01x23 - The One to Become the Fairy King

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Is this all the silver sugar?

I see.

k*ll him.

I refuse.

Very well.

Stop! Don't!

Let's head back.

I told you to make fief pieces like
the ones the Silver Sugar Viscount made.

Not some distorted object like that one.

Perhaps a different silver sugar master
is required after all?

I'll make it again! So, please...

Take this away.

Anne?

I'm back again!

Lusul.

Why are all the other fairies
in a place like this?

They don't speak of it much,
but when they do,

they say that it's better
than being controlled by humans.

I see.

There are over fifty of us now,
so it's difficult to find meals!

Say, Anne, has Challe told you anything?

Is Master Lafalle planning
to make some sort of move?

I don't know.

Oh, I see.

Oh!

Is this silver sugar? Why is it here?

Lafalle asked me to make something.

I haven't told you, have I?
I'm a sugar artisan.

That's why Lafalle asked me
to make sugar confections.

Sugar confections?

Those are sweet, aren't they?

You've never eaten any?

Then, shall I make some right now?

You don't mind?

No.

Incredible! Those are the herb berries
I was born from, aren't they?

What sort of magic did you use?

This isn't magic.

Go on, try eating it.

Are you sure?

It's so sweet. And somehow,
it makes me feel energized.

I'm glad.

Say, Anne? Would it be all right
for me to take this to the others?

I want to feed it to the injured.

Injured?

When they come back from outside,
they're always covered in wounds.

They hurt to even look at.

Yes, please take it to them.
If there isn't enough, I'll make more.

Thank you!

She came back here again?

Say, Challe...

Hmm?

It's nothing.

I can't ask him.

I can't ask what Challe is being made to do.

And even if I did ask,
there isn't anything I can do.

Humans living with humans. Fairies
with fairies. That's where happiness lies.

If you truly care about Challe, then...

Challe, have you ever met a fairy...
a female precious stone fairy?

What's this all of a sudden?

It's nothing, really.

I was just wondering if there might be
someone you might fall in love with, Challe.

What are you trying to say?

I was so happy when you told me
that you'd stay with me forever.

But... I don't know if it's right for me to
indulge myself by relying on those words.

Challe, I don't want you to push yourself
too hard, and I want you to be happy.

So, Challe, if you ever—

Anne.

It's all right to rely on me.

Anne.

You will only bring him sorrow.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Lusul?

Anne!

Are those...

Yes, I made some more.

If there are people who need them, then...

That's wonderful! There are some
people with terrible injuries today.

There are sugar confections!

Will you go give them to the ones in the back?

Here, if you'd like.

That's a great help.

Despite how it seems, he's grateful.

But I think he hates
the idea of thanking a human.

I've never been under anyone's control,
but they all say they really hate humans, so...

I see.

And let me tell you, I'll return the favor,
but I'll never say thanks, not even if I die.

Is something wrong?

No, it's nothing. It's just...

I want to hurry up and go home.

I want to do the things I should be doing.

Are all of you all right with it?

With your wings in the grip of another,
you can't do what you want to do.

You can't even go where you want to go.

Do what we want to do?

That's right. Lusul, isn't there
something you want to do?

I can't think of anything.

Say, is there anyone here
who has something they want to do?

I'd like to go see the ocean.
I haven't even seen it once yet.

The ocean? What's the ocean?

You don't know what the ocean is?

It's more vast than any kingdom,
like a giant, very salty puddle.

Oh, no! Everyone will drown!

I wish I could get all your wings back for you.

If I could, then you'd all be free.

Free? None of us are in human hands anymore.

Isn't this freedom?

You've just changed one master for another...

from humans to your king, Lafalle.

So this is where you've been.

Mister Hingley says he wants to start
assembling the pieces.

All right. I'll be right there.

All right.

Jonas...

Do you think Anne will come back?

She'll come back.

But even now, after twenty days
have passed, we don't have a single lead.

And it's so cold.

Anne is... really headstrong.

She's headstrong and persistent and an idiot.

So, no matter what may happen,
she'll likely be just fine.

Jonas.

You're right.

Are you going to keep working
at the Paige Workshop after this?

Will you stay here even after
the Holy Beginnings Festival?

I...

I'm going back to the Radcliffe Workshop.

That's unexpected.

I'll be going back,
but you'll be there, too, Keith.

I know I don't compare to you.

But I thought it might be
all right for me to try a little harder.

I want it, too. Just once, I...

Want to be as headstrong as Anne?

N-No! That's not it at all!

It's just something I found myself thinking.

I see.

Hurry up and come back inside.
You're going to get me yelled at, too.

I will.

The same modus operandi here as well.

It's all very well that
we've increased our troops,

but without any leads,
there's nothing further to discuss.

I didn't think they'd be this careful.

We have to put an end to this
before there are any more victims.

Yes, we really do.

It couldn't be...

What is it?

My lord,

we do have one. We have a lead.

So, I'm free at last?

Hey, could you tell the girl?

The girl?

The human girl who's always with you.

Could you tell her to make sugar
confections for us again today if she can?

Sugar confections.

I wondered who she was making them for.

If she'd give them to Lusul...

I'll tell her.

You lot bring them and head back first.

I have somewhere I have to go with Challe.

Gathering allies ends today.

Tomorrow, we att*ck that town.

Our allies have increased in number so much
that the fortress is too small now.

And in order to take care of the soldiers,
we'll need humans we can use.

That's why you're attacking?

To begin with, we'll make this our territory.

We will take our kingdom back
starting here, from these lands.

Then, we will bring freedom to every fairy.

Is what he's saying how he truly feels?

No.

I see. He's also...

You seem happy.

Is that how it looks to you?

Is revenge fun, Lafalle?

Why are you missing one wing?

You appeared suddenly, said that you are
the fairy king, and began gathering allies.

No one knows you from before that.

You were born before me. Why didn't you
make a move in the last hundred years?

It's very likely that you were unable to.

I can only think of one reason for that.

Stop talking.

You were under the control of humans.

You will stop talking, Challe!

Unlike me, you knew that you'd been
chosen to become the fairy king.

To have been captured by humans and controlled
in spite of that must have been agony.

Then, at long last, you were able
to escape the humans' grasp.

I said, stop talking!

Have you forgotten that
I hold your wing in my hands?

Wings.

You keep hold of the wings of the fairies
you've gathered because you trust no one.

Is the reason you make fairies
with two wings offer one to you...

because you're infuriated
by the fact that you only have one wing?

It isn't just humans.
You hate your fellow fairies, too.

Why is that?

Because you were betrayed by your allies,
and that's how you fell into human hands.

You insult me!

You simply want revenge, that's all.

With rage and resentment,
you att*ck the humans.

And you want to force
your allies to yield to you.

Is that the end of your speech?

In order to regain freedom for all fairies,

it's necessary to hate and att*ck humans.

And when gathering allies
who live aimless lives,

control is necessary to keep them
from doing stupid things.

And even if I were enjoying
that revenge and control...

What problem could there possibly be with that?

Revenge and control are not things

that the one meant to become
the fairy king should enjoy.

I made more again today.

If you need them...

Sugar confections, right?

Thank you! They're a great help!

You're very welcome.

Why?

You're a human. Why are you
making sugar confections for fairies?

That's because everyone said they needed—

What are you doing?

What is going on here, Silver Sugar Master?

What you made for me
was little better than trash,

but for them you make
beautiful sugar confections?

I'll make them for you, too!

But these are meant for them!

It seems you don't understand
the meaning of what I asked you.

When you can make things as beautiful
as this, why would you make trash for me?

That's because... for some reason,
the work just didn't go well.

That's why...

So, you're saying that
you can't make them for me?

That you reject me from
the very bottom of your heart?

I...

You are a truly vexing girl!

Come along!

Master Lafalle, please wait!

What is it?

U-Um, what are you planning
to do with the young lady?

There is no need to keep
a pet human who has no use.

Master Lafalle,

she is being useful.

Our wounds were healed.

If she can't make sugar confections
for me, then there's no point.

If we need a silver sugar master,
then I only need to capture another one.

For so long, I'd completely given up.

I thought that a person who could live
beside me simply didn't exist.

No one has been born from the diamond.

And I wasn't sure
if the obsidian was truly alive.

Other fairies were
completely out of the question.

They're ignorant, unthinking fools.

If I didn't keep hold of
their wings to control them,

I don't know what kind of messes they'd make.

But the obsidian, Challe fenn Challe,
appeared before me, alive.

And yet, Challe had been enticed
by a human girl and supported humans!

If you didn't exist,
then Challe would think differently.

He would have lived
beside me, I'm certain of it.

So, why...

Challe would still be Challe
as he is now with me or without me.

If you want to be with him, then I think
you should return all their wings to them.

If you want to be friends,
then look at him as he is now and—

You are just a human!
You do not speak his name that way!

He, like me, is a life which
has been chosen to become the fairy king.

He is someone meant to become the fairy king.

The fairy king?

What's happened?

Challe...

Anne was...

Stop, Lusul! Master Lafalle will k*ll you!

Are you content being kept,
like pets, by Lafalle?

Checking his moods. Following his orders.

How is it different from
being controlled by humans?

I have no intention of being his pet.

I will protect that which is important
to me with my own hands.

What has Anne done to you?

If you hate her because
she's human, don't say a word.

But if you feel differently, then tell me!

What has happened to Anne?

She was taken by Master Lafalle.

Challe is the fairy king? What does that mean?

I'll tell Challe that I released you.

One day, after time has passed,
he'll surely forget about you.

After that, I'll go slowly.

Even if it takes a hundred years,
I'll change his thinking.

But first, I need to get you out of the way.

I've told you, Lafalle. If you do
anything to Anne, I will cut you down!

So, they told you, did they?

They really are fools after all.

There's no way to manage such fools

without taking hold of their wings
and controlling them!

You can't even get that number of
fairies to follow your orders.

You'll never become the fairy king.

Then, will you?

You're saying that if it were you,

you could get those fools to obey
without holding their wings?

A king has no need of his fairies' freedom.

I will search out something else.

But before that happens, our pride will be
destroyed at the hands of the humans.

I see that I am the only fairy king after all.

And I will control you as well.

Challe!

Run.

But...

Go! You're in the way!

The One to Become the Fairy King

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