E12 - Secret Behind the Veil

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[00:04] Beholder
    Spare parts for when vessels are lost.
[00:08] Beholder
    Those were the new allies
    that Bon had brought.
[00:14] (Flashback) Alme
    So, what is it that you need?
[00:17] (Flashback) Fushi
    All of Renril.
[00:20] Beholder
    This is the beginning of Fushi's fight
[00:23] Beholder
    to rebuild the capital city of Renril
    in preparation for the Nokkers.
SIGN    Secret Behind the Veil
[02:11] (Flashback) Young Messar
    Hey,
[02:13] (Flashback) Young Messar
    why won't you show your face?
[02:16] (Flashback) Young Alme
    My mother tells me
[02:18] (Flashback) Young Alme
    I have to veil my face before I trust
    someone if I'm to be a princess.
[02:22] (Flashback) Young Alme
    I don't really get it, but I think she
    means I can't open my heart to people.
[02:26] (Flashback) Young Messar
    You're going to be a princess?
[02:27] (Flashback) Young Alme
    That's the plan for now.
[02:29] (Flashback) Young Alme
    My family follows...
    "ultimogeniture" or whatever.
[02:32] (Flashback) Young Alme
    And whomever I marry becomes
    the king of this nation.
[02:36] (Flashback) Young Alme
    You play with me every day because
    you want to marry me, don't you?
[02:41] (Flashback) Young Alme
    That's what everyone says.
[02:43] (Flashback) Young Messar
    I wouldn't mind that.
[02:45] (Flashback) Young Alme
    It's hard being king, you know!
[02:48] (Flashback) Young Alme
    You can't become king unless you care about
    the people more than anyone else does.
[02:54] (Flashback) Young Messar
    I lost.
[02:56] (Flashback) Young Alme
    You're still not there yet.
[02:57] (Flashback) Young Alme
    Okay.
[02:58] (Flashback) Young Alme
    I'll give you a chance.
[03:01] (Flashback) Young Messar
    For what?
[03:02] (Flashback) Young Alme
    A chance to get what you want.
[03:05] (Flashback) Young Messar
    If you can beat me in a game, I'll give
    you anything you want, just once.
[03:11] (Flashback) Female Servant
    Alme-sama!
[03:12] (Flashback) Male Servant
    How many times must you be told that
    you can't play with a servant's child?
[03:17] (Flashback) Young Alme
    You're so naggy.
[03:19] (Flashback) Female Servant
    Now, come over here.
[03:21] (Flashback) Male Servant
    This way, please, Alme-sama.
[03:23] (Flashback) Female Servant
    Alme-sama!
[03:25] Liege 1
    Alme-sama!
[03:27] Alme
    Y-Yes? What is it?
[03:30] Alme
    We plan to go forward with this
    plan for defending the capital.
[03:34] Alme
    Your thoughts?
[03:36] Alme
    I think it's good.
[03:37] Messar
    Are you serious?
[03:39] Messar
    Fire arrows for wood Nokkers.
    Crossbows for the rock Nokkers.
[03:43] Messar
    Good.
[03:44] Messar
    You can shoot them down
    from the castle walls, sure.
[03:46] Messar
    But what if they suddenly
    come out of the ground?
[03:50] Messar
    Pray to God?
[03:52] Soldier A
    Who are you?! Where did you come from?!
[03:54] Messar
    Huh?
[03:55] Alme
    Messar Robin Bastar.
[03:58] Alme
    He's an old friend of mine.
[04:00] Alme
    Stand down, everyone.
[04:07] Messar
    Hurry up and hand over the blueprints
    for the castle and the underground.
[04:11] Alme
    I don't trust you yet.
[04:14] Messar
    Fine, whatever.
[04:16] Messar
    We'll nab an architect or something
    and figure it out ourselves.
[04:29] Bon
    Amazing.
[04:31] Bon
    Whose home is this?
[04:33] Fushi (Booze Man)
    Booze Man's.
[04:35] Fushi (Booze Man)
    I lived here for four years.
[04:38] Fushi (Booze Man)
    With three others.
[04:41] Fushi (Booze Man)
    Booze Man, Pioran, me, and...
[04:46] Fushi (Booze Man)
    Rean would come over pretty often.
[04:50] Fushi (Booze Man)
    Oh, that's the mask collection
    that Booze Man made.
[04:54] Fushi (Booze Man)
    Impressive, right?
[04:55] Kahaku
    Eko-san, you mustn't!
[04:57] Kahaku
    Don't touch things without permission.
[04:59] Man A
    Wise Man!
[05:01] Man A
    Thank you so much.
[05:03] Man A
    Look at how much nicer it is now.
[05:06] Fushi (Booze Man)
    This home ought to display impressive
    strength against the Nokkers.
[05:11] Fushi (Booze Man)
    I've hidden special powers within the walls.
[05:15] Commoner A
    Wise Man!
[05:16] Commoner A
    Please do the same for my home, as well.
[05:18] Commoner B
    My home, too. Please!
[05:20] Fushi (Booze Man)
    Oh, all right.
[05:22] Fushi (Booze Man)
    But I can't show anyone this technique.
[05:25] Fushi (Booze Man)
    I need you to cover your
    homes in cloth first.
[05:29] Kai
    I'll handle the requests.
[05:31] Kai
    Please sign up here if you're interested.
[05:34] Bon
    Hey, are you sure about this?
[05:36] Fushi (Booze Man)
    About what?
[05:38] Bon
    All you did was restore that
    house to before it broke down.
[05:42] Bon
    How is it any better against the Nokkers?
[05:43] Messar
    What the hell?
[05:45] Messar
    You built this whole damn thing?
[05:49] Messar
    Look, booze!
[05:51] Messar
    Not bad for a kid.
[05:53] Messar
    Let's drink, Kai.
[05:54] Messar
    And we can play another
    game while we're at it.
[05:59] Messar
    What is this?!
[06:08] Bon
    I see. So that's what you're doing.
[06:11] Bon
    You're going to do the same with
    the castle at some point, too.
[06:13] Fushi (Booze Man)
    Of course.
[06:15] Bon
    We'll have to convince the princess and
    the castle inhabitants to let us do that.
[06:19] Fushi
    You can deal with that.
[06:21] Fushi
    I don't have time to waste on
    improving the queen's mood.
[06:25] Fushi
    How many houses are there in this town?
[06:27] Fushi
    I don't know if we'll be ready in
    time for when the Nokkers attack.
[06:31] Bon
    Either way, it's going to be hard
    to do all of this by ourselves.
[06:36] Bon
    We're going to need the local
    soldiers to help fight, too.
[06:39] Fushi
    Soldiers? We don't need them.
[06:42] Fushi
    I'd rather they sit tight at home.
[06:46] Fushi
    I won't have to run around
    to stop them getting killed.
[06:49] Kai
    But Hairo's already gotten in contact
    with Renril's citizen soldiers.
[06:54] Messar
    So that's why they've gone missing.
[06:56] Messar
    Where are they, and what are they up to?
[06:58] Kahaku
    Dunno.
[06:59] Messar
    Go find them and check up on them, Fushi.
[07:02] Fushi
    Don't order me around. I'm busy right now.
[07:04] Messar
    You aren't the only one who's busy.
[07:07] Messar
    You're the best person for the
    task at the moment. Now go.
[07:13] Kahaku
    Shall I help?
[07:15] Fushi (Wolf)
    Watch over Eko for me.
[07:19] Kahaku
    Okay.
[07:21] Training Soldier A
    That's it!
[07:34] Fushi (Wolf)
    This training isn't going to help
    at all against the Nokkers.
[07:38] Training Soldier B
    Get 'em!
[07:39] Training Soldier C
    Don't run from him, Kamu!
[07:53] Voice A
    Get up, Kamu!
[07:55] Voice B
    What's wrong? Is that it?
[08:01] Hairo
    Are you all right?
[08:05] Kamu
    Thanks.
[08:07] Kamu
    I'm Kamu. That was a good match.
[08:10] Kamu
    Are you all right, though?
[08:13] Hairo
    Ow!
[08:13] Hairo
    Ow, ow, ow!
[08:15] Hairo
    I'm going to tend to this.
[08:41] Fushi (Wolf)
    That stupid training isn't
    going to help at all.
[08:44] Hairo
    You're right.
[08:45] Hairo
    But it's necessary for winning
    the trust of the soldiers.
[08:52] Fushi
    I think earning their trust under a guise
[08:55] Fushi
    would only serve to put us
    at a disadvantage in battle.
[08:57] Hairo
    I doubt that.
[08:59] Fushi
    Then why did you pretend to be in
    pain and make yourself look weak?
[09:04] Hairo
    Fushi the immortal can
    feel other people's pain...
[09:08] Hairo
    So it's true.
[09:14] Hairo
    It's true that they might think I'm
    dependable if I stop acting like I'm hurt.
[09:19] Hairo
    But it doesn't really work that way.
[09:22] Hairo
    I'm not strong.
[09:24] Hairo
    I only look strong.
[09:26] Fushi
    I don't get it.
[09:28] Fushi
    Tell me more about you.
[09:31] Hairo
    I used to live in a church.
[09:34] Hairo
    My oldest memory is...
[09:37] (Flashback) Dentist
    Does this not hurt, kid?
[09:39] Hairo
    ...when I had all of my teeth pulled.
[09:42] Hairo
    Every time new teeth grew in,
    they would get pulled.
[09:46] Hairo
    No one would tell me why.
[09:50] Hairo
    My meals were always mushy soup or congee.
[09:54] Hairo
    All I was given was a small room.
[09:58] Hairo
    A tiny yard...
[10:00] Hairo
    Tall walls...
[10:05] Tasette
    Oh, dear.
[10:07] Tasette
    The doctor's going to scold
    you if you get hurt again.
[10:10] Young Hairo
    That's nothing new.
[10:12] Hairo
    I was always with my adoptive mother.
[10:14] Hairo
    We ate the same food, read the same books,
[10:18] Hairo
    and enjoyed talking about the same things.
[10:20] Hairo
    She was my friend.
[10:23] Hairo
    We only went outside once a week.
[10:25] Hairo
    We walked to the hall fifty meters away
    to learn the teachings of Bennett.
[10:38] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    What is that person eating?
[10:41] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Is that what was in the textbook?
[10:43] (Flashback) Tasette
    It's nothing. Let's go.
[10:45] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    What is it?
[10:47] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Tell me!
[10:50] Hairo
    Every day was the same.
[10:52] Hairo
    But I enjoyed it.
[11:08] (Flashback) Tasette
    What are you doing, Hairo?
[11:11] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Oh, nothing.
[11:21] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Starting today, I'm a swordsman.
[11:23] (Flashback) Tasette
    Swordsman?
[11:24] (Flashback) Tasette
    Where did you see such a thing?
[11:27] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    I read about it in a book.
[11:28] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Okay, let's fight.
[11:30] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Hold your sword!
[11:38] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    You're so weak, Tasette.
[11:42] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Do you think I can become a swordsman?
[11:45] (Flashback) Tasette
    Yes, of course you can.
[11:48] (Flashback) Tasette
    Yes.
[11:52] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    What's this?
[11:53] (Flashback) Tasette
    False teeth.
[11:54] (Flashback) Tasette
    Your birthday present.
[11:58] (Flashback) Tasette
    Now, eat up.
[12:00] Hairo
    My world went from zero to one.
[12:03] Hairo
    I filled my mouth with a joy
    that I'd never known before.
[12:08] Hairo
    I bit down hard.
[12:10] (Flashback) Adoptive Mother
    Hairo Rich.
[12:11] (Flashback) Adoptive Mother
    As of today, I am your adoptive mother.
[12:15] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    What about Tasette?
[12:17] (Flashback) Adoptive Mother
    Yesterday was your birthday, was it not?
[12:19] (Flashback) Adoptive Mother
    I'll give you a gift.
[12:21] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Come on, where's Tasette?
[12:23] (Flashback) Young Hairo
    Answer my question!
[12:25] (Flashback) Adoptive Mother
    She'd committed a sin, so she was punished.
[12:28] (Flashback) Adoptive Mother
    She was quite a strong woman.
[12:30] (Flashback) Adoptive Mother
    She didn't cry out even once.
[12:34] Hairo
    I realized I was different from the others.
[12:38] Hairo
    Apparently, I was taken to this place
    because I was possessed by a demon.
[12:44] Hairo
    Years passed, and by the Supreme Pontiff's
    orders, I became a head soldier.
[12:49] Hairo
    I had an ambition.
[12:51] Hairo
    If the opportunity ever arose,
    I would escape and do what I wanted.
[12:59] (Flashback) Bon
    I want your power.
[13:02] Hairo
    I think it's because soldiers fight without
    fear of pain and because they overcome pain
[13:06] Hairo
    that they are admired and trusted.
[13:10] Hairo
    I don't have that.
[13:12] Hairo
    The best I can do is look strong.
[13:16] Hairo
    I'm not resilient, nor am I strong.
[13:19] Kamu
    You might have been able to save your first
    adoptive mother if you'd known pain.
[13:24] Fushi
    How long have you been there?!
[13:25] Fushi
    From the beginning?
[13:26] Kamu
    Whoa, calm down!
[13:28] Kamu
    Don't kill me!
[13:29] Kamu
    I won't tell anyone what I heard!
[13:31] Kamu
    I promise!
[13:32] Kamu
    I was just worried about you, Hairo.
[13:37] Hairo
    You can't even protect those you otherwise
    could have if you don't know pain.
[13:41] Hairo
    Would they really need someone like me?
[13:45] Fushi
    Hairo, I'll protect you.
[13:47] Fushi
    You, too, Renril soldier.
[13:49] Kamu
    Wait, wait, man!
[13:51] Kamu
    You've been talking this whole time
    like you're our mom or something!
[13:55] Kamu
    What, do you want us to go home
    and play fight or something?
[13:57] Kamu
    That's bullshit!
[13:59] Kamu
    Let us be the ones to protect
    the people we want to protect!
[14:08] Kamu
    I don't know whether we need you or not yet.
[14:11] Kamu
    But you might need us, though.
[14:15] Kamu
    Come on, Hairo.
[14:17] Kamu
    Let's keep training.
[14:19] Fushi
    I guess we should be earning their trust.
[14:22] Fushi
    Hairo, I'll leave you to it.
[14:25] Hairo
    All right.
[14:26] Kamu
    This way!
[14:43] Alme
    You build multiple houses every day.
[14:48] Alme
    The people of the castle
    are calling you wizards.
[14:52] Alme
    How, exactly, are you managing it?
[14:54] Messar
    Can't tell you.
[14:55] Messar
    I don't trust you, after all.
[14:58] Messar
    This castle and the waterways might
    get ripped up eventually, too...
[15:02] Messar
    by the town's wise man.
[15:04] Alme
    I won't let you tell me you've
    forgotten that we used to be close.
[15:08] Messar
    I used to be close?
[15:09] Messar
    With you? When you always hid your face?
[15:18] Citizen C
    Quiet down!
[15:19] Citizen C
    What time do you think it is?!
[15:24] Citizen D
    Please! My child is sleeping!
[15:27] Bon
    I'm sorry.
[15:28] Bon
    We're going to be a nuisance for a while.
[15:29] Citizen E
    What are you doing here?!
[15:31] Bon
    We're rebuilding these houses.
[15:34] Bon
    To fight against the Nokkers.
[15:37] Citizen F
    What's the point of rebuilding houses?
[15:40] Man G
    I heard he rebuilt the waterwheel house
    on the edge of town in a day, though.
[15:43] Man F
    No way.
[15:44] Kai
    We won't be ready in time at this rate.
[15:47] Kai
    If we're aiming to rebuild every house
[15:49] Kai
    before the Nokkers'
    impending attack in three months,
[15:51] Kai
    we'll need to work during
    the day and not just at night.
[15:54] Bon
    But that'll draw even more curious onlookers.
[15:58] Kai
    Let's keep them busy.
[16:00] Kai
    Have the citizens destroy their own homes
    so that Fushi can focus on rebuilding them.
[16:05] Hairo
    Not all of the townspeople
    will be cooperative.
[16:08] Hairo
    It'd be ideal if the
    soldiers could take charge,
[16:11] Hairo
    but I suspect it'll take more
    time to win their trust.
[16:15] Kamu
    Sorry, they can be pretty stubborn.
[16:17] Bon
    Who is he?
[16:18] Hairo
    Kamu of the Renril citizen soldiers.
[16:20] Hairo
    He's learned about everything because of me.
[16:24] Hairo
    I'm having him come with me
    so we can keep him quiet.
[16:26] Bon
    Now, what do we do?
[16:29] Kai
    I still think we need the
    princess's cooperation.
[16:34] Bon
    Messar, how are things on your end?
[16:36] Messar
    Huh? Dunno.
[16:37] Bon
    Give me a straight answer.
[16:40] Fushi (Booze Man)
    It's done.
[16:41] Kai
    It took twelve minutes to rebuild.
[16:44] Kai
    Please bring it down to half that.
[16:46] Messar
    Never mind that, Kai.
[16:48] Messar
    Teach me how to win at the game.
[16:50] Kai
    Sure.
[16:51] Fushi
    The game again?!
[16:53] Fushi
    Why don't you do something for once?
[16:55] Messar
    Shut up, brat.
[16:57] Messar
    Stay out of grown-up business.
[17:00] Kahaku
    Fushi is at least 233 years older than you.
[17:04] Kahaku
    You're the brat here.
[17:06] Messar
    So what?
[17:08] Messar
    Yo, I'll take you somewhere nice sometime.
[17:11] Messar
    Okay?
[17:12] Kahaku
    Let's have dinner.
[17:13] Kahaku
    Rest is necessary, even when
    the city is in danger.
[17:17] Bon
    Sorry, Fushi.
[17:20] Bon
    He's always had a foul mouth.
[17:23] Fushi
    "Always"?
[17:24] Fushi
    You've known him that long, Bon?
[17:27] Kai
    In this situation, it can be useful
    later on to leave a piece here.
[17:32] Fushi
    Why did you bring him in?
[17:34] Bon
    I wanted to give him
    something to strive for.
[17:37] Bon
    To become king.
[17:39] Fushi
    King?!
[17:39] Fushi
    No way. He's hopeless.
[17:41] Bon
    Don't say that.
[17:42] Kamu
    People would say he's the child
    of either a servant or a whore.
[17:48] Kamu
    Yet he's been living pretty well.
[17:51] Kamu
    He goes in and out of the castle, too.
[17:53] Kamu
    I've been wondering what his deal is.
[17:55] Kamu
    So I guess he was royalty this whole time.
[17:58] Kamu
    Oh, this is delicious.
[18:00] Kahaku
    Thank you.
[18:06] Bon
    I'm not sure what the truth is,
    but I suspect he's royalty.
[18:10] Bon
    We first met at a super exclusive tea
    party that my mommy hosts every summer.
[18:18] Bon
    That would have been twenty years ago now.
[18:21] Bon
    It was a week-long discourse event held
    along with nobles of friendly nations.
[18:25] Bon
    Messar was there, too.
[18:27] (Flashback) Young Messar
    Hey.
[18:28] (Flashback) Young Messar
    Are you going to be king?
[18:29] (Flashback) Young Bon
    Yeah. What about you?
[18:31] (Flashback) Young Messar
    Who knows?
[18:32] (Flashback) Young Messar
    Never mind that. Let's fight.
[18:34] (Flashback) Young Bon
    No way. That would make Mommy sad—
[18:37] Bon
    We were about the same age.
[18:39] Bon
    We hit it off immediately.
[18:41] (Flashback) Voice C
    How full of energy.
[18:42] (Flashback) Voice D
    Oh, my! Boys will be boys...
[18:46] (Flashback) Young Bon
    Mommy told me that in the nation of Sonia,
    the youngest child inherits the throne.
[18:51] (Flashback) Young Messar
    Seems like it.
[18:52] (Flashback) Young Bon
    So I guess it's whomever
    Princess Alme likes.
[18:56] (Flashback) Young Bon
    Well? Do you think you can?
[18:59] (Flashback) Young Bon
    You're close with the princess, right?
[19:00] (Flashback) Young Messar
    It's not that we aren't, but...
[19:02] (Flashback) Young Messar
    Dunno.
[19:04] (Flashback) Young Bon
    You can do this, Messar!
[19:06] (Flashback) Young Bon
    Let's make buddy kingdoms together!
[19:09] Bon
    He was always vague,
[19:12] Bon
    but I did get the sense that he was
    interested in the royal family.
[19:17] Bon
    It's actually because he feels
    a close bond to the princess
[19:21] Bon
    that he can speak so
    indifferently about her.
[19:26] Fushi
    Sounds like what they
    call being friendzoned.
[19:28] Fushi
    I'm going back to work.
[20:10] Messar
    Yo, Princess.
[20:12] Messar
    Let's play a game.
[20:16] Messar
    Remember what you said?
[20:18] Messar
    That if I won, you'd grant me any wish.
[20:23] Alme
    You remembered.
[20:26] Alme
    Very well.
[20:30] Messar
    All right.
[20:33] Alme
    So, what do you want if you win?
[20:36] Alme
    The throne?
[20:38] Messar
    Dunno.
[20:42] Messar
    What I want is your trust.
[20:45] Messar
    You know what I'm talking
    about, don't you, Alme?
[20:58] Citizen H
    Wise Man, may we ask you to move?
[21:02] Citizen H
    My apologies.
[21:04] Citizen H
    We'd like to move the rubble.
[21:06] Citizen H
    I've already destroyed my house.
[21:08] Citizen H
    Please come later.
[21:20] Soldier C
    Take the rubble out through the west gate.
[21:31] Fushi
    Bon!
[21:32] Fushi
    What's happening?
[21:34] Bon
    He negotiated with the princess.
[21:36] Fushi
    Messar did?
[21:39] Alme
    Don't get the wrong idea
    just because you won against me.
[21:44] Alme
    I'm merely upholding a childhood promise.
[21:48] Alme
    True trust is something that is
    meant to be built up over time.
[21:58] Alme
    How could you?!
[22:02] Messar
    So she's quite a looker.
[22:05] Messar
    Bon.
[22:06] Messar
    I want to protect her.
[22:09] Messar
    Just so we're clear, I don't
    have any power in the castle.
[22:13] Messar
    That's why I'm cooperating with you lot.
[22:15] Messar
    There's no way I'd ever become king.
[22:19] Messar
    The reason being that the king
    chose that chick's mother.
[22:23] Messar
    Alme and I are siblings
    from different mothers.
[22:26] Messar
    She doesn't know that,
    and I have no intention of telling her.
[22:30] Messar
    But if our brother and father both die,
    I'm the only one who can protect her.
[22:35] Messar
    So I'd like to stay as
    close to her as I can.
[22:41] Fushi
    Do you not love the princess, Messar?
[22:45] Messar
    Give me a break.
[22:46] Messar
    This is why I can't stand brats.
[22:50] Messar
    Beats me.
SIGN    Preview
[24:35] Beholder
    Slowly, but steadily, the mysterious
    wise man rebuilds the city of Renril.
[24:44] Beholder
    What will the people think when
    they learn that he is in fact Fushi,
[24:48] Beholder
    the demon everyone had
    assumed was executed?
SIGN    The Wise Man's Identity