03x14 - Theresia van Astrea

[bunniefuu]

[YOUNG THERESIA]
I wonder,

how surprised
would you have been

if you knew that
from the very first moment

I met you,

it was love at first sight?

♪

[birds chirping]

♪

[YOUNG WILHELM]
Haven't seen you before.

What's a woman like you
doing out here

so early in the morning?

Uh?

♪

[sighs]

Oh, that doesn't matter now.

Why don't you come here?

[grunts]

♪

[wind whooshing]
[leaves rustling]

So...

♪

Do you like flowers?

[swords clanks]

[grunting]

[hollering]

[swords clanks]

[grunting]

You may have doubts
before you begin,

but not after the sword
is in your hand.

Which is something
you understood far better

than I ever did.

-[swords clanking]
-[grunting]

♪

Do you remember how we parted?

As you set off
for the Great Conquest,

I desperately
attempted to stop you.

But you just shook me off,
scarring my shoulder.

And I can still remember
every single word

that you said to me back then.

[THERESIA]
When I come back.

♪

I swear to you,
that promise will be fulfilled!

[battle grunts]

[swords clanking]

[yelling]

[swords clanking]

Ugh?

-[swords clanking]
-[battle grunts]

Theresia!

No, father!

-[gasps]
-[wind whooshes]

[groans]

I-it's not over yet.

Theresia!

I can't let...

[pained grunting]

Is that Theresia?

[gasps]

P-Please, wait!

Please, listen to me!

Stop, Theresia!

-Do you think that I could?
-[gasping]

Do you think that
I would allow you

to do such a thing?

[HEINKEL]
I-impossible.

I know you can't be my mother!

And even if you are her,
there's no way Dad could lose!

Please, Heinkel!

Leave at once!

-You can't handle...
-[yelling]

[swords clanks]

♪

[clanking]

[groans]

Please, don't.
Please don't do this, M-Mom!

No!

♪

[WILHELM]
Theresia!

What are you doing?

Fight me!

Turn around!

I'm here!

Look at me!

Theresia!

-[REINHARD] That's enough.
-[swords clank]

♪

[WILHELM]
Reinhard.

♪

Wh-what the hell is going on?

Why is...

What did I...

What did I do wrong?

I don't understand!

♪

Listen, Reinhard, you--

[REINHARD]
The dead don't move.

The dead have no future.

As such,
this absurdity must end.

[rumbling]

[windows clattering]

[rumbling]

[grunts]

Wait! Stop this!
[pained grunting]

Please! I beg of you!

[pained grunting]

You mustn't k*ll her!

[grunts]
Reinhard, you can't do this!

That's my Theresia!

♪

Grandmother died years ago,
by my hand.

The one you see here

is nothing more than
an imitation.

[sword clanks]

♪

[THERESIA]
The divine protection

of the Sword Saint came to me

when I was
a twelve-year-old girl.

[birds chirping]

[water splattering]

[sighs]

[heart thumps]

[gasping]

[THERESIA]
I've received it?

[water splattering]

[swords clank]

[groaning]

[gasps]

[groans]

I have not a doubt in my mind.

-You are the next Sword Saint.
-Huh!

[gasps]

♪

[both whimper]

Pick up your sword.

[sword scrapes]

Theresia.

♪

[THERESIA] My older brother
always worked so much harder

than I did.

Every single day

he would train to become
better with a sword.

♪

And I loved my brother so much

for all his effort
and dedication.

♪

Pick up your sword.

Theresia.

[THERESIA]
But, I'm the one responsible

for destroying his dream.

I went to battle
two years later,

It was the kingdom's greatest

and most horrific civil w*r,

the Demi-human w*r.

♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪

[THAMES]
Theresia, are you afraid?

♪

I understand.

After all, this kind of thing
just isn't in your nature.

You wouldn't harm a fly.

Hmm.

Honestly, losing to you
was frustrating.

But, in the end,
I still loved the sword.

I was born an Astrea.

I have my little brothers,
and you as my little sister.

So, I'm grateful.

Uh?

And grateful to the sword.

Brother.

And if you don't want
to do this

and you're feeling afraid,
then I'll protect you.

♪

I mean, I am your big brother.

[whimpering]
[sobbing]

There's no reason
for you to fight now.

So, don't you worry.

[THERESIA]
I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[yelling and battle cries]

[THERESIA]
In that first campaign,

I didn't even wield
my sword one time.

I couldn't bring myself
to do it.

I couldn't even take
to the b*ttlefield

much less try and fight.

♪

My older brother
led the advance,

fighting in my place.

And died.

But even after that,

I still wasn't allowed
to step down

as the Sword Saint.

With that title,
you represent strength

and support
for the whole kingdom.

The fact that I fled
in the face of the enemy

was concealed, and the w*r
continued to rage on.

Carlan.

Casilles.

Every one of my brothers.

Even my uncle,
the Sword Saint before me.

They all died
out on the b*ttlefield.

[FRIBAL]
Pick up your sword, Theresia.

Uh?

[FRIBAL]
You are the next Sword Saint.

No.

[whimpers]

[whimpering]

[FRIBAL] Back then, I'm sure
you must've been thinking,

"He's leaving himself
so full openings now."

[gasps]

[fire crackling]

Pick up your sword.

Theresia.

♪

[FRIBAL]
Pick up your sword.

[THERESIA]
"Pick up your sword, Theresia."

I'm must pick up my...

I must pick up my sword.

[sword scrapes]

[leaves rustling]

[WILHELM] What's a woman like
you doing out here

so early in the morning?

♪

[sword clanks]

[WILHELM]
I've defeated you.

Your skills
are no match for mine.

You've no reason
to wield a sword now.

If I'm not the one
who does it, who will?

[WILHELM]
I will take on your reason.

[sword clanks]
For carrying a blade.

And then, in turn,

you'll become
my reason for doing so.

♪

-[wind whooshing]
-[leaves rustling]

[THERESIA]
So...

do you like flowers?

I don't hate them anymore.

So why do you wield a sword?

♪

[WILHELM]
So, I know you're protected.

♪

Then, does that mean
you love me?

You know that.

Well, there are some things
I want to hear said aloud.

[groans]

Someday.

When I feel up to it.

♪

[THERESIA]
In the end, it didn't happen.

He never gave me
an answer to my question.

♪

Yet, from that moment on,
we were so happy.

So happy.

We went through
a lot of things together,

but there was never any doubt
about how we truly felt.

I'm completely against it!

What in the world's
gotten into you?

[THERESIA]
My mind's already made up.

It must've been Heinkel!

He's the fool
who put those senseless

thoughts into your head!

Neither you nor I have
the right to say

something like that.

The White Whale
appeared suddenly,

and it has to be hunted down.

But now,
in light of the princess

having been abducted,

the leader
of the Imperial Knights,

the Sword Demon,
has no choice but to act.

So I as the Sword Saint,
must act as well.

Surely you'd agree that
what he said makes sense.

We both know the title
of Sword Saint

is merely ornamental!

Indeed.

And it's all thanks to you.

Wilhelm, I want to know,
do you love me?

[gasps]

[chuckles]

-[sword thrust]
-[gasps]

Theresia.

♪

Now you can't follow me.

I used the divine protection

of the Death God
to make sure of it.

And if you try,
your wound will never heal.

I'll follow you no matter
what happens, I swear it.

[THERESIA]
But, then there'd be no point.

Can't you see that?

Don't worry.

Who do you think I am, anyway?

After you,
I'm the second strongest

sword master there is.

Even if that's just
"ornamental."

You're almost 50 years old!

You can't compete with--

There's no need for you
to say anymore.

♪

I love you, Wilhelm.

Ugh.

That's fine.

It's okay.

You can answer me
next time, all right?

Next time?

When I come back.

And then, you can tell me
those words

you wouldn't say before.

♪

[roars]

[inhales]

[loud roaring]

[rumbling]

[grunts]

♪

[roaring]

♪

[THERESIA]
All right, men, follow me!

[galloping]

[roaring]

[gasps]

[yelling, battle grunts]

[roaring]

We must retreat!

Hurry!

[rumbling]

[roaring]

[groaning, gasping]

[groans]

[gasping]

[THERESIA]
My divine protection.

R-Reinhard, you.

-[PANDORA] What's this?
-[gasps]

A lone woman
all the way out here?

How very brave you must be.

[sword clanks]

It appears that
you dislike me now.

[YOUNG THERESIA]
You don't need to be tied down.

And I pray you'll have
new encounters in your life

with more than just the sword,
the way I did.

[sword thrusts]

-[PANDORA] Please know.
-[gasps]

I just want to understand you.

[sword clatters]

[THERESIA]
Wilhelm.

[groans]

You look so troubled.

Theresia.

I need to...

Yes?

What is it?

♪

[whimpers]

I just,

I just feel there's something
I must tell you.

♪

It's difficult for me
to express my true thoughts,

and I know that,
through the years,

it's made you suffer.

♪

And so,

for over 20 years,
I never told you.

[whimpering]

♪

And I...

I'm sure
it caused you to worry.

But...

I-I...

♪

[chuckles]

Don't be silly.

[gasps]

You never even realized it,
did you?

The whole time you said it
in your own special way.

♪

I could look in your eyes,
hear your gentle voice,

and see the way you treated me.

I knew how you were
really feeling inside.

[shaky exhales]

Theresia, please know, I...

I told you.

I'll always...

-Love you.
-Love you.

♪

[sighs]

♪

[THERESIA]
From the beginning to the end,

I know how truly blessed
my life was.

I had so many people
helping me along the way,

and I met you.

I have faith that every
one of you will be all right.

And I will never,
ever stop loving you.

♪

But, I have to confess,

there's just one thing
I wished I'd asked you.

How surprised would
you have been

if you knew that from the very
first moment I met you,

I could tell right away,
it was love at first sight?

THERESIA VAN ASTREA

♪

[HEINKEL]
So, do you feel satisfied?

Satisfied?

[HEINKEL]
Don't play dumb with me!

I saw what happened!

It seems the coveted position
of the Sword Saint is yours

in both name and substance!

Congratulations!

You can't deny the rumor
that you let the Sword Saint

before you die and stole
her divine protection now!

So you're satisfied, right?

Why don't you just admit it?

I don't understand
what you're saying,

to be quite honest with you.

[gasps]

Don't give me that
pretentious look of yours,

you b*stard!

[grunting]
Pretty c*ck, aren't ya?

No matter what you say,

it doesn't change
what I saw with my own eyes!

You took out
that blade of yours

then mercilessly
cut down my mother,

Theresia van Astrea!

I'm tellin' everyone!

I plan to let the whole world
know about this.

Nobody will accept you
as the Sword Saint!

To hold on to the title,

I'm sure you'll try
to cover this up and say

what others want to hear.

But, a Sword Saint
who could k*ll his own

flesh and blood?

The sword of the kingdom?

[derisive laughs]
Don't make me laugh,

you cold-blooded m*rder*r!

[REINHARD]
Vice-Captain,

no matter
how many times you say this,

I'm afraid
you're quite mistaken.

[gasps]

What you saw was a corpse

that had been animated
using secret arts.

It couldn't have been
my grandmother,

that was a puppet
of the witch's cult.

Ugh?

If not, then it.

What was the last
part about, then?

When she was lying there
and looking at both of us?

If that wasn't her.

If that wasn't my mother,
then--

You have to stop this, Heinkel.

[groans]

Stop this?

D-Dad.

Are you saying
you're all right with it?

-He just--
-[WILHELM] Enough.

Just stop, Heinkel.

That's enough.

Stay back!

Reinhard.

Yes.

Do you...
regret k*lling Theresia,

your grandmother?

♪

I don't.

Because I did what's right
and I would never regret that.

Very well, then.

I must agree.

♪

It seems you were right,
and I was completely wrong.

So, I have nothing
more to say to you.

In this battle,

I'm quite sure a man
of your considerable strength

will be needed elsewhere.

Please, Sword Saint Reinhard.

[whooshes]

♪

Dad! You can't go on alone!

[WILHELM]
You needn't worry about me.

You only need to think
about your own safety.

That's enough.

What in the hell?

What the hell?

What the hell?

What the? What the?

Damn it! What the hell?

Damn it! Damn it!

Damn it! Damn it!

Every one of you.

-[sword clatters]
-[exhales]

Every single one of you
should just die!