E3 - Princess Mia Sows Seeds

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SIGN    Holy Principality of Belluga
SIGN    Tearmoon Empire
[00:01] Narrator
    The Holy Principality of Belluga is
    headquarters of the Central Orthodox Church,
[00:06] Narrator
    the leader of a faith long practiced
    by the people of the continent,
[00:09] Narrator
    and a hyper-elite school for young royals
    and nobility: the Saint Noel Academy.
SIGN    Episode 3: Princess Mia Sows Seeds
[01:58] Anne
    Look, Princess Mia!
[02:00] Anne
    I can't believe they have such
    wonderful shops right by the academy!
[02:05] Aristocrat Girl A
    Quite right.
[02:13] Mia (Young)
    This is what I've been preparing for.
[02:15] Mia (Young)
    There are two rules I must
    follow at the academy.
[02:19] Mia (Young)
    First, stay away from high-risk individuals that may lead to the guillotine.
[02:24] Mia (Young)
    Yes, far away from those two...
[02:27] Narrator
    Sion Sol Sunkland,
[02:29] Narrator
    First Prince of the Kingdom of Sunkland,
[02:31] Narrator
    a major power on par with
    the Tearmoon Empire.
[02:34] Narrator
    With his dashing looks,
    strong sense of justice,
[02:37] Narrator
    academic excellence, and martial prowess,
[02:41] Narrator
    he was perfect. The object of all the
    girls' adoration. Mia included, of course.
[02:55] Mia (Young)
    There, now come speak to me, Prince Sion.
[02:58] Mia (Young)
    I, Imperial Princess of the Tearmoon Empire,
    am the only appropriate match for you.
[03:06] (Flashback) Sion
    Tiona!
[03:10] Mia (Young)
    Her?! How dare she!
[03:13] Narrator**
    Tiona Rudolvon, daughter
    of a lower noble family
[03:16] Narrator
    holding territory in the southern
    outskirts of the Tearmoon Empire.
[03:20] Mia (Young)
    Who does she think she is to disregard me?!
[03:26] Narrator
    Mia bullied her.
[03:28] Narrator
    That harassment became
    a driving force for Tiona
[03:32] Narrator
    to become a voice for the populace's
    anger and a leader of the revolution,
[03:35] Narrator
    and Sion served as her ally.
[03:38] Narrator
    The outcome for Mia was...
[03:40] Guillotine
    Hey!
[03:42] Mia (Young)
    What foolish choices I made.
[03:46] Mia (Young)
    I reaped what I sowed.
[03:48] Mia (Young)
    The actions you take all come back to you.
[03:52] Mia (Young)
    But that was in the previous timeline.
[03:55] Mia (Young)
    This time, I shall have absolutely
    nothing to do with them!
[03:58] Anne
    Princess Mia, look there...
[04:01] People in the background
    Oh, my. What's going on?
[04:02] People in the background
    What's happening there?
[04:04] Aristocrat Girl A
    What's with that look?
[04:05] Mia (Young)
    Ugh, Tiona!
[04:09] Anne
    What shall we do, Princess Mia?
[04:11] Mia (Young)
    Huh?
[04:12] Anne
    Princess Mia would never
    abandon a person in need!
[04:15] Anne
    How will you help them, Princess Mia?!
[04:18] Mia (Young)
    Uh, I...
[04:21] Narrator
    Mia was caught between
    a rock and a hard place.
[04:24] Narrator
    Should she help her bitter enemy or
    lose the trust of her most loyal retainer?
[04:30] Aristocrat Girl A
    A servant's affront is the
    master's responsibility.
[04:32] Aristocrat Girl B
    Exactly so.
[04:35] Sion
    So it's the same here, too. The rot in
    the nobility continues unabated.
[04:40] Keithwood
    What's your move? Help them?
    Though It may be a pain.
[04:45] Sion
    Of course.
[04:46] Aristocrat Girl C
    Now, apologize this instant!
[04:50] Aristocrat Girl A
    Yes, I'm waiting.
[04:52] Mia (Young)
    Hold it!
[04:53] Mia (Young)
    You three.
[04:55] Mia (Young)
    What is the meaning of this?
[04:59] Aristocrat Girl A
    Excuse me? Who are you to interject?
[05:02] Tiona
    Y-Your Highness Princess Mia?
[05:04] Aristocrat Girl A
    P-Princess Mia? You don't mean...
[05:08] Mia (Young)
    First Imperial Princess of the
    Tearmoon Empire, Mia Luna Tearmoon.
[05:13] Mia (Young)
    Pleased to make your acquaintance.
[05:17] Mia (Young)
    Now, then...
[05:19] Mia (Young)
    You three.
[05:20] Mia (Young)
    Tell me. What is the meaning of this?
[05:23] Mia (Young)
    To make me throw a lifeline to my enemy...
    There's no sentence heavy enough.
[05:29] Mia (Young)
    It appeared that you were being rude
    to one of my imperial subjects.
[05:33] Aristocrat Girl A
    N-No, it was just that Her Ladyship is an
    outland noble, ignorant of high society—
[05:38] Mia (Young)
    Did you not hear me?
[05:40] Mia (Young)
    My favor extends universally
    to all of my subjects.
[05:45] Mia (Young)
    Including those who are
    poor and of lower station.
[05:49] Mia (Young)
    If I see any imperial subject being 
    treated poorly, I shan't overlook it!
[06:00] Mia (Young)
    There. I helped you out, so you
    can't complain about what I said.
[06:04] Narrator
    To translate: "I'm not saying
    you're special, Tiona."
[06:08] Narrator
    "I'm putting you at the bottom
    of the hierarchy. Take that!"
[06:11] Narrator
    That is Mia's take on the situation, but...
[06:14] Tiona
    I and everyone in House Rudolvon
[06:18] Tiona
    were always treated as outsiders
    rather than subjects.
[06:21] Tiona
    To prove our worth, I pushed myself
    endlessly and enrolled at Saint Noel Academy.
[06:28] Tiona
    And yet I've endured torment
    from the very first day.
[06:35] Mia (Young)
    Sh-She's crying?! D-Did I go too far?
[06:38] Mia (Young)
    Oh, um, erm, t-take this to dry your tears!
[06:43] Anne
    Princess Mia!
[06:45] Tiona
    But she didn't...
[06:47] Tiona
    She recognized me as an imperial subject.
[06:51] Tiona
    She said even someone powerless and
    unimportant has her favor and protection.
[06:59] Liora
    Lady Tiona, don't cry. Are you still sad?
[07:04] Tiona
    Far from it. These are not tears of sadness.
[07:08] Tiona
    These are tears of joy at
    this miraculous encounter.
[07:16] Sion
    So that was Princess Mia, the one
    celebrated as the "Wisdom of the Empire."
[07:19] Keithwood
    I've heard she arranged for the
    construction of a hospital in the slums.
[07:25] Sion
    Yes.
[07:26] Sion
    I had assumed she was either a sheltered
    girl who didn't get the value of things
[07:29] Sion
    or a bleeding heart who had
    compassion and nothing else.
[07:35] Sion
    But to inject oneself into
    a quarrel and rebuff evil
[07:39] Sion
    is not something a mere
    bleeding heart could do.
[07:42] Sion
    The qualities befitting one of imperial
    lineage unmistakably reside within her.
[07:51] Narrator
    Thus it was that Mia firmly involved herself
    with the two people she swore not to.
[08:02] Male Student A
    I just spotted the imperial
    princess of the Tearmoon Empire.
[08:06] Male Student B
    The one people are calling
    the "Wisdom of the Empire"?
[08:08] Male Student A
    Yes! Princess Mia! And she
    looked every bit a lovely princess.
[08:28] Mia (Young)
    Ah, it's as if the day's weariness
    is being rinsed off as well.
[08:33] Mia (Young)
    I wish I could rinse that
    incident earlier away, too.
[08:39] Mia (Young)
    I must say, the baths
    here are truly wonderful.
[08:44] Anne
    You really love baths,
    don't you, Princess Mia?
[08:47] Mia (Young)
    Yes, I adore them.
[08:49] Mia (Young)
    After all, I used to have to make do with
    just a pail of cold water each week.
[08:59] Anne
    Her skin is positively pearly, and her
    hair is silky smooth and beautiful...
[09:05] Anne
    The effects of her daily
    care are shining through.
[09:07] Anne
    It's like she's a goddess of the moon.
[09:11] Anne
    There. All finished, Princess Mia.
[09:14] Mia (Young)
    You always do such a good job, Anne.
[09:16] Mia (Young)
    I know! From time to time, 
    I shall scrub your back for you!
[09:22] Anne
    What? I-I-I could never ask you to do that!
[09:25] Mia (Young)
    Come. Just sit down and relax.
    I know you must be tired, too.
[09:30] Mia (Young)
    I shall scrub you until
    you're all soft and smooth.
[09:36] Anne
    U-Um, Princess Mia. Thank you.
[09:40] Mia (Young)
    Anne...
[09:42] Mia (Young)
    That's what I should be saying to you.
[09:45] Mia (Young)
    You visited me and were there
    for me right up to my death.
[09:50] Mia (Young)
    Little by little, I shall repay
    that debt this time around.
[09:55] Mia (Young)
    There. All finished.
[09:57] Mia (Young)
    Now we're ready to soak.
[09:59] Rafina
    I see you two are quite close.
[10:05] Mia (Young)
    Y-You're...
[10:07] Narrator
    Rafina Orca Belluga, eldest daughter
    of Orleans, Duke of Belluga,
[10:11] Narrator
    ruler of the Holy Principality of Belluga,
    where Saint Noel Academy is located.
[10:16] Narrator
    Rafina was serving as
    student council president.
[10:19] Narrator
    In the previous timeline, Mia was drawn
    to Rafina's authority and approached her.
[10:27] (Flashback) Mia (Young)
    Princess Rafina, I hope you have been well.
[10:33] (Flashback) Rafina
    Pardon me, but are we acquainted?
[10:40] Narrator
    Though she made a variety of efforts,
[10:43] Narrator
    she failed to form a friendship with Rafina,
[10:46] Narrator
    In fact, she began to be regarded with the
    sort of look reserved for something worthless.
[10:53] Mia (Young)
    To see her here of all places...
[10:56] Mia (Young)
    A pleasure to make your
    acquaintance, Princess Rafina.
[10:59] Mia (Young)
    I am...
[11:01] Rafina
    Imperial Princess Mia Luna Tearmoon.
[11:04] Rafina
    I am delighted to meet you.
[11:06] Rafina
    Your reputation precedes you.
[11:09] Mia (Young)
    H-How come she knows my name?
[11:13] Narrator
    It's actually not a pleasure.
[11:17] Rafina
    If you just stand there, you'll catch cold.
[11:21] Rafina
    Let us enjoy the bath together.
[11:23] Mia (Young)
    I-I shall do just that.
[11:26] Mia (Young)
    A-Anne...
[11:28] Mia (Young)
    We very well can't share the same
    bath in front of Princess Rafina.
[11:32] Mia (Young)
    But if I send Anne away...
[11:35] Mia (Young)
    I'll be alone with Rafina.
[11:37] Mia (Young)
    Th-There's no way! I can't!
[11:39] Mia (Young)
    I can't face such a frightful situation!
[11:43] Rafina
    Please join us as well, Miss Maid.
[11:47] Rafina
    In this space, we are stripped of the
    trappings of royalty, nobility, or subject.
[11:52] Rafina
    We are simply three people.
[11:55] Rafina
    You feel the same way,
    don't you, Princess Mia?
[11:58] Mia (Young)
    Indeed. Quite so!
[12:02] Mia (Young)
    Anne! You heard Princess Rafina.
[12:05] Mia (Young)
    Come right here next to me!
[12:07] Anne
    B-But...
[12:08] Mia (Young)
    Don't be shy!
[12:10] Anne
    O-O-Okay.
[12:17] Mia (Young)
    You can't warm up as nicely over there.
[12:19] Mia (Young)
    Come over here, near me.
[12:21] Anne
    D-Don't worry. I'm fine over here!
[12:23] Mia (Young)
    Don't be shy! Come on!
[12:26] Anne
    Princess Mia!
[12:27] Mia (Young)
    Come with me!
[12:29] Rafina
    You two really are quite close, aren't you?
[12:32] Mia (Young)
    Of course. Anne is my confidante.
[12:37] Anne
    Confidante?
[12:38] Mia (Young)
    Which is why, if things go south,
    it'll be two against one.
SIGN    Confidante
SIGN    Mia
SIGN    Rafina
SIGN    2 vs. 1
[12:43] Mia (Young)
    No matter how much sway you may hold,
    my confidante won't betray me.
[12:50] Mia (Young)
    Whatever is the matter, Anne?
[12:52] Anne
    I b-beg your pardon.
[12:55] Rafina
    I see.
[12:56] Rafina
    It would appear you live up to your
    name as the "Wisdom of the Empire."
[13:02] Rafina
    By the way, Princess Mia...
[13:04] Rafina
    Would you be aware of the
     welcoming party two days from now?
[13:08] Mia (Young)
    A welcoming party? Hm...
[13:11] Rafina
    A ball to welcome the incoming students.
[13:15] Rafina
    Perhaps you haven't heard.
[13:17] Rafina
    I was convinced you must have
    already been invited to dance.
[13:22] Mia (Young)
    A dance... A dance...
[13:25] Mia (Young)
    A dance—
[13:27] Mia (Young)
    That's right!
[13:28] Mia (Young)
    I had completely erased that
    infuriating incident from my memory!
[13:33] Narrator
    As alluded to earlier,
[13:35] Narrator
    in the previous timeline, Mia was convinced
    that Prince Sion would go out with her.
[13:42] Narrator
    Naturally, she fully believed a
    dance invitation was coming her way.
[13:48] Mia (Young)
    Here, Prince Sion. I await
    your invitation to dance!
[13:55] (Flashback) Sion
    Tiona!
[13:57] (Flashback) Sion
    Might I have the honor of a dance with you?
[14:01] Narrator
    Thus, Mia wound up in the nightmare
    of attending the party solo.
[14:07] Mia (Young)
    I-I-I refuse to go through
    something like that again!
[14:11] Mia (Young)
    Perhaps I should just not attend...
[14:14] Mia (Young)
    No, toss that timid attitude away!
[14:17] Mia (Young)
    Princess Rafina, we shall
    be excusing ourselves now.
[14:23] Rafina
    Of course. I look forward
    to seeing you dance.
[14:28] Mia (Young)
    The second rule I need
    to follow at the academy:
[14:32] Mia (Young)
    Develop as many beneficial
    connections as possible
[14:34] Mia (Young)
    in case the revolution still occurs.
[14:38] Mia (Young)
    And this ball is indeed the perfect
    opportunity to build connections!
[14:44] Mia (Young)
    To avoid the guillotine this time,
    I'll take different actions!
[14:49] Anne
    Princess Mia, what has come over you?
[14:54] Mia (Young)
    We're holding a strategy meeting!
[14:56] Anne
    Huh? For what?
[14:58] Mia (Young)
    I wish to arrange the ideal
    way to meet a gentleman.
[15:04] Mia (Young)
    For that purpose, I shall need you to
    mobilize all your knowledge of romance, Anne!
[15:13] Mini-Anne A
    The faint love the princess held for Ludwig
[15:17] Mini-Anne A
    has been put away as a hidden
    feeling stored in her heart.
[15:23] Mini-Anne B
    Then does she have a new love?
[15:25] Mini-Anne C
    She must! It must have
    blossomed here on campus!
[15:28] Mini-Annes
    How wonderful!
[15:29] Mini-Annes
    Oh, my!
[15:30] Mini-Annes
    I'm so happy!
[15:32] Anne
    Understood, Princess Mia.
[15:34] Anne
    I, Anne, humbly pledge to squeeze out
    every ounce of knowledge I have for you.
[15:39] Anne
    Let's devise the perfect romance strategy!
[15:49] Mia (Young)
    According to Anne's investigations,
    it should be any moment now.
[15:56] Mia (Young)
    There he is! Prince Abel!
[15:59] Narrator
    Abel Remno. A classmate of Mia's and
    second prince of the Kingdom of Remno,
[16:04] Narrator
    a nation with particularly
    developed military strength.
[16:09] Narrator
    Mia had set her sights on him since
    before arriving at the academy.
[16:13] Mia (Young)
    The easiest people to marry into the
    empire are second princes or lower.
[16:18] Mia (Young)
    People unlikely to succeed to a throne.
SIGN    Kingdom of Sunkland
SIGN    Holy Principality of Belluga
SIGN    Tearmoon Empire
SIGN    Kingdom of Remno
[16:20] Mia (Young)
    Plus, Remno is on opposite side of Sunkland.
[16:25] Mia (Young)
    If I develop a romantic
    relationship with Prince Abel,
[16:29] Mia (Young)
    then, should Sunkland attack, I can request
    reinforcements and execute pincer attacks!
[16:36] Narrator
    Mia was stable in her Mia-first philosophy.
[16:40] Mia (Young)
    Prepare yourself, Prince Abel!
[16:43] Mia (Young)
    I'm about to hit you with
    the perfect meet cute!
[16:47] (Flashback) Anne
    There is only one strategy we need to employ.
[16:52] Mia (Young)
    Now!
[16:55] (Flashback) Anne
    The handkerchief drop operation!
[17:00] Mia (Young)
    I did it, Anne!
[17:03] (Flashback) Anne
    Once the gentleman you wish to
    approach picks up your handkerchief,
[17:07] (Flashback) Anne
    you thank him and then casually
    ask his plans for the dance.
[17:11] (Flashback) Anne
    Then, if it appears he has yet to
    make arrangements with anyone...
[17:14] (Flashback) Anne
    all it should take is one Mia smile,
    and then most likely—no, definitely...
[17:19] (Flashback) Silhouette Prince
    Princess, would you dance with me?
[17:22] (Flashback) Anne
    It'll go just like this!
[17:24] Mia (Young)
    What a fantastic, detailed plan, Anne!
[17:28] Mia (Young)
    Just like a tactician with command
    over the entire imperial military.
[17:32] Mia (Young)
    Now I just wait for him to address me!
[17:41] Mia (Young)
    Wh-Wh-Why hasn't he
    picked up my handkerchief?!
[17:45] Mia (Young)
    Where did Prince Abel go?
[17:49] Abel
    Is something troubling you, My Lady?
[17:51] Mia (Young)
    H-How could I forget
[17:53] Mia (Young)
    that he was a tremendous flirt?!
[17:57] Narrator
    If he spots a handkerchief
    and a girl at the same time,
[18:00] Narrator
    he'll go straight for the girl.
[18:02] Narrator
    A pretty face, but shallow and
    frivolous. That is Abel Remno.
[18:11] Sion
    Did someone lose this?
[18:14] Mia (Young)
    P-P-Prince Sion?!
[18:17] Mia (Young)
    Why is it him of all
    people who picked it up?!
[18:20] Sion
    Excuse me! Did anyone
    here lose a handkerchief?
[18:23] Mia (Young)
    Not good. Not good.
[18:24] Mia (Young)
    I absolutely cannot have him
    learn that it's my handkerchief!
[18:27] Tiona
    Oh, that belongs to Princess Mia.
[18:29] Mia (Young)
    Tiona!
[18:31] Tiona
    I borrowed one just like it from
    her yesterday, so I'm certain.
[18:36] Mia (Young)
    This is s-s-so bad!
[18:38] Mia (Young)
    It's the pair I absolutely
    can't interact with!
[18:41] Mia (Young)
    Absolutely not!
[18:43] Tiona
    Oh, there's Princess Mia.
[18:47] Tiona
    Princess Mia, you dropped this.
[18:50] Mia (Young)
    Oh, goodness me. I must have
    accidentally dropped it.
[18:55] Mia (Young)
    Thank you so very much for telling me.
[18:59] Sion
    It is a pleasure to meet you.
[19:01] Sion
    I'm Sion Sol Sunkland,
     Prince of the Kingdom of Sunkland.
[19:05] Sion
    I have heard much about you,
    Your Imperial Highness Princess Mia.
[19:09] Mia (Young)
    How very courteous.
[19:11] Mia (Young)
    Mia Luna Tearmoon.
[19:14] Mia (Young)
    Now then, if you'll excuse me...
[19:16] Sion
    This is actually perfect timing.
[19:18] Sion
    Pardon me, Your Highness, but might I ask if
    you have a partner for the dance tomorrow?
[19:23] Sion
    If not, I would gladly offer
    myself as a candidate.
[19:26] Mia (Young)
    How... Why is this happening?!
[19:30] Mia (Young)
    If I become his dance partner,
[19:33] Mia (Young)
    then I'll be the most involved
    with him I could possibly be!
[19:37] Mia (Young)
    Then if I make a mistake later...
[19:41] Mia (Young)
    No, thank you!
[19:44] Mia (Young)
    But if I decline his offer,
    then I may hurt his feelings,
[19:50] Mia (Young)
    and I'll be "that princess
    who turned Shion down."
[19:54] Mia (Young)
    No one will be brave and
    commendable enough to ask me then.
[19:59] Mia (Young)
    What do I do?!
[20:01] Gain
    Abel. Come with me.
[20:07] Sion
    That's...
[20:07] Mia (Young)
    I spy...
[20:09] Mia (Young)
    Please excuse me for a moment.
[20:12] Mia (Young)
    ...a chance to escape!
[20:17] Abel
    Brother...
[20:20] Gain
    Abel, what the hell are you doing?
[20:24] Abel
    I was just finding a dance partner—
[20:29] Mia (Young)
    What a barbaric individual.
[20:31] Gain
    As a member of the proud
    royal house of Remno,
[20:34] Gain
    you should concentrate
    on your swordsmanship.
[20:37] Gain
    Then women will approach you instead.
[20:41] Gain
    Though I suppose a loser like you still
    wouldn't draw in a decent woman.
[20:48] Mia (Young)
    What is going on over here?
[20:51] Gain
    Who're you?
[20:53] Gain
    No need to worry.
     This is just a brotherly quarrel, little missy.
[20:58] Gain
    So be a good girl and go away. Get me?
[21:03] Gain
    Oh, did I scare you? My bad. My bad.
[21:09] Mia (Young)
    How childish!
[21:10] Mia (Young)
    I've had the bloodthirst of a
    revolutionary army directed at me.
[21:15] Mia (Young)
    This level of conflict is
    like dealing with a kitten.
[21:18] Mia (Young)
    I'm not dealing with anything
    more than a sheltered prince.
[21:21] Gain
    Wh-What's so funny, huh?
[21:24] Mia (Young)
    Pardon me.
[21:25] Mia (Young)
    But I simply cannot have you punching
    my dance partner in the face.
[21:35] Mia (Young)
    If you hadn't forgotten you
    had already asked me to dance
[21:38] Mia (Young)
    and tried to chat up another girl,
     this would not have happened, Prince Abel.
[21:48] Mia (Young)
    A pleasure to make your acquaintance,
    First Prince of Remno.
[21:53] Mia (Young)
    I am Mia Luna Tearmoon,
    Imperial Princess of the Tearmoon Empire.
[21:59] Mia (Young)
    I was drawn to your brother,
    so I must not be a decent woman.
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