# 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?