# 8 - Promise
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I know this cold voice
**[00:17] ---**
Taking my friend
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Maybe a little afraid you'll run away
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But right now...
**[00:30] ---**
For this moment in time, I want to hold you tight
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By your side, I'm dreaming of the days
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When I finally look up at the promised sky
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I'll take off and break all the way
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For this moment in time, I just wanna be with you
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By your side, I'm dreaming of the days
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When I finally look up at the promised sky
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I know I can change all the way
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For the moment...
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I just wanna hold you...
**[01:32] ---**
That's a lie!
**[01:33] ---**
My brother isn't trying to kill me!
**[01:36] ---**
Noei is an officer under the direct control of His Highness the Crown Prince Somand.
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There is no room for doubt.
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It's all a big lie.
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My brother would never do a stupid thing like that!
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I'll ask you one last time.
**[01:53] ---**
Did you plan this alone?
**[01:58] ---**
Yes.
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You're saying you weren't under anyone's orders?
**[02:06] ---**
Yes.
**[02:09] ---**
My younger brother...
**[02:11] ---**
Rumaty... kill him.
**[02:17] ---**
Yes. The plot was mine alone.
**[02:26] ---**
The scabbard...
**[02:29] ---**
That's enough!
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Nothing happened.
**[02:34] ---**
This is over!
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Rumaty!
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Stay out!
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Rumaty...
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No one can see...
**[02:53] ---**
The tears of the King's son...
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aren't something I can let anyone see...
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"Promise"
**[03:24] ---**
Yes?
**[03:26] ---**
Ah, it's Miss Kajika.
**[03:28] ---**
Is Rumaty up?
**[03:30] ---**
Yes, I carried his breakfast in a while ago.
**[03:33] ---**
Did he eat anything this morning?
**[03:36] ---**
No... not really...
**[03:39] ---**
I thought not, so I made these...
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Banana cupcakes!
**[03:45] ---**
You did this for His Highness?
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I'm sure he'll be delighted.
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My nurse Maria taught me to make them...
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they're really good!
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Sezun, what is it?
**[03:57] ---**
Brother...
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Miss Kajika brought cupcakes for His Highness...
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How kind of you...
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we'll make sure he gets them.
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But... can't I see him?
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Unfortunately...
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His Highness is still a little under the weather...
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I see... there's nothing you can do, then...
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Well then, Miss Kajika...
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Hello? It's me.
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Yeah... are you clear?
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This is your last chance.
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Why didn't you let her in, brother?
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You know what His Highness' moods are like.
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If we let her see him now, he'd end up throwing the cupcakes at her.
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She's Burnsworth's only daughter.
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If she and His Highness aren't good friends, there will be problems down the line...
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Well, then, I'll just...
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That won't be necessary!
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What are you thinking...
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giving His Highness something made by an amateur?
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What? She made these especially for His Highness...
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Sezun!
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Let me explain to you the position His Highness is in.
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His Highness Rumaty is currently second in line for the throne.
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But if sickly Crown Prince Somand met with some accident...
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His Highness Rumaty would become King.
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And someone like that...
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can't be receiving favors from a girl who's not even from Raginei...
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We must be prepared for every scenario.
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Brother, the way you're talking...
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it's almost like you're sure an "accident" will happen to His Highness Somand...
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Sezun... hurry and grow up.
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For His Highness' sake.
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Enter.
**[06:17] ---**
2nd Lt. Noei, are you up?
**[06:19] ---**
Oh, it's you.
**[06:21] ---**
You don't have to get up.
**[06:23] ---**
My injury is nothing, really.
**[06:26] ---**
Your doctor would be pretty mad if he heard you say that, Lieutenant.
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You can stop calling me "Lieutenant."
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I'm not a soldier anymore.
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Can I call you "Isaac," then?
**[06:39] ---**
Sure.
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Is anything wrong?
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You seem a bit down.
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Very perceptive...
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Rumaty won't see me.
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I thought we'd become friends.
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That was pretty self-important of me.
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No one can comfort His Highness right now.
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I know how Prince Rumaty adored Crown Prince Somand...
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But the Crown Prince didn't understand that...
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in the end...
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Don't say a word.
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Say nothing, and kill Rumaty!
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Your Highness!
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I can't sleep at night!
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Those blue eyes cut right through me...
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I'm scared of them...
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And my younger brother, with the violent temper...
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I'm scared of him...
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Isaac... Isaac?
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What's wrong?
**[07:50] ---**
Ah...
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Sorry...
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you just...
**[07:55] ---**
you look too much like His Highness Rumaty.
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Do I really?
**[08:00] ---**
I can't really see it, myself...
**[08:03] ---**
But you look like someone too, someone I knew.
**[08:08] ---**
What kind of person?
**[08:10] ---**
A Doberman!
**[08:11] ---**
You mean... a dog?
**[08:14] ---**
Yeah, one of Dad's dogs...
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jet black and huge!
**[08:20] ---**
Since Mustafa's smell always clung to me...
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most dogs were scared...
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but this one kept his cool. He had guts.
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Mustafa?
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The white leopard I loved.
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I see.
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Mustafa hated animals... that Doberman was the only one who ever interested him.
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He always stuck close to Dad, though...
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so he couldn't be around me much...
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Isaac...
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Why not come to America...
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to my house?
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Instead of the Doberman?
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But I'm just like that dog.
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I also have a master for life.
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I'm no one's master.
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The Doberman and Mustafa were both my dear friends...
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I loved them.
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Therefore I'd like to be friends with you, too.
**[09:21] ---**
You're a strange girl...
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Excuse me.
**[09:28] ---**
May I?
**[09:29] ---**
Lee-Leng...
**[09:31] ---**
I need a word with Mr. Noei.
**[09:33] ---**
Well, I'll slip out then.
**[09:39] ---**
I'll be back later.
**[09:43] ---**
Looks like she likes you.
**[09:46] ---**
She told me I looked like her old friend the Doberman.
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Strangely enough, I don't mind.
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I guess it's her natural charm.
**[09:55] ---**
Are you going to go to America?
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I know how Kajika thinks...
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There are deep ties between Raginei and the Burnsworth family.
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You'd probably like to be somewhere where you can stay informed.
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Also, there's Quinza...
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He's probably a bit uneasy about letting me go completely.
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He'd be relieved to put me in a "Burnsworth" jail cell.
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Maybe I could be useful as a witness, if things get serious.
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You're much more than a simple soldier, aren't you.
**[10:29] ---**
You catch on very quickly.
**[10:31] ---**
Will you go quietly to jail?
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I'll go.
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Rumaty!
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I came to say goodbye.
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I'm going back to my country.
**[10:51] ---**
--When?
--Tonight.
**[10:53] ---**
So suddenly?
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I have to see my older brother...
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This time, whoever tries to stop me...
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You can't see your brother freely?
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Brother and I live in different palaces.
**[11:09] ---**
The palace of the Queen and Crown Prince...
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is off-limits without the approval of the Prince's Head Chamberlain.
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I see... so then...
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you can't see your mother freely, either?
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My mother passed away not long after I was born.
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I don't remember my mother, either...
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she died when I was two years old.
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Rumaty, your eyes are red...
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I--I haven't slept well, these last two days.
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Rumaty!
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We're friends, aren't we?
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Why won't you share even the smallest complaint with me?
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Can't you trust me that much?
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It doesn't matter what it is...
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I want to be someone you rely on.
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I want to, but I can't do anything, and it's frustrating!
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I'm lonely...
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Soft...
**[12:06] ---**
Why is it so soft?
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I've never felt anything like it before.
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Ah--S--sorry...! I d--didn't mean...
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Great! You're feeling better!
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I'm so glad my hands were helpful.
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If it's this good, you can touch me any time!
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By the way...
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Hm?
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I know it's your brother, but...
**[12:48] ---**
you'd better not rush into anything.
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I don't understand the whole situation...
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but there are too many people in between you two.
**[12:57] ---**
Whenever it goes through a third party...
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the truth will always be warped. That's what my dad says.
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The only thing to do is talk frankly with him face-to-face.
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I think so, too.
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When I got to see my brother before I left, he was kind to me.
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Yeah, it must be some kind of misunderstanding!
**[13:17] ---**
It must be!
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No one would try to kill his own baby brother.
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Tonight...
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W--when I turn eighteen...
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I'll be studying abroad.
**[13:40] ---**
Studying abroad?
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Oxford University.
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Go to the same college as me!
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I wonder if I can get in... it seems pretty tough...
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Do you get bad grades?
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I think they're not bad, but...
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I've always been tutored, so I don't know how I rank.
**[13:58] ---**
I never worried about it...
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Hm... come to think of it, same for me.
**[14:06] ---**
Excuse me.
**[14:09] ---**
Are those strawberries?
**[14:11] ---**
Master Lee-Leng asked me to bring them over.
**[14:14] ---**
Lee-Leng? That's weird...
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he always gets mad when I eat between meals.
**[14:21] ---**
What?
**[14:28] ---**
Wait! Don't eat that! Kajika!
**[14:31] ---**
Hey, lady!
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Wait!
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If anyone's out there... she's an assassin! Don't let her escape!
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Hold it right there!
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Stop...
**[14:42] ---**
please don't kill me...
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I only did what they asked!
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They just said, "Get into the house and serve strawberries!"
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Her target was Kajika!
**[14:51] ---**
What!?
**[14:54] ---**
Hey! Who sent you!?
**[14:59] ---**
Toranosuke, we won't have violence here.
**[15:02] ---**
Master Lee-Leng...
**[15:07] ---**
Don't worry. We won't hurt you.
**[15:10] ---**
You just wanted some money, right?
**[15:14] ---**
Wh--who are you?
**[15:16] ---**
I'm in charge here.
**[15:18] ---**
As it stands, you'll be charged with attempted murder.
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If you were to cooperate, though...
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I'll do it! I'll cooperate!
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Well then... tell me the name of the person who sent you.
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Someone I know from the slums...
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but he said he was following orders, too!
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Fine. Toranosuke...
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go with her and track the guy down.
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Ah... right.
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Now. I have one more question.
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Answer this for me...
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O--okay.
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How did you get in here?
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He said, at exactly ten o'clock...
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Security would go down for just 30 seconds.
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Someone on the inside...?
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I'll take this matter...
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into my own hands.
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Lee-Leng...
**[16:18] ---**
What are you doing?
**[16:21] ---**
Work.
**[16:25] ---**
Has Toranosuke come back?
**[16:27] ---**
A while ago. He uncovered the culprit, too.
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Who?
**[16:31] ---**
Leon Wie.
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You can stop worrying.
**[16:34] ---**
We drove him out of Hong Kong.
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That's not it...
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there's still someone behind him.
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Do you want to know?
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No... I just...
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what are you going to do with the person?
**[16:49] ---**
They should be punished, shouldn't they?
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Lee-Leng... sometimes you get a scary look on your face...
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you stop being the Lee-Leng I know.
**[17:02] ---**
But... when you look like that...
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it always has something to do with me.
**[17:08] ---**
If I'm the one...
**[17:10] ---**
making you do that...
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I'll be sad...
**[17:14] ---**
Are you afraid of me?
**[17:20] ---**
Why would I be afraid of you?
**[17:25] ---**
Well, it's almost time for His Highness to leave.
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You should say goodbye.
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Yeah.
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I'll be there in a moment.
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Okay.
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I thought you'd come.
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You're completely soft when it comes to that girl.
**[17:54] ---**
I can't stand watching...
**[17:56] ---**
the look on your face when you look at her...
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If you love her that much, go ahead and propose!
**[18:02] ---**
If you asked Burnsworth's consent, you'd get it, right?
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If the world were as simple as you are, I would.
**[18:09] ---**
What are you saying?
**[18:12] ---**
That's not what you wanted to hear, is it?
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I knew you were a fool...
**[18:19] ---**
but you're worse than I ever knew.
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The kind of devil woman...
**[18:24] ---**
who's motivated by money and loves only herself...
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is much easier to deal with.
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I thought you fit the stereotype, too, but...
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Lee-Leng... I...
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I guess I can't get conceited...
**[18:38] ---**
my true feelings for you...
**[18:40] ---**
there's a lot I still don't understand.
**[18:45] ---**
Lee-Leng!
**[18:47] ---**
Please...
**[18:49] ---**
Forgive me! Lee-Leng...
**[18:57] ---**
Bridget...
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I'll give you an hour.
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During that time, think about your future plans.
**[19:11] ---**
After one hour...
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you won't get any more soft words.
**[19:16] ---**
But...
**[19:18] ---**
I was somewhat fond...
**[19:20] ---**
of your foolish parts.
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Farewell.
**[19:26] ---**
Rumaty!
**[19:29] ---**
Kajika!
**[19:31] ---**
Did you find out who made the attempt on your life?
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I'll be fine.
**[19:35] ---**
Lee-Leng is by my side!
**[19:37] ---**
That guy?
**[19:39] ---**
He gives me the creeps, but he seems reliable...
**[19:42] ---**
Rumaty, look at the second window on the third floor...
**[19:47] ---**
What is it? I see someone's shadow...
**[19:49] ---**
It's Isaac.
**[19:51] ---**
He's secretly seeing you off...
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We're going to take care of him at my house in America.
**[19:57] ---**
If you give your permission, tell me!
**[19:59] ---**
Hmph... none of my business.
**[20:02] ---**
--Sezun.
--Ah--yes?
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I know that, when you were schoolchildren...
**[20:08] ---**
he took care of timid little you...
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I also understand that you love him like a brother even today...
**[20:15] ---**
Brother...
**[20:17] ---**
But don't forget...
**[20:19] ---**
your real brother is right here.
**[20:22] ---**
Noei is a useful sacrificial pawn.
**[20:25] ---**
He'll come in handy someday for His Highness' sake.
**[20:29] ---**
If you are my younger brother...
**[20:31] ---**
you'll get rid of all this sympathy.
**[20:34] ---**
This is a charm from the island where I was raised.
**[20:37] ---**
It's made from the shell of a sea turtle.
**[20:41] ---**
I'm sure... it will protect you.
**[20:43] ---**
Huh... can a prince even wear something like this?
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You're finally back to your old self... it's okay if you don't wear it.
**[20:53] ---**
I--I'll wear it under my clothes...
**[20:59] ---**
Rumaty...
**[21:04] ---**
It's a friendship promise...
**[21:06] ---**
Give me one, too...
**[21:19] ---**
From now on, whatever happens...
**[21:22] ---**
we will be friends.
**[21:25] ---**
Even if the whole world turns against you...
**[21:27] ---**
I'll be on your side...
**[21:30] ---**
I promise...
**[21:34] ---**
Okay. It's a promise.
**[21:50] ---**
Master Lee-Leng...
**[21:51] ---**
Ms. Bridget has fled.
**[21:53] ---**
Shall we confirm her destination?
**[21:56] ---**
It doesn't matter... leave her alone.
**[21:58] ---**
That little fool...
**[22:01] ---**
Uncle, keep your chin up.
**[22:04] ---**
I know a girl who looks a lot like Bridget...
**[22:07] ---**
I'll introduce you someday.
**[22:09] ---**
You say some cruel things sometimes...
**[22:23] ---**
Your Highness...
**[22:24] ---**
I've brought you your tea.
**[22:28] ---**
What's that?
**[22:29] ---**
A present from a friend...
**[22:32] ---**
It's a dumb little thing... but I'm wearing it...
**[22:35] ---**
That must be...
**[22:36] ---**
an especially bold school friend.
**[22:38] ---**
Who on Earth is his father?
**[22:41] ---**
What are you asking me?
**[22:42] ---**
A school friend isn't called "a friend."
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Your Highness...
**[22:50] ---**
I got this... from a real friend!
**[23:01] ---**
I can't stand feeling this distance,
**[23:09] ---**
So I'm starting to search for your heart.
**[23:16] ---**
Because you were always at my side, protecting me.
**[23:23] ---**
And I'm afraid of being alone.
**[23:30] ---**
Though it's been a long time, everyone's just the same.
**[23:37] ---**
Whether sleeping now, or crying, I want to see your smiling face.
**[23:44] ---**
Because I will love you, with heart overflowing.
**[23:52] ---**
Don't turn away, look at me. I believe in you.
**[23:59] ---**
So, no one else knows our secret thoughts
**[24:07] ---**
The blue sea of a strong and beautiful time.
**[24:14] ---**
In those arms, in that embrace, I'm alive.