"Episode 17" "Episode 17" "Episode 18" "Where are we?" "Interstellar jump a success." "Lady Himiko!" "Azuchi has suffered minimal damage." "I am fine." "Current location confirmed:" "Yomotsuhirasaka!" "My betrothed!" "Amazing." "The water is glowing." "My betrothed!" "Himiko!" "Himiko!" "Nobunaga!" "Himiko!" "No good!" "We can't maintain altitude!" "Brace for impact!" "upright." "The blue flames where ley lines converge." "You've come to." "Don't push yourself." "Azuchi will come for us soon enough." "I see." "Are you cold?" "I'm sorry." "I'll be warm soon enough." "I have used too much power." "My betrothed." "What do you believe happened to Mitsuhide and Caesar?" "I don't know." "Aren't you worried?" "If worry guaranteed their rescue" "I'd worry all day." "But they will be fine." "I doubt those two will be done in so easily." "Is that so..." "What are those markings?" "Yomotsuhirasaka is the Eastern anchor of the Ladder to the Heavens." "the Western anchor point." "I saw a massive structure within the lake." "It is what activates the Ladder to the Heavens." "Very few remain who know of its existence." "it feels strangely familiar..." "You and I have met here in the past." "but she is very weak." "Leave her to me." "I am very familiar with human physiology." "If my diagnosis is correct" "Lady Himiko's weakness has something to do with the ley lines." "Excuse me." "what are you doing?" "!" "That's right." "I must ask the men to leave this room." "too!" "I am a painter." "I am quite familiar with the female nude." "But...!" "I'll stay." "Thanks." "Nobu-sama..." "This is..." "There is no need for concern." "She just used a little too much of her powers as a priestess." "I believe she will recover if she rests a while." "I see." "I'm sorry." "Don't worry." "Take your time resting." "anyway." "Thank me?" "I mean... it's because of me that this is all happening." "How self-centered." "I did it for my betrothed." "I've heard that you finally got your hands on an Eastern woman." "though they are uncivilized barbarians." "You are quite the womanizer." "I would love to describe the softness of my Eastern woman's skin for a thousand and one nights." "You worthless worm." "that's enough!" "Who do we have here?" "I see." "Your unrefined face is most telling." "You must come from a long line of country folk." "Your father must also stink of the country—" "Silence!" "You bastard!" "You're better off being the material for a homunculus." "Ichihime-sama..." "She must be worried about Mitsuhide-sama." "take a look at this!" "Western clothing?" "What about it?" "It's what ladies-in-waiting wear." "I was told it's customary on the Star of the West." "I didn't know your father was your weakness." "Caesar!" "that's exactly what I mean." "You lose control of your emotions" "Akechi Mitsuhide." "That is your true nature." "What's your point?" "I was just curious why someone as sharp-witted as yourself would work for Nobunaga." "Now I know from what I just saw." "All of your actions have something to do with your father." "Don't talk about such things." "It's empty speculation." "But it's probably the truth." "Whatever your reasons" "Nobunaga's ambition is simply a means for you to shake off the shadow cast by your father." "Don't be ridiculous." "Unable to wield any Regalia you are not fit to seek dominion." "To be a strategist is all you can hope for." "Azuchi has emerged into normal space-time." "Confirming closure of ley line barriers." "Reestablishing link to guardian spirit navigation system." "Nobunaga." "How is Himiko?" "She's much more relaxed now." "Let me take over." "so go get some rest." "But..." "I need to speak with her." "What is it?" "What you mentioned before." "You said we'd met in the past." "too." "What are you talking about?" "about that." "When I was younger" "I was secluded in Yomotsuhirasaka for training as a priestess." "That's when we met..." "I'm not scared." "I'm not scared." "Not scared!" "Not scared!" "S-Stay away!" "I'm not scared!" "Not scared!" "I'm not scared at all!" "I'm not!" "are you okay?" "I've been told that normal human beings cannot pass the outer barrier." "Who are you?" "and I ended up here." "Where is this place?" "Yomotsuhirasaka." "It's a sacred place." "Sacred place?" "It's where life meets death and the ley lines converge." "It has been the custom of Yamatai's royal priestesses to seclude themselves here and train alone for generations." "Oh." "So you're a princess." "What do you do when you train?" "I fight monsters." "Monsters?" "!" "Where are the monsters?" "!" "You can't see them." "What?" "They are in your soul." "Your soul creates the monsters." "What are you talking about?" "Now laugh!" "For I just killed the monsters." "What?" "you're only scared because you look like you're about to cry." "Laugh and blow all of it off!" "where are you going?" "Later!" "Good luck with your training!" "I'll be going now." "You!" "Where are you from?" "Who are you?" "Me?" "Hmm..." "I'm just someone who's lost!" "It was only after my training was concluded widely known as The Fool." "That happened?" "The barriers protecting Yomotsuhirasaka tampered with your memories." "But the fact that you were allowed entry into a sacred land where no mere mortal may enter shows that the ley lines accepted you." "You chose to become my bride because the ley lines accepted me?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "I j-just fell in love with you at first sight!" "I'm suddenly feeling feverish." "The Pillars of Hercules has opened." "We must make haste." "The time has come for you to act." "I have long waited to hear those words." "I will go to the East this very instant." "Your words hearten me my best general." "Your gaze can pierce through stone and your breath can set even arctic ice ablaze." "I do not deserve such honor." "as well." "King Arthur..." "Like the great Achilles peerless and absolute!" "with this:" "and wreak havoc!" "Your Majesty!" "Even though your family has borne the name of Kaguya" "I'm surprised you didn't know." "You really don't know anything." "What should I know?" "Jeanne Kaguya d'Arc." "Kaguya" is a word that stems from the Ladder to the Heavens." "Don't you understand?" "From the very moment you were born in Donremy Village you were already linked to the Star of the East." "That's..." "What a pity." "To think that such an ignorant woman is my rival in love." "you shouldn't get up yet." "Himiko!" "I hate it!" "I hate how you pretend not to notice how you feel and stay by my betrothed's side as though there's nothing going on." "I can't stand it!" "What?" "!" "I'm just trying to better understand the Savior-King." "You're a girl!" "Be honest!" "How much longer do you intend to keep lying to yourself?" "On my honor as the Queen of Yamatai... as a woman!" "I will win my betrothed's heart!" "This is a declaration of war." "You have an obligation to accept." "So you're serious..." "Jokes are not my cup of tea." "I have loved my betrothed since one entire celestial cycle ago." "From that long ago..." "Are you surprised?" "You have no chance of winning." "I won't be defeated." "What?" "too." "ever let you win!" "Oh?" "How are you doing?" "What's going on?" "Fool-dono." "Yes." "The war has begun!" "What?" "Who knows?" "Cesare is an extremely nasty man." "You will be given a most agonizing end." "You can look forward to it." "What do you people call it?" "The "death poem"?" "I heard that warlords of the East write poetry to prepare for death." "if you'd like." "You bastard!" "Take a look in the mirror." "You have not managed to confess your feelings to the one you care for." "Look how ugly and twisted with hate your face is." "Shut up!" "You hide your face beneath a mask!" "You have no right." "Don't you think an invisible mask that hides how you really feel is far worse than a mask all can see?" "I was wounded in a duel fought over a certain lady." "I thought I'd wear this mask until the wound healed it was popular with the ladies." "I wonder if they found it alluring that I hid my face." "the mask has become my second face." "It appears we've reached our destination." "please." "Ichihime does not suit you." "What?" "!" "She is far nobler and wiser than you." "You can't even wield a single Regalia." "You cannot hope to be worthy of her." "I am the only one who can bring her happiness." "That's ridiculous!" "Are you going to let this be your end?" "Akechi Mitsuhide." "Caesar!" "Why?" "Why am I not worthy?" "This is..." "Is it a trap?" "Or..." "I suppose." "go!" "Good luck!" "Even if you can't use a Regalia!" "Loyal servants of the great King Arthur the time has finally come to give your lives for the Savior-King's ideals!" "Let us make manifest a sacred world and attain perfect harmony!" "Let us make manifest a sacred world and attain perfect harmony!" "Let us make manifest a sacred world and attain perfect harmony!" "launch!" "Let us bring salvation to this vast world!" "The barbarians from the East will open the way to the Holy Grail." "was fated by the ley lines." "We will soon arrive at Owari castle." "Ready the anchors." "so that we can transport Lady Himiko." "I suspected that you had noticed." "I am no physician but I have a measure of confidence in my ability to see ley lines." "Well?" "How do the ley lines that flow within me appear to you?" "The flow of energy is faint and may halt altogether at any moment." "Lady Himiko?" "The queens of Yamatai have historically been short-lived." "It seems I cannot hope to escape that fate." "I have one request." "You must tell no one." "my betrothed can never learn of this." "I accept." "after I die you may have this body." "Feel free to dissect it and examine it to your heart's content." "You are telling me to dissect you?" "I'd like to be the last one to suffer this fate." "All men carry within them another self no one is allowed to see." "concealing their grief concealing their mirth." "Then what face does The Hermit conceal within this man's heart wear?" "you just can't retreat no matter how big the wall that stands in your way!" "Next time:" "The Emperor." "Nobu-sama is the only emperor for me!" "0000"