E3 - Beginner Adventurers

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[00:12] Taichi
    Are you there?
[00:15] Taichi
    Who are you?
[00:16] Taichi
    Why are you calling me?
[00:18] Airy
    I'll be waiting.
[00:19] Taichi
    Huh?
[00:20] Airy
    I'll be waiting.
[00:22] Taichi
    Waiting for what?
[00:24] Airy
    Soon, Taichi...
[00:26] Airy
    Soon...
[00:28] Taichi
    Hey! What on earth are...
[00:41] Taichi
    That dream again?
[00:49] Taichi
    Two weeks ago,
[00:52] Taichi
    Rin and I returned to the town of Azpire.
[00:58] Taichi
    We finished registering
    ourselves as adventurers,
[01:01] Taichi
    and we reunited with
    the people who helped us.
[01:04] Taichi
    And now,
[01:06] Taichi
    we spend our days fulfilling minor
    quests as E-Rank adventurers.
[01:12] Taichi
    Once we got used to it, living in
    this other world wasn't so bad.
[01:16] Taichi
    Okay, time for another day of work!
SIGN    Episode 3 Beginner Adventurers
[02:51] Rin
    "Elistain Magic Kingdom lies in the
    north of the western continent,
[02:56] Rin
    and possesses the world's
    most advanced magic.
[02:59] Rin
    Its population is 20,000,000,
[03:01] Rin
    and roughly 80% of its citizens
    can wield basic magic.
[03:05] Rin
    This vast population of magicians is
    precisely why Elistain Magic Kingdom
[03:09] Rin
    is counted as one of the three
    great nations in this world."
[03:11] Taichi
    Studying first thing in the morning again?
[03:13] Taichi
    How diligent.
[03:15] Taichi
    But the best thing about this world
    is that we don't have to take any exams.
[03:19] Rin
    Listen, if we're going to be adventurers,
[03:22] Rin
    then we at least need to have
    some basic knowledge of this country.
[03:26] Taichi
    This country, huh?
[03:27] Taichi
    Oh, so this is where Azpire is?
[03:30] Taichi
    I've heard everyone calling
    it a frontier town.
[03:32] Taichi
    This is the royal capital, Wennifix, right?
[03:35] Taichi
    They're pretty far apart.
[03:37] Rin
    That's right.
[03:38] Rin
    But just east of here is the border
[03:41] ---
    with the Holy Scatolith Empire
    and the Gargen Empire, see?
[03:44] Rin
    So that's why this city has
    prospered as an important location
[03:46] ---
    for the exchange of goods and
    information within Elistain.
[03:50] Taichi
    Wow.
[03:51] Almeda
    Morning, Taichi.
[03:53] Taichi
    Hey, morning, Almeda.
[03:55] Almeda
    I'll go fetch your breakfast now.
[03:58] Almeda
    You're sure to love today's soup.
[04:00] Taichi
    Can't wait!
[04:02] Almeda
    Oh, also...
[04:04] Almeda
    Here. There was a messenger
    from the guild just now.
[04:07] Almeda
    They said this was for you and Rin.
[04:10] Taichi
    From the guild?
[04:13] Both
    A summons?!
[04:16] Taichi
    We show up every day,
[04:18] Taichi
    so what's so important you'd
    actually send an official summons?
[04:22] Marie
    Take this.
[04:24] Taichi
    A work request?
[04:26] Rin
    Investigate a bar in the slums?
[04:29] Taichi
    The job is to observe the
    customers visiting that bar
[04:33] ---
    and make inquiries with the bartender.
[04:35] Taichi
    The reward is seven silver,
[04:37] Taichi
    with bonuses for any
    useful information obtained.
[04:41] Gerard
    We heard news that, lately,
     goods stolen from shops and wagons
[04:45] ---
    are being smuggled into the city
    through the slums.
[04:51] Marie
    Who smuggles, who fences,
    and where the goods wind up...
[04:55] Marie
    You two will be looking for that information.
[04:57] Taichi
    But isn't this a job for D-Ranks?
[05:00] Marie
    According to guild regulations,
[05:03] ---
    it's possible for a party of adventurers
    to accept a quest one rank above.
[05:08] Taichi
    Huh? It is?
[05:09] Rin
    Taichi, you didn't read the pamphlet
    they gave us at the start, did you?
[05:14] Taichi
    Urk...
[05:15] Rin
    Still, this quest...
[05:17] Rin
    There are two Xs on it, which means others
    have already failed it twice, right?
[05:22] Rin
    So if another attempt fails...
[05:24] Gerard
    Yes.
[05:25] Gerard
    Then we'll have to start
    asking C-Rank adventurers,
[05:28] ---
    and we'll have to pay the extra margin
    to make up for our incorrect estimate.
[05:32] Taichi
    So you turned to us?
    I didn't think you'd be that stingy.
[05:36] Gerard
    Ahem.
[05:37] Gerard
    Anyway, you two are Lemia's apprentices.
[05:41] Gerard
    Your abilities come certified,
[05:44] ---
    and your master even said common sense
    would turn tail and run at your strength.
[05:51] Taichi
    Lemia said that?
[05:53] Gerard
    Well? Will you take the job?
[05:55] Gerard
    If you succeed, you'll be promoted to D-Rank.
[06:02] Taichi
    Well, we won't be able to
    investigate until nightfall,
[06:05] Taichi
    so we should take it easy for once.
[06:07] Rin
    Now that you mention it, we have
    been working constantly lately.
[06:11] Taichi
    Yeah, it was miserable starting out.
[06:14] Taichi
    Clearing rubble, dredging
    ditches, and so on...
[06:16] Rin
    Yeah.
[06:17] Taichi
    I've been following Lemia's orders not to
    use physical enhancement outside of combat,
[06:22] Taichi
    and she was especially insistent
    that I keep it below level 30.
[06:25] Rin
    Can't blame her.
[06:27] Rin
    If you enhance yourself beyond that,
    you'll stop being human, right?
[06:31] Taichi
    Yeah. Hey, wait!
[06:33] Rin
    Oh, melila fruit!
[06:36] Rin
    Excuse me, how much is that?
[06:39] Shop
    Hey there! It's one silver for three.
[06:42] Rin
    Huh? That much?
[06:43] Taichi
    What's the matter?
[06:45] Rin
    He said it's a silver for three melila fruits.
[06:48] Taichi
    A silver?
[06:50] Taichi
    That's about 10,000 yen, isn't it?
[06:52] Taichi
    That's too expensive.
[06:54] Rin
    Yeah. It was half that just last week.
[06:57] Shop
    Sorry, young lady.
[06:59] Shop
    There's a shortage of melila right now.
    I'm still selling it as cheap as I can.
[07:02] Taichi
    But they're a staple product
    in this town, aren't they?
[07:05] Shop
    They are,
[07:06] Shop
    but the goods just aren't coming in,
     even though I've ordered them.
[07:10] Shop
    Lately, there's been a sudden drop in the
    number of wagons delivering food to the town.
[07:15] Shop
    Just between you and me,
[07:17] ---
    there are scary rumors about how they're
    being attacked by monsters on the way here.
[07:24] Shop
    It's not just the melila, either.
[07:27] Shop
    There's a shortage of most of the goods
    you'd find at the market.
[07:30] Shop
    I don't care if it's due to monsters or what.
    I just want this problem to go away.
[07:36] Rin
    Can I really have these? They were expensive.
[07:39] Taichi
    They're your favorite, right?
[07:41] Rin
    They are, but...
[07:42] Taichi
    Besides, that shop owner would have been
    in more trouble if these hadn't sold.
[07:46] Taichi
    He was already struggling anyway.
[07:47] Rin
    Yeah.
[07:50] Taichi
    Rin, what are you thinking?
[07:53] Rin
    Probably the same thing you are.
[07:56] Taichi
    Figures.
[07:57] Rin
    I think the rumors about wagons
    being assaulted by monsters are true.
[08:01] Taichi
    Yeah, that was bothering me.
[08:03] Taichi
    If the stolen food is making
    its way into the slums,
[08:06] ---
    then that's connected to our quest, too.
[08:09] Rin
    We need to be ready for this.
[08:11] Taichi
    Yeah. We're up against someone who
    sent D-Rank adventurers packing twice.
[08:16] Taichi
    Though...
[08:17] Rin
    Though?
[08:19] Taichi
    I don't feel like we'll lose.
[08:36] Taichi
    Pardon us.
[08:45] Taichi
    Uh...
[08:46] Taichi
    Two ales, please.
[08:48] Bartender
    We don't carry such weak liquor.
[08:51] Man
    You heard him! Down some water
    and go home to mommy!
[08:55] Man
    You can leave the young lady behind!
[08:56] Man
    We'll make sure to have
    a real good time with her!
[09:00] Taichi
    Oh, well...
[09:03] Taichi
    Waters, then.
[09:08] Bartender
    Hmph.
[09:09] Bartender
    You've got guts for sure.
[09:12] Bartender
    I'll make an exception this once,
     for that ballsy display.
[09:14] Taichi
    Gee, thanks.
[09:16] Bartender
    Still, I'm surprised you two dared
    to show up here dressed like that.
[09:19] Taichi
    Hmm, well, we're both idiots,
    so we like this kind of atmosphere.
[09:24] Rin
    And we know how to protect ourselves.
[09:30] Rin
    Taichi...
[09:32] Taichi
    By the way, we heard some rumors.
[09:35] Taichi
    They say you can get some goods here
    that aren't circulating in the market?
[09:39] Bartender
    What are you talking about?
[09:40] Rin
    You know, right?
[09:42] Rin
    The market's in trouble right
    now because of shortages.
[09:46] Rin
    That's causing prices to keep shooting up.
[09:48] Taichi
    So we were thinking of doing
    some business ourselves.
[09:52] Taichi
    Procure the goods in shortage
    right now somehow,
[09:55] ---
    sell them on the black market,
    and make a huge profit.
[09:58] Taichi
    Even better if we can sell
    them cheaper than the market.
[10:00] Bartender
    Don't. That's not something for
    amateurs to get involved in.
[10:03] Rin
    But we came here because we heard
    you sell anything for the right price.
[10:09] Rin
    Hmm... if this were a movie,
    he'd have taken the bait by now.
[10:15] Taichi
    Fiction is fiction for a reason.
[10:17] Taichi
    Besides...
[10:19] Rin
    Looks like we hooked these guys instead.
[10:21] Taichi
    This sucks.
[10:27] Man
    I-I don't know!
[10:29] Man
    We were asked to do it
    by some man we met here!
[10:32] Man
    He said he had a good job for us!
[10:33] Man
    I was drunk, so I didn't ask his name!
[10:37] Man
    Besides, by the time we went to
    the designated spot,
[10:39] Man
    the attack had already taken place.
[10:41] Man
    There was nothing left
    but the wagon and its cargo.
[10:44] Taichi
    You better be telling the truth.
[10:45] Man
    We just brought that thing into town!
[10:48] Taichi
    And where did you take it?
[10:50] Man
    Just to the entrance of the town!
[10:52] Man
    I don't know what happened to it after that!
[10:54] Man
    We just skimmed a bit off the top, is all!
[10:56] Man
    We're not lying! Please believe us!
[10:58] Bartender
    I think that's enough.
[11:01] Bartender
    It's true that this bar sold off
    the stolen goods these guys brought in.
[11:05] Bartender
    But that's an everyday affair
     around these parts.
[11:09] Bartender
    Don't pry into things you shouldn't.
[11:12] Bartender
    That's the rule around here.
[11:15] Bartender
    I don't need your money. Just leave.
[11:19] Rin
    In the end,
[11:20] Rin
    we didn't obtain much information.
[11:22] Taichi
    Yeah. They didn't seem like they'd be able
    to beat up D-Rank adventurers, either.
[11:27] Rin
    Right?
[11:36] Taichi
    Hey, have you noticed?
[11:38] Rin
    Yeah. They've followed us
    since we left the bar.
[11:40] Taichi
    Looks like these are the fish we're after.
[11:43] Taichi
    Then...
[11:46] Taichi
    Got them!
[11:52] Taichi
    Women?
[12:00] Taichi
    She's fast!
[12:02] Taichi
    These are human beings I'm up against...
[12:05] Taichi
    Man, this is awkward.
[12:07] Rin
    This is not the time!
[12:08] Rin
    If we don't grab this opportunity,
     we won't complete the quest.
[12:12] Taichi
    Yeah.
[12:13] Taichi
    Not to mention, if they're attacking us,
[12:16] ---
    then they could be a good
    source of information.
[12:20] Rin
    Remember, there are bonuses
    for useful information!
[12:24] Taichi
    That's great!
[12:27] Taichi
    Our goal is to capture the enemy.
[12:29] Taichi
    Usually, I'd use enhancement level 10, but...
[12:40] Taichi
    Shoot, I went a bit overboard.
[12:44] Rin
    Air Hammer!
[12:50] Taichi
    Sorry.
[12:56] Taichi
    Hey! You there, the one acting like a
    general and making her subordinates fight!
[13:00] Taichi
    The tables have turned on you.
[13:02] Taichi
    What will you do now?
[13:05] Rin
    Taichi!
[13:10] Rin
    Wind!
[13:18] Rin
    Looks like they got away.
[13:20] Taichi
    But we managed to capture one of them.
[13:22] Rin
    These people were pretty strong.
[13:26] Taichi
    Yeah. They were genuinely trying to kill us.
[13:29] Taichi
    They didn't hesitate to
    abandon one of their own.
[13:31] ---
    I guess they must be hired assassins.
[13:34] Rin
    Assassins?
[13:35] Rin
    You mean their goal wasn't to
    scare us off our investigation?
[13:41] Taichi
    I don't know.
[13:42] Taichi
    But for now...
[13:44] Rin
    What shall we do?
[13:45] Rin
    Take this girl straight to the guild?
[13:47] Taichi
    Yeah.
[13:56] Gerard
    You awake?
[13:59] Gerard
    Surprised to see you're still alive?
[14:01] Gerard
    Normally an assassin who botches
    their job has one of two choices:
[14:06] Gerard
    wait for their comrades to come
    silence them, or take their own life.
[14:12] Gerard
    But don't worry.
[14:14] Gerard
    You were brought here in secret,
    so your comrades won't be coming for you.
[14:18] Gerard
    The young man you attacked
    asked me to hold on to you, you see.
[14:23] Gerard
    It's up to you to decide how to use
     your life now that you've been spared.
[14:27] Gerard
    Give it some good thought.
[14:34] Assassin
    Why?
[14:39] Adventurer
    Hey, look at that!
[14:41] Adventurer
    Wow, she's as pretty as they say.
[14:44] Almeda
    Welcome back.
[14:46] Almeda
    You two have a guest.
[14:49] Taichi
    A guest?
[14:50] Myura
    Taichi, Rin...
[14:53] Myura
    It's been a while.
[14:54] Rin
    Muller!
[14:55] Myura
    Congratulations.
[14:56] Myura
    I heard you were promoted to D-Rank.
[15:00] Myura
    I see...
[15:01] Myura
    There are more monster attacks,
    the town's food shortage,
[15:05] ---
    goods being pilfered, and now
    assassins that attacked you.
[15:09] Myura
    I don't know how those are all connected,
    but that's concerning information.
[15:13] Rin
    We left the assassin we captured and
     our information with the guild master,
[15:18] Rin
    so I doubt we need to worry
    about those for now.
[15:20] Taichi
    But prices keep climbing higher
    and higher in this town.
[15:25] Taichi
    Last week we could buy three
    melila for one silver,
[15:28] Taichi
    and now a silver only gets you one.
[15:30] Taichi
    It's crazy for the price to
    triple in just a few days, right?
[15:34] Myura
    Sounds like the situation is
    far worse than I heard it was.
[15:38] Myura
    Though...
[15:40] Myura
    I might be able to resolve the matter
    of Rin's favorite melilas, at least.
[15:45] Rin
    What do you mean?
[15:46] Myura
    I actually came to see you two today
    about forming a party.
[15:51] Taichi
    A party?
[15:52] Myura
    Taichi, Rin, how do you feel
    about partying up with me?
[16:02] Myura
    I never thought I would ever
    form a party with anyone.
[16:07] (Flashback) Myura
    The melilas in the northern forest
    are ready for harvest,
[16:11] (Flashback) Myura
    but there have been a rash of incidents lately
    where someone is stealing them.
[16:14] (Flashback) Rin
    So these robbers are the ones
    causing such extreme shortages.
[16:18] (Flashback) Taichi
    And that's why prices are rising.
[16:20] (Flashback) Myura
    Yes.
[16:21] (Flashback) Myura
    Also, the ones responsible have a rather
    powerful magician guarding them,
[16:26] (Flashback) Myura
    so the farmers can't fight back.
[16:28] (Flashback) Myura
    That's why the guild got a quest for it.
[16:31] (Flashback) Myura
    The quest is to patrol the melila
    fields and capture the culprits.
[16:37] (Flashback) Myura
    Also, to defeat the magician.
[16:39] (Flashback) Myura
    The reward's 500 silver.
[16:42] (Flashback) Taichi
    Five hundred?!
[16:43] (Flashback) Rin
    Wow!
[16:46] Myura
    It really is surprising.
[16:48] Myura
    I've always managed by myself,
[16:50] Myura
    and I operated alone.
[16:52] Myura
    But...
[16:55] Myura
    This isn't that bad, either.
[17:05] McGill
    You're the adventurers, right?
[17:07] McGill
    Thanks for coming out here.
[17:08] Leithe
    Now we can round up those scoundrels
    stealing our precious melilas!
[17:13] McGill
    I'm McGill.
[17:15] Leithe
    Leithe. Nice to meet you.
[17:17] Taichi
    Oh, thanks.
[17:19] McGill
    Your patrols will start in the morning,
[17:21] ---
    but let me show you around
    the melila fields first.
[17:24] Leithe
    Come this way.
[17:28] Cassim
    I'm Cassim, the one who filed
    the quest with the guild.
[17:36] Cassim
    Is something the matter?
[17:38] Taichi
    Oh, it's nothing.
[17:40] Cassim
    Well, we should head to the fields, too.
[17:42] Rin
    Yes.
[17:43] Taichi
    Wow. I didn't know they grew melilas
    out in the mountains like this.
[17:49] McGill
    Normally we don't reveal this to outsiders,
[17:51] McGill
    but there are several plantations like this
    one scattered throughout the northern woods.
[17:55] Leithe
    It's precious land that we've
    protected for generations.
[17:58] Leithe
    Cultivating melilas is extremely difficult.
[18:02] McGill
    This is the one that got hit the other day.
[18:04] McGill
    The fruit had finally ripened, but...
[18:10] Myura
    Rin?
[18:10] Taichi
    Did you pick up something?
[18:12] Rin
    They're coming.
[18:19] McGill
    The thieves?!
[18:20] Leithe
    Damn it! They're back for even more?!
[18:23] Rin
    Please hold on.
[18:25] Rin
    No...
[18:27] Rin
    What's approaching is something even bigger.
[18:31] Rin
    It's not human.
[18:32] Myura
    Everyone, get behind me.
[18:34] Myura
    If you think you're in danger,
     then please run.
[18:37] McGill
    B-But...
[18:38] Taichi
    This is what we're here for!
[18:40] Rin
    Here they come.
[18:41] Rin
    They're close!
[18:51] Leithe
    Wha?!
[18:54] McGill
    What's that?!
[18:59] Cassim
    Orcs and an Ogre?!
[19:01] Cassim
    What are they doing here?!
[19:03] Taichi
    Muller...
[19:06] Taichi
    I'll take the big one.
[19:08] Taichi
    You finish off the boars.
[19:09] Myura
    Got it.
[19:11] Taichi
    Rin, you handle defense.
[19:13] Rin
    Understood!
[19:14] Myura
    Let's go, then!
[19:26] Taichi
    Impressive.
[19:27] Taichi
    Suppose it's my turn now.
[19:30] McGill
    Will they really be okay?
[19:32] McGill
    That young elf lady might be fine, but...
[19:34] Rin
    Don't worry.
[19:36] Rin
    Taichi's stronger than he looks.
[19:38] Leithe
    But he's facing that monster
    we've never even seen before.
[19:46] Taichi
    This guy's totally underestimating me.
[19:49] Taichi
    Let's go with enhancement to 30... no, 35,
    and we'll settle this in one blow!
[19:54] Taichi
    Here I come, you big oaf!
[20:07] Myura
    Yes, that's right.
[20:08] Myura
    As you pointed out, Rin,
[20:10] ---
    Orcs and Ogres generally don't
    live in the northern forest.
[20:14] Taichi
    Which makes him the most suspicious.
[20:17] Rin
    Do you mean there's a good chance the
    attack we saw today was set up by someone?
[20:21] Taichi
    Yeah, I think so.
[20:24] Myura
    Taichi, Rin, it's still too early
    to jump to conclusions right now.
[20:28] Myura
    We have to see how our foes
    react before we can determine
[20:32] ---
    how today's events are connected
    to the melila thefts.
[20:37] Myura
    What?
[20:38] Taichi
    Well, uh...
[20:39] Rin
    I'm just surprised you'd say something
    so extreme with a straight face.
[20:43] Myura
    Huh?
[20:44] Rin
    I mean, when you say "see how our foes react,"
[20:47] Rin
    you're implying we're going to
    set our own trap for them, right?
[20:49] Myura
    Huh? Y-Yeah.
[20:51] Myura
    Well, I am, I suppose?
[20:56] Taichi
    I'm in!
[20:57] Rin
    Me, too!
[20:58] Myura
    Taichi, Rin...
[21:01] Myura
    All right.
[21:02] Myura
    Let's show them what happens
    when they underestimate us!
[21:21] Grammy
    Good. Absorb.
[21:33] Grammy
    Hmph. This should be enough to feed that.
[21:38] Grammy
    I can't wait.
[21:40] Grammy
    My body's aching for this.
[21:43] Grammy
    But not yet...
[21:46] Grammy
    The excitement can wait until tomorrow.
[21:49] Grammy
    Just wait, you adventurers!
[21:51] Grammy
    I'll finish you off.
SIGN    Crimson Pact
[23:36] Rin
    Next episode: "Crimson Pact."