# Season 1
# E1 - The Duke and Alice
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**[00:50] ---**
Death incarnate, huh?
**[01:10] ---**
Mother, Father, how are you faring?
**[01:19] ---**
I remain, as always, a lost cause.
**[01:21] ---**
This curse, which takes
the life of anything I touch,
**[01:26] ---**
shows no signs of breaking.
**[01:28] ---**
My Lady, another animal
touched the boy and...
**[01:31] ---**
Living under the same roof
as him makes me livid with fear!
**[01:34] ---**
Send him to our villa.
**[01:37] ---**
That child is like Death incarnate...
**[01:41] ---**
Why did the witch put this curse on me?
**[02:00] ---**
There is something else that troubles me.
**[02:04] ---**
And that is...
**[02:05] ---**
Your Grace, your tea is ready.
**[02:09] ---**
Don't stand so close to me!
***SIGN*** Episode 1:
The Duke and Alice
**[03:48] ---**
Aren't you going to send that letter?
**[03:52] ---**
I couldn't!
**[03:54] ---**
I haven't written a letter in so long.
**[03:57] ---**
It was for practice.
**[04:02] ---**
This is really good!
**[04:03] ---**
Thank you.
**[04:07] ---**
My maid's name is Alice. I have no
idea what goes on in her head.
**[04:12] ---**
She knows if I touch her,
she'll die, but...
**[04:16] ---**
It's rather chilly today, isn't it?
**[04:19] ---**
She says one thing and does the opposite.
**[04:21] ---**
Every day she tries to get a rise out
of me, and then watches how I react.
**[04:26] ---**
What's wrong, Your Grace?
**[04:31] ---**
What are you doing?
**[04:32] ---**
I thought you wanted me to...
**[04:36] ---**
I didn't drop my head
down to see up your skirt!
**[04:38] ---**
I keep telling you to lay off
the sexual harassment!
**[04:41] ---**
It makes it hard for me!
**[04:43] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[04:45] ---**
But I can't stop!
**[04:48] ---**
You're awfully sure about that!
**[04:50] ---**
You should put your own safety first.
**[04:53] ---**
You're the one maid who'll stay with me.
**[04:57] ---**
I don't want to lose you.
**[05:00] ---**
I don't know what I mean to you, but...
**[05:05] ---**
How about another cookie?
**[05:07] ---**
Were you listening to me?
**[05:09] ---**
Up to the part where you said,
"I don't know what I mean to you, but..."
**[05:13] ---**
Then you heard all of it!
And you just ignored me!
**[05:17] ---**
There's still one left.
Please clean your plate.
**[05:21] ---**
Fine, I will.
**[05:35] ---**
Don't make weird noises!
**[05:39] ---**
That was an indirect kiss, wasn't it?
**[05:42] ---**
You didn't have to say
that out loud, did you?
**[06:01] ---**
I take the life of anything I touch...
**[06:04] ---**
A witch put this curse
on me when I was five.
**[06:09] ---**
Who she was, where she
came from, or why she did it...
**[06:14] ---**
...my memory fails me.
**[06:17] ---**
"No one shall love you,
and you shall love no one."
**[06:22] ---**
"You shall live a life of misery."
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All I remember are the witch's words.
**[06:29] ---**
Turning her back on me, my mother
gave me this mansion in the forest,
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and I haven't seen my family since.
**[06:38] ---**
If only I could break the curse,
I could go home.
**[06:41] ---**
To the home where I belong...
**[07:03] ---**
What are you doing, Your Grace?
**[07:07] ---**
Alice! N-Not this again!
**[07:11] ---**
I told you to lay off
the sexual harassment!
**[07:14] ---**
You always react so innocently. It makes
me want to tease you all the more!
**[07:22] ---**
Alice is the only daughter of the head
maid at my family's residence.
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I've known her since she was a child.
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I hadn't seen her for a while,
until about two years ago,
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when for reasons I don't
understand, she came here...
**[07:36] ---**
Your Grace.
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Cheer up.
**[07:44] ---**
That won't make me feel better!
**[07:51] ---**
You stopped, then started again!
**[07:53] ---**
Alice, cut it out!
**[07:55] ---**
I may not look like it,
but I'm a man, you know!
**[07:57] ---**
What if I give into temptation
and touch you?
**[08:02] ---**
Do you want to touch me?
**[08:10] ---**
Stop toying with me...
**[08:26] ---**
Good morning, Your Grace.
**[08:28] ---**
Why do you have to get so close?
**[08:31] ---**
What if you touched me accidentally?
**[08:38] ---**
This is awful...
**[08:40] ---**
She saw the weird faces
I make in my sleep.
**[08:44] ---**
I brought you your breakfast.
**[08:46] ---**
I'm not hungry. And there's way too much.
**[08:49] ---**
That's what you said when
you skipped dinner last night.
**[08:52] ---**
Your mother used to insist that you eat
three square meals a day, didn't she?
**[08:57] ---**
It's not fair of you to
bring up my mother.
**[08:59] ---**
I'm worried about you.
**[09:02] ---**
What if you should fall ill...
**[09:04] ---**
...and never be able to spend your
nights fooling around with me again...
**[09:08] ---**
Spend my nights doing what with you?!
**[09:11] ---**
It's true, I do feel bad that I never
finish the food you make me.
**[09:18] ---**
I can eat a little, I guess.
**[09:19] ---**
Okay, say aah.
**[09:22] ---**
You really want to feed me, huh?
**[09:31] ---**
She's staring at the inside of my mouth!
**[09:35] ---**
I'm sorry,
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I don't get many chances to see
inside your mouth. I couldn't help it.
**[09:40] ---**
Well, don't!
**[09:42] ---**
As an apology, would you care
to have a look inside my mouth?
**[09:48] ---**
Y-You don't have to show it to me!
**[09:50] ---**
I'll eat on my own.
Hand me the fork.
**[09:53] ---**
Here you are.
**[10:00] ---**
Your Grace, why are you
so uninterested in eating?
**[10:05] ---**
Why?
**[10:07] ---**
Because ever since I was cursed,
mealtimes were the worst part of the day.
**[10:15] ---**
It's been slow, but ever since you
came here, I've started to eat more.
**[10:19] ---**
I'm grateful, even if I don't look it.
**[10:26] ---**
I'll clear away these dishes.
**[10:35] ---**
Oh, I almost forgot.
**[10:36] ---**
Your Grace, your childhood friend
Philip says he'd like to see you,
**[10:40] ---**
as it's been too long.
**[10:56] ---**
Mother, it seems that Philip
was here just now.
**[11:00] ---**
That's none of your concern, dear.
**[11:27] ---**
I told him I'd see him, but now that
the day is here, I'm getting cold feet.
**[11:33] ---**
Is it too late to refuse?
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Send him a letter saying
I can't meet today.
**[11:39] ---**
It's too late for that. Just accept it.
**[11:43] ---**
Do you remember Philip?
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Indeed. He was a lively young boy,
very unusual for a noble's son.
**[11:51] ---**
He used to chase you around
with a snake in his hand...
**[11:53] ---**
...or throw bugs at you.
**[11:55] ---**
Yeah, he was a bit of a troublemaker.
**[11:57] ---**
But...
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...you're looking forward
to meeting him, aren't you?
**[12:04] ---**
H-H-Hello there!
**[12:07] ---**
Don't peek inside my room!
**[12:09] ---**
Anyway, it's been so long
since we've had guests.
**[12:14] ---**
I'll change into my formal attire.
**[12:15] ---**
Very well. I'll take your
tuxedo out of storage.
**[12:18] ---**
Now, about that hat...
**[12:20] ---**
I'm absolutely,
positively not taking it off!
**[12:21] ---**
My naturally curly hair and these circles
under my eyes make me look so uncool.
**[12:26] ---**
I need to hide them with a hat, at least.
**[12:29] ---**
I don't think so at all.
**[12:33] ---**
You have hair that people love to curl
around their fingers, mysterious eyes,
**[12:40] ---**
and such kissable lips...
**[12:47] ---**
I'll get your tuxedo ready.
**[12:53] ---**
Will this do?
**[12:56] ---**
Thank you, Alice.
**[12:58] ---**
You can leave while I change.
**[13:00] ---**
No, I'll help.
**[13:03] ---**
I can change on my own!
**[13:05] ---**
I can't take my clothes off
in front of a girl!
**[13:08] ---**
Would you feel less self-conscious
if we both took our clothes off?
**[13:11] ---**
What on earth are you thinking?!
**[13:13] ---**
If you don't start taking your
clothes off, I'll take mine off first.
**[13:17] ---**
What kind of threat is that?!
**[13:24] ---**
To be honest, I'm a little
hopeful about today.
**[13:30] ---**
I gathered as much.
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Make sure you don't touch me directly.
**[13:34] ---**
Of course.
**[13:37] ---**
When I was cursed, and my family
and friends all started to avoid me,
**[13:46] ---**
he was the one person
who looked at me differently.
**[13:50] ---**
I've never forgotten that.
**[13:54] ---**
Now that the day is here, I feel
nervous about meeting him, but...
**[13:58] ---**
...if he's willing to give
me another chance,
**[14:00] ---**
perhaps we can be friends again.
**[14:03] ---**
I'll put your tie on, then.
**[14:05] ---**
Oh, thank you.
**[14:09] ---**
Stay still.
**[14:11] ---**
You're too close!
**[14:12] ---**
Don't yell into my ear, please.
**[14:18] ---**
Don't behave like this
when Philip is around.
**[14:22] ---**
I just don't want another man
to see your bare skin.
**[14:27] ---**
Don't worry. I only do it for you.
**[14:32] ---**
I-I see.
Then, I guess that's okay...
**[14:36] ---**
It's only fun if I get
to see your reaction.
**[14:39] ---**
Scratch that! It's not okay!
**[14:45] ---**
H-Hello there, Philip.
**[14:49] ---**
Y-Yeah. Thanks for having me.
**[14:52] ---**
How many years has it been?
**[14:53] ---**
You're not going to throw
bugs at me, are you?
**[14:56] ---**
Bugs? What are you talking about?
**[14:58] ---**
Have you forgotten? You used to
play all kinds of pranks on me.
**[15:03] ---**
You've really mellowed out.
**[15:05] ---**
That's so long ago
I don't remember it, but...
**[15:09] ---**
I'm sorry!
**[15:11] ---**
N-No, it's not that I wanted
you to apologize...
**[15:15] ---**
My Lord!
**[15:18] ---**
Don't worry.
**[15:20] ---**
They're just... um... making a cool pose!
**[15:41] ---**
The fact that I'd gotten my hopes
up only makes it feel worse.
**[15:53] ---**
So, what do you want, Philip?
**[15:56] ---**
No, um... It's nothing special.
**[16:00] ---**
I just wanted to see an old friend...
**[16:03] ---**
Say, aren't you the daughter
of the family's head maid?
**[16:07] ---**
Yes. You remembered me?
**[16:10] ---**
Yes, I remember you well.
**[16:12] ---**
Why are you working here as a maid?
**[16:14] ---**
Is it just the two of you living here?
**[16:16] ---**
Normally I have a butler as well.
**[16:18] ---**
He hurt his back and is resting.
**[16:21] ---**
But he'll be back soon.
**[16:23] ---**
I-I see.
**[16:38] ---**
Your Grace!
**[16:40] ---**
I'm fine.
**[16:41] ---**
What about you?
**[16:44] ---**
W-We're fine!
**[16:54] ---**
Are you leaving so soon?
**[16:57] ---**
Yeah. We've talked enough.
**[17:01] ---**
I'm sorry, where is the lavatory?
**[17:03] ---**
I'll show you the way.
**[17:23] ---**
Yes?
**[17:25] ---**
Just hear me out.
**[17:27] ---**
Why don't you come back to town with us?
**[17:31] ---**
It's dangerous for you to stay with him.
**[17:34] ---**
I'll find you another job, if you like.
**[17:37] ---**
You must leave this place at once.
**[17:39] ---**
No.
**[17:40] ---**
Why not?
**[17:41] ---**
Has he threatened you? Or...
**[17:44] ---**
Philip!
**[17:47] ---**
Don't say anything that
would cause her trouble!
**[17:50] ---**
You can disrespect me all
you want, but not Alice!
**[17:55] ---**
Your Grace, please calm down.
**[17:59] ---**
S-Stay away!
**[18:02] ---**
Don't come near me, you monster!
**[18:13] ---**
I-I didn't even want to come here...
**[18:19] ---**
Then why did you?
**[18:21] ---**
Your mother wanted me
to see how you were doing.
**[18:27] ---**
There's talk of having your younger
brother inherit the family title.
**[18:33] ---**
Knowing your family, if that happens,
they'll cut off ties with you entirely.
**[18:40] ---**
My Lord?
**[18:41] ---**
I'm okay. I'll be right there.
**[18:47] ---**
I may be scared of you,
**[18:50] ---**
but I pity you, too.
**[18:54] ---**
Telling you the truth is
my way of making amends.
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I'm sorry about all this.
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I'll never come back here again.
**[19:16] ---**
Farewell.
**[19:21] ---**
Your Grace...
**[19:26] ---**
I'm totally fine!
**[19:28] ---**
Let's just forget about it
and have dinner.
**[19:30] ---**
Let me know when it's ready.
**[19:46] ---**
You're so good at the piano...
**[19:48] ---**
Let's play again sometime!
**[19:50] ---**
We'll always be buddies!
**[19:59] ---**
This curse will be broken...
**[20:02] ---**
Or it won't...
**[20:03] ---**
My family will accept me again...
**[20:06] ---**
Or they won't...
**[20:08] ---**
Alice loves me...
**[20:12] ---**
She loves me not...
**[20:17] ---**
Your Grace?
**[20:20] ---**
Dinner is ready.
**[20:23] ---**
Are you feeling better now?
**[20:26] ---**
Oh, uh-huh...
**[20:33] ---**
I'm a lost cause...
**[20:36] ---**
Whenever you're away, I always think about
things that make me feel ill at ease.
**[20:41] ---**
My past self. My future self.
**[20:44] ---**
And my present self.
**[20:46] ---**
I've got no confidence in anything.
I bet you hate me, too.
**[20:52] ---**
I feel like I don't even
have the right to love you.
**[20:58] ---**
I can't touch you...
**[21:01] ---**
I'll never know the heat of another's
body nor the warmth of their tears.
**[21:06] ---**
If I wanted to give you a present...
**[21:10] ---**
...even a flower, it would just
wilt in my hands.
**[21:14] ---**
Philip was right. I'll never go back
to the house I grew up in.
**[21:18] ---**
I'll remain a monster that everyone
has turned their back on--
**[21:20] ---**
Your Grace.
**[21:22] ---**
Didn't you know?
**[21:27] ---**
In the language of flowers,
a wilted white rose means
**[21:30] ---**
"to swear your whole life to someone."
**[21:36] ---**
This is more than enough
of a present for me.
**[21:40] ---**
Let's break your curse together.
**[21:49] ---**
Someday...
**[21:52] ---**
...I'd like to put a ring on your
finger with my own hands.
**[22:59] ---**
I see... So that's how it is.
**[23:02] ---**
Yes. There's no sign of
the curse being broken,
**[23:06] ---**
but he seems to be
leading a peaceful life.
**[23:08] ---**
Thank you.
**[23:09] ---**
You may leave.
**[23:20] ---**
Thanks for such a wonderful meal.
**[23:22] ---**
You ate quite a lot.
**[23:25] ---**
Yeah... I guess it's because
I was feeling kind of tense today.
**[23:32] ---**
Alice,
**[23:34] ---**
thanks for always making
such delicious meals.
**[23:39] ---**
I'll go on making them.
**[23:43] ---**
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
**[23:48] ---**
Just for you, Your Grace. Always.
**[23:59] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke, His Butler, and a Lost Cat
**[24:00] ---**
"The Duke, His Butler, and a Lost Cat."
# E2 - The Duke, His Butler, and a Lost Cat
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**[00:27] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:30] ---**
...a life in which you could never
touch the one you love?
**[00:35] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:38] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:41] ---**
Plants, animals... and people
are no exception, of course.
**[00:46] ---**
Regarding her son, doomed to live his life
without knowing the warmth of another,
**[00:49] ---**
his mother only complained.
**[00:52] ---**
"That child is like Death incarnate..."
**[00:54] ---**
she said.
**[00:59] ---**
You're getting too close to me
again today, Alice! Way too close!
**[01:02] ---**
Your reactions are so adorable,
Your Grace,
**[01:05] ---**
I can't help wanting to see them up close.
**[01:07] ---**
Okay then, take this!
**[01:09] ---**
I won't get self-conscious
if I can't see you!
**[01:12] ---**
You truly are adorable, Your Grace.
**[01:15] ---**
My ears are totally defenseless!
***SIGN*** Episode 2:
The Duke, His Butler,
and a Lost Cat
**[02:48] ---**
Please forgive me for my extended absence.
**[02:53] ---**
I have fully recovered
from my back injury,
**[02:56] ---**
so I shall be returning
to work as of today.
**[02:59] ---**
That's wonderful.
Good to have you back, Rob.
**[03:02] ---**
I imagine I caused you
some trouble as well, Alice.
**[03:05] ---**
I left the care of His Grace
entirely in your hands.
**[03:08] ---**
You needn't worry about me.
**[03:10] ---**
I was able to spend the night
together with His Grace, so...
**[03:13] ---**
Stop saying things that
could be misconstrued!
**[03:16] ---**
Seeing you two always
puts a smile on my face.
**[03:19] ---**
You need to keep your subordinate
from sexually harassing me!
**[03:25] ---**
And now, I shall take my leave.
**[03:31] ---**
It's the morning after Rob got back,
**[03:33] ---**
and it looks like he's already
hard at work around the estate.
**[03:36] ---**
Yes, even doing the jobs that
are too much for me to handle.
**[03:40] ---**
He's superhuman. That's why.
**[03:44] ---**
Rob's been a butler to me from the
time I lived at my family's residence.
**[03:48] ---**
He was also the only one
to come with me to this estate.
**[03:51] ---**
You could say he was like a father to me.
**[03:58] ---**
So, how long do you plan
on standing there?
**[04:02] ---**
Rob has taken all the work
I would normally do.
**[04:06] ---**
Does my presence here bother you?
**[04:08] ---**
Well, it's just that I can't
concentrate on my reading...
**[04:13] ---**
I hope I'm not disturbing you.
I've brought you your tea.
**[04:16] ---**
But he was just in the yard a moment ago!
**[04:21] ---**
Aren't you working a bit too hard, Rob?
**[04:24] ---**
Who, me?
**[04:25] ---**
Well, you are sort of on the mend and all.
**[04:28] ---**
Why don't you let Alice
do some of the work, too?
**[04:30] ---**
How kind of you to worry.
**[04:34] ---**
I may have been a bit too eager to get
back to work after my absence, but...
**[04:38] ---**
...you needn't worry about me, Your Grace.
**[04:42] ---**
Very well. We'll divide the cleaning to be
done around the estate and get to work.
**[04:45] ---**
Let's go, Alice.
**[04:47] ---**
All right.
**[04:56] ---**
What is with her?
**[04:59] ---**
This is really good!
**[05:01] ---**
Rob's work hasn't
suffered any, to be sure.
**[05:05] ---**
It may be boorish of me to worry.
**[05:08] ---**
Still...
**[05:09] ---**
Alice?
**[05:11] ---**
There's something I wanted to ask you...
**[05:15] ---**
I-It's me! What the heck
are you doing, Rob?
**[05:18] ---**
Oh, it's you, Your Grace.
**[05:20] ---**
Forgive me. My eyes have been blurry
lately, and it makes things hard to see.
**[05:24] ---**
That's a sign of aging eyes!
**[05:26] ---**
I've told you before, haven't I?
**[05:28] ---**
That lately, the effects of your
old age have gotten a bit worse.
**[05:30] ---**
If you touch me, you'll die.
**[05:32] ---**
That doesn't mean I want
you to avoid me, but...
**[05:34] ---**
...you have to look out
for yourself a bit more.
**[05:37] ---**
And you're hard of hearing, too!
**[05:39] ---**
What's the matter?
**[05:40] ---**
Oh, Alice, it's you.
Can you talk some sense into him?
**[05:44] ---**
Pardon me.
**[05:51] ---**
This is the real Alice, right?
**[05:54] ---**
It's Alice! She's the only
other person around here!
**[05:57] ---**
I don't get it.
Your work is flawless, and yet...
**[06:02] ---**
When you've been a butler for as long as
I have, your body remembers the work.
**[06:07] ---**
So, you needn't worry about me.
**[06:10] ---**
I shall serve you for as long
as I live, Your Grace.
**[06:17] ---**
Rob...
**[06:19] ---**
Is it your back again?
**[06:21] ---**
So it seems...
**[06:39] ---**
All right. This is sounding good.
**[06:42] ---**
In case my family decides to disown
me somewhere down the road,
**[06:45] ---**
I've been writing a bunch of songs
so I can make a living with my music.
**[06:50] ---**
For as long as I can remember,
the only thing I ever got praised for...
**[06:53] ---**
...was my piano playing.
**[06:55] ---**
Having still not found any way
of breaking the witch's curse,
**[06:59] ---**
playing the piano is my dream
as well as my only hope.
**[07:03] ---**
Is that a requiem?
**[07:06] ---**
Forgive me. While I was cleaning, I heard
this beautiful song being played, and...
**[07:11] ---**
In that case, could you come up and
speak to me more like a normal person?
**[07:14] ---**
What do you mean by "normal"?
**[07:16] ---**
I mean, "Don't lean in so close to me"!
**[07:18] ---**
Don't bug me, okay?
**[07:20] ---**
Rob is resting, so just do your own work.
**[07:23] ---**
Very well.
**[07:37] ---**
It's not like...
**[07:41] ---**
...I'm giving into...
**[07:44] ---**
...my baser emotions or anything...
**[07:51] ---**
Your Grace,
**[07:52] ---**
you're staring too hard.
**[07:53] ---**
I bet you were doing it on purpose!
**[07:56] ---**
Since I can't concentrate,
save the cleaning for later and...
**[07:58] ---**
...come sit here and listen
to me play until I'm done.
**[08:02] ---**
All right.
**[08:03] ---**
Looks like I've got a front-row seat.
**[08:05] ---**
I wouldn't go so far as to say that.
**[09:15] ---**
It's a somber yet very beautiful song.
**[09:19] ---**
You know what?
**[09:21] ---**
You told me it sounded
like a requiem earlier,
**[09:25] ---**
but I actually composed it
as a ballad for you.
**[09:29] ---**
I almost didn't ask you because
I was too embarrassed to,
**[09:32] ---**
but after thinking about it some more,
I really wanted you to hear it with me.
**[09:41] ---**
I'm feeling a bit tired,
so I think I'll take a nap.
**[09:44] ---**
Wake me up when dinner's ready.
**[09:49] ---**
I see. Very well...
**[09:54] ---**
...I shall kiss you good night.
**[10:05] ---**
I was only kidding. If you're going
to take a nap, please do it in bed.
**[10:12] ---**
Well, that sure woke me up!
**[10:19] ---**
May I please be excused?
**[10:21] ---**
You barely touched your plate.
**[10:23] ---**
I'm on a diet. Please give me
a smaller helping tomorrow.
**[10:28] ---**
Hey, I'm starving. Don't we have
any apple crumble or something?
**[10:33] ---**
Didn't you say you were on a diet?
**[10:35] ---**
Come on, who cares?
**[10:38] ---**
Oh, that's right! I'm going out tomorrow,
so get the carriage ready.
**[10:58] ---**
It's so peaceful...
**[10:59] ---**
I'm making really good progress.
**[11:01] ---**
Looks like I'll get
more done than I planned.
**[11:05] ---**
Oh, this mansion's as depressing as ever!
**[11:08] ---**
For being so run-down,
it's ridiculously huge!
**[11:11] ---**
The stress of just being here
would make me break out in zits!
**[11:14] ---**
Definitely bad for the skin!
**[11:15] ---**
I don't know how he manages to live here!
**[11:18] ---**
Oh, there you are! I'm so sorry.
**[11:20] ---**
You're so unobtrusive I didn't
even notice you were there!
**[11:23] ---**
How long has it been, Dearest Brother?
**[11:26] ---**
Alice! Alice, come quick!
**[11:30] ---**
What's the matter?
**[11:32] ---**
You let her in the house again
without my permission, didn't you?
**[11:35] ---**
What a rude thing to say!
**[11:38] ---**
Lady Viola is Your Grace's
younger sister, so...
**[11:41] ---**
That's right.
**[11:43] ---**
I have so graciously come to visit you,
so why don't you act happier?
**[11:47] ---**
It seems my dearest brother
wishes to speak with me,
**[11:51] ---**
so wait for me in the garden.
**[11:52] ---**
Yes, milady.
**[11:53] ---**
Nobody asked for this!
**[11:59] ---**
Mmm! This is great!
**[12:02] ---**
Tea is best served with
sweet crumpets, don't you think?
**[12:05] ---**
I don't think I could ever get my fill.
**[12:08] ---**
When are you planning on leaving today?
**[12:10] ---**
Oh, my God! How rude!
**[12:12] ---**
You don't have to tell me to go.
I'm not staying long.
**[12:16] ---**
Mother will be angry with me
if she finds out I'm here.
**[12:20] ---**
Hey, can I have some more sweets?
**[12:23] ---**
And some Assam tea brewed
with dried fruits, too!
**[12:26] ---**
Very well.
**[12:28] ---**
You've really got a lot of nerve!
**[12:32] ---**
My sister loves girly things like sweets
and talking about her love interests.
**[12:37] ---**
I suspect she drops by occasionally
for a little change of pace.
**[12:42] ---**
But...
**[12:44] ---**
Hey, what are you looking at?
**[12:46] ---**
So, not only are you gloomy and unpopular,
you're also into very young girls?
**[12:50] ---**
...I just can't handle her
"charming" personality.
**[12:53] ---**
I brought you some sticky toffee pudding.
**[12:56] ---**
Wow! It looks delectable!
**[12:57] ---**
Sorry to put you to all this trouble.
**[12:59] ---**
It was no trouble at all.
**[13:07] ---**
Say, are you fond of that maid,
Dearest Brother?
**[13:10] ---**
Huh?!
**[13:11] ---**
Um... I'm fond of her...
I mean, I adore her...
**[13:16] ---**
That was painful to watch.
**[13:18] ---**
Hey, that hurts!
**[13:20] ---**
Well, that explains it.
**[13:22] ---**
My dearest brother's in love.
**[13:24] ---**
Oh, well.
**[13:25] ---**
Little Miss Viola here will just have to
make you popular, starting with that maid.
**[13:29] ---**
Using "The Viola Method of
Instruction in the Art of Love."
**[13:32] ---**
The Viola Method?!
**[13:33] ---**
For example, everybody's got a
complex about something, right?
**[13:37] ---**
All you've got to do is
just hide whatever it is.
**[13:41] ---**
I have a round face,
so I hide the contours.
**[13:44] ---**
And it melts everyone's heart.
**[13:46] ---**
See? Look how adorable I am!
**[13:48] ---**
Sounds like you're tooting
your own horn a bit too much.
**[13:50] ---**
In your case, Dearest Brother, you should
hide those dark circles under your eyes.
**[13:55] ---**
Y-You think?
**[13:57] ---**
Like this?
**[13:57] ---**
Eww! Pull it down some more.
**[14:00] ---**
Is this far enough?
**[14:01] ---**
I feared as much. You just don't have
what it takes to be a ladies' man.
**[14:03] ---**
Try again in the next life!
**[14:04] ---**
You sure do give up easily!
**[14:08] ---**
After all this chit-chatting with
Dearest Brother, it's gotten so late.
**[14:12] ---**
Well, I was able to eat some tasty treats,
**[14:14] ---**
so I guess it wasn't a total waste
of time. I'll come again sometime.
**[14:17] ---**
Just stop dropping by unannounced, okay?
**[14:19] ---**
Or better yet...
**[14:20] ---**
Hurry up and break that curse so
you can come back and live with us.
**[14:25] ---**
What are you blushing for?
**[14:27] ---**
If you think I said that out of concern
for you, then you are sorely mistaken.
**[14:30] ---**
Who do you think you are, anyway?
**[14:32] ---**
You sure talk a lot of trash
on your way out...
**[14:35] ---**
Hey, what's the big idea--
**[14:38] ---**
Rob?!
**[14:39] ---**
Well, if it isn't Lady Viola!
**[14:43] ---**
Oh, um... H-H-How long has it been?
**[14:47] ---**
It's been ages.
**[14:48] ---**
I see you made a special trip all
the way out here just to pay us a visit.
**[14:52] ---**
I, um... wanted to see you, so...
**[14:56] ---**
Oh, you better be careful,
or your hair will get in your eyes.
**[15:00] ---**
Seems the Viola Method
is totally ineffective...
**[15:04] ---**
Who'd have thought she
was into very old men...
**[15:15] ---**
"Hurry up and break that curse," huh?
**[15:17] ---**
That's easy for her to say...
**[15:28] ---**
Alice! Alice, come quick!
**[15:32] ---**
What's the matter, Your Grace?
**[15:36] ---**
Why, it's a cat!
**[15:38] ---**
It must've wandered
in here from the forest.
**[15:40] ---**
I can't go into the piano room
as long as it's here.
**[15:43] ---**
Hurry up and shoo it out of here!
**[15:45] ---**
You truly are adorable, Your Grace,
to make such a fuss over a single cat.
**[15:50] ---**
I-It's not like I'm scared
of it or anything!
**[15:53] ---**
It's just that it's hard to
tell what animals will do,
**[15:55] ---**
so I get worried I might
accidentally touch them.
**[16:00] ---**
Here, kitty!
**[16:11] ---**
Did you hear me?
**[16:12] ---**
Yes, I heard you.
**[16:13] ---**
But I just love animals.
They're so adorable.
**[16:19] ---**
It has a collar.
Could it be a house cat?
**[16:22] ---**
Yeah, you're right. I wonder
if it ran away from home.
**[16:25] ---**
Let's set it loose in
the forest right away.
**[16:29] ---**
Wait a...
**[16:31] ---**
Why is it after me?!
**[16:34] ---**
Try not to fall, now!
**[16:36] ---**
What?! Come save me!
**[16:38] ---**
Huh? Your Grace...
**[16:39] ---**
You mustn't crawl around
on your hands and knees!
**[16:41] ---**
You think that looks like me?!
**[16:43] ---**
What you've got is worse
than a case of aging eyes!
**[16:45] ---**
I picked you up without thinking, but--
Hey! This feels like a cat!
**[16:49] ---**
Oh, how cute!
**[16:50] ---**
Don't get all friendly with it!
**[16:52] ---**
Run free, kitty cat!
**[16:54] ---**
And after you went to
the trouble of catching it!
**[16:58] ---**
Your Grace, the cat tore up
my clothes with its claws...
**[17:01] ---**
Is that something you've
got to tell me right now?!
**[17:03] ---**
But I can sew this up, and it'll be fine.
**[17:05] ---**
You don't have to widen
the rips with your fingers!
**[17:14] ---**
So, it was reacting to my bolo tie.
**[17:17] ---**
What a pesky cat!
**[17:19] ---**
It certainly is a drawback not
knowing what animals will do.
**[17:23] ---**
That includes you, too.
Stop fiddling with those rips!
**[17:27] ---**
What's this?
**[17:28] ---**
Your Grace, there's a note.
**[17:31] ---**
Could this be the cat's name?
**[17:33] ---**
Beats me.
**[17:36] ---**
Please forgive me...
**[17:39] ---**
What does this mean?
**[17:56] ---**
So, you didn't run away.
You were abandoned. Just like me.
**[18:01] ---**
It's hard... being cast aside.
**[18:12] ---**
Well, it looks like the cat
already found a new family.
**[18:16] ---**
Your tea is ready.
**[18:19] ---**
Please come in soon, Your Grace.
You wouldn't want to catch a cold.
**[18:23] ---**
All right, I'm coming.
**[18:42] ---**
*♪ In the gloom of the forest ♪*
**[18:46] ---**
*♪ I stand where I was abandoned ♪*
**[18:50] ---**
*♪ No one will hear ♪*
**[18:54] ---**
*♪ My feeble, heart-rending cry ♪*
**[18:58] ---**
*♪ I want to go back ♪*
**[19:02] ---**
*♪ But I can never go back ♪*
**[19:06] ---**
* ♪ To that warm and loving place*
* that I miss so much ♪*
**[19:15] ---**
So, this is where you've been, Your Grace.
**[19:18] ---**
Your dinner is ready.
**[19:21] ---**
What have you been doing?
**[19:24] ---**
The moon is so beautiful, so I was
just standing here thinking.
**[19:28] ---**
I don't come in here much, but the view
from this ballroom certainly is lovely.
**[19:34] ---**
No one comes in here much
because there's no reason to.
**[19:36] ---**
Rob once told me that a long time ago,
**[19:38] ---**
my grandfather couldn't
dance to save his life,
**[19:42] ---**
so he used to come here
late at night to practice.
**[19:45] ---**
And apparently, his dance partner
at the time was your mother.
**[19:53] ---**
Don't you find that interesting?
**[19:55] ---**
My grandfather and your mother
danced in this very room.
**[20:00] ---**
I feel like it was fate
that brought us here.
**[20:03] ---**
It certainly could be an act of fate.
**[20:10] ---**
S-Shall we give it a try ourselves?
**[20:14] ---**
I can't touch you, but we can coordinate
our movements to approximate dancing.
**[20:18] ---**
I must decline.
**[20:20] ---**
Oh, I see... I thought it
would be fun, but...
**[20:25] ---**
Unless you ask me properly,
I must decline.
**[20:33] ---**
May I... have this dance?
**[20:40] ---**
I'd be delighted.
**[20:58] ---**
Aren't you a little too close?
Be careful not to touch me.
**[21:01] ---**
I'm used to it. It's just...
I haven't danced much at all.
**[21:06] ---**
Neither have I.
**[21:09] ---**
It's more difficult than I imagined.
**[21:14] ---**
But... it's delightful.
**[23:12] ---**
Alice, can I ask you something?
**[23:15] ---**
Certainly.
**[23:16] ---**
What do you think of me?
**[23:19] ---**
You're an important person.
**[23:21] ---**
No, not in the sense of
a master and his servant...
**[23:24] ---**
I'm asking you what you
think of me as a man.
**[23:29] ---**
Well, of course I like you, Your Grace.
**[23:31] ---**
Really?!
**[23:32] ---**
Why, yes.
**[23:33] ---**
I like you. I love you. I adore you. I
only have eyes for you, Your Grace.
**[23:38] ---**
All right, that's enough!
**[23:39] ---**
There aren't enough words
to express the way I feel.
**[23:43] ---**
I never would've thought you'd say that.
**[23:46] ---**
I think I'll have my dinner now.
**[23:48] ---**
Very well, Your Grace.
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke and the Meteor Shower During the Full Moon
**[24:00] ---**
"The Duke and the Meteor
Shower During the Full Moon."
# E3 - The Duke and the Meteor Shower During the Full Moon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4053N/the-duke-and-the-meteor-shower-during-the-full-moon)
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**[00:27] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:30] ---**
...a life in which you could
never touch the one you love?
**[00:35] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:38] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:41] ---**
Plants, animals... and people
are no exception, of course.
**[00:46] ---**
Regarding her son, doomed to live his life
without knowing the warmth of another,
**[00:49] ---**
his mother only complained.
**[00:52] ---**
"That child is like Death incarnate..."
**[00:54] ---**
...she said.
**[01:00] ---**
Morning, Alice.
**[01:07] ---**
Good morning, Your Grace.
**[01:09] ---**
I don't think you need to greet
me so up close and personal.
**[01:12] ---**
In town this distance is the norm.
**[01:16] ---**
You're making that up!
***SIGN*** Episode 3:
The Duke and the Meteor Shower
During the Full Moon
**[03:13] ---**
You're just like a pro!
**[03:15] ---**
That was wonderful, Your Grace.
**[03:17] ---**
I used to play by myself whenever
I had some spare time, so...
**[03:23] ---**
But are you okay with those terms?
**[03:25] ---**
The loser has to do
whatever the winner says.
**[03:29] ---**
Yes, those were the terms
I suggested, so...
**[03:32] ---**
Is this...
**[03:34] ---**
...how you hold the stick?
**[03:37] ---**
Well, you don't have to
lean forward so much...
**[03:40] ---**
I thought this might be more
to your liking, Your Grace.
**[03:43] ---**
I'm not fond of any particular pose!
**[03:52] ---**
Oh, dear!
**[03:54] ---**
Looks like this game is mine...
**[03:57] ---**
Alice, I'm sorry, but...
**[03:59] ---**
...I'm going to take the winning shot.
**[04:01] ---**
Don't sink it in there.
**[04:03] ---**
Don't sink it in there...
**[04:05] ---**
...in there ...in there ...in there.
**[04:09] ---**
Uh, um, Alice, I've got to concentrate, so
could you keep quiet during the game?
**[04:13] ---**
Hmm, that's a foul.
**[04:15] ---**
What?!
**[04:16] ---**
Alice, you may place the
ball wherever you wish.
**[04:19] ---**
It's a safe shot from here.
**[04:25] ---**
Looks like I won.
**[04:27] ---**
Will you do whatever I ask,
like we agreed?
**[04:31] ---**
Well, okay... What is it?
**[04:34] ---**
What should I do if she asks me
to do something really indecent?
**[04:40] ---**
Would you...
**[04:44] ---**
...take a trip into town with me?
**[04:47] ---**
Huh?
**[04:48] ---**
Are you disappointed because
it wasn't what you expected?
**[04:52] ---**
I'm not, I'm not!
**[04:55] ---**
Why do you want to go
to town all of a sudden?
**[04:57] ---**
This weekend, there's a festival.
All the townspeople will wear costumes.
**[05:02] ---**
If your costume's thick enough,
Your Grace,
**[05:05] ---**
I'm sure anyone you may
bump into will be all right.
**[05:07] ---**
B-But...
**[05:08] ---**
...I'm not used to being in
places with so many people.
**[05:13] ---**
When I passed by last year,
it didn't appear to be that crowded.
**[05:18] ---**
What do you say?
**[05:20] ---**
Will you go into town with me?
**[05:23] ---**
Don't give me that look! It's not fair!
**[05:28] ---**
So, this is...
**[05:30] ---**
...the town?
**[05:31] ---**
That's right.
**[05:34] ---**
How's your costume working out?
**[05:36] ---**
It's not bad.
**[05:38] ---**
It's a bit hard to move around in, though.
**[05:40] ---**
By the way, that costume
looks really cute.
**[05:43] ---**
I'm not just talking about
the outfit. You do, too.
**[05:46] ---**
Why, thank you.
**[05:48] ---**
Only...
**[05:50] ---**
...there are more people
here than I expected.
**[05:52] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[05:54] ---**
Hey, watch-- Yikes! Alice!
**[05:57] ---**
It seems I made the right call.
**[05:59] ---**
As long as you're encased in steel,
you have nothing to worry about.
**[06:02] ---**
But it's also heavy and
hard to keep steady...
**[06:06] ---**
Is everything all right, Your Grace?
**[06:08] ---**
Shall we go home now?
**[06:10] ---**
No, you asked me to do this, so I'll
try to hang in there a little longer.
**[06:15] ---**
Thank you for indulging me, Your Grace.
**[06:20] ---**
It may have been somewhat rash of me to
drag you to a place with so many people.
**[06:28] ---**
But I've always dreamed of coming into
town like this on a date with you.
**[06:36] ---**
Just like a normal couple.
**[06:44] ---**
Your Grace?
**[06:46] ---**
I was carried away by the crowd
and got knocked over to boot.
**[06:49] ---**
I wanna go home now.
**[06:59] ---**
Where on earth is His Grace?
**[07:03] ---**
Are you Sharon? Sharon Lendrott?
**[07:08] ---**
Sharon is... my mother's name.
**[07:14] ---**
Yes, of course, you're right.
**[07:15] ---**
You startled me because you look alike,
but there's no way you could be her.
**[07:19] ---**
So, you must be her daughter...
Alice, was it?
**[07:23] ---**
Who are you?
**[07:24] ---**
Nobody important.
**[07:26] ---**
Just a slight acquaintance of Sharon's.
**[07:30] ---**
Take care, Alice.
**[07:36] ---**
I must go look for His Grace.
**[07:40] ---**
I've wound up at a square of some sort.
**[07:43] ---**
Where am I?
**[07:45] ---**
Plus...
**[07:47] ---**
...I've got a lost boy here
looking to me for help...
**[07:47] ---**
Mommy!
**[07:51] ---**
...when I'm lost myself.
**[07:51] ---**
Mommy!
**[07:55] ---**
Don't cry so hard.
**[07:57] ---**
It makes me feel like crying, too.
**[08:00] ---**
Hey, there's a piano!
**[08:02] ---**
I'll play you something to cheer you up,
so dry those tears!
**[08:08] ---**
I'm so nervous.
**[08:11] ---**
To think I'd be playing the piano
with so many people around...
**[08:31] ---**
Huh?
**[08:32] ---**
Come over here! Quick!
**[08:34] ---**
Hey, this is nice!
**[08:43] ---**
They're playing along with me.
**[09:07] ---**
Yeah, that's the spirit!
**[09:09] ---**
What a wonderful tune!
**[09:10] ---**
Here's to the town and good music! Cheers!
**[09:39] ---**
Where have you been?
**[09:40] ---**
I've been worried sick about you!
**[09:44] ---**
Your mommy came for you.
**[09:45] ---**
Thank goodness!
**[09:47] ---**
Your piano playing was so cool!
**[09:49] ---**
Bye bye!
**[09:50] ---**
Thanks!
**[09:53] ---**
Well now, I'd better find Alice...
**[09:57] ---**
I've found you, Your Grace.
**[09:59] ---**
Alice?!
**[10:00] ---**
Please don't go off on your own.
**[10:03] ---**
Come on now, you're too close!
**[10:06] ---**
You must be getting tired.
**[10:09] ---**
Shall we get going soon?
**[10:11] ---**
No, let's stick around a little longer.
**[10:13] ---**
We came all this way, so...
**[10:15] ---**
...I'd like to stay here in town
with you for a bit longer.
**[10:18] ---**
Your Grace, is that really you?
**[10:22] ---**
May I have a look inside your mouth?
**[10:24] ---**
Inside my mouth?! What for?!
**[10:57] ---**
Hey, Alice! Take a look at this!
**[10:59] ---**
There's a mask that looks just like me!
**[11:02] ---**
It certainly does.
**[11:04] ---**
Right?
**[11:05] ---**
That mask was inspired
by a Death incarnate...
**[11:08] ---**
...that is said to live in
the forest north of town.
**[11:11] ---**
Though I wouldn't know whether
such a creature actually exists.
**[11:15] ---**
Shall we be on our way now, Your Grace?
**[11:20] ---**
I had my suspicions all along, but...
**[11:22] ---**
...it seems there really have been strange
rumors going around about me.
**[11:26] ---**
I'm just a guy with a little
curse on him, that's all.
**[11:32] ---**
What is this? It's really good!
**[11:34] ---**
It's called ice cream.
**[11:36] ---**
You have some too, Alice. Here.
**[11:39] ---**
All right, then.
**[11:41] ---**
Why must you do it all sexy like?
**[11:45] ---**
Wait. We'll lose each other again.
**[11:48] ---**
Your Grace, why don't we
climb the clock tower?
**[11:52] ---**
There doesn't appear to be
anyone up there now.
**[11:54] ---**
Really?
**[11:59] ---**
Wow!
**[12:01] ---**
It looks like the town's
been blanketed with stars.
**[12:04] ---**
Yes, indeed.
**[12:06] ---**
Alice, look! There's the moon!
**[12:08] ---**
You mustn't get so excited.
It's dangerous.
**[12:11] ---**
Oh, okay.
**[12:18] ---**
Are you familiar with the town fairy tale
about the princess who marries the moon?
**[12:24] ---**
You mean, what we saw earlier?
**[12:26] ---**
Yes.
**[12:29] ---**
Once upon a time there lived in this land
a brave prince and a beautiful princess.
**[12:35] ---**
The two were deeply in love
and engaged to be married.
**[12:40] ---**
But a jealous witch took the prince
and carried him off to the moon.
***SIGN*** Help me!
**[12:45] ---**
I guess even in fairy tales,
all witches do is interfere.
**[12:49] ---**
Every year since, on the
night she was to be wed,
**[12:55] ---**
the princess looks toward
the moon and offers up a kiss.
**[13:00] ---**
And that's how the story goes.
**[13:02] ---**
It's a rather sad tale, don't you think?
**[13:05] ---**
I'm sure the prince is also sending
her a kiss from the moon.
**[13:08] ---**
The farthest kiss in the universe.
**[13:10] ---**
It'd be wonderful if that were the case.
**[13:13] ---**
But somehow, I think that
the story describes...
**[13:17] ---**
...the exact opposite of
our situation, don't you?
**[13:21] ---**
Why is that?
**[13:22] ---**
Because even though I'm standing
so close to you, I feel like...
**[13:25] ---**
...you're the farthest thing away from me.
**[13:27] ---**
I love you so much I can't stand it.
**[13:30] ---**
Yet here we are on a date, and I can't
even put my arm around your shoulder.
**[13:34] ---**
A date?
**[13:36] ---**
Did you hear me say that earlier?
**[13:39] ---**
"I've always dreamed of coming into
town like this on a date with you."
**[13:45] ---**
Yeah, since you said that,
**[13:48] ---**
I hoped I could make this into one,
if only for a little while.
**[13:51] ---**
But I couldn't do a thing.
**[13:53] ---**
I'm so sorry I couldn't show
you such a good time.
**[13:57] ---**
I had a wonderful time.
**[13:59] ---**
It makes me happy just to be
by your side, Your Grace.
**[14:04] ---**
S-So, is that how you feel?
**[14:06] ---**
That's how I feel.
**[14:08] ---**
I hope you'll continue to keep me near.
**[14:11] ---**
Even if we can never touch, Your Grace,
**[14:14] ---**
I'd like to get as close to you as I can
and gaze deep into your eyes.
**[14:22] ---**
I just remembered,
**[14:24] ---**
there's a festival going on in town today.
**[14:28] ---**
Apparently, they're going to reenact the
princess and the moon's wedding.
**[14:32] ---**
It could be pretty exciting.
**[14:34] ---**
I couldn't care less.
**[14:49] ---**
"If you cannot sleep, my master,
you are welcome in my room. -Alice"?
**[14:55] ---**
I wonder what she wants.
**[14:59] ---**
That's her room, if I'm not mistaken.
**[15:02] ---**
It's me. I saw your note, so I came here.
**[15:05] ---**
Please, come in.
**[15:07] ---**
Welcome to my room, Your Grace.
**[15:10] ---**
Why the heck are you naked?!
**[15:12] ---**
When I'm in my room, I make it
a rule not to wear any clothes.
**[15:14] ---**
Well, I don't care! Put something on! Now!
**[15:24] ---**
Thank you for waiting. Please, do come in.
**[15:26] ---**
That outfit looks nice.
Hope I'm not disturbing you.
**[15:31] ---**
What a pleasant fragrance!
**[15:34] ---**
I lit a scented candle.
**[15:37] ---**
Tonight, I thought I would ease
your tension, Your Grace.
**[15:42] ---**
Ease my... Sounds kind of kinky!
**[15:43] ---**
I'll make you some tea.
**[15:46] ---**
Whoa! Calm down, now!
**[15:48] ---**
Her morals have always been questionable.
**[15:52] ---**
You're just overly aware of it because
you saw her naked a moment ago.
**[15:56] ---**
Anyway, just cool your jets.
**[15:59] ---**
What's this? Some strings? No...
**[16:02] ---**
A G-string?! What's it doing there?
**[16:05] ---**
I made you some chamomile tea.
**[16:07] ---**
Please drink it while it's hot.
**[16:09] ---**
Th-Thanks.
**[16:16] ---**
Surely, she must be
wearing some underwear.
**[16:19] ---**
But knowing her...
**[16:20] ---**
When you're done with that,
let's head over to the bed.
**[16:27] ---**
Is she planning on doing something to me?
**[16:32] ---**
All right, now take your
clothes off, please.
**[16:37] ---**
Wh-What's she going to do?
**[16:40] ---**
We can't touch each other or anything.
**[16:42] ---**
You have nothing to fear.
**[16:44] ---**
Just surrender yourself to me.
**[16:47] ---**
She means business.
**[16:52] ---**
Lie down, please.
**[16:54] ---**
Uh... all right.
**[16:57] ---**
What's she going to do to me?
**[17:00] ---**
Now close your eyes.
**[17:02] ---**
Let your mind and body relax.
**[17:06] ---**
All right, sweet dreams!
**[17:08] ---**
Huh?! You mean, go to sleep?!
**[17:10] ---**
Didn't you come here because
you were having trouble sleeping?
**[17:14] ---**
With the scented candle and chamomile tea,
**[17:17] ---**
I thought I could relax you somewhat
to help you fall asleep.
**[17:23] ---**
Please forgive me if I gave you
the wrong impression.
**[17:28] ---**
She did this on purpose.
**[17:29] ---**
Don't worry, Your Grace.
**[17:32] ---**
I shall remain by your side
until you fall asleep.
**[17:42] ---**
Say, Alice...
**[17:44] ---**
Yes, Your Grace?
**[17:45] ---**
On the night after next, would you
mind going out with me for a bit?
**[17:50] ---**
There's something...
**[17:52] ---**
...I've got to show you.
**[17:55] ---**
Something you've got to show me?
**[17:59] ---**
Yes, if you insist.
**[18:27] ---**
So, this thing you wanted to show me...
**[18:29] ---**
...is a huge meteor shower
that happens once a decade?
**[18:33] ---**
Uh-huh. Ten years ago, I happened to see
it one night when I came out to this lake.
**[18:39] ---**
What I saw that night,
**[18:42] ---**
I will always treasure.
**[18:45] ---**
So, I wanted you to come along
with me and see it again.
**[18:49] ---**
So, I get to have that wonderful
view and you all to myself, then.
**[18:56] ---**
We came here to see the
shooting stars, of course.
**[18:59] ---**
But tonight, I want to tell you how
I really feel, sincerely for once...
**[19:03] ---**
...and not offhanded like I always do.
**[19:05] ---**
And I'm determined to do it.
**[19:09] ---**
The meteor shower should
begin any time now.
**[19:12] ---**
Alice, look up at the sky.
**[19:14] ---**
All right.
**[19:17] ---**
I told you to look up at the sky.
**[19:19] ---**
It's more fun to look at you, Your Grace.
**[19:22] ---**
Well, that's not why we're here.
**[19:27] ---**
Your hat!
**[19:32] ---**
Alice!
**[19:37] ---**
Forgive me. It got a little wet.
**[19:40] ---**
It's okay, I don't mind.
Thanks for going out of your way.
**[19:43] ---**
Now climb back on board.
**[19:46] ---**
S-Sorry. I can't offer you my hand.
**[19:50] ---**
If it weren't for this darn curse,
**[19:53] ---**
I wouldn't cause you and Rob
so much trouble.
**[19:57] ---**
I'm sorry for being this way.
**[20:01] ---**
If you can't touch me,
**[20:03] ---**
then give me a kiss.
**[20:06] ---**
If you have any feelings for me,
then kiss me now.
**[20:11] ---**
But you'll die.
**[20:14] ---**
Just think how romantic it would be
to die by your kiss, Your Grace.
**[20:18] ---**
It's something the prince and
princess were never able to do.
**[20:27] ---**
D-Do you really want me to do it?
**[20:30] ---**
I want to kiss you, too, you know.
**[20:32] ---**
If you keep saying stuff like that,
I'll do it for real.
**[20:37] ---**
I really want you to, Your Grace.
**[20:55] ---**
I'm sorry, I just can't
go through with it.
**[20:58] ---**
You said what I...
**[21:01] ---**
...thought you'd say.
**[21:01] ---**
Wha--?!
**[21:07] ---**
Hey, you did that on purpose!
**[21:09] ---**
Forgive me, Your Grace.
**[21:11] ---**
You don't get enough exercise,
so I thought I'd force you to swim.
**[21:17] ---**
Then just ask me to like a normal person!
**[21:20] ---**
It looks like the meteor shower is over.
**[21:23] ---**
Shall we head back?
**[21:24] ---**
Aw, man!
**[21:27] ---**
What a kick in the teeth!
**[21:30] ---**
I had a once-in-a-decade chance,
and now it's gone.
**[21:33] ---**
I couldn't even say what
I wanted to say to you.
**[21:36] ---**
What did you want to say to me?
**[21:37] ---**
I was going to tell you how
I really feel about you.
**[21:40] ---**
That I like you and all.
**[21:42] ---**
Er... I went and said it
in an offhanded way again.
**[21:45] ---**
It doesn't ring true at all.
**[21:47] ---**
Oh, this is the pits!
**[21:49] ---**
Let's go home now, Alice!
**[21:56] ---**
Yes, Your Grace.
**[23:31] ---**
Your Grace?
**[23:34] ---**
Let's go back to that spot in another
ten years to watch the meteor shower.
**[23:39] ---**
O-Okay.
**[23:41] ---**
Does that mean she'll still be
with me ten years from now?
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke, Alice, and Memories of Snow
**[24:00] ---**
"The Duke, Alice, and Memories of Snow."
# E4 - The Duke, Alice, and Memories of Snow
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**[00:27] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:30] ---**
...a life in which you could
never touch the one you love?
**[00:35] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:38] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:41] ---**
Plants, animals... and people
are no exception, of course.
**[00:45] ---**
Regarding her son, doomed to live his life
without knowing the warmth of another,
**[00:49] ---**
his mother only complained.
**[00:52] ---**
"That child is like Death incarnate..."
**[00:54] ---**
...she said.
**[00:55] ---**
I'm sorry, I just can't
go through with it.
**[01:02] ---**
Perhaps I turned her down too harshly.
**[01:06] ---**
I hope I didn't hurt her feelings.
**[01:11] ---**
Oh, come in!
**[01:13] ---**
Pardon the intrusion, Your Grace.
**[01:15] ---**
Some new books have arrived,
so we came to add them to your collection.
**[01:19] ---**
Thanks. Okay then, could you
arrange them by genre?
**[01:24] ---**
Very well, Your Grace.
**[01:31] ---**
She looked away.
**[01:32] ---**
But wait, last night... things seemed
to be going pretty well...
**[01:37] ---**
Let's go back to that spot in another
ten years to watch the meteor shower.
**[01:43] ---**
No, I must be overthinking this.
**[01:46] ---**
What if she thinks I'm
avoiding her instead?
**[01:50] ---**
Uh, Alice, something's
different about you today.
**[01:54] ---**
Did you cut your hair?
Or change your makeup...?
**[01:57] ---**
I can't reach the upper shelves...
**[01:59] ---**
I'll take care of it.
**[02:01] ---**
Thank you so much.
**[02:03] ---**
S-Say, Alice...
**[02:06] ---**
Uh...
**[02:08] ---**
Hey... Don't you think...
**[02:11] ---**
...the space between us...
is a bit unusual...?
**[02:14] ---**
I know... I can't touch you, but...
**[02:17] ---**
Alice, would you stop avoiding me?
**[02:20] ---**
I'm not avoiding you.
**[02:22] ---**
You are, too!
Normally, you're more like:
**[02:24] ---**
"Why don't you check *me* out
instead of these books?"
**[02:26] ---**
That's your style, is it not?
**[02:28] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[02:30] ---**
You've got a lot of guts
to play dumb like that!
**[02:33] ---**
I won't have you saying things
about me that aren't true.
**[02:36] ---**
So, am I right in thinking that...
**[02:39] ---**
...you're upset about what happened
at the lake last night?
**[02:42] ---**
Come on, I'm totally
defenseless right now.
**[02:45] ---**
Normally, you'd be able to sexually harass
me three times in the space of 15 seconds.
**[02:49] ---**
Come on, now!
**[02:50] ---**
I have no idea what you're talking about.
**[02:53] ---**
Now please, let me get back to my work.
**[02:55] ---**
No, that's not what
you'd say! You'd say:
**[02:58] ---**
"You're an insatiable one, aren't you?"
**[03:00] ---**
Am I right?
**[03:01] ---**
What the heck is wrong with *you*, Alice?!
**[03:04] ---**
What on earth is wrong
with you, Your Grace?
**[03:09] ---**
I knew it. There's something different
than usual about Alice, don't you think?
**[03:12] ---**
She appears to me to be
nothing other than her usual self.
**[03:16] ---**
If Alice doesn't start sexually harassing
me like she normally does, I'll...
**[03:21] ---**
I believe I've gotten a brief insight
into your tastes, Your Grace.
**[03:24] ---**
No, I simply can't believe that
Alice would reject me so easily.
**[03:29] ---**
There must be some kind
of explanation for it.
**[03:37] ---**
A-Alice?
**[03:40] ---**
Rob?
**[03:41] ---**
Could you touch Alice... for me?
**[03:45] ---**
Your Grace, what a thoroughly
unwholesome thing to suggest!
**[03:49] ---**
No, her forehead, her forehead!
**[03:54] ---**
To think you'd caught a cold...
**[03:56] ---**
Forgive me.
**[03:57] ---**
I knew I was sick, but I didn't think
it would interfere with my work.
**[04:01] ---**
You didn't look sick at all,
so it came as a complete surprise.
**[04:04] ---**
You fell into the lake last night,
so I guess it stands to reason that...
**[04:07] ---**
No, it was probably the
result of later that night...
**[04:10] ---**
...when I went to your window
to peer at you as you slept...
**[04:14] ---**
...and caught a chill in the night air.
**[04:16] ---**
Would you stop peeking
into people's bedrooms?
**[04:19] ---**
Well, in any case, you must return
to your room, Your Grace.
**[04:22] ---**
You'll catch my cold.
**[04:24] ---**
No, I'll stay by your side.
**[04:26] ---**
My curse makes it impossible for me
to nurse you to back to health,
**[04:28] ---**
so the best I can do
is just stay by your side.
**[04:31] ---**
I thought I could give you some moral
support while you're feeling weak.
**[04:36] ---**
Is that okay?
**[04:38] ---**
All right, you should get to
sleep soon. You look flushed.
**[04:41] ---**
I bet your fever's gotten worse.
**[04:48] ---**
It's got nothing to do with my cold...
***SIGN*** Episode 4: The Duke, Alice,
and Memories of Snow
**[06:27] ---**
It's so chilly... It's going to get
really cold tonight.
**[06:31] ---**
Rob said we'll get some snow soon.
**[06:35] ---**
That explains it.
**[06:36] ---**
Here, let me warm your hands, Your Grace.
**[06:39] ---**
Sticking them there isn't
going to warm them up!
**[06:41] ---**
And I can't touch you in the first place!
**[06:43] ---**
Still, I hate it when it's cold out.
**[06:45] ---**
It makes me feel even less
like going outside.
**[06:47] ---**
And that's exactly why you must brave
the cold and learn to tolerate it.
**[06:51] ---**
So, how about we play
in the snow tomorrow?
**[06:53] ---**
You can count me out.
**[06:54] ---**
I'm sorry, but I'm going to stay in--
**[06:59] ---**
It looks great on you.
**[07:00] ---**
I've never seen this scarf before.
Did you knit it?
**[07:04] ---**
Yes, I made it for you, Your Grace.
**[07:08] ---**
It smells really nice.
**[07:10] ---**
So, why don't you put that on tomorrow,
and we'll go outside and have fun?
**[07:14] ---**
Yeah, all right.
**[07:15] ---**
Promise?
**[07:17] ---**
Promise.
**[07:47] ---**
Wow!
**[07:49] ---**
Everything's covered in snow!
**[07:51] ---**
Indeed, it is.
**[07:53] ---**
Who wouldn't get a little
excited seeing this? Whoops!
**[07:58] ---**
Plus... Alice is just the cutest
surrounded by all this snow.
**[08:02] ---**
It makes me feel so good.
**[08:05] ---**
Take that! Cold, huh?
**[08:08] ---**
You got me all wet...
**[08:13] ---**
Oh, dear.
**[08:15] ---**
What are you doing, Your Grace?
**[08:17] ---**
Oh, Rob, it's you.
**[08:18] ---**
Sorry. We shouldn't be goofing around
so much just because it snowed.
**[08:22] ---**
Please let me join you.
**[08:24] ---**
That's why you're here?
**[08:27] ---**
I thought it'd be dangerous
for the two of you alone.
**[08:29] ---**
So, you want to build a snowman, huh?
**[08:31] ---**
Anyhow, you mustn't let
yourself have too much fun.
**[08:35] ---**
Says the guy who's having the most fun...
**[08:38] ---**
Okay then, why don't we give him a hand?
Let's roll some snowballs.
**[08:42] ---**
Yes, Your Grace.
**[08:52] ---**
Okay, are you ready?
**[08:54] ---**
Roll it in time with me.
**[08:56] ---**
One, two. One, two.
**[09:00] ---**
Your Grace, you're going too fast.
Could you go a little slower?
**[09:04] ---**
She says in a strangely seductive way...
**[09:06] ---**
I guess we have no other choice.
**[09:08] ---**
This is rather dull work, so why don't
you take a break, Your Grace?
**[09:12] ---**
What a bummer!
**[09:14] ---**
Well, if I can't join them, then...
**[09:20] ---**
What the--?! That was
straight out of *The Matrix*!
**[09:22] ---**
You may have tried to catch me off guard,
but that's not going to happen.
**[09:25] ---**
Prepare to be fired upon.
**[09:28] ---**
Hey! That's an awful lot of return fire!
**[09:29] ---**
And what... superb... control you have!
**[09:35] ---**
Two can play at that game!
**[09:46] ---**
His Grace really has begun
to smile more often...
**[09:53] ---**
All right, Rob, you lose!
**[10:00] ---**
Let's get out of here!
**[10:16] ---**
Oh man, that was so much fun!
**[10:19] ---**
Even my panties are soaking wet.
**[10:23] ---**
I'll do the laundry.
**[10:24] ---**
Please take off your clothes
and get in the tub right away.
**[10:27] ---**
Nuh-uh!
**[10:27] ---**
I beg your pardon?
**[10:28] ---**
I'm not taking off this scarf.
You made it especially for me.
**[10:33] ---**
It's just until it dries.
**[10:35] ---**
But I don't wanna!
**[10:43] ---**
Oh, no!
**[10:45] ---**
My mother's earring...
**[11:30] ---**
I've got to find it.
**[11:58] ---**
Darn it all! The snow's getting worse.
**[12:03] ---**
What a huge mansion!
Could it be an aristocrat's villa?
**[12:07] ---**
I'll get them to share some food with me.
**[12:10] ---**
Or maybe...
**[12:13] ---**
...I'll just take it by force.
**[12:20] ---**
Hey...
**[12:21] ---**
Hey, you! Are you all right?
**[12:24] ---**
Ugh... Was I... asleep?
**[12:27] ---**
Huh?! Wh-Who are you?
**[12:30] ---**
So you've come to. Need a hand?
**[12:33] ---**
I've been cursed by a witch.
I take the life of whatever I touch.
**[12:39] ---**
Don't worry, I can get up on my own.
**[12:42] ---**
Do you live in this mansion?
**[12:45] ---**
What were you doing out in this blizzard?
**[12:47] ---**
I was looking for something.
**[12:49] ---**
My maid lost one of her precious
earrings out here today.
**[12:53] ---**
You'd go through all this for a maid?
**[12:55] ---**
Yeah, I would.
**[12:56] ---**
Alice is a very special person to me,
so I've got to find it.
**[13:01] ---**
Impressive.
**[13:02] ---**
You're a girl, aren't you?
**[13:04] ---**
What were you doing out in the
woods in this snowy weather?
**[13:07] ---**
I got separated from my childhood friend,
**[13:09] ---**
got lost, and wound up
here at this mansion.
**[13:12] ---**
I'm starving, so I was just about ready
to shake you guys down for some food.
**[13:17] ---**
It's scary how casually
you just said that!
**[13:20] ---**
The shovel's stuck...
**[13:26] ---**
My hands are starting to go numb.
This may be all I can take...
**[13:30] ---**
Why don't you call it quits?
**[13:32] ---**
You'll find it next spring
when the snow melts.
**[13:35] ---**
No, it'll be all rusty by then.
**[13:38] ---**
Besides, I want to see how
delighted she'll look when I...
**[13:47] ---**
This guy's got a lot of promise.
**[13:50] ---**
I guess I should do something for him.
**[14:01] ---**
So nice and warm...
**[14:03] ---**
I mean, darn that's hot!
**[14:05] ---**
Are you awake now?
**[14:07] ---**
Wh-Where's the snow?
**[14:09] ---**
I found what you were looking for.
**[14:12] ---**
Are you satisfied?
**[14:13] ---**
I was going to go without
introducing myself,
**[14:15] ---**
but then I thought it wouldn't be polite.
**[14:19] ---**
The name's Cuff.
**[14:21] ---**
I'm a witch.
**[14:24] ---**
Would you happen to know
where His Grace went?
**[14:36] ---**
Oh... so you can't break
the curse on me.
**[14:40] ---**
No, it's beyond my power.
**[14:42] ---**
Anyway, are you sure
it's okay to let me in?
**[14:45] ---**
I am a witch, you know.
**[14:46] ---**
I'd like to thank you, and besides,
there's so much I want to ask you.
**[14:50] ---**
Also, you should meet my maid
and butler before you go.
**[14:55] ---**
Who's that?
**[14:56] ---**
Oh, let me introduce her to you.
**[14:58] ---**
This is my maid...
**[14:59] ---**
Alice Lendrott.
**[15:01] ---**
This is Cuff.
**[15:03] ---**
She came to my rescue when I got covered
in snow and nearly died out there.
**[15:07] ---**
Your Grace, I can't believe you went
outside in spite of the danger
**[15:10] ---**
after I told you so many times not to.
**[15:11] ---**
I'm really sorry!
But we found your earring. See?
**[15:16] ---**
It makes me happier to see you're
all right, Your Grace. I mean it.
**[15:21] ---**
Alice, I'm sorry I made you worry.
**[15:23] ---**
Not at all. Thank you
for finding my earring.
**[15:27] ---**
I want to take a shower.
Show me how to use it.
**[15:30] ---**
Huh?! That came out of nowhere!
**[15:31] ---**
Please wait in the library, Your Grace.
I'll be there shortly.
**[15:39] ---**
What's taking her so long?
**[15:43] ---**
Maybe it wasn't so safe to leave
her alone with the witch.
**[15:48] ---**
Or maybe...
**[15:50] ---**
...the two of them are taking
a shower together?
**[15:52] ---**
Let me wash your back.
**[15:54] ---**
Ooh, I'm so jealous!
**[15:59] ---**
*♪ In a paradise full of bubbles ♪*
**[16:04] ---**
* ♪ Your weariness and the grime on your*
* back both get washed away ♪*
**[16:10] ---**
*♪ Just think how great it'd be ♪*
**[16:15] ---**
*♪ To be able to touch ♪*
**[16:20] ---**
*♪ That glistening, smooth fair skin ♪*
**[16:25] ---**
*♪ Rub a dub dub! ♪*
**[16:28] ---**
Sorry to have kept you
waiting, Your Grace.
**[16:31] ---**
N-No problem!
**[16:34] ---**
That nice, hot shower really hit the spot.
**[16:36] ---**
And Alice here is going
to mend my tattered robe.
**[16:41] ---**
Is that so?
**[16:46] ---**
You really saved my hide.
**[16:48] ---**
After my friend and I got
separated in the woods,
**[16:50] ---**
I hadn't eaten anything
for two whole days.
**[16:54] ---**
Is this friend of yours a witch? A woman?
**[16:57] ---**
No, he's a guy. Sometimes
men are called witches,
**[17:01] ---**
but that can get confusing,
so let's just say he's a magic user.
**[17:04] ---**
Look, I feel for you and all,
**[17:06] ---**
but I can't tell you
anything about our kind.
**[17:09] ---**
You won't get a word out of me
even if you torture me.
**[17:12] ---**
Well, I wasn't planning on
doing anything like that...
**[17:16] ---**
Now now, don't be like that, Cuff.
**[17:19] ---**
Would you care for some dessert?
**[17:27] ---**
So, what do you want
to know about witches?
**[17:30] ---**
Well, uh... I thought you might know
something about the witch who cursed me.
**[17:36] ---**
Is it really okay to talk about it?
**[17:38] ---**
Since I ate all this food,
I guess I don't have much of a choice.
**[17:41] ---**
She sure is a straight shooter.
**[17:43] ---**
I'm sorry, but I don't know
a thing about your curse.
**[17:46] ---**
It's not like we witches
are all pals or anything,
**[17:49] ---**
and if it didn't happen recently, it's
even less likely anyone knows about it.
**[17:51] ---**
Oh. That makes sense.
**[17:54] ---**
The only other thing I could talk
about would be myself, I guess.
**[17:58] ---**
About you?
**[17:59] ---**
You know about the witch hunts, right?
**[18:01] ---**
Humans have been conducting them
for quite some time.
**[18:04] ---**
Well, there are still some radical groups
that are going around killing witches.
**[18:10] ---**
If we used our magic,
we could make them pay.
**[18:14] ---**
But there are just so many humans.
**[18:17] ---**
My friend and I both lost
our parents to witch hunters.
**[18:20] ---**
Really?
**[18:22] ---**
Those guys don't care who they kill.
**[18:24] ---**
You see, my father... was human.
**[18:28] ---**
Being half-witch and half-human,
I grew up being shunned by both groups.
**[18:34] ---**
I haven't attended a witches'
sabbath in quite a while.
**[18:37] ---**
I know there's no place I belong,
**[18:39] ---**
but that's okay as long
as my friend's with me.
**[18:43] ---**
Don't come near me, you monster!
**[18:47] ---**
You've got some grit, Cuff.
**[18:50] ---**
You should hate me for being human,
but instead, you chose to save me.
**[18:56] ---**
It doesn't matter whether
you're human or a witch.
**[18:58] ---**
It was your determination
that aroused my interest.
**[19:05] ---**
I've finished mending your robe.
**[19:07] ---**
Wow! It's just like new!
**[19:11] ---**
Do all witches have robes like that?
**[19:16] ---**
Huh? Not all of them do, but I doubt
any humans possess them.
**[19:21] ---**
Hey, Cuff, is there anything
else you can tell us?
**[19:24] ---**
Like, some kind of hint about
how to break this curse?
**[19:26] ---**
Now hold on, there!
**[19:28] ---**
I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.
**[19:32] ---**
Huh?
**[19:33] ---**
That's not what I think,
but it's what my friend says.
**[19:37] ---**
Honestly, all this maneuvering
is a real pain,
**[19:39] ---**
and I'm afraid I might tell
you something I shouldn't.
**[19:42] ---**
See? All this thinking has
given me a headache! Ouch!
**[19:47] ---**
Well, getting mad at me
isn't going to help...
**[19:50] ---**
At times like these, it's my friend
who does the thinking.
**[19:54] ---**
He always makes the right decision.
**[19:57] ---**
Well, it sounds like you've
got a lot of faith in him.
**[20:00] ---**
I guess you're quite fond of him.
**[20:20] ---**
Huh?!
**[20:42] ---**
You're no noble, so don't be
hanging around the estate.
**[20:45] ---**
Pauper!
**[20:52] ---**
Alice, look at me.
**[20:54] ---**
There's still some snow on you.
**[20:56] ---**
Y-Your Grace...
**[20:58] ---**
I'm sorry for what my friends did.
**[21:01] ---**
I'll give them a good
tongue-lashing later.
**[21:06] ---**
You look really good in the snow.
**[21:09] ---**
Just like a snow fairy.
**[21:20] ---**
Alice, what are you up to this morning?
You'll catch another cold.
**[21:25] ---**
I was just feeling a little sentimental.
**[21:27] ---**
You do some pretty strange things, too.
**[21:29] ---**
Come on, let's go inside now.
**[21:35] ---**
Wh-What's wrong?
**[21:36] ---**
Nothing's wrong, Your Grace.
Shall we head back?
**[21:44] ---**
You looked like you wanted me to hold
you close, and it took me by surprise.
**[21:53] ---**
Every time my love for you grows,
I feel like my heart will burst.
**[23:36] ---**
You look wonderful in the snow.
**[23:39] ---**
Just like a snow fairy.
**[23:43] ---**
Huh? What are you laughing for?
**[23:46] ---**
You haven't changed a bit, Your Grace.
**[23:48] ---**
Hey! Huh?
**[23:50] ---**
Your Grace, I truly adore you.
**[23:53] ---**
Hey, you aren't teasing me again, are you?
**[23:56] ---**
Come on, Alice. Say something.
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke, a Crow, and Ice Skating
**[24:01] ---**
"The Duke, a Crow, and Ice Skating."
# E5 - The Duke, a Crow, and Ice Skating
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**[00:27] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:30] ---**
...a life in which you could
never touch the one you love?
**[00:35] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:38] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:41] ---**
Plants, animals... and people
are no exception, of course.
**[00:46] ---**
Regarding her son, doomed to live his life
without knowing the warmth of another,
**[00:49] ---**
his mother only complained.
**[00:52] ---**
"That child is like Death incarnate..."
**[00:54] ---**
she said.
**[00:59] ---**
The outfit you have on today
looks very nice on you, Your Grace.
**[01:04] ---**
I love the way you
compliment me every day...
**[01:07] ---**
Alice, don't you get sick of wearing
that maid uniform day after day?
**[01:11] ---**
Shall I supply you with some new ones?
**[01:13] ---**
Well, actually, I change every day.
**[01:15] ---**
You do?
**[01:16] ---**
Sometimes it's skimpy, sometimes
it's lace, sometimes it's frilly...
**[01:20] ---**
Would you care to have a look?
**[01:21] ---**
I wasn't talking about your underwear...
**[01:23] ---**
And besides,
you're already showing it off!
***SIGN*** Episode 5:
The Duke, a Crow, and Ice Skating
**[02:55] ---**
Yoo-hoo!
**[02:58] ---**
Dearest Brother!
**[02:59] ---**
The extraordinarily cute
Little Miss Viola...
**[03:02] ---**
...has deigned to pay you a vi-zit?!
**[03:05] ---**
R-R-R-R-Rob, um, uh, h-how dew ya dew?
**[03:08] ---**
How long has it been, Lady Viola?
**[03:11] ---**
Um, uh...
**[03:12] ---**
She's always super nervous around him...
**[03:14] ---**
I shall bring you some tea now.
**[03:18] ---**
Th-Th-Th-Thank you!
**[03:19] ---**
I-I'm fine with rainwater or whatever,
so please don't go out of your way for me!
**[03:23] ---**
Oh, he's looking
totally dreamy again today...
**[03:25] ---**
I simply adore you, Rob...
**[03:27] ---**
You're such a panther.
**[03:27] ---**
Oh, be quiet.
**[03:30] ---**
I am not a panther.
**[03:32] ---**
It's just that the guy I've fallen for
happens to be much, much older than me.
**[03:35] ---**
Isn't that what society calls a "panther"?
**[03:38] ---**
Whatever.
**[03:39] ---**
Boys my age act so childish,
I'll have nothing to do with them.
**[03:43] ---**
But Rob's a servant...
**[03:46] ---**
You're one to talk!
**[03:48] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[03:50] ---**
Oh, sweets!
**[03:52] ---**
I also brought you the tea
that Rob made for you.
**[04:00] ---**
Mmm! This is great!
**[04:03] ---**
Come to think of it,
I wonder what kind of girl Alice is...
**[04:07] ---**
I'd better see for myself.
**[04:11] ---**
While I enjoy the sweets
you make, Alice...
**[04:14] ---**
...I find there's something
lacking in you as a maid.
**[04:24] ---**
And that is, you've got
virtually no charm!
**[04:27] ---**
While you may have a somewhat
pretty face and huge boobs...
**[04:31] ---**
Do you mind if I give them
a little squeeze?
**[04:34] ---**
Be my guest.
**[04:37] ---**
Darn, they're soft...
**[04:40] ---**
But I digress...
**[04:42] ---**
You're a bit lacking in
the human appeal department.
**[04:45] ---**
I'll teach you what charm is
using the Viola Method. Okay?
**[04:49] ---**
What the heck is she doing?
It makes me jealous.
**[04:55] ---**
The Viola Method Charm School!
**[04:57] ---**
"How to Make a Cute Face, Pt. 1."
**[05:00] ---**
Blend into the wall,
Dearest Brother, and don't move!
**[05:04] ---**
Okay, okay...
**[05:05] ---**
When it comes to charm,
it's all in the face!
**[05:07] ---**
In a nutshell, all you've
got to do is play the cutesy girl.
**[05:11] ---**
With women it goes down like
a lead balloon, but it's loads of charm.
**[05:15] ---**
Well? Think you can do it, Alice?
**[05:18] ---**
I wonder how she'll react.
**[05:20] ---**
A cool girl would probably
object to doing this.
**[05:23] ---**
You look awfully charming, Lady Viola.
**[05:27] ---**
Please do teach me as well.
**[05:29] ---**
You're such a good girl!
**[05:31] ---**
Okay, I'll make an exception in your case.
**[05:31] ---**
My sister's so gullible.
**[05:34] ---**
Make a duck face!
**[05:35] ---**
Tilt your head slightly to one side!
**[05:37] ---**
Hide the contours of your face
with your hands!
**[05:39] ---**
Look upwards!
**[05:40] ---**
Hey, you're forgetting
to make a duck face!
**[05:42] ---**
How much longer are they
going to keep this up?
**[05:45] ---**
Dearest Brother,
you can turn and face us now.
**[05:47] ---**
Oh?
**[05:48] ---**
How's this?
**[05:49] ---**
I'm all choked up!
**[05:50] ---**
You look so cute I want to buy you
everything your heart desires!
**[05:54] ---**
I owe it all to Lady Viola's training.
**[05:57] ---**
Well, you've still got
a long way to go to reach my level.
**[06:00] ---**
Am I oozing charm, Your Grace?
**[06:03] ---**
What's with the raunchy remix
just for my sake?!
**[06:08] ---**
Forgive the intrusion.
**[06:09] ---**
Lady Viola, your butlers say it's
almost time for you to head home.
**[06:13] ---**
Really?
**[06:15] ---**
I wasn't able to talk
with Rob again today...
**[06:18] ---**
Hey, Viola. Why don't you say
goodbye to Rob...
**[06:21] ---**
...using the Viola Method?
**[06:23] ---**
You've got a point there.
**[06:24] ---**
I'll show you guys what real charm is!
**[06:27] ---**
You've got to put on your cutest face
in front of the one you love!
**[06:32] ---**
Rob, I'll come see you again sometime.
**[06:34] ---**
Rob, I'll come see you again sum-thyme...
**[06:40] ---**
Apparently, there's a gap between
a person's ideals and reality.
**[06:47] ---**
I wonder when Lady Viola
will come here again.
**[06:51] ---**
Beats me.
**[06:54] ---**
I wonder if Alice
has taken a shine to her.
**[07:05] ---**
Yoo-hoo! Dearest Bruh-thuh?!
**[07:07] ---**
Why, if it isn't Lady Viola!
**[07:10] ---**
R-R-R-Rob?
**[07:11] ---**
How good of you to drop by!
**[07:14] ---**
If you're looking for His Grace,
he's in the kitchen.
**[07:18] ---**
Oh, okay.
**[07:19] ---**
I didn't really come here
to see my brother or anything...
**[07:22] ---**
Oh, Rob, you're looking like
a total dreamboat again today...
**[07:25] ---**
I'd only like you to taste the soup stock.
**[07:28] ---**
You're just saying that
so you can take a peek, right?
**[07:30] ---**
Huh?
**[07:31] ---**
Okay then, promise me you won't
take a peek inside my mouth.
**[07:34] ---**
It's really embarrassing when you stare.
**[07:37] ---**
All right, now...
**[07:41] ---**
What are you guys doing?
**[07:42] ---**
V-V-Viola?!
**[07:43] ---**
I-I can explain this.
**[07:45] ---**
I thought the witch would be attracted
by the smell and come back again.
**[07:48] ---**
Right, Alice?
**[07:49] ---**
Yes, I was just getting ready
to make some bread and stew.
**[07:53] ---**
Oh, a witch, huh?
**[07:55] ---**
As if I really care about that...
**[07:57] ---**
This may be a chance to show Rob
just how girlish I am!
**[08:02] ---**
Let me help out with the cooking, too!
**[08:04] ---**
Of course, milady.
**[08:07] ---**
They've really hit it off well.
**[08:10] ---**
It's not too tight, is it?
**[08:12] ---**
No, it's fine.
**[08:15] ---**
This is the first time
I've worn one of these.
**[08:17] ---**
It looks adorable on you.
**[08:20] ---**
Okay then, why don't you
shape the bread dough?
**[08:23] ---**
Just you and Rob!
**[08:26] ---**
Good luck, Viola!
**[08:28] ---**
You're so creepy!
**[08:33] ---**
All right, then.
**[08:35] ---**
I've finally got a chance
to have a leisurely chat with Rob.
**[08:39] ---**
I'm so freaking nervous!
**[08:48] ---**
Oh, how cute! It looks like he's really
having fun rolling the dough into balls!
**[08:51] ---**
I hope I come back as bread
dough in the next life.
**[08:53] ---**
All right then, how shall we
shape the dough?
**[08:57] ---**
Well, um, I'm not sure because
I've never made bread before.
**[09:01] ---**
Why don't you decide, Rob?
**[09:04] ---**
There isn't a man alive who hates it
when a girl depends on him.
**[09:07] ---**
That's the Viola Method.
**[09:11] ---**
Well then, how about something like this?
**[09:16] ---**
That's really fancy!
**[09:18] ---**
Pretty cute, don't you think?
**[09:20] ---**
You're the one that's pretty cute!
**[09:23] ---**
Milady, why don't you try shaping
the dough into whatever form you wish?
**[09:28] ---**
I don't know why,
but when I'm cooking with you like this...
**[09:32] ---**
...it feels like we're newlyweds.
**[09:34] ---**
Your Grace?
**[09:34] ---**
Don't you think so, Rob?
**[09:36] ---**
No, it's nothing!
**[09:37] ---**
Not at all.
**[09:38] ---**
You're much too young
to be my wife, Lady Viola.
**[09:42] ---**
"Wife," he said!
**[09:45] ---**
Although if I weren't a butler,
**[09:46] ---**
I might have had a granddaughter
about your age, milady.
**[09:50] ---**
"Granddaughter," he said!
**[09:51] ---**
Aren't you going to make any more bread?
**[09:53] ---**
"Bread," he said!
**[09:55] ---**
Uh, bread. Right.
**[10:07] ---**
I'm so jealous of my brother.
**[10:09] ---**
He's got you and Alice by his side,
and he seems to be having fun.
**[10:15] ---**
With his curse and all, I'm glad that he's
got people to give him emotional support.
**[10:21] ---**
Still,
**[10:23] ---**
you'd better tell that idiot to quit
goofing around or his younger brother...
**[10:27] ---**
...will take his place
as head of the family.
**[10:29] ---**
Thank you, milady.
**[10:33] ---**
You may say otherwise,
**[10:35] ---**
but deep down,
you truly do care about His Grace.
**[10:39] ---**
Oh, Rob!
**[10:41] ---**
Wow, that's some bread!
**[10:42] ---**
It looks really cute.
**[10:44] ---**
You're such a creep! Like, seriously,
don't even talk to me!
**[10:46] ---**
Oh? S-Sorry...
**[10:57] ---**
I wish I could've been with Rob
for longer than that...
**[11:00] ---**
Lady Viola!
**[11:03] ---**
Rob!
**[11:04] ---**
Oh! Um...
**[11:06] ---**
Please, take these.
**[11:08] ---**
They're fresh from the oven.
**[11:10] ---**
Oh...
**[11:11] ---**
Please come back anytime.
**[11:15] ---**
Um, okay. Thanks!
**[11:30] ---**
Mmm!
**[11:47] ---**
Your Grace, are you watching me?
**[11:50] ---**
Yeah, I'm watching you!
**[11:52] ---**
Would you like to see more?
**[11:54] ---**
More of what?!
**[12:03] ---**
She's so cute...
**[12:04] ---**
Yeah, she's seriously cute.
**[12:06] ---**
Huh?
**[12:10] ---**
Hey, you haven't seen anybody
lost around here, have you?
**[12:13] ---**
What?
**[12:15] ---**
I don't know if it's because
I fell and hit my head,
**[12:18] ---**
but it sounds like this crow's
speaking to me.
**[12:20] ---**
Hey, I'm picking up some
magical energy coming from you.
**[12:24] ---**
Aren't you one of us?
**[12:25] ---**
Huh?
**[12:26] ---**
W-Well, I'm cursed, so that might be why.
**[12:29] ---**
Oh, so you're just a human, huh?
**[12:32] ---**
So, you're a magic user, then?
**[12:34] ---**
That's right.
**[12:36] ---**
You wouldn't happen to be looking for...
**[12:39] ---**
...a lost, red-haired girl, would you?
**[12:41] ---**
Yeah, a chick with a serious look on
her face and not a thought in her head.
**[12:45] ---**
Uh...
**[12:46] ---**
...so, you're the childhood friend
that Cuff was talking about.
**[12:49] ---**
What? You mean she told you about me?
**[12:52] ---**
That's not like her.
**[12:53] ---**
It's not in her nature
to trust anyone but me.
**[12:56] ---**
So, do you know where she went?
**[12:58] ---**
Beats me. She left suddenly,
and I haven't seen her since.
**[13:03] ---**
I see.
**[13:07] ---**
Uh, haven't you been staring
at Alice a tad too much?
**[13:10] ---**
Heh-heh, so you noticed.
**[13:12] ---**
Your Grace, I found something
surprising out on the lake.
**[13:16] ---**
I met someone surprising myself just now.
**[13:18] ---**
Cuff's friend... Whoa?!
**[13:20] ---**
My name's Zain. I'm a magic user.
**[13:23] ---**
Nice to meet you, Alice!
**[13:25] ---**
Nice to meet you, too.
**[13:26] ---**
His attitude is unmistakably
different around her!
**[13:29] ---**
Alice, I think you're majorly cute.
**[13:31] ---**
Wha--?!
**[13:32] ---**
You've got a gorgeous face
and a voice to match.
**[13:34] ---**
Whoa?!
**[13:35] ---**
You're too close!
**[13:36] ---**
What is with you, anyway?
**[13:38] ---**
She's my Alice. Stop hitting on her!
**[13:40] ---**
I'm crazy about girls,
**[13:42] ---**
so asking me to stop
hitting on them is asking too much.
**[13:45] ---**
You know why?
'Cause I'm crazy about girls.
**[13:46] ---**
You don't have to say that twice now!
**[13:49] ---**
Girls put makeup on and dress up
for the guys they're into, right?
**[13:54] ---**
Your point being?
**[13:55] ---**
I find that behavior
so adorable. I just love it.
**[13:58] ---**
But when I mention that
to Cuff, she's like...
**[14:01] ---**
What's the point of flirting with guys?
**[14:03] ---**
She is such a letdown!
**[14:05] ---**
Looks like he's got a real
fixation about something.
**[14:08] ---**
Oh, and...
**[14:12] ---**
...I've got a thing for boobs.
**[14:14] ---**
Those are your true colors showing!
**[14:15] ---**
What? Boobs are the bomb, right?
**[14:17] ---**
What are you playing the man's man for?
**[14:19] ---**
I'm not!
**[14:21] ---**
And besides, I'm more of
a thigh guy myself.
**[14:25] ---**
Would you stop taking notes?!
**[14:26] ---**
Now, where the heck could Cuff have gone?
**[14:30] ---**
Can't you use your magic to find her?
**[14:33] ---**
No way, man. Magic can't solve everything.
**[14:35] ---**
Anyhow, I'd better meet up with her soon.
**[14:38] ---**
She can't do anything on her own,
**[14:41] ---**
so I've got to protect her.
**[14:44] ---**
No, don't!
**[14:46] ---**
You mustn't squirm around like that.
**[14:49] ---**
Cuff?!
**[14:50] ---**
Cuff?
**[14:52] ---**
She'd fallen in the lake.
**[14:54] ---**
She was freezing, so I thought
I'd warm her with my body heat.
**[14:58] ---**
Consider where you're putting her!
**[14:59] ---**
And you, stop staring so much!
**[15:06] ---**
That's the first time someone's
wedged me between their breasts.
**[15:10] ---**
Oh, Zain, it's you.
**[15:11] ---**
I was looking all over for you.
**[15:13] ---**
Same here!
**[15:14] ---**
I'd about given you up for dead!
**[15:15] ---**
How many times did I tell you
not to go anywhere if we got separated?
**[15:18] ---**
I forgot about that.
**[15:19] ---**
What does it matter? I survived, didn't I?
**[15:21] ---**
Now look here...
**[15:22] ---**
Isn't it great they found
each other safe and sound?
**[15:24] ---**
Yeah.
**[15:25] ---**
So, what were you guys doing here?
**[15:28] ---**
Oh, ice skating.
**[15:30] ---**
Ice skating?
**[15:42] ---**
I'm telling you, Zain, don't move!
**[15:44] ---**
What do humans find so fun about this?
**[15:47] ---**
So, why don't you
just call it quits, then?
**[15:49] ---**
I am not a quitter!
**[15:50] ---**
See how stubborn you are already?
**[15:52] ---**
Cuff, why don't you
follow Alice's example?
**[15:55] ---**
Just look at how graceful
and ladylike she appears.
**[15:58] ---**
Can you appreciate such virtue?
**[16:00] ---**
I doubt it.
**[16:02] ---**
You and she are total opposites.
**[16:05] ---**
Darn that's hot!
**[16:09] ---**
Just be thankful you've got
natural ice to cool off with.
**[16:12] ---**
I'll tan your hide!
**[16:13] ---**
It must be great to be
so physically close.
**[16:16] ---**
Those two take it a bit too far, though...
**[16:18] ---**
Your Grace?
**[16:20] ---**
Do you think you're about ready
to skate without any supports?
**[16:23] ---**
Just imagine flinging yourself
into my arms.
**[16:26] ---**
Like I can do that!
**[16:27] ---**
But you made it all the way here
from the lake shore, didn't you?
**[16:31] ---**
Ice skating is all about momentum.
**[16:35] ---**
Hey, I'm beginning to feel
like I can pull this off.
**[16:37] ---**
I think I'll try skating
to the lake shore.
**[16:39] ---**
Why, that's a wonderful idea.
**[16:41] ---**
Okay, here goes!
**[16:43] ---**
Whoops!
**[16:44] ---**
Your Grace!
**[16:46] ---**
Ah-haha, sure enough, I slipped.
**[16:48] ---**
But I actually skated there
for a little bit.
**[16:50] ---**
This is fun!
**[16:53] ---**
I'm happy to hear you say that.
**[16:55] ---**
Yeah, thanks.
**[16:56] ---**
I owe it all to you.
You're too close, though.
**[17:00] ---**
It must be great to be
so true to your feelings.
**[17:03] ---**
Those two take it a bit too far, though...
**[17:09] ---**
Wh-What is it?
**[17:11] ---**
Just start walking.
**[17:12] ---**
Huh?
**[17:18] ---**
Oh, it's so much easier this way!
**[17:21] ---**
Skating's a lot of fun!
**[17:22] ---**
You can't really call this
skating anymore, can you?
**[17:25] ---**
Alice, come join us!
**[17:26] ---**
Certainly.
**[17:27] ---**
You too, Your Grace.
**[17:42] ---**
Oh!
**[17:44] ---**
It's snowing.
**[17:53] ---**
Thanks for today.
**[17:54] ---**
I'm glad we could meet.
**[17:56] ---**
Yeah, same here. We owe you one.
**[17:58] ---**
I talked it over with Zain, and...
**[18:02] ---**
...on the night of the next blood moon,
we're thinking of taking you
**[18:06] ---**
to a gathering of witches
called the witches' sabbath.
**[18:09] ---**
Huh?
**[18:10] ---**
Since we can't tell you
anything about witches,
**[18:12] ---**
go to the witches' sabbath and do
some investigating of your own.
**[18:15] ---**
We'll help you out
if something goes wrong.
**[18:19] ---**
Wait!
**[18:20] ---**
You're telling me to plunge into
the witches' midst
**[18:22] ---**
and find the one that cursed me?
**[18:27] ---**
That's exactly what we're saying.
**[18:29] ---**
We'll come for you the next time
the moon turns blood red.
**[18:31] ---**
You'd better be ready when we do.
**[18:39] ---**
Are they serious?
**[18:41] ---**
May I come with you?
**[18:43] ---**
Huh? Well, I don't know...
**[18:46] ---**
Please? There's something
I'd like to make sure of.
**[18:49] ---**
You think you can win me over
if you say it all cutesy.
**[18:53] ---**
Please, Your Grace?
**[18:55] ---**
So, here you go and bust out
the Viola Method?!
**[19:03] ---**
Yes, I'll be right there...
**[19:06] ---**
Why, hello there, Alice...
**[19:08] ---**
Why are you standing there half-naked?!
**[19:10] ---**
Lady Viola?
**[19:13] ---**
I really wanted to spend
the night in Rob's room,
**[19:16] ---**
but my brother wouldn't let me.
**[19:19] ---**
So, I decided I'd spend the night here.
**[19:22] ---**
I see.
**[19:23] ---**
Anyway, what a small room you have.
**[19:26] ---**
What's this?
**[19:28] ---**
Why do you have a dead flower
in a jar on your table?
**[19:31] ---**
It's one of my prized possessions.
**[19:35] ---**
You sure are strange, Alice.
**[19:37] ---**
But I kind of like that about you.
**[19:39] ---**
Thank you.
**[19:45] ---**
You're so warm.
**[19:46] ---**
This feels like a girls only party.
**[19:48] ---**
A girls only party?
**[19:49] ---**
Yeah. We talk about stuff that we can
only discuss with other girls.
**[19:53] ---**
For example, I don't think
you're aware of this, Alice...
**[19:58] ---**
...but you see, I've got a crush on Rob.
**[20:04] ---**
Oh, I didn't know.
**[20:06] ---**
Shh!
**[20:07] ---**
It's our secret! You can't breathe
a word of this to anyone!
**[20:10] ---**
Rob is such a gentleman.
**[20:13] ---**
I think he's the perfect match
for you, Lady Viola.
**[20:16] ---**
You get it?
**[20:17] ---**
I knew you would, Alice! See?
This is what a girls only party is like.
**[20:20] ---**
So, this is a girls only party...
**[20:24] ---**
Do you have a crush on anyone, Alice?
**[20:27] ---**
Yes, I do.
**[20:30] ---**
He's like Prince Charming to me.
**[20:32] ---**
Prince Charming?
**[20:33] ---**
Aha, I knew it! My brother's
feelings for her go unreturned.
**[20:36] ---**
The poor thing.
**[20:37] ---**
He saved me when I needed it.
**[20:40] ---**
He makes my life worthwhile.
**[20:42] ---**
Hey, Alice.
**[20:43] ---**
If you want to get this guy to like you,
come to me anytime for advice.
**[20:46] ---**
I'll coach you in the Viola Method.
**[20:48] ---**
That's so reassuring, Lady Viola.
**[20:55] ---**
I've always wanted an older sister.
**[20:58] ---**
Ever since I was little, my mother focused
all of her attention on my brothers.
**[21:02] ---**
I still put a lot of effort
into my lessons,
**[21:04] ---**
but she's never shown
any interest in me.
**[21:07] ---**
I've always wanted somebody
to pamper me like this.
**[21:16] ---**
She looks just like His Grace
when she's asleep.
**[21:18] ---**
Alice?
**[21:20] ---**
Is Viola here...
**[21:22] ---**
She's just fallen asleep.
**[21:25] ---**
Ooh, Viola's doing something else
that makes me jealous...
**[21:28] ---**
Your Grace?
**[21:29] ---**
When Lady Viola wakes up tomorrow morning,
please compliment her as much as you can.
**[21:33] ---**
Um, why?
**[21:35] ---**
I want her to feel pampered.
**[21:37] ---**
Um, okay.
**[23:13] ---**
Alice, thanks for letting me
sleep over last night!
**[23:17] ---**
So, what are you doing here,
Dearest Brother?
**[23:20] ---**
Uh, well...
**[23:22] ---**
V-Viola, your hair
is so nice and beautiful.
**[23:24] ---**
See, mine's naturally curly, so... ahaha.
**[23:26] ---**
Your point being? What are you
complimenting me for all of a sudden?
**[23:29] ---**
Well, even if you had silky,
shiny hair, Dearest Brother,
**[23:32] ---**
it wouldn't make you
any more popular with the ladies.
**[23:34] ---**
And after I complimented her and all...
**[23:36] ---**
Dearest Brother, I hope in the next life
you'll be more like Prince Charming.
**[23:40] ---**
You mustn't speak of that, Lady Viola.
**[23:43] ---**
Oh, why not?
**[23:44] ---**
He doesn't get it anyway.
**[23:46] ---**
Huh? What are you talking about?
**[23:47] ---**
Something we talked about
at our girls only party.
**[23:49] ---**
It's no concern of yours,
Dearest Brother.
**[23:51] ---**
Well, let me join you next time, then.
**[23:53] ---**
No can do.
**[23:54] ---**
Hey, there's nothing wrong with it.
**[23:57] ---**
Is there, Alice?
**[23:58] ---**
Yes, there is.
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke, Alice, and a Night in the Witches' World
**[24:00] ---**
"The Duke, Alice, and a Night
in the Witches' World."
# E6 - The Duke, Alice, and a Night in the Witches' World
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKEQ8G/the-duke-alice-and-a-night-in-the-witches-world)
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**[00:27] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:30] ---**
...a life in which you could
never touch the one you love?
**[00:35] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:38] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:41] ---**
Plants, animals... and people
are no exception, of course.
**[00:46] ---**
Regarding her son, doomed to live his life
without knowing the warmth of another,
**[00:49] ---**
his mother only complained.
**[00:52] ---**
"That child is like Death incarnate..."
**[00:54] ---**
she said.
**[01:01] ---**
This occurred to me earlier, but...
**[01:03] ---**
...something about your
maid uniform bothers me.
**[01:08] ---**
Would you care to have a look?
**[01:09] ---**
You're already showing it off!
**[01:11] ---**
What I meant was...
**[01:13] ---**
...your shoulders and all are too exposed,
and I don't think it's appropriate.
**[01:16] ---**
Can't you wear something more normal?
**[01:18] ---**
Normal...
**[01:21] ---**
You mean, like this?
**[01:22] ---**
No, this is too sexy in its own right!
**[01:24] ---**
And what's with the picture boards?!
**[01:26] ---**
All right, then how about this?
**[01:27] ---**
No maid would pose like that!
**[01:30] ---**
All right, then starting tomorrow
I just won't wear anything at all.
**[01:32] ---**
How did you jump to that conclusion?!
***SIGN*** Episode 6: The Duke, Alice,
and a Night in the Witches' World
**[03:06] ---**
Just look at this!
**[03:08] ---**
Since it's cold out, I thought I'd do some
reading in the conservatory, but...
**[03:11] ---**
...the place is an utter mess!
**[03:15] ---**
I'm terribly sorry.
**[03:17] ---**
Both Rob and I had completely
forgotten about this place.
**[03:21] ---**
I realize two servants are just not
enough for a mansion this big.
**[03:26] ---**
Let's leave what was here
originally and get rid of the rest.
**[03:29] ---**
I'll give you a hand.
**[03:31] ---**
Thank you, Your Grace.
**[03:33] ---**
All right...
**[03:35] ---**
...then let's use these.
**[03:37] ---**
Have you got a link to hyperspace or
something between your breasts?
**[03:41] ---**
It's amazing how thick
the greenery has gotten.
**[03:44] ---**
Though once I expose them
to the power of my curse,
**[03:47] ---**
it doesn't really matter
how much they've grown.
**[03:52] ---**
My curse obeys certain rules.
**[03:54] ---**
Any organism that touches me will die.
**[03:59] ---**
Touching me over my clothes
will produce the same result.
**[04:02] ---**
Because I've taken the utmost precautions,
I've never caused anyone's death.
**[04:07] ---**
Though...
**[04:08] ---**
...I have taken the lives
of many small creatures.
**[04:14] ---**
Still, since I started living here, I've
come to learn what's safe and what's not.
**[04:19] ---**
Living things can get
infinitesimally close to me...
**[04:21] ---**
...and be fine, as long as they
don't come in direct contact.
**[04:24] ---**
If my clothing is thick enough,
they can touch me and be okay.
**[04:29] ---**
They can touch objects that I'm
in contact with and be all right.
**[04:32] ---**
It doesn't appear to pose any problems
if my sweat or spittle gets on them.
**[04:38] ---**
I can grab onto their clothing.
**[04:40] ---**
But I hardly ever do that
because it's too risky.
**[04:43] ---**
These rules were made solely at
the whim of the witch who cursed me.
**[04:49] ---**
In other words,
**[04:50] ---**
from that day on I have
lived under her control.
**[04:57] ---**
Oh, I'd better check on Alice...
**[05:02] ---**
What are you looking at? Flowers?
**[05:04] ---**
Yes. They've blossomed so beautifully.
**[05:08] ---**
But I've enjoyed them enough.
**[05:11] ---**
Would you wither them for me?
**[05:13] ---**
Huh? Are you sure?
**[05:14] ---**
Yes. I'll be over there tidying up.
**[05:18] ---**
Alice...
**[05:30] ---**
Alice!
**[05:35] ---**
A garland?
**[05:37] ---**
Uh-huh, I made it just now!
**[05:39] ---**
I thought it'd be a shame to just wither
them, so I turned them into dried flowers.
**[05:43] ---**
This way you'll be able to enjoy
them for a while longer.
**[05:46] ---**
Dried flowers, you say?
**[05:48] ---**
I can't vouch for their quality, though...
**[05:52] ---**
Thank you so much.
**[05:54] ---**
It's one more thing for me to treasure.
**[05:56] ---**
I'm such a lucky girl.
**[05:58] ---**
I'm so glad you like it.
**[06:01] ---**
I won't be under your
control forever, witch.
**[06:05] ---**
On the night of the next blood moon,
we're thinking of taking you...
**[06:09] ---**
...to a gathering of witches
called the witches' sabbath.
**[06:12] ---**
If I go to the witches' sabbath,
**[06:14] ---**
I may find some leads
on how to break my curse.
**[06:17] ---**
If I can break it,
**[06:20] ---**
Mother will accept me.
**[06:22] ---**
I'll be able to go home.
**[06:24] ---**
And dine with my family again...
**[06:29] ---**
No, I'm sure by then that Mother will...
**[06:45] ---**
Viola?
**[06:46] ---**
You haven't been dining with us lately.
**[06:49] ---**
What have you been up to?
**[06:52] ---**
I've been going to a friend's house.
**[06:55] ---**
As an aristocrat's daughter, you must
take care to act in moderation.
**[06:59] ---**
You understand, don't you?
**[07:01] ---**
Yes.
**[07:17] ---**
Darn it. I can't sleep.
**[07:22] ---**
Oh!
**[07:24] ---**
Stop that!
**[07:25] ---**
Alice?!
**[07:28] ---**
Alice, what's wrong?
**[07:29] ---**
Oh, Your Grace!
**[07:32] ---**
Forgive me.
I was taking a shower.
**[07:37] ---**
Thank goodness you came
to my aid, Your Grace.
**[07:40] ---**
Your Grace?
**[07:41] ---**
I am one with the floor.
I didn't see anything.
**[07:43] ---**
Anything at all.
**[07:46] ---**
A cat in the shower room?
**[07:48] ---**
Yes. It slipped in, and before I knew it,
it had run off with my dressing gown.
**[07:53] ---**
I had just washed my maid uniform, so...
**[07:56] ---**
In that case, leave it to me.
**[07:58] ---**
I just need to get your gown
back from the cat, right?
**[08:00] ---**
You wait here and take your shower, okay?
**[08:02] ---**
Your Grace?
**[08:04] ---**
Thank you so much.
**[08:05] ---**
I'm just doing what any
gentleman would do.
**[08:09] ---**
I'll come back as soon as I find it.
**[08:11] ---**
All right.
**[08:12] ---**
You don't have to tag along, you know!
**[08:14] ---**
You'll catch a chill!
**[08:15] ---**
Yes, but this was the result
of my carelessness,
**[08:18] ---**
and since there's a cat involved,
I think I'd better come along.
**[08:22] ---**
Well, you've got a point there.
**[08:24] ---**
Okay, but you should...
**[08:27] ---**
...wear this at least. It may be a little
big for you, but it's better than nothing.
**[08:32] ---**
It smells like you, Your Grace.
**[08:34] ---**
You don't have to tell me what you think.
Let's get moving.
**[08:41] ---**
It's hard looking for a black cat in
the dark like this, don't you think?
**[08:46] ---**
Uh, yeah...
**[08:47] ---**
It's dragging my gown behind it,
so I doubt it's gotten very far.
**[08:53] ---**
Uh, right...
**[08:54] ---**
I can't take in anything she says.
**[08:57] ---**
Would you like to touch them?
**[09:00] ---**
It's okay, you know.
**[09:01] ---**
No, it's not that, it's...
**[09:05] ---**
There it is! The cat!
**[09:07] ---**
Come on, let's go after it!
**[09:08] ---**
Alice!
**[09:09] ---**
Right now, I'd like to talk
with you, Your Grace.
**[09:12] ---**
Have you forgotten what we're here for?!
**[09:18] ---**
Thankfully we caught it, but...
**[09:20] ---**
My gown's all chewed up.
**[09:23] ---**
This cat has kittens, so it must've wanted
to take some cloth back to its nest.
**[09:28] ---**
You can't wear that anymore.
You should go out and buy a new one.
**[09:33] ---**
This gown was my favorite because you told
me how good it looked on me, Your Grace.
**[09:37] ---**
That outfit looks nice.
**[09:40] ---**
To think she remembered that casual
remark I made... Is she pure or what?
**[09:45] ---**
This is for you.
**[09:48] ---**
Come again sometime.
**[09:54] ---**
Thank you for your help, Your Grace.
**[09:57] ---**
My maid uniform is dry now,
so I can wear it back to my room.
**[10:02] ---**
You must be chilly. Why don't you take
another shower before you go to bed?
**[10:06] ---**
All right. Would you care to join me?
**[10:08] ---**
As if!
**[10:10] ---**
Then let me give you your jacket back.
**[10:12] ---**
No, no, you can do that tomorrow!
**[10:14] ---**
Anyhow, see you tomorrow!
**[10:16] ---**
Try not to catch a cold or anything.
**[10:18] ---**
Good night!
**[10:21] ---**
Though I always feel so lonely
at this precise moment.
**[10:36] ---**
Good night, Your Grace.
**[10:53] ---**
And who might you be?
**[10:58] ---**
Nobody dodgy.
**[11:00] ---**
We came to take the Duke
to the witches' sabbath.
**[11:05] ---**
Darn it all!
**[11:07] ---**
Cuff and Zain will be here any minute.
**[11:09] ---**
Which stuff should I leave here?
**[11:12] ---**
You're awfully calm.
**[11:14] ---**
We're going to a witches'
gathering, you know.
**[11:16] ---**
Aren't you scared?
**[11:17] ---**
No, not particularly.
**[11:20] ---**
I'm even taking some gifts for them.
**[11:22] ---**
Tuna and what not.
**[11:23] ---**
Do you think these witches
are cats or something?
**[11:26] ---**
Oh, Alice? Are you in here?
**[11:29] ---**
Cuff! Zain!
**[11:30] ---**
What's with all the useless garbage?
**[11:32] ---**
You don't need any of it
at the witches' sabbath.
**[11:35] ---**
You're not in any danger as long
as they don't find out you're human.
**[11:39] ---**
Leave that junk here.
**[11:41] ---**
Did you really need to burn it?
**[11:42] ---**
Nope.
**[11:44] ---**
May I come along to tonight's
witches' sabbath as well?
**[11:47] ---**
No problem.
**[11:48] ---**
You aren't taking this seriously enough!
**[11:49] ---**
Witches' gatherings are scary,
aren't they?
**[11:52] ---**
How can you be so casual about it?
**[11:54] ---**
The gatherings certainly are scary.
But relax.
**[11:58] ---**
I'm here to protect you, Alice.
**[12:00] ---**
What about me?!
**[12:03] ---**
But... why are the two of them
helping me out like this?
**[12:08] ---**
If the others found out they brought
humans to the witches' sabbath,
**[12:11] ---**
their own standing would be compromised.
**[12:14] ---**
Okay, it looks like we can
use this to get there easily.
**[12:17] ---**
Cuff, give them the robes.
**[12:19] ---**
Sure thing.
**[12:21] ---**
Those robes will mask your human stench
as long as you've got them on.
**[12:24] ---**
We'll claim that you're my
younger brother and sister.
**[12:28] ---**
So act accordingly.
**[12:29] ---**
O-Okay.
**[12:36] ---**
Stick with me, Alice.
**[12:38] ---**
Quit acting cool and get a move on!
**[12:40] ---**
Your Grace, let's go.
**[12:42] ---**
Yeah...
**[12:43] ---**
Your Grace?
**[12:44] ---**
Will you be all right?
**[12:46] ---**
Don't worry, Rob.
**[12:49] ---**
Alice is coming with me,
and we'll both come back safely.
**[12:51] ---**
Then I wish you good luck!
**[13:05] ---**
Be careful, Alice.
**[13:23] ---**
Witches...
**[13:26] ---**
...aren't all like Cuff or Zain.
**[13:30] ---**
They look like downright monsters.
**[13:36] ---**
Alice, a-a-a-are you all right?
**[13:38] ---**
I'm here for you, you know!
**[13:40] ---**
Are you all right, Your Grace?
**[13:43] ---**
I wonder, could she be here?
**[13:46] ---**
The witch that cursed me, that is.
**[13:50] ---**
Say, mister, could you grab that?
**[13:58] ---**
Thanks, mister!
**[14:00] ---**
Hey, I haven't seen you before.
**[14:03] ---**
His Grace has completely locked up.
**[14:06] ---**
Come on, hang in there.
**[14:07] ---**
This does not bode well...
**[14:10] ---**
Is everyone here now?
**[14:25] ---**
Okay then, let's begin!
**[14:28] ---**
Witch on night duty, please do the honors.
**[14:30] ---**
All rise!
**[14:32] ---**
Bow!
**[14:33] ---**
Good evening, everyone!
**[14:37] ---**
Witches are more courteous than I thought.
**[14:40] ---**
Okay, time to take attendance.
**[14:42] ---**
Beto?
**[14:43] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[14:44] ---**
Lloyd?
**[14:44] ---**
He's got a cold.
**[14:45] ---**
Elle?
**[14:46] ---**
She's not here because her
grandma's visiting.
**[14:49] ---**
Um, Daleth. That's me, so... Present.
**[14:53] ---**
Daleth's our leader.
**[14:55] ---**
Rumor has it she's quite a looker
underneath that mask.
**[14:58] ---**
You don't say.
**[14:59] ---**
Keto and Teto?
**[15:01] ---**
What's up?
**[15:02] ---**
Zain?
**[15:03] ---**
Yes, I'm here!
**[15:05] ---**
Cuff?
**[15:07] ---**
Here.
**[15:08] ---**
It's not like you to come
to a witches' sabbath.
**[15:12] ---**
Who are those two you brought with you?
**[15:14] ---**
Well, uh...
**[15:15] ---**
They're my siblings, got it?
**[15:17] ---**
Yeah. They're Zain's and my kids!
**[15:23] ---**
I knew it!
**[15:24] ---**
Congratulations!
**[15:24] ---**
Why did you freak out and
say such a stupid thing?
**[15:28] ---**
I'm shorry!
**[15:29] ---**
Please don't blame her so harshly, Father.
**[15:32] ---**
Call me Daddy!
**[15:33] ---**
Your kids, huh?
**[15:35] ---**
That's great! This should be interesting.
**[15:37] ---**
This evening's attendance is good, too.
I'm really happy about that.
**[15:40] ---**
At least for now, they haven't
figured out we're human, I hope?
**[15:43] ---**
All right, it's time for our first report.
**[15:46] ---**
Yesterday, a flower blossomed on the
mandrake that we've all been growing.
**[15:50] ---**
Isn't it adorable?
**[15:52] ---**
Unfortunately, it seems we'll
have to wait a little longer...
**[15:54] ---**
...for the poisonous Budgett's
frog eggs to hatch.
**[15:57] ---**
And anyone who would like to chip
in to buy a Voodoo doll...
**[16:00] ---**
...should apply by the
next witches' sabbath.
**[16:02] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[16:04] ---**
I'm so glad this turned out to be
such a laid-back meeting.
**[16:07] ---**
Me, too.
**[16:08] ---**
Okay, this ends tonight's
witches' sabbath.
**[16:12] ---**
What? Already?
**[16:16] ---**
All right, dismissed.
**[16:21] ---**
Wh-What should we do?
**[16:22] ---**
The witches' sabbath has ended.
**[16:23] ---**
And we still haven't found
any leads into my curse.
**[16:29] ---**
I was amazed to hear you had kids, Zain.
**[16:33] ---**
Did you knock her up?
**[16:34] ---**
Yep.
**[16:35] ---**
Don't you say another word.
**[16:37] ---**
Honestly, what the heck were you thinking?
**[16:40] ---**
Cuff's got human blood
running through her veins.
**[16:47] ---**
Cuff's a respectable witch.
**[16:50] ---**
Now apologize to her.
**[16:53] ---**
Uh, well...
**[16:56] ---**
Sorry, Cuff. It was a slip of the tongue.
**[16:59] ---**
No problem, just so long as you know.
**[17:01] ---**
Having said that...
**[17:03] ---**
...let's kick this ball around!
**[17:06] ---**
Y-You want me to play, too?
**[17:08] ---**
Of course, my boy!
**[17:10] ---**
Yay!
**[17:14] ---**
And so, we meet again, Alice.
**[17:17] ---**
You knew it was me?
**[17:18] ---**
Well, yeah.
I'm good at remembering faces.
**[17:22] ---**
Whoa! He blocked it with his face!
**[17:24] ---**
So, you won Zain and Cuff
over and came to see me.
**[17:28] ---**
What exactly do you want?
**[17:29] ---**
I wanted to know whether my mother
had any connection with you witches.
**[17:34] ---**
Well, I'm not really sure.
**[17:36] ---**
I was only a slight acquaintance
of your mother's.
**[17:41] ---**
Alice, do you have a handkerchief?
**[17:43] ---**
The ball hit me in the face...
**[17:44] ---**
Oh, dear!
**[17:49] ---**
You two seem to be pretty close.
**[17:51] ---**
Are you an item?
**[17:52] ---**
N-No, we aren't, but...
**[17:54] ---**
...does it look that way?
**[17:55] ---**
You've grown quite a bit...
**[17:58] ---**
...in spite of your curse.
**[18:01] ---**
You... know who I am?
**[18:03] ---**
Yes, I saw you at that aristocrat's
mansion when you were little.
**[18:08] ---**
And of course, I also know about
the witch that cursed you.
**[18:12] ---**
Who is she?
**[18:14] ---**
Please, let us meet her.
We'd like her to break the curse.
**[18:18] ---**
I can't. It's impossible.
**[18:20] ---**
But why?
**[18:21] ---**
She's dead.
**[18:24] ---**
And I have absolutely no idea
how to break your curse.
**[18:29] ---**
H-How did she die?
**[18:31] ---**
So, the curse doesn't break
when the witch dies?
**[18:33] ---**
What did she curse me for?
**[18:36] ---**
Oh, you've got so many questions.
**[18:38] ---**
She was a whiz at magic.
**[18:41] ---**
And she died because of it.
**[18:44] ---**
Let us speak of this no more.
**[18:47] ---**
I despise her.
**[18:49] ---**
B-But!
**[18:50] ---**
One word of advice.
**[18:52] ---**
The curse you've got is unlike anything
some run-of-the-mill witch could cast.
**[18:57] ---**
I suggest that you give up now.
**[19:01] ---**
Darn that's hot!
**[19:02] ---**
What'd you do that for?
**[19:03] ---**
Your Grace, if you don't
have your robe on...
**[19:08] ---**
I smell a human.
**[19:10] ---**
It's a human.
**[19:11] ---**
A human.
**[19:12] ---**
Wh-What do we do now?
**[19:14] ---**
Let's run back to the mirror.
**[19:19] ---**
A human?
**[19:19] ---**
Yeah, that's what they say.
**[19:21] ---**
Don't let them get away!
**[19:24] ---**
You're like, totally gonna be
pet food for my magic plant!
**[19:33] ---**
Alice, are you all right?
**[19:35] ---**
Y-Yes, Your Grace.
**[19:41] ---**
Oh. My. Gosh. It's totally dead!
**[19:42] ---**
Like, why?!
**[19:47] ---**
Don't let them get away!
**[19:48] ---**
After them!
**[19:52] ---**
Zain! Cuff! Get back here!
**[19:54] ---**
Why are you siding with the humans?
**[19:56] ---**
Come back! Come back, I say!
**[20:02] ---**
W-We're safe...
**[20:07] ---**
Cuff, Zain, I'm sorry.
**[20:10] ---**
You did this for me.
I don't know how to thank you.
**[20:15] ---**
They were freakin' pissed!
**[20:17] ---**
Ooh, they had me scared!
**[20:19] ---**
We're always fighting like that,
so don't worry about it.
**[20:22] ---**
They'll forget about it in no time.
**[20:25] ---**
And this way we won't have to go to
another witches' sabbath for a while.
**[20:28] ---**
I'd take on every witch in
the witches' world for you, Alice.
**[20:32] ---**
Are you hurt?
**[20:33] ---**
No, not a scratch.
**[20:35] ---**
Why don't you take another trip?
**[20:37] ---**
Don't make me go back there!
**[20:37] ---**
You were really great
back there, Your Grace.
**[20:41] ---**
Well, it all happened so fast...
**[20:43] ---**
You protected me, Your Grace,
and saved my life.
**[20:46] ---**
Thank you.
**[20:47] ---**
N-No problem.
**[20:48] ---**
So, did you get any leads?
**[20:52] ---**
Yeah.
**[20:53] ---**
I was able to learn some stuff
from that witch Daleth.
**[20:56] ---**
It wound up being bleaker
than I'd hoped, but...
**[20:59] ---**
...now I understand the situation.
**[21:01] ---**
And I couldn't have
done it without you two.
**[21:02] ---**
Thanks.
**[21:03] ---**
I see. That's great.
**[21:06] ---**
Why have you been helping
me out so much, Cuff?
**[21:09] ---**
We haven't known each other for very long,
**[21:11] ---**
and there's nothing in it for you,
being a witch and all.
**[21:14] ---**
Well, I'm not sure I know
the reason why, but...
**[21:17] ---**
...when I met you that day
for the first time...
**[21:21] ---**
...and saw you going all-out
for someone else's sake,
**[21:24] ---**
I decided I wanted to be friends with you.
**[21:26] ---**
I-I feel the same way. I hope I can
be friends with you and Zain.
**[21:31] ---**
Really?
**[21:32] ---**
Oh, this is so easy.
**[21:37] ---**
Starting next time,
we'll come over as friends.
**[21:40] ---**
See you again!
**[21:41] ---**
So long, Alice!
**[21:42] ---**
Ouch!
**[21:44] ---**
As friends...
**[21:47] ---**
Friends! Did you hear that, Alice?
**[21:49] ---**
I've got friends!
**[21:51] ---**
Seeing you happy makes me
happy, too, Your Grace.
**[21:54] ---**
I don't know what will become of my curse.
**[21:57] ---**
But I'm sure I'll get to
the truth of the matter.
**[22:01] ---**
Thanks for sticking with me.
I hope I can continue to rely on you.
**[22:05] ---**
Certainly. Let's break your
curse whatever happens.
**[22:08] ---**
It's tough never being able
to touch the one you love.
**[22:12] ---**
S-Same here.
**[22:14] ---**
Would you like to touch me?
**[22:15] ---**
Of all things I could touch,
why'd you pick your breasts?
**[22:18] ---**
What about your hands or your hair?
**[22:20] ---**
Besides, I can't touch them anyway!
**[22:24] ---**
I can't just walk in on them now...
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke's and Alice's Uneventful Day
**[24:00] ---**
"The Duke's and Alice's Uneventful Day."
# E7 - The Duke's and Alice's Uneventful Day
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVJ7DE/the-dukes-and-alices-uneventful-day)
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**[00:27] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:30] ---**
...a life in which you could
never touch the one you love?
**[00:35] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:38] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:41] ---**
Plants, animals... and people
are no exception, of course.
**[00:46] ---**
Regarding her son, doomed to live his life
without knowing the warmth of another,
**[00:49] ---**
his mother only complained.
**[00:52] ---**
"That child is like Death incarnate..."
**[00:54] ---**
she said.
**[00:58] ---**
Don't ask me why, but lately I feel like
all we do is talk about your clothes.
**[01:02] ---**
Alice, I noticed you only wear
black both in and out of uniform.
**[01:06] ---**
Why is that?
**[01:07] ---**
I like the color black.
**[01:08] ---**
I'd like to see you wear some different
colored clothes for a change.
**[01:11] ---**
I kind of like white myself.
It looks so simple and honest.
**[01:14] ---**
If you say it's all right, Your Grace...
**[01:16] ---**
By all means, give it a try.
**[01:18] ---**
I think you'd look great in
a casual white dress...
**[01:20] ---**
...and a formal gown, too...
**[01:26] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[01:28] ---**
It's nothing. Nothing at all...
***SIGN*** Episode 7:
The Duke's and Alice's Uneventful Day
**[03:02] ---**
What is that unpleasant-looking thing?
**[03:04] ---**
It's a magic pot. They say that some
witch made it and cared for it daily.
**[03:09] ---**
A witch's tool?
**[03:11] ---**
I happened to see it in town
the other day, so I bought it.
**[03:14] ---**
It arrived just now.
**[03:17] ---**
It even comes with a book of recipes.
**[03:19] ---**
Pretty exciting, don't you think?
**[03:20] ---**
I fail to see what you find
so exciting about it...
**[03:24] ---**
Why don't we try cooking with it?
**[03:26] ---**
There's something I'd like
you to sample, Your Grace.
**[03:28] ---**
Sure, I don't mind, but do you really
need to get this close to tell me?
**[03:33] ---**
If this is a witch's tool, then it's
not for normal cooking, right?
**[03:37] ---**
What exactly do you want to make?
**[03:38] ---**
A love potion...
I mean, just some soup.
**[03:41] ---**
You totally let that slip!
**[03:44] ---**
All the ingredients are now ready.
**[03:46] ---**
Shall we get started?
**[03:48] ---**
Do I really have to
take part in this, too?
**[03:51] ---**
Yes, you do.
**[03:52] ---**
We're doing this for you, Your Grace.
**[03:53] ---**
I'm amazed you can say
that with a straight face.
**[03:56] ---**
This pot is quite useful.
**[03:59] ---**
I'd really like you to see it
in action, Your Grace.
**[04:02] ---**
"C'mon and be my girl."
**[04:08] ---**
I-I wouldn't be caught dead
with the likes of you!
**[04:11] ---**
This way you don't have to
use a stove to heat it up.
**[04:14] ---**
What sort of taste do
witches have, anyway?
**[04:17] ---**
Well, I guess I got some idea of what it
is from going to that witches' sabbath...
**[04:20] ---**
Once the pot comes to a boil,
we add the ingredients.
**[04:23] ---**
Seasoned lizard's tail.
**[04:26] ---**
Amoebas. Red clay soil.
**[04:27] ---**
Snail's shell.
Fur from a cat's back--
**[04:30] ---**
Hang on there! There's no way
those could be cooking ingredients!
**[04:33] ---**
I'm the one who's going to drink this!
**[04:33] ---**
Sneak a peek!
**[04:36] ---**
Let's continue, shall we?
**[04:37] ---**
I'm such an easy target...
**[04:44] ---**
Witches...
**[04:45] ---**
The more I encounter,
the less I understand...
**[04:47] ---**
There are witches like
the one that cursed me...
**[04:49] ---**
...and others like Cuff and Zain
who are friendly.
**[04:53] ---**
I suggest that you give up now.
**[04:57] ---**
I can't do that...
**[04:59] ---**
But, then again, I also don't know
what my next move should be...
**[05:03] ---**
What the heck are you
staring at, you freakin' perv?!
**[05:05] ---**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[05:07] ---**
Your Grace?
**[05:08] ---**
It looks like this magic pot
has other handy features...
**[05:11] ---**
...that we can use by saying
the magic words.
**[05:13] ---**
Um, like what?
**[05:15] ---**
"Say, you're actually pretty cute
when you take off your glasses."
**[05:19] ---**
Wha--?!
**[05:21] ---**
You idiot!
**[05:22] ---**
This is a spell that allows you
to make a smokescreen easily.
**[05:25] ---**
Like there's ever a time you need to make
a smokescreen when you're cooking!
**[05:33] ---**
And now this is where
you come in, Your Grace.
**[05:36] ---**
As you think of all the fun and happy
things in your life, stir the pot.
**[05:41] ---**
Um, okay.
**[05:43] ---**
Fun things, happy things...
**[05:47] ---**
Happy things, happy things,
happy things, happy things...
**[05:55] ---**
I got distracted at the end there...
**[05:57] ---**
It's finished.
**[05:59] ---**
Actually, this isn't just some soup.
**[06:02] ---**
Uh, you said so yourself
before we started.
**[06:05] ---**
I was amazed when I saw this in town.
**[06:08] ---**
See? It's a potion to
remove a witch's curse.
**[06:11] ---**
So, it wasn't a love potion?
**[06:14] ---**
They say if you get distracted while
you're stirring, it won't be as effective.
**[06:16] ---**
I thought I'd warn you at first, but...
**[06:19] ---**
No, I'd just get more distracted that way!
**[06:21] ---**
In fact, I *did* get distracted a bit!
**[06:23] ---**
It says it's all right...
**[06:25] ---**
...as long as you don't think about
the curse while you're stirring.
**[06:28] ---**
So, this magic pot and those
ingredients were all for me?
**[06:33] ---**
Yes.
**[06:34] ---**
Since the witch that cursed
you is no longer living,
**[06:37] ---**
I thought we should try anything we can.
**[06:41] ---**
It may be a bit hot, but...
**[06:43] ---**
Okay.
**[06:45] ---**
I'll try it.
**[06:48] ---**
This tastes like hell...
**[06:51] ---**
Your Grace, let's test it out.
**[07:01] ---**
It didn't work...
**[07:03] ---**
We'll just have to accept it, I guess.
**[07:04] ---**
According to that witch Daleth,
it's not your run-of-the-mill curse.
**[07:08] ---**
More importantly, I was happy for
your feelings of encouragement.
**[07:13] ---**
Thanks.
**[07:14] ---**
I'll look for some other way
to break the curse, then.
**[07:18] ---**
Okay, I'm counting on you.
**[07:20] ---**
So...
**[07:22] ---**
What should we do with this?
**[07:23] ---**
If we tried to get rid of it,
it might curse us...
**[07:27] ---**
You're giving this to me?
**[07:29] ---**
Um, yeah. It's a magic pot.
**[07:32] ---**
I'll let you decide what to do with it.
**[07:35] ---**
Oh, what a sharp dresser!
**[07:38] ---**
You mean, I'm going to be *his*?
**[07:40] ---**
A talking pot?
**[07:42] ---**
Fascinating.
**[07:43] ---**
Thank you for this.
**[07:45] ---**
Oh, my! We're going on
our honeymoon already?
**[07:48] ---**
Though I am but a humble pot, I hope
we'll be together for better or worse.
**[07:53] ---**
V-Viola?!
**[07:55] ---**
How long have you been there?
**[07:56] ---**
Viola, wait a sec!
**[07:57] ---**
Rob! Hide that pot!
**[08:00] ---**
Alice! Stop Viola!
**[08:02] ---**
Alice!
**[08:29] ---**
Wow, this sheet music's so hard to read...
**[08:31] ---**
What is this, anyway?
**[08:33] ---**
It's the final score that the composer
McFarlane wrote before he died.
**[08:36] ---**
They say it's the world's most
beautiful piece of music.
**[08:39] ---**
McFarlane?
**[08:41] ---**
But it's got quite a checkered history...
**[08:44] ---**
They say that anyone who
performs it goes mad.
**[08:47] ---**
What the--?! That's scary!
**[08:48] ---**
But they also say that if
you can play it perfectly,
**[08:50] ---**
you'll be cleansed of your curse.
**[08:53] ---**
Cleansed, huh?
**[08:54] ---**
I hope that things will
work out this time...
**[08:56] ---**
So, how about it? Will you give it a try?
**[08:58] ---**
I-I'll do it, so stop using your
breasts to pressure me into it!
**[09:09] ---**
While the music may be hard to read,
it's certainly a lovely tune.
**[09:13] ---**
But...
**[09:17] ---**
...who the heck is this guy?
**[09:19] ---**
You can see me, can't you?
**[09:21] ---**
Woah, he spoke to me.
**[09:24] ---**
Are you McFarlane?
**[09:27] ---**
Indeed, I am.
**[09:28] ---**
No one will play this perfectly, so...
**[09:30] ---**
...I have become a ghost to watch
over it even in death.
**[09:34] ---**
Think you can do it?
**[09:35] ---**
If you stick your head in my face
like that, I'll mess up!
**[09:38] ---**
Aw, jeez.
**[09:39] ---**
I, like, totally shouldn't have put the
music on black paper so it'd look cool.
**[09:42] ---**
Like, even I totally
have trouble reading it.
**[09:44] ---**
You did it just so it'd look cool?
**[09:47] ---**
Your Grace, are you all right?
**[09:50] ---**
Don't tell me you've actually gone mad.
**[09:52] ---**
No, of course I haven't!
**[09:53] ---**
It's no use trying to explain it to her.
**[09:55] ---**
You, the performer,
are the only one who can see me.
**[09:58] ---**
By the way, this chick is far out.
**[10:00] ---**
What? Are you kids going steady?
**[10:03] ---**
People back then used
words that are so passé...
**[10:05] ---**
Hehe, watch this.
**[10:07] ---**
While I may be a ghost,
I can do stuff like this, too.
**[10:10] ---**
Whoosh!
**[10:11] ---**
My, what a naughty gust of wind!
**[10:14] ---**
Did you see that, Your Grace?
**[10:15] ---**
No, I didn't! I didn't see anything!
**[10:17] ---**
What do you think you're doing, McFarlane?
**[10:20] ---**
Like, I haven't messed around
with a girl in, like, centuries!
**[10:23] ---**
Aren't I allowed to,
like, have a little fun?
**[10:25] ---**
Just concentrate on your performance!
**[10:28] ---**
Then, let me!
**[10:31] ---**
Oh yeah, now I'm gonna slip this
strange strap off her shoulder like so!
**[10:36] ---**
Oh, that naughty wind is at it again...
**[10:39] ---**
Are you watching, Your Grace?
**[10:40] ---**
It's okay, I'm not watching.
**[10:42] ---**
Why aren't you watching?
**[10:43] ---**
Why should I?
**[10:44] ---**
Oh, no! What's to become of me?
That naughty wind is...
**[10:48] ---**
How many times is that naughty
wind going to blow, anyway?
**[10:50] ---**
Besides, it's you that's
doing the stripping!
**[10:52] ---**
I can't take it anymore!
**[10:53] ---**
Hey baby, pucker up and gimme a kiss!
**[10:56] ---**
No, anything but that!
**[10:59] ---**
Please, knock it off.
**[11:08] ---**
Her eyes looked so cold
when she rejected me!
**[11:10] ---**
Quit making me dodge you
while I'm playing!
**[11:12] ---**
You wouldn't happen to be one of
those people who can see ghosts?
**[11:15] ---**
No, I'm not.
**[11:17] ---**
But you're talking to him!
**[11:19] ---**
This leaves me but one objective.
**[11:21] ---**
You must play this song
perfectly to the end...
**[11:24] ---**
...or else I'll haunt you
for the rest of your life!
**[11:25] ---**
Don't be absurd!
**[11:35] ---**
I must concentrate.
Concentrate on playing...
**[11:39] ---**
The piano is all I've got.
**[11:41] ---**
Always has been, always will be.
**[11:43] ---**
All I can do is play it.
**[11:52] ---**
For my sake...
**[11:54] ---**
And for the sake of Alice's
and my future together!
**[12:08] ---**
How do you like that, McFarlane?
I played your song perfectly!
**[12:12] ---**
Now I'll be cleansed of my curse.
**[12:15] ---**
Whoa...
**[12:18] ---**
What a splendid performance!
**[12:23] ---**
Thank you, my friend.
**[12:30] ---**
So, *you* were the curse I'm cleansed of?!
**[12:39] ---**
Good morning, Alice.
**[12:40] ---**
I woke up early, so I came to get you.
**[12:42] ---**
Come to the mansion right away.
**[12:45] ---**
Certainly.
I'm on my way to the door.
**[12:48] ---**
Oh, you've got some clothes on, right?
**[12:50] ---**
I ask because you never wear
anything while you're in your room...
**[12:53] ---**
Don't worry.
**[12:54] ---**
Good morning, Your Grace.
**[12:56] ---**
Lingerie does not count as clothes!
**[12:58] ---**
I put them on by mistake.
**[13:00] ---**
You totally did that on purpose!
**[13:02] ---**
Alice isn't startled at all when
someone sees her bare skin.
**[13:07] ---**
I wonder if she even sees me as a guy?
**[13:10] ---**
Come to think of it,
the other day, Viola...
**[13:13] ---**
Yoo-hoo! Dearest Brother!
**[13:15] ---**
You startled me!
Oh, Viola, it's you...
**[13:18] ---**
Oh, quit getting startled at every little
thing. It's so annoying.
**[13:21] ---**
Now, don't get your heart pounding
and fall for me or anything.
**[13:24] ---**
What are you going on about with
such a sincere look in your eyes?
**[13:27] ---**
You know about the suspension
bridge effect, right?
**[13:29] ---**
When they're with someone,
people mistake the fear and anxiety...
**[13:32] ---**
...making their hearts pound
as love for the other person!
**[13:35] ---**
In other words, all I have to do
is get Alice's heart pounding
**[13:38] ---**
by startling and scaring her.
**[13:40] ---**
This may be worth giving a try.
**[13:43] ---**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[13:45] ---**
Huh?
**[13:46] ---**
Your Grace?
**[13:51] ---**
Ta-da! I was in your blind spot!
**[13:53] ---**
Oh, my!
**[13:54] ---**
Were you startled?
**[13:56] ---**
Yes, I was.
**[13:58] ---**
This is going to be tough.
**[14:02] ---**
A-And now we're getting
to the really scary part...
**[14:07] ---**
Th-The man turned his head
and shouted, "I saw that."
**[14:11] ---**
But he had no eyes or nose,
**[14:13] ---**
just a mouth that was
slit from ear to ear.
**[14:15] ---**
Ooh, how scary is that?
**[14:17] ---**
It gives me the chills
just talking about it.
**[14:19] ---**
That was scary.
**[14:20] ---**
But when the narrator's scared...
**[14:23] ---**
...it loses half of its fear factor.
**[14:25] ---**
Oh, really...
**[14:26] ---**
I'm just no good at this.
**[14:28] ---**
McFarlane didn't scare me at all, but...
**[14:31] ---**
So, I give your story a score of 98.
**[14:35] ---**
You've got to love her for being
a super lenient grader.
**[14:38] ---**
Oh, I finally found it!
**[14:41] ---**
What a scary painting!
**[14:42] ---**
Is that the right one?
**[14:43] ---**
Huh?! Oh, not this one.
**[14:46] ---**
That's strange.
**[14:47] ---**
I could've sworn I had a painting of
a woman shedding tears of blood...
**[14:54] ---**
Is...
**[14:55] ---**
...this it?
**[14:58] ---**
Yeah, that's the one.
**[15:00] ---**
What's it doing hanging there?
**[15:01] ---**
The other day, I took it down and put
it in the rack because it's so creepy.
**[15:05] ---**
How strange.
**[15:06] ---**
That's all you've got to say?!
**[15:07] ---**
Aren't you scared?!
**[15:08] ---**
All right, I'm scared.
**[15:09] ---**
What's with the "all right"?!
**[15:10] ---**
Here I am totally scared, and you mean
to tell me your heart isn't pounding?!
**[15:14] ---**
But my heart *is* pounding.
**[15:16] ---**
Why don't you put your ear against
my chest and listen for yourself?
**[15:19] ---**
Like I can do that!
**[15:20] ---**
Come on, just think about it.
**[15:22] ---**
The painting moved by itself!
Isn't that scary?
**[15:26] ---**
It certainly is.
**[15:27] ---**
Aw, come on! Why won't you get scared?
**[15:30] ---**
If your heart doesn't start pounding, you
won't feel the suspension bridge effect!
**[15:34] ---**
My heart really *is* pounding.
**[15:37] ---**
Because I'm with *you*, Your Grace.
**[15:39] ---**
She looks even cuter than usual.
**[15:42] ---**
This may be the suspension
bridge effect at work.
**[15:45] ---**
But...
**[15:47] ---**
...how did this painting get here?
**[15:50] ---**
Alice, didn't you hang that
painting there yesterday
**[15:52] ---**
because there was some
extra space there?
**[15:55] ---**
Shh! It's our secret.
**[15:59] ---**
The more I look at it...
**[16:02] ---**
...the scarier it gets!
**[16:04] ---**
Oh! Your Grace!
**[16:05] ---**
Look out behind you!
**[16:08] ---**
Oh...
**[16:09] ---**
Darn it!
**[16:10] ---**
No, don't touch it!
**[16:12] ---**
That plant has been here from when this
mansion was the family's main residence.
**[16:15] ---**
It only flowers once every 50 years.
**[16:17] ---**
It's extremely valuable.
**[16:20] ---**
I'm so sorry!
**[16:27] ---**
What are you doing in there, Your Grace?
**[16:33] ---**
What you did back there
was only an accident.
**[16:36] ---**
Still, I'd prefer not to face Rob
until he calms down.
**[16:40] ---**
Anyway, shut the door.
**[16:41] ---**
I don't want to be found just yet.
**[16:43] ---**
Very well.
**[16:44] ---**
Why'd you come in here?!
**[16:46] ---**
Well, you asked me to shut the door...
**[16:48] ---**
What is Rob like when he gets angry?
**[16:51] ---**
He's pretty scary.
**[16:52] ---**
He doesn't chew you out or anything,
**[16:54] ---**
but he won't forgive you until
you've reflected on your actions.
**[16:57] ---**
I'd kind of like to see that.
**[17:00] ---**
You on the receiving end of
his anger, that is, Your Grace.
**[17:02] ---**
Huh?!
**[17:03] ---**
Your Grace?
**[17:04] ---**
Are you in here?
**[17:06] ---**
It's Rob.
**[17:07] ---**
I'll protect you.
**[17:14] ---**
Whew! I was really freaked out
for a minute there.
**[17:17] ---**
You know, it's not safe for you
to get that close to me.
**[17:20] ---**
I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking...
**[17:22] ---**
So, where will you hide next?
**[17:24] ---**
This is starting to get fun!
**[17:26] ---**
This is a huge mansion.
**[17:27] ---**
There are lots of places to hide.
**[17:30] ---**
But Rob knows this place inside out.
Where can I hide and not be found?
**[17:34] ---**
How about under here?
**[17:35] ---**
Oh, yeah, what a great choice.
It's so romantic...
**[17:38] ---**
Quit fooling around, would you?!
**[17:39] ---**
I've been looking for you, Your Grace.
**[17:43] ---**
I wanted to speak with you
about the flowerpot.
**[17:46] ---**
Uh, um...
**[17:49] ---**
I-I'm Alice.
**[17:51] ---**
I pride myself on being able to wake up
after exactly seven hours of sleep.
**[17:53] ---**
Oh, it's you, Alice.
**[17:55] ---**
Pardon me.
**[17:57] ---**
How senile can you get?
**[18:00] ---**
That was a pretty good impression of me.
**[18:02] ---**
Th-Thanks...
**[18:06] ---**
So...
**[18:08] ---**
...we wound up hiding underneath my bed.
**[18:11] ---**
This is a surprisingly good hiding place,
if somewhat ordinary.
**[18:16] ---**
I wanted to be in a dark,
cramped space with you, Your Grace.
**[18:19] ---**
Oh, so for you, hiding from Rob
isn't the objective anymore, huh?
**[18:22] ---**
Did you know, Your Grace?
**[18:24] ---**
Hide-and-seek was originally
a game for adults.
**[18:28] ---**
You've gotta be kidding...
**[18:29] ---**
Wait, really?
**[18:31] ---**
Are you looking forward to
becoming an adult, Your Grace?
**[18:35] ---**
Um, more or less.
**[18:37] ---**
I want to get to know
the pleasures of alcohol.
**[18:39] ---**
It'd be wonderful to have dinner and
drinks with someone like you every night.
**[18:44] ---**
My heart's really pounding now.
**[18:46] ---**
Could this be the suspension
bridge effect at work?
**[18:57] ---**
I'm sorry to interrupt you, but...
**[19:00] ---**
Rob?!
**[19:03] ---**
What's all this?
**[19:04] ---**
I found them among the shards of the
flowerpot you broke, Your Grace.
**[19:08] ---**
I believe they had been stolen from the
lady and senior lady of the house.
**[19:12] ---**
From Mother and Grandmother?
**[19:14] ---**
Back when this mansion was still
the family's main residence,
**[19:17] ---**
we had an incident involving a servant
who stole some of the family's valuables.
**[19:20] ---**
The thief must have hidden the stolen
items inside the flowerpot temporarily,
**[19:24] ---**
and was never able to retrieve them.
**[19:26] ---**
Anyhow, I'm so glad you found them.
**[19:29] ---**
I'm sure the lady of the house
will be very pleased.
**[19:32] ---**
You were great, Your Grace.
Just like a master detective.
**[19:34] ---**
Well...
**[19:35] ---**
I didn't really
do anything, though...
**[19:38] ---**
Oh, and I'm going to have a nice,
long chat with you later on...
**[19:40] ---**
...regarding the flowerpot you broke.
**[19:43] ---**
Guess I'm going to get
a talking-to after all...
**[21:22] ---**
Where am I?
**[21:25] ---**
Are you awake, Your Grace?
**[21:27] ---**
Alice!
**[21:28] ---**
Where the heck are we?
**[21:30] ---**
This is a dream.
**[21:32] ---**
A dream?
**[21:33] ---**
Don't you remember?
**[21:36] ---**
A moment ago, we were looking
through old books in the library,
**[21:39] ---**
trying to find some way
to break your curse.
**[21:42] ---**
And the second we opened
one of the books...
**[21:46] ---**
Bring me the white rabbit
that carries a pocket watch.
**[21:49] ---**
As a token of my appreciation,
I shall grant you a wish.
**[21:51] ---**
After that, I lost consciousness,
and the next thing I knew, I was here.
**[21:55] ---**
Our real selves are probably
asleep in the library.
**[22:00] ---**
I see.
**[22:01] ---**
So, if we catch that white rabbit
and give it to the girl, then...
**[22:04] ---**
Yes. This time we may finally be able
to break your curse, Your Grace.
**[22:09] ---**
Plus...
**[22:10] ---**
Alice?!
**[22:11] ---**
This is a dream, so it's all right.
**[22:14] ---**
See?
**[22:15] ---**
Oh, you're right. I can't feel a thing.
**[22:20] ---**
Why'd you put my hand to your breast
when I can't enjoy how it feels?
**[22:22] ---**
I couldn't feel anything! Anything at all!
**[22:26] ---**
Hey, a rabbit just...
**[22:27] ---**
Huh?
**[22:31] ---**
Let's go after it, Your Grace.
**[22:32] ---**
Um, okay...
**[23:02] ---**
We were having so much fun
that we got totally carried away.
**[23:05] ---**
That's one of our bad habits.
**[23:07] ---**
It'll be seven hours
since we arrived here.
**[23:09] ---**
We should be waking up soon.
**[23:12] ---**
Oh, right. Exactly seven hours of sleep...
**[23:15] ---**
Since we've got this rare opportunity,
shall we end it with a kiss?
**[23:19] ---**
Huh?! Well yeah, this is a dream
and all, so we could, but...
**[23:23] ---**
Kiss me, please.
**[23:25] ---**
Alice...
**[23:31] ---**
This time...
**[23:34] ---**
...I won't back out.
**[23:37] ---**
Jeez, you guys are totally useless!
**[23:40] ---**
You go all lovey-dovey on me and can't
even be bothered to look for the rabbit!
**[23:45] ---**
Don't you ever summon me again, egghead!
**[23:47] ---**
And drop dead while you're at it!
**[23:52] ---**
I wonder if I can pick the
dream up where I left off...
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** White Snow, Black Clothes
**[24:00] ---**
"White Snow, Black Clothes."
# E8 - White Snow, Black Clothes
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZW2GN/white-snow-black-clothes)
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**[00:26] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:29] ---**
...a life in which you could never
touch the one you love?
**[00:34] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:36] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:39] ---**
His own mother has
distanced herself from him.
**[00:41] ---**
His friends have called him a monster.
**[00:44] ---**
Even strangers have spoken of him as the
Death incarnate that dwells in the forest.
**[00:49] ---**
And yet,
**[00:51] ---**
he doesn't feel the least bit lonely.
***SIGN*** Episode 8: White Snow,
Black Clothes
**[02:26] ---**
A... B...
**[02:30] ---**
...C...
**[02:34] ---**
...E?
**[02:35] ---**
D comes after C.
**[02:37] ---**
Aw, this is so hard to remember.
It's giving me a headache.
**[02:41] ---**
You've only just started, so...
**[02:43] ---**
Yeah, we're here to give you our support.
**[02:45] ---**
Sorry. I want to learn to read
and write as quickly as possible
**[02:49] ---**
so I can surprise Zain.
**[02:51] ---**
That's amazing, Cuff!
**[02:53] ---**
You're so smart!
**[02:55] ---**
Speaking of Zain, where is he today?
**[02:58] ---**
He's at the circus.
**[02:59] ---**
You sold him to the circus?!
**[03:01] ---**
Since we've got nothing better to do,
both of us have started working there.
**[03:05] ---**
At the circus, our looks don't matter.
No one will suspect we're witches.
**[03:08] ---**
What do you think of that?
Zain's pretty smart, huh?
**[03:10] ---**
Um, well...
**[03:12] ---**
As usual, Cuff thinks
pretty highly of Zain...
**[03:16] ---**
Anyway, it's important to learn your ABCs.
**[03:19] ---**
So, be sure and study hard, Ms. Cuff.
**[03:22] ---**
Okay, I'm counting on you, Teach!
**[03:24] ---**
By the way, what does the
"Ms." in "Ms. Cuff" mean?
**[03:27] ---**
I'm not quite sure.
I just thought it has a nice ring to it.
**[03:30] ---**
So, he fudges the answer there...
**[03:38] ---**
Good morning, Lord Walter.
**[03:42] ---**
Good morning.
**[03:45] ---**
Lookin' cool.
**[03:47] ---**
You're a regular teen idol.
**[03:50] ---**
Viola, you aren't thinking of running
off somewhere again, are you?
**[03:53] ---**
It's almost time for lunch.
**[03:55] ---**
Try to appreciate the trouble I have
to go through placating Mother.
**[03:58] ---**
I can't help it.
I've got things to do.
**[04:01] ---**
Don't tell me you're going to the villa
where our cursed brother lives.
**[04:07] ---**
It's none of your business, Dear Brother.
**[04:09] ---**
It is too my business.
**[04:10] ---**
I shall soon be in the position
of inheriting the family title.
**[04:13] ---**
It's my duty as head of the family to know
what my younger sister is thinking.
**[04:17] ---**
But you're the secondborn son.
**[04:19] ---**
If our brother can break his curse, then
naturally he'll be head of the family.
**[04:23] ---**
Because he's the firstborn son.
**[04:25] ---**
How can you be so cruel and say
the words that upset me the most!
**[04:30] ---**
You're overreacting.
**[04:31] ---**
All I said was that you're
the secondborn son.
**[04:32] ---**
There, you said it again!
**[04:34] ---**
You said it again!
**[04:36] ---**
To begin with, I never have liked him.
**[04:40] ---**
The only thing that he's got going for him
is that he was born slightly ahead of me.
**[04:43] ---**
I wonder how much longer Mother
is going to pin her hopes on him...
**[04:46] ---**
...when no one knows when
he'll be able to break his curse.
**[04:49] ---**
Hey, can I leave as soon
as I've finished my tea?
**[04:51] ---**
I haven't got a second--
**[04:52] ---**
Secondborn son?!
**[04:53] ---**
You want to remind me I'm
the secondborn son again?! Huh?!
**[04:55] ---**
Jeez, he's such a pain in the neck!
**[04:58] ---**
All right, fair enough.
**[05:00] ---**
So, how long does it take
to get to the villa from here?
**[05:02] ---**
Hmm, about two hours, I guess.
**[05:06] ---**
You tripped up there, Viola!
**[05:07] ---**
You were planning on going
to the villa, after all!
**[05:10] ---**
But the "two" in "two hours"...
**[05:12] ---**
...reminds me of being the
secondborn son, and I can't stand it!
**[05:16] ---**
It was the death of him.
**[05:17] ---**
Why?
**[05:19] ---**
Why are you going to see him?
**[05:21] ---**
Why do you have a soft spot for him?
**[05:23] ---**
Why not me?
**[05:25] ---**
Don't you think I'd make a better
head of the family than he would?
**[05:28] ---**
You're acting way too desperate,
and it scares me.
**[05:30] ---**
I'm not particularly planning
on taking his side or yours.
**[05:33] ---**
Don't say that! Pick me!
**[05:39] ---**
Anyway, I'm going now.
**[05:42] ---**
Don't tell Mother I've
been going to the villa.
**[05:45] ---**
Well, I can't make you any promises.
**[05:47] ---**
You're only the secondborn son,
after all...
**[05:55] ---**
Forgive me for being late.
**[05:57] ---**
Viola said she's going
to a friend's house.
**[06:00] ---**
I see.
**[06:01] ---**
One of these days, I'll show you.
**[06:04] ---**
That I'm better than him.
**[06:07] ---**
And that I'm worthy of being
the head of this family.
**[06:11] ---**
Yoo-hoo!
**[06:12] ---**
Dearest Brother!
**[06:13] ---**
Little Miss Viola's here!
**[06:19] ---**
And who might you be?
**[06:20] ---**
I'm Cuff.
**[06:21] ---**
I'm a circus performer.
**[06:23] ---**
A circus performer?
**[06:25] ---**
Where are the people that live here?
**[06:26] ---**
I have no idea. You might as
well make yourself at home.
**[06:28] ---**
Uh-oh, there's something
fishy about her.
**[06:30] ---**
Did she come in unannounced?
**[06:32] ---**
Well, technically I did too, so...
**[06:33] ---**
This looks like Zain.
**[06:35] ---**
A shiny, gold Zain.
**[06:38] ---**
She's smiling.
**[06:39] ---**
Maybe she's a burglar?
**[06:41] ---**
If she is, then I've got
to do something...
**[06:44] ---**
And if I do, then Rob might reward me
by stroking my hair or something!
**[06:49] ---**
I'm up against just one girl.
**[06:50] ---**
With a Viola tackle, even I could...
**[06:53] ---**
Hai-yahh!
**[06:58] ---**
Hers are big and soft, too!
**[07:01] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[07:03] ---**
Mother is as flat as a board,
**[07:05] ---**
so I probably will be, too...
**[07:08] ---**
She attacked me, and she's
the one taking damage?
**[07:11] ---**
She's just a child.
She probably wants to play.
**[07:18] ---**
Come on, don't cry. Can you stand up?
**[07:20] ---**
Here's my chance!
**[07:22] ---**
I've got you now!
**[07:26] ---**
Knock it off! Let go of me!
**[07:29] ---**
No way!
**[07:29] ---**
There, there. What an adorable child!
**[07:30] ---**
Absolutely not!
**[07:31] ---**
Absolutely, positively not!
**[07:37] ---**
Now, I'd rather not do this, but I'm going
to just sit here so you can't move.
**[07:43] ---**
Okay. You mind if I go to sleep?
**[07:45] ---**
How can you act so relaxed?!
**[07:47] ---**
A little while ago you shouted out,
"Dearest Brother," or something.
**[07:50] ---**
Uh, uh-huh. What about it?
**[07:51] ---**
You and your brother are a lot alike.
**[07:54] ---**
What?!
**[07:55] ---**
Wait a sec, you know my brother?
**[07:58] ---**
Don't lump me together
with a Gloomy Gus like him!
**[08:00] ---**
But he's a good guy.
**[08:02] ---**
Um, well, I guess he is... a little.
**[08:07] ---**
Do you like him?
**[08:11] ---**
Huh? Uh, well, um...
**[08:14] ---**
Sorry to keep you waiting, Cuff.
**[08:16] ---**
It took us longer than we
thought to catch the cat...
**[08:18] ---**
R-R-R-Rob?
**[08:21] ---**
Viola, I see you're here, too...
**[08:23] ---**
Sorry, we'll come back later.
**[08:25] ---**
No! This is not what you think! Rob!
**[08:29] ---**
I simply can't marry anyone but Rob!
**[08:33] ---**
What the heck are you going on about?
**[08:37] ---**
I had you pegged as a burglar,
**[08:39] ---**
but it turns out you're
a friend of my brother's.
**[08:42] ---**
I didn't know Gloomy Guses had friends.
**[08:46] ---**
Hey, no skin off my back.
They were the words of a child, after all.
**[08:48] ---**
I am not a child!
**[08:50] ---**
I'm a respectable lady!
**[08:52] ---**
Hmm?
**[08:54] ---**
Lady Viola,
**[08:55] ---**
excuse me for a second.
**[08:58] ---**
A speck of dust was ruining
your otherwise beautiful hair.
**[09:01] ---**
Th-Thanks, Rob.
**[09:08] ---**
My wish came true!
**[09:10] ---**
Lady Viola's such a charming girl.
**[09:14] ---**
Sometimes I get the feeling
you do these things on purpose...
**[09:27] ---**
It's snowing pretty heavily.
**[09:29] ---**
Well, we did have a lot
of clear days lately.
**[09:32] ---**
I'm glad for nights like these. It's easy
for me to invite you to a cup of tea.
**[09:39] ---**
I'm just a beginner, so go
easy on me, please.
**[09:42] ---**
And you aren't allowed to use
your feminine wiles on me!
**[09:50] ---**
Look out, Alice.
**[09:51] ---**
If you take your eyes off the board,
I might just move the pieces around.
**[09:54] ---**
All right.
**[09:56] ---**
If I lose, I'll strip like we promised.
**[09:59] ---**
We never made any promises like that! And
besides, you've already started stripping!
**[10:04] ---**
On snowstormy nights,
**[10:07] ---**
I remember the time I first arrived here.
**[10:36] ---**
I'm coming in, Your Grace.
**[10:39] ---**
I see you've made a mess
of your room again.
**[10:42] ---**
And you haven't even
turned on the lights...
**[10:44] ---**
I don't want to hear any of your lectures.
**[10:46] ---**
If you're through, then leave me at once.
**[10:49] ---**
Today I brought someone
I'd like you to meet, Your Grace.
**[10:53] ---**
Please, come in.
**[10:56] ---**
It's been ages since I last saw you.
**[10:57] ---**
I'm Alice Lendrott. I shall work here
as your maid starting today.
**[11:03] ---**
"I-It's been ages"...?
**[11:05] ---**
Who are you?!
I don't know the likes of you!
**[11:08] ---**
Rob! Who told you that
you could hire a maid?
**[11:11] ---**
I have the permission of
the lady of the house.
**[11:13] ---**
And I believe you and Alice were good
friends when you were little, Your Grace.
**[11:19] ---**
Oh, I have no recollection of that.
**[11:23] ---**
I hate my childhood days!
I don't want to be reminded of them!
**[11:29] ---**
Go home at once.
**[11:31] ---**
There's no place for you in this mansion.
**[11:36] ---**
I have never forgotten you, Your Grace.
Not even for a single day.
**[11:42] ---**
After my mother died,
I was left in my aunt's care.
**[11:47] ---**
Being able to meet you again in this
way... It's a dream come true, Your Grace.
**[11:50] ---**
Don't come near me.
**[11:51] ---**
If I touch you, I'll kill you.
**[11:52] ---**
I'm aware of that.
**[11:54] ---**
A-Anyway, I won't allow you to work here.
**[11:58] ---**
Go back to your aunt's home
or wherever you came from!
**[12:01] ---**
Well, now that we have His Grace's
blessing, let's pick out your room, Alice.
**[12:06] ---**
I haven't given you my blessing!
**[12:08] ---**
You sure have some selective hearing!
**[12:13] ---**
You may have a grown-up body,
**[12:15] ---**
but your eyes haven't changed a bit.
**[12:17] ---**
They still have that
gentle look, Your Grace.
**[12:25] ---**
Who the heck does she think she is?
**[12:33] ---**
Just leave me alone. I'm begging you.
**[12:37] ---**
I'll die alone and on my own.
**[12:42] ---**
Hmm?
**[12:47] ---**
Are you sure you'd like to stay in there?
**[12:50] ---**
It's an old storage shed
in need of repair.
**[12:54] ---**
Yes, I feel more comfortable
in cramped quarters.
**[12:58] ---**
You must have been
quite shocked back there.
**[13:00] ---**
He's an adolescent boy, you see,
and lately he acts like that all the time.
**[13:04] ---**
Well, it doesn't bother me at all.
**[13:06] ---**
Well, that's a relief.
**[13:08] ---**
Let me say again,
it's a pleasure to have you here.
**[13:11] ---**
The pleasure is mine.
**[13:12] ---**
I'll work as hard as I can.
**[13:15] ---**
Well, I must say you really do
take after your mother, Alice.
**[13:20] ---**
People often tell me that.
**[13:24] ---**
Hey! You're still here?!
**[13:27] ---**
What's with the mourning dress...
**[13:31] ---**
Don't tell me that's your maid uniform!
**[13:32] ---**
Yes, it is.
**[13:33] ---**
Your Grace, that hat...
**[13:35] ---**
...looks really good on you.
**[13:37] ---**
Th-This old thing? It was just lying
around, so I decided to put it on.
**[13:41] ---**
But that's beside the point!
**[13:43] ---**
That maid uniform is too showy!
It's grounds for immediate dismissal!
**[13:47] ---**
Is it really too showy?
**[13:50] ---**
Around the bust, perhaps?
**[13:53] ---**
As in, you can't get them off your mind,
and you want to give them a touch?
**[13:56] ---**
Yesterday you told me you knew
about my curse, didn't you?
**[14:00] ---**
Of course I know about it.
**[14:01] ---**
If so, then why?
**[14:02] ---**
Who the heck do you think you are?
**[14:04] ---**
I'm Alice.
**[14:06] ---**
I didn't ask you to tell me your name.
**[14:09] ---**
I hate you!
**[14:11] ---**
I hate you so much!
**[14:14] ---**
Don't follow me!
**[14:25] ---**
It's pointless playing the piano now...
**[14:28] ---**
So, this is where you've been, Your Grace.
**[14:32] ---**
I've brought you your dinner.
**[14:34] ---**
Won't you try eating just a little bit?
**[14:37] ---**
I-I don't want any.
**[14:38] ---**
I told you, didn't I? I'm not going to eat
anything until you leave this place.
**[14:42] ---**
Do you not like me?
**[14:45] ---**
No, I don't!
**[14:46] ---**
I bet you're laughing
at me inside your mind.
**[14:49] ---**
Because I'm an ugly grouch
and cursed on top of that.
**[14:53] ---**
I'm a person who's better off dead.
**[14:56] ---**
You say you want to be of some use to me.
**[14:59] ---**
But you're actually an egotist
who only wants to glorify herself.
**[15:04] ---**
Your words are so poetic, Your Grace.
**[15:09] ---**
At any rate, I'll leave your dinner here,
so you can eat it if you feel like it.
**[15:21] ---**
I see you're also wearing gloves today.
**[15:23] ---**
They look very nice on you.
**[15:31] ---**
After your aunt took you in...
**[15:35] ---**
...you went through a great deal
of hardship. I suspected as much.
**[15:38] ---**
I had my share of hardship.
**[15:39] ---**
It's not as though my
aunt's family was well off.
**[15:43] ---**
But compared to His Grace,
my life's been...
**[15:47] ---**
Alice! Could you come
with me for a minute?
**[15:50] ---**
What's with that look on your face?
**[15:52] ---**
It's just that I was glad to hear
you call me by my name.
**[15:56] ---**
Huh?! A-Anyway, come with me!
**[16:04] ---**
My, what a lovely room!
**[16:07] ---**
Are you being sarcastic?
**[16:08] ---**
I want you to clean this up in three days.
**[16:11] ---**
If you can't, then you're fired.
**[16:14] ---**
And don't ask Rob for any help, either.
**[16:16] ---**
So, it's settled then.
**[16:18] ---**
Good luck.
**[16:22] ---**
I'll do my best!
**[16:34] ---**
Give me your hand.
**[16:36] ---**
I'll take you to your room.
**[16:38] ---**
You get sick a lot, don't you?
**[16:41] ---**
You shouldn't be going outside then.
**[16:47] ---**
Your hand's so warm!
**[17:00] ---**
Wow!
**[17:02] ---**
How's this?
**[17:05] ---**
Don't tell me you did
all this in one night?!
**[17:08] ---**
Yes, I did.
**[17:09] ---**
Thinking that I could be of use to
you really fired me up, Your Grace.
**[17:18] ---**
When I told you to leave, I did it
for your own good as well.
**[17:23] ---**
There must something more
meaningful for you to do...
**[17:26] ---**
...than taking care of a wretch like me.
**[17:32] ---**
I have nowhere else to go, Your Grace,
and I'd like to be by your side.
**[17:40] ---**
Do you still not want
to remember who I am?
**[17:45] ---**
I'll wait until you remember
me, Your Grace.
**[17:50] ---**
Suit yourself.
**[17:56] ---**
How long are you going to sit there?
**[17:58] ---**
Until your tears subside, Your Grace.
**[18:10] ---**
It's gotten chilly in here.
**[18:13] ---**
Shall I make us some more tea?
**[18:15] ---**
No, that's all right.
**[18:16] ---**
I'd rather you stay here...
**[18:18] ---**
You're not leaving,
**[18:20] ---**
so I'm leaving!
**[18:29] ---**
I'm cold to the touch.
**[18:31] ---**
My feet ache so much.
**[18:33] ---**
I don't know which way
the mansion is anymore.
**[18:37] ---**
This is so hard.
**[18:38] ---**
I'm sad,
**[18:40] ---**
lonely, and miserable.
**[18:44] ---**
"No one shall love you,
and you shall love no one."
**[18:49] ---**
"You shall live a life of misery."
**[18:53] ---**
Are you happy now, witch?
**[18:56] ---**
This is all your fault.
**[18:59] ---**
I wish...
**[19:01] ---**
...I had the chance to love someone.
**[19:12] ---**
I thought I was a goner there.
**[19:15] ---**
Well, maybe I should just die.
**[19:20] ---**
Just resign myself...
**[19:23] ---**
...to my fate.
**[19:26] ---**
Ever since I was cursed,
I've lived an unhappy joke of a life.
**[19:31] ---**
I yearned for even a single friend.
**[19:34] ---**
Is that asking too much?
**[19:38] ---**
I remember now.
That girl's name was Alice, too.
**[19:43] ---**
Yeah, that's right, that's right!
**[19:46] ---**
I'd hoped I could see her once again...
**[19:50] ---**
...but I'd forgotten about her.
**[19:54] ---**
To think I'd remember her now, when I'm
about to die and can no longer see her.
**[20:03] ---**
Alice...
**[20:11] ---**
Your Grace?
**[20:15] ---**
Alice?!
**[20:19] ---**
I-I've already made up my mind.
I'm going to die.
**[20:22] ---**
Just leave me be!
**[20:23] ---**
First off, you can't mind
your own business--
**[20:26] ---**
Hey, what are you--?!
**[20:27] ---**
Why? Why are you throwing your life away?
**[20:32] ---**
Why don't you cool off a bit?
**[20:33] ---**
Uh, wait a-- Hey!
**[20:36] ---**
You've got a right
to be happy, Your Grace!
**[20:38] ---**
I don't care whether you're cursed or not.
**[20:41] ---**
I'd hate to see you give up along the way.
**[20:44] ---**
And please consider the feelings
of those you would leave behind!
**[20:50] ---**
You know, there are people
who care about you!
**[20:54] ---**
I was a lonely, sickly child
when I was little.
**[20:59] ---**
Every day I felt like my anxiety and
hopelessness would overwhelm me.
**[21:03] ---**
Then you came along, Your Grace,
and saved me with your kindness.
**[21:09] ---**
I have lived to this very day,
and I have you to thank for it.
**[21:13] ---**
Please grab onto this,
and I'll help you up.
**[21:16] ---**
Take your time, now.
**[21:22] ---**
Let's head on back. And...
**[21:24] ---**
...let's keep on living. Together.
**[21:28] ---**
Forever.
**[21:40] ---**
Good heavens, I'm so glad you're safe!
**[21:45] ---**
Alice rescued me.
**[21:48] ---**
And I'm sorry I made you worry, Rob.
**[21:50] ---**
Not at all.
**[21:52] ---**
So, are the two of you getting along now?
**[21:56] ---**
Well...
**[22:01] ---**
...I think...
**[22:02] ---**
Come again?
**[22:04] ---**
About Alice...
**[22:07] ---**
...I like her, I think...
**[22:09] ---**
Checkmate.
**[22:10] ---**
Huh?!
**[22:11] ---**
How did that happen?!
**[22:12] ---**
To be perfectly honest, Your Grace,
since you weren't paying attention,
**[22:16] ---**
I moved the pieces around a bit.
**[22:18] ---**
It's not fair.
**[22:20] ---**
You're so adorable, and it's not fair.
**[22:22] ---**
It's impossible not to like you.
**[22:24] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[22:27] ---**
It's not fair.
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke, Alice, and the Christmas Eve Vow
**[24:01] ---**
"The Duke, Alice,
and the Christmas Eve Vow."
# E9 - The Duke, Alice, and the Christmas Eve Vow
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUN43ZM/the-duke-alice-and-the-christmas-eve-vow)
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**[00:26] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:29] ---**
...a life in which you could
never touch the one you love?
**[00:34] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:36] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:39] ---**
His own mother has
distanced herself from him.
**[00:41] ---**
His friends have called him a monster.
**[00:44] ---**
Even strangers have spoken of him as the
Death incarnate that dwells in the forest.
**[00:49] ---**
And yet,
**[00:51] ---**
he doesn't feel the least bit lonely.
**[00:55] ---**
I'd like to give a gift to Rob.
**[00:58] ---**
Do you have any good ideas?
**[01:00] ---**
Hmm...
**[01:01] ---**
How about reading glasses?
**[01:02] ---**
Nuh-uh, no way, no way.
**[01:04] ---**
Glasses are out of the question.
**[01:06] ---**
I want us to be able to look
**[01:07] ---**
directly into each other's eyes,
not through a pair of lenses.
**[01:10] ---**
Well then, what about a handkerchief?
**[01:12] ---**
Great idea! Thanks, Alice!
**[01:15] ---**
She's a romantic.
Just like you, Your Grace.
**[02:54] ---**
Today's Christmas Eve, huh...
***SIGN*** Episode 9: The Duke, Alice,
and the Christmas Eve Vow
**[02:57] ---**
So, that's why I got word from Viola
ahead of time that she'll be here today.
**[03:01] ---**
And why she's giving Rob a gift.
**[03:04] ---**
Lady Viola's such a brave girl.
**[03:06] ---**
But I'm a little disappointed that
we can't spend Christmas Eve
**[03:10] ---**
alone together, Your Grace.
**[03:13] ---**
I'm just going to go lock all of
the doors to the mansion real quick!
**[03:15] ---**
Please, come back! I was only kidding!
**[03:18] ---**
Cuff and Zain are also planning
on dropping by later on.
**[03:22] ---**
Looks like we'll be having
a Christmas party tonight.
**[03:25] ---**
Oh? A party, huh?
**[03:27] ---**
You think it's okay for me to take part
in such a normal human activity?
**[03:32] ---**
Well, you always have been
a human, you know.
**[03:35] ---**
But we're talking about
a Christmas party here.
**[03:37] ---**
And here I am wearing
the same old hat and clothes.
**[03:40] ---**
Your outfit's just fine the way it is.
**[03:43] ---**
Though I decided to put on
my best pair just in case.
**[03:46] ---**
Of underwear, that is.
**[03:47] ---**
Huh?! What's with the see-through...
**[03:50] ---**
Yoo-hoo!
**[03:51] ---**
Merry Xmas, Mother.
**[03:54] ---**
It seems you've been
going out a lot lately.
**[03:56] ---**
Yes, well, I've had things to do.
**[03:58] ---**
I don't know where
you've been going exactly,
**[04:01] ---**
but Christmas is a time
to be spent with family.
**[04:04] ---**
Stay home today.
**[04:06] ---**
Yes, Mother.
**[04:09] ---**
And another thing...
**[04:11] ---**
How much longer do you intend
to wear such childish attire?
**[04:20] ---**
I'm sorry, Mother.
**[04:28] ---**
Get everything ready for
my departure as planned.
**[04:30] ---**
But the lady of the house
told you not to...
**[04:32] ---**
It's okay as long as I spend
the time with family, right?
**[04:35] ---**
And I don't need you guys
tagging along, either.
**[04:38] ---**
I'll be fine as long as I have my driver.
**[04:42] ---**
She's going to see Rob.
**[04:46] ---**
It's Christmas, and she's planning on
going to that creep's place again?
**[04:50] ---**
Making a two-hour special trip...
**[04:52] ---**
Two... Two!
**[04:55] ---**
Oh, dear! His secondborn son
complex is acting up again!
**[04:57] ---**
What a strong core he's got!
**[05:02] ---**
You call it a party,
**[05:05] ---**
but we don't even have a tree,
**[05:07] ---**
nor anything else to put us
in the Christmas spirit.
**[05:09] ---**
You're right.
**[05:10] ---**
It would be nice if we had
a Santa Claus, at least...
**[05:14] ---**
Santa, huh?
**[05:17] ---**
Your Grace?
**[05:19] ---**
Your Grace?
**[05:22] ---**
Your Grace?
**[05:24] ---**
Your Grace?
**[05:29] ---**
Mwah!
**[05:30] ---**
Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!
**[05:35] ---**
What do you see in there?
**[05:37] ---**
It may not be very Christmassy, but
I'll try to serve the best meal I can.
**[05:43] ---**
I think we'll have a jolly old time.
**[05:45] ---**
Yeah, I'm really glad.
**[05:56] ---**
I got Rob a nice handkerchief
that I think will suit him well.
**[06:00] ---**
I hope I can work up
the nerve to give it to him.
**[06:05] ---**
Lord Walter, it is really all right for
me to let you drive the carriage?
**[06:10] ---**
This is the perfect opportunity to find
out how that accursed firstborn is doing.
**[06:14] ---**
It appears Viola doesn't suspect a thing.
**[06:17] ---**
Just you wait, you miserable
excuse for an older brother.
**[06:20] ---**
The one who'll inherit the family title...
**[06:23] ---**
...is me!
**[06:27] ---**
I just felt a shiver go down my spine.
**[06:29] ---**
Oh, my! That's awful!
**[06:31] ---**
Shall we warm each other
with our body heat?
**[06:32] ---**
I can't!
**[06:36] ---**
We're coming in!
**[06:37] ---**
Merry Xmas!
**[06:38] ---**
Welcome, Cuff and Zain!
**[06:41] ---**
Hey, Alice, long time no see!
**[06:43] ---**
I see your boobs are as big as ever.
**[06:47] ---**
We brought you something.
**[06:48] ---**
Why, it's a Christmas tree!
**[06:50] ---**
Thank you.
**[06:52] ---**
We were just thinking about what
we were going to do for a tree.
**[06:55] ---**
Let's deck the halls so fancy
that it'll knock Santa's boots off!
**[06:59] ---**
Wait, Santa?
**[07:00] ---**
Huh?
**[07:01] ---**
This may be the year
I'll actually get to see him!
**[07:05] ---**
I guess there are even
witches who believe he exists.
**[07:08] ---**
Okay, why don't you help me
decorate the tree, Alice?
**[07:12] ---**
Certainly.
**[07:12] ---**
Ooh-ooh! If Alice is helping, then I want to, too!
**[07:14] ---**
Nope, Zain.
**[07:14] ---**
No way, Zain.
**[07:16] ---**
Did you guys really have
to be so emphatic about it?
**[07:20] ---**
Well, this place is so drab.
**[07:22] ---**
Let's leave the tree to the ladies
and decorate the room instead,
**[07:26] ---**
Thigh Guy!
**[07:27] ---**
Heck yeah!
**[07:29] ---**
Thigh Guy?!
**[07:38] ---**
Hmm...
**[07:41] ---**
I guesstimate she's a J.
**[07:42] ---**
Hey, watch it!
**[07:43] ---**
Changing the subject,
**[07:45] ---**
don't you think it's kind of hard for two
people to decorate the whole room?
**[07:47] ---**
It'd be better if the four of us did it.
**[07:49] ---**
Comin' through...
**[07:50] ---**
Are you telling me you'd make
the ladies do that hard work?
**[07:53] ---**
Huh? Yeah, I see your point.
**[07:55] ---**
You're actually saying
something decent for once...
**[07:58] ---**
Aw, cut me some slack!
**[07:59] ---**
Besides whenever you ask
Cuff to do anything hard,
**[08:02] ---**
it only makes more work for you.
**[08:04] ---**
This is impossible!
**[08:06] ---**
You see, she can't do much of anything.
**[08:09] ---**
The only thing she's got
going for her is that she's cute.
**[08:11] ---**
Oh, so you acknowledge that.
**[08:13] ---**
What the heck is this?
**[08:14] ---**
And she can't tell a lie,
and she's got a big heart.
**[08:19] ---**
And she's kind of sexy...
**[08:20] ---**
Enough already!
**[08:21] ---**
Why don't you tell her how you feel?
**[08:22] ---**
I couldn't do that.
**[08:25] ---**
For better or worse,
**[08:26] ---**
she's been that way since she was a kid.
**[08:30] ---**
Thanks for being Cuff's friend and all...
**[08:33] ---**
Huh? Well, I'm the one who
should be thanking you guys...
**[08:36] ---**
But enough about that.
Let's play some pranks...
**[08:39] ---**
...on Alice!
**[08:40] ---**
Absolutely not!
**[08:41] ---**
For example, and I'm just
throwing this out there,
**[08:44] ---**
what if this shiny ribbon here just
happened to get wrapped around Alice?
**[08:51] ---**
Don't you think it would
look totally sexy and cute?
**[08:58] ---**
Wow, I wonder how that got there!
**[09:02] ---**
I know, right?
**[09:03] ---**
Or, what if this were the only thing that
just happened to adorn her naked body?
**[09:12] ---**
I guess she heard me.
**[09:14] ---**
You never learn, do you?
**[09:20] ---**
It's all done.
**[09:21] ---**
Hey, Zain! Wake up! Wake up!
**[09:25] ---**
Zain, come take a look!
**[09:28] ---**
I've got Alice to thank for doing most of
the work, but I also helped out a little!
**[09:31] ---**
Hey, nice work there.
**[09:33] ---**
So, what do you think?
**[09:35] ---**
There isn't anything as pretty as this
in all the witches' world, is there?
**[09:39] ---**
Why don't you tell her how you feel?
**[09:51] ---**
It sure is pretty.
**[09:53] ---**
A-And so are you, Cuff...
**[10:00] ---**
Huh?
**[10:01] ---**
Zzz!
**[10:03] ---**
She's asleep standing up?!
**[10:04] ---**
Just a moment ago she said
she was going to take a nap
**[10:06] ---**
because Santa would be coming
in the middle of the night.
**[10:09] ---**
What the--?!
**[10:10] ---**
She picked the absolute
worst time to do it!
**[10:13] ---**
I'll find her a more
suitable place to sleep.
**[10:15] ---**
Up you go! There you are.
**[10:17] ---**
That's some rough handling there...
**[10:18] ---**
It's all right.
**[10:21] ---**
I shouldn't have done something
that was out of my depth.
**[10:24] ---**
I'll make us some tea.
**[10:26] ---**
Thanks, Alice!
**[10:28] ---**
Oh, I wish I could live a life
as easygoing as Cuff's.
**[10:31] ---**
Your life seems pretty easygoing to me.
**[10:35] ---**
You think?
**[10:42] ---**
Even Walter's not here...
**[10:52] ---**
I'm here!
**[10:55] ---**
She's in an awfully big hurry.
**[10:57] ---**
Does she want to see that
infernal firstborn that bad?
**[10:59] ---**
What's that?
**[11:01] ---**
Viola must have dropped it.
**[11:04] ---**
Don't tell me it's for him!
**[11:07] ---**
Darn you, firstborn!
**[11:12] ---**
This is just what I expected the home
of a Death incarnate to be like.
**[11:15] ---**
It's Christmas...
**[11:16] ---**
...and the place is deserted.
**[11:19] ---**
I hear the only people that live in this
mansion are him and his two servants.
**[11:24] ---**
I know it's because of his curse,
but still, it's kind of sad.
**[11:29] ---**
It just goes to show that I'm better
suited to inherit the family title.
**[11:33] ---**
I must be very, very quiet...
**[11:38] ---**
Hold on--
What's a Santa suit doing here?!
**[11:43] ---**
Is it some kind of trap?
**[11:45] ---**
And...
**[11:46] ---**
...why does it come with a fake beard?!
**[11:48] ---**
Oh?
**[11:49] ---**
Huh?
**[11:53] ---**
You must be Santa!
**[11:54] ---**
OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!
**[11:56] ---**
It's the first time I've seen
you in the flesh!
**[11:57] ---**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[12:00] ---**
What?
**[12:02] ---**
You aren't Santa?
Who are you, anyway?
**[12:04] ---**
Um, uh, well...
**[12:06] ---**
Why, I'm Santa, of course!
**[12:07] ---**
Wow!
**[12:09] ---**
Santa! It *is* you!
**[12:10] ---**
Did you come here to deliver our presents?
**[12:12] ---**
Um, well...
**[12:15] ---**
Here's your present.
**[12:16] ---**
This is the first time someone's
ever given me a present.
**[12:19] ---**
You really *are* Santa!
**[12:20] ---**
Darn it! That was Viola's.
**[12:23] ---**
Okay, well, Santa's a busy guy,
so I'll be seeing you.
**[12:26] ---**
Are you going to make your
round-the-world trip now?
**[12:27] ---**
Yeah, that's right. See you!
**[12:28] ---**
If you're leaving, that means you've
got your flying reindeer sleigh, right?
**[12:31] ---**
Show it to me.
**[12:32] ---**
Yeah, well, I didn't ride it here today.
**[12:34] ---**
That means I couldn't use
the chimney to get in.
**[12:35] ---**
Okay, I mean it this time.
This really is goodbye!
**[12:45] ---**
Need a lift to the chimney?
**[12:48] ---**
Are you a witch?!
**[12:49] ---**
Well, you're practically one
of us yourself, eh, Santa?
**[12:56] ---**
That's weird. Where could I
have dropped Rob's gift?
**[13:02] ---**
This sucks.
**[13:03] ---**
Hey, there!
**[13:04] ---**
Did you find what you were looking for?
**[13:06] ---**
I'll try again later.
**[13:08] ---**
Oh, this mask's so nice and fluffy!
It's really soothing!
**[13:14] ---**
Oh, yeah!
**[13:16] ---**
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!
**[13:21] ---**
Hey, Rob, what's with you?
**[13:23] ---**
Ho! Ho! Ho!
**[13:26] ---**
We got a Santa suit ready to surprise
Cuff with, but we seem to have lost it.
**[13:31] ---**
So, you're trying to make do
by mimicking him?
**[13:34] ---**
Ho! Ho! Ho!
**[13:36] ---**
Huh? Where's Cuff?
**[13:38] ---**
She woke up and went
off looking for Santa.
**[13:40] ---**
Oh, dear.
**[13:41] ---**
Ho! Ho! Ho!
**[13:43] ---**
We get the point!
Is that your pet phrase now?
**[13:44] ---**
Rob's so cute!
**[13:45] ---**
Oh, where's the gift I brought?
**[13:45] ---**
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!
**[13:48] ---**
My Christmas is ruined!
**[13:50] ---**
Oh, this is so soothing!
**[13:52] ---**
Viola, that's a little...
**[14:09] ---**
Ho! Ho! Ho!
**[14:11] ---**
Merry Christmas!
**[14:18] ---**
Santa's here!
**[14:20] ---**
That's a bit of a stretch.
**[14:21] ---**
Honestly, I don't believe it!
**[14:23] ---**
You followed me here, Walter?
**[14:27] ---**
Walter? As in, my younger brother?!
**[14:35] ---**
D... D-D-D...
**[14:37] ---**
Don't call me your younger brother!
**[14:40] ---**
Call me your rival!
**[14:44] ---**
Huh?
**[14:45] ---**
Your R-I-V-A-L!
**[14:47] ---**
Why did he come wearing a Santa suit?
**[14:51] ---**
And why did he come down the chimney?
**[14:53] ---**
I haven't seen you in years, and yet
I see you haven't changed a bit.
**[14:58] ---**
You look pretty chic yourself, Walter.
**[15:00] ---**
I'm so jealous.
**[15:02] ---**
The last thing I want to hear is
you telling me you're jealous!
**[15:05] ---**
Viola, why do you like this creep?
**[15:08] ---**
First off, why don't you tell everyone
you're sorry for crashing the party?
**[15:11] ---**
Just look at how dirty the floor is!
**[15:13] ---**
Er... I'm sorry.
**[15:14] ---**
I don't know what's gotten
into that head of yours,
**[15:17] ---**
but you're a real pain, you know that?
**[15:18] ---**
It's not like I came to our brother's
place because I'm fond of him or anything.
**[15:21] ---**
Not fond of him, not fond of him, not fond
of him, not fond of him, not fond of him.
**[15:27] ---**
Looks like one extra person
got his feelings hurt.
**[15:30] ---**
This guy's a friend of
that witch I just met.
**[15:33] ---**
I'm amazed that firstborn here knows these
witches and still can't break his curse.
**[15:37] ---**
Just look at him.
**[15:39] ---**
Mother's too easy on him.
**[15:42] ---**
Even if he could break his curse,
**[15:44] ---**
he's not fit to be the head of the family.
**[15:48] ---**
Huh?
**[15:49] ---**
Where's Santa?
**[15:50] ---**
He left.
**[15:52] ---**
Who the heck are you?
**[15:55] ---**
Hmm?
**[15:56] ---**
Ah!
**[15:57] ---**
Hey, that's mine!
I'm so glad you found it!
**[16:01] ---**
No, you're wrong.
**[16:02] ---**
This is a gift from Santa.
**[16:04] ---**
What?!
**[16:05] ---**
There don't appear to be any problems,
so let's get dinner ready.
**[16:09] ---**
All right.
**[16:10] ---**
Give that back!
**[16:12] ---**
No way!
**[16:14] ---**
I think I'll get some shut-eye.
**[16:15] ---**
It's like a free space in here...
**[16:18] ---**
It seems you can't even
take command of this room.
**[16:21] ---**
Do you really intend to
inherit the family title?
**[16:25] ---**
That's a very precious item!
**[16:27] ---**
Santa gave it to *me*!
**[16:29] ---**
Well, since I am the firstborn son
and all, I guess I'd like to inherit it.
**[16:34] ---**
That is, if I can break this curse,
and the family welcomes me back.
**[16:37] ---**
Where did you find this?
**[16:38] ---**
What are you talking about?
Santa gave me this.
**[16:40] ---**
Do you really expect me to believe that?
**[16:42] ---**
You've really got it easy.
**[16:45] ---**
Has anyone ever told you that
you were someone else's alternate?
**[16:48] ---**
Ah-choo!
**[16:49] ---**
How do you think they've treated
me for over a decade?
**[16:53] ---**
How should I know?
**[16:55] ---**
I'm your alternate. Just in case
your curse can't be broken.
**[17:00] ---**
I've got plenty of replacements for you!
**[17:03] ---**
Just because I was born a little later,
your existence determines my whole future.
**[17:09] ---**
I don't care one way or the other!
It's my first present!
**[17:12] ---**
Oh, come on!
**[17:12] ---**
I'll hear you out after I patch things up.
**[17:15] ---**
By all means...
**[17:19] ---**
Hey, don't you know?
**[17:21] ---**
That flower-like part...
**[17:22] ---**
...makes you grow a beard and break
out in a rash all over. It's poisonous.
**[17:25] ---**
You'd better let go of it.
**[17:28] ---**
Really? That's awful!
**[17:30] ---**
I'll take care of it. Stand back, Viola!
**[17:32] ---**
Hey!
**[17:33] ---**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[17:36] ---**
Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!
**[17:38] ---**
Are you all right?
**[17:39] ---**
I've got gloves on, so I'm okay!
**[17:43] ---**
It should be good to go
once you rewrap it.
**[17:46] ---**
Here you go, Viola.
**[17:48] ---**
You're okay with this, aren't you Cuff?
**[17:49] ---**
Yep. I'm sorry I tried to
keep it all to myself.
**[17:53] ---**
I know it's not poisonous now,
so I'll let you have it, Viola.
**[17:56] ---**
Thanks.
**[17:58] ---**
It was mine to begin with, though.
**[18:00] ---**
And, um... Dearest Brother?
**[18:04] ---**
Thank you, too.
**[18:06] ---**
Huh?!
**[18:07] ---**
That's the first time you ever
thanked me for anything, Viola...
**[18:09] ---**
Er, well...
**[18:11] ---**
So, anyway, how did you
make that fireball just now?
**[18:14] ---**
Well, I am a performer, you know.
It's top secret.
**[18:17] ---**
Oh, really?
**[18:18] ---**
I'll make you a friendly wager.
**[18:20] ---**
The first of us to uncover the truth about
your curse inherits the family title.
**[18:24] ---**
The loser remains
an alternate for all time.
**[18:27] ---**
I'm not sure I follow you, but if that's
what you want to do, then all right.
**[18:31] ---**
I accept.
**[18:34] ---**
Okay, so it's settled, then.
**[18:37] ---**
Farewell!
**[18:38] ---**
Huh?!
**[18:39] ---**
Oops!
**[18:42] ---**
Hey!
**[18:43] ---**
Oh, jeez, he knocked over the tree.
**[18:45] ---**
You'd better fix all the
decorations before you go!
**[18:47] ---**
He tries to act cool
but can't quite pull it off.
**[18:57] ---**
*♪ Outside a powdery snow is falling ♪*
**[19:00] ---**
*♪ And when Santa's reindeer sleigh ♪*
**[19:02] ---**
*♪ Flies across the night sky ♪*
**[19:07] ---**
*♪ The lights in the windows ♪*
**[19:09] ---**
*♪ Turn on one by one ♪*
**[19:12] ---**
* ♪ And look like stars scattered*
* throughout the town ♪*
**[19:17] ---**
*♪ We decorate our Christmas tree ♪*
**[19:19] ---**
*♪ With ornaments galore ♪*
**[19:22] ---**
*♪ Carefully so it's well-balanced ♪*
**[19:26] ---**
* ♪ And as our hearts sing "Jingle Bells"*
* Yes, "Jingle Bells" ♪*
**[19:29] ---**
*♪ We place a twinkling star on top ♪*
**[19:31] ---**
*♪ And then the party begins ♪*
**[19:34] ---**
* ♪ If there's such a thing as*
* a Christmas miracle ♪*
**[19:41] ---**
*♪ We'd like everybody to be smiling ♪*
**[19:45] ---**
*♪ All over the world for just this moment ♪*
**[19:51] ---**
*♪ With all our hearts we make a wish ♪*
**[19:56] ---**
Aw, man!
**[19:58] ---**
I just remembered I can't
go back without Viola.
**[20:05] ---**
I'm freezing...
**[20:07] ---**
Everyone's gone.
**[20:10] ---**
I never thought I'd meet Walter tonight.
**[20:13] ---**
He seems like an interesting guy.
**[20:15] ---**
Now that the party's over,
there's nothing else to do for Christmas.
**[20:20] ---**
Oh, but there is.
**[20:23] ---**
On Christmas, it's okay to ask for
a kiss underneath the mistletoe.
**[20:29] ---**
So, let's give each other a kiss.
**[20:30] ---**
But I can't!
**[20:31] ---**
Whoops!
**[20:33] ---**
Oh, dear.
**[20:37] ---**
Are you able to stand?
**[20:39] ---**
On that day, too...
**[20:41] ---**
On that day, too...
**[20:42] ---**
...I was covered in snow...
**[20:45] ---**
...and about ready to die.
But then you came.
**[20:50] ---**
And everything changed inside me.
**[20:55] ---**
Alice, I like you, I think...
**[21:00] ---**
Um, uh...
**[21:02] ---**
You must think I'm weird for saying
this out of the blue and all.
**[21:06] ---**
Um... er...
**[21:12] ---**
I-I'm sorry.
**[21:14] ---**
I... uh...
**[21:16] ---**
I'm so sorry.
**[21:19] ---**
Don't be. It surprised me, that's all.
**[21:26] ---**
I-I'm going to live.
**[21:28] ---**
Together, with you.
**[21:34] ---**
That's how I want to live.
**[21:37] ---**
I've got friends.
**[21:38] ---**
I even hosted a party.
**[21:40] ---**
I've got you and Viola and Rob.
**[21:42] ---**
There are so many things that
make me glad I didn't give in.
**[21:47] ---**
And I have you to thank for it.
**[21:49] ---**
Thank you for those delightful words.
**[21:52] ---**
I'll accept them as your
Christmas gift to me.
**[21:56] ---**
And in return...
**[22:00] ---**
...I give myself to you.
**[22:04] ---**
You scared me half to death!
**[22:06] ---**
I wonder what happened to
the pure you of those days.
**[22:09] ---**
Hey, doesn't that feel cold to you?
**[22:11] ---**
I wanted to share in the coldness
you're feeling, Your Grace.
**[22:17] ---**
Because we're going to
go on living together.
**[22:21] ---**
I stand corrected.
**[22:23] ---**
You're just as pure as ever.
**[22:27] ---**
Really?
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke, Alice, and a Song for Two
**[24:00] ---**
"The Duke, Alice, and a Song for Two."
# E10 - The Duke, Alice, and a Song for Two
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**[00:26] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:29] ---**
...a life in which you could never
touch the one you love?
**[00:34] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:36] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:39] ---**
His own mother has
distanced herself from him.
**[00:41] ---**
His friends have called him a monster.
**[00:44] ---**
Even strangers have spoken of him as the
Death incarnate that dwells in the forest.
**[00:49] ---**
And yet,
**[00:51] ---**
he doesn't feel the least bit lonely.
**[01:23] ---**
Caught you, you naughty girl!
**[01:25] ---**
Mother!
**[01:26] ---**
You've got to stay in bed in
your room like a good little girl.
**[01:29] ---**
Alice, you have a weak
constitution, you know.
**[01:33] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[01:35] ---**
I'm not mad at you.
**[01:38] ---**
I'm just worried about you, Alice.
**[01:43] ---**
Good morning, everyone!
**[01:44] ---**
Good morning!
**[01:47] ---**
Good morning, Sharon and Alice.
**[01:49] ---**
Good morning.
**[01:51] ---**
Sharon, could you show me how to
do something on the sewing machine?
**[01:55] ---**
All right. I'll be there right
after I take Alice to her room.
**[01:59] ---**
I found some bugs in the kitchen...
**[02:01] ---**
Sprinkle salt water on the floor.
**[02:04] ---**
Keep at it for several days
and see how it goes.
**[02:07] ---**
That's our head maid!
You can count on her.
**[02:10] ---**
Yeah, isn't she something?
**[02:12] ---**
Although I must say she lacks
the character of a head maid.
**[02:15] ---**
Ooh, how rude of you to say that!
**[02:17] ---**
You want character?
I'll give you character!
**[02:21] ---**
You ready? Here's your character!
**[02:24] ---**
What the heck was that?
**[02:25] ---**
Oh, dear, was it that strange?
**[02:27] ---**
What did you think of it, Alice?
**[02:29] ---**
It was perfect.
**[02:30] ---**
Oh, my! You're too easy on me!
**[02:35] ---**
Your Grace? Please don't run
in the house, okay?
**[02:39] ---**
Okay! I'm going outside now!
**[02:49] ---**
Why, Alice! Have you made
friends with His Grace?
**[02:55] ---**
Were you hoping to see him? Is that why
you were walking around the house?
**[03:01] ---**
Oh, my.
That's a long, hard road you tread.
**[03:03] ---**
But I won't stand in your way.
**[03:07] ---**
Forgive me for teasing you.
**[03:08] ---**
It's just that your face is so
cute when you blush, Alice.
**[03:12] ---**
Good morning, Sharon.
**[03:16] ---**
Good morning, Rob.
**[03:17] ---**
And good morning to you too, Alice.
**[03:21] ---**
You always hide behind
your mother's skirt, don't you?
**[03:24] ---**
You've got such a scary face, that's why.
**[03:26] ---**
There's nothing to be
scared of, little girl.
**[03:27] ---**
It doesn't help when you
say that with a straight face...
**[03:30] ---**
Have you gotten used
to life in the mansion?
**[03:32] ---**
Uh-huh.
**[03:32] ---**
What do you think of the way
that your mother works?
**[03:35] ---**
She's really amazing!
**[03:37] ---**
When I grow up, I want to be
a fine maid just like her... sir.
**[03:42] ---**
My daughter's so adorable I could cry...
**[03:45] ---**
But you already are.
**[03:47] ---**
I look forward to the day when
we can work together, Alice.
**[03:53] ---**
Good day.
**[04:01] ---**
Okay, I'm going to work now,
so stay in bed like a good little girl.
**[04:05] ---**
Okay.
**[04:08] ---**
My sweet Alice,
**[04:10] ---**
I'll protect you no matter what.
**[04:13] ---**
I love you!
***SIGN*** Episode 10: The Duke, Alice,
and a Song for Two
**[06:06] ---**
Ooh, Mother's majorly pissed.
**[06:09] ---**
The fact that Walter and I were both gone
on Christmas might've been the last straw.
**[06:14] ---**
It's all your fault, Walter,
for following me without my knowledge.
**[06:19] ---**
It's all his fault,
my brother the firstborn.
**[06:34] ---**
Oh, wait, that's right.
**[06:36] ---**
I wonder if she's going to be okay...
**[06:39] ---**
Look, I know we just met, so I shouldn't
be saying this, but let's face it.
**[06:43] ---**
Cuff is such a useless good-for-nothing,
and you know why? It's all because of...
**[06:46] ---**
...you, her childhood friend!
**[06:48] ---**
Huh?
**[06:49] ---**
You look out for her too much,
and that's a habit you've got to break.
**[06:52] ---**
You should let her do the shopping by
herself sometimes. It's for her own good.
**[06:56] ---**
F-For Cuff's own good?
**[06:58] ---**
Hmm?
**[07:00] ---**
Viola may have a point there.
**[07:03] ---**
But still, I'm worried, so I'm watching
Cuff from a distance just in case.
**[07:07] ---**
I'm not going to bail her
out today, I promise!
**[07:10] ---**
Huh?! H-Hey, wait!
**[07:12] ---**
All right, will that be all, dear?
**[07:15] ---**
Yep, that's everything
that was on the note.
**[07:17] ---**
Thanks! Bye now!
**[07:19] ---**
Now hold on, miss.
Where's the cash you owe me?
**[07:21] ---**
Cash?
**[07:22] ---**
That's right. Cash.
**[07:23] ---**
Hmm, Zain's not with me today,
so I don't know what to do...
**[07:29] ---**
Argh, what the heck is she doing?
**[07:31] ---**
I want to bail her out.
Bail her out right now.
**[07:33] ---**
No, this is exactly the
habit I've got to break.
**[07:36] ---**
I've got it! Is it all right
if I trade you for it?
**[07:38] ---**
What?!
**[07:39] ---**
Of course it's not all right!
**[07:40] ---**
You're putting the lady on the spot here!
**[07:41] ---**
Check out this cat-shaped rock I found!
**[07:44] ---**
I was planning on giving it to Zain,
but what the hay?
**[07:47] ---**
Nobody's going to want that!
**[07:48] ---**
Oh, this is so awkward...
**[07:49] ---**
Didn't your folks give you
some money to pay for this?
**[07:52] ---**
Oh, so "cash" means "money"?
**[07:55] ---**
Sorry about that.
**[07:56] ---**
All right, thanks!
**[07:58] ---**
Come again!
**[08:02] ---**
Here you go! Fresh from the oven.
**[08:03] ---**
Thanks. This is money.
Some people call it cash.
**[08:07] ---**
Yeah well, I knew that.
**[08:09] ---**
She paid the bill without a hitch.
**[08:11] ---**
You're making progress, Cuff!
**[08:19] ---**
Such nice, soft bread.
**[08:22] ---**
I'll protect you for as long as I live.
**[08:23] ---**
For as long as you live?
That's kind of unlikely.
**[08:32] ---**
Sorry.
**[08:34] ---**
Wait a sec.
**[08:35] ---**
Zain trusted me with that money.
**[08:39] ---**
I'd get in trouble if you took it.
**[08:41] ---**
L-Let go of me!
**[08:44] ---**
Watch out!
**[08:50] ---**
Are you all right?
**[08:51] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[08:52] ---**
I tried to pickpocket you, and yet you...
I'm sorry.
**[08:56] ---**
Well, now you know better.
**[08:57] ---**
Aw, shoot!
**[08:58] ---**
The stuff Zain asked me to buy...
**[09:00] ---**
Hey there. Let's pick this all up
now and head on home.
**[09:04] ---**
I see that habit of yours
has reared its ugly head again.
**[09:07] ---**
I don't think I'll ever
be able to kick it.
**[09:23] ---**
Your Grace?
**[09:25] ---**
Are you having trouble sleeping again?
**[09:27] ---**
Yeah, sort of.
**[09:29] ---**
I thought I might get a little drowsy
if I took a walk around the mansion.
**[09:34] ---**
Shall I get in bed with you?
**[09:36] ---**
Get in bed with me?!
And must you get so close to say it?!
**[09:39] ---**
I'll go to my room and get some pajamas.
**[09:42] ---**
Please wait for me in
your bedroom, Your Grace.
**[09:44] ---**
Hey, hang on there...
**[09:47] ---**
The whole thing's been settled
with none of my input.
**[09:53] ---**
May I come in?
**[09:57] ---**
Y-You really mean to go through with this?
**[09:59] ---**
Why, of course.
**[10:02] ---**
I'll try to stay as still as I can.
**[10:05] ---**
You can leave as soon as I fall asleep.
**[10:09] ---**
As you wish.
**[10:11] ---**
The one I love is lying beside me...
**[10:14] ---**
It's kind of... freaking me out...
**[10:18] ---**
Totally... freaking me out...
**[10:23] ---**
She's got long eyelashes...
and beautiful lips.
**[10:28] ---**
You're my angel.
**[10:32] ---**
Do you think staring at me
will help you fall asleep?
**[10:35] ---**
So, you noticed, huh?
**[10:37] ---**
Maybe she's a devil, not an angel.
**[10:44] ---**
I'm feeling kind of tense now, and it's
made it even harder for me to fall asleep.
**[10:49] ---**
I know what you mean.
**[10:51] ---**
Can I take off my pajamas?
**[10:53] ---**
No! Why?
**[10:54] ---**
I always sleep in the nude when I'm in my
room, so this feels kind of uncomfortable.
**[10:59] ---**
Well, now's definitely not a good time!
**[11:01] ---**
I'll try to make the best of it.
**[11:02] ---**
I wouldn't say she's a devil...
**[11:05] ---**
...she's more of a succubus.
**[11:06] ---**
Your Grace?
**[11:08] ---**
I pictured you as a succubus just now!
**[11:11] ---**
Did I look good?
**[11:13] ---**
Yeah, you did!
**[11:14] ---**
Come on, isn't it about time
you really tried going to sleep?
**[11:18] ---**
You're starting to strip again!
**[11:20] ---**
I just don't feel comfortable
in these pajamas.
**[11:22] ---**
What if Rob saw us now?
How would we explain it?
**[11:26] ---**
It looks like I'm doing
something nasty to you!
**[11:30] ---**
Do you want to try something nasty?
**[11:31] ---**
You're the one who's
being nasty right now!
**[11:35] ---**
Now that I think about it, it's not right
for an unwed couple to sleep together.
**[11:42] ---**
My mother's really straitlaced,
so I doubt she'd approve of it.
**[11:47] ---**
Your Grace? How do you feel about your
mother... I mean, the lady of the house?
**[11:57] ---**
I don't have any strong feelings
for her one way or the other now.
**[12:00] ---**
Like Walter said, she has been
waiting for me this whole time.
**[12:05] ---**
And I do want to have a seat
at the family dinner table again.
**[12:09] ---**
If I can break this curse,
I think I can make peace with her.
**[12:12] ---**
And when I do, I'll tell her about us.
**[12:15] ---**
I know it's not easy for an heir
to marry his maid.
**[12:19] ---**
But I'll make a serious effort to ask her.
**[12:21] ---**
If my family doesn't approve,
I'll break ties with them and--
**[12:25] ---**
You mustn't.
**[12:27] ---**
You mustn't even consider it.
**[12:30] ---**
Please, just don't.
**[12:32] ---**
Please?
**[12:35] ---**
Well, I'll cross that bridge
when I get to it.
**[12:38] ---**
First, I've got to break this curse.
**[12:40] ---**
That'll get the ball rolling.
**[12:43] ---**
I think I can get to sleep now.
**[12:45] ---**
Thanks. You can go now.
**[12:48] ---**
As you wish.
**[12:53] ---**
Good night, Alice.
**[12:55] ---**
I hope I can see you again in my dreams.
**[12:58] ---**
Then I shall see you in your dreams.
**[13:00] ---**
Good night, Your Grace.
**[13:18] ---**
It's still warm.
**[13:34] ---**
He's right.
**[13:35] ---**
Once his curse is broken,
**[13:37] ---**
His Grace will go back to his family's
main residence as its heir.
**[13:41] ---**
And he'll live with his family once again.
**[13:45] ---**
That's the way it should be.
**[13:47] ---**
And yet...
**[13:54] ---**
Why, Alice, it's you!
**[13:55] ---**
I'm sorry to bother you so late at night.
**[14:07] ---**
Rob!
**[14:09] ---**
Oh, you don't have to
put out your cigarette.
**[14:11] ---**
I'm sorry to bother you
during your break time.
**[14:13] ---**
I wanted to show you these!
**[14:15] ---**
Alice gave them to me.
**[14:17] ---**
She told me she knitted them for a little
bit each day as she thought of me!
**[14:22] ---**
With the scarf and mittens Alice made me,
I'll stay warm no matter how cold it gets.
**[14:28] ---**
Oh...
**[14:30] ---**
Come on, say something.
**[14:32] ---**
You really have begun
to smile more, Your Grace.
**[14:37] ---**
It's a far cry from your nihilistic days.
**[14:40] ---**
Don't remind me!
**[14:42] ---**
Even I look back on those days and wince.
**[14:45] ---**
Your Grace?
**[14:47] ---**
I made you some tea.
**[14:48] ---**
Okay, I'm on my way!
**[14:53] ---**
Oh, and try not to smoke too much, okay?
**[14:56] ---**
Yes, Your Grace.
**[14:59] ---**
Back then...
**[15:00] ---**
...after His Grace had been cursed
and I was ordered to care for him,
**[15:05] ---**
I honestly didn't know what to do.
**[15:08] ---**
It wasn't that I was afraid of his curse.
**[15:11] ---**
It was just that I'd never
raised a child before.
**[15:15] ---**
I feared that I wouldn't be able to bring
him up alone without a woman's help.
**[15:22] ---**
Still, he was the family's precious son.
**[15:26] ---**
Your right eye is really scary-looking.
**[15:31] ---**
Will this do?
**[15:32] ---**
Uh-huh.
**[15:34] ---**
I considered it an honor to be
entrusted with such an important task.
**[15:38] ---**
However, as he grew older,
His Grace and I began to butt heads.
**[15:43] ---**
He fought with me and ran away
I don't know how many times.
**[15:49] ---**
Eventually, His Grace shut himself in his
room and began to retreat into his shell.
**[15:56] ---**
I suspect that his loneliness
had turned into fear.
**[16:02] ---**
More and more often he
expressed a desire to die.
**[16:07] ---**
"If only His Grace had someone
his own age to talk with," I thought.
**[16:11] ---**
And the first person that
came to my mind was...
**[16:15] ---**
...her.
**[16:18] ---**
Me, a maid?
**[16:20] ---**
Does this mean I could
see His Grace again?
**[16:24] ---**
It was obvious that Alice had
been mistreated by her aunt.
**[16:28] ---**
Even so, she bowed deeply to
the woman before we departed.
**[16:35] ---**
Now, Alice is even more dear to His Grace
than I could have possibly imagined.
**[16:46] ---**
But Alice knows where
she stands in all of this.
**[16:51] ---**
She knows it only too well.
**[16:54] ---**
I'm weird, aren't I?
**[16:57] ---**
How so?
**[16:58] ---**
I hope that His Grace will break his curse
and live with his family once again.
**[17:05] ---**
And yet, His Grace is
fond of me, his maid.
**[17:10] ---**
While I appreciate his affection,
**[17:13] ---**
when I think about how that
might estrange him from his family,
**[17:17] ---**
I can't take any pleasure in it.
**[17:21] ---**
You're not weird at all.
**[17:24] ---**
It's up to the two of you to
decide how you'd like to be,
**[17:27] ---**
so I'll keep my opinions to myself.
**[17:30] ---**
But the feelings you have for
His Grace aren't weird at all.
**[17:34] ---**
They're something purer.
**[17:36] ---**
I might go so far as to call it...
**[17:39] ---**
...fate.
**[17:43] ---**
That's what it is.
**[17:50] ---**
Rob?
**[17:53] ---**
You're going to get cold pretty soon.
**[17:55] ---**
Come join us for a cup of tea.
**[17:58] ---**
All right, I'll be there shortly.
**[18:03] ---**
If the two of them are happy,
**[18:06] ---**
then so am I.
**[18:41] ---**
So... How was it?
**[18:43] ---**
It was superb. A wonderful
and moving experience.
**[18:47] ---**
Th-Thanks.
**[18:49] ---**
You played a cheerful song this time.
**[18:53] ---**
Although I thought the ballad you played
last time was wonderful, too.
**[18:56] ---**
R-Really?
**[18:57] ---**
Well, I'm glad you liked it.
**[18:59] ---**
This isn't my way of thanking you
for the mittens, though.
**[19:03] ---**
I don't know how to put it, but...
**[19:04] ---**
...I'm just really glad to be able
to spend time with you like this.
**[19:10] ---**
Me, too.
**[19:11] ---**
Now that we're alone, Your Grace,
my body aches with yearning.
**[19:16] ---**
So, what should I play next?
**[19:18] ---**
Say, Alice?
**[19:19] ---**
Why don't you sing to my
accompaniment once in a while?
**[19:22] ---**
Who, me?
**[19:23] ---**
Yeah, you've sung for me several
times now. I like what you sing, Alice.
**[19:29] ---**
Very well. What would you like me to sing?
**[19:33] ---**
All right, how about...
**[19:53] ---**
"The Owl and the Pussy-cat"?
**[19:55] ---**
Yeah. Sing it for me.
**[20:06] ---**
* ♪ The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea*
* In a beautiful pea green boat, ♪*
**[20:16] ---**
*♪ They took some honey, and plenty of money ♪*
**[20:21] ---**
*♪ Wrapped up in a five pound note. ♪*
**[20:25] ---**
* ♪ The Owl looked up to the stars above,*
* And sang to a small guitar, ♪*
**[20:34] ---**
Take it from here, Mr. Owl.
**[20:36] ---**
You want me to sing?
**[20:40] ---**
*♪ 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love, ♪*
**[20:44] ---**
* ♪ What a beautiful Pussy you are,*
* You are, You are! ♪*
**[20:48] ---**
*♪ What a beautiful Pussy you are!' ♪*
**[20:53] ---**
* ♪ Pussy said to the Owl,*
* 'You elegant fowl! ♪*
**[20:59] ---**
*♪ How charmingly sweet you sing! ♪*
**[21:05] ---**
* ♪ O let us be married!*
* too long we have tarried: ♪*
**[21:15] ---**
*♪ But what shall we do for a ring?' ♪*
**[21:36] ---**
Your Grace...
**[21:37] ---**
Your face is as red as a beet.
**[21:39] ---**
Don't look at me!
**[21:40] ---**
I can't believe my heart would start
pounding over some nursery rhyme lyrics.
**[21:44] ---**
I felt kind of embarrassed, too.
**[21:46] ---**
I didn't know you could feel that way.
**[21:48] ---**
What kind of person do you think I am?
**[21:52] ---**
I may have been embarrassed,
**[21:54] ---**
but it doesn't bother me
because of you, Your Grace.
**[21:56] ---**
I-I think I'd better call it a night...
**[21:58] ---**
...while I can still think straight.
**[22:02] ---**
Lately I've been feeling kind of cheerful.
**[22:05] ---**
I wonder if that's why I could
write a song like that.
**[22:07] ---**
That could be the reason.
**[22:09] ---**
You have definitely been smiling
more often, Your Grace.
**[22:13] ---**
I owe it all to you, Alice.
**[22:14] ---**
As long as I don't lose hope, I think that
one day I'll be able to break my curse.
**[22:21] ---**
Once I do that, I'll be able to
return to my family's home.
**[22:24] ---**
Proudly...
**[22:25] ---**
And I'll take you with me.
**[22:27] ---**
Well, this is where I'll say good night.
**[22:30] ---**
You don't have to walk me to my room.
**[22:32] ---**
O-Oh, really? What a bummer...
**[22:35] ---**
Good night, Your Grace.
**[22:38] ---**
You blew me a kiss!
**[22:40] ---**
Forgive me, Your Grace.
**[22:43] ---**
I'm just a lowly servant.
**[22:48] ---**
Your Grace, no matter what you may think,
**[22:50] ---**
when that fateful day arrives,
**[22:52] ---**
we won't be able to see
each other freely anymore.
**[22:55] ---**
I know this, and it saddens me.
**[23:03] ---**
I'm a no-good maid.
**[23:05] ---**
Aren't I, Mother?
**[23:08] ---**
Alice!
**[23:10] ---**
Your Grace...
**[23:11] ---**
Let me walk you to your room.
**[23:13] ---**
It may not be very far, but you never
know what may be lurking outside.
**[23:17] ---**
I appreciate the sentiment,
**[23:19] ---**
but a servant can't let her
master walk her to her room...
**[23:22] ---**
It doesn't matter.
**[23:24] ---**
I'd like to treat you like a lady, Alice.
**[23:29] ---**
What's wrong?
**[23:31] ---**
Even if it hadn't panned out...
**[23:35] ---**
...I believe the pussy-cat would still
have been happy to have loved the owl.
**[23:40] ---**
Is that what that nursery
rhyme was all about?
**[23:46] ---**
Hey! Wait up, Alice!
**[23:48] ---**
I'll be your escort!
**[23:50] ---**
Hey! Did you hear me, Alice?
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** The Duke and Secret Magic
**[24:00] ---**
"The Duke and Secret Magic."
# E11 - The Duke and Secret Magic
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**[00:26] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:29] ---**
...a life in which you could
never touch the one you love?
**[00:34] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:36] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:39] ---**
His own mother has
distanced herself from him.
**[00:41] ---**
His friends have called him a monster.
**[00:44] ---**
Even strangers have spoken of him as the
Death incarnate that dwells in the forest.
**[00:49] ---**
And yet,
**[00:51] ---**
he doesn't feel the least bit lonely.
***SIGN*** Episode 11:
The Duke and Secret Magic
**[02:27] ---**
Th-This weighs a ton.
**[02:29] ---**
Thanks for doing the heavy lifting.
**[02:33] ---**
Do you really think this storeroom could
hold some clue to breaking his curse?
**[02:38] ---**
Couldn't we at least let
the servants handle this?
**[02:41] ---**
We don't know what Mother
would say if she found out.
**[02:45] ---**
And we won't know whether there's
any kind of lead unless we look for it.
**[02:51] ---**
Why would you bother getting
yourself all covered in dust...
**[02:55] ---**
I knew it! You *are* fond of him!
**[02:58] ---**
Am I not good enough for you, Viola?!
**[03:01] ---**
You are such a royal pain...
**[03:02] ---**
First off, Walter, wasn't it you who said
you wanted to help and followed me here?
**[03:07] ---**
Well, yeah!
**[03:08] ---**
If I could find some clue to his curse,
I'd be one step ahead of him.
**[03:13] ---**
No, not one step.
**[03:15] ---**
Two!
**[03:17] ---**
Not the dreaded number two!
**[03:25] ---**
The servants' logbook?
**[03:30] ---**
Dear Brother, straighten up in here, okay?
**[03:33] ---**
Viola! Viola!
**[03:38] ---**
Mother...
**[03:42] ---**
What could you possibly
have done to get that dirty?
**[03:45] ---**
And I see you're wearing
that same old outfit...
**[03:47] ---**
She's a disgrace. Get her out
of those clothes right away.
**[03:58] ---**
Come in.
**[04:00] ---**
Is this better?
**[04:02] ---**
Yes.
**[04:03] ---**
From now on, you should
always dress like this.
**[04:07] ---**
But...
**[04:08] ---**
...long skirts just aren't my style.
**[04:11] ---**
It's a vast improvement over
those childish outfits of yours.
**[04:14] ---**
One day you will be
married into another family.
**[04:18] ---**
Try not to do anything that would bring
shame to our noble family name.
**[04:24] ---**
You're always saying that, Mother!
**[04:27] ---**
Can't I wear the clothes I like?
**[04:29] ---**
Can't I live my own life?
**[04:36] ---**
No, you can't.
**[04:41] ---**
I can't take it anymore!
**[04:45] ---**
That sharp-tongued, flat-chested old hag
with her creepy make-up! She's so cruel!
**[04:50] ---**
I think your badmouthing
is what's cruel here.
**[04:53] ---**
I'm badmouthing her because
I can't say it to her face!
**[04:56] ---**
Oh, this totally sucks.
**[04:58] ---**
I won't stop crying unless
Rob gives me a hug!
**[05:01] ---**
What are you crying for?
**[05:02] ---**
You look good in that dress.
**[05:05] ---**
Huh?! Quit trying to console me!
**[05:07] ---**
I was paying you a compliment...
**[05:09] ---**
I don't think this is that
big of a problem.
**[05:12] ---**
Your Grace? I believe this is more than
just a problem with her clothes.
**[05:17] ---**
If you say so, Alice,
then you're probably right.
**[05:20] ---**
What's with the flip-flopping?
**[05:23] ---**
So, it's all settled.
**[05:24] ---**
I'm moving in as of today.
**[05:26] ---**
I brought my luggage and everything.
**[05:28] ---**
Well, I won't let you, so go home.
**[05:30] ---**
You mustn't make Mother
and everyone else worry.
**[05:33] ---**
I don't want to live under
the same roof as that woman!
**[05:36] ---**
If you're going to say that, Dearest
Brother, then why don't *you* go back home?
**[05:39] ---**
I would if I could!
**[05:42] ---**
Okay then, how about I come here
to work as one of your servants?
**[05:45] ---**
I can clean and do laundry,
**[05:47] ---**
I could even be your court musician!
**[05:50] ---**
I could get good at cooking if I studied!
**[05:53] ---**
I could even come here as Rob's
pet if push came to shove.
**[05:55] ---**
What do you think, Dearest Brother?
**[05:57] ---**
I think you're being too persistent.
**[05:59] ---**
Hey Alice, what do you say?
**[06:01] ---**
Talk him into it, pwease?
**[06:04] ---**
Your Grace...
**[06:04] ---**
Pwease? Pwease?
**[06:05] ---**
That's not fair, Viola, in so many ways!
**[06:08] ---**
If I lived here, I could forget about the
family's standing and do what I like.
**[06:12] ---**
I wouldn't be under anyone's thumb,
and I could wear whatever I want.
**[06:17] ---**
Forgive the intrusion.
**[06:18] ---**
OMG, it's Rob!
**[06:20] ---**
Indeed I am.
**[06:21] ---**
Well, well!
**[06:22] ---**
Who is this young lady who
has fled here from her castle?
**[06:26] ---**
Why, it's you, Lady Viola.
**[06:28] ---**
What a lovely dress you're wearing.
**[06:30] ---**
R-Really?
**[06:31] ---**
M-Mother dressed me in it!
**[06:33] ---**
If you like the way I look, Rob,
**[06:35] ---**
then maybe I'll wear something
like this sometimes when I visit.
**[06:38] ---**
Um, yeah, that's what I'll do. Definitely!
**[06:43] ---**
Are you really going to spend
the night in my room?
**[06:47] ---**
Yeah. I decided not to run away,
**[06:49] ---**
but I did bring my luggage and all,
**[06:51] ---**
so I thought it might be fun if the two
of us had another girls-only party.
**[06:54] ---**
Also, I have something to give you, Alice.
**[06:57] ---**
Well, I wonder what it could be.
**[06:59] ---**
Hey! I let myself in.
**[07:01] ---**
Cuff! What are you doing here?!
**[07:03] ---**
Oh, you're here too, Viola?
**[07:06] ---**
So, you've been waiting here on your own
without telling anyone you were coming?
**[07:11] ---**
Can't I come over without an invitation?
**[07:13] ---**
No, you can't.
**[07:14] ---**
If you're going to come over,
you should at least say so in advance!
**[07:17] ---**
That's what's called having good manners!
**[07:19] ---**
Oh, it's no big deal.
**[07:21] ---**
Since we're all here, why don't the three
of us have a girls-only party tonight?
**[07:25] ---**
Well Alice, if you're okay with it,
then I guess I am, too...
**[07:27] ---**
Cuff, are those the clothes
you're going to sleep in?
**[07:29] ---**
I brought some extra pajamas with me.
Shall I lend you a pair?
**[07:32] ---**
Really?
**[07:32] ---**
Well then, let me borrow them!
**[07:34] ---**
Hey! Not so fast!
**[07:35] ---**
Don't you have any tact?!
**[07:37] ---**
Tact? What's that?
**[07:39] ---**
How are they?
My pajamas are kind of on the big side,
**[07:42] ---**
so I think they might be
a little loose on you...
**[07:44] ---**
Yep, looking good!
**[07:46] ---**
Just a little tight in the chest, eh?!
**[07:48] ---**
Oh my, how soft!
**[07:49] ---**
Lady Viola?
**[07:51] ---**
Did the lady of the house give you any
trouble about having spent Christmas here?
**[07:56] ---**
Oh, you mean my mother?
**[07:58] ---**
She was really pissed because
both Walter and I went out.
**[08:04] ---**
It seems she was particularly hard on him.
**[08:08] ---**
I see.
**[08:09] ---**
It's good for Walter
to get chewed out a little.
**[08:12] ---**
The same applies to Dearest Brother.
**[08:14] ---**
Whichever of them becomes
the family heir has got to be strong.
**[08:18] ---**
The two of them are
hopeless as they are now.
**[08:20] ---**
You may be saying that now,
but you know it's not true.
**[08:22] ---**
When I asked you before if you
liked your dearest brother,
**[08:25] ---**
you said, "I do."
**[08:26] ---**
No! What I was trying
to say was, "I do *not*!"
**[08:30] ---**
You! Quit smiling!
**[08:32] ---**
Hey! I've got it!
**[08:33] ---**
Since this is a girls-only party and all,
let's talk about love. Okay?
**[08:36] ---**
You have such an obvious way
of changing the subject.
**[08:39] ---**
I-I-I-I wouldn't say that.
**[08:41] ---**
So, Cuff? Is there somebody you like?
**[08:45] ---**
I don't like talking about my love life.
**[08:48] ---**
Oh, come on! It's no big deal.
**[08:49] ---**
Who was your first love?
Have you ever been in a relationship?
**[08:52] ---**
Have you kissed anyone before?
**[08:53] ---**
Huh?
**[08:56] ---**
Quit it!
**[08:57] ---**
Oh, I can't take anymore! I give up!
**[09:02] ---**
I think *you're* the one with the obvious
way of changing the subject!
**[09:05] ---**
Yeah, you're right.
**[09:06] ---**
Huh?!
**[09:08] ---**
Lady Viola?
**[09:09] ---**
Come to think of it, didn't you say
you had something to give me?
**[09:14] ---**
Oh, yeah, that's right.
**[09:17] ---**
I thought there might be some clue to
breaking the curse somewhere in my house.
**[09:21] ---**
And after searching through
a lot of stuff, I found this.
**[09:24] ---**
It's the servants' logbook from around
the time Dearest Brother got cursed.
**[09:29] ---**
Oh, my!
**[09:30] ---**
I don't know whether it'll be of any use,
**[09:32] ---**
but I thought I'd give it
to you anyway, Alice.
**[09:35] ---**
Why, thank you.
**[09:37] ---**
I think His Grace will be
very pleased as well.
**[09:42] ---**
My mother's handwriting...
**[09:43] ---**
Hey, Cuff. You've gotten quiet all
of a sudden. Is something wrong?
**[09:48] ---**
Yeah, on second thought,
**[09:49] ---**
maybe it wasn't a good idea to come over
and spend the night without asking first.
**[09:52] ---**
What's with the delayed reaction and all?!
**[09:55] ---**
Aw, come on! It's not like I was being
serious when I criticized you.
**[09:58] ---**
Oh, my, how soft!
**[09:59] ---**
What a relief!
**[10:06] ---**
This bed's too small.
**[10:08] ---**
Well then, why don't you go
and sleep in the mansion?
**[10:10] ---**
No, I'd better stay here.
**[10:12] ---**
You're still a child, Viola,
so there's safety in numbers.
**[10:16] ---**
However you look at it, you're the child.
In terms of your mental age.
**[10:23] ---**
Wh-What's with you, Alice?
**[10:25] ---**
Yeah, you're sure in a good mood.
**[10:40] ---**
I see...
**[10:43] ---**
Perhaps...
**[10:44] ---**
...it's time for me to act.
**[10:59] ---**
It appears Viola didn't
come home last night.
**[11:02] ---**
S-So it would seem.
**[11:04] ---**
Where exactly has she been going?
**[11:07] ---**
I haven't forgiven you for
what happened at Christmas.
**[11:10] ---**
Answer me, Walter.
**[11:12] ---**
W-Well, uh...
**[11:20] ---**
So, what is it you wanted
to talk about, Daleth?
**[11:22] ---**
Well, I'm not going to
make a fuss about...
**[11:25] ---**
...the humans you brought
to the witches' sabbath.
**[11:27] ---**
Hmm... So, are you going to...
**[11:29] ---**
...confess your love to me or something?
**[11:31] ---**
Of course not.
**[11:32] ---**
I'd like to ask you a favor.
**[11:34] ---**
Like, to take your hand in marriage?
**[11:37] ---**
I hope you keep stubbing your toe against
the corner of a closet until you die.
**[11:41] ---**
What's got *your* panties in a knot?
**[11:44] ---**
My request is a simple one.
**[11:46] ---**
I'd like you to deliver your
"pals" a message.
**[11:49] ---**
My pals?
**[11:52] ---**
What's that you're reading?
**[11:56] ---**
It's an old servants' logbook
from the main residence.
**[12:00] ---**
Lady Viola gave it to me
thinking it might have...
**[12:03] ---**
...some information that
could help break the curse.
**[12:05] ---**
Oh.
**[12:06] ---**
Well, the binding
certainly looks familiar.
**[12:09] ---**
Some of the pages were
written by you, Rob.
**[12:11] ---**
See?
**[12:12] ---**
Hmm...
**[12:14] ---**
My cursive's so bad I can't make
out what I wrote apart from my name.
**[12:21] ---**
That's just like you, Rob.
**[12:23] ---**
What did the others write about?
**[12:26] ---**
It's mostly about work.
**[12:29] ---**
Even now you could learn
a lot from reading it.
**[12:33] ---**
For instance, my mother wrote...
**[12:37] ---**
"Two women in white nun's habits came to
the mansion. I hadn't seen them before."
**[12:43] ---**
What's the matter?
**[12:45] ---**
Rob?
**[12:46] ---**
Do you recall seeing...
**[12:48] ---**
...two women in white nun's habits at the
mansion while my mother was still alive?
**[12:53] ---**
No, I don't.
**[12:59] ---**
You... know who I am?
**[13:01] ---**
My mother must have been writing
about Daleth and someone else.
**[13:06] ---**
Why would witches...
**[13:08] ---**
Ooh, there's Alice!
**[13:09] ---**
No, Zain! Don't!
**[13:11] ---**
Alice and Rob are on
their breaks right now.
**[13:13] ---**
I can at least pop in to say hi, can't I?
**[13:16] ---**
Howdy, Rob!
**[13:17] ---**
Zain, welcome!
**[13:19] ---**
Did you come by yourself?
That's kind of unusual.
**[13:22] ---**
Yeah, I guess.
**[13:23] ---**
As long as I'm here seeing Alice and all,
I've got a message for you from Daleth.
**[13:27] ---**
Daleth?
**[13:28] ---**
Oh, you mean the skeleton lady that
took roll at the witches' sabbath?
**[13:31] ---**
I told you she was our leader, didn't I?!
**[13:33] ---**
That's a heck of a way to remember her!
**[13:35] ---**
Oh, she's your leader? Sorry.
**[13:37] ---**
Zain? What did Daleth say?
**[13:41] ---**
She said, "Let's be friends."
**[13:43] ---**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[13:45] ---**
Our "friends" stay out of one another's
business, so what she's saying is...
**[13:49] ---**
...she wants you to have
nothing more to do with us.
**[13:51] ---**
That's exactly the opposite
of what the word means!
**[13:54] ---**
I don't have any other leads.
**[13:55] ---**
So, if I have nothing to do with you guys,
what's to become of my curse?
**[13:59] ---**
Hey, you're barking up the wrong tree.
**[14:01] ---**
Well, no matter what Daleth says,
Cuff and I will still help you.
**[14:06] ---**
It'd be a shame if you couldn't break
your curse and stayed a *virgin* for life.
**[14:10] ---**
What the heck are *you* laughing at?!
**[14:12] ---**
So... what are you reading, Alice?
**[14:15] ---**
An old logbook from the main residence.
**[14:18] ---**
Oh, really? Anything useful in it?
**[14:20] ---**
I just started reading it,
so I really couldn't say.
**[14:24] ---**
I plan to read it at my leisure
and learn what I can from it.
**[14:27] ---**
I see.
**[14:28] ---**
Let me know if you find out anything.
**[14:30] ---**
I certainly will.
**[14:31] ---**
Well, now that I've seen Alice,
**[14:34] ---**
let's go have some fun if you're game.
**[14:36] ---**
All right?
**[14:37] ---**
Sure!
**[14:39] ---**
I'll bring you some tea later on.
**[14:41] ---**
Thanks, Alice.
**[14:43] ---**
Okay, see you then.
**[14:46] ---**
You don't have to do that, you know!
**[14:48] ---**
Hey! Let me feel the excitement, too!
**[14:57] ---**
Aw, jeez! You're noodling around too much!
**[15:00] ---**
Oh, quit whining! There's no harm in it.
**[15:02] ---**
Let me play it how I feel it.
**[15:04] ---**
It don't have to be pretty to be art!
**[15:06] ---**
Yeah, I know, but...
**[15:09] ---**
All right! Perfect!
**[15:10] ---**
Let's see. If I was going
to name this song...
**[15:13] ---**
...how does "I Dedicate This Love
to You, Alice" sound?
**[15:16] ---**
Nuh-uh, no way!
**[15:17] ---**
Why not?
**[15:18] ---**
"Why not?" Because...
**[15:20] ---**
...I should be the only one
to tell Alice he loves her!
**[15:25] ---**
Oh, man! That was *so* cringeworthy.
**[15:28] ---**
You're the one who can't be true
to your feelings in front of Cuff.
**[15:31] ---**
How uncool is that?
**[15:32] ---**
I'm always true to my desires.
**[15:35] ---**
That's not what I mean!
**[15:39] ---**
Anyhoo. Now for Part Two!
**[15:42] ---**
Would you at least call it the
Second Movement or something?!
**[15:44] ---**
Hey now, loosen up a bit!
**[15:51] ---**
Rob, have you seen Zain?
**[15:54] ---**
Zain?
**[15:55] ---**
Yeah. I left him alone for a bit,
and he went off somewhere.
**[15:59] ---**
Now I can't find him.
**[16:01] ---**
Come to think of it, when I was making
my rounds of the second floor just now,
**[16:05] ---**
I did hear someone climbing the stairs.
**[16:09] ---**
Really?
**[16:10] ---**
I wonder if he's exploring
the mansion or something.
**[16:18] ---**
I can't find it anywhere.
**[16:23] ---**
Go tell your pals, "Let's be friends."
**[16:26] ---**
Also, that girl Alice has gotten
her hands on an old logbook.
**[16:31] ---**
A logbook?
**[16:32] ---**
Yes. A logbook from that mansion.
**[16:34] ---**
There may be something
written about me in there,
**[16:37] ---**
so I'd like you to quietly get rid of it.
**[16:39] ---**
Now hold on. They're my pals.
**[16:42] ---**
I can't just get rid of something
that belongs to them.
**[16:45] ---**
Well, this isn't exactly a request...
**[16:48] ---**
...it's a threat.
**[16:54] ---**
I could take her from you, you know.
**[17:07] ---**
Zain?
**[17:08] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[17:11] ---**
That logbook...
**[17:13] ---**
Well now, this is pretty awkward.
**[17:17] ---**
To be perfectly honest,
Daleth asked me to get rid of it for her.
**[17:24] ---**
She used Cuff as leverage to threaten me.
**[17:26] ---**
I would do anything for Cuff.
**[17:30] ---**
But not this. This is wrong.
**[17:35] ---**
There's something in there that
Daleth wants to keep secret.
**[17:39] ---**
I have no idea what it is
or what page it's on.
**[17:43] ---**
But...
**[17:44] ---**
...I'm sure the information
will be useful to you.
**[17:49] ---**
Go ahead and burn it. I don't mind.
**[17:51] ---**
Huh?!
**[17:53] ---**
I couldn't cause you or Cuff any trouble.
**[17:55] ---**
I'd hate it if something bad
happened to Cuff,
**[17:59] ---**
and if someone had used Alice
as leverage to threaten me,
**[18:01] ---**
I'm sure I would've done the same thing.
**[18:04] ---**
You guys are dear friends to me,
so go ahead and burn it.
**[18:15] ---**
Aw, what the hay?
**[18:17] ---**
Guess I'd better strip to
the waist and help you out.
**[18:20] ---**
Bet you'd like *that*, you perv!
**[18:21] ---**
*You're* the perv!
**[18:23] ---**
Daleth is watching you and Alice.
**[18:26] ---**
I bet she's watching us right now.
**[18:29] ---**
She uses all sorts of "eyes" in the human
realm to conduct surveillance.
**[18:34] ---**
Surveillance?
**[18:35] ---**
That's right. But she can't listen
in on what we say.
**[18:38] ---**
So, what I'm about to tell you now
is strictly confidential.
**[18:41] ---**
There *is* a way to prevent Cuff from harm
without destroying this logbook.
**[18:45] ---**
Just one, in fact.
**[18:46] ---**
Really?
**[18:48] ---**
Yeah. Just watch.
**[18:51] ---**
I don't much care for my magic,
so don't ask me to go into details.
**[18:55] ---**
Cuff and you are the
only ones I've shown it to.
**[19:01] ---**
Well, since Daleth is watching us now,
then naturally she's watching this, too.
**[19:06] ---**
As long as I've got this tiny scrap,
**[19:08] ---**
I can restore what I just
disintegrated at any time.
**[19:11] ---**
In other words,
the logbook still "exists."
**[19:16] ---**
I'll hang on to this until Daleth
has removed her surveillance.
**[19:20] ---**
Is that all right with you?
**[19:22] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[19:23] ---**
Please, don't tell anyone
about my magic, okay?
**[19:27] ---**
Well then...
**[19:28] ---**
Since Daleth's watching, we've got to
convince her the logbook's been destroyed.
**[19:32] ---**
Okay, pretend you're sad!
**[19:35] ---**
Huh?! Um, is this... good?
**[19:37] ---**
All right, I guess this'll do.
**[19:40] ---**
For making me play your sick errand boy,
**[19:42] ---**
I should at least get to squeeze
one of your boobs, Sister Skeleton.
**[19:45] ---**
You sure say some outrageous stuff
when you know she can't hear you.
**[19:50] ---**
So, you took the logbook, Your Grace?
**[19:52] ---**
Um, yeah.
**[19:54] ---**
I felt like reading it, so I went
ahead and borrowed it.
**[19:57] ---**
I'll return it when I'm done.
**[19:58] ---**
All right. What a relief!
**[20:00] ---**
It wasn't in my room,
so I thought I'd lost it.
**[20:04] ---**
I can't believe I just lied to Alice.
**[20:06] ---**
But I promised to keep Zain's secret.
**[20:10] ---**
Hey, Alice?
**[20:14] ---**
I'll protect you no matter what.
**[20:19] ---**
I'll protect you no matter what.
**[20:23] ---**
Oh, my! From what?
**[20:25] ---**
Well, I'm not sure, but if somebody
came along and tried to hurt you...
**[20:31] ---**
You're such a wonderful,
reliable person, Your Grace.
**[20:33] ---**
Oh, you're already in danger!
**[20:36] ---**
I'm really happy and all,
**[20:39] ---**
but please don't go very far, Your Grace.
**[20:43] ---**
Of course, I'll stay by your side.
**[20:46] ---**
Why don't we have some tea for now?
**[20:52] ---**
I wonder what Daleth's
trying to keep secret.
**[20:55] ---**
The reason why I was cursed?
**[20:57] ---**
The reason why the witch
who cursed me died?
**[21:00] ---**
Or how to break this curse?
**[21:03] ---**
This puzzle's full of missing pieces.
**[21:05] ---**
But...
**[21:07] ---**
I will find a way to break this curse.
**[21:09] ---**
For my sake and Alice's as well...
**[21:27] ---**
Does he think he's making fun of me?
**[21:32] ---**
He really ticks me off.
**[21:34] ---**
But that's okay.
**[21:36] ---**
I saw what I wanted to see.
**[21:38] ---**
So, I'll leave things the way
they are for now.
**[21:48] ---**
It seems that fate
and karma really do exist.
**[21:53] ---**
Don't you think so?
**[21:58] ---**
Don't you, Sharon?
**[23:33] ---**
Here's your mail!
**[23:34] ---**
Oh!
**[23:35] ---**
Thank you.
**[23:40] ---**
Hmm?
**[23:41] ---**
This is...
**[23:44] ---**
This is the first time I've ever
gotten a letter from Mother.
**[23:47] ---**
I wonder what she wants.
**[23:52] ---**
What is it?
**[23:54] ---**
It's a summons.
**[23:55] ---**
She said she needs to talk,
so she wants me to...
**[23:57] ---**
...go see her at the main house
in a week's time.
**[24:00] ---**
*The Duke of Death and His Maid*
***SIGN*** Together with the Duke...
**[24:01] ---**
"Together with the Duke..."
# E12 - Together with the Duke...
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UDGZ0G/together-with-the-duke)
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**[00:27] ---**
Can you imagine...
**[00:30] ---**
...a life in which you could never
touch the one you love?
**[00:35] ---**
He takes the life of whatever he touches.
**[00:38] ---**
That was the curse the witch put on him.
**[00:41] ---**
Plants, animals... and people
are no exception, of course.
**[00:46] ---**
Regarding her son, doomed to live his life
without knowing the warmth of another,
**[00:49] ---**
his mother only complained.
**[00:52] ---**
"That child is like Death incarnate..."
**[00:54] ---**
she said.
**[00:59] ---**
I'm actually going to meet Mother?
**[01:03] ---**
Good morning, Your Grace.
**[01:05] ---**
Alice.
**[01:10] ---**
Good morning.
**[01:11] ---**
Today's the day you go
to the main residence.
**[01:14] ---**
How are you feeling?
**[01:16] ---**
Not so good.
**[01:18] ---**
I haven't even broken my curse yet, so I
don't know what she's going to say.
**[01:21] ---**
Everything will be fine.
**[01:23] ---**
Your Grace?
**[01:25] ---**
Cheer up, now.
**[01:28] ---**
You're a bit too close, as usual.
***SIGN*** Episode 12:
Together with the Duke...
**[03:04] ---**
I'm feeling a little anxious.
**[03:06] ---**
You see, this has never happened before.
**[03:09] ---**
I've always let Rob handle the
correspondence with the main residence.
**[03:12] ---**
And did you let him handle going
to the main residence, as well?
**[03:15] ---**
Yeah. It'll be my first time going there
since coming to live here.
**[03:18] ---**
I haven't seen Mother since I was a kid.
**[03:22] ---**
I may be scared, but that doesn't
mean I don't want to see her.
**[03:25] ---**
I know what you mean.
**[03:27] ---**
But...
**[03:32] ---**
...the truth is...
**[03:34] ---**
...the truth is I wanted to see her
after I'd broken my curse.
**[03:38] ---**
It pains me for her to think that
nothing has changed since then.
**[03:42] ---**
Your Grace...
**[03:54] ---**
Looks like it's going to snow again.
**[03:57] ---**
You're right.
**[04:00] ---**
I wonder if the carriage that's
coming to get me will be all right.
**[04:03] ---**
Your Grace?
**[04:04] ---**
Would you mind if I went along
with you to the main residence?
**[04:08] ---**
You? Come with me?
**[04:10] ---**
Alice...
**[04:20] ---**
Sure enough, it's started snowing.
**[04:23] ---**
I wish it would snow hard
enough to cancel this trip.
**[04:29] ---**
I'll go make you some more tea.
**[04:35] ---**
My love for Alice hasn't changed.
**[04:38] ---**
When I see Mother, I'll tell her about us.
**[04:42] ---**
And maybe, one day...
**[04:48] ---**
He's gone over to his family's place?
That's surprising.
**[04:51] ---**
Yeah, and Alice is gone, too.
**[04:55] ---**
Why did I bother coming here?
**[04:57] ---**
Please accept my apologies.
**[04:59] ---**
That was close!
**[04:59] ---**
However, this is a trial...
**[05:01] ---**
Whoa!
**[05:02] ---**
...that His Grace, or rather,
the two of them...
**[05:06] ---**
...must one day overcome.
**[05:21] ---**
What do you remember
about your family's estate?
**[05:25] ---**
My only memories are of playing
the piano or horsing around.
**[05:30] ---**
What about you?
**[05:31] ---**
I only remember you, Your Grace.
**[05:48] ---**
It certainly is a beautiful place.
**[05:54] ---**
You finally made it.
**[05:57] ---**
And sure enough, Alice came with you.
**[05:59] ---**
You certainly took your
sweet time getting here.
**[06:01] ---**
Sorry. We had to wait out the snowstorm...
**[06:04] ---**
What did Mother have to say?
**[06:06] ---**
Nothing, really.
**[06:08] ---**
She just said you should see her
as soon as you get here.
**[06:11] ---**
You and you alone, Dearest Brother.
**[06:12] ---**
Me alone?
**[06:15] ---**
I'm going to say hello
to all of the servants.
**[06:19] ---**
Yeah, you should.
**[06:20] ---**
I told the maids that you'd
probably be coming, Alice.
**[06:24] ---**
Thank you, Lady Viola.
**[06:26] ---**
All right, Your Grace, I'll see you later.
**[06:30] ---**
Good luck, Your Grace.
**[06:32] ---**
Oh, you're leaving me?
**[06:34] ---**
Alice! Oh, my adorable Alice!
**[06:37] ---**
Gawd, you're so annoying!
**[06:55] ---**
We're here.
**[06:57] ---**
This is Mother's room.
**[07:01] ---**
I've got something to tell you.
**[07:03] ---**
Wh-What is it?
**[07:04] ---**
I'm the one who blabbed to Mother
that Viola had been going to the villa.
**[07:09] ---**
That's probably the reason why
she called you here today.
**[07:12] ---**
Hey, don't worry about it.
**[07:14] ---**
You're quite a gentleman, Walter.
**[07:16] ---**
You've got no business
giving me compliments!
**[07:18] ---**
S-S-Sorry.
**[07:19] ---**
Gawd, you're *both* annoying!
**[07:21] ---**
Anyway, go in and see her,
Dearest Brother.
**[07:24] ---**
We'll be here waiting for you.
**[07:26] ---**
O-Okay.
**[07:30] ---**
Come in.
**[07:32] ---**
I hope I'm not disturbing you.
**[07:42] ---**
Mother...
**[07:43] ---**
It's been a long time, hasn't it?
**[07:45] ---**
I-It certainly has.
**[07:51] ---**
It's been over ten years since you were
cursed, and you still haven't broken it?
**[07:56] ---**
Forgive me.
**[07:57] ---**
It looks like it may
t-take a little longer.
**[08:00] ---**
It's already late,
so we'll speak tomorrow.
**[08:03] ---**
You may stay here tonight.
**[08:05] ---**
A-All right.
**[08:06] ---**
Um, and...
**[08:08] ---**
...there's something I'd like to tell you.
**[08:09] ---**
Didn't you hear me?
**[08:11] ---**
We'll speak tomorrow.
**[08:14] ---**
Forgive me.
**[08:15] ---**
Good night.
**[08:25] ---**
Good job!
**[08:26] ---**
Mother was feeling kind today.
**[08:29] ---**
Yeah.
**[08:29] ---**
That was her being kind?!
**[08:30] ---**
You're too used to Rob and Alice's
kindness, Dearest Brother.
**[08:34] ---**
That's the trouble with you
being brought up at the villa.
**[08:38] ---**
We'll take you to the guest room.
**[08:44] ---**
I couldn't talk to Mother at all.
**[08:48] ---**
I wonder how Alice is doing.
**[08:51] ---**
Oh, my! Alice, look how much you've grown!
**[08:55] ---**
You're a beauty, just like Sharon was.
**[08:57] ---**
And that skin tone!
I'd expect nothing less.
**[08:59] ---**
Th-Thank you.
**[09:02] ---**
After Sharon passed away and...
**[09:05] ---**
...you were taken in by your relatives,
**[09:07] ---**
I constantly worried about
how you were getting on.
**[09:12] ---**
I am so sorry I couldn't
do anything for you then.
**[09:17] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[09:19] ---**
My sweet Alice,
**[09:22] ---**
I'll protect you no matter what.
**[09:25] ---**
I love you!
**[09:30] ---**
You're going to stay
the night, aren't you?
**[09:32] ---**
The room that you and your
mother used back then...
**[09:35] ---**
It's all cleaned up nice and proper.
**[09:37] ---**
Really?
**[09:42] ---**
Sharon?!
**[09:45] ---**
Madam? This is Alice, Sharon's daughter.
**[09:50] ---**
O-Oh...
**[09:52] ---**
...I see. You're the maid from the villa.
**[09:55] ---**
Your black outfit looks like hers, so I...
**[09:58] ---**
Please forget about this.
**[10:02] ---**
The lady of the house and
Sharon were very close.
**[10:06] ---**
They were both so cheerful. They were
close in age and shared common interests.
**[10:11] ---**
But after Sharon passed away,
**[10:13] ---**
the lady of the house started
acting a bit differently.
**[10:18] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[10:21] ---**
My sweet Alice,
**[10:23] ---**
I love you!
**[10:26] ---**
Yes?
**[10:29] ---**
Hey there...
**[10:30] ---**
Oh, it's you, Your Grace.
**[10:32] ---**
I came to see you.
**[10:34] ---**
How did things go?
**[10:36] ---**
Did the other servants
give you a hard time?
**[10:39] ---**
No, actually they treated me rather well.
**[10:41] ---**
They're all such friendly people.
**[10:44] ---**
Well, I'm glad to hear that.
**[10:46] ---**
What about you, Your Grace?
**[10:49] ---**
We only spoke very briefly,
but Mother hadn't changed at all.
**[10:54] ---**
She said we'd talk tomorrow
because it was so late.
**[10:57] ---**
So, you were able to speak
with her normally, then.
**[11:00] ---**
Well, yeah, I guess.
**[11:02] ---**
That's great. It makes me so happy.
**[11:07] ---**
I know we've only been
apart for a few hours,
**[11:11] ---**
but I just wanted to see you so much.
**[11:14] ---**
What would you do...
**[11:16] ---**
...if I told you I did, too?
**[11:18] ---**
She's so adorable...
**[11:19] ---**
Really, really adorable!
**[11:21] ---**
My love for her grows with
every passing second.
**[11:25] ---**
No!
**[11:26] ---**
I can't handle this!
**[11:27] ---**
After being apart from Alice for just a
few hours, she is simply too adorable!
**[11:29] ---**
I don't think my sanity can
hold out much longer!
**[11:34] ---**
I think I'm going to hit the hay.
**[11:35] ---**
Tomorrow Viola's going to take me
to the place where I was cursed.
**[11:40] ---**
Oh, really?
**[11:43] ---**
Good night, Alice.
**[11:45] ---**
I'm glad we could talk.
**[11:46] ---**
Good night, Your Grace.
**[12:02] ---**
I wish we could've spent
a little more time together...
**[12:15] ---**
So, what's it like being
back here after all this time?
**[12:19] ---**
Do you remember anything?
**[12:22] ---**
Only bits and pieces.
**[12:23] ---**
I'm not trying to be rude here, but I find
the place is smaller than I remember.
**[12:27] ---**
When I was a kid,
it just seemed a lot bigger...
**[12:31] ---**
Well, this place looks much
nicer than the villa does.
**[12:35] ---**
I wonder how Rob and Alice look
after that place all by themselves.
**[12:40] ---**
I'm really grateful to them.
**[12:42] ---**
Okay, we're here.
**[12:44] ---**
This is the spot, right?
**[12:49] ---**
One of the servants
told me about it before.
**[12:51] ---**
That you were cursed
in front of this grave.
**[12:56] ---**
There's no doubt about it.
**[12:59] ---**
This is the place.
**[13:01] ---**
This is where I was...
**[13:05] ---**
It was springtime. That day, I was by
myself, looking for a four-leaf clover.
**[13:09] ---**
I was probably going to give it to Alice.
**[13:12] ---**
Yeah, yeah. Then what?
**[13:15] ---**
Suddenly, there was all this smoke,
and I couldn't see anything around me.
**[13:18] ---**
Somebody grabbed me from behind.
**[13:21] ---**
And then...
**[13:22] ---**
No one shall love you,
and you shall love no one.
**[13:26] ---**
You shall live a life of misery.
**[13:30] ---**
...before I knew it, I'd been cursed.
**[13:33] ---**
I'd almost forgotten about it but
coming here jogged my memory.
**[13:37] ---**
Hmm. Don't you remember anything else?
**[13:40] ---**
Um, also...
**[13:43] ---**
The softness of her breasts
pressed against my back...
**[13:46] ---**
...and stuff.
**[13:47] ---**
Whatever.
**[13:48] ---**
But you know what I heard from Rob?
**[13:51] ---**
He said you didn't remember who Alice was.
**[13:54] ---**
Why didn't you?
You've liked her since you were kids.
**[13:57] ---**
I think it's probably because...
**[13:59] ---**
...after I was cursed and
couldn't see her anymore,
**[14:02] ---**
I was lonely, and the only way
to forget about it
**[14:04] ---**
was to purge her from my memory.
**[14:07] ---**
Hmm. Well, it's great you could
see her again, huh?
**[14:09] ---**
Yep!
**[14:10] ---**
Oh, boy...
**[14:17] ---**
Oh! Good morning, Mother.
**[14:21] ---**
Viola, you're too close to him.
**[14:24] ---**
He's dangerous, so stay
farther away from him.
**[14:27] ---**
I see you're wearing those clothes again.
**[14:29] ---**
It's disgraceful.
Think of how it reflects on me.
**[14:33] ---**
I'll speak to you during dinner.
**[14:36] ---**
Don't be late.
**[14:42] ---**
Viola...
**[14:43] ---**
It's all right. I'm used to it.
**[14:46] ---**
I told you that deep down
I wanted to live at the villa.
**[14:51] ---**
But I guess I can't.
**[14:54] ---**
And neither can Walter.
**[14:56] ---**
Being born into this family means
we can't live our own lives.
**[15:01] ---**
We live comfortable lives, and our names
appear on our distinguished family tree.
**[15:05] ---**
Oddly enough, you may be the one
who's better off, Dearest Brother.
**[15:09] ---**
"Has anyone ever told you that
you were someone else's alternate?"
**[15:31] ---**
What are you doing? Hurry up and sit down.
**[16:02] ---**
What I'd like to talk about...
**[16:04] ---**
...concerns this family.
**[16:06] ---**
As you are aware,
**[16:08] ---**
the present head of the family,
**[16:10] ---**
your father has been hospitalized
for quite some time.
**[16:14] ---**
His condition fluctuates,
and his prognosis is poor.
**[16:18] ---**
If we wait until the worst happens
to him, it'll be too late.
**[16:22] ---**
We must decide ahead of time whether
you or Walter shall be his heir.
**[16:26] ---**
Do you understand?
**[16:28] ---**
Yes, I do.
**[16:29] ---**
You must break your curse
by spring at the latest.
**[16:32] ---**
If you cannot, then I shall
make Walter the heir.
**[16:35] ---**
Is that clear?
**[16:36] ---**
Yes. I'll take care of it
by spring at the latest.
**[16:40] ---**
That is all I have to say.
**[16:42] ---**
You may go home when you're done eating.
**[16:44] ---**
Mother, I also have something
I'd like to discuss.
**[16:48] ---**
What is it?
**[16:50] ---**
It concerns Alice, the maid at the villa.
**[16:53] ---**
She's here with me today.
**[16:56] ---**
I met her last night.
**[16:58] ---**
She's a lovely girl just like Sharon...
her mother.
**[17:01] ---**
D-Darn straight!
**[17:04] ---**
Oh, um... excuse me.
**[17:07] ---**
I often talked with her mother.
**[17:11] ---**
She was a wonderful person,
always smiling and cheerful.
**[17:15] ---**
I still miss her to this day.
**[17:17] ---**
But unlike their looks, it appears their
personalities aren't so similar.
**[17:21] ---**
I-I admit Alice is cool and reserved,
but she's a really great person.
**[17:24] ---**
She's attractive and talented! She's got
cute little mannerisms! She's perfect!
**[17:29] ---**
That fast-talking sounds so creepy!
**[17:31] ---**
You like her, don't you?
**[17:33] ---**
Y-Yeah... That's why I'd like
your approval, Mother.
**[17:37] ---**
Although we come from different classes,
one day I hope that Alice and I can--
**[17:42] ---**
You've got to be joking.
**[17:44] ---**
You're still a possible heir
to the family's title.
**[17:48] ---**
Stop talking such nonsense...
**[17:49] ---**
...and just think of a way
to break your curse.
**[17:52] ---**
Since you were born into the aristocracy,
you aren't free to love whoever you wish.
**[17:57] ---**
Particularly not a lowly maid.
**[18:00] ---**
Even jokes have their lim--
**[18:02] ---**
This is no...
**[18:04] ---**
...joke!
**[18:07] ---**
I'm totally serious.
**[18:09] ---**
Who could joke about something like
this or speak of it half-heartedly?
**[18:13] ---**
You locked me away in the villa,
**[18:15] ---**
and since then, you've never
even tried getting to know me,
**[18:18] ---**
but you're going to shackle my emotions?
**[18:21] ---**
You won't even approve
of me loving Alice?!
**[18:25] ---**
Alice always acts as though she
couldn't care less about my curse!
**[18:29] ---**
She treats me like a normal human being!
**[18:33] ---**
One's class and lineage...
**[18:35] ---**
None of that matters!
**[18:37] ---**
The one who saved me from the miserable
darkness that engulfed me was Alice!
**[18:43] ---**
If it wasn't for Alice,
I'd be long since dead!
**[18:47] ---**
Stop thinking only about
the family and heirs...
**[18:50] ---**
...and spend a little time
thinking of your children!
**[18:54] ---**
I...
**[18:56] ---**
I'm marrying Alice!
**[19:04] ---**
Walter, Viola, and I are not
your things, Mother.
**[19:13] ---**
I-I'm leaving.
**[19:15] ---**
Wait, Dearest Brother.
I'll see you to the door.
**[19:18] ---**
Me, too.
**[19:24] ---**
Madam?
**[19:26] ---**
Leave them be.
**[19:31] ---**
That boy, once so gentle and meek,
**[19:35] ---**
actually had the nerve to talk back to me.
**[19:39] ---**
My, how he's grown...
**[19:48] ---**
I wish I could've said it more skillfully...
**[19:51] ---**
You did fine.
**[19:52] ---**
It came as a shock, but it was priceless.
**[19:56] ---**
Is something the matter, Your Grace?
**[19:58] ---**
Oh, it's nothing.
**[20:01] ---**
It's just that I didn't care for
the dinner they served here...
**[20:04] ---**
Oh, I see.
**[20:06] ---**
Shall we head back to
your house, Your Grace?
**[20:10] ---**
Yeah, let's go. Back to our house.
**[20:13] ---**
Yes, Your Grace.
**[21:31] ---**
So, the reason the lady of
the house summoned you...
**[21:34] ---**
...was to tell you to break your
curse by spring at the latest?
**[21:37] ---**
Yeah, and if I can't,
then Walter inherits the family title.
**[21:42] ---**
She made it very clear.
**[21:43] ---**
I see.
**[21:45] ---**
Well then, since I've gotten rid of all
my cards, I shall turn in for the night.
**[21:50] ---**
Okay, Rob. Thanks for watching
the house while we were gone.
**[21:53] ---**
Get some well-deserved rest.
**[21:54] ---**
So, what would you like to do, Your Grace?
**[21:56] ---**
Would you like to play some more cards?
**[21:58] ---**
Well, if just the two of us play Old Maid,
we'll know where all the cards are...
**[22:04] ---**
Then, what about a different
form of amusement?
**[22:05] ---**
Cards! I want to play cards!
**[22:12] ---**
The truth is I told Mother...
**[22:14] ---**
...that I love you.
**[22:18] ---**
And what did she say to that?
**[22:21] ---**
Nothing, really...
**[22:23] ---**
But I don't regret it.
**[22:26] ---**
It's something I would've had
to tell her at some point.
**[22:29] ---**
Because regardless of...
**[22:31] ---**
...class or position,
**[22:34] ---**
I love you...
**[22:41] ---**
Pick a card.
**[22:43] ---**
If you pick the king,
you'll win, Your Grace.
**[22:46] ---**
"Both" is not an option.
**[22:55] ---**
You win, Your Grace.
**[23:00] ---**
This is how it should be.
**[23:01] ---**
No, it's not!
**[23:05] ---**
You taught me...
**[23:09] ---**
...all sorts of things.
**[23:11] ---**
You taught me how to love someone.
**[23:14] ---**
I promise you this.
**[23:16] ---**
I...
**[23:18] ---**
...will give my love to you
now and always.
**[23:53] ---**
I love you...
**[23:56] ---**
...Your Grace.
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