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?