16 - His Butler, in an Isolated Castle

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[00:21] ---
    It's time to wake up, young master.
[00:24] ---
    That is not how you should refer to me.
[00:27] ---
    My apologies...
[00:30] ---
    ...Your Majesty.
[00:45] ---
    "Black Butler"
[00:51] ---
    Are kara ikuraka yoru suki ni mo narimashita
[00:58] ---
    Izon no umi iki mo wasurete
[01:03] ---
    Muchuu no sono temae de
[01:06] ---
    Namanurusa dake wo nokoshite
[01:10] ---
    Hikigiwa no bigaku tokuige na kisu kirau
[01:18] ---
    Hitori ni shinaide, mou sasshite ayamete
[01:24] ---
    Dono kotoba mo kimi no
    heya dewa surinukete iku no
[01:30] ---
    Dekireba kono mama tsutsumarete owaritai
[01:36] ---
    Sono negai wa yoru wa
    munashiku asa wo tsurete kuru
[01:43] ---
    Yasashikute atsukute hikyou na kisu de
[01:50] ---
    Irodotte yo saigo no yoru
[01:53] ---
    Tsuki ga terashiteru
[02:08] ---
    "His Butler, In an Isolated Castle"
[02:14] ---
    Ludlow Castle?
[02:16] ---
    As I recall, we're remodeling
    it into a hotel.
[02:21] ---
    This is a petition from the builders.
[02:24] ---
    They want to halt construction
    and dissolve the contract.
[02:44] ---
    What pathetic contractors!
[02:49] ---
    Canceling construction
    because they're afraid of ghosts?!
[02:52] ---
    There's no such thing...
[02:56] ---
    Is something the matter?
[02:58] ---
    Nothing. Let's wrap this
    up quickly and go home.
[03:02] ---
    Certainly.
[03:10] ---
    I've seen this painting before...
[03:11] ---
    A replica?
[03:21] ---
    Who gave you lot permission to enter?
[03:25] ---
    Sebastian, why is there a
    traveling minstrel squatting here?
[03:28] ---
    You dare insult me?
[03:35] ---
    I am Edward V, King of England.
[03:41] ---
    What's going on here?
[03:43] ---
    It would seem the ghost is real.
[03:47] ---
    Approximately 400 years ago,
[03:49] ---
    Edward V, on the verge of his coronation,
[03:53] ---
    was confined in the Tower of London
    with his younger brother Richard.
[03:56] ---
    Legend has it that the two
    were eventually murdered
[03:59] ---
    by relatives who wanted to seize the throne.
[04:02] ---
    This castle is where the
    brothers spent their youth.
[04:06] ---
    I'd venture to guess that
    their souls have returned here.
[04:11] ---
    It's true he was the King,
    if only for a few months.
[04:14] ---
    Well, that's that.
[04:17] ---
    Very good, my lord.
[04:18] ---
    What are you whispering about?
[04:21] ---
    Your Majesty, I present The Right
    Honorable Ciel, Earl Phantomhive.
[04:30] ---
    Please forgive my rudeness, Your Majesty.
[04:32] ---
    I was not aware you were here.
[04:36] ---
    Very well, then, I forgive you.
    After all, I don't get many guests.
[04:39] ---
    I am not a guest, Sire.
[04:42] ---
    My company now owns this castle.
[04:45] ---
    You're its new caretaker, then?
[04:47] ---
    Not quite.
[04:48] ---
    Allow me to speak plainly:
    I'd like you to vacate this castle.
[04:53] ---
    You're telling the king and his brother,
[04:55] ---
    who have lived here for
    400 years, to clear out?
[04:58] ---
    You will be compensated, naturally.
[05:01] ---
    I shall pay every regard
    to your wishes, Sire.
[05:04] ---
    May we discuss how we can
    come to an agreement?
[05:11] ---
    Hmm, it appears my brother
    has taken a liking to your servant.
[05:15] ---
    This is Sebastian Michaelis, my butler.
[05:20] ---
    Our days would be so much fun
    if we had a butler, wouldn't they?
[05:23] ---
    Yes, he seems to be a very unusual butler,
[05:26] ---
    so I imagine it would be interesting.
[05:35] ---
    If I win, that butler will be mine.
[05:37] ---
    If you win, you may do what
    you like with the castle.
[05:41] ---
    I do hope you won't regret this.
[05:45] ---
    Let's have a fair game.
    Otherwise it won't be any fun.
[05:50] ---
    I agree.
[05:58] ---
    I'll hold you to your promise.
[06:03] ---
    Of course.
[06:13] ---
    Hmm, that's checkmate.
[06:17] ---
    Your Majesty!
[06:18] ---
    Were you lying when you said we'd play fair?!
[06:21] ---
    What did you just say?
[06:23] ---
    Your Majesty...
[06:24] ---
    I never lie. I hate lies!
[06:29] ---
    This is my chess piece.
[06:31] ---
    I merely use my powers to
    the utmost. That's not unfair!
[06:36] ---
    May it please Your Majesty...
[06:39] ---
    I give the butler leave to speak.
[06:41] ---
    I believe my master has
    forgotten his own creed.
[06:45] ---
    What?!
[06:46] ---
    My master is of the opinion that
[06:48] ---
    those bound by superficial rules who
    do not use their pawns to the utmost
[06:53] ---
    are fools.
[06:57] ---
    In that case, there's no problem, is there?
[07:00] ---
    All right, Richard.
[07:08] ---
    This is an order: devote yourself
    entirely to their satisfaction.
[07:14] ---
    Are you certain?
[07:15] ---
    I have no choice. I'm the one who lost.
[07:18] ---
    Yes, my lord.
[07:20] ---
    That's settled, then.
[07:22] ---
    A butler like this won't die so easily.
[07:25] ---
    He should serve us for many years to come.
[07:27] ---
    I shall do my best.
[07:28] ---
    Phantomhive, I want to continue playing.
[07:31] ---
    I'll receive you as a guest.
[07:34] ---
    I am honored, Sire.
[07:38] ---
    Now that you belong to us,
[07:40] ---
    start by getting rid of that
    horrid tailcoat. You look like a crow.
[07:59] ---
    Say, I wonder what this is?
[08:01] ---
    Indian tea leaves discovered
    at the turn of the century...
[08:06] ---
    ...Your Royal Highness.
[08:11] ---
    He even irons the shoelaces. Why is that?
[08:18] ---
    This is the proper way to treat
    the footwear of a man of noble birth.
[08:21] ---
    Hmm, I've never worried about it before...
[08:25] ---
    I mean, I never go outside.
[08:33] ---
    Do you wish to change clothes before supper?
[08:37] ---
    Yes.
[08:38] ---
    Then may I hold on to that for you?
[08:40] ---
    No!
[08:41] ---
    You can't change clothes
    with your hands full.
[08:45] ---
    This is really, really
    important to me. Right?
[08:49] ---
    Who might it be?
[08:51] ---
    Not telling!
[08:52] ---
    I see.
[09:00] ---
    Do you want to know?
[09:01] ---
    Will you tell me?
[09:03] ---
    No!
[09:04] ---
    I see.
[09:06] ---
    If I gave it to you, he would be sad. Right?
[09:12] ---
    I see...
[09:19] ---
    "In 1483, two princes
    disappeared from the Tower of London.
[09:25] ---
    Almost 200 years later, the remains
    of two children were discovered.
[09:30] ---
    Were they the princes? Who--"
[09:32] ---
    "Who killed them?"
[09:34] ---
    If you want to find out,
    you'll have to start asking the dead.
[09:39] ---
    I'm afraid I can't answer you.
[09:41] ---
    Your Majesty?
[09:45] ---
    I don't remember anything
    from the day I was killed.
[09:48] ---
    One day I just woke up in this castle, dead.
[09:52] ---
    Your Majesty is very kind.
[09:54] ---
    What?
[09:55] ---
    I would never be able to
    forget who disgraced me.
[10:02] ---
    But it's been 400 years.
[10:04] ---
    Our killer is long dead,
    and our protectors too.
[10:10] ---
    I can't even remember how I felt anymore.
[10:14] ---
    Time eases the pain.
[10:17] ---
    But I don't want time to heal me.
[10:20] ---
    You're strong, Phantomhive.
[10:26] ---
    What is it?
[10:27] ---
    I believe dinner is ready.
[10:29] ---
    Oh, I see.
[10:31] ---
    Time passes quite quickly
    while I'm talking with you.
[10:39] ---
    You don't have to stand on ceremony.
[10:42] ---
    Thank you, Sire.
[10:47] ---
    This is roast hare with red
    currant jelly and local leeks.
[10:52] ---
    It's a bunny!
[10:55] ---
    Did you get anything out of him?
[10:58] ---
    Hey, Sebastian!
[10:59] ---
    I must ask our guest to
    please mind his manners.
[11:02] ---
    It's common courtesy
[11:03] ---
    to make pleasant conversation
    with the diner next to you.
[11:06] ---
    Next to me?!
[11:07] ---
    How can I make pleasant
    conversation with someone so far away?!
[11:12] ---
    I wonder what our guest is
    making such a fuss about.
[11:15] ---
    I simply asked if my butler
    was behaving politely!
[11:19] ---
    But Sebastian is our butler.
[11:22] ---
    Oh, that's right.
[11:26] ---
    Your claret.
[11:30] ---
    Well then, to our new
    friend and our new butler!
[11:34] ---
    Cheers!
[11:35] ---
    What's the matter, Phantomhive?
[11:37] ---
    Nothing at all.
[11:46] ---
    Sebastian...?
[12:10] ---
    Goodness gracious, can't you
    even tie your own shoelaces?
[12:14] ---
    Sebastian!
[12:15] ---
    What about the princes?
[12:17] ---
    I'm sure you didn't come
    here just to laugh at me.
[12:20] ---
    You make quite a fetching picture
[12:22] ---
    being thoroughly bested by
    one thin little shoelace...
[12:28] ---
    Shut your gob!
[12:29] ---
    I'm here because I was
    instructed to take care of our guest.
[12:33] ---
    Good night, then.
[12:53] ---
    These books are fake.
[12:55] ---
    A secret passage, then?
[12:57] ---
    Pardon me.
[12:59] ---
    What do you want?
[13:05] ---
    I say, Sebastian!
[13:07] ---
    Yes?
[13:09] ---
    You wish to go inside, correct?
[13:11] ---
    I haven't given you an order.
    Why are you acting on your own?
[13:15] ---
    I've told you over and over,
    I'm the one who chooses--
[13:16] ---
    It's good service.
[13:19] ---
    The trick to satisfying a
    guest is to always think ahead.
[13:25] ---
    A royal butler who can't do
    this much isn't worth his salt.
[13:29] ---
    Don't make me kill you.
[13:31] ---
    Then you don't want me to open the door?
[13:34] ---
    Open it.
[13:35] ---
    Certainly.
[13:59] ---
    What is this?!
[14:07] ---
    A crypt, it would seem.
[14:12] ---
    Please be careful.
[14:14] ---
    No human has set foot
    in here for a long time.
[14:17] ---
    Your Majesty, what is this place?
[14:19] ---
    It was originally a dungeon.
[14:22] ---
    Criminals the Church refused
    to bury were thrown in here
[14:27] ---
    and eventually forgotten.
[14:29] ---
    Their souls have been
    forgotten even by the grim reapers.
[14:32] ---
    The path to heaven is closed to them.
[14:39] ---
    Once on the spur of the moment,
    I made something to remember them by.
[14:45] ---
    I'll introduce you. This is my father.
[14:48] ---
    The king is my father, and
    my mother is the queen.
[14:51] ---
    Perhaps my choices were
    conventional and boring?
[14:54] ---
    That rook is Earl Rivers,
    and my uncle is a bishop.
[14:57] ---
    It's a reunion of my family's bones.
[15:01] ---
    One of the knights is missing...
[15:04] ---
    That spot is for Richard.
[15:06] ---
    Can't you find him, Sire?
[15:07] ---
    That's not it. His bones are here.
[15:10] ---
    I got the bones that came
    from the Tower 200 years ago.
[15:14] ---
    But Richard took hold of
    the skull and won't let it go.
[15:17] ---
    You see, Phantomhive, all I
    want is to send my brother on.
[15:23] ---
    To be with God, where there
    is no pain or suffering.
[15:28] ---
    To heaven?
[15:32] ---
    Yes. That wish will come
    true if I complete this set.
[15:36] ---
    In other words,
[15:37] ---
    if you get that skull,
    you'll be satisfied?
[15:41] ---
    You wish to have it, correct?
[15:44] ---
    No matter what you have to sacrifice.
[15:45] ---
    That's right.
[15:46] ---
    If I do that, I know...
[15:48] ---
    Sebastian.
[15:49] ---
    Yes?
[15:50] ---
    This is an order: go get that skull.
[15:53] ---
    Yes, my lord.
[15:55] ---
    And take the chessboard to the hall!
[15:57] ---
    Very good.
[15:58] ---
    What do you intend to do?
[16:01] ---
    I shall grant your wish, Sire...
[16:05] ---
    Using the easiest possible method.
[16:08] ---
    Stop it!
[16:10] ---
    Put me down! Sebastian!
[16:13] ---
    Please excuse me, Prince Richard.
[16:17] ---
    How boring. I was hoping to see
    a fight between demon and ghost.
[16:22] ---
    Let me go, Sebastian!
[16:24] ---
    Brother! Brother!
[16:26] ---
    Richard!
[16:27] ---
    Can't you two be a little gentler?!
[16:30] ---
    What I can't understand
[16:32] ---
    is that you let this little
    problem go on for 200 years.
[16:36] ---
    But I don't want to make my brother cry!
[16:41] ---
    No!
[16:42] ---
    Richard!
[16:43] ---
    Look, you got what you wanted.
[16:46] ---
    No! No, you can't do that!
[16:48] ---
    My brother will... My brother will...!
[16:51] ---
    As King, I order you to release Richard!
[16:56] ---
    Brother!
[17:04] ---
    My apologies, Sire.
[17:06] ---
    But I must say, for a King
    you seem quite powerless.
[17:10] ---
    No!
[17:11] ---
    Richard!
[17:23] ---
    Stop it!
[17:27] ---
    I told you to stop it, Phantomhive.
[17:29] ---
    You wished to have it, no
    matter what the sacrifice.
[17:34] ---
    If you take that back now,
[17:36] ---
    it's no better than the lies you hate.
[17:41] ---
    Sebastian, heed my orders!
[17:43] ---
    You belong to us now!
[17:45] ---
    Unfortunately, Sire...
[17:47] ---
    I am bound to the Earl
    Phantomhive by contract.
[17:52] ---
    I served the two of you
    because it was my job.
[17:56] ---
    All I have done is faithfully carry
    out the orders of my true master.
[18:02] ---
    You... You have betrayed us too?
[18:06] ---
    I am not two-faced.
[18:08] ---
    I have always belonged entirely to my master.
[18:13] ---
    Now then, if we're to send
    you both to this "heaven" place,
[18:17] ---
    I suppose I have to be the chief mourner.
[18:19] ---
    No! My brother! My brother...!
[18:22] ---
    It's all right, Richard.
    I'll always be with you.
[18:27] ---
    Now this will all be over.
[18:29] ---
    Funeral rites, or...?
[18:47] ---
    Why? Why isn't anything happening?
[18:52] ---
    You didn't want to tell His Majesty
    about this, did you Prince Richard?
[18:56] ---
    No. I knew he would be sad...
[19:04] ---
    Brother, I'm sorry for lying to you.
[19:08] ---
    Lying?
[19:10] ---
    You lied to me, Richard?
[19:11] ---
    Brother, that skull...
[19:15] ---
    It's not yours or mine.
    It belonged to some other poor soul.
[19:20] ---
    But... That can't be...
[19:23] ---
    You've forgotten...
[19:27] ---
    that our bones don't exist anymore.
[19:31] ---
    They haven't since that day...
[19:34] ---
    You're right... since that day...
[19:37] ---
    That nice guard said "good
    night" just like always.
[19:41] ---
    But he was the one who let the assassin in.
[19:44] ---
    He said "You're safe here,
    because I'll protect you," but...
[19:50] ---
    That's what made me hate lies.
[19:55] ---
    First me, then my younger brother.
[19:58] ---
    I saw it, from the body
    that could no longer move.
[20:01] ---
    I'm sorry, Richard.
[20:03] ---
    You must have been so frightened.
[20:06] ---
    But Brother, the truth is,
[20:08] ---
    the scariest part was when I
    thought I'd never see you again.
[20:15] ---
    Our bodies were chopped to
    pieces and thrown into the Thames.
[20:20] ---
    The fish picked away at us,
    we were buried in the mud,
[20:23] ---
    and then there were no
    flesh or bones anymore.
[20:26] ---
    That's right! Richard, how
    could I ever have forgotten
[20:31] ---
    that night I failed to protect you?!
[20:33] ---
    No, don't cry!
[20:36] ---
    Phantomhive, you were right.
[20:39] ---
    The hatred and sorrow have
    been inside me all this time!
[20:43] ---
    Time eases the pain.
[20:45] ---
    But I don't want time to heal me.
[20:49] ---
    You may think you've
    escaped the pain and forgotten it,
[20:52] ---
    but all you have is stagnation.
[20:54] ---
    You can't move forward.
[20:57] ---
    Oh... So even as I hated lies so much,
[21:01] ---
    I was the one lying to myself?
[21:06] ---
    Brother, you're glowing!
[21:08] ---
    What's...?
[21:09] ---
    The funeral goods are mere tools.
[21:13] ---
    It wasn't bones or ceremonies
    that had the power
[21:16] ---
    to release your wandering souls...
[21:26] ---
    I am in your debt, Phantomhive.
[21:29] ---
    I wish you a long and healthy life.
[21:31] ---
    I didn't do much.
[21:34] ---
    Oh, and you don't need
    to fear for the castle.
[21:37] ---
    I'll leave it just as it is.
[21:39] ---
    I'm relieved to hear it.
[21:42] ---
    Goodbye, Sebastian. Thank you.
[21:46] ---
    Take care, Your Highness.
[22:01] ---
    Well, the nuisances are gone at last.
[22:05] ---
    We're going to make up for
    lost time! Work, work, work!
[22:08] ---
    You got it!
[22:10] ---
    You liar.
[22:19] ---
    All hatred and sorrow are yours.
[22:24] ---
    All you need to do is turn it
    into strength
[22:27] ---
    and keep walking.
[22:49] ---
    Kurayami no naka de
    mutsumiau zetsubou to mirai wo
[22:56] ---
    Kanashimi wo abaku
    tsukiakari tsumetaku terashiteta
[23:06] ---
    Kimi no kureta himitsu wo shirube ni
[23:13] ---
    Aoi yoru no shizukesa wo yuku
[23:20] ---
    Lacrimosa tooku kudakete kieta
[23:27] ---
    Mabushii sekai wo mou ichido ai shitai
[23:35] ---
    Hitomi no naka ni yume wo kakushite
[23:42] ---
    Yogoreta kokoro ni namida ga ochite kuru made
[24:04] ---
    Next week's Black Butler
[24:06] ---
    includes scenes you may not
    wish to watch with your family.
[24:11] ---
    It could create a bit of an awkward
    atmosphere in your drawing room.
[24:14] ---
    If this should happen, I believe a
    coughing fit could be very effective.
[24:18] ---
    I highly recommend it.
[24:24] ---
    Next time on Black Butler:
    "His Butler, Offering."
[24:26] ---
    "Next Time" "His Butler, Offering"
[24:28] ---
    You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.