Shall we call for your sister?
Kaiser Reinhard's fever subsided at last
on February the 22nd of Universal Calendar 801,
Neue Reich Calendar 3.
No, We just need you to stay by Our side.
You needn't call her here.
We really should call for her.
She's on Fezzan, after all.
still staying on Fezzan.
Reinhard's sister Annerose was
When she first learned of Reinhard's fever,
but was unable to meet with her younger brother,
she came to visit Stehibalm Schloss,
Hilda before returning.
instead comforting and encouraging
on the night of the 22nd, and on the 23rd.
The kaiserin's messenger came to her again
Sister!
Please, don't get up.
while he was in his sickbed.
Annerose came to see Reinhard
Kaiserin Hildegard, the kaiser is yours...
and yours alone.
Please don't leave him,
and please don't cast him aside.
Lady Annerose...
I'm truly grateful for your sympathy,
since my younger brother was mine.
but it's been a long time
three and a half years ago.
He may even think that I abandoned him
That isn't so, Lady Annerose!
No, he surely thinks that.
wanted me to comfort him.
Of course, I know that my younger brother
But at the same time, I also knew something else.
Did Lady Annerose wish for this result?
Did her wish come true?
You understand, don't you, Hilda?
I once shared the past with my younger brother.
But his future is with you.
No, with both of you.
had been halted,
Kaiser Reinhard's personal expedition
but the mayhem in Neue Land
needed to be dealt with.
and the handling of the Iserlohn forces
Minister of Military Affairs Marshal Oberstein
On February 25th, Kaiser Reinhard made
his plenipotentiary representative on Heinessen,
the breakdown of public order there.
and ordered him to deal with
The names of the combat commanders
under his command were announced
who would join Oberstein on Heinessen
on the following day of the 26th.
Oberstein on the battlefield?
Why do I have to take orders from
but I don't feel like taking on his failures, as well!
I can take responsibility for my own failures,
the Ministry of Military Affairs,
He's lived his life behind his desk in
so he can die there, as well.
If Siegfried Kircheis were still alive,
with rotten assignments like this!
we'd never have to deal
The good guys always die young!
Mittermeyer first heard of these assignments
Schattenburg Fortress was to be constructed.
as he was returning from the sector where
Oberstein's being assigned to Neue Land?!
then I have no reason to try to interfere.
I see, if it's an imperial edict,
But...
are the Neue Land citizens.
The ones who need your pity
so I'm sure he'll clamp down on things firmly.
We're talking about Oberstein,
against the Iserlohn forces?
Still, who's in command of the battle
under the command of Marshal Oberstein.
It will be Admirals Bittenfeld and Müller,
Well, I wonder who got the worse role here?
That's a tough one.
minister of military affairs,
It certainly won't be easy for the
having to control Admiral Bittenfeld.
are gathered on Heinessen, huh?
So half of the eight senior admirals and marshals
I'd like to meet with the other three again.
Oberstein aside,
a maelstrom of wild enthusiasm.
At this time, Heinessen was in the midst of
over the Imperial forces
The news of the Iserlohn forces' victory
control net to the citizens of Heinessen.
made it through the Empire's information
Long live freedom, democracy, and Yang Wen-li!
been shrugging his shoulders, dumbfounded,
If the deceased Yang had heard this, he'd have
but the people of Heinessen were serious.
resistance organizations existed
At this time, over forty underground
that had borrowed Yang Wen-li's name.
against a clash with the agitated civilians,
After receiving this information, in order to guard
from the Iserlohn Corridor,
Admiral Wahlen, who had retreated
until the forces deployed from Fezzan arrived.
stopped in the Gandharva Stellar Region to wait
Meanwhile, the forces of Iserlohn Fortress
excitement brought about by their victory.
had already sobered up from the temporary
them feeling good forever,
Victory in a local battle couldn't leave
could not be called sweet.
as their circumstances most certainly
Congratulations, Karin.
but on coming back alive.
Not on the fruits of battle,
Thank you, Frederica.
By the way, how old are you, Karin?
I'm 17 years old.
Oh, that's amazing.
When I was your age,
as an underclassman at the Command Academy.
I was giving my all to managing the curriculum
I didn't have any real combat experience,
just a child, compared to you.
and I really think that I was
I'm a child myself.
I know that full well.
but I definitely know it myself.
It annoys me to hear others say it,
Karin had become quite open with Frederica.
to be open with a number of others, as well.
And at the same time, she thought it would be fine
she didn't have such thoughts.
When she first came to Iserlohn,
to her own growth or some sort of compromise,
Whether this change in thinking was due
she wasn't exactly certain.
The widow Yang really is doing well,
leaving her husband's body as it is.
but I just don't understand why she seems to be
but she couldn't give me a firm answer.
I tried asking her myself,
to bury his body on Heinessen.
I believe Frederica wants
On Heinessen?
Iserlohn was a place where Yang slept while alive,
it's right for his final resting place.
but she must not think that
It's not that surprising.
Well, I understand her feelings,
before we can hold a burial for him on Heinessen.
but I haven't the foggiest how long it may be
Is that so?
make a prediction again or something?
Hey, Hortense, are you trying to
What's a prediction?
Well, that's, you see...
It's like this:
When you're older...
you'll tell a man "I know all about that."
And I'm sure everyone will be surprised.
That's your mother's prediction.
Hey now...
garlic bread and onion salad to accompany it.
Dinner tonight will be cheese fondue, with
Shall we have beer or wine with it?
Let's go with wine.
impregnable as a fortress,
Iserlohn certainly may be
a permanent and isolated government.
but it may not be a suitable place for maintaining
in the sex ratio of the population.
First off, there's the striking imbalance
strategic strengths we may have,
Thanks to that, no matter how many
we'll need to be excessively vigilant.
that Iserlohn doesn't become a chain
As Yang himself said, we need to be sure
and the revolutionary forces.
around the neck of the republican government
his way through all that?
Will Julian be able to work
to Heinessen also reached Iserlohn Fortress.
The news that Marshal Oberstein was dispatched
If we're talking Oberstein,
precise to absolute zero.
he's like the razor of the Empire,
That's the impression he gave me.
Oh, so you're acquaintances?
No.
when I was a kid in the Empire,
But now that you mention it,
I saw a brat with a nasty, gloomy look in his eyes,
I was walking around town with my old lady when
and I just really stuck my tongue out at him.
that may have been Oberstein.
Thinking back on it now,
I should have thrown a rock at him back then, too.
I see.
wouldn't you say?
He probably had similar impressions,
Why do you think that?
even I was a citizen of the Empire.
Well, back when I was in my mom's belly,
What's with that?
Putting aside jokes,
cool-headed military administrator,
Marshal Oberstein is a pretty
and he excels at trickery.
with a simple show of strength.
Now that he's here, he won't be coming at us
I can't even imagine what he has planned.
what will you do?
Julian, if Oberstein tries to abandon Heinessen,
Well...
Is that a real possibility?
If we're talking about strategic necessities,
to defend Heinessen to the last.
the Imperial forces have no reason
Even if they yield it to the forces of republicanism,
to take it back at any time.
they can bring their massive army
And unlike Iserlohn, it isn't exactly impregnable.
I see.
as bait to draw us out of Iserlohn Fortress.
And it may actually be effective to use it
If the Imperial forces abandon their control,
the people of Heinessen will happily send for us.
And we can't just ignore that.
amidst their powerful forces.
In that case, we'll have to go out
It would be tantamount to suicide.
to the punch somehow, right?
We'll have to beat them
We'll need to move before they make their play.
I just thought of this,
about the Church of Terra to negotiate?
but could we use the plots mentioned on the disk
Should we tell the Imperial forces,
something as our consulting fee?
and then charge them a single planet or
would exchange that information for a planet,
Well, I don't think Kaiser Reinhard
with the proud kaiser,
but if we want to achieve reconciliation
suitable for the exchange.
we definitely need something
What were you thinking of, Commandant?
Wouldn't that be a definitive military victory?
All right, it's decided.
It's got to be a preemptive strike.
You sure are easygoing.
you've got to talk to her first.
To get a good woman to fall for you,
Yeah, yeah.
we can't strike too far from Iserlohn.
Having said that,
before deciding definitively what to do.
We should try watching things a little longer
that caught my eye on Terra.
Still, there was nothing
I think what was there was the past, not the future.
will be written isn't Terra.
The place where the future
Kaiser Reinhard's 25th birthday.
March 14th saw the arrival of
national holiday for the Empire,
The kaiser's birthday was an important
given the day off, as well as a bonus.
and the men and officers of the military were
the garden party was canceled.
Taking into account the kaiser's condition,
wallflower, and ginkgo.
But Annerose sent a painting of linden,
the bonds of affection, and longevity,
These plants hold the meaning of married love,
consideration for the married couple.
which conveyed Annerose's
While Reinhard had left his sick bed,
was only growing worse.
there was someone whose condition
were such a sentimental woman.
I didn't think that you
What do you mean?
That Elfriede woman...
she saw Reuenthal when he was dying?
Didn't you go out of your way to make sure
Where is she now?
Where, indeed?
I know why you're so impatient.
You've lost all faith in your health.
of their distribution and communications,
Still, you may have disrupted some
but what effect has that had, I wonder?
was a complete failure.
The incident with the Corridor Bureau
even if you don't have a trump card.
There are times when you need to play the game,
This year is such a time.
I don't know what you're thinking, but...
You certainly have grown weak.
who'd use such a hackneyed line.
You were never the sort
Your powers of expression have atrophied.
You used to be a cleverer man.
How many years has it been?
We were so young, then.
the landesherr's office,
You were just a bureaucrat in
with nothing but my singing and dancing talent.
and I was trying to claw my way up in society
like you did with Rupert?
Do you intend to sell me out,
Rupert died true to himself, fighting head on.
What about you?
Do you feel like fighting Kaiser Reinhard directly?
engagement with Kaiser Reinhard?
After you're dead, how will they see your
or merely tripped him up.
Strangers will decide whether you fought him,
to object to their assessment.
And you won't be able
the others arrived on Heinessen.
On March 20th, Oberstein and
I'm not the least bit scared of dying!
But I refuse to get mixed up with Oberstein.
If I have to go to Valhalla alongside him,
I'll push him out of the Walküre's chariot!
Your Excellency, you're speaking too loudly.
in the Bittenfeld family.
We have a rule passed down
and insults with one even louder!
Give praise with a loud voice,
I intend to uphold that rule!
I-I get it, sir!
I get it...
Generalgouvernement that Reuenthal used,
Oberstein continued on to the
did not accompany him,
while Bittenfeld and Müller
in hotels near the airport.
instead setting up temporary headquarters
to accompany the admirals, either.
Oberstein himself did not especially wish
The issue he was most urgently trying to tackle
command ability of either of them.
was not one that needed the
sudden and severe change.
On the 21st, Heinessen faced a
minister of military affairs were dispatched,
Ground forces under the direct control of the
started to be forcibly detained.
and so-called "dangerous persons"
Alliance human resources committee;
Huang Rui, former chairman of the
of Marshal Yang Wen-li's chief of staff;
Vice Admiral Murai, who held the important office
Vice Admiral Paetta,
and then the 1st Fleet of the former Alliance forces;
who held the post of commander of the 2nd,
National Autonomous University,
the president of the
political administrations, Professor Oliveira.
and the brain behind successive
imprisoned in a single sweep.
Over 5,000 people were
Free Planets Alliance were all rounded up.
Those who held important offices in the
This was referred to as "Oberstein's Scything."
I just don't get what Oberstein is thinking.
Do you?
No, I don't.
The way I figure it,
or whoever say what they want.
we should let those democratic republicans
one percent of what comes out of their mouths.
After all, it's not like they can carry out more than
If he throws political and thought criminals into jail,
the people committing the usual sort of crimes.
that will proportionally lower our ability to imprison
the public order on this planet.
Rather, there's a risk of damaging
Seriously!
repression to maintain order,
If he thinks that you can use force and
Oberstein is more unrefined than I thought.
to object to how he's maintaining order.
Still, we don't have the authority
for the capture of Iserlohn Fortress.
Let's dedicate our efforts to the preparations
Gandharva Stellar Region today, too.
Admiral Wahlen will be arriving from the
Right.
of interfering with the actual combat, would he?
Still, that bastard Oberstein wouldn't be thinking
I'm not sure.
When the time for battle comes, I'll do it my way.
I won't listen to Oberstein's directions!
In this way, until the end of March,
three fleet commanders were on the same planet,
though the minister of military affairs and the
and instead carried out their own duties.
they hardly met one another
Oberstein on the morning of April 1st.
Together, those three admirals came before
There's something we want to ask you!
Ask away, Admiral Bittenfeld.
I just ask that you keep it brief and logical.
Then, let me get right to the point.
and outside of our forces,
There's a rumor running both inside
political and thought criminals
that you've imprisoned so many
to make the Iserlohn forces surrender.
in order to use them as hostages
I don't want to believe that
to earn our forces a strategic victory,
you're planning to use such cowardly methods
from your own mouth!
but I need to hear the truth of the matter
What do you say?!
criticize me based on rumors.
It's regrettable that you would
Then it isn't true?
I didn't say that.
use hostages as a shield,
Then you really are planning to
in order to force Iserlohn to surrender?
are useless at this time.
The bloody dreams of military romanticists
of a million officers and men,
Rather than risk the lives
to use less than 10,000 political criminals
I believe it's clearly a better choice
to earn a bloodless victory.
our invincible Imperial forces?!
What of the honor of
Honor?
I could take down Iserlohn with my fleet alone!
Müller and Wahlen are here as well.
But on top of that,
We have a massive force of 40,000 ships.
use our power to force Iserlohn to surrender,
There's not a single doubt that we could
to such makeshift methods!
without needing to resort
the core of our strategy.
We can't make unmerited boasts
where it can be resolved through violence alone.
The situation is no longer at a stage
"Unmerited," you say?!
enemies on countless battlefields
How many times have we beaten superior
for the sake of His Majesty Kaiser Reinhard?!
making such careless remarks?!
Where do you get off
I know your "achievements" full well.
Between the three of you,
sweet wine of victory against Yang Wen-li alone?
how many times did you taste the
Both I and the enemy military know all too well.
Bastard!
Admiral!
Stop!
Your Excellency!
Admiral Müller?
Yes?
While Admiral Bittenfeld is under house arrest,
of the Schwarz Lanzenreiter.
I'll entrust you with the command
Will that be acceptable?
but be it myself or anyone else,
My apologies, Minister of Military Affairs,
Schwarz Lanzenreiter won't accept that.
the men and officers of the
is Admiral Bittenfeld.
To them, the only commander
That thoughtlessness is unlike you, Admiral Müller.
of the Imperial forces.
The Schwarz Lanzenreiter is one unit
They aren't Admiral Bittenfeld's private army.
Minister of Military Affairs,
You seem to be confident,
but do you think that our proud kaiser
as a shield to force a surrender?
will accept a method like using hostages
kaiser wishes for a fair, direct battle,
Is it not obvious that the
along with our fleets?
seeing as he dispatched us here
Do you really dare to ignore that?!
rotting away in the Iserlohn Corridor!
The kaiser's pride left millions of skeletons
the year before last,
If he had employed such a tactic
when Yang Wen-li left Heinessen for Iserlohn,
those millions of lives could have been saved.
and its forces are not his personal army.
The Empire isn't the kaiser's private property,
acceptable to have our officers and men
There's no law that states it's
for the kaiser's personal pride!
die meaningless deaths
of the Goldenbaum Dynasty, would it not?
That would be no different than the era
is probably correct,
The minister of military affairs' assertion
but that correctness will only earn him hatred.
the agent of His Majesty the kaiser.
You are under my command as
This is an imperial command.
then you should inform the kaiser.
If you have an objection,
It's a perfectly sound argument.
with his criticism of the kaiser,
But while his tongue was still drenched
in order to strengthen his own position.
he dared to invoke His Majesty's name
the three admirals took it as such.
No, there's no mistaking that
This is...
Our business here is done.
Show the three of them out, Rear Admiral Fellner.
Sir!
In this way,
that no one could have predicted.
the situation on Heinessen took a turn
Cosmic Mosaic
Is your sadness yours alone?
Is the solitude you shoulder all there is to your life?
It's true that life is born without permission
Without meaning or worth attached
Your whole life is just a minute grain in the universe
But that brilliance reaches all the stars
So, let's take these lives led in full
The suspension bridge of the age
And cast these lights in colors beyond the rainbow
NEXT EPISODE
Oberstein and the three senior admirals,
As a result of the confrontation between
is thrust at Kaiser Reinhard.
a serious proposition
to fight fairly and let flow the blood of millions,
Which would be healthier for history,
with the lowest number of sacrifices?
or instead try to bring about peace and unification
Julian, too, needs to answer this question.
Towards Peace, Via Bloodshed
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Episode 104:
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