E1 - The Scarecrow and the Fairy

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[00:02] (Flashback) Emma
    This is a tale from long, long ago.
[00:05] (Flashback) Emma
    Our Kingdom of Highland
    was once the land of the fairies.
[00:10] (Flashback) Emma
    The fairies loved peace.
[00:13] (Flashback) Emma
    They loved beautiful things and fun things...
[00:16] (Flashback) Emma
    and so they lived quietly
    and peacefully for hundreds of years.
[00:22] (Flashback) Anne; young
    But I feel so sorry for the poor fairies now.
[00:26] (Flashback) Emma
    Yes, the poor fairies.
[00:29] (Flashback) Emma
    This is all because 500 years ago...
[00:31] (Flashback) Emma
    humans rose in rebellion
    and made the fairies their servants.
[00:37] (Flashback) Emma
    People say that fairies were fools who
    idled away their time and lost to the humans,
[00:44] (Flashback) Emma
    but Mama doesn't think that's true.
[00:47] (Flashback) Emma
    There are fewer fairies than humans,
[00:50] (Flashback) Emma
    so in a contest of strength,
    they lost to the humans. That's all.
[00:55] (Flashback) Anne
    Why do you think that, Mama?
[00:58] (Flashback) Emma
    Well, just look!
[01:02] (Flashback) Anne; young
    How beautiful!
[01:13] (Flashback) Emma
    Here.
[01:16] (Flashback) Anne
    It's delicious!
[01:18] (Flashback) Emma
    Sugar candy is a sacred food.
[01:20] (Flashback) Emma
    They extend the lifespans of fairies
    and bring good fortune to humans.
[01:25] (Flashback) Emma
    And the first ones to make
    this sugar candy were fairies.
[01:29] (Flashback) Anne; young
    Really?
[01:30] (Flashback) Emma
    And the method of refining
    sugar apples into silver sugar...
[01:34] (Flashback) Emma
    was discovered by fairies.
[01:36] (Flashback) Emma
    That's how sugar candy was born.
[01:39] (Flashback) Emma
    And that is why sugar artisans...
[01:41] (Flashback) Emma
    most especially Silver Sugar Masters,
    must never look down on fairies.
[01:45] (Flashback) Emma
    They must keep company
    with fairies as friends.
[01:48] (Flashback) Emma
    And so must you, Anne.
[01:51] (Flashback) Anne; young
    I will!
[02:09] Anne; internal
    Mama, watch over me!
[02:12] Anne; internal
    I will become a Silver Sugar Master
    just like you were!
[02:29] Anne
    All right, I'm setting out!
[02:31] Jonas
    Wait! Anne!
[02:32] Anne
    Huh?
[02:34] Anne
    What?
[02:35] Jonas
    Wait for me, Anne!
[02:37] Anne
    J-Jonas?!
[02:38] Jonas
    You're just awful,
    leaving without saying a word like that.
[02:41] Anne
    I-I'm sorry. If I said goodbye,
    I thought you'd try to stop me.
[02:45] Jonas
    Even though you didn't say it,
    I still came to stop you.
[02:47] Anne
    Jonas, I'm truly grateful to you
    for everything up until now.
[02:51] Anne
    Your family and the people
    of this village were truly good to Mama.
[02:55] Anne
    But I did tell you, didn't I?
[02:56] Anne
    I want to enter this year's
    Royal Candy Fair.
[02:59] Anne
    No. I must enter, no matter what.
[03:02] Anne
    Please understand!
[03:03] Jonas
    I do understand!
[03:04] Jonas
    I'm a sugar artisan too!
[03:06] Jonas
    But it will be impossible for you
    to travel all the way to Lewiston alone.
[03:09] Jonas
    After all, you're small for being fifteen.
[03:13] Jonas
    You're as scrawny as a scarecrow,
[03:14] Jonas
    and your entire fortune consists of
    that run-down cart and the horse.
[03:17] Jonas
    But I love you just as you are.
[03:20] Jonas
    So, won't you marry me?
[03:22] Jonas
    I told you! Ever since the day
    you and your mother first came here,
[03:26] Jonas
    I have been completely entranced by you.
[03:28] Jonas
    I will fill the hole that
    has been left in your heart!
[03:31] Jonas
    I will make you as happy
    as your mother did and more!
[03:34] Jonas
    After all, I come from a wealthy house.
[03:36] Jonas
    And we're related by blood to the founder
    of the Radcliffe Workshop...
[03:40] Jonas
    Anne! Wait!
[03:41] Anne
    Goodbye, Jonas! Take care!
[03:44] Jonas
    Anne! Wait! Anne!
[03:49] Anne; internal
    Jonas would never seriously propose to me.
[03:53] Anne; internal
    He pities me because
    I've lost Mama, that's all.
[03:57] Anne; internal
    To marry out of pity would be so...
[04:00] Anne; internal
    No, that's not it.
[04:02] Anne; internal
    The thought of marriage itself,
    of living as someone's wife...
[04:07] Anne; internal
    I want to live my own life!
[04:09] Anne; internal
    I want to chase my dreams!
[04:13] Anne; internal
    Right, Mama?
[04:19] fairy hunter
    Take that, you piece of crap.
[04:23] Anne
    Excuse me, what's going...
[04:24] fairy hunter
    You little...
[04:27] fairy hunter
    Take that, you malicious little...
[04:30] Anne
    A fairy?!
[04:31] old farmer
    A worker fairy who serves
    that fairy hunter there.
[04:35] old farmer
    He stole his own wing and tried to escape.
[04:38] fairy hunter
    You thief of a fairy.
[04:41] fairy hunter
    This is what I'll do
    to the likes of your wing.
[04:43] Mythril
    D-Don't!
[04:51] Anne
    How horrible!
[04:52] Anne
    A fairy's wing is its life!
[04:54] Anne
    Why won't anyone save him?
[04:56] old farmer
    Well, because he's a fairy.
[04:58] old farmer
    And the fairy hunter
    has a violent personality.
[05:01] old farmer
    If your attempt to help went badly,
    and then he turned on you...
[05:01] fairy hunter; background
    How's that?
[05:03] fairy hunter; background
    Never defy me again, understand?
[05:05] fairy hunter; background
    Swear that you'll never steal
    your wing and try to run away again.
[05:07] old farmer
    H-Hey...
[05:08] Mythril
    Hmph! Who'd swear anything to a human?
[05:11] Mythril
    I'll take it back again
    and again! It's my wing!
[05:15] fairy hunter
    Very well!
    Then, I'll just kill you right here.
[05:17] Anne
    If you'll excuse me?
[05:19] Anne
    Ready and...
[05:20] Anne
    there!
[05:29] Anne
    Here you are.
[05:35] Anne
    Oh, wait!
[05:37] Mythril
    Bah! I'd never thank the likes of a human!
[05:39] Mythril
    And don't you forget it!
[05:43] Anne
    Well... yes. I am one of those
    detestable humans, after all, right?
[05:48] fairy hunter
    You! You let my valuable worker fairy escape!
[05:52] fairy hunter
    What are you gonna do about it?
[05:53] Anne
    Well, you were planning
    to kill that fairy, weren't you?
[05:57] Anne
    That's no different from
     him leaving like this.
[06:00] fairy hunter
    Little girl, you...
[06:02] old farmer
    Hey! That's enough!
[06:04] villager A
    A grown man like you raising
    your hand against a child like her?
[06:07] villager C
    It may have only been a fairy,
    but you were a little too awful to it!
[06:10] crowd
    That's right!
[06:11] fairy hunter
    I won't forget this.
[06:12] crowd
    Go on! Get out of here!
[06:13] crowd
    Serves you right!
[06:13] old farmer
    You're very impressive, young lady.
[06:15] crowd
    And don't come back!
[06:16] old farmer
    To put that tiny body of yours
    on the line for a fairy...
[06:19] Anne
    It was my pleasure.
[06:20] Anne
    Despite how I look, I'm fifteen.
    In this kingdom, that's the age of majority.
[06:24] old farmer
    I beg your pardon.
[06:26] old farmer
    Still, you're a very kind girl.
[06:30] Anne
    About that... The truth is that I'm not.
[06:36] Anne
    Sir, where can I find the fairy market?
[06:43] fairy trader A
    Worker fairies! They're hard workers!
[06:45] fairy trader B
    Would you like a pet fairy?
    I have a collection of beauties!
[06:47] fairy trader C
    Come, come! Keep hold of one of their wings
    and fairies will do whatever you want!
[06:52] fairy trader C
    Come and buy!
[06:53] Anne
    Would you happen to have
    any warrior fairies for sale?
[06:55] fairy trader C
    I don't carry anything as dangerous as that.
[06:58] fairy trader C
    The old man down at the end does have one.
[07:01] fairy trader C
    But you should give up on it.
    It's defective goods.
[07:03] Anne
    Thank you.
[07:42] Anne
    Beautiful...
[07:43] Anne
    just doesn't do justice to him.
[07:46] Anne
    I've never seen a fairy like him.
[07:49] Challe
    I thought I saw something familiar...
[07:51] Challe
    but it's just a scarecrow.
[07:52] Anne
    A scarecrow?
[07:54] Challe
    You. I'm talking about you.
[07:58] Challe
    That's right, Scarecrow.
[08:01] Anne
    S-S-Scarecrow?!
[08:02] Anne
    That is so rude!
    You can't say that to a girl in her prime!
[08:05] Challe
    Who cares anything
    for the prime of a scarecrow?
[08:08] Anne
    H-How dare you speak that way...
[08:10] fairy trader D
    Sorry about that, young miss.
[08:12] fairy trader D
    My goods have a sharp tongue.
[08:15] fairy trader D
    If anyone passes by, he calls them names
    with no care for who they are.
[08:20] fairy trader D
    Pay it no mind
    and continue on your way.
[08:21] Anne
    But I do mind!
[08:23] Anne
    This advice may be unwelcome,
[08:25] Anne
    but with a tongue like that,
    you'll never sell him as a pet fairy!
[08:28] Anne
    Why don't you just let him go?
[08:31] fairy trader D
    That's not a pet fairy.
[08:33] fairy trader D
    It's a warrior fairy.
[08:34] Anne
    What?
[08:36] fairy trader D
    Three fairy hunters died capturing him.
    That's what an excellent article he is.
[08:41] Anne
    Th-That can't be true!
[08:42] Anne
    The warrior fairies I've seen up until now
    have been burlier and bigger...
[08:47] fairy trader D
    For a fairy trader,
    trust is the most important thing.
[08:50] fairy trader D
    We don't lie.
[08:51] Anne
    Um, I came to buy a warrior fairy, but...
[08:55] Anne
    Don't you have anyone besides him?
[08:57] fairy trader D
    Warrior fairies are difficult to handle.
[09:00] fairy trader D
    This one is the only one I have for sale.
    You could try somewhere else.
[09:04] Challe
    Hey, Scarecrow.
[09:07] Anne
    By "scarecrow," do you mean me?
[09:09] Challe
    Is there anyone here but you?
[09:11] Challe
    Stop dithering.
[09:13] Challe
    Buy me.
[09:14] Anne
    B-Buy... Are you giving me an order?
[09:18] fairy trader D
    Marvelous!
[09:19] fairy trader D
    This is the first time I've heard him
    tell someone to buy him.
[09:23] fairy trader D
    Could it be that you fell in love
    with the young miss at first sight?
[09:26] Anne
    What?
[09:27] Challe
    Don't assume that I am like you.
[09:29] fairy trader D
    What?
[09:30] Challe
    I said not to assume that
    I am like you, you filthy human.
[09:37] Anne
    Don't!
[09:43] Anne
    Wait! What are you doing? Stop!
[09:46] Anne
    Please. Please!
[09:46] fairy trader D
    One hundred cress!
[09:48] Anne
    What?
[10:01] Anne
    I believe this should satisfy you.
[10:03] fairy trader D
    A gold coin?
[10:04] fairy trader D
    That's quite a show of commitment
    from you, young miss.
[10:06] fairy trader D
    But you've made a good purchase here.
[10:08] fairy trader D
    Here. His wing.
    Go on and verify the goods yourself.
[10:24] Anne
    This is...
[10:29] Challe
    My heart.
[10:34] fairy trader D
    Now, be very careful, understand?
[10:36] fairy trader D
    Warrior fairies are savage.
[10:39] fairy trader D
    Let down your guard, and he'll immediately
    steal that leather pouch...
[10:41] fairy trader D
    and come to kill you.
[10:44] Challe
    That isn't all.
[10:45] Challe
    I'll come to kill you, too. Just wait.
[10:48] Anne
    Hey!
[10:49] fairy trader D
    I look forward to it.
[10:51] Anne
    Excuse me! I wish you'd stop speaking
    as though it's certain that I'll be killed!
[10:55] Anne
    Come on. We're going!
[11:00] fairy trader D
    Say, young miss! Are you really going to
    be able to make him serve you?
[11:05] Challe
    Of course she can. Right, Scarecrow?
[11:08] Anne
    It's Anne! Anne Halford!
[11:10] Anne
    The next time you call me that,
     I'll hit you, understand?
[11:16] Anne
    I'm headed to Lewiston from here.
[11:19] Anne
    I'd like for you to protect me
    on my way there.
[11:22] Anne
    In other words, provide escort.
    May I ask that of you?
[11:25] Challe
    A simple task. I'll even throw in
    a kiss as a special service.
[11:29] Anne
    I do not require
    any such high-handed service!
[11:32] Anne
    Least of all my precious...
[11:34] Challe
    You haven't had your first kiss yet, either?
    You're such a child.
[11:37] Anne
    Well, pardon me for being a child!
    And anyway, you...
[11:42] Anne
    What is your name?
[11:45] Challe
    Why do you want to know?
[11:46] Anne
    Well, I don't know
    what I should call you, do I?
[11:50] Challe
    Tom or Sam. Call me by
    whatever human name you like.
[11:54] Anne
    Then I'll call you Crow.
[11:56] Challe
    In retaliation for calling you Scarecrow?
[11:58] Anne
    That's right, Mister Crow.
[12:03] Challe
    Challe fenn Challe.
[12:06] Anne
    Challe fenn Challe. That's a beautiful name.
[12:09] Anne
    Which part is your first name
    and which is your surname?
[12:11] Challe
    The entirety is my name.
[12:13] Challe
    We do not differentiate between
    first and last names like humans do.
[12:15] Anne
    Really? But Challe fenn Challe
    is too long, so...
[12:19] Anne
    I'll call you Challe. Is that all right?
[12:22] Challe
    I believe I told you to call me
    whatever you like.
[12:24] Challe
    You are my master.
[12:28] Anne
    Yes, I am.
[12:31] Anne; internal
    Wings are the source
    of a fairy's life force.
[12:34] Anne; internal
    Even if their wings are
    ripped off, they can survive.
[12:36] Anne; internal
    But if their wings are damaged,
    they weaken and die.
[12:39] Anne; internal
    Having learned that, humans rip off
    a single wing to force fairies to obey them.
[12:44] Anne; internal
    That is how fairies ended up serving humans.
[12:47] Anne
    I bought you because I wanted you
    to serve as my guard, Challe.
[12:51] Anne
    But I promise you this...
[12:52] Anne
    once we arrive in Lewiston,
    I will return your wing to you.
[12:56] Challe
    You're saying you will set me free?
[12:58] Anne
    That's right.
[12:59] Challe
    You'll allow a fairy which you bought
    with a gold coin to escape?
[13:02] Challe
    Could such a naïve human exist?
[13:04] Anne
    Naïve?
[13:06] Anne
    I simply believe that humans
    and fairies can be friends, that's all.
[13:11] Anne
    The truth is, I don't want to
    compel anyone to serve me.
[13:13] Anne
    And, of course, I don't want to
    sell you to another human.
[13:16] Anne
    That's why I'll return your wing to you.
[13:18] Anne
    And while you're accompanying me
    on my travels like this,
[13:22] Anne
    I'd like to treat you
    as a friend, if that's possible.
[13:25] Challe
    Friends?
[13:27] Challe
    We could never become friends.
[13:31] Anne
    My mama and me, it's our ideal...
[13:33] Anne
    for humans and fairies
    to treat each other as equals.
[13:36] Anne
    But if no one ever
    actually puts it into practice,
[13:38] Anne
    then that ideal will never become reality.
[13:41] Anne
    That's why I will do it.
[13:43] Challe
    So both mother and daughter
    have the brains of scarecrows?
[13:47] Anne
    Please don't insult my mother!
[13:55] Anne
    If you hate me so much,
    why did you tell me to buy you?
[13:59] Anne
    I would never want to be made
    to serve someone I hated!
[14:04] Challe
    Humans are all the same.
[14:06] Challe
    In which case, being made to serve
    a fool makes things easier for me.
[14:11] Challe
    Amongst those I have seen in the last few
    years, you seemed the greatest fool by far.
[15:11] Anne
    The Bloody Highway.
[15:13] Anne
    It's approximately 1,200 karon long.
[15:15] Anne
    Between here and Lewiston,
    there isn't a single village or town.
[15:19] Challe
    There are merely fortshelters,
     a sort of convenient stronghold.
[15:22] Challe
    You'll also find wild animals
     that attack indiscriminately...
[15:24] Challe
    And bandits, of course.
[15:26] Anne
    You know this road?
[15:28] Challe
    How many years do you think
    I have been forced to serve humans?
[15:31] Challe
    And the reason you bought me was to
    help you make it through this road, wasn't it?
[15:35] Anne
    I'm depending on you, Mister Warrior Fairy.
[15:38] Challe
    You should pray as hard as you can...
[15:41] Challe
    that we reach the first fortshelter safely.
[15:48] Anne
    Here, it's for you.
[15:54] Anne
    I know.
[15:56] Anne
    Our luck just happened to be good today.
[15:59] Anne
    But this journey is a long one.
    If the worst happens, I'll be counting on you.
[16:13] Anne; internal
    He is vexing, but...
[16:15] Anne
    fairy wings are beautiful, aren't they?
[16:19] Anne
    May I touch it?
[16:23] Challe
    Don't touch me!
[16:24] Challe
    Everything other than what
    you hold in your hands is mine.
[16:27] Anne
    I'm sorry.
[16:29] Anne
    That was thoughtless of me.
[16:32] Anne; internal
    Why did I do that?
[16:34] Anne; internal
    I thought I understood, but...
[16:46] Anne
    Mama!
[16:47] Emma
    Anne! Awake already?
[16:54] Emma
    Oh my. What's wrong?
[16:56] Emma
    Are you hurt somewhere?
[16:57] Anne
    It's not that. I had a horrible dream.
[17:00] Anne
    Mama, you had died. It was a horrible dream.
[17:04] Emma
    You silly.
[17:07] Emma
    Find your life's path and walk it resolutely.
[17:12] Anne
    Mama?
[17:13] Emma
    I know you can do it.
[17:15] Emma
    You're such a good girl, Anne. Don't cry.
[17:18] Anne
    Wait... Wait, Mama!
[17:20] Anne
    Please, Mama! Don't go!
[17:29] Anne
    Wh-What...
[17:32] Anne
    What, what, what, what, what?
[17:34] Anne
    What do you want?
    Just now, your hand was on my neck.
[17:37] Anne
    Challe, your wing. You couldn't have been...
[17:40] Challe
    I almost had it.
[17:41] Anne
    You're heartless!
[17:43] Anne
    I told you didn't I?
    I want to be your friend!
[17:47] Anne
    And in spite of that, you...
[17:50] Challe
    Friends?
[17:52] Challe
    When you hold my life in your hands?
[17:55] Challe
    I have been bought by you,
    forced to serve you.
[17:59] Challe
    We can never be friends.
[18:02] Anne
    I am a fool, aren't I?
[18:07] Anne
    You're right. I've been naïve.
[18:10] Anne
    Even though I'd made up my mind
    to have you serve me,
[18:12] Anne
    I've kept saying selfish things
    about wanting to be friends.
[18:16] Anne
    I won't ever let down my guard again!
[18:23] Challe
    A bagworm moth this time, then, is it?
[18:24] Anne
    Scarecrow suits me just fine!
[18:26] Anne
    And I'll say this as well.
[18:27] Anne
    Despite everything, I will keep my promise.
[18:29] Anne
    When we reach Lewiston,
    I'll return your wing.
[18:31] Anne
    Once I do, I'll ask you again
    whether or not we can be friends!
[18:34] Anne
    Until then, I am your master!
[18:39] Challe; internal
    I bungled that.
[18:41] Challe; internal
    But there is no need to be impatient.
[18:43] Challe; internal
    I've spent nearly 70 years
    being forced to serve humans.
[18:46] Challe; internal
    My freedom may have been put off
    for a day, but three days from now...
[18:52] Challe; internal
    There it is again.
[18:55] Challe; internal
    Why does that scent come from this girl?
[18:58] Challe; internal
    The sweet scent of silver sugar...
[19:03] Challe; internal
    Liz...
[19:07] Anne
    We must reach the next
    fortshelter within the day.
[19:10] Anne
    We've traveled 200 karon
    since starting out on the highway.
[19:13] Anne
    That's still only a sixth of the distance.
[19:17] Challe
    Stop.
[19:18] Anne
    What?
[19:25] Anne
    Bandits?
[19:27] bandits
    Let's go!
[19:29] Anne
    Oh no! They're coming this way!
[19:31] Anne
    That's right!
    Challe, you're a warrior fairy, aren't you?
[19:33] Anne
    Chase the bandits away!
[19:35] Challe
    That's too much work.
[19:36] Anne
    Too much work? Honestly!
    I'm your master! Your master!
[19:39] Anne
    At this rate, we'll be killed! Please!
[19:43] Anne
    What? You're too close!
[19:44] Challe
    If you're my master, then you shouldn't plead.
    You should order me, shouldn't you?
[19:48] Anne
    You're too close! Please, move away!
    Just go, won't you?
[19:51] Challe
    Your face is red.
[19:52] Anne
    J-J-Just go, won't you?
    Please, I'm begging you!
[19:54] Challe
    I told you to give me an order.
[19:56] Anne
    An order? But look, they're coming!
[19:58] Challe
    "Go, now." "I'll tear up your wing."
    If you said those things, I'd go immediately.
[20:02] Anne
    What are you talking about? Just, please!
[20:07] Challe
    Order me.
[20:08] Anne
    I said go! If you don't go, I'll punch you!
[20:12] Challe
    I suppose that will do. I'll go.
[20:14] Challe
    At your command, Mistress Scarecrow.
[20:22] Anne
    Challe!
[20:36] bandit leader
    I-It's a warrior fairy! Turn back!
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    I don't know how far I can go, but…
[21:20] ---
    It's all right
[21:22] ---
    Even alone, I'll be fine, but…
[21:26] ---
    You know, the truth is that no one is alone
[21:33] ---
    Things like happiness, loneliness, and even anxiety…
[21:39] ---
    We are born to savor all those things
[21:49] ---
    A single spoonful of sparkles
[21:52] ---
    Transforms everything into smiles
[21:56] ---
    That could be what I secretly wished for…
[22:02] ---
    That miracle
[22:05] ---
    We're each searching for our most precious treasures
[22:12] ---
    That's what our journey is for
[22:18] ---
    I don't know how far I can go, but...
[22:26] ---
    Each moment that passes before me shall be spun from hope
SIGN    The Bloody Highway