9 - The Reunion By the Lake

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[00:18] AYLA
    He did it!
[00:25] AYLA
    It's from Ms. Lena.
[00:27] AYLA
    "I should be arriving in Athena soon."
[00:30] AYLA
    Sounds like it's taking longer than expected.
[00:34] MONICA
    Lena? You mean the Sword Saint
    who's gotten so famous lately?
[00:37] AYLA
    Yes. She's in the same
    party as me and Mr. Light.
[00:41] AYLA
    She's a dependable member of Luxeria.
[00:46] LENA
    I can finally see it.
[00:48] LENA
    That's Athena, the lake capital.
[00:58] LENA
    "Welcome to Athena, the city
    of fairies and the lake."
[01:09] ARGOS
    Come enjoy the fun that comes once a year!
[01:12] ARGOS
    Athena's traditional Fairy Festival is here!
[01:16] ARGOS
    Drink, sing, and party until the
    Dance of the Fairies in three days!
[01:20] ARGOS
    Welcome, traveler.
    Blessings of the fairies upon you.
[01:24] LENA
    What?
[01:28] LENA
    Everyone seems to be having fun.
[01:30] LENA
    No, I don't have time to celebrate.
SIGN    Episode 9
    The Reunion By the Lake
[03:07] LENA/ID
    If the Holy Sister's secret really is here,
    then she may have sent an assassin ahead.
[03:14] LENA/ID
    I need to stay focused.
[03:16] LENA
    Excuse me.
[03:18] LENA
    I'm investigating someone
    named Dratena Belbury.
[03:22] HUSBAND
    What?! What's your relationship
    with the Belbury family?
[03:25] WIFE
    I can't believe I'm hearing
    that name on such a happy day.
[03:31] LENA/ID
    What was that about?
[03:33] LENA
    Excuse me. Is Dratena Belbu—
[03:35] WAITER
    What?! Belbury?
[03:38] OLD MAN
    Dratena? Shoo, shoo!
[03:40] MOTHER
    I don't know anything!
[03:45] LENA/ID
    Everyone I've asked grimaces and
    refuses to tell me anything.
[03:49] LENA
    What should I do? I'm already stuck.
[03:56] LENA/ID
    Was that hooded person just looking at me?
[04:05] LENA/ID
    Are they an assassin sent by the Holy Sister?
[04:08] LENA/ID
    In that case...
[04:13] LENA/ID
    I'll get them before they can get me.
[04:22] LENA
    They vanished?
[04:28] LENA/ID
    Oh, no! They're behind me!
[04:33] LENA/ID
    Vines?!
[04:38] LENA/ID
    Between the obnoxious skill...
[04:41] LENA/ID
    and the way they carry themselves.
[04:43] LENA/ID
    If they were an adventurer,
    they'd be higher than S-rank!
[04:46] YUAN
    You don't disappoint, Sword Saint.
[04:48] YUAN
    You handle a sword impressively.
[04:50] LENA
    Who are you? If you're up to
    no good, I'll show no mercy.
[04:53] YUAN
    I can't allow an amateur to poke
    around like she thinks she's a spy.
[04:58] LENA
    I'll show you that I'm no amateur.
[05:00] FLOWER HAT
    Stop.
[05:02] FLOWER HAT
    That's enough for now.
[05:04] LENA/ID
    Oh, no. I'm surrounded.
[05:06] LENA
    Stop, or I'll cut you down!
[05:09] FLOWER HAT
    Now, now. Don't be so bloodthirsty.
[05:14] FLOWER HAT
    Hey, there. Good to see
    you again, Sword Saint.
[05:18] LENA
    Ms. Flower Hat?
[05:23] FLOWER HAT
    This is my subordinate, Yuan.
SIGN    Flower Hat
    Head of Investigation Bureau
SIGN    Yuan
     Flower Hat's Associate
[05:25] YUAN
    Nice to meet you.
[05:27] FLOWER HAT
    I had him do some recon since you were
    asking around so stupidly honestly.
[05:33] LENA
    "Stupidly?"
[05:34] LENA
    What's the Investigation
    Bureau doing in this city?
[05:37] FLOWER HAT
    The same thing you are.
[05:38] FLOWER HAT
    We're looking for Dratena, too.
[05:42] LENA
    But why? Aren't you on
    the Holy Sister's side?
[05:45] FLOWER HAT
    I'm not on anybody's side.
[05:48] FLOWER HAT
    I'm just a gatherer of information.
[05:50] YUAN
    Finding Dratena is one part
    of stopping the Wicked Dragon.
[05:56] FLOWER HAT
    We're still analyzing the scale you
    provided at the Wicked Dragon meeting.
[06:01] FLOWER HAT
    Our only other lead right now is Dratena,
    who was involved in its summoning.
[06:08] LENA
    So that's why a bureau
    head came here in person.
[06:10] YUAN
    Stopping the Wicked Dragon
    is that pressing a matter.
[06:13] FLOWER HAT
    It would be disastrous if that threat
    suddenly appeared in a city.
[06:17] LENA
    That's true. It would
    affect a lot of people.
[06:21] FLOWER HAT
    You seem to have a personal
    connection to the Holy Sister,
[06:25] FLOWER HAT
    but from the bureau's perspective,
    the Wicked Dragon is the higher priority.
[06:29] FLOWER HAT
    It's harder for us to do our job if you're
    attracting attention with your questions,
[06:34] FLOWER HAT
    so stop hanging around here.
[06:38] FLOWER HAT
    Later.
[06:39] LENA
    H-Hey, wait!
[06:41] LENA/ID
    That said, I can't go home empty-handed.
[06:44] LENA/ID
    I have something I want to protect, too.
[06:47] LENA
    Let me go with you!
[06:52] LENA/ID
    Like the Holy Sister,
    Ms. Flower Hat is a bureau head.
[06:56] LENA/ID
    It's a bit risky, but she's
    an expert investigator.
[07:00] FLOWER HAT
    Are you hoping to sponge off our efforts?
[07:03] LENA
    Yes. I'm desperate for any
    information on Dratena.
[07:09] FLOWER HAT
    You're an honest one.
[07:10] FLOWER HAT
    Sure. You can follow us.
[07:12] LENA
    All right!
[07:13] FLOWER HAT
    But it comes with a condition.
[07:15] FLOWER HAT
    I don't want to hear you say
    anything about our methods.
[07:18] LENA
    U-Understood.
[07:21] YUAN
    Are you sure? How does this benefit us?
[07:23] FLOWER HAT
    This girl has seen Dratena's face.
[07:26] FLOWER HAT
    Not even the Investigation
    Bureau has that information.
[07:28] YUAN
    I see.
[07:30] FLOWER HAT
    All right. Let's fill our stomachs first.
[07:34] LENA
    What?
[07:43] FLOWER HAT
    Hello.
[07:45] OLD WOMAN
    Welcome.
[07:47] FLOWER HAT
    Three orders of evening-caught
    fresh fish meunière, please.
[07:50] LENA
    Aren't you going to investigate?
[07:52] OLD WOMAN
    What kind of sauce would you like?
[07:55] FLOWER HAT
    A white sauce with tomatoes
    that have been stewed overnight.
[07:59] LENA
    This is an odd conversation.
[08:05] OLD WOMAN
    Through here, please.
[08:10] LENA
    A basement room?
[08:13] FLOWER HAT
    Hey. Thanks for waiting, informant.
[08:20] YUAN
    Here's your 20,000 gold.
[08:22] YUAN
    You won't have to worry about
    food for several months.
[08:26] YUAN
    We want to know the details about and
    location of Dratena Belbury.
SIGN    To think someone would ask about that nuisance.
SIGN    Dratena is the daughter of this town's formerly prestigious Belbury family.
[08:39] FLOWER HAT
    Formerly?
SIGN    Yes. They fell into ruin because of her.
SIGN    A young girl, who loved to dance, and acquired the Necromancy skill
SIGN    at the young age of six.
SIGN    By chance, the family experienced a series of unfortunate events at the same time,
SIGN    like the decline of their trading business and the sudden death of Dratena's mother.
SIGN    Rumor spread around town that their family was cursed.
SIGN    Her father blamed his daughter's taboo skill for their misfortune,
SIGN    so he disowned her and sent her to live in a villa.
[09:13] LENA
    What?
SIGN    Since then, the townsfolk have ostracized her as an ill-fated person.
[09:22] FLOWER HAT
    No wonder the townsfolk won't talk about her.
SIGN    Dratena's only supporter is the Holy Sister.
SIGN    Perhaps she pitied Dratena because she was present when Dratena acquired her taboo skill,
SIGN    but the Holy Sister exchanged letters with Dratena and invited her to the Holy City.
SIGN    To the Holy Sister, she was probably just one of the many unfortunate children she supported.
[09:48] LENA
    The Holy Sister did all that?
[09:50] FLOWER HAT
    I see. So, where is Dratena now?
SIGN    In this city.
[09:56] LENA
    She's alive?
SIGN    What a strange thing to say.
SIGN    Are there rumors she died?
[10:04] LENA/ID
    So she escaped from that collapsing manor?
SIGN    You'll have to pay extra
    for her exact location, however.
[10:15] YUAN
    I believe we negotiated this price beforehand
    for details about Dratena and her location.
SIGN    Is that right? I'd forgotten.
SIGN    Well, this is a problem.
SIGN    I'd love to tell you, but I'm running a business here.
[10:32] FLOWER HAT
    Yuan...
[10:34] YUAN
    Speak! Where is Dratena?
[10:38] LENA
    This is crossing a line!
[10:40] FLOWER HAT
    I told you to keep your mouth shut.
[10:42] FLOWER HAT
    He's the one who broke our agreement first.
[10:45] YUAN
    It was foolish of you to try to take
    advantage of the Investigation Bureau.
SIGN    I-I'll talk. She's in the theater district.
SIGN    She's preparing for the Dance of the Fairies there.
[10:57] FLOWER HAT
    You should've just said so from the start.
[11:01] LENA
    You practically tortured him.
[11:03] FLOWER HAT
    You're too kind, Sword Saint.
[11:06] FLOWER HAT
    You can't find valuable information
    lying on the side of the road.
[11:10] FLOWER HAT
    I'll do whatever it takes to seize it.
[11:12] FLOWER HAT
    That's my style.
[11:21] BUTLER
    Are you going out again today, Lady Dratena?
[11:29] DRATENA
    Yes. I'll be back.
[11:32] BUTLER
    You're welcome to go out,
[11:34] BUTLER
    but if you don't rest, you'll worsen
    your injuries from the other day.
[11:38] DRATENA
    I don't have time for that.
[11:41] DRATENA
    The Holy Sister nominated me to be a dancer.
[11:45] DRATENA
    I want to be fully prepared
    for my performance.
[11:47] BUTLER
    Very well. In that case,
    I'll prepare a carriage for you.
[11:54] YUAN
    The Dance of the Fairies is a sacred ritual
    held on the final day of the Fairy Festival.
[12:01] LENA
    Sacred?
[12:02] YUAN
    Yes. A thousand years ago, the Fairy King
    protected this lake from an army of monsters.
[12:08] YUAN
    The ritual reenacts this legend
    and is a prayer for peace.
[12:11] LENA
    Reenacts the legend?
[12:13] FLOWER HAT
    They say the purifying power of the Fairy
    Stone protects this city from calamity,
[12:20] FLOWER HAT
    so it must be a pretty important event.
[12:23] YUAN
    Every year, daughters of respectable
    families are chosen to be dancers.
[12:27] YUAN
    An impressive enough performance
    can raise the family's status.
[12:31] FLOWER HAT
    So Dratena was chosen to
    be a dancer this year.
[12:36] LENA
    She can't feel good about being in
    this city, so why does she stay here?
[12:42] FLOWER HAT
    We'll find out by infiltrating this place.
[12:48] FLOWER HAT
    According to the informant,
    the dancers and band are practicing here.
[12:54] FLOWER HAT
    Dratena is one of them.
[13:01] GUARD A
    Only authorized persons are
    allowed beyond this point.
[13:04] GUARD B
    Please turn back.
[13:06] FLOWER HAT
    Oh, we're authorized. We are...
[13:17] FLOWER HAT
    dancing sisters and a flutist.
[13:20] GUARD A
    Were there dancers like this?
[13:22] GUARD B
    I've never seen them before.
[13:24] FLOWER HAT
    Apparently they were short on
    dancers with shapely bodies.
[13:28] LENA
    So we were chosen later.
[13:31] GUARD A
    I see. You certainly are cute.
[13:34] GUARD B
    What about those swords on your hips?
[13:36] FLOWER HAT
    They're props for the dance.
[13:39] FLOWER HAT
    We play fairy knights.
[13:43] LENA/ID
    Mine is real, though.
[13:49] GUARD B
    You may pass.
[13:51] FLOWER HAT
    All right. It worked. That was too easy.
[13:55] LENA
    But I can't dance. What should I do?
[14:00] FLOWER HAT
    We'll figure something out.
[14:01] FLOWER HAT
    Yuan can't play any instruments either.
[14:04] YUAN
    All I can do is pantomime.
[14:05] LENA
    Really?
[14:07] DANCER A
    Did you see that dancer?
[14:09] DANCER A
    She's the Belbury girl with the taboo skill.
[14:12] DANCER B
    You should stay away from her,
    or you'll be cursed.
[14:16] DANCER B
    My father told me to stay away
    from the Belburys no matter what.
[14:20] FLOWER HAT
    They may come from good families,
    but their words aren't so nice.
[14:24] LENA
    What kind of life has Dratena lived?
[14:36] FLOWER HAT
    Well? Recognize anyone?
[14:52] LENA
    She really is alive.
[14:56] DRATENA
    What are you doing here?
[15:01] FLOWER HAT
    Yuan!
[15:07] DRATENA
    The Sword Saint and a bureau head?
[15:10] DRATENA
    What are you two doing together?
[15:12] FLOWER HAT
    Dratena, let me be direct.
[15:15] FLOWER HAT
    Do you have any idea where the
    Wicked Dragon currently is?
[15:19] DRATENA
    No. From the moment it was summoned,
    it was never under my control.
[15:25] FLOWER HAT
    So our lead went nowhere.
[15:27] FLOWER HAT
    In that case, I'm taking
    you to the Holy City.
[15:30] FLOWER HAT
    I'd like to use the Magic Tracing skill on you.
[15:32] DRATENA
    Now?
[15:33] FLOWER HAT
    Yes. We're in a race against time.
[15:37] DRATENA
    I'll go to the Holy City,
    but wait two more days!
[15:40] DRATENA
    I want to stay here until
    the Dance of the Fairies!
[15:43] FLOWER HAT
    Unfortunately, I can't compromise on that.
[15:45] DRATENA
    I've wanted to be a dancer
    since I was little!
[15:48] DRATENA
    At least let me do this!
[15:52] LENA
    Ms. Flower Hat, we can
    afford a two-day delay.
[15:55] FLOWER HAT
    You promised you wouldn't say anything.
[16:00] DRATENA
    Ow!
[16:02] LENA
    Her leg...
[16:04] LENA
    The injury she suffered at the
    count's manor still hasn't healed.
[16:06] FLOWER HAT
    You're ignoring a threat to be
    the dancer you always dreamed of?
[16:10] FLOWER HAT
    Aren't you being a bit too selfish?
[16:13] FLOWER HAT
    If you resist, I'll drag you back
    to the holy capital if I have to.
[16:18] LENA/ID
    She'll do whatever it takes
    to seize information.
[16:21] LENA/ID
    This is Ms. Flower Hat's version of justice.
[16:25] LENA
    What about mine?
[16:27] LENA
    I...
[16:43] LENA
    Come with me!
[16:44] DRATENA
    Huh?
[16:47] FLOWER HAT
    Wow, didn't see this coming.
[16:49] YUAN
    Foolish girl.
[16:57] LENA
    Jump!
[17:06] YUAN
    Do they plan to run along the rooftops?
[17:26] YUAN
    They dropped down right away. They got us.
[17:31] YUAN
    I'm sorry. I let them escape.
[17:35] FLOWER HAT
    It's not a problem.
[17:36] FLOWER HAT
    Given Dratena's obsession with the dance,
[17:39] FLOWER HAT
    they won't leave the city while
    the festival is going on.
[17:46] FLOWER HAT
    I thought that girl was an honor student,
    but she's rather bold.
[17:53] FLOWER HAT
    She's young.
[18:05] LENA
    I think we lost them.
[18:07] DRATENA
    What are you doing?
[18:10] LENA
    I don't know.
[18:12] DRATENA
    What?
[18:14] DRATENA
    Seriously?
[18:26] ARGOS
    Have you heard this legend?
[18:31] ARGOS
    A loyal servant of the fairy monarch is
    sealed at the base of that massive Fairy Stone.
[18:37] ARGOS
    For a thousand years, he's maintained
    the peace at Lake Athena.
[18:42] NEWLYWED WIFE
    Really? So that's why it glows.
[18:45] NEWLYWED HUSBAND
    It looks so magical at night.
[18:48] ARGOS
    They say the Dance of the Fairies
    is a ritual meant to soothe him
[18:52] ARGOS
    since he left the fairy world alone
    and became the guardian of our world.
[18:58] NEWLYWED WIFE
    What a beautiful story.
[19:00] ARGOS
    Yes, but what would happen to this
    city if cracks were to appear there?
[19:06] NEWLYWED HUSBAND
    Huh? What'd you say?
[19:09] ARGOS
    Oh, nothing.
[19:12] NEWLYWED WIFE
    Mr. Bard, could you
    play us a song as well?
[19:15] ARGOS
    Of course.
[19:21] LIGHT
    One hundred twelve... One hundred thirteen... One hundred fourteen...
[19:29] LIGHT
    One hundred fifteen...
[19:33] LIGHT
    What is it, Sleep Pixie?
[19:36] AYLA
    Mr. Light, you're exhausted from fighting.
[19:40] AYLA
    You need to rest.
[19:41] LIGHT
    But my injuries have already healed.
[19:45] LIGHT
    I can't sit still.
[19:48] LIGHT
    We need to take care of
    that S-rank job soon, too.
[19:54] LIGHT
    Besides, I'm sure Lena's
    working hard right now.
[20:00] AYLA
    Ms. Lena will be fine.
[20:02] AYLA
    After all, she's the Sword Saint.
[20:04] AYLA
    She can easily handle any situation.
[20:07] LIGHT
    You're right. She's the strongest.
[20:11] AYLA
    You will be soon.
[20:19] MONICA
    I'll do whatever it takes to make the
    ultimate sword that's perfect for Light.
[20:29] MONICA/ID
    Using my skill.
[20:34] FLOWER HAT
    Now fly!
[20:38] FLOWER HAT
    I'm having all the birds
    I have currently look for them.
[20:41] FLOWER HAT
    They've got better night vision than us.
[20:47] YUAN
    Huh? They're back already.
[20:50] FLOWER HAT
    Oh?
[20:54] FLOWER HAT
    They're extraordinarily frightened.
[21:03] YUAN
    It wilted.
[21:04] FLOWER HAT
    This is bad. This is really, really bad.
[21:09] FLOWER HAT
    Scholar's Eye!
[21:12] YUAN
    What's going on?
[21:14] FLOWER HAT
    Response to certain atmospheric state...
[21:17] FLOWER HAT
    Immediate stagnation...
[21:19] FLOWER HAT
    Vital to life...
[21:22] FLOWER HAT
    The "source" we've been searching for
    may be coming from over there.
[21:25] FLOWER HAT
    And if that happens, we'll have to bet on...
[21:31] FLOWER HAT
    those two.
[23:26] LENA
    Dratena and I managed to escape together,
    but there's bad news!
[23:29] LENA
    The city is teeming with monsters!
[23:31] LENA
    The city is in danger!
[23:32] LENA
    Let's go protect the people!
[23:34] DRATENA
    Yeah!
[23:35] LENA
    Set your sights on becoming
    the greatest adventurer ever!