E4 - The Duke, Alice, and Memories of Snow

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    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."