E22 - Give a thief enough rope and he'll hang himself. Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:02] Philomela     I... [00:09] Philomela     H... Help... [00:14] Chise     Philomela! [00:34] Philomela     Don't you want to meet     your mother and father? [01:10] Philomela     What... [01:15] Philomela     It's grown back. [01:18] Philomela     Everything but my fingers. [01:39] Ruth     You're leaving, huh? [01:42] Ruth     Not that I care what happens to you. [01:46] Ruth     But I think you're gonna have a rough time. [02:11] Lizbeth     You'll be home again soon... [02:14] Lizbeth     Adam. [03:51] Elias     Here I go. [03:59] Alcyone     I've never known... [04:02] Alcyone     why I'm so powerless. [04:08] Alcyone     Why I'm unable to hold Lady Philomela's     shoulders when she's suffering so. [04:30] (Flashback) Lizbeth     So you're the artificial fairy Adam made. [04:35] (Flashback) Alcyone     Please return me to Lady Philomela. [04:39] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Is that your duty? [04:42] (Flashback) Alcyone     That's what I was created for. [04:44] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Then I'll give you a different duty. [04:48] (Flashback) Alcyone     No! [04:49] (Flashback) Alcyone     Even if I'm programmed with a     different duty, I belong to her. [04:54] (Flashback) Alcyone     I exist for her. [04:55] (Flashback) Alcyone     And I will destroy for her. [04:58] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Oh? [05:08] (Flashback) Lizbeth     He must have had neither adequate     materials nor equipment. [05:12] (Flashback) Lizbeth     That boy sure is skilled. [05:14] (Flashback) Lizbeth     But you're still just     a cobbled-together artificial fairy. [05:21] (Flashback) Lizbeth     A little tinkering ought to fix you up. [05:35] Alcyone     My consciousness is fading. [05:39] Alcyone     Because of that spell, [05:44] Alcyone     I failed to protect her. [05:49] Elias     There's another one inside. [05:52] Elias     What's this? [05:54] Alcyone     We mustn't go there yet. [06:02] Elias     You... [06:04] Alcyone     What I knew to be true has finally returned. [06:09] Alcyone     My truth... [06:12] Alcyone     The reason for my existence. [06:14] Alcyone     Please, sir mage. [06:18] Alcyone     Take me to her. [06:32] Lizbeth     I'd finally had a child. [06:35] Lizbeth     I was more qualified than     anyone in the household. [06:41] Lizbeth     My father chose me to be his heir. [06:44] Lizbeth     I was honored to serve as a Rickenbacker     the way my ancestors did. [06:51] (Flashback) Master     It's about time you adopt. [06:56] (Flashback) Master     You're accomplished. [06:58] (Flashback) Master     You're going to need someone     to take your place. [07:01] (Flashback) Master     It's fine. [07:02] (Flashback) Master     No one in this day and age will require     the child to be yours by birth. [07:07] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Yes, sir. [07:09] Lizbeth     For the first time in my life,      I hesitated in my response to my master. [07:15] (Flashback) Relatives     To think she can't bear an heir... [07:17] (Flashback) Relatives     The ancestors would be disappointed. [07:19] (Flashback) Relatives     She has the talent and the     competence to be the master, [07:22] (Flashback) Relatives     and yet she's a failure. [07:27] Lizbeth     It wasn't that I wanted a child of my own. [07:30] Lizbeth     But if I couldn't have one,     my peers wouldn't approve of me. [07:35] Lizbeth     They'd say I was inferior. [07:37] Lizbeth     That I was flawed for      having a broken womb. [07:41] Lizbeth     I am not inferior. [07:44] Lizbeth     I'm not a failure. [07:59] Lizbeth     I named my son Adam. [08:02] (Flashback) Relatives     Did you hear? [08:03] (Flashback) Relatives     The son-in-law suddenly died, apparently. [08:06] (Flashback) Relatives     Was he sick? [08:08] (Flashback) Relatives     I heard he suffered quite severely. [08:10] (Flashback) Relatives     Well, they have a child now. [08:12] (Flashback) Relatives     No reason to fret. [08:17] Lizbeth     The wet nurse raised my son. [08:20] Lizbeth     But he soon began to follow me around. [08:53] (Flashback) Adam     Mother, um, where are you headed to? [08:58] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Would you like to join me? [09:01] (Flashback) Adam     Yes. [09:05] (Flashback) Lizbeth     What do you want? [09:06] (Flashback) Adam     Oh... nothing. [09:11] Lizbeth     Seeing how small and hopeless     he was, I couldn't help but find him [09:15] Lizbeth     irresistibly adorable and     intensely repulsive. [09:30] Lizbeth     This hopeless creature grew     up the way I'd wished. [09:54] (Flashback) Adam     I'm thinking of using that test     subject for a long-term experiment. [09:59] (Flashback) Adam     You can trust me to dispose     of it when I'm done, [10:02] (Flashback) Adam     Mother. [10:05] Lizbeth     So I didn't think much of it. [10:09] Adam     Mother. [10:12] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Adam! [10:17] (Flashback) Lizbeth     What nonsense is this? [10:19] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Who talked you into this?! [10:21] Adam     Beats me. [10:23] (Flashback) Lizbeth     It's that girl! [10:29] Adam     I searched for him. [10:31] Adam     He belongs to me. [10:37] Adam     I was told there wasn't so much     left of him as a speck of dust. [10:41] Adam     That after he'd shot himself,     he collapsed like a pillar of salt. [10:45] (Flashback) Leánnan sídhe     Miss Lizbeth. [10:51] Lizbeth     Her face was a lot like that creature. [10:53] Lizbeth     But she took on an unfamiliar color. [10:57] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Are you scared? [10:59] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Then... [11:02] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Forget about any memories     that make you miss them! [11:09] Lizbeth     I despised her. [11:11] (Flashback) Philomela     U-Um... [11:14] (Flashback) Philomela     Grandmother. [11:16] (Flashback) Philomela     I completed the puzzle. [11:18] (Flashback) Philomela     On my own. [11:21] (Flashback) Lizbeth     There's nothing impressive about that. [11:24] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Don't waste my time with such trite news. [11:27] (Flashback) Philomela     I'm sorry. [11:32] Lizbeth     Everything about her     seemed inferior to Adam. [11:43] Lizbeth     The same hair. [11:44] Lizbeth     Flimsy arms and legs. [11:47] Lizbeth     A hesitant voice. [11:50] Lizbeth     She's so much like him. [11:58] Lizbeth     And yet, this isn't it. [11:59] Lizbeth     This isn't it... [12:01] Lizbeth     This isn't what I want! [12:18] Chise     Philomela... [12:34] (Flashback) Chise     It's not an order. [12:36] (Flashback) Chise     It's a request, I guess. [12:37] (Flashback) Chise     Want to make some together sometime? [12:39] (Flashback) Rian     I'm asking about what you want! [12:42] Philomela     Stop it! [12:43] (Flashback) Isaac     You're amazing, Philomela. [12:44] (Flashback) Chise     But even if you make a mistake or     you fail, you can always try again. [12:48] (Flashback) Lucy     Do something and say whatever you want! [12:52] Philomela     Stop! [12:54] Philomela     Please! [12:58] (Flashback) Lizbeth     Greedy child. [13:10] Lizbeth     I must sacrifice the magic power that's been     gathered to summon the depicted divinity. [13:17] Lizbeth     And to that end... [13:22] Lizbeth     I need you, Philomela. [13:34] Lucy     I feel gross. [13:37] Isaac     Something's slimy. [13:40] Chise     Are you all right? [13:42] Lucy     Chise. [13:43] Lucy     Are you all right? [13:45] Chise     Yeah. [13:47] Lucy     What is this? [13:49] Lucy     What happened here? [13:50] Chise     She's been absorbing magic power, I think. [13:54] Chise     Philomela lost control and     consumed our entire bodies. [13:58] Chise     We were disassembled for a moment. [14:00] Isaac & Lucy     Disassembled... [14:02] Chise     W-Well, we were able to find all     of our own pieces by ourselves. [14:08] Chise     That's how we got back. [14:09] Isaac     We were re-materialized? [14:12] Chise     I think so. [14:13] Lucy     I'm dry now, but it's still all over me. [14:16] Chise     I'm going to go look for Philomela. [14:18] Chise     The two of you... [14:19] Lucy     "Stay put because it's dangerous?" [14:22] Lucy     I still haven't gotten an answer out of her. [14:26] Isaac     You're right. [14:28] Isaac     We were interrupted last time. [14:32] Chise     All right. [14:33] Chise     Let's go ask her properly this time, then. [14:37] Lizbeth     Today, my son, your father, comes home. [14:43] Lizbeth     With the magic power you've gathered. [14:46] Lizbeth     With the blood running through your veins. [14:49] Lizbeth     He's coming home. [14:51] Lizbeth     I could bring your mother     back too, you know. [14:57] Lizbeth     Now, I've prepared everything. [15:00] Lizbeth     Come. [15:01] Lizbeth     Come, Philomela. [15:09] Philomela     I have no freedom. [15:13] Philomela     I don't need a will of my own. [15:16] Philomela     Nothing I do matters. [15:20] Philomela     I'm not allowed anything. [15:28] Philomela     But... [15:32] Philomela     But... But... [15:35] (Flashback) Chise     What did you want to do, Philomela? [15:40] Philomela     Is all of that really true? [15:51] Philomela     Are you really going to grant my wish     and bring back my mother and father? [16:03] Lucy     Hey, do you know where she is? [16:06] Chise     Yeah. [16:07] Chise     I can follow it now. [16:09] Chise     I can follow the scent of her soul. [16:18] Lizbeth     Guards. [16:23] Lizbeth     Your wishes don't matter to me. [16:27] Lizbeth     I need proof that he existed. [16:31] Lizbeth     I'm not adequate on my own. [16:33] Lizbeth     I need an iron clamp to hold him here. [16:38] Lizbeth     I have you, his daughter, to be a sacrifice. [16:44] Philomela     A sacrifice... [16:46] Lizbeth     You were a good girl. [16:49] Lizbeth     You did as you were told. [16:52] Lizbeth     You focused on gathering magic     power from many people. [16:56] Lizbeth     You didn't even try to find out how     I was going to use that power. [17:04] Lizbeth     You faithfully, almost foolishly,     carried out your task. [17:10] Lizbeth     You truly are such a good girl. [17:21] Philomela     I didn't even want to think... [17:25] Philomela     about why I couldn't remember     Mother and Father. [17:32] Philomela     She must have deemed it unnecessary for me. [17:39] Philomela     That's the kind of person she is. [17:52] Lizbeth     Here, now, is what is needed     to summon the master. [18:00] Philomela     It was all pointless. [18:01] Philomela     All of it. [18:14] Philomela     Everything I've done until now     was so that I would die. [18:21] Philomela     Even though I'm the only     one who carries her blood. [18:28] Philomela     I wanted to be loved. [18:30] Philomela     I wanted approval. [18:34] Philomela     That's all I wanted. [18:39] Philomela     I held hope, I was disappointed,      I gave up, and I submitted. [18:46] Philomela     And then part of me held hope again. [18:49] Philomela     But it was for nothing. [18:51] Philomela     I have no one. [18:57] Chise     Do you want to go on? [18:58] Chise     Or do you not? [19:00] Chise     I'll help until you decide. [19:06] Chise     Philomela! [19:12] Lizbeth     Guards. [19:14] Chise     Elias! Ruth! [19:19] Lizbeth     You can't stop me. [19:21] Lizbeth     The price has already been paid. [19:23] Chise     Philomela! [19:25] Chise     If it's your wish, we can't stop it. [19:29] Chise     What do you want to happen to you? [19:32] Lucy     Whatever! [19:33] Lucy     Just finish what you were about to say! [19:37] Isaac     That's why we're here, Philomela. [19:44] (Flashback) Joshua     Who's she again? [19:45] (Flashback) Veronica     You're good at this kind of thing. [19:46] (Flashback) Lizbeth     She has no desires. [19:52] Philomela     I have no one. [19:56] (Flashback) Rian     You're such a good teacher. [19:59] (Flashback) Lucy     You don't look fine at all. [20:00] (Flashback) Isaac     But you're allowed to speak up now. [20:02] (Flashback) Isaac     Say what you want. [20:03] Chise     Friends and enemies walk     amongst each other. [20:03] Isaac     What you want others to do for you. [20:05] Chise     and all you can do is to     shout for what you want. [20:07] (Flashback) Lucy     What exactly do you want? [20:08] (Flashback) Lucy     What's your wish? [20:12] Philomela     If I may wish... [20:23] Philomela     Help me! [20:31] Elias     You ought not be so quick     to touch that thing. [20:34] Elias     It absorbs everything. [20:36] Chise     What do we do, then?! [20:38] Lucy     Chise, you used your magic     to solve that puzzle. [20:41] Lucy     That puzzle had all kinds     of sorcery cast on it. [20:44] Lucy     With just one magic! [20:46] Chise     Isaac, can I use that tool from earlier? [20:50] Isaac     Uh, yeah! [20:52] Isaac     Hold the image of what     you want in your mind! [20:56] Chise     A staff won't do. [20:58] Chise     I need something stronger, sharper... [21:04] Elias     Go, get it done. [21:07] Chise     Coffin lock, I am your iron stake. [21:12] Chise     By the howls of the beasts of the underworld, [21:14] Chise     you burn away into the fields, and     I place my hand on the coffin! [21:40] Lizbeth     That circle was meant to summon a deity... [21:43] Lizbeth     How could it have been     stopped by mere magic? [21:56] Chise     Sorry to keep you waiting, Philomela. [22:01] Philomela     You're the ones who     helped me gather myself. [22:10] Philomela     Chise... [22:13] Philomela     I never realized I've always     wanted someone to help me.