E9 - Recollections of a King and His Chancellor

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[00:05] Anubis
    Will nothing convince you, sire?
[00:08] Leonhart
    Of course not. I refuse
    to accept your sophistry.
[00:12] Anubis
    Sophistry? You wound me, sire.
[00:15] Anubis
    At last night's ball, Lady Sariphi said
    herself that she is unfit to be queen.
[00:22] Anubis
    In other words, she abandoned her ordeal.
[00:26] Anubis
    We thus consider that she disqualified
    herself from queenship at that moment.
[00:32] Leonhart
    But Sariphi performed her duties as hostess
[00:36] Leonhart
    and ultimately won Duke Galois
    over to her cause.
[00:40] Anubis
    That took place after she
    renounced her ordeal.
[00:45] Anubis
    Whatever the outcome, you cannot
    deny that she refused queenship.
[00:51] Anubis
    I ask you, can such a half-hearted candidate
    be trusted with responsibility?
[00:57] Anubis
    In any case, we categorically refuse
    to recognize this ordeal as a success.
SIGN    Recollections of a King and His Chancellor
[02:45] Sariphi
    Welcome back, Your Majesty!
[02:48] Sariphi
    Are you all right?
[02:50] Leonhart
    Merely a touch tired of quibbling.
[02:53] Sariphi
    Was it about me again?
[02:56] Leonhart
    You have nothing to worry about.
[03:00] Leonhart
    I shouldn't tell Sariphi.
[03:04] Leonhart
    She may regret her actions if I do.
[03:08] Leonhart
    I don't want to force any more
    constraints on her needlessly.
[03:15] Sariphi
    Sire.
[03:17] Sariphi
    If something really is wrong, tell me. Okay?
[03:24] Leonhart
    One day, even he will understand.
[03:28] Sariphi
    Huh?
[03:29] Sariphi
    The rest of this book is missing.
[03:31] Clops
    Ichthyan history?
[03:34] Clops
    This must have slipped in
    from another library.
[03:37] Sariphi
    You mean this isn't the only one?
[03:39] Clops
    Of course not.
[03:41] Clops
    There are enough to fit the
    whole history of Ozmargo.
[03:44] Clops
    There's even a forbidden library,
    which only royalty may enter!
[03:50] Cy
    Enter!
[03:51] Sariphi
    Really? A forbidden library?
[03:53] Clops
    J-Just to be clear, "forbidden"
    means that you're not allowed in!
[04:01] Clops
    We'll find the next volume of
    that book, Sari. You wait here.
[04:06] Cy
    Here.
[04:07] Sariphi
    What? Don't worry. I'll find it myself.
[04:10] Sariphi
    I'm always making you two do all the work.
[04:14] Sariphi
    I'll check the nearest library first.
[04:17] Sariphi
    I wonder where it is.
[04:20] Guard B
    And then—
[04:21] Anubis
    You there!
[04:23] Anubis
    How dare you indulge in
    chitchat while on duty?!
[04:26] Guard A
    A-A thousand pardons, sir!
[04:28] Anubis
    Only truly devoted servants of His Majesty
    have a place in this palace!
[04:33] Anubis
    Remember that you can always be replaced!
[04:36] Guard A
    Y-Yes, sir!
[04:37] Guard B
    It won't happen again!
[04:45] Guard A
    That scared me half to death.
    He's been pricklier than ever lately.
[04:49] Guard B
    Not that I don't sympathize.
[04:51] Guard A
    Still, after seeing that ball,
[04:54] Guard A
    I wound up thinking that
    humans aren't all bad.
[04:59] Anubis
    Fools. Don't they see her virtue is an act?
[05:03] Anubis
    That wench beguiled the king to escape
    being sacrificed and save her own skin.
[05:10] Anubis
    She can't pull the wool over my eyes.
[05:13] Anubis
    I must remove her from His Majesty's side,
[05:18] Anubis
    by any means necessary.
[05:23] Sariphi
    Mr. Chancellor!
[05:26] Sariphi
    I'm so sorry for asking you to show
    me the way. I know you're busy.
[05:29] Anubis
    Don't mention it.
[05:30] Sariphi
    Still, look at all these books.
[05:33] Sariphi
    How will I ever find the one I want?
[05:36] Anubis
    I don't know how she seduced His Majesty,
[05:39] Anubis
    but I swear... I will end her life.
[05:45] Anubis
    End her life?!
[05:47] Anubis
    I could do it now. No one else
    knows that we're here.
[05:53] Anubis
    It would be easy to engineer an accident
    amid all these bookshelves.
[05:57] Anubis
    I can kill her!
[06:00] Anubis
    I have no reason to hesitate. None!
[06:05] Sariphi
    Oh, Mr. Chancellor!
[06:08] Sariphi
    Are you all right?!
[06:09] Sariphi
    Don't worry. I'll keep looking on my own.
[06:12] Anubis
    No, allow me to assist you.
[06:14] Sariphi
    Really?
[06:16] Sariphi
    Thank goodness.
[06:19] Sariphi
    To be honest, I wanted to
    solve this problem myself,
[06:23] Sariphi
    but with you on my side,
    I'll have nothing to worry about!
[06:27] Sariphi
    Thank you.
[06:29] Anubis
    Is she dim-witted?
[06:32] Anubis
    She has no sense of danger.
    Her folly is stunning.
[06:36] Anubis
    I'll finish her quickly,
[06:39] Anubis
    with these hands I swore to
    devote wholly to His Majesty.
[06:45] Sariphi
    Mr. Chancellor!
[06:47] Sariphi
    Mr. Chancellor!
[06:51] Maid A
    Master! Master Sirius!
[06:54] Maid A
    Your lord father's funeral is about to begin.
[06:57] Maid A
    It's time for you to dress.
[06:59] Young Anubis
    I won't go.
[07:01] Maid A
    What do you mean?
[07:03] Maid A
    This funeral is where you will formally
    inherit the name of Anubis.
[07:10] Anubis
    That's the problem.
[07:12] Young Anubis
    I don't want to become
    the royal family's lapdog.
[07:15] (Flashback) Anubis's Father
    Listen well, Sirius.
[07:17] (Flashback) Anubis's Father
    Generation after generation,
    we of the line of Anubis
[07:20] (Flashback) Anubis's Father
    have lived to serve and
    protect the royal family.
[07:25] (Flashback) Anubis's Father
    Your blood and your life exist to
    be sacrificed to the king one day.
[07:32] Young Anubis
    My father never stopped telling me that,
[07:36] Young Anubis
    and he died saving the king from assassins.
[07:40] Young Anubis
    But his death didn't move the royals one bit.
[07:44] Young Anubis
    They only thought of him as one lost pawn.
[07:48] Previous King
    You're Anubis's boy? I hear you
    didn't attend his funeral.
[07:54] Young Anubis
    Yes, Your Majesty. I took ill.
[07:58] Previous King
    Well, no matter. You're too young
    to assume his duties in any case.
[08:05] Previous King
    Henceforth, I command you
    to attend on the prince.
[08:09] Young Anubis
    As you wish, sire.
[08:12] Young Anubis
    My name is Sirius. It's a pleasure to
    make Your Highness's acquaintance.
[08:16] Young Leonhart
    Sirius? I thought you were Anubis.
[08:19] Young Anubis
    I have not yet formally inherited that name.
[08:24] Young Anubis
    Ha! Why would I ever take a name
    that makes me your servant?
[08:29] Young Leonhart
    Oh, I see.
[08:31] Young Leonhart
    Nice to meet you, Sirius.
[08:41] Young Anubis
    I swear I'll rise to greatness.
[08:44] Young Anubis
    I'll study my head off, and someday
    I'll be the greatest in the kingdom.
[08:48] Young Anubis
    Even more important than royalty.
[08:51] Young Anubis
    And to make that happen, I'll do anything...
[08:57] Young Anubis
    What is it?
[09:01] Young Anubis
    What about them?
[09:03] Young Leonhart
    It would be a shame to step on them.
[09:07] Young Anubis
    Pardon?
[09:08] Young Anubis
    With all due respect, hundred-eyed ants
    are incapable of fearing death.
[09:13] Young Anubis
    Stepping on one or two will
    hardly drive them extinct,
[09:18] Young Anubis
    and they lack the intelligence
    to mourn their fellows.
[09:21] Young Anubis
    Only proper culling allows
    both plants and animals
[09:25] Young Anubis
    to maintain a healthy circle of life.
[09:29] Young Anubis
    Naïve and misplaced pity for them
    is the true danger to our ecosystem.
[09:35] Young Leonhart
    I see. You sure are smart.
[09:41] Young Leonhart
    Then did you know...
[09:43] Young Leonhart
    that hundred-eyed ants always
    follow the ant in the lead?
[09:48] Young Leonhart
    That's better.
[09:51] Young Leonhart
    Why step on them when you can go around?
[09:58] Young Anubis
    Yes, that's all well and good for royalty.
[10:02] Young Anubis
    You get to choose whether
    you crush others underfoot.
[10:12] Young Anubis
    Your Highness, where have you been?
[10:14] Young Anubis
    It's time for your swordsmanship lessons.
[10:16] Young Leonhart
    I hate swords.
[10:19] Young Anubis
    What lily-livered nonsense.
[10:20] Young Anubis
    Your Highness will lead troops
    into battle yourself someday.
[10:25] Young Leonhart
    But getting hit with a wooden sword hurts.
[10:28] Young Leonhart
    Getting cut with a real sword
    must be even worse.
[10:31] Young Anubis
    Have no fear. Your Highness
    will be struck last of all.
[10:36] Young Anubis
    Your minions will be the first to die.
[10:39] Young Leonhart
    Friend or foe, everyone feels
    pain when they get hurt.
[10:44] Young Leonhart
    We should just make a country where
    no one, of any race, has to fight.
[10:50] Young Anubis
    Yes, that would be wonderful.
[10:54] Young Anubis
    Fanciful idealism.
[10:56] Young Anubis
    And only those able to truly face
    reality can realize their ideals.
[11:09] Young Anubis
    I see the world as it really is.
[11:12] Young Anubis
    One day, I'll be unrivaled in this realm.
[11:14] Young Anubis
    Maybe not during the current king's reign,
    but once this spoiled prince succeeds him,
[11:21] Young Anubis
    my time will come.
[11:27] Young Anubis
    I need to study.
[11:29] Young Anubis
    I don't have time to rest.
[11:33] Maid B
    The young master has a fever again.
[11:35] Maid C
    He's never been strong.
[11:38] Maid C
    Of course, I'm sure waiting on
    the prince is tiring, but still...
[11:42] Maid B
    Will he really be able to
    succeed his late father?
[11:45] Young Anubis
    Shut up, shut up, shut up!
[11:49] Young Anubis
    I'll never follow in my father's footsteps!
[11:52] Young Anubis
    He never once came to
    visit me when I was ill!
[11:58] Young Anubis
    His duty meant more to him than I did!
[12:07] Young Anubis
    What's this?
[12:09] Young Anubis
    It's warm...
[12:13] Young Anubis
    Your Highness?! What are you doing here?!
[12:15] Young Leonhart
    I heard you weren't feeling well,
    so I came to check on you.
[12:21] Young Anubis
    You came all this way alone?!
[12:24] Young Leonhart
    I'm sure no one spotted me.
[12:28] Young Leonhart
    I brought you healthy food from the kitchens.
[12:31] Young Leonhart
    Eat plenty, and get well.
[12:34] Young Anubis
    Wh-Why have you done all this?
[12:38] Young Leonhart
    Huh? Can't I worry about you?
[12:43] Young Anubis
    Huh?
[12:44] Young Anubis
    Worried? The prince is actually concerned
[12:50] Young Anubis
    about me, a mere vassal?
[12:55] Young Leonhart
    Besides,
[12:56] Young Leonhart
    your father saved mine.
[13:02] Young Leonhart
    My father is strict and scary,
[13:06] Young Leonhart
    but I still love him.
[13:10] Young Leonhart
    So I'm grateful. Really, I am.
[13:14] Young Anubis
    Oh, so that's it.
[13:19] Young Anubis
    I have no need of this.
[13:21] Young Leonhart
    Huh?
[13:21] Young Anubis
    Kindly return to your chambers.
[13:23] Young Leonhart
    Sirius?
[13:24] Young Anubis
    You mustn't linger.
[13:26] Young Leonhart
    Wait, Sirius.
[13:27] Young Anubis
    Please just leave already!
[13:33] Head Guard
    The prince has been kidnapped!
[13:35] Guard C
    And the son of the late Anubis with him!
[13:38] Head Guard
    Organize a search party at once!
[13:50] Young Anubis
    Where...
[13:55] Young Anubis
    Your Highness!
[13:57] Assassin B
    Huh?
[13:58] Assassin A
    Oh, one of the brats woke up.
[14:00] Assassin A
    Thanks. We couldn't have taken
    the prince hostage without you.
[14:05] Assassin A
    Now we can get our comrades set free.
[14:08] Assassin B
    Then we really will take the king's head.
[14:10] Assassin B
    No more screw-ups!
[14:12] Young Anubis
    These are the assassins
    who targeted the king?!
[14:16] Young Anubis
    That means...
[14:18] Assassin B
    Yowch!
[14:19] Assassin B
    What's the big idea?!
[14:21] Young Anubis
    Give back my father!
[14:23] Assassin B
    Huh?! What'd you say to me?!
[14:28] Assassin B
    So you're Anubis's brat!
[14:30] Assassin A
    Anubises die as the shadows of royalty.
[14:34] Assassin A
    If you've got their blood in your veins,
    this must be fate.
[14:38] Assassin B
    Why do you think we took you
    and not just the prince?
[14:43] Assassin B
    So we can kill a kid to
    show we mean business.
[14:49] Assassin B
    The prince is our ace in the hole,
    but you're worthless as a hostage.
[14:54] Assassin A
    This is for your prince.
    Don't you feel honored?
[14:58] Assassin A
    If you wanna blame someone,
    blame the royals who drove us to this,
[15:01] Assassin A
    and blame your own blood.
[15:10] Young Anubis
    Y-Your Highness!
[15:15] Young Anubis
    Royal blood.
[15:17] Young Anubis
    A royal is shielding a vassal.
[15:20] Young Anubis
    No...
[15:22] Young Anubis
    It's unpardonable. I'm done for.
[15:27] Young Anubis
    This is the end for me!
[15:30] Assassin A
    Moron! That's the kid you wanna kill!
[15:33] Assassin B
    Y-Yeah, I know!
[15:38] Young Anubis
    Y-Your Highness! Please stop this!
[15:42] Young Anubis
    A future king should not put himself in peril!
[15:44] Young Leonhart
    A king is someone... who protects everyone.
[15:49] Young Leonhart
    If I can't protect... even one friend...
    right in front of me...
[15:56] Young Leonhart
    what kind of king am I?!
[16:07] Young Anubis
    Your Highness!
[16:09] Young Anubis
    Your Highness, please stay strong!
[16:11] Young Leonhart
    Sirius... Are you... hurt?
[16:17] Young Anubis
    N-No.
[16:20] Young Leonhart
    I'm glad.
[16:30] Young Anubis
    I must escape.
[16:32] Young Anubis
    I must get away while they're unconscious.
[16:35] Young Anubis
    I must...
[16:36] Young Anubis
    protect the prince!
[16:39] Royal Guard A
    I sensed magic up ahead!
[16:42] Royal Guard B
    There he is! Lord Anubis's son is with him!
[16:47] Young Anubis
    Hurry... Get His Highness to...
[16:52] Maid A
    I'm so glad you weren't hurt.
[16:56] Maid A
    They say the prince will recover
    with a few days of rest.
[17:01] Young Anubis
    I see.
[17:02] Maid A
    And I hear the prince
    made a plea to His Majesty.
[17:07] Maid A
    He begged for you not to be held accountable.
[17:13] Maid A
    So the house of Anubis's
    reputation will not suffer.
[17:17] Maid A
    Isn't that wonderful?
[17:20] Young Anubis
    I...
[17:23] Young Anubis
    I had only thought of myself
    until it came to that.
[17:28] Young Anubis
    But I finally understand, Father.
[17:32] Young Anubis
    Are you out there somewhere, watching me?
[17:35] Young Anubis
    I've found my king, too.
[17:40] Young Leonhart
    What's wrong, Sirius?
[17:43] Young Anubis
    Although I serve Your Highness,
    I was unable to defend you the other day.
[17:48] Young Anubis
    I humbly beg your forgiveness.
[17:51] Young Leonhart
    Don't worry about it.
[17:52] Young Leonhart
    I was the one who got you
    involved in the first place.
[17:56] Young Leonhart
    So I should apologize to—
[17:58] Young Anubis
    Your Highness, royalty must not
    utter words of apology lightly.
[18:03] Young Anubis
    And endangering yourself to shield others,
    as you did on this occasion,
[18:08] Young Anubis
    is a rash and thoughtless act.
[18:11] Young Anubis
    Please be more circumspect in future.
[18:14] Young Leonhart
    Sirius?
[18:16] Young Anubis
    No.
[18:17] Young Anubis
    I am Anubis.
[18:19] Young Anubis
    As your shadow, I shall henceforth
    devote myself wholly to Your Highness.
[18:26] Young Anubis
    I'll do anything to make him a strong,
    stern, and absolute monarch.
[18:35] Young Anubis
    Even if that means
[18:36] Young Anubis
    I may never again feel his warmth.
[18:44] Anubis
    What's this?
[18:46] Anubis
    It's warm...
[18:49] Anubis
    Your Highness?
[18:54] Sariphi
    You're finally awake!
[18:56] Sariphi
    How do you feel, Mr. Chancellor?
[18:59] Anubis
    W-Wen—
[19:02] Anubis
    I've never been so ashamed!
[19:04] Anubis
    How could I have seen
    His Majesty in this wench?
[19:08] Anubis
    Lady Sariphi, what is the meaning of this?
[19:11] Sariphi
    You collapsed all of a sudden in the library.
[19:14] Sariphi
    But you feel better now, right?
[19:16] Anubis
    Don't touch me!
[19:18] Anubis
    Do you imagine this places me in your debt?
[19:20] Anubis
    Despicable.
[19:22] Anubis
    You'd flatter anyone to ensure your
    own survival, vile human wench!
[19:29] Anubis
    You may have fooled His Majesty
    with your wiles, but you won't fool me!
[19:33] Anubis
    I won't stand for an upstart human girl
    to further disturb his royal heart!
[19:40] Anubis
    I will never accept you!
[19:47] Sariphi
    Oh, good! I'm so relieved!
[19:50] Sariphi
    You're finally acting like yourself again!
[19:54] Anubis
    What?
[19:54] Sariphi
    I mean, when you started going,
    "Lady Sariphi..." earlier,
[19:58] Sariphi
    it was downright uncanny.
[20:01] Sariphi
    Besides,
[20:02] Sariphi
    His Majesty worries about you, too.
[20:06] Anubis
    Don't act as if you know him!
[20:08] Anubis
    It's a thousand years too soon
    for you to speak on his behalf!
[20:13] Anubis
    You know nothing of all
    that has passed between us!
[20:16] Sariphi
    No, I don't.
[20:20] Sariphi
    But I've watched His Majesty,
    and I can tell what he cares about.
[20:28] Sariphi
    He may not show it on his face,
[20:30] Sariphi
    but he worries a lot about you, Mr. Chancellor.
[20:34] Sariphi
    So get well soon and think up
    my next ordeal, okay?
[20:47] Sariphi
    Your—
[20:54] Sariphi
    See? I knew it.
[20:59] (Flashback) Sariphi
    ...think up my next ordeal, okay?
[21:06] Speaker A
    Now, permit us to open this council.
[21:10] Speaker B
    As to the treatment of Lady Sariphi,
    which we so recently discussed—
[21:16] Anubis
    My Lord Speakers.
[21:19] Anubis
    On this occasion, let us respect the royal will
[21:22] Anubis
    and consider that she has
    succeeded in her ordeal.
[21:26] Anubis
    I move that we continue to test
    Lady Sariphi's worthiness as a consort.
[21:33] Speaker A
    Are you certain that's wise?
[21:35] Anubis
    I stand by what I have said.
[21:40] Anubis
    Wench.
[21:42] Anubis
    Henceforth, I will judge you in earnest
[21:45] Anubis
    to see whether you are
    worthy of my king's heart.
[21:51] Anubis
    Be prepared.
[23:26] Sariphi
    The Grand Consecration?
[23:27] Anubis
    Yes. I hope that Milady will attend.
[23:30] Anubis
    Is that what you expect me to say, twit?!
[23:33] Anubis
    You, accompany His Majesty?!
    Maybe in a hundred years!
[23:36] Sariphi
    Did you mean to say that out loud?
SIGN    Next Episode
SIGN    Day of Festival and Revelation
[23:38] Anubis
    What?!