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.