# Season 1
# E1 - Real Life and Fantasy
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3KGX9/real-life-and-fantasy)
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**[00:15] Sasaki**
Shoo! Shoo!
**[00:21] Neighbor**
Good morning, sir.
**[00:28] Sasaki**
Good morning.
**[00:35] Sasaki**
Hey, come on! Don't do that!
***SIGN*** More controversial statements from politicians in the Diet
Romance uncovered and a whirlwind wedding! Popular idol...
"Worked like slaves." "Human rights violation..."
Another intentional flooding. Is it a crime spree?
Crack in the ground blocks traffic
No Japanese awardees
Some private trains delayed
A major department store's unusual collaboration
**[00:57] sign**
EP 1 Real Life and Fantasy
**[01:02] Kohai**
Senpai.
**[01:03] Kohai**
Sasaki-senpai.
**[01:05] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[01:07] Kohai**
Could you look over this approval form?
**[01:13] Sasaki**
Oh, this part might need some reworking.
**[01:17] Kohai**
I was wondering about that.
**[01:19] Sasaki**
That particular department
chief is very fussy.
**[01:21] Sasaki**
Adding a little more explanation
should do the trick.
**[01:23] Kohai**
Thank you.
**[01:27] Sasaki**
Actually, why don't you let me handle that?
**[01:31] Sasaki**
You can work on something else.
**[01:34] Sasaki**
Appropriate allocation of resources.
**[01:36] Sasaki**
It's most efficient if we all do
whatever gives us the least stress.
**[01:40] Sasaki**
Right?
**[01:42] Kohai**
You're so knowledgeable, Sasaki-senpai!
**[01:45] Sasaki**
E-Er, right.
**[01:48] Kohai Girl**
Oh, what a cutie pie!
**[01:50] Kohai Girl**
Is that your kitty-cat, Senpai?
**[01:52] Senpai Girl**
It is.
**[01:56] Senpai Girl**
I couldn't live without her.
**[01:59] Senpai Girl**
She really gets me through the day.
**[02:00] Kohai Girl**
I totally get you!
**[02:02] Kohai Girl**
I wish I had a sweet little cuddle-bug, too!
**[02:05] Senpai Girl**
I'll send you my best video of her.
**[02:10] Kohai Girl**
Are you kidding me?!
**[02:11] Kohai Girl**
She's an angel!
**[02:13] Senpai Girl**
Right?
**[02:22] Kohai**
Senpai, do you like cats?
**[02:24] Sasaki**
A-Actually, I'm more of a dog person...
**[02:29] Section Chief**
Hey, Sasaki.
**[02:31] Section Chief**
Can I give you this thing with the school?
**[02:35] Sasaki**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[02:41] Sasaki**
*This is what it's always like in the office.*
**[02:43] Section Chief**
Thanks for this, Sasaki.
**[02:44] Sasaki**
* I work for a trading company,*
* just your typical SME,*
**[02:44] Section Chief**
I appreciate your handling it.
**[02:47] Sasaki**
Of course, sir.
**[02:47] Sasaki**
*not known for anything in particular.*
**[02:50] Sasaki**
* Our sales and our salaries*
* are as average as they come.*
**[02:53] Sasaki**
*And we don't get a lot of overtime,*
**[02:55] Sasaki**
* so I've been just scraping by*
* since I started working there.*
***SIGN*** Aburiyaki Cod Roe
198 yen
***SIGN*** Seaweed
105 yen
**[02:59] Staff**
Payment method?
**[03:01] Sasaki**
E-payment.
**[03:04] Sasaki**
*But I can't change jobs for personal reasons.*
**[03:15] Sasaki**
*Having lived through the Employment Ice Age,*
**[03:18] Sasaki**
* I know how terrifying*
* the outside world can be.*
**[03:21] Sasaki**
* That's why I'm grateful*
* to have work that needs doing*
***SIGN*** Sort your trash
Let's all work together
**[03:27] Sasaki**
*and a feeling of being useful to society.*
**[03:32] Sasaki**
Good.
**[03:42] Kohai**
Senpai. Would you like
to grab dinner tonight?
**[03:45] Sasaki**
I'm a little strapped for cash this month.
**[03:48] Kohai**
My treat!
**[03:49] Sasaki**
No, no, no! I couldn't accept that.
**[03:52] Kohai**
Really?
**[03:54] Sasaki**
But I hope you'll invite me again.
**[03:58] Kohai**
Sure!
***SIGN*** Alcohol - Cigarettes
Bank ATM
***SIGN*** TOO BAD!
***SIGN*** Use this ticket to participate in a second-chance draw with big prizes!
***SIGN*** 5,200 people will win!
**[04:09] Sasaki**
Yeah, figures.
**[04:19] Neighbor**
Welcome back.
**[04:26] Sasaki**
Thanks.
**[04:41] Sasaki**
I actually walked in.
**[04:52] Sasaki**
S-So expensive!
**[04:54] Sasaki**
* The up-front costs are*
* in the tens of thousands.*
**[04:57] Sasaki**
*It'll add to my apartment deposit, too.*
**[05:00] Sasaki**
*The tragedy of the low salary.*
**[05:04] Sasaki**
*I want money.*
**[05:05] Sasaki**
*If I had money, I could keep a precious cat.*
**[05:08] Sasaki**
*No... a precious dog!*
**[05:11] Sasaki**
* Perhaps that king of woofy boys,*
* the golden retriever!*
**[05:15] Peeps**
Pick me!
**[05:18] Peeps**
Pick me!
***SIGN*** Java Sparrow
**[05:27] Sasaki**
A Java sparrow?
**[05:32] Sasaki**
*So—*
**[05:36] Sasaki**
*So—*
**[05:37] Sasaki**
*So cute!*
**[05:40] Peeps**
Pick me!
**[05:56] Sasaki**
Okay, here we are.
**[06:00] Sasaki**
Let's see...
**[06:05] Sasaki**
That's a good spot.
**[06:13] Sasaki**
How'd you do?
**[06:16] Sasaki**
I tried not to jostle you on the way, but...
**[06:24] Sasaki**
Th-Those little hops!
**[06:27] Sasaki**
The adorableness!
**[06:29] Sasaki**
* The ennui of staring down*
* the barrel of my 40s...*
**[06:32] Sasaki**
* It compelled me to visit*
* that pet shop, but...*
**[06:35] Sasaki**
*I'm so glad I went!*
**[06:37] Sasaki**
*This is just what the doctor ordered!*
**[06:40] Sasaki**
Excuse me.
**[06:42] Sasaki**
Here's your food and water.
**[06:48] Sasaki**
There.
**[06:49] Sasaki**
Welcome complete.
**[06:57] Sasaki**
You're so cute!
**[06:59] Sasaki**
That's right. I've got to give you a name.
**[07:04] Sasaki**
What's a good name?
**[07:06] Sasaki**
I'd love to give you a cute one.
**[07:09] Peeps**
My name is Piercarlo.
**[07:11] Peeps**
I am the starsage, denizen of another world.
**[07:14] Sasaki**
*Wow, he said so much!*
**[07:18] Sasaki**
* Well, I read online that*
* some of them do talk.*
**[07:22] Sasaki**
*What should I name him?*
**[07:24] Sasaki**
* I should choose something*
* based on how he looks.*
**[07:27] Sasaki**
*No, maybe based on the cute sounds he makes!*
**[07:30] Peeps**
My name is Piercarlo.
**[07:33] Sasaki**
*Seriously, he talks so much!*
**[07:35] Sasaki**
* And wait, does he already*
* have an incredible name?*
**[07:39] Sasaki**
*No, that's silly!*
**[07:40] Peeps**
My name is Piercarlo!
**[07:45] Sasaki**
Piercarlo?
**[07:47] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[07:48] Peeps**
I am the starsage, denizen of another world.
**[07:51] Sasaki**
Um, so, Pi-chan...
**[07:55] Sasaki**
Peeps?
**[07:57] Sasaki**
Oh, that sounds good. Peeps.
**[08:02] Sasaki**
*Is he mad at me?*
**[08:03] Sasaki**
*I feel like he just scowled.*
**[08:06] Sasaki**
*Still, adorable.*
**[08:08] Sasaki**
* And, hang on. Am I having a*
* conversation with a Java sparrow?*
**[08:11] Sasaki**
* Yamada-san at the pet shop said that if you*
* build up trust, they'll walk on your hand.*
**[08:18] Sasaki**
*I thought I was going to give that a try,*
**[08:21] Sasaki**
*but in addition to walking on your hand,*
**[08:24] Sasaki**
* can Java sparrows actually*
* hold conversations with humans?*
**[08:27] Sasaki**
*Maybe I should talk a bit more just to see.*
**[08:32] Sasaki**
Hey, Peeps. What would
you like to eat today?
**[08:35] Peeps**
I desire chateaubriand made from Kobe beef.
**[08:38] Sasaki**
Why?
**[08:39] Peeps**
That man from the store, Yamada,
said it was the world's greatest food.
**[08:43] Sasaki**
*Yeah, this is totally a real conversation.*
**[08:47] Sasaki**
* And, hey, Yamada-san from the pet shop*
* is eating some high-grade beef there!*
**[08:51] Sasaki**
You can't eat those pellets?
**[08:54] Peeps**
They're quite foul.
**[08:56] Sasaki**
I see.
**[08:57] Sasaki**
Yeah, no one likes eating bad food.
**[08:59] Sasaki**
Still, I'm sorry.
I can't feed you chateaubriand.
**[09:03] Peeps**
Why not?
**[09:04] Sasaki**
It's extremely expensive.
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
***SIGN*** or more
**[09:06] Sasaki**
I just can't afford it.
**[09:08] Peeps**
Can't you?
**[09:10] Sasaki**
I'm sorry you had to get adopted
by a broke office worker.
**[09:14] Sasaki**
How about some pork ribs instead?
**[09:17] Sasaki**
I've got some frozen—
**[09:17] Peeps**
If one lacks for money, why not make more?
**[09:21] Sasaki**
*He doesn't like pork ribs?*
**[09:25] Peeps**
Ever since I was driven from my world
**[09:27] Peeps**
and given life anew in this form,
I have wondered...
**[09:32] Sasaki**
*Now he's monologuing?*
**[09:34] Peeps**
How might I return to my original world?
**[09:37] Peeps**
What must I do to accomplish that?
**[09:39] Peeps**
And if I am able to return,
what will I do there?
**[09:42] Sasaki**
You have?
**[09:44] Peeps**
I have since come to a decision.
**[09:47] Peeps**
Why not cast aside pretense,
and simply live the way I wish?
**[09:52] Sasaki**
I see.
**[09:53] Sasaki**
* That's a pretty unremarkable realization,*
* given all the buildup.*
**[09:56] Sasaki**
* But I think it's a very*
* important perspective.*
**[09:59] Sasaki**
* You shouldn't waste your own time*
* conforming to other people.*
**[10:02] Sasaki**
*Every one of us dies alone in the end.*
**[10:05] Sasaki**
*You* should *do what you can to make
yourself happy while you're alive.*
**[10:08] Sasaki**
* Being a corporate drone makes me*
* appreciate that all the more.*
**[10:11] Sasaki**
* Actually, is that why he was*
* saying, "Pick me, pick me"?*
**[10:15] Sasaki**
*I'm somehow finding him even cuter.*
**[10:18] Peeps**
To live as I wish, I require
an accomplice in this world.
**[10:22] Peeps**
I wish to request your aid.
**[10:24] Peeps**
If you give it, I will see
that money is no object.
**[10:28] Sasaki**
Well, I'm happy to do whatever
my adorable pet asks me to.
**[10:31] Peeps**
Very well. The contract is formed!
**[10:40] Sasaki**
Peeps, what are you—
**[10:41] Peeps**
I shall gift you a fraction of my power!
**[10:46] Sasaki**
H-Hey... Don't you—
**[10:49] Sasaki**
*There's a warm feeling inside of my chest.*
**[10:59] Peeps**
A path now connects us.
**[11:03] Peeps**
Now, open the door of this cage.
**[11:05] Sasaki**
R-Right.
**[11:07] Sasaki**
*I don't entirely understand what's going on,*
**[11:09] Sasaki**
*but I suppose I should see this through.*
**[11:11] Sasaki**
*I've got my share of questions,*
**[11:13] Sasaki**
* but I'm a little scared of saying*
* something to upset Peeps.*
**[11:17] Sasaki**
* If we're going to be living together,*
* we should probably get along.*
**[11:22] Sasaki**
How about this?
**[11:24] Peeps**
Acceptable.
**[11:26] Sasaki**
*Hey, a shoulder sparrow!*
**[11:28] Sasaki**
*It's adorable and delightful!*
**[11:30] Sasaki**
*I'm so glad I picked this little guy!*
**[11:33] Peeps**
I can now use your body as a vessel
to wield my full power.
**[11:38] Peeps**
Frail though your body may be,
it is superior to this small bird's form.
**[11:42] Peeps**
At the very least, use of my magic
won't completely destroy your body.
**[11:47] Sasaki**
Um, I'd rather not do anything that
will put my health at risk...
**[11:51] Peeps**
Now, let us proceed!
**[12:09] Sasaki**
Peeps. Where are we?
**[12:12] Peeps**
The world in which I lived
prior to my rebirth in this form.
**[12:16] Peeps**
A remote city in the Kingdom
of Herz, known as Baytrium.
**[12:22] Sasaki**
I see.
**[12:25] Sasaki**
It's one of those "isekai" things, huh?
**[12:35] Kohai**
Senpai. Have you been getting
to work early these days?
**[12:39] Sasaki**
H-Have I?
**[12:40] Kohai**
Yeah, the trains ran late today
and we all barely made it in time,
**[12:44] Kohai**
but you were already here.
**[12:47] Kohai**
Did you take the really early train in?
**[12:50] Sasaki**
Oh, well...
**[12:52] Kohai**
Hey, are you on that rise-and-grind life?
**[12:55] Sasaki**
What? R-Rise and...
**[12:57] Kohai**
Getting up early to go hit the gym,
or some other life-enriching thing.
**[13:02] Sasaki**
No, not at all.
**[13:04] Sasaki**
I'm not going to a gym.
**[13:09] Kohai**
Senpai. Could I talk to you later?
**[13:12] Sasaki**
Sure.
**[13:19] Sasaki**
So, what is it?
**[13:23] Kohai**
Senpai. Would you go independent with me?
**[13:28] Kohai**
I'm planning on quitting next month.
**[13:31] Kohai**
I'd love to have an experienced
hand at the wheel joining us.
**[13:37] Kohai**
I think we could give you
a much better offer.
**[13:39] Kohai**
Let's head for the top together!
**[13:42] Sasaki**
Th-That's a nice offer...
**[13:45] Sasaki**
Could I have a little more
time to think about it?
**[13:49] Kohai**
Of course you can.
**[13:50] Kohai**
You can also spend a year or so
watching from the outside if you like.
**[13:54] Kohai**
You're dubious about a start-up
run by young people like us, right?
**[13:58] Kohai**
I completely understand.
**[14:00] Sasaki**
No, it's not about that.
**[14:03] Sasaki**
It's more... my personal life
is about to get rather busy.
**[14:07] Kohai**
Something has happened, then?
**[14:09] Sasaki**
I got a pet.
**[14:13] Kohai**
A pet?
**[14:15] Sasaki**
Yeah, a pet.
**[14:18] Sasaki**
*He doesn't look like he believes me,*
**[14:21] Sasaki**
*but my pet* is *the reason
my life is about to get busy.*
**[14:27] Sasaki**
* Ever since I met Peeps and went*
* to the other world with him,*
**[14:31] Sasaki**
*my daily life has been gradually changing.*
**[14:35] Sasaki**
*First, a massive change, in my opinion.*
**[14:38] Sasaki**
* Peeps's teleportation spell has*
* released me from rush-hour commutes.*
**[14:44] Sasaki**
* The removal of even a single stress point*
* can make a person's life significantly easier,*
**[14:49] Sasaki**
* and I've been able to earnestly*
* engage with Peeps's idea*
**[14:54] Sasaki**
*to run trades between the two worlds.*
**[14:56] Sasaki**
* He says that to make a lot in one go,*
* I should sell to high-ranked nobles,*
**[15:02] Sasaki**
* but we won't be able*
* to jump straight to that.*
***SIGN*** Table Brand
Caster Sugar
**[15:04] Sasaki**
* So I started by meeting with*
* a trading company in the city.*
***SIGN*** Alcohol - Cigarettes
Bank ATM
***SIGN*** WINNER!
***SIGN*** You get a free product.
***SIGN*** Uma Chocolate Bar
**[15:13] Sasaki**
I won!
**[15:28] Neighbor**
Welcome back.
**[15:31] Sasaki**
Thanks.
**[15:37] Neighbor**
I think she brought a man home with her.
**[15:47] Sasaki**
Here. Take it, if you'd like.
**[15:51] Sasaki**
I won it in the convenience store raffle.
**[15:54] Sasaki**
But I'm not much of a chocolate person, so...
**[15:59] Neighbor**
Thank you.
**[16:03] Sasaki**
I'm home, Peeps.
**[16:05] Peeps**
Indeed you are.
**[16:16] Peeps**
Let us proceed.
**[16:20] Peeps**
This is the Hermann Trading Company,
owned by the nobles who control this city.
**[16:27] Sasaki**
Will they see me if I've got a
Java sparrow on my shoulder?
**[16:31] Peeps**
Tell them I'm your familiar.
They likely won't object.
**[16:42] Sasaki**
*I sold the goods I bought for 400 gold coins.*
**[16:46] Sasaki**
*That was worth about 400 million Japanese yen.*
***SIGN*** Large Gold Coin
Gold Coin
Silver Coin
Copper Coin
***SIGN*** 100 Gold Coins
100 Silver Coins
100 Copper Coins
10 Common Coins
**[16:49] Sasaki**
* But processed goods here*
* are unbelievably expensive.*
***SIGN*** Chef's Knife (Used)
5 Silver
***SIGN*** Lunch - 10 Copper
***SIGN*** 1 Night, 2 Meals at
an Inn - 1 Silver
***SIGN*** New Clothes
30 Silver
**[16:54] Sasaki**
* Its buying power was closer*
* to four or forty million.*
**[16:59] Marc**
Incidentally, Sasaki-san.
**[17:00] Marc**
These pens and this paper...
**[17:02] Marc**
Where exactly do you get them?
**[17:06] Sasaki**
I'm terribly sorry, but I need
to keep that confidential.
**[17:10] Sasaki**
In exchange, I'll at least promise you
**[17:12] Sasaki**
that I won't be providing the
paper and pens I gave you
**[17:16] Sasaki**
to anyone else for the time being.
**[17:19] Sasaki**
I hope we can continue to work together!
**[17:26] Sasaki**
* Ever since then, I've gone back*
* and forth between our worlds,*
**[17:30] Sasaki**
*talking business,*
**[17:32] Sasaki**
*tasting foods I'd never tasted,*
**[17:35] Sasaki**
*and learning about magic from Peeps.*
***SIGN*** I seek the opening of the enchanted gate that passes between the world of my
physical existence and the sacred homeland. I define it thus. I wish to leave the
current place of my being, and travel to the sacred land where my task awaits.
My passage will not be detected. My passage will not cause contradiction.
My passage's path will not be mistaken. I ask that the mana that sleeps here
be awakened and recite the sacred song. Sing it imbued with my will.
Carry my body on the winds of space.
Fly.
***SIGN*** Fire Healing Light Darkness Earth Wind
Ice Lightning Plants Movement
**[17:39] Sasaki**
* I was surprised that the chant for*
* the spell I most wanted to learn,*
***SIGN*** Saving
Cancel
**[17:42] Sasaki**
*the teleportation one, took up half a page.*
***SIGN*** Fire Healing Light Darkness Earth Wind
Ice Lightning Plants Movement
**[17:48] Sasaki**
*I'll try to learn it between breaks at work.*
**[17:51] Sasaki**
* Working too hard in one go*
* is exhausting for me.*
**[17:54] Sasaki**
*I'm really more of a slow and steady person.*
**[17:59] Sasaki**
*Or so I thought, but...*
**[18:02] Sasaki**
*The next day, I had a problem.*
**[18:05] Sasaki**
*I've still got time before lunch break's over.*
**[18:08] Sasaki**
*Maybe I'll try out a simple spell.*
**[18:11] Sasaki**
Let's see. Picture it, recite the chant...
**[18:26] Sasaki**
C-Crap!
**[18:32] sign**
°Do not feed meat to Java sparrows that aren't reincarnations of starsages!
**[18:33] Sasaki**
And that was that.
**[18:37] Peeps**
It appears you have more affinity
than I first considered.
**[18:41] Sasaki**
Affinity?
**[18:42] Peeps**
I didn't expect you to
succeed on the first try.
**[18:45] Peeps**
It's quite impressive.
**[18:46] Sasaki**
Really?
**[18:46] sign**
°Do not feed meat to Java sparrows that aren't reincarnations of starsages!
**[18:48] Sasaki**
It's great when you say
nice things about me, Peeps.
**[18:52] Sasaki**
Whew, I'm full!
**[18:56] Sasaki**
*Still, I'm also selling food products.*
**[19:00] Sasaki**
* I'd love to make a foray*
* into the restaurant business.*
**[19:03] Chef**
You're not my damn apprentice anymore!
**[19:05] Chef**
Get out, right now!
**[19:10] Chef**
Don't ever let me see you around here again.
**[19:14] French**
M-Master!
**[19:16] French**
W-Wait!
**[19:21] Sasaki**
*Is this...*
**[19:23] Sasaki**
*the shadow of downsizing?*
**[19:31] Sasaki**
Excuse me.
**[19:33] Sasaki**
Would you mind telling me what's going on?
**[19:38] Sasaki**
*His name was French.*
**[19:41] Sasaki**
* He'd been working in the restaurant*
* as an apprentice since he was a child,*
**[19:45] Sasaki**
*and he'd been quickly improving as a cook.*
**[19:49] Sasaki**
*But his jealous colleagues, wanting him out,*
**[19:52] Sasaki**
* made up a slanderous story about*
* him stealing the shop's money.*
**[19:57] Sasaki**
* And today, his pleas to*
* the chef fell on deaf ears,*
**[20:01] Sasaki**
*and he ended up downsized.*
**[20:03] Sasaki**
*He doesn't seem like a bad guy.*
**[20:06] Sasaki**
*And if he can recreate dishes he's tried...*
**[20:11] Sasaki**
French-san.
**[20:14] Sasaki**
Would you like to open a restaurant with me?
**[20:20] Sasaki**
You'd be manager, of course.
**[20:29] Sasaki**
* I then introduced him to Marc*
* from the Hermann Trading Company,*
**[20:32] Sasaki**
* requested a storefront,*
* supplies, and ingredients,*
**[20:36] Sasaki**
* and opened a restaurant in a prime*
* spot on the main thoroughfare.*
**[20:43] Sasaki**
This should cover your pay
for the last month.
**[20:47] Sasaki**
Please take it.
**[20:49] French**
A-Are you sure I can have all of this?
**[20:51] Sasaki**
*Guess he wasn't paid much at his old place.*
**[20:56] Sasaki**
Please do your best.
**[20:59] French**
Master...
**[21:01] French**
I'll do my best for you!
**[21:11] Peeps**
The owning of a restaurant
wasn't in our initial plans.
**[21:15] Peeps**
What happened there?
**[21:17] Sasaki**
I thought it would be helpful
for when you want to eat.
**[21:23] Sasaki**
If they have similar ingredients,
**[21:25] Sasaki**
even if he can't make chateaubriand,
**[21:27] Sasaki**
he might be able to accomplish
something similar.
**[21:30] Peeps**
You did it... for me?
**[21:32] Sasaki**
And with all the merchandise I'm buying,
**[21:36] Sasaki**
my finances in the other
world are rather tight...
**[21:39] Sasaki**
I'd prefer to eat here to
save money over there.
**[21:46] Peeps**
You don't anticipate a promotion at work?
**[21:50] Sasaki**
Not for a while, I guess.
**[21:52] Sasaki**
I haven't gotten a single yen's
raise in these past five years.
**[21:56] Peeps**
I see.
**[22:02] Sasaki**
* We then did a few days' magic*
* training in the other world*
**[22:06] Sasaki**
*before returning to my apartment.*
**[22:09] Sasaki**
*I learned a basic fire spell,*
**[22:12] Sasaki**
*a water spell,*
**[22:14] Sasaki**
*an earth spell,*
**[22:16] Sasaki**
*and one for shooting icicles.*
**[22:21] Sasaki**
* But I still showed no talent*
* for the teleportation spell.*
**[22:26] Sasaki**
*I really want to master that one!*
***SIGN*** Discount Store Rocinante
**[22:31] Peeps**
What will you be buying this time?
**[22:33] Akira Hokuto**
It's so cheap today, isn't it?
**[22:33] Sasaki**
I heard that hunting was a popular
pastime among the nobles.
**[22:36] Kensuke Sasaki**
Yeah, it is!
**[22:38] Peeps**
Yes, I believe it is similar
to your world's "golf."
**[22:38] Akira Hokuto**
Isn't that great?
**[22:40] Kensuke Sasaki**
Yeah!
**[22:42] Sasaki**
Peeps, you're learning a lot, aren't you?
**[22:46] Peeps**
I've made effective use
out of your "internet."
**[22:51] (Flashback) Sasaki**
I'm home, P—
**[22:54] (Flashback) Sasaki**
Wh-What's with the bodybuilder?!
**[22:55] (Flashback) Peeps**
It's a golem.
**[22:57] Sasaki**
I thought I'd stock some outdoor
goods useful in hunting.
**[23:02] Peeps**
A not unwise idea.
**[23:04] Peeps**
I'm sure you'll strike an excellent bargain.
**[23:06] Sasaki**
*Yes! Peeps said a nice thing about me!*
**[23:08] Sasaki**
*Now I can buy without fear, I think.*
**[23:15] Sasaki**
What about these?
**[23:16] Sasaki**
Like a miniature telescope.
**[23:19] Peeps**
I'm sure those will fetch a high price.
**[23:22] Peeps**
A question.
**[23:23] Sasaki**
Yes?
***SIGN*** Knife
***SIGN*** Non-slip rubber
***SIGN*** Can opener
***SIGN*** Corkscrew
***SIGN*** Bottle opener
***SIGN*** Screwdriver
(crosshead)
***SIGN*** Screwdriver
(flathead)
**[23:24] Peeps**
What is this intense metal object?
**[23:29] Sasaki**
Oh, it's a utility knife.
**[23:31] Peeps**
"Utility knife"?
**[23:33] Sasaki**
It's got a knife, scissors, tweezers,
a bottle opener, and other stuff.
**[23:38] Peeps**
It seems quite versatile
for such a small device.
**[23:41] Sasaki**
Maybe I'll take these, too.
**[23:43] Sasaki**
*With one thing and another...*
**[23:47] Sasaki**
* The trading of the new*
* items went smoothly,*
**[23:51] Sasaki**
*and I was able to achieve my initial goal,*
**[23:53] Sasaki**
*the first step to trading with nobles.*
**[23:56] Sasaki**
* I met with the lord of the city,*
* Viscount Müller.*
**[24:03] Sasaki**
*That's a noble for you.*
**[24:05] Sasaki**
* Unlike the company willing to*
* trade with me on a first meeting,*
**[24:08] Sasaki**
*he's an extremely cautious man.*
**[24:10] Sasaki**
* I'll have to examine the items*
* I bring more closely from now on.*
**[24:15] Müller**
Sasaki, was it?
**[24:17] Müller**
I have a question for you.
**[24:19] Sasaki**
What is it, my lord?
**[24:21] Müller**
I understand you came
from another continent.
**[24:25] Müller**
Are these items common in that continent?
**[24:30] Müller**
Or are they special items meant
for use by a privileged few,
**[24:36] Müller**
similar to the nobles of our lands?
**[24:40] Sasaki**
Special items for use by
a privileged few, my lord.
**[24:44] Müller**
Would that make you a person
of considerable standing, then?
**[24:52] Müller**
Even if you are from another continent,
**[24:54] Müller**
it would be inappropriate for me to deal
unilaterally with one of noble standing.
**[25:00] Sasaki**
*If I lie about being a person of high rank,*
**[25:02] Sasaki**
*and the lie comes out, I'll be in trouble.*
**[25:05] Sasaki**
I am a craftsman, my lord.
**[25:07] Sasaki**
My ship capsized at sea,
and I drifted here to this continent.
**[25:13] Sasaki**
What I present to you here today
**[25:15] Sasaki**
is a combination of things I brought with me
**[25:17] Sasaki**
and things I have created since.
**[25:25] Müller**
I see.
**[25:27] Müller**
Then, henceforth, when you sell your items
to the Hermann Trading Company,
**[25:30] Müller**
set them before me as well.
**[25:32] Müller**
I'll add a gratuity on top of the price.
**[25:34] Müller**
The use of these items
could affect our lives greatly.
**[25:41] Sasaki**
I understand.
**[25:43] Müller**
You may come and go from
my mansion as you please.
**[25:47] Müller**
If anything strikes you
while you're living in this city,
**[25:50] Müller**
or if you see anything that
might benefit my domain,
**[25:53] Müller**
please tell me when you
come to sell your goods.
**[25:57] Müller**
I will circulate your name among
others of my household, as well.
**[26:04] Sasaki**
* Thus I achieved my goal of getting*
* an in with the local lord,*
**[26:08] Sasaki**
*got on track trading between worlds,*
**[26:11] Sasaki**
*opened my own restaurant,*
**[26:13] Sasaki**
*studied magic,*
**[26:15] Sasaki**
* and was on track to begin my*
* slow life in another world.*
**[26:21] Sasaki**
Oh, hey. It's my kohai's farewell party.
***SIGN*** Today
Farewell party for kohai
**[26:25] Kensuke Sasaki**
Hey, the number three skewer set is up!
***SIGN*** Motsunabe
**[26:27] Akira Hokuto**
Got it! Eat all you like!
**[26:30] TV Announcer**
*Regarding the recent serial attacks,*
**[26:30] Akira Hokuto**
Refills available, too!
**[26:32] TV Announcer**
*the culprit has not yet been caught.*
**[26:32] Kensuke Sasaki**
Have your fill!
**[26:33] Mob A**
Excuse me, can I order?
**[26:33] TV Announcer**
* The police are still searching the*
* area and talking to witnesses.*
**[26:35] Akira Hokuto**
Oh, ready! Just hold on!
**[26:35] Kohai**
Sasaki-senpai!
**[26:37] Kohai**
You're turning down my offer, then?
**[26:39] Akira Hokuto**
Isn't it nice we have so many customers?
**[26:40] Kohai**
About going independent.
**[26:41] Kensuke Sasaki**
Yeah, it's great to see!
**[26:43] Sasaki**
I guess so.
**[26:45] Kensuke Sasaki**
Oh, welcome!
**[26:45] Kohai**
Figures.
**[26:46] Mob B**
Do you have a table available for two?
**[26:47] Kohai**
Sorry to ride you about it.
**[26:48] Akira Hokuto**
There's seating in the smoking section!
**[26:49] Sasaki**
Why did you want me to go with you so badly?
**[26:50] Akira Hokuto**
Right this way. This table's open.
**[26:52] Kohai**
Well, you've just had a great vibe lately!
**[26:57] Kohai**
You've got this real get-up-and-go aura!
**[27:00] Sasaki**
R-Right.
**[27:02] Sasaki**
I guess I've been getting better
sleep since I got a new bed.
**[27:05] Sasaki**
* Yes... the bed I've been using*
* in the other world's inn is very soft,*
**[27:09] Sasaki**
* and it's so big I can't reach the edges*
* even if I spread my arms and legs out.*
**[27:14] Sasaki**
* It's made my usual bed*
* at home feel extra cramped.*
**[27:19] Sasaki**
* My body's gradually becoming*
* accustomed to the finer things.*
**[27:22] Sasaki**
* I'm already eating there.*
* Maybe I'll start sleeping there, too.*
**[27:26] Section Chief**
Hey, Sasaki!
**[27:28] Section Chief**
Beer!
**[27:29] Sasaki**
Coming!
**[27:30] Kohai**
Section Chief, you've had too much!
**[27:32] Sasaki**
Excuse me!
**[27:33] Sasaki**
One more from the tap!
***SIGN*** Where is the
mysterious assailant?
***SIGN*** Serial attacks
**[27:36] Sasaki Kensuke**
Thank you so much!
**[27:37] Kitano Aki**
Thanks! Come again!
**[27:43] Sasaki**
A get-up-and-go aura, huh?
**[28:03] Sasaki**
*His arm... transformed?*
**[28:12] Sasaki**
Are you kidding me?
**[28:16] Sasaki**
* But if I just walk away,*
* that lady's going to be...*
**[28:18] sign**
an4\fnArial\fs14\c&H363637&\shad0\3c&HEAFAFC&\b1\i1} Murder in the City!
Late-night slaying a random attack?*
5 min ago
The vic was dumped in the river.
Was it a pleasure killing?
**[28:24] Man**
Looks like you don't have much to say.
**[28:40] Man**
The hell is this?!
**[28:44] Sasaki**
Th-This isn't good...
**[28:46] Sasaki**
*But I don't know how to stop the freezing.*
**[28:48] Sasaki**
*What do I do? This is bad!*
**[28:50] Sasaki**
*I'm gonna end up killing this guy!*
**[29:01] Sasaki**
E-Excuse me...
**[29:05] Hoshizaki**
Whose psychic are you?
**[29:07] Hoshizaki**
Are you registered?
**[29:09] Sasaki**
What?
**[29:10] Sasaki**
*That looks like a real gun...*
**[29:13] Sasaki**
Um... what are you
talking about with psychics?
**[29:16] Hoshizaki**
You fired that icicle, didn't you?
**[29:19] Sasaki**
Y-Yes, I suppose you could say that.
**[29:23] Hoshizaki**
How long have you had that ability?
**[29:26] Sasaki**
Since just a few days ago, actually.
**[29:30] Hoshizaki**
You're telling me I was saved
by some wild psychic?
**[29:33] Hoshizaki**
Please come with me.
**[29:37] Hoshizaki**
Don't worry. I'll make it worth your while.
**[29:42] Sasaki**
* Is it possible they're*
* both magic users like me?*
**[29:48] Sasaki**
* Other denizens of Peeps's world*
* could have come here like he did.*
**[29:54] Sasaki**
*Now I kind of want to talk to her.*
**[29:58] Sasaki**
Um, I don't mind coming with you,
**[30:01] Sasaki**
but could I stop by my place first?
**[30:04] Hoshizaki**
You'll likely end up staying overnight,
**[30:06] Hoshizaki**
so you should grab a change of clothes.
**[30:09] Sasaki**
An overnight stay?
**[30:11] Sasaki**
But I have work tomorrow!
**[30:12] Hoshizaki**
Our organization will cover for you.
**[30:16] Sasaki**
*That just makes it scarier!*
**[30:20] Sasaki**
So, I basically just ran into her...
**[30:25] Peeps**
I don't detect any strong mana from her.
**[30:29] Sasaki**
You don't?
**[30:31] Peeps**
She used the word "psychic," did she not?
**[30:34] Peeps**
Their powers may build on a different
foundation than that of magic.
**[30:39] Peeps**
Most intriguing.
**[30:41] Peeps**
Is it possible your world hosts a similar
phenomenon that follows different rules?
**[30:48] Sasaki**
If that's true,
it's an unprecedented discovery.
**[30:51] Peeps**
I suppose you should speak
with her to find out more.
**[30:55] Sasaki**
Yeah. I'm sorry to ask,
but would you come with me?
**[31:00] Peeps**
Yes, I certainly will.
**[31:04] Neighbor**
Mister...
**[31:07] Neighbor**
Are you heading out?
**[31:09] Sasaki**
Oh, yes, I am.
**[31:12] Neighbor**
Working late must be stressful.
**[31:14] Neighbor**
Is that a Java sparrow?
**[31:15] Sasaki**
Yeah. I just adopted him.
**[31:24] Sasaki**
Do you... not like Java sparrows?
**[31:26] Neighbor**
No, I like them just fine.
**[31:29] Neighbor**
Um... there's something
I wanted to talk about.
**[31:32] Sasaki**
You want to talk? With me?
**[31:35] Neighbor**
Yes.
**[31:37] Sasaki**
Oh, I'm sorry.
**[31:38] Sasaki**
I'm in a bit of a hurry right now.
**[31:40] Sasaki**
Another time, maybe?
**[31:44] Neighbor**
Sure.
**[31:46] Sasaki**
Sorry for the wait.
**[31:48] Sasaki**
If I'm staying overnight,
do you mind if I bring my pet?
**[31:52] Sasaki**
I can't just leave him on his own.
**[31:57] Hoshizaki**
That should be fine.
**[31:59] Hoshizaki**
Now then, I haven't introduced myself yet.
**[32:02] Hoshizaki**
I'm Hoshizaki.
**[32:04] Sasaki**
My name is Sasaki.
**[32:06] Hoshizaki**
And...
**[32:09] Hoshizaki**
I appreciate you saving me.
**[32:12] Hoshizaki**
Thank you.
**[32:16] Hoshizaki**
First up, let me explain psychics.
**[32:20] Hoshizaki**
They're a bit like wizards with
spontaneously appearing powers.
**[32:24] Hoshizaki**
About one in 100,000 people
manifests a psychic ability.
**[32:28] Hoshizaki**
And once a psychic ability manifests,
it never changes.
**[32:32] Hoshizaki**
Every psychic has one power.
**[32:34] Hoshizaki**
We've no confirmed accounts
of anyone acquiring more than that.
**[32:38] Hoshizaki**
But repeated use can increase
the strength or scope of one's power.
**[32:44] Hoshizaki**
Speaking for myself,
**[32:46] Hoshizaki**
not only can I manipulate water,
I can also change its temperature.
**[32:51] Sasaki**
I see.
**[32:52] Sasaki**
*That does sound totally different from magic.*
**[32:56] Hoshizaki**
There's a wide range of psychic abilities,
**[32:58] Hoshizaki**
from the power to burn a city
to the ground overnight
**[33:02] Hoshizaki**
to powers that make
no difference in real life.
**[33:05] Hoshizaki**
Naturally, many abilities are quite dangerous.
**[33:08] Hoshizaki**
Psychics like that man
use them for criminal purposes,
**[33:11] Hoshizaki**
wreaking considerable havoc on society.
**[33:15] Hoshizaki**
Guys like him are exactly
who we exist to intake.
**[33:19] Sasaki**
And that's your job, Hoshizaki-san?
**[33:22] Hoshizaki**
That's right.
**[33:23] Hoshizaki**
When a psychic manifests for the first time,
**[33:26] Hoshizaki**
they're obligated to register
with Japan's supervisory authority.
**[33:30] Sasaki**
We have an organization like that?
**[33:32] Sasaki**
I had no idea.
**[33:33] Hoshizaki**
That's only natural.
**[33:36] Hoshizaki**
It's a national secret.
**[33:39] Sasaki**
But then...
**[33:40] Hoshizaki**
That's it right there.
**[33:43] Hoshizaki**
The cabinet office's Paranormal
Phenomena Countermeasure Bureau.
**[33:46] Sasaki**
Wow, this is serious business.
**[33:49] Hoshizaki**
You'll be working here from now on.
**[33:53] Sasaki**
I see...
**[33:54] Sasaki**
What?!
**[33:55] Hoshizaki**
I got you registered earlier.
**[33:58] Hoshizaki**
Oh, no need to thank me.
**[34:04] Hoshizaki**
The pay is highly competitive.
**[34:06] Hoshizaki**
You'll be a government employee,
**[34:08] Hoshizaki**
so if you work hard,
you'll be compensated well.
**[34:12] Hoshizaki**
You'll get all the details in training,
**[34:14] Hoshizaki**
so that's all I'll say for now.
**[34:16] Hoshizaki**
Now, if I could ask you something,
just to confirm...
**[34:20] Hoshizaki**
What exactly can you do?
**[34:23] Sasaki**
*The idea of government work is appealing,*
**[34:26] Sasaki**
*but field work seems dangerous.*
**[34:29] Sasaki**
* I'd better limit what I volunteer*
* so I don't end up on the front line.*
**[34:34] Sasaki**
Just firing icicles.
**[34:36] Hoshizaki**
Would you mind showing me?
**[34:38] Sasaki**
Er, of course...
**[34:42] Hoshizaki**
Just as I thought. You really
*can* create them from nothing.
**[34:48] Hoshizaki**
Your power is highly compatible with mine.
**[34:54] Hoshizaki**
I can control water,
but I can't conjure it freely.
**[35:00] Hoshizaki**
Normally, I carry it in a plastic bottle
**[35:03] Hoshizaki**
or buy it from a vending machine.
**[35:05] Hoshizaki**
But with you around,
my sourcing problem is solved!
**[35:09] Hoshizaki**
Now I can use my power infinitely!
**[35:12] Hoshizaki**
I can take on even more dangerous jobs!
**[35:18] Sasaki**
*Is Hoshizaki-san a total workaholic?*
**[35:22] Sasaki**
*Wait, what?*
**[35:23] Sasaki**
* Is she already asking for her next mission*
* just assuming I'm in?!*
**[35:28] Sasaki**
I'm not that adventurous.
**[35:29] Sasaki**
I'd like something suited to my skill...
**[35:31] Hoshizaki**
Didn't I tell you?
**[35:33] Hoshizaki**
If we work hard enough,
the sky's the limit for a psychic's pay!
**[35:37] Sasaki**
* I feel like I'm in the crosshairs*
* of a very dangerous person.*
**[35:43] Sasaki**
I'm exhausted...
**[35:45] Sasaki**
*I'd love to hit the hay,*
**[35:47] Sasaki**
* but I've got stuff to do*
* in the other world tonight.*
**[35:50] Sasaki**
* I'm supposed to deliver new goods,*
* give French-san his pay...*
**[35:54] Sasaki**
*I'll ask Peeps to take me right over—*
**[35:59] Sasaki**
* No, I'd better be careful*
* about talking to him here.*
**[36:03] Sasaki**
* This place might have*
* surveillance cameras installed.*
**[36:09] Sasaki**
Just sit tight a little longer, Peeps.
**[36:13] Sasaki**
*Does he catch my drift?*
**[36:15] Sasaki**
*That's my clever little Peeps!*
**[36:18] Sasaki**
Let's go for a short walk, Peeps.
**[36:26] Peeps**
It appears we're being followed.
**[36:28] Sasaki**
We really are?
**[36:31] Sasaki**
If we can't stock up,
**[36:32] Sasaki**
I'd at least like to inform
my contacts of the delay.
**[36:37] Sasaki**
Is there some way to do so?
**[36:39] Peeps**
Well, roughly an hour there
is mere minutes here.
**[36:43] Peeps**
That differential will serve us,
**[36:45] Peeps**
so expelling waste should prove sufficient.
**[36:48] Sasaki**
That's a good point.
**[36:48] sign**
New Kara-age Croquettes
**[36:51] Sasaki**
Pardon, could I use your restroom?
**[36:56] Sasaki**
Peeps, can you do the honors?
**[36:59] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[37:04] Sasaki**
* I told Marc-san that I would need*
* a little time before our next trade.*
**[37:11] Sasaki**
*Then I gave French-san his pay*
**[37:15] Sasaki**
* and the vice manager funds*
* to cover overhead awhile*
**[37:17] Sasaki**
*before quickly returning to Japan.*
**[37:25] Sasaki**
Who could it be at this hour?
**[37:31] Sasaki**
Yes?
**[37:32] Hoshizaki**
Time to get to work!
**[37:36] Hoshizaki**
Sorry this is so sudden, but would
you mind coming along with me?
**[37:42] Sasaki**
*I'd like to say no.*
**[37:44] Sasaki**
*And boy, she wears a lot of makeup.*
**[37:47] Sasaki**
You're the only person I know
in the organization.
**[37:51] Sasaki**
I have no personal objection
to going along with you,
**[37:54] Sasaki**
but I'd prefer to speak to someone
who can tell me
**[37:58] Sasaki**
if this is the appropriate procedure
for the organization first.
**[38:04] Hoshizaka**
You don't like the idea of working with me?
**[38:10] Sasaki**
If we're going to be working together,
**[38:13] Sasaki**
isn't it natural for me to want to confirm
**[38:16] Sasaki**
what your role in the organization is?
**[38:20] Sasaki**
Besides, you seem to be
some kind of field agent,
**[38:23] Sasaki**
and heading into the field
before speaking to a supervisor
**[38:26] Sasaki**
doesn't exactly seem like protocol...
**[38:30] Hoshizaki**
You older people have to
make everything so difficult.
**[38:34] Sasaki**
Most people will open up to you
if you engage with them in good faith...
**[38:40] Hoshizaki**
Fine! We'll stop by the bureau
on the way back.
**[38:42] Hoshizaki**
For now, get ready.
**[38:44] Sasaki**
You're not following, are you?
**[38:46] Akutsu**
Hoshizaki-kun, do you have a minute?
**[38:49] Hoshizaki**
Section Chief?!
**[38:50] Akutsu**
I saw you rush out
first thing in the morning,
**[38:53] Akutsu**
so I got curious and followed you.
**[38:55] Akutsu**
I'm glad to see you so passionate
about your work,
**[38:59] Akutsu**
but I don't think it's appropriate
to rope a newcomer into it.
**[39:04] Akutsu**
Would you be Sasaki-kun?
**[39:06] Sasaki**
Y-Yes.
**[39:07] Akutsu**
I'm sorry this is how we had to meet.
**[39:10] Akutsu**
I'm a very busy man, you see.
**[39:13] Akutsu**
My name is Akutsu.
**[39:15] Akutsu**
I'll be your supervisor here.
**[39:17] Akutsu**
Obviously, I'm her supervisor as well.
**[39:20] Sasaki**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
**[39:23] Akutsu**
Hoshizaki-kun, please return to the office
and write a report for the other day.
**[39:28] Hoshizaki**
What?!
**[39:29] Hoshizaki**
Yes, sir...
**[39:30] Akutsu**
I need Sasaki-kun to go through his training.
**[39:34] Akutsu**
They'll call you on that line.
**[39:36] Akutsu**
Try to have it on you whenever possible.
**[39:39] Sasaki**
Even in my off hours?
**[39:41] Akutsu**
You may be tapped for emergency jobs.
**[39:44] Sasaki**
I see.
**[39:45] Sasaki**
*I don't like this.*
**[39:47] Sasaki**
*If they can call me for emergency jobs,*
**[39:49] Sasaki**
* I won't be able to relax,*
* even on my days off.*
**[39:52] Sasaki**
*If it gets to be too much,*
**[39:53] Sasaki**
*I might just leave this in the other world.*
**[39:56] Sasaki**
* I get no signal there,*
* so they wouldn't be able to track me by GPS.*
**[40:03] Akutsu**
Excuse me.
**[40:06] Akutsu**
Sorry, but I need to be going.
**[40:09] Akutsu**
If you have any questions
or need advice in a field situation,
**[40:13] Akutsu**
feel free to ask me via call or text.
**[40:22] Sasaki**
*From there, I returned home briefly,*
**[40:25] Sasaki**
* then went back to the same building*
* from the day before.*
**[40:27] Sasaki**
*I underwent a simple physical,*
**[40:31] Sasaki**
*took an athletic test,*
**[40:36] Sasaki**
*took ID photos,*
**[40:39] sign**
Cabinet Office
Paranormal Phenomena Countermeasure Bureau
**[40:39] sign**
Classified
**[40:40] Sasaki**
*and received more information at training.*
**[40:43] Sasaki**
* My new employer, the cabinet office's*
* Paranormal Phenomena Countermeasure Bureau,*
**[40:43] sign**
Cabinet Office
Paranormal Phenomena Countermeasure Bureau
**[40:48] Sasaki**
*doesn't fall under any particular ministry.*
**[40:50] Sasaki**
*Officially, the bureau doesn't exist.*
**[40:54] Sasaki**
* I was strictly forbidden*
* from mentioning it to outsiders.*
**[40:57] sign**
National Police Agency, Criminal Investigation Bureau
Special Crimes Unit Sergeant Sasaki
**[40:57] Sasaki**
* As far as the public is concerned,*
* we all work for the police.*
**[41:02] Sasaki**
* So agents like Hoshizaki-san*
* and me are sergeants...*
**[41:06] Sasaki**
*That explains why she carries a gun.*
**[41:09] Sasaki**
Um, what exactly are Hoshizaki-san's duties?
**[41:14] Instructor**
I'm not sure that's something
I can share openly...
**[41:18] Sasaki**
*Huh?*
**[41:19] Instructor**
Why are you asking about Hoshizaki-san?
**[41:22] Sasaki**
I have a feeling we might be paired up.
**[41:25] Instructor**
Oh, really?
**[41:27] Instructor**
Well, how to put this...
**[41:31] Instructor**
Good luck to you.
**[41:33] Sasaki**
*What? She really is that bad?!*
**[41:37] Sasaki**
*Once my training was finally over,*
**[41:39] Sasaki**
* I received an allowance to buy*
* what I needed for the job.*
**[41:39] Instructor**
Here.
**[41:42] sign**
Check
**[41:43] Sasaki**
*A million yen?!*
**[41:46] Sasaki**
* I've been scraping by this month,*
* so this is great.*
**[41:49] Sasaki**
* I'll use it to buy stock for trading*
* in the other world for now.*
**[41:59] Neighbor**
You were out late.
**[42:01] Sasaki**
What are you doing out at this hour?
**[42:03] Neighbor**
Did you finish your urgent business?
**[42:06] Sasaki**
Oh, sorry.
**[42:08] Sasaki**
You said you wanted to talk, didn't you?
**[42:10] Neighbor**
You remembered that?
**[42:13] Neighbor**
Well, there's something
I want to give to you...
**[42:17] Neighbor**
I made them in home ec class.
**[42:19] Neighbor**
You said you weren't a chocolate
person, but do you like cookies?
**[42:25] Sasaki**
Can I really have them?
**[42:33] Sasaki**
Thank you.
**[42:36] Sasaki**
I'm really going to enjoy these.
**[42:41] Neighbor**
Um... can I ask you a question?
**[42:44] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[42:45] Neighbor**
That woman you were with before...
**[42:48] Neighbor**
Are the two of you dating?
**[42:51] Sasaki**
*Wait, is she talking about Hoshizaki-san?*
**[42:55] Sasaki**
No, she's my superior at work.
**[42:58] Neighbor**
She seems quite young to be your superior.
**[43:02] Sasaki**
The company's a meritocracy.
**[43:04] Neighbor**
Is it foreign-owned, then?
**[43:07] Sasaki**
I suppose you could say that.
**[43:10] Sasaki**
* Actually, it's as domestic*
* as a company can get,*
**[43:12] Sasaki**
*but I'd better not tell her that.*
**[43:14] Sasaki**
* The tales I heard of what happened to*
* people who leaked classified information*
**[43:18] Sasaki**
*will be giving me nightmares for a while.*
**[43:21] Neighbor**
I'm sorry.
**[43:23] Neighbor**
I totally had the wrong idea.
**[43:26] Sasaki**
Hey, no need to worry about that.
**[43:28] Sasaki**
Well, good night.
**[43:38] Sasaki**
I'm home.
**[43:40] Sasaki**
Peeps?
**[43:47] Sasaki**
Want to go for a walk, Peeps?
**[43:53] Peeps**
Someone entered your
dwelling during the day.
**[43:56] Sasaki**
I had a feeling.
**[43:58] Peeps**
They worked away on
the installation of some device.
**[44:01] Peeps**
Was it perchance someone you knew?
**[44:04] Sasaki**
No.
**[44:05] Sasaki**
I suspect they were putting a camera
**[44:07] Sasaki**
or some kind of bug in my apartment.
**[44:10] Sasaki**
They didn't catch you using
the internet or anything, right?
**[44:15] Peeps**
No, they merely awoke me
from my slumber in the cage.
**[44:19] Sasaki**
That's a small blessing.
**[44:26] sign**
Call Incoming
**[44:30] Sasaki**
This is Sasaki.
**[44:32] Akutsu**
*You're rather impressive, Sasaki-kun.*
**[44:36] Sasaki**
I fully understand your misgivings, sir.
**[44:39] Sasaki**
But I'd appreciate you not installing cameras
**[44:41] Sasaki**
or listening devices in my apartment.
**[44:44] Sasaki**
If you continue to try things like this,
**[44:47] Sasaki**
it's going to be difficult for me
to do what you want me to.
**[44:50] Akutsu**
*Sorry about that.*
**[44:52] Akutsu**
*It's something of a rite of passage.*
**[44:55] Akutsu**
You passed, Sasaki-kun.
**[44:58] Sasaki**
*What do you mean by that?*
**[45:00] Akutsu**
There are many people who don't
approve of our organization.
**[45:04] Akutsu**
This test is meant to confirm a newcomer's
allegiances and test their skills.
**[45:09] Akutsu**
If you were someone against our organization,
**[45:14] Akutsu**
you wouldn't immediately remove
the device as soon as you noticed it.
**[45:18] Akutsu**
* We've had many chances to catch*
* moles in our organization,*
**[45:21] Akutsu**
* and when so tested, they either*
* incriminate themselves immediately*
**[45:24] Akutsu**
* or go out of their way to pretend*
* like nothing's amiss.*
**[45:27] Sasaki**
I see.
**[45:28] Akutsu**
There are also many psychics
who are utterly uninhibited.
**[45:34] Akutsu**
Many believe themselves
to be part of a chosen class.
**[45:36] Akutsu**
To deal with people like that
and encourage registry with our organization,
**[45:41] Akutsu**
we need a talented
and forthright agent like you.
**[45:45] Akutsu**
* I hope you'll continue to exercise your*
* skills under my leadership.*
**[45:52] Sasaki**
I understand.
**[45:54] Akutsu**
*Thank you, Sasaki-kun.*
**[45:55] Akutsu**
*Until next time.*
**[46:02] Peeps**
Your superior in the organization?
**[46:04] Peeps**
It appears we'll need
to be cautious around him.
**[46:06] Sasaki**
Yeah.
**[46:08] Peeps**
Incidentally, were you not
supposed to buy more stock tonight?
**[46:11] Sasaki**
Oh, I totally forgot.
**[46:17] Sasaki**
I'll probably pass for today.
**[46:21] Sasaki**
*I thought I'd really gotten the ball rolling,*
**[46:25] Sasaki**
* but the slow life in another world*
* I'd dreamed of*
**[46:28] Sasaki**
*was still a distant goal.*
**[46:31] Peeps**
Oh, wait!
**[46:33] Peeps**
Don't you dare retire!
**[46:34] Peeps**
You haven't bought my dinner yet!
**[46:39] sign**
Sasaki
**[46:39] Akutsu**
Yes, you look very useful indeed...
**[46:45] sign**
Name
**[46:45] sign**
Age:
**[46:45] sign**
Address:
**[46:45] sign**
Suginami Ward, Tokyo
**[46:45] sign**
y/o
**[46:45] sign**
Sex: Male
**[46:45] sign**
DOB
**[46:45] sign**
Year
**[46:45] sign**
Month
**[46:45] sign**
Day
**[46:45] sign**
Sasaki
**[46:45] Akutsu**
Sasaki-kun.
# E2 - A First Job and a Partner
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GMKUXPEVJ/a-first-job-and-a-partner)
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**[00:07] Peeps**
Hmm. I didn't expect you to learn
intermediate spells so soon.
**[00:14] Sasaki**
It's probably because of the
magic you gave me, Peeps.
**[00:17] Peeps**
Independent of that,
your performance is impressive.
**[00:20] Peeps**
Most magic users in this world take more
than a decade to reach intermediate spells.
**[00:27] Peeps**
Advancing this far in mere weeks
is exceptional.
**[00:33] Sasaki**
In today's session, I learned
a recovery spell and a lightning spell.
**[00:37] Sasaki**
That should do it.
**[00:38] Peeps**
You're quite diligent.
**[00:40] Sasaki**
Well, I need to keep track
of all the spells I've learned.
**[00:43] Sasaki**
But memorizing the chants
is getting rather challenging.
**[00:47] Peeps**
Why not simply make use of a grimoire, then?
**[00:51] Sasaki**
A grimoire?
**[00:52] Sasaki**
*Like those things from games and manga?*
**[00:56] Sasaki**
Where do you get one of these grimoires?
**[00:58] Sasaki**
Deep in a dungeon or something?
**[01:01] Peeps**
You hold one in your hand as we speak.
**[01:05] Peeps**
"Grimoire" is a generic term for a
collection of transcribed chants.
**[01:09] Peeps**
It need not be made of paper and ink.
**[01:12] Peeps**
Your portable compendium serves equally well.
**[01:16] Sasaki**
Not very strict with the definition, are we?
**[01:21] Sasaki**
Anyway, it's time for our meeting.
**[01:23] Sasaki**
We'd better get to Marc-san.
**[01:25] Peeps**
Indeed. And afterward...
**[01:27] Sasaki**
Yeah, I know.
**[01:29] Sasaki**
We've worked up an appetite, so let's eat.
**[01:32] Peeps**
I wish to dine on meat this evening.
**[01:34] Sasaki**
You just had some last night.
**[01:36] Peeps**
I enjoy meat!
**[01:38] Sasaki**
You eat a lot for such a little guy, Peeps.
**[01:41] Peeps**
What of it?
**[03:13] Marc**
Sasaki-san, this is most incredible!
**[03:16] sign**
EP 2 A First Job and a Partner
**[03:16] Sasaki**
It is a rather handy device,
**[03:19] Sasaki**
but as I explained earlier,
it requires fuel to use.
**[03:23] Sasaki**
One of these small pieces of metal will
keep it running for just over a day.
**[03:29] Sasaki**
When the power stored
inside this metal runs out,
**[03:32] Sasaki**
it will cease to function,
so be mindful of that.
**[03:35] Marc**
Nevertheless, it's very impressive.
**[03:38] Marc**
Even if the fuel you offer
costs a hundred gold a unit,
**[03:41] Marc**
it would still be entirely worth it.
**[03:45] Sasaki**
* Excellent. My new imports*
* are going over well.*
**[03:49] Sasaki**
*I'm glad I won't get left holding inventory.*
**[03:54] Marc**
Sasaki-san, thank you for always providing
us with such astounding wares.
**[03:58] Sasaki**
Oh, please.
**[04:00] Sasaki**
I'm just sorry to have kept you waiting.
**[04:03] Marc**
Not at all.
**[04:04] Marc**
Have... things settled down for you?
**[04:07] Sasaki**
Yes, but of course.
**[04:09] Sasaki**
*Actually, they haven't settled in the least.*
**[04:12] Marc**
By the way, might I ask you one thing?
**[04:16] Marc**
If you have any more of these,
**[04:18] Marc**
do you think we could purchase
the entirety of your stock?
**[04:23] Sasaki**
What? You want all of them?
**[04:25] Marc**
Yes.
**[04:26] Marc**
Would that present an issue?
**[04:28] Sasaki**
No, I don't believe so...
**[04:31] Marc**
Thank you so much.
**[04:33] Marc**
I'll make you an excellent offer, of course.
**[04:36] Sasaki**
May I ask if something's happened?
**[04:38] Marc**
Well, the truth is...
**[04:40] Marc**
Viscount Müller told me that if you brought
any especially remarkable products,
**[04:44] Marc**
I should buy them all up.
**[04:48] Sasaki**
Viscount Müller?
**[04:49] Marc**
Yes.
**[04:51] Marc**
In truth, tensions with a neighboring
country have been growing...
**[04:55] Marc**
If I may be so bold,
**[04:57] Marc**
I'd wager this is in preparation.
**[05:01] Sasaki**
Are you saying...
**[05:02] Marc**
Do take care, Sasaki-san.
**[05:07] Sasaki**
I appreciate the warning.
**[05:17] French**
Sir! Sir!
**[05:22] Sasaki**
I'm terribly sorry for the delay.
**[05:24] French**
Not at all. I appreciate you coming.
**[05:28] Sasaki**
Wow, business is booming.
**[05:31] French**
Yes. The restaurant's doing very well.
**[05:34] Sasaki**
I'm so glad to see it.
**[05:36] French**
Oh, please do come in.
**[05:38] French**
I'll show you to a table.
**[05:40] Sasaki**
Thank you so much.
**[05:42] Sasaki**
Oh, but first...
**[05:44] Sasaki**
Your pay for this month.
**[05:46] Sasaki**
Please accept it.
**[05:49] Sasaki**
And here.
**[05:50] French**
What is that?
**[05:51] Sasaki**
Several new recipes for you.
**[05:55] Sasaki**
If it wouldn't be too much trouble,
could you possibly replicate them?
**[05:59] French**
No trouble at all!
**[06:01] French**
We can go over the details inside.
**[06:05] Sasaki**
* Peeps and I proceeded to enjoy*
* French-san's delicious cooking,*
**[06:10] Sasaki**
*then returned to the modern world.*
**[06:14] sign**
Reject
**[06:14] sign**
Answer
**[06:14] sign**
Hoshizaki
**[06:14] sign**
Incoming Call
**[06:18] Sasaki**
Yes? Hello?
**[06:20] Hoshizaki**
*Sasaki?*
**[06:22] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san? Good morning.
**[06:24] Hoshizaki**
*We have a mission. Can you come in now?*
**[06:27] Sasaki**
Huh?
**[06:29] Hoshizaki**
*Are you still sleeping?*
**[06:30] Hoshizaki**
*Didn't the chief call you?*
**[06:32] sign**
Call History
**[06:32] sign**
Received
**[06:32] sign**
Hoshizaki
**[06:32] sign**
Akutsu
**[06:32] sign**
Akutsu
**[06:32] sign**
Akutsu
**[06:32] sign**
Akutsu
**[06:32] sign**
Akutsu
**[06:32] sign**
Akutsu
**[06:32] sign**
Missed
**[06:32] sign**
Missed
**[06:32] sign**
Missed
**[06:32] sign**
Missed
**[06:32] sign**
Missed
**[06:32] sign**
Missed
**[06:34] Hoshizaki**
*Well, see you soon!*
**[06:45] Akutsu**
There you are, Sasaki-kun.
**[06:47] Sasaki**
I'm so sorry I'm late.
**[06:49] Akutsu**
I'm sorry for the urgent summons.
**[06:51] Hoshizaki**
An agent should be ready at any time, Chief.
**[06:54] Sasaki**
My apologies.
**[06:57] Psychic B**
What's this all about?
**[06:59] Akutsu**
Oh, let me make introductions.
**[07:01] Akutsu**
This is our new hire, Sasaki-kun.
**[07:03] Akutsu**
He'll likely be working
with Hoshizaki-kun often.
**[07:06] Akutsu**
Say hello.
**[07:07] Psychic B**
Heya.
**[07:08] Psychic A**
'Sup.
**[07:10] Sasaki**
I-It's nice to meet you all.
**[07:12] Psychic B**
All right, we'll head on in.
**[07:15] Psychic B**
Look after the newbie, 'kay, Hoshizaki-chan?
**[07:22] sign**
OFFICE
**[07:22] Sasaki**
What? A mass arrest?
**[07:25] Akutsu**
Yes.
**[07:26] Akutsu**
Of a group that operates here in the city.
**[07:29] Akutsu**
Its members are all irregular psychics.
**[07:33] Sasaki**
Irregular?
**[07:34] Akutsu**
Psychics can be extremely dangerous.
**[07:36] Akutsu**
That's why the government
registers and monitors them.
**[07:40] Akutsu**
But this group refuses to comply.
**[07:43] Sasaki**
So we're arresting them
for refusing registration?
**[07:47] Akutsu**
Not that.
**[07:48] Akutsu**
One of their members used
his powers to cause harm.
**[07:53] Sasaki**
Th-This man...
**[07:55] Sasaki**
He's the one who attacked Hoshizaki-san.
**[07:56] Akutsu**
The other members
are suspected as complicit.
**[07:59] Akutsu**
We've been investigating them for a while
**[08:02] Akutsu**
and just recently located their hideout.
**[08:05] Akutsu**
We need to take them into custody
to prevent any further harm.
**[08:17] Hoshizaki**
No need to be so nervous.
**[08:20] Hoshizaki**
It's not like you have to fight.
**[08:22] Sasaki**
R-Right...
**[08:23] Sasaki**
* Except, even so, playing front-line*
* support makes me a potential target.*
**[08:29] Psychic B**
Well, we outrank all of those losers,
**[08:33] Psychic B**
so we'll be fine.
**[08:34] Psychic A**
You said it.
**[08:36] Hoshizaki**
Could you try not to be
a bad influence on the newbie?
**[08:40] Psychic B**
Ooh, I'm so scared!
**[08:45] Sasaki**
If I may ask...
**[08:46] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san, aren't you afraid?
**[08:49] Sasaki**
Isn't a psychic battle a bit like a gunfight?
**[08:55] Hoshizaki**
High risk means high reward!
**[08:58] Hoshizaki**
I see it as a big chance to shine!
**[09:02] Sasaki**
I see...
**[09:03] Sasaki**
You're very impressive, Hoshizaki-san.
**[09:06] Hoshizaki**
I'm going to be counting on your support.
**[09:10] Sasaki**
I-I'll do my best.
**[09:13] Sasaki**
Er, if I could ask one more thing...
**[09:15] Hoshizaki**
What is it?
**[09:17] Sasaki**
This job offers workers' comp, right?
**[09:30] Sasaki**
*I wish I'd learned a barrier spell.*
**[09:33] Comms**
All teams are in position.
**[09:35] Akutsu**
Then it's time to begin the operation.
**[09:38] Akutsu**
All teams, roll out!
**[09:43] Hoshizaki**
There's nowhere to run! Put your hands up!
**[09:52] Hoshizaki**
No one's here?
**[09:55] Sasaki**
Sure looks that way.
**[09:58] Psychic B**
What the hell? What's going on here?
**[10:01] Psychic A**
Hey, you think we got the wrong place?
**[10:05] Sasaki**
What's going on, Hoshizaki-san?
**[10:07] Hoshizaki**
I have a bad feeling about this.
**[10:10] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki, we're leaving.
**[10:12] Sasaki**
Copy that.
**[10:17] Agent A**
HQ! HQ! Please respond!
**[10:19] Agent A**
HQ!
**[10:22] Agent C**
*Where are they—*
**[10:24] Psychic A**
Hey, this kinda seems bad.
**[10:26] Psychic B**
You! What's going on?!
**[10:28] Agent A**
W-We don't know!
**[10:29] Agent A**
We've lost contact with HQ—
**[10:57] Hoshizaki**
We walked right into a trap.
**[10:59] Sasaki**
It appears so.
**[11:02] Sasaki**
*A wind power? No...*
**[11:05] Sasaki**
* The others are showing*
* no sign of being buffeted.*
**[11:08] Sasaki**
*Perhaps it's psychokinesis, then?*
**[11:10] Psychic B**
Hey, this wasn't the deal!
**[11:12] Psychic B**
They said these would be small fry!
**[11:14] Psychic A**
That's a high-rank psychic power!
**[11:24] Psychic A**
Damn you!
**[11:27] Psychic A**
How d'you like that?
**[11:38] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki!
**[11:40] Hoshizaki**
Support me.
**[11:42] Hoshizaki**
R-Right!
**[11:45] Hoshizaki**
Hoshizaki-san, delivery!
**[11:58] Hoshizaki**
Nice one.
**[11:59] Sasaki**
I-It was nothing.
**[12:04] Sasaki**
*Still, we're completely on the defensive.*
**[12:06] Sasaki**
*If only I could locate the psychic...*
**[12:18] Psychic B**
H-Hey! Don't do it!
**[12:20] Psychic B**
P-Please!
**[12:36] Hoshizaki**
*Sasaki.*
**[12:36] Sasaki**
Y-Yes?
**[12:38] Hoshizaki**
*Get out of here.*
**[12:40] Sasaki**
B-But...
**[12:41] Hoshizaki**
*Just go. And hurry.*
**[12:42] Hoshizaki**
*You'll die if you stay.*
**[12:46] Sasaki**
*She's right, given the circumstances.*
**[12:50] Sasaki**
*But if Hoshizaki-san loses her water supply,*
**[12:54] Sasaki**
*she'll also...*
**[12:56] Sasaki**
* No, I'm your partner.*
* I can't turn tail and abandon you.*
**[13:03] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki...
**[13:04] Sasaki**
* Leaving her to die would*
* scar me psychologically for sure.*
**[13:08] Sasaki**
* Also... I read once that deserting*
* is considered a serious crime.*
**[13:15] Shizuka**
Oho.
**[13:17] Shizuka**
We've got a few survivors, do we?
**[13:26] Shizuka**
I wasn't expecting you to
put up such a good fight.
**[13:36] Shizuka**
Now, now. None of that.
**[13:38] Shizuka**
Remain where you are.
**[13:53] Shizuka**
Oh? You can control its temperature as well?
**[14:08] Sasaki**
*She's fast!*
**[14:29] Hoshizaki**
No way!
**[14:31] Shizuka**
I shan't kill you.
**[14:33] Shizuka**
Your ability seems rather useful.
**[14:40] Shizuka**
Now then...
**[14:42] Shizuka**
There's one more rat
scurrying around, isn't there?
**[14:47] Shizuka**
Won't you reveal yourself to me?
**[14:50] Shizuka**
Or does the girl's fate mean nothing to you?
**[14:53] Sasaki**
*The mission's a failure.*
**[14:55] Sasaki**
* I suspect the whole squad's*
* been wiped out, too.*
**[14:58] Sasaki**
*I don't even know how many enemies there are.*
**[15:02] Sasaki**
* And I doubt I could outrun someone*
* with that kind of leg strength.*
**[15:07] Sasaki**
*I'm out of options!*
**[15:08] Sasaki**
E-Excuse me.
**[15:11] Sasaki**
Do you think maybe we could
tone down the violence?
**[15:14] Shizuka**
Huh. You're an unfamiliar face.
**[15:17] Sasaki**
I-Indeed.
**[15:19] Sasaki**
It's a pleasure to meet you.
My name is Sasaki.
**[15:23] Shizuka**
How unsettling...
**[15:30] Shizuka**
Are you the source of this water?
**[15:33] Sasaki**
E-Er, yes, that's about the size of it.
**[15:37] Shizuka**
I see.
**[15:38] Shizuka**
An effective ability when
used in tandem with this girl's.
**[15:43] Sasaki**
*She figured us out instantly!*
**[15:45] Sasaki**
*This isn't going well.*
**[15:47] Sasaki**
*Gotta regain some ground.*
**[15:49] Sasaki**
Well, I must say, you all have some
truly fearsome abilities of your own!
**[15:54] Sasaki**
The power to send objects flying
gives you control of an area,
**[15:57] Sasaki**
and then you can take out any stragglers.
**[16:01] Sasaki**
Might I ask your group's name
for future reference?
**[16:07] Shizuka**
Have you... not heard of us?
**[16:09] Sasaki**
*Hang on, are they famous?!*
**[16:13] Shizuka**
I see.
**[16:15] Shizuka**
You're a new recruit, are you?
**[16:18] Sasaki**
*Oh crap.*
**[16:20] Sasaki**
*I accidentally revealed how green I am!*
**[16:22] Sasaki**
*But this* does *confirm my suspicion
that she's not the only one here.*
**[16:26] Sasaki**
Indeed, you've accurately ascertained
that I'm a recent acquisition.
**[16:30] Sasaki**
I just joined up the other day, in fact.
**[16:33] Sasaki**
I was hoping for a proper
introduction, if you don't mind...
**[16:37] Sasaki**
I'd really like to meet
your companions as well.
**[16:40] Sasaki**
I'm afraid I'm unable
to pinpoint their location.
**[16:43] Sasaki**
*I'd at least like to know how many there are!*
**[16:46] Shizuka**
You appear quite calm,
given the circumstances.
**[16:49] Sasaki**
All I have to lean on right now
is my ignorance.
**[16:53] Shizuka**
How optimistic of you.
**[16:56] Sasaki**
Forgive me for repeating myself,
**[16:58] Sasaki**
but how about that introduction?
**[17:00] Shizuka**
I'm afraid I can't oblige.
**[17:02] Sasaki**
That's a shame.
**[17:05] Sasaki**
* I've got to make sure*
* I don't hit Hoshizaki-san.*
**[17:10] Shizuka**
Reciting a mantra?
**[17:24] Shizuka**
What was that?!
**[17:27] Sasaki**
Crap!
**[17:45] Sasaki**
*That was close...*
**[17:47] Sasaki**
*There were two hidden psychics.*
**[17:50] Sasaki**
*I think that's all of them.*
**[17:54] Shizuka**
Just what are you?
**[17:59] Sasaki**
As I mentioned before, I'm a very
recent newcomer to this business.
**[18:06] Sasaki**
I would like to offer you a proposal.
**[18:10] Shizuka**
Do proceed.
**[18:11] Sasaki**
If you promise not to reveal
what happened here,
**[18:15] Sasaki**
I'll allow you to go on your way in peace.
**[18:18] Sasaki**
Do you think we might agree
to a draw in this case?
**[18:23] Sasaki**
I'd prefer not to press the issue
and risk getting hurt myself.
**[18:27] Sasaki**
What do you say?
**[18:31] Shizuka**
Very well.
**[18:33] Shizuka**
You called yourself Sasaki, did you not?
**[18:36] Sasaki**
I did.
**[18:37] Shizuka**
Would you be interested in joining us?
**[18:43] Sasaki**
I'm afraid I'm the sort who's
more comfortable following the herd.
**[18:48] Shizuka**
What a pity.
**[18:50] Shizuka**
We'd love to have you,
should the inclination ever strike.
**[18:54] Sasaki**
If it does, I'll be sure to reach out.
**[18:57] Shizuka**
We'll be taking our leave, then.
**[19:00] Sasaki**
Ah, please wait!
**[19:03] Shizuka**
What is it?
**[19:04] Sasaki**
Might I inquire about the fate
of our superiors?
**[19:07] Sasaki**
We lost contact with them a bit ago...
**[19:12] Shizuka**
So be it.
**[19:13] Shizuka**
As we've called off the fight,
I'll release them.
**[19:17] Sasaki**
I'm so very appreciative!
**[19:22] Shizuka**
Farewell.
**[19:28] Sasaki**
Thank goodness!
**[19:32] Akutsu**
And the enemy withdrew of their own accord?
**[19:35] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[19:39] Sasaki**
U-Um... do you not believe me?
**[19:43] Akutsu**
I get it.
**[19:44] Akutsu**
I'll choose to believe your story.
**[19:47] Akutsu**
Sorry for putting you through
all this on your first job.
**[19:50] Sasaki**
It's okay...
**[19:51] Akutsu**
Go home for now and get some rest.
**[19:53] Sasaki**
Yes, sir.
**[19:55] Sasaki**
If you'll excuse me.
**[20:02] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san?
**[20:04] Sasaki**
Are you all right?
**[20:05] Hoshizaki**
Y-Yes.
**[20:07] Sasaki**
I'm glad to see it.
**[20:10] Hoshizaki**
H-Hey.
**[20:12] Hoshizaki**
Do you have some free time after this?
**[20:14] Sasaki**
I suppose so.
**[20:17] Sasaki**
* She'll probably get mad if I tell her*
* I need to get home and rest...*
**[20:21] Sasaki**
*I need some Peeps-based rejuvenation!*
**[20:23] Hoshizaki**
Well... I'd like to express my gratitude.
**[20:28] Sasaki**
*What?*
**[20:30] Sasaki**
*What?!*
**[20:35] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki, thank you so much for today.
**[20:38] Sasaki**
Well, I think we were both
just doing our jobs.
**[20:43] Sasaki**
And in the end, you got hurt
because of my lack of ability...
**[20:50] Sasaki**
In that regard, I should apologize.
**[20:53] Hoshizaki**
Even so, you really saved my hide back there.
**[20:58] Sasaki**
It was nothing, really.
**[21:00] Sasaki**
Well, I'm hungry. Shall we order?
**[21:03] Hoshizaki**
Yes, of course.
**[21:07] Staff**
Have you decided?
**[21:08] Sasaki**
Let's see...
**[21:10] Hoshizaki**
Octopus-vegetable marinade
and beef tagliata.
**[21:12] Hoshizaki**
Boscaiola pizza and today's pasta special.
**[21:16] Sasaki**
*Th-That was fast.*
**[21:18] Staff**
And what would you like to drink?
**[21:20] Sasaki**
Craft beer, if you please.
**[21:22] Hoshizaki**
I'll have an orange juice.
**[21:24] Staff**
Right away.
**[21:27] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san, you don't drink?
**[21:29] Hoshizaki**
Not don't. *Can't*.
**[21:32] Hoshizaki**
I'm underage.
**[21:37] Hoshizaki**
Wh-What's with that face?
**[21:39] Sasaki**
Oh, it's just...
**[21:40] Sasaki**
Would you be offended if I asked your age?
**[21:45] Hoshizaki**
Sixteen.
**[21:48] Sasaki**
You're joking, right?
**[21:50] Hoshizaki**
I *do* go to school in my off hours.
**[21:53] Hoshizaki**
And I dress up like this so no one
looks down on me for my age.
**[21:57] Sasaki**
Is that also why you talk the way you do?
**[22:03] Sasaki**
Why are you so devoted
to your job, Hoshizaki-san?
**[22:07] Sasaki**
If you're a high schooler, you must
have other interests and aspirations.
**[22:13] Sasaki**
Surely this dangerous work
isn't the best use of your time.
**[22:18] Hoshizaki**
As I told you before,
**[22:20] Hoshizaki**
this job pays well!
**[22:25] Staff**
Here you are.
**[22:26] Staff**
A craft beer and an orange juice.
**[22:30] Hoshizaki**
Let's make a toast.
**[22:31] Hoshizaki**
To a job well done on your first mission!
**[22:33] Sasaki**
Thank you very much.
**[22:35] Hoshizaki**
I'll be counting on your support from now on.
**[22:38] Sasaki**
Huh?
**[22:45] Sasaki**
*It's getting chilly...*
**[22:52] Sasaki**
*A kid?*
**[22:54] Magical Pink**
What is it?
**[22:56] Sasaki**
Oh, er, nothing.
**[23:00] Sasaki**
*What do I do?*
**[23:02] Sasaki**
*Should I report her?*
**[23:04] Sasaki**
*But I'm so tired after today...*
**[23:07] Sasaki**
* If I end up having to file something,*
* it'll take forever to get home!*
**[23:10] Sasaki**
*Still, I can't just leave her out here...*
**[23:13] Sasaki**
*My hand's forced.*
**[23:14] Sasaki**
H-Huh? Where'd she go?
**[23:29] Magical Pink**
Later, mister.
# E3 - The War and the Young Lady
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU0789V/the-war-and-the-young-lady)
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**[00:00] Peeps**
Th-This is...
**[00:02] Peeps**
Chateaubriand made from Kobe beef!
**[00:06] Sasaki**
A thank-you for everything
you've done for me, Peeps.
**[00:10] Sasaki**
I decided to pull out all the stops.
**[00:12] sign**
°Do not feed meat to Java sparrows that aren't reincarnations of starsages!
**[00:15] Peeps**
I-It's delicious!
**[00:17] Peeps**
Can you fathom this exquisite taste?!
**[00:19] sign**
°Do not feed meat to Java sparrows that aren't reincarnations of starsages!
**[00:20] Sasaki**
*He's so cute.*
**[00:22] Sasaki**
*Man, I wanna snap a pic so bad!*
**[00:29] Peeps**
It sounds as though your day was most trying.
**[00:32] Sasaki**
Yeah, I wish I'd learned barrier magic.
**[00:35] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[00:36] Peeps**
I gather healing magic may prove
an equally urgent lesson as well.
**[00:41] Sasaki**
That's true.
**[00:42] Sasaki**
After my meeting with Marc-san,
**[00:44] Sasaki**
could you help me with my magic training?
**[00:46] Peeps**
But of course.
**[00:49] Sasaki**
*Then I'll spend a night in a big, soft bed,*
**[00:51] Sasaki**
*enjoy French-san's cooking,*
**[00:53] Sasaki**
*and come out the other side fully refreshed.*
**[00:56] Sasaki**
*At least, that was my plan at the time.*
**[00:59] Sasaki**
W-War, you say?
**[01:04] Sasaki**
*Maybe I got a little ahead of myself...*
**[02:40] Sasaki**
W-War, you say?
**[02:41] sign**
EP 3 The War and the Young Lady
**[02:43] Müller**
The king has ordered me
to the front lines as well.
**[02:48] Sasaki**
*Then Marc-san was right on the money.*
**[02:51] Müller**
The Ohgen Empire is vast and mighty.
**[02:53] Müller**
In terms of sheer numbers,
**[02:56] Müller**
their forces nearly double
the Kingdom of Herz's.
**[02:59] Müller**
Should enemy troops reach this city,
**[03:01] Müller**
the damage would be considerable.
**[03:04] Müller**
I entreat you, Sasaki.
**[03:06] Müller**
Might I count on your aid?
**[03:10] Sasaki**
*How do I turn him down?*
**[03:12] Sasaki**
*I'd really rather not get involved in a war...*
**[03:16] Sasaki**
I'm afraid I'm but a humble craftsman.
**[03:19] Sasaki**
I do not see what use I could
possibly be to Your Lordship.
**[03:23] Müller**
I know who you are.
**[03:25] Müller**
But the items you have brought to my domain
**[03:31] Müller**
will be of great help in our war effort.
**[03:34] Müller**
I'd like you to serve as our exclusive
purveyor for its duration.
**[03:42] Sasaki**
I see. Rations and matériel, then.
**[03:46] Müller**
But even by carriage, it takes more
than two weeks to reach the front.
**[03:50] Müller**
Gathering and transporting
the necessary items within a month
**[03:53] Müller**
is a hopeless endeavor.
**[03:55] Müller**
I've been negotiating with traders,
starting with the Hermann Trading Company,
**[03:58] Müller**
but given the jump in the price of food,
**[04:00] Müller**
forcing them to comply would
destroy the city's economy
**[04:04] Müller**
faster than the enemy ever could.
**[04:07] Sasaki**
*The king has ordered Viscount Müller*
**[04:11] Sasaki**
*to build strongholds and feed the front line.*
**[04:14] Sasaki**
* As a nobleman in service to the crown,*
* he's obliged to comply.*
**[04:19] Sasaki**
* Refusal could even leave him*
* stripped of his peerage.*
**[04:23] Sasaki**
I hope you can forgive
my impudence in saying so,
**[04:28] Sasaki**
but I cannot escape the thought
that the wisest decision
**[04:30] Sasaki**
would be to abandon this kingdom.
**[04:36] Müller**
Regarding that...
**[04:38] Müller**
Have you ever heard of the starsage?
**[04:41] Sasaki**
Er... I'm afraid not.
**[04:43] Müller**
Until roughly a century ago,
**[04:45] Müller**
the Kingdom of Herz was a prosperous land,
thriving in magical technology.
**[04:50] Müller**
But due to exploitation at the hands
of a particular group of nobles,
**[04:53] Müller**
most of the mages left these lands.
**[04:57] Müller**
What managed to keep
the peace in their absence
**[05:00] Müller**
was an extremely skilled mage
known as the starsage,
**[05:04] Müller**
who worked tirelessly
on behalf of our kingdom.
**[05:09] Müller**
But that, too, ended a few years ago.
**[05:12] Müller**
A faction of nobles who resented
the favor His Majesty showed the starsage
**[05:18] Müller**
had that great mage killed.
**[05:20] Müller**
Thenceforth, this kingdom has been plagued
by corruption and decline,
**[05:24] Müller**
trudging toward ruin one step at a time.
**[05:27] Müller**
We nobles brought this fate upon ourselves
through our carelessness.
**[05:32] Müller**
So forgive me, Sasaki,
but I cannot accept your advice.
**[05:37] Müller**
I intend to give my last
breath serving this land
**[05:39] Müller**
and protecting my people
as a true lord should.
**[05:45] Sasaki**
I apologize for making such
a thoughtless suggestion.
**[05:48] Sasaki**
I fully understand your
position, Your Lordship.
**[05:51] Müller**
Then—
**[05:51] Sasaki**
I will do my best to meet your expectations.
**[05:55] Müller**
I am grateful for your generosity.
**[05:59] Sasaki**
However... in exchange,
I must ask you to make me a promise.
**[06:11] Guard**
Later, Sasaki! Come back soon!
**[06:13] Sasaki**
C-Certainly.
**[06:15] Sasaki**
Well, if you'll excuse me...
**[06:29] Guard**
Wh-Why, Count Dietrich!
**[06:31] Guard**
It is a pleasure to receive you, my lord.
**[06:38] Peeps**
Why did you ask such a promise of him?
**[06:42] Peeps**
You needn't concern yourself with me.
**[06:44] Sasaki**
It's okay. Don't you worry.
**[06:50] Sasaki**
Peeps, how do you think
the war will turn out?
**[06:53] Peeps**
It's highly likely that
this kingdom will lose.
**[06:58] Sasaki**
I see.
**[07:00] Peeps**
What do you wish to do?
**[07:02] Sasaki**
I'd like to help if I can.
**[07:06] Sasaki**
But...
**[07:07] Peeps**
It is true that there is
little we can do at this time.
**[07:11] Peeps**
My magic, however,
could easily turn the tides of war.
**[07:16] Peeps**
I am Piercarlo, the starsage
from a world not your own.
**[07:22] Peeps**
Before my power, a mere spat between
kingdoms would be easily quelled.
**[07:27] Peeps**
To bring destruction is a trivial thing.
**[07:29] Peeps**
To create, by comparison,
requires significantly more effort.
**[07:33] Peeps**
Hence, the relationship you
have built with this city
**[07:37] Peeps**
should not be surrendered easily.
**[07:42] Sasaki**
Let's think up a way to resolve things
without drawing too much attention.
**[07:45] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[07:58] Sasaki**
Did something happen?
**[08:02] French**
My old master wants me to sell
our ingredients to him at a reduced price.
**[08:07] Sasaki**
I see.
**[08:09] French**
I do feel indebted to him for teaching me,
**[08:12] French**
but you're the one who took me off
the street and gave me this restaurant!
**[08:16] French**
I won't betray your trust!
**[08:19] French**
M-My apologies. I'm speaking out of turn...
**[08:21] Sasaki**
No, I'm glad to hear the unvarnished truth.
**[08:25] Sasaki**
French-san, tell me if something
like this happens again.
**[08:30] Sasaki**
I'll try to come up with countermeasures.
**[08:32] French**
B-But...
**[08:34] French**
I don't want to cause
any trouble for you, sir.
**[08:37] Sasaki**
I want to keep you and this restaurant safe.
**[08:42] French**
S-Sir...
**[08:46] Sasaki**
*Viscount Müller was right.*
**[08:48] Sasaki**
* The price of foodstuffs*
* is already skyrocketing.*
**[08:52] Sasaki**
*I'm going to have to take action, and soon.*
**[08:59] Sasaki**
Is this the place?
**[09:01] Peeps**
The Kepler Trading Company...
**[09:03] Peeps**
Newsonia in the Republic of Lunge
is known for its prosperous trade,
**[09:07] Peeps**
and this is one of the top
trading companies in town.
**[09:09] Sasaki**
Let's get to it, then.
**[09:11] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[09:13] Joseph**
I say, this is quite a list of desired goods.
**[09:17] Sasaki**
I was under the impression that you
had a great deal in stock.
**[09:21] Joseph**
Do pardon my presumption,
**[09:24] Joseph**
but a purchase like this would
suggest a war is afoot.
**[09:27] Joseph**
I'm reminded that just a few days ago,
**[09:29] Joseph**
I heard from our southern branch
that local prices on food are on the rise,
**[09:34] Joseph**
and about tensions with a neighboring land.
**[09:38] Sasaki**
You have presumed correctly.
**[09:40] Sasaki**
I am procuring for a country at war.
**[09:42] Joseph**
I see. Very well.
**[09:44] Joseph**
But even if I sell you this stock,
**[09:47] Joseph**
won't it be difficult for you
to transport it back?
**[09:50] Joseph**
If things devolve before your return,
you'll suffer a grave loss.
**[09:54] Sasaki**
*He reminds me of a rep from a large company*
**[09:57] Sasaki**
*we dealt with frequently at my old job.*
**[09:59] Sasaki**
*He had the same self-assured way of speaking.*
**[10:03] Sasaki**
* He was always putting me*
* through the wringer.*
**[10:06] Sasaki**
No, I don't expect that to happen.
**[10:08] Sasaki**
I'm confident it will be put to good use.
**[10:10] Joseph**
You seem rather assured of that.
**[10:14] Joseph**
If I may, Mr. Sasaki...
**[10:16] Joseph**
You do not appear to be from this continent.
**[10:20] Sasaki**
There are situations in which it's easier
for someone like me to move around.
**[10:24] Sasaki**
Moreover, we believe that ensuring
good faith from merchants
**[10:30] Sasaki**
requires neither rank nor reputation,
**[10:32] Sasaki**
but the ability to make profit. Nothing more.
**[10:39] Sasaki**
*I'm glad I worked at a trading firm.*
**[10:41] Sasaki**
*Thank you, large company sales rep!*
**[10:44] Joseph**
Will you be patronizing
other trading houses?
**[10:48] Sasaki**
No, I mean to do business solely
with Kepler Trading.
**[10:53] Joseph**
How do you intend to pay?
**[10:56] Sasaki**
As it says on the order form,
**[10:59] Sasaki**
I'll pay in large gold coins
from the Kingdom of Herz.
**[11:03] Joseph**
Understood.
**[11:05] Joseph**
I agree to your terms.
**[11:09] Sasaki**
Thank you very much.
**[11:17] Müller**
I can hardly believe my eyes.
**[11:19] Müller**
You really did fill the
warehouse in mere days!
**[11:22] Sasaki**
Will this do?
**[11:24] Müller**
Sasaki, I do not know how
to thank you for what you've done.
**[11:29] Müller**
This will buy us a great deal of time.
**[11:33] Müller**
You've undoubtedly saved
countless lives with these supplies.
**[11:39] Sasaki**
I'm simply glad to be of service.
**[11:42] Müller**
Is it possible that, like the starsage,
**[11:46] Müller**
you know a spell to travel
instantly between locations?
**[11:52] Sasaki**
*Peeps was surprised by this as well,*
**[11:55] Sasaki**
* but I can't risk putting my*
* beloved pet in the crosshairs.*
**[11:58] Sasaki**
*I'll draw the heat to myself instead.*
**[12:02] Sasaki**
Your Lordship, might we keep this between us?
**[12:05] Müller**
Yes, I understand completely.
**[12:07] Müller**
I swear I shall never breathe a word of it.
**[12:10] Sasaki**
You have my thanks, my lord.
**[12:12] Sasaki**
By the way, may I ask the origin
of the starsage title?
**[12:17] Müller**
"He knows more spells than
there are stars in the night sky."
**[12:22] Müller**
That gave rise to the appellation
at some point.
**[12:25] Müller**
And indeed, I have never known a mage
with as vast a repertoire as the starsage,
**[12:31] Müller**
though he was bashful when
he heard others refer to him that way.
**[12:36] Sasaki**
I see.
**[12:38] Peeps**
*My name is Piercarlo.*
**[12:40] Peeps**
*I am the starsage, denizen of another world!*
**[12:43] Sasaki**
* For someone embarrassed by the title,*
* he sure came right out and said it.*
**[12:47] Sasaki**
*You cutie pie!*
**[12:49] Sasaki**
* Maybe my little starsage actually*
* likes his nickname quite a bit.*
**[12:57] Müller**
Thanks to you, I'll have
some leeway in my travel time.
**[13:02] Müller**
I won't have to overwork the horses either.
**[13:04] Sasaki**
I pray for your safety.
**[13:06] Müller**
Though our talk was brief,
**[13:08] Müller**
I was glad to speak of the starsage with you.
**[13:12] Müller**
Perhaps, had I strength
and bravery such as yours,
**[13:17] Müller**
I might have been able to save him.
**[13:24] Müller**
Truly, I am in your debt.
**[13:26] Müller**
I thank you, Sasaki-dono.
**[13:30] Sasaki**
*On the carriage ride home,*
**[13:32] Sasaki**
*either because of what the viscount said*
**[13:34] Sasaki**
*or maybe because the driver was there,*
**[13:37] Sasaki**
*Peeps didn't say a word.*
**[13:40] Sasaki**
* Then, roughly a month later*
* in the other world,*
**[13:45] Sasaki**
*ashen-faced Marc-san informed me*
**[13:48] Sasaki**
*that Viscount Müller had perished.*
**[13:52] Akutsu**
Sasaki-kun?
**[13:55] Akutsu**
Sasaki-kun.
**[13:56] Sasaki**
S-Sir?
**[13:57] Akutsu**
Are you all right?
**[13:59] Sasaki**
I-I'm fine. Excuse me.
**[14:02] Akutsu**
I'm sorry to call you here
on such short notice...
**[14:06] Akutsu**
but I've decided to promote you.
**[14:09] Akutsu**
The incident the other day
resulted in a multitude of injuries,
**[14:13] Akutsu**
creating a number of posts
in urgent need of filling.
**[14:17] sign**
National Police Agency,
Criminal Investigation Bureau
Special Crimes Unit
Inspector Sasaki
**[14:18] Sasaki**
"Inspector"?
**[14:21] Akutsu**
You may not appreciate being
promoted in this fashion,
**[14:25] Akutsu**
but I hope you understand.
**[14:26] Sasaki**
Yes, sir.
**[14:27] Sasaki**
I do understand.
**[14:30] Akutsu**
Then, for your next assignment,
**[14:32] Akutsu**
I'd like you to work with Hoshizaki-kun
again on psychic recruitment.
**[14:38] Akutsu**
Is there a problem?
**[14:41] Sasaki**
I don't have an issue recruiting psychics,
**[14:44] Sasaki**
but I'm not sure I'm comfortable
working with Hoshizaki-san.
**[14:48] Akutsu**
There are many ways to recruit a psychic.
**[14:52] Akutsu**
Sometimes we approach wild psychics based
on information extracted from police reports.
**[14:59] Akutsu**
Sometimes we attempt to negotiate with
psychics who have been working as irregulars.
**[15:09] Akutsu**
Would you still like to go solo?
**[15:11] Sasaki**
Please let me work with Hoshizaki-san!
**[15:14] Akutsu**
A wise decision.
**[15:15] sign**
National Police Agency,
Criminal Investigation Bureau
Special Crimes Unit
Inspector Hoshizaki
**[15:24] Sasaki**
*I hope Peeps is feeling a little better.*
**[15:30] Neighbor**
Good evening, mister.
**[15:32] Sasaki**
Oh, good evening.
**[15:34] Neighbor**
I hope you had a good day at work.
**[15:36] Sasaki**
Um, thanks.
**[15:37] Neighbor**
You seem busy lately.
**[15:40] Sasaki**
I guess I am.
**[15:42] Neighbor**
Say...
**[15:44] Sasaki**
Yes?
**[15:44] Neighbor**
Would you like me to give you
a shoulder massage sometime?
**[15:48] Sasaki**
A shoulder massage?
**[15:50] Neighbor**
You're always giving me so much.
**[15:52] Neighbor**
I'd like to thank you somehow.
**[15:54] Sasaki**
* She's made similar offers*
* several times before.*
**[15:57] Sasaki**
*But I can't possibly accept.*
**[16:00] Sasaki**
I appreciate the gesture, but no thank you.
**[16:04] Neighbor**
I see...
**[16:05] Sasaki**
Oh, I know.
**[16:07] sign**
Northern Melonpan Roll
**[16:07] sign**
Anpan
**[16:07] sign**
Filled with sweet red beans
**[16:07] sign**
Delicious Curry Bread
**[16:07] Sasaki**
You'd be doing me a big favor
by taking these off my hands.
**[16:11] Neighbor**
So many...
**[16:12] Neighbor**
But how is this a favor to you?
**[16:15] Sasaki**
I bought them trying to get
labels for a sweepstakes.
**[16:18] Sasaki**
But I can't eat them all myself,
so I'd appreciate it if you took them.
**[16:24] Neighbor**
Thank you very much.
**[16:27] Sasaki**
I'm home.
**[16:29] TV**
*There was another fire the other day.*
**[16:31] TV**
*That makes the third incident of this nature.*
**[16:35] TV**
*The police—*
**[16:36] Sasaki**
I-I'm back.
**[16:38] Sasaki**
I bought us some cake, Peeps.
**[16:41] Sasaki**
Want to split it?
**[16:52] Sasaki**
Hey, Peeps.
**[16:54] Sasaki**
Were you close with Viscount Müller?
**[16:56] Peeps**
I would not use that word precisely,
**[16:58] Peeps**
but we shared drinks a time or two.
**[17:02] Müller**
*Though our talk was brief,*
**[17:03] Müller**
*I was glad to speak of the starsage with you.*
**[17:08] Sasaki**
I see.
**[17:10] Peeps**
I'd thought he might
live a bit longer, at least.
**[17:13] Sasaki**
I don't suppose your world has spells
to bring people back from the dead.
**[17:18] Peeps**
Not strictly, no.
**[17:20] Peeps**
Does such a method exist here?
**[17:23] Sasaki**
I don't think so. Sorry.
**[17:29] Peeps**
No, you need not apologize.
**[17:32] Peeps**
To partake in the act of living means
that, someday, we must die.
**[17:36] Peeps**
It is likely that many others
died in the same incident as well.
**[17:41] Peeps**
To mourn every such death
is more than one can bear.
**[17:45] Sasaki**
* Peeps must be a little bit withdrawn*
* from the matters of this world.*
**[17:50] Sasaki**
* So maybe this will be nothing more*
* than lip service, but...*
**[17:56] Sasaki**
If there's absolutely
anything I can do to help you,
**[17:58] Sasaki**
feel free to ask anytime.
**[18:00] Sasaki**
I care deeply for you as my pet, after all.
**[18:06] Peeps**
You're quite the wordsmith
for a man of such humble means.
**[18:08] Sasaki**
Hey, I'm working on that part.
**[18:16] Peeps**
I choose to have high hopes.
**[18:18] Sasaki**
* After that,*
* concerned for the fate of the city,*
**[18:22] Sasaki**
* I returned to the other world*
* with Peeps, and...*
**[18:26] Sasaki**
I'm sorry to come by after hours.
**[18:28] French**
Don't even mention it.
**[18:30] French**
I'm always glad to have you here, sir!
**[18:33] Sasaki**
Well, how have things been since then?
**[18:36] French**
Just fine, thank you.
**[18:37] French**
My old master and his men haven't been back.
**[18:40] French**
But... it seems that news
of the viscount's death
**[18:43] French**
has inspired many to start leaving the city.
**[18:47] Sasaki**
I see.
**[18:48] Marc**
Sasaki-san! Is this where you've been?
**[18:51] Sasaki**
Marc-san?
**[18:52] Sasaki**
Is something the matter?
**[18:54] Marc**
Viscount Müller's butler has asked
to speak with us, you see...
**[19:02] Sebastian**
Allow me to make introductions.
**[19:03] Sebastian**
This is Viscount Müller's daughter, Lady Elsa.
**[19:08] Sasaki**
* Her hair's piled higher than those*
* bouffants that were in style for a while...*
**[19:13] Sasaki**
* I feel like that hair ornament*
* is gonna fall out any minute.*
**[19:17] Sebastian**
Pay your regards, my lady.
**[19:22] Sebastian**
My lady!
**[19:27] Elsa**
Good day to you.
**[19:30] Marc**
A succession crisis, you say?
**[19:33] Sebastian**
Yes.
**[19:33] Sebastian**
Following their father's passing,
**[19:35] Sebastian**
Lady Elsa's elder brothers,
Lord Maximilian and Lord Kai,
**[19:39] Sebastian**
are vying with each other to become
the next head of the household.
**[19:43] Elsa**
Yeah, Kai's an idiot.
**[19:45] Elsa**
Our house is done for if he takes over.
**[19:47] Sebastian**
My lady, you mustn't speak that way
in the presence of company.
**[19:51] Elsa**
It's true, though!
**[19:53] Sebastian**
I beg your forgiveness.
**[19:55] Sebastian**
My lady is quite close with
the eldest son, Lord Maximilian...
**[19:59] Sebastian**
and less so with Lord Kai.
**[20:02] Marc**
I understand the situation entirely.
**[20:03] Marc**
Now, what was it you wished to discuss?
**[20:06] Sebastian**
Right.
**[20:06] Sebastian**
That concerns my lady's safety, you see.
**[20:10] Sebastian**
I was hoping we might leave her in the
care of the Hermann Trading Company
**[20:14] Sebastian**
until the succession crisis is settled.
**[20:16] Marc**
What? E-Er...
**[20:19] Marc**
But...
**[20:20] Elsa**
Sebastian.
**[20:22] Elsa**
I keep telling you that
I don't need protection.
**[20:25] Sebastian**
But if I allowed something
to happen to you, my lady,
**[20:28] Sebastian**
I would be disgracing His Lordship's memory.
**[20:38] Marc**
I understand.
**[20:39] Marc**
Viscount Müller was always very kind to us.
**[20:43] Marc**
Though I'm sure you'll find us inadequate,
**[20:45] Marc**
you are more than welcome to impose upon us.
**[20:49] Sebastian**
I give you my thanks.
**[20:51] Sebastian**
My lady, I shall see to your brothers
and the estate in your absence.
**[20:57] Elsa**
You'd better.
**[20:59] Marc**
Lady Elsa, we will furnish
the best care we can.
**[21:03] Elsa**
Yeah, you'd better.
**[21:07] Marc**
Now, let us set about securing you
adequate lodgings at the shop.
**[21:12] Sasaki**
Er... may I ask what you wanted *me* here for?
**[21:15] Sebastian**
His Lordship once told me that you
had brought from a foreign land
**[21:21] Sebastian**
tools for communicating
and seeing objects across distances.
**[21:28] Sasaki**
Yes, I do carry such goods.
**[21:31] Sebastian**
Would you be willing
to provide me with one of each?
**[21:37] Sasaki**
* I can't see any immediate issue*
* with selling to Viscount Müller's butler...*
**[21:43] Sasaki**
* But something feels off.*
* I can't put my finger on it.*
**[21:49] Sasaki**
Of course.
**[21:51] Sasaki**
I'll acquire them with all due haste.
**[21:53] Sebastian**
Thank you very much.
**[21:55] Sebastian**
I am truly grateful for your aid.
**[22:08] Elsa**
Father...
# E4 - The Prince and the Sage
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UX4V97/the-prince-and-the-sage)
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**[00:00] Sebastian**
Yes, the plan is proceeding smoothly.
**[00:05] Sebastian**
There is no need for concern.
**[00:07] Sebastian**
Many of the nobles backing
the brothers are quite greedy.
**[00:13] Sebastian**
The master of House Müller used to keep
them at bay, but now that he's gone,
**[00:17] Sebastian**
producing the slightest gust of wind...
**[00:26] Sebastian**
will turn a spark into a fire.
**[00:29] Sebastian**
The rest will follow as planned.
**[00:31] Sebastian**
If you can see the marriage through,
all will proceed in your favor.
**[00:36] Sebastian**
Speaking of... you haven't forgotten
my request for compensation, I'm sure?
**[00:41] Sebastian**
Excellent.
**[00:43] Sebastian**
I'll finally be able to retire in style.
**[02:20] Elsa**
This "curry," as you call it, is scrumptious!
**[02:21] sign**
EP 4 The Prince and the Sage
**[02:24] Sasaki**
I'm glad that you like it.
**[02:27] Sasaki**
* Lady Elsa has been living in hiding with*
* the Hermann Trading Company for a while now.*
**[02:32] Sasaki**
*She finally seems to have settled in.*
**[02:38] Sasaki**
*Delicious!*
**[02:39] Sasaki**
*French-san is so talented.*
**[02:41] Sasaki**
* He did an amazing job*
* replicating the recipe I gave him.*
**[02:47] Elsa**
Your familiar is quite charming, isn't he?
**[02:51] Sasaki**
I'm so glad to have him.
**[02:53] Elsa**
I would like very much to pet him!
**[02:56] Sasaki**
Er, well...
**[03:01] Sasaki**
*It's okay?*
**[03:12] Elsa**
He's so soft! I just adore petting him...
**[03:18] Sasaki**
*Lucky her. I wish I could pet him, too!*
**[03:23] Elsa**
He's precious, isn't he?
**[03:27] Peeps**
Ow!
**[03:30] Sasaki**
*Oh, this is bad.*
**[03:33] Elsa**
D-Did this bird just talk?
**[03:39] Sasaki**
Er... I didn't hear anything.
**[03:42] Elsa**
You must have heard it!
**[03:44] Elsa**
He just said, "Ow!"
**[03:45] Sasaki**
I'm sure you must have imagined it.
**[03:48] Elsa**
No, I'm positive he spoke!
**[03:51] Marc**
L-Lady Elsa!
**[03:53] Marc**
You must return to the estate at once!
**[03:58] Marc**
These were found this morning
in the forest out back.
**[04:05] Elsa**
Th-These are... my brothers' swords.
**[04:08] Sasaki**
What happened to them?
**[04:11] Sebastian**
We searched the entire area,
**[04:13] Sebastian**
but all we found were traces of
what appeared to be a heated battle.
**[04:18] Sebastian**
I fear the worst.
**[04:22] Sebastian**
First your father, and now your brothers...
**[04:25] Sebastian**
Truly, no words of comfort could suffice.
**[04:28] Sebastian**
However, my lady,
**[04:30] Sebastian**
despite the depths of your suffering,
I must make a request of you.
**[04:35] Sebastian**
I implore you to assume your place
as the head of House Müller.
**[04:41] Sasaki**
Uh, I'm not sure now's the time...
**[04:45] Sebastian**
Under these unfortunate circumstances,
**[04:47] Sebastian**
Her Ladyship is the only one
with a claim to the title.
**[04:51] Sebastian**
Should she refuse,
the house will be dissolved.
**[04:56] Elsa**
Never!
**[04:58] Sebastian**
You may take the title in name only.
**[05:00] Sebastian**
I shall handle the affairs of the estate
until the time of your marriage.
**[05:07] Sebastian**
Please...
**[05:12] Elsa**
All right.
**[05:14] Sebastian**
You have my deepest gratitude.
**[05:17] Sebastian**
I pledge to you my utmost support.
**[05:25] Marc**
I'm sure they're evacuating.
**[05:28] Sasaki**
Evacuating?
**[05:30] Marc**
Yes.
**[05:31] Marc**
After hearing the king's forces
were broken at the front,
**[05:34] Marc**
many citizens have begun
seeking safer harbor.
**[05:36] Sasaki**
That's right. I'd heard that...
**[05:38] Marc**
I'm told the Ohgen Empire has already
begun attacking surrounding regions.
**[05:44] Marc**
I've seen several carriages
loaded with our wares.
**[05:49] Marc**
We ourselves were thinking of taking shelter
in the capital with Lady Elsa very soon.
**[05:55] Marc**
Would you care to join us, Sasaki-san?
**[05:59] Sasaki**
I appreciate the kind invitation,
**[06:02] Sasaki**
but you don't need to worry about me.
**[06:04] Marc**
Truly?
**[06:06] Marc**
I say, this is all terribly sad.
**[06:10] Marc**
Lady Elsa's first duty
as the head of her house
**[06:13] Marc**
may be to abandon the lands her family
has watched over for generations.
**[06:23] Peeps**
I have a request to make of you.
**[06:27] Sasaki**
You want to turn the tides of war?
**[06:32] Sasaki**
You got it. Let's do it.
**[06:34] Peeps**
I'm sorry to ask this.
**[06:36] Sasaki**
Well, shall we use
the usual teleportation spell?
**[06:39] Peeps**
No. We do not know
the enemy's current location.
**[06:42] Peeps**
When night falls, let us
travel there a different way.
**[06:45] Sasaki**
"A different way"?
**[06:51] Sasaki**
Th-This is incredible, Peeps!
**[06:54] Sasaki**
I'm actually flying!
**[06:56] Peeps**
You have machines called "airplanes"
in your world, do you not?
**[07:01] Sasaki**
We do,
**[07:02] Sasaki**
but being able to fly without technology
is something humanity has always dreamed of!
**[07:07] Sasaki**
Could you teach me how to use this spell?
**[07:10] Peeps**
Indeed. I'll do so next time.
**[07:17] Sasaki**
That's...
**[07:19] Peeps**
The Ohgen Empire's forces.
**[07:21] Sasaki**
What do we do?
**[07:22] Peeps**
Blow them away in a single blast.
**[07:24] Peeps**
There's no need to make them suffer.
**[07:27] Peeps**
Watch closely now.
**[07:29] Peeps**
You may learn this spell yourself someday.
**[07:39] Peeps**
I shall begin.
**[07:55] Sasaki**
In an instant...
**[07:57] Peeps**
Its area of effect can also
be focused into a single point.
**[08:00] Peeps**
It's really quite flexible.
**[08:02] Sasaki**
I-Is that so?
**[08:07] Peeps**
'Twas I who performed this deed.
**[08:10] Peeps**
You needn't torment yourself over it.
**[08:13] Sasaki**
Thank you, Peeps.
**[08:16] Peeps**
Now, shall we return?
**[08:33] Sasaki**
What the—
**[08:56] Sasaki**
Ow, ow, ow!
**[08:57] Sasaki**
I thought I was dead for a minute there...
**[09:43] Sasaki**
Viscount Müller?!
**[09:51] Adonis**
Thank you, uh...
**[09:54] Sasaki**
I should introduce myself.
My name is Sasaki.
**[09:57] Müller**
He's a foreign merchant
doing business in my domain.
**[10:01] Adonis**
Truly?
**[10:02] Adonis**
But what is a merchant doing out here?
**[10:05] Sasaki**
Oh, er...
**[10:07] Müller**
Your Highness.
**[10:08] Müller**
I guarantee that this man is not our enemy.
**[10:14] Adonis**
Understood.
**[10:15] Adonis**
Sasaki, you've saved my life.
**[10:17] Adonis**
You have my thanks.
**[10:19] Sasaki**
D-Don't mention it.
**[10:21] Müller**
Sasaki-dono.
**[10:22] Müller**
This is Adonis, the second prince
of the Kingdom of Herz.
**[10:27] Sasaki**
What?!
**[10:28] Sasaki**
*He's a prince?!*
**[10:30] Müller**
I must say, Sasaki-dono, I had no idea
you possessed the use of healing magic...
**[10:35] Sasaki**
It's nothing so impressive.
**[10:38] Sasaki**
In fact, if anyone's surprised here, it's me.
**[10:40] Sasaki**
I don't know how to say this.
**[10:42] Sasaki**
I was told that you'd... fallen in battle.
**[10:49] Müller**
It's true there was a pitched battle
**[10:51] Müller**
in which His Highness and I
were separated from our allies.
**[10:54] Müller**
It's no surprise they thought that.
**[10:57] Sasaki**
So that's what happened.
**[10:58] Adonis**
I'm sorry. Because you tried
to save me, you...
**[11:02] Müller**
It was my own incompetence that
left you in such a state, Your Highness.
**[11:06] Müller**
Sasaki-dono, we're attempting
to reach a nearby settlement.
**[11:11] Müller**
Would it be possible
for you to accompany us?
**[11:15] Sasaki**
But of course.
**[11:16] Sasaki**
I'll gladly travel with you.
**[11:20] Müller**
Then let us make haste.
**[11:39] Müller**
Leave this to me!
**[11:49] Sasaki**
Wow.
**[11:51] Sasaki**
That was brilliant.
**[11:53] Adonis**
I'm indebted to you both.
**[11:55] Adonis**
While I stood back helpless, you...
**[11:57] Müller**
I merely did my duty as your subject.
**[12:00] Müller**
Still, Sasaki-dono, I never knew you
had so many spells at your command.
**[12:06] Sasaki**
Well, I had a good teacher...
**[12:08] Müller**
I see.
**[12:09] Müller**
Your teacher must be quite talented indeed.
**[12:13] Sasaki**
Yes, I'd say so.
**[12:16] Sasaki**
*And he's absolutely adorable to boot!*
**[12:19] Müller**
I'd love to meet them sometime.
**[12:45] Sasaki**
If you'd be so kind!
**[13:04] Müller**
Your Highness, there are
simply too many of them.
**[13:08] Müller**
An elite orc may be leading them.
**[13:13] Adonis**
An elite one?
**[13:14] Müller**
Yes, far stronger than the standard kind.
**[13:18] Müller**
We'd need a full regiment to take it on.
**[13:20] Müller**
You should remain with Sasaki-dono
for your safety, Your Highness.
**[13:24] Adonis**
Understood.
**[13:36] Sasaki**
Hey, did I just hear—
**[13:57] Sasaki**
Viscount Müller!
**[14:06] Müller**
Forgive me.
**[14:07] Sasaki**
It's quite all right.
**[14:08] Adonis**
It will never end at this rate!
**[14:11] Sasaki**
Next time, I'll aim for the head.
**[14:13] Sasaki**
I might just get it to flinch.
**[14:17] Sasaki**
Now...
**[14:35] Peeps**
Pardon my late arrival.
**[14:37] Sasaki**
Peeps!
**[14:39] Sasaki**
I'm so glad you're safe.
**[14:46] Peeps**
An elite orc, hmm?
**[14:57] Müller**
That golem...
**[15:26] Peeps**
Elite specimens can be found in all species
of plants and animals—even humans.
**[15:32] Peeps**
You and I would both qualify
as elite specimens of humanity, even.
**[15:36] Sasaki**
What? We would?
**[15:37] Sasaki**
You're so knowledgeable, Peeps!
**[15:40] Sasaki**
* But that won't show up*
* on my next physical, will it?*
**[15:44] Peeps**
All knowledge has value,
even if it's never used.
**[15:48] Peeps**
I advise you to store it away in your mind.
**[15:52] Peeps**
Also, I apologize for
simply dropping you earlier.
**[15:57] Sasaki**
Oh, that's fine. I managed
to use magic to land safely.
**[16:01] Peeps**
My heart is lightened to hear it.
**[16:05] Müller**
Sasaki-dono, is that bird...
**[16:08] Sasaki**
Excuse me.
**[16:10] Sasaki**
This is my magic teacher.
**[16:14] Peeps**
Do forgive my lack of a greeting.
**[16:17] Müller**
No, I don't mind that part. It's just...
**[16:21] Müller**
Honored teacher,
might I ask you one question?
**[16:25] Peeps**
What is it?
**[16:27] Müller**
Could it be... that you're the starsage?
**[16:33] Peeps**
What makes you think so?
**[16:35] Müller**
Your spellcasting, your manner of speech...
**[16:38] Müller**
I shall never forget them.
**[16:40] Müller**
They perfectly match
that of a man I deeply admire.
**[16:46] Peeps**
It's been ages, Julius.
**[16:51] Adonis**
What?
**[16:53] Peeps**
I am glad to see you hale
and hardy as well, Adonis.
**[16:56] Adonis**
It has been far too long, Lord Starsage!
**[16:59] Peeps**
I crossed to another world in this form.
**[17:04] Peeps**
Forgive me for keeping silent.
**[17:06] Müller**
It is we who should apologize.
**[17:09] Müller**
The root of all this trouble was
the nobility's jockeying for status.
**[17:14] Müller**
I, who did nothing but stand by,
was complicit in your fate.
**[17:17] Peeps**
Do not let it trouble you.
**[17:19] Peeps**
Arise, Julius.
**[17:23] Peeps**
The starsage is dead.
**[17:25] Peeps**
I wish now to live a peaceful life
as this man's pet.
**[17:31] Sasaki**
He's the real reason we were able
to get you supplies the other day.
**[17:37] Sasaki**
He also annihilated Ohgen's forces.
**[17:41] Adonis**
You mean that light we saw...
**[17:44] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[17:46] Müller**
Incredible!
**[17:48] Sasaki**
Viscount Müller, Prince Adonis.
**[17:51] Sasaki**
Could I ask you to keep the matter
of the starsage's revival a secret?
**[17:57] Sasaki**
The only thing he wants now is peace.
**[18:00] Müller**
Naturally.
**[18:02] Adonis**
Yes, I swear to it.
**[18:05] Sasaki**
Thank you so much.
**[18:08] Peeps**
Let us return, then.
**[18:21] Servant**
M-My lord?
**[18:23] Servant**
And... Prince Adonis?!
**[18:26] Muller**
Indeed. We have returned.
**[18:29] Guard**
Th-The master of the house has returned!
**[18:34] Elsa**
Father?
**[18:37] Müller**
Elsa!
**[18:40] Elsa**
Father!
**[18:42] Elsa**
I'm so glad...
**[18:44] Elsa**
I'm so, so glad!
**[18:46] Müller**
Forgive me for worrying you, Elsa.
**[18:51] Marc**
Sasaki-san?
**[18:53] Sasaki**
H-Hello.
**[18:55] Marc**
Wh-What's the meaning of this?
**[18:58] Sasaki**
Oh, well...
**[19:00] Sasaki**
We just happened to run into them.
**[19:04] Sasaki**
It's a long story, but they're both
back safe and sound now.
**[19:08] Sasaki**
Ohgen no longer poses a threat,
**[19:11] Sasaki**
and you can rest easy for now.
**[19:13] Sasaki**
*It'd be way too complicated to explain,*
**[19:15] Sasaki**
*so I'll say case closed with that.*
**[19:18] Marc**
The threat is no more?
**[19:20] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[19:20] Sasaki**
I'm led to believe the Ohgen Imperial
Army was wiped out overnight.
**[19:26] Marc**
Incredible!
**[19:28] Maximilian/Kai**
Father!
**[19:30] Maximilian**
I'm so glad to see you safe.
**[19:32] Kai**
Welcome home, Father!
**[19:35] Elsa**
My brothers?
**[19:39] Müller**
You both played your roles well.
**[19:44] Müller**
I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Elsa.
**[19:46] Müller**
Give her the praise she deserves, you two.
**[19:49] Maximilian**
I'm sorry, Elsa.
This must have been hard for you.
**[19:52] Maximilian**
You did well.
**[19:54] Kai**
S-Sorry we tricked you.
**[20:01] Elsa**
You big, fat dummy!
**[20:02] Elsa**
Kai, you dummy!
**[20:04] Kai**
What?! Why me specifically?
**[20:09] Müller**
My sons, Maximilian and Kai.
**[20:13] Sasaki**
A pleasure.
**[20:14] Müller**
In truth, this was all
part of a plan I devised.
**[20:20] Sasaki**
It was?
**[20:22] Müller**
With the start of the war and an increase
in feuding among the noble factions,
**[20:27] Müller**
there were those in my orbit
who began acting strangely.
**[20:31] Müller**
In order to sniff out any traitors,
I sent false word that I'd died in battle.
**[20:37] Müller**
Then my sons faked a succession feud
and pretended to kill each other.
**[20:44] Müller**
I never thought I'd actually come
quite so close to death, however...
**[20:51] Sebastian**
I don't believe it.
**[20:53] Sebastian**
It was all an act,
and Her Ladyship was kept in the dark?
**[20:58] Maximilian**
Information was leaked
to the house of Count Dietrich.
**[21:01] Kai**
He wanted to force a marriage
between his second son and Elsa,
**[21:04] Kai**
effectively seizing control of our lands.
**[21:09] Sebastian**
That much is true...
**[21:12] Müller**
Count Dietrich is an excellent man.
**[21:17] Müller**
But at the same time, he is ruthless
and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
**[21:23] Müller**
Trust between us has been
on the wane for some time.
**[21:27] Müller**
I'll ask for the full story later.
**[21:30] Müller**
Take him away.
**[21:33] Sasaki**
*Viscount Müller surprises me yet again.*
**[21:38] Sasaki**
* Surely such masterful strategizing*
* is what's kept him alive this long.*
**[21:43] Sasaki**
*I can't even imagine how stressful*
**[21:46] Sasaki**
*the noble society of other worlds must be!*
**[21:49] Elsa**
Hey.
**[21:50] Sasaki**
Yes?
**[21:53] Elsa**
Th-Thank you for saving my papa.
**[21:58] Sasaki**
It was nothing.
**[22:00] Elsa**
That's all!
# E5 - A Magical Man and a Third World
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUKV8G5/a-magical-man-and-a-third-world)
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**[00:04] Neighbor**
* It's been several days*
* since I last saw my neighbor.*
**[00:10] Neighbor**
* I don't know if he's had a change*
* in his routine or work schedule.*
**[00:17] Neighbor**
*I don't know anything.*
**[00:20] Neighbor**
*I first met him years ago,*
**[00:22] Neighbor**
* and he's never gone more than three days*
* without coming home before.*
**[00:43] Neighbor**
Come back soon...
**[02:25] sign**
EP 5 A Magical Man and a Third World
**[02:37] Police**
Okay, that should cover it.
**[02:39] Police**
I appreciate your cooperation.
**[02:42] Bureau 1**
This falls under our jurisdiction, I'll bet.
**[02:45] Bureau 1**
We'll have to call in Hoshizaki-san
and that Sasaki guy.
**[02:51] Bureau 2**
Is Sasaki the guy who's been partnering
with Hoshizaki-san recently?
**[02:56] Bureau 2**
What's that about?
**[02:57] Bureau 1**
He's her water source.
**[02:59] Bureau 1**
I hear he can make rather large icicles.
**[03:02] Bureau 2**
Ah, poor guy.
**[03:07] Sasaki**
Wait, what?!
**[03:09] Sasaki**
Today's a workday?!
**[03:11] Sasaki**
That's weird...
**[03:12] Sasaki**
The time I spent in the other world shouldn't
have amounted to more than a day or two here.
**[03:20] Peeps**
A discrepancy of several days has arisen.
**[03:23] Sasaki**
Even with a margin of error,
**[03:24] Sasaki**
this suggests time is passing there
more than twice as fast now.
**[03:28] Peeps**
So the temporal distortion
is not standardized?
**[03:32] Peeps**
Or perhaps something has affected it.
**[03:35] Peeps**
You might consider checking the record.
**[03:37] Sasaki**
Good idea.
**[03:42] sign**
Other World Activity Log
**[03:42] sign**
Departure
**[03:42] sign**
Three Days' Time Since Return
**[03:42] sign**
Fight with enemy forces on the Rectan Plains
**[03:42] sign**
Revealed truth with Peeps, Viscount Müller, and Prince Adonis
**[03:42] sign**
Returned to Baytrium/Resolved House Müller succession dispute
**[03:42] sign**
Moved to capital city, Allestos, and spent a night in the palace (played board games with a maid)
**[03:42] sign**
Audience with the king of Herz/Appointed Knight of the Realm (Viscount Müller promoted to count)
**[03:42] sign**
Entrusted with managing Prince Adonis's personal assets
**[03:42] Sasaki**
Let's see...
**[03:45] Sasaki**
* We managed to cool the conflict between*
* the Kingdom of Herz and the Ohgen Empire,*
**[03:49] Sasaki**
* and the Müller succession dispute*
* worked itself out.*
**[03:53] Sasaki**
*In recognition for saving Prince Adonis,*
**[03:56] Sasaki**
*Viscount Müller was granted a palace post*
**[03:59] Sasaki**
*and the rank of count.*
**[04:02] Sasaki**
* And for my part, with but a word,*
* the king named me*
**[04:06] Sasaki**
* Knight of the Realm,*
* serving directly under the royal family.*
**[04:10] Sasaki**
* Prince Adonis also put me*
* in charge of his personal assets.*
**[04:11] sign**
Other World Activity Log
**[04:11] sign**
Departure
**[04:11] sign**
Three Days' Time Since Return
**[04:11] sign**
Fight with enemy forces on the Rectan Plains
**[04:11] sign**
Revealed truth with Peeps, Viscount Müller, and Prince Adonis
**[04:11] sign**
Returned to Baytrium/Resolved House Müller succession dispute
**[04:11] sign**
Moved to capital city, Allestos, and spent a night in the palace (played board games with a maid)
**[04:11] sign**
Audience with the king of Herz/Appointed Knight of the Realm (Viscount Müller promoted to count)
**[04:11] sign**
Entrusted with managing Prince Adonis's personal assets
**[04:16] Sasaki**
Nothing here strikes me as anything
that would affect the flow of time.
**[04:20] Peeps**
Indeed...
**[04:29] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san?
**[04:31] Hoshizaki**
Finally back, are you?
**[04:33] Hoshizaki**
You didn't even check in.
Just what have you been up to?
**[04:36] Sasaki**
Er, well...
**[04:39] Hoshizaki**
We've got work. Get ready this instant.
**[04:54] Hoshizaki**
Today's mission is to recruit a psychic.
**[04:57] Hoshizaki**
He's a high schooler in Saitama Prefecture.
**[05:00] Sasaki**
What? A high schooler?
**[05:02] Hoshizaki**
Unusual phenomena
believed to be of psychic origin
**[05:06] Hoshizaki**
have been occuring around him lately.
**[05:08] Hoshizaki**
Honestly, kids these days...
**[05:10] Hoshizaki**
It's like none of them learn any manners.
**[05:12] Sasaki**
"Kids these days"?
**[05:14] Sasaki**
Isn't he around your age?
**[05:17] Hoshizaki**
I comport myself based on my mental age.
**[05:21] Hoshizaki**
According to the investigation file,
**[05:24] Hoshizaki**
this boy's ability is pyrokinesis.
**[05:26] Hoshizaki**
It's roughly on the scale
of a small flamethrower.
**[05:30] Hoshizaki**
There's no sign of him using it at school.
**[05:33] Hoshizaki**
All suspected instances have occurred
close to his home,
**[05:36] Hoshizaki**
outside the presence of witnesses.
**[05:39] Sasaki**
Pyrokinesis, huh?
**[05:41] Sasaki**
I get it.
**[05:42] Sasaki**
So that's why they're sending you in?
Because you control water?
**[05:46] Hoshizaki**
Yep. The right person for the job.
**[05:49] Hoshizaki**
Now, let's extend our invitation!
**[05:52] Sasaki**
You make it sound so simple...
**[05:55] Sasaki**
Shouldn't we proceed with
more of a cautious investigation?
**[05:58] Hoshizaki**
What do you mean by that?
**[06:00] Hoshizaki**
He's only an E-rank psychic,
**[06:02] Hoshizaki**
the same as you.
**[06:04] Hoshizaki**
If we go in together,
I can't foresee any issues.
**[06:07] Sasaki**
Fair enough, but given what
happened the other day...
**[06:11] Sasaki**
You wouldn't want to get
burns on your face, would you?
**[06:17] Hoshizaki**
Chief Akutsu's given permission
to use guns if we have to.
**[06:23] Hoshizaki**
I see it. That's the place.
**[06:28] sign**
Head Teacher's Office
**[06:29] Hoshizaki**
The Bureau contacted
the school in advance.
**[06:32] Hoshizaki**
Ostensibly, we're running
an evaluation of all schools
**[06:34] Hoshizaki**
from the city to the suburbs.
**[06:35] sign**
Head Teacher's Office
**[06:46] Hoshizaki**
That's got to be him.
**[06:48] Sasaki**
Yeah.
**[06:49] Sasaki**
I felt the same way looking at his file,
**[06:51] Sasaki**
but he really does seem
like an average student.
**[06:54] Hoshizaki**
Even so, he's a psychic.
**[06:58] Hoshizaki**
Don't let your guard down.
**[07:00] Sasaki**
R-Right!
**[07:03] Hoshizaki**
This is our chance to make contact!
**[07:07] Delinquent**
The hell is this?
**[07:11] Delinquent**
Why'd you only bring 5,000 yen?
**[07:14] Boy**
S-Sorry.
**[07:16] Boy**
I don't get much in the way of allowance...
**[07:19] Delinquent**
So swipe it outta your parents' wallets!
**[07:21] Hoshizaki**
Honestly...
**[07:24] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san, wait!
**[07:26] Sasaki**
Let's watch a little while longer.
**[07:28] Hoshizaki**
What are you saying?
**[07:29] Hoshizaki**
If he uses his ability,
this'll turn dangerous!
**[07:32] Sasaki**
I don't think he will.
**[07:35] Sasaki**
His behavior suggests this bullying
has been ongoing for a while,
**[07:39] Sasaki**
including the past few weeks.
**[07:44] Sasaki**
But there have been no reported instances
of him using his power at school,
**[07:50] Sasaki**
which tells me he's been enduring
this treatment for a long time.
**[07:55] Hoshizaki**
I see.
**[07:56] Sasaki**
It would be better to make contact
when he's alone, right?
**[08:00] Hoshizaki**
Very well. I'll take your advice.
**[08:03] Sasaki**
Much obliged.
**[08:04] Sasaki**
*Still, I can't fully deny the possibility*
**[08:08] Sasaki**
* that this could escalate into the first time*
* he uses his power at school.*
**[08:23] Sasaki**
*It's painful to see.*
**[08:25] Sasaki**
*All the more reason not to interfere*
**[08:27] Sasaki**
*in a way that could hurt his self-esteem.*
**[08:30] Sasaki**
* That goes double if he's going*
* to join us in the future.*
**[08:34] Hoshizaki**
Incidentally, I have a suggestion of my own.
**[08:38] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[08:39] Hoshizaki**
Mind letting me handle contact
and negotiations with him?
**[08:45] Hoshizaki**
You can use the time to write
a report to the chief.
**[08:50] Hoshizaki**
And when that's done...
**[08:52] Hoshizaki**
You can do whatever you want.
**[08:54] Sasaki**
You're sure about that?
**[08:56] Hoshizaki**
Yes.
**[08:57] Hoshizaki**
If something happens, I'll contact you.
**[09:00] Sasaki**
Very well.
**[09:08] Sasaki**
That should do it.
**[09:14] Sasaki**
*When I worked in an office,*
**[09:16] Sasaki**
* I ate lunch from the convenience store*
* in the park nearly every day.*
**[09:20] Sasaki**
* To think I'm drinking fashionable*
* coffee in a cafe now...*
**[09:27] Sasaki**
*You never know what life has in store.*
**[09:32] Sasaki**
Welp, that wrapped up
sooner than I expected.
**[09:39] Sasaki**
* These suburban supermarkets are huge.*
* I bet it's fun to shop there.*
**[09:44] Sasaki**
*They probably have a great selection.*
**[09:47] Sasaki**
*Okay, maybe I'll buy a souvenir for Peeps!*
**[09:57] Boy**
They say February 2nd is crepe day!
**[10:01] Boy**
Did you know that?
**[10:03] Sasaki**
*That must be his girlfriend or something.*
**[10:08] Sasaki**
*Where is Hoshizaki-san?*
**[10:10] Sasaki**
*Is she watching them from afar?*
**[10:13] Sasaki**
*That's a rather stern expression.*
**[10:16] Sasaki**
*She doesn't seem to dislike being with him,*
**[10:19] Sasaki**
*but she looks weirdly tense somehow.*
**[10:22] Sasaki**
*Wait...*
**[10:23] Sasaki**
Have I seen her somewhere before?
**[10:28] Sasaki**
*Oh heck! I'm just now realizing...*
**[10:31] Sasaki**
* Am I doing something that would seem*
* super shady to a third party?*
**[10:34] Sasaki**
* A middle-aged man watching*
* two young people on a date?*
**[10:37] Sasaki**
*Yeah, that doesn't look great.*
**[10:39] Leader Delinquent**
Hey, hang on a minute here.
**[10:42] Leader Delinquent**
What are *you* doing alone with a girl?
**[10:45] Delinquent B**
Whoa, she's a total cutie, too!
**[10:48] Leader Delinquent**
Hey, girl. Wanna hang with us instead?
**[10:51] Leader Delinquent**
We could do some karaoke or something.
**[10:54] Boy**
L-Leave her alone!
**[10:57] Boy**
Sh-She said she doesn't like
that kind of thing...
**[11:00] Boy**
S-So...
**[11:02] Leader Delinquent**
Yeah, whatever.
**[11:03] Leader Delinquent**
Dump this loser and come with us, okay?
**[11:18] Hoshizaki**
Kindly keep your hands to yourself.
**[11:21] Leader Delinquent**
You little—
**[11:24] Boy**
D-Don't!
**[11:40] Hoshizaki**
No way...
**[12:27] Sasaki**
Are you all right?
**[12:29] Hoshizaki**
S-Sasaki?!
**[12:32] Sasaki**
Is that you, Hoshizaki-san?
**[12:34] Hoshizaki**
What in the world are you doing here?
**[12:37] Sasaki**
Well... I think I could
ask you the same question.
**[12:40] Hoshizaki**
Were you *following* us?
**[12:43] Sasaki**
Er, well... I happened
to catch sight of you, so...
**[12:48] Sasaki**
Though I didn't realize you
were the girl he was sitting with.
**[12:52] Sasaki**
I mean, I thought you seemed familiar, but...
**[12:58] Sasaki**
I didn't know you could look like
such a lovely young lady.
**[13:01] Hoshizaki**
Sh-Shut up!
**[13:03] Hoshizaki**
This felt like the best way to go about it.
**[13:07] Hoshizaki**
Wait... Is this part of your power, Sasaki?
**[13:10] Sasaki**
A-Actually, I don't really know.
**[13:14] Hoshizaki**
Well, whatever.
**[13:15] Hoshizaki**
What matters now
is covering up this incident.
**[13:18] Hoshizaki**
Summon your ice.
**[13:20] Hoshizaki**
As much of it as you can.
**[13:21] Sasaki**
Understood.
**[13:39] Hoshizaki**
That should do it.
**[13:40] Sasaki**
I get the impression you've done that before.
**[13:42] Hoshizaki**
Is that a problem?
**[13:43] Sasaki**
No, not at all...
**[13:47] Hoshizaki**
Now then, if this barrier-like field
was conjured by some other psychic,
**[13:53] Hoshizaki**
I would have expected them
to approach us by now...
**[13:57] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki.
**[13:58] Hoshizaki**
You're not... a magical girl, are you?
**[14:02] Sasaki**
Excuse me?
**[14:04] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san, you're not delirious
from oxygen deprivation, are you?
**[14:08] Hoshizaki**
But every known magical girl so far
has been a young girl...
**[14:14] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san, what's all this
about magical girls?
**[14:18] Sasaki**
Are you talking about some
animated show for children?
**[14:21] Hoshizaki**
You really don't know about them?
**[14:24] Sasaki**
What? N-No, I don't.
**[14:26] Hoshizaki**
All right.
**[14:28] Hoshizaki**
There are seven magical girls in the world.
**[14:31] Hoshizaki**
They're children who possess
mysterious magical powers.
**[14:34] Hoshizaki**
They can cause unusual phenomena
**[14:36] Hoshizaki**
in a fundamentally different
manner than psychics.
**[14:39] Hoshizaki**
One of the seven girls is Japanese,
**[14:41] Hoshizaki**
and she's been going
around killing psychics.
**[14:46] Hoshizaki**
I'm sure you have your share of questions,
**[14:49] Hoshizaki**
but would you mind
if we saved them for later?
**[14:55] Hoshizaki**
For now, we have to do
something about this barrier.
**[14:58] Hoshizaki**
If someone films and uploads this,
it'll be a massive headache.
**[15:02] Hoshizaki**
We'd take a pay cut for sure.
**[15:06] Sasaki**
Yes, the situation is quite serious.
**[15:24] Sasaki**
Is that...
**[15:30] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki, we need to flee.
**[15:33] Magical Pink**
Mister?
**[15:36] Hoshizaki**
Wait, Sasaki, you know her?!
**[15:38] Sasaki**
I met her scrounging for
leftover food near my apartment,
**[15:42] Sasaki**
and we talked for a bit.
**[15:45] Hoshizaki**
In that case, this barrier...
**[15:47] Magical Pink**
Are you a psychic, mister?
**[15:51] Sasaki**
Er, well...
**[15:53] Sasaki**
What exactly are you doing here?
**[15:55] Magical Pink**
I saw a fireball in the sky.
**[15:59] Sasaki**
A fireball?
**[16:00] Sasaki**
Are you sure you didn't just imagine it?
**[16:03] Magical Pink**
My beam got blocked, too.
**[16:05] Magical Pink**
There are at least two psychics here.
**[16:09] Sasaki**
Do you have some business with psychics?
**[16:12] Magical Pink**
I kill psychics.
**[16:14] Magical Pink**
I can't let them escape.
**[16:16] Sasaki**
Do you live in this area, by chance?
**[16:20] Magical Pink**
There's a big supermarket nearby.
**[16:23] Magical Pink**
They throw out a lot of food there,
**[16:26] Magical Pink**
so I sometimes come by to scrounge.
**[16:29] Sasaki**
I see.
**[16:31] Magical Pink**
Hey, mister, are you a psychic?
**[16:34] Sasaki**
No.
**[16:35] Magical Pink**
Then what are you doing here?
**[16:38] Sasaki**
It's a police officer's job to come running
when there's a commotion.
**[16:43] Magical Pink**
Police?
**[16:46] Sasaki**
See?
**[16:49] Sasaki**
*I'd at least like to get us out of here...*
**[16:54] Sasaki**
* If I could get her alone,*
* I'm sure we could resolve this.*
**[16:57] Shizuka**
My, my.
**[16:58] Shizuka**
So the magical girl's involved too?
**[17:03] Sasaki**
You're...
**[17:05] Hoshizaki**
Futari Shizuka?!
**[17:08] Sasaki**
"Futarishizuka"?
**[17:10] Sasaki**
Isn't that the name of a color?
**[17:12] Hoshizaki**
It's not her real name.
**[17:14] Hoshizaki**
We call her that because she always
wears that rich purple kimono.
**[17:18] Sasaki**
I see...
**[17:20] Hoshizaki**
Wait, this is no time
to be chatting about that!
**[17:24] Hoshizaki**
This couldn't get worse.
**[17:25] Shizuka**
Are you having trouble?
**[17:27] Shizuka**
I'd be happy to help, you know.
**[17:31] Magical Pink**
Are you a psychic?
**[17:33] Shizuka**
And what if I am?
**[17:35] Magical Pink**
I'll kill you.
**[17:57] Shizuka**
What in the world?
**[18:00] Shizuka**
What is this thing?
**[18:14] Hoshizaki**
You...!
**[18:21] Shizuka**
I was offering to help you.
**[18:23] Shizuka**
You never listen, do you, girl?
**[18:26] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki!
**[18:28] Hoshizaki**
Get out of here! Hurry!
**[18:36] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san!
**[18:37] Shizuka**
Rest easy. She's merely unconscious.
**[18:41] Shizuka**
I would hate to cause you issues
by doing any worse.
**[18:44] Sasaki**
*Why is this happening?*
**[18:47] Shizuka**
I have a request for you as well.
**[18:50] Sasaki**
A request... for me?
**[18:53] Shizuka**
Yes.
**[18:58] Magical Pink**
Mister, do you know that psychic?
**[19:09] Sasaki**
Very well.
**[19:11] Sasaki**
Let's cooperate for now.
**[19:13] Shizuka**
A wise decision.
**[19:15] Sasaki**
I'll remain here as decoy and support.
**[19:17] Sasaki**
Make contact when you see an opening.
**[19:20] Sasaki**
Though I'd prefer it if you'd
refrain from harming her...
**[19:24] Shizuka**
One moment. Are you acquainted
with that magical girl?
**[19:29] Sasaki**
Something like that.
**[19:32] Shizuka**
Very well.
**[19:41] Magical Pink**
So you are a psychic.
**[19:44] Sasaki**
No, I'm not!
**[19:46] Magical Pink**
What was that, then?
**[19:49] Sasaki**
This is magic!
**[19:51] Magical Pink**
Magic?
**[19:52] Sasaki**
Like you, I'm a magical gi—
**[19:56] Sasaki**
A magical man.
**[20:01] Magical Pink**
Did a fairy ask for your help too?
**[20:06] Sasaki**
A fairy? Well, I...
**[20:09] Shizuka**
Got you!
**[20:10] Magical Pink**
Don't interrupt.
**[20:19] Sasaki**
Where is the fairy who asked for your help?
**[20:22] Magical Pink**
It's gone now.
**[20:23] Sasaki**
Ah... Did it return to the land
of the fairies, perhaps?
**[20:27] Magical Pink**
It's dead.
**[20:30] Magical Pink**
I killed it.
**[20:32] Magical Pink**
This is its pelt.
**[20:34] Sasaki**
What do you mean... you killed it?
**[20:37] Magical Pink**
I never wanted to become a magical girl.
**[20:43] Magical Pink**
So I killed it.
**[20:46] Sasaki**
If I might change the subject,
**[20:49] Sasaki**
you seem able to use your
spells without incantations.
**[20:53] Magical Pink**
Incantations?
**[20:55] Sasaki**
In order for me to use my spells,
I have to recite incantations.
**[20:59] Magical Pink**
I accept that you are a magical man.
**[21:02] Sasaki**
Th-Thank you...
**[21:04] Magical Pink**
But why is a magical man
working with psychics?
**[21:10] Sasaki**
We just happened to run into each other.
**[21:13] Magical Pink**
Then am I allowed to kill her?
**[21:16] Shizuka**
What? For real?!
**[21:19] Sasaki**
Why is it that you hate psychics?
**[21:22] Magical Pink**
Psychics killed my family.
**[21:26] Magical Pink**
They killed my precious friends.
**[21:46] Magical Pink**
I'm leaving now.
**[22:06] Sasaki**
And there she goes.
# E6 - Interview and Wine and Dine
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G2XU0GNQJ/interview-and-wine-and-dine)
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**[00:02] Sasaki**
Thank you very much.
**[00:04] Sasaki**
I couldn't have done that without you.
**[00:06] Shizuka**
Think nothing of it.
**[00:07] Shizuka**
You'd do the same for me, I'm sure.
**[00:10] Sasaki**
So... what is it you wanted to ask me?
**[00:13] Shizuka**
I'd like to work for your employer.
**[00:17] Sasaki**
What?
**[00:18] Shizuka**
Would you be willing to scout me?
**[00:21] Sasaki**
I'm sorry, but I don't have
the authority to make that call.
**[00:26] Shizuka**
Perhaps you could put me in touch
with your superior, then?
**[00:31] Sasaki**
Might I ask why you want this?
**[00:34] Shizuka**
I've grown quite interested in you.
**[00:37] Sasaki**
Surely you jest!
**[00:38] Sasaki**
I'm a perfectly average middle-aged man.
**[00:41] Shizuka**
You create icicles and unleash electricity.
**[00:43] Shizuka**
I can't imagine what psychic power
could be at the root of it.
**[00:47] Shizuka**
You also blocked that magical girl's
Magical Beam, did you not?
**[00:52] Shizuka**
And I can't help but wonder if you're
hiding your abilities from the Bureau...
**[00:57] Sasaki**
*Sh-Sh-She's got me there!*
**[01:00] Sasaki**
What a... curious theory.
**[01:03] Shizuka**
Now, if you'll connect me with your superior,
**[01:05] Shizuka**
I won't breathe a word of this.
**[01:13] sign**
Akutsu
**[01:13] sign**
Incoming call
**[01:13] sign**
Accept
**[01:13] sign**
Reject
**[01:16] Sasaki**
Yes?
**[01:17] Akutsu**
*What in the world are you people off doing?*
**[01:17] sign**
In call
**[01:20] Sasaki**
*We traded fire with a magical girl on-site.*
**[01:23] Akutsu**
So that Iruma Air Base freighter
that went down was...
**[01:27] Sasaki**
* Destroyed by one*
* of the magical girl's attacks.*
**[01:31] Sasaki**
* I don't know why she let us go,*
* but we managed to get away, so...*
**[01:37] Akutsu**
I'm told a fireball was seen
at the time the freighter went down.
**[01:41] Sasaki**
Isn't the use of psychic powers permitted
when fighting a magical girl?
**[01:47] Akutsu**
*Very well.*
**[01:49] Akutsu**
* It's certainly easier for us*
* if that's what happened.*
**[01:53] Sasaki**
I do appreciate your understanding, sir.
**[01:55] Sasaki**
By the way, Chief,
**[01:56] Sasaki**
I've received an application request from
an unregistered psychic other than the boy...
**[02:03] Akutsu**
*And what kind of psychic are they?*
**[02:05] Sasaki**
Well, her name is Futari Shizuka...
**[03:40] sign**
EP 6 Interview and Wine and Dine
**[03:42] Sasaki**
He's agreed to interview you.
**[03:44] Shizuka**
Why, I'm so very grateful!
**[03:47] Sasaki**
May I ask you something?
**[03:48] Shizuka**
What is it?
**[03:50] Sasaki**
Assuming you get hired by the Bureau,
**[03:53] Sasaki**
the chief will likely have whatever residence
or business you give as your address
**[03:57] Sasaki**
bugged with a surveillance camera.
**[04:00] Sasaki**
You should pick a random time
to find and dismantle it.
**[04:04] Sasaki**
I'm sure it's against the rules
to tell you this,
**[04:08] Sasaki**
but you'll likely be treated as
a potential spy for some time,
**[04:15] Sasaki**
so I wanted to tell you while I could.
**[04:18] Hoshizaki**
Is that all true?
**[04:22] Sasaki**
Good morning, Hoshizaki-san.
**[04:25] Sasaki**
E-Er... what exactly do
you mean by "all that"?
**[04:28] Sasaki**
*If she overheard the part about my powers,*
**[04:31] Sasaki**
*things could get a bit awkward...*
**[04:33] Hoshizaki**
Does the chief really install surveillance
cameras in agents' homes?
**[04:39] Hoshizaki**
Tell me, Sasaki!
**[04:41] Hoshizaki**
It wasn't an exception he made for you?
**[04:45] Hoshizaki**
He really does that to all his agents?
**[04:48] Sasaki**
He said everyone gets
the same treatment, so...
**[04:53] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san, I'm sure he
has no underhanded motives.
**[04:58] Hoshizaki**
We've recovered our target.
**[05:01] Hoshizaki**
Let's return to the Bureau.
**[05:03] Sasaki**
Right...
**[05:04] sign**
Front Desk
**[05:04] sign**
Store on 1F
**[05:04] Hoshizaki**
And what exactly are you doing
with Futari Shizuka, anyway?
**[05:08] sign**
Store on 1F
**[05:08] Shizuka**
Why, I resent your tone.
**[05:11] Sasaki**
Um, if I may...
**[05:12] Sasaki**
There's somewhere I'd like to stop by first.
**[05:15] sign**
Plum Jam
**[05:17] sign**
Plum Jam
**[05:20] Shizuka**
What do we have here? You're a lover of jam?
**[05:23] Shizuka**
What fine tastes you have.
**[05:25] Sasaki**
Oh, no. I just heard using pickled
plums makes meat more tender.
**[05:30] Sasaki**
I don't particularly enjoy sour flavors,
so I thought this might work instead.
**[05:36] Shizuka**
It appears you understand
very little about plums.
**[05:45] Hoshizaki**
You two seem close.
**[05:47] Sasaki**
Huh?
**[05:48] Hoshizaki**
You and Futari Shizuka.
**[05:50] Sasaki**
I wouldn't say we're close, exactly...
**[05:52] Hoshizaki**
Then what's that all about?
**[05:54] Sasaki**
Oh, this?
**[05:56] Sasaki**
She said they were "true pickled plums."
**[06:00] Sasaki**
She's sharing from a homemade stash.
They've been pickling for years, she says.
**[06:05] Hoshizaki**
Heaven's sake...
**[06:06] Hoshizaki**
Do you realize how dangerous that woman is?
**[06:10] Hoshizaki**
Futari Shizuka's an A-rank psychic.
**[06:14] Hoshizaki**
Her psychic power is energy drain,
the ability to sap life force via touch.
**[06:19] Hoshizaki**
And not only does her touch drain,
it provides her incredible regenerative power.
**[06:23] Sasaki**
I see.
**[06:25] Sasaki**
That explains things.
**[06:26] Hoshizaki**
Moreover, despite how she looks,
**[06:28] Hoshizaki**
they say her real age is in the triple digits.
**[06:33] Sasaki**
Then do you think these pickled plums are...
**[06:38] Akutsu**
So, you two are finally back.
**[06:40] Akutsu**
The boy in question has been transferred
to the care of the relevant department.
**[06:44] Sasaki**
Oh, has he?
**[06:46] Hoshizaki**
Chief, I heard something
I want to confirm with you.
**[06:48] Hoshizaki**
Do you really put surveillance
cameras in agents' homes?
**[06:53] Akutsu**
What if we do?
**[06:55] Hoshizaki**
Do you honestly think that's acceptable?!
**[06:58] Akutsu**
I have the authority to do so.
**[07:00] Akutsu**
I don't leak the footage, obviously.
**[07:04] Hoshizaki**
That's not the issue here!
**[07:06] Hoshizaki**
It's sexual harassment!
**[07:08] Akutsu**
You can rest easy on that account.
**[07:10] Akutsu**
I'm gay. I have no interest in women.
**[07:17] Sasaki**
Chief, I think you're about to give some
other people the wrong impression...
**[07:21] Sasaki**
I'm the one who told her about this.
**[07:24] Akutsu**
You have no reason to worry either.
**[07:26] Akutsu**
You're not my type at all.
**[07:29] Akutsu**
Besides, I'm not the kind of fool
who would date within the Bureau.
**[07:33] Hoshizaki**
It's still no excuse to use cameras!
**[07:35] Akutsu**
The surveillance cameras I've installed
have caught no shortage of spies.
**[07:41] Akutsu**
Knowing that, would you still
sing the same tune?
**[07:45] Hoshizaki**
At any rate... could you please
remove my camera immediately?
**[07:50] Akutsu**
Very well. I'll see to it at once.
**[07:53] Akutsu**
By the way, what might that be?
**[07:56] Sasaki**
These? They're pickled plums.
**[08:00] Sasaki**
Oh, do you like pickled plums?
**[08:03] Akutsu**
I'm quite discerning about them, in fact.
**[08:06] Sasaki**
Would you like to try one?
**[08:08] Akutsu**
You're sure?
**[08:09] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[08:10] Akutsu**
In that case...
**[08:12] Akutsu**
Well, that looks quite good.
**[08:22] Sasaki**
* That's... I've never seen that*
* expression on Chief Akutsu's face!*
**[08:28] Akutsu**
This is certainly one of the finest
pickled plums I've ever tasted.
**[08:33] Hoshizaki**
You mean... they're good?
**[08:36] Akutsu**
You haven't had one yet?
**[08:38] Sasaki**
No. I like pickled plums well enough,
but I have a hard time with sour things.
**[08:43] Sasaki**
* Pickled plum ochazuke to close out*
* a night of drinking is great, though.*
**[08:48] Akutsu**
Then it's on you, Hoshizaki-kun.
**[08:51] Akutsu**
It's rare you encounter plums of this level.
**[08:54] Akutsu**
I can tell these were pickled
**[08:56] Akutsu**
by someone with a deep love of food
and refined sensibilities.
**[09:05] Sasaki**
A-Are you all right?
**[09:09] Akutsu**
Now, Sasaki-kun,
**[09:11] Akutsu**
about scheduling the interview in question...
**[09:13] Hoshizaki**
What interview?
**[09:15] Sasaki**
* She's enduring the sourness*
* through force of will!*
**[09:18] Akutsu**
Futari Shizuka-kun seems to have
asked Sasaki-kun to arrange one.
**[09:22] Akutsu**
I'm sorry, Hoshizaki-kun,
but the interview *will* go through.
**[09:32] Sasaki**
*Today was even more exhausting than usual.*
**[09:35] Shizuka**
You were out late.
**[09:37] Shizuka**
Working overtime?
**[09:42] Sasaki**
G-Good evening.
**[09:46] Shizuka**
Would you consider letting me
lodge with you this evening?
**[09:51] Sasaki**
What?
**[09:52] Sasaki**
Um, er... why?
**[09:55] Shizuka**
A listening device and thermal camera.
**[09:58] Sasaki**
What about them?
**[10:01] Shizuka**
I was spying on your place and saw
something like a bird just talking away.
**[10:08] Sasaki**
*The "thermal" part is likely a bluff.*
**[10:11] Sasaki**
* She probably installed*
* a regular camera just like my boss!*
**[10:14] Shizuka**
A bird, gazing at the computer
screen and murmuring to itself...
**[10:18] Shizuka**
Isn't that a curious thing?
**[10:20] Shizuka**
Emissaries from the fairy world
**[10:23] Shizuka**
sometimes possess the bodies
of beasts to visit ours.
**[10:28] Sasaki**
Um... what on Earth are you talking about?
**[10:31] Shizuka**
I could share this memory card
with your superiors...
**[10:38] Shizuka**
I'm just joking, of course.
**[10:40] Shizuka**
Still, you're quite lax with your
personal security, aren't you?
**[10:46] Shizuka**
The psychics of this nation do not
look kindly on magical girls.
**[10:51] Shizuka**
You may feel safe, having
acquired your status as an agent,
**[10:54] Shizuka**
but you really should take better care.
**[10:58] Sasaki**
*I see.*
**[10:59] Sasaki**
* She actually believed that*
* "magical man" stuff I made up?*
**[11:05] Sasaki**
Futari Shizuka-san,
what exactly do you want from me?
**[11:09] Shizuka**
My former organization is after me.
**[11:13] Sasaki**
In other words, you want to join forces?
**[11:15] Sasaki**
I think I understand your situation,
**[11:18] Sasaki**
but helping you will require me
to take on extra risk.
**[11:23] Shizuka**
I'm wealthier than I might appear.
**[11:26] Shizuka**
Perhaps we could strike a monetary deal?
**[11:30] Sasaki**
*A very appealing proposal!*
**[11:32] Sasaki**
* Spending my income on supplies for the other*
* world has left me scraping by in this one!*
**[11:34] sign**
Sugar
**[11:38] Sasaki**
I wouldn't say no, for the right price.
**[11:42] Shizuka**
Is that so?
**[11:43] Sasaki**
But it's not entirely up to me to decide.
**[11:47] Sasaki**
Will you give me time to discuss it?
**[11:49] Sasaki**
Let's speak again tomorrow.
**[11:51] Shizuka**
But can't I stay the night?
**[11:53] Shizuka**
I'm in truly dire straits, you know!
**[11:57] Shizuka**
Just how uncooperative are you?
**[11:59] Sasaki**
*Before I work with Futari Shizuka in earnest,*
**[12:01] Sasaki**
*I need to get my story straight with Peeps.*
**[12:05] Sasaki**
* And I need to do another check for*
* surveillance cameras in my apartment!*
**[12:13] Peeps**
My name is Piercarlo.
**[12:15] Peeps**
I'm told you wish to take shelter here.
**[12:18] Peeps**
How much are you offering in recompense?
**[12:21] Shizuka**
You're quite receptive to the idea, I see.
**[12:25] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[12:26] Sasaki**
* After we spoke, I told Peeps what had*
* happened, and we discussed what to do next.*
**[12:32] Sasaki**
*He had several qualms with the situation,*
**[12:34] Sasaki**
* but in the end, his hopes of eating*
* chateaubriand once a month won out.*
**[12:43] Peeps**
There is merely one thing I must confirm.
**[12:46] Shizuka**
What is it?
**[12:47] Peeps**
Would you object to
non-monetary forms of payment?
**[12:50] Sasaki**
Peeps?
**[12:52] Peeps**
The way you've built your wealth
**[12:54] Peeps**
suggests you have go-betweens
who will buy things of great value.
**[13:00] Peeps**
We lack such connections at the moment.
**[13:04] Peeps**
So, as payment for housing you,
**[13:06] Peeps**
would you share some
of those resources with us?
**[13:09] Shizuka**
I have no objection,
**[13:11] Shizuka**
but what does your partner think?
**[13:14] Peeps**
Do you agree?
**[13:16] Sasaki**
I certainly share Peeps's
interest on that front.
**[13:20] Sasaki**
But I'd like to avoid doing anything that
might bring on the wrath of my employers.
**[13:25] Shizuka**
I see.
**[13:26] Shizuka**
May I assume you have something to sell?
**[13:30] Shizuka**
Something you've brought
from the fairy world, no less?
**[13:34] Peeps**
Indeed, we do.
**[13:37] Shizuka**
What is it you intend to sell?
**[13:39] Peeps**
Precious metals, for the time being.
**[13:42] Sasaki**
* We've struggled with converting our*
* other-world earnings into Japanese yen.*
**[13:47] Sasaki**
* I'd be great if her go-betweens*
* could solve that problem for us...*
**[13:52] Shizuka**
Are these minerals that
exist in this world as well?
**[13:56] Peeps**
Hmm? Why?
**[13:59] Shizuka**
Bringing the wrong thing over could
potentially have grave consequences.
**[14:04] Shizuka**
Although, that would be
intriguing in its own right...
**[14:08] Shizuka**
Either way, I can't speak to an item's value
until I see it with my own eyes.
**[14:13] Peeps**
We'll have it ready soon.
**[14:15] Shizuka**
I simply can't wait to see!
**[14:18] Shizuka**
What a thrill!
I feel like a young girl again.
**[14:20] Sasaki**
Futari Shizuka-san, it's about time.
**[14:23] Shizuka**
Oh, of course.
**[14:26] Sasaki**
It's good to see you, sir.
**[14:27] Akutsu**
*Good to see you, Sasaki-kun.*
**[14:30] Sasaki**
This is Futari Shizuka-san.
**[14:32] Shizuka**
I'm most grateful you've taken time
out of your busy day to speak with me.
**[14:38] Akutsu**
*Your desire to join the Bureau is genuine?*
**[14:42] Shizuka**
Yes, quite so.
**[14:43] Akutsu**
*Can you offer any evidence of that?*
**[14:46] Akutsu**
* You're a high-ranking official*
* of an enemy organization.*
**[14:50] Akutsu**
* Without a token of good faith,*
* I'm afraid I can't accept your request.*
**[14:55] Shizuka**
Your reaction is only natural.
**[14:58] Akutsu**
Even so, you are a talented psychic.
**[15:02] Shizuka**
*I dearly hope you consider it.*
**[15:05] Akutsu**
We can't take you on as
a full employee at this time.
**[15:08] Akutsu**
But I'd be willing to try you
out on a contract basis.
**[15:14] Shizuka**
*Ah, I see.*
**[15:15] Shizuka**
I'd be happy to help your operation
under that arrangement.
**[15:22] Akutsu**
Very well.
**[15:23] Shizuka**
But where precisely do I stand personally?
**[15:27] Shizuka**
If I may work under the Bureau's aegis,
I don't mind it being mere contract labor...
**[15:33] Shizuka**
But I would hate to not have
any proof of affiliation.
**[15:38] Akutsu**
* Regarding that, I intend to leave*
* you under Sasaki-kun's supervision.*
**[15:45] Sasaki**
Please hold on, Chief!
**[15:48] Sasaki**
Have you forgotten that I only
recently joined the Bureau myself?
**[15:52] Akutsu**
*I haven't forgotten.*
**[15:54] Akutsu**
* But it's my personal policy*
* to promote skilled agents,*
**[15:57] Akutsu**
*regardless of their tenure with us.*
**[16:01] Sasaki**
* And here I was excited*
* for the chief's reaction*
**[16:03] Sasaki**
*when I dropped Futari Shizuka into his lap...*
**[16:06] Sasaki**
I barely have any authority.
**[16:09] Sasaki**
I would struggle to respond promptly
if anything were to go wrong.
**[16:12] Akutsu**
* In that case, I'll see that you're given*
* the same authority as Hoshizaki-kun.*
**[16:18] Sasaki**
What?
**[16:19] Akutsu**
*As I'm sure you know,*
**[16:21] Akutsu**
* our hierarchy doesn't work like that*
* of the other central agencies.*
**[16:24] Akutsu**
*I have full discretion with our employees.*
**[16:27] Akutsu**
*You should be happy, Sasaki-kun.*
**[16:30] Akutsu**
* Two promotions in your first few weeks*
* is unprecedented in our agency.*
**[16:37] Akutsu**
*This concludes the interview.*
**[16:39] Akutsu**
*I leave the rest to you, Sasaki-kun.*
**[16:42] sign**
Mizumura
**[16:47] Shizuka**
Day drinking on the taxpayer's dime
is a truly exquisite experience!
**[16:51] Sasaki**
Yes, I suppose.
**[16:53] Shizuka**
By the way, what became of my pickled plums?
**[16:57] Sasaki**
Oh, those...
**[17:02] Shizuka**
Have you tried cooking meat with them yet?
**[17:05] Sasaki**
Oh, er, not yet.
**[17:08] Shizuka**
You haven't tasted them at all, then?
**[17:10] Sasaki**
Well, I shared them with my coworkers.
**[17:15] Shizuka**
I'm sure they all enjoyed the
taste of true pickled plums.
**[17:19] Sasaki**
It's hard to say if they
enjoyed them or not,
**[17:23] Sasaki**
but I certainly saw some novel expressions.
**[17:26] Shizuka**
Novel expressions?
**[17:27] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[17:29] Sasaki**
As if they'd lowered their guard, I suppose.
**[17:32] Sasaki**
I'm glad you gave me these pickled plums.
**[17:35] Shizuka**
I believe I understand
why your superiors trust you.
**[17:40] Shizuka**
You are charmingly honest.
**[17:44] Sasaki**
No, the boss just believes
in rewarding performance.
**[17:47] Sasaki**
You played a large part in
earning his favor, I'm sure.
**[17:50] Shizuka**
I see. Your fate is linked to mine, then.
**[17:54] Sasaki**
Even if you stumble,
I'll do my best to compensate.
**[18:00] Shizuka**
Oh? Putting on airs to my face?
**[18:03] Sasaki**
I'd be uneasy if I didn't say
at least that much.
**[18:06] Sasaki**
And even if it is contract work,
you still got hired.
**[18:10] Sasaki**
Please do your best to recruit
your old allies.
**[18:13] Shizuka**
Personally, I'd love to spread juicy rumors
**[18:17] Shizuka**
that I've begun an affair with an agent.
**[18:20] Sasaki**
Huh?
**[18:21] Sasaki**
*That could end up blowing back on me...*
**[18:24] Sasaki**
*Affairs aside,*
**[18:27] Sasaki**
* given that I'm asking her to fence*
* my assets from the other world,*
**[18:31] Sasaki**
* instead of just earning her trust,*
* I should probably offer her my aid too.*
**[18:37] Sasaki**
Are you familiar with the
magical girls' Magical Field?
**[18:41] Shizuka**
The mysterious technique that
lets them travel anywhere instantly?
**[18:45] Sasaki**
If anything happens,
I'll come to help you right away.
**[18:49] Shizuka**
Really?
**[18:50] Sasaki**
Yes. You have my word.
**[18:54] Hoshizaki**
I've been looking all over for you, Sasaki.
**[18:57] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san?
**[18:58] Hoshizaki**
I hear you got put in charge
of Futari Shizuka.
**[19:02] Hoshizaki**
Even if that's the case,
what in the world are you up to?
**[19:06] Sasaki**
Chief's orders...
**[19:08] Hoshizaki**
I'm sure he didn't think you'd actually
take your subordinate out drinking!
**[19:13] Sasaki**
Huh?
**[19:14] Sasaki**
Was he kidding about that?
**[19:17] Shizuka**
Well, don't just stand there.
**[19:19] Shizuka**
We're a drink ahead of you.
**[19:21] Shizuka**
You're welcome to place an order of your own.
**[19:25] Sasaki**
Um, Hoshizaki-san,
**[19:27] Sasaki**
if you haven't eaten yet, why not join us?
**[19:35] Hoshizaki**
Very well.
**[19:43] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki, I need to speak with you.
**[19:45] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[19:47] Hoshizaki**
Um...
**[19:50] Sasaki**
Actually, there's something
I need to ask you, too.
**[19:54] Hoshizaki**
What is it?
**[19:56] Sasaki**
I heard that your psychic power
is manipulating liquids.
**[19:59] Sasaki**
Does that include human bodily fluids?
**[20:04] Hoshizaki**
Well, if I touch them after they've left
the body, I can control them.
**[20:11] Sasaki**
So you can't do that
if they're still under the skin?
**[20:14] Hoshizaki**
I've tried in the past, but it's never worked.
**[20:19] Sasaki**
* If she could manage it, it would be*
* an excellent check against Futari Shizuka.*
**[20:25] Sasaki**
* It was an idea I had while considering*
* my continued association*
**[20:28] Sasaki**
*with our dangerous contractor.*
**[20:31] Hoshizaki**
Hey, Sasaki?
**[20:32] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[20:34] Hoshizaki**
Yesterday was so chaotic,
I never got to thank you.
**[20:38] Sasaki**
You don't need to thank me.
**[20:40] Sasaki**
It was just a series of coincidences.
**[20:43] Hoshizaki**
Even if it was a coincidence,
you still saved me.
**[20:47] Hoshizaki**
Because you covered for me,
I get to keep doing my job.
**[20:56] Hoshizaki**
A thank-you.
**[21:00] Sasaki**
A rolled omelet?
**[21:02] Hoshizaki**
You said you like pickled plums,
but not their sourness, right?
**[21:06] Hoshizaki**
I heard from a friend
**[21:07] Hoshizaki**
that if you seal them in egg, you can enjoy
their flavor with less intensity.
**[21:11] Sasaki**
So you made this yourself?!
**[21:14] Hoshizaki**
Keep it down, will you?!
**[21:15] Sasaki**
S-Sorry.
**[21:17] Hoshizaki**
Well... you can eat them when
you get home, if you'd rather.
**[21:25] Hoshizaki**
Hey! Why are *you* eating them?!
**[21:29] Shizuka**
His fate is linked to mine, after all.
**[21:32] Shizuka**
I'm testing it for poison.
**[21:33] Hoshizaki**
It's clearly not poisoned!
**[21:35] Sasaki**
Hey, these are great.
**[21:38] Hoshizaki**
Oh? Really?
**[21:40] Sasaki**
The addition of mayonnaise
might bring out the flavor...
**[21:44] Hoshizaki**
Hey!
**[21:45] Shizuka**
Yes?
**[21:46] Hoshizaki**
How is she someone with "a deep love
of food and refined sensibilities"?
**[21:52] Shizuka**
What are you talking about?
**[21:54] Shizuka**
Could it be you're jealous
of our close relationship?
**[21:59] Shizuka**
Say "ah"!
**[22:03] Hoshizaki**
Um, of... of course not...
# E7 - Martial and Political Force
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G8WUN17M4/martial-and-political-force)
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**[00:06] Samurai**
Slay him!
**[00:19] Man in White**
Wh-Who *are* you?
**[00:21] Wanderer**
I am naught but a wanderer.
**[00:43] King**
Our country currently faces
an unprecedented peril.
**[00:48] King**
The destruction of the
Ohgen Empire's forces in the field
**[00:51] King**
was but collateral damage from
a clash between great war criminals.
**[00:55] King**
Our nations will surely
clash again in the near future.
**[00:59] King**
Therefore, in order to ensure our kingdom's
prosperity and to regain its past glory,
**[01:04] King**
I hereby proclaim a new policy.
**[01:08] King**
All who stand in the line of succession
**[01:11] King**
shall have equal influence
in matters of state.
**[01:14] King**
After five years, whosoever
has made the greatest contribution
**[01:18] King**
will be made heir to the throne
of the Kingdom of Herz.
**[02:58] Messenger**
I heard the whole story, Marc-san!
**[02:59] sign**
EP 7 Martial and Political Force
**[03:00] Messenger**
You got an early tip about the war ending
**[03:02] Messenger**
and made quite a profit off of it!
**[03:05] Marc**
I just got lucky.
**[03:07] Messenger**
You're so humble.
**[03:09] Messenger**
Our clients are all talking
about what a great job you did.
**[03:13] Messenger**
I bet you'll be the manager
yourself before—
**[03:18] Messenger**
Look out!
**[03:19] Marc**
Ow, ow, ow...
**[03:20] Messenger**
Are you all right, Marc-san?!
**[03:22] Aide**
You!
**[03:22] Aide**
A commoner striking Count
Dietrich's carriage?!
**[03:25] Aide**
The absolute insolence!
**[03:26] Marc**
Er, I didn't mean...
**[03:33] Messenger**
*Manager Hermann?*
**[03:35] sign**
Caster Sugar
**[03:35] sign**
Caster Sugar
**[03:35] sign**
Caster Sugar
**[03:36] Sasaki**
Transceivers, check.
**[03:37] Sasaki**
Binoculars, check.
**[03:39] Sasaki**
That one, check.
**[03:40] Sasaki**
This one, check.
**[03:42] Sasaki**
Everything, check.
**[03:45] Sasaki**
Peeps? What is it?
**[03:48] Peeps**
Ah, it's nothing.
**[03:50] Sasaki**
Really?
**[03:53] Sasaki**
Well, let's get to Marc-san and—
**[03:56] Sasaki**
Come in.
**[03:58] Mary**
Pardon me.
**[04:00] Sasaki**
Is something the matter?
**[04:03] Mary**
Sasaki-sama, a message from Count Müller.
**[04:11] Guard**
S-Sasaki-sama!
**[04:13] Guard**
W-Welcome to the estate!
**[04:15] Sasaki**
Oh, er, hello.
**[04:19] Sasaki**
* He was more casual*
* the last time we talked.*
**[04:25] Müller**
Thank you for coming, Sasaki-dono.
**[04:27] Müller**
And Lord Starsage, I am honored
to see you here as well.
**[04:30] Peeps**
'Tis of little consequence.
**[04:32] Peeps**
Your word is my command.
**[04:33] Müller**
"'Tis"?
**[04:35] Sasaki**
*He's been watching too many samurai dramas.*
**[04:37] Sasaki**
* Though the language doesn't*
* really fit his mannerisms.*
**[04:41] Sasaki**
Could I ask what this is about?
**[04:45] Müller**
His Majesty announced
a new policy the other day.
**[04:50] Müller**
It's caused unprecedented
upheaval in the kingdom,
**[04:55] Müller**
primarily among the privileged classes—
the royalty and nobility.
**[04:59] Müller**
I was hoping to pass the news on to you.
**[05:01] Sasaki**
I'd greatly appreciate that.
**[05:04] Sasaki**
We're always eager to know more
about what's happening in the world.
**[05:09] Müller**
The war with Ohgen caused the king
**[05:11] Müller**
to despair over our nation's future.
**[05:13] Müller**
He's giving equal influence in state matters
to everyone in line for the throne,
**[05:18] Müller**
and after five years, he intends to name
**[05:20] Müller**
whoever has made the greatest
contribution heir to the throne.
**[05:25] Peeps**
When one kingdom invades another,
**[05:26] Peeps**
the demise of the losing kingdom's
royal family is assured.
**[05:30] Peeps**
Still, this is all quite sudden.
**[05:33] Peeps**
Has something happened to His Majesty?
**[05:35] Müller**
Forgive me. I'm afraid I'm not sure.
**[05:39] Peeps**
Is anyone in particular vying
for the throne?
**[05:42] Müller**
The majority of the nobles support
either the first prince, Louis,
**[05:46] Müller**
or the second prince, Adonis.
**[05:49] Peeps**
I see. Such a conflict is inevitable.
**[05:52] Peeps**
The news must have come as
a shock to them as well.
**[05:55] Müller**
Yes. It has intensified factional
friction among the nobles.
**[06:00] Müller**
Some have already perished as a result.
**[06:03] Müller**
Therefore, Sasaki-dono,
**[06:05] Müller**
I suggest that you leave
this kingdom immediately
**[06:08] Müller**
and head to the Republic of Lunge.
**[06:11] Müller**
His Highness would be furious
if he knew I was saying this,
**[06:16] Müller**
but you needn't remain here to aid us.
**[06:18] Müller**
I have a few connections
in the Republic of Lunge.
**[06:22] Müller**
I can see to it that
you make it there safely.
**[06:25] Müller**
And knowing you, I'm sure you'll
find great success there.
**[06:31] Sasaki**
* I've never had a boss say*
* anything like that to me before.*
**[06:35] Sasaki**
*I'm too old to be tearing up like this...*
**[06:40] Sasaki**
I know you mean well, Count Müller,
**[06:43] Sasaki**
but I intend to keep doing business
in this city for the foreseeable future.
**[06:49] Sasaki**
Would you like to see the wares I brought?
**[06:54] Sasaki**
I was able to acquire more transceivers.
**[06:56] Müller**
B-But...
**[06:58] Peeps**
Julius.
**[07:01] Müller**
Lord Starsage...
**[07:04] Sasaki**
Might you care to purchase them?
**[07:08] Müller**
Forgive me.
**[07:10] Müller**
I am deeply grateful for your kindness.
**[07:17] Knight**
Pardon for interrupting your negotiations.
**[07:19] Müller**
What is it?
**[07:21] Knight**
My lord, a messenger from the Hermann
Trading Company has arrived.
**[07:24] Knight**
It appears to be rather urgent business.
**[07:27] Müller**
Urgent business?
**[07:30] Müller**
Very well. Send him in.
**[07:34] Müller**
Marc was imprisoned for insulting a noble?!
**[07:38] Messenger**
Yes, my lord.
**[07:39] Sasaki**
What exactly happened?
**[07:41] Messenger**
He made contact with Count
Dietrich's carriage on the road.
**[07:46] Müller**
Dietrich...
**[07:48] Messenger**
I happened to be there at the time.
**[07:51] Messenger**
The vice manager did
absolutely nothing wrong!
**[07:54] Messenger**
He's been set up!
**[07:57] Müller**
Tell me everything.
**[08:00] Sasaki**
* The situation was more*
* complicated than I expected.*
**[08:04] Sasaki**
* It seemed likely the incident had been*
* orchestrated by Marc-san's boss, the manager.*
**[08:12] Sasaki**
It all began just after the war ended.
**[08:14] Sasaki**
Vice Manager Marc of the Hermann Trading
Company received early word of the war's end,
**[08:21] Sasaki**
and he used his natural business
acumen to make a killing.
**[08:24] Sasaki**
It was at this same time
**[08:26] Sasaki**
that Manager Hermann was in the capital,
Allestos, plying his trade.
**[08:30] Sasaki**
With the support of Count Dietrich,
he was attempting to open a new branch
**[08:35] Sasaki**
so he could move his headquarters
to the capital.
**[08:38] Sasaki**
But the tales of Vice Manager Marc's
success made him anxious.
**[08:45] Sasaki**
If true, not only would
his new branch be at risk,
**[08:48] Sasaki**
but so too would his very standing!
**[08:51] Sasaki**
Count Dietrich learned
of this state of affairs
**[08:54] Sasaki**
and saw it as a chance to deal a blow to
a perpetual thorn in his side, Count Müller.
**[08:59] Sasaki**
He and Manager Hermann thus hatched
a plan to take down Vice Manager Marc!
**[09:05] Sasaki**
*Wait, Dietrich?*
**[09:09] (Flashback) Müller**
Sebastian.
**[09:10] (Flashback) Müller**
So you were the one leaking
information to House Dietrich?
**[09:15] Sasaki**
* The political intrigues of Herz's nobility*
* are a terrifying thing.*
**[09:22] Sasaki**
Count Müller, I'm going
to pay Marc-san a visit.
**[09:26] Müller**
Thank you. I appreciate it.
**[09:30] Müller**
I'll pay a call to the noble
in question as well.
**[09:34] Müller**
Sasaki-dono.
**[09:36] Müller**
Take this with you.
**[09:38] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[09:39] Müller**
If you present this dagger
and invoke my name,
**[09:42] Müller**
people will regard your words as my own.
**[09:48] Sasaki**
You have my gratitude.
**[09:50] Müller**
I am sorry for the trouble I've caused you.
**[09:52] Sasaki**
Not at all. Let's save Marc-san together.
**[09:59] Sasaki**
To summarize, as the succession
dispute intensifies,
**[10:03] Sasaki**
Count Dietrich, who supports the first prince,
**[10:06] Sasaki**
hopes to deal a blow to Count Müller,
who supports the second prince,
**[10:09] Sasaki**
by using Manager Hermann's jealousy
of Marc-san to his advantage?
**[10:14] Peeps**
Yes, more or less.
**[10:16] Sasaki**
So, the question is how to resolve the issue.
**[10:20] Peeps**
If 'tis needed, I'll lend you my magic!
**[10:24] Sasaki**
If it comes to that, I'll be counting on you.
**[10:31] Sasaki**
Peeps.
**[10:32] Sasaki**
I'm sorry to ask this,
**[10:35] Sasaki**
but would you mind letting me
handle this on my own?
**[10:38] Peeps**
Have you some sort of plan?
**[10:40] Sasaki**
I'd like to resolve this not with martial,
but with political force.
**[10:49] Jailer**
Be careful.
**[10:50] Jailer**
Knights in service to Count Dietrich
have been posted at the cell.
**[11:05] Marc**
S-Sasaki-san! What are you doing here?
**[11:08] Sasaki**
I'm sorry it took me so long to visit.
**[11:18] Knight**
What are you doing?!
**[11:21] Marc**
I'm not worthy of your attentions,
but thank you.
**[11:26] Sasaki**
I heard everything from
the trading company messenger.
**[11:29] Sasaki**
Count Müller is taking action
on your behalf as well.
**[11:32] Sasaki**
I intend to prove your innocence.
**[11:37] Sasaki**
While I'm at it, could I ask you
to pass a message to Count Dietrich?
**[11:41] Knight**
What is it?
**[11:42] Sasaki**
He appears to have allied himself with
the manager of Hermann Trading,
**[11:46] Sasaki**
but Marc-san has the best
business acumen in the company.
**[11:51] Sasaki**
I recommend that the count look into
**[11:54] Sasaki**
exactly how much profit he made during
the conflict with the Ohgen Empire.
**[11:59] Knight**
A ridiculous proposal.
**[12:01] Sasaki**
Shouldn't it be up to Count
Dietrich to evaluate that?
**[12:07] Knight**
Very well. I'll tell him.
**[12:09] Sasaki**
I thank you.
**[12:11] Knight**
But I shudder to think what'll happen
if anyone hears
**[12:14] Knight**
of the newly-titled foreign merchant
in the second prince's inner circle
**[12:18] Knight**
currying favor with the
first prince's partisans.
**[12:21] Knight**
Your outlander's looks
are the talk of the palace.
**[12:25] Knight**
You're that Sasaki fellow, aren't you?
**[12:27] Sasaki**
I care about this man far more
than the second prince.
**[12:34] Knight**
Wh-What?
**[12:36] Knight**
The impudence!
**[12:38] Knight**
You should speak of your liege
with more respect!
**[12:40] Sasaki**
If you don't like it, you're free
to tell Prince Adonis yourself.
**[12:45] Knight**
I-I might do just that!
**[12:49] Sasaki**
Go right ahead.
**[12:51] Sasaki**
But I promise you this will be
to Count Dietrich's benefit.
**[12:57] Marc**
Sasaki-san...
**[13:02] Joseph**
It's been some time, Sasaki-san.
**[13:04] Sasaki**
Good to see you again, Joseph-san.
**[13:06] Sasaki**
Thank you for taking time out
of your busy schedule to see me.
**[13:10] Joseph**
On that note, how may I help you?
**[13:13] Sasaki**
To get right to the point, I'd like
to establish a trading company in this city.
**[13:19] Sasaki**
I came to discuss the possibility of Kepler
investing in and supporting the venture.
**[13:26] Joseph**
Surely you don't expect us
to agree to such a proposition.
**[13:31] Sasaki**
I'm of the opinion it'd be
in your favor, Joseph-san.
**[13:35] Joseph**
Quite a bold statement.
**[13:38] Joseph**
I'd be interested in hearing
your basis for that.
**[13:42] sign**
Caster Sugar
**[13:42] sign**
Caster Sugar
**[13:42] sign**
Caster Sugar
**[13:42] sign**
Caster Sugar
**[13:45] Sasaki**
These are the products we intend to offer.
**[13:50] Sasaki**
I would prefer to narrow my
wholesaling clients down to one,
**[13:53] Sasaki**
establishing a sort of brand identity.
**[13:57] Joseph**
I do believe I follow your logic.
**[14:00] Sasaki**
Much obliged.
**[14:02] Joseph**
But, and forgive me for saying this,
you're from the Kingdom of Herz.
**[14:08] Joseph**
Doing business with you on this scale
represents significant risk on our part.
**[14:19] Sasaki**
If that is how you feel,
might I make a proposal?
**[14:24] Sasaki**
During my next visit, I will sell
many of our products to Kepler.
**[14:31] Sasaki**
But a portion of the payment can be deferred
until after the company is established.
**[14:37] Sasaki**
Will that serve as sufficient collateral?
**[14:39] Joseph**
I see.
**[14:42] Joseph**
In that case...
**[14:44] Joseph**
Yes, I believe we can work together.
**[14:48] Sasaki**
I'm most grateful.
**[14:52] Sasaki**
Now, regarding the name
I'd like to use for my trading company...
**[14:57] Sasaki**
I want it to be the Marc Trading Company.
**[15:03] Sasaki**
The area of town with the Kepler
Trading Company is so austere,
**[15:08] Sasaki**
but it's quite lively here downtown.
**[15:13] Sasaki**
I was hoping they'd have something we
could trade for in the modern day...
**[15:18] Peeps**
On that subject, there's something...
I'd like to speak... with you about...
**[15:29] Peeps**
I believe that gold would be
the best option to begin with.
**[15:34] Sasaki**
May I ask why?
**[15:37] Peeps**
From my research on your internet,
**[15:40] Peeps**
the amount of gold in circulation in
your world is far less than in this one.
**[15:47] Peeps**
The synthesis of gold is not yet practical,
**[15:50] Peeps**
and quite a lot of it remains buried.
**[15:54] Sasaki**
* Though there's a chance its price*
* could plummet in the future,*
**[15:59] Sasaki**
* it's true that it's currently*
* considered a solid investment.*
**[16:03] Sasaki**
I'm in favor of the idea.
**[16:05] Sasaki**
That way, we can just take home
the gold coins we have now.
**[16:08] Peeps**
Indeed. Such was my intent.
**[16:12] Peeps**
Let us melt them down and convert
them to ingots to prevent tracking.
**[16:16] Peeps**
We'll also want to improve the purity.
**[16:19] Peeps**
Your internet suggested that the gold
circulating in your world is of high quality.
**[16:26] Peeps**
It also suggested that, while platinum
and palladium command a high price,
**[16:29] Peeps**
the monetary conversion potential
of gold was far greater.
**[16:30] Sasaki**
*Have you ever seen
a cleverer Java sparrow?*
**[16:35] Sasaki**
Well, let's return
to Count Müller's city for now.
**[16:39] Sasaki**
You can handle the ingots, right?
**[16:42] Sasaki**
I'll prepare some wooden crates
for transferring them to my world.
**[16:46] Peeps**
Leave it to me.
**[16:49] Sasaki**
Peeps.
**[16:50] Peeps**
Yes?
**[16:52] Sasaki**
Thanks for before.
**[16:54] Peeps**
I don't know what you mean.
**[16:58] Elsa**
Hey! Keep it down!
**[17:00] French**
S-Sorry!
**[17:01] Elsa**
So you hadn't heard about it yet?
**[17:05] French**
W-We should go save Marc-san right away!
**[17:07] Elsa**
My father is already negotiating his release.
**[17:11] Elsa**
But he's negotiating with a noble of equal...
maybe even greater standing!
**[17:16] Elsa**
We can't intrude on that.
**[17:20] French**
This is awful.
**[17:26] Sasaki**
That went a lot faster than I expected.
**[17:29] Sasaki**
Peeps... isn't back yet, I guess.
**[17:33] Mary**
Sasaki-sama.
**[17:35] Mary**
Forgive me.
**[17:36] Mary**
You weren't in your room, so I...
**[17:39] Sasaki**
Th-That's fine.
**[17:40] Mary**
You have a visitor.
**[17:42] Mary**
Will you meet with them?
**[17:46] Sasaki**
What?!
**[17:48] Elsa**
Papa told me all about it.
**[17:50] Elsa**
Is it true that Marc's been imprisoned?
**[17:53] Sasaki**
Yes, it's true.
**[17:55] Elsa**
Th-Then are you...
**[17:57] Sasaki**
We're doing our best to save him,
as is your father.
**[18:04] Elsa**
Really?
**[18:06] Sasaki**
Of course we are.
**[18:08] Sasaki**
He's very important to this city.
**[18:11] Elsa**
Will Marc make it back safely?
**[18:17] Elsa**
What is it now? Why are you staring at me?
**[18:21] Sasaki**
Forgive me.
**[18:22] Sasaki**
I was just realizing anew
what a kind soul you are.
**[18:27] Elsa**
A-Are you mocking me?!
**[18:29] Sasaki**
No, certainly not.
**[18:31] Sasaki**
I'm just expressing my genuine feelings.
**[18:36] Sasaki**
You can rest easy.
**[18:38] Sasaki**
We'll bring Marc-san home safe and sound.
**[18:41] Sasaki**
So there's nothing for you
to worry about, Lady Elsa.
**[18:45] Sasaki**
Everything will be back to normal soon.
**[18:48] Elsa**
You...
**[18:52] Peeps**
Forgive my late arrival.
**[18:54] Peeps**
We must return and—
**[19:03] Elsa**
He definitely talked that time!
**[19:09] Elsa**
You can't fool me!
**[19:12] Elsa**
I *know* he talked!
**[19:13] Sasaki**
* Have you ever seen a Java*
* sparrow with worse timing?*
**[19:16] Sasaki**
* I wonder what's going through that brilliant*
* brain as he's peeping away like that...*
**[19:24] Peeps**
My name is Peeps.
**[19:26] Peeps**
You may refer to me as such.
**[19:29] Elsa**
What a cute name!
**[19:31] Elsa**
I'm Elsa.
**[19:33] Sasaki**
*The great starsage is brought low.*
**[19:36] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa, my familiar is
of a rather special breed.
**[19:40] Sasaki**
He can speak in human tongue
and cast high-level spells.
**[19:44] Sasaki**
Due to his rarity, he's been
targeted for theft a time or two.
**[19:48] Sasaki**
Only Count Müller knows
the truth at the moment.
**[19:51] Sasaki**
If it were to get out,
we would be forced to leave this city.
**[19:56] Sasaki**
If you wish to know more, feel free to ask.
**[20:01] Elsa**
I-I understand.
**[20:03] Elsa**
I won't tell anyone about this!
**[20:05] Sasaki**
Thank you very much.
**[20:07] Elsa**
I'm sorry about hurting you before, though.
**[20:10] Peeps**
I was unharmed. Think nothing of it.
**[20:20] Elsa**
Well, I shall be going.
**[20:33] Sasaki**
That should cover it.
**[20:36] Sasaki**
Now, to nail it shut...
**[20:39] Peeps**
You're being awfully cautious.
**[20:41] Sasaki**
I wouldn't want anything to go wrong.
**[20:44] Mary**
Sasaki-sama, please forgive me
for interrupting...
**[20:47] Sasaki**
Oh, yes?
**[20:49] Mary**
You have a visitor. Shall I send him in?
**[20:52] Sasaki**
Who is it this time?
**[20:54] Mary**
His name is French.
**[20:56] Sasaki**
*Looks like Marc-san is a popular guy.*
**[21:01] Sasaki**
Show him to my room, if you would.
**[21:04] Mary**
Of course.
**[21:16] Sasaki**
It's gotten quite late.
**[21:19] Sasaki**
Ready, Peeps?
**[21:20] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[21:32] Shizuka**
So, these are your souvenirs
from the fairy world?
**[21:35] Sasaki**
Hardly souvenirs.
**[21:37] Sasaki**
Merely excess I need to be rid of.
**[21:40] Shizuka**
You *did* bring quite a lot...
**[21:44] Sasaki**
It's mostly packaging.
**[21:46] Shizuka**
I see.
**[21:48] Peeps**
Feel free to open them and see.
**[21:58] Shizuka**
Perishables, eh?
**[22:00] Shizuka**
I wasn't expecting that.
**[22:03] Sasaki**
Wh-What are you doing in there...
**[22:06] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa?
# E8 - Suspicions and Sightseeing
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVED48/suspicions-and-sightseeing)
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**[00:01] Knight**
Lady Elsa!
**[00:05] French**
Lady Elsa!
**[00:08] Müller**
Did you find her?
**[00:09] Maximilan**
I'm afraid not.
**[00:11] Kai**
Nor I.
**[00:16] Müller**
Elsa...
**[01:49] Sign**
EP 8 Suspicions and Sightseeing
**[01:52] Shizuka**
So humans live in the fairy world, do they?
**[01:55] Shizuka**
I had no idea.
**[01:58] Shizuka**
And that outfit you're wearing...
**[02:01] Shizuka**
It looks a bit too detailed
to be some sort of costume.
**[02:06] Shizuka**
Not to mention the jewelry.
**[02:10] Shizuka**
Could they perhaps be genuine?
**[02:13] Shizuka**
They have a curiously intense luster.
**[02:18] Elsa**
Sasaki, who is this person?
**[02:21] Sasaki**
Er, I'm terribly sorry.
**[02:23] Sasaki**
Could you please give us a few moments alone?
**[02:26] Shizuka**
What's this? Why so uncomfortable?
**[02:30] Shizuka**
I'd *love* to hear what she has to say.
**[02:35] Sasaki**
It's a rather delicate subject, you see...
**[02:40] Shizuka**
Suit yourself.
**[02:41] Sasaki**
I really appreciate it.
**[02:43] Sasaki**
*What am I going to do?*
**[02:44] Sasaki**
*Futari Shizuka knows about Lady Elsa!*
**[02:48] Sasaki**
*I seriously have to watch what I say,*
**[02:51] Sasaki**
* or else she'll learn that all*
* my talk about magical men*
**[02:54] Sasaki**
*and Java sparrow fairies was bull!*
**[02:57] Sasaki**
* I have to find a way to cover up*
* the existence of the other world!*
**[03:00] Sasaki**
*But I can't think up a decent excuse...*
**[03:03] Sasaki**
* On top of that, Hoshizaki-san said*
* this lady's a shrewd operator.*
**[03:07] Sasaki**
* Saying the wrong thing could*
* easily make the bleeding worse!*
**[03:12] Peeps**
Rest easy.
**[03:14] Peeps**
She cannot understand
the language of my world.
**[03:19] Peeps**
As the words you say
are heard by those around you,
**[03:24] Peeps**
they are also filtered, through my magic,
to be understandable by its locals.
**[03:29] Peeps**
However,
**[03:31] Peeps**
what she speaks is heard by the denizens
of this world as an otherworldly language.
**[03:38] Peeps**
The reverse is also true.
They cannot understand each other.
**[03:42] Sasaki**
Oh, I see.
**[03:44] Sasaki**
*An unexpected but welcome development.*
**[03:46] Sasaki**
*The chances of Elsa spilling information*
**[03:49] Sasaki**
* about her world to Futari Shizuka*
* are practically nil this way.*
**[03:55] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa.
**[03:57] Sasaki**
Could you please explain yourself?
**[04:01] Elsa**
Fine.
**[04:06] Sasaki**
You think *we're* behind it?
**[04:09] Elsa**
W-Well, you are, aren't you?!
**[04:12] Elsa**
Marc was imprisoned the day you visited.
**[04:16] Elsa**
And despite all your talk of saving him,
**[04:18] Elsa**
you're just sneaking around,
smuggling gold ingots!
**[04:23] Elsa**
You received that gold as payment
**[04:26] Elsa**
for selling Marc out
to Count Dietrich, didn't you?!
**[04:34] Sasaki**
I understand how it looks that way.
**[04:39] Elsa**
You're saying it's not true, then?
**[04:41] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[04:42] Sasaki**
What I'm doing is necessary
in order to save Marc-san.
**[04:46] Elsa**
H-How, exactly?!
**[04:48] Sasaki**
I earned this gold in the
course of doing business.
**[04:52] Sasaki**
I intend to use it to make a profit
trading with this woman,
**[04:57] Sasaki**
then buy Marc-san back into good standing.
**[05:01] Elsa**
Is that true?
**[05:03] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[05:04] Sasaki**
But I'm afraid your presence here
has cast the deal into doubt.
**[05:14] Sasaki**
Please, Lady Elsa, rest easy.
**[05:17] Sasaki**
I would never betray your father
or abandon Marc-san.
**[05:24] Elsa**
Sasaki, is it all right for me to trust you?
**[05:28] Sasaki**
I swear I speak the truth.
**[05:38] Peeps**
You've shown your true colors, child!
**[05:48] Peeps**
What did you hope to accomplish
by reaching for her?
**[05:53] Shizuka**
What's this now?
**[05:54] Shizuka**
Fairy magic?
**[05:58] Elsa**
S-Sasaki!
**[05:59] Elsa**
What is she trying to do?
**[06:01] Sasaki**
I'd like to know that myself.
**[06:04] Sasaki**
Just what is the meaning of this?
**[06:08] Shizuka**
Please. I merely saw a bug
crawling on her shoulder.
**[06:13] Shizuka**
I was going to brush it off.
**[06:16] Peeps**
I don't mind dispensing with you here and now.
**[06:21] Peeps**
I shall place a curse upon you.
**[06:24] Shizuka**
A curse? What are you on about?
**[06:27] Peeps**
It should force you to show us obedience.
**[06:33] Peeps**
I suggest you take it seriously.
**[06:37] Shizuka**
W-Wait!
**[06:40] Shizuka**
I didn't mean anything by it...
**[06:54] Shizuka**
What have you done to me?
**[06:56] Peeps**
Behold the back of your right hand.
**[07:01] Peeps**
Every time you feel hostility
or malice toward us,
**[07:07] Peeps**
the crest will encroach
further into your flesh.
**[07:10] Peeps**
It has only seized your hand for now,
**[07:12] Peeps**
but it will continue its spread.
**[07:14] Peeps**
Once it encases your entire body,
**[07:17] Peeps**
you'll be reduced to
an unsightly lump of flesh.
**[07:23] Peeps**
Not even the greatest
regenerative powers can save you
**[07:26] Peeps**
from the destruction this curse
will wreak on your body.
**[07:30] Peeps**
If you fear eternal existence with
no faculties outside of your own mind,
**[07:37] Peeps**
I suggest you strive to purge yourself
of negative intentions toward us.
**[07:50] Peeps**
You're a rather decisive one, aren't you?
**[07:55] Shizuka**
I see.
**[07:59] Shizuka**
I thought I could exploit a weakness to get
this midlife magical man into my thrall.
**[08:04] Shizuka**
But it seems you've bested me yet again.
**[08:12] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa.
**[08:14] Sasaki**
As you can see, it's quite dangerous here.
**[08:17] Sasaki**
Please, allow me to return you
to your home at once.
**[08:22] Elsa**
Wait, Sasaki!
**[08:24] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[08:26] Elsa**
There's so much I want to ask you.
**[08:30] Sasaki**
I'll pay you a visit
after I see you home, of course.
**[08:35] Elsa**
I want to know now.
**[08:38] Elsa**
What is this place? Who are you people?
**[08:42] Elsa**
Please, tell me!
**[08:44] Sasaki**
*But what can I say to her?*
**[08:48] Sasaki**
* My standing with her greatly affects*
* my standing with Count Müller.*
**[08:53] Sasaki**
* Ruining your relationship with someone*
* by crossing their family happens all the time.*
**[08:59] Sasaki**
*This is serious business.*
**[09:01] Sasaki**
What can I do to make you trust me?
**[09:07] Sasaki**
Shall we see the sights, then?
**[09:11] Elsa**
The sights?
**[09:26] Elsa**
This "ferry" was surprising enough,
but the buildings are even more so!
**[09:33] Elsa**
Is this really your hometown?
**[09:37] Sasaki**
Well? Do you trust me now?
**[09:42] Elsa**
F-Fine, I trust you.
**[09:46] Elsa**
I mean... I kind of have to, don't I?
**[09:50] Elsa**
There's nothing like this in the Kingdom
of Herz or any of the surrounding lands.
**[09:56] Sasaki**
I appreciate your understanding.
**[10:03] Elsa**
Why did you come to our world, Sasaki?
**[10:07] Sasaki**
What do you mean?
**[10:09] Elsa**
What could someone from a world this
prosperous possibly be seeking in ours?
**[10:18] Sasaki**
That's a good question.
**[10:21] Sasaki**
Harmonious relations
between the two, I suppose.
**[10:27] Sasaki**
*That much is true.*
**[10:29] Sasaki**
* I just left out that I'm also doing it*
* for personal satisfaction and delicious food.*
**[10:35] Elsa**
I see.
**[10:38] Shizuka**
Pardon me. Would you kindly
include me in your little conversation?
**[10:42] Shizuka**
I prepared clothes for the girl
and even rented out this ferry!
**[10:47] Shizuka**
It's a bit cruel to leave me out entirely.
**[10:51] Sasaki**
We're not leaving you out, I promise.
**[10:53] Sasaki**
She was just saying she thinks
your kimono is fabulous.
**[10:58] Shizuka**
Was she? Really?!
**[11:01] Sasaki**
She was complimenting
the beautiful color coordination.
**[11:05] Shizuka**
My, my! I'm tickled you appreciate it.
**[11:09] Shizuka**
But in that case...
**[11:12] Shizuka**
Perhaps I'll pick out
a kimono for her as well.
**[11:16] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa, that structure there is Tokyo Tower.
**[11:22] Shizuka**
Hey!
**[11:30] Elsa**
Squee!
**[11:34] Sasaki**
Squee!
**[11:35] Shizuka**
Hey!
**[12:05] Elsa**
Sasaki! What is this food called?!
**[12:08] Elsa**
It's so sweet and crispy and airy...
**[12:11] Elsa**
I've never tasted anything like it!
**[12:12] Sasaki**
I'm glad to hear you like it.
**[12:17] Elsa**
Y-You should have some now!
**[12:22] Shizuka**
You can't have mine.
**[12:26] Idol**
Hello, everyone!
**[12:28] Idol**
I'm here in the Hamarikyu Gardens!
**[12:32] Idol**
The cosmos are in bloom this time of year...
**[12:35] Sasaki**
*We should probably give that a wide berth.*
**[12:39] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa, we've run into a bit of trouble.
**[12:42] Sasaki**
We should head elsewhere.
**[12:47] Idol**
Look at this pretty visitor!
**[12:49] Idol**
And where are you from?
**[12:52] Sasaki**
This program isn't live, by chance, is it?
**[12:56] Idol**
It is! We're broadcasting live!
**[12:59] Sasaki**
I'm sorry, but could you please
take the camera off us?
**[13:03] Idol**
I-I suppose.
**[13:05] Idol**
So sorry to put you on the spot!
**[13:10] Elsa**
Sasaki, what was that person...
**[13:15] Boy**
Mama! It's TV! People from TV!
**[13:23] Elsa**
Levitation!
**[13:33] Elsa**
Honestly. What a careless child!
**[13:36] Sasaki**
Futari Shizuka-san.
**[13:37] Shizuka**
The work never ends with you, does it?
**[13:42] Shizuka**
It's not nice to film people
without their permission.
**[13:49] Idol**
Y-You—
**[13:59] Elsa**
Hey, Sasaki! What's going on?
**[14:01] Sasaki**
I'll explain everything later, Lady Elsa.
**[14:05] Sasaki**
For now...
**[14:06] Shizuka**
We run!
**[14:09] Shizuka**
Has the Bureau been informed?
**[14:11] Sasaki**
Like the manual says!
**[14:13] Shizuka**
You've really stepped in it, haven't you?
**[14:15] Shizuka**
The Bureau will surely
have their eye on this girl.
**[14:20] Sasaki**
I'd appreciate your help avoiding that!
**[14:22] Shizuka**
I suppose your little curse does
make it impossible for me to refuse.
**[14:28] Sasaki**
Our fates *are* linked, after all.
**[14:30] Sasaki**
In exchange, I'll guarantee your safety.
**[14:33] Shizuka**
Oh? In that case,
I suppose I'll lend you my aid.
**[14:43] Sasaki**
*They got here way too fast.*
**[14:46] Shizuka**
This would suggest
**[14:48] Shizuka**
they've been watching us for a while.
**[14:52] Sasaki**
Let's go.
**[14:55] Akutsu**
I certainly didn't expect to be
meeting with you again so soon.
**[15:01] Shizuka**
I'm just a busy little bee, aren't I?
**[15:05] Shizuka**
I got right down to work.
**[15:10] Akutsu**
Is this the fruit of your labor, then?
**[15:12] Sasaki**
No, this is a psychic that
Futari Shizuka-san knows.
**[15:17] Akutsu**
I was under the impression other countries
**[15:20] Akutsu**
handled psychics not dissimilarly
from the way we do.
**[15:26] Akutsu**
I'd like to speak with you directly, if I may.
**[15:32] Elsa**
Sasaki, I think this man is talking to me.
**[15:38] Elsa**
Oh, that's right.
I'm not supposed to say anything...
**[15:42] Sasaki**
*Yes, that's right.*
**[15:44] Sasaki**
*I'm glad she remembered.*
**[15:46] Akutsu**
What's this, Sasaki-kun?
**[15:49] Sasaki**
I believe she speaks a minority
language as her mother tongue.
**[15:53] Akutsu**
I see.
**[15:54] Sasaki**
I'm sorry, but that's about all I know.
**[15:58] Sasaki**
I'm afraid I'm only accompanying
Futari Shizuka-san,
**[16:03] Sasaki**
and she's only here for her
in the spirit of friendship.
**[16:10] Sasaki**
* In terms of social hierarchy, Chief Akutsu*
* has the overwhelming advantage,*
**[16:16] Sasaki**
*but Futari Shizuka has the physical one.*
**[16:19] Sasaki**
*No matter how powerful his position,*
**[16:22] Sasaki**
* he couldn't escape*
* instant death by her hand.*
**[16:25] Shizuka**
What is it?
**[16:26] Shizuka**
About to offer a job for your
part-time psychic employee?
**[16:29] Akutsu**
I respect your friend's circumstances.
**[16:32] Akutsu**
I won't ask anything further.
**[16:34] Shizuka**
You don't say.
**[16:36] Shizuka**
Well, I am *truly* sorry for all
the trouble I caused you...
**[16:41] Akutsu**
Now, if I may,
**[16:43] Akutsu**
I'd like to ask you something
as a contractor of the Bureau.
**[16:47] Shizuka**
Then speak.
**[16:49] Shizuka**
I'm sure I can see it done.
**[16:51] Akutsu**
I believe that within
your former organization
**[16:54] Akutsu**
is a B-rank psychic capable
of wide-area telekinesis.
**[17:02] Akutsu**
He acted alongside you to intercept
our operation just last week.
**[17:09] Shizuka**
What about him?
**[17:12] Akutsu**
Consider this a request to neutralize him.
**[17:15] Shizuka**
Would that make this a hiring test
you're putting me through?
**[17:21] Akutsu**
If you wish to see it that way.
**[17:24] Sasaki**
*Assassinating a former comrade...*
**[17:26] Sasaki**
*What a terrifying request.*
**[17:29] Akutsu**
I'll send Sasaki-kun with you for support.
**[17:32] Sasaki**
What?
**[17:33] Shizuka**
Oh, I'll feel *so* much better with him there.
**[17:35] Sasaki**
Wait! Hey!
**[17:37] Akutsu**
I won't give you a deadline,
**[17:39] Akutsu**
but I'd prefer it done as soon as possible.
**[17:41] Sasaki**
Excuse me...
**[17:44] Shizuka**
Yes, understood.
**[17:46] Shizuka**
I'll return swiftly
with his head on a platter.
**[18:01] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa?
**[18:02] Elsa**
Sasaki, I want to learn
more about this world!
**[18:06] Sasaki**
But to what end?
**[18:09] Elsa**
I want to learn more and take
that knowledge back to my world!
**[18:14] Elsa**
It's a way I can be useful to my father.
**[18:17] Elsa**
I can contribute to our house
outside of my ability to marry well!
**[18:22] Sasaki**
I'm sorry, but I can't let that happen.
**[18:26] Elsa**
Why not?!
**[18:27] Elsa**
I won't tell anyone about you or this world!
**[18:31] Elsa**
Sheltering one girl can't be
that difficult, can it?!
**[18:35] Sasaki**
No, it would actually be quite difficult.
**[18:38] Sasaki**
Every individual in our country
is given a number,
**[18:42] Sasaki**
and we're all monitored very strictly.
**[18:46] Sasaki**
You don't have one of those numbers.
**[18:48] Sasaki**
And with your obviously foreign appearance,
**[18:52] Sasaki**
if the police were to
approach you for any reason,
**[18:55] Sasaki**
you'd instantly be thrown into prison.
**[19:00] Sasaki**
Should anything become of you,
**[19:03] Sasaki**
I'd never be able to face Count Müller again.
**[19:08] Elsa**
B-But I believe...
**[19:12] Elsa**
If your world were ever to attack ours,
**[19:16] Elsa**
we'd be crushed without so much
as a fighting chance.
**[19:20] Elsa**
Now that I'm aware of that,
**[19:22] Elsa**
I need to do something
for the sake of my world!
**[19:26] Sasaki**
That won't be necessary.
**[19:29] Elsa**
How can you be so sure?
**[19:31] Sasaki**
Ah, well...
**[19:33] Sasaki**
I don't think your world is
as weak as you believe it to be.
**[19:38] Peeps**
I agree with him in that regard.
**[19:41] Peeps**
Most of the weapons in this world
rely on heat and impact,
**[19:47] Peeps**
and their operation
is limited by time and cost.
**[19:51] Peeps**
As long as you erect barriers in advance,
**[19:54] Peeps**
you should fare well against any attack.
**[19:57] Peeps**
Also, monsters like wraiths that are all but
immune to damage from impact and heat
**[20:04] Peeps**
would almost certainly wreak
unilateral havoc upon them.
**[20:07] Elsa**
T-Truly?
**[20:10] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[20:11] Peeps**
Our world is far more versatile.
**[20:17] Sasaki**
* Wait, is Earth actually*
* the world in danger here?*
**[20:20] Sasaki**
* I've resigned myself*
* to a lonely life, more or less,*
**[20:24] Sasaki**
* but I do have a friend or two*
* I go drinking with when they ask.*
**[20:28] Sasaki**
* I've had a few kind work*
* acquaintances, as well...*
**[20:34] Elsa**
Oh? I've never seen that
expression on your face, Sasaki.
**[20:37] Sasaki**
Well, this *is* my hometown.
**[20:39] Elsa**
Seeing you like that just now
sent a thrill up my spine!
**[20:44] Sasaki**
Surely you jest.
**[20:46] Elsa**
You've been scolding me
this whole time, after all.
**[20:50] Sasaki**
Well, I am rather sorry about that...
**[20:55] Elsa**
You must be the only person besides
my father who ever scolds me like that!
**[21:01] Sasaki**
* Has Lady Elsa got a bit*
* of a sadistic streak to her?*
**[21:04] Peeps**
You may rest easy.
We would never do anything like that.
**[21:09] Sasaki**
Of course. I trust you, Peeps.
**[21:13] Peeps**
I'm glad.
**[21:20] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa?
**[21:23] Elsa**
My father's going to be cross with me.
**[21:26] Peeps**
He likely will scold you, it's true.
**[21:29] Peeps**
It's natural for any caring father
to worry about his daughter.
**[21:34] Peeps**
Fret not.
**[21:36] Peeps**
We'll help explain the matter to Julius.
**[21:40] Peeps**
We share in the responsibility
for failing to confirm our cargo.
**[21:45] Sasaki**
That's right.
**[21:46] Elsa**
Thank you, Mr. Bird... Peeps.
**[21:49] Peeps**
Another hour or two will
make little difference.
**[21:53] Peeps**
Let us learn more
about this world together!
**[21:56] Sasaki**
*That look in his eyes...*
**[21:59] Elsa**
Okay!
**[22:07] Peeps**
That's known as a biidoro.
**[22:09] Peeps**
It makes a curious sound
when it's blown into!
**[22:14] Sasaki**
*Yeah, that's a bit off the subject...*
**[22:19] Sasaki**
*But I suppose it's fine.*
**[22:23] Shizuka**
Thank you. I appreciate it.
**[22:27] Shizuka**
I've confirmed the quality
of what you brought me.
**[22:30] Shizuka**
I'm willing to pay the
initially negotiated price.
**[22:33] Sasaki**
Thank you.
**[22:35] Sasaki**
I'd be happy to go through with it.
**[22:37] Shizuka**
But how shall I pay you?
**[22:40] Sasaki**
Regarding that...
**[22:42] Sasaki**
Could part of the payment go
toward acquiring items I ask for?
**[22:46] Sasaki**
I promise it won't be anything
especially difficult to acquire.
**[22:51] Shizuka**
Will you be paying me for my labor?
**[22:54] Sasaki**
Yes, of course.
**[22:56] Shizuka**
In that case, I'm willing to be flexible.
**[23:01] Sasaki**
I greatly appreciate it.
**[23:02] Sasaki**
I'd like to go with that, then.
**[23:05] Sasaki**
* That will make it less likely*
* to get back to the chief.*
**[23:08] Sasaki**
* At this rate, I should be able to ensure*
* Marc-san's freedom very soon.*
**[23:15] Sasaki**
Peeps.
**[23:15] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[23:18] Sasaki**
Lady Elsa, allow me to accompany you home.
**[23:19] Sign**
The Wanderer
**[23:23] Elsa**
Very well. Please do.
**[23:27] Sasaki**
Pe—
**[23:28] Sasaki**
Peeps?!
**[23:35] Sasaki**
Magical Field!
# E9 - Executions and Negotiations
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**[00:14] (Flashback) Sasaki**
If you show this to the guard,
you'll be able to meet with Marc-san.
**[00:19] (Flashback) Sasaki**
French-san.
**[00:20] (Flashback) French**
Y-Yes?
**[00:22] (Flashback) Sasaki**
Would you mind taking him
some food to cheer him up?
**[00:38] Marc**
French-san...
**[00:40] French**
How are you doing?
**[00:42] Marc**
I'm getting by, thank you.
**[00:47] French**
Um, this is for you.
**[00:51] Marc**
Thank you, as always.
**[01:07] Marc**
I'll make sure it doesn't get stolen.
**[01:12] French**
Marc-san...
**[02:45] ---**
EP 9 Executions and Negotiations
**[02:52] Elsa**
I'm sorry, Father.
**[03:00] Müller**
I'm just glad you're safe.
**[03:05] Müller**
Sasaki-dono, I'm terribly sorry
for the trouble we've caused you.
**[03:10] Sasaki**
Really, it was no trouble at all.
**[03:13] Peeps**
He's correct, Julius.
**[03:15] Peeps**
The fault was ours entirely.
**[03:17] Sasaki**
By the way, have you made any progress
on getting Marc-san out of prison?
**[03:24] Müller**
I've met with Count Dietrich
a number of times, but...
**[03:29] Sasaki**
I see.
**[03:34] Servant**
Excuse me.
**[03:36] Servant**
You have a visitor, my lord.
**[03:38] Müller**
A visitor?
**[03:52] Kai**
What are you doing there?
**[03:55] Elsa**
N-Nothing!
**[03:59] Kai**
If you say so.
**[04:00] Kai**
Listen, Elsa.
**[04:01] Kai**
Don't go missing and
worry us like that ever again.
**[04:07] Elsa**
I-I wasn't planning to!
**[04:09] Kai**
Glad to hear it.
**[04:14] Hermann**
So very sorry to intrude like this...
**[04:20] Müller**
How can I help you, Hermann?
**[04:23] Hermann**
Well, my lord, it's about my employee Marc.
**[04:30] Hermann**
As the head of the company he represents,
**[04:33] Hermann**
you have my profuse apologies
for the trouble he's caused.
**[04:37] Müller**
It's been no trouble at all.
**[04:39] Müller**
I'll find a way to save Marc.
**[04:41] Hermann**
Thank you, my lord.
**[04:43] Hermann**
Except...
**[04:46] Müller**
Is something the matter?
**[04:48] Hermann**
Yes. Just recently, Count Dietrich
proclaimed a sentence for Marc.
**[04:54] Hermann**
He's to be executed in the coming days.
**[04:58] Hermann**
Marc has served our company for many years.
**[05:02] Hermann**
He's like family to me.
**[05:04] Hermann**
I am truly aggrieved by this news.
**[05:06] Müller**
I will not let him be executed!
**[05:09] Hermann**
No, my lord! I could not allow you to go
to even greater lengths for his sake.
**[05:15] Hermann**
Besides, it would not do for
Count Dietrich to lose face.
**[05:19] Hermann**
I am grateful for all the kindness
you've extended,
**[05:23] Hermann**
but please, be seated
and allow Marc to atone.
**[05:38] Peeps**
That was a poor farce of a performance.
**[05:41] Sasaki**
Even so, Marc-san is going to be executed...
**[05:44] Sasaki**
We have to hurry.
**[05:47] Müller**
I'm going to speak with Count Dietrich.
**[05:51] Peeps**
You have a plan?
**[05:53] Müller**
I was thinking of bringing monetary
reparations to request more time.
**[05:57] Peeps**
A better option than nothing, I suppose.
**[06:01] Sasaki**
* I can take a guess as to the relationship*
* between Count Dietrich and Hermann-san.*
**[06:07] Sasaki**
* Moving the main branch to the capital*
* must factor into this, too.*
**[06:11] Sasaki**
Excuse me, Count Müller?
**[06:15] Sasaki**
It was Count Dietrich who previously
**[06:17] Sasaki**
attempted to seize control
of your house, correct?
**[06:20] Sasaki**
Can you tell me more about him?
**[06:24] Müller**
Well...
**[06:26] Müller**
He's an excellent statesman, to be sure.
**[06:28] Müller**
And his excellence in that respect
can make him quite cold.
**[06:34] Müller**
In domestic affairs, he may be
one of the best in the kingdom.
**[06:38] Müller**
But he's ruthless in pursuit of his goals.
**[06:42] Müller**
For better or worse, he's excellent
at controlling things to his benefit.
**[06:46] Sasaki**
*Yes, I'm familiar with the type.*
**[06:50] Sasaki**
*Probably similar to the chief, in fact.*
**[06:53] Sasaki**
Um, has this sort of thing
been a pattern before now?
**[06:58] Müller**
The antagonism between the houses of Dietrich
and Müller has been ongoing for generations.
**[07:02] Müller**
We fought over territory in the past as well.
**[07:07] Müller**
I believe this incident to be
the count's attempt to take
**[07:11] Müller**
the Hermann Trading Company from us
and deal a blow to our assets.
**[07:14] Sasaki**
* That sounds about par*
* for a conflict between noble houses.*
**[07:23] Sasaki**
Say, would it be possible for me
to accompany you, by chance?
**[07:35] Peeps**
What point is there in you meeting with him?
**[07:37] Sasaki**
Well, it's hard to get a person's measure
without some face time.
**[07:46] Peeps**
It seems to me that you enjoy taking
the most roundabout approaches to everything.
**[07:52] Sasaki**
I don't have the power to solve
things in a flash the way you do.
**[07:57] Sasaki**
I'm not the most decisive, either.
**[08:00] Peeps**
Now, what is that you've brought with you?
**[08:03] Sasaki**
Oh, this?
**[08:04] Sasaki**
Just a souvenir.
**[08:36] Dietrich**
Come in.
**[08:38] Aide**
Excuse me, my lord. You have a visitor.
**[08:42] Dietrich**
A visitor?
**[08:52] Dietrich**
There's still nothing you can say
to change things, Count Müller.
**[08:55] Dietrich**
I'm sure you came running
when you heard of his death sentence,
**[08:59] Dietrich**
but the matter has been decided.
**[09:01] Dietrich**
There's no going back now.
**[09:04] Sasaki**
*So this is Count Dietrich, huh?*
**[09:07] Sasaki**
*That high-pressure aura reminds me*
**[09:09] Sasaki**
* of a department head of a certain client*
* that I always struggled with.*
**[09:17] Dietrich**
And would this be...?
**[09:19] Sasaki**
My lord!
**[09:21] Sasaki**
It's a pleasure to meet you, Count Dietrich.
**[09:25] Sasaki**
I am Sasaki the merchant.
**[09:27] Dietrich**
Ah, of course.
**[09:29] Dietrich**
The one who aided Prince Adonis
with his return.
**[09:33] Dietrich**
An admirable feat.
**[09:37] Sasaki**
I'm flattered.
**[09:40] Sasaki**
These are the wares I deal in.
**[09:44] Sasaki**
I hope you'll accept them
as a token of our acquaintance.
**[09:54] Dietrich**
And just what is this?
**[09:56] Sasaki**
It's called a transceiver.
**[09:58] Sasaki**
It's a tool that enables
communication over a distance.
**[10:01] Dietrich**
Well, that's quite interesting.
**[10:04] Sasaki**
Why, I'm so glad you approve!
**[10:08] Dietrich**
I've heard tell that all your wares
are high-quality and curious items.
**[10:13] Sasaki**
I'm honored to hear you say so.
**[10:15] Dietrich**
Something about a device
that lets you see distant objects
**[10:18] Dietrich**
and a calculator that uses
the numbers of a foreign land.
**[10:22] Sasaki**
That's correct.
**[10:23] Dietrich**
I'm also told of some unknown
metal fuel that powers such tools.
**[10:29] Sasaki**
Yes, all of which I've been wholesaling
to the Hermann Trading Company.
**[10:36] Dietrich**
And you buy from this man as well?
**[10:39] Müller**
I sometimes request his services, yes.
**[10:43] Dietrich**
I see.
**[10:46] Dietrich**
So you, too, have come to beg
for a criminal's life?
**[10:50] Sasaki**
Marc-san has been of great service to me
since I took up business in these lands.
**[10:55] Dietrich**
I see.
**[11:01] Dietrich**
How about this, then?
**[11:03] Dietrich**
Sell the entirety of your stock
to me from now on.
**[11:08] Dietrich**
If you do, I'd be willing to let him go.
**[11:13] Müller**
Count Dietrich!
**[11:14] Müller**
Sasaki-dono is merely
one of Marc-dono's clients.
**[11:18] Müller**
To make him bear responsibility is...
**[11:21] Dietrich**
If you can't do it, I understand.
**[11:23] Dietrich**
We'll just execute Marc as planned.
**[11:28] Sasaki**
Pardon, but could I have some time
to consider the matter?
**[11:32] Müller**
Sasaki-dono...
**[11:36] Dietrich**
Very well. I'll grant a one-month
stay of execution.
**[11:41] Dietrich**
I hope you make the right call by then.
**[11:49] Müller**
I'm so sorry for dragging you into this.
**[11:52] Sasaki**
No, I should apologize
for speaking out of turn.
**[11:56] Müller**
But at this rate, your business will...
**[12:00] Sasaki**
Nothing is worth more than Marc-san's life.
**[12:03] French**
Sir!
**[12:07] Sasaki**
Oh, French-san—
**[12:09] French**
Sir! Is it true that Marc-san
is going to be executed?
**[12:13] Sasaki**
Where did you hear that?
**[12:14] French**
The guard said so.
**[12:17] French**
Isn't there anything you can do?
**[12:24] Sasaki**
Count Müller.
**[12:26] Sasaki**
Could you give me maybe a couple of weeks?
**[12:29] Müller**
As you wish. Do you have some kind of plan?
**[12:32] Sasaki**
Well, I wouldn't go so far as to call it that.
**[12:36] Sasaki**
But I certainly intend to do
everything in my power.
**[12:41] Sasaki**
And I have a request to make of you.
**[12:47] Müller**
Of course. Anything you need.
**[12:54] Peeps**
What are you going to do?
**[12:55] Peeps**
I'm happy to intervene
with physical force at any time.
**[12:58] Sasaki**
Peeps, let's agree that's our last resort.
**[13:02] Sasaki**
I believe there's yet more I can do.
**[13:07] Peeps**
I see.
**[13:08] Sasaki**
It might involve a bit of flying around.
**[13:11] Sasaki**
Could you help me out?
**[13:13] Peeps**
Indeed. I would be glad to.
**[13:15] Peeps**
In exchange for 500 grams
of Kobe beef chateaubriand!
**[13:19] Sasaki**
O-Of course.
**[13:21] Hermann**
What? You called off the execution?
**[13:24] Hermann**
Wh-What is the meaning of this,
Count Dietrich?
**[13:30] Dietrich**
Keep your head, man.
**[13:31] Dietrich**
It's not yet set in stone.
**[13:34] Dietrich**
It depends on if he accepts my terms.
**[13:37] Hermann**
Wh-What terms?
**[13:43] Dietrich**
Quite a windfall, really.
**[13:45] Dietrich**
I get not only the Hermann Trading Company,
but also that foreign merchant on my side.
**[13:50] Dietrich**
Regretful though it is for Prince Adonis,
**[13:53] Dietrich**
this will all serve to benefit Prince Louis.
**[13:57] Dietrich**
The crown prince will be
the next king without fail.
**[14:07] Sasaki**
Thank you, Mary-san.
**[14:09] Mary**
Don't mention it.
**[14:10] Mary**
If there's anything else you need,
feel free to ask.
**[14:14] Sasaki**
All right. I'll do just that.
**[14:17] Mary**
I'll be going, then.
**[14:19] Sasaki**
E-Er...
**[14:21] Sasaki**
Here. I know it's not much, but...
**[14:23] Mary**
What? Oh, I couldn't...
**[14:25] Sasaki**
A token of my appreciation.
**[14:27] Sasaki**
Please, take it.
**[14:36] Peeps**
This "yet more you can do"...
Does it involve skipping town, perhaps?
**[14:40] Sasaki**
O-Of course not, Peeps.
**[14:42] Peeps**
A mere jest.
**[14:44] Peeps**
Now then, what are you doing
with your reserve stock?
**[14:50] Sasaki**
I just might need cash, is all.
**[14:53] Sasaki**
Peeps, can you take me to Joseph-san?
**[14:57] Peeps**
I shall.
**[15:06] Joseph**
Next, as agreed, I'll hold the profits
from this lot as collateral
**[15:10] Joseph**
for establishing your new trading company.
**[15:14] Sasaki**
I appreciate it.
**[15:18] Peeps**
Weren't you going to need the cash?
**[15:21] Sasaki**
Now, now...
**[15:23] Sasaki**
Joseph-san.
**[15:25] Sasaki**
I was thinking of bringing another
lot here in the next few days.
**[15:31] Sasaki**
Would that be an issue?
**[15:32] Joseph**
No, far from it. It would be most welcome.
**[15:35] Joseph**
How much are we talking?
**[15:38] Sasaki**
I think about double this current delivery.
**[15:41] Joseph**
Double?
**[15:43] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[15:44] Sasaki**
And if possible, I'd like the next payment
to be made in cash on delivery.
**[15:50] Joseph**
That would be no issue.
**[15:52] Sasaki**
You have my thanks.
**[15:55] Matisse**
Oh, there you are.
**[15:57] Joseph**
Matisse-san!
**[15:59] Joseph**
How unusual for you to come
all the way out here.
**[16:03] Matisse**
I had business nearby,
so I thought I'd stop in.
**[16:06] Matisse**
And I see your company
is as prosperous as ever.
**[16:10] Joseph**
How kind of you to notice.
**[16:13] Joseph**
Pardon us, Sasaki-san.
**[16:14] Sasaki**
O-Oh, don't mind me.
**[16:16] Joseph**
This is Matisse-san,
a friend from my student days.
**[16:20] Joseph**
He now works at the central bank.
**[16:23] Matisse**
Matisse, at your service.
**[16:25] Sasaki**
A pleasure to meet you. I'm Sasaki.
**[16:28] Sasaki**
*Wait, haven't I seen this man before?*
**[16:31] Joseph**
Now, what brings you here out of the blue?
**[16:34] Matisse**
I'd like to ask for your advice.
**[16:36] Joseph**
That's rare.
**[16:38] Joseph**
I recall hearing you'd been
put in charge of the south.
**[16:42] Matisse**
Yes.
**[16:43] Matisse**
A noble from Herz took out a loan.
**[16:46] Matisse**
The empire's withdrawal seems
to have thrown a wrench in his plans.
**[16:51] Sasaki**
*I remember now!*
**[16:53] Sasaki**
* I passed him at Count Dietrich's*
* lodging house.*
**[16:58] Sasaki**
Um, would you mind telling me more
about the situation in question?
**[17:15] Neighbor**
*I guess he's working late again today...*
**[17:22] Neighbor**
Huh?
**[17:31] Neighbor**
* I've been here since school let out.*
* When did he get back?*
**[17:35] Neighbor**
*Or has he been off all day?*
**[17:39] Peeps**
What shall we do next?
**[17:41] Sasaki**
We'll fetch our order
and then head right back.
**[17:46] Peeps**
No time to rest, I suppose.
**[17:49] Neighbor**
*Who's there? Who is he talking to?*
**[17:57] Sasaki**
H-Hey.
**[18:02] Neighbor**
Um, good evening.
**[18:04] Neighbor**
Are you on your way out, mister?
**[18:07] Sasaki**
What? O-Oh, yes.
**[18:09] Sasaki**
I left something at work.
**[18:12] Neighbor**
Oh... really?
**[18:21] Sasaki**
Well, good night.
**[18:23] Neighbor**
Right. Take care.
**[18:37] Neighbor**
Mister...
**[18:45] Sasaki**
Yes? Sasaki speaking.
**[18:47] Shizuka**
*You finally picked up!*
**[18:49] Shizuka**
*What in the world are you thinking?*
**[18:51] Shizuka**
* You ask me to hurry,*
* then make me wait three hours?!*
**[18:55] Sasaki**
What? We agreed to meet at seven.
**[18:58] Shizuka**
*Are you absolutely mad?*
**[19:00] Shizuka**
*Don't you realize what time it is?*
**[19:05] Sasaki**
*What? The rate of passage changed again?*
**[19:08] Sasaki**
I'm sorry. I encountered
an unexpected issue.
**[19:12] Sasaki**
But, well, how did it go?
**[19:14] Shizuka**
* Honestly. Have you confused me*
* for some internet delivery service now?*
**[19:20] Sasaki**
No, hardly.
**[19:22] Sasaki**
I take it that means it was difficult?
**[19:24] Shizuka**
*I managed to get it all ready.*
**[19:26] Shizuka**
*But I do hope you'll come to pick it up soon.*
**[19:28] Sasaki**
Thank you very much.
**[19:30] Sasaki**
I'll be there right away!
**[19:37] Elsa**
I hope Father's all right.
**[19:41] Kai**
I'm sure he'll be fine.
And our elder brother is with him.
**[19:44] Elsa**
Right.
**[19:46] Kai**
I'm more worried about
that merchant, Sasaki.
**[19:50] Kai**
He has a rather shiftless air about him.
**[19:53] Elsa**
It's fine.
**[19:54] Elsa**
He's far more competent than you are, in fact.
**[19:57] Kai**
What? Y-You can't mean that!
**[20:28] Elsa**
Father!
**[20:29] Kai**
Welcome home, Father.
**[20:32] Elsa**
How did it go?
**[20:51] Marc**
French-san...
**[20:52] French**
Marc-san. Hang in there a bit longer.
**[20:58] French**
I'm sure the two of them
will manage something!
**[21:09] Hermann**
Well, today's the deadline.
**[21:11] Hermann**
It seems they failed to make use
of the opportunity you afforded them.
**[21:15] Dietrich**
We'll see about that.
**[21:19] Hermann**
They should have kept their
heads down, as I advised them.
**[21:23] Hermann**
I bet they're ruing
humiliating themselves by now!
**[21:29] Dietrich**
By the way, Hermann,
I saw your company's ledger.
**[21:34] Dietrich**
What's this loan you took out
from the central bank?
**[21:38] Hermann**
W-Well, that's... er...
**[21:41] Hermann**
for the branch transfer.
**[21:44] Dietrich**
The sum was a bit excessive for that purpose.
**[21:47] Dietrich**
Do you really expect to pay it all back?
**[21:53] Aide**
Excuse me, my lord.
# E10 - Value and Dignity
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUG3M2K/value-and-dignity)
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**[00:16] Sasaki**
Just act as normal, French-san.
**[00:20] French**
R-Right.
**[00:53] Dietrich**
Why did you choose this place?
**[00:56] Sasaki**
I am the owner of this restaurant.
**[01:01] Sasaki**
I was hoping to entertain you
while we negotiate.
**[01:08] Dietrich**
Oh, is that it?
**[01:12] Sasaki**
Meet my head chef, French-san.
**[01:16] French**
F-French, at your service.
**[01:19] Sasaki**
Now then, where is Marc-san?
**[01:21] Dietrich**
He's waiting in the carriage.
**[01:24] Dietrich**
If we come to terms, I'll release him.
**[01:26] Dietrich**
If not, I'll send him on
to the execution site.
**[01:30] Sasaki**
Understood.
**[01:32] Dietrich**
Count Müller hasn't arrived yet?
**[01:35] Sasaki**
No, though I'm sure he'll be here soon.
**[02:00] Adonis**
Forgive my late arrival.
**[02:02] Dietrich**
P-Prince Adonis?
**[02:05] Dietrich**
Why in the world...?
**[03:37] sign**
EP 10 Value and Dignity
**[03:45] Sasaki**
Well, now that we're all here, let us begin.
**[03:54] Sasaki**
French-san, if you'd please...
**[03:57] French**
R-Right.
**[03:58] French**
I shall bring out the meal now.
**[04:04] Dietrich**
Might I humbly ask the reason
for your presence, Your Highness?
**[04:09] Adonis**
I heard Sasaki would be serving
up some interesting dishes,
**[04:14] Adonis**
and I thought it a good opportunity
to become better acquainted.
**[04:18] Adonis**
No need to show any undue deference.
**[04:21] Adonis**
Let's talk forthrightly about the present
and the future of our kingdom.
**[04:26] Dietrich**
C-Certainly.
**[04:45] Adonis**
I see.
**[04:47] Adonis**
Count Müller, what do you think?
**[04:50] Müller**
I believe it's an excellent idea.
**[04:51] Müller**
With the cooperation of nearby nations,
**[04:54] Müller**
I think it should be entirely possible.
**[04:58] Adonis**
Indeed, you're as wise as the rumors suggest.
**[05:01] Adonis**
I'm very grateful to have
all of your opinions.
**[05:04] Dietrich**
I'm unworthy of such praise.
**[05:07] Dietrich**
I remain in constant awe of Your
Highness's refinement and gallantry.
**[05:13] Dietrich**
I am truly honored to have the chance
to speak with you like this.
**[05:18] Adonis**
I never expected to hear that
from one of my brother's supporters.
**[05:21] Dietrich**
My respect for the royal family
is entirely genuine.
**[05:26] Adonis**
I can see.
**[05:27] Adonis**
Given that, might I ask one more thing?
**[05:29] Adonis**
It regards our kingdom's subjects...
**[05:32] Adonis**
One subject in particular, in fact.
**[05:36] Dietrich**
What is it?
**[05:40] Adonis**
Count Dietrich.
**[05:42] Adonis**
Will you release the merchant
who caused you offense?
**[05:49] Adonis**
I've been apprised of the situation.
**[05:51] Adonis**
If you feel you've suffered
damages due to his insolence,
**[05:57] Adonis**
then allow these men to compensate you.
**[05:59] Adonis**
I'm sure they'd gladly
provide whatever you ask.
**[06:02] Adonis**
Isn't that true?
**[06:04] Müller**
His Highness is correct.
**[06:07] Sasaki**
We would be agreeable to such a solution.
**[06:11] Dietrich**
With all due respect, Your Highness,
**[06:13] Dietrich**
I have already given these men my condition
in order to settle the matter.
**[06:19] Dietrich**
If Sasaki agrees to sell all of his
stock directly to me henceforth,
**[06:26] Dietrich**
I will release the merchant
in question immediately.
**[06:31] Adonis**
No, I'm afraid that's unacceptable.
**[06:36] Adonis**
I say this for your sake, as well.
**[06:39] Dietrich**
May I ask what you mean by that?
**[06:41] Sasaki**
If I may, I'll elaborate.
**[06:52] Sasaki**
To be honest, I sell my wares
entirely at His Highness's discretion.
**[06:59] Dietrich**
I-Is this true?
**[07:01] Adonis**
Yes.
**[07:03] Sasaki**
His Highness has graciously
taken an interest in the goods I carry.
**[07:09] Sasaki**
He has instructed me only to sell
to those I can fully trust.
**[07:15] Sasaki**
That is why I have dealt strictly
with the Hermann Trading Company,
**[07:18] Sasaki**
or rather Marc-san, under
the auspices of Count Müller.
**[07:23] Sasaki**
To buck this arrangement
at the request of a third party
**[07:27] Sasaki**
would constitute lèse-majesté
against Prince Adonis.
**[07:33] Sasaki**
I'm terribly sorry to ask again,
Count Dietrich,
**[07:38] Sasaki**
but could you name a different price
for whatever disrespect Marc-san caused?
**[07:42] Dietrich**
Very well.
**[07:44] Dietrich**
If that is the situation,
I'm willing to consider it.
**[07:47] Sasaki**
I thank you.
**[07:49] Hermann**
C-Count Dietrich!
**[07:52] Dietrich**
Hermann.
**[07:54] Dietrich**
You're before the prince.
**[07:55] Dietrich**
Hold your tongue.
**[07:57] Dietrich**
Still, the merchant in question
greatly offended my pride as a noble.
**[08:03] Dietrich**
The slight demands significant compensation.
**[08:07] Sasaki**
Of course. I anticipated as much.
**[08:10] Dietrich**
If you understand...
**[08:13] Dietrich**
a thousand large gold coins, then.
**[08:22] Dietrich**
Pay me one thousand large gold coins.
**[08:24] Dietrich**
Then I will pardon the merchant.
**[08:26] Dietrich**
Do you accept?
**[08:28] Müller**
A word, Count Dietrich.
**[08:31] Müller**
You can't possibly think one commoner
is worth such an amount.
**[08:35] Dietrich**
This isn't about a commoner's worth.
**[08:38] Dietrich**
It's about the value of a noble's dignity.
**[08:41] Dietrich**
In light of that, it's a trivial sum.
**[08:43] Dietrich**
A peerage is a duty bestowed
upon us by our liege.
**[08:47] Dietrich**
Under most circumstances, even putting
a price on it would be intolerable.
**[08:56] Sasaki**
I understand.
**[08:58] Sasaki**
I shall provide you with
a thousand large gold coins.
**[09:05] Dietrich**
What?!
**[09:07] Dietrich**
I didn't say golds. I said *large* golds!
**[09:10] Dietrich**
And you'll provide a *thousand* of them?
**[09:12] Sasaki**
Yes. Every single coin will be accounted for.
**[09:17] Dietrich**
I-I expect this payment with all due haste.
**[09:22] Dietrich**
I will not be made to wait
years for my money.
**[09:26] Dietrich**
You'll have it ready in a year's time...
No, within the year!
**[09:30] Sasaki**
Yes, that was my intention.
**[09:35] Müller**
Sasaki-dono, surely this is too much!
**[09:38] Adonis**
Lying under the circumstances
would be criminal, Sasaki.
**[09:43] Sasaki**
I appreciate your concern,
**[09:45] Sasaki**
but it's entirely unnecessary.
**[09:49] Dietrich**
I'll give you one chance to take it back.
**[09:53] Sasaki**
I have five hundred ready
as a down payment today.
**[09:58] Sasaki**
I'll pay the remaining five hundred in a week.
**[10:02] Dietrich**
Absurd!
**[10:04] Dietrich**
Even as a knight in His Highness's service,
**[10:06] Dietrich**
you can't possibly have that many large golds!
**[10:09] Dietrich**
Did you bring the prince here
to make a fool out of me?!
**[10:14] Sasaki**
Please, calm yourself, Count Dietrich.
**[10:19] Sasaki**
Marc-san is worth every single one
of those large gold coins.
**[10:25] Sasaki**
He's going to bring great
fortune not just to me,
**[10:28] Sasaki**
but to the entire
Kingdom of Herz in the future.
**[10:33] Sasaki**
This kingdom remains in a dire situation.
**[10:37] Sasaki**
The neighboring empire
will surely attack again.
**[10:40] Sasaki**
You will need Marc-san to bolster
your nation for that inevitable future.
**[10:47] Sasaki**
To lose him now would be an unbearable loss.
**[10:52] Sasaki**
One thousand large golds
is a small price to pay.
**[10:55] Sasaki**
You have my word that I will
pay the promised amount.
**[10:59] Sasaki**
In exchange, I request that
you set Marc-san free.
**[11:13] Dietrich**
I wish to ask you one thing.
**[11:16] Dietrich**
Even if you mean what you say,
you are a foreigner.
**[11:20] Dietrich**
Why are you so concerned
with our kingdom's future?
**[11:24] Sasaki**
It is the homeland of a friend
who would not wish to see it destroyed.
**[11:32] Sasaki**
And above all else, are you not fellow
nobles of the Kingdom of Herz?
**[11:39] Adonis**
What a wonderful thing to say, Sasaki.
**[11:43] Sasaki**
I meant every word of it, Your Highness.
**[11:46] Adonis**
I can see why he likes you so much.
**[11:50] Dietrich**
I understand.
**[11:52] Dietrich**
I'll choose to put stock in those words.
**[11:59] Sasaki**
Thank you, Your Lordship.
**[12:00] Dietrich**
I never expected to hear a foreigner
invoke our fellowship as nobles.
**[12:08] Dietrich**
You've made me realize that,
despite my talk of duty and dignity,
**[12:11] Dietrich**
I've only been serving my own interests.
**[12:17] Dietrich**
I will not demand the thousand gold coins.
**[12:20] Dietrich**
I shall release the merchant immediately.
**[12:24] Sasaki**
Do you mean it?
**[12:26] Dietrich**
As a noble of the Kingdom of Herz,
I must bring honor to His Highness.
**[12:31] Dietrich**
If you believe this man will
benefit our kingdom's future,
**[12:35] Dietrich**
then I look forward to seeing
that promise fulfilled.
**[12:38] Sasaki**
Yes!
**[12:39] Hermann**
Wait, my lord!
**[12:41] Dietrich**
What is it, Hermann?
**[12:43] Hermann**
Count Dietrich, this isn't what we agreed to!
**[12:48] Dietrich**
Did you not hear what he said?
**[12:53] Dietrich**
Ah, I see.
**[12:54] Dietrich**
Are you afraid of a man held in such
high esteem bearing a grudge against you?
**[12:59] Hermann**
I implore you to reconsider, Count Dietrich!
**[13:03] Dietrich**
I refuse. The matter is settled.
**[13:07] Hermann**
Then I have an idea of my own.
**[13:10] Dietrich**
What is it?
**[13:12] Hermann**
I'll pass this on to higher-ranking
nobles in the first prince's faction,
**[13:17] Hermann**
beginning with Marquis Koch.
**[13:21] Dietrich**
What?!
**[13:22] Hermann**
If you renege on our agreement,
**[13:26] Hermann**
it could negatively impact
your own standing as a noble.
**[13:29] Dietrich**
Y-You...
**[13:31] French**
E-Er, excuse me.
**[13:34] Sasaki**
French-san?
**[13:36] French**
You have a visitor, sir.
**[13:39] Sasaki**
What? I do?
**[13:44] Joseph**
Good day, Sasaki-san.
**[13:46] Sasaki**
Joseph-san?!
**[13:48] Joseph**
I'm sorry to interrupt you like this.
**[13:50] Joseph**
I heard I could find you here.
**[13:53] Sasaki**
I-It's fine.
**[13:54] Sasaki**
But what brings you to the Kingdom of Herz?
**[13:57] Joseph**
I just finished a little bit of business.
**[14:01] Sasaki**
Business?
**[14:02] Müller**
Who is this man, Sasaki-dono?
**[14:05] Sasaki**
Oh, pardon me.
**[14:08] Sasaki**
This is the head of the Kepler Trading
Company in the Republic of Lunge,
**[14:13] Sasaki**
Joseph Kepler.
**[14:15] Joseph**
A pleasure to meet you.
Please, call me Joseph.
**[14:18] Müller/Adonis**
Wh-What?!
**[14:20] Müller**
P-Please forgive my uncouthness.
**[14:22] Müller**
I am Müller, lord of the local region.
**[14:25] Müller**
It must have been a long journey here.
**[14:27] Müller**
My apologies for not greeting
you on your arrival.
**[14:29] Joseph**
Think nothing of it.
**[14:31] Joseph**
I came unannounced, after all.
**[14:32] Müller**
Joseph-sama, these are...
**[14:35] Adonis**
Second prince of the Kingdom
of Herz, Adonis Herz.
**[14:38] Adonis**
To meet the head of
the Kepler Trading Company
**[14:42] Adonis**
is an honor even my father
has not experienced.
**[14:44] Adonis**
I'm absolutely delighted.
**[14:46] Joseph**
Actually, I feel I'm the fortunate one.
**[14:49] Joseph**
I didn't expect to meet a member
of the royal family here.
**[14:53] Sasaki**
*I only learned it after the fact,*
**[14:56] Sasaki**
* but apparently the Kepler Trading Company*
* is big business in this world.*
**[15:01] Sasaki**
*The power held by the Republic of Lunge*
**[15:04] Sasaki**
* is magnitudes greater than*
* that of the Kingdom of Herz.*
**[15:07] Sasaki**
* In other words, this was a meeting between*
* the president of a huge corporation*
**[15:11] Sasaki**
* from a modern democracy*
* and royalty from a feudal monarchy.*
**[15:15] Sasaki**
*The top of the social pyramid just changed.*
**[15:19] Dietrich**
I am Dietrich, lord of the neighboring region.
**[15:22] Dietrich**
It's a true honor to meet you.
**[15:24] Hermann**
M-My name is Hermann.
**[15:26] Hermann**
I run a small trading company
here in the Kingdom of Herz.
**[15:31] Joseph**
Oh? But that means...
**[15:34] Joseph**
Sasaki-san, have you
already resolved your issue?
**[15:38] Sasaki**
What? What do you mean?
**[15:41] Joseph**
The business I just wrapped up was actually—
**[15:44] Subordinate**
R-Representative Hermann!
**[15:46] Subordinate**
I-It's an emergency!
**[15:47] Subordinate**
The loan we were issued
for our move to the capital...
**[15:51] Subordinate**
Someone purchased the debt
without consulting us!
**[15:54] Dietrich**
Wh-What did you say?
**[15:55] Sasaki**
Y-You mean...
**[15:57] Joseph**
Do you mind if I explain in front of them?
**[15:59] Sasaki**
Please do.
**[16:01] Joseph**
I wasn't sure of the details,
but you seemed quite troubled, Sasaki-san.
**[16:06] Joseph**
So I opted to acquire the draft issued
to Count Dietrich during the war,
**[16:11] Joseph**
and the loan taken on by the Hermann
Trading Company while I was at it.
**[16:18] Sasaki**
E-Er... "while you were at it"?
**[16:22] Joseph**
The business appeared deeply
connected to the count.
**[16:26] Joseph**
I thought it would make a perfect branch
for the Marc Trading Company.
**[16:29] Joseph**
So, should they ever fail to pay,
it will all go to you, Sasaki-san.
**[16:34] Joseph**
Obviously, if you find this disagreeable,
I can return everything to the original holders.
**[16:38] Müller**
S-Sasaki-dono...
**[16:40] Müller**
What is the Marc Trading Company?
**[16:44] Sasaki**
I'd intended to explain
once everything was all settled...
**[16:48] Sasaki**
But, with Joseph-san's help,
**[16:50] Sasaki**
I've been working on setting up a new trading
company in Lunge, headed by Marc-san.
**[16:56] Sasaki**
I intended to have it handle distribution
of all of my wares in the future.
**[17:00] Sasaki**
With a market the size of Lunge,
**[17:03] Sasaki**
it would mean great profits
for you as well, Your Highness.
**[17:07] Joseph**
By the way, where is Marc-san at the moment?
**[17:10] Joseph**
I was hoping to pay my respects.
**[17:14] Sasaki**
Oh, well...
**[17:24] Marc**
E-Everyone...
**[17:26] Marc**
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart!
**[17:32] Marc**
Sasaki-san.
**[17:33] Marc**
I'm grateful for all you've done on my behalf.
**[17:36] Sasaki**
Welcome home, Marc-san.
**[17:39] Sasaki**
I'm just sorry it took so long.
**[17:42] Sasaki**
And I'm sorry to put you on the spot, but...
**[17:52] Joseph**
I've been waiting to meeting you.
**[17:56] Joseph**
I'm looking forward to our
future endeavors, Marc-san.
**[18:00] Marc**
Y-Yes, sir! I feel the same way.
**[18:03] Joseph**
If you will, I'd like to confirm
a few things with you
**[18:06] Joseph**
concerning the new trading company.
**[18:09] Marc**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[18:12] Sasaki**
*In the end...*
**[18:13] Sasaki**
* Joseph-san turned out to be much a more*
* impressive individual than I'd imagined.*
**[18:17] Sasaki**
*I'm certainly glad to have him on my side.*
**[18:20] Sasaki**
*The thought of having him against me...*
**[18:22] Joseph**
Sasaki-san. Sasaki-san?
**[18:25] Sasaki**
Y-Yes?
**[18:26] Joseph**
Is this all right with you, Sasaki-san?
**[18:29] Sasaki**
Y-Yes, it's just fine.
**[18:42] Peeps**
That was splendidly done.
**[18:45] Sasaki**
Thanks, Peeps.
**[18:47] Peeps**
At what point did you
become certain of success?
**[18:51] Sasaki**
Oh, I was never certain.
**[18:54] Peeps**
Weren't you?
**[18:55] Sasaki**
Nah.
**[18:57] Sasaki**
That's why I had a few plans in place.
**[19:03] Sasaki**
*My first idea was to get Prince Adonis's help*
**[19:07] Sasaki**
*and settle the matter using his authority.*
**[19:10] Sasaki**
*The Kingdom of Herz has a strict hierarchy,*
**[19:12] Sasaki**
*and I* do *serve as a knight managing
His Highness's personal funds.*
**[19:17] Sasaki**
* I didn't feel great about using*
* the count's patriotism against him,*
**[19:21] Sasaki**
* but I judged that Prince Adonis's words*
* would have a great effect on him.*
**[19:25] Sasaki**
* Then I considered that*
* if new conditions were issued,*
**[19:28] Sasaki**
*they'd most likely revolve around money.*
**[19:31] Sasaki**
* I'd heard that Count Dietrich*
* had taken out a sizable loan.*
**[19:36] Sasaki**
* So I asked Joseph-san, who has connections*
* throughout the financial world,*
**[19:40] Sasaki**
*to investigate the matter in depth.*
**[19:43] (Flashback) Joseph**
I learned a number of things.
**[19:45] (Flashback) Joseph**
Count Dietrich is a competent
and reliable client,
**[19:49] (Flashback) Joseph**
but it seems he was forced to spend
enormous sums during the recent war.
**[19:54] (Flashback) Joseph**
I discovered he had
a large draft issued to him.
**[19:57] Sasaki**
* Apparently, the war had put*
* Count Dietrich in considerable debt,*
**[20:03] Sasaki**
*meaning he likely needed funding.*
**[20:06] Sasaki**
*As for that...*
**[20:08] (Flashback) Shizuka**
You're late!
**[20:10] (Flashback) Shizuka**
So very late!
**[20:12] (Flashback) Shizuka**
I've been waiting for ages, you know.
**[20:15] (Flashback) Sasaki**
I really am sorry!
**[20:18] Shizuka**
Oh, honestly...
**[20:18] Sasaki**
* I had Futari Shizuka-san prepare me*
* a large stock order on the double.*
**[20:22] Sasaki**
*I know not to look a gift horse in the mouth,*
**[20:25] Sasaki**
*but to be even faster than internet delivery...*
**[20:27] Sasaki**
*Really, who is that woman?*
**[20:29] Sasaki**
Even if that hadn't worked out,
**[20:32] Sasaki**
I'd planned to talk to Joseph-san
to attack the count over his draft.
**[20:36] Sasaki**
I never expected Joseph-san
to take the liberty on his own!
**[20:41] Peeps**
You thought things that far through?
**[20:44] Sasaki**
*And if all that didn't work, that's when...*
**[20:50] Sasaki**
*No, actually, maybe not.*
**[20:53] Sasaki**
Oh, Peeps, I need to show you
my thanks when we get home.
**[20:57] Sasaki**
The chateaubriand steak I promised—
**[20:59] Peeps**
No, never mind that.
**[21:01] Peeps**
I was once a noble of this land myself.
**[21:04] Peeps**
On the heels of seeing
the count honor our prince so,
**[21:07] Peeps**
it would be unbecoming
for me alone to indulge.
**[21:11] Sasaki**
I see.
**[21:13] Peeps**
I was impressed by the mettle you showed.
**[21:16] Sasaki**
P-Peeps!
**[21:18] Peeps**
Now, let us rest and then return.
**[21:21] Peeps**
I'm concerned about the
changing time differential.
**[21:24] Sasaki**
Y-Yeah, sounds like a plan.
**[21:26] Sasaki**
Say, if not a thank-you,
**[21:28] Sasaki**
then what about a celebration
of a job well done?
**[21:31] Peeps**
Now *that* I will gladly accept!
**[23:25] sign**
Incoming call
**[23:25] sign**
Futari Shizuka
**[23:25] sign**
Accept
**[23:25] sign**
Reject
**[23:28] Sasaki**
Futari Shizuka-san.
**[23:29] Sasaki**
Thank you for all your help before.
**[23:31] Sasaki**
You really—
**[23:32] Shizuka**
*Sorry, I'm in a hurry.*
**[23:34] Shizuka**
*I need your help!*
# E11 - Imagination and Counters
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZVM55/imagination-and-counters)
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**[00:10] Sasaki**
Um, is this...
**[00:27] Sasaki**
Thanks, Peeps.
**[00:29] Peeps**
Apologies. I should have
set it up in advance.
**[00:32] Sasaki**
Hey, come on.
**[00:33] Sasaki**
You couldn't have expected them
to just open fire on us.
**[00:37] Shizuka**
Anyway, I guess she's...
**[00:40] Sasaki**
Over there, maybe?
**[00:46] Sasaki**
Futari Shizuka-san. Are you all right?
**[00:48] Shizuka**
Ah...
**[00:50] Shizuka**
You really came to save me?
**[00:52] Sasaki**
I did say that I would.
**[00:55] Sasaki**
Just stay still.
**[00:56] Sasaki**
I'll heal you at once.
**[01:02] Shizuka**
I reckon that's another power
the Bureau would love to have.
**[01:07] Sasaki**
Don't go telling on me now. I'd be angry.
**[01:10] Shizuka**
Oh, how frightening.
**[01:11] Shizuka**
I know very well not to blab.
**[01:14] Shizuka**
Have a look.
**[01:16] Shizuka**
A clear sign of my loyalty,
perfectly unchanged.
**[01:20] Sasaki**
Well, I am glad to see that.
**[01:27] Sasaki**
So, would this be... your organization
sending a purge squad?
**[01:33] Shizuka**
Something like that.
**[01:35] Peeps**
What might your next move be?
**[01:38] Shizuka**
The target we're after is among them.
**[01:41] Sasaki**
What? You want to execute your mission *now*?
**[01:44] Shizuka**
It's called searching for a lifeline.
**[01:47] Shizuka**
Besides, if I miss this opportunity,
it will be unlikely to come again.
**[01:53] Peeps**
In that case, we cannot afford
to simply make an escape.
**[02:01] Peeps**
Let us finish them off quickly!
**[02:03] Shizuka**
Come to think of it, you never
told me your own objective.
**[02:07] Peeps**
We cannot share that.
**[02:09] Shizuka**
Aw, stingy.
**[02:14] Peeps**
I shall handle this myself.
**[02:16] Sasaki**
*Peeps, you're so motivated!*
**[02:19] Sasaki**
*Are you that excited to take action?*
**[02:21] Sasaki**
*How utterly adorable!*
**[02:24] Fallen Angel**
What? You're still at it?
**[02:27] Fallen Angel**
This way?
**[02:29] Fallen Angel**
Are you over here, Shizuka-chan?
**[02:35] Shizuka**
The situation has changed...
**[02:37] Shizuka**
We should leave for now.
**[02:39] Shizuka**
We can't beat him.
**[02:41] Sasaki**
Someone you know?
**[02:44] Shizuka**
The leader of our particular group.
**[04:26] Sign**
EP 11 Imagination and Counters
**[04:27] Sasaki**
That's the leader of your group?
**[04:29] Peeps**
What is the nature of his psychic ability?
**[04:33] Shizuka**
He can give his imagination physical form.
**[04:36] Shizuka**
It covers such a wide range, not even
the organization knows its limits.
**[04:43] Fallen Angel**
Hey, Shizuka-chan, you really were here.
**[04:46] Fallen Angel**
And who might the fellow beside you be?
**[04:49] Fallen Angel**
Shizuka-chan, did you get
yourself a sugar daddy?
**[04:53] Shizuka**
Well, you've all been so hard on me lately.
**[04:57] Shizuka**
I had to find sugar somewhere.
**[04:58] Fallen Angel**
Aw, really?
**[05:00] Fallen Angel**
So you're not coming back to us?
**[05:02] Shizuka**
I'd certainly prefer not to.
**[05:08] Fallen Angel**
You turning on me would be
rather inconvenient,
**[05:10] Fallen Angel**
so I suppose I should ensure this is goodbye.
**[05:17] Shizuka**
Your ability remains most unsettling.
**[05:20] Fallen Angel**
I need to fill the hole you've
left in my organization.
**[05:24] Sasaki**
Futari Shizuka-san,
like you, can your duplicate...
**[05:30] Shizuka**
My ability being common
knowledge may make that possible
**[05:33] Shizuka**
under these circumstances.
**[05:40] Shizuka**
I'm sorry, but would you
be willing to help me?
**[05:42] Shizuka**
I believe that, with your assistance,
we can at least escape.
**[05:49] Sasaki**
*I've got this feeling*
**[05:51] Sasaki**
* that no matter how many times we beat*
* the copy, it'll keep popping up.*
**[05:56] Sasaki**
* The thought of unlimited psychics that*
* can kill with a touch coming after me...*
**[06:00] Sasaki**
*The difficulty of escaping* that*
would be insane.*
**[06:03] Sasaki**
I can get us away with all haste, but...
**[06:06] Shizuka**
Please do.
**[06:07] Peeps**
Are you certain?
**[06:08] Sasaki**
I'm sorry to ask, but do you think you could?
**[06:12] Peeps**
Yes, very well.
**[06:13] Fallen Angel**
Now, here's something
I've been wondering about.
**[06:16] Fallen Angel**
That bird on the old man's shoulder
is awfully talkative, isn't it?
**[06:20] Fallen Angel**
Your ability wouldn't involve
a familiar, would it?
**[06:22] Fallen Angel**
Isn't that usually reserved
for cute little girls?
**[06:28] Peeps**
Let us proceed.
**[06:33] Shizuka**
Farewell.
**[06:39] Peeps**
Is this location acceptable?
**[06:40] Shizuka**
Yes. Thank you for your aid.
**[06:43] Shizuka**
I really thought I was dead back there.
**[06:47] Shizuka**
They caught me completely off-guard.
**[06:50] Shizuka**
It's as if they were aware
of my actions in advance.
**[06:55] Sasaki**
In advance?
**[06:56] Sasaki**
* But the only person who knows*
* about her mission is...*
**[07:02] Peeps**
I wish to learn the limits of that man's
ability to materialize things.
**[07:06] Shizuka**
I've never heard of him
replicating natural phenomena.
**[07:10] Peeps**
I see.
**[07:12] Shizuka**
Still, this has greatly increased
the difficulty of the Bureau's request.
**[07:18] Sasaki**
You still intend to fulfill that?
**[07:20] Shizuka**
But of course.
**[07:23] Shizuka**
I have a proposal for the two of you.
**[07:26] Sasaki**
What is it?
**[07:27] Shizuka**
If you aid me in joining the Bureau,
**[07:30] Shizuka**
I'll aid with all your future transactions.
**[07:34] Shizuka**
Even the more unreasonable ones.
**[07:36] Shizuka**
I'll even find you an overseas
base of operations, if needed.
**[07:39] Shizuka**
That's the scale of the
cooperation I'm offering you.
**[07:43] Peeps**
Have you forgotten about
the curse on your hand?
**[07:47] Sasaki**
Peeps, could you let me handle this part?
**[07:53] Peeps**
You exercise restraint over
the most curious things.
**[07:57] Sasaki**
That's just who I am.
**[08:00] Sasaki**
She was at fault in the previous incident,
**[08:03] Sasaki**
but we'll be on even footing
for future transactions.
**[08:08] Sasaki**
It's important that we negotiate as equals
**[08:11] Sasaki**
rather than demand obedience
via your curse.
**[08:13] Shizuka**
Well? Are you taking my offer or not?
**[08:17] Sasaki**
I believe it's worth considering.
**[08:20] Sasaki**
But we'd also prefer not to die, so...
**[08:24] Sasaki**
Share your plan with us
and we'll decide based on that.
**[08:31] Shizuka**
In that case...
**[08:41] Fallen Angel**
I'm so glad you chose to stay
within the city.
**[08:47] Sasaki**
He disappeared?
**[08:49] Shizuka**
A product of his imagination.
**[08:51] Shizuka**
He likely just used it as transportation.
**[08:54] Sasaki**
I see.
**[08:55] Sasaki**
But how did he know we were here?
**[08:58] Fallen Angel**
A close friend of mine told me.
**[09:03] Sasaki**
*Yeah, I thought so.*
**[09:06] Sasaki**
I never would have thought
you'd be working with the Bureau.
**[09:12] Shizuka**
Y-You're working with the Bureau?!
**[09:14] Fallen Angel**
You chose the wrong future employer.
**[09:20] Fallen Angel**
I know all about your whereabouts.
**[09:25] Fallen Angel**
You can do so much with state power, you know?
**[09:27] Fallen Angel**
I guess they checked security camera footage
and figured all the places you've been.
**[09:36] Sasaki**
Although... I suppose I wouldn't
put this past Chief Akutsu.
**[09:42] Sasaki**
* He likely traced our movements*
* back from Shiodome Station*
**[09:46] Sasaki**
*the day I took Elsa-sama out sightseeing.*
**[09:50] Sasaki**
*Either way...*
**[09:52] Sasaki**
*My question is, how close are the two of them?*
**[09:56] Sasaki**
* Are their motivations*
* merely aligned temporarily,*
**[09:59] Sasaki**
* or have they been friendly*
* for some time now?*
**[10:03] Sasaki**
* If they've been in cahoots*
* since before he joined,*
**[10:07] Sasaki**
*it'll make all his employees weep...*
**[10:11] Sasaki**
* Or worse, what if he's trying*
* to get us to take each other out?*
**[10:16] Sasaki**
*Yeah, that's plausible.*
**[10:18] Peeps**
Forgive me. I should have thought
this through more carefully.
**[10:21] Sasaki**
No, this one's on me.
**[10:25] Sasaki**
Take us somewhere else right away, Peeps.
**[10:27] Fallen Angel**
Oh, I've had quite enough of that!
**[10:46] Sasaki**
Thanks, Peeps.
**[10:47] Sasaki**
I almost thought we were dead again!
**[10:49] Peeps**
Indeed. I was rather frightened myself.
**[10:55] Fallen Angel**
Not bad.
**[10:56] Sasaki**
Peeps, you knew what those explosives were?
**[10:59] Peeps**
Your "internet" is truly superb.
**[11:01] Peeps**
They're illegal in this land, aren't they?
**[11:05] Sasaki**
*So dependable!*
**[11:07] Sasaki**
* I must protect my pet's*
* internet access, or die trying!*
**[11:11] Sasaki**
Would you like to go smartphone
shopping sometime soon?
**[11:15] Peeps**
You desire a new one?
**[11:17] Peeps**
You bought yourself a new laptop
no more than a few days ago...
**[11:21] Sasaki**
Not for me!
**[11:23] Sasaki**
I thought I'd give you one as a present.
**[11:27] Peeps**
Then I would gladly accompany you!
**[11:30] Peeps**
There's a model I've taken
interest in, in fact.
**[11:34] Sasaki**
Oh, really? Let's go, then!
**[11:37] Shizuka**
Perhaps you could invest a bit more
in our current situation?
**[11:41] Sasaki**
Sorry, Futari Shizuka-san.
**[11:45] Peeps**
Would you permit me to get rid of this man?
**[11:48] Shizuka**
Y-Yes. If you can, feel free.
**[11:51] Fallen Angel**
Shizuka-chan, that's awfully cruel.
**[11:54] Shizuka**
A ludicrous accusation.
You're the one attacking us.
**[11:58] Peeps**
Just stand back and watch.
**[12:15] Sasaki**
*Hey, Peeps entered battle mode!*
**[12:18] Fallen Angel**
I see.
**[12:19] Fallen Angel**
You're the type of psychic who uses
a familiar for attack and defense.
**[12:27] Fallen Angel**
Hellfire that burns eternal crimson,
**[12:31] Fallen Angel**
reduce to ash all who oppose me!
**[12:36] Sasaki**
*Huh? That incantation...*
**[12:41] Fallen Angel**
What do you think of this?!
**[12:51] Fallen Angel**
Not surprised by that one?
**[12:52] Peeps**
What about that would surprise me?
**[12:55] Sasaki**
*Peeps looks so cool right now!*
**[12:58] Sasaki**
Er, anyway...
**[13:00] Sasaki**
Didn't you say he couldn't
conjure natural phenomena?
**[13:04] Shizuka**
That's only as far as I've heard.
**[13:08] Shizuka**
Though what he just unleashed
**[13:11] Shizuka**
strongly resembled a spell in a game
I once played a great deal of...
**[13:14] Sasaki**
Yeah, I *thought* that was from a game!
**[13:17] Sasaki**
I even know the title of it.
**[13:19] Shizuka**
Oh? You played it as well?
**[13:24] Sasaki**
Hang on.
**[13:25] Sasaki**
I'm pretty sure that in the game,
**[13:27] Sasaki**
you could only use that spell when
you had a certain ring equipped...
**[13:34] Sasaki**
It seems what he materialized
wasn't the spell itself,
**[13:38] Sasaki**
but the ring that lets him *use* the spell.
**[13:41] Sasaki**
Which means he even has the power
to conjure purely fictional things.
**[13:48] Sasaki**
It seems your comrades didn't trust
you very much, Futari Shizuka-san.
**[13:53] Shizuka**
It's not nice to say things like that!
**[13:56] Fallen Angel**
What about this next one?
**[14:03] Shizuka**
You guys might die here.
**[14:07] Sasaki**
Don't just assume that!
**[14:13] Fallen Angel**
This should put an end to things!
**[14:23] Sasaki**
Peeps!
**[14:31] Fallen Angel**
Hey, hang on now!
**[14:33] Fallen Angel**
What's with your familiar?!
**[14:34] Fallen Angel**
This is a little *too* weird!
**[14:36] Fallen Angel**
An application of a pocket dimension ability?
**[14:39] Fallen Angel**
No, that can't be...
**[14:41] Peeps**
Now it's my turn to attack, I believe.
**[14:54] Peeps**
Oh? You negated my spell?
**[14:57] Fallen Angel**
C'mon, how do you like that?!
**[14:59] Fallen Angel**
Surprised you, didn't I?!
**[15:01] Shizuka**
He added another ring.
**[15:03] Sasaki**
Looks like.
**[15:04] Fallen Angel**
I might have to take more serious action.
**[15:09] Shizuka**
Ah, is that...
**[15:11] Sasaki**
You know it?
**[15:13] Shizuka**
It's an item from another game
I played a lot of.
**[15:16] Sasaki**
Futari Shizuka-san,
you're quite a gamer, aren't you?
**[15:20] Shizuka**
One of my few hobbies.
**[15:23] Sasaki**
So, what does that item do?
**[15:27] Shizuka**
It deletes whoever it slices through.
**[15:30] Sasaki**
Deletes?!
**[15:31] Shizuka**
If the blade touches you,
it erases you from existence.
**[15:36] Sasaki**
That does seem rather dire.
**[15:39] Sasaki**
Peeps, don't let that blade touch you!
**[15:43] Sasaki**
It'll erase you from existence!
**[15:45] Peeps**
Erase me from existence?
**[15:49] Fallen Angel**
Shizuka-chan, could you
please hold off on spoilers?
**[15:52] Fallen Angel**
It makes things boring.
**[15:53] Shizuka**
Your own fault for stealing something
from a recently released game.
**[15:57] Fallen Angel**
Fair point.
**[15:59] Fallen Angel**
I'm just not great at retro games.
**[16:02] Peeps**
I'm gaining some interest
in this psychic ability of yours.
**[16:08] Fallen Angel**
You keep on looking down on me.
**[16:10] Fallen Angel**
It gets on my nerves, you know?
**[16:30] Fallen Angel**
Yes, yes, yes!
**[16:31] Fallen Angel**
That should finish it off.
**[16:33] Sasaki**
P-Peeps!
**[16:35] Peeps**
There's no need to panic.
**[16:37] Peeps**
Just remain where you are.
**[16:39] Sasaki**
But...
**[16:41] Sasaki**
* Peeps, when we get home,*
* I'll feed you lots of chateaubriand*
**[16:45] Sasaki**
* and get you a smartphone*
* with unlimited data...*
**[16:49] Sasaki**
*So, please, don't disappear!*
**[16:51] Sasaki**
* If I lose my pet now, I'm not sure how*
* I can return to my normal life tomorrow!*
**[16:57] Fallen Angel**
Hang on a minute...
**[16:59] Fallen Angel**
Why is it my imagination
that's disappearing?
**[17:01] Fallen Angel**
This is some kind of reflection, right?
**[17:04] Fallen Angel**
How can you use both reflection
and teleportation?!
**[17:08] Fallen Angel**
That's against the rules!
**[17:10] Peeps**
A very good question.
**[17:12] Peeps**
You should consider it yourself.
**[17:16] Peeps**
I have a few other tricks up my sleeve,
**[17:19] Peeps**
but if this suffices,
that will speed things up.
**[17:21] Fallen Angel**
What the hell are you?
**[17:23] Fallen Angel**
This is just bizarre. I don't get it!
**[17:26] Peeps**
The world is full of things
beyond our comprehension.
**[17:29] Peeps**
It can be interesting to uncover them all.
**[17:32] Peeps**
The moment humans cease learning new things
**[17:35] Peeps**
is the death of the soul.
**[17:36] Peeps**
And the death of the soul will,
in time, mean the death of the body.
**[17:49] Fallen Angel**
Fine, I'll back off!
**[17:51] Fallen Angel**
Just take what you want already!
**[17:53] Peeps**
Take? What, pray tell, are we taking?
**[17:57] Fallen Angel**
Shizuka-chan!
**[17:58] Fallen Angel**
The Bureau scouted her, right?
**[18:01] Fallen Angel**
Fine, then. Just take her already.
**[18:05] Peeps**
What? Giving up so soon?
**[18:08] Fallen Angel**
I've never been in a fight less worth it!
**[18:10] Fallen Angel**
I'm not risking my life for this crap.
**[18:13] Peeps**
I see.
**[18:19] Sasaki**
*Whoops.*
**[18:21] Sasaki**
*I can't actually just let him go like this.*
**[18:24] Sasaki**
Excuse me.
**[18:27] Sasaki**
There's something I'd like
to discuss with you as well.
**[18:30] Fallen Angel**
And what would that be?
**[18:32] Sasaki**
It concerns Futari Shizuka-san.
**[18:35] Fallen Angel**
I'm not giving up my own ally.
**[18:38] Sasaki**
That's not what I was going to ask.
**[18:41] Sasaki**
We need to make it clear to the Bureau
that Futari Shizuka-san has left your group.
**[18:47] Sasaki**
Do you have any ideas for how to do that?
**[18:50] Fallen Angel**
You want me to tell your boss myself?
**[18:54] Fallen Angel**
Man, what a pain in the ass.
**[18:56] Fallen Angel**
Just because we had
a common interest for a bit...
**[19:00] Sasaki**
* I'm glad to hear that he's not*
* that friendly with the Chief.*
**[19:05] Fallen Angel**
Well, I did lose our fight and all.
**[19:08] Fallen Angel**
I guess I can put in a call for you.
**[19:10] Sasaki**
Also, I was hoping that you and I could
be on good terms moving forward.
**[19:17] Fallen Angel**
Huh? What's in it for me?
**[19:21] Sasaki**
The Bureau is unaware of the psychic
ability I displayed here today.
**[19:27] Sasaki**
If you promise you won't reveal it to them,
**[19:29] Sasaki**
I will promise not to
use it on you ever again.
**[19:33] Sasaki**
In addition, I believe that
Futari Shizuka-san's background
**[19:37] Sasaki**
is something you can't just overlook.
**[19:39] Sasaki**
There's no need to be
intentionally antagonistic.
**[19:42] Sasaki**
Don't you agree?
**[19:46] Fallen Angel**
Fine by me.
**[19:48] Sasaki**
I believe you've made a wise decision.
**[19:51] Fallen Angel**
Give me a break.
**[19:53] Fallen Angel**
Like I actually had a choice.
**[19:55] Fallen Angel**
You're not unhappy with the
Bureau, by chance, are you?
**[19:59] Sasaki**
Oh, certainly not!
**[20:04] Shizuka**
You did me a great service today.
**[20:07] Shizuka**
You really pulled me from the jaws of death.
**[20:10] Shizuka**
I will work with you wholeheartedly
from now on, as agreed.
**[20:15] Shizuka**
I'll secure you a base outside
of this warehouse with all haste.
**[20:18] Shizuka**
Anything else you need,
simply say the word, and I shall fetch it.
**[20:22] Sasaki**
Well, that's a very appealing offer!
**[20:25] Peeps**
And quite the commendable attitude.
**[20:28] Shizuka**
I'd hate to remain too long in the debt
of fearsome figures like yourselves.
**[20:33] Sasaki**
In that case, I'd like three hundred
tons of caster sugar.
**[20:39] Shizuka**
I'll have it within the week.
**[20:41] Shizuka**
Feel free to pay after delivery.
**[20:43] Sasaki**
You're sure?
**[20:44] Shizuka**
I believe maintaining friendly relations
with you will bring good things for me.
**[20:49] Sasaki**
I'll do my best to make it worth your while.
**[20:53] Shizuka**
What an unconfident reply.
**[20:55] Shizuka**
Can't you manage a more enthusiastic one?
**[20:59] Sasaki**
I'd prefer to show my
commitment through actions.
**[21:03] Shizuka**
Then I suppose I'll wait patiently and see.
**[21:07] Peeps**
He's most trusting, but if you're lying
to us, the curse will spread.
**[21:12] Shizuka**
How rude. I have no such intentions.
**[21:15] Peeps**
Indeed, it does appear that way.
**[21:18] Shizuka**
Gosh, aren't I noble?
**[21:21] Shizuka**
I truly am your loyal slave!
**[21:25] Sasaki**
Hearing you talk like that
makes this all feel more dangerous.
**[21:29] Peeps**
You should reconsider your words.
**[21:31] Shizuka**
Could you at least give me
the freedom to talk as I please?
**[21:37] Sign**
Call
Hoshizaki
**[21:38] Sasaki**
Excuse me, could I have a minute?
**[21:42] Sasaki**
Hello? What—
**[21:43] Hoshizaki**
*Sasaki? Is Futari Shizuka with you?*
**[21:46] Sasaki**
Yes, what about it?
**[21:49] Hoshizaki**
*Could you two come to the Bureau right away?*
**[21:51] Hoshizaki**
*We're under attack from the magical girl!*
**[21:56] Hoshizaki**
*The Bureau's sending a helicopter.*
**[21:58] Hoshizaki**
*We need your help right now!*
# E12 - Real Life, Fantasy, and the Fourth World
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU8J7DQ/real-life-fantasy-and-the-fourth-world)
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**[00:17] Shizuka**
Quite the spectacle.
**[00:19] Sasaki**
Well, as far as the world knows,
it was a massive terrorist bombing.
**[00:25] Shizuka**
Indeed.
**[00:26] Shizuka**
They *are* more or less bombs, aren't they?
**[00:30] Sasaki**
* About an hour ago, we got word that*
* the magical girl appeared out of the blue*
**[00:34] Sasaki**
*and stormed the Bureau's headquarters.*
**[00:37] Sasaki**
*And this time, she brought a friend.*
**[00:40] Sasaki**
* At the request of Chief Akutsu,*
* Futari Shizuka-san and I rushed to the scene.*
**[00:46] Sasaki**
*I asked Peeps to stay home.*
**[00:50] Sasaki**
* I'm told high-rank psychics,*
* including Hoshizaki-san,*
**[00:54] Sasaki**
*are already on the scene, but...*
**[01:10] Shizuka**
Putting on a real show.
**[01:14] (Flashback) Magical Pink**
I kill psychics.
**[01:16] (Flashback) Magical Pink**
I can't let them escape.
**[01:18] Sasaki**
Come on, don't do this.
**[03:11] Hoshizaki**
*Sasaki, are you here?*
**[03:11] Sasaki**
EP 12 Real Life, Fantasy, and the Fourth World
**[03:13] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[03:15] Sasaki**
We're about a block away from headquarters.
**[03:17] Hoshizaki**
*Good. Get in here as fast as you can.*
**[03:20] Sasaki**
Understood.
**[03:23] Shizuka**
What shall we do?
**[03:25] Sasaki**
Good question.
**[03:27] Sasaki**
*Maybe it was a mistake to send Peeps home.*
**[03:31] Sasaki**
*If he were with us...*
**[03:33] Sasaki**
* He could use his teleportation magic to*
* warp Futari Shizuka-san right next to them.*
**[03:41] Sasaki**
*We could have settled this in a flash.*
**[03:47] Sasaki**
*No, no, no, no!*
**[03:48] Sasaki**
* I can't have Hoshizaki-san and*
* the Bureau learning about Peeps.*
**[03:53] Sasaki**
*I have to find a way through this myself.*
**[03:56] Sasaki**
Let's check out the scene first.
**[04:28] Magical Yellow**
Barrier!
**[04:32] Hoshizaki**
Pull back!
**[04:44] Hoshizaki**
Fire!
**[04:47] Magical Yellow**
Adults ganging up on children...
**[04:50] Magical Yellow**
That's pretty mean.
**[04:51] Magical Yellow**
It doesn't seem to be helping you, either.
**[05:02] Bureau A**
It's no use!
**[05:03] Bureau A**
We can't get past her barrier!
**[05:04] Bureau B**
Team A, withdraw at once!
**[05:07] Bureau C**
Team B, covering fire!
**[05:11] Akutsu**
A Magical Barrier, eh?
**[05:14] Akutsu**
Tricky.
**[05:18] Akutsu**
They're here.
**[05:22] Shizuka**
Well, have you thought up a clever plan?
**[05:26] Shizuka**
There is nothing we can do
unless we break through her barrier.
**[05:30] Sasaki**
Good question.
**[05:40] Sasaki**
Maybe we don't have to break through.
**[05:44] Sasaki**
What about a water attack?
**[05:46] Shizuka**
What do you mean?
**[05:48] Sasaki**
Earlier, we confirmed that people
can't pass through the Magical Barrier.
**[05:53] Sasaki**
So water probably can't either.
**[05:55] Sasaki**
What if I were to create a great
deal of water *inside* the barrier,
**[06:00] Sasaki**
so the only way to drain it
is to dismiss the barrier?
**[06:03] Shizuka**
And you're proposing you can
create this water with your powers?
**[06:07] Sasaki**
Yes.
**[06:08] Sasaki**
If I can get close enough while
remaining hidden, I think so.
**[06:11] Shizuka**
I've heard it's quite difficult to execute
powers inside a Magical Barrier.
**[06:16] Sasaki**
What I use is different
from psychic abilities,
**[06:19] Sasaki**
so I think it's worth a try.
**[06:24] Shizuka**
I'll go along with your plan.
**[06:26] Sasaki**
Whatever you do, please don't kill them.
**[06:30] Sasaki**
If at all possible...
**[06:32] Sasaki**
I'd prefer to end this
by neutralizing the pink one
**[06:36] Sasaki**
and forcing the one using
her Magical Field to retreat.
**[06:42] Shizuka**
You love your troublesome requests, don't you?
**[06:45] Sasaki**
I think the most important thing
**[06:46] Sasaki**
is giving you a spotlight in front
of all the Bureau members.
**[06:53] Shizuka**
Ah, I see.
**[06:57] Sasaki**
There's one!
**[07:06] Akutsu**
Hoshizaki-kun.
**[07:07] Akutsu**
*Attack.*
**[07:09] Akutsu**
*We have a plan.*
**[07:34] Magical Yellow**
Sayoko, are you okay?
**[07:36] Magical Pink**
Yeah, I'm fine.
**[07:38] Magical Yellow**
What should we do? Just clear them all up?
**[07:42] Magical Pink**
Yeah. Let's clear them up.
**[07:47] Sasaki**
I'm going in.
**[07:58] Magical Yellow**
I-It's filling up with water!
**[08:02] Hoshizaki**
Is that the plan...?
**[08:04] Magical Yellow**
Sayoko, we've gotta drop the barrier!
**[08:07] Magical Pink**
But...
**[08:08] Magical Yellow**
If we don't...
**[08:10] Magical Yellow**
we're gonna drown!
**[08:15] Sasaki**
Okay!
**[08:19] Magical Pink**
That should do it.
**[08:25] Magical Pink**
They blocked the hole with ice?
**[08:28] Magical Pink**
In that case...
**[08:31] Magical Yellow**
I-I don't think we're going to make it!
**[08:34] Magical Pink**
But... any more of this and...
**[08:44] Magical Pink**
*The psychic from that day...*
**[09:01] Magical Pink**
The magical man!
**[09:27] Hoshizaki**
Look out!
**[09:40] Shizuka**
You want to keep playing?
**[09:42] Magical Yellow**
What did you do to her?
**[09:45] Shizuka**
Please. She'll be right as rain
after a few days of sleep.
**[09:49] Magical Yellow**
You will pay for this.
**[09:51] Magical Yellow**
I'm committing your face to memory.
**[09:55] Shizuka**
I'm so pleased to have
the acquaintance of a magical girl.
**[10:05] Shizuka**
Goodness, such dangerous people.
**[10:11] Hoshizaki**
Stay right where you are.
**[10:16] Shizuka**
What's all this?
**[10:18] Shizuka**
Why turn your suspicions
on your greatest contributor?
**[10:22] Sasaki**
Wait a minute!
She's not here to hurt anyone.
**[10:25] Hoshizaki**
Sasaki?
**[10:27] Sasaki**
Hoshizaki-san, excellent work.
**[10:29] Hoshizaki**
Would you have been the one
generating all that water?
**[10:34] Sasaki**
Er, yes.
**[10:35] Akutsu**
Sasaki-kun.
**[10:36] Akutsu**
I would have preferred to take
the magical girls into custody.
**[10:40] Sasaki**
I'm sorry, sir.
**[10:43] Akutsu**
It's good to see you, too,
Futari Shizuka-kun.
**[10:45] Akutsu**
Thanks to you, damage was kept to a minimum.
**[10:49] Akutsu**
Dealing with the media and the public
shouldn't be too difficult either.
**[10:55] Shizuka**
Always glad to be of service.
**[10:57] Sasaki**
By the way, Chief, why did
the magical girl attack the Bureau?
**[11:03] Akutsu**
She's made attempts on our staff in the past.
**[11:07] Akutsu**
We're still uncovering the details,
**[11:09] Akutsu**
but she had another magical
girl with her this time, no?
**[11:15] Akutsu**
She likely thought she'd be able to put
an end to us with the extra help.
**[11:21] Sasaki**
I see.
**[11:22] Akutsu**
Of course, the motives of her new sponsor
are surely part of the equation as well.
**[11:28] Shizuka**
Given how they were acting,
they might attack the Bureau again.
**[11:33] Akutsu**
It's not out of the question.
**[11:36] Shizuka**
Shouldn't you step up your forces
to ensure that doesn't happen?
**[11:42] Akutsu**
Oh, regarding that...
**[11:45] Akutsu**
I've officially decided to employ you.
**[11:48] Shizuka**
Have you now?
**[11:49] Akutsu**
Formal notice will come in a few days,
**[11:51] Akutsu**
but under the circumstances,
I thought I'd let you know now.
**[11:55] Shizuka**
How delightful!
**[11:57] Shizuka**
Now I can proudly call myself
a public servant like the rest of you.
**[12:01] Akutsu**
I'll let Sasaki-kun fill you
in on the finer details.
**[12:06] Akutsu**
You'll look after her, won't you?
**[12:11] Akutsu**
I'd like her to receive
the same training you did.
**[12:16] Akutsu**
I'll give him a phone for you
soon as well, so check that later.
**[12:21] Shizuka**
Very well.
**[12:23] Sasaki**
* I guess, like it or not,*
* I'm Futari Shizuka-san's chaperone.*
**[12:28] Sasaki**
*Not that I really mind at this point.*
**[12:32] Akutsu**
With all that said, Sasaki-kun...
**[12:35] Akutsu**
I need to speak with you a bit.
Would you come with me?
**[12:39] Sasaki**
Very well.
**[12:43] Akutsu**
I'd like to start by confirming something.
**[12:46] Sasaki**
What is that?
**[12:48] Akutsu**
The water generated
inside the magical girl's barrier...
**[12:53] Akutsu**
Can I assume that was
your psychic power at work?
**[12:57] Sasaki**
Yes, that's right.
**[12:59] Sasaki**
It was my power.
**[13:01] Sasaki**
I learned in my Bureau training
**[13:03] Sasaki**
that repeated use of a power
could expand its potential.
**[13:08] Sasaki**
It surprised me at first as well,
**[13:10] Sasaki**
but I assume it must be
that principle in action.
**[13:14] Akutsu**
I see.
**[13:15] Akutsu**
Hoshizaki-san told me that,
**[13:18] Akutsu**
just before we called you here,
you were somewhere strange.
**[13:24] Akutsu**
Did you encounter some kind of trouble
while dealing with Futari Shizuka-kun?
**[13:30] Sasaki**
* I'll bet he's already tracked our movements*
* via nearby security cameras.*
**[13:35] Sasaki**
* He must have a few layers*
* of ulterior motives here.*
**[13:39] Sasaki**
* Then again, it's possible Chief Akutsu*
* feels the same way about us.*
**[13:46] Sasaki**
* Given that he accepted*
* Futari Shizuka into our ranks,*
**[13:49] Sasaki**
* he's probably already spoken to the guy*
* who looks like he hangs out in Akihabara.*
**[13:54] Sasaki**
* Which suggests this is all*
* about feeling each other out.*
**[13:58] Sasaki**
*My stomach is already in knots!*
**[14:01] Akutsu**
I'd like an official report on the matter.
**[14:05] Sasaki**
We ended up in a fight
with her former organization.
**[14:09] Sasaki**
I'll send you all the details in writing.
**[14:13] Akutsu**
Very well.
**[14:14] Akutsu**
I hope you'll submit it ASAP.
**[14:17] Sasaki**
Understood.
**[14:18] Sasaki**
It'll be in your inbox by the end of the day.
**[14:21] Akutsu**
Next, about Futari Shizuka-kun...
**[14:24] Akutsu**
I was thinking of leaving her
in your care from now on.
**[14:29] Akutsu**
Naturally, you'll still have opportunity
to act alongside Hoshizaki-kun as well.
**[14:33] Akutsu**
I'd like to hear your assessment of her,
including thoughts on her compatibility.
**[14:37] Sasaki**
I've only known her a few days now,
**[14:40] Sasaki**
but I believe her desire
to join us is genuine.
**[14:43] Sasaki**
And she's certainly an excellent psychic.
**[14:46] Sasaki**
I think that, mentally, she'll make
an excellent asset to the Bureau as well.
**[14:50] Akutsu**
Do you?
**[14:52] Akutsu**
That's all I needed from you.
**[14:54] Akutsu**
Is there anything I can help you with?
**[14:56] Sasaki**
No, not at the moment.
**[15:00] Sasaki**
As for what happens next, however,
**[15:02] Sasaki**
am I allowed to share information with her?
**[15:05] Akutsu**
Yes.
**[15:06] Akutsu**
I don't know how you came
to be so friendly with her,
**[15:10] Akutsu**
but if your relationship helps the Bureau,
I intend to respect it.
**[15:15] Sasaki**
I appreciate your consideration.
**[15:19] Akutsu**
Continue to act in the interests
of the Bureau, Sasaki-kun.
**[15:24] sign**
Alcohol & Cigarettes
**[15:24] sign**
Bank ATM
**[15:27] Staff**
And how would you like to pay?
**[15:28] Sasaki**
*I managed to navigate through that,*
**[15:29] Sasaki**
E-pay.
**[15:30] Sasaki**
* but all I did was fix*
* a problem I created myself.*
**[15:33] Sasaki**
* Given my connection to the magical girl,*
* I'm basically acting as a triple agent now.*
**[15:42] Sasaki**
* I can't ask for Peeps's help while*
* I'm on operations with the Bureau.*
**[15:46] Sasaki**
* I need to practice more magic*
* and expand my own abilities.*
**[15:50] Sasaki**
Ah, it's cold.
**[15:53] Neighbor**
Welcome home.
**[16:00] Sasaki**
Th-Thanks.
**[16:03] Neighbor**
It's been a while, hasn't it, mister?
**[16:06] Sasaki**
I suppose it has.
**[16:12] Sasaki**
Um, if you'd like...
**[16:14] Neighbor**
Sorry, could I ask you a question?
**[16:17] Sasaki**
Oh... Er, what is it?
**[16:20] Neighbor**
I heard a young person's
voice in your apartment.
**[16:24] Sasaki**
Oh.
**[16:27] Sasaki**
* She heard me talking to Peeps*
* through the wall?*
**[16:32] Sasaki**
Sorry. I guess we got a little out of control.
**[16:36] Sasaki**
Lately, a friend of mine
has been coming by my place.
**[16:40] Neighbor**
A friend? A female friend?
**[16:44] Sasaki**
No, he's a guy.
**[16:46] Neighbor**
Really?
**[16:48] Sasaki**
*I suppose Peeps's voice
*is *on the androgynous side.*
**[16:51] Sasaki**
* I guess she's saying, "If you're going to*
* have female company, take it to a hotel."*
**[16:56] Sasaki**
* Except I'm about as far from*
* that situation as you can get...*
**[17:04] Neighbor**
Um...
**[17:07] Sasaki**
Er...
**[17:08] Sasaki**
Oh, right. Here.
**[17:10] Sasaki**
Would you like this?
**[17:15] Neighbor**
Thank you.
**[17:16] Sasaki**
Well, I should be going.
**[17:20] Neighbor**
Right.
**[17:21] Neighbor**
I'm sorry to ask something so strange.
**[17:24] Sasaki**
Not at all.
**[17:26] Sasaki**
Let me know if anything else bothers you.
**[17:33] Sasaki**
* Although, given what's to come, maybe I*
* should move somewhere with better security.*
**[17:42] Sasaki**
*I'd like to give Peeps his own room, too!*
**[17:44] Sasaki**
* It's so important to have*
* your own private space.*
**[17:48] Sasaki**
I'm home, Peeps.
**[17:50] Peeps**
Good. I'm glad to see you safe.
**[17:53] Peeps**
How did things go with the magical girl?
**[17:56] Sasaki**
We managed to get things under control.
**[17:58] Sasaki**
And Futari Shizuka-san
has been accepted into the Bureau.
**[18:02] Peeps**
That's a relief.
**[18:03] Sasaki**
You're hungry, aren't you?
**[18:05] Sasaki**
I'll make dinner right away.
**[18:07] Sasaki**
I actually got thin-sliced
chateaubriand today.
**[18:11] Sasaki**
I thought we could treat ourselves
to some shabu-shabu.
**[18:14] Peeps**
C-Could we make sukiyaki, then?
**[18:17] Sasaki**
Of course.
**[18:18] Sasaki**
But I don't have any shirataki noodles...
**[18:20] Sasaki**
Is that all right?
**[18:22] Peeps**
Perfectly fine.
**[18:23] Sasaki**
We'll make sukiyaki, then.
**[18:28] Sasaki**
Now...
**[18:30] both**
Let's eat!
**[18:31] Sign**
°Do not feed meat to Java sparrows that aren't reincarnations of starsages!
**[18:40] Sasaki**
*This kinda reminds me of those early days.*
**[19:17] Sasaki**
* Back then, I said there was no way*
* I could afford chateaubriand.*
**[19:22] Sasaki**
* But now Peeps and I*
* get to enjoy meat together.*
**[19:26] Sasaki**
*Though it's not quite how I expected...*
**[19:30] Sasaki**
We may be enjoying
the slow life in our own way.
**[19:35] Peeps**
Perhaps so.
**[19:37] Sasaki**
By the way, how was your day, Peeps?
**[19:41] Peeps**
Ah, I have a report.
**[19:43] Peeps**
Look at this.
**[19:45] Sign**
No. of otherworld days
vs. one real-world day
**[19:45] Sign**
No. of trips to the otherworld
**[19:45] Sign**
Latest
**[19:46] Peeps**
I've graphed the flow of time
in this world and the other one.
**[19:49] Peeps**
These are the previous values,
and this is the latest one.
**[19:54] Peeps**
Originally, one day in this world
represented one month in the other,
**[20:00] Peeps**
but that rate is quickly shrinking.
**[20:03] Sasaki**
At this rate, in six months,
a day here will be exactly a day there.
**[20:09] Peeps**
Indeed.
**[20:10] Sasaki**
Do you think it could be a cyclical thing?
**[20:13] Peeps**
That is indeed possible.
**[20:15] Peeps**
But we lack sufficient data at the moment.
**[20:18] Peeps**
I'm sorry to ask, but I'd like
to come and go more frequently
**[20:21] Peeps**
in order to collect more.
**[20:23] Sasaki**
That sounds good.
**[20:26] Sasaki**
Darn it. I guess I'm being too loud again.
**[20:30] Peeps**
What is it?
**[20:32] Sasaki**
My neighbor admonished me earlier.
**[20:36] Sasaki**
* Though she doesn't seem like*
* the type to pound on the wall...*
**[20:40] Sasaki**
Maybe her mother's home?
**[20:42] Peeps**
Why don't we turn on the TV, then?
**[20:44] Peeps**
It should help to mask our voices.
**[20:47] Sasaki**
Good idea.
**[20:50] Announcer**
*It was like a monster from another world.*
**[20:53] Announcer**
*At six o'clock this evening,*
**[20:53] Sign**
SSP News
**[20:55] Announcer**
* this was captured in a residential*
* area near the city center.*
**[20:55] Sign**
Mysterious Monster in Tokyo Sky
**[20:58] Sign**
6 PM, Tokyo
Photograph by
Mr. Katayama
**[20:58] Announcer**
* It's an image of a mysterious creature*
* that suddenly appeared in the sky.*
**[21:04] Announcer**
*The mysterious creature was later discovered*
**[21:06] Announcer**
* fallen into a nearby*
* convenience store parking lot.*
**[21:10] Sign**
Call
Akutsu
**[21:13] Sasaki**
Peeps, is that...
**[21:15] Peeps**
Yes, it's a lizardman.
**[21:18] Sasaki**
B-But why is it...
**[23:15] Neighbor**
S-So...
**[23:18] Neighbor**
What did you want me to do?
**[23:21] Abaddon**
I'm a demon.
**[23:23] Abaddon**
And you're going to be fighting
angelic disciples on my behalf!