# E9 - Blood Pact / Devote
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**[00:18] (Flashback) Franken**
U-Um, it's a pleasure to meet you.
**[00:21] (Flashback) Franken**
I'm the new servant starting here today...
**[00:24] (Flashback) Franken**
Did, uh, the master of
the house forget to tell you?
**[00:28] (Flashback) Raizel**
*I* am the master of this house.
**[00:31] (Flashback) Raizel**
No one resides in this mansion but myself.
**[00:40] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Forgive us for visiting without any notice.
**[00:42] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Per the lord's order,
I have come to collect this man.
**[00:47] (Flashback) Gejutel**
He has caused us much trouble,
**[00:51] (Flashback) Gejutel**
and thus the lord wishes to meet him.
**[01:01] (Flashback) Raizel**
He belongs to me.
**[01:13] (Flashback) Franken**
What?
**[01:16] (Flashback) Raizel**
He works in this mansion.
**[01:18] (Flashback) Raizel**
I will not allow him to be taken from me.
**[01:21] (Flashback) Raizel**
Tell the lord that.
**[01:26] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Very well. We will return
once we have done so.
**[01:32] Franken**
*They left...*
**[01:34] Franken**
*He can just send clan leaders away?*
**[01:37] Franken**
*Just who is this man?*
***SIGN*** 5 Years Later
***SIGN*** Blood Pact
**[02:00] (Flashback) Franken**
Stand still, you—
**[02:04] (Flashback) Franken**
Damn it!
**[02:11] (Flashback) Ragar**
Is that all?
**[02:35] (Flashback) Ragar**
We'll stop here for today.
**[02:37] (Flashback) Ragar**
If we continue any longer,
that power will only toy with you.
**[02:41] (Flashback) Franken**
You're really asking for it...
**[02:47] (Flashback) Franken**
One more time.
**[02:53] (Flashback) Gejutel**
It has already been five years
since Frankenstein's arrival.
**[02:57] (Flashback) Gejutel**
I have not changed my mind.
**[03:00] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Allowing him to remain here is dangerous.
**[03:06] (Flashback) Gejutel**
There are many among the nobles
who think unfavorably of you
**[03:10] (Flashback) Gejutel**
for sheltering a human
who killed our brethren.
**[03:13] (Flashback) Raizel**
Gejutel.
**[03:14] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Yes?
**[03:16] (Flashback) Raizel**
I apologize for worrying you.
**[03:18] (Flashback) Raizel**
I understand why all of you
are so concerned.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Raizel**
I will be careful.
**[03:25] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Please, at least persuade him to accept
the lord's request for an audience.
**[03:31] (Flashback) Gejutel**
If he demonstrates obedience
toward nobility,
**[03:34] (Flashback) Gejutel**
perhaps the sparks can be
extinguished before a fire breaks out.
**[03:44] (Flashback) Franken**
The tea is ready.
**[03:47] (Flashback) Raizel**
Good.
**[03:49] (Flashback) Franken**
Have you spent the entire day
staring outside again?
**[03:54] (Flashback) Franken**
I have never once seen you
leave this mansion.
**[03:59] (Flashback) Raizel**
I leave, at times.
**[04:02] (Flashback) Raizel**
Before you came here, I was summoned
by the lord to visit the castle.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Franken**
Was that...
**[04:09] (Flashback) Franken**
your most recent excursion?
**[04:11] (Flashback) Raizel**
Yes.
**[04:12] (Flashback) Franken**
I had no idea...
**[04:14] (Flashback) Franken**
You've been living like this
since before I arrived?
**[04:18] (Flashback) Raizel**
Yes.
**[04:22] (Flashback) Franken**
Is there some reason
why you don't go outside?
**[04:25] (Flashback) Raizel**
No.
**[04:27] (Flashback) Franken**
What is it you're always looking at, then?
**[04:31] (Flashback) Raizel**
The sky.
**[04:33] (Flashback) Raizel**
The forest. The earth.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Raizel**
Everything visible from this window.
**[04:40] (Flashback) Raizel**
This is all I need.
**[04:44] Franken**
*All he needs?*
**[04:46] Franken**
* He's lived alone in this huge*
* mansion all these years,*
**[04:51] Franken**
*and there's nothing more that he wants?*
**[04:55] Franken**
*That's just too...*
**[04:57] (Flashback) Raizel**
However...
**[05:02] (Flashback) Raizel**
I do like the tea that you make.
**[05:09] (Flashback) Franken**
Is that so?
**[05:16] (Flashback) Guy**
Is that the...
**[05:17] (Flashback) Lady**
Disgusting.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Guy**
What is he doing in this castle?
**[05:32] (Flashback) PrevLord**
For goodness' sake...
**[05:33] (Flashback) PrevLord**
I've been waiting so eagerly, wondering
when you would finally come.
**[05:40] (Flashback) Franken**
I'm sorry.
**[05:42] (Flashback) PrevLord**
How do you like living here?
**[05:44] (Flashback) Franken**
I suppose it's not bad.
**[05:47] (Flashback) PrevLord**
I'm glad to hear that.
**[05:49] (Flashback) PrevLord**
I was quite shocked when I heard
that he had hired a butler.
**[05:57] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Do you wonder how Raizel
and myself are related?
**[06:01] (Flashback) PrevLord**
The two of us are a pair.
**[06:04] (Flashback) PrevLord**
We are like a father and son,
**[06:06] (Flashback) PrevLord**
and like two brothers, as well.
**[06:09] (Flashback) Franken**
Your relationship seems awfully
lacking to be described as such.
**[06:13] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Yes, you're right.
**[06:15] (Flashback) PrevLord**
I love that boy so much, but he
doesn't even seem to like me.
**[06:21] (Flashback) PrevLord**
To be honest, that's why I envy you a bit.
**[06:26] (Flashback) PrevLord**
You have not formed a pact with Raizel yet?
**[06:29] (Flashback) Franken**
Uh...
**[06:30] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Really? You should just get it over with.
**[06:33] (Flashback) PrevLord**
If you have a blood pact with him,
**[06:35] (Flashback) PrevLord**
you'll be able to live a much longer life.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Franken**
It's not something I can do so easily.
**[06:40] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Do you have misgivings about
having him as your master?
**[06:44] (Flashback) Franken**
No...
**[06:45] (Flashback) Franken**
But I do have my pride as a human.
**[06:49] (Flashback) Franken**
And the idea of serving
a noble for eternity...
**[06:52] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Then why have you stayed
with him all these years?
**[06:57] (Flashback) PrevLord**
I'm sure you're well aware
of how lonely he is.
**[07:01] (Flashback) PrevLord**
And he has chosen those
circumstances for himself.
**[07:04] (Flashback) PrevLord**
At times, he betrays his fellow nobles,
**[07:07] (Flashback) PrevLord**
exposes their secrets,
and forces them into servitude.
**[07:11] (Flashback) PrevLord**
We have a duty to protect the race,
the very concept, of nobility.
**[07:17] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Without him, the lord is powerless...
**[07:20] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Nothing but an ornamental figurehead
to decorate this throne.
**[07:27] (Flashback) Franken**
Your duty...
**[07:29] (Flashback) Franken**
Living that kind of life
for no other reason than that?
**[07:36] (Flashback) Franken**
What an absolute joke.
**[07:39] (Flashback) Franken**
Might I suggest you use
your authority as lord
**[07:42] (Flashback) Franken**
to abolish that worthless system?
**[07:54] (Flashback) PrevLord**
How much easier life would be if I could...
**[07:56] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Nobles and humans are the same.
**[07:58] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Those who live long lives just for fun
can't change how they think so easily.
**[08:05] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Frankenstein, you are quite interesting.
**[08:09] (Flashback) PrevLord**
I will entrust him to your care from now on.
**[08:16] (Flashback) Noble**
Lord! Why won't you get rid of him?!
**[08:20] (Flashback) PrevLord**
It would seem that you all hate him.
**[08:23] (Flashback) Noble**
Then—
**[08:25] (Flashback) PrevLord**
However, I believe he and Raizel
should form a blood pact.
**[08:33] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Lord...
**[08:34] (Flashback) Urokai**
This is reckless!
**[08:37] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Urokai?
**[08:38] (Flashback) Urokai**
Lord, it's dangerous to let someone
like him stay with Raizel-sama!
**[08:42] (Flashback) Urokai**
Who knows what he'll do?!
**[08:46] (Flashback) Gejutel**
If they do that, even those who view
Raizel-sama as a god now
**[08:51] (Flashback) Gejutel**
would regard him as an enemy.
**[08:56] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Still, I can't help wishing
for his happiness.
**[09:02] PrevLord**
* But only if it's what they*
* both want, of course.*
**[09:23] (Flashback) Franken**
Gejutel.
**[09:25] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Frankenstein.
**[09:27] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Did the lord summon you here again?
**[09:29] (Flashback) Franken**
He seems to think I'm his carrier pigeon.
**[09:34] (Flashback) Franken**
He keeps forcing me to deliver
messages that get no response.
**[09:38] (Flashback) Franken**
That aside, would you mind sparring with me?
**[09:41] (Flashback) Franken**
I can't find Ragar.
**[09:44] (Flashback) Gejutel**
I refuse.
**[09:45] (Flashback) Franken**
Boring old geezer.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Wait.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Do not cause any trouble for Raizel-sama.
**[09:54] (Flashback) Gejutel**
You must understand that he is
risking his life to shelter you.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Franken**
His life?
**[10:00] (Flashback) Urokai**
Well, well...
**[10:03] (Flashback) Urokai**
If it isn't the human
I've heard so much about.
**[10:06] (Flashback) Urokai**
I hear you're looking
for a sparring partner?
**[10:09] (Flashback) Urokai**
Please, allow me the honor.
**[10:11] (Flashback) Gejutel**
What foolishness is this?
**[10:13] (Flashback) Urokai**
You use some sort of
strange power, don't you?
**[10:16] (Flashback) Urokai**
I'd love to see what kinds of tricks
a dog like you could do
**[10:20] (Flashback) Urokai**
that convinced a man like
Raizel-sama to keep you.
**[10:25] (Flashback) Franken**
Very well.
**[10:27] (Flashback) Franken**
Might be fun to fight someone who's
clearly hostile toward me every now and then.
**[10:53] (Flashback) Urokai**
What's wrong? Is that all you've got?
**[10:57] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Damn that Urokai... That's what
he calls going easy on him?
**[11:06] (Flashback) Urokai**
You're even less than a dog.
**[11:08] (Flashback) Urokai**
Come on, fight me with all you have.
**[11:10] (Flashback) Urokai**
Show me the power you used
to kill so many of our brethren.
**[11:19] (Flashback) Franken**
Resonate...
**[11:22] (Flashback) Franken**
Dark Spear!
**[11:29] (Flashback) Urokai**
Oh?
**[11:32] (Flashback) Urokai**
So that's the weapon I've heard about?
**[11:36] (Flashback) Urokai**
Hmph. And in the hands of a filthy human!
**[11:49] (Flashback) Ragar**
He's holding back quite a bit.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Gejutel**
What?
**[11:53] (Flashback) Ragar**
He doesn't have complete control
over the Dark Spear yet.
**[11:57] (Flashback) Ragar**
He's restraining his power to
prevent it from going berserk.
**[12:02] (Flashback) Urokai**
You think this is enough power
to put you on even footing with us?!
**[12:06] (Flashback) Urokai**
You and Raizel-sama in a blood pact?
**[12:09] (Flashback) Urokai**
Don't make me laugh!
**[12:13] (Flashback) Franken**
So that's it, huh?
**[12:15] (Flashback) Franken**
I couldn't care less what
your aspirations are,
**[12:19] (Flashback) Franken**
but if he won't give you the time of day,
**[12:22] (Flashback) Franken**
there's no need for you to take it out on me!
**[12:25] (Flashback) Urokai**
Shut up!
**[12:34] (Flashback) Urokai**
Even *we* aren't permitted near him!
**[12:40] (Flashback) Urokai**
So why is a mere human by his side?!
**[12:42] (Flashback) Urokai**
He doesn't need you!
**[12:44] (Flashback) Urokai**
Raizel-sama lives only to
carry out his sublime duty!
**[12:48] (Flashback) Urokai**
Him and him alone!
**[12:54] (Flashback) Franken**
And just what do *you* know?
**[12:59] (Flashback) Franken**
What do you know about him?!
**[13:07] (Flashback) Gejutel**
It's gone berserk?!
**[13:08] (Flashback) Ragar**
He's in trouble! He'll swallow
himself up at this rate!
**[13:13] (Flashback) Urokai**
You bastard!
**[13:14] (Flashback) Franken**
Unbelievable...
**[13:16] (Flashback) Franken**
This is the "nobility" that
he has protected for so long?
**[13:21] (Flashback) Franken**
He spent all that time alone...
for the likes of *you*?!
**[13:26] (Flashback) Franken**
He might be fine with that, but I...
**[13:58] (Flashback) Urokai**
Bastard...
**[13:59] (Flashback) Urokai**
How dare you... How dare you?!
**[14:04] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Not good!
**[14:06] (Flashback) Ragar**
That's enough, Urokai. You can't win.
**[14:10] (Flashback) Urokai**
What?! I can still fight!
**[14:11] (Flashback) Urokai**
If I can kill him, I don't care if I die!
**[14:13] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Be calm!
**[14:15] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Even if you give your life,
you can't beat him now!
**[14:46] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Goodness gracious.
**[14:48] (Flashback) PrevLord**
I never thought this would be
how I'd finally see you again.
**[14:57] (Flashback) PrevLord**
What on earth do we do about this?
**[15:00] (Flashback) Urokai**
Raizel-sama...
**[15:02] (Flashback) Urokai**
Please pass judgment on him!
**[15:04] (Flashback) Urokai**
Please!
**[15:09] (Flashback) Gejutel**
Raizel-sama!
**[16:29] Raizel**
*Frankenstein.*
**[16:32] Raizel**
*Open your eyes.*
**[16:37] (Flashback) Franken**
Raizel-sama...
**[16:50] (Flashback) PrevLord**
Cadis Etrama Di Raizel.
**[16:55] (Flashback) PrevLord**
So that is your decision?
**[17:34] (Flashback) Franken**
Raizel-sama...
**[17:38] (Flashback) Raizel**
You've awakened?
**[17:40] (Flashback) Franken**
I—
**[17:41] (Flashback) Raizel**
You are to appear
at the castle one day soon.
**[17:45] (Flashback) Raizel**
This time, I will accompany you.
**[17:48] (Flashback) Raizel**
I believe both you and I have
earned the resentment of many.
**[17:52] (Flashback) Franken**
That's nothing new to me.
**[17:55] (Flashback) Raizel**
Is staying here painful for you?
**[17:59] (Flashback) Franken**
Is there any point in asking that now?
**[18:04] (Flashback) Raizel**
I would like some tea.
**[18:07] (Flashback) Franken**
Of course. One moment.
**[18:22] Franken**
* Raizel-sama used some*
* kind of immense power.*
**[18:26] Franken**
*At the cost of his own health...*
**[18:30] Franken**
*But why do such a thing for me?*
**[19:04] (Flashback) Raizel**
Frankenstein.
**[19:06] (Flashback) Franken**
Yes?
**[19:07] (Flashback) Raizel**
You and I are now joined by blood.
**[19:11] (Flashback) Raizel**
You agree to this exchange
between our souls?
**[19:18] (Flashback) Franken**
Yes, Master.
**[19:20] Franken**
* A blood pact is formed when a noble*
* assumes control of a human's blood,*
**[19:26] Franken**
*but there is one other, crucial factor.*
**[19:29] Franken**
* Each party must have the will*
* to both offer and accept the pact.*
**[19:34] Franken**
*Master, I accept you.*
**[19:38] Franken**
*I will stay by your side forever.*
**[19:47] Gejutel**
To this day, I wish I had stopped you
from forming that pact.
**[19:53] Franken**
Then you think staying alone in that
mansion for the rest of his life
**[19:57] Franken**
would have been best for him?
**[20:03] Gejutel**
Regardless, I have no choice but to report
this information about Raizel-sama.
**[20:07] Gejutel**
It would be in his best interest
to return with me.
**[20:12] Franken**
You heard the master's wishes, did you not?
**[20:14] Gejutel**
If his innocence can be proven,
**[20:16] Gejutel**
he would be permitted to live
in Lukedonia again.
**[20:20] Franken**
That is not what he wants.
**[20:24] Franken**
There are humans here,
**[20:27] Franken**
as well as nobles like Regis and Seira.
**[20:30] Franken**
At school, he has friends,
classmates, and family.
**[20:36] Franken**
For Raizel-sama, the life he has now
cannot be traded for anything.
**[20:44] Franken**
He loves it with all his heart.
**[20:52] Tao**
Aw, that's no good.
**[20:55] Takio**
Shut up. It's your turn.
**[21:01] Takio**
Serves you right.
**[21:02] Gejutel**
I suppose he has changed.
**[21:04] Franken**
No, what changed was...
**[21:07] Franken**
the everyday life surrounding him.
**[21:11] Franken**
Back then, Master and I were alone,
**[21:15] Franken**
but now...
**[21:18] Franken**
there's always activity
and vibrance around us.
**[21:25] Regis**
You're leaving?
**[21:26] Gejutel**
Yes, in the morning.
**[21:29] Seira**
Gejutel-sama...
**[21:32] Seira**
You do not intend to take us back with you?
**[21:37] Gejutel**
Regis.
**[21:39] Gejutel**
I'm certain you will take my place one day.
**[21:42] Gejutel**
You cannot live in frivolity forever.
**[21:46] Gejutel**
Which is precisely why,
**[21:48] Gejutel**
until that day comes, you should live here
**[21:51] Gejutel**
and gain things you could
not find elsewhere.
**[21:56] Gejutel**
Seira, look after Regis.
**[22:00] Seira**
You can rest at ease.
**[22:02] Gejutel**
I want you both to do as your hearts desire.
**[22:05] Gejutel**
Walk a path that you can proudly say
was the proper life for a noble.
**[22:11] Both**
We will.
**[22:20] Raskreia**
It was a mistake?
**[22:22] Gejutel**
Yes.
**[22:24] Raskreia**
I fail to understand.
**[22:26] Raskreia**
You mean two prodigies like them
made the same mistake?
**[22:30] Gejutel**
That is correct.
**[22:32] Raskreia**
I will read your mind, then.
**[22:36] Gejutel**
It is no simple task to
take control of my mind.
**[22:41] Raskreia**
What of Seira's, then?
**[22:44] Raskreia**
She is still a young clan leader.
**[22:47] Raskreia**
No matter how she tries,
she cannot fight my power.
**[22:51] Gejutel**
Lord!
**[22:52] Raskreia**
Rajak.
**[22:53] Rajak**
Lord?
**[22:54] Raskreia**
Bring Seira here... and put Gejutel in a cell.
**[23:00] Rajak**
Yes, Lord.
**[23:01] Rael**
Let me be the one to go!
**[23:04] Rajak**
Rael, who gave you permission to enter here?
**[23:09] Rael**
I'm aware that only clan leaders
are permitted in here.
**[23:14] Rael**
But I am the better choice
to bring Seira back!
**[23:17] Rael**
We know each other, after all.
**[23:20] Rajak**
Rael...
**[23:21] Raskreia**
Very well, then.
**[23:23] Raskreia**
Rael Kertia, you are to
bring her back at any cost.
**[23:28] Raskreia**
That is an order.