# E21 - A burnt child dreads the fire.
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**[00:08] Zoe**
This is exhausting.
**[00:11] Zoe**
I never knew using the eye was so tiring.
**[00:16] Zoe**
I've always gotten laughed at because
I couldn't use the eye very well.
**[00:22] Zoe**
But this time, it'll be a lot
worse than getting laughed at.
**[02:07] Zoe**
It's no use...
**[02:08] Zoe**
She's closing in.
**[02:13] Zoe**
What the?
**[02:14] Zoe**
There's something chaotic happening.
**[02:16] Zoe**
It's creepy...
**[02:18] Zoe**
I don't think... we need that.
**[02:21] Zoe**
Ow!
**[02:30] Zoe**
Gotcha.
**[02:33] Zoe**
Something so unnecessary ought to be turned
to stone and broken into pieces.
**[03:17] Werewolf (female)**
My pack...
**[03:19] Werewolf (female)**
My husband...
**[03:21] Werewolf (female)**
My children...
**[03:28] Zoe**
What was I...
**[03:33] Werewolf (female)**
My child...
**[03:35] Zoe**
I'm not your child.
**[03:39] Werewolf (female)**
Then... my god?
**[03:41] Zoe**
Huh?
**[03:42] Werewolf (female)**
You've undone the vile curse
that was cast upon me.
**[03:48] Werewolf (female)**
And so I now remember everything.
**[03:53] Werewolf (female)**
I'll be leaving.
**[03:56] Werewolf (female)**
Thank you, my god.
**[04:11] Alcyone**
I need her to rest.
**[04:16] Alcyone**
Lady Philomela!
**[04:18] Alcyone**
Her body's begun disintegrating.
**[04:26] Alcyone**
I will return what I've been entrusted with.
**[04:35] (Flashback) Philomela**
Detaching the soul from the body?
**[04:38] (Flashback) Alcyone**
Yes. I suspect that by severing your soul
from your body and storing it elsewhere,
**[04:45] (Flashback) Alcyone**
you will be able to go
unnoticed by that mage.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Philomela**
I see.
**[05:12] Alcyone**
Even with her soul, her body
continues to collapse.
**[05:18] Alcyone**
Why...
**[05:21] Alcyone**
I was born only for this child.
**[05:26] Alcyone**
So, why do I...
**[05:30] Alcyone**
The same scent as mine.
**[05:41] Chise**
This is Philomela's scent.
**[05:42] Chise**
I'm certain of it.
**[05:45] Lucy**
There's no one here.
**[05:47] Lucy**
You'd think there'd always be someone
around in a mansion this big.
**[05:51] Chise**
Yeah...
**[05:53] Elias**
She may have drawn most of
the humans into the fray.
**[06:00] Elias**
She's the master of the turmoil of war.
**[06:04] Chise**
Who is she?
**[06:05] Elias**
She's what's become of an ancient god.
**[06:09] Chise**
A god...
**[06:10] Lucy**
Hey, what are you two talking about—
**[06:17] Chise**
Alcyone-san.
**[06:20] Lucy**
Where is she?
**[06:21] Alcyone**
Are you looking for Lady Philomela?
**[06:24] Lucy**
Why else would we be here?
**[06:27] Alcyone**
You don't seek the whereabouts
of the magic book?
**[06:30] Isaac**
That isn't a priority.
**[06:32] Isaac**
We're here because we don't
want Philomela to die.
**[06:37] Alcyone**
Come to the office on the second floor.
**[06:39] Alcyone**
But only the children.
**[06:42] Alcyone**
I ask that *you* remain here.
**[06:45] Elias**
Why just me?
**[06:46] Alcyone**
You aren't thinking of her, are you?
**[06:55] Elias**
Chise, I'll see you ahead.
**[06:59] Elias**
I'll catch up to you soon enough.
**[07:09] Chise**
That's the room!
**[07:14] All**
Philomela!
**[07:20] Chise**
The protective amulet's really working.
**[07:23] Philomela**
More...
**[07:25] Chise**
Philomela!
**[07:29] Isaac**
Chise!
**[07:36] Isaac**
Don't touch my face!
**[07:39] Chise**
Thanks, Isaac.
**[07:41] Chise**
Lucy...
**[07:43] Chise**
Lucy?
**[07:45] Lucy**
What is this?
**[07:48] Chise**
Lucy!
**[07:57] Lucy**
Explain!
**[08:00] Philomela**
I'm...
**[08:02] Philomela**
I'm sorry.
**[08:04] Philomela**
I'm sorry.
**[08:06] Lucy**
I don't want apologies!
**[08:08] Lucy**
I'm telling you to *explain* it!
**[08:11] Lucy**
You took everything from me,
**[08:14] Lucy**
and yet you act like you're
some oblivious victim.
**[08:17] Lucy**
You don't get to be so scared!
**[08:24] Philomela**
But...
**[08:25] Philomela**
But that was all I was ever allowed to do!
**[08:30] Philomela**
Nothing I did was ever enough!
**[08:33] Philomela**
Everything I did was worthless!
**[08:35] Philomela**
A failure!
**[08:37] Philomela**
I'd get scolded and hit and locked up...
**[08:44] Philomela**
I was worried she would mess with my head.
**[08:48] Philomela**
I was scared.
**[08:49] Philomela**
I was so scared.
**[08:51] Philomela**
All I could do was apologize.
**[08:54] Philomela**
But if that's not enough anymore,
**[08:59] Philomela**
what am I supposed to do?!
**[09:04] Philomela**
Please... tell me...
**[09:08] Philomela**
If you really think I'm
that guilty, then tell me!
**[09:14] Isaac**
Chise!
**[09:19] Chise**
Okay.
**[09:32] Philomela**
Magic power...
**[09:33] Philomela**
Overflowing...
**[09:35] Philomela**
Why?
**[09:37] Philomela**
Why?
**[09:53] Elias**
Chise.
**[09:57] Philomela**
What is this place?
**[10:06] Chise**
Are you all right?
**[10:08] Chise**
Looks like you've been broken into bits.
**[10:11] Chise**
Let's pick up your pieces as
we look for the other two.
**[10:15] Philomela**
Who are you?
**[10:17] Chise**
I'm Chise.
**[10:19] Chise**
You're Philomela.
**[10:28] Chise**
Found a piece.
**[10:30] Chise**
Let's keep going.
**[10:34] Philomela**
Are we at school?
**[10:50] Chise**
Hey, what's that?
**[10:58] Philomela**
Rian and I used to play with this a lot.
**[11:03] Philomela**
Rian and I are relatives.
**[11:05] Philomela**
We used to play together sometimes.
**[11:07] Philomela**
He's never been good at this kind of thing.
**[11:11] Chise**
I can see that.
**[11:14] Philomela**
I was better at it.
**[11:17] Philomela**
But Grandmother never praised me for it.
**[11:31] Chise**
What about this place?
**[11:38] Philomela**
Whenever I disobeyed,
I'd get locked in here forever.
**[11:43] Philomela**
I think this was when I couldn't memorize
the book I was supposed to in time.
**[11:52] Chise**
Yeah?
**[11:54] Chise**
It's dark and cold and barren here.
**[11:58] Chise**
What a terrible place.
**[12:01] Philomela**
Oh, but after this,
she'd just leave me here.
**[12:06] Philomela**
She wouldn't say anything horrible to me.
**[12:08] Philomela**
So...
**[12:10] Chise**
But you were scared anyway, weren't you?
**[12:15] Philomela**
Yeah.
**[12:16] Philomela**
I was.
**[12:23] Chise**
How about this one?
**[12:28] (Flashback) Student A**
She's so creepy.
**[12:31] (Flashback) Student A**
And gloomy.
**[12:32] (Flashback) Student B**
Hatori went and talked to
someone from Class B.
**[12:35] (Flashback) Student A**
What? No way.
**[12:37] (Flashback) Student C**
Horrible.
**[12:38] (Flashback) Student C**
I bet she's cursed.
**[12:45] Chise**
Wrong one.
**[12:46] Chise**
That was a piece of me.
**[12:48] Chise**
I guess we got a bit mixed up.
**[12:51] Philomela**
Mixed up?
**[12:54] Chise**
I end up inside people's dreams
and memories and stuff.
**[12:58] Chise**
This happens all the time.
**[13:02] Philomela**
Really?
**[13:12] Chise**
It's a photo.
**[13:18] Philomela**
I don't know my father's
nor my mother's faces.
**[13:24] Philomela**
Grandmother won't show me their photos.
**[13:27] Philomela**
I don't even know if she has any.
**[13:30] Chise**
Yeah?
**[13:33] Chise**
I've never seen my dad's or
my mom's photos, either.
**[13:38] Chise**
Mom died.
**[13:49] Chise**
Let's go.
**[13:54] Servant A**
* The mistress is always in*
* a bad mood, thanks to her.*
**[13:59] Servant B**
*She's such a bother.*
**[14:01] Servant B**
*I wish she'd just disappear.*
**[14:05] Guard**
*Ms. Lizbeth is waiting in her office.*
**[14:08] Joshua**
* She obviously doesn't think*
* of her as her grandchild.*
**[14:12] Relative A**
*She's as cowardly as ever.*
**[14:13] Relative B**
*Just who does she take after, anyway?*
**[14:17] Relative B**
* I can't believe Lizbeth*
* hasn't abandoned her yet.*
**[14:20] Lizbeth**
*How could you screw up something so simple?*
**[14:31] Chise**
We got all the pieces that you lost.
**[14:35] Philomela**
Yeah.
**[14:40] Philomela**
Was there a lot that was scary for you, too?
**[14:43] Chise**
Yeah, there was.
**[14:46] Chise**
Scary and lonely.
**[14:48] Chise**
You just want it to fly away.
**[14:55] Philomela**
Why did you pick up my pieces?
**[14:59] Philomela**
I haven't done anything for you.
**[15:02] Philomela**
In fact, I tried to kill you.
**[15:07] Chise**
I've been picked up by a lot of people, too.
**[15:13] Chise**
Piece by piece.
**[15:17] Chise**
But the truth is, you have
the same eyes that I used to.
**[15:24] Chise**
So I think I'm wanting to help
my past self by helping you.
**[15:29] Chise**
Sorry I can't tell you I wanted
to help you specifically.
**[15:36] Philomela**
Even if you told me it was for
my sake, I wouldn't believe you.
**[15:42] Philomela**
If I'd heard that, I'd want
to go somewhere far away.
**[15:50] Chise**
You can.
**[15:52] Philomela**
I can't.
**[15:53] Philomela**
I'm not allowed to.
**[15:57] Chise**
Do you want to go?
**[15:59] Chise**
Or do you want to stay?
**[16:01] Philomela**
I don't know.
**[16:03] Chise**
I'll help you until you do.
**[16:05] Chise**
So let's keep picking up pieces.
***SIGN*** Art Room
**[16:13] Chise**
Someone's there.
**[16:16] Isaac**
I can't take it anymore.
**[16:18] Isaac**
Everyone keeps comparing me
to my sister and Rian.
**[16:21] Isaac**
No one expects anything of me.
**[16:26] Isaac**
Why was I born to this family?
**[16:38] Philomela**
Isaac.
**[16:40] Isaac**
Philomela.
**[16:43] Chise**
Remember us now?
**[16:45] Isaac**
Y-Yeah.
**[16:47] Isaac**
That was embarrassing.
**[16:49] Chise**
Was it?
**[16:50] Isaac**
I mean, guys shouldn't cry, right?
**[16:53] Philomela**
I... I don't know.
**[16:56] Chise**
I'd never thought about that.
***SIGN*** Library
**[17:00] Chise**
Now we're just looking for Lucy.
**[17:02] Isaac**
Why the library?
***SIGN*** Library
**[17:04] Chise**
Lucy's studious.
**[17:11] Isaac**
Here, Philomela.
**[17:13] Isaac**
I think this is yours.
**[17:16] Chise**
Well, let's go.
**[17:20] Isaac**
Cobwebs everywhere.
**[17:22] Philomela**
Can we still go in?
**[17:24] Chise**
I don't know.
**[17:28] Chise**
Ow!
**[17:30] Chise**
Huh?
**[17:31] Chise**
Lucy?
**[17:32] Chise**
Were you looking for us?
**[17:35] Lucy**
Obviously!
**[17:37] Lucy**
Why should I just sit in
here and keep crying?
**[17:42] Isaac**
You were crying?
**[17:43] Chise**
You were crying.
**[17:44] Lucy**
Shut up!
**[17:46] Lucy**
So much that I can't forget
even though I want to.
**[17:49] Lucy**
Making yourself sad about
the past is just miserable.
**[17:53] Lucy**
So I wanna get mad!
**[17:55] Lucy**
I want something to change.
**[17:58] Lucy**
That way...
**[18:03] Lucy**
I won't have to stand still.
**[18:09] Lucy**
I saw you get angry earlier, too.
**[18:12] Lucy**
So why don't you stop whining,
**[18:15] Lucy**
and run away, or do something,
or say whatever you want?!
**[18:19] Lucy**
Idiot!
**[18:22] Lucy**
Here.
**[18:26] Lizbeth**
*It's time that you get used to it, too.*
**[18:31] Lizbeth**
*Follow these people and observe carefully.*
**[18:37] Philomela**
No.
**[18:39] Philomela**
*May the night forever protect you.*
**[18:45] Philomela**
No!
**[18:46] Philomela**
Stop!
**[18:47] Philomela**
Make it stop!
**[18:49] Lizbeth**
*They didn't kill the youngest daughter?*
**[18:52] Lizbeth**
* Perhaps they were thinking*
* of their own children.*
**[18:56] Lizbeth**
*Well, all right.*
**[18:58] Lizbeth**
*We got the spiders.*
**[19:00] Lucy**
Spiders...?
**[19:02] Lizbeth**
* Philomela, assassination is*
* one of this family's duties.*
**[19:06] Philomela**
Don't watch!
**[19:08] Lizbeth**
*I have a gift for you.*
**[19:11] Lizbeth**
*Should you succeed in using this book*
**[19:14] Lizbeth**
* to gather magic power*
* from plenty of sorcerers,*
**[19:17] Lizbeth**
* I will be able to bring Adam—your father—*
* and your mother back from the dead.*
**[19:24] Lizbeth**
*Now, it's been a long time coming.*
**[19:28] Lizbeth**
*Find sacrifices from within the College.*
**[19:33] Lizbeth**
*You can do it.*
**[19:36] Lizbeth**
*I know I've been strict with you,*
**[19:39] Lizbeth**
* but that was always with your*
* best interests in mind.*
**[19:43] Lizbeth**
*You're a good, capable girl, Philomela.*
**[19:48] Lizbeth**
*I can trust you to do it, can't I?*
**[19:51] Philomela**
Stop it!
**[19:56] Lucy**
It was you.
**[19:58] Lucy**
You're the one who was there that day.
**[20:02] Lucy**
Why did you kill my family?!
**[20:06] Philomela**
I don't know!
**[20:07] Lucy**
You obviously do!
**[20:07] Philomela**
I was never given the *right* to know!
**[20:11] Philomela**
Or, what? Should I have told you
that I was there back then?!
**[20:16] Philomela**
Should I have said sorry
I couldn't stop them?!
**[20:20] Philomela**
I never...
**[20:22] Philomela**
I *never* could have done
anything like that!
**[20:26] Philomela**
Tell me what I could have done.
**[20:30] Philomela**
What could I have done at the time?
**[20:37] Isaac**
No one can give you an answer.
**[20:41] Isaac**
You could just make up anything.
**[20:45] Isaac**
No one can help anyone's past.
**[20:49] Isaac**
But you're allowed to speak up now.
**[20:53] Isaac**
Say what you want.
**[20:55] Isaac**
What you don't want done to you.
**[20:57] Isaac**
What you want others to do for you.
**[21:00] Isaac**
That way...
**[21:03] Isaac**
Someone who wants to help
you can give you a hand.
**[21:10] Philomela**
I have no one!
**[21:12] Philomela**
I have no one like that!
**[21:13] Chise**
Even if you don't, I want you to shout
**[21:18] Chise**
if you want something to change.
**[21:20] Chise**
I wish help would come even
without you having to shout or cry.
**[21:29] Chise**
But that's not the way the world works.
**[21:34] Chise**
Friends and enemies walk amongst each other,
**[21:37] Chise**
and all you can do is to
shout for what you want.
**[21:42] Lucy**
What exactly do you want?
**[21:45] Lucy**
What's your wish?
**[21:49] Philomela**
I...
**[22:01] Philomela**
H...
**[22:03] Philomela**
Help me.
***SIGN*** Is that really what you want?
**[22:15] Chise**
Philomela!