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[TRANSLATED] CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (Chapter 5, Pt 4)
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According to the Lizard's intel, Bolvona Forgnar is leaving Zilkhstan.
SOLDIER 2
If that's true, then tonight really will be our best chance.
A surprise attack that destabilizes the city could—
SOLDIER 1
Hey! Hold up!
SOLDIER 2
Wha— It's monstrously fast, whatever it is!
<whoosh>
VOICE (SHALIO)
Are you the rats my sister prophesied?
SOLDIER 1
All units, exit stealth mode!
Spread out and crush this fool for thinking he could take us on with just one machine!
SOLDIER 1
Then, onward to the imperial castle!
I knew it! Her prophecies are never wrong!1
Everything is just as you prophesied, Lady Shamna!
But, while I have not been granted the honor of appearing before our sovereign,
if you would deign to order this unworthy son of Bolvona Forgnar, I could...
SHAMNA
Speak no further, Shesthaal!
A lizard has crept into our sanctuary.
Must I really deal with this, too, myself?2
BOLVONA
A... lizard, Your highness?
SHMANA
Perhaps it was waiting for Forgnar's absence, hoping that a surprise attack might destabilize our city.
Planning to assassinate Shalio.
Does that sound right,
Yupito?
YUPITO
!
SHAMNA
Hmph.
Damn you—
SFX
<blam>
...!
Please forgive me,
Lady Shamna.
An error was made in one of the bodyguard's background checks.
SHAMNA
It will not happen again.
Now, then, Nadira.
NADIRA
Y— Yes...
SHAMNA
Yupito was a traitor. It's that simple.
You are to inform me when Shalio returns.
NADIRA
Yes, but...!
He and Lord Shalio were...
(They were such good friends!)
SHAMNA
Shalio isn't so weak a person as to be heartbroken by something like this.
Were he, he wouldn't be fit to rule Zilkhstan.
Yes, Your Majesty.3
SHALIO
So Yupito is...
I see.
SHALIO
Owing to its history, our Zilkhstan has drawn a great deal of ire from other countries.
As its ruler, it was inevitable that I would would be targeted.
That's why I must—
become the greatest warrior ever.
1 Lit. 'invincible' or 'unbeatable'.↩
2 Shamna's language is quite archaic here; せねばなるまい is functionally equivalent to せなければならない.↩
3 Again, roughly equivalent to this, but in Arabic. See the previous chapter's notes for more details.↩
According to the Lizard's intel, Bolvona Forgnar is leaving Zilkhstan.
SOLDIER 2
If that's true, then tonight really will be our best chance.
A surprise attack that destabilizes the city could—
SOLDIER 1
Hey! Hold up!
SOLDIER 2
Wha— It's monstrously fast, whatever it is!
<whoosh>
VOICE (SHALIO)
Are you the rats my sister prophesied?
SOLDIER 1
All units, exit stealth mode!
Spread out and crush this fool for thinking he could take us on with just one machine!
SOLDIER 1
Then, onward to the imperial castle!
I knew it! Her prophecies are never wrong!1
Everything is just as you prophesied, Lady Shamna!
But, while I have not been granted the honor of appearing before our sovereign,
if you would deign to order this unworthy son of Bolvona Forgnar, I could...
SHAMNA
Speak no further, Shesthaal!
A lizard has crept into our sanctuary.
Must I really deal with this, too, myself?2
BOLVONA
A... lizard, Your highness?
SHMANA
Perhaps it was waiting for Forgnar's absence, hoping that a surprise attack might destabilize our city.
Planning to assassinate Shalio.
Does that sound right,
Yupito?
YUPITO
!
SHAMNA
Hmph.
Damn you—
SFX
<blam>
...!
Please forgive me,
Lady Shamna.
An error was made in one of the bodyguard's background checks.
SHAMNA
It will not happen again.
Now, then, Nadira.
NADIRA
Y— Yes...
SHAMNA
Yupito was a traitor. It's that simple.
You are to inform me when Shalio returns.
NADIRA
Yes, but...!
He and Lord Shalio were...
(They were such good friends!)
SHAMNA
Shalio isn't so weak a person as to be heartbroken by something like this.
Were he, he wouldn't be fit to rule Zilkhstan.
Yes, Your Majesty.3
SHALIO
So Yupito is...
I see.
SHALIO
Owing to its history, our Zilkhstan has drawn a great deal of ire from other countries.
As its ruler, it was inevitable that I would would be targeted.
That's why I must—
become the greatest warrior ever.
1 Lit. 'invincible' or 'unbeatable'.↩
2 Shamna's language is quite archaic here; せねばなるまい is functionally equivalent to せなければならない.↩
3 Again, roughly equivalent to this, but in Arabic. See the previous chapter's notes for more details.↩