E19 - A Bridge Between Beasts and Humans
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[00:01] Anubis
At present, no noteworthy
disturbances have been reported.
[00:06] Anubis
Peace is returning to the realm.
[00:09] Leonhart
I'm glad that your wounds
have healed, as well.
[00:12] Leonhart
I demanded much of you.
[00:15] Anubis
Anything for Your Majesty.
[00:17] Leonhart
I see.
[00:20] Leonhart
Still, the palace seems
somewhat less than peaceful.
[00:24] Anubis
All in the name of preparation for
the ceremony in two days' time.
[00:28] Anubis
Fenrir's dissidents have been brought
to heel, and Your Majesty is well.
[00:34] Anubis
We shall celebrate with a triumphal
procession through the city.
[00:38] Leonhart
I need no pomp.
[00:40] Anubis
But in this triumph, as at
the Grand Consecration,
[00:46] Anubis
it may be wise to keep
Lady Sariphi out of sight.
[00:51] Anubis
Our king risked his life to
rescue his queen from a foe.
[00:56] Anubis
Were you both beasts,
no tale could be more moving.
[01:00] Anubis
However,
[01:01] Anubis
a reminder that you acted for a
human girl would be the lone blot
[01:07] Anubis
to dampen this victorious mood.
[01:16] Anubis
Far be it from me to say more.
[01:19] Anubis
I shall defer to Your Majesty's judgment.
SIGN A Bridge Between Beasts and Humans
[03:00] Sariphi
Wow!
[03:01] Sariphi
These look even more delicious than usual!
[03:04] Amit
I baked them to celebrate
His Majesty's recovery.
[03:06] Amit
Would you care for one, Sir Lante?
[03:08] Lanteveldt
Sorry, but I swore off sweet
stuff for my training.
[03:12] Amit
Oh, my. Did you really?
[03:15] Amit
Why, Lady Sariphi.
[03:17] Amit
What's become of your ring?
[03:19] Sariphi
Oh, it broke.
[03:21] Amit
Goodness! Wasn't that
a gift from His Majesty?
[03:25] Sariphi
You knew about that, Amit?
[03:27] Amit
You always wore it, and the stone
matched the hue of His Majesty's eyes.
[03:33] Amit
Anyone would know at a glance.
[03:37] Lanteveldt
Who cares if you lost that little pebble?
[03:40] Lanteveldt
You'll have your pick of way fancier
stuff once you're queen for real.
[03:44] Lanteveldt
And I'll have one after all.
[03:48] Amit
If it comes as a gift from one's beloved,
[03:52] Amit
even a pebble from the roadside
will outshine any gem.
[03:57] Sariphi
Amit...
[03:58] Lanteveldt
Why not ask him for something really lavish?
[04:01] Amit
I don't know about lavish, Lady Sariphi,
[04:05] Amit
but perhaps you should ask His Majesty
for something to replace it.
[04:11] Leonhart
Your ring?
[04:13] Leonhart
Oh, so it broke.
[04:15] Leonhart
But I gave you that to alleviate the miasma,
[04:20] Leonhart
and you've now built up a tolerance to it.
[04:24] Leonhart
You should no longer need it.
[04:26] Sariphi
Tell me, sire,
[04:28] Sariphi
do you remember what I told you
when you gave that ring to me?
[04:36] Sariphi
Sorry! It's nothing!
[04:39] Sariphi
I guess it was a long time ago.
[04:42] Sariphi
I shouldn't be surprised.
[04:44] Leonhart
Sariphi.
[04:46] Leonhart
Come. I have something to show you.
[04:51] Sariphi
Where are we going, sire?
[04:53] Sariphi
We've already flown a long way.
[04:56] Leonhart
We've arrived.
[04:57] Sariphi
Huh?
[05:08] Sariphi
A tree...
[05:10] Sariphi
It reminds me of the one the palace
is built into, but this one is thriving.
[05:16] Leonhart
Wards normally hide this
great tree from sight.
[05:20] Leonhart
We'll land here.
[05:22] Sariphi
How strange. A spring of blue water.
[05:26] Leonhart
This water is untainted by any miasma.
[05:29] Leonhart
Such a clear spring is a wonder in Ozmargo.
[05:33] Leonhart
The ambrosia that I used to make
your ring only bears fruit here.
[05:41] Leonhart
This blue water is said to be
[05:42] Leonhart
a remnant of a time when blue skies,
not clouds of miasma, canopied this land.
[05:50] Sariphi
Ozmargo used to be like that?
[05:52] Leonhart
So legend has it. I don't know the truth.
[05:55] Leonhart
But due to that legend, this place
is considered holy ground.
[05:59] Leonhart
Only mighty royalty and select priests
may cross the wards that safeguard it.
[06:05] Sariphi
Should someone like me really be here, then?
[06:09] Leonhart
I always meant to show you
[06:11] Leonhart
this clear, beautiful blue—
the same color as your eyes.
[06:16] Sariphi
Th-Thank you.
[06:18] Sariphi
But your eyes are a lovely color, too, sire.
[06:22] Sariphi
They're warm, like fire.
[06:26] Leonhart
Sariphi,
[06:27] Leonhart
give me your hand.
[06:29] Leonhart
The other one.
[06:31] Leonhart
Is it not the third finger of the left hand
[06:34] Leonhart
on which a ring has a special significance?
[06:41] Sariphi
Sire,
[06:43] (Flashback) Sariphi
do you know what putting a ring on your
left ring finger means in human lands?
[06:49] (Flashback) Sariphi
Well, you see,
[06:51] (Flashback) Sariphi
it's a token of a promise
to stay together forever.
[06:56] Sariphi
You remembered?
[07:00] Sariphi
I'm so glad.
[07:01] Sariphi
Thank you.
[07:02] Leonhart
That's still but an improvised
adornment. Step back a bit.
[07:24] Leonhart
I saw your last ring as a
tool to keep you safe.
[07:29] Leonhart
But this
[07:31] Leonhart
is a genuine token of our vows.
[07:34] Leonhart
Proof that you and I will never part.
[07:41] Sariphi
What should I do?
[07:43] Sariphi
Can I really afford to indulge
in these feelings?
[07:48] Sariphi
I can't go back to who I was
before I knew them.
[07:53] Leonhart
Sariphi.
[07:55] Leonhart
At tomorrow's ceremony,
stand beside me wearing this ring,
[08:00] Leonhart
as my one and only lawful queen-to-be.
[08:05] Sariphi
Me, stand with His Majesty?
[08:09] Crowd
The king!
[08:10] Crowd
Long live the king!
[08:12] Crowd
Long live Ozmargo!
[08:20] (Flashback) Sariphi
I won't appear in that ceremony.
[08:23] (Flashback) Leonhart
Sariphi...
[08:25] (Flashback) Sariphi
There will be a big fuss if I do.
[08:28] (Flashback) Leonhart
I'll silence it.
[08:31] (Flashback) Leonhart
I'll dispel all distressing chatter.
[08:33] (Flashback) Leonhart
I swear that I'll protect you!
[08:36] (Flashback) Sariphi
It's not "distressing chatter."
It's the voices of this kingdom's people.
[08:42] (Flashback) Sariphi
I appreciate the thought.
[08:44] (Flashback) Sariphi
But I'll become a queen worthy of you, sire,
[08:49] (Flashback) Sariphi
so wait until I do.
[08:50] (Flashback) Leonhart
Sariphi...
[08:52] (Flashback) Sariphi
In exchange,
[08:53] (Flashback) Sariphi
once the ceremony is over,
go back to being my king.
[09:00] (Flashback) Leonhart
Very well. I understand.
[09:02] Crowd
The king!
[09:04] Leonhart
Perhaps I was a bit too hasty.
[09:04] Crowd
Long live the king!
[09:08] Leonhart
Sariphi, I have every faith in you.
[09:16] Lanteveldt
Good grief.
[09:17] Lanteveldt
Do you need to bring all these
to your room at once?
[09:20] Clops
We're helping carry!
[09:21] Cy
Carry!
[09:22] Sariphi
Sorry. When a book catches my eye,
I can't rest unless I read it straight away.
[09:27] Lanteveldt
What's so fun about reading? I don't get it.
[09:32] Sariphi
Books are full of things I don't know.
[09:38] Set
Oh?
[09:39] Set
Dear me.
[09:41] Set
I humbly beg your pardon,
Acting Queen Consort.
[09:44] Set
Have I injured you?
[09:46] Sariphi
Oh, no. I'm fine.
[09:49] Set
Then, by your leave.
[09:51] Lanteveldt
Who's he?
[09:52] Sariphi
Justice Set. I've barely ever
spoken with him, either.
[09:57] Lanteveldt
He doesn't leave much of an impression.
[10:00] Lanteveldt
Is that all of them?
[10:02] Lanteveldt
You'd better hurry back to your room, then.
[10:05] Lanteveldt
It looks like rain.
[10:13] Leonhart
Do you feel calmer now?
[10:15] Sariphi
Yes, I'm fi—
[10:21] Leonhart
I suppose I left that wound on your heart.
[10:27] Sariphi
What do you mean?
[10:28] Leonhart
You said it all began on a night like this,
[10:30] Leonhart
when you learned that you
were to be a sacrifice.
[10:35] Leonhart
My royal predecessor decreed the
sacrifices, and I continued them.
[10:41] Sariphi
But, sire, you—
[10:42] Leonhart
True, I never devoured a sacrificial maiden,
[10:47] Leonhart
but I can do nothing for the girls
I spare after they escape.
[10:52] Leonhart
And once chosen as sacrifices, they can
never return to their former lives.
[10:59] Leonhart
Even now, at your side, I am
powerless to calm this storm.
[11:06] Sariphi
Hey, sire, would you tell me a story?
[11:10] Leonhart
A story?
[11:10] Sariphi
Yeah.
[11:12] Leonhart
Very well.
[11:13] Leonhart
Then I will tell you of my mother.
[11:17] Sariphi
You don't mind?
[11:18] Leonhart
It would be unfair of me to learn
your past without sharing mine.
[11:26] Leonhart
When I was young, "mother" to me meant
[11:30] Leonhart
the portrait of the late queen, who I
was told had died soon after my birth.
[11:35] Leonhart
But that queen
[11:37] Leonhart
was not my mother.
[11:40] Leonhart
So where did I come from?
[11:44] Leonhart
Do I truly have a mother? Does she
still live somewhere in the world?
[11:50] Leonhart
Sometimes I still ponder, even now.
[11:54] Leonhart
Did my father, who loathed
other species, love my mother?
[11:59] Leonhart
Did the mother whom I've never seen love me?
[12:04] Leonhart
Did anyone wish for my birth?
[12:10] Sariphi
Sire...
[12:12] Leonhart
Forgive me. I spoke of parity, but I may
as well have told you nothing at all.
[12:19] Sariphi
No.
[12:20] Sariphi
Thank you for telling me.
[12:23] Sariphi
His Majesty was born with the blood
of two conflicting peoples.
[12:27] Sariphi
My own parents abandoned me.
[12:31] Sariphi
Even if no one did want us to be born,
[12:36] Sariphi
what can we do about it?
[12:38] Sariphi
I mean, we're already here.
[12:41] Sariphi
Thanks to that, we can desire
someone and be desired now,
[12:47] Sariphi
and that matters so, so much more.
[12:50] Leonhart
Yes, you're right.
[12:52] Leonhart
The past counts for less than the present.
[12:56] Leonhart
And the future.
[12:59] Leonhart
Sariphi.
[13:00] Sariphi
What is it?
[13:02] Leonhart
I've been toying with an
idea for some time now.
[13:07] Leonhart
Several nights of revelation from now,
Yoana will send another sacrifice.
[13:14] Sariphi
Yes.
[13:15] Leonhart
Trickery can only fool the court for so long.
[13:20] Leonhart
And those chosen as sacrifices
will suffer regardless.
[13:25] Leonhart
The time has come to strike
at the root of the problem.
[13:29] Sariphi
You mean...
[13:31] Sariphi
He'll abolish the system of sacrifices?!
[13:35] Leonhart
Sacrifice is the power balance between
beasts and humans in microcosm.
[13:40] Leonhart
The older generations who experienced
the war will oppose its abolition.
[13:44] Leonhart
But new generations have not
learned to hate humans,
[13:48] Leonhart
and their numbers will surely grow.
[13:51] Leonhart
If they are to face humans earnestly,
unswayed by prejudice and past discord,
[13:59] Leonhart
I must lay a foundation of normal
relations between our realms now.
[14:04] Leonhart
That is my duty as king.
[14:08] Sariphi
Sire...
[14:09] Leonhart
But first, we must overcome an obstacle:
the principle of mutual inviolability.
[14:15] Sariphi
What's that?
[14:18] Leonhart
Anyone who crosses the border for
any reason, in either direction,
[14:24] Leonhart
does so at their own mortal peril.
[14:26] Leonhart
To reconcile with Yoana,
we must send emissaries to them.
[14:31] Leonhart
But our envoys will have no one
to guarantee their safety.
[14:36] Sariphi
So if the envoys were to die for some reason...
[14:40] Leonhart
Hatred of humans would only grow,
[14:43] Leonhart
and the road to reconciliation
would grow much longer.
[14:47] Sariphi
Just like the beast realm
is dangerous for humans,
[14:50] Sariphi
the human realm is a
dangerous place for beasts.
[14:55] Sariphi
Human?
[14:57] Sariphi
Sire...
[14:59] Sariphi
Could I be your envoy?
[15:04] Sariphi
Since I'm...
[15:09] Anubis
I am opposed!
[15:11] Anubis
Abolishing the system of sacrifices
at all is ill-advised.
[15:14] Anubis
No one will ever accept such a thing!
[15:17] Leonhart
The change need not be immediate.
[15:20] Leonhart
I will propose creating a space
for our realms to speak directly.
[15:26] Anubis
That is the problem!
[15:29] Anubis
Do you realize what it would mean
[15:31] Anubis
for us to be seen reaching out to Yoana?!
[15:34] Leonhart
Naturally.
[15:36] Leonhart
For the sake of restoring
diplomatic relations in the future,
[15:38] Leonhart
Ozmargo will henceforth negotiate
with Yoana as an equal nation.
[15:44] Speaker B
B-But sire, how can Yoana be our equal?
[15:48] Speaker A
Vanquishing the rebels allowed you
to display your royal dignity,
[15:52] Speaker A
but the people will never stand for this!
[15:55] Lanteveldt
"The people"? Don't you mean you, old-timers?
[16:00] Lanteveldt
Most people these days haven't seen
enough of humans to really hate 'em.
[16:05] Lanteveldt
Don't act like you speak for the masses
when you never listen to them.
[16:10] Speaker A
I-Insolence!
[16:12] Speaker B
Mind your tongue!
[16:13] Lanteveldt
We won't get anywhere with you guys.
[16:16] Lanteveldt
If Sariphi goes, then so will I.
[16:18] Lanteveldt
Isn't that what a guard captain's for?
[16:21] Sariphi
Lante, we should excuse ourselves.
[16:25] Lanteveldt
Ugh! Me going with you
would solve all our problems.
[16:31] Sariphi
But if a beast like you got in a fight
with humans, we'd have trouble.
[16:38] Sariphi
Can you swear you won't fight?
[16:40] Lanteveldt
Nope!
SIGN HONEST
SIGN HONEST
[16:41] Sariphi
See?
[16:43] Sariphi
Of course, this is easier said than done.
[16:47] Sariphi
Sire. Did you talk things out?
[16:50] Leonhart
No. Anubis wishes to speak with you privately.
[16:55] Sariphi
He does?
[17:05] Sariphi
Unbelievable. Can't young women
these days so much as clean properly?
[17:11] Anubis
Who is that an impression of?!
[17:15] Anubis
Girl, do you honestly believe
that beasts and humans can come
[17:19] Anubis
to an understanding with each other?
[17:21] Sariphi
Well, I know that it won't be easy, but—
[17:25] Anubis
Spare me the preamble.
[17:27] Anubis
Answer yes or no.
[17:30] Sariphi
I think... we can.
[17:33] Anubis
And by volunteering as an envoy,
[17:36] Anubis
do you believe you can become a bridge
between beasts and humans?
[17:39] Anubis
Be truthful, girl.
[17:41] Sariphi
Me, a bridge? Oh, Mr. Chancellor,
you're exaggerating.
[17:45] Anubis
That was exactly my point!
[17:47] Anubis
How vexing! I knew that talking
to humans was a waste of time!
[17:51] Sariphi
You mean talking to me,
not "to humans," don't you?
[17:57] Sariphi
This isn't about humans and beasts.
You just don't like me.
[18:03] Sariphi
If someone as hard-headed as you
can see a person before their species,
[18:07] Sariphi
then other people can do it, too.
SIGN FREEZE
[18:10] Sariphi
I can't help it if they don't like what they see.
[18:13] Sariphi
But perfect strangers hating each other
through misconceptions and hearsay?
[18:19] Sariphi
That terrifies me.
[18:21] Sariphi
So if approaching Yoana can
change the future even slightly,
[18:27] Sariphi
then I'll do everything that I can right now.
[18:31] Sariphi
If there's something only I can do
for the future His Majesty wants...
[18:36] Sariphi
If it will help the king who made
me the person I am now...
[18:41] Anubis
Very well.
[18:43] Anubis
I will approve a diplomatic mission to Yoana
and the appointment of you as our emissary.
[18:50] Anubis
I shall inform the senate forthwith.
[18:53] Sariphi
Thank you, Mr. Chancellor!
[18:55] Sariphi
I guess you can be nice every now and then!
[18:58] Sariphi
I'll tell His Majesty, okay?
[19:01] Anubis
For His Majesty, is it?
[19:04] Anubis
That girl never fails to irritate.
[19:08] Leonhart
I see. So Anubis agreed.
[19:11] Leonhart
Very well.
[19:12] Leonhart
My message to Yoana is in your hands.
[19:16] Sariphi
Sire!
[19:17] Leonhart
But Lanteveldt and several
guards will accompany you.
[19:21] Sariphi
Huh? But doesn't that defeat
the point of sending me?
[19:25] Leonhart
I refuse to compromise on your safety.
[19:28] Sariphi
Please, sire.
[19:29] Sariphi
I know I'm not the most dependable, so—
[19:32] Leonhart
No! I—
[19:34] Bennu
Hold it right there!
[19:36] Bennu
Make way for the greatest
holy beast, Bennu the phoenix!
[19:41] Bennu
I ain't a beast or a human, so nothing
can tie me down, numbskulls!
[19:49] Sariphi
Bennu!
[19:50] Bennu
Hey.
[19:51] Sariphi
Of course!
[19:53] Sariphi
Beast and human laws
don't apply to holy beasts!
[19:56] Bennu
You got it, girlie. I'll just fly
right over with you on my back.
[20:01] Sariphi
I can get to Yoana safely if I fly on Bennu.
[20:04] Sariphi
Please, sire!
[20:08] Leonhart
You win.
[20:11] Set
I knew it. Not a single trace
in all these documents.
[20:17] Set
The pregnancies of queens and concubines.
[20:20] Set
Where and when they gave birth, the
weather at the time, the attending priest...
[20:25] Set
All these details that should have been
recorded are conspicuously missing.
[20:31] Set
And for only one royal.
[20:34] Set
Yes,
[20:36] Set
only the records of our current king's birth!
[20:43] Amit
Lady Sariphi, please, please take care!
[20:47] Amit
Turn back at the first sign of danger!
[20:49] Clops
Sari!
[20:50] Cy
Ri!
[20:51] Lanteveldt
I still don't like it.
Guarding you is my job.
[20:56] Sariphi
Thank you all for seeing me off.
[20:59] Lanteveldt
The king's awfully cold, though.
[21:01] Lanteveldt
I can't believe he didn't come to
say goodbye. Is he still sulking?
[21:04] Sariphi
Nothing like that.
[21:06] Sariphi
His Majesty said his goodbyes
when I left the palace.
[21:12] (Flashback) Sariphi
I just have to deliver your letter and
come back with the answer, right?
[21:19] (Flashback) Sariphi
Well, I'd better get going.
[21:22] (Flashback) Leonhart
Sariphi.
[21:24] (Flashback) Leonhart
Making you my emissary is probably
the best choice available to me.
[21:30] (Flashback) Leonhart
The decision may even
leave its mark on history.
[21:37] (Flashback) Leonhart
And yet, I...
[21:42] (Flashback) Sariphi
Sire, I owe you an apology.
[21:46] (Flashback) Sariphi
I said that I knew you were worried
because I'm not dependable.
[21:52] (Flashback) Sariphi
But that wasn't it, was it?
[21:53] (Flashback) Sariphi
You were only worried
because you care about me.
[22:02] (Flashback) Sariphi
So...
[22:05] (Flashback) Sariphi
I won't tell you not to worry.
[22:07] (Flashback) Sariphi
Instead, I'll only ask you to wait.
[22:12] (Flashback) Sariphi
If you'll wait for me—if I can
have a place to come home to—
[22:18] (Flashback) Sariphi
I'll be able to draw so much
courage just from that.
[22:22] (Flashback) Leonhart
Yes.
[22:25] (Flashback) Leonhart
I'll be waiting for your return.
[22:28] (Flashback) Leonhart
So...
[22:29] (Flashback) Leonhart
Let me worry myself to death.
[22:33] (Flashback) Sariphi
Okay.
[22:35] Sariphi
I'll be back, sire.
[22:42] Set
The king's birth holds some vital secret.
[22:47] Set
Likely one whose exposure
could upend everything.
[22:51] Amit
Please take care!
[22:54] Cy; Clops
Sari!
[22:55] Lanteveldt
You'd better make this quick!
[22:57] Sariphi
See you later, everyone!
[23:01] Set
So, if I can uncover it,
then I can finally achieve
[23:08] Set
my long-cherished ambition!
[23:15] Sariphi
As a human—and a sacrifice—
I will be the beasts' emissary to Yoana.
[23:25] Sariphi
To end the sacrifices and normalize relations,
[23:29] Sariphi
with His Majesty's great resolve in my heart,
[23:31] Sariphi
I set out for my homeland, Yoana,
[23:34] Sariphi
as the beasts' emi—
[23:36] Bennu
That's why I said to hang on tight, dimwit!
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