10 - His Butler, Assenting

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[00:02] Greenhill
    Arden...
[00:06] Ciel
    Come, Sebastian!
[00:10] Sebastian
    An English gentleman who exhibits
    bad manners at a tea party
[00:15] Sebastian
    isn't worth his salt.
[00:18] Greenhill
    We only did it out of protectiveness.
[00:24] Redmond
    That's why we...
[00:26] P4
    ...had to kill Derrick.
[00:31] Ciel
    You're...
[00:33] Ciel
    Undertaker!
[00:35] Sebastian
    The four of you murdered Derrick, then asked
    the Aurora Society to bring him back to life.
[00:40] Sebastian
    What was it you wanted to protect so badly?
[00:44] (Flashback) Redmond
    What are you doing in here?!
[00:50] (Flashback) Redmond
    D-Derrick?
[00:58] Bluewer
    The part of the poem about
    being "robbed of his Light"
[01:06] Bluewer
    referred to how Derrick Arden's
    brilliant accomplishments
[01:11] Bluewer
    had all been faked.
[01:15] Bluewer
    The cricket, the needlework,
    the reports, the poetry—all of it.
[01:22] Bluewer
    By underhanded means, he'd robbed others
    of their talents to make himself shine.
[01:29] Bluewer
    He'd done so for all four years
    he'd been at Weston.
[01:33] (Flashback) Bluewer
    All of you go back to your rooms.
[01:35] (Flashback) Student
    Thank you so much.
[01:40] (Flashback) Redmond
    I should have realised the truth
    when you couldn't decipher that poem.
[01:49] (Flashback) Derrick
    Sigh. The cat's out of the bag.
[01:53] (Flashback) Derrick
    And with only a year to go.
[02:48] Sign
    Black Butler
[02:48] Sign
    Public School Arc
[03:28] (Flashback) Derrick
    You know how I'm in line to be a duke?
[03:33] (Flashback) Derrick
    Well, my parents say each generation
    has to be a prefect here.
[03:37] (Flashback) Derrick
    They won't let up about it.
[03:40] (Flashback) Derrick
    The whole thing's a bore.
[03:42] (Flashback) Derrick
    They made me come to
    this stupid boarding school.
[03:47] (Flashback) Greenhill
    You louse!
[03:49] (Flashback) Derrick
    So you should really overlook
    my little stress relief here.
[03:53] (Flashback) Derrick
    My dear papa donates enough
    to this school to cover it.
[04:00] (Flashback) Greenhill
    Damn you to hell!
[04:01] (Flashback) Greenhill
    I'll make sure the Lower Master
    reports this to the Head Master!
[04:05] (Flashback) Greenhill
    Prepare yourself for a punishment
     that befits your crime!
[04:12] (Flashback) Derrick
    Well, you heard him.
[04:19] (Flashback) Redmond
    Lower Master Agares?!
[04:22] (Flashback) Redmond
    What's this about? Why were you here?
[04:25] (Flashback) Agares
    I understand the situation.
[04:28] (Flashback) Agares
    Derrick Arden and his four accomplices
[04:31] (Flashback) Agares
    get two Ys for going out after Lock Up.
[04:36] (Flashback) Derrick
    We are all ever so sorry.
[04:39] (Flashback) Redmond
    "Going out after Lock Up"?
[04:41] (Flashback) Bluewer
    That's not it, sir.
    They've been bullying students!
[04:46] (Flashback) Greenhill
    Tell the Head Master tomorrow and—
[04:48] (Flashback) Agares
    How rude this year's prefects are.
[04:51] (Flashback) Agares
    You question me, the Lower Master?
[04:54] (Flashback) Greenhill
    I... I didn't mean it that way...
[04:57] (Flashback) Agares
    Good.
[05:06] (Flashback) Agares
    You may all go back to your Houses.
[05:09] Redmond
    I see. So even the Lower Master
    was in collusion with Derrick?
[05:14] Redmond
    What should we do? How can we stop them?
[05:18] (Flashback) Derrick
    Sigh. What a downer.
[05:21] (Flashback) Derrick
    Guess I'll be prefect next year, eh?
[05:27] Greenhill
    Unacceptable.
[05:35] Greenhill
    As long as they're still here,
[05:40] Greenhill
    the school's traditions will
    keep rotting from the inside!
[05:46] Violet
    That mustn't happen.
[05:49] Redmond & Bluewer
    Because...
[05:53] Greenhill
    ...tradition is absolute!
[06:09] (Flashback) Violet
    He's not breathing.
[06:11] (Flashback) Greenhill
    It... It's all my fault. What have I done?
[06:18] (Flashback) Redmond
    Breathe, Greenhill. This is for the best.
[06:22] (Flashback) Redmond
    Actually, this was the only option.
[06:25] (Flashback) Bluewer
    Yes. But what now? Greenhill will be accused
    of a crime if we don't do something.
[06:32] (Flashback) Redmond
    I have an idea. Will you trust me
     to take care of this?
[06:35] (Flashback) Greenhill
    No. I can't let you chaps
    share the blame for my crime.
[06:41] (Flashback) Violet
    You're not the only prefect, Greenhill.
[06:46] (Flashback) Bluewer
    That's right. The prefects
    must protect the school.
[06:50] (Flashback) Redmond
    I'll proudly share the burden of a crime
     that was committed for that reason.
[06:56] (Flashback) Greenhill
    You fellows...
[06:58] (Flashback) P4 minus Greenhill
    All of this...
[07:01] (Flashback) P4 minus Greenhill
    ...is for Weston's sake.
[07:23] (Flashback) Redmond
    Apparently, the Head Master
    is on a round-the-world trip,
[07:26] (Flashback) Redmond
    and won't be back until next autumn.
[07:29] (Flashback) Bluewer
    That means we'll have to manage
    this situation ourselves.
[07:33] (Flashback) Greenhill
    Can we, do you think?
[07:35] (Flashback) Redmond
    The reanimation seems to be going well.
     I don't think we need to worry.
[07:40] (Flashback) Violet
    I hope you're right.
[07:44] (Flashback) Redmond
    We can protect this school.
[07:53] Bluewer
    It was the only way we could
     protect tradition and discipline.
[07:58] Bluewer
    We don't wish to harm Weston's
    good name by letting this go public.
[08:03] Bluewer
    Surely you understand, Phantomhive?
[08:09] Ciel
    You killed people, 
    and you want me to "understand"?
[08:26] Undertaker
    Oh, this is too wonderful!
[08:31] Undertaker
    You just paid me even more
    than this job was worth!
[08:42] Undertaker
    Truly, humans are wonderfully tragic,
[08:48] Undertaker
    wonderfully ridiculous,
[08:52] Undertaker
    and wonderfully interesting.
[08:57] Sebastian
    How unexpected.
[08:59] Sebastian
    For the first time,
    we're in complete agreement.
[09:05] Bluewer
    Weston is a prestigious school
     that has produced
[09:07] Bluewer
    the cream of English society
     for generations.
[09:11] Bluewer
    We cannot allow the traditions upheld
    in the centuries since its founding
[09:14] Bluewer
    to be tarnished on our watch.
[09:18] Bluewer
    The history of Weston is
    the history of England herself!
[09:23] Ciel
    It's a fine line between
    education and brainwashing.
[09:25] Ciel
    They might as well be slaves to "tradition."
[09:28] Ciel
    After six years of that, debating
    the matter is probably a waste of time.
[09:34] Ciel
    All right.
[09:36] Ciel
    I've been investigating this
    for a certain illustrious personage.
[09:41] Ciel
    I can't stay silent about the truth
     now that I've uncovered it.
[09:45] Ciel
    But I'll request that your punishment
    takes the circumstances into account.
[09:52] Ciel
    That leaves you.
[09:55] Ciel
    What are you after?
[10:01] Undertaker
    Well, perhaps I'll tell you
     for old times' sake.
[10:05] Undertaker
    You did pay me well today, after all.
[10:10] Ciel
    It didn't last long, but Derrick
    was clearly conscious for a moment.
[10:15] Ciel
    That's quite a change from
    the last walking corpses I saw.
[10:18] Ciel
    No, it's an evolution.
[10:24] Undertaker
    I'm happy to hear you say so.
[10:27] Undertaker
    That's right. Even the dead can evolve.
[10:31] Undertaker
    They just need the
    materials—the episodes—to do it.
[10:36] Sebastian
    "Episodes"?
[10:37] Sebastian
    Are you referring to
    false memories you have created?
[10:41] Sebastian
    As I recall, the mechanism
    for creating your walking corpses
[10:46] Sebastian
    was to splice false memories with
    the Cinematic Records of the dead.
[10:50] Undertaker
    Bzzt! You're close, though.
[10:53] Undertaker
    It's nothing so slipshod this time.
[10:56] Undertaker
    What's moving them now is
    their yearning for the future.
[11:03] Undertaker
    In a human's last moments, he replays
    memories of the path he has walked.
[11:08] Undertaker
    That's the Cinematic Record.
[11:12] Undertaker
    At the same time, he yearns 
    for the path he thought he'd walk.
[11:17] Undertaker
    His images of it are piecemeal,
    but those fragments are the "episodes."
[11:22] Undertaker
    What if we could draw
    those episodes out of him?
[11:26] Undertaker
    What if we could obtain thousands
    of frames of episode footage?
[11:30] Undertaker
    What if we stitched enough together to make
    the total runtime longer than his Record?
[11:35] Undertaker
    They'd be in another league
    from my false memories.
[11:39] Undertaker
    They'd be future memories.
[11:42] Undertaker
    And what if they were
     appended to his Record?
[11:46] Undertaker
    Don't you think that would
    create a walking corpse
[11:49] Undertaker
    that was almost indistinguishable
    from a human?
[11:54] Undertaker
    Though I'm afraid
    my success rate is low so far.
[11:57] Undertaker
    It varies with the quantity and
    quality of the episodes and such.
[12:00] Ciel
    I don't understand. Why do that?
[12:04] Ciel
    What's the point of resurrecting the dead?
[12:07] Undertaker
    I want to see what comes 
    after their prescribed end, that's all.
[12:12] Ciel
    After the end?
[12:16] Undertaker
    None of you have ever wondered?
[12:19] Undertaker
    You haven't wondered if
    an even more entertaining plot awaits
[12:23] Undertaker
    after the ending credits roll?
[12:26] Sebastian
    That's something we don't agree on.
[12:28] Sebastian
    The fact that death is
    an inescapable and absolute ending
[12:34] Sebastian
    is what makes it beautiful.
[12:38] Undertaker
    That's all I can tell you
    for what you've paid me.
[12:42] Undertaker
    Now, I don't want anyone
    inconvenient getting wind of me,
[12:47] Undertaker
    so I'll take my leave.
[12:49] Ciel
    You aren't getting away again.
[12:51] Ciel
    Capture him, Sebastian!
[12:53] Sebastian
    At once.
[12:57] Sebastian
    I thought you might be one
    of the dead, Master Agares.
[13:03] Sebastian
    That must be what struck me as odd that day.
[13:11] Undertaker
    Our friend there has a wealth of episodes.
     He's my greatest masterpiece.
[13:17] Undertaker
    For now.
[13:23] Delinquent Zombie C
    Let's play cricket...
[13:26] Delinquent Zombie B
    Christmas holidays...
[13:28] Ciel
    Friends of Derrick's?
[13:30] Edward
    Run!
[13:32] Edward
    Out of the garden! Quick!
[13:40] Harcourt
    M-My legs...
[13:42] Delinquent Zombie C
    Let's play cricket.
[13:46] Ciel
    Come on!
[13:49] Undertaker
    You may be a Phantomhive,
    but you're different from your predecessors.
[13:54] Undertaker
    Fascinating.
[13:55] Sebastian
    You don't seem concerned. Did you think
     this would be enough to stop me?
[14:02] Sebastian
    I see I'm being taken lightly.
[14:07] Undertaker
    Not at all.
[14:10] Undertaker
    It's a matter of having different goals.
[14:19] Sebastian
    Oh, no...
[15:04] Sebastian
    It's no good. He's closer to
    the young master than I am right now.
[15:10] Sebastian
    In that case...
[15:14] Sebastian
    Protecting my young master is the priority!
[15:17] Undertaker
    That's our butler.
[15:22] Ciel
    Sebastian?
[15:23] Undertaker
    Keep on protecting the earl
    with that level of loyalty.
[15:29] Undertaker
    Toodles!
[15:33] Ciel
    Oi, Seba—
[15:34] Sebastian
    Stand back.
[15:34] Delinquent Zombie B
    Christmas hol—
[15:37] Ciel
    Sebastian, why are you here with me?
[15:39] Ciel
    I ordered you to capture him—
[15:41] Sebastian
    According to our contract,
    my highest priority should be your survival.
[15:47] Sebastian
    I've gone to the trouble of raising you.
[15:50] Sebastian
    I won't stand for anyone
    snatching you away now.
[15:57] Ciel
    O-Oi...
[15:58] Sebastian
    I suggest we leave him unconscious for now.
[16:02] Sebastian
    After all, the post-tea party
     tidy-up isn't done yet.
[16:11] Ciel
    Good grief.
[16:16] Ciel
    How do I explain this to Her Majesty?
[16:18] Sebastian
    Why not simply tell her the truth?
[16:22] Sebastian
    "A former grim reaper with
    perverted tastes is raising the dead."
[16:27] Ciel
    There's no way she'll believe that.
[16:29] Edward
    Ciel!
[16:31] Edward
    Everyone got out safely.
[16:34] Ciel
    Watch where you step.
[16:37] Ciel
    We've finished up here, too.
[16:38] Edward
    Right.
[16:42] Edward
    Ciel...
[16:44] Edward
    I'm frightened.
[16:46] Edward
    If I'd stayed at this school
    without knowing anything,
[16:50] Edward
    maybe I would have
    turned out like those prefects.
[16:56] Edward
    I might have become someone who
    mistakes the crime of murder for justice.
[17:02] Ciel
    Don't worry.
[17:04] Ciel
    If that thought can still frighten you,
[17:07] Ciel
    you're still in your right mind.
[17:10] Ciel
    Unlike me.
[17:17] Ciel
    Afterwards, I gave
    a full account to the Queen.
[17:22] Ciel
    The P4's punishment wasn't a gaol term,
    but expulsion from Weston.
[17:32] Ciel
    It wasn't out of kindness.
[17:34] Ciel
    One of the Queen's relatives was dead,
    and his own misdeeds were the cause.
[17:38] Ciel
    She was lenient in order
    to suppress a major scandal.
[17:42] Ciel
    Still, for boys who chose
    their school over human life,
[17:47] Ciel
    the punishment may
    have been worse than death.
[17:51] Ciel
    The official story is that Derrick and
    the others died in a boating accident.
[17:55] Ciel
    Their bodies were buried in secret.
[18:00] Ciel
    Everyone involved was
    strictly ordered to keep mum,
[18:03] Ciel
    and to all appearances,
    life at Weston goes on unchanged.
[18:18] McMillan
    Look, it's the new P4!
[18:21] McMillan
    Ah, how I look up to them!
[18:52] Victoria
    Reanimating the dead?
[18:55] Ciel
    I know it's hard to believe.
[18:59] Victoria
    I would never doubt your word, dear.
[19:05] Ciel
    The technology to resurrect the dead
     and control them is something to fear.
[19:11] Ciel
    It might eventually
    become a threat to England.
[19:15] Victoria
    Dear boy, keep sniffing around
    with that adorable nose of yours.
[19:21] Ciel
    Of course, ma'am. I'll report to you
    immediately when I learn more.
[19:30] Sebastian
    You've worked hard today.
[19:33] Ciel
    You can say that again. I just want
    to go home and eat something sweet.
[19:37] Sebastian
    I'll prepare something
    as soon as we get back.
[19:40] Sebastian
    Ah, that's right. Someone delivered this
     as we were about to leave.
[19:45] Sebastian
    It may pass the time
    until we reach the manor.
[19:48] (Flashback) McMillan
    Take care! I'll send you the photograph!
[19:53] Ciel
    I don't want it.
[19:55] Ciel
    Throw it away.
[19:56] Sebastian
    My, are you sure you want to throw away
    a letter from a school chum without reading it?
[20:03] Ciel
    Yes. I'm never going back
    to that stifling place again.
[20:09] Sebastian
    Is that so?
[20:16] Sebastian
    And what is all this?
[20:19] Finnian
    Young master! Sebastian!
[20:21] Finnian
    Welcome home!
[20:23] Snake
    "Welcome home!" ...says Emily.
[20:26] Baldroy
    A fence came down on old Sam's farm.
[20:33] Mey-Rin
    No eating that, no!
[20:35] Snake
    "That jerk made for the
    herb garden!" ...says Wilde.
[20:39] Finnian
    No! Stop!
[20:43] Sebastian
    What is it, my lord?
[20:44] Ciel
    Oh, I was just thinking that here,
    grass is simply grass.
[20:46] Snake
    "Behave yourself!" ...says Wilde.
[20:46] Finnian
    I got it!
[20:50] Ciel
    Hurry and take care of this,
    and then, it's afternoon tea.
[20:54] Sebastian
    Yes, my lord.
[21:00] Sebastian
    What shall I make today?
[21:05] Sebastian
    My, this photo came out rather well.
[21:23] Sebastian
    Now, then...
[21:25] Sebastian
    I think I'll bake him
    an exceptionally sweet cake.
[21:31] Victoria
    John.
[21:33] Victoria
    These walking corpses
    that feel no pain or fear...
[21:37] Victoria
    They scare me.
[21:41] Victoria
    What if I am attacked by such a monster?
[21:45] John
    I vow to protect you in
    Prince Albert's place, ma'am.
[21:51] Victoria
    Thank you.
[21:52] Victoria
    But do you think as I do?
[21:56] Victoria
    If such a monster were to become our ally,
[22:01] Victoria
    that would be even lovelier.