# 6 - Chapter Six: The Red Champion
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**[00:13] ---**
Geez...
**[00:15] ---**
How did we end up coming
to an insane place like this?!
**[00:19] ---**
Quit complaining! Real men
don't cling to the past!
**[00:24] ---**
You idiot! Whose fault do you think this is?!
**[00:27] ---**
If you hadn't exaggerated so much
we'd be closer to the capital now!
**[00:31] ---**
You're too uptight, Taito. You'll never
be popular with the girls like that!
**[00:35] ---**
Right, Laila?
**[00:37] ---**
Whatever, just hurry ahead!
**[00:39] ---**
Yes, yes! Sure thing!
**[00:50] ---**
H- Hosei... How much further is it?
**[00:54] ---**
Hmm, maybe about an
hour more if we're lucky?
**[00:58] ---**
No! I wanna go back!
**[01:03] ---**
You sound so cute
when you're crying too, Laila!
**[01:06] ---**
This is no time for that!
**[01:21] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
to our prime forever*
**[01:30] ---**
*And I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:39] ---**
*I'll never say good-bye
'cos I can't forget her*°
**[01:48] ---**
*But I feel like dumb,
I don't know why*
**[01:57] ---**
*Try to scream*
**[02:00] ---**
*Shattered dreams are
made of stone and desperation*
**[02:09] ---**
*Broken hearts blown in a
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:14] ---**
*Unspoken words floating on
freezing wind during winterlong*
**[02:24] ---**
*During winterlong*
**[02:40] ---**
A shortcut to the capital?!
**[02:42] ---**
Yep! I'm from these parts,
**[02:47] ---**
so I know *all* the secret paths and shortcuts!
**[02:49] ---**
It'll be ten days quicker
than going the normal way!
**[02:52] ---**
Really?! That much?!
**[02:54] ---**
Every single morning you say,
**[02:56] ---**
"I wanna get to the capital,
I wanna get to the capital!"
**[03:00] ---**
I've started to feel bad for you!
**[03:04] ---**
Well, Laila? Have you
changed your opinion of me?!
**[03:08] ---**
Not really.
**[03:10] ---**
That cold look is irresistable too!
**[03:13] ---**
All right, Hosei!
**[03:15] ---**
Let's just take this shortcut of yours!
**[03:18] ---**
I need to hurry to the capital
**[03:19] ---**
so I can kick the crap
out of that mustached bastard!
**[03:21] ---**
Right! Just leave it to me!
**[03:24] ---**
"Chapter Six: The Red Champion"
**[03:31] ---**
What the hell?! Your so-called
shortcut was a lie,
**[03:34] ---**
and we're just heading back to your master?!
**[03:37] ---**
What a load of crap!
**[03:40] ---**
It's not my fault! You wouldn't
have come if I had told the truth!
**[03:45] ---**
And then who knows when
I would ever see Laila again!
**[03:49] ---**
Hell if I care!
**[03:50] ---**
Don't be so reproachful, Taito.
**[03:52] ---**
Given that he's obtained
the Shuang Chan Bow,
**[03:54] ---**
he's duty-bound to report to his master.
**[03:57] ---**
So?! Why do *we* have to
come along with him?!
**[04:00] ---**
Hey, Hosei.
**[04:02] ---**
You told us before, but your
master is really scary, right?
**[04:08] ---**
Yeah... She's not human.
She's a monster!
**[04:13] ---**
Stop, Hosei! Don't speak
of your master that way!
**[04:16] ---**
Easy for you to say!
You don't know her!
**[04:22] ---**
She's one seriously dangerous hag!
**[04:24] ---**
If she had found out
I got my hands on this
**[04:27] ---**
and went to the capital
without letting her know...
**[04:30] ---**
Hosei!
**[04:32] ---**
I told you to return as soon
as you obtained the bow!
**[04:38] ---**
I- I'm sorry, Master!
**[04:42] ---**
Absolutely unforgivable!
**[04:49] ---**
...is probably what'd happen.
**[04:51] ---**
Don't be silly...!
**[04:53] ---**
She's a legendary hag
in many other ways too!
**[04:56] ---**
Cracks open in the ground
when she stomps her feet!
**[04:58] ---**
Birds fall from the sky when she shouts!
**[05:01] ---**
She chops daikon radishes
with her bare hands!
**[05:03] ---**
She drinks a full bottle every night!
**[05:06] ---**
She wears heavy makeup!
**[05:07] ---**
She snores like crazy!
**[05:09] ---**
They got kind of lame at the end there...
**[05:11] ---**
But she really is serious trouble!
**[05:14] ---**
Oh! What should I do?!
**[05:17] ---**
I wish I could just run off
with you right now, Laila!
**[05:20] ---**
But if she found me she'd kill me!
**[05:23] ---**
Don't go holding Laila's hand!
**[05:26] ---**
Oh, come on, dumb brother!
**[05:28] ---**
Don't call me your brother!
**[05:30] ---**
Then I'll just call you dumb!
**[05:33] ---**
What?!
**[05:34] ---**
Who's the dumb one?! Who's the
dumb one?! Who's the dumb one?!
**[05:38] ---**
Why did you say it three times today?
**[05:46] ---**
We finally made it...
**[05:50] ---**
I don't wanna do this,
but it *is* my duty as her pupil...
**[05:54] ---**
You should check out the hag, too,
to give us something to talk about later.
**[05:59] ---**
Assuming I survive, that is.
**[06:01] ---**
I-If Hosei has to put it like that,
**[06:05] ---**
maybe she really is like a demon...
**[06:07] ---**
Yeah, right!
**[06:08] ---**
Master! I'm back!
**[06:10] ---**
Welcome back, Hosei!
**[06:13] ---**
I'm so glad you're back!
You must be exhausted!
**[06:16] ---**
Are you hurt at all?
Have you grown a little?
**[06:19] ---**
I'll make your favorite dinner
tonight! Green pepper steak!
**[06:22] ---**
Stop, Master! Stop!
**[06:25] ---**
Don't be silly!
**[06:26] ---**
My adorable pupil is finally back
after a long, arduous journey!
**[06:30] ---**
It's natural to be this ecstatic!
**[06:32] ---**
We have guests! Guests!
**[06:35] ---**
Guests?
**[06:37] ---**
Oh, my!
**[06:41] ---**
Welcome!
**[06:42] ---**
*This* is Hosei's master?
**[06:46] ---**
This is...
**[06:47] ---**
...hard to believe...
**[06:49] ---**
It's nice to meet you! I'm Koei!
**[06:53] ---**
You're Taito and Laila
from Lian Tong Temple,
**[06:56] ---**
and Ryuko from Tong You Temple, yes?
**[06:59] ---**
How do you know who we are?
**[07:02] ---**
I heard about Master Sonnei
summoning Ryuko to Lian Tong Temple
**[07:07] ---**
and the three of you
setting out on a journey.
**[07:11] ---**
Considering the karma of the stars,
it was very possible
**[07:14] ---**
that you would come across my little Hosei.
**[07:16] ---**
Oh...
**[07:18] ---**
Lady Koei, it's no wonder you're known
as "Yiyang's fount of knowledge."
**[07:22] ---**
You have my admiration.
**[07:24] ---**
Oh, you! Don't flatter me like that!
**[07:28] ---**
Say, Hosei!
**[07:30] ---**
I hope you didn't say anything
to give them the wrong idea about me!
**[07:35] ---**
I- I've told them nothing but the truth.
**[07:38] ---**
Like about how you're a tough old hag!
**[07:41] ---**
What?!
**[07:43] ---**
How can you possibly call such
a young and beautiful maiden a hag?!
**[07:47] ---**
What're you talking about?
You turn 39 this year!
**[07:51] ---**
Not so loud!
**[07:52] ---**
Whatever! You have to *paint
*your makeup on to look young!
**[07:55] ---**
What?!
**[07:56] ---**
You should watch what you say,
you pants-wetting little brat!
**[08:01] ---**
Aha! You show your true colors!
**[08:04] ---**
Your makeup is so heavy
that your disguise peels right off!
**[08:07] ---**
How dare you! Get back here!
**[08:09] ---**
They're less like master and pupil...
**[08:12] ---**
...and more like friends
who like to quarrel...
**[08:16] ---**
Honestly, now!
**[08:17] ---**
It took you long enough
to find one simple bow!
**[08:23] ---**
Shut up! You could've
given me some clues, but *no*...!
**[08:26] ---**
I can't hear you!
**[08:29] ---**
Wait, you knew where the bow was, Koei?
**[08:35] ---**
I can't hear you either!
**[08:39] ---**
She's spent years in these mountains
**[08:40] ---**
storing away every bit of
information that comes her way.
**[08:43] ---**
There's nothing she doesn't know!
**[08:46] ---**
But there'd be no fun in
telling you to go get the bow
**[08:50] ---**
from such-and-such place!
**[08:51] ---**
Don't give your pupils pointless
hard work just because it's fun!
**[08:55] ---**
I can't hear you!
**[08:58] ---**
But it's certainly a surprise to learn
**[09:00] ---**
that Lady Koei, the fount
of knowledge, is like this.
**[09:04] ---**
Ryuko. What exactly do you mean
when you say "like this"?
**[09:09] ---**
Oh, uhh, there is no deep meaning to it.
**[09:13] ---**
Please excuse my rudeness.
**[09:15] ---**
But it's hard to believe you're really
the legendary Dipper Bearers,
**[09:20] ---**
seeing you like this...
**[09:22] ---**
Yeah!
**[09:24] ---**
Even I don't know what to think!
**[09:26] ---**
Being suddenly told
you're an Alkaid or whatever
**[09:29] ---**
and a bunch of stuff
about the karma of the stars...
**[09:32] ---**
All I wanna do is kick the crap
out of that mustached bastard!
**[09:36] ---**
Mustached bastard?
**[09:37] ---**
The Dubhe. General Keiro of the Xian Empire.
**[09:41] ---**
I see.
**[09:42] ---**
Whether we want it to be or not,
**[09:45] ---**
the karma of the stars is always at work...
**[09:48] ---**
And even being pushed
around by it is karma...
**[09:53] ---**
Setting aside Hosei's Phecda,
Mizar is a nerve-wracked star.
**[09:57] ---**
Y-yes...
**[09:59] ---**
But I'm not sure you can stand up to Keiro
**[10:03] ---**
seeing as you can't fully
use Energy Manipulation.
**[10:08] ---**
You can tell?
**[10:09] ---**
Yes. The waves put off by people
who can manipulate energy
**[10:13] ---**
look different from those who can't.
**[10:15] ---**
There it is! The insight of an old hag!
**[10:19] ---**
Taito! It was some sort of
fate that brought you here!
**[10:22] ---**
If you'd like, I can teach you
the basics of Energy Manipulation!
**[10:27] ---**
Huh?! Really?!
**[10:28] ---**
That's great, Taito!
**[10:30] ---**
My master has a terrible
personality but is great at teaching!
**[10:34] ---**
You could've left out the personality part.
**[10:37] ---**
Taito. It's a very generous offer. Accept it.
**[10:41] ---**
Learning it won't let you suddenly
beat Keiro or anything, though.
**[10:46] ---**
Please teach me, Koei!
**[10:48] ---**
Okay, then!
**[10:50] ---**
We'll start in the evening,
so use this time to recharge yourself!
**[11:05] ---**
These are pretty flowers.
**[11:08] ---**
Yes. They're moth orchids.
**[11:12] ---**
Moth orchids...
**[11:13] ---**
Here you are, Your Majesty.
**[11:16] ---**
Shokaku...
**[11:18] ---**
General Keiro has returned.
Please see him.
**[11:22] ---**
What of the rebellion?
**[11:24] ---**
He crushed it, precisely as you ordered.
**[11:28] ---**
As I ordered...
**[11:30] ---**
Please come and greet him as well, Lady Taki.
**[11:33] ---**
This is a proud moment for your father.
**[11:36] ---**
Yes...
**[11:46] ---**
They're certainly close to each other.
**[11:49] ---**
The emperor of the Xian Empire on one hand
**[11:52] ---**
and the daughter of the general on the other.
**[11:54] ---**
They strike a good balance.
**[11:56] ---**
I'm sure you worked quite hard
for that balance to be struck, Lady Choka.
**[12:08] ---**
Okay, let's begin.
**[12:10] ---**
Yeah! Let's do it!
**[12:15] ---**
Act gung-ho while you still can, Taito!
**[12:18] ---**
First, try gathering energy
the way you normally do.
**[12:22] ---**
Stay calm and relax.
**[12:24] ---**
Right.
**[12:30] ---**
Oops!
**[12:33] ---**
No good. He still can't control it.
**[12:36] ---**
Ooh, you're in for a beating now!
**[12:43] ---**
Try again.
**[12:57] ---**
Looks like it's inner-channel after all.
**[13:00] ---**
Okay, this time...
**[13:03] ---**
...try concentrating your energy like this.
**[13:06] ---**
Lady Koei! He mustn't!
**[13:08] ---**
Concentrating energy while empty-handed
will be too much for his body to bear!
**[13:12] ---**
Just watch.
**[13:14] ---**
Make sure not to break the armband.
**[13:17] ---**
O-okay.
**[13:27] ---**
Don't rush. Energy Manipulation
isn't about strength.
**[13:31] ---**
Close your eyes, relax your breathing,
**[13:34] ---**
and think of your arm as a flexible tube.
**[13:37] ---**
Flexible... tube...
**[13:49] ---**
Here I come, Taito!
**[14:02] ---**
You did it!
**[14:04] ---**
Take a look at your arm!
**[14:05] ---**
K- Koei...!
**[14:08] ---**
I punched as hard as I could, too...
**[14:11] ---**
It's because you punched with
energy instead of brute strength.
**[14:14] ---**
It had no effect on your body as a result.
**[14:16] ---**
How is this possible, Lady Koei?!
**[14:18] ---**
It's simple.
**[14:20] ---**
Taito has inner-channel Energy
Manipulation, that's all.
**[14:24] ---**
Inner-channel?
**[14:26] ---**
Is this "inner-channel" the other type
of Energy Manipulation we don't know of?!
**[14:30] ---**
Yes. The Energy Manipulation
you and Hosei use
**[14:33] ---**
to transfer energy into your
weapons is "outer-channel."
**[14:36] ---**
And the one Taito demonstrated just now
**[14:38] ---**
by channeling energy through
his own body is "inner-channel."
**[14:42] ---**
You still need a lot more practice
until you can fully control it, though.
**[14:47] ---**
But you'll master it soon enough, as long
as you don't forget how it felt just now.
**[14:51] ---**
Right. Thanks, Koei!
**[14:54] ---**
What the hell?! What the hell?!
**[14:56] ---**
Why are you being so soft on Taito?!
**[14:59] ---**
There is only one way to describe
your knowledge and insight: superb!
**[15:05] ---**
Very well done, Lady Koei!
**[15:06] ---**
You're in a league all your own!
**[15:09] ---**
Oh, you two! Don't flatter me like that!
**[15:12] ---**
I did it! Praise *me*!
**[15:14] ---**
Taito. Promise me this.
**[15:18] ---**
Inner-channeling is a double-edged sword;
one wrong step and you'll hurt yourself.
**[15:22] ---**
You must always remain
calm, cool, and collected
**[15:24] ---**
and never let anger or hate control you.
**[15:28] ---**
If you can't maintain self-control,
then you aren't fit to use inner-channeling.
**[15:33] ---**
Do you understand?
**[15:35] ---**
Y-yes!
**[15:36] ---**
Oh, man!
**[15:37] ---**
You sound so submissive saying
"Yes!" like that! It's weird!
**[15:42] ---**
S-shut up! What's wrong with that?!
**[15:44] ---**
Yes. It's disgusting.
**[15:46] ---**
Don't say that so calmly!
**[15:50] ---**
Why...?
**[15:56] ---**
Thank you for the meal!
**[15:58] ---**
Whew! I'm stuffed!
You're a great cook too, Koei!
**[16:02] ---**
You can say that again.
**[16:03] ---**
You're so lucky, Hosei! You got to eat
such delicious food all this time!
**[16:09] ---**
Yeah, I guess.
I'm gonna get some fresh air.
**[16:13] ---**
Hey, Hosei!
**[16:19] ---**
Honestly, now. What is he sulking about?
**[16:22] ---**
He's sulking?
**[16:24] ---**
I praised Taito earlier,
**[16:26] ---**
so he must feel irritated
because I used to be strict with him.
**[16:31] ---**
I was only strict because
he was still a child.
**[16:34] ---**
If I hadn't taught him discipline,
**[16:36] ---**
how would he ever learn about
things like morals and manners?
**[16:39] ---**
He's such a fool...
**[16:41] ---**
Then he's also...?
**[16:43] ---**
Yes. An orphan.
**[16:46] ---**
But even simpleminded fools
like him have good sides to them.
**[16:50] ---**
I know it might be difficult,
but please continue to lend him your help.
**[16:55] ---**
Yeah! You can count on us!
**[16:59] ---**
Koei is really charming!
**[17:01] ---**
She's a little violent, but she's nice,
warmhearted, and can do anything.
**[17:07] ---**
Say, Taito.
**[17:09] ---**
Do you think our mothers were like that too?
**[17:15] ---**
I did it again...
**[17:17] ---**
That's weird. I did it so well before...
**[17:20] ---**
Maybe you need Koei to help after all?
**[17:24] ---**
It does me no good
if I need help all the time.
**[17:28] ---**
If I had had someone like her as a parent,
**[17:31] ---**
I might not have been abandoned either...
**[17:35] ---**
Taito...
**[17:36] ---**
Just kidding!
**[17:38] ---**
If that had been the case, I never
would've met you or Dad or the others!
**[17:42] ---**
Good night!
**[17:50] ---**
Are you still bent out of shape?
**[17:57] ---**
It's not like that.
**[17:59] ---**
You really are dumb.
**[18:01] ---**
Different people need to be
taught in different ways.
**[18:04] ---**
Do you fight everyone the exact same way?
**[18:08] ---**
No, but you're being way too blatant!
**[18:12] ---**
I think it's just favoritism!
**[18:14] ---**
Oh? Is there something for me
to gain by being partial to Taito?
**[18:18] ---**
No... but *he's* the Alkaid
while I'm just the Phecda...
**[18:24] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[18:26] ---**
It's true that in the Tale of the Big Dipper
**[18:28] ---**
the Alkaid, as one of the
Celestial Deities, is treated better
**[18:31] ---**
than the Phecda,
one of the Five Divine Warriors.
**[18:34] ---**
But so what?!
**[18:37] ---**
I took you in, raised you,
fed you, taught you,
**[18:41] ---**
punished you, hit you and kicked you...
**[18:44] ---**
The karma of the stars
has nothing to do with that.
**[18:48] ---**
If it doesn't, then I guess
that really does make me a loser.
**[18:53] ---**
You still think that, Hosei?!
**[18:55] ---**
Shut up! Taito isn't better than me!
**[18:59] ---**
You dumb hag!
**[19:00] ---**
H-hey! Hosei!
**[19:05] ---**
Sheesh... You're still so childish...
**[19:14] ---**
What unpleasant stars...
**[19:16] ---**
What the hell?! What the hell?!
**[19:24] ---**
Damn it!
**[19:25] ---**
If she's my master, she can at least
acknowledge me a little more!
**[19:37] ---**
Night bandits?
**[19:38] ---**
Don't tell me they're headed for us?!
**[19:43] ---**
Stop right there, you lousy bandits!
**[19:48] ---**
I am Hosei, Koei's best pupil!
**[19:50] ---**
I won't let you have
your way on this mountain!
**[19:55] ---**
*I'm going to make my master...*
**[19:59] ---**
*...acknowledge my skills!*
**[20:08] ---**
Where are you going at this hour?
**[20:13] ---**
To find my fool of a pupil.
**[20:15] ---**
He hasn't come back
since he rushed off sulking.
**[20:18] ---**
Allow me to accompany you.
It's dangerous to travel alone at night.
**[20:23] ---**
I'll be fine. This mountain
is like my backyard.
**[20:27] ---**
Besides, we'll probably
wind up lost if you come along.
**[20:31] ---**
You heard about that as well?
**[20:33] ---**
I'll be back soon.
**[20:35] ---**
He'll start sulking again if I don't
find him. He's a difficult boy.
**[20:40] ---**
Oh, yes, Ryuko.
**[20:43] ---**
Yes?
**[20:43] ---**
It's fine to shoulder
nerve-wracking burdens and all,
**[20:46] ---**
but sometimes it's also important
to follow the path you believe in.
**[20:50] ---**
Lady Koei...
**[20:51] ---**
You *do* have a life of your own.
**[21:02] ---**
That's one down! Now who's next?!
**[21:10] ---**
What?!
**[21:13] ---**
Wh-what the hell?! Take this!
**[21:22] ---**
How?!
**[21:26] ---**
Oh, my!
**[21:28] ---**
I never expected the Phecda
to waltz out here all alone like this!
**[21:35] ---**
Who are you?!
**[21:37] ---**
I am Shimei.
**[21:38] ---**
Shimei?
**[21:40] ---**
Interesting! Using *you* sounds like fun!
**[21:53] ---**
Now to show the Alkaid boy
and all his friends hell!
**[22:12] ---**
*chiisana te no hira ni
norikiranai hodo no*
**[22:23] ---**
*yume o shinjiteta ano koro*
**[22:31] ---**
*sonna kao shinaide makenaide*
**[22:42] ---**
*ima boku no naka demo
kimi wa kagayaiteiru yo*
**[22:52] ---**
*nee kizuite yo*
**[22:56] ---**
*motto sunao na kimi no mama de ii*
**[23:02] ---**
*boku ga soba de
michishirube ni naru kara*
**[23:12] ---**
*kono hiroi sora no shita
issho ni arukeba ii*
**[23:22] ---**
*hitori ja nai kara*
**[23:33] ---**
*Say, Master.*
**[23:35] ---**
*Do you think I could go to the capital
with Laila and the others?*
**[23:40] ---**
*You know pupils need
to leave the nest someday.*
**[23:44] ---**
*You still know so little about the world.*
**[23:46] ---**
*You need to learn much more.*
**[23:49] ---**
*Yeah...*
**[23:51] ---**
*Hosei. Take good care
of Taito and the others...*
**[23:56] ---**
*On Hero Tales,
"Chapter Seven: Sorrowful Phecda."*
**[24:12] ---**
"See you next time!"
**[24:12] ---**
*Master... I thank you for... for...*