1. D-YFI@AniDBCopy !req
2. OF THECopy !req
3. In November of Space Calendar 800,
New Imperial Calendar 2...Copy !req
4. prior to the battle between Oskar von
Reuental and Wolfgang Mittermeyer...Copy !req
5. Mecklinger Fleet Flagship - KvasirCopy !req
6. the Imperial Force's Mecklinger Fleet...Copy !req
7. obtained permission from the Iserlohn Republic Government to pass through the corridor.Copy !req
8. Since they say they'll grant our request and let us through just pass through normally.Copy !req
9. Thankfully, Yang Wenli seems to
have left a sensible successor.Copy !req
10. High Admiral Ernest MecklingerCopy !req
11. They have their own reasons, I'm sure,
but we can worry about that in the future.Copy !req
12. Yes, sir.Copy !req
13. But I wonder if
it's really safe.Copy !req
14. Vice Admiral WunscheCopy !req
15. If the Thor Hammer launches an
attack from Iserlohn Fortress...Copy !req
16. our fleet will be
totally annihilated.Copy !req
17. We should be careful.Copy !req
18. If we're cautious, will that
neutralize the Thor Hammer?Copy !req
19. If that's the case, I'll be
as cautious as you want...Copy !req
20. but right now, I don't believe
we have such a privilege.Copy !req
21. But...Copy !req
22. Besides, even as worried as we are,
they must be worried, too.Copy !req
23. If they attack
and annihilate us...Copy !req
24. it'll mean they're inviting a full-frontal
assault from the entire Imperial Fleet.Copy !req
25. But still, this isn't a situation
I can feel comfortable with.Copy !req
26. If Yang Wenli were alive, we could
essentially trust them wholeheartedly...Copy !req
27. but the competence of his
successor is too much of an unknown.Copy !req
28. Right now, I can only pray
that his young successor...Copy !req
29. won't be impulsive and place
ambition ahead of rationality.Copy !req
30. The Imperial Fleet
is closing in.Copy !req
31. They're entering the firing
range of the Thor Hammer.Copy !req
32. Aren't they getting much
closer than is necessary?Copy !req
33. They probably intend to show their trust
in us by getting inside our firing range.Copy !req
34. In the unlikely event that the Imperial Fleet
betrays us, we will then counter them.Copy !req
35. The outer walls of Iserlohn Fortress
won't be damaged by mere fleet artillery.Copy !req
36. The only thing that'll be damaged
is the Imperial Fleet's reputation.Copy !req
37. I wish the Imperial Fleet
would just fire at us.Copy !req
38. If that happens, we'll kindly pat them
on the head with our Thor Hammer.Copy !req
39. I won't ask for too much.Copy !req
40. I just want to
watch some fireworks.Copy !req
41. If it gets out of hand,
though, I'm fine with it.Copy !req
42. There's an incoming message
from the Imperial Fleet in transit.Copy !req
43. From High Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
of the Galactic Imperial Fleet...Copy !req
44. to the representatives of the Iserlohn
Republic Government and its Force:Copy !req
45. In gratitude for this favor, we hope for the
normalization of our relationship in the future.Copy !req
46. Also, we all wish to salute the holy grave of
your great leader, Fleet Admiral Yang Wenli...Copy !req
47. and we hope that you'll
kindly allow us that privilege.Copy !req
48. Basically, it means that we're
both a bunch of sentimentalists.Copy !req
49. Iserlohn is a
holy grave, huh?Copy !req
50. So, Commander, you think
that as sentimentalists...Copy !req
51. there's a way we can come to an
understanding with one another...Copy !req
52. and that we should try and find the hope
for our future from there, don't you?Copy !req
53. Something like that.Copy !req
54. But I know it won't
be a level road.Copy !req
55. Admiral Yang used to say...Copy !req
56. that space is a theater, and that both tragedies and comedies will end at some point.Copy !req
57. At that time, it seemed
as though Julian...Copy !req
58. was sensing the direction and
speed of history with his own skin...Copy !req
59. and was seeing it through
to its ending point.Copy !req
60. December 7thCopy !req
61. On December 7th, the Mittermeyer
Fleet, which was in hot pursuit...Copy !req
62. finally caught up to the rear
guard of the Reuental Fleet.Copy !req
63. The enemy fleet
is closing in fast!Copy !req
64. All fleets, turn around and
assume a counterattack position.Copy !req
65. It's from a friendly fleet!
The Grillpalzer Fleet is firing at us!Copy !req
66. Battleship Zondarz is sunk!Copy !req
67. Admiral Shuler is dead!Copy !req
68. No response from the headquarters
of the Waldhauser Fleet!Copy !req
69. Communications from the Fannel
Mobile Unit has been cut off!Copy !req
70. That petty scoundrel.Copy !req
71. It seems he's been looking
for this opportunity all along.Copy !req
72. Counter them!Copy !req
73. Don't let them off the hook
for their petty betrayal!Copy !req
74. That dirty coward!Copy !req
75. We won't just die and allow
you to devour your triumph!Copy !req
76. We'll take you along with us!Copy !req
77. And we'll make you apologize to the
deceased Admiral Knapfstein in Valhalla!Copy !req
78. It can only be
described as an irony...Copy !req
79. that the ones who countered most fiercely
were the subordinates of Knapfstein.Copy !req
80. They transformed their grief
for their deceased commander...Copy !req
81. into anger and shoved
it onto Grillpalzer.Copy !req
82. On the other hand, the Grillpalzer Fleet wasn't
exactly on the same page from top to bottom.Copy !req
83. There were many ships that, troubled at
the abrupt order to betray their allies...Copy !req
84. suffered counterattacks and were
destroyed as they hesitated to attack.Copy !req
85. What's going on?Copy !req
86. Is it dissension...?Copy !req
87. We've intercepted
their communications!Copy !req
88. The word, "traitor," is being
repeated over and over, but...Copy !req
89. So that's what happened...!Copy !req
90. Incoming fire!Copy !req
91. From the 1 o'clock direction!Copy !req
92. Avoid them!Copy !req
93. Evade to port!Copy !req
94. Incoming from port-side!Copy !req
95. What?Copy !req
96. Hang in there!Copy !req
97. Admiral!Copy !req
98. Stay calm.Copy !req
99. I've been injured, not you.Copy !req
100. I don't think "screaming in pain in place of
his superior" is among an adjutant's duties.Copy !req
101. Doctor! The
commander is injured!Copy !req
102. Hurry!Copy !req
103. Make emergency contact with
Sub-Commander Bergengrun!Copy !req
104. Regardless of the
color of eyes or skin...Copy !req
105. the color of blood is the
same for everyone, isn't it?Copy !req
106. Admiral!Copy !req
107. Admiral!Copy !req
108. Let's make that traitor,
Grillpalzer, regret this!Copy !req
109. Let's shove him into the flames of
hell that cowards should fall into!Copy !req
110. Leave him.Copy !req
111. But...!Copy !req
112. He'll actually be in a more unfortunate
situation if he survives here.Copy !req
113. Neither the Kaiser nor Mittermeyer
will ever forgive a coward like him.Copy !req
114. So how does it look?Copy !req
115. A part of the artery that connects
the heart and lungs is damaged.Copy !req
116. I'll freeze it to arrest the
hemorrhage and seal the wound...Copy !req
117. but proper surgery
is needed immediately.Copy !req
118. I don't like surgery.Copy !req
119. It's not a matter of
like or dislike, Admiral.Copy !req
120. It's a matter of your life.Copy !req
121. No, it's a more important matter
than that of like or dislike.Copy !req
122. Dying in pajamas on a
hospital bed doesn't suit me.Copy !req
123. Don't you agree?Copy !req
124. For humans, there's an appropriate life,
as well as an appropriate death...Copy !req
125. Admiral...?Copy !req
126. Well... thanks.Copy !req
127. Now take care of
the other injured.Copy !req
128. Admiral, this isn't
good for your wound.Copy !req
129. Please take care of yourself.Copy !req
130. Don't worry.Copy !req
131. More importantly, bring me a
change of uniform and a shirt.Copy !req
132. It seems that the smell
of one's own blood...Copy !req
133. is something one gets tired
of after about five minutes or so.Copy !req
134. Yes, sir.Copy !req
135. How's the situation?Copy !req
136. The turncoat Grillpalzer
Fleet is small in number.Copy !req
137. The majority of it has
already scattered...Copy !req
138. and we've recovered from
our temporary disarray...Copy !req
139. But in the meantime, the
enemy fleet has closed in.Copy !req
140. At this rate...Copy !req
141. I see.Copy !req
142. I'll hold the
enemy in check here.Copy !req
143. Admiral, please go back to Heinessen for
an opportunity to resume your campaign.Copy !req
144. An opportunity to resume
my campaign, huh...?Copy !req
145. The enemy fleet
is closing in!Copy !req
146. Admiral!Copy !req
147. All right.Copy !req
148. I'll leave you
in charge here.Copy !req
149. But don't push yourself.Copy !req
150. In this manner, though on
the verge of total collapse...Copy !req
151. the Reuental Fleet, with
Reuental's composed command...Copy !req
152. Litterstolf's and others'
desperate defensive efforts...Copy !req
153. was able to retreat with a portion
of its fleet from the battle lines.Copy !req
154. December 8th - 00:40Copy !req
155. Reuental continued to command all the fleets
as before without so much as a flinch...Copy !req
156. with just the help of periodic
injections of pain-killers and hematinics.Copy !req
157. Although he must have been
enduring unimaginable pain...Copy !req
158. his commands and decisions
were at the height of precision.Copy !req
159. But still, it was obvious to anyone that the
color was gradually receding from his face.Copy !req
160. Doctor!Copy !req
161. At one point, when he lost
consciousness from cerebral anemia...Copy !req
162. then regained consciousness as his
subordinates tried to take him to sickbay...Copy !req
163. he rebuked them, and made them take
him back to the commander's seat.Copy !req
164. It looked as though
he was defying death...Copy !req
165. and his subordinates were awed by it, but
at the same time, they prepared themselves.Copy !req
166. Since such hardiness comes
at the sacrifice of the body...Copy !req
167. the commander's life must
be coming to an end soon.Copy !req
168. After their commander
withdrew from the battlefield...Copy !req
169. much of the remainder of the Reuental
Fleet agreed to surrender or cease fire.Copy !req
170. Litterstolf was also
injured and surrendered...Copy !req
171. but to begin with, they
were all fellow soldiers...Copy !req
172. who'd fought together, upholding
the flag of the Golden Lion.Copy !req
173. They didn't kill one another more than was
necessary, and they didn't detest one another.Copy !req
174. In the midst of it, there
was one who surrendered...Copy !req
175. who became the target of everyone's
hatred and contempt: it was Grillpalzer.Copy !req
176. He chose Wahlen, not Mittermeyer,
to surrender himself to.Copy !req
177. But that act, too, left an
impression of his cowardice.Copy !req
178. We risked our lives to fight against the
Wolf der Sturm, the Black Lancers and others.Copy !req
179. I believe we've fulfilled our
obligations to Fleet Admiral Reuental.Copy !req
180. When we're released from the hospital,
we'd like to serve the Kaiser again...Copy !req
181. but even though we hold minor ranks,
do you think we'll get court-martialed, too?Copy !req
182. I see.Copy !req
183. They said they've
"fulfilled their obligations."Copy !req
184. It was then that Mittermeyer was convinced
that the Reuental Fleet was in shambles.Copy !req
185. That was because he realized
that the soldiers' statements...Copy !req
186. captured precisely their feelings
about this meaningless civil war.Copy !req
187. It's over, isn't it?Copy !req
188. The Mittermeyer Fleet's
advancement was, in effect...Copy !req
189. interrupted by the
surrendering Reuental ships.Copy !req
190. Admiral Buro was given the
authority to deal with them.Copy !req
191. Reuental might plan to rise
again at Starzone Barlat.Copy !req
192. Prepare to pursue
him right away.Copy !req
193. Yes, sir.Copy !req
194. It was most likely
that Reuental would die.Copy !req
195. It wasn't something that was decided
upon then for the first time...Copy !req
196. but from even before
he started the battle.Copy !req
197. Defeat and death meant
the same thing to him...Copy !req
198. and he probably didn't think
about surviving his defeat.Copy !req
199. It was not only Mittermeyer's feeling, but it
was shared by the other admirals as well.Copy !req
200. Either way, the chronicles of our lives is written in blood, no matter which page we turn to.Copy !req
201. Even if we were to put a thick
foundation of humanism on them...Copy !req
202. we can't erase the color
of the blood there, can we?Copy !req
203. But still, there are some things we'd
rather go without experiencing.Copy !req
204. Like killing our
comrades and vice versa.Copy !req
205. If the Kaiser ordered you to lead a punitive
campaign against me, would you do it?Copy !req
206. Yeah.Copy !req
207. For a question like that, I'd like you
to agonize over it a little more.Copy !req
208. The question was stupid.Copy !req
209. I demand that the questioner
undergo a serious self-examination.Copy !req
210. It's not a
hypothetical matter.Copy !req
211. After an incident like this...Copy !req
212. how can Kaiser Reinhard's trust in
his subordinates not be undermined?Copy !req
213. Admiral!Copy !req
214. Doctor!Copy !req
215. Admiral...Copy !req
216. Admiral, the Tristan is badly damaged,
and there's a problem with navigation.Copy !req
217. I won't recommend
a hospital ship...Copy !req
218. but I would think you might be advised
to move your flag to an unscathed ship.Copy !req
219. The reason Muller was commended
for abandoning his ship...Copy !req
220. was that he continued to command
in the crossfire of a fierce battle.Copy !req
221. If I abandon my flagship in addition to
retreating from the battlefield after a defeat...Copy !req
222. the name of Oskar von Reuental will
become synonymous with "coward."Copy !req
223. Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
224. was nothing less than Fleet Admiral
Reuental himself, till the moment of death.Copy !req
225. His relentless rationality and
indomitable self-control...Copy !req
226. which everyone around him attested
to long afterwards, were never lost.Copy !req
227. On December 11th...Copy !req
228. Planet Uruvasi - December 11thCopy !req
229. the Mecklinger Fleet, which had
passed through the Iserlohn Corridor...Copy !req
230. joined Mittermeyer's main
fleet at Planet Uruvasi.Copy !req
231. After a discussion
with Mittermeyer...Copy !req
232. they decided Mecklinger would stay there to restore order and maintain the peace.Copy !req
233. In that meeting,
Mecklinger told Mittermeyer...Copy !req
234. that he'd like to immediately reinvestigate
the assassination attempt on the Kaiser.Copy !req
235. My feeling is that the mastermind who
attempted to harm the Kaiser at Uruvasi...Copy !req
236. wasn't Fleet Admiral Reuental.Copy !req
237. Why do you think that?Copy !req
238. First, it doesn't
suit his character.Copy !req
239. Secondly, it doesn't seem
commensurate with his ability, either.Copy !req
240. Surely, if Reuental rebelled in an
attempt to surpass the Kaiser...Copy !req
241. he would have challenged him honorably
by advancing his fleets in all-out warfare.Copy !req
242. It wasn't just a matter
of Reuental's character.Copy !req
243. Otherwise, it wouldn't have
had any political legitimacy.Copy !req
244. Besides, if he intended to seize power
without any recourse to those methods...Copy !req
245. he didn't have
to do it at Uruvasi.Copy !req
246. He could have invited the Kaiser to Heinessen
and then captured or assassinated him there.Copy !req
247. Moreover, once the Brunhild fled Uruvasi he let it get away without doing anything more.Copy !req
248. Such contradictions may have
been part of the reason...Copy !req
249. Mittermeyer felt uncomfortable with
this rebellion from its early stages.Copy !req
250. If he himself hadn't
attacked the Kaiser...Copy !req
251. why didn't Fleet Admiral Reuental
proclaim his innocence loud and clear?Copy !req
252. As you should know,
Fleet Admiral Reuental is a proud man.Copy !req
253. There was no way
he would have said...Copy !req
254. that he was offered up on a sacrificial
altar by someone else's conspiracy.Copy !req
255. Perhaps he made
himself believe...Copy !req
256. that he rebelled against Kaiser Reinhard
of his own free will, his own ambition.Copy !req
257. It looks like this galaxy is too small to let
two men's ambitions coexist in the same era.Copy !req
258. As Mecklinger said this, the one
thing he couldn't understand...Copy !req
259. was why Reuental didn't punish the
culprits of the incident on Planet Uruvasi.Copy !req
260. As he investigated this point...Copy !req
261. he discovered that Grillpalzer had intentionally concealed evidence the suggested...Copy !req
262. that it was a Terraist plot, claiming, instead, that the culprits could not be determined.Copy !req
263. As a result, Grillpalzer's intentions
became clear to Mecklinger.Copy !req
264. Grillpalzer!Copy !req
265. You're someone whose future was promising,
both as an admiral and as a scholar.Copy !req
266. Even without betrayal and
resorting to trickery...Copy !req
267. you could have eventually gained
a higher position and power.Copy !req
268. Regrettably, you indulged yourself in your
own schemes and disgraced yourself!Copy !req
269. W... why?Copy !req
270. I was just...Copy !req
271. You committed
a double crime.Copy !req
272. First, you turned against
the Kaiser's fellowship...Copy !req
273. and then you betrayed
Fleet Admiral Reuental's trust.Copy !req
274. If you had accurately reported this
matter to Fleet Admiral Reuental...Copy !req
275. this rebellion might
never have taken place.Copy !req
276. Out of your own
petty self-interests...Copy !req
277. you made your superior suffer
the dishonor of rebellion!Copy !req
278. I only did it in the best
interest of the Kaiser!Copy !req
279. It's a fact that Fleet
Admiral Reuental rebelled...Copy !req
280. and that I contributed to putting
down the rebellion, isn't it?Copy !req
281. Do you think the Kaiser wants
victory as a result of betrayal?Copy !req
282. No, it's precisely because
you thought that way...Copy !req
283. that you betrayed Fleet
Admiral Reuental, isn't it?Copy !req
284. A mouse's wisdom can't grasp
a Lion's feelings, I suppose.Copy !req
285. In the end, you couldn't
become the Lion's friend.Copy !req
286. Mecklinger couldn't help but wonder
if he should report the truth...Copy !req
287. that Reuental's rebellion was initially
hatched by a Terraist conspiracy...Copy !req
288. and became an irreversible matter
because of Grillpalzer's ambition...Copy !req
289. and taking advantage
of the situation.Copy !req
290. He couldn't help
but wonder...Copy !req
291. if he should report the truth to Kaiser
Reinhard and Fleet Admiral Mittermeyer.Copy !req
292. By the time of their
arrival at Planet Heinessen...Copy !req
293. December 16thCopy !req
294. the Reuental Fleet had been reduced to only
4,580 ships and 658,900 soldiers in numbers.Copy !req
295. just over 10% of its original
size at the start of the battle.Copy !req
296. Half of those who didn't return died in the battle, and the other half surrendered.Copy !req
297. It was a disastrous loss, but the
fact that the surviving units...Copy !req
298. maintained their discipline and
remained orderly in their actions...Copy !req
299. attested to Reuental's
exceptional admiralship.Copy !req
300. Although it was something that should be
characterized as the last rays of sunset.Copy !req
301. Over 4,000 officers and soldiers
have gathered around...Copy !req
302. the Government-General's office
to remain at your side to the end.Copy !req
303. I see.Copy !req
304. There are many more idiots
in this world than I thought.Copy !req
305. Even as he said it, his
composed, rational side...Copy !req
306. told him that he could not allow his
subordinates to accompany him in his folly.Copy !req
307. On December 16th of Space Calendar 800,
New Imperial Calendar 2...Copy !req
308. Oskar von Reuental, to fulfill the
last of his remaining duties...Copy !req
309. returned to the Neue
Land Government-General.Copy !req
310. The longest day of his
life had only just begun.Copy !req
311. Preview of Next EpisodeCopy !req
312. The flame of Reuental's life, who had refused
treatment, was just about to extinguish.Copy !req
313. But Reuental continued to be none
other than Reuental till the end...Copy !req
314. as if to claim that one must fulfill one's
given role until the moment of one's death.Copy !req
315. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Episode 98Copy !req
316. An Endless RequiemCopy !req
317. Next Episode of...Copy !req
318. Another page to the
history of the galaxy.Copy !req