7 - The Truth Emerges in the Night Mists

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SIGN    Inspection Department  Dōwā Branch
[00:03] A
    I'll make tea.
[00:05] A
    Please take a break.
[00:07] J
    Thanks.
SIGN    ACCA Inspection Department 
    Dōwā Branch Supervisor 
    Aigrette
[00:08] J
    Can I have a smoke?
[00:09] A
    If it's in this room.
[00:11] A
    Please don't let Dōwā residents
    see you smoking.
[00:19] J
    If I go by what I heard in Hare District,
[00:22] J
    by now, all the districts have
    heard about the coup plot
[00:26] J
    and that I'm traveling as an intermediary
[00:28] J
    for coup sympathizers.
[00:31] J
    None of the districts have much activity.
[00:33] J
    Perhaps they're waiting
    to see what happens.
[00:36] J
    I wonder what the situation is...
[00:40] J
    High-ranking officials in every district
[00:42] J
    think me part of the coup d'état.
[00:45] J
    Chief Officer Grossular is monitoring me
    because he thinks I'm a sympathizer.
[00:49] J
    But some disagree with that assessment.
[00:52] J
    That's right.
[00:54] Lilium
    I believe Grossular
[00:56] Lilium
    started these rumors.
[00:59] Lilium
    He is the one plotting the coup d'état.
[01:02] J
    Chief Officer Lilium believes that
    I'm innocent. He's on my side.
[01:08] J
    But he also worries that Chief Officer
    Grossular is part of the coup.
[01:12] J
    That's why he asked for my help.
[01:16] Lilium
    ACCA may suffer internal turmoil, but I'll
    be sure to protect order in this nation.
[01:22] J
    Director-General Mauve asked
    me to investigate the coup.
[01:27] M
    I would like your help.
[01:29] J
    But she doesn't seem
[01:30] J
    to be aware of the rumors that I'm
    the sympathizers' intermediary.
[01:36] J
    I don't know what the other
    chief officers believe,
[01:38] J
    but it seems that high-ranking officials
[01:40] J
    share the same perspective on the coup.
[01:43] M
    It isn't just a rumor this time.
[01:46] J
    Chief Officer Grossular ordered
    Nino to observe me.
[01:54] J
    Never mind Nino...
[01:56] J
    I don't really get it.
[01:59] J
    Everything hinges on Dōwā's royal family.
[02:03] J
    On how much longer His Majesty
    King Falke can retain the throne.
[02:08] J
    Wait.
[02:10] J
    What's the point of setting me up as
    an intermediary in the first place?
[03:47] Qualm
    I'm counting on you for security tomorrow.
[03:50] Mond
    Understood.
[03:53] Mond
    I see how relaxed you are
[03:55] Mond
    because tomorrow's outing
    doesn't involve you, Magie.
[03:58] Mond
    Tomorrow, when you stay behind, be sure
    you take good care of His Highness.
[04:02] Magie
    Yes, sir.
[04:03] Mond
    If anything were to happen to His Highness,
[04:05] Mond
    you are to stay by him.
[04:07] Magie
    Just like thirty-three years ago.
[04:11] Mond
    Hmm?
[04:11] Magie
    I was just speaking of the
    incident to His Highness.
[04:14] Mond
    Ah.
[04:16] Mond
    We exist to protect the royal family of Dōwā.
[04:20] Mond
    But at times, things beyond
    our control may occur.
[04:26] Mond
    The ship sank,
[04:28] Mond
    taking His Majesty's prized possession and
    our beloved brother-in-arms with it.
[04:33] Magie
    His Highness wishes to go out into the world.
[04:37] Mond
    Oh?
[04:38] Magie
    His position as sole heir
[04:40] Magie
    seems to be motivating that line of thought.
[04:44] Mond
    I see.
[04:46] Mond
    If it ever comes to pass,
    Magie, you must stay by his side,
[04:51] Mond
    no matter what.
[05:02] J
    Even more black clothes than usual.
[05:05] N
    The wind is cold in Dōwā.
[05:08] J
    Huh.
[05:09] N
    Taking a cake back as Lotta's present?
[05:11] J
    No, she asked for this.
[05:14] J
    Snowballs.
[05:15] J
    Knot brought some for his kids last time,
[05:19] J
    and she heard about it.
[05:21] Lotta
    I didn't see that!
[05:22] Lotta
    I want to try it!
[05:23] J
    So, yeah.
[05:24] J
    We bought them at a morning market,
[05:26] J
    and I don't know where the actual store is.
[05:29] N
    It's just up ahead.
[05:31] N
    It's closed now, so I'll bring you tomorrow.
[05:34] N
    Where's your audit tomorrow?
[05:36] J
    His Majesty is making an outing,
    so I've put things on hold.
[05:40] J
    I'm free all day.
[05:42] N
    How about three o'clock, then?
[05:44] N
    They have a great cake, so we can try it.
[05:46] J
    Chocolate cake again?
[05:48] N
    Nope, apple cake.
[05:50] J
    Choosing a cake without
    chocolate, that's rare.
[05:53] N
    It's great.
[05:54] N
    You haven't heard?
[05:55] J
    You sure know a lot.
[05:58] N
    Leave your uniform behind tomorrow.
[06:00] N
    It makes you stand out.
[06:03] J
    Uh, I didn't bring anything else to wear.
[06:05] N
    Jeez.
[06:09] J
    I wonder if it'll snow tomorrow.
[06:15] L
    Oh, my god! Snowballs!
[06:16] L
    Huge, too!
[06:18] L
    So many!
[06:18] L
    I'm so happy!
[06:23] L
    I want to try them now...
[06:30] L
    Jean, you'd better not have forgotten.
[06:35] L
    Oh!
[06:36] L
    It's snowing!
[06:44] J
    Hey.
[06:45] J
    Is there someone you're trying
    to avoid running into?
[06:48] N
    You have good instincts.
[06:49] J
    I can tell.
[06:51] N
    I don't get along with the owner here.
[06:58] J
    Lotta will be over the moon.
[07:01] N
    Which cake will you order for yourself?
[07:03] J
    I'll take this snowball.
[07:05] N
    I hear His Majesty likes them, too.
[07:07] N
    The royal family orders from here.
[07:10] J
    He really likes sweets, huh?
[07:13] N
    I'll have the white chocolate cake
    and the apple cake for here.
[07:17] Staff
    This time, His Majesty is taking
    his rest stop here.
[07:22] Staff
    Oh, you didn't know?
[07:24] Staff
    Every time he goes on an outing,
[07:26] Staff
    he visits a pâtisserie he likes.
[07:28] J
    Then we should leave.
[07:30] Owner
    That won't be necessary.
[07:32] Owner
    Please take a seat.
[07:33] Owner
    His Majesty requests that
    we do business as usual.
[07:38] Owner
    He enjoys spending time with customers.
[07:42] Owner
    The farthest seat in back is
    reserved for His Majesty,
[07:44] Owner
    but you can sit anywhere else.
[07:47] J
    The owner seems like a nice person.
[07:49] N
    I'm sure he's in a good mood
    because the king will be visiting.
[07:52] Owner
    You'll need to remove your
    hat and sunglasses.
[07:57] Mond
    That man...
[07:59] Mond
    Isn't he with ACCA HQ's
    Inspection Department?
[08:02] Guard
    Did he come here because he knew
    about His Majesty's visit?
[08:07] Mond
    We only learned of it this morning.
[08:09] Mond
    It must be a coincidence.
[08:11] Mond
    But he has some nerve to be present.
[08:15] Mond
    Who is the other man?
[08:20] Mond
    Well, should there be any risk to His Majesty,
[08:23] Mond
    Privy Council President Qualm will signal us.
[08:28] J
    This is good.
[08:30] J
    Can I try your cake, too?
[08:33] N
    You have nerves of steel, you know.
[08:35] J
    What?
[08:36] N
    Right now, most people wouldn't
    be able to say a single word.
[08:41] J
    But they said to act like nothing is unusual.
[08:44] J
    I'm sure it's fine, as long
    as we aren't too loud.
[08:46] King
    Is it good?
[08:49] J
    Yes, Your Majesty.
[08:50] King
    Is that a snowball?
[08:52] J
    Yes, Your Majesty.
[08:53] Q
    He is with the Inspection Department
    at ACCA headquarters.
[08:56] Q
    Is that right?
[08:57] J
    Yes.
[08:58] King
    He seems to be wearing clothes from Dōwā.
[09:01] J
    Well...
[09:02] J
    I only brought my uniform,
[09:04] J
    so he lent me these.
[09:06] King
    You are the photographer from
    the coming of age ceremony.
[09:11] N
    Thank you for allowing me to take
    photographs, Your Majesty.
[09:14] N
    I was able to get some good shots.
[09:17] King
    No, I should thank you.
[09:21] N
    You honor me, Your Majesty.
[09:24] King
    Would you like to join us?
[09:27] King
    I cannot eat so much alone.
[09:29] J
    Um...
[09:30] N
    He's telling you to come over.
[09:32] N
    You shouldn't refuse.
[09:35] Q
    Over there.
[09:37] N
    May I take photos?
[09:40] N
    They won't be seen by anyone
    outside of here.
[09:42] King
    Very well.
[10:00] J
    That was quite a day.
[10:03] N
    Yeah, it was.
[10:07] N
    It isn't every day that you get thanked.
[10:10] J
    I always thank you, and so does Lotta.
[10:14] N
    I meant in my line of work.
[10:16] J
    He's drunk. That's rare.
[10:19] N
    When your supervisor praises you,
    doesn't it feel good?
[10:22] J
    Do you have one in your job?
[10:25] N
    Yeah.
[10:26] N
    I've never gotten any praise, though.
[10:28] N
    When I see him, he usually tells me off.
[10:30] N
    He did that last time.
[10:34] N
    If I keep talking to you like this,
[10:37] N
    I bet he'll grab me by the collar again.
[10:39] J
    Do you like what you do, Nino?
[10:44] N
    It isn't about whether I like it.
[10:47] N
    I'm not supposed to like it.
[10:49] N
    But I guess...
[10:51] N
    I do.
[10:54] N
    That's why I get told off...
[11:00] J
    Nino fell asleep.
[11:09] King
    This is good art, Schwan.
[11:14] Schwan
    Grandfather, which painting do you like?
[11:24] King
    All of them.
[11:29] Staff
    This is our new mugwort walnut bread.
[11:31] Staff
    Try it, if you'd like!
[11:33] J
    Thanks.
[11:34] Staff
    I guess the director-general isn't coming...
[11:44] J
    Is she avoiding me?
[11:47] L
    It's chock full of flour!
[11:49] L
    It's delicious!
[11:50] L
    The powdered sugar and white chocolate
[11:52] L
    really make it look like a snowball!
[11:55] L
    Oh, right! It snowed the other day!
[11:58] J
    It also snowed in Dōwā.
[12:00] L
    Huh...
[12:00] L
    I'd love to go to Dōwā when it snows, too.
[12:03] L
    I bet everything looks super cute then.
[12:05] J
    You seem really into Dōwā.
[12:08] L
    Yeah, I love it!
[12:10] L
    What about you?
[12:11] L
    You go to all the districts.
[12:13] L
    Which one do you like most?
[12:15] J
    Hmm.
[12:17] J
    I like Dōwā a lot, too.
[12:19] J
    But I think my favorite is Bādon.
[12:21] L
    I'm sure I'm the same.
[12:24] L
    And so is everyone...
[12:25] L
    I bet they all like their home districts best.
[12:28] L
    Where are you going on your next trip?
[12:30] L
    It's soon, isn't it?
[12:31] J
    Yeah.
[12:32] J
    I'll have Nino take you out—
[12:34] L
    Nino's also busy, isn't he?
[12:37] L
    The department chief and I have plans
[12:39] L
    to go and thank the café owner
    for the New Year's cake!
[12:43] L
    So I won't be lonely.
[12:45] J
    Oh, okay.
[12:46] J
    That's good.
[12:47] L
    So where are you off to?
[12:49] J
    Kororē District.
[12:50] L
    Bring back chocolate for me!
[12:51] J
    Yeah, yeah.
[12:52] L
    Kororē's known for chocolate!
[12:54] J
    Chocolate, huh?
[12:56] J
    Nino will definitely show up.
[13:00] N
    Notable figures in Hare District
    seem proactive about the coup.
[13:06] N
    Kororē is never influenced by what
    happens in other districts,
[13:09] N
    so there may be movement.
[13:11] N
    I'll follow up in a later report.
[13:19] N
    Thank you.
[13:20] N
    I've finished my report to
    Chief Officer Grossular.
[13:24] N
    I'll be going to Kororē tomorrow.
[13:27] N
    Dōwā?
[13:29] N
    It went quite well.
[13:31] N
    I sent over the report and photos.
[13:35] N
    I'm fast, aren't I?
[13:37] N
    I haven't slept a wink after
    getting back from Dōwā.
[13:41] N
    It's becoming harder to
    shake off the fatigue.
[13:44] N
    I need to eat some good chocolate, for sure.
[13:47] N
    Yes, and Kororē is next.
[13:51] N
    I understand.
[13:52] N
    I'll talk to you later.
[13:56] N
    Thirty years, huh?
[13:59] N
    I've grown old.
[14:04] Staff
    Why did the director-general entrust
    him with such an important mission?
[14:09] Staff
    Sir! Ma'am!
[14:12] Staff
    Keep your voice down.
[14:13] Staff
    My apologies.
[14:14] Staff
    Look at this.
[14:17] Staff
    Connections to coup d'état sympathizers?
[14:19] Staff
    I knew it!
[14:22] Staff
    Wait a minute...
[14:26] Mauve
    I see.
[14:28] Mauve
    So Jean Otus is...
[14:30] Mauve
    He's currently in Kororē, isn't he?
SIGN    Kororē District
[14:34] J
    Hmm...
[14:37] J
    They could've been staring
[14:40] J
    because they heard the rumors
    that I'm a coup sympathizer.
[14:46] J
    I wonder if I'll have a chance to explain
    myself to the director-general
[14:49] J
    when she hears them.
[14:51] BC
    Welcome to Kororē District.
[14:54] J
    Branch Chief Griese...
[14:58] BC
    You must be exhausted.
[15:01] BC
    You should try to get some rest in Kororē.
[15:04] J
    Um...
[15:04] BC
    I'm sure other districts give
    you an extended welcome,
[15:07] BC
    but we won't go to such lengths here.
[15:10] BC
    The district chief and I have
    made our decision.
[15:13] BC
    We will never take a roundabout approach
[15:16] BC
    like men in other districts.
[15:19] J
    Uh... It didn't feel like the right time
    to probe into the coup situation.
[15:24] Larrousse
    Deputy Chief,
SIGN    ACCA Inspection Department 
    Kororē Branch Supervisor 
    Larrousse
[15:26] Larrousse
    I've made transportation arrangements for
    your sector audits, starting tomorrow.
[15:30] J
    Thank you.
[15:31] J
    As usual, you're efficient.
[15:33] J
    In Kororē, men feel inferior.
[15:37] Larrousse
    It's simply due to women
    being slightly superior.
[15:39] Larrousse
    There are many competent men here.
[15:43] Larrousse
    By the way, about Dōwā...
[15:46] Larrousse
    Is His Majesty in good health?
[15:49] J
    He looks like he is.
[15:51] Staff
    Everyone is worried
[15:54] Staff
    about ACCA's future.
[15:57] Staff
    What will happen when the
    next ruler takes the throne?
[16:02] Aunt
    My, Schwan...
[16:04] Aunt
    How unusual for you to come visit.
[16:08] Schwan
    I hope you are well, Aunt.
[16:11] Aunt
    Why are you here?
[16:12] Schwan
    To hear a story of the past.
[16:15] Aunt
    The past?
[16:17] Schwan
    The incident happened when
    my mother was still young,
[16:21] Schwan
    so I wished to hear about it
    from you, her older sister.
[16:27] Schwan
    Please tell me about your younger sister,
[16:31] Schwan
    the second princess, who passed
    away thirty-three years ago.
[16:38] J
    There are so many shops,
[16:40] J
    I can't tell which one's good.
[16:46] J
    Isn't Nino around?
[16:48] J
    I wish he'd tell me where to go.
[17:01] M
    I received a report concerning you, Otus.
[17:04] J
    Director-General, about that...
[17:07] J
    It's only rumors. Or, um...
[17:10] M
    You are royalty.
[17:12] M
    You are first in the line of succession.
[17:17] M
    As I suspected, you didn't know.
[17:20] M
    Let us walk as we talk.
[17:25] M
    I learned from a subordinate's report
[17:27] M
    that you are an intermediary
    for coup sympathizers.
[17:30] J
    That's...
[17:32] M
    And from another report that
    you are of royal blood.
[17:37] M
    In that moment of revelation,
[17:40] M
    I suspected, "Jean Otus is being used."
[17:44] M
    I try not to overestimate my intuition,
[17:48] M
    but that is what I thought.
[17:50] M
    And I don't think I am far from the truth.
[17:54] M
    Well?
[17:55] M
    Aren't you just being set up
    as this intermediary?
[17:59] J
    That's right.
[18:01] M
    I believe you.
[18:03] M
    I know that you are incapable of lying.
[18:09] M
    Earlier, when I said you were useless,
[18:13] M
    I was overly harsh on you.
[18:15] M
    You are in the thick of things.
[18:17] M
    What I wanted from you
    was beyond your reach.
[18:21] J
    It's true that I had nothing to report.
[18:24] M
    No, there was.
[18:28] M
    For example, the matter in Suitsu.
[18:32] M
    You specifically chose not to tell me about
    Chief Officer Grossular, did you not?
[18:38] M
    I've heard you often spend
    time at Mauve Avenue.
[18:41] M
    Because you knew of my respect
    for the chief officer,
[18:44] M
    you chose not to inform me that he was
    suspected of being a coup sympathizer.
[18:49] M
    Am I right?
[18:50] J
    When you put it like that, it's hard to deny.
[18:55] J
    You're right.
[18:56] M
    Had you reported it to me, it would've been
    a major accomplishment, too.
[19:00] M
    You chose not to out of consideration.
[19:03] M
    But such consideration is unnecessary.
[19:07] J
    There is a different reason why
    I didn't report it to you.
[19:11] J
    I don't believe Chief Officer
    Grossular is involved.
[19:14] J
    That's why I didn't report it to you.
[19:19] J
    Director-General, it wouldn't have
    been an accomplishment.
[19:29] M
    You don't ask any questions about yourself.
[19:35] M
    Did you suspect the truth?
[19:37] J
    No, I'm still half doubtful.
[19:40] M
    You're calm.
[19:42] J
    I wouldn't say that.
[19:45] J
    But I must ask someone for the truth.
[19:47] Schwan
    Travel outside the district?
[19:49] Schwan
    Why should I?
[19:50] Magie
    I thought you wished to go to Bādon,
    to broaden your horizons.
[19:53] Schwan
    My horizons are broad enough.
[19:56] Schwan
    I said I wanted to go to Bādon
[19:59] Schwan
    because I wanted to learn more about the girl.
[20:01] Magie
    I didn't know you felt so strongly
    about Miss Lotta.
[20:04] Schwan
    That isn't it!
[20:06] Schwan
    It was to determine if she
    would stand in my way.
[20:11] Schwan
    After listening to my aunt's
    tale, I believe I get it now.
[20:15] Schwan
    I believe that girl is related
    to the second princess.
[20:19] Schwan
    Did the princess really die
    thirty-three years ago?
[20:23] Schwan
    That girl looks just like the princess,
[20:26] Schwan
    in her portrait at age 16.
[20:30] Schwan
    Well, even if she's related, she's a girl.
[20:34] Schwan
    My line of succession remains unaffected.
[20:37] Magie
    Miss Lotta has a much older brother.
[20:40] Magie
    The disrespectful man
[20:41] Magie
    who was smoking on castle grounds,
    the day of the ceremony.
[20:45] Schwan
    This is the first I'm hearing of this, Magie!
[20:47] Magie
    Is that so?
[20:48] Magie
    If necessary, I can return to Bādon and
[20:52] Magie
    conduct a full investigation into Miss Lotta—
[20:54] Schwan
    I don't care about that girl!
[20:57] Schwan
    Go look into her brother!
[20:59] Magie
    Wait, I cannot.
[21:01] Schwan
    Why not?
[21:02] Magie
    I cannot leave you, Your Highness.
[21:06] Magie
    I was ordered to stay by your side, just like
    the guard who disappeared
[21:11] Magie
    into the sea with the princess,
    thirty-three years ago.
[21:14] Schwan
    The guard...
[21:16] Schwan
    What was his name?
[21:17] Magie
    Abend.
[21:19] Magie
    You won't find any guard who
    is ignorant of that name.
[21:23] Magie
    He was said to have had beautiful white hair
[21:25] Magie
    that caught the eye of the
    beautiful second princess,
[21:29] Magie
    who was as beautiful as snow herself.
[21:30] Magie
    He should be remembered for his loyalty.
[21:36] N
    Jean has learned the truth.
[21:38] N
    Director-General Mauve informed him.
[21:40] N
    I don't know the exact nature
    of their conversation.
[21:44] N
    Jean will come to me,
[21:46] N
    and I will tell him.
[21:49] N
    Now that he knows why he's
    being involved in all this,
[21:51] N
    isn't it okay to tell him the truth?
[21:54] N
    Well?
[21:55] N
    Do you wish to tell him yourself?
[21:57] N
    You don't have time to consult
    Privy Council President Qualm.
[22:00] N
    He is here now.
[22:02] N
    I understand.
[22:03] N
    Excuse me.
[22:05] J
    You don't need to stay on the call, Nino?
[22:08] N
    No.
[22:10] N
    Did you finish buying presents?
[22:11] J
    Not yet.
[22:13] J
    Tell me if there are any good places to go.
[22:16] N
    All right.
[22:18] N
    It's going to be a long story.
[22:22] J
    Tell it to me.
SIGN    The Princess Who Spread Her Wings  and the Friend Who Had a Duty
[23:55] N
    Next time on ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.,
[23:58] N
    The Princess Who Spread Her Wings
    and the Friend Who Had a Duty.
[24:02] N
    Tonight's special...
[24:04] N
    On principle, I don't dwell
    on the past, after all.
[24:07] N
    So this is the first and only time.