WEBVTT 00:04.630 --> 00:08.990 A young me emerged from one of these stones. 00:10.030 --> 00:12.380 Stone eggs, huh? 00:12.380 --> 00:14.450 Where did these come from? 00:21.870 --> 00:25.230 My home is in the sky, huh? 00:26.970 --> 00:28.740 It seems that's true. 00:33.660 --> 00:34.940 I want to meet them. 00:35.450 --> 00:38.660 I can't wait to meet the world that allows me... 00:39.350 --> 00:40.810 ...to be a part of it. 00:46.700 --> 00:49.740 There she is. I've found her. 00:50.420 --> 00:53.120 The Girl of Reason. 01:12.930 --> 01:18.390 BYE BYE, EARTH 02:32.130 --> 02:35.430 O'CLOCK (CLOCKSTONE) It's time for o'clock to turn this color, huh? 02:35.640 --> 02:39.100 QUARTZ FOREST 02:39.790 --> 02:42.770 It's been a long time since I've visited the Quartz Forest, 02:43.330 --> 02:45.480 but I don't really miss it. 02:53.260 --> 02:54.730 A rabbit?! 02:54.730 --> 02:57.620 RABITTIA (LONG-EARED RACE) Is this a rabittia child? 02:57.620 --> 03:00.010 It's so beautiful, just like a doll. 03:02.480 --> 03:04.160 Here, you want a drink? 03:07.360 --> 03:11.900 They say if you can find a wandering rabbittia, you'll have good luck. 03:15.340 --> 03:17.010 H-Hey! 03:20.480 --> 03:22.970 You have such a buffoonery face. 03:23.840 --> 03:26.150 I don't really want to get involved with it. 03:27.070 --> 03:29.930 I'll give you that. I have extra cups. 03:39.660 --> 03:42.370 What a strange child. 03:48.210 --> 03:51.090 SHUBERTLAND (PARK) 03:54.710 --> 03:56.760 What is that? 03:56.760 --> 03:59.450 It's a very rare species. 04:06.060 --> 04:09.900 UNDERWEST CITY 04:12.880 --> 04:15.110 This city is still lively. 04:16.560 --> 04:18.990 First, I need to fill my stomach. 04:21.450 --> 04:22.110 What is that? 04:22.110 --> 04:22.800 Dunno. 04:22.800 --> 04:24.010 So unusual. 04:24.010 --> 04:25.660 A faceless ghost. 04:28.670 --> 04:31.380 This is an "outside,"  sweetie. 04:31.730 --> 04:34.340 Hmm? You look different. 04:34.340 --> 04:38.130 I thought a mermaid from the castle might have slipped in. 04:38.130 --> 04:41.260 Inside or outside, it doesn't matter to me. 04:41.260 --> 04:42.450 What? 04:42.450 --> 04:44.560 Can I get something to eat? 04:44.560 --> 04:46.690 And I want to order cold flower tea. 04:46.690 --> 04:49.230 Listen, country girl. 04:49.230 --> 04:51.190 Here, in Park, there is a proper law. 04:51.190 --> 04:52.480 THEMA (LAW) Here, in Park, there is a proper law. 04:52.480 --> 04:55.680 Everything in the world 04:55.680 --> 04:58.610 is destined by nature to be either justice or evil. 04:59.140 --> 05:02.410 And if you don't abide by it, you're doomed. 05:02.410 --> 05:06.950 It seems I'm being fooled here by the way you call me. 05:07.300 --> 05:10.250 I have a name: Lablac Belle. 05:10.250 --> 05:13.200 I'm sorry about that, Lablac. 05:13.200 --> 05:16.300 I am Haggis, owner of the Amaretto Pavilion. 05:16.720 --> 05:19.510 How well do you know Shubertland? 05:19.910 --> 05:22.470 I think I know most of it. 05:22.470 --> 05:23.980 In Park, everyone is divided 05:23.980 --> 05:25.910 EVIL into the topdog, the righteous, 05:25.910 --> 05:28.700 JUSTICE and the underdog, the wicked. 05:28.700 --> 05:29.820 UNDERDOG - TOPDOG That just means the people 05:29.820 --> 05:32.170 UNDERDOG - TOPDOG who live inside and outside the castle, right? 05:32.170 --> 05:33.460 PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE CASTLE That's right! 05:33.460 --> 05:35.090 PEOPLE WHO LIVE INSIDE THE CASTLE The distinction between the two 05:35.090 --> 05:36.940 PEOPLE WHO LIVE INSIDE THE CASTLE is what makes Thema work here. 05:36.940 --> 05:40.250 And we're never allowed to disturb that. 05:40.250 --> 05:45.160 You should know which side you're on as soon as possible. 05:46.870 --> 05:48.630 That won't be necessary. 05:48.630 --> 05:51.740 I'm leaving the country soon. 05:51.740 --> 05:53.740 What? Don't tell me... 05:55.170 --> 05:56.810 NOMAD (WANDERERS) I'm going to become a Nomad. 05:56.810 --> 05:59.340 NOMAD (WANDERERS) That's why I came to Park. 06:01.100 --> 06:02.510 Don't do it. 06:02.510 --> 06:04.540 God won't allow that. 06:06.190 --> 06:08.240 That's why you're a country bumpkin. 06:08.780 --> 06:10.340 Listen, Lablac, 06:10.340 --> 06:14.060 it's not the king of the castle who really rules this land. 06:14.060 --> 06:16.270 It's god. 06:20.220 --> 06:21.550 Hey, what's wrong? 06:21.550 --> 06:23.790 I just remember... 06:23.790 --> 06:25.740 That god... 06:26.300 --> 06:29.200 Deus Ex Machina... 06:29.200 --> 06:31.420 Deu... What? 06:31.420 --> 06:33.960 I don't really get it either. 06:34.300 --> 06:38.340 A long time ago, some heartless person told me. 06:39.100 --> 06:41.380 That's right... I... 06:42.410 --> 06:44.630 He cut me down. But who is he? 06:44.630 --> 06:45.720 Why? 06:49.810 --> 06:52.220 You're really giving me a hard time! 06:52.220 --> 06:53.390 That rabbit... 06:53.390 --> 06:56.400 What are you guys going to do with that kid? 06:56.400 --> 06:59.230 We can't just let him be, old man Haggis! 06:59.230 --> 07:02.270 He disappears and gnaws my sword. 07:02.270 --> 07:04.490 I had a hell of a time getting him here. 07:04.490 --> 07:06.160 Evil Swordsman... 07:06.160 --> 07:08.570 But this is an opportunity for us. 07:08.570 --> 07:10.200 You guys, don't do that! 07:10.200 --> 07:12.580 It's a rabittia, you know?! 07:12.580 --> 07:14.710 We can get a reward if we cut him down! 07:14.710 --> 07:18.580 If our swords suck the blood of Rabittia, our sword will be the strongest! 07:18.580 --> 07:19.500 You morons! 07:19.500 --> 07:22.760 All Rabittia are monsters! 07:26.130 --> 07:27.840 Lablac, you... 07:27.840 --> 07:32.370 Swords are supposed to be nurtured by the sound of swordplay. 07:32.370 --> 07:36.190 But the quality of Evil Swordsmen has fallen. 07:38.150 --> 07:40.870 Don't let those who don't know the difference 07:40.870 --> 07:42.860 between being evil or just evil 07:42.860 --> 07:44.320 wield the sword. 07:44.320 --> 07:45.610 You bastard! 07:49.280 --> 07:50.240 What?! 07:51.200 --> 07:52.370 What was that? 07:58.620 --> 07:59.710 Again?! 08:00.180 --> 08:02.420 Something tries to restrain me! 08:02.420 --> 08:04.820 Stop it! You just can't shatter their swords! 08:04.820 --> 08:06.550 What the hell did you do?! 08:08.820 --> 08:10.230 Quit messing up with us! 08:14.680 --> 08:16.390 What exactly happened here? 08:16.390 --> 08:19.150 My sword is just like a piece of steel... 08:19.150 --> 08:23.230 To become a Nomad, you must carry a curse on your body. 08:23.230 --> 08:25.190 Is this the curse? 08:25.190 --> 08:27.040 Could it be that... 08:27.040 --> 08:28.950 ...I can't cut anything anymore? 08:28.950 --> 08:30.050 Impossible... 08:30.050 --> 08:31.390 Hey, stop it! 08:49.510 --> 08:52.970 I know you're an expert at using a sword. 08:52.970 --> 08:55.900 And I know that you're an insane beast. 08:56.510 --> 08:57.680 I... 08:57.680 --> 09:00.310 Geez, you just did something you can't take back. 09:00.820 --> 09:03.520 Those are the swords they've worked so hard to raise. 09:03.980 --> 09:05.980 It will never come back again. 09:06.400 --> 09:08.420 It will only decay. 09:09.050 --> 09:10.350 Ah, here they come! 09:10.350 --> 09:11.800 She's a terrifying swordsman. 09:11.800 --> 09:13.660 The justice people, huh? 09:14.100 --> 09:16.020 DOG TAG (A PERMIT TO DUEL) Do you have a dog tag? 09:16.020 --> 09:17.330 DOG TAG (A PERMIT TO DUEL) No, I don't have that. 09:17.330 --> 09:18.830 DOG TAG (A PERMIT TO DUEL) Then you must get out of here. 09:18.830 --> 09:22.510 If you use a sword without a dog tag, they won't let you go easily. 09:23.010 --> 09:24.130 That rabbit... 09:24.730 --> 09:26.340 He ran away, huh? 09:28.350 --> 09:29.850 H-Hey... 09:48.440 --> 09:51.400 CASTRALE 09:51.400 --> 09:55.070 The inner city. How nostalgic. 09:56.320 --> 10:01.580 For me, meeting you is one of the most memorable experiences I've had here. 10:02.380 --> 10:03.550 Runding. 10:07.250 --> 10:11.720 When the candle runs out, the interrogation will take place. 10:11.720 --> 10:14.170 Until then, you have to wait here. 10:20.910 --> 10:23.920 I was in a room like this back that day. 10:23.920 --> 10:27.340 I've been waiting here ever since I met you. 10:28.480 --> 10:31.780 Are you sure you can't cut anything anymore? 10:32.740 --> 10:35.760 This is the form of my curse. 10:36.350 --> 10:38.120 The first trial... 10:38.120 --> 10:39.580 ...to become a Nomad. 10:40.820 --> 10:41.750 That's right. 10:42.330 --> 10:44.800 I have been waiting for so long. 10:44.800 --> 10:47.460 And then he came to me! 10:47.460 --> 10:48.290 But who?! 10:54.470 --> 10:56.540 What's wrong with you, Lablac Bell?! 10:56.540 --> 10:59.050 No one is coming for you! 10:59.050 --> 11:01.720 You can't open the door if you're just looking at it! 11:02.690 --> 11:03.830 Runding! 11:12.210 --> 11:14.420 The candle has gone out. 11:15.140 --> 11:19.740 Oh, right. Can you call a swordsman named Gaff for a moment? 11:19.740 --> 11:23.580 He's kind of my senior disciple. 11:24.690 --> 11:26.670 I completely forgot about him. 11:28.240 --> 11:29.520 Understand? 11:34.500 --> 11:37.610 Old man Haggis, I heard your sword had broken. 11:37.610 --> 11:42.060 No, that's not mine. Mine has already decayed. 11:42.680 --> 11:45.020 It's been a while, Haggis. 11:45.470 --> 11:48.640 Adonis? What are you doing "outside"? 11:48.980 --> 11:51.690 If not you, whose sword is it? 11:51.690 --> 11:54.860 Oh, it's one of my boys. 11:54.860 --> 11:58.490 They look terrible. They're upstairs in the inn. 11:59.270 --> 12:00.990 Can I talk to them? 12:02.450 --> 12:04.210 Of course. Just ask them. 12:07.740 --> 12:10.500 Adonis, have you seen your family? 12:10.500 --> 12:12.070 I don't intend to. 12:13.730 --> 12:17.050 What's his purpose for coming back here then? 12:17.050 --> 12:20.890 I don't know. I have a lot of troublesome guests today. 12:22.350 --> 12:24.520 H-Hunger Alliance! 12:24.520 --> 12:26.730 HUNGER ALLIANCE Run! This way! 12:26.730 --> 12:28.060 HUNGER ALLIANCE 12:35.050 --> 12:38.400 What happened?! Why do they show up in the middle of the city?! 12:38.400 --> 12:42.160 They must have smelled their kind. 12:42.160 --> 12:45.850 Someone, soon to join the Hunger Alliance, 12:45.850 --> 12:47.900 is in Park. 12:47.900 --> 12:51.350 Someone who's lost all sense of joy. 12:57.940 --> 13:00.660 You really saved my life, Gaff. 13:00.660 --> 13:03.720 That's because you are my guest now. 13:03.720 --> 13:07.560 But I'm glad I took the chance to call on you. 13:07.560 --> 13:12.270 I never thought I'd be exonerated and given a room like this. 13:12.270 --> 13:16.330 You should have visited me in the first place. 13:17.590 --> 13:21.920 Your master is asking me to take care of you after all. 13:23.520 --> 13:24.910 It's a dog tag. 13:24.910 --> 13:28.750 You can engrave your personal spelling on it. 13:29.190 --> 13:30.720 Shandy Gaff... 13:30.720 --> 13:35.130 Was my master such a great person that he could move you, 13:35.130 --> 13:38.300 the leader of swordsmen, just by asking a favor? 13:38.300 --> 13:41.590 I'm nothing compared to him. 13:44.080 --> 13:46.140 Do you have a grudge against him? 13:46.570 --> 13:52.140 I don't have any grudges against him since he made me forget about him. 13:52.560 --> 13:56.610 But I'm sorry. I cannot take this. 13:57.340 --> 13:59.550 I'm going to be a Nomad. 13:59.550 --> 14:00.900 I know. 14:01.290 --> 14:03.190 But in order to begin your journey, 14:03.190 --> 14:07.490 you must complete your mission under your contract with the king. 14:07.990 --> 14:12.140 You must serve the country as a swordsman for a time. 14:14.270 --> 14:17.710 I am cursed. 14:17.710 --> 14:20.260 Perhaps that is why 14:20.260 --> 14:24.110 my sword feels different. 14:24.970 --> 14:31.230 I should be able to cut flowers, stones, trees, and people of all races equally. 14:33.340 --> 14:35.010 Such a brave thing to say. 14:35.010 --> 14:35.810 Huh? 14:36.290 --> 14:38.490 It seems to me that you're cursed 14:38.490 --> 14:42.280 to think that slaying any person is the same 14:42.690 --> 14:45.650 as slaying a flower. 14:46.580 --> 14:48.200 You mean Beastie? 14:48.850 --> 14:53.710 My sword is like a glove when I touch something, 14:54.150 --> 14:57.420 and I feel like there shouldn't be a distinction. 14:58.730 --> 15:04.070 Then, so that you can know the meaning of that curse, 15:04.070 --> 15:05.630 why don't you take it? 15:06.710 --> 15:08.560 I guess it can't be helped. 15:09.510 --> 15:11.440 My spelling, huh? 15:11.440 --> 15:13.460 How if I write "Beastie"? 15:13.460 --> 15:14.390 Belle. 15:15.130 --> 15:17.700 Thanks for everything, Gaff. 15:17.700 --> 15:21.190 I really didn't want to rely on anyone too much. 15:21.770 --> 15:25.700 Well, now that it's come to this, I'll be relying on you. 15:25.700 --> 15:27.470 So don't regret it. 15:29.620 --> 15:33.080 Ah, you...! Where in the world did you come from? 15:33.080 --> 15:36.750 What are you doing here? Are you trying to thank me or something? 15:36.750 --> 15:38.340 It's okay. 15:38.340 --> 15:41.300 I did it on my own. 15:41.300 --> 15:44.690 So that rabbit was the cause of all the commotion? 15:44.690 --> 15:46.260 Well, you can say that. 15:46.720 --> 15:51.770 You should consider it an honor to be a guest of the wandering rabittia. 15:51.770 --> 15:53.790 A guest, huh? 15:55.680 --> 15:58.140 An audience with the king is set up. 15:58.140 --> 16:01.110 You really are amazing. 16:04.280 --> 16:06.430 FARM MUSICIAN It's the sound of a farm musician. 16:06.430 --> 16:08.060 FARM MUSICIAN I really miss it. 16:08.060 --> 16:10.410 They used to make me practice a lot back in the day. 16:10.980 --> 16:15.620 None of the crops grew much with my playing. 16:16.480 --> 16:18.950 You're not going to see your parents? 16:18.950 --> 16:20.830 If I get a chance, I will. 16:21.500 --> 16:25.810 But wouldn't it be better to at least see them? 16:28.410 --> 16:31.010 I can't meet them now. 16:32.940 --> 16:33.940 I see. 16:37.980 --> 16:41.050 I haven't had such a fine bath in a long time. 16:44.470 --> 16:48.150 You don't like baths? But I won't let that happen. 16:50.860 --> 16:53.430 Oh, so you're a male? 16:54.750 --> 16:57.600 Where do you plan to go? 17:00.550 --> 17:03.380 You can't talk? 17:10.620 --> 17:13.750 It's hard to be kind. 17:20.090 --> 17:22.020 LEBLAC (UNUSUAL PERSON) Leblac, huh? 17:22.020 --> 17:25.570 LEBLAC (UNUSUAL PERSON) You're the second person to carve that name. 17:25.570 --> 17:27.990 Oh, who's the other? 17:27.990 --> 17:29.540 Your master. 17:29.540 --> 17:31.740 I don't like that kind of thing. 17:31.740 --> 17:32.820 I'm sorry. 17:32.820 --> 17:36.910 I mean, why should I get an audience with the king? 17:36.910 --> 17:38.900 The contract is to entertain god 17:38.900 --> 17:43.330 SWORD MUSICIAN as the sword musician. 17:43.330 --> 17:46.480 This voice... What is it this time? 17:46.480 --> 17:48.570 Are you trying to guide me? 17:48.570 --> 17:50.550 A king is a god. 17:50.550 --> 17:56.530 And the door to the journey can only be opened in the presence of the king. 17:58.180 --> 18:03.560 PUBLIC OF JUSTICE 18:03.560 --> 18:07.820 THRONE ROOM 18:09.250 --> 18:11.530 The Public of Justice 18:11.530 --> 18:14.100 is the general name for three squares 18:14.100 --> 18:16.420 that bear the emblem of the Land of Swords. 18:17.110 --> 18:18.960 The three stages surround the god 18:18.960 --> 18:21.970 THE DANCE ROOM standing in the center from three sides, 18:21.970 --> 18:23.390 THE DUEL ROOM making the space itself 18:23.390 --> 18:25.880 THE THRONE ROOM the sanctuary of the nation. 18:30.960 --> 18:33.990 It is like a tombstone. 18:40.150 --> 18:43.040 YGGDRASIL This is Yggdrasil, the throne of the god 18:43.040 --> 18:44.880 YGGDRASIL who resides in this country. 18:44.880 --> 18:47.600 The cancer sword has been growing 18:47.600 --> 18:49.170 CANCER SWORD since the country's earliest days. 18:49.170 --> 18:50.150 CANCER SWORD 18:50.150 --> 18:52.320 CANCER SWORD The tree where god dwells... 18:56.290 --> 18:58.100 What is this? 18:59.340 --> 19:02.610 The tree doesn't see me. 19:07.600 --> 19:10.420 The priestess king, who dwells with the god, 19:10.420 --> 19:13.380 has lost her place within the tree. 19:15.570 --> 19:18.810 The two faces of the topdog and the underdog. 19:18.810 --> 19:23.560 The world reveals its two faces in the king's body. 19:23.560 --> 19:25.670 KING RAWHIDE I welcome you before my face, 19:25.670 --> 19:29.520 KING RAWHIDE in the presence of god. 19:31.590 --> 19:36.820 If you do not wish to face me, I will ask you to get back. 19:36.820 --> 19:42.070 I see, you are not of any race. 19:42.070 --> 19:46.460 Perhaps that is why you do not show the slightest manners to us. 19:46.460 --> 19:47.510 Belle. 19:52.350 --> 19:54.430 This king is looking at me. 19:55.090 --> 19:56.660 Then, the god... 20:05.380 --> 20:08.850 I knew it. This tree doesn't see me. 20:20.900 --> 20:25.200 Who is it that comes to the rite of contract? 20:25.200 --> 20:27.070 Answer me, Gaff. 20:28.020 --> 20:32.380 She is the one who apprenticed under the famous Enola, Lablac Sian, 20:32.380 --> 20:36.450 the one who successfully completed her final trial and came to Park, 20:36.450 --> 20:41.180 her name is Lablac Bell, and she is my sister from the same master. 20:41.180 --> 20:45.220 Why do you wish to get into a contract with me? 20:45.220 --> 20:46.890 To be a Nomad! 20:46.890 --> 20:49.640 Why do you want to be a Nomad? 20:49.640 --> 20:52.410 To know my own origin. 20:53.140 --> 20:55.730 I want to know who I am, where I come from, 20:55.730 --> 20:58.700 and where I must go. 20:58.700 --> 21:01.180 To find my own kind! 21:01.570 --> 21:03.150 Because if I don't, 21:04.480 --> 21:07.790 I will always be alone. 21:09.740 --> 21:11.380 Very well. 21:11.380 --> 21:15.300 I offer you a trial to make a contract. 21:15.790 --> 21:19.070 Recite the name of your instrument, 21:19.070 --> 21:21.090 little one. 21:24.340 --> 21:27.970 Created by the famous swordsmith, Drambuie! 21:27.970 --> 21:29.390 Runding! 21:29.900 --> 21:35.230 From now on, you will be tested for your strength as a sword musician. 21:35.670 --> 21:39.950 A swordsman will be chosen to fight you. 21:39.950 --> 21:41.030 Who will it be? 21:41.030 --> 21:45.370 A man with whom you have a long history. 21:45.370 --> 21:49.950 Kiel Loire, one of the four great swordsmen. 21:49.950 --> 21:51.580 He is the one whose sword 21:51.580 --> 21:54.960 was once shattered by you. 21:54.960 --> 22:00.010 CHAPTER 2: ORIGIN. UNDER THE EARTHSHINE 23:30.470 --> 23:33.060 This is about me and your existence. 23:33.060 --> 23:34.460 Valkyrie... 23:34.460 --> 23:35.890 Speak of the truth... 23:35.890 --> 23:37.600 You may meet with coincidence. 23:37.600 --> 23:38.230 Father! 23:38.230 --> 23:38.900 CHAPTER 3: Mother! 23:38.900 --> 23:40.990 SEPARATION. THOSE WHO PLAY ON THE EARTH Mother!