# E5 - Well Fed, Well Regarded
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDWW4X/well-fed-well-regarded)
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This world has creatures
in it that are called "gelins."
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One of their characteristics
is that they are weak.
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If you cut them, they die.
If you squash them, they also die.
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They don't differentiate
as male or female--
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they just divide themselves to reproduce.
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And right now, I'm about to be fed one
of these creatures unknown to me.
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*"Never mind, face forward,"*
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*my heart just cried until it was hoarse*
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*When you lose something,
is that the end of it?*
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*Is there no putting things back
the way they were?*
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*Just as a line of clouds
moves off somewhere*
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*when you take your eyes
off of them for a moment,*
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*so does everything else*
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*I never thought there was a version of me*
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*that the world would have a need for*
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*But when I believed in what I believe,*
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*I found myself as I truly am*
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*Hello, yes, the first step
I take after nodding*
**[01:45] ---**
*Hello, yes, is toward
the yet-unseen horizon*
**[01:58] ---**
All right, Poncho,
what is our next food item?
**[02:00] ---**
Yes, it is right here!
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"Well Fed, Well Regarded"
That's a gelin, right?
**[02:17] ---**
Yes, as you can see, this is a gelin.
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Th-Those are edible, too?
**[02:24] ---**
Yes!
**[02:25] ---**
Just a moment, please. Is that gelin dead?
**[02:29] ---**
Yes, this gelin has
already been slaughtered.
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It can't be. I've never heard
of a gelin carcass.
**[02:36] ---**
Oh, yeah, now that you
mention it, that's weird.
**[02:40] ---**
Liscia, what do you mean?
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If you so much as cut into the thin
surface membrane of a gelin,
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its bodily fluid comes
gushing out all over.
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Which is why it's not possible for them
to leave such neat and tidy remains.
**[02:52] ---**
I see.
**[02:54] ---**
So, how do you get a gelin
to end up like that?
**[02:57] ---**
There is a bit of a trick to it, yes.
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This is a method I learned
from a small tribe
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that lives far to the west,
inside the empire.
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If you strike it with a stick or something
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just hard enough so that you
don't break the membrane,
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you can destroy the nucleus within it.
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The locals called it "gelin ikejime."
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Come on, these aren't fish.
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After a gelin's nucleus is destroyed,
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its fluid loses its liquidity over time,
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and they gradually grow firm.
If you continue to let them sit,
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the fluid will evaporate,
and they will become almost hard-cured,
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but if you let about two hours
go by after they're dead,
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when they are solidified
to a certain degree,
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but still have some springiness,
you can cook them up, yes.
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Then you boil them in water
that has salt added to it,
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and they firm up even more.
**[04:01] ---**
That... looks like he's adding
stock while he's boiling it.
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Okay, please have a taste!
**[04:13] ---**
They look like udon noodles.
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Udon? What's that?
**[04:17] ---**
Oh, in the world where I'm from,
**[04:19] ---**
there's a food that looks
a lot like this, called "udon."
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Although, the ingredients and method
of making it are completely different.
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Is that right?
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Okay, Souma, you first.
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Huh?
**[04:32] ---**
You've eaten something
a lot like this, right? So then...
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Y-Yes! Your Majesty, after you!
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All right, Your Majesty, here you go.
**[04:43] ---**
Uh, yeah, but...
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Well, I *did* give Liscia and the others
food they weren't accustomed to.
**[04:51] ---**
It's not fair if I'm the only one
who gets out of this.
**[05:01] ---**
H-How is it, Souma?
**[05:04] ---**
This is a lot better than I was expecting!
**[05:10] ---**
I thought it would be
more fishy and slimy,
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but this is smooth and chewy.
**[05:15] ---**
I'd say it's closer to
kudzu noodles than udon.
**[05:18] ---**
Except that when I bite into them,
there's a unique squeakiness to them.
**[05:26] ---**
A-All right, I'll try it, too.
**[05:32] ---**
This is something else.
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Its texture is unlike anything I've ever
eaten before, but it's not bad.
**[05:50] ---**
The soup really adds a nice flavor to it.
**[05:59] ---**
Did this really come from that gelin?
I'm amazed.
**[06:12] ---**
Well, it's just about time
for this program,
**[06:14] ---**
"The King's Brillunch" to wrap things up.
**[06:19] ---**
Did you like being a host, Poncho?
**[06:22] ---**
Y-Yes. But I still think that being
a host is asking a lot of me, yes.
**[06:28] ---**
Someone please trade places
with me next time.
**[06:31] ---**
Well, now, is there going
to be a next time?
**[06:34] ---**
What do you say, Your Majesty?
**[06:37] ---**
That all depends on if
the people demand it.
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There you have it.
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Wouldn't it be nice if there
was some demand, Poncho?
**[06:44] ---**
I-I don't need any demand for myself, yes.
**[06:47] ---**
Oh, don't be like that. Let's do this
together again sometime.
**[06:50] ---**
P-Please, I wish we wouldn't!
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All right then, everyone, take care!
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"One week later, morning"
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Who knew that there would be
this much demand
**[07:05] ---**
to keep "The King's Brillunch" going?
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We can't exactly *not* do a follow-up now...
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Enter!
**[07:19] ---**
Marx?
**[07:21] ---**
Yes. He says he has something
very important to discuss.
**[07:28] ---**
What's the matter, Marx?
Why do we have to meet here?
**[07:32] ---**
We could talk in the state affairs office,
couldn't we?
**[07:34] ---**
Please forgive me for interrupting
your busy schedule,
**[07:37] ---**
but this has to do with me stepping away.
**[07:42] ---**
Hmm? Marx, you don't mean...
**[07:45] ---**
The previous king, Albert,
recognized Your Majesty's talents,
**[07:48] ---**
and yielded the throne to you.
**[07:51] ---**
I was thinking that I should follow
the previous king's example.
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I have done what little I could as your
prime minister for as long as I could,
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but I believe the time
has come for me to leave.
**[08:02] ---**
Marx...
**[08:06] ---**
Then what do we do about your replacement?
**[08:08] ---**
Hakuya is most talented, as well as
being deeply devoted to Your Majesty.
**[08:12] ---**
I believe him to be the perfect man
to take over as your right hand,
**[08:16] ---**
and help you to support
the kingdom in my place.
**[08:25] ---**
All right. The formal appointment
will have to come another day,
**[08:30] ---**
but I agree to this arrangement.
**[08:32] ---**
Well, well, that is a huge
weight off of my shoulders.
**[08:36] ---**
Now I will just accept the retirement
allowance I have coming to me
**[08:39] ---**
for my many years of service,
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then perhaps purchase myself
a cottage in the country,
**[08:43] ---**
and enjoy my remaining years there.
**[08:48] ---**
At least, that is what I considered,
**[08:50] ---**
but I am well aware that
the national treasury is in dire straits.
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I am willing to make-do with a salary
commensurate with my position,
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and continue to serve
at Your Majesty's side.
**[09:01] ---**
Marx... You really *are* a wise minister.
**[09:05] ---**
More than you thought I was?
**[09:14] ---**
I am more grateful for
Your Majesty's words just now
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than I would be for any reward.
**[09:21] ---**
Marx, it has not been very long
since I arrived in this world.
**[09:25] ---**
There is much that I
still do not understand,
**[09:27] ---**
especially when it comes to
the rules and customs of the court.
**[09:31] ---**
Do stay on to help me make up
for these shortcomings. Please.
**[09:35] ---**
As you command.
**[09:38] ---**
Your Majesty...
**[09:40] ---**
I realize I have not been
formally appointed yet,
**[09:43] ---**
but as your prime minister, there is one
suggestion I would like to put forward.
**[09:47] ---**
What is it?
**[09:49] ---**
Your Majesty, please take some time off.
**[09:52] ---**
Huh?
**[09:53] ---**
"Mercenary State Zem: A nation naturally
defended by the mountains that
encircle it, and established for
mercenaries by the mercenary king Zem."
**[09:56] ---**
"Hakuya Kwonmin: Quiet and always calm.
Possesses extensive knowledge and insight,
and is skilled at guessing the mind
and behavior of others."
**[10:02] ---**
Honestly, of all the things
that Hakuya could have said...
**[10:07] ---**
When the boss won't take time off,
**[10:09] ---**
it makes it hard for those
under him to do so.
**[10:12] ---**
Okay, I get that, but...
**[10:18] ---**
Ordinarily, I would ask that you
take a substantial break,
**[10:22] ---**
and spend some quiet time away
in a tranquil location.
**[10:25] ---**
Is there any time for that?
**[10:27] ---**
No, there isn't.
**[10:29] ---**
I don't suppose there is. Okay,
so what do you want me to do?
**[10:33] ---**
I have made various arrangements to
allow you to take the rest of the day off,
**[10:38] ---**
so please head on out
of here with all haste.
**[10:41] ---**
Yeah, if I'm taking time off,
I'd rather loaf around in my room.
**[10:45] ---**
That is overruled.
**[10:47] ---**
Our objective is to have Your Majesty
show off that you are taking a break.
**[10:52] ---**
You need to enjoy your time off in a way
that those under you are able to see.
**[10:57] ---**
Can you even call that time off?
**[10:59] ---**
Here is an idea. Use this opportunity
**[11:01] ---**
to take Princess Liscia out
on a date in the castle town.
**[11:04] ---**
Huh?! A date?!
**[11:07] ---**
Oh, that's good! By deepening
your intimacy with her in that way,
**[11:10] ---**
it will bring your succession
that much closer.
**[11:13] ---**
Let's not be hasty!
**[11:15] ---**
But going out with Liscia would be nice.
What do we do about an escort?
**[11:20] ---**
Aisha is here, is she not?
**[11:22] ---**
Yes indeed. With a mighty warrior
such as her along, you will be quite safe.
**[11:27] ---**
Yeah, but what's the point of bringing
another girl along on a date?
**[11:32] ---**
A flower in each hand, sire.
I could not be more envious.
**[11:35] ---**
Indeed!
**[11:36] ---**
Damn that Hakuya.
He didn't really mean that.
**[11:41] ---**
Oh, there they are.
**[12:02] ---**
Sonic Wind!
**[12:08] ---**
Ice Sword Mountain!
**[12:14] ---**
That's nothing!
**[12:21] ---**
Not bad.
**[12:23] ---**
You, too, Princess.
**[12:25] ---**
This may be training,
but your guard is impeccable.
**[12:28] ---**
This is the way the warriors
of this world fight?
**[12:32] ---**
I mean, if they go any further,
they're going to destroy the castle!
**[12:36] ---**
Hey, you two, enough already!
**[12:38] ---**
--Huh?!
--Majesty?!
**[12:44] ---**
A d-date?!
**[12:45] ---**
Yeah. Is that a no?
**[12:48] ---**
I-It's not a no, but the idea that
Hakuya proposed it is a bit troubling.
**[12:54] ---**
Hmm, you might be right about that.
**[12:58] ---**
But I do have some time off now.
**[13:00] ---**
There's nothing that says we
can't go out somewhere, is there?
**[13:03] ---**
I suppose that's true.
**[13:04] ---**
Ooh, ooh, in that case,
please come to our forest.
**[13:08] ---**
Sorry, but I only have today off,
**[13:11] ---**
so it has to be someplace
that's less than a day's trip.
**[13:15] ---**
It's true, the God-Protected Forest
**[13:17] ---**
would take three days of travel
each way, even on horseback.
**[13:20] ---**
We'll have to forego that for now.
**[13:22] ---**
I did tell you how to carry out
the thinning though, right?
**[13:25] ---**
Yes. But even so, there are those among
the dark elves who are quite obstinate.
**[13:32] ---**
And they might take issue
with the dark elves,
**[13:34] ---**
the guardians of the God-Protected forest,
cutting down its trees.
**[13:38] ---**
Yeah, I guess there are those
types in every world, huh?
**[13:42] ---**
Which is why I would
very much like Your Majesty
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to travel there and
rebuke them personally.
**[13:47] ---**
Understood. When time allows,
I'll go there.
**[13:50] ---**
I beg your indulgence. To that end,
please use me and my life as you see fit.
**[13:56] ---**
Okay, then I have a favor
to ask right away.
**[13:59] ---**
Yes, would you like me
to attend to you, sire?
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Why do you assume that?!
**[14:02] ---**
Because I just finished
offering myself to you.
**[14:06] ---**
Souma...
**[14:07] ---**
Whoa, y-you know I couldn't
ask her to do that!
**[14:11] ---**
I just wanted to ask her to be our
escort down in the castle town.
**[14:15] ---**
Y-You want me to come along
with you on your date?
**[14:19] ---**
If it were just Liscia
and I alone together,
**[14:21] ---**
and something were to happen,
we'd be in trouble.
**[14:24] ---**
And when I say "date," we're really
just having a look around town,
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so there's nothing to be worried about.
**[14:29] ---**
Well *I*, for one, am a little concerned.
**[14:31] ---**
Huh?
**[14:34] ---**
It's nothing!
**[14:39] ---**
So this is a military academy uniform...
**[14:43] ---**
Sorry to keep you.
**[14:51] ---**
Liscia, those glasses are working for you.
**[14:53] ---**
Th-They are? Thanks.
**[14:57] ---**
Your Majesty, how does
my school outfit look?
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Uh, mm-hmm...
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...it's not that great a match.
**[15:09] ---**
Why not, sire?!
**[15:11] ---**
How can I put this? It doesn't fit
with the image I have of dark elves.
**[15:16] ---**
What image of dark elves do you have?
Should I be baring more?
**[15:20] ---**
Would you rather I wore my birthday suit?
**[15:22] ---**
Hold on, hold on! I didn't mean that!
**[15:24] ---**
Souma, I don't know what you're imagining,
**[15:27] ---**
but I think she looks good like this.
**[15:29] ---**
Princess!
**[15:31] ---**
Whoa, why are you hugging me?
**[15:39] ---**
We'll arrive in the town soon.
**[15:41] ---**
Remember, once we
step out of this carriage,
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we are no longer the king
and the princess.
**[15:46] ---**
We're simply students
at the military academy.
**[15:48] ---**
I've got it. That's why we're
wearing these uniforms.
**[15:52] ---**
Understood, Your Majesty.
**[15:54] ---**
Aisha, we're undercover,
so you can't call me "Your Majesty."
**[15:57] ---**
Right! Then, what *should* I call you?
**[16:00] ---**
Just call me by my name, like anyone else.
**[16:02] ---**
If you like, you can use my
given name, "Kazuya."
**[16:05] ---**
Huh?
**[16:06] ---**
Souma, I thought "Souma"
was your given name.
**[16:09] ---**
Huh? Souma is my family name,
of course. My given name is Kazuya.
**[16:15] ---**
But you're "Souma Kazuya," right?
**[16:17] ---**
Yeah, Souma Kazuya...
**[16:20] ---**
Oh...!
**[16:22] ---**
That's right! In this country,
given names come first, like in the west!
**[16:27] ---**
I-I suppose it's too late
to correct that now, isn't it?
**[16:31] ---**
Pretty likely. I think the official
documents all have
**[16:34] ---**
"Souma Kazuya" written
on them at this point.
**[16:37] ---**
Oh, man, I can't believe
I made that kind of screwup!
**[16:41] ---**
Well, I don't see what the matter is.
**[16:44] ---**
I know. What if you were to switch it
when you are in public and in private?
**[16:48] ---**
On days such as this,
I will call you "Kazuya."
**[16:53] ---**
I can't believe I have to have you
covering up my mess.
**[16:55] ---**
Kazuya, exactly what sort of perception
of me are you imagining?
**[17:00] ---**
What sort?
**[17:02] ---**
The letdown dark elf?
**[17:31] ---**
The castle town is a place I only ever
passed through on my horse before,
**[17:34] ---**
so just walking around like this
is kind of refreshing.
**[17:37] ---**
It has been a nice breather, huh?
**[17:41] ---**
Kazuya!
**[17:42] ---**
What is it?
**[17:43] ---**
Trouble?
**[17:44] ---**
No, I'm just hungry...
**[17:50] ---**
Well then, why don't we go
get something to eat
**[17:52] ---**
at that café where Juna works?
**[17:59] ---**
Well, if it isn't Your Maj--
**[18:00] ---**
Good day, Miss Juna.
I don't know if you remember me,
**[18:05] ---**
but I am Kazuya, son of the silk crepe
dealer in the kingdom of Echigo.
**[18:11] ---**
Ah, yes, right, Kazuya. It has been
too long. Is your father doing well?
**[18:18] ---**
Yes, a little *too* well.
**[18:20] ---**
There was quite a scene when Mother
learned of his unfaithful ways.
**[18:22] ---**
Is that right. Kazuya, please be mindful
of how you treat women, too, okay?
**[18:29] ---**
Leave it to Juna.
Thank goodness she caught on.
**[18:36] ---**
Gelin udon really is delicious.
**[18:39] ---**
I see you added gelin udon
to the menu right away.
**[18:42] ---**
Yes. Ever since that broadcast,
many people have been asking to try it.
**[18:47] ---**
Besides, we are not yet recovered
from the food shortage,
**[18:52] ---**
so I am glad to have such
an affordable source of food.
**[18:55] ---**
We're doing all that we can.
Sorry if we're still coming up short.
**[19:00] ---**
Oh, no. Kazuya, I think you are
doing a wonderful job.
**[19:09] ---**
Why does it seem like you treat Juna
differently than everyone else, Souma?
**[19:13] ---**
Yeah...
**[19:16] ---**
...that's something that I...
**[19:19] ---**
...sensed as well.
**[19:20] ---**
I can't help it. I get a little nervous
talking to a pretty lady.
**[19:26] ---**
And Aisha, you can talk
or you can eat, but not both.
**[19:32] ---**
So it's eating, is it?!
**[19:33] ---**
Miss Aisha, when I first
saw you in the royal castle,
**[19:37] ---**
you appeared to be a gallant woman of
action, who dealt directly with the king,
**[19:41] ---**
but right now, you seem more like
a letdown who is bent on eating.
**[19:45] ---**
A-A what?!
**[19:47] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[19:48] ---**
It's clear that you're trying to outdo
Poncho at the gluttony game.
**[19:52] ---**
I wonder what happened to
that gallant Aisha from before.
**[19:56] ---**
I-Is it possible that although I have
offered my body and soul to you,
**[19:59] ---**
you never invite me to your bed...
because of my appetite?
**[20:03] ---**
Why are we suddenly back on that again?!
**[20:06] ---**
Besides, there's no way I could do that
when I'm already engaged.
**[20:09] ---**
Huh?
**[20:12] ---**
Um, Souma? Polygamy is
recognized in this kingdom.
**[20:17] ---**
In fact, it is also possible for a woman
to have multiple husbands.
**[20:22] ---**
Not that it happens often...
**[20:24] ---**
If you limit things
to one husband and one wife,
**[20:27] ---**
then if anything were to happen,
your house could die out just like that.
**[20:30] ---**
Sure, but... I haven't seen any queen
consorts, except for Liscia's mother.
**[20:35] ---**
Oh, originally, it was my mother
who held the royal power.
**[20:39] ---**
She's the daughter of
the *previous* king, you see.
**[20:41] ---**
So the king married into the family?
**[20:44] ---**
Yes. After they got married, my father
took charge of governmental affairs.
**[20:48] ---**
That's why my father never downplayed
my mother and took any other consorts.
**[20:53] ---**
Oh, then was it right for him
to concede the throne to me?
**[20:58] ---**
It's not an issue.
My father got all the attention,
**[21:01] ---**
but he couldn't have abdicated
without my mother's approval.
**[21:04] ---**
Besides, I am the only one
who had a claim to the throne,
**[21:09] ---**
so one way or another, I figure I
would have had to take a husband.
**[21:12] ---**
In my father's case, there were
circumstances that dictated it,
**[21:15] ---**
but that's not true for you, Souma.
**[21:17] ---**
So if it's what you want,
then taking another wife would be...
**[21:21] ---**
...possible.
**[21:22] ---**
Liscia, would *you* be okay with it?
**[21:24] ---**
Honestly, I wouldn't be excited about it,
**[21:27] ---**
but I'd be willing to go as far
as eight, including myself.
**[21:29] ---**
That's so many!
Wait, what is that number based on?
**[21:33] ---**
I could have you all to myself
one day per week.
**[21:36] ---**
Oh, right. There are eight days
in a week on this world.
**[21:39] ---**
If there are eight, does that
only mean once per week?
**[21:43] ---**
No, I don't think it does.
**[21:46] ---**
If you and one of the others invited
each other to your respective days...
**[21:49] ---**
That's true. Nice thinking, Juna.
**[21:52] ---**
But then, wouldn't you
like him all to yourself?
**[21:55] ---**
Mm-hmm, you're right.
**[21:57] ---**
Whoa, now, why are the two
of you even discussing this topic?
**[22:00] ---**
For that matter, eight of them?
What kind of harem would that be?
**[22:10] ---**
Out of the question!
**[22:11] ---**
Wah! Huh?
**[22:14] ---**
Absolutely out of the question, Hal!
**[22:18] ---**
*The wind blowing by rushes
through the world,*
**[22:22] ---**
*connecting us when otherwise
we never would have met*
**[22:27] ---**
*Unfurling wings that no one else can see,*
**[22:31] ---**
*I take flight in search of a miracle
that no one else can find*
**[22:43] ---**
*Seeking the courage to keep on choosing*
**[22:48] ---**
*the outcome of an ever-meandering morrow,*
**[22:52] ---**
*I never want to fear change*
**[22:56] ---**
*or doubt the blueness of the sky*
**[23:01] ---**
*More than any dreams I once had*
**[23:03] ---**
*and beyond any future I've imagined,*
**[23:05] ---**
*I want to keep on drifting along*
**[23:09] ---**
*within this transcendentally beautiful
moment I'm spending with you*
**[23:13] ---**
*If I can make that come true...*
**[23:17] ---**
*I shoot up through the blue
to the sky where we connect*
**[23:22] ---**
*Grasp my destiny and reel it in*
**[23:25] ---**
*And through our joined hands,*
**[23:30] ---**
*you feel my helpless wish for eternity*
**[23:35] ---**
*Even if this is only an illusion*
**[23:37] ---**
*taking place within someone's dream,*
**[23:39] ---**
*I'll still take this blowing wind*
**[23:41] ---**
*and hold on tight as I take flight*