E2 - The Golden Imperial Capital

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[00:02] Arnold
    I apologize for my sudden discourtesy.
[00:05] Arnold
    I have something I wish to ask of you.
[00:07] Arnold
    Would you please...
[00:10] Arnold
    do me the honor of becoming my wife?
[00:15] Rishe
    What? Your wife?
[00:17] Arnold
    Yes.
[00:18] Rishe
    Me, become your wife?
[00:20] Arnold
    That's right.
[00:27] Rishe
    I respectfully decline.
[00:34] Rishe; internal
    Why?
[00:36] Rishe; internal
    Why is he laughing like
    he's really enjoying this?
[02:11] Dietrich
    Th-The Crown Prince of Galkhein
    proposed marriage to Rishe?!
[02:17] Rishe; internal
    The man who killed me is proposing to me?
[02:21] Rishe; internal
    It doesn't make sense. I don't
    understand what his aims are.
[02:31] crowd 1
    It's the king!
[02:32] crowd 2
    Why is the king here?
[02:33] crowd 3
    Your Majesty!
[02:34] Dietrich
    Father!
[02:35] Dietrich
    Why would you come all this way—
[02:39] Rishe
    Your Majesty?
[02:39] Dietrich; background
    F-Father! The stones...
[02:40] king
    Prince Arnold, my idiot son has
    shown you unthinkable rudeness!
[02:41] Dietrich; background
    The stones are digging into my face!
[02:43] Dietrich; background
    F-Father, I, um...
[02:43] king
    Lady Rishe, I truly apologize for
    the matter of the broken engagement.
[02:44] Dietrich; background
    M-My beautiful face is going
    to be full of stones...
[02:47] king
    I offer you my heartfelt apologies.
[02:49] king
    I believe you have heard
    Prince Arnold's intentions,
[02:51] king
    but I ask it of you as well.
[02:51] Dietrich; background
    They're going to leave scars.
[02:59] Arnold
    This trifling matter will cause no discord
     in the friendship between our nations.
[03:04] Arnold
    But if at all possible, I would ask
     for some time to speak with her.
[03:10] king
    P-Please go with him, Lady Rishe.
[03:11] Dietrich; background
    Ow!
[03:13] Arnold
    Should you refuse, I will simply
    proceed to the next tactic.
[03:21] Rishe
    What exactly are you plotting?
[03:23] Arnold
    Nothing.
[03:25] Arnold
    I've fallen completely in
    love with you, that's all.
[03:27] Rishe
    Fallen in...
[03:28] Arnold
    With your engagement broken, you no longer
    have anyone backing you, correct?
[03:34] Rishe; internal
    He's right. In my first life, I
    would have leaped at this chance.
[03:39] Rishe; internal
    But as I am now... I know that
    life holds infinite opportunities.
[03:45] Rishe; internal
    Still...
[03:46] Rishe; internal
    The Savage Emperor. The Invader.
[03:50] Rishe; internal
    In all of the lives I've lived,
    he's instigated a war.
[03:56] Rishe; internal
    Why would he do such a thing?
[03:58] Rishe; internal
    If I stay by his side,
    will I learn the reason?
[04:02] Rishe
    You say that you've fallen in love with me.
[04:05] Arnold
    That's why I proposed marriage.
[04:07] Rishe
    Then will you agree to a few
    selfish requests of mine?
[04:11] Arnold
    If it lies within my power, I swear that
    I shall make your every wish come true.
[04:15] Rishe
    First, everything needed
    for the marriage ceremony
[04:18] Rishe
    will be procured through the
    trading company that I specify.
[04:21] Arnold
    As you like.
[04:23] Rishe
    After we are married, please provide a space
    where I may receive guests from other countries.
[04:27] Arnold
    As the wife of the crown prince, you would
    be asked to do such things in any case.
[04:30] Rishe
    I would prefer to live
    separately from the emperor.
[04:33] Arnold
    If it's for you, I would do anything.
[04:36] Rishe
    Lastly, I have one more very important point.
[04:41] Rishe
    I will absolutely laze around the castle!
[04:45] Rishe
    I will loaf about, idle my days
    away, and do no work at all!
[04:51] Rishe
    Oh. Additionally, I request that you
    lay not a single finger on me, please.
[05:36] Rishe
    What do you mean to do with that hand?
[05:39] Rishe
    You promised, didn't you? I asked you
    not to lay a single finger on me.
[05:45] Arnold
    Don't regard me with such contempt.
[05:47] Arnold
    I was simply trying to retrieve
    that which you took from me.
[05:55] Rishe
    I'm so terribly sorry!
[05:59] Arnold
    Slumped over with a sword for support...
    I'm amazed you could sleep like that.
[06:05] Rishe; internal
    To think that I used the sword that
    impaled me in place of a pillow...
[06:09] Arnold
    It's incredible that you sensed
    me without my touching you.
[06:12] Arnold
    To reach such a level, you
    must have trained quite a lot.
[06:17] Rishe
    Y-Yes, I did.
[06:24] Arnold
    I've invited the trading company
     you selected for a meeting.
[06:28] Rishe
    Thank you.
[06:30] Arnold
    The Aria Trading Company.
[06:33] Arnold
    There's been talk of that company lately.
[06:36] Arnold
    Do you patronize them regularly?
[06:38] Rishe
    No. I've simply heard that
    they procure very fine goods.
[06:43] Rishe; internal
    I want to interact with them as
    soon as possible in this life, too.
[06:51] Rishe; internal
    The devastating power of
    incredibly good looks...
[06:55] Arnold
    What is it?
[06:55] Rishe
    Oh! It's nothi—
[06:58] knight A
    Stop the horses!
[06:59] Kamil
    Enemy attack!
[07:09] Rishe
    Um, I—
[07:10] Arnold
    You stay here and behave.
[07:15] Rishe
    There are knights here. Why
    would he go to fight himself?
[07:21] Rishe
    He told me to behave, but...
[07:42] Arnold
    Finished already?
[07:46] Arnold
    And when I took the trouble
    to face you by myself, too.
[07:50] Arnold
    This didn't even serve to stave off boredom.
[07:55] Arnold
    Arrest the brigands.
[07:57] Arnold
    Those with nothing else
    to do, see to the wounded.
[07:59] knights
    Sir!
[08:03] Rishe; internal
    He hasn't killed them.
[08:05] Rishe; internal
    Not a single one of them.
[08:08] Dennis
    What's wrong, Kamil?
[08:10] Oliver
    Hurry!
[08:13] Dennis
    Are you all right? Hey!
[08:15] Rishe
    Is something wrong?
[08:16] Kamil
    My body... feels numb.
[08:26] Arnold
    Poison, is it?
[08:27] Arnold
    Tie off a spot between the wound and the heart immediately, then suck the poison out.
[08:31] knight C
    Sir!
[08:32] Rishe; internal
    A scent like that of an overripe apple...
[08:35] Rishe; internal
    This is an anesthetic made of shea
    grass and bluecap rock mushrooms.
[08:38] Arnold
    It's likely something that
    hunters in this area use.
[08:41] Arnold
    While it won't be fatal, the effect
    will last for several days.
[08:45] Oliver
    It will take another two
    days to reach Galkhein.
[08:48] Oliver
    If we look after them as we travel, then...
[08:51] Arnold
    We passed a hunting settlement along the way.
[08:53] Arnold
    We'll return there and procure the antidote.
[08:55] Rishe
    Excuse me.
[08:57] Rishe
    I can make an antidote.
[09:00] Oliver
    What?
[09:02] Rishe
    It's lucky that I'm able to make
    this with the plants I have on hand.
[09:05] Rishe
    It's actually more effective if it's boiled,
[09:09] Rishe
    but as haste is needed here, let's use this.
[09:20] Rishe; internal
    Could it be that they're suspicious of me?
[09:29] Arnold
    Hey!
[09:31] Arnold
    What are you doing?
[09:32] Rishe
    It's all right. Please don't worry.
[09:35] Rishe
    This antidote is made of liquori grass
    and luqua flowers with some carilya nuts.
[09:40] Rishe
    Please, make your decision. Will
    you use this medicine right now,
[09:44] Rishe
    or will you endure that numbness
    for the next few days?
[09:47] Rishe
    Right, Your Highness?
[09:51] Oliver
    I'm glad that nothing terrible happened.
[09:54] Oliver
    That aside, for what purpose do you
    suppose that you have guards with you?
[09:58] Arnold
    Rather than sustaining losses by having
    knights fight off the battlefield,
[10:02] Arnold
    stepping in myself better protects
    our national interests.
[10:05] Arnold
    And we did, in fact, sustain casualties.
[10:07] Oliver
    You say that with the benefit of hindsight.
[10:09] Oliver
    And the fact that you brought
    Lady Rishe out here with you...
[10:12] Arnold
    That was not my doing.
[10:19] Arnold
    So, the flowers weren't simply to
    look at, they were for practical use.
[10:24] Arnold
    How did you get out of the carriage?
[10:26] Rishe
    It's a secret.
[10:31] Rishe; internal
    In my life as a maid,
[10:32] Rishe; internal
    my lady would often lock
    herself in her rooms,
[10:35] Rishe; internal
    and every time, I'd have to unlock the doors.
[10:47] Rishe; internal
    Is he a child staring at a line of ants?
[10:51] Rishe
    Is there something on your mind?
[10:53] Arnold
    I have no hidden purpose. I was simply
    thinking that you are unfathomable.
[10:58] Arnold
    What means will you use
    to entertain me next?
[11:02] Arnold
    I'm beside myself with anticipation.
[11:04] Rishe; internal
    He speaks of me as though
    I'm some rare beast.
[11:08] Rishe
    I'm not doing this for
    Your Highness' amusement.
[11:11] Arnold
    I know.
[11:15] Arnold
    One of the knights you pressured
    into your threat-like choice
[11:20] Arnold
    is someone who once lived in the slums.
[11:23] Arnold
    Galkhein extols itself as a meritocracy,
[11:25] Arnold
    but there are many who are unfairly
    judged due to their origins.
[11:29] Arnold
    Even so, he has never caved
    to outside pressures.
[11:31] Arnold
    He worked hard and became a knight.
[11:34] Arnold
    The knight with the worst case of numbness
     hasn't been assigned here for very long.
[11:38] Arnold
    He trained himself night and day
    for the sake of this mission.
[11:43] Arnold
    The older knight was trying to protect that
    newer knight and was injured alongside him.
[11:47] Arnold
    He's a man who excels
    at looking after others.
[11:49] Rishe
    You know quite a lot about the knights.
[11:53] Arnold
    Because I've chosen all
    of them as my retainers.
[12:04] Arnold
    I thank you for saving them.
[12:12] Rishe; internal
    I don't understand anything anymore.
[12:15] Rishe; internal
    Is this a false face of his?
[12:17] Rishe; internal
    Or is it...
[12:21] Rishe
    I simply made use of
    knowledge I happen to have.
[12:25] Arnold
    A noble lady who happens to have knowledge
    of herbalism? There can't be many of those.
[12:30] Rishe
    Now that I think of it, why
    were the knights so wary of me?
[12:35] Arnold
    They heard that you are a lady
    whose engagement has been broken.
[12:38] Arnold
    They've likely wondered what
    sort of villainess I'm marrying
[12:41] Arnold
    and have all sorts of notions.
[12:42] Rishe
    I see.
[12:44] Rishe
    Then, what did you say when you told
    His Majesty the Emperor about me?
[12:49] Arnold
    "She's from a ducal house with
    connections to the royal family,"
[12:52] Arnold
    "and was fiancée to the crown prince."
[12:54] Arnold
    "She's taken my fancy, so I've stolen
    her." That's what I told him.
[12:56] Rishe
    Stolen?
[12:58] Arnold
    Because the empress must be from the
    royal family of another country.
[13:02] Rishe
    You mean... a hostage.
[13:05] Arnold
    In Galkhein, there may be those
    who behave rudely toward you.
[13:11] Arnold
    If the worst happens, I will—
[13:13] Rishe
    But that's splendid!
[13:15] Arnold
    What is?
[13:16] Rishe
    If I'm treated as a hostage, then I won't
    be brought out for official duties, will I?
[13:21] Arnold
    Well, I suppose not.
[13:23] Rishe
    Wonderful! That means I might
    actually be able to laze around!
[13:26] Rishe
    Thank you, Your Highness!
[13:28] Arnold
    It's nothing.
[13:29] Rishe
    Oh, and while I'm thinking of it, you were
    about to take my hand earlier, weren't you?
[13:34] Arnold
    That was unavoidable.
[13:36] Rishe
    A promise is a promise.
[13:45] Rishe; internal
    Possessing fertile land
    and abundant resources,
[13:48] Rishe; internal
    Galkhein influences every
    nation in the world.
[13:52] Rishe; internal
    In all of my previous lives,
[13:54] Rishe; internal
    it is the only country I've never visited.
[13:59] Rishe
    So this is the imperial capital!
[14:39] Rishe
    Is something the matter?
[14:42] Arnold
    Preparations of the imperial
    villa have been delayed.
[14:44] Arnold
    I'm sorry, but today you'll be
    staying in a room for noble guests.
[14:47] Rishe
    There's no need for such considerations.
    I will be quite happy in the villa.
[14:50] Arnold
    It hasn't been used in a long
    time. It's in a terrible state.
[14:54] Rishe
    I don't mind.
[14:55] Rishe
    Besides, I...
[14:57] Rishe
    am a hostage!
[14:59] Arnold
    Why do you seem proud of that?
[15:03] Rishe; internal
    This place certainly hasn't been used in
    quite some time. There's so much dust.
[15:12] Rishe
    Now then...
[15:14] Rishe
    Shall we begin?
[15:16] Rishe; internal
    The maid in me
    finds this quite exciting!
[15:19] Kamil
    Excuse me, Lady Rishe?
[15:20] Kamil
    Is there anything that we might help with?
[15:24] Rishe
    I couldn't possibly ask my guards to clean.
[15:27] Kamil
    Then, at least allow us
    to carry in the furniture.
[15:30] Rishe
    Thank you so much!
[15:42] Rishe; internal
    A few years from now, Arnold Hein
    will kill his father, the emperor.
[15:47] Rishe; internal
    Then, the war will begin.
[15:50] Rishe; internal
    There may not be much point to it,
[15:52] Rishe; internal
    but I'd like to keep him
    away from his father.
[15:56] Rishe; internal
    Why did he wage war against the world?
[16:00] Rishe; internal
    In all of my lives, the cause of my death
[16:03] Rishe; internal
    has always been connected to
    the war started by Arnold Hein.
[16:10] Rishe
    I am firmly opposed to war!
[16:12] Rishe
    If only it weren't for that war!
[16:13] Rishe
    And here's to a long life spent lazing around comfortably and without care!
[16:17] Laura
    Are you seeing this?
[16:19] Laura
    The novice is working so hard.
[16:21] Diana
    No matter how hard you try, it won't work!
[16:24] Diana
    We'll be chosen to be Her Highness
    the Crown Princess' maids.
[16:29] Rishe
    Are you all right?
[16:31] Elsie
    Yes.
[16:31] Laura
    I haven't seen you before.
[16:32] Maya
    She must be new. Look at
    how pretty her hands are.
[16:35] Diana
    Unfortunately for you, the only ones
    capable of serving the crown princess
[16:39] Diana
    are us, with our three years of
    experience working in the palace.
[16:42] Rishe
    Can you stand?
[16:43] Diana
    Hey!
[16:44] Laura
    Listen when we're speaking to you.
[16:45] Maya
    If you intend to work as a lady's maid,
    learn to respect those with more experience.
[16:49] Rishe
    Those curtains. It would be better
    not to start washing them now.
[16:53] Maya
    What?
[16:54] Laura
    The days are long in the spring.
    There's enough time for them to dry.
[16:56] Rishe
    There will be a little rain later.
[16:59] Diana
    What makes you so certain?
[17:01] Rishe
    The type of clouds. The
    birds are flying low, too.
[17:05] Rishe
    If you wash large articles now,
    it might make more work later.
[17:09] Maya
    Nothing a novice like you says
    could possibly be accurate.
[17:13] Diana
    Enough of this. Let's go.
[17:15] Laura
    This nice weather is definitely
    going to last all day.
[17:18] Rishe
    Are you hurt anywhere?
[17:20] Elsie
    No.
[17:21] Elsie
    Thank you... very much.
[17:24] Elsie
    My name is Elsie. Thank you for saving me.
[17:31] Rishe
    That's gotten dirty, hasn't it...
[17:34] Elsie
    And when they were kind enough
    to provide me with it, too.
[17:37] Rishe
    It will be all right if
    we wash it right away.
[17:40] Elsie
    What?
[17:41] Rishe
    I did say that it would rain,
    but that fabric dries quickly.
[17:44] Rishe
    Mud gets deep between the threads,
[17:48] Rishe
    so please try tapping at it
    with this brush to wash it.
[17:51] Elsie
    Who are you?
[17:55] Rishe
    Come! We have to hurry
    before it starts raining!
[18:10] Rishe; internal
    Traveling to see every
    country in the world...
[18:14] Rishe; internal
    That was the dream I had
    when I was a merchant.
[18:17] Rishe; internal
    In lifetime after lifetime, I
    tried to fulfill that dream,
[18:21] Rishe; internal
    but it never came true.
[18:24] Rishe; internal
    And now, the one country I
    was never able to visit...
[18:28] Rishe; internal
    I've finally managed to make it here!
[18:43] Rishe
    Should you really be doing this?
[18:45] Rishe
    Slipping away in the middle
    of your official duties?
[18:47] Arnold
    Truly, you surprise me every time we meet.
[18:50] Arnold
    I've suppressed my presence.
[18:53] Arnold
    To think that you could
    sense me at such a distance.
[18:55] Rishe
    That wasn't kind of you.
[18:57] Rishe
    I know you adjusted the strength of your
     presence, testing to see when I would notice.
[19:04] Arnold
    What were you looking at?
[19:06] Rishe
    The city.
[19:08] Rishe
    What's that large building over there?
[19:11] Arnold
    A library.
[19:12] Arnold
    Books gathered from every other country
    are held there for safekeeping.
[19:15] Rishe
    Every country?
[19:17] Rishe
    And that beautiful little tower over there?
[19:19] Arnold
    A church.
[19:21] Arnold
    It also serves as a clock tower.
[19:23] Arnold
    Its bells ring at appointed times.
[19:25] Rishe
    Oh, how lovely!
[19:27] Rishe
    And there's a large marketplace
    over there, isn't there?
[19:29] Arnold
    It's the largest shopping street
    in the imperial capital.
[19:33] Arnold
    The stalls there handle wares that
    they receive just that morning.
[19:35] Rishe
    How splendid!
[19:37] Rishe
    Then, Your Highness, what
    about that pretty—
[19:41] Rishe
    Wh-What is it?
[19:43] Arnold
    I was wondering what you
    find so entertaining.
[19:46] Arnold
    You were pressured into a marriage
    to one of this country's royals.
[19:49] Arnold
    Would it really inspire such curiosity?
[19:52] Rishe
    It's something I've longed for.
[19:55] Arnold
    Longed for?
[19:57] Rishe
    I've wanted to come to this
    country for a very long time.
[20:01] Rishe
    The final push that made
    me agree to the marriage
[20:04] Rishe
    might have been the admiration
    that I've felt for this country.
[20:07] Arnold
    This country doesn't possess anything
    worth your admiration or longing.
[20:11] Rishe
    That's not true.
[20:12] Rishe
    Even in the information you just gave me...
[20:14] Rishe
    There are so many fascinating places here!
[20:17] Rishe
    And the faces of people in town shine
    so brightly! And there's also—
[20:22] Rishe
    Have I said something strange?
[20:25] Arnold
    I've never seen a person like you before.
[20:28] Arnold
    The substance of your statements, your
    knowledge, your physical ability...
[20:32] Arnold
    A simple nobleman's daughter would
    have no need of such things.
[20:37] (Flashback) Rishe's mom
    You've been born to a duke's family.
    Your personal feelings are unnecessary.
[20:42] (Flashback) Rishe
    But, Mother!
[20:43] (Flashback) Rishe's mom
    Your happiness lies in marrying into
    the royal family and bearing an heir.
[20:47] (Flashback) Rishe
    There are things I wish to learn!
[20:49] (Flashback) Rishe's mom
    If you have enough knowledge to maintain
    appearances in social situations, that is enough.
[20:53] (Flashback) Rishe's mom
    Focus on the homemaking arts,
    not academic study.
[20:58] Rishe
    Even if others may deem
    such things unnecessary,
[21:01] Rishe
    I treasure every single one of them.
[21:04] Rishe
    They are riches which I will never lose,
[21:08] Rishe
    and each is a precious piece of my life.
[21:14] Rishe
    Whether something has
    value or not in my life...
[21:17] Rishe
    I will decide that for myself!
[21:22] Arnold
    I know.
[21:32] Arnold
    You should do whatever you
    wish, without constraints.
[21:36] Arnold
    I swear to support you in your wishes
     and continue to assist you.
[21:42] Rishe
    Why?
[21:44] Arnold
    I told you.
[21:45] Arnold
    I've fallen completely in love with you.
[21:47] Rishe; internal
    Lies, as usual.
[21:50] Arnold
    And these immeasurable abilities of yours...
[21:54] Arnold
    I don't find them pointless. I find them
    delightful, from the bottom of my heart.
[22:00] Arnold
    I thought I'd conveyed
    that much to you at least.
[22:08] Arnold
    Think of something you want.
[22:11] Arnold
    My agreement not to lay a finger on you.
[22:14] Arnold
    This time, I truly did break it.
[22:26] Rishe; internal
    I can't read him at all!
[22:28] Rishe; internal
    Arnold Hein...
[22:30] Rishe; internal
    what are you plotting?