E4 - Be Careful How You Ride a Pig

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[00:06] ---
    Where...
[00:08] ---
    am I?
[00:14] ---
    H-Huh?
[00:16] ---
    Thank goodness!
[00:18] ---
    You've woken up...
[00:20] ---
    Mister Pig!
[00:24] ---
    Oh, hey!
[00:24] ---
    That's right! I...
[00:29] ---
    You used that guy's black rista on me?
[00:31] ---
    Yes. There was barely any left...
[00:35] ---
    but I was able to make it work
    by combining them.
[00:37] ---
    I left the remaining ristae
    at the mansion with my note.
[00:44] ---
    Jess...
[00:46] ---
    Yes?
[00:47] ---
    Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
[00:49] ---
    Thanks to you, I'm still alive.
[00:50] ---
    Don't worry about it.
[00:55] ---
    I did it because I wanted to.
[02:31] ---
    We're in a forest in northeastern Kiltyrie.
[02:35] ---
    If we take that path there...
[02:37] ---
    I think we'll find several small villages.
[02:41] ---
    You don't sound too sure about that.
[02:43] ---
    So that will take us to the royal capital?
[02:45] ---
    Yes. If we keep heading north...
[02:48] ---
    the royal capital is located on a high,
    prominent mountain,
[02:51] ---
    and we'll know it at a glance,
    or so I've been told.
[02:56] ---
    Come to think of it...
[02:57] ---
    you said this was your first time
    traveling, right?
[03:01] ---
    It will be fine.
[03:03] ---
    I'm sure we'll get there.
[03:06] ---
    Right.
[03:07] ---
    Then, why don't we get going?
[03:09] ---
    Did you get enough rest?
[03:11] ---
    Yes!
[03:13] ---
    You put me on that cart and walked all night.
    You hardly slept a wink.
[03:19] ---
    Jess...
[03:20] ---
    Why don't you ride on my back?
[03:22] ---
    Huh?
[03:23] ---
    She's such a sweet girl that even if I asked her
    to do it, she'd probably insist on walking.
[03:27] ---
    But I know by now...
[03:28] ---
    how to handle this girl
    who's too sweet for her own good.
[03:31] ---
    It's been my childhood dream to have
    a sweet, bare-legged girl straddle me.
[03:42] ---
    We just need to stay straight
    on this path, right?
[03:45] ---
    Yes... Um...
[03:46] ---
    I think...
[03:48] ---
    that should be fine.
[03:49] ---
    What's the matter?
[03:50] ---
    Do you feel sick?
[03:51] ---
    No...
[03:52] ---
    Uh...
[03:54] ---
    Since I've never ridden you
    before in my life, Mister Pig...
[03:58] ---
    Um...
[04:00] ---
    The chafing...
[04:02] ---
    is ticklish.
[04:03] ---
    Chafing?
[04:06] ---
    Whoa! No, no, no, no, no!
[04:08] ---
    What are you doing? That's no way to sit!
[04:10] ---
    The way I'm sitting?
[04:12] ---
    That's right! My bad!
[04:14] ---
    I should've been more considerate!
[04:16] ---
    Oh no, it's not...
[04:17] ---
    as if it's intolerable!
[04:20] ---
    It's just that it feels a little strange.
[04:22] ---
    Stop it! I'm begging you to stop!
[04:24] ---
    Don't tarnish my blissful time with
    a young girl by uttering such shallow words!
[04:31] ---
    This time, try putting
    your weight in your hands.
[04:34] ---
    Right.
[04:38] ---
    How's that?
[04:39] ---
    Um...
[04:40] ---
    Your spine is still...
[04:43] ---
    Oh!
[04:44] ---
    It must not be my spine that shows this
    purehearted girl what her first time will be like!
[04:49] ---
    Then sit further down my back.
[04:51] ---
    Right in front of my thighs.
    Squeeze me hard with your legs.
[04:56] ---
    Let's go.
[04:58] ---
    Oh, this is fine!
[05:00] ---
    All right, at long last! Huh?
[05:04] ---
    Hey...
[05:05] ---
    What's that?
[05:07] ---
    Are we being targeted?
[05:09] ---
    Don't worry.
[05:11] ---
    That's an animal called a heckripon.
[05:13] ---
    Heckripon?
[05:15] ---
    Ah...
[05:16] ---
    The old shopkeeper
    mentioned those, right?
[05:18] ---
    It won't do us any harm,
    so let's keep going.
[05:24] ---
    I've never seen anything
    like that animal where I come from.
[05:28] ---
    I see.
[05:30] ---
    It's a common creature in Mesteria.
[05:33] ---
    I'm told that they suddenly increased
    their numbers after the end of the dark ages.
[05:37] ---
    Though there's no end to the odd rumors.
[05:40] ---
    Odd rumors? Like what?
[05:42] ---
    There are all sorts of myths.
[05:44] ---
    In some regions,
    they're said to bring good fortune,
[05:47] ---
    while elsewhere, they say that
    running into one will bring you misfortune.
[05:52] ---
    So, when all is said and done...
[05:53] ---
    I don't think the heckripons do anything at all.
[05:56] ---
    You seem to enjoy talking about them, huh?
[05:59] ---
    Yes!
[06:00] ---
    I just love history and folklore!
[06:02] ---
    I know you like to read,
    but you're into that kind of thing, too?
[06:05] ---
    Hmm, those are good hobbies to have.
[06:08] ---
    You think so?
[06:09] ---
    Do you have any hobbies, Mister Pig?
[06:12] ---
    Watching slice-of-life anime shows
    and oinking away at beautiful girls.
[06:16] ---
    No way can I ever let that slip!
[06:18] ---
    I like reading, too.
[06:20] ---
    And my current kick
    is taste-testing weeds.
[06:22] ---
    Do you like stories
    that feature beautiful young girls?
[06:26] ---
    Yes. That one's my monologue.
[06:31] ---
    Do you know what a mystery is?
[06:33] ---
    I like stories where you solve puzzles.
[06:35] ---
    The kind filled with trivial clues
    that lead you to one unexpected fact.
[06:41] ---
    I didn't know there were stories like that!
[06:43] ---
    We've got a long way to go.
    I'll tell you one on the way.
[06:47] ---
    Really?
[06:48] ---
    I can't wait!
[06:51] ---
    Is it because you read
    these stories called mysteries...
[06:55] ---
    that you're able to notice
    all kinds of things?
[06:59] ---
    That might be the case.
[07:01] ---
    Well, but it's also partly due to my bad habit
    of obsessing over trivial details.
[07:06] ---
    Then...
[07:07] ---
    I guess I can't keep any secrets
    from you, Mister Pig.
[07:10] ---
    Hey, if there's something
    you want to keep from me, that's totally fine.
[07:14] ---
    Just like you're able
    to ignore my inner thoughts,
[07:18] ---
    I can refrain from prying
    into what you want to keep secret.
[07:22] ---
    Like the reason why you bought a black rista
    just before you met me but didn't tell me about it.
[07:28] ---
    The reason why you tried
    to pass off this trip as an errand...
[07:31] ---
    when you won't be going back
    to House Kiltyrin.
[07:33] ---
    Well, there are others beside those two,
    but I'm assuming I don't need to know.
[07:39] ---
    Um...
[07:44] ---
    Mister Pig...
[07:46] ---
    Will you promise to come with me
    to the royal capital...
[07:50] ---
    even after you've heard
    what I have to say?
[07:52] ---
    You bet I will!
[07:53] ---
    Because otherwise, I'll have to live on
    as a pig for the rest of my life!
[07:59] ---
    That's true.
[08:00] ---
    Yep!
[08:08] ---
    I've made up my mind.
[08:10] ---
    I'm going to tell you.
[08:12] ---
    I've made up my mind, too.
[08:14] ---
    Nothing you say will faze me.
[08:16] ---
    Don't worry!
[08:22] ---
    I am...
[08:23] ---
    going to the royal capital
    to offer myself.
[08:26] ---
    Hmm?
[08:27] ---
    If I don't...
[08:29] ---
    I will die en route.
[08:30] ---
    Huh?
[08:31] ---
    That is the fate of a Yethma.
[08:37] ---
    In Mesteria...
[08:38] ---
    Yethmas who turn 16
    leave the households they're serving...
[08:42] ---
    and must travel
    to the royal capital on their own.
[08:45] ---
    Most end up losing their lives
    along the way.
[08:48] ---
    The Yethmas who do reach the royal capital
    never return home as long as they live.
[08:54] ---
    What happens when they get
    to the royal capital?
[08:57] ---
    Just what in the world—
[08:58] ---
    There are all kinds of rumors...
[09:00] ---
    but no one knows the truth.
[09:03] ---
    The royal capital is completely isolated
    from the rest of the world...
[09:07] ---
    and no one knows what it's like inside.
[09:09] ---
    Mister Pig...
[09:10] ---
    You're wondering why I left the mansion
    as if I was on the run, aren't you?
[09:15] ---
    Yeah.
[09:17] ---
    Here is my answer.
[09:18] ---
    This silver collar that I'm wearing...
[09:21] ---
    It contains an unbelievable amount
    of magic power...
[09:25] ---
    and can be sold at a sky-high price!
[09:27] ---
    And as this collar is protected
    by that magic power...
[09:30] ---
    it can't be removed
    unless they behead me.
[09:34] ---
    The bones, as well as the body of the Yethma
    itself, can also be sold for quite a sum.
[09:40] ---
    House Kiltyrin receives
    a settlement from the dynasty...
[09:43] ---
    and the moment
    I'm no longer a servant, I...
[09:47] ---
    become a target of the Yethma hunters...
[09:50] ---
    who make a living killing Yethmas.
[09:56] ---
    Of course, the people of House Kiltyrin
    are all kindhearted...
[10:00] ---
    so they wouldn't think
    of selling me to earn money.
[10:04] ---
    But I let slip to Mister Kilins
    that today was the day I'd be leaving.
[10:10] ---
    Mister Kilins is also a very kind man.
[10:14] ---
    But there's no telling when or how
    such information might spread.
[10:18] ---
    So, I took myself as far from the mansion
    as possible and was hiding in this forest.
[10:24] ---
    What on earth is going on in this world?
[10:28] ---
    Mister Pig...
[10:29] ---
    I guess... you don't want to stay with me.
[10:33] ---
    Are you kidding me?
[10:36] ---
    How can I stand by...
[10:38] ---
    and let a sweet girl like you get hurt
    in a twisted world like this?
[10:43] ---
    I'm going to the royal capital!
[10:44] ---
    I'm just a pig!
[10:46] ---
    I can't use swords or magic...
[10:48] ---
    but I'm going to use every bit
    of my brains to protect you, Jess!
[10:51] ---
    I'm staying right by your side!
[10:52] ---
    I'll be sticking here under your crotch like this
    until you get to the royal capital!
[11:00] ---
    Did I just mess up
    trying to say something cool?
[11:05] ---
    Please step away from me
    when I use the restroom, all right?
[11:09] ---
    I can't believe how strong this girl is!
[11:11] ---
    She's facing the cruelest of fates,
    but she's smiling like it's nothing!
[11:15] ---
    That's how she kept her secret
    from me all this time!
[11:21] ---
    Thinking that I might get spooked
    into running away from her fate...
[11:25] ---
    No, that's not it.
[11:27] ---
    I think I know why I came
    to this world as a pig.
[11:32] ---
    Do you really?
[11:34] ---
    Perhaps this is fate?
[11:38] ---
    I'm going to the royal capital with you
    to get myself turned back into a human.
[11:42] ---
    I appeared in that pigpen...
[11:44] ---
    the day before you set off
    on your journey,
[11:46] ---
    so that I could share
    that fate with you, right?
[11:49] ---
    Yes.
[11:50] ---
    You and I share the same destiny.
[11:53] ---
    We'll always be together
    at least until we reach the capital!
[11:56] ---
    Right.
[12:07] ---
    Looks like she was totally exhausted after all.
[12:09] ---
    Yethma hunters?
[12:12] ---
    Yethmas all set off on journeys
    to reach the royal capital.
[12:15] ---
    Meaning that these Yethma hunters
    need to operate near the royal capital.
[12:20] ---
    In other words, the closer we get
    to the royal capital, the goal of this journey,
[12:25] ---
    the more and more danger
    we'll find ourselves in.
[12:37] ---
    Jess can hear inner thoughts.
[12:39] ---
    And I'm a pig who can think!
[12:41] ---
    We have to use these weapons to the max
    to confront our unjust fate.
[12:47] ---
    And when we reach the royal capital safely,
    I'm going to call out that so-called great king!
[12:52] ---
    "Why won't you let Yethmas
    live their lives in peace?"
[12:57] ---
    Right now, my blood is boiling
    with a sense of purpose!
[13:01] ---
    That liver must also have been heated up good!
[13:04] ---
    For the sake of the young girl
    who sleeps upon your back...
[13:07] ---
    use your whole mind and body to think...
[13:09] ---
    pig!
[13:14] ---
    Jess! Wake up, will you, Jess?
[13:18] ---
    I'm so sorry!
    I've been asleep the whole time!
[13:23] ---
    Your silver collar...
[13:25] ---
    That's your identity
    as a Yethma, right?
[13:27] ---
    Yes.
[13:28] ---
    If you hide it,
    no one will know you're a Yethma...
[13:30] ---
    and it'll be harder to target you,
    don't you think?
[13:32] ---
    That's true! You're absolutely right!
[13:35] ---
    Then, why don't we buy you a scarf?
[13:37] ---
    Oh... Yes!
[13:39] ---
    Also, let's not talk to each other
    out loud in the village.
[13:42] ---
    Very well.
[13:45] ---
    They have a lot of scarves, don't they?
[13:47] ---
    Which do you think will look good on me?
[13:49] ---
    It can't seem obvious
    that you're trying to hide your collar.
[13:53] ---
    That might actually draw attention
    to the fact that you're a Yethma.
[13:56] ---
    Shouldn't you pick one
    that's a close match for your skin tone?
[14:00] ---
    You're right.
[14:02] ---
    I'm sorry.
[14:05] ---
    Oh, man! Way to take the fun
    out of it, otaku!
[14:07] ---
    Jess was having such a good time,
    and you had to go and wreck it!
[14:14] ---
    No, hold up!
[14:15] ---
    If you're wearing a scarf
    that matches your skin tone,
[14:18] ---
    it'd seem sketchy after all
    if they got a good look!
[14:20] ---
    Correction!
[14:21] ---
    Let's pick the one
    that looks best on you, Jess!
[14:24] ---
    Oh!
[14:25] ---
    Then, please pick it out for me, Mister Pig!
[14:27] ---
    Huh?
[14:28] ---
    So, at last, the time has come for me
    to showcase my true worth, huh?
[14:32] ---
    The scrawny four-eyed super-virgin who hasn't had
    a girlfriend for as long as he's been alive...
[14:35] ---
    can now put his vast knowledge
    of chino pants and checkered shirts to use...
[14:39] ---
    and pick something out
    for this 16-year-old blonde beauty!
[14:42] ---
    The scarf that becomes her
    the most, that is!
[14:48] ---
    Any of these scarves
    would look great on Jess.
[14:54] ---
    She's wearing a light blue dress right now.
[14:56] ---
    A bluish scarf wouldn't stand out
    even from afar.
[15:00] ---
    But wearing something of the same color
    would signal a lack of style.
[15:03] ---
    In that case...
[15:05] ---
    How about that light green one?
[15:07] ---
    You mean...
[15:08] ---
    this scarf that looks
    like a lovely, shallow lake?
[15:11] ---
    That's the one!
[15:13] ---
    What do you think?
[15:14] ---
    Does it look good on me?
[15:15] ---
    It looks really good on you!
[15:16] ---
    Thank you so much!
[15:18] ---
    I'll go buy it, then!
[15:23] ---
    A lovely, shallow lake, huh?
[15:25] ---
    I could never describe it like that
    as long as I lived.
[15:47] ---
    Thank you for waiting!
[15:56] ---
    Um, excuse me.
[16:10] ---
    Hello, young miss!
[16:13] ---
    You seem tired after a long journey.
[16:16] ---
    You must be hungry!
[16:17] ---
    Yes, I am.
[16:20] ---
    Ceres!
[16:22] ---
    Yes?
[16:23] ---
    Bring over a steamed towel
    and a simple meal, will you?
[16:27] ---
    Yes, ma'am. Understood.
[16:37] ---
    Young miss...
[16:38] ---
    Whether you're crossing the valley from here
    or going on to Kiltyrie...
[16:42] ---
    it'll be nightfall
    by the time you reach the next town.
[16:45] ---
    Why don't you spend the night here?
[16:47] ---
    Oh...
[16:48] ---
    Then, if you don't mind...
[16:50] ---
    Here. Please use this.
[16:52] ---
    That's so kind of you.
    Thank you very much!
[16:56] ---
    Did you come here from Kiltyrie...
[16:57] ---
    my young Yethma child?
[17:00] ---
    Yes!
[17:02] ---
    Is that right?
[17:04] ---
    Are you on your way to the royal capital?
[17:06] ---
    Yes, that's right.
[17:07] ---
    Hey, come on. Don't you think
    you're being too reckless here?
[17:13] ---
    Jess...
[17:13] ---
    We're making a run for it!
[17:15] ---
    There's a Yethma collar
    hanging on the wall!
[17:18] ---
    Don't worry, it's okay.
[17:22] ---
    Whose collar is that over there?
[17:29] ---
    That collar belonged to a Yethma named Eise.
[17:33] ---
    She was...
[17:34] ---
    Ceres's predecessor
    and used to work here.
[17:38] ---
    Oh...
[17:39] ---
    I'm very sad to hear that.
[17:42] ---
    Where did Miss Eise pass away?
[17:46] ---
    See, there was a time
    when we sheltered Yethmas...
[17:51] ---
    who'd turned 16 in a convent.
[17:54] ---
    Are you talking about the convent in Baptsaze?
[17:57] ---
    So you've heard about it?
[17:59] ---
    That's right.
    This is the village called Baptsaze.
[18:02] ---
    Is that right?
[18:04] ---
    You see, I serve House Kiltyrin...
[18:08] ---
    and I remember how shocked I was,
[18:09] ---
    even as a young child,
    when I heard about that incident.
[18:13] ---
    Thank you very much.
[18:17] ---
    She says she's a Yethma
    from House Kiltyrin.
[18:19] ---
    Have a seat over there.
[18:26] ---
    Speaking of Baptsaze...
[18:28] ---
    did Miss Eise pass away in that fire?
[18:33] ---
    No.
[18:34] ---
    She was taken away
    by the Yethma hunters.
[18:37] ---
    I'm sure that unspeakable things
    were done to her before she was killed.
[18:42] ---
    Then, how did you get this collar?
[18:44] ---
    There was a hunter who took it back
    from the Yethma hunters.
[18:48] ---
    He's the pride of our village!
[18:50] ---
    I see.
[18:51] ---
    There's nothing sinister
    about that collar in your eyes.
[18:54] ---
    It seems like it's actually a source
    of solace for you, right, Jess?
[18:58] ---
    Hmm?
[19:01] ---
    Hmm... That brand-new skin stretching from those
    slender Achilles tendons to those soft-looking calves...
[19:05] ---
    The folds of skin behind your knees
    are a faint pink. Oink, oink.
[19:11] ---
    Not good.
[19:12] ---
    This girl is another Yethma!
[19:13] ---
    She can read my mind!
[19:15] ---
    I'm a pig. I'm a pig. I'm a pig.
[19:19] ---
    Yummy grass. Yummy grass. Yummy grass.
[19:24] ---
    Excuse me...
[19:29] ---
    I have a favor to ask of you.
[19:31] ---
    Be Careful How You Ride a Pig
[19:39] ---
    Jess, about that incident
    you mentioned earlier...
[19:42] ---
    Around when did it happen?
[19:43] ---
    It was five years ago.
[19:45] ---
    There was a convent...
[19:46] ---
    sheltering Yethmas who'd reached the age
    when they'd normally be traveling to the royal capital.
[19:51] ---
    One night, a fire of unknown cause
    broke out at that convent.
[19:55] ---
    Scores of Yethmas died in the fire...
[19:57] ---
    and the ones who fled outside disappeared.
[20:01] ---
    The Yethma hunters got to them?
[20:03] ---
    Yes.
[20:04] ---
    Most likely.
[20:05] ---
    And you want to see
    where it all happened, right?
[20:08] ---
    Yes!
[20:09] ---
    I thought I could leave
    some flowers there.
[20:15] ---
    Um...
[20:16] ---
    Miss Jess...
[20:18] ---
    Is this pig a friend of yours?
[20:20] ---
    Yes! He's really a 19-year-old boy!
[20:24] ---
    A scrawny four-eyed super-virgin!
[20:26] ---
    Pleased to meet you.
[20:28] ---
    Huh? He's actually... a human?
[20:30] ---
    Yes.
[20:31] ---
    For some reason,
    he's been turned into a pig.
[20:36] ---
    Once we get to the royal capital, I'm hoping
    to have a mage turn him back into a human.
[20:42] ---
    Oh, is that right?
[20:43] ---
    Since he was looking at my legs
    and having all kinds of thoughts,
[20:47] ---
    I thought he was one strange pig.
[20:53] ---
    What a roving eye this pig has!
[20:55] ---
    Shame on me.
[20:56] ---
    From now on,
    I'm only going to stare at your legs, Jess.
[21:03] ---
    I wonder if this light green scarf
    was the right choice.
[21:09] ---
    Mister Pig, there's a reassuring quality
    about your inner voice that's unlike anyone else's.
[21:14] ---
    Maybe I should've given it
    a little more serious thought.
[21:19] ---
    So little deviation from his outer voice.
[21:23] ---
    Cutie-pie Jess has a face
    that's adorable to the extreme,
[21:26] ---
    so to an unpopular otaku, every single scarf seems
    like it would be the perfect fit. But the thing is...
[21:31] ---
    was it all right for me
    to give in to that?
[21:34] ---
    Wasn't there some other color that would've given
    that cute face the ultimate pop?
[21:39] ---
    I've never known an inner soul
    as kind as his.
[21:45] ---
    Um, Mister Pig!
[21:48] ---
    Thank you so much
    for picking out this scarf!
[21:52] ---
    It was no big deal.
[21:56] ---
    Normally, people have
    both an outer and an inner side.
[22:01] ---
    Needless to say, so do I.
[22:03] ---
    Miss Jess... Mister Pig...
[22:05] ---
    If we stay on this path a little longer,
    we'll reach the ruins of the convent.
[22:13] ---
    This is proof that there's really
    someone who cares...
[22:18] ---
    about me.
[22:24] ---
    This scarf...
[22:26] ---
    is my treasure!