On the way back from Iserlohn,
finally became possible,
when communications with Fezzan
the Bureau of Internal Safety and Security
Mittermeyer promptly contacted
that weighed on his mind.
in order to verify several matters
Elfriede von Kohlrausch?
What's become of that woman,
Yes, well...
with her newborn infant.
A few days ago, she went missing
There's been no sign of her since.
What?!
At any rate, our police force isn't extensive,
bombing death of the minister of industry, so...
and we've been concentrating mainly on the
the culprit in that incident, have you?
And yet in the end, you still haven't arrested
Safety and Security's investigative abilities?!
Is that the extent of the Bureau of Internal
the case would have been settled long ago!
Were it up to Kesler's military police,
frame his close friend Reuenthal,
Though he hated Elfriede for trying to
held in her arms, he also felt pity.
when he thought of the baby
did that infant bear?
Moreover, just what responsibility
A baby, huh?
but they had been unable to have a child,
Considering that he had been married eight years
the absurdity of Heaven's providence.
Mittermeyer couldn't help but feel
Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, July 1st:
Kaiser Reinhard returned to Fezzan.
shortly after their arrival
What surprised Reinhard and the others
Bureau of Internal Safety and Security
was the news that the
terrorism that had taken Silberberch's life.
had apprehended the culprit behind the
In deference to this achievement,
of the Bureau of Internal Safety and Security,
in addition to his position as director
Vice Minister of the Interior.
Lang was granted the post of
He was also awarded 100,000 reichsmarks...
Fezzan's Bureau of Social Welfare.
but he donated it all to
the deed as blatant hypocrisy,
Nearly all who knew him detested
but after his death it was disclosed
his salary to education and welfare institutions
that he had anonymously donated a part of
ever since his days as a junior government official.
And then on July 7th,
Steinmetz, who had died in battle,
a state funeral for Marshals Fahrenheit and
who was killed in an act of terrorism,
and Minister of Industry Silberberch,
was held in the kaiser's presence.
Under Oberstein's management,
without a hitch.
the ceremony was carried out impeccably,
run businesslike funerals?
Can we just let that bastard Oberstein
any problems that way.
It suits him, and he won't cause
It would be impossible this year.
And we need to observe mourning...
What is it?
To be honest, I'm getting married.
That's wonderful.
on behalf of the whole fleet.
Let me congratulate you
Right.
By the way, can you guess who I'm marrying?
attended to you when you were hospitalized?
Is it the nurse with the black hair who
That's right. How did you know?
To Fahrenheit and Steinmetz, and...
to Yang Wen-li.
Yang's widow is a beautiful woman.
We've never really worried about terrorism,
Yang Wen-li to it, we can no longer ignore it.
but now that we've lost Silberberch, and even
survivors of the former empire,
The remnants of republicanism,
members of the Church of Terra...
Fezzan's erstwhile elites, the remaining
to commit terrorism certainly isn't lacking.
The list of those running around trying
I thought the Church of Terra had been destroyed,
could still carry out an incident like this.
but to think that their remnants
what's left of the Church of Terra.
I swear, I'll take responsibility for disposing of
Bureau of Internal Safety and Security?
Can we really leave that to the
the terrorist from the other day,
They may have captured
Rubinsky at all, have they?
but they haven't located
Pardon me, Vice Minister.
Let's cut out such sickening greetings.
of the Lohengramm Dynasty.
I, Heidrich Lang, am a faithful retainer
What business do you have with me?
Your Excellency to use your influence
I won't say it has to be today, but someday I'd like
and the new dynasty.
to restore relations between myself
Don't forget your own position!
One word from me to the kaiser,
the heavy burden of carrying your head.
and your shoulders will be relieved of
where you can make demands?
Do you think you're in a position of equality
That's a horrible thing to say, Bureau Chief.
I mean, Vice Minister.
stolen from me due to no crime of my own,
I had my sovereignty over Fezzan
which makes me a victim.
Are you expressing resentment against the kaiser?
No, of course not.
Kaiser Reinhard is a hero unparalleled in history.
sovereignty of Fezzan over to him at any time,
If he wanted it, I would have handed the
like a pebble on the side of the road.
but due to his ambitions he ignored me,
I'm simply saying that that's unfortunate.
Of course he did.
for the favor of someone like you.
The kaiser has no need
The whole of space is in his grasp, after all.
Vice Minister, is the height of shame.
To have you point that out,
true feelings somewhat, don't you?
But you understand my
the criminals behind the bombing, were they not?
The men that I had you prosecute were truly
for quite some time.
I'd already had my eye on them
We simply didn't have any evidence.
Unlike the dark ages of the former dynasty,
persecute people for crimes without evidence.
under Kaiser Reinhard's reign, we mustn't
So, you know this woman, Vice Minister?
a pitiful abnormality of the mind.
As I see it, this woman has suffered
A shame for that to happen to such a beauty.
How do you know that?
that she's a relative of Duke Lichtenlade.
First off, she seems to be convinced
Duke Lichtenlade should be on Fezzan.
But there's no reason a relative of
Is that all?
Right now, that woman has a newborn baby.
chief vassal of the current dynasty,
It seems that child is the offspring of the
Marshall Reuenthal.
the great commander among greats,
All right, I get it.
sound each other out any further.
It's pointless to tediously
to commit high treason?
You can get that bastard Reuenthal
lead him to ruin, right?
I believe you said you could
It's as you've discerned.
then I'll give my all to meet your expectations.
If Your Excellency wishes it,
I'll smooth things out between you and the kaiser.
If you can do that, you have my firm promise that
But listen, that's ultimately only after you succeed.
promises of the Fezzanese from the start.
I'm not so naive as to believe the empty
That's natural.
As I'd expect from Your Excellency Lang,
of the minister of military affairs.
who's reputed to be the right-hand man
can earn trust through trickery.
I also don't think that I
To start with, will you listen to my proposition?
that would shock all of Fezzan.
Soon after came an incident
acting governor of Fezzan, Nicholas Boltik.
This was the arrest of the
by the Bureau of Internal Safety and Security,
According to the announcement
that killed Minister of Industry Silberberch.
he was complicit in the bombing
away his position as Fezzan's chief executive,
He was resentful of the minister effectively stealing
was injured during the incident,
and though Boltik himself
away from him, or so it was claimed.
that was a trick to turn the investigation
suicide by poison while imprisoned,
Finally, when Boltik committed
the case was declared closed.
were injured at the time are suspicious,
If the claim is that those who
myself are also suspects.
then Marshal Oberstein and
to prove that I'm not the culprit.
Thinking on it, there's nothing
also make me out to be a criminal?
If Lang felt like it, could he
Your Excellency?
I have suspicions about this matter.
that he used to frame Boltik in the first place?
Couldn't Lang have fabricated the evidence
That couldn't be!
He's more than capable of it.
No, if he were to feel like it,
for a crime despite my innocence?
couldn't he also frame me
the matter with Marshal Reuenthal.
And actually, there's also
At this rate, our empire will fall prey
of a single unsparing official.
to the politics of fear thanks to the rampancy
sprouts of poisonous plants be plucked away?
I may be exaggerating, but shouldn't the
But what specifically will occur?
Due to the anxiety he felt on this matter,
addressed to his trusted coworker
Lutz ultimately sent a message to Odin
commissioner of the military police,
Senior Admiral Ulrich Kesler,
the danger that Lang posed.
stating that he should be aware of
Do you trust that man Lang?
That question isn't like you, Dominique.
He's a small-timer.
As proof of that,
made things look bigger than they actually are.
he'd be happy if you showed him a mirror that
I just showed him the mirror he wanted to see.
And what about you?
the request of that "small-timer"?
Didn't you have Boltik killed at
installed as acting governor
I agree, having a former subordinate
to the kaiser was unpleasant.
while wearing the mask of a loyal subject
to kill an innocent man,
But after using that method
how are you able to happily sip your drink?
Do you really not realize?
Or are you just feigning ignorance?
What do you mean?
Very well, I'll tell you.
Anyone would have been fine.
It needn't have been Boltik.
have an innocent man killed.
My goal was to make Lang
around his neck with his own hands.
He's picked up the rope that will tighten
If Lang tries to break from your yoke,
the minister of military affairs
you'll inform the kaiser or
about his premeditated murder of Boltik?
How are you doing?
is being driven towards treason.
From far away, Marshal Oskar von Reuenthal
large army on the battlefield and crush the enemy,
Rubinsky and Lang may not be able to lead a
but they can stab the back of a man who can.
That's just what I want.
But he's certainly that child's father, isn't he?
What's the kid's name?
There are all sorts of people in the world, right?
who want a child but can't have one,
If there are couples
who are killed by their own children.
then there are also parents
whose mothers make them kill their fathers.
And occasionally, there must also be children
feel free to ask at any time.
Well, if you have any requests,
You may want to have the child hate his father,
but if he dies, you won't get another.
Wait!
Could I have milk and diapers for this child...
please?
That's fine.
And you could use a nurse too, right?
What is it? Another attack?
Bring me the medicine over there!
getting shorter, aren't they?
The intervals between your fits are
How about seeing a doctor?
A doctor wouldn't be any help.
Oh? Well, it's your body, so I don't care.
doctor wouldn't be any help.
Rather, I'm in agreement that a
a witch doctor's range of expertise, right?
In fact, this may fall under
What do you mean?
Oh, I thought you knew.
grand bishop of the Church of Terra,
Half of it is a curse from the
by Rupert Kesserling, your son.
and the other half is the grudge left behind
can do anything about.
That isn't something a doctor
you may be onto something with the curse.
Putting aside the grudge,
like he'd be capable of that much.
That grand bishop seems
What sort of foolishness are you spouting?
that sort of magical power,
If the grand bishop really had
Kaiser Reinhard to death, right?
he would have cursed
the fragrance of youth.
And yet he's still overflowing with
What is it?
often ill in bed from a fever nowadays.
That's right, it's rumored that Kaiser Reinhard is
How absurd!
On July 29th, an imperial edict was issued,
was officially moved to Fezzan.
and the capital of the New Galactic Empire
minister of state and below
Along with this, the cabinet positions of
moved wholesale to Fezzan within the year.
would have their jurisdiction and ministries
Military Police Commissioner
Furthermore, it was decided that
Senior Admiral Kesler
and Imperial Capital Defense Commander
headquarters moved to Fezzan,
would also have his
Senior Admiral Mecklinger would remain on Odin.
and only Rear Commander-in-Chief
Along with the movement of all government offices,
to mere junior officials and their families,
from the cabinet ministers up top
million people over thousands of light years.
this led to the relocation of over a
but also excitement.
There were concerns over this move,
with their families for the first time in a year.
A great number of people would be able to reunite
staff commissioner,
Hilda, the Imperial Headquarters
for more than ten months.
had not seen her father Count Mariendorf
Your Majesty...
Archduchess Grünewald to the new capital?
Will you be inviting Her Highness
Fräulein Mariendorf,
that has nothing to do with military affairs.
Rather than the petty matters of the imperial court,
intelligence to the domination of the universe.
you should devote your splendid wit and
Kircheis's grave is on Odin.
Imperial Headquarters for Our own convenience,
We are able to move the government offices and
Our old friend based on Our whims.
but We cannot move the resting place of
the transfer of the capital,
Among the busy days during
came before Reinhard.
a single unpleasant petition
Job Trunicht wished to serve the government.
government position that badly?
Does Trunicht want a
Then We shall give him just what he wants.
also want an administrative official
Reuenthal must surely
circumstances of the former Alliance, yes?
who is knowledgeable about the
Your Majesty, you couldn't mean...
Generalgouvernement of Neue Land.
Senior Counsel to the
Isn't that a position fitting of that man?
concentrate their stones on him,
If the citizens of the former Alliance
that will be a great help for Reuenthal.
as to make such an offer,
Wouldn't it be better to not go so far
cultivating the frontier planets?
and instead focus on
accepted this seemingly unbelievable position.
It was the following day that Trunicht
He accepted it?!
shame Trunicht possessed.
Reinhard had overestimated how little
Trunicht would accept the position that he offered,
He thought that there was no way that
forever prevent him from taking public office.
and if he turned it down, that could be used to
to the homeland that he himself sold out?
So he'll point his head down and return
It's because Your Majesty toyed with the decision.
among the military authorities.
This personnel affair also caused a stir
What?
of the Neue Land governor-general?
Trunicht has become a subordinate
the subordinate pushed on him.
Reuenthal's had quite
Strange...
No matter how shameless Trunicht may be,
for him to receive a mission like this?
is there something going on behind the scenes,
What do you mean?
someone else's purpose,
Isn't it possible that Trunicht has taken on
and is maneuvering to take down Reuenthal?
"Someone," you say?
You don't mean the minister of military affairs?!
as some strategy of Oberstein's.
It may be my prejudice to think of this
I realize that, but...
personnel assignment by the kaiser.
Still, you mustn't raise an objection to a
That would only aggravate the matter.
For now, I'll send a private warning to Bergengrün.
Yes, please do.
Right.
By the way, Your Excellency...
to his discarded homeland
it seems that Job Trunicht will return
the Generalgouvernement's senior counsel, but...
dressed in the rich, fine dress of the post of
Is that so strange?
assign such a position.
I can't believe His Majesty would
He's also quite a man to accept it,
behind him pulling his strings.
or perhaps there's someone
capital of the Galactic Empire.
Fezzan will soon officially become the
it will also become the center of the universe.
In name and actuality,
Yes, and...
before moving, don't they?
Even the common masses clean house
but all of the Empire
Don't you think that not just Fezzan,
must be wiped clean for the sake of His Majesty?
other monsters that have hidden underground.
I see, so we'll smoke out the black foxes and
And we'll use Trunicht for that purpose.
and approach to carry it out are well done.
As always, the minister of military affairs' plan
And yet, his ideas are always focused
for the sake of the Empire's security.
on the pattern of removing toxic elements
blow violently throughout the Empire?
What if the winds of regulation soon
the house itself may crumble.
They say that if a worm-eaten support collapses,
what do you have left?
Once you eliminate every dangerous character,
may end up caught beneath that fallen support.
The minister of military affairs himself
Although he may be aware of that.
We'll someday return home to Odin,
but that time is not yet at hand.
before that day can come, after all.
There's a great deal that We must take care of
Sister, it's dark! It's so dark!
Reinhard!
Reinhard, it's fine now.
I'm sorry for leaving you alone.
It's dark, Sister!
Even if it's dark, I can see your blond hair clearly.
It's shining beautifully.
Your golden hair lights up the darkness.
You yourself are the source of that light.
That's why you have nothing to fear, Reinhard.
it won't be able to hurt you anymore.
No matter how deep the darkness,
Become the light, Reinhard.
for his sister at his convenience,
Remembering it, Reinhard would call
and she would always respond.
When she first was unable to come to him,
to save her for the first time?
didn't she ask Reinhard
lack the power to respond to her request?
And at that time, did Reinhard not
a bottomless, never-ending debt.
Reinhard knew that he owed his sister
The Order to Transfer the Capital
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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hereby make this declaration.
I, Frederica Greenhill-Yang,
Republican Government of Iserlohn.
We have established the
and equality, as well as public sovereignty,
In order to realize the ideals of freedom
we shall continue to fight!
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Long live the Republican Government of Iserlohn!
Fuck Kaiser Reinhard!