Mircea Veroiu: Wounded by Love of Life Page #4

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the youngest and the bravest,

the commander of the crusade.

I don't see the Romanian,

prince Mircea.

He's more somber. The rest, the

lack of activity is getting to him.

- He's scouting.

- Then we can party!

Gentlemen, raise your glasses!

To Jerusalem!

For now, it would be great

if we could conquer Nicopole.

It's under siege for 40 days.

You, the Byzantines,

don't love us too much,

although we came to free you.

Not too much.

Brave noblemen, remember!

Our goal is to free Constantinople.

For Jesus!

Your Majesty,

Baiazid's army is here.

Gentlemen!

Baiazid has shown his face

under the city walls.

Praised be the Lord!

Your news don't scare us.

But I'm surprised you forgot.

I'm the commander of the crusade.

You should've talked to me first.

Is that of any importance?

Your Majesty, I have to remind you

of your promise.

Noblemen, a moment of silence!

Please!

Prince Mircea, who defeated Baiazid

at Rovine,

knows how the pagans fight.

I think we should let him

attack first,

to break their wall.

Your Majesty! If somebody else

would have insulted me like this,

he would've paid with his blood.

We walk for four months so that

somebody else could get the glory?

Never!

Gentlemen!

We should listen to His Majesty!

You coward!

Are you afraid to go in first?

Me? Coward?

You won't have the courage

to bring your horse's nose

where my horse's tail will be.

In the name of God and St. John!

I want to act

like a real knight today!

To arms!

Your pride has been hurt.

Sire, do you think I'm here

for my pride?

Unfortunately, the battle is lost

before it could begin.

- Are you sleepy?

- No.

Grandpa, you've been through a lot.

Through enough.

Did Baiazid feed his horse

in the altar, at Rome?

He couldn't fulfill his wish.

Deep Asia brought forward

a more merciless power.

The hordes of Timur Lenk.

Baiazid, tell me that greatness

and glory are just smoke in the wind.

Greatness and glory are just smoke.

Baiazid the Lightning,

the conqueror of Europe!

What do you have to tell your sons?

Greatness and glory are just smoke.

Spit him!

You too!

- My dear eagles!

- I said, spit him!

He's my father.

Now I'm satisfied. I put a spit

between Baiazid's sons.

What a jerk! To spit his own father

when he was at his worst.

That was Mehmet,

the one you got along with great.

The one he killed was Musa.

That means that honesty

is not always rewarded.

No, grandson. Not always.

What did you do with Dan,

your traitor of a brother?

- I forgave him.

- You shouldn't have!

He must be hiding

at the bottom of the world.

He hid at royal courts,

where we had peace treaties.

Now, with their blessings

and maybe even the Turks',

he's hiding in the country.

What about us?

Some are scheming

and we're wasting our time

in the mountains.

No. We're going to sleep.

Tomorrow, with a clear mind...

- Tomorrow?

- We clear the yard.

The enemy is hiding in fear.

We have women, wine and fame,

and great knights surround us!

Hans Benckersteck,

Jean Zalavoire...

Every hangman in Europe

is after them.

And the ladies, sire.

We have women, wine and fame.

And great knights surround us!

Our sun,

we waited for you for so long!

Our dear master... I wish

you could take the throne sooner.

We want to have something to show

for all of our fights.

Your Highness...

We'll rejoice

sooner than you think.

I beg your pardon...

- Good night, Mezea.

- Good night, Your Highness.

I'm coming back from Germany.

I was received

by emperor Sigismund himself.

He has it with our brother's demands

to talk with the greats of the world

from equal footing.

We told him that already.

God have mercy on us.

Is that true?

Will Stapleton never missed

his target.

His Highness, Mircea, is dead!

His Highness, Mircea, is dead!

Mircea is dead!

His Highness, Mircea, is dead.

Long live the new king, Dan!

Your Highness...

- What's wrong?

- Mezea...

My good and faithful friend...

Open the gates!

Is His Majesty!

- Who are you?

- Open up! Are you deaf?

- Is the king, Mircea.

- Open up quickly!

Your Highness!

Dan, I forgave you once.

Maybe you learned to fight

in your trips.

He's dead.

His heart gave up.

- There was no heart to give up.

- Your Highness...

I brought him here, for you.

Forgive me, merciful master!

I lost my mind.

I didn't know what I was doing.

You're mercenaries,

you fought for whoever paid you.

Let them go.

You're free.

As for you two...

- You be the judge.

- Your Highness!

There you go!

- Untie them!

- Why?

I haven't decided

if they're guilty or not.

And if you disturb me again,

I'm getting out of here.

You asked me to judge them.

Let me do it!

I'm sorry.

Untie them!

- What are your names?

- Ene Udova.

- Ion lercau.

- What is your rank?

We're lords.

Your Highness, I brought him here

last night for you.

- What is your fortune?

- We have estates...

- How many?

- Eight.

Eleven.

And the ranks and the estates...

Who gave them to you?

- We have them...

- His Highness gave them to us.

- Mircea.

- His Highness, Mircea...

I don't hear you.

- His Highness, Mircea.

- Louder!

How am I doing?

You asked me to stay away from it.

That's what I'm doing.

And your reward was to go behind

his back with Dan, the traitor.

I'm listening.

Did you do it or not?

No, yes...

No, we didn't.

And the man that eats and drinks

with a traitor...

What is that man?

- Impale them!

- No, Your Highness!

If you're not satisfied with my

decision, why don't you stop them?

Why did you make me judge them?

Grandpa, are you upset with me?

Did I say anything?

You can't make decisions

regarding other people's lives

by hiding and covering your ears.

Look!

But they were guilty!

- They deserved their faith!

- Calm down.

If you betray your country

you shouldn't be spared.

But they were guilty!

They deserved their faith!

Then you don't have to worry

about having nightmares.

Grandpa!

- Don't be afraid and don't cry.

- I'm not afraid. I'm not crying.

- And don't tell anyone.

- Not even my father?

- Not even him.

- You don't trust him?

Don't tell anyone!

- Bring me a hot iron.

- Alright.

- Don't cry!

- I won't.

- Hold it! Who are you?

- I'm prince Vlad.

Nobody can go further.

Throw down your weapons!

I'm prince Vlad!

I want to talk to His Majesty.

- Stay where you are.

- Let him through.

How dare you leave the army

at the Danube?

I couldn't stand to see my army

attacked from behind.

What do you mean?

I didn't want to listen to a child.

He might have been seeing things.

But the soldiers are talking.

They say that our brother, Mihail,

is scheming.

That uncle Dan is at Bran,

with an English and German army.

- I rode to Arges as hard as I could.

- And?

I saw for myself that is true. I'm

sorry for bringing this pain to you,

but I don't know

how could this happen.

Mihail is a traitor.

Alright. If the army knows about it,

we have to take care of it.

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