WEBVTT 00:22.650 --> 00:25.150 ♪ How I miss the ground! ♪ 00:25.150 --> 00:27.570 ♪ Ho-yare-ho! ♪ 00:27.570 --> 00:30.070 ♪ How I miss the worms! ♪ 00:30.070 --> 00:32.530 ♪ Ho-yare-ho! ♪ 00:32.530 --> 00:34.610 ♪ Stepping into... ♪ 00:34.610 --> 00:37.150 ♪ ...a pitfall... ♪ 00:37.150 --> 00:39.440 ♪ ...that your kid dug... ♪ 00:39.440 --> 00:42.110 ♪ ...is a father's love! ♪ 00:42.110 --> 00:47.570 ♪ Yare-ho! Yare-ho! Yare-ho-ho! ♪ 00:50.070 --> 00:51.400 Hey, bro? 00:51.400 --> 00:52.820 What is it, bro? 00:52.820 --> 00:54.570 What are we doing? 00:54.570 --> 00:57.070 Isn't it obvious? We're rowing! 00:57.070 --> 00:58.230 In the sky? 00:58.230 --> 00:59.730 What's that got to do with it? 00:59.730 --> 01:01.190 But there's no water. 01:01.190 --> 01:04.230 Yahoo! We're speeding along! 01:04.230 --> 01:05.980 Are we even moving? 01:05.980 --> 01:08.650 Oh! There's the floating continent. 01:08.650 --> 01:11.860 Liar! We don't even have windows. 01:11.860 --> 01:14.980 --I heard a scary rumor. --What was it? 01:14.980 --> 01:19.150 Apparently, this ship is powered... by magic. 01:19.150 --> 01:21.070 Magic?! 01:21.070 --> 01:22.400 Hey, what's that make us?! 01:22.400 --> 01:24.110 What the hell have we been doing?! 01:24.110 --> 01:25.860 That's the problem! 01:25.860 --> 01:28.230 That's one hell of a problem! 01:28.230 --> 01:31.030 What's all this "ho-yare-ho" for?! 01:31.030 --> 01:33.440 Yare-ho! Yare-ho! 01:33.440 --> 01:37.860 It's pointless, but ho-yare-ho! 01:37.860 --> 01:39.940 It's time to change the guard! 01:39.940 --> 01:41.820 Huh? 01:41.820 --> 01:42.980 Sir! 01:42.980 --> 01:46.480 What were you three making that awful racket for? 01:46.480 --> 01:48.940 Nothing! We were just playing make-believe, sir! 01:48.940 --> 01:50.360 I see. 01:50.360 --> 01:51.860 No, I don't see! 01:51.860 --> 01:54.360 Don't forget you're on duty! 01:54.360 --> 01:56.860 No rations for the lot of you! 01:56.860 --> 01:57.980 Aww... 02:21.690 --> 02:24.480 "Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE" 02:24.480 --> 02:29.530 Under the "light and dark" called justice 02:29.530 --> 02:34.150 our wishes run aground in twilight 02:34.150 --> 02:41.570 If you want the tomorrow on the other side of the mirror, 02:41.570 --> 02:43.570 go through nightmares 02:43.570 --> 02:48.480 Lives fragmented like the sea and sky 02:48.480 --> 02:53.030 Even if we realize that their resemblance is false, 02:53.030 --> 02:56.780 we can at least not give it words, give it form, 02:56.780 --> 02:59.400 or doubt our bonds 02:59.400 --> 03:05.150 and tell ourselves that even blindness is a mercy 03:05.150 --> 03:07.690 White or black? The scales of Libra 03:07.690 --> 03:10.480 waver cruelly 03:10.480 --> 03:15.690 Together we cling, tenaciously, to our sliver of a promise 03:15.690 --> 03:17.730 We looked up at a nebula 03:17.730 --> 03:20.730 of numberless dystopias 03:20.730 --> 03:23.400 I crawled through the mud, mind ablaze, 03:23.400 --> 03:27.980 and met you on the far side of the scales of Libra 03:33.100 --> 03:37.980 "Shironeko Project ZERO CHRONICLE" 03:38.070 --> 03:40.990 "Chapter 4" "The Messenger from Black" 03:43.190 --> 03:44.940 So, that's it. 03:44.940 --> 03:47.570 Please take care, Your Highness. 03:47.570 --> 03:52.610 You may be going as a special envoy, but our nations are still at war. 03:53.650 --> 03:56.530 Speaking of which, you're not exactly a great speaker. 03:56.530 --> 03:58.780 Can you do the envoy job? 03:59.780 --> 04:02.940 I can deliver a letter. 04:02.940 --> 04:05.190 It's not gonna be that simple. 04:05.190 --> 04:10.150 Like Groza said, Black and White are in the middle of a war. 04:10.150 --> 04:12.610 If we're unlucky, we won't make it back. 04:12.610 --> 04:16.730 And if things go south, the envoy'll be the first one to bite it. 04:16.730 --> 04:17.690 Adel! 04:17.690 --> 04:20.190 Whoa, don't get me wrong. 04:20.190 --> 04:22.030 I'm not trying to scare you. 04:22.030 --> 04:25.150 I'm saying I'll play the part of the envoy in public. 04:25.150 --> 04:26.400 What?! 04:28.110 --> 04:31.150 You can pretend to be my bodyguard, Your Highness. 04:31.150 --> 04:32.940 Why go that far? 04:32.940 --> 04:34.530 You're gonna be king, right? 04:34.530 --> 04:38.780 We can't have you sticking your neck out. 04:38.780 --> 04:39.940 Adel. 04:39.940 --> 04:42.070 Come on, we're almost there. 04:42.070 --> 04:44.570 Let's go get booed. 05:06.150 --> 05:07.980 Commander Phious! 05:09.030 --> 05:10.650 Black sent you? 05:11.860 --> 05:14.230 Damn you! I thought as much. 05:14.230 --> 05:17.440 Protecting the envoy is his bodyguard's job. 05:18.690 --> 05:21.650 Please excuse his lack of courtesy. 05:22.820 --> 05:24.320 You're the envoy? 05:24.320 --> 05:28.030 I believe you were officially notified of our arrival. 05:28.030 --> 05:29.400 And here... 05:31.070 --> 05:33.230 ...is a letter from our king. 05:35.730 --> 05:36.690 You there. 05:36.690 --> 05:37.400 Sir! 05:37.400 --> 05:38.610 Receive it. 05:38.610 --> 05:39.650 Yes, sir! 05:40.780 --> 05:43.860 We mean no harm. Lower your swords. 05:43.860 --> 05:45.860 I don't want to hear that from you. 05:45.860 --> 05:48.070 I can understand how you feel. 05:48.070 --> 05:50.900 But I am only a humble messenger. 05:50.900 --> 05:55.230 Besides, I don't believe you have the authority to turn me back at this point. 05:55.230 --> 05:58.400 You suddenly turned violent, so I cut you down. 05:58.400 --> 06:00.730 No one would doubt my word. 06:01.820 --> 06:03.820 Not even the Queen of Light? 06:05.110 --> 06:09.230 A knight's duty is to guard the queen from all threats. 06:10.780 --> 06:13.530 Please, don't be so furious. 06:13.530 --> 06:14.980 Why not? 06:16.570 --> 06:19.320 I'm fond of talking to myself. 06:22.530 --> 06:25.780 What's the point of war? 06:25.780 --> 06:27.400 We should just stop it. 06:27.400 --> 06:29.780 Your people attacked us! 06:31.530 --> 06:34.190 Our leader is out of his mind. 06:36.440 --> 06:39.820 And yet, no one can defy him. 06:39.820 --> 06:41.570 Of course they can't. 06:41.570 --> 06:45.150 We don't have the Progenitor Rune on the ground, 06:45.150 --> 06:47.980 but the king himself is our equivalent. 06:52.280 --> 06:55.570 Most of the people probably don't care. 06:55.570 --> 06:59.150 Our ruler decides their fates on a whim. 06:59.150 --> 07:01.530 Maybe that's just how things are. 07:01.530 --> 07:03.480 What's your point? 07:03.480 --> 07:06.030 But we civilian officers are different. 07:06.030 --> 07:08.280 We've got no interest in war! 07:15.360 --> 07:19.400 Maybe you should go back home and say that instead of grumbling about it here. 07:19.400 --> 07:21.530 If I did that, I'd get this. 07:21.530 --> 07:24.400 You assist in foolishness to save your skin? 07:24.400 --> 07:26.400 That's what's wrong with your country. 07:26.400 --> 07:29.360 I completely agree. 07:29.360 --> 07:32.480 I'd like to see a new king take over as soon as possible. 07:32.480 --> 07:34.190 Oh? 07:34.190 --> 07:36.480 No other King of Darkness was like this. 07:36.480 --> 07:39.530 I don't know how they really felt, 07:39.530 --> 07:42.940 but I hear they stayed put on the ground. 07:42.940 --> 07:45.860 I hear the same. 07:45.860 --> 07:47.860 Then it must be true. 07:47.860 --> 07:51.690 Of course, I don't remember the details for some reason. 07:53.190 --> 07:57.530 Anyway, if we endure, eventually someone else will become king. 07:57.530 --> 08:02.940 I think there's a point to us getting along, for when that time comes. 08:05.610 --> 08:07.820 I don't care. I'm just a knight. 08:07.820 --> 08:08.820 Really? 08:08.820 --> 08:10.030 What? 08:10.030 --> 08:14.230 Isn't guiding your lord in the right direction part of a vassal's duty? 08:14.230 --> 08:17.900 Are you telling me to do what you can't do yourself? 08:17.900 --> 08:20.440 You seem like you might be able to. 08:22.570 --> 08:24.690 What's your name? 08:26.150 --> 08:27.570 Adel. 08:30.780 --> 08:33.360 I'll defer cutting you down. 08:33.360 --> 08:37.360 You seem unusually understanding for a subject of Black. 08:37.360 --> 08:40.730 I'm not so unusual. 08:40.730 --> 08:42.480 Leave your swords and wait here. 08:42.480 --> 08:44.690 I'll handle the formalities. 08:55.400 --> 08:57.360 Your Majesty. 08:59.030 --> 09:00.480 I will escort them. 09:35.230 --> 09:36.400 Hey! 09:36.400 --> 09:37.530 Demons! 09:37.530 --> 09:39.780 Shh! Don't look! 09:42.150 --> 09:45.190 Sounds like they've got some prejudice up here. 09:45.190 --> 09:50.190 I guess reforming civic consciousness will be an important issue for both of us. 09:51.360 --> 09:53.360 What are you muttering about? 09:53.360 --> 09:55.650 You're an envoy, so show some manners. 09:55.650 --> 09:57.650 Whoops. Excuse me. 09:57.650 --> 10:00.690 You aren't speaking formally. 10:01.780 --> 10:03.650 So, when do you leave? 10:03.650 --> 10:06.900 Possibly today, if the negotiations go smoothly. 10:06.900 --> 10:09.570 Or so I'd like to say, 10:09.570 --> 10:13.900 but I'm sure it will take a few days to iron out the details. 10:13.900 --> 10:15.570 What a nuisance. 10:15.570 --> 10:18.280 I'm keenly aware of that. 10:19.480 --> 10:21.070 The barracks are nearby. 10:21.070 --> 10:22.530 I'll look in on my men. 10:22.530 --> 10:27.030 Is the knight commander permitted to meet with special envoys at his discretion? 10:27.860 --> 10:30.030 I just have to get permission. 10:34.280 --> 10:37.320 I have brought the messenger from the Kingdom of Black. 10:46.650 --> 10:48.360 Wait here. 10:48.360 --> 10:49.530 We will. 11:27.030 --> 11:28.860 Thank you for waiting. 11:45.230 --> 11:47.780 I have come from the Kingdom of Black. 11:47.780 --> 11:50.360 I am called Adel Batinder. 11:50.360 --> 11:54.190 Please forgive my rudeness for coming in my king's place. 12:05.280 --> 12:07.980 I have read your king's message. 12:07.980 --> 12:08.940 Majesty. 12:08.940 --> 12:14.900 At present, relations between the kingdoms of Black and White are far from amicable. 12:14.900 --> 12:19.820 In fact, the present situation could easily lead to the destruction of either. 12:19.820 --> 12:21.730 It is as Your Majesty says. 12:21.730 --> 12:23.730 Yet you propose an alliance? 12:23.730 --> 12:27.570 While it is not always true that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, 12:27.570 --> 12:30.480 there are always grounds for a united front. 12:30.480 --> 12:31.940 True. 12:31.940 --> 12:37.480 That appears in our land on a whim and causes harm for no purpose. 12:37.480 --> 12:39.820 In our land as well. 12:41.030 --> 12:42.980 I see. 12:42.980 --> 12:44.150 However, 12:44.150 --> 12:46.730 once Bahl, the incarnation of destruction, is defeated, 12:46.730 --> 12:50.530 the King of Darkness's aggression will be aimed solely at us. 12:56.690 --> 12:59.150 Only under the current king. 13:00.360 --> 13:05.360 His Majesty is considering abdicating the throne in the not-too-distant future. 13:05.360 --> 13:08.530 He has already reigned for a considerable number of years. 13:08.530 --> 13:13.940 The Kingdom of Black wishes for permanent balance with the Kingdom of White. 13:13.940 --> 13:18.070 Pardon me, but is that the King of Darkness's intention? 13:18.070 --> 13:18.980 It is. 13:18.980 --> 13:22.400 That strikes me as contradictory. 13:22.400 --> 13:27.480 His Majesty is beyond my ability to fathom, but he has said as much. 13:27.480 --> 13:30.730 I find that difficult to believe. 13:32.230 --> 13:35.940 What do you think, Your Majesty Iris, Queen of Light? 13:50.230 --> 13:52.900 I will give you my answer another day. 13:53.980 --> 13:58.980 "No. 04 Skyships" "Vehicles developed to allow the people of Black to invade the skies. They differ fundamentally from later, Rune-powered vessels." 14:04.780 --> 14:05.900 So, 14:05.900 --> 14:09.070 do you think the envoy made it to the palace safely? 14:09.070 --> 14:12.730 I thought they were gonna get killed for a minute there. 14:12.730 --> 14:14.530 I'm sure it worked out. 14:14.530 --> 14:17.980 That envoy's a smooth talker. 14:17.980 --> 14:20.190 Listen, you lot. 14:22.070 --> 14:25.070 Do you have any awareness that you're on duty? 14:25.070 --> 14:27.470 Sir! May I make a request, sir? 14:27.470 --> 14:28.150 What? 14:28.150 --> 14:29.980 Please call me by name, sir! 14:29.980 --> 14:32.400 I was thinking the same thing, sir! 14:32.400 --> 14:37.230 If my predictions are correct, it might make us unnecessarily difficult to distinguish, sir! 14:37.230 --> 14:38.570 What? 14:38.570 --> 14:41.650 I can tell the three of you apart by sight. 14:41.650 --> 14:43.940 I'm sure that's good enough for you, sir! 14:43.940 --> 14:45.440 But are you everyone, sir? 14:45.440 --> 14:47.110 No! There are lots more people! 14:47.110 --> 14:48.780 That's true, but... 14:48.780 --> 14:50.820 Please use our names, sir! 14:50.820 --> 14:52.280 All right! 14:52.280 --> 14:55.440 I can tell you'll keep talking for all eternity until I agree! 14:55.440 --> 14:56.650 All eternity? 14:56.650 --> 14:57.900 No one's ever... 14:57.900 --> 14:59.280 ...lived that long! 14:59.280 --> 15:02.820 Shut up! I'll call you by name, you pack of morons! 15:02.820 --> 15:04.320 Hooray! 15:04.320 --> 15:05.820 You're Achibe! 15:05.820 --> 15:06.650 Sir! 15:06.650 --> 15:08.070 You're Bakase! 15:08.070 --> 15:09.150 Sir! 15:09.150 --> 15:11.030 Wait, couldn't you pick anything better?! 15:11.030 --> 15:11.860 Shut up! 15:11.860 --> 15:13.530 And you're Ceechan! 15:13.530 --> 15:14.690 That sounds like a nickname! 15:14.690 --> 15:16.150 Quit your whining! 15:16.150 --> 15:18.400 You can be Chancee, then! 15:18.400 --> 15:20.530 You just picked "Achibe" because it starts with "A"! 15:20.530 --> 15:22.400 What an insulting name! Take it back! 15:22.400 --> 15:25.400 Doesn't "Ceechan" sound kind of girly?! 15:25.400 --> 15:26.650 Pipe down! 15:26.650 --> 15:30.860 You begged me for names and now you don't want them?! 15:30.860 --> 15:32.940 You certainly seem to be having fun! 15:32.940 --> 15:36.480 How nice! You act like you don't have a care in the world! 15:36.480 --> 15:39.230 --Yes, ma'am! --Don't you "yes, ma'am" me! 15:39.230 --> 15:40.360 Ma'am? 15:41.820 --> 15:42.900 Cleaning duty! 15:42.900 --> 15:45.860 I want this ship sparkling from stem to stern! 15:45.860 --> 15:48.650 Don't bother coming back until it's done! 15:51.440 --> 15:52.730 Yes, ma'am... 15:58.030 --> 15:59.150 Lady Groza! 15:59.150 --> 16:01.190 Sir Vallus is calling for you. 16:07.030 --> 16:09.440 Step right up and take a look! 16:09.440 --> 16:12.530 I know times are hard, but looking glum won't get you anywhere! 16:12.530 --> 16:15.150 I've got wheat, fruit, even drink! 16:15.150 --> 16:18.650 Cheaper and finer than you'll find anywhere else! 16:18.650 --> 16:20.730 You there, pretty lady! Why not stop and take a-- 16:20.730 --> 16:22.480 Shh! 16:22.480 --> 16:24.860 Hmm? Wasn't that... 16:24.860 --> 16:26.530 That's Lady Groza. 16:26.530 --> 16:28.030 Oh, that's right! 16:28.030 --> 16:29.900 She's as beautiful as ever! 16:29.900 --> 16:31.190 Of course she is! 16:31.190 --> 16:35.900 And Her Ladyship's not just good-looking; she's got power to match. 16:35.900 --> 16:39.190 I wonder if she's been summoned to subdue something again. 16:39.190 --> 16:41.480 Hey! Who told you that?! 16:41.480 --> 16:43.230 Everyone knows. 16:43.230 --> 16:45.190 A monster or something is on its way, right? 16:45.190 --> 16:46.360 That's enough. 16:46.360 --> 16:49.280 Any more and I'll have a hard time pretending I didn't hear. 16:54.280 --> 16:56.650 Your Highness, 16:56.650 --> 16:58.480 please be safe. 17:21.530 --> 17:23.070 Wait in this room. 17:23.070 --> 17:24.940 You are technically guests. 17:24.940 --> 17:28.190 Only technically? 17:28.190 --> 17:30.980 Did you expect a warm welcome for enemy messengers? 17:30.980 --> 17:32.820 Forget I asked. 17:32.820 --> 17:34.730 Knight Commander Phious, sir. 17:34.730 --> 17:35.650 What? 17:35.650 --> 17:38.730 What kind of person is Queen Iris? 17:38.730 --> 17:43.400 Watch your tongue! The likes of you should not speak her name so casually. 17:44.730 --> 17:47.940 Do you want to curry favor to get a favorable answer? 17:47.940 --> 17:51.440 No, that's not what I meant. 17:51.440 --> 17:56.070 Knight Commander, please forgive our repeated insolence. 17:56.070 --> 17:59.400 Eliminating Bahl is an important matter for the Kingdom of Black as well. 17:59.400 --> 18:02.900 Please consider our feelings of urgency. 18:02.900 --> 18:07.690 Whatever you feel, it's none of your concern. 18:07.690 --> 18:09.730 As you say. 18:09.730 --> 18:11.820 That was most impertinent of us. 18:19.570 --> 18:23.940 All will be as Her Majesty decides. 18:30.190 --> 18:32.530 The queen's decision... 18:32.530 --> 18:33.980 Hey. 18:33.980 --> 18:35.480 Do you mind? 18:35.480 --> 18:36.940 What's wrong? 18:36.940 --> 18:40.440 I should be the one asking you that. 18:40.440 --> 18:42.440 What have you been doing all day? 18:42.440 --> 18:47.570 You grab your sword as soon as we get here, you offer opinions to the Queen of Light... 18:47.570 --> 18:49.900 Cleaning up after you is wearing me out. 18:51.650 --> 18:54.190 Well, I do know how you feel. 18:54.190 --> 18:56.320 They're a hardheaded bunch. 18:56.320 --> 19:00.650 I wonder if they can even tell the two of us apart. 19:00.650 --> 19:02.150 That's not... 19:02.150 --> 19:04.070 You really think so? 19:04.070 --> 19:09.150 They're sure that White is in the right and Black is in the wrong. 19:09.150 --> 19:14.230 The Queen of Light is probably trying to find a way to turn the war in her favor. 19:14.230 --> 19:16.570 No! 19:16.570 --> 19:19.860 I think she's... different. 19:21.230 --> 19:25.110 At least one of them was decent, anyway. 19:25.110 --> 19:28.860 It's not about Black and White. 19:30.530 --> 19:35.230 Well, whether the alliance is sealed or not is up to the Queen of Light now. 19:36.820 --> 19:39.730 Hurry up and get to bed, Your Highness. 19:47.360 --> 19:49.150 Queen of Light... 19:50.570 --> 19:52.070 ...are you...? 19:57.280 --> 20:00.980 My duty as the Queen of Light. 20:08.440 --> 20:10.860 I will merely do my duty. 20:12.480 --> 20:15.690 That is my role. 20:23.690 --> 20:25.730 Concerning the alliance... 20:25.730 --> 20:26.820 Majesty. 20:26.820 --> 20:29.730 I have one question. 20:29.730 --> 20:31.280 Ask anything. 20:34.360 --> 20:37.400 My question is for you. 20:41.360 --> 20:45.440 But he's just a bodyguard, not an envoy. 20:45.440 --> 20:47.230 All the more reason. 20:50.400 --> 20:53.780 How do the people of Black feel? 20:58.440 --> 20:59.820 Your Majesty! 20:59.820 --> 21:03.110 You ought not ask such a question of a commoner! 21:13.400 --> 21:18.780 Every time Bahl appears, he puts many lives in danger. 21:18.780 --> 21:24.280 But this alliance could save many lives. 21:56.980 --> 21:58.610 I understand. 22:01.280 --> 22:04.190 Let us slay Bahl together. 22:16.530 --> 22:21.280 I walk the quiet streets alone 22:21.280 --> 22:24.900 in my memories 22:26.110 --> 22:28.360 The times I can't see you 22:28.360 --> 22:34.690 lead me a little astray, a fleeting light 22:34.690 --> 22:44.150 I want to touch your darkness, 22:44.150 --> 22:54.360 what lies beyond it and its truth 22:54.360 --> 22:57.900 Let me light your darkness 22:57.900 --> 23:00.690 Even if we're apart 23:03.150 --> 23:07.400 Won't you let me light your darkness? 23:07.400 --> 23:10.190 I'll find you 23:13.900 --> 23:18.610 Run, light, 23:18.610 --> 23:21.940 to where you are 23:21.940 --> 23:24.780 Through the dark 23:26.690 --> 23:30.110 Through the dark 23:43.980 --> 23:46.940 "Next Time" "Chapter 5: United Front"