1 00:01:34,990 --> 00:01:39,960 Episode 23 2 00:01:34,990 --> 00:01:39,960 {\3candHFFFFFF Chapter One 3 00:01:45,170 --> 00:01:47,730 Where is my big sister going? 4 00:01:47,910 --> 00:01:49,470 Don't take her away! 5 00:01:50,180 --> 00:01:50,980 No, you mustn't. 6 00:01:51,510 --> 00:01:53,040 You have to stay inside. 7 00:01:53,150 --> 00:01:54,640 Don't you go outside. 8 00:01:55,450 --> 00:01:59,250 Don't worry, the Aoyagis are the richest family around here. 9 00:01:59,390 --> 00:02:04,590 I bet she'll get to wear nice clothes, and learn some etiquette. 10 00:02:05,090 --> 00:02:09,390 She will become quite a lady by the end of the year. 11 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:12,730 Take care of yourself, Suzu... 12 00:02:15,810 --> 00:02:16,970 Suzu Ooki... 13 00:02:17,510 --> 00:02:20,030 She was only 12 years old... 14 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:24,080 ...when she was sent to serve another family to save her own family during a famine. 15 00:02:24,380 --> 00:02:29,880 It was more than 80 years before I, Youko Nakajima, was even born. 16 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:36,790 Once we get to Takasaki, we can get a train from there. 17 00:02:36,930 --> 00:02:39,190 Don't be surprised by a train. 18 00:02:39,430 --> 00:02:41,860 In Tokyo, there are even gaslights and horse carriages made out of metal. 19 00:02:42,530 --> 00:02:46,130 Because of that, the rickshaw business is not doing well... 20 00:02:46,540 --> 00:02:49,030 ...and that's why I have to do this to make a living. 21 00:02:55,610 --> 00:02:56,940 My goodness! 22 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,320 H-Hey! 23 00:03:22,940 --> 00:03:26,270 When Suzu regained consciousness, she was floating in the Kyokai. 24 00:03:28,580 --> 00:03:29,270 Huh? 25 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,170 I don't understand what you're saying... 26 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:36,050 Suzu could not understand the language they spoke. 27 00:03:36,790 --> 00:03:41,420 However, she still thought that she had just washed out into the Sea of Japan. 28 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:46,020 Tell me. Where are you people from? 29 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:47,720 Where is this place? 30 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,690 I have to go to Tokyo... 31 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:53,830 Excuse me, but do you know where the house of the Aoyagis is? 32 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,130 Suzu had drifted to the east end of the Kingdom of Kei. 33 00:04:00,610 --> 00:04:04,010 The people who lived by the shore did not know what to do with her. 34 00:04:04,150 --> 00:04:06,210 So they decided to leave Suzu in the care of... 35 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:08,750 ...a troupe of traveling entertainers called Shusei. 36 00:04:15,860 --> 00:04:18,550 Suzu traveled with the troupe for nearly three years. 37 00:04:18,860 --> 00:04:22,350 At the very least, she understood that this place was... 38 00:04:22,530 --> 00:04:25,830 ...somewhere far away from where she once lived. 39 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:36,610 She couldn't learn any of the routines nor the language. 40 00:04:36,850 --> 00:04:38,470 But she kept hoping that... 41 00:04:38,610 --> 00:04:41,550 ...she would meet someone who could understand her language... 42 00:04:41,750 --> 00:04:46,120 ...and the next place might be somehow connected to her world. 43 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,550 {\3candHFFFFFF 44 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,070 There has to be something we can do! 45 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,970 But we can't just set up such an unusual performance on such short notice. 46 00:05:00,140 --> 00:05:01,900 Who in the world is she anyway? 47 00:05:02,370 --> 00:05:04,130 She says her name is Suibikun. 48 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:06,440 She is a Sen-nin who lives on Mt. Ha. 49 00:05:06,580 --> 00:05:09,700 Still, she has such selfish requests... 50 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,340 How about the Kaikyaku? 51 00:05:12,450 --> 00:05:13,140 What? 52 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:14,840 Her? 53 00:05:15,250 --> 00:05:17,340 We have to buy some time anyway... 54 00:05:30,670 --> 00:05:32,290 Do they want me to sing? 55 00:05:33,270 --> 00:05:37,400 But I only know the song Father used to sing to me... 56 00:05:39,710 --> 00:05:42,010 Mr. Miya, Mr. Miya... 57 00:05:42,150 --> 00:05:43,350 What's that flapping in front of the horse? 58 00:05:43,350 --> 00:05:47,580 What's that flapping in front of the horse? 59 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:49,280 What's that flapping in front of the horse? A Kaikyaku singing, eh? 60 00:05:50,490 --> 00:05:53,280 How dare you treat this Riyou with such disdain... 61 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:55,920 This is not worth wasting my time on. 62 00:05:56,190 --> 00:05:57,160 I am leaving. 63 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,420 Please wait! We will perform something else! 64 00:05:59,530 --> 00:06:01,120 I could understand what you just said! 65 00:06:01,930 --> 00:06:03,760 But why? 66 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:07,260 A Sen-nin like myself has no language barrier. 67 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:08,870 P-Please wait! 68 00:06:09,410 --> 00:06:12,640 Please, take me with you! 69 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:14,430 Why do you wish to come with me? 70 00:06:14,580 --> 00:06:17,140 I want to go to a place where people understand my language! 71 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:20,480 Please! I don't want to live as a laughingstock for the rest of my life! 72 00:06:20,580 --> 00:06:22,570 I will do anything if you take me with you! 73 00:06:22,820 --> 00:06:24,550 I will do anything for you! 74 00:06:26,660 --> 00:06:27,710 Very well. 75 00:06:28,060 --> 00:06:30,050 You may come with me... 76 00:06:30,290 --> 00:06:30,990 ...Honma. 77 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,460 Is that my new name? 78 00:06:36,170 --> 00:06:37,630 Thank you so much! 79 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,530 Thank you so much! 80 00:06:48,780 --> 00:06:52,510 Mokurin 81 00:06:55,820 --> 00:06:57,750 I have received notice from the Royal Palace. 82 00:06:58,690 --> 00:07:00,420 That you have been registered as a Sen-nin. 83 00:07:01,060 --> 00:07:02,420 I am a Sen-nin! 84 00:07:02,890 --> 00:07:05,020 You will never age or fall ill. 85 00:07:05,530 --> 00:07:08,690 And now, you will be able to communicate with people. 86 00:07:08,930 --> 00:07:11,630 Thank you very much, Lady Riyou. 87 00:07:12,970 --> 00:07:14,100 You shall call me Mistress. 88 00:07:15,670 --> 00:07:19,540 My servants are to address me as either Mistress or Lady Suibikun. 89 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,070 Y-Yes, Mistress. 90 00:07:23,550 --> 00:07:26,380 Good. Now I want you to sweep the back garden. 91 00:07:26,650 --> 00:07:28,950 Do not leave a single leaf on the ground. 92 00:07:29,050 --> 00:07:29,810 Yes, Mistress! 93 00:07:44,030 --> 00:07:47,130 You promised you would do anything for me, did you not? 94 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:48,170 ...Honma? 95 00:07:54,310 --> 00:07:55,470 Honma... 96 00:07:57,050 --> 00:07:58,540 The moment I became a Sen-nin... 97 00:07:58,650 --> 00:08:01,710 ...I immediately understood the language of this world. 98 00:08:01,950 --> 00:08:05,010 It was then that I realized the meaning of my name, Honma. 99 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:07,620 The name meant a pathetic woman. 100 00:08:07,790 --> 00:08:10,660 In other words, a fool. 101 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,990 If I ran away, I would no longer be able to communicate. 102 00:08:15,330 --> 00:08:16,960 Fearing that... 103 00:08:17,170 --> 00:08:21,190 ...I served under her for one hundred years despite being called Honma. 104 00:08:22,890 --> 00:08:25,630 Ninety years after Suzu became a Sen-nin. 105 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:32,240 {\3candHFFFFFF 106 00:08:26,780 --> 00:08:28,880 Back then I had no way of knowing that... 107 00:08:28,980 --> 00:08:32,240 ...there was a girl about my age... 108 00:08:32,450 --> 00:08:38,580 ...who was also a Sen-nin and living lavishly in the Kingdom of Hou. 109 00:08:58,210 --> 00:09:01,140 At the time, the northern Kingdom of Hou was governed by a... 110 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,150 ...man named Chuutatsu, who used to be a government official. 111 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,310 He was disgusted by the corruption of the citizens... 112 00:09:08,420 --> 00:09:12,720 ...so he enacted very strict laws to make the Kingdom a better place. 113 00:09:19,900 --> 00:09:26,730 Oh, my precious doll. 114 00:09:26,970 --> 00:09:32,340 I will dress you up in a beautiful dress. 115 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,770 King Hou, Chuutatsu, had a 13-year-old daughter. 116 00:09:35,910 --> 00:09:38,400 When Chuutatsu became the King, she became a Sen-nin... 117 00:09:38,510 --> 00:09:40,310 ...and began living in the Royal Palace. 118 00:09:40,750 --> 00:09:44,450 She was known as Shoukei, and her name was Sonshou. 119 00:09:47,490 --> 00:09:50,760 Miss Shoukei is a precious jewel of this Royal Palace... 120 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:53,290 She looks all the more beautiful today. 121 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,730 Her beauty even outshines her pretty dress. 122 00:09:56,300 --> 00:10:00,830 The little girl of yours also has a beautiful dress on, doesn't she? 123 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,470 A dressmaker from the Kingdom of Han said that... 124 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:06,840 ...only my daughter could wear such an elegant dress. 125 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,810 But of course, the Princess's beauty exceeds all measure. 126 00:10:27,630 --> 00:10:29,000 I see... 127 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:33,030 There are handmaidens who accept bribes in the palace... 128 00:10:33,540 --> 00:10:39,000 While you care for your people, there are those who just think of living an easy life... 129 00:10:39,310 --> 00:10:40,830 Thank you for coming to me. 130 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:41,670 Your Majesty. 131 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:47,480 Lord of Kei Province? 132 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,210 What is the matter? 133 00:10:49,420 --> 00:10:50,250 It is all right... 134 00:10:51,090 --> 00:10:53,990 Lord of Kei, Taisai, what is it? 135 00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:58,420 About the new ordinance you proclaimed this month... 136 00:10:58,590 --> 00:11:00,000 ...the Lord of Kei Province is concerned that... 137 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:00,790 ...the Lord of Kei Province is concerned that... Your Majesty. 138 00:11:01,100 --> 00:11:04,830 You've requested Shusei troupes be limited to traveling in the Kingdom only during the winter. 139 00:11:05,070 --> 00:11:08,230 Is there any way you could re-consider this ordinance? 140 00:11:09,740 --> 00:11:10,600 And why is that? 141 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:14,040 Shusei troupes are one of few enjoyments left for the people. 142 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,370 The corruption of the citizens happens easily and knows no limits. 143 00:11:18,550 --> 00:11:20,880 Shusei troupes will surely become an... 144 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:23,610 ...excuse for the people to abandon fieldwork. 145 00:11:24,220 --> 00:11:28,620 I want my people to find pleasure in their work... 146 00:11:28,790 --> 00:11:30,880 ...just as I do. 147 00:11:32,530 --> 00:11:35,930 Your Majesty, you will not change your decision? 148 00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:39,600 If anyone should have a problem with this proclamation... 149 00:11:39,770 --> 00:11:42,360 ...be sure to arrest them and administer punishment. 150 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:46,060 Punish them? 151 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:47,600 But Your Majesty... 152 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:49,340 Say, Gekkei... 153 00:11:49,950 --> 00:11:52,850 Is it true that Taiki has returned to Mt. Hou? 154 00:11:53,050 --> 00:11:56,020 Yes, so I have heard. 155 00:11:56,220 --> 00:11:58,710 Then Taiki will soon select a new ruler... 156 00:11:58,820 --> 00:12:00,810 ...and the Kingdom of Tai is going to prosper, isn't it? 157 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:03,060 Tai, like Hou, is a northern kingdom. 158 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:07,060 I would feel awful for the people of Tai if Hou was wealthy and they weren't. 159 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:10,360 I hear there are Youma roaming around in Tai. 160 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:13,630 We must live by the righteous will of the Heavens... 161 00:12:13,740 --> 00:12:16,260 ...or Hou may follow the fate of Tai someday... 162 00:12:16,710 --> 00:12:18,230 Keep that in mind. 163 00:12:20,410 --> 00:12:22,270 Have you not heard? 164 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,210 Her mother was accused of accepting bribes. 165 00:12:26,350 --> 00:12:29,220 So she's no longer in the Royal Palace. 166 00:12:29,420 --> 00:12:30,250 Is that so. 167 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,720 I really liked her dresses... 168 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:47,300 {\3candHFFFFFF 169 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,200 We pray for your quick return! 170 00:12:52,810 --> 00:12:55,280 You all seem very excited when you see me off. 171 00:12:55,950 --> 00:13:01,470 You cannot wait to loosen up while your mean mistress is gone, can you? 172 00:13:03,390 --> 00:13:04,280 Honma... 173 00:13:05,190 --> 00:13:07,920 You'd prefer it if I never did return, wouldn't you? 174 00:13:08,060 --> 00:13:09,290 I wish no such a thing! 175 00:13:09,390 --> 00:13:11,830 I am looking forward to your return, Mistress! 176 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,800 I'm visiting my friends, of which I only have a few. 177 00:13:16,900 --> 00:13:18,800 I shall return in half a month. 178 00:13:19,170 --> 00:13:20,970 I pray for your quick return! 179 00:13:22,710 --> 00:13:27,440 I assume I will have a very warm welcome when I return. 180 00:13:27,710 --> 00:13:29,640 Yes, of course! 181 00:13:30,150 --> 00:13:33,310 Then will you get some Gyokkou to brew for my return, won't you? 182 00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:40,780 I would also like to have some grilled Shingyo and boiled Yousou. 183 00:13:42,390 --> 00:13:45,790 And I want all the walls and pillars to be repainted. 184 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:49,990 There is nothing that makes me feel refreshed like a newly painted house. 185 00:13:53,340 --> 00:13:55,170 Since I am such a kind person... 186 00:13:55,270 --> 00:13:59,100 ...I will not punish you if you revel a little... as long as you finish your job. 187 00:14:18,260 --> 00:14:23,720 The Mistress is being hard on you to divert herself, Mokurin... 188 00:14:24,470 --> 00:14:25,230 No! 189 00:14:25,430 --> 00:14:28,200 My name isn't Mokurin! It's not Honma, either! 190 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,670 I am Suzu! Suzu Ooki! 191 00:14:33,210 --> 00:14:35,540 Why is the Mistress doing this to me? 192 00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:38,510 Her Majesty is a very strong-minded person. 193 00:14:38,610 --> 00:14:42,210 She used to be pampered by successive rulers, but... 194 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,720 ...she has to live in a place like this now because she was so difficult. 195 00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:47,760 I know that! 196 00:14:48,460 --> 00:14:49,390 But still... 197 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,550 I will go to the Gozan and ask for some Gyokkou. 198 00:14:54,060 --> 00:14:57,400 I heard that the Lord of Mt. Hou has returned to the mountain now. 199 00:14:57,500 --> 00:14:59,730 We don't want to cause any trouble. 200 00:15:01,170 --> 00:15:02,600 The Lord of Mt. Hou... 201 00:15:03,410 --> 00:15:06,240 You mean Taiki from Japan, the one everyone is talking about? 202 00:15:06,710 --> 00:15:07,570 That's right. 203 00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:09,200 I will go! 204 00:15:09,310 --> 00:15:09,830 What? 205 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:12,210 But... 206 00:15:12,410 --> 00:15:13,780 Please let me go! 207 00:15:14,250 --> 00:15:15,510 {\3candHFFFFFF 208 00:15:15,650 --> 00:15:17,140 {\3candHFFFFFF 209 00:15:17,790 --> 00:15:21,550 I went to Mt. Hou to meet Taiki... 210 00:15:21,860 --> 00:15:22,850 However... 211 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:29,290 Taiki... 212 00:15:29,430 --> 00:15:31,800 I am just like you... 213 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,000 Take it! 214 00:15:35,170 --> 00:15:36,400 Please let me speak with him! 215 00:15:42,010 --> 00:15:43,440 I want to go back! 216 00:15:43,550 --> 00:15:44,810 I want to go home! 217 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:51,120 Lady Riyou was infuriated by the incident... 218 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:54,690 ...and she prohibited me from touching a Kijyuu again. 219 00:15:55,820 --> 00:15:57,720 But I did nothing wrong. 220 00:15:58,060 --> 00:16:01,550 Taiki didn't even listen to me, he was the one who was wrong. 221 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,830 At least, that is what I believed. 222 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:12,640 {\3candHFFFFFF 223 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:09,710 A little while later... 224 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,640 I heard that a rebellion had risen in the Kingdom of Hou. 225 00:16:13,780 --> 00:16:17,610 The leaders of all the provinces in Hou could not tolerate the tyranny... 226 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,940 ...and attacked Youshun Palace with their army. 227 00:16:28,460 --> 00:16:29,620 The Ouki... 228 00:16:30,460 --> 00:16:32,690 The Ouki is gone! 229 00:16:33,300 --> 00:16:35,130 Did something happen to my father? 230 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:41,330 Lord of Kei! 231 00:16:41,670 --> 00:16:43,640 Where do you think you are? 232 00:16:43,740 --> 00:16:45,870 Who's given you the right to be here? 233 00:16:49,410 --> 00:16:51,640 F-Father... 234 00:16:52,150 --> 00:16:55,380 To take the life of a Sen-nin such as his Majesty... 235 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,540 ...I had no choice but to sever his head. 236 00:16:58,850 --> 00:17:01,080 Royal Consort, Princess... Bid farewell to his Majesty. 237 00:17:01,190 --> 00:17:02,120 What? 238 00:17:02,990 --> 00:17:06,720 The King has terrorized the people with his brutality... 239 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,330 ...and you encouraged him to kill many innocent people. 240 00:17:11,970 --> 00:17:15,270 I wanted both of you to understand the anger of the citizens. 241 00:17:15,570 --> 00:17:18,010 The King did it for the sake of the citizens! 242 00:17:20,180 --> 00:17:22,140 Since Hourin has fallen ill with Shitsudou... 243 00:17:22,310 --> 00:17:25,250 ...the punishments have become more severe than ever. 244 00:17:26,110 --> 00:17:27,380 Three hundred thousand... 245 00:17:28,950 --> 00:17:31,580 Three hundred thousand people were executed in one year! 246 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:35,820 How could executing a child be for the sake of the people... 247 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,090 ...when he only stole a bun because he lived in abject poverty? 248 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:40,520 If your annual tax was short by one cup of grain, you would be executed. 249 00:17:40,660 --> 00:17:43,150 If you were not able to go to work because you were sick, you would be executed. 250 00:17:44,270 --> 00:17:47,030 Your fear is nothing compared to the fear the citizens have had to live with! 251 00:17:47,970 --> 00:17:48,770 Mother! 252 00:17:48,870 --> 00:17:49,670 Shoukei! 253 00:17:51,710 --> 00:17:54,140 You were jealous of the beauty and wisdom of other women... 254 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,080 ...or perhaps, you despised the beauty of the girls around the Princess. 255 00:17:57,180 --> 00:17:59,170 So you fabricated crimes and falsely charged them. 256 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,770 Elegies resounded throughout the Kingdom! 257 00:18:04,590 --> 00:18:05,990 How dare you speak such lies! 258 00:18:07,060 --> 00:18:08,890 Princess, I want you to take a good look at this. 259 00:18:09,690 --> 00:18:13,890 And remember how painful it is to see your family beheaded in front of your own eyes! 260 00:18:14,130 --> 00:18:14,860 No! 261 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:23,230 Taiho... 262 00:18:23,810 --> 00:18:26,600 I want you to understand the despair the people felt... 263 00:18:26,710 --> 00:18:29,970 ...watching you choose such foolish rulers for two generations. 264 00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:39,650 And so, the reign of Chuutatsu, now called Sonken, came to an end. 265 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:41,450 A ruler has perished! 266 00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:46,090 A Hakuchi cries in a human voice only... 267 00:18:46,230 --> 00:18:49,220 ...twice in its lifetime, when a ruler takes the throne, and when the ruler's reign ends. 268 00:18:49,670 --> 00:18:55,190 Its foot is used as a seal during the absence of a ruler. 269 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,700 Daughter of King Hou, Sonshou... 270 00:18:59,370 --> 00:19:01,310 You will be removed from the contract of immortals. 271 00:19:01,780 --> 00:19:02,610 What? 272 00:19:02,710 --> 00:19:04,240 No, you can't do that! 273 00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:06,710 I've lived here for thirty years! 274 00:19:07,020 --> 00:19:10,010 What am I going to do as a normal human now? 275 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:15,650 Please kill me! 276 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:16,780 Kill me, too! 277 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:20,750 I will make arrangements for your renewed citizenship. 278 00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:23,500 Your status as a princess and as a Sen-nin shall be void. 279 00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:27,430 I suggest you change your name and blend in among the citizens for your own sake. 280 00:19:27,670 --> 00:19:29,300 But how am I going to survive like that? 281 00:19:29,470 --> 00:19:30,530 So cruel! 282 00:19:33,910 --> 00:19:35,070 So cruel... 283 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:43,440 Shoukei was sent to a Rike in Kei Province, where Gekkei governed. 284 00:19:44,090 --> 00:19:49,890 A Rike is a common facility, where orphans and the elderly live together. 285 00:19:50,630 --> 00:19:54,820 And there, I was given the common name of Gyokuyou. 286 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,990 Of course, without any servants... 287 00:19:57,130 --> 00:20:00,400 ...I had to cultivate land and weave cloth with my own hands. 288 00:20:01,170 --> 00:20:05,730 To me, it was a completely different world from the world I knew. 289 00:20:06,510 --> 00:20:09,530 On one winter day, after three years passed... 290 00:20:21,060 --> 00:20:24,290 In the mirror was a girl with darker skin, her cheeks were carved in... 291 00:20:24,530 --> 00:20:27,520 ...and her hands and legs were sinewy. 292 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:30,960 And the girl, who was thirteen years old forever... 293 00:20:31,170 --> 00:20:35,830 ...and once called the Jewel of the Royal Palace, was gone. 294 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:37,800 {\3candHFFFFFF 295 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:48,670 Asano? 296 00:20:49,380 --> 00:20:50,780 Is that you, Asano? 297 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,720 Why do you still care about him? 298 00:20:58,330 --> 00:21:00,920 You abandoned him... 299 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:02,260 I know... 300 00:21:02,530 --> 00:21:04,230 You are a reflection of my mind... 301 00:21:04,770 --> 00:21:07,200 ...so what you say is just what I think in my head... 302 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,430 You want to look for him, don't you? 303 00:21:11,810 --> 00:21:14,640 I am a queen now, I can't just act on my own. 304 00:21:19,050 --> 00:21:20,070 Asano! 305 00:21:27,290 --> 00:21:29,660 So the sword has gone out of control again... 306 00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:33,530 I regret letting the scabbard die. 307 00:21:34,230 --> 00:21:34,990 I am sorry. 308 00:21:36,100 --> 00:21:38,160 The blade was supposedly confined within a scabbard by... 309 00:21:38,270 --> 00:21:41,720 ...a Sen-nin who served in the court during the time of Tatsu-Ou. 310 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,190 And his name was... 311 00:21:43,310 --> 00:21:44,170 Shouhaku. 312 00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:47,260 Oh yes, I seem to recall it was something like that. 313 00:21:47,410 --> 00:21:48,430 Your Majesty. 314 00:21:49,010 --> 00:21:50,030 Chousai. 315 00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:51,900 It is time, Your Majesty. 316 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,680 But the Sword Suiguu is still showing illusions, and we have to... 317 00:21:55,780 --> 00:21:58,980 Most humbly, I'd like you to use another scabbard for the time being. 318 00:21:59,890 --> 00:22:00,580 Is that okay? 319 00:22:00,860 --> 00:22:03,260 It is very important to the people of the Kingdom... 320 00:22:03,390 --> 00:22:06,020 ...to see the ruler with the treasure of the Kingdom. 321 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:09,660 The sword, which Tatsu-Ou subdued... 322 00:22:09,830 --> 00:22:12,630 ...will mark you as the Queen of Kei. 323 00:22:14,870 --> 00:22:16,630 Kaitatsu again, huh? 324 00:22:54,380 --> 00:22:55,900 Sekishi, Youko... 325 00:22:56,410 --> 00:22:59,870 The girl, who does not look much different from Suzu and me... 326 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,840 ...ascended the throne of the Kingdom of Kei. 327 00:23:23,170 --> 00:23:33,880 I was counting the sands of time without realizing. 328 00:23:34,380 --> 00:23:45,090 In a false dream I became speechless. 329 00:23:45,690 --> 00:23:56,400 {\3candH000000 330 00:23:56,870 --> 00:24:06,680 {\3candH000000 331 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:18,020 00:24:57,690 A Great Distance in the Wind, the Sky at Dawn, Chapter Two.