E12 - The Most Beautiful Thing

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[00:06] (Flashback) Michel
    Whatever it is you want to see,
    I want to help you see it.
[00:09] (Flashback) Michel
    If there's something you
    don't know, I'll teach you.
[00:12] (Flashback) Michel
    Though, when you want to achieve something
    solely through your own efforts, I won't interfere.
[00:18] (Flashback) Michel
    What kind of scholar will you become?
[00:20] (Flashback) Michel
    I'm very much looking forward to finding out.
[00:24] (Flashback) Rishe
    Why do you take such good care of me?
[00:30] (Flashback) Michel
    Perhaps because this may be the only
    good thing I am able to do in my life.
[00:45] Rishe
    Professor!
[00:47] Michel
    Hey there, Rishe.
[00:53] Lawvine's knight 2
    Please stand back!
[00:55] Lawvine's knight 1
    This suspicious person has declared
[00:57] Lawvine's knight 1
    he will cause an act of violence
    in town at six this evening!
[00:59] Michel
    It's just as he says.
[01:02] Rishe
    And you think that by doing so, Prince
    Arnold will hear of the power of black powder?
[01:08] Michel
    That's right.
[01:09] Rishe
    Such an action will affect people
    unrelated to this matter!
[01:13] Michel
    Yes, I understand that.
[01:15] Rishe
    Professor!
[01:16] Michel
    Well, its unveiling demands as much.
[01:20] Michel
    As it's something I have created...
[01:23] Michel
    I must take responsibility for it.
[01:27] Michel
    Even if it means causing
    misfortune for someone else.
[01:34] Michel
    My own existence is just the same.
[01:38] Michel
    I'm sorry, Rishe.
[01:59] Michel
    The words of a person like me... shouldn't
    be taken at face value.
[02:05] Michel
    Taking you on as my student was
    no more than a whim of mine.
[02:14] Theodore
    Sister!
[02:22] Rishe; internal
    I once asked the professor...
[02:26] (Flashback) Rishe
    Is it truly impossible for a poison
    to bring someone happiness?
[02:33] Rishe; internal
    But instead of asking...
[02:37] Rishe
    Professor, I may only have been
    your student for a brief time,
[02:43] Rishe
    but I can say this with certainty...
[02:47] Rishe
    even a poison can bring happiness to someone.
[02:55] Rishe
    My alchemy teacher once told me,
[03:00] Rishe
    "If one fails to take all variables into
    account, the experiment will fail."
[03:06] Rishe
    No matter how great an
    alchemist you may be,
[03:10] Rishe
    your results will not always
    be as you anticipated.
[03:15] Rishe
    That is because...
[03:16] Rishe
    it was impossible for you to
    comprehend the variable that I am.
[03:21] Michel
    What are you saying?
[03:35] Michel
    What is that?
[03:38] Rishe
    Professor, the things you
    create aren't only poisons.
[03:42] Rishe
    Even if you can only think of them as
    things which bring misfortune to others,
[03:47] Rishe
    if their method of use is changed,
    many other types of value appear.
[04:10] Michel
    Colored flames?
[04:14] Michel
    The black powder exploded in the sky?
[04:17] Michel
    What is all this?
[04:20] Rishe
    I once looked for a simple way to
    differentiate between types of metals.
[04:26] Rishe
    At that time, someone showed me the
    beautiful aurora, and I remembered...
[04:32] Rishe
    When fire is applied to metal,
    it gives off a beautiful light.
[04:38] Michel
    That's true.
[04:39] Michel
    When metals are burned, the
    flames turn different colors.
[04:43] Rishe
    Yes.
[04:45] Rishe
    However, that wasn't all.
[04:48] Rishe
    With a new perspective,
[04:50] Rishe
    I obtained a method to
    change the colors of a flame.
[04:55] Rishe
    Tiny lights, floating in the darkness...
[04:57] Rishe
    they may look like the torches of
    war, or like the lights of fireflies.
[05:02] Rishe
    Each and every material and phenomenon
    holds more than one meaning.
[05:07] Rishe
    So does the black powder, and
    so do you, Professor Michel.
[05:10] Rishe
    There is nothing which exists solely
    to bring misfortune to others.
[05:16] Michel
    And you plotted all of this
    to make me understand that?
[05:21] Michel
    Why would you go so far?
[05:23] Rishe
    Because I am your student.
[05:29] (Flashback) Michel
    If you wish to repudiate
    someone else's research,
[05:31] (Flashback) Michel
    you must show results as counter-evidence.
[05:35] (Flashback) Michel
    If you're an alchemist, that is.
[05:38] Rishe; internal
    Without substantiation, the professor
    would never change his thinking.
[05:43] Rishe; internal
    That's why...
[05:45] Rishe
    I will devote all of myself
    to trying to persuade you.
[05:49] Rishe
    Observe with your own eyes.
[05:52] Rishe
    Something which you have created...
[05:54] Rishe
    is exhibiting a value
    which you did not know of.
[05:56] Rishe
    Just look at it!
[06:03] Michel
    I understand flame reactions and the
    effect of black powder, and yet...
[06:09] Michel
    I never imagined a use like this existed.
[06:44] Michel
    You're amazing, Rishe.
[06:47] Rishe
    No, you're the amazing one, Professor.
[06:50] Rishe
    I'm sure that there are other things
    which you thought could only be poisons
[06:55] Rishe
    which have other splendid uses.
[06:58] Rishe
    After all, you're the most
    brilliant alchemist in all the world!
[07:10] Michel
    I see.
[07:12] Michel
    So, I was able to create the source
    of something that beautiful.
[07:26] Rishe; internal
    It seems they all launched safely.
[07:35] Rishe
    Thank you.
[07:37] Theodore
    It was really a lot of work.
[07:40] (Flashback) Rishe
    Could you give this to everyone for me?
[07:43] (Flashback) Theodore
    This? What is it?
[07:46] Rishe; internal
    The amount of black powder
    and where it was set...
[07:48] Rishe; internal
    Because I saw his experiment
    planner in my third life,
[07:52] Rishe; internal
    I could narrow down the possibilities,
    even in this large capital city.
[07:56] Rishe; internal
    After that, I took the
    professor's area of activity,
[07:58] Rishe; internal
    and looked for spots that
    matched the right conditions.
[08:02] Rishe; internal
    The rest was all thanks to everyone involved
    in this matter doing their jobs perfectly.
[08:10] Rishe
    Your Highness's retainers really
    are exceptional, aren't they?
[08:18] Rishe; internal
    Lord Lawvine?
[08:20] Lawvine's knight 2
    As you ordered.
[08:22] Lawvine
    Good work.
[08:24] Lawvine
    Michel Hévin.
[08:25] Lawvine
    This incident. You will
    have to explain yourself.
[08:28] Theodore
    Wait, Lawvine!
[08:30] Theodore
    I will take charge of that person.
[08:32] Lawvine
    I cannot allow that.
[08:33] Theodore
    What?
[08:34] Lawvine
    This individual declared that he
    would cause an incident here,
[08:38] Lawvine
    on land governed by His Majesty, the emperor.
[08:40] Lawvine
    Even though the order comes from
    you, Prince Theodore,
[08:43] Lawvine
    I cannot hand him over to you.
[08:54] Arnold
    What is this commotion, Lawvine?
[08:58] Lawvine
    Prince Arnold.
[09:01] Lawvine
    I received a report of an individual
    making nefarious declarations.
[09:04] Lawvine
    Believing him to be connected to the
    large flames seen in the air just now,
[09:08] Lawvine
    I've captured him and
    intend to interrogate him.
[09:12] Arnold
    I see.
[09:13] Rishe
    Prince Arnold, earlier, those—
[09:15] Arnold
    Rishe.
[09:16] Arnold
    That is unnecessary.
[09:21] Arnold
    That phenomenon just now...
[09:23] Arnold
    it was no more than a scholar of Coyolles
    demonstrating a new technology.
[09:30] Lawvine
    Why would a Coyolles scholar unveil a
    new technology here, in our country?
[09:39] Arnold
    Our empire will be forming a technological
    partnership with Coyolles.
[09:59] Arnold
    In exchange for providing military
    instruction to Coyolles,
[10:02] Arnold
    we will be borrowing their precision
    machining techniques and academic knowledge.
[10:06] Arnold
    Those flowers of flame we saw earlier...
[10:08] Arnold
    served as proof that Coyolles possesses
    technologies unknown to our empire.
[10:14] Arnold
    Do you understand?
[10:18] Arnold
    Go.
[10:20] Lawvine
    Sir.
[10:22] Rishe
    Lord Lawvine.
[10:24] Rishe
    I apologize for hiding my
    identity all this time.
[10:34] Kyle
    Michel!
[10:35] Kyle
    I'm happy for your help forming this
    alliance, but that took me completely by surprise!
[10:39] Michel
    Kyle.
[10:40] Kyle
    If you wanted to unveil the
    results of your research,
[10:43] Kyle
    there must have been methods which would
    have caused less trouble for others.
[10:47] Michel
    You have it wrong.
[10:48] Michel
    The truth is that lives would have—
[10:50] Rishe
    Professor Michel.
[10:52] Rishe
    Right now, please just stay quiet
    and let him be angry with you.
[11:00] Michel
    I'm sorry, Kyle.
[11:02] Michel
    I'm sorry, Rishe.
[11:04] Kyle
    Michel?
[11:06] Michel
    I won't do it any more.
[11:08] Michel
    My theory was hugely flawed.
[11:11] Michel
    I understand that now.
[11:15] Michel
    I promise you that I will never do it again.
[11:21] Oliver
    Then, I shall make the proper arrangements.
[11:30] Arnold
    I will say this: I am not acting
    out of kindness towards them.
[11:34] Arnold
    It's abundantly clear that he
    was plotting something unsavory.
[11:38] Arnold
    However, if he were publicly
    treated as a criminal,
[11:41] Arnold
    my father, the emperor, would hear of it.
[11:43] Arnold
    That's why I made use of your plan.
[11:45] Rishe
    Yes. Thank you.
[11:48] Rishe
    After I explain the details
    regarding the professor,
[11:52] Rishe
    I look forward to your
    judgment on the matter.
[11:55] Arnold
    How commendable of you.
[11:56] Arnold
    If I choose to kill and
    dispose of him in secret,
[11:59] Arnold
    I will hear no complaints from you.
[12:06] Rishe
    Prince Arnold.
[12:10] Arnold
    What is it?
[12:12] Rishe
    The truth is, the person who invented
    the pocket watch was Professor Michel.
[12:20] Rishe
    If we will be conducting joint
    research with Coyolles,
[12:23] Rishe
    won't Professor Michel's knowledge be needed?
[12:29] Rishe
    What will you do?
[12:31] Arnold
    You...
[12:35] Arnold
    No matter how I look at
    this, you were confident
[12:37] Arnold
    you could convince me
    from the very beginning.
[12:39] Rishe
    How could I be?
[12:41] Rishe
    The only thing I was confident of was that
[12:44] Rishe
    Your Highness would be
    interested in the professor.
[12:49] Rishe
    The people in town will
    have seen those fireworks.
[12:53] Rishe
    When people learn that
    they were from Coyolles,
[12:56] Rishe
    I think they will support the alliance, too.
[12:59] Arnold
    They probably will.
[13:01] Rishe
    Yes.
[13:03] Arnold
    So, those are called fireworks?
[13:06] Rishe
    Yes, that's what I've named them.
[13:10] Rishe
    I wanted you to see those
    fireworks, Your Highness.
[13:17] Rishe
    The black powder used in fireworks
    is a dangerous substance.
[13:22] Rishe
    However, depending upon how it's used,
[13:24] Rishe
    it can also create a beautiful sight the
    likes of which no one has seen before.
[13:29] Rishe
    If you learned that, then you would
    carve a path to many more possibilities.
[13:35] Rishe
    That's my thinking on it.
[13:39] Rishe; internal
    Right now, he may still believe that
    all of his abilities are meant for war,
[13:47] Rishe; internal
    but one day, I'm certain...
[13:55] Rishe
    This medicine will help with
     seasickness on your journey home.
[14:00] Rishe
    The flavor is as awful as ever, though.
[14:03] Kyle
    Compared to the suffering of
    seasickness, it's nothing.
[14:08] Kyle
    Lady Rishe.
[14:10] Kyle
    Truly, thank you so very much.
[14:12] Kyle
    It's only because you lent us your strength
[14:15] Kyle
    that Prince Arnold formed an
    alliance with our kingdom.
[14:18] Rishe
    No, it was Coyolles' sound technological
    prowess and support of academic research.
[14:24] Rishe
    This is all the result of you doing
    everything in your power, Prince Kyle.
[14:33] Michel
    I think that your husband
    is far too magnanimous.
[14:37] Rishe
    Not at all, Professor.
[14:38] Rishe
    He's telling you that in this joint venture,
[14:41] Rishe
    you should continue producing
    the very best of results.
[14:44] Rishe
    It's a severe punishment which the average
    person wouldn't be able to shoulder.
[14:48] Michel
    Yes, I suppose it is.
[14:53] Michel
    "Create things which will make
    the world more wonderful."
[14:56] Michel
    I've never done any research
    in that area before...
[15:01] Michel
    but I'll do my best.
[15:08] Michel
    I wanted to apologize to you.
[15:11] Michel
    I was mistaken when I said that you
    weren't suited to being an empress.
[15:16] Michel
    You're more than suited to it.
[15:19] Michel
    But it's true that I see it as a shame.
[15:24] Michel
    You won't regret it?
[15:26] Michel
    A life as the bride of Arnold Hein.
[15:30] Rishe
    Right now, what I most want to know about
    is the man who will become my husband.
[15:35] Rishe
    I want to know him more than I want
    to know any research result or theory.
[15:41] Michel
    And so we part for a time.
[15:44] Michel
    Let's meet again, my student.
[15:50] Rishe
    Yes!
[15:57] Rishe
    Professor Michel was taken aback.
[16:00] Rishe
    He said Prince Arnold is "too magnanimous."
[16:05] Arnold
    Rather than making a fuss over
    something which ended in failure,
[16:08] Arnold
    making good use of him makes
    more sense. That's all.
[16:12] Rishe
    Thank you.
[16:22] Rishe
    I have one more thing to report.
[16:30] Arnold
    It's finished?
[16:32] Rishe
    Yes.
[16:33] Rishe
    I wanted to see the finished
    piece with you, Your Highness,
[16:36] Rishe
    so I haven't opened it yet.
[16:38] Rishe
    I'm sure it's lovely.
[16:39] Arnold
    Rishe.
[16:42] Arnold
    Showing me that you're wearing
    that ring is unnecessary.
[16:50] Rishe
    By unnecessary, you mean...
[16:52] Arnold
    I told you.
[16:54] Arnold
    The only thing that I requested of you
    was to allow me to gift you a ring.
[17:02] Arnold
    I have no right to wish
    for any more than that.
[17:09] Arnold
    You may have allowed me to gift you with it,
[17:11] Arnold
    but you needn't wear something
    which doesn't meet your standards.
[17:15] Arnold
    You should wear only that which you like,
[17:18] Arnold
    with no regard for the gazes of others.
[17:20] Arnold
    Choose freely.
[17:27] Rishe
    No.
[17:29] Arnold
    What?
[17:30] Rishe
    When they were measuring my size,
[17:32] Rishe
    I chose the third finger
    on my left hand, didn't I?
[17:35] Arnold
    Yes.
[17:36] Rishe
    In my country, when people are married, the
    husband places a ring on the wife's third finger.
[17:46] Rishe
    I long to experience that sort of ritual.
[17:53] Rishe
    I want to wear this ring
    for the marriage ceremony,
[17:56] Rishe
    and I will chose my dress to match it!
[17:58] Rishe
    You say that it's unnecessary,
[18:00] Rishe
    but I'm going to wear this ring everywhere!
[18:03] Arnold
    Rishe.
[18:03] Rishe
    If anything, I've been restraining
    myself from putting it on immediately!
[18:09] Rishe
    So, Prince Arnold, please
    put it on my finger for me.
[18:13] Arnold
    I'm not wearing gloves right now.
[18:18] Rishe
    It's all right, even without them.
[18:26] Rishe
    I just really want it to happen right now.
[18:29] Rishe
    So...
[18:32] Rishe
    Please, Your Highness.
[19:12] Arnold
    Rishe.
[19:18] Arnold
    May I touch you?
[19:26] Rishe
    Yes.
[19:33] Arnold
    Hey, don't hold your breath.
[19:35] Rishe
    I'm not holding my breath!
[19:38] Rishe
    I've simply forgotten how
    to breathe, that's all.
[19:42] Rishe; internal
    He laughed!
[20:04] Arnold
    Have you remembered how to breathe?
[20:06] Rishe
    Yes, somehow.
[20:18] Arnold
    Rishe.
[20:23] Arnold
    It's done.
[20:35] Rishe
    It really is exactly the same
    color as Your Highness's eyes.
[20:40] Rishe
    Just wearing this ring makes me feel
    like I can accomplish anything.
[20:48] Rishe
    What do you think?
[20:51] Arnold
    Yes.
[20:59] Arnold
    It puts me in an even better
    mood than I'd imagined.
[21:07] Rishe
    Your Highness...
[21:08] Arnold
    What is it?
[21:10] Rishe
    The number of things I want
    to ask of you has increased.
[21:13] Arnold
    Tell me. Right now, I'd grant you anything.
[21:19] Rishe
    I want to go on a journey
    with you, Your Highness.
[21:22] Arnold
    A journey?
[21:23] Rishe
    Yes. A journey to see all of the
    beautiful things in this world.
[21:28] Rishe
    Not just fireflies and fireworks...
[21:30] Rishe
    I want to go and find many more things
    that you think are lovely and beautiful.
[21:38] Arnold
    Thanks to you, I've found
    one more of those things.
[21:41] Rishe
    What?
[21:42] Rishe
    What could it be?
[21:45] Arnold
    What indeed?
[21:46] Arnold
    If you don't know, then I won't tell you.
[21:50] Rishe
    Th-That isn't fair!
[21:52] Rishe
    Do you really think an average person
    can measure up to one of your riddles?
[21:55] Arnold
    An average person would not explode
[21:57] Arnold
    a mysterious compound in the sky
    over their betrothed's home.
[22:09] Arnold
    Though, I don't think this riddle
    is so very difficult to solve.
[22:22] Rishe; internal
    Right now, they may only be
    the slightest of changes...
[22:25] Rishe; internal
    but as one piles on another, little by
    little the future should change, too.
[22:31] Rishe; internal
    I hope to see a beautiful future
    together with Prince Arnold.
[22:38] Rishe; internal
    In this life, that is the great
    objective I have found for myself.