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I... I actually did it.

With Himuro.

I actually kissed Himuro.

A GOODBYE KISS, A HELLO KISS

A Goodbye Kiss, A Hello Kiss.

Omigod! Way to go, Sis!

Not so loud, Eimi.

I knew this would happen.

And you insisted you were "just friends."

B-But we were.

Did we all have a good day?

Yup.

Yuri finally had her first—

Hey!

Uh, just a regular day, Dad.

Are you sure?

You shouldn't pry, honey.

Girls her age need their privacy.

I guess so.

Let's settle down and eat.

Thanks for the food.

Sorry, Dad.

I couldn't tell you, even if I wanted to.

Did that really happen?

I always thought Himuro and I were just friends, but then he kissed me.

Found her.

H-Help!

I have her.

She's the maiden.

Sis?

What happened, Yuri?

Are you okay?

Were you drowning?

Jeez. Did the warm bathwater make you doze off?

Ah, that movie was a blast!

Right?

Hey, are you hungry?

There's this restaurant I've been wanting to check out.

Sounds sweet. Let's go.

Great.

Found you again.

Wait up, Himuro!

Yuri?

Yuri!

You won't get away this time.

Huh?

Hey, what the...

No!

There's light.

I'm in a strange place where I don't understand anyone.

Seriously...

Where am I?

Did she escape?

Yes.

But the child has arrived.

She should be at one of the six remaining springs.

Dispatch my guards.

We must have that maiden at all costs.

Where am I?

This isn't my city.

Where's Himuro?

He was with me just a minute ago.

Wh-What the heck? Where am I?

I-I must be dreaming.

This must be a bad dream.

Everything will be back to normal when I open my eyes...

What's going on?

I was on a date with Himuro.

So why am I here?

I-I have to get away!

I'm surrounded.

What now?

Crap. I ran into another soldier.

He's not a soldier?

The real soldiers. And there's nowhere to hide.

Hey!

Did a girl run past here?

Where did she go?

A girl?

Sorry. I didn't see any other girls.

When I'm with my woman,

my focus is on her alone.

Y-You're Prince Kail.

Prince Kail, what are you doing here?

Um, we're searching for a girl.

She's wearing odd attire and came in this direction.

I don't know of any girl like that.

I understand them now.

I was consorting with a woman I had finally seduced.

You will not interfere.

Leave us.

Yessir.

As they say, your vestments are odd.

From which land do you hail?

What did you do to make the queen's guards pursue you?

The queen's guards?

And why can I understand him now?

Wait. Is it because he kissed me?

Were you offended by how I treated you?

If that wasn't enough, we can certainly complete the deed.

The woman I sought to consort with failed to show up as promised.

Wh-What in the world is he on about?

Ah, hey! Come back!

Seriously, where the heck am I?

Why am I even here?

It's that girl! The one from the spring!

What?

There she is! After her!

Don't let her escape!

N-No!

Good. Take her before the queen.

Someone help me!

Help me, Dad!

Help me, Mom!

Help me, Himuro!

To think we carelessly allowed the commoners to see you.

We must finish the job before the furor spreads.

That voice...

She pulled me into the water!

Welcome to Hattusa.

You're the one who brought me here.

Why? Why me of all people?

You will be still.

I need your lifeblood.

I need your blood that runs red.

My blood? What for?

His Majesty the king is quite old.

I wish for my son, who is a prince, to be his successor.

Alas, my son is the youngest of the princes.

For him to inherit the throne, the others must perish.

And if I want to put a death curse on those princes,

I must offer you up to my god as a holy sacrifice.

She wants to sacrifice me?

You can't! I won't let that happen!

This is the Hittite Empire.

No matter how much you protest,

as queen consort to Suppiluliuma, the King of Water, there is nothing I cannot do.

The King of Water?

A word.

His Majesty is due at these chambers at any moment.

What? Why is His Majesty coming here now?

Perhaps he heard about the disturbance in the city.

Queen Nakia.

We must not allow His Majesty to find out about the curse.

I know.

All we have to do is draw her lifeblood.

Don't you dare! I won't let you!

I have an idea.

Nakia.

I hear a maiden appeared from a spring.

Is this the maiden in question?

Why is she in your palace?

Perhaps you have forgotten, Your Majesty.

I am your queen consort,

and also the venerable priestess of the Great Temple.

The springs are gifts from the god of storms, Teshub,

and my temple oversees them.

It is quite natural for me to take possession of her.

Help me!

Please help me!

Well, may I ask what you plan to do with her?

Of course. Since Teshub bestowed this maiden upon us,

we should return her to Teshub in exchange for blessings on the empire.

Return?

She will be a sacrifice to Teshub?

Indeed.

If that is best in your judgment, I will defer to you.

Take that child to the Great Temple.

Tell the city we shall hold a ceremony tomorrow.

They can't!

Come here!

No!

The Great Temple is having a ceremony?

And it's not even a holy day.

Our great empire will pray for prosperity

by offering a living sacrifice to our god, Teshub.

His Majesty is now seated.

The crown prince, Sari Arnuwanda,

and the second prince, Rois Telipinu, are now seated.

What now?

They're really going to kill me.

I'm going to die.

The third prince, Kail Mursili, is now seated.

Prince Kail!

It's him.

The guy who...

The third prince?

He's royalty?

We shall now commence the ceremony.

O almighty Teshub, god among gods,

we pray for the blessing of rain and fertile lands

by offering up to you this pure, untouched maiden.

May you hear our prayers and accept this offering.

Answer my prayer.

Proceed.

N-No!

No! I don't want to die!

Show yourself!

Who dares to interrupt the ceremony?

Who insults the great Teshub?

I object to that charge.

It is to the contrary, Mother.

He threw it?

Prince Kail!

What do you mean by "contrary"?

Even your status as a prince will not protect you from punishment.

Allow me to explain, Mother.

I put a stop to this so that we would not insult our god.

Oh, yes. This is the girl.

Father.

An offering to Teshub must be pure and unsullied, correct?

Of course.

Then, allowing the ceremony to proceed knowing the offering is not pure

would constitute a sin.

Come again?

Alas, I am obliged to confess.

This girl has graced my bed.

I did not know she was an offering,

yet I have stolen her purity and innocence.

Th-That cannot be true! She was the one that I—

Oh? How are you so sure, Mother?

I'm sure you haven't forgotten what we did under the tree yesterday.

Th-That was just...

All you did was force...

If you wish to keep your head, you'll do well to corroborate my story.

I-I still don't want to die here,

but we didn't do anything more than kiss.

Child, does the prince speak the truth?

There you have it.

I will bear the blame for ruining the offering

by keeping this girl as my own.

Stop where you are, Prince Kail.

I will not allow this!

I will send 100 virginal cows to this temple as recompense.

That should suffice as reparation, yes?

Father?

Mm-hmm.

Your Majesty...

Kail.

You are free to live as a philanderer,

but I wish you would find yourself a true bride and settle down.

That would be ideal, Father,

but with so many pretty princesses around, how can I choose just one?

Farewell.

Kikkuri.

The ceremony has ended. We're leaving.

Prince Kail, who is that girl?

Queen Nakia seems to be up to her usual mischief, so I took this girl from her.

Wait, "mischief"?

So you're not friends with the queen?

Friends?

I believe the queen sees me as the biggest thorn in her side.

Then, send me back home!

The queen brought me here against my will!

Against your will, you say?

You call this place "Hattusa," right?

I don't know where that is.

Where the heck am I?

Only a true peasant wouldn't know the capital of the Hittite Empire.

You don't appear to be of the Kashuga tribe,

nor of the Kizzuwatna kingdom.

Maiden, do you know of the Mitanni kingdom?

Mitanni? No.

Then, what of Egypt?

Oh, I know Egypt. Is that near here?

It is quite far.

Do you hail from Egypt, then?

No, Japan.

Japan?

Is there such a city?

Prince Kail, Egypt has been in turmoil since their last pharaoh's reign.

Perhaps they created a new city.

That makes sense.

That Tutankhamun is very unfortunate indeed.

Tutankhamun?

You know of him?

He's a boy king younger than me.

I've heard of him.

Tutankhamun. He was a pharaoh in ancient Egypt.

Does that mean that I'm in the ancient Middle East?

H-Hey, are you all right?

Oh, god. This has to be a joke.

I don't believe this.

Mom. Dad. Everybody.

Himuro.

Send me back.

I want to go home.

Send me back home!

This is Hattusa,

the capital of the Hittite Empire in the 14th century BCE.

This is the story of a girl who rides the sultry winds

across the vast stretches of Anatolia.

The wind blows strong, kicking up the dry sand.

The wind blows hot,

and I live under these skies,

RED RIVER

on the banks of the red river.

TRANSLATION: GAD ONYENEHO

TIMING: KRZYSZTOF KUNC EDITING: SMR

QUALITY CONTROL: ALICIA ASHBY TRANSLATION CHECK: DAVID SAYLOR

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