Allison to Lillia ep.4
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(Title 閉ざされた森 = The Closed Forest)
A treasure which can put an end to the never ending war between Roxche and Sous-Beil.
This treasure, which the old man protected with his life,
is what we're going to find from here on.
Allison.
We promised the old man that we would find the treasure, right?
Yeah.
Wil, do you remember where it's located?
Yes, of course, Allison.
Have you found them?
Not yet, sir.
They're only children! Find them at once!
Roger.
Allison, that person!
I know. Damn, I didn't expect him to catch up so quickly.
Whoa, Allison, look to your side!
What?
Does he want to speak with us over the radio?
I see.
Can you hear me?
Yeah, loud and clear.
Since we're in a hurry, I'll make it short.
We have no intention of returning to the base. Over.
Allison!
Hey, Benedict, do you hear me?
Have you captured the spies?
Allison.
Sorry, but that's what it is.
Wil, hold on tight.
Here we go again.
We're not going down that easily!
H-Huh?
I'm not letting you escape this time!
What?!
I got you!
Don't tell me you're going to shoot him!
No!
This is...
I shot you down!
Oh, so that's what it was.
This craft is loaded with paintballs only.
You should have told me earlier, Allison!
Sorry.
Allison, did you challenge me to a dogfight knowing you were armed with paintballs?
Yes. Besides, you can't shoot me, can you?
Geez, you completely beat me.
I thought my heart was going to stop beating.
Well, it's not often you have the chance to fly a state of the art fighter plane.
Allison, ascend towards your left.
Don't ever get in front of me. You got that?
Roger.
Bastard, what are you thinking of? Move out of the way!
I refuse.
I choose whom I fly with.
You're just a big mouth, as usual.
To hear that from someone hit by paintballs!
I'm going to shoot you down on charges of insubordination!
Are you up to the task?
He disappeared!
Where did he go?
Wow... how can anyone do such a thing?
He's every bit as skilled as they say he is.
Frustrating as it may be, I'm totally outclassed.
Then, why didn't he shoot us down moments ago?
That's because he was aiming only for the engine...
...making sure the bullets wouldn't hit us.
Eh?
He wanted us to make an emergency landing, just like them.
In order to ward off the pursuers.
Here they come again!
Wil, hold on tight!
Y-Yeah...
Parachutes...
So they were able to eject.
I see, good.
I knew you would say that.
Are you two all right?
Yes, thanks to you, we're fine.
Thank you very much.
But, why did you save us?
Out of obligation... perhaps.
Huh?
"Please", the old man asked me.
Let me help you out... with the search for the treasure.
You're...
Ker Benedict.
Second Lieutenant Ker, my name is Wilhelm Schultz.
Allison's childhood friend.
It's a pleasure, Wilhelm.
All right, let's hurry!
Go faster.
If we get too close, they will notice us.
A fortune that lies somewhere in the buffer zone.
It's what I was searching for all this time.
I won't hand it over to anyone!
On the starboard side is Sous-Beil.
On the port side is Roxche.
I wonder how the people below will think if they see us?
There aren't any people around here.
Since we're right in the middle of the buffer zone.
Look!
The double-humped mountain!
There should be a military rifle planted upright at the entrance of the cave.
Enter the twelfth cave from the right and take twenty steps.
We found it!
Is this the entrance to the treasure?
Looks like it.
Wow... amazing!
I've walked inside many caves during training...
But this is the first time I've been in a limestone cave as big as this.
It's a mural.
I wonder from which era it is?
Most likely before writing was invented.
This must be fire... the origin of civilization.
For it to be preserved in such an excellent condition...
There's still more.
A torch?
Huh? I think I've seen this picture somewhere before.
No, it can't be!
To think something like this exists...
What is it? What's going on?
You just mentioned that you saw this picture somewhere, right?
Huh?
Of course you have. We see it every day.
See it every day?
It's the military insignia of Roxche.
Yes, the torch rod held by the man on the right is Roxche's Spear of Theron.
That means, the man on the left is holding...
Yes, the torch rod held by the man on the left is the saber of Sous-Beil.
Our military insignias have been around for ages.
Amazing... this is the first time I saw something so amazing.
My thoughts exactly.
But, this can't be the treasure the old man was telling us about, can it?
Yes, there's no doubt that this is the treasure.
Huh? What do you mean?
The cause of the war stemmed from what country man hailed from, right?
That's true, but...
The mural is the answer.
They seem to be getting along with each other.
Right.
That means, it's not a matter of who came first,
but of both countries sharing the flame from the beginning?
Yeah, exactly.
How peculiar.
The curved blade of the saber was built to cut the throat of the hated enemy...
That's what I was taught.
In my case, the Spear of Theron was created to pierce the barbarians from the land of the setting sun
in order to exterminate them, or so I was told.
Really, history is full of lies.
They weren't even weapons to begin with.
The important thing isn't about addressing the truth...
...but rather how to twist it to make it suit one's needs.
The old man also said back then:
"Lieutenant Colonel McMillan never existed. He was a fictional character."
He must be Lt. Col. Walter McMillan himself!
He probably saw the mural right before the poison gas operation.
When he was about to take the lives of thousands of people.
All he had to do was show this mural with hopes of ending the war.
This is all my fault.
Everything the old man said was true.
Huh?
Thirty years ago, during the war, in order to protect this mural...
He had to kill all his men.
Don't say such strange things!
There's no way an old man like that can...
He had no choice!
His subordinates threatened to destroy it.
Saying there isn't any rationale in befriending the enemy.
Why? Why are you showing me this?
One day, will somebody come here...
...to see such a beautiful thing like this?
Why am I seeing this now?
Will there come a day when I will understand this?
I don't know...
But, Lt. Col. Walter McMillan wouldn't allow it.
If this treasure was destroyed...
People would have been subjected not only to inhumane poison gas attacks...
But methods of carnage of a more vicious nature.
Which would be all for naught.
Therefore, Lt. Col. McMillan chose the most painful option.
He survived in order to tell somebody about this treasure.
And waited for thirty years.
In the midst of the war or the period immediately afterwards...
I don't think this mural would have been accepted.
It'll be no problem now.
Right, it would certainly be accepted now.
This treasure has value because the time is now.
To wait for thirty years... it must have been painful for him.
I will never forget anyone who protected a beautiful thing such as this as long as I live!
Sec. Lt. Ker, I would like to ask you a favor.
Huh?
Can you please make the announcement about this mural?
It's too large for us to deal with.
You're right.
Sec. Lt. Ker, I ask you as well.
It looks like I can't turn it down.
Don't move! Put your hands up!
Where is the treasure? I know it's here somewhere.
There is no treasure here which would make you happy.
What?
Wil?
You brat!
Bastard! How dare you...
Watch out!
Extra! Extra! War is over!
Extra! Extra!
War is over!
Yes, this is the taste!
It's delicious!
Ouch!
You can't drink hot things, so take it easy!
Y-Yeah...
It's really delicious!
That's good to hear.
This is a waltz which Walter really loved.
He was intent on dancing with me to this song.
But he was a terrible dancer.
No matter how many times I taught him, he would put out his right arm and leg together.
It was so funny.
He was liberated from his long years of suffering.
Walter would be upset if I cried.
Wil, the weather sure is fine.
Huh? Yeah.
The blue sky and the bright sun I saw that day...
...would remain in my mind and never go away.
The summer break was about to end.
Wow, the whole area is covered with snow!
Hey, are we lost?
Give me a break!
Oh, there's a pretty woman in the snow!
Really! She's beautiful!
Wil!
Ouch... Why?