DIANA ESCARIF...
...IS MY NAME,
MASTER.
Ha
MASTER...?
THAT'S A WORD I DIDN'T EXPECT TO HEAR TODAY.
...WHERE DID THEY EVEN GET A WORTHLESS SERVANT LIKE YOU?
Y-YOUR HIGHNESS! I PERSONALLY MADE SURE SHE WAS PREPARED FOR THE JOB.
SHE'S NOT A WOMAN OF QUESTIONABLE BACKGROUND, SO PLEASE DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT.
YOU CHECKED HER YOURSELF?
Y-YES...
I SUPPOSE EVEN YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
JUDGING BY HOW INEFFICIENT YOU HAVE BECOME,
PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO RETIRE AS WELL, EMEL.
IF YOU CAN STILL WALK ON YOUR OWN FEET,
I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU TO LEAVE THE PALACE ALREADY.
YOUR HIGHNESS?!
PLEASE WAIT A SECOND...!
...IT'S FINE.
I DON'T THINK HE HAS FOUND OUT YET.
BUT IN ANY CASE, WHY...
COULD I SMELL THE STENCH OF BLOOD COMING FROM THE PRINCE?
AH, THE SMELL OF BLOOD?
THAT'S... BECAUSE HIS HIGHNESS GOES FOR A WALK THROUGH THE FOREST EVERY MORNING,
SO IT'S NORMAL FOR HIM TO GET A FEW SCRATCHES WHEN HE COMES BACK.
YOU MUST HAVE MET HIM RIGHT AFTER HE RETURNED FROM HIS WALK.
Ah, have these.
HARPER CHEF OF THE PRINCE'S PALACE
...DOES HIS HIGHNESS ALSO HUNT ON HIS MORNING WALKS?
OF COURSE. HE'S ACTUALLY QUITE THE SKILLED HUNTER.
...I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE HEARD BEFORE THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY MOVING AROUND.
BY THE WAY, YOU MISSED BREAKFAST TODAY, DIDN'T YOU?
COME TO THE KITCHEN LATER. I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO PASS OUT DURING WORK, RIGHT?
...THANK YOU.
...BY THE WAY,
ISN'T IT DANGEROUS FOR
THE PRINCE TO GO ON WALKS ALL ON HIS OWN AT THE HUNTING GROUNDS?
I'VE HEARD HIS HEALTH HAS BEEN DETERIORATING LATELY...
DOES HE USUALLY-
TO MY UNDERSTANDING HE ALWAYS BRINGS AT LEAST ONE GUARD WITH HIM,
BUT HE'S NOT THE TYPE WHO USUALLY LIKES HAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I CAN'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME CHATTERING HERE! I NEED TO MOVE ALL THESE SUPPLIES TO THE KITCHEN.
AH, I GOT CUT OFF--
NO MATTER WHAT... I HAVE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PRINCE.
BE HIS MAID.
ACT LIKE A WHORE, DIANA.
I CAN MANAGE TO COMPLETE THIS MISSION WITHOUT DOING SUCH A THING...
I CAN DO IT AND RETURN HOME WITHOUT DYING.
BUT FIRST I MUST...
IS THERE ANYTHING I COULD HELP YOU WITH?
OH MY~ I'M FINE, YOUNG LADY.
NEVER MIND THIS, ALTHOUGH I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CALL THE MASTER.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO REPORT BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM AROUND LATELY-
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM FOR A WHILE NOW.
DON'T JUST STAND AROUND SLACKING OFF HERE. YOU SAID YOU SAW HIM AROUND, DIDN'T YOU?
MASTER-
MASTER, ARE YOU AWAKE?
HE'S BEEN LEAVING HIS ROOM QUITE OFTEN LATELY...
WHY...
WHERE DOES HE GO-
AGAIN...
THAT SMELL OF BLOOD...
IT CAN’T BE BECAUSE OF HUNTING...
IT’S FAR TOO STRONG.
WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THIS FOUL SMELL OF BLOOD...
AT MY FEET...
WHAT IS THAT...
YOU.
BRING THAT HERE.
As Diana Escarif introduces herself to her master, the prince belittles her as a worthless servant and threatens Emel, who hired her, with retirement. Diana notices the intense smell of blood coming from the prince. Cook Harper says it is from hunting during his morning forest walks, but Diana is suspicious of this, as it contradicts the rumored image of a sickly prince. She is determined to learn more about the prince.
