9 - His Butler, Having a Laugh

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[00:00] Blue House athletes
    Hurrah for the second Sapphire Miracle!
[00:04] Ciel
    I was just so happy Blue House won.
[00:07] Ciel
    We proved that we have what it takes.
[00:13] Ciel
    Your Majesty, I swear to present you
    with the truth behind all this.
[00:20] Ciel
    Salute Her Majesty the Queen!
[00:28] Cheslock
    Leave it to Blue House!
[00:34] Bluewer
    So bright my eyes are stinging.
[00:38] McMillan
    Th-This is amazing!
[00:40] McMillan
    You've been invited to a midnight tea party!
[00:44] Bluewer
    Welcome, Phantomhive...
[00:47] P4
    ...to the midnight tea party.
[00:51] Ciel
    That's Weston College's absolute
    monarch, the Head Master.
[00:57] Ciel
    It's clear they are all
    covering something up.
[01:01] Ciel
    It's about Derrick Arden and his friends.
[01:04] Ciel
    I can't raise my glass until
    I've had a chance to see them.
[01:08] Ciel
    This is a boarding school where
    every minute of the day is tightly regulated,
[01:11] Ciel
    yet no less than five students
     have gone missing.
[01:14] Ciel
    These are patently
    abnormal circumstances.
[01:17] Ciel
    Head Master, let us call
    on Scotland Yard for help.
[01:21] Agares
    That won't be necessary.
[01:24] Agares
    You see, they are here on school grounds.
[02:32] Sign
    Black Butler
[02:32] Sign
    Public School Arc
[03:22] Ciel
    Derrick Arden?
[03:24] Ciel
    He's all right?
    But why the vanishing act, then?
[03:31] Cheslock
    All that fuss, and he was
     here the whole time?
[03:37] Greenhill
    A-Arden? Are you really...
[03:42] Derrick
    Hello. Ah, the scent of tea.
[03:55] Greenhill
    Arden...
[04:00] Redmond
    You knave!
[04:02] Redmond
    How dare you!
[04:10] Ciel
    Th-That wound...
[04:12] Ciel
    It's the same one those corpses
     on the Campania had.
[04:19] Ciel*
    Come, Sebastian!
[04:26] Bluewer
    Master Michaelis?
[04:27] Ciel
    This is an order: capture Derrick!
[04:32] Sebastian
    Yes, my lord.
[04:45] Sebastian
    An English gentleman who exhibits
    bad manners at a tea party
[04:51] Sebastian
    isn't worth his salt.
[04:57] Greenhill
    My arm...
[04:58] Edward
    Greenhill!
[05:00] Sebastian
    I'll treat you at once.
[05:03] Sebastian
    He took quite a chunk out of you.
[05:06] Sebastian
    Place your hand on top.
[05:08] Edward
    R-Right.
[05:10] Harcourt
    What is Master Michaelis doing here?
[05:13] Clayton
    What the devil is going on?
[05:16] Agres
    So his episodes are still violent, too.
[05:21] Sebastian
    "Episodes"? May I ask what you mean?
[05:27] Ciel
    Master Michaelis—or rather,
    Sebastian—is my butler.
[05:32] Harcourt
    Our teacher is a butler?!
[05:34] Cheslock
    What?!
[05:35] Ciel
    I entered this school with him
    to investigate the disappearances.
[05:41] Ciel
    This explains why Sebastian
    couldn't track Derrick down, though.
[05:46] Ciel
    He's been dead this whole time.
[05:49] Harcourt
    Dead? What do you mean?
[05:53] Harcourt
    He's right here, moving.
[05:55] Derrick
    The scent of... tea...
[06:04] Ciel
    And now, let's have
    your explanation for all this...
[06:10] Ciel
    Head Master.
[06:13] Clayton
    Phantomhive, what are you—
[06:15] Edward
    Clayton!
[06:16] Edward
    Don't oppose Ciel—or rather,
    the Earl Phantomhive.
[06:22] Cheslock
    What's going on here, damn it?
[06:25] Ciel
    I've seen humans
    become like Derrick before.
[06:30] Ciel
    What did you do to Derrick? Tell me!
[06:42] Greenhill
    We...
[06:45] Greenhill
    We only did it out of protectiveness.
[06:48] Sebastian
    "Protectiveness"?
[06:49] Greenhill
    Legend has it that Saint George,
     the symbol of Weston,
[06:55] Greenhill
    protected his country by defeating
     the dragon that was menacing it.
[07:02] Bluewer
    In other words, the only way to escape
    a disaster is to eliminate the source.
[07:08] Bluewer
    We merely did as he taught us.
[07:11] Redmond
    That's why we...
[07:17] P4
    ...had to...
[07:27] P4
    ...kill Derrick.
[07:37] (Flashback) Violet
    He's not breathing.
[07:40] (Flashback) Greenhill
    It... It's all my fault. What have I done?
[07:46] (Flashback) Redmond
    Breathe, Greenhill. This is for the best.
[07:50] (Flashback) Redmond
    Actually, this was the only option.
[07:54] (Flashback) Bluewer
    Yes. But what now? Greenhill will be accused
    of a crime if we don't do something.
[08:00] (Flashback) Redmond
    I have an idea. Will you trust me
     to take care of this?
[08:08] (Flashback) Redmond
    He says he'll make haste here tomorrow.
[08:13] (Flashback) Violet
    Good.
[08:15] (Flashback) Bluewer
    We'll be all right.
[08:17] (Flashback) Redmond
    It'll all go off without a hitch.
[08:36] (Flashback) Stoker
    Hullo! So you're the
    Viscount Druitt's nephew?
[08:40] (Flashback) Stoker
    Your facial features are
    as healthy as your social status!
[08:45] (Flashback) Stoker
    Phoenix!
[08:47] (Flashback) Stoker
    My name is Ryan Stoker.
[08:49] (Flashback) Stoker
    For public purposes,
    I'm the director of Karnstein Hospital.
[08:53] (Flashback) Redmond
    H-Hello.
[08:55] (Flashback) Stoker
    And over there is my research partner.
[09:04] Ciel
    D-Don't tell me...
[09:10] Redmond
    So we signed a contract with...
[09:14] Redmond
    ...him.
[09:16] Sebastian
    I see.
[09:17] Sebastian
    This ties all the strands together.
[09:21] Sebastian
    Derrick Arden, a student
    whose body and soul both vanished.
[09:26] Sebastian
    The Head Master,
    a man able to escape my pursuit.
[09:31] Sebastian
    The Aurora Society,
    secret pursuers of human reanimation.
[09:38] Sebastian
    All the little "happenings"
    that seemed trifling at the time.
[09:42] Sebastian
    A certain someone wove them
    into this bizarre and complicated affair.
[09:47] Sebastian
    It's you, isn't it?
[09:51] Redmond
    The Head Master had nothing to do with it!
     We prefects did it on our own—
[09:55] Sebastian
    I didn't say the Head Master was behind it.
[09:59] Sebastian
    Well? Shall we both drop this charade...
[10:03] Sebastian
    and stop playing "educator"?
[10:10] Undertaker
    Well, drat.
[10:13] Undertaker
    It's rather a shame. I quite liked this job.
[10:17] Undertaker
    Watching your exertions from the
    grand tier has been most entertaining.
[10:23] Undertaker
    They've provided me with prime laughter.
[10:34] Ciel
    You're...
[10:40] Ciel
    Undertaker!
[10:47] Ciel
    Undertaker.
[10:49] Ciel
    This man is an ordinary undertaker by trade,
[10:52] Ciel
    and one of the Phantomhive family
    connections I inherited from my predecessor
[10:56] Ciel
    in the "Queen's guard dog" role.
[10:59] Ciel
    He used to be a useful, if slightly
    troublesome, informant of mine.
[11:06] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Welcome, my lord.
[11:09] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Is today the day you'll condescend
    to enter one of my special coffins?
[11:13] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Come on, my lord, give me prime laughter!
[11:17] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Do that, and I'll tell you anything.
[11:20] (Flashback) Sebastian
    I see there's no help for it.
[11:25] (Flashback) Undertaker
    I'll tell you anything.
[11:30] (Flashback) Ciel
    I knew she wouldn't be saved.
[11:32] (Flashback) Ciel
    I knew, and I let her die.
[11:35] (Flashback) Ciel
    My own flesh and blood...
[11:36] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Are you having regrets?
[11:38] (Flashback) Ciel
    No.
[11:39] (Flashback) Ciel
    This is my family's lot in life.
[11:42] (Flashback) Undertaker
    That ring is like a dog collar.
[11:45] (Flashback) Undertaker
    It connects you to the Queen
    by the chains of "fate."
[11:49] (Flashback) Undertaker
    I pray you're never hung by that collar.
[11:56] (Flashback) Sebastian
    They evidently have a secret greeting.
[11:59] (Flashback) Ciel
    What's the greeting?
[12:00] (Flashback) Sebastian
    It's...
[12:02] (Flashback) Ciel/Sebastian
    Phoenix!
[12:05] (Flashback) Druitt
    I shall show you an undead army
     bowing down before me!
[12:10] (Flashback) Druitt
    Huh?
[12:11] (Flashback) Druitt
    Non!
[12:21] (Flashback) Undertaker
    It's been a long time
    since I laughed this much.
[12:25] (Flashback) Undertaker
    How sad that the laughter
    should leave this place.
[12:33] (Flashback) Grell
    That yellow-green phosphorescence
    can only mean...
[12:36] (Flashback) Grell
    ...a grim reaper!
[12:38] (Flashback) Ciel
    The Undertaker is a grim reaper?
[12:41] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Well, shall I hunt you now?
[12:54] (Flashback) Undertaker
    My lord, I'll let you hold
    on to that for a while.
[12:57] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Take good care of it, won't you?
     It's my treasure.
[13:02] (Flashback) Ciel
    Wait, Undertaker!
[13:03] (Flashback) Undertaker
    Until we meet again, my lord.
[13:17] Undertaker
    Hello, my lord.
[13:19] Undertaker
    You seem well after your misadventure
    getting tossed into a winter sea.
[13:24] Undertaker
    I was worried.
[13:27] Undertaker
    Good to see you again.
[13:29] Ciel
    Fine words coming from the one 
    who caused that misadventure!
[13:34] Sebastian
    I wondered where you had ended up
     after shuttering your business.
[13:37] Sebastian
    To think you'd taken up a job at a school.
[13:41] Undertaker
    I'm only a supply teacher.
[13:44] Sebastian
    Good grief. Our "find the runaway"
    assignment has certainly taken a turn.
[13:50] Sebastian
    The four of you murdered Derrick, then asked
    the Aurora Society to bring him back to life.
[13:58] Sebastian
    What was it you wanted to protect so badly?
[14:07] Bluewer
    He...
[14:09] Bluewer
    Derrick Arden mustn't be allowed
    to exist at our school.
[14:14] Ciel
    What do you mean?
[14:17] Bluewer
    I mean...
[14:34] (Flashback) Agares
    I will now announce this year's prefects.
[14:38] (Flashback) Agares
    For Scarlet Fox House, Edgar Redmond.
[14:44] (Flashback) Agares
    For Sapphire Owl House, Lawrence Bluewer.
[14:49] (Flashback) Agares
    For Green Lion House, Herman Greenhill.
[14:54] (Flashback) Agares
    For Violet Wolf House, Gregory Violet.
[15:15] (Flashback) Redmond
    We four...
[15:17] (Flashback) Bluewer
    ...as prefects of this historic institution...
[15:20] (Flashback) Greenhill
    ...vow to govern the student body with pride...
[15:24] (Flashback) Violet
    ...henceforth.
[15:34] (Flashback) Redmond
    We've done it! We've done it at last!
[15:57] (Flashback) Greenhill
    H-Here we go.
[16:00] (Flashback) Redmond
    Right.
[16:15] (Flashback) Greenhill
    After five years here,
    we've successfully made prefect.
[16:21] (Flashback) Redmond
    Yes.
[16:25] (Flashback) Redmond
    Lawrence?
[16:29] (Flashback) Bluewer
    I'm sorry.
[16:36] (Flashback) Bluewer
    I don't have the words.
[16:50] (Flashback) Redmond
    Bullying?
[16:51] (Flashback) Greenhill
    Yes. We got an anonymous note.
[16:55] (Flashback) Greenhill
    It asked us to keep a more vigilant eye out.
[16:58] (Flashback) Bluewer
    Rule No. 5: "All students must
    be equal before the Head Master."
[17:04] (Flashback) Derrick
    We can't let this stand.
    Please, let me do some patrols!
[17:09] (Flashback) Redmond
    Excellent initiative, Derrick.
    I'll leave it to you.
[17:12] (Flashback) Derrick
    Right.
[17:20] (Flashback) Bluewer
    He's a reliable support.
[17:22] (Flashback) Greenhill
    Captain of his local cricket team.
[17:25] (Flashback) Violet
    His needlework is at professional level.
[17:28] (Flashback) Bluewer
    His reports are always highly regarded, too.
[17:30] (Flashback) Redmond
    And he has keen poetic sensibilities.
[17:34] Bluewer
    A cheerful duke's son,
    fairly brimming with talent.
[17:40] Bluewer
    Derrick Arden's light shone brightly.
[17:44] Bluewer
    And so we never noticed...
[17:51] Bluewer
    ...the profound shadow his light created.
[18:03] (Flashback) Redmond
    Going out after Lock Up
    is against school rules.
[18:06] (Flashback) Redmond
    And you were drinking?!
[18:08] (Flashback) Derrick
    Disrupting school discipline is a stain
    on both Weston and your own family name!
[18:12] (Flashback) Student
    I-I'm sorry.
[18:16] (Flashback) Redmond
    You get three Ys.
    Have them to me by next week.
[18:20] (Flashback) Student
    Right.
[18:27] (Flashback) Redmond
    Say, have you made any progress
    on the bullying investigation?
[18:32] (Flashback) Derrick
    The fact is, I can't find
    anything unusual going on.
[18:36] (Flashback) Derrick
    Anonymous notes are often fake.
[18:39] (Flashback) Redmond
    I see.
[18:42] (Flashback) Derrick
    There were two notes today.
[18:46] (Flashback) Derrick
    One asks for a larger water ration
    to wash our faces in the morning.
[18:49] (Flashback) Derrick
    The other one...
[18:50] (Flashback) Derrick
    What? "A Poem for the Prefects"?
[18:57] (Flashback) Derrick
    "At the shore of an uncorrupted Lake
[19:00] (Flashback) Derrick
    the mighty Thor did stand,
    torch at his side, and bend his ear
[19:04] (Flashback) Derrick
    to the tune which the gracious disciple
    did play on his misshapen pearl Lyre.
[19:09] (Flashback) Derrick
    But a mischievous Pixie appeared
    and cast his torch into the water—
[19:14] (Flashback) Derrick
    and so the torch's flame went out
    whilst the Lake brimmed over with stars.
[19:20] (Flashback) Derrick
    In time this inspired the legend of
    a beauteous Lake that healed men's hearts;
[19:25] (Flashback) Derrick
    and yet the god, robbed of his Light,
    could only wander in darkness."
[19:32] (Flashback) Derrick
    A poem for the prefects, eh?
    You four are truly objects of admiration.
[19:42] (Flashback) Violet
    What's with the sudden summons?
[19:46] (Flashback) Violet
    I'm sleepy.
[19:47] (Flashback) Redmond
    That poem was a message for us.
[19:52] (Flashback) Redmond
    Thor, the name of the god of thunder,
    is the root of the word "Thursday."
[19:58] (Flashback) Redmond
    The "gracious disciple" bit
    refers to John the Apostle,
[20:01] (Flashback) Redmond
    whose Hebrew name, Johanan,
    means "God is gracious."
[20:05] (Flashback) Redmond
    "Misshapen pearl Lyre"
    is probably code for Baroque music,
[20:10] (Flashback) Redmond
    a context in which Johanan or Johann
    logically points to Johann Sebastian Bach.
[20:16] (Flashback) Redmond
    There's a bust of Bach in the music room.
[20:20] (Flashback) Redmond
    I think "the torch's flame went out"
    is a reference to lights-out time.
[20:26] (Flashback) Redmond
    That poem had a time and
    place skilfully woven into it.
[20:32] (Flashback) Redmond
    What's more, it was specifically
    addressed to us, the prefects.
[20:40] (Flashback) Greenhill
    You're claiming it was a request for us
[20:43] (Flashback) Greenhill
    to come to the music room
    on Thursday at lights-out?
[20:48] (Flashback) Redmond
    Yes. It's an intricately written poem intended
     to convey something to just the four of us.
[20:55] (Flashback) Redmond
    It would be a brilliant work of art
    on its poetic merits alone, though.
[21:00] (Flashback) Bluewer
    I must say, I'm impressed you
     discerned its true meaning.
[21:05] (Flashback) Redmond
    It'll probably be easier for you
     to see it in the lamplight.
[21:10] (Flashback) Redmond
    At first glance,
    it looks like it's all in black ink,
[21:13] (Flashback) Redmond
    but look closely and the important words
     are written in a dark blue.
[21:17] (Flashback) Redmond
    Given that clue, anyone well-educated
    in poetry would pick up on the message.
[21:22] (Flashback) Redmond
    The one thing I don't understand, though,
     is that "robbed of his Light" bit at the end.
[21:29] (Flashback) Student A
    Come on, stand up!
[21:34] (Flashback) Redmond
    What are you doing in here?!
[21:47] (Flashback) Redmond
    D-Derrick?
[21:57] Redmond
    That's right. "Robbed of his Light" meant...