# E11 - Keep Rewards for When They Really Count
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GD9UVQPQZ/keep-rewards-for-when-they-really-count)
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**[00:48] ---**
You did well to make it this far.
**[00:50] ---**
Jess...
**[00:51] ---**
Please come in.
**[00:53] ---**
Along with that intelligent pig.
**[01:17] ---**
*The pain...*
**[01:18] ---**
*is gone?*
**[01:21] ---**
Now then...
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this way, please.
**[01:38] ---**
Please cleanse yourselves
and get some rest.
**[01:41] ---**
The bathroom is in the back.
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A change of clothes
has been left for you there.
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I will come by
to pick you up when you awaken.
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Thank you very much.
**[01:53] ---**
Excuse me!
**[01:57] ---**
You're worried
about that young hunter, aren't you?
**[02:02] ---**
He's safe.
**[02:03] ---**
He's already left the Needle Woods.
**[02:06] ---**
*Is that right?*
**[02:13] ---**
That was exhausting, wasn't it?
**[02:15] ---**
*Yeah, I'm wiped out!*
**[02:17] ---**
Why don't I give you a bath
and then we'll go to bed?
**[02:19] ---**
Please come when I call you.
**[02:21] ---**
*Yeah.*
**[02:28] ---**
*Huuuh?*
**[04:05] ---**
Mister Pig? Please come in!
**[04:08] ---**
*Uh, right!*
**[04:36] ---**
*My bad! I saw you
for just a split second!*
**[04:40] ---**
That's all right.
**[04:41] ---**
You're the one who told me to stash my nudity
for a rainy day, Mister Pig, remember?
**[04:46] ---**
Now open your eyes
and take a good look, please.
**[05:00] ---**
*You're beautiful.*
**[05:02] ---**
I'm going to bathe you properly, okay?
**[05:06] ---**
So, you mustn't look away
while that's going on.
**[05:20] ---**
You have to really look at me.
**[05:22] ---**
This is the utmost thanks
I could think of to offer you.
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Please accept it.
**[05:27] ---**
*I see!*
**[05:29] ---**
*Then, I'm going to have to accept it, right?*
**[05:33] ---**
*That smile is the ultimate reward.*
**[05:37] ---**
It's the smile you gave me, Mister Pig!
**[05:41] ---**
It's very lonely being a servant.
**[05:45] ---**
I would only ever smile
for someone else's benefit.
**[05:49] ---**
It's not easy to smile spontaneously.
**[05:52] ---**
But that was who I was
before I ever met you, Mister Pig.
**[05:56] ---**
Because you made me smile so often.
**[06:00] ---**
*Well, that's good to know!*
**[06:03] ---**
Like when you showed off
that dance to Mister Kilins!
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I came this close to laughing out loud...
**[06:09] ---**
so I panicked and held my breath!
**[06:12] ---**
*Please forget about that.
That wasn't my finest hour.*
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I've never slept
in such a fluffy bed before!
**[06:25] ---**
*Neither have I.*
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*Well, I'm a pig, so it's no wonder.*
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So warm.
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It's so reassuring.
**[06:45] ---**
*Of course I'm looking forward
to becoming a human again.*
**[06:48] ---**
*But is it really possible?*
**[06:50] ---**
*Not to mention,
what's the king going to do to us?*
**[06:55] ---**
Mister Pig...
**[07:00] ---**
*So, you're awake?*
**[07:02] ---**
I...
**[07:04] ---**
*Huh?*
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No matter...
**[07:07] ---**
what happens tomorrow...
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I feel blessed that I got to come
on this journey with you.
**[07:14] ---**
*Jess...*
**[07:16] ---**
Mister Pig...
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Thank you.
**[07:32] ---**
Good morning!
**[07:37] ---**
*Is it about noon?*
**[07:40] ---**
P-Please come in!
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Once you've changed your clothes,
I'll take you upstairs.
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*Uh, excuse me.*
**[08:12] ---**
Yes?
**[08:12] ---**
What is it?
**[08:14] ---**
*You seem to be able
to hear my inner thoughts.*
**[08:18] ---**
*And there's something about you that...*
**[08:21] ---**
*Are you a Yethma?*
**[08:48] ---**
The king is waiting for you in there.
**[09:16] ---**
*That's... this country's...*
**[09:19] ---**
*Mesteria's... great king?*
**[09:28] ---**
Sit down.
**[09:30] ---**
You, too, Wyss.
**[09:53] ---**
Have something to eat.
You must be hungry.
**[09:56] ---**
Thank you very much.
**[09:59] ---**
*Since he's a king, I thought
he'd be lording it over us on his throne.*
**[10:05] ---**
If it'll make you happy, I can certainly
lord it over you on my throne...
**[10:09] ---**
but isn't it easier to talk this way?
**[10:11] ---**
*He read my mind!*
**[10:13] ---**
*Please forgive me!*
**[10:14] ---**
*That was so rude!*
**[10:16] ---**
Don't give it another thought.
**[10:18] ---**
After all, not many people know
that mages can read minds.
**[10:24] ---**
Are you all mages?
**[10:27] ---**
Indeed we are.
**[10:28] ---**
I am both a mage
and the king of this country.
**[10:31] ---**
My name is Eavis.
**[10:33] ---**
That's my grandson, Shravis, over there.
**[10:37] ---**
And that's his mother, Wyss.
**[10:41] ---**
Now then...
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I'm told that there's something
you'd like to ask me, Jess.
**[10:45] ---**
Go ahead and tell me what it is.
**[10:47] ---**
Yes!
**[10:49] ---**
Um...
**[10:51] ---**
You see...
**[10:53] ---**
I'd like you to turn Mister Pig
back into a human.
**[11:01] ---**
Fine.
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But there is one condition.
**[11:07] ---**
No matter what method is used to turn
that young man from a pig back into a human,
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you're to watch until the end.
**[11:15] ---**
All right.
**[11:16] ---**
Very well.
**[11:17] ---**
I'm going to hold you
to your promise.
**[11:21] ---**
*Is this really okay?*
**[11:23] ---**
*I'm not so sure about this.*
**[11:27] ---**
You will turn him back, then?
**[11:31] ---**
I could do it right this minute, but...
**[11:34] ---**
let's see.
**[11:36] ---**
I'll make sure it's done by sunset.
**[11:39] ---**
Will you be using magic
to turn him back?
**[11:41] ---**
No, not with magic.
**[11:52] ---**
Then, how are you going to do it?
**[11:56] ---**
It's quite simple.
**[11:57] ---**
I'll just have to kill that pig.
**[12:04] ---**
Kill... him?
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By killing that pig, that young man's consciousness
will return to its rightful body,
**[12:10] ---**
which is asleep now
in the world he came from.
**[12:15] ---**
The world... he came from...
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While that young man's consciousness
was floating between the two worlds,
**[12:23] ---**
it was drawn by powerful magic...
**[12:25] ---**
and took up residence
inside a pig in this world.
**[12:31] ---**
Why that happened is something
you ought to tell him yourself, Jess.
**[12:42] ---**
Then...
**[12:43] ---**
if Mister Pig goes back to being human...
**[12:46] ---**
It means that he'll no longer
exist in this world.
**[12:58] ---**
Mister Pig and I...
**[13:00] ---**
can't be together.
**[13:02] ---**
That's the only way to return
that young man to human form.
**[13:08] ---**
If his consciousness remains here,
**[13:11] ---**
the young man's body will eventually die...
**[13:14] ---**
and he'll never be able
to return to his own world.
**[13:18] ---**
That might make you sad,
but I do have a proposal.
**[13:22] ---**
Let me welcome you into the royal family.
**[13:25] ---**
We've been waiting for a mage like you.
**[13:31] ---**
Mage...
**[13:33] ---**
*Just as I thought.*
**[13:34] ---**
*Yethmas are really...*
**[13:36] ---**
*mages.*
**[13:40] ---**
Indeed.
**[13:42] ---**
Jess...
**[13:42] ---**
You seem to be
an extremely talented mage.
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Of course, at this time...
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you're still what's commonly
known as a "Yethma."
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And now, you're no longer a Yethma, Jess.
**[14:17] ---**
*If I may be so presumptuous...*
**[14:18] ---**
*I have a favor to ask of you.*
**[14:20] ---**
I truly regret that this has happened
to you. Ask me anything.
**[14:24] ---**
*I'm grateful to you for telling us
how I can be turned back into a human.*
**[14:28] ---**
*I am resigned to do whatever you decide.*
**[14:35] ---**
*But there's one thing
that I still find unacceptable.*
**[14:38] ---**
*And I'd like you to explain it
to Jess and me if you're so inclined.*
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*Why it is that in this country,
there has to be a social class called "Yethma."*
**[14:53] ---**
Not many people know
what I'm about to tell you.
**[14:59] ---**
However, having peered
inside your mind...
**[15:02] ---**
I can see that you've more or less
arrived at the correct answer.
**[15:06] ---**
Very well, then.
**[15:07] ---**
As a parting gift to you
and as a show of good faith toward Jess,
**[15:12] ---**
let me reveal the truth to you.
**[15:14] ---**
*I appreciate that.*
**[15:24] ---**
Now then, young man...
**[15:26] ---**
where do you want me to start?
**[15:31] ---**
*All I know about the Yethma race...*
**[15:34] ---**
*is what I've gathered
over the last few days.*
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*The silver collars.*
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*Their work as servants.*
**[15:41] ---**
*That they can read minds
and work miracles with black ristae.*
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*That there are only females.*
**[15:47] ---**
*That they're sold at age eight...*
**[15:48] ---**
*and risk their lives traveling
to the royal capital at 16.*
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*And that they're not allowed
to ride in vehicles.*
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*That they're not to be sexually assaulted,
according to your laws.*
**[15:59] ---**
You seem to have a clear grasp
on the main points.
**[16:02] ---**
*There's a reason
behind all of these things.*
**[16:05] ---**
*They mean something to you all.*
**[16:07] ---**
*Am I right?*
**[16:08] ---**
It would be misleading
to say "to us all,"
**[16:11] ---**
but I won't deny
that they do mean something.
**[16:13] ---**
*Isn't the Yethma system a way
to ensure the survival of the mage race?*
**[16:25] ---**
What do you know about the mages?
**[16:29] ---**
*That they possess formidable powers.*
**[16:31] ---**
*That they've repeatedly gone to war
vying for supremacy...*
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*and that they're the ones
who brought on the dark ages.*
**[16:36] ---**
Then, what do you think caused
the mages to decline to this point?
**[16:41] ---**
*Because you wielded too much power
and were too aggressive.*
**[16:45] ---**
That's more or less my own understanding.
**[16:48] ---**
Magic power that was an ill fit
for physical bodies and excessive egocentrism.
**[16:53] ---**
Because of those two factors, the mages began
to kill each other off and brought on the dark ages.
**[16:58] ---**
That's why my great ancestor, Lady Vatis, placed
a silver collar on every surviving mage but herself...
**[17:05] ---**
and sealed off
that magic power and egocentrism.
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As a result, they were left with only
some of their powers and neutralized.
**[17:13] ---**
And that brought the dark ages to an end.
**[17:17] ---**
*Then, how did the collared mages
come to be treated as slaves?*
**[17:22] ---**
It turned out to be far more effective
than first imagined.
**[17:25] ---**
With their egos sealed by those collars,
the Yethmas stopped rebelling at all...
**[17:32] ---**
even if they were treated as slaves
or discriminated against.
**[17:37] ---**
*But how does that...*
**[17:39] ---**
*give anyone the right
to treat them so unjustly?*
**[17:44] ---**
So long as humans exist,
there will always be some kind of toll.
**[17:49] ---**
Someone or other must bear
the brunt of injustice.
**[17:51] ---**
Society has started to gain stability by having
the slave race called Yethmas take on that burden.
**[17:57] ---**
*But don't you think
the current system's taking it too far?*
**[18:04] ---**
*Why are Yethmas who've turned 16 forced to head
to the royal capital at the risk of their lives?*
**[18:10] ---**
In order to keep their numbers down.
**[18:14] ---**
Only the most competent Yethmas who can make it
to the royal capital are allowed to survive.
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And then we have them
bear children as mothers...
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or else welcome them
into our royal bloodline.
**[18:26] ---**
*Why are there only female Yethmas?*
**[18:29] ---**
As one never knows when males might produce
children, we dispose of them before they're born...
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and when females are born,
we control them with those collars.
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To prevent them from bearing children
capable of magic without our knowledge.
**[18:43] ---**
*I have one final question.*
**[18:45] ---**
*This society exists thanks to its ability
to supply Yethmas and ristae.*
**[18:49] ---**
*You don't really think
it's going to last forever, do you?*
**[18:58] ---**
Of course not.
**[19:00] ---**
All societies eventually collapse.
**[19:04] ---**
That said, I firmly believe that this is
a far more ethical era than the dark ages.
**[19:10] ---**
At the very least, I have no intention
of changing the status quo during my reign.
**[19:16] ---**
And should anyone try to change it...
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I'll be sure to resist
with all of my might.
**[19:28] ---**
Time to bring this to an end.
**[19:32] ---**
Come to the Golden Cathedral
a half hour before sunset.
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You may do as you please until then.
**[19:45] ---**
Mister Pig...
**[19:47] ---**
*What's up?*
**[19:48] ---**
I'd like to see Mesteria
from somewhere up high.
**[19:52] ---**
Keep Rewards
for When They Really Count
**[20:06] ---**
*You don't have that collar on anymore.*
**[20:08] ---**
*You can take that off now.*
**[20:11] ---**
I want to keep this scarf on.
**[20:14] ---**
Because you chose it for me, Mister Pig.
**[20:20] ---**
*I see.*
**[20:24] ---**
*Hey, Jess...*
**[20:27] ---**
*Is that Kiltyrie over there?*
**[20:28] ---**
I think so, yes!
**[20:30] ---**
*Our journey was over before we knew it,
but we walked a pretty long way, huh?*
**[20:34] ---**
Yes!
**[20:35] ---**
I was able to come this far
thanks to you, Mister Pig!
**[20:39] ---**
*Hey, all I did was give you
some simple advice.*
**[20:42] ---**
That's not true!
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Because if it hadn't been for you,
I would've been killed near the mansion!
**[20:49] ---**
*If it hadn't been for me,
you wouldn't have had to go buy another rista.*
**[20:53] ---**
*So, there wouldn't have been
any reason to kill you.*
**[20:57] ---**
If it hadn't been for you, Mister Pig...
**[20:59] ---**
I would've declined
to have Mister Naut join us.
**[21:02] ---**
And then, our journey
would've been a lot more dangerous!
**[21:07] ---**
Not only that, but it was you who realized
they were using Miss Blaise to trap us!
**[21:11] ---**
Also...
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I only made it inside the royal capital because
you realized what the heckripons really were!
**[21:19] ---**
Please acknowledge it!
**[21:20] ---**
I... I...
**[21:23] ---**
I would've died for sure
if it hadn't been for you, Mister Pig!
**[21:27] ---**
*You're right.*
**[21:29] ---**
*I guess I did make
a good travel companion.*
**[21:32] ---**
*But I'm the one
who should be thanking you.*
**[21:35] ---**
*You're the one who saved me
and tried to turn me back into a human.*
**[21:40] ---**
That's not really what happened.
**[21:43] ---**
*What do you mean?*
**[21:45] ---**
I'm sure you've wondered
about it, haven't you?
**[21:48] ---**
The fact that I'd bought a black rista
before I met you.
**[21:53] ---**
*Um...*
**[21:54] ---**
*I'd like one black rista
for my personal use.*
**[21:57] ---**
*I need another one now.*
**[22:00] ---**
The reason why I kept that a secret...
**[22:07] ---**
I used the rista I'd bought
to ask for a selfish wish to be granted.
**[22:14] ---**
*Wish?*
**[22:15] ---**
That night...
**[22:17] ---**
I prayed...
**[22:22] ---**
"I'm afraid to set off on my journey
to the royal capital alone."
**[22:25] ---**
"Please let me meet
someone who can help me."