# E5 - A Hint of Schemes
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**[00:19] Taichi**
Isn't this...
**[00:26] Lemiya**
I'm coming in.
**[00:29] Lemiya**
You're awake?
**[00:31] Taichi**
Lemia? Why am I back at your place?
***SIGN*** Episode 5 A Hint of Schemes
**[02:10] Taichi**
Man, I'm full!
**[02:14] Taichi**
Thanks for the meal!
**[02:16] Lemiya**
You easily ate enough for five people.
**[02:19] Taichi**
That much?!
**[02:20] Taichi**
I knew I was eating more than usual,
**[02:23] Taichi**
but I didn't realize it was that bad.
**[02:24] Lemiya**
The reason you were able to eat so much
is also related to why you're here.
**[02:34] ---**
Long story short...
**[02:38] ---**
Taichi, you depleted your magic power
and fell comatose.
**[02:43] Taichi**
Huh?
**[02:44] Lemiya**
You consumed all the magic power
within your body.
**[02:48] Lemiya**
You've been asleep for an entire week.
**[02:50] Taichi**
A whole week?!
**[02:51] Lemiya**
Generally, you can recover
expended magic power overnight.
**[02:55] Lemiya**
But when it's completely spent, it takes
significant time to regenerate from scratch.
**[03:01] Taichi**
I didn't know.
**[03:03] Lemiya**
Rin and Muller both assumed you passed out
from exhaustion and injury at first.
**[03:08] Lemiya**
They had a doctor look at you to be sure,
and they believed the same.
**[03:12] Lemiya**
Yet one day and then another passed...
**[03:17] Lemiya**
By the third night,
they couldn't take it any more
**[03:20] ---**
and carried your unconscious body back here.
**[03:26] Lemiya**
I've never seen those two panic like that.
**[03:30] Lemiya**
They're both looking into something
back in town right now.
**[03:33] Lemiya**
Make sure you thank them
when they're back.
**[03:35] Taichi**
Yeah, of course I will.
**[03:37] Taichi**
Also, Lemia...
**[03:40] Taichi**
Thank you, too.
**[03:43] Lemiya**
Don't worry about it.
**[03:46] Lemiya**
On that note, though, Taichi...
**[03:48] Lemiya**
What in the world happened
in the northern forest?
**[03:58] Lemiya**
I knew it.
**[03:59] Lemiya**
That was the Crimson Pact.
**[04:02] Taichi**
Crimson Pact?
**[04:04] Lemiya**
It's magic that uses
the blood of men and beasts.
**[04:07] Lemiya**
It's considered forbidden magic now
due to its cruelty.
**[04:12] Lemiya**
Feed an orb imbued with that magic to anyone,
**[04:15] ---**
and it'll draw out several dozen times
their normal magic power.
**[04:20] Taichi**
I couldn't even make a dent in it.
**[04:22] Taichi**
To be honest, I thought I really
was going to be a goner this time.
**[04:27] Taichi**
But then in that moment...
**[04:30] (Flashback) Aerial**
My name is Aerial.
**[04:32] (Flashback) Aerial**
I'm the Wind Spirit.
**[04:35] Lemiya**
Aerial?!
**[04:39] Lemiya**
You're sure that's what
the voice said to you?!
**[04:41] Taichi**
Y-Yeah?
**[04:46] Lemiya**
How can this be?
**[04:48] Lemiya**
I don't believe it.
**[04:50] Taichi**
Hey, Lemia...
**[04:52] Taichi**
Could you explain it to me
so I can understand, too?
**[04:55] Lemiya**
Taichi, you remember how I told you
**[04:58] ---**
that you're a Unique Magician who
uses sorcery, not magic, right?
**[05:02] Lemiya**
And that we didn't know what type you were?
**[05:05] Taichi**
Yeah?
**[05:06] Lemiya**
Well, now that's clear.
**[05:09] Taichi**
Seriously?
**[05:10] Lemiya**
Listen carefully, Taichi. You're a—
**[05:19] Lodra**
Oh?
**[05:21] Lodra**
He eliminated the Red Elemental
with only the power of wind?
**[05:25] Lodra**
That young man is truly intriguing.
**[05:30] Lodra**
This was worth the great price
you paid, Cassim.
**[05:35] Lodra**
Now, I have another job for you to do.
**[05:39] Lodra**
What? It's just a little prank.
**[05:43] Lodra**
A trivial affair of no strategic importance.
**[05:47] Lodra**
Though I think it'll relieve
some of your indignation.
**[05:52] Lodra**
Hmm...
**[05:56] Lodra**
Aren't her reins a little loose?
**[06:00] Cassim**
But I think she's performed
adequately for her pay.
**[06:04] Lodra**
And I'm telling you that's not enough.
**[06:19] Lodra**
We need you to continue
serving as Cassim's pawn,
**[06:24] ---**
so I've made some slight modifications.
**[06:31] Lodra**
Remember, what's about to begin
is but our first step.
**[06:34] Lodra**
The grand first step
toward realizing our goal.
**[06:39] Cassim**
I understand, Your Eminence.
**[06:44] Miro**
I'm sick of waiting.
**[06:46] Mero**
Let's hurry up and start the carnival.
**[06:49] Lodra**
In that case, I suppose it is
time for the carnival to begin.
**[06:53] Lodra**
We'll have to send him an invitation.
**[07:04] Taichi**
Summoner, huh?
**[07:08] (Flashback) Lemiya**
Listen carefully, Taichi.
**[07:10] (Flashback) ---**
You're a Summoner.
**[07:13] (Flashback) Taichi**
A Summoner?
**[07:15] (Flashback) Lemiya**
A Shaman would be most similar to it.
**[07:19] (Flashback) Lemiya**
You forge pacts with specific spirits,
**[07:21] (Flashback) ---**
and you're granted the right to use stronger
magic based on your bond with them.
**[07:26] (Flashback) Lemiya**
Shamans and Summoners are
both the same in that regard.
**[07:30] (Flashback) Lemiya**
Now, can you tell what actually
separates the two of them?
**[07:34] (Flashback) Lemiya**
It's simple.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Lemiya**
It's whether or not they can hear them.
**[07:38] (Flashback) Lemiya**
Whether or not they can see them.
**[07:42] (Flashback) Lemiya**
In our world, spirits are
a higher order of being.
**[07:46] (Flashback) Lemiya**
They're above even dragons,
which are superior to humans.
**[07:50] (Flashback) Lemiya**
Because of that,
they're fundamentally invisible to us.
**[07:54] (Flashback) Lemiya**
So if you heard the voice of a spirit,
**[07:58] (Flashback) Lemiya**
then it's almost guaranteed.
**[08:01] (Flashback) Lemiya**
Also, there's one more thing
**[08:03] (Flashback) ---**
that makes Summoners different
from other magicians and Shamans.
**[08:08] (Flashback) Lemiya**
That's the fact that spirits execute magic
on the sorcerer's behalf.
**[08:14] (Flashback) Lemiya**
Since the magic doesn't use
the sorcerer as a catalyst,
**[08:18] (Flashback) ---**
it gets released with the spirit's
full undiminished force.
**[08:23] Taichi**
That couldn't sound more like cheating.
**[08:27] Taichi**
* But if the voice I heard*
* really was a spirit...*
**[08:30] Almeda**
Taichi!
**[08:32] Taichi**
Almeda.
**[08:33] Almeda**
Are you okay now?
**[08:35] Almeda**
Rin and Muller said you weren't
waking up, so I got worried.
**[08:40] Taichi**
Yeah, I'm good now.
**[08:41] Almeda**
That's great. What a relief.
**[08:44] Taichi**
Sorry to worry you.
**[08:46] Taichi**
By the way, do you know when Rin
and Muller should be back here?
**[08:50] Almeda**
Sorry, I haven't heard.
**[08:52] Almeda**
They haven't been back since
they left early this morning.
**[08:54] Taichi**
I see. Thanks.
**[08:57] Taichi**
I'll go look for them outside, then.
**[08:59] Almeda**
Take care.
**[09:01] Almeda**
Don't push yourself, okay?
**[09:08] Taichi**
Now, where would those two have gone?
**[09:11] Anastasia**
Let go of me!
**[09:12] Anastasia**
Sorry, but I don't have time
to deal with you people.
**[09:16] Man**
Don't say that, lady.
**[09:18] Man**
That's right! What's wrong with
spending some time with us?
**[09:21] Taichi**
Those guys!
**[09:21] Man**
Given your getup, you want it too, right?
**[09:23] Man**
Yeah, that's right!
**[09:24] Taichi**
Hey, you need to cut it out already!
**[09:27] Anastasia**
Jeez, you're late!
**[09:33] Taichi**
Huh? Uh?
**[09:35] Anastasia**
You made a promise, didn't you?
**[09:37] Anastasia**
That you would keep me up all night long.
**[09:42] Man**
Hey, brat!
**[09:43] Man**
Don't just show up out of nowhere
and butt in on us!
**[09:46] Man**
That's right!
**[09:47] Man**
Don't interfere!
**[09:55] Taichi**
What was that about showing up
out of nowhere?
**[10:00] Man**
Get up!
**[10:01] Man**
Let's beat it!
**[10:03] Anastasia**
Thank you for saving me.
**[10:06] Taichi**
Did I?
**[10:07] Taichi**
It looked to me like you could
have handled that by yourself.
**[10:10] Anastasia**
Huh?
**[10:11] Taichi**
When that guy grabbed you,
**[10:13] ---**
it looked like you just slipped free,
instead of breaking his hold with force.
**[10:17] Taichi**
Also, you easily kept up with me
when I suddenly spun around.
**[10:21] Taichi**
More than anything, you weren't frightened
when you saw me send that guy flying.
**[10:27] Anastasia**
I knew you'd notice.
**[10:30] Taichi**
You knew?
**[10:32] Anastasia**
We've actually met before.
**[10:35] Anastasia**
That was the first time
anyone's been so rough with me.
**[10:38] Taichi**
Rough?! Huh?!
**[10:42] Anastasia**
You knocked me out with a
single blow to the stomach.
**[10:47] Taichi**
Wait, you're...
**[10:53] Anastasia**
I'm Anastasia.
**[10:55] Anastasia**
The former assassin that you two captured
on the back streets that night.
**[11:04] Taichi**
So you've joined up with the guild now?
**[11:08] Anastasia**
Yes.
**[11:09] Anastasia**
An assassin who's failed their mission
has no other choice.
**[11:13] Taichi**
So after doing some additional investigation
**[11:15] ---**
into the case of stolen food and goods
that we were looking into...
**[11:19] Anastasia**
This manor stood out.
**[11:22] Taichi**
Still, I'm surprised you dug up that much.
**[11:25] Anastasia**
Well, yeah. I am a former assassin.
**[11:52] Taichi**
Now, is there anything
we could use as evidence?
**[12:06] Anastasia**
What's the matter?
**[12:09] Taichi**
You've got to be kidding me!
**[12:17] Myura**
It's nice to enjoy the nightlife
every now and then.
**[12:20] Rin**
Yeah.
**[12:21] Myura**
Still, I can't believe these
go for eight coppers apiece.
**[12:26] Rin**
Yeah.
**[12:28] Myura**
You're thinking about
Taichi again, aren't you?
**[12:31] Rin**
Yeah.
**[12:32] Rin**
Huh?!
**[12:33] Myura**
I knew it.
**[12:35] Myura**
You're like an open book.
**[12:37] Rin**
Uh, it's not that...
**[12:38] Myura**
Don't worry.
**[12:40] Myura**
He'll be fine in Lemia's care.
**[12:43] Myura**
We have to focus on finishing
what we need to do right now.
**[12:48] Rin**
Yeah.
**[12:52] Customer**
That's just way too expensive!
**[12:54] Shop**
There's nothing I can do about it, either!
**[12:57] Customer**
But that's three times
what it cost yesterday!
**[12:59] Myura**
Prices won't stop skyrocketing, huh?
**[13:02] Rin**
We'll need to see if it's related to the
increase in monsters, as Lemia suspects.
**[13:08] Myura**
By the way...
**[13:09] Rin**
Yeah.
**[13:10] Myura**
There are a few too many people
around to take them on here.
**[13:14] Myura**
We should lead them to the outskirts...
**[13:25] Myura**
Get away from here!
**[13:27] Myura**
Right now!
**[13:46] Rin**
You're finished!
**[13:53] Rin**
Aero Armor!
**[14:05] Myura**
Two versus four, huh?
**[14:07] Myura**
But with you here...
**[14:09] Grammy**
No, it's two versus five.
**[14:13] Myura**
Grammy?!
**[14:18] Rin**
Muller!
**[14:20] Grammy**
I really hate relying on this thing...
**[14:24] Rin**
Muller!
**[14:26] Grammy**
But boss's orders.
**[14:28] Grammy**
Don't blame me.
**[14:30] Rin**
Hold on!
**[14:34] Grammy**
I know you guys won't be able to beat her.
**[14:37] Grammy**
So delay her and you've done well!
**[14:39] Rin**
Hold up!
**[14:46] Rin**
Muller!
**[14:48] Rin**
Muller!
**[14:56] Anastasia**
I knew it.
**[14:57] Anastasia**
It looks like this underground tunnel
was constructed using earth magic.
**[15:01] Taichi**
If what's written here is true,
**[15:04] Taichi**
then a horde of goblins
enhanced by Crimson Pacts
**[15:08] ---**
are hiding out here under Azpire.
**[15:11] Anastasia**
If they were to be unleashed on the city...
**[15:15] Taichi**
We have to stop them!
**[15:17] Taichi**
This smell!
**[15:23] Taichi**
Oh, man...
**[15:25] Taichi**
They must be up ahead!
**[15:26] Anastasia**
Wait!
**[15:27] Anastasia**
It might be trapped.
**[15:30] Anastasia**
I'll open it.
**[15:35] Anastasia**
Phew.
**[15:39] Anastasia**
It's safe now.
**[15:41] Taichi**
O-Okay.
**[15:42] Anastasia**
What's the matter?
**[15:44] Taichi**
Well, just realizing that you
really are an assassin.
**[15:48] Anastasia**
So late?
**[15:49] Taichi**
Yeah.
**[15:50] Taichi**
I mean, when I handed you over to the guild,
**[15:54] Taichi**
I had this idea in my head that you'd be
able to live a normal, proper life from now on.
**[16:01] Anastasia**
Huh?
**[16:03] Taichi**
So I have mixed feelings
**[16:05] ---**
about the guild asking you to
do all kinds of jobs like this.
**[16:10] Taichi**
To be honest, it doesn't sit right with me.
**[16:14] Taichi**
But that's just my ego talking.
**[16:18] Taichi**
Let's go, Anastasia.
**[16:21] Anastasia**
Call me Ana.
**[16:24] Anastasia**
Anastasia's a mouthful, right?
**[16:27] Anastasia**
Just call me Ana.
**[16:32] Taichi**
Sure. Nice working with you, Ana.
**[16:41] Rin**
Would you just stop getting in the way!
**[16:50] Grammy**
That was fast.
**[16:52] Rin**
Grammy!
**[16:54] Grammy**
Don't worry, I don't plan
on fighting you right now.
**[17:00] Grammy**
The elf girl's in that building.
**[17:04] Rin**
Why would you tell me that?
**[17:06] Grammy**
For one thing, I didn't do that
underhanded job because I wanted to.
**[17:11] Grammy**
I mean, it's not really any of
my business if anyone else dies,
**[17:15] ---**
but you two are my prey.
**[17:18] Grammy**
I can't have you dying on me.
**[17:22] Grammy**
Now hurry up and go.
**[17:23] Grammy**
My employer plans on using
the Crimson Pact on that girl.
**[17:29] Rin**
The Crimson Pact?
**[17:32] Grammy**
You saw it, didn't you?
**[17:34] Grammy**
That red monster.
**[17:40] Grammy**
Get going.
**[17:42] Grammy**
You should be able to take on every
single person in there without issue.
**[17:48] Rin**
Don't think I owe you for this!
**[18:00] Grammy**
Don't lose, now.
**[18:17] Rin**
Muller!
**[18:19] Rin**
Muller!
**[18:24] Mage**
Are you that elf's friend?
**[18:28] Rin**
What are you doing to Muller?
**[18:29] Mage**
The elf will be our sacrifice.
**[18:32] Mage**
For the special ritual
we're about to conduct.
**[18:36] Rin**
What are you doing to Muller?
**[18:41] Rin**
What are you doing to Muller?!
**[18:49] Rin**
Don't move.
**[18:54] Rin**
Would you mind staying put for me?
**[18:59] Rin**
Muller!
**[19:03] Myura**
Rin?
**[19:04] Rin**
Hold on, I'll save you!
**[19:07] Rin**
*Can I break it?*
**[19:10] Rin**
*The floor's made of stone.*
**[19:11] Rin**
*So if I use earth magic...*
**[19:27] Rin**
Muller!
**[19:28] Myura**
Rin, I'm sorry.
**[19:32] Myura**
I let my guard down.
**[19:34] Rin**
No, it's fine.
**[19:36] Rin**
That doesn't matter now.
**[19:39] Myura**
Rin...
**[19:40] Lodra**
Wonderful.
**[19:42] Lodra**
You disabled everyone without killing them?
**[19:45] Lodra**
That's easy to talk about doing,
but difficult to actually achieve.
**[19:52] Rin**
You're...
**[19:54] Lodra**
I'm amazed you so easily
exceeded my expectations.
**[19:58] Lodra**
Cassim, it seems your subordinate
is awfully talented as well.
**[20:02] Lodra**
She's discovered the loophole in her geas.
**[20:05] Cassim**
Right...
**[20:06] Rin**
Are you the one who did this?
**[20:08] Lodra**
I am.
**[20:10] Lodra**
Though they're the perpetrators,
**[20:12] ---**
I'm the one who predicted this result
and worked to make it happen.
**[20:16] Rin**
You'll pay!
**[20:18] Lodra**
Wait a moment.
**[20:19] Lodra**
I haven't shown myself for the sake of
doing battle with you two.
**[20:24] Lodra**
I came here to inform you.
**[20:26] Rin**
Inform us?
**[20:27] Lodra**
I'll keep this brief.
**[20:29] Lodra**
An army of monsters will
be attacking this town.
**[20:33] Rin**
Huh?
**[20:35] Lodra**
They number two... no, three thousand.
**[20:39] Rin**
Th-Three thousand?!
**[20:54] Lodra**
Do you understand what that means?
**[20:58] Lodra**
Yes, that's more than enough
to destroy everything.
**[21:04] Lodra**
All that is precious to you.
Everything and anything.
**[21:10] Rin**
Taichi...
**[21:11] Cassim**
Unfortunately, that boy won't be coming.
**[21:16] Cassim**
We've prepared a different
stage for him in this town.
**[21:19] Rin**
What do you mean?!
**[21:21] Rin**
Taichi's here in Azpire?!
**[21:24] Lodra**
Now then, what can the two of you do?
**[21:28] Lodra**
How well can you protect this town?
**[21:31] Lodra**
I look forward to finding out.
**[23:12] Anastasia**
I'll check that one, too.
**[23:15] Taichi**
Sure.
**[23:20] Anastasia**
Huh?
**[23:22] Taichi**
Ana!
***SIGN*** Defense of Azpire
**[23:36] Rin**
Next episode: "Defense of Azpire."