02x12 - Toward a Fateful Tomorrow

[bunniefuu]

We'll be on our way.

[AISHIA]

Haruto, watch out, above you!

[gasps]

[screams]

[fire roaring]

♪

Rio.

♪

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May I attend your soiree?

In Galarc, where you said

you plan to introduce

the new Heroes?

We wish to meet

Satsuki Sumeragi.

♪

It's over.

We can release our magic

and conserve our energy.

[CELIA]

Oh, right!

[indistinct chatter]

Haruto is just fine.

[CELIA]

Good, what a relief.

Toward a fateful tomorrow.

[RIO]

They got away.

-[scoffs]

-[FLORA] Um, excuse me!

Sir Rio.

After all of this,

it is you, isn't it?

I've spent years

wanting to apologize!

It's true.

I've wanted to thank you, too.

[RIO]

For what, exactly?

For saving me!

For what happened

at the academy.

You rescued me from danger,

but I wasn't able

to thank you for your service.

To make matters worse.

You were branded the culprit.

A baseless claim that

forced you to leave.

While I'm honored,

I cannot think of any reason

I should receive thanks

from you, Princess.

Nor why you should

harbor any guilt.

No, but surely,

it's been a burden.

I'm not burdened in the least.

However,

if it is what you wish,

there's a way

you could greatly assist me

in lieu of apologies

and thanks.

From now on,

please put the name Rio

out of your mind.

That alone is more than enough.

Uh, certainly, I shall,

and I'm so sorry!

[weeping]

I didn't mean to trouble you

with my intrusiveness!

[RIO]

I'm sorry, too,

but the boy you knew

as Rio is gone.

[RIO] Let's get you back

to the mansion.

[FLORA]

For that, I thank you.

♪

[LISELOTTE]

Because of your bravery.

Loss of life

and property damage

were kept to a minimum.

Oh! Please,

your forces deserve far more

of the credit than we do!

And the situation

has yet to be resolved.

We should be thinking

about what comes after this.

[LISELOTTE]

I suppose you're right.

Regardless, thank you.

[CELIA] I've a basic

understanding of healing magic.

If you need help,

I'd be happy to assist.

That would be great!

If you'd come this way.

♪

[GUSTAV] So, what

is the situation out there?

Please don't speak,

Duke Huguenot.

Save your strength.

[gasps]

[ROHANNA]

Lady Liselotte!

My goodness, what happened?

Rohanna, my dear.

Could you explain

the situation to them for me?

Well, thenI will take

her place and heal you.

[ROHANNA]

And who are you?

♪

[CELIA]

Just someone here to help.

Heal.

♪

The monsters broke in

and attacked us up here.

Thanks

to Sir Hiroaki's actions,

we managed to make it through.

But Duke Huguenot

suffered the most

severe wounds.

[LISELOTTE]

The Hero doesn't look so good.

Will he be all right?

[ROHANNA]

I'm told he is unconscious,

but will recover.

That's a relief.

Indeed, and the Princess?

When all the monsters

attacked us in the gardens.

A cloaked stranger

was seen exiting

from the mansion

with Princess Flora

as his c*ptive.

Unfortunately, he fled

the grounds with her.

What?

What did you say?

[LISELOTTE] But the search

for her is in capable hands.

Sir Haruto has volunteered

to track them down on his own.

No.

But how?

Wait, so when I attempted

to help Princess Flora escape,

that man must have been a

Oh, my lady.

What have I done?

[GUSTAV]

Rohanna.

You made the best decision

you could in the moment,

so stop beating yourself up

and put your faith in Haru

[groans]

Your Grace,

please take it easy.

This is hardly the time

to push yourself.

Actually, I think

I can feel the pain

rapidly receding

due to this young lady's

healing prowess.

Thank Rohanna, not me.

She had already completed

the brunt of the treatment.

After a little rest,

I believe you will be

fully recovered.

Haruto has returned.

[CELIA]

What?

♪

You made it!

I'm sorry for worrying you

both, but we're back.

[chuckles]

Welcome back.

Sir Haruto!

Princess Flora!

I've brought her back,

just as I had promised you.

Unfortunately,

I allowed the kidnapper

to escape without justice.

Just bringing Princess Flora

back is more than enough.

How can I ever repay you

for all you've done for us?

To start, may I entrust

the Princess to you

and your kindly guards?

Of course, yes!

[LISELOTTE]

With that settled,

would you please join me

in the mansion?

There's much to discuss.

[RIO]

As you wish, M'lady.

-Princess Flora, this--

-[FLORA] I, uh

-Huh? -I think my legs

are frozen from fear.

I'm sorry to burden you.

[RIO]

No burden at all.

I may be presumptuous,

but shall I accompany

the Princess inside?

[LISELOTTE] If you would,

I'd appreciate it.

♪

Glad you're back.

We need you.

[both chuckle]

[LISELOTTE] We still don't have

much information

on the Princess' kidnapper.

In your brief interactions

with him,

were there any identifying

features that stood out?

I can do much better

than describe his features.

I know the man.

I first met him

a long time ago.

-Are you serious?

-[RIO] Yes.

When he was fleeing

from the mansion.

I realized that I had

heard his voice before.

Hang on,

if you know him that well,

then do you know his name?

-It's Lucius.

-Hm.

Then we have a lead, I suppose.

[LISELOTTE] But how do

you know a man like him?

[RIO]

Our lives have been entangled

for more than a decade.

[CELIA]

Entangled?

Forgive me, Sir Haruto.

I didn't mean to ask

something so personal.

It's fine.

[coughs]

[REISS] It was

good medicine, wasn't it?

Your injuries

are much too severe

for traditional healing.

We've but one choice.

We both know

I cannot have you dying

before I get everything

I need from you.

Curses!

My arm.

If it hadn't been taken

from me, I'd have won!

[REISS] Free yourself

of your delusions.

At your current strength.

It would be impossible

for you to win against him.

[gasps]

It seems we both

greatly underestimated

his strength, did we not?

This time,

we should accept our defeat

as the utter lashing

that it was.

Uh

[REISS] Going forward,

we shall put any plans

to remove him

from the picture aside.

Noninterference

would serve us best.

Come on!

Not now!

[REISS] If I want opinions

from losers, I'll ask.

Until then, your objections

are of no relevance.

[ROHANNA]

Princess Flora, you're alive!

♪

Oh, Rohanna.

[GUSTAV]

Oh, Princess.

I'm glad you're unharmed.

[LISELOTTE] Feel free to use

this chair, if you please.

♪

[RIO] Here we are,

let's set you down.

Yes, thank you for carrying me.

♪

Haruto.

Thank you, sir.

[RIO]

My pleasure.

Now then, we'll be on our way.

Let's help those outside.

-Yes.

-Right.

Before you go, the attendants

I had deployed to other areas

have begun to return.

They can assist those

that need help outside.

Please get some rest!

I'll have some rooms

prepared right away!

That's perfect.

And you can let us

handle things

while you do the same.

We'll ask Princess Flora

for more details.

[LISELOTTE]

That would be wonderful.

Meanwhile, please allow me

to arrange a time

and place for us

to all meet later.

We'll have plenty

of information to exchange.

And you too, Sir Haruto.

Would you be willing to come

and relay your side

of what happened?

Yes, ma'am, of course.

Tonight, after

we share our information.

please allow me to express

my gratitude

for saving the Princess.

The sentiment is more than

enough, My Lord.

Now, we must be on our way.

♪

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Here you go!

[slurps]

[AISHIA]

It's delicious!

It tastes curiously like

Haruto's!

I've told you.

That's because

I'm the one who taught Rio!

[CELIA]

Right, Rio?

Rio, you hear me?

I did.

It's just that

Princess Flora.

She found out who I really am.

What?

She did?

How?

[CELIA] That explains why

she looked like that earlier.

If she knows,

will she reveal it?

I asked her to put

the name Rio out of her mind.

She seemed to understand,

but it's hard to say.

In that case, I don't think

you have to worry about

her mentioning it to anyone.

She's the sort

who will honor your request.

I'm certain she won't tell.

Well, all right.

If you say so, Professor.

She may be willing

to keep my secret,

but I'm not the only one

at risk of being discovered.

We don't want anyone

to find out your identity.

[CELIA]

That's true.

For now, let's finish

our talks with Miss Liselotte,

then we'll head back

to the Village of Spirits.

Good idea.

I'd like that.

[RIO]

As I mentioned yesterday.

Miss Satsuki Sumeragi.

One of Miharu's friends,

was one of the people

summoned from her world

to Galarc as a hero.

I'd like to let Miharu know.

Sounds good to me.

[RIO] Are you all right

with that, Aishia?

Yes, but, are you?

What are your feelings?

Are you sure you want

to leave like this?

I am

I feel good.

Then, it's fine.

Huh?

Something wrong, Professor?

[CELIA]

Um, well

[RIO]

Yes?

This Lucius, I can't help

but want to know what happened

between you and him

all those years ago.

You said your lives

have long been entangled.

But, don't feel

pressured to talk!

Please!

I'm just curious, is all.

I'm avenging my mom.

[RIO]

He's the man who k*lled her

right in front of me

as a child.

And I'm not sure,

but he may be the person

who k*lled my dad, too.

Oh.

I'm sorry.

It seems I've dredged up

the worst memory

of your life, haven't I?

No, ma'am. I intended

to tell you if you asked.

I've always wanted

to share the truth with you.

Only, it's really

not a pleasant story.

I can never forgive him

for what he did.

I loathe him beyond belief.

But after years of hunting,

I finally got

what I was looking for.

I found him

and confronted him head-on.

I'm fine.

Good.

[RIO]

If possible, I'd be grateful

if this information

could remain

between the three of us.

As it stands,

very few people know of it.

I'm honored, then.

Thanks for telling me.

And yes, I've told you

this before,

and I meant it,

you can always confide in me.

No matter what happens, Rio.

I hope you know

I'm on your side.

Yeah.

[GUSTAV] In the hours

since you heroically rescued

the Princess from her captor,

we've come to learn

more about the man.

Anything

you're willing to share?

His current residency

and whereabouts are unknown,

he was born in Beltrum

to a low-ranked noble house.

Were you aware of that, sir?

I was not, no, sir.

His name is Lucius Orgueil.

He was once a candidate

to become the King's Sword.

In point of fact,

he and the current

title-holder, Alfred Emerle,

once fought for it.

♪

But when the Orgueil family's

house fell from nobility,

he no longer qualified to be

appointed as the King's Sword.

If that's true,

perhaps that was his motive

for the kidnapping plot,

a deep seeded hatred

of the Beltrum Kingdom.

Yeesh, that's no reason

to kidnap a princess.

The dude's nothing

but a petty drop-out.

[LISELOTTE] Truth be told,

we haven't determined

his actual motives yet.

But you know,

I'm curious about

his accomplice, Reiss.

Reiss, is it?

I believe I have heard

that name in passing.

It belonged

to a Proxia Empire diplomat

rumored to have secret

connections with House Arbor.

Though, it's possible

that they simply

share the same name.

Well, according

to Princess Flora,

this Reiss character

kept his face hidden

under a hood.

Sir Haruto,

did you make out anything?

No, not clearly.

Even if I were to see

the diplomat's face,

I'm not sure I could verify

whether they were the same.

[LISELOTTE] Then for now,

our surest path forward

is going after the man

we confirmed is Lucius.

He's our main lead.

Yes, indeed.

I will look into whether

he's had any contact

with our forces.

To complete my investigation,

I must venture back

to Rodania at once.

You have my thanks.

I will go and investigate

matters on my end.

[GUSTAV]

Yes.

And you, sir?

You have done more than

your fair share,

may I ask what your next order

of business is?

Well, an urgent matter

has arisen for me,

so I'm planning to leave

Amande for a short while.

We will be sad to see you go.

In that case, then

allow me to speak

to my maidens.

We want to give you

some supplies

as thanks for your sacrifices.

After what your town

just went through,

you'll need supplies.

You've got a long road

to recovery ahead of you.

There's no need

to overextend yourself for me.

Nonsense, you won't

leave empty handed.

If it weren't for all

of your heroic efforts,

we might not be sitting here.

Is there anything

you may want?

To tell you the truth,

I've been struggling

to find a gift

worthy enough to convey our

profound sense of gratitude.

[RIO]

Well, there is something

I'd like to request

of Lady Liselotte.

-Of course.

-[RIO] If it's possible

may I attend your soiree?

In Galarc, where you said

you plan to introduce

the new Heroes?

You mean the party

where all of the heroes

are introduced?

Then I assume you know

it's being held at our

royal palace in the evening.

And your request

is simply to attend?

Yes, ma'am.

My companions and I

we wish to meet

Satsuki Sumeragi.

[birds chirping]

A few days later.

[yawns]

[MASATO]

Morning.

-Good morning!

-Good morning!

It's not fair when you

oversleep like that, Masato!

You know

we're all waiting on you!

Today's the day Miharu

is making omurice

for everybody!

Omurice?

Wait, for real?

And you can have some

once you've washed up.

[MASATO]

On it!

-[AKI] Thank you!

-[all chuckling]

[indistinct chatter]

[gasps]

I sense big brother.

[MIHARU]

What?

[ALMA]

Oh, wow, nice catch!

[SARA]

Be careful, Miharu!

-That was close!

-[MIHARU] Oh, right.

Thank you, Sara!

-Huh?

-Latifa?

I'll go and welcome him!

[MASATO]

Oh, me too!

Hey, wait for me!

Miharu, Aki,

why don't we go, too?

-Okay!

-Okay!

♪

Big Brother!

♪

It's good to see you!

Welcome home!

♪

Good to see you, too.

You seem happy.

Yeah!

Big Sis Celia, Big Sis Aishia,

welcome home, too!

[chuckles]

-Thanks.

-Glad to be back!

Hey, Rio!

♪

Have you all been well, too?

-Yes!

-Heck, yeah!

Celia, Haruto, guess what?

Aki and I can speak

Strahlian now!

Right?

We're pretty good!

-[chuckles]

-Yeah! We are!

We're like pros, now!

Wow, it's true!

You sound great!

We're glad you're back!

Thanks to everyone's help,

we're learning,

and now we're a lot

more used to this world.

[RIO]

I'm glad to hear that!

By the way.

We've got some news

we'd like to share.

Huh?

[RIO]

While we were away,

we learned that Miharu's

friend Satsuki Sumeragi

has been summoned to the

Galarc Kingdom as a Hero!

[all gasp]

She's a hero?

No way!

You found her!

What about my brother?

I'm sorry, Aki.

I still haven't gotten

any leads

on your big brother yet.

Oh, that's all right.

But hey, now that

we know that Satsuki is here.

It honestly wouldn't

surprise me

if your brother was somewhere

in this world, too.

You're right! And who knows,

maybe he got summoned

to the same part

of the world as Satsuki!

Maybe she's right!

Yeah!

[RIO]

In a month from now,

the nobles of Galarc

will have a party

where they'll introduce

Satsuki.

And my understanding is that

I'll be able to attend.

So, if you three

are interested,

we could all travel

to the Galarc Kingdom together.

For real?

Hey! We should

have a big celebration

before you all leave us!

Great idea!

It's amazing that

in a whole new world

they were still able

to find their friend!

Yeah, well, that's

an achievement

to be proud of, for sure!

Rio, Miss Celia,

and Lady Aishia

have all returned!

Today is a day of happiness,

and that alone

is worth celebrating!

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

-[stomach rumbling]

-[gasps]

It's just because

I came without eating

Miharu's omurice!

Outta my way!

Last one there's a rotten egg!

Hey! You better save some

for the rest of us, or else!

[laughs]

Let's go home!

Come on!

Yes, ma'am!

[MIHARU]

You're still you.

I'm so glad.

Thanks for coming back

as I remembered you.

[MIHARU]

It is you.

[gasps]

[MIHARU]

Don't go!

[RIO]

Miharu.

♪

[MIHARU]

Haruto?

Big Sis, hey!

Big Brother

wants some omurice, too!

What?

But it's a special occasion,

I can make anything

you want to eat.

The food

I want most is omurice.

[MIHARU]

Just like Haruto back home.

[RIO] Honestly, though,

everything you cook

ends up tasting amazing!

If you make it, I'll love it!

Me, too!

And me!

I've been craving your cooking!

Then, I'm on it!

[ALL]

Thank you for this meal!

[indistinct chatter]

[RIO]

It's good to be home.

♪

[indistinct chatter]

[HERALD]

May I present.

The Hero of the Galarc Kingdom.

Dame Satsuki Sumeragi!

[applause]

[HERALD]

The Hero of Restoration.

Sir Hiroaki Sakata!

[applause]

[HERALD] Hero

of the Centostella Kingdom.

Sir Takahisa Sendou!

[applause]

The Hero

of the Beltrum Kingdom.

Sir Rui Shigekura!

♪

[HERALD]

And, lastly

An honorary knight

of the Galarc Kingdom.

Sir Haruto Amakawa!

[applause]

[gasps]

[applause]

♪

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