[Kingdom 03 Translation by Kewl0210]
You're...!
I know a way through.
Come with me.
Ancient China.
After learning that the era of saints had ended,
human desire was unleashed.
And a storm of violent wars erupted for 500 years...
until over one hundred states were reduced to merely seven.
And now, a wind of great history gusts from the state of Qin in the far West.
This is the tumultuous tale of a nameless boy and a young king who brought the warring era to its end!
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Translation kewl0210
itsumo yori hayaku kietetta hoshi zora ni
いつもより早く消えてった星空に
In a starry sky that disappeared faster than it ever has
重なり合った出会いは
the many piled up meetings we've had
kusanariatta deai wa
Editing jagman1x3
ore wo nomikonde iku
俺を呑み込んでいく
swallow me.
Timing rtrs
kono yume wa kudakenai
この夢は砕けない
This dream cannot be broken.
sabitsukaseta kyoufushin
錆びつかせた恐怖心
Among this rusted fear in my heart
Typesetting rtrs
yuragu fuan no naka de
揺らぐ不安の中で
and the anxiety that makes me waver
ame wo saegiru shinjitsu
雨を遮る信実
is a truth that interrupts the rain.
Karaoke kewl0210
FZeroWing
dare ni mo ubaeyashinai
誰にも奪えやしない
No one can take it away,
onaji keshiki ni hosonda puraido
同じ景色にひそんだプライド
our pride that lurks in the same landscape.
Encode max80
itsuka kitto kanau ima mo mieru kibou fortitude
いつかきっと叶う 今も見える希望 fortitude
The fortuitous desire I have will definitely come true one day.
yowasa wo sute wa shinai
弱さを捨てはしない
We won't throw away our weaknesses,
oretachi no kienai shiin
俺達の消えないシーン
those are scenes that won't disappear.
furenzokusen no youni hashiru kibou unbreakable heart
不連続線の様に走る希望 unbreakable heart
My desire in my unbreakable heart runs like a discontinuitous line.
QC Mistral[sA]
KoolKidsK
I knew at the start that there's no end.
I've made up my mind, right now it's the time to take the first step.
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Kittie
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Qpax
Now's the only time.
Friend!
A way through?!
You know a way to sneak past the army's encirclement?
Of course!
This is a village of wanted men.
There are so many escape routes underground that you could easily get lost.
Hold on! We can't trust this kid!
It's his fault that this place is surrounded!
Let's get rid of him first!
Why would you help us?
I overheard what you guys were saying.
You're the king, right?
Which means you're loaded.
So it's money you want?
Something wrong with that?
Not at all. That actually makes you more trustworthy.
Hey, hey, hey!
We don't even know this guy's name!
What the hell is trustworthy about a weirdo brat like this?
My name is...
My name is He Liao Diao!
There, I've given you my name.
What's your choice?
There's no time left.
Okay. Guide us, He Liao.
Diao is fine.
H-Hey!
Are you really sure about this?
Over this way!
It's dark, but you can feel your way along the walls.
I'll light a flame on the way.
Hey, brat! What about that flame?!
It's not "brat", it's Diao!
Hey, man.
Are you hurt?
It's not my blood. It fell from up above.
Above?
This is awful. Are those army jerks trying to slaughter the entire village!?
Hey, Diao! Aren't you worried about your parents and family? Everyone's getting killed!
I haven't got any.
By the way, are you part of the royal family, Xin?
Course I ain't!
You can say that again!
You can tell just by looking at you that you're as common as they come.
And one with a lot of spunk.
Well, excuse me!
Then why're you talking to him so casually?
Plus, you've got a pretty bad attitude.
Are you stupid or something?
Well, aren't you doing that, too?!
Me? It doesn't matter for me. He's not my king.
I'm not from Qin.
I'm from the mountain people of the far West.
I don't know why, but my tribe got exiled from the mountains
and they ended up drifting to Heibei Village.
They're pretty much all dead now, though.
You're one of those mountain people? I've never seen one before!
So that's why you're wearing that weird getup!
Hey, you were looking down on me a bit there, weren't you!?
Huh?! What? You wanna fight?!
Don't go around making fun of mountain people!
Let me hit you, just once!
Stop playing around. We're in a hurry.
Dammit! What the hell am I doing?
It's all this guy's fault!
It's because of him... that Piao is dead!
It's nothing!
Later...
Once we give those guys up above the slip,
and everything else is out of the way, I'll settle things with this guy!
We searched every corner of the village,
but we did not find a boy that matches the one your orders described.
What do you mean?!
It would seem that before we arrived, he escaped to the back mountains
or escaped along the river.
Or perhaps there's a secret tunnel hidden somewhere.
Then order all units to divide up and search for him!
Yes, sir!
It sure has turned into a troublesome situation.
As it stands, we may need to utilize that man's strength.
That man?! Do you mean...?!
Call Muta.
Huh?
By the way, your highness, why are you being chased by soldiers in a place like this?
His little brother started a rebellion.
What cruddy siblings!
But isn't that odd?
What?
I mean...
If he knew enough in advance to know that there would be a rebellion and to put a double in his place,
why would he hide in Heibei Village?
If you knew it was gonna happen, why not just quash it before it got big?!
Why were you so gung-ho about running away?
Aren't you supposed to be a king?!
He's got a point.
Diao!
What is it?!
The reason I couldn't stop the rebellion before it happened
was that I lacked the power to do so.
Nothing more.
My grandfather, King Xiaowen, left the world after reigning for only three days.
The one who succeeded him, my father, King Zhuangxiang, died in three years.
Thanks to that, I took the position of king at the age of only 13 last year.
Of course, that did not result in a child being truly in the position of king.
I became nothing more than a decoration on the throne.
The royal palace soon became nothing more than a battlefield for ministers with their own burning self-interests.
But among them was one with great power, the Right Chancellor, Lü Shi.
Lü Shi became the shield that protected my back,
increasing that power.
And next in command was the Left Chancellor, Jie Shi.
The royal palace was split in two, revolving around those two,
leading to an ongoing war where blood is washed with blood.
Those ministers are nothing but idiots!
Hold on a second!
If there's a battle going on between fellow ministers,
then why... Why would you, the king, get caught up in it?!
My younger brother Chengjiao was secretly seeking the throne.
And he joined hands with the second most powerful minister, Jie Shi.
Then Chengjiao and Jie Shi
aimed for an opportunity when my shield, Lü Shi, was taking his subordinates on a campaign in the neighboring State of Wei,
and initiated this rebellion.
But ya know, if the only people left in the palace were Chengjiao and Jie Shi's allies,
then you did a good job getting away, your highness.
It wasn't just me.
In that palace swarming with enemies,
there is one man who is deeply loyal to me.
He's currently positioned as a civil officer in my ministry of education.
In his younger days, he became a hero for how he swung his halberd on the battlefield.
A man named Changwenjun.
Changwenjun?!
The old man that took Piao?!
Having decided that he could not suppress Jie Shi with only his own soldiers,
Changwenjun devised a plan to escape from the palace.
He established several rendezvous points in case we got separated during the escape.
Heibei village was one of them.
But...
On the way back from Heibei village,
Changwenjun happened across the boy who was my exact double, Piao.
With the appearance of Piao, Heibei village became not only an emergency rendezvous point during an escape,
but a hiding place for me, after having changed places with Piao.
I get it!
I'd heard a rumor going around that there was someone with a terrible contagious disease living in that little hut.
So we didn't get close to it,
but we had no idea that it was a lie Changwenjun started because a king was hiding there.
But from Changwenjun's perspective, having confidence in his escape plan,
Heibei village, as well as my shadow, Piao, were all setup for a remote possibility.
But it's thanks to that remote possibility that I'm still alive.
Well, you didn't have a choice in the matter.
H-Hang on a second...
For a... remote possibility...?!
Thanks to that... remote possibility...?!
Gimme a fucking break!
What the fuck did you guys think Piao's life was?!
Stop it, Xin!
How could you!? How could you do that to Piao!?
Stop, Xin!
If you keep that up,
the king will die!
It's revenge for Piao!
Would you... stop this madness?!
I'm fighting a war.
And one with considerably bad odds!
War?!
If it's useful to me, I'll sit idly by or do whatever I have to,
utilizing all the options at my disposal.
Wh-What'd you say?!
But he understood that!
He understood, and what's more...!
Switch places with him?
There is no reason to worry.
We expect the escape to go perfectly, such that Jie Shi and the others are none the wiser.
The blade of rebellion will never reach the king.
But I would just like to make doubly sure.
Don't deceive him, Changwenjun.
Your highness...
Even if we're confident, there are no guarantees, so a shadow is necessary.
Be honest with him.
It's Piao or something like that, right? Listen closely.
There is no guarantee of safety in this plan.
It's possible that the blade of the enemy may reach you.
If such a thing happens, you'll be mistaken for me and killed.
Not even speaking up?
Piao...
Ah, um... Lord Changwenjun.
Wh... What is it?
Might I have permission to speak to the king?
What are you saying?!
Understand your place, Piao!
I'll allow it.
Raise your head and speak without reserve.
Y-Your highness!
As a servant coming from a country village to serve at a royal palace,
I was prepared for the fact that a great amount of trouble would be awaiting me.
But I never thought that I would be able to accept such an important mission...
not even in my dreams!
Piao! Then, you'll...!
You might die, you know!
A great general whose name goes down in history.
My friend and I have great hopes completely out of proportion with our status.
Since the beginning, I've had the resolve to bet everything.
Piao accepted while being fully aware of the dangers.
He accepted it even being prepared for death!
All in order to obtain something...
Something great that one could never obtain by living a normal life!
But... he... failed!
That's all!
Wind? Is the exit near?