"Episode 12" "Episode 13" "Episode 12" "Do Western warlords drink tea?" "What?" "Tea... you say?" "I'll invite you to a tea party." "What?" "!" "And I'll settle the score with you." "I accept that invitation." "Cease fire temporarily!" "Sheathe your weapons!" "We will have a tea ceremony!" "Make preparations!" "Dawn has revealed the savage landscape beneath the Oda castle." "It was hell itself." "Nobunaga has narrowly secured respite with a surprise move by suggesting a "tea ceremony of warring nations." "But it was not even to be a brief respite for friend or foe." "dark scars in Jeanne's heart." "Send the wounded to battle positions." "Prioritize women and children when granting leave from the castle." "Understood." "Nobu." "Nobu has ensured that this will be the worst of the damage." "I am not so sure we can say that." "Nobu-sama." "It came to me in the spur of the moment." "If we had continued to wage war we would have been devastated." "it wouldn't have been limited to our nation." "It could have destroyed this entire star." "I am sorry." "It wasn't your fault." "My strategy was weak." "even in 100 battles." "Dad's words." "They made no impression on me back then they are sacred." "They carry a heavy weight." "Wars are not waged by myself alone..." "Nobu..." "If only I hadn't held him back." "I have learned his lesson the hard way." "What is your plan now?" "I will figure Caesar out at the tea party." "I will confirm his... possibly even the Star of the West's intentions." "Would it be that easy to make him talk?" "He's right." "he may be planning to take your life." "We've said to come to the tea ceremony unarmed." "Don't let your guard down." "You think Caesar will hold himself to that?" "It is a good opportunity to test him." "you..." "But the Oda were facing certain defeat in the battle beforehand." "The enemy will make numerous demands." "I know." "He has always been after our Regalia." "What will you do if he asks for them?" "of course." "If that was enough to make him give up he wouldn't have started this war in the first place." "Remember what da Vinci said." "If I can say one thing:" "control the world." "He must want someone with a strong will who can control the Regalia." "Nobu-sama?" "It is true that if the Regalia were his only objective he could've killed Nobunaga during the battle." "I have thought of possible ways to counter him if he submit to him." "Please give it a look." "All right." "Brother." "Ichi." "What is it?" "excuse me." "I would like to show you the bowl we will be using at the tea ceremony." "The Bowl of Emptiness?" "the inheritance I had been entrusted with by Father." "I believe it is suitable for this tea ceremony." "I suppose we can ask Dad to watch over us." "of course!" "Yes." "I will preside over the tea ceremony as the host." "Ichi." "I understand." "A tea party... what's a tea party?" "Maybe it's like the salon events you see at court." "Maybe there'll be musicians and jesters!" "That sounds like it'll be fun." "We can dance for the first time in a long while!" "Nobunaga..." "I intended to capture him and offer him to King Arthur along with the Regalia or to defeat him and take the Regalia he had gathered." "if I can make him an ally..." "I can defeat Alexander." "at the Oda castle there's the princess." "Yeah." "She's really beautiful." "I'm jealous." "Are you feeling down because of the tea party?" "it's because of my shortcomings." "Then... an unwise one." "innocence and genius." "The words belie the first impression one might have of a fool." "Just like Nobunaga..." "There are many tea schools but I heard they say that a tea ceremony is to be enjoyed." "I wonder what mindset Sir Nobunaga will bring to the tea ceremony." "Let us observe his most foolish behavior yet." "Ichi..." "You also often came here to" "Brother." "And I found that you somehow joined me." "You're staking your life on this tea ceremony." "I felt I should not take the role of the host too lightly." "Don't trouble yourself too much." "They do not know anything about our tea ceremony customs." "It'd be impossible to slight them." "you are right." "Nobu." "I'll do everything in my power for the Oda clan and our people." "That is my responsibility." "Don't worry about it." "No matter what happens" "I will follow you from now on." "you don't have to think that way." "You should be more carefree about life." "No this is my strength." "You are such a troublemaker." "I am your sister." "Stay on guard." "Knowing Caesar's army they may try to make a move during the truce." "but stay alert." "Be ready to launch a full frontal assault." "If there is any suspicious activity inform Mitsuhide-sama." "we will deal with it on our end." "Nobu does not know about this." "This is my personal decision." "take immediate action." "Right." "Go." "like a borrowed cat." "Really?" "Let me see." "I wonder how long he can keep it up." "let me see." "Nope." "Nobu." "Don't let him deceive you." "Beautiful..." "She is like a celestial being." "All the women of the East are beautiful." "How is the tea ceremony?" "so I am not sure what to think." "But..." "It has a formal beauty." "I do not mind the solemnity of it." "I see." "I apologize for holding the tea ceremony in such a bleak landscape." "We are in the midst of war." "It has a certain charm." "Thank you." "This is an Oda family heirloom the Bowl of Emptiness." "Emptiness..." "It symbolizes how one may view things as having substance or being empty of it." "Neither view is more than one aspect of the truth." "That is what this bowl embodies." "Please take it." "Brother?" "I called for this tea ceremony." "I can have it be my way." "If we're too stuck on formalities we can't enjoy the tea!" "We can be free about it!" "Free..." "Nonconformity... with your permission." "as well?" "None that require this much formality." "The East has many customs." "They must feel cumbersome to you." "The West is no different." "It is rather difficult to have a free-spirited life." "complaining again." "no?" "He is very noble." "I ask that you show him more respect." "Who is he?" "Why do you wish to know?" "I have heard he rules the Star of the West." "I wish to know what manner of man he is." "I see." "Then I will tell you." "King Arthur... is the very Savior-King of this world!" "The Savior-King?" "besides Nobunaga?" "King Arthur aims to use the Regalia wielders' power to manifest the Holy Grail then use its infinite power to save this world from certain destruction." "And what if King Arthur cannot accomplish this goal?" "The world will end." "So." "Let us get down to business." "For the reasons I just mentioned offer the Regalia to King Arthur." "including those of fire and wind you were given by Lord Shingen then join your forces to mine." "If you agree to these terms" "I promise that the people of Oda will live in peace." "Just as we'd thought... this is a crucial moment." "We can't give them up." "How can we?" "Nobu-sama!" "if the Oda lands face any external threat we swear to use our full might to repel them and to protect this land and your people." "Two lions are facing each other." "Neither has the slightest intention to retreat." "Will they come head to head?" "Or will one of them leap high over the other?" "I refuse." "If I were to hand you the Regalia" "I do not doubt that you would protect my lands and people." "But knowing the extent of your ambition you would also attempt to seize the remaining no?" "I cannot agree to that." "You are mistaken." "I do not need this parley." "You are not the one who can save the world." "That is King Arthur and he alone." "That's not true!" "Not true!" "Ranmaru." "I saw a vision!" "Nobunaga is the one who can save the world!" "The Savior-King is Nobunaga!" "A vision?" "but Nobunaga?" "Is that even possible?" "two Savior-Kings..." "What a surprise!" "Nobunaga-sama is..." "There are two Savior-Kings..." "Ranmaru." "That will not change how I live." "I will just live as I will." "I had been mistaken." "a Giant War Armor unit." "That is why I attacked the delivery ship from the West." "more than the power itself" "I wish to have the ability to control it." "An ability within myself." "The Star of the West must have been providing the Star of the East with Giant War Armors to find those with that ability." "Unaware of it all we vied with each other." "it is you and me whose ability was tested to see whose was the greater." "Do you not think that was King Arthur's intent?" "What do you mean by that?" "If we continue to wage war over the Regalia we will continue to rain destruction upon this star." "And if I die the king will lose a Regalia wielder." "Am I wrong?" "Now is not that time for the two of us to fight." "Nobu... when will we settle the score?" "When I stand before Arthur." "I see." "Then I will bring you to him someday." "I propose a temporary alliance." "As proof of my good intentions" "I will protect the Oda territory with all my might." "In exchange..." "I will have you give me Lady Ichihime." "What?" "!" "Lady Ichihime?" "!" "I wish to have Lady Ichihime as my queen." "Caesar!" "How dare you think we would accept such a proposal?" "!" "How terrible!" "She would be as good as being a hostage!" "Please wait." "I will respond personally to the matter of my own marriage." "I gladly accept." "Ichi... you..." "Ichihime!" "and people... in exchange for my life" "I will do so." "But... if you fail to make good on your promise even at the cost of my own." "Are you still willing?" "The unwise one..." "The fool is Lady Ichihime?" "How ominous." "What is that?" "Ichihime-sama." "The flowers tremble in the rain and vanish in silence." "you will not vanish." "Never." "Next time:" "Swords." "Starlight glimmers on midnight tears." 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