# E22 - A Man without Learning Is Unwise; a Man without Wisdom Is a Fool
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU03MGW/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.
**[03:57] ---**
"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.
**[04:11] ---**
Wh-Why do all of you seem so frightened?
**[04:15] ---**
You don't know, Shopmaster?
**[04:20] ---**
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.
**[04:33] ---**
Oh. Who are you?
**[04:36] ---**
Please excuse me. I am Sandria, the slave.
**[04:41] ---**
Okay, can I call you "San," then?
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Huh? Oh, yes.
**[04:46] ---**
Pleased to meet you.
**[04:48] ---**
The pleasure is mine, Shopmaster.
**[04:50] ---**
So tell me, San,
**[04:52] ---**
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?
**[05:04] ---**
There is some sadness...
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Compared to other slave traders,
your grandfather treated us well.
**[05:14] ---**
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.
**[05:28] ---**
No, I would assume you didn't.
**[05:31] ---**
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...
**[05:59] ---**
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.
**[06:12] ---**
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.
**[06:19] ---**
That is the reason why we are grieving
your grandfather's passing.
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Shopmaster?
**[06:28] ---**
San, what is this?
**[06:35] ---**
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.
**[06:41] ---**
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!
**[06:55] ---**
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,
**[07:06] ---**
and at least find buyers who will allow
family members to stay together...
**[07:13] ---**
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.
**[07:52] ---**
I'm sorry about this, San--
bringing you along to carry all that.
**[07:57] ---**
Such concern is wasted on a slave.
**[08:00] ---**
Please order me to do whatever you wish.
**[08:04] ---**
Also, if I may ask, Master Ginger,
**[08:08] ---**
why are you providing enough
food to eat and new clothing
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to slaves that you are about to part with?
**[08:14] ---**
Which would you think has
been better taken care of,
**[08:17] ---**
something that is clean,
or something that is dirty?
**[08:20] ---**
Well, I would think the clean one.
**[08:25] ---**
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.
**[08:38] ---**
All right, everyone,
**[08:40] ---**
let's review our threes tables. Ready, go!
**[08:44] ---**
Three times one is three. Three times
two is six. Three times three is nine...
**[08:51] ---**
Master Ginger, what are you doing now?
**[08:54] ---**
Ah, welcome back.
Do you have what I asked for?
**[08:57] ---**
Oh, yes.
**[08:59] ---**
Now I can teach everyone
to read and write, too.
**[09:02] ---**
Um, Master Ginger,
**[09:04] ---**
why are you teaching slaves to read,
write, and do arithmetic?
**[09:08] ---**
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?
**[09:15] ---**
So when I thought about what
value I could add to a person,
**[09:20] ---**
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.
**[09:28] ---**
If they remain unsold, or only
get sold to do manual labor,
**[09:32] ---**
I don't see the point.
**[09:34] ---**
Yeah, maybe you're right, but I don't plan
on continuing to run this business.
**[09:40] ---**
If I can get decent enough buyers
to take on the people here now,
**[09:44] ---**
that's good enough for me.
**[09:46] ---**
San, would you like me to teach you, too?
**[09:48] ---**
That's all right.
My family ran their own store,
**[09:52] ---**
so I can already read, write, and do math.
**[09:55] ---**
Um...
**[09:56] ---**
San, may I ask you how you
ended up being a slave?
**[10:02] ---**
A shopkeeper was tricked into
taking on a debt by someone,
**[10:06] ---**
and had to sell one of his daughters
to save the shop and his family.
**[10:12] ---**
That's all there is to it.
**[10:13] ---**
That's all there is to it?
**[10:15] ---**
It's a common enough tale. This kind
of misery sprouts up everywhere.
**[10:28] ---**
Oh, thank you.
**[10:30] ---**
How are the sales going?
**[10:35] ---**
Not too well, I'm afraid.
By which I mean not at all.
**[10:41] ---**
What could the matter be?
**[10:43] ---**
I believe some customers have come in.
Why did they not buy anyone?
**[10:49] ---**
I don't mean to brag, but I do have
a good eye for sizing people up.
**[10:55] ---**
Every buyer who came in saw slaves as
nothing more than disposable tools--
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no matter how gentlemanly they behaved.
**[11:04] ---**
Is that right?
**[11:06] ---**
I promised everyone that I would find
them buyers that were trustworthy.
**[11:10] ---**
I have to be very selective.
**[11:12] ---**
If you keep talking like that,
**[11:14] ---**
you'll find yourself in debt
and become a slave yourself.
**[11:16] ---**
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,
**[11:40] ---**
despite being a slave,
I'm almost hopeful for the future.
**[11:59] ---**
Excuse me! I heard that you had slaves
here who could read, write, and do math!
**[12:04] ---**
Is this true?!
**[12:07] ---**
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!
**[12:15] ---**
I have money!
**[12:19] ---**
Oh, uh...
**[12:22] ---**
Please, I'm in desperate need of slaves
that can read, write, and do math.
**[12:27] ---**
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!
**[12:37] ---**
Please! Please sell them to us!
**[12:40] ---**
Me, first! I'm worried about my territory!
**[12:45] ---**
Everyone, please calm down!
What exactly is going on here?
**[12:54] ---**
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
**[13:13] ---**
was the way for him to get ahead in life.
**[13:16] ---**
A knight is distinguished only
by his heroics on the battlefield.
**[13:19] ---**
And now the ability to govern one's
own domain is called into question.
**[13:22] ---**
In order to govern,
office skills are a must!
**[13:26] ---**
Which is why I need to have someone
who can read, write, and do math!
**[13:30] ---**
Well, um, I understand the situation.
**[13:34] ---**
I have parents here who have children,
and a pair of sisters to consider,
**[13:37] ---**
so I would ask that you take on
members of the same family together.
**[13:42] ---**
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?
**[13:47] ---**
Is that right? In that case,
I will take on as many as I can get!
**[13:50] ---**
I already told you, I come first!
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Everyone, quiet down! Quiet down, please!
**[14:08] ---**
In no time at all, things have
become very quiet here, huh?
**[14:11] ---**
Indeed they have. The last two,
Anzu and Shiho, went to Piltory Saracen.
**[14:17] ---**
I never would have guessed that
he would promise to set them free,
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not to mention take them as wives.
**[14:24] ---**
You're right.
**[14:26] ---**
And finally, I am the
only slave remaining.
**[14:31] ---**
I can't say that I made a fortune,
exactly, but this is still a tidy sum.
**[14:38] ---**
Only because you spent
too much money teaching us
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to read, write, and do math.
**[14:43] ---**
I'm not really cut out
to be a slave trader.
**[14:47] ---**
Although now, I think I can
start a new business.
**[14:51] ---**
A new business, you say?
Then that would mean that I...
**[14:56] ---**
San, aren't you tired from
standing here all this time?
**[15:01] ---**
Don't be silly. I'm just a slave.
I could never sit in front of my master.
**[15:07] ---**
Is that right? I *could* make it an order.
**[15:12] ---**
V-Very well.
**[15:20] ---**
Let's have a little break.
**[15:22] ---**
I should be doing that sort of chore!
**[15:24] ---**
It's all right.
A small token of my thanks.
**[15:28] ---**
Thanks?
**[15:30] ---**
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.
**[15:48] ---**
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.
**[15:59] ---**
No, we are the ones
who should be thanking you.
**[16:04] ---**
You say you did it to give us more value,
**[16:06] ---**
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.
**[16:17] ---**
You were gracious enough to cut
into your grandfather's inheritance
**[16:20] ---**
to provide for us.
**[16:23] ---**
That is not something
an ordinary person would do.
**[16:27] ---**
I really would like to thank you.
**[16:33] ---**
Listen...
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Welcome.
**[16:43] ---**
What a strange hat. Could he be
from the Nine-Headed Dragon Union?
**[16:49] ---**
I have a request.
Would you mind selling me that slave?
**[16:55] ---**
Um, did you see the sign outside?
We're closed.
**[17:00] ---**
Oh, you'll have to excuse me.
**[17:02] ---**
But I am so taken with this
raccoon-people slave, I can't stand it.
**[17:09] ---**
Please, is there any way that
you can let me have this slave?
**[17:13] ---**
Naturally, I plan on paying
much more than she is worth.
**[17:18] ---**
Once I've purchased her, I will also
release her from her slave status.
**[17:23] ---**
Um, well, you see...
**[17:25] ---**
So then, what price would you
be willing to pay for me?
**[17:29] ---**
San!
**[17:31] ---**
Master Ginger has taken
very good care of all of his slaves.
**[17:35] ---**
I am the only one remaining.
Thus, as one final act of service,
**[17:40] ---**
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?!
**[17:51] ---**
As you wish.
**[17:56] ---**
There are ten large gold coins and
50 standard gold coins in here.
**[18:01] ---**
Will this amount be enough?
**[18:03] ---**
That is an extraordinary amount.
We have a deal.
**[18:06] ---**
Glad to hear it.
**[18:07] ---**
That's not something you get to decide!
**[18:10] ---**
I'm sorry to say that she is
not for sale. She is not a slave.
**[18:15] ---**
I want to have her to serve as my
employee when I begin my new business.
**[18:21] ---**
Master Ginger...
**[18:23] ---**
I'm sorry, San.
**[18:25] ---**
It's possible that you would be
better off being bought by this man.
**[18:31] ---**
He obviously has considerable
financial resources.
**[18:33] ---**
But I... Out of my own self-interest,
I don't want to let you go.
**[18:39] ---**
Master Ginger...
**[18:43] ---**
Please, Master Ginger,
keep me here by your side.
**[18:49] ---**
Mm-hmm, of course I will.
**[18:58] ---**
Okay, well...
**[19:00] ---**
See? Just like Sebastian said.
Quite the fascinating slave trader, huh?
**[19:05] ---**
Absolutely.
**[19:07] ---**
Um, what is this?
**[19:10] ---**
Sorry about this.
It was only supposed to be a test.
**[19:14] ---**
A test?
**[19:16] ---**
There's no shortage
of people in the world.
**[19:18] ---**
I mean, there's someone as capable
as you, hiding right under our noses.
**[19:23] ---**
This is why we can't stop
looking for talented personnel.
**[19:26] ---**
Y-Your Majesty!
**[19:29] ---**
We're here incognito,
so enough of that formal nonsense.
**[19:33] ---**
Mm-hmm, "incognito" is something
I've always wanted to say.
**[19:36] ---**
U-Um... Your Majesty, why are you here?
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I heard about your reputation.
**[19:43] ---**
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?
**[19:49] ---**
Slave traders around the kingdom
are now following your example,
**[19:52] ---**
and are starting to educate their slaves.
**[19:54] ---**
O-Oh...
**[19:56] ---**
Judging from your reaction,
**[19:58] ---**
you have no idea of how glorious
an achievement you've made, do you?
**[20:02] ---**
I wouldn't say "glorious."
**[20:05] ---**
I've always thought about
whether it would be possible
**[20:07] ---**
to abolish the system
of slavery in this country.
**[20:10] ---**
But if I implemented any sudden
reforms by royal decree,
**[20:14] ---**
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.
**[20:21] ---**
No. In the world I came from,
it actually did lead to war.
**[20:26] ---**
Which is why I first want to make the
system in place slavery in name only.
**[20:30] ---**
Oh, you don't mean...
**[20:33] ---**
Your Majesty, is this the "*that*"
you were speaking of to the princess?
**[20:37] ---**
That's right. Education.
**[20:40] ---**
You attempted to improve the
treatment of the socially vulnerable
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by giving them employment.
And as a result,
**[20:48] ---**
the slaves are no longer slaves. If that's
not a glorious achievement, what is it?
**[20:53] ---**
Oh, but I was just trying as hard as
I could to protect the people here.
**[21:01] ---**
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"?
**[21:12] ---**
Slave traders will become public servants,
**[21:14] ---**
and we'll establish a
proper screening process.
**[21:16] ---**
Beyond that, I'm also planning
to build a job training center,
**[21:22] ---**
so that slaves can get real jobs,
**[21:23] ---**
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...
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...and the tide will suddenly turn.
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I'll do it, Your Majesty.
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Please allow me to do this.
**[22:29] ---**
*"What are we supposed to choose?"*
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*Our voices imploring the future are hoarse*
**[22:38] ---**
*We've become so afraid
of what we could lose*
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*that we're just frozen in place*
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*How many times have we made mistakes*
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*because we wanted to check our "answers"?*
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*Before we knew it we were in love,
we had fallen in love*
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*I'll hold fast to you
in the times we're in*
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*We who set alight
our finite lives to fight*
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*are noble and beautiful above all*
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*As long as we create
as many bright tomorrows*
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*as the indelible wounds we suffer,*
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*we can be proud of all
we've woven together*