7 - To the Blacksmith's Nation

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[00:04] KYLE
    There it is. The city-state of Karan.
[00:08] THERON
    I'd heard it was deep in the mountains...
[00:10] URZA
    But it's practically merged with them.
[00:13] LIESE
    How'd they build a city
    in the middle of the range?
[00:16] SILDONIA
    You see, it was the other way around.
[00:19] SILDONIA
    The city wasn't built in the mountains.
[00:22] SILDONIA
    The mountains were built around the city.
[00:24] LIESE
    They built the mountains?
[00:27] SILDONIA
    The city was originally
    founded in the Xarles era
[00:29] SILDONIA
    as an outpost to defend against demons.
[00:32] SILDONIA
    High-quality ore veins were
     later discovered in the land below,
[00:37] SILDONIA
    so we pushed the earth up
     to bring them to the surface.
[00:41] SILDONIA
    In other words, the mountains
    themselves are the ore veins.
[00:45] LIESE
    Huh. Ancient magic must've
    really been something.
[00:54] URZA
    They have human riders.
[00:56] URZA
    That's the crest of the Gargan Empire.
[00:59] KYLE
    Those are the empire's wyvern knights.
[01:04] SILDONIA
    So they've tamed wyverns? Impressive.
[01:07] THERON
    What are they doing in Karan?
[01:12] THERON
    I hope it's got nothing to do
     with what we're here for.
[01:19] KYLE
    Let's get a move on too.
[02:58] KYLE
    We are envoys from Zirgus.
[03:00] KYLE
    We'd like an audience with the ambassador.
[03:03] GUARD
    One moment, please.
[03:06] GUARD
    Yes.
[03:08] GUARD
    Understood.
[03:14] URZA
    There are a lot of dwarves here.
[03:17] LIESE
    Elves and dwarves don't get along, right?
[03:19] URZA
    Th-Their disdain for us is entirely one-sided.
[03:23] URZA
    I've no strong feelings.
[03:26] MIRANDA
    Thank you for waiting.
[03:31] MIRANDA
    I am Miranda, the Zirgian ambassador.
[03:33] MIRANDA
    You must be Queen Milena's messengers.
[03:41] KYLE
    Delighted to meet you.
[03:43] KYLE
    My name is Kyle Leonard.
[03:45] MIRANDA
    Your reputation precedes you in Karan.
[03:49] MIRANDA
    Please, right this way.
[03:53] KYLE/ID
    Miranda...
[03:55] KYLE/ID
    So she was serving as an ambassador
    in Karan at this time.
[04:02] MIRANDA
    I can confirm this letter is from the queen.
[04:05] MIRANDA
    So, you're here to see the governor?
[04:08] MIRANDA
    The nation may be in turmoil, but I never
    expected such unusual messengers.
[04:15] MIRANDA
    That's just like the new queen.
[04:18] KYLE
    Are the two of you close?
[04:21] MIRANDA
    Indeed. Until three years ago,
    I was one of her tutors.
[04:25] MIRANDA
    I mostly taught her diplomacy.
[04:31] MIRANDA
    You have my sincere gratitude
    for rescuing her in Archen.
[04:36] MIRANDA
    However, the man you've
    come to see, Governor Bax...
[04:41] MIRANDA
    He's currently bedridden.
[04:44] MIRANDA
    Getting an audience won't be easy.
[04:46] KYLE
    The governor is that gravely ill?
[04:48] MIRANDA
    I've asked to see him numerous times,
[04:51] MIRANDA
    but I'm told he's not
     taking visitors in his condition.
[04:54] KYLE
    No visitors, huh?
[04:57] MIRANDA
    However...
[04:59] MIRANDA
    He has an obligation to meet
    with emissaries from the queen.
[05:04] MIRANDA
    Let's go.
[05:08] LIESE
    Why does she need so many guards?
[05:10] KYLE
    Maybe they're afraid
    of what the empire might pull.
[05:13] THERON
    I don't need to be present
    if we're just negotiating, right?
[05:16] THERON
    I'm gonna do my own thing.
[05:18] KYLE
    Sure.
[05:19] KYLE
    Be back before dark!
[05:21] THERON
    I'm not a child!
[05:23] THERON
    See you later.
[05:28] MIRANDA
    It's an eyesore,
     but this is the Gargan embassy.
[05:33] MIRANDA
    Should anything happen there,
    we will not be able to help you.
[05:37] MIRANDA
    Exercise due caution.
[05:39] GARGAN AMBASSADOR
    Why, if it isn't Lady Miranda.
[05:42] GARGAN AMBASSADOR
    I wasn't expecting to see you here.
[05:46] MIRANDA
    My, the Gargan ambassador himself.
[05:56] ALZARD
    How do you do?
[05:58] ALZARD
    My name is Alzard Vane.
[06:00] ALZARD
    I am the second-highest-ranking court
    sorcerer of the Gargan Empire.
[06:05] ALZARD
    It is a pleasure to meet you.
[06:10] ALZARD
    I was on my way to see the governor of Karan.
[06:14] MIRANDA
    Oh, really? Karan belongs to Zirgus.
[06:17] MIRANDA
    As the Zirgian ambassador,
    shouldn't I meet with him first?
[06:20] ALZARD
    Karan is a self-governing city-state.
[06:23] ALZARD
    I didn't think I needed Zirgus's permission.
[06:31] LIESE
    They hate each other.
[06:33] URZA
    It would seem interhuman
    diplomacy is also complicated.
[06:38] MIRANDA
    We're actually on our way
    to see the governor as well.
[06:41] MIRANDA
    Why don't we go together?
[06:42] ALZARD
    I'd be delighted.
[06:44] ALZARD
    By the way, who might you be?
[06:47] KYLE
    I am Kyle Leonard, emissary of Queen Milena.
[06:52] ALZARD
    Ah, so you're the hero of Zirgus.
[06:57] ALZARD
    I'd been wondering, since I heard
    your name was Leonard.
[07:00] ALZARD
    You do look a bit like Ceraia.
[07:02] KYLE
    You know my mother?
[07:05] ALZARD
    She and I were students together.
[07:08] ALZARD
    It's been twenty years now, but we studied
    magic and other subjects side by side.
[07:14] ALZARD
    I am most pleased to have
    the chance to meet her son.
[07:24] KYLE
    Nice to meet you as well.
[07:33] ALZARD
    This job may be more fun than I expected.
[07:41] MIRANDA
    Why can't we see him?
[07:43] AGENT
    A-As I said, the governor
    still hasn't recovered.
[07:47] MIRANDA
    You've said that for two months.
[07:49] MIRANDA
    If he's going to take much longer
    to convalesce, then, as I've been suggesting,
[07:54] MIRANDA
    we'll have to appoint a new governor.
[07:56] AGENT
    Y-Yes, ma'am.
[07:58] MIRANDA
    I'll return in two days.
[08:00] MIRANDA
    I hope you'll have good news for me by then.
[08:06] MIRANDA
    So, as you can see,
    we cannot meet with the governor.
[08:10] ALZARD
    It certainly appears that way.
[08:13] ALZARD
    The empire was hoping to forge
    a friendly relationship with Karan,
[08:17] ALZARD
    but I'll return another time.
[08:26] URZA
    He definitely knows the
    engagement's being called off.
[08:30] KYLE
    Yeah.
[08:31] MIRANDA
    Coercion is the empire's go-to strategy.
[08:34] MIRANDA
    I'm sure they'll begin issuing
    all sorts of threats.
[08:37] MIRANDA
    Alzard may even be trying to curry your favor.
[08:44] MIRANDA
    So I'll appoint a new governor
    better equipped to contend with the empire.
[08:51] KYLE
    You already have someone in mind?
[08:54] MIRANDA
    Yes.
[08:55] MIRANDA
    A member of the blacksmith's guild
     and Karan's best blacksmith.
[08:59] MIRANDA
    His name is Gazus.
[09:07] THERON
    I should've known I wouldn't find anything
     just looking around normally.
[09:12] THERON
    There aren't many girls around either.
[09:19] SCOUNDREL A
    Stop resisting!
[09:20] GOH
    Please stop! Let me go!
[09:22] SCOUNDREL A
    Just stop—
[09:32] THERON
    Are you hurt, miss?
[09:36] GOH
    I-I...
[09:40] GOH
    I'm a guy.
[09:44] THERON
    Y-You are?
[09:46] GOH
    Y-Yes, though I get mistaken for a girl a lot.
[09:50] THERON
    I can't believe myself...
[09:53] SCOUNDREL C
    Wh-Who the hell are you?
[09:54] SCOUNDREL B
    Mind your own business, outsider!
[09:58] THERON
    You're absolutely right.
[10:00] THERON
    Sorry for interrupting.
[10:01] GOH
    What?!
[10:01] GOH
    Y-You're not going to save me?
[10:04] THERON
    Hang on.
[10:06] THERON
    I have a question.
[10:07] THERON
    You got an older sister who looks like you?
[10:09] GOH
    Oh, yes. I have one who's five years older.
[10:11] GOH
    People say we look very much alike.
[10:13] THERON
    Prepare yourselves, scoundrels!
[10:15] THERON
    I'm about to give you a beating!
[10:17] ALL
    What?!
[10:20] SCOUNDREL B
    The hell is going on here?
[10:22] SCOUNDREL D
    Whatever! We can't let him beat us!
[10:24] SCOUNDREL C
    Get him!
[10:36] SCOUNDREL A
    This makes no sense.
[10:37] GOH
    Amazing.
[10:39] GOH
    I was prepared to run
    if things went south, but...
[10:42] THERON
    I can hear you.
[10:44] GOH
    Th-Thank you so much!
[10:46] GOH
    My name is Goh.
[10:48] GOH
    I'm an artificer.
[10:50] THERON
    An artificer?
[10:51] THERON
    You make magic items?
[10:55] GOH
    Kinda.
[10:56] THERON
    Now then, who're these guys?
[10:59] GOH
    You see, they're debt collectors.
[11:03] THERON
    Debt collectors?
[11:04] THERON
    I see. Your parents must be drunkards
    or gambling addicts who—
[11:07] GOH
    No, actually.
[11:09] GOH
    The debt is mine.
[11:11] THERON
    Then your parents are ill,
    and to afford medicine—
[11:13] GOH
    It's not that either.
[11:14] THERON
    Then what is it?!
[11:16] GOH
    Their boss invested in a
    magic weapon I'm developing,
[11:21] GOH
    but he got mad when I told him
     it was going to take ten years to finish.
[11:27] THERON
    I see. So you're a way worse
    person than your looks suggest.
[11:34] THERON
    Well, no skin off my nose.
[11:36] THERON
    For now, I'll escort you home.
[11:37] THERON
    Gotta introduce myself to your sister.
[11:39] GOH
    Oh, uh... my sister is already married.
[11:46] THERON
    Figures!
[11:48] THERON
    You should've led with that!
[11:50] GOH
    I thought you might not save me if I did.
[11:53] GOH
    Tee-hee.
[11:55] THERON
    You almost tricked me into
    thinking you were cute!
[11:58] GOH
    H-How could you?!
[12:01] GAZUS
    Don't be ridiculous!
[12:03] GAZUS
    I'm a blacksmith.
[12:04] GAZUS
    I've no interest in any other line of work.
[12:07] MIRANDA
    Gazus, Zirgus wants to provide
     even more support to Karan
[12:11] MIRANDA
    and work together to resolve our problems.
[12:14] GAZUS
    You don't need my help with that.
[12:17] MIRANDA
    Please reconsider.
[12:18] KYLE
    So that's Gazus, huh?
[12:20] KYLE
    He's as stubborn as I expected.
[12:20] MIRANDA
    You're popular among the people,
    and you're more than qualified and capable.
[12:22] LIESE
    This conversation is going nowhere.
[12:25] LIESE
    It'll be tough to convince him.
[12:25] MIRANDA
    Please, Gazus.
[12:28] URZA
    Appointing a dwarf as governor
     is an absurd idea.
[12:31] GOH
    Dad, I'm home.
[12:33] GOH
    Oh, are you customers?
[12:36] THERON
    What're you guys doing here?
[12:37] KYLE
    We're here accompanying Miranda.
[12:41] THERON
    I was invited to stop by for tea.
[12:44] KYLE
    Apparently this dwarf named
    Gazus is a skilled blacksmith.
[12:48] KYLE
    If all goes well, he might
    be able to make you a sword.
[12:52] THERON
    Seriously?
[12:53] THERON
    You were thinking about me?
[12:56] KYLE
    Of course I was.
[12:58] KYLE
    I intend to keep working you to the bone.
[13:00] THERON
    That's the Kyle we know and love.
[13:03] GOH
    Miranda's here?
[13:06] GOH
    This will take a while.
    Why don't you come this way?
[13:13] GOH
    Sorry about the mess.
[13:19] KYLE
    You look human, but your father
    is a dwarf, which means...
[13:23] GOH
    Oh, I'm not a dwarf. I'm human.
[13:26] GOH
    Me and my sister were my mother's
    children from a prior relationship.
[13:30] GOH
    Our mother passed away two years ago.
[13:33] GOH
    Since my sister got married a year ago,
     the house has been a sty.
[13:37] GOH
    Oh, be careful.
[13:38] GOH
    That's a powerful adhesive that
    can't be unstuck once applied.
[13:41] THERON
    Warn me sooner!
[13:54] GOH
    Oh, those are plans for the ancient
    magic weapon I'm attempting to restore.
[14:07] KYLE
    That was you?
[14:10] GOH
    Huh?
[14:11] KYLE
    You're the creator of that golem?
[14:18] GOH
    What?
[14:25] KYLE/NA
    There exist autonomous magic
    weapons known as golems.
[14:29] KYLE/NA
    Most of the technology required
    to create them was lost when Xarles fell,
[14:34] KYLE/NA
    but towards the end of the Great Invasion,
[14:36] KYLE/NA
    the Gargan Empire deployed
    a prototype against the demons
[14:42] KYLE/NA
    which achieved far more in battle
    than humanoid soldiers ever could.
[14:48] SILDONIA
    I see. This is well designed.
[14:52] SILDONIA
    It's modeled off the Titan, yes?
[14:55] GOH
    You can tell?!
[14:56] GOH
    I made some improvements
    based on ancient texts.
[15:00] SILDONIA
    Indeed, there should be no issue swapping
    the power source from magical to mundane.
[15:06] KYLE
    What are the odds this'll work?
[15:09] SILDONIA
    Very high, I'd say.
[15:11] KYLE/ID
    I can't believe it.
[15:12] KYLE/ID
    Mass-producing these would be
    a huge boon to our forces!
[15:17] KYLE
    Goh, you need to complete
    this golem as soon as possible!
[15:20] GOH
    B-But it'll take another ten years, at least.
[15:24] KYLE
    That's not fast enough!
[15:26] KYLE
    Finish it within a year!
[15:27] GOH
    But that would cost an absurd amount of mon—
[15:31] KYLE
    Then spend like there's no tomorrow!
[15:33] KYLE
    I'll cover whatever you need!
[15:37] GOH
    What?!
[15:39] GOH
    Thank you for your business!
[15:41] KYLE
    Also, keep this between us.
[15:44] GOH
    But I already have a few other investors.
[15:47] KYLE
    Tell them you failed and return
    their investments in full!
[15:50] KYLE
    I'll cover all that too!
[15:54] GOH
    Really?!
[16:00] GOH/ID
    All right!
[16:01] GOH/ID
    I got myself a godly patron!
[16:10] KYLE
    How did it go, Miranda?
[16:13] MIRANDA
    We got nowhere.
[16:15] MIRANDA
    Gazus, I'll be back again.
[16:17] GAZUS
    Don't bother.
[16:24] KYLE
    Gazus, I'd like to make my own request.
[16:29] GAZUS
    You want a sword or something?
[16:32] GAZUS
    Sorry, but I'm only accepting jobs
    from regulars right now.
[16:36] GOH
    Dad, at least hear him out.
[16:39] GOH
    I think these people will be really helpful.
[16:49] GAZUS
    Don't worry.
[16:50] GAZUS
    I'm not prejudiced against elves.
[16:53] URZA
    I-I see. That's commendable for a dwarf.
[16:58] THERON
    I'd like a sword.
[17:00] THERON
    My current one's not good enough.
[17:03] GAZUS
    Oh? Looks like Dortos's handiwork.
[17:07] GAZUS
    Not many swordsmen can say his blades
    aren't good enough for them.
[17:10] GOH
    Dad, Theron is super strong.
[17:13] GOH
    I doubt that sword's enough for him.
[17:15] GAZUS
    What?
[17:16] THERON
    Ideally, I'd like one comparable to Kyle's.
[17:27] GAZUS
    Th-That sword...!
[17:30] GAZUS
    Let me take a closer look!
[17:34] GAZUS
    I've seen a few famous Xarles blades,
    but this one's on another level.
[17:40] GAZUS
    I can't believe there was another one like it.
[17:42] THERON
    Another one?
[17:44] GAZUS
    I'm not currently able to make you
    a sword comparable to this one.
[17:50] THERON
    I guess Sildonia's really that good.
[17:53] SILDONIA
    But of course.
[17:54] SILDONIA
    There's no greater sword
    forged by humanoid hands.
[18:03] GAZUS
    Sorry, but you'll have to leave for today.
[18:12] THERON
    I wasn't expecting much,
    but he said something curious.
[18:17] LIESE
    About another sword like this one, right?
[18:20] URZA
    Which suggests he's seen
    something close to it.
[18:25] SILDONIA
    Close to me?
[18:26] SILDONIA
    I won't stand for that!
[18:30] THERON
    We can come back tomorrow
    and see if he'll say more.
[18:38] KYLE
    It's too bad about the sword,
    but the golem was a good find.
[18:42] SILDONIA
    Indeed.
[18:45] KYLE
    In my previous life, Goh must've
    failed to recreate the weapon.
[18:49] KYLE
    He went bankrupt
    and had to sell his blueprints.
[18:54] SILDONIA
    Then when the empire acquired them,
[18:56] SILDONIA
    they were able to make a prototype
     toward the end of the Great Invasion.
[19:00] KYLE
    From a technological standpoint,
    we should probably seek the empire's aid.
[19:06] KYLE
    But if we share too much with them now,
    they'll grow too powerful.
[19:12] KYLE
    Queen Milena calling off the engagement
    will wear on relations between our countries.
[19:17] KYLE
    If we're not careful, war could break out
    between humans before the Great Invasion.
[19:23] SILDONIA
    I'd actually find that rather interesting.
[19:26] KYLE
    Hey.
[19:27] SILDONIA
    I'm joking.
[19:34] ALZARD
    Hello there.
[19:35] ALZARD
    Forgive the early morning visit.
[19:38] ALZARD
    I was thinking I'd like to chat
    with the son of my old friend.
[19:42] KYLE
    Okay...
[19:44] ALZARD
    Why don't we have lunch together later?
[19:47] ALZARD
    Your friends and the ambassador
    are welcome to join us.
[19:50] ALZARD
    We could even cruise through
    the skies on wyverns.
[19:53] KYLE
    Are you sure?
[19:55] KYLE
    I thought the skills to ride
    them were a state secret.
[19:57] ALZARD
    Oh, you'll be fine.
[20:00] ALZARD
    It was Ceraia who established the
    techniques for riding wyverns, after all.
[20:04] KYLE
    My mother did?
[20:07] ALZARD
    Ceraia was quite talented.
[20:10] ALZARD
    I may be older, but I always
    aspired to be like her.
[20:18] KYLE
    Now she's just a lazy housewife.
[20:22] ALZARD
    I suppose that, too, is not unlike her.
[20:27] ALZARD
    Now then, I'll see you at the Gargan embassy.
[20:30] ALZARD
    I look forward to lunch.
[20:34] SILDONIA
    I thought so yesterday as well,
    but his magic power is substantial.
[20:38] KYLE
    You can tell?
[20:39] SILDONIA
    Yes. He's got enough to cast high-level spells.
[20:45] SILDONIA
    He may even be able to cast
    special-grade spells someday.
[20:48] KYLE
    Special-grade spells?
[20:52] KYLE
    The empire's court sorcerers are no joke.
[21:02] MIRANDA
    The others didn't need to come?
[21:05] KYLE
    They're not fond of formal meals.
[21:14] MIRANDA
    Kyle?
[21:17] KYLE/ID
    This feeling...
[21:22] MIRANDA
    What?
[21:30] MIRANDA
    Kyle, what is the—
[21:58] KYLE
    Demon!
[23:35] SIGN
    Next Time
[23:35] SIGN
    Those Who Act Out of Sight
[23:35] NA
    Next time: "Those Who Act Out of Sight."