1 - His Butler, Doing Fieldwork

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[00:15] Briegel
    Blast! He's gone into the woods.
[00:18] Reinald
    The hunt is more fun when
    they give us a bit of a chase.
[00:22] Reinald
    Let's go.
[00:23] Briegel
    Are you mad? Isn't this...
[00:27] Briegel
    ...the haunted wood?
[00:31] Reinald
    Surely you don't believe that nonsense?
[00:34] Briegel
    Of course not!
[00:44] Crone
    Get out!
[00:46] Crone
    These woods are guarded by werewolves!
[00:49] Crone
    You'll be cursed if they discover you!
[00:54] Briegel
    Gadzooks! Who is that crone?
[00:56] Briegel
    Who knows. Let's hurry on.
[00:59] Reinald
    R-Right...
[01:00] Crone
    You fools!
[01:07] Briegel
    Ah, there they are!
[01:09] Reinald
    Where did the fox go?
[01:11] Briegel
    Why are they barking?
[01:36] Briegel
    What the hell is that?!
[01:37] Reinald
    How should I know?!
[01:44] Briegel
    W-Was that...
[01:46] Reinald
    ...a werewolf?
[01:51] Butler
    Herr Reinald.
[01:54] Butler
    Welcome back.
[01:56] Reinald
    Oh, it's just you.
[01:58] Butler
    How was your hunt?
[02:01] Butler
    Why, Herr Reinald...
[02:04] Butler
    Your nose is bleeding.
[02:11] Butler
    Herr Reinald?
[02:12] Briegel
    What's wrong? Stay with me, Reinald!
[02:16] Briegel
    Wh-What's going on?!
[02:18] Briegel
    Stay with me, Reinald!
[02:20] Butler
    Herr Briegel!
[02:27] Maid
    No!
[02:44] Ciel
    "A pleasure to meet you."
[02:46] Ciel
    "Ich freue mich Sie kennenzulernen."
[02:49] Sebastian
    That was appalling.
    Your intonation is all wrong.
[02:53] Sebastian
    Again.
[02:54] Ciel
    "Ich freue mich Sie kennenzulernen."
[02:58] Sebastian
    Again.
[03:01] Ciel
    "Ich freue mich Sie kennenzulernen!"
[03:55] Sign
    Black Butler
[03:57] Sign
    Emerald Witch Arc
[05:09] Ciel
    "Ich freue mich Sie kennenzulernen."
[05:14] Ciel
    I have to stop.
    This is giving me motion sickness.
[05:17] Sebastian
    How undignified.
[05:19] Ciel
    I'm just no good at German pronunciation.
[05:21] Ciel
    I can read it. Isn't that enough?
[05:28] Sebastian
    Germany, my lord?
[05:34] Ciel
    Yes. Her Majesty has
    ordered me to investigate
[05:38] Ciel
    a series of suspicious deaths in Germany.
[05:42] Sebastian
    She ordered you to go in person?
[05:44] Ciel
    The Phantomhives' role is to
    manage England's underworld.
[05:48] Ciel
    I don't see why I should
     have to go to Germany.
[05:53] Victoria
    "My dear boy—
[05:56] Victoria
    There has been a series of
    suspicious deaths in southern Germany."
[06:01] Victoria
    "I am told that all of the victims
    were perfectly healthy
[06:04] Victoria
    before being struck by
    a sudden deformity and dying."
[06:09] Victoria
    "My grandson, William, is Germany's emperor,
[06:14] Victoria
    and Germany is my family's homeland."
[06:18] Victoria
    "If an epidemic is breaking out, I wish
    to provide medical support immediately,
[06:22] Victoria
    but I have been unable to obtain a clear response
    from Willy or the Imperial government."
[06:27] Victoria
    "I am terribly worried."
[06:29] Sebastian
    If Germany isn't answering her inquiries,
     she can't officially send an envoy.
[06:35] Sebastian
    Thus, the task has fallen to you?
[06:40] Ciel
    We've gone abroad once before
    in the course of an investigation,
[06:45] Ciel
    but I can't make out her reason
    for sending me this time.
[06:48] Sebastian
    Why not ask her for a clearer explanation?
[06:52] Ciel
    She'd only dodge the subject.
[06:54] Ciel
    A dog's job is to joyfully chase
    the bone his master throws, isn't it?
[06:59] Sebastian
    The Phantomhives have an underground
    information network across Europe and Asia.
[07:05] Sebastian
    Perhaps her intention was to rely on that.
[07:10] Ciel
    You-know-who is in Germany.
    I inherited him from my father.
[07:16] Ciel
    Let's have Chlaus pay him a visit. Set it up.
[07:21] Sebastian
    Very good.
[07:26] Ciel
    It's been a long time, Chlaus.
[07:28] Ciel
    I apologize that this job was so sudden.
[07:31] Chlaus
    Nonsense. It's perfectly fine.
[07:33] Chlaus
    Though I must say your butler
    appears where he's least expected.
[07:39] (Flashback) Sebastian
    It's been a long time.
[07:42] Chlaus
    I was enjoying a sauna in Finland
     when he popped up. Gave me quite a shock.
[07:47] Sebastian
    Please accept my apologies.
[07:50] Ciel
    I'm just glad your holiday
    was relatively nearby this time.
[07:54] Ciel
    One time, you were on
    the other side of the world.
[07:59] Chlaus
    Holidays are the only pastime
    we old men have left to us.
[08:04] Chlaus
    Now, let's discuss the souvenir
    you requested from Germany.
[08:10] Chlaus
    I called upon him as soon
    as I arrived in Germany,
[08:13] Chlaus
    but he claimed to be busy
     and turned me away.
[08:16] Ciel
    Oh?
[08:17] Chlaus
    I was forced to inspect the scene myself.
[08:21] Chlaus
    It was very out of the way.
[08:24] Chlaus
    I visited several villages and estates
     where deaths had occurred,
[08:28] Chlaus
    but I didn't see any signs of an epidemic.
[08:31] Chlaus
    What's more, the victims were uninjured
    and had been in perfect health.
[08:35] Chlaus
    When I asked what had caused
    the deaths, the answer was always...
[08:41] Chlaus
    "the witch's curse."
[08:44] Ciel
    Witch?
[08:45] Chlaus
    Whatever it was affected
    men and women of all ages,
[08:48] Chlaus
    but the victims did
    have one thing in common.
[08:52] Chlaus
    They had all visited the
    same forest before their deaths:
[08:56] Chlaus
    the "Werewolves' Forest."
[08:58] Chlaus
    The locals call it forbidden ground,
    a cursed place, and the like. All very occult.
[09:03] Sebastian
    The Werewolves' Forest?
[09:08] Chlaus
    Yes. Southern Germany had brutal witch hunts
     from the 14th to the 17th centuries.
[09:16] Chlaus
    Legend has it the surviving witches
    fled to a forest and settled there.
[09:20] Chlaus
    Then, they unleashed familiars—
    werewolves—to protect themselves.
[09:26] Chlaus
    That forest has been called
    the "Werewolves' Forest" ever since,
[09:30] Chlaus
    and they say everyone
    who sets foot in it is cursed.
[09:34] Ciel
    People dying of curses? Ridiculous.
[09:40] Chlaus
    I was certain you'd say that.
[09:42] Chlaus
    I'm sorry that was the
    only information I could gather.
[09:46] Ciel
    No, I'm sorry to have put you to the trouble.
[09:50] Ciel
    I suppose I have no choice
    but to go in person.
[09:53] Ciel
    Changing the subject,
    there's something else I'd like to ask.
[09:58] Ciel
    Undertaker has disappeared.
[10:02] Chlaus
    Undertaker, eh?
[10:03] Ciel
    You've known him since my father was earl,
     so you must know more about him than I do.
[10:09] Ciel
    I'd like information. Any detail could help.
[10:14] Chlaus
    I'm afraid the two of us
    stay out of each other's affairs.
[10:18] Chlaus
    And Undertaker met Vincent—
    your father—before I did.
[10:24] Chlaus
    I assume the only person who knew Vincent
    longer than Undertaker is you-know-who.
[10:30] Chlaus
    They met in school, after all.
[10:34] Sebastian
    Shall we call on you-know-who
    while we're in Germany, then?
[10:39] Sebastian
    We'll be in the same country.
[10:41] Chlaus
    A fine idea, but German beauties—well,
     former beauties— aren't easily wooed.
[10:48] Chlaus
    You'll have to turn on the charm, Junior.
[10:51] Ciel
    I'll have to pray the beauty
    is in a good mood when I arrive.
[10:57] Ciel
    Sebastian, arrange our tickets.
[11:01] Sebastian
    Yes, my lord.
[11:07] Diederich
    Like father, like son.
    Why are all their requests so troublesome?
[11:14] Diederich
    Still, I can't believe he's 13 already.
[11:19] Diederich
    He must look more like his father every day.
[11:25] Coachman A
    Ich will nicht unter dem Fluch
     der Hexe sterben.
[11:28] Coachman A
    Ich werde nicht gehen,
    egal wie viel Geld man mir bietet.
[11:33] Ciel
    Oi, Sebastian. What language is he speaking?
[11:37] Sebastian
    East Franconian.
[11:39] Sebastian
    It's a dialect spoken in southern Germany.
[11:42] Ciel
    It's nothing like standard German!
    What was the point of my studies?!
[11:46] Sebastian
    It's always important to grasp
    the fundamentals, my lord.
[11:50] Ciel
    Well? What is he saying?
[11:53] Sebastian
    "I'll not be goin' dyin' o'
    no witch's curse, no fear."
[11:56] Sebastian
    "No sum o' money could
    convince me t'take ye there."
[11:59] Sebastian
    And so on.
[12:01] Ciel
    Has he seen one of the "cursed"?
[12:03] Sebastian [Franconian]
    Have you seen a cursed person?
[12:07] Coachman A [Franconian]
    'Course I 'as! Right terrible sight.
[12:11] Coachman A [Franconian]
    Faces swell'd up twice 'eir size an' skin all meltin'.
[12:17] Coachman A [Franconian]
    One o' 'em died right there an' th' one
    'oo lived went doolally from th' shock.
[12:25] Sebastian [Franconian]
    One survived?
[12:27] Coachman A [Franconian]
    S'right.
[12:28] Coachman A [Franconian]
    'E was shakin' in fear an' cryin' out:
    "Th' werewolves're comin'!"
[12:34] Sebastian [Franconian]
    Where is this person?
[12:36] Coachman A [Franconian]
    Was some rich boy, son o' the Briegels, as lives
    on th' outskirts o' th' village, but he i'nt there now.
[12:47] Coachman A [Franconian]
    Law came'n took 'im t'big hospital,
     same as th' dead man.
[12:56] Coachman A [Franconian]
    Can't go lettin' 'im infect no one.
[13:00] Sebastian
    There is a survivor,
    but his mind was so deeply disturbed,
[13:04] Sebastian
    he kept saying werewolves
    were coming for him.
[13:07] Ciel
    So he actually saw a werewolf?
[13:09] Sebastian
    Officials came and took him to a major hospital,
     along with another victim who died.
[13:14] Sebastian
    Shall I search all the hospitals in the country?
[13:17] Ciel
    No need. It's no use conversing with
    someone whose mind is so confused.
[13:21] Ciel
    It would be faster to go to
    the Werewolves' Forest ourselves.
[13:25] Sebastian
    He refuses to drive us there,
    no matter how much we offer him, my lord.
[13:30] Ciel
    Then, ask him this:
[13:34] Ciel
    How much for a carriage?
[13:39] Baldroy
    My arse hurts.
[13:41] Mey-Rin
    Baldo! That's vulgar, yes!
[13:43] Baldroy
    But we've been sittin' here for over a day.
[13:49] Baldroy
    Pretty unusual for the young master
     to bring us with him, huh?
[13:53] Mey-Rin
    Yes, yes.
[13:58] Boy A
    Excuse me! Give us the ball back, please!
[14:02] Finnian
    Okay!
[14:03] Finnian
    Here it comes!
[14:07] Finnian
    Sorry!
[14:08] Snake
    "You speak German?"
[14:11] Snake
    ...says Donne.
[14:14] Finnian
    Yeah, a little.
[14:16] Sebastian
    Everyone.
[14:18] Sebastian
    We've procured carriages.
    Please load our luggage.
[14:28] Mey-Rin
    So this is the Werewolves' Forest, yes...
[14:30] Finnian
    It's so creepy!
[14:32] Baldroy
    I can believe it's cursed.
[14:40] Sebastian
    I see the compass is malfunctioning.
[14:43] Ciel
    There may be mineral resources underground.
[14:47] Sebastian
    Or there may be a curse.
[14:52] Ciel
    You're saying that, too?
[14:53] Sebastian
    You're attended by a demon,
    and you've met grim reapers.
[14:57] Sebastian
    I find it odd you don't believe in curses.
[15:00] Sebastian
    In fact...
[15:02] Sebastian
    What connects the two of us
    is a curse in its own right.
[15:08] Ciel
    Still, all the "witches" were mere humans
     falsely convicted in ludicrous trials.
[15:14] Ciel
    It's not as though they literally flew
    around in the sky and summoned storms.
[15:18] Ciel
    It's odder to believe in
    supernatural powers like curses.
[15:23] Ciel
    Or, well... I think it is.
[15:26] Sebastian
    Who can say?
[15:29] Ciel
    Have you ever met a real witch, then?
[15:32] Sebastian
    Yes. Long ago, I met
    several individuals called that.
[15:37] Ciel
    Did they summon you to
    a Witches' Sabbath and worship you?
[15:41] Sebastian
    I very much doubt demon worship
    was the purpose of the historical Sabbaths.
[15:49] Sebastian
    Perhaps they were more accurately gatherings
     of wicked adults who wanted to escape reality
[15:54] Sebastian
    by indulging in debauchery.
[15:56] Sebastian
    No human can summon one of us
[16:00] Sebastian
    unless they are prepared to offer
    their soul in exchange for their wish.
[16:04] Sebastian
    Some of us have been known
    to appear on a whim, though.
[16:07] Ciel
    Are you...
[16:09] Sebastian
    Am I what?
[16:11] Ceil
    Never mind.
[16:13] Sebastian
    Goodness.
[16:14] Sebastian
    Look, young master. There's a building ahead.
[16:23] Ciel
    So there really is a village in this forest.
[16:29] Baldroy
    Nobody's here. Was this place abandoned?
[16:32] Sebastian
    No. The houses have been maintained.
[16:35] Sebastian
    There are definitely people living here.
[16:37] Finnian
    Oi! Is anyone here?
[16:43] Villager A
    Attention, everyone!
[16:45] Villagers
    Intruders!
[16:47] Baldroy
    A nice warm welcome.
[16:53] Hilde
    What are you doing here? How did you get in?
[16:56] Ciel
    Are there no men in this village?
[16:59] Ciel
    And the women's clothes
    are centuries out of date!
[17:02] Ciel
    Tell them we want to speak
    with the lord of this land.
[17:05] Sebastian
    At once.
[17:06] Sebastian
    We don't want any trouble.
[17:08] Sebastian
    I'd like to see your lord.
[17:11] Hilde
    What?
[17:12] Hilde
    Our lord?
[17:14] Villager B
    Could Sullivan be their target?
[17:16] Sebastian
    Sullivan?
[17:18] Ciel
    Oi, what are they saying?
[17:20] Hilde
    Silence!
[17:21] Hilde
    You must be informants.
[17:23] Finnian
    Informants? No, that's not true...
[17:26] Villager E
    We won't let any informants escape!
[17:28] Villager C
    Don't let them leave here alive!
[17:30] Villagers
    Death to the informants!
[17:35] Wolfram
    What's all this commotion?
[17:39] Villager A
    S-Sullivan!
[17:41] Hilde
    Forgive us for allowing intruders into our village.
[17:46] Sebastian
    Are you Sullivan, the leader of this village?
[17:49] Sullivan
    Indeed.
[17:51] Sullivan
    I am Sieglinde Sullivan,
[17:55] Sullivan
    the ruler of this forest.
[18:02] Sullivan
    I am Sieglinde Sullivan,
    the ruler of this forest.
[18:07] Ciel
    This child is their leader?
[18:15] Wolfram
    Where the hell're you from?
[18:19] Sebastian
    Pardon?
[18:19] Sullivan
    Stop that, Wolfram.
[18:21] Wolfram
    Ow, ow, ow!
[18:22] Sullivan
    I apologize. We haven't had
    visitors from outside in some time.
[18:26] Sullivan
    And...
[18:32] Ciel
    Wh-What is it?
[18:36] Wolfram
    I don't know how you got here,
[18:38] Wolfram
    but this is Wolfsschlucht, the "Wolf's Valley."
[18:42] Wolfram
    No outsiders are permitted to stay here.
[18:46] Wolfram
    Now get out!
[18:49] Ciel
    We'd better withdraw for now
    and come up with a strategy.
[18:52] Sebastian
    Quite.
[18:54] Sebastian
    We understand. In that case,
    we'll take our leave—
[18:57] Hilde
    Halt!
[19:00] Wolfram
    You lot don't seem to realize how lucky you
     were to get through the forest uninjured.
[19:08] Sebastian
    What might that mean?
[19:11] Wolfram
    Don't act like you don't know.
[19:14] Wolfram
    This forest is under werewolf protection.
[19:17] Sebastian
    May I take that as confirmation that this is
     the "witches' forest" mentioned in folklore?
[19:26] Hilde
    Herr Wolfram, these people are
    dangerous. We must dispose of—
[19:30] Sullivan
    Stop.
[19:35] Wolfram
    Young mistress, that's...
[19:38] Sullivan
    So you won't do as I say?
[19:41] Wolfram
    I will.
[19:43] Wolfram
    Listen closely. If you turn back now,
    night will fall before you're clear of the forest.
[19:49] Wolfram
    That forest is incredibly dangerous at night.
[19:52] Wolfram
    There's no guarantee you'd make it through
    safely this time. Rather, you'd stand no chance.
[19:59] Wolfram
    Therefore...
[20:00] Wolfram
    We will make a special exception
    and allow you to stay for one night.
[20:04] Wolfram
    We'll lend you rooms.
    Leave here as soon as the sun rises—
[20:08] Hilde
    Herr Wolfram! You can't invite
    outsiders into the Emerald Castle!
[20:12] Wolfram
    Hilde, the young mistress asks this of us.
[20:15] Villager D
    Hilde...
[20:16] Ciel
    What's happening?
[20:18] Sebastian
    The leader will allow us to
    stay the night at her estate.
[20:23] Wolfram
    That is my mistress's home:
    the Emerald Castle.
[20:27] Wolfram
    Follow me.
[20:32] Ciel
    First, he says "Leave,"
    then he says "Stay." What's this about?
[20:36] Sebastian
    I don't know.
[20:38] Sebastian
    However, this village certainly
    seems worth investigating.
[20:44] Mey-Rin
    What is this place?!
[20:46] Snake
    "It's full of torture devices!"
[20:48] Snake
    ...says Wilde.
[20:50] Sebastian
    Those devices were used
    during the witch trials.
[20:53] Ciel
    This is getting more and more occult.
[20:56] Sullivan
    Oi, shorty.
[20:58] Sullivan
    What's your name?
[21:01] Sebastian
    Oh, dear. It was rude not
    to introduce ourselves.
[21:05] Sebastian
    She's asking your name, my lord.
[21:07] Ciel
    I'm Ciel Phantomhive.
[21:10] Ciel
    Somehow, I get the feeling
    she said something rude to me.
[21:14] Sullivan
    Age?
[21:15] Sebastian
    My young master is 13 years old.
[21:18] Sullivan
    Hmm.
[21:27] Baldroy
    We're up high! Fall from here, and you're dead.
[21:33] Wolfram
    We've arrived.
[21:36] Wolfram
    This is the Emerald Castle.