E6 - The Castle on the Sea

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[00:01] Hugh
    The piece you requested.
[00:03] Hugh
    I had one of our
    most skilled artisans create it.
[00:07] Earl of Downing
    Well, this is...
[00:10] Earl of Downing
    Yes, it is superb.
[00:14] Hugh
    If it pleases you,
    then that is all I could hope for.
[00:17] Hugh
    But are you truly certain about this? It's...
[00:21] Earl of Downing
    About giving my granddaughter something
    so solemn in celebration of her wedding?
[00:26] Hugh
    Yes.
[00:27] Earl of Downing
    That doesn't matter. It is the young who must
    inherit our history and carry it forward.
[00:33] Earl of Downing
    The truth is, I did hesitate.
[00:35] Hugh
    What?
[00:36] Earl of Downing
    What was her name?
    That girl at the exhibition.
[00:39] Hugh
    Do you mean Anne Halford?
[00:42] Earl of Downing
    Yes, that girl.
[00:44] Earl of Downing
    If I knew her whereabouts, then I might see
    that lovely fairy from that day once more.
[00:53] Hugh
    If you're wondering about her,
    I saw her in town a few days ago.
[00:57] Earl of Downing
    Here in Westol?
[01:00] Hugh
    I thought it must be fate,
    so I offered to take her in here, but...
[01:06] (Flashback) Anne
    Thank you, Hugh.
[01:07] (Flashback) Anne
    But I won't take you up on your offer.
[01:09] (Flashback) Anne
    I want to walk on my own two feet.
[01:13] Earl of Downing
    She refused an invitation
    to the Mercury Workshop,
[01:15] Earl of Downing
    and an offer from the Silver Sugar Viscount?
[01:22] Earl of Downing
    How very like her.
[01:24] Earl of Downing
    So, where is she now?
[01:26] Hugh
    Since Pull Soul Day is coming up,
    she's back in Lewiston.
[01:31] Earl of Downing
    In that case, I may catch sight of her, too.
[01:34] Hugh
    Are you also traveling to Lewiston, my lord?
[01:36] Earl of Downing
    Yes, there is counsel I must give the king.
[01:40] Hugh
    Counsel?
[01:43] Earl of Downing
    The final spark.
[01:45] Hugh
    You don't mean... the Duke of Philax?
[01:50] ---
    I don't know how far I can go, but…
[02:05] ---
    It's all right
[02:07] ---
    Even alone, I'll be fine, but…
[02:11] ---
    You know, the truth is
    that no one is alone
[02:18] ---
    Things like happiness,
    loneliness, and even anxiety…
[02:24] ---
    We are born to savor all those things
[02:34] ---
    A single spoonful of sparkles
[02:37] ---
    Transforms everything into smiles
[02:41] ---
    That could be what I secretly wished for…
[02:48] ---
    That miracle
[02:50] ---
    We're each searching for
    our most precious treasures
[02:57] ---
    That's what our journey is for
[03:03] ---
    I don't know how far I can go, but...
[03:11] ---
    Each moment that passes before me
    shall be spun from hope
[03:20] proprietress
    Really? From Westol?
[03:23] proprietress
    Well, you've certainly chosen
    a difficult place for yourself.
[03:25] proprietress
    Since that area is under the care
    of the Silver Sugar Viscount,
[03:29] proprietress
    all your potential customers
    will have a good eye.
[03:31] proprietress
    And, in the first place, they won't deal
    with a sugar artisan from the outside.
[03:35] Anne
    Y-You're quite knowledgeable
    about this, ma'am.
[03:38] Anne
    You're right. I haven't had
    any customers at all.
[03:41] Challe
    "We'll have a better chance
    in Westol," was it?
[03:45] Mithril
    Stop it, Challe!
[03:46] Mithril
    Anne may have been overly optimistic,
    but you shouldn't keep calling her stupid!
[03:50] Challe
    I have thought it, but I haven't said it.
[03:53] Challe
    Just now, you said it for the first time.
[03:54] Mithril
    What?
[03:56] Mithril
    If you thought it,
    that's the same as saying it!
[03:58] Challe
    But I didn't.
[03:59] Challe
    And even if I had called her stupid,
    why would that be bad?
[04:02] Mithril
    Because it's the truth!
[04:04] proprietress
    Hey, all of you.
[04:05] proprietress
    What's so wrong about humans
    and fairies sitting at the same table?
[04:09] proprietress
    As long as they pay,
    they're all customers to me.
[04:14] proprietress
    If you don't like it, you can leave.
[04:16] proprietress
    Honestly.
[04:18] proprietress
    But you know...
[04:19] proprietress
    it may be hard to do business
    here in Lewiston, too.
[04:23] proprietress
    After all, with Pull Soul Day,
    this is our peak season.
[04:26] Anne
    I know, but...
[04:29] Anne
    No, that's exactly why I have
    to work my hardest!
[04:32] proprietress
    Oh, I know!
[04:33] proprietress
    To the south of us,
    on the coast of Rockwell Province,
[04:36] proprietress
    there's a town called Philax.
[04:38] proprietress
    Have you heard of it?
[04:39] Anne
    It's famous for trade and under the direct
    control of the royal family, isn't it?
[04:43] proprietress
    That's right!
[04:44] proprietress
    Now, about the Duke of Philax,
    Duke William Alburn...
[04:49] Earl of Downing
    Our founding King Cedric
    left behind three family lines...
[04:52] Earl of Downing
    House Millsland, House Chamber,
    and House Alburn.
[04:57] Earl of Downing
    House Millsland
    are the successors to the throne,
[05:00] Earl of Downing
    but upon the passing
    of the previous king, Edmund I,
[05:04] Earl of Downing
    the current king, Edmund II,
    was only a twelve-year-old child.
[05:09] Earl of Downing
    This was fifteen years ago.
[05:11] Hugh
    And, taking advantage of his age,
[05:13] Hugh
    House Chamber caused an uprising
    in an attempt to usurp the throne.
[05:18] Hugh
    It's known as the Chambers Rebellion.
[05:20] Hugh
    And you, Lord Downing, are the one
    who suppressed that rebellion...
[05:24] Hugh
    with the assistance of Thomas Alburn.
[05:27] Hugh
    To tell the truth, the events
    of that rebellion made me fear you.
[05:32] Hugh
    The ringleaders, House Chamber,
    were torn out by the roots and eradicated.
[05:36] Hugh
    Brutal is it was, let's say that
    it was understandable.
[05:40] Hugh
    But you went so far as to try
    to expel House Alburn,
[05:44] Hugh
    who aided the royal family, from the kingdom.
[05:46] Hugh
    You dismantled their military
    and even took their lands from them.
[05:50] Earl of Downing
    That was the lesson
    learned from the rebellion.
[05:52] Earl of Downing
    The kingdom does not need two rulers.
[05:55] Hugh
    But the current king,
[05:57] Hugh
    Edmund II, took a step back
    from your counsel...
[06:01] Hugh
    because he greatly admired
    Thomas's warm and gentle nature.
[06:04] Earl of Downing
    His will was so strong it was difficult
    to believe that he was a twelve-year-old child.
[06:10] Earl of Downing
    As a result, House Alburn was allotted
    land under direct royal control: Philax.
[06:16] Earl of Downing
    Revenue must be given to the royal family,
[06:18] Earl of Downing
    and as proof of their loyalty,
    they must visit Lewiston once a month.
[06:23] Earl of Downing
    Those were the two conditions.
[06:27] Hugh
    And after Thomas's passing,
[06:29] Hugh
    his son William has taken on
    those conditions.
[06:33] Hugh
    I know him, personally.
[06:36] Hugh
    He has no ambition or sinister connections.
[06:38] Hugh
    He's an intelligent, gentle young man.
[06:40] Hugh
    And yet, you still call the Duke of Philax
    the last spark of rebellion?
[06:46] Earl of Downing
    And if that spark is beginning
    to smolder once more?
[06:49] Earl of Downing
    Soon it may start blazing again,
     raising smoke like a signal.
[06:53] Earl of Downing
    If that isn't a spark,
    then what would you call it?
[06:56] Earl of Downing
    Mercury?
[06:59] Hugh
    It can't be. William Alburn is...
[07:03] Anne
    Looking for a sugar artisan?
[07:05] proprietress
    And it doesn't matter whether you're
    a silver sugar master or not.
[07:08] proprietress
    You stay at Philax Castle
    and if the duke likes the piece you made...
[07:12] proprietress
    then they say he'll pay
    a thousand cress as a reward!
[07:16] Anne
    A-A-A thousand cress?!
[07:19] proprietress
    Shocking, isn't it?
[07:21] proprietress
    And if the Duke of Philax, a descendant of
    Ancestor King Cedric, acknowledges your skills,
[07:25] proprietress
    then you'll gain prestige as a sugar artisan.
[07:28] proprietress
    The eyes of everyone around here with
    pride in their skills lit up when they heard.
[07:34] Anne
    A thousand cress.
[07:40] Anne
    Philax of Rockwell Province.
[07:42] Anne
    It flourishes through trade with the continent
    as Highland's greatest port town.
[07:47] Challe
    But all of the money from that trade
    is swallowed up by Lewiston,
[07:52] Challe
    and once a month, the head of the house
    must go and see how His Majesty is feeling.
[07:57] Anne
    You know a lot about this, Challe.
[07:59] Challe
    I haven't lived this long for nothing.
[08:01] Challe
    I have no interest in human affairs.
[08:04] Challe
    However...
[08:07] soldier B
    Have you brought a sugar confection?
[08:09] Anne
    Yes. It's in my cargo hold.
[08:12] soldier A
    Good. Take your sugar
    confection and go inside.
[08:15] soldier B
    You two wait here.
[08:17] soldier A
    Open the gate!
[08:25] soldier C
    You may wait there.
[08:27] Anne
    Oh. Yes, sir.
[08:33] Anne; internal
    Someone arrived before me.
[08:35] Anne; internal
    Well, yes, that makes sense.
[08:36] Anne; internal
    This work can bring
    a thousand cress, after all.
[08:39] Anne; internal
    Still...
[08:41] Anne; internal
    why is this castle so bleak?
[08:44] Anne; internal
    Everything is made of stone, and somehow...
[08:47] sugar artisan
    Hey, you.
[08:49] Anne
    What?
[08:51] Alburn
    There is no need to bow.
[08:54] Alburn
    I am the Duke of Philax, William Alburn.
[08:59] Alburn
    Show me the sugar confections
    you have with you.
[09:05] Alburn
    You go.
[09:07] Alburn
    You stay.
[09:08] sugar artisan
    What? But...
[09:22] Alburn
    Good.
[09:23] Alburn
    A fairy, isn't it?
[09:25] Alburn
    Why did you make this?
[09:27] Anne
    The model for that is one of the friends
    who is traveling with me.
[09:31] Anne
    It was originally supposed to be
    a present for him, but...
[09:34] Anne
    he said he didn't like it
    because it felt like cannibalism.
[09:39] Alburn
    Very well.
[09:41] Alburn
    I will allow you to stay in the castle.
[09:43] Alburn
    Make a sugar confection.
    One that satisfies my expectations.
[09:48] Anne
    Excuse me! What sort of
    confection should I make?
[09:53] Anne
    Oh, how beautiful!
[09:56] Anne
    This lady... she's a fairy, isn't she?
[09:59] Alburn
    Give form to the fairy
    depicted in this portrait.
[10:03] Alburn
    Can you do it?
[10:04] Anne
    I can!
[10:06] Alburn
    Dale, show the girl to the workshop.
[10:10] Dale
    This way.
[10:11] Alburn
    Should you wish to view
    this portrait again...
[10:14] Alburn
    There are two towers near the workshop.
[10:17] Alburn
    In the east tower, several paintings
    of this same fairy decorate the walls.
[10:23] Alburn
    Look at those.
[10:24] Anne
    Yes, Your Grace.
[10:28] Dale
    A friend, huh? That was well said.
[10:31] Dale
    The duke hates the practice
    of controlling fairies.
[10:34] Anne
    Is that why there aren't
    any fairies in this castle?
[10:38] Dale
    The two fairies who came with you
    have already been shown to the workshop.
[10:42] Anne
    Oh. Thank you.
[10:45] Anne
    I was wondering, why does the duke
    want a sugar confection of that fairy?
[10:49] Dale
    This is it.
[10:53] Anne
    Challe! Mithril!
[10:55] Dale
    In that tower, there are three young
    artisans from the Radcliffe school.
[10:59] Dale
    Make sure that none of you
    get in each others' way.
[11:01] Anne
    Is this all there is?
[11:03] Dale
    You saw for yourself, didn't you?
[11:05] Dale
    There aren't many artisans
    who can live up to His Grace's eye.
[11:09] Dale
    If that's all.
[11:14] Mithril
    A portrait of a fairy?
[11:16] Anne
    She was an incredibly beautiful lady!
[11:19] Anne
    And he said that there were more
    paintings of her in the east tower there.
[11:22] Anne
    Want to go see them?
[11:23] Mithril
    If we're going anywhere,
    it's to the second floor!
[11:25] Mithril
    Did you see? There are beds
    for three people set up here!
[11:28] Mithril
    Yahoo! Bed! Bed!
[11:34] Anne
    That was fast.
[11:36] Challe
    Hurry up.
[11:37] Anne
    What?
[11:38] Challe
    The portraits. We're going
    to see them, aren't we?
[11:42] Challe
    Let's go.
[11:44] Anne
    Wait!
[11:46] Anne
    I'm sorry. I didn't think
    you'd go with me, Challe.
[11:49] Challe
    I'm just curious, that's all.
[11:54] Challe
    Your expression is quite unrestrained.
[11:56] Anne
    It's fine. It's because I'm happy!
[12:02] Anne
    Jonas.
[12:03] Jonas
    Anne.
[12:10] Anne
    What a coincidence, Jonas.
[12:13] Jonas
    Why are you here, Anne?
[12:15] Jonas
    Did you chase after me? It can't be...
    Are you here for revenge?!
[12:18] Anne
    Revenge?
[12:20] Anne
    Well, yes...
[12:21] Anne
    that wouldn't be bad,
[12:23] Anne
    but I don't have that much time on my hands.
[12:25] youth A
    Hey, wait.
[12:27] youth A
    Jonas, this is that woman
    from the exhibition, isn't it?
[12:31] Jonas
    Th-That's right! She's the one who set me up!
[12:34] Anne
    What?
[12:35] Anne
    When am I supposed to have set you up?
[12:37] Anne
    You're the one who resorted to cowardly methods!
[12:39] youth B
    No, I saw it.
[12:41] youth B
    You're the one who said that
    you made the piece Jonas entered.
[12:46] youth B
    That soured the king's mood,
    and the Royal Medal was no more.
[12:50] youth A
    As fellow members of the Radcliffe school,
    we can't let this quietly pass.
[12:55] Challe
    Then, what will you do?
[12:59] Challe
    I am asking you what you will do.
[13:03] Jonas
    I'm sure you came here after
    hearing word of the Duke of Philax,
[13:06] Jonas
    but the glory and reward belong to me!
[13:08] Jonas
    Work as hard as you want.
[13:10] Anne
    I won't lose in a contest of skill!
[13:12] Anne
    You're the one who should hurry up
    and start preparing to go home!
[13:16] Anne
    Honestly!
[13:17] Challe
    All right, Scarecrow.
[13:19] Challe
    Are we doing this?
[13:21] Anne
    Yes.
[13:56] Mithril
    Is it finished?
[13:57] Anne
    Just a little more.
[13:59] Anne
    Thank you, Mithril Lid Pod.
    You've really been so much help!
[14:02] Mithril
    When the greatness that is I makes a serious
    effort, this is how much help I can be!
[14:06] Mithril
    Though it isn't nearly enough
    to return the favor yet.
[14:09] Anne
    You don't need to worry about
    returning the favor anymore.
[14:12] Mithril
    Still, where has that Challe gone?
[14:15] Mithril
    Every time you start work,
    he wanders off somewhere.
[14:18] Mithril
    Though, apparently even that guy
    can wallow in sentimentality sometimes.
[14:22] Anne
    Sentimentality? Challe?
[14:25] Mithril
    Three days ago, when we came here,
    we had to wait outside, right?
[14:29] Mithril
    It was back then.
[14:31] (Flashback) Challe
    How nostalgic.
[14:33] (Flashback) Mithril
    What is?
[14:34] (Flashback) Challe
    Long ago, I lived in a castle like this one.
[14:38] Anne
    Challe? In a castle?
[14:41] Challe
    That girl was Liz...
[14:43] Challe
    Her name was Elizabeth.
[14:46] Anne; internal
    Could he have meant
    that person named Liz and he...
[14:49] Mithril
    Anne! The tip of your nose is all blue!
[14:51] Anne
    What?
[14:52] Mithril
    There's pigment powder all over your face!
[14:54] Anne
    How is that?
[14:55] Mithril
    You're even more blue now!
[14:56] Anne
    What? I-I'm just going to go
    and wash my face!
[15:05] Challe
    Fifteen years passed.
[15:08] Challe
    Liz's hair turned a pale gold...
[15:10] Challe
    her freckles disappeared...
[15:12] Challe
    and she became a beautiful young woman.
[15:14] Challe
    That's why I know.
[15:16] Challe
    You will continue to change, just as Liz did.
[15:19] Anne; internal
    Will I change?
[15:22] Anne; internal
    I can't imagine that I will.
[15:24] Anne; internal
    I'll stay like this, scrawny
    and gangly, like a scarecrow.
[15:29] Anne; internal
    I wonder what kind of person Liz was.
[15:32] Anne; internal
    I'm sure she must have been beautiful.
[15:34] Anne; internal
    After all, someone as beautiful
    as Challe calls her beautiful.
[15:39] Anne
    What is this? Am I jealous?
[15:41] Anne
    Of a woman I've never met?
[15:43] Anne
    How ridiculous can I be?
[15:45] Challe
    If you rub that hard,
    your nose will come off.
[15:48] Anne
    Challe...
[15:49] Challe
    Your clothes will get wet.
[15:51] Anne
    What?
[15:52] Anne
    Oh.
[15:53] Anne
    I forgot to bring something
    to dry myself with.
[16:03] Challe
    What's wrong?
[16:04] Anne
    Huh? Nothing...
[16:06] Anne
    Um...
[16:07] Challe
    Scarecrow?
[16:11] Anne
    It-It's nothing!
[16:16] Anne
    Jonas?
[16:18] Anne
    What is it?
[16:20] Anne
    If you're looking for a sugar
    confection to steal, it isn't done yet.
[16:24] Jonas
    How could you think that?
    I have no need of your sugar confection.
[16:28] Jonas
    I finished my piece yesterday.
[16:31] Jonas
    So did the other two.
[16:33] Anne
    Really. So, did His Grace view them?
[16:37] Jonas
    Of course! And what do you think happened?
[16:42] Jonas
    The other two were told to leave!
[16:45] Jonas
    I was the only one permitted
    to stay here at the castle.
[16:49] Jonas
    When he saw my piece, His Grace said this.
[16:52] Jonas
    "It shows promise.
    Increase the level of accuracy."
[16:55] Jonas
    Sorry, Anne, but the one who will
    receive the thousand cress will be me!
[17:00] Anne
    Th-That hasn't been decided—
[17:01] Jonas
    Did you know?
[17:02] Jonas
    They say I'm the first one allowed to stay in the castle after showing a piece.
[17:09] Jonas
    I'm the only one. That's what Dale said.
[17:12] Anne
    Well, I'm going to—
[17:14] Jonas
    It's no use.
[17:15] Jonas
    I'm moving to that tower.
[17:18] Jonas
    It's a privilege of the chosen artisan.
[17:21] Jonas
    The rootless, wandering artisan should
    go ahead and try her best right here.
[17:26] Anne
    What was he trying to achieve by coming here?
[17:28] Anne
    Was it some scheme to try
    to whittle away at my motivation?
[17:31] Challe
    It's likely that he simply wanted to brag.
[17:34] Anne
    Challe...
[17:36] Challe
    After all, he can't brag to
    those allies of his who are leaving.
[17:39] Anne
    What is wrong with him?
[17:45] Anne
    It's finished!
[17:46] Anne
    I think.
[17:48] Anne
    What do you think, Challe?
    Will you look at it for me?
[17:53] Challe
    It's well made.
[17:55] Challe
    Hey.
[18:19] Challe
    You did well, Scarecrow.
[18:41] Alburn
    It's not right.
[18:42] Anne; internal
    It didn't please him.
[18:46] Alburn
    But the feel is exactly right.
[18:49] Anne
    What?
[18:50] Alburn
    The feel of it is better than his.
[18:53] Alburn
    Increase the level of accuracy
    so that you might satisfy me.
[18:57] Alburn
    Move to this tower immediately.
[19:00] Alburn
    We have two artisans.
[19:02] Alburn
    There is no need to increase
    their number any further.
[19:08] Dale
    Come.
[19:12] Anne
    Um, does this mean that His Grace
    was pleased with my sugar confection?
[19:18] Dale
    Let's say that he found it not entirely bad.
[19:21] Dale
    You and... Jonas Anders, was it?
[19:24] Dale
    He has entrusted the making of
    the piece to the two of you, after all.
[19:28] Dale
    I've dispatched pages.
[19:30] Dale
    Your fairies should be here soon.
[19:33] Dale
    I'll have your things brought later.
[19:35] Anne
    Th-Thank you.
[19:38] Anne; internal
    Not entirely bad?
[19:40] Dale
    There are two meals, morning and evening.
[19:42] Dale
    You may use as much silver sugar as you like.
[19:45] Dale
    We will prepare anything you need.
[19:47] Dale
    Should you find that
    you require anything else...
[19:50] Dale
    just pull this cord.
[19:52] Dale
    It will ring a bell in the servants' quarters
    and let us know that we're needed.
[19:57] Anne
    Then, when I've finished the piece...
[20:00] Dale
    Naturally, that will be this cord as well.
[20:02] Dale
    Do you have any other questions?
[20:04] Jonas
    Why are you here?!
[20:07] Jonas
    I thought I heard something above me and...
[20:10] Jonas
    Tell me! Why, Anne?
[20:12] Anne
    Why do you suppose?
    I've been told to move here.
[20:16] Jonas
    That can't be!
[20:18] Dale
    So you two know each other.
[20:21] Dale
    I don't know how your fates
    may be intertwined,
[20:24] Dale
    but whatever the case, this is
    something that His Grace has decided.
[20:32] Jonas
    I have to compete against you again?
[20:35] Anne
    If you insist that the exhibition
    was a competition, then yes!
[20:39] Jonas
    You... You're nothing that I can't...
[20:42] Cathy
    The likes of you will never
    measure up to Master Jonas!
[20:45] Anne
    Cathy!
[20:46] Cathy
    Right, Master Jonas?
[20:47] Jonas
    W-Well, yes.
[20:50] Jonas
    I'll never lose to someone like you!
[20:52] Anne
    I won't lose either.
[20:54] Anne
    I won't ever be beaten!
SIGN    The Castle on the Sea
[21:16] ---
    Is it just like the dreams we dream at night?
[21:21] ---
    Do we give names to our other dreams because,
[21:26] ---
    Just as our night dreams are forgotten upon waking,
[21:30] ---
    If they aren't held dear, they will disappear?
[21:37] ---
    No, it's because they aren't things that only special people can see
[21:48] ---
    That day
[21:49] ---
    I reached out again and again
[21:53] ---
    I failed to catch that shining fruit, and yet
[21:59] ---
    I'll reach out once more
[22:04] ---
    If I make my wishes come true myself
[22:08] ---
    I just know it will make you smile
[22:14] ---
    That's why I'm able to say I'm not giving up
SIGN    A False Farewell