:58:01
Further carelessness
won't be tolerated!
:58:04
Kiku-hime was to wed the eldest
son of Miyamori Betto...
:58:08
...a distinguished Shinto priest known
throughout the Kanto region.
:58:12
As Sir Kii's auxiliary mansion was
in Edo, near the Akasaka Gates...
:58:17
...she often traveled there with her father,
Sir Narihisa, all the way from Kyoto.
:58:23
Kiku-hime would leave the Kii Mansion
just about every day...
:58:26
...to visit Matsunaga Wafu's residence,
to study Nagauta singing.
:58:33
For a lady of a famous family,
she's rather spirited.
:58:37
Instead of requesting that the instructor
visit her, she'd travel so she could...
:58:41
...take lessons in the company
of regular girls.
:58:43
It seems that you're visiting the Kanda
Myojin Shrine all the time, Miss Ichijo.
:58:47
Offering special prayers, perhaps?
:58:49
Offering special prayers, perhaps?
No... I don't believe in gods or buddhas.
:58:53
Then, perhaps you're meeting
someone special there?
:58:55
Yes... Someone special
is waiting for me.
:58:58
If you'll excuse me...
:59:01
The relationship between the two
grew stronger every day...
:59:05
...but there was no way that such
a thing could last for long.
:59:09
Soon, Sir Ichijo Narihisa
came up with ways to...
:59:11
...prevent Kiku-hime from leaving the
Kii Mansion even for a minute.
:59:17
Then... nobody knows how Kiku-hime
managed to do it...
:59:21
...she somehow eluded her guards...
and escaped from the mansion!
:59:25
What?
:59:28
You've run away,
just to be here?!
:59:31
Yes... my father wishes me
to marry... against my will.
:59:35
I had to be here, even
if I had to run away!
:59:39
I care not for
status!
:59:43
I thought that, if this is what Kiku-
hime really wants, then...
:59:47
...l'd offer to talk to Sir Ichijo, in hopes
that the matter might be resolved...
:59:52
...by offering him a solution
to his problem.
:59:55
Why force apart two
people in love?
:59:57
What if it causes them
to plan to elope?