# 2 - The Princess Who Didn't Join the Hero's Party
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G9VHN974E/banished-from-the-heros-party-i-decided-to-live-a-quiet-life-in-the-countryside)
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**[00:10] ---**
Where are all the customers?
**[00:12] ---**
My medicinal herbs and concoctions
will expire if no one buys them.
**[00:17] ---**
But with this rain, the people of Zoltan
will probably just stay home.
**[00:23] ---**
Welcome!
**[00:26] ---**
Gideon.
**[00:29] ---**
It really is you.
**[00:33] ---**
Rit.
**[00:49] ---**
"Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided
to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside"
**[02:07] ---**
It's been ages, Gideon.
**[02:10] ---**
"The Princess Who Didn't
Join the Hero's Party"
**[02:10] ---**
Actually, I go by "Red" here.
**[02:14] ---**
"The Princess Who Didn't
Join the Hero's Party"
**[02:14] ---**
So it seems. I heard at the guild.
**[02:17] ---**
I never expected to see you in Zoltan.
**[02:21] ---**
She is a B-rank adventurer here in Zoltan.
**[02:24] ---**
Her full name is Rizlet of Loggervia,
**[02:27] ---**
the second princess of the Duchy
of Loggervia, a major military power.
**[02:31] ---**
What about you?
**[02:32] ---**
Why's a princess of Loggervia working
as a B-rank adventurer in the boonies?
**[02:38] ---**
Some favor me for the throne over
my younger brother, the crown prince.
**[02:42] ---**
So I left before it tore our family apart.
**[02:45] ---**
I'm enjoying my freedom
till things settle down.
**[02:48] ---**
I see.
**[02:49] ---**
By the way, what's with the name?
**[02:52] ---**
Rit and Red are kind of similar.
**[02:57] ---**
Well, I couldn't think of anything else,
so I riffed off Rit.
**[03:00] ---**
I'm flattered.
**[03:03] ---**
You actually remembered me.
**[03:06] ---**
Of course, I remember. We were comrades,
even if it wasn't for too long.
**[03:13] ---**
Comrades? You're still calling it that?
**[03:17] ---**
So, Gide-- I mean, Red.
What are *you* doing here?
**[03:21] ---**
Well...
**[03:23] ---**
Unbelievable!
**[03:24] ---**
That's not fair! You adventured
together for so long!
**[03:28] ---**
The fact is, I was a liability.
**[03:30] ---**
That's not true!
**[03:32] ---**
You did your best to ensure
the party always succeeded!
**[03:35] ---**
You worked so hard!
**[03:37] ---**
Don't get so mad.
**[03:39] ---**
I endangered my comrades
as long as I was there.
**[03:43] ---**
Retiring before any harm
was done was for the best.
**[03:46] ---**
But are you sure Ruti and the rest
of the party are okay without you?
**[03:50] ---**
They defeated Gandor,
**[03:52] ---**
one of the Four Celestial Kings
in the Demon Lord's army.
**[03:54] ---**
They're doing fine.
**[03:58] ---**
Your tea's grown cold.
I'll go make some more.
**[04:00] ---**
No, this is fine.
**[04:02] ---**
I haven't seen you in so long.
**[04:04] ---**
The least I could do is serve
a decent cup of tea.
**[04:22] ---**
I was banished from the Hero's party.
**[04:25] ---**
There was nothing more
I could do for Ruti.
**[04:39] ---**
That's so good.
**[04:41] ---**
It's even better than
the tea back at court.
**[04:44] ---**
That's laying it on thick!
**[04:46] ---**
I only have novice-level cooking skills.
**[04:49] ---**
I can't complete with
the Chef's Divine Blessing.
**[04:52] ---**
Then maybe it tastes so good
because you made it for me.
**[05:01] ---**
We met several years ago.
**[05:05] ---**
It was in the border town of Alonor
in the south of Loggervia.
**[05:11] ---**
Almost all the orc sightings
have been concentrated in the west.
**[05:17] ---**
So then we go defeat them.
**[05:19] ---**
They might be scouts.
**[05:21] ---**
Most likely.
**[05:22] ---**
Hey, sweet maid.
**[05:24] ---**
Let's enjoy a drink together.
**[05:26] ---**
Don't ignore me.
**[05:28] ---**
The name's Dir. You must've heard of me.
**[05:36] ---**
Ow, that hurt.
**[05:37] ---**
Wh-What the hell, you bitch!
**[05:42] ---**
You've picked the wrong person
to talk to like that, haven't you?
**[05:50] ---**
M-My bad! I'll be on my way!
**[05:53] ---**
Wait! You haven't paid yet!
**[05:55] ---**
Did you think I needed your help?
**[06:03] ---**
The Duchy of Loggervia doesn't need
the Hero to crush the Demon Lord's army!
**[06:17] ---**
Hmph.
**[06:21] ---**
Pay her no mind, Ruti.
**[06:24] ---**
I know.
**[06:25] ---**
That little lady's got spunk.
**[06:27] ---**
Who do you suppose she is?
**[06:29] ---**
That was the Champion Rit, the most
formidable adventurer of all!
**[06:33] ---**
Never been defeated in the arena!
**[06:35] ---**
She's our pride and joy!
**[06:41] ---**
You weren't honest
with your feelings back then.
**[06:44] ---**
You were really prickly.
**[06:45] ---**
W-Was I?
**[06:47] ---**
Yeah, we fought side by side a few times,
but you always complained.
**[06:51] ---**
But I could be honest
with my feelings at times.
**[06:54] ---**
Like when?
**[06:57] ---**
Like that time at the mountain village...
**[07:07] ---**
Made any progress?
**[07:10] ---**
Nope, nothing to speak of.
**[07:12] ---**
The Hero's party isn't very impressive
when it comes to collecting info.
**[07:17] ---**
You're probably right.
**[07:19] ---**
We don't have anyone
with a Blessing like that.
**[07:24] ---**
Well, our investigation has
been making great progress.
**[07:27] ---**
Wanna hear about it?
**[07:28] ---**
Yeah, let's have it.
**[07:30] ---**
All right.
**[07:32] ---**
If you say, "Please, Princess Rit,
tell a fool such as me,"
**[07:37] ---**
I'll be happy to tell you all about it.
**[07:41] ---**
Please, Princess Rit,
tell a fool such as me.
**[07:46] ---**
Swallowing my pride is a small price
to pay to save Loggervia.
**[07:52] ---**
Now I feel bad.
**[07:53] ---**
--Really?
--What's that mean?
**[07:55] ---**
I'm surprised you'd honestly
admit feeling bad about anything.
**[07:59] ---**
Why you...!
**[08:01] ---**
Now I'm not gonna tell you!
**[08:03] ---**
Sorry.
**[08:04] ---**
So, what did your investigation find?
**[08:10] ---**
I found strange tracks around the village.
**[08:12] ---**
They indicate recent and frequent
back-and-forth travel from the north.
**[08:17] ---**
From the north?
**[08:20] ---**
There's a mountain cabin
used by loggers up there.
**[08:23] ---**
That's true, but all the logging is
happening in the northeast right now.
**[08:28] ---**
It's strange how the logging continues
even though no wood is being delivered.
**[08:34] ---**
Then there are those strange tracks.
**[08:38] ---**
Where'd the missing wood go?
**[08:40] ---**
I don't know. There's no sign
of it being moved.
**[08:43] ---**
Must've been magic.
**[08:44] ---**
Most likely.
**[08:46] ---**
Why aren't the villagers
complaining about this?
**[08:50] ---**
Hostages, I bet.
**[08:51] ---**
There are almost no kids
or old folks left.
**[08:55] ---**
So it's a group organized enough
to hold hostages?
**[08:59] ---**
Yeah.
**[09:00] ---**
That eliminates brigands and goblins.
**[09:02] ---**
So it has to be...
**[09:04] ---**
The Demon Lord's army.
**[09:07] ---**
Rit, shouldn't we work
together on this one?
**[09:11] ---**
Huh? With you and your party?
**[09:13] ---**
Don't make me laugh.
**[09:15] ---**
I've already beaten back
the Demon Lord's army twice!
**[09:19] ---**
Loggervia doesn't need the Hero!
**[09:22] ---**
But it wasn't the enemy's main force.
**[09:24] ---**
What's your point?
**[09:26] ---**
Loggervia has never lost land to invaders.
**[09:29] ---**
We win battles, plain and simple!
**[09:32] ---**
When that huge force of goblins attacked,
your forbearers requested Central's help.
**[09:39] ---**
I doubt Loggervia is too proud
**[09:41] ---**
to do whatever it takes to
boost its chances of victory.
**[09:47] ---**
No.
**[09:49] ---**
I'll take care of this myself.
**[09:52] ---**
Then Father won't have to cede command
of any of my master's forces to the Hero.
**[09:58] ---**
The entire royal guard will remain his.
**[10:01] ---**
Okay. I won't twist your arm, so...
**[10:05] ---**
Here.
**[10:07] ---**
What's that for?!
**[10:08] ---**
Food's been scarce lately.
**[10:13] ---**
This better not taste gross!
**[10:20] ---**
Well?
**[10:23] ---**
Not bad.
**[10:25] ---**
Where'd you buy them?
**[10:27] ---**
I made them.
**[10:29] ---**
You did? Why?
**[10:32] ---**
I'm sick of salt-cured foods, aren't you?
**[10:36] ---**
So I learned to cook for long trips.
**[10:42] ---**
At least you got that right.
**[10:45] ---**
See? That was an honest feeling.
**[10:47] ---**
Was it really?
**[10:49] ---**
What about when we joined forces?
**[10:52] ---**
You're not half bad,
but don't let it go to your head.
**[10:55] ---**
I'm only admitting you're barely capable.
**[10:59] ---**
Okay, okay, enough already!
**[11:03] ---**
Rit wasn't truly honest with her feelings
till our showdown with Shisandan.
**[11:09] ---**
The outcome of that battle
was nothing to celebrate about.
**[11:17] ---**
"The Duchy of Loggervia"
**[11:21] ---**
The enemy offensive has halted for now.
**[11:25] ---**
But the Demon Lord's army
will resume its invasion before long.
**[11:30] ---**
We must do something now!
**[11:31] ---**
With food and fuel running low,
**[11:34] ---**
we'll be annihilated if the war
continues much longer!
**[11:37] ---**
The enemy's in the same boat.
**[11:41] ---**
I discovered a mountain fortress
where they've been storing food.
**[11:46] ---**
We should strike there.
**[11:49] ---**
While our main force distracts the enemy,
**[11:51] ---**
I'll lead a party of adventurers
in a raid on the fortress.
**[11:55] ---**
We can't risk having a princess
enter enemy territory!
**[11:59] ---**
If our foe is also wearing thin--
we can hole up against a siege.
**[12:03] ---**
Lord Gaius?
**[12:04] ---**
I like the princess's plan.
**[12:07] ---**
Master!
**[12:09] ---**
The royal guard and I
will serve as a decoy.
**[12:11] ---**
We'll help as well.
**[12:13] ---**
That is most welcome.
**[12:15] ---**
I'll entrust the castle's defense
to the Hero's party.
**[12:21] ---**
But the plan failed.
**[12:24] ---**
Master?! What are you doing here?
**[12:31] ---**
Who are you?
**[12:32] ---**
Where's my master?!
**[12:36] ---**
I am Shisandan.
**[12:38] ---**
I devoured your master.
**[12:40] ---**
You see, I needed his memories,
O dearest student of mine.
**[12:52] ---**
Your people love you as their hero.
**[12:56] ---**
If I used that against you, I could
conquer your country much easier.
**[12:59] ---**
What do you think?
**[13:07] ---**
What are you doing here?!
**[13:09] ---**
Something didn't feel right
about being left at the castle.
**[13:14] ---**
Don't cry, Rit.
**[13:15] ---**
If you number among the Hero's comrades,
vengeance won't come through tears...
**[13:20] ---**
...only through cold steel!
**[13:24] ---**
Right!
**[13:38] ---**
Ruti will be here shortly.
**[13:39] ---**
We must hold out till then!
**[13:41] ---**
Got it!
**[13:51] ---**
The Hero!
**[14:24] ---**
You didn't attend
the war council again today.
**[14:27] ---**
They decided to keep holing up.
**[14:31] ---**
May I sit?
**[14:35] ---**
Rit.
**[14:37] ---**
If you really don't want to fight,
I won't try to make you.
**[14:42] ---**
But I think you do want to.
**[14:45] ---**
It's just all this sorrow
sucked the fight out of you.
**[14:49] ---**
You're probably right, but it's no use.
**[14:52] ---**
I'm scared. I'm scared
of losing someone else.
**[14:57] ---**
I'm scared, really scared.
**[15:01] ---**
My Master, the royal guard,
and all those adventurers...
**[15:04] ---**
I know each and every one of the fallen.
**[15:08] ---**
I know what they were like,
how they lived their lives,
**[15:11] ---**
and even why they fought alongside me!
**[15:15] ---**
But they're all gone.
**[15:18] ---**
They're dead because of me.
**[15:21] ---**
I'll never see them again.
**[15:27] ---**
We're going to break through the siege
lines and summon reinforcements.
**[15:32] ---**
We'll head into Bewitching Woods.
**[15:35] ---**
It's usually impassable,
**[15:37] ---**
but a former comrade of mine
by the name of Yarandrala lives nearby.
**[15:42] ---**
With her Blessing...
**[15:45] ---**
I'll leave it in your hands.
**[15:47] ---**
Rit.
**[15:48] ---**
I'll fight if the reinforcements arrive.
**[15:50] ---**
That's not what matters.
**[15:52] ---**
What matters is whether Loggervia
has the will and pride to keep fighting.
**[15:58] ---**
You must join our quest for reinforcements
**[16:01] ---**
and help us battle the Demon Lord.
**[16:03] ---**
Without you, the people of Loggervia
will only remember
**[16:07] ---**
the day they lost the great captain
of the royal guard.
**[16:11] ---**
Even if the Demon Lord is vanquished,
**[16:13] ---**
that bitter memory will remain
a thorn in the duchy's side.
**[16:19] ---**
You are my comrade
and a comrade of the Hero.
**[16:22] ---**
However,
**[16:24] ---**
this war isn't the Hero's to win.
**[16:27] ---**
It should be won
by Loggervia's will to fight.
**[16:31] ---**
Otherwise, you won't prevail
**[16:33] ---**
if the Demon Lord returns
after the Hero is gone.
**[16:37] ---**
We have to claim victory ourselves?
**[16:40] ---**
That's right.
**[16:46] ---**
Rit regained her will to fight, and
the Demon Lord's army was vanquished.
**[16:51] ---**
Hey, you hungry?
**[16:53] ---**
I'm starving!
**[16:54] ---**
I haven't gone shopping today,
but I can throw something together.
**[16:58] ---**
Red.
**[17:00] ---**
Could I work here with you?
**[17:03] ---**
Huh?!
**[17:04] ---**
Red and Rit's Apothecary.
It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
**[17:09] ---**
Wh-Whoa, slow down.
**[17:10] ---**
You're only one of two
B-rank adventurers in town.
**[17:14] ---**
I'm gonna retire.
**[17:16] ---**
No, no, wait.
**[17:17] ---**
I just opened up shop,
and business is slow.
**[17:19] ---**
I can't afford to hire anyone.
**[17:21] ---**
Who'll look after the shop
when you're out gathering herbs?
**[17:26] ---**
It would be a total waste
to close each time.
**[17:29] ---**
That's true, but it's not like
I have many customers.
**[17:33] ---**
Your business will grow.
**[17:36] ---**
Don't you have any concoctions
that can only be found here?
**[17:39] ---**
Oh, well...
**[17:41] ---**
I have two original creations.
**[17:44] ---**
This is my Multiply Potion.
**[17:46] ---**
Mix it with a magic potion,
**[17:48] ---**
and you can increase its
volume by a factor of five.
**[17:52] ---**
That's a bad idea.
**[17:54] ---**
Huh? Why?
**[17:56] ---**
Potion prices will crash
if you start selling this.
**[18:00] ---**
It'll never fly over at the guild.
**[18:02] ---**
But we're talking potions here,
not magic items over 10,000 perills.
**[18:08] ---**
Reasonably priced potions that are
available to all support the economy.
**[18:13] ---**
Imagine the damage you'd do
if you made prices crash.
**[18:17] ---**
Y-You have a point there.
**[18:25] ---**
S-Sorry.
**[18:27] ---**
But I'm relieved.
**[18:29] ---**
Relieved?
**[18:30] ---**
I thought you were this amazing person.
**[18:34] ---**
You're multitalented and always calm,
so I felt this vast distance between us.
**[18:39] ---**
I'm not that big of a deal.
**[18:42] ---**
No, you are, Red.
**[18:44] ---**
But I never imagined there'd
be things you didn't know,
**[18:48] ---**
or you'd have a birdbrained side.
**[18:51] ---**
Disappointed?
**[18:53] ---**
No, it made me want to
be around you even more.
**[18:58] ---**
This is the other one.
**[19:00] ---**
It's a new pain killer as effective
as existing compounds
**[19:04] ---**
but far less addictive.
**[19:06] ---**
Now that sounds good.
**[19:08] ---**
But pain killers require
the Zoltan Council's approval,
**[19:11] ---**
even if less addictive.
**[19:14] ---**
Oh, right.
**[19:21] ---**
Well...
**[19:22] ---**
...whenever you have time is fine.
**[19:26] ---**
And I can't pay you that much, but...
**[19:31] ---**
...it'd be great if you could help out.
**[19:35] ---**
Sure! But don't say,
"Whenever you have time."
**[19:38] ---**
We'll never be apart!
**[19:47] ---**
This looks so good!
**[19:53] ---**
It *is* good!
**[19:55] ---**
Glad you like it.
**[19:56] ---**
Now I'll be able to enjoy
your cooking every day.
**[19:59] ---**
You will?
**[20:01] ---**
Looks like cooking will be more fun now.
**[20:04] ---**
What time is breakfast?
**[20:06] ---**
About seven o'clock, I'd say.
**[20:08] ---**
Then I'll have to get up early.
I'll do my best!
**[20:13] ---**
She's coming for breakfast, too?
**[20:15] ---**
I know! Let's build a bathtub.
I'll pay for it.
**[20:18] ---**
A bathtub?
I can't have you spend that much.
**[20:22] ---**
Don't worry about it.
After all, I'll use it, too.
**[20:26] ---**
Come again?
**[20:26] ---**
She's planning to bathe here, too?
**[20:28] ---**
You only have one single-bed?
**[20:31] ---**
Y-Yeah.
**[20:32] ---**
Okay, I'll buy another tomorrow.
**[20:34] ---**
My belongings are in my item box,
so I won't need any furniture.
**[20:38] ---**
You make it sound like you're moving in.
**[20:41] ---**
That's because I am. Wasn't that clear?
**[20:54] ---**
What?!
**[21:03] ---**
Forgive the wait.
**[21:05] ---**
This is Tisse.
**[21:06] ---**
I've asked her to join our party
in Gideon's stead.
**[21:10] ---**
She has the Divine Blessing
of the Assassin
**[21:13] ---**
and is a rare talent, even among
the Assassins' Guild elite.
**[21:16] ---**
She'll be far more useful than Gideon was.
**[21:19] ---**
Thank you for this opportunity.
**[21:21] ---**
This is my pet, Mr. Crawly Wawly.
**[21:27] ---**
I had to scour the various guilds
before I found one of her caliber.
**[21:31] ---**
Because of Gideon,
I've had to work my fingers to the--
**[21:35] ---**
The name's Danan. I have
the Martial Artist's Blessing.
**[21:38] ---**
I'm Theodora, and my Blessing
is the Crusader.
**[21:41] ---**
Is anyone listening to me?!
**[21:45] ---**
It's the Hero.
**[21:50] ---**
I'm Ruti.
**[21:52] ---**
I'm Tisse Garland.
**[21:54] ---**
You'll be under my command, not Ares'.
**[21:58] ---**
Is that clear?
**[21:59] ---**
Y-Yes.
**[22:00] ---**
I will obey your every command.
**[22:04] ---**
Good.
**[22:05] ---**
We're going to hunt for a weapon
the previous Demon Lord left behind.
**[22:09] ---**
We leave tomorrow.
**[22:11] ---**
Understood.