WEBVTT 00:05.381 --> 00:13.011 GENYOU DYNASTY, KINGDOM OF EI 00:22.271 --> 00:25.271 INNER COURT PALACE OF THE GOLDEN QILIN (KOU PALACE) 00:30.441 --> 00:33.611 That is magnificent embroidery, Lady Reirin. 00:34.151 --> 00:36.161 KOU CLAN MAIDEN - KOU REIRIN 00:38.121 --> 00:42.451 Tonight, everyone will be captivated by its beauty. 00:43.121 --> 00:45.831 You're complimenting me too much. 00:54.131 --> 00:58.301 Perhaps you pushed yourself too hard. You're burning up. 00:58.301 --> 01:01.851 REIRIN'S HEAD COURT LADY KOU TOUSETSU 00:59.091 --> 01:01.851 I'm all right, Tousetsu. 01:02.311 --> 01:05.851 I have already steeped and taken my medicine. 01:07.271 --> 01:09.311 I hear that during this year's Double Sevens Festival, 01:09.611 --> 01:12.781 a comet and a meteor shower will be appearing. 01:13.731 --> 01:16.901 It would be wonderful if wishes came true. 01:20.321 --> 01:22.831 INNER COURT THE MAIDEN COURT, SEVENTH PAGODA 01:27.331 --> 01:29.301 EMPEROR - EI GENYOU 01:29.341 --> 01:31.341 EMPRESS - KOU KENSHUU 01:33.211 --> 01:34.961 CROWN PRINCE - EI GYOUMEI 01:37.971 --> 01:41.221 GEN CLAN MAIDEN GEN KASUI 01:37.971 --> 01:41.221 RAN CLAN MAIDEN - RAN HOUSHUN 01:37.971 --> 01:41.221 KIN CLAN MAIDEN KIN SEIKA 01:43.851 --> 01:46.481 SHU CLAN MAIDEN SHU KEIGETSU 01:56.191 --> 01:59.531 Take a look at the Crown Prince and Lady Reirin. 01:59.611 --> 02:01.871 They are beautiful together, like a painting. 02:01.951 --> 02:03.991 As you'd expect from His Highness's favored butterfly. 02:04.081 --> 02:07.831 No doubt she receives all his attention. 02:08.121 --> 02:09.291 The Maiden Court's purpose 02:09.371 --> 02:11.961 is to nurture potential consort candidates for the Crown Prince. 02:12.041 --> 02:14.841 If the result is so clear, they can just disband-- 02:14.921 --> 02:18.221 Shh! If the captain of the Eagle Eyes heard that... 02:18.221 --> 02:20.721 CAPTAIN OF THE EAGLE EYES - SHIN-U 02:19.301 --> 02:24.351 In any case, the court "sewer rat" is audaciously glancing at His Highness. 02:24.431 --> 02:25.971 How immodest. 02:26.271 --> 02:27.731 Lady Keigetsu, right? 02:27.811 --> 02:29.351 Her glance is so subservient. 02:29.441 --> 02:33.231 As always, her makeup and clothing are gaudy and tasteless. 02:33.611 --> 02:36.611 That she is under the guardianship of the Noble Consort Shu, 02:36.691 --> 02:39.701 who has the most authority after the Empress, 02:39.281 --> 02:41.701 THE NOBLE SHU GABI 02:39.781 --> 02:41.701 the world really is a peculiar place. 02:41.951 --> 02:46.201 Everyone, the meteor shower can be seen close to the comet. 03:02.091 --> 03:05.181 Aggravating wench, begone! 03:44.801 --> 03:46.181 Where is this... 03:47.391 --> 03:49.011 So you are awake. 03:50.891 --> 03:52.891 Oh, Tousetsu. 03:54.941 --> 03:58.401 There is no reason why you should address me in a friendly manner... 03:58.941 --> 04:00.991 Lady Shu Keigetsu. 04:02.071 --> 04:03.531 Pardon? 04:03.651 --> 04:08.281 The sin of harming our beloved butterfly, Lady Reirin, 04:08.371 --> 04:10.041 shall be paid for with your life. 04:10.371 --> 04:14.081 No, um, Tousetsu, I am-- 04:14.921 --> 04:16.041 Huh? 04:19.091 --> 04:21.921 Lady Keigetsu? 04:22.421 --> 04:24.971 Could it be, in that moment... 04:26.221 --> 04:31.221 that Lady Keigetsu and I swapped bodies? 04:33.271 --> 04:35.021 Impossible. 04:53.921 --> 04:58.591 THOUGH I AM AN INEPT VILLAINESS 06:09.701 --> 06:13.831 Tousetsu, um, you may not believe me, 06:13.991 --> 06:15.081 but I-- 06:15.661 --> 06:19.791 ...am Reirin. Our souls have swapped. 06:20.831 --> 06:22.751 What is going on? 06:22.841 --> 06:26.011 I can't speak one word of explanation. 06:26.881 --> 06:29.381 You don't even have a satisfactory excuse. 06:29.471 --> 06:30.801 What a farce. 06:31.391 --> 06:36.311 How can I get through to her that I am Reirin? 06:37.431 --> 06:38.771 That's right, Tousetsu! 06:39.271 --> 06:41.771 You like sweets, don't you? 06:41.851 --> 06:45.191 You are especially fond of mooncakes with scarlet runner bean filling. 06:45.271 --> 06:47.361 Your favorite fish is the horse mackerel. 06:47.531 --> 06:49.071 You have one younger brother. 06:49.151 --> 06:50.861 He's the same age as me. 06:50.951 --> 06:54.831 That's why when you first started serving me in the Maiden Court, 06:54.911 --> 06:56.871 you asked me to think of you as my elder sister-- 06:56.951 --> 06:58.001 Quiet... 06:58.831 --> 07:01.251 ...villainess with a corrupt soul. 07:01.751 --> 07:03.251 Tousetsu? 07:03.501 --> 07:08.631 I am already aware that Lady Reirin's diary was stolen several days ago. 07:08.841 --> 07:09.761 What? 07:09.841 --> 07:13.011 But I haven't once kept a diary. 07:13.261 --> 07:17.601 Lady Reirin is bruised all over and is having nightmares from her fever, 07:17.681 --> 07:19.521 but she still confessed to us. 07:20.231 --> 07:22.811 She was afraid that it would be abused in some form, 07:22.901 --> 07:24.771 even if it was highly unlikely. 07:24.941 --> 07:28.031 And just like she feared, you... 07:28.231 --> 07:29.741 Did you think you could become Lady Reirin 07:29.821 --> 07:32.741 by reading the diary and mimicking her words and actions? 07:32.821 --> 07:34.161 That was a foolish mistake! 07:34.371 --> 07:35.661 Wha... 07:35.911 --> 07:37.541 But it really is me! 07:37.741 --> 07:41.081 In the first place, Lady Reirin is pretty, intelligent, and benevolent. 07:41.161 --> 07:43.081 It's as if a celestial maiden descended on land. 07:43.171 --> 07:46.091 It's impudent enough to envy her, and yet you... 07:46.591 --> 07:48.631 C-Celestial maiden? 07:48.711 --> 07:51.761 Isn't that a bit too much to say-- 07:51.841 --> 07:55.471 Do you intend on mocking the pure Lady Reirin, you sewer rat? 07:55.591 --> 07:57.721 Yes, I am a sewer rat! 07:57.721 --> 08:01.231 I-I got caught up in the moment and repeated what she said! 08:01.601 --> 08:03.101 What should I do? 08:03.191 --> 08:07.821 Her loyalty is so strong that she will not notice her master in peril. 08:07.821 --> 08:09.821 Right now, you are the suspect. 08:09.901 --> 08:13.741 Following the rules of the inner court, you will undergo the Lion's Judgment. 08:14.241 --> 08:16.031 Lion's Judgment? 08:16.121 --> 08:18.741 A ritual where you will be placed in the same cage as a hungry beast. 08:18.831 --> 08:20.581 If you can survive, you are innocent. 08:20.661 --> 08:22.831 If you die, you are guilty. 08:23.911 --> 08:27.751 And the victim, Lady Reirin, must preside over it as well. 08:27.841 --> 08:31.671 However, she has said that filthy blood splatter is unpleasant 08:31.761 --> 08:33.511 and thus not something she wants to see. 08:33.591 --> 08:36.011 A delicate and benevolent remark. 08:36.091 --> 08:39.891 Is that opinion enough for such praise? 08:40.181 --> 08:43.351 Therefore, this is mercy from Lady Reirin. 08:44.231 --> 08:45.351 Take it. 08:46.561 --> 08:47.861 Poison. 08:48.191 --> 08:50.861 I have already explained it to the warden. 08:51.441 --> 08:56.491 Reflect upon your sins and commit suicide before this candle is extinguished. 08:57.531 --> 08:58.741 Tousetsu. 09:05.791 --> 09:11.501 Am I going to die for the sin of harming myself? 09:17.221 --> 09:18.761 Serves you right! 09:18.841 --> 09:19.761 Huh? 09:19.851 --> 09:23.681 I hear rats and bugs skitter around the dungeon of the Maiden Court so much 09:23.771 --> 09:27.811 that normal women lose their sanity in a matter of hours. 09:27.901 --> 09:30.151 How about you hurry up and put yourself out of your misery? 09:50.171 --> 09:51.421 Surprised? 09:52.001 --> 09:54.921 We of the Shu clan are children of fire. 09:55.091 --> 09:57.471 I am special even among them. 09:57.551 --> 10:01.431 When I control a flame, I can send my image into it. 10:02.051 --> 10:03.181 The Shu clan. 10:03.681 --> 10:08.601 So that means you are Lady Keigetsu after all? 10:08.691 --> 10:09.901 That's right. 10:10.401 --> 10:15.151 And since we've swapped, you've become Shu Keigetsu. 10:15.231 --> 10:18.071 Thanks to my forbidden magic. 10:18.151 --> 10:19.661 Forbidden magic. 10:19.741 --> 10:24.451 And now, you are a great villainess who tried to murder Kou Reirin. 10:24.831 --> 10:27.121 Why did you do something like this? 10:28.501 --> 10:29.711 To make things right. 10:30.121 --> 10:31.081 Make right? 10:31.171 --> 10:32.711 Correct. 10:32.921 --> 10:34.961 I mean, it's unfair. 10:35.051 --> 10:37.211 You're the only one that's blessed. 10:37.721 --> 10:42.051 You were born as the niece of the Empress, who has the most power in the inner court. 10:42.141 --> 10:44.181 You curried the favor of Prince Gyoumei. 10:44.471 --> 10:46.471 All the court ladies love you. 10:46.851 --> 10:49.731 On the other hand, for me... 10:50.021 --> 10:53.061 the kind yet powerless Noble Consort Shu. 10:53.151 --> 10:55.191 spiteful court ladies... 10:55.691 --> 10:59.111 and an appearance that's not enough to draw the attention of His Highness. 10:59.571 --> 11:02.321 I've been living my life in disgust. 11:03.241 --> 11:06.581 You've never been hated before, have you? 11:07.161 --> 11:10.121 Never despised, never treated coldly... 11:10.751 --> 11:12.881 always protected... 11:13.541 --> 11:14.881 and loved. 11:15.881 --> 11:17.381 I can't stand it! 11:21.591 --> 11:26.641 That's why I want you to become extremely miserable. 11:27.181 --> 11:31.481 Oh, right. That body, I put a spell on it 11:31.561 --> 11:35.191 so that you can't communicate any words regarding the swap. 11:35.271 --> 11:38.901 So that's why I lost my voice earlier. 11:39.281 --> 11:42.321 I fabricated the diary theft, too. 11:42.821 --> 11:48.371 That's why you will never be able to prove your true identity. 11:48.911 --> 11:50.451 Oh, sheesh. 11:50.541 --> 11:55.041 "Fragile" sounds charming, but this body is simply feeble! 11:55.131 --> 11:57.591 You got a fever just from a bruise! 12:00.051 --> 12:01.051 Um... 12:01.131 --> 12:03.261 how about you lie down? 12:03.341 --> 12:07.051 In times like this, you cool down the area close to a large blood vessel-- 12:07.141 --> 12:08.511 Shut up! 12:08.601 --> 12:12.101 Don't you understand the situation you have been placed in? 12:12.391 --> 12:14.901 You're going to die soon! 12:18.021 --> 12:19.901 I'll tell you something wonderful. 12:20.571 --> 12:22.281 Even if you take the poison, 12:22.361 --> 12:26.201 cowards who commit suicide are dragged out to the ritual site, 12:26.281 --> 12:28.621 and stones are thrown at the corpse. 12:29.161 --> 12:35.421 You will be showered with insults and ridicule by the crowd... 12:35.421 --> 12:37.251 a miserable death. 12:37.631 --> 12:40.631 Farewell, Kou Reirin. 12:40.711 --> 12:43.131 You can spend your time surrounded by filthy rats, 12:43.221 --> 12:46.551 cowering at the footsteps of death. 12:46.971 --> 12:48.141 Oh, Lady Keigetsu, 12:48.221 --> 12:49.931 there's a fever reducer that works really well-- 12:56.401 --> 12:57.861 Forbidden magic. 12:58.561 --> 13:00.401 This is the first time I've seen it. 13:01.071 --> 13:03.741 I didn't know anyone could still use it. 13:07.071 --> 13:12.491 Did I do so many things to make Lady Keigetsu hate me? 13:13.581 --> 13:17.251 What? I don't have a fever? 13:18.171 --> 13:19.751 My knees don't shake. 13:20.751 --> 13:22.251 My arms don't tingle. 13:23.051 --> 13:25.011 I'm not out of breath. 13:25.221 --> 13:26.221 My pulse... 13:27.011 --> 13:28.931 around 60! 13:29.301 --> 13:31.681 Oh, my goodness! 13:31.761 --> 13:36.691 I had always gotten a fever and passed out when I let my guard down! 13:36.771 --> 13:37.941 For the past several years, 13:38.021 --> 13:40.271 I experimented with medicinal herbs, trying different blends. 13:40.361 --> 13:45.441 And with physical training, I became able to recover before symptoms got severe. 13:45.531 --> 13:47.031 But Lady Keigetsu... 13:52.411 --> 13:53.661 This is amazing! 13:53.741 --> 13:55.961 What a healthy body! 13:56.041 --> 13:57.501 I'm jealous! 13:57.921 --> 14:00.251 Swapping is so wonderful! 14:00.921 --> 14:02.341 N-No, no! 14:02.421 --> 14:05.341 That was the body I was given by my parents after all. 14:05.421 --> 14:09.431 I must live in my own body until I die with all proper respect. 14:09.931 --> 14:10.971 Oh. 14:11.051 --> 14:12.761 Hello, friends. 14:13.261 --> 14:15.931 Thank you for all your help during my experiments. 14:17.231 --> 14:19.691 Oh, I have found a toilet bug. 14:21.771 --> 14:23.111 A meal for you! 14:23.191 --> 14:24.861 A meal for you, Mr. Rat! 14:26.741 --> 14:30.531 She told me to "spend my time surrounded by rats, 14:30.611 --> 14:33.581 cowering at the footsteps of death." 14:34.081 --> 14:38.121 But isn't that relatively an easy feat? 14:37.621 --> 14:39.501 STEEL WILLPOWER 14:49.341 --> 14:50.971 Lion's Judgment, huh? 14:51.471 --> 14:54.261 A simple execution would have been better. 14:54.641 --> 14:59.021 The Crown Prince has arrived! 15:10.071 --> 15:12.161 We will now begin the Lion's Judgment. 15:12.661 --> 15:14.451 Are there any who sympathize with Shu Keigetsu 15:14.531 --> 15:17.291 and wish to feed the lion to calm it down? 15:21.921 --> 15:25.421 If she is innocent, then she will not be eaten. 15:26.131 --> 15:31.181 If she has committed a sin, she has nothing to do with the Shu clan anymore. 15:32.511 --> 15:34.301 Bring Shu Keigetsu here. 15:36.761 --> 15:40.561 I'm sure that woman will utter quite a pathetic plea for her life. 15:55.451 --> 15:57.081 I have arrived. 15:58.621 --> 16:00.541 Evil Shu Keigetsu... 16:01.041 --> 16:04.121 you have shoved my butterfly, the pure Kou Reirin 16:04.211 --> 16:07.421 comparable to a celestial maiden, from the Seventh Pagoda. 16:07.921 --> 16:10.011 No one saw the exact moment, 16:10.091 --> 16:13.381 but based on the circumstances before and afterwards, your malevolence is obvious. 16:13.681 --> 16:15.051 Do you admit to your sin? 16:15.551 --> 16:16.551 No. 16:18.471 --> 16:23.061 Um, you can say this is a mistake in all sorts of ways. 16:23.141 --> 16:25.901 Including the adjectives showered upon me. 16:25.981 --> 16:26.981 What was that? 16:27.401 --> 16:29.071 Not only do you refuse to admit to your sin, 16:29.151 --> 16:31.611 but are you saying that you are warmhearted? 16:31.691 --> 16:34.491 Oh, no. That's not what I mean, 16:34.571 --> 16:35.571 but that I am Re-- 16:38.491 --> 16:43.001 So I really can't utter any words concerning the swap. 16:43.081 --> 16:46.631 That confident attitude made me rethink my opinion of her for a moment. 16:46.711 --> 16:49.341 How pathetic. She can't say a word. 16:49.591 --> 16:51.461 Nothing more than a sewer rat after all. 16:56.391 --> 16:57.471 Ah, well. 16:57.551 --> 16:59.221 This is what the Lion's Judgment is for. 16:59.761 --> 17:01.721 However, if you bow down and apologize, 17:01.811 --> 17:04.851 I shall replace the Lion's Judgment with a piercing of the heart. 17:11.571 --> 17:13.321 I beg of you. 17:13.401 --> 17:18.241 Just for a short while, listen to what I have to say. 17:18.321 --> 17:20.531 You are often said to be a wise ruler, 17:20.531 --> 17:22.411 and you are kind, dear cousin-- 17:22.541 --> 17:23.541 Silence. 17:24.581 --> 17:28.961 The only one who can call me that in heaven or on earth is Reirin. 17:30.711 --> 17:33.211 I hear you stole Reirin's diary. 17:33.711 --> 17:37.431 Did you think you'd get my favor if you acted just like her? 17:37.721 --> 17:38.721 You villainess! 17:38.841 --> 17:40.891 Yes, I'm a villainess! 17:40.971 --> 17:44.351 Oh, I couldn't help but repeat the words again. 17:45.891 --> 17:47.851 Take Shu Keigetsu to the cage. 18:00.701 --> 18:01.871 Hey. 18:02.121 --> 18:03.041 Huh? 18:03.121 --> 18:05.251 The Lion's Judgment has already started. 18:05.661 --> 18:07.831 Oh, indeed. 18:08.171 --> 18:09.541 Don't you understand? 18:10.041 --> 18:12.751 You have been placed in the same cage as a hungry beast, you know? 18:13.251 --> 18:14.591 Right. 18:15.301 --> 18:19.261 If these fangs pierced through me, I would die. 18:22.641 --> 18:24.351 Are you not afraid of death? 18:24.851 --> 18:26.521 I'm used to it. 18:26.811 --> 18:27.941 What was that? 18:29.601 --> 18:33.901 It means that until I die, I am still alive. 18:34.481 --> 18:38.951 Likewise, until I am bitten, I have not been bitten. 18:39.951 --> 18:44.201 My resolve will not last if I am wincing in pain even before I am bitten, you see? 18:45.911 --> 18:48.001 The beast is not attacking. 18:48.081 --> 18:50.421 Does this mean Shu Keigetsu is innocent? 18:50.501 --> 18:53.921 It's true that nobody saw the actual shoving. 18:54.421 --> 18:57.341 That thing won't eat her? What does this mean? 18:57.761 --> 19:01.011 Didn't she do it? Can something like this really happen? 19:01.091 --> 19:02.601 This is going nowhere. 19:02.971 --> 19:05.061 Motivate the beast by prodding it. 19:05.141 --> 19:07.521 However, that interferes with the fairness of the ritual. 19:07.601 --> 19:09.141 Captain of the Eagle Eyes... 19:09.231 --> 19:10.981 I said prod it. 19:11.061 --> 19:13.611 This is for insulting Reirin earlier. 19:14.821 --> 19:15.861 As you wish. 19:33.131 --> 19:34.251 Wait, here is-- 19:34.541 --> 19:35.841 You shouldn't! 19:35.921 --> 19:37.091 Calm down. 19:37.171 --> 19:41.181 Yes, I know that your instinct is to go there, right? 19:41.261 --> 19:43.051 You are a part of the cat family. 19:43.261 --> 19:46.141 That is a law of nature, 19:46.221 --> 19:50.811 but I would like to be responsible in my own way, so to speak. 19:50.981 --> 19:53.311 This is for your good as well. 19:53.561 --> 19:55.941 If you can calm down a little bit more, 19:56.021 --> 19:59.151 you'd see that I have a bit of an issue with the quality of the food. 20:04.991 --> 20:06.031 Huh? 20:11.211 --> 20:12.671 What's going on? 20:15.501 --> 20:18.001 This is another sin of mine. 20:18.591 --> 20:20.711 I'm sorry, dear lion. 20:20.801 --> 20:22.051 Are you all right? 20:22.721 --> 20:23.801 Poison, huh. 20:24.681 --> 20:25.801 Did you plant it? 20:26.101 --> 20:29.061 No, this is an unfortunate accident. 20:29.431 --> 20:30.431 Accident? 20:30.931 --> 20:35.441 I was playing with the rats right up to where I was taken out of the dungeon... 20:36.191 --> 20:38.941 and I found one that had accidentally swallowed some poison. 20:40.821 --> 20:45.161 I wanted to hold a funeral for it, so I kept it with the poison up my sleeve. 20:45.241 --> 20:48.331 I didn't expect the lion to ingest it. 20:48.991 --> 20:52.581 I repent from the bottom of my heart that things turned out this way. 20:55.671 --> 20:58.591 If it had been given food out of consideration, 20:58.671 --> 21:02.091 the lion may have been able to come to a more rational decision. 21:05.891 --> 21:08.181 I declare to the Crown Prince Gyoumei... 21:08.681 --> 21:12.101 the Lion's Judgment has safely been completed. 21:12.731 --> 21:13.931 Guilty if eaten. 21:14.441 --> 21:16.061 Innocent if not eaten. 21:16.601 --> 21:20.321 Thus, this proves Shu Keigetsu's innocence. 21:24.781 --> 21:25.951 Understood. 21:26.201 --> 21:27.701 That can't be-- 21:27.991 --> 21:29.531 Shu Keigetsu... 21:29.621 --> 21:33.831 I accept your innocence and allow you to continue your stay in the Maiden Court. 21:35.751 --> 21:37.291 But don't get me wrong. 21:37.581 --> 21:40.461 I still have not forgiven you for insulting Reirin. 21:40.541 --> 21:41.551 Oh? 21:41.841 --> 21:43.881 But if I recall, you mentioned 21:43.961 --> 21:48.641 it was for the insult when you were urging the captain of the Eagle Eyes... 21:48.721 --> 21:50.511 But you will not be forgiven again. 21:50.851 --> 21:52.811 If you insult Kou Reirin 21:52.891 --> 21:56.521 or take any suspicious actions to try taking her place... 21:57.061 --> 21:59.611 I will instantly lop off your head. 22:00.521 --> 22:03.401 Actions trying to take her place... 22:04.111 --> 22:06.031 Ultimately, you are a villainess. 22:06.531 --> 22:08.911 Act in a way that shows you know your place. 22:14.541 --> 22:15.701 Villainess. 22:16.711 --> 22:18.461 Understood. 22:18.541 --> 22:21.381 Though I am an inept villainess, 22:21.461 --> 22:23.801 I will act in a way that is suitable to myself. 22:32.181 --> 22:34.561 With that, the Lion's Judgment comes to a close. 22:34.811 --> 22:36.731 Lady Reirin, please head inside. 22:47.151 --> 22:49.201 Oh, women are courageous! 22:49.281 --> 22:51.281 I can only do what I can do! 22:51.371 --> 22:52.781 A Maiden must have grit! 22:53.411 --> 22:55.211 I will fetch you some stomach medicine, 22:55.291 --> 22:57.911 my lion friend, so please wait here. 22:59.001 --> 23:00.001 Huh? 23:01.461 --> 23:04.131 Are you that kind of a person? 23:04.341 --> 23:07.131 Do I seem like a different person? 23:07.341 --> 23:08.471 That's because-- 23:12.011 --> 23:15.761 I am no longer who I have been until now. 23:16.351 --> 23:19.891 I guess I can at least say that. 23:19.981 --> 23:21.231 Captain. 23:22.231 --> 23:23.231 I'll be right there. 23:32.911 --> 23:33.911 Lady Keigetsu. 23:35.581 --> 23:36.701 Oh. 23:36.791 --> 23:38.161 That's me. 23:42.581 --> 23:44.381 I'm here to pick you up.