# E10 - There's Always a Reason Why Things Are the Way They Are
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UV202Q/theres-always-a-reason-why-things-are-the-way-they-are)
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**[00:07] ---**
*Hey, Naut and Rossi should be fine.*
**[00:10] ---**
*R-Right.*
**[00:13] ---**
*I'm sure they are...*
**[00:16] ---**
*Blaise was...*
**[00:18] ---**
*planning to do that from the start.*
**[00:21] ---**
*She knew she had no hope of surviving.*
**[00:24] ---**
*Even so, she tried to be useful to us.*
**[00:27] ---**
*But if only I'd been paying
closer attention to her...*
**[00:31] ---**
*You're wrong about that.*
**[00:33] ---**
*Blaise died because I let my guard down.*
**[00:36] ---**
*That can't be!*
**[00:38] ---**
*So, I'm not making the same mistake again.*
**[00:40] ---**
*I'm taking you to the royal capital,
whatever it takes!*
**[00:46] ---**
*Let's...*
**[00:48] ---**
*enter the royal capital together,
no matter what.*
**[00:52] ---**
*There's something
I want you to promise me.*
**[00:56] ---**
*What is it?*
**[00:57] ---**
*Being a pig, I wouldn't be allowed
to enter the royal capital without you.*
**[01:01] ---**
*But you should be able
to get in on your own.*
**[01:05] ---**
*If anything happens to me, you keep
heading straight for the royal capital.*
**[01:09] ---**
*Got that?*
**[01:12] ---**
Mister Pig...
**[01:14] ---**
I...
**[01:16] ---**
*Without you, I...*
**[01:18] ---**
*just can't...*
**[01:22] ---**
*We've been putting our lives on the line
to get you safely to the royal capital!*
**[01:28] ---**
*It's your duty to live up to that!*
**[01:31] ---**
*So, I want you to have the resolve
to reach the royal capital, no matter what!*
**[01:35] ---**
*Even if...*
**[01:36] ---**
*you end up alone.*
**[01:40] ---**
*All right.*
**[01:40] ---**
There's Always a Reason
Why Things Are the Way They Are
**[03:20] ---**
*If we were to run into any Yethma hunters...*
**[03:24] ---**
*the only things I could use...*
**[03:25] ---**
*are these anklets, and...*
**[03:30] ---**
*You can activate all three of them
by pulling those pins and snapping them.*
**[03:34] ---**
*The one with the red rista
embedded in it is a bomb.*
**[03:37] ---**
*It doesn't have the widest range,
but it's potent enough.*
**[03:40] ---**
*The yellow one is a sielter.*
**[03:41] ---**
*Use it when you want to hide.*
**[03:43] ---**
*It'll look like a rock.*
**[03:45] ---**
*The green one is a wolf call
that summons wolves inaudibly to humans.*
**[03:50] ---**
*Activate it, and some irritable wolves
will show up.*
**[03:56] ---**
*How long before the wolves get here?*
**[03:59] ---**
*I don't know.*
**[04:00] ---**
*But here in the Needle Woods,
there's no way that they wouldn't show up.*
**[04:05] ---**
*You can use the sielter to hide.*
**[04:08] ---**
*If you're lucky, the wolves
will chase off the Yethma hunters.*
**[04:11] ---**
*At least, they might.*
**[04:14] ---**
*Not the most user-friendly tools, are they?*
**[04:17] ---**
*Ideally, you wouldn't have to use them at all.*
**[04:21] ---**
*But if it ever comes to it...*
**[04:23] ---**
*think hard before you use them.*
**[04:26] ---**
*This is it.*
**[04:28] ---**
*The entrance...*
**[04:30] ---**
*Where do you think it is?*
**[04:32] ---**
*Blaise said to appeal to the king.*
**[04:37] ---**
*Luckily, there don't seem to be
any Yethma hunters nearby.*
**[04:41] ---**
*Jess, it probably won't work,*
**[04:43] ---**
*but try shouting the words
"Please let me in" toward the cliff.*
**[04:46] ---**
*If it doesn't work,
we'll move on right away.*
**[04:52] ---**
Please let me in!
**[05:00] ---**
*It looks like I was wrong.*
**[05:02] ---**
*Oh, well. Let's go.*
**[05:04] ---**
*Right.*
**[05:10] ---**
Please let me in!
**[05:18] ---**
*No good yet again, huh?*
**[05:20] ---**
*Let's go.*
**[05:26] ---**
*Where the heck...*
**[05:27] ---**
*is that entrance?*
**[05:38] ---**
*How about riding me again?*
**[05:41] ---**
No.
**[05:42] ---**
I can still walk.
**[05:43] ---**
*Not only don't we have a clue
where the entrance is,*
**[05:46] ---**
*we also don't know
when we'll come under attack again.*
**[05:49] ---**
*We're going to need some stamina
if that happens, right?*
**[05:52] ---**
*So, come on, get on me.*
**[06:00] ---**
Understood.
**[06:13] ---**
Mister Pig...
**[06:14] ---**
Let's talk about something.
**[06:17] ---**
*Yeah, let's do that.*
**[06:19] ---**
Then, tell me about your
first love, Mister Pig.
**[06:48] ---**
*It looks like someone's there.*
**[06:54] ---**
Young lady!
**[06:56] ---**
No use trying to escape!
**[06:58] ---**
Just come out here like a good girl!
**[07:00] ---**
*Don't move, Jess!
Is that wound deep?*
**[07:03] ---**
*No.*
**[07:04] ---**
*I'm all right.*
**[07:08] ---**
*Is that guy alone?*
**[07:10] ---**
*How can I give Jess a chance to escape?*
**[07:12] ---**
*Compose yourself and think!*
**[07:14] ---**
*Excuse me...*
**[07:15] ---**
*but I'm okay.*
**[07:17] ---**
*Please run, Mister Pig.*
**[07:19] ---**
*Don't be ridiculous!*
**[07:20] ---**
*This time, I'm gonna protect you!*
**[07:22] ---**
*I...*
**[07:24] ---**
*really enjoyed myself.*
**[07:26] ---**
*So...*
**[07:27] ---**
*There's no way I'd abandon you, Jess!*
**[07:30] ---**
*Not in a million years!*
**[07:32] ---**
*Whatever you do...*
**[07:33] ---**
*don't sound like you've given up!*
**[07:39] ---**
Is someone else there?
**[07:41] ---**
Whisper all you want,
but it's not gonna get you anywhere!
**[07:43] ---**
See, that arrow...
**[07:45] ---**
I've applied poison to it!
**[07:50] ---**
You're not going to survive!
**[07:52] ---**
If you have any friends nearby,
I'd be happy to let them off!
**[07:59] ---**
*There's no scent of poison.*
**[08:01] ---**
*He's bluffing!*
**[08:03] ---**
*He's just checking to see
if any allies are lurking around!*
**[08:06] ---**
*Don't you answer him!*
**[08:09] ---**
I'm only after you, young lady!
**[08:11] ---**
I'm coming over...
**[08:13] ---**
all right?
**[08:20] ---**
*No good, huh?*
**[08:22] ---**
*Jess...*
**[08:26] ---**
Hey, you're up to something, aren't you?
**[08:28] ---**
Not good.
**[08:30] ---**
I'm on my own,
so I can't have you resisting me.
**[08:38] ---**
*I see.*
**[08:39] ---**
*So, he's got no reason to hurry
when he's up against a wounded Yethma.*
**[08:46] ---**
*Dammit! So, there's another one!*
**[08:50] ---**
*Jess, give me the red ball.*
**[08:55] ---**
*There's another enemy in hiding!*
**[08:57] ---**
*But they're still wary of us
possibly having more allies on our side!*
**[09:03] ---**
*Let's use that against them!*
**[09:05] ---**
*Start off by calling out
as if a friend's nearby!*
**[09:14] ---**
Mister Naut, no!
**[09:15] ---**
You mustn't come here!
**[09:19] ---**
*All right! Activate the wolf call!*
**[09:23] ---**
I knew there was someone nearby.
**[09:26] ---**
All that whispering
made me suspect as much.
**[09:44] ---**
*Ugh!*
**[09:45] ---**
*Can you believe that sound?*
**[09:48] ---**
*Mister Pig?*
**[09:50] ---**
*I'm fine.*
**[09:51] ---**
*R-Right.*
**[09:53] ---**
It's no use! Naut or whatever...
**[09:55] ---**
there's no saving that Yethma!
**[09:58] ---**
The poison's circulating
throughout her body even as we speak!
**[10:02] ---**
*I'm going to create a diversion!*
**[10:04] ---**
*Jess, you take advantage
and run as far away as you can!*
**[10:07] ---**
*But what about you, Mister Pig?*
**[10:09] ---**
*Don't worry! I'll be right behind you.*
**[10:24] ---**
*Oh, crap—*
**[10:32] ---**
What the hell? A boar?
**[10:37] ---**
*Will that do?*
**[10:50] ---**
*Jess, do you think you can retreat?*
**[10:52] ---**
*Yes!*
**[10:53] ---**
*Somehow.*
**[10:54] ---**
*Okay!*
**[10:55] ---**
*Keep moving as far away as you can
and hide in the sielter!*
**[11:17] ---**
What was that?
**[11:18] ---**
We're splitting up!
**[11:19] ---**
Gotcha!
**[11:50] ---**
There, huh?
**[11:52] ---**
Just come on out!
**[11:55] ---**
*I've got to hold him off
so Jess can run away.*
**[12:01] ---**
*These nuts are...*
**[12:03] ---**
Come out right now!
**[12:05] ---**
I don't wanna get rough with you!
**[12:06] ---**
*Like I'd fall for that.*
**[12:14] ---**
Huh? What is this?
**[12:16] ---**
*Sure I will!*
**[12:28] ---**
Hey! What's wrong?
**[12:38] ---**
Where the hell are you hiding?
**[12:45] ---**
Damn!
**[12:47] ---**
Hey, you're all right?
**[12:48] ---**
*Mister Pig!*
**[12:49] ---**
*Please save me!*
**[12:51] ---**
*Don't tell me there's another Yethma hunter!*
**[12:55] ---**
*Jess, where are you?*
**[13:00] ---**
*Hey...*
**[13:02] ---**
*No way!*
**[13:11] ---**
*Jess...*
**[13:12] ---**
*Please...*
**[13:20] ---**
*Please don't say a word.*
**[13:32] ---**
*You dummy!*
**[13:33] ---**
*Now I can't distract the enemy!*
**[13:36] ---**
*What if they find you?*
**[13:39] ---**
*You're the dummy, Mister Pig.*
**[13:42] ---**
*If I'd gone into the sielter alone...*
**[13:45] ---**
*what were you going to do
when the wolves showed up?*
**[13:49] ---**
*What would I do? Of course I'd...*
**[13:53] ---**
Hey, get up! Wolves!
**[13:55] ---**
Dammit!
**[13:56] ---**
Run!
**[14:01] ---**
*See? If you'd been outside,
just think what would've become of you.*
**[14:05] ---**
*That's true. I owe you one.*
**[14:09] ---**
*But that's just hindsight!*
**[14:11] ---**
*We're still in danger, you know!*
**[14:13] ---**
*Who knows when the wolves might come back?*
**[14:16] ---**
*It would've been safer for me
to distract those men and the wolves!*
**[14:20] ---**
*It would be pointless for me
to be the only one to survive.*
**[14:23] ---**
*It has to be you and me, Mister Pig.*
**[14:25] ---**
*How many times do I have to tell you?*
**[14:28] ---**
*Look, Jess, the truth is,
you don't want to die, right?*
**[14:32] ---**
*So, look out for yourself better!*
**[14:37] ---**
*It's all right for you to be more selfish!*
**[14:40] ---**
*I've already been selfish enough.*
**[14:43] ---**
*That's not true!*
**[14:45] ---**
*When have you ever been
the least bit selfish?*
**[14:53] ---**
*By not wanting you to ever die, Mister Pig.*
**[15:06] ---**
*I can't even stroke your head...*
**[15:08] ---**
*with these pig feet after all.*
**[15:12] ---**
*I'm happy enough
just knowing you feel that way.*
**[15:16] ---**
*Don't read my mind!*
**[15:18] ---**
*I'm sorry.*
**[15:35] ---**
*I think it's safe for us to come out.*
**[15:40] ---**
*Are you okay?*
**[15:42] ---**
*Yes, more or less.*
**[15:44] ---**
*How about you, Mister Pig?*
**[15:47] ---**
*Yeah.*
**[15:48] ---**
*I'm much better now.*
**[15:50] ---**
*Let's go.*
**[15:51] ---**
Right.
**[16:04] ---**
Um, Mister Pig...
**[16:10] ---**
I've never had someone
stay so close to me before.
**[16:15] ---**
*Stop. Don't put up any death flags.*
**[16:18] ---**
I was truly happy.
**[16:22] ---**
I just wanted to let you know that.
**[16:27] ---**
*Are you all right?*
**[16:31] ---**
Yes.
**[16:36] ---**
*Let's take a break here for now.*
**[16:39] ---**
*There's no end to this.*
**[16:44] ---**
Mister Pig, are you happy right now?
**[16:49] ---**
*No.*
**[16:50] ---**
*I wouldn't call myself happy.*
**[16:52] ---**
*Because I still don't think
I've truly made you happy yet.*
**[16:57] ---**
Oh no, I...
**[16:59] ---**
*Well, but even if I were to die right now,
I wouldn't have any regrets.*
**[17:03] ---**
*Having a beautiful young girl
press her breasts against me...*
**[17:05] ---**
*That's something I never would've experienced
leading a normal life!*
**[17:08] ---**
*So, being a pig isn't all bad!*
**[17:10] ---**
If that's all you need...
**[17:12] ---**
*Hold up, that was a virgin joke.*
**[17:26] ---**
If...
**[17:29] ---**
If you were reincarnated,
what would you want to be?
**[17:34] ---**
*Well, a human.*
**[17:37] ---**
*But other than that, maybe a dog.*
**[17:40] ---**
*Getting all that praise
just for fetching a ball! I'm a little envious.*
**[17:46] ---**
What a funny reason that is!
**[17:49] ---**
*What do you want to be, Jess?*
**[17:51] ---**
Let's see.
**[17:54] ---**
I guess maybe a pig.
**[17:56] ---**
*Does even Jess have a unique fetish
that makes her long to be called a "sow"?*
**[18:01] ---**
Oh no, I don't mean it that way.
**[18:05] ---**
If you don't manage to turn
back into a human, Mister Pig...
**[18:09] ---**
then...
**[18:13] ---**
Mister Pig, there's something
I have to tell you.
**[18:24] ---**
A heckripon?
**[18:29] ---**
*You're sure they're harmless?*
**[18:32] ---**
Yes.
**[18:33] ---**
Heckripons don't do anything.
**[18:36] ---**
*They're weird creatures for sure.*
**[18:39] ---**
*We didn't have them where I come from—*
**[18:42] ---**
*Huh?*
**[18:43] ---**
*I'm told that they suddenly
increased their numbers...*
**[18:45] ---**
*after the end of the dark ages.*
**[18:46] ---**
*They only bring misfortune.*
**[18:47] ---**
*Although it's only been in the last few years
that people started saying that.*
**[18:50] ---**
*Did a bunch of heckripons gather
or something before that incident?*
**[18:53] ---**
*There are two laws concerning Yethmas.*
**[18:56] ---**
*Appeal to the king.*
**[19:00] ---**
*Hey, Jess...*
**[19:01] ---**
*so you really believe
that heckripons don't do anything?*
**[19:08] ---**
*But the truth is...*
**[19:09] ---**
*heckripons are doing a certain thing.*
**[19:12] ---**
*I think that one must be watching us.*
**[19:14] ---**
Well, I agree, but...
**[19:17] ---**
*Listen, Jess.*
**[19:19] ---**
*The animals here in Mesteria
also exist in the world I come from.*
**[19:24] ---**
*The only exception being heckripons.*
**[19:31] ---**
*Living creatures interact
in complex ways to survive.*
**[19:35] ---**
*The ecosystem is built
on that delicate balance.*
**[19:40] ---**
*Having an oddball creature like that
in the mix just doesn't make sense.*
**[19:46] ---**
*Which leads me to speculate...*
**[19:49] ---**
*that heckripons were actually brought in
from outside the ecosystem around the dark ages.*
**[19:54] ---**
*That they were created by a mage.*
**[19:57] ---**
But for what reason?
**[20:00] ---**
*In order to see.*
**[20:01] ---**
*Meaning, for surveillance.*
**[20:03] ---**
*Some time before the convent
at Baptsaze burned down,*
**[20:06] ---**
*there was a surge in heckripons in the
surrounding area. That's what Ceres told us.*
**[20:12] ---**
*Don't you think it's weird that a stone building
could be burned into nothingness?*
**[20:16] ---**
*But if a mage watching through the eyes
of the heckripons did it*
**[20:20] ---**
*to punish people for hiding Yethmas,
then yeah, that makes sense!*
**[20:24] ---**
Why would they do that?
**[20:26] ---**
*In this country, it's prohibited by law...*
**[20:29] ---**
*to transport or sexually assault
Yethmas, right?*
**[20:31] ---**
*Isn't that because they're afraid that some Yethmas
might escape surveillance or increase in number?*
**[20:38] ---**
*They need Yethmas
to either reach the royal capital...*
**[20:42] ---**
*or else die when they turn 16.*
**[20:44] ---**
*That's why they created this system!
I can't think of any other reason!*
**[20:48] ---**
But we haven't done anything wrong!
**[20:52] ---**
*Let's ask them why directly...*
**[20:53] ---**
*in the royal capital!*
**[20:57] ---**
*Are you ready, Jess?*
**[21:24] ---**
Please let me enter the royal capital!
**[21:26] ---**
I'd like to talk to you
about what a Yethma really is!
**[21:47] ---**
*No good, huh?*
**[22:27] ---**
*Let's go!*
**[22:28] ---**
All right!