E17 - Captive Queen

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[00:25] K
    Well?
[00:26] K
    You want to fight, too?
[00:28] Ka
    I'll pass.
[00:29] Ka
    My magic skill will reach 900 soon.
[00:32] Ka
    I'd rather not incur a death penalty.
[00:34] K
    Smart...
[00:36] K
    What about you, miss?
[00:39] L
    I'm good, too.
[00:41] L
    Next time, I'll win.
[00:43] K
    I'd prefer not to fight you
    one-on-one, either.
SIGN    Captive Queen
[02:24] ---
    Hey, what are these flames?
[02:26] L
    Shh... They're Remain Lights.
[02:28] L
    Their minds are still there.
[02:33] L
    So what should I do now?
[02:36] L
    Thank you? Run away?
[02:40] L
    Or fight?
[02:42] K
    Personally,
[02:44] K
    I see myself as the hero who
    just saved the princess.
[02:48] K
    Crying and running into my
    arms would be a good start.
[02:51] L
    Are you stupid?!
[02:53] K
    I was just kidding!
[02:56] Y
    That's right!
[02:58] Y
    You can't do that!
[02:59] L
    Hey, stay out of sight...
[03:01] Y
    The only ones who can hug
    Daddy are Mommy and me!
[03:04] L
    D-Daddy?
[03:06] K
    Oh... Well, this is...
[03:09] L
    Is that a Private Pixie?
[03:13] K
    Y-Yeah, something like that.
[03:17] L
    Fine, but why is a Spriggan
    wandering around here?
[03:22] K
    I-I got lost...
[03:28] L
    Your territory is way to the east!
[03:30] L
    Is it even possible to be that lost?
[03:32] L
    You're so weird.
[03:40] L
    Anyway, I should thank you.
[03:42] L
    Thanks for saving me.
[03:44] L
    My name is Leafa.
[03:45] K
    I'm Kirito.
[03:47] K
    This is Yui.
[03:53] L
    So, Kirito-kun...
[03:56] L
    What will you do now?
[03:58] L
    If you'd like, I could buy
    you a drink as thanks.
[04:01] L
    Well?
[04:02] K
    That would be nice.
[04:04] K
    Actually, I was looking for someone
    who could tell me some things.
[04:07] L
    Like what?
[04:08] L
    About this world, and
    especially about that tree.
[04:13] K
    That tree?
[04:14] K
    The World Tree?
[04:17] L
    Sure.
[04:18] L
    I've been playing this game a long time.
[04:22] L
    There's a neutral village to the north.
[04:24] ---
    It's a bit far, but let's fly there.
[04:27] K
    Isn't the town called Sylvein closer?
[04:32] L
    You really don't know anything, do you?
[04:34] L
    That's Sylph territory.
[04:36] K
    So?
[04:37] L
    That means you can't attack
    Sylphs in their territory,
[04:40] ---
    but they can attack you.
[04:43] K
    They wouldn't just start
    attacking all of a sudden.
[04:46] K
    And I have you with me, Leafa-san.
[04:50] L
    Just call me Leafa.
[04:51] L
    If you insist, it's fine.
[04:54] L
    But I can't guarantee
    that you'll survive.
[04:57] L
    Then, let's go.
[05:02] K
    You can fly without
    an assist controller?
[05:06] L
    Yeah, what about you?
[05:07] K
    I just recently learned
    how to use this...
[05:11] L
    There's a trick to flying on your own.
[05:14] L
    Turn around, and don't
    use your controller.
[05:16] K
    O-Okay.
[05:19] L
    Can you tell where I'm touching you?
[05:22] L
    Imagine virtual bones
    and muscles spreading
[05:24] ---
    out from here, then try to move them.
[05:27] K
    Virtual bones and muscles...
[05:32] L
    Like that!
[05:35] L
    Just like that.
[05:36] L
    Try the same movement
    again, but stronger.
[05:55] L
    Oh, crap!
[05:56] Y
    Daddy!
[05:57] L
    Kirito-kun, you okay?
[06:06] K
    Make it stop!
[06:13] Y
    I'm sorry, Daddy!
[06:14] Y
    That's hilarious...
[06:26] K
    This is great.
[06:28] L
    It is, right?
[06:30] L
    You've got good instincts.
[06:32] L
    Now, follow me.
[06:34] K
    Okay.
[06:36] L
    Go slow at first.
[06:40] K
    We can go faster.
[06:56] K
    Is this the fastest we can go?
[06:59] L
    Don't blame me for whatever happens.
[07:12] Y
    I can't go on...
[07:23] L
    You might be the first other person
    who can handle this speed.
SIGN    Sylph Territory, Sylvein
    January 20, 2025
[07:35] K
    We're here.
[07:38] L
    We'll land at the base
    of the central tower.
[07:42] L
    Kirito-kun, do you know how to land?
[07:46] K
    I don't...
[07:47] L
    Um...
[07:50] L
    Sorry!
[07:51] L
    It's too late.
[07:53] L
    Good luck!
[07:54] K
    Y-You're kidding me!
[08:05] K
    That was horrible, Leafa.
[08:07] L
    It's okay. I'll heal you.
[08:16] K
    Wow, so this is magic?
[08:19] L
    Only Undines can use
    high-level healing magic.
[08:23] L
    But that's a really important spell,
    so you should learn it, too.
[08:26] K
    So different races get
    different bonuses?
[08:30] K
    What are Spriggans good at?
[08:33] L
    Treasure hunting and
    illusion magic, I guess.
[08:36] L
    Neither of those is much use in battle.
[08:46] K
    So this is a Sylph town?
[08:49] K
    It's pretty.
[08:51] L
    Isn't it?
[08:53] R
    Leafa-chan!
[08:55] R
    You're okay!
[08:57] L
    Oh, Recon.
[09:00] R
    You're great, Leafa-chan.
[09:02] R
    A Spriggan?!
[09:04] L
    It's okay.
[09:06] L
    He saved me.
[09:09] L
    This is Recon,
[09:10] L
    my friend.
[09:12] K
    Hi, I'm Kirito.
[09:14] R
    Nice to meet you.
[09:17] R
    No... No, no, no!
[09:19] R
    Are you sure about this?
[09:20] ---
    He isn't a spy or anything, is he?
[09:23] K
    It's fine.
[09:25] K
    He's a little too dim to be a spy.
[09:28] L
    That's mean.
[09:30] K
    Sigurd and the rest
[09:31] ---
    saved you a seat at the usual tavern.
[09:33] L
    Oh, okay.
[09:38] L
    I'll pass today.
[09:41] R
    You aren't coming?
[09:42] L
    No, I promised Kirito-kun
    a drink for saving me.
[09:46] L
    See you later!
[09:47] L
    W-Wait...
[09:50] R
    Leafa-chan...
[10:04] K
    Was that your boyfriend?
[10:06] Y
    Your lover?
[10:09] L
    N-No!
[10:10] L
    He's just a party member.
[10:13] K
    You seemed pretty close, though.
[10:15] L
    I know him in real life.
[10:17] L
    He's in my grade at school.
[10:19] L
    But that's all!
[10:24] L
    Anyway...
[10:26] L
    Thanks for saving me!
[10:32] K
    They were pretty aggressive...
[10:35] K
    Are group PKs like that common?
[10:37] L
    Salamanders and Sylphs don't
    get along, to begin with.
[10:41] L
    But an organized PK like
    that is pretty new.
[10:45] L
    I'm sure they'll start trying to
    clear the World Tree soon.
[10:50] K
    About that.
[10:51] K
    I'd like you to tell me
    about the World Tree.
[10:53] L
    You said something about that.
[10:55] L
    But why?
[10:57] K
    I want to get up there.
[11:00] L
    I think that's true for all the players.
[11:03] L
    That's ALO's grand quest.
[11:07] K
    What do you mean?
[11:08] L
    You know how you're limited
    in how high you can go?
[11:11] L
    And no race can fly continuously
    for more than ten minutes...
[11:16] L
    But the first race
[11:18] ---
    to reach the Floating City
    atop the World Tree,
[11:21] ---
    and hold an audience with
    the Fairy King Oberon,
[11:24] L
    will be reborn as an advanced
    class known as Alfs.
[11:27] L
    And they'll be able to
    fly as much as they like.
[11:32] K
    I see.
[11:33] K
    That does sound nice.
[11:37] K
    How do you get to the
    top of the World Tree?
[11:40] L
    The base is a big dome.
[11:42] L
    You can reach the Floating
    City from there.
[11:45] L
    But the NPC guardians that defend
    the dome are really powerful.
[11:50] K
    They're that strong?
[11:51] L
    The game's been around for a full year.
[11:53] L
    Would you believe no one's
    beaten the quest yet?
[11:57] K
    Everyone must be missing a key quest.
[11:59] K
    Or it's set so that one race can't
    get there by themselves.
[12:05] L
    You have good instincts.
[12:07] L
    Everyone's searching for a
[12:08] ---
    missed quest as hard
    as they can right now.
[12:11] L
    But if it's the latter,
    no one will ever clear it.
[12:14] K
    No one?
[12:16] L
    Because it makes no sense!
[12:18] L
    Why would you help another
    race with a quest
[12:21] ---
    if only one can clear it?
[12:25] K
    Then, does that mean it's impossible
[12:28] ---
    to reach the top of the World Tree?
[12:31] L
    I think so.
[12:34] L
    But you can't just give it up.
[12:36] L
    Not once you see how fun it is to fly.
[12:38] L
    Even if it takes years, someday...
[12:42] K
    That's too long!
[12:50] Y
    Daddy?
[12:53] K
    I'm sorry.
[12:54] K
    But I need to reach the
    top of the World Tree.
[13:00] L
    Why is it so important?
[13:02] K
    I'm looking for someone...
[13:05] ---
    What do you mean?
[13:07] L
    It's not easy to explain.
[13:17] K
    Thank you, Leafa.
[13:18] ---
    That information helped a lot.
[13:27] L
    Wait.
[13:29] L
    Are you going to the World Tree?
[13:32] K
    Yes, I need to see for myself.
[13:36] L
    It's crazy...
[13:39] L
    It's far, far away, and there are
    a lot of strong monsters.
[13:44] L
    Sure, you're strong, but...
[13:49] L
    Then, I'll take you there!
[13:55] K
    But I couldn't ask that of
    someone I just met.
[13:59] L
    Do you know how to get there?
[14:02] L
    What about the guardians?
[14:05] K
    Well, I'll think of something.
[14:08] L
    It's fine.
[14:09] L
    I've already made up my mind!
[14:13] K
    Fine.
[14:15] L
    Um...
[14:17] L
    Can you log in tomorrow?
[14:18] K
    Y-Yeah.
[14:20] L
    Then be here at 3:00 PM.
[14:22] L
    I have to log off.
[14:24] L
    You can use the rooms
    upstairs to log out.
[14:27] L
    See you tomorrow.
[14:28] K
    W-Wait!
[14:33] K
    Thank you.
[14:58] L
    Then, I'll take you there!
[15:10] S
    He was a weird guy...
[15:14] S
    Kirito-kun, huh?
[15:26] Y
    This is goodbye until tomorrow.
    Right, Daddy?
[15:29] K
    I'll be back soon, to see you again.
[15:34] Y
    Um...
[15:36] Y
    Can I sleep next to
    you until you log out?
[15:42] K
    Yeah, sure.
[15:51] K
    Let's save Asuna,
[15:53] ---
    and buy a house somewhere again, okay?
[15:56] Y
    It sounds like a dream,
[15:58] Y
    living with you and Mommy again.
[16:05] K
    It isn't a dream.
[16:07] K
    I'll make it real soon.
[16:21] Y
    Goodnight, Daddy.
[16:52] TOA
    I love that look of yours more
    than anything, Titania.
[16:57] TOA
    The one where you seem about to cry.
[17:00] TOA
    I want to freeze it
    and hang it on a wall.
[17:04] A
    Then, go ahead.
[17:14] A
    You can do whatever you like, right?
[17:17] A
    You're a system admin.
[17:19] TOA
    You're so cold.
[17:22] TOA
    Have I ever touched you
[17:23] ---
    when you didn't want me to, Titania?
[17:26] A
    Stop calling me that weird name.
[17:29] A
    My name is Asuna, Sugou-san.
[17:33] TOA
    You're ruining the fun...
[17:35] TOA
    In this world, I am
    the Fairy King Oberon.
[17:38] TOA
    The ruler of ALfheim,
    whom all players regard with awe.
[17:42] TOA
    And you are my bride, the Queen Titania.
[17:45] TOA
    Isn't that enough?
[17:48] TOA
    When will you open your
    heart to me as my bride?
[17:53] A
    It's hopeless.
[17:54] A
    The only things I have to give
    you are disgust and hatred.
[17:57] A
    That's all.
[17:58] TOA
    You're very strong willed.
[18:01] TOA
    But you know...
[18:03] TOA
    Lately, I've been thinking
[18:05] ---
    it might be nice
[18:10] ---
    to take you by force.
[18:37] A
    Stop it...
[18:43] TOA
    It was a joke.
[18:45] TOA
    I told you that I won't
    force myself upon you.
[18:48] TOA
    It won't be too long
[18:50] TOA
    before you start to want me.
[18:54] A
    Are you insane?
[18:57] TOA
    You won't be talking like that for long.
[19:01] TOA
    There are tens of thousands
[19:03] ---
    of players enjoying this game right now.
[19:07] TOA
    But they don't understand the true value
[19:10] ---
    of the full-dive system.
[19:13] TOA
    By expanding the brain's
    control regions,
[19:16] TOA
    it's possible it could control thought,
    emotion, even memory.
[19:22] A
    No...
[19:23] A
    They wouldn't allow that!
[19:25] TOA
    Who wouldn't?
[19:26] TOA
    Many nations are already researching it.
[19:31] TOA
    But human experiments aren't
    easy things to perform.
[19:35] TOA
    But one day, I was watching
    the news, and I discovered
[19:40] ---
    ten thousand perfect test subjects!
[19:45] TOA
    Kayaba-senpai was a genius, but a fool.
[19:48] TOA
    To prepare such a splendid vessel,
[19:50] ---
    and be satisfied using it for nothing
[19:52] ---
    
    more than making a game.
[19:54] TOA
    It wasn't hard at all
    to adjust the routers
[19:57] ---
    to grab a few players
    when they logged out.
[20:02] TOA
    And as a result, I got three hundred
    test subjects of my own!
[20:07] TOA
    In just two months, my research
    has taken great strides.
[20:10] TOA
    The technology to implant new
    objects into human memories,
[20:13] ---
    using them to induce emotion
    is almost complete.
[20:19] A
    You're lying.
[20:21] A
    My father would never allow that!
[20:27] TOA
    The research is being performed
[20:29] ---
    in secret by a very
    small team and myself.
[20:32] TOA
    Otherwise, I wouldn't
    be able to sell it.
[20:34] A
    Sell it?
[20:36] TOA
    A certain American corporation
[20:38] ---
    is eagerly awaiting its completion.
[20:41] TOA
    I'm going to sell it at a high price.
[20:43] TOA
    And RCT, too, someday.
[20:45] A
    I won't let that happen.
[20:49] A
    Once I return to the real world,
[20:51] ---
    the first thing I'll
    do is alert the police.
[20:56] TOA
    You're in the same position
    as the other subjects.
[21:00] TOA
    If I wanted, I could alter
    your memories, too.
[21:14] TOA
    I'm on my way.
[21:15] TOA
    Wait for orders.
[21:18] TOA
    But I don't want to turn
    you into a mere doll.
[21:23] TOA
    I hope you're a little more
[21:26] ---
    submissive the next time we meet,
[21:29] ---
    Titania.
[21:46] TOA
    Farewell, then.
[22:01] A
    Save me, Kirito-kun...
SIGN    Next Time: To the World Tree