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.