# E5 - A Purge
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**[00:02] Dealer**
All fine? No objections?
**[00:05] Dealer**
In they go.
**[00:10] Assistant 1**
There! The dice are cast!
**[00:12] Gambler 4**
Even!
**[00:13] Gambler 2**
Even!
**[00:14] Gambler 3**
Even!
**[00:16] Assistant 1**
No bets on odd? None at all?
**[00:23] Nazukihiko**
Odd.
**[00:26] Assistant 1**
All bets accounted for.
**[00:30] Yukiya**
Come on, odd! Odd!
**[00:34] Assistant 1**
Four and two. Even.
**[00:40] Assistant 1**
You've lost 50 ryo in all.
**[00:42] Yukiya**
What are we gonna do now, young master?!
**[00:44] Yukiya**
You already gave them your kimono
and sword! You've got nothing left!
**[00:49] Assistant 2**
Indeed, young master. How *will* you pay?
**[00:52] Assistant 1**
We can hook you up with
a lucrative job, if you like.
**[01:00] Nazukihiko**
No, you need not bother.
**[01:04] Nazukihiko**
I will leave him as collateral.
**[01:11] Yukiya**
You monster!
***SIGN*** YATAGARASU
***SIGN*** The Raven
Does Not
Choose
Its Master
***SIGN*** The Ravine
**[02:56] Man 1**
Yukiya.
**[02:57] Man 1**
Clean the gambling hall
once you finish up here.
**[03:00] Yukiya**
Right.
**[03:00] Man 1**
And when you're done cleaning—
**[03:02] Yukiya**
I know, I know.
Dry the bedding from the brothel, right?
**[03:06] Man 1**
If you know, pick up the pace.
**[03:09] Courtesan 1**
Hang in there, Yuki!
**[03:10] Yukiya**
I will!
**[03:15] Courtesan 2**
What a good worker.
**[03:17] Courtesan 2**
The men say he's too good
to leave as collateral.
**[03:24] Courtesan 3**
But he's been here a month and a half now.
**[03:26] Courtesan 3**
Don't you think his young master
must have abandoned him?
**[03:37] Nazukihiko**
Working hard, I see.
**[03:42] Nazukihiko**
I finally got my funds in order.
I know I've kept you waiting.
**[03:48] Yukiya**
Y-Young master.
**[03:51] Yukiya**
Young master!
**[04:02] Yukiya**
D-Damn it.
**[04:14] Yukiya**
Your Highness, where are we going?
**[04:19] Yukiya**
We've been climbing for a while now.
**[04:23] Yukiya**
I can't take much more—
**[04:25] Nazukihiko**
We're here.
**[04:41] Sumio**
Hey there.
**[04:42] Brothel Owner**
Welcome back, sirs.
**[04:46] Yukiya**
Where are we?
**[04:48] Sumio**
In the basement of the Watchful Moon.
**[04:50] Sumio**
We asked the owner
to leave it unlocked for us.
**[04:52] Yukiya**
So this is the red-light district?
**[04:55] Yukiya**
The passage runs all the way here
from the gambling den in the Ravine?
**[04:58] Nazukihiko**
Such tunnels run through the
Central Mountain like an anthill.
**[05:04] Nazukihiko**
Most have outlets behind bushes in the wild
or under temples and houses of—
**[05:10] Yukiya**
Oh, right. So they're secret escape routes
for court ravens who sneak out at night.
**[05:19] Sumio**
Rumor has it a ton of guys have
gotten lost and died underground.
**[05:24] Sumio**
Be careful if you use them.
**[05:28] Nazukihiko**
Oh, and Yukiya...
I've learned my lesson.
**[05:32] Nazukihiko**
I placed a terrible burden on you.
**[05:35] Yukiya**
Oh, it wasn't that bad.
**[05:36] Nazukihiko**
I'd like to recompense you today.
**[05:39] Nazukihiko**
Master, I'm booking the whole house tonight.
**[05:42] Brothel Owner**
Certainly, sir.
**[05:44] Nazukihiko**
Gather all of your prettiest girls—
**[05:46] Yukiya**
I really wish you wouldn't!
**[05:55] Yukiya**
It happened just the other day.
**[05:57] Yukiya**
Some guests at a brothel in the Ravine
looked like they didn't belong.
**[06:03] Yukiya**
Coming through!
**[06:08] Courtesan**
The nerve of some people!
**[06:10] Courtesan**
They ask for me by name,
then don't even let me pour their drinks.
**[06:26] (Flashback) Nazukihiko**
Have you heard that Natsuka has backers?
**[06:32] Yukiya**
*Oh, I get it. This is...*
**[06:35] Yukiya**
*a meeting of Natsuka's backers.*
**[07:01] Court Raven 1**
If I may, Sir Rokon...
**[07:08] Court Raven 1**
Would you at least tell us
the purpose of this gathering?
**[07:13] Court Raven 1**
What do you mean by, "Let anyone
who cares to explain himself come forward"?
**[07:18] Court Raven 2**
Does Lord Natsuka know of today's meeting?
**[07:23] Rokon**
I haven't informed Lord Natsuka.
It isn't worth his time.
**[07:28] Rokon**
I called you all here for just one reason:
to uproot the rot for all to see.
**[07:37] Rokon**
Isn't that right, Kazumichi?
**[07:42] Yukiya**
*Kazumichi?*
**[07:44] (Flashback) Kazumichi**
You can forget about
attending to the Prince after this!
**[07:47] (Flashback) Kazumichi**
Do you realize how hard
I worked to arrange that?
**[07:52] Yukiya**
*Kazumaro's father backs Natsuka?*
**[07:55] Yukiya**
*Why would a northern court raven do that?*
**[07:58] Yukiya**
* I heard the Southern House*
* was behind his faction.*
**[08:02] Kazumichi**
Wh-Whatever do you mean, Sir Rokon?
**[08:05] Rokon**
A month and a half ago, you plotted
to have ruffians assassinate the Prince.
**[08:13] Rokon**
And your scheme failed miserably.
**[08:16] Rokon**
Even giving you the benefit of the doubt
and assuming you acted for Lord Natsuka,
**[08:22] Rokon**
you still committed
a fatal blunder you can't fix.
**[08:27] Kazumichi**
Wh-What? I know nothing of this matter.
**[08:30] Kazumichi**
Why, this is the first I've even heard
of an attack on His Highness.
**[08:34] Kazumichi**
Now, if you'll excuse me.
**[08:42] Rokon**
Don't think you can fool me, Kazumichi.
**[08:45] Rokon**
I have proof.
**[08:47] Rokon**
You dosed the brigands with poison.
**[08:51] Rokon**
It was in the drinks you bought them
"for courage" before the attack.
**[08:56] Rokon**
However, one ruffian
couldn't hold his liquor.
**[09:00] Rokon**
He refused the offer of a drink.
**[09:03] Rokon**
But seeing his comrades all
fall around him broke his nerve.
**[09:07] Rokon**
Seeking sanctuary, he ran to a temple.
Clear Mirror Temple, if you can believe it.
**[09:13] Rokon**
What if he had run to a temple
in the Prince's pocket?
**[09:20] Rokon**
He'd be living proof leading back to you,
and even Lord Natsuka would face blame.
**[09:26] Rokon**
How would you have taken
responsibility if that had happened?
**[09:29] Kazumichi**
I... I would have... I would have...
**[09:32] Rokon**
How many times did I tell you?
**[09:35] Rokon**
"Whatever you do, no rash moves."
**[09:37] Rokon**
"And if you *do* make one, do it right."
**[09:51] Atsufusa**
What are you doing?
**[09:54] Atsufusa**
Sir Kazumichi, are you all right?
**[09:59] Yukiya**
* I know that court raven.*
* Isn't he Lord Natsuka's aide?*
**[10:06] Rokon**
Atsufusa. I didn't see you here,
so I assumed you had something to hide.
**[10:13] Atsufusa**
You must be mad.
**[10:16] Atsufusa**
If the Northern House learns of this,
they'll turn on us altogether.
**[10:20] Rokon**
Fool. That's why I'm doing this in secret.
**[10:24] Atsufusa**
Do you, a bodyguard, have that authority?
We must defer to His Lordship.
**[10:42] Natsuka**
Explain all this fuss, Rokon.
**[10:45] Rokon**
Why, Lord Natsuka.
**[10:47] Rokon**
I was merely asking the man behind
the blunder we discussed to explain himself.
**[10:52] Rokon**
You needn't concern yourself.
**[10:55] Atsufusa**
Sir Rokon is invoking your illustrious
name to commit brutalities.
**[11:00] Atsufusa**
All your efforts to win over the
Northern House may come to naught.
**[11:07] Atsufusa**
No, worse than that—
**[11:09] Rokon**
Lord Natsuka, you must know
that I have given my all for you.
**[11:19] Rokon**
Won't you please trust me?
**[11:26] Natsuka**
Very well.
**[11:39] Rokon**
Kazumichi, something's been puzzling me.
**[11:43] Rokon**
Would a coward like you
really take such a big risk?
**[11:48] Rokon**
Are you sure no one put you up to it?
**[11:51] Kazumichi**
No. No!
**[11:53] Rokon**
Out with it, Kazumichi.
**[11:56] Kazumichi**
I just thought,
with the Prince out of the way,
**[11:59] Kazumichi**
Lord Natsuka would become our next kin'u.
**[12:02] Kazumichi**
I simply wished to help.
**[12:05] Rokon**
You've been using Lord Natsuka's
name to borrow money.
**[12:11] Rokon**
And not only have you not paid it back,
you've been extorting hill ravens, I hear.
**[12:18] Atsufusa**
Sir Kazumichi would never...
**[12:22] Rokon**
Did you think I wouldn't find out?
**[12:25] Rokon**
I've also heard you started
panicking recently
**[12:27] Rokon**
because your son lost you favor
with the Northern House.
**[12:32] Rokon**
Did you think Lord Natsuka would pay off
your debts if you killed the Prince?
**[12:38] Rokon**
And that he'd forgive all your other crimes?
**[12:45] Kazumichi**
Lord Natsuka!
**[12:46] Kazumichi**
Have mercy! I beg you, spare me!
**[12:52] Kazumichi**
Please spare me! Sir Atsufusa! Sir Atsufusa!
**[12:57] Rokon**
Watch closely, all of you.
**[13:00] Rokon**
See what happens to those
who defy Lord Natsuka's will.
**[13:33] Atsufusa**
How gruesome.
**[13:34] Natsuka**
Atsufusa.
**[13:36] Natsuka**
Rokon stepped forward to dirty his hands.
**[13:40] Natsuka**
This matter would not have
resolved itself otherwise.
**[13:48] Sumio**
I see.
**[13:50] Sumio**
So a rogue court raven did it.
**[13:54] Sumio**
They'll blame Kazumichi's death
on robbers or cutthroats,
**[13:59] Sumio**
and I doubt that ruffian is still alive.
**[14:02] Sumio**
Any more digging seems
like a waste of time.
**[14:05] Yukiya**
Um...
**[14:07] Yukiya**
I'm not sure I really follow, but where does
Lord Natsuka stand in his own faction?
**[14:13] Yukiya**
I mean...
**[14:14] Nazukihiko**
Natsuka issues no orders himself.
**[14:17] Nazukihiko**
The others champion him and
do what they imagine he wants.
**[14:22] Nazukihiko**
That's how his faction operates,
making it hard to get a clear picture.
**[14:26] Yukiya**
So that's how it works.
**[14:28] Sumio**
Anything else to report?
**[14:30] Yukiya**
Well, I was thinking someone
must have masterminded the attack.
**[14:35] Sumio**
A mastermind?
**[14:36] Yukiya**
Like Rokon said,
**[14:38] Yukiya**
Kazumichi didn't seem clever enough
to poison his henchmen ahead of time.
**[14:44] Yukiya**
I thought maybe Lord Natsuka had
ordered it, but going by what you just said...
**[14:49] Sumio**
Well, you don't have much evidence.
**[14:52] Yukiya**
I guess not.
**[14:54] Sumio**
And Kazumichi didn't name names,
even when being threatened by Rokon?
**[14:58] Yukiya**
Right.
**[15:02] Yukiya**
What about the Empress?
**[15:04] Sumio**
Very likely, but we can't prove it.
**[15:08] Sumio**
If only Kazumichi were still alive.
**[15:18] Yukiya**
Well then, good night.
**[15:23] Nazukihiko**
You may not need me to tell you this,
**[15:26] Nazukihiko**
but if you feel the least bit of guilt
for Kazumichi's rash acts, it is misplaced.
**[15:35] Nazukihiko**
He would have done much
the same sooner or later.
**[15:39] Nazukihiko**
You need not let it bother you.
**[15:44] Yukiya**
Right.
**[15:45] Nazukihiko**
Oh, and you impressed the Ravine-dwellers.
**[15:49] Nazukihiko**
"The boy can work," they said.
"Take your money back. Just let us keep him."
**[15:55] Nazukihiko**
I refused, of course.
**[15:57] Yukiya**
Um, Your Highness?
**[15:58] Nazukihiko**
Yes?
**[15:59] Yukiya**
Do you mean to say
you'd already paid them?
**[16:01] Nazukihiko**
Yes. They'll do anything for me,
so long as I pay.
**[16:05] Yukiya**
I knew it.
**[16:07] Nazukihiko**
Hm?
**[16:08] Yukiya**
You knew all along, didn't you?
About Natsuka's backers meeting there.
**[16:13] Yukiya**
That's why you abandoned me
in the Ravine like that.
**[16:17] Nazukihiko**
Didn't I tell you that was why?
**[16:19] Yukiya**
Not one word!
**[16:21] Yukiya**
I thought you'd sold me off for real!
**[16:25] Yukiya**
I slaved from dawn to dusk!
**[16:27] Yukiya**
Why do you always keep me in the dark?
**[16:29] Yukiya**
Why don't you ever tell me
the plan ahead of time?
**[16:33] Nazukihiko**
Sorry about that.
**[16:40] Yukiya**
Do you think you can
buy me off with these?!
***SIGN*** Cherry Blossom Palace
**[16:44] Novice Lady-in-Waiting**
Do you think His Highness
will finally visit this time?
***SIGN*** Autumn Hall
**[16:48] Lady-in-Waiting 1**
Of course he will.
**[16:50] Lady-in-Waiting 1**
Tanabata is one of the
most crucial steps in the rite.
**[16:53] Lady-in-Waiting 2**
The ladies vying for the Crown
Prince's hand have spent a year
**[16:58] Lady-in-Waiting 2**
sewing kimono that match
their own to give to him.
**[17:01] Lady-in-Waiting 2**
They hang their gifts outside their halls.
**[17:03] Lady-in-Waiting 2**
If His Highness wears one, it is said
to bode well for the lady who sewed it.
**[17:10] Novice Lady-in-Waiting**
So Tanabata cannot go forward without him?
**[17:13] Lady-in-Waiting 3**
Of course, professionals
do the *actual* sewing.
**[17:17] Lady-in-Waiting 3**
The ladies only add the last stitch, if that.
**[17:20] Lady-in-Waiting 3**
Only *our* lady would
actually do it all herself.
**[17:24] Kikuno**
You there.
**[17:25] Kikuno**
Stop twittering and get to work.
**[17:29] Ladies-in-Waiting**
Yes, ma'am.
**[17:35] Masuho**
Kikuno.
**[17:36] Kikuno**
Y-Yes, my lady?
**[17:37] Masuho**
Has His Highness written?
**[17:41] Kikuno**
No, not yet.
**[17:43] Masuho**
I see.
**[17:46] Kikuno**
His Highness must be busy.
I am sure none of the other ladies have—
**[17:50] Masuho**
Ow.
**[17:51] Kikuno**
Are you hurt?
**[17:53] Masuho**
You always overreact, Kikuno.
**[17:56] Masuho**
Now, go. You're distracting me.
**[18:00] Kikuno**
His Highness will surely come on Tanabata.
**[18:02] Kikuno**
I know His Lordship wrote to the Prince,
strongly requesting his presence.
***SIGN*** Spring Hall
**[18:21] Asebi**
All done.
**[18:22] Ukogi**
And well done.
**[18:23] Ukogi**
His Highness will be delighted.
**[18:26] Asebi**
But I only added one stitch.
**[18:29] Asebi**
Is there not more I can do?
I could help decorate.
**[18:33] Ukogi**
I appreciate the offer, my lady, but no.
**[18:35] Ukogi**
Please relax and play your koto.
**[18:41] Spring Hall Lady-in-Waiting**
My lady.
**[18:43] Spring Hall Lady-in-Waiting**
A royal lady-in-waiting wishes to see you.
**[18:46] Asebi**
Royal?
**[18:50] Asebi**
Samomo!
**[18:51] Asebi**
I am so glad to see you.
**[18:55] Samomo**
Forgive me. I know you must be
busy preparing for Tanabata.
**[19:00] Asebi**
Hardly. In fact, I was bored.
**[19:02] Asebi**
I feel like no one expects much of me.
**[19:05] Samomo**
Surely you jest.
**[19:07] Asebi**
No, I mean it.
**[19:09] Asebi**
But I cannot blame them.
**[19:12] Asebi**
Coming to the palace has highlighted
how little knowledge and skill I have.
**[19:17] Asebi**
I have no right to be here.
**[19:20] Samomo**
I disagree.
**[19:22] Samomo**
You are beautiful and kind, Lady Asebi.
**[19:25] Samomo**
You would make a wonderful consort.
**[19:29] Asebi**
Samomo...
**[19:31] Samomo**
Please take heart.
**[19:33] Samomo**
I have brought a gift
from Princess Fujinami.
**[19:40] Asebi**
My! A nagon koto, and a magnificent one.
**[19:45] Samomo**
I believe its name is Drifting Cloud.
**[19:47] Asebi**
Drifting Cloud?
**[19:49] Asebi**
Princess Fujinami wants me to have it?
**[19:51] Samomo**
She says she spoke of you to a
certain person, who granted permission.
**[19:57] Asebi**
Who might that be?
**[19:59] Samomo**
Someone of high birth. She said no more.
**[20:04] Asebi**
Cherry blossoms and mist.
**[20:27] Ukogi**
Drifting Cloud?
**[20:37] Asebi**
*When was it?*
**[21:01] Asebi**
*The boy wore purple.*
**[21:06] Asebi**
*Of course! Why didn't I realize?*
**[21:09] Asebi**
* Only the most noble members of*
* the Royal House may dress in purple.*
**[21:13] Asebi**
*Then, that boy must have been... the Prince?*
**[21:24] Asebi**
* I came to the palace*
* so I could see my first love again.*
**[21:38] Yukiya**
What are you frowning for?
**[21:41] Nazukihiko**
I just received a threat.
**[21:43] Yukiya**
Y-You got a *what*?!
**[21:50] Yukiya**
So, basically, "I shall overlook
Your Highness's sloth thus far."
**[21:56] Yukiya**
"But whatever happens, no matter how grave,
**[21:59] Yukiya**
you absolutely *must* visit the
Cherry Blossom Palace on Tanabata!"
**[22:04] Yukiya**
Hey, isn't this...
**[22:05] Nazukihiko**
Yes. From the Lord of the West.
**[22:08] Yukiya**
Jeez, don't scare me like that.
**[22:11] Nazukihiko**
That man has no doubt
that I will wed his daughter,
**[22:16] Nazukihiko**
so he wants to make me
visit her and seal the deal.
**[22:21] Yukiya**
"S-Seal the deal"?
**[22:24] Nazukihiko**
By wearing her kimono, of course.
**[22:27] Yukiya**
S-Still, Tanabata, huh?
**[22:30] Yukiya**
You really can't sit this one out, can you?
**[22:35] Yukiya**
Your Highness?
**[22:36] Nazukihiko**
I don't want to go.
**[22:46] Sumio**
Atsufusa?
**[22:48] Atsufusa**
I beg of you!
**[22:50] Atsufusa**
Let me speak with His Highness!
**[22:52] Atsufusa**
I realize the impertinence
of my request, but please!
**[24:31] Narrator**
*Natsuka's aide, Atsufusa.*
**[24:34] Narrator**
* This unexpected visitor*
* asks a favor of the Prince.*
**[24:39] Narrator**
*On Tanabata in the Cherry Blossom Palace,*
**[24:42] Narrator**
* the tune Asebi plucks on her koto*
* makes waves in women's hearts.*
**[24:50] Narrator**
*Next time: "A Tanabata Invitation."*
***SIGN*** A Tanabata
***SIGN*** Invitation
***SIGN*** YATAGARASU:
The Raven
Does Not
Choose
Its Master
***SIGN*** Illustration: Natsuki