E9 - Visitor from the North

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[00:11] Rishe; internal
    I have to make it through
    the evening party without
[00:14] Rishe; internal
    Count Lawvine discovering my double identity.
[00:17] Rishe; internal
    And...
[00:19] Rishe; internal
    I'd like to somehow find a way to get
    Prince Kyle to take this medicine.
[00:22] Rishe; internal
    If he doesn't receive treatment,
    in the near future...
[00:25] Rishe; internal
    his illness will keep him
    from even being able to stand.
[00:38] Michel
    What a surprise.
[00:41] Michel
    I thought that anyone caring for
    an herb garden of this sort...
[00:44] Michel
    must be someone in a profession
    similar to mine, but...
[00:50] Michel
    Good evening,
[00:52] Michel
    person who seems to be akin to me.
[00:58] Rishe; internal
    Professor Michel!
[02:49] (Flashback) Michel
    What do you think of the aurora?
[02:51] (Flashback) Michel
    Has it given you a hint to your research?
[02:53] (Flashback) Rishe
    Yes! Very much so!
[02:55] (Flashback) Michel
    I'm glad to hear that.
[02:57] (Flashback) Rishe
    I'm sorry, Professor, asking you to
    travel all this way to bring me here.
[03:01] (Flashback) Michel
    Why are you apologizing?
[03:03] (Flashback) Michel
    You're my student,
[03:06] (Flashback) Michel
    so whatever it is you want to
    see, I want to help you see it.
[03:10] (Flashback) Michel
    If there's something you
    don't know, I'll teach you.
[03:13] (Flashback) Michel
    Though, when you want to achieve something
    solely through your own efforts, I won't interfere.
[03:22] Rishe; internal
    In my third life, this man was my teacher.
[03:28] Kamil
    Pardon my insolence, but may I ask your name?
[03:33] Michel
    Oh, my apologies if I've startled you.
[03:37] Michel
    I am Michel Hévin.
[03:39] Michel
    I'm here from Coyolles.
[03:41] Kamil
    If you've lost your way,
[03:43] Kamil
    we can escort you back to your room.
[03:45] Michel
    How kind of you.
[03:47] Michel
    But I'm not lost.
[03:49] Michel
    I'm interested in the young lady there.
[03:52] Kamil
    This individual is our empire's—
[03:54] Rishe
    It's all right.
[03:58] Rishe
    My name is Rishe Irmgard Weitzner.
[04:02] Rishe
    Master Hévin, might you be a scholar?
[04:04] Michel
    A scholar, you say?
[04:06] Michel
    That may be the simplest way to put it.
[04:10] Michel
    Your nails.
[04:12] Michel
    You used sap from the
    gelwood tree, didn't you?
[04:15] Michel
    Though, it seems you've
    used dyes to add color.
[04:18] Michel
    What method did you use to harden it?
[04:22] Rishe
    I took lish grass and gibi
    nectar, added labed leaf,
[04:25] Rishe
    and compounded them together with glue.
[04:27] Michel
    Did you refrain from using kirith
    leaf in order to prevent air bubbles?
[04:31] Rishe
    You seem to know everything about it already.
[04:34] Michel
    It's no more than a logic-based theory.
[04:38] Michel
    What do you think would happen
    if you mixed in some estoma sap?
[04:42] Rishe
    I think it might harden even further.
[04:45] Rishe
    Though, that's only a hypothesis, at most.
[04:48] Rishe
    The actual results would
    require verification.
[04:51] Michel
    You're quite an admirable young lady.
[04:53] Michel
    So admirable that were it possible, I
    would like to take you as my apprentice.
[04:59] Rishe
    If you wouldn't mind, just for the
    time that you're staying here,
[05:02] Rishe
    may I receive your
    instruction on various matters?
[05:04] Michel
    Yes. I don't mind at all.
[05:07] Rishe
    Thank you so much!
[05:08] Rishe
    Then, Master Hévin, this means
    you'll be like a professor to me!
[05:12] Michel
    A professor, is it?
[05:14] Michel
    That sounds like fun.
[05:18] Rishe; internal
    I never imagined the day would come that
    I'd be able to call him "Professor" again.
[05:27] Michel
    By the way, my student,
[05:30] Michel
    the herbs in this garden lie
    slightly outside my expertise,
[05:35] Michel
    so this is only a guess,
[05:39] Michel
    but are you perhaps intending
    to give Kyle some manner of medicine?
[05:48] Kyle
    Lady Rishe, I never imagined I'd have the
    good fortune of seeing you twice in one day.
[05:53] Rishe
    Please, don't hold to formalities
    for my sake. Speak as you wish.
[05:57] Kyle
    Then, if I may take you at your word...
[06:01] Kyle
    Michel, what are you doing?
[06:04] Michel
    I've found this amazing girl!
[06:07] Michel
    I thought you might want
    to meet her, too, Kyle.
[06:09] Kyle
    This individual is His Highness,
    the crown prince's fiancée.
[06:12] Michel
    Really? Is she?
[06:15] Michel
    But she's become my student, you see?
[06:18] Kyle
    What?
[06:20] Michel
    The herbal medicine she's compounded
    seems like it would work for you, Kyle.
[06:24] Kyle
    Herbal medicine?
[06:26] Michel
    It's outside my field, but I felt you
    should be used in this experiment, Kyle.
[06:31] Riche
    Professor! You shouldn't use the
    prince of a kingdom in an experiment!
[06:35] Michel
    Oh, have I made a blunder?
[06:38] Michel
    Common sense is such a
    difficult thing, isn't it?
[06:41] Michel
    But I truly do, from the bottom of
    my heart, want Kyle to get well.
[06:47] Kyle
    All right.
[06:48] Rishe
    Are you sure?
[06:50] Kyle
    The greatest scholar in my kingdom
    says he wants me to try this medicine.
[06:54] Kyle
    From the beginning...
[06:56] Kyle
    I have been resolved to use any method
    necessary to cure this disease.
[07:03] Rishe
    Then, I will prepare it immediately.
[07:11] Rishe
    Here it is.
[07:14] Rishe
    The truth is that there is one
    problem with this medicine.
[07:19] Kyle
    Please, tell us.
[07:22] Rishe
    This medicine...
[07:26] Rishe
    is incredibly revolting in flavor.
[07:29] Kyle
    The flavor is incredibly revolting?
[07:32] Michel
    Oh, is that all?
[07:34] Michel
    Kyle will be just fine.
[07:36] Michel
    After all, he's a very strong boy.
[07:38] Michel
    He's earnest and hard-working, too.
[07:40] Michel
    Right?
[07:42] Kyle
    Lady Rishe, if this is the ordeal
    which has been bestowed upon me,
[07:47] Kyle
    I need only face it down with
    all of my strength and spirit.
[07:51] Michel
    I know. I'll feed it to you!
[07:54] Rishe
    Professor! You mustn't! At
    least ready some water first!
[07:56] Michel; background
    Here you go.
[07:57] Kyle
    Wait, I—
[08:04] Rishe
    Are you all right?
[08:08] Kyle
    I am.
[08:10] Michel
    So, Kyle, what does it taste like?
[08:12] Michel
    What is the flavor like?
[08:15] Kyle
    Bitter mixed with sour, and
    mingled with the two...
[08:18] Kyle
    a particular stench, like that
    of a horse stable, swoops in.
[08:22] Kyle
    Th-Then, after swallowing, a strange
    sweetness wraps around the tongue like a slimy—
[08:27] Rishe
    There's no need to explain each stage!
[08:29] Michel
    Shall we try to get a clearer
    grasp of the flavor?
[08:29] Rishe
    Excuse me! Please bring some water!
[08:31] Kyle
    Y-Yes, sir!
[08:32] Michel
    Here. One more sip.
[08:34] Rishe
    Professor!
[08:42] Michel
    Now, my student, would you like to look
    at this until your escort arrives?
[08:55] Rishe
    Professor, this is—!
[08:56] Michel
    My research records.
[08:59] Michel
    They're too difficult for Kyle.
[09:01] Michel
    He said that no one would
    be able to understand them.
[09:08] Michel
    You truly are a most intriguing girl.
[09:18] Michel; past
    Rishe, you truly hate
    this medicine, don't you?
[09:27] (Flashback) Michel
    You're an intelligent girl.
[09:29] (Flashback) Michel
    If you have a flaw,
[09:31] (Flashback) Michel
    it might be that you only want to use your
    knowledge and skills to make people happy.
[09:38] (Flashback) Michel
    I think it's a mistake for you
    to determine others' happiness.
[09:44] (Flashback) Michel
    If something is born into this world
    as a poison, then its reason for being...
[09:47] (Flashback) Michel
    would be to fulfill its role and bring
    misfortune to people, don't you think?
[09:52] (Flashback) Rishe
    Is it truly impossible for a poison
    to bring someone happiness?
[09:59] (Flashback) Rishe
    The idea that someone is born
    to bring misfortune to others...
[10:02] (Flashback) Rishe
    that preconception in itself
    isn't like you, Professor.
[10:05] (Flashback) Michel
    There's no need to worry.
[10:07] (Flashback) Michel
    This compound hasn't been perfected yet.
[10:11] (Flashback) Michel
    It's complete, but I've been unable to obtain
     the human resources necessary for testing.
[10:15] (Flashback) Michel
    Someone who will use this
    compound exactly as I wish...
[10:19] (Flashback) Michel
    Such a person doesn't exist.
[10:24] Rishe; internal
    The professor and I...
[10:27] Rishe; internal
    we just couldn't come to understand each
    other when it came to that compound.
[10:31] Rishe; internal
    I wonder if the professor has met the
    kind of person he was looking for.
[10:37] Dennis
    P-Pardon the intrusion!
[10:40] Dennis
    Lady Rishe, your escort has arrived.
[10:43] Rishe
    What?
[10:44] Arnold
    Rishe, we're leaving.
[10:46] Rishe
    Prince Arnold...
[10:48] Rishe
    Your Highness, why are you here?
[10:57] Rishe
    This is Michel Hévin, a scholar.
[11:00] Rishe
    He is incredibly knowledgeable
[11:01] Rishe
    and he'll be teaching me all
    sorts of things while he's here.
[11:06] Michel
    I am honored to receive such an introduction.
[11:09] Michel
    I suppose I should present
    myself as well as possible here.
[11:14] Michel
    Good evening.
[11:15] Michel
    You're this empire's crown prince, I assume?
[11:19] Michel
    It seems you've granted permission for
    us to enter your imperial library.
[11:23] Michel
    Thank you.
[11:25] Arnold
    If you should require anything for your
    exchange of knowledge with my future wife,
[11:29] Arnold
    I will procure it.
[11:31] Arnold
    Ask for whatever it may be.
[11:34] Michel
    Then, I won't refrain from
    making many requests of you.
[11:40] Rishe
    Why did you suddenly come to escort me?
[11:42] Arnold
    I was on my way back anyway.
[11:44] Arnold
    Are you always out and about this late?
[11:47] Rishe
    When I become absorbed in my work,
[11:49] Rishe
    I find myself forgetting the time.
[11:52] Rishe
    Oh, but I slept until this afternoon,
    so please don't worry.
[11:58] Arnold
    Here.
[12:05] Arnold
    Use that.
[12:06] Rishe
    What? But this pocket watch
    is such a precious item!
[12:10] Arnold
    It doesn't bother me. Since
    it's easy to carry around,
[12:13] Arnold
    I found it convenient to have for battles.
[12:15] Rishe
    By "battles," do you mean
    in strategizing for battles?
[12:19] Arnold
    Yes. There are some who doubt them
    because they haven't existed for long,
[12:24] Arnold
    but it's just a tool which
    accurately tells the time.
[12:27] Rishe; internal
    His Highness's thinking is flexible
    enough to adopt new technologies.
[12:32] (Flashback) Michel
    Someone who will use this
    compound exactly as I wish...
[12:36] (Flashback) Michel
    Such a person doesn't exist.
[12:43] Arnold
    What is it?
[12:44] Rishe
    It's nothing.
[12:46] Rishe
    I'll take you at your word and
    indulge myself by borrowing this.
[12:49] Rishe
    Now that I think about it, my master
    in herbalism found these useful, too.
[12:55] Arnold
    Your master?
[12:56] Rishe
    Yes. A truly incredible
    herbalist from Renhua.
[13:01] Arnold
    How does that man compare
    to this master of yours?
[13:04] Rishe
    Professor Michel isn't an herbalist.
[13:07] Rishe
    Though, he does use herbal medicines in
    his research, so he has the knowledge.
[13:11] Arnold
    Then who is he?
[13:14] Rishe
    He researches all the substances in
     the world and creates new substances.
[13:19] Rishe
    That's the sort of scholar he is.
[13:21] Arnold
    He creates new substances, you say?
[13:24] Rishe
    In Professor Michel's case, he says that
    his objective isn't the creation of gold,
[13:29] Rishe
    but if we were to call him by the title
    which most closely describes his work...
[13:35] Rishe
    it would be "alchemist."
[13:47] Rishe; internal
    At tonight's party,
[13:48] Rishe; internal
    I have to act cleverly so that Count
    Lawvine doesn't notice anything.
[13:55] Elsie
    Lady Rishe.
[13:56] Elsie
    A letter has arrived for you.
[13:58] Rishe
    Thank you.
[14:02] Rishe; internal
    Madame Mihaela.
[14:08] Mihaela
    I said that the piece would
    take a month to complete,
[14:11] Mihaela
    but I've made a request of an artisan
    visiting Galkhein from Coyolles,
[14:15] Mihaela
    so it's likely that the date of
    delivery will be much sooner.
[14:18] Rishe; internal
    Changing artisans makes
    this much of a difference?
[14:28] Rishe
    How beautiful!
[14:51] Rishe
    Your Highness.
[14:52] Rishe
    The fact that you find
    this tedious is showing.
[14:55] Arnold
    I'm showing that on purpose.
[14:57] Arnold
    It isn't a problem.
[14:59] Kyle
    Prince Arnold.
[15:02] Kyle
    For you to prepare an event
    such as this for my sake...
[15:06] Kyle
    I am entirely unworthy of it.
[15:08] Kyle
    Lady Rishe, tonight you are
    indescribably beautiful.
[15:12] Rishe
    Thank you.
[15:14] Rishe
    How do you find you've
    been feeling since then?
[15:17] Kyle
    Thanks to you, I'm feeling much better.
[15:19] Rishe
    That's the most important thing.
[15:22] Rishe
    Prince Arnold, I'm going to
    go and speak with the ladies.
[15:27] Rishe
    Prince Kyle, please do enjoy yourself.
[15:36] Rishe; internal
    I've finished giving my greetings,
[15:38] Rishe; internal
    so I've met my most basic obligations.
[15:41] Rishe; internal
    All that's left is...
[15:46] Rishe; internal
    Now... focus.
[16:17] Rishe; internal
    I found him.
[16:19] Rishe; internal
    It's been a while, but that went very well.
[16:22] Rishe; internal
    I never imagined that experience from my fifth
    life would prove useful in a place like this.
[16:34] Rishe; internal
    I must keep my focus...
[16:38] Rishe; internal
    and keep anyone from noticing
    that I'm avoiding Count Lawvine.
[16:40] lady 1; background
    How are you, Lady Rishe?
[16:43] Rishe
    How are you?
[16:45] Weilman
    I'm honored to meet you, Lady Rishe.
[16:48] Rishe
    No, the honor is mine. I'm very happy
    to speak with you, Lord Weilman.
[16:54] Weilman
    After hearing what happened from my mother,
    I've been looking forward to meeting you.
[16:58] Rishe
    Your mother?
[17:01] Weilman
    I heard that you were kind enough to
    visit my mother's shop the other day.
[17:05] nobleman 1
    He can't mean that that
    difficult proprietress...
[17:07] noblewoman 2
    Even Her Majesty, the empress
    wasn't accepted as a client.
[17:10] Rishe
    Oh, could you mean...
[17:13] (Flashback) Mihaela
    I'm the proprietor of this
    store, Mihaela Laure Weilman.
[17:19] Rishe
    I merely picked out a stone.
[17:21] Rishe
    The one who sought to purchase
    something there was Prince Arnold.
[17:24] noblewoman 1
    My!
[17:25] noblewoman 2
    Prince Arnold giving a woman jewelry?
[17:28] Rishe; internal
    I was surprised, too.
[17:31] Rishe
    Speaking of which, I was informed that the
    delivery date will be much sooner than anticipated.
[17:36] Rishe
    I understand that it's because an artisan
    from Coyolles was entrusted with the work,
[17:41] Rishe
    but would that really make
    this great a difference?
[17:43] Weilman
    Coyolles' jewelry artisans
    possess superior techniques.
[17:48] Weilman
    The speed they can complete fine,
    detailed work at is completely different.
[17:51] Rishe
    Really? I suppose I should expect no less
    from a country which produces gems and metals.
[17:58] Rishe; internal
    Count Lawvine seems to be standing still.
[18:09] Kyle
    Prince Arnold,
[18:11] Kyle
    please, will you lend Coyolles your strength?
[18:16] Kyle
    Instead of aid through money or medical care,
[18:18] Kyle
    we would like to receive Galkhein's
    support through military means.
[18:23] Kyle
    As you know, Coyolles' military
    strength is all but nonexistent.
[18:28] Kyle
    Our kingdom is allowed to exist
    because we provide gems and metals.
[18:35] Kyle
    If our neighboring nations so wished,
[18:38] Kyle
    they could destroy us at any
    time, and they threaten to do so.
[18:41] Kyle
    I want to extricate us from this situation
[18:43] Kyle
    and obtain a method to protect our citizens!
[18:48] Arnold
    You're saying that Coyolles wants
    to forge an alliance with Galkhein.
[18:52] Kyle
    It's just as you say.
[18:57] Arnold
    I've been wondering what
    you were going to say.
[19:00] Arnold
    You pushed your disease-weakened body on
    that long journey to come here for this?
[19:07] Arnold
    The value of the existence of a royal family
    lulled into naïvety by peace is questionable.
[19:14] Arnold
    Even if, hypothetically, we
    moved this discussion forward,
[19:16] Arnold
    what does Coyolles intend
    to bring to our empire?
[19:19] Kyle
    We will promise to give exports of gems and
    metals to your empire the highest priority.
[19:25] Kyle
    Even if our kingdom makes
    no profit whatsoever.
[19:29] Rishe; internal
    That won't work, Prince Kyle.
[19:31] Rishe; internal
    You aren't suited to telling lies.
[19:34] Arnold
    Don't make me laugh.
[19:36] Arnold
    If I were in your place, I would be sure to
    attach a period of effectiveness to that offer.
[19:42] Arnold
    The gems which serve as the
    kingdoms greatest source of funds
[19:44] Arnold
    cannot continue to be supplied with
    no regard to profit indefinitely.
[19:49] Kyle
    That's...
[19:50] Arnold
    It's clear why you've come
    here with such a suggestion.
[19:55] Arnold
    Coyolles' mineral resources have
    already nearly run dry, haven't they?
[20:01] Rishe; internal
    Yes, that's right.
[20:07] Arnold
    It's incomprehensible to me.
[20:09] Arnold
    Your actions are nothing more
    than the actions of a fool.
[20:16] Kyle
    My life... isn't likely to last much longer.
[20:23] Kyle
    A new life is about to be
    born into my royal family!
[20:28] Kyle
    For the sake of that child's future,
    and for the sake of our people...
[20:32] Kyle
    I must do whatever I can right now.
[20:36] Kyle
    From what I've researched, Prince
    Arnold, you care for your people,
[20:41] Kyle
    and run a government which
    extends a helping hand to them.
[20:44] Kyle
    If it were you, then—
[20:46] Arnold
    This isn't worth discussing any further.
[20:48] Kyle
    Please wait!
[20:50] Kyle
    Please, Prince Arnold!
[20:52] Kyle
    Please help Coyolles!
[20:56] Arnold
    You seem to be mistaken about something.
[21:01] Arnold
    Rather than joining hands with another
    country, invading and taking control of it...
[21:06] Arnold
    that suits me much better.
[21:17] Rishe; internal
    Five years from now...
[21:19] Rishe; internal
    Prince Arnold will have become emperor
    and will wage war on the world.
[21:23] Rishe; internal
    Coyolles will fight Galkhein.
[21:30] Rishe; internal
    And so many lives will be...
[21:36] Rishe; internal
    But Prince Kyle has confronted Prince
    Arnold and proposed an alliance.
[21:42] Rishe; internal
    This is a branching point in history
    which could change the future.
[21:48] (Flashback) Kyle
    Weitzner, I want to protect this kingdom.
[21:52] (Flashback) Kyle
    To accomplish that, I intend
    to do whatever it takes.
[21:57] (Flashback) Kyle
    As someone born into this, someone who has
    lived beyond his time, I have duties to perform,
[22:02] (Flashback) Kyle
    and this is the greatest of them all!
[22:08] Rishe; internal
    Prince Kyle may be prepared for Coyolles
[22:12] Rishe; internal
    to become a vassal state to
    Galkhein if it means an alliance.
[22:16] Rishe; internal
    But...
[22:17] Rishe; internal
    that would only change who
    is in control of the nation.
[22:21] Rishe; internal
    Unless a relationship of
    equal standing is created...
[22:26] Rishe; internal
    But how?