# E2 - Acquisition of an Assistant for Both Profit and Pleasure
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**[00:10] Grantz**
You've had quite a lot
of administrative work to do today.
**[00:16] Orphanse**
Ah, Grantz. I'll make some tea.
**[00:20] Grantz**
It would be my pleasure
to join you, Your Majesty.
**[00:23] Orphanse**
Don't be so formal.
**[00:24] Orphanse**
We're not king and prime minister here.
**[00:27] Orphanse**
I just want to speak as friends right now.
**[00:30] Grantz**
Understood, Orphanse.
**[00:38] Grantz**
Are you troubled over
Princess Anisphia again?
**[00:41] Orphanse**
I've never *not* been troubled over her!
**[00:48] Orphanse**
She's two years older than your Euphyllia,
**[00:51] Orphanse**
and yet that imbecile shows
no signs of settling down.
**[00:55] Grantz**
If she settled down, she wouldn't
be Princess Anisphia anymore.
**[00:59] Grantz**
Her magicology research is
showing results, is it not?
**[01:03] Orphanse**
The problem is that she has too much talent
for causing trouble outside her research.
**[01:08] Grantz**
A parent's work is never done.
**[01:11] Orphanse**
It seems that even my son has
become problematic of late.
**[01:17] Grantz**
You mean the matter with
Baron Cyan's daughter?
**[01:21] Orphanse**
Yes. That fool Algard...
**[01:23] Orphanse**
He has no sense of the standards
he should strive for as future king.
**[01:27] Grantz**
He certainly has been acting quite boldly.
**[01:32] Orphanse**
I'm sorry, Grantz.
**[01:34] Orphanse**
I know the royal family essentially
forced this engagement onto you.
**[01:38] Grantz**
It's Euphyllia's job to win
the heart of her betrothed.
**[01:42] Grantz**
It should prove to be good experience
for her as the future queen.
**[01:45] Orphanse**
How philosophical of you.
**[01:47] Orphanse**
But—
**[01:49] Anisphia**
Father!
**[01:51] Anisphia**
I pray the evening finds you well.
**[01:53] Anisphia**
I, Anisphia...
**[01:55] Anisphia**
have taken Lady Euphyllia away!
***SIGN*** The Magical Revolution
***SIGN*** The Magical Revolution
***SIGN*** of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
**[03:34] Orphanse**
What is wrong with you?!
**[03:36] Orphanse**
What is *wrong* with you?!
**[03:39] Anisphia**
Please... let me explain my reasoning...
**[03:42] Orphanse**
Reasoning?! What excuse is
there for abducting someone?!
**[03:46] Anisphia**
I was out for a test flight
with my Witch's Broom,
**[03:49] Anisphia**
and I kind of ended up crashing the
soirée at the nobles' academy...
**[03:53] Orphanse**
And there's yet another
problem you've caused!
**[03:56] Orphanse**
You fool of a daughter!
**[03:58] Anisphia**
And then Al said he was breaking off
his engagement with Lady Euphyllia.
**[04:05] Orphanse**
What?
**[04:06] Anisphia**
He broke off the engagement.
**[04:08] Orphanse**
Whose engagement... with whom?
**[04:11] Anisphia**
Al and Lady Euphyllia.
**[04:18] Euphyllia**
It's true.
**[04:19] Euphyllia**
I am terribly sorry.
**[04:28] Orphanse**
In the middle of a soirée...
in front of all those people...
**[04:33] Orphanse**
Of all the times to...
**[04:36] Orphanse**
Algard!
**[04:38] Orphanse**
What in the world were you thinking?!
**[04:45] Anisphia**
Lady Euphyllia...
**[04:49] Orphanse**
I'm sorry, Grantz. It seems
my judgment was premature.
**[04:54] Grantz**
Not at all.
**[04:56] Grantz**
Euphyllia.
**[04:58] Grantz**
I had heard that you and the prince
had not grown any closer.
**[05:03] Euphyllia**
Yes.
**[05:05] Grantz**
It is unfortunate that it ended this way.
**[05:09] Euphyllia**
I am... very sorry.
**[05:12] Grantz**
No need to apologize.
**[05:14] Grantz**
What you need to think about now
is what you will do from here.
**[05:20] Euphyllia**
How shall I be punished?
**[05:25] Orphanse**
What Euphyllia does from here, eh?
**[05:29] Anisphia**
That's it, Father!
**[05:31] Anisphia**
That's the great idea
I came to share with you!
**[05:34] Orphanse**
Great idea, you say?
**[05:37] Anisphia**
Father, Duke Grantz...
**[05:41] Anisphia**
Please give Lady Euphyllia to me!
**[05:46] Anisphia**
I'll do everything in my
power to make her happy!
**[05:51] Orphanse**
W...
**[05:52] Orphanse**
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
**[05:55] Orphanse**
What kind of ridiculous
joke are you making?!
**[05:58] Anisphia**
I'm being completely serious, Father.
**[06:00] Orphanse**
That's even more frightening!
**[06:03] Anisphia**
What, so either way would be wrong?
**[06:05] Orphanse**
You're the one who's wrong!
**[06:10] Anisphia**
What I'm saying is...
**[06:11] Anisphia**
I want to welcome Lady
Euphyllia as my assistant!
**[06:15] Euphyllia**
Me... as your assistant?
**[06:20] Anisphia**
*S-So cute...*
**[06:22] Anisphia**
* Those puppy-dog eyes must be*
* some sort of magic on their own!*
**[06:26] Anisphia**
*Her entire existence is OP!*
**[06:36] Anisphia**
Th-The problem here is not that
the engagement was annulled,
**[06:41] Anisphia**
but that he declared it publicly.
**[06:43] Anisphia**
Correct?
**[06:45] Orphanse**
Well, yes...
**[06:46] Orphanse**
Since so many people heard it,
we can't take it back.
**[06:50] Anisphia**
If you want to arrange an engagement for a
lady who's already been spurned by royalty,
**[06:54] Anisphia**
your choice of potential partners is limited.
**[06:56] Orphanse**
And as brilliant as Euphyllia is,
**[06:58] Orphanse**
I can't just haphazardly hand
her off to some foreign nation.
**[07:02] Anisphia**
After all, Lady Euphyllia...
**[07:05] Anisphia**
is loved by the spirits!
**[07:07] Anisphia**
They say she commands more magical
attributes than anyone in history.
**[07:14] Anisphia**
And she excels in both etiquette
and the martial arts! She's a genius!
**[07:18] Anisphia**
She's the Kingdom of Palettia's treasure!
**[07:21] Anisphia**
The best of the best!
**[07:24] Anisphia**
And above all...
**[07:26] Anisphia**
She's beautiful *and* cute!
**[07:33] Anisphia**
However, this matter has left a
stain on her life as a noble lady.
**[07:46] Grantz**
So when you say you want her as your
assistant, you mean in magicology?
**[07:50] Anisphia**
The study of magical science that I advocate,
**[07:54] Anisphia**
"magicology," will, in my opinion,
bring about a new age of technology.
**[07:59] Grantz**
Well, yes...
**[08:00] Grantz**
It is certainly progressive
and full of unknown potential.
**[08:05] Anisphia**
Exactly!
**[08:06] Grantz**
If shared with the public,
**[08:08] Grantz**
it could greatly impact the entire kingdom.
**[08:12] Grantz**
But you have refrained from
announcing it to the masses.
**[08:16] Anisphia**
I don't really like taking center stage.
**[08:19] Anisphia**
I just want to immerse
myself in my research.
**[08:22] Grantz**
I see. In other words,
**[08:24] Grantz**
you want your achievements
in magicology to be...
**[08:28] Anisphia**
Precisely, Duke Grantz!
**[08:31] Anisphia**
Why not have Lady Euphyllia announce
the results of our joint research
**[08:35] Anisphia**
to restore her damaged reputation?
**[08:37] Euphyllia**
M-Me?!
**[08:40] Grantz**
It could, if nothing else,
**[08:41] Grantz**
give people something besides the
broken engagement to talk about.
**[08:45] Anisphia**
Right?!
**[08:48] Euphyllia**
But... me as your assistant?
**[08:51] Anisphia**
There's plenty that I stand
to gain from this deal, too.
**[08:57] Anisphia**
Given the way I am,
**[08:58] Anisphia**
my reputation is so bad that
I can't hire a skilled assistant.
**[09:03] Euphyllia**
But that's...
**[09:05] Anisphia**
But you are incredibly talented,
**[09:08] Anisphia**
and you'd be the perfect choice
to promote magicology to the masses.
**[09:10] Euphyllia**
But wouldn't I be taking
all the credit for your work?
**[09:15] Anisphia**
Nah.
**[09:17] Anisphia**
I'm just doing it out of love!
**[09:20] Euphyllia**
For magicology, you mean?
**[09:23] Anisphia**
Yep!
**[09:24] Anisphia**
It'll change the world we live in.
**[09:26] Anisphia**
It's new technology, packed
with dreams and romanticism!
**[09:32] Anisphia**
And if possible, I really want
you to fall in love, too.
**[09:39] Euphyllia**
Y-You're referring to magicology, right?!
**[09:43] Orphanse**
Do you remember what you once said to me?
**[09:49] Grantz**
Oh, you mean what she said when
she renounced her right to the throne?
**[09:54] Euphyllia**
Father?
**[09:56] Grantz**
A long time ago, Princess Anisphia said...
**[10:00] (Flashback) Anisphia**
Father!
**[10:02] (Flashback) Orphanse**
Hmm? What is it?
**[10:04] (Flashback) Anisphia**
I don't want to marry a man!
**[10:07] (Flashback) Anisphia**
If I fall in love,
**[10:08] (Flashback) Anisphia**
I want it to be with a woman!
**[10:12] Orphanse**
Are you just making various excuses
**[10:13] Orphanse**
when all you really want
is to make Euphyllia your own?
**[10:21] Anisphia**
Th-That's not... totally wrong,
but... I mean...
**[10:25] Anisphia**
I don't want to accidentally
get pregnant or anything...
**[10:29] Orphanse**
What is *wrong* with you?!
**[10:33] Orphanse**
How dare you speak of such an
important royal duty in that way?!
**[10:37] Anisphia**
Ow! Ow! Ow!
**[10:39] Anisphia**
You're gonna crush your
precious princess's head!
**[10:42] Orphanse**
It would match your twisted
disposition perfectly!
**[10:46] Anisphia**
What's the point in passing my genes
along when I can't even use magic?!
**[10:50] Orphanse**
It's not about having any point!
**[10:51] Orphanse**
Do you not understand a father's
desire to see his daughter's child?!
**[10:55] Orphanse**
I feel so hopeless, I could cry!
**[10:56] Anisphia**
Well, I'm already crying!
Bawling like a baby!
**[11:00] Orphanse**
You haven't shed a single tear!
**[11:00] Anisphia**
Can we just say I understand now?!
**[11:05] Grantz**
Is this how a parent and child should be?
**[11:09] Euphyllia**
Father?
**[11:32] Grantz**
I'm sorry, Euphyllia.
**[11:35] Euphyllia**
F-Father?
**[11:37] Orphanse**
Grantz... bowed his head!
**[11:41] Grantz**
You have worked hard to avoid
shaming the Magenta household.
**[11:46] Grantz**
I believed that encouraging you to
that end was my job as your father.
**[11:50] Euphyllia**
Wh-What are you saying?
**[11:54] Grantz**
I now feel that I may have been mistaken.
**[12:00] Euphyllia**
I'm who I am today because of
the education you've given me!
**[12:04] Euphyllia**
This was all my own fault!
**[12:06] Euphyllia**
Because I am insufficient as a duke's
daughter, and as a future queen...
**[12:11] Euphyllia**
I'm a fool who has besmirched
the name of our—
**[12:13] Grantz**
No daughter of mine
**[12:15] Grantz**
is a fool.
**[12:19] Grantz**
You lived up to all my expectations.
**[12:22] Grantz**
Too well, in fact.
**[12:25] Grantz**
I've begun to question whether what
*you* wanted played any part in it.
**[12:30] Euphyllia**
Please stop.
**[12:32] Euphyllia**
I really haven't... I'm all right...
**[12:46] Grantz**
I'm sure I haven't been
a very good father...
**[12:49] Grantz**
or even a good person.
**[12:51] Grantz**
You don't need to worry about our family.
**[12:54] Grantz**
If there's something you want,
**[12:56] Grantz**
I'll make it happen, even if
it pits me against the king.
**[13:01] Grantz**
Euphyllia...
**[13:03] Grantz**
Would becoming queen be too much for you?
**[13:36] Orphanse**
Was this really the right thing to do?
**[13:39] Grantz**
The princess's villa is an ideal
place for her to lay low.
**[13:43] Grantz**
And her proposal of joint magicology
research is worth considering.
**[13:48] Grantz**
Besides...
**[13:49] Orphanse**
Besides?
**[13:51] Grantz**
Even if Euphyllia were to be plundered,
**[13:54] Grantz**
that might not be so bad.
**[13:56] Orphanse**
Grantz!
**[13:57] Grantz**
I was joking.
**[13:59] Grantz**
But there may be meaning in giving
Euphyllia to Princess Anisphia.
**[14:05] Orphanse**
What do you mean?
**[14:07] Grantz**
No law says that there is only one
path to succeeding the throne.
**[14:14] Orphanse**
Should a prime minister
be saying that to a king?
**[14:17] Grantz**
I thought we were supposed to be
speaking as friends right now.
**[14:21] Grantz**
Princess Anisphia could be the
next ruler of this kingdom.
**[14:24] Grantz**
It's not such a bad dream to have, is it?
**[14:28] Orphanse**
That's not a dream I ever want to have.
**[14:30] Orphanse**
It's just a nightmare.
**[14:43] Anisphia**
Are you curious about that?
**[14:45] Anisphia**
It's a Thermal Pot,
made with a fire spirit stone!
**[14:49] Euphyllia**
Did you invent it?
**[14:51] Anisphia**
It's set to maintain a given temperature,
**[14:54] Anisphia**
so it can have tea ready in no time.
**[14:56] Ilia**
It can be used for bathwater, as well.
**[14:59] Ilia**
I can even wash dishes without
having the water go cold.
**[15:04] Ilia**
Please try some.
**[15:09] Euphyllia**
I see.
**[15:11] Euphyllia**
It is indeed delicious.
**[15:13] Ilia**
Thank you for saying so.
**[15:14] Euphyllia**
That's very convenient.
**[15:16] Euphyllia**
It seems as though it could
have many other uses, as well.
**[15:19] Anisphia**
Right? You totally get it!
**[15:21] Anisphia**
I guess those who get it... really get it.
**[15:24] Anisphia**
Oh, hey! Since you're here,
come see my workshop!
**[15:28] Euphyllia**
Huh?
**[15:30] Anisphia**
If you're gonna be my assistant,
you should get a feel for the place first!
**[15:36] Euphyllia**
But, Princess Anisphia...
**[15:38] Anisphia**
You can call me "Anis."
**[15:40] Anisphia**
Oh, and I'll call you "Euphie"!
**[15:43] Anisphia**
We're not strangers anymore, after all!
**[15:45] Euphyllia**
Er... H-Huh?
**[15:48] Ilia**
There's no stopping Miss Anis at this point.
**[15:51] Ilia**
Just think of it as being bewitched
by a demon and give up.
**[15:56] Anisphia**
Let's go, Euphie!
**[15:58] Euphyllia**
Anis, wai—
**[15:59] Anisphia**
Hang on tight!
**[16:09] Anisphia**
Welcome to my workshop!
**[16:16] Euphyllia**
There are so many things
I've never seen before...
**[16:18] Euphyllia**
You made all these, Princess Anisph—
**[16:21] Euphyllia**
I mean, Miss Anis?
**[16:24] Anisphia**
That's right! Praise me, Euphie!
**[16:27] Euphyllia**
W-Well done.
**[16:29] Ilia**
Please don't spoil Miss Anis too much.
**[16:37] Euphyllia**
The tools themselves are remarkable,
**[16:39] Euphyllia**
but I'm shocked that you even had
the idea to use spirit stones.
**[16:42] Anisphia**
Oh, well, it's spirits that make
the use of magic possible, right?
**[16:47] Anisphia**
But I can't even sense spirits at all,
**[16:50] Anisphia**
so I can't use magic.
**[16:53] Euphyllia**
I had no idea...
**[16:55] Anisphia**
So I had to think of something
that could replace the spirits!
**[17:01] Euphyllia**
You truly are amazing, Miss Anis.
**[17:05] Euphyllia**
I've always taken the existence
of magic and spirits for granted.
**[17:09] Euphyllia**
I never even considered why
they work the way they do.
**[17:13] Anisphia**
It's good that you never
had to think about it.
**[17:16] Anisphia**
Since you're compatible with
so many different spirits,
**[17:18] Anisphia**
you're OP enough to use
any attribute you want.
**[17:22] Euphyllia**
OP?
**[17:24] Anisphia**
The truth is...
**[17:26] Anisphia**
I actually envy people who can
use magic. Just a little bit.
**[17:32] Euphyllia**
Um...
**[17:33] Ilia**
Because as a princess who can't use magic,
**[17:36] Ilia**
Miss Anis is the very definition
of a useless royal.
**[17:40] Anisphia**
Disrespect! Pure disrespect!
Off with your head!
**[17:43] Anisphia**
How could you say such a thing?!
**[17:45] Ilia**
In the Kingdom of Palettia,
**[17:47] Ilia**
it is said that those who formed
contracts with greater spirits
**[17:50] Ilia**
were the primogenitors of the royal
and noble families, is it not?
**[17:53] Anisphia**
Yeah, but... I know, but...
**[17:56] Ilia**
Which means the current royalty and nobility
**[17:58] Ilia**
are qualified to be as such
by the authority of magic.
**[18:02] Ilia**
Miss Anis, on the other hand...
**[18:03] Anisphia**
Yeah, but...
**[18:05] Anisphia**
Magic tools have even more
potential than magic itself!
**[18:09] Anisphia**
You just don't get it at all, Ilia!
**[18:10] Euphyllia**
* If something equivalent to magic could be*
* used to give the people more freedom...*
**[18:11] Ilia**
We're not talking about something more
than magic. We're talking about magic.
**[18:15] Anisphia**
But you use the Thermal Pot, too!
**[18:16] Euphyllia**
* How would the very conservative nobles*
* feel about their loss of authority?*
**[18:20] Anisphia**
What's that supposed to mean?!
I won't let you use it anymore!
**[18:20] Euphyllia**
* This young woman will prove to be a*
* powerful medicine for this kingdom.*
**[18:26] Ilia**
Lady Euphyllia?
**[18:28] Euphyllia**
Um, it's nothing...
**[18:31] Anisphia**
Well, it's late, so we're done for today,
**[18:33] Anisphia**
but to celebrate your arrival here,
I'll make you a special magic tool!
**[18:38] Euphyllia**
For me?
**[18:41] Anisphia**
Look forward to it!
**[18:46] Euphyllia**
Miss Anis, please stop!
**[18:49] Anisphia**
This stuff's hard to take off
alone, isn't it? So I'll help!
**[18:52] Euphyllia**
Wait...
**[19:00] Anisphia**
You can borrow some of my pajamas.
**[19:03] Euphyllia**
Thank you...
**[19:07] Euphyllia**
Now please go over there.
**[19:16] Anisphia**
Come join me, my lady.
**[19:20] Anisphia**
I was just kidding! I won't do anything!
**[19:27] Euphyllia**
Please excuse me.
**[19:32] Anisphia**
Thanks for coming with me today.
**[19:34] Anisphia**
I know a lot has happened,
**[19:36] Anisphia**
but I hope you'll see the appeal
of magicology and myself soon.
**[19:43] Euphyllia**
Yes... You are just as crazy
as the rumors say...
**[19:49] Euphyllia**
And even more mysterious.
**[19:53] Euphyllia**
Just... what are you?
**[19:57] Anisphia**
What... do you mean?
**[20:00] Euphyllia**
Just from what happened today, I can tell
**[20:02] Euphyllia**
that you are very clever,
and that you have big dreams.
**[20:07] Euphyllia**
I'm sure you're capable of living
more freely than anyone else.
**[20:11] Euphyllia**
So why did you help me?
**[20:15] Euphyllia**
Someone like me, who wasn't
even your friend...
**[20:20] Anisphia**
I had lots of reasons.
**[20:24] Anisphia**
Part of it was that I like you,
and part of it was self-interest.
**[20:28] Anisphia**
But the biggest reason was
because you're perfect.
**[20:33] Euphyllia**
Um...
**[20:35] Anisphia**
You've always been calm and
in control of your emotions.
**[20:40] Anisphia**
Even after what happened at the soirée,
**[20:42] Anisphia**
you still tried to remain
strong and righteous.
**[20:47] Anisphia**
You really are the perfect duke's daughter.
**[20:49] Anisphia**
I guess that's why I just
couldn't leave you alone.
**[20:53] Euphyllia**
I don't understand. You can't leave
me alone because I'm perfect?
**[21:02] Anisphia**
If you're someone who can smile on
your own, you can do what you want.
**[21:06] Anisphia**
But it didn't look like you were
able to do that as you are now.
**[21:17] Anisphia**
If I really am as free as you say,
**[21:20] Anisphia**
then I just can't help reaching out
to someone who lacks that freedom.
**[21:27] Euphyllia**
And that was your only reason for...
**[21:30] Anisphia**
It may seem like a trivial thing,
but it's very important to me.
**[21:37] Anisphia**
Magicians should use their
magic to make others smile.
**[21:46] Anisphia**
You've worked so hard.
**[21:49] Anisphia**
Just rest now, Euphie.
**[21:58] Euphyllia**
Goodnight.
***SIGN*** Episode Two
Acquisition of an Assistant
for Both Profit and Pleasure
***SIGN*** Episode Three
The Rainbow Magic Sword
of Longing and Reminiscence