# E4 - The Forefinger Twitches
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There's a bit of a disparity between what
this world's people think are monsters,
**[00:13] ---**
and what the people of my world
thought of as monsters.
**[00:17] ---**
In the world I'm from, monsters
are neither people nor animals--
**[00:22] ---**
they were considered
a separate class of creature.
**[00:25] ---**
However, in this world,
**[00:27] ---**
such creatures fall into both
the people and animal categories.
**[00:31] ---**
Specifically speaking, humans,
elves, beastmen, and dragonewts
**[00:37] ---**
"Mankind"
fall into the category of "mankind."
**[00:40] ---**
As for the flora and fauna,
despite appearing just like dinosaurs,
**[00:44] ---**
the giant lizards are still reptiles.
**[00:46] ---**
Although as big as a person,
the giant ants are still ants.
**[00:49] ---**
And although they can devour people,
a maneater is still a plant.
**[00:53] ---**
Incidentally, dragons are known as
"Godbeasts," and are treated differently.
**[00:58] ---**
"Godbeasts" "Carnivores"
"Mankind" "Herbivores"
"Plants" "Monsters"
**[00:59] ---**
"Godbeasts" "Carnivores"
"Mankind" "Herbivores"
"Plants" "Monsters"
The reason they are not called monsters
**[01:01] ---**
is because they are incorporated
into the world's ecosystem.
**[01:05] ---**
As a result, gelins--slime creatures
which look to my eyes like monsters--
**[01:10] ---**
are treated as animals here on this world.
**[01:14] ---**
So when you ask what monsters are,
**[01:17] ---**
they include various creatures
that look fused together.
**[01:21] ---**
Among them are many creatures
that are relatively humanlike in form,
**[01:26] ---**
but their intelligence is no different
from a common beast.
**[01:31] ---**
When I started job recruiting
in this world...
**[01:35] ---**
...I was told something beyond
the pale by the mystic wolf girl
**[01:39] ---**
who came in response to my call.
**[01:53] ---**
*"Never mind, face forward,"*
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*my heart just cried until it was hoarse*
**[02:04] ---**
*When you lose something,
is that the end of it?*
**[02:09] ---**
*Is there no putting things back
the way they were?*
**[02:15] ---**
*Just as a line of clouds
moves off somewhere*
**[02:21] ---**
*when you take your eyes
off of them for a moment,*
**[02:26] ---**
*so does everything else*
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*I never thought there was a version of me*
**[02:38] ---**
*that the world would have a need for*
**[02:43] ---**
*But when I believed in what I believe,*
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*I found myself as I truly am*
**[02:55] ---**
*Hello, yes, the first step
I take after nodding*
**[03:00] ---**
*Hello, yes, is toward
the yet-unseen horizon*
**[03:16] ---**
"The Forefinger Twitches"
**[03:16] ---**
"The Forefinger Twitches"
Okay, now you don't
have to speak so loud,
**[03:20] ---**
so don't be nervous, and tell me
what you have to say.
**[03:26] ---**
You're certain of that?
**[03:28] ---**
Y-Yes.
**[03:30] ---**
Have you told anyone else about this?
**[03:32] ---**
N-No, nobody else besides my mother.
**[03:42] ---**
Keep calm. Breathe normally. Don't let
anyone here see how shaken you are.
**[03:48] ---**
Your request has been heard.
**[03:51] ---**
While I cannot promise anything,
I will consider it.
**[03:54] ---**
Huh?
**[03:55] ---**
--Marx...
--Yes, sire?
**[03:57] ---**
Her talent is a rare one.
**[03:59] ---**
But I will need to give some
thought as to how to use it.
**[04:02] ---**
I would like to speak
to you about that later.
**[04:04] ---**
As you wish.
**[04:07] ---**
Those of you with aptitude,
**[04:09] ---**
I am grateful to you for
answering my summons.
**[04:12] ---**
I ask that you lend us your aid in
reviving the kingdom. Please.
**[04:16] ---**
Yes, sire.
**[04:27] ---**
U-Um...
**[04:29] ---**
I understand we have something
important to talk about?
**[04:33] ---**
Was there anyone in the audience chamber
who heard what she whispered into my ear?
**[04:38] ---**
I didn't hear her.
**[04:39] ---**
No, she was too quiet.
**[04:43] ---**
My ears didn't pick it up, either.
**[04:45] ---**
Then there's no danger that it went out
over the Gemstone Broadcast, either.
**[04:49] ---**
I think we're fine in that regard.
It isn't all that sensitive.
**[04:53] ---**
You seem to be worried about
what she said leaking out.
**[04:56] ---**
Was it that serious?
**[04:57] ---**
Yeah. She can converse with animals.
You all heard that, right?
**[05:03] ---**
Yes.
**[05:04] ---**
She can not only understand
what animals are saying,
**[05:06] ---**
but somehow, what she says
is also understood by the animals.
**[05:09] ---**
It truly is fair to call
her talent phenomenal.
**[05:15] ---**
She said that she used her
power to speak to a demon.
**[05:20] ---**
Hitherto, it was thought that
the monsters of this world
**[05:23] ---**
had intelligence no greater
than an animal's.
**[05:26] ---**
However, among the Demon
Lord Domain's monsters
**[05:30] ---**
were those who acted in groups,
could use weapons and magic,
**[05:32] ---**
and behaved almost as
though they were people.
**[05:36] ---**
The humans began calling these
unique monsters "demons,"
**[05:40] ---**
to distinguish them from the others.
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These demons conducted themselves
as though they had intelligence,
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but there was one crucial
difference between them
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and the other various races and breeds
that made up the people of this world.
**[05:54] ---**
"Barbarians" "Those who speak
in incomprehensible tongues"
Demons could not be understood.
**[05:56] ---**
"Barbarians" "Those who speak
in incomprehensible tongues"
They did not share the same language
as the rest of the world's people.
**[06:02] ---**
You spoke to a demon?!
**[06:04] ---**
That isn't possible! No one can
understand what demons say!
**[06:08] ---**
What exactly did you say to each other?
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Th-The demon I spoke to was short...
**[06:14] ---**
...and his entire face
looked like a dog's.
**[06:18] ---**
When I went into the mountains
to pick wild vegetables,
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I happened to run into him, and yelled
out, "Help!" before I could think...
**[06:25] ---**
But then he cried out, "Can you
understand me?" and seemed surprised.
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I guess you could say he was a scout.
That's what it looked like he was doing.
**[06:36] ---**
So then, this demon said,
**[06:38] ---**
"I can't bear watching someone with the
same scent get killed. Run away, now."
**[06:44] ---**
A demon told you that?
**[06:47] ---**
There may only be a handful of demons
**[06:49] ---**
who would let the mystic wolves
escape from them.
**[06:54] ---**
But even if they are only a fraction,
**[06:56] ---**
if there are demons that
we can communicate with,
**[06:58] ---**
it could alter our situation dramatically.
**[07:00] ---**
How do you mean?
**[07:02] ---**
Are you saying that we can
negotiate with these demons,
**[07:04] ---**
and take back the lands that we've lost?
**[07:10] ---**
It would be nice if things
took a turn in that direction...
**[07:15] ---**
...but right now, the nations
of mankind are joined together,
**[07:19] ---**
facing off against the
Demon Lord's Domain.
**[07:21] ---**
"Demon Lord's Domain lands"
"Mankind's lands"
That's because the demons are
seen as the enemy of mankind,
**[07:24] ---**
"Demon Lord's Domain lands"
"Mankind's lands"
one that is irreconcilably
at odds with us.
**[07:27] ---**
If people learn that we can
communicate with the demons,
**[07:30] ---**
then there may be those
among the nations of mankind
**[07:33] ---**
who will attempt to forge
an alliance with them.
**[07:35] ---**
No, they would never...
**[07:37] ---**
I'm still not familiar with
everything about this world,
**[07:39] ---**
but I'll bet there are conflicts between
nations, the same as where I come from.
**[07:44] ---**
Yes. In recent memory,
**[07:46] ---**
there is the Principality of Amidonia
on our western border,
**[07:49] ---**
"Principality of Amidonia"
"Elfrieden Kingdom"
with whom we went through
a conflict under our prior king.
**[07:53] ---**
We are all working hand in hand now,
with the Gran Chaos Empire at the head,
**[07:57] ---**
to keep the Demon Lord's
Domain from spreading,
**[08:01] ---**
but mankind is by no means
a monolithic group.
**[08:05] ---**
You're right.
**[08:08] ---**
You're absolutely right, Souma.
**[08:20] ---**
Now, what I said earlier was
just to bring up one possibility.
**[08:25] ---**
After all, being able to
communicate with demons
**[08:29] ---**
is a fact that is liable
to shake up this world.
**[08:32] ---**
We can't be too careful about this.
**[08:34] ---**
We must be cautious that word
of this does not become public.
**[08:39] ---**
Right.
**[08:42] ---**
But most importantly,
**[08:44] ---**
the kingdom has to safeguard you
with everything we have.
**[08:48] ---**
S-Safeguard me?
**[08:50] ---**
Yeah. It's no exaggeration
to say that right now,
**[08:52] ---**
you are far more important than even I am.
**[08:55] ---**
You're someone who could
turn the whole tide
**[08:57] ---**
of relations between mankind
and demons, after all.
**[09:00] ---**
No way... You're kidding me, aren't you?
**[09:09] ---**
I'd like to put a royal-level guard
on her. Will you see to that?
**[09:13] ---**
As you wish.
**[09:14] ---**
But if we do that, will it not
just draw greater suspicion?
**[09:20] ---**
That is true.
**[09:21] ---**
If all of a sudden,
this simple peasant girl
**[09:25] ---**
has an elaborate guard surrounding her,
**[09:27] ---**
people are inevitably going
to think something is up.
**[09:30] ---**
You're right. Then there's the chance
others will start snooping around.
**[09:33] ---**
Then why not simply welcome her
into the castle as royalty?
**[09:38] ---**
Huh? We can do something like that?
**[09:40] ---**
Yes, sire. The quickest way
to accomplish this
**[09:43] ---**
would be to have Your Majesty adopt her,
**[09:45] ---**
but as Your Majesty is yet to be wed,
that will not be possible.
**[09:49] ---**
And in order for you
to marry the princess,
**[09:50] ---**
preparations will take more
than a year to complete.
**[09:53] ---**
Well, that's that.
**[09:54] ---**
Don't look at *me*!
**[09:57] ---**
What else is there?
**[09:58] ---**
Your Majesty could take her
as your secondary consort.
**[10:01] ---**
Huh? Consort? This little girl?
**[10:03] ---**
In this kingdom, for a child
to be a princess consort,
**[10:06] ---**
who is in line for the throne, she must
have standing of a knight or better,
**[10:10] ---**
but as long as she is not a princess
consort, there will not be a problem.
**[10:14] ---**
Yeah, that's not the issue here!
**[10:16] ---**
By the way, how old are you?
**[10:18] ---**
I'm ten years old.
**[10:19] ---**
Ah, that is within the allowable range.
**[10:21] ---**
That is not an exceptional age for
a political marriage to take place.
**[10:25] ---**
Souma, ten is far too young for--
**[10:28] ---**
Why are you laying this at *my* feet?
**[10:30] ---**
And why can't the previous
king and queen adopt her?
**[10:33] ---**
Hmm, yes, I suppose
that would work, as well...
**[10:36] ---**
That would be great!
**[10:38] ---**
I've always wanted a little sister.
**[10:42] ---**
Wah!
**[10:43] ---**
U-Um, that will not work, either...
**[10:47] ---**
I-I already have a family.
**[10:50] ---**
My mother and little brother are
waiting for me at the refugee camp.
**[10:57] ---**
It's all right.
**[10:59] ---**
When we say you'll be adopted,
**[11:00] ---**
it's more a matter of expediency
to keep you protected.
**[11:04] ---**
If you become my little sister,
**[11:06] ---**
your mother and brother
will also become my relatives,
**[11:08] ---**
and they will be able to live
here in the castle with us.
**[11:12] ---**
Oh, well, in that case, all right.
**[11:15] ---**
Mm-hmm. Marx, let a little
time pass before the adoption,
**[11:20] ---**
and announce it then.
**[11:22] ---**
If we rush into this without warning,
**[11:24] ---**
we risk people becoming suspicious
that something must be going on.
**[11:27] ---**
A most wise decision.
**[11:30] ---**
But I would still like to keep
her safe in the meantime.
**[11:33] ---**
Then you wish to give Miss Tomoe
a position that would require her
**[11:36] ---**
to stay here within the castle?
**[11:38] ---**
That's right.
**[11:39] ---**
Hmm, then in recognition
of her ability to talk to animals,
**[11:43] ---**
how about putting her
in charge of the horses
**[11:45] ---**
that draw Your Majesty's carriage?
**[11:47] ---**
Great idea. Let's go with that.
**[11:50] ---**
Is that okay with you?
**[11:51] ---**
Y-Yes!
**[11:53] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[11:58] ---**
"Demon Lord's Domain: A region where
monsters suddenly appeared
ten years ago.
Intelligent demons reside within."
**[12:01] ---**
"Juna Doma (18): Reserved and kind,
always mindful of those around her.
Mature and supportive of Souma
and company at arm's length."
**[12:17] ---**
Say, what's that you're doing?
**[12:19] ---**
Can't you tell by looking? I'm sewing.
**[12:22] ---**
That part I get, but why are you
doing it here, in my room?
**[12:26] ---**
Well, everyone in the state
affairs office is working,
**[12:29] ---**
and I just can't relax with
some downtime around them.
**[12:39] ---**
Why don't you get my father
to give up his room already,
**[12:42] ---**
and use it as your own?
**[12:43] ---**
Hmm... Then again, for efficiency's sake,
**[12:47] ---**
it's better for me to sleep
in the state affairs office.
**[12:52] ---**
Still, why do you have
to do this in *my* room?
**[12:54] ---**
By the way, what is Tomoe up to?
**[12:57] ---**
You've been doting on her
ever since she got here, haven't you?
**[13:01] ---**
Lately my mother has taken a liking
to her, and won't leave her side.
**[13:06] ---**
And while Tomoe was
a little hesitant at first,
**[13:08] ---**
now she's delighted to have found
a second mother, so I guess she's fine.
**[13:13] ---**
It's okay, come in.
**[13:24] ---**
Hey! Don't read anything into this!
**[13:30] ---**
Really, he's back?
**[13:32] ---**
Yes, sire. He is already waiting
for you in the reception room.
**[13:37] ---**
Let's go, Liscia!
**[13:38] ---**
Huh?
**[13:40] ---**
H-Huh?!
**[13:46] ---**
Good work.
**[13:48] ---**
So, how did you fare?
**[13:50] ---**
Yes, since you let me use
your royal wyvern,
**[13:54] ---**
I was able to get around to all
of my places faster than I expected.
**[13:58] ---**
As a result, I was able to gather
pretty much all of the food I was after.
**[14:03] ---**
Hold on, that's the hero's sack, isn't it?
**[14:06] ---**
Yeah.
**[14:07] ---**
It's a handy sack that can hold
a lot more than it looks like it can,
**[14:10] ---**
plus, whatever goes inside it
is less prone to spoil.
**[14:14] ---**
I figured it was the perfect thing to
gather food with, so I lent it to him.
**[14:17] ---**
That's one of the crown treasures,
and part of the hero gear set.
**[14:22] ---**
A crown treasure, a crown treasure...
**[14:25] ---**
Well, whatever. So what are you doing,
**[14:28] ---**
going to these lengths
to gather food, anyway?
**[14:31] ---**
What am I doing? Something that will
do the kingdom a little good, maybe.
**[14:36] ---**
Huh?
**[14:40] ---**
Good day, people of Elfrieden Kingdom!
**[14:44] ---**
G-Good day...
**[14:46] ---**
This program is one to bring you
some information from Parnam Castle,
**[14:49] ---**
which we're calling
"The King's Brilliant Lunch,"
**[14:52] ---**
or "The King's Brillunch" for short!
**[14:55] ---**
Your hosts, myself, Juna Doma, and...
**[14:58] ---**
...Poncho Panacotta will
be bringing this to you, yes.
**[15:02] ---**
Poncho, there is no reason
to be so nervous.
**[15:06] ---**
W-Well, I'm not used to this
sort of thing, you see...
**[15:10] ---**
Miss Juna, you certainly are confident,
aren't you? I envy you, yes.
**[15:16] ---**
I do often sing in front of others.
**[15:20] ---**
Whenever you are in Parnam,
**[15:21] ---**
be sure to stop by Lorelei,
the café where I work, won't you?
**[15:26] ---**
I sing there from time to time.
**[15:29] ---**
Please, no blatant endorsements.
**[15:32] ---**
Now then, to explain
the purpose of this program,
**[15:35] ---**
we will turn to this gentleman--
**[15:38] ---**
E-Elfrieden's 14th king,
His Majesty, Souma Kazuya.
**[15:43] ---**
I haven't been crowned yet, so strictly
speaking, I'm not really the king.
**[15:48] ---**
Uh, hello there. I'm Souma Kazuya,
acting king of the nation.
**[15:55] ---**
As you all know, the kingdom is in
the middle of a food shortage.
**[16:00] ---**
As the chief administrator, and the one
responsible for this circumstance,
**[16:04] ---**
I profoundly apologize to you, the people.
**[16:11] ---**
We are currently moving forward
**[16:13] ---**
with a plan to immediately increase
food production, but it will take time.
**[16:17] ---**
This broadcast is designed to help you
until the food shortage is resolved
**[16:23] ---**
by introducing foods that you are
unaccustomed to eating in this nation,
**[16:27] ---**
as well as the methods
to use to prepare them.
**[16:31] ---**
And to demonstrate that these
unknown foods can actually be eaten,
**[16:37] ---**
we have arranged for
a panel of taste-testers.
**[16:42] ---**
All right, let's get started right away.
Poncho, what is our first food item?
**[16:47] ---**
Ah, yes, our first food item is...
**[16:54] ---**
D-D-Don't tell me you're planning
to feed that to us, are you?!
**[16:58] ---**
That's exactly what I'm planning.
**[17:03] ---**
Now, you can see by the way it looks,
**[17:06] ---**
that only those in some
coastal areas have eaten these,
**[17:09] ---**
but they are very good.
**[17:10] ---**
J-Juna, you've eaten one of those before?
**[17:14] ---**
Yes. It was a regular dish in my homeland.
**[17:48] ---**
Mmm, that is starting
to smell pretty good.
**[17:56] ---**
Okay, go ahead and try one.
**[18:07] ---**
What is this? It's delicious!
**[18:12] ---**
You're right! It's really yummy!
**[18:16] ---**
Yeah, this is pretty good.
**[18:19] ---**
I can't stop myself.
**[18:23] ---**
Would you mind if I
helped myself to one, as well?
**[18:26] ---**
Of course.
**[18:28] ---**
--So good!
--These are delicious.
--Another one!
**[18:30] ---**
They really are delicious, aren't they?
**[18:33] ---**
The octopus, appearing from inside
its crispy coating, is so juicy!
**[18:38] ---**
Daddy, we caught a whole bunch of
octopuses in our net today, right?
**[18:42] ---**
Yeah. Usually we'd toss them out,
but let's give them a try.
**[18:46] ---**
Our next food item is right here.
**[18:52] ---**
Are these... tree roots?
**[18:55] ---**
They don't look very tasty.
Are you sure we can eat them?
**[19:00] ---**
These are burdock roots.
**[19:02] ---**
Oh, you know about these, Aisha?
**[19:05] ---**
Have you ever eaten
these sorts of roots before?
**[19:09] ---**
In the forest, you have to eat everything
that's edible, or you don't survive.
**[19:14] ---**
You don't say.
**[19:18] ---**
A little salt here...
**[19:20] ---**
A little sugar there...
**[19:24] ---**
All right, it's finished.
**[19:31] ---**
They're crisp,
and the salty flavor is good.
**[19:34] ---**
Mmm... When I bite into them, the oil
that comes out blends with the sugar,
**[19:39] ---**
and the sweetness bursts in my mouth.
**[19:43] ---**
I'd like to let my mother try these.
**[19:48] ---**
When you eat both at once,
they're sweet and salty, and so good!
**[19:52] ---**
Your Majesty, do you have
any more of these?
**[19:55] ---**
Brother, Aisha sure seems
to be doing well.
**[19:58] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[20:00] ---**
Next, we have something that I
cooked up ahead of time.
**[20:10] ---**
W-We're to consume these?
**[20:12] ---**
I-I thought you had to eat everything
in the forest to survive.
**[20:17] ---**
I-I did indeed say that,
but I wasn't talking about *these*...
**[20:23] ---**
Mmm, that's good.
**[20:26] ---**
The taste of bean-boiled giant
locust reminds me of home.
**[20:30] ---**
Bean-boiled? These were
boiled in bean extract?
**[20:33] ---**
Oh, yes. I seasoned them primarily
with mashwater and sugar.
**[20:38] ---**
Mashwater?
**[20:39] ---**
Mashwater is a condiment
that the mystic wolves enjoy.
**[20:46] ---**
The mystic wolves have a seasoning
called bean mashwater,
**[20:49] ---**
which is made from salting beans
to ferment them.
**[20:53] ---**
They skim off the layer of liquid
that forms during the process,
**[20:56] ---**
and after fermenting it,
it becomes mashwater.
**[21:00] ---**
Both of them are unique flavors
not found in the kingdom, yes.
**[21:05] ---**
Meaning the fermented bean product
is miso, and the mashwater is soy sauce.
**[21:12] ---**
Souma, are you really going to eat that?
**[21:25] ---**
Huh? Souma, are you crying?
**[21:28] ---**
How can I keep myself from crying?
This is the taste of my homeland.
**[21:34] ---**
The taste of your homeland?
**[21:36] ---**
Ah, with every bite, the taste of home
spreads throughout my mouth...
**[21:42] ---**
This world has soy sauce. It has miso.
**[21:46] ---**
I no longer have to dream about
the flavors I love so much.
**[21:53] ---**
Um, Your Majesty, I hate to disturb you
while you're so moved,
**[21:57] ---**
but would it be all right if we
moved on to the next dish?
**[22:03] ---**
Yeah, sorry. On with the show.
**[22:07] ---**
All right, Poncho,
what is our next food item?
**[22:11] ---**
Yes, it is right here!
**[22:14] ---**
Huh?!
**[22:18] ---**
*The wind blowing by rushes
through the world,*
**[22:22] ---**
*connecting us when otherwise
we never would have met*
**[22:27] ---**
*Unfurling wings that no one else can see,*
**[22:31] ---**
*I take flight in search of a miracle
that no one else can find*
**[22:43] ---**
*Seeking the courage to keep on choosing*
**[22:48] ---**
*the outcome of an ever-meandering morrow,*
**[22:52] ---**
*I never want to fear change*
**[22:56] ---**
*or doubt the blueness of the sky*
**[23:01] ---**
*More than any dreams I once had*
**[23:03] ---**
*and beyond any future I've imagined,*
**[23:05] ---**
*I want to keep on drifting along*
**[23:09] ---**
*within this transcendentally beautiful
moment I'm spending with you*
**[23:13] ---**
*If I can make that come true...*
**[23:17] ---**
*I shoot up through the blue
to the sky where we connect*
**[23:22] ---**
*Grasp my destiny and reel it in*
**[23:25] ---**
*And through our joined hands,*
**[23:30] ---**
*you feel my helpless wish for eternity*
**[23:35] ---**
*Even if this is only an illusion*
**[23:37] ---**
*taking place within someone's dream,*
**[23:39] ---**
*I'll still take this blowing wind*
**[23:41] ---**
*and hold on tight as I take flight*