E10 - Spiral: Howling Sword, Rusty Nail Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:02] Dram     ...nis. [00:05] Dram     ...donis. [00:08] Dram     Adonis. [00:13] Adonis     Where am I? [00:26] Dram     Greetings, Adonis the Question. [00:36] Dram     Welcome to the Army of Insatiable Emptiness. [00:45] Adonis     Who are you? [00:48] Dram     I've been waiting for you. [00:51] Dram     Both I and that sword there. [00:54] Adonis     What sword? [00:58] Adonis     What's this? [01:03] Adonis     I can't! My hands will... [01:18] Rusty Nail     Nowhere... [01:22] Adonis     What is this thing?! [01:24] Dram     Your sword, Adonis the Question. [01:28] Dram     I made it, and not even     I could grasp its true form. [01:35] Dram     But your form guides it. [01:38] Adonis     You made this? [01:42] Dram     I am Dram, [01:45] Dram     the swordwright who shaped Runding. [01:47] Adonis     I knew it! [01:49] Dram     That sword strives to gain greater     power through meeting you. [01:55] Dram     The ever-withering force of death. [01:59] Adonis     The force of death... [02:01] Dram     Rusty Nail is a fitting     instrument for you to play. [02:06] Dram     That is the name of the form      I saw in its steel. [02:10] Adonis     Rusty Nail... [02:14] Adonis     This is my sword. [02:17] Adonis     This monster of a sword... is mine? [02:21] Adonis     The first sword that's really mine! [02:34] Sian     Give me one reason I should teach this lout. [02:39] Dram     No one else can. [02:41] Dram     I'd like you to stake your pride      as an Enola on this job, [02:45] Dram     Sian. [02:47] Adonis     Sian Lablac? [02:51] Sian     Submit to me, starting now. [02:54] Sian     I'll teach you how to swing that sword. [03:59] Bennett     Oh? Now this is a surprise. [04:03] Bennett     We hadn't heard from you in so     long we were getting worried. [04:06] Bennett     Come on in. [04:09] Bennett     Belle? [04:11] Belle     I couldn't do it. [04:13] Gwyn     The door to journeys must be     a real tough nut to crack. [04:17] Belle     Gwyn, when's the next battle? [04:21] Gwyn     It starts in three days. [04:23] Gwyn     We'll be fighting over farmland. Why? [04:26] Belle     I want you to include me. [04:28] Gwyn     You, Belle? [04:29] Gwyn     What brought this on? [04:31] Belle     I want to swing my sword. [04:37] Gwyn     She looks white as a sheet, [04:39] Gwyn     and she's still looking for a swordfight? [04:42] Gwyn     There's always some love affair     at the bottom of such things. [04:46] Bennett     What do you have to sulk about? [04:49] Bennett     You've got that foulmouthed     Underdog girl, remember? [04:53] Gwyn     And you never stick to one partner. [04:56] Gwyn     You've got nothing to hold over my head. [05:00] Bennett     She's special, that girl. [05:04] Bennett     You can't peg her age.     She's free of all external markers, too. [05:09] Bennett     Beauty and ugliness no longer apply. [05:12] Bennett     I'm almost jealous of her. [05:16] Gwyn     She's after a companion     to go journeying with her, [05:20] Gwyn     certainly not some passing fling. [05:23] Bennett     I know that! [05:25] Bennett     And no one can stick it out by her side      while she's gearing up to leave. [05:31] Gwyn     Adonis signed up for one     hell of a responsibility. [05:35] Bennett     Are you going to tell her     about your little plan? [05:40] Gwyn     If she wants a traveling companion,     I want to show her [05:46] Gwyn     that we can become something like     nomads without leaving Park City. [06:05] Mist     Gwyn! [06:07] Mist     Today, we settle things once and for all! [06:10] Mist     I hope you're ready! [06:14] Bennett     I see you two haven't changed. [06:16] Gwyn     If I lose here, I join the Underdogs tomorrow. [06:21] Bennett     Honestly, could you respect the rules     of Park City any less? [06:24] Gwyn     Now then... [06:26] Gwyn     You're up, Belle! [06:28] Gwyn     I bet you're sick of waiting! [06:29] Belle     Well, yeah. [06:41] Belle     My body can't keep up with me. [06:44] Belle     I'm rustier than I thought. [06:52] Belle     My sword feels heavy. [06:56] Belle     Why do I feel so powerless? [06:59] Adonis     Can you? [07:01] Adonis     Can you cut me? [07:03] Belle     You bet I can! [07:18] Belle     I'll kill you! [07:32] Sian     First off, cough up all     those swords you stole. [07:39] Sian     Well, I'll be. [07:41] Sian     No wonder you've got people out for you. [07:45] Sian     Okay, start by doubting even your doubts. [07:49] Sian     You'll find your roots in that. [07:51] Adonis     What? [07:52] Sian     I'm telling you to break every blade     here with your hands and that sword. [07:58] Sian     You'll never beat my daughter     in this sorry state. [08:04] Adonis     What?! [08:10] Adonis     M-My sword! [08:12] Adonis     M-M-My... [08:18] Sian     Don't panic, fool. Look closer. [08:22] Sian     That sword withers without end. [08:25] Sian     Don't get attached to a mere shell. [08:30] Adonis     Just now, I felt like the sword     smiled at me a little. [08:35] Sian     Glad to hear it. [08:37] Sian     Now keep that spirit and come at me. [08:49] Rusty Nail     Nowhere... [09:02] Bennett     She's like a storm raging without a sound. [09:05] Bennett     That's not Belle. [09:07] Bennett     The real Belle has sunk somewhere deep below. [09:11] Gwyn     And she'll drown if she stays there. [09:15] Bennett     How can you be so calm? [09:19] Gwyn     Say, Bennett, [09:20] Gwyn     can you still see with that eye? [09:24] Gwyn     Barely. Why? [09:27] Gwyn     All mermaids act as guardian spirits [09:30] Gwyn     in the mental plane counterpart to our world. [09:36] Gwyn     That's the real reason you     reflect the minds of others, [09:42] Gwyn     and why mermaids are     always both male and female. [09:47] Bennett     But what can I do now? [09:50] Bennett     I'm a half-baked mermaid,     stuck living out my life as a man. [09:55] Gwyn     I wouldn't say that. [09:57] Gwyn     Take this eye injury of yours. [10:00] Gwyn     Have you ever thought about how mermaids'     physical wounds link to mental ones, [10:04] Gwyn     and to your male and female selves? [10:10] Bennett     Are you saying I should... [10:13] Gwyn     No one else can do it. [10:16] Gwyn     You can't tell me you don't know why     Belle only ever visits your place. [10:28] Sian     That's one sword down. [10:31] Sian     I'd call this a decent start. [10:35] Sian     Eat and sleep. We start early tomorrow. [10:38] Sian     Got that? [10:44] Adonis     I'll kill you one day... [11:00] Adonis     How much do you know about me? [11:05] Dram     I grasped everything about you      when you turned up here. [11:10] Adonis     How could you make this sword     without knowing me? [11:15] Dram     I merely give the future form in steel. [11:19] Adonis     The future? [11:21] Dram     Steel takes the shape of a sword—its future. [11:26] Dram     The sword draws in its wielder     and seeks to assume a fitting form. [11:32] Adonis     Does that include Belle's Runding? [11:38] Dram     Take a soak in the bath before you rest. [11:41] Dram     I added medicine to heal your wounds. [11:45] Dram     If you want a lullaby, [11:47] Dram     I'll start telling you more tomorrow. [11:54] Sian     Listen to the voice of the steel! [11:56] Adonis     Damn it! [11:56] Sian     Consider that sword your soulmate! [12:00] Sian     Don't think of it as just a tool! [12:07] Adonis     Kill me. [12:09] Adonis     I'll take you out someday. [12:11] Adonis     End me while you can. [12:13] Adonis     Kill me! [12:16] Sian     "The answer to our prayers," huh? [12:18] Adonis     Why did you agree to instruct me? [12:21] Sian     Because I'm an Enola. [12:24] Sian     The form of my curse forces me to do so. [12:31] (Flashback) Gaff     I'll carry on your teachings     for my brother as well as myself. [12:36] (Flashback) Gaff     So please... [12:37] (Flashback) Sian     Gaff. [12:39] (Flashback) Gaff     Meister, continue our lessons! [12:43] Sian     I made a mistake. [12:46] Sian     I became a teacher to escape     my birth as Prince Fatal, [12:51] Sian     but my swordplay felt like a deception, [12:53] Sian     and I directed my frustrations     at the next Prince Fatal. [13:09] (Flashback) Sian     This sword... [13:12] (Flashback) Dram     Can you read it? [13:16] (Flashback) Sian     "Enola." [13:18] (Flashback) Dram     I've been waiting for you... [13:22] (Flashback) Dram     for such a long, long time. [13:27] Dram     That was me. [13:30] Dram     Back when I only knew my male self, [13:35] Dram     I came to Park City to find     the other side of me. [13:39] Dram     There, I met a man named Gibson, [13:42] Dram     who helped me while I     apprenticed as a swordwright. [13:46] Dram     But I never awakened as a woman     while I was living with him. [13:53] (Flashback) Sian     What a magnificent sword. [13:55] (Flashback) Sian     With skills like yours, [13:56] (Flashback) Sian     I hope you'll come to the castle. [13:59] (Flashback) Dram     There, I shall entrust the shape     of the future to steel. [14:12] (Flashback) Dram     Gibson... [14:15] (Flashback) Gibson     Be happy. [14:21] (Flashback) Sian     Are you really sure about this? [14:25] (Flashback) Dram     I knew that I'd eventually have to betray [14:28] (Flashback) Dram     either the person I care for most [14:32] (Flashback) Dram     or the feelings that mean the most to me. [14:50] (Flashback) Dram     Take me with you... [14:54] (Flashback) Dram     to where the future I ought to shape is. [15:00] (Flashback) Sian     King Rawhide has given a direct order. [15:02] (Flashback) Sian     He wants you to carve steel     from the divine tree [15:06] (Flashback) Sian     and fashion swords for the priesthood. [15:09] (Flashback) Dram     What future will the divine tree show? [15:17] (Flashback) Dram     Visions of ruin! [15:19] (Flashback) Dram     Sacrifice for the sake of creation! [15:21] (Flashback) Dram     It's rejecting me. [15:24] (Flashback) Dram     Who are you waiting for?! [15:30] Sian     Dram saw through the divine     tree's true nature at a glance. [15:35] Sian     It left her no choice but to accept     divine rule as the Princess Laideronette. [15:42] (Flashback) Solist     A Nidhogg has appeared! [15:44] (Flashback) Solist     Some solist's axe consumed his soul! [15:47] (Flashback) Sian     Who?! What's his name? [15:49] (Flashback) Solist     Gibson. [15:51] (Flashback) Dram     I made that sword! [15:54] (Flashback) Dram     You're telling me it infected Gibson's soul?! [15:57] (Flashback) Dram     Show me! [15:58] (Flashback) Dram     Let me see Gibson's sword! [16:14] (Flashback) Dram     It's that tree! The divine tree! [16:17] (Flashback) Dram     Look at how warped it's become! [16:22] (Flashback) Dram     The Ashes of the Tried... [16:25] (Flashback) Dram     They're what turned Gibson's sword into that. [16:29] (Flashback) Dram     You gave him the ashes? [16:32] (Flashback) Dram     I see. [16:34] (Flashback) Dram     That god's true power is erasing the future. [16:40] (Flashback) Dram     I've been a fool not to realize it before now. [16:46] Sian     After that, [16:49] Sian     every sword Dram wrought came out abnormal. [16:54] Sian     Blades no one could wield,     spells no one understood, [16:58] Sian     designs that defied all comprehension... [17:01] Sian     About the only decent one [17:03] Sian     was the sword she gave to Gaff. [17:06] Sian     And Dram carved the spells she engraved     on her swords into her own body. [17:14] Dram     That was when I started hearing the voices. [17:18] Dram     Despair for the present     and endless hope for the future. [17:22] Shadows     Nowhere.... [17:23] Dram     Their hunger drew me to the darkness... [17:30] Dram     As it did you. [17:39] Adonis     What exactly are you people     trying to make me do? [17:43] Sian     We need someone to doubt reason. [17:47] Adonis     And just what is a "girl of reason," anyway? SIGN    "The Girl of Reason" [17:51] Sian     The reason that exists     all throughout this world... [17:55] Sian     She will demolish our ancient order     and bring a new world into being. [18:01] Sian     She was also the immediate     impetus for my own journey. [18:06] (Flashback) Sian     "The girl of reason"? [18:08] Rabbitia     One of Denari Land's greatest mysteries. SIGN    Denari Land [18:14] Sian     Guided by that revelation I received, [18:17] Sian     I became a nomad. [18:19] Sian     And at the end of my long journey,     I solved her riddle and raised her. [18:24] Adonis     Belle, you mean? [18:27] Sian     When I first laid eyes on Belle,     I felt the urge to kill. [18:31] Sian     But I nevertheless resolved     to raise the girl of reason [18:36] Sian     because she was waiting for me. [18:39] Adonis     Don't tell me the     girl of reason is the gods'... [18:42] Sian     Behind her lies the true god     who dispatched Deus Ex Machina [18:46] Sian     to rule the realms of paradise     in the ancient age of gods. [18:53] Sian     Discover the rest for yourself, [18:56] Sian     unless you'd rather die here. [19:02] Adonis     We're basically playing at being family. [19:05] Adonis     Life would be so much easier if     playing house could save anyone. [19:09] Adonis     You know the vision of the     future you left in Runding? [19:13] Adonis     I want to see it, too. [19:17] Dram     I made that sword of steel yet to ripen. [19:21] Dram     It is forever being born. [19:24] Dram     I made your sword of steel rusted to nothing. [19:28] Dram     It is forever withering. [19:31] Adonis     I think I understand [19:33] Adonis     what you want me to do with     this sword. To that god... [19:38] Adonis     and to Belle. [19:41] Adonis     You'd better not touch my hands. [19:44] Dram     Only because you define your curse that way. [19:51] Dram     You are the wellspring of your curse. [19:54] Dram     The true identity of what fills     your world with enmity and hate. [20:03] Adonis     What? [20:05] Adonis     You're telling me it was that simple? [20:10] Adonis     I was born without a mother,     so I grew up without drinking mother's milk. [20:18] Adonis     Without enough warmth. [20:21] Dram     It's all right. [20:48] Adonis     I've seen it. [20:49] Sian     Oh? [20:51] Adonis     I think I understand why I'm     the one to wield this sword. [20:58] Sian     Come at me. [21:29] Rusty Nail     Nowhere... [21:34] Sian     The child we need. [21:37] Adonis     To truly doubt has no meaning!     It doesn't even need a reason! [21:43] Adonis     Whatever I question with this     sword just withers forever [21:48] Adonis     as the darkness of the     future swallows it whole! [21:54] Dram     I give you the fangs of the     Army of Insatiable Emptiness. [21:59] Dram     Child of darkness, [22:01] Dram     by welcoming you into its ranks, the army     will render its own theme unshakable. [22:33] Adonis     Darkness turned out to be warmer than light. [22:38] Adonis     That's the whole of my motif. [22:41] Rusty Nail     Nowhere... [22:47] Shadows     Nowhere... [22:55] Shadows     Nowhere... Nowhere... [23:09] (Flashback) Dram     You're waiting too... [23:13] (Flashback) Dram     For the girl of reason... SIGN    Tenth Movement SIGN    Spiral: Howling Sword, Rusty Nail [23:25] Belle     Moonwork. "To do as the moon." [23:27] Gwyn     I want to risk my life! [23:28] Bennett     Stop it, Benedictine! [23:30] Kitty     May I ask you a question? [23:31] Adonis     ...for you to come die at my hand. [23:33] Sherry     I can never sing again! [23:36] Young Belle?     Forever in the stone.