# E9 - The Alexandrite's Secret
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**[00:02] Seigi**
*It's been over a month now.*
**[00:17] Seigi**
*Richard still hasn't returned.*
**[00:24] Richard**
*You trust people too much.*
**[00:28] Richard**
* Sometimes it hurts you,*
* but that's how life is.*
**[00:34] Richard**
*Remember that.*
**[00:42] Seigi**
Why did he say that?
**[00:48] Seigi**
Huh?
**[00:49] Seigi**
The notice is gone.
**[00:54] Seigi**
Richard?
**[00:58] Saul**
Welcome.
***SIGN*** Episode 9
The Alexandrite's Secret
**[02:37] Saul**
The store is still preparing
to open. I'm very sorry.
**[02:42] Seigi**
I'm not a customer.
**[02:44] Seigi**
I'm Nakata. I used to work here part-time.
**[02:47] Saul**
Ah, you. I've heard about you.
**[02:52] Seigi**
You must be Richard's mentor, Ranashinha-san.
**[02:57] Saul**
He called me his mentor?
**[03:00] Seigi**
Yes.
**[03:03] Saul**
Indeed, Mr. Detective.
**[03:05] Saul**
My name is Saul Ranashinha Ali.
**[03:09] Seigi**
Nakata Seigi.
**[03:10] Seigi**
Um, where's Richard? He's back, right?
**[03:14] Saul**
No. He asked me to look after the store.
**[03:19] Saul**
I don't currently have any
plans to hire a part-timer.
**[03:22] Saul**
I'm sorry.
**[03:24] Seigi**
Where is Richard? What is he doing?
**[03:27] Seigi**
I don't know anything.
**[03:29] Saul**
Did he leave without saying anything to you?
**[03:35] Seigi**
We spoke briefly over the phone.
**[03:38] Saul**
What did he say?
**[03:40] Seigi**
I'm sorry. I'd prefer not to say.
**[03:44] Saul**
This will probably be a long conversation.
**[03:48] Saul**
Why don't we discuss things over tea?
**[03:54] Saul**
Nakata-san,
**[03:55] Saul**
why do you want to know where he is?
**[03:59] Seigi**
Why?
**[04:01] Saul**
I can't imagine there's much point
in learning his current situation.
**[04:11] Seigi**
I just want to know how Richard is doing.
**[04:15] Seigi**
I want to understand things.
**[04:20] Seigi**
Wow, that's strong...
**[04:21] Saul**
It's Sri Lankan-style spiced tea.
**[04:25] Saul**
He liked royal milk tea, didn't he?
**[04:29] Seigi**
Yes. He taught me how to make it.
**[04:32] Saul**
Did he also happen to tell you
about the origin of this shop's name?
**[04:37] Seigi**
No.
**[04:38] Saul**
"Étranger" is French for "foreigner."
**[04:41] Saul**
When I asked him why he chose such a name,
**[04:46] Saul**
he said it was because he felt like
a foreigner no matter where he went.
**[04:50] Saul**
Pompous, don't you think?
**[04:53] Saul**
Foreigners are lonely people.
**[04:56] Saul**
From the beginning,
this store was for him alone.
**[05:02] Seigi**
I can't imagine that's why Richard left.
**[05:06] Saul**
Everyone has their reasons.
**[05:09] Saul**
You say you want to understand,
**[05:12] Saul**
but no matter how unreasonable
or incomprehensible,
**[05:14] Saul**
there are things we have
to accept. That's life.
**[05:17] Seigi**
I understand what you're saying, but—
**[05:20] Saul**
Nakata-san, try asking yourself this question.
**[05:25] Saul**
Why do you want to see Richard?
**[05:28] Saul**
Do you want an apology?
**[05:30] Saul**
Or are you looking to
restore your relationship?
**[05:40] Shoko**
You look awfully gloomy.
**[05:42] Seigi**
Huh? Oh...
**[05:44] Seigi**
Tanimoto-san.
**[05:46] Shoko**
I can lend an ear if you'd like.
**[05:52] Seigi**
Richard...
**[05:54] Seigi**
Someone important to me—I'm not sure
what I'd call him—suddenly disappeared.
**[06:00] Seigi**
I don't know what to do.
**[06:03] Seigi**
I want to go after him,
**[06:05] Seigi**
but I'm not sure what I hope
to accomplish by doing that.
**[06:11] Seigi**
I have no idea why I'm such a mess.
**[06:19] Shoko**
Really? I have a feeling I know.
**[06:23] Seigi**
Huh?
**[06:24] Shoko**
You're angry, Seigi-kun.
**[06:28] Seigi**
I am?
**[06:29] Shoko**
You feel betrayed by someone
you love, and it frustrates you.
**[06:33] Shoko**
You don't understand why
they didn't tell you anything.
**[06:38] Shoko**
But you think it's wrong
to be angry with someone
**[06:42] Shoko**
when you don't know their circumstances.
**[06:45] Shoko**
You're heartbroken at the thought
that you might not have been
**[06:49] Shoko**
as important to them as they were to you,
**[06:53] Shoko**
but you're suppressing that feeling.
**[06:55] Shoko**
Because your heart is broken,
you don't know what's real anymore.
**[07:01] Shoko**
Did I get that right?
**[07:06] Seigi**
He... He has no idea how worried I am!
**[07:12] Seigi**
If he weren't such a good guy...
**[07:15] Seigi**
I wanted to be able to
help him out someday, too.
**[07:22] Shoko**
He must be to you like you are to me.
**[07:29] Shoko**
If you suddenly disappeared,
**[07:32] Shoko**
I wouldn't accept it. I'd go after you.
**[07:35] Shoko**
After all, there's no way
you wouldn't be hurting.
**[07:46] Seigi**
I'm going to look for Richard.
**[07:50] Seigi**
I might not find him...
**[07:53] Seigi**
and if I do, he might not be happy to see me.
**[07:56] Shoko**
Yeah?
**[07:57] Seigi**
Thank you, Tanimoto-san.
**[07:59] Seigi**
I really like you.
**[08:04] Shoko**
I hope you find Richard-san.
**[08:08] Saul**
You're going after Richard?
**[08:10] Seigi**
Yes. I've steeled my resolve.
**[08:13] Saul**
Did you come to an answer after
our conversation the other day?
**[08:17] Saul**
What will you do when you see him?
**[08:19] Seigi**
I'm going to tell him how mad I am.
**[08:25] Saul**
Well, aren't you just overflowing
with youthful energy?
**[08:27] Saul**
Have some red bean jelly and cool your head.
**[08:31] Saul**
It goes well with spiced tea.
**[08:33] Seigi**
I know Richard's family is
arguing over the inheritance.
**[08:37] Seigi**
I want to be with him so I can support him.
**[08:40] Saul**
So you can support him?
**[08:44] Saul**
The Claremont family owns land in London's
**[08:48] Saul**
preeminent financial district.
**[08:51] Saul**
They're a distinguished family that earns
a tremendous amount off of real estate.
**[08:55] Saul**
Their job is to protect
their status and wealth
**[08:57] Saul**
and pass it down to the next generation.
**[09:02] Saul**
He lives in a completely
different world than you.
**[09:04] Seigi**
I know that, but—
**[09:06] Saul**
You *don't* know.
**[09:08] Saul**
Do you really think there's anything a
college student like you can do for him?
**[09:14] Saul**
Know your limits.
**[09:17] Seigi**
There is something I can do.
**[09:19] Saul**
And what is that?
**[09:21] Seigi**
I can make pudding.
**[09:26] Seigi**
He likes sweet things when he's tired.
**[09:30] Saul**
Honestly...
**[09:32] Saul**
This is why I hate cleaning up after
that idiot apprentice of mine.
**[09:35] Saul**
He asked me to protect you,
**[09:39] Saul**
but if you're determined to leave,
then I'm not responsible for you.
**[09:43] Seigi**
He asked you to protect me? Richard did?
**[09:47] Saul**
His situation is just that complicated.
**[09:51] Saul**
I met him four years ago
in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka.
**[09:57] Seigi**
Where his grandmother's from...
**[10:00] Saul**
My first impression of him was terrible.
**[10:03] Saul**
He was using a fake name
to sell gemstones to tourists.
**[10:09] Seigi**
Was it Edward Baxter?
**[10:11] Saul**
He said being called Richard
brought back unpleasant memories.
**[10:17] Saul**
His methods were insane.
**[10:19] Saul**
He'd sell expensive gemstones on the cheap,
**[10:23] Saul**
but sell cheap gemstones at exorbitant
prices to people he didn't like.
**[10:28] Seigi**
Why did he do that?
**[10:30] Saul**
Who knows?
**[10:32] Saul**
But it seemed to me that he was in despair.
**[10:38] Saul**
Granted, he had a keen eye for gemstones.
**[10:42] Saul**
His brilliance struck a chord with me,
and he was fluent in multiple languages.
**[10:48] Saul**
So I proposed that he become my apprentice.
**[10:52] Saul**
Otherwise, I told him to return to England,
**[10:55] Saul**
and he firmly insisted on anything but that.
**[11:01] Seigi**
It's that bad?
**[11:03] Seigi**
What about his family?
**[11:05] Saul**
Estranged for the past four years.
**[11:08] Saul**
He doesn't even like using
the Claremont family name.
**[11:12] Saul**
But then he tells me he's heading home...
**[11:18] Seigi**
Richard's in London?
**[11:21] Saul**
Not even I know exactly where in London.
**[11:25] Seigi**
That's plenty.
**[11:27] Seigi**
I'm going to find Richard.
**[11:31] Seigi**
And if he needs my help...
**[11:35] Saul**
Make him pudding or whatever else he wants.
**[11:38] Seigi**
I will.
**[11:39] Saul**
But be on your guard.
**[11:41] Saul**
There are already people
watching you carefully.
**[11:46] Seigi**
The Claremont family?
**[11:48] Saul**
Good for you.
**[11:50] Saul**
Come back safe, Nakata-san.
**[12:02] Seigi**
Help me see Richard again, Grandma.
**[12:23] Jeffrey**
Is this your first time in the lounge?
**[12:26] Seigi**
Yes, it is...
**[12:31] Jeffrey**
Good evening.
**[12:33] Seigi**
Your Japanese is really good!
**[12:35] Jeffrey**
Thank you.
**[12:38] Seigi**
I'm not sure exactly why, but they told me
I was being upgraded to business class.
**[12:42] Jeffrey**
How very lucky for you, Nakata Seigi-kun.
**[12:46] Seigi**
Huh?
**[12:46] Jeffrey**
I arranged for the upgrade
on your connecting flight.
**[12:51] Jeffrey**
After all, it's a long flight to London.
**[12:56] Jeffrey**
Please, don't glare at me.
**[12:58] Jeffrey**
I'm Richard's cousin, Jeffrey.
**[13:01] Jeffrey**
Although I feel more like his older brother.
**[13:04] Jeffrey**
Nice to meet you.
**[13:08] Jeffrey**
You want to know why Richard
disappeared, don't you?
**[13:12] Jeffrey**
For the first time in four years,
**[13:14] Jeffrey**
he transferred some money out
of his English bank account.
**[13:17] Jeffrey**
In Japanese currency,
it was about five million yen.
**[13:20] Seigi**
Five million...
**[13:23] Richard**
*I'm pleased that I was able to help.*
**[13:26] Jeffrey**
My father contacted him through the bank.
**[13:31] Jeffrey**
My father was Richard's foster parent.
He owes him a great deal.
**[13:35] Jeffrey**
He probably couldn't refuse him.
**[13:37] Seigi**
Foster parent?
**[13:39] Jeffrey**
Richard's parents divorced
when he was young.
**[13:42] Jeffrey**
He lived with me and my older brother
Henry like we were one big family.
**[13:47] Jeffrey**
Look...
**[13:48] Jeffrey**
This is Richard.
**[13:50] Jeffrey**
He was cool and smart as a kid.
**[13:54] Jeffrey**
But when his dog Taro died, he cried
his eyes out into his pillow in his room.
**[14:00] Jeffrey**
Too cute, right?
**[14:03] Seigi**
Does this mean you followed me?
**[14:06] Jeffrey**
Before I tell you why I'm here,
I have a few things to share.
**[14:14] Seigi**
Richard's told me about the
dispute over the inheritance.
**[14:19] Jeffrey**
Well, a lot has happened.
**[14:22] Jeffrey**
Did you know our grandmother
is from Sri Lanka?
**[14:27] Seigi**
Yes.
**[14:28] Jeffrey**
When our grandfather married
Grandmother Leah,
**[14:32] Jeffrey**
the furious count disowned him.
**[14:34] Jeffrey**
He was stripped of his right to the title.
**[14:37] Seigi**
What?
**[14:38] Jeffrey**
What I'm about to tell you is my family's story
**[14:42] Jeffrey**
of gemstones and hatred.
**[14:46] Jeffrey**
My father is the ninth generation
of the Claremont family.
**[14:50] Jeffrey**
Richard's father was the third son.
An entomologist.
**[14:53] Jeffrey**
His mother was a blindingly
gorgeous French actress.
**[14:59] Jeffrey**
Our grandfather was the eighth generation,
**[15:01] Jeffrey**
and our great-grandfather the seventh.
**[15:04] Jeffrey**
But as I just mentioned,
**[15:06] Jeffrey**
there was discord between our
grandfather and great-grandfather.
**[15:10] Jeffrey**
Our great-grandfather had only one son,
**[15:12] Jeffrey**
so he planned to pass his title
on to someone else's child.
**[15:17] Jeffrey**
However...
**[15:19] Jeffrey**
The World War began, and the London
bombings nearly wiped out our family.
**[15:24] Jeffrey**
Our great-grandfather was left badly
injured and on the brink of death.
**[15:30] Jeffrey**
If a count dies without an heir,
**[15:33] Jeffrey**
his title and land are forfeited to the state.
**[15:38] Jeffrey**
In order to prevent that, relatives
summoned our disowned grandfather
**[15:42] Jeffrey**
to England from Sri Lanka.
**[15:45] Jeffrey**
Much to his disappointment, he inherited
the title from the late seventh count...
**[15:49] Jeffrey**
and became the eighth himself.
**[15:53] Jeffrey**
Would you like to sleep? Or may I continue?
**[15:57] Seigi**
Keep going.
**[15:59] Jeffrey**
Eight years ago,
Richard was a college student.
**[16:04] Jeffrey**
With the death of the family's trustee,
**[16:07] Jeffrey**
our great-grandfather's secret will
and fortune were unsealed.
**[16:13] Jeffrey**
Inside the safe was a 118-carat diamond.
**[16:17] Jeffrey**
Its market price was 300 million pounds.
**[16:19] Jeffrey**
At current rates, that would be
about 40 billion Japanese yen.
**[16:25] Seigi**
Forty billion?!
**[16:27] Jeffrey**
In England, the eldest child
inherits the entire fortune
**[16:31] Jeffrey**
to prevent it from being divided.
**[16:33] Seigi**
Then the diamond...
**[16:36] Jeffrey**
Normally, my father would have inherited it,
**[16:40] Jeffrey**
but there was an extremely odd
condition written into the will.
**[16:44] Seigi**
What?
**[16:45] Jeffrey**
"At the time of the will's unsealing
during the next count's generation,
**[16:48] Jeffrey**
whoever's mother's birthplace is closest
to England is to inherit the diamond."
**[16:53] Seigi**
Their mother's birthplace?
**[16:56] Jeffrey**
Yes.
**[16:57] Jeffrey**
The farther from England
our mothers were born,
**[17:00] Jeffrey**
the less of a claim we have
to the inheritance.
**[17:02] Jeffrey**
Richard's mother was French.
**[17:05] Jeffrey**
Ours was American.
**[17:08] Jeffrey**
America is farther away than France.
**[17:11] Jeffrey**
In other words...
**[17:12] Seigi**
Richard gets the diamond.
**[17:15] Jeffrey**
Bingo!
**[17:16] Jeffrey**
But one more thing.
**[17:17] Jeffrey**
In order to inherit the diamond,
**[17:20] Jeffrey**
he must marry a traditional
English housewife.
**[17:24] Seigi**
What? What kind of condition is that?
**[17:28] Jeffrey**
He'll inherit the diamond once married,
**[17:30] Jeffrey**
and there's a detailed list concerning
valid birthplaces for his spouse.
**[17:34] Jeffrey**
According to our family lawyer,
**[17:37] Jeffrey**
virtually no one but a traditional English
housewife would be acceptable.
**[17:42] Seigi**
What if Richard wants to marry
someone who doesn't fit the bill?
**[17:46] Jeffrey**
Then no one will inherit the diamond.
**[17:48] Jeffrey**
It will be donated to an
environmentalist group.
**[17:51] Jeffrey**
The same goes if he refuses to inherit it.
**[17:54] Jeffrey**
Goodbye, 300 million pounds!
**[17:57] Jeffrey**
The inheritance can't be carried over.
**[17:59] Seigi**
That's awful.
**[18:01] Jeffrey**
Isn't it?
**[18:03] Jeffrey**
The entire family should inherit
the 300-million-pound diamond.
**[18:08] Jeffrey**
He can solve everything by
marrying an appropriate person
**[18:12] Jeffrey**
and returning the diamond to the family.
**[18:16] Seigi**
You want him to marry
someone he doesn't even love?
**[18:19] Jeffrey**
This isn't the nineteenth century.
**[18:22] Jeffrey**
Once he inherits the diamond,
**[18:24] Jeffrey**
he can divorce her and run off
with whomever he likes.
**[18:27] Jeffrey**
That's all he needs to do,
but he's so stubborn.
**[18:32] Seigi**
I finally get it.
**[18:35] Seigi**
That's why Richard made that clause.
**[18:38] Jeffrey**
Answer me this one thing.
**[18:40] Jeffrey**
How far has your relationship with him gone?
**[18:43] Seigi**
Huh?
**[18:44] Jeffrey**
I know you weren't living together.
**[18:47] Jeffrey**
But our lawyer is very good.
**[18:52] Seigi**
What do you want with me?
**[18:55] Jeffrey**
Want with you?
**[18:57] Jeffrey**
You make it sound like I'm trying
to do something to you.
**[19:01] Jeffrey**
If you help us, we can
return the favor generously.
**[19:05] Jeffrey**
How about a job at a
foreign securities company?
**[19:10] Seigi**
Is that how you broke up
Richard and his girlfriend?
**[19:16] Jeffrey**
Goodnight, Nakata-kun.
**[19:21] Jeffrey**
Come on, Nakata-kun!
**[19:23] Jeffrey**
Smile, smile!
**[19:25] Seigi**
*Once I exited customs,*
**[19:27] Seigi**
* Jeffrey dragged me around*
* to various tourist spots,*
**[19:31] Seigi**
*uploading the photos to social media.*
**[19:34] Jeffrey**
Smile like you're looking at
your lover in the distance.
**[19:42] Jeffrey**
We'll have to retake that one.
**[19:45] Seigi**
Am I bait for you to catch Richard?
**[19:50] Jeffrey**
It's important to properly manage your
true intentions and stated reasons.
**[19:54] Seigi**
You actually like Richard, don't you?
**[20:01] Jeffrey**
What makes you say that?
**[20:04] Seigi**
That gemstone is an alexandrite.
**[20:08] Seigi**
Henry-san was wearing it
in the photo with the dog.
**[20:12] Seigi**
It appears green in natural light,
**[20:14] Seigi**
but it looked red on the plane,
so I didn't notice.
**[20:19] Seigi**
You had to choose between Richard
and your brother, too. Just like me.
**[20:24] Jeffrey**
Shut up!
**[20:26] Seigi**
I'm sorry. I...
**[20:29] Jeffrey**
When the will was unsealed,
**[20:33] Jeffrey**
Henry came down with a psychogenic disease.
**[20:37] Jeffrey**
The glances of our relatives all turned cold.
**[20:40] Jeffrey**
If not for me, he'd be alone.
**[20:47] Jeffrey**
After Richard disappeared, my brother
gave me his treasured gemstone.
**[20:52] Jeffrey**
I only asked Richard's girlfriend
to break up with him
**[20:57] Jeffrey**
because I didn't want Henry to die.
**[21:06] Jeffrey**
But you're free to judge
me however you want.
**[21:19] Seigi**
My head hurts. Am I coming
down with something?
**[21:25] Jeffrey**
Hello?
***SIGN*** Tokyo Ginza
***SIGN*** Shiseido Parlour
**[21:38] Seigi**
This is...
***SIGN*** TSURUYA
***SIGN*** Tsuruya Ginza
***SIGN*** Ginza Mizukashi
**[21:53] Richard**
*Did you cross the sea, too?*
**[21:56] Richard**
*You can find me among your friends.*
**[22:01] Richard**
*For more details, examine your pamphlet.*
**[22:05] Seigi**
*Where are you, Richard?*