: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?
1:00:01
Who knows what kind of nightmare
it could become?
1:00:05
So I imposed upon a merchant who
frequented the Kii Mansion...
1:00:09
...and after much
discussion...
1:00:11
...we were able to arrange a meeting
with Sir Ichijo Narihisa...
1:00:15
...who was staying in the West
Quarters of the Mansion.
1:00:18
Kisoya... haven't you
ever heard...
1:00:21
...people say that "lanterns and
bells can never go together?"
1:00:24
But, Sir Ichijo...
1:00:27
Listen to me, Kisoya.
1:00:29
The owner of this mansion,
Sir Kii Yorihisa...
1:00:34
...happens to be the 3rd-ranking
Provincial General.
1:00:38
But, 3rd-ranking means... that they're
at the same level as my House.
1:00:45
That means, Kisoya...
1:00:48
...that unless he's the noble son
of a Daimyo or something...
1:00:52
...discussing his marriage to a princess
is just absurd, isn't it?
1:00:57
"Unless he's the noble son of
a Daimyo or something...?"
1:00:59
That's right.