4 - His Butler, Colluding

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[00:01] Soma
    Ah, so this is "school"!
[00:04] Ciel
    I'd like you to observe him carefully
     and tell me about him.
[00:07] Ciel
    Particularly about what he's like
    when he's in Red House, where I can't go.
[00:11] Soma
    He's...
[00:12] Ciel
    You haven't done a single thing
    that Redmond has asked of you.
[00:15] Ciel
    You did not organise any data, did not
    iron his things, did not shine his shoes...
[00:19] Ciel
    You did not even make his tea treats.
[00:21] Ciel
    All of your "talents" are a sham!
[00:24] Maurice
    Playing the goody-goody, huh?
[00:25] Maurice
    That infuriates me!
[00:28] Edward & Greenhill
    What the hell are you boys doing?!
[00:30] Redmond
    I hereby revoke our brotherly relationship!
[00:37] Greenhill
    Following tradition, telling the truth,
    and being of pure and noble character:
[00:42] Greenhill
    that's what makes you a true Weston man.
[00:48] Clayton
    Never breaking trust
    and always remaining humble,
[00:52] Clayton
    while I remain in this holy academic nest,
[00:54] Clayton
    I will build a relationship
    of mutual betterment with you.
[00:57] Clayton
    I swear it before St. George.
[01:02] Clayton
    I ask you to be my drudge,
[01:06] Clayton
    Ciel Phantomhive.
[01:13] Ciel
    I humbly accept.
[02:19] Sign
    Black Butler
[02:19] Sign
    Public School Arc
[03:02] Random Student
    Here he comes!
[03:06] McMillan
    This is brilliant, Phantomhive!
[03:07] Student B
    You've got a House flower! I'm jealous.
[03:10] Ciel
    Oh, uh, thank you.
[03:19] Student C
    Look. It's that boy who got in
    with the P4 crowd in just a few days.
[03:23] Soma
    That's...
[03:25] Soma
    Oi!
[03:28] Soma
    Look at you, Ciel! You're so popular!
[03:34] Soma
    I'm happy to see you've
    made friends, my glum chum!
[03:48] Ciel
    It feels as though
    I'm suddenly an opera star.
[03:53] Sebastian
    Well, you've given several excellent
    performances recently, young master.
[03:58] Sebastian
    Have you considered
    pursuing a career on the stage?
[04:01] Ciel
    If riling me is your intent, it's working.
[04:04] Sebastian
    Nonsense, my lord.
[04:06] Sebastian
    It was a heartfelt compliment.
[04:09] Ciel
    Even more odious.
[04:13] Sebastian
    You've eliminated the
    interfering Maurice Cole,
[04:16] Sebastian
    while simultaneously climbing
    straight to the position you sought.
[04:21] Sebastian
    All is well, is it not?
[04:23] Ciel
    Our ultimate goal is still a long way off.
[04:27] Ciel
    The Queen's orders were to find out why her
    relative, Derrick Arden, and several others
[04:33] Ciel
    have sequestered themselves here and
    stopped contacting anyone outside Weston.
[04:39] Sebastian
    Yet we have yet to even see their faces.
[04:44] Ciel
    Not a single one of them, in fact.
[04:47] Ciel
    This is patently abnormal.
[04:50] Ciel
    I considered invoking an authority that
     would force Weston to send them home,
[04:55] Ciel
    but Her Majesty only
    ordered us to find the cause.
[05:00] Ciel
    I suspect—no, I'm certain she knows there's
     more to this than a mere "rebellious phase."
[05:10] Ciel
    She knows something very serious
    is happening here at Weston.
[05:19] Ciel
    But its special rules bind us hand and foot.
[05:23] Ciel
    A proper investigation is impossible.
[05:25] Ciel
    We might as well be prisoners.
[05:28] Sebastian
    Isn't that precisely why
    you're building relationships
[05:31] Sebastian
    with the prefects,
    the keepers of the rules?
[05:37] Sebastian
    By means far more amicable
    than usual, I might add.
[05:42] Ciel
    I suppose.
[05:43] Ciel
    But I'm still just
    a prefect's drudge's drudge.
[05:44] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge's Drudge
[05:47] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge's Drudge
[05:48] Ciel
    I'm not in a position to attend
    the Head Master's "midnight tea parties."
[05:48] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge's Drudge
[05:49] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge's Drudge
[05:50] Sign
    Prefect
[05:50] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge
[05:50] Sign
    Prefect
[05:50] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge
[05:51] Sign
    Prefect
[05:51] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge
[05:53] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge's Drudge
[05:53] Sign
    Prefect
[05:53] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge
[05:53] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge's Drudge
[05:53] Sign
    Prefect
[05:53] Sign
    Prefect's Drudge
[05:54] Sebastian
    The road ahead is long.
[05:58] Ciel
    I can't wait to get back to
    the manor and take a leisurely bath.
[06:03] Ciel
    Here, I have to rush in at the last moment
    so that no one will see the scars on my back.
[06:08] Ciel
    Well, at least I'm finally in this "P4" group.
[06:13] Ciel
    I'll see how they respond to
    direct questions about Derrick.
[06:16] Sebastian
    Yes. The one who seems most likely
    to have pertinent information
[06:21] Sebastian
    is the prefect of Violet Wolf House,
     where Derrick transferred.
[06:25] Greenhill
    Violet!
[06:29] Greenhill
    H-H-How long must I hold this pose?
[06:34] Violet
    Hmm... Don't move until I'm done sketching.
[06:39] Greenhill
    I repeat: when will that be?!
[06:43] Redmond
    What's the issue?
    Think of it as a form of training.
[06:48] Redmond
    You Green Housers always
    get restless near the Fourth of June.
[06:53] Redmond
    Take this chance to stand still for a change.
[06:57] Greenhill
    Red House is no different!
[06:59] Bluewer
    Though whenever the Fourth approaches,
[07:01] Bluewer
    boys in all the Houses lose their heads
     and their marks tend to drop.
[07:05] Ciel
    Pardon me, but does something special
    happen on the Fourth of June?
[07:10] Harcourt
    It's the annual inter-house
     cricket tournament.
[07:13] Ciel
    Cricket, eh?
[07:15] Greenhill
    Weston College's traditional tournament
     has a hundred-year history.
[07:20] Bluewer
    You ought to have memorized
    Weston's event calendar.
[07:23] Ciel
    I-I'm sorry.
[07:25] Ciel
    I wasn't intending to be here
    long enough for it to matter.
[07:29] Bluewer
    It's our grandest event,
    and it only happens once a year.
[07:33] Bluewer
    The Queen herself views
    the winning House's boat parade
[07:36] Bluewer
    from Windsor Castle across the river.
[07:41] Edward
    Weston's Houses are fiercely
    competitive to start with,
[07:45] Edward
    so the whole campus is
    on edge at this time of year.
[07:50] Violet
    I couldn't care less about it, personally.
[07:53] Cheslock
    Well, I hate the other Houses,
    so I'm ready for violence!
[07:59] Violet
    I don't like so many people visiting.
[08:04] Ciel
    Hm? But aren't outsiders
    forbidden on school grounds?
[08:07] Clayton
    There are opening and closing festivities.
[08:10] Clayton
    It's the one time of year when we can invite
     relatives to the school's grand dining hall.
[08:16] Redmond
    Female visitors are allowed as well.
[08:19] Redmond
    Escorting a beautiful lady is
    a great display of status, you know.
[08:25] Violet
    I've never seen you do that, Redmond.
[08:29] Redmond
    I don't like to limit myself to one lady.
[08:33] Ciel
    He made Greenhill pose like that
    and then didn't sketch him.
[08:37] Greenhill
    A-Are you done?
[08:40] Violet
    Not yet.
[08:43] Redmond
    Lawrence strolls around with
    a gaggle of women every year, though.
[08:46] Bluewer
    "Women" is too innocent a word!
[08:48] Harcourt
    Right, you have a large family, don't you?
[08:53] Harcourt
    I have two older sisters.
    How many do you have?
[09:01] Bluewer
    Three older sisters and four younger ones.
[09:06] Bluewer
    And I'm the only brother.
[09:08] Cheslock
    Ugh! One younger sister
    is annoying enough for me.
[09:11] Edward
    My younger sister is
     ladylike and reasonable,
[09:14] Edward
    so she causes no bother at all.
[09:16] Ciel
    That's not how I'd describe her...
[09:19] Bluewer
    I'd prefer not to invite them, but...
[09:21] Violet
    Something's missing.
[09:24] Bluewer
    ...they absolutely insist on coming.
[09:26] Greenhill
    V-Violet... I-I'm reaching my limit...
[09:31] Violet
    I'm almost finished. Don't move.
[09:33] Ciel
    He still hasn't drawn Greenhill.
[09:36] Redmond
    By the way, Phantomhive,
    isn't Midford's sister your betrothed?
[09:43] Redmond
    Will you invite her?
[09:45] Ciel
    Um...
[09:46] Edward
    She'll be here! But make no mistake:
    it will be to support me, not him!
[09:50] Redmond
    Well, now. I look forward to seeing
    where Lady Elizabeth chooses to sit!
[09:56] Redmond
    So? How far have you gone with her?
[09:59] Redmond
    Have you at least kissed?
[10:01] Ciel
    Pardon?!
[10:02] Edward
    R-R-R-R-Redmond!
[10:05] Cheslock
    You're a healthy boy,
    so don't tell us you've done nothing.
[10:08] Ciel
    Uh, I...
[10:10] Edward
    Cheslock!
[10:12] Edward
    Lizzie is an angel! She would never!
[10:15] Edward
    Don't you dare insult my sister!
[10:16] Cheslock
    Don't start tearing up! It's off-putting!
[10:19] Edward
    There are no tears!
[10:20] Cheslock
    Are too!
[10:20] Ciel
    This is ridiculous.
[10:20] Edward
    Are not!
[10:21] Cheslock
    Oh, sod off!
[10:22] Ciel
    Clearly, all closed-off
    environments are the same.
[10:25] Greenhill
    Get your heads in the game!
[10:27] Greenhill
    The opening and closing festivities
    only exist to rouse the cricketers' spirits!
[10:35] Greenhill
    Dancing with ladies is not the purpose of—
[10:36] Violet
    Don't move.
[10:38] Greenhill
    How dare you?!
[10:39] Violet
    This was going to be a masterpiece,
     but you ruined it.
[10:48] Greenhill
    I-I'm sorry...
[10:50] Ciel
    He didn't sketch his model even once.
[10:53] Ciel
    He's an artistic genius, though.
    What's this queer fellow's story?
[10:58] Ciel
    Ordinarily, I avoid
    eccentric types like the plague,
[11:02] Ciel
    but I need to make some
    conversation to get on his good side.
[11:05] Ciel
    D-Do you dance too, Violet?
[11:09] Violet
    I hate dancing.
[11:12] Violet
    It makes me dizzy.
[11:14] Ciel
    I see...
[11:16] Ciel
    Conversation over.
[11:19] Ciel
    I'll have to change tactics.
[11:23] Ciel
    It's less natural than I'd like, but...
[11:26] Ciel
    I'm beginning to look forward
    to the Fourth of June, too!
[11:30] Ciel
    But isn't it hard to battle against
    other Houses if you have friends there?
[11:34] Greenhill
    Anyone who holds back in
    a fair competition is not a true friend!
[11:39] Harcourt
    I suppose not,
[11:41] Harcourt
    but I think I'd have trouble
    battling you, Phantomhive.
[11:45] Ciel
    I feel the same, Harcourt.
[11:49] Ciel
    I have a friend in
    Purple House as well, so—
[11:52] Cheslock
    Oh, is that why you visited us?
[11:56] Ciel
    Yes. His name is Derrick Arden—
[12:18] Ciel
    Huh?
[12:26] Violet
    Derrick, you say?
[12:35] Ciel
    Um...
[12:38] Edward
    Isn't Derrick Arden
    the Duke of Clemens's son?
[12:42] Ciel
    Y-Yes.
[12:44] Edward
    I'm surprised you know him.
[12:46] Ciel
    He was good enough to play with me
    a few times when we were little.
[12:50] Cheslock
    Uh-huh...
[12:53] Ciel
    The P4 grew blatantly uneasy
    the moment I mentioned Derrick's name.
[12:58] Cheslock
    You still blubbing?
[12:58] Ciel
    And yet, their drudges weren't affected...
[12:59] Edward
    Hush up! Enough of that!
[13:02] Ciel
    I'll try prodding a bit more.
[13:06] Ciel
    The letter Derrick sent me
    said he was in Red House,
[13:10] Ciel
    so I was surprised when I got here and
    heard he'd transferred to Purple House.
[13:16] Bluewer
    Yes, it took some time for us
    to understand his true personality.
[13:22] Redmond
    He was once my drudge, actually.
[13:25] Redmond
    He was quite talented.
[13:27] Greenhill
    Yes, I agree.
[13:32] Violet
    He was peculiar.
[13:35] Ciel
    "Peculiar"?
[13:37] Ciel
    Her Majesty's letter didn't mention that*.
[13:41] Ciel
    That makes sense.
    Purple House is where the strange—
[13:44] Ciel
    Uh, the specially talented students gather.
[13:48] Ciel
    What was Derrick's talent?
[13:51] Bluewer
    It's difficult to sum up
    neatly, but I'd say...
[13:54] Bluewer
    Memorization.
[13:55] Greenhill
    Cricket.
[13:56] Redmond
    Songwriting.
[13:56] Violet
    Poetry.
[13:58] Ciel
    Pardon?
[13:59] Ciel
    Um...
[14:01] Redmond
    At any rate, it was the
    Head Master's decision that he transfer.
[14:05] Greenhill
    The Head Master's orders
     are never mistaken.
[14:10] Bluewer
    And...
[14:12] P4
    The Head Master's decisions are absolute.
[14:19] Bluewer
    Speaking of the Fourth,
    let's discuss the ceremony.
[14:21] Ciel
    This is odd.
[14:22] Greenhill
    What's the programme?
[14:22] Ciel
    Even if the Head Master traditionally decides,
    I'd expect the prefects to know the reason.
[14:24] Redmond
    I assume the same as always.
[14:28] Ciel
    Coupled with their attitude*
    earlier, this clinches it.
[14:40] Ciel
    The P4 are trying to hide something.
[14:44] Ciel
    They'll get suspicious if
    I pursue it any further, though.
[14:49] Ciel
    I'll let it drop for now.
[15:02] Edward
    When you asked to meet me here,
     I was worried.
[15:04] Edward
    You're asking about Derrick Arden again?
[15:07] Edward
    I always thought you were
    more indifferent to other people.
[15:10] Ciel
    I just don't think it makes sense.
[15:12] Ciel
    If the Houses are so hostile to one another,
     a transfer between them seems odd.
[15:17] Edward
    Well, it's not as if Arden's
    the only one who transferred.
[15:23] Edward
    I don't know much about the affairs of
    other Houses, but I recall several other boys
[15:27] Edward
    transferring from Red to
    Purple House around the same time.
[15:31] Ciel
    Their names?
[15:31] Edward
    I don't know. I just told you
     I didn't know the details.
[15:35] Ciel
    Why would so many transfer at once?
    Could they have caused some incident?
[15:39] Edward
    I haven't heard anything of the sort...
[15:44] Edward
    But it's something the Head Master decided.
[15:48] Ciel
    I see.
[15:51] Ciel
    Even Edward takes that line, eh?
[15:55] Ciel
    I'm sorry to have troubled you.
[15:57] Ciel
    Thank you.
[15:58] Edward
    Ciel.
[16:00] Edward
    Why did you come to Weston?
[16:04] Edward
    Was it on "guard dog" duty?
[16:08] Ciel
    It's nothing you need to worry about.
[16:12] Ciel
    Until next time.
[16:18] McMillan
    Do you mean Gleason, Hardy,
    Isaac, and Thewlis?
[16:25] McMillan
    I think they transferred to
    Purple House around six months ago.
[16:29] Ciel
    I should've asked McMillan first.
[16:32] McMillan
    I say, why are you so curious
    about what goes on in other Houses?
[16:37] Ciel
    Why aren't you curious?
[16:40] McMillan
    Why would I be? The Head Master decided it.
[16:44] Ciel
    The Head Master here, too?
[16:47] McMillan
    He may have been balancing the numbers.
[16:50] McMillan
    Purple House is full of eccentrics,
    and I hear a lot of them drop out.
[16:55] McMillan
    Now tell me, what did you
    and the P4 talk about?
[16:59] Side Part Boy
    I want to know!
[17:00] Round-Faced Boy
    Me, too!
[17:01] Ciel
    Sorry. I just remembered
     I have drudge-work.
[17:05] Ciel
    Let's talk about this later.
[17:08] McMillan
    Oh, all right...
[17:10] McMillan; Side Part Boy; Round-Faced Boy
    Until later!
[17:11] Ciel
    I'm sick of this.
[17:16] Ciel
    Excuse me, may I ask you a question?
[17:19] Senior Boy A
    Derrick Arden? I remember people
    saying he was a fast runner.
[17:24] Senior Boy B
    You mean the reputed brilliant dancer?
[17:26] Senior Boy C
    I heard he won an award for his painting.
[17:29] Senior Boy D
    Isn't he the brilliant
    manuscript illuminator?
[17:33] Ciel
    Why did he transfer Houses?
[17:35] Senior Boys A-D
    Who knows? It was the Head Master's decision.
[17:40] Ciel
    Everyone has a different
    description of Derrick.
[17:44] Ciel
    What was he like at school?
[17:49] Ciel
    And what's more, not a single person
    here questions his transfer.
[17:52] Ciel
    Their thoughts just come to a standstill.
[17:55] Soma
    Your friends aren't with you today?
[17:57] Ciel
    These are England's famed elites?
    Don't make me laugh.
[18:01] Soma
    Hello!
[18:03] Ciel
    Sheep in a pasture would do better.
[18:06] Soma
    Huh? Did I offend you somehow?
[18:14] Agares
    Derrick Arden?
[18:17] Sebastian
    Yes. He hasn't come to any lessons
    for a while, so I'm worried.
[18:22] Agares
    I'm impressed you show concern
    for boys outside your House.
[18:26] Sebastian
    House assignments aren't what matters.
[18:29] Agares
    He was quite an excellent student.
[18:32] Sebastian
    Oh? Why was his House
    assignment changed, then?
[18:37] Agares
    I couldn't say.
    It was the Head Master's decision.
[18:41] Sebastian
    Perhaps the shock of the transfer
    is why he stopped coming to lessons?
[18:45] Agares
    I couldn't say.
    It was the Head Master's decisiooooon!
[18:50] Sebastian
    Master Agares!
[18:51] Agares
    Pardon me, pardon me, pardon me.
[18:52] Sebastian
    Are you all right?
[18:53] Sebastian
    Shall I take you to the infirmary?
[18:57] Agares
    No need. Thank you.
[19:06] Sebastian
    Sunt aliquid Manes: letum non omnia finit,
[19:14] Sebastian
    luridaque euictos...
[19:19] Ciel
    Why did he call me out here so abruptly?
[19:28] Ciel
    Oi, Se—
[19:39] Sebastian
    Goodness.
[19:41] Sebastian
    What brings you here so late?
[19:48] Sebastian
    Are you looking for something?
[19:50] Bluewer
    No.
[19:53] Bluewer
    Good night, Master Michaelis.
[20:01] Sebastian
    I apologize for my roughness.
[20:04] Sebastian
    I noticed you were being watched.
[20:08] Ciel
    I drew a little too much
     attention to myself.
[20:11] Ciel
    But sniffing about got me nowhere.
[20:14] Ciel
    No matter what I ask, the answer ends with,
     "It was the Head Master's decision."
[20:18] Sebastian
    The faculty and staff are the same.
[20:21] Ciel
    Them, too, eh? We're making no headway.
[20:25] Ciel
    Fine. I'll contact Derrick
    directly—by any means necessary.
[20:32] Ciel
    Come along, Sebastian.
[20:34] Sebastian
    But young master, won't walking
    about this late get you two Ys?
[20:40] Ciel
    Isn't it the instructors who give students
     their punishments, Master Michaelis?
[20:45] Sebastian
    Ah, yes, quite right.
[20:54] Sebastian
    Well? How will you meet Lord Derrick?
[20:59] Sebastian
    You'll be in for it if you're found.
[21:02] Ciel
    It's simple enough.
[21:04] Ciel
    Since we can't get inside...
[21:06] Ciel
    ...we'll just have him come out.
[21:10] Sebastian
    Sound reasoning.
[21:19] Ciel
    Are you familiar with Weston College
    rule No. 87, Master Michaelis?
[21:25] Sebastian
    "In the event of a fire within
    a school building or boarding house,
[21:30] Sebastian
    all students shall promptly evacuate
    to the quad for a roll call by their prefect."
[21:35] Ciel
    Precisely.
[21:37] Sebastian
    This is terrible behaviour, Phantomhive,
    and grounds for expulsion if you're caught.
[21:43] Sebastian
    Still, it's a plan worthy of the
    Queen's guard dog, young master.
[21:48] Ciel
    Bluewer was right: one ought
    to memorize the school rules.
[21:52] House Resident A
    Fire!
[21:53] House Resident B
    Tell the prefect!
[21:56] Ciel
    We're about to meet at last, Derrick Arden.