E7 - Examiner of Curses, Blessings, and Their Shapes 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.) [00:07] Guidance     Funeral rain. [00:08] Guidance     It falls as a ritual to cleanse the     signs of battle in the Katakombe. [00:14] Guidance     Guided by the music of the weather players, SIGN    Weather Players [00:17] Guidance     it absolves all blood and all grudges. [00:27] Belle     You're hurt. [00:30] Gaff     The wound no longer pains me. [00:33] Gaff     I can still play Schwert Musik for the dead. [00:36] Belle     What happened? [00:39] Gaff     I fought a priest of the Katakombe.     He showed tremendous skill. [00:43] Gaff     Tom Collins, his name was. [00:46] Belle     Adonis's dad?! [00:49] Gaff     I slew him. [00:53] Belle     Why did you do it? [00:55] Gaff     The divine summons orchestrated that     battle down to the closing band. [01:01] Gaff     I cannot stay my sword when     our god wills otherwise. [01:06] Belle     Your sword's the last one     I'd ever want to die by. [01:10] Gaff     As nobility of the castle,     I was born into this fate. SIGN    Nobility [01:14] Belle     I think I'm done crossing swords for today. SIGN    Bye Bye, Earth SIGN    Bye Bye, Earth [03:02] Belle     Sorry. [03:03] Belle     I wasn't paying attention. [03:06] Sherry     I see now. The city's simply full of pain. [03:12] Belle     Can you stand? [03:21] Sherry     I taste iron! [03:25] Sherry     I'm not accustomed to walking around the city. [03:28] Sherry     Maybe that's why I keep     falling again and again. [03:32] Sherry     Bumping into people, tripping on stairs... [03:37] Sherry     But this is the first time I've gotten hurt. [03:40] Sherry     Who knew blood came out of noses? [03:43] Sherry     What an enormous sword! [03:45] Sherry     You must be a solist. [03:47] Belle     Do you feel okay? Are you hurt anywhere else? [03:51] Belle     It's like she just expects other     people to clean her up. [03:54] Belle     Is she nobility from the castle? [03:56] Belle     Are you on your own? [03:58] Belle     You didn't even bring an umbrella. [04:00] Sherry     I've never gotten permission before. [04:03] Sherry     To go out on the town alone, I mean. [04:05] Sherry     They did give me an umbrella, [04:08] Sherry     but I didn't know how to open it,      so I threw it away. [04:11] Belle     What does she mean, she didn't know how? [04:15] Belle     Are noblewomen really that sheltered? [04:19] Sherry     Um, Miss Solist? [04:21] Belle     Oh, just call me Belle. [04:23] Sherry     Goodness. [04:25] Sherry     That must make you Belle Lablac. [04:29] Sherry     How lovely you are. [04:31] Belle     E-E-Excuse me? [04:33] Sherry     So bold and dashing. [04:35] Sherry     A mighty solist, I'm certain. [04:42] Belle     You'll catch a cold standing out here. [04:45] Sherry     This rain wouldn't dream of harming me. [04:50] Sherry     I mean, I called it up with my own song. [04:56] Guidance     Funeral rain is effected through     a chorus of united musicians [05:02] Guidance     and the castle's lead vocalist, [05:06] Guidance     who harmonizes with all things     in heaven and earth. SIGN    Lead Vocalist [05:10] Belle     Don't tell me you're... [05:13] Sherry     Oh, I haven't introduced myself. [05:15] Sherry     I'm Sherry. I'm on my way     to see lead solist Shandy Gaff. [05:24] Bennett     You sure brought a load      of trouble with you, didn't you? [05:28] Belle     What else was I supposed to do? [05:30] Belle     I don't know anyone else who     might have clothes that fit her. [05:34] Belle     She must be freezing. Let her use your bath. [05:38] Belle     And, anyway, I came to see you as a woman. [05:41] Belle     How'd I get stuck with two drunk guys? [05:44] Gwyn     Hey! [05:46] Bennett     I can't help it. [05:48] Bennett     I haven't been a woman since I was injured,     though I don't know if that's the cause. [05:52] Bennett     Please, come right this way. [05:56] Sherry     My! What a bath! [05:58] Sherry     O-Oh dear. [06:01] Belle     Remember: you peek, I fillet you. [06:04] Bennett     Really, Belle. I have my     good name to consider. [06:10] Gwyn     That's rich. You're always running     off on some fling or another. [06:14] Bennett     And you seem awfully hung up on     that girl you gave your sword to! [06:15] Sherry     What's this? [06:16] Belle     You break it and hot water comes o— [06:19] Sherry     Oh, it's for breaking. [06:22] Bennett     No! My best carpet! [06:25] Bennett     What did I do to deserve this?! [06:28] Sherry     Are you certain this is enough water, Belle? [06:28] Gwyn     Her Highness doesn't even     know how to take a bath! [06:31] Bennett     Belle! Take responsibility and show her! [06:37] Belle     Sherry, let's get in together. [06:41] Sherry     Certainly! [06:43] Sherry     These bubbles have such a lovely fragrance. [06:47] Belle     I guess Bennett doesn't skimp     on foam fruits, either. [06:51] Sherry     I must tell my maidservants when I get back. [06:54] Belle     Man, you really do live like a princess. [06:57] Gwyn     You think maybe Belle doesn't know? [06:59] Bennett     How could she not? [07:01] Bennett     Princess Sherry is the castle's     lead vocalist and... [07:04] Belle     King Rawhide's daughter?! [07:13] Sherry     Why, you have the same furniture as Shandy. [07:17] Belle     I borrowed it off him. [07:18] Belle     Gaff's been a lifesaver. [07:22] Sherry     And you've done so much for me. [07:25] Sherry     I wish I had some way to repay you. [07:28] Belle     Sing for me, then. [07:30] Sherry     Sing? Really? [07:32] Belle     Yeah. I want to hear you sing. [07:35] Sherry     But what should I sing? [07:39] Sherry     Nothing here is broken,     and I mustn't stop the rain yet. [07:45] Belle     That's okay. I'd love to hear you     sing whatever you feel like. [07:51] Sherry     All right. [08:40] Belle     Thank you. That was amazing. [08:43] Sherry     No one's ever asked me to repay     a favor with song before. [08:49] Belle     Seems singing's really hard on you. [08:56] Belle     Sherry? [09:01] Belle     Huh? [09:04] Sherry     Shandy! [09:05] Gaff     Sherry? I never dreamed     I'd find you with Belle. [09:09] Sherry     Do pardon me. [09:11] Sherry     I've been imposing. [09:13] Sherry     But she's just like you said she was. [09:17] Sherry     Strong, gallant, and profoundly perceptive. [09:23] Sherry     Her insight is so keen it's frightening. [09:26] Gaff     Apologies for the trouble, Belle. [09:29] Belle     Don't sweat it. I could say the same. [09:31] Gaff     Sherry. [09:46] Kir     Tiziano's sword? [09:48] Kir     What a dreadful Schwert Streich. [09:51] Kir     If Belle Lablac dealt this blow, [09:54] Kir     I couldn't hold a candle to her     now that I've lost my own sword. [09:59] Adonis     I need to ask you something. [10:03] Adonis     Kir... [10:04] Adonis     Do you know about the examiner? SIGN    Examiner     One who tests [10:06] Kir     I've heard of them. [10:09] Kir     A royal inspector who visits     solists with broken swords. [10:13] Adonis     Right now, I fulfill that role. [10:17] Adonis     The price I paid for sacred ashes. [10:20] Adonis     I was given something similar     called "Ashes of the Tried," SIGN    Sacred Ashes SIGN    Ashes of the Tried [10:25] Adonis     and I go around testing the good and evil     in solists who've broken their swords. [10:30] Kir     Testing them how? [10:32] Adonis     When a broken sword is reborn,     the sword tests its wielder. [10:37] Kir     "Reborn"? [10:39] Kir     So when Gaff shattered this sword     of Tiziano's, you restored it to life? [10:47] Adonis     The resurrected sword turned     Tiziano into a Nidhogg. SIGN    Nidhogg     Fiend [10:52] Adonis     I came back from the Katakombe with     that certainty, and that doubt. SIGN    Doubt [10:57] Adonis     I'm going to revive your sword, [11:00] Adonis     together with this one. [11:01] Adonis     That's my latest order from the priests. [11:04] Adonis     But if the reborn sword only exists     to turn its wielder into a Nidhogg, [11:11] Adonis     I mean to break it again and ask     the priests to explain themselves. [11:16] Adonis     Please allow me that. [11:19] Kir     You witnessed Tiziano's final moments. [11:22] Kir     Do as you wish. [11:28] Adonis     Ashes of the Tried... [11:32] Adonis     Your Lived. Tiziano's Legna. [11:35] Adonis     I will now subject both     swords to examination. SIGN    Examination     The magic of testing [11:47] Kir     Look at the spells! [12:00] Kir     Dillegnave! [12:02] Kir     "One who bears good tidings"     in the tongue of the age of gods. SIGN    Dillegnave     One who bears good tidings [12:05] Adonis     I can't believe you know that. [12:07] Kir     I didn't. The sword told me. [12:10] Adonis     The sword told you? [12:11] Kir     Far from a thing of evil, this sword     will grant me boundless strength. [12:17] Kir     Thank you, Adonis. [12:20] Adonis     Then it wasn't the sword     that drove Tiziano mad after all... [12:28] Belle     That's a lot to digest. [12:30] Adonis     Yeah. I've made my peace     with what happened to Tiz. [12:35] Belle     Have you? I'm glad to hear it. [12:37] Adonis     Anyway, sorry about that. You were saying? [12:40] Belle     Oh, right. [12:42] Belle     I felt kind of annoyed. Or maybe lonely. [12:46] Adonis     When Gaff put his arm     around Princess Sherry's shoulders? [12:51] Belle     Bennett and Gwyn were cracking jokes about     love, but I do not have a thing for Gaff! [12:57] Adonis     Maybe it has more to do with the princess. [13:00] Belle     You think I fell for her? [13:05] Adonis     Listen, my point is... [13:08] Adonis     you could never be like her,      even if you tried. [13:12] Belle     What's that supposed to mean? [13:13] Adonis     You're featureless. [13:15] Belle     You don't have to rub it in. [13:17] Adonis     You're the one who asked. [13:20] Belle     I don't judge people by their looks. [13:24] Adonis     I like it. [13:26] Adonis     Sometimes I even wish I could shave off     my ears and fur so I'd look like you. [13:33] Belle     Now you're giving me the creeps. [13:35] Adonis     How old are you? [13:37] Belle     Who knows? [13:38] Belle     I know how long it's been since I hatched     from that stone egg, but that's it. [13:44] Adonis     But you're a grown woman physically, right? [13:47] Belle     Who just comes out and asks that, jackass?! [13:53] Adonis     How would you feel     about having my kids someday? [13:56] Belle     Huh?! [13:58] Adonis     That way, I might end up     with little ones who look like you. [14:05] Belle     Your kids aren't you, you know? [14:07] Adonis     I know. [14:09] Adonis     Basically, I want to sleep with you. [14:12] Belle     What'd you say that for?! [14:15] Adonis     Not just to say it, and not     on a whim. I know that much. [14:17] Belle     I'd go berserk if that's all it was. [14:24] Adonis     So, what do you say? [14:29] Belle     If I fall for you, then sure. [14:34] Adonis     To be honest, I'm not totally sure     what possessed me to say it either. [14:39] Belle     Seriously? [14:46] Belle     Tell me, Adonis. [14:49] Belle     You can't grow swords, can you? [14:56] Adonis     Oh, right. I still haven't told you anything. [15:00] Belle     Huh? [15:01] Adonis     I just assumed I must have explained     my whole deal at some point. [15:05] Belle     What?! [15:07] Adonis     I'm completely at ease with you. [15:10] Adonis     You're so strange. A total mystery. [15:12] Belle     One of us sure is. [15:14] Adonis     Bamboo. [15:21] Adonis     This is my curse. [15:24] Adonis     I've been stuck with it since I was born. [15:32] Belle     No way... [15:34] Adonis     Like you said, I can't grow swords. [15:38] Belle     Is there a reason? [15:40] Adonis     It's a nomad's curse. [15:44] Adonis     Before I was born, an old     nomad visited the Katakombe. [15:49] Adonis     He wanted the Collins family     to give him a funeral. [15:53] Adonis     If he died in the Katakombe, [15:55] Adonis     raven blossoms would carry the news     to his lost homeland. [15:59] Adonis     By way of payment, [16:01] Adonis     the old nomad offered to help my family     in what little time he had left. [16:06] Adonis     He defended the Katakombe alongside them [16:10] Adonis     and ultimately fell in battle. [16:13] Adonis     My father was there when it happened. [16:16] Adonis     He cradled the nomad's     body without thinking. [16:19] Adonis     And then... [16:21] (Flashback) Old Nomad     You must not touch my blood. [16:25] (Flashback) Old Nomad     It's my curse. [16:28] (Flashback) Old Nomad     It spreads through nomad blood. [16:33] (Flashback) Old Nomad     Have faith that it will become a blessing... [16:39] Adonis     The curse didn't manifest in my father. [16:42] Adonis     That trial only affects those who     overcome fear and accept it. [16:46] Adonis     Still, the nomad's blood never left my father. [16:51] Adonis     I was born a few years later. [16:55] Adonis     And this is the form     the nomad's curse has taken. [16:59] Adonis     You could say I was born to become a nomad, [17:03] Adonis     even though I still have no     reason to leave on a journey. [17:09] Adonis     I kept knocking on the door of journeys [17:11] Adonis     and wound up one of the top four solists,     wondering what the hell our god wants. [17:17] Adonis     I still haven't found any kind of meaning. [17:21] Adonis     In the end, no one knows     what they're living for. [17:26] Belle     I've always felt the same way, deep down. [17:31] Belle     I... I want to know my roots! [17:34] Belle     So I can find my roots. [17:37] Belle     I want to know who I am, where I     came from, and where I should go! [17:45] Belle     Let's go on a journey, Adonis. [17:48] Belle     Knock on the door of journeys with me! [17:53] Adonis     Do you remember those pops? [17:57] Adonis     I noticed you feeding them, [18:01] Adonis     and I couldn't understand why. [18:03] Adonis     Why does she feed them? [18:06] Adonis     And if she's feeding them,     why not take them in? [18:10] Adonis     Why does she look so happy? [18:14] Adonis     Why does she want to leave on a journey, [18:18] Adonis     even if it means taking on a curse? [18:24] Adonis     I bet traveling with you     would never get dull. [18:39] Sherry     I'd like you to return these     clothes to that gentleman. [18:43] Belle     I see you learned how to work an umbrella. [18:45] Sherry     I had Shandy teach me. [18:48] Sherry     Oh, how I struggled at first. [18:50] Belle     I'll bet. [18:52] Sherry     To be honest, I wanted to see you     so I could ask you something. [18:58] Sherry     When I sang here, you said that it     seemed hard on me, did you not? [19:05] Sherry     No one has ever said     anything like that before. [19:09] Sherry     Singing is all I have. [19:11] Sherry     I've been singing for the castle and     the people since I was but a child. [19:16] Sherry     Who would spare me a glance if I couldn't? [19:20] Sherry     How could singing... be hard on me? [19:25] Sherry     Why, Belle? [19:27] Belle     Sherry. [19:32] Adonis     Belle. [19:34] Adonis     Oh, you already have company. [19:36] Adonis     No big deal. I was just wondering if you     wanted to get something to eat. [19:39] Belle     That's it! [19:40] Belle     Sherry! I might just have your answer! [19:45] Belle     Nice going, Adonis! [19:57] Sherry     My, you have so many charming friends. [20:00] Belle     They can be your friends, too,      if you ever feel like it. [20:04] Gwyn     Naturally. [20:05] Bennett     Just say the word. [20:08] Sherry     Thank you. [20:13] Kitty     There she is. [20:16] Belle     I ordered a song. [20:17] Sherry     A song? [21:38] Sherry     E-Excuse me! [21:43] Kitty     She cannot speak except for in song. [21:48] Kitty     Likewise with her hearing.      It's her nomad's curse. [21:59] Sherry     I hate crying. It's cowardly. [22:03] Sherry     I don't want to cry and feel better. [22:06] Sherry     Look. Does she shed a single tear? [22:12] Sherry     As a fellow songstress, I feel envious,     frustrated, and heartbroken. [22:17] Sherry     But... [22:19] Sherry     the thought that I can still     cry fills me with joy. [22:25] Kitty     Well, Belle wept when     she first heard a song here. [22:30] Sherry     You mean you cry too? [22:33] Belle     Well, yeah. Whenever I feel like it. [22:38] Sherry     I want to be needed! [22:42] Sherry     Does anyone have need of someone who cries? [22:46] Belle     You'll forget how to need other     people if you keep that up. [22:51] Belle     Must be hard on you. [22:54] Sherry     True... [22:55] Belle     I bet you won't stay that     way anymore, though. [23:00] Sherry     True. [23:02] Belle     No, I said too much. Sorry. [23:06] Sherry     True. [23:07] Belle     Basically, er, I want     to feel needed too, so... [23:13] Belle     You understand, right, Sherry? [23:16] Sherry     Thank you, Belle. SIGN    Seventh Movement SIGN    Examiner of Curses, Blessings, and Their Shapes [23:30] Adonis     Let's keep the guests entertained. [23:31] Kir     Belle Lablac awaits me. [23:33] Sherry     Run, Belle! [23:34] Belle     This is the sword you're so proud of?! [23:36] Kitty     This is your last duty before     you can go journeying! SIGN    Eighth Movement SIGN    A Ball Shaking Before the Fiend Flower