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Beginning wind send my message
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Because I'm aways trusting you
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*Saiunkoku Monogatari*
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That time I was standing in the world of mv dreams yet
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I stood still at the scene of what I saw
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But don't look back
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Because I've decided to continue walking
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Looking up at the sky, the seven colors of the rainbow
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Are you watching as well?
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Beginning wind send my message
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Run to your dream, I'm watching your back
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Wind that dances up wear the light of the sun
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Strongly spread your free wings
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The library.
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The building resides in a secluded area just behind the castle.
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It was never part of the main politics of the country.
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It has only the duty of taking care of books and
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it is never really acknowledged by anyone outside.
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Father!
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Oh, Shuurei.
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Let's have tea.
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This is Ran Shuuei-sama.
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You know him, right?
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Oh, of course. Welcome, Emp... Shuuei-dono.
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G-Good day, Shouka-dono.
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So, let's have tea, Ran Shuuei-sama.
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Y-Yeah...
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I'll have some after I'm done with this.
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[ A FROG INSIDE A WELL DOES NOT KNOW THE BIG SEA ]
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Hey, Seiran!
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General Ran.
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Come over here for a bit.
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That person is...
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Ri Kouyuu, he's assigned to the governmental department.
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He's my best friend.
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Who's your best friend?
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You're just a part of my terrible destiny.
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Could you be that government official?
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The sixteen year-old that took on the final governmental
exams and finished with the highest score?
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As expected, Kouyuu, you're a celebrity.
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However, don't you have a mission at the governmental office?
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Why are you in the library?
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We're here because of that mission.
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So, we're pretty much the same as you.
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Could you possibly be...
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That's right, we're just like you and serve the royalty.
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But we've been bored this past month.
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You're Shuurei-dono's employee, right?
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Y-Yes.
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As bored people, we are watching your princess work here.
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Here, go ahead.
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Delicious. So this is what it tastes like...
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You were always drinking that bitter daddy-tea?
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Daddy-tea?
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The murderous tea that my father always brews.
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Yeah. I also like Shouka's daddy-tea.
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He's a nice person...
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Do you often come to the library?
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Yeah.
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When you're a soldier?
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What?
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Y-You are the Empress, aren't you?
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Oh my, you knew?
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Yeah, I went to the castle yesterday and asked Shusui.
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I see.
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And what did you have to do in the castle?
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Huh?
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Um... that is...
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Could it possibly have been a message from the emperor?
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Um... well...
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Sorry to keep you waiting.
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C-Come, Shouka-dono, have some tea.
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Shuurei is the Kou household's princess, right?
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How come she's so good at making sweets like these?
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And also, those...
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These hands?
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They're bloody and cut... Not at all like a princess.
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They have already become more beautiful
since I arrived in the palace...
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We're poor.
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Every day, every day I have to work so much.
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That's why my hands are not like those of a
princess, which should be white and smooth.
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But you know? I still think it's good.
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It's for father, Seiran and myself...
For the three of us to live together.
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This much is all right.
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Seiran?
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I wonder if you've met him somewhere yet.
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He's in the Saorin royal army now.
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You're spilling crumbs... You're like a child.
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I'm already nineteen, I'm not a child!
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Oh, really? You're the same age as the emperor.
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What?
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Oh my, how many did you eat?
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I think five or six.
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You're eating too many!
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I'll wrap them up for you, so wait and eat them later!
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Shuurei is like a noisy mother.
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Yes.
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Father!
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Sorry, sorry.
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But how nice...
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This kind of person...
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That is...
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It seems his preference in men is true...
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Mistress,
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what are you doing in a place like this?
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Oh, it's Seiran. You surprised me!
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Are you disappointed that the emperor doesn't visit you at night?
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Don't say something so stupid. I was just...
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Just?
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I just thought that maybe he's lonely.
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That's what I thought, so...
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When we first met, I asked him for his name;
and what do you think he replied?
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Ran Shuuei.
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That is something.
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Every day he's wearing an unsightly outfit
and wandering around, wasting time.
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It would be strange not to understand that he's the emperor.
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Mistress, those books are...
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Oh, these?
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I thought that I should study.
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I entered the castle to be his tutor; I should
prepare for when that time will come.
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I thought that he was a hopeless, stupid emperor, but...
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After talking to him, he's completely different.
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He's strangely childish, but he's not temperamental or conceited.
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And he also listened properly to what I had to say.
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If he can listen to what people are
saying, words will get through.
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It's not as bad as I thought.
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No, on the contrary, he'd make a good emperor.
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Yes, I do think so too.
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So, I've got to study!
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Adviser Shou!
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Oh, this is Shuurei-dono.
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I've got a request for you!
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What is it?
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I'd like to study, but it's not good enough
just reading books on my own.
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So I'd like you to introduce me to a teacher.
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Oh, all right.
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Leave it to me.
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First, you should learn the basics of the kingdom.
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Shuurei-dono, I heard that you were brought
to the castle by Adviser Shou...
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Yes.
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I assume that you have some sort of knowledge...
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Then can you list the four ministries and departments?
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The four ranks are the Extensive Documents
Ministry, Internal Affairs Ministry,
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Central Documents Ministry, and the Sages Ministry.
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Then further below these ministries are the six departments:
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Government Official Department, Gates Department,
Public Relations Department,
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Military Department, Security Department
and the Construction Department.
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You're quite knowledgeable in this area.
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Actually, I wanted to take the national
test, so I studied under my father.
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But since I found out that women can't take the national test,
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I left my dreams to the children and taught
them as a teacher at the temple house.
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So you were a teacher...
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Yes.
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In that case, you don't have much to learn anymore...
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No, not at all.
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Is there such a limit in education to say
that "there is nothing more to learn"?
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Now that I think of it, General Ran, why are you doing
paperwork when you are a military official?
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Oh, that is...
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He finally came.
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Kouyuu-sama.
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You got lost again!
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I was thinking about taking over your tutoring.
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Shut up!
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In a sense he's a genius,
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he's bad with directions and gets lost within thirty steps.
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Bad with directions...
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You talk too much!
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Your student is waiting.
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I'm looking forward to it!
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So it was true that you wanted to study for this country.
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In comparison to him, that stupid emperor!
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Stupid emperor...
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This castle is big, yet small.
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If it's small, why do you get lost?
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Shut up!
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What I want to say is that the emperor
still doesn't know anything!
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And still he rose to the throne and became all-powerful!
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Just because the emperor doesn't work,
you don't need to get so angry.
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Excuse me...
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What is it?
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The stupid emperor... I mean,
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his Highness has never left the castle, has he?
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I don't really know, but probably not...
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Although you go to a particular city often to catch women.
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Shall we go together the next time?
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No, thank you!
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A frog inside a well, doesn't know the big sea...
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If he sees the world, maybe even that stupid
emperor will want to handle the politics...
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Shuurei, is your house nearby?
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Yes, that's right.
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It's quite a lively place.
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There are all sorts of stores here.
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Of course there is food, but there are also
antiques, accessories, clothes, and books.
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They can sell anything.
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Old man, give me two of these!
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Here you go.
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You'll eat it as well, right?
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Eh?
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It's delicious!
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Right?
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This is the first time I've eaten while walking.
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It's quite nice.
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Wait up!
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Shuurei-sensei!
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Ryuushi!
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Where've you been recently?
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Just something...
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Shuurei-sensei, where's Seiran?
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Who's this flashy guy?
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Darn it! That's true...
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Flashy? Not really...
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You don't have to be Seiran, let's play-fight!
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Let's do it, let's do it!
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Hey!
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Shuurei-sensei!
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Kinren's in trouble!
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Eh?!
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Àíã. ñàáû âûòàùèë Dragon.
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A silly comb would cost this much?! Stop fooling around!
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B-But...
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It's an item made of bamboo...
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This is already very cheap...
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You can say anything you want!
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So true, you can really say anything you want.
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What?
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You must be blind
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to not see the detail of this workmanship.
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What did you say?!
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If you keep acting this way
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you're just going to build the image of you as
a crude man. Is that all right with you?
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Shuurei-sensei, thank you!
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This much is all right.
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More importantly, where is your mother?
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She's been sick since this morning...
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And that's why you've been taking care of the store...
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That's right! I've got a great idea!
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Thank you, Shuurei-sensei.
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Leave the store to us, and take good care of your mother!
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Yes!
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Now, we'll be earning lots!
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Welcome! How about a hairpin?
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Come on, you should shout too.
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M... I mean, you want me to?
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Of course. Who else is here?
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Come on!
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W-Welcome...
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Louder.
W-Welcome...
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Louder.
.
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Welcome!
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Oh my, what a nice man.
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Welcome! How about this hairpin?
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Oh my, it's quite nice.
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I'll give you a special discount.
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Would you like to try it oh?
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Here, put it in her hair.
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L-Like this?
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It's wonderful...
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It looks really good on you!
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It looks really good on you...
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Really?
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Yes.
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Then I guess I'll have one.
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Thank you very much!
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Who'd have thought that I'd get helped by such a wonderful man.
264
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Me too, me too!
265
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Choose one for me too!
266
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All right, all right, please don't push, please don't push!
267
00:14:54,310 --> 00:14:56,061
Wait for your turn, wait for your turn!
268
00:14:58,648 --> 00:15:02,776
The emperor is a salesman... It's a
punishment for using my name.
269
00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:05,362
That is... Seiran!
270
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As expected of a bodyguard.
271
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He doesn't get close, yet he doesn't leave, and is always watching.
272
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Looking forward to the day we meet him, right?
273
00:15:15,498 --> 00:15:18,709
When the time comes, I'll tell him all my hatred.
274
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We earned quite a bit.
275
00:15:22,464 --> 00:15:26,216
With this, the costs for Kinren's mother's
medicine will be covered for a while.
276
00:15:27,719 --> 00:15:28,594
Are you tired?
277
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No. How do you say it... It was fun.
278
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I'm glad, because it's a wonderful thing to be of help to others.
279
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To be of help to others...
280
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This is my home.
281
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You really were poor, weren't you?
282
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Geez, how rude!
283
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S-Sorry.
284
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It's all right, it's the truth after all.
285
00:16:05,382 --> 00:16:08,550
Shuurei, you were teaching children...
286
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That's right.
287
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How admirable. On top of that, you're good at selling.
288
00:16:17,227 --> 00:16:18,727
Are those sakura trees?
289
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Yes, that's right.
290
00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:24,483
But our sakuras haven't bloomed for eight years...
291
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Eight years?
292
00:16:27,570 --> 00:16:29,905
Eight years ago during the War for the Throne.
293
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When the emperor passed away, the throne was being
fought over, thus nobody governed anything.
294
00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:39,957
Those of us that lived below the castle took it very hard.
295
00:16:41,209 --> 00:16:44,003
A lot of nobles closed their doors tightly,
296
00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:47,297
and there were beggars by those doors.
297
00:16:48,174 --> 00:16:52,970
Father and Seiran tried their best to keep the villagers alive, but...
298
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There was almost nothing we could do.
299
00:16:56,558 --> 00:16:59,977
What was probably most useful to us was our garden.
300
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We had a lot of fruit and our lake was large.
301
00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:08,152
So we were able to share our fruit and fish.
302
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Thanks to that, we don't have a single fish left in our
lake, and it's been years since our trees bore fruit.
303
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I mean they can't even bloom flowers because we ate them all.
304
00:17:20,457 --> 00:17:22,833
A lot of people died before my eyes...
305
00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:29,798
Shuurei-chan, will you play your erhu for this child?
306
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So that he can sleep peacefully...
307
00:17:32,594 --> 00:17:36,388
Every day I played my Erhu... So many times that I lost count.
308
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It was like I was living to die.
309
00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:45,272
Why are we living to suffer through this?
310
00:17:45,982 --> 00:17:49,026
Father and Seiran both lost weight, day by day.
311
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I was afraid.
312
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Every night I saw dreams of them dying and leaving me all alone.
313
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Those were days of fear.
314
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Shuurei...
315
00:18:03,750 --> 00:18:05,751
That's why I went to the castle.
316
00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:11,131
I've had enough of just crying over my lack of power.
317
00:18:11,675 --> 00:18:15,844
That's why I thought that if there was
something I could do now, I'd do it.
318
00:18:17,514 --> 00:18:20,182
I'm not wishing for anything grand.
319
00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:26,689
I don't intend to say something stupid such as, "Make
a country where everyone can be happy."
320
00:18:27,857 --> 00:18:31,151
Happiness and misfortune all depend on the individual.
321
00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:35,114
That's why the emperor doesn't need
to bear responsibility for that.
322
00:18:35,365 --> 00:18:38,242
Each person's life belongs only to that person.
323
00:18:38,576 --> 00:18:41,912
Of all the choices in life, he chooses them himself, and lives on.
324
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Chooses himself...
325
00:18:45,500 --> 00:18:49,003
There are times when you can't even choose.
326
00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:52,256
Unless you're a genius, you'd have no choice but to give up.
327
00:18:52,841 --> 00:18:56,135
But if the emperor is caring, there's something
he could do to prevent it.
328
00:18:56,553 --> 00:18:58,137
That's why you joined the castle?
329
00:18:58,888 --> 00:19:03,058
Because there are still many things that can
be accomplished through a man's hand.
330
00:19:03,768 --> 00:19:07,938
But there are surely things that citizens
can't do, no matter how hard they try.
331
00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:10,816
It's the emperor's job to do that.
332
00:19:10,817 --> 00:19:12,818
If the emperor slacks off, who's going to do it?
333
00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:22,369
I don't know why he doesn't take part in the politics,
but now that he's emperor, it can't be helped.
334
00:19:22,746 --> 00:19:24,496
We need him to do his best.
335
00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:28,250
In exchange for that, I intend to try my best with him.
336
00:19:30,211 --> 00:19:35,758
If he says that he's the youngest of all the heirs and
has never participated in politics, I'll take part too.
337
00:19:36,051 --> 00:19:40,387
When he feels insecure, I'll be by his side.
338
00:19:40,555 --> 00:19:43,849
If he wants to complain, I'll listen to all of it.
339
00:19:43,850 --> 00:19:46,143
If he wants to cry, he can just cry.
340
00:19:46,644 --> 00:19:51,357
I'm not an official, so there's no need to act great.
341
00:19:52,275 --> 00:19:54,443
I didn't come to just make children, or to scold you.
342
00:19:54,444 --> 00:19:58,072
I came to support you, to be by your side,
to push you to stand as the emperor!
343
00:20:00,658 --> 00:20:03,494
This is what I thought I'd say to the emperor when I meet him.
344
00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:05,829
But I never can.
345
00:20:06,331 --> 00:20:10,459
If you know the emperor, could you
please pass on what I just said?
346
00:20:10,710 --> 00:20:16,590
And if he's interested, tell him that I'll be waiting
in the library tomorrow afternoon.
347
00:20:21,805 --> 00:20:24,139
All right. I'll definitely tell him.
348
00:20:29,938 --> 00:20:32,189
The tea... has gone cold, hasn't it?
349
00:20:32,691 --> 00:20:33,982
I'll go remake it!
350
00:20:41,783 --> 00:20:42,533
Mistress...
351
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Seiran...
352
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You have done well.
353
00:20:58,425 --> 00:20:59,508
Those days...
354
00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:03,762
Eight years ago... just remembering that
time must have been so tough for you.
355
00:21:13,106 --> 00:21:15,441
Sorry, I'm all right now.
356
00:21:15,984 --> 00:21:19,319
I'm sure his Highness will go to the library.
357
00:21:33,918 --> 00:21:36,003
I am Shi Ryuuki.
358
00:21:36,504 --> 00:21:39,423
I got a message from a man that I know.
359
00:21:40,091 --> 00:21:40,924
Yes...
360
00:21:43,178 --> 00:21:44,845
And your answer?
361
00:21:46,014 --> 00:21:47,848
Let's take part in the politics.
362
00:21:50,185 --> 00:21:51,643
Thank you!
363
00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:03,947
Can I ask you one thing?
364
00:22:03,947 --> 00:22:04,670
What is it?
365
00:22:04,741 --> 00:22:08,869
You like men more than women, right?
366
00:22:11,664 --> 00:22:12,873
Well, yes.
367
00:22:14,793 --> 00:22:17,044
That's right... I'm glad.
368
00:22:17,587 --> 00:22:22,800
There is the problem of continuing the dynasty,
but we can think of that much later!
369
00:22:22,801 --> 00:22:25,803
Let's study the basics of politics for now.
370
00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:32,518
I'll introduce the teacher to you!
371
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,688
It's an honor to finally meet you, your Highness.
372
00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:37,731
I'm Ri Kouyuu.
373
00:22:39,275 --> 00:22:41,276
Try your best, your Highness.
374
00:22:41,695 --> 00:22:43,696
Ran Shuuei, why are you here?
375
00:22:43,863 --> 00:22:46,740
My original job was to protect you.
376
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:52,788
And also, recently I heard that there has been someone
using my name in the library, so I decided to check.
377
00:22:54,749 --> 00:22:59,086
I'll be whipping it into you from now on, so prepare y ourself.
378
00:22:59,212 --> 00:23:01,338
I-I'm looking forward to it.
379
00:23:02,340 --> 00:23:05,092
Oh! The emperor is now motivated!
380
00:23:05,093 --> 00:23:09,972
It seems to have been a good idea to invite your
good acquaintance, Shuurei, to the castle.
381
00:23:10,306 --> 00:23:13,475
Shou, it was a perfect idea despite it coming from you.
382
00:23:13,727 --> 00:23:16,103
"Despite it coming from you", is unnecessary.
383
00:23:16,104 --> 00:23:22,860
Now we just wait and see whether the emperor
will be happy with Ran Shuuei and Ri Kouyuu.
384
00:23:30,660 --> 00:23:35,789
You are always free but now
385
00:23:36,166 --> 00:23:42,463
What dream are you chasing in this rain
386
00:23:42,714 --> 00:23:47,760
While fighting with loneliness
387
00:23:48,011 --> 00:23:53,599
You're holding back your tears
388
00:23:54,017 --> 00:24:05,152
Saying you're alright alone makes you the same as me
389
00:24:05,737 --> 00:24:16,663
This may be the long way but somehow I like this road
390
00:24:17,290 --> 00:24:23,003
When I'm happy or when I'm overjoyed
391
00:24:23,254 --> 00:24:28,425
I'll remember of you
392
00:24:29,052 --> 00:24:34,682
This mild season will surely
393
00:24:34,891 --> 00:24:41,397
Send my feelings
394
00:24:45,443 --> 00:24:48,028
I think Ryuuki will be able to do it if he puts in the effort!
395
00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:49,405
I'm slightly impressed!
396
00:24:49,406 --> 00:24:52,199
Don't be too proud, it's just "slightly".
397
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,076
And yet, why are you coming to my private room?!
398
00:24:54,077 --> 00:24:56,995
I told you not to be too proud!!!