# E20 - Even a worm will turn.
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**[00:01] (Flashback) Iris**
Adam...
**[00:03] (Flashback) Iris**
I-I can't take it anymore.
**[00:05] (Flashback) Adam**
Yeah, of course.
**[00:07] (Flashback) Adam**
It's okay. Go get some sleep.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Master... what is this?
**[00:15] (Flashback) Adam**
A child.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Adam**
A newborn.
**[00:17] (Flashback) Adam**
A baby.
**[00:19] (Flashback) Adam**
Erm...
**[00:21] (Flashback) Adam**
Anyway, we're going to have you
support us in raising her.
**[00:26] (Flashback) Adam**
We can't ask anyone for help
because of our circumstances.
**[00:31] (Flashback) Adam**
This is Philomela.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Adam**
Please.
**[00:39] (Flashback) Adam**
Iris and I are both sleep deprived.
**[00:42] (Flashback) Adam**
I'm going to catch up a bit, too.
**[00:58] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Lady Philomela.
**[01:39] (Flashback) Adam**
Shall we start heading back?
**[01:42] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Yes, Master.
**[03:38] (Flashback) Adam**
Spider of the water surface,
spin a string of silver.
**[03:42] (Flashback) Adam**
Sheep of glass, weave the silver hairs.
**[03:46] (Flashback) Adam**
Mirror of silver, show the form of danger.
**[03:51] (Flashback) Adam**
Seal away the dangers that
may befall the child.
**[03:56] (Flashback) Adam**
That should ease her fever.
**[03:58] (Flashback) Philomela**
I wanna play.
**[03:58] (Flashback) Adam**
Let's leave some in the fridge.
**[04:00] (Flashback) Iris**
Not today.
**[04:01] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Yes.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Alcyone**
I haven't seen you use sorcery in a while.
**[04:12] (Flashback) Adam**
That was a primitive hex for
transferring symptoms to a doll.
**[04:17] (Flashback) Adam**
Hexes are my favorite kind of sorcery.
**[04:21] (Flashback) Adam**
Though you wouldn't normally
use them on children.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Adam**
Hey, you're getting better at that.
**[04:28] (Flashback) Adam**
Artificial fairies aren't normally thought
to change from their original settings.
**[04:34] (Flashback) Adam**
Go me.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Am I growing?
**[04:39] (Flashback) Adam**
You sure are.
**[04:41] (Flashback) Adam**
Everyone in this family is.
**[04:43] (Flashback) Adam**
You fail, you scramble to find remedies,
**[04:47] (Flashback) Adam**
and when you succeed, you fail again.
**[04:51] (Flashback) Adam**
We weren't allowed to fail
back at my other home.
**[04:55] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Which home would that be?
**[04:57] (Flashback) Adam**
Ah, I haven't told you about it.
**[05:01] (Flashback) Adam**
The Sargants have always
had someone to serve.
**[05:06] (Flashback) Adam**
We specialize in doing people's dirty work.
**[05:08] (Flashback) Adam**
Getting rid of people that
our masters don't like.
**[05:12] (Flashback) Adam**
Torturing people for information.
**[05:15] (Flashback) Adam**
One day, Iris was sold off to us.
**[05:20] (Flashback) Adam**
As a lab rat for my sorcery.
**[05:25] (Flashback) Lisbeth**
Use her to practice
restraint so as not to kill.
**[05:32] (Flashback) Adam**
Yes.
**[05:47] (Flashback) Leánnan sÃdhe**
Hold still, damn it!
**[05:50] (Flashback) Iris**
I'll never, *ever* bow to you!
**[06:04] (Flashback) Adam**
So anyway, thanks to
Iris, I was disciplined.
**[06:10] (Flashback) Adam**
The would-be heir abandoned his mother,
his lineage, and his family name.
**[06:15] (Flashback) Adam**
And now he's here.
**[06:17] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Your mother...
**[06:20] (Flashback) Adam**
She thinks of me as
an extension of herself.
**[06:24] (Flashback) Alcyone**
I see.
**[06:26] (Flashback) Alcyone**
By the way, Master...
**[06:28] (Flashback) Alcyone**
It's burning.
**[06:37] (Flashback) Iris**
Has she calmed down?
**[06:39] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Yes.
**[06:40] (Flashback) Alcyone**
It seems that the treat I'd given
her wasn't what she wanted today.
**[06:44] (Flashback) Iris**
Thanks, Alcyone.
**[06:47] (Flashback) Iris**
I appreciate it.
**[06:49] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Master has informed me that this is
the most important task in the world.
**[06:53] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Nothing is of a higher priority.
**[06:59] (Flashback) Iris**
Good girl.
**[07:02] (Flashback) Iris**
Man, I wish I had a camera.
**[07:06] (Flashback) Iris**
All the smiles, the sobbing, the silliness...
**[07:09] (Flashback) Iris**
It's all gone in an instant.
**[07:12] (Flashback) Alcyone**
A camera?
**[07:14] (Flashback) Iris**
We can't have any photos used
against us, so we don't have one.
**[07:18] (Flashback) Iris**
We're on the run from
a scary witch, after all.
**[07:21] (Flashback) Iris**
My parents used to take lots of photos.
**[07:25] (Flashback) Iris**
The walls at home were covered in them.
**[07:27] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Master said your mother sold you, too.
**[07:33] (Flashback) Iris**
Our financial situation
went bad in an instant.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Iris**
Still, who'd have thought I'd
end up eloping with the guy
**[07:39] (Flashback) Iris**
I headbutted out of
frustration when I got sold off?
**[07:42] (Flashback) Iris**
Life sure is unpredictable.
**[07:46] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Frustration?
**[07:47] (Flashback) Iris**
He was a well-dressed kid who
didn't have a worry in the world.
**[07:51] (Flashback) Iris**
And I was told he was about to experiment
on me. Of course I was pissed.
**[07:58] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Do you hate Master?
**[08:04] (Flashback) Iris**
I'm not sure.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Iris**
But we ended up having
this cute girl together.
**[08:16] (Flashback) Iris**
I'm scared, though.
**[08:18] (Flashback) Iris**
I don't know if I'll be able to prioritize her
if something ever really does happen.
**[08:25] (Flashback) Iris**
After all, I'm the child of someone
who sold off their own kid.
**[08:39] (Flashback) Alcyone**
My duty,
**[08:42] (Flashback) Alcyone**
even if you or Master were to do such
a thing, is to protect Lady Philomela.
**[08:52] (Flashback) Iris**
Hey, Alcyone, please
remember today, too.
**[08:59] (Flashback) Iris**
So if there's ever a day when neither
Adam nor I can tell her ourselves,
**[09:02] (Flashback) Iris**
you'll be there to teach her about the difficult
times and the joyful times, like today.
**[09:17] (Flashback) Adam**
Ham, cheese, bacon, potatoes, carrots.
**[09:22] (Flashback) Adam**
That should be about all
the shopping I need to do.
**[09:28] (Flashback) Adam**
Well, this is rather alarming.
**[09:31] (Flashback) Adam**
In the city, no less.
**[09:32] (Flashback) Chaser A**
The mistress wants me to inform
you that playtime is over.
**[09:38] (Flashback) Adam**
Playtime, huh?
**[09:40] (Flashback) Adam**
That sounds like something she'd say.
**[09:43] Adam**
*A barrier to keep people away.*
**[09:45] (Flashback) Adam**
Well, she hadn't sent anyone after us.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Adam**
I figured she was toying with us.
**[09:51] (Flashback) Chaser A**
No more playing house.
**[09:53] (Flashback) Chaser A**
With your daughter as grown as she is,
**[09:56] (Flashback) Chaser A**
we can no longer allow you to roam free.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Chaser A**
Lord Adam, we ask you
to return to the mansion.
**[10:02] (Flashback) Adam**
So she was waiting for her granddaughter
to grow old enough to use as a hostage.
**[10:13] (Flashback) Chaser B**
Shit! She's shooting at us!
**[10:15] (Flashback) Chaser C**
Open the damn door!
**[10:18] (Flashback) Chaser C**
Shoot the doorknob.
**[10:19] (Flashback) Chaser C**
We're breaking in!
**[10:21] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Master...
**[10:23] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Master.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Iris**
Alcyone!
**[10:25] (Flashback) Iris**
We'll catch up later.
**[10:26] (Flashback) Iris**
Don't give her to that house!
**[10:29] (Flashback) Philomela**
No, Mom!
**[10:31] (Flashback) Philomela**
I'm not going!
**[10:34] (Flashback) Philomela**
Mom!
**[10:37] (Flashback) Iris**
Wait for us up ahead.
**[10:41] (Flashback) Iris**
Go!
**[10:42] (Flashback) Iris**
I'll be right behind you!
**[10:43] (Flashback) Philomela**
Mom!
**[10:43] (Flashback) Chaser D**
Don't shoot!
**[10:44] (Flashback) Chaser D**
You'll hit the child!
**[10:54] (Flashback) Chaser D**
We shouldn't have lost the child.
**[10:57] (Flashback) Chaser D**
We didn't expect you to give up your life.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Chaser A**
What...
**[11:08] (Flashback) Chaser A**
Some kind of hex to mirror
an injury to your attacker?
**[11:18] (Flashback) Chaser A**
B-But you've sacrificed yourself.
**[11:21] (Flashback) Adam**
And?
**[11:23] (Flashback) Adam**
Now that I know what
the outside world is like...
**[11:25] (Flashback) Adam**
I'd never...
**[11:28] (Flashback) Adam**
go back to that damn place.
**[11:31] (Flashback) Adam**
I'm more certain of that
than anything else.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Adam**
I'd rather die than go back.
**[11:37] (Flashback) Chaser A**
Stop...
**[11:38] (Flashback) Chaser A**
No!
**[11:42] (Flashback) Adam**
Hey, Mom. Why don't we make one last bet?
**[11:49] (Flashback) Adam**
Let's make sure I never see you again.
**[11:58] (Flashback) Iris**
My life sure is shit.
**[12:03] (Flashback) Iris**
You bastards. Do you know how
long I've been with that guy?
**[12:10] (Flashback) Iris**
He pretends to be all nice,
**[12:12] (Flashback) Iris**
but he's just a cocky brat who
can't help but try to get even.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Adam**
This curse won't protect you,
but it'll take revenge.
**[12:29] (Flashback) Iris**
So you want me to trust you?
**[12:32] (Flashback) Adam**
Sorry.
**[12:33] (Flashback) Adam**
I'm sure you don't want to
be hurt in the first place.
**[12:37] (Flashback) Iris**
I don't care.
**[12:39] (Flashback) Iris**
It'll help me remember my anger and
my decision to leave this place.
**[12:44] (Flashback) Iris**
If you really feel guilty, you'll
become a really good sorcerer
**[12:49] (Flashback) Iris**
and get me out of here someday!
**[13:29] (Flashback) Iris**
I didn't want to die yet.
**[13:38] Alcyone**
* Master, Lady Iris, please be assured*
* that I am here for this child.*
**[13:45] Alcyone**
* Even if I am destroyed,*
* Lady Philomela will surely...*
**[13:55] (Flashback) Chaser E**
Damn artificial fairy,
making us chase you down...
**[14:10] Alcyone**
I was given a task.
**[14:22] Alcyone**
So why do I...
**[14:37] Morrigan**
A smart dog with a new master...
**[14:41] Morrigan**
You're barking up the wrong tree.
**[14:44] Chise**
Who are you?
**[14:46] Morrigan**
I ask of the maiden only one thing now.
**[14:50] Morrigan**
To bring here the golden branch.
**[14:53] Morrigan**
The one brimming with
the fruit of white vigor.
**[14:58] Chise**
Golden branch?
**[15:01] Chise**
What an odd voice. It's like
honey, sweet and viscous.
**[15:07] Elias**
She means mistletoe.
**[15:09] Chise**
Elias.
**[15:11] Elias**
Be strong.
**[15:12] Elias**
Don't look away.
**[15:14] Elias**
But don't look into her eyes.
**[15:16] Elias**
This is bad.
**[15:18] Elias**
I didn't expect a god like her to
show up now of all times.
**[15:22] Morrigan**
You, amalgamation.
**[15:24] Morrigan**
Dregs of the shadows of the forest.
**[15:27] Morrigan**
A pile of decaying twigs and
leaves, death and winter.
**[15:31] Morrigan**
Child of my domain.
**[15:34] Morrigan**
What scent of rot do you
smell in your dreams,
**[15:38] Morrigan**
covered in countless pieces
of flesh and skin?
**[15:43] Elias**
I apologize for the unsightly display,
mistress of the winter and night.
**[15:48] Morrigan**
Surely my daughter had informed you...
**[15:51] Morrigan**
That in the coming year, you would
give your fruit to the mother.
**[15:56] Elias**
Huh?
**[15:59] Elias**
There must have been a mistake.
**[16:04] Elias**
This maiden is still young.
**[16:08] Elias**
It would be difficult to provide
the sacrifice to you here and now.
**[16:13] Elias**
I will soon come prepared.
**[16:17] Elias**
Please forgive me for now.
**[16:21] Elias**
Did that not work?
**[16:23] Elias**
This is my only option, though.
**[16:25] Morrigan**
I do...
**[16:30] Morrigan**
I do smell the coming war.
**[16:34] Morrigan**
Though there are neither spears,
nor swords, nor shields, nor war horns...
**[16:43] Morrigan**
Indeed, indeed.
**[16:45] Morrigan**
While under siege, none would have
the time to search for the fruit of love.
**[16:50] Elias**
Shit...
**[16:51] Elias**
I don't want to deal with either of them.
**[16:53] Morrigan**
In that case...
**[16:54] Morrigan**
What do you desire,
**[16:56] Morrigan**
little bird that will take the form of a beast
symbolizing battle with heretics just to fly?
**[17:05] Chise**
What...
**[17:06] Chise**
What do I want?
**[17:08] Chise**
What to do?
**[17:10] Chise**
I—
**[17:11] Elias**
Chise.
**[17:12] Elias**
If you don't want to give up
something precious to you,
**[17:16] Elias**
you mustn't speak a wish to a god.
**[17:20] Morrigan**
You clever little runt.
**[17:22] Morrigan**
Then I shall lend you my help for now,
**[17:27] Morrigan**
provided that I will be given
the golden branch later.
**[17:31] Soldier A**
What? What are they talking about?
**[17:33] Soldier B**
What are they doing here?
**[17:35] Morrigan**
Seek my form.
**[17:38] Morrigan**
Create my outline.
**[17:40] Morrigan**
Bind me to myself.
**[17:43] Morrigan**
Speak it.
**[17:49] Elias**
Chise, neither you nor I can refuse
the requests of an ancient god.
**[17:55] Elias**
I don't know whether this will make
our situation better or worse, but...
**[18:00] Chise**
If I have to do it now, I'll
do it first and then decide.
**[18:04] Elias**
That's how I've known you to be.
**[18:07] Elias**
Follow my lead.
**[18:10] Elias**
Now that you've been called,
you should know its name.
**[18:17] Elias & Chise**
Beautiful is the battlefield.
**[18:19] Elias & Chise**
Beautiful is the blood-tainted sky.
**[18:21] Soldier A**
Stop the chanting!
**[18:22] Soldier A**
It's an atrophied god!
**[18:25] Soldier A**
Kill the medium before she's given her name!
**[18:30] Elias**
Why would I allow that?
**[18:32] Chise**
Sing your grief.
**[18:34] Chise**
Wash the blood away from your armor.
**[18:36] Chise**
Queen of nightmares, cackling in the night;
**[18:39] Chise**
mistress of heroes,
mother of warriors...
**[18:43] Chise**
Bring to your head the crown of thorns.
**[18:46] Chise**
Bring here your name.
**[18:49] Chise**
Bring here the name of the goddess Morrígan.
**[18:57] Morrigan**
Over millennia, I lost my
people and my language,
**[19:03] Morrigan**
and my land was taken from me.
**[19:07] Morrigan**
Millennia later, I was summoned
by the maiden from afar.
**[19:14] Soldier C**
What are these things?!
**[19:16] Morrigan**
Now, my fine, strong men, this is
the battle you've been waiting for.
**[19:22] Morrigan**
Tear them apart.
**[19:23] Morrigan**
Pierce their flesh, break their
bones and cut them down.
**[19:28] Morrigan**
Live valiantly and steal pathetically.
**[19:32] Morrigan**
Flee pitifully and die in flames.
**[19:35] Morrigan**
Know that none who fight on the goddess
Morrígan's battlefield will escape!
**[19:54] Morrigan**
Poor thing.
**[19:57] Morrigan**
You never expected your first
battle to end like this, did you?
**[20:05] Elias**
It looks like we'll be able to reach the
mansion without being attacked, thanks to her.
**[20:10] Elias**
It turned out well, but a god's
actions really are unpredictable.
**[20:16] Elias**
As are yours.
**[20:18] Elias**
Chise?
**[20:20] Chise**
It's nothing.
**[20:21] Chise**
Let's go.
**[20:23] Chise**
I didn't think I had any other choice.
**[20:25] Chise**
I'm just glad I don't know anyone here.
**[20:29] Chise**
Do I really know how to
distinguish people from sheep?
**[20:39] Zoe**
A-Are we out?
**[20:40] Isaac**
Where are we?
**[20:42] Elias**
The Sargant family's yard.
**[20:44] Lucy**
So, what happened, anyway?
**[20:48] Chise**
A lot of stuff.
**[20:50] Lucy**
You look pale.
**[20:52] Isaac**
Guys, hear me out.
**[20:54] Isaac**
We should get our objectives in order.
**[20:56] Zoe**
Our objectives?
**[20:58] Isaac**
What are we prioritizing?
**[20:59] Isaac**
We need to get that straight, or we
could end up turning on each other.
**[21:04] Isaac**
Chise and I will bring Philomela back alive.
**[21:07] Isaac**
All right?
**[21:08] Chise**
Yeah.
**[21:10] Isaac**
Lucy?
**[21:11] Lucy**
I have tons of questions
for her and this family.
**[21:15] Isaac**
Zoe?
**[21:16] Zoe**
I want Lu—*everyone* to come home safe.
**[21:21] Zoe**
So I'm helping.
**[21:23] Isaac**
What about you, Mr. Ainsworth?
**[21:25] Elias**
Supervising to make sure my apprentice
doesn't get in over her head.
**[21:28] Isaac**
Mr. Zaccheroni? Actually, never mind.
**[21:30] Zaccheroni**
Hey!
**[21:32] Isaac**
I think all our interests line up.
**[21:35] Isaac**
So first, Philomela...
**[21:41] Isaac**
A werewolf?!
**[21:43] Lucy**
It's her!
**[21:44] Zoe**
Guys, I'll see you up ahead!
**[21:47] Isaac**
Zoe? Why...
**[21:50] Zoe**
This job is for me.
**[21:54] Zoe**
Go without me!
**[21:58] Isaac**
He's right that it's the
best way to buy time...
**[22:02] Chise**
But...
**[22:11] Zoe**
Man...
**[22:13] Zoe**
I was hoping I could use this
when Lucy was in a bind, but...
**[22:18] Zoe**
Things don't ever work out
the way you want, huh?