Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, September 1st:
On this day,
Alliance government and military was planned.
a large-scale service for the war dead of the former
Alliance soldiers and bereaved families,
The participants are mainly demobilized
and military that we have marked are attending.
and few of the high officials from the government
What about Trunicht?
As you'd expect.
Your Excellency?
Will you not be making an appearance,
I'll skip it.
the memorial service for Yang Wen-li.
This is of a different nature, compared to
Then how about sending an address at least?
That's also unnecessary.
than an official one,
It's an independent event rather
ourselves more unneeded animosity.
so if we take such forced actions, we'll only buy
Trunicht attend as my representative.
But then, it may be quite a sight if I have
Your Excellency!
It was a joke.
purposefully fanning the flames of a riot.
I wouldn't do something as foolish as
By the way, where is the meeting place?
Guen Kim Hua Plaza.
Guen Kim Hua...
of the Alliance, wasn't he?
Guen Kim Hua was a founding member
so-called founding father Ahle Heinessen,
Apparently, he was a good friend of the
and he took over things along the way.
About how many participants are expected?
I've heard that it will be 200,000 people.
200,000...
That number alone could become an issue.
Bergengrün, just to be safe, post 10,000,
no, 20,000 armed guards around the area.
Just enough to not provoke them.
Yes, but...
especially tied to anti-Empire sentiment,
Your Excellency, it's not a place
will be carried out peacefully.
and I believe the rally
I understand that.
but it's just to be safe.
I realize I may be overdoing things,
that he was being needlessly concerned.
At this time, even Reuenthal himself truly believed
And the rally's objective truly was a peaceful one,
it would have come to a close with no issue.
so if things had gone as Elsheimer planned,
to go otherwise intervened.
However, someone who wished for it
transmitted to the Imperial soldiers on guard,
The swelling animosity among the crowd was
gather in a single place.
and they gradually began to
Long live Admiral Yang!
Long live democracy!
Freedom forever!
Long live Admiral Yang!
Long live democracy!
Freedom forever!
Silence! Be silent!
Love live Admiral Yang!
this rally will be dispersed.
If you can't follow orders,
Long live democracy!
this rally will be dispersed.
If you can't follow orders,
Long live democracy!
Be silent!
Down with tyrannical rule!
Get out, you imperial dogs!
Go back to your own home, you invaders!
G-get control of them!
Use gas! You also have permission to use batons!
Just don't use your guns!
You mustn't fire your guns!
the soldiers lives were in danger,
Once the rioters stole guns from the soldiers,
give permission to open fire.
and there was no choice but to
according to official Imperial military records.
It was legitimate self-defense,
surrounding the incident,
That was one aspect of the truth
the other side of things.
but there was another truth on
With the full ire of the crowd directed at them,
a hysterical sense of danger,
the Imperial soldiers were seized with
leading them to fire on unarmed civilians.
within about an hour,
The riot itself was suppressed
and 118 Imperial soldiers dead.
but it left 4,840 civilians
More than 50,000 people were injured,
and imprisoned in this horrible disaster.
and most of them were arrested
I certainly have some great subordinates.
the bravery and chivalrous spirit
Not just anyone has
to fire into unarmed crowds.
My deepest apologies.
It's not that I'm blaming you.
to invite a result like this?
Still, who incited the crowd
was accidental, Your Excellency?
Then you don't believe that this riot
any oversights in his management.
I don't believe Elsheimer made
Empire may have been smoldering,
No matter how hotly animosity towards the
someone must have fanned the flames, right?
for it to erupt in such a short time,
Probably the former Alliance forces.
That's too obvious.
someone scheming to rebel against the Empire.
And perhaps this incident wasn't the work of
Which is to say?
undermine my authority as Neue Land governor?
Isn't it conceivable that the goal was to
Impossible, who would benefit from...
Your Excellency, you couldn't mean...
It's not as though I don't have enemies.
to someone stirring things up,
However, even if it was due
without discontent and anger.
a riot can't be incited in a place
impose good government,
No matter how much we may
in their minds we're still just invaders.
In fact, they may be unable to avoid that hypocrisy.
Still, how can we settle this state of affairs?
who were arrested...
Your Excellency, among those
Marshal Sidney Sithole?
Marshal Sithole,
did you lead this rally to this tragic outcome?
I was simply a participant.
then I'll content myself with that.
But if you say that having participated is a crime,
Your resolve is all well and good.
Allow me to ask again...
for orchestrating such an ugly scene?
Do you know who was responsible
I certainly wouldn't say.
I don't know, and even if I did,
In that case, we can't simply let you go.
If you were to release me,
against your illegal rule, wouldn't I?
then this time, I truly would lead protests
swept up in the crowd this time.
My only regret is that I got
I respect the bravery that you're displaying.
However, as the representative of the kaiser,
decided upon and maintain order.
I must follow the laws that he
We shall imprison you once again.
if that's what justice means to you.
You certainly should,
any personal grudge towards you.
In that way, I don't hold
that should have been mine on to others,
I ended up pushing the responsibility
and acted as a bystander.
who took up that duty passed away before me.
As a result, a great number of people
It makes me ashamed of myself.
I won't run from my responsibility!
This time around,
Bergengrün,
can rouse hundreds of millions of people?
do you think that a single death
Perhaps.
However, that's something that I'd like to avoid.
It's as you say.
If they were to rise up in a full-fledged revolt,
we'd have to use force to suppress them.
may be an honor for a military man,
But while facing a great enemy general
not even suitable for a dog!
oppressing the people is work
It's truly pathetic.
fortunate to have fallen in the middle of things.
In thinking on it, Yang Wen-li may have been
just a chained watchdog.
A soldier in a peaceful world is
amidst this sloth and idleness?
Are we not just steadily decaying,
to stand the idleness of peace.
And I may not be able
Your Excellency!
Did you hear, Bergengrün,
that I am a bird of prey?
how Oberstein has apparently said
tranquilly in a cage, chirping the song of peace.
That I'm a man unable to spend my life
Your Excellency, let me say this.
of the minister of military affairs.
You needn't worry about the speculations
His Majesty the kaiser is a wise ruler.
There should be no space for such accusations
service towards His Majesty.
in regards to your dutiful and clear-hearted
That's true. It's likely just as you say.
As long as His Majesty is a wise ruler.
Reuenthal!
His Majesty today while discussing you.
I broke out in a cold sweat in front of
He suddenly asked
you're seeing now.
as to the hair color of the woman
And?
I believe it was black.
I said that based on my vague recollection,
I broke up with that woman.
So, it seems.
His Majesty said it was a brilliant red.
your audience before mine,
Apparently when you had
Emil spotted a hair of that color on your collar.
run a brush over your uniform,
How about at least having a maid
since you're famous for having noble tastes.
It's not like I act like a noble because I want to.
I just happened to be born in a noble home.
something of a bad reputation,
And it seems my house has
so I'm lacking when it comes to female servants.
More importantly, did His Majesty find fault in that?
it made for an amusing story.
No, he simply thought
his retainer's private lives, after all.
His Majesty doesn't wish to meddle with
It could be called the generosity of our master,
of his subordinates.
that he respects the individuality
resolution to overthrow me,
If you have the confidence and
then you may have at me, any time you like.
You jest.
We thought We had nothing left to lose.
When Kircheis passed away,
At this time, if a judgment had been made
balance of wisdom and courage,
based on who possessed an equal
Oskar von Reuenthal would have been foremost.
Ernest Mecklinger who noted that.
It was the literary admiral
Compared to Reuenthal's equilibrium,
Yang Wen-li was inclined towards wisdom,
while Mittermeyer essentially preferred bravery.
Putting aside his skill as a strategist,
had a preference for focusing on attacking.
as a tactician even Kaiser Reinhard
in the Battle of Vermilion
The cause of the kaiser's tactical loss
was his inability to devote himself to defense.
where his genius as an officer would be directed.
At this time, Reuenthal himself did not know
September 1st:
continued to break out all throughout Neue Land.
Small scale riots and acts of sabotage
have been intentional.
Approximately half of the riots
The other half were accidental.
about this disturbance of the public order?
What is the minister of civil affairs doing
and communications are secured,
As long as transportation
there's no need to fear local riots,
so we should hope to protect that.
but he's steady in his courage.
Elsheimer is a civil official,
to meet his modest requests.
And militarily, we should be able
so please take care of the arrangements.
I'll leave the details to you,
As you wish.
By the way, Governor.
addressed to the Generalgouvernement.
Letters such as this have been arriving,
Please give it a read.
devised these countless turbulent incidents
The contents indicted Job Trunicht as having
and also to harm the governor.
in order to restore his own power
This is...
Senior Counselor?
Don't you think it's quite an interesting letter,
doesn't mean that it's true.
Unfortunately, something being interesting
that should be worth a single truth, shouldn't it?
If you collect a hundred curiosities,
there's no need for evidence.
Especially if those in power desire it,
autocracy you hate- or rather, hated.
And even more so with the sort of
republicanism that you espoused,
Conversely, in the sort of democratic
officially the public's desires should be realized.
The public is like a kite trapped in an air current.
They lack true power and just soar high in the sky.
You shouldn't disdain them as such.
when you were once the leader of the Alliance?
Are they not what supported you
you'll be disparaged as being ungrateful.
If you speak too poorly of them,
the public from the very start?
Did this man look down on
Your Excellency?
Well then, what do you intend to do,
I won't do a thing, at least for now.
that letters such as this exist.
However, I simply wanted to inform you
You can leave.
Is it all right, letting him leave like that?
based solely on these letters.
I can't really pass judgment upon him
Today was just a warning.
forgets to watch where he steps,
If he gets carried away and
he can expect to be restrained.
holed up in Iserlohn Fortress are of more import.
The remnants of Yang Wen-li's forces
Yes, sir.
Putting aside their true power,
for those who wish to oppose the Empire.
their very presence serves as a foundation
I believe that we mustn't neglect them.
we won't come out of it uninjured ourselves.
However, if we reopen hostilities,
something to take advantage of.
In that case, we'd give them
it would be futile to interfere with Iserlohn.
For the time being,
strictly blockading the corridor.
We simply need to keep observing and
no one tries to trespass in the corridor,
We need to be vigilant and make sure that
as happened the other day.
and psychologically isolate them,
If we prevent entry of goods and intelligence
they will collapse from within.
it's very possible that
It's fine if Julian learns from Yang,
fighting spirit and enterprising nature,
but he mustn't go too far and forget his
and end up overly conservative.
That's what's been worrying me lately.
the ability of the person in question, right?
It's fine if we don't worry about
with a bad woman and destroy himself.
There's also the possibilty he might get tangled up
No, Karin's a good girl.
Is that the issue?
progressed a bit with those two?
Speaking of which, have things
It seems they're meeting pretty frequently.
being friendly or not.
I don't know if I could call that
He's really unworthy of his teacher.
Hey...
Good afternoon, Sublieutenant Mintz!
Good afternoon.
on Admiral Yang again today?
Are you sorting through the records
Yeah.
How gloomy!
How are you doing, Petty Officer Kreutzer?
A lot worse all of a sudden.
You know you're happy to see me.
You don't have to try so hard with the act.
There's a big difference in acting ability here.
It's true, what Frederica said.
be any of my business,
Vice Admiral, I realize this may not
and say something like that,
but should you really go
to at least talk to her?
even though you were finally able
is her problem, not mine.
What Petty Officer Kreutzer thinks of me
What I think of her is my problem, though.
So what do you think?
I've never hated a beauty,
and she's a lively beauty at that.
So, does Karin take after her mother?
Are you planning something?
How unlike you, kid.
of an impression than her mother.
At any rate, my daughter leaves far more
There's no doubt about that!
Perfect timing.
We were just talking about Trunicht.
What do you think of his betrayal?
There's no point in commenting on it now,
Kaiser Reinhard boss him around, right?
but he's surely planning something if he's letting
So, how about creating a debt of gratitude
Marshal Reuenthal or someone warning them
by sending a letter to Kaiser Reinhard or
"Don't trust that bastard"?!
Something like that won't cultivate a debt.
that they'd trust us without any proof.
In the first place, I can't imagine
is definitely up to no good!
At any rate, that bastard Trunicht
to be done in by a small fry like him!
For my part, I don't want Kaiser Reinhard
Then again,
pretty small fry ourselves about now, huh?
from the Empire's point of view, we're probably
is plotting something,
Well, if that sneaky bastard Trunicht
deal with in the form of Marshal Oberstein.
from what I hear he'll have quite an opponent to
of exhausting work each and every day.
Frederica Greenhill-Yang was also in the midst
She was the same way when her father died,
duties and responsibilities as much as possible
and she was likely trying to carry out her
in order to hold off her sadness for at least a while.
You look tired.
Please don't push yourself too much.
helps keep my mind off things.
Thanks, but keeping busy
at times like this.
Maybe I should try drinking alcohol
I just thought of this,
we might have become good friends.
but if Ms. Jessica Edwards were still alive,
into politics after her fiancé died.
Now that I think about it, she also threw herself
They're alike...
What's wrong?
It's nothing.
advice to Petty Officer Kreutzer?
By the way, did you give some sort of
It was nothing too serious.
nothing to do with the word "cowardly."
I just said that Vice Admiral Schönkopf has
It's the truth.
since Petty Officer Kreutzer really respects you.
It seems to have had quite an effect,
She's said that she wants to be like you.
as bad at cooking as me, Julian.
Oh my, it'd be awful if she turned out to be
for the sake of her future.
She should use Mrs. Cazerne as an example
Well then, shall we get going?
Julian and Frederica to dinner.
On that day, Mrs. Cazerne had invited
about perhaps having Schönkopf attend,
Knowing that Karin was also invited, Julian asked
a negative effect, so he abided by her opinion.
but Mrs. Cazerne thought it would have
to play a game or something
Hey Julian, let's leave these noisy women
and have a few drinks, man to man.
Go ahead and enjoy yourselves, boys.
for the host to desert under enemy fire?
Though I wonder if it's all right
the brilliance of sharing a room
No, I just feel dizzy from
with the most beautiful ladies in Iserlohn.
hide away in a hole in the ground.
You're so radiant that I want to
Vice Admiral Schönkopf and Commander Poplin.
That sort of line is better suited for people like
It doesn't fit you at all.
say things like that once in a while.
It's a nice change of pace to
Right, Julian?
a stupid game like that.
I'm amazed that they can get so into
Well, better to hear laughter than crying, right?
Julian agreed completely.
At any rate, they were now able to hear laughter.
Though there was always a fear of regressing,
winter and were walking from spring into summer.
the people had recovered from their memories of
Yang Wen-li rather than Kaiser Reinhard?
Don't you understand why we killed
Roman Empire that ruled the surface of the Earth,
Since ancient times, whether by means of the
state religion in a weaker age,
or through a certain monotheistic
history and civilization.
we have controlled posterity's
and use it as an indicator.
You should keep that in mind,
a more absolute ruler and, in turn, a tyrant,
We must turn Kaiser Reinhard into
and resentment of the people on him.
and as such concentrate the hatred
the creed of the Church of Terra
When that happens, it must be
that stands in opposition to the tyrant's autocracy,
of democratic republicanism.
not the repulsive spirit
And so, Yang was in the way.
That's right.
to take control of the political system
And it will be all the easier for us
if the power is concentrated in one place.
Still, to make the golden-haired brat into a tyrant...
despot's suspicions, which will invite a crackdown,
The rebellion of a retainer will arouse the
and finally bring about rebellion.
which will in turn unnerve the retainers
all dynasties come to an end.
And thus do the histories of
realize this inviolable rule.
We shall make the Lohengramm Dynasty
Marshal Reuenthal to commit treason?
So, for that reason, we shall arrange for
terms of the admirals of the Galactic Empire,
Reuenthal is vying for the first or second place in
and while young, he's a veteran general.
will be unable to remain calm.
If he revolts, then even Kaiser Reinhard
loyal retainers, wondering who will rebel next.
He'll be unable to help but suspect his
And then we simply need to amplify that.
definitely a great commander.
Oskar von Reuenthal is
rise in revolt against Kaiser Reinhard?
But will his subordinates truly
as we've already played our hand.
There's no need to worry,
Yang Wen-li is dead!
Reuenthal will die as well!
calls himself the kaiser will be dead soon enough!
And that pretentious golden-haired brat who
so that our justice may be realized.
They'll all die, and serve as the fertilizer
Rumbling
Kimi no kanashimi wa kimi dake no mono ka
Kimi no seou kodoku wa kimi no inochi kagiri ka
Tashika ni katte ni umiotosareta inochi
Imi mo kachi mo ataerarenai mama ni
Kimi ni issho wa uchuu no isshun no tsubu
Keredo sono kagayaki wa subete no hoshi ni todoku
Jidai no kakehashi seiippai no inochi
Niji no iro wo koete hikari nageyou
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to spread once again.
Rumors about Reuenthal begin
that Reinhard visit Heinessen is delivered.
It is then that an invitation from Reuenthal insisting
dissenting voices and decides upon his visit.
Trusting Reuenthal, Reinhard ignores the
Germination
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Episode 91:
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