E14 - Embarking on a Challenge Once Again

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[00:01] Anne
    Wake up, Mithril Lid Pod!
[00:04] Mithril
    Huh? What is it?
[00:06] Anne
    I saw him! Yesterday, I saw Challe!
[00:10] Mithril
    W-What did you say?!
[00:12] Anne
    And when I told Challe that I'd be able to
    save him if I'm successful in my work here,
[00:16] Anne
    he said he'd wait for me!
[00:17] Mithril
    He did? That's so great!
[00:20] Mithril
    Especially since he seems like he'd say,
    "No one asked for your help. Get out."
[00:26] Mithril
    Maybe being a companion to
    that girl is really grueling.
[00:29] Mithril
    It could be that he's being made to do 
    unbelievable things that we can't even imagine.
[00:33] Anne
    W-What kind of unbelievable things?
[00:35] Mithril
    All right, let's go, Anne!
[00:38] Mithril
    We'll rebuild this place
    as fast as we can and set that guy free!
[00:43] Anne
    Y-Yes.
[02:22] Nadir
    Who are you?
[02:23] Anne
    What?
[02:25] Nadir
    And there's a fairy, too!
[02:27] Mithril
    What's wrong with you?
[02:28] Nadir
    Hey, come out! I haven't really
    seen teeny ones like you!
[02:32] Nadir
    Hey, come on! It's all right!
[02:33] King
    Stop that, Nadir.
[02:34] Elliott
    Oh, I see everyone's all here!
[02:40] Valentine
    Elliott, who are they?
[02:42] Elliott
    I'll introduce you.
[02:44] Elliott
    Anne Halford. Starting today, she'll be
    working for us as our Head of Artisans.
[02:50] Elliott
    And...
[02:54] Elliott
    this is her helper, Mithril Lid Pod.
[02:58] King
    Halford? Isn't that the artisan who made
[03:01] King
    a sugar confection
    for the former Duke of Philax?
[03:03] Elliott
    And with this year's Royal Medal,
    she's a silver sugar master!
[03:08] King
    A silver sugar master?
[03:10] Nadir
    Why would someone so amazing
    work here? And a girl at that?
[03:17] King
    Is Mister Glen aware of this?
[03:19] Elliott
    Yeah.
[03:20] King
    Then I have no objections.
[03:22] King
    Nice to meet you. I'm King.
[03:25] Anne
    King?
[03:27] King
    I've forgotten my real name.
[03:29] Anne
    I see. It's nice to meet you.
[03:34] King
    What's that for?
[03:36] Anne
    A handshake?
[03:37] King
    O-Oh, right. A handshake. There, a handshake!
[03:44] Nadir
    I'm Nadir. Hey, come on out.
[03:48] Mithril
    No!
[03:50] Valentine
    A wise decision, little fairy.
[03:53] Valentine
    I'm Valentine.
[03:54] Valentine
    Very pleased to meet you.
[03:56] Anne
    I'm pleased to meet you, too.
[03:58] Elliott
    Oh! Orland's here, too!
[04:03] Elliott
    So, these five are our artisans.
[04:06] Elliott
    We're counting on you, Miss Head of Artisans!
[04:14] Anne
    Um, well then...
[04:18] Anne; internal
    Oh dear. I have no grasp on exactly
    what I've taken responsibility for here.
[04:23] Anne
    F-For now, if you could continue
    your work from yesterday, please.
[04:26] Nadir
    Sure thing!
[04:27] King
    Will do.
[04:29] Valentine
    Of course.
[04:36] Mithril
    Anne, what should I do?
[04:38] Anne
    Um... Can I leave the cleaning to you?
[04:41] Mithril
    Yeah!
[04:44] Anne; internal
    What I need to do most is get
    a sense of the current situation!
[04:49] Anne; internal
    Wow, he's incredibly good.
[04:52] Anne
    Mister Langston, what sort of commission
    are you working on right now?
[04:59] Orland
    Don't be so polite with me.
    There's no need to call me "mister."
[05:06] Anne
    All right.
[05:07] Anne
    So, what is that?
[05:09] Orland
    It's an order from a shop owner.
[05:11] Orland
    Apparently, it's to celebrate
    their son's birthday.
[05:14] Anne
    Their son likes horses?
[05:16] Orland
    I don't know. I offered several ideas
    and was told that horses were good.
[05:21] Anne
    Did they say why?
[05:23] Orland
    Is there some reason I should have asked?
[05:25] Anne
    It's easier to make something better, even
    just comparing horses to horses, right?
[05:30] Orland
    Fawning on customers and creating what
    they tell you doesn't make it good, does it?
[05:36] Orland
    Artisans use all their skills to
    make what they want to make.
[05:39] Orland
    If they don't, they won't
    create anything good.
[05:43] Anne; internal
    Living up to the customer's wishes
    isn't the obvious thing to do?
[05:53] Anne
    How lovely. The color is wonderful.
[05:56] King
    A-A-Aren't you a little too close?
[05:58] Anne
    What?
[05:59] Anne
    Oh, I'm so sorry!
[06:02] Nadir
    Why don't you have Anne
    dress in men's clothes?
[06:04] King
    I will throttle you.
[06:06] Anne; internal
    Could it be that he's
    uncomfortable around women?
[06:10] Valentine
    Excuse me.
[06:11] Anne
    Yes?
[06:12] Valentine
    I've finished maintenance on the tools.
    What should I do next?
[06:15] Anne
    Well... Are there any orders?
[06:18] Orland
    No. There are only two.
[06:20] Anne
    In that case, will you help
    one of them with their work?
[06:24] Valentine
    I couldn't do that. It's their work, you see.
[06:27] Anne
    But it would be faster that way.
[06:30] Valentine
    One shouldn't interfere with another's work.
[06:33] Anne
    What?
[06:34] Anne
    But in a workshop, isn't it natural
    for everyone to help with the work?
[06:38] Valentine
    What?
[06:39] Anne; internal
    Is what I'm saying somehow strange?
[06:42] Anne
    Then, do you each complete the work
    assigned to you solely on your own?
[06:46] Valentine
    Yes, because we're artisans.
[06:49] Valentine
    We take responsibility for
    the work we do, correct?
[06:51] Anne
    Then what does the Head of Artisans do?
[06:54] Orland
    Manage the silver sugar,
    deal with clients, and...
[06:57] Orland
    ascertain whether the sugar confections
    produced will shame the Paige Workshop.
[07:05] Anne
    Ascertain whether...?
[07:07] Orland
    We cannot issue pieces
    which will tarnish the workshop's name.
[07:10] Orland
    So, if you think it's bad,
    you indicate corrections.
[07:14] Orland
    It's a tremendous responsibility.
[07:16] Orland
    But if you think that the piece won't be
    an embarrassment, you show it to Mister Glen.
[07:20] Orland
    It will receive the seal of
    the Paige school's Main Workshop.
[07:24] Orland
    That is the Head of Artisans' job.
[07:28] Anne; internal
    It's very different from other
    workshops and from the way I do things.
[07:34] Anne
    Hello.
[07:36] Anne
    I'm Anne Halford.
[07:39] Daana
    Oh, yes. I'm Daana. This is Hal.
[07:45] Anne
    You two look just alike! Are you siblings?
[07:49] Daana
    Yes.
[07:50] Daana
    Apparently we were born from
    the same tree at the same time.
[07:54] Daana
    In human terms, we would be
    something like twins.
[07:57] Anne
    Really? So, there are
    twins among fairies, too?
[08:01] Anne
    Have you had dinner yet?
    If not, would you like to join me?
[08:05] Daana
    No, we couldn't!
    This table is for artisans and family.
[08:09] Anne
    Since we live in the same house,
    aren't you and Hal basically family?
[08:13] Daana
    No, not at all! We are fairies, after all.
[08:16] Daana
    If you'll excuse us.
[08:20] Elliott
    What a shame!
[08:24] Elliott
    Looks like they turned you down.
[08:25] Anne
    Mister Collins.
[08:26] Elliott
    How was your commemoration-worthy
    first day as Head of Artisans?
[08:30] Elliott
    I'd love to hear your opinions.
[08:34] Anne
    I learned a lot of things about this place.
[08:37] Anne
    The artisans make
    what the artisans want to make.
[08:40] Anne
    They each take complete responsibility
    for their work and complete it alone.
[08:43] Elliott
    Those have been the Paige school's
    convictions for 300 years.
[08:46] Elliott
    Mister Glen has made sure that, if nothing else,
    those have been drilled into the artisans.
[08:49] Anne
    I think they are perfectly ideal, but...
[08:53] Elliott
    But?
[08:54] Anne
    I suppose you could say
    something about it nags at me.
[08:58] Elliott
    Well, I'm the one who piled hopes on you
    and brought you here.
[09:02] Elliott
    Do you have a moment?
[09:05] Anne
    What is that?
[09:07] Elliott
    Promissory notes.
[09:08] Anne
    What? They're debts?
[09:10] Elliott
    Yup. Roughly 10,000 cress worth,
    with this land as collateral.
[09:13] Anne
    T-Ten thousand cress?!
[09:15] Elliott
    Things have been tight since
    the last master of the school's time.
[09:18] Elliott
    If we can't repay it within the year,
    half of this place will be taken away.
[09:22] Anne
    Do you have the means to repay it?
[09:23] Elliott
    No.
[09:25] Elliott
    Which is why I went to try to
    negotiate again today.
[09:28] Elliott
    Oh, but keep this a secret
    from Mister Glen, all right?
[09:31] Anne
    He doesn't know?
[09:33] Elliott
    He knows about the debt, of course.
[09:35] Elliott
    But he doesn't know that we're
    in a bind about the repayment.
[09:38] Elliott
    The lenders are worried about the future of
    the workshop given Mister Glen's illness.
[09:43] Anne
    But that's...
[09:45] Elliott
    You mentioned earlier that
    something was nagging you.
[09:48] Anne
    Yes.
[09:50] Elliott
    The truth is, I have
    some thoughts about things, too.
[09:52] Anne
    What?
[09:54] Elliott
    We don't want to turn our
    backs on Mister Glen,
[09:57] Elliott
    but something has gone wrong here.
[09:59] Elliott
    I've given a lot of thought
    to things, in my own way,
[10:02] Elliott
    but I can't figure out what's wrong.
[10:04] Elliott
    Whatever the case,
    I'll handle the debt somehow.
[10:07] Elliott
    Anne, you do things the way you think is right,
    just like the first silver sugar master.
[10:12] Anne
    What does that mean? Why do you keep
    talking about the first silver sugar master?
[10:19] Challe
    You could at least
    take your meals with the others.
[10:22] Bridget
    I don't want to. I prefer
    to be alone with you.
[10:26] Challe
    Even so, your expression seems lonely.
[10:30] Bridget
    I'm not lonely.
[10:38] Bridget
    Hold me.
[10:46] Bridget
    Carry me to bed.
[10:52] Bridget
    Lay me down, gently.
[10:54] Bridget
    Stroke my hair.
[10:57] Bridget
    Stay with me until I fall asleep.
    Please don't go see that girl.
[11:03] Bridget
    Please stay by my side. Only mine.
[11:44] Challe
    No matter how much you stare,
    nothing interesting will happen.
[11:52] Anne
    You scared me!
[11:55] Anne
    You snuck out again? Won't Bridget
    make you do unbelievable things?
[11:59] Challe
    Unbelievable?
[12:00] Anne
    Well, Mithril Lid Pod said...
[12:03] Challe
    Don't take his ridiculous imaginings as fact.
    She is a normal woman.
[12:08] Anne
    You're really not being made
    to do upsetting things?
[12:10] Challe
    No, I'm not.
[12:12] Anne
    I'm so glad.
[12:15] Anne
    I'm going to work hard, so just wait a while.
[12:27] Anne
    What is it?
[12:29] Challe
    Nothing.
[12:30] Challe
    Is there something about these pieces?
[12:33] Anne
    Yes.
[12:34] Anne
    Orland's clearly expresses
    a sense of power and vigor.
[12:39] Anne
    He's a little hard to approach
    and he can be taciturn,
[12:42] Anne
    but his passion for sugar
    confections comes through clearly.
[12:46] Anne
    King, the one who made this,
    seems like a very sincere person.
[12:50] Anne
    He's also awkward and
    uncomfortable speaking with women,
[12:53] Anne
    but the things he creates
    are so very romantic!
[12:58] Anne
    Don't you think it's beautiful?
[13:01] Anne
    They're both so good.
[13:04] Anne
    But right now, we only have
    these two commissions.
[13:07] Anne
    Why has business declined this far?
[13:11] Anne
    What is it?
[13:14] Challe
    Nothing.
[13:16] Bridget
    Challe!
[13:18] Bridget
    I begged you not to meet with her!
[13:22] Challe
    That wasn't a request. It was an order.
[13:25] Challe
    But I have no intention of obeying.
[13:27] Challe
    Go ahead and punish me.
[13:29] Bridget
    You won't consider my feelings?
[13:32] Challe
    You are my master.
[13:35] Challe
    Just as it is not necessary
    for you to consider my feelings,
[13:38] Challe
    it is not necessary for me
    to consider your feelings.
[13:43] Bridget
    That's just not... No one,
    no one will consider my feelings, then.
[13:51] Bridget
    Very well.
[13:54] Bridget
    You will be punished!
[13:56] Anne
    Wait!
[13:57] Challe
    Don't, Anne!
[13:58] Anne
    No, I don't want you to be punished!
[14:03] Challe
    That meddler.
[14:14] Bridget
    Why...
[14:20] Bridget
    Only I know about this place.
[14:23] Bridget
    But it's gone! Challe's wing!
[14:27] Elliott
    If that's what you're looking for,
    Mister Glen has it.
[14:32] Bridget
    What?
[14:33] Bridget
    Why does father have it?
[14:35] Glen
    Bridget.
[14:37] Glen
    Someone placed the wing by my pillow.
[14:42] Glen
    This is a good opportunity.
[14:43] Glen
    I will look after the wing from now on.
[14:47] Glen
    That must be what the one
    who placed the wing there wants.
[14:51] Bridget
    But why?
[14:52] Bridget
    You said that it would be
    all right until I got married!
[14:54] Glen
    Your ways are intolerable.
[14:57] Glen
    Locking the fairy in your room.
    Letting no one but yourself interact with him.
[15:02] Glen
    It's like you're obsessed.
[15:07] Glen
    Bridget, be sensible.
[15:10] Glen
    Whose daughter are you?
[15:13] Bridget
    I don't care!
[15:18] Challe
    This time, you are my master?
[15:20] Glen
    That's right. And so, I give you an order.
[15:23] Glen
    Interact with her in moderation.
[15:26] Glen
    There's no need to respond
    to her every demand.
[15:29] Glen
    And don't do anything that would hurt her.
[15:31] Anne
    Mister Glen, Challe is...
[15:33] Glen
    I decide what happens to him.
[15:36] Mithril
    So, you got your wing back?!
[15:40] Anne
    No, it's just that Mister Glen has it now.
[15:43] Mithril
    But you can walk around freely now, right?
[15:45] Mithril
    It must have been so torturous,
[15:46] Mithril
    having that woman do those things
    and even those things to you!
[15:50] Challe
    Stop your imaginings.
[15:51] Anne
    Well then. There's a guest coming by,
    so I'm going to go now.
[15:54] Mithril
    All right!
[15:57] Glen
    It has been quite some
    time, Mister Radcliffe.
[16:01] Anne; internal
    Mister Radcliffe and Keith?
[16:03] Marcus
    I'm glad that you're doing better
    than rumors would have you.
[16:06] Marcus
    And the new silver sugar master, as well.
[16:11] Elliott
    We have high hopes for our Head of Artisans.
[16:14] Marcus
    From the fact that you've
    brought her in at this point in time,
[16:17] Marcus
    I assume you'll be participating in the
    selection for the Holy Beginnings Festival?
[16:22] Anne; internal
    Selection?
[16:23] Glen
    Of course not. My father rejected it.
[16:26] Marcus
    I see.
[16:27] Marcus
    Well, I did suspect that would be the case.
[16:31] Marcus
    Oh, yes. I brought Powell's son with me.
[16:34] Keith
    I am Keith Powell.
[16:36] Glen
    I've heard rumors of you.
    Apparently, you've become a good artisan.
[16:40] Keith
    Yes, I...
[16:43] Keith
    I'm sorry.
[16:45] Glen
    There's nothing to feel badly about.
    You are free to do as you like.
[16:49] Anne; internal
    Keith?
[16:52] Anne
    I was surprised to see you, Keith!
[16:54] Keith
    Mister Radcliffe suddenly
    announced that we were coming here.
[16:57] Keith
    And I had been wondering about you.
[17:00] Keith
    You're not having any
    sort of trouble, are you?
[17:02] Keith
    Are things with Challe all right?
[17:03] Anne
    Yes, we're managing.
[17:05] Anne
    What about all of you? How are Kat and Jonas?
[17:09] Keith
    Mister Hingley has returned to his own shop.
[17:12] Keith
    But...
[17:14] Keith
    it seems that Jonas
    hasn't returned to his hometown.
[17:16] Keith
    No one has been able to
    get in touch with him.
[17:19] Anne
    I see.
[17:21] Anne
    Oh, right!
[17:22] Anne
    Keith, what is this "selection" for the
    Holy Beginnings Festival you were talking about?
[17:26] Keith
    Every year for the Holy Beginnings Festival,
    in celebration of the coming year,
[17:29] Keith
    they set out sugar confections in
    the Church of Saint Lewiston Bell, don't they?
[17:33] Keith
    Sample models of those
    are created in advance...
[17:35] Keith
    and they decide which workshop
    to entrust the work to.
[17:38] Anne
    Really?
[17:40] Keith
    It's a great honor to be chosen.
[17:43] Keith
    And if you deliver the pieces successfully,
[17:44] Keith
    the kingdom's religion pays 10,000 cress.
[17:47] Anne
    What?!
[17:48] Keith
    On top of which, that school becomes
    popular and lots of commissions come in.
[17:53] Valentine
    Oh, you have a guest?
[17:55] Nadir
    A boyfriend?
[17:57] Valentine
    Stop that.
[17:58] Anne
    I-It isn't like that! Please, don't say
    such awful things to Keith!
[18:01] Keith
    I don't mind.
[18:03] Anne
    What?
[18:07] Keith
    I'm Keith Powell from the Radcliffe Workshop.
[18:10] Nadir
    Oh! You're Powell?
[18:13] Valentine
    Are you? Well, please spend
    as much time as you like here.
[18:16] Valentine
    Let's go.
[18:17] Nadir
    Huh? But...
[18:20] Nadir
    Um... Bye, then!
[18:23] Anne
    Why did they rush off?
[18:26] Keith
    They couldn't do otherwise.
    To them, I'm a traitor.
[18:30] Anne
    A traitor?
[18:32] Keith
    When my father was with the Paige Workshop,
    he became the Silver Sugar Viscount.
[18:36] Keith
    It brought vigor to this place.
[18:39] Keith
    And yet, when my father died, they
    thought I would join the Paige Workshop, too,
[18:46] Keith
    but I chose the Radcliffe Workshop.
[18:49] Keith
    When I did, a rumor went around, saying,
    "Powell has given up on the Paige Workshop."
[18:55] Keith
    It caused artisans affiliated with
    this place to go to other schools all at once.
[19:02] Anne
    Something like that happened?
[19:04] Keith
    But it wasn't that I'd given up
    on the Paige Workshop.
[19:09] Keith
    I didn't want to be affected
    by my father's influence.
[19:12] Keith
    I resisted the idea of
    following in my father's footsteps
[19:15] Keith
    and joining this school, that's all.
[19:18] Keith
    I endured it while my
    father held his position.
[19:21] Keith
    But I hated the idea of being called
    Edward Powell's son even after his death.
[19:27] Keith
    I am Keith. I have a name, too.
[19:31] Anne
    Don't worry.
[19:35] Anne
    It isn't your fault that this workshop
    has ended up this way, Keith.
[19:39] Anne
    Everyone here understands that.
[19:41] Anne
    It's just that their feelings
    haven't quite caught up yet, that's all.
[19:44] Anne
    Once things have calmed down,
    all their ill feelings will disappear.
[19:51] Keith
    Thank you, Anne.
[19:55] Anne; internal
    If this place is rebuilt, then
    Keith's sense of self-condemnation
[19:59] Anne; internal
    and the artisans'
    ill-feelings might all disappear.
[20:03] Anne; internal
    I have to rebuild it.
[20:05] Marcus
    Keith!
[20:06] Marcus
    We're going!
[20:07] Keith
    Yes, sir!
[20:09] Keith
    Leaving already?
[20:11] Keith
    I wonder if Mister Radcliffe
    is feeling pressured.
[20:13] Keith
    There's only half a month left
    until the selection, after all.
[20:16] Anne
    The selection...
[20:18] Anne
    That's right! That's it!
[20:21] Keith
    What?
[20:22] Anne
    Thank you, Keith!
[20:24] Keith
    Um, I don't know what I've done...
[20:28] Keith
    but I will say you're very welcome.
[20:31] Anne; internal
    That's it. If we win the selection,
    then we'll become more popular,
[20:34] Anne; internal
    and we'll get 10,000 cress, too.
[20:37] Anne; internal
    The things that Mister Collins said,
    and the things that keep nagging at me...
[20:41] Anne; internal
    it could be that...
[20:44] Anne
    I have a request.
[20:45] Anne
    I want the Paige Workshop to participate
    in this year's festival selection.
[20:49] Anne
    If we do, then perhaps
    this workshop will, just like the old days—
[20:52] Glen
    No.
[20:53] Anne
    What?
[20:55] Glen
    We will not participate.
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[21:01] Anne
    Oh, but...
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