# E11 - Reinforcements and a Bittersweet First Deployment
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**[00:06] Casserole**
Hey, what's...
**[00:09] Casserole**
What's Pas up to?
**[00:11] Feuille**
Working on some kind of sample sweet...
**[00:14] Feuille**
made by whisking egg whites.
**[00:17] Feuille**
He's been at it... all day!
**[00:21] Casserole**
He's been doing that same motion all day?
***SIGN*** Bulge
**[00:25] Cointreau**
Not a bad way...
**[00:26] Glacage**
...of building muscle, I'd wager.
**[00:29] Pas**
You'd think that, right?
**[00:32] Glacage**
Wh-What?!
**[00:33] Cointreau**
No muscle has formed,
even after all that labor?!
**[00:38] Pas**
You're clearly shocked
by my slim, delicate arm.
**[00:42] Pas**
It's because...
**[00:44] Pas**
What you develop through whisking eggs
**[00:46] Pas**
is STMF!
**[00:48] Casserole**
"Small-to-medium fowl"?
**[00:50] Pas**
"Slow-twitch muscle fibers."
**[00:53] Pas**
By exposing my arms to prolonged
low-burden exercise,
**[00:58] Pas**
I develop lithe and firm arms
without bulging muscles!
**[01:04] Pas**
But more importantly,
**[01:05] Pas**
the crucial factor in muscle
development is diet!
**[01:11] Pas**
Most calories from sweets come
from carbohydrates and fat,
**[01:14] Pas**
with very low protein values,
**[01:17] Pas**
so they don't build muscle!
**[01:18] Casserole**
You need to eat real food!
**[01:24] Narrator**
* This is the tale of a genius patissier*
* who died before his time,*
**[01:29] Narrator**
* and was reincarnated as the son*
* of a poor noble in another world*
**[01:33] Narrator**
* to pursue a world full*
* of desserts and smiles.*
**[01:37] Narrator**
* It's a tale that is at once cold*
* and unsparing, and syrupy sweet.*
**[01:43] Narrator**
* His dream is to create this*
* world's very own land of sweets!*
***SIGN*** Sweet Reincarnation
***SIGN*** Reinforcements and a Bittersweet First Deployment
**[03:23] Casserole**
War has begun.
**[03:27] Casserole**
It started between Hubarek's lands in
the east and their neighbor, Lutoroute.
***SIGN*** Lutoroute War Camp
**[03:37] Aide A**
According to reports,
**[03:39] Aide A**
there's been no word yet of
reinforcements from the duke's estate
**[03:42] Aide A**
in the royal capital.
**[03:45] Lutoroute**
Just as I thought.
**[03:47] Lutoroute**
The moment they heard the false rumor
that our army was 30,000 strong,
**[03:51] Lutoroute**
Hubarek would have requested
aid from Kadlecek.
**[03:55] Lutoroute**
The fact that there's been
no action there means...
**[03:58] Aide A**
Either the duke turned him down,
**[03:59] Aide A**
or the Hubareks withdrew
their request for aid.
**[04:04] Lutoroute**
It'll be the latter.
**[04:05] Lutoroute**
The minute he learned we
have only ten thousand,
**[04:08] Lutoroute**
he'd want to handle us himself to save face.
**[04:12] Lutoroute**
He won't want large-scale
participation by the ducal house.
**[04:16] Aide A**
I doubt the duke will appreciate that.
**[04:20] Aide A**
We can assume it was a source of conflict.
**[04:25] Lutoroute**
Just watch me, Hubarek.
**[04:27] Lutoroute**
I'll settle this long-standing
grudge between us...
**[04:29] Lutoroute**
with your destruction!
**[04:32] Lieutenant A**
Milord!
**[04:34] Lieutenant A**
I've received word that the daughter's fiancé
**[04:36] Lieutenant A**
is currently stationed in the margravate.
**[04:41] Lutoroute**
Oh?
**[04:42] Lutoroute**
The duke's grandson, you mean?
**[04:53] Licorice**
Pas!
**[04:55] Licorice**
Is something the matter?
**[04:59] Licorice**
You seemed a bit lost in thought.
**[05:02] Pas**
Oh, no, I'm just fine!
**[05:05] Licorice**
Were you thinking about the war?
**[05:11] Licorice**
I heard that war was breaking out
between my homeland and its neighbor...
**[05:17] Licorice**
I...
**[05:20] Licorice**
I believe we're thinking the same thing.
**[05:26] Licorice**
War is a foolish thing.
Why do they have to fight?
**[05:33] Licorice**
Instead of waging war, they could
be making delicious sweets...
**[05:38] Licorice**
If they could lose themselves
in it the way that you do,
**[05:42] Licorice**
and eat the finished desserts with a smile...
**[05:48] Licorice**
Then everyone in the world
could be happy and joyous!
**[05:57] Pas**
I feel the same way.
**[06:03] Pas**
Sweets make everyone happy!
**[06:06] Pas**
Behind every smile, there's a sweet!
**[06:09] Pas**
The road to happiness is paved with sweets!
**[06:11] Pas**
That's the right answer!
**[06:14] Licorice**
Yes!
**[06:19] Pas**
Oh, right!
**[06:20] Pas**
The merchant's going to
deliver the goats today.
**[06:23] Licorice**
Goats?
**[06:24] Pas**
Cheesecake made from goat's
milk is rich and delicious!
**[06:30] Licorice**
Cheesecake?
**[06:31] Licorice**
I'd love to try that!
**[06:33] Pas**
Right? You can set your hopes high, then!
**[06:37] Licorice**
I will!
**[06:40] Pas**
Someone swiped the goats?!
**[06:43] Pas**
Explain this at once!
**[06:45] Merchant**
Well, actually...
**[06:46] Merchant**
"Before I could bring them here,
another noble bought them all up,"
**[06:51] Merchant**
would be more precise.
**[06:53] Pas**
That's still basically swiping them!
**[06:56] Feuille**
To force a person to sell
something under threat
**[06:59] Feuille**
isn't much different from stealing.
**[07:03] Merchant**
I'm so sorry!
**[07:05] Merchant**
I tried to explain that they
already had a buyer, but...
**[07:09] Merchant**
They said the circumstances were dire,
**[07:11] Merchant**
and they'd kill me if I
didn't hand over the goats!
**[07:14] Merchant**
I didn't have a choice...
**[07:16] Casserole**
I understand.
**[07:18] Casserole**
Thank you for coming in person to explain.
**[07:21] Pas**
So? Who'd you sell them to?
**[07:24] Merchant**
Baron Lunzvage.
**[07:26] Pas**
Ah, the one famous for picking
on newer noble families...
**[07:31] Feuille**
Having a familial connection to
a powerful noble would help us
**[07:35] Feuille**
to lodge a complaint, but...
**[07:40] Casserole**
But the engagement to House Hubarek
has not yet been formalized.
**[07:44] Casserole**
It would be difficult to ask
the margrave to intervene.
**[07:49] Casserole**
Besides, this is likely a consequence
of the conflict between
**[07:53] Casserole**
the houses of Hubarek and Lutoroute.
**[07:56] Casserole**
Complaining about the shockwaves from
that won't earn us much sympathy.
**[07:59] Feuille**
So we basically just have to suck it up?
**[08:02] Casserole**
We only got word of the
war three days ago, too.
**[08:05] Casserole**
Hard to believe it's already affecting us...
**[08:08] Feuille**
It's gotta be a pretty big conflict,
**[08:11] Feuille**
and we're all connected by trade.
**[08:14] Feuille**
Even distant regions will be
at least somewhat affected.
**[08:17] Pas**
Is this a trial, then?
**[08:19] Pas**
Baron, heron, whatever he is...
**[08:23] Casserole**
Pas?
**[08:25] Pas**
Anyone who gets in the way of my fun
**[08:29] Pas**
must be purged from the face of this world!
**[08:31] Pas**
We mustn't permit this kind of tyranny!
Morteln's pride can't survive it!
**[08:35] Feuille**
What's wrong, kid?
**[08:36] Casserole**
Calm down!
**[08:37] Pas**
How can I be calm?!
**[08:38] Pas**
I'm gonna march right up to that baron
guy and give him a piece of my mind!
**[08:42] Casserole**
Pas!
**[08:44] Casserole**
You need to calm down.
**[08:46] Pas**
But Father—
**[08:47] Casserole**
Lands are at war.
**[08:48] Casserole**
Every fief is going to
need supplies, especially food.
**[08:53] Casserole**
And the Lunzvage Barony is closer
to the front lines than ours.
**[08:58] Casserole**
It's natural that they'd have
a pressing need for food.
**[09:02] Casserole**
Besides, he didn't steal the goats.
**[09:04] Casserole**
He still paid for them.
**[09:07] Casserole**
I'm sorry you lost your chance to buy them,
**[09:10] Casserole**
but you're the only one who's
actually been harmed by that.
**[09:13] Casserole**
You have to acknowledge that.
**[09:14] Pas**
You're right.
**[09:16] Pas**
But—
**[09:16] Feuille**
So even if you went to get them back,
**[09:18] Feuille**
he'd just use the war as
an excuse to dismiss you.
**[09:25] Casserole**
I understand that you're frustrated,
**[09:27] Casserole**
but you need to accept reality.
**[09:30] Pas**
But I really need those goats!
**[09:32] Casserole**
Once the conflict is settled,
you'll get a chance to negotiate.
**[09:36] Casserole**
Though it won't be easy.
**[09:40] (Flashback) Licorice**
Cheesecake?
**[09:42] (Flashback) Licorice**
I'd love to try that!
**[09:44] Pas**
*Why must people go to war?*
**[09:47] Pas**
*It doesn't make anyone happy!*
**[09:50] Feuille**
Say, I've got an idea!
**[09:53] Feuille**
A way to get your pick
of supplies, even during war.
**[09:59] Pas**
That's it! Reinforcements!
**[10:01] Pas**
If we join the war as reinforcements,
**[10:04] Pas**
we can assert priority
selection of provisions!
**[10:07] Feuille**
Exactly!
**[10:08] Feuille**
Baron Lunzvage is famous
for his miserly ways.
**[10:12] Feuille**
I doubt he's offering much in the way of aid.
**[10:14] Feuille**
But if we join the reinforcement ourselves,
**[10:17] Feuille**
it could give us a leg up on him.
**[10:21] Casserole**
And since Pas and Licorice are engaged,
**[10:25] Casserole**
we have a reason to side with Hubarek.
**[10:28] Pas**
I've decided.
**[10:31] Pas**
Watch me, Baron Lunzvage!
**[10:34] Pas**
Those goats...
**[10:36] Pas**
are my goats!
**[10:41] Marc**
Pas is the adjutant,
**[10:44] Marc**
and the lord is the commander?
**[10:47] Lumi**
The retainers are my dad and Nicolo.
**[10:49] Lumi**
I hope that newbie can handle the job...
**[10:54] Cointreau**
That, plus eight footsoldiers
recruited from our villages.
**[10:58] Cointreau**
Twelve in all.
**[11:01] Marc**
Damn it! I wanted to go, too!
**[11:04] Lumi**
You would've just been a burden.
**[11:06] Marc**
What was that?!
**[11:08] Cointreau**
We've got an important job, too.
**[11:10] Cointreau**
Protecting the fief while
our suzerain's gone.
**[11:13] Marc**
I know that, Dad!
**[11:16] Agnes**
But to make all their preparations
and leave in one day...
**[11:20] Feuille**
The boss and the kid are always
prepared for an emergency.
**[11:25] Feuille**
They believe in being ready for anything!
**[11:27] Agnes**
There's nothing to worry about, Licorice.
**[11:31] Licorice**
I know...
**[11:36] Pas**
*Sorry, Licorice,*
**[11:38] Pas**
*for going off to the front myself.*
**[11:40] Pas**
*But I'm doing it for sweets...*
**[11:42] Pas**
*Rather, to right a wrong!*
**[11:46] Pas**
*Once I get my goats back,*
**[11:48] Pas**
*I'll make lots of delicious desserts!*
**[12:01] Squale**
So charming...
**[12:03] Petra**
You have the real me right here!
**[12:05] Petra**
How can you be preoccupied with a picture?!
**[12:07] Squale**
I-I wasn't!
**[12:09] Squale**
It's just, the real you is so charming,
**[12:11] Squale**
I feel like I have to prepare myself.
**[12:13] Petra**
My!
**[12:19] Squale**
*Yeah, Petra really is charming...*
**[12:25] Hubarek**
Well done!
**[12:27] Hubarek**
That was a great cover story you
pulled out of thin air, Lord Squale.
**[12:31] Squale**
It wasn't a cover story!
**[12:33] Squale**
I meant it! I don't—
**[12:34] Petra**
Father, don't tease Lord Squale!
**[12:38] Hubarek**
Oh, sorry.
**[12:39] Petra**
Please excuse him, Lord Squale.
**[12:41] Squale**
No offense taken.
**[12:43] Squale**
Shall we take a walk?
**[12:44] Attendant**
Milord!
**[12:46] Attendant**
Lutoroute's main force is on the march!
**[12:50] Hubarek**
What?!
**[12:51] Attendant**
They number just over ten thousand!
**[12:53] Hubarek**
Ten thousand?
**[12:55] Hubarek**
So the original report of
thirty thousand was falsified.
**[12:59] Hubarek**
We should be able to handle them
with our forces alone, then.
**[13:04] Hubarek**
Lord Squale, you heard the man.
**[13:06] Squale**
Sir!
**[13:07] Hubarek**
I'd like to put you on
the front line defenses.
**[13:12] Petra**
No! With our army alone?!
**[13:15] Hubarek**
Petra, I know what I'm doing.
**[13:18] Petra**
But...
**[13:24] Squale**
My lord!
**[13:26] Squale**
Thank you for gifting me my first campaign.
**[13:29] Squale**
I'll set out at once!
**[13:31] Hubarek**
Good.
**[13:32] Hubarek**
See to it!
**[13:33] Squale**
Sir.
**[13:34] Petra**
Lord Squale...
**[13:35] Squale**
Don't worry.
**[13:36] Squale**
I will protect your father's lands.
***SIGN*** Lutoroute War Camp
**[13:43] Lieutenant A**
Reporting in!
**[13:45] Lieutenant A**
Part of the advance unit has arrived
near the border and formed rank!
**[13:50] Lutoroute**
Excellent work.
**[13:51] Aide A**
Milord.
**[13:52] Aide A**
Our forces are showing signs of fatigue,
**[13:55] Aide A**
and the Hubarek army is
steadily growing their ranks.
**[13:59] Aide A**
We could end up at a disadvantage.
**[14:02] Lutoroute**
You think I didn't account for that?
**[14:06] Aide A**
Certainly not, milord...
**[14:08] Lutoroute**
My real goal here is to tear
Hubarek and Kadlecek apart.
**[14:12] Aide A**
The margrave and the duke?
**[14:16] Lutoroute**
Kadlecek's heir is stationed
at House Hubarek.
**[14:19] Lutoroute**
He's never been in a real battle before.
**[14:22] Lutoroute**
Hubarek likely wants to grant
him his first campaign,
**[14:25] Lutoroute**
but he can't just go throwing a
dignitary's grandson into jeopardy.
**[14:30] Lutoroute**
If you expect an easy battle, though,
**[14:33] Lutoroute**
it's a perfect chance for a first deployment.
**[14:35] Lutoroute**
And if he gives him a win,
he'll have Kadlecek's gratitude.
**[14:40] Lutoroute**
That's why I'm going to lure him out
**[14:42] Lutoroute**
to a place where I can easily finish him.
**[14:48] Lutoroute**
The girl will lose her fiancé.
**[14:50] Lutoroute**
Kadlecek will be furious
and cut ties with him.
**[14:53] Lutoroute**
Hubarek will be isolated, his attempt
to expand his forces up in smoke.
**[14:58] Lutoroute**
And while he's still reeling from that,
I'll mount our all-out attack.
**[15:01] Lutoroute**
It'll all be over before the duke's
reinforcements ever arrive.
**[15:07] Lutoroute**
I can already imagine the
despair on Hubarek's face!
***SIGN*** Margravate of Hubarek Near Border
**[15:18] Squale**
* I didn't expect my first*
* deployment so suddenly.*
**[15:24] Petra**
*Take this to protect you.*
**[15:27] Squale**
*I can't afford to lose.*
**[15:29] Squale**
*I will protect Petra!*
***SIGN*** The Day Before • Margravate of Hubarek
**[15:40] Hubarek**
Well, if it isn't Lord Morteln and Lord Pastry!
**[15:44] Casserole**
We heard you were under attack
and wished to offer our aid.
**[15:48] Hubarek**
I'm truly grateful for this aid from afar.
**[15:52] Pas**
No, we're doing it for the goats!
**[15:54] Casserole**
Hey!
**[15:56] Hubarek**
Goats?
**[15:57] Pas**
N-Nothing!
**[15:59] Pas**
I mean, anything to aid the
family of my precious fiancée!
**[16:06] Casserole**
How's the battle going?
**[16:07] Hubarek**
It's well for now.
**[16:10] Hubarek**
The enemy force isn't as large as I expected.
**[16:13] Hubarek**
They're preparing a strike from
their front line fortress now.
**[16:18] Pas**
It's not that large?
**[16:19] Hubarek**
Yes, I thought they could be 30,000 strong,
**[16:23] Hubarek**
but in fact, it's closer to 12,000.
**[16:26] Hubarek**
I'd like to get your opinion, sir.
**[16:28] Casserole**
Where are they set up?
**[16:30] Hubarek**
There are two thousand here.
**[16:32] Hubarek**
Their main force is here, with what
looks like 500 provisionals nearby.
**[16:37] Hubarek**
We've got 200 of our men
protecting this hill,
**[16:40] Hubarek**
and there are enemy forces here as well.
**[16:44] Pas**
*I see. Solid defenses.*
**[16:46] Casserole**
It's curious.
**[16:48] Hubarek**
Curious?
**[16:49] Casserole**
Something's not right. It doesn't add up.
**[16:52] Casserole**
It all looks fine at a glance, but...
**[16:57] Hubarek**
You think so too?
**[16:59] Pas**
*A warrior's instinct?*
**[17:03] Pas**
* But for a veteran like Father,*
* it's probably trustworthy.*
**[17:08] Casserole**
But the formation certainly
seems sensible and solid.
**[17:14] Casserole**
What is it that doesn't feel right?
**[17:17] Pas**
Maybe it's too solid?
**[17:20] Hubarek**
What do you mean?
**[17:21] Pas**
It shouldn't be this solid, right?
**[17:24] Pas**
This is the formation of an army
preparing for an attack from *us*.
**[17:29] Pas**
They're the ones invading,
**[17:32] Pas**
so why are they in a defensive formation?
**[17:36] Casserole**
Yes, why would invaders
reinforce their defenses
**[17:39] Casserole**
before even a single battle's been fought?
**[17:42] Hubarek**
So that's what felt wrong about it.
**[17:45] Pas**
What are they after, then?
**[17:48] Hubarek**
You think they want to wear us down?
**[17:51] Casserole**
No. If I were them...
**[17:55] Casserole**
I'd leave the majority of my
forces to solidify our defenses
**[17:58] Casserole**
and make up for my lack of numbers
**[18:00] Casserole**
by fighting a limited war
with small mobile units,
**[18:04] Casserole**
to slowly but surely shave down my
opponent's numbers through repeated ambushes.
**[18:10] Casserole**
Here, for instance.
**[18:12] Casserole**
This is where I'd strike first.
**[18:16] Pas**
* If you put yourself in*
* your opponent's position,*
**[18:18] Pas**
* you can figure out exactly*
* what they're after?*
**[18:21] Casserole**
If I'm assuming you're defending
against attacks from the north,
**[18:25] Casserole**
a strike here should leave me unscathed.
**[18:27] Casserole**
The terrain also makes
it perfect for an ambush.
**[18:32] Pas**
Sir?
**[18:34] Hubarek**
That's...
**[18:36] Hubarek**
That's where Lord Squale's unit is headed!
**[18:40] Pas**
Lord Squale?!
**[18:42] Hubarek**
I thought it would be an easy area to defend,
**[18:46] Hubarek**
and that it would be a good
first deployment for him.
**[18:49] Casserole**
Lord Squale has no combat experience.
**[18:51] Casserole**
He won't last long as
the target of an ambush!
**[18:54] Casserole**
We must lend him our aid!
**[18:56] Hubarek**
You're right.
**[18:57] Hubarek**
I'll leave a company in your hands!
**[18:59] Hubarek**
Get to Lord Squale at once!
**[19:01] Casserole**
Let's hurry, Pas!
**[19:02] Pas**
Right!
**[19:05] Squale**
Where do we expect the enemy to attack from?
**[19:07] Aide**
The northeast, we believe.
**[19:09] Squale**
Good.
**[19:10] Squale**
We'll meet them here and wipe them out!
**[19:12] Aide**
Sir!
**[19:13] Hubarek Soldier 1**
Excuse me, sir!
**[19:15] Hubarek Soldier 1**
We've sighted the enemy in the distance!
**[19:17] Hubarek Soldier 1**
About twenty men!
**[19:19] Squale**
It's time, then.
**[19:21] Squale**
Let's begin!
**[19:30] Squale**
*Where are they? Where is the enemy?!*
**[19:32] Hubarek Soldier 2**
It's an ambush!
**[19:34] Hubarek Soldier 2**
It's the enemy!
**[19:35] Hubarek Soldier 2**
It's an ambush from the southern forest!
**[19:37] Squale**
What?
**[19:38] Aide**
How did they get behind us?!
**[19:40] Lutoroute Army**
Get them!
**[19:43] Lutoroute Army**
Go!
**[19:46] Hubarek Soldier 4**
There are so many!
**[19:47] Squale**
I thought there were only twenty of them!
**[19:49] Aide**
Don't retreat! Meet them here!
**[19:50] Squale**
*They tricked us?*
**[19:58] Squale**
*Stay calm. Stay calm!*
**[20:02] Aide**
Lord Squale!
**[20:04] Aide**
Lord Squale, your orders?!
**[20:07] Squale**
We're playing into their hands here.
**[20:08] Squale**
Get into the forest!
**[20:09] Aide**
Sir!
**[20:17] Hubarek Soldier 1**
Enemy reinforcements! About a hundred!
**[20:19] Aide**
Lord Squale, your orders?!
**[20:21] Squale**
*We're trapped!*
**[20:29] Glacage**
My lord, Margrave Hubarek's
company is delayed!
**[20:33] Casserole**
No time to wait for them!
**[20:35] Casserole**
Nicolo, I'm leaving Hubarek's company to you!
**[20:37] Nicolo**
Yes, sir!
**[20:39] Casserole**
Once we near the border, Pas, you take
the soldiers and harangue the enemy!
**[20:43] Pas**
Sir!
**[20:44] Casserole**
Glacage, you're with me!
**[20:46] Glacage**
Sir!
**[20:47] Pas**
*Lord Squale...*
**[20:52] Squale**
Stay together! Don't disperse!
**[20:53] Lutoroute Soldier 1**
That kid's their leader!
**[20:55] Lutoroute Soldier 2**
Take him down!
**[20:56] Squale**
We need to retreat! All forces, fall back!
**[20:58] Aide**
We can't!
**[20:59] Aide**
They have us surrounded!
**[21:13] Squale**
We'll carve a path through.
**[21:15] Aide**
But we don't have enough men!
**[21:17] Hubarek Soldier 1**
We'd better surrender.
**[21:18] Squale**
We need to stay strong!
**[21:25] Squale**
Wh-What is...
**[21:38] Squale**
Is that... Lord Morteln?
**[21:44] Squale**
What's Lord Morteln doing here?
**[21:47] Pas**
I'm glad you're safe, Lord Squale!
**[21:52] Pas**
It's been a while.
**[21:53] Pas**
We heard about your first deployment
and came to lend a hand!
**[23:36] Pas**
Next time on *Sweet Reincarnation*:
***SIGN*** The Flavor of Consolation: Tarte Tatin
**[23:39] Pas**
"The Flavor of Consolation: Tarte Tatin"
**[23:41] Pas**
Bon appétit!
***SIGN*** Illustration:
***SIGN*** Kaito Shibano