E3 - The Witch's Pastime: Final Act Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) SIGN    The Witch's Pastime:     Final Act [01:52] Haines     We suspect a witch, based on     the overwhelming power. [01:56] Haines     Then there are the messages     left at the crime scenes. [01:59] Haines     Each one points to the killer being a witch. [02:03] Ashaf     Oh? For example? [02:05] Haines     "I live on and on without change.     I bear heir after heir without change." [02:09] Haines     Do you know what that points to? [02:11] Ashaf     A witch. Witches don't age     and their health doesn't decline. [02:15] Ashaf     And a witch's power is     passed on to her descendants, [02:18] Ashaf     so even having children doesn't change th— [02:21] Haines     What is it? [02:22] Ashaf     The killer wants to declare     that they are a witch. [02:25] Ashaf     I bet all the answers are "witch." [02:27] Haines     What about this one? [02:28] Haines     "Four legs in the morning,     two legs at noon, three legs at night." [02:32] Guideau     A witch. [02:33] Ashaf     A human, I believe. [02:35] Haines     Right. A human. [02:37] Ashaf     How strange. Was that one of the messages? [02:40] Haines     That's right. None of it     means much of anything. [02:43] Haines     The killer's laughing at us. [02:45] Haines     We call it the "Witch's Pastime" case     because it's all a game to them. [02:56] Haines     But that game has come back to bite them. [02:58] Haines     I realized that some of the riddles     were quotes from a book. [03:04] Haines     And it seems this bookshop     had ordered a copy of it. [03:07] Haines     Even the timing lines up. [03:10] Ashaf     I'm impressed you traced the quotations. [03:12] Haines     I just got lucky.     I have the same book at home. [03:19] Guideau     Something stinks. [03:24] Haines     What do you think you're doing?! [03:27] Guideau     You guys go in. [03:41] Haines     Damn it! [03:45] Ashaf     The wound shows magical damage. [03:47] Ashaf     It seems natural to conclude     that a witch inflicted it. [03:51] Ashaf     She must have gouged out his eyes      because he saw something. [03:54] Ashaf     An attempt at irony, I assume. [03:57] Ashaf     If she intended to cover her trail this way, [03:59] Ashaf     why bother leaving quotations     as messages in the first place? [04:03] Haines     I told you. It's just a game to her. [04:07] Haines     She probably just decided     she might as well kill this guy, too. [04:10] Ashaf     We've lost our lead. [04:13] Ashaf     You look exhausted.     Perhaps you could use some rest? [04:17] Haines     You shouldn't get too close to me. [04:20] Ashaf     Why not? [04:21] Haines     Because of precedent. [04:24] Haines     Nothing good happens to people I'm close to. [04:30] Haines     What is it? [04:31] Detective     Ms. Haines, we've found a new body here, too. [04:35] Detective     And a message. [04:37] Haines     What's it say? [04:41] Loran     I'm a disease. [04:43] Loran     Diseases propagate and spread. [04:46] Loran     This disease is called a curse.     A witch's curse. [04:53] Haines     Considering I took you to the crime scene,      you didn't manage to find out much. [04:57] Ashaf     Oh, well. Corpses aren't my specialty. [05:01] Haines     Well, I'm not expecting much, anyway. [05:03] Haines     See you. [05:09] Guideau     Ashaf. [05:10] Ashaf     Yes? [05:12] Guideau     Get ready. Something's here. [05:14] Ashaf     Really? You must be joking. [05:17] Ashaf     I left the coffin at the hotel. [05:21] Ashaf     Idiot! Don't just rush in blindly! [05:37] Guideau     She disappeared! [05:39] Ashaf     That she did. Quite literally like smoke. [05:43] Ashaf     So she's powerful and an escape artist, too? [05:45] Ashaf     I'd say we have our work cut out for us. [05:48] Ashaf     Still, why would the witch... [05:50] Guideau     She was tailing her. [05:52] Ashaf     What? [05:53] Guideau     Ever since we met up with that woman,     I've felt someone watching us. [05:57] Guideau     Looks like I wasn't imagining it. [05:59] Guideau     Shit! [06:06] Ashaf     I'd like to ask you something. [06:09] Haines     What happened to you? [06:11] Ashaf     We had a little run-in with the witch. [06:13] Haines     And you lost her? [06:14] Ashaf     Yes, completely. [06:16] Haines     I see. [06:17] Haines     There goes what little hope I had for you. [06:20] Haines     You took quite a beating. [06:22] Ashaf     I've already performed healing. [06:25] Ashaf     More importantly,     please answer my question. [06:28] Ashaf     How are you connected to the witch? [06:31] Haines     What? [06:32] Ashaf     It seems you were followed. [06:35] Ashaf     The witch must know what you look like, [06:37] Ashaf     so we can safely assume     she tailed you, not us. [06:42] Ashaf     Why does the witch make a point      of announcing what she is? [06:45] Ashaf     Presumably to mobilize the Paladins. [06:48] Guideau     Who likes fighting small fry? [06:50] Ashaf     But no matter how long she waits,     only the police oppose her. [06:53] Ashaf     So to draw out the Paladins... [06:57] Ashaf     Guideau, what would you do? [07:00] Guideau     Kill all the small fry. [07:02] Guideau     Or... [07:03] Guideau     take out their boss. [07:07] Ashaf     The mayor's egotism caused this situation. [07:10] Ashaf     But only insiders know that. [07:13] Ashaf     Most would assume the police would be     lost without you, their only real fighter. [07:19] Ashaf     And yet, despite all of that     as well as shadowing you, [07:22] Ashaf     the witch waited until we split up,     and then targeted us. [07:26] Haines     Why? [07:28] Haines     Why won't she go after me?! [07:30] Haines     Why follow me if she     doesn't want to kill me?! [07:33] Ashaf     I don't know. That's why I asked. [07:36] Haines     Don't tell me... [07:37] Haines     Could it be... [07:39] Guideau     So you do know something. Cough it up! [07:44] Haines     This case, needless to say, had a beginning. [07:50] (Flashback) Reuben     I don't often see you this early, Kiera. [07:52] (Flashback) Haines     I always run late. If I don't go home early [07:55] (Flashback) Haines     and eat with the kids when I can,     what kind of mother am I? [08:00] (Flashback) Detective     Ms. Haines! [08:02] (Flashback) Haines     What is it? [08:04] (Flashback) Detective     Your house just... [08:09] (Flashback) Police Officer     Ms. Haines, it's dangerous! [08:11] (Flashback) Haines     My children are in there! [08:14] (Flashback) Haines     Shulk! Loran! [08:22] (Flashback) Reuben     Were there any witnesses? [08:23] (Flashback) Police Officer     Local residents have given us information. [08:26] (Flashback) Police Officer     And we think the culprit left a     message on a wall across the street. [08:33] (Flashback) Reuben     "I live on and on without change.     I bear heir after heir without change." [08:38] (Flashback) Police Officer     What could it mean? [08:41] (Flashback) Haines     A witch. [08:45] (Flashback) Reuben     It's the time that was on the warning note. [08:47] (Flashback) Haines     Yeah. [08:51] (Flashback) Haines     Damn it! Not this purple smoke again! [08:53] (Flashback) Detective     We can't get a clear view! [08:55] (Flashback) Haines     Everyone, take shelter     in the magical array! [08:57] (Flashback) Haines     What are you doing, Reuben?! [08:59] (Flashback) Reuben     I'll take her down. [09:00] (Flashback) Haines     Alone? That's crazy! She's a witch! [09:02] (Flashback) Reuben     Yes, I know. The witch who killed those kids! [09:20] Haines     I lost my sons and Reuben. [09:24] Haines     He was my magic teacher... and my boyfriend. [09:31] Ashaf     I suspect that warning was meant to... [09:34] Haines     What you told me clinches it. [09:37] Haines     It was to lure him out and murder him. [09:40] Haines     The witch is targeting people I care about. [09:44] Haines     You got too friendly with me. [09:46] Ashaf     So we gave her the wrong idea, huh? [09:49] Ashaf     But that clarifies things. [09:51] Ashaf     The witch must hold a grudge against you. [09:53] Ashaf     Any idea why? [09:54] Haines     Of course not. [09:56] Haines     But that's perfect. [09:58] Haines     If she's hung up on me,     I may get a shot at revenge. [10:03] Ashaf     Revenge, huh? [10:05] Ashaf     I see. So that's why you went     along with the mayor's lies. [10:09] Haines     Do you blame me? [10:11] Haines     I put my revenge ahead     of the lives of citizens, [10:15] Haines     and keep racking up needless sacrifices. [10:18] Haines     I don't have the sense of duty     and justice a detective should. [10:22] Ashaf     I won't fault you, but are you certain? [10:26] Ashaf     You look miserable. [10:27] Haines     Don't talk like you understand. [10:30] Ashaf     Even if you do get your revenge,     who will celebrate it? [10:33] Haines     I know! [10:35] Haines     I know I'm not strong enough,     and that no one wants revenge. [10:39] Haines     I don't need you to tell me that! [10:41] Haines     But I still can't do anything     about this pain... this hatred. [10:49] Guideau     What the hell? [10:50] Guideau     You keep spouting crap that makes no sense. [10:53] Guideau     If you wanna get even, you do it. [10:56] Guideau     Who gives a shit who you do it for? [10:59] Guideau     You said it yourself. [11:01] Guideau     You'll kill her 'cause you hate her. [11:02] Guideau     You'll kill her 'cause you want relief. [11:05] Guideau     Revenge feels great. [11:08] Haines     Wh-What do you... [11:10] Haines     I'm not like you! [11:11] Ashaf     Why would you encourage her? [11:13] Detective     Ms. Haines! [11:15] Detective     The witch has sent a warning! [11:16] Detective     She's coming to the station in three days! [11:19] Ashaf     Goodness. She must want to     kill someone there at any cost. [11:23] Haines     Can I trust you? [11:25] Haines     Can I really trust you to     measure up to the witch? [11:29] Guideau     Damn right you can. [11:32] Guideau     I'll teach you... [11:34] Guideau     what makes revenge so sweet. [11:44] Haines     The witch's main spell is purple smoke.      I don't know how it works. [11:49] Haines     She can crush most things with it,      or send them flying. [11:53] Haines     It also acts as a smoke screen. [11:55] Ashaf     I suppose her vanishing spell     is our biggest concern. [12:00] Haines     By the way, what did you do     with those leather sacks I got you? [12:04] Ashaf     Oh, nothing much. [12:07] Haines     About Guideau... I know what she said, [12:11] Haines     but if we manage to beat this witch,     will that cheer everyone up a little? [12:16] Ashaf     Yes, I'm sure it will. [12:19] Guideau     She's late. [12:21] Guideau     I've already digested everything I ate. [12:23] Guideau     Give us a time of day, too, asshole. [12:26] Haines     How are you feeling? [12:27] Guideau     Huh?! [12:28] Haines     What are you, some street thug? [12:31] Haines     Anyway, how on earth do     you plan to fight the witch? [12:35] Guideau     Shut up and watch. [12:37] Guideau     Once I undo the curse on me,     this witch will be a pushover. [12:40] Haines     Wait a minute! [12:41] Haines     Don't tell me you're counting on that? [12:43] Haines     You must know how to undo a witch's curse. [12:46] Haines     You either kiss your true love, or get the     witch who cast the curse to undo it. That's it! [12:51] Haines     Can you prove this witch     is the one who cursed you? [12:54] Guideau     'Course not. [12:56] Ashaf     Don't worry. [12:58] Ashaf     You see, there's actually one     more way to undo the curse. [13:03] Ashaf     That's what we're gambling on. [13:06] Ashaf     If we face a witch and meet certain     conditions, we'll see the return [13:10] Ashaf     of a monster even witches fear. [13:14] Guideau     She's here. [13:19] Haines     I see her. [13:21] Haines     Get ready! [13:22] Ashaf     Don't jump the gun, Guideau. [13:24] Guideau     Huh? [13:32] Ashaf     Good grief. Rampaging right out of the gate. [13:37] Ashaf     What's that sound? [13:38] Haines     Watch out! She's up to her old tricks! [13:42] Guideau     What just happened?! [13:44] Ashaf     Given how little we can see, we can't     attack recklessly because we have allies. [13:48] Ashaf     But our opponent is free to cut loose. [13:52] Ashaf     Hardly an enviable position. [14:07] Ashaf     Are you all unharmed? [14:09] Haines     Yeah. I can manage as long as     I focus solely on staying alive. [14:15] Haines     Guideau! [14:17] Guideau     That asshole! [14:18] Haines     Thank goodness. That means     we kept our losses to a minimum. [14:22] Guideau     This sucks. Just let me kill her ass already! [14:26] Ashaf     What good will fighting do when     our enemy has a way to escape? [14:30] Ashaf     We should corner her before we strike. [14:32] Haines     I've done everything you've said so far. [14:35] Haines     You'd better have a plan for what comes next. [14:37] Ashaf     Not a problem. I've already found her. [14:41] Haines     How on earth... [14:43] Ashaf     Have you noticed that     there are more crows lately? [14:48] Ashaf     Those are my familiars. [14:51] Ashaf     And I can see everything they can. [14:57] Ashaf     So she can't escape us now,     no matter where she goes. [15:00] Ashaf     Now, shall we go see a witch? [15:31] Guideau     Huh?! [15:35] Ashaf     Honestly. Must you charge     in alone every single time? [15:38] Guideau     Ashaf, there were two of 'em. [15:41] Guideau     No, forget that. Damn it! [15:45] Guideau     These assholes aren't witches! [15:48] Shulk     Tch, another one. How'd they find us? [15:52] Loran     Dude, you survived?! [15:54] Ashaf     Yes. Did you think you'd killed me? [15:57] Ashaf     Well, of course you would,     after a rampage like that. [16:00] Ashaf     Unfortunately for you,     I have confidence in my wards. [16:03] Shulk     Damn. This guy's a mage. [16:06] Loran     Are you two alone? [16:11] Haines     What's going on here? It can't be... [16:15] Haines     You're alive, Shulk? Loran? [16:20] Shulk     Ah, crap. [16:22] Loran     You're the last person we wanted to find out. [16:25] Ashaf     You know them? [16:27] Haines     They're my sons.     The ones I told you the witch killed. [16:32] Haines     But how? [16:34] Haines     What are you doing here? [16:37] Haines     Don't tell me... [16:39] Haines     There's no way! [16:41] Haines     Loran... [16:41] Haines     Shulk... [16:43] Haines     You were the witch? [16:46] Haines     No, that can't be. [16:48] Haines     I know you don't have that kind of power. [16:51] Ashaf     Look at what they're holding, Kiera. [16:55] Ashaf     There's the truth behind     their witch-like power. [16:59] Ashaf     The two-volume grimoire, Sarnovasus. [17:02] Haines     A grimoire? [17:04] Ashaf     Grimoires provide power and     perform spells for their wielders. [17:08] Ashaf     No magical aptitude is needed. [17:10] Ashaf     Just holding one grants power     almost on par with a witch's. [17:13] Ashaf     They're a type of Forbidden Instrument,     which are taboo tools of dark magic. [17:17] Ashaf     And either part of a two-volume grimoire [17:21] Ashaf     can summon its other half     instantly across space. [17:24] Ashaf     But only up to a distance     of roughly one kilometer. [17:28] Ashaf     So I was able to locate them      in next to no time. [17:31] Loran     Who is this guy? [17:32] Haines     Where did you get something like that? [17:36] Shulk     What are you talking about?     They were on your desk! [17:38] Haines     What? [17:40] Loran     You have no right to punish us! [17:42] Loran     It's your fault we ended up this way! [17:45] Loran     We don't kill because we like it! [17:48] Loran     These grimoires give us power,     but we have to feed them lives! [17:52] Shulk     They'll eat us if we don't     give them sacrifices! [17:55] Shulk     Touching the grimoires made us this way! [17:57] Loran     So we had to kill! [17:59] Haines     No... [18:03] Guideau     That's a good one. [18:05] Guideau     I've seen the bodies of a few people you killed, [18:08] Guideau     and I could tell you loved every moment. [18:12] Haines     You had to? You had no choice? [18:16] Haines     Then... [18:18] Haines     Then why did you kill Reuben?! [18:21] Haines     He loved you both, too! [18:25] Loran     That's enough. [18:26] Loran     We don't owe you all the answers. [18:30] Loran     And this is a fight to the death! [18:36] Ashaf     Unfortunately for you, [18:37] Ashaf     there are three reasons why     you stand no chance against us. [18:41] Shulk     Huh? [18:42] Ashaf     First, you failed to pay     your grimoires' price. [18:47] Loran     What are you talking about?! [18:49] Loran     I know we killed at least ten people today! [18:52] Loran     We made our sacrifices! [18:53] Ashaf     Oh, you mean these? [18:59] Shulk     What the hell is that?! [19:01] Ashaf     A mere dummy. A leather sack     stuffed full of red liquid. [19:05] Ashaf     Well, they don't stand up      to close inspection, [19:08] Ashaf     but your smoke made it awfully hard to see. [19:11] Loran     So what?! [19:12] Loran     With this power, we can kill all we need! [19:16] Shulk     I'll crush you! [19:26] Ashaf     Second, even without undoing the curse... [19:32] Ashaf     we're fairly strong. [19:37] Ashaf     Well, what do you know?     We didn't need number three. [19:40] Guideau     You punks don't have what it takes      to call yourselves witches. [19:43] Guideau     Assholes. [19:48] Haines     Why did you pretend to be witches? [19:51] Loran     So we wouldn't have to fight you. [19:54] Loran     You were too young to be our mother. [19:59] Loran     We could only see you as a woman. [20:02] Loran     We couldn't let anyone get near you, Kiera. [20:06] Loran     We love you! [20:08] Loran     You love us, too! Don't you, Kiera?! [20:11] Guideau     If you won't end this,     get outta my way and I'll do it. [20:15] Haines     I'm fine. [20:18] Haines     I'll do it. [20:19] Loran     W-Wait! [20:21] Loran     Why?! You'd just abandon us?! [20:23] Loran     You said you loved us! [20:26] Haines     I did love you. [20:28] Haines     But you crossed a line. [20:31] Haines     Now I don't even pity you. [20:37] (Flashback) Loran     Why'd you adopt us? [20:41] (Flashback) Haines     Because I wanted you to know. [20:43] (Flashback) Loran     Know what? [20:43] Shulk     Know what? [20:44] (Flashback) Haines     What it is to love and be loved. [20:47] (Flashback) Haines     Ordinary things like that. [20:53] Newscaster     The Witch's Pastime case,     which has long tormented Hayden, [20:57] Newscaster     was thought to be the work of a witch, [20:59] Newscaster     but we have just learned that     two boys committed the killings. [21:04] Guideau     Damn it, Ashaf. You knew the     witch was a fake, didn't you? [21:08] Ashaf     Well, you catch on quick when you know      as many dark secrets as the Order does. [21:13] Ashaf     Nothing would have kept the     Paladin Corps out of a real witch case. [21:17] Guideau     You'll pay once I'm done eating. [21:19] Ashaf     Now, now. Be reasonable. [21:22] Haines     Hey. [21:23] Ashaf     Kiera. [21:26] Haines     Thanks. [21:27] Haines     We really wouldn't have had     a prayer without you two. [21:30] Ashaf     Just doing our job. [21:32] Ashaf     And we'll be taking the grimoires with us. [21:35] Haines     The grimoires... [21:37] Haines     I don't remember ever seeing them before. [21:40] Ashaf     Forbidden Instruments     have wills of their own. [21:42] Ashaf     They find the right person at the right time. [21:45] Haines     You mean they got there on their own? [21:47] Ashaf     That may just be what happened. [21:50] Haines     They were never the best behaved of boys, [21:53] Haines     but they never would have turned out     that way if not for those grimoires. [21:59] Ashaf     The deaths they would have     suffered for failing to pay the price [22:02] Ashaf     would likely have been far more horrible. [22:09] Haines     I'll be going now. [22:12] Ashaf     Kiera. [22:14] Ashaf     Next time you run into trouble, drop us a line. [22:21] Haines     Sure. [22:23] Haines     I'll give you a call. [22:25] Haines     If a witch shows up, you can count on it. [24:00] Ashaf     Naturally, we retain a     necromantic specialist. SIGN    Beauty and Death SIGN    Opening Act [24:06] Ashaf     Next time: "Beauty and Death: Opening Act."