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The Apothecary Diaries
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This story is a work of fiction. The names of all of the characters, organizations, and so on
are imaginary. It also bears no connection to any specific real-life events.
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Several high-ranking officials
realized what's going on,
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and immediately began a search, but...
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Where could he have gone?
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He took off with a servant girl.
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Oh, perhaps a lover's tryst?
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That's impossible, idiots.
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But he's been gone for two hours now.
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I've already sent men out
to search, but no updates.
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I can't ask Father for help right now.
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He did seem to issue an order
to that servant girl.
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I should have gone after him,
no matter what he said!
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I'm sick of roles that are pure formalities!
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If the organizer could at least
wrap up the party...
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Shishou.
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As always, there's no way
to tell what he's thinking.
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But I'm sure he wouldn't want trouble
taking place at his own party.
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If that's true, could he have
nothing to do with all this?
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Episode 36: Ka Zuigetsu
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He's warm. And he smells faintly of incense.
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But more importantly...
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What is this?
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Is it the frog from earlier?
But it seems too big for that.
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Sorry, but could you move your
hand away? It's touching something...
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Touching...?
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It can't be.
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It can't be what a eunuch has
prior to entering the rear palace.
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But... it is!
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His build is unlike that of a normal eunuch.
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There were so many other hints.
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But I might have been subconsciously
avoiding the thought of it.
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He may have the face of
a goddess, but Master Jinshi is...
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In a way, I don't have to go through
as much trouble explaining.
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I need to tell you something.
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No. I must not listen.
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That's the reason I had you
come along on this trip.
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If I learn this, I'll have
to take it to my grave.
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Apothecary, I am—
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My apologies, I might have crushed a frog.
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Huh? A frog?
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It suddenly fell on my head,
and I lost my balance.
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Are you hurt?
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No, it wasn't a frog—
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It was a frog.
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A frog. Yes, it was a frog.
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Come on, let's get out of here.
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Who are you calling a frog?
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What else could it have been but a frog?
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Frogs are much smaller, aren't they?!
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There are lots of somewhat
large frogs this time of year.
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Somewhat...
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Yes. Somewhat.
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If it wasn't a somewhat large frog, what other
somewhat large thing could it have been?
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Hey! Why are you wiping your hands?!
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Well, frogs are pretty gross.
They get all slimy, you know.
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Gross... Who are you calling slimy?!
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Anyway. I don't know anything.
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I must not know too much.
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Master Jinshi and I are
an official and his servant.
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Nothing more, nothing less.
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There's no need to share
any unnecessary secrets—
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Do you want to find out?
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I provoked him too much!
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W-What do I do?
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Should I kick him?
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What was that?
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Good boy!
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Hey, what' is it, boy? Why'd you
suddenly take off like that?
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This voice...
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Master Lihaku! Can you pull us up?
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Huh? Little miss?
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What are you doing down there?!
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I see.
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Someone shot at you with feifas,
so you jumped over a waterfall.
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I wasn't able to see
the shooter's face, though.
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I'm glad you're safe.
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So, little miss, why are you with him?
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It's a bit complicated to explain.
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Huh? Well, okay.
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Has anyone brought feifas to this hunt?
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No. They're not suitable for
hunting in the forest, anyway.
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I think it's safe to assume they were
smuggled in for the assassination.
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Should we check everyone's luggage? But...
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All the guests are high-ranking
officials invited by Master Shishou.
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I doubt that they would hold onto
tools of assassination.
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Master Lihaku, about that dog...
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Does he know any other tricks
besides following a whistle?
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Huh? Well, he can sniff out
a rabbit's burrow, I guess.
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He is cute, but...
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Master Ji— Kousen.
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What now?
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He's angry.
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I guess he would be. I got a little
carried away, taunting him like that.
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He was trying to tell me something,
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but I made up some crazy excuses
to avoid hearing him out.
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He's someone who takes
pride in his appearance.
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I bet his frog's quite impressive too, and yet
I referred to it as only "somewhat large."
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Things are awkward, but I have
to say what needs to be said.
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There might be a way to determine
who shot at us earlier.
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Excuse me.
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What is it?
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We found this.
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Hey, is that...?!
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A piece of my master's garments.
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What?! No!
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We found it on a rock by the river.
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No one else was in the area,
and there were rapids ahead,
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which were higher
due to the rain last night.
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If he was washed away...
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H-Hurry! Send a search party!
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Yes!
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Go, now!
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It's too late to panic now.
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I will join the search as well, then.
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What are you thinking, Master Jinshi?
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W-What?!
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Oh, my apologies!
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Hmph. What a poorly trained dog!
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Good boy!
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What is it?
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Master Basen! We found this...
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It's from my master's garment.
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Is this blood? Any sign of people nearby?
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The riverbank isn't wet, so I don't
think anyone's climbed out of the water.
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I see.
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However, we found this near the cloth.
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Falcon feathers...
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Was it made to wish for good luck in falconry?
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Yes.
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I'm sorry, could we check everyone's luggage?
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I found it!
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It's the same arrow as the one
we found by the river!
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I don't know anything about that!
This has to be a mistake!
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Then why was your arrow found by the river,
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along with a piece of my
master's garments, Sir Lo-en?
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Someone must have stolen my arrow to entrap me!
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What's going on?
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I don't know anything!
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Could it be...?
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S-Someone!
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Lo-en's panic seems genuine.
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His men aren't reacting unnaturally, either.
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In that case, why don't we try to see
if there are any more arrows?
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We should search the forest
as well, not just the river.
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Understood. Do a thorough search of the forest!
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Yes, sir!
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I hope he takes the bait.
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What's going on?! I don't know
anything about some arrow!
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Is something there?
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That's...
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Give it back!
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You... You're from earlier...
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The dog really doesn't like you.
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Dogs will notice this smell right away,
with their sharp noses.
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This must be why they refused
to take the dog along on the hunt.
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We've already confiscated
the contents. We found three feifas.
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It's foreign-made. Most likely
the latest model from the west.
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I can still smell the smoke.
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It's quite small.
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I've never seen this model before, either.
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I see, the metal parts create a spark.
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Gunpowder's made from coal, saltpeter,
and sulfur. When it explodes,
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it emits a strong smell that
makes you want to plug your nose.
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Like a rotten egg...
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Yes, the same smell as the one from
when we were shot at on that cliff.
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When I let the dog take a sniff of gunpowder,
he found the feifa right away.
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Then he found the person who had the same
smell of gunpowder on them... The shooter.
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What a clever dog.
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You're such a good boy!
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I feel bad for that old man and
his crew, who we used as bait.
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Master Kousen!
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Basen.
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What was that gunshot?! Are you hurt?!
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First you disappear, then you suddenly
show me a scrap of cloth
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and order me to follow this man's lead.
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I had no idea what's going on!
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Sorry. What's the status?
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We've got an eye on this man's associates,
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so that we can apprehend them immediately.
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Good. Then all we have to do
is make their crime clear.
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Yes, sir!
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After that, the masked guest
returned to the mountain resort,
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and the afterparty of the hunt wrapped up.
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The disappearance during the day was
written off as the masked lord's whimsy.
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It became public knowledge that,
during that party,
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a certain official and his party disappeared.
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They will never be seen in public again.
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I don't know what happened,
but he seemed tired.
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But since I'm here as
the surrogate for "Master Jinshi,"
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I'm not in a position to worry about that.
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He still has a ways to go.
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Was the entertainment
not enjoyable for a eunuch?
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On the contrary, I'm enjoying myself.
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It must be terrible, being forced to become
a eunuch because you angered the empress.
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The past is the past.
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More importantly, this drink
suits the moon very well.
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I became a eunuch, discarded
the Ma name, and changed it to Gaoshun.
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But at parties, I am treated
as one of the Ma family.
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That's how it is.
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Speaking of which, it's too bad the beautiful
eunuch couldn't join us on this hunt.
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The masked lord is with us this time.
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If that beautiful face joined us,
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it would be an insult to our lord.
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I heard the masked lord has
a terrible burn scar on his face.
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I also heard he's still
locked away in his room.
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The emperor must be worried too,
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to have that as the crown prince.
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Yes.
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"That," huh? No respect
at all for the crown prince.
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So, do you happen to know?
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After the tragedy earlier, have any
of the concubines come to be with child?
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Unfortunately, I have no idea.
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If you'll excuse me, I think
I've drank a bit much.
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Everyone is trying to determine
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if the main guest of this hunting party...
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that is, the emperor's younger brother,
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is fit to take over the throne.
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Was Master Jinshi able
to tell Xiaomao the truth?
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She needs to know,
in order to deal with problems
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that could take place in the near future.
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She really is that useful.
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This sounds cold,
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but we need all the useful pawns we can get.
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Another uncomfortable ending.
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Just like the other time,
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so much is left unanswered,
like where they got the feifa,
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what they really wanted, and so on.
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It's foreign-made. Most likely
the latest model from the west.
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The west...
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The special envoys, who were
almost mirror images of one another...
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That story about the girls sneaking out
and tricking their guards
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was probably about them.
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What were they doing, sneaking out like that?
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Like the metaphor of the younger
sister becoming with child,
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were they after a man? Or...
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I hope the culprits today
can tell us something.
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Do you have a moment?
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Why is he here?! Isn't he
supposed to be at the party?!
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You don't need to open the door.
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I'm sorry that I startled you so much.
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I may not be able to see him,
but I know what face he's making.
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I don't mind. In fact, I'm the one
who should apologize.
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For calling it "somewhat large," and all.
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What is Master Jinshi thinking?
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I've always been slow when it comes
to understanding human feelings.
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The big sisters who raised me
were hard-working courtesans.
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No matter how much I cried, they left me
alone until they were done with work.
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I heard it didn't take long
for me to learn to stop crying.
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That might be why
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I'm slow to notice how others
feel about me, good and bad.
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I also have no idea what to say
in these situations.
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I won't breathe a word of it.
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No matter what, you will
always be Master Jinshi to me.
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Those are my honest feelings.
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Whether he still has his balls or not
has nothing to do with me,
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since it's not like I'm going to see them.
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I see. I will always be me, in your view.
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Don't be alarmed. I just want to give you this.
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For the longest time, I wanted to give you
this when I told you a certain something.
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It might cause trouble for you, but...
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This is...
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I brought you along on this trip...
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O-O...
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...all for that reason!
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Ox bezoars!
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Ox Bezoar
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The gallstone of an ox!
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The rarest of rare medicines I only saw
in my dreams, now in my hands!
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Yes! I'm sorry they took so long to find.
I finally got my hands on them...
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Wait! That's not what I wanted to—
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Thank you so much!
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Y-Yeah...
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Well then, goodnight!
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Wait!
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Hey! Don't close the door on me!
I'm not done talking!
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Now no one will come between us!
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I don't care whether or not
Master Jinshi is a real eunuch.
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But I do owe him for the ox bezoars.
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If his secret get out and
it gets me into trouble...
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I'll make him into a eunuch for real.
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Hey, are you listening?! Hey! I'm not finished!
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Hey! Apothecary! Hey!
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There are only two people in this land
with "Ka"—for "flower"—in their names.
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The emperor, at the top of the nation.
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And...
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Master Jinshi... Or rather, the Moon Prince.
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You cannot stay in your
temporary position forever.
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After all, you are our
emperor's younger brother,
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Ka Zuigetsu.
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Next Time
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Next time: "The Baths."
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Episode 37: The Baths