# Betrothed to My Sister's Ex
Marie, the second daughter of a poor baron’s household, is treated like a servant by her parents. Even at Marie’s birthday party, her beautiful elder sister, Anastasia, is the star. Outside, Marie bumps into Count Kyuros Granado, who falls for her at first sight. Yet, due to a misunderstanding, the Count proposes to Anastasia. After a tragic accident, Marie must marry the count instead!
# Season 1
# 1 - I Could Never Replace My Sister
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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.
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**[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.
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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.
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**[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