E28 - The Duke, Alice, and Sade's Love

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SIGN    Episode 28
    The Duke, Alice, and Sade's Love
[01:42] Alice
    Is there something I can do for you?
[01:45] Liz
    I apologize for the sudden intrusion.
[01:47] Liz
    I was caught off guard by
    the sudden thunderstorm.
[01:49] Liz
    May I rest a while inside?
[02:00] Liz
    I am Liz.
[02:02] Liz
    Are you the only servant
    in this huge mansion?
[02:07] Alice
    There's a butler here, as well.
[02:09] Alice
    The reasons for that are... complicated.
[02:12] Alice
    I'll explain after introducing
    the master of the mansion.
[02:18] Alice
    What brings you to the
    forest at this late hour?
[02:20] Liz
    Huh? Well...
[02:25] Liz
    I'm not anybody suspicious!
[02:27] Liz
    I'm traveling on a journey with my husband.
[02:30] Liz
    And we have a relationship with both
    the mansion and its young master...
[02:34] Alice
    You know His Grace?
[02:37] Alice
    Where is your husband now?
[02:39] Liz
    He'll be here later.
[02:41] Alice
    I'm afraid I can't simply
    take you to His Grace.
[02:44] Alice
    Your splendid clothes aren't
    wet despite the sudden rain...
[02:49] Liz
    "Splendid"? How kind of you...
[02:51] Alice
    I'm sorry, but are you a witch?
[03:00] Alice
    I inspired tremendous laughter, I see.
[03:02] Liz
    I'm sorry. I do love a good joke.
[03:06] Liz
    People call me Liz the Laugher.
[03:09] Sharon
    Alice! Alice!
[03:11] Alice
    I see.
[03:13] Liz
    Yes, thank you.
[03:16] Liz
    You're very kind. That's good to see.
[03:20] Liz
    Oh, my. What room was this again?
[03:23] Alice
    I'm afraid you can't simply
    open doors without asking...
[03:25] Liz
    Oh, sorry. I couldn't help myself.
[03:28] Liz
    Hey, that door's a little open, isn't it?
[03:34] Liz
    Oh, my. I've found the butler, I see.
[03:42] Liz
    Look how old he's grown.
[03:50] Duke
    Alice, is something wrong?
[03:52] Alice
    Your Grace, you have a visitor.
[03:55] Alice
    Liz?
[03:56] Duke
    What? Alice?
[03:59] Liz
    Sorry, I'm actually dead!
[04:03] Liz
    I'm his grandmother!
[04:05] Duke
    What? Are you seeing something again?
[04:08] Alice
    So your husband who's
    traveling with you, then...
[04:12] Liz
    He'll arrive shortly.
[04:14] Duke
    Your Grace, please put on
    the glasses Zain gave you.
[04:21] Victor
    It's been so very long...
[04:28] Duke
    I can see her!
[04:30] Duke
    But I can't hear her.
[04:33] Alice
    I think these go in your ears.
[04:35] Duke
    My grandmother's watching!
[04:38] Liz
    This is our first time meeting, yes?
[04:40] Liz
    I'm your grandmother, Liz.
[04:43] Duke
    Hello.
[04:44] Duke
    I've seen you in a painting
    in our family home.
[04:47] Liz
    Oh, it's hung up there now?
[04:50] Liz
    I asked the artist to make me look beautiful.
[04:56] Liz
    But when we saw the finished picture,
    Victor and I laughed. He'd taken it too far!
[04:58] Duke
    She's so cheerful it's hard to
    believe she's my grandmother.
[05:03] Duke
    Something reminds me of Sharon...
[05:06] (Flashback) Sharon
    Your Grace!
[05:08] Alice
    Here you are.
[05:09] Liz
    Thank you, Alice, but ghosts
    can't drink liquids.
[05:13] Liz
    I'll enjoy the scent.
[05:15] Duke
    She's so charming.
[05:17] Liz
    This is a bit late to ask,
    but don't ghosts creep you out?
[05:21] Duke
    Not at all. I think you're very pretty.
[05:23] Liz
    What a kind grandson I have!
[05:25] Liz
    I came here with Victor, your grandfather.
[05:29] Liz
    He's quite fond of this mansion,
[05:31] Liz
    and said he wanted to take a long
    look at it from the outside.
[05:35] Alice
    The two of you are traveling?
[05:38] Liz
    Yes.
[05:39] Liz
    I'm afraid we can't stay here long.
[05:42] Duke
    I wish you could.
[05:44] Liz
    I'm afraid fate won't allow that.
[05:48] Liz
    We have a contract with a witch named Sade.
[05:51] Duke
    Sade!
[05:52] Liz
    Yes. I've never met her,
    but in life, Victor...
[05:57] Duke
    Could you tell me more?
[06:00] Duke
    It may be a hint for breaking my curse!
[06:03] Liz
    What? "Curse"?
[06:07] Duke
    You didn't know?
[06:10] Liz
    I wondered why it was
    just the three of you...
[06:13] Liz
    Don't tell me...
[06:14] Liz
    We should've come sooner, perhaps.
[06:17] Victor
    I apologize for arriving late.
[06:19] Duke
    Grandfather!
[06:20] Liz
    Darling!
[06:22] Victor
    I believe it's my first time
    seeing you in this form.
[06:25] Victor
    I'm a ghost, though, so I can't help it.
[06:27] Liz
    This is serious! No joking around!
[06:31] Liz
    He's cursed! Our grandson
    is suffering terribly!
[06:36] Liz
    We should've come here a long time ago!
[06:39] Victor
    Liz, calm down a little, would you?
[06:42] Liz
    There's no time for calming down!
[06:44] Victor
    Liz...
[06:44] Liz
    But what can I do?
[06:46] Victor
    Liz?
[06:47] Liz
    All I can do is support
    my grandson and Alice!
[06:51] Victor
    See? You're up so high!
[06:55] Victor
    I love this side of my wife.
[06:57] Duke
    Y-You do, huh?
[06:59] Victor
    You've both grown up so much...
[07:02] Victor
    I haven't seen you since
    you were kids, I believe?
[07:04] Victor
    No, just before I passed away,
    you came to the family home.
[07:11] Duke
    You remembered?
[07:13] Victor
    I remembered after seeing your face.
[07:15] Victor
    Something was strange about you, I thought...
[07:17] Victor
    I hadn't realized you'd come
    from the future, though.
[07:21] Victor
    Do you still play piano?
[07:22] Duke
    Yes, almost every day.
[07:24] Victor
    Excellent.
[07:26] Victor
    I've always thought you had talent, you know.
[07:29] Victor
    If you're still doing it, that
    makes me happy as your grandparent.
[07:33] Duke
    Grandfather,
[07:36] Duke
    I've always wanted to be like you.
[07:38] Liz
    Oh, my!
[07:40] Liz
    What if your grandson takes
    after everything about you?
[07:44] Liz
    You have a filthiness about
    you that's not very noble.
[07:46] Victor
    I don't know what to tell you...
[07:50] Victor
    So, what's this about a curse?
[07:54] Victor
    Does Sade have something to do with it?
[07:56] Victor
    What's she doing these days?
[07:58] Duke
    Sade's dead.
[08:01] Duke
    She cursed me and Sharon,
    and then the wizards killed her.
[08:07] Victor
    You... and Sharon, too?
[08:11] Victor
    Perhaps it's my fault.
[08:13] Victor
    Because I didn't do enough.
[08:32] Victor
    My beloved wife passed away.
[08:36] Victor
    If I hadn't given her that present...
[08:39] Victor
    If we hadn't left on that
    trip for our anniversary...
[08:41] Victor
    If I hadn't taken my eyes off
    her for that one moment...
[08:44] Victor
    She might have survived.
[08:48] Victor
    I didn't know what to do.
[08:54] Victor
    I couldn't even stay by
    the side of my young son.
[09:06] (Flashback) Sade
    Greetings.
[09:07] (Flashback) Sade
    Something on your mind?
[09:11] (Flashback) Victor
    And who might you be?
[09:12] (Flashback) Sade
    Sade. The most powerful witch in the world.
[09:16] (Flashback) Victor
    Witch?
[09:17] (Flashback) Sade
    Yes. A race of naughty creatures
    who like to cast spells.
[09:20] (Flashback) Sade
    You've heard the rumors, I assume.
[09:24] (Flashback) Victor
    I see.
[09:25] (Flashback) Victor
    I've never met a real one before.
[09:27] (Flashback) Victor
    Give me an autograph.
[09:28] (Flashback) Sade
    Hey, you're supposed to be scared!
[09:31] (Flashback) Victor
    I'm a man of faith.
[09:33] (Flashback) Victor
    If there's a God, then it stands to
    reason that there are witches as well.
[09:37] (Flashback) Victor
    That's all there is to it.
[09:38] (Flashback) Victor
    And God is real. For now,
    I desperately want to believe that.
[09:46] (Flashback) Sade
    I'm the one who'd like an autograph.
[09:48] (Flashback) Sade
    Make a contract with me.
[09:50] (Flashback) Victor
    A contract?
[09:52] (Flashback) Sade
    Tell me your dream.
[09:54] (Flashback) Sade
    I'll grant any wish you have.
[09:58] (Flashback) Victor
    My dream will never come true.
[10:00] (Flashback) Victor
    I'd promised to travel
    the world with my wife.
[10:04] (Flashback) Victor
    But she's dead.
[10:07] (Flashback) Sade
    It will come true.
[10:09] (Flashback) Sade
    But only after your death.
[10:13] (Flashback) Sade
    You and Liz can become ghosts
    and travel the world forever.
[10:18] (Flashback) Sade
    Normally, not everyone
    who dies becomes a ghost.
[10:23] (Flashback) Sade
    But this contract will guarantee it.
[10:26] (Flashback) Victor
    And what is the price I pay?
[10:27] (Flashback) Sade
    Hmm... since it's for the two of you,
     I'd say twenty years of your life.
[10:32] (Flashback) Victor
    My life?
[10:34] (Flashback) Sade
    You'll die twenty years before
    your designated time.
[10:37] (Flashback) Sade
    I don't know when that is,
[10:39] (Flashback) Sade
    but when the time comes,
    you'll pass peacefully in your sleep.
[10:42] (Flashback) Victor
    And what will you do with
    these years of my life?
[10:45] (Flashback) Sade
    I'll turn them into magical
    power and get stronger.
[10:48] (Flashback) Sade
    Or perhaps I'll simply throw them in the trash.
[10:50] (Flashback) Victor
    You're telling the truth?
[10:54] (Flashback) Victor
    If I die, will I really...
[10:57] (Flashback) Victor
    be able to see Liz again?
[10:59] (Flashback) Sade
    The contract doesn't lie.
    And it can't be broken.
[11:02] (Flashback) Sade
    Not by you, or me.
[11:04] (Flashback) Sade
    Now sign it. Hurry.
[11:18] Victor
    Witches are an entirely
    different race from mankind.
[11:22] Victor
    They use a variety of spells and fear fire.
[11:25] Victor
    For convenience's sake, even the
    men are often called witches...
[11:29] Sade
    You're reading up on me?
[11:31] (Flashback) Victor
    Sade, you are trespassing.
[11:34] (Flashback) Sade
    That's meaningless to a witch.
[11:36] (Flashback) Victor
    What do you want?
[11:38] (Flashback) Sade
    It doesn't matter, does it?
[11:40] (Flashback) Sade
    We're friends.
[11:42] (Flashback) Victor
    We're not friends. I don't
    know a thing about you.
[11:47] (Flashback) Sade
    How dare you speak to me that way.
[11:50] (Flashback) Sade
    Don't you know I'm the feared
    boss of the Underworld?
[11:54] (Flashback) Sade
    Everybody does what I tell them to.
[11:56] (Flashback) Victor
    I told you, I know nothing about you.
[11:59] (Flashback) Victor
    The contract's been made.
[12:00] (Flashback) Victor
    Is there any further
    reason for you to be here?
[12:03] (Flashback) Sade
    I've taken an interest in you.
[12:04] (Flashback) Sade
    You're so honest and unsuspecting
    it almost makes you a fool.
[12:09] (Flashback) Sade
    You're the first to sign so quickly.
[12:12] (Flashback) Sade
    So I've decided to observe
    you up close for a while.
[12:17] (Flashback) Victor
    I don't mind.
[12:19] (Flashback) Victor
    But make sure nobody
    finds out you're a witch.
[12:22] (Flashback) Victor
    I'm told that some people
    dislike witches a good deal.
[12:26] (Flashback) Victor
    You'd be in danger.
[12:28] (Flashback) Sade
    What? I don't need your advice.
[12:30] (Flashback) Sade
    I'm not so weak the
    witch-hunters could take me.
[12:32] (Flashback) Sade
    I'd simply kill them all first.
[12:35] (Flashback) Sade
    And everything written here is made up.
[12:39] (Flashback) Sade
    Witches aren't scared of fire.
[12:43] (Flashback) Victor
    So what are witches scared of?
[12:45] (Flashback) Sade
    Me!
[12:53] Sade
    After that, Sade would come to
    the mansion from time to time.
[12:57] Sade
    Perhaps because of her clothes,
[12:59] Sade
    she was simply considered to be one
    of the many guests at the house.
[13:03] (Flashback) Sade
    This is Daleth, my twin sister.
[13:06] (Flashback) Daleth
    Hello.
[13:08] (Flashback) Victor
    You're in the human world.
    Shouldn't you take off the mask?
[13:12] (Flashback) Daleth
    I can't. I'm ugly.
[13:14] (Flashback) Sade
    You heard her.
[13:14] (Flashback) Victor
    Aren't you twins, though?
[13:21] (Flashback) Victor
    I've been wondering...
[13:23] (Flashback) Victor
    Why the nun outfit?
[13:26] (Flashback) Sade
    It was the one present my father gave me.
[13:28] (Flashback) Sade
    He was rather weak to be my dad, though.
[13:32] (Flashback) Sade
    Isn't it scary for a monster to
    wear the clothes of a holy woman?
[13:35] (Flashback) Sade
    That's why I wear it.
[13:38] (Flashback) Victor
    You should learn to like more things.
[13:44] (Flashback) Victor
    I'm talking about love.
[13:45] (Flashback) Victor
    I want you to know love.
[13:47] (Flashback) Victor
    I hope you can learn to love
    your little sister, or friends,
[13:52] (Flashback) Victor
    the same way I love Liz and my son.
[13:54] (Flashback) Sade
    Why? I love myself most of all.
[13:57] (Flashback) Victor
    I see.
[13:58] (Flashback) Victor
    That's also important, but...
[14:01] (Flashback) Sade
    Do you love Liz best?
[14:03] (Flashback) Victor
    Yes.
[14:04] (Flashback) Victor
    She's tied for first with my son.
[14:09] (Flashback) Sade
    I hear what other people think,
    whether I want to or not.
[14:14] (Flashback) Sade
    So I can tell you truly care for Liz.
[14:18] (Flashback) Sade
    Only Daleth knows about this power, though.
[14:22] (Flashback) Victor
    I knew.
[14:24] (Flashback) Victor
    When we first met, you called my wife Liz
    before I could even say her name, right?
[14:30] (Flashback) Victor
    Later, I realized how strange that was.
[14:34] (Flashback) Victor
    You didn't bring it up, so I figured
    you wanted to keep it a secret.
[14:37] (Flashback) Victor
    I tried to avoid thinking
    about it as best I could.
[14:41] (Flashback) Victor
    Why'd you suddenly decide to tell me?
[14:46] (Flashback) Sade
    I don't know, exactly.
[14:51] (Flashback) Sade
    But thank you for not saying anything.
[14:58] Victor
    A long time passed after that.
[15:01] Victor
    We moved to a new mansion.
[15:03] Victor
    My son got married and
    I gained three grandchildren.
[15:07] Victor
    And I became very old.
[15:13] (Flashback) Sharon
    Master! Good morning!
[15:19] Victor
    That's about the time Sharon
    came to the mansion.
[15:24] Victor
    She had a seriously ill daughter
    and no one to rely on.
[15:29] Victor
    I couldn't just leave her.
[15:32] Victor
    Sharon was so cheerful that she
    quickly became friends with everyone.
[15:37] Victor
    I enjoyed her chipper nature, as well.
[15:48] (Flashback) Sade
    The new maid... Is she your favorite?
[15:53] (Flashback) Victor
    She's a friend, and I owe her my life.
[15:58] (Flashback) Sade
    She's similar to how you describe Liz.
[16:03] (Flashback) Victor
    She is.
[16:12] (Flashback) Sade
    Well, whatever.
[16:13] (Flashback) Sade
    It seems you're telling the
    truth about her being a friend.
[16:16] (Flashback) Sade
    If you don't belong to anyone, I don't care.
[16:20] Victor
    Looking back, I should've given more
    thought to what Sade was feeling.
[16:27] Victor
    But at the time, I was
    far too dense to do that.
[16:33] (Flashback) Sade
    Hey, would you like to be friends with me?
[16:37] (Flashback) Sharon
    Sure!
[16:39] (Flashback) Victor
    Oh, are you friends?
[16:42] (Flashback) Sharon
    Oh, Master! We just met!
[16:45] (Flashback) Sharon
    Sade's amazing!
[16:47] (Flashback) Sharon
    Her fortune-telling is super accurate!
[16:49] (Flashback) Victor
    I see.
[16:50] (Flashback) Victor
    Sharon's a good person.
[16:51] (Flashback) Victor
    Be kind to her.
[17:33] Victor
    And then one day, it finally
    came time for me to die.
[17:39] Victor
    My body wouldn't move, and my
    vision went blurry and hazy.
[17:52] (Flashback) Victor
    Is that you, Sharon?
[17:56] (Flashback) Sade
    Victor, it's time for the
    contract to be fulfilled.
[18:00] (Flashback) Victor
    I see... I can finally see Liz again, then...
[18:14] (Flashback) Sade
    I lied when I said I was fine as long
    as you didn't belong to someone else.
[18:21] (Flashback) Sade
    The truth... was that I
    wanted you to love me.
[18:25] (Flashback) Sade
    Farewell, Victor.
[18:28] (Flashback) Sade
    Farewell.
[18:35] Victor
    Perhaps all I did was
    change her for the worse
[18:38] Victor
    and then leave her in the worst way possible.
[18:44] Duke
    After that...
[18:46] Duke
    I think Sade's feelings changed
    from jealousy to hatred.
[18:51] Duke
    But... back then... when
    she cursed me, Sade...
[18:58] (Flashback) Sade
    I want you to lead a miserable life...
    never loving anyone, or being loved in turn...
[19:03] Duke
    As she said that, she held me in her arms...
[19:05] Duke
    She held me in her arms!
[19:07] Duke
    Even though she didn't need
    to hold me to do the curse...
[19:12] Duke
    She was suffering, too.
[19:14] Duke
    She was suffering, but no one understood.
[19:18] Duke
    And she couldn't tell anyone.
[19:22] Duke
    That's just like how I used to be!
[19:25] Duke
    If someone had been there
    who'd truly understood Sade...
[19:30] Duke
    Something would've been different!
[19:33] Duke
    But she died all alone.
[19:37] Duke
    That's so sad...
[19:40] Duke
    She has to live!
[19:43] Duke
    I'll go back before she died,
    and bring her back here no matter what!
[19:46] Duke
    I don't want to let her die!
[19:57] (Flashback) Sade
    What are you doing, child?
[19:59] (Flashback) Duke
    Looking for a four-leaf clover
    for Alice, the girl I love!
[20:04] Duke
    I'm sorry. I've finally calmed down.
[20:07] Duke
    I'm a crybaby, a wimp, a coward...
[20:10] Duke
    I'm no good at all.
[20:11] Liz
    You mustn't put yourself down like that!
[20:14] Liz
    Anyway, I think we need to go...
[20:18] Duke
    That's so soon!
[20:20] Victor
    The goal of my contract with Sade
    was to travel the world with Liz.
[20:24] Victor
    If we stay in one place, we'll disappear.
[20:27] Liz
    And the rule is that we can never
    return to anywhere we've visited once.
[20:31] Liz
    So we were waiting for a very
    special time to visit the mansion.
[20:35] Alice
    And that's why you didn't
    know about His Grace's curse.
[20:38] Victor
    We happened to be passing by today.
[20:41] Victor
    We were feeling nostalgic and came
    here without realizing you lived here.
[20:46] Liz
    We thought it was abandoned.
[20:48] Liz
    I'm glad I got to see you two!
[20:52] Duke
    Do you want to speak to Rob?
[20:55] Duke
    Rob!
[20:57] Rob
    Yes, I am Rob.
[20:59] Duke
    Put these glasses on.
[21:01] Duke
    And put these into your ears.
[21:03] Rob
    I suppose I am of that age now...
[21:06] Duke
    They're not reading glasses, okay?
[21:22] Rob
    Wh-What am I seeing?
[21:25] Rob
    Yes... er, yes.
[21:28] Duke
    Well? Are they happy?
[21:31] Alice
    I can't see a thing.
[21:34] Alice
    But I feel as if I can see the two
    of them standing close to him.
[21:43] Duke
    Did you get to talk to them a whole lot?
[21:44] Rob
    Yes. I was able to say so many thank-yous.
[21:48] Victor
    Now, it's time for us to go.
[21:51] Victor
    It's a shame I'll never be able
    to come back to this mansion.
[21:54] Victor
    Perhaps I can at least take this with me?
[21:57] Liz
    You're so silly!
[21:59] Liz
    You can't act like that! What if
    your grandson starts imitating you?
[22:02] Duke
    Even dead, he still seems
    like he's having fun.
[22:03] Alice
    Yes.
[22:06] Victor
    This is the route we're planning on taking.
[22:10] Victor
    I don't know if we can be of any use to you,
[22:12] Victor
    but come see us anytime.
[22:15] Victor
    Sade is a dear friend to me.
[22:18] Victor
    Take care of her.
[22:20] Duke
    Yes.
[22:22] Liz
    Alice, take care of yourself,
    and say goodbye to Rob for us.
[22:27] Alice
    I will, thank you.
[22:28] Rob
    Um... What's going on right now?
[22:32] Victor
    Until we meet again, then.
[22:34] Liz
    Farewell!
[22:46] Duke
    They were very kind people, huh?
[22:48] Alice
    Yes.
[22:51] Duke
    I was cursed, forced to live here...
[22:55] Duke
    It's been hard.
[22:56] Duke
    But I'm glad I was born into this family.
SIGN    The Duke of Death and His Maid
    Dance Party (Part 1)
[23:36] Duke
    "Dance Party, Part 1."