# E8 - Don't Laugh at Someone's Prayers
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Tell me.
**[00:07] ---**
Are you prepared to die?
**[00:14] ---**
No Yethma who reaches the royal capital
has ever come out again.
**[00:18] ---**
Same goes for her chabirone.
**[00:20] ---**
That place is a closed-off, unknown world.
**[00:22] ---**
No one has any idea what's going on inside.
**[00:26] ---**
It could be that you're only going there
to be killed.
**[00:28] ---**
So, do you still want to go
to the royal capital?
**[00:33] ---**
*Oink.*
**[00:36] ---**
All right...
**[00:37] ---**
then take these.
**[00:39] ---**
They're the same
as the ones Rossi's wearing.
**[00:45] ---**
They can control water, create ice
and make changes to the terrain.
**[00:56] ---**
If there's a lot of water available,
**[00:57] ---**
you can even create a swamp
that'll trip people up.
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You need to get a feel
for how to use them.
**[01:02] ---**
Practice on the way.
**[01:11] ---**
To be honest...
**[01:13] ---**
although...
**[01:14] ---**
I hate Yethma hunters
enough to murder them...
**[01:17] ---**
I've never actually killed one.
**[01:20] ---**
Five years ago...
**[01:22] ---**
when I went to get that collar back...
**[01:24] ---**
I did no more than...
**[01:26] ---**
immobilize one weakling
and smash one of his eyes.
**[01:30] ---**
I was totally outnumbered...
**[01:32] ---**
and had no other choice but to run.
**[01:35] ---**
So...
**[01:37] ---**
the next time...
**[01:39] ---**
I take on the Yethma hunters...
**[01:41] ---**
I don't know if you'll be able
to escape to safety.
**[01:45] ---**
Look, I know you're smart.
**[01:50] ---**
I want you to use these tools
to come to my aid along with Rossi.
**[01:57] ---**
Do you have any questions
or something you want to say?
**[02:00] ---**
*Grunt!*
**[02:13] ---**
Worst-case scenario...
**[02:15] ---**
I might even have to sacrifice you.
**[02:21] ---**
If that happens, you decide.
**[02:27] ---**
Whether it'll be you who dies...
**[02:29] ---**
or Jess who dies.
**[02:35] ---**
That choice is up to you.
**[04:14] ---**
Once we've crossed,
we'll be in the Needle Woods.
**[04:17] ---**
The royal capital is in the center.
**[04:30] ---**
Are you okay?
**[04:44] ---**
Please don't mind me.
**[05:13] ---**
*Can you see that red star...*
**[05:14] ---**
*in the northern sky?*
**[05:19] ---**
*That's the wishing star...*
**[05:20] ---**
*Salvia.*
**[05:22] ---**
*They say that if you can get your hands
on that star, your wishes will come true.*
**[05:27] ---**
*My wishes...*
**[05:51] ---**
*That's...*
**[05:53] ---**
*the royal capital?*
**[05:54] ---**
Yeah.
**[06:00] ---**
You guys, have you ever heard about this?
**[06:03] ---**
The mushrooms that grow around here
start glowing faintly at night.
**[06:07] ---**
I've heard that before.
**[06:09] ---**
No one really knows
why they glow, right?
**[06:13] ---**
No.
**[06:14] ---**
A local hunter told me why.
**[06:20] ---**
See, what's glowing is the Yethma blood
that got absorbed by the mushrooms.
**[06:26] ---**
There's a small village up ahead.
**[06:28] ---**
We'll be staying at an inn there tonight.
**[06:35] ---**
*Hey...*
**[06:36] ---**
*That collar's black.*
**[06:38] ---**
You're right, it is!
**[06:40] ---**
*When it's being tended by someone
who protects the Yethmas, it glitters...*
**[06:44] ---**
*but when evil approaches,
the collar turns black.*
**[06:48] ---**
*I thought that was how it worked.*
**[06:50] ---**
The Needle Woods
is like a hotbed for Yethma hunters.
**[06:53] ---**
Starving scoundrels run rampant here,
and scores of Yethmas lose their lives.
**[06:58] ---**
The air is rife with malevolence
in this area.
**[07:01] ---**
Something that shade of black
is probably way on the lighter side.
**[07:07] ---**
You two and...
**[07:09] ---**
I mean, you three and I
will be going our separate ways tomorrow.
**[07:13] ---**
Once you enter the royal capital,
you'll never see me again as long as you live.
**[07:16] ---**
Needless to say,
if you die, that'll be it.
**[07:19] ---**
I'm going to drink up!
**[07:20] ---**
You guys order whatever you want.
**[07:23] ---**
That's the kind of place this inn is.
**[07:26] ---**
*The Last Supper, huh?*
**[07:29] ---**
All right, to prepare for tomorrow—
**[07:30] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[07:33] ---**
I...
**[07:34] ---**
would like to excuse myself and go to bed.
**[07:38] ---**
I'm fatigued...
**[07:40] ---**
and have no appetite.
**[07:49] ---**
Go sleep in our room.
**[07:50] ---**
Rossi will be close by,
keeping an eye on you.
**[08:10] ---**
Come on, let's dig in now.
**[08:12] ---**
Yes!
**[08:17] ---**
It's delicious!
**[08:18] ---**
Look, Mister Pig!
**[08:20] ---**
I think this is quail meat!
**[08:22] ---**
It's seasoned with salt and herbs,
so here's just a little taste! There!
**[08:30] ---**
*This is amazing!
It's like pricey yakitori!*
**[08:33] ---**
"Yakitori"?
**[08:34] ---**
*Yeah, that's a local dish from my country!*
**[08:37] ---**
Oh, is that right?
**[08:38] ---**
So, in your country, too...
**[08:43] ---**
Do you think we can bring this to our room?
**[08:48] ---**
She said she had no appetite, but I think
this is something that Miss Blaise could—
**[08:52] ---**
*Yeah! She just might be able to eat it!*
**[09:01] ---**
Hey, do you mind?
**[09:04] ---**
I want to discuss priorities.
**[09:07] ---**
The way I see it...
**[09:08] ---**
human or Yethma or whatever...
**[09:11] ---**
if you have a soul, all lives are equal.
**[09:15] ---**
But... tomorrow, if it so happens
that we can only save either you or Blaise...
**[09:20] ---**
only one or the other...
**[09:26] ---**
then we're going to pick you
without a second thought.
**[09:34] ---**
Mister Naut...
**[09:36] ---**
- What are you...
- You just saw for yourself.
**[09:38] ---**
Right now, she's anguished...
**[09:41] ---**
and she's barely showing any will to live.
**[09:44] ---**
But...
**[09:46] ---**
But you're not like that, Jess!
**[09:50] ---**
Of course...
**[09:51] ---**
our top priority is to protect all lives.
**[09:54] ---**
But if we find ourselves
in a hopeless situation...
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protecting your life is going to take
precedence over everything else.
**[10:03] ---**
You can't do that!
**[10:05] ---**
That would be...
**[10:07] ---**
That would be too harsh on Miss Blaise!
**[10:09] ---**
So...
**[10:11] ---**
*Jess...*
**[10:13] ---**
*I'm your chabirone, Jess.*
**[10:17] ---**
*To protect your life.*
**[10:19] ---**
*That's my reason for being here.*
**[10:23] ---**
*I'm not sure what it is that I can do.*
**[10:26] ---**
*But in my mind...*
**[10:27] ---**
*I already have the resolve to do it.*
**[10:29] ---**
Mister P-P-Pig...
**[10:37] ---**
Oh...
**[10:38] ---**
I'm so sorry.
**[10:40] ---**
No one's ever said
such a thing to me before...
**[10:44] ---**
so I don't know what to do.
**[10:47] ---**
*Just let yourself be happy about it.
I'd like that better than anything.*
**[10:54] ---**
Then, I'll be happy.
**[11:04] ---**
But... what Mister Naut just said...
**[11:09] ---**
I'd feel bad for Miss Blaise.
**[11:12] ---**
I just can't...
**[11:20] ---**
I once had a dream.
**[11:23] ---**
To go to the royal capital
as a certain someone's chabirone...
**[11:27] ---**
and live by her side for the rest of my life.
**[11:33] ---**
Her bones...
**[11:35] ---**
are part of these twin swords.
**[11:38] ---**
If you think that's dumb,
then mock me all you want!
**[11:42] ---**
But you see...
**[11:44] ---**
you look so much like her.
**[11:50] ---**
I want to at least see you safely
to the royal capital.
**[11:54] ---**
I want you to live the life
that she didn't get to...
**[11:57] ---**
even if she'd wanted to.
**[12:03] ---**
Thank you so much, Mister Naut.
**[12:13] ---**
Of course, I plan
on making it home alive, too.
**[12:16] ---**
I wouldn't want to make Ceres cry.
**[12:19] ---**
Right!
**[12:21] ---**
Let's all survive
to the end of this journey!
**[12:31] ---**
*What are you always up to here, Big Sis?*
**[12:36] ---**
*I am praying.*
**[12:38] ---**
*To the wishing star.*
**[12:39] ---**
*Oh, really?*
**[12:41] ---**
*But you know what? I hate that star!*
**[12:43] ---**
*Do you really?*
**[12:45] ---**
*Even if you tell it what you want,
it never gives you anything!*
**[12:49] ---**
*And there's no way to actually get
your hands on a star, is there?*
**[12:54] ---**
*That's exactly why I pray.*
**[12:58] ---**
*Because I don't believe
it could ever come true...*
**[13:01] ---**
*since there's no hope. That's why I pray.*
**[13:04] ---**
*No one ever prays for a star within reach.*
**[13:07] ---**
*We pray because it's out of reach.*
**[13:12] ---**
*And it's while you're praying...*
**[13:15] ---**
*that you can forget about everything
and focus on your wish.*
**[13:26] ---**
*I hear you're about to turn 16.*
**[13:29] ---**
*Yes. I'll be leaving here
and will be heading to the royal capital.*
**[13:32] ---**
*I see.*
**[13:34] ---**
*Listen.*
**[13:35] ---**
*I heard a rumor.*
**[13:37] ---**
*They say there is something strange
about the royal capital.*
**[13:49] ---**
*Are you going now?*
**[13:50] ---**
*Yes.*
**[13:51] ---**
*So, I'm never seeing you again.*
**[13:55] ---**
*One last thing before I go.*
**[13:58] ---**
*When you find yourself at a loss...*
**[14:02] ---**
*you should search for a star to guide you.*
**[14:06] ---**
*Salvia is a wishing star
precisely because it's far off in the northern sky.*
**[14:12] ---**
*When you've lost your way, the wishing star
will show you the direction to take.*
**[14:17] ---**
*And in the same way,
when you've lost sight of how to live...*
**[14:22] ---**
*you should search
for a wishing star of your own.*
**[14:27] ---**
*Right, I see.*
**[14:38] ---**
*I'd lost hope long ago.*
**[14:41] ---**
*I already knew from the start.*
**[14:46] ---**
*On my journey...*
**[14:48] ---**
*I was always walking
with my back to the wishing star.*
**[15:04] ---**
*That's right.*
**[15:07] ---**
*I'd known all along
that this was going to happen.*
**[15:12] ---**
*Over and over... Over and over...*
**[15:15] ---**
*Terrible things were done to me.*
**[15:18] ---**
*Throughout it all...*
**[15:20] ---**
*over and over, over and over,
I continued to pray.*
**[15:28] ---**
*After they'd brought me to Munires...*
**[15:31] ---**
*I was unable to see the star
while I was in the dungeon.*
**[15:34] ---**
*And yet I prayed.*
**[15:37] ---**
*I knew no one would come to rescue me.*
**[15:40] ---**
*But in order not to get swallowed up
by my fears...*
**[15:43] ---**
*in order not to get crushed by despair...*
**[15:45] ---**
*I continued to pray.*
**[15:50] ---**
*And then...*
**[15:52] ---**
*you all appeared before me.*
**[15:55] ---**
*Mister Naut...*
**[15:57] ---**
*opened the cage and held me close.*
**[16:01] ---**
*That was the first time...*
**[16:04] ---**
*I'd ever been held so tightly.*
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I...
**[16:11] ---**
no longer have the strength
to keep holding onto hope.
**[16:16] ---**
But...
**[16:19] ---**
surely, those people...
**[16:26] ---**
*Noble Pig...*
**[16:27] ---**
*Noble Pig...*
**[16:29] ---**
*Could you please wake up?*
**[16:36] ---**
*What's going on?*
**[16:38] ---**
*I'd like to talk to you.*
**[16:45] ---**
*I'm sorry to disturb you
when you were at rest.*
**[16:48] ---**
*No, it's all good.
I'm used to this kind of scenario.*
**[16:52] ---**
*So, what's on your mind?*
**[16:54] ---**
*You can tell me anything.*
**[16:57] ---**
*Wh-Wh-What's this?*
**[16:59] ---**
*Please forgive me for being rude.*
**[17:02] ---**
*But it's a bit cold out here.*
**[17:05] ---**
*I see. Gotcha.*
**[17:09] ---**
*Noble Pig...*
**[17:10] ---**
*You've come here
from another world, right?*
**[17:13] ---**
*Well, I guess so.*
**[17:15] ---**
*I came from a world
that's totally different than this one.*
**[17:18] ---**
*If you don't mind,
could you tell me about that world?*
**[17:23] ---**
*Oh, is that all?*
**[17:25] ---**
*Fine.*
**[17:26] ---**
*What do you want me to talk about, then?*
**[17:30] ---**
*Is it true that in your world...*
**[17:32] ---**
*women with small breasts are preferred?*
**[17:37] ---**
*My bad! I mean, I...*
**[17:39] ---**
*It's true that I prefer small ones.*
**[17:42] ---**
*But not really.*
**[17:43] ---**
*I'm sure...*
**[17:45] ---**
*that no one ever tempts men
because her breasts happen to be large.*
**[17:53] ---**
*Yeah, that's true!*
**[17:55] ---**
*No one!*
**[17:56] ---**
*Most guys probably
wouldn't give you a second look.*
**[17:59] ---**
*Is that right?*
**[18:00] ---**
*So, such a world exists?*
**[18:04] ---**
*When I die tomorrow...*
**[18:06] ---**
*if only I could be reborn into that world,
nothing would make me happier.*
**[18:10] ---**
*Don't talk like that. It's bad luck.*
**[18:13] ---**
*You shouldn't just give up all hope.*
**[18:15] ---**
*The household I used to serve...*
**[18:18] ---**
*was a family of gravekeepers.*
**[18:20] ---**
*"There must be another world
beyond all those stars."*
**[18:25] ---**
*That thought would cross my mind.*
**[18:28] ---**
*So...*
**[18:29] ---**
*since you came here
from beyond the stars, Noble Pig...*
**[18:32] ---**
*I'd like you to hear my final prayer.*
**[18:40] ---**
*Please look at this.*
**[18:44] ---**
*What's that?*
**[18:46] ---**
*In the basement of that church...*
**[18:48] ---**
*they removed...*
**[18:50] ---**
*my internal organs.*
**[18:51] ---**
*What?*
**[18:53] ---**
*By the time you all came to my rescue...*
**[18:57] ---**
*it was already too late.*
**[19:03] ---**
*Let's go talk to Naut and Jess!*
**[19:05] ---**
*There might be a way to fix you!*
**[19:08] ---**
*Please don't tell them about this.*
**[19:11] ---**
*Mister Naut is such a kind person...*
**[19:15] ---**
*so he's sure to put himself into danger
trying to save my life.*
**[19:20] ---**
*But if we use a black rista—*
**[19:21] ---**
*To heal someone with a black rista, you must
absolutely have an attachment to that person.*
**[19:27] ---**
*You wouldn't be able to heal me.*
**[19:30] ---**
*I don't need to make it
to the royal capital.*
**[19:34] ---**
*I'm offering my life to you and Miss Jess.*
**[19:39] ---**
*What are you...*
**[19:42] ---**
*Death will be my salvation.*
**[19:47] ---**
*I happened to be born a Yethma...*
**[19:51] ---**
*and with this body,
with this face, with this voice...*
**[19:55] ---**
*I ended up tempting
everyone around me, so I'm to blame.*
**[19:59] ---**
*You're wrong about that! Of course the people
who exploit the Yethmas are the ones to blame!*
**[20:08] ---**
*So, that's how people see it
in your world, Noble Pig.*
**[20:11] ---**
*Darn right!*
**[20:13] ---**
*When I die...*
**[20:15] ---**
*please take me to your world, Noble Pig.*
**[20:18] ---**
*That is my...*
**[20:20] ---**
*final wish.*
**[20:24] ---**
*I got here without praying.*
**[20:27] ---**
*There's no reason you couldn't make it over there
when you've been praying all long.*
**[20:32] ---**
*You can reincarnate yourself
into my world for sure!*
**[20:36] ---**
*Thank you very much.*
**[20:47] ---**
*Let's head back now.*
**[20:49] ---**
*It would be too risky to be away
from our room for too long.*
**[20:55] ---**
*Please wait.*
**[20:57] ---**
*Just one more thing.*
**[21:00] ---**
*When I was working
as a gravekeeper...*
**[21:03] ---**
*I once heard something strange.*
**[21:06] ---**
*Something strange?*
**[21:10] ---**
*I was told that the royal capital
has no entrance.*
**[21:13] ---**
*Huh?*
**[21:14] ---**
*That's why...*
**[21:16] ---**
*all Yethmas end up dying
in the Needle Woods.*
**[21:19] ---**
*Wh-What's that supposed to mean?*
**[21:21] ---**
*Then, what was the point
of us risking everything to...*
**[21:24] ---**
*Apparently, there is a way to enter.*
**[21:27] ---**
*Not that a Yethma who entered the royal capital
has ever appeared outside of it.*
**[21:32] ---**
*Even so, somewhere along the way,*
**[21:34] ---**
*people started hearing this rumor
about the way to get inside the royal capital.*
**[21:40] ---**
*What is it?*
**[21:41] ---**
*"Appeal to the king."*
**[21:43] ---**
Don't Laugh
at Someone's Prayers
**[21:48] ---**
*Is that all?*
**[21:50] ---**
*Yes.*
**[21:52] ---**
*There's only one way for a Yethma
to enter the royal capital.*
**[21:55] ---**
*I'm told it's to appeal to the king.*
**[21:58] ---**
*Does that mean you have to shout
toward the royal capital?*
**[22:01] ---**
*I don't know.*
**[22:02] ---**
*But...*
**[22:04] ---**
*I thought that if this could help you
in some small way...*
**[22:10] ---**
*Please.*
**[22:11] ---**
*Please, I beg of you.*
**[22:16] ---**
*No matter what...*
**[22:18] ---**
*I want you all to live...*
**[22:20] ---**
*and to find happiness.*