1. D-YFI@AniDBCopy !req
2. OF THECopy !req
3. On November 1st of Space Calendar 800,
New Imperial Calendar 2...Copy !req
4. Kaiser Reinhard and his party,
escorted by the Wahlen Fleet...Copy !req
5. entered the Phezzan Corridor,
and were met by Mittermeyer.Copy !req
6. I have to talk
to the Chief Commander.Copy !req
7. Retire from the
room for a while.Copy !req
8. Mittermeyer.Copy !req
9. Yes, Your Majesty.Copy !req
10. I'm sure you understand
why I kept you in here.Copy !req
11. Reuental is an extraordinary
admiral of this era.Copy !req
12. Within our military...Copy !req
13. there are only two people who
stand a chance against him - you and me.Copy !req
14. That's why I kept you in here. I assume
you understand what that means.Copy !req
15. I fully understand that
it'll be difficult for you.Copy !req
16. You and he have been
friends for over ten years.Copy !req
17. For that reason, I give you the right
to refuse my orders just this once.Copy !req
18. Although that might be
disrespectful to you, but still...Copy !req
19. Please wait, Your Majesty.Copy !req
20. Your Majesty, I'd like you
to change your mind...Copy !req
21. and in exchange, I will return to
you all of my accolades to this day.Copy !req
22. Would you please
hear me out?Copy !req
23. Change my mind?Copy !req
24. What do you mean,
"change my mind" ?Copy !req
25. Mittermeyer, aren't you
misunderstanding something?Copy !req
26. The one who should change
his mind is Reuental, not me.Copy !req
27. Reuental rebelled against me.
I didn't rebel against him.Copy !req
28. Your Majesty, I beg your
pardon, but I must say this:Copy !req
29. I don't believe Reuental
rebelled against you.Copy !req
30. My accomplishments and loyalty
cannot be compared to his.Copy !req
31. Please give him an
opportunity to explain himself.Copy !req
32. An opportunity?Copy !req
33. Between the time I escaped from
Uruvasi through Lutz's self-sacrifice...Copy !req
34. and the time I was rescued by Wahlen,
how much time do you think there was?Copy !req
35. If Reuental wanted to
proclaim his innocence...Copy !req
36. he could have done it
more than a hundred times!Copy !req
37. Respectfully, Your Majesty...Copy !req
38. but when Fleet Admiral Reuental
was slandered this past February...Copy !req
39. you trusted him and
didn't even flinch.Copy !req
40. Is the fact that I was attacked, and that
Lutz lost his life, a slander by someone?Copy !req
41. It's not like I want
to punish Reuental.Copy !req
42. There probably are things
he wants to explain.Copy !req
43. Though it isn't nearly as deep
as the friendship between you two...Copy !req
44. there was a friendship
between him and me.Copy !req
45. Then why doesn't Reuental come
to me and vindicate himself?Copy !req
46. While I was on a humiliating
escape flight, what was he doing?Copy !req
47. He didn't even send
a letter of apology.Copy !req
48. He didn't even write a line
of condolence for Lutz!Copy !req
49. As such, how does he think he would
persuade me of his righteousness?Copy !req
50. Your Majesty, this is difficult to say, but the
reason Reuental hasn't come before you...Copy !req
51. is that he's afraid that someone
would obstruct his effort.Copy !req
52. To whom are you
referring as "someone" ?Copy !req
53. You may take
it as a slander...Copy !req
54. but I'm referring to the Chief Minister of
Military Affairs, Fleet Admiral Oberstein...Copy !req
55. and the Vice-Minister
of Internal Affairs, Lang.Copy !req
56. Are you saying that they would dare to ignore
my orders and stand in Reuental's way?Copy !req
57. Your Majesty, I beg you...Copy !req
58. could you please demote those
two from their positions...Copy !req
59. as a sign of your intention
to reconcile with Reuental?Copy !req
60. If you could do that...Copy !req
61. I will stake my life to persuade Reuental
to come and kneel down before you.Copy !req
62. I humbly beg your forgiveness
of his moment of indiscretion.Copy !req
63. I fully realize that I'm mistaking the means
for the end, but there is no other solution!Copy !req
64. Must I make such an
outrageous concession?Copy !req
65. Are you telling me to demote
high-ranking retainers...Copy !req
66. just so I can bring back a retainer who rebelled against me, instead of punishing him?Copy !req
67. Who is on the
throne of this nation?Copy !req
68. Me or Reuental?Copy !req
69. Your Majesty...Copy !req
70. Although I'm not on good terms with
the Chief Minister of Military Affairs...Copy !req
71. I'm not advocating for
his demotion because of it.Copy !req
72. Even if you temporarily
remove him from his position...Copy !req
73. you could reassign him to the
position later and restore his honor.Copy !req
74. But if you miss this chance, the possibility of
Reuental's return to you will be forever lost!Copy !req
75. I understand
your reasoning...Copy !req
76. but do you think the Chief Minister
of Military Affairs will agree to that?Copy !req
77. I won't let him suffer
the dishonor alone.Copy !req
78. I will resign from my position of
Chief Commander of the Space Fleet, too.Copy !req
79. With that, I would think the Chief Minister's
displeasure might be somewhat assuaged.Copy !req
80. That's ridiculous!Copy !req
81. After you leave the post,
who will lead the Space Fleet?Copy !req
82. Must I lose all three existing fleet
admirals from the nucleus of our Forces?Copy !req
83. There should be no concern with the Space
Fleet if you entrust High Admiral Muller with it.Copy !req
84. As for Chief Minister
of Military Affairs...Copy !req
85. although it may not
be my place to say it...Copy !req
86. Kesler or Mecklinger
are equal to the task.Copy !req
87. There should be
no worries at all.Copy !req
88. Are you saying you want to start
retirement while still in your early 30's?Copy !req
89. I never thought that the finest of
the fine admirals of our Fleet...Copy !req
90. would follow Yang Wenli's
attitude toward life.Copy !req
91. I will keep your
recommendation in mind.Copy !req
92. Putting that aside, what
will you do with my orders?Copy !req
93. I haven't heard your response yet.Copy !req
94. Are you going to fulfill
them, or not fulfill them?Copy !req
95. If you don't do it, it'll only mean
that I will proceed to it myself, but...Copy !req
96. I humbly submit to
your Imperial order.Copy !req
97. Right about the time Kaiser
Reinhard returned to Phezzan...Copy !req
98. a letter from Fleet
Admiral Oskar von Reuental...Copy !req
99. addressed to "The
Imperial Government," arrived.Copy !req
100. The fact that it was addressed to "The Imperial
Government" and not to Kaiser Reinhard...Copy !req
101. indicated an aspect of the
sender's complicated feelings...Copy !req
102. but it displeased Reinhard.Copy !req
103. What enraged him even
more was its content.Copy !req
104. "Taking advantage of the
Kaiser's unfortunate illness..."Copy !req
105. "... the Chief Minister of Military
Affairs, Fleet Admiral Oberstein..."Copy !req
106. "... and the Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs,
Lang, are monopolizing the government;"Copy !req
107. "They ignore the Kaiser and are
purging people as they like."Copy !req
108. "I, Oskar von Reuental,
cannot overlook it..."Copy !req
109. "... and if necessary, I will utilize my
forces to remove their tyranny."Copy !req
110. When did I let Oberstein or Lang
monopolize the government?Copy !req
111. If Reuental were right,
there would be no way...Copy !req
112. he would have been appointed to be
the Governor-General of Neue Land!Copy !req
113. Does he need to denigrate me
so much to justify his treason?Copy !req
114. From Reuental's side,
it was only natural...Copy !req
115. considering that Reinhard himself
had no instance of misgovernment...Copy !req
116. to denounce the sins
of his subordinates.Copy !req
117. But what Reinhard detests the
most is to follow other people...Copy !req
118. or to be controlled
by other people.Copy !req
119. The anger he felt for his injured pride
was fierce and grave - and justified.Copy !req
120. Contact Wahlen and Bittenfeld.Copy !req
121. In this upcoming expedition, we'll
need them to guard each flank.Copy !req
122. Yes, sir.Copy !req
123. But what about Admiral Muller?Copy !req
124. Muller is still not fully
recovered from his injury.Copy !req
125. Besides, I need him to stay
by His Majesty's side.Copy !req
126. And in case I lose the battle, he'll have to
be our last shield to protect His Majesty.Copy !req
127. I'd like him to
stay behind this time.Copy !req
128. Then it looks High Admiral Muller won't
see any action in this upcoming battle.Copy !req
129. There is no way
you will be defeated.Copy !req
130. For Reuental's sake,
I want to lose.Copy !req
131. Sir...!Copy !req
132. No, I guess I'm
being too overconfident.Copy !req
133. Even if I fight to the best of my
ability, I probably can't defeat him...Copy !req
134. I don't agree with that.Copy !req
135. You're free to believe what you believe,
but I fall far short of Reuental.Copy !req
136. Sir, that's...Copy !req
137. I don't measure up to him.Copy !req
138. I'm a mere soldier.Copy !req
139. But Reuental isn't.Copy !req
140. He is...Copy !req
141. Even if what you say
weren't just your humility...Copy !req
142. you're still going to fight against
Fleet Admiral Reuental, aren't you?Copy !req
143. In order to avert a situation where the
Kaiser himself would lead the expedition.Copy !req
144. We cannot tarnish the
Kaiser's sacred hands...!Copy !req
145. Beyerlein understood what
his superior meant to say.Copy !req
146. If Kaiser Reinhard himself led the
punitive expedition against Reuental...Copy !req
147. the Kaiser's hands would be
tarnished by a traitor's blood.Copy !req
148. That means there will be doubts in the soldiers' belief in the image of Reinhard as Mein Kaiser...Copy !req
149. who has been perfect and
without any stain up to now.Copy !req
150. Unlike the one caused by the fact
that he couldn't defeat Yang Wenli...Copy !req
151. an even greater fissure might be
brought about in the Imperial Forces.Copy !req
152. Mittermeyer had to suppress his own
feelings and prevent such a denouement.Copy !req
153. Even if both Reuental and I fall in battle,
the Galactic Empire will continue.Copy !req
154. But if some misfortune
befalls the Kaiser...Copy !req
155. the peace and unity that have
finally arrived will end overnight.Copy !req
156. Even if I can't win,
I cannot lose, either.Copy !req
157. Sir, that would be troubling.Copy !req
158. Supposing both you and Fleet
Admiral Reuental were to fall...Copy !req
159. there would be no one to
stop Fleet Admiral Oberstein...Copy !req
160. even if he starts
dominating the government.Copy !req
161. Well, if both Reuental and I are gone and he
becomes the sole existing Fleet Admiral...Copy !req
162. he might just
automatically retire, too.Copy !req
163. After all, it is his own belief that a
nation does not need a Number Two.Copy !req
164. Sir, even if you're joking...Copy !req
165. Well, let's stop
the hypothetical talk.Copy !req
166. Anyway, get in touch
with Bittenfeld and Wahlen.Copy !req
167. Yes, sir.Copy !req
168. Oberstein is fine.Copy !req
169. But there's one, that guy...Copy !req
170. I absolutely
cannot forgive him!Copy !req
171. Before launching the expedition, I must remove that vermin, for the sake of His Majesty...Copy !req
172. That Reuental has finally
showed his true colors.Copy !req
173. Oh, well, actually, Chief Minister of Military
Affairs, you knew it all along, didn't you?Copy !req
174. But still, such disloyalty,
such blasphemy to His Majesty!Copy !req
175. This is why I've
said all along...Copy !req
176. that Fleet Admiral Reuental appeared
to have unsettling schemes about him.Copy !req
177. The Kaiser didn't believe me at the
time, and I was quite mortified.Copy !req
178. But now that this has happened, it's
proof that my suspicions were right...Copy !req
179. Lang.Copy !req
180. Yes, sir.Copy !req
181. Regarding this scandal
in Neue Land...Copy !req
182. I may pay a visit to Fleet
Admiral Reuental as a special envoy.Copy !req
183. That must be
troubling for you.Copy !req
184. It must be dangerous,
I would assume.Copy !req
185. I have no need
for your sympathy.Copy !req
186. After all, you're
coming with me.Copy !req
187. What?Copy !req
188. No... but...Copy !req
189. Prepare yourself for
departure at any time.Copy !req
190. I'm already prepared
for such a departure.Copy !req
191. If I appear before Fleet Admiral
Reuental, I'll be killed instantly!Copy !req
192. After all, the Fleet Admiral hates
me for some unknown reason.Copy !req
193. I don't think he hates
you more than he hates me.Copy !req
194. B... but I belong to the
Ministry of Internal Affairs...Copy !req
195. so unless I have the permission of the
Chief Minister of Internal Affairs first...Copy !req
196. I can't do
what I please.Copy !req
197. I'll return to the Ministry to consult with
him, so for today, I'll excuse myself.Copy !req
198. No way!Copy !req
199. I don't care if Oberstein
gets killed by Reuental.Copy !req
200. Really, it's even desirable in that it takes care
of one of the obstacles to my future promotion.Copy !req
201. If both of them get killed at the same
time, that would be most gratifying.Copy !req
202. But no way will I be involved in it!Copy !req
203. I have to make sure, by any means possible,
that I won't have to accompany him.Copy !req
204. F... Fleet Admiral Mittermeyer...!Copy !req
205. Oh, Sir Vice-Minister, who's
presently enjoying his best days...Copy !req
206. remembers the name of
someone insignificant like me?Copy !req
207. I am most flattered.Copy !req
208. If you'd like to talk to the Chief Minister
of Military Affairs, he's in his office...Copy !req
209. The one I have issues
with is you, Vice-Minister!Copy !req
210. Or should I call you the Chair of
the Internal Security Department?Copy !req
211. Either way, from now on, you'll have no need
for a title you had while you were alive!Copy !req
212. Listen!Copy !req
213. Don't you dare move...Copy !req
214. until I get there!Copy !req
215. S... s... someone...Copy !req
216. Kesler...Copy !req
217. Please stop,
Fleet Admiral Mittermeyer.Copy !req
218. Vice-Minister Lang is still
His Majesty's retainer.Copy !req
219. Fleet Admiral Mittermeyer, even though you're
incomparable in your battlefield accolades...Copy !req
220. if you engage in a personal vendetta
inside the Ministry of Military Affairs...Copy !req
221. as Superintendent of
the Military Police...Copy !req
222. I'll have no choice
but to stop you.Copy !req
223. Don't you understand?Copy !req
224. A personal vendetta?Copy !req
225. Superintendent of the Military Police, the
way you phrase it is not what I intend...Copy !req
226. but if you say it's a personal vendetta,
I don't care if it's seen as such!Copy !req
227. If I let this Lang character live, a termite
who's wearing the mask of a human being...Copy !req
228. I won't have peace of mind
while I go on this expedition!Copy !req
229. I'm telling you now!Copy !req
230. To rectify Lang's injustice, we must
do it in accordance with the law.Copy !req
231. Otherwise, the foundation on which the
Lohengramm Dynasty was built will crumble.Copy !req
232. You're the most important
of its important vassals...Copy !req
233. the most brilliant of
its brilliant admirals.Copy !req
234. It's not like you don't
understand that, do you?Copy !req
235. I respect your opinion,
Superintendent of the Military Police.Copy !req
236. But the law has
always been powerless...Copy !req
237. against that termite who's
trembling over there, hasn't it?Copy !req
238. I don't care
if I'm punished...Copy !req
239. as long as I can deal him
the punishment he deserves!Copy !req
240. Calm down, Fleet Admiral.Copy !req
241. You're a clearheaded man.
It's not like you to act this way.Copy !req
242. If a misfortune befalls you, who would be in
charge of ensuring the glory of Golden Lion?Copy !req
243. Gale Wolf, are you going to
neglect your grave responsibility...Copy !req
244. of carrying the nation,
driven by personal rage?Copy !req
245. The Kaiser is a
sagacious ruler.Copy !req
246. If Vice-Minister Lang is guilty of a crime,
he will, by all means, punish him...Copy !req
247. in accordance with Imperial
rule and national law.Copy !req
248. Please, Fleet Admiral, trust
me and fulfill your own duties.Copy !req
249. I understand.Copy !req
250. I'll leave it to you.Copy !req
251. I apologize for
acting unbecomingly.Copy !req
252. I'll make amends for having
caused a commotion at a later date.Copy !req
253. Oh, you saved me, Superintendent
of the Military Police!Copy !req
254. But Fleet Admiral
Mittermeyer's crime is...Copy !req
255. Guest House of the Former Phezzan Autonomous GovernmentCopy !req
256. Imperial Fleet Provisional HeadquartersCopy !req
257. Fraulein Mariendorf.Copy !req
258. Your Majesty, welcome home.Copy !req
259. I'm glad to see
you safe and sound.Copy !req
260. I'm sorry to
have worried you.Copy !req
261. Lutz is dead.Copy !req
262. I wonder how many people
have died for my sake, now.Copy !req
263. Three years ago, I thought there was no
longer anyone left whose death I would regret.Copy !req
264. But this year alone, there are already
three - Fahrenheit, Steinmetz, and Lutz.Copy !req
265. It is far too harsh, even as
a punishment for my idiocy.Copy !req
266. Those Fleet Admirals are not Fate's
instruments for punishing you, Your Majesty.Copy !req
267. I can't believe they held grudges against
you as they departed for Valhalla.Copy !req
268. Please don't blame yourself.Copy !req
269. I think I understand, but...Copy !req
270. Fraulein, have you been well?Copy !req
271. Yes, thank you,
Your Majesty.Copy !req
272. Reuental sent a message addressed
to "the Imperial Government..."Copy !req
273. but are you
aware of it, Fraulein?Copy !req
274. Yes.Copy !req
275. Hilda also understood why Reuental advocated for the removal of Oberstein and Lang.Copy !req
276. Since he's hoping for sympathy
from the other Imperial vassals...Copy !req
277. it certainly made sense,
both politically and strategically.Copy !req
278. But Hilda also understood that it
further injured Reinhard's pride...Copy !req
279. and put the
situation into a quagmire.Copy !req
280. Presuming him to have
been weakened by illness...Copy !req
281. was like blowing wind into
the young Kaiser's fierce fire.Copy !req
282. Besides, even if
they were punished...Copy !req
283. she couldn't believe that Reuental
would withdraw his forces.Copy !req
284. That was because she felt the concerns she'd
had at the time of the Battle of Vermilion...Copy !req
285. when she asked
Mittermeyer and Reuental...Copy !req
286. to attack the Alliance's capital planet
Heinessen, had merely become reality.Copy !req
287. Respectfully, there is something
I'd like to talk with you about.Copy !req
288. Setting aside the matter of Chief Minister
of Military Affairs, Fleet Admiral Oberstein...Copy !req
289. the Vice-Minister of
Internal Affairs, Lang...Copy !req
290. has committed more crimes
than meritorious deeds...Copy !req
291. not only against the nation but
also against you, Your Majesty.Copy !req
292. You know that his
character and behavior...Copy !req
293. have earned the enmity of
people around him, don't you?Copy !req
294. That goes without
saying, Fraulein.Copy !req
295. I also know that this
Lang character is a small fry.Copy !req
296. But even if a single mouse is
feeding on the grain in storage...Copy !req
297. the damage is
insignificant...Copy !req
298. and if the habitation of such a
creature cannot even be tolerated...Copy !req
299. the Galactic Empire will
become too small a place.Copy !req
300. Concerning Vice-Minister Lang...Copy !req
301. there are many capable bureaucrats and
out-of-office talents who could replace him.Copy !req
302. If you remove him, Fleet Admiral Reuental will
lose one of his reasons for taking up arms.Copy !req
303. The other admirals
will be satisfied, too.Copy !req
304. But it's not like Lang
has committed a crime.Copy !req
305. Just because he's hated, it doesn't
mean it's right to punish him.Copy !req
306. No, Your Majesty, he has
unequivocally committed a crime.Copy !req
307. Could you please take
a look at this?Copy !req
308. The document detailed
the incident...Copy !req
309. where the previous Interim
Governor of Phezzan, Nikolas Boltik...Copy !req
310. had been arrested as an
accomplice in the bombing murder...Copy !req
311. of the Chief Minister of Civil
Engineering, Silverberche...Copy !req
312. and then died mysteriously while in prison,
was a false charge orchestrated by Lang.Copy !req
313. Fraulein, is this investigation something
you instructed someone to conduct?Copy !req
314. No, this is something that the
deceased Fleet Admiral Lutz...Copy !req
315. who witnessed Vice Minister
Lang's domineering ways...Copy !req
316. and perceived him to be
a danger to the nation...Copy !req
317. asked High Admiral
Kesler to investigate.Copy !req
318. Lutz did...?Copy !req
319. I see...Copy !req
320. How charitable of Lutz not
to have abandoned me...Copy !req
321. Instead, he even sacrificed
his life to save me...Copy !req
322. I was an idiot.Copy !req
323. I was trying to protect the
rights of a small-time crook...Copy !req
324. but instead, I was causing misgivings and
frustration for my talented loyal vassals.Copy !req
325. It's probably too
late for Reuental.Copy !req
326. Still, I must take some kind of measure
right now that will not waste Lutz's loyalty.Copy !req
327. Do you think that
will do, Fraulein?Copy !req
328. It can't be...Copy !req
329. It was just one night.Copy !req
330. But I can't think it
could be anything else...Copy !req
331. Hilda was bewildered.Copy !req
332. But even in her bewilderment,
she made up her mind...Copy !req
333. that she should not
tell Reinhard about this.Copy !req
334. I won't be back
for a while.Copy !req
335. Darling...Copy !req
336. Wolf, I respect
Fleet Admiral Reuental.Copy !req
337. That is because
he is your friend.Copy !req
338. But if he becomes your enemy,
I will hate him unconditionally.Copy !req
339. Please come home safely, Wolf.Copy !req
340. As your reward, I'll cook for you your
favorite bouillon fondue every day.Copy !req
341. I'll be embarrassed
if I get fat.Copy !req
342. Make that once a week.Copy !req
343. Don't worry, Eva.Copy !req
344. Besides, we don't yet know for
sure if that battle is inevitable.Copy !req
345. His Majesty has arrested Vice Minister Lang,
and with that, Reuental might be satisfied.Copy !req
346. So if you're going to pray, I want you
to pray that we won't have to fight.Copy !req
347. Please do that, Eva.Copy !req
348. On November 14th of Space Calendar 800,
New Imperial Calendar 2...Copy !req
349. the Phezzan Corridor was
filled with the ships...Copy !req
350. of the Imperial Space Fleet commanded
by Fleet Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer.Copy !req
351. They amounted to 42,770 ships
and 4,608,900 soldiers.Copy !req
352. The High Admirals under the Fleet Admiral's command were Bittenfeld and Wahlen.Copy !req
353. Preview of Next EpisodeCopy !req
354. It wasn't as though
an ultimatum was issued.Copy !req
355. But the battle between
Reuental and Mittermeyer...Copy !req
356. seemed like a foregone
conclusion that no one could deny.Copy !req
357. Still, Mittermeyer makes his final
efforts to persuade Reuental, but...Copy !req
358. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Episode 95Copy !req
359. The Twin Stars Collide!Copy !req
360. Next episode of...Copy !req
361. Another page to the
history of the galaxy.Copy !req