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8 - Howls Echo in the Kingdom of the Past

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    Why?
[00:33] ---
    Why?!
[00:35] ---
    We were just out for a walk!
[00:37] ---
    And you...
[00:39] ---
    The people of the village
    don't usually go into the forest.
[00:42] ---
    Sergius mistook you for wolves.
[00:46] ---
    I shot a wolf.
[00:48] ---
    I didn't shoot this man.
[00:51] ---
    Don't be ridiculous!
[00:52] ---
    Derek!
[00:53] ---
    Give Raul back to me!
[00:54] ---
    Raul! Raul!
[01:12] ---
    It seemed like it had been decided long before
[01:18] ---
    It seemed like we knew long ago
[01:24] ---
    As if we followed an invisible line
[01:30] ---
    We were led to each other,
    to an intersecting saison

[01:36] ---
    Like how light and dark
    are two sides of the same coin

[01:41] ---
    I was captivated by mystification
[01:47] ---
    When I turned around toward the voice
    that whispered in my ear

[01:53] ---
    The door had opened before I realized
[01:59] ---
    Like joining a little chance with inevitability
[02:04] ---
    Two histoires were set into motion, ah
[02:16] ---
    Continuing on forever
[02:29] ---
    The headman was very insistent
    that he didn't do it.
[02:34] ---
    What do you think?
[02:40] ---
    To prove he didn't do it, we need evidence.
[02:45] ---
    Even if it is Headman Sergius,
    the arbiter of justice in this village...
[02:52] ---
    Brian Roscoe...
[02:55] ---
    Isn't that the man who brought
    electricity to the village?
[02:58] ---
    Yes.
[02:59] ---
    When I was a child...
[03:01] ---
    ...he stayed here for only a little while...
[03:04] ---
    ...but he taught me many things
    about the outside world.
[03:09] ---
    I love this village.
[03:12] ---
    But thanks to him, I've gotten
    curious about the world outside.
[03:16] ---
    So...
[03:18] ---
    At that same time, you've begun to feel
    the swirl of chaos enveloping this village.
[03:24] ---
    I have the fragments of its cause.
[03:28] ---
    I can explain them if you wish.
[03:32] ---
    That will be the evidence you speak of.
[03:37] ---
    Episode 8
    Howls Echo in the Kingdom of the Past
[03:42] ---
    The cathedral is uninhabited at this time.
[03:45] ---
    This is the only time when the
    ancestral spirits are allowed pass through.
[03:49] ---
    The culprit will use this
    to rob the place, I'm sure.
[03:53] ---
    But is there anything in
    this village worth stealing?
[03:57] ---
    Most humans use new stimuli
    to sate their inexhaustible greed.
[04:02] ---
    But there are some eccentric beings
    who hold a curious reverence for old things.
[04:06] ---
    You mean, the culprit is--
[04:11] ---
    He's come.
[04:22] ---
    That's...
[04:23] ---
    Yes. The culprit is...
[04:26] ---
    The culprit is you!
[04:28] ---
    Derek Banks!
[04:33] ---
    Wh-What's Inspector Blois doing here?
[04:37] ---
    This urn belongs to me!
[04:39] ---
    I won't leave it with people
    who don't recognize its value!
[04:48] ---
    They were thieves.
[04:53] ---
    When they threw the urn into the holy water,
[04:55] ---
    while just playing drunk,
    they were testing its authenticity.
[04:59] ---
    A gilt fake would float.
[05:02] ---
    So the murders happened
    because they turned on each other?
[05:04] ---
    Precisely.
[05:06] ---
    B-But right before the murder,
    Alan got hit with hazelnuts in the plaza...
[05:11] ---
    That was Derek in disguise.
[05:15] ---
    After that fight with Harminia,
    Derek knocked Alan out,
[05:20] ---
    then swapped him with the sculpture.
[05:23] ---
    Where's your proof?!
[05:25] ---
    Right here.
[05:27] ---
    This fell on the floor
    when you were handcuffed.
[05:32] ---
    And there was one on the
    forest floor next to Raul, too.
[05:39] ---
    It's very clear...
[05:42] ---
    ...that you shot Raul in the forest.
[05:46] ---
    You covered it up with the
    festival drums and by firing blanks.
[05:50] ---
    Then you used the howling of the wolves
    to frame Sergius for your murder.
[05:57] ---
    If a wolf howled, someone in this village
    would come to shoot it.
[06:01] ---
    Because you saw that happen
    when you first came to this village.
[06:08] ---
    It was not you who killed Raul.
[06:11] ---
    This is your proof.
[06:15] ---
    To be saved by Cordelia's daughter...
[06:19] ---
    Take him away.
[06:20] ---
    Sir!
[06:20] ---
    W-Wait, where are you taking him?
[06:23] ---
    This man will be judged here.
[06:27] ---
    This village is in the territory
    of the Kingdom of Saubure!
[06:29] ---
    You must obey the laws
    and authorities of Saubure!
[06:33] ---
    You think this is Saubure?
[06:39] ---
    This is not a village.
[06:40] ---
    This is a country.
[06:42] ---
    This is the Kingdom of Saillune.
[06:45] ---
    Saillune?
[06:47] ---
    I am not a headman, but a king.
[06:50] ---
    The king's word is law.
[06:53] ---
    Do you understand?
[07:00] ---
    What's with those guys?
[07:03] ---
    Honestly...
[07:04] ---
    You know, I have some
    questions for you, too.
[07:07] ---
    What are you doing in the village,
    Inspector Blois?
[07:11] ---
    Kujo, didn't you think?
[07:14] ---
    Why did Grévil let the culprit go
    without taking any credit for himself?
[07:21] ---
    What culprit?
[07:24] ---
    I had too much to drink...
[07:26] ---
    Am I done yet, Inspector?
[07:29] ---
    The one she kept calling
    in secret was Grévil.
[07:34] ---
    H-Huh?!
[07:35] ---
    Man...
[07:37] ---
    It caught me during a little poker hustle.
[07:40] ---
    It said it would let me go
    if I did some work for it.
[07:43] ---
    It?!
[07:46] ---
    Work?
[07:48] ---
    To follow me around,
    watch over me, and report to Grévil.
[07:53] ---
    That was her job.
[07:55] ---
    But more importantly...
[07:57] ---
    Ambrose, this time,
    I want you to help me find proof.
[08:03] ---
    M-Me?
[08:04] ---
    And Kujo, I have a role for you, too.
[08:07] ---
    M-Me?
[08:09] ---
    Yes.
[08:10] ---
    After 20 years... I will prove
    Cordelia Gallo's innocence.
[09:05] ---
    I found you! The woman who killed me...
[09:08] ---
    H-Headman Theodore...
[09:11] ---
    No... No!
[09:13] ---
    Harminia.
[09:14] ---
    No! Go back! Go back to the afterlife!
[09:18] ---
    Do you admit it, Harminia?
[09:21] ---
    I admit it.
[09:22] ---
    I... I killed you!
[09:28] ---
    It's just like you deduced, Victorique!
[09:42] ---
    Wh-Why?
[09:44] ---
    I heard it!
[09:47] ---
    The language of the afterlife!
[09:48] ---
    That's why I thought you were an ancestor!
[09:50] ---
    That you were Elder Theodore!
[09:52] ---
    Oh, that line...
[09:54] ---
    Jugemu Jugemu Goko-no-surikire
    Kaijarisuigyo-no
...
[09:59] ---
    Um...
[10:00] ---
    That's kind of a traditional... charm?
    From my homeland...
[10:06] ---
    It was you?!
[10:08] ---
    I-I don't believe it!
[10:10] ---
    Harminia is a bit strange,
    but she's a nice person...
[10:14] ---
    She can't be a killer.
[10:16] ---
    The doves flew.
[10:18] ---
    Doves?
[10:19] ---
    In the study where the murder
    took place 20 years ago,
[10:22] ---
    she and I exchanged words.
[10:25] ---
    Then, white doves took flight
    outside the window.
[10:29] ---
    When I saw that, my wellspring
    of wisdom began to speak to me.
[10:34] ---
    The chaos before you has the same form
[10:37] ---
    as the theft of the Dresden plate
    in the flea market.
[10:42] ---
    The same way the doves were used
    to direct attention to one spot...
[10:47] ---
    ...20 years ago, gold coins
    were used in the same way.
[10:53] ---
    On that fateful day,
    you held your breath
[10:56] ---
    and waited in the grandfather clock
    for Theodore's return.
[11:00] ---
    That's where he hid the gold coins,
    which the village does not use.
[11:05] ---
    When Theodore passed by,
    you threw them.
[11:10] ---
    The force of it
[11:12] ---
    caused the gold coins to rain down
    on Theodore in a brilliant show of light.
[11:19] ---
    He instinctively followed them,
    which made Theodore's actions predictable.
[11:28] ---
    Her weight on the dagger
    plunged it in to the hilt.
[11:38] ---
    After Harminia killed Theodore,
    she locked the door,
[11:42] ---
    and hid in the grandfather clock once more.
[11:46] ---
    She waited for someone to find the body
    and be accused of the crime.
[11:53] ---
    And the unfortunate creature
    who ended up chosen for that role...
[12:00] ---
    ...was my mother, Cordelia.
[12:10] ---
    Sergius. You said something
    about the time of death...
[12:16] ---
    The witness statements
    about it were all different.
[12:21] ---
    Yes.
[12:23] ---
    Could that be because the grandfather clock
    that usually chimes was silent that night?
[12:30] ---
    Now that you mention it...
[12:31] ---
    Why didn't the clock chime?
[12:34] ---
    Because Harminia was hiding inside it.
[12:37] ---
    Inside the grandfather clock,
    where Theodore hid the gold coins.
[12:41] ---
    H-Harminia...
[12:44] ---
    But what was the motive?
[12:47] ---
    The future...
[12:49] ---
    The future?
[12:51] ---
    A divine revelation at the solstice festival.
[12:54] ---
    Yes...
[12:56] ---
    I learned something about
    the future I shouldn't have.
[13:00] ---
    With the curiosity of a child...
[13:02] ---
    "Twenty years from now,
    when you are 26, you will die," he said.
[13:10] ---
    I couldn't accept it.
[13:12] ---
    I wanted to live.
[13:14] ---
    I wanted to live longer!
[13:16] ---
    In order to overturn
    that future of despair...
[13:21] ---
    Th-That's why you
    killed Headman Theodore?!
[13:25] ---
    Ambrose!
[13:26] ---
    Off with her head!
[13:29] ---
    Wait a minute!
[13:31] ---
    I know she's a criminal, but--
[13:34] ---
    Harminia is 26 years old this year.
[13:38] ---
    Just as Headman Theodore predicted,
    she will die here.
[13:42] ---
    Use this!
[13:48] ---
    Harminia...
[13:50] ---
    She was so nice to me.
[13:53] ---
    I loved Harminia.
[13:56] ---
    And...
[13:57] ---
    And Elder Sergius...
[14:00] ---
    And this village...
[14:03] ---
    But...
[14:07] ---
    Harminia, run!
[14:10] ---
    After them! A sinner brings ill fortune!
[14:12] ---
    Don't let her escape!
[14:23] ---
    There!
[14:25] ---
    Fetch water!
[14:26] ---
    The fire's spreading!
[14:28] ---
    Put it out, quickly!
[14:30] ---
    The mansion's on fire!
[14:31] ---
    Look!
[14:34] ---
    Harminia started the fire?
[14:36] ---
    Harminia!
[14:37] ---
    Wait, Ambrose!
[15:00] ---
    Harminia!
[15:01] ---
    Cordelia's daughter!
[15:04] ---
    You did bring ill fortune.
[15:07] ---
    To this village...
[15:08] ---
    To me!
[15:18] ---
    The bridge...
[15:19] ---
    The one path between this village
    and the outside world...
[15:26] ---
    Harminia...
[15:28] ---
    Your hair is in disarray, Ambrose.
[15:31] ---
    I always tell you to keep it tightly bound.
[15:33] ---
    Headman Sergius!
    This isn't the time for that!
[15:37] ---
    The bridge...
[15:38] ---
    The bridge is of no importance.
[15:41] ---
    We are in the Kingdom of Saillune.
[15:44] ---
    We have no need to leave it.
[15:52] ---
    Let's go.
[15:54] ---
    The bridge is about to burn down.
[15:56] ---
    R-Right.
[16:03] ---
    Cordelia's daughter...
[16:05] ---
    Those eyes...
[16:06] ---
    The color of sin...
[16:08] ---
    Sin... Sin...
[16:10] ---
    I'll kill your sin!
[16:19] ---
    I'll kill your sin...
[16:21] ---
    Kill it with this village...
[16:23] ---
    And then...
[16:25] ---
    ...I will live!
[16:28] ---
    Kujo?!
[16:28] ---
    H-Hey!
[16:30] ---
    Inspector!
[16:31] ---
    I'll take care of Victorique!
[16:32] ---
    You hurry, and--
[16:35] ---
    Kujo!
[16:37] ---
    I will live.
[16:38] ---
    I will surpass 26 and turn 27...
[16:40] ---
    ...28...
[16:43] ---
    ...29... 30... 31...
[16:46] ---
    ...32... 33...
[16:48] ---
    ...34... 35... 36... 37... 38...
[16:53] ---
    Kujo!
[16:53] ---
    ...39...
[16:55] ---
    ...40...
[17:00] ---
    ...41...
[17:02] ---
    ...42...
[17:04] ---
    ...43...
[17:05] ---
    Kujo!
[17:05] ---
    ...44...
[17:07] ---
    Stop it, Kujo!
[17:08] ---
    Don't worry about me!
[17:10] ---
    You don't have to--
[17:11] ---
    Yes, I do!
[17:14] ---
    I finally managed to make up with you...
[17:17] ---
    I can't take being apart from you again!
[17:21] ---
    That doesn't matter right now!
[17:23] ---
    Yes, it does!
[17:26] ---
    You're my friend.
[17:28] ---
    Of course it matters!
[17:34] ---
    Kujo!
[17:44] ---
    ...50...
[17:45] ---
    ...51... 52... 53...
[17:52] ---
    Kujo!
[17:54] ---
    ...54!
[17:55] ---
    Stop it!
[18:03] ---
    Harminia!
[18:14] ---
    Harminia...
[18:17] ---
    Not good!
[18:19] ---
    Hurry!
[18:43] ---
    No... Victorique...
[18:46] ---
    If you rush like that...
[18:49] ---
    ...you'll lose your precious pendant.
[18:52] ---
    When something's important to you...
[18:55] ---
    ...you need to hold on tight.
[19:05] ---
    What are you doing, Kujo?!
[19:07] ---
    Get up, idiot!
[19:11] ---
    Victorique...?
[19:14] ---
    Doesn't... your hand hurt?
[19:18] ---
    Your hand... is all red.
[19:21] ---
    Shut up! Hang on!
[19:23] ---
    If you give up now,
    we're through forever, Kujo!
[19:28] ---
    Come back with me.
[19:30] ---
    You said so before.
[19:32] ---
    Together...
[19:35] ---
    Kujo...
[19:36] ---
    This isn't where we
    get separated, remember?!
[19:43] ---
    That's right.
[19:46] ---
    We won't be...
[19:50] ---
    ...separated here.
[19:52] ---
    Not here...
[19:58] ---
    Do you see?
[20:00] ---
    Your sin has been burned away.
[20:10] ---
    It looks like the fire's out.
[20:12] ---
    They'll go back to living in secret,
    like they always have.
[20:17] ---
    But is that okay with you, Ambrose?
[20:22] ---
    I always wanted to cross that bridge.
[20:25] ---
    Ever since Brian Roscoe told me
    about the outside world...
[20:31] ---
    What a ridiculous village.
[20:34] ---
    Saillune, he called it?
[20:36] ---
    In actual history,
[20:38] ---
    mostly ancient history, there are accounts
    of a people who appeared as gods.
[20:44] ---
    Long ago, a forest people
    ruled a land in Eastern Europe.
[20:49] ---
    They were small and frail,
[20:52] ---
    but used soaring intelligence
    to crush their enemies.
[20:56] ---
    But in the 15th century,
    they suddenly disappeared from history.
[21:01] ---
    They were known as the Saillunians.
[21:07] ---
    But either way, that was long ago.
[21:10] ---
    We are living in the present.
[21:13] ---
    The present?
[21:18] ---
    I see.
[21:20] ---
    Then I can live on.
[21:23] ---
    I can.
[21:25] ---
    I will live on...
[21:28] ---
    ...in the present.
[21:37] ---
    You might never get out again.
[21:40] ---
    After the trouble you caused...
[21:43] ---
    And yet, I am satisfied.
[21:46] ---
    I proved Cordelia's innocence.
[21:50] ---
    A daughter must protect her mother's honor.
[21:55] ---
    That's right.
[21:56] ---
    I thought that was strange...
[21:59] ---
    For the headman's revelation...
[22:00] ---
    Why did you both ask the same question?
[22:07] ---
    I see.
[22:09] ---
    So she really wasn't...
[22:11] ---
    ...asking if she would get taller or not.
[22:16] ---
    She asked...
[22:17] ---
    What?
[22:19] ---
    Why do you keep glancing at me?
[22:22] ---
    N-No, it's nothing...
[22:24] ---
    Here it is.
[22:41] ---
    Let's go, Victorique.
[22:46] ---
    Indeed.
[22:55] ---
    Let's go home.
[22:57] ---
    Back...
[23:00] ---
    ...to the usual place.
[23:02] ---
    Loneliness fighting back again
[23:05] ---
    Seems to be like it never ends
[23:10] ---
    Give us hope through the love of
[23:12] ---
    Peaceful shine on me
[23:25] ---
    In the pounding rain that never ceases
[23:29] ---
    I have forgotten how to smile,
    and I suffer as the world passes me by

[23:40] ---
    If in the midst of conflict and deceit
[23:47] ---
    My heart withers
[23:54] ---
    Like a flower floating in turbulent waves
[24:02] ---
    Lead the way and overcome the storm
[24:09] ---
    Like you're stepping firmly on barren earth
[24:16] ---
    Go ahead, you can walk straight forward
[24:38] ---
    I don't feel good.
[24:42] ---
    Ah! Victorique!
[24:44] ---
    Don't wipe your nose on my clothes!
[24:45] ---
    Blue Roses Bloom in the
    Man-Eating Department Store