E9 - Princess Mia's (Love-Focused) Choice

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[00:01] Mia (Young)
    Ah, it's good to finally be
    back at Saint Noel Academy!
[00:05] Mia (Young)
    I'd never dreamed a day would come when
    I'd feel happy to come back to this academy.
[00:12] Chloe
    Princess Mia, it's so good to see you!
[00:14] Mia (Young)
    Chloe! I hope you've been well?
[00:17] Chloe
    Yes! And my father sends his regards.
[00:21] Chloe
    After his meeting with you, he went on and on
    about how you truly are the Wisdom of the empire.
[00:26] Mia (Young)
    My goodness. I'm afraid he's
    giving me too much credit.
[00:30] Narrator
    Too much credit indeed.
[00:32] Rafina
    Mia, Chloe, how lovely to see you.
[00:35] Mia (Young)
    Princess Rafina!
[00:37] Mia (Young)
    So lovely to see you.
[00:38] Chloe
    L-Lovely to see you.
[00:41] Rafina
    I was not aware the two of you were friends.
[00:45] Mia (Young)
    Chloe and I often discuss books
    we've read with each other.
[00:49] Mia (Young)
    Don't we?
[00:49] Chloe
    Huh? Uh, yes!
[00:52] Rafina
    Wonderful. I was just about to have tea.
[00:55] Rafina
    Would you care to join me?
[00:57] Mia (Young)
    That would be lovely!
[00:59] Chloe
    Y-You're saying I can join you as well?
[01:02] Rafina
    Of course. Right, Mia?
[01:05] Mia (Young)
    Of course. Chloe and I are good friends.
[01:09] Chloe
    "Good friends"!
[01:11] Mia (Young)
    Now, let's be on our way.
[01:16] Rafina
    This reminds me, I heard
    something interesting, Mia.
[01:19] Rafina
    I heard you're creating a school.
[01:22] Chloe
    Is that true?
[01:24] Rafina
    To open the school's doors to
    commoners as well—a bold decision.
[01:29] Mia (Young)
    Oh?! Yes, that is the plan.
[01:33] Mia (Young)
    I only chose to make commoners able to attend
[01:36] Mia (Young)
    because I didn't want to put Tiona's
    brother in a school with only aristocrats.
[01:40] Mia (Young)
    I-Is that really so shocking?
    It doesn't strike me as all that strange.
[01:45] Mia (Young)
    Talent has nothing to do
    with lineage, after all...
[01:49] Mia (Young)
    Right?
[01:53] Rafina
    Truly, it's exactly as you say!
[01:55] Rafina
    This is why I feel lucky and proud
    to count you as a friend, Mia!
[01:59] Narrator
    The excuse Mia came up with in
    desperation pierced Rafina's heart!
[02:06] Mia (Young)
    Wh-Why, you flatter me, Princess Rafina!
[02:09] Narrator
    And so Mia ran with it!
[02:11] Mia (Young)
    I've avoided my fate at the guillotine,
[02:14] Mia (Young)
    and now the tide has turned
    thoroughly in my favor.
[02:16] Mia (Young)
    Truly, a huge wave has come my way!
[02:22] Anne
    Pardon my intrusion!
[02:24] Anne
    P-Princess Mia.
[02:26] Mia (Young)
    Anne?
[02:28] Mia (Young)
    Is something the matter? You seem frantic.
[02:32] Anne
    There's been...
[02:35] Anne
    There's been a revolution!
[02:38] Chloe
    What?
[02:40] Mia (Young)
    A-A revolution?
[02:46] Mia (Young)
    H-How could that be?
[02:50] Mia (Young)
    I went to such great effort.
    What was it all for?
[02:53] Anne
    S-Stay calm! The revolution didn't
    occur in the Tearmoon Empire!
[02:59] Mia (Young)
    What?
[03:01] Anne
    It happened in the Kingdom of Remno!
[03:07] Mia (Young)
    The Kingdom of... Remno?
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[04:40] Mia (Young)
    A revolution? In Remno?
[04:44] Sion
    Excuse our intrusion, Princess Rafina.
[04:47] Sion
    We heard that Princess Mia was here.
[04:51] Mia (Young)
    Prince Sion...
[04:55] Rafina
    All of you, please, take a seat.
[04:57] Rafina
    I'll prepare some tea.
[05:01] Rafina
    Now, please, continue.
[05:05] Rafina
    You say there was a revolution in Remno?
[05:08] Keithwood
    More precisely, it's progressed to a
    popular uprising and calls for revolution.
[05:13] Mia (Young)
    So then there still hasn't
    been a revolution yet, right?
[05:17] Sion
    According to Sunkland's intelligence
    agency, the Wind Ravens...
[05:25] Keithwood
    "Signs of an insurrection that may lead
    to overthrow of the throne in Remno."
[05:30] Keithwood
    "Military intervention by
    Sunkland will be needed"
[05:33] Keithwood
    "to protect the populace
    from expected oppression."
[05:38] Sion
    After receiving this report,
    I felt I ought to inform Princess Mia.
[05:43] Keithwood
    The only information we have is that
    there are signs of an insurrection,
[05:47] Keithwood
    but it's a fact that the political
    situation there is precarious.
[05:50] Mia (Young)
    The situation is precarious?
[05:53] Rafina
    Could you elaborate?
[05:55] Sion
    The Kingdom of Remno already has
    heavy taxes placed on its subjects
[05:59] Sion
    to maintain its powerful military.
[06:01] Sion
    But they've supposedly proposed
    a further tax increase.
[06:05] Rafina
    There would naturally be
    some voices in opposition.
[06:10] Sion
    So, as to represent the
    discontent of the populace,
[06:12] Sion
    Chancellor of the Kingdom of Remno
    Count Dasayev Donovan spoke against it first.
[06:18] Rafina
    I am also familiar with Chancellor Dasayev.
[06:22] Rafina
    I understood him to be a
    wise and temperate man.
[06:25] Keithwood
    Yes. It appears he was in fact acting to mediate
     between the populace and the royal family.
[06:30] Keithwood
    But...
[06:31] Rafina
    But something happened in the
    Kingdom of Remno. That's the takeaway.
[06:36] Keithwood
    I suspect so.
[06:38] Mia (Young)
    What's going on?
[06:40] Mia (Young)
    Just when I'd escaped the guillotine
    and everything had worked out...
[06:42] Guillotine
    I'm comin' for ya!
[06:46] Mia (Young)
    I don't have any memory of a revolution
    happening in Remno in the prior timeline.
[06:51] Mia (Young)
    And if there had been a revolution
    or uprising in some other country,
[06:54] Mia (Young)
    I would remember it.
[06:56] Mia (Young)
    Of all the places it could've been,
[06:59] Mia (Young)
    why did it have to be the Kingdom of Remno?
[07:01] Mia (Young)
    W-Well, regardless, the best thing
    is to stay away from any jeopardy.
[07:11] Mia (Young)
    Prince Abel...
[07:14] Anne
    Princess Mia, do you want to go there?
[07:16] Mia (Young)
    Huh?
[07:17] Anne
    You look like you're on the verge of tears.
[07:24] Mia (Young)
    Don't be silly.
[07:27] Mia (Young)
    All this time, I've been doing everything
    I can to avoid the guillotine.
[07:33] Mia (Young)
    To now choose to enter a maelstrom
    of an impending revolution...
[07:36] Mia (Young)
    That would be...
[07:43] Mia (Young)
    And yet...
[07:46] Mia (Young)
    I do wish to go...
[07:48] Mia (Young)
    I want to see Prince Abel!
[07:56] Mia (Young)
    Please, would you aid me in my desire?
[08:00] Keithwood
    I'm afraid that is easier said than done.
[08:04] Sion
    Yes. We'll need to come up
    with some sort of plan.
[08:08] Tiona
    Do you mean to say our only
    option is to operate in secret?
[08:11] Rafina
    There must be a way.
[08:13] Rafina
    Let's stay calm and figure this out.
[08:16] Rafina
    Right, Mia?
[08:18] Mia (Young)
    Thank you...
[08:20] Chloe
    U-Um...
[08:22] Chloe
    My parents' trading group is
    sending a caravan to Remno soon.
[08:27] Chloe
    What if you used that as a cover?
[08:30] Mia (Young)
    Chloe...
[08:32] Chloe
    Princess Mia, I'm sure this will work out.
[08:35] Keithwood
    Merchants would certainly be unlikely
    to draw the ire of the populace.
[08:40] Sion
    Then it's settled.
[08:42] Sion
    In that case, I'll go as well.
[08:44] Keithwood
    Your Highness, I appreciate your intentions.
[08:47] Keithwood
    But consider your position!
[08:50] Sion
    I have considered it.
[08:52] Sion
    The princess of a major power is
    planning to head into a dangerous area
[08:55] Sion
    out of concern for a schoolmate's safety.
[08:58] Mia (Young)
    Prince Sion...
[09:00] Tiona
    Princess Mia, I shall accompany you as well.
[09:03] Tiona
    I have a some skill with a sword.
[09:06] Tiona
    I'll do whatever I can to protect you!
[09:09] Mia (Young)
    Tiona...
[09:12] Chloe
    I can explain how the caravan
    works, so come to my room.
[09:21] Mia (Young)
    Anne.
[09:22] Anne
    Yes?
[09:23] Mia (Young)
    Since you can't ride a horse,
    I'm afraid I can't take you along.
[09:28] Anne
    What?! But Princess Mia...
[09:31] Mia (Young)
    Don't worry. I promise I'll come back.
[09:35] Mia (Young)
    So what I need from you
[09:38] Mia (Young)
    is for you to stay and focus on your job.
[09:41] Mia (Young)
    Do you understand?
[09:50] Anne
    Princess Mia...
[09:52] Rafina
    Hold your head up, Anne.
[09:55] Rafina
    You don't have time to be down
    on yourself. Isn't that so?
[10:00] Anne
    But I... I'm ashamed of myself.
[10:04] Anne
    Princess Mia showed such
    concern for my safety,
[10:09] Anne
    and yet I can't help her.
    I'll only be a burden.
[10:14] Rafina
    Anne, do you remember?
[10:16] Rafina
    Mia called you her confidante.
[10:21] (Flashback) Mia (Young)
    Anne is my confidante.
[10:25] Anne
    Her confidante...
[10:26] Rafina
    Mia told you to focus on your job.
[10:31] Rafina
    As her confidante, aren't there
    tasks that only you can perform?
[10:36] Anne
    Things only I can do?
[10:41] Anne
    E-Excuse me!
[10:54] Tiona
    It's been three days since
    we left the academy.
[10:56] Tiona
    Princess Mia must be
    worried sick about Prince Abel.
[11:01] Keithwood
    The place we're headed is
    dangerous enough as it is.
[11:04] Keithwood
    I'm sure even someone like
    Princess Mia can't help but be nervous.
[11:09] Mia (Young)
    I feel sick!
[11:11] Mia (Young)
    I didn't think a merchant's
    carriage would shake this much...
[11:17] Sion
    We'll be crossing the border soon.
[11:19] Tiona
    It looks like this is going to work out.
[11:22] Keithwood
    Between Chloe's plan and our
    intelligence agency's route,
[11:26] Keithwood
    it would appear the pieces
    have come together.
[11:30] Driver
    What's that?
[11:33] Driver
    A bandit!
[11:34] Driver
    It's a bandit attack!
[11:37] Mia (Young)
    A bandit?!
[11:38] Sion
    Princess Mia, this way.
[11:39] Mia (Young)
    Wh-What are you do—
[11:43] Mia (Young)
    That's a bandit?
[11:44] Keithwood
    Goodness. To frighten a lady...
[11:48] Keithwood
    I can't say I approve!
[11:51] Keithwood
    Well, it would appear you're
    no run-of-the-mill bandit.
[11:57] Sion
    His movements aren't amateur...
[11:59] Sion
    Who are you?
[12:02] Keithwood
    Your Highness, be careful.
[12:04] Keithwood
    He seems to have a target in mind.
[12:09] Keithwood
    Great. More of you, eh?
[12:12] Mia (Young)
    Th-They're attacking!
[12:16] Sion
    To intentionally delay the
     timing of their attacks...
[12:19] Sion
    That's some trouble they're going to.
[12:23] Mia (Young)
    What do we do, Prince Shion?
[12:26] Mia (Young)
    It seems like they're drawing in closer!
[12:29] Sion
    Stay close to me.
[12:32] Mia (Young)
    I'm not sure how much I can control that...
[12:39] Sion
    Princess Mia!
[12:43] Sion
    Princess Mia!
[12:50] Sion
    Princess Mia! Answer me!
[12:52] Sion
    Princess Mia!
[12:56] Mia (Young)
    Prince Sion?
[12:59] Mia (Young)
    Oh, that's right.
[13:01] Mia (Young)
    I fell from the carriage into the river...
[13:04] Sion
    Princess Mia!
[13:06] Mia (Young)
    I feel like I've read about a situation
    like this in Elise's stories...
[13:10] Mia (Young)
    In order to restart the drowned
    person's breathing, the prince...
[13:16] Mia (Young)
    He...
[13:17] Mia (Young)
    I'm not going to get kissed, am I?
[13:20] Mia (Young)
    No!
[13:21] Mia (Young)
    I wanted Prince Abel to be my first kiss.
[13:26] Mia (Young)
    But still...
[13:32] Narrator
    Sunkland artificial respiration technique:
[13:35] Narrator
    If you pull a person from the water,
    immediately turn their head to the side...
[13:40] Mia (Young)
    Huh?
[13:43] Narrator
    and use fingers or other implements to
    remove foreign material from their mouth.
[13:48] Narrator
    Thanks to Sion taking appropriate action,
    Mia's first kiss remained untaken.
[13:55] Sion
    I'm so glad you've come to.
[13:57] Mia (Young)
    I thought I was going to die.
[14:00] Sion
    It was certainly a dangerous current.
[14:03] Mia (Young)
    Not that part!
[14:06] Mia (Young)
    Th-Thank you for saving me.
[14:10] Sion
    It may be a little early to thank me.
[14:13] Mia (Young)
    Huh?
[14:14] Mia (Young)
    Where are we?
[14:16] Sion
    Downstream from where
    you fell into the river.
[14:18] Sion
    We're most likely in northwestern Remno...
[14:23] Mia (Young)
    So that means we managed to enter
    the Kingdom of Remno, right?
[14:27] Sion
    True, we did enter.
[14:29] Sion
    But we're likely a great
    distance from the capital,
[14:32] Sion
    and we'll have to cross those mountains.
[14:34] Mia (Young)
    Cross those?
[14:43] Mia (Young)
    At least now we won't catch a cold.
[14:47] Mia (Young)
    It's so helpful that you
    knew how to start a fire.
[14:51] Sion
    Well, I learned how on hunting trips...
[14:59] Mia (Young)
    Oh...
[15:01] Mia (Young)
    So even the perfect superman Prince Sion
[15:03] Mia (Young)
    has this adorable reaction to
    seeing a girl in undergarments.
[15:08] Mia (Young)
    I mean, I can't say I'm not
    at least a little embarrassed,
[15:12] Mia (Young)
    but still, I am a grown woman.
[15:15] Mia (Young)
    I'm calm enough to watch a pretty boy blush.
[15:19] Narrator
    A no-good grown woman.
[15:22] Sion
    It was also helpful but surprising
    that you could identify edible plants.
[15:27] Mia (Young)
    It was nothing special.
[15:30] Mia (Young)
    After all, I once spent a night in the wild
    being chased by the revolutionary army!
[15:37] Mia (Young)
    That was a tough experience...
[15:41] Mia (Young)
    But now I'm a survival specialist!
[15:45] Mia (Young)
    I've researched all the food
    available on the continent.
[15:49] Narrator
    A fierce tenacity for staying alive.
[15:54] Mia (Young)
    By the way, Prince Sion...
[15:56] Mia (Young)
    There's something I'd like to ask you.
[15:58] Sion
    Oh? What is it?
[16:00] Mia (Young)
    If you should learn Prince Abel contributed
    to the oppression of his people,
[16:05] Mia (Young)
    what will you do?
[16:07] Sion
    That's a very sudden question.
[16:10] Mia (Young)
    Will you condemn even your schoolmate
    if you think his hands aren't clean?
[16:19] Sion
    If Prince Abel raised his
    sword against the populace,
[16:22] Sion
    I would probably have
    to turn my sword on him.
[16:26] Mia (Young)
    Depending on the situation,
    you might kill him?
[16:30] Mia (Young)
    That's your thinking on the matter?
[16:34] Sion
    But what other choice would I have?
[16:37] Sion
    There's nothing I could do about it.
[16:40] Mia (Young)
    Is that truly so?
[16:42] Sion
    What?
[16:44] Mia (Young)
    There was no other choice.
[16:45] Mia (Young)
    Don't you only get to say that if you
    tried everything you possibly could?
[16:50] Sion
    "Everything you possibly could"...
[16:54] Sion
    It's only natural to condemn
    those who have done evil.
[16:57] Sion
    But this wasn't the first time
    I've heard of unrest in Remno.
[17:02] Sion
    And yet, I never tried
    to do anything about it.
[17:05] Sion
    Given that, do I have the
    right to condemn Prince Abel?
[17:09] Sion
    Is that what Princess Mia is getting at?
[17:12] Mia (Young)
    Don't tell me this idiot was thinking
    there was no other choice
[17:16] Mia (Young)
    when he sent me to the guillotine, too.
[17:19] Narrator
    Mia was furious for a
    completely different reason.
[17:23] Mia (Young)
    I mean, I wasn't anywhere
    close to perfect then either.
[17:27] Mia (Young)
    But couldn't he have done me the favor
    of saying, "Your behavior is a problem,"
[17:32] Mia (Young)
    before things got to a revolution?
[17:38] Mia (Young)
    Things might have gone differently if he had,
[17:41] Mia (Young)
    given my sagacious judgment...
[17:45] Narrator
    The latter half is not
    without room for doubt.
[17:48] Mia (Young)
    To just show up when it's too late
    and say there's no other choice,
[17:52] Mia (Young)
    that's just too cruel!
[17:55] Sion
    Or could Princess Mia be proposing
    we stop the revolution itself?
[18:01] Sion
    Before Prince Abel does any evil...
[18:05] Narrator
    Prince Sion's wild imaginings would
    grow steadily wilder from there.
[18:13] Sion
    Are you all right, Princess Mia?
[18:15] Mia (Young)
    I-I'm not all right at all.
[18:19] Mia (Young)
    This is all the fault of those
    bandits who attacked the carriage.
[18:24] Sion
    Bandits, huh...
[18:26] Mia (Young)
    Is something wrong?
[18:29] Sion
    No. I was just wondering if it was
    really bandits we encountered.
[18:33] Mia (Young)
    What do you mean?
[18:36] Sion
    They were clearly combat-trained assassins.
[18:39] Sion
    There's a high probability they
    were after either me or you.
[18:44] Mia (Young)
    But no one should have known
    we were riding in that carriage.
[18:49] Sion
    The normal conclusion would be that
    the information leaked somehow.
[18:53] Mia (Young)
    But that's...
[18:55] Sion
    Whatever the case, we need
    to reach the capital quickly.
[18:58] Mia (Young)
    Saying that doesn't change that we've
    been walking forever, and I'm hungry.
[19:05] Mia (Young)
    Oh, what a pretty mushroom!
[19:10] Mia (Young)
    Wait, this reminds me of something...
[19:13] (Flashback) Chief
    It's exceedingly difficult to distinguish
    the poison mushrooms from the safe ones.
[19:18] (Flashback) Chief
    If you're not an expert,
     it's best to leave them be.
[19:21] Mia (Young)
    That's what the head chef said.
[19:24] Mia (Young)
    But if it's this pretty,
    then it's definitely safe to eat!
[19:28] [Mujik]
    I wouldn't if I were you!
[19:34] Sion
    Who are you?
[19:35] [Mujik]
    Lassy, those mushrooms are called Salamandrakes.
[19:39] [Mujik]
    They're so toxic, you'll get a
    rash just from touching them.
[19:42] Mia (Young)
    Oh, they are?
[19:45] [Mujik]
    More importantly, you kids
    ain't from around here, are ya?
[19:48] [Mujik]
    Where'd you come from?
[19:50] Mia (Young)
    We—
[19:53] Sion
    We should hide our identities.
[19:56] Sion
    Got it?
[19:59] Sion
    Why don't we start with who you are?
[20:01] [Mujik]
    Me?
[20:02] [Mujik]
    I'm a hunter from nearby
    Doni Village. Name's Mujik.
[20:07] Mia (Young)
    A hunter...
[20:08] Sion
    We're both the children of merchants.
[20:12] Sion
    Bandits attacked, and we were
    separated from our parents.
[20:15] [Mujik]
    Whoa, that sounds rough!
[20:18] [Mujik]
    Our village is close by.
    You're welcome to come with me.
[20:22] Mia (Young)
    My! How kind!
[20:24] Sion
    Wait, Mia.
[20:27] Sion
    We're grateful for the offer,
[20:28] Sion
    but we need to reach the
    capital as soon as possible.
[20:32] [Mujik]
    The capital, ya say?
    But it'll be sundown soon.
[20:37] [Mujik]
    I can see if anyone from the
    village is headed there tomorrow.
[20:41] Mia (Young)
    You heard him. Let's go.
[20:47] [Mujik]
    Welp, this is my place.
[20:50] Mia (Young)
    Oh, my!
[20:51] Mia (Young)
    What's this dish?
[20:54] [Mujik]
    My special rabbit stew. It's tasty!
[20:57] Mia (Young)
    That sounds lovely.
[21:01] Mia (Young)
    This is quite delicious!
[21:04] [Mujik]
    I'm glad you like it.
[21:05] [Mujik]
    There's plenty more,
    so eat as much as you like.
[21:08] Mia (Young)
    I will!
[21:10] [Mujik]
    Somethin' wrong?
[21:12] Sion
    Oh, uh, no.
[21:13] Sion
    By the way, there's an insurrection
    going on in Remno, right?
[21:17] [Mujik]
    Yup. I'm impressed you know that.
[21:20] Sion
    That hasn't caused any
    disturbances in this area?
[21:23] [Mujik]
    Nope.
[21:24] [Mujik]
    Ain't nobody but country folk here.
[21:26] [Mujik]
    We've got our hands full
    with our normal work.
[21:28] [Mujik]
    Nobody has time for that stuff.
[21:31] Mia (Young)
    I remember famine doesn't strike the
    continent for several more years.
[21:36] Mia (Young)
    It seems odd that a revolution is about
    to occur when food is normally available.
[21:44] Mia (Young)
    It's so hard to think about
    weighty subjects without sweets.
[21:50] Narrator
    Mia immediately stopped thinking about it.
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