Madlax_-_07_-_Picture_Book.srt (DOWNLOAD SUBTITLES)
You're the only one I'm longing to see, now and always
There's only one wish I remember on rainy days
The shard of me that I left forgotten in your heart
Is it still there?
Sleeping inside a closed book
Pandora's jewels called "memories"
In a hesitation hiding a sigh
I was always watching
My eyes cracked and fell to the ground I was always watching
My eyes cracked and fell to the ground
They are quartz fractured into crescents
You're the only one who satisfies my heart
I'll always be waiting
Here in the rain
So, this is the Elies of legend...
What's wrong?
Picture Book
You're looking for a book?
Yeah.
If it's a book, you can just ask the publishing company, can't you?
It didn't look like that information was printed in the book.
It wasn't printed?
But Margaret, you make it sound like you have the book you're looking for.
Yeah, I have it.
But there's a page torn out, so I want a complete copy.
What's the title and the author?
I don't know. It's written in letters I can't read.
Do you not even know what language it's written in?
I tried to find out, but...
In that case,
you've really got no choice but to ask a bibliodetective.
Bibliodetective?
A book sleuth.
Basically, someone whose job is to find books clients hire him to find.
Extremely rare books are treated like works of art,
so you can make a profit doing things like that.
Where do you think I could find one?
I think if I check my company's database I can find out.
I'll tell you when I do.
Okay.
Although if you loan me the book, I don't mind investigating it myself.
No, that's okay.
Why not?
Because disappearing seems likely.
"Disappearing"? What would disappear?
Something.
I thoroughly investigated it.
Nicolaas Meerburgh's "lllustrations of Rare Plants" is an extremely famous book.
It was published in the mid-1700s,
but right now there are only three extant copies in the world.
No, please don't worry.
I confirmed that there's one private owner here.
I managed to get as far as securing that party's promise to sell,
but at the very least it will require a lump sum of 50,000 yur.
What? That's expensive?
Surely you're kidding!
I used all of my connections to get this price.
If you don't like it, you should call another agency and...
Hello? Hello?
Listen to me until I'm finished, dang it.
Dammit. This is why I hate book collectors.
Come in. The door's unlocked.
Excuse me.
I don't know what kind of joke this is,
but as you can see, this is a small business.
I haven't got the money to hire a maid.
I have a book I would like you search for.
A book?
Yes, a book.
Isn't that your business, sir?
Oh, yes! I'm very sorry, that was rude of me.
Please, sit down.
No, I'm fine standing.
But you see, searching for a book is more trouble than you might expect,
and it comes at an accordingly high price...
I've drawn up a cheque.
The main bank will allow you to fill in any amount up to one million yur.
A million yur? You could live the high life for ten years on that.
If you economized, you could live for thirty years on it.
Well, that's fine.
Then I'll start by taking 200,000 yur up front as my payment.
I'll subtract the purchase price of the book, the base fee,
and the investigative fee for the number of days I spend on assignment,
and then I'll return the balance to you along with the book.
Is that all right with you?
Yes, that's all right.
Is this chick a total pushover?
I understand. I'll take on your investigation.
Now, what book are you looking for, miss?
Before that discussion, I have one thing to say as well.
This assignment does not come from me; it comes from my employer.
I'll call that person here now,
so please take the assignment directly from my employer.
I understand. I'll wait.
Excuse me, then.
Someone with a young maid like that looking for a book?
Is he some sort of old pervert with too much money?
Well, necessity has no law.
Hello.
Elenore said you would look for a book for me.
Are you the employer of the maid that just came here?
Yes.
It's real.
It's even got the Rolwal Bank's watermark. There's no mistake.
Hello, I'm Eric Gillain. I'm a bibliodetective.
I'm Margaret Burton.
Please, sit down.
Pleased to meet you, Margaret. So, what book are you looking for?
Please find this book.
This book? But you already have it, don't you?
I'd like another one of the same book.
You would? I see.
May I look at the book, please?
Yes.
These are letters I've never seen before.
Bloodstains?
What are these stains from?
I don't know.
And you didn't have any idea?
No.
I see.
Anyway, you'd just like me to find another copy of this book, right?
Can you do that?
I can't give you a guarantee, but I'll give it my best efforts.
Is that all right with you?
Yes.
May I borrow this book?
That's a little...
I understand.
Please let me make some copies of it instead, then.
You see, if I don't do that, I have no way to search for it.
There aren't any books in this room.
But you're a book detective.
Just because I'm in this line of work doesn't mean that I like books.
I happened to have the opportunity to get into this business,
and I happened to have a talent for finding books.
That's all.
That's nice, having a special skill.
I'll report to you once a day via an email to the address you've given me.
If you'd like to cancel your request, please make a reply to address I send those emails from.
I believe in you.
I believe in you, Eric.
Yo, Ms. Learned Scholar.
Eric Gillain...
It's been three years, hasn't it Lucille?
How's the laboratory? Comfortable?
It's not bad at all.
Soldophine University is putting a lot into linguistics,
so we're getting a good budget and everything.
That's great.
You didn't come to see me just to make small talk, right?
What did you want?
I want to ask you this as a linguist.
Do you recognize this writing?
Is this Elies?
Elies? That writing is?
Yes.
What country is it from?
Gazth-Sonika.
Gazth-Sonika?
You mean the one that's been in civil war for almost 12 years now?
Yes. One of our emeritus professors went there before the war began
to study some cave paintings thought to have been done before the time of Christ.
This script is almost exactly like the samples in his data.
No, this is the "Elies" script that was in those cave paintings.
A pre-Christian script, eh?
The Colloquium was really excited by it at the time.
They were saying it might be the discovery of a new civilization
unlike any of the world's four great ancient civilizations.
But with the civil war that started right afterward, Gazth-Sonika is in shambles.
There's no telling whether the three cave paintings discovered so far still exist anymore.
Has the writing been deciphered?
No.
Actually, Elies is jinxed.
What do you mean?
All of the people who have been involved with that script
have gotten mixed up in bizarre incidents.
The first investigative team that went to Gazth-Sonika was attacked onsite,
and the professor was the only survivor.
A few months later, that professor committed suicide too.
He took his family along with him.
I guess you would pay a million yur for that.
What do you mean by that?
The price of my life, maybe.
Hi, Gerard? It's me.
Sorry this is so sudden, but the deal is I'm going to Gazth-Sonika.
Could you hook me up with a weapon and a guy who has influence there?
The civil war's gotten worse? Yeah, I know, I know.
I still have to go.
I was figuring I'd poke around a bit and then skip out on her, but...
No, never mind. Just thinking out loud.
Please take care of it before I get there the day after tomorrow.
I'll pay a big fee.
The reason I'm going to these lengths?
I went and got myself believed in by a cute girl.
Want to get something cold to drink?
Oh, good idea.
Yeah. Hey, should we get our drinks here?
Geez, it's like this place is some kind of paradise.
Is this country really fighting a civil war?
This is a demilitarized zone.
Although it's true the Army Commander was killed by a sniper here just the other day.
So, any info on the book I sent you word about?
Did you find out anything?
Nothing about the book.
But I did find out a little bit about the Elies script.
What?
I heard a rumor that there's someone who can read it.
Who is this person?
Apparently someone who lives 140 kilometers from here in a town called "Dwaiho."
In the warring region?
Yes.
I'm warning you: I can't guide you there, because it's out of my jurisdiction.
Have you got a connection who'd be both a guide and a bodyguard?
If money is no object.
Okay, scout around for me.
Sorry.
You saw Eric Gillain? Did you really, Lucille?
Yes, it was such a surprise.
He's a bibliodetective now, if you can believe that.
What about the you-know-what?
It looks like he doesn't remember anything about it.
I see. Well, that's good, then.
I suppose you're right.
He's happier that way, I suppose.
"Fifth day of the investigation. Still no progress."
It looks like this is going to take a little while, little lady.
Well, wait patiently for me.
You're pretty careless, to not even lock the door.
Who are you?
Put down the gun.
Just bursting in here...
are you a thief?
You're Eric Gillain, aren't you?
I'm here because I was told to guard you.
Guard?
A young girl like you? Guard me?
Never mind, just hurry up and get ready. We're leaving this place.
What are you talking about?
The guide you hired has been killed.
Looks like you're treading on pretty dangerous ground.
Who did it? Why did they do it?
It's no good asking me about it.
I was just told to come here and protect you.
Dammit, nothing good comes of it.
Of what?
Of associating with young girls.
Let me hear you talk about the soul
I just came to this country to look for a book. Let me hear you talk about the soul
I just came to this country to look for a book. Look at me without averting your eyes
That's all! So why do there have to be people out for my blood? Look at me without averting your eyes
That's all! So why do there have to be people out for my blood? You think I'm nowhere to be found
Do what you've got to do before you start complaining. You think I'm nowhere to be found
"Do"? Do what? You think I'm nowhere to be found
"Do"? Do what? If you're going to run to somewhere you can't see
If you're going to run to somewhere you can't see
Get down on all fours. If you're going to run to somewhere you can't see
If you're going to run to somewhere you can't see
Shake off all your unnecessary adornments
Even if you lay your heart bare, the baggage is too heavy
The dreams that seem like they'll fly away if I blow at them
This is someone else's car, isn't it?!
This is someone else's car, isn't it?! Are all that's binding the two of us together
I'll use whatever I can. Are all that's binding the two of us together
Are all that's binding the two of us together
Rebelling against the guidance of the stars that show us everything
Get down. Rebelling against the guidance of the stars that show us everything
Rebelling against the guidance of the stars that show us everything
I'll run straight up to the door in the sky
I'll go as far as it takes
It's okay now.
What?
It's finally really hit me.
That I've come to a horrible country, I mean.
Are you stupid?
What did you say?!
Kids shouldn't make fun of their elders.
Whether they're kids or adults, stupid people are stupid.
Dammit!
It's me.
Three of our people were taken out, and they shook off the car we sent after them.
For the time being, please send a cleanup man to the hotel basement.
Our job is over now.
After you're paid, forget everything that happened today. Got it?
Got it.
What is it?
Good news, sir.
The bibliodetective that came to Gazth-Sonika was carrying data scanned in from that book.
What?
I'm sending it to you.
This is Secondari.
Yes.
That which was lost twelve years ago has finally reappeared.
Even if you have to use every Enfant member in the area,
get information on Secondari.
Yes, sir.
Secondari...
The lost forbidden book.
No matter where it is...
Of course... obviously...
no matter what methods I have to use...
Just who the hell is after me?
You've got an idea, don't you? Tell me.
There's only one organization supporting this country's underworld.
That's Enfant.
Enfant?
Would you get it if I said it was a worldwide Mafia-type organization?
I've heard rumors of it...
But why would people like that want one little book?
Isn't that weird?
It's not weird at all.
Why not?
This is a war zone.
People sometimes even get killed over a bowl of soup.
Don't compare my country to this place.
We've got a thing called "morality."
"Morality"? That's an illusion.
When you've been here for half a day you'll see
just how impermanent and fragile this world you're living in is.
A war, huh...
How many people have you killed?
So many I can't count them.
I've killed so many people I can't count them...
here in this war zone.
That's surely an old song someone was playing on a water-colored lute
Deep inside your heart, inside your pain
Drifting in daybreak's sleepiness on the streetcorners Deep inside your heart, inside your pain
Drifting in daybreak's sleepiness on the streetcorners
When you were called by that singing voice
You were still in the middle of your journey
Following the tracks that loneliness left behind
I wonder if you can go it all alone
And get to the other hill on the other side
Watching the retreating back of a goodbye And get to the other hill on the other side
Watching the retreating back of a goodbye
The story told so that you can meet yourself
Now quietly begins