# E10 - Hope for the Future Found in the Desert
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**[00:12] Ariane**
They usually don't travel
in groups like that.
**[00:15] Arc**
Lady Ariane! Are those...?!
**[00:18] Ariane**
Right. They're wyverns.
**[00:21] Arc**
I thought as much!
**[00:23] Arc**
Those are actual, living wyverns!
**[00:27] Arc**
*Hi there. It's me, Arc.*
**[00:30] Arc**
*With Lady Chiyome's intel,*
**[00:32] Arc**
* we've learned that the kidnapped elves*
* have been brought to the Holy Revlon Empire,*
**[00:36] Arc**
*so we're making our way there.*
**[00:41] Ariane**
That explains why the Whispering Fowl is so reluctant to fly.
**[00:44] Ariane**
We won't be able to
contact Danka for a while.
**[00:48] Arc**
Well, in that case...
**[00:50] Arc**
Perhaps we should have them disperse?
**[00:53] Ariane**
Disperse...?
**[01:02] Ariane**
Arc, what are you doing?
**[01:09] Arc**
From the mid-tier Magus class...
**[01:12] Arc**
An area-of-effect lightning element spell...
**[01:19] Arc**
Lightning Damper!
**[01:19] Sign**
Lightning
Damper
**[01:41] Arc**
I believe that takes care of that.
**[01:47] Arc**
What's the matter, Lady Ariane?! Ponta?!
**[01:50] Arc**
What happened?
**[01:51] Arc**
Even Whispering Fowl?
Did you all eat something spoiled?
**[01:56] Arc**
What's become of you all?!
**[01:57] Carcy**
Oh?
**[03:33] Ariane**
My ears are still ringing.
**[03:36] Ariane**
I'd appreciate a warning before you
use such massive magic next time.
**[03:42] Arc**
F-forgive me.
**[03:43] Arc**
I wasn't anticipating
such a potent outcome.
**[03:48] Ariane**
Well, it's fine.
**[03:50] Ariane**
Let's move on to what comes next.
**[03:55] Ariane**
The shortest route to the empire would
**[03:58] Ariane**
be crossing the Xpitol River and then
going through the Febient marshlands, but...
**[04:04] Arc**
There's very little marked regarding
the border town of Kaysehk,
**[04:07] Arc**
or the routes to and from it.
**[04:12] Arc**
Lady Ariane, are you
concerned about something?
**[04:17] Arc**
I've noticed it since Lady Chiyome
brought us this information.
**[04:21] Arc**
It seems to me like you're reluctant
to travel to the Empire.
**[04:26] Ariane**
You're right.
**[04:28] Ariane**
Unlike Rhoden, the capture of elves
isn't illegal in the empire.
**[04:33] Ariane**
Being an elf will be even more
dangerous than it has been so far.
**[04:38] Ariane**
Even being in a town closer to the border,
like this one, is cause for caution.
**[04:42] Ariane**
I admit, it makes me nervous.
**[04:44] Carcy**
Got a moment?
**[04:46] Carcy**
You two are responsible for that incredible
magic in the desert this morning, yeah?
**[04:52] Arc**
Indeed we are.
**[04:53] Arc**
Who might you be?
**[04:55] Carcy**
My name is Carcy.
**[04:57] Carcy**
Carcy Held. It's a—
**[05:01] Ariane**
What kind of elf would reveal their
ears in the middle of a human town?!
**[05:07] Arc**
Lady Ariane, calm yourself!
**[05:10] Hostess E10**
Carcy, will you be having your usual?
**[05:13] Carchy**
I will, thanks!
**[05:16] Hostess E10**
Coming up!
**[05:18] Hostess E10**
It'll just be a moment.
**[05:21] Customer E10**
Hey, it's Carcy.
**[05:24] Customer E10**
Fancy a drink with us?
**[05:26] Carcy**
I'll join you later.
**[05:29] Ariane**
What's going on here?
**[05:30] Carcy**
Could you let go first?
**[05:36] Carcy**
I've taken a liking to this town, you see.
**[05:38] Carcy**
And at this point everyone knows me.
**[05:42] Carcy**
It's been ten years since I moved here.
**[05:44] Ariane**
Ten years?! In a human town?
**[05:47] Ariane**
How? That's...
**[05:50] Carcy**
You're an elf...
**[05:52] Carcy**
No, a dark elf, right?
**[05:56] Carcy**
Not sure what you expect me to say.
**[05:58] Carcy**
A world where humans
and elves can co-exist...
**[06:02] Carcy**
Who's to say that
isn't the way things should be?
**[06:07] Ariane**
You must be kidding!
**[06:08] Ariane**
Do you realize what humans have done to us?!
**[06:14] Carcy**
Well, you've got a point.
**[06:15] Carcy**
But you're a dark elf,
**[06:17] Carcy**
yet you're traveling
with this human in the full plate.
**[06:21] Carcy**
Add a spirit creature to the group,
and it makes for quite a unique mix.
**[06:28] Ariane**
Arc is...
**[06:29] Ariane**
a special case.
**[06:31] Arc**
Now then,
**[06:33] Arc**
Sir Carcy, what is it
that you wanted with us?
**[06:37] Carcy**
Right.
**[06:38] Carcy**
I make my living studying
the biology of monsters.
**[06:42] Carcy**
And lately,
**[06:43] Carcy**
some of the specimens I've been looking
into have proven troublesome.
**[06:47] Arc**
You'd like our aid
in capturing them, in other words?
**[06:50] Carcy**
You're a sharp one.
**[06:52] Carcy**
And I believe the two of you
are strong enough to do it.
**[06:55] Carcy**
Worst-case scenario, you'd only need
to recover the bodies.
**[06:59] Ariane**
Unfortunately, we've got a more
pressing matter to attend to.
**[07:04] Carcy**
How's this strike you as payment?
**[07:07] Arc**
What is that?
**[07:08] Carcy**
A map of the Holy Revlon Empire.
**[07:12] Ariane**
Were you eavesdropping?!
**[07:13] Carcy**
You need it, don't you?
**[07:16] Arc**
Lady Ariane, a map showing us the way
to the empire would prove useful...
**[07:22] Carcy**
I can throw in a copy of my
book on monster studies, as well.
**[07:27] Arc**
Lady Ariane! I sincerely want that!
**[07:30] Arc**
What do you say? Can we?
**[07:33] Arc**
What do you say?!
**[07:34] Ariane**
Fine...
**[07:35] Arc**
Yes! Let's do it! Leave it to us!
**[07:38] Carcy**
I thought you'd see things my way.
**[07:41] Carcy**
We'll set out tomorrow morning
from the town entrance.
**[07:45] Carcy**
I'm looking forward to it.
**[07:47] Carcy**
Sorry about the delay!
**[07:50] Customer E10**
There you are, Carcy!
**[07:52] Customer E10**
Hope you're ready to drink!
**[07:53] Customer E10**
'Scuse me!
**[07:58] Arc**
Will five gold coins cover our lodgings?
**[08:01] Hostess E10**
Wha... One is plenty!
**[08:04] Hostess E10**
Give me a second, and I'll get your change.
**[08:07] Arc**
No, Madam, please keep it.
**[08:10] Arc**
But in exchange,
**[08:11] Arc**
I'd appreciate being allowed to
take my food to my room...
**[08:15] Hostess E10**
Of course!
**[08:16] Hostess E10**
In fact, I've got something special for you.
**[08:20] Hostess E10**
Take the whole barrel.
**[08:22] Hostess E10**
It's good stuff, and should suit
even a fine knight like yourself.
**[08:26] Arc**
Oh, much obliged!
**[08:32] Ariane**
Elves and humans co-existing, huh?
**[08:39] Arc**
You seem to have trouble accepting it.
**[08:41] Ariane**
A bit, yeah.
**[08:43] Ariane**
When I think about what humans
have done to us so far...
**[08:49] Arc**
I doubt pondering the issue
in this moment will provide an answer.
**[08:54] Arc**
Oh, this smells lovely!
**[08:58] Ariane**
And pretty strong.
**[09:00] Arc**
No need to force yourself.
**[09:02] Arc**
There's fruit juice, as well.
**[09:05] Ariane**
D-Do not treat me like a child!
**[09:07] Ariane**
It's just some liquor!
**[09:14] Ariane**
How's that?!
**[09:16] Arc**
Oh, drunk like a champion!
**[09:19] Ariane**
And I'm ready for more, too!
**[09:21] Arc**
Ah, I apologize for the delay, then.
**[09:33] Arc**
* Does she not realize she's doing*
* that with her ears...?*
**[09:37] Arc**
Allow me to join you.
**[09:41] Arc**
*There's a volume to its sweetness,*
**[09:44] Arc**
*as well a hint of vanilla aroma!*
**[09:47] Arc**
*Even a single sip is joyful...*
**[09:51] Arc**
Truly delicious!
**[09:53] Arc**
Although, a bit on the strong side.
**[09:56] Ariane**
Arrrc....
**[10:00] Arc**
Lady Ariane?!
**[10:02] Ariane**
Arrrc...
**[10:12] Ariane**
Hey...
**[10:14] Ariane**
Give me some.
**[10:17] Ariane**
I... want... more....
**[10:21] Arc**
Lady Ariane, was two glasses all it took?!
**[10:25] Ariane**
Are you listening, Arc?!
**[10:28] Arc**
She's totally hammered!
**[10:33] Ariane**
What even ish "a world where elvsh
and humansh can live together"?!
**[10:38] Arc**
*That really did get to her!*
**[10:41] Arc**
Lady Ariane, perhaps you've
had enough for tonight...
**[10:45] Ariane**
Whachu shay to me, you shtupid bonehead?!
**[10:49] Ariane**
What'sh dat, baldie?!
**[10:52] Hostess**
Oh, my...
**[10:54] Ariane**
Elvsh and humansh living together?!
**[10:59] Ariane**
Shyeah right!
**[11:12] Ariane**
Huh... I think I was drinking with Arc...
**[11:19] Ariane**
And then...
**[11:21] Ariane**
Ow, my head...
**[11:29] Ariane**
A skeleton!
**[11:33] Arc**
W-Wait, Lady Ariane!
**[11:35] Ariane**
I call upon the flames
to rain down upon our foes!
**[11:43] Hostess**
Good morning.
**[11:45] Hostess**
Did you two enjoy yourselves last night?
**[11:48] Ariane**
Nothing happened...
**[11:50] Ariane**
Nothing happened, right?!
**[11:54] Arc**
You know, proprietress...
**[11:56] Arc**
There is little as fearsome
as a woman freed from restraint.
**[12:03] Hostess**
Oh, you!
**[12:13] Arc**
I apologize for our tardiness, Sir Carcy.
**[12:16] Carcy**
Hey, good morning.
**[12:19] Carcy**
Arc, Ariane, you two will be
joining me in the lead wagon.
**[12:24] Carcy**
The rear one will carry my friend.
**[12:27] Arc**
Understood.
**[12:28] Carcy**
You two were certainly
rather intense last night.
**[12:32] Carcy**
The entire town heard you.
**[12:37] Ariane**
I could kill him...
**[12:38] Arc**
Lady Ariane!
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** Hope for the Future Found in the Desert
**[12:57] Arc**
It seems the combination of a hangover
and motion sickness is devastating...
**[13:01] Ariane**
And the smell coming
from the cart is just making it worse.
**[13:07] Ariane**
Sir Carcy, what is being
hauled in that cart?
**[13:11] Carcy**
Oh, that...
**[13:14] Carcy**
Goblin carcasses.
**[13:16] Carcy**
We'll be using those as bait
for the sand worm.
**[13:19] Carcy**
The stronger the stench,
the more effective it will be.
**[13:23] Arc**
And this sand worm creature...
**[13:26] Carcy**
Right, it's what we're trying to capture.
**[13:29] Carcy's Friend**
Sir Knight!
**[13:32] Carcy's Friend**
That tea sobers folks right up.
**[13:34] Carcy's Friend**
Works wonders with hangovers
and motion sickness, as well.
**[13:38] Arc**
Oh, my thanks.
**[13:47] Carcy**
Still nervous around humans, Ariane?
**[13:50] Ariane**
I wouldn't exactly say that.
**[13:52] Carcy**
You can relax.
**[13:54] Carcy**
He might look sinister,
but he's a good person.
**[13:58] Carcy's Friend**
Real nice, Carcy!
**[14:00] Carcy's Friend**
Don't expect any more tea from me!
**[14:04] Carcy**
Sorry, sorry.
**[14:07] Arc**
Lady Ariane.
**[14:18] Ariane**
It's good.
**[14:28] Arc**
I must ask, Sir Carcy.
**[14:30] Arc**
I'd like to know more about this sand worm.
**[14:34] Carcy**
Right, good point.
**[14:36] Carcy**
The one that I'm tracking right now...
**[14:40] Carcy**
It's about four to five meters long.
**[14:42] Carcy**
During the day, it rests deep underground,
**[14:45] Carcy**
and in the evening and night
it surfaces to scavenge corpses.
**[14:49] Carcy**
It's weak to flame, incidentally,
**[14:51] Carcy**
but since we're trying to capture it,
**[14:54] Carcy**
I'd like to avoid using
fire as much as possible.
**[14:59] Carcy**
Another thing I've discovered recently
**[15:03] Carcy**
is that it tends to gravitate
towards flocks of wyverns.
**[15:08] Arc**
* Then it may have been*
* nearby earlier as well.*
**[15:13] Carcy**
I'm certain if I can learn more
about it during this expedition,
**[15:16] Carcy**
we'll be able to prevent it from
causing as many casualties in the future.
**[15:19] Carcy**
That's the reason I study monsters.
**[15:23] Arc**
Magnificent!
**[15:24] Arc**
I would love to hear what you
have learned about other monsters.
**[15:29] Carcy**
It'd be my pleasure...
**[15:30] Carcy**
What kind has caught your fancy?
**[15:31] Ariane**
Ridiculous...
**[15:32] Arc**
Ah, where to begin?
**[15:33] Arc**
Is there anything big, but fast, that can fly,
that shines like metal, that can breathe fire?!
**[15:35] Ariane**
Where've the cart and the other wagon gone?!
**[15:37] Ariane**
Carcy, the wagons are gone!
**[15:37] Carcy**
Well, that sounds like...
**[15:39] Carcy**
What?!
**[15:46] Ariane**
H-How is this four to five meters?!
**[15:48] Arc**
It's easily 30, at least.
**[15:50] Carcy**
Impossible...
**[15:51] Carcy**
I've never seen a specimen this huge before!
**[15:57] Ariane**
This is bad!
**[15:58] Arc**
Lady Ariane!
**[16:00] Carcy's Friend**
Stay back!
**[16:02] Ariane**
Fire, I implore you.
**[16:07] Ariane**
Surge from this sword, and burst forth!
**[16:12] Ariane**
It can't be... It's supposed
to be weak against fire!
**[16:16] Ariane**
That had no effect all!
**[16:18] Ariane**
No—
**[16:24] Arc**
Are you all right, Lady Ariane?
**[16:26] Ariane**
Arc!
**[16:30] Arc**
Leave the rest to me.
**[16:31] Arc**
Hurry and get him to safety!
**[16:33] Ariane**
Right!
**[16:43] Arc**
Quite the powerful beast.
**[16:46] Carcy**
Arc, we're all in the clear!
**[16:49] Arc**
Understood!
**[16:52] Arc**
Now, then...
**[16:53] Arc**
It's time for a test of strength.
**[16:56] Carcy**
This is bad.
**[16:58] Carcy**
He can't draw his sword in that position.
**[17:20] Carcy's Friend**
Bloody hell...
**[17:23] Ariane**
He swung it around...
**[17:24] Carcy**
That is... impressive.
**[17:29] Arc**
Hey, will that do?
**[17:32] Carcy**
More than sufficient, yes.
**[17:41] Carcy**
Here's the reward you were promised.
**[17:45] Arc**
This is it!
**[17:46] Carcy**
You've been a huge help.
**[17:48] Carcy**
I hate to think what would've happened
if I hadn't run into you two.
**[17:52] Arc**
I'm glad we were able to help.
**[17:55] Arc**
I suppose that brings
this matter to a close.
**[17:58] Arc**
Well, let us set out, Lady Ariane.
**[18:03] Arc**
Lady Ariane...?
**[18:06] Ariane**
Can I ask you something?
**[18:10] Ariane**
Why do you live among humans?
**[18:16] Carcy**
Because I love them, I suppose.
**[18:18] Ariane**
You love... humans?
**[18:20] Carcy**
Right.
**[18:22] Carcy**
I'll admit, when I lived in an elf village,
**[18:25] Carcy**
I didn't have the best impression of them.
**[18:29] Carcy**
But once I started living among them,
**[18:31] Carcy**
they were different from what I imagined.
**[18:34] Carcy**
Not to say it's always been easy, but...
**[18:37] Carcy**
This is how I feel now:
**[18:40] Carcy**
A time will come where humans
and elves can live hand-in-hand.
**[18:47] Ariane**
I can't really imagine a future like that.
**[18:51] Carcy**
Really?
**[18:52] Carcy**
You haven't heard about Lamburt, then?
**[18:55] Arc**
Lamburt?
**[18:57] Ariane**
It's a port city in
the west of the Rhoden Kingdom.
**[19:01] Ariane**
What about it?
**[19:03] Carcy**
This is news that I heard the other day...
**[19:06] Carcy**
The lord of Lamburt
took an elf as his bride.
**[19:15] Ariane**
How is that possible?! Is it coercion?!
**[19:17] Ariane**
She's being forced to marry him, isn't she?!
**[19:20] Carcy**
No, she was on the verge of being sold
into slavery when the lord set her free.
**[19:24] Carcy**
And since then, they've developed
feelings for each other, apparently.
**[19:31] Carcy**
They've spoken about
**[19:34] Carcy**
how they'd like to work to improve
relations between humans and elves.
**[19:49] Ariane**
Say, Arc...
**[19:51] Ariane**
That kind of future, for elves and humans...
**[19:55] Ariane**
Do you think it's really possible?
**[19:57] Arc**
Who can say?
**[19:59] Arc**
But the individuals who make up both races
are numerous, with their own thoughts and opinions.
**[20:04] Arc**
Perhaps not collectively, but many among
both may choose co-existence one day...
**[20:09] Arc**
Much like we have.
**[20:14] Ariane**
You hardly look like a human,
so I'd say you don't count, Arc!
**[20:18] Arc**
Well, despite appearances,
I do consider myself to be one.
**[20:23] Arc**
Why would you deny that, Ponta?!
**[20:33] Imperial E10**
I'd heard there were a number
of disappearances in town lately...
**[20:38] Imperial E10**
I take it that's your doing.
**[20:40] Fumba**
I've only been using crooks
and slaves as feed for them, haven't I?
**[20:45] Fumba**
Well, mostly.
**[20:47] Imperial E10**
Y-you're going too far...
**[20:50] Imperial E10**
Sir Fumba!
**[20:51] Woman A E10**
Aw...
**[20:52] Imperial E10**
A-And this place is supposed to be a secret,
**[20:55] Imperial E10**
yet you bring these whores
here to... fraternize?
**[20:58] Imperial E10**
What were you thinking?!
**[21:01] Woman B E10**
Oh...
**[21:02] Fumba**
I get my work done, don't I?
**[21:05] Fumba**
Emperor Domitianus won't mind if I—
**[21:07] Imperial E10**
S-such impudence!
**[21:09] Imperial E10**
Do not speak His Imperial Highness's name!
**[21:11] Fumba**
Oh, sorry about that.
**[21:13] Fumba**
Still, you lot are the ones
who wanted my help, right?
**[21:20] Imperial E10**
And what of our planned attack?
**[21:26] Fumba**
Walk this way.
**[21:38] Fumba**
They're looking a bit hungry, I'd say.
**[21:42] Woman B E10**
No!
**[21:50] Woman B E10**
No—
**[21:53] Fumba**
Don't eat so fast.
**[21:56] Fumba**
You'll get bones stuck
in your throats, you hear?
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