E3 - The Quieter They Are, The Devastatingly Scarier They Are When Mad

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[00:15] Nephy
    Are you awake, Master?
[00:19] Nephy
    Breakfast is ready. Will you be eating?
[00:24] Zagan
    Did you make it, Nephy?
[00:26] Nephy
    Yes.
[00:27] Zagan
    Have you been waiting
    there for me to wake up?
[00:31] Nephy
    I was watching your face.
[00:34] Zagan
    I-I see...
[00:39] Zagan
    One other thing, Nephy.
[00:40] Nephy
    Yes?
[00:42] Zagan
    Good morning.
[00:43] Nephy
    Yes.
[00:44] Nephy
    Good morning, Master.
[00:46] Zagan
    I managed a proper greeting this time!
SIGN    An Archdemon's Dilemma:
    How to Love Your Elf Bride
SIGN    Episode 3:
    The Quieter They Are, The Devastatingly
    Scarier They Are When Mad
[02:26] Zagan
    This dining hall used to
    resemble a graveyard.
[02:29] Zagan
    Did you clean it all?
[02:33] Zagan
    Did we buy bread?
[02:35] Nephy
    No, I baked some earlier.
[02:37] Zagan
    What? By yourself?!
SIGN    By yourself?!
[02:39] Nephy
    Is that strange?
[02:40] Zagan
    I don't know.
[02:42] Zagan
    I've never personally encountered someone
    who could make something so delicious before.
[02:47] Nephy
    I see.
[02:52] Zagan
    Does that mean she's happy?
[02:56] Zagan
    Have you eaten already?
[02:58] Nephy
    No.
[02:59] Zagan
    They you should join me.
[03:01] Nephy
    I've... only prepared
    enough for you, Master.
[03:05] Zagan
    Were you going to skip breakfast?
[03:07] Nephy
    I forgot to prepare my own.
[03:09] Zagan
    Have half of mine, then. Sit down already.
[03:13] Nephy
    But... I've only prepared a
    seat for you, Master...
[03:17] Zagan
    Then you can sit here.
[03:24] Nephy
    I wouldn't dare do something so rude!
[03:26] Zagan
    Don't worry. I'm telling you it's fine.
[03:29] Zagan
    Is there some reason
    I'm refusing to just let it go?!
SIGN    Gh...
[03:34] Nephy
    As you wish, Master.
SIGN    Plop
[03:37] Zagan
    She actually did it!
[03:40] Zagan
    Go on. Eat.
[03:42] Nephy
    This is embarrassing, Master.
[03:45] Zagan
    That much is obvious.
[03:47] Nephy
    You're being mean, Master.
[03:51] Zagan
    Then, next time, make sure
    to prepare a seat for yourself.
[03:53] Nephy
    Right.
[03:54] Zagan
    Although, I wouldn't mind doing this again.
[03:56] Nephy
    I'll prepare a seat next time.
[04:00] Nephy
    Please, try some, Master.
[04:03] Zagan
    Is she getting me back?!
[04:07] Zagan
    It's warm.
[04:09] Zagan
    I mean the soup, okay?
[04:12] Nephy
    Yes... it's warm.
SIGN    Days later
[04:23] Nephy
    What is it you're always studying, Master?
[04:27] Zagan
    What do you mean?
    Can't you tell it's sorcery?
[04:29] Nephy
    I thought as much, but I wasn't sure
    what purpose those drawings serve.
[04:37] Zagan
    Is elven sorcery different?
[04:40] Nephy
    I... can't use sorcery.
[04:45] Zagan
    Despite having much higher
    quality mana than average, huh?
[04:50] Zagan
    Well, conceptually speaking,
     symbols like this contain certain powers.
[04:55] Zagan
    There's debate about what the writing is.
[04:57] Zagan
    It might be the language of the gods
    or the emblem of a pact with demons,
[05:00] Zagan
    but whatever the case, I don't really know.
[05:03] Zagan
    This is the blueprint for the most simple
    form of sorcery: a sorcerous circle.
[05:07] Zagan
    This one creates lightning.
[05:10] Zagan
    You channel mana into it and...
[05:16] Zagan
    That level of sorcery is like
    making a leaf float on water.
[05:20] Zagan
    But you can add symbols to the circle
    to increase its potency,
[05:24] Zagan
    direct it, expand its range,
[05:29] Zagan
    control the timing at which sorcery
    comes forth, among other things.
[05:34] Zagan
    Sorry about that.
[05:36] Zagan
    But all you need to do is channel
    some mana, and anyone can use it.
[05:40] Zagan
    Which necessitates a restriction that
    only lets the original caster use it.
[05:44] Zagan
    Without that bit, another sorcerer
    could hijack it with ease.
[05:50] Zagan
    The construction of these kind of
    sorcerous circles are called "circuits."
[05:55] Zagan
    Is something wrong?
[05:56] Nephy
    It's just... you've been making additions
    to the outside of the circuit, Master.
[06:00] Nephy
    Is it possible to add something inside of it?
[06:04] Zagan
    That's pretty insightful of you to notice.
[06:06] Zagan
    And the answer is that it's somewhat
    impossible, somewhat possible.
[06:09] Zagan
    It requires creating a second sorcerous circle
     inside of one that's already complete.
[06:15] Zagan
    Doing that disrupts the flow of mana,
[06:17] Zagan
    so both sorceries would
     either not activate or run amok.
[06:20] Zagan
    But if you had total control of the flow
    of mana, it would be possible.
[06:24] Nephy
    Does that mean... it's possible to
    override someone else's sorcery?
[06:30] Zagan
    Correct.
[06:32] Zagan
    And someone capable of that
    would be safe from all sorcery.
[06:36] Zagan
    They'd be able to fend off all
    manner of sorcerous attacks.
[06:40] Zagan
    Theoretically, it'd result in the
    most powerful sorcerer of all time.
[06:44] Zagan
    Still, that's only theoretical.
[06:47] Zagan
    If it were that easy, everybody would do it.
[06:50] Zagan
    Besides, no one studies that
    kind of thing seriously.
[06:53] Zagan
    Although there are people crazy
    enough to poke around at the idea.
[06:58] Nephy
    I think I understand a bit
    of sorcerous theory now.
[07:00] Nephy
    But...
[07:01] Nephy
    Does that mean anyone can use it,
    as long as they know how it works?
[07:06] Zagan
    I think Nephy might have
    a real knack for this.
[07:10] Zagan
    You're right.
[07:12] Zagan
    For sorcerers, knowledge is a
    direct correlation to power.
[07:16] Zagan
    And that's why we put
    together tricks and traps
[07:18] Zagan
    to avoid that knowledge being stolen.
[07:21] Zagan
    Be careful when touching
    anything in here, okay, Nephy?
[07:26] Zagan
    That was a joke! I've altered the
    traps so that you won't trigger them.
[07:31] Nephy
    Master... you're teasing me.
[07:35] Zagan
    You almost sound happy about that.
[07:37] Nephy
    How did you know?
[07:40] Zagan
    Well...
[07:41] Zagan
    Your ears...
[07:43] Nephy
    You've never spoken at such
    lengths to me before, Master.
[07:49] Zagan
    Well, sorcery is really all I have!
[07:52] Zagan
    I guess it's easier to talk about
    specialized knowledge you have.
[07:55] Nephy
    May I ask you a question, Master?
[07:58] Zagan
    What is it?
[07:59] Nephy
    What do you intend to do with
    such incredible power?
[08:07] Nephy
    Forgive me.
[08:08] Nephy
    It must not have been an
    appropriate question.
[08:10] Zagan
    No, it's not that.
[08:13] Zagan
    I've just never thought about it before.
[08:15] Zagan
    If I had to give an answer...
    Survive, I guess?
[08:20] Nephy
    Survive?
[08:21] Zagan
    When I was young, I didn't have
    any money or a place to live.
[08:24] Zagan
    I had to steal everything
    I needed to survive.
[08:27] Zagan
    And even I had it better than others did.
[08:29] Zagan
    I managed to avoid being killed.
[08:32] Zagan
    But then one day, I was
    captured by a sorcerer.
[08:36] Zagan
    Children make great sacrifices, after all.
[08:40] Zagan
    I managed to turn it around on him
    before I was actually killed, but...
[08:44] Zagan
    That was when I learned that if I wanted
    to stay alive, I needed to become strong.
[08:49] Zagan
    Which is what I want to do.
[08:51] Zagan
    It might sound a little trite as a goal,
    but immortality would be ideal.
[08:56] Nephy
    I was never able to become that strong.
[09:03] Zagan
    You know, Nephy,
[09:05] Zagan
    if you have any interest in sorcery—
[09:12] Zagan
    We've got company. I'll go and see to them.
    You should prepare dinner, Nephy.
[09:17] Nephy
    Understood. For how many people?
[09:21] Zagan
    Just the two of us.
[09:23] Zagan
    These visitors will be going home soon.
[09:25] Ryan
    So the person responsible for the kidnappings
    is lurking in a place like this.
[09:30] Alfred
    We were just here! It feels like
    we're going around in circles!
[09:33] Chastille
    It's probably caused by a
    protective sorcerous barrier.
[09:36] Chastille
    I'll deal with it.
[09:54] Zagan
    Good grief.
[09:55] Zagan
    Does the church not teach how to
     act when calling on someone?
[09:59] Ryan
    How dare you!
[10:02] Chastille
    Then, it really is you.
[10:05] Zagan
    Have we met before?
[10:07] Zagan
    Considering how it tore through my barrier,
[10:09] Zagan
    that must be one of the the famous Sacred Swords.
[10:11] Zagan
    One of the twelve blades that are said
    to have slain the Lord of Fiends.
[10:16] Zagan
    The symbol of the Church's strength.
[10:18] Zagan
    And a young girl like her is wielding it?
[10:21] Zagan
    Come to think of it, she looks familiar.
[10:24] Zagan
    Oh, yeah. She's that girl
    who was almost killed.
[10:27] Zagan
    If I had known she was an Angelic Knight,
[10:29] Zagan
    I wouldn't have have let her go.
SIGN    An Archdemon's Dilemma:
    How to Love Your Elf Bride
[10:42] Zagan
    You know, I have better things to be doing!
[10:50] Zagan
    The defensive power of that anointed
    armor they have is impressive.
[10:55] Zagan
    I may have been holding back,
    but it's not even scratched.
[10:57] Ryan
    Attacking us unprovoked...
    Sorcerers really are all cowards!
[11:01] Alfred
    Lady Chastille, leave this wretch
    to the Three Cerulean Knights!
[11:05] Zagan
    Will you go home after
    I slap you around some?
[11:08] Ryan
    Be silent!
[11:16] Zagan
    Now get out of my sight.
[11:18] Zagan
    Or are you going to make that skinny girl
    carry you three clods all by herself?
[11:23] Alfred
    This isn't over yet! I'll—
[11:25] Chastille
    Enough! Retreat!
[11:26] Alfred
    I cannot, Lady Chastille!
[11:33] Alfred
    Impossible...!
[11:38] Zagan
    Whoa, I wouldn't if I were you.
[11:40] Zagan
    I can pulp his head faster
    than you'd be able to strike.
[11:48] Zagan
    I'm glad to see you're a fast learner.
[11:51] Chastille
    Why torture him so? Are you so intent
    on dishonoring us after our loss?
[11:56] Zagan
    Do you know how to create fear?
[11:59] Chastille
    What?
[12:00] Zagan
    If I were to kill all of you,
[12:02] Zagan
    the ones who sent you would only make
    a passing note of four fatalities.
[12:07] Zagan
    In order to spread fear, I need you to
    survive and spread word of what happened.
[12:13] Zagan
    Like this, for instance.
[12:17] Chastille
    And that's why you won't kill us?
[12:18] Chastille
    You're lying.
[12:21] Zagan
    I mean, yeah, if I started stacking up bodies
    around the house, it'd probably scare Nephy.
[12:26] Chastille
    I knew it.
[12:28] Zagan
    Not good.
[12:29] Zagan
    She can tell I'm not willing
    to kill the hostage.
[12:32] Chastille
    On my commander's orders, I, Chastille Lillqvist,
    will now slay the sorcerer Zagan!
[12:41] Zagan
    She barely touched it and look what happened.
[12:44] Zagan
    But it's not that powerful.
[12:46] Zagan
    The blessing of that anointed
    armor is helping,
[12:48] Zagan
    but at the end of the day,
    she's too small for this.
[12:51] Chastille
    Why don't you fight back?!
[12:53] Chastille
    Are you trying to say I'm not
    worthy of your aggression?!
[12:56] Zagan
    I've never been good at attacking women.
[13:00] Zagan
    Especially when she looks to be
    about the same age as Nephy.
[13:03] Chastille
    Why?!
[13:05] Chastille
    Why...
[13:06] Chastille
    Why has someone like you...
    sullied his hands with sorcery?
[13:10] Zagan
    Is using sorcery some kind of crime?
[13:13] Chastille
    It's evil! It's mere existence ensures that
     people are oppressed and suffering!
[13:18] Zagan
    Then what about the power you wield?
[13:21] Zagan
    Is it for unilaterally killing any sorcerers
    that prove to be weaker than you?
[13:29] Zagan
    I'm not trying to justify myself,
[13:32] Zagan
    but there's no shortage of people
    who need sorcery to survive.
[13:35] Zagan
    And if you're going around crushing them
    as a means of securing your livelihood,
[13:38] Zagan
    you don't get to shout about
    how righteous you are.
[13:42] Chastille
    I...
[13:44] Chastille
    Even then... No, that's exactly why...
[13:47] Chastille
    I cannot lose!
[13:50] Chastille
    There!
[13:54] Zagan
    A test of might, then?
[13:56] Chastille
    You're on!
[14:08] Zagan
    She was holding back all along?
[14:13] Zagan
    The regeneration from my healing
    sorcery isn't fast enough.
[14:16] Zagan
    Thanks to the Sacred Sword, I guess.
[14:21] Zagan
    I guess I'm out of options.
[14:23] Zagan
    She has to die.
[14:24] Chastille
    Listen to me.
[14:26] Chastille
    Are you willing to pretend
    to be killed by me?
[14:31] Chastille
    The Church will hound you until you die.
[14:34] Chastille
    If I'm defeated, a stronger
    Angelic Knight will be sent in my stead.
[14:38] Chastille
    You should fake your own death.
[14:40] Chastille
    Then abandon sorcery,
     and live your life like a proper human.
[14:44] Zagan
    It's hard to believe I'm hearing
    this from an Angelic Knight.
[14:47] Chastille
    You didn't kill my men.
[14:50] Chastille
    You spoke of spreading fear,
    but I could see the mercy in your eyes.
[14:55] Zagan
    Mercy? From me?
[14:57] Chastille
    And most of all, I haven't
    forgotten that you saved my life.
[15:02] Chastille
    Forgive me... but this is the best I can do.
[15:08] Zagan
    An Angelic Knight abetting a
    sorcerer is a serious crime.
[15:12] Zagan
    She's risking a lot to make me this offer.
[15:15] Zagan
    Still...
[15:16] Zagan
    I can't accept it. If I run, that
    means Nephy will be attacked.
[15:21] Nephy
    Master!
[15:26] Zagan
    Stay back, Nephy!
[15:27] Torres
    An ally of the sorcerer?!
[15:30] Chastille
    Torres, don't!
[15:41] Nephy
    Master!
[15:45] Zagan
    This is nothing.
[15:54] Torres
    Wh-What in the...
[15:55] Chastille
    The forest...
[15:59] Nephy
    You hurt my master.
[16:10] Nephy
    You won't escape.
[16:19] Zagan
    That's enough! You can stop now!
[16:21] Zagan
    Don't do it, Nephy!
[16:30] Zagan
    Is this...
[16:32] Zagan
    Nephy's power?
[16:41] Zagan
    The Angelic Knights withdrew.
[16:47] (Flashback) Chastille
    I didn't intend on dragging
    any innocents into this.
[16:50] (Flashback) Chastille
    Forgive me.
[16:51] Zagan
    Even in the end, she was acting guilty.
[16:56] Zagan
    Nephy, I thought you said
    you couldn't use sorcery.
[17:01] Nephy
    That wasn't... sorcery.
[17:03] Zagan
    Then what was it?
[17:06] Zagan
    Well, whatever.
[17:08] Zagan
    It doesn't really matter to me
    what kind of power you wield.
[17:12] Zagan
    Crap! That made it sound like
    I'm not interested in her!
[17:18] Zagan
    You are Nephy. Nothing else matters.
[17:22] Zagan
    There, I said it!
[17:24] Nephy
    Thank you.
[17:26] Zagan
    Were you scared?
[17:30] Nephy
    You're asking me that?
[17:34] Nephy
    Don't you find me... unsettling, Master?
[17:38] Zagan
    Why would I?
[17:41] Nephy
    But... before, I was...
[17:44] Zagan
    Yes, I had never seen power like that before.
[17:47] Zagan
    I'll admit, I'm interested.
[17:48] Nephy
    That's... all?
[17:53] Nephy
    That power...
[17:54] Nephy
    is known as mysticism.
[17:56] Zagan
    Mysticism?
[17:58] Zagan
    It actually exists?
[18:00] Zagan
    Not a system of techniques composed
    with a basis in logic, like sorcery,
[18:04] Zagan
    but a miracle power that allows tapping into
    powers beyond natural law just by wishing it!
[18:08] Zagan
    Can all elves use that kind of power?
[18:12] Nephy
    No...
[18:14] Nephy
    I can because I'm a cursed child.
[18:16] (Flashback) Elf 1
    Look at her, grinning like that.
[18:18] (Flashback) Elf 2
    It's so creepy.
[18:19] (Flashback) Elf 3
    The trees in the western
    woods were moving again.
[18:21] (Flashback) Elf 3
    Someone saw her muttering to herself.
[18:23] (Flashback) Elf 1
    Ugh, it's so scary.
[18:24] (Flashback) Elf 2
    We should cast her out!
[18:25] (Flashback) Elf 3
    Shh! She'll curse you.
[18:28] Nephy
    This power isn't supposed to exist.
[18:31] Nephy
    Children with white hair aren't
    supposed to be born, so...
[18:36] Zagan
    That look...
[18:38] Zagan
    "You aren't human. You don't get
    to have emotions or desires."
[18:42] Zagan
    The look of someone who's been
    told that for a long time...
[18:45] Nephy
    One day, my village came under attack...
[18:47] Nephy
    And the villagers told me to
    use my power to protect them.
[18:52] Nephy
    "It's time you repay us for
    letting you live," they said.
[18:55] Nephy
    After they said that, it was like I could hear
     something breaking apart inside of my head.
[19:02] Nephy
    I was captured, without resisting at all.
[19:06] Nephy
    Everyone else ran away, so desperately.
[19:09] Nephy
    I don't think many who ran survived.
[19:12] Nephy
    Even elf corpses have their uses, after all.
[19:16] Nephy
    And when I saw that...
[19:19] Nephy
    I thought that they deserved
    what happened to them!
[19:22] Nephy
    Isn't that awful? As I saw the people who
    cursed my existence die, I laughed at them!
[19:28] Nephy
    "Now it's your turn to suffer!" I thought.
[19:33] Nephy
    I only realized what
    I had done after the fact.
[19:38] Nephy
    I...
[19:40] Zagan
    That's why she stopped
    expressing her emotions.
[19:46] Nephy
    I'm sorry.
[19:47] Nephy
    You must be disappointed.
[19:49] Zagan
    Why would I be?
[19:52] Zagan
    I would've killed the entire village,
     along with the attackers.
[19:59] Nephy
    Even then... I don't think
    what I did can be forgiven.
[20:03] Zagan
    Forgiven by who?
[20:05] Nephy
    By... the people of the village!
[20:08] Zagan
    But they're dead. So what does it matter?
[20:12] Zagan
    I doubt even they are so pathetic that
    they'd chide you from beyond the grave.
[20:17] Zagan
    When you have strength,
    you should live a strong life.
[20:19] Zagan
    Otherwise, it's an insult to those
    who die because they are powerless.
[20:23] Nephy
    Is it really all right for
    me to have this power?
[20:26] Zagan
    Well, let me ask you, is having
    power really that wrong?
[20:29] Zagan
    Is wanting to be strong evil?
[20:32] Nephy
    That's...
[20:33] Zagan
    If you're curious...
[20:34] Zagan
    I've been told it was evil.
[20:38] Zagan
    A long time ago, I saved a
    girl from a gang of robbers.
[20:44] (Flashback) Zagan
    When you're weak, it's only
    natural you get preyed on.
[20:46] (Flashback) Zagan
    If you don't want this to
    happen again, get strong.
[20:49] (Flashback) Girl
    Are weak people not even allowed to live?
[20:52] (Flashback) Girl
    Does flaunting your strength
    really make you so great?!
[20:58] Zagan
    I got the feeling that she had been
    treated really well growing up.
[21:02] Zagan
    Pity and kindness are toxic luxuries
    that can make people careless.
[21:06] Zagan
    Living that kind of cozy,
    coddled life had made her weak.
[21:09] Zagan
    I didn't want that to happen to me,
    so I've lived to become stronger.
[21:16] Zagan
    Granted, that didn't exactly get
    me anywhere in particular.
[21:24] Zagan
    My point is, Nephy...
[21:26] Zagan
    Don't make that face.
[21:28] Zagan
    I already told you I needed you, didn't I?
[21:30] Nephy
    I'm... really allowed to be here?
[21:34] Zagan
    Of course you are.
[21:36] Zagan
    Especially after the meal you provided me.
[21:38] Zagan
    I can't even imagine life
    without you, anymore.
SIGN    Next Time:
    When An Archdemon Offers You Anything,
    You're Better Off Saying No
SIGN    In the
    Lost
    Woods
SIGN    I've marked
    our path.
SIGN    
    Maiden of the
     Sacred Sword
SIGN    Take it
    down.