# E7 - Curry Rice - Chicken Curry
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6WE8PQ26/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...
***SIGN*** Episode Eight
***SIGN*** Hamburg Steak
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