# E12 - A Flash of Sloth \ Nefarious Sloth
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**[00:06] Felis**
Just now joining us, Julius?
**[00:09] ---**
Thanks for gracing us with your presence.
**[00:11] Julius**
Please, you're going to ruin my reputation.
**[00:14] Julius**
But I am not the man called "Julius."
**[00:19] Julius**
Let's see...
**[00:21] ---**
Perhaps I'll go by "Juli."
**[00:24] Julius**
Even if it is temporary,
**[00:26] Julius**
a man with the status of a knight
must never lower himself
**[00:30] Julius**
to the rank of mercenary.
**[00:32] Julius**
The man you see here is not
Julius Euclius, the knight,
**[00:37] Julius**
but a simple wanderer called Juli.
**[00:40] Felis**
A proper household's code of
chivalry is a real pain, huh?
**[00:43] Subaru**
Bull.
**[00:45] Julius**
It seems you're doing better than I expected.
**[00:48] Julius**
How are you feeling?
**[00:51] Subaru**
Well, it was just some scratches!
**[00:54] Subaru**
A little spit fixed them right up, pretty much!
**[00:57] Subaru**
What about you?
**[00:58] ---**
Been busy writing letters of apology
**[01:00] ---**
for fighting so seriously with an amateur?
**[01:04] Julius**
I didn't mean that.
**[01:06] Julius**
I was talking about the damage to your
honor by the mabeast subjugation.
**[01:12] Julius**
But I'm glad your wounds from
before seem to have healed.
**[02:52] Subaru**
We succeeded in taking out the
White Whale thanks to all of you.
**[02:55] Subaru**
But it's not over yet.
**[02:58] Subaru**
I have to settle a score with the Witch's
Cult guys who picked a fight with me.
**[03:03] Subaru**
Once that's done,
**[03:04] ---**
the White Whale subjugation will be complete.
**[03:06] Mimi**
The Witch's Cult is next?
**[03:08] Tivey**
Can we trust the allegations that the White
Whale and the Witch's Cult are connected?
**[03:13] Tivey**
We only came as reinforcements for
the White Whale's subjugation—
**[03:17] Tivey**
What was that for?
**[03:18] Mimi**
If you can't believe him,
**[03:20] ---**
then you just need to believe me!
**[03:23] Subaru**
I'd prefer it if you believed me, though.
**[03:28] Subaru**
I don't like to recall it,
**[03:30] Subaru**
but I've run up against
the Witch's Cult before.
**[03:32] Subaru**
I found out then.
**[03:34] Felis**
Didn't you look into that, Old Man Wil?
**[03:37] Wilhelm**
I wouldn't call it definitive evidence,
**[03:40] Wilhelm**
but the distributions of Whale
appearances and Cult activities
**[03:43] Wilhelm**
coincided in several respects.
**[03:47] Subaru**
That makes it doubly credible!
**[03:49] Subaru**
On that note,
**[03:50] ---**
we're going to head
for the Mathers domain.
**[03:53] Subaru**
The Witch's Cult is hiding in the forest there.
**[03:56] Subaru**
The way to defeat them
is as simple as it gets.
**[03:59] Subaru**
Raid them before they can
read our movements,
**[04:02] ---**
and crush them!
**[04:03] Conwood**
Is there a way to keep the villagers safe?
**[04:06] Subaru**
I asked Anastasia-san and Russell-san
**[04:09] Subaru**
to talk to the merchants along the highway.
**[04:13] Subaru**
Under the condition that Margrave Mathers
buys their cargo at the asking price,
**[04:17] Subaru**
they'll ask the merchants
to evacuate the villagers
**[04:20] ---**
of Arlam and the residents
of Roswaal's mansion.
**[04:23] Subaru**
And a messenger from Crusch-san's household
**[04:26] ---**
is headed to the mansion
with a handwritten letter.
**[04:29] Subaru**
There will be chaos if we don't
**[04:30] ---**
notify Emilia and the others
about the alliance and all that.
***SIGN*** Sounds like we're all ready.
**[04:36] Both**
Yeah!
**[04:37] Wilhelm**
We have never enjoyed such an advantage
in a battle with the Witch's Cult.
**[04:42] Subaru**
Yeah.
**[04:43] ---**
With Julius and his crew joining us, we don't
have to worry about being outnumbered.
**[04:49] Julius**
I'd like to offer one correction.
**[04:53] Julius**
My name is Juli.
**[04:55] Julius**
Please take care to use it.
**[04:56] Subaru**
That's just gonna be a hassle
in informal settings!
**[05:03] Subaru**
The battle with the White Whale
was so tough, I thought I'd die.
**[05:08] Subaru**
Some of us did die.
**[05:11] Subaru**
Some others vanished, never to return.
**[05:17] Subaru**
Let's win the war without losing anyone here.
**[05:22] Subaru**
Let's all go back home alive!
**[05:31] Julius**
You really managed to win?
**[05:33] Subaru**
Huh?
**[05:35] Julius**
The subjugation of the White Whale
**[05:37] Julius**
was a long-standing wish that the
Imperial Knights were to fulfill.
**[05:43] Julius**
It seems I owe you my thanks.
**[05:46] Subaru**
You don't have to force it.
**[05:48] Julius**
For putting an end to a calamity that
all nations ignored for far too long,
**[05:53] Julius**
I thank you.
**[05:59] Subaru**
I'm...
**[06:01] Subaru**
grateful to you, too.
**[06:03] Subaru**
For coming to back us up.
**[06:05] Subaru**
Even after what happened.
**[06:08] Subaru**
About that... I was...
**[06:11] Subaru**
Oh, damn it! Crap!
**[06:14] ---**
I know, okay?! I know it now!
**[06:18] Subaru**
It was my fault.
**[06:20] Subaru**
Sorry. I... I apologize.
**[06:25] Julius**
I apologize, as well.
**[06:28] Julius**
I can't take back my words and actions,
**[06:33] Julius**
but I apologize from the bottom
of my heart for belittling you.
**[06:37] Subaru**
I'm sorry, but...
**[06:41] Subaru**
I hate your guts.
**[06:43] Subaru**
I feel bad for what happened,
and I'm grateful you're here.
**[06:47] Subaru**
But I hate your guts.
**[06:50] Subaru**
I seriously hate you from
the bottom of my heart!
**[06:58] Julius**
That's as it should be.
**[06:59] Julius**
I'm quite certain I could never
befriend you, either.
**[07:08] Subaru**
* All right, as I say every time,*
* let's get this fight started.*
**[07:11] Subaru**
*Bring it on, Fate.*
**[07:32] Puck**
You must be exhausted, Lia.
**[07:33] Puck**
You should rest a bit.
**[07:36] Emilia**
No.
**[07:37] ---**
I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep.
**[07:40] Emilia**
What about you? Aren't you tired?
**[07:42] Puck**
I'm fine.
**[07:44] ---**
The forest barrier is all fixed up, too.
**[07:46] Puck**
You don't have to worry about anything.
**[07:48] Emilia**
Yeah.
**[07:51] Emilia**
But...
**[08:04] Subaru**
*This feels like the time*
**[08:07] ---**
* I found a cockroach in the*
* corner of a quiet room.*
**[08:11] Subaru**
You were drawn to the smell, huh?
**[08:13] ---**
Perfect cockroach bait.
**[08:16] Subaru**
Do I really smell that bad?
**[08:20] Subaru**
Thanks for coming to meet me.
**[08:22] Subaru**
Sorry to say it when you just got here,
**[08:24] Subaru**
but I'd rather discuss the
details with your boss.
**[08:27] Subaru**
So don't get in my way.
**[08:33] Subaru**
If they'd stuck around long enough
for me to order them
**[08:36] Suabru**
to gather their stuff and go home,
this would've been easier...
**[08:48] Betel**
I've been waiting for you, believer in love.
**[08:52] Betel**
I am a Sin Archbishop of the
Witch's Cult, representing sloth,
**[08:56] Betel**
Betelgeuse Romanée-Conti!
**[09:01] Betel**
I welcome you, beloved
child blessed with love!
**[09:05] Betel**
Wonderful!
**[09:07] Betel**
Wonderful!
**[09:11] Subaru**
Hey.
**[09:13] Subaru**
I really appreciate the unexpected welcome.
**[09:16] Subaru**
But I'm not sure I really feel this
"love" you keep bringing up.
**[09:20] Betel**
It always begins suddenly.
**[09:22] Betel**
Everyone, on a certain day,
**[09:24] Betel**
realizes that they are loved.
**[09:26] Betel**
They feel the love!
**[09:28] Betel**
The love! The love! The love! The love!
The love! The love! The love!
**[09:32] Subaru**
Um... And what am I supposed to do now?
**[09:36] Betel**
Ah, the generous love of the witch...
**[09:40] Betel**
You wouldn't happen to be Pride, would you?
**[09:45] Betel**
Of the six Sin Archbishops,
**[09:48] Betel**
only Pride's seat remains vacant.
**[09:52] Betel**
You have
**[09:54] Betel**
received the Gospel, haven't you?
**[09:58] Subaru**
The Gospel?
**[10:00] Betel**
My brain
**[10:02] Betel**
trembles!
**[10:07] Betel**
Presentation of the Gospel!
**[10:08] Betel**
Proof of love!
**[10:10] Betel**
Proof! Proof! Proof! Proof!
**[10:15] Betel**
Huh?
**[10:17] Betel**
There is no account of you in my Gospel.
**[10:21] Subaru**
*That book is the Gospel?*
**[10:24] Betel**
Then why did you appear here?
**[10:27] ---**
Why visit here?
**[10:28] Betel**
What fortune are you here to bring me?!
**[10:33] Subaru**
Oh! So that's the Gospel!
**[10:35] Subaru**
I see, I see!
**[10:37] Subaru**
I understand, I understand.
**[10:39] Subaru**
You should have just said so.
**[10:43] Subaru**
Aw, darn it! I'm sorry!
**[10:47] Betel**
What?
**[10:48] Subaru**
My Gospel is, well, you know...
**[10:52] Subaru**
I used it as a coaster, and it got messy,
**[10:56] Subaru**
so I threw it out.
**[11:03] Betel**
Proof of love!
**[11:04] Betel**
*Authority of Sloth!*
**[11:06] Betel**
*Unseen Hand!*
**[11:09] Betel**
What?!
**[11:11] Subaru**
It's an "unseen hand," right?
**[11:13] Subaru**
So if I can see it, I can evade it!
**[11:16] Betel**
You can see my Unseen Hand?!
**[11:19] Subaru**
Okay, I'm just about done buying time!
**[11:36] Subaru**
Prepare to be buried alive!
**[11:38] Subaru**
Suffer as you regret all
the things you've done!
**[11:42] Betel**
How... How could this be?
**[11:46] Betel**
My fingers, so cruelly, so mercilessly,
**[11:51] Betel**
so chaotically, so arbitrarily,
so artlessly, so meaninglessly...
**[11:58] Betel**
My brain... My brain trembles!
**[12:03] Mimi**
Yikes, that guy's kinda scary!
**[12:06] Tivey**
I think all the Witch's Cultists are like that.
**[12:11] Betel**
Yes, of course...
**[12:15] Betel**
Fine. Fine!
**[12:18] Betel**
I understand. Let's do this!
I'm ready to do this!
**[12:21] Betel**
The time has come to learn which
of us is worthy of her love!
**[12:26] Betel**
Her love! Yes, her love!
**[12:29] Subaru**
Sorry to interrupt your fun, but...
**[12:32] Betel**
—ove?!
**[12:33] Subaru**
I've got someone else lined up to take you on!
**[12:50] Subaru**
I-It's over... right?
**[12:53] Felix**
He's very much dead.
**[12:56] Felix**
The most powerful healer in
the capital guarantees it.
**[12:59] Subaru**
I see...
**[13:02] Subaru**
Wilhelm-san, I'm sorry to ask
such an unreasonable favor.
**[13:05] Wilhelm**
Was it unreasonable?
**[13:08] Subaru**
Isn't cutting someone down
from behind without warning
**[13:11] Subaru**
the worst thing a knight can do?
**[13:13] Wilhelm**
Chivalry is long dead.
**[13:18] Wilhelm**
You need not concern yourself with that.
**[13:21] Tivey**
Hmm... Doesn't look like he's
carrying anything useful.
**[13:27] Subaru**
You mini guys are ransacking his corpse
like it's the obvious thing to do...
**[13:31] Tivey**
I'm not mini. I'm Tivey.
**[13:34] Tivey**
I think it's our right to search
out the spoils of battle.
**[13:40] Tivey**
What is this?
**[13:42] Subaru**
I think that's the book Betelgeuse
called the "Gospel."
**[13:46] Tivey**
Eep! This is the Gospel?!
**[13:49] Tivey**
Oh, no! I touched it!
**[13:55] Subaru**
I can't read it...
**[13:56] Subaru**
Felis, can you read this?
**[13:58] Felix**
Whoa, *nyo* way! Don't point that thing at me!
**[14:01] Felix**
And don't do something as stupid
as trying to read the Gospel!
**[14:05] Subaru**
Is it that dangerous?
**[14:09] Wilhelm**
The Gospel is the proof that one
belongs to the Witch's Cult.
**[14:12] Wilhelm**
It's basically their sacred text.
**[14:15] Subaru**
Sacred text?
**[14:17] Felix**
The rumors say that one is delivered to
anyone with the potential to join the cult.
**[14:22] Felix**
And once a person gets it... Imagine that!
**[14:26] Felix**
They're *nyow* a devout member
of the Witch's Cult.
**[14:29] Subaru**
How shady can you get?
**[14:32] Subaru**
Well, I guess I'll take this with me.
**[14:36] Subaru**
If I can decipher it,
**[14:37] ---**
maybe I can figure out what
the Witch's Cult really is.
**[14:41] Mimi**
Hey, hey, we've killed the enemy here,
**[14:45] Mimi**
so shouldn't we go make sure the
other enemies are dead, too?
**[14:49] Subaru**
You know, as adorable as you look,
**[14:51] ---**
you say some pretty disturbing things.
**[14:54] Mimi**
Aw, I'm adorable? You're makin' me blush!
**[14:58] Wilhelm**
So the subordinates that Betelgeuse
called "fingers" number ten in total?
**[15:04] Tivey**
I think one of them is pinned under there.
**[15:07] Mimi**
Ten minus one is nine!
**[15:08] ---**
So nine are left!
**[15:11] Wilhelm**
Then, shall we go?
**[15:20] Subaru**
But they really are dead, right?
**[15:23] Subaru**
They're not gonna come back the
second we look away, right?
**[15:26] Mimi**
Oh. fine. If you're that
worried, we'll make sure.
**[15:36] Julius**
We crushed two fingers here.
**[15:40] Julius**
A few of the cultists were skilled,
but they posed no threat.
**[15:44] Julius**
We made no errors in driving them off.
**[15:46] Subaru**
I'm glad it went well for you guys, too.
**[15:48] Julius**
Given your demeanor,
**[15:50] ---**
it seems I can assume your
news is good, as well?
**[15:53] Subaru**
Yep! We took out Betelgeuse!
**[15:56] Mimi**
And since this guy is such a worrywart,
**[15:58] Mimi**
we blasted him to bits with one more
"kaboom" after we killed him!
**[16:01] Mimi**
All to bits!
**[16:04] Guy**
So that just leaves the simple task
of mopping up the remnants, huh?
***SIGN*** We'd better hurry up
**[16:09] ---**
and take care of 'em before
my lady turns into an old granny.
***SIGN*** Oh, that was my best joke, y'know!
**[16:18] Julius**
We rendezvous soon with the dragon-drawn
carriages you arranged.
**[16:22] Julius**
Let's eliminate the remaining fingers
and greet our victory together.
**[16:26] Felix**
Okay, Subaru-kyun, time for the bait.
**[16:29] ---**
Put out that smell!
**[16:30] Felix**
Breathe in...
**[16:32] Felix**
And out...
**[16:34] Mimi**
And out... And out... And out...
**[16:38] Subaru**
Hey, hang on! Don't be crazy!
**[16:45] Subaru**
So I guess...
**[16:47] Subaru**
Once this is all done,
**[16:48] ---**
we'll all go back to being friend and foe.
**[16:52] Julius**
How confident of you to worry
about what's yet to come.
**[16:55] Subaru**
Hey, sue me.
**[16:56] ---**
It's going almost too well,
so maybe I let my guard down.
**[17:03] Subaru**
Get down!
***SIGN*** What is this?
***SIGN*** What's goin' on?!
**[17:19] Subaru**
*The Unseen Hand!*
**[17:21] Subaru**
*Betelgeuse should be dead!*
**[17:23] Subaru**
*So who's...*
**[17:27] Wilhelm**
Subaru-dono!
**[17:32] Subaru**
Damn it!
**[17:44] Woman**
Ah!
**[17:45] Woman**
My brain... trembles...
**[17:51] Subaru**
Who are you?
**[17:56] Subaru**
Wh-Who the hell are you?
**[17:59] Subaru**
Are you Betelgeuse's...
**[18:02] Woman**
Finger, yes!
**[18:06] Subaru**
Let me go...
**[18:08] Woman**
I am a finger,
**[18:10] Woman**
one who reciprocates love.
**[18:13] Woman**
A faithful, diligent
disciple who will carry out
**[18:17] ---**
the Ordeal, following love's guidance!
**[18:22] Subaru**
A copy?
**[18:23] Subaru**
A replica of... the original Betelgeuse?
**[18:27] Subaru**
If so, this couldn't
possibly get any worse!
**[18:33] Woman**
Sniff, sniff.
**[18:35] Woman**
The love that cloaks you does not
compare to that of a mere follower.
**[18:39] Woman**
It is equal to that of a Sin Archbishop!
**[18:43] Woman**
It is exceedingly
**[18:44] Woman**
displeasing, dissatisfying, disagreeable,
discomforting, disproportionate, discordant!
**[18:50] Woman**
But that is the proof that you are Pride!
**[18:55] Subaru**
Don't make me keep saying it!
**[18:57] Subaru**
I'm not even close to Pride!
**[18:59] Subaru**
I've never even gotten a free
book as a membership perk!
**[19:03] Woman**
My! Are you being stubborn?
**[19:06] Woman**
Still, soon enough, you will quite readily...
**[19:10] Woman**
The Gospel...
**[19:12] Woman**
My love's guidance!
**[19:14] Woman**
The Gospel that allows me, though
inexperienced, to reciprocate love!
**[19:19] Woman**
It is not with me now!
**[19:24] Woman**
Was it you?
**[19:27] Woman**
You? You? You? You? You? You? You? You?!
**[19:30] Woman**
Did you steal it?!
**[19:36] Subaru**
Wha...
**[19:37] Woman**
A spirit?
**[19:42] Woman**
A spirit!
**[19:44] Woman**
Spirit! Spirit! Spirit!
**[19:52] Subaru**
Damn it.
**[19:59] Woman**
Is that all you can do?
**[20:01] Woman**
If so...
**[20:02] Woman**
Be dismayed! Disappointed! Dejected!
**[20:05] Woman**
Are you two slothful?!
**[20:14] Woman**
My life is spilling out...
**[20:16] ---**
My blood is running dry.
**[20:19] Woman**
My diligent pulse, my life's support,
**[20:24] Woman**
is stopping... disappearing...
**[20:27] Woman**
Ah, my brain... trembl—
**[20:34] Felix**
So the first Sloth we defeated was a double,
**[20:37] Felix**
and this was the real one?
**[20:40] Julius**
No,
**[20:41] ---**
this may not even be a matter
of which is the real one.
**[20:45] Wilhelm**
You mean that there may be more
than one Sin Archbishop of Sloth?
**[20:50] Julius**
Either that,
**[20:51] Julius**
or all hundred followers,
including the fingers,
**[20:54] Julius**
are the Sin Archbishop of Sloth.
**[20:57] Subaru**
I dragged you all into this.
**[21:12] Subaru**
If I'd realized it sooner,
I could have avoided this.
**[21:16] Subaru**
I knew what kind of power it was, so I...
**[21:22] Wilhelm**
Subaru-dono.
**[21:25] Wilhelm**
I'm sure many thoughts are going
through your mind right now.
**[21:31] Wilhelm**
And I'm certain none of
them are superficial.
**[21:35] Wilhelm**
But while it may be inelegant
of me, I must say this.
**[21:42] Wilhelm**
Fight!
**[21:44] Wilhelm**
Even if you have regrets,
**[21:46] ---**
even if you are remorseful, you must fight.
**[21:49] Wilhelm**
If you have made the decision for
yourself to fight, to struggle,
**[21:54] Wilhelm**
then fight with all you have.
**[21:57] Wilhelm**
Don't give up for one second,
one moment, or one instant.
**[22:02] Wilhelm**
Cling greedily to the victory
you have within your sight.
**[22:06] Wilhelm**
If you can still stand,
if your fingers still move,
**[22:10] Wilhelm**
if all your teeth haven't broken...
**[22:13] Wilhelm**
Stand and fight.
**[22:20] Wilhelm**
You must fight.
**[22:25] Subaru**
You're telling me to get stronger?
**[22:29] Wilhelm**
No.
**[22:32] Wilhelm**
I'm telling you to *be* strong.
**[22:38] Wilhelm**
Ready to go?
**[22:40] Subaru**
Yeah. Let's go.
**[22:44] Subaru**
Lend me your wisdom and strength!
**[22:49] Subaru**
We're gonna start evacuating
the mansion and village!
**[22:52] Subaru**
Don't waste a single second!
**[22:57] Subaru**
Right now,
**[22:59] ---**
the Witch's Cult hasn't noticed yet
that the plain is wide open.
**[23:03] Subaru**
We can get Emilia and the others in carriages,
**[23:05] ---**
and get them to safety in plain sight.
**[23:08] Felix**
With Emilia-sama and the others safe,
we won't have to worry about them,
**[23:12] Felix**
so we can focus on
subjugating the Witch's Cult.
**[23:14] Felix**
It's not easy to fight when you
know you have a weak point.
**[23:18] Subaru**
You're making my ears hurt...
**[23:19] Subaru**
But that's exactly right.
**[23:22] Felix**
While I'm at it, let me say one more thing.
**[23:26] Felix**
Subaru-kyun, you should really
make up with Julius soon.
**[23:31] Subaru**
Soon? We already reconciled after our fight.
**[23:35] ---**
Didn't you see?
**[23:36] Felix**
That was just for starters, wasn't it?
**[23:38] Felix**
You're still subconsciously
harboring some resentment.
**[23:42] Felix**
You can rely on Julius.
**[23:45] Felix**
Though I admit he's a bit unapproachable
and incomprehensible.
**[23:52] Felix**
Go on, hurry up.
**[23:56] Subaru**
Okay, fine!
**[24:02] Subaru**
Uh...
**[24:04] Subaru**
So, hey, there's something
I wanted to say to you...
***SIGN*** A Flash of Sloth
**[24:35] Subaru**
What the hell's going on?
**[24:37] ---**
Is this the Witch Cult's doing?
**[24:39] Subaru**
Hey! Anyone?
**[24:41] Subaru**
Is anyone there?
**[24:43] Subaru**
Answer me!
**[24:48] Subaru**
Wh-What is that intense smell?
**[25:04] Subaru**
P-Patrasche!
**[25:11] Subaru**
No...
**[25:12] Subaru**
A flower like this couldn't actually exist.
**[25:16] Subaru**
And Patrasche wouldn't just let me die...
**[25:19] Subaru**
Which means... this is an illusion.
**[25:23] Subaru**
It's all make-believe!
**[25:36] Subaru**
A lesser spirit? Did you come to help me?
**[25:43] Julius**
Subaru!
**[25:45] Subaru**
It was you?
**[25:47] Julius**
That spiteful tone means it's definitely you.
**[25:51] Julius**
I can't imagine my subconscious
**[25:53] ---**
creating such a realistic imitation of you.
**[25:59] Julius**
It's a bewitching spell.
**[26:02] Julius**
You and I are the only ones
who have returned to normal.
**[26:06] Julius**
How did you make it back?
**[26:07] Subaru**
I burned a flower in my illusion.
**[26:10] Julius**
I see...
**[26:11] Julius**
Someone put a suggestion
spell on the flower's scent.
**[26:17] Subaru**
Hey, is that...
**[26:19] Julius**
It's the glow of my little buds.
**[26:22] Julius**
I will now teach everyone how to
break out of the bewitching spell.
**[26:25] Julius**
In! Nes!
**[26:34] Mimi**
Hi-ho! Hi-ho! There's nobody
here! Where am I?!
**[26:39] Wilhelm**
I've strayed away... No,
we've been pulled apart!
**[26:40] JUlius**
Is his affinity too great?
**[26:41] Wilhelm**
This is bad! If I don't do something...
**[26:43] Julius**
I'm sorry. Take a deep breath
and endure it.
***SIGN*** No! This is awful! No matter how much
forest I destroy, nothin' changes!
**[26:46] Julius**
I can't spare the energy to
fine-tune it just for you.
**[26:46] Felix**
For this to happen at a time
like this... Crusch-sama!
**[26:49] Julius**
Bringing them all back is our priority.
**[27:06] Wilhelm**
That will be quite enough.
**[27:12] Ram**
Kill me.
**[27:14] ---**
I won't accept this disgrace.
**[27:17] Ram**
And? What is the meaning of all this?
**[27:19] Ram**
You will explain it to me, right, Barusu?
**[27:22] Subaru**
That's what I'd like to ask you.
**[27:24] Subaru**
You're the one who attacked us first.
**[27:27] Subaru**
What were you thinking?
**[27:29] Ram**
You shouldn't have to
ask what I was thinking.
**[27:31] Ram**
That's rich, coming from an ingrate like you.
**[27:34] Subaru**
Ingrate?
**[27:35] Ram**
You are, aren't you?
**[27:37] Ram**
After everything Roswaal-sama did for you...
**[27:40] Ram**
Once you're done with him, you rush
to wag your tail for another master.
**[27:44] Subaru**
Hang on! I think you've
got your stories mixed up!
**[27:47] Ram**
So this is what it means to bite
the hand that feeds you.
**[27:50] Subaru**
Listen to me! The handwritten letter!
**[27:52] ---**
I wrote you a letter about this!
**[27:55] Subaru**
Wasn't it delivered to the mansion?
**[27:57] Ram**
Yes, I did get a letter from the capital.
**[27:59] Ram**
But...
**[28:01] Ram**
That was quite an amusing scheme,
sending me a blank letter.
**[28:05] Subaru**
A blank letter?
**[28:07] Julius**
To send a blank letter
**[28:09] Julius**
is a metaphor meaning you have
**[28:11] ---**
no intention of speaking to the recipient.
**[28:14] Julius**
It could easily be interpreted
as a declaration of war.
**[28:18] Subaru**
This is a huge misunderstanding!
**[28:20] Subaru**
Do I even look that clever to you?
**[28:22] Ram**
So this is what it means to bite
the hand that feeds you.
**[28:25] Subaru**
You're still saying that?!
**[28:27] Ram**
I can't say it enough.
**[28:29] Ram**
But I get the gist now.
**[28:31] Ram**
The blank letter was some kind of mistake,
**[28:34] Ram**
and you are still Emilia-sama's dog.
**[28:36] Ram**
Correct?
**[28:37] Subaru**
Not really, but...
**[28:39] Subaru**
Okay, sure. Dogs are like family, anyway.
**[28:42] Subaru**
I'm fine with being a dog if I'm Emilia's.
**[28:45] Wilhelm**
Wouldn't you say that standard is a bit low?
**[28:49] Subaru**
In any case, these guys are reinforcements.
**[28:51] ---**
They're friends.
**[28:53] Subaru**
We pulled them together to
wipe out the Witch's Cult.
**[28:57] Subaru**
There's no time.
**[28:58] ---**
We need to start by evacuating the villagers.
**[29:07] Julius**
Subaru, they seem rather uneasy.
**[29:11] Julius**
Remember to be considerate.
**[29:14] Subaru**
Okay, attention!
**[29:16] Subaru**
I haven't seen you guys in a while.
**[29:18] ---**
How have you been?
**[29:20] Subaru**
Look, I know this is sudden,
**[29:21] ---**
but I need to ask you all a favor!
**[29:24] Subaru**
It seems mabeasts are up to no good
in the forest near here again.
**[29:28] Subaru**
So I've brought some specialists
to exterminate them,
**[29:33] Subaru**
but while they're working,
**[29:35] ---**
I'd like you all to leave the village.
**[29:37] Head**
Don't try to fool us!
**[29:39] Head**
You're trying to sound cheerful about this,
but the villagers are frightened!
**[29:44] Head**
We've feared all along that the
Witch's Cult would try something!
**[29:47] Ketty**
The Witch's Cult? No one told me about that.
**[29:50] Guy**
Hey, wait...
**[29:50] Guy**
Seriously?
**[29:51] Guy**
Why lie about that?
**[29:52] Guy**
Maybe he's trying to hide something.
**[29:56] Head**
You don't deny it, then?
**[29:59] Guy**
So it was true!
**[30:01] Guy**
Why would they bother a
remote village like this?
**[30:03] Guy**
Why else? Because of that half-elf!
**[30:06] Guy**
Because the lord of the domain
endorses a half-elf for our ruler!
**[30:11] Subaru**
Why do you have to make it about that?
**[30:13] Subaru**
The half-elf thing...
**[30:15] Subaru**
Emilia has nothing to do with it!
**[30:17] Guy**
She has everything to do with it!
**[30:19] Guy**
If you mess with a half-elf,
the Witch's Cult shows up.
**[30:22] Guy**
Even the children of this village know that!
**[30:26] Subaru**
You guys seriously believe that?
**[30:30] Subaru**
That it's all the fault of the
half-elf in the mansion?!
**[30:37] Emilia**
The village, huh?
**[30:38] Emilia**
But it might cause trouble for you.
**[30:45] Subaru**
Does that mean I'm just being selfish again?
**[30:53] Felix**
"Lift your head. Don't look down."
**[30:56] ---**
That's what Crusch-sama would say.
**[30:59] Subaru**
You...
**[31:00] Felix**
Did you think what you were doing was wrong?
**[31:03] Felix**
If not, there's no reason to look down.
**[31:06] Felix**
Or is it harder to lift your head here
**[31:09] ---**
than to throw a tantrum in the castle?
**[31:12] Subaru**
Now, listen...
**[31:14] Subaru**
You're right.
**[31:16] Subaru**
Compared to that, this is nothing!
**[31:20] Subaru**
I understand your feelings
and concerns very well!
**[31:23] Subaru**
I won't tell you to try to change them now.
**[31:27] Subaru**
Obviously, you'll have your own opinions.
**[31:29] Subaru**
It hurts, but I understand.
**[31:33] Subaru**
But for now, please accept my request.
**[31:36] Subaru**
Please do as I say!
**[31:37] Subaru**
It's dangerous to stay in the village!
**[31:40] ---**
That's the truth!
**[31:43] Ram**
The words of my household's employee
**[31:46] Ram**
are those of our master,
Roswaal-sama, himself.
**[31:49] Subaru**
Ram...
**[31:50] Ram**
Follow his instructions immediately.
**[31:57] Subaru**
You saved me back there. Thanks.
**[32:00] Subaru**
But...
**[32:01] Ram**
What?
**[32:02] Subaru**
Having you take my side so easily
is kind of a new feeling.
**[32:06] Subaru**
Does that mean you've acknowledged me?
**[32:10] Petra**
Subaru!
**[32:12] Subaru**
Hey, Petra. What's up?
**[32:14] Petra**
U-Um, will the lady from the
mansion run away with us?
**[32:19] Subaru**
Huh?
**[32:21] Petra**
She came to the village yesterday.
**[32:25] Petra**
She told us
**[32:26] Petra**
we should take refuge in the mansion because
**[32:28] ---**
it's dangerous here, just like you said.
**[32:32] Petra**
But no one in the village
would listen to her...
**[32:36] Subaru**
It's okay.
**[32:38] Subaru**
She wouldn't get mad or anything.
**[32:41] Subaru**
Anyway, you should hurry and run.
**[32:42] Petra**
Okay!
**[32:47] Subaru**
What happened to Emilia after that?
**[32:49] Ram**
You should know that she's not
so perceptive as to back down
**[32:53] ---**
the moment someone denies her.
**[32:55] Subaru**
But I also know she's not the kind of girl
who wouldn't be hurt by mean words.
**[33:01] Ram**
She tried to convince the villagers
to leave, but they refused.
**[33:04] Ram**
But she couldn't just do nothing,
**[33:06] Ram**
so she repaired the forest barrier.
**[33:10] Ram**
She feared there might be a mabeast attack.
**[33:13] Subaru**
That's not a bad decision in
and of itself, but still...
**[33:19] Subaru**
Julius.
**[33:21] Subaru**
Come with me.
**[33:23] Subaru**
I'm going to explain things to Emilia
and the loli in the mansion.
**[33:26] Subaru**
It'll be more convincing with
you there than without.
**[33:31] Subaru**
Just take it as a sign of my repentance
for going nuts in the castle.
**[33:36] Julius**
I see. Understood.
**[33:38] Julius**
If that will help the discussion
to go more smoothly,
**[33:41] Julius**
don't hesitate to use me.
**[33:43] Subaru**
Also...
**[33:46] Subaru**
You were the one who put a
spirit on me, weren't you?
**[33:49] Subaru**
Explain that.
**[33:51] Subaru**
I get that you're a spirit arts user.
**[33:55] Julius**
More precisely, I prefer to
be called a "spirit knight."
**[33:58] Julius**
I do use the spirit arts, of course,
**[34:00] Julius**
but that hasn't prevented me
from training with the sword.
**[34:05] Subaru**
And you were the one who set
the little red one on me?
**[34:09] Julius**
"Set it on you" is a harsh way to put it.
**[34:11] Julius**
I was only having her, Ia,
secretly keep you safe.
**[34:16] Subaru**
By the way, what was that thing you
did when you broke the illusion?
**[34:20] Julius**
A high class of magic known as "Nect."
**[34:23] Julius**
It connects the gates
of all who are in range
**[34:26] Julius**
so they can communicate with each other.
**[34:29] Julius**
It appeared to work a bit
too well on you, though.
**[34:32] Subaru**
I thought I was about to lose myself.
**[34:35] Julius**
It's unusual for the spirits
to mistake the tuning.
**[34:38] Julius**
It may be that you have a strong
affinity toward spirits.
**[34:44] Subaru**
Sadly, the only spirit I ever made
friends with was a gray cat.
**[34:51] Felix**
Well? Did you patch things up with Julius?
**[34:54] Felix**
Did it work out?
**[34:55] Subaru**
I'm gonna take that matter back with me
**[34:57] ---**
and mull it over carefully before
making an optimistic decision.
**[35:01] Subaru**
Come to the mansion with me.
**[35:03] Subaru**
I'll need at least one person
from the Crusch camp with me,
**[35:06] ---**
to smooth over the misunderstanding
with the letter.
**[35:09] Felix**
I'll do that after I finish my work here.
**[35:12] Felix**
Come help us too, Subaru-kyun.
**[35:14] Felix**
It's dangerous work
involving the Witch's Cult.
**[35:17] Felix**
The contract said he'd buy their
cargo at the asking price,
**[35:20] Felix**
so we need to inspect the goods thoroughly.
**[35:22] Subaru**
Huh? But that shouldn't be our job.
**[35:26] Subaru**
Isn't this more importa—
**[35:27] Felix**
Oh, come on!
**[35:28] Ketty**
Hey, hey! No lovers' quarrels
in my carriage!
**[35:33] Felix**
Hee hee! You got in trouble, Subaru-kyun!
**[35:37] Felix**
Really, what a troublemaker!
**[35:40] Felix**
There. He let his guard down.
**[35:47] Felix**
This guy is one of the Witch's Cult.
**[35:49] Felix**
I touched him earlier to confirm it.
**[35:51] Felix**
There's some weird spell implanted in him,
**[35:54] ---**
just like the "fingers"
of the Sin Archbishops.
**[35:56] Subaru**
There was one among the merchants?
**[35:58] Felix**
That's why I stole into his carriage
to get under his guard.
**[36:03] Felix**
Now, tell us all the details
of what you're plotting.
**[36:07] Felix**
My hands are the gentlest in the world,
**[36:10] Felix**
but they can do some nasty things, too.
**[36:14] Felix**
What?
**[36:17] Ketty**
...right.
**[36:18] Felix**
Ia!
**[36:19] Ketty**
And now, it's the beginning
**[36:19] Felix**
Protect him!
**[36:20] Ketty**
of the end!
**[36:34] Felix**
Thank goodness! You're awake!
**[36:38] Subaru**
Why are... you dressed like that?
**[36:41] Felix**
I had no choice.
**[36:42] ---**
I can't reproduce clothes with healing magic.
**[36:45] Julius**
Regardless, given the situation,
**[36:48] ---**
I'm glad you and Felis are all right.
**[36:50] Guy**
Run 'em off! Don't back down!
**[36:56] Subaru**
How did they get into the village?
**[36:59] Felix**
They stowed away in the carriages.
**[37:01] Felix**
There was a finger among the merchants,
**[37:03] ---**
and we didn't take care of him.
**[37:05] Felix**
I failed.
**[37:06] Julius**
This is not the time for regrets.
**[37:09] Julius**
We had Tivey and Madame Ram evacuate
to the mansion with the injured.
**[37:13] Julius**
Felis, join them and heal who you can.
**[37:15] Felix**
Got it.
**[37:17] Subaru**
Okay, let's crush all the
fingers that are left!
**[37:27] Guy**
To think, to think, to think, to think!
**[37:30] Guy**
That you would resist us this much!
**[37:39] Guy**
Such tenacity, clinging so
to this ever-increasing love!
**[37:44] Guy**
As a diligent disciple, I cannot
begin to express my respect.
**[37:49] Guy**
Ah! My brain trembles!
**[37:52] Wilhelm**
You're mine.
**[38:00] Guy**
If one focuses on what the
unseen arm does in battle,
**[38:03] Guy**
one will fail to see what is visible.
**[38:06] Guy**
That is sloth, yes?
**[38:09] Guy**
Yes.
**[38:19] Julius**
He self-destructed...
**[38:21] Subaru**
Wilhelm-san!
**[38:25] Subaru**
We can't leave you like this.
**[38:27] ---**
We've gotta get you to Felis!
**[38:29] Woman**
Why?
**[38:31] Woman**
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?!
**[38:35] Woman**
Why are you still alive?
**[38:38] Woman**
After the attack you just endured... Why?!
**[38:43] Woman**
Why do you not bend to my diligence?!
**[38:45] Subaru**
A time like this, and still
they just keep coming!
**[38:48] Subaru**
Hey, look here!
**[38:49] ---**
This is what you're looking for, right?
**[38:52] Subaru**
It's a gift from your precious witch!
**[38:55] Woman**
You thief!
**[38:58] Woman**
So you really did have it!
**[39:00] Subaru**
Quit shouting.
**[39:02] ---**
If you keep yelling at me like that,
**[39:04] Subaru**
it'll make my brain tremble.
**[39:07] Woman**
You must
**[39:08] Woman**
die!
**[39:10] Subaru**
Julius, we'll handle things here.
**[39:13] Subaru**
You take care of your end!
**[39:15] Subaru**
And take care of Wilhelm-san!
**[39:17] Julius**
That is quite a vague order,
**[39:19] ---**
but very well.
**[39:23] Subaru**
Julius...
**[39:25] Subaru**
Actually, it can wait!
**[39:30] Woman**
Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!
**[39:32] ---**
Wait right there!
**[39:35] Woman**
You cowardly, foolish, insolent little man!
**[39:41] Woman**
No matter where you try to run, it is futile.
**[39:44] Woman**
What do you expect to find
wherever you run to?
**[39:54] Woman**
At long last, it would seem the end has come!
**[40:00] Subaru**
Do you
**[40:01] Subaru**
know what this is?
**[40:05] Subaru**
It's a magic stone for creating barriers.
**[40:07] Subaru**
They were stashed in trees
throughout the forest.
**[40:10] Subaru**
You didn't notice?
**[40:13] Woman**
What are you talking about?
**[40:24] Subaru**
This area is a mabeast breeding ground,
**[40:27] Subaru**
and we're a prime feast for them...
**[40:30] Subaru**
if you don't have one of
Emilia's barrier stones!
**[40:40] Subaru**
Only one finger left now.
**[40:42] Subaru**
Once we get rid of that one...
**[40:49] Subaru**
Damn... We have to hurry...
**[40:52] Guy**
Ah!
**[40:55] Guy**
Ah!
**[40:58] Guy**
Ah! My brain trembles!
**[41:04] Subaru**
Sloth!
**[41:10] Emilia**
That's enough, villain.
**[41:25] Subaru**
Emilia...
**[41:27] Emilia**
Stand down, villain.
**[41:29] Emilia**
I won't allow you to do such wicked things!
**[41:32] Guy**
A-Ah... Ah! How grand!
**[41:37] Guy**
What a grand day! What a lucky day!
**[41:39] Guy**
What a grand destiny!
**[41:42] Subaru**
Emilia!
**[41:43] Felix**
Wait!
**[41:44] Subaru**
I... I can't wait around right now!
**[41:46] Subaru**
Do you want to make Emilia fight him?!
**[41:48] Felix**
Calm down.
**[41:49] ---**
Have a little faith in her.
**[41:52] Felix**
The people you want to protect
**[41:55] Felix**
are not just those behind you.
**[42:03] Guy**
Oh, my witch!
**[42:06] Guy**
My witch! My love's guide!
**[42:11] Puck**
I don't blame you for being charmed
by my beloved daughter,
**[42:15] Puck**
but I won't allow any
unwanted pests around her!
**[42:24] Guy**
Naïve!
**[42:25] Guy**
Naïve! Naïve! Naïve! Naïve!
Naïve, naïve, naïve, naïve, naïve, naïve!
**[42:33] Guy**
This is love's true ending...
**[42:36] Guy**
The fruit of my love!
**[42:37] Guy**
Proof that the witch has returned my love!
**[42:41] Puck**
That proof doesn't exist.
**[42:43] Puck**
Your crush is purely one-sided!
**[42:49] Guy**
Yes!
**[42:54] Guy**
Ah, this is true... true diligence.
**[43:02] Emilia**
Thank you for being defeated.
**[43:23] Felix**
See? Didn't I tell you?
**[43:28] Julius**
We've now eliminated all the fingers.
**[43:30] Julius**
Victory is ours.
**[43:35] Subaru**
It's finally over...
**[43:44] Felix**
Go see her.
**[43:46] Subaru**
R-Right...
**[43:59] Felix**
Subaru-kyun?
**[44:07] Subaru**
*I have to get away...*
**[44:09] Subaru**
*From Emilia... From everyone...*
**[44:14] Felix**
Subaru-kyun, where are you going?
**[44:16] Subaru**
Stay away!
**[44:17] Subaru**
I'm...
**[44:18] Julius**
Subaru...
**[44:20] Subaru**
Julius, stay away from—
**[44:24] Subaru**
You're too late.
**[44:28] Julius**
The moment Ia was flung from his
body, I had a bad feeling...
**[44:32] Felix**
What do you mean?
**[44:33] Julius**
That...
**[44:35] Julius**
isn't Subaru.
**[44:38] Subaru**
That's right.
**[44:38] ---**
I am a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's
Cult, representing Sloth...
**[44:43] Subaru**
Betelgeuse Romanée-Conti!
**[44:50] Subaru**
Fantastic!
**[44:52] Subaru**
What a fantastic body this is!
**[44:55] Subaru**
It's been decades since I had
a body that fit me so well!
**[44:58] Julius**
You madman!
**[44:59] Julius**
Get out of that body right now!
**[45:02] Subaru**
Madman?
**[45:03] Subaru**
That's right. I am driven mad with love!
**[45:08] Subaru**
Generous love, respectful love, pure love,
**[45:10] ---**
tender love, familial love,
erotic love, friendly love!
**[45:13] Subaru**
Love, love, love! Love! Love! Love! Love!
**[45:16] Subaru**
Love!
**[45:21] Julius**
Subaru! Wake up!
**[45:24] Subaru**
It's no use.
**[45:25] Subaru**
This body is already under
my subconscious control.
**[45:30] Julius**
Realize what you're about to do, Subaru!
**[45:34] Julius**
Remember what you came back here to do!
**[45:37] Subaru**
What?
**[45:38] Subaru**
Don't "what" me, you moron!
**[45:43] Subaru**
I am Betelgeuse Romanée-Conti!
**[45:48] Subaru**
This body has already become my finger!
**[45:50] Subaru**
Shut up! I'm Natsuki Subaru!
**[45:55] Subaru**
Kill me, Julius.
**[45:57] Subaru**
Use your sword...
**[45:59] Julius**
What are you saying, Subaru?!
**[46:00] Subaru**
If you don't stop me now, we can't win.
**[46:05] Subaru**
Before that happens...
**[46:07] Julius**
No, Subaru! I can't do that!
**[46:09] Julius**
You told me, "It can wait."
**[46:12] Julius**
Wasn't there something
you meant to say to me?!
**[46:14] Subaru**
Sorry... It looks like
I won't get the chance.
**[46:18] Subaru**
Felis!
**[46:22] Subaru**
Please.
**[46:30] Felix**
You can resent me for this, Subaru-kun.
**[46:32] Felix**
I will, too.
**[46:42] Julius**
Felis!
**[46:43] Felix**
No one else can do it, can they?
**[46:45] Felix**
This is what Subaru-kyun wants!
**[46:49] Julius**
But still...
**[46:50] Felix**
Do you think I did that
because I wanted to?
**[46:52] Felix**
To use the power meant for Crusch-sama,
**[46:54] ---**
the power I swore to our leader, for this?!
**[46:57] Subaru**
Ah, it can't be, it can't be...
**[47:00] Subaru**
Just when I'd found such a perfect vessel...
**[47:04] Julius**
It was my lack of virtue that forced this
undesirable decision on you and Felis.
**[47:05] Subaru**
Just when the completion of
the Ordeal was at hand...
**[47:09] Julius**
I'm sure I'll be punished for it one day.
**[47:13] Subaru**
I will never die...
***SIGN*** Nefarious Sloth