E7 - Curry Rice - Chicken Curry

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SIGN    Western Restaurant Nekoya
[00:10] Alphonse
    Master, you've taken great care of me.
[00:13] Alphonse
    You have my thanks.
[00:14] Master
    Pardon?
[00:17] Master
    Thank you.
[00:20] Master
    Come again.
SIGN    I will, one of these days.
[02:18] Narrator
    Admiral Flugel. Is something the matter?
[02:21] Alphonse
    Now that I think about it,
[02:23] Alphonse
    merely waiting for seven thousand days
[02:28] Alphonse
    and waiting for a short seven
    days one thousand times
[02:32] Alphonse
    are completely different.
[02:34] Narrator
    Sir? What do you mean?
[02:36] Alphonse
    Oh, just thinking aloud.
[02:39] Alphonse
    Pay it no mind.
[02:43] Narrator
    About twenty years ago, the strongest navy
    admiral in the Duchy, Alphonse Flugel,
[02:50] Narrator
    was providing escort to a
    fleet of merchant vessels
[02:53] Narrator
    heading for the western continent.
[02:56] Narrator
    When suddenly attacked by the
    master of the seas, Kraken,
[03:00] Narrator
    the admiral secured every
    merchant vessel's escape.
[03:04] Narrator
    But their escape came at the cost of
    his own ship, which was destroyed
[03:08] Narrator
    and sank.
[03:10] Narrator
    He went missing.
[03:15] Narrator
    After this, he was washed ashore on
    a remote island in the far seas.
[03:33] Narrator
    In accordance with survival of the fittest,
[03:36] Narrator
    he killed and ate the beasts of the island.
[03:43] Narrator
    He spent twenty long years surviving
[03:46] Narrator
    without a single soul other
    than himself on the island.
[03:52] Narrator
    Three days ago,
    after sailing through a storm,
[03:55] Narrator
    we landed on this island to
    repair our damaged ship.
[04:01] Narrator
    We met him and took him into our care.
[04:06] Narrator
    Yet he seemed reluctant to leave the island
[04:10] Narrator
    now that rescue was here.
[04:19] Alphonse
    There. That'll do.
[04:35] Alphonse
    I suppose I'll go, then.
SIGN    Western Restaurant Nekoya
[04:51] Alphonse
    It's been seven days...
[04:58] Narrator
    We finished our repairs in three days,
[05:02] Narrator
    then we took the former admiral aboard
[05:04] Narrator
    and departed from the island.
[05:08] Alphonse
    Will there be a door in the Duchy, too?
[05:13] Alphonse
    I believe there was a Duchy
    knight among the diners.
[05:18] Alphonse
    Perhaps I'll search after we return.
SIGN    Three Months Later
SIGN    Western Restaurant Nekoya
[05:36] Alphonse
    There truly was one!
[05:39] Alphonse
    And closer than I expected.
[05:54] Aletta
    Welcome to Western Restaurant Nekoya.
[05:58] Master
    C'mon in.
[06:01] Master
    Huh? Alphonse-san?
[06:05] Master
    I haven't seen you in a long while.
[06:07] Alphonse
    Aye, it's good to see you.
[06:08] Alphonse
    But first, curry!
[06:10] Alphonse
    Bring me curry rice!
[06:11] Alphonse
    Now!
[06:13] Master
    You got it. Just give me a few minutes.
[06:16] Aletta
    Your ice water and a wet hand towel.
[06:27] Alphonse
    Not yet? Must I still wait?
[06:30] Aletta
    Please wait one moment!
[06:38] Aletta
    Thank you for your patience.
[06:40] Aletta
    Your curry rice.
SIGN    Curry Rice
[07:04] Alphonse
    Delicious!
[07:06] Alphonse
    No matter how many times I eat this,
    I never grow tired of it.
[07:12] Alphonse
    The sole survivor, I lived on the island,
[07:16] Alphonse
    barely surviving my battles
[07:22] Alphonse
    with its masters, the monsters.
SIGN    Western Restaurant Nekoya
[07:25] Alphonse
    I've eaten it countless times
[07:28] Alphonse
    since my first visit to the restaurant.
[07:31] Alphonse
    Curry rice!
[07:35] (Flashback) Granddad
    C'mon in.
[07:36] (Flashback) Alphonse
    You there! What is this place?
[07:38] (Flashback) Granddad
    We're just an eatery.
[07:40] (Flashback) Granddad
    Put that thing away and have a bite to eat.
[07:43] (Flashback) Alphonse
    An eatery, you say?
[07:45] (Flashback) Alphonse
    In a place such as this?
[07:46] (Flashback) Granddad
    Yup. Well, don't just stand there.
[07:50] (Flashback) Granddad
    Mind taking a seat?
[07:55] (Flashback) Alphonse
    I have money.
[07:57] (Flashback) Alphonse
    I'm starving. Feed me something, anything.
[08:01] (Flashback) Granddad
    Hmm... I can dish up a
    plate of curry real quick.
[08:06] (Flashback) Granddad
    Will that do?
[08:07] (Flashback) Alphonse
    Curry?
[08:09] (Flashback) Alphonse
    Aye, that will do.
[08:10] (Flashback) Granddad
    Comin' right up.
[08:14] Alphonse
    I must have eaten this dish
    a good thousand times by now.
[08:28] Alphonse
    Yes. Curry rice is the master dish.
[08:31] Artorius
    Hullo.
[08:33] Artorius
    You have as big an
    appetite as ever, I see.
[08:36] Alphonse
    What? I was hungry, that's all.
[08:39] Alphonse
    Seconds, please.
[08:40] Alphonse
    Make it large, of course.
[08:42] Aletta
    We'll get that right out to you.
[08:43] Artorius
    Goodness gracious.
    Nothing but curry for you, eh?
[08:47] Artorius
    How do you not get tired of it?
[08:49] Alphonse
    Tire of it? Never.
[08:51] Alphonse
    Curry has infinite possibilities.
[08:53] Alphonse
    Why don't you try switching things up
    with pork cutlet curry once in a while?
[08:56] Alphonse
    Now that's a delicious dish.
[08:58] Alphonse
    Much better than eating
    pork cutlet by itself.
[09:02] Artorius
    I'll decline.
[09:04] Artorius
    The best complement to pork cutlets
    is cutlet sauce and beer.
[09:08] Artorius
    I won't budge on that.
[09:11] Alphonse
    Some people never change.
[09:26] Aletta
    E-Excuse me—
[09:27] Alphonse
    My curry's here?!
[09:28] Master
    No, sorry. Actually, I have a new
    curry rice dish I'd like you to try.
[09:34] Master
    I was hoping to get your opinion on it.
[09:36] Alphonse
    What?! A new curry rice dish?!
[09:43] Kuro
    In my long, deep solitude,
[09:49] Kuro
    today, too, I think back on that time.
[09:55] Kuro
    More aggressive and brave than anyone,
[09:59] Kuro
    her flames could burn the
    entire world to ashes: Red.
[10:04] Kuro
    Her opposite, the always-calm
    avatar of the sea,
[10:07] Kuro
    who controls water and ice at will: Blue.
[10:12] Kuro
    The sly dragon who lived a long life,
    fearing death more than anyone,
[10:17] Kuro
    who knows every inch of the skies and
    even controls the heavens: Gold.
[10:22] Kuro
    The dragon who can draw out the power
[10:24] Kuro
    of the earth with roots plunged
    deep into the earth: Green.
[10:29] Kuro
    My opposite, who controls the growth
    of living beings and light: White.
[10:38] Kuro
    And
[10:40] Kuro
    the one with the power to
    bring death to everything:
[10:43] Kuro
    me.
[10:45] Kuro
    There were seven of us dragons in all.
[10:48] Kuro
    Simply to avoid being eaten,
[10:51] Kuro
    we all joined forces
[10:52] Kuro
    to fight Chaos of the Many Tentacles.
[10:57] Kuro
    It was a truly brutal battle.
[11:00] Kuro
    Over and over again, we lost.
[11:02] Kuro
    Over and over again, we were almost eaten.
[11:04] Kuro
    Over and over again, we fled.
[11:07] Kuro
    After a thousand-year battle,
[11:09] Kuro
    we destroyed it.
[11:16] Kuro
    All of the beings born
    after the battle were weak.
[11:22] Kuro
    So much that they would die
[11:25] Kuro
    simply from absorbing the weak death magic
[11:28] Kuro
    radiated by my mere presence.
[11:31] Kuro
    If they were enemies,
    I'd spare it no thought.
[11:36] Kuro
    Enemies are meant to be fought and killed.
[11:40] Kuro
    But I didn't want innocent beings to die
[11:44] Kuro
    merely because I was there.
[11:50] Kuro
    Because I felt that it made me the
    same as the thing I hated most.
[11:57] Kuro
    That's why, shortly after the fight,
[12:00] Kuro
    when we divided the world
    into our territories,
[12:04] Kuro
    I took the end of the sky,
[12:07] Kuro
    which is brimming with magic,
[12:09] Kuro
    but contains no living things.
[12:12] Kuro
    If there are no living things,
[12:15] Kuro
    there will be no death.
[12:18] Kuro
    And so today, I will again think alone.
[12:22] Kuro
    Unchanging.
[12:24] Kuro
    Eternal.
[12:35] Kuro
    Again?
SIGN    Western Restaurant Nekoya
[12:41] Kuro
    What...
[12:44] Kuro
    could this be?
SIGN    Western Restaurant Nekoya
[12:55] Kuro
    Perhaps I'll go in...
[12:57] Kuro
    But I need to prepare.
SIGN    Western Restaurant Nekoya
[13:05] Alphonse
    You say you want my opinion?
[13:07] Master
    The thing is, I've been asked
    about this for a long time now.
[13:13] Alphonse
    About what?
[13:14] Master
    People want a curry dish made
    with something besides pork.
[13:18] Master
    And I finally finished a
    dish I'm satisfied with.
[13:21] Alphonse
    I see. And so you've come to me.
[13:23] Master
    Right. Would you taste-test it for me?
[13:26] Master
    No charge, of course.
[13:28] Alphonse
    Of course I'll eat it.
    Prepare it right away.
[13:31] Master
    Thank you.
[13:33] Alphonse
    Well, well... What will it be like?
SIGN    Chicken Curry
[13:38] Aletta
    Thank you for your patience.
[13:40] Aletta
    Here's your chicken curry.
[13:42] Aletta
    It's spicier than your usual,
    so please be careful.
[13:46] Alphonse
    I'll start, then.
[13:48] Aletta
    Please take your time and enjoy.
[13:54] Alphonse
    This is indeed quite different from my usual.
[13:58] Alphonse
    A deep dish filled with
    a curry-colored soup.
[14:02] Alphonse
    Skinless fowl meat swims in
    the soup here and there.
[14:08] Alphonse
    I don't see any other ingredients.
[14:11] Alphonse
    How can this be?
[14:14] Alphonse
    There's a plate of the white rice that
    puts the "rice" in "curry rice" beside it.
[14:20] Alphonse
    This looks completely different
    from rice covered in curry.
[14:28] Alphonse
    It has a strong aroma, though.
[14:31] Alphonse
    I'll start with just the soup.
[14:40] Alphonse
    That's hot!
[14:50] Alphonse
    Curry belongs with rice, after all.
[15:00] Alphonse
    Not only does eating it with rice
[15:02] Alphonse
    mellow the spiciness that
    assailed me a moment ago,
[15:06] Alphonse
    but I can detect a savoriness that
    was absent with only the soup.
[15:10] Alphonse
    It isn't that the curry
    doesn't have vegetables.
[15:14] Alphonse
    The vegetables are completely
    dissolved in it.
[15:20] Alphonse
    What?!
[15:21] Alphonse
    It's so tender that it crumbles apart
    the moment I put it in my mouth!
[15:25] Alphonse
    The savoriness of curry has condensed
[15:27] Alphonse
    into the meat from absorbing
    the flavor of the soup!
[15:30] Alphonse
    This fowl meat is truly worthy
    of being the dish's namesake!
[15:38] Master
    What do you think, Alphonse-san?
[15:41] Master
    I was a little worried it wouldn't be
    palatable to those from your side,
[15:44] Master
    since I made it extra-spicy.
[15:47] Alphonse
    Yes, this is far spicier than my usual curry.
    It's an entirely different dish.
[15:54] Alphonse
    But this is delicious, too.
[15:56] Alphonse
    Can I get another?
[15:58] Master
    Thank you.
[16:00] Kuro
    I'll have that, too.
[16:02] Everyone
    Huh?!
[16:07] Aletta
    W-W-W-W-Wait! What are you thinking?!
[16:10] Kuro
    Is something the matter?
[16:12] Master
    Er, miss...
[16:15] Master
    Um... clothes...
[16:17] Kuro
    Clothes?
[16:22] Kuro
    I see.
[16:27] Kuro
    Is this acceptable?
[16:29] Master
    Huh? Y-Yes.
[16:32] Master
    This "magic" stuff is incredible.
[16:36] Alphonse
    That's an elf for you.
[16:38] Alphonse
    So they even use magic like this.
[16:42] Alphonse
    Master. Chicken curry for the girl.
[16:46] Alphonse
    Put it on my bill.
[16:49] Master
    All right. That'll be right out.
[17:01] Artorius
    I-Impossible...
[17:03] Artorius
    No, don't tell me...
[17:07] Artorius
    Don't tell me it's another of her kind?
[17:11] Artorius
    If so, I can do nothing but watch.
[17:16] Aletta
    Thank you for waiting.
[17:18] Aletta
    Here's your chicken curry.
[17:20] Alphonse
    All right. Let's eat up.
[17:43] Kuro
    It's good.
[17:55] Kuro
    Another.
[17:57] Aletta
    Huh?!
[17:58] Aletta
    Um, yes! Coming right up.
[18:05] Alphonse
    Another!
[18:06] Aletta
    Yes, sir!
[18:10] Aletta
    Um, Master?
[18:13] Aletta
    They both asked for another
    chicken curry... but...
[18:18] Alphonse
    I'll pay for the girl.
[18:21] Alphonse
    Let her eat her fill.
[18:24] Master
    Is that so?
[18:26] Master
    Well, it'll be a while yet before the bag
    of gold coins you left with us runs out.
SIGN    I'll leave you to it, then.
[18:33] Master
    Yes, sir. Wait just a minute.
[18:38] Aletta
    Thank you for waiting.
[18:39] Aletta
    Here's your chicken curry.
[18:44] Alphonse & Kuro
    Another.
[18:45] Aletta
    Thanks for waiting.
    Here's your chicken curry.
[18:54] Alphonse & Kuro
    Another.
[19:00] Alphonse
    I believe that'll be enough for me...
[19:02] Kuro
    Another.
[19:05] Aletta
    Thanks for waiting!
    Here's your chicken curry!
[19:36] Aletta
    Welcome. I'll take that for you.
[19:38] Aletta
    Oof...
[19:40] Red
    What's this?
[19:41] Red
    Another very rare one is here.
[19:45] Kuro
    Red.
[19:46] Red
    In the flesh.
[19:50] Kuro
    It's been a while.
[19:55] Aletta
    Will you be having the usual—
[19:56] Red
    Beef stew.
[19:57] Aletta
    Y-Yes. Coming right up.
[20:02] Red
    A door appeared in your
    territory as well, then?
[20:05] Kuro
    Yes.
[20:07] Red
    I have a question for you.
[20:10] Kuro
    What?
[20:12] Red
    What is the tastiest dish
    in this restaurant?
[20:18] Kuro
    Chicken curry.
[20:21] Red
    Oh? Very well.
[20:25] Red
    I'll tell you something good.
[20:28] Red
    In this restaurant, you need
    something called "money"
[20:32] Red
    if you wish to eat any of the dishes,
    including this chicken curry or whatever.
[20:36] Kuro
    Money?
[20:37] Red
    I doubt you'll dine and dash,
    but I'll tell you anyway.
[20:42] Red
    This is part of my territory.
[20:44] Red
    I won't allow any tomfoolery here.
[20:47] Red
    If you threaten this place,
    be ready to pay with your life.
[20:49] Kuro
    I don't have any of this "money."
[20:52] Kuro
    What should I do?
[20:53] Red
    It's simple.
[20:55] Red
    You need only work.
[20:57] Red
    Humans acquire money by working.
[21:01] Kuro
    Work...
[21:02] Red
    Hey. Master.
[21:04] Master
    Yes?
[21:05] Red
    This one's name is Kuro.
[21:07] Red
    She's an old friend of mine.
[21:10] Red
    She lives in the middle of nowhere,
    so she's never seen money before.
[21:14] Red
    But apparently she's taken
    a shine to your cooking.
[21:18] Red
    If you don't mind,
    could you take her on here?
[21:23] Aletta
    Huh?!
[21:24] Red
    I can vouch that she'll work diligently.
[21:27] Red
    Any leftover chicken curry
    will do for her wages.
[21:32] Master
    Erm...
[21:34] Master
    Miss, is that okay with you?
[21:37] Kuro
    Yes.
[21:39] Master
    I see. Then come back the
    next time the door appears.
[21:44] Kuro
    I will.
[21:47] Aletta
    M-Master?
[21:49] Aletta
    A-Are you unhappy with me?!
[21:53] Aletta
    Is it because I have too many
    seconds of my staff meals?!
[21:56] Aletta
    Y-You're not going to fire me, are you?!
[21:58] Master
    N-No, it's not like that...
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