01x22 - Shin

[bunniefuu]

Princess! Princess! Princess!

Princess!

Now!

Princess! Princess!

Enough.

The dead are the past.

The living can never interact with them.

Nothing comes of them

remaining in this world.

There’s nowhere for them to go.

So

It's time for them to disappear.

That goes for you too,

doesn't it?

You're like me.

You also have nothing left.

No, you more than me

You were planning on dying here,

weren't you?

So

Why are you still alive?

It's your fault!

Everything is your fault!

Shin!

If it weren't for you

If it weren't for you

If it weren't for you

If it weren't for you

If it weren't for you

If it weren't for you

If it weren't for you

Reaper!

You don't need to let me

hold you back anymore.

You can just forget about me.

No.

Wait.

Brother

Breakfast time!

Hooray!

Shin!

Shin.

Thanks.

You have nothing.

Nothing to protect.

No place to go home to.

Thank you.

Nothing to wish for.

Nothing to aim for.

Thanks.

Shin, thank you.

Not even anyone

to call out for as you die.

Not a single reason to live.

Thank you, Shin.

You were kept alive only

so you could k*ll the Morpho.

Thanks!

Shin, thank you!

So if no place needs you anymore,

Thank you.

then there's no reason

for you to stay alive.

Shin.

No, forget that.

I'd appreciate it if you could remember me,

just once in a while.

When you're free,

when you're happy

Just then

Just once in a while.

"Free"? "Happy"?

Don't tell me what to do!

Not when you left me behind

Why does every single one of them

Leave me alone

Die before me

And then tell me that we're the ones

who fight to the end

That that's what makes us

who we are

You were looking for a place to die.

That's all.

And you took them with you

on your meaningless journey.

Shin.

Thank you!

Your heart's frozen cold.

That's why the warm feelings

you shared with your comrades burn you.

Are they too painful to bear?

Then we'll take them from you for a while.

Let us help for once!

We've left you alone again, haven't we?

Wait!

Wait!

Wait!

- Time Since Mission Began -

You thought it was over, didn't you?

You thought it would be over

when you k*lled the Morpho, right?

No more

But

Don't leave me!

now it's just me again.

Will you remember me?

But to tell the truth

k*ll me!

You've been waiting for this.

This moment.

I see that you are with

the San Magnolia Republic.

I am with the Giad Federacy

177th Mechanized Infantry Division.

I was conducting Legion elimination operations

to support our defense lines.

Thank you for your support.

No, but

Why were you in this awful battle alone?

Thank you for your concern.

However, my main unit is behind me,

and I will be able to rendezvous with them.

Will you come with me?

Our main unit is capable of protecting you,

if your numbers aren't too large.

No.

I will stay in this country

and continue to fight.

I won't abandon it.

Even if I'm not strong enough to win

I will continue to fight.

Fight? Why?

Are you in a hurry to die?

Then you would've done better

not to fight at all.

I'm fine.

If something happens,

make a run for it, my Queen!

Without any kind of protection,

you're just in the way if there's a fight!

No.

And we don't know that

something will happen.

Even if I'm not strong enough to win,

I won't embarrass myself

by giving up and falling to my knees.

I'll keep fighting until

the very last moment of my life.

I know people who lived that way,

and they believed that I could do the same.

So we

So I

will fight until I reach them,

and until I can take them to what lies ahead!

I am Captain Vladilena Milizé, the commander

of the former Republic's Defense Forces.

And I will never

run from this w*r!

Major

Those people died a long time ago,

didn't they?

What duty do you have to the dead?

They told me not to forget.

They told me about what would happen.

About the Legion's large-scale as*ault.

And that's how I survived.

They wanted me to survive.

They told me they wanted

to see me again.

And that's why I can still fight.

So I want to be

who they thought

I could be.

They're gone now.

But I want to get to where they are.

To catch up to them

And this time

Fight with them.

Because I want to take them

beyond this b*ttlefield!

And you

You're the same.

You fought to the end.

You survived.

That's why you're here now.

I think that's something

you should be more proud of.

Major

Major, I

Leave the rest to us.

Your Highness, this ain't good.

I just got word

from the guys at the Gran Mur.

There's Legion heading toward us!

No!

Federacy soldier, come with us!

No.

Impossible

No, but

Cyclops?

You didn't see it?

That marking

That's the Giad Empire's mark, right?

No

Oh, right…

I guess there’s no way

you could've ever seen it.

Good work, Lieutenant.

Thank you.

You okay, Lieutenant Nouzen?

Lieutenant Colonel

You're alive.

Thanks to you.

I was worried about you.

If you've finished your mission,

it's your job to give me a report.

I'm sorry.

This time, the others gave me the report.

There were survivors?

Shin!

Shin!

Shin!

Listen, that should’ve been

the first thing you asked!

Really. Kurena was bawling

her eyes out again.

She said you were the only one

she couldn't reach.

This is the second time

you've made her cry!

You need to stop being so reckless.

I'm not crying!

Commander, don't just

write us off for dead!

That's right!

You got blown away

and stopped moving.

So we thought you were dead.

We were a little worried.

So, miraculously, the whole unit's safe!

Nobody left you behind!

Good work, Shin.

You're still around, Ernst?

Huh? I'm just worried about my son!

Do you have to be so mean?

I'm the supreme commander

of the allied armies, you know!

Why wouldn't I be around?

Our advance teams tell me

you've already made contact,

but after this operation ends,

Federacy forces will begin a rescue operation

in former San Magnolia territory.

Autonomous units intercepted transmissions

from within the Republic,

and the three nations

made the decision jointly.

If another Morpho is ever made,

it would be a serious threat if it was able

to hide in highly-defended Republic territory.

And

It would be unethical to know

there were survivors and leave them to die.

To the Federacy, they are comrades.

This is a rescue operation,

the same as what we did for you Eighty-Six.

We're glad to do it.

But it's not a home

you want to go back to, right?

If you don't want to fight

for the sake of your oppressors,

we'll let you head back

when we advance.

No, we'll remain with the army.

I have no desire

to save the Republic,

but there are people there

who I don't want to die.

I see.

What will happen

to the Republic forces I just met?

Our helicopters will take

them to the Gran Mur.

Escort helis will protect them

if they run into Legion.

So let our advance teams take over

while you rest for a while.

Roger.

And Frederica, you're in for one hell

of a punishment when you get home.

I'll throw her in a container

or something and send her back.

Shinei? You're betraying me?!

Thanks, big brother.

I'm not heading home even after

we meet up with the main unit.

I don't need a hostage anymore.

So it seems.

I'm amazed you're safe.

Kiri

protected me.

But I'm sorry.

The g*n you gave me

Oh, it's fine.

In the end, it was just an excuse

to go back to the b*ttlefield.

You're still carrying them,

every single one.

How is it an excuse?

Fool.

You're a softie, Reaper.

You didn't want

to give her your name?

She was your commander

when you were in the Republic, right?

I never told you about the Major.

Did you forget my power?

You were eavesdropping?

When she gave her name,

you were so surprised!

I saw there must be some deep connection.

"Go on ahead," was it?

I'm glad she caught up with you.

She's come this far

out of respect for you.

Are you sure you didn't want

to give her your name?

I can't, no.

She said she was going

to catch up with me.

It wouldn't be right

if she caught up with me in this state.

When she goes forward, what she sees

shouldn't be a b*ttlefield like this.

I don't know what to say

You're such a boy.

You can be so weirdly stubborn

when it comes to these things.

By the way, did you notice?

You have your answer.

If she's going forward,

there needs to be something for her

to see down the path she follows.

She follows the path that you create.

So what is your destination?

You just found the answer yourself,

didn't you?

Report.

They told me not to forget.

They told me about what would happen.

About the Legion's large-scale as*ault.

And that's how I survived.

They wanted me to survive.

They told me they wanted

to see me again.

And that's why I can still fight.

So how'd she look?

I couldn't see.

She didn't know it was you, right?

Yeah.

When did any of us say

not to forget?

Her voice was different.

She sounds bolder now.

Of course it's changed.

Just like us,

she fought and survived.

So much happened

But I'm so glad!

Why are you crying?

I'm not crying!

She'd be surprised

if she knew we were alive.

I wish I could've met her, just once.

"Handler One.