WEBVTT 00:15.710 --> 00:18.070 Lady Rishe, are you awake? 00:18.730 --> 00:20.490 I'm Prince Arnold's aide, Oliver. 00:20.720 --> 00:23.330 Y-Yes! Just a moment, please! 00:27.470 --> 00:29.240 Thank you for waiting. 00:29.240 --> 00:30.710 My apologies. 00:30.920 --> 00:34.570 This is the only time I could manage to get away from the prince's office. 00:35.630 --> 00:37.800 Then, you haven't managed any rest? 00:38.220 --> 00:40.340 I'm better off than others are. 00:40.340 --> 00:43.620 Prince Arnold hasn't managed even a nap. 00:44.130 --> 00:47.810 He's been hard-pressed to complete the work that accumulated while he was away in Hermity. 00:48.380 --> 00:50.440 I feel I should apologize. 00:50.690 --> 00:51.470 Not at all. 00:51.920 --> 00:54.440 The prince said he had no intention to marry, 00:54.810 --> 00:57.540 but through these events, he's found a lady to be his wife. 01:02.220 --> 01:04.910 Please look as much as you'd like. 01:05.140 --> 01:06.230 Pardon? 01:06.230 --> 01:08.580 You were examining me, weren't you? 01:09.800 --> 01:11.800 My apologies! That was terribly rude of me. 01:12.540 --> 01:16.170 Your insight is just as keen as the prince said it is. 01:16.170 --> 01:20.680 Master Oliver, your worry for His Highness truly is heartfelt. 01:20.950 --> 01:23.300 Have you been with him long? 01:23.300 --> 01:24.710 It's been ten years. 01:25.200 --> 01:27.640 If you've served him for that long, 01:28.020 --> 01:32.520 then would you know why he has decided to marry me? 01:32.790 --> 01:36.980 Well, to be honest, I'm surprised by it as well. 01:37.720 --> 01:41.280 However, I've never seen the prince so happy. 01:41.660 --> 01:45.370 When he's with you, Lady Rishe, his smile is so honest and open. 01:45.370 --> 01:48.370 I feel I'm being treated as some sort of toy. 01:49.810 --> 01:51.830 He isn't denying it. 01:52.450 --> 01:54.680 I didn't mean to get absorbed in conversation. 01:54.680 --> 01:59.340 His Highness asked me to bring you a list of the honored guests for the wedding ceremony. 01:59.810 --> 02:01.720 Thank you. 02:01.720 --> 02:04.900 Princess Harriet of Siguel. 02:04.900 --> 02:08.690 Duke Jonal will be in attendance to represent the Kingdom of Domana. 02:08.690 --> 02:11.630 And Prince Kyle of Coyolles... 02:12.110 --> 02:15.620 And this is a list of attendees for the party tomorrow evening. 02:18.030 --> 02:19.460 The party? 04:05.130 --> 04:07.610 Um, Miss Diana, where do these go? 04:07.610 --> 04:11.040 Go and line them up the way I showed you yesterday please. 04:11.040 --> 04:11.610 But... 04:11.610 --> 04:13.310 I'm in the middle of something right now. 04:18.880 --> 04:20.110 It's Rishe. 04:20.110 --> 04:23.580 Your Highness, may I have a moment of your time? 04:23.580 --> 04:24.400 Yes. 04:29.290 --> 04:32.830 Prince Arnold, I've come to beg something of you. 04:32.830 --> 04:35.830 You did tell me to think of something, didn't you? 04:36.250 --> 04:38.160 Think of something you want. 04:39.040 --> 04:41.910 My agreement not to lay a finger on you. 04:41.910 --> 04:44.260 This time, I truly did break it. 04:44.760 --> 04:48.920 Would it be possible to leave the selection of my maids to me? 04:48.920 --> 04:51.630 You can do as you like with that, but... 04:56.500 --> 04:58.810 It seems Oliver didn't tell you. 04:59.940 --> 05:01.350 This party tonight... 05:01.350 --> 05:05.060 It's meant to say, "The crown prince is looking for someone to marry from the empire." 05:05.060 --> 05:08.780 It's a pointless pretense held to keep up appearances. 05:08.780 --> 05:10.080 Your Highness, 05:10.080 --> 05:14.840 in this country, I am the crown princess only as a hostage. 05:15.770 --> 05:18.970 However, I find no dishonor in that. 05:20.240 --> 05:21.250 Please, 05:21.950 --> 05:24.570 feel free to formally reveal your fiancée at the party. 05:29.190 --> 05:30.750 I suppose I have no choice. 05:30.750 --> 05:33.510 Especially as I've received your permission to touch you. 05:33.510 --> 05:36.370 Well, we are both wearing gloves after all. 05:55.930 --> 06:00.100 This seems to be a much grander event than I'd anticipated. 06:00.100 --> 06:02.290 This is still on the smaller side. 06:02.290 --> 06:04.340 The standards of a large country are different. 06:04.760 --> 06:06.460 Prince Arnold! 06:06.460 --> 06:09.820 I was honored to receive an invitation to attend this evening! 06:09.820 --> 06:11.970 Thank you for coming. 06:12.230 --> 06:16.720 Your Highness, please tell my daughter stories of your travels. 06:16.720 --> 06:20.730 Unfortunately, there aren't any points worth speaking of on their own, 06:21.260 --> 06:24.540 but I did find good fortune on my trip. 06:26.060 --> 06:29.110 As you can see, I've found someone to be my wife. 06:30.070 --> 06:31.320 Did he say wife? 06:31.320 --> 06:33.120 His Highness is smiling! 06:33.120 --> 06:36.410 But he's never so much as glanced in our direction! 06:36.410 --> 06:39.660 Then, this beautiful lady is... 06:40.700 --> 06:44.370 Curiosity, jealousy, ulterior motives... 06:44.370 --> 06:48.080 Compared with having my engagement broken in front of everyone, 06:48.080 --> 06:50.210 this feels like nothing at all. 06:52.690 --> 06:54.520 I am pleased to meet all of you. 06:55.050 --> 06:57.850 My name is Rishe Irmgard Weitzner. 07:05.940 --> 07:09.360 As my future wife has only just arrived from another country, she has no one to rely on here. 07:09.360 --> 07:11.110 I would like for you to help her. 07:11.110 --> 07:13.200 Of course we will! 07:19.890 --> 07:24.660 "Future wife"? There's no need to provoke the other ladies that way. 07:24.660 --> 07:26.970 It's better to make it apparent now, while we can. 07:27.490 --> 07:28.340 Make what apparent? 07:29.400 --> 07:33.180 The fact that I will protect you, no matter what happens. 07:33.870 --> 07:35.180 Protect? 07:35.420 --> 07:37.120 Did he just say "protect"? 07:37.120 --> 07:38.780 Arnold Hein? 07:39.240 --> 07:42.320 The man who killed me? 07:43.640 --> 07:46.930 Your Highness is probably the one who is most dangerous to me. 07:46.930 --> 07:48.320 In what sense? 07:49.870 --> 07:52.770 Well, I don't think I could match you in swordplay. 07:53.310 --> 07:56.650 It might be worthwhile for me to try sparring with you one day. 07:56.650 --> 07:59.040 I would like that very much! 07:59.040 --> 08:02.080 And I know it's asking a lot, but I'd love to receive training from you! 08:04.570 --> 08:07.830 You always reply in ways that exceed my expectations. 08:08.770 --> 08:13.060 I may learn the attack method behind that fearsome sword technique. 08:15.440 --> 08:16.840 No need to force yourself to dance. 08:17.620 --> 08:21.220 Oh, but as I'm here anyway, I would like to enjoy myself. 08:40.320 --> 08:41.790 This closeness... 08:42.010 --> 08:44.250 It takes me back to that moment. 08:53.550 --> 08:55.920 Perhaps I'll try playing a little trick on him. 08:56.750 --> 09:00.300 If I take the lead, what will he do? 09:03.950 --> 09:05.450 Then, what about this? 09:11.110 --> 09:14.360 He looks like he'd like to say, "No matter what you do, it's no use." 09:22.620 --> 09:26.710 He's so close, but he hasn't crossed over into my space at all. 09:31.710 --> 09:32.460 Wait... 09:33.020 --> 09:35.050 Now that I think about it, he's been... 09:38.380 --> 09:40.970 No. Back then, too, the whole time, he was... 09:55.860 --> 09:56.940 I'm going to fall! 10:05.350 --> 10:07.330 That was splendid! 10:07.330 --> 10:09.990 The two of you were perfectly in step with each other! 10:09.990 --> 10:12.830 It was as though I was watching a sword dance! 10:23.950 --> 10:25.120 Lady Rishe? 10:25.960 --> 10:29.310 Your dance earlier was quite lovely. 10:29.310 --> 10:31.230 Thank you. 10:31.230 --> 10:34.020 If you'd like, please accept this wine. 10:37.290 --> 10:38.750 Thank you, I will. 10:43.290 --> 10:46.270 That's the aroma of crushed red peppers. 10:46.270 --> 10:48.330 To think they'd play pranks with food. 10:48.650 --> 10:51.820 This wine has an unusually striking aroma. 10:51.820 --> 10:53.580 It's quite intriguing. 10:53.580 --> 10:57.050 Are you displeased with the wine I've brought you? 11:02.820 --> 11:06.720 As I thought, it has a very stimulating flavor. 11:07.040 --> 11:11.150 It makes me very happy to have been welcomed in such a way. 11:12.680 --> 11:13.800 Let's go. 11:22.330 --> 11:23.350 That's spicy. 11:23.960 --> 11:24.770 Spicy? 11:25.280 --> 11:26.350 Your Highness. 11:27.280 --> 11:30.040 This wine has peppers in it. It's a special blend. 11:31.400 --> 11:33.290 You should just throw that away. 11:33.480 --> 11:38.850 No. This wine has lost its chance to be enjoyed for its flavor. 11:38.850 --> 11:41.250 The least I can do for it is to drink it all. 11:44.360 --> 11:45.570 What? Wait! 11:46.630 --> 11:47.720 Spicy indeed. 11:47.720 --> 11:49.390 I did say so, didn't I? 11:49.950 --> 11:51.890 Has this fulfilled your duty to this wine? 11:53.610 --> 11:54.820 Yes. 11:55.330 --> 11:57.270 Thank you. 11:58.280 --> 12:00.760 What were you thinking about during our dance? 12:00.760 --> 12:01.350 What? 12:01.760 --> 12:05.530 You were thinking of someone other than me, weren't you? 12:12.500 --> 12:17.000 I can't tell him it was his future self. 12:17.830 --> 12:20.420 I was worried for your health, Your Highness. 12:23.290 --> 12:24.630 This spot... 12:24.900 --> 12:26.830 You've been wounded there, haven't you? 12:29.810 --> 12:34.570 The movement of his left shoulder is slightly clumsier than that of his right. 12:35.770 --> 12:37.110 It was back then, too. 12:45.560 --> 12:46.950 It's an old wound. 12:46.950 --> 12:48.920 It runs all the way along the top of my shoulder. 12:48.920 --> 12:51.360 There's a spot where it slightly constricts my skin. 12:53.510 --> 12:55.290 How horrible. 12:55.700 --> 12:57.920 It's a very old scar. 12:58.270 --> 13:02.310 He was struck with a blade over and over... with killing intent. 13:03.920 --> 13:06.910 Only a few people know about this scar. 13:06.910 --> 13:09.340 And no one has ever guessed at its existence. 13:09.340 --> 13:11.350 Why do you have a scar like this? 13:15.100 --> 13:16.810 The night wind has grown colder. 13:39.830 --> 13:42.440 Do you think the lady's maids will be chosen soon? 13:42.440 --> 13:43.030 Yes. 13:43.460 --> 13:47.010 But with the way things are, we probably won't be chosen. 13:50.950 --> 13:52.470 Haven't you finished yet? 13:52.860 --> 13:54.680 I-I'm sorry, Miss Diana! 13:54.680 --> 13:55.720 I'm sorry. 13:55.720 --> 13:59.730 And those sheets this morning weren't folded the way I taught you. 13:59.730 --> 14:04.000 With skills like that, you'll never be chosen as the crown princess's maids. 14:04.000 --> 14:05.160 I'll help you. 14:07.580 --> 14:09.280 You again? 14:09.280 --> 14:11.440 I don't know which group you belong to, 14:11.440 --> 14:13.530 but I'm amazed that you have the time to help others. 14:14.060 --> 14:16.390 And all of you, finish that up quickly. 14:18.110 --> 14:21.730 It seems that the tablecloths for the villa will arrive today. 14:21.730 --> 14:24.960 If we help with that, I'm certain we'll be valued more highly. 14:25.300 --> 14:27.050 Let's go. Maya? Laura? 14:27.050 --> 14:27.960 Yes. 14:30.340 --> 14:34.470 I'm sorry. We're just so bad at remembering things. 14:34.840 --> 14:38.010 You haven't been at the palace very long, have you? 14:38.510 --> 14:40.900 No one gets everything right in the beginning. 14:41.770 --> 14:45.880 And it isn't that Elsie and the others are unused to doing laundry. 14:45.880 --> 14:49.780 They're completing their work. It's just taking longer, that's all. 14:49.780 --> 14:52.210 In that, Diana is right. 14:52.210 --> 14:54.660 But the cause of it is very clear. 14:54.990 --> 14:58.790 Have you heard anything about Miss Diana's life from before she came here? 14:59.120 --> 15:03.090 I think I heard that she's from a wealthy family that has several shops. 15:03.090 --> 15:05.110 I've heard that, too. 15:05.110 --> 15:09.590 But they lost it all because they went into debt. 15:09.590 --> 15:10.660 I see. 15:18.590 --> 15:20.430 It's sparklingly clean. 15:20.430 --> 15:21.870 When did that happen? 15:21.870 --> 15:23.860 I wonder who did the cleaning here. 15:24.440 --> 15:28.120 And that girl who always turns up uninvited isn't here, is she? 15:28.120 --> 15:29.900 An upstart newcomer like her? 15:29.900 --> 15:31.610 Of course she wouldn't be here. 15:31.610 --> 15:36.160 Indeed. To serve the crown princess, manners are absolutely essential. 15:36.640 --> 15:38.090 My heart's pounding. Is yours? 15:38.090 --> 15:38.910 Yes. 15:38.910 --> 15:41.600 What do you think the crown princess is like? 15:43.880 --> 15:45.700 Lady Rishe is here. 16:11.980 --> 16:14.650 I am Rishe Irmgard Weitzner. 16:17.720 --> 16:19.100 I'm sorry. 16:19.100 --> 16:21.600 I wanted to learn the truth about your situations, 16:21.600 --> 16:24.740 and I thought that speaking to you as a fellow maid was the best way to do it. 16:25.420 --> 16:28.580 Now, I will read off some names. 16:29.170 --> 16:30.710 Miss Marguerite. 16:31.000 --> 16:32.020 Miss Elsie. 16:32.710 --> 16:33.710 Miss Nichole. 16:34.160 --> 16:35.220 Miss Rosa. 16:35.220 --> 16:36.250 Miss Hilde. 16:36.680 --> 16:37.790 Miss Amelia. 16:38.370 --> 16:41.850 These people will be my maids. 16:41.850 --> 16:42.570 What? 16:42.570 --> 16:44.600 I look forward to getting to know you better. 16:44.600 --> 16:47.210 Now, everyone whose names have been called, come to— 16:47.210 --> 16:49.020 But why, Lady Rishe? 16:49.020 --> 16:51.040 Everyone you've chosen is new! 16:51.040 --> 16:53.320 We have more experience as maids! 16:53.320 --> 16:54.030 Disrespectful. 16:54.030 --> 16:55.120 It's all right. 16:56.060 --> 16:58.440 Yes, what I am saying is disrespectful! 16:58.440 --> 17:01.830 But please look at our abilities as maids! 17:02.040 --> 17:03.410 Miss Diana. 17:03.410 --> 17:04.200 Yes? 17:04.610 --> 17:07.710 As of today, you will no longer hold the position of maid. 17:07.960 --> 17:08.800 What? 17:09.920 --> 17:11.060 But that's... 17:14.440 --> 17:18.200 Say, Diana? When you first came to the palace, 17:18.200 --> 17:20.720 can you remember what you had the most trouble with? 17:21.320 --> 17:24.490 Were you able to complete your work the way you do now right from the start? 17:25.400 --> 17:27.730 No. In the beginning... 17:28.170 --> 17:31.060 it was difficult for me to understand how things were done. 17:31.870 --> 17:34.730 I couldn't remember after being told only once. 17:35.130 --> 17:37.930 But everyone who had been there longer was so busy. 17:37.930 --> 17:41.410 They'd say, "I don't have time to teach you, so watch and remember." 17:42.260 --> 17:45.640 Even so, I've grown into a very competent maid! 17:45.640 --> 17:47.250 I'm not like those girls! 17:47.470 --> 17:52.340 You're right. There is one way in which you are very different from those girls. 17:52.620 --> 17:53.590 What? 17:53.790 --> 17:56.710 You can read and write. 17:58.650 --> 18:02.630 You were born into a merchant's family and received a good education, 18:02.630 --> 18:06.980 but there are very few ordinary people who have had the same sort of education. 18:06.980 --> 18:11.730 You could write down what those with more experience told you and read it again later. 18:12.360 --> 18:14.280 But what if you hadn't been able do that? 18:16.280 --> 18:19.820 Go and line them up the way I showed you yesterday please. 18:19.820 --> 18:20.690 But... 18:21.160 --> 18:25.410 And those sheets this morning weren't folded the way I taught you. 18:28.030 --> 18:32.690 When my family went bankrupt, we lost everything. There was no one to protect me. 18:33.690 --> 18:36.670 Even so, I made myself into a lady's maid. 18:36.670 --> 18:39.690 I kept wondering, why couldn't all of you do it? 18:40.950 --> 18:44.300 But it's because I didn't teach you properly. 18:47.080 --> 18:48.340 I'm sorry. 18:49.060 --> 18:51.200 I was the one in the wrong. 18:52.950 --> 18:55.550 I'm really so very sorry. 18:56.130 --> 18:59.280 Lady Rishe, Miss Diana is very skilled, and she always works her hardest! 18:59.280 --> 19:01.490 Please don't make her quit. 19:02.370 --> 19:06.950 Thank you, but it only makes sense that I wasn't chosen. 19:07.190 --> 19:08.320 Miss Diana... 19:14.040 --> 19:16.670 There's something I'd like to ask of you. 19:17.320 --> 19:22.630 I'd like to make this villa into a training ground for new maids. 19:23.000 --> 19:27.140 While they're learning household skills, I'd also like them to learn their letters. 19:27.800 --> 19:30.050 If they learn to read and write along with their work, 19:30.050 --> 19:32.690 wherever they go, whatever their situation, it will be an asset to them. 19:33.360 --> 19:38.110 Even if they find they must begin a whole new life, it's sure to prove useful. 19:38.610 --> 19:43.360 Diana, I'd like for you to help me create their teaching materials. 19:43.920 --> 19:45.020 Me? 19:46.290 --> 19:49.460 Even though I said all of those disrespectful things? 19:50.530 --> 19:52.410 Why, whatever could you be speaking of? 19:52.840 --> 19:54.670 Will you help me? 19:55.670 --> 19:57.730 Yes, it would be my pleasure. 20:00.440 --> 20:01.590 I see. 20:01.870 --> 20:03.560 Is it as you predicted? 20:03.560 --> 20:04.540 Of course not. 20:05.080 --> 20:08.160 Though I did think she'd create some sort of havoc. 20:08.160 --> 20:12.230 Showing your amusement too openly is disrespectful toward your future wife. 20:12.470 --> 20:15.800 Though, I may end up enjoying myself as well... 20:15.800 --> 20:19.700 wondering what sorts of things she will accomplish in this country. 20:19.700 --> 20:20.520 Oliver. 20:21.580 --> 20:26.340 I didn't bring Rishe here to be my wife to benefit the imperial family or the nation. 20:27.330 --> 20:30.870 As for the first words they'll learn, what do you think about cleaning implements? 20:31.360 --> 20:33.150 Since they're used every day, 20:33.150 --> 20:36.620 I thought everyone might be able to see how useful it is to memorize them. 20:36.620 --> 20:39.000 Yes, I think that's a very good idea. 20:39.000 --> 20:40.340 Thank you. 20:41.090 --> 20:42.460 Lady Rishe... 20:42.460 --> 20:47.550 Thinking of the best ways to teach everyone is so much fun! 20:47.750 --> 20:49.390 I'm glad to hear that. 20:51.070 --> 20:52.310 Excuse me. 20:52.530 --> 20:54.810 Lady Rishe, you must get ready soon. 20:54.810 --> 20:55.730 Yes. 20:56.160 --> 20:58.240 Then, I'll take my leave here. 20:58.240 --> 20:59.300 I'm counting on you. 21:00.020 --> 21:04.600 Oh, Miss Diana? After dinner, will you help me study some more? 21:04.600 --> 21:05.530 Of course. 21:05.820 --> 21:07.330 Thank you. 21:10.500 --> 21:11.780 What a lovely dress. 21:12.120 --> 21:14.230 It's the most valuable one I have. 21:14.900 --> 21:17.770 Will you help me put up my hair in a style to match? 21:17.770 --> 21:18.490 Yes, my lady. 21:20.390 --> 21:24.280 Um, I've heard that your guest is a merchant. 21:24.280 --> 21:27.970 Is your most valuable dress really necessary? 21:27.970 --> 21:32.540 Well, it's one potential ingredient, you see? 21:32.540 --> 21:33.970 Ingredient? 21:33.970 --> 21:39.980 After all, these are the people who drilled what it is to be a merchant into me. 21:40.280 --> 21:45.230 If I can gain them as allies, then my choices moving forward increase dramatically. 21:45.860 --> 21:49.200 The Aria Trading Company has only just been established. 21:49.200 --> 21:52.040 A business negotiation with the imperial family of Galkhein... 21:52.040 --> 21:54.990 that's something they should want to be successful, no matter what. 21:59.580 --> 22:04.000 Would dressing more gaudily make me seem more like a mark who loves to spend money? 22:04.220 --> 22:06.190 I think it's a shame. 22:06.190 --> 22:09.570 Putting your hair in a bun with some trailing tendrils would give you a refined air. 22:09.570 --> 22:11.630 I feel it would match this dress better. 22:11.630 --> 22:13.440 Thank you, Elsie. 22:13.440 --> 22:16.110 But this outfit is for my battle today. 22:16.110 --> 22:17.520 Battle? 22:18.470 --> 22:20.020 Your guest has arrived. 22:24.570 --> 22:28.130 Allow me to congratulate you on your upcoming nuptials. 22:30.710 --> 22:34.620 I am Kaine Tully, from the Aria Trading Company.