E21 - Peace and a Secret Revealed

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[00:02] Anubis
    What do you mean?!
[00:04] Anubis
    What truth about His Majesty?!
[00:06] (Flashback) Set
    I lack conclusive evidence.
[00:10] (Flashback) Set
    Thus, I desire your cooperation.
[00:14] (Flashback) Anubis
    My cooperation?
[00:17] (Flashback) Set
    For some time now, I have occasionally felt
[00:20] (Flashback) Set
    that the king is concealing
    a great secret from us.
[00:25] Anubis
    Impossible. I could never trust
    Set more than His Majesty.
[00:30] Anubis
    And yet...
[00:31] Set
    You should know the truth about the king.
SIGN    Peace and a Secret Revealed
[02:15] Ocelot**
    Well done, Sariphi.
[02:18] Sariphi
    Ocelot!
[02:20] Anastasia
    Ocelot?
[02:22] Anastasia
    Wh-What are you doing here?
[02:24] Ocelot
    Asya...
[02:28] Ocelot
    Were you always this short?
[02:30] Anastasia
    You just got tall!
[02:32] Anastasia
    What did you expect after more
    than a decade, you big oaf?
[02:37] Sariphi
    You two know each other?
[02:42] Ocelot
    Actually, Sariphi, I'm from
    the same village as Asya.
[02:46] Sariphi
    What?!
[02:47] Anastasia
    You up and left out of the blue, though.
[02:51] Anastasia
    Because of me.
[02:53] Ocelot
    You're wrong, Asya.
    I came here of my own free will.
[02:59] Ocelot
    I felt that I needed to get stronger.
[03:01] Anastasia
    What?
[03:02] Ocelot
    I always meant to come back for you someday.
[03:06] Ocelot
    Then Sariphi turned up.
[03:09] Ocelot
    When I told her about you,
    she was eager for a meeting.
[03:12] Ocelot
    So I thought I'd get her to fetch you,
[03:17] Ocelot
    since I felt sure that she wouldn't
    view you with suspicion.
[03:22] Anastasia
    You did?
[03:24] Ocelot
    I've gotten stronger, Asya.
[03:27] Ocelot
    I practiced swordsmanship and riding,
    and I improved myself.
[03:31] Ocelot
    I know that I can protect you now!
[03:35] Ocelot
    What do you think?
    How do I look in your eyes?
[03:40] Anastasia
    The same as ever.
[03:44] Anastasia
    So what do you want me to do?
[03:55] Anastasia
    It's done.
[03:57] Anastasia
    Will this do?
[03:58] Ocelot
    Yes, thank you.
[04:00] Ocelot
    I'll show this to His Majesty at once.
[04:04] Ocelot
    Both of you, wait here.
[04:06] Ocelot
    You'll see His Majesty as soon
    as he grants an audience.
[04:16] Anastasia
    Meeting the king makes you nervous, too?
[04:20] Sariphi
    Yes, sort of.
[04:22] Anastasia
    Oh, I guess you are about to meet
    the jerk who made you a sacrifice.
[04:27] Sariphi
    I don't hold it against him, really.
[04:30] Anastasia
    You're too softhearted.
[04:31] Anastasia
    I'd get back at him,
    even if it got me executed.
[04:36] Sariphi
    What?
[04:37] Anastasia
    I mean it.
[04:39] Anastasia
    I'd punch out a king or even a god if I had to.
[04:44] Anastasia
    So go in there and say your piece
    with your head held high.
[04:49] Sariphi
    Thank you.
[04:57] Sariphi
    I don't remember much about the days
[05:01] Sariphi
    between the night I learned I was
    a sacrifice and when I accepted it.
[05:07] Sariphi
    But until I resigned myself to
    everything, he did frighten me.
[05:13] Sariphi
    And now I'm about to be face-to-face
    with him, the ruler of Yoana.
[05:23] King
    You are the Ozmargan emissary,
    Sariphi Kleinoel,
[05:28] King
    the sacrifice who was spared?
[05:32] Sariphi
    I am.
[05:33] King
    We have seen your document, and it does
    indeed bear the royal seal of Ozmargo.
[05:40] King
    Thus, we acknowledge it
    as a genuine royal letter.
[05:45] King
    Its import, however, is far too great
[05:50] King
    for our kingdom to weigh its truth
    or issue a response alone.
[05:55] King
    We shall convene a global
    council within seven days
[05:59] King
    and confer with representatives
    of other nations.
[06:02] King
    Kindly inform the king of Ozmargo
    that we wish for more time.
[06:09] Sariphi
    I understand, sire.
    I promise to inform His Majesty.
[06:13] King
    Incidentally, we have one
    other question for you.
[06:18] King
    What sort of place is the realm of beasts?
[06:22] Sariphi
    Huh?
[06:24] King
    Our royal house of Maskviana accepted
    the sacrifices in exchange for peace.
[06:31] King
    Since then, we have sent
    countless maidens there,
[06:35] King
    forcing the weak alone to pay
    the heavy price of our respite.
[06:42] King
    We have a duty to know all.
[06:49] Sariphi
    The beast realm is much more
    ordinary than humans think.
[06:54] Sariphi
    The environment isn't like here,
[06:57] Sariphi
    but its people laugh, rejoice, waver,
    and fret over little things.
[07:03] Sariphi
    Some of them are lovely,
    and some aren't so nice.
[07:07] Sariphi
    And they have a kind king who wishes
    peace for beasts and humans alike.
[07:15] Sariphi
    It's not some other world.
[07:17] Sariphi
    Everyone there lives each
    day as best they can.
[07:23] Sariphi
    It's an ordinary place,
[07:25] Sariphi
    and one that means a lot to me.
[07:29] Sariphi
    That's how I see it.
[07:32] Sariphi
    Um... Did I say something rude?
[07:36] Ocelot
    No. I was surprised that
    you were so forthright.
[07:40] Ocelot
    But I'm even more shocked that His Majesty
    thought of the sacrifices that way.
[07:45] Ocelot
    He's always stern in public
    and never shows weakness.
[07:50] Sariphi
    That... sounds like His Majesty.
[07:54] Ocelot
    It might take time,
[07:57] Ocelot
    but it no longer seems
    impossible that someday,
[08:01] Ocelot
    the human and beast realms
    will have normal relations.
[08:07] Sariphi
    Listen, sire.
[08:10] Sariphi
    I managed to tell them how you feel.
[08:16] Set
    My Lord Chancellor,
    I desire only one thing of you.
[08:21] Set
    I will outline a proposal.
    Kindly convey it to the king
[08:27] (Flashback) Set
    without mentioning my involvement.
[08:41] Anubis
    Why do I hesitate? There is no need.
[08:46] Anubis
    He speaks nonsense.
[08:48] Anubis
    I am merely making certain.
[08:54] Anubis
    It is Anubis. May I have a moment
    of Your Majesty's time?
[08:59] Leonhart
    Not now, unless it's urgent.
[09:02] Leonhart
    Or you may speak from out there.
[09:04] Anubis
    No, I would prefer to see your face.
    I require only a moment.
[09:10] Set
    If the king firmly denies your request
    or refuses to leave his chamber,
[09:17] (Flashback) Set
    then perhaps he has a reason
    to conceal himself from you.
[09:22] Anubis
    Please, sire.
[09:24] Anubis
    Please show yourself before
    your humble servant, Anubis.
[09:39] Anubis
    Sire...
[09:41] Leonhart
    What is it? I'm busy.
[09:43] Anubis
    I beg your pardon, sire.
[09:46] Anubis
    I have proposals concerning
    your future course.
[09:50] Anubis
    First, about negotiations with Yoana.
[09:55] Anubis
    And then one other,
[09:58] Anubis
    about Lady Sariphi.
[10:02] Sariphi
    Okay, I'll head back now.
[10:05] Sariphi
    Thank you for the diary.
[10:07] Ocelot
    You should just wait here until
    the council reaches a decision.
[10:10] Anastasia
    You're so insensitive.
[10:13] Anastasia
    She has her own life to worry about.
[10:16] Ocelot
    Ow.
[10:17] Sariphi
    Yes, I'm just dying to go back.
[10:21] Sariphi
    Hey, Asya.
[10:23] Anastasia
    Yes?
[10:24] Sariphi
    I want to ask you something,
    but promise you won't get mad.
[10:28] Anastasia
    I probably will, but let's hear it anyway.
[10:34] Sariphi
    What made you start studying beast script?
[10:40] Sariphi
    You've suffered a lot because of beasts,
[10:43] Sariphi
    so why did you choose to
    get involved with them?
[10:47] Anastasia
    No real reason.
[10:49] Anastasia
    I just wanted to make sure of who I was.
[10:55] Anastasia
    But I don't care about that anymore.
[10:57] Sariphi
    Huh?
[10:58] Anastasia
    I mean, no matter who I am,
[11:02] Anastasia
    that idiot won't change one bit.
[11:06] Sariphi
    You have a point.
[11:09] Sariphi
    No matter who you were born as,
[11:13] Sariphi
    having someone who accepts you
[11:16] Sariphi
    should be all you need to live on and smile.
[11:23] Sariphi
    Leo,
[11:25] Sariphi
    I want you to feel the same someday.
[11:29] Sariphi
    You always look a little
    nervous and lonely somehow.
[11:34] Sariphi
    But eventually...
[11:37] Bennu
    Man, it looks like this'll actually work out!
[11:41] Bennu
    Way to go, girlie!
[11:43] Sariphi
    Yes, but...
[11:45] Sariphi
    The big picture of history
    is important, of course,
[11:48] Sariphi
    but so is this.
[11:51] Sariphi
    If I can decipher this diary,
[11:54] Sariphi
    I might be able to discover
    His Majesty's unknown roots.
[11:57] Sariphi
    Or maybe even his own—
[12:01] Bennu
    We're almost there, girlie!
[12:05] Ozmargan Soldier
    A message from the border guard!
[12:08] Ozmargan Soldier
    The acting queen consort
    has returned from Yoana!
[12:19] Bennu
    There!
[12:20] Bennu
    Package delivered!
[12:22] Sariphi
    I'm home, Your Majesty!
[12:33] Sariphi
    I'm so sorry I'm late.
[12:36] Sariphi
    Did I worry you to death?
[12:38] Leonhart
    Yes.
[12:43] Sariphi
    Sire?
[12:45] Anubis
    Welcome home.
[12:46] Anubis
    I am delighted to see you safe,
[12:48] Anubis
    Lady Sariphi.
[12:50] Sariphi
    Mr. Chancellor.
[12:52] Anubis
    Loath as I am to rush you
    so soon after your return,
[12:54] Anubis
    the royal council shall immediately convene.
[12:57] Sariphi
    The council?
[12:59] Sariphi
    Then I'll be in my room.
[13:01] Anubis
    No.
[13:02] Anubis
    Although I realize that you must be fatigued,
[13:05] Anubis
    I humbly request you to attend, Lady Sariphi.
[13:09] Speaker A
    So they will gauge each nation's
    opinion at a global council,
[13:15] Speaker A
    and they reserve their formal
    response until it concludes?
[13:18] Sariphi
    Yes.
[13:19] Speaker B
    That's only natural.
    This was all too sudden.
[13:22] Speaker B
    Abolishing the system of
    sacrifices benefits Yoana,
[13:27] Speaker B
    but when it comes to total peace, who can say?
[13:30] Sariphi
    I'm dying to tell His Majesty about so much.
[13:35] Sariphi
    But I haven't read that diary yet,
[13:38] Sariphi
    so maybe I should wait until
    I know something definite.
[13:41] Sariphi
    Still...
[13:43] Sariphi
    Is it my imagination, or does
    he seem different somehow?
[13:48] Anubis
    These negotiations to abolish sacrifices
    and normalize relations with Yoana,
[13:55] Anubis
    as well as the acting queen
    consort's role in them,
[13:59] Anubis
    shall be proclaimed publicly
    in the near future.
[14:03] Anubis
    Does that please you, sire?
[14:04] Sariphi
    Huh?
[14:05] Leonhart
    Yes. You may proceed.
[14:08] Sariphi
    Wait.
[14:10] Sariphi
    Sire, I—
[14:12] Anubis
    If we continue to negotiate with Yoana,
    it will become known eventually.
[14:18] Anubis
    And if our relations with Yoana
    improve and the people accept that,
[14:24] Anubis
    you will certainly deserve
    credit for your achievements.
[14:28] Anubis
    So, should that happen,
[14:31] Anubis
    Lady Sariphi, I will recognize
    you as our lawful queen-to-be.
[14:38] Amit
    What?!
[14:39] Amit
    A-At last, Lady Sariphi will be...
[14:41] Cy; Clops
    She'll be queen for real?!
[14:44] Lanteveldt
    Don't get ahead of yourselves, okay?
[14:47] Lanteveldt
    That's only if she passes this last test.
[14:50] Amit
    And that test is successfully negotiating
    peace with Yoana, I presume?
[14:56] Lanteveldt
    You presume right.
[14:57] Lanteveldt
    She can't avoid this problem if she
    wants to be queen, of course,
[15:01] Lanteveldt
    but something about this
    doesn't sit right with me.
[15:05] Amit
    What do you mean?
[15:06] Lanteveldt
    This is the chancellor's idea, as usual,
[15:11] Lanteveldt
    but I doubt that guy would
    ever accept Sariphi.
[15:14] Lanteveldt
    So would he really set this condition?
[15:19] Lanteveldt
    I mean, it's definitely not easy,
    but it is possible.
[15:24] Lanteveldt
    Maybe he plans to invalidate it on a
    technicality again, whatever happens.
[15:29] Cy; Clops
    What?!
[15:30] Amit
    B-But Lady Sariphi has worked
    so hard all this time.
[15:35] Amit
    The chancellor is severe in his speech,
[15:39] Amit
    but perhaps he has already
    accepted her in his heart.
[15:43] Clops
    He would never.
[15:43] Cy
    Never.
[15:44] Lanteveldt
    No way.
[15:46] Lanteveldt
    And I feel like something
    stinks in the palace lately.
[15:53] Lanteveldt
    Something fishy.
[15:57] Lanteveldt
    I just hope I'm worried for nothing.
[16:02] Anubis
    All of the messenger beasts
    dispatched throughout Ozmargo
[16:05] Anubis
    have returned to the palace
    as of this morning.
[16:09] Anubis
    Nearly the entire realm should now
    be aware of tomorrow's proclamation.
[16:15] Anubis
    The ruling classes of each land
    now know what to expect.
[16:19] Anubis
    A date for the council
    has not yet been fixed,
[16:23] Anubis
    but I would advise convening it
    not too long after the proclamation.
[16:29] Anubis
    Sire?
[16:30] Sariphi
    Oh, sire!
[16:33] Sariphi
    Do you have a minute?
[16:34] Sariphi
    Listen, I want you to
    take me away right now!
[16:38] Sariphi
    I'm so bored!
[16:40] Sariphi
    I want to go out!
    It doesn't even matter where!
[16:42] Sariphi
    Pretty please?!
[16:45] Sariphi
    Can't we?
[16:47] Anubis
    Lady Sariphi, His Majesty must
    prepare for tomorrow's—
[16:50] Leonhart
    Very well.
[16:52] Anubis
    Sire!
[16:53] Leonhart
    With regard to the preparations,
    I've done all that I can.
[16:57] Leonhart
    I won't be long.
[16:59] Leonhart
    See to whatever remains.
[17:02] Senator C
    The nerve of that girl.
[17:08] Sariphi
    Sorry, sire. I know that was selfish of me.
[17:10] Leonhart
    No matter. You said that to bring me outside
[17:16] Leonhart
    without the others guessing your motive.
[17:19] Sariphi
    You knew?
[17:21] Leonhart
    But your timing was perfect.
[17:23] Leonhart
    I had been hoping to speak with you
    outside of the palace, as well.
[17:30] Sariphi
    So something is worrying you, then?
[17:33] Sariphi
    You haven't seemed like yourself in a while.
[17:40] Sariphi
    What's wrong?
[17:41] Leonhart
    Since we're already outside,
[17:43] Leonhart
    we might as well take a detour.
[17:48] Sariphi
    A detour? Into this pitch-dark place?
[17:52] Leonhart
    I thought it might seem so to human eyes.
[17:56] Sariphi
    What's down here?
[17:59] Leonhart
    Look around you.
[18:23] Sariphi
    Wow!
[18:25] Sariphi
    The whole ceiling is glowing!
    And the walls, too!
[18:29] Sariphi
    But how?
[18:31] Leonhart
    The minerals found in this cave
    shine in the presence of magic.
[18:37] Leonhart
    But a certain degree of power is required
    to produce such a visible reaction.
[18:45] Leonhart
    The mere act of lighting up these stones
[18:48] Leonhart
    was once a sign of might among beasts.
[18:53] Sariphi
    Amazing. It's like a starry sky.
[18:58] Leonhart
    Stars? I see.
[19:01] Leonhart
    I considered this light merely a sign
    of magic, but you see it differently.
[19:07] Leonhart
    In this land, stars only shine
    on nights of revelation.
[19:11] Leonhart
    I can never behold it.
[19:14] Leonhart
    Even on my sole visit to
    Yoana to retrieve you,
[19:19] Leonhart
    I was too preoccupied with concealing
    myself to look up at the sky.
[19:26] Leonhart
    Such sights are too far beyond my ken.
[19:30] Sariphi
    One day, when we make peace with Yoana...
[19:34] Sariphi
    When you can appear openly in any form,
[19:39] Sariphi
    I know you'll be able to see them.
[19:42] Sariphi
    When that happens, let's go gaze
    at a real starry sky together.
[19:47] Leonhart
    Yes.
[19:50] Leonhart
    Tomorrow's proclamation may
    prove a critical moment for me.
[19:55] Sariphi
    Because getting people to
    accept peace won't be easy?
[20:00] Leonhart
    That's part of it.
[20:02] Leonhart
    But this is a wall that I must overcome
    for our—no, for my own sake.
[20:09] Leonhart
    Whatever happens, I cannot back down.
[20:14] Sariphi
    Okay.
[20:15] Sariphi
    I'm sure they'll understand
    how you feel, sire.
[20:23] Sariphi
    I promise you'll be fine.
[20:25] Sariphi
    No matter what happens,
    I'll always be with you.
[20:40] Jormungand
    Unsurprisingly, the people's
    eyes are on this proclamation.
[20:44] Jormungand
    I suppose this calls for
    greater-than-usual caution.
[20:48] Jormungand
    Although the people may not be
    the only ones I need to be wary of.
[20:55] (Flashback) Set
    I will disappear briefly during the event.
[20:59] (Flashback) Set
    But please, pay that no mind.
[21:02] (Flashback) Set
    I have no designs against the king.
[21:06] (Flashback) Set
    Not against the king.
[21:10] Anubis
    It is time, sire. You should go.
[21:14] Leonhart
    Yes.
[21:18] Sariphi
    I promise you'll be fine.
[21:20] Sariphi
    No matter what happens,
    I'll always be with you.
[21:34] Leonhart
    My kingdom is about to choose a new future.
[21:39] Leonhart
    One in which we join hands with our
    near-yet-distant neighbor, Yoana.
[21:45] Subject A
    What? He can't be serious.
[21:48] Subject B
    Are the rumors of a human queen true, then?!
[21:53] Leonhart
    I have already sent an envoy to Yoana
[21:56] Leonhart
    to smooth the way for talks
    to normalize relations.
[22:02] Leonhart
    All so that we can make true peace,
    not this truce in name only.
[22:08] Leonhart
    And our emissary who strives
    to bridge this gap is—
[22:15] Leonhart
    Wh-What is this?
[22:18] Leonhart
    Our emissary... is...
[22:20] Leonhart
    Why now, of all times?!
[22:24] Leonhart
    our new... future que...
[22:30] Sariphi
    Sire?
[22:52] Subject C
    Wh-What the?! Look at the sky!
[22:54] Subject D
    What's going on?!
[22:56] Subject E
    What's that?!
[23:08] Set
    You should know the truth
    about the absolute monarch
[23:19] Set**
    to whom you pledged everything.
[23:25] Anubis
    What did I just see?
[23:27] Anubis
    The miasma suddenly cleared,
    and His Majesty became human.
[23:31] Anubis
    But that's absurd!
[23:33] Anubis
    It's Set. This must be his scheme.
[23:36] Anubis
    The king—my king—could not
    possibly have human blood!
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