# E2 - A Gamble
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**[00:09] Elise**
Father... Mother...
**[00:13] Elise**
My older brothers, Chris and Ren...
**[00:18] Elise**
I've missed you!
**[00:23] Elise**
I love all of you so much!
**[00:25] Elise**
I love you!
**[00:26] Ell**
Elise?
**[00:28] Chris**
What's wrong, Elise?
**[00:29] Emily**
You poor dear. It must
have been so difficult.
**[00:32] Emily**
I did tell you, husband. Her
punishment was much too severe!
**[00:37] Ell**
It seems I may have gone a little too far.
**[00:40] Ell**
I'm sorry, Elise.
**[00:43] Chris**
Don't cry any more.
**[00:44] Elise**
Chris...
**[00:46] Chris**
A lady awaiting her betrothal
shouldn't cry in front of others.
**[00:52] Elise**
Um, regarding my betrothal...
**[00:56] Ell**
I've already discussed that matter with
His Majesty, so there's no need to worry.
**[01:01] Ell**
Your betrothal to Crown Prince Linden
**[01:03] Ell**
will be formally announced
at the birthday celebration.
**[01:06] Ell**
Everything is just as you wished.
**[01:09] Elise**
No, I...
**[01:11] Ren**
Father, I will ask you frankly...
**[01:14] Ren**
Do you believe that Elise is a good match
for the crown prince?
**[01:19] Ren**
I realize it's insolent of me to question
the emperor's decision,
**[01:25] Ren**
but I oppose this betrothal.
**[01:27] Chris**
Brother, what are you saying?
**[01:34] Chris**
Elise?
**[01:35] Elise; internal**
*Ren hasn't changed at all.*
**[01:39] Elise; internal**
*I used to truly hate his sharp tongue,*
**[01:42] Elise; internal**
*but this time, it's exactly as he says.*
**[01:46] Chris**
You see? You're being too harsh.
**[01:50] Chris**
For Elise not to make some sort
of retort is no trifling matter.
**[01:54] Elise; internal**
* My first life was full of regrets*
* because of my own actions.*
**[01:59] Elise; internal**
*But...*
**[02:01] Elise; internal**
* my selfishness caused the crown prince*
* to meet with much misfortune.*
**[02:07] Elise; internal**
* I can't face the birthday*
* celebration like this.*
**[02:10] Elise; internal**
* I must ensure that I don't*
* make the same mistakes again.*
**[02:17] Elise; internal**
*I must assemble as much information as I can,*
**[02:19] Elise; internal**
*so that I understand what's to come!*
**[04:04] Elise; internal**
* My second eldest brother Chris*
* dies in the Kusef campaign.*
**[04:08] Elise; internal**
*Our step-mother Emily dies of illness.*
**[04:10] Elise; internal**
* There's the Rebellion of*
* the House of Trestan.*
**[04:13] Elise; internal**
*For the crime of protecting Empress Elise,*
**[04:16] Elise; internal**
* my father, Ell, and my eldest*
* brother are executed.*
**[04:20] Elise; internal**
*And with that, the House of Clorence...*
**[04:23] Elise; internal**
*is extinguished.*
**[04:30] Elise; internal**
* The initial expeditionary force to Kusef*
* dies due to an unknown contagious disease.*
**[04:35] Elise; internal**
* Estimated fatalities are*
* forty-seven thousand people.*
**[04:38] Elise; internal**
* Emperor Minchester dies of a*
* worsening chronic illness.*
**[04:43] Elise; internal**
* After the Kusef War, an epidemic*
* rising in the east spreads,*
**[04:47] Elise; internal**
*and three towns in the south are closed off.*
**[04:49] Elise; internal**
* Estimated fatalities are*
* seventy thousand people.*
**[04:55] Elise; internal**
* Because medical science*
* isn't advanced in this era,*
**[04:57] Elise; internal**
* many of the problems have*
* to do with illnesses.*
**[05:02] Mary**
Mistress, I've brought you your tea.
**[05:06] Elise**
Oh! It's a strawberry tart!
**[05:08] Elise**
Thank you, Mary.
**[05:13] Elise**
Is something wrong?
**[05:15] Mary**
No, it's...
**[05:17] Mary**
I didn't expect to be thanked, so...
**[05:19] Mary**
I was, um, just a little surprised.
**[05:24] Elise; internal**
*Well, yes, given the person I was before...*
**[05:30] Elise; internal**
*I'd get angry over the littlest things,*
**[05:32] Elise; internal**
* and take that anger out on those*
* around me constantly.*
**[05:35] Elise; internal**
*After Prince Linden acceded to the throne,*
**[05:38] Elise; internal**
*I became the worst possible empress.*
**[05:40] Elise; internal**
*And ten years after that...*
**[05:52] Mary**
I-I'm so terribly sorry!
**[05:55] Mary**
Ow!
**[05:58] Elise**
Let me see.
**[06:02] Elise**
Oh, good! It looks like you
didn't get any shards in it.
**[06:05] Elise**
But we should rinse the wound with water.
**[06:08] Mary**
I-I couldn't possibly!
**[06:10] Mary**
I'm perfectly fine! Everything is fine!
**[06:13] Mary**
There's no need to trouble yourself,
Mistress! I can do it by myself!
**[06:16] Elise**
Really?
**[06:17] Mary**
Yes! Yes!
**[06:19] Elise**
In that case...
**[06:21] Elise**
After you've thoroughly washed
it, wrap it with a clean cloth.
**[06:25] Elise**
Do it in a way that will
keep the wound closed.
**[06:27] Elise**
And don't wrap it too tightly.
**[06:30] Elise**
Are you listening, Mary?
**[06:32] Mary**
Y-Yes, Mistress!
**[06:36] Mary**
Thank you so much, Mistress!
**[06:42] (Flashback) staff**
Truly, thank you so very much.
**[06:48] Elise; internal**
* I'm sure of it now. I want to live*
* as a doctor in this world, too.*
**[06:53] Elise; internal**
* If there are lives that my medical*
* knowledge can save, I want to save them.*
**[06:58] Elise; internal**
*There's only one way to do that.*
**[07:01] Elise; internal**
*Tomorrow will be a head-to-head battle.*
**[07:15] Elise**
I am Elise de Clorence.
**[07:18] Minchester**
Marquis, Lady Elise, welcome.
**[07:24] Elise**
And Sir Vent, it's been some
time since we last met.
**[07:27] Minchester**
Now, come sit here.
**[07:29] Ell**
Yes, Your Majesty.
**[07:32] Minchester**
I'm sorry for calling you here so suddenly.
**[07:35] Minchester**
Seeing the young lady's face after
some absence makes me very happy.
**[07:39] Elise; internal**
*He's as kind as always.*
**[07:40] Ell; background**
The pleasure is ours. We've been looking
forward seeing you again, Your Majesty.
**[07:42] Elise; internal**
* Palace life leaves no time for*
* the heart and mind to rest.*
**[07:45] Elise; internal**
* How many times did His Majesty's*
* kindness save the old me?*
**[07:45] Minchester; background**
Marquis Ell, Elise has only
grown more and more beautiful.
**[07:51] Elise; internal**
*And yet...*
**[07:56] (Flashback) Minchester**
I'll leave it to you, Elise.
**[07:59] (Flashback) Minchester**
Become a good and praiseworthy empress.
**[08:02] (Flashback) Elise**
Your Majesty!
**[08:13] Elise; internal**
*I couldn't do anything for him then.*
**[08:17] Ell; background**
No, no. She's quite a willful girl, so
we're often at a loss with her.
**[08:18] Elise; internal**
*Right now, is his health all right?*
**[08:21] Elise; internal**
*Is his illness...*
**[08:25] Minchester**
Your demeanor seems different
than it usually does, young lady.
**[08:30] Elise**
D-Does it?
**[08:32] Vent**
As the birthday celebration
is drawing nearer,
**[08:35] Vent**
I'm sure the lady has much on her mind.
**[08:39] Minchester**
If that's the case, then I look forward even
more to welcoming her as the next empress.
**[08:45] Elise; internal**
*I have to hurry up and say it.*
**[08:48] Elise**
Your Majesty...
**[08:50] Elise**
there is a matter I earnestly
wish to discuss with you.
**[08:55] Elise**
The truth is...
**[08:56] Linden**
I apologize for my tardiness.
**[09:15] Elise; internal**
*His Highness, Crown Prince Linden.*
**[09:32] Elise; internal**
* I was once in love with this*
* brusqueness of his, too, wasn't I?*
**[09:36] Elise; internal**
*But...*
**[09:38] (Flashback) Elise**
I've brought you some tea.
**[09:41] (Flashback) Linden**
It will interfere with my reading.
**[09:42] (Flashback) Elise**
What?
**[09:43] (Flashback) Linden**
And I would like to end this strange
misunderstanding of yours.
**[09:46] (Flashback) Linden**
I married you under my
father's orders, that's all.
**[09:53] (Flashback) Elise**
Why is that man so cold to me?
**[09:56] (Flashback) Elise**
I'll make him look my way!
**[09:58] (Flashback) Elise**
No matter what it takes!
**[10:03] Elise; internal**
* And all of it was my own fault.*
* Really, I was such an idiot.*
**[10:07] Minchester**
That seems to have taken
quite some time, Linden.
**[10:11] Linden**
Yes.
**[10:12] Linden**
The discussion of the Kusef campaign's
budget with the Ministry of Finance ran long.
**[10:17] Elise**
The Kusef expedition?
**[10:19] Minchster**
Is something wrong?
**[10:20] Elise**
N-Not at all!
**[10:21] Minchester**
Does something worry you
about the upcoming campaign?
**[10:25] Minchester**
If it does, tell us.
**[10:29] Elise; internal**
* Back then, I was ignorant of the*
* world and didn't know anything,*
**[10:32] Elise; internal**
*but now I do know.*
**[10:34] Elise; internal**
*The Kusef campaign will end in failure.*
**[10:37] Elise; internal**
*In a tragic way, at that.*
**[10:39] Elise; internal**
* And in the resulting war,*
* Chris will lose his life.*
**[10:43] Minchester**
Don't deliberate so deeply.
**[10:45] Minchester**
If you have something to say,
don't hesitate to say it.
**[10:49] Elise; internal**
*Should I tell them?*
**[10:50] Elise; internal**
* But they may wonder why*
* I'd know such a thing,*
**[10:52] Elise; internal**
*and look at me with suspicion in their eyes.*
**[11:01] Elise; internal**
* But this could reduce the*
* number of casualties.*
**[11:06] Elise**
Then, by your leave, I
will offer my opinion.
**[11:11] Minchester**
Yes, please do.
**[11:16] Elise**
In this war, the worst case scenario
is the Kingdom of Moncelle,
**[11:19] Elise**
from the eastern part of the
continent, joining in.
**[11:22] Ell**
The Kingdom of Moncelle?
**[11:26] Minchester**
Really?
**[11:28] Vent**
Lady Elise, during the campaign,
it's the Republic of Fresgard
**[11:33] Vent**
that we need to be most wary of.
**[11:35] Vent**
Geopolitically speaking,
**[11:37] Vent**
the Kingdom of Moncelle has no reason to
participate in a war on the Kusef Peninsula.
**[11:42] Elise**
No, they do have a reason.
**[11:44] Minchester**
What is it?
**[11:46] Elise**
The current ruler of the Kingdom
of Moncelle, Count Igleent.
**[11:52] Elise**
He hasn't been acknowledged as king there.
**[11:55] Elise**
If he wants to legitimize his position,
then he needs their suzerain state,
**[11:59] Elise**
the Republic of Fresgard,
to acknowledge him.
**[12:03] Elise**
The Republic of Fresgard
will have noticed this,
**[12:06] Elise**
and in exchange for legitimizing
Count Igleent's rule,
**[12:09] Elise**
may ask for his involvement
in order to intimidate us.
**[12:15] Minchester**
I see.
**[12:19] Linden**
The Kingdom of Moncelle has a military
force of roughly twenty thousand.
**[12:22] Linden**
Are you saying that a force of that size
would intimidate the most powerful country
**[12:26] Linden**
in the west of the continent,
our Britia Empire?
**[12:29] Elise**
Not at all.
**[12:31] Elise**
But what if the Kingdom of Moncelle's forces
attacked along the Ubaki Mountains?
***SIGN*** Ubaki Mountains
**[12:37] Elise**
The Ubaki mountains lie below us in
the western region of the mainland.
***SIGN*** Kusef Peninsula
**[12:41] Elise**
Crossing them is the only way from the
Romanoff Domain into the Kusef Peninsula.
**[12:45] Elise**
If the Ubaki Mountains were taken,
**[12:48] Elise**
then the imperial forces
on the Kusef Peninsula
**[12:50] Elise**
would lose their supply lines and be isolated.
**[12:53] Elise**
If that were to happen,
there would be only one outcome.
**[12:56] Elise**
The expeditionary force would be wiped out.
**[12:59] Minchester; internal**
* Her knowledge of international*
* matters is extensive.*
**[13:01] Minchester; internal**
* I never imagined that she had such a firm*
* grasp of the countries' relationships.*
**[13:13] Elise**
I'm so sorry! I've tired you, haven't I?
**[13:17] Elise**
A layman like me speaking
at such length must be...
**[13:19] Minchester**
No, your counsel is very impressive.
**[13:24] Minchester**
But lately, there are days when
I tire easily and take ill.
**[13:32] Elise**
Your Majesty...
**[13:34] Elise**
Could it be that even when you sleep
for long periods, you wake tired?
**[13:37] Minchester**
Yes, I do.
**[13:39] Elise**
Do you ever feel very thirsty, but even if
you drink water, your thirst isn't slaked?
**[13:44] Minchester**
Yes.
**[13:46] Elise**
Has the urge to urinate ever woken you?
**[13:49] Minchester**
Yes, it has. Why?
**[13:53] Elise; internal**
*Back then...*
**[13:57] Elise; internal**
*his breaths were deep and fast.*
**[13:59] Elise; internal**
* Oxygen deficiency caused*
* His Majesty to fall into a coma,*
**[14:03] Elise; internal**
*and his body smelled of acetone.*
**[14:03] Minchester; background**
No, your counsel is very impressive.
**[14:05] Elise; internal**
* And the various symptoms he listed*
* just now lead me to conclude...*
**[14:06] Minchester; background**
But lately, there are days when
I tire easily and take ill.
**[14:10] Elise; internal**
*The emperor's chronic illness...*
**[14:12] Elise; internal**
*is diabetes mellitus.*
**[14:17] Elise; internal**
*It's diabetes.*
**[14:19] Elise; internal**
*I'm certain that's what this illness is!*
**[14:23] Minchester**
Young lady, why did you ask such questions?
**[14:26] Minchester**
And how do you know so many
details about my health?
**[14:30] Elise**
I saw a case just like Your Majesty's
in a medical text I read recently.
**[14:35] Minchester**
A medical text?
**[14:36] Elise**
Yes.
**[14:37] Elise**
I don't remember the name of the illness,
**[14:40] Elise**
but I do remember that the cause was a
high concentration of sugar in the blood.
**[14:44] Minchester**
I'll have to mention that to Viscount Ven.
**[14:48] Elise; internal**
*Viscount Ven is an outstanding doctor.*
**[14:51] Elise; internal**
* I'm sure he'll conclude that this*
* illness is diabetes from this clue.*
**[14:55] Elise; internal**
* That should take care of His Majesty's*
* illness for the time being.*
**[14:59] Elise; internal**
*Which means, all that's left is...*
**[15:04] Elise**
In truth, today...
**[15:06] Elise**
there is something I earnestly wished
to discuss with you, Your Majesty.
**[15:09] Minchester**
Everything you have said
today has been of interest.
**[15:14] Minchester**
What would you like to speak of next?
**[15:18] Elise**
I am dreadfully sorry to ask this,
**[15:21] Elise**
but my betrothal to the crown prince...
**[15:24] Elise**
Could we move forward as
though it never existed?
**[15:38] Minchester**
You wish to dissolve the betrothal?
**[15:40] Ell**
What is the meaning of this, Elise?
**[15:42] Ell**
A marriage is not some
child's entertainment!
**[15:50] Minchester**
What has happened?
**[15:52] Minchester**
Were you not the one who wished most
ardently for your engagement to my son?
**[15:58] Elise**
Yes, but I've realized something.
**[16:02] Elise**
The crown princess is the
first lady of our empire.
**[16:05] Elise**
She is an exalted personage who will one
day become the mother of the empire.
**[16:08] Elise**
I've realized that a girl as inexperienced
as I am is unfit for the position.
**[16:18] Elise**
My dream did not befit my stature.
**[16:21] Elise**
I am guilty of desiring more
than my position deserves.
**[16:25] Elise**
And because of that,
**[16:26] Elise**
I am guilty of marring both your dignity
and that of the imperial family.
**[16:30] Elise**
I will accept any punishment you deem fit.
**[16:33] Elise; internal**
*This is for the best. With this, I will...*
**[16:36] Minchester**
Is that your only reason?
**[16:40] Minchester**
Raise your head.
**[16:49] Elise**
I want to become a doctor!
**[16:52] Ell**
Elise! Why would you tell such a lie?
**[16:55] Minchester**
Those are not the eyes
of someone who is lying.
**[16:59] Minchester**
Then, what you said earlier...
**[17:01] Minchester**
Reading a medical text was an
expression of this desire of yours?
**[17:08] Minchester**
In that case,
**[17:09] Minchester**
let's make a wager.
**[17:12] Elise**
Make a wager?
**[17:15] Minchester**
Pass the exams and become a doctor.
**[17:18] Minchester**
Prove that your work as a doctor is more
valuable than your existence as an empress.
**[17:25] Minchester**
If you can prove that, then you
may take whatever path you wish.
**[17:30] Minchester**
But if you are unable to prove that,
**[17:35] Minchester**
then you will turn all your thoughts and
energy toward becoming our future empress.
**[17:42] Elise**
How long will I have?
**[17:44] Elise**
Until you come of age.
**[17:47] Minchester**
We cannot wait longer than that.
**[17:51] Elise; internal**
*Until I come of age.*
**[17:52] Elise; internal**
*That means I have the next six months.*
**[17:55] Elise; internal**
*This gamble will be difficult to win, but...*
**[18:02] Elise**
I will do my very best!
**[18:09] Minchester**
As that's settled,
**[18:10] Minchester**
I'm sorry for being so inconsiderate when
you haven't seen each other in so long.
**[18:16] Minchester**
You two should go on a
walk through the garden.
**[18:26] Linden**
Why did you agree to such
an ill-advised gamble?
**[18:29] Elise**
What?
**[18:31] Linden**
Doctors are the empire's most
highly specialized profession.
**[18:35] Linden**
The exams are difficult,
**[18:36] Linden**
and no matter how highly ranked a noble
might be, they are afforded no special treatment.
**[18:41] Elise**
Yes, Your Highness. I am aware of that.
**[18:45] Elise**
However, I absolutely will not give up!
**[18:48] Elise**
I will become a doctor,
no matter what it takes.
**[18:54] Elise**
Until the moment that
this life of mine ends,
**[18:58] Elise**
I want to save as many
lives as I possibly can.
**[19:09] Elise**
Y-Your Highness, for everything
that has happened...
**[19:13] Elise**
I offer my sincerest apologies.
**[19:18] Elise**
Ever since we were small, I've caused
you no end of trouble, Your Highness.
**[19:23] Elise**
And because of my selfishness, which
overreaches my social status,
**[19:26] Elise**
I've forced you into an engagement
you never wanted.
**[19:29] Elise**
I'm truly so very sorry!
**[19:33] Linden**
Who said that I don't want this engagement?
**[19:38] Elise**
What?
**[19:50] Vent**
Marquis Child is making some unusual moves.
**[19:54] Vent**
He seems to be frequently meeting
with the third prince of the empire.
**[19:57] Vent**
It may be best to stay
abreast of his movements.
**[20:01] Minchester**
Even at the best of times, the House of
Child views the Clorence family with enmity.
**[20:07] Minchester**
Don't provoke them too much.
**[20:09] Vent**
Sire.
**[20:10] Ell**
I am most grateful for your consideration.
**[20:13] Ell**
Your Majesty!
**[20:15] Ell**
I deeply apologize for
what happened earlier.
**[20:18] Ell**
I will strictly reprimand Elise for it.
**[20:21] Minchester**
What are you saying?
**[20:23] Minchester**
She's matured so wonderfully,
she truly surprised me.
**[20:29] Vent**
What if we provided the lady with an
opportunity to work at a hospital?
**[20:33] Vent**
After a few days of toil,
I believe she will give up.
**[20:38] Ell**
That makes sense.
**[20:40] Ell**
Then, which hospital should
we send her to to learn?
**[20:43] Vent**
The Clorence family owns
a hospital, I believe?
**[20:47] Vent**
The Teresa Hospital.
**[20:49] Vent**
Have her undergo her education there.
**[20:56] Elise**
I accept full responsibility
for these events,
**[20:59] Elise**
and I will work hard so as not
to cause you any more trouble.
**[21:02] Elise**
I know that you hate me, Your Highness,
**[21:05] Elise**
but I still demanded to have my own way.
**[21:08] Elise**
I offer my apologies once more.
**[21:28] Elise; internal**
*His Highness... was angry.*
**[21:32] Elise; internal**
*No, this is for the best.*
**[21:34] Elise; internal**
* In my first life, I forced myself*
* onto the same path as you,*
**[21:38] Elise; internal**
*and I caused you so much suffering.*
**[21:41] Elise; internal**
*But this life will be different.*
**[21:46] Elise; internal**
* I will walk a completely*
* different path from you.*
**[21:51] Elise; internal**
*Goodbye.*
**[21:52] Elise; internal**
*I hope your life is a happy one.*
**[22:01] Elise; internal**
*You are the person I loved most of all.*
***SIGN*** A Gamble