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Allow me to congratulate you
on your upcoming nuptials.
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I am Kaine Tully, from
the Aria Trading Company.
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I'm Rishe Irmgard Weitzner.
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Thank you for coming such
a long way to meet with me.
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This really is a lovely
time of year, isn't it?
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He's as impressive as I remember.
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Just meeting his eye makes me
feel like he's seen through me.
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Lady Rishe, did you say your wedding will
be in the middle of the eighth month?
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But since I know him well, I
should have the upper hand.
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That means you'll become a
bride under the summer skies.
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To have such a beautiful lady as
the future mother of the country...
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In order to avoid the war,
and to live a long life,
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I must say I'm jealous of
the people of Galkhein.
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I will have you lend me your aid, chief!
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I'm sure you've already heard, but
I want everything used in my wedding
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to be procured by the Aria Trading Company.
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Well, well! You have no idea how
much I appreciate such a statement.
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Then, would it be possible
to see your wares right now?
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Lady Rishe...
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I haven't a single item I would sell to you.
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Oh, pardon me. It seems you've misunderstood.
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However, it's just as I said.
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A lady such as yourself simply
cannot become a customer of ours.
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May I ask why?
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The items which we are able to procure
aren't in keeping with your level of resolve.
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Resolve?
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It seems that, for some reason, you're
staking your life on this transaction.
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I've seen many different people in my time,
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but you seem to have a stronger
resolve than any of them.
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This despite the fact that you're only
buying wedding goods from a simple trader, you see?
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Well, it is a once-in-a-lifetime event.
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I've allowed myself to
become overenthusiastic.
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I'm so inexperienced.
It's quite embarrassing.
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Please, rest at ease. I'm certain your
wedding ceremony will be splendid.
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However, unfortunately, our wares
seem to be inadequate to the task.
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Thank you for your offer. It's been an honor.
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Ch-Chief Tully!
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All else aside, Galkhein is quite
an impressive country, isn't it?
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We're thinking of forgetting our work for a
while and spending a few days enjoying the sights.
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Please wait! If we could
speak a little longer!
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Farewell, beautiful future crown princess.
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Listen well, Rishe.
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Become a merchant who can pick her customers.
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Offer wares or other value that
they can only get through us.
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When you do that, then we're the
ones who can choose our customers.
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I couldn't make the chief choose me.
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But I'll need his connections when the Aria
Trading Company spreads across the world.
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Um, Lady Rishe?
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Why is the future crown
princess working in a garden?
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Prince Arnold gave me this plot, so
I thought I'd grow medicinal plants.
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Depending on how I mix them, I'll be
able to make all sorts of medicines.
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I see...
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Still, was he simply being wary of me?
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He is a cautious man, but he also
loves an all-or-nothing gamble.
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Have I overlooked something?
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We're thinking of forgetting our work for a
while and spending a few days enjoying the sights.
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That's the end of my
gardening this afternoon.
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A-Already?
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I'm going to rest in my room. I'll
leave guarding the halls to you.
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Y-Yes, my lady!
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Still, are you sure about this, chief?
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You're kicking aside a way to make
huge money from the crown princess.
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You dummy. If we took that lady on
as a customer, we'd see heavy losses.
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Welcome back, Chief Tully.
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I can't drink any more.
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You win, miss.
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I did think you might deign
to visit us soon, but this?
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Then, that was an invitation after all.
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I'm honored.
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I'm astounded.
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To think you'd outdrink
my men while you waited.
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Since they're such enjoyable company,
the drink just kept flowing.
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Setting that aside, that dye has
taken quite beautifully to your hair.
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My hair color tends to
stand out a bit, you see.
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If I told you I'd sell you the method,
would you be open to negotiations with me?
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I would never!
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After all, you've brought something
even more lucrative, haven't you?
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And now, just as you wished,
we will begin our negotiations.
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Let's start with a drink.
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Just one thing first.
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While we're here, please speak freely.
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When he speaks so formally to
me, it sets me off-balance.
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Well, if you insist.
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So, milady, no more of this "I want a
dress for my wedding" charade, all right?
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Of course. It's obvious that trying
such tricks on you won't work.
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Good.
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My intuition is telling me something.
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Lady Rishe, it says that I should take you
on not as a client, but as a trading partner.
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I won't help with a plan
if I don't know the full scope of it.
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But don't worry, despite appearances,
I'm very dedicated to my work.
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I can promise you whatever profits, no,
even greater profits than you've imagined.
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Now, how about you spill every last detail
of this money-making scheme of yours!
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I can't tell you.
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What?
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I can't tell you about my plan.
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Even so, I want the Aria Trading
Company to become my ally.
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You say the most interesting things, milady.
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You want me to enter into a contract
without being told anything,
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and it isn't even certain
that I'll profit from it.
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This is the type of offer
that traders hate the most.
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I will, of course, prepare compensation.
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You're telling me to just trust you when
you say I'll make a profit? A fine idea!
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Within the next few years,
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the crown prince of this nation
will wage wars on other countries,
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and I'm formulating a plan to stop him... but
it's not as though I can tell him that.
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Listen well, milady,
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I trust my intuition a great deal,
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but what I regard as even more
important is results and—
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Results and proof of performance, right?
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I will think of a business which will
prove successful here in the capital.
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If you deem me worthy of
your trust because of it,
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then may I ask that you reevaluate
this decision at that time?
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I like it!
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You're saying that if your idea
seems likely to turn a profit,
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you want me to acknowledge you.
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That's exactly the sort of thing I like.
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Yes, I know that very well.
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You have a week. I'm looking
forward to this, milady.
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Then it's a promise.
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Thank you for your time.
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And when everyone wakes, please
have them drink this medicine.
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What is it?
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I think you'll understand
quickly once you use it.
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It isn't a simple thing to
sneak out of this place.
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You were out late.
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Your Highness, why are you here?
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I heard that your offer
of trade was turned down.
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It's a strange story.
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A simple trader rejecting a request
from a future crown princess?
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I'm the one who said to
spend your time as you like.
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That's why I believe it would be
unreasonable of me to criticize your actions,
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so I awaited your return instead. However...
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So, even you look like that
when faced with a man alone at night.
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I... am very sorry.
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Sneaking out of the villa alone at night is
unbecoming of my position as your fiancée.
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If your reputation were damaged because—
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I don't care about that.
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You're not hurt, are you?
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What?
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No, I'm not.
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From now on, whenever you visit
town, I will go with you.
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What?
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I told you. You're free to do as you like.
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I also told you that I
would help you in that.
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Oh, but... I couldn't possibly ask Your
Highness to go along with my selfish behavior!
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I said that you're free to do as you like.
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I didn't say you're free
to put yourself in danger.
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What is it?
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You're much too indulgent with me.
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Well, as it's you,
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if I try to restrict you by saying that
you're never allowed to visit town again,
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you'd just slip out quietly
again, wouldn't you?
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Even if it meant dyeing your hair.
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Giving permission with conditions attached
seems more likely to work as a restraint.
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Am I really so easily understood?
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Not at all.
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You're the type that's so difficult to
understand that I can't predict you at all.
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You're enjoying this, aren't you?
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You and the chief both.
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The chief?
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What has passed between you
and the Aria Trading Company?
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Your Highness?
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Yes?
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Do you happen to be hungry?
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Um, Y-Your Highness?
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There's something I must apologize for.
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What is it?
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I'm terribly sorry, even though
I'm the one who proposed it...
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I, um...
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I'm a terrible cook!
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I see.
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I'm very sorry.
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Well, it's unusual to find a noble
lady who has experience cooking.
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In my past lives, meals were just a time
when I prioritized putting food in my stomach.
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I don't think this soup will
suit your tastes, Your Highness.
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It's good.
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What?
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This soup will do just fine.
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I don't think he can tell
good flavors from bad.
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Hey.
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You're thinking something
disrespectful, aren't you?
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No, not at all!
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Thank you.
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It's your fault that I'm hungry.
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Let's hurry up and set out the dishes.
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Of course!
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Which is why...
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I now have to propose a new
business idea within a week.
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I understand.
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Which means?
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I said I understand.
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I comprehend what it is you want to do.
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You're not going to ask me what I plan
to use the Aria Trading Company for?
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You kept that a secret from the
trading company, didn't you?
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Then, I can't imagine that you'd tell me.
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It's just as you say, but...
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Have you figured out this business
or whatever you're thinking up?
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I have several ideas.
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It's just that I don't know
if any of them will work.
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What kinds of people live in the capital?
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What sorts of things do they love?
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There's a mountain of
things I need to research.
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You're saying this will be a difficult fight.
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Yes.
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You really are enjoying this, aren't you?
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You should do as you like.
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I have to get back.
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Yes, of course. Good night.
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Is something wrong?
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Have you met my younger brother?
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Your Highness's younger brother? No.
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That's good.
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If he approaches you, don't entertain him.
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Is there something I should know?
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There's no need for you to know.
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This town's population,
its male to female ratio,
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and its age distribution are
the minimum information I need.
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Changes in its economic development...
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the state of the surrounding regions...
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information on traders and travelers
entering and leaving, too...
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I garden in the morning, check
teaching materials in the afternoon,
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and I have to prepare for the
wedding ceremony as well.
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I won't be getting any
sleep or rest for a while!
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A midnight snack? You, my lord?
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What of it?
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Nothing.
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Lady Rishe must be an excellent cook.
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She said she's terrible at cooking...
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but it was good.
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Hey.
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Is adding medicinal herbs
to soup a standard practice?
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To soup?
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No, that isn't usually done.
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I see.
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Were you unable to get much rest last night?
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I was doing a little research.
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Please don't push yourself too hard.
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Lady Rishe! Please stand back!
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Let's return to your room.
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Black hair is rare on this continent.
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Lady Rishe!
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Rishe?
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Oh no!
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You are my older brother's...
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Pleased to meet you, my lovely older sister!
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Finally, we meet!
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I've sent so many letters
saying I wanted to meet you,
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but my brother hasn't sent a single reply.
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Isn't that just mean?
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There's no need to be so tense.
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I'm Theodore.
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Theodore Auguste Hein.
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I'm second in line to the throne
and Arnold Hein's younger brother.
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I've been told not to spend
time with him, but...
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I'm honored to meet you.
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My name is Rishe Irmgard Weitzner.
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A twist of fate has allowed me to fill the
lowest position in the imperial family.
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I hope that we will get on well together.
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I was wondering, what are you
doing out here, dear sister?
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This garden plot is one that I've created.
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You made this?
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That's amazing!
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It's rare to find a bed so fluffy!
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But there is one thing bothering me.
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Will you look here for me?
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Is something the matter?
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See? Right here.
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Well...
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I want to save you.
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You poor thing. Dragged all
the way to a place like this.
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You aren't truly a bride. You're a hostage.
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I'm aware.
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You are?
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Prince Arnold is more than
satisfactorily considerate toward me.
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I see.
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I'm glad I was able to meet
you today! I'll see you again.
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Second in line to the throne?
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That's not something you say as an
introduction to your older brother's fiancée.
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This may seem apropos of nothing,
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but earlier, you didn't
seem your usual selves.
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Do you have orders not to let
me near his younger brother?
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That isn't something we
would be able to tell you.
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Then, do the brothers get along well?
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We can't speak to that either.
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I'm sorry for asking such strange questions.
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Not at all.
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I'll have to deal with
this matter eventually,
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but right now, my negotiation
with the chief comes first.
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Don't make me repeat myself.
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Our military force will be
turned to the protection of the people.
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The decision has already been made.
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Ignoring the regional lords in order to
tenderheartedly protect the commoners?
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What's the meaning of this?
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The nobility has their private armies, and
the nation provides the funds to maintain them.
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You can say whatever you like.
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Your Highness, please reconsider!
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I can't say that your father
will be pleased by this order.
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I will not argue with you. Know your place.
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Um...
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I'll have separate notices sent to the lords.
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Notices?
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Our protecting the people just needs to
end up being in their favor, correct?
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If our forces are turned to protecting the
people and they are able to live in safety,
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that will ultimately lead to increased tax
revenue which should benefit the lords.
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If that's the case, then the lords
will likely accept the change.
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This conversation is over.
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The indemnities gained through war
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are invested locally in revitalization
and creating employment.
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This policy was created by Arnold Hein.
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He is forcefully introducing
policies which benefit the people.
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He really is very different from the
impressions I have of him from my past lives.
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Well then, good night.
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Good night, my lady.
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I will confide a secret to
you. Be at the chapel
tonight at twelve.
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Arnold Hein
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Good evening,
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Prince Theodore.
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Good evening,
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my lovely older sister.