Who was that?
Juliet.
Why did you give me this handkerchief?
It's agonizing...
When I think of you, I cannot bear the pain...
Juliet!
Juliet! What are you doing?!
Don't come any closer!
I want to cut away...
...the part of me that is weak.
I must be strong.
Lady Juliet. It is time to depart.
I'm coming.
No matter how many times Conrad advised you...
...you always refused to cut your hair.
Juliet...
Why would a nobleman come here?
To stand beneath the Iris Banner.
My name is Camio.
I promised to meet an old friend here.
As you can see, I come unarmed.
Camio!
You came!
It's been so long, Sir Conrad!
I could hardly believe it when you contacted me out of the blue after ten years.
Come, this way.
Everyone, this is my old friend and a comrade to the cause, Camio!
It inspires us that someone like you would join us!
I hope to be of help.
My grandson Antonio.
So you must be Nicholas' son!
I was sorry to hear about your father.
The search for any remnants of the Capulet household was thorough.
Speak for yourself. Associating with us has brought pain to you also.
No, it pales in comparison to what you have all endured.
Due to Lady Ariel vouching for me...
...I was never stripped of my title of nobility, after all.
Lady Juliet!
Lady Juliet is here!
Lady Juliet.
We have been awaiting your arrival...
Lady Juliet.
Behold! So valiant!
Behold Lady Juliet, who has taken up the sword of the fallen Duke Capulet!
By her own will, she has taken this sword and chosen to inherit all that it represents.
Sir Conrad, here.
Yes!
What's that...?
Beneath the Iris Banner!
Lady Juliet!
I swear by this sword...
I will destroy the Montagues...
...and fight beside you until we bring peace to Neo Verona!
From this day onward, this will be our base where we will formulate our plan of attack.
Among us, we have two survivors of the Capulet House Guard!
Three people related to Capulet House Guards!
Seventeen vassals of the Capulet House!
We are still small in numbers...
...but until the day arrives when we can once again raise the Iris Banner in Neo Verona ...
...let us swear to fight on together!
Beneath the Iris Banner!
Lord Romeo.
Who could you have found to bestow your love upon?
A book on governance?
Mercutio.
Nothing less from the heir of the Duke.
I envy you.
You have a noble standard to aim for...
...unlike the one my father has set for me.
He starts quaffing around noon.
I despair of him.
I'm returning to my room.
If I were in your place...
I would devote my heart and soul to living up to the Duke's expectations.
A jest.
I am Romeo of the Montague House.
You are Juliet of the Capulet House.
Perhaps for us, there never was a chance...
Lord Romeo.
This was floating in the pool.
Do you know what it is?
It's the wing of a water bird, sister.
A bird's wing could never grow this big.
But there's nothing else it could be.
Let me see.
Here, Lord Romeo.
Thank you.
It has the shape of a wing...
...but it seems to be a leaf of some sort...
Dried out?
Look!
There are more!
Wait!
It's deep over there. I'll fetch them for you.
It is the same type of leaf after all.
Romeo.
Father!
Playing in the water at your age?
No, Father.
These strange leaves were floating in the pond...
See? Not wings after all.
I've never seen a plant like that.
Leaves?
Y-Yes.
Do not concern yourself with such rubbish!
Yes, sir.
I will take my leave now, but if I learn anything, I shall return to report it.
Please do.
Once we reveal ourselves, more lords like yourself shall join us!
Even amongst the nobility, there remain many who secretly revere the Capulets.
I will do all I can, as little as it may be.
Until then.
Sir Conrad.
Yes?
For the time being, we shall return to the safehouse with Lady Juliet.
Yes, please do.
Are we not going to stay here and start making plans?
No need to hurry.
It will take time to make all the preparations.
I'm not in a hurry!
I'm... not...
Leaves have fallen in the garden of the Keep.
Did you intend to let the outside world know of Escalus' existence?
Ophelia, my Gardener.
Not my will, but the Goddess's.
She is the breath of the earth...
The strength of that flow...
...is the cornerstone of life.
It bestows its blessings...
...and because of it, the springs flow...
...and the flowers bloom.
Please do not give me orders.
The wingbeat is weakening.
What does that mean?
Escalus lives not merely by light, water and earth.
Like a person, without love in its heart, it will wither and die.
However, you have lived lusting solely for the blessings of gold...
...and I do not expect you to understand.
What are you trying to say?
Montague. There is a place I wish to show you.
They say you've been coming here every night recently, Aburan.
Camio, is it?
What do you want?
I heard you were removed from the Duke's guard.
That you failed an important assignment...
And on top of that, that you gave a false report to the Duke about it.
S-Shut up!
I know about you.
You used to be close friends with the Captain of the Capulet's House Guards.
You haven't got a leg to stand on.
I talked with the old Capulet Guard Captain today, in fact.
What?
He's here, in Neo Verona?
Yeah.
What is it, Lady Juliet?
Why did we come back here?
I intended to sleep there with the others.
Is there something that stirs uncertainty within you?
You held up the sword, but you couldn't look at it.
That isn't so!
I will take revenge on Montague!
For my father and mother...
...and for all the people who've died in vain...
The sword reflects the heart.
Unless you can commit yourself wholeheartedly...
...we will be unable to advance a single step.
L-Let's go.
No. I'm not uncertain.
Sometimes, those who are sharp-eyed say the most thoughtful things.
It's all right, Juliet.
Are you surprised that I know your true name?
You've always seen right through me.
You see, I thought if I took you in, I would be able to write a truly magnificent story!
A tragedy drenched in blood.
But you fell in love.
So profoundly that it was plain to see.
You were shining with life and promise...
And yet, your love brings you pain.
As I look at you now, I feel as though I can finally write the love story I've never been able to pen.
Juliet, allow me to write a story that will echo your love down the ages.
It's unfortunate, Willy.
I'll never be a heroine of romance.
Breathtaking! The maiden forsworn of love: Juliet!
And therefore, she is all the more the heroine of my story!
Can that intelligence be trusted?
Of course.
Word arrived from Camio not long ago.
Camio...
He said that the tip came from one of the Duke's guards who had been relieved of guard duty.
But it's unlikely Montague would venture out so far with such a small guard...
This is an opportunity we will never have again!
We aren't ready yet.
What cowardice is this?
Such a small guard would easily fall to our current numbers and our weaponry.
But still...
Did something happen?
Lady Juliet.
What is it?
If something happened, tell me!
Word came from my good friend Camio that...
...tonight, at midnight, the Duke will steal out of the Keep escorted by a minimal guard.
To where?
We do not know, but farther than the city walls.
It is too risky. We cannot mobilize unless we confirm the information first.
That will take too long!
See here! We've been waiting for this day for fourteen years.
If we let it slip past, then all that will have been for nothing!
Merely wanting something for so many years will not make it happen!
But if it goes well, we can kill Duke Montague and him alone.
Let's do it.
Lady Juliet.
This will be far more effective and precise than assaulting the Keep.
I don't think a chance like this will come again.
What splendid resolve.
You gladden my old heart.
Very well; I will investigate Montague's route.
While I'm there, I will also acquire more of the weapons we will need.
I will take care of a little errand I have.
What "little errand"?
My secret.
Lady Juliet, I will meet you shortly in the storehouse.
Antonio, you come with me.
O-Okay, I will!
Come, we should leave as well.
This will end it.
Once I kill Montague, it will all be over!
What is it, Mister?
Why are you here?
Tybalt, correct?
And you're with the Capulets.
Did you come to drown your sorrows too?
They're late.
Has Curio still not returned?
No, not yet.
And where has Francisco gone, at such a crucial time as this?
Granpa, we're here.
It took time.
Montague is heading south, out of the city, with only one carriage as escort.
Camio was right!
Lady Juliet, we can put our plan into action!
All right.
I'm here.
You're late. What were you doing?
We will overthrow Montague and raise the wind of freedom in Neo Verona!
Beneath the Iris Banner!
We're under attack!
Smoke-bombs!
There's a squad of Carabinieri and the Duke's Guard across the canal!
What?!
They have blocked off the street side; to escape from here will prove difficult!
Conrad!
We'll stall the soldiers outside.
Use that time to escape with Lady Juliet!
I know.
Get down to floor level!
Hold on.
Escape in the boats.
How could this have happened?
And there are really only two exits, Camio?
Yes.
I won't fail this time.
I will definitely trap them!
So these are the Capulet survivors!
Gaddes!
Conrad!
Conrad, are you all right?
Yes, do not concern yourself.
Escape, quickly!
What are you doing, Juliet?!
I'll fight too!
No!
Lady Juliet.
This way.
Antonio, carry her sword.
Okay.
I...
Come.
Be safe.
From here you can slip into the sewers below.
Tybalt is waiting down there.
Tybalt...
Antonio, until rendezvous with Tybalt, I entrust Lady Juliet to you.
Okay. Let's go, Juliet.
What is this?
Are those... Escalus' roots?
Two great twin trees, which have stopped beating.
Stopped?
Did you not hear my warning?
There is no harvest that lasts forever.
An error for which there is no atonement...
...may delay the young buds...
...but the roots grip the earth, strong and sure.
Why... are you...?
Why are you...?
Next time, Romeo and Juliet, Act Ten:
"Tears" ~That I Met You~
If I were with you... I could keep walking.