1. D-YFI@AniDBCopy !req
2. OF THECopy !req
3. On October 9th of Space Calendar 799,
New Imperial Calendar 1...Copy !req
4. Kaiser Reinhard summoned Chief of Military
Affairs, Fleet Admiral Paul von Oberstein...Copy !req
5. Chief of High Command Office,
Fleet Admiral Oskar von Reuental...Copy !req
6. Chief Commander of Space Fleet,
Fleet Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer...Copy !req
7. his top three
Imperial Military Commanders.Copy !req
8. When is His Majesty
expected to arrive?Copy !req
9. Soon, I would think.Copy !req
10. Why did His Majesty summon us?Copy !req
11. It's probably about Lennenkanpt.Copy !req
12. You're right.Copy !req
13. There has been a report
from Admiral Steinmetz.Copy !req
14. And?Copy !req
15. Lennenkanpt has already
crossed the gate to Hades.Copy !req
16. His body will be delivered
in the near future.Copy !req
17. I see.
Just as I thought.Copy !req
18. And?
The cause of his death is?Copy !req
19. Suicide.Copy !req
20. Then we can't hold Yang Wenli
accountable for Lennenkanpt's death.Copy !req
21. If Lennenkanpt had been
in a favorable situtation...Copy !req
22. he would've had no
reason to commit suicide.Copy !req
23. It is evident that part
of the responsibility...Copy !req
24. for cornering him into such a
situation lies with Yang Wenli.Copy !req
25. Moreover, since he has provided no
explanations and is still on the run...Copy !req
26. it is inevitable that
he will be held responsible.Copy !req
27. But wasn't it Lennenkanpt
who created the situation?Copy !req
28. Right now, we can
only speculate...Copy !req
29. but Lennenkanpt lost to Yang
Wenli twice on the battlefield.Copy !req
30. He couldn't forget
the humiliation and...Copy !req
31. as he attempted to arrest him based
on suspicion without hard evidence...Copy !req
32. suffered a shrewd
counterattack, perhaps?Copy !req
33. Lennenkanpt was always fair
to his subordinates, but...Copy !req
34. Unfortunately, Yang Wenli
was not his subordinate.Copy !req
35. Right.Copy !req
36. But if it were Yang Wenli and
not Lennenkanpt who had died...Copy !req
37. His Majesty would have been
more despondent, wouldn't he?Copy !req
38. When he met Yang after
the Battle of Vermilion...Copy !req
39. His Majesty desired to add him to his command, and he may not have given up on it.Copy !req
40. I heard that you vehemently opposed
it at that time and, in the end...Copy !req
41. proposed several conditions
if it were to happen.Copy !req
42. I would be interested in
knowing what you proposed.Copy !req
43. Do you want to hear it,
Fleet Admiral Reuental?Copy !req
44. No, I know it without
hearing it from you.Copy !req
45. Really?Copy !req
46. Appoint Yang to be the Governor-General
of the former Alliance territory...Copy !req
47. have him rule his homeland, and make
him battle his former subordinates.Copy !req
48. That's what you
intended, wasn't it?Copy !req
49. That would be the kind of
plan you'd come up with.Copy !req
50. Is it more important to you to
put people through an ordeal...Copy !req
51. rather than to gather their
talent under His Majesty?Copy !req
52. It is important to gather talent,
but aren't we also responsible...Copy !req
53. for determining if those talents
are worthy of our trust?Copy !req
54. So you're saying that those who come to
serve His Majesty must pass your trials.Copy !req
55. That all sounds great...Copy !req
56. but who would oversee the judge's
fairness and his loyalty to His Majesty?Copy !req
57. You two can do
that, can't you?Copy !req
58. Regardless of the system, the substance of
military power in the Reich lies with you two.Copy !req
59. When you think I lack the fairness,
you have the means to depose me.Copy !req
60. The Chief of Military Affairs
appears to misunderstand something.Copy !req
61. What misunderstanding?Copy !req
62. It's about where the
military power lies.Copy !req
63. In the Lohengramm Dynasty...Copy !req
64. the entirety of military power lies under
the command of Kaiser Reinhard himself.Copy !req
65. Chief Commander Mittermeyer and
I are merely His Majesty's agents.Copy !req
66. Listening to what the Chief
of Military Affairs says...Copy !req
67. it sounds as though you're suggesting
our privatization of military power, but...Copy !req
68. That's strange.Copy !req
69. If I appropriate
your reasoning...Copy !req
70. you have no need to worry whether or not
I am fair to His Majesty from the beginning.Copy !req
71. Isn't my fairness something only His Majesty
himself has the right to assess?Copy !req
72. What sophistry!Copy !req
73. Cut it out,
both of you!Copy !req
74. I thought it was my role to argue
against the Chief of Military Affairs...Copy !req
75. but it seems you've been stealing
my turns from me these days.Copy !req
76. Don't be sarcastic, Mittermeyer.Copy !req
77. I myself am aware that
I was being immature.Copy !req
78. Have you all heard
about Lennenkanpt?Copy !req
79. Yes, My Lord.Copy !req
80. Lennenkanpt was not a
man of perfect character.Copy !req
81. But he was not so sinful as to be
forced to die in this manner, either.Copy !req
82. I feel sorry for him.Copy !req
83. Whom do you think should be held
responsible for this, Your Majesty?Copy !req
84. Instead of pining for the
bitterness of last year's grapes...Copy !req
85. we should find the seeds
of this year's grapes.Copy !req
86. Rather, at this stage...Copy !req
87. I'll take advantage of the fissure between
Yang Wenli and the Alliance government...Copy !req
88. and invite that man of
uncommon talent into our camp.Copy !req
89. What do you think,
Chief of Military Affairs?Copy !req
90. That sounds fine.Copy !req
91. But only if Yang Wenli severs his
ties with the Free Planets Alliance.Copy !req
92. That should be our
condition, I would think.Copy !req
93. For Yang Wenli
to serve Your Majesty...Copy !req
94. it'd mean he'd have to abandon the
nation to which he's belonged till today...Copy !req
95. and to disavow the reasons for
which he's fought till today.Copy !req
96. Then it's for his own sake that
he obliterates all elements...Copy !req
97. that can become
lingering attachments.Copy !req
98. But of course, I wouldn't think it would
be possible for him to do such a thing.Copy !req
99. There's no way Yang
Wenli will serve me...Copy !req
100. In short, that's what you
want to assert, isn't it?Copy !req
101. Yes, Your Majesty.Copy !req
102. Moreover, if Yang Wenli did kneel
down to serve Your Majesty...Copy !req
103. what kind of status and
position would you award him?Copy !req
104. If the reward were too little,
he would be dissatisfied.Copy !req
105. And if it were too excessive,
it would cause alarm among others.Copy !req
106. I understand.Copy !req
107. Let's put aside the issue
of Yang Wenli for now.Copy !req
108. But still, it couldn't even hold
one individual, Yang Wenli.Copy !req
109. How narrow-minded a
democratic nation can be.Copy !req
110. Respectfully, Your Majesty...Copy !req
111. the problem lies not so much in the system
itself, but rather in those who operate it.Copy !req
112. The fact that the Goldenbaum Dynasty
couldn't accept Your Majesty's genius...Copy !req
113. is an example to consider
from our recent past.Copy !req
114. I see, you're right.Copy !req
115. So what will you
do then, Your Majesty?Copy !req
116. Taking advantage of the opportunity
that Lennenkanpt's death has provided...Copy !req
117. will you annex the entire
Alliance territory right away?Copy !req
118. We had previously given
them a reprieve, but...Copy !req
119. It might be fine to mobilize all of our forces to
end all chaos with one swing of the sword...Copy !req
120. but as I see it, the republicans have taken
great pains to dance their crazy dance.Copy !req
121. For the time being, we can just be
spectators from a high place...Copy !req
122. till they get
exhausted from dancing.Copy !req
123. Please, Kaiser, do not give me
an opportunity for rebellion.Copy !req
124. I've chosen you to be the
helmsman of history...Copy !req
125. supported you, and proudly
looked up to your battle flag.Copy !req
126. Please don't make
me regret it.Copy !req
127. You should always walk in front of me,
and moreover, brim with brilliant luster.Copy !req
128. Passivity and stability cannot
be the source of your light.Copy !req
129. Incomparable ambition and
aggressiveness are your true merits.Copy !req
130. A - the New Galactic Reich,
the Lohengramm Dynasty.Copy !req
131. B - the present government
of the Free Planets Alliance.Copy !req
132. C - Yang Wenli and
his independent force.Copy !req
133. D - the former powerholders of Phezzan.Copy !req
134. E - the former Reich, the remnants
of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.Copy !req
135. F - El Facil, which
declared independence.Copy !req
136. G - the remnants of the TerraistsCopy !req
137. I may be thinking
too much, but...Copy !req
138. It used to be simple until just a few
years ago, but now it's so complicated.Copy !req
139. Right now, we probably shouldn't
have to worry about E and G.Copy !req
140. The problem is that if
Yang Wenli's popularity...Copy !req
141. the Alliance's military power, and former
Phezzanis' economic power form an alliance...Copy !req
142. it might pose a
threat to the New Reich.Copy !req
143. Yang, too, probably doesn't think
he can change the situation...Copy !req
144. with just his
limited military power.Copy !req
145. If he were to think that way, he would be too
insignificant an enemy to deserve our caution.Copy !req
146. But...Copy !req
147. Supposing he could,
in fact, defeat the Kaiser...Copy !req
148. I wonder if he has
a vision for afterwards.Copy !req
149. Yang Wenli... He's an
interesting character, but...Copy !req
150. If Yang Wenli were gone, a catalyst which
could unite other forces would also be gone.Copy !req
151. But in that case, we'd have to crush
those several hostile powers one by one.Copy !req
152. I would think His Majesty ponders this
point and is being indecisive because of it.Copy !req
153. But still, I wonder what's going
through His Majesty's mind.Copy !req
154. Fraulein, what was
next on our agenda?Copy !req
155. There's a letter of resignation
from Assistant Secretary Gluck...Copy !req
156. from the Ministry
of Civil Engineering.Copy !req
157. What happened to him?Copy !req
158. Last week, Minister of Civil Engineering
Silverberche fell ill and took sick leave...Copy !req
159. and during that period, Assistant Secretary
Gluck filled in, but backlogged many tasks.Copy !req
160. And he's taking
responsibility for it?Copy !req
161. Rather, seeing how brilliantly the
Minister of Civil Engineering...Copy !req
162. executed the backlogged
tasks upon his return...Copy !req
163. Gluck seems to have
lost his confidence.Copy !req
164. I see.Copy !req
165. All right, I'll meet
with him in any case.Copy !req
166. The duties of Assistant Secretary
are second to those of the Minister.Copy !req
167. If your talents had surpassed
those of Silverberche...Copy !req
168. I would have appointed you,
not him, to be the Minister.Copy !req
169. You are humble and
know yourself well.Copy !req
170. That's all to the good.Copy !req
171. Continue to assist Silverberche.Copy !req
172. Understood?Copy !req
173. Yes, Your Majesty.Copy !req
174. Fraulein.Copy !req
175. Yes, Your Majesty.Copy !req
176. As the political and social
mechanisms stabilize...Copy !req
177. the functions of the Ministry of
Civil Engineering will be privatized...Copy !req
178. and its organization
will be restructured.Copy !req
179. Right now, the talents of the likes
of Silverberche are necessary...Copy !req
180. but in such a restructured state, the
steadiness of Gluck would be more desirable.Copy !req
181. In the future, by using Gluck
as a measuring stick...Copy !req
182. we'll begin cutting such
functions that he cannot handle.Copy !req
183. That will help create
a healthy organization.Copy !req
184. So long as the organization relies
solely on the genius of one individual...Copy !req
185. such an organization
will remain immature.Copy !req
186. I wonder if His Majesty may be thinking
this way not only about the Ministry...Copy !req
187. but also about the
New Reich itself?Copy !req
188. Oh, my Lord Minister,
at the current rate...Copy !req
189. won't the New Imperial Capital be
constructed in less than ten years?Copy !req
190. Ten years from now,
I guess we'll be out of work.Copy !req
191. But if that happens, sir, won't you feel
distressed with all that time on your hands?Copy !req
192. My lord,
you're still young...Copy !req
193. so even ten years from now, you'll be
just over forty or so, in the prime of life.Copy !req
194. That's a waste of talent.Copy !req
195. In that case, I'll serve as the
Prime Minister of the Reich.Copy !req
196. On November 1st, a private funeral
for Lennenkanpt was carried out.Copy !req
197. Considering the rank of the
deceased, it was rather modest.Copy !req
198. But considering that his death
still could not be made public...Copy !req
199. and that his cause of death was a
dishonorable suicide, it couldn't be helped.Copy !req
200. Then Admiral Lennenkanpt cannot be
promoted to Fleet Admiral, can he?Copy !req
201. High Admiral Neithardt MullerCopy !req
202. He didn't die
in battle, so...Copy !req
203. He did die in the line
of duty, but even then?Copy !req
204. I served under Admiral
Lennenkanpt for five years.Copy !req
205. Admiral Bruno von KnapfsteinCopy !req
206. He could be inflexible at times,
but he was a fine superior.Copy !req
207. Admiral Alfred GrillpalzerCopy !req
208. Could you please ask His Majesty to declare
a resolution for a vengence expedition?Copy !req
209. I understand your feeling,
but in this affair...Copy !req
210. there are many ways in which Lennenkanpt
himself should be held responsible.Copy !req
211. The issue is not at all simple, and requires
a high degree of political judgment.Copy !req
212. We can't mobilize
our forces lightly.Copy !req
213. Bruno von Knapfstein
and Alfred Grillpalzer...Copy !req
214. were promising young admirals who
were Lennenkanpt's subordinates...Copy !req
215. until he became
the high commissioner.Copy !req
216. They were expected to become
the matchless twin stars...Copy !req
217. of the next generation
of the Imperial Fleet.Copy !req
218. But their respective
personalities differ immensely.Copy !req
219. Please excuse me.Copy !req
220. Especially Grillpalzer, who was known
not only for his military prowess...Copy !req
221. but also as a geographer, earning
him the nickname of "Explorer Admiral."Copy !req
222. The news that was brought to him at that
time, too, was a notice that his treatise...Copy !req
223. based on his planetary
explorations, was acknowledged...Copy !req
224. and that his admission to the Imperial
Geographic Museum Society was permitted.Copy !req
225. After the funeral,
Kaiser Reinhard...Copy !req
226. summoned all military officers
ranked High Admiral and above...Copy !req
227. in order to renew the discussion
on a future course of action.Copy !req
228. High Admiral Fritz Josef BittenfeldCopy !req
229. I wonder if there'll be
a Kaiser-led expedition?Copy !req
230. His Majesty wants enemies.Copy !req
231. Even though he was born for war,
perhaps war has ended too soon for him?Copy !req
232. It's okay for His Majesty
to move to Phezzan...Copy !req
233. but I'm worried about the changes
in the military command system.Copy !req
234. You mean...?Copy !req
235. High Admiral Ernest MecklingerCopy !req
236. Rear Echelon CommanderCopy !req
237. It's strange for me to say this, having accepted my appointment as Rear Echelon Commander...Copy !req
238. but in regards to military
power, centralization works well.Copy !req
239. If you give power to
each military district...Copy !req
240. it can trigger divisiveness
once central command weakens.Copy !req
241. But as long as His Majesty, Kaiser Reinhard
reigns, something like that will never happen.Copy !req
242. Of course, you're right.Copy !req
243. But even His Majesty has not
been granted eternal youth.Copy !req
244. Rather, because His Majesty's
presence is so powerful...Copy !req
245. once it's lost, the vacancy
will be an immense one.Copy !req
246. What you say
makes sense...Copy !req
247. but according to the order of our ages,
we'll undoubtedly be dead before he is.Copy !req
248. As for such tasks in the future, we
should leave them to the next generation.Copy !req
249. Of course.Copy !req
250. But I feel as though His Majesty's
spirits have weakened recently.Copy !req
251. I am rather
worried about that.Copy !req
252. His Majesty is a poet.Copy !req
253. He expresses himself with
his life and life's work.Copy !req
254. He's a poet who
doesn't need words.Copy !req
255. For that reason, stagnation and
retrogression are unbecoming for him.Copy !req
256. By the way, what are the Alliance government
and military doing about this situation?Copy !req
257. Running about in utter confusion
is the only way to describe it.Copy !req
258. We have no choice but to conclude that
they have lost their control capability.Copy !req
259. Once the lid falls off, the boiling soup will spill
over and all that'll be left will be chaos.Copy !req
260. Then we should take off the
lid ourselves, shouldn't we?Copy !req
261. The chaos in the Alliance government
is a gift from the great god, Odin...Copy !req
262. to grant us the
Alliance territory.Copy !req
263. If we are to mobilize our force, preparations
for supplies are not yet complete.Copy !req
264. It'll be like watching the Battle of
Amlitzer three years ago in the mirror.Copy !req
265. It'll be our turn to starve.Copy !req
266. All we have to do is seize
the Alliance supply bases.Copy !req
267. Under what legal justification?Copy !req
268. Legal justification?Copy !req
269. Does something like legal justification
have that much importance?Copy !req
270. As long as the Alliance government
has the will and capability...Copy !req
271. to suppress armed rebel
forces that oppose them...Copy !req
272. we have no way to launch
attacks against Yang Wenli.Copy !req
273. Non-interference with domestic affairs is
clearly written in the Barlat Peace Treaty.Copy !req
274. I see.Copy !req
275. But regardless of the willingness,
the lack of capability is evident.Copy !req
276. Where is Yang Wenli now?
Where has Lennenkanpt gone?Copy !req
277. These questions point out their
limited capabilities, I would think?Copy !req
278. I myself think so, too.Copy !req
279. But someone has to
voice a cautious stance.Copy !req
280. If Mecklinger were here, I would
leave him in charge of that, but...Copy !req
281. Still, compared to the time of Lippstadt War,
our members have changed a lot.Copy !req
282. Mecklinger, Lutz, Steinmetz, and
Kesler are in their appointed posts...Copy !req
283. and Wahlen is still under medical
treatment for his injury.Copy !req
284. And Kircheis, Kempf, and Lennenkanpt
have departed for Valhalla.Copy !req
285. It's gotten lonesome.Copy !req
286. Getting back to
the discussion...Copy !req
287. In the end, the issue will probably be which
of us, the Reich or the Alliance government...Copy !req
288. pursued unfair treatment
of Yang Wenli more actively.Copy !req
289. Our concern is not so much
the situation of the past...Copy !req
290. but rather the future course
of action, I would think?Copy !req
291. Clarifying the past
situation, and hence...Copy !req
292. the target against whom Yang Wenli intends
to direct his military resistance is necessary...Copy !req
293. in order for us to determine our
course of action is what I'm saying.Copy !req
294. If Yang Wenli is confirmed to be a
resistance force against the Reich...Copy !req
295. we'll have the justification to pursue
a direct military action against him.Copy !req
296. However, it may also give him the centripetal
force as a symbol of an anti-Reich movement.Copy !req
297. That's fine, isn't it?Copy !req
298. Let him gather anti-Reich
powers around him.Copy !req
299. If we then defeat him, we can obliterate
the volcanic chain with one attack.Copy !req
300. It'll be a lot less trouble than taking
care of opposition forces one by one.Copy !req
301. The issue is
not that simple.Copy !req
302. It's possible that the united resistance
force may exceed our control capacity.Copy !req
303. Of course, if we concentrate all of
our forces, that won't happen...Copy !req
304. but in actuality, it's impossible to
gather all forces on one battlefield.Copy !req
305. And because our New Reich
expanded so rapidly...Copy !req
306. I must say that its structural density,
including its military force, is rather thin...Copy !req
307. in comparison to the expanse
of the rebel territory.Copy !req
308. But the opposition is just a disorderly
crowd of hoi polloi, after all.Copy !req
309. Even if they're a crowd of hoi polloi,
given Yang Wenli's ingenuity...Copy !req
310. it's clear that they'll perform above
and beyond their actual capabilities.Copy !req
311. In a worse
case scenario...Copy !req
312. we might find ourselves in the similar
crisis to that of the Battle of Vermilion.Copy !req
313. I don't know whose
plan all of this was...Copy !req
314. but we've been forced into a situation where
we'll have to make a troublesome decision.Copy !req
315. Aside from Yang Wenli, what about
the authenticity of that rumor...Copy !req
316. which triggered this series of disorders,
that Admiral Merkatz is still alive?Copy !req
317. At this stage, we probably
should assume that he's alive.Copy !req
318. Right.Copy !req
319. High Admiral Adalbert von FahrenheitCopy !req
320. Astate, Lippstadt - we battled
alongside each other's ships...Copy !req
321. but now, he and I will
probably never meet again.Copy !req
322. In just two or three years,
how greatly things have changed.Copy !req
323. Until I see how these changes end,
I cannot die so easily.Copy !req
324. Kaiser Reinhard was unhappy.Copy !req
325. He himself could not
accept his own passivity.Copy !req
326. But he was also hesitant to use his almost
limitless power in the most oppressive manner.Copy !req
327. The thought that such use of power might lead
him down the same path as Kaiser Rudolph...Copy !req
328. the man he despised the most, was making
him hesitate using an aggressive approach.Copy !req
329. In other words, ambitions and regret were
warring against one another within himself...Copy !req
330. and that resulted in his
stagnancy in the last few months.Copy !req
331. The reason Your Majesty has
been proudly ever-victorious...Copy !req
332. lies in the fact that you've
always held firm control of history.Copy !req
333. On this particular occasion...Copy !req
334. are you going to fold your divine arms
and let history control you instead?Copy !req
335. Bittenfeld's remark is right!Copy !req
336. Right then, Reinhard re-discovered
what he'd been looking for all along.Copy !req
337. I pondered for too long.Copy !req
338. The just cause that is of the utmost
importance is the unification of this universe.Copy !req
339. In the face of
this just cause...Copy !req
340. smaller legalities do not
even deserve consideration!Copy !req
341. Admiral Bittenfeld!Copy !req
342. Yes, Lord!Copy !req
343. I order you: proceed to Alliance territory
with your Black Lancers as soon as possible!Copy !req
344. Join Admiral Steinmetz
on Planet Uruvasi...Copy !req
345. and maintain the security of the
site until the arrival of my main fleet.Copy !req
346. Yes, Your Majesty!Copy !req
347. Fraulein Mariendorf.Copy !req
348. In the near future, I will make public
the fact of Lennenkanpt's death...Copy !req
349. and declare a punitive expedition to indict
the Alliance government for its accountability.Copy !req
350. Complete the draft for the
speech by the end of this week.Copy !req
351. Yes, Your Majesty.Copy !req
352. The course of action
has been determined!Copy !req
353. At this time, each of you proceed with
your preparations for the expedition.Copy !req
354. Yes, Lord!Copy !req
355. Yes, Lord!Copy !req
356. But still, Your Majesty...Copy !req
357. until your resident castle is built, your
seat of honor remains unsettled, doesn't it?Copy !req
358. I have no need
for a resident castle.Copy !req
359. Where I am is the Imperial
Castle of the Galactic Reich.Copy !req
360. In the foreseeable future, the Battleship
Brunhild will hold the Imperial throne.Copy !req
361. Shivering excitement ran along
the spines of the admirals.Copy !req
362. The Kaiser is not a resident of a
palace, he is a man of the battlefield.Copy !req
363. This charisma was precisely the
essence of what they admired him for.Copy !req
364. On November 10th,
the Black Lancers launched.Copy !req
365. Black Lancers Fleet FlagshipCopy !req
366. Konigs TigerCopy !req
367. This was to be first expedition carried out
by the New Reich under its new military flag.Copy !req
368. All right, let's go to Heinessen,
to drink a toast in celebration!Copy !req
369. Yes, sir!Copy !req
370. This was only 141 days after Reinhard von
Lohengramm donned the Imperial crown.Copy !req
371. Horikawa Ryo
Katsuki MasakoCopy !req
372. Shiozawa Kaneto
Wakamoto Norio
Mori KatsujiCopy !req
373. Preview of Next EpisodeCopy !req
374. Reinhard discloses the truths of the affair,
and declares the re-conquest of the Alliance.Copy !req
375. Bucock and Trung begin
preparations to counter it.Copy !req
376. At the same time, Yang, with the option of
returning to the Alliance no longer open...Copy !req
377. decides to go to El Facil.Copy !req
378. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Episode 67Copy !req
379. Once AgainCopy !req
380. RagnarokCopy !req
381. Next Episode of Legend of the
Galactic Heroes, Episode #67...Copy !req
382. Another page to the
history of the galaxy.Copy !req