E22 - A Man without Learning Is Unwise; a Man without Wisdom Is a Fool

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    We need more personnel.
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    We sure do.
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    For example, Roroa has an
    extraordinary sense of economics...
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    I do, huh?
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    All the same, Roroa, you can't run the
    kingdom's finances by yourself, right?
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    That's true. I need a bureaucracy,
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    along with those working under
    them who can do math.
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    It's those people who can read, write,
    and do math that we're short on.
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    I'm sad to say that the literacy rate
    among the people is not that high.
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    And as for those who can do arithmetic,
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    if you exclude the nobility and the
    knights, that just leaves the merchants.
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    You're right, Juna.
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    Well then, why don't we try general
    recruiting from everyday people?
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    When it comes to appointing
    outstanding talent,
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    countries that can concentrate money
    and power have an advantage.
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    But when it comes to finding large numbers
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    of talented people from off
    the street, that's a lot tougher.
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    Okay, then what do we do?
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    I think we'll have to draw
    talent from other nations,
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    while at the same time doing that.
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    What's "that"?
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    "...Keep on going anyway"
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    Our bond strikes deep into my left breast
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    We enjoy a fleeting happiness
    after weathering one fog,
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    until our vision becomes obscured again
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    Bitterly betrayed, we grow
    disgusted by our destiny
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    But why does the dawn still come?
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    We close our eyes and try to remember
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    the chance of stopping, of never meeting
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    From boundless zero to infinity,
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    dreaming is the heartbeat of believing
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    We'll move along alone and in pairs
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    Don't stay put; our small,
    though by no means helpless steps
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    will open uncharted territory
    for each of us
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    Realize we will never again
    let our dreams die on the vine
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    The tear tracks that run down
    our cheeks are shooting stars
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    We're going to grab hold of them
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    "Slavery"
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    Slavery--the greatest violation of
    mankind's rights still in existence.
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    When a person owns a person, does not
    recognize their rights or freedoms,
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    and can buy or sell them like property.
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    The great Aristotle once defended
    the practice, calling them "living tools,"
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    but it is a system that should have
    by no means been adopted.
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    Sadly, however, this practice
    still remains in place
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    on the supercontinent of Landia.
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    The Kingdom of Friedonia was no
    exception to this rule, either.
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    The slaves here include those who were
    enslaved because of their crimes,
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    but most had no other choice but
    to sell themselves due to poverty.
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    If their masters permitted it,
    they could be freed,
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    and physical and sexual abuse
    was forbidden.
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    However, there were still many female
    slaves who were sexually violated,
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    and many male slaves who
    ended up being worked to death.
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    Here we find a slave trader
    by the name of Ginger Camus.
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    "A Man Without Learning is Unwise;
    a Man Without Wisdom is a Fool"
    I'm Camus. Now that my grandpa
    has died, I've inherited all of you.
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    So, um, nice to meet you.
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    Wh-Why do all of you seem so frightened?
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    You don't know, Shopmaster?
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    Oh, let's see, are you
    a mystic tanuki, then?
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    I'm a raccoon person.
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    Incidentally, the difference is the tail.
    Mystic tanuki have no stripes,
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    while we raccoon people
    have elegant stripes.
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    Oh. Who are you?
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    Please excuse me. I am Sandria, the slave.
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    Okay, can I call you "San," then?
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    Huh? Oh, yes.
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    Pleased to meet you.
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    The pleasure is mine, Shopmaster.
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    So tell me, San,
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    do you know why everyone seems so gloomy?
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    It is because your grandfather
    passed away, Shopmaster.
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    You grieve his death even though
    you were his slaves?
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    There is some sadness...
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    Compared to other slave traders,
    your grandfather treated us well.
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    He did?
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    He made sure that we had something
    to wear and enough to eat.
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    He was a perfectly
    reasonable slave trader.
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    I'm sorry. I didn't know anything
    about the slave trade.
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    No, I would assume you didn't.
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    Before your grandfather passed,
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    he said that you would probably
    be unable to take over his business.
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    That this work would be too great
    a burden for his overly kind grandson.
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    Grandpa saw right through me.
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    I don't want any of his remaining slaves.
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    I would rather sell them off and
    start some new, other business.
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    At least, I thought I would...
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    Shopmaster?
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    Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry. I was just
    thinking about my grandpa.
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    If you do not take over the business,
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    we will end up being sold off
    to some other slave trader.
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    But no slave trader is going to
    take on this many slaves at once.
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    We're going to be split up.
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    That is the reason why we are grieving
    your grandfather's passing.
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    Shopmaster?
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    San, what is this?
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    I, a mere slave, was presumptuous
    enough to offer my opinion.
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    I should like you to punish me for it now.
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    Huh?! Why?!
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    It is all right.
    That whip is specially made,
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    so that it leaves no mark
    on the one being whipped,
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    and so my market value
    will not be lowered.
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    That's not what I'm talking about!
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    Why did you offer your opinion to me
    when you knew you might be punished?!
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    So that even once you close up shop,
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    you might offer the slightest
    bit of accommodation,
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    and at least find buyers who will allow
    family members to stay together...
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    San, do you have family members here?
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    San, you really do care for others, huh?
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    I now understand your situation.
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    That being said, I don't intend
    to keep running this business.
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    However, I will do the best I can
    until all of you have been sold.
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    Naturally, I don't intend to sell
    any of you to strange buyers.
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    I will take it upon myself
    to scrutinize them carefully.
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    I'm sorry about this, San--
    bringing you along to carry all that.
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    Such concern is wasted on a slave.
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    Please order me to do whatever you wish.
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    Also, if I may ask, Master Ginger,
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    why are you providing enough
    food to eat and new clothing
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    to slaves that you are about to part with?
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    Which would you think has
    been better taken care of,
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    something that is clean,
    or something that is dirty?
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    Well, I would think the clean one.
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    It's the same idea.
    I think that if a slave is clean,
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    buyers who are looking for someone
    they can use as disposable labor
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    are likely to stay away.
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    All right, everyone,
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    let's review our threes tables. Ready, go!
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    Three times one is three. Three times
    two is six. Three times three is nine...
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    Master Ginger, what are you doing now?
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    Ah, welcome back.
    Do you have what I asked for?
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    Oh, yes.
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    Now I can teach everyone
    to read and write, too.
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    Um, Master Ginger,
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    why are you teaching slaves to read,
    write, and do arithmetic?
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    Hmm? I've been thinking about it,
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    and even tools get better taken care of
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    if they have some added
    value to them, right?
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    So when I thought about what
    value I could add to a person,
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    I said, what about an education?
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    That is indeed true,
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    but there are a limited number of people
    who will buy an educated slave.
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    If they remain unsold, or only
    get sold to do manual labor,
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    I don't see the point.
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    Yeah, maybe you're right, but I don't plan
    on continuing to run this business.
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    If I can get decent enough buyers
    to take on the people here now,
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    that's good enough for me.
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    San, would you like me to teach you, too?
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    That's all right.
    My family ran their own store,
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    so I can already read, write, and do math.
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    Um...
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    San, may I ask you how you
    ended up being a slave?
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    A shopkeeper was tricked into
    taking on a debt by someone,
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    and had to sell one of his daughters
    to save the shop and his family.
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    That's all there is to it.
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    That's all there is to it?
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    It's a common enough tale. This kind
    of misery sprouts up everywhere.
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    Oh, thank you.
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    How are the sales going?
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    Not too well, I'm afraid.
    By which I mean not at all.
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    What could the matter be?
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    I believe some customers have come in.
    Why did they not buy anyone?
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    I don't mean to brag, but I do have
    a good eye for sizing people up.
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    Every buyer who came in saw slaves as
    nothing more than disposable tools--
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    no matter how gentlemanly they behaved.
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    Is that right?
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    I promised everyone that I would find
    them buyers that were trustworthy.
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    I have to be very selective.
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    If you keep talking like that,
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    you'll find yourself in debt
    and become a slave yourself.
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    Well, we can't have that.
    My grandpa used to have a saying--
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    "Someday, the calm will end,
    and the tide will suddenly turn."
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    It means to not ever give up,
    and wait for the right opportunity.
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    Then when it comes,
    grab hold of it so you don't miss it.
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    It's the strangest thing.
    Whenever I'm with you, Master Ginger,
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    despite being a slave,
    I'm almost hopeful for the future.
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    Excuse me! I heard that you had slaves
    here who could read, write, and do math!
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    Is this true?!
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    I need them immediately! You can name
    your own price, just let me have them!
[12:11] ---
    I need some, as well!
    Whatever you require, just tell me!
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    I have money!
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    Oh, uh...
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    Please, I'm in desperate need of slaves
    that can read, write, and do math.
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    All of my slaves are able to
    read, write, and do arithmetic.
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    All of them?! For real?!
    Oh, thank you, God!
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    Please! Please sell them to us!
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    Me, first! I'm worried about my territory!
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    Everyone, please calm down!
    What exactly is going on here?
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    I see. His Majesty declared
    "As of now, the evaluation policy
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    for the promotion or demotion
    of knights and noblemen
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    will include the ability to govern
    one's territory, so good luck," has he?
[13:09] ---
    My lord believed that being a nobleman
    and taking part in state affairs
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    was the way for him to get ahead in life.
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    A knight is distinguished only
    by his heroics on the battlefield.
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    And now the ability to govern one's
    own domain is called into question.
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    In order to govern,
    office skills are a must!
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    Which is why I need to have someone
    who can read, write, and do math!
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    Well, um, I understand the situation.
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    I have parents here who have children,
    and a pair of sisters to consider,
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    so I would ask that you take on
    members of the same family together.
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    So you are saying that if
    we take families together,
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    we have priority when it comes
    to securing two or more of them?
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    Is that right? In that case,
    I will take on as many as I can get!
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    I already told you, I come first!
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    Everyone, quiet down! Quiet down, please!
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    In no time at all, things have
    become very quiet here, huh?
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    Indeed they have. The last two,
    Anzu and Shiho, went to Piltory Saracen.
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    I never would have guessed that
    he would promise to set them free,
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    not to mention take them as wives.
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    You're right.
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    And finally, I am the
    only slave remaining.
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    I can't say that I made a fortune,
    exactly, but this is still a tidy sum.
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    Only because you spent
    too much money teaching us
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    to read, write, and do math.
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    I'm not really cut out
    to be a slave trader.
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    Although now, I think I can
    start a new business.
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    A new business, you say?
    Then that would mean that I...
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    San, aren't you tired from
    standing here all this time?
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    Don't be silly. I'm just a slave.
    I could never sit in front of my master.
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    Is that right? I could make it an order.
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    V-Very well.
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    Let's have a little break.
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    I should be doing that sort of chore!
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    It's all right.
    A small token of my thanks.
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    Thanks?
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    Yes. If you hadn't had the courage
    to state what you did earlier,
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    I probably would have let other
    slave traders buy up everyone else.
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    It wasn't wise to do as a slave trader,
    but I taught them how to read,
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    write, and to do math in an effort
    to give them more value.
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    But thanks to His Majesty's order,
    it just happened to work out nicely.
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    And it is all because you had the
    courage to speak up when you did.
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    No, we are the ones
    who should be thanking you.
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    You say you did it to give us more value,
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    but Master Ginger, you were kind enough
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    to give us all new clothing, enough food
    to eat, and even an education.
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    You were gracious enough to cut
    into your grandfather's inheritance
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    to provide for us.
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    That is not something
    an ordinary person would do.
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    I really would like to thank you.
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    Listen...
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    Welcome.
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    What a strange hat. Could he be
    from the Nine-Headed Dragon Union?
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    I have a request.
    Would you mind selling me that slave?
[16:55] ---
    Um, did you see the sign outside?
    We're closed.
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    Oh, you'll have to excuse me.
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    But I am so taken with this
    raccoon-people slave, I can't stand it.
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    Please, is there any way that
    you can let me have this slave?
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    Naturally, I plan on paying
    much more than she is worth.
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    Once I've purchased her, I will also
    release her from her slave status.
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    Um, well, you see...
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    So then, what price would you
    be willing to pay for me?
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    San!
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    Master Ginger has taken
    very good care of all of his slaves.
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    I am the only one remaining.
    Thus, as one final act of service,
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    I would like for you to
    purchase me for a high price.
[17:44] ---
    Master Ginger, please use it
    to fund your new business.
[17:49] ---
    Hold on, what are you talking about?!
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    As you wish.
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    There are ten large gold coins and
    50 standard gold coins in here.
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    Will this amount be enough?
[18:03] ---
    That is an extraordinary amount.
    We have a deal.
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    Glad to hear it.
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    That's not something you get to decide!
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    I'm sorry to say that she is
    not for sale. She is not a slave.
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    I want to have her to serve as my
    employee when I begin my new business.
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    Master Ginger...
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    I'm sorry, San.
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    It's possible that you would be
    better off being bought by this man.
[18:31] ---
    He obviously has considerable
    financial resources.
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    But I... Out of my own self-interest,
    I don't want to let you go.
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    Master Ginger...
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    Please, Master Ginger,
    keep me here by your side.
[18:49] ---
    Mm-hmm, of course I will.
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    Okay, well...
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    See? Just like Sebastian said.
    Quite the fascinating slave trader, huh?
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    Absolutely.
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    Um, what is this?
[19:10] ---
    Sorry about this.
    It was only supposed to be a test.
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    A test?
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    There's no shortage
    of people in the world.
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    I mean, there's someone as capable
    as you, hiding right under our noses.
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    This is why we can't stop
    looking for talented personnel.
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    Y-Your Majesty!
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    We're here incognito,
    so enough of that formal nonsense.
[19:33] ---
    Mm-hmm, "incognito" is something
    I've always wanted to say.
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    U-Um... Your Majesty, why are you here?
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    I heard about your reputation.
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    You taught your slaves how to
    read, write, and do arithmetic,
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    to see that they ended up in places
    that would treat them well, didn't you?
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    Slave traders around the kingdom
    are now following your example,
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    and are starting to educate their slaves.
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    O-Oh...
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    Judging from your reaction,
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    you have no idea of how glorious
    an achievement you've made, do you?
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    I wouldn't say "glorious."
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    I've always thought about
    whether it would be possible
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    to abolish the system
    of slavery in this country.
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    But if I implemented any sudden
    reforms by royal decree,
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    societal upheaval would be unavoidable.
[20:17] ---
    One wrong move, and there's the
    chance of a civil war breaking out.
[20:19] ---
    Oh, that's a bit over the top.
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    No. In the world I came from,
    it actually did lead to war.
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    Which is why I first want to make the
    system in place slavery in name only.
[20:30] ---
    Oh, you don't mean...
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    Your Majesty, is this the "that"
    you were speaking of to the princess?
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    That's right. Education.
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    You attempted to improve the
    treatment of the socially vulnerable
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    by giving them employment.
    And as a result,
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    the slaves are no longer slaves. If that's
    not a glorious achievement, what is it?
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    Oh, but I was just trying as hard as
    I could to protect the people here.
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    That's just the sort of person
    I've been looking for.
[21:05] ---
    From here on, I'm going to be socializing
    the slave trade in this country.
[21:09] ---
    Your Majesty, what's "socializing"?
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    Slave traders will become public servants,
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    and we'll establish a
    proper screening process.
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    Beyond that, I'm also planning
    to build a job training center,
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    so that slaves can get real jobs,
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    instead of being used as
    disposable manual labor.
[21:26] ---
    I'd like to abolish the system
    of slavery all at once,
[21:29] ---
    but for now, this is about all I can do.
[21:32] ---
    So then...
[21:34] ---
    You're a bit of a slow learner, huh?
[21:36] ---
    The whole kingdom is gonna
    do the same thing you did.
[21:39] ---
    I would like to appoint you as the first
    director of this job training center.
[21:43] ---
    Wh-Who, me?!
[21:46] ---
    I think that you're the
    one most deserving of this.
[21:49] ---
    This money is your reserve fund.
[21:52] ---
    How would you like to take this
    money and start your new business?
[21:57] ---
    Someday, the calm will end...
[22:00] ---
    ...and the tide will suddenly turn.
[22:08] ---
    I'll do it, Your Majesty.
[22:10] ---
    Please allow me to do this.
[22:29] ---
    "What are we supposed to choose?"
[22:33] ---
    Our voices imploring the future are hoarse
[22:38] ---
    We've become so afraid
    of what we could lose
[22:44] ---
    that we're just frozen in place
[22:49] ---
    How many times have we made mistakes
[22:53] ---
    because we wanted to check our "answers"?
[22:59] ---
    Before we knew it we were in love,
    we had fallen in love
[23:07] ---
    I'll hold fast to you
    in the times we're in
[23:11] ---
    We who set alight
    our finite lives to fight
[23:17] ---
    are noble and beautiful above all
[23:22] ---
    As long as we create
    as many bright tomorrows
[23:26] ---
    as the indelible wounds we suffer,
[23:31] ---
    we can be proud of all
    we've woven together