E5 - Another Kind of Trade

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[00:06] Rishe
    Good evening, Prince Theodore.
[00:10] Theodore
    Good evening, my lovely older sister.
[00:13] Theodore
    Impressive.
[00:15] Theodore
    From your demeanor, I take
    it you knew it would be me?
[00:18] Rishe
    If you would like to speak,
    I ask that it be brief.
[00:22] Theodore
    Continuing from this morning,
[00:24] Theodore
    you don't know my older brother
    very well yet, do you?
[00:29] Theodore
    So I'll tell you about him.
[00:33] Theodore
    My older brother thinks
    nothing of killing people.
[00:37] Theodore
    That's the kind of person he is.
[00:39] Rishe; internal
    I know that.
[00:41] Rishe; internal
    Arnold Hein committed massacres
    in other countries...
[00:44] Rishe; internal
    and invaded every nation in the world.
[00:47] Theodore
    And, of course, I'm not
    speaking of times of war.
[00:51] Rishe
    What do you mean?
[00:56] Theodore
    You see, my brother...
[00:58] Theodore
    killed his own mother.
[01:01] Theodore
    A horrifying story, isn't it?
[01:03] Theodore
    Striking down his own mother?
[01:05] Theodore
    There's nothing decent about that, is there?
[01:08] Theodore
    And one day, you'll be killed, too.
[01:12] Rishe
    Is there something wrong with that?
[01:15] Rishe
    For my part...
[01:16] Rishe
    I am fully aware of the facts, and I
    choose to become Prince Arnold's bride.
[02:53] Theodore
    Did you hear what I said?
[02:56] Rishe; internal
    I'm not surprised.
[02:58] Rishe; internal
    He's the person who will one day kill
    his father and usurp the throne.
[03:02] Theodore
    You don't understand anything!
[03:04] Theodore
    My brother is a heartless man
    who neither cries nor bleeds!
[03:06] Rishe
    It seems our talk is at an end. You should
    continue this conversation with your brother.
[03:14] Theodore
    Brother...
[03:18] Theodore
    Why is my brother here?
[03:21] Theodore
    This is a misunderstanding! What I said
    just now isn't what I really think!
[03:24] Theodore
    It's all a misunderstanding!
[03:26] Arnold
    Theodore.
[03:29] Arnold
    I believe I ordered you
    to stay away from Rishe.
[03:37] Theodore
    I'm sorry, brother.
[03:39] Arnold
    Let's go, Rishe.
[03:42] Rishe
    Please wait, Your Highness. Speak with
    your brother for a moment or two.
[03:45] Arnold
    There's no need.
[03:46] Rishe
    But...
[03:47] Arnold
    Rishe.
[03:51] Rishe
    Yes, Your Highness.
[03:59] Theodore
    It truly is just as I thought, my sister.
[04:06] Theodore
    I'm really sorry, brother.
[04:08] Theodore
    I won't say anything mean
    to your dear bride any more.
[04:14] Theodore
    Good night.
[04:16] Theodore
    It's been a while since I've seen you
    up close like this. It made me happy.
[04:27] Arnold
    And I believe I told you as well.
[04:29] Rishe
    Since your name was used to call me here,
    Prince Arnold, I couldn't simply ignore it.
[04:34] Rishe
    Though, I did take a bit of
    a gamble on your coming here.
[04:39] Arnold
    I received a reply to a letter I never sent.
SIGN    Thank you for your
    invitation. I will go to
    the chapel alone at
    half-past twelve as
    specified.
[04:42] Arnold
    I would have been crazy to sit
    back and relax after that.
[04:45] Rishe
    Thank you for coming for me.
[04:51] Arnold
    What's wrong?
[04:53] Rishe
    Why do people say you're a cruel person?
[04:58] Arnold
    Probably because it's the truth.
[05:01] Rishe
    In the last war, Your
    Highness took many lives,
[05:05] Rishe
    but from what I've seen of you in this
    country, you are a considerate, kind person.
[05:12] Arnold
    It seems I've looked after you too well.
[05:18] Arnold
    If you wish to survive in this palace,
    discard that naïve mindset immediately.
[05:25] Rishe
    I trust what I've seen.
[05:28] Arnold
    You've never seen me on the battlefield.
    You don't know what you're saying.
[05:31] Rishe
    The person who has shown me such care and
    consideration was also undeniably you, wasn't it?
[05:36] Arnold
    Don't be ridiculous.
[05:38] Arnold
    I brought you here to use you.
[05:41] Rishe
    Even so, I can't think of
    you as a cruel person...
[05:47] Rishe
    my husband.
[05:57] Arnold
    What is this resolve you carry within you?
[06:01] Rishe
    Resolve?
[06:03] Arnold
    I see it in your eyes sometimes.
[06:06] Arnold
    They're the eyes of someone
    standing on a battlefield.
[06:08] Arnold
    "If it means that I can stay true to my
    convictions, then I don't care if I die here."
[06:13] Arnold
    You have the eyes of someone
    with that sort of resolve.
[06:16] Arnold
    Even then, you haven't given up on surviving.
[06:19] Arnold
    You will fight until the very last.
[06:22] Arnold
    The moments when I had
    to kill such a person...
[06:27] Arnold
    were the most terrifying moments of the war.
[06:30] Rishe; internal
    He has things that frighten him, too?
[06:36] Rishe
    I have dreams where I am killed.
[06:41] Rishe
    When I wake, I know that
    I'm alive, here and now.
[06:45] Rishe
    But sometimes, I feel very afraid.
[06:48] Arnold
    Afraid?
[06:49] Rishe
    I worry that the truth is I've died
    and that the world I'm living in now
[06:55] Rishe
    is just a long dream I'm
    having after my death.
[06:59] Rishe; internal
    I didn't realize I had
    these feelings inside me.
[07:03] Rishe; internal
    Pay it no mind. What does
    it matter if I'm scared?
[07:07] Rishe
    Even so, I've made up my mind.
[07:10] Rishe
    No matter how this life may
    end, I don't want to run away.
[07:15] Rishe
    What I carry within me now is the
    resolve to live as your wife.
[07:19] Rishe
    No more than that.
[07:49] Arnold
    You fool.
[07:52] Arnold
    The resolve to be my wife?
    There's no need for that.
[08:27] Rishe; internal
    What was that yesterday?
[08:33] Rishe; internal
    And...
[08:35] (Flashback) Arnold
    The resolve to be my wife?
    There's no need for that.
[08:40] Rishe; internal
    What did those words mean?
[08:44] Elsie
    Lady Rishe, did you not
    sleep again last night?
[08:48] Rishe
    Elsie.
[08:49] Elsie
    You've been working too
    hard the past few days.
[08:52] Rishe
    I'm all right. No need to worry.
[08:54] Rishe; internal
    I say that, but I think I've
    finally reached my limits.
[09:04] Elsie
    So sparkly and smooth...
[09:09] Rishe
    This is the merchandise I'm
    proposing to Chief Tully.
[09:11] Rishe
    And what perfect timing!
[09:13] Rishe
    Will you sit there for me?
[09:16] Rishe
    In the east, they have a custom of staining
    their nails with dyes made from flowers.
[09:21] Rishe
    I used that as a hint and tried adding
    color to nail-strengthening medicine.
[09:25] Rishe
    I thought that this way, you could enjoy
    being stylish even while scrubbing and washing.
[09:30] Elsie
    This will make my nails stronger?
[09:32] Elsie
    Mine always split right away.
[09:35] Rishe
    This should make them less likely to split.
[09:38] Rishe
    But the most important thing
    is to eat meat or fish.
[09:41] Elsie
    Meat. Fish.
[09:44] Elsie
    I'll remember that.
[09:46] Elsie
    From now on, I'll be able
    to use my pay to get some.
[09:49] Rishe
    Elsie, if I remember
    correctly, your family is...
[09:51] Elsie
    Yes, my family is poor.
[09:53] Elsie
    It's all I can do to feed my
    younger brother and sister.
[09:58] Rishe; internal
    So this nation has a deeply
    rooted poverty problem, too.
[10:02] Rishe; internal
    There are households like Elsie's here.
[10:13] Elsie
    It's so beautiful.
[10:15] Elsie
    I've never seen anything so sparkly.
[10:19] Rishe
    Elsie, do you have a favorite color?
[10:22] Rishe
    I'd like to give you a present.
[10:23] Elsie
    I-I couldn't possibly!
[10:25] Elsie
    If I accepted something
    as wonderful as this...
[10:28] Elsie
    I believe I should restrain myself.
[10:32] Rishe
    Not at all! Elsie, your using
    this would make me happy, too.
[10:38] Rishe
    What color would you like?
[10:40] Rishe
    Any color would suit you very
    well. Won't you tell me?
[10:50] Rishe
    Elsie?
[10:54] Rishe
    Wh-What's wrong? Does something hurt?
[10:58] Elsie
    I'm... happy.
[11:01] Elsie
    I don't know how to thank you.
[11:07] Elsie
    I'm just... so very happy.
[11:11] Rishe
    Elsie.
[11:16] Elsie
    My family is very poor, and our
    clothes are always in tatters.
[11:20] Elsie
    We could never dress fashionably.
[11:23] Elsie
    And now, I've not only become
    your maid, Lady Rishe,
[11:27] Elsie
    I'm to be given something so beautiful...
[11:30] Elsie
    I'm just so happy!
[11:35] maids; background
    That's amazing! It's so pretty!
[11:42] Rishe; internal
    There are other girls in this
    country doing what Elsie did,
[11:45] Rishe; internal
    suppressing their own longings and
    dreams for the sake of their families.
[11:52] Rishe; internal
    That's right.
[11:53] Rishe; internal
    Right now, I'm not a merchant.
[11:57] Rishe; internal
    Right now, I am...
[12:06] Rishe
    Most of the people coming in and out of the
    capital are working men in their prime.
[12:11] Rishe
    So, I thought this would
    make the perfect souvenir.
[12:14] Rishe
    And it's a small bottle,
    so it won't be unwieldy.
[12:23] Tully
    Magnificent!
[12:25] Tully
    What genius conceived of these wares?
[12:28] Tully
    I'm certain that many women will want it.
[12:31] Tully
    Please allow our trading
    company to handle the sales.
[12:34] Chester
    All right! Let's start promoting
    it to our clients right away!
[12:36] Tully
    Now, just wait.
[12:38] Tully
    If this product were
    entrusted to us right now,
[12:42] Tully
    we'd sell it as a highly priced
    product intended for nobles.
[12:46] Tully
    But it seems that Lady
    Rishe has a different idea.
[12:51] Rishe
    Yes. This is where our
    business discussion begins.
[12:57] Rishe
    Three years ago, Prince Arnold established
    a minimum wage in this country.
[13:03] Tully
    I see. So, that policy
    was the crown prince's?
[13:07] Tully
    However, this boon is granted only to
    those who can find employment, I believe.
[13:14] Rishe
    Yes.
[13:15] Rishe
    This item isn't costly or difficult to make.
[13:20] Rishe
    However, it will require a lot of
    manpower to create large amounts.
[13:23] Rishe
    I have a suggestion in that area.
[13:25] Tully
    Please allow me to hear it.
[13:28] Rishe
    Large scale hiring from the slums.
[13:34] Rishe
    If you promise me that this will
    be done, and only if you promise,
[13:36] Rishe
    then I will provide you the
    technique to create this item.
[13:39] Tully
    What a magnificent idea!
[13:44] Tully
    However...
[13:51] Tully
    I'm disappointed in you, Miss Rishe.
[13:54] Kamil
    Kaine Tully, how dare you be so insolent!
[13:57] Rishe
    It's all right.
[13:59] Tully
    If you wish to perform charitable acts,
[14:01] Tully
    please feel free to wait until I change
    professions and become a clergyman.
[14:05] Rishe
    Chief, this is a business proposal.
[14:09] Rishe
    After the war, Galkhein created a number
    of policies to benefit its people.
[14:15] Tully
    And thanks to those, people's income increased,
    and their lives became more extravagant?
[14:20] Rishe
    Yes. However, there are people
    who don't receive these benefits.
[14:25] Rishe
    Unless some method is provided for them to
    access these means, the economy will stagnate,
[14:29] Rishe
    and one day, it will lead
    to a drop in tax revenue.
[14:33] Rishe
    In other words, we share a common destiny
    within this cyclical loop known as the economy.
[14:40] Tully
    So basically, this is what
    you're trying to say...
[14:43] Tully
    Keeping riches isolated in one
    place won't create abundance.
[14:47] Tully
    In which case, we should
    share them with the poor.
[14:50] Tully
    Is that right?
[14:52] Rishe
    A long time ago, someone said this to me...
[14:56] Rishe
    "First-class merchants can
    choose their customers."
[15:02] Rishe
    But, Chief...
[15:06] Rishe
    instead of choosing our customers,
[15:08] Rishe
    why don't we produce them ourselves?
[15:20] Tully
    I see! I like it!
[15:22] Tully
    So, what you're saying is, "Don't choose
    your customers, cultivate them yourself"!
[15:28] Chester
    What's that mean?
[15:30] Tully
    If the people of the slums can earn an
    income, they'll become our customers.
[15:35] Tully
    As their number increases, merchants'
    sales will increase as a result.
[15:39] Tully
    That's the hidden motivation here.
[15:41] Rishe
    All of your company's wares are splendid.
[15:44] Rishe
    The ones who will see the greatest profits
    in this market of newly created customers
[15:48] Rishe
    will be the Aria Trading Company.
[15:50] Chester; background
    So that's what you mean!
[15:51] Rishe; internal
    So their lives aren't only
    about having enough to eat
[15:52] Chester; background
    Sounds good, doesn't it, Chief?
[15:53] Rishe; internal
    and so they don't have
    to give up their dreams,
[15:53] Melvin; background
    Creating our own market...
[15:55] Melvin; background
    I think it's an intriguing idea.
    I'd like to be a part of that!
[15:56] Rishe; internal
    I want this country to become one that
    turns the despair of the slums into hope.
[16:00] Tully; background
    Honestly, you're both getting
    ahead of yourselves.
[16:01] Rishe; internal
    Right now, what I should be
    doing as the crown princess
[16:03] Rishe; internal
    is creating businesses that will bring
    prosperity to the people of this country.
[16:09] Rishe
    This is one of the few proposals I can
    offer you in my current circumstances.
[16:13] Tully
    Not bad.
[16:15] Tully
    You seemed to have seen through me, right to
    my convictions, so this has been entertaining.
[16:20] Tully
    But, Miss Rishe, you're still immature.
[16:25] Tully
    Your behavior is much too earnest.
[16:27] Tully
    It seems you really want
    to work with our company.
[16:30] Tully
    I could use that fixation of yours to wring
    you dry. I've already started plotting how.
[16:37] Chester
    Chief, you're going too far.
[16:39] Tully
    Now, shall I begin finding
    faults in your proposal?
[16:44] Rishe
    A proposal made by the likes of me?
[16:46] Rishe
    I never believed that you'd
    unreservedly approve of it.
[16:48] Tully
    Really? We've only met a handful of times.
[16:52] Tully
    It makes me happy that you
    already understand me so well.
[16:56] Rishe; internal
    I wanted to avoid using
    this if possible, but...
[17:03] Tully
    Well! What will appear from
    your bag of tricks next—
[17:12] Melvin
    Chief?
[17:16] Tully
    How?
[17:18] Tully
    How do you have this?
[17:21] Rishe
    I'm very sorry.
[17:23] Rishe
    I used a rather special
    method to look into this.
[17:28] Rishe
    And into your younger sister,
    Aria Tully's, illness.
[17:35] Tully
    There's nothing strange
    about word of Aria leaking.
[17:39] Tully
    After all, I've gone around speaking
    to different doctors about her.
[17:44] Rishe
    At the moment, I am cultivating
    a number of medicinal plants.
[17:48] Rishe
    Compounding the plants according
    to the method written there
[17:52] Rishe
    will create a medicine from the
    large eastern country of Renhua...
[17:57] Rishe
    a medicine effective against
    Miss Aria's illness.
[18:03] Rishe
    If she takes this medicine for a year,
[18:05] Rishe
    she should make a profound recovery.
[18:09] Tully
    And you think I'd believe you?
[18:11] Tully
    You're not a doctor. No
    matter what you say, I—
[18:12] Rishe
    Did the medicine I gave you
    the other day help all of you?
[18:18] (Flashback) Rishe
    When everyone wakes, please
    have them drink this medicine.
[18:23] Melvin
    It did. I had a horrible hangover,
[18:25] Melvin
    but after I drank that,
    I felt better right away.
[18:28] Rishe
    That was something I concocted myself.
[18:36] Tully
    "Become a merchant who can
    choose your own customers."
[18:39] Tully
    That's what I've told my
    subordinates all this time.
[18:44] Tully
    You've turned the tables on me, Miss Rishe.
[18:48] Tully
    Up until now, this maneuvering was all
    about whether I'd choose you or not.
[18:52] Tully
    But now, it's about whether you'll choose me.
[18:56] Rishe
    Chief...
[19:00] Tully
    I'm begging you. I'll give
    you everything I own.
[19:04] Tully
    Please, give this medicine to—
[19:06] Rishe
    Please don't misunderstand me.
[19:09] Rishe
    I'll give you the method and the medicinal
    herbs needed without any conditions.
[19:14] Rishe
    I have no intention of using
    your sister to my advantage.
[19:17] Rishe
    But I would like for you to understand.
[19:20] Rishe
    The people of the slums care
    about their families, too.
[19:26] Rishe
    To make sure their younger
    siblings don't fall ill...
[19:29] Rishe
    to make sure that they can feed them...
[19:30] Rishe
    so many older brothers and sisters
    sacrifice their own dreams.
[19:36] Rishe
    This clumsy method was the only way
    I could bring my proposal to you.
[19:42] Rishe
    I don't believe that the tables have turned.
[19:46] Rishe
    Please, will you help me, Chief Tully?
[19:52] Rishe
    Won't you please enter into
     business with me?
[20:13] Tully
    Please, lift your head, Lady Rishe.
[20:15] Rishe
    Chief Tully! Please don't do that!
[20:18] Tully
    Trade is meant to bring abundance
    to everyone involved,
[20:23] Tully
    but I thought to choose my customers.
[20:26] Tully
    It is I who am truly immature here.
[20:29] Tully
    Until now, the fates of people in the slums
[20:31] Tully
    have never meant anything to
    me. That's the honest truth.
[20:35] Tully
    But there are many children
    like my sister living there.
[20:40] Tully
    Your business idea is worth far more than
    anything someone like me could think up.
[20:49] Tully
    Even aside from the matter of my sister's
    medicine, I feel ashamed of my own arrogance.
[20:55] Rishe
    Then, Chief, you'll...
[21:01] Tully
    From this moment on, the Aria Trading
    Company, in the name of Kaine Tully,
[21:06] Tully
    will prepare everything you have asked for.
[21:11] Rishe
    Thank you so much!
[21:21] Rishe; internal
    It was like walking a tightrope.
[21:23] Rishe; internal
    I'm so glad it all turned out well.
[21:26] Rishe; internal
    But I can't just sit here pleased with myself.
[21:29] Rishe; internal
    I must prepare for what comes next.
[21:34] Kamil
    Lady Rishe!
[21:34] Dennis
    Are you all right?
[21:35] Kamil
    Are you feeling unwell?
[21:37] Rishe
    I'm sorry.
[21:42] Rishe
    Could you call Elsie back for me please?
[21:46] Kamil; Dennis
    Yes, my lady!
[21:49] Oliver
    How is Lady Rishe faring?
[21:50] Dennis
    Her condition seems very poor.
[21:52] Dennis
    Kamil and her maid Elsie
    are seeing to her now.
[21:57] Oliver
    Lady Rishe!
[22:12] Dominic
    We've awaited your arrival.
[22:16] Theodore
    It's just so perfect for us that she
    became indisposed and collapsed!
[22:20] Theodore
    Thank you, Kamil, Elsie...
[22:28] Theodore
    for abducting the future
    crown princess for me.