0. According to our scouts, the enemy has positioned [cdb]their troops on the capital streets.
1. So they can use the townsfolk as shields when we take [cdb]the fight to them. What vulgar tactics!
2. Well, now that we know their strategy, our next move [cdb]will be critical.
3. A victory stained with the people's blood achieves [cdb]nothing. We'll need to move our forces swiftly, [cdb]but with caution.
4. Dedue, has there been a reply from my uncle?
5. Nothing of yet.
6. Mmm. I thought not.
7. Your Highness, will you truly be able to strike Rufus [cdb]down when the time comes?
8. I will do what is required of me.
9. Preparations are complete, Your Highness.
10. The people are waiting for you, Dimitri. Let's not [cdb]keep them any longer.
11. No, we'd best not.
12. You're our commander, but you look like you're [cdb]heading for a funeral. Could you maybe try not [cdb]being so insufferable?
13. Apologies for my demeanor. I've more than a few [cdb]things on my mind.
14. But very well. Let's begin our final war council.
15. You look pale. Not keen on fighting your own blood?
16. You look pale. Not keen on fighting your own blood?
17. Sadly, I saw this fight coming long ago.
18. Then what's the problem?
19. Then what's the problem?
20. Now that I've brought the fight to the streets of the [cdb]capital, I wonder if my actions are right.
21. Most of the people here favor keeping the royal line [cdb]of succession.
22. That's because my father and the kings before him [cdb]maintained peace inside these walls.
23. But ever since my uncle seized power, the people have [cdb]been forced to endure his licentious reign.
24. Did you know they asked me to assume the throne [cdb]before my time at the academy? They said only a [cdb]true king could undo Rufus's misrule.
25. So why didn't you?
26. So why didn't you?
27. Because it would have divided the Kingdom—just as [cdb]it's doing now.
28. Yet had I supported my uncle's claim, it would have [cdb]been open rebellion.
29. And the only way to prevent such a rebellion is to [cdb]invade the capital and kill the regent.
30. In other words, I cannot restore my grandfather's [cdb]peace without first breaking it.
31. In that case, there's no reason to hesitate.
32. In that case, there's no reason to hesitate.
33. You know fighting is the only answer here—you just [cdb]have to accept it.
34. You know fighting is the only answer here—you just [cdb]have to accept it.
35. My apologies. I have a bad habit of agonizing over [cdb]such things.
36. And as all of you have come this far to help me, [cdb]the least I can do is make an attempt at optimism.