# 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!