E1 - Meeting of Fate

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[00:15] Arios
    Rein...
[00:20] Arios
    You're fired.
SIGN    Beast Tamer
SIGN    Meeting of Fate
[02:08] Rein
    Beast Tamer.
[02:10] Rein
    It's a class that is able to communicate
[02:13] Rein
    and enter into contracts
    with many kinds of animals...
[02:15] Rein
    Taming their strength as your own.
[02:22] Rein
    Beast Tamers aren't well-suited to combat,
[02:31] Rein
    but I worked hard to support my
    comrades during our harsh journey,
[02:35] Rein
    and my comrades in the
    Hero's party trusted me for it.
[02:41] Rein
    Or... so I thought.
[02:48] Rein
    Um, hang on a sec.
[02:51] Rein
    This is kind of sudden,
    so I'm not sure I follow...
[02:53] Rein
    Wait, is this a prank?
[02:57] Arios
    Of course not.
[02:59] Rein
    Arios...
[03:01] Rein
    Aggath?
[03:03] Rein
    Leane?
[03:05] Rein
    Mina?
[03:07] Rein
    You're... serious about this?
[03:11] Rein
    I-I want to know why!
[03:15] Leane
    You want a reason?
[03:17] Leane
    You mean other than the obvious one?
[03:19] Leane
    It's because you're useless!
[03:22] Leane
    You don't serve any purpose!
[03:24] Leane
    Do you get it now?
[03:26] Leane
    You've been holding us back so much,
[03:27] Leane
    you even being around
    is more trouble than its worth!
[03:31] Rein
    I am...?
[03:32] Arios
    You have to have noticed, right?
[03:34] Arios
    You never do any damage to our enemies,
[03:36] Arios
    and we're constantly having to save you.
[03:40] Arios
    All you really contribute
    is scouting and carriage,
[03:43] Arios
    using the animals that you've tamed.
[03:45] Arios
    Doesn't that sound worthless to you?
[03:49] Mina
    It was asking too much of
     him in the first place.
[03:49] Rein
    What is this...?
[03:51] Aggath
    We don't have time for babysitting.
[03:53] Aggath
    I was always against letting
    a Beast Tamer join up.
[03:57] Arios
    Don't be like that.
[03:59] Arios
    Worthless as he is, I thought he could
    shine by sharing the same spotlight as me.
[04:04] Leane
    Arios, you are so kind!
[04:07] Mina
    Very. The only sin here lies with this man
[04:09] Mina
    who has wasted the grace of the Hero, Arios.
[04:10] Rein
    This is what my party thought
    of me this whole time?
[04:15] Rein
    I... This can't—
[04:17] Arios
    Rein...
[04:20] Arios
    Don't lower our opinion of you
    any more than you already have.
[04:25] Arios
    And make sure to leave your gear behind.
[04:28] Arios
    We're the ones who gathered it.
[04:31] Aggath
    This means we can finally
    take on the Lost Woods.
[04:34] Lean
    We've waited long enough.
[04:35] Rein
    I understand.
[04:36] Lean
    This town is big, but there's nothing in it,
    and we've been here for days.
[04:39] Lean
    How long was he going to spend
    on gathering supplies, anyway?
[04:43] Mina
    We were mistaken to have even
    the most modest hopes for him.
[04:46] Mina
    Let us simply consider this a brief respite.
[04:48] Arios
    Good idea!
[04:49] Arios
    When you put it that way, maybe he
     was of some use at the very end.
[04:52] Rein
    In that moment...
[04:54] Rein
    It felt like anything between us
    had come to a permanent end.
[05:19] (Flashback) Aggath
    You're weak, like a child.
[05:23] (Flashback) Mina
    You still seem to lack both the bearing
    and the skill required of the Hero's party.
[05:28] (Flashback) Leane
    Are you ever going to be good
    for anything besides running errands?
[05:33] (Flashback) Leane
    So worthless...
[05:34] (Flashback) Arios
    No need to be so harsh.
    Rein is trying his best.
[05:39] Arios
    At least, for a Beast Tamer!
[05:42] Rein
    I thought the reason they were so hard on me
[05:45] Rein
    was because they had high hopes
    for what I could accomplish.
[05:49] Rein
    But...
[05:50] Rein
    Maybe they never cared
    about me in the first place.
[05:54] Rein
    But more importantly, what do I do now?
[05:59] Rein
    No goal, no gear, and no coin.
[06:01] Rein
    I'm starting with next to nothing.
[06:04] Kids
    Rein!
[06:07] Kid A
    Did you finish your job for the Hero?
[06:09] Rein
    Uh, actually...
[06:11] Kid C
    Do the thing then, come on!
[06:12] Kid B
    Please!
[06:13] Kids
    Come on, please!
[06:15] Kids
    Do it! Go on!
[06:16] Rein
    Okay!
[06:20] Rein
    So, for today...
[06:28] Rein
    There.
[06:31] Rein
    That's the temporary contract.
[06:34] Rein
    Go on, say hello.
[06:37] Kids
    Wow!
[06:39] Rein
    Nice job.
[06:40] Rein
    And thank you.
[06:44] Kids
    Bye-bye!
[06:45] Kids
    See you around!
[06:49] Kid B
    There it goes...
[06:50] Rein
    Well, like I told you,
    that contract was only temporary.
[06:54] Rein
    They're easy to form,
    but they don't last very long.
[07:01] Rein
    Maybe that was a little hard to understand?
[07:03] Kid A
    You really are awesome, Rein!
[07:05] Kid A
    I wanna be a Beast Tamer when I grow up!
[07:08] Kid C
    Me, too!
[07:09] Kid B
    Me, too!
[07:09] Rein
    Huh...
[07:10] Rein
    I thought you said you wanted
    to be a hero before?
[07:12] Kid A
    I mean, the Hero and his party
    always look annoyed
[07:16] Kid A
    when commoners like us come up to them!
[07:18] Kid A
    Even though they suck up
    to rich folks and nobles...
[07:21] Kid C
    It's kind of nasty, right?
[07:23] Kid B
    And scary.
[07:24] Rein
    I didn't know people thought that way
    about Arios and the party.
[07:28] Rein
    I guess that explains the reception
    I got whenever I went to buy supplies.
[07:32] Kid A
    You're different though, Rein!
[07:34] Kid B
    You always play with us!
[07:37] Kid C
    And you're nice!
[07:39] Rein
    It's gonna be even harder
    to tell them I got fired now.
[07:42] Kid A
    So I'm gonna be an adventurer,
    and travel all over!
[07:45] Kid B
    And make a fortune overnight!
[07:47] Kid C
    A fortune!
[07:48] Kids
    A fortune overnight! A fortune overnight!
[07:48] Rein
    An adventurer...
[07:53] Rein
    Living like a migratory bird on
    the wing, free to live or die as I please.
[07:57] Rein
    Making a living off my skills
    by taking jobs as an adventurer?
[08:03] Rein
    Now that I don't need to worry
    about defeating the Demon King,
[08:06] Rein
    it might be the perfect job for me.
[08:09] Rein
    Okay!
[08:11] Natalie
    Welcome to the Adventurer's Guild!
[08:14] Natalie
    I'm Natalie, the receptionist.
[08:16] Natalie
    Let's start with an explanation
    of the adventurer's trial.
[08:19] Rein
    Could you tell me a bit more
    about being an adventurer first?
[08:23] Rein
    I hate to admit it, but I actually
    don't know that much.
[08:28] Rein
    Arios and the others
    looked down on adventurers,
[08:31] Rein
    so we didn't interact with them much.
[08:34] Natalie
    You're an earnest one, aren't you?
[08:35] Natalie
    Most of the applicants don't really
    put too much thought into it...
[08:39] Natalie
    Personally, I think you're
    on the right track!
[08:41] Rein
    You really do?
[08:42] Natalie
    I really do!
[08:44] Natalie
    Let's start at the beginning, then.
[08:47] Natalie
    Adventurers, like monsters,
    are assigned ranks from S to F...
[09:00] Natalie
    ...and that's everything.
[09:01] Natalie
    Is there anything else
    you had questions about?
[09:04] Rein
    Nope. Thank you.
[09:05] Rein
    I should be good, now.
[09:07] Natalie
    In that case, let's move onto
    the matter of the adventurer's trial.
[09:10] Natalie
    What's your class?
[09:13] Rein
    Beast Tamer.
[09:15] Natalie
    Beast Tamer?!
[09:16] Natalie
    Um... will you be okay by yourself?
[09:20] (Flashback) Leane
    It's because you're useless!
[09:23] Natalie
    Don't do anything reckless, okay?
[09:25] Natalie
    Adventurers need to know
    when a job is too much.
[09:30] Rein
    Right. Of course.
[09:36] Natalie
    Do you understand why
    the guild requires a trial
[09:39] Natalie
    in order to be registered as an adventurer?
[09:42] Rein
    Is it because if there were
    a bunch of unskilled adventurers,
[09:45] Rein
    it'd undermine trust in the guild?
[09:47] Natalie
    Correct! Well done!
[09:50] Natalie
    And without that trust,
    the government would get involved.
[09:55] Natalie
    But putting that aside, the details
    of the trial involve slaying ten goblins,
[10:00] Natalie
    and collecting 20 medicinal herbs.
[10:02] Natalie
    Adventurers take on a variety of
    hunting and collection jobs,
[10:07] Natalie
    so this is the bare minimum required
    to pass muster with the guild.
[10:20] Rein
    That's ten.
[10:23] Rein
    Thanks for helping me find the goblins.
[10:29] Rein
    I guess even a Beast Tamer can
    handle F-ranked monsters like them.
[10:35] Rein
    I've got the rune stones from the goblins,
[10:37] Rein
    so I just need to gather the herbs
    and head back to the guild...
[10:41] Rein
    A scream?
[10:42] Rein
    It's from further in the forest!
[10:48] Rein
    A Killer Tiger?!
[10:50] Rein
    Oh, no!
[10:52] Rein
    The D-ranked monster Killer Tiger.
[10:55] Rein
    Even a veteran adventurer could be killed
    by one of these if they weren't careful!
[11:10] Rein
    And of course, I don't stand a chance.
[11:14] Rein
    But...
[11:15] Rein
    It's better this way.
[11:18] Rein
    Hey, you!
[11:19] Rein
    Can you move?
[11:21] Rein
    You need to run while you can!
[11:28] Rein
    No monsters to tame.
[11:31] Rein
    No weapons to use.
[11:34] Rein
    But I can at least buy her
    enough time to get away...
[11:40] Rein
    Wh-Why are you still there?!
[11:42] Kanade
    With the last...
[11:45] Kanade
    Of my strength...
[12:14] Rein
    Wow. She took down
    a Killer Tiger in one blow.
[12:18] Rein
    Just who are you?
[12:26] Rein
    There are beings of inexplicable power
    in this world known as ultimate species.
[12:31] Rein
    Dragonoids. Fairies. Demigods.
[12:35] Rein
    They all count among the ultimate species.
[12:37] Rein
    But one of them is more rare than the rest.
[12:41] Rein
    And that is...
[12:46] Rein
    A Cat Spirit?
[12:50] Kanade
    And... I... am... done.
[12:54] Rein
    Hey!
[12:57] Rein
    Hey, are you all right? Were you hurt?
[13:00] Rein
    Say something!
[13:02] Kanade
    So...
[13:02] Rein
    So?
[13:05] Kanade
    So hungry...
[13:19] Rein
    She's... the real deal?
[13:23] Rein
    Despite being one of the ultimate species,
[13:24] Rein
    the Cat Spirits are said to be
    on the verge of extinction.
[13:28] Rein
    They can't use magic, but they've
    evolved to have athletic abilities
[13:32] Rein
    that make them among
    the ultimate in the world.
[13:36] Rein
    And she really is one?
[13:40] Kanade
    Thank you so much! You're a life-saver.
[13:42] Kanade
    I thought I was gonna die back there.
[13:44] Rein
    I'm just glad I had some
    traveling rations on me.
[13:47] Rein
    Still, are you sure you're not exaggerating?
[13:49] Kanade
    Not at all!
[13:50] Kanade
    I've gone days without
    anything to eat or drink.
[13:53] Kanade
    I could see my grandparents
    in heaven waving me over.
[13:57] Rein
    She must've been in pretty rough shape.
[14:00] Kanade
    That would've been another
    step toward extinction.
[14:03] Rein
    Okay, extremely bad shape!
[14:04] Kanade
    Oh, I never introduced myself, did I?
[14:07] Kanade
    My name's Kanade!
    As you can see, I'm a Cat Spirit.
[14:11] Kanade
    Nice to meet you!
[14:13] Rein
    I'm Rein Shroud.
[14:15] Rein
    I ran into you in the middle
    of my adventurer's trial, miss.
[14:19] Rein
    Wh-What is it?
[14:20] Kanade
    I'd rather you call me "Kanade" than "miss."
[14:27] Rein
    Okay, if you call me Rein.
[14:29] Kanade
    Okay then, Rein!
[14:33] Kanade
    I'm glad you're the one who helped me!
[14:35] Rein
    What were you doing out here
    in the first place, Kanade?
[14:40] Rein
    I mean, it's kind of strange
    to find an endangered Cat Spirit
[14:43] Rein
    in some unremarkable forest...
[14:46] Kanade
    I've just been traveling, is all.
[14:49] Kanade
    There's not many of us, so we
    live quietly, deep in the mountains...
[14:55] Kanade
    But life was kind of boring that way,
[14:58] Kanade
    so I went on a journey,
    where I ran into you,
[15:01] Kanade
    who saved me!
[15:03] Kanade
    Feels kind of like fate!
[15:06] Kanade
    Now, tell me about you, Rein!
[15:14] Kanade
    Then you were in the Hero's party, Rein?
[15:17] Rein
    Yeah. Only for six months, though.
[15:20] Rein
    This is strange...
[15:23] Rein
    Thinking about it has been so depressing,
    I never told anyone else,
[15:27] Rein
    but I'm telling Kanade everything.
[15:32] Rein
    And that's how it went...
[15:36] Rein
    Kanade?
[15:37] Kanade
    That Hero ought to be ashamed!
[15:39] Kanade
    I can't believe he kicked you out...
[15:45] Kanade
    When you're such a nice person!
[15:48] Rein
    Are you mad on my behalf?
[15:50] Kanade
    Of course I am!
[15:52] Kanade
    Because Rein, you're... I...
[16:00] Rein
    You're really sweet, Kanade.
    But it's okay now.
[16:05] Rein
    They were right about me being a hindrance,
[16:07] Rein
    and I doubt any good would have come
    from staying in that party.
[16:12] Kanade
    Okay.
[16:14] Kanade
    If you're not mad, Rein, then I'm not mad.
[16:17] Kanade
    Still kinda frustrated though...
[16:20] Rein
    Yeah.
[16:21] Rein
    Thank you, though.
[16:25] Rein
    Oh, no! That was on reflex...
[16:30] Rein
    What a relief. She doesn't seem to mind.
[16:34] Kanade
    But I want to make one thing clear.
[16:37] Kanade
    You're not useless at all, Rein!
[16:39] Kanade
    If anything, you're really strong!
[16:42] Rein
    But I'm just a Beast Tamer.
[16:44] Kanade
    And you've got an incredible gift for it!
[16:46] Kanade
    The reason being...
[16:48] Kanade
    I'm pretty sure you could tame me, Rein.
[16:53] Kanade
    How do I put this?
[16:56] Kanade
    It's like the second I saw you,
    I felt this buzzing, like electricity!
[17:00] Kanade
    I thought that you would be
    able to tame me.
[17:05] Kanade
    There are only a handful of people in the
    whole world who can tame Cat Spirits!
[17:10] Kanade
    Which means you're really amazing, Rein!
[17:15] Rein
    Me, taming a Cat Spirit?
[17:18] Rein
    I never even considered it before...
[17:19] Kanade
    Come on, Rein!
[17:23] Kanade
    Try taming me!
[17:29] Rein
    If I could actually tame
    an ultimate species...
[17:31] Rein
    It would be an unimaginably big help.
[17:35] Rein
    Nothing like that would ever happen again.
[17:39] Rein
    With an ultimate species...
[17:42] (Flashback) Kanade
    Feels kind of like fate!
[17:44] Rein
    Oh... that's right.
[17:48] Rein
    It's not because she's from
    an ultimate species.
[17:51] Rein
    I want to get to know Kanade better.
[17:55] Rein
    Okay. Let's try it.
[17:59] Kanade
    Yeah!
[18:22] Kanade
    My name is Rein Shroud.
[18:28] Kanade
    In establishing this new contract,
     a bond is formed.
[18:34] Kanade
    An oath in our hearts, hopes in our souls...
[18:38] Kanade
    Your power, in my hand.
[18:40] Kanade
    Speak now your name.
[18:44] Kanade
    If Kanade gives her name now,
    the contract will be formed.
[18:48] Kanade
    Otherwise...
[18:54] Kanade
    Kanade.
[19:11] Kanade
    Did it work?
[19:12] Rein
    Yep. The contract is sealed.
[19:15] Rein
    Look at the palm of your hand.
[19:18] Kanade
    There's some kind of weird pattern!
[19:20] Rein
    It's the symbol of what links us.
[19:24] Rein
    You and I are contracted now, Kanade.
[19:27] Kanade
    Really? Then this means you
    and I are bound together, huh!
[19:32] Kanade
    That's great!
[19:33] Rein
    Bound together?
[19:35] Kanade
    Was I wrong?
[19:37] Rein
    No, you're right.
[19:40] Rein
    It symbolizes our bond, Kanade!
[19:44] Kanade
    Yeah!
[19:47] Kanade
    It's a pleasure to be
    traveling with you, Rein!
[19:50] Rein
    The feeling is mutual!
[19:55] Rein
    Wha—hey!
[19:57] Rein
    There are the ultimate species,
    with inexplicable power...
[20:01] Rein
    I was a Beast Tamer kicked
    out of the Hero's party,
[20:05] Rein
    bereft of a goal or any comrades...
[20:07] Rein
    And now one of the ultimate
    species is working with me.
[21:46] Kanade
    Hey, aren't we going back to town?
[21:49] Rein
    I need to finish my adventurer's trial first.
[21:53] Rein
    I think they should be
    around here somewhere....
[21:56] Rein
    Ah, there we go.
[21:57] Kanade
    Rabbits?
[21:58] Rein
    Yep. First, a temporary contract...
[22:05] Kanade
    There he goes.
[22:07] Kanade
    But, wait, Rein how can you—
[22:10] Rein
    Next, he brings his friends over.
[22:11] Kanade
    Friends?!
[22:15] Kanade
    I'm in fluffy heaven!
[22:17] Rein
    Then I form temporary
    contracts with all of them.
[22:25] Rein
    Okay, everyone,
[22:27] Rein
    I need you to look for medicinal herbs
    in the area and bring them to me.
[22:31] Rein
    Be careful not to mistake them
    for food and eat them!
[22:34] Rein
    Okay, off you go.
[22:38] Rein
    That ought to do it...
[22:41] Rein
    What's wrong?
[22:43] Kanade
    What the heck is going on?!
[22:44] Kanade
    You were able to tame so many at once!
    And give them complex commands!
[22:49] Rein
    Is that really so rare?
[22:51] Kanade
    You bet it is!
SIGN    Normal
[22:53] Kanade
    Even with temporary contracts, most Beast
    Tamers can only handle one at a time!
SIGN    Weird
[22:59] Kanade
    Not to mention, you've tamed me,
[23:02] Kanade
    so you shouldn't be able to do any more, Rein!
[23:04] Kanade
    I mean, I know I said you were
    an amazing Beast Tamer, but...
[23:08] Kanade
    This is supposed to be impossible!
[23:11] Rein
    Huh, you know a lot
    about this stuff, Kanade.
[23:13] Kanade
    How is this happening?!
[23:14] Kanade
    I've never heard of a Beast Tamer
     doing all this at once!
[23:17] Rein
    I'm not sure what to tell you...
[23:19] Rein
    Back home, everyone can do this sort of thing.
[23:23] Rein
    It's just normal for
    a Beast Tamer, isn't it?
[23:26] Kanade
    It's not even kind of normal!
[23:29] Kanade
    And you called me inexplicable?!
SIGN    Comrades
[23:36] Kanade
    Next time: "Comrades."
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