Universal Calendar 801,
Neue Reich Calendar 3, June 1st:
delivered to Iserlohn Fortress,
News of the peace was
stayed behind were awash in cheers of joy.
and the nearly 100,000 people who had
Wilibald Joachim von Merkatz,
But with the news of the deaths of
and the other main casualties of battle,
Walter von Schönkopf, Louis Machungo,
the mood changed into that of silent grief.
the Rosen Ritter Regiment had survived,
In particular, only 204 of
bringing them to a violent end.
and all were injured,
Schönkopf, huh?
So, even that man could die.
The commander-in-chief is on the line!
You certainly are a sly one, Julian.
he'd certainly scold you.
If Admiral Yang were still alive,
in the form of criticism
This was Frederica expressing her thanks
when hostilities started.
for leaving her behind on Iserlohn Fortress
I'm sorry.
and kept his response brief.
Julian understood that,
So, what will you do now?
Let me hear your plans.
our forces to Heinessen.
I'm going to lead the remnants of
and there I'll have an audience with the kaiser.
We'll go alongside the Imperial forces,
And then I plan to put a proposal to him.
What sort of proposal?
to the Imperial forces,
That we'll surrender Iserlohn Fortress
local autonomy for Heinessen.
and in exchange ask for
the Empire and establish a parliament,
And to someday create a constitution for
a more enlightened direction.
pulling the whole of the Empire in
It won't be easy, of course.
and years of continued effort.
It will require months
If that happens, he'll return to Heinessen, as well.
her approval of Julian's future diplomatic goals.
Expressing it in that way, Frederica indicated
Iserlohn was too nearly impregnable.
Factoring in the might of Thor's Hammer as well,
wariness in the Imperial forces.
it aroused greater than necessary
military power, but with democratic negotiations,
Now, they needed to protect themselves not with
and aim for coexistence with the Empire.
Vice Admiral Cazerne, as you've heard,
to Iserlohn Fortress is coming.
it seems the day when we'll say farewell
implementation to you, right?
I can leave the practical
Yeah, leave it to me, Mrs. Yang.
I'll leave the place so tidy,
if they run their fingers across it.
the Imperial forces won't even find any dust
Please do.
Ah, Mrs. Yang.
to join us for dinner tonight.
My wife asked me to invite you
but I don't dare defy her.
I realize we may be imposing,
Charlotte will come pick you up at 19 o'clock.
Thank you, I'll definitely take you up on that.
I'll be saying farewell to this room, too.
Thank you, Dear, for making my life such a full one.
demonstrating the good luck it possessed.
The battleship Ulysses lived through it all,
more as a hospital ship.
But at this time, it was serving
I didn't even manage to die.
grinning while witches waited on him,
I thought I'd see Walter von Schönkopf in Hell,
but I didn't feel like going.
a long life and reign supreme in this world.
In that case, do your best to live
Schönkopf is gone,
Now that that middle-aged delinquent
you're completely peerless, right?
Universal Calendar 771.
"Olivier Poplin, born Septober 36th,
of beautiful women's tears
On June 1st, 801, drowned in a sea
at the age of 29."
but now it's sadly gone to waste.
I went ahead and prepared my own epitaph,
Ah, your birthday passed.
You're already 30, right? Aren't you?
You're such a pain!
Even if I have turned 30,
what good does that do you, Vice Admiral?
were those that benefited me,
If the only things that made me happy
greedy Fezzanese merchants.
I'd be just like one of those
Still, where is that commandant of ours?
a grieving girl who's lost her father.
He's gone to go comfort
Itoshiimono you, anata wa watashi wo ai suru ka?
Oh my beloved, do you love me?
Ee, watashi wa ai shimasu
Yes, I love you
Inochi no owari made
Till the end of our lives
Fuyu no joou ga suzu wo narasu to
The queen of winter has rung her bell
Ki mo kusa mo harehatete
The trees and grass have withered
Taiyou sae me nemuri ni ochita
And even the sun has sunk into sleep
Soredemo haru ni nareba
But when it becomes spring
Toritachi wa kaette kuru
The birds will return
Soredemo haru ni nareba
But when it becomes spring
Toritachi wa kaette kuru
The birds will return
Karin...
My mother loved that song.
from Walter von Schönkopf.
A long time ago, she heard it
Even after he left, she often sang it alone.
Karin, Vice Admiral Schönkopf is...
I know!
Why?
right back even if you killed him five or six times,
He always made a face like he'd just come
so why'd he have to go and die?!
Even though I wanted to get revenge on him...
Revenge?
my child in front of him and say
Right, I wanted to thrust
"This is your grandchild, Grandpa!"
to get revenge on that middle-aged delinquent!
That would have been the most effective way
Father...
I've soaked your clothes. I'm sorry.
It will dry soon enough.
Hey, do you love me?
but tell me clearly.
If you do, don't just stay silent and nod,
I love you.
Democracy sure is amazing.
Why's that?
give a sublieutenant an order.
I mean, a petty officer can
That couldn't happen in an autocracy.
In the future, when the two were married,
June 1st would be a date that they couldn't forget.
That was the date on which they lost their fathers,
and also the day their new history together began.
You've got lipstick on the right side of your mouth.
So, you've completed the ceremony then.
Well done.
That's mean of you, Vice Admiral.
didn't get lipstick on you, huh?
Still, you didn't know that your lover
I'll try to keep an eye out in the future.
kaiser officially scheduled yet?
By the way, is your audience with the
No, not yet.
the kaiser recovers his health a bit more.
They say it will have to wait until after
But is there any guarantee that he will recover?
I hear he's terminal.
so that you don't leave any regrets.
Well, be sure to talk with him
Right...
Still, people...
that could be dealt with by just talking
or groups of people, can't seem to solve things
without shedding billions of liters of blood.
Do you think that we're foolish?
Who knows? I certainly have no right to criticize.
capriciousness led to all that bloodshed, after all.
I'm one of the ringleaders whose style and
It certainly may be foolish.
will mankind really be able to evolve?
But when we get rid of that foolishness,
Through a variety of expressions and attitudes,
were still fresh in their memories.
the Iserlohn forces mourned the dead who
were different for the Imperial forces.
Meanwhile, the circumstances
None of their leading commanders died in battle,
assailed by a great calamity.
but in exchange, they were
the grand marshal of all the Imperial forces,
It was confirmed that Kaiser Reinhard,
had contracted an incurable illness.
Why?!
instead of that bastard Oberstein?!
Why is it that we're losing the kaiser
Is there no truth and justice in this universe?!
who can't do anything but lust after tributes?!
Is the great god Odin just a useless bastard
Calm yourself, Bittenfeld.
How can you stay calm at a time like this?
I'm telling you to calm down for a reason.
but it isn't certain that he will die.
In the first place, His Majesty certainly is ill,
it will have a negative effect on the soldiers.
If a senior admiral leads the outcry,
Secondly, think of the kaiserin and Prince Alex.
They have far more right to be upset then you do.
You should keep that in mind.
I don't have a thing left to say.
I see, when you put it like that,
I acted carelessly.
Mittermeyer was jealous of Bittenfeld's frankness.
to curse the injustice of the gods,
He himself was suppressing a desire
and causing him to suffer.
which was burning deep inside
Kircheis, Reuenthal,
Fahrenheit, Steinmetz, Lutz...
as well as Kempff, Lennenkampf,
don't yet take the kaiser to Valhalla.
Please, I'm begging you,
We still need him here.
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty Reinhard!
Please wait!
Your Majesty!
That's...
Your Majesty!
How foolish...
Conquering Valhalla, huh?
On June 10th, Julian arrived on Heinessen
alongside the grand fleet of the Galactic Empire.
since he had returned to his home planet,
It had been precisely two years
on the night of Yang's wedding.
having left for Terra
Heinessen sure has changed.
my way of looking at it that's changed.
No, thinking on it, maybe it's
ruled over half of the galaxy two years ago,
At the very least, it was a metropolis that
nothing more than a single frontier planet.
while now, it's in the process of becoming
like they've fallen on hard times.
They're all making faces
stepping off the center stage of history, huh?
Doesn't look like they're very receptive to
Freedom, independence, autonomy, self-respect...
that Ahle Heinessen advocated disappear to?
Where did the values of democratic republicanism
Julian first visited Murai in the hospital.
While having serious doubts,
to abdicate Iserlohn, then?
I see, so it looks like you're going
In all likelihood, yes.
I'm going to discuss things with the kaiser,
any other bargaining points.
and we don't really have
It's the end of an era.
It may have been modest,
the Iserlohn era certainly existed.
but for you and me,
For me, it was my final duty,
the next era for all of you.
but I hope that it was a step towards
Senior Admiral Wahlen,
On the same day, Julian met with
who was in charge of the defense of Heinessen,
stationed there would be treated.
in order to discuss how the Iserlohn forces
I've definitely met you somewhere before.
Or am I mistaken?
No, you aren't.
We met one another on Terra.
I remember that!
In the headquarters of the Church of Terra?
My apologies, I ended up lying to you at that time.
It's nothing to apologize for.
People all have their own positions.
lost quite a few acquaintances.
Still, we have both certainly
Wahlen's words induced silence in Julian.
this was only amplified further.
When he met with Müller,
which of us is more fortunate?
Herr Mintz, between you and myself,
would die until after you'd lost him.
You didn't know Marshal Yang Wen-li
we've been given time to prepare ourselves.
Now that we're losing His Majesty,
all of you right from the start,
While sadness began for
we must strive toward that goal,
to fill the holes in our hearts.
then depart once more in order
Those of us who live on...
the journey continues
Right, for those of us who live on,
we rejoin those who have died.
until the day comes when once more
Never allowed to fly,
until that day arrives.
we just have to keep walking
Still...
the admirals of the Imperial forces.
I'm glad to be able to exchange thoughts with
of criticism in the future.
But this fact may be the cause
between mass murderers.
They'll call it a shameless handshake
No, even putting aside the future,
who died in battle heaping on any sort of abuse.
there's no stopping the bereaved families of those
But we couldn't have chosen any other path.
we first needed to battle.
To create the circumstances of today,
What are you doing, Captain?
Calculating compound interest.
On what?
that group from Iserlohn so far.
On the bill for the information I've brought
You're charging them?!
That's right.
In the first place, if they don't pay me
those folks from Iserlohn won't feel right, will they?
Is that so?
Well, I wouldn't feel right, at least.
for style and capriciousness.
Unlike some people, I didn't risk my life
Oh, didn't you?
Hell, no!
I've decided!
make it through this harsh game,
Marinesk, if those guys from Iserlohn
a fitting merchant for the new era.
I'll trade in information and become
Well, at any rate,
build trust, and expand your business.
it's good to sell quality merchandise,
What a common way to put it.
those Iserlohn folks are staying at?
Well then, shall we head to the lodging house
What, are the top brass out now?
Well, if it isn't the Fezzanese Hustler!
Is that Mr. Rubinsky of yours doing well?
He's dying.
What?
people related to the hospital.
That information came from
thanks to his brain tumor,
They said he had less than a year left
after the kaiser returned to Heinessen.
but it seems he started refusing his food
It's just a matter of time.
A hunger strike?
Still, that doesn't seem like him.
from others in order to live on?
Isn't he the sort who would steal food
Seriously!
your mental state changes, right?
But when your days are numbered,
Man, you're in a bad situation here.
Oh, big talk!
You wanna take me on?!
I was hoping you'd ask.
This occurred on the night of June 13th.
This is an emergency! Doctor! Get a doctor!
Cardiac arrest.
Shock him. Charge to 200.
200.
3, 2, 1...
It's no good! Do it again! Ready!
from the machinery.
Right, Rubinsky removed himself
200...
3, 2, 1...
Right...
Right, that's correct.
No good!
He's in critical condition.
Ah, please hold on.
He just died.
conspiracy ringleader's final moments.
I see, that was quick for that
become at least a little quieter.
With this, the universe will
Collect the documents related to Rubinsky...
What?!
Adrian Rubinsky's brain waves ceased at 2040,
and this occurred at nearly the same moment.
artificial explosion underneath Heinessenpolis.
It was not an earthquake, but a large-scale
It was later confirmed that
embedded in his skull and tied to his brain waves,
Rubinsky had a low frequency controller
under Heinessenpolis upon his death.
set to detonate bombs placed
Rubinsky's suicide was timed
Kaiser Reinhard was staying on Heinessen,
to cause the explosion while
in hopes of taking the kaiser along with him.
Run!
Get ready to put out the fire!
Hurry! Hurry!
This way!
I beg your pardon, Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, the fire is approaching.
It's dangerous here, so please evacuate.
If We must die here on Heinessen, then so be it.
We don't feel like fleeing with the other evacuees.
What are you saying?!
for Your Majesty's return.
The kaiserin and prince are waiting on Fezzan
so please pardon my rudeness.
It's a retainer's duty to guide you there safely,
In this way, Reinhard escaped the peril.
composition describing the incident.
The artist admiral Mecklinger left behind a
the kaiser was saved,
"It is to Bittenfeld's credit that
particularly the formative arts,
but it was thanks to his complete disinterest in art,
that it was all dealt with so quickly.
destroyed by the flames,
Were he concerned with the art being
and it might have ended in disaster.
then everything would have been delayed,
It truly should be called good fortune."
Bittenfeld's achievement,
While this was a recognition of
he didn't rescue any artwork,
it also held a criticism of the fact that
pieces of art being swallowed by the inferno.
leading to a large number of paintings and
was lost to the fire that night.
However, it wasn't only art that
In the end, the blaze burned for three days,
30% of the city had been lost.
and when it was finally extinguished,
dead or missing in the fire,
More than 5,000 people were
with five hundred times that number injured.
the military police established
Acting under Oberstein's orders,
for which Rubinsky had given his life.
that this was an act of terrorism
During the incident,
documents systematically saved
Oberstein had the Ministry of Military Affairs
arrest suspicious characters.
and deployed the military police to
Rubinsky's mistress and accomplice,
Dominique Saint-Pierré, who was wanted as
was among those arrested at this time.
bloodstained bouquet for the kaiser, huh?
I see, so this incident was Rubinsky's
I'm sure that Adrian Rubinsky certainly didn't wish
Galactic Empire to end like this.
for his challenge to the
But I don't pity him.
who'd be happy with pity, after all.
He wasn't the sort of person
known as Elfriede von Kohlrausch?
Do you know the location of the woman
No.
I see.
pursue the matter any further.
Oberstein did not attempt to
for two months after this.
Dominique was detained and investigated
Ultimately, the indictment was suspended,
after her release.
and she was never heard from again
with Kaiser Reinhard
Julian Mintz's official audience
was carried out on the afternoon of June 20th.
We've heard that you're 19 years old.
Yes, that's correct, Your Majesty.
an admiral of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
When We were 19, We were still
and We believed We could do anything,
Our surname was not yet Lohengramm,
the universe alongside Our close friend.
and thus thought of conquering
And you carried that out, Your Majesty.
you made a grand statement.
When We first met with you,
for the sake of the Lohengramm Dynasty.
You said you had a good plan to offer,
chance to offer proof for that boast.
We thought We should like to give you the
immunize the Galactic Empire from fatal disease?
So, what medicine would you have us mix to
I'd have you create a constitution,
First, Your Excellency,
and then you should establish a parliament.
called a constitutional government.
That would form the shape for the vessel
then you must fill it with wine.
Once you form a vessel,
What sort of wine would be suitable?
Wine must age to gain its flavor.
It will require some time
government and set up good management.
to gather the proper personnel for a constitutional
Time that the kaiser may not have!
You may have something of a different goal.
of the Galactic Empire
Do you not intend to fill the vessel
with the wine known as constitutional government?
Galactic Empire swallow the ideals of democracy.
And in that way, you might have the
We're returning to Fezzan.
A number of people await Us there.
don't you think?
There's value in making that final journey,
You may accompany Us to Fezzan, as well.
Are you sure, Your Majesty?
It would be for the best.
with the next leader rather than Ourself.
You should discuss your views and aspirations
political insight than do We.
And the kaiserin has far greater
It may be more effective to talk to her.
Julian later wondered
of fondness towards his loved one.
if this was Kaiser Reinhard's greatest expression
Due to Reinhard showing fatigue,
in less than thirty minutes,
that day's audience came to a close
that he'd met his objective.
and Julian left without feeling satisfied
The Goldenlöwe...
all of space to be so lacking in power...
For the flag of the supreme ruler who conquered
We're approaching the end already.
It can't come to such a quiet close.
That's more of a desire than a prediction, right?
and heading to Fezzan.
At any rate, I'm sticking with Julian
through till the final curtain call.
At this point, I've got to see things
Who will handle military affairs?
I'll leave it to Soon Soul.
He doesn't quite have my ingenuity,
of a sense of responsibility as I do.
but he's got about 1.6 times as much
And I'll have Lao help him.
Are you going to stay on Heinessen, Mr. Ace?
ever since I was a kid.
No way, I've hated house sitting
into comfortable retirement, but we can't do that.
From what I hear, old man Murai is planning to go
until the curtain is lowered
We've got to keep Julian company
theater's finances are in the black.
and we've made sure the
saying his farewells to Schneider.
At that time, Julian was
Admiral Merkatz's surviving family?
You're going to see
That's right.
Admiral Merkatz's journey is over,
mine will be finished too.
and once I inform his family,
Let's meet again someday.
Right, we definitely will.
then you should meet again someday.
If you part while alive,
Schneider's journey would come to a fruitful end.
Julian prayed in the depths of his heart that
Universal Calendar 801,
Neue Reich Calendar 3, June 27th:
of the Galactic Empire
Kaiser Reinhard von Lohengramm
on the flagship Brünhild,
left Heinessen for the capital of Fezzan
once repairs had been completed.
The Dying Light of the Goldenlöwe
final interstellar flight.
This was the start of Reinhard's
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
Kaiser Reinhard returns to Fezzan,
which will be the place of his demise.
and his elder sister Annerose,
Watched over by Kaiserin Hilda
Reinhard is now approaching his final hours.
assault by the Church of Terra,
But when that repose is shattered by an
Julian and the others present fight back.
Seeing a Dream Through to the End
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"Seeing a Dream Through to the End"
Final Episode:
One page remains in the history of the galaxy.