# Season 1
# 1 - I Could Never Replace My Sister
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G9VHN9Q34/betrothed-to-my-sisters-ex)
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**[00:41] Marie**
* I will become the bride of the person*
* who proposed to my older sister.*
**[02:20] Marie; narration**
Baron Shaderan has two daughters.
**[02:25] Marie; narration**
One is cheerful and sociable,
with soft golden hair.
**[02:28] Marie; narration**
Anastasia, the older sister,
is like a princess.
**[02:32] Marie; narration**
The other is tall, like a boy.
**[02:35] Marie; narration**
All the tattered younger sister,
Marie, does is read books.
***SIGN*** Episode 1 "I Could Never Replace My Sister"
**[02:55] Marie; internal**
*The Shaderan family is poor.*
**[03:02] Marie; internal**
* Every day there is a mountain*
* of housework to be done.*
**[03:06] Marie; internal**
* And meals for the family*
* must be prepared as well.*
**[03:27] Marie; internal**
* Then there's Father's work, balancing the*
* accounts and signing documents in his stead.*
**[03:37] Marie; internal**
*But it's all right.*
**[03:39] Marie; internal**
*Tomorrow is my birthday.*
**[03:42] Marie; internal**
*I'm certain it will be a good day.*
**[03:57] Cedric**
Sister, you're amazing! You look beautiful!
**[04:01] Anastasia**
Thank you, Cedric.
**[04:04] Cedric**
And your hair is so fluffy!
**[04:06] Gregor**
Everyone!
**[04:08] Gregor**
Thank you for gathering here today!
**[04:11] Gregor**
Here is the star of the day's events!
**[04:14] Anastasia**
What?
**[04:16] Marie; internal**
*I see.*
**[04:18] Marie; internal**
* This is a debut party for my sister to find*
* someone to marry among the great houses.*
**[04:24] noble 1**
I am pleased to make your acquaintance.
**[04:26] noble 2**
You are just as beautiful as they say.
**[04:34] Marie; internal**
*Just because it's my birthday...*
**[04:37] Marie; internal**
* it doesn't mean that I'd become*
* the star of the evening.*
**[04:52] Marie; internal**
*Why was I born so horribly ugly?*
**[05:03] Kyros**
Pardon me, miss.
**[05:06] Kyros**
I apologize for startling you.
**[05:08] Kyros**
I've been invited to the birthday party.
**[05:11] Marie**
The entrance is through there.
**[05:13] Kyros**
Thank you, Miss Maid.
**[05:16] Mio**
Master, this personage is not a servant.
**[05:20] Kyros**
What?
**[05:21] Mio**
The Shaderan family has one maid,
a 60 year-old woman.
**[05:24] Mio**
They have no other servants.
**[05:26] Kyros**
Really? Then...
**[05:28] Mio**
She must be one of the two daughters.
**[05:31] Kyros**
I have been terribly rude.
**[05:34] Kyros**
Please, forgive me, my lady.
**[05:40] Marie**
Could it be...
**[05:41] Marie**
Are you from the Ipsandros Republic?
**[05:43] Kyros**
Y-Yes. My mother was a traveling
performer from Ipsandros.
**[05:48] Kyros**
What of it?
**[05:49] Marie**
Oh, I *knew* it! And your clothes are
traditional Ipsandrian formal wear, aren't they?
**[05:54] Kyros**
Are you knowledgable about
Ipsandrian culture?
**[05:57] Marie**
I wouldn't say I'm knowledgable. I only
know what I've learned from books.
**[06:01] Kyros**
How unusual.
**[06:03] Kyros**
To think that you studied Ips culture
in a country as insular as this one.
**[06:06] Marie**
Oh but...
**[06:07] Marie**
Once a person realizes the depth of
Ipsandrian technology and culture,
**[06:10] Marie**
they are instantly captivated by it!
**[06:12] Marie**
I am one such person myself!
**[06:16] Kyros**
Exactly!
**[06:17] Kyros**
My personal wardrobe is made of Ips silk, of
course, but I insist that my underclothes are too!
**[06:21] Kyros**
I won't compromise on that!
**[06:23] Marie**
You are quite fashionable, sir.
**[06:25] Marie**
Personally, I love stories from Ipsandros.
**[06:28] Marie**
Do you know the story,
"The Raggedy Red Cat"?
**[06:31] Kyros**
Yes, of course!
**[06:32] Marie**
Raggedy, the abandoned cat,
**[06:34] Marie**
travels with a kindly wanderer and
grows stronger along the way.
**[06:38] Marie**
I have red hair and I'm
always in tatters, so...
**[06:42] (Flashback) Gregor**
A woman who makes a show of her
knowledge is an embarrassment!
**[06:44] Marie**
I-I'm so terribly sorry! I've
behaved in such a shameful manner!
**[06:49] Kyros**
Shameful? In what way?
**[06:51] Marie**
W-Well, I...
**[06:53] Marie**
Please excuse me!
**[06:54] Kyros**
Please, wait!
**[06:57] Marie; internal**
*Eyes more beautiful than any star...*
**[07:01] Marie; internal**
*How can he be so wonderful?*
**[07:05] Marie; internal**
* And this wonderful man is here*
* to propose to my sister.*
**[07:10] Marie; internal**
*Compared to her, I am...*
**[07:14] Kyros**
H-Have I offended you in some way?
**[07:17] Kyros**
If it's because I mistook you for a servant,
I'll apologize as many times as it takes.
**[07:20] Marie**
You've done nothing wrong, sir.
**[07:24] Kyros**
Your clothes...
**[07:26] Kyros**
Is there an extraordinary
circumstance behind this?
**[07:30] Marie**
No. I'm simply not lovely, that's all.
**[07:36] Marie**
I have enjoyed speaking
with you tonight.
**[07:42] Kyros**
You are beautiful.
**[07:48] Marie**
The evening's star is in the salon.
**[07:50] Marie**
Please go and enjoy yourself there.
**[08:01] Marie; internal**
* Those were the words I'd*
* always longed to hear.*
**[08:05] Marie; internal**
*So why... why do I feel so sad?*
***SIGN*** To the eldest daughter of Baron Shaderan,
Lady Anastasia,
***SIGN*** Beautiful lady, I would like to welcome you into the family of Count Granado as the wife of Kyros Granado. Even a day's delay is too long.
**[08:11] Marie; narration**
One month after that terrible birthday,
**[08:15] Marie; narration**
a letter with a marriage proposal arrived.
**[08:19] Gregor**
He's highly influential!
You'll be marrying upward!
**[08:22] Gregor**
Count Granado will inherit
the title of Duke one day.
**[08:26] Gregor**
And he's exceedingly wealthy, too!
**[08:27] Gregor**
You'll be able to live more lavishly
than the monarch of a small country!
**[08:30] Anastasia**
But I...
**[08:33] Gregor**
Marie! Hurry up and pen a reply!
**[08:35] Gregor**
Inform our relatives and
any neighboring nobility!
**[08:39] Marie**
Yes, I will at once.
**[08:44] Anastasia**
I'm going to be married.
**[08:46] Anastasia**
And to someone whose face
I don't even remember.
**[08:49] Anastasia**
I've heard that Count Granado is a
bad-tempered eccentric who hates women.
**[08:55] Marie**
Please, don't worry. The proposal
letter was so passionate.
**[08:59] Marie**
I'm certain that he will cherish you.
**[09:06] Anastasia**
But more importantly, there's
something I'd like for you to see!
**[09:09] Anastasia**
Oh, how wonderful!
**[09:10] Anastasia**
Marie, you're tall, so
it suits you perfectly!
**[09:14] Marie**
Wh-What is this?
**[09:16] Anastasia**
Clothes made for a woman to dress as a man!
**[09:18] Anastasia**
I suppose this is what's meant
by "asking for the moon"!
**[09:20] Anastasia**
I love to see beautiful women dressed
as men and I love dashing ladies!
**[09:24] Anastasia**
I made all of this myself!
**[09:26] Marie**
I-I see.
**[09:28] Anastasia**
Please keep it a secret
from mother and father.
**[09:30] Anastasia**
They found some things before
and threw it all away.
**[09:34] Marie; internal**
* Sister, I didn't know you had*
* these interests. How amazing!*
**[09:38] Anastasia**
If for some reason the Shaderan family
could no longer sustain itself...
**[09:43] Anastasia**
If one day I had to work too...
**[09:45] Anastasia**
I thought that I might open
a shop in the royal capital.
**[09:49] Anastasia**
Say, Marie...
**[09:52] Anastasia**
please make the most of your
skills and do work that you love.
**[09:59] Marie; narration**
My older sister was beloved by everyone.
**[10:02] Marie; narration**
I loved her too.
**[10:08] Marie; narration**
But on her way to marry Count Granado...
**[10:14] Marie; narration**
she lost her life in an accident.
**[10:22] Marie; internal**
*Sister...*
**[10:24] Marie; internal**
*A long time ago...*
**[10:27] Marie; internal**
* she would often read*
* "The Raggedy Red Cat" to me.*
**[10:41] Elvira**
You should have been the one to die.
**[10:44] Elvira**
Why is it you and not she who is alive?
**[10:47] Elvira**
You killed Anastasia, didn't you?
**[10:49] Elvira**
It's your fault! You murderer!
**[10:51] Elvira**
You and that red hair of yours!
**[10:55] Gregor**
Will you stop? You'll leave marks.
**[10:57] Elvira**
She *should* be scarred! So scarred that
no one will ever look at her face again!
**[11:01] Gregor**
No.
**[11:02] Gregor**
Marie will take Anastasia's place and
go to the home of Count Granado.
**[11:07] Marie**
Me? Take my sister's place?
**[11:10] Gregor**
Don't worry, Marie.
**[11:11] Gregor**
I know that you are a hideous little thing.
**[11:14] Marie**
Th-Then why...
**[11:17] Gregor**
We've sold everything that was
sent to us for the betrothal.
**[11:20] Gregor**
We don't have the money to buy it all back.
**[11:23] Gregor**
The count will be heartbroken at the
loss of Anastasia. Exploit that.
**[11:27] Gregor**
Even if it's just one night of comfort,
once you create a connection, we've won.
**[11:32] Marie**
A night of comfort?
**[11:35] Gregor**
Be Anastasia's replacement, Marie.
**[11:38] Gregor**
That is how you can atone.
**[11:42] Marie; internal**
*Atone?*
**[11:45] Marie; internal**
*What crime have I committed?*
**[11:50] Marie; internal**
*Oh, that's right.*
**[11:53] Marie; internal**
*Being born as lowly me... that was my mistake.*
**[12:04] Gregor**
Be docile and amenable, Marie.
**[12:06] Marie**
I will.
**[12:07] Gregor**
If the count dissolves the betrothal,
return home immediately.
**[12:11] Marie**
I will.
**[12:12] Gregor**
I'm saying these things for your sake,
failure that you are. You understand that?
**[12:16] Marie**
Yes. Thank you.
**[12:20] Gregor**
Not even your smile is lovable.
**[12:22] Gregor**
It would have been far better for you
to have died instead of Anastasia.
**[12:29] Marie; narration**
Today, I go to the man who
proposed to my older sister...
**[12:34] Marie; narration**
to be his bride.
**[12:38] Gregor**
What is the meaning of this?!
**[12:40] Gregor**
Let us into the palace! We
sent a letter in advance!
**[12:43] Tomas**
Y-You say that, but...
**[12:46] Mio**
The letter arrived only this morning.
**[12:50] Mio**
To call that advance notice puts
us all in a difficult position.
**[12:54] Gregor**
There is no point in speaking
to you! Bring the count here!
**[12:57] Gregor**
You're just a servant!
**[12:58] Marie**
Father!
**[13:04] Mio**
Baron Shaderan, I must ask that you leave.
**[13:08] Gregor**
This woman...
**[13:12] Marie**
I-I'm so sorry! My father
has been terribly rude!
**[13:15] Mio; Tomas; internal**
*That bow of contrition was so fluid.*
**[13:19] Marie**
I'm truly so very sorry.
**[13:23] Mio**
Y-You're... No. Are you Lady Marie?
**[13:28] Marie**
Y-Yes. I am Marie, daughter
of the House of Shaderan.
**[13:31] Marie**
Though I don't look anything
like my older sister.
**[13:36] Mio**
Tomas, take a message to
the master immediately.
**[13:39] Tomas**
Y-Yes, miss!
**[13:42] Mio**
Thank you for coming.
**[13:44] Mio**
I am the head chamberlain, Mio.
**[13:47] Mio**
Lady Marie, please come inside.
**[13:52] Kyros**
You can't be serious!
**[13:54] Kyros**
Send Marie Shaderan away!
**[13:56] Tomas**
B-But, Master...
**[13:58] Kyros**
The one I proposed to was Anastasia!
Not her younger sister!
**[14:03] Kyros**
Oh, Anastasia. If only I'd
whisked you away that night.
**[14:07] Mio**
Master.
**[14:07] Kyros**
What?
**[14:08] Kyros**
If it's about Marie Shaderan,
I've told you to—
**[14:13] Marie**
M-My name is Marie.
**[14:16] Marie**
It is, um... It is an
honor to meet you today.
**[14:19] Tomas**
L-Lord Kyros?
**[14:22] Marie; internal**
*Oh, how could this have happened?*
**[14:24] Marie; internal**
* I never imagined that Count Granado*
* was the man I met that night.*
**[14:27] Gregor**
A pleasure to meet you, Count Granado.
**[14:30] Gregor**
My eldest daughter Anastasia's unfortunate
accident brought our marriage talks to a halt,
**[14:36] Gregor**
and your lordship must be heartbroken.
**[14:38] Gregor**
And so I have brought Anastasia's
sister by blood, Marie.
**[14:44] Kyros**
Marie? You're Marie?
**[14:47] Gregor**
This is, indeed, Marie.
**[14:49] Gregor**
She compares quite unfavorably
with Anastasia, but—
**[14:55] Mio**
Master, your expression has
become quite frightening.
**[15:05] Kyros**
That was unseemly of me. Please spend the
night in comfort here in the palace.
**[15:13] Mio**
I shall prepare a room immediately.
**[15:19] Marie**
Um, where has my father gone?
**[15:22] Mio**
He is meeting with the master.
**[15:24] Mio**
In the meantime, why not
relax with a cup of tea?
**[15:29] Marie**
What a lovely aroma.
**[15:31] Marie**
Could it be that this is from
the Republic of Ipsandros?
**[15:34] Mio**
How impressive that you know that.
**[15:36] Marie**
I once read that they put spices in their tea
and drink it for their health in that country.
**[15:41] Mio**
It's ginger and cinnamon.
**[15:43] Mio**
They go well with tea from this country too.
**[15:48] Marie**
Ipsandros is truly amazing to be able
to create a tea as delicious as this!
**[15:54] Marie**
H-Have I said something strange?
**[15:57] Mio**
Pardon me. I was just thinking that
you are quite adorable, Lady Marie.
**[16:02] Marie; internal**
*Adorable?*
**[16:05] Mio**
Yes, coming.
**[16:09] Marie; internal**
*Count Kyros Granado!*
**[16:11] Marie**
I'm so terribly sorry!
**[16:14] Kyros**
For what?
**[16:15] Marie**
W-We have been unforgivably discourteous.
**[16:18] Marie**
I-Is my father...
**[16:20] Kyros**
He left.
**[16:21] Kyros**
I said, "There's no need to
return the betrothal gifts.
**[16:24] Kyros**
Offer them to Miss Anastasia's
grave for me," and he was gone.
**[16:27] Marie**
What?
**[16:29] Kyros**
Wait!
**[16:30] Kyros**
There's something I want to ask you.
**[16:32] Marie**
Wh-What is it?
**[16:33] Kyros**
Marie, has your family been abusing you?
**[16:38] Marie; internal**
*Abusing me?*
**[16:40] Marie; internal**
* It's true that they didn't*
* treat me with much affection.*
**[16:44] Marie; internal**
* But that's because they were*
* training me, isn't it?*
**[16:47] Marie**
It... wasn't that.
**[16:51] Marie**
The reason that Father and
Mother are strict with me
**[16:53] Marie**
is so that a know-nothing
like me can survive.
**[16:56] Marie**
I don't know how it may look
to you, your lordship, but...
**[16:59] Kyros**
It's Kyros.
**[17:01] Kyros**
My name is Kyros.
**[17:03] Kyros**
I don't like being called by
my family name or my title.
**[17:06] Kyros**
I want you to call me by my first name.
**[17:08] Marie**
Of course... Lord Kyros.
**[17:11] Kyros**
Going back to what you were saying...
**[17:14] Kyros**
If you weren't being mistreated, then why
were you dressed like that on your birthday?
**[17:19] Marie**
That's because...
**[17:21] Kyros**
Clothes like those are normally
worn by widows and nuns.
**[17:25] Kyros**
It's a color meant to turn men away.
**[17:27] Kyros**
Are you going to become a nun?
**[17:29] Marie**
No.
**[17:30] Kyros**
Then, do you simply hate men?
**[17:32] Marie**
No.
**[17:33] Kyros**
Then, did you act as a foil for
your sister because you wanted to?
**[17:37] Kyros**
Are you unhappy in the Shaderan family?
**[17:41] Kyros**
Marie, I can't understand
anything if you don't speak.
**[17:44] Marie; internal**
*It wasn't a life I wanted.*
**[17:46] Marie; internal**
* But I never entertained any*
* hope of escaping that place.*
**[17:50] Marie; internal**
*I hate this. This time here.*
**[17:53] Marie**
I...
**[17:56] Marie**
am not lovely, you see?
**[18:00] Kyros**
I see.
**[18:02] Kyros**
Mio, take Marie away!
**[18:04] Mio**
Yes, master.
**[18:06] Marie; internal**
*I'm being cast out, aren't I?*
**[18:07] Marie; internal**
* It was strange that they let*
* me into the palace at all.*
**[18:11] Mio**
Lady Marie.
**[18:13] Mio**
Shall we?
**[18:14] Mio**
I've already arranged for a
bath and a change of clothes.
**[18:17] Marie; internal**
*What? What is she talking about?*
**[18:32] Marie; internal**
*Wh-What is this? Could it
be that* this *is the bath?!*
**[18:35] Marie; internal**
*How much firewood and water does this use?*
**[18:38] Marie; internal**
*Cleaning it must be difficult too!*
**[18:40] Marie; internal**
* I see! They're telling me*
* to chop firewood and clean!*
**[18:43] Marie; internal**
* That will wash away all the*
* discourteousness I've shown him.*
**[18:46] Marie; internal**
*What a magnanimous man.*
**[18:48] Tunika**
Oh, I've been waiting for you!
**[18:51] Tunika**
I am Tunika. I am the keeper
of the baths for the count.
**[18:55] Mio**
Lady Marie, she knows many bathing methods
**[18:57] Mio**
and massages that are good
for health and beauty.
**[19:00] Mio**
She is also well-versed in medicines
and their effects. A true beauty pro.
**[19:03] Marie**
A beauty pro?
**[19:05] Tunika**
A professional.
**[19:09] Marie**
Wh-When did you do this?
**[19:11] Mio**
Lady Marie, if Tunika displeases you too
greatly, please feel free to slap her.
**[19:16] Marie**
Huh? What?
**[19:17] Marie**
But I'm going to be cleaning the baths now.
**[19:19] Tunika**
Oh, no. It isn't the bath that will
be beautified. It's you, Lady Marie!
**[19:24] Marie**
Wh-What?
**[19:29] Marie**
It smells so nice.
**[19:31] Tunika**
I've added salt, honey, and citrus fruits.
**[19:35] Tunika**
I'll have you reborn, all
soft and sparklingly clean.
**[19:39] Marie**
Reborn?
**[19:43] Tunika**
A chrysalis is meant to turn
into a butterfly, you know?
**[19:47] Marie; internal**
*Who will... turn into what?*
**[20:38] Marie; internal**
*What a beautiful person. Who is she?*
**[20:41] Kyros**
Marie.
**[20:50] Kyros**
Liu Liu!
**[20:52] Liu Liu**
Right here!
**[20:54] Liu Liu**
I can hear you.
**[21:03] Liu Liu**
Kyros, you're more swayed by
good looks than I thought.
**[21:07] Marie**
Good looks?
**[21:08] Kyros**
Please do this properly, mother.
**[21:10] Kyros**
The head of the family's approval is
necessary for a betrothal between nobles,
**[21:13] Kyros**
which means it rests
entirely with you, mother.
**[21:15] Marie; internal**
*Mother?*
**[21:16] Marie; internal**
* Lord Kyros mentioned that his mother*
* was from Ipsandros, didn't he?*
**[21:20] Liu Liu**
No good. She's lacking.
**[21:22] Kyros**
Mother...
**[21:24] Liu Liu**
She is overwhelmingly lacking in confidence.
**[21:27] Liu Liu**
The future wife of a duke must
stand proudly, noble and strong.
**[21:32] Liu Liu**
At least, she must before
the wedding day.
**[21:34] Liu Liu**
The real work starts now.
I'll do what I can to help.
**[21:38] Kyros**
Thank you, mother!
**[21:41] Mio**
Congratulations, Lady Marie.
**[21:43] Marie**
Thank you.
**[21:44] Marie**
Wait. Congratulations? For what?
**[21:47] Mio**
The duchess has approved your
betrothal to Lord Kyros.
**[21:51] Mio**
Now, you are officially Count
Kyros Granado's fiancée.
**[21:55] Marie**
F-Fiancée?!
**[21:57] servants**
Congratulations on your betrothal,
Lord Kyros, Lady Marie!
**[22:01] Liu Liu**
So my son is finally getting married!
**[22:04] Liu Liu**
At last I can set down these burdens.
**[22:06] Kyros**
Liu Liu, it's far too soon for that.
**[22:08] Kyros**
We haven't even held the
betrothal ceremony yet.
**[22:11] Liu Liu**
That's true enough.
**[22:12] Kyros**
I know! Let's dispatch a messenger so that
we can decide on a date for the ceremony!
**[22:15] Marie**
Um, excuse me...
**[22:17] Marie**
I... I can't do this!
**[22:24] Kyros**
What?
**[23:58] Marie**
Wait, wait!
**[24:00] Marie**
Why has the count proposed to me?
**[24:04] Marie**
I may be my sister's replacement, but a
tattered mess like me could never be loved.
**[24:11] Marie**
My life here is like a dream. It's
sure to disappear at any moment.
**[24:17] Marie**
Next time, "Marie, I Want to Marry You."
***SIGN*** Episode 2 " Marie, I Want to Marry You"
**[24:21] Marie**
P-Please come and watch.
# 2 - Marie, I Want to Marry You
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**[00:01] Kyros; internal**
*I took one look... and I couldn't speak.*
**[00:14] Kyros; internal**
* Polished, she was so beautiful*
* it was as if she'd been reborn.*
**[00:19] Kyros; internal**
*Her melancholy eyes sparkled like stars.*
**[00:29] Kyros**
So beautiful.
**[00:34] Mio**
Stop running from reality.
**[00:37] Mio**
Lady Marie refused your proposal, Master.
**[00:41] (Flashback) Marie**
I... I can't do this!
**[00:46] Kyros**
Don't thrust reality at me, Mio.
**[00:49] Kyros**
You're always, always so cruel!
**[00:51] Mio**
This is my duty.
**[00:54] Mio**
Still, who would have imagined that you'd mistakenly propose to the wrong sister.
**[00:59] Kyros**
Well, how could I have known?
**[01:02] Kyros**
That night, it was Marie's birthday.
**[01:05] Kyros**
The girl sitting alone in the darkness...
**[01:09] Kyros**
Who would think that she
was the star of the party?
**[02:44] Kyros; narration**
My father, Duke Alfred
Granado, had two wives.
***SIGN*** Episode 2 "Marie, I Want to Marry You"
**[02:49] (Flashback) young Mio**
If the cat lay around like
trash, it became trash.
**[02:53] (Flashback) young Mio**
If the trash cried, "meow,"
then it became a cat.
**[02:56] (Flashback) young Mio**
And then, with me, it—
**[02:57] Laura**
Stop playing games!
**[03:01] (Flashback) Laura**
Don't you understand your position here?
**[03:03] (Flashback) Laura**
Know your place!
**[03:08] Kyros; narration**
The daughter of a noble family equal to the
duke's, my father Alfred's official wife,
**[03:13] Kyros; narration**
Lady Laura.
**[03:19] Kyros; narration**
And an Ipsandrian traveling performer
he took as his concubine,
**[03:23] Kyros; narration**
my mother, Liu Liu.
**[03:50] (Flashback) Laura**
I thought I heard a commotion.
**[03:52] (Flashback) Laura**
Here. Eat this and be quiet.
**[04:00] (Flashback) Laura**
That's something I baked.
**[04:02] (Flashback) Laura**
You're quite trusting to eat it, aren't you?
**[04:05] (Flashback) young Kyros**
That's because it's really yummy!
**[04:08] (Flashback) young Kyros**
I love it!
**[04:12] (Flashback) Laura**
Do you? And what else do you like?
**[04:15] (Flashback) young Kyros**
Let's see. Cake and cream
puffs and chocolate cookies!
**[04:21] (Flashback) young Kyros**
I love sweets!
**[04:23] (Flashback) Laura**
I like sweets, too.
**[04:25] (Flashback) Laura**
When I make sweets, I don't have
to think about unpleasant things.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Laura**
Next time, I'll make some
chocolate cookies for you.
**[04:41] (Flashback) young Kyros**
All right!
**[04:49] (Flashback) Alfred**
It is true that Laura is my official wife,
**[04:52] (Flashback) Alfred**
but all the children she has
borne me have been girls.
**[04:56] (Flashback) Alfred**
Which is why the one to
inherit my dukedom...
**[05:00] (Flashback) Alfred**
will be Kyros.
**[05:17] (Flashback) Laura's daughter A**
No!
**[05:26] (Flashback) Laura's daughter B**
Open your eyes! Mother!
**[05:32] (Flashback) Laura's daughter C**
Why? Why would you take poison?
**[05:36] Kyros; narration**
Why had the woman who had
been so kind to me...
**[05:39] Kyros; narration**
chosen death of her own free will?
**[05:48] Kyros; narration**
After Liu Liu was elevated to
the position of official wife,
**[05:51] Kyros; narration**
she said that she was no more than a
concubine and left the duke, taking me with her.
**[05:57] Kyros; internal**
*And I, in order to survive in this land,*
**[06:00] Kyros; internal**
* attained the status of count*
* through my own efforts.*
**[06:06] Kyros; internal**
*But I hate gatherings of high society,*
**[06:10] Kyros; internal**
* and I evaded any talk of*
* marriage to noble daughters.*
**[06:23] (Flashback) Luiphon**
Hey there, my friend!
**[06:27] (Flashback) Luiphon**
So you've finally shown your face.
**[06:31] (Flashback) Kyros**
If you invite me, then I have no choice.
**[06:33] (Flashback) Luiphon**
Did you receive one as well?
An invitation from a rural baron.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Kyros**
Luiphon, you got one, too?
**[06:40] (Flashback) Luiphon**
It seems that they must have sent one to every
bachelor who is wealthy or from the great houses.
**[06:45] (Flashback) Luiphon**
Baron Shaderan's family's troubles with
money are well-known among the aristocracy.
**[06:51] (Flashback) Luiphon**
It's blatantly clear that this birthday
party is a pretext for marketing his daughter.
**[06:56] (Flashback) Kyros**
Honestly. It's despicable.
**[06:59] (Flashback) Luiphon**
But according to rumors,
she is quite the beauty.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Luiphon**
I have a fiancée, so I
couldn't possibly go,
**[07:06] (Flashback) Luiphon**
but Kyros, why don't you attend?
**[07:08] (Flashback) Kyros**
Not interested.
**[07:11] (Flashback) woman A**
Count Granado?
**[07:14] (Flashback) woman A**
You're welcome to these if you'd like.
**[07:21] (Flashback) Kyros**
Yes, thank you.
**[07:33] (Flashback) Luiphon**
The ladies do like you, don't they?
**[07:35] (Flashback) Kyros**
They like me? All they see
is my title and my money.
**[07:39] (Flashback) Kyros**
Deep down, those women
all despise my heritage.
**[07:43] (Flashback) Luiphon**
Well, the average noble daughter detests
Ipsandros as a land of barbarians, you know?
**[07:49] (Flashback) ladies**
He's so wonderful.
**[07:51] (Flashback) ladies**
But the color of his skin...
**[07:52] (Flashback) ladies**
You know about his mother.
**[07:57] (Flashback) Luiphon**
I understand how you feel,
**[07:59] (Flashback) Luiphon**
but you can't remain a bachelor forever, can you?
**[08:03] (Flashback) Luiphon**
You are a count and the
only son of a ducal house.
**[08:07] (Flashback) Luiphon**
If you stay single, there won't be
anyone to carry on the duke's line.
**[08:11] (Flashback) Kyros**
I know.
**[08:16] (Flashback) Luiphon**
What sort of lady will be
able to win your heart?
**[08:20] (Flashback) Luiphon**
I greatly look forward to finding out.
**[08:23] (Flashback) Kyros**
As if such a day would ever come.
**[08:32] Kyros; internal**
*No, he's right.*
**[08:34] Kyros; internal**
* The daughter of an impoverished*
* baron might be just right.*
**[08:40] Kyros; internal**
* And if it's only to be a*
* marriage of convenience,*
**[08:43] Kyros; internal**
*then someone easy to manage would be best.*
**[08:50] Kyros; internal**
*Love...*
**[08:53] Kyros; internal**
*That's something I never need to feel.*
**[09:01] Kyros; internal**
*At least, that's what I thought.*
**[09:04] (Flashback) Marie**
Personally, I love stories from Ipsandros.
**[09:10] Kyros; internal**
*And yet, I've fallen in love with her.*
**[09:13] Kyros; internal**
* I wanted to speak with her more,*
* but she slipped through my fingers.*
**[09:25] (Flashback) nobleman**
By the way, I was wondering if this year—
**[09:27] (Flashback) Kyros**
Apologies. Are you Baron Shaderan?
**[09:30] (Flashback) Kyros**
Where is your daughter?
**[09:31] (Flashback) Gregor**
The star of the night is right over there!
**[09:34] (Flashback) Gregor**
Please! Take our daughter as your bride!
**[09:38] (Flashback) Elvira**
Oh, my dear! You've had too much to drink!
**[09:40] Gregor; background**
No, I haven't!
**[09:41] Kyros; internal**
*I was told that the House of Shaderan*
**[09:43] Kyros; internal**
* has the elder daughter Anastasia*
* and the younger Marie.*
**[09:47] Kyros; internal**
*"The star of the night"?*
**[09:49] Kyros; internal**
* If she's Marie, the younger*
* sister whose birthday it is,*
**[09:52] Kyros; internal**
* then the one I met was the*
* older sister, Anastasia!*
**[09:57] Kyros; narration**
I searched for her everywhere.
**[10:09] Kyros; narration**
But no matter how hard I looked...
**[10:15] Kyros; narration**
I couldn't find her.
**[10:21] Kyros; narration**
I decided to send a letter.
**[10:23] Kyros; narration**
I wanted not the younger sister Marie,
**[10:25] Kyros; narration**
but the older sister Anastasia as my wife.
**[10:28] (Flashback) Kyros**
Excellent! A reply has arrived!
**[10:31] Kyros; narration**
After that, I became incredibly busy.
**[10:34] Kyros; narration**
To offer my fiancée the finest hospitality,
**[10:36] Kyros; narration**
I arranged for dresses,
jewels, and new servants.
***SIGN*** Anastasia
Is
Life
**[10:40] Kyros; narration**
I even acquired a body pillow to
hold through my sleepless nights.
**[10:51] Kyros; narration**
But...
**[11:06] (Flashback) Kyros**
The carriage... fell?
**[11:14] Kyros; narration**
And then, amid my heartbreak and despair...
**[11:18] Kyros; narration**
the woman I'd thought bore
the name Anastasia arrived.
**[11:22] Kyros; narration**
Marie Shaderan.
**[11:25] Mio**
Honestly, Master, you are such a fool.
**[11:29] Mio**
Though, my own knowledge
was lacking as well.
**[11:34] Kyros**
And now... I've been rejected?
**[11:36] Mio**
Accepting the truth as truth
is a wonderful thing, indeed.
**[11:40] Kyros**
Mio, couldn't you be a little
less... direct about this?
**[11:44] Mio**
Well then, Master, can you explain this?
**[11:47] Mio**
You turned away and silently
shunned Lady Marie's new look.
**[11:51] Mio**
Also, saying, "Send Marie
Shaderan away" wasn't optimal.
**[11:56] Mio**
Master, I am certain that Lady
Marie believes that you hate her.
**[12:01] Kyros**
If I clear up that misunderstanding, do you
think she will happily become my wife?
**[12:06] Mio**
I do not know.
**[12:09] Mio**
But for now, just give it your best.
**[12:11] Mio**
After all, Master, you are the one
who feels a one-sided love here.
**[12:15] Kyros**
Yes, you're right.
**[12:18] Kyros**
Let's go and see Marie.
**[12:22] Kyros**
What I want to see...
**[12:24] Kyros**
is her smile!
**[12:30] Marie; internal**
*Worn out, tattered clothing.*
**[12:33] Marie; internal**
*My well-thumbed, beloved book.*
**[12:36] Marie; internal**
* That is all that this world has*
* bestowed upon me, and yet...*
**[12:45] Marie; internal**
*Who is this?*
**[12:50] Marie**
Yes? Come in.
**[12:54] Marie; internal**
*Mio... and Lord Kyros?*
**[12:58] Marie**
I-I am so sorry for the
rudeness I displayed earlier!
**[13:02] Kyros**
Rudeness? What are you talking about?
**[13:05] Marie**
It was all so sudden that I lost
my composure. I am truly sorry.
**[13:08] Kyros**
No, I'm the one who should apologize.
**[13:11] Kyros**
Please lift your head.
**[13:25] Kyros**
I-It seems that a huge
misunderstanding lies between us.
**[13:30] Kyros**
First of all, I don't hate you, Marie.
**[13:34] Kyros**
Second, I had thought that you'd come
to this palace of your own free will.
**[13:39] Kyros**
I'm sorry for making such an assumption.
**[13:42] Kyros**
I truly do want to welcome you as my wife.
**[13:45] Marie**
Of course. Thank you for having me.
**[13:48] Kyros**
What?
**[13:49] Marie**
What?
**[13:51] Marie**
Wh-When I said that I couldn't be betrothed to
you, it was only because I was so shocked.
**[13:56] Kyros**
R-Really?
**[13:58] Marie**
Yes. I have no intention of refusing you.
**[14:01] Marie**
I have a general understanding of
your situation, your lordship.
**[14:06] Marie**
To inherit the title of duke, you
must marry a woman of noble birth.
**[14:11] Marie**
However, finding a bride has been difficult.
**[14:14] Kyros**
What you're saying is true, but...
**[14:16] Marie**
If it weren't, then someone of your standing,
sir, would never attend a poor baron's party.
**[14:22] Marie**
There, as your potential partner in a
marriage of convenience, you fell for my sister,
**[14:27] Marie**
the beautiful Anastasia.
**[14:35] Marie**
I-I shouldn't have said all that!
**[14:37] Marie**
I'm so terribly sorry.
**[14:39] Marie**
Due to the accident, I, the useless
younger sister, have come to you,
**[14:42] Marie**
but I assure you, I know my place.
**[14:45] Marie**
Your Lordship, please treat me in
whatever manner serves you best.
**[14:49] Kyros**
Wait! Please, just wait!
**[14:52] Kyros**
It's true that I had a political marriage
in mind when I went to that party.
**[14:56] Kyros**
But that night, my feelings changed!
**[14:59] Kyros**
That letter was no facade.
I meant every word!
**[15:02] Marie**
Yes, I know. Your feelings for Anastasia
were conveyed quite clearly.
**[15:07] Kyros**
No! That's where you have it wrong!
**[15:10] Marie; internal**
*This doesn't make any sense.*
**[15:17] Mio**
Both of you, it is time for dinner.
**[15:20] Mio**
I believe it would be best if you
continued your discussion as you eat.
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
***SIGN*** GROWWWWL
**[15:26] Kyros**
Yes, you're right. I'm so hungry
I feel like I'm about to die.
**[15:39] Marie; internal**
*Everything is delicious!*
**[15:41] Marie; internal**
*This is incomparably better than our meals!*
**[15:46] Kyros**
Marie.
**[15:47] Kyros**
This will be no marriage of convenience.
**[15:50] Kyros**
The proposal letter that
I sent to Anastasia...
**[15:53] Kyros**
I simply got her name confused with yours,
the lady I met in the garden that night.
**[15:58] Kyros**
The one I want to marry is you, Marie.
**[16:03] Marie**
I'm honored.
**[16:04] Kyros**
You don't believe me, do you?
**[16:06] Marie**
Lord Kyros, you are a kind person.
**[16:09] Marie**
There's no need to be so
careful of my feelings.
**[16:11] Kyros**
I *knew* you didn't believe me.
**[16:15] Marie; internal**
* For anyone born into*
* nobility, marriage is a duty.*
**[16:18] Marie; internal**
*It's the same for Lord Kyros.*
**[16:21] Marie; internal**
* No, his responsibilities and*
* mine can't be compared.*
**[16:25] Marie; internal**
*I'm certain that he'll take a concubine.*
**[16:27] Marie; internal**
* I may end up wearing tattered*
* clothes and working again.*
**[16:34] Marie; internal**
*But I don't mind.*
**[16:36] Marie; internal**
* Life will be much the same*
* as it always has been.*
**[16:39] Marie**
Um, is there anything else?
**[16:45] Kyros**
I love you, Marie.
**[16:51] Marie; internal**
*Love?!*
**[16:52] Marie; internal**
**Who *is in love? With* whom?**
**[16:56] Marie; internal**
*This makes the least sense of all!*
**[17:05] Kyros**
Whatever the case,
we agree on our betrothal.
**[17:09] Kyros**
The engagement ceremony
will be in three months.
**[17:11] Kyros**
I'll arrange for everything.
**[17:13] Kyros**
You don't have to worry about a thing.
**[17:14] Marie**
Of course. I understand.
**[17:17] Kyros**
I hope you will enjoy your
life here in the meantime.
**[17:20] Marie**
P-Pardon me!
**[17:21] Marie**
Just once, I would like to go back home.
**[17:24] Kyros**
To the Shaderan house? Why?
**[17:26] Marie**
My father didn't think that the
betrothal would come to pass.
**[17:31] Marie**
I was to serve as your
comfort for one night.
**[17:33] Marie**
After forming a bond with you,
he was insistent that
**[17:35] Marie**
I be kicked out and return to him.
**[17:38] Mio**
What?!
**[17:39] Marie**
I-I never imagined this turn of events either,
so I must return home to receive instructions.
**[17:47] Kyros**
Mio.
**[17:48] Mio**
Of course.
**[17:48] Mio**
Lady Marie, if you would wait just a moment.
**[17:56] Marie; internal**
* H-Have I done something*
* disrespectful toward them?*
**[18:00] Marie; internal**
*No, all I've been is disrespectful.*
**[18:07] Mio**
I am afraid to say, Lady Marie,
**[18:09] Mio**
that you are forbidden to return
to your parents' house.
**[18:13] Marie**
Wh-Why?
**[18:14] Mio**
The master's orders.
**[18:17] Mio**
Should Lord or Lady Shaderan come to visit,
**[18:19] Mio**
we ask that you receive the master's
permission before meeting them.
**[18:27] Mio**
Lady Marie, may I ask you something?
**[18:32] Mio**
Why are you under the impression
that you are ugly?
**[18:38] Marie**
B-Because my mother and father...
**[18:42] Marie**
My hair is covered in balls
of lint. I have freckles.
**[18:45] Marie**
They always showed me my tattered,
raggedy self in the mirror.
**[18:55] Mio**
If you'll permit me to say, Lady Marie,
**[18:58] Mio**
of those things you just mentioned,
the only thing here is the mirror.
**[19:01] Mio**
Please, look into it as much as you like.
**[19:07] Marie; internal**
*Look into the mirror?*
**[19:09] Marie; internal**
*And what will happen if I do?*
**[19:18] Marie; internal**
* After all, the real me isn't this*
* person I've never seen before.*
**[19:28] Marie; internal**
*It doesn't feel real at all.*
**[19:33] Marie**
Wh-What is this?!
**[19:36] Marie**
It's so fluffy and warm!
**[19:40] Marie; internal**
*It's like the world in a fairytale.*
**[19:44] Marie; internal**
*A magnificent, white-walled palace.*
**[19:46] Marie; internal**
*Beautiful, glittering clothes.*
**[19:49] Marie; internal**
*Wonderful lady attendants.*
**[19:51] Marie; internal**
*And... a count with beautiful green eyes.*
**[19:56] Marie; internal**
*It really is...*
**[19:58] Marie; internal**
*like a dream.*
**[20:08] Marie; internal**
*That's right.*
**[20:10] Marie; internal**
* I'm certain that when I wake,*
* the spell will be broken,*
**[20:13] Marie; internal**
* and all that will be left*
* is me in my tatters.*
**[20:18] (Flashback) Kyros**
I love you, Marie.
**[20:24] Marie**
I'm so embarrassed! Having a
dream like this is just...
**[20:32] Marie**
But if it is a dream,
I don't want to wake up yet.
**[20:37] Marie**
After all...
**[20:39] Marie; internal**
* If this is a dream, then it's*
* all right for me to feel happy.*
**[21:00] Marie**
I had such a strange dream last night.
**[21:04] Marie**
Now, I have to light the fire in the stove,
wake everyone in the family, and...
**[21:09] Marie**
Wait.
**[21:16] Marie**
Oh. I'm still dreaming, aren't I?
**[21:20] Marie**
Then it wouldn't hurt
to enjoy this a little more.
**[21:26] Mio**
Lady Marie?
**[21:27] Mio**
Are you awake?
**[21:29] Marie**
Y-Yes, I'm awake!
**[21:31] Mio**
Please pardon the intrusion.
**[21:38] Mio**
Good morning, Lady Marie.
**[21:40] Marie**
G-G...
**[21:41] Marie**
Good morning!
**[21:43] Mio**
What are you doing, Lady Marie?
**[21:46] Marie**
Y-You were kind enough to bow so politely
to me that I had to bow even lower.
**[21:52] Mio**
Why? Please, be at your ease here.
**[21:58] Marie**
Um, who are these ladies?
**[22:02] Mio**
Lady Marie, you have officially
become the master's fiancée.
**[22:05] Mio**
From now on, we three will
look after your daily needs.
**[22:10] Mio**
Allow me to introduce you.
**[22:15] Mio**
They are Hannah and Ilza.
**[22:18] Ilza**
My name is Ilza.
**[22:20] Hannah**
My name is Hannah.
**[23:59] Kyros**
Oh, Marie.
**[24:01] Kyros**
Why won't you believe my feelings for you?
**[24:05] Kyros**
True, it's my fault for getting you and
your sister's names mixed up, but...
**[24:10] Kyros**
If there's anything you
lack, I'll give it to you!
**[24:13] Kyros**
So, please... open your heart
to me, just a little.
**[24:17] Kyros**
Next time, "A Life I Saw in a
Dream, and a Dream-like Life."
***SIGN*** Episode 3 "A Life I Saw in a Dream, and a Dream-like Life"
**[24:22] Kyros**
Please, you must come and watch!
# 3 - A Life I Saw in a Dream, and a Dream-like Life
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**[00:08] Ilza**
My name is Ilza.
**[00:10] Hannah**
My name is Hannah.
**[00:12] Mio**
When I have other business to attend to,
these two will tend to your needs in my place.
**[00:18] Marie; internal**
* Someone like me is being given*
* attendants? Two of them?*
**[00:21] Marie; internal**
* To be honest, I'm certain I'll*
* be too careful around them,*
**[00:23] Marie; internal**
* but this is common practice*
* among the aristocracy.*
**[00:29] Marie**
My name is Marie Shaderan.
**[00:32] Marie**
I look forward to your kind assistance.
**[00:37] Marie**
U-Um...
**[00:40] Marie**
Might the two of you be
from the royal capital?
**[00:43] Ilza**
Yes. We are both born of knight's houses.
**[00:45] Ilza**
We've come here at the
recommendation of the third prince.
**[00:48] Hannah**
We've both served in the
royal palace, you see.
**[00:51] Marie**
The royal palace? That's amazing!
**[00:54] Ilza**
Still, stories of the royal capital for
a noble such as yourself, Lady Marie...
**[00:59] Hannah**
They could hardly be novel
for you, could they?
**[01:03] Marie; internal**
*Wait...*
**[01:06] Marie; internal**
*For some reason...*
**[01:08] Mio**
Lady Marie.
**[01:11] Mio**
Perhaps you'd like your breakfast now.
**[01:13] Marie**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Episode 3 "A Life I Saw in a Dream, and a Dream-like Life"
**[02:50] Marie**
I-Is this...
**[02:53] Mio**
The appetizer is a charcuterie
assortment of seven items.
**[02:56] Mio**
There is pork ham and sausage.
**[02:58] Mio**
The terrine is pheasant.
**[02:59] Mio**
The pâté de campagne is duck and venison.
**[03:04] Marie**
Th-There are quite a lot of animals here.
**[03:07] Mio**
We have prepared a number of
different dishes for you,
**[03:09] Mio**
so please let me know which you prefer.
**[03:12] Marie**
B-Both my palate and my stomach are lacking,
**[03:15] Marie**
so I doubt I'll be
able to finish all of this.
**[03:17] Mio**
You need only eat what you like. Please
leave anything you are unable to finish.
**[03:22] Marie**
Oh, I couldn't! It would be such a waste!
**[03:24] Mio**
Those are the master's orders.
**[03:26] Marie**
Where is Lord Kyros now?
**[03:29] Mio**
He is out on business.
**[03:31] Marie**
Then, would you like half of—
**[03:33] Mio**
A servant may not eat with their master.
***SIGN*** There's nothing left for me to try.
**[03:37] Marie; internal**
*There's nothing left for me to try.*
**[03:42] Marie**
This is delicious!
***SIGN*** This is delicious, too!
**[03:45] Marie**
*This is delicious, too!*
**[03:47] Marie**
*My!*
***SIGN*** Fullness
***SIGN*** URP
**[03:55] Mio**
Lady Marie, you mustn't force yourself.
**[03:58] Marie**
No, it's all delicious,
so I still have some room.
**[04:01] Marie**
Probably.
***SIGN*** Fullness
**[04:04] Mio**
Please don't try to exceed your limits.
**[04:09] Marie**
* I'm so sorry. Those poor*
* ingredients. And the chef, too.*
**[04:15] Mio**
After you've rested a little,
I will show you around the palace.
**[04:20] Mio**
You may find a change of clothes here.
**[04:26] Marie**
I-It's incredible.
**[04:28] Marie**
A-A magnificent sight.
**[04:30] Marie**
But I only have one body.
**[04:32] Mio**
I am aware.
**[04:33] Mio**
In addition to these, there are others befitting
other seasons, over a hundred prepared in total.
**[04:38] Marie**
A hundred?!
**[04:40] Mio**
Please choose what you like.
**[04:42] Marie**
What?
**[04:43] Marie**
Something... I like.
**[04:47] Mio**
Is there nothing here?
**[04:49] Marie**
No.
**[04:50] Marie**
They're all so lovely, I don't
know what I should choose.
**[04:55] Mio**
Then let's settle on this one.
**[04:57] Marie**
What?
**[05:02] Mio**
It suits you very well.
**[05:04] Marie**
Thank you.
**[05:06] Mio**
Then, shall we?
**[05:08] Mio**
Granado Castle was built
**[05:10] Mio**
to protect the kingdom's borders
from the front lines during the war.
**[05:13] Mio**
The House of Granado, margraves at the
time, constructed it to be a fortress.
**[05:19] Marie**
If I recall, House Granado has
ties to the royal family, don't they?
**[05:22] Mio**
Yes, but after the war, they attained the rank
of duke and now simply govern their own lands.
**[05:27] Mio**
They are not in the line of succession.
**[05:30] Mio**
Now, then.
**[05:31] Mio**
This castle is used only
for special functions.
**[05:34] Mio**
Lady Marie, let me show you to
the manor house where you will be residing.
**[05:38] Marie**
Manor house?
**[05:40] Mio**
We'll go through this door.
**[05:54] Marie**
It's lovely!
**[05:56] Mio**
This manor house was built
by Duchess Liu Liu.
**[06:00] Mio**
The first floor houses the kitchen,
**[06:02] Mio**
and also serves as a residence
for live-in staff.
**[06:06] Mio**
There are also private rooms
for the duchess' family,
**[06:08] Mio**
and facilities for entertaining
important guests.
**[06:18] Marie**
Excuse me, it's Mister Tomas, isn't it?
**[06:20] Marie**
I'm so sorry for my father's
inexcusably rude behavior.
**[06:23] Tomas**
My lady, how do you know my name?
**[06:26] Marie**
I thought I heard someone call you by it.
**[06:28] Tomas**
You're right! That's my name!
**[06:30] Tomas**
That makes me sort of happy.
**[06:33] Marie**
Allow me to introduce myself.
I'm Marie Shaderan.
**[06:37] Tomas**
My name is Dibomov Tomas Tender.
**[06:40] Tomas**
Please call me Tomas.
**[06:42] Marie**
Dibomov?
**[06:43] Marie**
Are you named for the hero Dibomov
who discovered Louhav Island?
**[06:47] Tomas**
What?
**[06:47] Tomas**
I'm amazed you know about
him! I'm from Louhav Island!
**[06:51] Tomas**
My lady, you're incredibly knowledgeable!
**[06:57] Mio**
Lady Marie is the master's fiancée.
**[07:00] Mio**
Do not touch her without permission.
**[07:02] Tomas**
I apologize...
**[07:05] Marie**
The castle was lovely,
but this room is wonderful, too.
**[07:10] Mio**
I'm glad you like it.
**[07:12] Marie**
Speaking of which, does Lord Kyros conduct
business with countries all over the world?
**[07:16] Mio**
No. Essentially, he only trades
with the Ipsandros Republic.
**[07:20] Marie**
I wondered because I saw folk crafts from
other countries all around the manor house.
**[07:25] Mio**
Those are the servants' personal items.
***SIGN*** Nations of Bandelee
***SIGN*** Flaria
***SIGN*** Other Countries
**[07:27] Mio**
The head chef is from Flaria. The gardener
is from the Nations of Bandelee.
**[07:31] Mio**
We have many nationalities here.
**[07:32] Marie**
There's Tomas, for one,
but it's quite a diverse group, isn't it?
**[07:36] Mio**
The master is perverse.
**[07:39] Marie**
What?
**[07:39] Mio**
In this kingdom, prejudice
is a matter of course,
**[07:41] Mio**
but the master hires promising
individuals regardless of origin.
**[07:45] Mio**
Which is why everyone
here is devoted to him.
**[07:48] Marie**
I see. Mio, are you from the royal capital?
**[07:52] Mio**
I was an abandoned child.
**[07:53] Mio**
I'm told that I was left at a roadside inn.
**[07:56] Marie**
I-I'm sorry.
**[07:57] Mio**
There's no need to apologize.
**[07:59] Mio**
I've lived quite an enjoyable life.
**[08:02] Mio**
When the master was little,
I used to comfort him.
**[08:05] Marie; internal**
*Wait. How old is Mio?*
**[08:07] Mio**
As you can see,
many of us have difficult backgrounds,
**[08:11] Mio**
but Ilza and Hannah are worthy
of being your attendants.
**[08:16] Mio**
Both of them possess the dignity of
nobles born here in this kingdom.
**[08:21] Marie; internal**
* I'd actually rather hear*
* stories of other countries.*
**[08:24] Marie; internal**
* Folk songs about old heroes,*
* learned by heart...*
**[08:27] Marie; internal**
* The call of an enormous bird with*
* rainbow-colored feathers...*
**[08:31] Marie; internal**
*But...*
**[08:32] Marie**
Thank you for going to
so much trouble for me.
**[08:34] Marie**
I'll learn as much as I can so that
I don't embarrass any of you.
**[08:46] Ilza**
Your after-dinner tea.
**[08:50] Marie**
M-May I have some milk?
**[08:54] Ilza**
Milk?
**[08:55] Marie**
I often add milk to my black tea.
**[08:58] Marie**
What do you add to your tea?
**[09:01] Ilza**
Milk in your black tea?
**[09:03] Hannah**
Doesn't that ruin the flavor?
**[09:05] Marie**
What?
**[09:06] Ilza**
Putting cow's milk in tea?
What a novel way to drink it.
**[09:10] Ilza**
It's the first I've ever heard of it.
**[09:13] Hannah**
I'd expect nothing less of you, Lady Marie!
You're so free in your sensibilities.
**[09:18] Marie; internal**
* It shouldn't be an issue in terms*
* of aristocratic etiquette.*
**[09:24] Marie; internal**
*Oh! Perhaps neither of them like milk!*
**[09:27] Marie**
I'm sorry. I don't think
I'll need any after all.
**[09:30] Marie**
I'll drink it like this. Thank you.
**[09:42] Marie; internal**
*Today was a long day.*
**[09:45] Marie; internal**
* I wonder if Lord Kyros is still*
* busy this late at night.*
**[09:55] Kyros**
I wonder if Marie is enjoying herself.
**[09:58] Wolfgang**
Master,
**[10:00] Wolfgang**
tomorrow, you have a traders meeting in the
morning, a lunch meeting in the afternoon,
**[10:03] Wolfgang**
and following that, a market inspection.
**[10:06] Kyros**
When will I be able to go home?
***SIGN*** 〜A few days later〜
***SIGN*** MUNCH
**[10:19] Marie; internal**
*Breakfast today is large, as usual,*
***SIGN*** MUNCH
***SIGN*** MUNCH
***SIGN*** MUNCH
**[10:21] Marie; internal**
* but the crisp juiciness of the*
* vegetables is so comforting.*
**[10:25] Marie**
Mio, where do you procure
these delicious vegetables?
**[10:29] Mio**
They're from the vegetable
garden in the courtyard.
**[10:31] Marie**
What?! There's a vegetable garden?
**[10:34] Mio**
Yes. Johan works very hard at it.
**[10:38] Marie**
I'd like to see the vegetable garden.
**[10:42] Mio**
I'm sorry, but I must prepare
for the master's return.
**[10:47] Mio**
Please take Ilza and Hannah with you.
**[10:49] Marie**
I-I see.
**[10:51] Marie**
I understand.
**[10:55] Marie; internal**
* I hope this opportunity helps me*
* to grow closer to both of them.*
**[11:12] Marie**
I had no idea such a beautiful
vegetable garden was so close!
**[11:19] Marie**
Hello.
**[11:24] Marie**
Mister Johan, isn't it?
**[11:26] Johan**
Hello. I hope you are well, my lady.
**[11:30] Marie**
E-Excuse me, but...
**[11:32] Marie**
those are tomato seedlings, aren't they?
**[11:34] Marie**
Are you getting ready to plant them?
**[11:37] Johan**
Y-Yes. This year's seedlings
have grown quite well.
**[11:40] Marie**
Yes, it is that time of year, isn't it?
**[11:43] Johan**
My lady, could it be...
**[11:45] Johan**
that you've grown vegetables yourself?!
**[11:48] Marie**
Y-Yes!
***SIGN*** Cheap
**[11:49] Marie**
It's less expensive than buying them,
***SIGN*** Salable
**[11:50] Marie**
and if there's extra, they can be sold.
***SIGN*** Delicious
***SIGN*** Simple
**[11:52] Marie**
For a house as poor as ours,
our garden was a lifeline.
**[11:56] Johan**
I see.
**[11:57] Marie**
But tomatoes are susceptible to bugs and
disease, so they were difficult to grow.
**[12:01] Marie**
Oh, yes. How far apart should
the seedlings be spaced?
**[12:05] Johan**
Come this way. You can leave
the seedlings where they are.
**[12:10] Marie**
You're going to show me? Oh, I'm so happy!
**[12:17] Ilza**
I don't believe it. She was
about to walk on the bare dirt.
**[12:20] Hannah**
Perhaps she isn't aware that gardens are
meant to be looked at and not walked in.
**[12:25] Ilza**
It's inconceivable. There are
bugs and that gardener in there.
**[12:28] Hannah**
Wait, perhaps the lady likes that.
**[12:30] Ilza**
Likes what? The bugs? The gardener?
**[12:33] Hannah**
Oh, you! I meant the bugs, obviously.
**[12:35] Ilza**
Of course. After all, no one
could possibly like that thing.
**[12:38] Marie; internal**
*How can they be so rude?*
**[12:39] Marie; internal**
* I may be deserving of ridicule,*
* but Mr. Johan certainly isn't.*
**[12:45] Marie**
No, it isn't like that!
**[12:48] Marie**
Wait!
**[12:53] Marie; internal**
* These beautiful shoes were*
* given to me by the count.*
**[12:57] Marie; internal**
*I mustn't get these shoes dirty.*
**[13:01] Marie; internal**
*I know that.*
**[13:06] Ilza**
Then, good night.
**[13:07] Marie**
Yes, good night.
**[13:22] Marie; internal**
*For some reason, I can't sleep.*
**[13:24] Marie; internal**
*Maybe I'll ask for some water.*
**[13:29] Marie; internal**
*Someone is awake.*
**[13:34] Kyros**
Marie?
**[13:37] Kyros**
What's wrong? Can't you sleep?
**[13:39] Marie**
U-Um...
**[13:41] Kyros**
I returned late, so I missed dinner.
**[13:44] Kyros**
Marie, please have a seat.
**[13:48] Marie**
P-Pardon the intrusion.
**[13:50] Kyros**
It's been four days, hasn't it?
You've grown even more beautiful.
**[13:54] Marie**
Not at all. I've been indulging myself
in the kindness of everyone here.
**[13:59] Kyros**
Marie, you're always like this.
**[14:05] Marie; internal**
*My heart!*
**[14:06] Mio**
Apologies for the wait.
**[14:08] Kyros**
Oh! Toppo, you're still awake?
**[14:11] Toppo**
Welcome home, young sir.
**[14:13] Toppo**
*Stare.*
**[14:15] Marie; internal**
* Let's see. I think Toppo is*
* the head chef, isn't he?*
**[14:18] Toppo**
You asked for something light,
**[14:20] Toppo**
so this is chicken and cassava
in a salt-based soup.
**[14:23] Marie**
Oh, it smells delicious!
**[14:25] Kyros**
Toppo, give Marie a serving, too.
**[14:28] Toppo**
Here you are.
**[14:29] Toppo**
Though I'm not sure it will
suit your tastes, Lady Marie.
**[14:33] Marie; internal**
*I feel like he's being rather prickly.*
**[14:37] Marie; internal**
*This is delicious!*
**[14:38] Marie; internal**
* It's simple, but it has*
* such depth of flavor!*
**[14:41] Kyros**
Toppo's cooking is delicious, isn't it?
**[14:43] Marie**
Yes, it truly is! The food here
is always so delicious, I...
**[14:50] Toppo**
There's no need for polite flattery!
**[14:53] Marie**
No, but I truly mean it!
**[14:55] Toppo**
No matter what I try, you never,
ever finish all your food! I understand!
**[15:00] Toppo**
It's because I, Toppo, lack the
skills! But the ingredients!
**[15:04] Toppo**
The meat and fish and...
I just feel so *sorry* for them!
**[15:07] Marie**
Th-This is a misunderstanding! I don't
leave the food because it tastes bad!
**[15:11] Toppo**
What?
**[15:13] Marie**
I felt badly for wasting
all those ingredients, too!
**[15:16] Marie**
But...
**[15:19] Kyros**
Mio, didn't you ask Marie what she liked?
**[15:22] Mio**
Whether it's food or dresses, Lady Marie is
unable to say that she dislikes something.
**[15:27] Marie**
N-No, all of it truly has been delicious!
**[15:30] Marie**
There wasn't anything that I disliked!
**[15:32] Toppo**
My lady, is that true?
**[15:33] Marie**
It's true! I got full and couldn't
eat anymore, that's all!
**[15:38] Toppo**
Then you were pleased with
the food? I'm so *glad!*
**[15:41] Marie**
M-Mio, what should I do?
**[15:44] Mio**
I'll go make some tea to end your meal.
**[15:46] Marie**
What?!
**[15:47] Kyros**
Marie, don't worry.
**[15:49] Kyros**
Toppo is always quick to cry.
**[15:51] Marie**
Is he?
**[15:53] Toppo**
I, Toppo, had no idea that my
lady felt that way, and *yet* I...
**[15:59] Toppo**
I will pull myself together
and bring your dessert!
**[16:06] Toppo**
Now, here you are!
**[16:07] Kyros**
It's incredible!
**[16:09] Marie**
How many apples did it take?
**[16:11] Kyros; internal**
*The reason it didn't occur to Toppo*
**[16:12] Toppo; background**
I'll portion it out for you!
**[16:13] Kyros; internal**
* is that he doesn't understand that*
* others can't eat as much as him.*
**[16:18] Kyros**
Let's all eat it together, Toppo.
**[16:19] Toppo**
What?! You wouldn't mind?
**[16:21] Kyros**
Of course not.
***SIGN*** Ended up
eating half
**[16:25] Toppo**
Well then, I shall take my leave!
**[16:27] Toppo**
A good night to you both!
**[16:30] Kyros**
Yes. Thank you, Toppo.
**[16:32] Kyros**
Please get some rest.
**[16:35] Kyros**
I'm sorry, Marie.
**[16:37] Marie**
What?
**[16:38] Kyros**
I created a situation that forced you
to consider others first.
**[16:41] Kyros**
Is there anything besides the
food that you've found trying?
**[16:44] Marie**
Oh, no. Everything is so wonderful
it seems a shame to waste it on me.
**[16:48] Kyros**
What about Ilza and Hannah?
**[16:52] Marie**
They take good care of me.
**[16:54] Kyros**
A friend of mine recommended them to me.
**[16:57] Kyros**
You are a future duchess.
**[16:59] Kyros**
I want you to be received in a
manner that befits that station.
**[17:02] Marie**
Thank you.
**[17:04] Marie**
They really are treating me well.
**[17:08] Kyros**
Marie, your habit of enduring
unpleasantness is a dire one.
**[17:10] Marie**
What?
**[17:13] Kyros**
Just because someone is treating you well
**[17:15] Kyros**
doesn't mean that you're
obliged to be happy about it.
**[17:17] Kyros**
And if you aren't happy about
it, then you can just tell me.
**[17:23] Marie; internal**
*I don't have any preferences.*
**[17:25] Marie; internal**
* No. I don't understand what*
* it means to pick what I like.*
**[17:30] Marie; internal**
* I did the work that needed to be done*
* and accepted what was given to me.*
**[17:33] Marie; internal**
*That was enough.*
**[17:35] Marie; internal**
* It can't possibly be all right for*
* me to choose based on my feelings.*
**[17:40] Marie**
I'm sorry, Lord Kyros. I don't want to
squander a single one of your kindnesses.
**[17:46] Kyros**
Marie, if you lack for something, tell me.
**[17:50] Kyros**
I will give you everything you want.
**[17:57] Marie**
Something I lack?
**[17:59] Marie; internal**
*There shouldn't be anything, and yet...*
**[18:02] Mio**
Pardon me for interrupting
your conversation.
**[18:05] Kyros**
Oh! I see you've brought
something very nice!
**[18:09] Marie; internal**
*Something nice?*
**[18:14] Mio**
Then please relax and enjoy.
***SIGN*** Piled High
**[18:17] Marie; internal**
*It's so big! Is that Mio's late-night snack?*
**[18:20] Kyros**
Marie.
**[18:22] Kyros**
Do you know what this is?
**[18:23] Marie**
N-No. It's the first time I've seen one.
**[18:27] Kyros**
It's called a çaydanlik, and it's
used to make tea in Ipsandros.
**[18:31] Kyros**
First, you light the bottom
section to boil the water.
**[18:34] Kyros**
The heat of the water rises upwards,
**[18:36] Kyros**
slowly steaming the tea leaves
and bringing out their flavor.
**[18:40] Kyros**
When the time is right, you pour hot water
from the bottom pot into the top pot,
**[18:44] Kyros**
then place the pots back in their
original positions and wait.
**[18:48] Kyros**
When the tea is ready,
**[18:49] Kyros**
you use the remaining hot
water to dilute it to taste.
**[18:52] Marie**
So everyone can adjust it to
their preferred strength!
***SIGN*** Tea is Ready
**[18:55] Kyros**
Everyone gathers around the
pot, waiting for it to brew.
**[18:59] Kyros**
They ask each other's preferences
and grow closer to one another.
**[19:03] Kyros**
So then, Marie...
**[19:06] Kyros**
please tell me about yourself.
**[19:08] Marie**
O-Of course.
**[19:10] Marie; internal**
*Tell him about me.*
**[19:12] Marie; internal**
*But what should I tell him?*
**[19:14] Marie; internal**
* I've never experienced*
* anything fun in my life!*
**[19:18] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Marie! Marie!
**[19:20] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
What do you want to play?
**[19:22] (Flashback) young Marie**
I want to play...
**[19:25] Marie**
Word-chains!
**[19:26] Marie**
Lord Kyros, let's play word-chains!
***SIGN*** Stunned
**[19:28] Kyros**
Word-chains?
**[19:30] Marie; internal**
* Why would someone in his exalted*
* position play word-chains?!*
***SIGN*** Count
***SIGN*** 24 years old
***SIGN*** Ultra Wealthy
**[19:33] Marie; internal**
* What a childish thing to think*
* of. I'm so embarrassed!*
**[19:37] Kyros**
In order to enjoy a game
of word-chains at our age,
**[19:39] Kyros**
we'll need to add a little something.
**[19:41] Kyros**
Let's focus on areas where
our knowledge overlaps.
**[19:45] Marie**
What? I-In that case, what about
things you like, Lord Kyros?
**[19:48] Kyros**
All right. It's limited
to things that we like!
**[19:51] Kyros**
Is it all right if I start?
**[19:52] Marie**
O-Of course!
**[19:53] Kyros**
Then here I go!
**[19:55] Kyros**
Marie!
**[19:56] Marie**
Wha—
**[19:57] Marie**
Don't you usually start with "A"?
**[20:00] Kyros**
In that case, apple pie!
**[20:02] Marie**
"E"... Something I like...
**[20:08] Marie**
Exciting Ipsandrian stories!
**[20:10] Kyros**
You said the same thing
that night, didn't you?
**[20:15] Marie**
I did!
**[20:17] Kyros**
You should visit the
castle library sometime.
**[20:19] Kyros**
I'm certain it's full of
things you'll love, Marie.
**[20:22] Marie**
Yes, I will. Thank you.
**[20:24] Kyros**
Next is the "s" from "stories." "S"...
**[20:28] Kyros**
Sweet ricotta cheese!
**[20:29] Marie**
"E"... Early zucchini!
**[20:31] Kyros**
Iconic gnocchi!
**[20:32] Marie**
Inexpensive carrots!
**[20:33] Kyros**
Simple tompouce cakes!
**[20:34] Marie**
Sweet potato!
**[20:36] Kyros**
Opulent chocolate truffles!
**[20:37] Marie**
Stalks of rice.
**[20:38] Kyros**
Elegant soufflé.
**[20:39] Marie**
Early lettuces.
**[20:40] Kyros**
"S"... "S"...
**[20:43] Kyros**
Stroopwafel.
**[20:45] Marie**
Looseleaf rooibos.
**[20:46] Kyros**
"S" again?!
**[20:48] Kyros**
"S"... "S"... There aren't any more.
**[20:51] Kyros**
S-Sponge cake stack.
**[20:55] Marie**
Lord Kyros, you've only been naming sweets!
**[20:57] Kyros**
What about you, Marie?
You're only listing agricultural goods!
**[21:00] Marie**
What? W-Well...
**[21:02] Marie**
Vegetables grow large very
quickly, so they're economical,
**[21:05] Marie**
and they're delicious in many recipes.
**[21:08] Kyros**
That's so like you, Marie.
**[21:09] Marie**
Honestly.
**[21:10] Kyros**
Sorry. I'm sorry. Forgive me.
**[21:11] Kyros**
Come on. Next is "K."
**[21:13] Marie; internal**
*Something I like that starts with "K"...*
**[21:17] Marie**
Kyros.
**[21:22] Kyros**
I feel like I heard something
that ends in "S."
**[21:25] Marie**
I-I said, "kiss."
**[21:29] Kyros**
I see. I see. So, Marie, you like kisses.
**[21:33] Marie; internal**
*Oh, that isn't what I meant!*
**[21:35] Kyros**
Hmm. But "S" again, is it?
**[21:38] Kyros**
Souvenirs by area!
**[21:40] Marie**
Aromatherapy!
**[21:42] Kyros**
You, Marie!
**[21:42] Marie**
Oh, honestly! This person
is really just too much!
**[21:46] Mio**
You're still playing?
**[21:48] Kyros**
Mio.
**[21:51] Mio**
The tea...
**[21:53] Mio**
is cold, isn't it?
***SIGN*** Oh.
**[22:06] Kyros**
It's no good.
It's bitter because it's over-brewed.
**[22:08] Kyros**
Let's sweeten and mask
the flavor with milk and sugar.
**[22:14] Mio**
I don't believe the two of you
require any further sweetness.
**[22:20] Kyros**
Mio!
**[22:22] Marie**
She's already gone!
**[23:58] Mio**
Lady Marie doesn't believe the
master feels the way he does.
**[24:02] Mio**
She doesn't feel she can truly
settle into life at the castle.
**[24:07] Mio**
But I think I understand a
little of how she feels.
**[24:11] Mio**
After all, I was once
in a similar situation.
**[24:17] Mio**
Next Time, "I've Found the Things I Like".
***SIGN*** Episode 4 "I've Found the Things I Like."
**[24:24] Mio**
You know what will happen to you
if you don't watch, don't you?
# 4 - I've Found the Things I Like
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**[00:07] Marie; internal**
* I am a replacement for my older*
* sister, Anastasia, who passed away.*
**[00:13] Marie; internal**
* I came here for the purpose*
* of a political marriage...*
**[00:17] Marie; internal**
*as no more than a mock fiancée, and yet...*
**[00:21] (Flashback) Kyros**
Please tell me about yourself.
**[00:27] Marie**
Things... I like.
***SIGN*** Marie
is
Life
**[02:03] Kyros**
Oh, Marie...
**[02:06] Mio**
Master.
***SIGN*** Episode 4 "I've Found the Things I Like"
**[02:09] Kyros**
Mio, if you're here, please say something!
**[02:11] Mio**
I just did.
**[02:13] Mio**
Seeing Marie after four days
apart, what did you think?
**[02:17] Kyros**
I love her!
**[02:18] Mio**
Not what I meant.
**[02:19] Kyros**
She's grown even more beautiful!
**[02:23] Mio**
Five days ago,
**[02:25] Mio**
you said to provide Lady Marie with our utmost
hospitality, and everything she truly deserves.
**[02:30] Mio**
You did say that, correct?
**[02:32] Kyros**
Yes.
**[02:33] Kyros**
Her treatment in the baron's
household was clearly wretched.
**[02:37] Kyros**
Marie believes herself to be
ugly and unworthy of love.
**[02:43] Kyros**
So I want to give her every luxury she
desires so that she can build some confidence.
**[02:47] Kyros**
I want her to know that
she is worthy of that.
**[02:50] Mio**
No matter how many luxuries
you may pile before her,
**[02:53] Mio**
Lady Marie will likely avoid them.
**[02:55] Kyros**
What?
**[02:57] Mio**
Master.
**[02:59] Mio**
I am an abandoned child, but I was lucky
enough to be taken in by Lady Liu Liu.
**[03:04] Mio**
I was elevated to the position of
head chamberlain of Granado Castle,
**[03:08] Mio**
a position far above my
station, by you, master.
**[03:11] Mio**
For that, I owe you an
immense debt of gratitude.
**[03:14] Kyros**
What is all of this? It isn't like you.
**[03:18] Mio**
It is because of this that I can
understand a little of Lady Marie's feelings.
**[03:23] Mio**
What it's like to go from a life of oppression
to becoming a resident in a gleaming castle...
**[03:28] Mio**
and the fear that creates.
**[03:30] Mio**
The sudden appearance
of a charming prince...
**[03:33] Mio**
all the dresses and
shoes, bestowed upon her...
**[03:35] Mio**
She wonders if it's all some ephemeral
magic, that will one day suddenly disappear.
**[03:41] Kyros**
It won't disappear.
**[03:43] Kyros**
Marie is beautiful and intelligent.
**[03:46] Kyros**
Mio, you're a brilliant head chamberlain,
**[03:49] Kyros**
and Liu Liu thinks of you
as her own daughter.
**[03:55] Kyros**
That isn't magic, it's reality.
**[04:00] Mio**
Yes, you're right.
**[04:02] Mio**
Master, you are exactly as you should be.
**[04:04] Mio**
Please continue believing in the truth
of these commonplace things.
**[04:10] Kyros**
Are you being sarcastic?
**[04:12] Mio**
Not at all. I'm complimenting you
from the bottom of my heart.
**[04:18] Kyros**
Tomorrow, I'll have to leave
the castle on business again.
**[04:22] Kyros**
I want you to use your discretion to
ensure that Marie is comfortable here.
**[04:27] Mio**
May I also review issues
pertaining to personnel?
**[04:30] Kyros**
You may.
**[04:32] Mio**
Those are the words I've waited for.
**[04:34] Kyros**
Still...
**[04:36] Kyros**
Is it all right for Marie
to be that adorable?
**[04:40] Mio**
What?
**[04:41] Kyros**
She's so elegant dressed up,
but splendid in lounge wear, too.
**[04:45] Mio**
Will this take long?
**[04:47] Kyros**
Smart and well-read, yet so naïve.
**[04:50] Kyros**
She stirs my protective instincts!
**[04:52] Kyros**
She's a good listener and fun to talk to.
**[04:54] Kyros**
She's brimming with a sparkling curiosity!
**[04:56] Kyros**
Her smiling face and laugh have
the impact of a ballista strike!
**[04:58] Kyros; background**
Her figure makes everything look stunning.
**[04:59] Mio**
You're speaking incredibly quickly.
**[05:01] Kyros**
We're talking about *those*
looks with *that* personality!
**[05:03] Kyros**
The synergy increases her
adorableness a hundredfold!
**[05:06] Mio**
Master, I don't think you're in
a position to speak of others.
**[05:08] Kyros**
Huh?
**[05:11] Mio**
Please go to sleep now.
**[05:13] Mio**
If you don't, you'll regret it tomorrow.
***SIGN*** Marie is Life
**[05:17] Kyros**
I can't sleep.
**[05:20] Mio**
Now, then. I've received permission
to redirect personnel.
**[05:24] Mio**
I should take action as soon as possible.
**[05:34] Mio**
Is this an appropriate quantity?
**[05:36] Marie**
Yes! I will be able to finish all of this.
**[05:42] Marie**
That was delicious!
**[05:45] Mio**
Please allow me to join you.
**[05:47] Marie**
What? You don't mind?
**[05:49] Mio**
While you are dining, I have
my work as your server,
**[05:52] Mio**
but I can accompany you for tea.
**[05:54] Marie**
I'm so happy!
**[05:55] Marie**
Mio, I've been wanting to have
tea with you for so long!
**[05:58] Marie**
Oh!
**[06:00] Marie**
Mio, if you're here, does that mean
that Lord Kyros has already left?
**[06:07] Mio**
No, we've switched assignments.
**[06:10] Mio**
Ilza and Hannah are serving the master.
**[06:13] Mio**
I thought that might be best for everyone.
**[06:16] Marie**
I see...
**[06:18] Marie; internal**
* She's right. I'm certain they'll be happier*
* if they're able to serve real nobility.*
**[06:26] Marie**
Come in!
**[06:27] Toppo**
My lady! I, Toppo, have brought
my latest delicious experiment!
**[06:30] Toppo**
Would you like some?
**[06:31] Marie**
I would!
**[06:35] Marie**
A white... pudding?
**[06:37] Toppo**
It's a blancmange made with
almond flour and fresh milk!
**[06:42] Toppo**
Miss Mio, you should have some, too.
**[06:46] Marie**
Oh, it's so jiggly!
**[06:51] Toppo**
Delicious!
**[06:53] Toppo**
Toppo's food really is
the best in the world!
**[06:56] Toppo**
I must hurry and make enough
for everyone in the castle!
**[06:58] Toppo**
I, Toppo, will take my leave now!
**[07:00] Marie**
Wait!
**[07:03] Marie**
It's just that Ilza and Hannah
may not like milk very much.
**[07:07] Mio**
I haven't heard anything about that.
**[07:10] Marie**
But when I asked for milk for my tea,
**[07:12] Marie**
they said that was a novel way to drink it.
**[07:16] Mio**
What?
**[07:17] Marie**
It must be that they don't like milk.
**[07:20] Marie**
Would it be possible to make
those without using milk?
**[07:22] Toppo**
Understood, my lady! I will give it a try!
**[07:25] Marie**
Thank you, Toppo!
**[07:29] Mio**
Lady Marie, you are...
**[07:39] Marie**
I'm sure that Ilza and Hannah will
be shocked at how delicious it is.
**[07:43] Tomas**
Oh! My lady!
**[07:49] Tomas**
I was just on my way to your room.
**[07:51] Mio**
Tomas, what is that?
**[07:53] Tomas**
It arrived for my lady.
**[07:55] Tomas**
It's from her family, the
house of Baron Shaderan.
**[07:59] Mio**
Tomas! Why did you bring that here?!
**[08:08] Tomas**
B-But the master said that anything
from the House of Shaderan
**[08:12] Tomas**
should be given to the lady if
her attendants said it was okay.
**[08:15] Mio**
If you know that, then why?
**[08:17] Mio**
I haven't inspected that!
**[08:18] Tomas**
What? But Miss Hannah and Miss Ilza looked
it over and said to take it to the lady.
**[08:30] Marie; internal**
*These are, without a doubt, my things.*
**[08:35] Elvira**
*Congratulations on your engagement.*
**[08:37] Elvira**
* You left behind some essential items*
* for your work in the count's household.*
**[08:52] Marie; internal**
*"The Story of the Raggedy Red Cat."*
**[08:55] Marie; internal**
* The thread in the binding has*
* been frail for a while,*
**[08:58] Marie; internal**
* but I'm certain that I*
* put it away carefully.*
**[09:00] Tomas**
I-I'm sorry! I've done
something awful, haven't I?
**[09:03] Ilza**
What are you doing? Hey, let me go!
**[09:06] Hannah**
Release me immediately!
**[09:08] Ilza**
Hey!
**[09:09] Ilza**
That hurt.
**[09:10] Hannah**
How dare you?! You're just a maid!
**[09:13] Mio**
And so are the two of you.
**[09:14] Ilza**
What?! We served the third prince
in the palace, you know?
**[09:18] Hannah**
Prince Luiphon recommended us
to Granado Castle personally!
**[09:22] Mio**
And I am the head of the servants
here at Granado Castle.
**[09:25] Ilza**
You're just some old-timer.
**[09:27] Hannah**
You were just demoted to serving
the daughter of a destitute baron.
**[09:30] Mio**
And I was the one who
arranged for that transfer.
**[09:33] Hannah**
Don't talk down to me.
**[09:35] Ilza**
Actually, it's well known, isn't it?
**[09:37] Ilza**
The countess is a barbarian,
**[09:38] Ilza**
and a former prostitute, who set up her
child with a client as a maid here.
**[09:41] Hannah**
What? I thought the child was an orphan,
abandoned on the side of the road at birth.
**[09:46] Ilza**
She lacks a surname.
**[09:47] Ilza**
It's hilarious to think she's
serving in a count's castle!
**[09:54] Mio**
I see. So you truly are imbeciles.
**[09:56] Ilza**
What did you just say?
**[10:06] Mio**
Now, it's your turn.
**[10:09] Hannah**
No!
**[10:13] Mio**
My deepest apologies. This is all due
to my ineptitude as a supervisor.
**[10:18] Marie**
It's all right. More importantly,
may I borrow some scissors and thread?
**[10:27] Marie**
Johan!
**[10:29] Johan**
My lady!
**[10:30] Johan**
Y-Your clothes...
**[10:34] Marie**
I remade some of my old clothes.
**[10:36] Marie**
You said you'd show me around
the garden, didn't you?
**[10:39] Marie**
Getting these a bit dirty is fine.
**[10:42] Johan**
Is that all?
**[10:44] Johan**
There were plenty of servants' shoes
I could have offered you.
**[10:47] Marie**
Oh! Yes, we could have done that!
**[10:51] Johan**
Well, no matter.
**[11:06] Marie; internal**
*I've realized it for the first time.*
**[11:08] Marie; internal**
*The things I like...*
**[11:10] Marie; internal**
* I always thought I was doing*
* everything for my family,*
**[11:13] Marie; internal**
* but the truth is all the*
* hard labor felt like nothing...*
**[11:16] Marie; internal**
*because of how much I love
growing delicious vegetables.*
**[11:21] Marie; internal**
* I really do have things I like*
* and things I want to do.*
**[11:26] Johan**
I'm sorry I was brusque
toward you before now.
**[11:29] Johan**
I thought that I shouldn't cause trouble for
you, the count's lady, by speaking to you.
**[11:34] Marie**
Trouble?
**[11:35] Johan**
I am a servant. And I'm a foreigner.
**[11:39] Marie**
That doesn't matter.
**[11:42] Marie**
We're living in the same house.
That makes us family, doesn't it?
**[11:50] Marie**
I-I haven't officially become his fiancée
yet, but everyone here seems like a family.
**[11:57] Johan**
You say the same things as the master does.
**[12:00] Marie**
As Lord Kyros?
**[12:01] Tomas**
My lady!
**[12:03] Tomas**
The master is leaving!
**[12:08] Marie**
Lord Kyros!
**[12:13] Kyros**
Oh, Marie.
**[12:15] Mio**
The master stayed up all
night, so he's rather exhausted.
***SIGN*** Last Night
**[12:16] Kyros; background**
Oh, Marie! I love you, Marie!
**[12:19] Marie**
My, he truly is busy, isn't he?
**[12:22] Mio**
More importantly, master, if you will be
visiting the palace for an evening party...
**[12:25] Ilza**
Let us go!
**[12:26] Hannah**
Stay away, you filthy servant!
**[12:28] Ilza; background**
You're filthy and you stink!
**[12:29] Mio**
please return that dead
weight to Prince Luiphon.
**[12:32] Hannah**
D-Did you just call us dead weight?
We're here at his recommendation!
**[12:36] Ilza**
That's right! He said that one
day, we'd be his concubines.
**[12:40] Hannah**
All of this...
**[12:41] Ilza**
...is your fault!
**[12:43] Ilza**
You're just the daughter of a
broke baron lured by money!
**[12:47] Ilza**
You're no more than your
dead sister's replacement!
**[12:49] Hannah**
Everyone knows Shaderan's youngest
daughter is a losing prospect.
**[12:53] Hannah**
And it's the count who will be a
laughingstock for pulling the short straw!
**[12:56] Marie; internal**
*Lord Kyros... a laughingstock?*
**[12:59] Ilza**
You need to learn your place!
**[13:01] Hannah**
Ugly wench!
**[13:03] Kyros**
What part of her?
**[13:06] Kyros**
Try saying that again.
**[13:08] Kyros**
What part of my family,
of Marie, do you find ugly?
**[13:11] Hannah**
No, it's just...
**[13:14] Kyros**
And all this talk of noble
houses and money...
**[13:17] Kyros**
those aren't things that
belong to you, are they?
**[13:19] Kyros**
Are either of you more beautiful than
Marie? More honorable? More clever?
**[13:24] Kyros**
Cuter? Are you any of those things?
**[13:26] Kyros**
What about you could I possibly love?
**[13:30] Kyros**
Please, tell me.
**[13:32] Kyros**
Because I can't find a single thing.
**[13:42] Kyros**
Take them away.
**[13:44] Tomas**
Yes, sir!
**[13:47] Marie**
I'm so sorry.
**[13:49] Kyros**
For what?
**[13:51] Marie**
They said I'm the reason
they'll laugh at you, Lord Kyros.
**[14:02] Kyros**
Marie.
**[14:06] Kyros**
You are beautiful.
**[14:09] Kyros**
There's nothing here to laugh at.
**[14:11] Kyros**
Your beautiful red hair,
set off so well by this green...
**[14:14] Kyros**
Your eyes that shine like stars...
**[14:16] Kyros**
Your overflowing knowledge and curiosity...
**[14:19] Kyros**
Your innocent smile when you
speak of things you love...
**[14:24] Kyros**
Altogether beautiful.
**[14:33] Mio**
Ahem.
**[14:35] Mio**
Master, we are out of time.
**[14:39] Mio**
We can wait another few seconds,
**[14:41] Mio**
but I'm certain that wouldn't suffice.
**[14:43] Kyros**
What? Y-Yes.
**[14:49] Tunika**
Oh, the poor master.
And just when he was so close.
**[14:52] Tunika**
I only came for herbs to
use in some treatments,
**[14:56] Tunika**
but I managed to witness
something very nice.
**[14:59] Tunika**
Don't you agree?
**[15:00] Johan**
Do you think the oregano
I grew was useful?
***SIGN*** They saw
everything...
**[15:08] Marie; narration**
I was told that Lord Kyros was going
to the royal palace for a ceremony,
**[15:11] Marie; narration**
and that he would be away for ten days.
**[15:13] Marie; narration**
When he returned,
**[15:14] Kyros; background**
Marie! I will return soon!
**[15:14] Marie; narration**
we would begin arrangements
for our betrothal ceremony in earnest.
**[15:23] Marie; internal**
*There's nothing here to laugh at.*
**[15:26] Marie; internal**
*That's what Lord Kyros said, but...*
**[15:32] Marie**
This is...
**[15:35] Marie**
It isn't meant to be a threat, is it?
**[15:37] Mio**
No, it isn't. It's written as an invitation.
**[15:41] Marie**
"Lady Marie Shaderan,"
**[15:43] Marie**
"I wish to congratulate you upon your
betrothal to my old friend Count Kyros Granado."
**[15:50] Mio**
It's normal up to that point.
**[15:52] Marie**
"As such, we have planned a special
event utilizing our means and efforts."
**[15:58] Marie**
"Notice has been spread throughout the royal
capital, and the people eagerly await the day."
**[16:05] Marie**
"Lady Marie, should you be unable to attend,
everything will have been for naught."
**[16:10] Marie**
"The people will despair, and their
distress shall surely span generations."
**[16:14] Marie**
"Please, you simply must attend."
**[16:18] Mio**
It certainly does sound like a threat.
**[16:21] Marie**
This gentleman is a prince, isn't he?
**[16:24] Mio**
Yes.
**[16:25] Mio**
He is the third prince and the
captain of the Royal Knights.
**[16:30] Mio**
He has quite an open-hearted personality.
**[16:34] Mio**
The fact that this arrived
on the eve of the event
**[16:36] Mio**
shows that he expects you to attend.
**[16:47] Marie**
Wh-What is this?
**[16:49] Mio**
A chariot from the Royal Knights.
**[17:32] Marie**
A-And this is...
**[17:34] Mio**
A military fortress for the Kingdom of Diltz,
the stronghold of the Royal Knights.
**[17:39] Marie**
A-Am I going to be publicly executed?
**[17:42] Mio**
Please calm down.
**[17:44] Marie**
B-But why the fortress?
**[17:47] Marie**
I could have been with
Lord Kyros if it were the palace.
**[17:49] Mio**
Prince Luiphon is the one who
recommended Hannah and Ilza.
**[17:53] Mio**
He must want to apologize.
***SIGN*** Returned Goods
**[17:57] Marie; internal**
*That only increases my fear of an execution.*
**[18:02] Marie**
Is something wrong?
**[18:03] Mio**
If Prince Luiphon is the host, he likely
has some amusing plans in place.
**[18:07] Marie**
Plans?
**[18:09] Mio**
Monster scares...
**[18:11] Mio**
A rain of onions from above...
**[18:13] Mio**
Or perhaps a pool full of jelly...
**[18:16] Marie**
Just what sort of person is Prince Luiphon?
**[18:18] Mio**
Well, he is not a villain.
**[18:20] Mio**
Since we're here, I believe
we should enjoy the fun.
**[18:36] Marie**
It's all so lively.
**[18:38] Mio**
It's been fifty years since the
war. The world is at peace.
**[18:42] Mio**
This sort of excitement
is good entertainment.
**[18:45] Mio**
Please have one.
**[18:46] Marie**
Th-Thank you.
***SIGN*** When did she buy this?
**[18:48] Marie**
First, I should go and greet
Prince Luiphon, right?
**[18:51] Mio**
No, he probably isn't waiting
for a greeting from you.
**[18:55] Mio**
It's possible that he hasn't
even come here at all.
**[18:58] Marie**
What? So, I'm meant to simply
enjoy the festivities and leave?
**[19:02] Mio**
Who can say? I don't understand what goes
on in Prince Luiphon's head at all.
**[19:09] Marie; internal**
* I feel like Mio is a little*
* harsh towards the prince.*
**[19:18] Marie**
I wonder, does this feel like a small
event for someone of the royal family?
**[19:22] Mio**
No, events on this scale are fairly rare.
**[19:26] Mio**
What concerns me...
**[19:30] Mio**
is that not a single rumor of it
reached us at Granado Castle.
**[19:34] Mio**
If Prince Luiphon issued a gag order before
executing these arrangements, then...
**[19:40] Mio**
I have a bad feeling about this.
**[19:43] Marie**
M-Mio?
**[19:45] Mio**
Prince Luiphon!
**[19:48] Marie**
Where? What does he look like?
**[19:50] Mio**
Down on the left by the stone wall.
**[19:52] Mio**
Silver hair, wearing a
knight's military uniform.
**[19:55] Marie**
Mio, how can you see so well?
**[19:57] Mio**
I will go and check. Lady Marie,
please wait for me here.
**[20:00] Marie**
I-I'll go with you!
**[20:02] Mio**
It may be that he's made one of his
men dress as him to lure us out...
**[20:06] Mio**
as part of a plan to suddenly
appear and scare you, Lady Marie.
**[20:10] Marie**
What?
**[20:11] Mio**
Don't move from this spot until I return.
**[20:13] Mio**
No matter who calls out to
you, please ignore them.
**[20:16] Marie**
I-I will!
**[20:17] Mio**
I will return shortly!
**[20:19] Marie; internal**
* No matter what happens,*
* I won't take a single step!*
**[20:22] apple seller**
Hello? Standing right in front of my
shop like that is a problem for me!
**[20:26] Marie**
Oh, I'm sorry!
***SIGN*** Looking for contestants
for an apple peeling contest!
**[20:29] Marie; internal**
*Contestants for an apple peeling contest?*
**[20:32] Marie; internal**
*That sounds like fun!*
**[20:34] Marie**
Excuse me, I'd like to try!
**[20:35] apple seller**
What? That's unusual.
**[20:37] apple seller**
I thought that noble
girls didn't use knives.
**[20:44] Marie**
I-If a noble's wife peeled apples...
**[20:48] Marie**
would it make her husband
a laughingstock, too?
**[20:50] apple seller**
What are you talking about?
**[20:52] apple seller**
You've gotta peel an apple to eat it, right?
**[20:57] apple seller**
And our apples are delicious!
***SIGN*** A Certain Prince Affiliated
with the Knights
**[20:59] apple seller**
They've got the knights'
seal of approval, you know?
**[21:03] Marie**
Yes, they look quite delicious!
**[21:05] Marie**
I'd very much like to compete.
**[21:07] apple seller**
All righty then!
**[21:08] apple seller**
If you can peel an entire apple
within the time limit,
**[21:10] apple seller**
I'll give you an entire box of apples!
**[21:12] apple seller**
Start on my mark.
**[21:14] Marie**
Yes, sir.
**[21:15] apple seller**
Then, here we go!
**[21:19] Luiphon**
What a delicious-looking apple.
**[21:25] Marie**
Th-That's mine! Please give it back!
**[21:28] Luiphon**
Hmm, what to do?
**[21:31] Marie**
Hey!
**[21:31] Luiphon**
Come on! Over here!
**[21:33] Luiphon**
Maybe you don't really want it after all?
**[21:38] Marie**
Oh! My apple!
**[21:41] Luiphon**
Yes, this is a good year for them, isn't it?
**[21:43] apple seller**
Honestly. My customer was
enjoying herself, you know?
***SIGN*** Here's the
money
**[21:46] apple seller**
What point is there in the host
ruining it *all*, Your Highness?
**[21:50] Marie; internal**
*What? "Your Highness"?*
**[21:51] Luiphon**
Now, now. I simply wanted to have a
little fun with my friend's fiancée.
**[21:56] Luiphon**
Right?
**[21:57] Marie; internal**
*S-So this gentleman really is...*
***SIGN*** THUD THUD THUD
**[22:01] Mio**
So it was a trap after all,
wasn't it, Prince Luiphon!
**[22:06] Luipohn**
I am Luiphon Sandhalkia Diltz,
**[22:09] Luiphon**
third prince of this land and
captain of the knights.
**[22:12] Luiphon**
But perhaps most of all...
**[22:15] Luiphon**
I am dear Kyros' friend!
**[22:18] Luiphon**
Pleased to meet you, sweet Marie!
**[22:21] Marie; internal**
*S-So this is the sort of person he is.*
**[23:58] Luiphon**
Hey there, everyone!
**[24:00] Luiphon**
I am Prince Luiphon!
**[24:03] Luiphon**
Kyros and I have been the best of
friends since our school days!
**[24:07] Luiphon**
Is sweet Marie worthy
of being his betrothed?
**[24:11] Luiphon**
I will ascertain the truth of
it through a special surprise!
**[24:16] Luiphon**
Next time, "The Prince and
the Pitch-Black Warrior."
***SIGN*** Episode 5 "The Prince and the Pitch-Black Warrior"
**[24:20] Luiphon**
You'll come and watch, of course, won't you?
# 5 - The Prince and the Pitch-Black Warrior
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**[00:00] Luiphon**
I am Luiphon Sandhalkia Diltz,
**[00:03] Luiphon**
third prince of this land
and captain of the knights.
**[00:06] Luiphon**
But perhaps most of all...
**[00:09] Luiphon**
I am dear Kyros' friend!
**[00:12] Luiphon**
Pleased to meet you, sweet Marie!
**[00:14] Marie; internal**
*S-So this is the sort of person he is.*
***SIGN*** Episode 5 "The Prince and the Pitch-Black Warrior"
**[01:52] Mio**
You took so long to arrive, Prince Luiphon,
**[01:55] Mio**
so I was just going to leave with Lady Marie.
**[01:57] Luiphon**
I said I was sorry, didn't I? You
can be heartless, darling Mio.
**[02:01] Mio**
Please don't call me "darling."
**[02:03] Marie**
Mio.
**[02:04] Luiphon**
By the way...
**[02:05] Luiphon**
are you hungry?
**[02:07] Luiphon**
How does a lavish buffet in
the nobles' salon sound?
**[02:10] Marie**
Nobles...
**[02:12] Marie**
I-I'm not very hungry.
**[02:15] Luiphon**
Oh, Ilza and Hannah aren't
here anymore. Don't worry.
**[02:19] Luiphon**
I'm sorry for recommending them without
knowing their personalities.
**[02:23] Marie**
No, it isn't that.
**[02:25] Marie**
The thought of a place as refined
as a salon makes me anxious.
**[02:30] Luiphon**
In that case, what about the
swordsmanship exhibition?
**[02:33] Luiphon**
I have reserved seats. Let's go and watch!
**[02:35] Marie**
S-Swordsmanship?
**[02:37] Luiphon**
That's right!
**[02:38] Marie**
I, um, well...
**[02:43] Mio**
Lady Marie, there's no
need to force yourself.
**[02:45] Mio**
You hate competitions, don't you?
**[02:47] Luiphon**
What?! But why?
**[02:50] Luiphon**
This is one of the best aristocratic pastimes!
**[02:52] Marie**
Yes, please, I'd love to see it!
**[02:54] Luiphon**
Now that's the reaction I was hoping for!
**[02:56] Luiphon**
I can best any knight with a sword, you know?
**[02:59] Luiphon**
Kyros once complimented me by saying, "the
sword is the only place where you show genius."
**[03:04] Marie**
Then Lord Kyros truly is strong?
**[03:07] Luiphon**
He is indeed!
**[03:09] Marie; internal**
* Being complimented by Lord Kyros*
* made you happy, didn't it?*
**[03:16] referee**
We will now begin the semi-finals of the
Diltz Kingdom Swordsmanship Exhibition!
**[03:23] Luiphon**
This enthusiasm is wonderful, isn't it?
**[03:26] Luiphon**
Last year, I fell asleep during the concert.
**[03:28] Luiphon**
And dear Kyros kept pinching my cheeks.
**[03:31] Marie**
Prince Luiphon really loves
Lord Kyros, doesn't he?
**[03:34] Marie**
I'm having fun just listening to him.
**[03:36] Mio**
Well, it's enjoyable to discuss
your passions with others.
**[03:40] Mio**
Now then.
**[03:42] Mio**
I'm off to procure some food.
**[03:44] Marie**
What? But we just ate.
**[03:46] Mio**
I wanted to visit all the stalls.
**[03:48] Luiphon**
Your stomach is a separate
dimension, as always.
**[03:50] Luiphon**
Go and eat as much as you like.
**[04:00] Luiphon**
That fighter in the dark armor
is an impressive warrior.
**[04:03] Marie**
I see.
**[04:05] Luiphon**
Say, are you like this with Kyros, too?
**[04:09] Marie**
What?
**[04:11] Marie**
Well...
**[04:12] Luiphon**
Well, you're rather
different from the others.
**[04:16] Luiphon**
And I've known Kyros a long time.
**[04:18] Marie**
I heard that the two of you were
in the same year in school.
**[04:22] Luiphon**
Yes, and the first time we
met we got into a fistfight!
**[04:25] Marie**
What?!
**[04:26] Luiphon**
As the duke's son, he was just below me in terms of rank at school.
**[04:31] Luiphon**
But he said, "Stop judging people based
on their rank, you moronic prince."
**[04:36] Marie**
M-Moronic?
**[04:37] Luiphon**
I thought, "What's his problem?" and
punched him. Then he punched me back.
**[04:42] Luiphon**
It turned into quite the commotion.
**[04:47] Marie**
Does it really warrant that much laughter?
**[04:54] referee**
Winner, the pitch-black warrior!
**[04:57] Marie**
Oh, is it already over?
**[05:00] Luiphon**
Yes. By knocking the point of
the blue knight's sword away,
**[05:03] Luiphon**
the dark warrior was able to
win with a single strike.
**[05:05] Luiphon**
By the look of things, he was holding back.
**[05:07] Luiphon**
It seems he has the kindness
to care for his opponents.
**[05:13] Luiphon**
My sweet Marie...
**[05:15] Luiphon**
doesn't seeing this sort of thing
make you think they're dashing?
**[05:18] Luiphon**
Many girls squeal with delight, you know?
**[05:21] Marie**
I-I...
**[05:23] Marie**
I don't find being strong in battle
to be particularly wonderful.
**[05:27] Luiphon**
Aren't strength and reliability the
things that are most attractive in men?
**[05:31] Marie**
To be honest, I'm frightened.
**[05:33] Marie**
I feel like one day that
sword will be pointed at me.
**[05:36] Luiphon**
What's that supposed to
mean? You're so negative!
**[05:40] Marie**
I'm sorry.
**[05:42] Luiphon**
Say, Lady Marie Shaderan, why
did you become Kyros' fiancée?
**[05:48] Marie**
B-Because...
**[05:50] Marie; internal**
*I'm my older sister's replacement.*
**[05:52] Marie; internal**
*Yes, I am just a replacement.*
**[05:54] referee**
And now, we will begin
the championship bout!
**[05:58] referee**
The dark warrior versus the green knight!
**[06:01] referee**
Begin!
**[06:12] referee**
Th-The winner... the dark warrior!
**[06:16] Luiphon**
Well, that was an instant defeat.
**[06:18] referee**
Congratulations! This is the winner's tro—
**[06:23] Marie; internal**
* He's putting his worry*
* for his opponent first?*
**[06:26] Marie**
If he's the one fighting, then perhaps even
I might enjoy watching his bouts a little.
**[06:32] Mio**
My, that is good news.
**[06:35] Marie**
W-Welcome back.
***SIGN*** Spoils of War
**[06:37] Mio**
I have only just returned.
**[06:43] Marie**
You mentioned good news?
**[06:44] Mio**
That dark warrior is the master.
**[06:47] Marie**
What?
**[06:49] Luiphon**
You seem very certain.
**[06:51] Mio**
His swordsmanship and footwork
are exactly identical to the master's.
**[06:56] Marie**
Lord Kyros... is the dark warrior?
**[07:01] Mio**
Shall we see for certain?
**[07:06] Mio**
Count Kyros Granado, you're so dashing!
**[07:09] Mio**
Look this way!
**[07:13] crowd**
Kyros?
**[07:14] crowd**
Count?
**[07:15] crowd**
From the Granado Company?
**[07:17] crowd**
Really?
**[07:18] crowd**
Lord Kyros! Look over here!
**[07:20] crowd**
Take off your helmet!
**[07:34] Mio**
Every male noble in the Kingdom of Diltz
is made to hold the sword at least once.
**[07:38] Mio**
The master has trained intensively
since he was a child for self-defense.
**[07:42] Marie**
H-He has?
**[07:45] Luiphon**
That was the best expression
I've seen today, thanks.
**[07:47] Marie; internal**
* Prince Luiphon knew from*
* the start, didn't he?*
**[08:01] Marie**
E-Excuse me. What is this line for?
**[08:04] lady A**
What? It's the line to make an
appeal to the count of course.
**[08:07] Marie**
What?
**[08:08] lady A**
His fiancée apparently died in an accident.
This is a chance to get close to him!
**[08:12] Marie; internal**
* Of course. No one would think that her*
* incompetent younger sister would replace her.*
**[08:19] lady A**
He may have barbarian blood in him,
but he is the next duke after all.
**[08:22] lady B**
Indeed! And whomever becomes the duke's wife
can certainly stand proudly in society.
**[08:27] lady A**
I've heard he's got a difficult
personality, but he's so handsome.
**[08:31] lady B; background**
Isn't he?
**[08:31] Marie; internal**
*Barbarian?*
**[08:34] Marie; internal**
*Difficult?*
**[08:36] Marie; internal**
*Who are they talking about?*
**[08:39] Mio**
Lady Marie?
**[08:43] Marie**
Excuse me.
**[08:44] lady A**
Wh-What?
**[08:47] lady B**
Stop right there!
**[08:48] lady B**
Just who are you?
**[08:49] lady A**
Indeed! Who do you think you are?
**[08:51] Marie**
I am betroth— I am an
associate of the count's!
**[08:56] Lady A; B**
What?
**[08:57] Mio**
Lady Marie, I will hold
them here to the last!
**[09:00] Marie**
Thank you, Mio!
**[09:02] ladies**
Get out of my way! Who are you?
**[09:06] Marie; internal**
* What was that? They all just*
* said whatever they liked.*
**[09:09] Marie; internal**
*All I did was discover something I liked...*
**[09:12] Marie; internal**
* and he's so kind that he*
* smiled at me so happily.*
**[09:15] Marie; internal**
* There's no reason*
* to ridicule him like that!*
**[09:18] Marie; internal**
*Even if there were...*
**[09:21] Marie; internal**
* it would only be for drawing*
* a losing prospect.*
**[09:25] Kyros**
What are you thinking?
**[09:28] Kyros**
Why did you tell me to enter
the swordsmanship competition?
**[09:32] Luiphon**
You did excellent work! Thanks to
you, it was a rousing success!
**[09:36] Kyros**
That smile is infuriating.
**[09:38] Kyros**
Was it you who exposed my
identity to the crowd?
**[09:42] Marie**
C-Congratulations on your win!
**[09:48] Kyros**
I've finally begun hallucinating.
**[09:50] Marie**
U-Um...
**[09:51] Kyros**
Are you the real Marie?! In the flesh?
**[09:54] Kyros**
The one who's like a living miracle?!
**[09:55] Marie**
Lord Kyros?
**[09:57] Luiphon**
I invited her.
**[09:59] Kyros**
What?!
**[10:00] Luiphon**
I wanted to show her how
dashing you are, Kyros.
**[10:04] Luiphon**
Though, it seems she wasn't
particularly pleased by it.
**[10:09] Kyros**
Marie doesn't like brutality.
**[10:12] Luiphon**
Or aristocratic things either.
**[10:14] Kyros**
That's right. And I don't want to
force anyone else's values on her.
**[10:17] Kyros**
Marie's wishes are my only priority.
**[10:19] Luiphon**
Well. You certainly seem quite besotted...
**[10:23] Luiphon**
but she doesn't seem happy about it.
**[10:26] Luiphon**
She's simply replacing her older sister
in a political marriage, isn't she?
**[10:32] Luiphon**
You'd have gotten engaged no matter what
kind of man you faced. Isn't that right?
**[10:38] Marie**
I...
**[10:40] Marie; internal**
* It's true that when I was first*
* taken to Granado Castle...*
**[10:44] Marie; internal**
* I didn't even know what*
* Lord Kyros looked like.*
**[10:47] Marie; internal**
*But...*
**[10:49] Luiphon**
As I thought, you don't think anything
of Kyros, let alone love him.
**[10:53] Kyros**
Stop attacking her. What
are you so upset about?
**[10:55] Luiphon**
When I heard that you were getting
engaged, I was overjoyed.
**[10:59] Luiphon**
My dear, obstinate friend, who had turned away
every noblewoman, had finally found his spring.
**[11:06] Luiphon**
But in the end...
**[11:09] Luiphon**
A political marriage?
**[11:11] Luiphon**
And to a woman who is uneasy with
the customs of the nobility,
**[11:14] Luiphon**
who sees no merit in your efforts, Kyros?
**[11:17] Luiphon**
She's her parents' pawn and—
**[11:18] Kyros**
What is the meaning of this?! Did you
invite Marie here just to disparage her?
**[11:22] Luiphon**
Not at all. I'm also laughing
at your pathetic state.
**[11:25] Luiphon**
Coward. The old you would have punched me.
**[11:29] Kyros**
Marie is here!
**[11:30] Kyros**
And even the old me never
threw the first punch!
**[11:33] Luiphon**
You're just afraid of me. After all, you've
never once beaten me in a sword fight,
**[11:38] Luiphon**
you coward!
**[11:41] Kyros**
You never noticed that I was
letting you have the glory,
**[11:44] Kyros**
your highness?
**[11:59] Luiphon**
Earlier, the arena was engulfed in cheers.
This time, let's stain it with screams.
**[12:06] Kyros**
Mark my words, I will make you
apologize for insulting Marie.
**[12:14] Marie**
Wait, please!
**[12:15] Marie**
Please mend things with him!
What Prince Luiphon said is true!
**[12:19] Marie**
I can't blame anyone for saying
that I've sold myself.
**[12:22] Marie**
I am foolish and timid, and I've always
done as my parents have told me.
**[12:27] Marie**
But more than any of those things...
**[12:29] Marie**
it's people ridiculing you because
of me that I cannot bear!
**[12:34] Marie**
I'm sorry, I... I only
ever cause you trouble.
**[12:41] Kyros**
He only ridicules me out of
pity for my one-sided love.
**[12:48] Kyros**
I'm sure that he can't stand
seeing his rival brought so low.
**[12:53] Kyros**
Despite how he seems, he's a passionate man.
**[12:57] Kyros**
But... whatever his reasons, it doesn't
mean he's allowed to disparage you, Marie.
**[13:02] Kyros**
I will face him head on, defeat him,
and make him take it all back!
**[13:07] Marie**
Thank you for being angry on my behalf.
**[13:10] Marie**
But it's all right. I will
regain my honor myself!
**[13:14] Marie**
More importantly for Prince Luiphon...
**[13:18] Marie**
Lord Kyros, it's the fact that he called
you a coward that I want him to correct.
**[13:22] Marie**
I found myself infuriated too.
**[13:24] Kyros**
Very well. Then, as one going into battle,
I ask for you to bestow a good luck kiss.
**[13:29] Marie**
What?
**[13:30] Kyros**
Just a jest.
**[13:35] Kyros**
And now, I'll go pummel my
best friend into the ground.
**[13:38] Marie**
R-Right.
**[13:43] referee**
And now...
**[13:45] referee**
we have the winner of the swordsmanship
contest, Count Kyros Granado,
**[13:48] referee**
and the third prince of the Kingdom
of Diltz, the captain of the knights,
**[13:51] referee**
his highness, Luiphon Sandhalkia Diltz,
in a special exhibition match!
**[13:55] Marie; internal**
*You can do this, Lord Kyros.*
**[13:59] Kyros**
Luiphon, put on your helmet.
You'll get gravely injured.
**[14:02] Luiphon**
And you, dear Kyros.
**[14:03] Luiphon**
If that noble nose of yours gets plucked
off, sweet Marie might finally hate you.
**[14:07] Luiphon**
Put your helmet on.
**[14:13] referee**
Th-Then...
**[14:16] referee**
Begin!
**[14:28] Luiphon**
It seems your skills haven't declined!
**[14:32] Kyros**
Neither have yours!
**[14:39] Mio**
They seem equally matched
in strength, but...
**[14:43] Luiphon**
I have you!
**[14:50] Marie**
Lord Kyros, don't let him beat you!
**[15:00] Luiphon**
That's an interesting move to make!
**[15:04] Marie**
What? Is that allowed?!
**[15:06] Mio**
Definitely not.
**[15:25] referee**
Winner! Count Kyros Granado!
**[15:28] Marie**
Y-You did it! Lord Kyros!
***SIGN*** SILENCE...
**[15:39] child 1**
That fight was amazing!
I guess fists are good too.
**[15:41] child 2**
He was amazing!
**[15:44] Kyros**
Marie!
**[15:48] Kyros**
Come down here!
**[15:58] Marie**
D-Did you require something of me?
**[16:04] Marie**
Th-This is so high up!
**[16:06] Kyros**
Don't worry, Marie.
**[16:08] Marie**
Lord Kyros.
**[16:12] Kyros**
I will take this moment
to make an announcement!
**[16:15] Kyros**
I, Kyros Granado, and Lady Marie Shaderan,
a baron's daughter, are betrothed!
**[16:21] Marie**
What?
**[16:23] Kyros**
Together, Lady Marie and I will
serve this kingdom to our utmost.
**[16:28] Kyros**
I swear it on the Granado name!
**[16:30] woman**
Betrothed? Lord Kyros?
**[16:32] man**
Who is Baron Shaderan?
**[16:37] Kyros**
Marie.
**[16:38] Kyros**
Everyone wants to see your face.
**[16:41] Marie**
B-But...
**[16:43] Marie; internal**
* Everyone is expecting a beauty*
* the equal of Lord Kyros.*
**[16:47] Marie; internal**
*Someone like me will only embarrass him.*
**[16:51] Marie; internal**
*I'm scared.*
**[16:58] Kyros**
It's all right. You are a far more
wonderful woman than you know.
**[17:03] Kyros**
And no matter what happens, I
will always be by your side.
**[17:06] Kyros**
You are beautiful!
**[17:08] Marie; internal**
* There are so many things*
* that frighten me...*
**[17:13] Marie; internal**
* but if you will be here with me,*
* then perhaps I can overcome them.*
**[17:17] crowd**
Nice work! Congratulations!
**[17:19] crowd**
How lovely!
**[17:21] crowd**
Granado! Granado!
**[17:36] Marie**
Excuse me.
**[17:38] stall owner**
Oh, you're the one from this afternoon!
**[17:40] stall owner**
Sorry that I couldn't stop the
prince's awful pranks.
**[17:43] Marie**
Not at all. Please don't worry.
More importantly...
**[17:46] Marie**
I'd love to join the peeling contest this time!
**[17:49] stall owner**
You sure are an odd one!
**[17:51] stall owner**
Here you are.
**[17:53] Marie**
Thank you. I can't wait to test my skill.
**[17:56] Marie**
What?
**[17:57] Kyros**
This seems like fun.
**[17:59] Marie**
Lord Kyros?
**[18:00] Kyros**
May I try this with you?
**[18:01] Marie**
Y-Yes.
**[18:10] Marie**
You're very good.
**[18:11] Kyros**
I have to camp out for work sometimes.
**[18:14] Marie**
How is Prince Luiphon?
**[18:16] Luiphon**
In the prime of health.
**[18:22] Kyros**
That's your fault, Luiphon. You do one, too.
**[18:24] Luiphon**
What?! Why do I have to?
**[18:26] Kyros**
Here.
**[18:28] Kyros**
Marie, are there any tricks to it?
**[18:30] Marie**
Y-Yes!
**[18:31] Marie**
First, you face the stem downwards,
then you rotate it sideways.
**[18:37] Kyros**
You're really good at this!
**[18:40] Marie**
Yes, I'm quite good at peeling things.
**[18:42] Marie**
After all, my life depended on leaving
as much of the edible parts as possible.
**[18:46] Kyros**
You're tougher than you seem. And
I love that part of you too!
**[18:50] Marie**
Not really.
**[18:52] Luiphon**
The woman doesn't even like you.
**[18:54] Luiphon**
Is it fun being a clown who's
racing around, going nowhere?
**[18:57] Kyros**
Yes, it's fun.
**[18:59] Kyros**
Just having Marie with me makes
every day seem to sparkle.
**[19:03] Kyros**
Even if she doesn't love me, when I think
that tomorrow we may grow a little closer,
**[19:10] Kyros**
it's so much fun I can't stand it.
**[19:13] Kyros**
The day that we become a true married couple
may be years, or decades, in the future,
**[19:20] Kyros**
but I'm certain that I will have fun
showering Marie with love until I die.
**[19:25] Marie**
Lord Kyros.
**[19:27] Luiphon**
To be frank, that doesn't make you
the least bit dashing, dear Kyros.
**[19:30] Kyros**
I know.
**[19:32] Luiphon**
Well, as long as you're satisfied...
**[19:35] Luiphon**
then just do as you like.
**[19:37] Marie**
E-Excuse me!
**[19:40] Marie**
I want to know all about
Lord Kyros' good qualities!
**[19:43] Luiphon**
What?
**[19:44] Marie**
And so...
**[19:46] Marie**
I hope you'll tell me lots
of stories again sometime!
**[19:51] Marie; internal**
*I understand now, Your Highness.*
**[19:54] Marie; internal**
* You just wanted to talk about your*
* beloved best friend's best qualities.*
**[19:58] Marie; internal**
*That's why you invited me.*
**[20:03] Luiphon**
I'm sorry about before.
**[20:08] Luiphon**
What is this?!
It's made for display, isn't it?
**[20:11] Kyros**
You should've noticed when you touched it!
**[20:13] Luiphon**
Blast you! I am the third prince and
captain of our renowned knights!
**[20:18] Luiphon**
One day I will have you both, husband and
wife, dragged off for insulting royalty!
**[20:23] Luiphon; background**
I am so angry right now! Don't you
understand what lèse-majesté is?
**[20:25] Marie**
Prince Luiphon is amusing, isn't he?
**[20:28] Kyros**
Yes. You'd never get tired of him, right?
**[20:34] Mio**
Lady Marie, I have a message to deliver
to the master, so I will be staying here.
**[20:39] Mio**
His valet Wolfgang will
accompany you in my stead.
**[20:43] Wolfgang**
Pleased to be of service, my lady.
**[20:46] Marie**
I see.
**[20:47] Kyros**
Thank you for today, Marie.
**[20:50] Marie**
No, thank you, Lord Kyros, for letting
me see such a dashing side of you.
**[20:56] Kyros**
The truth is, I'd never beaten
Luiphon in a sword bout before.
**[21:02] Marie**
Lord Kyros, you are a truly strong person.
**[21:05] Kyros**
That's because you're with me, Marie.
**[21:09] Kyros**
Whatever you may wish, I will devote all
of myself to make that wish come true.
**[21:15] Kyros**
Because everything I am
now is thanks to you.
**[21:19] Kyros**
I'll see you back at the castle, Marie.
**[21:21] Marie**
Yes.
**[21:36] Marie**
Good night!
**[21:39] Marie**
Coachman, please go now!
**[21:43] Kyros**
Marie! Wait, just now, you...
**[21:47] Kyros**
Please, wait!
**[21:50] Marie; internal**
*In just two months from now...*
**[21:52] Marie; internal**
* I will marry the person my*
* sister was betrothed to.*
**[21:56] Marie; internal**
* It's a political marriage, but one*
* day, like a couple bound by love,*
**[22:02] Marie; internal**
*I hope we'll find happiness.*
**[22:04] Marie; internal**
*The two of us, together.*
**[22:10] Kyros**
This does truly appear to be a
letter from the House of Shaderan.
**[22:14] Mio**
Yes. The handwriting is correct as well.
**[22:17] Kyros**
Mio...
**[22:19] Kyros**
Are Baron Shaderan and his wife
really Marie's birth parents?
**[23:58] Toppo**
Toppo's cooking is the best in the world!
**[24:01] Toppo**
And I'll ply my skills again today!
**[24:04] Toppo**
My lady is in the midst of working hard
in preparation for the wedding ceremony.
**[24:09] Toppo**
Let Toppo's sublime sweets
soothe your heart and body!
**[24:14] Toppo**
Next time...
**[24:16] Toppo**
"Am I Enough As I Am?"
***SIGN*** Episode 6 "Am I Enough As I Am?"
**[24:19] Toppo**
You'd like a second serving?
**[24:20] Toppo**
It would be my pleasure!
# 6 - Am I Enough As I Am?
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**[00:02] Kyros; internal**
* The letter that arrived for Marie*
* from Baron Shaderan and his wife...*
**[00:07] Elvira**
You good-for-nothing with your hideous red
hair, apologize to Anastasia and die!
**[00:12] Kyros; internal**
* Her mother writes nothing*
* but horribly abusive words.*
**[00:15] Kyros; internal**
*And her father...*
**[00:17] Gregor**
Marie, why haven't you returned?
**[00:19] Gregor**
Your work is here in this
house! Come back at once!
**[00:24] Mio**
The opinions of husband
and wife appear to clash.
**[00:28] Kyros**
Would parents really tyrannize
their own child this much?
**[00:33] Kyros**
Mio, while I'm gone, I'd like
you to investigate something.
**[00:38] Mio**
Understood.
**[02:11] Marie; narration**
A month has passed since the knights'
festival that struck like a storm.
***SIGN*** Episode 6 "Am I Enough As I Am?"
**[02:17] Marie**
The weather is so lovely!
**[02:20] Marie**
Today seems like it will be a good day!
**[02:24] Wolfgang**
Good morning, my lady.
**[02:26] Wolfgang**
Are you already awake?
**[02:29] Marie**
Good morning. Yes, I'm already awake.
**[02:32] Marie**
I win today, Wolfgang.
**[02:36] Wolfgang**
It appears that you've beaten me.
**[02:38] Caecilie**
Marie! Morning!
**[02:42] Wolfgang**
Come now, Cillie.
**[02:44] Woflgang**
I do apologize. My granddaughter
is still just an apprentice.
**[02:48] Marie**
It's all right. Please don't worry.
**[02:51] Marie**
Good morning, Caecilie.
**[02:52] Caecilie**
Look! Tunika gave me buns!
**[02:56] Caecilie**
Am I cute?
**[02:59] Marie**
Yes, very. I've never seen any girl
they suited so well before.
**[03:03] Caecilie**
Right?
**[03:04] Caecilie**
I'll do your hair like this too, Marie.
**[03:06] Caecilie**
Mio has other business again
today, so I'm your attendant!
**[03:11] Marie**
Thank you.
**[03:12] Wolfgang**
By the way, my lady...
**[03:15] Wolfgang**
what will you be wearing today?
**[03:19] Marie**
Let's see. Today...
**[03:25] Marie**
What do you think?
**[03:26] Caecilie**
Marie, you're so cute!
**[03:29] Wolfgang**
You are truly beautiful.
**[03:31] Wolfgang**
If the master were to see you, he'd
embrace you before even realizing it.
**[03:38] Marie; internal**
*L-Lately, it's so strange...*
**[03:40] Marie; internal**
*When I think of Lord Kyros, my heart...*
**[03:46] Caecilie**
Marie, hurry up! Hurry up!
**[03:50] Toppo**
My lady, where are you
going in such a hurry?
**[03:53] Toppo**
Lunch isn't for a while yet.
**[03:55] Marie**
It isn't that, Toppo. You see, today is...
**[03:58] Caecilie**
The day the master comes home!
**[04:02] Toppo**
Then, today you'll be eating your
parfait with the master, won't you?
**[04:05] Johan**
My lady!
**[04:07] Johan**
Take these with you.
**[04:13] Caecilie**
Let's go, Marie!
**[04:16] Marie**
Thank you, Johan.
**[04:22] Tomas**
Count Kyros Granado has returned!
**[04:41] Kyros**
I'm back, Marie.
**[04:44] Marie**
W-Welcome home.
**[04:47] Kyros**
What are those flowers?
**[04:49] Marie**
I think they're damask roses.
**[04:52] Marie**
Johan told me to bring
them. Do you like them?
**[04:57] Kyros**
They aren't for me.
They're an accessory for you, Marie.
**[05:02] Kyros**
Though, in a way, they are
a present for me as well.
**[05:05] Kyros**
You are like a flower personified.
**[05:08] Kyros**
I nearly embraced you
without even realizing it.
**[05:12] Caecilie**
Marie, your face is steaming!
**[05:14] Marie**
Please don't mention that.
**[05:15] Kyros**
May I?
**[05:18] Marie**
What? Oh, the bouquet.
**[05:21] Marie**
Please do.
**[05:29] Marie**
P-Please, don't tease me like that!
**[05:31] Kyros**
I am not teasing you.
**[05:36] Kyros**
You have grown even more beautiful.
**[05:42] Marie; internal**
*I-I just know he's teasing me.*
**[05:50] Marie; internal**
* I thought we'd have dinner together,*
* but he's already gone out again.*
**[05:56] Marie; internal**
* The betrothal ceremony is coming*
* together nicely, but I'm still nervous.*
**[06:00] Marie; internal**
* Aside from helping my father and*
* the things I learned in school...*
**[06:04] Marie; internal**
*I don't know anything.*
**[06:08] Marie**
It's at times like this...
**[06:14] Marie; internal**
*"The Tale of the Raggedy Red Cat."*
**[06:16] Marie; internal**
* I often read this when I*
* felt anxious, didn't I?*
**[06:34] Wolfgang**
My lady, wouldn't it be better
to do this tomorrow morning?
**[06:39] Marie**
I'm sorry.
**[06:40] Marie**
Once I've found out how to
bind this book, I'll go back.
**[06:51] Liu Liu**
What's this?
**[06:52] Liu Liu**
I thought I heard footsteps, and now...
**[06:54] Marie**
I-It has been quite some time, Lady Liu Liu.
**[06:58] Liu Liu**
Miss Marie! It has been a while, hasn't it?
**[07:01] Liu Liu**
What's wrong? Are you looking
for something so late at night?
**[07:03] Marie**
Yes. My book has fallen to pieces,
and I'd like to mend it.
**[07:08] Liu Liu**
Well, please come in.
**[07:15] Marie**
This is incredible!
**[07:18] Marie**
It's like a dream!
**[07:20] Liu Liu**
You must like books.
**[07:22] Marie**
I do. Do you like them too, Lady Liu Liu?
**[07:25] Liu Liu**
I'm here for research.
My spelling in Diltzian is still shaky.
**[07:30] Marie**
Is that... a letter?
**[07:32] Marie**
Isn't there anyone you can
ask to write it for you?
**[07:35] Liu Liu**
Kyros is very busy,
so he's asked me to help him.
**[07:40] Wolfgang**
That is an invitation to attend
the betrothal ceremony, you see.
**[07:44] Wolfgang**
It must be written by the couple in
question, or someone close to them.
**[07:50] Marie**
Um, would it be wrong for me to write them?
**[07:53] Liu Liu**
What? You'd do that?
That would be such a help!
**[07:59] Liu Liu**
These are for people in
Ipsandros, so I'll write them.
**[08:02] Marie**
I can do the ones in Ipsian, too.
**[08:05] Liu Liu**
What? Miss Marie, you understand Ipsian?
**[08:07] Marie**
Yes, but only to read and write,
and for everyday conversation.
**[08:11] Wolfgang**
The lady loves Ipsandrian stories.
**[08:14] Wolfgang**
She came here to mend this book.
**[08:17] Liu Liu**
*The Raggedy Red Cat*?
**[08:19] Liu Liu**
Oh, how nostalgic!
**[08:21] Marie**
My older sister read it to me when I was
little. It's a book I love very much.
**[08:26] Marie**
And my sister seems to have learned
Ipsian from our late grandmother.
**[08:31] Liu Liu**
What a well-learned grandmother.
**[08:34] Marie**
My father says she was an eccentric
layabout who studied foreign languages.
**[08:40] (Flashback) Gregor**
Women don't need academics!
**[08:42] (Flashback) Gregor**
The reason my mother was
alone and without charm
**[08:45] (Flashback) Gregor**
was all due to her dabbling in academics!
**[08:48] Liu Liu**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[08:50] Liu Liu**
A clever woman who knows other languages...
**[08:53] Liu Liu**
She'd be quite the catch for merchants
and the nobility, wouldn't she?
**[08:57] Marie**
What?
**[08:58] Liu Liu**
Though, Ipsian isn't very practical unless
you are engaged in trade with them.
**[09:03] Liu Liu**
Flarian and Shainan on the other hand...
**[09:05] Marie**
I speak those!
**[09:07] Marie**
Though I studied them both on my own.
**[09:09] Liu Liu**
Really?
**[09:10] Liu Liu**
Miss Marie, you're the daughter
of a baron, aren't you?
**[09:13] Marie**
Many of the tenant farmers on
Shaderan lands are immigrants,
**[09:17] Marie**
so knowing foreign languages is
essential to properly manage things.
**[09:21] Liu Liu**
And you did all that, Miss Marie?
**[09:23] Liu Liu**
Even though it's incredibly
important work for a baron?
**[09:26] Marie**
Y-Yes.
**[09:28] Marie**
Oh, but my father put together
the management plans.
**[09:31] Marie**
I only really assisted in simple matters.
**[09:35] Liu Liu**
"Assisted in simple matters," you say?
**[09:38] Marie**
Y-Yes. I love to write letters.
**[09:43] Marie; internal**
* Even though I wrote*
* on someone else's behalf,*
**[09:46] Marie; internal**
* it allowed me to converse*
* with someone as an equal.*
**[09:57] Liu Liu**
What beautiful handwriting.
**[09:59] Liu Liu**
You clearly put a lot
of heart into that letter.
**[10:03] Liu Liu**
Sign it with your own name, please.
**[10:06] Marie**
What? Are you certain?
**[10:08] Liu Liu**
Of course.
**[10:09] Liu Liu**
You didn't write that on my behalf.
**[10:11] Liu Liu**
You're the one who composed
those lovely words, Miss Marie.
**[10:17] Marie; internal**
*My own...*
**[10:20] Marie**
Now that you mention it, I did... didn't I?
**[10:34] Liu Liu**
You know...
**[10:36] Liu Liu**
To be honest, I didn't expect much from you.
**[10:41] Liu Liu**
I heard that you were a noble daughter from
the countryside who hadn't entered society.
**[10:47] Liu Liu**
But you were the first person
Kyros ever proposed to...
**[10:51] Liu Liu**
and a long time ago, a lot
of people helped me, too.
**[10:55] Liu Liu**
I thought that I'd help you
wherever you might be lacking.
**[10:59] Marie**
I'm so sorry!
**[11:00] Liu Liu**
But I take it all back!
**[11:03] Liu Liu**
I'm so happy that you'll be my son's wife!
**[11:05] Liu Liu**
I've come to love you!
**[11:09] Liu Liu**
I am an imperfect mother,
but I hope we'll get along well.
**[11:17] Marie**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[11:19] Marie**
It isn't what you think!
**[11:21] Liu Liu**
Don't worry. It's all right.
Cry as much as you like.
**[11:35] Marie; narration**
I wasn't sad at all, but for some
reason, my tears just wouldn't stop.
**[11:40] Marie; narration**
I cried like a baby.
**[11:56] Mio**
Welcome home, Master.
**[11:59] Mio**
Before you go and see Lady Marie...
**[12:01] Mio**
may I have a moment of your time?
**[12:05] Mio**
I've finished investigating the
matter you inquired about.
**[12:09] Kyros**
Marie really is the daughter
of the baron and his wife.
**[12:13] Kyros**
Everyone in the Shaderan
family is related by blood.
**[12:16] Kyros**
Are you certain about these results?
**[12:18] Mio**
Yes, sir.
**[12:20] Mio**
The records of noble family trees kept
safe in the Royal Palace Library
**[12:23] Mio**
show no evidence of an adopted
child or remarriage.
**[12:26] Kyros**
Could the baron have
forced himself on a maid?
**[12:29] Kyros**
Or his wife could have had an affair.
**[12:31] Mio**
These records come from the royal
capital's maternity hospitals.
**[12:34] Kyros**
Records of the births
of Marie and Anastasia?
**[12:37] Mio**
The younger brother was born at home,
**[12:39] Mio**
but Lady Elvira definitely
gave birth to the sisters.
**[12:42] Kyros**
How did she seem at the time?
**[12:44] Mio**
I was told that both parents
shed tears of joy.
**[12:48] Kyros**
Could there have been
a mix-up at the hospital?
**[12:51] Mio**
It's a small hospital with just one bed.
**[12:53] Mio**
I believe the chances of
that are incredibly slim.
**[12:57] Kyros**
Then the people who spew these cursed
words at her are her actual parents?
**[13:03] Mio**
Master, if it were human nature for parents
to love their children unconditionally,
**[13:07] Mio**
and to protect them through anything,
**[13:09] Mio**
then I would not be here.
**[13:12] Mio**
I was told that this arrived this morning.
**[13:19] Kyros**
"Father on his deathbed. Return at once."
**[13:22] Kyros**
This is basically a threat.
**[13:24] Mio**
If she sees this, I believe that Lady
Marie will return to her parents' house.
**[13:31] Kyros; internal**
*What can I do to protect Marie?*
**[13:35] Kyros; internal**
* And even if I can protect her, keeping her*
* locked in this fortress like it's a birdcage...*
**[13:41] Kyros; internal**
*Would that bring her happiness?*
**[13:44] Liu Liu**
Miss Marie, drop your hips straight down.
**[13:49] Liu Liu**
Do not forget to smile.
**[13:51] Marie**
Yes, my lady!
**[13:52] Liu Liu**
Emotions are key to a curtsy.
**[13:54] Liu Liu**
If you show them respect without expressing
a feeling of welcome, then there's no point!
**[13:58] Marie**
Yes, my lady!
**[13:59] Kyros; internal**
* Is she being bullied by her*
* future mother-in-law?!*
**[14:03] Kyros**
Liu Liu, what are you doing?!
**[14:05] Marie**
Oh, Lord Kyros! Welcome home!
**[14:10] Liu Liu**
Kyros! You've arrived at the perfect
time. Be her practice partner.
**[14:15] Kyros**
Practice partner?
**[14:16] Liu Liu**
That's right. For when Miss Marie has
to meet royalty and other nobility.
**[14:20] Kyros**
What? I told you that you don't have
to make her do any of this, didn't I?
**[14:23] Kyros**
You and I can handle all of that
at the betrothal ceremony.
**[14:26] Kyros**
Marie has never been
introduced into society!
**[14:29] Liu Liu**
That's why she's practicing.
**[14:31] Liu Liu**
It'll be fine. Miss Marie is clever,
and she has an aptitude for this.
**[14:35] Liu Liu**
Her posture is quite nice, too.
**[14:37] Marie**
I trained by chopping wood.
**[14:39] Liu Liu**
I see. That's why your figure is so stylish.
**[14:42] Marie**
Oh, but it isn't!
**[14:44] Kyros; internal**
* I wanted Marie to be able to*
* dress in beautiful things,*
**[14:47] Kyros; internal**
*and to help her live a happy,
peaceful life, but...*
**[14:53] Caecilie**
Master!
**[14:55] Caecilie**
Marie's curtsy is really stylish!
**[14:58] Kyros**
Is it?
**[15:02] Marie**
Thank you so much for coming to
celebrate the two of us today.
**[15:10] Liu Liu**
And it isn't just the etiquette
involved in greetings!
**[15:13] Liu Liu**
Miss Marie wrote all the
thank you letters, too.
**[15:17] Kyros**
Why are you working her so hard?
**[15:19] Kyros**
That makes us no different
from the Shaderan—
**[15:21] Liu Liu**
Son, remember this.
**[15:24] Liu Liu**
Love and overprotectiveness
are not the same.
**[15:26] Liu Liu**
Women are not baby birds.
**[15:28] Liu Liu**
Don't trap her in a cage. Make sure
she has the chance to take flight.
**[15:33] Marie**
Um, did I do it well?
**[15:37] Kyros**
Yes. It was irreproachable. Truly lovely.
**[15:40] Kyros**
You've worked hard.
**[15:42] Marie**
Yes, I have!
**[15:45] Kyros; internal**
*The first time I met her...*
**[15:48] Kyros; internal**
*she smiled that same way.*
**[15:51] Liu Liu**
Now then!
**[15:52] Liu Liu**
Shall we take a little break?
**[15:54] Liu Liu**
Let's all have tea together.
**[15:56] Caecilie**
Yay! Snacks!
**[15:58] Caecilie**
I want to eat something sweet.
**[16:00] Liu Liu**
Indeed! I'm sure Toppo will have
something prepared for us.
**[16:03] Kyros**
Wait, Marie.
**[16:04] Caecilie**
Hooray!
**[16:05] Kyros**
There's something I have to tell you.
**[16:08] Marie**
Me?
**[16:10] Kyros**
This is from your father.
**[16:13] Kyros**
I'm sorry, but I worry about you
returning alone. I'll go with—
**[16:17] Marie**
There's no need for me to return.
**[16:19] Kyros**
What?
**[16:20] Marie**
Because this is a lie.
**[16:23] Marie**
This is my father's handwriting.
**[16:26] Marie**
A person supposedly on
his deathbed wrote this.
**[16:28] Marie**
By chance, have other
demanding letters arrived?
**[16:32] Kyros**
That's...
**[16:34] Marie**
Thank you.
**[16:36] Marie**
They must have had truly
sickening things written in them,
**[16:39] Marie**
and you protected me, didn't you?
**[16:42] Kyros**
No, I'm sorry for acting
without your permission.
**[16:45] Marie**
Hiring people would cost money.
**[16:48] Marie**
I'm sure he has work that he
wants to foist off on me.
**[16:51] Marie**
It isn't that he wants to see me.
**[16:55] Kyros**
Marie...
**[16:56] Marie**
My parents hate me, don't they?
**[17:00] Marie**
The way they yelled at me all the time...
**[17:04] Marie**
they weren't disciplining me.
**[17:06] Kyros; internal**
* Before, no matter how*
* much Marie was bullied,*
**[17:10] Kyros; internal**
* she thought it was natural because she*
* thought she wasn't lovely, but now...*
**[17:17] Kyros**
You've grown so strong, Marie.
**[17:22] Marie**
It's all thanks to the people here in
the palace, and to you, Lord Kyros.
**[17:26] Marie**
Thank you for treating me with such care.
**[17:34] Marie**
Lord Kyros?
**[17:38] Kyros**
I-I'm sorry!
**[17:40] Marie**
Y-Yes. Not at all.
**[17:52] Tunika**
My lady, your dress today
is lovely, as usual.
**[17:56] Marie**
Thank you. Cillie picked it out for me.
**[17:59] Caecilie**
Right? She's so cute!
**[18:02] Kyros; internal**
*The way this is going, I can also...*
**[18:05] Kyros**
Marie!
**[18:06] Kyros**
You look adorable.
***SIGN*** SILENCE...
**[18:12] Kyros; internal**
*Wh-Why?*
**[18:14] Kyros; internal**
*Does she hate me?*
**[18:16] Marie**
I-I'm sorry.
**[18:18] Marie**
I-I'm not accustomed to hearing
such things from gentlemen.
**[18:22] Kyros**
I see. I'm sorry for making you nervous.
**[18:26] Toppo**
And now, everyone!
**[18:28] Toppo**
A blueberry tart!
**[18:30] Caecilie**
Hooray!
**[18:32] Tunika**
It looks delicious!
**[18:33] Toppo**
Oh, my lady! That dress is incredible!
**[18:37] Marie**
Really? Thank you!
**[18:39] Kyros; internal**
*Why? Toppo is a man, too.*
**[18:42] Kyros; internal**
* She already treats everyone*
* else as family, but...*
**[18:45] Kyros; internal**
*Is it because I've been away so much?*
**[18:49] Kyros**
Marie, I will stay by your
side from now on, so—
**[18:51] Marie**
Oh, Mio!
**[18:53] Marie**
You're back. Welcome home.
**[18:56] Mio**
Yes. I apologize for any trouble
my absence may have caused you.
**[19:01] Mio**
Master, I'm terribly sorry to
interrupt while you are relaxing...
**[19:05] Kyros**
What is it?
**[19:06] Mio**
I would like to request a leave of absence.
**[19:08] Mio**
There is somewhere rather
remote that I would like to visit.
**[19:12] Marie**
Oh no! But you've only just returned!
**[19:16] Mio**
I'm so sorry, Lady Marie.
**[19:20] Mio**
But even I have someone
I want to go and see.
**[19:23] Marie**
Oh, how lovely! I'm sorry for saying
anything that might keep you from going.
**[19:27] Mio**
Not at all. It made me happy to hear it.
**[19:30] Mio**
Lady Marie, with the betrothal
ceremony drawing near,
**[19:32] Mio**
please take some time
to bond privately with the master.
**[19:37] Marie**
Y-Yes, you're right. I'll do my best.
**[19:44] Mio**
What is all that?
**[19:46] Kyros**
It's for Baron Shaderan and his wife.
**[19:48] Kyros**
I stressed that they are not allowed
to speak badly of my wife,
**[19:51] Kyros**
and I wrote out all of Marie's
lovely qualities in detail.
**[19:54] Mio**
What are you doing with yourself?
**[19:56] Kyros**
If by chance you see the
baron where you're going,
**[19:59] Kyros**
I thought you could clobber him with it.
**[20:02] Mio**
Well, well.
**[20:04] Kyros**
Use this.
**[20:05] Kyros**
And use the palace carriage, too.
**[20:07] Kyros**
Also, take at least one attendant with you.
**[20:11] Mio**
I'm quite strong.
**[20:13] Kyros**
I know.
**[20:15] Kyros**
I want someone with you so that you
don't have to use that strength.
**[20:19] Kyros**
Don't take the villain's role, Mio.
**[20:27] Tomas**
Um, why am I here...
**[20:30] Tomas**
Miss Mio?
**[20:33] Mio**
The master told me to bring someone.
**[20:35] Tomas**
B-But isn't this a bad idea?
**[20:37] Tomas**
You're going to see your
sweetheart, aren't you?
**[20:41] Mio**
If I really were seeing a
sweetheart, then it would be bad.
**[20:44] Tomas**
Then, is it a friend?
**[20:46] Tomas**
Miss Mio, you have friends?
**[20:48] Mio**
The legends of your homeland, Louhav Island,
**[20:50] Mio**
say that anyone who dies
before the age of eighteen
**[20:52] Mio**
can travel to paradise, without exception.
**[20:54] Mio**
Congrats! Have a nice trip!
**[20:55] Tomas**
I'm sorry! I don't want to die!
**[20:58] Mio**
You're meant to ward off bandits.
**[21:01] Mio**
There was a tragic accident
here two months ago, you see.
**[21:05] Tomas**
An accident two months ago?
**[21:08] Tomas**
Oh, are you traveling to the Shaderan lands?
**[21:13] Tomas**
What's this?
**[21:15] Tomas**
"Big sis, come home. Elder
sister is already home."
***SIGN*** Big sis, come home.
Elder sister is already home.
***SIGN*** From Cedric
**[21:20] Tomas**
"From Cedric."
**[21:22] Tomas**
Who's Cedric?
**[21:24] Mio**
Lady Marie's younger brother
who turns six this year.
**[21:27] Mio**
A letter was included in
the package we received earlier.
**[21:31] Tomas**
What? But Lady Marie's older
sister passed away, didn't she?
**[21:35] Tomas**
Her carriage fell from a cliff
with her inside, didn't it?
**[21:38] Mio**
No.
**[21:39] Mio**
According to a more detailed investigation,
**[21:41] Mio**
they were attacked by
bandits on the flatlands,
**[21:43] Mio**
and as they fled along the river, the
carriage overturned in the muddy waters.
**[21:48] Tomas**
Then, is it possible...
**[21:51] Mio**
The river water was cold, and the rain from
the previous day had caused it to swell.
**[21:56] Mio**
Rescuing anyone who fell
in would be impossible.
**[21:59] Tomas**
Y-Yes, you're right.
**[22:01] Tomas**
But if that's true...
**[22:04] Tomas**
then what about this letter?
**[22:13] Elvira**
Oh, your hair is as beautiful as silk.
**[22:17] Elvira**
My lovely, lovely Anastasia.
**[23:58] Tomas**
This is Tomas.
**[24:00] Tomas**
Doing as Miss Mio said and setting
out on a journey is fine with me,
**[24:04] Tomas**
but I never imagined things
would turn out like this.
**[24:07] Tomas**
Miss Mio has me dancing to her tune. I feel
like my life has gotten shorter because of it.
**[24:13] Tomas**
Next time, "You're So Close, I
Think You May Make Me Dizzy."
***SIGN*** Episode 7 "You're So Close, I
Think You May Make Me Dizzy"
**[24:17] Tomas**
I'm begging you. Please watch, won't you?
# 7 - You're So Close, I Think You May Make Me Dizzy
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***SIGN*** Episode 7 "You're So Close, I Think You May Make Me Dizzy"
**[00:07] Mio**
Two months ago,
**[00:09] Mio**
Lady Anastasia got into a carriage
rented by Baron Shaderan
**[00:13] Mio**
and headed for Granado Castle.
**[00:20] Mio**
For a few days, she traveled in peace,
**[00:24] Mio**
then we're told that near the royal
capital, she was set upon by bandits.
**[00:30] Mio**
While Lady Anastasia was
desperately trying to escape...
**[00:35] Mio**
she fell into the river, which
had swollen with the rain.
**[00:39] Mio**
The driver tried to rescue her,
**[00:41] Mio**
but wounds inflicted by the
bandits made it impossible.
**[00:44] Mio**
The carriage was destroyed,
and everything it carried was stolen.
**[00:49] Mio**
This summary of the incident is
based on the driver's testimony
**[00:52] Mio**
and the police investigation.
**[00:55] Mio**
Lady Anastasia's body hasn't been found,
**[00:58] Mio**
but they believe the chance
of her survival is dismal.
**[01:00] Tomas**
But the letter from her little brother...
**[01:03] Tomas**
"Elder sister is already home."
**[01:07] Tomas**
If Miss Anastasia is alive,
**[01:10] Tomas**
won't Lady Marie try to distance
herself from Lord Kyros?
**[01:13] Mio**
The master's love for her is good and true.
**[01:17] Mio**
Which means that it is necessary
for someone to play the villain.
**[01:21] Tomas**
Y-You don't mean that you'll do
something to Miss Anastasia...
**[01:25] Mio**
No.
**[01:26] Mio**
The master has forbidden me
from using violent methods.
**[01:29] Mio**
I won't do anything extreme.
Well, not overly so.
**[01:31] Tomas**
Wh-What does "not overly so"
mean? Can I just go home now?
**[01:35] Mio**
"Companions enrich a journey"
is a favorite proverb of mine.
**[01:40] Mio**
Besides...
**[01:41] Mio**
it's possible that more than just
snakes will dart from the underbrush.
**[03:17] Marie; narration**
A few days after Mio left...
**[03:24] Kyros**
Marie, starting today, I'll be your
attendant. I look forward to serving.
**[03:27] Marie**
What?
**[03:29] Kyros**
Oh. As you might expect, the maid
uniforms aren't sized to fit me.
**[03:33] Marie**
Th-That wasn't my concern.
**[03:35] Kyros**
A lady's maid is relied upon in an
emotional sense as well, right?
**[03:39] Marie**
Well...
**[03:40] Marie**
We do spend a lot of time together, so
it is easy to feel rather close to them.
**[03:45] Kyros**
That's it.
**[03:46] Kyros**
Marie, I want to become the
person you get along with best.
**[03:49] Kyros**
That's why I decided to
become your attendant.
**[03:55] Marie; internal**
*His eyes are so clear.*
**[04:02] Kyros**
What do you think? Well done
for my first time, isn't it?
**[04:06] Marie**
Y-Yes. Thank you.
**[04:09] Kyros**
All right. Next is your dress, correct?
**[04:12] Marie; internal**
*What? He can't mean that he'll dress me!*
**[04:14] Marie; internal**
*I couldn't endure that! I'll die!*
**[04:17] Kyros**
What do you say? If you don't have
a particular one in mind, I'll—
**[04:20] Cillie**
You broke your promise!
**[04:24] Cillie**
I said I'd dress her, didn't I?!
**[04:26] Kyros**
Th-That's no reason to come flying at me!
**[04:28] Cillie**
Master, you just want to touch
Marie, don't you? You lecher!
**[04:33] Wolfgang**
Cillie has been quite disrespectful.
**[04:36] Wolfgang**
However, Master, the closeness
that makes you happy
**[04:38] Wolfgang**
seems to be a level of closeness
that makes Lady Marie nervous.
**[04:42] Wolfgang**
One should temper one's eagerness.
***SIGN*** The Next Day
**[04:50] Kyros**
Marie, let's go on a date!
**[04:54] Marie**
What?
**[04:56] Kyros**
This morning, a letter arrived from Luiphon.
**[04:59] Kyros**
He writes, "I've prepared a tremendous gift
for you, so please come to the royal capital."
***SIGN*** Third Prince
**[05:04] Kyros**
Though, knowing him,
I wouldn't expect too much.
**[05:08] Kyros**
And so...
**[05:10] Kyros**
Will you go out with me? Just the two of us?
**[05:16] Marie**
Yes!
**[05:28] Kyros**
Those kind of clothes are
nice, too. You look lovely.
**[05:30] Marie**
Thank you, Lord Kyros.
You look wonderful as well.
**[05:34] Kyros**
Thank you.
**[05:36] Kyros**
But if you talk like that,
people will find out who I am.
**[05:39] Kyros**
Call me just "Kyros," with no title.
**[05:42] Marie**
What? What?!
**[05:43] Kyros**
There's still time before our
appointment with Luiphon.
**[05:46] Myros**
Let's go look around at everything first.
**[05:51] Kyros**
If we get separated or lost, then this rare
chance at a date will be ruined, right?
**[06:02] Marie**
Th-Then, shall—
**[06:05] Marie**
Let's go, Kyros.
**[06:15] Tomas**
This is where Lady Marie is from?
**[06:18] Mio**
In the Shaderan lands, aside from
largely wheat-based farming,
**[06:21] Mio**
raising cattle makes up the
majority of the industry.
**[06:24] Tomas**
Really? I'd heard they were poor,
so I imagined a small, dried-up village.
**[06:30] Mio**
It's good land.
**[06:31] Mio**
However, after the war, taxes were
levied according to a region's size,
**[06:36] Mio**
so they've had to continue
cultivating large swathes of land.
**[06:39] Mio**
Maintaining the land and rotation
of use is a lord's job,
**[06:43] Mio**
but it doesn't appear to be done well here.
**[06:52] Tomas**
Um, where are we?
**[06:54] Mio**
Lady Marie's old school.
**[06:56] Tomas**
What?
**[06:59] receptionist**
I haven't seen you before.
Are you a new student?
**[07:03] Mio**
Well, I came from the royal capital
to learn about farming, you see.
**[07:08] Mio**
And I was thinking that I'd like
to ask the students here about it.
**[07:11] Mio**
Are there any girls here?
**[07:13] receptionist**
Well, up until last year, the daughter of
Baron Shaderan attended our school, but now...
**[07:18] Mio**
Oh my! A baron's daughter?
I couldn't possibly!
**[07:22] Mio**
Isn't there anyone who's graduated
that I could speak to more casually?
**[07:25] receptionist**
I believe the daughter of the
local innkeeper also attended,
**[07:29] receptionist**
but she found work in the royal
capital, and withdrew mid-term.
**[07:32] receptionist**
I think her name was Karina.
**[07:35] Mio**
That serves my purposes quite nicely.
**[07:40] Mrs. Burton**
Yes? May I ask who you are?
**[07:42] Mio**
You are Karina Burton's mother, correct?
**[07:45] Mio**
I am a detective from the capital.
**[07:47] Mio**
The truth is, your daughter may have
gotten caught up in a certain incident.
**[07:52] Mrs. Burton**
What?!
**[07:53] Mio**
I need to check your daughter's student
identification from when she attended school.
**[07:58] Mio**
If possible, I'd like to
borrow it for a while.
**[08:02] Tomas**
Th-There should be limits to this nonsense.
**[08:06] Mio**
I didn't lie.
**[08:08] Mio**
Unlike the police, being a detective is a
job where calling yourself one makes you one.
**[08:11] Tomas**
But you talked about some kind of incident.
**[08:14] Mio**
A baron's daughter, thought to have died
in an accident, may still be alive.
**[08:17] Mio**
That's quite the incident, isn't it?
**[08:19] Mio**
And the possibility that Karina
Burton is involved isn't zero.
**[08:22] Tomas**
You're being reckless, Miss Mio.
**[08:26] Mio**
Please don't worry.
**[08:27] Mio**
The big lies begin now.
**[08:30] Tomas**
No! You're scaring me!
**[08:35] Mio**
The Shaderan residence is just over there.
**[08:37] Mio**
Please be careful not to
expose your background.
**[08:40] Tomas**
Um, shouldn't we discuss
this before we do it?
**[08:43] Mio**
Please adapt as we go.
**[08:47] Tomas**
I'll just keep quiet the whole time.
**[08:53] Tomas**
This is an impressive mansion!
**[08:56] Mio**
Yes, it is. However, it isn't
being managed very well.
**[09:01] Mio**
It wasn't this bad previously, but...
**[09:09] Tomas**
Miss Mio?!
**[09:11] Tania**
Hey! Who are you?
**[09:14] Tania**
If you're tradesmen, go around the back!
**[09:16] Tania**
You aren't debt collectors, are you?
**[09:19] Mio**
I'm Karina! This is my fiancé, Henry!
**[09:23] Mio**
This is my friend's house, and when we
arrived, the gate was open, so we came in!
**[09:26] Mio**
Sorry!
**[09:27] Tania**
What?
**[09:28] Mio**
I just told you! I'm dear Marie's friend!
**[09:32] Tania**
A friend? Of that raggedy girl?
**[09:36] Mio**
I met Marie in the capital! We went to
the same school, so we became friends.
**[09:41] Tania**
It's true, that girl is supposedly
at the capital right now.
**[09:45] Mio**
When I said I'd be visiting home,
**[09:47] Mio**
she asked me if I'd come and
pick up something she'd wanted.
**[09:51] Mio**
Miss, will you let me
into dear Marie's room?
**[09:59] Tania**
Make sure you leave as soon as you're done.
**[10:10] Tania**
This is it.
**[10:14] Tania**
That girl was never good at the basics.
**[10:17] Tania**
Cooking and cleaning took her so
long she never really finished,
**[10:21] Tania**
so she started sleeping here.
**[10:23] Mio**
Why did Marie have to work so hard?
**[10:27] Tania**
Because she wasn't the least bit cute.
**[10:29] Tania**
A woman with no prospect
of marriage has to work.
**[10:33] Mio**
Then, when did she stop being cute?
**[10:36] Tania**
She's been like that since she was born!
**[10:39] Tania**
Compared with Lady Anastasia, she's
impertinent and completely unlovable.
**[10:43] Tania**
Her grandmother, Lady Sasha, was the one
person who showed her some affection.
**[10:48] Mio**
Sasha...
**[10:51] Cedric**
Big Sis Marie?!
**[10:55] Cedric**
H-Huh?
**[10:56] Gregor**
Cedric!
**[10:57] Gregor**
What are you doing?
**[11:02] Gregor**
Who are you two?
**[11:05] Tomas; internal**
*Baron Shaderan.*
**[11:07] Mio**
Pleased to meet you! I'm Karina Burton!
**[11:10] Mio**
Dear Marie is my friend!
**[11:16] Gregor**
I now understand what brought
the two of you here, but...
**[11:21] Gregor**
That Tania! She loves her jokes!
**[11:24] Gregor**
This is a storage shed, isn't it?
**[11:26] Gregor**
It couldn't possibly be
my darling Marie's room.
**[11:30] Tania**
What?
**[11:31] Gregor**
I'll show you to the mansion.
**[11:33] Gregor**
Cedric!
**[11:34] Gregor**
You go back to your room
and continue your studies!
**[11:37] Cedric**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[11:39] Gregor**
This is the first time a friend
of Marie's has visited us.
**[11:44] Gregor**
She's a bookworm, and so shy.
Don't you find her a bit gloomy?
**[11:48] Mio**
What? Marie is so cheerful and
kind, everyone loves her!
**[11:54] Gregor**
I see. As her father,
I'm happy to hear that.
**[11:57] Gregor**
By the way, what is it that
you've come to pick up?
**[12:02] Mio**
It's something precious to
a girl, so it's a secret.
**[12:05] Mio**
She asked me to look for it.
**[12:10] Gregor**
Go right in. This is Marie's room.
**[12:15] Tomas; internal**
* What? So she did have a*
* proper room after all!*
**[12:18] Mio**
Oh, are you playing tricks on us too, Baron?
**[12:20] Mio**
This is her sister's room, isn't it?
**[12:25] Gregor**
What makes you think that?
**[12:26] Mio**
Dear Marie loves to study.
**[12:28] Mio**
It'd be odd if her room didn't
have bookshelves in it!
**[12:31] Gregor**
That's...
**[12:33] Mio**
Now, stop playing silly
pranks. You can't trick me.
**[12:40] Gregor**
Sorry about that! I really will
show you the way this time!
**[12:45] Gregor**
Here. This is Marie's room.
**[12:47] Gregor**
I'll leave, so search as much as you like.
**[12:55] Tomas**
Is this really Lady Marie's room?
**[13:01] Tomas**
What?
**[13:02] Tomas**
Wait! What are you doing?
**[13:05] Mio**
Shh! Quiet.
**[13:06] Elvira**
Really? I'm so glad to hear it.
**[13:10] Mio**
The wife's room seems
to be next to this one.
**[13:12] Tomas**
But...
**[13:14] Elvira**
That's so true, Anastasia.
**[13:23] Gregor**
My dear guests, I'm so sorry!
**[13:26] Gregor**
We're supposed to go out
as a family, you see.
**[13:29] Gregor**
Can I ask you to leave for today?
**[13:31] Mio**
Oh, really? Well then,
we'll excuse ourselves here.
**[13:37] Gregor**
Oh, and when you get back,
could you tell Marie something for me?
**[13:40] Gregor**
If there's something she wants, she
should come back and get it herself.
**[13:44] Mio**
That's so true! But dear Marie seems so busy.
**[13:48] Mio**
After all, there's only a month left until
her betrothal ceremony to the count!
**[13:52] Gregor**
That may be true...
**[13:54] Gregor**
but if the ceremony hasn't happened,
then she isn't engaged.
**[13:57] Gregor**
That girl still belongs to me,
and I'm not letting anyone steal her.
**[14:02] Mio**
Then, Marie must be very important to you.
**[14:07] Gregor**
I suppose so.
**[14:08] Elvira**
Oh my.
**[14:10] Elvira**
We have guests? I'll go and
prepare some tea right away.
**[14:14] Gregor**
No, they were just leaving.
And we're all going out.
**[14:18] Elvira**
Really? Then if you'll wait just a moment...
**[14:22] Tomas; internal**
*That's Lady Marie's mother?*
**[14:25] Elvira**
Mama's going out now.
**[14:28] Elvira**
Be a good girl and wait,
won't you, Anastasia?
**[14:39] Gregor**
Well, enjoy your visit home.
**[14:42] Mio**
I will! If you'll excuse us.
**[14:48] Tomas**
I broke out in a cold sweat.
**[14:50] Mio**
We'll wait a bit, then return to the mansion.
**[14:53] Tomas**
What?!
**[14:58] Tomas**
Ow.
**[15:00] Mio**
We're lucky that they didn't lock up.
**[15:02] Mio**
Now, come before the maid notices.
**[15:07] Tomas**
M-Miss Mio, you are a maid, aren't you?
**[15:09] Mio**
I am, without question, a maid. Why?
**[15:21] Mio**
So you did survive... Lady Anastasia.
**[15:41] Tomas**
A-A doll?
**[15:52] Tomas**
Do you think that the shock of losing Miss
Anastasia drove Baroness Elvira insane?
**[15:59] Mio**
No, she's sane.
**[16:01] Mio**
She understands that it's just a doll.
**[16:05] Mio**
It was made very recently.
Most likely by the baroness herself.
**[16:10] Tomas**
But it looks so much like a real person.
**[16:13] Mio**
Well, the hair was real human hair.
**[16:16] Tomas**
Human hair?!
**[16:17] Mio**
And the dress, too.
**[16:19] Mio**
Using the police
investigations as reference,
**[16:21] Mio**
there's no doubt she was wearing
that dress during the accident.
**[16:25] Tomas**
W-Wait. Miss Anastasia fell into the
river and her body wasn't found, right?
**[16:31] Tomas**
Then how did her hair and clothes...
**[16:33] Mio**
Indeed. There are inconsistencies with the
events of the accident as we know them.
**[16:38] Mio**
And if that's the case...
**[16:41] Mio**
Please return us immediately.
There is someone I must meet with.
**[16:45] Tomas**
Do you mean...
**[16:47] Mio**
The driver of the hired carriage... is lying.
**[16:57] Marie**
Delicious!
**[16:58] Marie**
So these are the flavors of Ipsandros.
**[17:01] Kyros**
I often came here while I was a student.
**[17:03] Kyros**
The food in the dormitory
was all too refined.
**[17:06] Marie**
You attended the Royal Academy just
like Prince Luiphon, didn't you?
**[17:09] Kyros**
Yes.
**[17:10] Kyros**
From the age of twelve to the age of
eighteen, I attended and learned many things.
**[17:14] Marie; internal**
*What a strange sort of feeling.*
**[17:17] Marie; internal**
*Lord Kyros was a young child once, too.*
**[17:21] Kyros**
All right. For dessert, we'll have dondurma!
**[17:24] Marie**
Dondurma? In Ipsian, that means
"a frozen thing," doesn't it?
**[17:29] stall owner**
Here you go!
**[17:33] stall owner**
There you go! Enjoy!
**[17:36] Marie**
Th-Thank you.
**[17:39] Marie**
What?
**[17:40] Marie**
What?
**[17:41] Marie**
Wait! Oh!
***SIGN*** PRECIOUS...
**[17:43] Marie**
Please don't move!
**[17:44] Marie**
Honestly! Please control yourself!
**[17:47] stall owner**
Of course!
**[17:49] Marie**
Oh, it's chewy! It's quite delicious!
**[17:52] Marie**
Kyros, would you like to have some... too?
**[17:54] Kyros**
Th-The cuteness is too much. It's killing me.
**[17:57] Marie**
Honestly!
**[18:07] Marie**
Th-This is incredible!
**[18:09] Kyros**
This shop handles goods from every country.
**[18:12] Kyros**
Foreign goods are popular
among merchants, you see.
**[18:15] Kyros**
Once you've tried Ips silk undergarments,
you'll never be able to wear any others.
**[18:20] Marie**
You said that the first time we met, too.
**[18:23] Marie**
Say, Kyros, will you allow me to buy
one thing for you as a present?
**[18:29] Marie**
Lady Liu Liu paid me for helping with
writing letters and translating.
**[18:35] Marie**
So if there's anything you'd like—
**[18:39] Kyros**
Well, that's a top-quality, one-of-a-kind
imported item, you see.
**[18:43] Marie**
I-I didn't realize these were so costly.
**[18:48] Kyros**
Marie, does this suit me?
**[18:50] Marie**
Y-Yes, it does. But I think the fancier
one there would suit you well, too.
**[18:56] Kyros**
Right then!
**[18:57] Kyros**
I'd like to try on the ones
that Marie mentioned!
**[19:00] Kyros**
All of them! I'll buy them all!
**[19:01] Marie**
What?
**[19:09] Kyros**
What do you think?
**[19:10] Marie**
How wonderful!
***SIGN*** Flarian
student uniform
**[19:21] Marie**
A student uniform? Where will you wear it?
**[19:24] Kyros**
I'll wear it to cheer you
up when you're down, Marie.
**[19:28] Kyros**
Right! I'll buy this, too!
**[19:29] Marie**
What?!
**[19:36] Marie; internal**
* It will probably still take a little*
* while for him to finish changing.*
**[19:45] Marie; internal**
*These are priced at a bargain.*
**[19:50] Marie; internal**
*This would be perfect for Lord Kyros!*
**[19:57] Mysterious voice**
Marie?
**[20:00] Marie**
Sister?
**[20:04] man**
Hey there.
**[20:05] Marie; internal**
*What? Did I mishear before?*
**[20:07] man**
Miss, are you here alone?
**[20:09] man**
How about a café if you haven't eaten?
**[20:12] Marie; internal**
*Is he trying to get customers?*
**[20:14] Marie**
I'm sorry. I've already eaten.
**[20:18] man**
Then, just some tea! My treat!
**[20:20] Marie**
Wh-What is this all of a sudden?
**[20:22] Marie**
I don't need tea. Please let go of me.
**[20:26] man**
You are cute, aren't you?
**[20:28] Marie; internal**
* He's forcing himself to*
* compliment me out of courtesy.*
**[20:31] Marie; internal**
*I should express my gratitude.*
**[20:32] Marie; internal**
*Oh, but...*
**[20:34] Marie; internal**
*I don't want to!*
**[20:36] Marie**
Help me, Lord Kyros!
**[20:43] Kyros**
What an unmannerly way to hit on someone.
**[20:47] Kyros**
When a lady says no, walk away.
**[20:49] Kyros**
Don't touch anyone without
their permission!
**[20:51] man**
I-I'm sorry!
**[20:57] Marie**
I'm sorry for causing trouble for you.
**[21:00] Kyros**
You have absolutely no reason to apologize!
**[21:03] Kyros**
But... didn't you realize that
he was trying to ask you out?
**[21:05] Marie**
What?
**[21:06] Kyros**
It must have happened
many times before this.
**[21:08] Marie**
N-No. My school was almost all boys,
**[21:13] Marie**
but they never spoke to me more
than absolutely necessary.
**[21:16] Marie**
They used to point at me and laugh.
**[21:19] Kyros**
That's not possible!
**[21:21] Kyros**
Even unadorned, you're so charming
that men would never leave you alone!
**[21:26] Marie**
I'm not. I'm ugly, and my hair
and clothes are always raggedy.
**[21:32] Kyros; internal**
*Raggedy...*
**[21:34] Kyros; internal**
* That's it! That's why they*
* kept her in tatters!*
**[21:37] Kyros; internal**
* Baron Shaderan didn't want Marie's*
* charms known to anyone...*
**[21:40] Kyros; internal**
*No! He wished to conceal it, even from her,*
**[21:43] Kyros; internal**
*so he trapped her in that disgraceful state!*
**[21:46] Kyros; internal**
* But... no matter how hard he tries*
* to tie Marie down, it won't work!*
**[21:54] Kyros**
I'm never letting go.
**[22:01] Marie; internal**
* Unlike those of other people,*
* Lord Kyros' hand is comforting.*
**[23:59] Cillie**
It's so *lonely* without Marie here!
**[24:03] Cillie**
Stupid Master! It's *no fair!*
**[24:06] Wolfgang**
Now, now, Cillie.
**[24:08] Wolfgang**
Still, they are quite late
in returning, aren't they?
**[24:13] Wolfgang**
I hope nothing has happened.
**[24:16] Cillie**
Next time...
**[24:17] Cillie**
"A Gift More Lovely Than Jewels."
***SIGN*** Episode 8 "A
Gift More Lovely Than Jewels"
**[24:20] Cillie**
If you don't watch, I'll send
you flying with a kick!
**[24:22] Wolfgang**
Now, Cillie!
# 8 - A Gift More Lovely Than Jewels
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***SIGN*** Episode 8 "A Gift
More Lovely Than Jewels"
**[00:05] woman**
Freshly caught today!
**[00:08] Marie**
Kyros, may I look at that stall, too?
**[00:11] Kyros**
Yes, of course.
**[00:14] Marie; internal**
*These spices are for Toppo.*
**[00:17] Marie; internal**
*These flower seeds are for Johan.*
**[00:20] Marie; internal**
*This bracelet is lovely, too!*
**[00:25] Kyros**
These are all gifts for
everyone back at the castle.
**[00:28] Marie**
Well, it's fun.
**[00:30] Marie**
And you can't really say anything
about anyone else, Kyros.
**[00:34] Marie**
All you've bought are gifts for me.
**[00:36] Kyros**
Looks like we should stop by the carriage
to drop things off, don't you think?
**[00:40] Marie**
Yes, you're right.
**[02:14] Marie**
Is this... the artisans quarter?
**[02:17] Kyros**
This shop is a purveyor to the royal family.
**[02:19] Kyros**
I've agreed to meet Luiphon here.
**[02:29] Giovanni**
Thank you for visiting our shop,
**[02:32] Giovanni**
Count Granado.
**[02:34] Kyros**
Giovanni! It's been a while, hasn't it?
**[02:37] Kyros**
Is Luiphon here?
**[02:38] Giovanni**
Yes, he's on the second floor taking a nap.
**[02:41] Kyros**
He summons me here, then takes a nap?
**[02:44] Kyros**
Marie, please wait here for me.
He's got a habit of sleeping naked.
**[02:48] Marie**
I will.
**[02:53] Marie; internal**
* They must process precious*
* stones at this shop.*
**[02:58] Marie; internal**
*I wonder what these are.*
**[03:01] Giovanni**
These are fragments produced during
the design-cutting process.
**[03:04] Giovanni**
They come from high quality jewels.
**[03:06] Marie**
Really? They're beautiful.
**[03:09] Giovanni**
If you thread them, they can also
be used to make modest accessories.
**[03:13] Giovanni**
As you are the count's guest, we'll happily
gift you as many as you like.
**[03:17] Marie**
What?!
**[03:18] Marie; internal**
* All I did was follow Lord Kyros here,*
* and he'll give them to me for free?*
**[03:29] Marie; internal**
*What a beautiful green.*
**[03:38] Marie**
I-If I were to buy these,
how much would they cost?
**[03:42] Giovanni**
What?
**[03:43] Giovanni**
Well...
**[03:46] Giovanni**
Something close to this amount.
**[03:49] Marie; internal**
*They aren't inexpensive, but at this price...*
**[03:53] Marie**
I-I'll take these, please.
And I will, of course, pay for them.
**[03:59] Giovanni**
Understood.
**[04:09] Marie; internal**
*I've hardly ever even touched any jewels.*
**[04:12] Marie; internal**
*I never imagined I'd buy any myself.*
**[04:15] Luiphon in disguise**
Why hello, Miss! Have you bought
yourself something nice there?
**[04:19] Marie; internal**
* What? Could this be that*
* "being picked up" thing?*
**[04:23] Marie**
Yes, thank you!
**[04:25] Marie**
But I'm here with someone,
so if you'll excuse me!
**[04:28] Luiphon in disguise**
What? What is this person
like? Is he handsome?
**[04:32] Marie**
H-He's wonderful! Very much so!
**[04:35] Luiphon in disguise**
In what way? His looks? His
personality? Do you share interests?
**[04:38] Luiphon in disguise**
Have you kissed?
**[04:40] Marie**
H-His looks and personality
are both wonderful!
**[04:42] Marie**
We share interests,
and he's a wonderful fiancé!
**[04:44] Marie**
And as for kissing, we are
likely to do so very soon!
**[04:49] Marie**
What? L-Lord Kyros?
***SIGN*** Death
by Cuteness...
**[04:51] Kyros**
S-Sorry.
**[04:53] Kyros**
And you, Luiphon! Weren't you
napping on the second floor?
**[04:58] Luiphon**
Hey, my dear Marie! It's been a while.
**[05:00] Luiphon**
It's me, Prince Luiphon!
**[05:01] Marie; internal**
*O-Once again, this man has...*
**[05:04] Luiphon**
Now, then.
**[05:05] Luiphon**
I know it's sudden, but let's finish up
the business that I called you here for.
**[05:11] Luiphon**
This is in celebration of your betrothal.
**[05:16] Kyros**
A ruby?
**[05:17] Kyros**
No. A pink diamond?
**[05:19] Kyros**
But it's very red for one of those.
**[05:21] Luiphon**
It's an incredibly rare red diamond!
**[05:24] Luiphon**
Search the world and you won't
find another of this size.
**[05:27] Kyros**
It's magnificent.
**[05:29] Kyros**
It must be a national treasure.
**[05:30] Luiphon**
Indeed!
**[05:32] Luiphon**
During the war, this rare item was used to
negotiate alliances with other nations.
**[05:36] Luiphon**
Though ever since then, it has
slept in the royal palace treasure vault.
**[05:41] Luiphon**
You can have it for eighty million euiro.
I'll give you a friends discount.
**[05:44] Kyros**
You're telling me to buy it?
**[05:46] Luiphon**
I convinced all those strait-laced old men
in a meeting of the royal family, you know?
**[05:50] Luiphon**
I said, "If any of us royals were to wear it,
**[05:53] Luiphon**
our people would say to stop
wasting their taxes and revolt."
**[05:56] Marie; internal**
*Is that how it works?*
**[05:58] Luiphon**
Though if I said it was a gift for Count
Granado, no one would be able to complain.
**[06:05] Marie**
What?
**[06:06] Luiphon**
Sweet Marie, the Granado family's wealth
currently exceeds that of the royal family.
**[06:11] Luiphon**
The highway that the then
Margrave Granado laid down...
**[06:15] Luiphon**
The checkpoints and harbor he built
to collect taxes from the merchants...
**[06:20] Luiphon**
Duchess Liu Liu and Kyros'
skillful mercantile abilities...
**[06:24] Luiphon**
That's how the House of Granado
obtained their immense wealth.
**[06:28] Luiphon**
These days, nobility alone
doesn't guarantee a life of ease.
**[06:32] Luiphon**
If they can't change with the times, even the
most distinguished families will quickly fall.
**[06:38] Luiphon**
Like Baron Shaderan's family did.
**[06:43] Marie; internal**
*He doesn't mean that as a slight towards me.*
**[06:45] Marie; internal**
* Wealth is a weapon. One used to protect*
* one's people and other precious things.*
**[06:53] Marie**
Yes, and as a member of the House of Granado,
**[06:56] Marie**
I will be diligent about
never neglecting my studies.
**[07:00] Kyros**
Marie.
**[07:04] Luiphon**
I'll make it 70 million!
**[07:06] Luiphon**
Dear Kyros, you have been
searching, haven't you?
**[07:09] Luiphon**
For a gem that matches the color of her
hair, the most beautiful jewel in the world!
**[07:14] Kyros**
I wanted it to be a surprise
for the betrothal ceremony!
**[07:19] Kyros**
It's just that the distinct charm
of this color is so unique...
**[07:24] Kyros**
I thought of you right away.
**[07:27] Marie; internal**
*Does he mean the color of my hair?*
**[07:30] Marie; internal**
* But it's usually something*
* that people disdain and avoid.*
**[07:34] Kyros**
Thank you, Luiphon, for searching out
something so perfectly suited to us.
**[07:44] Luiphon**
You're very welcome.
**[07:46] Luiphon**
But it'll still take a few
days to turn it into a ring.
**[07:55] Marie**
Thank you for before.
**[07:59] Marie**
When I heard that you'd been looking
for a gem the color of my hair,
**[08:03] Marie**
it made me very happy.
**[08:06] Kyros**
Y-Yes. I hoped it might delight you.
**[08:11] Marie**
I thought that your kindness was simply
you being considerate towards me,
**[08:15] Marie**
so I've always shied away from it.
**[08:17] Marie**
But now, I understand how you feel.
**[08:23] Marie**
This is a gift for you.
**[08:26] Kyros**
Wh-What?
**[08:28] Marie**
When I was picking out presents for
everyone, I secretly bought this.
**[08:33] Marie**
Will you accept it?
**[08:36] Marie**
As long as it isn't an imposition!
**[08:52] Kyros**
It looks good, right?
**[08:56] Marie**
You look quite dashing!
**[08:58] Marie**
And, actually, I also have this.
**[09:03] Kyros**
Emerald fragments?
**[09:05] Marie**
Yes.
**[09:06] Marie**
I thought that it might look nice if
I sewed them on the ends like this.
**[09:10] Marie**
And the last one is for me.
**[09:12] Kyros**
You like emeralds?
**[09:15] Marie**
No.
**[09:17] Marie**
It's only that I thought they
matched the color of your eyes.
**[09:20] Kyros**
My eyes?
**[09:22] Marie; internal**
* The moment I thought*
* they looked like his eyes...*
**[09:26] Marie; internal**
*I suddenly wanted those fragments.*
**[09:29] Marie; internal**
*I dearly wanted to make them my own.*
**[09:36] Marie**
It's a little hot, isn't it?
**[09:39] Marie**
I'm going to open the window.
**[09:53] Kyros**
Watch out!
**[09:57] Kyros**
What happened? Did something
out there cause you concern?
**[10:01] Marie**
N-No, it's nothing.
**[10:03] Marie**
I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking properly.
**[10:10] Marie**
Today, I was so happy.
**[10:12] Marie**
Because you held my hands.
**[10:15] Marie**
I've always had a complex about
my large, unlovely hands.
**[10:19] Kyros**
Your hands are charming.
**[10:21] Kyros**
I like holding hands with you very much.
**[10:27] Marie**
I like it, too.
**[10:32] Kyros**
If it's only my hands that you like,
**[10:36] Kyros**
then please, push me away.
**[10:40] Marie**
Not at all.
**[10:43] Marie**
I'm so happy.
**[10:49] Anastasia**
Then trade places with me.
**[10:58] Marie**
Sister?
**[11:00] Anastasia**
Why are you there? That spot belongs to me.
**[11:08] Anastasia**
Trade places with me.
**[11:10] Anastasia**
Trade places!
**[11:19] Marie; internal**
*Yes...*
**[11:20] Marie; internal**
*This is how it should be.*
**[11:26] Marie; internal**
*So then, why...*
**[11:28] Marie; internal**
*Why do I feel...*
**[11:32] Marie; internal**
*so cold?*
**[11:35] Kyros**
M-Marie?
**[11:42] Kyros**
P-Please stop the carriage!
**[11:44] Kyros**
No! To a doctor, immediately!
**[11:47] Marie; internal**
*It's cold. So cold... it hurts.*
**[11:53] (Flashback) young Marie**
It's cold.
**[11:54] (Flashback) young Marie**
It hurts.
**[11:56] (Flashback) young Marie**
Sister...
**[11:59] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
I'm right here, Marie.
**[12:03] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
How's that? Does it feel better?
**[12:06] (Flashback) young Marie**
Thank you, Sister.
**[12:08] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
It's all right. It's just
a cold in your ears.
**[12:12] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
They said that if you sleep
a lot, you'll get better.
**[12:15] (Flashback) young Marie**
Where are Mama and Papa?
**[12:17] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
They both said they're busy with work.
**[12:20] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
That's why your big sister's
going to read you a book!
**[12:24] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
It's your favorite, Marie!
"The Raggedy Red Cat"!
**[12:30] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
"Some other time in some other place,"
**[12:33] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
"a raggedy red cat lived in a town."
**[12:36] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
"Say, little cat, what's your name?"
**[12:40] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
"None of your business, you idiot!
Why would I have a name anyway?"
**[12:44] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
"I'm just a raggedy old cat!"
**[12:46] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
"Don't you wanna know why I'm raggedy?"
**[12:50] (Flashback) Young Marie**
"I know why. It's because you're red, right?"
**[12:56] (Flashback) Young Anastasia**
"You should go on a journey, too."
**[12:58] (Flashback) Young Anastasia**
"If a cat lies around like
trash, it becomes trash."
**[13:01] (Flashback) Young Anastasia**
"If trash meows like a cat,
then it becomes a cat."
**[13:04] (Flashback) Young Anastasia**
"And..."
**[13:05] (Flashback) young Anastasia; young Marie**
"if that cat goes traveling,
then it becomes a traveling cat!"
**[13:13] (Flashback) Sasha**
Anastasia!
**[13:15] (Flashback) Sasha**
I told you not to enter
Marie's room, didn't I?
**[13:18] (Flashback) Sasha**
You don't listen no matter how
many times you're told, do you?
**[13:19] (Flashback) young Marie**
Grandmother Sasha...
**[13:21] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
I'm her big sister, so I
have to make Marie better!
**[13:26] (Flashback) Sasha**
This nonsense won't make
her better, you fool!
**[13:28] (Flashback) Sasha**
And your translation is entirely incompetent!
**[13:32] (Flashback) Sasha**
Learning it properly is
for Marie's sake as well.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Sasha**
How many times have I told you?
**[13:36] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
I-I'm sorry!
**[13:39] (Flashback) Sasha**
Marie.
**[13:41] (Flashback) Sasha**
Forget what Anastasia has
read you from this book.
**[13:44] (Flashback) Sasha**
You will learn it just as it is written.
**[13:46] (Flashback) young Marie**
Is it time for lessons?
**[13:49] (Flashback) young Marie**
My body still isn't...
**[13:53] (Flashback) Sasha**
You are the smartest of
everyone in this house.
**[13:57] (Flashback) Sasha**
That's why educating you is
the most efficient choice.
**[14:00] (Flashback) young Marie**
But Sister says she likes
words from Ipsandros, too.
**[14:04] (Flashback) Sasha**
That has nothing to do with anything.
**[14:06] (Flashback) Sasha**
You will recite this and learn Ipsian
while you are still four years old.
**[14:09] (Flashback) Sasha**
And you will master Flarian
before you turn six years old.
**[14:14] (Flashback) young Marie**
Yes, I will.
**[14:16] young Marie; internal**
*I love this story from Ipsandros, but...*
**[14:23] young Marie; internal**
*It's cold. It hurts.*
**[14:26] young Marie; internal**
*Sister, where are you?*
**[14:30] young Marie; internal**
*Sister... help me!*
**[14:35] Marie**
Sister...
**[14:41] Marie**
Lord Kyros?
**[14:44] Kyros**
Are you awake, Marie?
**[14:47] Marie**
Why am I...
**[14:49] Kyros**
You collapsed with a fever.
**[14:50] Kyros**
The doctor said it's likely from exhaustion.
**[14:53] Marie**
A fever?
**[14:56] Kyros**
Don't push yourself yet. You were
groaning so much in your sleep.
**[15:00] Marie**
I was dreaming.
**[15:03] Marie**
But where are we?
**[15:05] Kyros**
The napping room in the castle.
It's the closest one to the gate.
**[15:09] Kyros**
Oh, and please don't worry.
**[15:11] Kyros**
I left changing your clothes and wiping
your sweat to the maids and left the room.
**[15:14] Kyros**
I swear to you that I also did
not sneak under the covers.
**[15:17] Marie**
I-I wasn't worried about any of that.
**[15:21] Marie**
Thanks to everyone's help,
I think my fever has gone down.
**[15:26] Marie**
How long have I been...
**[15:28] Kyros**
You've slept for nearly half
a day. It's almost dawn.
**[15:33] Marie**
Don't tell me... Lord Kyros,
does this mean you haven't slept?
**[15:38] Marie**
You looked after me all night?
**[15:39] Kyros**
I didn't do anything much.
**[15:41] Kyros**
I couldn't have slept for worrying
anyway. Don't let it trouble you.
**[15:45] Marie**
But...
**[15:48] Kyros**
Marie, this soup is very nourishing.
**[15:51] Kyros**
It isn't bitter at all.
**[15:53] Marie**
I could eat it even if it was bitter.
**[15:56] Marie; internal**
* This brings back memories*
* from when I was little.*
**[15:59] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Your big sister will feed
you! Now, open wide!
**[16:04] Kyros**
Marie?
**[16:06] Kyros**
Marie, here.
**[16:15] Marie**
I-I'm so sorry! It isn't what you think!
**[16:17] Marie**
A long time ago, my sister
looked after me and...
**[16:21] Kyros**
Your sister looked after you?
**[16:23] Marie**
Yes, but that was when we were very little.
**[16:28] Marie; internal**
* Now that he mentions it,*
* when did I start eating alone?*
**[16:34] Marie; internal**
*Was it after Grandmother Sasha passed away?*
**[16:37] Kyros**
Is the soup not enough for you?
**[16:40] Kyros**
There's some biscuit cookies here.
**[16:42] Marie**
Biscuit cookies?
**[16:45] Marie; internal**
*Ever since Grandmother died,*
**[16:48] Marie; internal**
* Mother started treating me as*
* though I were no more than smoke.*
**[16:57] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Marie! You must be hungry, right?
**[17:00] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
I brought you some biscuit cookies.
**[17:02] (Flashback) young Marie**
I can't. Mama said I
can't eat anything today.
**[17:07] (Flashback) young Marie**
It's because I got taller again.
**[17:13] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Don't worry about any of that!
**[17:16] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Here!
**[17:30] (Flashback) young Marie**
It's delicious.
**[17:33] Kyros**
Marie, are you all right?
**[17:37] Marie; internal**
*My beautiful, kind older sister...*
**[17:42] Marie; internal**
* If she had lived, then instead of*
* someone like me, Lord Kyros would...*
**[17:48] Kyros**
I'll go fetch the doctor!
**[17:49] Marie**
Wait!
**[17:52] Marie**
Please don't go.
**[17:53] Marie**
I beg of you, stay here with me.
**[17:57] Kyros**
Marie.
**[17:59] Kyros**
Don't worry. I'll come right back.
**[18:02] Kyros**
Has being sick made you feel forlorn?
**[18:05] Marie**
That isn't it.
**[18:08] Marie**
I just don't want to be apart
from you for even a moment.
**[18:14] Kyros**
If you're doing this out of gratitude
for my nursing you, you don't have to.
**[18:20] Marie**
How could my selfishness
serve as thanks towards you?
**[18:24] Kyros**
Because...
**[18:26] Kyros**
you keep saying things that make me happy.
**[18:33] Marie; internal**
* When did I start being able to*
* look him in the eye like this?*
**[18:38] Marie; internal**
* Even when I never lifted my gaze,*
* he was always watching over me.*
**[18:52] Marie**
I love your eyes.
**[18:56] Marie**
Before, when you were kind
to me, it made me hesitate,
**[19:01] Marie**
but now... it only makes me happy.
**[19:06] Marie**
I'm going to be filled to the brim
with this feeling of happiness.
**[19:12] Marie**
I... love you.
**[19:17] Marie**
You are...
**[19:33] Kyros**
Marie...
**[19:35] Kyros**
From the first moment I
met you, I've loved you.
**[19:40] Marie; internal**
* Once, I would have rejected*
* those words, but now...*
**[19:47] Marie**
Yes.
**[19:51] Kyros**
I'm so happy I think I may cry.
**[19:58] Kyros**
I am delighted that my love is reciprocated,
**[20:01] Kyros**
but also, that you're saying these
things to me of your own accord...
**[20:05] Kyros**
nothing could possibly make me happier.
**[20:09] Kyros**
I have to tell the doctor that you're awake.
**[20:13] Kyros**
I'll come right back, so please
stay there in bed and wait for me.
**[20:19] Marie**
In bed...
***SIGN*** In bed...
***SIGN*** In bed...
***SIGN*** In bed...
**[20:21] Marie**
I-I'll wait right here!
**[20:23] Kyros**
I-I didn't mean it like that!
**[20:25] Marie**
What? Oh, I'm sorry! I jumped to conclusions!
**[20:28] Kyros**
No, I'm the one who's sorry.
**[20:30] Kyros**
Well, then!
**[20:41] Marie**
Lord Kyros?
**[20:46] Marie**
What happened?
**[20:47] Kyros**
I-It's nothing.
**[20:50] Mio**
He was skipping and missed
a step on the stairs.
**[20:53] Mio**
Honestly. What a fool.
**[20:56] Marie**
Mio! Welcome home!
**[20:59] Mio**
I've just returned. There is a small
but urgent matter to attend to.
**[21:03] Marie**
What is it?
**[21:04] Mio**
Master.
**[21:06] Mio**
I've brought a guest to the reception hall.
**[21:12] Marie**
Is it really all right for me to come, too?
**[21:15] Kyros**
Yes.
**[21:16] Kyros**
It won't be pleasant, but it's something
you should hear with your own ears.
**[21:21] Kyros**
It concerns a member of your
family, Anastasia Shaderan.
**[21:35] Mio**
I'll take over.
**[21:42] Mio**
This is the current lord, Kyros Granado.
**[21:45] Mio**
Raise your head, Jacob.
**[21:52] Mio**
This man... was the driver of the
carriage that Lady Anastasia rode in.
**[21:58] Marie; internal**
*The one where my sister died in an accident?*
**[22:03] Kyros**
Jacob...
**[22:04] Kyros**
I hear that you came here years ago from the
Bandelee Islands in order to earn money.
**[22:16] Kyros**
Was it you?
**[22:19] Kyros**
Did you kill Anastasia Shaderan?
**[23:58] Johan**
It's been a long time since I became
the Granado Castle huntsman,
**[24:01] Johan**
but I never imagined I'd be charged
with a duty like this one.
**[24:05] Johan**
Next time, "In Pursuit
of Anastasia's Spirit."
***SIGN*** Episode 9 "In Pursuit
of Anastasia's Spirit"
**[24:09] Johan**
Don't miss it.
# 9 - In Pursuit of Anastasia's Spirit
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**[00:00] Mio**
This man... was the driver of the
carriage that Lady Anastasia rode in.
**[00:07] Kyros**
Was it you?
**[00:09] Kyros**
Did you kill Anastasia Shaderan?
***SIGN*** Episode 9 "In Pursuit
of Anastasia's Spirit"
**[01:55] Mio; internal**
* As I thought, it doesn't seem*
* likely he'll simply tell us.*
**[02:00] Tomas**
I've brought him.
**[02:05] Marie; internal**
*Johan...*
**[02:10] Johan**
I've heard you're from the Bandelee
Islands. I'm from the same area.
**[02:15] Johan**
What island were you born on?
**[02:18] Jacob**
Y-You're Bandeleese?
Why are you working in a castle?
**[02:23] Johan**
Count Granado's mother is a
refugee from another country.
**[02:27] Johan**
He has also grown up suffering insults
from the people of this kingdom.
**[02:31] Johan**
He doesn't discriminate.
I can assure you of that.
**[02:35] Johan**
The master hasn't called
you here to condemn you.
**[02:38] Johan**
He wants to give you compensation.
**[02:41] Jacob**
What?
**[02:42] Johan**
Compensation for killing Anastasia.
**[02:48] Marie; internal**
*I understand.*
**[02:49] Marie; internal**
* Johan is lying to try to*
* get the truth from him.*
**[02:53] Johan**
As the son of a duke, the master was
bound to a fiancée through duty,
**[02:58] Johan**
but it was her younger sister, Marie,
who stands here, that he fell in love with.
**[03:02] Johan**
I'm sure you don't need
me to tell you the rest.
**[03:04] Jacob**
So the beautiful older sister was in the way.
**[03:08] Johan**
Indeed. And so the master would
like to discreetly reward you.
**[03:12] Johan**
In fact, he may even employ
you here at the castle.
**[03:18] Johan**
And if you were a castle employee, then the
owner of the carriage rental couldn't yell at you.
**[03:23] Jacob**
Th-That would be too much, wouldn't it?
**[03:36] Kyros**
Please tell us the truth, Jacob.
**[03:40] Jacob**
That day, the old guy who runs
the shop was really excited.
**[03:44] (Flashback) shop owner**
Jacob, bring out the best carriage!
**[03:48] (Flashback) Jacob**
Huh? What's this about?
**[03:50] (Flashback) shop owner**
The lord's oldest daughter's getting married.
**[03:52] (Flashback) shop owner**
A job this big doesn't
come around very often.
**[03:56] (Flashback) shop owner**
Apologies for keeping you waiting, Baron.
**[03:59] (Flashback) shop owner**
We have prepared our very
best carriage for you.
**[04:03] (Flashback) shop owner**
It comes to roughly this amount.
**[04:07] (Flashback) Gregor**
Ridiculous!
**[04:09] (Flashback) Gregor**
I will only pay half that much.
**[04:11] (Flashback) shop owner**
B-But for that amount, we can't manage
to provide a decent carriage or inn.
**[04:17] (Flashback) Gregor**
Figuring out what to do about
that is your job, isn't it?
**[04:21] (Flashback) shop owner**
You may say so,
**[04:23] (Flashback) shop owner**
but the lady getting married is
your darling daughter, isn't it?
**[04:31] (Flashback) shop owner**
Jacob, you understand, don't you?
**[04:34] (Flashback) shop owner**
Lay a hand on the lord's daughter
and being fired is the least—
**[04:37] (Flashback) Jaocb**
Yes, yes. I know.
**[04:40] (Flashback) Jacob**
But it's strange, isn't it?
**[04:43] (Flashback) Jacob**
Unlike that raggedy younger daughter,
**[04:46] (Flashback) Jacob**
the older one is supposed
to be adored, isn't she?
**[04:50] (Flashback) shop owner**
That's not for us to worry about!
**[04:52] (Flashback) shop owner**
Now, would you hurry up?!
**[05:01] (Flashback) Jacob**
Hey, my lady! You're just
as pretty as the rumors say!
**[05:06] (Flashback) Jacob**
I bet you've got your pick of the men, right?
**[05:09] (Flashback) Jacob**
Could it be you've actually
played around a bit?
**[05:11] (Flashback) Jacob**
Just joking. Sorry for being so crude.
**[05:16] (Flashback) Jacob**
I'm just a humble hired driver after all.
**[05:20] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Not at all.
**[05:21] Jacob; present**
Her attitude made me realize,
**[05:24] Jacob; present**
the only way she could live was
by following her parents' orders.
**[05:28] Jacob; present**
She was a doll with nothing
more than her looks.
**[05:36] Jacob; present**
That's how I knew she wouldn't run away.
**[05:40] Jacob; present**
No matter what happened.
**[05:50] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Wh-Why have you stopped the carriage?
**[05:52] (Flashback) Anastasia**
The royal capital is close, isn't it?
**[05:54] (Flashback) Jacob**
We're camping here for the night.
**[05:56] (Flashback) Jacob**
And the horses are tired from the rain.
**[05:59] (Flashback) Anastasia**
The river is dangerous, swollen with the rain!
**[06:01] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Isn't that all the more reason to hurry?
**[06:06] (Flashback) Anastasia**
I-If you dare lay a hand on the fiancée of
a count, do you know what will happen to you?
**[06:10] (Flashback) Jacob**
I don't, and I don't care.
**[06:13] (Flashback) Jacob**
When the count discovers that his
fiancée was defiled by a foreigner,
**[06:17] (Flashback) Jacob**
I wonder what'll happen to you.
**[06:23] Jacob; present**
Ow!
**[06:24] Kyros**
Mio!
**[06:25] Kyros**
He hasn't finished his story yet!
**[06:26] Jacob**
What're you doing?
**[06:27] Jacob**
What? I thought this was what you wanted!
**[06:31] Kyros**
Mio!
**[06:35] Tomas**
I'll take your place.
**[06:40] Tomas**
You! Where did you get the hair and clothes
for the doll that's at the baron's house?
**[06:46] Tomas**
Tell us!
**[06:48] Jacob**
I-I took the clothes off her myself.
**[06:51] Tomas**
And the hair?
**[06:52] Jacob**
Th-That was...
**[06:55] (Flashback) Jacob**
Don't move! Just stay still!
**[06:57] (Flashback) Anastasia**
No!
**[07:02] Jacob**
She went and cut her own hair off!
**[07:04] Jacob**
Look! I've still got a scar from it!
**[07:07] Tomas**
You got what you deserved!
**[07:09] Mio**
Wounded, you retrieved the clothes and hair,
**[07:13] Mio**
then sold them to Lady Elvira, who was
in shock from her daughter's death.
**[07:17] Jacob**
I-I wasn't planning to sell
them to her from the beginning!
**[07:20] Jacob**
I heard that the baroness was looking
for materials to make a doll!
**[07:23] Mio**
To cover up your own crime,
you destroyed the carriage,
**[07:26] Mio**
and lied in your testimony, saying
that you were attacked by bandits.
**[07:29] Jacob**
That woman fell into the
river! That's the *truth!*
**[07:33] Jacob**
She was trying to run away and she slipped!
**[07:35] Jacob**
It was an accident!
**[07:37] Jacob**
I didn't kill her!
**[07:39] Jacob**
Please believe me!
**[07:41] Marie**
That's enough.
**[07:43] Marie**
I don't want to hear any more.
**[07:45] Kyros**
Marie.
**[07:50] Marie**
My older sister died because
of you, didn't she?
**[07:59] Jacob**
B-But, you know? I think it was the right
move not to take that woman as your wife!
**[08:04] Jacob**
She had men's clothing that didn't
fit her hidden away in her bags!
**[08:09] Jacob**
What a crazy woman! She must've
had men besides her fiancé!
**[08:14] Jacob**
Even if she had married you,
she'd definitely have cheated on you!
**[08:17] Marie**
Do not insult my sister!
**[08:25] Jacob**
Wh-What? Do you want to get
what that woman got, too?
**[08:29] Kyros**
Stop talking!
**[08:38] Marie**
Sister, I...
**[08:48] Marie**
I'm so sorry, Lord Kyros.
**[08:51] Kyros**
No, I'm the one who should apologize.
**[08:55] Kyros**
Until just now, I didn't
regret Anastasia's death.
**[09:01] Marie**
What?
**[09:02] Mio**
Neither did I.
**[09:05] Marie**
Mio...
**[09:06] Kyros**
We thought that Anastasia had tyrannized
you the same way your parents did.
**[09:13] Marie**
Sh-She didn't! Not even once!
**[09:17] Kyros**
Yes, I understand that now.
**[09:19] Kyros**
That's why I feel so guilty.
**[09:22] Kyros**
I thought that her death
was her divine punishment.
**[09:27] Kyros**
And that isn't all.
**[09:29] Kyros**
I thought that my mistakenly proposing
to her was a stroke of good luck.
**[09:32] Kyros**
Because of that error, you were safe, Marie.
**[09:34] Kyros**
That's what I believed.
**[09:37] Marie; internal**
* Truthfully, it should have*
* been me in that carriage.*
**[09:41] Marie; internal**
*My sister was there in my place.*
**[09:44] Kyros**
Marie... Will you allow me to
apologize at Anastasia's grave?
**[09:50] Marie**
She doesn't have a grave.
**[09:51] Marie**
My father said that a
gravestone would be a waste.
**[09:55] Marie**
Her funeral was terribly plain, too.
**[09:58] Marie**
In the end, my sister's name wasn't
even inscribed in the public cemetery.
**[10:03] Kyros**
I'd at least like to offer
her spirit some comfort.
**[10:06] Kyros**
Was there a place that Anastasia liked?
**[10:08] Kyros**
Flowers or food? What about a song?
**[10:14] Marie; internal**
*I didn't know anything.*
**[10:18] Marie; internal**
*At some point, a huge gulf opened between us.*
**[10:23] Marie; internal**
* Me, who always wore tatters,*
* but could walk freely outside.*
**[10:28] Marie; internal**
* My sister, who was forced to dress*
* up in a tiny, enclosed garden.*
**[10:34] Marie; internal**
*A perfect being who should be beloved by all.*
**[10:37] Marie; internal**
* And I believed that was*
* why the gods took her away.*
**[10:45] Marie; internal**
* But even my sister... was just*
* a person living her life.*
**[10:50] Marie; internal**
* It's such an obvious thing,*
* but I'd forgotten that.*
**[10:55] Kyros**
All of this is my fault.
**[10:57] Kyros**
I had no right to punch that man.
**[11:02] Marie**
Neither do I.
**[11:05] Marie; internal**
*Because I...*
**[11:07] Marie; internal**
* I'm just one of the many*
* people who killed Anastasia.*
**[11:17] Marie**
Rest well, Anastasia.
**[11:24] Kyros**
This waterway runs all the way to the
artisans' quarter in the royal capital.
**[11:29] Marie**
While she was alive,
**[11:30] Marie**
my sister once said that she wanted
to design clothes in the capital.
**[11:35] Kyros**
In such a lively place, perhaps
Anastasia won't feel lonely.
**[11:41] Marie**
Yes.
**[11:49] young Anastasia**
*Marie! Let's play!*
**[11:58] Marie**
I hope that's true.
**[12:04] Marie; internal**
* It's been a week since then, and the*
* atmosphere in the castle has returned to normal.*
**[12:11] Liu Liu**
Miss Marie is sewing.
**[12:14] Liu Liu**
And what are you doing?
**[12:17] Kyros**
If Marie pricks her finger on a needle,
I am here to treat it immediately.
***SIGN*** Medicine
Box
**[12:21] Liu Liu**
So you're not doing anything.
**[12:24] Marie**
It's finished!
**[12:26] Marie**
Lord Kyros, I'm going to
use your hair for a moment.
**[12:30] Kyros**
Of course!
**[12:32] Liu Liu**
M-My son has turned into a faithful dog.
**[12:32] Marie; background**
Please face the other way.
**[12:34] Kyros; background**
Like this?
**[12:35] Marie; background**
Oh, now if you'll face forward.
**[12:40] Marie**
Your hair is so beautiful.
**[12:44] Kyros**
Marie, your fingers move in such a
charming manner. It feels very nice.
**[12:50] Liu Liu**
You're both so innocent!
**[12:52] Liu Liu**
Like a couple who are
each others' first loves!
**[12:55] Kyros**
You're right. What of it?
**[12:57] Marie**
So much happened that my giving
these to you has been delayed.
**[13:00] Marie**
They're gifts for you from the market!
**[13:02] Tunika**
Oh, thank you so much!
**[13:05] Liu Liu**
How beautiful.
**[13:07] Tunika; background**
It's adorable, isn't it?
**[13:09] Mio**
Lady Marie.
**[13:09] Liu Liu; background**
Yes, it is.
**[13:11] Mio**
Souvenirs may be
the true pleasure of travel,
**[13:13] Mio**
but I believe that spending money
and effort on me is a waste of—
**[13:15] Tunika**
Enough! Just accept her gift!
***SIGN*** Poke Poke Poke Poke Poke Poke
**[13:17] Tunika**
You should just be happy
and shout with joy like me.
**[13:21] Marie**
I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to force it on you!
**[13:27] Mio**
I accept.
**[13:29] Mio**
Thank you, Lady Marie.
**[13:32] Marie**
Thank you for everything
you do. I love you, Mio!
**[13:41] Liu Liu**
Since you arrived, Miss Marie,
everyone's attitudes have changed a little.
**[13:45] Marie**
Have they?
**[13:48] Liu Liu**
And for you, Marie...
**[13:49] Liu Liu**
I have a gift as well.
**[13:53] Marie**
*The Tale of the Raggedy Red Cat*!
**[13:55] Marie**
It's been mended so beautifully!
**[13:57] Liu Liu**
Since you were going to
mend it yourself before...
**[14:02] Marie**
This book is full of memories of
my sister. It's very dear to me.
**[14:07] Marie**
Thank you so much.
**[14:09] Liu Liu**
I'm just glad you like it.
**[14:11] Liu Liu**
And there's this, too.
**[14:13] Marie**
"Eminent Figures Around the World"?
**[14:15] Kyros**
I requested that one.
**[14:18] Kyros**
This is Baron Shaderan's mother, and
your grandmother, Marie. Sasha Tillich.
**[14:23] Marie**
My grandmother when she was young.
**[14:25] Kyros**
Marie, you told me that Anastasia
looked just like her.
**[14:29] Kyros**
I thought this might help to capture
her likeness in a portrait.
**[14:34] Marie**
Thank you, Lord Kyros.
**[14:38] Liu Liu**
So, your older sister took
after your grandmother.
**[14:40] Liu Liu**
Do you take after your mother?
**[14:42] Marie**
In my height and facial features, yes,
**[14:46] Marie**
but my mother is blonde.
I'm the only one with red hair.
**[14:50] Marie**
Red hair will bring ruin upon
a house, so I was shunned.
**[14:54] Liu Liu**
*What?!* There are still people who believe
such an old-fashioned superstition?
**[14:59] Kyros**
Yes, agreed.
**[15:01] Marie**
But why is my grandmother in
a record of eminent people?
**[15:04] Liu Liu**
My! You're related, but you haven't
heard of Sasha the Heroine?
**[15:08] Liu Liu**
She's quite famous.
**[15:09] Marie**
What?
**[15:10] Liu Liu**
Despite being born during the war,
when women had no real status,
**[15:15] Liu Liu**
when she was merely eighteen,
she became a military interpreter,
**[15:18] Liu Liu**
commanding seven languages. A true genius.
**[15:20] Liu Liu**
Your grandmother revolutionized the
way that women advance in society.
**[15:25] Marie**
She did?
**[15:27] Liu Liu**
The likes of your father may
have a bit of a complex.
**[15:30] Liu Liu**
She'd have been strict
about his education.
**[15:33] Marie**
I'm not sure about that. My father didn't
interact with my grandmother very much.
**[15:38] Marie**
There may have been some
discord between them.
**[15:41] Kyros**
About Baron Shaderan...
**[15:44] Kyros**
We sent an invitation
to the betrothal ceremony,
**[15:47] Kyros**
but received no reply.
**[15:48] Marie**
What? That can't be!
**[15:50] Liu Liu**
The primary concern is that we have
no way of knowing if he'll attend.
**[15:54] Kyros**
The one who brought Marie here was
none other than the Baron.
**[15:58] Kyros**
Why would he oppose the marriage now?
**[16:02] Marie**
I don't think my parents
ever meant for me to marry.
**[16:07] Marie**
If I could offer one night's comfort, then we
wouldn't have to return my sister's betrothal gifts.
**[16:12] Kyros**
Still...
**[16:14] Kyros**
If he gains connections to
a ducal house through this marriage,
**[16:17] Kyros**
his own standing will rise significantly.
**[16:19] Kyros**
No matter how hard a worker you are, Marie...
**[16:22] Mio**
Perhaps...
**[16:24] Mio**
it's because Lady Marie was doing important
work that he can't entrust to an outsider.
**[16:30] Marie**
But I was only doing simple things that
I learned from my grandmother as a child.
**[16:36] Liu Liu**
Your grandmother worked as the lord of the
land in the previous baron's stead, didn't she?
**[16:42] Marie**
Y-Yes.
**[16:43] Marie**
I heard that the formalities involved in
acting as the local lord were difficult.
**[16:50] Liu Liu**
And your grandmother and your father,
**[16:53] Liu Liu**
the current Baron Shaderan,
had discord between them.
**[16:56] Liu Liu**
Before, you told me that you wrote letters
on the lord's behalf, didn't you?
**[17:02] Liu Liu**
Can your father read and write in Flarian?
**[17:05] Marie**
Yes, of course! I believe he can.
**[17:08] Liu Liu**
Have you ever actually
seen him use the language?
**[17:13] Marie**
Now that you mention it, I haven't.
**[17:16] Marie**
But it's impossible that he can't speak it.
**[17:18] Marie**
Flarian is the communal
language of the nobility.
**[17:21] Marie**
If he couldn't speak it, he wouldn't be
able to fulfill his duties as the lord.
**[17:25] Liu Liu**
I knew it.
**[17:26] Kyros**
It can't be. I don't believe it.
**[17:29] Marie**
What is it?
**[17:31] Kyros**
Mio, send the House of
Shaderan a mandatory summons.
**[17:35] Marie**
What?
**[17:36] Kyros**
If they won't respond to that either,
**[17:38] Kyros**
we'll have to take them
to trial in the kingdom's court.
**[17:40] Kyros**
I'm sorry, Marie. I wanted to settle
this as peacefully as possible.
**[17:45] Marie; internal**
*What's going on?*
**[17:47] Marie; internal**
*What has my father done?*
***SIGN*** Four Days Later
**[17:59] Kyros**
Marie.
**[18:08] Luiphon**
Hey, everyone! It's the prince everyone
loves, Luiphon Sandhalkia Diltz!
**[18:16] Kyros**
Why is it you?
**[18:19] Luiphon**
Darling Mio, you love to roughhouse.
**[18:22] Kyros**
Enough of that. Eat before it gets cold.
**[18:27] Luiphon**
This is delicious!
**[18:28] Luiphon**
I should expect no less of
the chef of Granado Castle.
**[18:31] Luiphon**
I'd love to have him at the royal—
**[18:34] Toppo**
You're too kind, Your Highness.
**[18:36] Luiphon**
He's slimmed down quite a bit, hasn't he?
**[18:40] Toppo**
The betrothal ceremony will
be attended by royalty,
**[18:43] Toppo**
nobles, and commoners from
many countries, so...
**[18:45] Luiphon**
Oh, I see. You've been incredibly busy
developing recipes and sourcing ingredients.
**[18:50] Kyros**
Toppo, don't push yourself too hard.
**[18:53] Toppo**
Not at all.
**[18:54] Toppo**
All of this is what I, Toppo, wish to
create, so I'm more fired up than ever!
**[18:58] Marie**
Toppo.
**[19:00] Luiphon**
Kyros, you really have the
best luck with your servants.
**[19:04] Kyros**
Yes. But more importantly,
what brings you here today?
**[19:09] Luiphon**
Actually...
**[19:13] Luiphon**
Your engagement ring.
**[19:16] Luiphon**
I came to check the sizing before
the stone is secured in place.
**[19:19] Luiphon**
Now, dear Marie, hold out your hand.
**[19:22] Kyros**
Stop right there!
**[19:24] Luiphon**
What?
**[19:24] Luiphon**
I'm just checking the size.
**[19:26] Kyros**
No! Not even just to check the
size! Go away for a minute!
**[19:30] Luiphon**
Yes, yes.
**[19:34] Kyros**
May I check the size?
**[19:37] Marie**
Yes.
**[19:38] Kyros**
The stone isn't set in place yet, so
please don't move your hand too much.
**[19:46] Marie**
It's perfect.
**[19:48] Marie**
I didn't know that a ring
could feel this nice to wear.
**[19:51] Kyros**
You haven't worn a ring before?
**[19:54] Marie**
I haven't.
**[19:56] Kyros; internal**
*I'm so glad I stopped Luiphon!*
**[19:59] Marie; internal**
* Lord Kyros looked for a stone*
* to match the color of my hair.*
**[20:04] Marie; internal**
*This ring really was made just for me.*
**[20:13] Kyros**
Marie...
**[20:14] Marie**
Thank you.
**[20:17] Marie**
The fact that my first ring is a
gift from you makes me truly happy.
**[20:25] Kyros**
I love you, Marie.
**[20:28] Kyros**
I love you from the bottom of my heart.
**[20:30] Marie**
I feel the same!
**[20:32] Marie; internal**
*More than anyone else in the world...*
**[20:36] Marie; internal**
*it's you that I...*
**[20:39] Luiphon**
Hey! Are you done yet?
**[20:43] Luiphon**
So, what do you think of it?
**[20:46] Kyros**
Th-The workmanship is wonderful.
**[20:48] Kyros**
I thought that the only artisan capable
of this kind of work was Norman.
**[20:53] Luiphon**
Are you referring to the
button artisan Smith Norman?
**[20:57] Kyros**
Yes.
**[20:59] Kyros**
I know he's elderly, but it's
a shame that he retired.
**[21:03] Kyros**
He really had amazing skills.
**[21:05] Marie**
He was a button maker who also made rings?
**[21:08] Kyros**
Buttons were originally a
type of valuable jewelry.
**[21:12] Kyros**
Being particular about them shows
care in one's appearance.
**[21:14] Kyros**
Sometimes clothes are even made
to match a set of buttons.
**[21:18] Marie**
Oh, I see.
**[21:20] Luiphon**
Indeed. The only one capable of executing
the design of that ring may be that Norman.
**[21:26] Kyros**
What?
**[21:28] Kyros**
You don't mean... Smith
Norman himself made this?!
**[21:33] Luiphon**
That's right! It's my real gift to you.
**[21:37] Luiphon**
I went to him in his retirement
and begged, I'll have you know!
**[21:40] Luiphon**
Me, of all people.
**[21:41] Kyros**
No wonder!
**[21:43] Marie**
Thank you, Prince Luiphon.
**[21:46] Kyros**
But Norman is famous for being stubborn.
I'm amazed that you convinced him.
**[21:50] Luiphon**
He seemed to have taken on a new apprentice,
so perhaps he's had a change of heart.
**[21:55] Kyros**
Apprentice?
**[21:56] Luiphon**
Yes. Apparently, he's taken in
a foundling or street urchin.
**[22:00] Luiphon**
It happened three months ago in the
royal capital's artisans' quarter.
**[22:03] Marie**
What?
**[22:04] Kyros**
A foundling?
**[22:06] Kyros**
If they were from outside the capital,
was it a farmer's child?
**[22:09] Kyros**
Regional disparities are a problem for the
royal government, aren't they, Prince Luiphon?
**[22:13] Marie; internal**
*Three months ago...*
**[22:17] Marie; internal**
*The royal capital's artisans' quarter...*
**[22:21] Marie; internal**
*That's... It can't be!*
**[23:58] Tunika**
Our lady is beautiful,
**[24:00] Tunika**
but when it comes to her older
sister, her face always clouds over.
**[24:05] Tunika**
Next time, "Please Call Off the Betrothal."
***SIGN*** Episode 10 "Please Call
Off the Betrothal"
**[24:08] Tunika**
I'd simply hate it if you didn't watch.
# 10 - Please Call Off the Betrothal
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**[00:03] Luiphon**
Truly, who'd have imagined
**[00:04] Luiphon**
that famously obstinate Norman would
take an orphan as an apprentice?
**[00:08] Kyros**
That is a surprise.
**[00:10] Kyros**
He used to be so adamant that he
wouldn't pass on his skills to anyone.
**[00:15] Marie**
Wh-What is his apprentice's name?
**[00:19] Luiphon**
His name is Arthur. He's a twelve
or thirteen-year-old boy.
**[00:27] Marie**
Yes, of course.
**[00:30] Kyros**
Marie... Don't tell me that you think
Anastasia might still be alive?
**[00:35] Luiphon**
You think that Norman's apprentice
might be your sister?
**[00:38] Luiphon**
That seems highly unlikely.
**[00:40] Marie**
Yes, of course.
**[00:42] Marie**
I understand.
**[02:23] Marie; narration**
A few weeks have passed since
my father was issued a summons.
***SIGN*** Episode 10 "Please Call Off the Betrothal"
**[02:27] Marie; narration**
There hasn't been any response yet.
**[02:30] Marie; narration**
All I can do is devote everything I have
to learning aristocratic etiquette...
**[02:36] Marie; narration**
and write letters of thanks to pass to the
guests who attend the betrothal ceremony.
**[02:42] Marie; narration**
All so that I can grow the slightest
bit more worthy of Lord Kyros.
**[03:20] Kyros**
Yesterday, I dispatched a carriage
to bring the baron here directly.
**[03:25] Marie**
I see.
**[03:28] Kyros**
If he still doesn't comply, I may have
to resort to slightly rougher measures.
**[03:33] Marie**
I'm so sorry.
**[03:35] Marie**
If my father remains in hiding,
as his blood relative,
**[03:38] Marie**
I'm prepared to face any punishment.
**[03:40] Kyros**
Please don't say that! Do you
think I would allow such a thing?
**[03:45] Marie**
But someone has to accept responsibility
for his actions, don't they?
**[03:50] Kyros**
Marie!
**[03:52] Marie**
I'm all right.
**[03:59] Marie**
I'll go to my dance practice now.
**[04:12] Liu Liu**
I have nothing left to teach her.
**[04:16] Liu Liu**
She works so much harder
than most people.
**[04:18] Kyros**
Yes.
**[04:23] Liu Liu**
Don't you ever let her go.
**[04:25] Kyros**
I know.
**[04:31] Kyros**
Noble lady,
**[04:33] Kyros**
will you favor me with a dance?
**[04:43] Marie**
With pleasure... sir.
**[04:51] Kyros**
You really have gotten good at this!
**[04:54] Marie**
I'm happy to hear you say so.
**[04:57] Marie**
I've practiced a lot, so—
**[05:04] Kyros**
What's wrong? Are you all right?
**[05:06] Marie**
I-I'm sorry. My feet suddenly got tangled.
**[05:11] Kyros**
You're pushing yourself far too hard.
**[05:13] Kyros**
Rest a little.
**[05:15] Marie**
No, I haven't pushed myself at all!
**[05:18] Marie**
By the betrothal ceremony,
I'll do better than—
**[05:21] Kyros**
Marie!
**[05:29] Kyros**
Are you all right? Shouldn't
you go to your rooms and rest?
**[05:32] Marie**
No, I'm fine.
**[05:34] Kyros**
No, you're not!
**[05:36] Kyros**
Ever since we heard about Norman's
apprentice, you've been acting strangely!
**[05:40] Kyros**
You're still thinking about
Anastasia, aren't you?
**[05:42] Marie**
Th-That's not...
**[05:44] Kyros**
There's something bothering you, isn't there?
**[05:48] Marie**
I saw someone... near the artisans' quarter.
**[05:52] Marie**
Someone who looked like my sister.
**[05:54] Marie**
Someone blonde.
**[05:57] Kyros**
All right. Let's meet Norman's apprentice.
**[06:00] Marie**
What?
**[06:00] Kyros**
Once you've seen him with your own
eyes, your feelings should lighten.
**[06:08] Marie**
Yes.
**[06:19] Tomas**
I've brought Smith Norman.
**[06:31] Kyros**
Norman, it's been a while, hasn't it?
**[06:34] Norman**
It has been indeed, Count Granado.
**[06:43] Kyros**
Norman... what happened to your eyes?
**[06:46] Norman**
Three years ago while I was working,
**[06:48] Norman**
shards of hot iron sprang
loose and pierced my goggles.
**[06:53] Norman**
I can still see light and dark and colors,
so I am able to live surprisingly normally.
**[06:58] Kyros**
What about people's faces?
**[07:01] Norman**
If it's someone I know
well, then I can get by.
**[07:03] Norman**
But my apprentice waits
on all the new customers.
**[07:06] Kyros**
Speaking of which, where is your apprentice?
**[07:09] Kyros**
Why isn't he here?
**[07:12] Norman**
My apologies.
**[07:14] Norman**
I told him to come with me,
but he said he wasn't feeling well.
**[07:19] Mio**
We'll send another messenger.
**[07:23] Kyros**
Norman, Luiphon said that your
apprentice is a young man,
**[07:27] Kyros**
but how do you know he's a man?
**[07:29] Norman**
Well, he said so himself. Why do you ask?
**[07:33] Norman**
You can't mean that you think
I'm sheltering a woman?
**[07:37] Norman**
Don't even joke about such a thing!
I would never let a woman into my workshop!
**[07:41] Norman**
And Arthur is still just a fledgling,
but he has both talent and grit!
**[07:44] Kyros**
I-I see. I heard that you met
Arthur in the royal capital.
**[07:49] Norman**
Yes, he was fleeing from being
sold off to some nobles,
**[07:53] Norman**
so he was wandering the
town with no money at all.
**[07:56] Norman**
When I said that I was a
button artisan, he said,
**[07:58] Norman**
"Really, old man? Then
make me your apprentice!"
**[08:02] Marie**
What?
**[08:03] Kyros**
He said that himself?
**[08:05] Norman**
Indeed.
**[08:06] Norman**
He said, "I'm sick of a life of bein' taken
advantage of by rotten, rich villains!"
**[08:11] Marie**
Oh my.
**[08:13] Kyros; internal**
*Just as I thought. He must be someone else.*
**[08:15] Kyros; internal**
* A noble's daughter would*
* never speak that way.*
**[08:18] Norman**
His skills in the craft still need work,
but his grasp of clothing is exceptional.
**[08:23] Norman**
Clothes for women to dress as men, was it?
**[08:26] Norman**
He said he'd been making those
sorts of things for a while now.
**[08:30] Marie; internal**
* Clothes for women to dress as*
* men? Th-That's just like...*
**[08:34] Kyros**
What an unusual hobby.
Were his parents artisans, too?
**[08:38] Norman**
He doesn't seem to want
to talk about his parents.
**[08:42] Norman**
No matter what I ask, he always answers,
**[08:45] Norman**
"Quit asking, you moron!
I'm just a raggedy cat!"
**[08:48] Norman**
Imagine.
**[08:52] Kyros**
What an entertaining apprentice!
**[08:55] Norman**
Indeed.
**[08:56] Norman**
Next time, I'll bring some of the
men's clothes for women that he made.
**[08:59] Kyros**
I look forward to it.
**[09:01] Kyros**
They'd likely suit Marie unexpectedly well.
**[09:06] Kyros**
Marie?
**[09:09] Kyros**
Marie!
**[09:10] Kyros**
Marie!
**[09:12] Kyros**
Where are you?
**[09:15] Kyros**
Please come out!
**[09:23] Mio**
Begin a search of the immediate area at once!
**[09:25] servants**
Yes, miss!
**[09:26] Cillie**
Marie!
**[09:28] Cillie**
Where are you?
**[09:30] Cillie**
Marie!
**[09:32] Tunika**
Lady Marie!
**[09:35] Toppo**
My lady, why...
**[09:41] Tomas**
Mister Johan! Have you seen our lady?
**[09:47] Kyros**
Confound it!
**[09:50] Kyros**
Why can't I find her?
**[10:04] Kyros**
Marie? Are you here?
**[10:07] Kyros**
You are, aren't you? May I come in?
**[10:11] Marie**
Stay away.
**[10:13] Kyros**
Why this room?
**[10:16] Marie**
This room?
**[10:19] Marie; internal**
*Oh, now that he mentions it...*
**[10:27] Marie; internal**
* For some reason... I felt like*
* this place would protect me.*
**[10:32] Kyros**
Please... Please let me join you.
**[10:36] Kyros**
It gets cold here. Let's drink some
hot tea and calm ourselves.
**[10:40] Marie**
Lord Kyros...
**[11:03] Kyros**
Marie...
**[11:05] Marie**
Hearing Mister Norman made me certain of it.
**[11:08] Marie**
My sister loved to make clothes.
**[11:11] Marie**
And those lines from
*The Tale of the Raggedy Red Cat.*
**[11:15] Marie**
She is alive, just as I thought.
**[11:17] Marie**
And now there's no reason for
me to be allowed to stay here.
**[11:21] Kyros**
What do you mean?
**[11:22] Kyros**
Even if Anastasia is alive, our feelings
for each other are shared, aren't they?
**[11:28] Marie**
My sister is a kind,
beautiful, wonderful woman.
**[11:32] Marie**
No matter what I do, I'll
never be a match for her.
**[11:36] Marie**
I know that your feelings
for me aren't a lie.
**[11:39] Marie**
But... it's only because
you don't know my sister.
**[11:44] Marie**
If you knew her properly, I'm certain
you'd fall in love with her, too.
**[11:48] Marie**
More than you could ever love someone like me.
**[11:51] Kyros**
What are you saying?!
**[11:52] Kyros**
It's you I love!
I've loved you all this time!
**[11:56] Kyros**
Are you saying... you can simply
cast aside your feelings for me?
**[12:02] Marie; internal**
*Cast them aside?*
**[12:04] Marie; internal**
*I could never cast them aside!*
**[12:06] Kyros**
You don't have to worry.
**[12:10] Kyros**
I love you just as you are.
**[12:13] Marie; internal**
*The me that you love is the beautiful me...*
**[12:17] Marie; internal**
*not the ugly human that I am.*
**[12:23] Marie**
I... loathe myself.
**[12:27] Kyros**
Marie.
**[12:29] Marie; internal**
* I thought that I wished my sister*
* were still alive, and yet...*
**[12:33] Marie; internal**
* If my sister were dead, then I'd*
* be able to stay by your side.*
**[12:39] Marie; internal**
*I allowed myself to dream.*
**[12:42] Marie; internal**
*My true feelings are so repulsive...*
**[12:45] Marie; internal**
*I'm certain they would disappoint you.*
**[12:49] Marie; internal**
*Now, while you still love me...*
**[12:54] Marie**
Please call off the betrothal.
**[13:00] Marie**
I will return to the Shaderan household.
**[13:06] Kyros**
All right. I will grant your wish.
**[13:27] Marie**
Thank you for taking care of me.
**[13:29] Marie**
I'll dedicate my life to reimbursing you for
my living costs and for ending our betrothal.
**[13:35] Kyros**
You don't have to worry about any of that.
**[13:39] Mio**
I will drive her home.
**[14:09] Kyros**
Marie... is this really what you want?
**[14:18] Marie**
Yes.
**[14:24] Kyros**
I'm too weak.
**[14:27] Kyros**
I know that you don't mean
what you say, and yet...
**[14:31] Kyros**
I...
**[14:33] Kyros**
Marie, isn't there anything
left that I can do?
**[14:39] Marie**
Nothing.
**[14:41] Marie**
You've already done more than enough for me.
**[14:46] Kyros**
I see.
**[14:55] Kyros**
If I can find the courage...
**[14:58] Kyros**
If I can grow a little
bit stronger as a man...
**[15:04] Kyros**
then one day, I promise I will come to you.
**[15:07] Kyros**
I beg of you, please wait
for me until that day.
**[15:21] Marie; internal**
*I left without saying goodbye to everyone.*
**[15:24] Marie; internal**
*Even though they took such good care of me.*
**[15:27] Marie; internal**
* If he'd taken someone as*
* ungrateful as me as his wife,*
**[15:30] Marie; internal**
*it would bring misfortune to everyone.*
**[15:32] Marie; internal**
*This is the right thing to do after all.*
**[15:35] Mio**
I'm disappointed in the master.
**[15:38] Mio**
I never imagined he was so weak and cowardly.
**[15:40] Marie**
Cowardly?
**[15:42] Mio**
Instead of choosing a happy future for you,
he chose to stop your tears in the present.
**[15:48] Mio**
Because he's afraid of hurting you.
**[15:51] Marie; internal**
*Afraid of hurting me?*
**[15:54] Marie; internal**
* I didn't want to get hurt,*
* so I hurt him instead,*
**[15:59] Marie; internal**
*and he worked to protect me.*
**[16:02] Marie; internal**
* I'm certain it's because*
* I seemed about to break.*
**[16:05] Marie; internal**
*Is that weakness?*
**[16:29] Marie; internal**
*Eyes more beautiful than any star...*
**[16:33] (Flashback) Kyros**
From the first moment I
met you, I've loved you.
**[16:38] (Flashback) Kyros**
I love you, Marie.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Kyros**
I love you from the bottom of my heart.
**[16:43] (Flashback) Kyros**
And no matter what happens,
I will always be by your side.
**[16:47] (Flashback) Kyros**
You are beautiful!
**[16:50] Marie; internal**
* Lord Kyros always told*
* me exactly how he felt.*
**[16:55] Marie; internal**
And yet I...
**[16:58] Marie**
All I've done is run away!
**[17:02] Marie; internal**
*The first treasure I've ever found.*
**[17:09] Marie; internal**
*I was so afraid of losing it...*
**[17:11] Marie; internal**
*that I lied and said I didn't want it.*
**[17:15] Marie; internal**
*I didn't want to get hurt,*
**[17:17] Marie; internal**
* so I tried to convince myself*
* that I wasn't worthy.*
**[17:21] Marie; internal**
*But... the truth is, I've always wanted it.*
**[17:26] Marie; internal**
* I've wanted it so badly*
* that I couldn't stand it.*
**[17:34] Marie**
Mio, please! The carriage!
**[17:37] Mio**
Understood.
**[17:41] Marie**
Wh-What?
**[17:45] Mio**
We'll be back very soon.
**[17:47] Mio**
Up until just now, we've simply been
circling near the castle, you see?
**[17:51] Marie**
What?
**[17:52] Mio**
The carriage will rock a bit. Please
be careful not to bite your tongue.
**[18:06] Marie; internal**
* I let it slip away once, but this*
* time everything will be fine!*
**[18:23] Marie; internal**
*I won't run anymore!*
**[18:24] Marie; internal**
*I won't lie to myself anymore!*
**[18:28] Marie**
Lord Kyros!
**[18:30] Marie**
The coward... the one who
needs more courage is me!
**[18:34] Marie**
So, I'm going to tell you properly!
**[18:38] Marie**
I want you!
**[18:40] Marie**
And everyone in this castle, too!
**[18:42] Marie**
Everything related to you, all of it!
**[18:44] Marie**
I don't want to let anyone else have it!
**[18:47] Marie**
Please give all of yourself to me!
**[19:00] Marie**
Lord Kyros?
**[19:02] Marie**
Why are you behind me?
**[19:07] Kyros**
I was chasing after you.
**[19:30] Cillie**
Stupid! Marie, you're so stupid!
**[19:32] Cillie**
You're not going to leave anymore, right?
**[19:35] Cillie**
You're going to say you're home now, right?
**[19:37] Marie**
Yes. I'm home, Cillie.
**[19:40] Tomas**
My lady...
**[19:43] Tomas**
Welcome home.
**[19:46] Marie**
Everyone...
**[19:49] Marie**
I'm so sorry for worrying you.
**[19:51] Toppo**
The ultimate apple pie!
**[19:53] Toppo**
Just one bite and you'll
never think of leaving again!
**[19:58] Marie**
You're right.
**[20:00] Toppo**
What do you think the secret ingredient is?
**[20:03] Liu Liu**
Miss Marie?
**[20:05] Liu Liu**
Please don't go anywhere.
**[20:08] Liu Liu**
Kyros always ran away from
falling in love with anyone,
**[20:12] Liu Liu**
but now he's finally met you.
**[20:14] Marie**
Yes, I won't run anymore.
**[20:19] Marie; internal**
*It happened before I even realized it.*
**[20:22] Marie; internal**
* Here, in this castle, little by*
* little, I built the real thing...*
**[20:26] Marie; internal**
*A place where I belong.*
**[20:50] Marie; internal**
*That's right. I...*
**[20:56] Kyros**
Marie...
**[21:00] Marie**
Is he searching for me?
**[21:07] Marie; internal**
*He's sort of... cute.*
**[21:13] Mio**
Pardon the intrusion.
**[21:14] Marie**
Mio?
**[21:16] Mio**
If you'd like, the bath is ready.
**[21:19] Mio**
Tunika has prepared everything.
**[21:21] Marie**
Y-Yes!
**[21:31] Marie**
The hot bath was lovely.
**[21:34] Marie**
I wonder if Lord Kyros is awake yet.
**[21:38] Marie**
What if he's looking for me again?
**[21:45] Anastasia**
Don't move!
**[21:47] Anastasia**
Where is Marie Shaderan's room?
**[21:49] Marie; internal**
*That voice...*
**[21:51] Anastasia**
It's so dark it's hard to see.
Hurry up and show me—
**[21:58] Kyros**
Marie, are you all right?
**[22:00] Marie**
Lord Kyros?
**[22:02] Kyros**
I woke up, so I came looking
for you. That was too close!
**[22:06] Anastasia**
Wh-What'd you think you're
doing, you gargantuan man?
**[22:09] Kyros**
What's this? Quite the
spirited little hoodlum.
**[22:13] Marie**
I-It's not like that. She's...
**[22:19] Marie**
my older sister, Anastasia!
**[23:57] Liu Liu**
Miss Marie is family,
**[23:59] Liu Liu**
and I'm so glad that she came back!
**[24:02] Liu Liu**
Wait. Miss Anastasia?
**[24:05] Liu Liu**
Next time, "The Empty Princess Lives."
***SIGN*** Episode 11 "The Empty Princess Lives"
**[24:09] Liu Liu**
Be sure to watch.
# 11 - The Empty Princess Lives
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**[01:33] Mio**
I'm so sorry for taking so long to arrive.
**[01:37] Mio**
Is this person...
***SIGN*** Episode 11 "The Empty Princess Lives"
**[01:42] Kyros**
Is that really Anastasia?
**[01:44] Marie**
Yes. Her hair and manner
of dress are different...
**[01:49] Marie**
but there's no mistake.
**[01:50] Anastasia**
Wait. That voice!
**[01:52] Anastasia**
Marie! Is that you, Marie?
**[01:55] Marie**
Yes.
**[01:59] Marie**
Sister... it's you, isn't it?
**[02:01] Anastasia**
It is.
**[02:03] Kyros**
She really is alive.
**[02:05] Kyros**
What's going on?
**[02:08] Anastasia**
So you're Count Granado.
**[02:09] Anastasia**
Release Marie from the betrothal immediately!
**[02:14] Anastasia**
If all you want is someone to give you
noble children, then I should suffice!
**[02:18] Kyros**
Wha—?
**[02:19] Marie**
S-Sister, it isn't that you want
to marry Lord Kyros, is it?
**[02:24] Anastasia**
Of course not!
**[02:25] Anastasia**
He's a piece of trash who would buy
a woman's womb with money and power.
**[02:28] Marie; Kyros**
T-Trash?
**[02:29] Mio**
Lady Anastasia, why have you
appeared now, after all this time?
**[02:35] Anastasia**
B-Because...
**[02:37] Kyros**
There seem to be some other
circumstances at work here.
**[02:40] Kyros**
I'll send word to Norman.
**[02:42] Kyros**
For now, please come to the castle.
**[02:45] Anastasia**
But I...
**[02:49] Marie**
It's all right, Big Sister.
***SIGN*** Sparkling
***SIGN*** Sparkling
**[02:58] Marie**
Now you're sparklingly clean, Sister!
**[03:01] Anastasia**
Y-Yeah.
**[03:05] Anastasia**
Is this your room, Marie?
**[03:07] Anastasia**
It's lovely!
**[03:09] Marie**
I'm sorry, Sister.
**[03:11] Marie**
You must be tired.
**[03:13] Marie**
We could talk tomorrow
after you've slept a bit.
**[03:16] Anastasia**
No.
**[03:18] Anastasia**
I have a responsibility to talk about this.
**[03:20] Anastasia**
I... want to apologize.
**[03:25] Anastasia**
I've never been able to protect you, Marie.
**[03:29] Marie**
Sister...
**[03:32] Anastasia**
How far back should I go...
**[03:37] Anastasia**
Back when you had a fever...
**[03:41] Anastasia**
That night, when Grandmother
Sasha scolded me...
**[03:55] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Grandmother?
**[03:57] (Flashback) Sasha**
Marie has fallen asleep.
**[03:59] (Flashback) Sasha**
Leave the rest to me.
**[04:02] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Yes.
**[04:06] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Languages from so many countries...
**[04:09] (Flashback) Sasha**
That's because people from many
countries have sent them.
**[04:12] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
This is... Father's name, isn't it?
**[04:16] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Why are you signing it, Grandmother?
**[04:18] (Flashback) Sasha**
Because everyone is born suited for
some things and not for others.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Anastasia**
That's true. Like me.
I'm not smart like Marie.
**[04:30] (Flashback) Sasha**
Anastasia.
**[04:33] (Flashback) Sasha**
You possess an inventiveness
that others do not.
**[04:37] (Flashback) Sasha**
It's an ability that will not
shine through academics alone.
**[04:41] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
Grandmother!
**[04:47] (Flashback) Sasha**
Despite appearances, Gregor performs
marvelously on musical instruments.
**[04:52] (Flashback) Sasha**
That path would have
actually been the boy's—
**[05:00] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
M-Mama! Papa!
**[05:02] (Flashback) Sasha**
Don't call them here!
**[05:03] (Flashback) young Anastasia**
B-But...
**[05:07] (Flashback) Sasha**
It's already far too late.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Sasha**
In our era, we could not
choose how to live our lives.
**[05:24] (Flashback) Sasha**
But the era you two will live
through will be different.
**[05:29] (Flashback) Sasha**
I hope that each of you will make use of
your strengths and do work that you love.
**[05:38] (Flashback) Sasha**
That is my only wish.
**[05:52] (Flashback) Gregor**
My mother has passed away.
**[05:55] (Flashback) Gregor**
What will happen to us?
**[05:59] (Flashback) Gregor**
Marie!
**[06:01] (Flashback) Gregor**
How much did you learn from my mother?
**[06:03] (Flashback) Gregor**
Do you understand Flarian?
**[06:05] (Flashback) young Marie**
I-I've only learned a little.
**[06:13] (Flashback) Elvira**
She must have caught Marie's illness.
**[06:18] (Flashback) Elvira**
Marie killed Lady Sasha!
**[06:22] young Anastasia; narration**
It couldn't possibly have been Marie's fault.
**[06:26] young Anastasia; narration**
But ever since that day, Mama has
stopped seeing Marie as her daughter.
**[06:33] (Flashback) Gregor**
Marie.
**[06:36] (Flashback) Gregor**
Wouldn't you like to try attending school?
**[06:38] (Flashback) Marie**
What?
**[06:39] (Flashback) Gregor**
It's a town school,
**[06:41] (Flashback) Gregor**
but I hear they teach the current
usage of foreign languages there.
**[06:44] (Flashback) Gregor**
You like to study, don't you?
**[06:46] (Flashback) Marie**
Yes, I do... but won't it
cost money for me to attend?
**[06:51] (Flashback) Gregor**
It's all right. That's not something
you need to worry about.
**[06:55] (Flashback) Marie**
But the servants say they haven't received
their wages for over two months.
**[07:00] (Flashback) Gregor**
That's because there's no
need to pay the incompetent.
**[07:03] (Flashback) Marie**
But...
**[07:04] (Flashback) Gregor**
I am the lord here. Will you defy me?
**[07:08] (Flashback) Gregor**
You see? Women who get a taste of
education are so quick to rebel.
**[07:11] (Flashback) Gregor**
Entirely unendearing.
**[07:13] (Flashback) Gregor**
That's right.
**[07:16] (Flashback) Gregor**
You are a charmless, unlovely woman.
**[07:20] (Flashback) Marie**
I am... not lovely.
**[07:23] (Flashback) Gregor**
You are ugly and impudent.
**[07:25] (Flashback) Gregor**
You'd never survive anywhere else.
**[07:28] (Flashback) Gregor**
The least you could do is study and
be useful to the lord of this region.
**[07:32] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Papa!
**[07:33] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Why would you say such awful things?
**[07:36] (Flashback) Elvira**
Everything your father said is
correct, my lovely Anastasia.
**[07:43] (Flashback) Gregor**
Marie, you understand, don't you?
**[07:46] (Flashback) Gregor**
You know that, though everyone loves
Anastasia, you are *not* like her.
**[07:52] (Flashback) Marie**
Yes.
**[07:53] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Marie...
**[07:55] (Flashback) Gregor**
Dismissing the servants will
take care of your tuition.
**[07:58] (Flashback) Gregor**
You will do the housework.
And we'll sell your dresses, too.
**[08:02] (Flashback) Marie**
Yes.
**[08:03] (Flashback) Gregor**
Very good.
**[08:05] (Flashback) Gregor**
If you obey me like this, it does
grant you a tiny bit of charm.
**[08:11] (Flashback) Marie**
Yes, Father.
**[08:15] Anastasia; narration**
That day, Marie's life completely changed.
**[08:19] Anastasia; narration**
She was made to work from
dawn until deepest night.
**[08:23] Anastasia; narration**
In the blink of an eye, Marie
became tattered and ragged.
**[08:33] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Mama, why do you treat Marie like that?
**[08:38] (Flashback) Elvira**
What choice do I have?
**[08:40] (Flashback) Elvira**
That unlucky, sinister red hair...
**[08:43] (Flashback) Elvira**
Lady Sasha was cursed by that child and died.
**[08:47] (Flashback) Anastasia**
What are you saying? What does
Grandmother have to do with this?
**[08:50] (Flashback) Elvira**
Ah, but then there's you, Anastasia.
**[09:03] (Flashback) Elvira**
This beautiful blonde hair
and those blue eyes...
**[09:07] (Flashback) Elvira**
It's as if Lady Sasha has returned to us.
**[09:10] (Flashback) Elvira**
It really is as if she's alive.
**[09:14] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Mama... I'm alive.
**[09:22] Anastasia; narration**
Marie was in rags, but she was
allowed into the outside world,
**[09:27] Anastasia; narration**
while I was like a doll,
trapped inside the house.
**[09:32] (Flashback) Gregor**
Confound it!
**[09:33] (Flashback) Gregor**
Why aren't more significant
figures proposing marriage?
**[09:39] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Won't Marie be marrying anyone?
**[09:43] (Flashback) Gregor**
What man would ever want
to take her as his wife?
**[09:46] (Flashback) Gregor**
But you're different.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Gregor**
As a noble's daughter,
**[09:50] (Flashback) Gregor**
you will fulfill the vital duty of
marriage like a good girl, won't you?
**[10:04] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Yes. It's wonderful!
**[10:11] Anastasia; internal**
* The truth is, I'd like to try*
* opening up a shop in the capital.*
**[10:15] Anastasia; internal**
*But...*
**[10:17] Anastasia; internal**
* all that I'm permitted to do is*
* be an obedient, beautiful doll.*
**[10:38] (Flashback) Jacob**
Crap! Where did she run off to?
**[10:45] (Flashback) Jacob**
That stuck-up wench... she threw herself in!
**[10:51] Anastasia; internal**
*Looks like I tricked him!*
**[10:53] Anastasia; internal**
*Moron! Take that!*
**[11:23] Anastasia; internal**
* Anastasia threw herself*
* into the river and died.*
**[11:49] (Flashback) Norman**
What are you doing?
**[11:51] Anastasia; internal**
*His eyes...*
**[11:56] (Flashback) Norman**
What's your name?
**[11:58] (Flashback) Anastasia**
A-Ana...
**[12:02] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Arthur! Got a problem with that?
**[12:07] (Flashback) Norman**
This kid seems to have some spirit.
**[12:09] (Flashback) Norman**
What happened? What are you
doing in a place like this?
**[12:12] (Flashback) Anastasia**
U-Um, well, I was...
**[12:16] Anastasia; narration**
I made up a story then and there.
**[12:18] Anastasia; narration**
I lied and said I'd been sold off.
**[12:22] Anastasia; narration**
Old Man Norman said he'd let me
stay at his house for a while.
**[12:40] (Flashback) Anastasia**
C-Could it be... Do you make clothes here?
**[12:44] (Flashback) Norman**
Yes. I am a button artisan, after all.
**[12:47] (Flashback) Norman**
Though, I'm as good as retired now.
**[12:50] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Are you serious, old man?
Make me your apprentice!
**[12:54] (Flashback) Norman**
What?
**[12:55] (Flashback) Anastasia**
I like making clothes! See? I made these!
**[13:02] (Flashback) Norman**
This is...
**[13:04] (Flashback) Norman**
Yes, indeed. They're small
for a man's clothes, but...
**[13:09] (Flashback) Anastasia**
That's because they're for women to
dress as men! It's a hobby of mine.
**[13:13] (Flashback) Norman**
T-To dress as men?
**[13:14] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Of course, I can make regular clothes, too.
**[13:17] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Opening up a shop in the capital is my dream!
**[13:20] (Flashback) Norman**
I don't take apprentices.
**[13:24] (Flashback) Anastasia**
I don't have a home or anywhere else to go.
**[13:28] (Flashback) Anastasia**
I'll take care of odd jobs or whatever else!
**[13:30] (Flashback) Anastasia**
I want to be reborn here and
make my dream come true!
**[13:34] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Please!
**[13:43] (Flashback) Norman**
You can stay here at my house.
**[13:45] (Flashback) Norman**
As for my work...
you'll have to watch and learn.
**[13:51] Anastasia; narration**
Every day was like a dream.
**[13:59] (Flashback) Luiphon**
Hey there, Norman. How have you been?
**[14:02] (Flashback) Luiphon**
Sorry to cut straight to the point, but
I'd like you to set this jewel in a ring.
**[14:10] (Flashback) Norman**
This is an impressively high-quality gem.
**[14:13] (Flashback) Luiphon**
The spelling for the engraving on the ring
is written on the request form, but...
**[14:18] (Flashback) Norman**
That won't be a problem. I'll have
my apprentice read it to me later.
**[14:23] (Flashback) Luiphon**
Oh, you've taken an apprentice?
I guess the workshop is safe, then.
**[14:33] (Flashback) Norman**
Arthur, this is a national treasure that
Count Granado obtained through Prince Luiphon.
**[14:39] (Flashback) Norman**
Since you're studying the craft,
you should take a look, too.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Anastasia**
It's beautiful.
**[14:47] (Flashback) Norman**
I hear he's been searching for a striking
red stone to match the color of his bride's hair.
**[14:53] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Red hair?
**[14:55] (Flashback) Norman**
This ring is intended for the younger sister
of his betrothed, who died in an accident.
***SIGN*** Inscription: Marie
***SIGN*** Inscription: Marie
**[15:03] Anastasia**
Marie?
**[15:06] Anastasia; narration**
"The dream is over."
**[15:09] Anastasia; narration**
Reality whispered those words into my ear.
**[15:15] (Flashback) Anastasia**
Marie?
**[15:17] (Flashback) young Marie**
Why?
**[15:19] (Flashback) young Marie**
Why is my big sister the only
one who gets to be happy?
**[15:22] (Flashback) young Marie**
Why do I have to take her place?
**[15:25] (Flashback) young Marie**
I will never forgive my
sister for running away!
**[15:31] (Flashback) Anastasia**
I'm sorry. I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[15:40] (Flashback) Norman**
There's really no possible way?
**[15:43] (Flashback) Anastasia**
No, I don't feel well.
**[15:46] (Flashback) Norman**
The letter from the count said that
I was to bring you along, didn't it?
**[15:52] (Flashback) Norman**
All right. I'll apologize to the count.
**[16:01] Anastasia; internal**
* Because I don't know what I*
* should do... my body won't move.*
**[16:06] Anastasia; internal**
*I know that Marie must be suffering.*
**[16:10] Anastasia; internal**
*I want to protect her, but...*
**[16:14] Anastasia; internal**
* You are the one person I most want to*
* be able to walk your own path in life.*
**[16:29] Anastasia; internal**
*So this time, I will protect you!*
**[16:36] Anastasia; internal**
*Please...*
**[16:38] Anastasia; internal**
*Give me the courage...*
**[16:50] Marie**
And so you came to this castle...
**[16:53] Anastasia**
Yes.
**[16:59] Anastasia**
Marie, I'm sorry it took me so long.
**[17:02] Anastasia**
From now on, I'll protect you.
**[17:06] Marie**
Sister...
**[17:10] Marie**
Yes? Come in.
**[17:14] Kyros**
Have you just about finished?
**[17:16] Marie**
Yes. Thank you for letting
the two of us speak alone.
**[17:25] Marie**
Sister, I'm happy you feel the way you do.
**[17:28] Marie**
But...
**[17:30] Marie**
You have it all wrong!
**[17:32] Marie**
The two of us really *are* in love!
***SIGN*** Dazed...
**[17:36] Anastasia**
What?
***SIGN*** What?
**[17:37] Mio**
Master, why is your face
that of a lovelorn maiden?
***SIGN*** Suspicious...
**[17:40] Anastasia**
Marie, he's deceiving you.
**[17:42] Kyros**
*Why* would you think that?
**[17:44] Anastasia**
Because saying things is easy!
**[17:46] Anastasia**
Especially for unscrupulous adults!
**[17:48] Kyros**
It's unfathomable that
you would doubt my love!
**[17:51] Kyros**
If money and power could
make things go as I wanted,
**[17:54] Kyros**
I'd have abducted her the day I met her!
**[17:55] Kyros**
I'd destroy the Shaderan family for hurting
Marie and go off an a journey with her!
**[18:00] Kyros**
From morning 'til night,
I'd never let her go!
**[18:02] Kyros**
If this isn't love, then why would I have
bought a body pillow? You dunderhead!
***SIGN*** Marie is Life
***SIGN*** Repulsed...
**[18:06] Anastasia**
I'm worried about this man
in a different way now.
**[18:10] Mio**
Master, I believe that will suffice.
Everyone is thoroughly horrified.
**[18:16] Kyros**
All of this began because I wrote the
wrong name on my offer of marriage.
**[18:20] Kyros**
I'm sorry.
**[18:22] Anastasia**
What?
**[18:23] Kyros**
But the love I feel for Marie is real.
**[18:28] Kyros**
No matter what hardships
may rain down upon us,
**[18:30] Kyros**
I will spend my life protecting her.
**[18:34] Kyros**
I want to become Marie's family.
**[18:38] Anastasia; internal**
* Even I understand the*
* desire to treasure family.*
**[18:47] Anastasia**
Can you take responsibility for those words?
**[18:50] Anastasia**
If you can't, I'll steal Marie back from you.
**[18:55] Kyros**
Yes, I swear it.
**[18:58] Kyros**
I swear that the two of
us will find happiness.
**[19:11] Anastasia**
Marie, you've been loved, as you should be.
**[19:14] Anastasia**
You've been smiling here,
in the place where you belong.
**[19:17] Marie**
Yes!
**[19:19] Anastasia**
That little girl I needed to
save is gone now, isn't she?
**[19:26] Marie**
Sister.
**[19:38] Marie**
Everyone, thank you for
gathering at my request.
**[19:43] Anastasia**
Um...
**[19:44] Marie**
The truth is, this is something I
wanted my sister to hear as well.
**[19:49] Anastasia**
Something you want me to hear?
**[19:52] Marie**
It's about Father's crimes.
**[19:56] Marie**
Sister, have you ever seen them?
**[19:58] Marie**
The prose or letters that Grandmother
or I wrote in Father's place...
**[20:04] Anastasia**
Now that you mention it, I have seen them.
**[20:07] Marie**
After hearing what you said, I was certain.
**[20:11] Marie**
It isn't just the kingdom's tongue...
Father can't use Flarian either.
**[20:16] Anastasia**
What? Is that a crime?
**[20:18] Marie**
Yes.
**[20:20] Marie**
Since official documents are written and
exchanged in Flarian, the language of the nobility,
**[20:24] Marie**
managing territory and overseeing its
people would be difficult without it.
**[20:28] Marie**
But unlike when Grandmother was here,
Father didn't notify the kingdom.
**[20:33] Marie**
Instead, he simply had me
write documents on his behalf.
**[20:37] Marie**
Forgery of official documents and
abandonment of his duties as lord...
**[20:40] Marie**
Those are my father's crimes, aren't they?
**[20:44] Liu Liu**
Exactly.
**[20:46] Liu Liu**
As a noble, who oversees the welfare
of his people, he has *utterly* failed.
**[20:50] Mio**
His abuse of Lady Marie and the others
shows his failure as a human being.
**[20:55] Kyros**
The baron wanted to hide
his own incompetence,
**[20:58] Kyros**
so he set up Marie as his
stand-in in an illegal manner.
**[21:01] Kyros**
Then he used rags and
tatters to chain Marie down
**[21:04] Kyros**
and exploit her for
the sake of his noble house.
**[21:07] Marie**
I'm sorry.
**[21:08] Marie**
I didn't know that doing a lord's work in their
stead without the crown's permission was a crime.
**[21:13] Kyros**
Even if you had known, you couldn't
have refused in that situation.
**[21:17] Kyros**
I've already checked and found that
you bear no responsibility in this.
**[21:21] Liu Liu**
We'll be sure to protect you!
**[21:25] Kyros**
Marie, you have the right to decide what
will happen to the House of Shaderan.
**[21:33] Kyros**
Marie, please tell us what
it is you wish to do.
**[21:37] Marie; internal**
*Until now, I've always run away.*
**[21:41] Marie; internal**
* But now I've learned that my decisions can*
* bring happiness and unhappiness to others.*
**[21:52] Marie**
I can't pretend not to see
these things any longer.
**[21:56] Marie**
I will face the truth and look
upon it with my own eyes.
**[21:58] Marie**
Please allow me to make my
decision after I've done that.
**[22:02] Kyros**
Understood.
**[22:04] Anastasia**
Marie.
**[22:06] Marie**
After all, I'm of the mind to hit
my parents with one good wallop!
**[22:12] Anastasia**
M-Marie?
**[22:16] Liu Liu**
You've grown quite strong, haven't you?
**[22:19] Marie**
Let's go...
**[22:22] Marie**
to the House of Shaderan!
**[23:58] Anastasia**
This is Anastasia.
**[24:00] Anastasia**
Now that we sisters are together,
there's only one thing for us to do, right?
**[24:05] Anastasia**
Next time, "It's Time to Settle This."
***SIGN*** Episode 12 "It's Time to Settle This"
**[24:08] Anastasia**
Let's go, Marie!
# 12 - It's Time to Settle This
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**[00:06] Marie; internal**
* I've made up my mind to march*
* into the Shaderan house,*
**[00:10] Marie; internal**
* in order to face my parents*
* and to ascertain the truth.*
**[00:21] Tomas**
I have an urgent message for Baron Shaderan!
**[00:24] Tomas**
Please open the gate!
**[00:26] Tomas**
If you don't, something terrible will happen!
**[00:28] Tania**
What's impossible is impossible!
Now go on and leave!
**[00:31] Tania**
Actually, haven't I seen
you somewhere before?
**[00:34] Tomas**
You're imagining things!
**[00:35] Tomas**
What's more important right now
is that you open this gate!
**[00:36] Kyros**
Marie, you're really certain about this?
**[00:37] Tania**
I don't want to!
**[00:39] Tomas; background**
Open the gate! Open it right now!
**[00:39] Marie**
Yes. Don't hold back.
**[00:40] Tania; background**
No! I won't do it!
**[00:41] Kyros**
All right.
**[00:42] Tomas; background**
Open the gate!
**[00:44] Luiphon**
If they won't open up, then we'll just
have to force our way through, right?
**[00:49] Tania**
How many times do I have
to tell you? Enough is—
**[00:56] Luiphon**
Punch through, Ringomaru!
**[01:01] Tania**
You have a terrible taste in names!
**[01:05] Tomas**
I-I did try to tell her.
***SIGN*** Episode 12 "It's Time to Settle This"
**[02:49] Kyros**
Mio.
**[02:50] Mio**
Understood.
**[02:55] Gregor**
Wh-What are you doing? Stop it!
**[02:57] Gregor**
Let go of me!
**[02:59] Tomas**
I-Is she really a maid?
**[03:05] Mio**
He wouldn't stop making a fuss, so I
took the liberty of restraining him.
**[03:09] Gregor**
What is all this? What do
you think you're doing?
**[03:12] Kyros**
I've been wanting to see you, Baron Shaderan.
**[03:15] Kyros**
Or rather... Father.
**[03:18] Tomas**
I've brought the baroness and their son.
**[03:32] Marie**
It's been a while, hasn't it?
**[03:34] Marie**
Father. Mother.
**[03:38] Cedric**
Big Sis Marie?
**[03:40] Marie**
Cedric!
**[03:42] Luiphon**
It seems that no one in your family
has realized who you are.
**[03:46] Anastasia**
Well, when you came to the workshop,
you believed I was a boy, didn't you?
**[03:51] Luiphon**
Now that you mention it, I did!
**[03:53] Luiphon**
But why disguise yourself again?
**[03:56] Anastasia**
I have to see it with my own eyes...
**[04:00] Anastasia**
to make certain that the same
mistakes never happen again.
**[04:03] Gregor**
Marie! What do you think you're doing?
**[04:06] Marie**
You didn't reply about the betrothal
ceremony no matter how long we waited,
**[04:09] Marie**
so we came to see you in person.
**[04:11] Marie**
We hoped that you would give
our love your approval.
**[04:15] Kyros**
If you do not believe
that we love each other,
**[04:18] Kyros**
then I'd like you to look at these.
**[04:20] Kyros**
It's a record in which I've written
exactly how much I love Marie.
**[04:24] Marie**
Lord Kyros...
**[04:26] Anastasia**
Is that man really all right?
**[04:29] Mio**
No, he's too far gone.
**[04:32] Marie**
I-In any case, I'd like
to have a proper talk.
**[04:35] Marie**
Let's go to the hall.
**[04:42] Cedric**
My father and mother...
What will happen to them?
**[04:46] Tomas**
It's all right. Don't worry.
**[04:48] Tomas**
Trust your big sisters.
**[04:50] Cedric**
Big sisters?
**[04:52] Tomas**
Oh! Um... Just don't worry, all right?
**[04:57] Cedric**
All right.
**[05:02] Marie; internal**
* It isn't likely that they'll see*
* through my sister's disguise.*
**[05:10] Anastasia**
Are you all right?
**[05:11] Elvira**
Y-Yes.
**[05:13] Elvira**
This is all so sudden, it's
made me feel a little ill.
**[05:16] Elvira**
Wh-Why is this servant here?
What sinister red hair!
**[05:20] Elvira**
The same cursed hair as Marie!
**[05:23] Kyros**
Baroness, that is an old superstition.
**[05:26] Elvira**
It's no superstition!
**[05:28] Elvira**
Because of Marie, both Lady
Sasha and Anastasia died!
**[05:32] Elvira**
So why is Marie the only one...
**[05:34] Elvira**
They looked like princesses!
**[05:36] Elvira**
Both Lady Sasha and Anastasia
were far more worthy, and yet...
**[05:39] Marie**
Mother, your hair...
**[05:43] Elvira**
Don't trouble yourself over me!
**[05:45] Elvira**
Please just leave me alone!
**[05:57] Gregor**
How dare you treat me with such disrespect!
**[05:59] Gregor**
You really are born of
barbarians, aren't you?
**[06:01] Gregor**
I have nothing to discuss with you!
**[06:04] Gregor**
Hurry up and leave!
**[06:07] Marie**
Please don't run away, Father.
**[06:10] Gregor**
R-Run away? Just who do you
think you're talking to?
**[06:14] Gregor**
I am the lord of this land and your father!
**[06:17] Kyros**
Lord of the land? A father?
**[06:19] Kyros**
Don't make me laugh.
**[06:22] Gregor**
What did you say? You—
**[06:25] Luiphon**
Baron Shaderan, this is a written notice of
the stripping of your authority as a lord.
**[06:31] Kyros**
You can't speak Flarian, which is essential
for managing your lands, can you?
**[06:35] Gregor**
Wh-What are you talking about?
**[06:36] Gregor**
I just hate foreign languages, that's all!
**[06:39] Kyros**
In that case, please say
something in Flarian.
**[06:41] Kyros**
A simple conversation will do.
**[06:43] Gregor**
Th-That's...
**[06:45] Luiphon**
After Sasha Shaderan passed away,
you failed to officially inform the crown
**[06:49] Luiphon**
that you had your daughter Marie act in
your stead. We've already investigated it.
**[06:54] Luiphon**
Gregor Shaderan, we cannot entrust the
lives of our precious citizens to you.
**[06:59] Kyros**
For abandoning your
official duties as a lord,
**[07:02] Kyros**
and the crime of covering it up,
**[07:05] Kyros**
you will pay dearly.
**[07:15] Gregor**
A-Am I... going to lose everything?
**[07:20] Marie**
No.
**[07:21] Marie**
There is one way to preserve the barony.
**[07:26] Marie**
Although the Granado family
will essentially take over,
**[07:30] Marie**
you would retain your title and residence.
**[07:33] Marie**
Talented personnel will be dispatched here.
**[07:36] Marie**
However, there is one condition.
**[07:38] Gregor**
A condition?
**[07:43] Marie**
Please apologize to me.
**[07:47] Kyros**
For violating her dignity, brainwashing
her, and tying her down to this house...
**[07:53] Kyros**
If you apologize for these inhumane acts and
ask for help, then I promise you assistance.
**[07:59] Kyros**
All of us here discussed it,
and that is what we decided.
**[08:03] Marie**
Father, please give me your answer.
**[08:06] Marie**
Why didn't you follow the proper procedures?
Why force everything on me instead?
**[08:10] Gregor**
S-Stop whining!
**[08:12] Gregor**
It's only natural for a good-for-nothing
daughter to obey her parents!
**[08:17] Kyros**
Not only do you show no gratitude towards
Marie, even now, you take that attitude?
**[08:22] Kyros**
As a fellow noble, let me say one thing.
**[08:25] Kyros**
To apologize.
To seek help. To feel gratitude.
**[08:29] Kyros**
Each of those things are essential in a lord.
**[08:33] Kyros**
If there's something you can't do, then
ask for help and rely on someone else.
**[08:39] Kyros**
If you show your gratitude properly,
then there is no embarrassment or crime.
**[08:43] Kyros**
The true crime is to protect one's
own pride by turning truth into lies,
**[08:48] Kyros**
and to hold others in contempt.
**[08:50] Kyros**
That egocentrism is the crime.
**[08:54] Kyros**
The previous baroness, Sasha, hoped for
your growth as a lord here, didn't she?
**[09:02] Gregor**
Stop talking!
**[09:04] Gregor**
What do you know?
**[09:06] Gregor**
Mother... My mother...
**[09:09] Gregor**
never expected anything from me!
**[09:14] Kyros**
So that's it!
**[09:16] Kyros**
You wanted Lady Sasha to
have high hopes for you.
**[09:28] Gregor**
I-I... I...
**[09:32] Elvira**
That's enough! Are you happy
destroying your own house?
**[09:37] Elvira**
Just how much misfortune must you
bring us before you're satisfied?
**[09:40] Elvira**
That red hair will bring
unhappiness to everyone!
**[09:42] Elvira**
Lady Sasha and my darling
Anastasia... you killed them both!
**[09:47] Anastasia**
Now, look here.
**[09:49] Anastasia**
I'm sorry to tell you, but I'm not dead.
**[09:55] Gregor**
Anastasia?
**[09:57] Anastasia**
Could you please not blame Marie for
all these bizarre offenses you see?
**[10:00] Anastasia**
And really, I guess my blonde
hair was all you ever saw in me.
**[10:05] Elvira**
You've come back to me, my Anastasia!
**[10:08] Elvira**
Oh, this blonde hair!
It's so beautiful! My princess!
**[10:14] Anastasia**
Stop it.
**[10:16] Anastasia**
Let go of me!
**[10:18] Anastasia**
Mama, I have never once been your Anastasia.
**[10:25] Marie**
Mother. As I thought...
**[10:30] Elvira**
Hair... My hair!
**[10:33] Anastasia**
Sh-She has red hair?
**[10:38] Mio**
It seems that the baron knew.
**[10:40] Kyros**
To look down on Marie like that when
her own hair is the same color...
**[10:45] Elvira**
Marie cannot possibly find happiness!
**[10:48] Elvira**
She has the same red hair as me!
**[10:50] Elvira**
She isn't like Lady Sasha and Anastasia!
**[10:53] Marie**
I finally understand.
**[10:55] Marie**
Mother, you wanted to believe, didn't you?
**[10:58] Kyros**
Marie... What do you mean?
**[11:03] Marie**
Mother, for you, to be like
Grandmother and Anastasia,
**[11:07] Marie**
ladies with small builds and beautiful
blonde hair, was essential for being a "princess."
**[11:12] Marie**
You must admire and envy them so much.
**[11:16] Marie**
And that's why you wanted to believe...
**[11:19] Marie**
believe that women like us, with our
red hair and our height, meet with misfortune...
**[11:23] Marie**
That it's inevitable.
**[11:25] Elvira**
Stop talking.
**[11:26] Elvira**
Stop talking! Stop talking! Stop talking!
**[11:28] Elvira**
What can you possibly know?
**[11:30] Elvira**
Someone with red hair can never be happy!
**[11:32] Elvira**
They can never become a princess!
**[11:34] Elvira**
Even Lady Sasha never loved me!
**[11:37] Elvira**
That is how it has always been for me!
**[11:41] Marie**
I always rejected myself as well.
**[11:44] Marie**
I thought that no one could ever love me,
and so I closed off my heart.
**[11:48] Marie**
But...
**[11:49] Marie**
after meeting Lord Kyros and everyone at the
castle, I've finally realized something.
**[11:55] Marie**
That I lacked courage...
the courage to face myself.
**[12:03] Marie**
Lord Kyros, and you, too, Mio...
**[12:06] Marie**
and everyone from the
castle who isn't here...
**[12:09] Marie**
I am truly sorry for leading you around and
hurting you with my baseless assumptions.
**[12:16] Kyros**
Marie.
**[12:20] Marie**
Mother...
**[12:21] Marie**
I want to walk into the future with Lord
Kyros and everyone at Granado Castle.
**[12:29] Marie**
So let's put an end to this now.
**[12:34] Elvira**
A-Anastasia! You, you are
the one person who always...
**[12:40] Anastasia**
Mama... no. Elvira Shaderan,
Marie and I are not your dolls.
**[12:49] Anastasia**
Please don't keep us tied down any longer.
**[13:16] Marie; narration**
In the end, the House of Granado
took control of the Shaderan lands.
**[13:21] Marie; narration**
In order to return and become the next lord,
Cedric is studying hard at a school in the capital.
**[13:28] Marie; narration**
And Father is attending the same school as
Cedric, taking a gruelingly strict course.
**[13:35] Marie; narration**
If he manages to graduate, he'll
be allowed to become Cedric's valet
***SIGN*** Lord
***SIGN*** Son's
Valet
**[13:39] Marie; narration**
and return to the Shaderan lands.
**[13:42] Marie; narration**
His future seems likely to
be filled with difficulty.
**[13:48] Liu Liu**
Still, that baron certainly
seems to be working hard.
**[13:52] Kyros**
Well, he found Lady Sasha's
journal in a storehouse.
**[13:55] Liu Liu**
Journal?
**[13:57] Kyros**
Yes.
**[13:58] Kyros**
Apparently, she'd written down her
feelings about the baron and his wife.
**[14:03] Kyros**
I'm sure it must have given
him something to think about.
**[14:07] Marie; narration**
Mother was exempt from
any legal consequences,
**[14:11] Marie; narration**
but now she lives in that
empty house all alone.
**[14:19] Luiphon**
If you can't open the door, then
how about going in through a window?
**[14:23] Anastasia**
Stop being silly. I'm grateful that you
gave me a ride on your horse, but...
**[14:27] Luiphon**
You're no fun. I know you'd feel
forlorn if you were all alone.
**[14:31] Anastasia**
Th-That's not...
**[14:34] Anastasia**
No, the truth is, I'm so anxious
I don't know what to do.
**[14:38] Anastasia**
I've been lying to Old Man Norman
ever since I first met him.
**[14:43] (Flashback) Anastasia**
I'm Arthur! You got a problem with that?
**[14:46] Anastasia**
Asking him to allow me to continue working
with him would be entirely too selfish.
**[14:51] Luiphon**
You cast aside a life of
being treated like a doll,
**[14:55] Luiphon**
and grabbed the chance of a life
doing what you like, didn't you?
**[14:59] Luiphon**
In that case, you have to have courage!
**[15:01] Luiphon**
I'm always on the side
of people who work hard.
**[15:03] Luiphon**
Now, go on!
**[15:05] Anastasia**
W-Wait!
**[15:11] Anastasia**
Old Man Norman...
**[15:15] Anastasia**
Um, I...
**[15:17] Norman**
The count told me everything.
**[15:19] Norman**
I hear your name isn't
Arthur, it's Anastasia.
**[15:24] Anastasia**
Yes.
**[15:29] Anastasia**
What? These are...
**[15:31] Norman**
Yours.
**[15:32] Norman**
I've ordered hammers and gloves.
**[15:35] Norman**
Honestly...
**[15:37] Norman**
I'll have to change all the
tools to suit your hands.
**[15:41] Norman**
You should've told me the truth
sooner, my idiot apprentice.
**[15:48] Anastasia**
I'm sorry.
**[15:50] Anastasia**
I'm so sorry!
**[15:56] Anastasia**
Thank you!
**[15:58] Luiphon**
Good. Very good.
**[16:02] Luiphon**
Now, shall we go, Ringomaru?
**[16:11] Marie; narration**
And so the height of summer arrived.
**[16:34] Marie; internal**
*Today...*
**[16:36] Marie; internal**
* I become the future bride*
* of the person I love.*
**[16:54] nobleman**
This is delicious!
**[16:55] noblewoman**
And the plating is beautiful!
**[16:57] Toppo**
Toppo's cooking is the best in the world!
**[17:01] Toppo**
I recommend the special apple pie as well!
**[17:07] noblewoman A**
Oh, how lovely!
**[17:09] Tunika**
It's because I had such
good material to work with!
**[17:12] Tunika**
You see? If we do this here...
**[17:17] noblewoman B**
Oh, how modern!
**[17:20] Tunika**
By the way,
**[17:20] Tunika**
this hair oil can be ordered through
the Granado Trading Company in the capital!
**[17:26] nobleman A**
My, this looks magnificent!
**[17:32] Johan**
It isn't just looks!
It's also extremely practical!
**[17:54] Caecilie**
Marie is so beautiful!
**[17:57] Caecilie**
I wish someone would be my
escort like that sometime.
**[18:00] Cedric**
Princess?
**[18:03] Cedric**
Please, take my hand!
**[18:04] Cedric**
Will you come and dance with me?
**[18:08] Caecilie**
Yes!
**[18:15] Wolfgang**
I have waited so impatiently for this day.
**[18:20] Tomas**
My lady! Master!
**[18:23] Anastasia**
You look beautiful, Marie!
**[18:25] Luiphon**
Come now. You are just as beautiful!
**[18:28] Anastasia**
Ugh, you again?
**[18:31] Luiphon**
I like it!
**[18:32] Luiphon**
That honesty of yours that doesn't
hesitate even in the face of royalty.
**[18:35] Luiphon**
You're a type I've never met before.
**[18:40] Luiphon**
Say, would you like to
give being my wife a try?
**[18:44] Anastasia**
Sure.
**[18:45] Luiphon**
What?
**[18:46] Anastasia**
What's wrong? The betrothal's
set now, isn't it?
**[18:49] Luiphon**
A-Actually, the thing is, I already have
five fiancées that I've never seen before.
**[18:54] Anastasia**
Is that so?
**[18:56] Luiphon**
Hey! I do happen to be a prince, you know?
**[18:59] Anastasia**
Oh, I'm so sorry.
**[19:02] Anastasia**
I have no time to look
after a grumbling prince.
**[19:11] Liu Liu**
I was worried about what might happen,
but we've made it to this day safely.
**[19:16] Liu Liu**
I never imagined I'd be able to
see my son shining like this.
**[19:20] Mio**
It must be because you raised
him with love, Lady Liu Liu.
**[19:23] Liu Liu**
No, it's thanks to you, Mio.
**[19:27] Mio**
What?
**[19:28] Liu Liu**
You stayed beside the two of them
and supported them. Thank you.
**[19:35] Liu Liu**
So, as the person who had to look
after them, what do you think?
**[19:38] Liu Liu**
Do you think they'll make
a good married couple?
**[19:41] Mio**
I'm not sure.
**[19:42] Mio**
Both of them are still developing, and the
master is currently at the height of puberty.
**[19:48] Liu Liu**
Stop it! You shouldn't
tell the truth like that.
**[19:52] Mio**
However, I'm certain that
a happy future awaits them.
**[19:56] Mio**
As to whether it seems believable or not...
**[19:58] Mio**
the faces of everyone here at the
castle say it all, don't they?
**[20:16] Marie**
Lord Kyros.
**[20:17] Kyros**
Marie, what's wrong?
**[20:21] Marie**
Nothing. I was just remembering.
**[20:24] Marie**
Remembering everything from
the day I met you until today.
**[20:29] Kyros**
When I think about it, we spent most of the
time on different pages from each other.
**[20:33] Kyros**
That day, when I met you,
my whole world changed.
**[20:38] Kyros**
You are the first person I ever truly wanted.
**[20:45] Kyros**
Marie, for being born, for
being at my side... thank you.
**[20:51] Marie**
No, I'm the one who should thank you.
**[20:57] Marie**
That day, light shone into
my closed off little world.
**[21:03] Marie**
Green eyes more beautiful than any
star brought color into my world.
**[21:13] Marie**
When I hesitated, you took my
hand and moved forward with me.
**[21:19] Marie**
Things I'd forgotten... Things
I learned for the first time...
**[21:23] Kyros**
Every single one of them created
the "us" that we are now.
**[22:11] Marie; internal**
*We will find happiness.*
**[22:15] Marie; internal**
*As long as we're by each other's sides.*
**[22:27] Credits**
Translation: Elanor Sakamoto
Subtitle Timing: Edgar Cruz
Editing and Typesetting: Ashley Barboza
Quality Control: S. Bilyeu
Translation Check: Michelle Tymon