E7 - Like a Fairy Tale

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[00:01] (Flashback) Heiter
    A grimoire by Flamme the Legendary Mage?
[00:05] (Flashback) Freiren
    They say books attributed
    to Flamme are never real.
[00:09] (Flashback) Freiren
    Only forgeries have been found until now.
[00:13] (Flashback) Frieren
    This is probably the best imitation
    I've seen so far, though.
[00:18] (Flashback) Frieren
    Not bad as a reward for defeating monsters.
[00:21] (Flashback) Himmel
    I really don't understand the appeal.
[00:24] (Flashback) Heiter
    That said, when all you see are fakes,
[00:27] (Flashback) Heiter
    you start to doubt whether the
    genuine article ever existed at all.
[00:31] (Flashback) Eisen
    Flamme, the founder of humanity's magic,
    is like a fairy tale herself.
[00:38] (Flashback) Frieren
    A fairy tale, huh?
[00:41] (Flashback) Frieren
    I suppose. It's been long enough since then.
[00:46] (Flashback) Frieren
    I'm probably the only one
    who remembers her face.
[01:00] Freiren
    It's morning.
[01:06] Fern
    Ms. Frieren woke up early!
[01:09] Stark
    Is that so impressive?
[01:11] Fern
    Of course it is.
[01:14] Fern
    We must be sure to praise her.
[01:24] Stark
    What are we doing?
SIGN    Beyond Journey's End
SIGN    Episode 7: Like a Fairy Tale
SIGN    28 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
    on Eng Road, located in the northern lands
[03:11] Traveler
    Thank you.
[03:13] Traveler
    With the road blocked,
    I didn't know what I was going to do.
[03:24] Stark
    Hey, is this really necessary?
[03:28] Frieren
    You're not happy about it?
    The reward isn't bad.
[03:31] Stark
    No, I mean, couldn't you just use magic
    to carry the cart to the other side?
[03:36] Freiren
    That wouldn't help the
    people who come after us.
[03:39] Frieren
    That's what Fern said, anyway.
[03:42] Frieren
    You're rather selfish, Stark.
[03:45] Stark
    That's rich, coming from you.
[03:51] Traveler
    Thank you.
[03:52] Stark
    Hey, thanks.
[04:01] Stark
    By the way, why was there
    a landslide in just this area?
[04:06] Villager
    The northern lands have been
    fighting demons here and there, too.
[04:12] Villager
    This landslide was probably
    caused by one such skirmish.
[04:16] Stark
    The scars of battle, huh?
[04:23] Fern
    Mr. Stark, could you take a break
    from that to help me over here?
[04:31] Fern
    Mr. Stark?
[04:33] Stark
    Hey, could you stop calling me Mr. Stark?
[04:38] Stark
    It weirds me out.
    We're not that different in age.
[04:44] Fern
    I see. Very well.
[04:49] Fern
    Stark, quit wasting time
    and help me already. Hurry up.
[04:52] Stark
    So rude!
[04:54] Stark
    I meant more like, can't you speak to me
    in a more casual or familiar way?
[05:00] Fern
    I see.
[05:01] Stark
    And can't you be friendlier, too?
    I'm sensitive, okay?
[05:06] Fern
    What a pain in the rear.
[05:07] Stark
    What'd you call me?!
[05:09] Frieren
    Are you making progress over there?
[05:12] Fern
    Let's hurry, Mr. Stark.
[05:16] Stark
    Okay.
[05:19] Traveler
    Thank you so much.
[05:22] Traveler
    If you'd like, I can show you
    the way to the town.
[05:26] Traveler
    An elf, huh?
[05:29] Traveler
    I've lived many years, but this
    is my first time seeing one.
[05:33] Frieren
    I suppose we're something of a rarity.
[05:35] Fern
    Come to think of it, I've never
    seen an elf besides you.
[05:40] Frieren
    There aren't very many of us.
[05:43] Frieren
    I've only seen my own kind a handful of times.
[05:48] Frieren
    Elves may live a long time,
[05:51] Frieren
    but across the board, we lack romantic
    feelings and reproductive instincts.
[05:57] Frieren
    We're quietly going extinct.
[06:00] Frieren
    The last time I met a fellow elf
    was more than 400 years ago.
[06:05] Frieren
    Perhaps we're closer
    to the end than I thought.
[06:16] Fern
    We can see the town now.
[06:19] Fern
    There's a line of wagons.
[06:21] Stark
    Those look like merchants.
[06:23] Traveler
    The Liberation Festival is tonight.
[06:27] Traveler
    Today's the day Himmel
    and his party of heroes
[06:30] Traveler
    once defeated the demons who ruled this land.
[06:36] Frieren
    Is that right?
[06:39] Traveler
    That's what the Liberation
    Festival commemorates.
[06:43] Traveler
    The statues of Mr. Himmel and his companions
    in the central plaza are decorated,
[06:48] Traveler
    and the entire town
    throws a grand celebration.
[06:52] Frieren
    Humans love to make a fuss.
[06:54] Frieren
    They hold festivals for everything.
[06:57] Traveler
    It's been more than eighty years
    since the demons were defeated.
[07:03] Traveler
    That's more than enough time for something
    to pass from human memory.
[07:10] Traveler
    But on this day, everyone
    remembers the party of heroes.
[07:21] (Flashback) Himmel
    Nice work.
[07:24] (Flashback) Eisen
    Five retakes, huh?
[07:26] (Flashback) Heiter
    We finished sooner than usual this time.
[07:29] (Flashback) Frieren
    You're always getting statues made, Himmel.
[07:33] (Flashback) Himmel
    Because I want everyone to remember us.
[07:37] (Flashback) Himmel
    Unlike you, we don't live that long.
[07:42] (Flashback) Himmel
    I need future generations to
    remember how handsome I was.
[07:46] (Flashback) Frieren
    I'm heading back to the inn.
[07:49] (Flashback) Himmel
    But I guess the biggest reason
[07:53] (Flashback) Himmel
    is so you won't be alone in the future.
[08:00] (Flashback) Frieren
    What does that mean?
[08:02] (Flashback) Himmel
    We're not fairy tales.
[08:04] (Flashback) Himmel
    We really existed.
[08:13] Traveler
    Every year, we celebrate the great deeds
    accomplished by the party of heroes.
[08:21] Traveler
    Come to think of it, you look a lot
[08:24] Traveler
    like the statue of Ms. Frieren
    from that very party.
[08:29] Frieren
    Will they still be doing this
    a hundred years from now?
[08:33] Traveler
    Yes, as long as this town still stands.
[08:36] Frieren
    How about a thousand?
[08:39] Traveler
    Well, I don't know.
[08:48] Frieren
    Shall we go?
[08:51] Frieren
    We're heading far to the north.
[08:54] Stark
    Come to think of it, you haven't
    told me your destination yet.
[08:59] Stark
    Where are we going?
[09:03] Frieren
    Heaven.
[09:05] Stark
    Now that sounds fun.
SIGN    28 years after the death of Himmel the Hero,
    in Graf Granat's domain, located in the northern lands
[09:24] Fern
    There are a lot of guards here.
[09:27] Fern
    Do you suppose something happened?
[09:30] Stark
    Let's decide who's going shopping.
[09:40] Fern
    Ms. Frieren, we're in a town.
[09:42] Frieren
    I sense demons.
[09:43] Fern
    What?
[09:55] Guard A
    Hey, you! What are you doing?!
[10:05] Lügner
    Graf Granat, did you put her up to this?
[10:10] Granat
    Lord Lügner, while it's true
    I despise you and wish you dead,
[10:16] Granat
    I'm not foolish enough to openly attack
    peace envoys in the middle of town.
[10:22] Fern
    Peace envoys?
[10:24] Granat
    They're probably adventurers
    who don't know what's going on.
[10:29] Lügner
    If you say so.
[10:34] Lügner
    There's bloodlust in those calm, cold eyes.
[10:40] Lügner
    Even the townsfolk who hate us
    look upon me as a person,
[10:46] Lügner
    even as they tremble in fear.
[10:50] Lügner
    But you look at me as
    though I'm a wild beast.
[10:56] Frieren
    Aren't you?
[10:58] Freiren
    You demons are wild beasts who
    imitate human speech
[11:02] Freiren
    but can't be communicated with.
[11:06] Granat
    Throw her in the dungeon
    beneath the mansion.
[11:08] Guard
    Yes, milord.
[11:12] Stark
    Huh?
[11:16] Stark
    Hey!
[11:32] Frieren
    I'm bored.
[11:38] Fern
    Ms. Frieren.
[11:40] Stark
    They said to reflect on your
    actions for two or three years.
[11:43] Frieren
    That's shorter than I expected.
[11:45] Frieren
    Could you bring me some grimoires later?
[11:49] Fern
    You really do love to waste time.
[11:54] Frieren
    I'm not here because I want to be.
[11:57] Frieren
    So, what did he mean when he referred
    to those demons as peace envoys?
[12:02] Fern
    I looked into it while shopping.
[12:05] Fern
    You know of Aura the Guillotine, don't you?
[12:08] Frieren
    She's one of the Seven Sages of Destruction
    who served the Demon King.
[12:13] Frieren
    She lost most of her followers
    fighting against us.
[12:17] Frieren
    Last I heard, her whereabouts were unknown.
[12:19] Frieren
    Did something happen recently?
[12:21] Fern
    Aura regained her power 28 years ago.
[12:26] Fern
    Her forces have been embroiled in battle
    with this town for a long time,
[12:31] Fern
    but they've become exhausted
    by the fruitless fighting,
[12:34] Fern
    so they're suing for peace.
[12:37] Frieren
    So that's why they were allowed in as envoys.
[12:40] Frieren
    That was a bad move.
[12:42] Frieren
    Trying to talk to demons is pointless.
[12:46] Stark
    It can't be pointless.
[12:48] Stark
    They're capable of speech.
[12:49] Stark
    Surely the best option would be
    to resolve things by talking them out?
[12:53] Frieren
    They can't resolve things that way.
    That's why it's pointless.
[12:58] Frieren
    Demons are man-eating monsters.
[13:01] Frieren
    Have you ever wondered why they
    speak the same language as humans?
[13:10] (Flashback) Villagers
    Hero, you must slay the fiend!
[13:18] (Flashback) Himmel
    It's only a child.
[13:19] (Flashback) Mother
    So what? That thing ate our daughter!
[13:31] (Flashback) Demon Child
    It hurts...
[13:35] (Flashback) Demon Child
    It hurts, Mom...
[13:46] (Flashback) Frieren
    Enough. I'll do it.
[13:49] (Flashback) Village Chief
    Then we'd be no different from the demons.
[13:54] (Flashback) Village Chief
    It's not as though they have to
    eat humans to survive, right?
[13:59] (Flashback) Village Chief
    Why don't we give her
    the opportunity to atone?
[14:03] (Flashback) Father
    Chief...
[14:05] (Flashback) Mother
    You can't be serious!
[14:07] (Flashback) Mother
    Give us back our daughter!
[14:15] (Flashback) Village Chief
    I'll tend your wounds at my home.
[14:18] (Flashback) Village Chief
    I've been looking for someone
    to help on the farm.
[14:24] (Flashback) Frieren
    Himmel, you'll regret not
    killing it now. It's a—
[14:30] (Flashback) Himmel
    Frieren, we're capable of speech
    with each other.
[14:34] (Flashback) Himmel
    We'll be staying in this village anyway.
[14:36] (Flashback) Himmel
    Why don't we see how it goes?
[14:41] (Flashback) Frieren
    Fine.
[15:16] (Flashback) Himmel
    Why did you kill the village chief?
[15:23] (Flashback) Mother
    We should've killed it back then.
[15:28] (Flashback) Demon Child
    There it is again.
[15:32] (Flashback) Demon Child
    Every day I felt your desire to kill me.
[15:37] (Flashback) Demon Child
    I just want to live in peace.
[15:41] (Flashback) Demon Child
    So I brought you a replacement
    for the daughter I ate.
[15:50] (Flashback) Himmel
    That's the village chief's daughter.
[15:53] (Flashback) Demon Child
    But the village chief is gone now.
[16:02] (Flashback) Demon Child
    It seems I've made a mistake somehow.
[16:07] (Flashback) Demon Child
    Then I have no choice.
    I'm taking this child hostage.
[16:18] (Flashback) Frieren
    You won't stop me again, will you?
[16:21] (Flashback) Himmel
    No.
[16:23] (Flashback) Demon Child
    Mom...
[16:31] (Flashback) Frieren
    "Mom" again?
[16:33] (Flashback) Frieren
    Like monsters, demons don't raise their young.
[16:37] (Flashback) Frieren
    They spend most of their time
    after birth living in solitude.
[16:43] (Flashback) Frieren
    You're solitary creatures by nature.
    You have no concept of family.
[16:50] (Flashback) Frieren
    So why do you use the word "mom"?
[16:55] (Flashback) Demon Child
    Because it stops you from killing us.
[17:00] (Flashback) Demon Child
    A wonderful, magical word...
[17:08] Frieren
    For them, words are a means
    of deceiving humans.
[17:13] Frieren
    Flamme the Legendary Mage defined
    monsters capable of speech as demons.
[17:18] Frieren
    They're descended from
    monsters who cried "help"
[17:22] Frieren
    from the shadows to lure humans to them.
[17:32] Frieren
    Don't forget to bring me grimoires.
[17:39] Draht
    Graf Granat is late.
[17:41] Lügner
    A human diplomatic tactic.
[17:45] Lügner
    In any case, I'm curious about that mage.
[17:50] Lügner
    I know her face from somewhere.
[17:54] Lügner
    Wild beasts who can't be
    communicated with, huh?
[17:58] Lügner
    That's an accurate description.
[18:01] Lügner
    She's the only one in this town who
    understands the true nature of us demons.
[18:07] Lügner
    There's only one reason that predators
[18:09] Lügner
    who prey on humans would
    speak the human language.
[18:13] Frieren
    They speak not to understand us
    but to deceive us.
[18:19] Frieren
    This town won't be around much longer.
[18:22] Frieren
    I should take advantage of
    the confusion to escape.
[18:33] Lügner
    What is this?
[18:35] Granat
    My son's room.
[18:41] Granat
    He was a good boy.
[18:43] Granat
    He'd often boast about how he'd take over
    the family soon so I could take it easy.
[18:57] Granat
    His Majesty gave him this sword
    when he fought in his presence.
[19:01] Lügner
    Where is your son now?
[19:07] Granat
    He died in battle against
    Aura ten years ago.
[19:19] Granat
    All that came home to me was his sword.
[19:22] Granat
    Lügner!
[19:25] Granat
    I only invited you here to avenge my son.
[19:30] Granat
    I'm going to kill all of you
    envoys here and now.
[19:33] Granat
    Your peace means nothing to me!
[19:46] Lügner
    This room is quite clean.
[19:50] Lügner
    I'm sure you've been keeping it
    just as it was ten years ago.
[19:54] Granat
    So what if I have?
[19:57] Lügner
    I've kept my father's room the same
    since you killed him, too.
[20:04] Lügner
    Why don't we put an end
    to this, Graf Granat?
[20:08] Lügner
    Or shall we continue to shed each other's
    blood and cause even more grief?
[20:17] Lügner
    We're capable of speech with each other.
[20:19] Lügner
    Please grant us the opportunity
    to settle this with discussion.
[20:33] Granat
    Show them to the guestroom.
[20:41] Granat
    I'll consider it.
[20:52] Linie
    Lord Lügner,
[20:53] Linie
    what is a "father"?
[20:56] Lügner
    Who knows?
[21:07] Lügner
    Graf Granat resents us, but he
    seems to be an empathetic man.
[21:15] Lügner
    If we win him over, we may
    be able to convince him
[21:18] Lügner
    to lower this town's defensive
    barrier in the name of peace.
[21:22] Lügner
    Then Lady Aura's forces will raze this town.
[21:30] Lügner
    By the way, Linie, I don't see Draht.
[21:35] Linie
    He said he was off to eliminate an obstacle.
[21:39] Lügner
    He's acting rashly.
[21:41] Lügner
    What am I to do with that
    hot-blooded youngster?
[21:47] Guard B
    Lord Draht, you should not be here.
[21:52] Guard B
    Please return to the guest—
[22:05] Frieren
    Who are you? Visiting hours are over.
[22:11] Draht
    I am Draht, one of Aura the
    Guillotine's executioners.
[22:16] Draht
    I am here to kill you.
[22:19] Frieren
    I see. Done pretending to negotiate?
[22:23] Draht
    We're just getting started.
[22:25] Frieren
    Uh-huh.
[22:27] Draht
    According to Lord Lügner,
    this girl is the only obstacle in our way.
[22:32] Draht
    If I kill her, and we win over Graf Granat,
    this town will fall easily.
[22:40] Frieren
    Just so you know, I'm strong.
[22:44] Draht
    Stronger than me?
[22:46] Frieren
    Stronger than Aura the Guillotine.
[24:20] Linie
    Who is that mage?
[24:20] Granat
    Speaking so casually to me
    is a serious crime in this town...
[24:21] Stark
    We don't stand a chance against them.
[24:22] Fern
    You're a guard-killer who should be executed.
[24:23] Frieren
    I hate fighting powerful opponents, too.
[24:24] Draht
    This fight is already over.
[24:25] Lügner
    She slew more demons
    than anyone else in history.
SIGN    Episode 8
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Frieren the Slayer