surface,
Your wife, right?
Well then, please watch carefully.
Now then, let's get these set up.
She's treating her like a kid.
That's it, thanks.
She's treating her like a kid.
That's it, thanks.
more and more cooking.
I was thinking that I want to learn
and then fish, then eggs.
I wanted to start with cooking meat,
I'm counting on you.
So though I'm sure it's a bother,
That's some splendid dedication, Frederica.
and be so rigid when learning.
But it's better to not divide things up like that
you need to learn how to train your husband.
And more than cooking,
If you pamper him, he'll end up spoiled, after all.
Frederica sure is brave.
I think she's pretty brave, too.
Still, Julian had better get back soon,
of a young couple when he gets home.
or else he's going to find the emaciated corpses
Why would you say something so gruesome?
It was a joke.
Please be a little more moderate with your jokes.
You don't have much of a sense of humor,
the point of what makes people laugh.
so if you're not careful you'll pass
hated by the people around you.
If you go too far, you'll end up
Daddy hasn't lost, all right?
deference to the wife is to preserve the household.
The reason I'm stepping down and showing
You two should understand that now, too.
Same for Yang.
he needs to return to where he should be.
If he's that bored now, then maybe
the greatest criminal in history
Even I think that I may be
that's in the process of being completed.
for trying to destroy a new order
And that's the truth.
may impose good government,
But no matter how thoroughly Kaiser Reinhard
leave everything to an autocracy,
I don't think we can
so I've got all sorts of plans going, but...
All we can do now is wait, right?
Oopsie...
Your timing still needs work, Lt. Commander.
it means your body is desiring it,
When you think you want something,
to just drink and eat what you want.
and so it's best for your body
carrying on a peaceful newlywed life.
Yang Wen-li had somehow begun
that would ruin that modest peace.
And yet, an incident would soon occur
The Past, the Present & the Future
When each other's passions
And dreams collided
Transparent tears hidden in sweat flowed
Didn't they?
It's then that I send to you
A vow, reflected in the distant stars
Shining, shimmering, glittering, all of it
A festival, mixing warmly in my heart
Not because I'm young
Challenging my dreams
"This isn't goodbye for us" I say
Looking up at the stars
"This isn't goodbye for us" I say
As my heart goes back and forth
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By seizing the battleships, Merkatz and the others
into a corner in a variety of ways.
drive the Alliance government
Lennenkampf's interference,
Chairman Rebelo, succumbing to
and Yang is finally arrested.
soon makes a decision,
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Episode 60:
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.