# E11 - Peridot of Blessings
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***SIGN*** Machida Station South Exit
**[00:12] Seigi**
Let me carry that.
**[00:18] Chieko**
Uh, but...
***SIGN*** Episode 11
Peridot of Blessings
***SIGN*** Inamura
**[02:01] Chieko**
Right this way.
**[02:02] Seigi**
Sorry for making you do this.
**[02:04] Chieko**
What are you talking about?
**[02:06] Chieko**
If I didn't at least treat you to some tea,
the gods would surely punish me.
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**[02:22] Seigi**
Huh?
**[02:23] Seigi**
Isn't this...
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**[02:26] Chieko**
Thank you for waiting.
**[02:35] Chieko**
Do you like Hugo?
**[02:38] Seigi**
I'm reading that right now
on a recommendation.
**[02:41] Seigi**
I just got to the part where
he steals the silverware.
**[02:44] Seigi**
I feel really bad for the protagonist.
**[02:48] Chieko**
No one who feels sorry for Jean Valjean
before his encounter with the bishop
**[02:53] Chieko**
is a bad person.
**[02:54] Seigi**
Huh?
**[02:56] Richard**
* No one who feels sorry for Jean Valjean*
* before his encounter with the bishop*
**[03:00] Richard**
*is a bad person.*
**[03:05] Chieko**
Is there something on my face?
**[03:07] Seigi**
Oh, no.
**[03:12] Seigi**
Pudding...
**[03:14] Chieko**
Do young folks not like pudding?
**[03:17] Seigi**
No, I love it.
**[03:20] Seigi**
Thanks for the treat.
**[03:27] Seigi**
This isn't ordinary sugar, is it?
**[03:30] Chieko**
I'm impressed you can tell.
**[03:32] Seigi**
It's honey... No, black sugar?
**[03:38] Chieko**
Well done.
**[03:39] Seigi**
Huh?
**[03:40] Chieko**
Oh, I'm sorry. Old habits die hard.
**[03:44] Chieko**
Despite how I seem now,
I used to be a teacher.
**[03:47] Seigi**
Really?
**[03:48] Chieko**
I was a tutor before I became a teacher.
**[03:51] Chieko**
I'd always tell the children they'd done well
when I rewarded them with pudding.
**[03:56] Seigi**
What?
**[03:58] Seigi**
Um, could I ask you a strange question?
**[04:02] Chieko**
What is it?
**[04:04] Seigi**
That photo was taken in England, wasn't it?
**[04:07] Chieko**
Yes.
**[04:08] Seigi**
That's Count Claremont's residence, right?
**[04:13] Seigi**
Does the name "Richard"
ring a bell, by any chance?
**[04:19] Chieko**
Richard-san...
**[04:21] Seigi**
I work at Richard's shop.
**[04:25] Seigi**
I was just thinking it'd be an incredible
coincidence if you're Richard's governess.
**[04:34] Chieko**
I'll make some more tea.
**[04:44] Chieko**
Thank you so much for today.
I appreciate the help.
**[04:48] Seigi**
No, thank you for the tea and pudding.
**[04:52] Chieko**
Excuse me...
**[04:55] Chieko**
I hate to ask such a thing of a
nice young man such as yourself,
**[05:01] Chieko**
but please keep the fact
that we met between us.
**[05:04] Seigi**
What?
**[05:20] Seigi**
It tastes different today, doesn't it?
**[05:24] Richard**
I demand an explanation.
**[05:26] Seigi**
An explanation?
**[05:28] Seigi**
An explanation, huh?
**[05:29] Seigi**
Um... the other day, when I went
to visit my mom, Hiromi...
**[05:35] Richard**
Seigi.
**[05:37] Seigi**
I'm sorry, but I can't tell you.
**[05:41] Richard**
I see. So that's the only
explanation you can give...
**[05:52] Richard**
Come to think of it,
**[05:54] Richard**
I haven't told you why
I still use the name "de Vulpian."
**[06:00] Seigi**
Does that have anything to do with this?
**[06:03] Richard**
I'm searching for a Japanese woman
who once took care of me.
**[06:09] Richard**
I took my mother's maiden name
**[06:11] Richard**
so that she'd recognize me
immediately if she ever saw it.
**[06:16] Richard**
For three years, between
the ages of six to nine,
**[06:21] Richard**
I learned Japanese from her.
***SIGN*** 22 Years Ago
**[06:27] Richard**
At the time, my parents were already divorced,
**[06:31] Richard**
and I was living with my uncle.
**[06:36] (Flashback) Chieko**
Full marks for both of you. Well done.
**[06:40] (Flashback) Richard**
Yes! We get pudding!
**[06:42] (Flashback) Jeffrey**
I'm going to show Mother!
**[06:52] (Flashback) Chieko**
Young Master Richard,
you did a very good job, too.
***SIGN*** 3 Years Later
**[07:12] (Flashback) Count**
What are we going to do about Ashcroft?
**[07:16] (Flashback) Chieko**
Did something happen with
Young Master Richard's father?
**[07:20] (Flashback) Count**
He's going to reconcile with Catherine
and move to the Amazon.
**[07:24] (Flashback) Chieko**
The Amazon?
**[07:27] (Flashback) Count**
It's probably just for appearances.
**[07:30] (Flashback) Count**
It's easier for an entomologist to get
through immigration with a family.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Chieko**
Then will Young Master Richard
be going to the Amazon, as well?
**[07:39] (Flashback) Count**
Indeed.
**[07:41] (Flashback) Chieko**
But if the family will all be together,
**[07:43] (Flashback) Chieko**
that's a great thing for him.
**[07:47] (Flashback) Count**
Catherine is an actress through and through.
**[07:50] (Flashback) Count**
She's no mother.
**[08:12] (Flashback) Catherine**
Richard!
**[08:13] (Flashback) Richard**
Maman...
**[08:15] (Flashback) Catherine**
Don't call me that.
**[08:17] (Flashback) Richard**
I'm sorry, Catherine.
**[08:20] (Flashback) Catherine**
Escort me, Richard.
**[08:45] (Flashback) Count**
Merry Christmas.
**[08:46] (Flashback) All**
Merry Christmas!
**[08:50] Richard**
It happened on Christmas night...
**[08:58] (Flashback) Count**
What is it, Catherine?
**[09:00] (Flashback) Catherine**
It's gone... My necklace is missing!
**[09:05] Richard**
The piece in question was a 19th-century
antique set with a large peridot.
**[09:11] Richard**
It was transformable jewelry
that could be taken apart.
**[09:24] (Flashback) Count**
We searched everywhere
and still couldn't find it.
**[09:26] (Flashback) Count**
Perhaps you've just forgotten
that you left it somewhere else.
**[09:30] (Flashback) Catherine**
It was there when I went to rest in my room,
**[09:33] (Flashback) Catherine**
and when I woke up, it was gone!
**[09:36] (Flashback) Catherine**
Someone must've taken it.
**[09:39] (Flashback) Catherine**
Let me go through your belongings.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Jeffrey**
Here we go again...
**[09:45] (Flashback) Jeffrey**
The queen is on a rampage.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Count**
Catherine, that's enough.
**[09:50] (Flashback) Richard**
There aren't any thieves here!
**[09:53] (Flashback) Catherine**
Are you sure about that?
**[09:55] (Flashback) Chieko**
What?
**[09:56] (Flashback) Count**
You think Chieko took it?
**[09:59] (Flashback) Catherine**
A poor student would need the money, after all.
**[10:07] (Flashback) Count**
Stop this, Catherine.
**[10:11] (Flashback) Catherine**
My, my... Look at this.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Catherine**
What's my necklace's clasp
doing inside your bag?
**[10:27] (Flashback) Count**
It's too hasty to assume she did
it on the basis of that alone.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Count**
Chieko, we're all on your side.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Count**
If there's some explanation for this, tell us.
**[10:40] (Flashback) Chieko**
I...
**[10:53] Richard**
In the end, we never found the necklace.
**[10:56] Richard**
For that and other reasons,
my parents didn't reconcile...
**[11:00] Richard**
and that was the last I ever saw of Chieko.
**[11:05] Seigi**
I see.
**[11:07] Richard**
But I absolutely must see her again.
**[11:13] Richard**
Seigi, Japan has a tradition
of visiting people to thank them.
**[11:19] Richard**
It's considered polite to bring a gift
**[11:22] Richard**
to the home of someone
who has been hospitable to you.
**[11:26] Richard**
It's a fantastic tradition.
**[11:28] Richard**
Don't you agree?
**[11:32] Seigi**
I do.
**[11:43] Seigi**
I'm sorry.
**[11:45] Seigi**
I couldn't keep it to myself.
**[11:47] Chieko**
I had a feeling this would happen.
**[11:50] Chieko**
But as I mentioned the other day,
**[11:54] Chieko**
a lot happened between me
and Young Master Richard.
**[11:57] Seigi**
Um, I came with a message from him today.
**[12:02] Chieko**
A message?
**[12:03] Seigi**
Yes.
**[12:05] Seigi**
Regarding the particulars of what
happened on Christmas nineteen years ago.
**[12:14] Chieko**
What did Young Master Richard tell you?
**[12:18] Chieko**
No, I should explain myself.
**[12:22] Chieko**
I don't know if I did the right thing.
**[12:29] Chieko**
All I can say for certain is that
I hurt Young Master Richard.
**[12:38] (Flashback) Jeffrey**
Today is... a very... auspicious day...
***SIGN*** 22 Years Ago
**[12:43] (Flashback) Chieko**
Now say your greetings in Japanese.
**[12:45] (Flashback) Richard**
Nice to meet you, Chieko.
**[12:48] (Flashback) Richard**
It's good to see you.
**[12:52] (Flashback) Chieko**
Well done, both of you.
**[12:56] (Flashback) Chieko**
Here. This is your reward.
**[13:03] (Flashback) Count**
The children adore you.
**[13:07] (Flashback) Count**
Keep up the good work.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Chieko**
I'll do my best not to disappoint.
**[13:21] (Flashback) Richard**
*Les Misérables*...
**[13:24] (Flashback) Richard**
Thank you, Chieko!
**[13:28] (Flashback) Richard**
Why do these things keep
happening to Jean Valjean?
**[13:32] (Flashback) Richard**
I feel bad for him.
**[13:35] (Flashback) Chieko**
No one who feels sorry for Jean Valjean
before his encounter with the bishop
**[13:39] (Flashback) Chieko**
is a bad person.
**[13:41] (Flashback) Chieko**
You're a good boy, Young Master Richard.
**[13:45] (Flashback) Chieko**
Where's Young Master Jeffrey?
**[13:47] (Flashback) Richard**
He has a cold.
**[13:49] (Flashback) Richard**
Auntie is caring for him at his bedside.
**[13:59] (Flashback) Chieko**
If you catch a cold, I'll take care of you.
**[14:11] (Flashback) Chieko**
It's a promise.
**[14:15] Chieko**
Three years passed in the blink of an eye,
***SIGN*** 3 Years Later
**[14:19] Chieko**
and the day I was to return to
Japan was fast approaching.
**[14:23] (Flashback) Count**
Chieko, if you were to
take work with us formally,
**[14:27] (Flashback) Count**
we'd pay you appropriately.
**[14:29] (Flashback) Chieko**
What? But I'm going back to Japan...
**[14:33] (Flashback) Count**
At home, isn't your only option to get
married and become a housewife?
**[14:38] (Flashback) Count**
You should instead remain here,
where you can study all you'd like.
**[14:43] (Flashback) Chieko**
I appreciate the offer, but...
**[14:46] (Flashback) Count**
There's no need to hold back, Chieko.
**[14:49] (Flashback) Count**
In the first place, do you have any idea
how sad Richard will be if you leave?
**[14:53] (Flashback) Count**
Richard loves you like a mother.
**[14:57] (Flashback) Count**
You don't want to leave him either, do you?
**[15:00] (Flashback) Chieko**
I...
**[15:03] (Flashback) Count**
I trust that you won't betray me, Chieko.
**[15:20] Chieko**
Then, that fated Christmas day...
**[15:25] Chieko**
Lady Catherine summoned me to
the garden at the edge of the lawn.
**[15:32] (Flashback) Catherine**
I have a request.
**[15:35] (Flashback) Chieko**
For me?
**[15:40] (Flashback) Catherine**
Think of it not as helping me,
but helping Richard.
**[15:44] (Flashback) Chieko**
What?
**[15:45] (Flashback) Catherine**
You know Ashcroft is planning
to reconcile with me, don't you?
**[15:49] (Flashback) Chieko**
Yes.
**[15:50] (Flashback) Catherine**
I want to wipe the slate clean.
**[15:53] (Flashback) Chieko**
You're not going to get back together?
**[15:56] (Flashback) Catherine**
No. I've realized this is best for Richard.
**[16:04] (Flashback) Catherine**
Honestly, at first, I wanted
to take him back from you.
**[16:11] (Flashback) Catherine**
That made me want to reconcile.
**[16:13] (Flashback) Catherine**
But that boy is part of the count's family.
**[16:17] (Flashback) Catherine**
He should receive an appropriate education.
**[16:21] (Flashback) Catherine**
It's best for Richard to stay here.
**[16:27] (Flashback) Catherine**
Are you okay with staying like this?
**[16:30] (Flashback) Chieko**
Me?
**[16:33] Count**
*I trust that you won't betray me, Chieko.*
**[16:43] (Flashback) Chieko**
Please let me help you, Lady Catherine.
**[16:48] (Flashback) Catherine**
Are you sure?
**[16:52] (Flashback) Catherine**
Thank you, Chieko.
**[16:59] Chieko**
I hid the necklace inside
a Christmas present.
**[17:11] (Flashback) Catherine**
It's gone... My necklace is missing!
**[17:15] Chieko**
The next morning, Lady Catherine
retrieved the necklace.
**[17:21] Chieko**
She claimed that she couldn't reconcile
**[17:25] Chieko**
with a man whose family
treated her like a liar.
**[17:28] Chieko**
Lord Ashcroft accepted that,
**[17:30] Chieko**
leaving Young Master Richard
with the count's family
**[17:33] Chieko**
and departing for the Amazon alone.
**[17:38] Chieko**
In the end, I returned to Japan
**[17:40] Chieko**
without even saying goodbye
to Young Master Richard.
**[17:46] Chieko**
At the rate I was going, I would have
been under the count's thumb forever,
**[17:49] Chieko**
unable to ever return home to Japan.
**[17:51] Chieko**
So in fear, I betrayed the young master.
***SIGN*** Transfer Call
***SIGN*** Zoom
***SIGN*** Hide Buttons
***SIGN*** Menu
***SIGN*** End
**[18:02] Chieko**
Young Master Richard...
**[18:05] Seigi**
Richard's been looking for you this whole time.
**[18:11] Seigi**
Please...
**[18:36] Richard**
Chieko.
**[18:43] Richard**
It's been so long.
**[18:45] Richard**
And, uh...
**[18:49] Richard**
What was I trying to say?
**[18:52] Richard**
I can't do it... I can't find the words.
**[18:59] Richard**
Chieko, I'm sorry for causing
you pain for so long.
**[19:10] Chieko**
I'm the one who should apologize.
**[19:13] Chieko**
All I could think about
was fleeing the manor.
**[19:19] Richard**
I knew what happened wasn't your fault,
**[19:24] Richard**
and that you'd continue
to feel responsible for it.
**[19:30] Chieko**
I've never been able to stop thinking
about how cruel I was to you.
**[19:35] Chieko**
I'm so very sorry.
**[19:39] Richard**
"Javert, there's nothing that I blame you for."
**[19:42] Richard**
"You've done your duty, nothing more."
**[19:47] Chieko**
Those were Jean Valjean's words to Javert.
**[19:51] Richard**
Let bygones be bygones, Chieko.
**[19:56] Chieko**
Thank you, Young Master Richard.
**[20:01] Richard**
I'm too old to be called
a young master anymore.
**[20:04] Chieko**
Back then, you used to look up at me.
**[20:08] Chieko**
You've grown so much.
**[20:13] Richard**
Chieko, I have a request.
**[20:17] Richard**
Shake my hand.
**[20:20] Richard**
No...
**[20:22] Richard**
Allow me to embrace you.
**[20:42] Richard**
Is this half of the necklace?
**[20:46] Chieko**
Before I returned to Japan,
Lady Catherine left half of it behind.
**[20:53] Chieko**
I've never been able to return it.
**[20:56] Chieko**
I'm like a thief.
**[20:57] Seigi**
You're wrong.
**[20:59] Seigi**
Just as Jean Valjean didn't steal anything,
**[21:02] Seigi**
this was a gift to you from Catherine-san.
**[21:06] Chieko**
Was the reason he recommended
this book to you...
**[21:11] Richard**
That's right.
**[21:13] Chieko**
You've made a good friend, Young Master.
**[21:19] Richard**
Regarding this piece of jewelry,
why not take this opportunity to remake it?
**[21:25] Richard**
I know a skilled artisan.
**[21:28] Chieko**
You really have become a fine man.
**[21:32] Richard**
Thanks to you.
**[21:57] Man**
Seigi.
**[22:01] Man**
It's been a while. It's Dad.