12 - The Lord’s Return

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[00:02] ElectricTownCitizen
    Hand over Tratte Götel!
[00:05] ElectricTownCitizen
    How dare she murder Sir Korneah!
[00:07] MagicTownCitizen
    Lady Tratte would never do such a thing!
[00:09] MagicTownCitizen
    Stop your baseless accusations!
[00:11] Kinohara
    Are you not going to stop them?
[00:14] Gram
    Why would I?
[00:15] Kinohara
    Isn't that what the Hero does?
[00:31] Meldia
    I am the goddess who governs luck and
    misfortune, one of the Six Great Gods,
[00:37] Meldia
    the Goddess Meldia.
[00:40] Meldia
    You hold your head high.
[00:41] Meldia
    That is disrespectful, heathen.
[00:45] Meldia
    This is our first time meeting
    in person, isn't it,
[00:48] Meldia
    Demon Lord Veltol?
[00:50] Veltol
    I never imagined you would
    survive to see this age.
[00:53] Meldia
    I thought the same about you.
[00:55] Meldia
    Though you've grown
    awfully weak, haven't you?
[00:58] Veltol
    Not as much as you have.
[01:00] Veltol
    Your human form is unexpected.
[01:02] Veltol
    Have you no pride as a goddess?
[01:05] Meldia
    I do so utterly hate you.
[01:07] Meldia
    Though I hate all men with black hair.
[01:11] Meldia
    Men should be blonde.
[01:16] Veltol
    I hate you as well.
[01:18] Veltol
    Especially that haughty
    tone you take with me.
[01:22] Meldia
    Says the man taking the
    same tone with a goddess.
[01:33] Veltol
    I never thought I'd see the day
    when I was killed by a goddess.
[01:38] Veltol
    My regeneration is much improved,
[01:41] Veltol
    thanks to the faith from
    my 3 million subscribers.
[01:45] Meldia
    How trifling.
[01:47] Meldia
    Is this the same Demon Lord
    who fought the Hero, Gram,
[01:50] Meldia
    and turned all of
    Alnaeth's gods against him?
[01:53] Veltol
    You're also proving lackluster
    for one calling herself a goddess.
[01:57] Meldia
    I am currently but a chrysalis before eclosion.
[02:10] Veltol
    Dell Ray!
[02:14] Meldia
    Die for the sake of my love, Demon Lord!
[02:25] Veltol
    You've inhibited my immortality?
[02:29] Veltol
    I should expect no less
    from legendary armaments
[02:31] Veltol
    forged from a fragment of a goddess.
[02:34] Veltol
    But I've seen through you.
[02:36] Meldia
    What?
[02:38] Veltol
    You're manipulating the power of fate,
[02:40] Veltol
    granting good luck to the outcomes
    of your attacks and defense,
[02:43] Veltol
    while inflicting bad luck on the
    outcomes of my attacks and defense.
[02:47] Veltol
    No, you're applying it
    to your movements too,
[02:50] Veltol
    so the application must
    be broader than that.
[02:53] Veltol
    Your divine authority governs
    the boundless karma of all,
[02:55] Veltol
    you cheater.
[02:57] Veltol
    So back in your prime, you applied this
    divine authority to alter his destiny, didn't you?
[03:03] Veltol
    You eliminated his destiny to age,
[03:06] Veltol
    greatly altering the course of his life.
[03:08] Veltol
    The life of the Hero, Gram.
[03:10] Meldia
    Silence.
[03:13] Meldia
    That's not it.
[03:14] Meldia
    I wanted Gram to be happy.
[03:19] Meldia
    Th-That's not true. I-I didn't...
[03:22] Meldia
    I didn't mean for it to be like that!
[03:24] Meldia
    Gram!
[03:27] Meldia
    I'm sorry!
[03:29] Meldia
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[03:33] Meldia
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[03:35] Hizuki
    Help me!
[03:36] Hizuki
    Help me, Veltol!
[03:41] Veltol
    Yeah, of course.
[03:43] Veltol
    Bear with it a little longer.
[03:44] Veltol
    I promise to save you, Hizuki!
[03:48] Meldia
    No.
[03:51] Meldia
    My name is Meldia.
[03:57] May
    Scan complete.
[03:59] May
    Confirmed detection of immortal
    element in enemy target.
[04:03] May
    Threat designation is over 20.
[04:06] Machina
    Erupt! Crimson!
[04:14] Machina
    I have one question, if you please.
[04:18] Machina
    Have you and I met somewhere before?
[04:24] May
    My codename is Ange.
[04:27] May
    What's your name?
[04:29] Machina
    Huh?
[04:31] May
    It's our first time meeting,
    so let's introduce ourselves.
[04:36] Machina
    I'm Machina Soleige.
[04:38] Machina
    It's a pleasure to meet you.
[04:40] May
    Machina.
[04:41] May
    An unfamiliar name.
[04:47] Machina
    Shooting Lotus!
[04:53] Machina
    This would be much easier if that were
    enough to reduce this opponent to ash.
[05:10] May
    Mastis.
[05:15] Machina
    Homing bullets?
[05:18] Machina
    Flame Shield Blossom!
[05:23] May
    Charge.
[05:35] May
    Confirmed reduction in the
    combat potential of the enemy.
[05:40] Machina
    Did you know?
[05:41] Machina
    Once blood leaves an immortal's body,
[05:44] Machina
    it dissolves into aether
    and fades away over time.
[05:48] Machina
    Unless they intentionally keep it around.
[05:53] Machina
    Blood to Bomb!
[05:59] Machina
    I loathe having to rely
    on that asshole's spells.
[06:11] Machina
    An immortal?
[06:21] Machina
    I thought it might be true.
[06:23] Machina
    It really is you, isn't it?
[06:26] Machina
    May!
[06:27] May
    I don't know...
[06:29] May
    anything about you.
[06:31] Machina
    Did your memory—?
[06:33] May
    Ah! The shackles!
[06:38] Machina
    May!
[06:43] May
    No!
[06:57] Machina
    This mana...
[07:06] Mag
    Sleep.
[07:13] Machina
    Principal Tratte?!
[07:14] Mag
    Now this is unexpected.
[07:17] Machina
    Huh?
[07:18] Machina
    That voice...
[07:20] Mag
    Oh, I left it set to this voice.
[07:23] Mag
    Whatever.
[07:24] Mag
    Driving this heap of junk...
[07:26] Mag
    No, Ange, into a state of
    berserk fury was a surprise.
[07:31] Machina
    Her name isn't Ange!
[07:34] Machina
    Give May back!
[07:35] Mag
    If I lost Ange in addition
     to my plan's failure,
[07:40] Mag
    then I'd lose my head as well.
[07:44] Mag
    The higher-ups have a taken
    a liking to this prototype,
[07:48] Mag
    even if it is ancient garbage.
[07:50] Machina
    Huh?
[07:51] Machina
    Teleportation?
[07:56] Machina
    May...
[08:04] Meldia
    You're just running? How pathetic, Veltol.
[08:09] Meldia
    Is this what's become of the
    Demon Lord who defied the gods?
[08:13] Veltol
    I don't want to hear that from someone
    cowering in a little girl's body!
[08:17] Meldia
    Enough, manservant!
[08:23] Veltol
    Verbull!
[08:29] Veltol
    Van Solegia!
[08:45] Veltol
    I finally understand.
[08:47] Veltol
    I see the true nature of
    your divine authority
[08:49] Veltol
    to manipulate fate.
[08:52] Veltol
    Physical attacks, such as sword strikes and fire
    that bear little aether, are rendered useless.
[09:00] Veltol
    And I when I attack you with spells that
    use higher concentrations of aether,
[09:03] Veltol
    you cause them to miss.
[09:05] Veltol
    The clear difference between these two is
    that one is automatic, and one is manual.
[09:10] Veltol
    Your ability to nullify physical
    attacks is constantly active;
[09:14] Veltol
    however, you must manually activate your ability to dodge magical attacks.
[09:19] Veltol
    And the fact you have to dodge them,
[09:22] Veltol
    is proof that they'll
    damage you if they hit.
[09:26] Veltol
    Your definitive advantage has crumbled.
[09:30] Meldia
    Quit posturing, Demon Lord.
[09:32] Meldia
    You already lost before the
    dice were even thrown.
[09:35] Meldia
    I'll wipe out your soul as well, to make
    sure you don't get this conceited again.
[09:40] Meldia
    Then I will once more meet with the Hero.
[09:44] Veltol
    What did you want to do in
    this world in the first place?
[09:48] Meldia
    What did I want to do?
[09:51] Meldia
    I want to know how that man feels.
[09:54] Meldia
    I need to ask him what he thinks.
[09:57] Meldia
    And I have to apologize to him.
[10:02] Veltol
    Are you...
[10:04] Veltol
    honestly saying you don't
    understand Gram's feelings?
[10:08] Meldia
    As if someone like you would
    ever understand that man!
[10:11] Veltol
    Of course I do!
[10:12] Veltol
    Above all else, he's the Hero, Gram!
[10:16] Meldia
    That's...
[10:17] Veltol
    You're slow on the uptake.
[10:20] Veltol
    I'm betting you learned of his fate
    following your gift of eternal youth
[10:23] Veltol
    and you've carried
    that regret into this era,
[10:27] Veltol
    while fretting over what to do.
[10:29] Veltol
    Damn eternal maiden.
[10:31] Meldia
    Maiden—?
[10:32] Veltol
    What you feel toward the
    Hero is not platonic.
[10:36] Veltol
    It's romantic love!
[10:38] Meldia
    Love?
[10:39] Veltol
    I know how he feels about what you've
    done without even thinking about it.
[10:47] Meldia
    He hates me, of course.
[10:49] Veltol
    Is that the extent of how
    well you understand Gram?
[10:53] Meldia
    Then tell me!
[10:54] Meldia
    What does he think of me?!
[10:57] Veltol
    I will tell you.
[10:59] Veltol
    After you've returned that body to Hizuki.
[11:02] Veltol
    You're a goddess, stealing
    the body of a young girl.
[11:05] Veltol
    You know that kind of behavior
    is what he hates the most!
[11:13] Meldia
    Sorry...
[11:16] Meldia
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[11:24] Meldia
    Gram! Gram!
[11:25] Meldia
    My beloved Hero!
[11:27] Veltol
    That's more like it, Meldia.
[11:30] Veltol
    I can at least accept that
    intense passion from you.
[11:34] Veltol
    Hizuki!
[11:37] Hizuki
    Get me out!
[11:38] Hizuki
    Get me out of here!
[11:40] Meldia
    Be quiet! Don't get in
    the way of my romance!
[11:43] Hizuki
    Screw you! I don't care about that!
[11:45] Meldia
    Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet!
[11:47] Hizuki
    I'm done with this!
[11:49] Hizuki
    I want out of this place already!
[11:51] Hizuki
    Help me!
[11:56] Hizuki
    Help me, Veltol!
[11:58] Veltol
    Yeah, I hear you, Hizuki!
[12:03] Meldia
    No!
[12:04] Meldia
    My name is Meldia!
[12:11] Veltol
    Exult in the silver skies,
[12:13] Veltol
    Vernal Diel!
[12:34] Veltol
    Damn Maguro.
[12:37] Mag
    Ah, so it activated, huh?
[12:40] Mag
    Hubris.
[12:42] Mag
    I was right to set that up, just in case.
    You never know when facing that Demon Lord.
[12:46] Mag
    Now then...
[12:47] Mag
    Time to take my leave
    before this city blows.
[13:03] Veltol
    Whatever.
[13:04] Veltol
    A strong boss always has a second stage.
[13:22] Gram
    Hey, Demon Lord.
[13:24] Gram
    You're looking awfully funny, aren't you?
[13:27] Gram
    Is there some kind of event going on?
[13:29] Veltol
    Why you...
[13:30] Veltol
    If you're going to help,
    do it more gently.
[13:33] Veltol
    I died from that, you know.
[13:36] Gram
    What does that matter when
    you're going to regenerate?
[13:39] Gram
    So?
[13:40] Gram
    What on earth is that?
[13:42] Veltol
    A lovestruck maiden
[13:44] Veltol
    worked up over the
     man she's infatuated with,
[13:46] Veltol
    and now she's driven
     herself into hysterics.
[13:49] Gram
    Should I do something about this?
[13:52] Veltol
    No.
[13:53] Veltol
    That body originally belongs to a friend.
[13:56] Veltol
    I promised to help her.
[13:58] Veltol
    Though it's proving difficult for
    me to accomplish on my own.
[14:03] Veltol
    Hero Gram, I'm issuing you an order.
[14:08] Veltol
    Cover me.
[14:17] Gram
    I'll accept.
[14:22] Gram
    Ixasorde Signalia!
[14:25] Veltol
    Vestum!
[14:27] Veltol
    I'm going all out.
[14:29] Veltol
    Don't fall behind.
[14:30] Gram
    Who are you talking to?
[15:06] MobWoman
    Huh? What's that sound?
[15:07] MobMan
    Hey, above us! Look out!
[15:13] MobMan
    Th-Thanks, lady.
[15:16] Kinohara
    No problem.
[16:02] Meldia
    I'm sorry.
[16:04] Veltol
    There's no need to apologize.
[16:12] Meldia
    That sword...
[16:14] Veltol
    It's a sword that rends the soul.
[16:17] Meldia
    I see. So I'm going to disappear?
[16:21] Veltol
    Goddess Meldia.
[16:23] Veltol
    You should have had more faith in him.
[16:28] Veltol
    The man you chose and loved
[16:31] Veltol
    would never hate you for that.
[16:34] Veltol
    Because he is the Hero.
[16:38] Meldia
    He... wasn't unhappy?
[16:43] Veltol
    Of course not.
[16:46] Veltol
    Now sleep, Meldia.
[16:49] Veltol
    Beautiful goddess who loves people,
     and is beloved in return.
[16:56] Meldia
    Thank you, Veltol.
[17:00] Meldia
    Also, Hizuki,
[17:03] Meldia
    I'm sorry.
[17:11] Veltol
    Good morning, Hijiki.
[17:12] Veltol
    How are you feeling?
[17:15] Hizuki
    It's Hizuki. Dummy.
[17:23] Takahashi
    Velly!
[17:24] Takahashi
    Is Hizuki okay?!
[17:26] Veltol
    She's safe.
[17:27] Veltol
    How's your end?
[17:27] Takahashi
    We're all safe.
[17:29] Takahashi
    I just met up with Machina.
[17:31] Takahashi
    What are we going to do now?
[17:33] Takahashi
    The city already feels
    seconds away from war.
[17:36] Veltol
    I won't let it come to that.
[17:40] Veltol
    There are still things you need to do.
[17:46] ElectricTownCitizen
    Dammit! What was that?!
[17:48] ElectricTownCitizen
    The Magic Town folk have done it now!
[17:51] MagicTownCitizen
    We haven't done anything!
[17:53] MagicTownCitizen
    We have no choice!
[17:53] Meral
    Orders for all units, commence—
[17:55] Veltol
    Both sides, lay down your arms!
[18:00] Veltol
    We have an official decree from
    the new king of Akihabara City!
[18:04] Veltol
    Give her your respectful attention!
[18:06] Meral
    Lady Hizuki?
[18:07] MobMan
    Who's that?
[18:08] MobWoman
    The traitors' daughter.
[18:10] MobWoman
    What's an outsider doing here?
[18:11] MobMan
    Go back home, half-breed!
[18:13] MobWoman
    You want to get hurt?!
[18:17] Hizuki
    I am Hizuki Reynard-Yamada!
[18:20] Hizuki
    I am the head of the Reynard Clan,
    one of Akihabara's Three Great Houses,
[18:24] Hizuki
    and now the king of Akihabara City.
[18:27] MobWoman
    What's going on here?
[18:28] MobMan
    You suddenly call yourself a king?
[18:30] MobMan
    I don't accept it!
[18:31] MobMan
    Besides, why do you even have
    the regalia in the first place?!
[18:34] MobWoman
    You're the one who bewitched
    Tratte, aren't you?!
[18:37] MobMan
    That's right!
[18:38] MobMan
    It was all your doing!
[18:39] Hizuki
    I'm not good enough...
[18:49] Hizuki
    Korneah Seburd was murdered by
    someone disguised as Tratte Götel.
[18:55] Hizuki
    That same person also killed Tratte.
[19:00] Hizuki
    I was attacked too, but
    my friend here saved me,
[19:04] Hizuki
    and we reclaimed the regalia.
[19:06] Hizuki
    I understand your rage and confusion.
[19:10] Hizuki
    However, now that
    I possess all three regalia,
[19:15] Hizuki
    I currently hold full authority
     over all of Akihabara!
[19:18] MobMan
    That's nonsense—!
[19:20] Meral
    Do not interrupt.
    Our king is speaking.
[19:22] Meral
    Please continue.
[19:26] Hizuki
    I choose to exercise my right as your king.
[19:32] Hizuki
    I hereby proclaim that the royal
    authority belonging to the regalia
[19:36] Hizuki
    is now completely null and void!
[19:38] Hizuki
    As of this moment, there is
    no king of Akihabara City!
[19:43] Hizuki
    I leave any further management of the
    city up to the Akihabara City Council.
[19:47] Hizuki
    The end!
[19:50] MobMan
    No way.
[19:51] MobWoman
    What'll we do without a king
    or any of the great houses?
[19:54] MobMan
    The council?
[19:55] MobMan
    That useless group of old farts?!
[19:57] MobWoman
    I don't want our city left in their hands!
[20:01] Hizuki
    Figure shit out for
    yourselves now, dumbasses!
[20:10] Takahashi
    Treasure!
[20:12] Takahashi
    Yahoo!
[20:14] Hizuki
    I can't believe you two really were the Demon
    Lord Veltol and Machina of the Dazzling Blaze.
[20:16] Machina
    Hizuki...
[20:17] Machina
    Hey, that tickles!
[20:20] Takahashi
    What? This is weird?
[20:20] Hizuki
    Though Takahashi's still just Takahashi.
[20:23] Takahashi
    What?!
[20:25] Takahashi
    I did my part from the shadows, too!
[20:28] Hizuki
    I know.
[20:30] Hizuki
    Thanks.
[20:31] Takahashi
    Good!
[20:32] Veltol
    It's here.
[20:32] Hizuki
    By the way, what is that you have there?
[20:33] Machina
    Yes. This mana is very nostalgic.
[20:34] Takahashi
    I don't know.
[20:38] Veltol
    Sihlwald the Black Dragon.
[20:40] Veltol
    And May the Mournful Firmament.
[20:42] Veltol
    Being able to confirm they're
    both alive is a great windfall.
[20:46] Machina
    Yes.
[20:47] Machina
    It was quite rewarding since we also got a
    small taste of being high school students.
[20:52] Veltol
    Yes.
[20:55] Takahashi
    Hello, hello!
[20:57] Hizuki
    We're intruding!
[20:58] Veltol
    Hmm.
[21:01] Hizuki
    What?
[21:02] Veltol
    That uniform looks good on you, Hijiki.
[21:05] Hizuki
    Th-Thanks.
[21:08] Hizuki
    Also, it's Hizuki.
[21:09] Hizuki
    So, why did you call us here?
[21:12] Machina
    To celebrate your transfer to a new school.
[21:14] Veltol
    And for a revenge match!
[21:19] Machina
    Takahashi, what's that supposed to be?
[21:20] Veltol
    A total loss, huh?
[21:22] Machina
    You're hardly a match at all.
[21:23] Hizuki
    I feel great!
[21:24] Takahashi
    I'll turn this around!
[21:26] Veltol
    How are things at your new school?
[21:29] Hizuki
    Way more comfortable
     than my last one.
[21:31] Hizuki
    Takahashi's there, too.
[21:33] Hizuki
    Though I have become a little
    famous after that speech.
[21:37] Veltol
    Thanks to that, my subscribers
    have gone up, too.
[21:40] Veltol
    Though some were starting flame wars.
[21:47] Meldia
    Thank you.
[21:49] Hizuki
    Veltol.
[21:52] Hizuki
    Thank you for forgiving me.
[21:57] Veltol
    Of course I would.
[22:00] Takahashi
    Hizuki.
[22:02] Takahashi
    Finals. Against Machina.
[22:04] Hizuki
    All right! I'm raring to go!
[22:07] Machina
    I'll avenge Lord Veltol!
[22:09] Veltol
    I'm counting on you, Machina!
[22:11] Machina
    Leave it to me!
[22:12] Takahashi
    Oh, by the way, Velly, we have a
    match to determine last place.
[22:16] Veltol
    Very well!
[22:17] Veltol
    Good evemortal! How's the pain of
    life treating you mortals today?
[22:24] Veltol
    It is I, the Demon Lord
    Veltol Velvet Velsvalt!