14 - His Butler, Supremely Talented

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    He's on the move, young master.
[00:14] ---
    All right. Let's follow him.
[00:16] ---
    Take me with you!
[00:18] ---
    You...?!
[00:19] ---
    I've known all along that Agni
    was going out after I went to bed.
[00:23] ---
    I want to know what he's doing!
[00:36] ---
    "Black Butler"
[00:42] ---
    Since then, I've actually
    come to like the night somewhat
[00:49] ---
    In a sea of dependence,
    I forget even to breathe
[00:54] ---
    When I'm right on the verge
    of losing my head over you
[00:57] ---
    You just leave me lukewarm
[01:01] ---
    The aesthetic of leave-taking
    despises a self-satisfied kiss
[01:09] ---
    Don't leave me alone, show me
    compassion, paint me with death
[01:15] ---
    In your room, all words slip away
[01:21] ---
    I want to end like this, cloaked
[01:27] ---
    But the night ignores
    that wish and brings morning
[01:34] ---
    With your gentle,
    passionate, and dastardly kiss
[01:41] ---
    Paint this final night
[01:44] ---
    The moon illuminates us
[01:59] ---
    "His Butler, Supremely Talented"
[02:05] ---
    Who lives here?
[02:07] ---
    This is Harold West Jeb's estate.
[02:10] ---
    He handles a wide range of
    import goods from India.
[02:13] ---
    He also owns stores, a
    coffeehouse, and the like.
[02:16] ---
    I've met him once.
[02:18] ---
    He's disgustingly obsessed with status.
[02:21] ---
    People at his coffeehouse were
    trussed and hung upside-down,
[02:26] ---
    but since Mr. West, its representative,
    happened to be away,
[02:30] ---
    he escaped unharmed.
[02:32] ---
    Happened to be away, eh?
[02:35] ---
    Shall we have a look?
[02:37] ---
    Very good, my lord.
[02:49] ---
    Why not have a Scotch and relax?
[02:53] ---
    It's top-notch Scotch
    from Justerini & Brooks,
[02:56] ---
    holders of the Royal Warrant.
[03:00] ---
    Our plans so far have been perfect.
[03:04] ---
    You've done well for me, Agni.
[03:07] ---
    You don't have to string up any more people.
[03:09] ---
    We've crushed all of my major rivals.
[03:14] ---
    With this godly right hand,
[03:16] ---
    the Royal Warrant is as good as mine.
[03:20] ---
    Royal Warrant?
[03:23] ---
    So that's what this is about.
[03:24] ---
    And if I carry out this
    plan as promised, Mina will...?
[03:29] ---
    Mina?!
[03:31] ---
    Who are you?!
[03:32] ---
    Prince Soma!
[03:35] ---
    They'll recognize us.
[03:38] ---
    Let's watch and wait.
[03:40] ---
    Agni! You've known where Mina was?!
[03:44] ---
    Oh, so that's your master?
[03:49] ---
    You must be the one who took Mina away!
[03:52] ---
    Agni! Defeat him!
[03:57] ---
    Agni, what are you waiting for?
[04:00] ---
    We'll take that stupid prince
    and withdraw for now.
[04:04] ---
    But West will recognize the two of you.
[04:07] ---
    Please, leave it to me.
[04:08] ---
    Agni, hit him to make him shut up.
[04:12] ---
    What?!
[04:17] ---
    Agni.
[04:24] ---
    Agni!
[04:31] ---
    "Deer"
[04:33] ---
    --"A deer?"
[04:33] ---
    --A deer?
[04:36] ---
    Wh-Who the devil is this deer man?!
[04:40] ---
    I am a deer who has come
    to take this prince home.
[04:45] ---
    H-He might be an enemy spy!
[04:47] ---
    Agni!
[04:49] ---
    No, I am merely one hell of a deer--
[04:51] ---
    Kill him!
[04:53] ---
    You don't mind if your
    promise goes to waste?!
[04:56] ---
    Do it!
[05:03] ---
    I have only one god...
[05:05] ---
    only one master.
[05:08] ---
    I vowed to myself that I'd only
    brandish this fist for my god's sake.
[05:12] ---
    For the crime of betraying that god...
[05:15] ---
    Please forgive me!
[05:16] ---
    Agni, don't tell me you're...?
[05:30] ---
    The crystal glasses I bought at Thomas Goode!
[05:32] ---
    My Royal Worcester centerpiece!
[05:34] ---
    --My Tiffany stained glass!
[05:36] ---
    --It looks like trouble in there.
[05:40] ---
    Let's make our escape.
[05:42] ---
    Hey! We'll attract attention
    if this commotion keeps up!
[05:45] ---
    Take him and get out of here!
[05:48] ---
    Certainly.
[05:59] ---
    That man was superhuman.
[06:03] ---
    It's Samadhi, a state
    of mental concentration.
[06:07] ---
    When he gets like that, no one can touch him.
[06:09] ---
    "Samadhi"?
[06:10] ---
    I imagine it's a type of trance.
[06:13] ---
    He's producing superhuman power
[06:17] ---
    through his absolute faith in his master.
[06:20] ---
    It's the power of faith, born from
    believing in and loving someone.
[06:24] ---
    A power we can never have.
[06:27] ---
    Then why would he betray me?
[06:30] ---
    Why do the people close to me always leave?!
[06:36] ---
    Why, you...
[06:39] ---
    Why? Why?!
[06:45] ---
    Oh, just look at the
    Haviland tea set I ordered
[06:50] ---
    thinking it would suit my lord...
[06:52] ---
    It would seem I must retrain him a little.
[07:10] ---
    How rude!
[07:11] ---
    Which of us is the rude one?
[07:13] ---
    This is England, and the residence
    of the Earl Phantomhive.
[07:17] ---
    You have no right to give me any orders here.
[07:22] ---
    You're just an ordinary brat.
[07:25] ---
    You're a helpless child who
    can't do anything without Agni.
[07:29] ---
    And even he, your pillar of strength,
    has betrayed you.
[07:32] ---
    You're right. I have nothing now.
[07:36] ---
    I've lost everything.
[07:40] ---
    Lost? What a tiresome
    persecution mania you have.
[07:44] ---
    You didn't "lose" anything.
[07:47] ---
    You never had anything to
    begin with, isn't that right?
[07:50] ---
    What?
[07:53] ---
    The status you got from your parents.
[07:55] ---
    The castle you got from your parents.
[07:57] ---
    The servant you got from your parents.
[08:00] ---
    You've never owned a single
    thing in your life.
[08:05] ---
    Am I right?
[08:06] ---
    You're wrong...
[08:08] ---
    The truth is, some part
    of you knew about Agni.
[08:12] ---
    But you didn't even have the
    courage to find out on your own.
[08:15] ---
    You're wrong...
[08:17] ---
    You're wrong! You're wrong! You're wrong!
[08:25] ---
    You know I'm not wrong.
[08:27] ---
    Posing as the tragic hero
[08:29] ---
    now that you've been forced to see reality?
[08:32] ---
    You're truly a hopeless brat.
[08:37] ---
    They all promised they'd
    stay with me forever...
[08:39] ---
    That was lip service, obviously.
[08:42] ---
    They wouldn't serve someone
    they got nothing from in return.
[08:46] ---
    In the slums, even a
    three-year-old would know that.
[08:49] ---
    No one actually loved you.
[08:53] ---
    That's enough of that.
[08:55] ---
    Young master?
[08:56] ---
    Maybe I would've been the same way,
[09:00] ---
    if it hadn't been for that month.
[09:05] ---
    "That month"?
[09:07] ---
    My family was killed,
    my home was burned down,
[09:11] ---
    and I suffered humiliation
    worse than you'd inflict on a beast.
[09:15] ---
    I was helpless. A child.
[09:18] ---
    But I came back here,
[09:20] ---
    to make the people who did all that
    to me suffer the same humiliation.
[09:25] ---
    If the Phantomhives
[09:27] ---
    are a nuisance
    to those who killed my parents,
[09:33] ---
    then if I stay the family head,
    they'll eventually come after me.
[09:38] ---
    I'm waiting for them to come here to kill me.
[09:43] ---
    Why would you go that far?
[09:46] ---
    What good would melancholy and grief do me?
[09:50] ---
    Even a dead person can
    stand still and do nothing.
[09:53] ---
    But I'm alive and standing on my own power.
[09:57] ---
    If I'm going to die someday,
    I might as well do it without regrets.
[10:01] ---
    I won't use high-sounding
    words like "revenge."
[10:04] ---
    This is all just to please me.
[10:06] ---
    It's a game to see whether I win or they win.
[10:11] ---
    Even if I'm plunged to the depths of despair,
[10:15] ---
    if there's a spider's thread
    there that I can crawl up,
[10:18] ---
    I'll take hold of it without giving up.
[10:21] ---
    We humans have the strength for that.
[10:26] ---
    It's up to each person whether
    they grab the thread or not, though.
[10:30] ---
    Enough idle talk.
[10:32] ---
    Sebastian, I need to talk to you about West.
[10:35] ---
    Come.
[10:36] ---
    Of course.
[10:39] ---
    It's up to each person whether
    they grab it or not...
[10:43] ---
    Ciel!
[10:45] ---
    I'm seventeen, but compared to
    you I'm so stupid and ignorant!
[10:50] ---
    I've just let myself be spoiled by
    the easy life my parents gave me...
[10:55] ---
    I knew Agni was worrying about something,
[10:57] ---
    yet I didn't even ask him about it!
[11:00] ---
    But I want to know now.
[11:02] ---
    I want to see them both in person
    and find out for sure why they left me!
[11:06] ---
    So please! Let me come with you!
[11:09] ---
    No.
[11:09] ---
    "Ruthless"
[11:11] ---
    I don't want to chaperone
    a simpleton like you.
[11:15] ---
    Still, it's not as though the
    drawing room door has a lock.
[11:21] ---
    Ciel!
[11:24] ---
    I'm sorry I vented by
    breaking the cups earlier.
[11:28] ---
    Please forgive me.
[11:31] ---
    I-I'm sorry to you too...
[11:34] ---
    Don't mention it. I find you interesting.
[11:39] ---
    I didn't predict that West
    would be after a Royal Warrant.
[11:42] ---
    Though it is something a man
    obsessed with status would think of...
[11:46] ---
    What is a Royal Warrant?
[11:50] ---
    It's when the royal family officially
    endorses their favorite shops.
[11:54] ---
    The Royal Warrant holders
    are purveyors to the Crown.
[11:58] ---
    One week from now, a curry
    exhibition will be held
[12:03] ---
    as part of the festivities
    at the Crystal Palace.
[12:06] ---
    Curry?
[12:07] ---
    Yes. I'm told that Her Majesty,
    a celebrated lover of curry,
[12:11] ---
    will be in attendance.
[12:13] ---
    It's just a rumor.
[12:15] ---
    Ever since her husband Prince Albert died,
[12:19] ---
    she almost never appears in public.
[12:21] ---
    What's the connection between
    the curry exhibition and the crimes?
[12:25] ---
    Curry is the main attraction
    at West's coffeehouse.
[12:29] ---
    If he gets a Royal Warrant for his curry,
    his sales are certain to go up.
[12:34] ---
    In other words, he was using
    Agni to commit those crimes
[12:38] ---
    in order to crush his
    rivals in the curry show.
[12:42] ---
    Those insults to England were
    written to make us think
[12:46] ---
    it was done by an Indian with
    a grudge against the British.
[12:51] ---
    He used Mina
[12:53] ---
    to make Agni do his dirty work, I imagine...
[12:58] ---
    For the sake of his god.
[13:02] ---
    Your people worship Kali, the
    goddess who sticks out her tongue.
[13:06] ---
    And Agni, the man who drew this, worships...
[13:10] ---
    He did it all for you.
[13:12] ---
    I suppose he poured all his prayer
    and apology into those letters.
[13:15] ---
    Even after leaving you,
[13:18] ---
    Agni believes in you and lives for you.
[13:22] ---
    You have a fine butler.
[13:25] ---
    Agni!
[13:27] ---
    Well, what a happy ending!
[13:30] ---
    All right, our work here is done.
[13:33] ---
    Now we can leave the rest to the Yard...
[13:35] ---
    Wait! Then what will happen to Agni and Mina?
[13:39] ---
    Who knows?
[13:40] ---
    We've established the criminal
    underworld isn't behind this.
[13:43] ---
    It has nothing to do with us.
[13:46] ---
    I know this is my problem.
[13:50] ---
    I'll try to think of a
    way to solve it myself.
[13:53] ---
    Excellent attitude.
[13:54] ---
    I suppose I'll do my duty as well, then.
[13:58] ---
    I was called to London in the
    winter because of these silly crimes.
[14:02] ---
    Don't you think I deserve a
    little something for that?
[14:07] ---
    Fortunately, thanks to West,
[14:10] ---
    the famous curry places won't
    be able to enter the competition.
[14:15] ---
    So if our company enters
    and wins against West,
[14:20] ---
    the Royal Warrant is ours.
[14:24] ---
    I'd just been thinking of
    expanding the business into foodstuffs.
[14:28] ---
    If I start by winning a
    Warrant in the curry show,
[14:32] ---
    it's sure to generate buzz.
[14:34] ---
    But you only have a week.
[14:36] ---
    Can you get your curry experts
    and equipment in time?
[14:40] ---
    I don't need those.
[14:42] ---
    Do I, Sebastian?
[14:47] ---
    A Phantomhive butler who can't
    do that much isn't worth his salt.
[14:52] ---
    I promise you I will get
    a Royal Warrant for--
[14:54] ---
    That's impossible.
[14:55] ---
    There's no way you could win.
[14:57] ---
    They have Agni!
[15:00] ---
    He has the godly right hand of Kali!
[15:16] ---
    Yes, Agni is a remarkable fighter,
[15:19] ---
    but this isn't a combat sport;
    it's a cooking competition.
[15:23] ---
    That's my point.
[15:24] ---
    You don't know Agni's true power.
[15:28] ---
    You don't know true curry!
[15:30] ---
    "True curry"?
[15:36] ---
    The key to curry is the mixture of spices.
[15:38] ---
    The possibilities are infinite.
[15:40] ---
    Choosing the best combination among
    them is an extremely difficult task.
[15:45] ---
    It's like trying to find one
    truth in a vast universe.
[15:48] ---
    But Agni can do it.
[15:51] ---
    He creates worlds out of nothingness.
[15:53] ---
    His power is on the same plane as the gods'.
[15:55] ---
    That's why the people have called him...
[15:59] ---
    ...the Godly Right Hand of Kali!
[16:03] ---
    I've never tasted a curry
    more delicious than Agni's.
[16:07] ---
    I see. So his is the curry of Kali!
[16:14] ---
    You heard the man.
[16:18] ---
    Goodness gracious, he
    sounds like a challenge.
[16:24] ---
    D-Did you make all these yourself?!
[16:27] ---
    Yes.
[16:28] ---
    You're the only one who knows Agni's curry.
[16:31] ---
    I'd like your help to
    make a more divine curry
[16:35] ---
    as soon as possible.
[16:39] ---
    A-All right.
[16:40] ---
    If my eating curry will be useful,
    I'll eat as much as you please!
[16:45] ---
    Thank you.
[16:46] ---
    This is for Mina and Agni!
[16:51] ---
    Thanks to you, every last
    rival has withdrawn.
[16:55] ---
    The only ones left are third-rate
    brands I've never heard of
[16:59] ---
    and a toy company popular with kids.
[17:03] ---
    Funtom Company? Could the prince be...?
[17:06] ---
    Don't worry. No one could
    defeat your godly right hand.
[17:12] ---
    My prince...
[17:15] ---
    Pardon me.
SIGN    "Gâteau au Chocolat"
[17:18] ---
    I've made gâteau au
    chocolat for today's tea.
[17:21] ---
    Get the sabre I wear to
    audiences with Her Majesty.
[17:25] ---
    You insist she won't come,
    but you dress up anyway.
[17:28] ---
    The Queen's guard dog is as
    well-trained as one would wish.
[17:31] ---
    Have you managed to make a
    curry better than Agni's?
[17:34] ---
    No,
SIGN    "Collapse"
[17:35] ---
    according to the prince,
    something is still lacking.
[17:39] ---
    Then you haven't got the
    time to be baking cakes.
[17:43] ---
    Get back to the kitchen.
[17:45] ---
    Very good, my lord.
[17:46] ---
    I'm not in the mood for chocolate right now.
[17:49] ---
    Drop it in the curry or something.
[17:51] ---
    Yes, my lord.
[18:00] ---
    Until that day, I didn't believe in gods.
[18:05] ---
    I was born into the highest caste,
[18:07] ---
    the Brahmins who serve the gods,
[18:10] ---
    but seeing the greed and
    snobbery of my father,
[18:13] ---
    I couldn't bring myself to believe.
[18:16] ---
    And all the crimes I committed led me to...
[18:23] ---
    As of now, the man you were is dead.
[18:26] ---
    It's time to be reborn with
    a new name and a new life!
[18:30] ---
    He made me see that the
    divine was within him.
[18:34] ---
    Do you understand, Agni?
[18:38] ---
    I vowed I'd only brandish
    this fist for my god's sake...
[18:56] ---
    Is this outfit in worn deference
    to the Queen as well, my lord?
[18:59] ---
    Never mind the unnecessary chitchat.
[19:01] ---
    I take it you really can beat Agni?
[19:04] ---
    Of course.
[19:06] ---
    I swear on the name Phantomhive
[19:08] ---
    that I shall win a Royal Warrant.
[19:20] ---
    Well then, I have preparations
    to make, so I'll excuse myself.
[19:26] ---
    --See you later!
[19:26] ---
    --Get the job done! Heh, heh!
[19:35] ---
    Sebastian!
[19:43] ---
    Mina!
[19:46] ---
    Prince Soma...?
[19:49] ---
    Mina!
[19:50] ---
    Thank goodness! Agni got you back!
[19:54] ---
    You don't need to worry now.
    Let's go back to the palace together!
[19:58] ---
    Your Highness?
[20:01] ---
    What are you, stupid?
[20:04] ---
    Go home with you? Don't make me laugh!
[20:07] ---
    Why the devil should I go back there?
[20:10] ---
    I went to all this trouble to escape India.
[20:13] ---
    Some people can play all day and never
    work just because they were born royal.
[20:17] ---
    But I have to be a servant
    until I die because of my caste!
[20:22] ---
    I don't want to live my whole
    life chained by the caste system!
[20:25] ---
    Then you... wanted to go with West...?
[20:29] ---
    Yes!
[20:30] ---
    A lowly servant, or a rich man's wife!
[20:33] ---
    Even a child would know which one is better!
[20:35] ---
    And I've had enough of taking
    care of you, you spoiled brat!
[20:40] ---
    I promised not to tell you,
    but seeing your face...
[20:45] ---
    You're old enough to know the truth.
[20:52] ---
    Mina promised me that she'd act
    like her old self in front of the prince
[20:56] ---
    if I would obey West's orders.
[21:01] ---
    If my innocent prince found
    out how Mina really feels...
[21:04] ---
    So that's what this was about.
[21:06] ---
    So I can't lose!
[21:11] ---
    What a coincidence. I feel the same way.
[21:21] ---
    I can't win with the flavor I have now.
[21:23] ---
    Something is missing! Something is...
[21:28] ---
    You seem troubled.
[21:31] ---
    Please use this, if you like.
[21:41] ---
    This is...
[21:47] ---
    Thank you for waiting, everyone!
[21:49] ---
    It's time for the Curry Festival,
    put on by The Best of London Curry!
[21:56] ---
    Look, it's him again.
[21:59] ---
    Attention-seeker.
[22:03] ---
    Prince Soma, can't you stand
    to even see my face anymore?
[22:09] ---
    No, no, I have to focus on
    the competition right now.
[22:13] ---
    And now, let the cooking be--
[22:16] ---
    What is it?
[22:18] ---
    This is...
[22:27] ---
    Her Majesty!
[22:49] ---
    The moonlight that reveals
    sorrow was coldly illuminating
[22:56] ---
    The despair and the future
    which grew intimate in the dark
[23:06] ---
    With the secret you gave me as my guide
[23:13] ---
    I move through the blue night's stillness
[23:20] ---
    Lacrimosa, I want to love once again
[23:27] ---
    The dazzling world that
    crumbled and vanished in the distance
[23:35] ---
    I'll hide my dreams within my eyes
[23:42] ---
    Until the tears fall on my sullied heart
[24:04] ---
    Spice is nice!
[24:09] ---
    Please, never mind me. I
    was just talking to myself.
[24:13] ---
    A Phantomhive butler who can't
    make curry isn't worth his cumin.
[24:19] ---
    Even apples and honey curry favor with me.
[24:25] ---
    Next time on Black Butler:
    "His Butler, Competing."
[24:26] ---
    "Next Time" "His Butler, Competing"
[24:29] ---
    You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.