1. D-YFI@AniDBCopy !req
2. OF THECopy !req
3. Planet PhezzanCopy !req
4. On September 7th of Space Calendar 800,
New Imperial Calendar 2...Copy !req
5. Imperial Force Provisional HeadquartersCopy !req
6. the Superintendent of Staff Officers, Hildegard von Mariendorf, returned to her duties.Copy !req
7. I apologize for troubling
you over a personal matter.Copy !req
8. From now on...Copy !req
9. I will make sure that something like this
doesn't happen again, so I beg your pardon.Copy !req
10. Hilda did not answer
Reinhard's proposal.Copy !req
11. That is because she herself
had not made up her mind.Copy !req
12. With that, Reinhard had
no idea what to do.Copy !req
13. He handled himself well as long
as he was swamped with work...Copy !req
14. but when he wasn't, since he never
really had any hobbies to speak of...Copy !req
15. there wasn't much he
could do to divert his mind.Copy !req
16. As a result, he killed time by playing
games of three-dimensional chess...Copy !req
17. or by riding horses with
Emil or Lucke more frequently.Copy !req
18. Though it's not worrisome that he
has time on his hands these days...Copy !req
19. I'm concerned about
His Majesty's frequent fevers.Copy !req
20. I hope it's not a precursor
of some serious illness.Copy !req
21. HasselbackCopy !req
22. Grand ChamberlainCopy !req
23. BernheimCopy !req
24. Chief of Imperial
Household AffairsCopy !req
25. I wonder if the Westerland incident
weighs that heavily on his mind.Copy !req
26. After a while, Reinhard appeared to
become bored with those activities...Copy !req
27. and began going out more frequently
after completing his administrative duties.Copy !req
28. Though he'd shown little
interest in them previously...Copy !req
29. he began appreciating theater,
music, and painting.Copy !req
30. High Admiral Fritz Josef BittenfeldCopy !req
31. Still, His Majesty is being rather cruel,
taking Bittenfeld along to a classical ballet.Copy !req
32. High Admiral Cornelius LutzCopy !req
33. What?Copy !req
34. What happened?Copy !req
35. Um, well...Copy !req
36. His Majesty has ordered me
to attend a poetry reading.Copy !req
37. What a disaster...Copy !req
38. High Admiral August Samuel WahlenCopy !req
39. Usually, Mecklinger is the one
who would take all those duties.Copy !req
40. I wonder if I could swap assignments
with Mecklinger before I get called upon.Copy !req
41. Mecklinger once said...Copy !req
42. "Since the Kaiser is himself
a splendid piece of art..."Copy !req
43. "... he does not need to be interested
in any of the disingenuous arts."Copy !req
44. I agree with that.Copy !req
45. To begin with, a ruler should
only provide money for the arts.Copy !req
46. There's no need to
stick his nose into them.Copy !req
47. Doing that will only
produce phony artists...Copy !req
48. who pander to the ruler's tastes
and pretend to be great masters.Copy !req
49. High Admiral Neithardt MullerCopy !req
50. Being as sophisticated as
you are, Fleet Admiral...Copy !req
51. won't you please accompany
the Kaiser in place of me?Copy !req
52. Tomorrow, I'm supposed to
go along with His Majesty...Copy !req
53. to listen to something called "avant-garde
music," that I can in no way comprehend.Copy !req
54. Um, well, no...Copy !req
55. I have to work on
those two new fortresses...Copy !req
56. and I'm swamped with my
duties for the Space Fleet.Copy !req
57. Oh yeah, Bayerlein.Copy !req
58. Yes?Copy !req
59. Next time, you ask His Majesty
if you can accompany him.Copy !req
60. Admiral Karl Edward BayerleinCopy !req
61. Who, me?Copy !req
62. From now on, military officers should
also have broad intellectual horizons.Copy !req
63. While they may not be as
accomplished as Mecklinger...Copy !req
64. there are some like Grillpaltzer
among your colleagues...Copy !req
65. who've had achievements in
areas other than military affairs.Copy !req
66. You should follow their example.Copy !req
67. Oh, okay...Copy !req
68. A war or an insurrection
would be better than this.Copy !req
69. Of course, this was not
meant to be a prediction.Copy !req
70. But Muller would later recall
this statement with dejection.Copy !req
71. Adrian RubinskyCopy !req
72. Former Phezzan Autonomous LeaderCopy !req
73. If we can't get the Kaiser to pay
an Imperial visit to Neue Land...Copy !req
74. it will be very difficult to make
Fleet Admiral Reuental rebel.Copy !req
75. I'm sure you understand that
point, too, Vice-Minister.Copy !req
76. We must make the bait large enough
to make him lose his reason.Copy !req
77. In other words,
a great opportunity.Copy !req
78. Heydrich LangCopy !req
79. Vice Minister of Internal Affairs,
Chief of the Internal Security DepartmentCopy !req
80. You might be right.Copy !req
81. But are you sure you want to arrange
such ideal conditions for Reuental?Copy !req
82. If, in the unlikely event, he succeeds in
carrying out this regicide, what will you do?Copy !req
83. Oh, please don't
worry about it.Copy !req
84. The assassination of the Kaiser
is merely an act, a pretense.Copy !req
85. I've meticulously planned it so
that the Kaiser will survive...Copy !req
86. and that the Kaiser will, as a
result, decide to punish Reuental.Copy !req
87. Are you sure?Copy !req
88. Should I swear
an oath to you?Copy !req
89. Well, all right.
But don't forget.Copy !req
90. Your life is
solely in my hands.Copy !req
91. Of course, Vice-Minister.Copy !req
92. By robbing the Kaiser of his loyal vassals
one after another and isolating him...Copy !req
93. and by being the administrator of this purge,
you will seize power and govern the Empire.Copy !req
94. And by helping you accomplish this,
I will be permitted to regain my position.Copy !req
95. That alone is my goal.Copy !req
96. Don't forget that
commendable attitude.Copy !req
97. If Reuental
rises in revolt...Copy !req
98. I'm sure he cannot help but to
start suspecting the other admirals.Copy !req
99. Next up, if we
entrap Mittermeyer...Copy !req
100. and dispose of him and Oberstein
by making them kill each other...Copy !req
101. the rest are just
uniform-clad dummies.Copy !req
102. What do you think
about the Mariendorfs?Copy !req
103. A little wench like
that can't do anything.Copy !req
104. And the father is an imbecile
whose only virtue is his integrity.Copy !req
105. They're not even an issue.Copy !req
106. You certainly are perspicacious.Copy !req
107. Lang's beliefs were actually something that
Rubinsky skillfully manipulated and reinforced.Copy !req
108. Lang thought of Rubinsky as a useful tool,
but Rubinsky saw Lang in the same light.Copy !req
109. If there was a difference
between the two...Copy !req
110. it was whether or not one
allowed the other to realize it.Copy !req
111. Just as you discerned...Copy !req
112. Vice-Minister Lang appears to be in contact
with the wanted criminal, Adrian Rubinsky.Copy !req
113. Ministry of Military Affairs, Chief SecretaryCopy !req
114. Rear Admiral Anton FernerCopy !req
115. Since the criminal is a
state-affairs criminal...Copy !req
116. I don't suppose we can
say it's a sting operation.Copy !req
117. Are you sure you should
leave matters as they are?Copy !req
118. Did he go home, that loyal
servant of His Majesty?Copy !req
119. Dominic San PielCopy !req
120. He has no loyalty
to the Kaiser.Copy !req
121. He's just an egotist who's trying
to seize control of the galaxy...Copy !req
122. by turning the
Kaiser into his puppet.Copy !req
123. So you're hanging out with him,
as a fellowship of egotists?Copy !req
124. As long as our interests match.Copy !req
125. Right now, both you and he
hope that there'll be a fire.Copy !req
126. But he wants to extinguish that fire at a
certain point and take the credit for it.Copy !req
127. On the other hand...Copy !req
128. you're hoping that the fire will consume
even the Empire's framework, aren't you?Copy !req
129. That's why it'll be time for me
to dispose of the old tool...Copy !req
130. when such an
opportunity presents itself.Copy !req
131. But until then, we need to make him
think that we're useful tools for him.Copy !req
132. It was at the end of August that a strange rumor started in the new Imperial capital on Phezzan.Copy !req
133. But in September, it seriously
began to spread all over the place.Copy !req
134. The Governor-General
of Neue Land...Copy !req
135. Fleet Admiral Reuental is planning
to rebel against the Kaiser.Copy !req
136. But Fleet Admiral Reuental
knows too well...Copy !req
137. that he doesn't stand a chance against
the Kaiser in terms of military power.Copy !req
138. That's why he'll ask the Kaiser to pay an Imperial visit to Planet Heinessen to observe Neue Land...Copy !req
139. and he's planning to assassinate
the Kaiser on the way.Copy !req
140. After assassinating the Kaiser,
Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
141. will re-establish the Goldenbaum
Dynasty with the missing Erwin Josef II...Copy !req
142. and will become the regent in order to
monopolize political and military power.Copy !req
143. And in the not-so-distant future, it seems
he plans to ascend the throne himself...Copy !req
144. by taking the crown
of his Majesty the Emperor.Copy !req
145. After finding that out...Copy !req
146. the Kaiser fears the possibility of being assassinated by Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
147. and that's why he has no choice but
to stay put in the Imperial Capital.Copy !req
148. I heard that Fleet
Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
149. is sending an invitation to
Planet Heinessen to the Kaiser...Copy !req
150. but there's no chance
that the Kaiser will accept it.Copy !req
151. Instead, the Kaiser will recall Fleet Admiral
Reuental to Phezzan to interrogate him.Copy !req
152. At the same time, Reuental was
informed of the strange rumors...Copy !req
153. from the contacts he
had left behind in Phezzan.Copy !req
154. On Phezzan, His Majesty has frequently
been suffering from inexplicable fevers.Copy !req
155. Moreover, taking advantage
of His Majesty's ill health...Copy !req
156. Lt. Commander Emil von ReckendorfCopy !req
157. the Chief Minister of Military
Affairs, Fleet Admiral Oberstein...Copy !req
158. and the Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs,
Lang, are going their own way with ease.Copy !req
159. It's as though the Minister of
Military Affairs is Prime Minister...Copy !req
160. and Vice-Minister Lang
is a Chief Minister.Copy !req
161. Therefore, thoughtful people are squinting
their eyes and shutting their mouths.Copy !req
162. Vice-Minister Lang is
especially denouncing...Copy !req
163. Fleet Admiral Reuental
because of a personal grudge...Copy !req
164. and is incessantly advocating for
his recall to Phezzan to purge him.Copy !req
165. Moreover, he claims that Fleet Admiral
Reuental will invite the Kaiser...Copy !req
166. to Neue Land in
order to assassinate him.Copy !req
167. What nonsense!Copy !req
168. The Kaiser will not be blinded by the
delusions of such a petty crook as Lang.Copy !req
169. In fact, just this spring, he tried to ensnare me
in his weak trap and failed spectacularly at it.Copy !req
170. Certainly, His Majesty will not
be swayed by someone like Lang.Copy !req
171. But what I worry about is
action by someone else.Copy !req
172. Lang is merely a puppet of
interlocution, I would think.Copy !req
173. If Mein Kaiser were to become a puppet
of someone like Oberstein or Lang...Copy !req
174. it would be a prime
example of bathos.Copy !req
175. How about I take possession of the Kaiser,
rather than letting Oberstein or Lang do it?Copy !req
176. When the Kaiser visits Neue Land, we'll keep
him on Heinessen and won't let him return.Copy !req
177. Then we declare that we're
moving Supreme Headquarters...Copy !req
178. and the Imperial
Household to Heinessen.Copy !req
179. Since Oberstein and the others won't be
in his company for this Imperial visit...Copy !req
180. they'll be unable
to do anything.Copy !req
181. It's an excellent opportunity for me
seize control of the entire universe.Copy !req
182. Of course, there's no way the
Kaiser would acquiesce to it.Copy !req
183. He'd surely try to escape and regain
his rightful power and position.Copy !req
184. That might actually
be intriguing.Copy !req
185. If I must fight, Lang or even Oberstein,
aren't good enough to step on stage with me.Copy !req
186. They aren't worthy enough
to fight against me.Copy !req
187. The only one who is worthy
of being my adversary is...Copy !req
188. Sir?Copy !req
189. In any case, we'll send the invitation
requesting an Imperial visit to Neue Land.Copy !req
190. But, sir, at a
time like this...Copy !req
191. It goes without saying...Copy !req
192. but I have no intention to stand on
the leeward side of Lang or Oberstein.Copy !req
193. To test the veracity of the rumor, I will send
the invitation and see how the Kaiser reacts.Copy !req
194. I see.Copy !req
195. If the Kaiser does not
move from Phezzan...Copy !req
196. it means that the Kaiser believes
the rumors and suspects you...Copy !req
197. and if the Kaiser accepts the invitation, it'll
prove that the Kaiser still trusts you, won't it?Copy !req
198. Unfortunately, that's
not necessarily the case.Copy !req
199. It might be a ploy to make me let down
my guard so that he can capture me.Copy !req
200. It's a fraudulent trick that wouldn't
suit the Kaiser's personality...Copy !req
201. but Oberstein or Lang
might plan a stunt like that.Copy !req
202. If we start suspecting people,
there'll be no end to it.Copy !req
203. If master and vassal suspect each
other and start feeling each other out...Copy !req
204. there's no hope for peace.Copy !req
205. Just like this spring...Copy !req
206. it's crucial for us to speak in person so he'll understand my true intentions.Copy !req
207. On September 9th, an official letter
from Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
208. requesting an Imperial visit by
the Kaiser to Heinessen arrived.Copy !req
209. What's the matter,
Grand Chamberlain?Copy !req
210. You seem uneasy.Copy !req
211. If you'll excuse me, Your Majesty,
are you aware of the rumors?Copy !req
212. On the next day, September 10th, at an
emergency supreme executive meeting...Copy !req
213. Reinhard spoke of
Reuental's request...Copy !req
214. and declared that he intended to accept
the invitation and visit Planet Heinessen.Copy !req
215. Your Majesty, I'm sure you're aware of the
rumors floating in and around the Court.Copy !req
216. Until the truth of the affair is verified,
I wonder if you shouldn't remain on Phezzan.Copy !req
217. Nonsense.Copy !req
218. There's no way Reuental
will assassinate me.Copy !req
219. I don't suspect him.
Nor do I fear him.Copy !req
220. Do you intend to be deceived by petty rumors
and breach the relationship between us?Copy !req
221. Besides, if Reuental
were to rise in revolt...Copy !req
222. he'd launch a military campaign in a dignified
manner, challenging us to a decisive battle.Copy !req
223. He wouldn't plan a petty
and malicious scheme...Copy !req
224. to stab the Kaiser in the
back, unlike someone else.Copy !req
225. Then at least, please take
one fleet along with you.Copy !req
226. If the emperor takes along an excessive
fleet with him when he visits a vassal...Copy !req
227. it might incite unnecessary
suspicion and fear.Copy !req
228. Besides, why should an emperor
take along a large fleet...Copy !req
229. when he travels within
his own territory?Copy !req
230. Don't give me any
more of your nonsense.Copy !req
231. High Admiral Muller.Copy !req
232. Yes, Your Majesty.Copy !req
233. I order you to be
my chief attendant.Copy !req
234. Prepare for the journey.Copy !req
235. Understood.Copy !req
236. Your Majesty.Copy !req
237. Please add me
as your attendant.Copy !req
238. Although this is
personal business...Copy !req
239. my sister's husband is assigned to the Neue
Land Government as the Chief of Civil Service.Copy !req
240. Since I have not seen her for
some time, I wish to pay her a visit.Copy !req
241. Very well.Copy !req
242. I thank you for the honor.Copy !req
243. Next on the agenda is the
construction of the new fortresses.Copy !req
244. After this, the construction of new
fortresses at both ends of the corridor...Copy !req
245. to defend the New Imperial Capital,
Phezzan, was officially decided.Copy !req
246. The fortress's name on the Neue Land
side, would be called Schatten Burg...Copy !req
247. and the other, on the former Empire's side,
would be called Drei Grosadmirals Burg.Copy !req
248. "Schatten Burg"
means "Shadow Castle..."Copy !req
249. and "Drei Grosadmirals Burg" means
"The Castle of the Three Fleet Admirals."Copy !req
250. It was named in memory of three of the six
fleet admirals in the Lohengramm Dynasty...Copy !req
251. who had previously passed away:Copy !req
252. Kircheis, Fahrenheit, and Steinmetz.Copy !req
253. The Castle of The Three Fleet Admirals,
"Drei Grosadmirals Burg," huh?Copy !req
254. It's a tongue-twisting name,
but if another admiral were to die...Copy !req
255. would it be renamed as
"Vier Grosadmirals Burg" ?Copy !req
256. About the attendants, your
strategy was wonderful, wasn't it?Copy !req
257. Well, as we say, a fortress that can't
be captured from the front gate...Copy !req
258. should be attacked
from the back gate.Copy !req
259. That's just rudimentary tactics.Copy !req
260. Besides, I've essentially been without
duties since the transfer of the capital...Copy !req
261. so I have lots of
time on my hands.Copy !req
262. I'm in the same boat.Copy !req
263. With something like this,
I wanted to accompany him...Copy !req
264. but I wonder why he
won't take me along?Copy !req
265. I'm disappointed.Copy !req
266. If there was to be a fistfight
against Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
267. his Majesty would
take you along, I'm sure.Copy !req
268. But this is to be a
peaceful journey, you know.Copy !req
269. There was no fistfight
at the opera house!Copy !req
270. But what was unexpected is that
Fraulein Mariendorf is staying behind.Copy !req
271. I hear she's ill,
so it can't be helped.Copy !req
272. She had to miss
today's meeting, too.Copy !req
273. I'm always in good
health, you know?Copy !req
274. All right, all right.Copy !req
275. You don't even
catch colds, right?Copy !req
276. I think I know what
you're worried about.Copy !req
277. This past June, Yang Wenli was assassinated
on his way to meet with the Kaiser.Copy !req
278. You're worried that that tragedy might
repeat itself this time, aren't you?Copy !req
279. It's precisely as you think.Copy !req
280. One success is bound
to beget imitations.Copy !req
281. If at all possible, I would like
the Kaiser to remain on Phezzan.Copy !req
282. But if the Imperial visit
is canceled like this...Copy !req
283. people will start to imagine
more undesirable possibilities, so...Copy !req
284. That's right.Copy !req
285. But really,
this is quite cunning.Copy !req
286. When such rumors
are spread around...Copy !req
287. considering the Kaiser's personality,
he won't stay put on Phezzan.Copy !req
288. If this whole scheme is
based on this expectation...Copy !req
289. we might be in for even more
malicious traps than we expect.Copy !req
290. Assuming that
this is a trap...Copy !req
291. would you think that this is Heydrich
Lang's doing, just like the last time?Copy !req
292. It's likely that he's
involved in some way.Copy !req
293. But while Lang may have the
ability to plan such a scheme...Copy !req
294. he doesn't have the organizational
or executive power to pull it off.Copy !req
295. There's probably
someone behind him.Copy !req
296. Admiral, do you suspect the
Chief Minister of Military Affairs?Copy !req
297. No, I don't think this is
one of Oberstein's schemes.Copy !req
298. If it were, he would accompany
His Majesty as an attendant...Copy !req
299. and provoke Reuental's rage
by using himself as a decoy.Copy !req
300. That would be more foolproof.Copy !req
301. But he might take advantage of the situation
and make some sort of unimaginable move.Copy !req
302. I should watch him closely.Copy !req
303. But there's no way the conspirators
could possess such a large force.Copy !req
304. If you take along 50 to 100 ships,
that'll be enough to serve as a deterrent...Copy !req
305. but it won't be large
enough to threaten Reuental.Copy !req
306. Certainly.Copy !req
307. The issue is His Majesty's feelings.Copy !req
308. I will make
the request myself.Copy !req
309. But with such a small number,
I think His Majesty will allow it.Copy !req
310. On top of that...Copy !req
311. I'll station the Space Fleet around the
spacezone where Schatten Burg will be...Copy !req
312. and wait there as a precaution.Copy !req
313. That's reassuring.Copy !req
314. In any case, High Admiral Muller, I'm depending on you to ensure His Majesty's safety.Copy !req
315. Cooperate with Lutz and take
His Majesty to Heinessen safely.Copy !req
316. I will do my best.Copy !req
317. But in the end, I doubt
anything will happen.Copy !req
318. I agree.Copy !req
319. Fraulein, at the end of this month,
I will depart for Neue Land.Copy !req
320. I've heard.Copy !req
321. This time, I ask you
to stay on Phezzan.Copy !req
322. Yes.Copy !req
323. So by the time
I return to Phezzan...Copy !req
324. I'd like you to decide on your
response regarding "that matter."Copy !req
325. Of course, what I mean by "that matter" is
the one where I proposed to you, Fraulein.Copy !req
326. It can be said that Reinhard was
immature to explain himself this way...Copy !req
327. but Reinhard was in earnest...Copy !req
328. and in this instance, Hilda,
too, felt as though she was spared.Copy !req
329. To begin with, he was
an autocratic ruler...Copy !req
330. and he could have done what he
wanted regardless of Hilda's feelings.Copy !req
331. It can be said that this made the scale of
Hilda's feelings tilt toward a certain direction.Copy !req
332. Your Majesty.Copy !req
333. Hm?Copy !req
334. Please take care on your journey.Copy !req
335. Since Hilda herself knew that she was losing
concentration and efficiency at that time...Copy !req
336. she felt that it couldn't be helped
that she couldn't accompany Reinhard.Copy !req
337. Also, she thought that the
rumor of Reuental's rebellion...Copy !req
338. was just a repeat
of the previous libel.Copy !req
339. But the fact that she
thought of it that way...Copy !req
340. may in fact have been a sign
of a malfunction in Hilda's intellect.Copy !req
341. On the other hand, she had complete
trust in Muller and the other attendants.Copy !req
342. Moreover, there was something
Hilda herself wanted to do.Copy !req
343. Why don't I take this opportunity and
meet with Crown Princess Grunewald?Copy !req
344. In this manner,
on September 22nd...Copy !req
345. Kaiser Reinhard departed for Heinessen
on an Imperial visit to observe Neue Land.Copy !req
346. Sieg Kaiser, Sieg Kaiser,
Sieg Kaiser, Sieg Kaiser...Copy !req
347. KlaraCopy !req
348. Lutz's fianceeCopy !req
349. The Governor-General of Neue Land,
Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
350. had to prepare to
welcome the Kaiser.Copy !req
351. Preview of Next EpisodeCopy !req
352. On the way to Heinessen, Kaiser
Reinhard and his attendants...Copy !req
353. while stopping over at Planet Uruvasi,
are attacked by an unknown party.Copy !req
354. If all of the stationed
troops have risen in revolt...Copy !req
355. can it be by Reuental's
order, as feared?Copy !req
356. Suspicion unsettles Reinhard.Copy !req
357. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Episode 92Copy !req
358. The Uruvasi IncidentCopy !req
359. Next episode...Copy !req
360. Another page to the
history of the galaxy.Copy !req