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Chapter Name: The Dawn of Journey Day (1)

Gutts

-I want to do something by myself….

-In order to stand beside him

-I don’t want him to look down on me

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Corkus

You want to….stand beside Griffith?

Judeau

-Eh?

-……

Corkus

-Don’t be a nut case!!!

-You talk like a little kid!!!!

-You know he’s a special person.  Different from people like us!!

-Especially you who know only how to kill…

-And accidentally got the Raid Leader Rank

-Everything’s because of Griffith

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Gutts

-I care neither about rank nor position

-What I want is more special than that…

-It’s something that I’d win and earn by myself.

Corkus

-Well!!! That’s the childish excuse!!!

-Something you would win and earn by yourself!?

-Sh….

-If it’s that easy…there wouldn’t be anyone suffering in this world.

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Corkus

-Even if you are lucky, there are only few who are winners

-Commoners must use labor, power and luck to win something!!

-I heard a lot of people who say  “only if you have dream is enough”

-But that’s stupid

-Dream is only for the weak who’s defeat to the truth

-An impossible dream that’s sleep walking is worse than being an idiot

Judeau

-……

Gutts

….and you…?

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Gutts

You never had such dream?

Corkus

-Sh….

-I don’t want to talk with you anymore

-Judeau, I’m going back to sleep

-I can’t stand being with this rookie!

Waiter

-Sir, may I collect the money for your food

Corkus

Put it on my tab!!!

Judeau

Seeing him like this….before he was a thief leader, you know?

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Judeau

-He was a leader of small band thieves with merely 10 members

-His band was beaten by the Hawks, so he joined us since then

-Though it was small, he once wanted to win something himself

Gutts

…..

Judeau

-For me….I’m a jack of all trades

-I’m a little better than anyone with any kind of weapons.  No matter it’s a knife or a sword

-I’m not showing off…but I can even mix medicine pretty well

-….But I have no specialty.

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Judeau

-So I decided

-If I can’t be the one..I’d rather serve the one

-There’s no one who never know the word “greed”

-Don’t be misunderstood..

-I’m quite content with my position now

-If you are thinking straight…you decision is rather unusual

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Judeau

-To do something by abandoning rank and honor

-It’s pretty weird

-But men are all like this…having dream, win and loose

-Go on living by having all these lead the life.

-3 years ago, I talked to you that “You might find your place here at The Hawk Band”

-I guess I was wrong

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Judeau

-I’ll go send you off

-It’d be nice….If you can find that thing…

-That thing you mentioned

-Let me ask you something

Gutts

Eh?

Judeau

What’s going on between you and Caska?

Gutts

What do you mean?

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Judeau

-After you two fell off the cliff

-You guys seem pretty close

Gutts

-Really?

-We’ve been through quite a lot..that’s why…

-Hey why are you looking at me like that?

Judeau

-…..

-Have you tried asking her?

Gutts

-Huh?

-What are you saying?

-If you’ve been with the Hawk this long, you should know

-That girl likes Griffith…

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Judeau

-For…Caska

-I doubt she’ll ever be with Griffith…

Gutts

Eh?

Judeau

-Like you’ve said, Griffith climbed up with his bare hands until now he’s the general of Midland

-It’s a miracle  that normally one should be content

-But he won’t stop, since what he wants is to be at the top

-There won’t be war in this land for awhile

-Which means the opportunity for him to grow is less now

-Though he’s a highly ranked solider, it’s just a solider

-He can’t be more than that.

-That’s why he has to use his last card

-He must do something for the last time.

Gutts

….

Judeau

Don’t you understand?

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Judeau

-I’m talking about the princess

-If he got her, his dream will be in reach within the shortest time

-Besides, It’s the only way.

Gutts

…..

Judeau

-Griffith is a famous general among many countries

-He’s no less than princess Charlotte

-Especially for the person she supposed to be married to, the son of count Yurius, Adonis, who’s the heir to the throne, was assassinated.

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Judeau

-Furthermore, the queen and those who had powers to pull strings in the palace were mysteriously grilled the night of Griffith’s assassination

-Which makes the appointing ceremony for Griffith delay even further

-Gutts….you……

-….

-Nothing

-All right!

Gutts

(Thinking about what Griffith said to him the night of assassination)

-“Gutts, don’t tell this to anyone”

-“It’s not that I don’t trust them”

-“But the hawk band that had been through so much with me”

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Gutts

(Continue Thinking about what Griffith said to him the night of assassination)

-“I don’t want them to know the bad things about me”

-“For them I want to leave only good feelings”

-“I want to ask you to continue joining”

-“keep it going like this”

Judeau

-That means those who hated Griffith are all dead

-The princess seem to be in love with Griffith too

-Well, that’s probably his intention too

-He probably won’t let this golden opportunity pass,

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Judeau

-For Caska, Griffith is a special person who took her out of cruel reality and gave her a new life

-That’s why Caska’s willing to give Griffith more than love

-It’s more like worship…

-Even though it’s love…how happy would she be to know that she has to wait for that impossible someone

-If you love someone, you want to hold them.

-Especially, by his side is a person who’d be able to make his dream come true

-She can’t provide that but the princess can

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Judeau

-I don’t think she can accept such thing

Gutts

-…..

Judeau

-How about you?

-What do you think about Caska?

-Have you ever wanted to hold her?

Gutts

-…..

-Me?.....

-That crazy girl is far better than those aristocrat’s daughters who know only how to dress.

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Gutts

-It’s rare to see a girl who can fight side by side with men

-But for me she’s more than just a woman, she my war buddy

-So….

-……

-No….

-The person she’s after is Griffith

-So A person like me would never have a chance

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Judeau

-…..

-Really?

-I think you two deserve each other

Gutts

-For now…

-Only my personal issue is more than enough

-Around here’s enough

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Gutts

(Saw the entire Hawk band waiting on a hill near a tree)

Rickert

Ah!

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Gutts

-You guys…

Rickert

-Why leaving quietly…Gutts, you are so cruel!!!

-Why? Why are you leaving Hawk Band?

Gutts

-Rickert….

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Gutts

-!

(Griffith appears from the back of the tree)