8 - The Princess Who Spread Her Wings and the Friend Who Had a Duty

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SIGN    33 Years Ago
[00:09] Schn
    The royal family should get out more.
[00:13] Schn
    We must see how things outside the
    castle are, with our own eyes.
[00:17] Schn
    Hearing the Privy Council's
    district summary reports
SIGN    Second Princess of Dōwā Kingdom Schnee
[00:22] Schn
    is the same as relying on rumors.
[00:26] Q
    Ever since she returned from her
    Kororē study abroad program,
[00:30] Q
    Her Highness has taken a great
    interest in national affairs.
[00:35] King
    She always was interested in many things.
[00:39] King
    She wants to go to the capital, Bādon, next.
[00:42] Q
    She has contacts among the city's
    revolutionary youths, as well.
[00:47] Q
    She's reading books on philosophy
    and political science.
[00:51] Q
    Your Majesty, if you don't end this soon,
[00:54] Q
    her actions will cast a shadow
    on the Dōwā family.
[00:57] Q
    And over the nation, given time.
[01:00] King
    It would be a great pity
[01:03] King
    to clip her wings.
[01:17] Q
    There is another way.
[02:58] Abend
    You summoned me, Privy Council
    President Qualm?
[03:02] Q
    You are Princess Schnee's aide.
[03:06] Q
    Abend, this is an order, but you
    can refuse to obey it.
[03:12] Abend
    An order that I can refuse to obey.
[03:17] Abend
    So I can refuse, if I agree to relinquish
    my role as Her Highness's aide?
[03:21] Q
    I will have you sign this sworn statement.
[03:24] Q
    If you break this oath, know that
    your life is forfeit.
[03:28] Abend
    It must be a grave mission.
[03:30] Abend
    I will hear it now.
[03:33] Q
    Princess Schnee, the second princess,
[03:35] Q
    is to be removed from the
    Dōwā family registry.
[03:38] Q
    She will become a commoner.
[03:41] Abend
    Removed from the registry...
[03:42] Abend
    Such a thing is possible?
[03:45] Q
    Publicly, this nation's law
    would not permit it,
[03:49] Q
    but we can make it happen...
[03:51] Q
    His Majesty, the princess, you,
    and I. The four of us.
[03:56] Q
    After the 7th, Her Highness will go on
    a scheduled tour of Peshi District,
[04:00] Q
    where she will traverse its
    various islands by boat.
[04:04] Q
    She will desire to board a small craft.
[04:08] Q
    Only you will accompany her aboard.
[04:12] Q
    That boat will sink.
[04:15] Q
    You will take Her Highness to Bādon.
[04:19] Abend
    Is this for the good of Her Highness?
[04:20] Q
    It is for the good of the nation.
[04:22] Q
    The princess's presence will
    cast a shadow on the land.
[04:26] Q
    However, what motivates your
    decision is of no matter.
[04:29] Q
    You are Princess Schnee's aide, after all.
[04:32] Abend
    I accept the order.
[04:35] Q
    Thank you.
[04:37] Q
    There is one more thing I wish to ask of you.
[04:44] Abend
    I understand.
[04:46] Abend
    Will you allow me
[04:48] Abend
    to take a family servant with us?
[04:53] Abend
    As I swore fealty to the Dōwā family,
[04:56] Abend
    this man has pledged fealty to mine.
[04:59] Q
    Does he have any family?
[05:01] Abend
    A young son.
[05:03] Q
    Will he be able to leave him?
[05:06] Abend
    I will compel him.
[05:10] Abend
    We will be of use to His Majesty. I swear it.
[05:19] NDad
    I will come with you.
[05:21] Abend
    I thought you would say that,
[05:22] Abend
    so I already have the privy council
    president's permission.
[05:26] Abend
    We can never return to Dōwā.
[05:28] Abend
    You must lose everything.
[05:33] NDad
    I will.
[05:34] NDad
    You are losing your rank, your family,
[05:37] NDad
    and everything, in order to serve
    your master, the king.
[05:42] NDad
    By accompanying and serving you,
    I simply do the same.
[05:47] Abend
    You should prepare.
[05:50] NDad
    First, may I go to Honig Avenue
    one last time?
[05:56] NDad
    I'd like to let my son have some cake...
[06:00] NDad
    The apple cake he loves
    so much, one last time.
[06:04] Abend
    Are you sure you can leave him behind?
[06:07] NDad
    We have distant relatives,
[06:09] NDad
    so he will want for nothing.
[06:11] NDad
    He will suffer the misfortune
    of not having any parents,
[06:13] NDad
    but that cannot be avoided.
[06:17] Abend
    Go.
[06:19] NDad
    Thank you!
[06:27] NDad
    You heard all that...
[06:29] N
    You'll leave me, once I eat the cake?
[06:35] NDad
    Hey!
[06:38] N
    I'll go, too!
[06:41] N
    For His Majesty.
[06:44] Abend
    Go eat some apple cake, both of you.
[06:48] Abend
    Before we leave.
[06:55] Sch
    I was already thinking I wouldn't
    mind leaving the family,
[06:58] Sch
    if staying would prevent me from
    seeing the outside world again.
[07:02] Sch
    Thank you, Father.
[07:04] Sch
    Thank you for letting me take
    flight into the world.
[07:08] King
    The outside world is not easy.
[07:10] Sch
    That is why I'm leaving.
[07:14] Sch
    Breaking this nation apart is not my wish.
[07:17] Sch
    I shall learn, by my own experience,
    what is necessary for this nation
[07:22] Sch
    to remain at peace in the future.
[07:24] Sch
    Not as a member of the Dōwā
    family, but as a citizen.
[07:28] Sch
    My hope is that I shall, one day,
    be of help to you, Father...
[07:36] Sch
    Qualm has never advised anything
    that would harm you.
[07:41] Sch
    This must be what is best for you.
[07:46] Sch
    I only wish I did not have to involve Abend...
[07:51] King
    Everyone has made their own choices
[07:55] King
    from the available options, Schnee.
[08:01] King
    You may feel uncertain,
[08:03] King
    but you must not feel regret.
SIGN    Peshi District
[08:10] Citizens
    Princess Schnee's boat has sunk!
[08:13] Citizens
    There's no sign of the boat.
[08:15] Citizens
    We urged her to take a ship...
[08:18] Citizens
    Now, she rests at the bottom of the sea.
[08:29] Abend
    Your Highness?
[08:30] Sch
    It's a wig.
[08:33] Sch
    You should wear a hat.
[08:36] Sch
    Your hair stands out, even more than mine.
[08:42] Sch
    Abend...
[08:47] Sch
    Now, let's go to Bādon.
[09:03] Sch
    Give me my luggage.
[09:07] Sch
    Abend, take off your hat.
[09:14] Sch
    Don't think about doing
    things for me anymore.
[09:17] Sch
    Live your own life.
[09:20] Sch
    I will never see this white
    hair of yours again...
[09:25] Sch
    You'll go that way, and I'll go this way!
[09:27] Sch
    We won't watch each other go or look back.
[09:31] Sch
    Thank you, Abend.
[09:34] Sch
    And farewell.
[09:48] Abend
    For the princess.
[09:57] NDad
    Princess Schnee is captivated
    by sandwich bread.
[10:00] NDad
    I like sandwich bread, too.
[10:02] NDad
    But I'm more distracted by the
    chocolate sweets available in Bādon.
[10:06] NDad
    Today, I ran into a strange one...
    Chocolate-coated rice crackers.
[10:11] NDad
    That's for you to try.
[10:12] NDad
    Try them, Ninno.
[10:14] N
    It's Nino.
[10:15] NDad
    Sorry, sorry.
[10:17] NDad
    Names are hard...
[10:19] NDad
    But we did abandon ours from Dōwā.
[10:22] NDad
    Informing His Majesty about the
    princess is a most honorable duty!
[10:31] NDad
    The princess met a young man
    at a sandwich bread store,
[10:34] NDad
    and they fell in love.
[10:35] NDad
    But he's poor.
[10:41] NDad
    The master will take action.
[10:43] NDad
    The young man now has a job!
[10:46] NDad
    The master will use his private funds
[10:47] NDad
    to build an apartment complex
    in the middle of the city.
[10:50] NDad
    He's been trusted with being
    the building manager.
[10:53] NDad
    The young man is over the moon
    about this stroke of good fortune!
[11:01] NDad
    The princess may have her suspicions.
[11:08] NDad
    I wonder if it'll be a prince or a princess.
[11:15] NDad
    Off, I go!
[11:16] NDad
    Thanks for the sandwich.
[11:18] NDad
    I'll be late, so go to bed without waiting up!
[11:24] NDad
    Yes, master.
[11:26] NDad
    I'll prepare the photographs right away
[11:27] NDad
    and send them with the report.
[11:45] N
    A chocolate shop that sells by
    weight. They say it's good.
[11:49] NDad
    It's all the way in the northern sector.
[11:51] NDad
    Why go all the way there?
[11:53] N
    I just happened to run into it.
[11:59] N
    Did you send everything to the master?
[12:01] NDad
    On the afternoon flight.
[12:04] NDad
    The photos are with the report.
[12:06] NDad
    I'm just bad at writing reports.
[12:09] N
    Because you try too hard to
    write them like a story.
[12:12] NDad
    Don't you think that makes His
    Majesty happier to read them?
[12:17] NDad
    And when His Majesty is happy,
[12:19] NDad
    so is the privy council president!
[12:22] NDad
    That makes our master happy,
[12:25] NDad
    and therefore, makes us happy.
[12:28] NDad
    This is great chocolate!
[12:30] N
    Is it?
[12:32] NDad
    I'm glad you're with me...
[12:35] NDad
    I'm really glad the master
    allowed you to come.
[12:41] NDad
    I'm still in awe that you never blamed me
[12:43] NDad
    for trying to leave you behind,
[12:45] NDad
    but accompanied me.
[12:47] N
    You had no choice.
[12:49] N
    Serving the master was your duty.
[12:53] N
    That means it's my duty, as well.
[12:56] NDad
    I see...
[12:58] N
    Why are you crying? You're overreacting!
[13:00] NDad
    Yeah,
[13:01] NDad
    I just don't know where I'd be
    if you hadn't been around...
[13:05] NDad
    The master's all alone.
[13:08] N
    That's the path he chose, Dad.
[13:24] NDad
    Nino, how was the prince today?
[13:27] N
    He was playing in the park.
[13:29] N
    And Princess Schnee?
[13:30] N
    Did she have bread-making class today?
[13:33] NDad
    It's already been a month
    since she started the class.
[13:36] NDad
    Today, she brought a whole
    pile of bread home,
[13:39] NDad
    with a big smile on her face.
[13:41] NDad
    I'm sure the prince will be happy, too.
[13:44] NDad
    I wonder what kind of bread.
[13:46] N
    Dad, I've been thinking...
[13:49] N
    Maybe we should stop
    calling him the "prince."
[13:52] NDad
    That'd mean we should stop
    calling her the "princess."
[13:56] NDad
    Maybe we call her the "princess"
    because she's beautiful like one,
[13:59] NDad
    and we call him the "prince"
    because he's noble like one!
[14:02] NDad
    Well?
[14:04] N
    Do what you want.
[14:06] NDad
    The princess has given birth
    to another princess!
[14:12] N
    Just call them "Lady Schnee"
    and the "little miss."
[14:15] NDad
    Okay.
[14:17] NDad
    The prince is still the "prince," Nino.
[14:21] NDad
    It's been several decades since a prince
    was born to the Dōwā family.
[14:26] N
    A few years ago, the youngest
    princess gave birth to a son.
[14:30] N
    He will be the heir.
[14:33] NDad
    Our prince is ten years older than he is.
[14:37] NDad
    But I guess they're no longer
    part of the Dōwā family!
[14:40] N
    Yeah.
[14:43] NDad
    Nino!
[14:45] NDad
    Our prince will finally become
    a high school student!
[14:49] N
    Right.
[14:50] NDad
    I'm giving you an official mission.
[14:55] NDad
    Attend the same high school.
[14:57] N
    Huh?
[14:58] NDad
    Stay near him and protect him.
[15:00] NDad
    You'll join the photography club.
[15:02] NDad
    Take tons of photos from nearby!
[15:04] NDad
    I'm sure His Majesty will be pleased.
[15:06] N
    But...
[15:07] NDad
    Just as His Majesty longs for my photos,
[15:10] NDad
    he'll long for yours.
[15:12] NDad
    Become friends with the prince,
[15:15] NDad
    so that you're invited home and can
    eat Lady Schnee's homemade bread.
[15:18] NDad
    I'll have you write a report about its taste.
[15:21] N
    But this year, I turned 25.
[15:23] NDad
    Glasses!
[15:25] NDad
    If you hide how your eyes look,
    you can disguise your age!
[15:28] NDad
    This is from the master to you.
[15:36] NDad
    A camera.
[15:38] NDad
    The glasses are from me.
[15:52] [SONG] ---
    I'm sure it'll go well
    In the chill morning light
[16:00] N
    I'm Nino.
[16:01] N
    Nice to meet you, Jean.
[16:02] [SONG] ---
    A red bird sings
    It says the time is now
[16:11] [SONG] ---
    Feel uncertainty, just not regret
[16:21] [SONG] ---
    Everything will be all right
    Even lonely nights
[16:30] [SONG] ---
    Are preludes to an eventual dawn
[16:38] [SONG] ---
    Ah everything I see I hold dear
[16:46] [SONG] ---
    It's my life
[16:51] NDad
    The prince loves bread, too!
[16:54] [SONG] ---
    You sent me forth like it was nothing
[16:55] NDad
    I wonder about the little miss.
[16:57] NDad
    Does she like bread, as well?
[17:03] [SONG] ---
    to the door opening to a new tomorrow
[17:12] [SONG] ---
    Holding that thought close to my heart
[17:20] [SONG] ---
    I will take an important step forward
[17:37] N
    I'm home.
[17:39] NDad
    Welcome back.
[17:40] NDad
    How were the prince and
    the Otus household?
[17:46] NDad
    Hmm?
[17:47] NDad
    I smell something good.
[17:49] N
    Yeah.
[17:57] NDad
    If we send it priority express,
    it should be okay.
[18:01] NDad
    It isn't like it's summer now.
[18:02] N
    Probably.
[18:04] NDad
    Maybe I'll get scolded for overdoing it.
[18:07] N
    If you don't meet face-to-face,
    there's nothing to worry about.
[18:10] NDad
    You're right.
[18:11] NDad
    Let's have the report on the bread's flavor.
[18:16] NDad
    Did Lady Schnee recommend
    how it should be eaten?
[18:19] N
    She said with lots of butter.
[18:21] NDad
    "With lots of butter." Got it...
[18:29] News
    The tragic accident occurred
    at 8:18 local time,
[18:33] News
    at the Peshi-Rokkusu border.
[18:36] News
    The central council has convened
    an emergency session
[18:38] News
    and made the following statement.
[18:43] N
    Hello.
[18:43] Abend
    Did you see the news?
[18:45] N
    I'm watching it right now.
[18:46] N
    Any news of Lady Schnee and her husband?
[18:49] Abend
    Their train fell into the ravine.
[18:52] Abend
    Your father was probably
    also in the accident.
[18:56] Abend
    Knowing him,
[18:57] Abend
    he'd have arranged it so that
    anything connecting him
[19:00] Abend
    to the Dōwā family would be out of reach.
[19:03] Abend
    Go to Rokkusu immediately.
[19:06] Abend
    Retrieve what your father
    left there, and then return.
[19:12] Abend
    It was for a day like today
[19:14] Abend
    that you allowed my father to
    take me with him, wasn't it?
[19:19] Abend
    You knew I was standing outside the door.
[19:25] Abend
    I didn't choose to help you for His Majesty.
[19:31] Abend
    It was for your father, wasn't it?
[19:33] N
    Yes.
[19:34] N
    In other words, it was for my own sake.
[19:38] N
    The same goes for you.
[19:40] N
    You didn't choose this for His Majesty
    or for the privy council president.
[19:44] N
    You chose this for Princess Schnee.
[19:47] N
    Because her happiness is yours.
[20:18] N
    What I must make sure you understand
[20:21] N
    is that Lady Schnee was removed
    from the Dōwā family register.
[20:24] N
    You have no claim to the throne.
[20:28] J
    I don't care about that.
[20:31] J
    When I lost my parents,
[20:33] J
    you cheered me up, remember?
[20:39] N
    You also have a little sister, right?
[20:41] N
    Just call me if you need anything.
[20:44] N
    I'm a better cook than you.
[20:52] N
    We chose to watch over you and Lotta,
[20:55] N
    my supervisor and I.
[20:58] N
    I'm sure you dislike being watched.
[21:01] N
    But as long as His Majesty lives,
    you'll have to put up with it.
[21:06] N
    I won't mess up again and
    get noticed, though.
[21:20] L
    Welcome back!
[21:22] L
    You bought this much?
[21:24] L
    That makes me happy.
[21:27] L
    But can I give some away?
[21:30] L
    To Nino.
[21:32] J
    Oh...
[21:34] J
    He might not come around for a while.
[21:38] L
    He's busy?
[21:40] J
    Well...
[21:43] J
    I guess you could say that.
[21:45] L
    Okay.
[21:47] L
    Oh, that reminds me...
[21:48] L
    When the chief and I went to the café
    to thank the owner for the cake,
[21:52] L
    he gave me another one.
[21:56] J
    You're starting to look like Mom.
[21:59] J
    Maybe you always did, since you were little.
[22:02] L
    I am?
[22:09] L
    We don't have a photo of
    her as a girl, I guess.
[22:14] L
    Hey, you'll also eat some, won't you?
[22:22] L
    It's apple cake.
SIGN    A Graceful Black Adder Bears Its Fangs
[23:55] N
    Next time on ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.,
[23:58] N
    A Graceful Black Adder Bears Its Fangs.
[24:01] N
    The worries never cease,
[24:02] N
    but I'm sure those two will be okay.
[24:06] N
    Our prince has grown into a fine man, Dad.