Your Highness, Prince Cedric!
You still can't go outside!
Your Highness, we can't allow this!
I'm sorry!
Your Highness, we can't allow this!
Let me return to Hanazuo, immediately!
You can't!
We simply cannot, Prince Cedric!
Please!
We simply cannot, Prince Cedric!
Let me through!
I beg you, calm down!
This is too disastrous for me to be calm!
Go back to your room!
This is too disastrous for me to be calm!
Go back to your room!
Your Highness!
Get outta my way!
It seems Prince Cedric is saying he will return to his home country right now.
CEDRIC SILVA LOWELL!
Please call Prince Cedric to my room.
Captain Callum!
If necessary, do not hesitate to stop me.
As you wish.
Arthur...
Please stay by my side.
Yes, ma'am!
Today only happens once
Don't go wasting it
Definition of what is right
Depends on how convenient it is to someone
The voice resonating inside your head
Don't be deceived by it
You'd open the lid and it'll be empty
Follow your heart and live
At a speed that not even loneliness can overtake
Until you reach the ideal of someone
Bearing everything on your shoulders
Doubting things that won't change
If it's not paying off, then continue
Until it becomes worthwhile
If there's still something left to do
Take back the future
Until you reach the answer that no one knows
Pulling it closer again and again
The Cruel Princess and the Request
I'm sorry.
Please...
let me go back to Hanazuo temporarily.
I will not.
You know what would happen to the alliance if you did that, right?
It's fine.
Right now...
I don't care if we have to start again from zero.
How stupid!
Please!
If I don't go home now, Lance will...
Tell me exactly what's happening!
I'm sorry.
Cedric!
Cedric.
I hate you.
And I'm not forgiving you.
There's no way I can forgive you.
But...
I can be of help to you.
I promise you this.
If you don't want me to tell anyone what you say, then I will not.
That goes for the people in this room as well.
So please...
Tell me.
I won't make it in time!
The Kingdom of Copelandii announced they were shortening their grace period
for the invasion of Chinensis by nine days.
Then, all of a sudden, King Lance Silva Lowell went insane.
Chinensis called off the alliance with Cercis,
and committed to total surrender.
What does this mean?!
There are only six days until they get invaded!
If I can take a boat from Anemone, I might make it back in five days!
But things would never go that smoothly!
It's over!
It's all my fault...
It's all because I left the country without permission!
He's wrong.
The King of Cercis went mad in the game as well.
But it wasn't because Cedric fled the country or anything like that.
Moreover, Copelandii never made their invasion early.
Everything about this is way off.
The memories from my previous life aren't helping me.
Nothing matches up with what I can recall!
A year before the start of the game,
Chinensis was forced by Copelandii to either become a province or face invasion.
Yohan was considering surrender,
but Lance and Cedric kept persuading him to fight together.
Cedric fled the country for the first time in his life,
and went to seek help from the powerful and distinguished nation of Freesia.
Pride agreed to the alliance on the spot.
She organized troops,
and arrived in the United Hanazuo Kingdom together with Cedric.
As soon as she got there, she double-crossed them,
and began attacking Chinensis.
That was all a part of her plan.
She had signed a contract with Copelandii and the Rajah Empire in secret.
Chinensis stood no chance and was defeated.
They became a province of Rajah, and their country's name and culture were taken.
Furthermore, King Lance of Cercis went insane.
As a result, Cedric lost two of the people who cared for him at once.
In place of his insane brother,
Cedric took the throne and ruled the country alone.
He had developed a mistrust of other people,
but he kept working for the sake of his country, since that was King Lance's wish.
Then, a year later...
Queen Pride uses Cedric's guilt and love for his brother to manipulate him.
Cedric.
You should tell my mother everything about this that you can.
For now, protecting your nation is more crucial than shaming it.
It's no use...
Signing a treaty with my insane brother is impossible!
It's okay, don't worry, Cedric.
Just calm down for now.
Stop it!
We can't be saved!
I won't allow that.
I absolutely will not allow you to just give up.
You don't get to decide who can't be saved.
Fight until the very end.
We're going to see my mother, Cedric.
Do what I say and tell her everything.
Then, after my mother sees fit to give her permission,
I, the person who hates you the most in this world,
will become your ally.
I understand what you say.
This situation is urgent.
However, as I told you yesterday,
we are still confirming the details on our end.
It may be difficult to speed up the process.
Therefore, I do apologize, but you must wait until tomorrow.
Wait?!
Furthermore, you mentioned earlier
that the king can hardly speak now due to his sudden illness...
If this is the case, then as next in line to the throne after King Lance,
our alliance will be forged with you.
However, there is one problem.
To be honest, a letter from the Rajah Empire arrived last night.
The Rajah Empire?!
Yes.
The idea of furthering relations between us has been floated before,
but for some reason, they made specific requests this time
about wanting to visit our country and stay in the castle.
Moreover, the date they gave is exactly six days from now.
The same day as the invasion of Chinensis.
It's just as if our...
No, the United Hanazuo Kingdom's plans are being leaked.
Impossible!
My nation is an isolated one!
It's not possible for anyone to sneak their way in!
Well, let's think about this step by step.
Assume that I hold these peace negotiations
with the Rajah Empire six days from now.
If the invasion were to happen on the same day, then...
it will be impossible for me to take troops
to go support the United Hanazuo Kingdom.
Mother...
If that's the case, I have a suggestion.
I will lead reinforcement troops as a representative of the queen,
and support the United Hanazuo Kingdom.
Meanwhile, you will conduct peace negotiations with the Rajah Empire.
The knights and I, along with Cercis and Chinensis,
will stave off the invasion.
That means you'll be going to the battlefield instead of me.
Naturally, that can lead to danger.
You understand that, I suppose?
Yes, Mother.
However, as the future queen, danger is something I must inevitably face.
There's no guarantee our country will always be at peace either.
In an ideal world, you would never be exposed to such danger.
But that's exactly the kind of response I expected from you.
I will allow it.
However, Stale will accompany you.
You understand what that entails, yes?
Of course.
Please, wait!
I give you my wholehearted thanks
for handing down these decisions for my country.
But we're already out of time!
Please, allow me to go home!
It will be much faster for you to wait here until tomorrow than leave right now.
There's still plenty of time.
Right now, we are only halfway through our alliance negotiations.
We cannot reveal everything.
However, the moment our alliance is finalized,
rest assured that the Kingdom of Freesia
will spare no effort to support the well-being of our allies!
Please wait until then, Prince Cedric.
Tomorrow, the Kingdom of Freesia will be on your side.
I see.
I understand what's happening.
You want half of our knights to accompany you to the battlefield, right?
Yes.
Choosing who goes will be a hard task.
It figures he'd worry about leaving his elite knights in my care,
crown princess or not.
It will, won't it?
I'm sorry for that.
Oh, no! No need to apologize!
In any case, I'll have a unit put together today.
It's hard being popular, huh?
Princess Pride.
I am grateful you are finally calling on the knight's help
in an official capacity.
I have been waiting for this day.
Please, hold your head high.
My knights are here for the people of this nation,
as well as for the royal family.
We knights have been given a royal order from Her Highness the Queen!
In six days' time, we will depart to defend the United Hanazuo Kingdom
under the command of Crown Princess Pride!
I expect all knights appointed to this mission to act accordingly!
He's so awesome...
I suppose if you can become commander of the knights, I may feel content.
I am Crown Princess Pride Royal Ivy.
Right now, our new allies, the United Hanazuo Kingdom, need our help.
I will go to the United Hanazuo Kingdom!
I beg you, lend me your pride and your power,
in order to protect their people!
Please...
Please, help me!
How...
How is it possible to be like that?
Because she's Pride, the first-born princess.
She has honor and dignity as a royal.
Also, unshakable integrity.
All of that combined makes her the treasure of the Kingdom of Freesia.
The next in line for the throne.
She's a beautiful person.
All right, then.
We're bound to get flooded with volunteers now.
Among all of the knights,
only half of them will be able to go with Princess Pride.
I'm counting on you two.
Watch over Princess Pride and Roderick.
Sir!
Arthur!
Did that go okay?
Did I say everything correctly?
Yes. You did really great.
Thank goodness.
I hope enough of them are willing to follow my lead.
Actually, I'm betting the problem will be having way more than enough...
Oh, that's right, Arthur.
I actually have a favor to ask of you.
What do you think?
I never thought Elder Sister would go anywhere with Prince Cedric again...
At least she seemed to still be on her guard around him.
But even so...
I, the person who hates you the most in this world,
will become your ally.
She couldn't just completely abandon him. That's Princess Pride for you.
It's just part of her nature.
We all knew that.
But that doesn't mean there's nothing she won't forgive.
Yeah.
I for sure don't want to forgive him.
There's no need to forgive him.
Especially in your case.
Why is my case special?
More importantly...
She did ask Captain Callum to keep her in check
before she met with the prince, right?
Yeah.
But he never stopped her.
I didn't either.
Maybe it's because...
Princess Pride has rubbed off on me.
Nah. You've always been like that.
Have I?
Don't sweat it.
You, Tiara, and Elder Sister can have big hearts.
I'll be the one of us who never forgives.
It's that simple.
My intentions have never changed.
I will explain to her time and time again
where the line of forgiveness should be drawn.
However, Elder Sister has the last word.
Of course, the same goes for you.
You are able to forgive people.
I could never become someone like that, even if I tried.
Because people like Gilbert, Val, and Prince Cedric...
will never earn forgiveness from me.
And that has been my duty...
since the very beginning.
You're impressive.
Way to go.
That's the kind of future seneschal Princess Pride needs.
Right back at you.
You're just as impressive for being an Imperial Knight who protects her.
Yeah, but there are four other knights doing the same thing now.
I'm not one in a million, like you are.
I knew it.
You don't really understand.
You made it happen.
Elder Sister wouldn't have called for Prince Cedric without you to guard her.
Hey! It's overflowing!
Sorry!
I'm saying she needs you as much as me.
You're special to her, too, moron.
Seriously...
Princess Pride is unfair.
I know.
I'm heading back now.
Keep tabs on Prince Cedric like you've been doing.
Stale.
What?
I'm counting on you too, friend.
As if I didn't already know that.
I will protect her.
Not forgiving people can sometimes feel like a huge burden.
But it won't stop me from carrying on as I am,
to protect Pride.
At the very least,
I will never forgive anyone who makes her cry.
I'll make sure he pays for it.
She's a beautiful person.
I will never forgive him.
I'm sorry for making you take me to the training grounds for the knights.
It's fine.
You can't calm down either, right?
Go on.
Stale, I need to ask for a secret favor...
She spoke to me again.
She relied on me.
On top of that, she did it immediately and openly this time.
It's okay.
If it's for Pride,
I'd do anything.
Wishful thinking like a dream
If I could foresee the future
Can I really live day in day out scoring 120 out of 100?
Like what I couldn't say at that moment
The apology for my regret
Had I been able to say it, would I have stayed by your side?
Even if I could be reborn
Would I still choose this world again?
Why, you ask?
Don't ask such an awkward question, will you?
My heart is racing with pride
Good grief, what a hopeless one
I get why you're at a loss for words
Keeping it all to yourself is a no-no
Looking tough, but anyone surprisingly can
The night is getting sentimental
It seems to be the norm here
Wishful thinking like a dream
If I could foresee the future
Can I really live day in day out scoring 120 out of 100?
Like what I couldn't say at that moment
The apology for my regret
Had I been able to say it, would I have stayed by your side?
Wishful thinking like a dream
If I could foresee the future
Can I really live day in day out scoring 120 out of 100?
Like what I couldn't say at that moment
The apology for my regret
Had I been able to say it, would I have stayed by your side?
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior.
Episode 10:
The Cruel Princess and the Second-born Prince
"The Cruel Princess and the Second-born Prince".