12 - Choosing Who Lives

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[00:04] Goldran
    With all these votes secured,
[00:06] Goldran
    I'm guaranteed to become hospital director.
[00:09] Fennel
    Hello there, Professor Goldran.
[00:11] Goldran
    Lord Fennel.
[00:13] Fennel
    As my savior, it's appropriate that you'll
    finally have standing to reflect that.
[00:18] Goldran
    Thank you for such generous praise.
[00:22] Goldran
    I've finally made it here...
[00:25] Goldran
    It all began with that explosion in the
    magic tool factory thirteen years ago.
[00:30] Goldran
    That day, I was heading back to my hometown
    after my research yielded no results.
[00:35] Goldran
    I thought that if I saved an aristocrat's life,
    their gratitude could get me somewhere.
[00:40] Goldran
    It was the first time
[00:41] Goldran
    I had successfully used my health transfer
    magic with a donor other than myself.
[00:46] Goldran
    Lord Fennel being one of the seven great
    nobles was an unexpected windfall.
[00:51] Goldran
    The only downside was that Bons
    captured the moment on camera,
[00:55] Goldran
    which led me to give him the
    position of first secretary,
[00:57] Goldran
    and the lifestyle that came
    with it, to keep him quiet.
[01:01] Fennel
    I'll see you later, then.
[01:04] Becker
    Well, this is impressive!
[01:07] Becker
    You've really made something
    of yourself, Professor Goldran.
[01:11] Goldran
    Ah, Becker.
[01:13] Goldran
    Here to ingratiate yourself with
    the next director already?
[01:17] Becker
    I don't have a problem with
    you seeing it that way.
[01:21] Goldran
    That special research student was
    here on your recommendation, yes?
[01:26] Goldran
    I had taken a shine to him,
    thinking he'd be useful,
[01:28] Goldran
    but he turned out to be a waste of time.
[01:30] Becker
    Did he offend you somehow?
[01:32] Goldran
    He was invited to one of my dinner parties,
[01:35] Goldran
    yet chose to leave to heal some
    demihumans who barged in.
[01:38] Goldran
    An act of inconceivable idiocy.
[01:41] Goldran
    A member of my faction cannot
    prioritize peasants for healing.
[01:46] Goldran
    He needs to consider our position as healers.
[01:49] Goldran
    Not all lives have equal value.
SIGN    The Brilliant Healer's
    New Life in the Shadows
[03:25] Fennel
    Looking back now, my relationship with
    Professor Goldran began thirteen years ago,
[03:29] Fennel
    when, after I had been seriously wounded—
[03:32] Goldran
    Lord Fennel.
[03:33] Goldran
    I'm sure there's no need
    to share such a sad story.
[03:35] Fennel
    Oh? It seems our star would rather
    not discuss his past glories.
[03:39] Fennel
    How humble is that, for someone on the
    verge of becoming the next director?
[03:46] Fennel
    Well, let's hear from the man himself, then.
[03:49] Goldran
    It's an honor, sir.
[03:52] Goldran
    At this moment, my life has reached its apex.
[03:57] Goldran
    I propose a toast to our bright future!
[04:03] Zenos
    Is this from thirteen years ago?
[04:06] Umin
    Dr. Becker mentioned meeting
    Mr. Bons yesterday,
[04:10] Umin
    but I wasn't expecting this.
[04:12] Umin
    He looks pretty young in the picture,
    but I'm pretty sure this is Afread!
[04:16] Umin
    Then the theory of him surviving
    this accident is true.
[04:22] Umin
    Why?!
[04:24] Umin
    This woman is...
[04:29] Goldran
    What's happened?
[04:35] Goldran
    Becker?
[04:36] Becker
    It's poison, Professor.
[04:38] Goldran
    Poison?!
[04:39] Becker
    Mixed in with the wine
    that we all toasted with.
[04:43] Becker
    Poison and medicine are two
    sides of the same coin.
[04:45] Becker
    And preparing medicine is my specialty.
[04:49] Goldran
    What is this?!
[04:52] Becker
    It's a toxin that causes loss of consciousness
    before gradually ending one's life.
[04:56] Becker
    Which should occur in roughly
    one hour, without intervention.
[04:59] Becker
    The dose in your glass was slightly weaker,
[05:04] Becker
    but still, I'd wager you won't last two hours.
[05:07] Goldran
    What do you think you're doing?!
[05:09] Becker
    Isn't it obvious?
[05:11] Becker
    Recreating that moment
    from thirteen years ago.
[05:13] Goldran
    You... How do you know about that?!
[05:17] Becker
    I've had my suspicions for a while now,
[05:20] Becker
    but it was our talented special research
    student who made it clear to me.
[05:25] Goldran
    What did he do now?
[05:28] Becker
    He found a lead for me to follow.
[05:30] Becker
    And Mr. Bons was reluctant to talk,
[05:33] Becker
    so I used a combination of alcohol
    and medicine to loosen his lips.
[05:36] Becker
    Finding the picture was pure luck, though.
[05:38] Goldran
    I thought I had gotten rid of that...
[05:40] Becker
    He had another copy, apparently.
[05:43] Becker
    Looks like you're a poor judge of character.
[05:45] Goldran
    Shut up!
[05:47] Becker
    "Not all lives have equal value."
[05:50] Becker
    Professor Goldran, thirteen years ago,
[05:53] Becker
    that belief led you to
    choose whose life to save...
[05:57] Becker
    and to sacrifice the lives of others.
[06:00] Goldran
    They would have died anyway!
[06:02] Becker
    In your estimation, at least.
[06:04] Becker
    But Afread was among their number.
[06:09] Becker
    As was my fiancée.
[06:13] Becker
    I've ensured you have enough strength
    left to use health transfer magic.
[06:17] Becker
    Preventing the poison's progression
    will require a fair bit of life force,
[06:22] Becker
    but there are plenty of lives here to use.
[06:25] Becker
    So, who will you sacrifice this time?
[06:28] Becker
    Who will you save?
[06:30] Becker
    Your own life?
[06:31] Becker
    Lord Fennel? Or the members of the
    faction who've given their votes to you?
[06:37] Becker
    Go on. It's time to choose who lives.
[06:42] Goldran
    I know! An antidote!
    There must be one, right?!
[06:46] Goldran
    Give it to me now!
[06:47] Goldran
    And I'll see that your
    punishment isn't too harsh.
[06:52] Goldran
    What are you doing?
[06:55] Becker
    I took a small enough dose
    to retain consciousness...
[06:58] Becker
    But it really does have
    quite a kick, doesn't it?
[07:01] Becker
    And now I'm poisoned myself.
[07:05] Becker
    You have one more option now.
[07:08] Becker
    You can believe that I have an antidote
    and save my life, if you like.
[07:12] Goldran
    You can't think you'll get away with this.
[07:16] Becker
    I'd stay focused if I were you,
    or you'll run out of lives to exploit.
[07:21] Goldran
    Damn you!
[07:25] Goldran
    Who do I save?
[07:26] Goldran
    Myself first.
[07:28] Goldran
    Then Lord Fennel.
[07:30] Goldran
    If there's no guarantee
    that he has an antidote,
[07:33] Goldran
    then the sacrifice should be...
[07:36] Goldran
    Woven into a single ray of light,
[07:39] Goldran
    let the lost embers of life be your guide,
[07:42] Goldran
    so that they may find their way home.
[07:45] Goldran
    Give Heal!
[07:47] Becker
    That is your choice, then?
[07:50] Goldran
    They have a duty to serve me.
[07:55] Becker
    That's a shame.
[07:56] Becker
    I already told you, your dose
    was weaker than the others'.
[08:01] Goldran
    What difference does that make?
[08:03] Becker
    That means you have the most
    life force among everyone here.
[08:09] Becker
    If you had used that life force, you could
    have saved the largest number of people.
[08:13] Goldran
    I am worth more than other healers!
[08:17] Becker
    Then you insist that not
    all life is of equal value?
[08:21] Goldran
    Obviously!
[08:22] Goldran
    Even among coins, you have
    gold, silver, and bronze!
[08:27] Goldran
    Life is the same way!
[08:28] Goldran
    What sense does it make to
    not save the most worthy?!
[08:36] Becker
    Well, now...
[08:38] Umin
    Dr. Becker!
[08:40] Becker
    Umin? What are you doing here?
[08:44] Umin
    We found a picture in your room,
[08:46] Umin
    and your former fiancée was in it.
[08:50] Umin
    I got a bad feeling.
[08:52] Zenos
    You poisoned them?
[08:54] Becker
    Zenos...
[08:56] Umin
    Dr. Becker, why would you do this?!
[09:01] Becker
    Are all lives equally valuable?
[09:03] Becker
    I've considered the question for a long time.
[09:06] Becker
    Thirteen years ago, my fiancée
    and I were rookie healers.
[09:12] Becker
    Her eyes would shine as she talked about
    all the lives she wanted to save.
[09:17] Becker
    When I heard she was caught
    in an explosion and died,
[09:22] Becker
    the ruthlessness of death,
[09:24] Becker
    and God's lack of mercy,
[09:26] Becker
    drove me into the depths of grief.
[09:30] Becker
    If it had just been a random accident,
[09:32] Becker
    I would've carried on in her place,
    trying to save other people.
[09:37] Becker
    But after attending that dinner party,
    Afread told me that it wasn't an accident,
[09:43] Becker
    and that Goldran was involved.
[09:46] Umin
    That's what happened?
[09:48] Becker
    It was the last thing he
    said to me before vanishing.
[09:52] Becker
    And the thought of my fiancée having been
    murdered rather than dying in an accident...
[09:56] Becker
    I couldn't maintain my composure.
[09:59] Becker
    But without any evidence,
    and with Afread missing,
[10:03] Becker
    I couldn't pursue the truth, either.
[10:07] Zenos
    Which is why you hired me.
[10:09] Becker
    Ideally, you'd find Afread.
[10:11] Becker
    But, if nothing else, you could get into the
    dinner party and get some kind of information.
[10:16] Umin
    But... This is just...
[10:18] Becker
    Umin, I'm so sorry.
[10:21] Becker
    But I—
[10:22] Cresson
    Shut up!
[10:24] Becker
    Cresson?
[10:26] Cresson
    Look, I get it.
[10:27] Cresson
    If something that messed up
    had happened to my lover,
[10:31] Cresson
    I wouldn't be able to take it.
[10:32] Cresson
    Even though I don't have one!
[10:34] Cresson
    And you're right about one thing: Goldran over
    there is a huge piece of crap. No doubt about it.
[10:39] Goldran
    You wretch!
[10:40] Cresson
    But this isn't it!
[10:43] Cresson
    It's not right!
[10:45] Cresson
    Wanting revenge so badly, you poison
    people who have nothing to do with it?!
[10:48] Cresson
    That's not how it should be!
[10:51] Cresson
    Aren't you a healer?!
[10:53] Cresson
    I thought we were supposed to save people!
[10:57] Zenos
    Well said, Cresson.
[11:00] Zenos
    Hey, Becker, remember when you asked me
[11:03] Zenos
    which coins I would pick up when a
    bunch were scattered on the ground?
[11:08] Zenos
    It was a stupid question.
[11:10] Zenos
    I'd pick them all up.
[11:12] Becker
    All of them?
[11:14] Zenos
    I grew up poor, you know.
[11:18] Becker
    You seriously intend to save everyone?
[11:21] Becker
    Why? How does it benefit you?
[11:24] Zenos
    It's true that I've already
    finished the job you hired me for,
[11:29] Zenos
    but if I don't do anything, you're
    gonna end up guilty of mass murder.
[11:33] Zenos
    And there's someone who'd
    be worse off if that happened.
[11:35] Umin
    Zenos...
[11:37] Umin
    Will you save them?
[11:40] Zenos
    It's payback for the going-away party.
[11:42] Zenos
    Never had someone say they were
    sad to see me leave before.
[11:46] Zenos
    Normally, people get sick
    of me, and I get kicked out.
[11:49] Becker
    Zenos, you intend to save these people,
[11:54] Becker
    but it's difficult to provide accurate antidote
    magic without knowing the specifics of the toxin.
[11:59] Zenos
    You gonna tell me the details, then?
[12:02] Zenos
    Do you even know them yourself?
[12:05] Becker
    What are you—
[12:06] Zenos
    Never mind. Don't have a lot of time, anyway.
[12:12] Zenos
    Heal!
[12:15] Becker
    Heal? A normal Heal spell?!
[12:19] Becker
    That might repair the damage it does,
[12:21] Becker
    but it won't purge the poison
    from their systems!
[12:24] Zenos
    I can encourage the body's
    natural healing, though.
[12:27] Becker
    Those effects are temporary!
[12:29] Becker
    The poison has already spread to—
[12:32] Becker
    Don't tell me...
[12:34] Zenos
    I'm no toxicologist,
[12:36] Zenos
    but the effects must wear off sooner or later.
[12:39] Becker
    You seriously intend to heal all these
    people until the poison has run its course?!
[12:44] Zenos
    It's an endurance test between
    the poison and my healing magic.
[12:48] Zenos
    You'd be surprised
    how competitive I can be.
[12:58] Becker
    You are just...
[13:00] Cresson
    I got your back, Bro!
[13:02] Umin
    Likewise!
[13:03] Zenos
    Focus your healing on
    whoever looks the weakest!
[13:06] Umin
    Right!
[13:06] Cressonm
    Got it!
[13:11] Zenos
    You have a subordinate and an
    underclassman cleaning up your mess.
[13:14] Zenos
    You'd better be grateful.
[13:16] Becker
    I can't believe you're capable of casting
    Heal over this length of time.
[13:20] Becker
    That's not how this spell works.
[13:23] Zenos
    It's not?
[13:25] Becker
    I already thought you were remarkable,
    but this is just absurd.
[13:29] Zenos
    I didn't get a proper education, after all.
[13:33] Becker
    My fiancée became a healer to save lives.
[13:38] Becker
    She was an admirable woman
    who had high-minded goals.
[13:41] Zenos
    Yeah.
[13:43] Becker
    Goldran killed her... And the thought
    of him becoming the next director...
[13:48] Becker
    I couldn't let that happen!
[13:50] Becker
    I couldn't allow someone who was her
    opposite in every way to rise to the top!
[13:54] Zenos
    I know.
[13:57] Becker
    The longer I've spent here,
    the more I've realized...
[14:01] Becker
    There's so much disparity in the world.
[14:03] Becker
    There are people who can afford
    the most advanced healing,
[14:06] Becker
    and people who can barely afford
    the most meager medication.
[14:09] Zenos
    Yeah.
[14:11] Becker
    "Are all lives equal in value?"
[14:14] Becker
    That question may have consumed
    me more than I realized.
[14:20] Becker
    Seeing them so desperate to save lives...
[14:23] Becker
    Maybe they're the ones who have
    inherited my fiancée's spirit.
[14:28] Becker
    Zenos, thank you.
[14:31] Zenos
    No thanks necessary.
[14:33] Zenos
    But I am tired as hell,
    so I'm gonna need bonus pay.
[14:38] Goldran
    W-Wait a moment!
[14:40] Goldran
    I haven't been healed!
[14:44] Zenos
    Oh. I forgot.
[14:46] Goldran
    Don't you mock me!
[14:48] Goldran
    I command you... to save me!
[14:51] Zenos
    I was kicked out of your faction,
[14:53] Zenos
    so I don't take orders from you.
[14:55] Goldran
    You people! Save me, damn it!
[15:00] Faction Member A
    It's only in fragments, but
    I remember what happened...
[15:03] Faction Member B
    After I lost consciousness, it felt
    like my life was being drained.
[15:07] Faction Member C
    Professor, were you going to sacrifice us?
[15:13] Zenos
    And that's what they think of your demands.
[15:16] Zenos
    But as long as I get my money,
    I don't play favorites.
[15:20] Zenos
    I'm an underground healer, after all.
[15:22] Zenos
    So if you want my help, it's gonna cost you.
[15:26] Goldran
    Cost me?
[15:27] Zenos
    Considering how tired I am,
    another round of healing is gonna take...
[15:32] Zenos
    about this much.
[15:34] Goldran
    Ridiculous! I'm not paying that amount!
[15:38] Zenos
    Yeah? Never mind, then.
[15:40] Goldran
    Wait, wait wait wait!
[15:42] Goldran
    I'll pay! You'll get your money. Just save me!
[15:45] Fennel
    Goldran.
[15:47] Fennel
    We're going to discuss this
    matter in detail later.
[15:52] Goldran
    Damn it... Damn it!
[16:02] Becker
    I've never been interrogated before.
[16:04] Becker
    Quite the experience!
[16:07] Umin
    Dr. Becker...
[16:08] Becker
    I have to say, considering the incident was
    yesterday and the investigation is ongoing,
[16:13] Becker
    I'm impressed you got permission to see me.
[16:16] Zenos
    I actually have an acquaintance
    in the royal guard.
[16:19] Becker
    You do?
[16:21] Krishna
    Good to see you again, Mr. Zenos.
[16:24] Krishna
    I'm touched that you'd use a meeting with
    a suspect as an excuse to come and see me.
[16:29] Zenos
    I'm, uh, not here to see you, actually.
[16:33] Zenos
    But I do appreciate you arranging this.
[16:36] Zenos
    Thank you.
[16:38] Krishna
    Please! It's nothing,
    considering what I owe you.
[16:42] Becker
    Um... how do you two know each other?
[16:46] Zenos
    Don't worry about it.
[16:48] Zenos
    I came to ask you some questions today.
[16:51] Becker
    Questions?
[16:53] Umin
    Dr. Becker, you didn't actually
    poison anyone, did you?
[16:58] Becker
    In a sense, yes. You're correct.
[17:00] Umin
    In a sense?
[17:02] Becker
    I would use a poison to create a situation
    like the one from thirteen years ago,
[17:07] Becker
    and, under the pressure,
    Goldran would confess his crimes.
[17:13] Becker
    That was my original plan.
[17:16] Umin
    B-But you said you didn't poison anyone...
[17:19] Becker
    I had prepared a drug that would
    only temporarily paralyze the body.
[17:24] Becker
    My intention was to lie to Goldran
    about it being a lethal toxin.
[17:30] Becker
    At first, I thought I had made a
    mistake in preparing the drug,
[17:34] Becker
    but that wasn't it.
[17:35] Becker
    The natural conclusion is
    that someone other than me
[17:38] Becker
    tampered with the wine,
    using a different chemical.
[17:42] Zenos
    And you think that was Afread?
[17:44] Becker
    Most likely.
[17:46] Becker
    He may have been there that night.
[17:49] Becker
    Pretending to take a dose of the poison,
[17:51] Becker
    blending in among the collapsed healers,
    and watching how events unfolded.
[17:55] Umin
    Then Afread would be the one who—
[17:58] Becker
    No. I'm still guilty.
[18:01] Becker
    I realized there was an
    actual poison in the wine,
[18:04] Becker
    but I was desperate.
[18:06] Becker
    At that point, I didn't care if
    everyone died, including myself.
[18:11] Umin
    Dr. Becker...
[18:13] Krishna
    You don't need to worry about him.
[18:16] Krishna
    Considering he didn't intend to poison
    anyone and he's an acquaintance of yours,
[18:20] Krishna
    I can use my authority as vice captain
    of the order to see him released.
[18:24] Zenos
    Maybe go through due process instead?
[18:27] Krishna
    If it's a request of yours, Mr. Zenos,
    I'm prepared to bare it all,
[18:32] Krishna
    embarrassing though it might be.
[18:33] Zenos
    What are you even talking about?
[18:36] Umin
    I don't care what authority you
    have to use! Please, do it!
[18:43] Becker
    Zenos.
[18:45] Zenos
    What's up?
[18:46] Becker
    I'm sure you've realized, but...
[18:49] Zenos
    You're talking about the
    Afread in the picture, right?
[18:51] Zenos
    It's hard to believe he survived
    having his life drained by Goldran,
[18:54] Zenos
    considering the situation.
[18:56] Becker
    Right. Which raises the question:
    who was the Afread I encountered?
[19:01] Becker
    Or maybe... What was he?
[19:04] Becker
    This may not be as simple as
    revenge for thirteen years ago.
[19:08] Becker
    And you were the one who foiled his plans.
[19:13] Becker
    He may turn his ire toward you next, Zenos.
[19:17] Zenos
    I'd rather avoid any trouble,
[19:20] Zenos
    but if this guy really does show up,
[19:22] Zenos
    I'll hit him with a bill for
    all the trouble he's caused.
[19:27] Becker
    It's reassuring to know he's out there.
[19:29] Krishna
    Yeah.
[19:31] Krishna
    And if I'm being honest,
    I'm a bit jealous that Mr. Zenos
[19:35] Krishna
    went out of his way to come and visit you.
[19:38] Becker
    Being honest with me, eh?
[19:40] Becker
    But it was likely for Umin's sake.
[19:43] Krishna
    I like that even less.
[19:45] Becker
    She was a part of my minor laboratory,
[19:48] Becker
    on top of being my niece.
[19:50] Becker
    My being under suspicion of murder
    puts her in a precarious position,
[19:55] Becker
    which is why he wanted my
    innocence on the record.
[19:59] Krishna
    He'd go so far for that girl?
[20:01] Becker
    "I'd pick up all the coins."
[20:04] Becker
    Something Zenos said.
[20:06] Becker
    All the coins...
[20:09] Becker
    The lives he intended to save didn't just
    include the poisoned healers, but Umin, as well.
[20:15] Becker
    Even Goldran.
[20:16] Becker
    He could've ignored him and let him die,
[20:18] Becker
    so he was saved in a sense, as well.
[20:21] Krishna
    In that case, I'd say you were
    one of those coins, as well.
[20:30] Becker
    He really is a remarkable fellow.
[20:36] Guide
    I was looking forward
    to this experiment, too.
[20:39] Guide
    Zenos, you and I just keep
    running into each other.
[20:44] Guide
    How do people think and react
    in extreme circumstances?
[20:49] Guide
    I could've gained even more valuable
    data if he hadn't gotten in the way.
[20:56] Guide
    Afread, this vessel of yours isn't bad at all.
[21:01] Guide
    You'll be staying with me a bit longer.
[21:09] Zenos
    Well, I'm off.
[21:11] Umin
    You're the one who prevented
    the group poisoning.
[21:14] Umin
    I hate that everyone being half-conscious
    means you won't get the credit for it.
[21:20] Cresson
    Ditto.
[21:22] Zenos
    Nah. This is all the reward I need.
[21:25] Lily
    Let's go, Zenos.
[21:27] Lily
    Everyone's waiting.
[21:29] Zenos
    Time to take off, then.
[21:31] Lily
    See you around, Umin!
[21:34] Lily
    And you, too, my weird big brother!
[21:36] Umin
    Right. Thank you both for so much!
[21:39] Cresson
    Little sis! I'm psyched you finally
    called me "big brother" in the end!
[21:44] Cresson
    I love ya!
[21:57] Zenos
    Goodbye, Royal Hospital.
[22:01] Carmilla
    "And so, having resolved the incident,
    Zenos the underground healer
[22:05] Carmilla
    went on to get caught in another mess."
[22:08] Zenos
    Seriously, stop making ominous declarations!
[23:45] Lily
    Coming!
[23:48] Lily
    Hello.
[23:50] Lily
    Come right in.
[23:51] Lily
    Are you a new patient?