Come with me.
The Seven-Light Faith will accept those sentiments you and the Count shared.
For the ideals of Count Blumhardt that dwell within this sword,
and for my own sake as well,
I shall accompany you.
Yeah!
Hide!
That's Count Conrad.
Also...
That can't be!
Well, Tanganika,
it's a wonderful, dazzling sight, isn't it?
You broke the statue?
Yes,
there aren't any merchants who could convert such a huge mass of pure gold into coin,
and with the statue taking the shape of the emperor,
it was hard to pawn off.
I see.
You broke it.
Rommel von Conrad.
Since His Majesty desires competition and the survival of the fittest,
I will not reproach you for betraying me.
However,
to take a hammer and smash apart a statue bearing even
a poor resemblance of his majesty...
A-Are you telling me you're...!
Be ashamed of yourself,
you foolish cur!
Duke Gustave?!
I thought you were dead?!
As if I could die
while poisonous insects that defy His Majesty still roam free in his garden!
With Neuro's secret arts, I have returned and brought the flames of hell with me!
Wh-What's that?!
You poisonous insects.
Shoot! Run!
I won't let you escape!
It Seems High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World!
Wh-What?!
He's indiscriminate.
Micchan, we're in trouble!
Gustave's still alive!
He's gotten way more powerful than he was the last time we fought him,
and everyone inside of Uranus Castle is going up in his flames!
Mhm, mhm, mhm...
Huh?!
You mean...
All right.
Shinobu?
Jeanne.
We're picking up the pace.
Yes!
It boils! It seethes!
What powerful magic!
With this power, I can fight for His Majesty even better than before!
I will devote everything to His Majesty!
Nothing could bring me more joy!
You pests who dare defy His Majesty,
it doesn't matter where you run!
I will burn away every last hair and every fragment of your bones!
With the L'age Soleil of my rage!
The enormous Uranus Castle is...
Was Gustave always this powerful?
There's nothing that can stop that...
You're mistaken.
Huh?
That's the power of our Seven-Light Faith.
My friends in Dormundt did that.
From Dormundt?
At the far north?
The empire isn't the only one
capable of launching an attack of mass destruction across several domains.
If we actually felt like it,
we could instantly wipe out the imperial capital from Findolf.
Using this, God's Thunderbolt.
What is that?
The sky is changing color...
That politician seriously launched the damn thing.
Master, do you know what that is?
That's a beacon.
A beacon?
Yeah.
A signal that we've entered a new era.
From this day forward, we won't just be earning gold coins,
we'll be printing our own money.
And lots of it.
And that's lots of fun.
Hit confirmed.
Then the operation's a success.
Thank you, Ringo.
We've finished laying the groundwork to found our nation.
Yeah...
Ringo-kun.
This world's tactical magic, the spell that burned Dormundt...
That was a threat.
A large enough threat that moving forward,
we will need to forge a pact forbidding its use once we found our nation.
However, in order to do that,
we have to first prove that we have either equal or greater destructive power ourselves.
After all...
Diplomacy can only occur between equals.
With this,
we've provided clear evidence of our power and our willingness to exact retribution.
These facts will absolutely prove useful at the negotiating table with the empire.
So...
This power will definitely serve as a bridge to happiness
for the people of this world.
Oh, now I see. Back then...
There's something I need you to do.
Tsukasa purposefully phrased his request that way,
so I could push all the responsibility onto him,
so I would resent him for this...
But he's also...
beating himself up...
for being so powerless that he had to resort to using this power.
I don't resent you.
Because I know you're always working hard
for the happiness of others.
Ringo...
Thank you.
Hey, what are we gathering for today?
I don't know.
But the angels told everyone to gather here for something important.
Everyone!
You've done well to heed my call and gather here!
Whoa!
When did they...
Now, let us get started!
Akatsuki!
Today we have an important, divine message
for all the people living under the Seven-Light Faith!
Angel Tsukasa, take the podium!
As many of you are already aware,
the Azure Brigade was attacked by the empire a few days ago.
In response to this heinous act,
we took decisive action and unleashed God's Thunderbolt in retribution,
successfully annihilating the enemy forces.
Wow.
Thereafter,
we spoke with the Azure Brigade and reached an agreement
surrendering rule over the land of Gustave to the Seven-Light Faith!
As of this moment, the Seven-Light Faith now holds sovereignty
over the empire's four northern lands: Findolf, Buchwald, Arclide, and Gustave!
However, it is not the desire of the Seven-Light Faith to rule over you all.
Our desire is for you all
to rule yourselves, with equality for all.
But to do that, you all need one thing!
A nation!
Not a nation like the Freyjagard Empire,
where everything belongs to a single emperor,
and a handful of nobles are allowed to take the reins and do as they please!
But a nation owned by every individual living within its lands,
where everyone is able to participate in statecraft—
a republic!
A republic?
What's that?
I understand you all may be confused by the unfamiliar term.
However, I'm sure you've all experienced it before.
You know the absurdity of a handful of people holding command over you!
You know how unreasonable it is for them to exploit
not only your homes and your assets, but the lives of your precious families!
Are you willing to allow a world
where such travesty could befall your children to continue?!
Is that what you want to leave them?!
Of course not!
I never want to go through that again!
Then you all must rise and stand on your own feet!
And, of course, we shall spare nothing to aid you in this course!
Akatsuki will help us?
The angels, too?
Now, I ask of you all:
are you prepared to take responsibility
and defend your own freedom and equality?!
Yeah!
Are you prepared to fight to defend your rights and your dignity?!
Yeah!
Then as of this moment,
the Seven-Light Faith proclaims this land to be the new nation of the Elm Republic!
It can't be...
What's happening?!
Evacuate the citizens, quickly!
Stay calm!
Don't panic!
Oslo El Gustave!
His Majesty's enemies...
Kill, kill...
No human is that durable...
Kill.
Kill. Kill. Kill.
Kill!
What is that?
Kill, kill, kill!
Kill!
We'll handle this!
Aoi, Shinobu!
Target the gem on his chest!
I sense really scary power emanating from it!
A truly inhumane form of malice!
Destroy that gem!
Understood!
Roger!
Those who defy His Majesty, I kill!
I burn to death!
Art of Strength: Foe Slaying Flash!
That's...
Yikes!
Tsukasa!
I see.
So you're the leader.
What do you mean?
Don't play dumb with me.
It's plain to see.
You have the eyes of a ridiculous impostor who struggles to save what he can
while understanding how powerless he is before the acts of man.
How can you preach equality for all?
Do you long to suffer even more,
clinging to your stupid ideals when you know how sinful man can be?
Don't you remember all that you lost trying to save the majority?
Be quiet!
Don't get arrogant, you fake, common man.
We cannot save man.
Eventually, you too will come to understand.
This world exists for that man, and him alone.
You will see that there is a prodigy chosen by the heavens to rule.
And once you learn that,
you will kneel before His Imperial Majesty on your own!
Lady Kaguya.
A dawn wind blows.
Hibari...
Shura...
The world is changing.
Hmm.
No mercy at all.
That power isn't from this world.
The Seven-Light Faith will be an obstacle.
Don't get arrogant, you fake, common man.
We cannot save man.
A dream?
I know.
I am an impostor.
Merchant,
Ringo,
Akatsuki,
Aoi,
Keine,
Shinobu...
They're all capable of things only they can do
with methods only they can use.
They're true prodigies,
but I'm different.
I'm just using methods anyone else could use
to conduct politics in a way anyone else could.
I'm not some superhuman.
Eventually, you too will come to understand.
You will see that there is a prodigy chosen by the heavens to rule.
He must have been referring to Emperor Lindworm von Freyjagard.
I'm not a prodigy, so is it even possible for me to beat him?
Reconnoitering
Oh, this is...
Oh, my.
How nostalgic!
It is, indeed.
What is this?
It's not glass, and yet...
It's see-through!
It is see-through.
It sure is see-through.
Sorry I'm late.
Tsukasa!
We've been waiting for you, bear!
Have a look at that!
Oh?
Well, this is...
I haven't seen mayonnaise like this in a while.
I had some spare time lately,
so I tried making some.
The container is biodegradable, so it's good for the environment, too!
That's wonderful.
Now!
Bear?
I think it's about time to start preparations.
We have a new batch of mayonnaise as well.
Well, to Mayor Ulga's newly built home.
Cheers!
Man, I feel so lucky to eat your home cooking, Winona.
My, you sure know how to flatter, Masato!
Today's bread is delicious!
Aoi helped make it this time.
Right?
Yes, I kneaded the dough!
You sure love mayonnaise, Roo.
Yeah!
I like it second to money!
W-Wow, really?
Wait, Roo!
You're putting on way too much there!
Mayonnaise tastes better when there's a lot of it!
Right?
Nin-nin!
U-Um, Tsukasa?
What is it, you two?
Oh, nothing. You go first, Ringo.
Lyrule, you go first.
All right, I will...
Tsukasa, have some honey!
It's good to eat sweet things when you're worn out.
This too, if you'd like...
Thank you both.
Why am I growing faint of heart?
I'm surrounded by friends, just like I've always been.
That alone is enough
to keep someone who's not a prodigy or a superhuman like me going.
Everyone, I apologize for doing this while you're eating,
but I'd like to let you all know our upcoming policies for the Seven-Light Faith,
the governing body of the Elm Republic.
Is that all right?
Of course.
Yeah.
Yes.
Very well. Then...
High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World!