# 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."