01x03 - Daughter of Love

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The secret of hyper-speed flight which
the Abh aim to control...

...lies in Plane Space...

...in which physical laws differ
from that of normal space.

As the term suggests,
this space is comprised of...

...two dimensions of space
and the one dimension of time.

Abh interstellar spaceships
travel through space enveloped...

...in a spatial cluster which
is separated from normal space.

The key to this other world,
known as a sord...

...is a newly-discovered
elementary particle...

...called an uanon.

Tell me.

Am I...

Am I a daughter of love?

Jinto, look ahead.

What?!

Is that the Gosroth?

That's right.

It's a bit bigger than
the Calicke, isn't it?

Wow...

It's really incredible.

About time you noticed.

Well, it's hard to tell from
a distance, out here in space.

You can because you've
got your spatial sensor.

Don't look at me
with that look of pity.

This is normal for me.

You're right.

Then I'll give you more
time to take a look.

I'd certainly appreciate that.

The Gosroth is the most
advanced ship in the Empire.

Its overall length
is 12.82 westage.

Is that all?

It's smaller than a front line
battleship or transport...

...but you won't find another
ship with more battle power...

...in the Empire,
and in all of humanity.

I'm sure you're right.

What's wrong, trainee.

You can cut out the joyride.

I wanted His Excellency...

...to see the difference between
our shuttle and the patrol ship.

What do you mean?

We're here.

Thank you.

Just doing my job.

Um...

Can I see you later?

The living quarters are limited.

I'm sure we'll bump
into each other again.

Well...

Next time then.

And thanks for
bringing me here.

I had fun.

I'm glad.

I'm pleased to welcome
you aboard, Your Excellency.

I am commander of
patrol ship Gosroth...

...Captain Lexshue.

What?

The Abh can introduce
themselves properly.

I am Prince Jinto of
Lin Syun Rock Hyde.

I'll be counting on you
to get me to the capital.

You're in good hands.

Prepare for departure!

All engines normal.

Ship's pressure normal.

Flight preparations complete.

Approval from Vorash control...

...to enter sord received.

Our permit gives us a window
of 12 to 18 seconds after 15:27.

Ready for departure.

Good.

Accelerate at 6 demons.

Head for Sord Vorak.

Coming about to
course 17-62-55.

Acknowledged.

Direction control complete.

Daisele!

All engines normal.

Three minutes to the sord.

Generate space-time clusters!

Space-time cluster
generator stable!

Space-time clusters confirmed!

We're on our way to
another dimension, aren't we?

That's right.

But you won't notice much
difference on this spaceship.

There won't be any vibrations.

The only difference will be
a shift in color to a dull gray.

One minute to the sord.

Start count down
f rom 30 seconds.

Aye-aye.































Entering.

Confirm position.

Did you know that we
are completely lost...

...as to our present location?

Huh? What do you mean?

When converting from
normal space to Plane Space

...we can only estimate
our position...

...based on a
theoretical probability.

Are you familiar with
theoretical probabilities?

Another way of saying
"random guess," right?

That's fairly accurate.

A sord frequently presents...

...incomplete spiral curves on
the side of the Plane Space.

But we don't know what part of
those curves we'll emerge from.

Finished confirming position.

On right shore...

...117 and 92 from threshold.

Acknowledged.

Bring up the Plane image.

Positioned for
transfer at 28 degrees.

Compute the route to our
destination, Sord Sufugnoff.

Computations complete.

Acknowledged.

I'll leave the rest to you, Lairia.

Get us on course.

Aye-aye.

The rest of our operation
will bore you...

...even if it is your first time,
Your Excellency.

Um... I'm having trouble
getting used to...

...that "Excellency" bit.

Why is that?

I have no idea how I should
behave as a nobleman.

How to behave?

Um, am I behaving strangely?

Strangely?

I mean, are lords expected
to be arrogant and all?

Sometimes they're forgiven
for being arrogant.

However...

...they don't always engender
good will by being so.

Is that right.

Then my behavior
isn't that strange.

It's a lot better
than being arrogant.

You seem quite exhausted.

Not really...

Why don't I have someone
show you to your room?

I'll ask the trainee that met
you at the spaceport.

Oh, her.

Isn't she nobility too?

No.

That's strange.

She certainly seemed
like the real thing.

Don't you know who she is?

Uh... Is she someone
I should know about?

No.

Given your background, I can't
expect you'd know about her.

Pilot Trainee Abriel...

...report to the bridge at once.

Abriel?!

She's a princess of
the Clyuve family.

She's the granddaughter of
Her Majesty Empress Ramaj.

The...

...Imperial family.

Over the years...

...I'd gotten quite used
to embarrassments.

But...

...that was the first time...

...I'd ever faced such a
huge embarrassment.

What's wrong, Jinto?

You're being awfully quiet.

And why are you
walking behind me?

That's because,
Your Imperial Highness...

I'm not an Imperial Highness.

It's Royal Highness.

My grandmother is the Empress,
but my father is only a king.

Please forgive me,
Your Royal Highness.

If you insist on focusing on
my relation to the Empress...

...call me lmperial
Granddaughter.

...but that's not an official term.

"Your Highness Imperial
Granddaughter" sounds stupid.

I suppose.

Uh, l mean...
I agree, Your Highness.

Also...

...at birth, I was granted
the title Viscount Paryunu...

...and a domain to go with it.

So, at times, I'm referred
to as Viscount Paryunu.

Lately, I'm mostly referred to
as Pilot Trainee Abriel.

However...

...I thought I told you earlier.

That you shall call me Lafiel.

So, friends call you Lafiel.

Not necessarily.

None of my friends refer
to me without a title.

Then, why?

You were the first to
ask me for my name.

It seems that as a
granddaughter of the Empress...

...I'm well-known and people
know me and recognize me.

They address me as
"Your Royal Highness".

Even my best friends
call me "Your Highness".

I kind of envy the other
trainees at the institute...

...calling each other
by their names.

I'm sorry. I...

It got worse...

...when I realized others weren't
able to relax when I was around.

I'm really, sorry.

There's nothing
to be sorry about.

You've done nothing
wrong, have you?

You slipped up by calling
me "Imperial Highness"...

...but it wasn't out of spite.

I wasn't brought up to tolerate
disrespectful references...

...but I shall accept
any title if it is correct.

So call me Royal Highness,
Viscount Paryunu...

...or whatever you wish,
Your Excellency.

No, I'd rather call you Lafiel.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm not insisting that
you call me Lafiel.

Please.

I want to call you Lafiel,
and nothing else.

You really don't have to.

But I really want to.

How about
"lmperial Granddaughter"?

What do I have to...

What do I have to do for
your forgiveness, Lafiel?!

I can sort of relate to that.

Because I was the only
nobleman at my school.

This is your room here.

I noticed from earlier...

...but why are there
so many paintings?

They're just for decoration.

Wouldn't you agree that
a warship needs some charm?

It just seems out of place.

I'm sure there are pictures
more suited to a spaceship.

What feelings do you
get from looking at these?

What do you mean?

Well...

...you've never seen
real sunflowers, right?

Sure I've seen sunflowers.

The capital does have
a botanical garden...

...and our residence has
its own flower garden.

I see.

Then, how about this one?

I'm sure I've never
seen anything like it.

What does it look like to you?

Let's see.

Like a scene from a dream.

Of a place that doesn't
exist in reality?

No, not really.

I know that we originally
came from places like this.

Like a home abandoned?

Space is our home now.

We are the only
citizens of space...

...and we're very proud of that.

How does that picture
look to you, Jinto?

Is that a scene that's
common on land?

No.

Scenery like that is rare
even in surface worlds.

Then how does it look to you?

Whenever I see
a blue sky like that...

...I remember my dead mother.

I was told when I was a kid
that my mother left for the skies.

Mother?

But I thought you were
the son of a father.

Aren't you the son of
His Excellency Count Hyde?

Well, yes I am...

Oh, I get it!

You've heard of a system
called marriage, haven't you?

I have!

I see.

What is it like
to have two parents?

Were you sad when
your mother died?

Sure...

...I was devastated.

You must forgive me.

That question was inappropriate.

No, it's okay.

I don't remember too well,
since I was really little then.

Although I do remember the
parents who brought me up.

But that way, you can't
possibly have any birth secrets.

Birth secrets?

What makes you say that?

I had a birth secret.

I didn't know whether
I was a daughter of love.

Wouldn't that worry you?

A daughter of love?

What's that?

Don't you know about it?

There's a lot we weren't
taught in the classes I attended.

Do you know how
Abhs are born?

Huh?

Well...

I do know that it's not through
conception in a human body.

Sometimes we do it that way.

But...

...what about the gene exam?

First, the fertilized egg
is extracted from the body.

In most cases, it's transferred
to an artificial uterus...

...but some women decide
to return the egg to...

...their own uterus for
the unique experience.

I see.

But...

...it is true that conception
normally takes place artificially.

To us, it seems like all you
Abhs have birth secrets.

I did learn about it...

...but there were all sorts
of ridiculous inf ormation.

Like what?

Well...

...like cloning yourself
to make your own child...

...or mixing the genes
of a complete stranger...

...or combining same-sex
genes with that of your own.

Also...

...that other person could be
a relative in some cases.

How can you think of such...

We do all of those things.

Everyone should be free
to do as he or she wishes.

However...

...having said that, the most
natural way to produce a child...

...is to combine your genes with
the genes of the person you love.

I'm relieved to hear
you say that.

To ask someone that
you want their genes...

...is the ultimate way to express
your love for that person.

And children born as
a result of this...

I get it!

Daughter of love, right?

Right.

Or the son of love,
if the child is a boy.

Then, why don't you ask...

...your father directly?

Or, has your father...?

Oh, my father's still alive.

He should be up and around
for another 200 years.

Is that what you were assuming?

Yeah, sort of.

Then why don't you ask him?

I did ask him, actually.

But my father wouldn't tell me.

He said that one's character...

...becomes richer when
you have a birth secret.

It's no laughing matter.

Sorry. Can't you check into it?

The regulations state that...

...my genetic records can't be
released to me until I'm an adult.

Is that so.

My father was teasing me.

What?

I kept bugging him about
who supplied my genes...

...so one day he told me
he was bringing her home.

Here's the other half
of your origin. Holia!

She was the cat we owned!

You didn't actually
believe that, did you?

What do you expect?
I was only 8 years old.

I cried all night.

And you can't imagine
how anxious I became.

I'd wonder if my palms would
start to swell and become paws.

Or if I'd start growing cat claws.

Or if the shape of
my eyes would change.

Holia was a great cat...

...but I couldn't stand thinking
that she was half of me.

What I really couldn't stand...

...was the thought of my father
having his child with a cat.

Stop laughing!

Sorry.

You don't believe that
story anymore, right?

Right.

But I still remember those
anxious days.

My main reason for joining
the military so early...

...was because I wanted to
get away f rom my father.

Do you dislike your father?

I don't dislike him.

I love him, and I'm
very proud of him.

It's just that,
when I'm near him...

...he can be quite irritating.

So...

...I noticed you've been
speaking in the past tense.

Did he finally tell
you who she was?

She's a woman
that I know quite well.

I know now that
I'm a daughter of love.

I'm glad for you.

At that time...

...we had absolutely no idea...

...that a long, long w*r...

...was about to begin.

The United Mankind.

Kiyasume ni boku wo
jiyuu ni shinaide okure
Anokoro no youni
Umaku toberu jishin ga nainda
Dakara imawa mada torikago no
naka
I WANNA FLY AWAY

Ushinawareta aozora ga
modorumade

Kimino tame ni utademo utatteyou

Now, go on.

Lafiel...

Nothing yet?

Quiet.

Next episode
Surprise Attack