# E4 - Everything must have a beginning
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6GG7MMP6/everything-must-have-a-beginning)
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**[01:48] Chise**
I can hear cats meowing.
**[01:57] (Flashback) Mina**
Say, you cats have nine lives, do you not?
**[02:03] (Flashback) Mina**
Since you have so many,
why not spare one for me?
**[02:29] Elias**
Are you awake?
**[02:33] Elias**
Morning, Chise.
**[02:36] Chise**
G-Good morning, sir.
**[02:39] Elias**
You gave me a shock.
**[02:40] Elias**
One moment you collapsed,
the next, you'd fallen asleep.
**[02:44] Chise**
S-Sorry.
**[02:47] Chise**
Was I* that *tired?
**[03:08] Chise**
Uh, where are we?
**[03:10] Elias**
It's the train to our next
honeymoon destination.
**[03:16] Elias**
Come in.
**[03:23] Sealion**
There is a messenger here to see you.
**[03:27] Chise**
Bring them in.
**[03:33] Elias**
This train is not meant for humans.
**[03:39] Chise**
A cat?
**[03:40] Cat**
Pleased to meet you, sir mage.
**[03:44] Elias**
Word travels fast.
**[03:46] Cat**
Rumors spread a hundred miles
a day in the cat world.
**[03:50] Chise**
He spoke.
**[03:52] Cat**
Perhaps that would be surprising for
a cat on its first or second life,
**[03:56] Cat**
but this is my seventh.
**[03:58] Cat**
There would be something
wrong with me if I couldn't.
**[04:01] Chise**
First? Seventh?
**[04:04] Elias**
Haven't you heard?
**[04:06] Elias**
Cats have nine lives.
**[04:09] Chise**
Nine lives?
**[04:12] Cat**
Exactly.
**[04:14] Cat**
We cats become wiser with each life.
**[04:19] Cat**
We too have the idea of "countries" and "kings."
**[04:25] Cat**
Our King of Cats awaits at Ulthar, sir mage.
**[05:09] Chise**
There are a lot of cats here.
**[05:12] Cat**
That's why it's the Kingdom of Cats.
**[05:15] Cat**
Here, there have historically
been many cat lovers
**[05:17] Cat**
and none who are cruel to us,
so naturally, our numbers grew.
**[05:21] Cat**
There are some other
reasons as well, though.
**[05:26] Cat**
Barney! Where the heck have you been?
**[05:31] Bernie**
The King wanted me to take a look,
so I was on patrol, Jasper.
**[05:37] Bernie**
You have a scent that takes me back.
**[05:41] Bernie**
You smell kind of like the mages
that I used to see around.
**[05:44] Elias**
What an overly chatty animal.
**[05:47] Bernie**
Shut it, you prickly Thorn Mage.
**[05:51] Bernie**
I'm not going to scratch up
your bride, so don't worry.
**[05:55] Chise**
Even *cats* know about this?
**[05:58] Bernie**
Cats' rumors can easily make it
to the other side of the world.
**[06:24] Chise**
She just looked at me.
**[06:30] Chise**
Oh, yeah. Where's this King?
**[06:33] Cat**
Right next to you.
**[06:41] Molly**
Hello, mage and apprentice.
**[06:45] Chise**
You're the King of Cats?
**[06:48] Molly**
Yes.
**[06:49] Molly**
My name is Molly.
**[06:52] Molly**
You must be Chise.
**[06:54] Molly**
You struck me as odd, choosing to
pair bond with this cranky man.
**[06:59] Elias**
Shut up.
**[07:01] Chise**
Pair bond...
**[07:02] Molly**
I'm glad to see you both here.
**[07:05] Molly**
I don't know what I would have done
if they'd sent a sorcerer instead.
**[07:08] Chise**
Would it have been bad if we were sorcerers?
**[07:11] Bernie**
We hate sorcerers, lady!
**[07:14] Bernie**
They're skeevy, lawless lowlifes!
**[07:17] Bernie**
I don't wanna be anywhere near them.
**[07:20] Molly**
I know you were sent here by the Church.
**[07:25] Molly**
I wish I could tell you that there
was nothing wrong with our land.
**[07:29] Molly**
However, we're in a bit of trouble.
**[07:32] Molly**
You'll help us, right, mage?
**[07:36] Elias**
That's why I'm here,
although I wish I weren't.
**[07:40] (A)**
Hey, who are you, miss?
**[07:43] Chise**
E-Elias...
**[07:45] (A)**
Who were you talking to outside my house?
**[07:52] Chise**
Oh, no. I just noticed
the cute cat on the wall.
**[07:57] (A)**
That's our cat.
**[08:00] (A)**
Isn't she pretty?
**[08:04] (A)**
Molly, it'll be time to eat soon.
**[08:06] (A)**
Come inside, okay?
**[08:12] Molly**
My owner.
**[08:13] Molly**
I've looked after her since she
was born, so she's like my child.
**[08:19] Chise**
She's a cute girl.
**[08:21] Molly**
I'm proud of her like she's my own daughter.
**[08:27] Chise**
Elias.
**[08:28] Elias**
I hate kids.
**[08:30] Elias**
They don't even have magic,
**[08:32] Elias**
but they have a strong ability
to perceive the essence of a being.
**[08:35] Elias**
Sometimes, they can see through me.
**[08:37] Elias**
I might as well go investigate.
**[08:42] Chise**
Where are you going?
**[08:44] Elias**
Something doesn't feel right.
**[08:49] Molly**
Well, then, I'd like to show you around.
**[09:16] Molly**
Long ago—so long ago that even we, with our
nine lives, don't have many tales to tell of it—
**[09:25] Molly**
there was a man here who enjoyed killing us.
**[09:30] Chise**
Killing cats?
**[09:32] Molly**
Run as we may, hide as we may,
**[09:36] Molly**
we were captured,
and our lives were snuffed out.
**[09:49] Molly**
It was the first King of
Cats who ended that.
**[09:53] Molly**
The first king gathered the remaining
cats, and together they attacked.
**[09:58] Molly**
They clawed him apart, chewed
him to bits, drank his blood,
**[10:02] Molly**
and left not even a trace of him.
**[10:10] Molly**
Each generation of kings pays for
the reverence we receive by sacrificing
**[10:15] Molly**
several of our lives in
order to hold the corruption at bay.
**[10:18] Molly**
That's the price we pay for our veneration.
**[10:23] Bernie**
Look really carefully.
**[10:26] Bernie**
I'm sure you can see it.
**[10:45] Molly**
It's filth.
**[10:47] Molly**
The corrupt state of souls
that were never cleansed...
**[10:50] Molly**
The corruption has been trying
to escape in recent days.
**[10:55] Molly**
It seeks maniacally and indiscriminately
to take the lives of both cats and humans.
**[11:02] Molly**
I must not allow it to emerge,
**[11:06] Molly**
even if it kills me.
**[11:12] Chise**
For the girl's sake?
**[11:14] Molly**
What mother fails to protect her own child?
**[11:18] Molly**
It would be unthinkable, at least to me.
**[11:26] Chise**
Yeah. I guess.
**[11:34] Molly**
Chise!
**[11:41] Alice**
Don't take this personally.
**[12:11] (Flashback) (A)**
Mina.
**[12:13] (Flashback) (A)**
Mina.
**[12:17] (Flashback) (A)**
Mina.
**[12:19] (Flashback) Mina**
Matthew.
**[12:21] (Flashback) Matthew**
I'm home, Mina.
**[12:23] (Flashback) Matthew**
Shouldn't you be in bed?
**[12:26] (Flashback) Mina**
I'm fine, Matthew.
**[12:29] (Flashback) Matthew**
Here.
**[12:30] (Flashback) Mina**
Wow!
**[12:31] (Flashback) Matthew**
There were lots of them
blooming by the garden.
**[12:34] (Flashback) Matthew**
I wanted to show you.
**[12:36] (Flashback) Mina**
Thank you.
**[12:41] (Flashback) Matthew**
How's your fever?
**[12:43] (Flashback) Matthew**
You're still burning up.
**[12:48] (Flashback) Matthew**
Come on.
**[12:50] (Flashback) Matthew**
Shoo.
**[12:51] (Flashback) Matthew**
Get off your butt and go catch
some mice or something.
**[12:55] (Flashback) Matthew**
What's his problem?
**[12:57] (Flashback) ---**
That cat seriously only likes you.
**[13:02] (Flashback) Matthew**
I heard there's a wandering
sorcerer in town right now.
**[13:07] (Flashback) Matthew**
I'll ask if they have any good medicine.
**[13:12] (Flashback) Mina**
I'm sorry, dear.
**[13:14] (Flashback) Mina**
I always do this to you.
**[13:16] (Flashback) Matthew**
You don't need to apologize.
**[13:19] (Flashback) Matthew**
You've always been prone to sickness,
but I knew that when we got together.
**[13:26] (Flashback) Matthew**
Now, get some sleep.
**[13:30] (Flashback) Matthew**
You better not be knitting
socks or coats like last time.
**[13:34] (Flashback) Mina**
Fine.
**[13:37] (Flashback) Mina**
See you soon.
**[13:53] (Flashback) Mina**
If only I had nine lives, like a cat.
**[14:06] Mina**
This was my sin,
**[14:09] Mina**
and my punishment for resting
my laurels on his love.
**[14:14] Chise**
Who are you?
**[14:16] Mina**
I suppose you could say I'm the
core of this corruption.
**[14:20] Chise**
Core?
**[14:23] Mina**
This man is affixed to me. He won't let go.
**[14:26] Mina**
It's my fault that he's become
such an abomination.
**[14:38] Chise**
This man...
**[14:40] Mina**
Matthew.
**[14:42] Mina**
My husband.
**[14:51] Mina**
Please.
**[14:52] Mina**
For his sake,
**[14:54] Mina**
and mine...
**[14:55] Chise**
Wait, I don't know anything yet—
**[15:03] Elias**
Chise.
**[15:05] Elias**
Chise!
**[15:07] Elias**
Chise.
**[15:11] Chise**
Elias.
**[15:13] Elias**
I'm sorry I didn't come sooner.
**[15:20] Elias**
Are you all right?
**[15:21] Elias**
Can you breathe?
**[15:22] Chise**
Yes.
**[15:24] Elias**
What happened to the one who
threw Chise into the pond?
**[15:27] Bernie**
She gave off a flash and vanished.
**[15:31] Elias**
There was magic residue all over the place.
**[15:34] Elias**
It looks like someone's
trying to get in our way.
**[15:40] Elias**
I'd like to give you time to rest,
**[15:44] Elias**
but Chise, I have a task for you.
**[15:48] Chise**
For me?
**[15:49] Elias**
We need to do something about *that*, soon.
**[15:53] Elias**
I want you to cleanse it.
**[15:55] Elias**
Containing it only delays
the inevitable problem.
**[16:00] Elias**
We don't need the magic to contain
it, but magic to cleanse it.
**[16:04] Chise**
Magic to cleanse it?
**[16:06] Elias**
I haven't had you practice
magic properly yet.
**[16:12] Elias**
But I believe you can do it.
**[16:17] Chise**
If I can't, will he lose faith in me?
**[16:24] Chise**
If you think I can,
**[16:28] Chise**
I'll do it.
**[16:31] Elias**
You heard her, King of Cats.
**[16:34] Molly**
Understood.
**[16:35] Molly**
I'll clear the place of
as many people as I can.
**[16:39] Molly**
I'm counting on you two.
**[16:41] (A)**
Yes, ma'am.
**[16:43] Elias**
At night, then, when
there aren't any people.
**[16:54] Elias**
This is a mantle purified with snowmelt.
**[17:00] Elias**
We use frankincense in the censer.
**[17:02] Elias**
Let's use a branch of gorse
in place of a wand.
**[17:08] Elias**
You would normally need
your own chant and wand.
**[17:12] Elias**
But we'll have to make do.
**[17:15] Ariel**
Is your lecture going to take a while?
**[17:18] Chise**
An ariel.
**[17:19] Ariel**
It's been a while, Chise.
**[17:22] Elias**
They'll be a great help for our task today.
**[17:25] Elias**
Although I don't look forward to it,
especially after what happened.
**[17:29] Ariel**
Cleansing and extinguishing
is what we're good at.
**[17:34] Ariel**
The wind clears away everything.
**[17:37] Ariel**
Meat, bone, even trees and boulders.
**[17:39] Ariel**
We weather it all away.
**[17:41] Ariel**
So we're the best ones for the job.
**[17:46] Chise**
Speaking of which, why is it me and not you?
**[17:52] Elias**
I hate to admit it, but I'm not
good at this kind of magic.
**[17:57] Elias**
My essence is shadow, after all.
**[18:00] Elias**
I'm not compatible.
**[18:06] Elias**
It's all right, Chise.
**[18:08] Elias**
All you have to do is picture it in your mind.
**[18:13] Elias**
Just wish for it to disappear,
like a spring wind
**[18:19] Elias**
blowing away the cold winter.
**[18:22] Elias**
The ariels will guide you from there.
**[18:26] Chise**
Okay.
**[18:28] Elias**
Chise, love the world.
**[18:32] Elias**
The world you lived in may
not have been your ally.
**[18:36] Elias**
But it wasn't your enemy, either.
**[18:39] Elias**
Your key is already in the silver lock.
**[18:43] Elias**
All that's left to do is to open it.
**[18:51] Elias**
Then again, that's just something
someone once told me.
**[19:00] Chise**
Do you love this place, Elias?
**[19:08] Elias**
Sure.
**[19:38] Chise**
Will he lose faith in me if I fail?
**[19:42] Chise**
But...
**[19:43] (Flashback) Mina**
For his sake, and mine, kill us.
**[19:49] Chise**
How could she say that
with such a calm voice?
**[19:55] Chise**
How did they end up the way they did?
**[20:12] Ariel**
Don't worry.
**[20:14] Ariel**
Stay calm.
**[20:24] Chise**
Do I have to wipe them out?
**[20:30] Alice**
I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't move.
**[20:33] Chise**
You're from earlier.
**[20:35] Chise**
Ariel!
**[20:37] Renfred**
Sorry, we have a use for that thing.
**[20:42] Renfred**
We can't let you get rid of it.
**[20:45] Elias**
No wonder I smelled something unfamiliar.
**[20:49] Elias**
Renfred.
**[20:51] Renfred**
I'm surprised you remember my name.
**[20:56] Renfred**
It looks like you take good care of her.
**[21:00] Renfred**
Is it because she's your precious
test subject, Pilum Murialis?
**[21:07] Chise**
Test subject?
**[21:09] Ariel**
Chise! Don't listen to him!
**[21:13] Renfred**
This glove is made of iron fibers,
which you hate so much.
**[21:17] Renfred**
Squirm, and you'll get hurt.
**[21:19] Chise**
Ariel!
**[21:20] Chise**
Why would a mage do such a thing?
**[21:22] Renfred**
Mage?
**[21:24] Renfred**
You're mistaken.
**[21:26] Renfred**
I'm a sorcerer.
**[21:29] Renfred**
Poor girl.
**[21:30] Renfred**
Even the fairies are deceiving you.
**[21:34] Chise**
Deceiving me?
**[21:36] Elias**
She isn't deceiving you.
**[21:38] Elias**
We detest lies.
**[21:41] Renfred**
Indeed.
**[21:42] Renfred**
All you do is conceal the truth.
**[21:47] Renfred**
That's how you put this
unfortunate child on a leash,
**[21:52] Renfred**
to try to use her to satisfy
your own curiosity.
**[21:56] Renfred**
Why don't you tell her of the
fate that awaits a Sleigh Beggy?
**[22:04] Renfred**
Of the death that will soon come to her?
**[22:15] Chise**
Death?
**[22:19] Chise**
My death?
**[23:55] Chise**
The girl's heart is rocked by the
truth with which she is confronted.
**[23:59] Chise**
Will the despairing child's decision
**[24:01] Chise**
bring an end to the tragic obsession
lurking deep in the Kingdom of Cats?
**[24:06] ---**
You mustn't look inside!