E12 - A Real Hero

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SIGN    Beyond Journey's End
SIGN    Episode 12: A Real Hero
SIGN    29 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
    in the Schwer Mountains, located in the northern lands
[01:47] Fern
    Ms. Frieren is falling asleep.
[01:51] Stark
    What?
[01:58] Fern
    She's asleep.
[02:00] Stark
    Oh, well. I'll carry her.
[02:03] Fern
    But Mr. Stark, your axe...
[02:05] Stark
    Oh, right.
[02:07] Stark
    My hands are free, though.
[02:19] Fern
    I'll carry her.
[02:20] Stark
    What? Why?
[02:22] Fern
    No reason.
[02:33] (Flashback) Eisen
    In the end, the king only
    gave us ten copper coins.
[02:38] (Flashback) Freiren
    What a cheapskate.
[02:39] (Flashback) Heiter
    I'm not surprised.
[02:41] (Flashback) Heiter
    Many heroes have tried and failed
    to defeat the Demon King until now.
[02:47] (Flashback) Himmel
    There's nothing wrong with
    earning money to cover expenses
[02:50] (Flashback) Himmel
    while working toward
    defeating the Demon King.
[02:54] (Flashback) Himmel
    It'll feel like an adventure.
[02:56] (Flashback) Heiter
    I suppose you're right.
[02:58] (Flashback) Frieren
    That's the Hero's Sword.
[03:01] (Flashback) Heiter
    It's a replica.
[03:04] (Flashback) Himmel
    Back in the day, a merchant who
    visited my town gave it to me
[03:07] (Flashback) Himmel
    for saving him from a monster.
[03:09] (Flashback) Himmel
    "For the future hero," he said.
[03:11] (Flashback) Himmel
    Just something you'd say to a kid.
[03:14] (Flashback) Frieren
    Is that why you became a hero?
[03:16] (Flashback) Himmel
    No.
[03:17] (Flashback) Himmel
    There was this annoying brat named
    Heiter at the village orphanage.
[03:21] (Flashback) Himmel
    He said I'd only ever become a fake hero
    because all I had was a fake sword.
[03:28] (Flashback) Himmel
    So I decided I'd prove him wrong
    by becoming a real hero.
[03:34] (Flashback) Himmel
    Someday, I'll acquire the real Hero's Sword
    and defeat the Demon King.
[03:41] (Flashback) Himmel
    But the passage of time is cruel.
[03:44] (Flashback) Himmel
    The brat who said that to me is now
    a fake priest who just drinks all the time.
[03:50] (Flashback) Heiter
    I'm a real priest.
[04:12] Freiren
    A dream...
[04:13] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, you're finally awake.
[04:17] Frieren
    I feel like I've seen this sight before.
[04:21] Frieren
    I must still be dreaming.
[04:22] Stark
    If only you were.
[04:25] Frieren
    I underestimated the mountain weather.
[04:27] Frieren
    Keep going north. The village
    we're heading to is up ahead.
[04:31] Fern
    Very well.
[04:33] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, can you walk?
[04:37] Frieren
    No.
[04:38] Fern
    I see.
[04:41] Frieren
    You smell nice.
[04:44] Fern
    Sheesh.
[04:45] Stark
    You must be tired from carrying
    her this whole time, Fern.
[04:49] Stark
    I'll take her now.
[05:00] Fern
    Perv.
[05:04] Stark
    How am I a perv?
[05:08] Frieren
    The blizzard has mostly settled down.
[05:11] Frieren
    I thought we'd freeze to death.
[05:17] Stark
    There really is a village this
    deep in the mountains, huh?
[05:23] Chief
    We've been waiting for you, Ms. Frieren.
[05:27] Frieren
    You're the current village chief?
    You're so young.
[05:30] Chief
    Yes. I'm the 49th in a long line of chiefs.
[05:35] Chief
    Welcome to the Village of the Sword.
[05:40] Frieren
    There was a destroyed cabin
    outside the village.
[05:43] Chief
    It's an old hunting cabin.
[05:46] Chief
    The lord of the mountains destroyed it.
[05:48] Frieren
    The lord of the mountains?
    Has there always been one of those?
[05:52] Stark
    So this is the Village of the Sword.
[05:54] Fern
    You know of this place, Mr. Stark?
[05:57] Stark
    This village used to protect the Hero's Sword.
[06:01] Stark
    The Hero's Sword was said to have been
    placed in a sanctuary near this village.
[06:08] Stark
    Throughout history, many heroes tried to
    pull it from the stone, but it wouldn't budge.
[06:14] Stark
    Not until eighty years ago, anyway.
[06:19] Stark
    According to the legend, uh...
[06:22] Chief
    "The Hero's Sword can only
    be pulled from the stone
[06:24] Chief
    by the hero who will drive off the great
    calamity bent on destroying this world."
[06:28] Stark
    Yeah, that's it.
[06:30] Fern
    And it was Mr. Himmel who
    drew the sword from the stone?
[06:33] Stark
    That's right. I thought it was
    a pretty famous story.
[06:37] Stark
    You hadn't heard it before?
[06:39] Fern
    No. Mr. Heiter never mentioned it.
[06:44] Chief
    This is it.
[06:47] Frieren
    So warm.
[06:50] Chief
    Anyway, I'm disappointed, Ms. Frieren.
[06:53] Chief
    You were supposed to return
    half a century later.
[06:56] Chief
    I'm a mild-mannered person,
    but even I'm pissed off.
[07:01] Chief
    At least, that's what my grandmother said.
[07:05] Frieren
    I told her eighty years would be fine.
[07:09] Frieren
    The people of this village, who've protected
    the Hero's Sword for generations,
[07:13] Frieren
    can easily defend themselves.
[07:15] Chief
    That's true, but we still
    need you to fulfill your duty.
[07:21] Fern
    What duty?
[07:23] Frieren
    Monster extermination.
[07:24] Frieren
    Monsters regularly appear around this village.
[07:28] Chief
    The lord of the mountain has been especially
    unruly lately. It's been a real problem.
[07:34] Frieren
    Then I'll start tomorrow.
[07:37] Frieren
    Better to deal with this
    sooner rather than later.
[07:57] Stark
    This area is full of monsters,
    even though the village is nearby.
[08:00] Fern
    Why didn't you hire other
    adventurers to exterminate them?
[08:05] Chief
    I wish we could, but...
[08:08] Frieren
    It's because Himmel is the hero.
[08:11] Stark
    You weren't kidding.
    There sure are a lot of monsters.
[08:15] Stark
    They're gathered in front of that cave.
[08:37] Stark
    Frieren, is this—
[08:47] Chief
    It's the lord.
[08:52] Frieren
    I see.
[08:53] Frieren
    No wonder I didn't know who she meant.
     It's a new face.
[08:57] Frieren
    Only eighty years, and you
    consider yourself a lord?
[09:02] Frieren
    Stark, I know you can keep moving.
[09:11] Stark
    Can't you treat people better?!
[09:19] Frieren
    Nice work.
[09:30] Frieren
    Now I've fulfilled my duty.
[09:37] Stark
    Frieren, what's the meaning of this?
[09:41] Stark
    That's the Hero's Sword.
[09:45] Frieren
    It's what attracts all the monsters.
[09:48] Frieren
    A powerful barrier prevents them
    from entering the sanctuary,
[09:51] Frieren
    but even so, they can't suppress
    their impulse to destroy it.
[09:55] Frieren
    The Hero's Sword must truly terrify them.
[09:58] Stark
    That's not what I meant.
[10:00] Frieren
    Right.
[10:06] Frieren
    Himmel failed to pull
    the sword from the stone.
[10:11] (Flashback) Previous Chief
    So this hero wasn't the real one either.
[10:17] (Flashback) Heiter
    Himmel...
[10:19] (Flashback) Himmel
    There's nothing wrong
    with being a fake hero.
[10:24] (Flashback) Himmel
    I'll defeat the Demon King
    and bring peace to the world.
[10:29] (Flashback) Himmel
    Then it won't matter if I'm fake or not.
[10:37] Frieren
    Himmel lived up to those words.
[10:40] Frieren
    Even without that sword, he saved the world.
[10:43] Frieren
    He was a real hero.
[10:46] Fern
    Then why was the truth covered up?
[10:49] Frieren
    It was probably done by people who
    wanted to make Himmel a hero.
[10:54] Frieren
    No hero needs embarrassing
    stories told about them,
[10:56] Frieren
    like the time they failed to pull
    the Hero's Sword from its stone.
[11:01] Frieren
    Future generations always
    romanticize heroes,
[11:10] Frieren
    to the point that their original
    nature eventually disappears.
[11:31] Chief
    I always believed you
    could do it, Ms. Frieren.
[11:35] Chief
    I'm hella grateful.
[11:37] Chief
    My grandmother said that as well.
[11:39] Stark
    What's up with the words
    your grandma left you?
[11:42] Frieren
    Well, see you in another fifty years.
[11:47] Chief
    Don't be late next time.
SIGN    29 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
    in the Appetit region, located in the northern lands
[11:59] Frieren
    Once we leave our belongings at the inn,
[12:01] Frieren
    everyone's free to do what
    they want for the evening.
[12:03] Stark
    We haven't been to a town in a while.
[12:04] Stark
    We can finally cut loose.
[12:07] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, what will you do?
[12:09] Fern
    Shall we look around the shops together?
[12:12] Frieren
    I'll pass.
[12:13] Frieren
    I'd like to relax here at the inn
    and read some grimoires.
[12:16] Fern
    I see. In that case, I'll go alone.
[12:19] Frieren
    Oh, right.
[12:21] Frieren
    Today is Stark's eighteenth birthday.
[12:26] Fern
    Why didn't you tell me that beforehand?
[12:30] Fern
    I didn't get him anything.
[12:33] Frieren
    You can buy something for him in town.
[12:36] Fern
    I don't know what Mr. Stark wants.
[12:41] Frieren
    You don't think things through, do you, Fern?
[12:43] Fern
    This is your fault, Ms. Frieren.
[12:47] Fern
    By the way, what are you giving him?
[12:59] Frieren
    I've got something special planned.
[13:05] Frieren
    A potion that only dissolves clothing.
[13:08] Frieren
    My master told me men enjoy
    receiving this kind of gift.
[13:20] Frieren
    What? Are you curious, Fern?
[13:27] Fern
    I told you to return this vulgar
    potion when you bought it.
[13:34] Fern
    I can't believe you, Ms. Frieren.
[13:38] Frieren
    That potion was pretty valuable, you know.
[13:42] Frieren
    What am I going to give him now?
[13:59] Frieren
    Oh, right.
[14:02] Frieren
    I have this.
[14:06] Fern
    I'll have to look into it myself.
[14:09] Fern
    He's bound to notice, though.
[14:14] Fern
    Mr. Stark.
[14:20] Fern
    Is he out?
[14:25] Woman
    A warrior carrying an axe?
[14:28] Woman
    He helped me push my cart.
[14:31] Woman
    I think he was headed toward the plaza.
[14:36] Boy
    He was playing with us until a moment ago.
[14:40] Child
    He helped us out of that tree.
[14:45] Old Man
    He stopped my rampaging cow.
[14:49] Fern
    He's been helping lots of people.
[14:53] Fern
    How could Ms. Frieren be so rude?
[14:55] Fern
    There's no way Mr. Stark would
    appreciate that dirty potion.
[15:18] Fern
    Mr. Stark.
[15:18] Stark
    Whoa!
[15:20] Stark
    That cloud looks like boobs.
[15:25] Fern/Id
    He's a perv after all.
[15:28] Stark
    For real? That one looks like a turd.
[15:32] Fern
    No, he's just a child.
[15:35] Stark
    I'll have to tell Fern about them later.
[15:37] Fern
    How am I supposed to respond to that?
[15:44] Fern
    Mr. Stark.
[15:47] Stark
    Fern, good timing. Those clouds...
[15:53] Stark
    Actually, sorry. It's nothing.
[15:58] Stark
    Uh, so...
[16:00] Fern
    Would you like to go for a walk?
[16:02] Stark
    Yes.
[16:05] Stark
    Hey, why are you mad? Did I do something?
[16:11] Fern
    How do I broach the subject?
[16:14] Stark
    Come on. I'll apologize, okay?
[16:17] Fern
    No matter how I ask,
    he'll know something's up.
[16:19] Fern
    Then I'll just come out and say it.
[16:23] Fern
    Mr. Stark, is there anything you want?
[16:27] Stark
    What for?
[16:29] Fern
    It's your birthday today.
[16:32] Stark
    Is that right?
[16:33] Stark
    What's that got to do with what I want?
[16:38] Fern
    I'd like to get you a birthday present.
[16:41] Stark
    What? You're gonna give me something?
[16:44] Fern
    Actually, never mind.
    You're kind of irritating.
[16:49] Stark
    Wait. I wasn't joking.
[16:53] Stark
    I've never received a birthday present before.
[17:01] Stark
    I never got one from my
    dead family or my master,
[17:06] Stark
    so I just thought that was how it was.
[17:08] Fern
    Not even from your family?
[17:11] Fern
    Was it not the custom there?
[17:13] Stark
    No, they probably just didn't
    care about me that much.
[17:19] Stark
    I'm originally from a village of warriors.
[17:22] Stark
    There was no place there for the weak.
[17:25] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    That was a pathetic display
    in front of that monster.
[17:28] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    Try to be more like Stoltz.
[17:30] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    Not only is he uninjured, but he doesn't
    have a speck of blood or dirt on him.
[17:37] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    His pure white cape proves he's
    the strongest warrior in the village.
[17:42] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    Stoltz, you're the pride of the village.
[17:44] (Flashback) Stoltz
    Of course, Dad.
[17:50] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    But by contrast, Stark is a failure.
[17:53] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    Despite training so hard every day,
    he still hasn't faced down a monster.
[18:03] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    It's starting to rain. Let's head home.
[18:06] (Flashback) Stoltz
    I'm going to train my
    foolish younger brother.
[18:08] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    Don't be too mean to him.
[18:10] (Flashback) Stark Dad
    I'm heading home. You're wasting your time.
[18:17] (Flashback) Stoltz
    Stark.
[18:23] (Flashback) Young Stark
    Brother.
[18:28] (Flashback) Young Stark
    Sorry.
[18:30] (Flashback) Stoltz
    Good focus.
[18:34] (Flashback) Stoltz
    I know you'll become stronger, but your
    stance could use some improvement.
[18:42] Stark
    Come to think of it, my brother
    might've been different.
[18:46] Stark
    But...
[18:56] Stark
    When my village was attacked by demons,
    I abandoned even my brother and fled.
[19:02] Stark
    Maybe I shouldn't be surprised my family
    never celebrated my birthday.
[19:06] Stark
    I was a failure who ran from everything.
[19:11] Stark
    I bet Himmel wouldn't have run.
[19:18] Fern
    Mr. Stark, let's go pick out a present.
[19:24] Fern
    The past doesn't matter.
[19:26] Fern
    The warrior Stark I've known has never run.
[19:32] Stark
    But I might in the future.
[19:35] Fern
    We won't let you.
[19:37] Stark
    But I—
[19:38] Fern
    If you won't choose, then I'm
    choosing something for you.
[19:44] Stark
    Fine.
[19:50] Stark
    I'd like this, then.
[19:51] Fern
    No. That's expensive.
[19:53] Stark
    Okay.
[20:03] Frieren
    Welcome back. You're late.
[20:06] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, what are those
    ridiculously large hamburg steaks?
[20:10] Stark
    What are you talking about?
[20:12] Stark
    This is how you celebrate a birthday.
[20:15] Stark
    My master never gave me any gifts,
[20:17] Stark
    but he did make me birthday hamburg steaks.
[20:21] Fern
    What do you mean?
[20:22] Frieren
    Stark, Eisen didn't tell you?
[20:26] Stark
    Tell me what?
[20:28] Frieren
    Warriors are so awkward.
[20:30] Fern
    You're one to talk, aren't you, Ms. Frieren?
[20:33] Frieren
    You're right. I understand
    because I'm awkward, too.
[20:36] Frieren
    It's foolish, isn't it?
[20:38] Frieren
    People won't know how you feel
    unless you tell them.
[20:42] Frieren
    This is...
[20:46] (Flashback) Frieren
    Come to think of it,
[20:47] (Flashback) Frieren
    you always make ridiculously large
    hamburg steaks on our birthdays.
[20:51] (Flashback) Frieren
    What's that about?
[20:53] (Flashback) Eisen
    It's a custom in my region.
[20:56] (Flashback) Eisen
    They're a gift to honor warriors
    who have worked hard.
[21:01] (Flashback) Eisen
    It's like a birthday present from me.
[21:04] (Flashback) Himmel
    But Eisen, we're not warriors.
[21:08] (Flashback) Eisen
    Everyone who works hard is a warrior.
[21:11] (Flashback) Frieren
    Really?
[21:12] (Flashback) Heiter
    Who can say?
[21:14] Stark
    Warriors who have worked hard...
[21:18] (Flashback) Young Stark
    Brother, what are you making?
[21:21] (Flashback) Stoltz
    Hamburg steak. It's your birthday, isn't it?
[21:25] (Flashback) Stoltz
    Don't tell the rest of the family.
[21:34] (Flashback) Stoltz
    Run, Stark.
[21:38] (Flashback) Stoltz
    You have to live.
[22:09] Frieren
    Eisen gave me the recipe.
[22:13] Frieren
    Is it good?
[22:23] Stark
    Yeah.
[22:29] Frieren
    I have some of this left over, too.
[22:32] Fern
    I'll pour it over your
    head again, Ms. Frieren.
[22:35] Stark
    Huh? What's that?
[22:37] Fern
    None of your business.
[22:39] Frieren
    A valuable potion.
[22:41] Stark
    What? What's it do?
[22:43] Fern
    Perv.
[22:44] Stark
    What? How am I a perv?
[22:45] Fern
    Perv.
[22:46] Stark
    Seriously, why?!
[24:20] Heiter
    Himmel!
[24:20] Stark
    My nose is starting to bleed.
[24:21] Eisen
    You're a wicked woman.
[24:21] Fern
    Alcohol is the best medicine.
[24:23] Himmel
    So what, Frieren?
[24:23] Frieren
    Too much time has passed.
    Time I can't get back now.
[24:24] Sein
    Grown-ups are dirty by nature.
[24:24] Seins Brother
    He also likes older women.
[24:27] Frieren
    It's an aversion to my own kind, I guess.
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    Aversion to One's Own Kind