# 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