# E1 - Mercy of an Assassin
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What organization are you bastards from?
**[00:48] ---**
Hey there, buddy! You find any notable intel?
**[00:52] ---**
You tell me.
**[00:54] ---**
Why not ask the head of the
house over there yourself?
**[01:05] ---**
I can give chase. Want me to?
**[01:07] ---**
No need to right now.
**[01:11] ---**
Man, that guy's tough.
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If we're talking in terms of
Status, he was your equal.
**[01:19] ---**
How's Lord Elsnes?
**[01:22] ---**
He's dead.
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Mercy of an Assassin
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The "canbells," inside which
the city blocks are housed,
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are connected by glass tubes.
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Humankind's last-standing city-state -
the world within the lantern - Flandore.
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Within the unending darkness outside,
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lurk monsters gnawed at away by
the night called "lancanthropes."
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Feels like a brainy place.
Feels like a brainy place.
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We said the same exact thing!
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Yeah, talk about a coincidence.
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Take my hand, milady.
**[02:57] ---**
Wh-what a gentleman!
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Th-thank you.
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It's only natural to show a little courtesy.
**[03:06] ---**
I wish I could escort you all
the way to your destination...
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Don't be silly!
**[03:15] ---**
I'd been terribly anxious
being all on my own...
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So I'm glad to have met you!
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I get the feeling everything's
gonna keep going smoothly for me!
**[03:23] ---**
I'm happy to hear that.
**[03:25] ---**
Well then, I hope to run
into you again sometime.
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Yeah, see you later!
**[03:30] ---**
Definitely, definitely meet up with me again!
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See you!
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Mr. Kufa Vampir, I presume?
**[04:27] ---**
Pleased to meet you.
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I look forward to working alongside you.
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I'm Aimee, the head maid of this residence.
**[04:35] ---**
Likewise, I'm looking forward
to working alongside you.
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Well then, allow me to show
you around the mansion.
**[04:52] ---**
Starting today, this is where you'll
be working for the next three years.
**[04:57] ---**
I believe milady is already waiting for...
**[04:59] ---**
Oh?
**[05:16] ---**
L-Lady Melida?!
**[05:50] ---**
Are you alright, milady?
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A-are you my instructor?
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Yes. The name is Kufa.
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I look forward to spending the
next three years together.
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I'm so glad you're safe!
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Milady!
I'm so glad you're safe!
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Milady!
You really shocked me!
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You really shocked me!
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Any injuries?
**[06:42] ---**
N-nice to meet you, Instructor.
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My name is Melida Angel.
**[06:58] ---**
Milady, it's time to get
going to the academy.
**[07:01] ---**
Please get ready.
**[07:02] ---**
Kufa, please look after milady,
even while she's attending the academy.
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Huh? Y-you'll be coming
with me to the academy?
**[07:10] ---**
Yes. Were you unaware of that?
**[07:13] ---**
Milady, while I am in charge of your instruction,
I am also your attendant,
**[07:16] ---**
so I have received special
permission to enter the grounds.
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You're finally here!
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You're late, you know, Melida.
**[07:39] ---**
G-good morning, Nerva.
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I thought you were playing hooky.
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And who might he be?
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Ah... He's my private tutor,
who has just arrived today.
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Hmm... Is he going to instruct
you in your studies?
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Or...
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in the use of mana?
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W-well...
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Oh, dear!
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We don't have time to
waste talking like this.
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Right, Melida?
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Come and be my training partner.
**[08:13] ---**
A power that grants various
unusual talents to its users
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and elevates their physical abilities
beyond those of ordinary humans...
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"mana."
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It is a gift that has been granted
to only the chosen noble class.
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Generally speaking, this power
awakens around the age of seven.
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Oh... She has beautiful form.
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While she was born into the House of Angel,
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with its title of "Paladin" as one of
the three big aristocratic Houses...
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she has been unable to manifest any mana
whatsoever up through this very day.
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An incompetent talented girl.
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That is the limitation of
the mana-less Melida Angel.
**[09:10] ---**
Hey, Melida.
**[09:12] ---**
You going to be able to
achieve your dream like that?
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Oh, she has a dream?
**[09:17] ---**
Whatever are you talking about, Nerva.
**[09:21] ---**
I hear that from a young age it's been
this girl's dream to join Crest Legion
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and become the people's sword of hope!
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When I learned it was the much-talked-about
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"incompetent talented girl"
who was saying such a thing,
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I found it quite amusing...
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How funny!
**[09:44] ---**
Oh, right, the new tutor Elise secured for herself
is an elite member of Crest Legion, you know?
**[09:51] ---**
You're here, huh, Elli...
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We are talking about Elise,
who ages ago awakened her Paladin class,
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so if she receives guidance
from a tutor like that...
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she'll end up joining Crest
Legion in no time, you know?
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I...
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Having been born into a branch
family of an aristocratic House,
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that is Lady Melida's cousin...
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Elise Angel, huh?
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Why're you coming chasing after me?!
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You're also gonna tell me there's
no way I can do it, right?!
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You know, Lita, I-
**[10:47] ---**
Don't be all friendly calling
me "Lita" like that!
**[11:33] ---**
This incompetent talentless girl's goal is to join
Crest Legion, the most eminent guild.
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What a bad joke that is.
**[11:45] ---**
Lady Melida's grandfather, Lord Mordrew,
has doubts as to whether Melida,
**[11:50] ---**
who has yet to awaken the power of mana,
is a true child of the House of Angel.
**[11:55] ---**
So, you mean to say that Lord Elsnes had an
affair with Lady Melida's mother, Lady Melinoa?
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Tough to say.
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We're left in the dark now
that he's ended up like this.
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And so...
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that means it's finally your
turn to spring into action!
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Hm?
**[12:13] ---**
Your first mission is as follows:
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Become Lady Melida Angel's
private tutor, guide her,
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and foster her into a battle maiden
befitting of an aristocratic House.
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If approaching it from the outside isn't
working, go at it from the inside, eh?
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So, you see, the use of a specialist
instructor has become necessary now.
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I've now observed her for a full day, and I see
no sign of Melida Angel possessing any aptitude.
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Conclusion: She is not the biological
daughter of the knight-duke, Felgus Angel.
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Consequently, I will carry out my second
mission: the assassination of Melida Angel.
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Properly speaking, the deed
shouldn't be done so soon.
**[13:00] ---**
Nevertheless...
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I can't stomach watching Melida Angel.
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A child who's the product of a mother who,
**[13:08] ---**
although vastly wealthy,
came from the commoner class
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and the man with whom she had an affair.
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She may boast the Angel family name,
but she lacks the qualities to be a Paladin.
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Without knowing any of that,
she straightforwardly believes in her own talents.
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What a pitiful girl.
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Her life is full of suffering.
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And she will continue to keep on suffering.
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The day that all suffering is
finally rewarded will never come.
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That being the case, promptly severing
that chain of events is called for.
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It's the mercy of a professional killer...
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an assassin's pride.
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I'm not picking up her presence?!
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What the hell's with you guys?!
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This anima...!
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Lancanthropes?!
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Why're they in a city block
on a layer this high up?
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I hear Lord Mordrew often
tries to pressure her,
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but it apparently never
produces a positive effect.
**[15:22] ---**
So this is that pressure...
**[15:25] ---**
So he intends to awaken her mana
by forcing her into combat, eh?
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You little...!
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Why doesn't she call for help?
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Stop that! Don't touch my hair!
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Hands off! Let go of it!
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It's something I remember my mother by!
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My departed mother had the same blond hair.
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If it's taken away from me,
I'll no longer be able to recall my mother!
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If she was to call for help,
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a guild out on patrol
would rush to the scene.
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They'd easily dispatch these
lowest of lancanthropes.
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So, why then...?
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I have to treasure and
take good care of my hair!
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I have to join the ranks of Crest Legion!
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Otherwise...
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No one will even acknowledge...
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that I'm a child of the House of Angel.
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So she doesn't call for help because doing so
would mean she doesn't possess any mana,
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and it would be seen as her admitting she's
not a child of the House of Angel... huh?
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Aah, it truly is...
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a bad joke.
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Don't lay a finger on my employer.
**[17:21] ---**
"Save me"...?
**[17:23] ---**
What made you think you could
come out of this alive?
**[17:39] ---**
Phantom-Blade Trident...
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Void Fang!
**[17:56] ---**
Instructor...?
**[18:04] ---**
I'm sorry it took me so
long to get here, milady.
**[18:09] ---**
I-it's no problem.
**[18:15] ---**
I'm sorry for having caused you trouble.
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Oh, I see...
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She's always on her own.
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I'd like to see it with my own two eyes...
**[18:28] ---**
The moment this precious girl,
who's been fighting with all she's got in this cruel world,
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is someday acknowledged.
**[18:37] ---**
Milady, please allow me,
at least, to save you.
**[18:44] ---**
I want to lend you my support.
**[18:48] ---**
No matter the storm you may find yourself in,
**[18:51] ---**
I will not fail to respond to your call.
**[19:02] ---**
Milady, will you entrust me with your life?
**[19:07] ---**
It's a risky gamble, but there is one -
and only one - way to awaken your mana.
**[19:14] ---**
There's no guarantee it
will be successful, though.
**[19:16] ---**
If it fails, beyond just lasting aftereffects,
it may even result in death.
**[19:22] ---**
I can't force you to go through with it.
**[19:25] ---**
What will it be?
**[19:37] ---**
I'll do it.
**[19:47] ---**
My Little Lady.
**[19:57] ---**
Milady, just as you have entrusted your life to me,
I have staked my life on you.
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Look, Instructor!
**[22:14] ---**
Amazing! Simply amazing, Lady Melida!
**[22:16] ---**
Whenever did you become
able to do such a thing?!
**[22:20] ---**
Milady has at long last used mana!
**[22:27] ---**
Aimee, Grace, Nietzsche, Myra...
**[22:32] ---**
I'm sorry for causing you all
nothing but worry for so long.
**[22:37] ---**
If you hadn't all been here,
I couldn't have endured until now.
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Thank you.
**[22:45] ---**
Alright! Tonight, we're
having a party to celebrate.
**[22:49] ---**
Party!
**[22:53] ---**
Well... I suppose there's
no turning back now.
**[22:58] ---**
I can't let milady know about
her mother's illicit affair.
**[23:02] ---**
And, of course, me being an
assassin must remain a secret.
**[23:06] ---**
At the same time, I must conceal her true lineage
and the substantial support I'm giving her
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from our client, Lord Mordrew,
and from my guild, White Night.
**[23:19] ---**
If I err in regard to any of this,
both of us will be meet an instant death.
**[23:26] ---**
So, please, My Little Lady,
don't make me have to kill you, okay?
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