Princess Principal (プリンセス・プリンシパル)

Deep in the woods, there was a training facility.

Amazing...

To us, it was known simply as "the Farm."

It served one purpose:

To train first-class spies.

This is why, if they determined that a girl did not meet their standards,

we'd wake up one day and find she was gone.

Saying goodbye was never part of the program.

Finished.

What? You're kidding!

Already?

Finished!

Whoa! Her, too?!

How?!

Come on, girls.

You don't have to be THAT fast.

I understand you were classmates?

Yes, Sir.

She was an extremely good student.

An honor student whose grades never fell below second place.

We still have her records.

You two will be well-suited for this mission.

You think so, sir?

What have you said to her?

We've told her what she needs to know.

Now I want you to meet her on-site and determine how to proceed.

Yes, Sir.

Our mission is to retrieve top secret documents

from the estate of the First Lord of the Admiralty.

The operation will take place on the 25th.

Christmas.

That's today!

We can't! We haven't done anything to prepare!

That's alright. We have an ally on the inside.

She'll be our guide when we get there.

She's good at what she does. Don't worry.

You know her?

We were classmates.

Back at the training facility.

The sea charts of all Europe are about to change.

With the marked increase in military power, if we are to resist the navies of the World Powers,

we must disband the Channel Fleet defending Albion proper, and move forward with our plans

to join it with the Atlantic Fleet, combining all of the Kingdom's forces into the new Grand Fleet.

Well, it's Christmas. That should do for tonight.

Yes, Your Lordship.

Will you be spending the evening with anyone, Miss Eleanor?

No one.

I don't much care for Christmas.

And why might that be?

It reminds me of an old acquaintance.

Oh?

She was...

the woman I always wished I could be.

They said it was the third window from the right?

Yes. That window, there.

And your classmate left it unlocked for us?

Yeah.

Let's go.

You think so, too, right?

You do have a point.

Your posture is all wrong.

The way you shift your weight makes your footsteps louder.

Strict as ever, I see.

Give her some slack.

She wasn't trained at the Farm like we were.

You can't expect the enemy to give you slack.

Are YOU...

Miss Ange's classmate?

I can't believe they sent the two of you.

Control has its moments.

And now we can have a class reunion.

We're not going to do that.

Agreed.

Could you at least TRY to get along?

We ARE the only three left from our class, after all.

Really? You are?

Do you have any idea what you're actually doing?

I struggle to understand.

Why in the world did Control send us this amateur?

Those two are simply amazing.

They've hardly said a word to each other, but they work perfectly together.

They were by far the best in our class.

Over there.

The secret documents are in a cellar under the gamekeeper's cabin.

But there's a problem.

Those annoying guards.

Dogs? And so many of them!

We can't win them over with bribes or flattery.

What's your plan?

This is why we're here.

Beatrice.

Yes, I can take care of this.

Not even the Farm's top of the class could pull off a trick like that, right?

You two keep a lookout.

Wh-what...

As expected, she's good.

So are you, Prefect.

I've heard about your exploits since we graduated.

I was desperate, that's all.

Do you think Ange and the others are alright?

Worry not.

You are aware of their degree of skill.

True, but...

Miss Chise, what is that?

It is a shishi odoshi.

A proper one should be made of bamboo, but unfortunately, I could not obtain any.

What do you use it for?

What do I...?

Hmm.

Cheers!

You just did a toast a little while ago.

That was number 17.

You were counting?

Our Prefect's always been obsessed with details.

You make it sound like a bad thing.

It was a compliment!

Because I'm just the opposite.

Um, they have prefects at spy school?

"Prefect" is a nickname.

Because she's responsible and gets good grades. And took charge of our class.

I was just a nag, that's all.

Besides, my grades were eternally second-best.

That's not your fault.

Number one was a space alien.

That's "Black Lizard Planet native."

So has Miss Ange always been like this?

She was odd for as long as I've known her.

And you were normal.

Are you calling me average?

It's not an insult.

Of course.

You don't care about people enough to insult them.

So they don't get along?

Well, they were rivals.

Please excuse me.

Aww, you're leaving?

I'm going to the powder room. Don't make me say it.

Have fun!

You never change, do you?

Oh?

Where are the others?

I sent the children home.

But the night's still young.

Drink with me.

Alright.

A double agent?

There's a possibility.

Our real mission is to find out whether or not she's betrayed us.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because we wanted to avoid raising her suspicions as much as possible.

You would have acted differently.

That may be true, but...

This is it.

Where are we?

Prefect's boarding house.

Cheers!

That's 21.

You're still counting?

Do you remember?

The Christmas exam.

Exam?

Oh yeah, I remember.

You, Ange, and I were all on a team together.

You lost sight of the target?

I'm so sorry!