# 6 - His Butler, Despairing
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**[00:02] Ciel**
I don't wanna be here anymore!
**[00:04] Ciel**
I wanna go home! Right now!
**[00:09] Sebastian**
What shall we do now?
**[00:13] Sebastian**
Everyone, if Wolfram comes home too soon,
**[00:16] Sebastian**
could you please buy me a little time?
**[00:21] Sebastian**
This must be the magical staff.
**[00:24] Sebastian**
The Theban alphabet
commonly used by witches.
**[00:27] Sebastian**
I'm feeling very nostalgic.
**[00:31] Sebastian**
This could be...
**[00:37] Anne**
No, wait!
**[00:39] Snake**
"You're horrible, Oscar." ...says Emily.
**[00:43] Snake**
"I didn't jump on that woman
to enjoy her bosom!"
**[00:48] Snake**
"I have another big scoop."
**[00:50] Snake**
"That woman smelled of werewolf!"
**[01:00] John**
I'm here to deliver a letter from the Queen.
**[01:05] Sebastian**
*The Queen's personal horsekeeper...*
**[01:07] Sebastian**
*John Brown.*
**[01:10] Sebastian**
You must have had quite
a long journey, Mr. Brown.
**[01:14] Sebastian**
Did you come this whole way on horseback?
**[01:16] John**
Of course not.
**[01:17] John**
I'd never force my beloved horse
to walk such terrible roads.
**[01:21] John**
Poor thing. Good horse.
**[01:24] Sebastian**
I see. I'm glad you weren't exposed
to the werewolf miasma.
**[01:30] John**
Cheers for the concern.
Now, where's the earl?
**[01:34] Sebastian**
My apologies, but I'm afraid
my master is ill at the moment.
**[01:40] Sebastian**
You can leave the letter with me.
**[01:44] John**
That won't do. I was asked to deliver it
with the message, "Read it at once, dear!"
**[01:51] John**
Well, needs must. Would you kindly
read it and confirm the contents?
**[01:56] Sebastian**
Me?
**[01:58] John**
It's urgent.
**[02:02] Sebastian**
Then I shall be so bold as to do so.
**[02:08] Sebastian**
This is...
**[02:10] John**
And so, I have done my duty. I'll be off now.
**[02:14] Snake**
What?
**[02:16] Sebastian**
Watch out for werewolves on your way back.
**[02:20] John**
Cheers for the concern.
Take care of his lordship.
**[02:27] Sebastian**
Well now.
**[02:29] Sebastian**
It seems we can't afford
to take our time anymore.
**[03:27] Sign**
Black Butler
**[03:29] Sign**
Emerald Witch Arc
**[04:53] Wolfram**
Young mistress.
**[04:57] Wolfram**
It's dinnertime.
**[05:01] Sullivan**
All right.
**[05:05] Sullivan**
Wolf, are you sure I can't come
with you tomorrow to see them off?
**[05:14] Wolfram**
You mustn't. The Werewolves'
Forest is dangerous.
**[05:17] Sullivan**
But—
**[05:17] Wolfram**
Please, be reasonable.
**[05:22] Wolfram**
If anything happened to you,
the villagers would—
**[05:24] Sullivan**
I know!
**[05:28] Sullivan**
I know. But...
**[05:34] Sullivan**
I want to see the outside world, too.
Even if just for a moment.
**[05:42] Sullivan**
I want to know more about
the world they live in, Wolfram.
**[05:49] Wolfram**
That is the one request
I can't grant you, young mistress.
**[05:57] Wolfram**
It was a mistake to invite them here.
**[06:01] Wolfram**
I'll bring you dinner in your room.
**[06:04] Sullivan**
Wolf!
**[06:06] Wolfram**
Young mistress!
**[06:07] Wolfram**
Are you hurt?
**[06:10] Sullivan**
I'm fine.
**[06:22] Sullivan**
W-Wolf?
**[06:27] Wolfram**
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, young mistress.
**[06:32] Wolfram**
I... I...
**[06:38] Sullivan**
Wolf, don't cry. I'm sorry.
**[06:43] Sullivan**
I won't go anywhere. I'll complete
the Ultimate Spell and protect you all.
**[06:55] Wolfram**
Ja.
**[07:13] Finnian**
That woke you up, eh?
**[07:15] Finnian**
I'll go take a look. You can stay in bed.
**[07:21] Finnian**
Seba—uh...
**[07:26] Finnian**
U-Um...
**[07:29] Sebastian**
Finny, could you please
leave for a few minutes?
**[07:33] Finnian**
B-But—
**[07:34] Sebastian**
I have to speak with him
about something important.
**[07:37] Ciel**
N-No!
**[07:39] Ciel**
Stay away!
**[07:43] Sebastian**
Weren't you listening? Please leave.
**[07:48] Finnian**
Please wait! He's still not fully—
**[07:52] Finnian**
H-Hey!
**[07:54] Finnian**
Sebastian, stop!
**[07:56] Finnian**
I asked you to stop! That *hurts*!
**[08:03] Sebastian**
You have cared for our young master
very well, but you are no longer needed.
**[08:12] Finnian**
I used my full strength,
but he didn't even flinch.
**[08:18] Finnian**
How?
**[08:41] Sebastian**
You've received a letter from the Queen.
**[08:45] Sebastian**
Also, I'm told we'll be driven
from the village tomorrow morning.
**[08:52] Sebastian**
I believe you have more pressing duties
than wrapping yourself in down bedclothes
**[08:57] Sebastian**
and dwelling on regrets and fears.
**[09:02] Sebastian**
Now get out of bed.
**[09:08] Ciel**
N-No.
**[09:14] Sebastian**
Ah, so you plan to abandon
your role as guard dog?
**[09:20] Sebastian**
Very well.
**[09:23] Sebastian**
Ceasing to be the Queen's guard dog
would spare you some painful duties.
**[09:28] Sebastian**
No one would reprimand you
for hiding in your bed forever,
**[09:33] Sebastian**
and I imagine your servants
would treat you kindly.
**[09:42] Sebastian**
However, abandoning your revenge
is a breach of our contract.
**[09:56] Sebastian**
Alas.
**[09:58] Sebastian**
What a dull ending to our story.
**[10:02] Sebastian**
I pity those who have lost
their lives for someone so *dull*.
**[10:13] Sebastian**
Well...
**[10:16] Sebastian**
I suppose that's of no interest to you.
**[10:21] Sebastian**
You're about to disappear, after all.
**[10:28] Sebastian**
This isn't the meal I'd been hoping for.
**[10:33] Sebastian**
But I suppose it will slake
the hunger for a little while.
**[10:42] Ciel**
*Ah.*
**[10:44] Ciel**
*I'm dying, then?*
**[10:50] Ciel**
*Without getting my vengeance...*
**[10:54] Ciel**
*Forsaken even by demons...*
**[11:33] Mysterious Boy**
Have you decided?
**[11:38] Mysterious Boy**
To stay here forever?
**[11:47] Mysterious Boy**
You're such a fool.
**[11:51] Mysterious Boy**
No one asked you to seek vengeance, you know.
**[11:59] Ciel**
I know.
**[12:03] Mysterious Boy**
You do? Then why are you trying to get revenge?
**[12:14] Mysterious Boy**
And with the power you got by sacrificing *me*.
**[12:23] Mysterious Boy**
The choice you made cost
a lot of people their lives.
**[12:32] Ciel**
I...
**[12:33] Ciel**
I...
**[12:35] Mysterious Boy**
You wanted me to forgive you?
**[12:38] Ciel**
That's not it.
**[12:40] Madam Red**
You wanted to say goodbye
to the weak boy you were?
**[12:43] Ciel**
That's not it.
**[12:45] Joker**
You wanted to own everything?
**[12:48] Ciel**
That's not it!
**[12:50] Rachel**
We know.
**[12:53] Rachel**
You wanted to avenge our deaths, right?
**[12:56] Ciel**
That's not it!
**[12:59] Sebastian**
Then why did you sacrifice so much...
**[13:06] Sebastian**
and stake your own soul...
**[13:10] Sebastian**
to make a pact with me?
**[13:14] Ciel**
*I remember why I made a pact with a demon.*
**[13:21] Ciel**
* The real reason I wanted power*
* great enough to go against anyone...*
**[13:28] Ciel**
I'm not virtuous enough to
give my life for someone else,
**[13:34] Ciel**
or tolerant enough to let myself
be trampled on without consequence.
**[13:39] Ciel**
I'm a hopelessly self-centred
and self-righteous person.
**[13:44] Ciel**
That's why...
**[13:46] Ciel**
I took your hand to repay
their disgraces against *me*.
**[13:53] Ciel**
Not for anyone else's sake.
**[14:00] Ciel**
For my own sake!
**[14:33] Ciel**
Sebastian!
**[14:37] Ciel**
You wretch. Let go of me
this instant. That's an order!
**[14:48] Ciel**
Curses. I've never had
a wake-up call so rotten.
**[14:55] Ciel**
That's not a very nice way
to treat your master, Sebastian.
**[15:01] Sebastian**
Oh, my.
**[15:04] Sebastian**
I apologize.
**[15:08] Sebastian**
You were very difficult to wake, you see.
**[15:16] Sebastian**
Good morning, my lord.
**[15:32] Ciel**
You were genuinely trying
to eat me just now, weren't you?
**[15:39] Sebastian**
Not at all. I assure you I was only 90% serious.
**[15:43] Ciel**
In other words, your mind
was essentially made up.
**[15:46] Sebastian**
Tanaka told me not to take drastic measures,
so I watched and waited for a while.
**[15:53] Sebastian**
But your infantile tantrum
triggered an impulse.
**[15:57] Ciel**
And you think a butler would kill
his master on impulse? You hellhound.
**[16:04] Sebastian**
Yes. I *am* one hell of a butler, after all.
**[16:15] Sebastian**
And now, may I ask why you took that attitude?
**[16:20] Ciel**
Well...
**[16:25] Ciel**
Call the others here.
I'll tell all of you at once.
**[16:30] Sebastian**
Of course.
**[16:40] Sebastian**
Good grief.
**[16:42] Sebastian**
Why, precisely, are you servants
listening at the door?
**[16:45] Baldroy**
We couldn't hear anythin' any—I mean, we were
worried. Finny said you were actin' strangely.
**[16:52] Finnian**
Ow, ow, you're hurting the wounds on my back!
**[16:56] Mey-Rin**
Please don't be angry with us, Sebastian, no!
**[16:58] Snake**
"So short-tempered." ...says Brontë.
**[17:05] Ciel**
You lot are so noisy, truly.
**[17:09] Finnian**
Young master!
**[17:12] Finnian**
You're back to normal, young master!
**[17:12] Sebastian**
And stop.
**[17:15] Sebastian**
Do you want to set back his recovery
now that he's finally well?
**[17:20] Finnian**
I-I'm sorry!
**[17:24] Ciel**
I caused you trouble, hmm, Finny?
I'm all right now.
**[17:32] Finnian**
Right...
**[17:34] Finnian**
Right.
**[17:38] Ciel**
The rest of you come over here, too.
**[17:48] Ciel**
There's something I need to say to you.
**[17:54] Ciel**
I'm sorry.
**[17:59] Ciel**
My reckless behaviour created
more work and more worry for you.
**[18:04] Ciel**
Please forgive me.
**[18:06] Mey-Rin**
N-Nonsense, young master!
**[18:08] Baldroy**
There's no need to bow to us!
**[18:10] Snake**
"You're not responsible
for the curse." ...says Emily.
**[18:14] Finnian**
She's right, too!
**[18:17] Ciel**
No, however I seemed
these past few days, I was still me.
**[18:21] Ciel**
As your master, I swear never to behave
so pitifully in front of you again.
**[18:28] Ciel**
So I ask you...
**[18:30] Ciel**
Please be my servants again.
**[18:34] Finnian/Baldroy/Mey-Rin/Snake**
Yes, my lord!
**[18:37] Snake**
...says Brontë.
**[18:41] Baldroy**
You ruined the mood!
**[18:43] Mey-Rin**
Now we sound silly, yes.
**[18:45] Ciel**
By the way...
**[18:47] Ciel**
Here's my first order
as your new-again master.
**[18:52] Ciel**
F-Forget how I've acted over
these past few days! At once!
**[19:04] Baldroy**
That's a tall order, young master.
**[19:10] Mey-Rin**
Th-That behaviour was normal
for a boy your age, my lord, yes!
**[19:16] Finnian**
I treasure any and all memories!
**[19:21] Finnian**
I'll make you some more hot milk
with plenty of honey!
**[19:24] Baldroy**
Honey?
**[19:25] Ciel**
St-Stop! Not another word!
**[19:30] Mey-Rin**
You remember everything
from when you were sick, then?
**[19:34] Ciel**
Yes. Although I wish I didn't.
**[19:40] Ciel**
But I wasn't doing those things
of my own free will.
**[19:47] Sebastian**
Meaning?
**[19:48] Ciel**
Perfectly trivial things
seemed terrifying,
**[19:52] Ciel**
and I couldn't control myself.
**[19:55] Ciel**
It's hard to put it into words, but...
**[19:59] Baldroy**
Sounds like what happens
all the time on the battlefield.
**[20:03] Baldroy**
Even the most well-trained
of soldiers can panic
**[20:06] Baldroy**
if they get wounded on the battlefield
in a way they never imagined.
**[20:10] Baldroy**
It's pretty common.
**[20:12] Baldroy**
So the state you were in
wasn't weird or anything.
**[20:16] Sebastian**
True, the way you looked
while "cursed" was quite shocking.
**[20:24] Sebastian**
Though I imagine the psychological
impact was part of the objective.
**[20:28] Ciel**
"Objective"? What do you mean?
**[20:31] Sebastian**
Here.
**[20:36] Ciel**
What is this?
**[20:38] Ciel**
"C4"... A code?
**[20:42] Sebastian**
Since time was of the essence, I took
the liberty of sending off some samples.
**[20:47] Sebastian**
Leaves from the woods
and the potion you were treated with.
**[20:53] Sebastian**
I asked the Palace
to analyse their contents.
**[20:59] Ciel**
I see. So this is the truth
behind the "curse," then.
**[21:04] Sebastian**
Yes.
**[21:06] Sebastian**
And at the werewolves' request,
**[21:10] Sebastian**
Fräulein Sullivan is working
to complete an "Ultimate Spell."
**[21:15] Ciel**
Hmm? There's more.
**[21:20] Ciel**
She always asks the unreasonable.
**[21:26] Victoria**
* "It would give me great pleasure if the*
* little witch would come to tea with me."*