Yume Oukoku to Nemureru 100 Nin no Ouji-sama

Doesn't this bring back memories, Setiq?

Way back when, we looked over the kingdom together from this very spot.

Back then, I still dreamt of bringing light to this land...

Yes...

The land we looked upon back then was so dazzlingly beautiful...

I was so grateful for that blinding light.

Yes, it was so dazzlingly bright...

But I haven't forgotten that light.

I will make my dream come true, no matter what.

With you, I can accomplish that dream.

Yes, we will.

I know the place we're aiming for is exactly the same...

You need not worry. I will always watch your back, Yuan.

No matter what the future may bring.

With you watching over me, I can have confidence in the fact that we truly exist, here and now.

When will you awaken once more?

How many dreams must I offer to you?

If you are given the power of all dreams...

Dakara kitto deaetanda We must have met

Kanashimi no mukougawa de On the other side of affection

Nemutteita kagayaki mo I'm sure that, with you,

Kimi to nara mitsukerareru yo We can find the sleeping sparkle

Ima te o tsunaide kowakunai kara Hold my hand now, there's nothing to be afraid of

Afureru hikari kimi o omou dake de Overflowing light, just by thinking of you

Kiseki datte okoseru ki ga suru yo I feel like I can make a miracle happen

Donna michi mo koeteyukou I'll travel beyond where the roads lead

Afureru hikari kimi no yasashisa wa Overflowing light, your kindness

Hoshi no nai yozora mo terasunda Brightens even the starless sky

Kirakira to kirameku yo It sparkles and shines

# 11: The Defiant Ones

Hey, Setiq.

Were you prayin' again?

I'm surprised ya don't get tired of it.

Guess that's just how human hearts are, huh?

Setiq?

Well, I s'pose you've got a lot goin' on,

but I'd really like to get to huntin' in another kingdom.

I'm so tired of the meals to be had around these parts.

I wanna fill my belly already!

That day, a large number of dream-eaters attacked a village on the outskirts of the kingdom...

They were different from the dream-eaters we in Atlas can control...

The dream power from Traümere is weakening, and the kingdom is drawing closer and closer to ruin...

Indeed. This is terrible.

What in the world has happened to Traümere?

Could it have something to do with these dream-eaters that have so suddenly appeared?

Atlas will not fare well at this rate...

If we disregard that pact, and approach Traümere with...

No.

Traümere gives dreams to the people, and Atlas takes them away.

Our powers are to be sealed away...

And we are never to interfere with one another.

That ancient pact must never be broken.

Yuan!

Do we need to bow down to Traümere, even now?!

If people are only granted dreams, they will eventually fall to corruption!

That is why the world needed our kind!

When a dream grows too large, it turns to avarice!

Avarice leads to dreams of excess...

We were necessary to relieve the people of those swollen dreams,

and give them a new path to live upon...

Despite all that, why?

Why are we the only ones who are unable to properly exist?!

Don't say that, Setiq.

This is Atlas' fate. Our fate.

Father!

Your Majesty...

What's wrong?

Th-they've come again, the dream-eaters...!

Don't worry. I will take care of them.

I will join you.

Father!

I'll fight with you!

Prince Kihel... Kihel...

I can fight, too! Setiq taught me lots about mastering the sword!

So please...

Please let me join you for this battle!

Kihel.

Prince Kihel, fighting dream-eaters is much different than sparring during practice...

Well said, Kihel.

Yuan?

Then, Father, you'll...

Yes. I'll let you join me.

But... what if something happens to the two of you?!

If that happens, Setiq, I leave Atlas in your hands.

I know of no other I would trust.

You will stay here, and I will go out, and together, we will protect this kingdom!

Please, we're going to crush these dream-eater weaklings.

Right, Kihel?

Yes, Father!

Don't worry, Setiq. I'll watch my father's back!

That's the spirit, Kihel!

Perhaps we'll also go to Traümere and have some discussions. Have them send us more dream power.

Right!

Do you mean it, Yuan...?

You were the one who asked...

if we still needed to bow down to Traümere, Setiq.

It feels like it happened only yesterday...

Oh! Have you finally made your decision?

I feel just how great Prince Kihel's dream power has become...

Kihel, are you okay?

Huh? I'm fine. Why?

It seems like you've remembered a lot while in this kingdom...

I guess.

But I feel like... I've gotten closer to the truth, to something I didn't know before.

Well, probably.

Don't worry. We're right by your side.

Sorry to drag you guys with me.

Thanks to all of you, I started wanting to get my memories back...

and really wishing it from the bottom of my heart.

Thanks.

What?

I don't know...

The Moon Road...!

But why?

I don't know. I've never seen the Moon Road act like this...

I feel like he's calling me... Setiq...

Let's go.

Yeah.

Is this your kingdom?

Yeah.

No, are they...

They've been put to sleep...

They've lost the power of dreams...

"The power of dreams"?

That's right.

This kingdom was hidden away by Traümere.

This is Atlas.

"Atlas"...?

Setiq.

I can't hold back any more. Do I still gotta wait?

You should stop lookin' at that and start usin' it.

Get down from there right now.

Nuh-uh! I ain't comin' down until you tell me what's so special about that ring!

What can the people of Atlas even do, huh?

Just like their name, we take away dreams with this powerful ring.

We are the ones who bring about order.

Excessive dreaming causes indescribable damage...

Just like the very thing you hope to achieve.

I-I've never heard of it... It's like it never existed at all...

Right? My father once told me...

If Traümere is the light, then Atlas is the shadow behind it, a kingdom that does not truly exist.

Wh-what is that supposed to mean?

He didn't tell me everything, but...

Even though Traümere hid the kingdom of Atlas away,

it secretly provided us with dream power to allow us to survive.

But we stopped receiving power, and everyone grew weak...

To think the destruction of Traümere had such repercussions...

Still, my father said we had to try our hardest to survive on our own.

Shining a light on something creates a shadow.

The royal family of Atlas was to protect that shadow,

because we were those who existed in non-existence.

Despite that, my father never lost hope...