Zutto mae kara kimatteita youna
ずっと前から決まっていたような
It's like it was predestined
Tooi mukashi kara wakatteta youna
遠い昔からわかってたような
It's like I've known it since the distant past
Mienai sen no ue wo tadoru youni
見えない線の 上をたどるように
Like following atop invisible wires,
Michibikare deai kousasuru Saison
導かれ出逢い 交差する Saison
we're guided to our meeting where the seasons intersect
Senakaawase no hikari to kage no youni
背中合わせの 光と影のように
Like the co-existant light and shadow,
Tsuyoku hikareru Mystification
強く引かれる Mystification
Mystification is strongly drawn to us
Mimimoto de sasayaki yobu koe ni furimukeba
耳元で囁き呼ぶ声に振り向けば
When I turn to the voice whispering into my ear,
Kizukanu uchi hirakareteita tobira
気付かぬうち 開かれていたトビラ
the door had already been opened
Sukoshi no guuzen to hitsuzen wo tsunagu youni
少しの偶然と 必然をつなぐように
Like joining a little coincidence with inevitability
Ugokihajimeta futatsu no Histoire Ah
動き始めた二つの Histoire Ah
Two stories began
Zutto hatenaku tsuzuiteyuku
ずっと果てなく続いて行く
And they'll go on forevermore
M-Maurice is...
Julie!
I found one hidden in a wall lamp myself.
Throw away your gun, too.
Our situation is bad enough without suspecting each other.
Unless you have a reason for wanting to carry a weapon?
S-Sorry!
Thank you.
Come on, let's go.
Uh, sure.
Episode 3
The Hares Make an Oath
at Daybreak
Kujō, you were screaming about being the third son of an imperial soldier.
In your country, is there any special significance to being the third son?
I may be the third son, but I'll have you know that my academic record is better than that of my brothers.
In your country, are superior third sons promoted to eldest sons?
Of course not!
It was just... simple pride.
My older brothers always got preferential treatment,
so I thought I'd oppose them by putting my nose to the grindstone.
Pride, huh?
Kujō, you're not only a good person, you're honest.
Ned!
Ned-san!
Too late.
He has no pulse.
It's... the same.
Come over here, Kujō.
Wait a minute.
We need to investigate the cause of Ned-san's death.
Never mind that. Get over here, Kujō.
Victorique, this isn't the time for that!
You need to stop being so selfish...
I'm scared.
Please stand by me.
Please, Kujō.
So Victorique was scared all this time...
At this rate, we'll be murdered, too!
What's wrong?
I'll explain later.
Run!
Let's hide in the nearest room!
And look for weapons!
Someone's coming!
H-Hey, Victoriq—
I have to hunt down the Hares...
for I'm the Hunting Dog!
Victorique!
Let's get out of here!
Wait!
Get tha—
Let's go!
That's the radio room.
Here, take it.
Thank you.
That must be very precious to you.
Kujō...
All right, all right.
So, Victorique, how did you know?
That Ned-san wasn't really dead?
I want to know, too!
After all, he didn't have a pulse then either!
"Then"?
Nothing. Forget it.
It's a baseball.
That man was fiddling with a baseball the whole time.
Holding it tightly under his armpit would momentarily stop his pulse.
I see.
You caught on right away, which is why you said you were scared and called him over to you.
I wasn't actually scared!
If I hadn't acted like that, this third son of an imperial soldier wouldn't have moved.
Something about being called that by another person pisses me off.
But you are the third son.
I know, but...
Victorique, get in here!
Use the radio to call for help!
But Kujō, what about you?!
I brought you here!
I have the responsibility to get you home safe-
Wrong!
I wanted to come here!
I found the invitation and showed it to you!
Look, if I don't save you, my honor as the third son of an imperial soldier will be...
No, that's not it.
I just... I just want to save you!
Kujō!
Kujō! Please!
Be with me!
Let's go home together!
I don't want to be alone!
Kujō!
It's like that one time...
I was left on the floor...
Unable to do anything...
But what's different from then...
is that if I lose here, it's all over!
Not just my life...
Victorique's too!
Are you okay, boy?
Victorique!
Kujō...
It appears that you're out of danger.
Yeah.
What are you looking at?
I don't dislike beautiful things.
Your hand, my lady...
Who might you be?
A famous inspector.
How did you know that I was the culprit?
You lied.
You introduced yourself as the daughter of a wealthy person.
How do you know that was a lie?
She has this one habit.
She walks a few paces, turns around, and comes back.
Right?
What about it?
A person who grew up in a spacious mansion would not move like that.
It's the habit of someone who's spent a long time in a place where she would bump into a wall if she walks five steps.
For example, a prison cell, a hospital room, or the attic in a mansion.
Ahem!
That was just a generalization.
Don't read too much into it.
Eh? What do you mean?
Moving on.
There's one more important thing.
The gun you used to shoot Maurice...
You had it on you the whole time.
Kujō, do you remember getting hit in the head with that in the lounge?
Yeah, it really hurt.
However, when I picked the purse up, it was as light as a feather.
We were all orphans.
Ten years ago, I was put in a black, iron-barred carriage.
I lost consciousness and woke up on that cursed ship.
Our nationalities were different, so even our conversations were difficult.
But because our circumstances were the same, we were able to communicate.
And yet...
Hey! Who killed him?!
What do you mean, "Who?!"
We're the only ones on this ship.
One of us is the killer!
His death was the catalyst that drove us to suspect each other...
And...
murder each other.
But even so...
You're bleeding!
Wait here, while I...
You're giving that to me?
But you said it's precious to you.
Even amongst the bloodshed, I found a modicum of friendship.
I'm not leaving you here.
We're going together!
We're escaping together!
My mind was on the verge of snapping, but I held it at bay, and we finally arrived...
There it is! The radio room!
Help will be here soon!
Welcome, courageous Hares!
Where's my ally?!
Tell us their nationalities!
Which hares survived?!
France, Italy, America...
and Sauville.
You!
Oh, he's England... and the Hunting Dog.
He performed his role splendidly.
That is, he threw you Hares into a state of chaos and drove you into a corner.
A young man will die soon.
That death will be the beginning of everything.
The world will turn to stone and start to tumble.
Lady Roxane!
The Running of the Hares will end here.
Sink the box immediately and fulfill the revelation!
Then fatten up the Hares!
The Running of the Hares, you say?
We can surmise that it refers to a large-scale omen.
Omen?!
Roxane raised hares and used them as prediction tools.
She would release them amongst hunting dogs
and predict the future based on which hares survived.
And we were the Hares?!
Data can be analyzed from several fragments of chaos:
The orphans who were gathered from eleven countries around the world...
The meaningful words of Roxane and her people...
And the fact that the original incident occurred ten years ago in the spring.
That reminds me, ten years ago...
There was that incident in Sarajevo which triggered the Great War.
But that has no connection, right?
No, that is the answer.
At the end of June 1914, the Archduke of Austria was assassinated in Sarajevo.
When this triggered a war,
people in the government used fortune-tellers in an attempt to read the future of the world.
It was a large-scale stage.
They prepared a box, the Queen Berry, and let loose the chosen hares of each nation.
That's just...
Hey, halfway-bright Kujō, tell us the outcome of the war.
Excuse me!
Well... the Great War ended with a victory by the Allied Powers.
And those countries were...?
Um... France, Italy, England, America, and Sauville...
The prediction was right.
Then they based their political activity afterwards on our actions that night.
I couldn't recover from the shock and spent a long time in a sanatorium.
In a tiny room...
Like you said, I couldn't walk more than five paces...
We were all given an enormous sum of money.
Just as she said, "Fatten up the hares."
When I was released from the hospital,
I spent the entire fortune on recreating that box, the Queen Berry.
Tell me, little detective, when did you realize that I was behind it?
I first suspected you when we woke up in that lounge.
You made a fuss about the door being locked, but that was a lie.
You persuaded the guests to stay in the room and showed us the threatening words
so that we would think it was some sort of ritual.
I see...
I understand why you held the boy's hand firmly.
It's because he spoke to me amiably, not knowing I was the culprit.
Am I right?
Victorique...
Well, I've heard enough. It's time.
Is that?
Yes, it seems that the maid who murdered Roxane has been captured.
Lee...
So, Lee also took revenge,
ten years later...
Lee!
Victorique!
Why are you making up a racket?
Look at this, Victorique!
Another job well done for Inspector Blois!
He splendidly solved the affair of the Queen Berry!
The police caught the criminal because you tipped them off!
Your deductive reasoning, everything you explained to them, is all right here!
My brother is an egomaniac.
Exactly! That inspector is seriously...
Wait a second. Victorique, what did you just say?
I said my brother is an egomaniac. Why?
Oh, I see...
Whaaaat?!
Well, I say "brother,"
but we have different mothers.
He's a marquis, the legitimate son of the Blois family.
And my mother, a mistress, was seen as a dangerous figure by the government.
I was raised in isolation deep inside the Blois family mansion.
Even after entering the academy,
I haven't been allowed to go outside without the Duke's permission.
I'm a captive princess.
But that doesn't suit me, does it?
And that's why the princess is always bored.
Oh...
Go downstairs to the real world and find me another interesting mystery.
That's easy for you to say!
I'm bored!
I may die of boredom!
Kujō, with as few friends as you have, can you afford to lose one?
Friend...
Say, Victorique...
H-Hey, Victorique!
Did you die?
Did you die of boredom?
Hey!
S-She's sleeping?
Captive Victorique...
Odd, eccentric Victorique...
I still hardly know anything about her...
but there's one thing I know, at least.
Victorique is...
my friend.
Hey, Victorique, let's go outside again sometime, just you and me.
Let's watch the light sparkling off the ocean once again.
That's a promise.
Loneliness
Fighting back again
Seems to be like it never ends
Give us hope through the love of peaceful shine on me
Tsuyoku furiyamanu ame ni egao wasureta mama
強く降り止まぬ雨に 笑顔忘れたまま
While I stood in the heavy, never-ending rain, I forgot how to smile...
Tsuyoku furiyamanu ame ni egao wasureta mama
強く降り止まぬ雨に 笑顔忘れたまま
While I stood in the heavy, never-ending rain, I forgot how to smile...
Kurushimi surechigau sekai
苦しみ すれ違う世界
and suffered in this world that doesn't understand me
Kurushimi surechigau sekai
苦しみ すれ違う世界
and suffered in this world that doesn't understand me
Arasoi to itsuwari no naka de
争いと偽りの中で
And if, from the strife and lies,
Arasoi to itsuwari no naka de
争いと偽りの中で
And if, from the strife and lies,
Kokoro karasu no nara
心 枯らすのなら
my heart, turns to stone—
Kokoro karasu no nara
心 枯らすのなら
my heart, turns to stone—
Arekuruu nami ni ukabu hana no you ni
荒れ狂う波に 浮かぶ花のように
Like a flower floating on the raging waves,
Arekuruu nami ni ukabu hana no you ni
荒れ狂う波に 浮かぶ花のように
Like a flower floating on the raging waves,
Lead the way Arashi wo norikoete
嵐を乗り越えて
I will rise above the storm and lead the way
Lead the way Arashi wo norikoete
嵐を乗り越えて
I will rise above the storm and lead the way
Kareyuku daichi wo fumishimeru you ni
枯れ行く大地を 踏みしめるように
So that I can step firmly on the withering earth...
Kareyuku daichi wo fumishimeru you ni
枯れ行く大地を 踏みしめるように
So that I can step firmly on the withering earth...
Go ahead Massugu ayumidaseru
まっすぐ歩みだせる
I'll be able to start walking straight
Go ahead Massugu ayumidaseru
まっすぐ歩みだせる
I'll be able to start walking straight
Transfer student Avril is a good girl!
She's incredibly mature...
Kujō. Could you take your urge to mate elsewhere?
U-Urge to mate?!
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