E12 - To Keep What Was Preciously Grown from Withering

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[00:01] Sion
    Good news and bad news, you say?
[00:03] Keithwood
    I'd like to make my report
    to you first, Prince Sion.
[00:06] Keithwood
    Is that all right?
[00:12] Mia (Young)
    Prince Abel, are you all right?
[00:15] Abel
    Yes. Your retainer helped me out.
[00:19] Mia (Young)
    It feels like you've developed
    more fortitude again, Prince Abel.
[00:24] Abel
    Princess Mia, your face seems flushed.
    Are you all right?
[00:27] Mia (Young)
    Huh? It's n-nothing. I'm fine.
[00:31] Abel
    You didn't push yourself
    too hard to get here?
[00:33] Mia (Young)
    I'm pretty sure you're the one
    who's been pushing yourself...
[00:36] Mia (Young)
    I don't want to hear it!
[00:39] Mia (Young)
    You ignored me earlier and put
    yourself in danger, Prince Abel.
[00:44] Mia (Young)
    And Sion was attacking you in earnest.
[00:47] Mia (Young)
    Unbelievable!
[00:51] Abel
    You don't use Prince Sion's title anymore.
[00:54] Mia (Young)
    Huh? We were doing it
    to hide our identities.
[00:57] Mia (Young)
    There's no meaning behind it.
[01:00] Abel
    Oh, I see.
[01:02] Abel
    Good.
[01:03] Mia (Young)
    Was he jealous?
[01:06] Mia (Young)
    Goodness. What will we do with you?
[01:09] Mia (Young)
    As the more mature one, I'll just
    have to coolly and maturely propose
[01:14] Mia (Young)
    that we address each other without titles.
[01:18] Mia (Young)
    Listen...
[01:19] Mia (Young)
    Uh, I, um...
[01:23] Mia (Young)
    You see, I w-wouldn't really mind,
[01:27] Mia (Young)
    if you were to call me... um...
[01:31] Mia (Young)
    Mia, without my title...
[01:35] Mia (Young)
    A-A-And then I'd, um... call you
    A-A-Abel, without your title.
[01:41] Abel
    Really?
[01:43] Abel
    Um... uh... in that case...
[01:47] Abel
    M-Mia...
[01:50] Mia (Young)
    Y-Yes. A-A-Abel?
[01:54] Abel
    Y-Yes.
[01:56] Sion
    Prince Abel. Mia.
[01:59] Sion
    We need to talk.
[02:02] Sion
    I'm afraid I must apologize to you.
[02:04] Abel
    What do you mean?
[02:06] Keithwood
    This uprising appears to have been instigated
[02:10] Keithwood
    by a rogue unit within our kingdom's
    intelligence agency, the Wind Crows.
[02:14] Mia (Young)
    Wh-Wha...
[02:16] Mia (Young)
    What did you say?!
SIGN    Episode 12: To Keep What Was Preciously Grown from Withering
[03:50] Mia (Young)
    But that would certainly make sense.
[03:52] Mia (Young)
    After both the Empire and Remno's rebellions,
[03:55] Mia (Young)
    it's Sunkland that comes out looking good.
[04:00] Mia (Young)
    Wait, so then all the events that led
    to me being put to the guillotine
[04:05] Mia (Young)
    were actually brought about by
    the people who condemned me?
[04:13] Mia (Young)
    This is like he's hanging his head to me.
[04:18] Mia (Young)
    I can't say it feels all that good to see it.
[04:23] Mia (Young)
    I wonder what Prince Abel intends to do.
[04:26] Mia (Young)
    Strictly speaking, it wasn't Sion
    himself who set the trap for Remno.
[04:31] Mia (Young)
    It's the Kingdom of Sunkland that
    ought to shoulder responsibility.
[04:35] Mia (Young)
    But I doubt Sion would find that acceptable.
[04:39] Mia (Young)
    Plus, Prince Abel has the
    right to condemn Sion.
[04:45] Abel
    Raise your head, Prince Sion.
[04:48] Sion
    But...
[04:49] Abel
    Royals must take royal responsibility.
[04:54] Abel
    Our responsibility is to rule
    with concern for our subjects.
[04:58] Abel
    Because of that, I believed I had to use
    the military to control the situation.
[05:04] Abel
    But we have someone who has shown
    us a way to stop this conflict.
[05:09] Abel
    This truly ridiculous conflict.
[05:13] Abel
    We have someone who has illuminated
    the path we should take.
[05:18] Abel
    Thus, what we must do
    is march down that path.
[05:22] Abel
    Isn't that so?
[05:31] Sion
    Even if I hang my head and beg forgiveness,
    that only makes me feel better.
[05:36] Sion
    I see your point.
[05:37] Abel
    We were both saved, you and I.
[05:40] Sion
    Now we have but to proceed down the path
    the Wisdom of the Empire has illuminated.
[05:45] Mia (Young)
    It seems you've forgiven him. I'm glad.
[05:48] Abel
    To be honest, I can't say my
    father is free of guilt.
[05:52] Abel
    So I can't blame this entirely on Sunkland.
[05:56] Sion
    Mia, this is thanks to you.
[05:58] Mia (Young)
    Oh, I'm so glad.
[06:01] Mia (Young)
    Still...
[06:02] Mia (Young)
    Sion, you've finally experienced failure.
[06:08] Mia (Young)
    People make mistakes.
[06:11] Mia (Young)
    No person can live perfectly.
[06:14] Mia (Young)
    That's precisely why you must at least
    give people a chance to start over.
[06:19] Mia (Young)
    Especially me!
[06:21] Narrator
    Mia added this silently but firmly,
[06:22] Narrator
    having never been given such a
    chance in the previous timeline.
[06:29] Mia (Young)
    But if what happened here in Remno
[06:32] Mia (Young)
    was also what was going on
    during the Empire's revolution,
[06:35] Mia (Young)
    then I can't say this self-proclaimed
    "champion of justice" was fully blameless.
[06:41] Mia (Young)
    Looking at it that way, I'm a little pissed.
[06:45] Mia (Young)
    This is my chance to get back
    at him just a little bit...
[06:49] Mia (Young)
    Sion, so you never forget your blunder,
    I'm going to etch it into you.
[06:56] Sion
    What do you mean?
[06:58] Mia (Young)
    Sin is absolved only once
    a punishment is granted.
[07:03] Keithwood
    Punishment, you say? Y-Your Highness...
[07:05] Sion
    No, she's quite right.
[07:08] Sion
    I shall accept punishment.
[07:10] Sion
    What should I do?
[07:12] Mia (Young)
    A fine mindset.
[07:14] Mia (Young)
    Now then, stand there.
[07:24] Mia (Young)
    I have a move I've wisely
    continued to train and refine.
[07:29] (Flashback) Anne (Adult)
    You know something, Your Highness?
    Your kicks don't hurt at all.
[07:34] Mia (Young)
    Since that day, I've continuously
    heightened the power of my kick!
[07:38] Mia (Young)
    I'm going to make you feel
    this pain as hard as I can!
[07:52] Mia (Young)
    Etch this lesson into your mind
    along with the pain, Sion!
[08:00] Sion
    It didn't hurt...
[08:01] Sion
    What's going on?
[08:04] Sion
    Did she do it that way on purpose?
[08:07] Sion
    Outwardly, I have been given
    a punishment for my actions.
[08:11] Sion
    But I myself am aware that in reality,
    no punishment has been given.
[08:17] Sion
    Thus my sin, my suffering,
    will never be erased.
[08:22] Sion
    From now on, whenever
    I attempt to carry out justice,
[08:25] Sion
    I'll ask myself whether what
    I'm doing is truly just.
[08:29] Sion
    And I'll question whether the other
    person could be forgiven, just as I was.
[08:38] Sion
    Condemn fairly. Carry out justice.
[08:42] Sion
    These words have been drilled
    into me since childhood.
[08:44] Sion
    Those words' true meaning, its weight,
     and the difficulty of it....
[08:49] Sion
    I've now understood for the first time.
[08:51] Mia (Young)
    Uh, erm, Sion...
[08:54] Sion
    Mia, thank you.
[08:56] Sion
    You are indeed the Wisdom of the Empire.
[08:59] Mia (Young)
    H-He's thanking me for kicking him?
    What's going on?
[09:04] Sion
    If you'd never said anything to me,
    I probably never would have realized.
[09:08] Mia (Young)
    R-Realized? Realized what?
    What did he realize?
[09:12] Mia (Young)
    And this Wisdom of the Empire stuff...
[09:15] Mia (Young)
    What does wisdom
    have to do with kicking?
[09:17] Mia (Young)
    Is it that the force and the
    angle are important or something?
[09:20] Mia (Young)
    What do I do if he says I'm so good at it
    he wants me to kick him again some time?!
[09:26] Mia (Young)
    O-Oh. I'm glad to hear that.
[09:30] Mia (Young)
    B-By the way, have we learned where
    Chancellor Dasayev is being held?
[09:35] Keithwood
    According to the report, he's being
    confined in the town of Xenia.
[09:41] Keithwood
    Prince Abel, does this location
    look familiar to you?
[09:45] Abel
    No, but perhaps one of the
    soldiers knows where this is.
[09:49] Mia (Young)
    In that case, perhaps we
    should ask Lynsha about it.
[09:53] Abel
    Lynsha?
[09:54] Mia (Young)
    Well, I became acquainted with the
    younger sister of rebels' leader.
[09:59] Abel
    I see. You've already gotten that far.
[10:02] Abel
    Forgive me, but would it be all right
    if I took your retainer along?
[10:08] Abel
    I'd prefer not to let Bernard know yet
    that Sunkland was involved in any of this.
[10:13] Mia (Young)
    Well, I don't think he'd mind...
[10:17] Mia (Young)
    This means I'm going along too, doesn't it?
[10:22] Mia (Young)
    Yes, yes. I knew it.
[10:30] Lynsha
    We're here.
[10:32] Lynsha
    This is the building on the map.
[10:37] Mia (Young)
    The man who arranged the circumstances for
    that pain is right here in this building.
[10:47] Mia (Young)
    It'll be all right.
[10:49] Mia (Young)
    This is definitely going to go well.
[10:57] Jem
    Damn it!
[10:58] Jem
    This was supposed to be the point where
    chaos had been stirred up in the Empire!
[11:02] Jem
    This is all the Wisdom of the
    Empire's fault! Mia Luna Tearmoon!
[11:08] Jem
    The Empire's collapse was to start a chain
    reaction of collapse for all nations.
[11:12] Jem
    The chaos resulting from
    the destruction of order...
[11:15] Jem
    That is our fierce wish!
[11:17] Jem
    I won't let some little girl
    stand in the way any longer!
[11:21] Sion
    All those within the building!
[11:23] Sion
    Cast aside your weapons and come out!
[11:25] Sion
    I am Sion Sol Sunkland!
[11:28] Sion
    The scheme of the Albi
    has already been exposed.
[11:31] Sion
    There is no point in resisting!
[11:33] Mia (Young)
    I didn't expect him to shout loudly
    before we stormed the place.
[11:37] Mia (Young)
    Is this really a good idea?
[11:39] Mia (Young)
    This vague bad feeling I have
    is just my imagination, right?
[11:43] Narrator
    A rare instance where Mia's
    bad feeling was inaccurate.
[11:47] Sion
    Let's go!
[11:49] Narrator
    Having made an enemy of their own prince,
[11:52] Narrator
    and faced with fearsome opponents
    they could not hope to best,
[11:58] Narrator
    the men lost the will to fight one after another,
    surrendered, and exited the manor.
[12:04] Mia (Young)
    It looks like everything's going to work out.
[12:07] Anne
    Princess Mia, your hair looks a little rough.
[12:11] Mia (Young)
    The thing is, the shampoo
    here is a little lacking.
[12:13] Mia (Young)
    I feel like the one from
    Abel was more slippery.
[12:18] Anne
    Worry not, Princess Mia.
[12:21] Anne
    Look, I brought it with me.
[12:24] Mia (Young)
    Oh, my! That's fantastic, Anne!
[12:27] Mia (Young)
    I was intending to take a nice
    long bath after this fight ended.
[12:33] Mia (Young)
    Now I'm looking forward to it even more!
[12:36] Narrator
    A line one should not say on the battlefield.
[12:40] Narrator
    Yet Mia declared it loudly
    and with merriment.
[12:43] Narrator
    And just when things were going so well...
[13:04] Mia (Young)
    Ow, ow, ow...
[13:07] Jem
    What a surprise, Your Highness Princess Mia.
[13:11] Jem
    What an honor to meet you.
[13:21] Abel
    Mia, are you okay?
[13:23] Sion
    So you're Jem?
[13:24] Jem
    I see. So that speech earlier was true.
[13:29] Sion
    Indeed. Your comrades have surrendered.
[13:32] Sion
    It's futile to resist.
[13:35] Keithwood
    We've already rescued
     Count Dasayev Donovan, too.
[13:38] Keithwood
    All that's left is you.
[13:45] Jem
    So you've even found the
    secret path to the dungeon.
[13:48] Jem
    So not just Prince Sion but his retainer
    as well lives up to the rumors.
[13:55] Jem
    Not so fast. You stay right there.
[13:58] Abel
    Mia!
[14:00] Jem
    Don't get any funny ideas.
[14:02] Jem
    It would be simple for
    me to lop your head off.
[14:06] Sion
    Cease this foolishness!
[14:07] Sion
    Sunkland won't protect the
    Wind Crows or the Albi.
[14:11] Sion
    You plan has already failed.
[14:15] Jem
    Don't say such harsh things, Your Highness.
[14:19] Jem
    The shock may cause my hand to slip.
[14:25] Jem
    After having my long and
    hard-fought plan ruined by this girl,
[14:30] Jem
    I'm bitter to the core.
[14:41] Jem
    You may be the Wisdom of the Empire,
    but a brat is still a brat.
[14:43] Jem
    How pathetic!
[14:45] Narrator
    Seeing Mia's skirt wet,
    everyone present thought:
[14:50] Narrator
    "Ah, Mia is so scared she wet herself."
[14:56] Narrator
    However, there was one person,
    one person alone who realized the truth.
[15:02] Anne
    No, this is the smell of...
[15:07] Anne
    Princess Mia, run!
[15:13] Jem
    You brat!
[15:36] Dion
    I didn't imagine the princess
    would deliver the final blow.
[15:40] Narrator
    Thus was Jem, one of the masterminds,
    brilliantly defeated.
[15:46] Narrator
    The winning move that drew things to a
    close was a brilliant kick unleashed from
[15:51] Narrator
    the beautiful legs of Mia Luna Tearmoon,
    Wisdom of the Empire.
[16:03] Mia (Young)
    Prince Abel, Prince Sion,
[16:05] Mia (Young)
    I have a request for the two of you.
[16:08] Mia (Young)
    Could you somehow spare
    these people their lives?
[16:13] Narrator
    A request for clemency that, normally,
    could of course not be heeded.
[16:18] Narrator
    However, the two princes
    simultaneously thought:
[16:22] Abel
    I knew it.
[16:23] Sion
    So that is what Mia wants.
[16:26] Abel
    For the intelligence agents,
[16:28] Abel
    the most lenient compromise I could get
    for them is probably banishment.
[16:33] Abel
    The tricky part would likely be the
    subjects of Remno who rebelled.
[16:38] Abel
    Lynsha and her brother Lambert
    would normally be executed.
[16:43] Sion
    Mia put in the utmost effort.
[16:46] Sion
    Given that, I probably ought to use all the
    authority I possess to grant what she asks.
[16:53] Sion
    But it's a difficult position.
[16:55] Sion
    Assuming for the moment Remno gives
    the light sentence of banishment,
[17:00] Sion
    that would make it hard for
    Sunkland to seek execution.
[17:03] Sion
    People would think we did it to silence them.
[17:06] Sion
    I could have Prince Abel
    push for that on his side.
[17:11] Sion
    Then the problem becomes what
    to do with these people.
[17:13] Abe and Sion
    I wonder what Mia has in mind.
[17:16] Jem
    You aren't going to execute us?
    Are you serious?
[17:19] Jem
    What, are you planning to torture us?
[17:22] Jem
    Sorry to disappoint you, but you
    won't be getting anything out of me!
[17:25] Dion
    Torture... So the princess believes
    there's still more going on here, eh?
[17:31] Dion
    Still, he doesn't seem likely
    to crack easily, just as he claims.
[17:36] Dion
    I wonder what the princess has in mind.
[17:38] Narrator
    Although this goes without saying,
[17:41] Narrator
    Mia was not showing them any
    particular mercy or benevolence.
[17:46] Mia (Young)
    I was given an opportunity to redo
    everything. What if they get one?
[17:51] Mia (Young)
    Could that be possible?
[17:53] Mia (Young)
    If so, what would the trigger conditions be?
[17:57] Mia (Young)
    I can't say for sure...
[17:58] Mia (Young)
    Possibly, it's being killed on that same day,
    at the same time, at the same place...
[18:06] Mia (Young)
    Or maybe being beheaded by a guillotine,
    or maybe dying with regrets...
[18:06] Guillotine
    Ahuh, ahuh, ahuh...
[18:12] Mia (Young)
    If these conspirators are executed...
[18:15] Mia (Young)
    That's another potential condition.
[18:17] Mia (Young)
    Whatever the case, if these men
    get killed in the same way I was
[18:22] Mia (Young)
    and gain an opportunity to redo things,
[18:24] Mia (Young)
    then all the effort I've poured into
    successfully changing history...
[18:27] Mia (Young)
    it could all be overturned and reversed!
[18:31] Guillotine
    What?!
[18:32] Mia (Young)
    I absolutely refuse to be
    sent back to the guillotine!
[18:38] Narrator
    That was a thought that has repeatedly
    seized Mia since she reincarnated.
[18:43] Narrator
    However, Mia realized there was something
    she felt even stronger than that.
[18:49] Mia (Young)
    And that's not all.
[18:51] Mia (Young)
    I rather fancy this time, the present one.
[18:56] Mia (Young)
    I mean...
[18:57] Mia (Young)
    my former enemy Sion...
[19:00] Mia (Young)
    his retainer Keithwood...
[19:03] Mia (Young)
    Lady Tiona...
[19:06] Mia (Young)
    Mr. Dion who beheaded me...
[19:10] Mia (Young)
    Abel, who was essentially a stranger to me...
[19:13] Mia (Young)
    Those who helped me get here... Chloe...
[19:17] Mia (Young)
    Princess Rafina...
[19:19] Mia (Young)
    And of course Anne and Ludwig...
[19:25] Mia (Young)
    Until recently, I was all alone.
[19:28] Mia (Young)
    But now, in this time,
    my world is so very warm.
[19:33] Mia (Young)
    If I can, I'd like to have
    them at my side forever.
[19:37] Mia (Young)
    D-Don't you dare misunderstand
    me, Sion! Lady Tiona!
[19:41] Mia (Young)
    This doesn't mean I like you. Got that?
[19:47] Mia (Young)
    Abel, I know that would cause
    problems for you, but...
[19:52] Abel
    Say no more.
[19:54] Abel
    I'll find a way to persuade my father.
[19:57] Sion
    Still, assuming we save them from execution,
    what do you intend to do with them?
[20:02] Jem
    Oh, come on. You're seriously
    going to let us live?
[20:06] Jem
    What a softie.
[20:09] Mia (Young)
    This guy kinda pisses me off.
[20:13] Mia (Young)
    I've got it! Let's put Princess
    Rafina in charge of them
[20:17] Mia (Young)
    and have her lecture them every day
     for three years! How about that?
[20:22] Rafina
    I do hope you've prepared yourselves.
[20:25] Abel
    That sounds good to me.
[20:28] Dion
    That's cute...
[20:30] Jem
    Y-You've got to be kidding!
[20:31] Jem
    This isn't a game!
[20:34] Mia (Young)
    Oh? What happened to your
     "Bring on the torture" attitude?
[20:39] Narrator
    Little did anyone know that Mia's
    decision here would be the first blow
[20:46] Narrator
    in exposing a darkness lurking
    in the shadows of history.
[20:49] Narrator
    But that's another story.
[20:51] Narrator
    Thus were the disturbances in
    the Kingdom of Remno resolved.
[20:56] Narrator
    Out of esteem for Mia's wishes,
    Tiona and Ludwig ventured to the capital
[21:02] Narrator
    and interceded so that Lambert,
    Lynsha, and the main rebels
[21:05] Narrator
    would be treated with warmth
    rather than wariness.
[21:09] Narrator
    Having safely quelled the turmoil,
[21:11] Narrator
    Mia and the others made their
    return trip to the academy.
[21:16] Mia (Young)
    My! My, oh, my!
[21:19] Mia (Young)
    What a lovely sight!
[21:22] Tiona
    Ms. Anne, you prepared all this?
[21:24] Anne
    Yes. I did my utmost to prepare
     these for our picnic today!
[21:30] Tiona
    Of course.
[21:33] Liora
    I made... this!
[21:35] Keithwood
    I feel like I've seen this before...
[21:38] Chloe
    This time it was cooked in
    an oven rather than outside.
[21:42] Liora
    And I salted it, just right!
[21:44] Mia (Young)
    You really get it, Ms. Liora.
[21:47] Mia (Young)
    Sweet and salty form an
    endless cycle of happiness.
[21:51] Rafina
    I brought a variety of teas.
[21:57] Mia (Young)
    What a lovely fragrance.
[21:59] Sion
    That reminds me.
[21:59] Sion
    Princess Rafina, I am sorry for all the trouble
    we brought your way the other day.
[22:04] Rafina
    Oh, you mean them?
[22:07] Rafina
    Just as Princess Mia proposed,
    I'm lecturing them every day.
[22:15] Mia (Young)
    Oh, my! This is incredibly delicious!
[22:18] Mia (Young)
    Abel, you should try it!
[22:22] Abel
    You got some on your face.
[22:30] Abel
    Is something the matter?
[22:34] Mia (Young)
    I was just thinking what a happy thing it is
[22:37] Mia (Young)
    that we get to have a
    picnic together like this.
[22:41] Abel
    You're right.
[22:54] Narrator
    The future is not yet set in stone.
[22:57] Narrator
    Who can say just how
    Mia's life will turn out?
[23:02] Mia (Young)
    Still, I want to experience
    even more happiness!
[23:06] Narrator
    The one thing that remains certain
    is that Mia will never compromise.
[23:12] Narrator
    Not on her happiness,
[23:13] Narrator
    nor on the happiness of those dear to her.
[23:19] Narrator
    This is the story of a slightly
    selfish princess's second chance.
[23:24] Narrator
    How will the seeds of hope
    she's planted color the future?
[23:29] Narrator
    No one yet knows.
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