[CBM] Hero Tales - Chapter 21 - White Rage of Grief.ass (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
My lord! What is happening?!
My lord!
You've drawn the Xian Jia Lan Wu!
The Xian Jia Lan Wu has acknowledged me as the emperor!
Lord Keiro has pulled the Xian Jia Lan Wu?!
Yes. Why is he able to draw it now, when he couldn't do so before?
He who draws the Xian Jia Lan Wu shall rule all.
Did the heavens wish for this,
or did he change the heavens' will by force?
My father... emperor?!
Yes, unsure of ourselves, we'll again set forth
on our paths, even though they never cross
It wouldn't matter if we ran into each other anyway
in order to obtain it
I was lost in the void
between truth and lies
I was betrayed by a kind smile
that never doubted our pictured future
Yes, unsure of ourselves, we'll again race along
our paths, even though they never cross
It wouldn't matter if we ran into each other anyway
in order to get it back
The reason I always chased after you without forgetting
can't be expressed with words,
because it's invisible to the eye
feel my soul believe my heart
Even now, the future from back then
is shining inside our hearts
Dammit! Bastard keeps hanging around me all the time!
What the hell's he up to?!
I'm gonna catch him and make him spill his guts! Spill his guts!
Taito! Don't let him provoke you!
Don't follow him! Come back, Taito!
This is gonna take forever if I leave it to the boy.
It is the karma of the stars that the Alkaid and Dubhe clash.
I'm just going to set the stage for 'em.
Get back here, Shimei!
That clothing...!
My lord. Please reconsider.
Going into the mountains unaccompanied...
You should focus on your priorities!
Please do not go!
This is a priority.
It is something that can only be done once a year on this day.
--But...! --I am going. No matter what.
Very well. In that case, at least take us two with you!
Do as you wish.
Yes, my lord!
Let's go, Ryuko.
Y-Yes.
--I will return. --Please be careful.
This is thick fog.
--Sir Kocho. --Yes?
That clothing Lord Keiro is wearing... Is it...?
A year has passed, Chosu. Time flies like an arrow.
It has already been 16 years since then...
Shimei! Where the hell did you go?!
That voice!
Shimei!
It's you, mustached bastard!
Alkaid...!
I've finally caught you! I'm gonna settle this once and for all today!
There will be no killing tonight.
Wh-What?!
You're wearing a prayer shroud!
Which means...
Whose grave is it?
My wife's.
She was slain by the Xian imperial army 16 years ago.
I-Is that true, Sir Kocho?!
Yes. Every year, without fail, he visits his late wife's grave
on the anniversary of her death and prays for her soul.
He purifies his body, abstains from killing, and dons a prayer shroud.
Today is that day.
My mother is in this forest...?
Ryuko.
Yes?
It might be all right to tell you about Lord Keiro's past.
No, I think you should know about it.
She was killed by the Xian imperial army?!
Damn!
Forget it, then! Even I know it's wrong to kill a guy
who's visiting someone's grave on the anniversary of their death!
As a man, I can't fight someone like that!
But answer me one thing!
Why did you attack Lian Tong Temple twice?!
Why did you kill my dad?!
What are you talking about?
Don't play dumb! You know full well
that Shimei and Choka killed my dad, Soei!
Curse them. They killed without cause...
I had heard that Soei, the leader of the Qing Long Platoon,
was a good man, dauntless and full of integrity,
but I had no idea he had died...
Y-You're saying you didn't send them?!
Alkaid.
Long ago, I, too, fought to protect my people
from the empire's tyranny, just as Soei did.
Wh-What?!
I suppose telling this to the Alkaid before my late wife's grave
is also the karma of the stars...
It was some 22 years ago already,
during the reign of Miyo, the previous emperor.
Lord Keiro's hometown was in the Ling Fan region,
on the outskirts of the Xian Empire.
He was born into the feudal lord's family.
He took after his father Lord Keito, a virtuous ruler,
and the people of his fiefdom had great faith in him.
Oh, it's Lord Keiro!
--Lord Keiro! --Lord Keiro!
However, the peace did not last long.
A governor-general serving directly under the empire
set his sights on the rich land and attempted to seize control of it.
K-Keiro...
The time to make use of your inner-channel Energy Manipulation has come...
Father!
Slay the governor-general... for our people!
D-Don't kill me... Don't kill me!
My mother, my father, my kin, and even my people,
all because of you...!
Now you will pay!
What the hell?!
That would make you a wanted criminal then! Not a general!
Yes.
Having left my homeland, I wandered aimlessly throughout the empire.
For many years.
After journeying alone for a long time,
Lord Keiro reached a turning point in his life...
...his encounter with Lady Chosu.
Lady Chosu soothed his broken heart.
She was a treasure to him.
During his travels, he saved people from corrupt officials and scoundrels,
and people who revered his strength and virtues began to follow him.
Together, they then carved out a mountain
and constructed an isolated village for refugees.
He also formed the Xuan Lang Platoon
and strived to protect the village himself.
A village for refugees... That sounds just like Tai Shan!
My heart was fulfilled, and I then had a child.
Keiko! Your name will be Keiko!
Grow up to be strong, just, and spiritually rich, Keiko!
That was me...!
About the same time his heir was born,
Lord Keiro left to purge nearby corrupt officials.
Purge?!
He lopped off rotten branches and leaves
to try to make the Xian Empire right again.
He did so completely free of personal greed.
However, the empire instead branded him a traitor!
It was the imperial army's doing.
I had been mistaken.
The branches and leaves of the empire were not rotten.
Its very roots were!
Chosu! Keiko!
Chosu!
Chosu!
Chosu!
Say something, Chosu!
Chosu!
I grieved, raged, and cursed.
I cursed the Xian Empire,
as well as my powerlessness to save my own wife...
That is when it happened!
My karma... The karma of the star of Dubhe awoke!
The Dipper Bearers are seven heroes born during times of turmoil
who will guide the people.
Of them, Dubhe, one of the Two Celestial Deities,
bears the karma of authority and fighting.
In this way, Lord Keiro came to realize that the karma of Dubhe
orders him to return the Xian Empire to its proper form by force.
That is everything I know about him.
How epic...
I don't understand! How did you wind up as a crony for the empire?
How did you become a general?!
After I constructed Chosu's grave,
I surrendered to the empire and pledged my lifelong loyalty.
You surrendered?!
Yes. In order to infiltrate the center of command
and seize control from the inside.
Revolts and rebellions have no effect on the enormous Xian Empire.
Therefore, I decided to become a member of the court,
gain absolute power and military might,
and then make the entire empire my own.
The stars have decreed that I rule the world by force!
Rule by force?!
I'll admit that you have your own good reasons for what you're doing.
But I refuse to accept the idea of ruling by force!
Next time we meet, I will finish this.
Wait.
What? Is there something else you--?
That's the Xian Jia Lan Wu!
Do you understand what this means?
When next we meet, Alkaid, I will be the emperor.
Sir Kocho. What happened to Lord Keiro's son after that?
--I'm told he abandoned him. --Abandoned?!
The path of a conqueror is filled with carnage.
He probably didn't want his own son to be dragged into it.
Then what about his daughter, Lady Taki?!
Lady Taki... is not his true daughter.
What?!
I used to think that the heavens wished for the Alkaid and Dubhe
to clash and bring about a calamity, but...
That's all? After I went to all the trouble of bringing the Alkaid here?
Light the fire!
What is that?!
I'll go see!
Where did those flames come from?!
I ordered it.
Lord Keiro!
Now that I can draw the Xian Jia Lan Wu, the Alkaid is of no use to me.
Keiro!
Who are you?! A Divine Warrior?!
Correct!
Koyo! You handle things here! I'll go help Taito!
Got it!
What?! With his bare hands?!
Burn to death, Alkaid!
So it's not against the rules
as long as you don't get your own hands dirty?!
That's low! That's really low, mustached bastard!
Wh-What the...?!
That's the Alkaid's energy...
Looks like ol' Taito took care of things.
So long!
D-Damn you...!
He wasn't consumed by the Alkaid's energy...
Taito has improved. He's as strong as Father now...
I haven't much time left...
Struggle! Struggle!
After all, people are nothing but puppets to the karma of the stars!
Your lives are all limited. So try your hardest to give me some fun.
When the birds that forgot their song even lost the ability to fly
the sun through the trees shed its light and cried loudly
What will the morning sun be telling us by shining again?
Now, then...
I'll clap my hands, so that it will reach you
I'll clap my hands, it's still not quite enough
I'll clap my hands, with feelings of love welling up
I'll clap my hands, even if time comes to an end
My feelings for you that I never got to say I will now speak out!
Every go every where, arrive aboard this song, feel now!
I'll clap my hands
Every go every where, arrive aboard this song, feel now!
Will the Xian Jia Lan Wu's shine tear even the Xian Empire apart?
Everything about our imperial court has been a falsehood!
It's beginning. A new era of the Xian Empire, led by Lord Keiro!
If he becomes emperor, what'll happen to Emperor Taiga?!
Keiro will probably kill him without hesitation.
Look! This is the will of the heavens!
This era will now be thrown into violent upheaval!
On Hero Tales, "Chapter Twenty-Two: The Imperial Capital in Confusion."
The Xian Jia Lan Wu has already chosen a new emperor!