ATLIND!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!
GOOD HEAVENS...
I NEVER IMAGINED I'D SEE YOU AGAIN...
WELL, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY I ENDED UP HERE EITHER.
HER MAJESTY SUDDENLY VISITED ME, AND AFTER SHE LEFT,
THAT LAPI SUDDENLY THREW ME-- I MEAN, DROPPED ME OFF HERE.
A LAPI?
YES.
THAT'S THE CAPTAIN OF THE LAPI UNIT.
WHAT IS THE QUEEN PLOTTING...?
IN ANY CASE,
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU, FATHER.
ME TOO.
LET ME HAVE A LOOK AT YOU. I HEARD YOU WERE UNHARMED, BUT I CAN'T JUST TAKE THAT AT FACE VALUE.
YOU WEREN'T SECRETLY BEATEN OR ANYTHING, WERE YOU?
HM?
WHAT ARE YOU HOLDING?
TH-THIS IS...!
Odelnos
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT WINE,
BUT THIS IS THAT LEGENDARY WINE SAID TO ONLY COME FROM ODELNOS, THE COLDEST LAPI CITY ON THE CONTINENT, ISN'T IT?
IT'S THE WINE YOU ONLY DRANK ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
YES, THAT'S RIGHT. WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?
HER MAJESTY GAVE IT TO ME. SHE SAID I SHOULD BRING IT TO YOU.
IT'S FROM THAT WOMAN?
SHE SAID THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO FOLLOW HER,
SHE'LL GIVE YOU A HUNDRED MORE CRATES.
WHAT? NOT EVEN SOMEONE POWERFUL CAN GET THIS SO EASILY.
SHE MUST THINK I'M A FOOL.
DOES SHE THINK A LITTLE WINE WOULD MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND?
YOU MAY ENJOY WINE, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SOMEONE WHO CAN BE SWAYED BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, FATHER.
DAMN IT.
WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS WINE?
WHAT A WICKED WOMAN.
YOU JUST BROUGHT THIS TO ME WITHOUT ANY HESITATION?
THE WINE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG, HAS IT?
PROVIDED BY WHIS
WELL, "THE WINE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG."
Odelnos
WITH GOOD WINE...
...AND MY LONG-MISSED SON HERE,
THIS IS QUITE PLEASANT... ALMOST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME THINK THAT WOMAN ISN’T SO BAD AFTER ALL.
PERHAPS YOU SHOULD ACCEPT HER OFFER WHILE SHE’S STILL WILLING TO FORGIVE YOU.
WE’RE HARDLY IN A POSITION TO BE PICKY...
OF COURSE WE’RE NOT...
WE’RE TRAITORS.
IF I WERE KING, WHETHER WE WERE STILL USEFUL OR NOT, I’D HAVE HAD OUR HEADS CUT OFF.
THEN WHY ARE YOU HOLDING OUT LIKE THIS?
I DON’T UNDERSTAND.
IT'S PRIDE.
LOSING IS BAD ENOUGH... DO YOU EXPECT ME TO JUST OBEDIENTLY FOLLOW HER ORDERS, TOO?
THAT'S IT? THAT'S THE ONLY REASON?
YOU CAN BE QUITE CHILDISH AT TIMES, FATHER...
THE OLDER PEOPLE GET, THE MORE LIKE CHILDREN THEY BECOME. YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU'RE OLDER!
I CAN'T LET A SINGLE DROP GO TO WASTE. LICK
FOR HER TO GO THIS FAR TO PERSUADE A TRAITOR...
SHE'S FAR FROM ORDINARY.
THE LATE KING AND THAT CONCUBINE WERE BOTH UTTERLY UNSPECTACULAR...
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A DAUGHTER CAME FROM THEM.
THEY SAY EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR PLACE.
THAT'S RIGHT. I'M NOT MEANT TO BE A JANITOR.
I MAY TRY TO BEHAVE LIKE A PROPER MONK AND SPEAK ABOUT NON-SELF,
BUT IN THE END, ALL I THINK ABOUT ALL DAY...
...IS MY TERRITORY, PHARNAS,
AND THE STATE OF THE CONTINENT.
I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE WORLD I PROMISED BEFORE,
BUT PERHAPS I CAN HELP CREATE A KINDER ONE.
HAH...
FATHER?
WELL, SHE DID BOLDLY PROMISE A HUNDRED CRATES OF WINE...
LET'S SEE IF SHE TRULY MEANT IT.
Episode 28
LAUNDRY'S DONE!
YAY!
LET'S EAT SOME MEAT!
IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR VACATION!
GEN,
WE NEED TO GO TO HER MAJESTY.
AREN'T YOU COLD DRESSED LIKE THAT?
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE FUR.
WELL, I SUPPOSE IT IS A BIT CHILLY FOR AUTUMN.
WHAT? COMMANDER, IT'S THE END OF DECEMBER.
YOU MUST BE VERY BUSY.
RIGHT... IT'S ALMOST THE NEW YEAR.
I SHOULD GO SEE THE FIRST SUNRISE OF THE YEAR...
THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT COULD EXHAUST SOMEONE WHO'S USUALLY FINE EVEN AFTER GOING THREE DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP...!
YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO THE MOUNTAINS IN A WHILE, HAVE YOU?
THAT'S RIGHT.
EVER SINCE HER MAJESTY ARRIVED, I HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE.
WOW...
FOR A MOUNTAIN FANATIC LIKE YOU, THIS IS A RECORD.
I REALLY WANTED TO CLIMB THE TWIN PEAKS THIS YEAR...
BUT THAT SEEMS UNLIKELY NOW.
I SUPPOSE I'LL JUST MAKE MY ROUNDS AT THE TRAINING GROUNDS LATER.
POP
OOOH, LOOK AT THOSE MUSCLES.
OH,
INSTEAD OF DOING THAT,
HOW ABOUT TAKING HER MAJESTY TO THE TWIN PEAKS?
WHAT...?
IT'S BEEN 14 HOURS...
SHE'LL WAKE UP SORE...
HER MAJESTY... GOING TO THE TWIN PEAKS?
SNORE ZZZ SNOOZE
*WALTER'S IMAGINATION
In Dawn of Vengeance Chapter 28, Atlind visits his father in exile with the rare Odelnos wine gifted by the queen, breaking through his father's pride and getting him to consider the queen's offer. While his father, thinking of his lands of Pharnas and the future of the continent, leaves the door open to this call, back at headquarters Commander Walter weighs in his mind the idea of taking the queen to the challenging Twin Peaks.
