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."
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    Off the Betrothal"
[24:08] Tunika
    I'd simply hate it if you didn't watch.