# E14 - A False Charge and a Lonely Hyena
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**[00:01] Maasyan Assemblyman A**
Fortunately, Lord Braun's injuries are light.
**[00:05] Maasyan Assemblyman A**
He wishes to hold the signing
ceremony as soon as he recovers.
**[00:10] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
Tell me, did he see his attacker?
**[00:13] Maasyan Assemblyman A**
No, the villain hid himself
under a hooded robe.
**[00:18] Maasyan Assemblyman A**
But he was a young man, somewhat taller
than Lord Braun, and he hid one eye.
**[00:25] Maasyan Assemblyman C**
His Lordship resisted and tore out
a tuft of his assailant's fur,
**[00:30] Maasyan Assemblyman C**
but its color proved to be unremarkable.
**[00:34] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
It will be difficult to
identify him by sight, then.
**[00:36] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
How in the world did he get in?
**[00:39] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
What were the guards doing?
**[00:41] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
Explain this failure, Captain Teiryn!
**[00:44] Teiryn**
Sir, I beg your—
**[00:45] Weasel Guard**
Please wait!
**[00:48] Weasel Guard**
We believe that we can name the culprit.
**[00:52] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
What?!
**[00:56] Lanteveldt**
What's all this fuss
first thing in the morning?
**[01:01] Sariphi**
Lante, where have you been?
**[01:04] Lanteveldt**
Oh, well, you know.
**[01:06] Weasel Guard**
There you have it. This man was
nowhere to be seen last night.
**[01:10] Lanteveldt**
Huh?
**[01:11] Weasel Guard**
Captain Lanteveldt of the Queen's Guard
is your man. I'm certain of it.
**[01:17] Sariphi**
Huh?
**[01:18] Cy; Clops**
What?!
***SIGN*** A False Charge and a Lonely Hyena
**[03:01] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
So this is our culprit?
**[03:04] Lanteveldt**
Hold up. What are you talking about?
**[03:07] Maasyan Assemblyman C**
His Lordship *did* mention
that the man hid one eye...
**[03:10] Weasel Guard**
And he was already inside, so he
wouldn't need to breach security.
**[03:16] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
Then he really is Lord Braun's assailant?!
**[03:20] Lanteveldt**
Huh?
**[03:22] Lanteveldt**
You think I tried to assassinate the old fart?
**[03:26] Lanteveldt**
Gimme a break. That's ridiculous.
**[03:28] Weasel Guard**
What shameless conduct.
**[03:30] Weasel Guard**
Tell me, then: where were you all night,
and what were you doing?
**[03:35] Lanteveldt**
Well, I didn't feel like running into anyone,
**[03:39] Lanteveldt**
so I kind of zoned out on
top of this assembly hall.
**[03:42] Weasel Guard**
An obvious falsehood!
**[03:44] Lanteveldt**
Huh?
**[03:45] Maasyan Assemblyman A**
Suspicious.
**[03:46] Maasyan Assemblyman C**
Speak the truth!
**[03:50] Lanteveldt**
Hey! I told you I don't know anything!
**[03:53] Lanteveldt**
Quit hassling me, and—
**[04:00] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
Arrest this man!
**[04:08] Sariphi**
Lante told you that he doesn't know anything!
**[04:11] Sariphi**
So he's innocent. And I'll prove it.
**[04:15] Maasyan Assemblymen**
Wh-What?!
**[04:18] Maasyan Assemblyman C**
Acting Queen, do you mean to say
that *you* will apprehend the culprit?
**[04:22] Weasel Guard**
She could just frame someone
to escape responsibility!
**[04:27] Teiryn**
In that case, I shall accompany her.
**[04:33] Teiryn**
I bear responsibility for
allowing this crime to occur.
**[04:37] Teiryn**
I must see it resolved before
the ceremony tomorrow morning.
**[04:41] Sariphi**
*Before tomorrow morning...*
**[04:44] Teiryn**
But until the captain is cleared of suspicion,
**[04:47] Teiryn**
I must insist that he remain under guard.
**[04:50] Lanteveldt**
Hey!
**[04:52] Lanteveldt**
Let go of me!
**[04:54] Sariphi**
Lante.
**[04:56] Sariphi**
I believe in you, Lante.
**[04:59] Sariphi**
So believe in me, too, and wait.
**[05:07] Lanteveldt**
*Why...*
**[05:10] Teiryn**
Why do you trust him so completely?
**[05:13] Sariphi**
Because he's the captain of my guard!
**[05:15] Teiryn**
But I hear he was the only volunteer,
**[05:18] Teiryn**
and that he endangered your
whole group on the journey here.
**[05:23] Sariphi**
He promised me that he wouldn't put
other people in harm's way again.
**[05:29] Teiryn**
It is unwise to believe
everyone you meet so blindly.
**[05:37] Sariphi**
Even I've met people I couldn't trust.
**[05:44] Sariphi**
But my gut tells me Lante isn't
one of them, and I believe it.
**[05:50] Sariphi**
*Because...*
**[05:52] (Flashback) Leonhart**
Let Sariphi choose her own guard captain.
**[05:57] Sariphi**
*...that's part of trusting His Majesty.*
**[06:02] Clops**
Personally, I can't stand you.
**[06:06] Clops**
But Sari is running around to help you.
I can see her through Cy's eye.
**[06:13] Clops**
Sari really does believe in you.
**[06:19] Clops**
So...
**[06:22] Clops**
you ought to trust her, too.
**[06:26] Lanteveldt**
*Why? I don't get it.*
**[06:29] Lanteveldt**
*She's... not normal.*
**[06:34] Lanteveldt**
* No one's ever covered*
* for me like that before.*
**[06:39] Lanteveldt**
*Not even back then.*
**[06:42] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Hang on, Mom! I promise
I'll buy you medicine!
**[06:48] Young Lanteveldt**
* A long time ago, we Hyenians turned*
* traitor and sided against the king,*
**[06:54] Young Lanteveldt**
* so we're forced to live apart*
* in our autonomous district.*
**[06:58] Young Lanteveldt**
* One step outside, and everyone*
* looks down on us as traitors.*
**[07:03] (Flashback) Woman A**
There he is again.
**[07:05] (Flashback) Woman B**
Oh, dear. A Hyenian outside their district?
**[07:08] (Flashback) Man A**
He might have come to steal something.
**[07:12] Young Lanteveldt**
* But the other Hyenians called me*
* and Mom traitors, too, and cut us off.*
**[07:19] Young Lanteveldt**
* All because Mom had me with*
* a man from outside the district.*
**[07:27] Young Lanteveldt**
* Hyenians get almost no help from the*
* kingdom, and we're even more isolated.*
**[07:31] Young Lanteveldt**
* So now my mom's dying of a disease*
* that medicine could cure in no time.*
**[07:38] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Hang in there, Mom!
**[07:41] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
I finally saved up enough from working!
**[07:44] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
I'll buy you medicine right away!
**[07:47] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Mister! Gimme some medicine!
**[07:50] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
My mom's sick!
**[07:52] (Flashback) Shopkeeper**
You'd better be able to pay for it.
**[07:56] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
'Course I can! Look!
**[07:58] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Is this enough? Come on, hurry up!
**[08:07] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Do I need more?
**[08:14] (Flashback) Shopkeeper**
Here, take it.
**[08:18] (Flashback) Shopkeeper**
Have her take it slowly, a third at a time.
**[08:21] (Flashback) Shopkeeper**
Don't drop it, now.
**[08:23] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
I won't! Thanks, mister!
**[08:29] (Flashback) Soldier A**
Stop right there!
**[08:30] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Huh?
**[08:31] (Flashback) Soldier B**
Is that medicine you're holding?
**[08:33] (Flashback) Soldier A**
A kid's allowance wouldn't cover that.
How did you get it?
**[08:38] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
W-Well, I went and...
**[08:41] (Flashback) Soldier A**
Sounds fishy. Did you steal it?
**[08:44] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
No! I paid for it!
**[08:47] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
I worked and bought it with my pay!
**[08:49] (Flashback) Soldier B**
*You*? Don't lie!
**[08:52] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
I'm not lying! Ask the medicine seller!
**[08:56] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
It's true! You've gotta believe me!
**[08:58] (Flashback) Soldier A**
Who'd believe a Hyenian?
**[09:02] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
What? But...
**[09:04] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Come on!
**[09:05] (Flashback) Townsperson A**
I always thought he seemed shifty.
**[09:07] (Flashback) Townsperson B**
This explains the wares I lost the other day.
**[09:10] (Flashback) Townsperson C**
Proud soldiers of Ozmargo would
never accuse a child without cause.
**[09:18] (Flashback) Soldier A**
I'm confiscating this.
**[09:19] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Give it back! That's mine!
**[09:22] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Give it back!
**[09:24] (Flashback) Soldier A**
You little...
**[09:28] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Give it back.
**[09:30] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
Give it back!
**[09:32] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
I need that! Or my mom...
**[09:34] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
My mom... My mom...
**[09:37] (Flashback) Young Lanteveldt**
My mom will die!
**[09:49] Young Lanteveldt**
*Why didn't anyone believe me?*
**[09:54] Young Lanteveldt**
*Because I'm a kid? Because I'm a Hyenian?*
**[10:00] Young Lanteveldt**
*No.*
**[10:02] Young Lanteveldt**
*Because they outranked me.*
**[10:06] Young Lanteveldt**
*Everyone believes big shots.*
**[10:10] Young Lanteveldt**
*Of course they do. That's normal.*
**[10:13] Young Lanteveldt**
*No one would trust a word I—*
**[10:17] (Flashback) Sariphi**
I believe in you.
**[10:23] (Flashback) Lanteveldt**
I'd say people like you are
the least trustworthy of all.
**[10:27] (Flashback) Lanteveldt**
And since I can lie with a straight face,
you'd be smart not to trust me much.
**[10:33] Lanteveldt**
*I knew it.*
**[10:35] Lanteveldt**
*I'm a big, fat liar.*
**[10:38] Lanteveldt**
* The truth is, I always wanted*
* someone to trust me.*
**[10:44] Lanteveldt**
*To trust* me*, even if I'm
some nobody Hyenian kid.*
**[10:52] Lanteveldt**
*Someone like you, Sariphi.*
**[11:05] Clops**
O-Oh, no!
**[11:06] Clops**
Hey! Bad news! We're out of ti—
**[11:10] Clops**
Huh?
**[11:15] Clops**
Lante...
**[11:19] Guard**
Get out.
**[11:20] Guard**
You've been exonerated.
**[11:27] Teiryn**
The culprit was a Badgerian
youth named Nagma.
**[11:31] Teiryn**
His appearance tallies with
Lord Braun's account,
**[11:34] Teiryn**
and he has confessed to the crime.
**[11:37] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
How in the world did you
find him, Captain Teiryn?
**[11:40] Teiryn**
That was the acting queen consort's doing.
**[11:43] Clops**
Sari!
**[11:45] Sariphi**
Lante! Clops!
**[11:47] Clops**
Sari!
**[11:50] Sariphi**
I'm so glad they let you go!
**[11:54] Clops**
How did you catch the real attacker, Sari?!
**[11:58] Sariphi**
Well, actually,
**[12:00] Sariphi**
I went by this.
**[12:04] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
The fur taken as evidence!
**[12:07] Sariphi**
To me, this color looks completely
different from Lante's fur.
**[12:12] Clops**
What?!
**[12:13] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
I beg your pardon?!
**[12:15] Teiryn**
It seems the acting queen, being human,
can distinguish colors that we cannot.
**[12:22] Maasyan Assemblyman A**
P-Preposterous!
**[12:24] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
Human eyes could not possibly
be superior to ours!
**[12:28] Teiryn**
This is not a question of superiority.
**[12:30] Teiryn**
In any case, we had nothing else to go on,
**[12:35] Teiryn**
so I asked the acting queen to find someone
whose fur matched in her eyes.
**[12:41] Teiryn**
I then rounded up members of that species
**[12:47] Teiryn**
and found one who behaved suspiciously.
**[12:56] Teiryn**
As he confessed when questioned,
I immediately escorted him here.
**[13:02] Teiryn**
A background investigation revealed
a history of anti-monarchist protest,
**[13:09] Teiryn**
and he claims to have been promised a
promotion for preventing this ceremony.
**[13:15] Maasyan Assemblyman B**
Hmm... I see.
**[13:17] Maasyan Assemblyman A**
At any rate, well done.
**[13:20] Teiryn**
Acting Queen, a thousand pardons for
wrongly imprisoning your guard captain.
**[13:28] Sariphi**
You don't owe me an apology.
**[13:32] Sariphi**
But I would like the people who suspected
Lante to tell him they're sorry.
**[13:39] Teiryn**
Naturally. I apologize once more
for my men's disrespect.
**[13:45] Teiryn**
But at present, let us arrange the ceremony
at once and resolve this matter.
**[13:50] Teiryn**
I realize you have not slept and must
be tired, but would you make ready?
**[13:55] Sariphi**
Okay. I understand.
**[14:02] Clops**
Hurry, Sari.
**[14:03] Cy**
Hurry.
**[14:04] Sariphi**
I know.
**[14:08] Lanteveldt**
So you had a lead from the start.
**[14:11] Lanteveldt**
No wonder you could say all
that about believing in me.
**[14:15] Sariphi**
That's not why I said it.
**[14:18] Sariphi**
But you're "lucky I'm human," right?
**[14:24] Lanteveldt**
*Damn.*
**[14:29] Lanteveldt**
*I knew she was a crafty one.*
**[14:33] Lanteveldt**
*I can't beat her.*
**[14:38] Sariphi**
Lord Braun Breuse, in the name of
His Majesty, the king of Ozmargo,
**[14:42] Sariphi**
I appoint you to govern this city of Maasya.
**[14:52] Braun**
I, Braun Breuse, humbly
accept this appointment.
**[15:09] Sariphi**
I hope that life in Maasya
settles down after this.
**[15:13] Sariphi**
Thank you, too, Captain.
**[15:15] Sariphi**
I couldn't have cleared
Lante's name without you.
**[15:19] Teiryn**
I did nothing of note.
**[15:21] Sariphi**
Why did you believe in evidence
that only I could see?
**[15:27] Teiryn**
Well, partly because I had
nothing else to go on.
**[15:33] Teiryn**
But when I saw a queen
aiding a lowly subject,
**[15:37] Teiryn**
to say nothing of a human
making every effort for a beast,
**[15:43] Teiryn**
it simply seemed like the right thing to do.
**[15:48] Sariphi**
Thank you. I hope I get to see you again.
**[15:53] Teiryn**
Unfortunately, that may not be possible.
**[15:56] Sariphi**
What?
**[15:57] Teiryn**
The culprit in this attack
**[16:00] Teiryn**
entered through a spot that
should have been guarded.
**[16:04] Teiryn**
In other words, my men abandoned
their posts without leave.
**[16:09] Teiryn**
And I suspect they cast blame
on your guard to hide that fact.
**[16:15] Teiryn**
Failing to detect that was
a grave failure on my part.
**[16:19] Teiryn**
I'll be demoted at best, and at worst...
**[16:24] Teiryn**
In any case, I cannot expect
to retain my current position.
**[16:29] Sariphi**
Oh, no...
**[16:30] Lanteveldt**
Ridiculous.
**[16:32] Lanteveldt**
None of that was your fault.
**[16:35] Lanteveldt**
Are you gonna take the fall for your men?
**[16:39] Teiryn**
A commander's role is not
to throw his weight around.
**[16:43] Teiryn**
This is what it means to be in authority.
**[16:48] Sariphi**
Okay. But I still want to see you again.
**[16:54] Sariphi**
So, until next time, Captain.
**[16:59] Teiryn**
Yes, until we meet again.
**[17:14] Lanteveldt**
Y'know, I...
**[17:18] Lanteveldt**
I'm gonna climb the ranks,
then kick back and take it easy.
**[17:24] Lanteveldt**
That's what I always wanted.
**[17:26] Lanteveldt**
'Cause without clout, a guy like me
would just get trampled underfoot.
**[17:33] Lanteveldt**
But...
**[17:39] Lanteveldt**
You believed in me. In my pride.
**[17:47] Lanteveldt**
Acting Queen Sariphi, Lanteveldt the
Hyenian will never forget this debt.
**[17:55] Lanteveldt**
Henceforth, I pledge my life
and my loyalty to you.
**[18:07] Lanteveldt**
And that was no lie.
**[18:10] Sariphi**
Of course it wasn't! I believe you, Lante!
**[18:31] Soldier**
The acting queen consort and her
party have returned from Maasya!
**[18:38] Anubis**
What?! What happened on the road?!
**[18:44] Clops**
Are you okay, Sari?
**[18:49] Clops**
Oh, watch out!
**[18:55] Cy**
Sari! Sari!
**[18:55] Clops**
Sari, are you hurt?!
**[18:57] Lanteveldt**
Don't be so dramatic. She's only sleeping.
**[19:00] Clops**
Sari!
**[19:02] Cy**
Ri!
**[19:05] Anubis**
As a precaution, I have sent
Lady Sariphi to rest in the infirmary.
**[19:09] Anubis**
And this is the man she chose to lead
her Queen's Guard, Lanteveldt.
**[19:17] Leonhart**
Hyenian, are you?
**[19:21] Lanteveldt**
Yeah. Is that a problem?
**[19:24] Anubis**
Remember your place!
**[19:26] Lanteveldt**
Don't worry. I won't stab you in the back.
**[19:30] Lanteveldt**
I don't care about you enough for that.
**[19:32] Anubis**
You dare address His Majesty thus?!
**[19:36] Lanteveldt**
Man, you never shut up, do you?
**[19:39] Lanteveldt**
I'm the captain of the Queen's Guard.
I don't even work for the king.
**[19:44] Anubis**
Th-That's nonsense!
**[19:48] Anubis**
*He's like the wench all over again!*
**[19:51] Anubis**
As a citizen of this realm, swearing
fealty to its king is your natural duty!
**[19:56] Lanteveldt**
That's so old-fashioned.
**[19:58] Lanteveldt**
You oughta at least choose
your own master, too.
**[20:01] Anubis**
Wh-What?!
**[20:02] Anubis**
I—
**[20:10] Anubis**
I... I beg your pardon.
**[20:15] Leonhart**
Lanteveldt, is it?
**[20:18] Leonhart**
Answer me one question.
**[20:19] Lanteveldt**
Wh-What is it?
**[20:21] Leonhart**
Do you take pride in your own blood?
**[20:28] Lanteveldt**
Are you testing me?
**[20:31] Lanteveldt**
Well, sorry, but I *am* proud to be Hyenian.
**[20:37] Lanteveldt**
No one hates themselves for who they are.
**[20:40] Lanteveldt**
They learn to hate themselves because
other people mock and insult them.
**[20:45] Lanteveldt**
I don't wanna end up like that.
**[20:48] Lanteveldt**
Not even if you order me
to give up my pride, sire.
**[20:53] Lanteveldt**
Sariphi's the only one who
gets to boss me around.
**[20:56] Lanteveldt**
She's the only person my heart will listen to.
**[21:05] Leonhart**
Very well, Lanteveldt.
**[21:07] Leonhart**
I hereby ratify you as captain of
my acting queen's personal guard.
**[21:13] Leonhart**
Become her knight—her sword
and shield—in title and in truth.
**[21:20] Leonhart**
Now, leave us.
**[21:21] Anubis**
Yes, sire.
**[21:33] Lanteveldt**
*Me, a knight?*
**[21:42] Lanteveldt**
*All right. Why not?*
**[21:47] Lanteveldt**
*I'll do it.*
**[23:25] Amit**
One, two...
**[23:28] Sariphi**
Why are you counting plates, Amit?
**[23:32] Amit**
They're flowers. This is a traditional
Murgan method of foretelling romance.
**[23:35] Amit**
I pray that he returns safe and sound.
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