# E17 - King of the Underground
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**[00:05] Nazukihiko**
Rokon?
**[00:07] Rokon**
To be honest, I don't give a damn
if you end up as sashimi. Still...
**[00:12] Nazukihiko**
Sumio.
**[00:14] Sumio**
Sorry, but I'm against it, too.
**[00:16] Sumio**
I'm not confident I can keep
you safe down there.
**[00:19] Natsuka**
I refuse to let you go to the Underground.
**[00:22] Natsuka**
In your place...
**[00:24] Natsuka**
We'll send Yukiya.
**[00:26] Yukiya**
Huh?
**[00:28] Yukiya**
H-Hang on. They asked
to see His Highness, remember?
**[00:32] Yukiya**
They won't be too happy
if I turn up in his place.
**[00:34] Sumio**
I agree. Yukiya can't fill
His Highness's shoes—
**[00:38] Natsuka**
Of course he can't.
**[00:40] Natsuka**
*I* will represent Nazukihiko.
**[00:43] Natsuka**
Yukiya will accompany me.
**[00:46] Hamayu**
I doubt you can placate the
Underground as easily as you think.
**[00:50] Natsuka**
The eldest son of the Royal House
should satisfy their self-esteem.
**[00:54] Natsuka**
And I'll have Yukiya in case of trouble.
**[00:59] Natsuka**
They are wary of the Northern House
and the soldiers it controls.
**[01:10] Nazukihiko**
Brother.
**[01:14] Yukiya**
So *that's* why you want to
take me to the Underground?
**[01:20] Natsuka**
Precisely. The Underground
holds clues to the monkeys,
**[01:24] Natsuka**
but they won't give up that information
simply because we ask nicely.
**[01:29] Natsuka**
The Lord of the North's grandson will
give us a strong hand. One they can't beat.
**[01:38] Natsuka**
You want to protect your home, yes?
**[01:41] Natsuka**
Well, I want to defend Yamauchi.
**[01:44] Natsuka**
I will do whatever I must to keep it safe,
**[01:47] Natsuka**
even if it means being branded
a coward or giving up my life.
**[01:53] Natsuka**
Yukiya, don't you feel the same?
**[02:19] Yukiya**
I hear and obey.
**[02:24] Yukiya**
Allow me to accompany
your lordship to the Underground.
***SIGN*** YATAGARASU
***SIGN*** The Raven
Does Not
Choose
Its Master
***SIGN*** Clear Mirror Temple
**[04:11] Masuho**
Just as I thought.
**[04:13] Masuho**
My little brother's clothes
fit you perfectly.
**[04:15] Yukiya**
Thank you. I can't believe a lady of
the West would dress me personally.
***SIGN*** Lady-in-Waiting of
Cherry Blossom Palace
Masuho-no-Susuki
**[04:21] Masuho**
I renounced that title.
**[04:23] Yukiya**
Oh, sorry. Slip of the tongue.
**[04:25] Kikuno**
And no wonder.
**[04:27] Kikuno**
I couldn't believe my ears
***SIGN*** Western Lady-in-Waiting
Kikuno
**[04:30] Kikuno**
when Lady Masuho-no-Susuki declared
her intention to wait on Lady Hamayu.
**[04:35] Masuho**
I merely felt that no one else
would be up to the task.
**[04:39] Masuho**
There. All done.
**[04:41] Kikuno**
What shall we do with this?
**[04:46] Masuho**
You haven't come of age, yet you're
dressed like you're going off to die.
**[04:51] Masuho**
Doesn't that bother you?
**[04:53] Yukiya**
Please don't worry. I made up my own mind.
**[05:01] Rokon**
That's the spirit!
**[05:04] Rokon**
I was worried you'd start whining about
not wanting to go, in spite of everything.
**[05:11] Rokon**
Hm?
**[05:12] Rokon**
You don't have any headgear yet?
**[05:17] Rokon**
Then, I'll do the honors. Any complaints?
**[05:22] Yukiya**
No. None whatsoever.
**[05:27] Masuho**
Kikuno.
**[05:29] Kikuno**
O-Oh, of course!
Sir Yukiya needs a dress sword.
**[05:35] Kikuno**
I'll be right back.
**[05:37] Rokon**
Sure seems like a hassle.
**[05:47] Yukiya**
Um...
**[05:48] Rokon**
The monkeys hit the North again.
**[05:50] Yukiya**
What?
**[05:51] Rokon**
A solitary house in Sazaki. We were late finding out,
but they probably struck there before Sugou.
**[05:57] Rokon**
We might have been able to do something
if we'd caught on sooner.
**[06:06] Yukiya**
Why only the North?
**[06:09] Rokon**
Today's meeting will probably fail.
***SIGN*** Sunrise Palace
**[06:28] Sumio**
Your Highness.
**[06:29] Sumio**
May I open the door?
This business seems urgent.
**[06:35] Sumio**
Your Highness, are you listening?
**[06:41] Sumio**
I beg your pardon.
**[06:45] Sumio**
Nazukihiko.
**[06:49] Sumio**
Get over it already.
**[06:52] Sumio**
You know I didn't *want* to go against you—
**[06:55] Hamayu**
Oh, be quiet. He's got good reason to sulk.
**[06:59] Hamayu**
First, he got left behind, and now,
you won't let him out of your sight.
**[07:03] Sumio**
If I may, His Highness never dreams up
anything good in this mood.
**[07:08] Sumio**
You can't imagine how many times
I learned that the hard way.
**[07:11] Masuho**
Why are you dithering?
**[07:13] Masuho**
You promised to lend Yukiya a sword.
What if you make him late?
**[07:19] Sumio**
I beg your pardon.
**[07:20] Hamayu**
Sorry. Feel free to come in.
**[07:24] Hamayu**
*You* stay out there.
**[07:28] Sumio**
Have a heart.
***SIGN*** The Ravine
***SIGN*** The Underground
**[09:27] Natsuka**
Tobi, I presume?
**[09:30] Tobi**
We called for the Prince.
**[09:37] Natsuka**
I am Natsuka of Clear Mirror Temple.
**[09:40] Natsuka**
I have come here today
on His Highness's behalf.
**[09:49] Natsuka**
I hate to be abrupt—
**[09:50] Tobi**
The meeting's off.
**[09:56] Yukiya**
Lord Natsuka.
**[09:58] Natsuka**
Wait! Forgive me. I should have said more.
**[10:01] Natsuka**
I am the eldest son of the Royal House
and brother to His Highness.
**[10:05] Natsuka**
He sent me despite trying circumstances
because this meeting is most serious to him.
**[10:11] Natsuka**
I believe there has been
a misunderstanding.
**[10:14] Natsuka**
We have not breached our agreement
with you, and we do not intend to.
**[10:19] Natsuka**
You may take issue with us holding the
water-merchant's daughter, but we merely—
**[10:24] Tobi**
Enough.
**[10:26] Tobi**
If you don't get it,
I'll spell it out for you.
**[10:28] Tobi**
Your oh-so-noble birth and upbringing
aren't worth a bronze piece down here.
**[10:34] Tobi**
Only one thing counts.
**[10:37] Tobi**
And that's trust.
**[10:41] Tobi**
The same goes for our agreement.
**[10:43] Tobi**
Not a word in writing, but it has lasted
for decades, all on the strength of trust.
**[10:50] Tobi**
Except the Prince stood us up.
**[10:54] Tobi**
A proxy? "Trying circumstances"?
**[10:57] Tobi**
I can't believe he takes
our relationship that lightly.
**[11:04] Tobi**
Our agreement is history.
**[11:08] Tobi**
Tell that to your sniveling brother.
**[11:14] Yukiya**
Lord Natsuka.
**[11:18] Yukiya**
Lord Natsuka.
**[11:23] Natsuka**
This is Yukiya, grandson of Genya,
Lord of the North!
**[11:26] Natsuka**
I leave him in your care as a hostage
to demonstrate our sincerity.
**[11:34] Tobi**
Are you crazy?
**[11:35] Natsuka**
It pains me to take such steps,
but I can see I have no other choice.
**[11:40] Natsuka**
What could the Underground desire
more than a Northern hostage?
**[11:46] Natsuka**
What are you waiting for? Accept him.
**[11:49] Underling**
That does it.
**[11:50] Underling**
What the hell do they take us for?
**[11:55] Tobi**
Throw them out.
**[11:56] Natsuka**
Huh?
**[12:07] Rokon**
I suggest we retreat and
let the Prince sort this out later.
**[12:11] Natsuka**
You fool. How could I?
**[12:24] Yukiya**
Lord Tobi, I beg you to hear my request.
***SIGN*** Cherry Blossom Palace
**[12:32] Lady-in-Waiting**
Now, turn the thread around there.
**[12:35] Lady-in-Waiting**
Yes, just like that.
**[12:36] Azusa**
Koume.
**[12:38] Koume**
My lady!
**[12:40] Koume**
You didn't have to come all this way.
**[12:42] Azusa**
I heard you'd had an awful time.
Are you all right?
**[12:46] Koume**
Yes. Yukiya kept me safe.
**[12:49] Koume**
And everyone here has been so kind to me.
**[12:53] Koume**
Has Yukiya gone back to Taruhi?
**[13:04] Yukiya**
I sincerely apologize
for our repeated affronts.
**[13:07] Yukiya**
Though I accompanied Lord Natsuka
as the Lord of the North's grandson,
**[13:12] Yukiya**
I am well aware how
meaningless my birth is here.
**[13:16] Yukiya**
And so, as a humble
supplicant like any other,
**[13:20] Yukiya**
I hope you will hear me out
for a short while.
**[13:24] Natsuka**
Yukiya?
**[13:28] Yukiya**
I call Taruhi in the North my home.
**[13:32] Yukiya**
No doubt you have heard of the many deaths
the monkeys have recently inflicted on us.
**[13:38] Yukiya**
Those they devoured were like family to me.
**[13:41] Yukiya**
And this morning, yet another
monkey attack came to light.
**[13:47] Yukiya**
So I ask you plainly:
**[13:50] Yukiya**
Lord Tobi, do you know
anything about these monkeys?
**[13:56] Tobi**
What?
**[13:57] Yukiya**
I heard the Underground holds a clue.
**[14:00] Tobi**
Who told you that?
**[14:02] Yukiya**
His Highness the Prince.
**[14:03] Tobi**
The Prince?
**[14:04] Yukiya**
Yes.
**[14:06] Yukiya**
Kin'u instinct, he called it.
**[14:15] Tobi**
"Kin'u instinct," huh?
**[14:18] Tobi**
It sounds like you believe that
lily-livered prince is a real Golden Raven.
**[14:40] Yukiya**
He can't be a yatagarasu
like the rest of us.
**[14:46] Yukiya**
So what is he? I don't know.
**[14:50] Yukiya**
However...
**[14:51] Yukiya**
If a "kin'u" is one who brings
salvation to the yatagarasu,
**[14:57] Yukiya**
then I believe the Prince is a true kin'u.
**[15:01] Yukiya**
I'll do anything I can for you.
**[15:04] Yukiya**
So please, tell us about the monkeys!
**[15:07] Underling**
He's got some nerve!
**[15:07] Underling**
Get a load of this kid!
**[15:07] Underling**
Say that again! I dare you!
**[15:08] Yukiya**
Please! I'd gladly die to keep my home safe.
**[15:13] Yukiya**
Please, Lord Tobi.
**[15:16] Yukiya**
I beg of you.
**[15:30] Saku**
Well, I'll be. What a lad.
**[15:32] Saku**
I guess a few court ravens
have some fire in 'em yet.
**[15:52] Underling**
It's King Saku.
**[15:55] Underling**
King Saku.
**[15:57] Yukiya**
King Saku?
**[15:59] Tobi**
Boss.
**[16:00] Saku**
Sorry to butt in.
I've got a little business to take care of.
***SIGN*** King Saku
**[16:04] Saku**
But you... Lord Natsuka, was it? For shame.
**[16:07] Saku**
I'm amazed you can look down on
anyone with the way you act.
**[16:11] Natsuka**
Wh-What?
**[16:14] Rokon**
Please forgive him.
**[16:15] Rokon**
We had no idea you'd be
putting in an appearance.
**[16:18] Saku**
I almost didn't recognize you
in that uptight getup.
**[16:24] Saku**
At least teach your boys how to behave.
**[16:27] Rokon**
I have no excuse.
**[16:28] Rokon**
If you'll excuse us.
**[16:29] Natsuka**
Your "boys"?
**[16:30] Natsuka**
Wait! I can't let that—
**[16:32] Natsuka**
H-Hey now!
**[16:33] Natsuka**
Rokon! Unhand me! Release me now!
**[16:40] Saku**
They didn't break the agreement.
**[16:42] Tobi**
What?
**[16:43] Saku**
What happened with the water-peddler's
daughter. We got ahead of ourselves.
**[16:48] Saku**
I won't claim there's no connection,
but the Prince isn't mixed up in you-know-what.
**[16:54] Saku**
Guess we dragged you into our mess, boy.
**[16:57] Saku**
Stand up.
**[17:03] Saku**
So you want clues about the monkeys?
**[17:06] Saku**
In that case, I think I can help you.
**[17:09] Yukiya**
You mean it?
**[17:10] Saku**
Sure. Nothing simpler.
**[17:12] Tobi**
Boss, you don't mean...
**[17:14] Saku**
Lord Tobi. Would you let me sort this out?
**[17:20] Saku**
Think of it as doing an old man a favor.
**[17:34] Saku**
Behind that rock, you'll find
a tunnel that goes even deeper.
**[17:40] Saku**
Sandalwood and cassia. Good stuff.
**[17:46] Saku**
This incense clock will last four hours.
**[17:49] Saku**
I'll leave the entrance open that long.
**[17:51] Saku**
If I remember right, you'll find
what you want about two hours in.
**[18:00] Saku**
White shards.
**[18:02] Saku**
Bring one back,
and I'll tell you all I know.
**[18:07] Yukiya**
White shards?
**[18:10] Saku**
Ever used a ghost-fire lantern?
**[18:12] Saku**
Here's the kindling.
**[18:14] Saku**
One lump for two hours, two for four.
**[18:18] Saku**
So start turning back
when the first one runs out.
**[18:24] Yukiya**
And if I need more than four hours?
**[18:25] Saku**
Find another way out.
**[18:28] Saku**
Well? Having second thoughts?
**[18:32] Yukiya**
No. Please begin.
**[19:13] Tobi**
What a waste.
**[19:15] Tobi**
No one has ever come out of
this hole alive. Except you, boss.
**[19:24] Tobi**
Wait all you like,
but I doubt you'll see that kid again.
**[19:29] Tobi**
I'm not complaining, mind.
**[19:32] Tobi**
I just got the feeling
you'd taken a liking to the boy.
**[19:38] Saku**
I treat anyone who asks for help
with real sincerity the same.
**[19:43] Saku**
That's what the Underground is about.
**[19:47] Saku**
If he makes it back, great. But if not...
**[19:51] Saku**
I guess that's all he amounted to.
**[20:53] Yukiya**
"White... shards."
**[21:09] Yukiya**
Two hours on the dot. I barely made it.
**[21:16] Yukiya**
* What are kids doing here?*
* Don't tell me they live here.*
**[21:30] Yukiya**
*They're monkeys!*
**[22:35] Yukiya**
Your Highness?
**[22:36] Nazukihiko**
Go!
**[22:56] Yukiya**
Your Highness.
**[24:31] Narrator**
* Pursuers close in on the pair*
* as they wander the labyrinth.*
**[24:35] Narrator**
* The white shards hint*
* at the truth of their world.*
**[24:41] Narrator**
* The Prince's words cause*
* ripples in Yukiya's heart.*
***SIGN*** The World
***SIGN*** Outside
**[24:50] Narrator**
Next time: "The World Outside."
***SIGN*** YATAGARASU:
The Raven
Does Not
Choose
Its Master
***SIGN*** Illustration: Natsuki