# 11 - Underworld
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**[00:28] ---**
Here she comes...!
**[00:33] ---**
Run!
**[00:46] ---**
Damn! This is insane!
**[00:57] ---**
You...!
**[01:02] ---**
As per the ancient pact and
the request of the Three Lords,
**[01:07] ---**
we will now hold a purity inquiry!
**[01:28] ---**
Wait!
**[01:29] ---**
There are still three years
left until the next inquiry!
**[01:34] ---**
Why are you doing this now?!
**[01:35] ---**
It's okay, Vera. I thought
these people might do this.
**[01:44] ---**
Do as you wish.
**[02:03] ---**
*kuchizuke o kawashita hi wa*
**[02:09] ---**
*mama no kao sae mo mirenakatta*
**[02:15] ---**
*poketto no koin atsumete*
**[02:20] ---**
*hitotsu zutsu yume o kazoeta ne*
**[02:27] ---**
*hora are wa futari no kakurega*
**[02:34] ---**
*himitsu no memorii oh*
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*doko de kowareta no oh friends*
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*utsumuku hi wa mitsumeatte*
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*yubi o tsunaidara oh friends*
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*toki ga tomaru ki ga shita*
**[03:22] ---**
Then the stuff the Three Clans
guys said about being her husband...
**[03:27] ---**
It's true.
**[03:29] ---**
The princess *must* marry and
have a child with one of them
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to preserve the royal family's bloodline.
**[03:37] ---**
Hold on. You didn't think you
could be with her forever, did you?
**[03:43] ---**
Well...
**[03:45] ---**
I thought so. It'll never happen.
**[03:48] ---**
You and the princess bear different karmas.
**[03:52] ---**
Your time together will not last forever.
**[03:58] ---**
What is she doing now?
**[04:00] ---**
She's fighting too.
**[04:03] ---**
It should be underway as we speak.
**[04:08] ---**
A purity inquiry?!
**[04:09] ---**
That's right.
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It's to determine if her
body is pure and worthy enough
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for her to be a royal mother.
**[04:17] ---**
You can't be serious!
**[04:19] ---**
This is basically a lynching.
**[04:22] ---**
It's an inquiry in name only;
it's really meant to tell the princess,
**[04:28] ---**
"You belong to us."
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The Stigma spray. I'm putting up the top.
**[04:51] ---**
Why does the princess have to put up with this?!
**[04:55] ---**
Why do you want to know?
**[04:57] ---**
Please, tell me!
**[05:00] ---**
A long time ago, there was a
big civil war in the vampire society.
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The Rozenmann, Li, and
Ivanovic clans arrogantly revolted
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against the royal family,
which ruled over the clans.
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In no time flat they drove out
the other clans and absorbed them.
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Eventually, they invaded Tepeş territory.
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After the castle was burned
and she was driven from her land,
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Queen Lucrezia, the ruler at the
time, eventually died at their hands.
**[05:28] ---**
But not even they could afford
to end the line of true-bloods,
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so the princess was permitted to live,
merely as a container of blood.
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In exchange for her life, her
purity would be tested once a decade.
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A long time has passed since then.
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The development of the
artificial blood known as Stigma
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freed us from our fates
of having to attack humans
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and is changing our relationships with them.
**[05:55] ---**
Darkness and lightness that
were once separate are now mixing
**[05:59] ---**
in what is a new dawn--or a new twilight.
**[06:01] ---**
Although the confusion has
produced radical groups like Telomere
**[06:05] ---**
comprised of vampires and humans alike,
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it also provided the momentum
for the princess to build this bund.
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But she is constrained by
the Three Clans' old chains,
**[06:16] ---**
and at each inquiry they basically say,
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"We'll recognize your title as ruler.
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But someday your body *will* fall into our hands."
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It's in this way that they
attempt to control her spirit as well.
**[06:36] ---**
Princess...
**[06:40] ---**
I let you see something unsightly. Forgive me.
**[06:44] ---**
This is what the ruler of
the vampires is really like.
**[06:48] ---**
Funny, isn't it?
**[06:49] ---**
This is... This is absolutely horrible!
**[06:52] ---**
I have to tell Akira--
**[06:53] ---**
No!
**[06:56] ---**
I do not want Akira to
know that I'm... like this...
**[07:03] ---**
I'm sure Akira can do something!
**[07:05] ---**
Do not be absurd.
**[07:07] ---**
He is not the type who
can solve things on his own.
**[07:10] ---**
Yes, he is!
**[07:13] ---**
After all... he thinks about
you more than anyone else!
**[07:22] ---**
Princess?
**[07:23] ---**
I remember the day I first met Akira.
**[07:28] ---**
That day seven years ago?
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No, even ten years before that.
I met him just after he was born.
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I had just undergone an inquiry then, too...
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He was my salvation
when I was feeling all alone...
**[07:48] ---**
Akira... Akira...
**[07:51] ---**
Where are you? Please hurry and save me...
**[07:59] ---**
Whoever kills me wins the bet. Right?
**[08:03] ---**
No one's going to come
help you, just so you know.
**[08:05] ---**
That's fine with me.
**[08:06] ---**
If scheming, hate, and madness are
the chains holding the princess down,
**[08:11] ---**
then I'll break them all!
**[08:13] ---**
Careful, kid.
**[08:16] ---**
What you're saying sounds just like Telomere.
**[08:19] ---**
You saw something during
your mission one year ago.
**[08:25] ---**
There's one last piece that's
slipped from your memory, isn't there?
**[08:32] ---**
How do you know that?
**[08:34] ---**
Because you wouldn't be acting this way now
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if you had your full memory back.
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I might side with the Three Clans
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depending on how you react
once you do get that piece back.
**[08:50] ---**
Then can I assume we won't
be enemies for the time being?
**[08:55] ---**
Yeah.
**[08:59] ---**
Then pass this message on to the princess:
**[09:01] ---**
"I won't die! I *will* return to
you alive! So stay strong too!"
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I'll tell her.
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I'm coming, Princess!
**[09:22] ---**
Here I go!
**[09:23] ---**
One! Two! Three! Four!
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Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten!
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Are you ready?!
**[09:37] ---**
Ready!
**[09:46] ---**
I see your form hasn't
changed from the old days.
**[09:50] ---**
Feeling sad for yourself is nice and all,
**[09:54] ---**
but don't forget that there is
someone out there shedding blood for you.
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You met Akira?!
**[10:02] ---**
He has a message for you.
**[10:06] ---**
"I *will* return to you alive.
So stay strong too."
**[10:12] ---**
He'll return alive? You're sure he said that?!
**[10:16] ---**
He intends to defeat each
of the assassins sent after him.
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He's barehanded, completely on his own,
**[10:24] ---**
and up against three
extremely skilled hired killers.
**[10:29] ---**
But I'm sure he'll fight anyway.
Entirely for you, Princess.
**[10:35] ---**
So, Akira wants me to stay strong...
**[10:40] ---**
He wants me to fight...
**[10:45] ---**
Yuki! Bring Vera here!
**[10:48] ---**
R-Right!
**[10:50] ---**
I needn't give my thanks.
**[10:57] ---**
Don't die, kid.
**[10:59] ---**
Sir Alphonse.
**[11:01] ---**
Laugh. I'm a child's messenger.
**[11:07] ---**
Telomere?
**[11:09] ---**
It seems they've secretly placed
some pieces into this game as well.
**[11:14] ---**
What did you say?
**[11:16] ---**
I said I will also participate
in your little wager.
**[11:21] ---**
I bet that Akira will survive
the battle and make it here.
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I bet my body, my future,
and my entirety, of course.
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This is a surprise!
**[11:35] ---**
The odds are stacked
against you, wouldn't you say?
**[11:40] ---**
Isn't that what makes a bet a bet?
**[11:44] ---**
Besides, he's fighting all alone.
**[11:46] ---**
I need to put just as much on the line too.
**[11:50] ---**
You said "entirety" just now.
**[11:52] ---**
Does that include your
true-blood legacy as well?
**[11:57] ---**
Ivanovic!
**[11:58] ---**
Well? Are you prepared to give that to us too?
**[12:02] ---**
*The true-blood legacy? What is he talking about?*
**[12:06] ---**
Answer me!
**[12:11] ---**
I said "entirety." Do you doubt me?
**[12:15] ---**
All right, then.
**[12:17] ---**
The stakes have just been raised.
**[12:20] ---**
The wolf pup and the absolutely
lethal net that we've woven...
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Let us see if he can chew his way out of it...
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Damn! I can't even get close to her!
**[12:41] ---**
Okay, here goes...
**[12:49] ---**
Wh-Why?!
**[12:56] ---**
*What's happened to me?!
Not at a time like this...!*
**[13:01] ---**
Listen, Akira Kaburagi.
I will give you a chance to survive.
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One year ago, you went to
the ruins of the Tepeş royal castle
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on a secret mission led by Wolfgang.
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They say you discovered a grave
secret about the legacy of true-bloods.
**[13:21] ---**
What did you see?
**[13:26] ---**
Akira Kaburagi. What did you see?!
**[13:39] ---**
I guess you really are dumb!
**[13:44] ---**
Mei Ren...?
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But that's what I love about you.
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Vampires sure are tough...
**[14:20] ---**
Mei Ren! You're...!
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That's one down...
**[14:45] ---**
Attention all citizens. This is
the Special Zone Government.
**[14:48] ---**
Hostile clan operatives have
infiltrated the special zone.
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They aim to capture and kill Akira
Kaburagi, a servant of Princess Mina.
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They are very likely
locked in combat as we speak.
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All non-combatants,
please refrain from going outside
**[15:01] ---**
and remain on standby until further notice.
**[15:07] ---**
So you're just like us after all...
**[15:11] ---**
I suppose.
**[15:13] ---**
Apparently I'm a survivor of a race
destroyed during all the infighting.
**[15:18] ---**
Tell me, Akira.
**[15:20] ---**
Why did you let yourself get beat up
so badly? Why didn't you transform?
**[15:24] ---**
Because... I couldn't...
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Damn! I can't do it...!
**[15:37] ---**
It must've been a real shock,
being betrayed by the princess.
**[15:42] ---**
Betrayed?!
**[15:44] ---**
Surely you were shocked.
Did you know she was engaged?
**[15:51] ---**
The body is honest. We beast-people
do reshape our bodies out of our will.
**[16:00] ---**
It's a sedative. It's a tad strong, though.
**[16:04] ---**
I don't feel betrayed at all!
**[16:07] ---**
The princess is fighting all alone!
**[16:10] ---**
Despite all the humiliation they've given her!
**[16:13] ---**
But that's because she's
the ruler of the vampires.
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Come on, Akira. Stop fooling yourself.
**[16:31] ---**
You know it's true
**[16:34] ---**
that no matter how much
the butterfly wishes for it,
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it can never be one with the flower...
**[16:41] ---**
Do you feel my heartbeat?
It goes "thump, thump."
**[16:47] ---**
It's the same heartbeat as yours...
**[16:50] ---**
Neither humans nor
vampires can truly understand us...
**[16:57] ---**
I'm the only one who can
truly understand and love you...
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No!
**[17:44] ---**
Akira...
**[18:08] ---**
You're coming with me!
**[18:14] ---**
Akira!
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Did that get her?
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You're horrible, Akira...
**[18:37] ---**
You monster!
**[18:39] ---**
I was worried about you this whole time.
**[18:44] ---**
How can you call me a monster?
**[18:47] ---**
I'd say Princess Mina is the real monster.
**[18:51] ---**
Tell me. What did you see?
**[18:54] ---**
If you tell me, I'll let you do
*whatever* you want with this body!
**[19:03] ---**
Stop... Don't defile Yuki any more than that!
**[19:08] ---**
Don't be like that. Tell me... Akira!
**[19:15] ---**
What's wrong?! You're not going to answer?!
**[19:18] ---**
Even after you toyed with
me and then dumped me?!
**[19:27] ---**
Now tell me! What did you see?
**[19:34] ---**
I...
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Akira...
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Princess...?
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It's okay.
**[20:11] ---**
It's okay now. I will allow it. Speak.
**[20:18] ---**
Yes. Speak... and be at peace...
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Don't call my name...
**[20:27] ---**
...with that voice...
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Wh-What is the matter, Akira?!
Do you not recognize me?!
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Don't call my name...
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with that voice...
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and...
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in that form...!
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Akira... Don't die...
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*Even with most of his memory back,*
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*there was one incident Akira couldn't remember.*
**[21:22] ---**
*Neither Princess Mina nor I had
any way of knowing what it was.*
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*At the time, all we could
do was pray for his safety...*
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Prin... cess...
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*...and wait for the
distant dawn to end the night.*
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Princess...
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*madoromu yami no naka kuroi kage ga*
**[22:02] ---**
*yawahada ni tsume o tateru*
**[22:08] ---**
*kairaku yoishirete saki o
segamu muchi naru monotachi*
**[22:18] ---**
*hadome no nai amai shoudou*
**[22:24] ---**
*muimisa ga yokei kakitateteru*
**[22:30] ---**
*yoru no akari subete kuwaekonda tobari o*
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*saa kikazari odore*
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*kowaresou na kokoro ni
fureta tsutanai tsume ga*
**[22:47] ---**
*nodomoto o hatte wa nobori tsumeru*
**[22:53] ---**
*mamoru beki sekai to mamoritai junketsu*
**[22:58] ---**
*setsuna no itami daite*
**[23:04] ---**
*mata shigarami ni ochiteiku*
**[23:18] ---**
Dance With the Vampire Maids!
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Revenge Chapter!
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Now Princess Mina is ours.
**[23:24] ---**
Whoa, spicy!
**[23:25] ---**
Oh, not to your liking?
**[23:28] ---**
Wh-what are you doing?!
**[23:30] ---**
I'm tending to your hair!
**[23:32] ---**
Let's make you nice and clean!
**[23:34] ---**
Cease this!
**[23:35] ---**
What do you take the Three Clans for?!
**[23:38] ---**
What are you three doing?!
**[23:40] ---**
Vera!
**[23:41] ---**
You need to give more oomph to it! Like this!
**[23:43] ---**
Okay!
**[23:44] ---**
The Tepeş family is scary...
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Continued in Episode 12