WEBVTT 00:02.300 --> 00:05.310 I apologize for my sudden discourtesy. 00:05.840 --> 00:07.560 I have something I wish to ask of you. 00:07.960 --> 00:08.880 Would you please... 00:10.930 --> 00:13.810 do me the honor of becoming my wife? 00:15.680 --> 00:17.400 What? Your wife? 00:17.400 --> 00:18.200 Yes. 00:18.520 --> 00:20.080 Me, become your wife? 00:20.080 --> 00:21.330 That's right. 00:27.830 --> 00:29.520 I respectfully decline. 00:34.230 --> 00:35.550 Why? 00:36.210 --> 00:39.030 Why is he laughing like he's really enjoying this? 02:11.550 --> 02:17.380 Th-The Crown Prince of Galkhein proposed marriage to Rishe?! 02:17.990 --> 02:21.030 The man who killed me is proposing to me? 02:21.240 --> 02:23.380 It doesn't make sense. I don't understand what his aims are. 02:31.790 --> 02:32.600 It's the king! 02:32.600 --> 02:33.570 Why is the king here? 02:33.570 --> 02:34.290 Your Majesty! 02:34.530 --> 02:35.540 Father! 02:35.540 --> 02:37.800 Why would you come all this way— 02:39.330 --> 02:40.140 Your Majesty? 02:39.330 --> 02:41.460 F-Father! The stones... 02:40.140 --> 02:43.470 Prince Arnold, my idiot son has shown you unthinkable rudeness! 02:41.460 --> 02:43.470 The stones are digging into my face! 02:43.470 --> 02:44.610 F-Father, I, um... 02:43.470 --> 02:47.220 Lady Rishe, I truly apologize for the matter of the broken engagement. 02:44.610 --> 02:47.220 M-My beautiful face is going to be full of stones... 02:47.220 --> 02:49.160 I offer you my heartfelt apologies. 02:49.160 --> 02:51.980 I believe you have heard Prince Arnold's intentions, 02:51.980 --> 02:53.950 but I ask it of you as well. 02:51.980 --> 02:53.950 They're going to leave scars. 02:59.100 --> 03:03.750 This trifling matter will cause no discord in the friendship between our nations. 03:04.860 --> 03:09.390 But if at all possible, I would ask for some time to speak with her. 03:10.060 --> 03:12.340 P-Please go with him, Lady Rishe. 03:11.390 --> 03:12.340 Ow! 03:13.720 --> 03:17.420 Should you refuse, I will simply proceed to the next tactic. 03:21.210 --> 03:23.680 What exactly are you plotting? 03:23.680 --> 03:25.080 Nothing. 03:25.080 --> 03:27.100 I've fallen completely in love with you, that's all. 03:27.100 --> 03:28.150 Fallen in... 03:29.020 --> 03:32.690 With your engagement broken, you no longer have anyone backing you, correct? 03:34.040 --> 03:38.860 He's right. In my first life, I would have leaped at this chance. 03:39.120 --> 03:44.920 But as I am now... I know that life holds infinite opportunities. 03:45.710 --> 03:46.500 Still... 03:46.910 --> 03:50.330 The Savage Emperor. The Invader. 03:50.890 --> 03:55.670 In all of the lives I've lived, he's instigated a war. 03:56.600 --> 03:58.320 Why would he do such a thing? 03:58.780 --> 04:00.930 If I stay by his side, will I learn the reason? 04:02.480 --> 04:05.540 You say that you've fallen in love with me. 04:05.540 --> 04:07.740 That's why I proposed marriage. 04:07.740 --> 04:11.170 Then will you agree to a few selfish requests of mine? 04:11.170 --> 04:15.690 If it lies within my power, I swear that I shall make your every wish come true. 04:15.690 --> 04:18.580 First, everything needed for the marriage ceremony 04:18.580 --> 04:21.570 will be procured through the trading company that I specify. 04:21.900 --> 04:23.320 As you like. 04:23.320 --> 04:27.320 After we are married, please provide a space where I may receive guests from other countries. 04:27.320 --> 04:30.450 As the wife of the crown prince, you would be asked to do such things in any case. 04:30.450 --> 04:33.200 I would prefer to live separately from the emperor. 04:33.420 --> 04:35.710 If it's for you, I would do anything. 04:36.650 --> 04:39.610 Lastly, I have one more very important point. 04:41.330 --> 04:44.840 I will absolutely laze around the castle! 04:45.100 --> 04:48.090 I will loaf about, idle my days away, and do no work at all! 04:51.350 --> 04:55.840 Oh. Additionally, I request that you lay not a single finger on me, please. 05:37.020 --> 05:38.890 What do you mean to do with that hand? 05:39.650 --> 05:44.190 You promised, didn't you? I asked you not to lay a single finger on me. 05:45.110 --> 05:47.070 Don't regard me with such contempt. 05:47.070 --> 05:50.330 I was simply trying to retrieve that which you took from me. 05:55.430 --> 05:58.460 I'm so terribly sorry! 05:59.670 --> 06:03.960 Slumped over with a sword for support... I'm amazed you could sleep like that. 06:05.140 --> 06:09.620 To think that I used the sword that impaled me in place of a pillow... 06:09.620 --> 06:12.720 It's incredible that you sensed me without my touching you. 06:13.000 --> 06:17.180 To reach such a level, you must have trained quite a lot. 06:17.180 --> 06:19.320 Y-Yes, I did. 06:24.550 --> 06:28.820 I've invited the trading company you selected for a meeting. 06:28.820 --> 06:30.760 Thank you. 06:30.760 --> 06:32.190 The Aria Trading Company. 06:33.220 --> 06:36.560 There's been talk of that company lately. 06:36.560 --> 06:38.480 Do you patronize them regularly? 06:38.480 --> 06:43.580 No. I've simply heard that they procure very fine goods. 06:43.580 --> 06:48.010 I want to interact with them as soon as possible in this life, too. 06:51.260 --> 06:53.780 The devastating power of incredibly good looks... 06:55.160 --> 06:56.010 What is it? 06:56.010 --> 06:57.860 Oh! It's nothi— 06:58.220 --> 06:59.230 Stop the horses! 06:59.230 --> 07:00.390 Enemy attack! 07:09.480 --> 07:10.930 Um, I— 07:10.930 --> 07:13.000 You stay here and behave. 07:15.490 --> 07:18.590 There are knights here. Why would he go to fight himself? 07:21.890 --> 07:24.900 He told me to behave, but... 07:42.630 --> 07:44.100 Finished already? 07:46.360 --> 07:50.440 And when I took the trouble to face you by myself, too. 07:50.840 --> 07:53.700 This didn't even serve to stave off boredom. 07:55.890 --> 07:57.620 Arrest the brigands. 07:57.620 --> 07:59.650 Those with nothing else to do, see to the wounded. 07:59.650 --> 08:00.580 Sir! 08:03.150 --> 08:04.580 He hasn't killed them. 08:05.800 --> 08:07.100 Not a single one of them. 08:08.560 --> 08:10.500 What's wrong, Kamil? 08:10.500 --> 08:11.590 Hurry! 08:13.800 --> 08:15.410 Are you all right? Hey! 08:15.410 --> 08:16.570 Is something wrong? 08:16.570 --> 08:19.540 My body... feels numb. 08:26.740 --> 08:27.940 Poison, is it? 08:27.940 --> 08:31.780 Tie off a spot between the wound and the heart immediately, then suck the poison out. 08:31.780 --> 08:32.770 Sir! 08:32.770 --> 08:35.630 A scent like that of an overripe apple... 08:35.630 --> 08:38.780 This is an anesthetic made of shea grass and bluecap rock mushrooms. 08:38.780 --> 08:41.720 It's likely something that hunters in this area use. 08:41.720 --> 08:45.880 While it won't be fatal, the effect will last for several days. 08:45.880 --> 08:48.290 It will take another two days to reach Galkhein. 08:48.290 --> 08:50.300 If we look after them as we travel, then... 08:51.170 --> 08:53.970 We passed a hunting settlement along the way. 08:53.970 --> 08:55.450 We'll return there and procure the antidote. 08:55.450 --> 08:56.310 Excuse me. 08:57.180 --> 08:59.930 I can make an antidote. 09:00.240 --> 09:01.030 What? 09:02.780 --> 09:05.930 It's lucky that I'm able to make this with the plants I have on hand. 09:05.930 --> 09:09.190 It's actually more effective if it's boiled, 09:09.400 --> 09:11.500 but as haste is needed here, let's use this. 09:20.580 --> 09:23.050 Could it be that they're suspicious of me? 09:29.510 --> 09:29.880 Hey! 09:31.880 --> 09:32.730 What are you doing? 09:32.730 --> 09:35.130 It's all right. Please don't worry. 09:35.130 --> 09:40.640 This antidote is made of liquori grass and luqua flowers with some carilya nuts. 09:41.020 --> 09:44.640 Please, make your decision. Will you use this medicine right now, 09:44.990 --> 09:47.960 or will you endure that numbness for the next few days? 09:47.960 --> 09:49.650 Right, Your Highness? 09:51.820 --> 09:54.150 I'm glad that nothing terrible happened. 09:54.550 --> 09:58.650 That aside, for what purpose do you suppose that you have guards with you? 09:58.950 --> 10:02.840 Rather than sustaining losses by having knights fight off the battlefield, 10:02.840 --> 10:05.940 stepping in myself better protects our national interests. 10:05.940 --> 10:07.620 And we did, in fact, sustain casualties. 10:07.620 --> 10:09.710 You say that with the benefit of hindsight. 10:09.710 --> 10:12.420 And the fact that you brought Lady Rishe out here with you... 10:12.420 --> 10:14.060 That was not my doing. 10:20.000 --> 10:23.390 So, the flowers weren't simply to look at, they were for practical use. 10:24.330 --> 10:26.900 How did you get out of the carriage? 10:26.900 --> 10:28.430 It's a secret. 10:31.100 --> 10:32.760 In my life as a maid, 10:32.760 --> 10:35.940 my lady would often lock herself in her rooms, 10:35.940 --> 10:38.260 and every time, I'd have to unlock the doors. 10:47.450 --> 10:50.450 Is he a child staring at a line of ants? 10:51.520 --> 10:53.490 Is there something on your mind? 10:53.490 --> 10:57.740 I have no hidden purpose. I was simply thinking that you are unfathomable. 10:58.960 --> 11:02.680 What means will you use to entertain me next? 11:02.680 --> 11:04.470 I'm beside myself with anticipation. 11:04.470 --> 11:07.970 He speaks of me as though I'm some rare beast. 11:08.320 --> 11:11.550 I'm not doing this for Your Highness' amusement. 11:11.550 --> 11:12.630 I know. 11:15.880 --> 11:19.780 One of the knights you pressured into your threat-like choice 11:20.100 --> 11:22.300 is someone who once lived in the slums. 11:23.050 --> 11:25.900 Galkhein extols itself as a meritocracy, 11:25.900 --> 11:29.040 but there are many who are unfairly judged due to their origins. 11:29.040 --> 11:31.730 Even so, he has never caved to outside pressures. 11:31.730 --> 11:33.470 He worked hard and became a knight. 11:34.140 --> 11:38.420 The knight with the worst case of numbness hasn't been assigned here for very long. 11:38.760 --> 11:42.150 He trained himself night and day for the sake of this mission. 11:43.240 --> 11:47.890 The older knight was trying to protect that newer knight and was injured alongside him. 11:47.890 --> 11:49.810 He's a man who excels at looking after others. 11:49.810 --> 11:53.140 You know quite a lot about the knights. 11:53.880 --> 11:56.050 Because I've chosen all of them as my retainers. 12:04.910 --> 12:07.800 I thank you for saving them. 12:12.280 --> 12:15.420 I don't understand anything anymore. 12:15.670 --> 12:17.930 Is this a false face of his? 12:17.930 --> 12:19.180 Or is it... 12:21.510 --> 12:24.670 I simply made use of knowledge I happen to have. 12:25.840 --> 12:30.430 A noble lady who happens to have knowledge of herbalism? There can't be many of those. 12:30.430 --> 12:35.190 Now that I think of it, why were the knights so wary of me? 12:35.190 --> 12:38.430 They heard that you are a lady whose engagement has been broken. 12:38.430 --> 12:41.280 They've likely wondered what sort of villainess I'm marrying 12:41.280 --> 12:42.710 and have all sorts of notions. 12:42.710 --> 12:43.870 I see. 12:44.980 --> 12:49.550 Then, what did you say when you told His Majesty the Emperor about me? 12:49.550 --> 12:52.200 "She's from a ducal house with connections to the royal family," 12:52.200 --> 12:54.190 "and was fiancée to the crown prince." 12:54.190 --> 12:56.560 "She's taken my fancy, so I've stolen her." That's what I told him. 12:56.560 --> 12:57.830 Stolen? 12:58.310 --> 13:01.840 Because the empress must be from the royal family of another country. 13:02.790 --> 13:05.010 You mean... a hostage. 13:06.030 --> 13:10.740 In Galkhein, there may be those who behave rudely toward you. 13:11.210 --> 13:13.050 If the worst happens, I will— 13:13.050 --> 13:15.730 But that's splendid! 13:15.730 --> 13:16.890 What is? 13:16.890 --> 13:21.480 If I'm treated as a hostage, then I won't be brought out for official duties, will I? 13:21.480 --> 13:23.340 Well, I suppose not. 13:23.340 --> 13:26.240 Wonderful! That means I might actually be able to laze around! 13:26.510 --> 13:28.300 Thank you, Your Highness! 13:28.890 --> 13:29.720 It's nothing. 13:29.720 --> 13:34.590 Oh, and while I'm thinking of it, you were about to take my hand earlier, weren't you? 13:34.590 --> 13:36.060 That was unavoidable. 13:36.060 --> 13:38.100 A promise is a promise. 13:45.240 --> 13:48.360 Possessing fertile land and abundant resources, 13:48.360 --> 13:51.800 Galkhein influences every nation in the world. 13:52.460 --> 13:54.560 In all of my previous lives, 13:54.840 --> 13:56.910 it is the only country I've never visited. 13:59.420 --> 14:01.170 So this is the imperial capital! 14:39.540 --> 14:41.600 Is something the matter? 14:42.050 --> 14:44.540 Preparations of the imperial villa have been delayed. 14:44.540 --> 14:47.640 I'm sorry, but today you'll be staying in a room for noble guests. 14:47.640 --> 14:51.020 There's no need for such considerations. I will be quite happy in the villa. 14:51.020 --> 14:54.050 It hasn't been used in a long time. It's in a terrible state. 14:54.050 --> 14:55.240 I don't mind. 14:55.540 --> 14:57.190 Besides, I... 14:57.190 --> 14:58.750 am a hostage! 14:59.450 --> 15:01.220 Why do you seem proud of that? 15:03.740 --> 15:09.210 This place certainly hasn't been used in quite some time. There's so much dust. 15:12.960 --> 15:13.890 Now then... 15:14.660 --> 15:16.390 Shall we begin? 15:16.810 --> 15:19.190 The maid in me finds this quite exciting! 15:19.190 --> 15:20.980 Excuse me, Lady Rishe? 15:20.980 --> 15:24.050 Is there anything that we might help with? 15:24.050 --> 15:27.610 I couldn't possibly ask my guards to clean. 15:27.610 --> 15:30.360 Then, at least allow us to carry in the furniture. 15:30.660 --> 15:32.210 Thank you so much! 15:42.810 --> 15:47.680 A few years from now, Arnold Hein will kill his father, the emperor. 15:47.680 --> 15:49.820 Then, the war will begin. 15:50.450 --> 15:52.850 There may not be much point to it, 15:52.850 --> 15:55.310 but I'd like to keep him away from his father. 15:56.390 --> 15:59.140 Why did he wage war against the world? 16:00.380 --> 16:03.740 In all of my lives, the cause of my death 16:03.740 --> 16:07.690 has always been connected to the war started by Arnold Hein. 16:10.360 --> 16:12.090 I am firmly opposed to war! 16:12.090 --> 16:13.780 If only it weren't for that war! 16:13.780 --> 16:17.800 And here's to a long life spent lazing around comfortably and without care! 16:17.800 --> 16:19.120 Are you seeing this? 16:19.120 --> 16:21.040 The novice is working so hard. 16:21.040 --> 16:23.330 No matter how hard you try, it won't work! 16:24.790 --> 16:28.810 We'll be chosen to be Her Highness the Crown Princess' maids. 16:29.580 --> 16:30.850 Are you all right? 16:31.240 --> 16:31.910 Yes. 16:31.910 --> 16:32.960 I haven't seen you before. 16:32.960 --> 16:35.680 She must be new. Look at how pretty her hands are. 16:35.680 --> 16:39.440 Unfortunately for you, the only ones capable of serving the crown princess 16:39.440 --> 16:42.180 are us, with our three years of experience working in the palace. 16:42.180 --> 16:43.390 Can you stand? 16:43.390 --> 16:44.100 Hey! 16:44.100 --> 16:45.340 Listen when we're speaking to you. 16:45.340 --> 16:49.600 If you intend to work as a lady's maid, learn to respect those with more experience. 16:49.600 --> 16:53.420 Those curtains. It would be better not to start washing them now. 16:53.420 --> 16:54.110 What? 16:54.110 --> 16:56.860 The days are long in the spring. There's enough time for them to dry. 16:56.860 --> 16:59.620 There will be a little rain later. 16:59.620 --> 17:01.520 What makes you so certain? 17:01.520 --> 17:05.430 The type of clouds. The birds are flying low, too. 17:05.430 --> 17:08.880 If you wash large articles now, it might make more work later. 17:09.690 --> 17:13.190 Nothing a novice like you says could possibly be accurate. 17:13.190 --> 17:15.180 Enough of this. Let's go. 17:15.180 --> 17:17.760 This nice weather is definitely going to last all day. 17:18.520 --> 17:20.420 Are you hurt anywhere? 17:20.420 --> 17:21.180 No. 17:21.960 --> 17:24.290 Thank you... very much. 17:24.290 --> 17:27.430 My name is Elsie. Thank you for saving me. 17:31.300 --> 17:33.350 That's gotten dirty, hasn't it... 17:34.850 --> 17:37.780 And when they were kind enough to provide me with it, too. 17:37.780 --> 17:40.340 It will be all right if we wash it right away. 17:40.340 --> 17:41.180 What? 17:41.180 --> 17:44.910 I did say that it would rain, but that fabric dries quickly. 17:44.910 --> 17:47.290 Mud gets deep between the threads, 17:48.100 --> 17:50.670 so please try tapping at it with this brush to wash it. 17:51.570 --> 17:52.790 Who are you? 17:55.050 --> 17:58.270 Come! We have to hurry before it starts raining! 18:10.840 --> 18:13.940 Traveling to see every country in the world... 18:14.490 --> 18:17.240 That was the dream I had when I was a merchant. 18:17.940 --> 18:21.950 In lifetime after lifetime, I tried to fulfill that dream, 18:21.950 --> 18:23.320 but it never came true. 18:24.360 --> 18:28.180 And now, the one country I was never able to visit... 18:28.180 --> 18:30.240 I've finally managed to make it here! 18:43.470 --> 18:45.110 Should you really be doing this? 18:45.110 --> 18:47.140 Slipping away in the middle of your official duties? 18:47.840 --> 18:50.850 Truly, you surprise me every time we meet. 18:50.850 --> 18:53.230 I've suppressed my presence. 18:53.230 --> 18:55.860 To think that you could sense me at such a distance. 18:55.860 --> 18:57.760 That wasn't kind of you. 18:57.760 --> 19:02.610 I know you adjusted the strength of your presence, testing to see when I would notice. 19:04.900 --> 19:06.180 What were you looking at? 19:06.940 --> 19:07.980 The city. 19:08.750 --> 19:11.250 What's that large building over there? 19:11.520 --> 19:12.830 A library. 19:12.830 --> 19:15.560 Books gathered from every other country are held there for safekeeping. 19:15.560 --> 19:17.270 Every country? 19:17.770 --> 19:19.920 And that beautiful little tower over there? 19:19.920 --> 19:21.260 A church. 19:21.260 --> 19:23.450 It also serves as a clock tower. 19:23.450 --> 19:25.300 Its bells ring at appointed times. 19:25.300 --> 19:27.100 Oh, how lovely! 19:27.100 --> 19:30.010 And there's a large marketplace over there, isn't there? 19:30.010 --> 19:33.090 It's the largest shopping street in the imperial capital. 19:33.090 --> 19:35.980 The stalls there handle wares that they receive just that morning. 19:35.980 --> 19:37.780 How splendid! 19:37.780 --> 19:39.880 Then, Your Highness, what about that pretty— 19:41.730 --> 19:43.500 Wh-What is it? 19:43.500 --> 19:46.180 I was wondering what you find so entertaining. 19:46.690 --> 19:49.130 You were pressured into a marriage to one of this country's royals. 19:49.130 --> 19:51.250 Would it really inspire such curiosity? 19:52.970 --> 19:55.250 It's something I've longed for. 19:55.590 --> 19:56.580 Longed for? 19:57.630 --> 20:01.010 I've wanted to come to this country for a very long time. 20:01.380 --> 20:04.050 The final push that made me agree to the marriage 20:04.050 --> 20:07.010 might have been the admiration that I've felt for this country. 20:07.250 --> 20:11.080 This country doesn't possess anything worth your admiration or longing. 20:11.080 --> 20:13.010 That's not true. 20:13.010 --> 20:15.020 Even in the information you just gave me... 20:15.020 --> 20:17.230 There are so many fascinating places here! 20:17.230 --> 20:21.390 And the faces of people in town shine so brightly! And there's also— 20:22.790 --> 20:25.960 Have I said something strange? 20:25.960 --> 20:28.840 I've never seen a person like you before. 20:28.840 --> 20:32.290 The substance of your statements, your knowledge, your physical ability... 20:32.770 --> 20:35.290 A simple nobleman's daughter would have no need of such things. 20:37.560 --> 20:42.420 You've been born to a duke's family. Your personal feelings are unnecessary. 20:42.420 --> 20:43.340 But, Mother! 20:43.340 --> 20:47.430 Your happiness lies in marrying into the royal family and bearing an heir. 20:47.430 --> 20:49.180 There are things I wish to learn! 20:49.180 --> 20:53.180 If you have enough knowledge to maintain appearances in social situations, that is enough. 20:53.410 --> 20:55.890 Focus on the homemaking arts, not academic study. 20:58.870 --> 21:01.780 Even if others may deem such things unnecessary, 21:01.780 --> 21:04.070 I treasure every single one of them. 21:04.880 --> 21:08.110 They are riches which I will never lose, 21:08.110 --> 21:10.640 and each is a precious piece of my life. 21:14.120 --> 21:17.860 Whether something has value or not in my life... 21:17.860 --> 21:19.880 I will decide that for myself! 21:22.670 --> 21:23.730 I know. 21:32.760 --> 21:36.020 You should do whatever you wish, without constraints. 21:36.980 --> 21:40.910 I swear to support you in your wishes and continue to assist you. 21:42.360 --> 21:43.460 Why? 21:44.180 --> 21:45.420 I told you. 21:45.420 --> 21:47.490 I've fallen completely in love with you. 21:47.490 --> 21:49.520 Lies, as usual. 21:50.040 --> 21:53.740 And these immeasurable abilities of yours... 21:54.180 --> 21:57.250 I don't find them pointless. I find them delightful, from the bottom of my heart. 22:00.200 --> 22:03.530 I thought I'd conveyed that much to you at least. 22:08.920 --> 22:10.790 Think of something you want. 22:11.930 --> 22:14.830 My agreement not to lay a finger on you. 22:14.830 --> 22:17.030 This time, I truly did break it. 22:26.480 --> 22:28.490 I can't read him at all! 22:28.490 --> 22:29.890 Arnold Hein... 22:30.520 --> 22:32.920 what are you plotting?