# Season 1
# E1 - Episode 1
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**[00:05] PRIEST**
It has been ten years since the great
sage Alabaster gave his prophecy.
**[00:10] PRIEST**
How we have waited for this day.
**[00:23] (Flashback) SATOU**
Almost got it...
**[00:27] (Flashback) SATOU**
Whoa!
**[00:34] (Flashback) SATOU**
What is this?
**[00:37] (Flashback) SATOU**
Are they aliens?
**[00:41] (Flashback) SATOU**
It's a girl!
**[00:45] (Flashback) HIME**
Boy...
**[00:46] (Flashback) HIME**
What is your name?
**[00:48] (Flashback) SATOU**
I... I'm Satou.
**[00:51] (Flashback) HIME**
I see. What an odd name.
**[00:54] (Flashback) HIME**
My name is, uh... Hime Nokana.
**[00:59] (Flashback) SATOU**
Hime?
**[01:01] (Flashback) HIME**
Satou, you cannot tell anyone
what you saw here.
**[01:06] (Flashback) HIME**
In fact, please forget all about it.
**[01:10] (Flashback) HIME**
In exchange,
**[01:13] (Flashback) HIME**
I will be your friend.
**[01:20] SATOU**
*Back then,*
**[01:23] SATOU**
*young as I was,*
**[01:26] SATOU**
* I felt that I had to protect*
* this girl in front of me.*
**[01:31] SATOU**
*And somehow,*
**[01:32] SATOU**
* I knew that it would have to be*
* for a long, long time.*
***SIGN*** Ten Years Later
**[03:19] HIME**
Good morning, Satou.
**[03:23] SATOU**
Hime...
**[03:24] SATOU**
Morning.
**[03:26] HIME**
Breakfast's ready.
**[03:31] SATOU**
Bit early for a feast, isn't it?
**[03:33] HIME**
School's out after today,
so I woke up early and excited.
**[03:38] SATOU**
* Hime—Himeno Nonaka and*
* I have been friends since we were kids.*
**[03:44] SATOU**
* It's been ten years since*
* she moved in next door.*
**[03:49] SATOU**
* Her parents don't seem to be around,*
* and she lives with her grandpa.*
**[03:56] SATOU**
Y'know, you've changed a lot
since we started high school.
**[04:00] SATOU**
You used to keep a lower profile before.
**[04:04] HIME**
Well, it only made me stick out even more,
what with my blonde hair and all.
**[04:10] HIME**
Besides, I'm "Hime," a princess!
**[04:13] HIME**
I need to be strong!
**[04:15] SATOU**
What's with that?
You've been saying it for years.
**[04:21] SATOU**
Wait, what?
**[04:29] SATOU**
Hime?
**[04:34] HIME**
Rice on your face.
**[04:51] HIME**
Hey, Grandpa.
**[04:54] SATOU**
Good morning, Hime's grandpa.
**[04:56] ALABASTER**
Good morning, Satou.
**[04:59] HIME**
We're heading out.
**[05:01] ALABASTER**
Have a nice day.
**[05:05] HIME**
Is your dad not coming home yet?
**[05:08] SATOU**
Probably not until the end of summer break.
**[05:10] HIME**
You sure have it rough.
**[05:12] SATOU**
I'm used to it.
**[05:18] (Flashback) HIME**
These rings?
**[05:21] (Flashback) HIME**
I'll give one to the person I marry.
They're really important to me.
**[05:25] (Flashback) HIME**
Say, Satou...
**[05:28] (Flashback) HIME**
When we grow up,
**[05:31] (Flashback) HIME**
will you marry me?
**[05:35] HIME**
What is it?
**[05:37] HIME**
You can't have these.
**[05:40] HIME**
They're really important to me.
**[05:46] SATOU**
* Oh, well. That's usually*
* how childhood promises go.*
**[05:51] HIME**
Hurry up! We're gonna be late!
**[05:53] SATOU**
C-Coming.
**[05:56] GIRL 1**
How'd you do on the finals?
**[05:58] GIRL 2**
Couldn't have gone worse.
**[06:00] HIME**
Ta-da!
**[06:02] GIRL 1**
Wow, Hime! You're so smart!
**[06:05] HIME**
Heh, heh. A princess needs
to be smart, as well.
**[06:09] GIRL 1**
There it is.
**[06:10] GIRL 2**
Again, of what country?
**[06:13] TANAKA**
Summer break starts tomorrow,
and I'm all alone!
**[06:17] TANAKA**
You're so lucky, Satou.
**[06:18] TANAKA**
Look at your chill aura.
**[06:20] TANAKA**
Guys with girlfriends are different.
**[06:23] TANAKA**
I mean Nonaka-san! Don't think I don't see you
coming to school together every day!
**[06:27] SATOU**
We're just neighbors, dude.
**[06:30] TANAKA**
Listen, man. Don't get too
comfortable with the status quo.
**[06:35] SUZUKI**
Right? When you finally get off your ass
and make a move, it might be too late.
**[06:39] TANAKA**
If I had a girl that cute around,
I'd already be with her.
***SIGN*** Hime
***SIGN*** Summer Festival
Let's go to the summer
festival after school.
Meet in front of the
shrine at 6:30.
**[06:42] SUZUKI**
I dunno, she's a little too flashy for me.
**[06:44] SATOU**
Why a text?
**[06:45] TANAKA**
Then what *is* your type?
**[06:47] SUZUKI**
I'm more into the quiet, refined girls.
**[06:51] SATOU**
*Uh, maybe...*
**[06:54] SATOU**
*I can get my hopes up?*
**[07:00] SATOU**
Hime!
**[07:03] SATOU**
Whoa, a yukata?
**[07:05] HIME**
What's this?
**[07:07] HIME**
Did I take your breath away?
**[07:08] SATOU**
K-Kinda, I guess?
**[07:12] HIME**
I-It's good that you're so honest!
**[07:15] HIME**
Okay, let's go.
**[07:17] SATOU**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Cotton Candy
***SIGN*** Buttered Potatoes
***SIGN*** Okonomiyaki
**[07:20] HIME**
Wow, this is great!
***SIGN*** Takoyaki
**[07:23] HIME**
Festivals are so exciting!
**[07:27] HIME**
Hey, Satou, do you remember?
**[07:30] HIME**
We came to this festival when
we were little and got lost.
**[07:35] HIME**
You said, "This way, we won't
get separated from each other,"
**[07:38] HIME**
and held my hand the whole time.
**[07:41] HIME**
You were my hero back then.
**[07:44] SATOU**
You mean I'm not now?
**[07:47] HIME**
Who can say?
**[07:51] HIME**
Anyway, let's get something to eat.
**[08:01] HIME**
So cute!
**[08:02] SATOU**
Y-You think?
**[08:08] SATOU**
*This is how we've always been.*
**[08:12] HIME**
Satou, get that for me!
**[08:16] SATOU**
I'll play.
**[08:17] STALLGUY**
That'll be 500 yen.
**[08:21] SATOU**
* I used to think that I was*
* fine with the status quo*
**[08:24] SATOU**
* if it was between that*
* and ruining our friendship.*
**[08:27] SATOU**
*But now...*
**[08:45] SATOU**
*I can do this.*
**[08:47] SATOU**
*The mood's perfect. I think I can do this!*
**[08:51] SATOU**
Hey, Hime, I'm in lo—
**[08:57] HIME**
Beautiful.
**[09:03] HIME**
I'm so glad
**[09:05] HIME**
I got to see this with you.
**[09:09] SATOU**
Me, too.
**[09:18] HIME**
Hey, Satou...
**[09:21] HIME**
There's something I haven't been
able to tell you for a while now.
**[09:26] SATOU**
*Wait, what?*
**[09:29] SATOU**
*Could it be...*
**[09:31] SATOU**
*Could it be?!*
**[09:34] HIME**
I...
**[09:35] SATOU**
*Me, too! I'm in...*
**[09:38] HIME**
I'm going to be moving.
**[09:46] SATOU**
Huh?
**[09:49] SATOU**
When?
**[09:52] HIME**
Tomorrow.
**[09:55] HIME**
We're going back to Grandpa's homeland.
**[09:58] HIME**
It's very far away.
**[10:00] SATOU**
No way!
**[10:05] HIME**
Thanks for tonight, Satou.
**[10:07] SATOU**
Hime...
**[10:08] SATOU**
I...
**[10:09] HIME**
I'm glad I got to see the fireworks with you.
**[10:13] HIME**
And the festival...
**[10:15] HIME**
And this plushie!
**[10:18] SATOU**
Is there no changing this?
**[10:21] HIME**
Honestly...
**[10:23] HIME**
I made some amazing memories to take with me.
**[10:28] HIME**
Goodbye!
**[10:29] SATOU**
Hime!
**[10:32] SATOU**
Hime...
**[10:37] SATOU**
*She said it was far away,*
**[10:40] SATOU**
*but where is she going?*
**[10:43] SATOU**
* Looking back, I thought I knew her,*
* but I actually don't know anything about her.*
**[10:49] SATOU**
*Even the day I met her.*
**[10:52] SATOU**
*I feel like...*
**[11:03] SATOU**
That's right.
**[11:05] SATOU**
I feel like something really
strange happened that day!
**[11:15] SATOU**
Hime!
**[11:19] SATOU**
Please don't go!
**[11:22] HIME**
So you remember.
**[11:25] HIME**
Then you must understand.
**[11:28] HIME**
I'm not "moving."
**[11:30] HIME**
I'm going home to a different world.
**[11:35] HIME**
You see, I'm getting married.
**[11:40] HIME**
I'm a princess, after all. It is what it is.
**[11:44] SATOU**
W-Wait!
**[11:46] HIME**
So this really is it.
**[11:49] HIME**
Goodbye, Satou.
**[11:51] HIME**
It's been fun.
**[11:56] SATOU**
Hime!
**[12:00] SATOU**
*What did I come here for?*
**[12:03] SATOU**
*To see Hime off?*
**[12:06] SATOU**
*Hell no!*
**[12:08] SATOU**
*In that case...*
**[12:10] SATOU**
No point wasting time thinking about it!
**[12:24] PRIEST**
Princess of Nokanatika,
**[12:26] PRIEST**
Krystal Novaty Nokanatika.
**[12:29] PRIEST**
Second prince of Gisaras,
Marmarugias Gisaras.
**[12:32] RETAINER 1**
Who is that?
**[12:33] RETAINER 2**
Did he follow the princess?
**[12:33] PRIEST**
These rings will now bind you.
**[12:36] SATOU**
Where am I?
**[12:37] PRIEST**
With a sacred kiss...
**[12:39] PRIEST**
Who's there?
**[12:40] SATOU**
Hime!
**[12:44] HIME**
Satou...
**[12:47] MARS**
Princess Krystal?
**[12:48] MARS**
Who is he?
**[12:53] MARS**
Stand back!
**[12:55] SATOU**
What?
**[12:56] ELF**
Eek!
**[12:57] RETAINER 2**
A monster from the Abyss!
**[13:01] ALABASTER**
I knew it. They're after the princess's life.
**[13:04] ALABASTER**
We were right to hide her in the other world!
**[13:08] ALABASTER**
Hup!
**[13:10] SATOU**
Hime's grandpa?!
**[13:11] ALABASTER**
Satou-kun? What are you doing here?!
**[13:17] ALABASTER**
It appears we really do
need the Ring of Light...
**[13:21] ALABASTER**
Krystal! Give the Ring of Light to the prince!
**[13:26] HIME**
Satou!
**[13:28] SATOU**
This is seriously bad news.
**[13:34] HIME**
Satou!
**[13:52] ALABASTER**
What have you done?!
**[13:55] MARS**
So that's how it is, Princess Krystal.
**[13:58] MARS**
You there! Use this!
**[14:01] SATOU**
Whoa, a real sword!
**[14:04] SATOU**
That's cool and all,
but what do I do with it?!
**[14:08] HIME**
Behind you, Satou!
**[14:16] SATOU**
I don't get it,
**[14:18] SATOU**
but I just gotta do this, right?!
**[14:26] SATOU**
Huh?
**[14:37] HIME**
Good morning, Satou.
**[14:41] SATOU**
Where are we?
**[14:43] HIME**
The royal couple's bedroom.
**[14:44] SATOU**
Couple?!
**[14:46] HIME**
I mean, you remember, right?
**[14:49] HIME**
We shared a kiss and all.
**[14:56] SATOU**
*W-We did!*
**[14:59] SATOU**
*So Hime really does love me?*
**[15:03] HIME**
I was supposed to marry that prince.
**[15:09] HIME**
But I don't really know him.
**[15:12] HIME**
And I didn't wanna marry some stranger.
**[15:14] HIME**
So when I saw a familiar face,
I just went for it.
**[15:18] SATOU**
You just what?!
**[15:20] HIME**
And, well...
**[15:22] HIME**
Sorry! I chose you to be our hero!
**[15:27] MAID 1**
He's the Ring King!
**[15:29] MAID 2**
They say he came from another world.
**[15:31] MAID 1**
He's amazing!
**[15:33] MAID 1**
He sliced that monster in half
with that sword of light!
**[15:37] RETAINER 1**
That wedding was meant to build a bridge
between the Kingdom of Light and the Empire.
**[15:43] RETAINER 2**
If the Emperor learns of this,
he will be furious.
**[15:48] MARS**
The maiden of the Rings of Light chooses
the Ring King who will save the world.
**[15:53] MARS**
He and I merely followed the tradition.
**[15:59] MARS**
My father's will and the
Empire's plans have no bearing.
**[16:03] RETAINER 2**
This failure of a second prince
thinks he knows it all.
**[16:06] ALABASTER**
Are you finished?
**[16:09] ALABASTER**
We granted you this audience
because you all wished to see him.
**[16:15] ALABASTER**
But there are many others
waiting for their king.
**[16:19] RETAINER 2**
Tch.
**[16:21] ALABASTER**
Now, come this way.
**[16:29] ALABASTER**
I present to you the defeater of the Abyss,
bringer of light to Arnulus: your Ring King!
**[16:36] ALABASTER**
Hey, Satou-kun, say something.
**[16:39] SATOU**
What?!
**[16:41] CITIZENS**
Ring King! Ring King!
**[16:44] ALABASTER**
They have eagerly awaited
the return of the Ring King.
**[16:47] ALABASTER**
You are their greatest hope.
**[16:50] ALABASTER**
Don't let them down.
**[16:55] SATOU**
I...
**[16:58] SATOU**
I...
**[17:00] SATOU**
I am Satou, the Ring King!
**[17:04] SATOU**
I came from my world to save yours!
**[17:08] SATOU**
I am your hero!
**[17:14] SATOU**
*I...*
**[17:15] SATOU**
*I think I let things go to my head!*
**[17:23] SATOU**
Hime?!
**[17:25] HIME**
Listen, Satou!
**[17:27] SATOU**
Wh-Wh-Why are you here?!
**[17:29] HIME**
I didn't have a choice!
We're technically newlyweds!
**[17:33] HIME**
Don't look at me!
**[17:40] HIME**
I'm sorry, Satou.
**[17:42] HIME**
I knew what would happen
once I gave you that ring...
**[17:47] SATOU**
Where's this coming from?
**[17:49] HIME**
This has nothing to do with you,
**[17:52] HIME**
but I dragged you into it.
**[17:56] SATOU**
I'll be fine.
**[17:58] SATOU**
We *are* on summer break and all.
**[18:01] SATOU**
And besides...
**[18:02] SATOU**
I'm the Ring King, the husband chosen
by the Maiden of Light herself.
**[18:07] SATOU**
Right?
**[18:10] HIME**
Yeah, but...
**[18:12] SATOU**
Also, you have to be here, right?
**[18:16] HIME**
Yeah, this is my world.
**[18:19] HIME**
But you're different.
**[18:21] SATOU**
Then I'll stay here, too.
**[18:24] SATOU**
That monster yesterday came
after you and the ring, right?
**[18:29] SATOU**
If this is something only I can do,
then I'll stay by your side.
**[18:37] (Flashback) GIRL 1**
Her hair's so weird.
**[18:38] (Flashback) BOY 1**
She's a bad girl!
**[18:40] (Flashback) GIRL 2**
We should stay away from her.
**[18:45] (Flashback) HIME**
Satou.
**[18:48] HIME**
Yeah.
**[18:51] HIME**
You've always been my hero.
**[18:54] SATOU**
Hm?
**[18:55] HIME**
It's nothing.
**[18:57] HIME**
Thanks!
**[19:04] HIME**
Hey!
**[19:05] SATOU**
S-S-Sorry!
**[19:07] HIME**
Just so you know,
**[19:09] HIME**
royal weddings are usually just for show!
**[19:12] HIME**
And I only picked you on impulse!
**[19:16] HIME**
You really don't need to take it seriously!
**[19:21] SATOU**
Sure. But you know...
**[19:24] SATOU**
Impulse or not, it made me happy.
**[19:27] SATOU**
I'm glad you picked me.
**[19:35] HIME**
Gosh, you really like me, huh?
**[19:41] SATOU**
Yeah.
**[19:43] HIME**
As a friend, right?
**[19:46] SATOU**
Of course, you're very dear to me...
**[19:51] SATOU**
A dear friend.
**[19:56] HIME**
Oh.
**[20:01] SATOU**
Wh-What's going on?
**[20:12] ABYSSAL KNIGHT**
Ring King.
**[20:20] SOLDIER 2**
The Ring King is here!
**[20:25] SOLDIER 2**
This way.
**[20:28] SOLDIER 2**
Oh, did we interrupt something?
**[20:30] HIME**
Not yet!
**[20:32] SATOU**
"Yet"?!
**[20:33] SOLDIER 2**
Ring King, several monsters
from the Abyss are attacking.
**[20:38] SOLDIER 2**
The one from the other day
may have been a scout.
**[20:42] SOLDIER 2**
Please help us.
**[20:44] SATOU**
Who, me?
**[20:50] HIME**
No way! Satou doesn't know how to fight!
**[20:53] ALABASTER**
We still need him to.
**[20:57] ALABASTER**
So long as he wears that ring, that is.
**[21:01] ALABASTER**
Okay?
**[21:02] HIME**
No...
**[21:07] SATOU**
Yeah, I've got you.
**[21:13] SOLDIER 2**
Take this.
**[21:16] ALABASTER**
The Ring of Light repels evil.
**[21:20] ALABASTER**
It grants you strength and bestows the light
of purification upon whatever you hold.
**[21:26] ALABASTER**
In other words, it creates weapons
that are perfect for defeating the Abyss.
**[21:32] SATOU**
I don't know much about this world.
**[21:35] SATOU**
But I can tell how much it means to you.
**[21:40] SATOU**
And that's reason enough
to do everything I can!
**[21:52] ALABASTER**
Go forth, Ring King Satou!
**[21:55] ALABASTER**
Defeat the evil beings, and save this world!
**[22:00] HIME**
Go get 'em, honey.
**[22:04] SATOU**
Thanks.
**[22:07] SATOU**
I'll be right back!
# E2 - Episode 2
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZD0ZZ/episode-2)
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**[00:08] Maid**
N-No!
**[00:17] Maid**
R-Ring King!
**[00:19] Satou**
Get out of here, fast!
**[00:20] Maid**
Y-Yes!
**[00:22] Satou**
That was the third one.
**[00:24] Satou**
I passed out after just
one swing before, but now...
**[00:27] Alabaster**
That's because of the kiss
you just shared with the princess.
**[00:32] Alabaster**
The strength of your bond as husband and wife
**[00:34] Alabaster**
translates directly to power from that ring!
**[00:37] Alabaster**
It's a princess's duty to provide strength
to a king heading into battle.
**[00:43] Satou**
*So that's why Hime...*
**[00:47] Alabaster**
Well, you still won't last
very long right now, Satou-kun.
**[00:51] Alabaster**
But don't worry!
**[00:52] Alabaster**
I'm with you, as well!
**[00:54] Satou**
That reminds me.
Are you really strong or something?
**[00:58] Satou**
I heard them calling you
Sage Asparagus or something?
**[01:01] Alabaster**
Alabaster!
**[01:06] Satou**
What?
**[01:09] Satou**
*He's different from the ones before?*
**[01:12] AbyssKingKnight**
The Ring of Light...
**[01:15] AbyssKingKnight**
The Ring King!
**[01:17] Alabaster**
That figure!
**[01:19] Alabaster**
I-Impossible!
**[01:20] Alabaster**
A Knight of the Abyss King?!
**[01:23] Satou**
*Hime gave me this power!*
**[01:26] Satou**
I can still keep going!
**[01:27] Alabaster**
Don't!
**[01:31] Satou**
Wh-What is this wind?!
**[01:38] Satou**
That hurt quite a bit...
**[01:40] Satou**
But I guess it's thanks to the ring
that I was only harmed this much?
**[01:43] Alabaster**
Satou-kun, we're running!
**[01:45] Satou**
Huh?!
**[01:46] Alabaster**
Listen, just hurry!
**[01:47] Satou**
What's going on?!
**[01:58] Alabaster**
I can't believe they sent
something that strong.
**[02:01] Alabaster**
I suppose that just shows how
much they fear the Ring King.
**[02:05] Satou**
What was that thing?
**[02:07] Satou**
I couldn't even get close to it.
**[02:10] Alabaster**
That was a knight of the Abyss King!
**[02:12] Alabaster**
It's a terrifying monster capable
of wielding powerful magic!
**[02:15] Satou**
Magic?!
**[02:16] Satou**
I thought I was supposed to be able to
handle them using the power of the ring?!
**[02:19] Alabaster**
We can talk about that later!
**[02:21] Alabaster**
I'll buy us some time!
**[02:28] Satou**
W-Wow!
**[02:30] Satou**
What is this?!
**[02:32] Alabaster**
I manipulated the elements
of creation using my will
**[02:35] Alabaster**
in accordance with the laws of this world.
**[02:38] Alabaster**
That was also magic.
**[02:40] Alabaster**
Now, once we make it through there...
**[02:43] Satou**
Grandpa!
**[02:48] Alabaster**
Oh, no!
**[02:50] Alabaster**
They've pincered us!
**[02:57] Satou**
Huh? Prince?!
**[03:01] Marse**
Hurry!
**[03:02] Marse**
There's a carriage over there!
**[03:03] Satou**
Hold on!
**[03:04] Satou**
We're fleeing from the castle?!
**[03:07] Satou**
But Hime is still inside!
**[03:08] Marse**
Don't worry about that!
**[03:10] Marse**
Just come this way, now!
**[03:19] Hime**
Thank goodness you're safe.
**[03:22] Satou**
Hime...
**[03:26] Marse**
We still let the monsters
reach the south tower in the end...
**[03:31] Marse**
I was forced to bring the princess
to safety before danger could reach her.
**[03:36] Satou**
Thanks for rescuing us earlier.
**[03:40] Satou**
Uh...
**[03:42] Marse**
My name is Marmarugias Gisaras.
**[03:45] Marse**
I'm the second prince of the Gisaras Empire,
**[03:48] Marse**
neighbor of the Kingdom of Light, Nokanatika.
**[03:50] Satou**
Ma? Mar? Margarita-san?
**[03:54] Satou**
Thank you very much.
**[03:58] Marse**
You can just call me Marse.
**[04:01] Marse**
More importantly, Sage,
will the Kingdom be all right?
**[04:06] Alabaster**
The Abyss King is currently
after the rings and the Ring King himself.
**[04:12] Alabaster**
Once he learns they're not in the castle,
he should commence a search.
**[04:16] Alabaster**
I doubt the Kingdom will suffer further harm.
**[04:18] Alabaster**
However...
**[04:20] Alabaster**
It will prove difficult to eliminate
high-ranking monsters
**[04:24] Alabaster**
like the Abyss King's knights
without the power of light.
**[04:28] Satou**
So that means I really do have to be
the one to do something about them!
**[04:31] Alabaster**
And we're running away because you don't
have enough power to do that, Satou-kun.
**[04:35] Satou**
What do you mean,
I don't have enough power?
**[04:38] Alabaster**
Well, your power as the Ring King
is still but a small amount.
**[04:44] Alabaster**
In order to bring out your full power,
**[04:47] Alabaster**
you'll need the other four rings.
**[04:51] Satou**
Other four?
**[04:54] Satou**
But this is a wedding ring, right?!
**[04:58] Satou**
So you mean...
**[05:00] Alabaster**
Yes.
**[05:01] Alabaster**
Satou-kun, you will have to
**[05:03] Alabaster**
marry four other princesses
and obtain the rings from them!
**[05:10] Satou**
What?!
**[05:11] Satou**
That would be polygamy, though!
**[05:14] Alabaster**
That's what it means to be the Ring King.
**[05:16] Alabaster**
There's no problem there.
**[05:18] Alabaster**
Well? Kind of exciting, isn't it?
**[05:21] Alabaster**
Hmm? That's five princesses, you know.
**[05:23] Satou**
Well, I-I guess?
**[05:24] Alabaster**
You'll be living every man's dream!
**[05:26] Satou**
No, I have Hime!
**[05:27] Hime**
*It doesn't excite me at all.*
**[07:03] Marse**
There're only two rooms available?
**[07:06] Marse**
Then us three men will share a room.
**[07:08] Alabaster**
No.
**[07:10] Alabaster**
It might be dangerous to leave Krystal alone!
**[07:13] Alabaster**
I'll have to share her room.
**[07:15] Hime**
Huh? No way.
**[07:19] Marse**
That means you, her husband,
will have to share her room.
**[07:28] Alabaster**
Now then, before we start
taking action tomorrow,
**[07:31] Alabaster**
let's go over a few simple things.
**[07:35] Alabaster**
Like the true duty of the Ring King.
**[07:40] Alabaster**
Long ago,
**[07:43] Alabaster**
this world was on the verge of succumbing
to the dark powers of the Abyss.
**[07:48] Alabaster**
The hearts of mankind were nearly
broken from the endless assault of evil,
**[07:52] Alabaster**
and many nations were covered
by the shadow of death and lost.
**[07:58] Alabaster**
The Ring King sought to dispel that darkness,
**[08:01] Alabaster**
and so he forged rings imbued with magic.
**[08:04] Alabaster**
The five rings were the rings of Light,
Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth.
**[08:13] Alabaster**
With their power, the Ring King
fought a long and grueling battle,
**[08:17] Alabaster**
ultimately defeating and
sealing away the Abyss King.
**[08:20] Alabaster**
Afterwards, the five princesses
married to the Ring King
**[08:26] Alabaster**
passed the five rings down through
the generations within their five nations.
**[08:32] Alabaster**
That set of five rings
served as proof of the bond
**[08:35] Alabaster**
between the Ring King and those princesses.
**[08:38] Alabaster**
And now, the Abyss King has revived
and is slowly regaining his power.
**[08:45] Alabaster**
The duty of the Ring King
**[08:47] Alabaster**
is to once again obtain the rings
from each of the five princesses,
**[08:51] Alabaster**
and use their power to seal the Abyss.
**[08:56] Satou**
So that's the duty of the Ring King.
**[09:02] Hime**
About what he said earlier...
**[09:05] Hime**
You don't need to worry about it.
**[09:07] Hime**
Marriage... is just a formality anyways.
**[09:10] Satou**
No, I...!
**[09:12] Hime**
Satou?
**[09:13] Satou**
Maybe it's a bruise?
**[09:16] Satou**
I thought it was nothing.
**[09:18] Hime**
Strip!
**[09:19] Satou**
Huh?! That's awfully bold all of sudden!
**[09:21] Hime**
Quit fooling around at a time like this!
**[09:28] Hime**
It's my fault.
**[09:32] Satou**
No, this is because I got carried away.
**[09:35] Hime**
No!
**[09:37] Hime**
It's because I chose you.
**[09:42] Satou**
Hime?!
**[09:50] Satou**
Hime!
**[09:53] Satou**
Where did she go?
**[09:58] Satou**
Marse.
**[10:01] Marse**
What's the matter?
**[10:03] Satou**
Have you seen Hime?
**[10:05] Marse**
Princess Krystal just passed through here.
**[10:08] Satou**
Huh?!
**[10:11] Marse**
I see.
**[10:13] Marse**
The Ring King and the Ring Princess.
**[10:16] Marse**
It's a heavy responsibility, and that duty
can become too much to bear sometimes.
**[10:20] Satou**
No! It's nothing that bad!
**[10:23] Marse**
You know...
**[10:25] Marse**
I'm grateful to you.
**[10:30] Marse**
To be honest,
**[10:31] Marse**
I'm relieved that I've avoided
the duty of the Ring King.
**[10:37] Marse**
You chased that woman here
from another world, right?
**[10:42] Marse**
She must be precious to you.
**[10:44] Satou**
Well, I just...
**[10:51] Marse**
You threw away the world you knew
just to pursue the woman you love.
**[10:56] Marse**
That's no easy task.
**[10:59] Marse**
You can take pride in it.
**[11:03] Marse**
Sorry for delaying you.
**[11:07] Marse**
She's probably in the rear garden up ahead.
**[11:09] Satou**
Oh, right!
**[11:14] Satou**
Thanks a lot!
**[11:19] Marse**
If only I had his courage, as well.
**[11:31] Hime**
Satou?
**[11:35] Satou**
I...
**[11:39] Satou**
I love you, Hime!
**[11:45] Satou**
Not just as a friend.
**[11:48] Satou**
I really love you.
**[11:52] Satou**
I'm here because I want to be here.
**[11:56] Satou**
It's what I've decided.
**[11:58] Satou**
So you don't have to feel responsible for it.
**[12:03] Hime**
You have resolve, don't you?
**[12:08] Hime**
I'm still struggling with it...
**[12:12] Hime**
I tried to forget my time as Himeno Nonaka
**[12:16] Hime**
and fulfill my duty
as the maiden of the Ring of Light.
**[12:21] Hime**
I was even about to marry someone
I never knew for the sake of this world,
**[12:25] Hime**
and I would've endured much worse...
**[12:29] Hime**
But because you chased after me...
**[12:33] Hime**
all of my resolve vanished.
**[12:37] Hime**
After all, that meant I could actually
marry the man I really love.
**[12:45] Hime**
But my husband will become the Ring King.
**[12:48] Hime**
He will fight, get hurt,
and even marry other Princesses, too.
**[12:54] Hime**
And I don't want to see
the man I love do those things.
**[13:01] Satou**
Hime...
**[13:02] Satou**
I'm sorry.
**[13:04] Satou**
I was only thinking of myself.
**[13:07] Hime**
No, that's not it.
**[13:11] Hime**
I'm going to drop the act!
**[13:14] Hime**
This time, I'll steel my resolve.
**[13:18] Hime**
It won't just be a formality.
**[13:20] Hime**
I'll fulfill my duty to you
and the ring as your real wife!
**[13:25] Satou**
Hime...
**[13:28] Hime**
Satou...
**[13:31] Hime**
Will you take me as your bride once more?
**[13:38] Satou**
Yeah.
**[13:46] Both**
*What now?!*
**[13:49] Hime**
*After saying all that...*
**[13:52] Satou**
*It feels like we've built up the mood for that!*
**[13:56] Hime**
Satou!
**[13:57] Satou**
Ah!
**[13:58] Hime**
I'm, um... I'm prepared
to become your wife, so—
**[14:20] Satou**
*Is it really okay to just do it?!*
**[14:23] Satou**
*I know I wanted this, but...*
**[14:25] Satou**
*but this isn't...*
**[14:36] Hime**
Satou? What's the matter?
**[14:40] Satou**
It's wrong.
**[14:43] Satou**
It's not supposed to be like this.
**[14:45] Hime**
Huh?
**[14:47] Satou**
Our first time together is supposed
to be sweeter than this!
**[14:51] Hime**
Huh?!
**[14:53] Satou**
Just going with the flow like this is wrong!
**[14:57] Satou**
There's no way it's okay for the ten years
I spent pining for you to end like that!
**[15:02] Hime**
What? That's creepy.
**[15:05] Satou**
Anyway!
**[15:07] Satou**
This isn't like us at all.
**[15:11] Satou**
We've gone beyond childhood
friends to being married.
**[15:14] Satou**
So let's take our time
enjoying the things couples do.
**[15:19] Hime**
Yeah. You're right.
**[15:32] Alabaster**
How was it? Did you sleep well last night?
**[15:35] Hime**
Yeah! Just great!
**[15:38] Hime**
*I couldn't sleep at all!*
**[15:42] Alabaster**
What, you two haven't
done anything since then?
**[15:46] Alabaster**
After you got all worked up, too!
**[15:49] Alabaster**
How boring!
**[15:50] Satou**
You were watching?!
**[15:52] Alabaster**
Whoops, slip of the tongue.
**[15:54] Alabaster**
Bonds. Those are what grant
the Ring King his power, remember.
**[16:02] Alabaster**
So it's a good thing for you two
to deepen your bond.
**[16:08] Marse**
Good morning.
**[16:09] Marse**
Looks like you two resolved your problem.
**[16:13] Marse**
Now, take these.
**[16:16] Marse**
Those outfits from the other world
stand out a bit too much after all.
**[16:22] Alabaster**
Now, let's be off.
**[16:24] Alabaster**
First, we head to the hidden village
of the elves, the children of knowledge.
**[16:29] Alabaster**
To Wind's Romca.
**[16:31] Satou**
Elves? You mean the ones
with long ears? Those elves?
**[16:35] Alabaster**
I do.
**[16:36] Alabaster**
The Ring of Wind is passed down
among their royal family.
**[16:41] Alabaster**
And also...
**[16:42] Alabaster**
Elves are a truly beautiful race!
**[16:45] Alabaster**
That immediately gets you
motivated, right, Satou-kun?!
**[16:50] Satou**
Well...
**[16:50] Hime**
Stop it, Grandpa!
**[16:52] Hime**
I'm your real wife, got it?!
**[16:55] Satou**
Yeah! I know!
**[16:56] Hime**
Do you really get it?
**[16:58] Satou**
Yeah! No worries!
**[16:59] Hime**
Jeez, are you really sure?
**[17:04] Nef**
The Ring King...
**[17:07] Nef**
A man from the outside...
**[17:09] Nef**
How disgusting!
**[17:16] Satou**
* Nestled in a deep valley lies the land*
* where beautiful and wise elves live.*
**[17:22] Satou**
*This land was once viewed*
**[17:24] Satou**
* as a sacred place where knowledge*
* from throughout the world was gathered.*
**[17:29] Satou**
*However, 50 years ago,*
**[17:30] Satou**
* Romca was suddenly*
* surrounded by a wall of storms.*
**[17:42] Alabaster**
This is the tempest wall
that blocks the entry of other races?
**[17:46] Alabaster**
This nation has changed an awful lot, too.
**[17:50] Hime**
Grandpa, have you been here before?
**[17:53] Alabaster**
Long ago.
**[17:54] Alabaster**
However, there was no wall
when I last came here.
**[18:06] Satou**
What is that?
**[18:08] Satou**
Is that one of the Abyss King's monsters, too?!
**[18:12] Alabaster**
No, that's just a beast of the forest.
**[18:15] Alabaster**
It's like a bear.
**[18:17] Satou**
Oh, just a bear!
**[18:19] Satou**
So it's just a wild animal.
**[18:21] Satou**
Meaning it's not dangerous.
**[18:24] Alabaster**
You fool!
**[18:26] Alabaster**
Who in their right mind approaches
a wild animal without caution!
**[18:30] Alabaster**
Bears in the forest are plenty dangerous!
**[18:32] Satou**
I'm sorry!
**[18:35] Satou**
Shit!
**[18:36] Satou**
Now we can't run!
**[18:40] Elf**
Hurry, this way!
**[18:47] Satou**
The bear went flying.
**[18:51] Elf**
Who are you people?
**[18:53] Elf**
What are humans doing out here?
**[18:57] Satou**
*Their ears are long...*
**[18:59] Satou**
which means...!
**[19:01] Alabaster**
Children of the wind, you have
my gratitude for saving us.
**[19:05] Alabaster**
We are...
**[19:07] Satou**
I'm the Ring King!
**[19:08] Satou**
I've come to meet your princess!
**[19:12] Hime**
Hey! Satou!
**[19:14] Hime**
The ring nations aren't guaranteed
to be cooperative, you know!
**[19:18] Satou**
Urk, really?!
**[19:20] Elf**
The Ring King. I see.
**[19:23] Elf**
I had heard the rumors...
**[19:27] Elf**
All right.
**[19:28] Elf**
We'll lead you to the palace.
**[19:30] Elf**
I don't think it's going to work
out for you, though.
**[19:36] Elf**
You'll need to pass through the roots
of this giant tree to reach Romca.
**[19:40] Satou**
That's... inconvenient.
**[19:43] Elf**
It's for safety.
**[19:44] Elf**
Small creatures able to pass through
here won't cause much harm,
**[19:49] Elf**
and powerful monsters
are driven away by the wind.
**[19:52] Elf**
It's reassuring.
**[20:01] Satou**
So this is Romca, the Ring of Wind's nation?
**[20:14] Hime**
I wonder what she's like,
**[20:17] Hime**
this elf princess.
**[20:19] Satou**
It'll be fine, no matter who it is.
**[20:22] Satou**
I'll accept the ring to save this world.
**[20:25] Satou**
Nothing else will happen.
**[20:39] Satou**
Huh?
**[20:40] Satou**
No one's here?
**[20:41] Hime**
Ah!
**[20:42] Hime**
Behind the throne!
**[20:46] Satou**
That's the princess?
**[20:48] Satou**
She looks really wary of me!
**[20:51] Hime**
Y-Yeah...
**[20:54] Nef**
So you're... the Ring King?
**[20:59] Satou**
Yes!
**[21:00] Satou**
I'm Satou, the hero from another world!
**[21:03] Nef**
Another world?!
**[21:04] Satou**
That's right!
**[21:09] Nef**
And the two of you... are married, right?
**[21:14] Nef**
Meaning that...
**[21:18] Nef**
you've already done it?
**[21:19] Both**
Huh?
**[21:21] Nef**
You know, m-m-m-ma—
**[21:26] Hime**
*What is this girl asking us?!*
**[21:29] Nef**
Ma—
**[21:29] Hime**
Not yet!
**[21:30] Nef**
You haven't made out?!
**[21:32] Hime**
That's what you meant?!
**[21:34] Satou**
Uh, yeah, we have.
**[21:37] Hime**
* This isn't good. We can't be*
* getting flustered over this.*
**[21:41] Hime**
The Ring of Light is already on his hand.
**[21:45] Hime**
We seek the Ring of Wind, according to legend,
**[21:47] Hime**
so we may drive away
the threat of the Abyss King—
**[21:49] Nef**
H-How dirty!
**[21:52] Nef**
Touching your lips to another's!
**[21:54] Both**
Huh?!
**[21:56] Nef**
That's gross!
**[21:57] Satou**
She fled!
**[21:59] Nef**
Blegh!
**[22:03] Satou**
Huh?
**[22:05] Satou**
Huh?
**[22:07] Satou**
Huh?!
# E3 - Episode 3
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU41843/episode-3)
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**[00:00] Nef**
Blegh!
**[00:03] Hime**
She's gone?
**[00:07] Jade**
Good grief...
**[00:08] Jade**
What a hopeless shut-in princess.
**[00:12] Jade**
As you can see,
**[00:13] Jade**
this is what our nation's princess is like.
**[00:16] Jade**
I think it'll prove difficult
to get the ring from her.
**[00:19] Satou**
Uh, who might you be?
**[00:22] Jade**
I'm Jade Romca.
**[00:24] Jade**
I'm the eldest son
of the previous Wind King Romca,
**[00:27] Jade**
and the older brother
to the princess of the Ring of Wind
**[00:30] Jade**
that just ran away, Nefritis Romca.
**[00:33] Jade**
So,
**[00:35] Jade**
you're the famous new Ring King?
**[00:43] Satou**
Wha?!
**[00:45] Alabaster**
Wh-What are you doing?!
**[00:47] Satou**
Let go! Let go of me!
**[00:50] Jade**
We'll be taking him into custody for a while.
**[00:54] Jade**
Of course, the rest of you will be
treated as state guests.
**[00:59] Hime**
Satou...
**[01:03] Satou**
Umm...
**[01:04] Satou**
have I done something wrong?
**[01:08] Jade**
My little sister Nefritis is...
**[01:11] Jade**
very, very delicate.
**[01:13] Satou**
Yeah, kind of timid, kind of immature—
**[01:19] Jade**
Don't judge her by your standards, human!
**[01:22] Jade**
Listen. Nefritis is an angel!
**[01:26] Jade**
She's pure and kind...
**[01:28] Jade**
and while she may be timid,
**[01:30] Jade**
she loves me, her older brother...
**[01:34] Jade**
She's a very, very good girl!
**[01:38] Jade**
However...
**[01:39] Jade**
she's rarely ever left the palace,
**[01:41] Jade**
let alone our nation, for certain reasons.
**[01:45] Jade**
That's why she's unaccustomed to outsiders.
**[01:48] Jade**
She's only 54, too,
**[01:50] Jade**
so it's way too early for her to get married.
**[01:53] Satou**
*Fifty-four?!*
**[01:55] Jade**
I should be fondly watching over
her growth as her older brother...
**[02:00] Jade**
so all I need you to do is wait here patiently.
**[02:05] Jade**
Oh, it'll only be for a mere 80 years.
**[02:07] Satou**
*Eigh—?!*
**[02:08] Jade**
That'll be enough time for Nef to mature.
**[02:12] Satou**
Hey!
**[02:13] Satou**
You might be fine with that,
but I'll die of old age!
**[02:21] Elf**
Are you sure about this?
**[02:23] Elf**
Won't doing this just...
**[02:24] Jade**
I don't care.
**[02:27] Jade**
I don't care about this so-called Abyss King.
**[02:30] Jade**
Our nation will be safe as long as
we have our tempest wall.
**[02:33] Jade**
We have to protect the Ring of Wind
responsible for that power.
**[02:37] Jade**
That's what's most important.
**[04:14] Satou**
It's been three days...
**[04:16] Satou**
Is he seriously planning
to hold me here forever?
**[04:20] Peridot**
Ring King.
**[04:25] Satou**
Who are y—?!
**[04:27] Peridot**
Don't be so loud.
**[04:31] Peridot**
What do you hope to gain
by gathering the five rings?
**[04:36] Peridot**
World peace?
**[04:37] Peridot**
Absolute power?
**[04:40] Peridot**
Maybe beautiful princesses?
**[04:47] Satou**
I don't know what your deal is,
**[04:49] Satou**
but what I want is Hime's happiness.
**[04:52] Satou**
To live a happy married life with Hime!
**[04:59] Peridot**
You are a strange one.
**[05:00] Peridot**
You'll use the enormous power of
the Ring King for just one woman, huh?
**[05:06] Peridot**
I like you.
**[05:16] Peridot**
You should follow me.
**[05:20] Satou**
Why are you helping me?
**[05:22] Peridot**
I'm the one responsible for
watching over this country's future.
**[05:26] Peridot**
Only you, the Ring King,
are capable of opposing the Abyss King.
**[05:31] Peridot**
Prince Jade knows that,
and yet he still imprisoned you.
**[05:35] Peridot**
All because of that tempest wall.
**[05:38] Peridot**
That...
**[05:39] Peridot**
is a cage entrapping the elves.
**[05:57] Peridot**
Now, we're here.
**[05:59] Peridot**
This is the Wind Temple,
**[06:01] Peridot**
the location of the Wind Ring.
**[06:10] Satou**
The ring?!
**[06:11] Peridot**
Yes.
**[06:13] Peridot**
That is one of the rings of power,
the Wind Regalia.
**[06:17] Peridot**
The ring that Nefritis should have inherited.
**[06:21] Satou**
What is the ring doing here?
**[06:23] Satou**
Shouldn't the princess have it?!
**[06:27] Peridot**
Hide!
**[06:32] Peridot**
That furball is moving?!
**[06:34] Peridot**
No, that's the...
**[06:49] Nef**
Father, Mother...
**[06:51] Nef**
The Ring King has come from the outside world.
**[06:55] Nef**
He's here...
**[06:56] Nef**
to steal both the ring and me.
**[06:59] Nef**
But I will never go outside.
**[07:03] Nef**
I'll honor your command, Mother.
**[07:06] Nef**
Please continue to protect our nation's peace.
**[07:13] Satou**
She's praying to statues of her parents?
**[07:17] Peridot**
Statues?
**[07:18] Peridot**
You're wrong.
**[07:19] Peridot**
Though their hearts have stopped
and their bodies are petrified,
**[07:23] Peridot**
they continue using the power of the ring
**[07:25] Peridot**
to create that wall of wind
as our pitiful protectors.
**[07:29] Peridot**
They're the real elf king and his queen.
**[07:32] Satou**
Huh?!
**[07:33] Nef**
Is someone there?!
**[07:35] Peridot**
She noticed us?
**[07:36] Satou**
Cheeep, cheep cheep cheep cheep!
**[07:40] Peridot**
Wh-What are you—?!
**[07:41] Satou**
Well, trying to fool her?
**[07:43] Peridot**
You idiot! There are no birds in here!
**[07:46] Nef**
P-P-Playing hide-and-seek?!
**[07:50] Nef**
C-C-Come on out, you scoundrel!
**[07:55] Satou**
It's me, the Ring King, Satou.
**[07:59] Nef**
Th-Th-The Ring King?!
**[08:05] Peridot**
Good grief.
**[08:07] Peridot**
She's as meek as ever.
**[08:10] Servant**
Princess? Is something the matter?
**[08:13] Peridot**
It'll mean trouble if people
from the palace catch us.
**[08:15] Peridot**
Bring Nefritis with you, Ring King.
**[08:18] Satou**
Huh?! Wait, to where?!
**[08:20] Peridot**
Don't worry.
**[08:21] Peridot**
I know everything there is
to know about this place.
**[08:24] Peridot**
You just leave it to the Elder of the elves.
**[08:27] Satou**
E-Elder?!
**[08:32] Servant**
Princess?
**[08:34] Jade**
Nefritis has disappeared?!
**[08:36] Elf**
Yes!
**[08:37] Elf**
We're certain that she entered the Wind Temple,
**[08:39] Elf**
but she hasn't been seen since.
**[08:40] Jade**
Anyone! Has no one has seen Nefritis?!
**[08:46] Jade**
It couldn't be!
**[08:57] (Flashback) Peridot**
I've known that girl since
the day she was born.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Peridot**
She may be like this now,
but she's a strong girl at heart.
**[09:04] (Flashback) Peridot**
She'll accept a bit of forcefulness.
**[09:07] (Flashback) Peridot**
Fulfill your duty.
**[09:09] (Flashback) Peridot**
Obtain the ring.
**[09:11] (Flashback) Peridot**
Well, have a good time.
**[09:13] (Flashback) Satou**
Huh?
**[09:19] Satou**
*Wait, wait, no, no, no!*
**[09:22] Satou**
*I'm just claiming the ring!*
**[09:24] Satou**
*Nothing more than that!*
**[09:33] Nef**
R-Ring King?!
**[09:35] Satou**
It's okay!
**[09:36] Satou**
I won't do anything, so calm down!
**[09:42] Nef**
Blegh!
**[09:46] Jade**
I knew it!
**[09:47] Jade**
There's no mistake! It's his doing!
**[09:54] Peridot**
That's right, Jade.
**[09:58] Jade**
Elder!
**[10:00] Peridot**
The Ring King has left
with the Maiden of the Ring of Wind.
**[10:04] Peridot**
The two of them have eloped.
**[10:06] Jade**
E-Eloped?!
**[10:10] Jade**
I-Impossible.
**[10:11] Jade**
Nef is so terrified of others!
**[10:15] Peridot**
Face reality, Jade.
**[10:17] Peridot**
Your little sister! Eloped!
With the man she loves!
**[10:22] Peridot**
She'll never tell you,
"I love big brother the most!" anymore!
**[10:30] Peridot**
Now cool your head a bit, Jade.
**[10:33] Peridot**
It was always the princess' destiny
to inherit the Ring of Wind
**[10:36] Peridot**
and grant power to the Ring King.
**[10:38] Peridot**
Your actions were never
for the good of Nefritis.
**[10:42] Jade**
For the good of Nefritis?
**[10:47] Jade**
The ring is still in my father
and mother's hands,
**[10:51] Jade**
and the nation is still protected by its magic.
**[10:54] Jade**
That is what's best.
**[10:56] Jade**
There's no need for Nefritis
to inherit the ring!
**[11:01] Jade**
Elder.
**[11:02] Jade**
I'm going to have your manor searched.
**[11:07] Nef**
I'm so sorry!
**[11:08] Nef**
For making you wash my clothes, too!
**[11:11] Satou**
My clothes needed to be washed anyway.
**[11:14] Nef**
Ah, I can't believe I've soiled the
inter-dimensional super-being, the Ring King!
**[11:19] Nef**
How could I do such a terrifying thing?!
**[11:26] Satou**
Hey, am I really that scary?
**[11:29] Nef**
Yes, incredibly so!
**[11:30] Satou**
An instant reply, huh?
**[11:32] Nef**
I grew up without ever leaving the palace.
**[11:37] Nef**
So anyone from outside is scary.
**[11:41] Nef**
And you, the Ring King,
are from outside our nation...
**[11:44] Nef**
and from a whole world
outside of ours, as well...
**[11:51] Satou**
I know I might have come from another world,
**[11:54] Satou**
but I'm really not anyone that special.
**[11:57] Satou**
I'm probably not that much different
from the humans of this world.
**[12:04] Nef**
What kind of place is it?
**[12:07] Satou**
Huh?
**[12:07] Nef**
The world you come from.
**[12:10] Nef**
What's it like?
**[12:12] Satou**
What's it like? Well...
**[12:16] Nef**
It's a terrifying place, isn't it?
**[12:19] Nef**
The kind of place that has oceans
full of orcs and goblins,
**[12:22] Nef**
where you could be attacked
by dragons just walking down the street?
**[12:25] Satou**
No, no, no!
**[12:27] Satou**
There aren't any monsters like that!
**[12:29] Satou**
So in that sense, it's a peaceful world.
**[12:33] Nef**
And elves?
**[12:34] Nef**
Do you have elves?
**[12:36] Nef**
In your world?!
**[12:38] Satou**
E-Elves?!
**[12:39] Nef**
Yes!
**[12:40] Satou**
*So close!*
**[12:41] Satou**
No, there probably aren't any elves.
**[12:45] Nef**
There aren't...?
**[12:48] Satou**
Are you interested in my world, by chance?
**[12:52] Nef**
Huh?
**[12:54] Satou**
They called you the shut-in princess,
**[12:57] Satou**
so I thought you'd be more averse to it.
**[13:00] Satou**
Oh, sorry!
**[13:01] Satou**
That's what your older brother called you,
**[13:03] Satou**
but I guess that's rude to say, huh?
**[13:05] Nef**
It's all right.
**[13:07] Nef**
I know others call me that.
**[13:10] Nef**
Besides, even if I am interested
in the world outside the palace,
**[13:15] Nef**
it doesn't negate the fact
that I'm still afraid.
**[13:20] Nef**
I usually just read the books the Elder
brings me about the outside world,
**[13:26] Nef**
and I imagine what the scenery is like,
what it smells like, what it feels like,
**[13:32] Nef**
and I get so excited imagining those things.
**[13:34] Nef**
It's fun, and it feels like
I could go anywhere...
**[13:39] Nef**
But the real me is stuck in my room,
and I can't do anything.
**[13:44] Nef**
It's weird, isn't it?
**[13:47] Satou**
Can't do anything, huh?
**[13:51] Satou**
I'm pretty much the same.
**[13:53] Nef**
Huh?
**[13:54] Satou**
I didn't come here because of
any special powers or anything.
**[13:58] Satou**
I just came here because I didn't want to be
separated from the woman I loved.
**[14:02] Satou**
But once I took a chance and made the leap,
**[14:05] Satou**
things worked out better than I expected.
**[14:09] Nef**
Took a chance...
**[14:12] Nef**
One day!
**[14:14] Nef**
I want to try going to your world!
**[14:17] Nef**
Would you take me there with you?!
**[14:22] Satou**
Sure, I don't mind doing that, but...
**[14:26] Satou**
your front...
**[14:33] Nef**
I'm sorry!
**[14:34] Nef**
I got so absorbed in our conversation!
**[14:38] Satou**
You know, I have to wonder...
**[14:40] Satou**
if you're that interested in the outside world,
**[14:42] Satou**
then why have you never gone outside before?
**[14:46] Nef**
That's because...
**[14:48] Jade**
Nefritis!
**[14:49] Nef**
That voice is...
**[14:51] Jade**
Nefritis!
**[14:53] Jade**
I know you're in there!
**[14:55] Jade**
Come on out!
**[14:57] Satou**
I became the Ring King
because I chased after Hime.
**[15:01] Satou**
So while it might be my duty
to gather the rings now,
**[15:04] Satou**
I have no intention
of forcing anyone to marry me.
**[15:08] Nef**
Hime...
**[15:09] Nef**
That's Princess Krystal, right?
**[15:12] Satou**
Yeah.
**[15:13] Satou**
It's up to you what you want to do with me.
**[15:17] Nef**
I'll try my best, too.
**[15:20] Nef**
I'm sure my older brother
will come to understand.
**[15:30] Jade**
Get away from her, Ring King!
**[15:32] Hime**
Satou...
**[15:37] Nef**
Brother, the Ring King is not
the kind of man you think he is!
**[15:42] Jade**
That's foolishness!
**[15:44] Jade**
You're being deceived!
**[15:46] Jade**
The ring rests in Father and Mother's hands,
**[15:48] Jade**
and our nation is being protected by it.
**[15:52] Jade**
You understand that, don't you?
**[15:54] Nef**
Even so, I have to inherit it one day!
**[15:59] Nef**
I can't be protected forever. I—
**[16:03] Jade**
Nefritis!
**[16:05] Jade**
I am not asking for your opinion.
**[16:08] Jade**
Do you intend to betray our parents' wishes?
**[16:15] Jade**
Come to me.
**[16:21] Satou**
Nefritis?!
**[16:29] Jade**
Now, Ring King.
**[16:31] Jade**
You not only escaped from prison,
**[16:32] Jade**
you also abducted Nefritis,
our nation's treasure.
**[16:36] Jade**
You're prepared for the consequences, yes?
**[16:39] Peridot**
Wait, Jade.
**[16:41] Peridot**
I was responsible for all of that.
**[16:43] Jade**
Elder!
**[16:45] Jade**
I have no idea what you were thinking.
**[16:49] Jade**
However, there are limits, even for you!
**[16:52] Peridot**
Like you're one to talk, Jade.
**[16:54] Peridot**
The way you treated
the Ring King is unforgivable.
**[16:59] Peridot**
I'll take care of the Ring King.
**[17:03] Peridot**
You won't object, right?
**[17:05] Jade**
Very well.
**[17:07] Jade**
But never show yourself before Nefritis again.
**[17:11] Jade**
Got it?
**[17:21] Hime**
I was so worried about you.
**[17:24] Hime**
They didn't hurt you anywhere, did they?
**[17:26] Satou**
I'm fine.
**[17:27] Satou**
Though three days in a cell was rough.
**[17:30] Hime**
Lucky you, getting rescued
by a beautiful woman.
**[17:34] Hime**
You managed to get on good terms with
the princess at some point, too, I see.
**[17:39] Satou**
Are you jealous?
**[17:44] Hime**
Is that bad?
**[17:46] Satou**
N-No, it's not a bad thing!
**[17:54] Peridot**
Sorry for the late introductions,
Maiden of the Ring of Light.
**[17:59] Peridot**
I am the oldest elf in Romca, Peridot.
**[18:03] Hime**
Oh! Uhh...
**[18:04] Hime**
I am the princess of Nokanatika,
Krystal Novaty Nokanatika.
**[18:11] Satou**
Elder,
**[18:12] Satou**
do Nefritis' father and mother have something
to do with how she wound up like that?
**[18:19] Peridot**
Ring King, Maiden of the Ring of Light,
**[18:23] Peridot**
I want you two to know this story.
**[18:26] Peridot**
It's about how Romca came to be
enveloped in a wall of wind,
**[18:30] Peridot**
and why Nefritis is like that now.
**[18:34] Peridot**
To start off,
**[18:36] Peridot**
Nefritis and Jade's mother wasn't
the firstborn meant to inherit the rings.
**[18:41] Peridot**
She had an older sister.
**[18:44] Peridot**
In order to keep the ring
from leaving the village
**[18:46] Peridot**
and protect it through the generations,
**[18:48] Peridot**
it became customary for the elven princesses
to marry someone from within our village.
**[18:53] Peridot**
However, the eldest princess
fell in love with a traveler.
**[18:58] Peridot**
A human one at that.
**[19:00] Peridot**
The elves began to fear.
**[19:02] Peridot**
"If the traveler receives one of the rings,
he might take it out of the village."
**[19:07] Peridot**
"No, that traveler approached the princess
**[19:10] Peridot**
intending to steal the ring
from the very beginning."
**[19:14] Peridot**
Various rumors began to spread
throughout the village.
**[19:17] Peridot**
As more people whispered those rumors,
the rumors grew into suspicion,
**[19:20] Peridot**
and suspicion grew into conviction.
**[19:22] Peridot**
The stronger the opposition
from those around her grew,
**[19:25] Peridot**
the stronger the eldest princess's
feelings toward the traveler grew.
**[19:29] Peridot**
However,
**[19:31] Peridot**
the traveler suddenly stopped
appearing before the princess.
**[19:35] Peridot**
Perhaps he was driven off
by those trying to protect the rings,
**[19:39] Peridot**
or perhaps he was erased.
**[19:41] Hime**
No way...
**[19:42] Satou**
They would go that far for the ring?
**[19:46] Alabaster**
The rings of power are symbols of legitimate
authority from the age of myth.
**[19:51] Alabaster**
Some are even used as proof
to justify a nation's existence.
**[19:56] Marse**
They can be blinding
to nations without any rings.
**[20:00] Peridot**
The villagers at the time were relieved.
**[20:03] Peridot**
However, can you imagine how they all looked
**[20:08] Peridot**
to the princess who had just
lost her lover so suddenly?
**[20:11] Peridot**
The elder princess' heart
sank into rage and despair,
**[20:15] Peridot**
and she left this village
after laying a curse on it.
**[20:19] Peridot**
"May Romca be swallowed by the Abyss!
**[20:21] Peridot**
May the line of ring maidens
come to an end!" she said.
**[20:25] Peridot**
That curse she spoke weighed
heavily on us elves.
**[20:29] Peridot**
Because we possess such long lifespans,
**[20:31] Peridot**
the fear that her revenge could strike
at any moment continued on forever.
**[20:35] Peridot**
The more years passed, the more
our people grew consumed by that fear.
**[20:40] Peridot**
And the same held true
for the royalty that remained.
**[20:43] Peridot**
Nefritis's parents inherited the rings
in the eldest princess's stead,
**[20:47] Peridot**
but they lived in fear
of the eldest princess's curse.
**[20:50] Peridot**
So to keep evil from ever approaching Romca,
**[20:53] Peridot**
she called upon the ring's power
**[20:55] Peridot**
and erected a barrier of wind.
**[20:57] Peridot**
All to protect this nation... and her children.
**[21:03] Peridot**
Though the price she paid was great.
**[21:06] Peridot**
She also made Nefritis swear her a promise.
**[21:10] Peridot**
A promise to never venture
outside the wall of wind.
**[21:14] Peridot**
That is what led to this village's
current state.
**[21:18] Peridot**
Nefritis wants to honor what
her parents sacrificed their lives for,
**[21:22] Peridot**
and she's convinced she must.
**[21:27] (Flashback) Mother**
Nefritis...
**[21:29] (Flashback) Mother**
your mother won't be able
to talk to you anymore.
**[21:33] (Flashback) Mother**
Elves don't die of old age,
**[21:35] (Flashback) Mother**
but when our hearts stop, so do our bodies.
**[21:39] (Flashback) Nef**
Why is your heart going to stop?
**[21:43] (Flashback) Mother**
Listen to me.
**[21:45] (Flashback) Mother**
You must never leave this country.
**[21:48] (Flashback) Mother**
Promise me.
**[21:53] (Flashback) Mother**
We'll be watching over you
until you ------ ------.
**[21:59] (Flashback) Mother**
Farewell, my beloved children.
**[22:07] Nef**
Mother...
# E4 - Episode 4
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**[00:00] Satou**
Give up on the Ring of Wind?!
**[00:04] Alabaster**
The Abyss King's armies
could be closing in as we speak.
**[00:09] Alabaster**
We can't afford to delay here any longer.
**[00:13] Satou**
But...
**[00:14] Alabaster**
We're not giving up.
**[00:16] Alabaster**
We're just putting it off.
**[00:18] Alabaster**
Right now you need to obtain the most
rings in the least amount of time.
**[00:23] Alabaster**
As it stands, you can't even
defeat a knight of the Abyss King.
**[00:29] Satou**
That... may be true, but...
**[00:34] Hime**
Are you... worried about that princess?
**[00:38] Satou**
Well, yeah.
**[00:39] Satou**
She kind of got put through
the wringer because of me.
**[00:48] Jade**
They're finally leaving.
**[00:50] Jade**
The story of the Ring King
**[00:52] Jade**
is a tale so old and musty even we
long-lived elves don't know the truth of it.
**[00:57] Jade**
The people who live here now
are the ones I should protect.
**[01:01] Elf**
Jade-sama!
**[01:03] Jade**
What is it?
**[01:04] Elf**
Bad news!
**[01:05] Elf**
Abyss monsters have made it
past the tempest wall!
**[01:09] Jade**
What?!
**[01:11] Elf**
We've received word that a powerful monster
has opened a hole in the barrier!
**[01:14] Elf**
Its sending its subordinate monsters
through a few at time!
**[01:18] Jade**
A hole in the barrier?!
**[01:20] Jade**
No monster could get through
the barrier my parents erected!
**[01:24] Elf**
We've also received word there are even
more monsters lurking outside the barrier!
**[01:34] Alabaster**
What's that?
**[01:35] Alabaster**
An Abyss monster?!
**[01:37] Satou**
Huh?!
**[01:40] Satou**
How?!
**[01:41] Satou**
I thought they had their tempest wall?
**[01:44] Satou**
It's heading toward...
**[01:46] Satou**
the palace?!
**[01:48] Alabaster**
We're turning back, Satou-kun!
**[01:51] Alabaster**
We must protect the rings!
**[01:53] Satou**
Yeah!
**[01:55] Hime**
Then, Satou...
**[03:34] Voice**
Fire! Fire!
**[03:40] Voice**
How can this be?!
**[03:44] Peridot**
Monsters have passed through the barrier.
**[03:46] Peridot**
Are you content to do nothing?
**[03:50] Nefritis**
My brother will do something about them.
**[03:53] Nefritis**
There's nothing I can even do.
**[03:57] Nefritis**
I promised my Mother I would stay put here.
**[04:05] Peridot**
If you feel that way, then just
turn yourself to stone right there.
**[04:10] Peridot**
An elf who's killed
their heart has no life to live.
**[04:29] Jade**
So you are after the Wind Ring?
**[04:32] Jade**
You're planning to use the chaos
to completely eliminate the barrier
**[04:35] Jade**
and let the large army outside invade?
**[04:39] Jade**
I won't let you!
**[04:52] Jade**
So this... is the Abyss King's knight
that attacked Nokanatika?!
**[04:58] Jade**
Still! I cannot back down!
**[05:02] Jade**
I must protect
**[05:06] Jade**
my parents' legacy!
**[05:19] Alabaster**
We made it in time!
**[05:22] Jade**
Ring King!
**[05:23] Jade**
You!
**[05:24] Jade**
Why have you returned?!
**[05:26] Satou**
Just so you know, it wasn't for your sake.
**[05:30] Satou**
It's because this is her home.
**[05:34] Satou**
I couldn't do anything to stop it last time,
**[05:37] Satou**
but this time I will!
**[05:39] Satou**
I have plenty of power now!
**[05:42] Hime**
Keep your eyes forward! Forward!
**[05:45] Marse**
If you fall here, then there's
no future for this world.
**[05:49] Marse**
Be careful not to be too reckless.
**[05:51] Satou**
Yeah!
**[05:52] Satou**
As long as I can drive it off,
it's a job well done!
**[05:55] Jade**
Fools...
**[06:00] Jade**
Their swords won't scratch it,
**[06:01] Jade**
and there's no way they can
cancel out all of its magic.
**[06:05] Jade**
They're facing it without
any hope of victory.
**[06:08] Hime**
Satou knows that.
**[06:12] Hime**
But no matter how powerful
or scary the opponent is,
**[06:16] Hime**
Satou will still protect me.
**[06:19] Jade**
The same goes for me.
**[06:25] Jade**
I'll protect my little sister.
**[06:27] Jade**
It's all I've lived for
ever since we swore that oath.
**[06:30] Jade**
I have to protect Nefritis!
**[06:33] Jade**
From the fate of the rings!
**[06:40] Alabaster**
I knew it would be, but this is tough.
**[06:45] Satou**
I thought I would fare a little better.
**[06:55] (Flashback) Satou**
Hime?
**[06:57] (Flashback) Hime**
It's nothing.
**[06:59] (Flashback) Hime**
Be careful, okay?
**[07:11] Hime**
I'm not good enough.
**[07:14] Hime**
Not on my own.
**[07:16] Satou**
Hime! Back away!
**[07:35] Hime**
Nefritis.
**[07:36] Hime**
It's me, Krystal.
**[07:43] Alabaster**
Well, Satou-kun, we should retreat for now.
**[07:48] Satou**
That's impossible.
**[07:50] Satou**
It's after the Wind Ring,
**[07:53] Satou**
so we can't abandon this spot.
**[07:56] Peridot**
Ring King!
**[07:57] Peridot**
The Maiden of the Ring of Light
went to summon Nefritis!
**[08:01] Satou**
Hime has?!
**[08:02] Satou**
Why would she—
**[08:03] Peridot**
It's all out of concern for you.
**[08:06] Peridot**
You have a good wife.
**[08:12] Peridot**
We have to hold out a while longer!
**[08:17] Hime**
Please...
**[08:18] Hime**
Marry Satou!
**[08:23] Hime**
It's our first time
having a proper chat, huh?
**[08:26] Hime**
I hope it's okay to speak casually like this.
**[08:29] Hime**
If you don't like it, tell me.
**[08:34] Hime**
You know, both of my parents...
**[08:37] Hime**
also lost their lives
protecting me and the rings.
**[08:42] Hime**
Protecting the rings
and those who inherit them...
**[08:46] Hime**
I know how heavy that duty
can weigh on a person.
**[08:50] Hime**
I also... felt how powerless I was,
unable to do anything but be protected.
**[08:57] Nefritis**
My father and mother sacrificed
their lives to create the wind barrier.
**[09:05] Nefritis**
All so I wouldn't have to inherit the rings!
**[09:09] Nefritis**
I have to honor their wishes.
**[09:13] Nefritis**
I'm... not like you.
**[09:17] Hime**
You're right, you aren't like me.
**[09:20] Hime**
But...
**[09:22] Hime**
that's why you can protect everyone!
**[09:25] Hime**
You're not like I was back then!
**[09:27] Hime**
Everyone is fighting!
**[09:29] Hime**
Your brother, the Elder, everyone...
**[09:32] Hime**
Even though the Abyss King's
knight is really strong!
**[09:36] Nefritis**
That's...
**[09:38] Nefritis**
because doing so is the responsibility
of those who bear the rings.
**[09:41] Hime**
No!
**[09:43] Hime**
Satou is fighting to protect your home!
**[09:47] Hime**
That's what he's fighting for!
**[09:49] Nefritis**
Satou-sama is...?
**[09:52] Hime**
I know Satou's weird, but he's really nice,
**[09:55] Hime**
so I'm sure he'll fight until the last
minute, even though it might kill him.
**[10:01] Hime**
I can't do anything else anymore...
**[10:05] Hime**
I hate to admit it,
but I'm not enough on my own!
**[10:08] Hime**
Please! Save Satou!
**[10:11] Hime**
Marry Satou!
**[10:24] Nefritis**
Can I actually do that?
**[10:38] Satou**
Hime! Nefritis!
**[10:40] Jade**
Nefritis?
**[10:42] Jade**
Why are you here?
**[10:44] Nefritis**
Brother... please scold me later.
**[10:49] Hime**
You're really sure, right?
**[10:52] Nefritis**
Yes!
**[10:54] Jade**
What are you?!
**[11:00] Nefritis**
Father, Mother,
**[11:02] Nefritis**
I'm sorry!
**[11:14] Elf**
The wind barrier is fading!
**[11:17] Elf**
How can this be?!
**[11:21] Nefritis**
Satou-sama!
**[11:49] Jade**
This is bad!
**[11:50] Jade**
Without the barrier,
the army of monsters will—
**[11:54] Nefritis**
It's all right.
**[11:55] Nefritis**
With both Satou-sama's
Ring of Wind and Ring of Light...
**[12:27] Satou**
Wow...
**[12:29] Alabaster**
Now, Satou-kun!
**[12:31] Satou**
Yeah!
**[12:37] Satou**
*I can manipulate the wind as I will?!*
**[13:00] Satou**
Hime, Nefritis?
**[13:04] Satou**
I...
**[13:11] Peridot**
You're awake?
**[13:14] Peridot**
You proved worthy of being
chosen by the Ring of Light.
**[13:18] Peridot**
You were able to draw out
plenty of the ring's power.
**[13:27] Smaragdi**
Ring King.
**[13:30] Smaragdi**
Today, you saved our nation of
Romca from the threat of the Abyss King.
**[13:35] Smaragdi**
Allow me to thank you on behalf of
Romca's princess, Nefritis Romca.
**[13:40] Satou**
Wh-Who is this?!
**[13:43] Alabaster**
This is woman is the elder sister
of the previous Queen Romca,
**[13:48] Alabaster**
Princess Smaragdi.
**[13:50] Hime**
Y-You mean the one who left this country
**[13:52] Hime**
after losing her lover
because of the ring long ago?
**[13:56] Satou**
What is she doing here?!
**[13:58] Peridot**
You don't remember?
**[14:00] Peridot**
The face beneath the mask
of the Abyss King's knight?
**[14:09] Satou**
The true identity of the Abyss King's
knight was the old ring princess?
**[14:15] Peridot**
Look.
**[14:19] Satou**
A Black Ring of Wind?
**[14:21] Peridot**
Apparently she was controlled by this.
**[14:24] Peridot**
Though it's lost its power now.
**[14:29] Smaragdi**
I cursed my destiny to inherit the rings,
**[14:33] Smaragdi**
and the world that forced it upon me.
**[14:36] Smaragdi**
He took advantage of that
ugliness in my heart.
**[14:44] (Flashback) Abyss King**
Take the ring.
**[14:49] (Flashback) Abyss King**
I'll save you from your suffering.
**[14:59] Satou**
Is there so little known
about the Abyss King?!
**[15:05] Peridot**
We only know it was said that after
the legendary battle with the Ring King,
**[15:10] Peridot**
he lost his body and his soul was sealed
away in Vanna, the land to the far north.
**[15:16] Alabaster**
However, even if no one has seen him,
**[15:19] Alabaster**
the Abyss King's minions
are attacking people.
**[15:22] Alabaster**
And his black rings give birth
to the Abyss King's knights.
**[15:27] Alabaster**
The threat he poses is certainly real.
**[15:31] Satou**
I see...
**[15:33] Satou**
Then we'll have to gather the rings
quickly and put a stop to him.
**[15:38] Hime**
Satou!
**[15:40] Satou**
I'm feeling kind of dizzy.
**[15:42] Peridot**
You just used a lot of the rings' power.
**[15:45] Peridot**
A normal king would be dead already.
**[15:48] Peridot**
You got off as easily as you did
**[15:51] Peridot**
because you were protected by
your bonds with two princesses.
**[15:54] Peridot**
Be grateful to them.
**[15:56] Satou**
*Two princesses? I see...*
**[16:00] Satou**
*I actually married one, huh?*
**[16:03] Satou**
*A princess other than Hime.*
**[16:06] Satou**
*But I...*
**[16:08] Satou**
Nefritis...
**[16:09] Nefritis**
Satou-sama!
**[16:11] Nefritis**
We have a spring with healing
properties in the palace!
**[16:14] Nefritis**
Let's go visit it!
**[16:16] Nefritis**
I'm sure you'll feel better in no time!
**[16:31] Satou**
What's going on here?
**[16:34] Nefritis**
Yes.
**[16:35] Nefritis**
I'm aware that you two are already
bound by deep love for each other.
**[16:40] Nefritis**
So since you became
his wife first, Krystal-sama,
**[16:42] Nefritis**
I'd like you to teach me
how to be a good wife!
**[16:45] Hime**
Wha?!
**[16:47] Hime**
Oh, I see.
**[16:49] Hime**
Well, Satou and I both understand
everything about each other!
**[16:53] Hime**
We've also kissed plenty of times!
**[16:55] Nefritis**
Plenty of times?!
**[16:56] Hime**
And of course, when it comes to nightly
love-making, we do it every night!
**[17:00] Satou**
Huh?!
**[17:01] Nefritis**
Every night...
**[17:02] Peridot**
Oh? I see.
**[17:05] Peridot**
Then why don't you show us?
**[17:08] Peridot**
Show us how you two make love!
**[17:10] Both**
Huh?!
**[17:13] Peridot**
I've lain with people from this
world many times before,
**[17:17] Peridot**
but I imagine a man from another world
**[17:19] Peridot**
might go about it differently,
even if it seems similar.
**[17:24] Peridot**
This is a great chance!
**[17:26] Peridot**
I'm happy to observe carefully
from the sidelines.
**[17:29] Peridot**
Go on, go on.
**[17:31] Peridot**
Go on.
**[17:32] Peridot**
Go on, go on.
**[17:36] Hime**
Watch, Nefritis.
**[17:39] Satou**
Hime?!
**[17:42] Satou**
Huh? Hime!
**[17:51] Hime**
This is your chance, Satou.
**[17:53] Hime**
I can't back down now...
**[18:03] Satou**
Wait, Hime!
**[18:06] Satou**
I don't want us to be
pressured into it like this!
**[18:13] Peridot**
Oh-ho?
**[18:23] Smaragdi**
If you're the one they call the sage,
**[18:26] Smaragdi**
then perhaps you might know?
**[18:28] Smaragdi**
About the traveler
that visited here 50 years ago?
**[18:34] Smaragdi**
The man I loved...
**[18:37] Smaragdi**
Was he killed?
**[18:39] Smaragdi**
Or did he flee and survive?
**[18:47] Smaragdi**
That's...
**[18:48] Smaragdi**
That's the gift I gave to him!
**[18:51] Smaragdi**
Why do you have it?
**[18:53] Alabaster**
I've known him for a long time.
**[18:57] Smaragdi**
Is he alive?!
**[19:00] Alabaster**
This is what he told me:
**[19:03] Alabaster**
"I couldn't bear to see the woman I loved
**[19:07] Alabaster**
ostracized because of me."
**[19:11] Alabaster**
He now lives a peaceful life
in a land far from here.
**[19:17] Smaragdi**
Does he now?
**[19:20] Alabaster**
He's always wished for your happiness.
**[19:25] Alabaster**
I'm glad I got this chance to tell you.
**[19:42] Nefritis**
Father, Mother.
**[19:47] (Flashback) Mother**
We'll be watching over you
until you grow stronger.
**[19:53] Nefritis**
I'll be fine now.
**[19:57] Nefritis**
Plus, I've found something I want to do.
**[20:02] Jade**
You're going?
**[20:03] Nefritis**
Brother.
**[20:06] Nefritis**
Yes, I'm going.
**[20:11] Jade**
You've grown strong, Nef.
**[20:20] Nefritis**
Satou-sama!
**[20:24] Satou**
Nefritis?
**[20:28] Satou**
Are you sure?
**[20:29] Nefritis**
Yes.
**[20:30] Nefritis**
It's the duty of a Ring Princess to stay at
the Ring King's side and offer him strength.
**[20:35] Nefritis**
Plus...
**[20:37] Nefritis**
I want to see many places
in the outside world.
**[20:41] Nefritis**
And one day, I want to go to your world, too!
**[20:46] Nefritis**
You promised me, right?
**[20:48] Hime**
Satou, you made her a promise like that?
**[20:51] Satou**
Huh? Oh, yeah.
**[20:54] Hime**
Hey!
**[20:56] Hime**
Oh, Satou, you!
**[21:01] Smaragdi**
Do you think the Ring Princess
will find happiness this time, Elder?
**[21:08] Smaragdi**
Or rather...
one of the original Ring Princesses,
**[21:13] Smaragdi**
Peridot-sama.
**[21:15] Peridot**
All of the Ring Princesses
that I've seen have never fared well.
**[21:22] Peridot**
That includes the original ring princesses.
**[21:25] Peridot**
The new Ring King
is a bit too meek for a king,
**[21:30] Peridot**
but perhaps that will prove
a good thing for them.
**[21:37] Elf**
The Ring King has left?
**[21:40] Elf**
Yeah, he's probably
past Romca's borders by now.
**[21:42] Elf**
I see.
**[21:44] Elf**
I wanted to try chatting
with the great sage, Alabaster.
**[21:48] Smaragdi**
Alabaster?!
**[21:50] Smaragdi**
That man was my—
**[21:57] Satou**
What's wrong, old man?
**[21:59] Alabaster**
Oh, it's nothing.
**[22:03] Alabaster**
Come on, come on. If we don't hurry,
we'll be sleeping under the stars.
**[22:06] Satou**
Yeah, yeah.
# E5 - Episode 5
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQW2Q8/episode-5)
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**[00:02] Hime**
Welcome home, darling.
**[00:04] Hime**
Would you like a bath?
**[00:07] Hime**
Or dinner?
**[00:09] Hime**
Or maybe...
**[00:11] Hime**
me?
**[00:16] Satou**
I could eat you up right now!
**[00:20] Hime**
Oh, Satou...
**[00:23] Hime**
honestly, you're so naughty.
**[00:35] Hime**
Why?
**[00:36] Hime**
Huh?!
***SIGN*** Huh?!
**[00:38] Satou**
Here I go, Nefritis.
**[00:41] Nef**
Yes, Satou-sama.
**[00:43] Hime**
Wait! That's where I'm supposed to be!
**[00:47] Hime**
No!
**[00:52] Hime**
Oh, just a dream?
**[00:59] Satou**
Here. It's hot, so be careful.
**[01:02] Nef**
O-Okay!
**[01:04] Satou**
Hmm?
**[01:05] Satou**
Hime, you're up?
**[01:07] Satou**
Food's ready.
**[01:08] Hime**
Oh, yeah.
**[01:10] Alabaster**
You should rest while you can.
**[01:14] Marse**
So, which ring nation are we heading to next?
**[01:17] Alabaster**
I was planning to head for the Land of Water.
**[01:20] Alabaster**
It's the nation of dragonfolk.
**[01:22] Marse**
Sounds great!
**[01:23] Marse**
I wanted to visit there myself.
**[01:25] Nef**
Ow!
**[01:26] Satou**
Are you okay?
**[01:28] Nefritis**
I guess it was still too hot.
**[01:31] Hime**
Hmm...
**[01:33] Hime**
*Now that I think about it,*
**[01:35] Hime**
* Satou has been spending*
* all his time with Nefritis lately.*
**[01:42] Hime**
Hey, Satou, what about mine?
**[01:45] Satou**
Oh, sorry.
**[01:46] Satou**
Go ahead and help yourself, Hime.
**[01:47] Hime**
Wha?!
**[01:50] Hime**
Who goes that far?!
**[01:52] Satou**
Hime?!
**[01:57] Hime**
It's nothing.
**[01:59] Satou**
Hime!
**[02:03] Hime**
What's that sound?
**[02:12] Satou**
What's this?
**[02:16] Satou**
The town is moving?!
**[02:20] Alabaster**
Oh, lucky us!
**[02:23] Alabaster**
I didn't think we'd meet it out here!
**[02:27] Alabaster**
This is the Land of Fire, Needakitta,
**[02:30] Alabaster**
the nation of wandering knights and cat people.
**[04:08] Satou**
This is a nation?
**[04:12] Alabaster**
I figured we'd run across it somewhere,
**[04:15] Alabaster**
but we can't let this chance pass us by!
**[04:17] Alabaster**
We're going to retrieve the Ring
of Fire from the princess here!
**[04:20] Alabaster**
The Land of Water can come later!
**[04:24] Marse**
Is that so...
**[04:26] Satou**
* Did he want to go to*
* the Land of Water that badly?*
**[04:29] Satou**
*I wonder if he's close to someone there.*
**[04:34] Satou**
But how are we supposed
to enter something like this?
**[04:37] Alabaster**
Leave that to me.
**[04:39] Alabaster**
Hey! Can we come aboard?
**[04:47] Satou**
A ladder?!
**[04:48] Alabaster**
Hurry up and climb up.
**[04:50] Alabaster**
It's way too dusty down here!
***SIGN*** Wobble...
**[04:59] Satou**
Nefritis?!
**[05:01] Nef**
This is where we must part ways.
**[05:04] Nef**
It was a fun journey.
**[05:05] Satou**
Giving up so quickly?!
**[05:08] Satou**
It's okay, Nefritis! I'll—
**[05:11] Hime**
Satou!
***SIGN*** Squeeze!
**[05:12] Hime**
I'll keep an eye on Nefritis!
**[05:15] Satou**
S-Sure!
**[05:19] Hime**
You can do it!
**[05:21] Nef**
Yeah... Hup.
**[05:29] Hime**
Hey, what are you looking at!
**[05:32] Satou**
Whoa, watch it!
**[05:33] Marse**
Be careful!
**[05:35] Alabaster**
You won't fare well if you fall.
**[05:42] Hime**
You did well, Nefritis.
**[05:45] Nef**
I'm already exhausted.
**[05:47] Nef**
Wow!
**[05:55] Satou**
These are supposed to be knights?
**[05:57] Hime**
It just looks like an open market to me.
**[06:02] Nefritis**
Many strong cat people make up
Needakitta's knights.
**[06:05] Nefritis**
Therefore, many merchants sought to travel
with them for their protection,
**[06:10] Nefritis**
and in doing so it eventually
became a massive caravan.
**[06:13] Nefritis**
It's exactly like my books described!
**[06:16] Alabaster**
Yes, you're well informed.
**[06:19] Alabaster**
The cat people lost their nation
during the era of the first Ring King,
**[06:23] Alabaster**
so they built their capital on wheels
**[06:26] Alabaster**
and became a nation that traveled the world
selling their martial prowess.
**[06:30] Alabaster**
Perhaps it would be easier
to call them mercenaries?
**[06:33] Alabaster**
However, the world's most powerful knights
**[06:36] Alabaster**
have now created the world's
safest mobile market.
**[06:40] Alabaster**
Every town the Land of Fire,
Needakitta, passes by
**[06:44] Alabaster**
is able to acquire all manner of goods.
**[06:47] Satou**
Hmm...
**[06:48] Alabaster**
Now!
**[06:49] Alabaster**
Let's start by asking for an audience
with the Maiden of the Ring of Fire.
**[06:55] Satou**
Huh? The other two are gone!
**[07:00] Nef**
Amazing!
**[07:01] Nef**
It's amazing!
**[07:03] Nef**
There are so many rare books!
**[07:07] Nef**
Wow! This is the Imauniyai
mentioned in the Dusk Records!
**[07:13] Nef**
Look at this, Satou-sama!
**[07:15] Nef**
This is—
**[07:17] Nef**
Huh?
**[07:18] Hime**
I think we got separated.
**[07:20] Hime**
Maybe we're in trouble?
***SIGN*** Shiver... Shiver...
**[07:24] Nef**
Huh?
**[07:26] Nef**
Wh-What do I do?!
**[07:28] Nef**
There are so many people I don't know!
**[07:29] Nef**
Blegh! I feel sick.
**[07:35] Nef**
I'm so sorry.
**[07:37] Nef**
I'm always causing trouble.
**[07:38] Hime**
It's fine. Don't worry about it.
**[07:40] Hime**
Hmm?
**[07:42] Hime**
Hey, hey, are those the cat people?
**[07:44] Nef**
Yes. They look just like
my books described them.
**[07:48] Hime**
That's cute.
It's like they're wearing cat ears.
**[07:51] Nef**
How can you say that?!
**[07:52] Nef**
The blood of ancient warriors
courses through their veins.
**[07:55] Nef**
They're wild beasts that served the
Ring King with bravery and violence.
**[08:00] Nef**
Or so my books tell me.
**[08:02] Nef**
Also, elf ears are much cuter!
**[08:05] Nef**
They're long!
**[08:06] Hime**
I-I see...
**[08:08] Cat**
Hey, you two!
**[08:11] Cat**
Are you lost?
**[08:13] Hime**
Yes.
**[08:14] Hime**
Um, we got separated from our friends.
**[08:17] Cat**
I see.
**[08:19] Cat2**
If you get lost in Needakitta,
then you should head for the arena!
**[08:23] Cat2**
It's the biggest landmark around.
**[08:25] Hime**
Th-Thank you so much.
**[08:27] Cat**
I hope you find your friends.
**[08:31] Nef**
They seem different
from what I read in my books.
**[08:37] Satou**
I wonder where Hime and Nefritis got off to.
**[08:40] Alabaster**
Calm down, Satou-kun.
**[08:43] Alabaster**
Needakitta is a very safe place.
**[08:45] Alabaster**
There's only one place for them to go.
**[08:47] Alabaster**
It's where the Fire Princess is.
**[08:49] Satou**
Ah, I'm so worried!
**[08:53] Satou**
They're really staring at us.
**[08:56] Satou**
Are you sure this place is safe?
**[08:58] Marse**
Yeah. Cat people value strength most of all.
**[09:03] Satou**
Oh! I get it!
**[09:05] Satou**
I guess strength is just oozing off of me!
**[09:08] Satou**
Sorry, but my heart already belongs to someone.
**[09:11] Cat**
Hey!
**[09:12] Marse**
Hmm?
**[09:13] Cat**
I'm guessing from your stance and your build
that you must be a famous swordsman.
**[09:17] Cat**
If you're interested,
maybe we could get some tea together?
**[09:22] Marse**
You shouldn't be judging people
by their appearances.
**[09:24] Marse**
That man there is far stronger than I am.
**[09:27] Cat**
Oh, you're so funny!
***SIGN*** Gloom...
**[09:31] Cat**
That boy doesn't have any muscles on him.
**[09:35] Marse**
By the way, girls,
**[09:37] Marse**
we were hoping to see this nation's princess.
**[09:40] Marse**
Do you know where we can go to meet her?
**[09:43] Cat**
Another one after the princess?
**[09:47] Cat**
All right!
**[09:48] Cat**
I guess that means you're hoping
to court the princess, too!
**[09:52] Satou**
Court?!
**[09:57] Hime**
This is the arena, right?
**[10:02] Hime**
Here.
**[10:03] Nef**
Thank you so much.
**[10:05] Nef**
Wow, there're so many Imauniyai!
They look delicious!
**[10:09] Hime**
I'm a little scared, but...
**[10:13] Nef**
It's delicious.
**[10:15] Hime**
It's surprisingly sweet.
**[10:17] Hime**
Hmm?
**[10:18] Hime**
You've got some on your cheek. Jeez.
**[10:24] Nef**
You're just like Satou-sama, Krystal-sama.
**[10:28] Hime**
Huh? How so?!
**[10:30] Nef**
You're both very kind.
**[10:32] Nef**
When I'm with you two,
**[10:34] Nef**
I feel like I'm being cared for
by my mother and father.
***SIGN*** Mother
***SIGN*** Daughter?!
***SIGN*** Father
**[10:39] Hime**
Mother...
**[10:41] Hime**
No, no, no!
**[10:43] Hime**
You're older than me, Nefritis!
**[10:45] Hime**
There's no way you could be our daughter!
**[10:47] Nef**
Huh?
**[10:48] Hime**
Oh, no, it's nothing.
**[10:53] Nef**
I've been meaning to
apologize to you, Krystal-sama.
**[10:57] Hime**
Huh? Why?
**[10:59] Nef**
Lately, Satou-sama has been
focused on taking care of me.
**[11:03] Hime**
Huh?!
**[11:04] Hime**
It's not like I've been worried about that!
**[11:06] Hime**
You were raised like
a real princess, unlike me.
**[11:10] Hime**
Satou's a rather caring person, anyway.
**[11:13] Nef**
But it still made you jealous, right?
**[11:18] Hime**
That's not... exactly untrue.
**[11:22] Nef**
My!
**[11:25] Nef**
I heard the heart aches more
the deeper love grows.
**[11:29] Nef**
So I think that's proof that
you truly love Satou-sama.
**[11:34] Nef**
Compared to you, I'm just
watching him with admiration.
**[11:40] Nef**
I don't feel like I have strong feelings
for him the way you do yet.
**[11:45] Nef**
But if that's how I feel...
**[11:47] Nef**
then will I be able to fulfill my duty
as the Ring King's wife?
**[11:56] Cook**
Good grief.
**[11:57] Cook**
This guy didn't stand a chance either, huh?
**[12:04] Hime**
Oh, Satou!
**[12:06] Satou**
Hime! Nefritis is with you, too, huh?
**[12:09] Hime**
This is bad news.
**[12:11] Hime**
That guy just got beat up here.
**[12:13] Satou**
Huh? Why?
**[12:16] Cat**
Now, this way.
**[12:17] Cat**
To the stage people court our princess on!
**[12:40] Satou**
That's the Land of Fire's princess?!
**[12:45] Granart**
Who's next to court me?
**[12:51] Granart**
You're the Ring King?
**[12:55] Granart**
If you want to be my husband,
**[12:57] Granart**
then you must be stronger than me.
**[13:01] Granart**
Are you strong?
**[13:05] Granart**
I'll test you.
**[13:08] Alabaster**
Satou-kun!
**[13:18] Hime**
Satou!
**[13:20] Granart**
Out of the question.
**[13:22] Granart**
I expected better when I heard
you were chosen as the Ring King,
**[13:26] Granart**
but how can a weakling face the monsters
of the abyss, even if he has a ring?
**[13:31] Granart**
If you want to challenge me again,
come back another day.
**[13:39] Granart**
I have lots of men
who want to court me, after all.
**[13:51] Marse**
Make sure you watch your opponent's eyes.
**[13:54] Marse**
If you keep letting yourself
get distracted by their blade...
**[13:58] Marse**
See?
**[14:00] Satou**
Ow.
**[14:01] Satou**
I can't even graze you.
**[14:03] Satou**
I'm really bad at this.
**[14:07] Cook**
Hey!
**[14:08] Cook**
Ring King and company!
**[14:10] Cook**
Food's ready!
**[14:12] Marse**
All right, let's take a little break.
**[14:20] Cook**
The Fire Princess's husband
has to be someone strong.
**[14:24] Cook**
Still, our one problem is that
**[14:26] Cook**
not a single man in the nation
is a match for the princess.
**[14:30] Cook**
That's why our princess started
seeking out people willing to court her
**[14:34] Cat**
from races all across the world.
**[14:37] Cook**
Granart Needakitta is the strongest cat
person of our generation, and our princess.
**[14:42] Satou**
Is she someone I can even beat?
**[14:46] Alabaster**
It would be impossible
with your skill in the sword.
**[14:50] Satou**
Then what's the point of training?!
**[14:52] Satou**
And I kind of knew it was useless already!
**[14:54] Alabaster**
Have you forgotten what's on your left hand?
**[15:01] Satou**
Is that okay?!
**[15:03] Satou**
Using magic wouldn't be fair, would it?
**[15:05] Cook**
Magic power is basically a mage's muscles.
**[15:09] Cook**
It's a fair part of your strength, mister.
**[15:12] Cook**
Human wizards often come to court her, too.
**[15:15] Cook**
Though they've all been trounced!
**[15:18] Alabaster**
The magic of the rings
is a strength on another level.
**[15:21] Alabaster**
If you employ it well,
then you'll have a chance to win.
**[15:24] Alabaster**
Maybe.
**[15:27] Cook**
Go on, eat more.
**[15:29] Cook**
You'll never get stronger if you don't eat.
**[15:31] Satou**
Yeah!
**[15:44] Satou**
*More courting again today?*
**[15:51] Satou**
Wow!
**[16:08] Hime**
Satou!
**[16:09] Satou**
Wah! Hime?
**[16:12] Hime**
You look beat.
All done for today already?
**[16:14] Satou**
No, just taking a little break.
**[16:17] Satou**
Your grandpa is teaching me
magic in the afternoon.
**[16:20] Hime**
Really?
**[16:23] Hime**
Lie down for a bit.
**[16:25] Satou**
Hmm?
**[16:28] Hime**
A little reward for all your hard work.
**[16:30] Satou**
Wow, this is a great view.
**[16:34] Hime**
Feel more motivated?
**[16:36] Satou**
Forget motivated! I can work as hard
as I need to if you're doing this for me!
**[16:41] Hime**
You're so simple.
**[16:52] Hime**
Hey...
**[16:53] Satou**
Hmm?
**[16:55] Hime**
I think it's okay for you to be weak.
**[16:59] Satou**
Hmm?!
**[17:00] Satou**
But I can't stay weak.
**[17:03] Hime**
You have to marry five princesses
and gather the rings.
**[17:08] Hime**
As long as you use
the ring's power well, that's enough.
**[17:12] Hime**
The strength of the rings
is the strength of our bonds.
**[17:15] Hime**
I'll do my best on my end for that.
**[17:19] Hime**
So you don't need to force yourself
to grow stronger.
**[17:24] Satou**
But wouldn't I... be really uncool, then?
**[17:28] Hime**
A little uncool is just perfect for you, Satou.
**[17:33] Hime**
I like it!
**[17:37] Alabaster**
Satou-kun!
**[17:38] Alabaster**
It's time to start your magic training.
**[17:42] Satou**
I'm heading off.
**[17:51] Satou**
I couldn't understand
a single thing that old man said!
**[17:55] Satou**
Hmm?
**[17:56] Woman**
How's the pressure?
**[17:59] Satou**
Gulp...
**[18:00] Marse**
Satou-kun.
**[18:02] Satou**
Ow.
**[18:04] Satou**
You worked hard today.
**[18:06] Satou**
You're doing well for someone
who just took up the sword.
**[18:10] Satou**
I'm kind of surprised.
**[18:12] Satou**
You're so skilled at
martial arts stuff, too, Marse-san.
**[18:15] Marse**
Did I seem that frail to you?
**[18:18] Satou**
No, you just seem like you don't like fighting.
**[18:22] Satou**
Somehow.
**[18:23] Marse**
Those born of the Emperor
must excel in both pen and sword.
**[18:29] Marse**
That's just what the Empire I'm from is like.
**[18:32] Marse**
My father and older brother
are even more outstanding than me.
**[18:36] Marse**
I could hardly compare to them.
**[18:39] Satou**
If you had become the Ring King,
**[18:41] Satou**
do you think you could have beat Granart,
the Land of Fire's princess?
**[18:45] Marse**
Even I probably couldn't beat her
in a contest of swordsmanship alone.
**[18:49] Satou**
She's that strong?!
**[18:52] Woman**
Would you two men like a scrub, as well?
**[18:54] Woman**
It feels really good!
**[18:57] Satou**
I think I might take you up on that!
**[19:00] Woman**
One customer, if you'd please!
**[19:02] Satou**
Please!
**[19:05] Master**
Time for a scrub!
**[19:08] Satou**
Huh?
**[19:11] Satou**
Wha?!
**[19:13] Marse**
Well, I'll be going now.
**[19:15] Satou**
No way!
**[19:16] Woman**
Smooth skin is key to being popular!
**[19:19] Woman**
It'll blow away all the fatigue
from your training, too.
**[19:21] Satou**
Wait!
**[19:23] Mster**
Now, let's get started!
***SIGN*** Sparkly Smooth
**[19:28] Master**
Now you're a proper man!
**[19:35] Satou**
Princess?!
**[19:38] Granart**
Satou, was it?
**[19:40] Granart**
You can call me Granart, too.
**[19:43] Granart**
Well? He got a lot of your fatigue out, right?
**[19:47] Granart**
Hmm...
**[19:47] Granart**
Since we're here, maybe I'll ask you for one.
**[19:55] Satou**
Uh, what?
**[19:57] Granart**
Scrub me.
**[19:59] Granart**
You just had it done,
so surely you can do it, too.
**[20:01] Satou**
But I'm a man! And I've never done this!
**[20:05] Granart**
I don't care.
**[20:07] Granart**
You tried to court me and lost.
**[20:09] Granart**
So you can do at least one thing I ask, right?
**[20:13] Satou**
All right...
**[20:18] Granart**
Well? How's my body?
**[20:22] Satou**
*A-Amazing.*
**[20:24] Satou**
* She has thick, refined muscles*
* under her smooth skin.*
**[20:29] Satou**
* I could never match her*
* in simple physical strength!*
**[20:33] Granart**
I'm tired from today's courting, too.
**[20:36] Granart**
The people challenging me
have nothing but glory on their minds.
**[20:41] Granart**
To be honest, I'm already growing sick of it.
**[20:43] Satou**
Huh?
**[20:44] Granart**
Then you appeared.
**[20:46] Granart**
It is a Ring Princess's duty
to serve the Ring King.
**[20:50] Granart**
So I wouldn't mind lending you a hand.
**[20:56] Granart**
I'm saying that I wouldn't mind losing
the next time you court me.
**[21:00] Satou**
Wha?!
**[21:01] Granart**
Shh!
**[21:02] Granart**
You're too loud.
**[21:04] Granart**
Though we would have to
save face in front of others.
**[21:07] Granart**
So we'll need you to put on a bit of a show.
**[21:11] Granart**
Then you can make me yours,
**[21:13] Granart**
just like you did the other princesses.
**[21:16] Granart**
I think...
**[21:17] Granart**
you'll be able to enjoy this body quite a bit.
**[21:21] Granart**
I can tell those rings
aren't just for decoration.
**[21:25] Granart**
At the very least, you're already
qualified to wear them.
**[21:31] Granart**
So I'll do my part
to go along with what you do.
**[21:36] Satou**
I don't need you to go easy on me!
**[21:39] Satou**
I'm coming to win for real.
**[21:42] Granart**
Then give it your best try.
**[22:00] Satou**
*"I've got to get stronger," my foot!*
**[22:03] Satou**
That's so uncool.
# E6 - Episode 6
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQVDQG/episode-6)
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**[00:09] Satou**
I'm feeling better than I thought I would.
**[00:11] Satou**
Whoa?!
**[00:13] Nef**
Good morning.
**[00:15] Satou**
Nefritis?
**[00:16] Satou**
How long have you been in there?!
**[00:18] Nef**
I've been here all along.
**[00:20] Satou**
All along?!
**[00:22] Nef**
How's your body feeling?
**[00:25] Nef**
The power of the rings is useful
for healing your wounded body, too.
**[00:30] Nef**
You've been working really hard
so you can beat Granart-sama, right?
**[00:35] Satou**
I have.
**[00:36] Satou**
I figured I would do everything I could.
**[00:39] Satou**
But...
**[00:41] Satou**
Honestly, I probably can't win.
**[00:43] Nef**
I'm sure you can win if you use
the power of the rings.
**[00:49] Nef**
Of course,
**[00:50] Nef**
it wouldn't hurt to have the princess
you're fighting acknowledge you,
**[00:55] Nef**
but the Ring King's duty is
simply to obtain the rings.
**[01:01] Nef**
No one will question the means
used to achieve that.
**[01:03] Satou**
I know you're right, but...
**[01:08] Nef**
It's the duty of the Ring Princesses
**[01:10] Nef**
to support the Ring King.
**[01:14] Nef**
I believe you should do
what you feel is best, Satou-sama.
**[01:21] Satou**
Yeah, you're right.
**[01:24] Satou**
Thank you, Nefritis.
**[01:29] Nef**
Ah...
**[01:32] Satou**
I'll try a bit harder on my own.
**[01:42] Nef**
I put myself out there, and it didn't work...
**[03:27] Marse**
Whoa.
**[03:30] Marse**
You've improved quite a bit.
**[03:32] Satou**
You think I can win now?!
**[03:33] Satou**
Maybe at least once out of ten times?!
**[03:35] Marse**
That's definitely impossible.
**[03:38] Satou**
Right...
**[03:40] Marse**
Your opponent won't be coming
at you straightforwardly like I just was.
**[03:45] Marse**
Only once you're able to adapt to your opponent
**[03:47] Marse**
and demonstrate moves like just now
**[03:51] Marse**
will you finally be able
to land a blow on them.
**[03:54] Marse**
Well, now you at least stand
a one in a million chance,
**[03:57] Marse**
rather than none.
**[03:59] Marse**
Just use the ring's magic
and it should work out.
**[04:03] Satou**
Hmm...
**[04:05] Satou**
One more round, then!
**[04:09] Cat**
That's the Ring King?
**[04:11] Cat2**
I heard Granart-sama is awfully fond of him.
**[04:15] Cat**
I heard she already surrendered
her body to him.
**[04:18] Hime**
Huh?!
**[04:19] Hime**
What do you mean by that?!
**[04:28] Hime**
* So scrubbing is what they meant*
* by "surrendered her body"...*
**[04:33] Hime**
*Still...*
**[04:35] Hime**
*That means Satou has touched her, doesn't it?*
**[04:40] Hime**
He rubbed his hands
all over that princess's body...
**[04:47] Hime**
Never, never, never!
**[04:49] Hime**
*But maybe...*
**[04:52] Hime**
*I can't keep saying that.*
**[04:56] Spectator**
The Ring King is challenging her again?
**[04:59] Spectator**
This will be a show for once.
**[05:01] Knight**
Ow...
**[05:03] Knight**
She's so strong...
**[05:07] Spectator**
Ring King!
**[05:09] Cat**
Princess!
**[05:10] Mob**
Ring King!
**[05:11] Mob**
Go!
**[05:12] Mob**
Princess!
**[05:13] Alabaster**
Satou-kun!
**[05:15] Alabaster**
Do your best, but be smart!
**[05:18] Alabaster**
What's the matter, Krystal?
**[05:20] Alabaster**
Aren't you going to cheer for him?
**[05:22] Alabaster**
Satou-kun has been working hard these past
few days to earn that princess's recognition.
**[05:28] Hime**
Yeah.
**[05:30] Hime**
I don't care if she acknowledges him.
**[05:32] Hime**
All he needs from the other
princesses is their rings.
**[05:41] Knight**
That was my chance to be a king
if I was lucky enough to win.
**[05:45] Spectator**
Ring King!
**[05:46] Spectator**
You better give us a good show at least!
**[05:48] Knight**
It's not fair.
**[05:50] Knight**
I can't believe he gets to become
strong just by obtaining some ring.
**[05:55] Knight**
Hmm?
**[05:58] Knight**
A ring?
**[06:00] AbyssKing**
If you crave power,
**[06:03] AbyssKing**
then take me.
**[06:07] AbyssKing**
Show me your desire.
**[06:19] Granart**
Any change of heart?
**[06:21] Satou**
No.
**[06:22] Satou**
I'll make you acknowledge me!
**[06:27] Cat**
Hey! What are you doing?!
**[06:30] Cat**
Leave already!
**[06:31] Cat**
If you want a rematch, do it another day!
**[06:33] Abyssknight**
Shut up!
**[06:35] Abyssknight**
Ring King!
**[06:37] Abyssknight**
You may have gotten the better of me in Romca,
**[06:41] Abyssknight**
but that won't happen this time!
**[06:44] Granart**
Ring King! Dodge!
**[07:08] Spectators**
Abyss monsters!
**[07:12] Alabaster**
He's summoned monsters!
**[07:17] Alabaster**
Fire monsters, huh?
**[07:19] CatWarrior**
Stay back, princesses!
**[07:25] CatWarrior**
Even after the threat of
the Abyss King was gone,
**[07:29] CatWarrior**
we cat people continued our constant
training to prepare for his return!
**[07:34] CatWarrior**
The forces of the Abyss King
are nothing to fear!
**[07:38] Granart**
Uncouple this district from the rest!
**[07:41] Granart**
Don't let a single monster escape from here!
**[07:44] Cat**
Yes!
**[07:45] Cat**
Hurry!
**[07:46] Cat**
Please evacuate from this district.
**[07:48] Cat**
Uncouple it!
**[07:49] Cat**
Yes!
**[07:53] Cat**
It's time to show the world
**[07:55] Cat**
the strength of the cat people!
**[07:58] Granart**
The Abyss King's knight, huh?
**[08:00] Granart**
I've heard the rumors,
**[08:02] Granart**
and you'll be a suitable opponent.
**[08:05] Granart**
I was just getting bored
with fighting weaklings.
**[08:11] Satou**
Granart!
**[08:12] Granart**
You stand back and watch!
**[08:19] Granart**
I have to do something about that fire.
**[08:25] Satou**
Okay! I can do this!
**[08:26] Satou**
Using wind magic!
**[08:38] Satou**
Ow!
**[08:40] Satou**
I thought it could work if I used
wind to blow away the flames.
**[08:45] Granart**
Leave this to me.
**[08:46] Satou**
What are you saying?
**[08:48] Satou**
Your sword couldn't reach him, either!
**[08:51] Granart**
That's right.
**[08:53] Granart**
But I have no intention of giving up.
**[08:58] Granart**
Our people are the descendants of the warriors
who fought alongside the ancient Ring King.
**[09:04] Granart**
If you truly are the current Ring King,
**[09:07] Granart**
then it's our duty to fight
alongside you and keep you safe,
**[09:13] Granart**
no matter how helpless a man you may be.
**[09:20] Satou**
According to the old man,
**[09:22] Satou**
I'm not still able to the use
the magic of the rings that well.
**[09:26] Satou**
But!
**[09:28] Satou**
If I draw him in as close as possible
**[09:31] Satou**
and focus entirely on blowing
away his flames, then...
**[09:34] Granart**
That's dangerous.
**[09:35] Satou**
I know I'm far weaker than you, Granart,
**[09:38] Satou**
but even so...
**[09:40] Satou**
there are still things I can do!
**[09:45] Granart**
All right.
**[09:47] Granart**
Very well, then.
**[09:51] Satou**
The rings are right here!
**[09:54] Satou**
Come and get them!
**[09:55] Abyssknight**
Rings...
**[10:00] Satou**
*Not yet...*
**[10:02] Satou**
*I need him closer!*
**[10:06] Satou**
*Now!*
**[10:18] Satou**
Granart!
**[10:19] Granart**
Leave it to me!
**[10:26] Granart**
Ring King! Finish him!
**[10:49] Satou**
*He was being controlled by another black ring?*
**[10:53] Cat**
Granart-sama!
**[10:57] Cat**
We took down all the monsters that appeared!
**[11:00] Granart**
Good work.
**[11:01] Granart**
Is everyone safe?
**[11:02] Cat**
Yes!
**[11:03] Satou**
Cat people are strong.
**[11:06] Knight**
Huh? What was I...?
**[11:15] Granart**
Ring King.
**[11:18] Granart**
It seems I underestimated you a bit.
**[11:22] Granart**
Even if you lack strength now,
**[11:25] Granart**
you have potential.
**[11:28] Granart**
I wouldn't mind recognizing you
**[11:32] Granart**
as my husband.
**[11:37] Hime**
*There's nothing I can do.*
**[11:39] Hime**
* This is what Satou's been*
* working hard for.*
**[11:43] Satou**
No.
**[11:45] Satou**
Not yet.
**[11:47] Satou**
I don't want you to accept me
as a compromise—
**[11:50] Satou**
I'll *make* you!
**[11:52] Satou**
Granart.
**[11:53] Satou**
I challenge you to another courting!
**[12:01] Granart**
Let's confirm this once more.
**[12:03] Granart**
The match will continue until one of us yields
**[12:06] Granart**
or is incapable of fighting.
**[12:09] Granart**
Here I come!
**[12:14] Satou**
*Right?*
**[12:17] Satou**
Left?!
**[12:19] Marse**
Satou-kun, calm down!
**[12:22] Satou**
I'm not done.
**[12:24] Hime**
Why is he doing this?
**[12:27] Hime**
* She already said she'd give him*
* the ring, so this is stupid.*
**[12:31] Nef**
Krystal-sama, aren't you
going to cheer for him?
**[12:36] Nef**
I'm positive Satou-sama is fighting
for your sake, Krystal-sama.
**[12:44] Hime**
For my sake?
**[12:47] Granart**
Use the magic of the rings.
**[12:50] Granart**
Surely you aren't underestimating me?
**[12:53] Satou**
I'm not.
**[12:55] Satou**
The power of the rings is power
I'm borrowing from the princesses.
**[12:58] Satou**
It's not my own strength.
**[13:01] Satou**
So even if I won with it...
**[13:02] Satou**
I would still be the uncool man who
lost pathetically in front of my beloved.
**[13:08] Satou**
I want to look cool!
**[13:11] Satou**
For my most beloved wife!
**[13:16] Hime**
*Honestly...*
**[13:18] Hime**
*He's such an idiot.*
**[13:20] Hime**
Satou!
**[13:22] Hime**
If you beat Granart!
**[13:25] Hime**
I'll let you have sex with me as your reward!
**[13:28] Nef**
Huh?!
**[13:29] Granart**
Huh?
**[13:35] Satou**
All right!
**[13:41] Ring's Voice**
*How amusing.*
**[13:43] Ring's Voice**
*You truly are an amusing man.*
**[13:46] Ring's Voice**
*I suppose I could lend you some aid.*
**[13:48] Satou**
This voice is coming from the rings?!
**[13:51] Ring**
*I'll read her next attack for you.*
**[13:56] Ring**
*You just focus on my voice.*
**[13:59] Ring**
* Then you'll be able to move*
* faster for a moment.*
**[14:02] Satou**
But that's still...
**[14:04] Ring**
*Don't worry.*
**[14:06] Ring**
*This power isn't from the ring princesses.*
**[14:09] Ring**
* Think of it as a chance*
* you earned for yourself.*
**[14:12] Satou**
I don't really get it, but all right!
**[14:15] Ring**
*That's the way.*
**[14:19] Granart**
What's the matter?
**[14:20] Granart**
Surely that cheer didn't make you lose focus?
**[14:24] Granart**
I'll come to you, then!
**[14:29] Satou**
She vanished?!
**[14:30] Ring**
*Above you.*
**[14:34] Granart**
What?!
**[14:51] Marse**
Satou-kun!
**[14:52] Nef**
He did it!
**[14:53] Nef**
Satou-sama was amazing!
**[14:56] Hime**
He won...?
**[15:00] Satou**
What was that just now?
**[15:14] Both**
Wha?!
**[15:21] Granart**
That was splendid, Ring King.
**[15:23] Granart**
You're the first to defeat me.
**[15:27] Granart**
I truly have to acknowledge you now.
**[15:33] Granart**
Now, let's get to baby-making right away!
**[15:39] Granart**
Here in Needakitta,
**[15:40] Granart**
victory is valued above everything.
**[15:43] Granart**
The losers submit everything,
body and soul, to the victor.
**[15:46] Hime**
Hey! That's—
**[15:48] Granart**
I'll have my subordinates
prepare everything at once.
**[15:51] Satou**
Wait.
**[15:55] Granart**
What need is there to wait?
**[15:57] Granart**
I'm already your wife!
**[16:00] Granart**
Or... is this body of mine
not good enough for you?
**[16:05] Satou**
That's not the issue.
**[16:07] Satou**
I have a prior engagement.
**[16:12] Satou**
An engagement...
**[16:13] Satou**
with Hime!
**[16:21] Hime**
Y-Yeah...
**[16:24] Hime**
I think you worked really hard...
**[16:27] Hime**
And...
**[16:28] Hime**
this is a reward...
**[16:30] Hime**
We are married, so doing stuff like this...
**[16:34] Hime**
is necessary, too.
**[16:38] Satou**
Hime, listen...
**[16:41] Hime**
Satou!
**[16:42] Satou**
We should hurry...
**[16:50] Hime**
*He's about to ravish me!*
**[16:56] Hime**
It's okay, Satou.
**[16:58] Hime**
Go ahead!
**[17:03] Hime**
Satou?
**[17:08] Satou**
Hime's boobs...
**[17:14] Hime**
*Right...*
**[17:16] Hime**
*He used the power of the rings*
**[17:19] Hime**
*and kept pushing himself after that, too.*
**[17:24] Hime**
*You were really cool today, Satou.*
**[17:41] Hime**
Good morning,
**[17:45] Hime**
darling.
**[17:47] Satou**
Huh?
**[17:49] Satou**
When did I fall asleep?!
**[17:53] Hime**
You were amazing yesterday, Satou.
**[17:55] Satou**
Wha?!
**[17:57] Satou**
I don't remember anything!
**[18:01] Both**
Hmm?
**[18:02] Nef**
You didn't do anything last night.
**[18:04] Hime**
Nefritis?!
**[18:07] Nef**
I was awake and watching
from here the whole time.
**[18:10] Nef**
Because next is my turn!
**[18:12] Hime**
Next?!
**[18:13] Granart**
And I'm next after her!
**[18:16] Hime**
Granart, too?!
**[18:18] Subordinate**
Granart-sama!
**[18:19] Subordinate**
It's time!
**[18:20] Granart**
Yeah.
**[18:21] Granart**
You all come, too.
**[18:24] Granart**
We're hosting a banquet.
**[18:34] Granart**
The people of Needakitta
**[18:36] Granart**
are once more serving under the Ring King
and fighting alongside him as warriors!
**[18:41] Cats**
Yeah!
**[18:44] Master**
She's certainly found herself a good partner.
**[18:47] Master**
I was starting to worry for a time there.
**[18:51] Granart**
Ring King.
**[18:53] Granart**
You said you would make me acknowledge you.
**[18:57] Granart**
I was happy to hear that.
**[19:02] Satou**
Listen...
**[19:03] Granart**
I know.
**[19:05] Granart**
You were able to completely read my movements.
**[19:09] Granart**
Was that pure luck?
**[19:10] Granart**
Or something else at work?
**[19:14] Granart**
Either way, that victory was
the result of you refusing to give up.
**[19:19] Granart**
I'm satisfied with that.
**[19:39] Satou**
Hime?!
**[19:43] Satou**
Why did you suddenly...?
**[19:46] Hime**
I don't know.
**[19:51] Hime**
Satou.
**[19:53] Hime**
Hurry up and reassure me.
**[20:00] Satou**
I...
**[20:02] Satou**
I was truly happy in that moment.
**[20:05] Satou**
Back when you cheered for me.
**[20:08] Satou**
But...
**[20:10] Satou**
I want to wait to do it with you
until after we return to my world.
**[20:17] Satou**
This whole world is a far cry
from normal to me.
**[20:21] Satou**
And if we're advancing our relationship,
**[20:23] Satou**
then I want to take that step
with you properly back home.
**[20:27] Hime**
Satou...
**[20:29] Satou**
Besides, I don't think that's something
to be done in place of
**[20:32] Satou**
or in exchange for something else.
**[20:36] Hime**
Thank you.
**[20:38] Hime**
I feel a little better now.
**[20:41] Hime**
But...
**[20:43] Hime**
I still want to reward you
for working so hard for my sake.
**[20:49] Hime**
So anything you want,
anything you want to do...
**[20:53] Hime**
tell me one thing and I'll do it.
**[21:01] Satou**
Then...
**[21:02] Satou**
I...
**[21:04] Satou**
I want to fondle your boobs.
**[21:07] Hime**
Huh?!
**[21:08] Satou**
I want! To fondle! Your boobs!
**[21:15] Hime**
F-Fine, then.
**[21:17] Hime**
You're so horny.
**[21:20] Satou**
You mean it?!
**[21:21] Hime**
Go ahead.
**[21:33] Satou**
Granart?!
**[21:35] Hime**
Nefritis?!
**[21:36] Granart**
Ahh, jeez, you're so slow!
**[21:39] Granart**
Meow!
**[21:41] Granart**
I'm already 18!
**[21:43] Granart**
Among cat people, I'm already
treated like an old maid!
**[21:47] Granart**
Don't make me wait any longer!
**[21:47] Nef**
Krystal-sama, look.
**[21:49] Hime**
Huh?
**[21:50] Hime**
Catnip?!
**[21:51] Granart**
I don't care how it happens!
**[22:03] Alabaster**
* And thus the Ring King's*
* chastity was preserved!*
# E7 - Episode 7
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G14U41548/episode-7)
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**[00:08] Hime**
We're getting out, Nefritis.
**[00:10] Nef**
Please wait!
**[00:13] Satou**
I heard this was a far corner of the world,
**[00:15] Satou**
but it's a lively place, isn't it?
**[00:17] Satou**
This Land of Water, Maasa.
**[00:19] Alabaster**
Even if the kingdom is remote,
this is its largest city.
**[00:23] Satou**
That reminds me, where's Marse-san?
**[00:26] Alabaster**
Apparently, he had some other business.
**[00:29] Alabaster**
He went on ahead of us.
**[00:31] Satou**
Did he?
**[00:32] Satou**
* He did seem to want to*
* go to the Land of Water.*
**[00:35] Satou**
*I guess there was a reason for that?*
**[00:40] Saphir**
Excuse me!
**[00:41] Satou**
Hmm?
**[00:45] Saphir**
You're the Ring King, right?
**[00:49] Satou**
Yeah, I am...
**[00:50] Saphir**
Wow, that's amazing!
**[00:52] Satou**
Huh?
**[00:53] Saphir**
I'm a huge fan of yours!
**[00:54] Satou**
Man, you're making me blush.
**[00:57] Hime**
Huh? He's really popular.
**[00:59] Granart**
That's my husband for you!
**[01:01] Saphir**
I know! Please take these flowers!
**[01:03] Satou**
Huh?
**[01:04] Saphir**
And this, as well!
**[01:30] Saphir**
I had heard the rumors,
**[01:33] Saphir**
but you really are a great fool
with too little caution, Ring King!
**[01:38] Satou**
Wha?!
**[01:39] Saphir**
I am Saphir Maasa!
**[01:43] Saphir**
Maiden of the Ring of Water!
**[01:46] Saphir**
And I just made you my husband!
**[01:51] Satou**
Is this even allowed?
**[01:52] Alabaster**
Yes, it is.
**[03:25] Alabaster**
We're grateful for your quick cooperation,
**[03:28] Alabaster**
Maiden of the Ring of Water.
**[03:30] Saphir**
Mhm, it was nothing.
**[03:33] Saphir**
I see you're unfazed, Great Sage.
**[03:36] Saphir**
That leaves...
**[03:39] Saphir**
Oh?
**[03:41] Saphir**
Well, you princesses may do as you please.
**[03:44] Saphir**
I doubt we'll be forming
any deep connection anyway.
**[03:48] Saphir**
Now, Ring King.
**[03:50] Saphir**
Since I've made you my husband,
**[03:52] Saphir**
that also means you're
the king of the Land of Water!
**[03:56] Satou**
Does it really work that way?
**[03:58] Saphir**
You have a duty to peacefully govern this land.
**[04:01] Saphir**
Are you prepared to do that?
**[04:03] Satou**
S-Sure?
**[04:05] Saphir**
Then follow me.
**[04:07] Saphir**
It's time for you to use
your power for my sake.
**[04:11] Satou**
You make it sound obvious,
but what exactly is going on?
**[04:16] Saphir**
If nothing is done, this nation will perish.
**[04:22] Sluder**
So this is where you've been, Princess Saphir.
**[04:28] Sluder**
Please return to the palace.
**[04:31] Saphir**
This man here is the Ring King!
**[04:33] Saphir**
I just married him moments ago,
**[04:36] Saphir**
and handed Maasa's Ring of Water over to him.
**[04:38] Saphir**
That doesn't inconvenience you, does it?
**[04:42] Sluder**
Very well.
**[04:43] Sluder**
For now, I'd like you all
to come to the palace.
**[04:50] Satou**
That's huge!
**[04:53] Alabaster**
The Great Falls, Euyumaasa.
**[04:56] Alabaster**
The maasterful symbol of
Maasa, the Land of Water.
**[05:00] Satou**
Huh?
**[05:01] Nef**
Beyond these waterfalls
lies the former Land of Earth.
**[05:05] Nef**
As well as the dark domain
where the Abyss King is said to lurk.
**[05:09] Satou**
Wow.
**[05:11] Saphir**
Take a look.
**[05:13] Saphir**
The city streets are
filled with imperial soldiers.
**[05:17] Saphir**
Maasa's troops are no longer to be found.
**[05:19] Satou**
The Empire...
**[05:21] Satou**
That's Marse-san's country, right?
**[05:23] Alabaster**
Good of you to remember.
**[05:25] Satou**
I can remember that much!
**[05:27] Saphir**
The Gisaras Empire is
humanity's largest nation,
**[05:30] Saphir**
and it continues to grow larger by
forging ties with many other nations.
**[05:34] Satou**
So that guy we saw earlier is...
**[05:37] Alabaster**
The first prince of Gisaras.
Marse's older brother.
**[05:41] Satou**
Huh?!
**[05:42] Alabaster**
The undefeated general, Sluder Gisaras.
**[05:46] Alabaster**
That man is the one turning
the Emperor's orders into a reality.
**[05:50] Alabaster**
While the ring nations have been spared,
**[05:53] Alabaster**
he's proven capable of annexing
many other nations.
**[05:57] Satou**
So is the Empire... an evil nation, then?
**[06:00] Saphir**
You hardly need to ask.
**[06:03] Saphir**
That's an occupying force.
**[06:05] Saphir**
Protecting us from abyss
monsters is just a pretext.
**[06:10] Granart**
Some would surely see it that way,
**[06:12] Granart**
but isn't it also true that
they're bringing people together
**[06:15] Granart**
to oppose the Abyss King's resurrection?
**[06:19] Satou**
You're surprisingly knowledgeable.
**[06:21] Granart**
Impressed?
**[06:22] Saphir**
Lowly animal, acting like she knows anything.
**[06:26] Granart**
Why you!
**[06:28] Granart**
You want me to grind you up
and burn you with catnip?!
**[06:35] Satou**
So, this is the palace?
**[06:42] Satou**
What?!
**[06:44] Saphir**
It's a monster attack.
**[06:46] Saphir**
That woman's prediction was right again, huh?
**[06:48] Hime**
Are things okay here?!
**[06:50] Saphir**
This is why the imperial army
is stationed here.
**[06:54] Granart**
Satou! Look out!
**[07:03] Saphir**
Impossible!
**[07:04] Saphir**
How can it be here?!
**[07:07] Satou**
Huh?
**[07:08] Saphir**
Ring King!
**[07:24] Satou**
That was close.
**[07:28] Saphir**
*So that's the power of the rings?*
**[07:31] Hime**
I'm so glad you're safe.
**[07:32] Saphir**
*Ring King, Satou... perhaps you can...*
**[07:33] Satou**
Yeah, somehow.
**[07:35] Granart**
That's my husband for you!
**[07:40] Sluder**
* So the legends*
* aren't just fairy tales after all?*
**[07:48] King**
That man is the Ring King?
**[07:51] Saphir**
That's right, Father.
**[07:53] Saphir**
This is my husband.
**[07:55] Saphir**
I've given the Ring of Water to this man!
**[07:58] Satou**
Hey!
**[07:59] Saphir**
I know you thought you could
**[08:01] Saphir**
lock me away in the palace to keep me
from handing over the ring,
**[08:04] Saphir**
but it looks like all your
plotting has been foiled.
**[08:08] Oracle**
Lock you away?
**[08:10] Oracle**
I have no idea what you mean.
**[08:14] Saphir**
Vixen.
**[08:16] Sluder**
An army of monsters is already drawing close.
**[08:19] Sluder**
Please refrain from acting on your own.
**[08:22] Oracle**
However, this will prove most troubling, yes?
**[08:26] King**
Oh, ohh!
**[08:29] King**
She handed the ring over to the Ring King
just as you predicted she would!
**[08:34] King**
Then that means even greater
disaster will befall our nation?!
**[08:40] King**
Ring King!
**[08:41] King**
If only you had never come here!
**[08:44] Satou**
Huh?! Me?!
**[08:54] Oracle**
My, my, any more than this
will risk your health.
**[08:58] Oracle**
Let's get you some rest over there.
**[09:00] King**
Ring King!
**[09:04] Satou**
Was that suspicious woman your mother, Saphir?
**[09:08] Saphir**
Of course not!
**[09:09] Saphir**
That woman is the palace's oracle.
**[09:13] Saphir**
At some point, my father
became completely reliant on her,
**[09:16] Saphir**
and now he's like that.
**[09:19] Saphir**
My father used to be heralded
as a wise king, too.
**[09:27] Saphira**
Sister!
**[09:28] Saphira**
Why?
**[09:30] Saphira**
I thought we swore we'd decide together
**[09:33] Saphira**
which of us would fulfill
the duty of the ring princess?
**[09:36] Saphir**
I'm sorry.
**[09:38] Saphir**
I've decided for us.
**[09:40] Saphira**
No way!
**[09:43] Satou**
If she's calling you sister, then...?
**[09:46] Saphir**
Yes, this is my twin little sister, Saphira.
**[09:51] Satou**
Twin princesses?!
**[09:54] Saphira**
Why would you, Sister?
**[09:58] Saphira**
How could you wed such a plain-looking man?!
**[10:01] Satou**
Gah!
**[10:03] Saphira**
You could have bound yourself
to a much lovelier gentleman.
**[10:09] Saphira**
Ah, did you do this to protect me?!
**[10:11] Saphira**
How cruel!
**[10:12] Saphira**
Fate truly is a cruel thing!
**[10:15] Granart**
I beg your pardon, Saphira-dono.
**[10:18] Granart**
Satou is the man who
defeated me, the Fire Princess.
**[10:23] Granart**
I know he may not seem very
reliable as a warrior, but still...
**[10:28] Satou**
I thought you were trying to help me!
**[10:30] Nef**
Uh...
**[10:31] Nef**
As an elf, I don't really
understand human aesthetics,
**[10:35] Nef**
so I couldn't comment on his looks...
**[10:37] Satou**
*You, too, Nefritis?!*
**[10:39] Hime**
Satou's...
**[10:40] Hime**
Satou's...
**[10:42] Hime**
Satou's very cool!
**[10:45] Satou**
*Thank you, Hime!*
**[10:48] Saphir**
Regardless.
**[10:49] Satou**
*She's not listening!*
**[10:50] Saphir**
Now you won't have to marry
the Ring King, Saphira.
**[10:55] Saphir**
So it's nothing for you to worry about.
**[10:58] Saphira**
Sister...
**[11:02] Marse**
Princess Saphira!
**[11:09] Hime**
Huh? What's this?
**[11:11] Hime**
There's a strange tension here!
**[11:13] Marse**
I know anything I say may sound like
an excuse after everything that's happened,
**[11:19] Marse**
but I haven't forgotten
the promise I made to you!
**[11:25] Saphira**
I don't even
**[11:27] Saphira**
want to hear your voice anymore.
**[11:31] Marse**
Princess Saphira!
**[11:35] Saphir**
You're still as good-for-nothing
as ever, Marse.
**[11:43] Satou**
Marse-san has always wanted
to come to this land, but is that...
**[11:48] Saphir**
That man and Saphira had sworn
their love for each other.
**[11:52] Satou**
Huh?
***SIGN*** A love drama...?!
**[11:54] Saphir**
Did he not tell you anything about that?
**[11:57] Saphir**
That sounds just like something
that man would do.
**[12:01] Saphir**
Then, I suppose I'll tell you.
**[12:03] Saphir**
I'll tell you all about the relationship
**[12:05] Saphir**
between our land of Maasa
and his empire, Gisaras.
**[12:13] Saphir**
Long ago, the Gisaras Empire wasn't
satisfied with just their human territories.
**[12:18] Saphir**
So they launched an invasion
into this land, Maasa, the Land of Water.
**[12:25] Saphir**
However, it was hardly even a skirmish,
**[12:27] Saphir**
and once the Empire
realized it couldn't touch us,
**[12:29] Saphir**
they turned to diplomacy.
**[12:34] (Flashback) Marse**
I am Marmarugias Gisaras,
second prince of the Gisaras Empire.
**[12:38] (Flashback) Marse**
It is my hope to learn from
the wisdom and history of Maasa,
**[12:40] (Flashback) Marse**
and that I may help foster friendship
between our nations.
**[12:51] Saphir**
It didn't take long for the two
of them to grow close.
**[12:59] Saphir**
Their feelings for each other were true.
**[13:02] Saphir**
At least, it seemed that way to me.
**[13:04] Saphir**
Even if Marse was tasked with a secret mission.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Saphira**
Please, just take me away from here!
**[13:12] Saphir**
Marse's duty
**[13:14] Saphir**
was to inform the Empire
of the inner workings of Maasa.
**[13:18] (Flashback) Marse**
I want you to wait for now.
**[13:21] Saphir**
However, he never did that.
**[13:25] (Flashback) Marse**
I promise I'll come for you one day!
**[13:27] (Flashback) Saphira**
Marse-sama,
**[13:30] (Flashback) Saphira**
I believe in you.
**[13:33] Saphir**
Still, the Empire wasn't just going to
ignore his dereliction of duty.
**[13:38] Saphir**
Marse was summoned back to the Empire,
**[13:40] Saphir**
and then several months later...
**[13:44] Marse**
* I'm going to become the Ring King,*
* by order of the Emperor.*
**[13:48] Marse**
* With this, I'll finally be able*
* to come for you.*
**[13:54] Saphir**
Even if our duty to the Ring King
is a warped reason for marriage,
**[13:57] Saphir**
it would still allow her
to marry the one she loved.
**[14:01] Saphir**
We were both born to be Ring Princesses,
**[14:04] Saphir**
so that was a stroke of fortune we
were never even allowed to dream of.
**[14:10] Saphir**
However...
**[14:12] Saphir**
Prince Marse abandoned the role of Ring King!
**[14:17] Saphir**
He entrusted the rings to some unknown
man who appeared from another world.
**[14:23] Saphir**
That man...
**[14:25] Saphir**
abandoned his vow to Saphira!
**[14:29] Marse**
Princess Saphira!
**[14:31] Marse**
Please listen to me just once more!
**[14:33] Marse**
My feelings haven't changed since that day!
**[14:36] Marse**
My heart is still with you, where I left it!
**[14:40] Saphira**
Then why?!
**[14:42] Saphira**
Why didn't you become the Ring King?!
**[14:49] Marse**
Because...
**[14:50] Marse**
I felt...
**[14:53] Marse**
that I wasn't worthy to.
**[14:57] Saphira**
I have no idea what's going on
in your mind anymore.
**[15:10] Saphir**
Shortly after that...
**[15:12] Saphir**
that Oracle appeared.
**[15:16] Saphir**
At first, nobody believed her.
**[15:19] Saphir**
Not until her predictions
actually started coming true.
**[15:24] Saphir**
That Oracle's predictions
proved useful in driving off monsters.
**[15:29] Saphir**
So my father, the king,
placed her at his side...
**[15:33] Saphir**
and you saw the state he's in now.
**[15:36] Satou**
Do you think that Oracle
was sent by the Empire?
**[15:40] Saphir**
There has to be some connection there.
**[15:42] Saphir**
That's what I believe,
**[15:44] Saphir**
and it's why I want to catch
that vixen by her tail.
**[15:50] Oracle**
Damn Saphir!
**[15:52] Oracle**
She really got me this time.
**[15:55] Oracle**
Go assassinate the Ring King
and take the rings!
**[15:58] Oracle**
This is all for our great ruler!
**[16:01] Assassin**
Yes!
**[16:09] Satou**
H-Hmm?
**[16:13] Assassin**
I'm so jealous.
**[16:15] Assassin**
Has he no shame?
**[16:17] Assassin**
No, wait...
**[16:18] Assassin**
Isn't one of them missing? That cat person?
**[16:23] Granart**
You actually came to attack him in his sleep.
**[16:26] Granart**
That Water Princess is quite sharp.
**[16:30] Granart**
No horns?
**[16:31] Granart**
Plain humans, then?
**[16:43] Granart**
Does this mean they really
are servants of the Empire?
**[16:47] Satou**
Assassins?!
**[16:49] Granart**
Yeah.
**[16:50] Satou**
Huh... So those really do exist.
**[17:08] Satou**
By the way, where are we heading?
**[17:11] Saphir**
The sunbathing area.
**[17:17] Alabaster**
The dragonfolk struggle with heat regulation,
**[17:20] Alabaster**
and when their body temperature gets too low,
it causes their movements to grow sluggish.
**[17:25] Satou**
I see...
**[17:26] Satou**
So that's why they go sunbathing after
waking to warm themselves up.
**[17:31] Granart**
And if they get too hot,
**[17:33] Granart**
they just cool off with water.
**[17:36] Satou**
You aren't going to go play with the others?
**[17:39] Granart**
I'm fine.
**[17:41] Granart**
More importantly...
**[17:43] Granart**
I know I said you weren't
reliable as a warrior,
**[17:46] Granart**
but your body...
**[17:48] Granart**
certainly makes me want to
make babies with you, Satou.
**[17:51] Granart**
How about sometime tonight?
**[17:54] Satou**
Wait, hey! There's an order!
**[17:57] Granart**
That's just what Princess Krystal says, right?
**[18:00] Hime**
Hey! What are you doing over there?!
**[18:02] Hime**
I'm first in line, okay?!
**[18:04] Granart**
Your love is weak if all you do is wait!
**[18:07] Granart**
My love for Satou is strong!
**[18:14] Nefritis**
I don't care which turn I get, you know.
**[18:16] Granart**
Meow?!
**[18:17] Hime**
Hey!
**[18:19] Saphir**
You're all fools through and through!
**[18:24] Satou**
S-Saphir, what kind of swimsuit is that?!
***SIGN*** Stretch
***SIGN*** Strain
**[18:28] Saphir**
This is my garden.
**[18:30] Saphir**
I usually enjoy it in the nude,
but I wore this for your sake.
**[18:34] Saphir**
Setting that aside, you girls...
**[18:36] Saphir**
If you're so concerned with order,
**[18:39] Saphir**
then why not decide it with a contest?
**[18:41] Saphir**
For example,
**[18:42] Saphir**
how about whoever swims over
to that the fastest wins?
**[18:46] Granart**
What?!
**[18:47] Hime**
There!
**[18:48] Granart**
Meow!
**[18:50] Hime**
Do you hate water?
**[18:55] Hime**
Take that! And that, and that!
**[18:55] Saphir**
You really are all fools.
**[18:57] Granart**
Stop it!
**[18:58] Nef**
Umm... Me, too.
**[18:58] Granart**
I hate getting water in them!
**[19:00] Granart**
Jeez!
**[19:02] Saphir**
By the way, Satou,
**[19:04] Saphir**
that Oracle won't have given up yet.
**[19:07] Saphir**
Remember to stay wary
**[19:09] Saphir**
while pretending to let
your guard down like this.
**[19:12] Satou**
We were pretending?
**[19:15] Saphir**
Don't miss our chance to catch her tail.
**[19:28] Satou**
Marse-san.
**[19:30] Satou**
Sounds like it's been rough.
**[19:33] Marse**
Same to you.
**[19:36] Marse**
It's half my fault that Maasa
has ended up in this state.
**[19:41] Marse**
I do feel sorry about that.
**[19:45] Satou**
Marse-san, why did you let me
claim the role of Ring King?
**[19:50] Satou**
If you hadn't...
**[19:52] Satou**
you would have married Saphira-san.
**[19:56] Marse**
It was too great a burden for me.
**[19:59] Marse**
That's how I felt.
**[20:01] Satou**
Is that really all there was to it?
**[20:04] Satou**
If you had something
that important riding on it,
**[20:06] Satou**
then you could've taken it from me, right?!
**[20:10] Marse**
I saw her face.
**[20:13] Marse**
I saw Saphira in Princess Krystal's face.
**[20:17] Marse**
It was the same expression, one of a woman
being reunited with the man she truly loved.
**[20:23] Marse**
Knowing how she felt,
**[20:25] Marse**
I couldn't get in her way, you know?
**[20:29] Marse**
Disregarding someone's feelings
to push my own agenda...
**[20:32] Marse**
I was too weak to do that.
**[20:35] Marse**
It's why my father calls me a failure.
**[20:39] Marse**
But you were able to throw away
everything for Princess Krystal.
**[20:43] Marse**
The Ring King truly should be a man like you.
**[20:52] Marse**
Brother!
**[20:54] Marse**
Won't you please reconsider?!
**[20:57] Marse**
I thought you promised not to
meddle with Maasa in the first place?
**[21:00] Sluder**
It was the Emperor's decision to
send reinforcements to the Land of Water.
**[21:04] Sluder**
You still haven't been forgiven
for the crime of disobeying your order
**[21:06] Sluder**
to become the Ring King.
**[21:08] Sluder**
But you have managed
to gain the Ring King's trust,
**[21:11] Sluder**
and you're doing good work
reporting his actions to us,
**[21:14] Sluder**
which our father views as some small penance.
**[21:19] Sluder**
Continue living up to our
father's expectations, Marse.
**[21:22] Sluder**
You have no home
other than the Gisaras Empire.
**[21:40] Marse**
What do you want?
**[21:42] Oracle**
Steal the rings, Prince Marse.
**[21:46] Marse**
What?
**[21:48] Oracle**
This is the will of His Imperial Majesty.
**[21:51] Oracle**
He's allowed you to gain
the trust of the Ring King
**[21:54] Oracle**
because he was waiting for this moment.
**[21:57] Oracle**
Three days from now, an army
of monsters will attack Maasa.
**[22:01] Oracle**
Use the cover of that battle
**[22:03] Oracle**
to kill the Ring King.
# E8 - Episode 8
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GJWU20K2M/episode-8)
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**[00:02] Oracle**
You will correct your mistake, Prince Marse.
**[00:08] Oracle**
Then you'll earn the Emperor's forgiveness
**[00:10] Oracle**
and be able to obtain the princess you love.
**[00:13] Marse**
Who are you?
**[00:15] Marse**
Are you an imperial spy after all?
**[00:19] Oracle**
I am but a mere oracle.
**[00:23] Oracle**
Even seeing your future
is just a result of my divination.
**[00:27] Oracle**
However...
**[00:29] Oracle**
my predictions often come true.
**[00:32] Oracle**
Just like that monster attack.
**[00:36] Oracle**
That Ring King is a foreign element
from outside our world.
**[00:40] Oracle**
He isn't fit for this world.
**[00:44] Oracle**
You are the one who originally
had the qualities to be Ring King.
**[00:48] Oracle**
There's nothing to trouble yourself over.
**[00:52] Oracle**
Unless...
**[00:53] Oracle**
you would betray the wishes
of the Emperor once again?
**[01:02] Oracle**
This is a sword that twists
and distorts the flow of magic.
**[01:05] Oracle**
It is an ancient magic item
heralded within legends.
**[01:10] Oracle**
I present this sword to you.
**[01:12] Oracle**
While you have no power of your own,
**[01:15] Oracle**
with this, the Ring King
will not get the better of you.
**[01:19] Marse**
How do you possess such a thing?
**[01:31] Oracle**
I'll be eagerly awaiting
your return to the Empire
**[01:35] Oracle**
with the rings in tow.
**[03:22] Marse**
What should I...?
**[03:26] (Flashback) Emperor**
I can't believe you couldn't even
claim one remote nation
**[03:29] (Flashback) Emperor**
after I practically
handed it to you on a platter.
**[03:32] (Flashback) Emperor**
Are you aware of what my ministers call you?
**[03:36] (Flashback) Emperor**
"The failure."
**[03:39] (Flashback) Emperor**
Soon we'll be selecting
a candidate for Ring King.
**[03:43] (Flashback) Emperor**
It's nothing more than musty old tale,
**[03:46] (Flashback) Emperor**
but it is a great tool for winning
the hearts of the populace.
**[03:50] (Flashback) Emperor**
Even you couldn't possibly
screw up something so simple.
**[03:54] (Flashback) Emperor**
Your value lies in the fact
that you're my child.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Emperor**
And that is your only value.
**[04:00] (Flashback) Emperor**
So go prove your worth, Marmarugias.
**[04:30] Marse**
I really have lost everything, haven't I?
**[04:38] Marse**
What am I supposed to do?
**[04:52] Marse**
That's right.
**[04:54] Marse**
This is the only path left to me.
**[05:04] Sluder**
We're now setting off on our
campaign to dispatch the monsters.
**[05:08] Satou**
Are you really sure you don't want me to come?
**[05:11] Sluder**
This is not your role.
**[05:14] Sluder**
Great power wielded by one man will
disrupt the coordination of the whole.
**[05:18] Sluder**
People like you...
**[05:20] Sluder**
exist for when the worst comes to pass.
**[05:34] Sluder**
Take care of things here.
**[05:36] Satou**
S-Sure?
**[05:40] Hime**
Satou!
**[05:43] Hime**
Um, so, well, uh...
**[05:48] Satou**
What is it?
**[05:50] Hime**
Jeez!
**[05:56] Hime**
Just in case you suddenly
find yourself needing to fight.
**[06:01] Satou**
Th-Thank you.
**[06:04] Hime**
Don't blush over it. That's embarrassing.
**[06:06] Satou**
Well... I still haven't gotten used to it yet.
**[06:09] Granart**
Allow me to grant you some power, as well!
**[06:12] Hime**
Huh?!
**[06:13] Hime**
Hey! Granart!
**[06:16] Granart**
What? I'm Satou's wife, too.
**[06:20] Granart**
Is there something wrong with this?
**[06:22] Hime**
There's not! There's not, but still!
**[06:25] Nef**
Um, then I should, too!
**[06:27] Hime**
You, too, Nefritis?!
**[06:29] Nefritis**
Am I not allowed?
**[06:31] Hime**
No, you are... allowed, but...
**[06:34] Nef**
Then...
**[06:36] Hime**
Ahh! Nefritis is being so proactive!
**[06:41] Hime**
Then I'll be the only one to give him one more!
**[06:44] Nef**
Krystal-sama, that's not fair!
**[06:48] Saphir**
What is this display?
I'm too stunned for words.
**[06:52] Alabaster**
Their bonds with the Ring King are his power.
**[06:55] Alabaster**
It's a good thing that they want
to grant him their power.
**[07:01] Saphir**
Is it?
**[07:20] Soldier**
Reporting!
**[07:21] Soldier**
Our right and left flanks are
pushing the battle lines forward!
**[07:24] Sluder**
Good.
**[07:26] Soldier**
The horde of monsters is behaving oddly
in line with the oracle's predictions,
**[07:30] Soldier**
but if this pace holds,
then we've won this battle.
**[07:33] SoldierB**
Sluder-sama!
**[07:35] SoldierB**
One giant monster has appeared
outside the expected battle area!
**[07:38] SoldierB**
If nothing is done, it'll slip
past toward the Maasa Palace!
**[07:42] SoldierB**
We should split off a squad and
send it to the palace at once!
**[07:45] Sluder**
No, we'll hold this line to the last man.
**[07:48] Sluder**
The palace will be fine.
**[07:53] Satou**
What?!
**[07:55] Alabaster**
Hurry! Inside the palace!
**[08:01] Satou**
A monster?!
**[08:05] Alabaster**
Looks like just the one from what I can see.
**[08:16] Alabaster**
Satou-kun!
**[08:23] Satou**
Marse-san?!
**[08:25] Marse**
Ring King!
**[08:26] Marse**
I'm sorry, but you die here!
**[08:32] Alabaster**
Oh, no!
**[08:33] Alabaster**
Leave the monster to me!
**[08:37] Alabaster**
Satou-kun, you deal with Marse!
**[08:42] Satou**
Marse-san, why?!
**[08:45] Marse**
I'll kill the Ring King and hand
the rings over to the Empire.
**[08:49] Marse**
That is my duty as an imperial prince.
**[08:54] Marse**
That is the only...
**[08:55] Marse**
path left for me now!
**[08:58] Satou**
Hold on!
**[09:00] Satou**
You've got your reasons, right?!
**[09:02] Satou**
Tell me what's going on!
**[09:04] Marse**
You said it yourself, right?
**[09:06] Marse**
If I have something important riding on it,
**[09:07] Marse**
then I should just take them from you!
**[09:11] Marse**
I guided you all and earned your trust...
**[09:15] Marse**
all for this moment.
**[09:18] Marse**
I'll defeat you for the Empire!
**[09:21] Alabaster**
Satou-kun!
**[09:23] Alabaster**
Marse isn't in his right mind!
**[09:26] Alabaster**
He's probably being controlled somehow!
**[09:28] Satou**
Then what should I do about it?!
**[09:30] Satou**
Will throwing holy water
or something on him fix him?!
**[09:32] Alabaster**
I don't know!
**[09:33] Alabaster**
I don't know,
**[09:34] Alabaster**
but focus on stopping his movements for now!
**[09:36] Satou**
You're always useless
when it really counts, old man!
**[09:43] Satou**
* My skill with the sword*
* isn't enough to beat Marse-san!*
**[09:47] Satou**
So...
**[09:51] Satou**
Huh?!
**[09:53] Satou**
What's the meaning of this?!
**[09:55] Ring**
*Interesting.*
**[09:57] Ring**
*The sword that distorts magic, huh?*
**[10:00] Ring**
*That's a nostalgic weapon he possesses.*
**[10:03] Ring**
* I'm surprised he would bring*
* a failure like that into battle...*
**[10:06] Ring**
* Though, I suppose it's fitting*
* for a young failure like him.*
**[10:11] Satou**
*I knew it.*
**[10:12] Satou**
*The rings are talking to me.*
**[10:15] Ring**
*There's no need to hesitate.*
**[10:16] Ring**
*You can overwhelm him with the Ring's magic.*
**[10:19] Ring**
*Wipe him out and leave no trace behind.*
**[10:21] Satou**
Huh?! Like I could do that!
**[10:24] Ring**
*Are you okay with him killing you?*
**[10:27] Satou**
Shut up! Be quiet!
**[10:28] Satou**
I can't do what I can't do!
**[10:30] Ring**
* Why do you hesitate to eliminate*
* the obstacle before you with your power?*
**[10:34] Ring**
*Foolish.*
**[10:36] Satou**
*That said, what am I supposed to do here?*
**[10:39] Satou**
* If I go all-out, it might end up*
* like the rings suggested.*
**[10:43] Satou**
* He's not the kind of*
* opponent I can hold back against.*
**[10:48] Satou**
*That's right.*
**[10:49] Satou**
*I'm no match for him.*
**[10:52] Satou**
*So why...*
**[10:53] Satou**
*am I still uninjured at this point?*
**[11:02] Satou**
I knew it.
**[11:03] Satou**
Marse-san is still himself.
**[11:07] Hime**
Satou and Marse-san are fighting?!
**[11:09] Hime**
Why?
**[11:10] Saphir**
I don't know why,
**[11:12] Saphir**
but I heard Marse is trying to steal the rings.
**[11:28] Saphir**
You fool!
**[11:29] Saphir**
Are you trying to die?!
**[11:34] Satou**
I knew it.
**[11:36] Satou**
You're hesitating, aren't you?
**[11:38] Satou**
Hesitating to cut me down.
**[11:42] Satou**
You really are a kind person, Marse-san.
**[11:57] Marse**
Cut me down, Satou-kun.
**[12:02] Marse**
The woman I love has forsaken me,
**[12:04] Marse**
and I'm a failure who can't even
fulfill my duty as an imperial prince.
**[12:09] Marse**
To make it worse,
**[12:11] Marse**
I've even wounded you.
**[12:14] Marse**
At this point, I'm worthless.
**[12:18] Satou**
I really like you, Marse-san.
**[12:22] Satou**
Honestly, if it wasn't for you,
**[12:26] Satou**
I would've been a goner
soon after arriving here.
**[12:28] Satou**
I've been able to make it this far
because your kindness has saved me.
**[12:33] Marse**
Huh?
**[12:34] Satou**
If you want to say you're worthless,
**[12:37] Satou**
then I'll become your worth.
**[12:40] Satou**
What could possibly be more
worthwhile than saving the world
**[12:44] Satou**
as part of the legendary Ring King's party?
**[12:48] Satou**
I need you, Marse-san.
**[12:51] Marse**
You... need me?
**[12:55] Ring**
*Strike the gem on the pommel!*
**[13:04] Oracle**
Tsk!
**[13:05] Oracle**
Every single one of them! Useless!
**[13:10] Alabaster**
My magic won't hold out!
**[13:12] Satou**
Huh?!
**[13:18] Satou**
Oh, no!
**[13:19] Satou**
Hime!
**[13:31] Saphir**
Saphira!
**[13:40] Satou**
Is it using her as a hostage?!
**[13:43] Oracle**
What a waste of the present
I gave you, Prince Marse.
**[13:49] Alabaster**
I knew you had something
to do with the monsters!
**[13:52] Alabaster**
I'm guessing you're also the one
who placed a curse on that sword?
**[13:56] Oracle**
I predicted his future,
but I barely did anything.
**[14:00] Oracle**
It simply loosened the shackles on his heart,
**[14:02] Oracle**
and strengthened his own desires just a tad.
**[14:05] Oracle**
You understand that quite well,
don't you, Prince Marse?
**[14:10] Oracle**
Try anything funny and Princess Saphira dies.
**[14:14] Oracle**
So?
**[14:16] Oracle**
Care to trade the rings for her?
**[14:20] Marse**
You're right.
**[14:22] Marse**
Part of me did resent Satou-kun
and try to take his life.
**[14:27] Marse**
But I'm more than just that.
**[14:31] Marse**
Satou-kun put his own life
on the line to teach me that.
**[14:34] Satou**
Marse-san.
**[14:36] Marse**
I won't waver again.
**[14:40] Marse**
I've decided to live my life for myself
and those precious to me.
**[14:45] Marse**
I'll choose my own path to follow.
**[14:48] Marse**
That's where my worth lies.
**[14:51] Marse**
Princess Saphira!
**[14:54] Marse**
Please marry me!
**[14:57] Saphira**
Huh?
**[15:01] Oracle**
Huh?
**[15:02] Oracle**
What foolishness are you spouting?!
**[15:06] Satou**
Take that!
**[15:14] Saphira**
It's not fair, asking me
at a time like this, Marse-sama.
**[15:18] Marse**
I'm sorry.
**[15:20] Marse**
I've kept you waiting.
**[15:22] Oracle**
Why, you! Why, you!
**[15:35] AbyssKnight**
I was planning to toy with you
until my King fully awakened,
**[15:39] AbyssKnight**
but I'm done following the rules of your world!
**[15:44] AbyssKnight**
Return to the Abyss!
**[15:47] Satou**
What the hell?!
**[15:49] Alabaster**
Now you've shown your true form!
**[15:53] Saphir**
Good grief.
**[15:55] Saphir**
You truly are a fool.
**[15:58] Saphir**
You're too kindhearted.
**[16:00] Saphir**
But that's the good kind of fool.
**[16:16] Satou**
Wha?!
**[16:22] Saphir**
Behold the power of the ring that
controls water, the source of all life,
**[16:28] Saphir**
and the true power of the dragonfolk.
**[16:39] Satou**
She ate it?!
**[16:52] Satou**
Oh!
**[16:53] Alabaster**
She fled?!
**[16:57] Satou**
That's incredible...
**[16:59] Satou**
Can you... turn back?
**[17:08] Saphir**
Of course.
**[17:12] Hime**
Don't look!
**[17:13] Satou**
Huh? Huh?
**[17:17] Marse**
Satou-kun.
**[17:19] Marse**
I'm sorry,
**[17:21] Marse**
but could we continue
where we left off earlier?
**[17:32] King**
You all have saved our country, Maasa!
**[17:37] Satou**
Who's that?
**[17:38] Saphir**
My father.
**[17:39] Satou**
Huh?!
**[17:41] King**
The Abyss King's knight had clouded
my mind, but I saw everything.
**[17:47] King**
Ring King, your power
is just as the legends claim.
**[17:52] King**
As a ring nation, Maasa shall
lend you all the power we can.
**[17:56] Satou**
Th-Thank you so much!
**[17:59] King**
And you two, princes of the Empire...
**[18:01] King**
Thank you for protecting Maasa.
**[18:04] King**
However, henceforth, the Land of Water
shall protect itself with its own strength.
**[18:09] King**
I was too focused on needing
to protect Maasa by ourselves
**[18:13] King**
and I fell into a villain's clutches.
**[18:16] King**
However, I now understand
that the Empire is a powerful ally.
**[18:21] King**
I will not allow that to happen again.
**[18:25] Sluder**
I'm glad to hear it.
**[18:26] Sluder**
We'll race to your aid should
you ever need our strength again.
**[18:31] Sluder**
Please call upon us when you desire it.
**[18:33] King**
Indeed.
**[18:38] King**
I've caused you much trouble, Saphir.
**[18:45] Satou**
*So even she has a pretty demure side to her.*
**[18:49] King**
I see you've also found
yourself a good husband.
**[18:53] Saphir**
Huh?
**[18:55] Saphir**
This thing is just a fool with magic power.
**[18:59] Saphir**
I think your eyes are still clouded, Father.
**[19:02] King**
I-I see?
**[19:04] Satou**
What?
**[19:07] Marse**
King of Water,
**[19:08] Marse**
as the Ring King's knight, Marmarugias,
I would ask for your boon.
**[19:14] Marse**
Allow me to wed Princess Saphira!
**[19:17] King**
Prince Marse...
**[19:19] King**
No, it's Knight Marse now, isn't it?
**[19:22] King**
I didn't realize how Saphira felt until after
you had left and Saphir chastised me.
**[19:29] King**
I was so concerned with our nation
that I allowed my daughter to suffer.
**[19:34] King**
I've failed her as a father.
**[19:38] King**
Please take care of my daughter.
**[19:43] Marse**
Yes!
**[19:45] Marse**
Princess Saphira.
**[19:47] Saphira**
Marse-sama.
**[19:48] Alabaster**
Woot, woot!
**[19:54] Hime**
That's so nice.
**[19:59] Hime**
I wish it could have been like that for me, too.
**[20:07] Marse**
Satou-kun!
**[20:10] Marse**
You're next.
**[20:12] Satou**
What does he mean, I'm next?
**[20:15] Satou**
We're the ones who got married first.
**[20:18] Hime**
Ah!
**[20:20] Satou**
No way!
**[20:21] Satou**
*Have they done it?!*
**[20:27] Marse**
Brother!
**[20:29] Sluder**
Between that oracle, the monsters,
and their ties to the Empire...
**[20:35] Sluder**
something is happening behind my back.
**[20:39] Sluder**
I must return to the imperial capital at once.
**[20:43] Sluder**
Make sure you come home one day, too.
**[20:47] Sluder**
I'll be waiting for you.
**[20:50] Marse**
Yes!
**[20:57] Emperor**
It seems you failed to seize Maasa.
**[21:00] AbyssKnight**
Yes.
**[21:02] AbyssKnight**
It was under the Empire's dominion for a time,
**[21:06] AbyssKnight**
but that wench...
**[21:08] AbyssKnight**
Still, I thought a nation like that was beneath
your attention, Your Imperial Majesty?
**[21:14] AbyssKnight**
If we combine your power
and my power to control monsters,
**[21:20] AbyssKnight**
then surely we can obtain many more nations.
**[21:23] AbyssKnight**
Yes...
**[21:25] AbyssKnight**
You can make that possible.
**[21:28] AbyssKnight**
Now, show me your desire.
**[21:38] Emperor**
First you target the King of Maasa, then me?
**[21:42] Emperor**
I only listened to you
because our interests aligned,
**[21:46] Emperor**
but it seems the old way is truly worthless.
**[21:49] AbyssKnight**
Why, you! You knew everything?!
**[21:52] Emperor**
This is no longer the world of gods!
It's the world of man!
**[21:56] Emperor**
I'll simply exterminate any who interfere.
**[22:00] Emperor**
Be that the Abyss King,
**[22:06] Emperor**
or even the Ring King!
# E9 - Episode 9
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GN7UD10DW/episode-9)
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**[00:03] Granart**
I think that since I've been
his bride for fewer days,
**[00:07] Granart**
it's only natural I sleep beside him
to deepen our bond.
**[00:11] Saphir**
But by that logic I would be
the one sleeping closest to him?
**[00:15] Hime**
I'm the one who has the deepest bond with him,
**[00:18] Hime**
so don't you think I should be
the first to sleep beside him?
**[00:21] Nef**
I'm happy with being between you two!
**[00:24] Hime**
Huh?!
**[00:27] Saphir**
I'm sleeping in my own room after all.
**[00:30] Saphir**
This is stupid.
**[00:31] Nef**
No, you don't! Having more people is better!
**[00:34] (Flashback) Alabaster**
Distance is an obstacle
to the transference of magic power.
**[00:38] (Flashback) Alabaster**
You should at least be nearby.
**[00:41] Satou**
Umm... I just reopened my wound a little.
**[00:45] Satou**
It's not that serious.
**[00:47] Hime**
You be quiet, Satou!
**[00:49] Satou**
Uh, sure.
**[00:50] Hime**
Besides, it's weird for all of us
to sleep together in the first place!
**[00:54] Hime**
Think about how Satou feels...
**[00:57] Granart**
Hey, who's the one who just
silenced that very same Satou, hm?
**[01:01] Hime**
Oh, shut up!
**[01:03] Nef**
C-Calm down!
**[01:05] Satou**
* My instincts as a man are screaming*
* with joy at this situation!*
**[01:09] Satou**
*But I can't let myself just accept this.*
**[01:14] Satou**
Everyone, listen to me.
**[01:18] Satou**
No matter what may happen,
**[01:20] Satou**
Hime will always be number one to me!
**[01:23] Hime**
Satou!
**[01:26] Nef**
I already know that.
**[01:28] Nef**
I'm fine being whatever
number you want me to be.
**[01:31] Nef**
I'll wait as long as it takes.
**[01:33] Granart**
I'm fine with it as long as
you love me in the moment.
**[01:36] Granart**
I've never been a stickler for labels anyway.
**[01:39] Saphir**
I don't care as long as you fulfill your duty.
**[01:44] Saphir**
And I'll do anything to help you do so.
**[01:48] Satou**
*What do I do?*
**[01:50] Satou**
*Speaking up did nothing at all!*
**[01:53] Granart**
Satou, you've never felt any pity toward us
and the misfortunes we suffer
**[01:59] Granart**
at the whims of our duty.
**[02:02] Granart**
So, in return,
**[02:04] Granart**
just be good and go with the flow!
**[02:07] Satou**
Uwah?!
**[02:08] Hime**
Hey! Granart!
**[02:12] Granart**
Ring King... my body and soul belong to you.
**[02:16] Satou**
Huh? Why? She's suddenly naked, too!
**[02:19] Nef**
Satou-sama... please teach me...
all kinds of things.
**[02:25] Satou**
Nefritis, too?! What's going on?!
**[02:29] Saphir**
This isn't so bad, now is it?
**[02:32] Satou**
It's not bad... but that's not the issue!
**[02:37] Satou**
Hmm?
**[02:39] Ghost**
What's the matter?
**[02:41] Ghost**
Why do you hesitate, Ring King Satou?
**[02:45] Satou**
Who are you?!
**[02:46] Ghost**
You have the power.
**[02:48] Ghost**
Do as you wish.
**[02:50] Ghost**
You could easily just seize it all.
**[02:52] Satou**
No, I hear what you're saying,
but it's not that easy.
**[02:56] Satou**
For one thing, I can't do
everyone at the same time.
**[02:58] Satou**
Besides, I already have...
**[03:01] Hime**
Hmm... It's not easy, huh?
**[03:05] Hime**
Satou, you're the worst.
**[03:07] Satou**
Hime?!
**[03:08] Satou**
No, it's not what you think! Hime! This is—
**[03:12] Satou**
Hime! You're my number one!
**[03:18] Satou**
A dream?
**[03:21] Satou**
This is bad...
**[03:36] Satou**
Hime!
**[03:37] Satou**
Let's go out together today!
**[03:39] Hime**
Huh?
**[03:42] Hime**
Huh?!
**[05:15] Satou**
Uh, hey!
**[05:17] Satou**
We've been stuck in the palace ever since
we arrived in the Land of Water, right?
**[05:20] Satou**
I've been wanting to look around
and see all the sights.
**[05:23] Nef**
My, that's so lovely.
**[05:25] Nef**
It sounds fun.
**[05:26] Satou**
Uhh, sorry.
**[05:28] Satou**
I want to go with just Hime.
**[05:31] Nef**
Huh?!
**[05:31] Nef**
I...
**[05:33] Nef**
You're leaving me behind?
**[05:36] Saphir**
What's with all this early morning commotion?
**[05:42] Saphir**
You need to rest for a while until you
recover your power as the Ring King.
**[05:47] Saphir**
So long as you keep it tame,
**[05:48] Saphir**
you're free to go have fun wherever you want.
**[05:53] Granart**
All right, got it!
**[05:54] Granart**
Leave this to me.
**[05:56] Granart**
Well, you two go enjoy yourselves!
**[05:59] Granart**
Right, Nefritis?
**[06:01] Nef**
Y-Yes?
**[06:03] Nef**
You're okay with this?
**[06:04] Granart**
Leave it to me.
**[06:06] Satou**
Thank you.
**[06:08] Satou**
* I thought Granart would be the most*
* strongly opposed, though.*
**[06:12] Satou**
*Well, I guess it works out.*
**[06:17] Hime**
I'm so excited!
**[06:23] Hime**
Saphir's body soap has a nice scent.
**[06:26] Hime**
I'll use more of it.
**[06:29] Satou**
Hime, you smell really nice.
**[06:34] Satou**
I can't hold back anymore.
**[06:36] Hime**
Squee! As if!
**[06:48] Alabaster**
What?!
**[06:50] Alabaster**
You want money?!
**[06:52] Satou**
I want to go out with Hime,
**[06:55] Satou**
but I don't have any of this world's money.
**[06:58] Alabaster**
Hmm.
**[06:59] Alabaster**
I see, I see.
**[07:01] Alabaster**
So, how far are you planning to go?
**[07:04] Satou**
We'll have a look around the area.
**[07:06] Alabaster**
I was talking about
your relationship with Krystal.
**[07:10] Satou**
Please don't ask that out of the blue.
**[07:13] Alabaster**
Rest assured.
**[07:15] Alabaster**
I gave you a little bit extra.
**[07:18] Alabaster**
To pay for a room.
**[07:20] Alabaster**
You don't need to come back tonight.
**[07:23] Satou**
Again, I'm not planning to do that!
**[07:26] Hime**
Sorry for the wait, Satou.
**[07:28] Alabaster**
This world is different from yours and Japan.
**[07:33] Alabaster**
Stop worrying about appearances
and get to work, young man.
**[07:43] Hime**
Have you decided on where to go yet?
**[07:45] Satou**
Saphir told me about all kinds of
sightseeing spots, so I'm all set!
**[07:52] Nef**
Are you sure about us following them like this?
**[07:56] Granart**
We're his wives, too.
**[07:59] Granart**
We have a right to experience anything
he does with Krystal equally.
**[08:03] Nef**
That makes sense.
**[08:04] Granart**
So we must watch over how things
develop between them.
**[08:08] Granart**
And if they're bumping uglies,
we use that as blackmail material!
**[08:11] Nef**
That makes sense.
**[08:12] Saphir**
I was wondering what you
dragged me out here for.
**[08:16] Saphir**
Now I see. Good luck with that.
**[08:18] Granart**
All right! After them!
**[08:22] Hime**
Wow!
**[08:24] Stall**
Oh, are you the Ring King
everyone's talking about?
**[08:28] Stall**
Welcome.
**[08:29] Satou**
Oh, yes.
**[08:30] Stall**
I can't believe you won
over our tomboy, Saphir-sama.
**[08:33] Stall**
That woman is wise,
but she's not very endearing, is she?
**[08:39] Saphir**
How rude. I'll remember this.
**[08:43] Mother**
You look much more normal than I expected.
**[08:45] Mother**
I thought you'd be more beefy!
**[08:47] Child**
Can I have your autograph?
**[08:50] Satou**
Sorry, this is private time for me.
**[08:53] Hime**
*This doesn't feel like much of a date.*
**[08:57] Hime**
* But I guess it's fine as long as*
* Satou's enjoying himself.*
**[09:01] Hime**
* Today, Satou isn't acting like*
* the Ring King or anything like that.*
**[09:05] Hime**
*He's the normal boy I know.*
**[09:09] Hime**
*That makes me kind of happy.*
**[09:12] Hime**
* How long has it been since Satou*
* last invited me to go out?*
**[09:20] Satou**
What's this?
**[09:22] Hime**
A real eel pie?
**[09:26] Hime**
* The summer festival...*
* was something I invited him to.*
**[09:29] Hime**
* At the time, I thought we would*
* never see each other again.*
**[09:35] Hime**
*Thank you for coming, Satou.*
**[09:42] Satou**
Wh-What?
**[09:45] Hime**
There's some on your lips.
**[09:48] Hime**
Oh, Satou!
**[09:50] Saphir**
They have a pretty nice mood going.
**[09:53] Nef**
I'm jealous.
**[09:56] Nef**
And also a little sad.
**[10:00] Granart**
You can't let yourself get like that.
**[10:02] Granart**
I've heard that in his world, it was understood
that one person would only love one other,
**[10:07] Granart**
but that's nothing more than a belief.
**[10:10] Granart**
The laws of the world may be inviolable,
**[10:12] Granart**
but you can just change beliefs.
**[10:15] Saphir**
Wow, you're pushy.
**[10:17] Granart**
That's the kind of mindset
one needs to have.
**[10:24] Granart**
A park?
**[10:26] Saphir**
Well, places like these
are a staple for dates, right?
**[10:29] Granart**
I've never been on one, so I wouldn't know.
**[10:31] Nef**
I wouldn't know, either.
**[10:40] Satou**
The fish pond is over there...
**[10:42] Satou**
so where are we?
**[10:43] Hime**
What is it?
**[10:59] Saphir**
It's said that if two lovers
exchange a kiss here at this pond,
**[11:02] Saphir**
then they'll be united forever.
**[11:06] Granart**
What?! Then us, too!
**[11:08] Saphir**
That's just a rumor that started
spreading well after I was born.
**[11:12] Saphir**
It's stupid.
**[11:21] Satou**
*She looked my way?*
**[11:23] Satou**
*Is she waiting for me to initiate it?*
**[11:29] Satou**
Okay.
**[11:45] Satou**
I mean, doing it out in public
like this is a bit...
**[11:52] Hime**
R-Right?
**[11:55] Satou**
*Now that I think about it...*
**[11:56] Satou**
* I don't think I've stared at Hime's*
* face this close that often!*
**[12:02] Hime**
Hey, Satou?
**[12:05] Hime**
Are you possibly...
**[12:07] Hime**
embarrassed to initiate it?
**[12:11] Satou**
*I knew it.*
**[12:14] Satou**
*To me, Hime is...*
**[12:18] Saphir**
I can't take this anymore.
**[12:20] Saphir**
I'm going home.
**[12:22] Nef**
True...
**[12:23] Nef**
I'm starting to feel bad for those two.
**[12:26] Granart**
Huh? How boring.
**[12:28] Granart**
Though... I guess it won't happen.
**[12:31] Granart**
We'll just have to hope things develop later.
**[12:36] Saphir**
What is it, Nefritis?
**[12:38] Nef**
It's my first time going out
and hanging out with friends,
**[12:43] Nef**
so I've had lots of fun.
**[12:45] Saphri**
Friends, huh?
**[12:48] Saphri**
Isn't there an awfully large age gap
between us to be calling us friends?
**[12:56] Saphri**
I-I'm sorry.
***SIGN*** Magic Ice Cream
**[13:01] Satou**
Two ice creams.
**[13:02] Stall**
Here you go.
**[13:04] Stall**
Sightseeing, right?
**[13:05] Stall**
Maybe a honeymoon?
**[13:16] Stall**
Here, a little extra for the happy couple.
**[13:21] Both**
Extra large?!
**[13:33] Satou**
Listen,
**[13:34] Satou**
I know this is the world you were born in,
**[13:38] Satou**
so I've always thought I needed to protect it.
**[13:43] Satou**
But you know, I saw this again today,
**[13:46] Satou**
but the Ring Princesses
and the people of their nations...
**[13:49] Satou**
Even Marse-san and Saphira-san,
**[13:51] Satou**
they're all just normal people trying to
live normal lives, aren't they?
**[13:56] Satou**
This world and my world
aren't really different.
**[14:00] Satou**
And I think that's a great thing.
**[14:04] Satou**
Does this make me sound too much like a hero?
**[14:08] Hime**
You do sound like one.
**[14:10] Hime**
You've started looking like a hero, too.
**[14:13] Hime**
Honestly, I never thought
you would turn out like this, Satou.
**[14:19] Satou**
Hmm?
**[14:21] Hime**
It's getting dark.
**[14:23] Hime**
Shall we head back after we eat?
**[14:33] Hime**
I had fun today.
**[14:35] Hime**
Thank you.
**[14:36] Satou**
S-Sure?
**[14:38] Hime**
Just to make sure,
**[14:40] Hime**
this did count as a date, right?
**[14:44] Satou**
That was my intention?
**[14:48] Satou**
Oh, I guess it didn't measure up to one?
**[14:50] Hime**
No, that's not it!
**[14:52] Hime**
It's just, this is a first for us, right?
**[14:55] Hime**
Why... invite me out now?
**[15:00] Satou**
Our feelings are finally mutual,
**[15:03] Satou**
but it feels like we haven't really done
anything typical of couples.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Hime**
That's so nice.
**[15:11] (Flashback) Hime**
I wish it could've been like that for me, too.
**[15:17] Satou**
Maybe it's weird for me to say this,
**[15:19] Satou**
but I've always dreamed of
doing stuff like this.
**[15:24] Hime**
Y-You have?
**[15:29] Hime**
But still...
**[15:31] Hime**
You should make today the last time
you do something like this.
**[15:35] Satou**
Huh?
**[15:37] Hime**
You can't stay dedicated to just me.
**[15:41] Hime**
All the others are your wives, as well.
**[15:47] Hime**
I'm so happy with the special
treatment you give me.
**[15:50] Hime**
But it's pretty draining in its own way.
**[15:58] Hime**
You're doing a wonderful job
fulfilling your duty as Ring King.
**[16:02] Hime**
While I'm...
**[16:04] Satou**
What are you saying?!
**[16:06] Satou**
You're my number one, Hime!
**[16:09] Satou**
No, I'm not talking about order.
**[16:12] Satou**
You're the only one for me!
**[16:18] Hime**
But it can't... be that way.
**[16:25] Hime**
All of the Ring Princesses
are fulfilling their duty,
**[16:29] Hime**
and determined to be with you, Satou.
**[16:33] Hime**
You can't neglect their feelings.
**[16:38] Hime**
You have the proper qualifications.
So you should show everyone more...
**[16:45] Satou**
You really are the only one for me.
**[16:48] Satou**
If you're telling me you don't get that...
**[17:17] Satou**
*I've done it now!*
**[17:19] Satou**
* I just... did something*
* incredibly embarrassing!*
**[17:22] Satou**
L-Let's go home!
**[17:26] Hime**
No.
**[17:27] Hime**
I don't want to go back.
**[17:29] Satou**
Huh?
**[17:32] Hime**
I'm the only one, right?
**[17:36] Satou**
*Hey, wait, does this mean...?*
**[17:39] Satou**
*Have I gotten us into that mood?!*
**[17:43] (Flashback) Alabaster**
You don't need to come back tonight.
**[17:47] Satou**
*Is it okay to go along with this flow?*
**[17:48] Satou**
* No, shouldn't I be letting myself*
* go with it right now?!*
**[17:55] Woman**
Are you spending the night?
**[17:57] Woman**
Or just stopping for a rest?
**[18:00] Satou**
* We can do this!*
* We can have the best first time!*
**[18:04] Satou**
*Prepare yourself, Satou!*
**[18:07] Hime**
*Ahh, what have I done?!*
**[18:14] Hime**
Everyone's waiting for us.
**[18:16] Hime**
Shall we go home?
**[18:18] Satou**
Huh?
**[18:19] Hime**
You'll just have to continue waiting.
**[18:35] Saphir**
Huh?
**[18:36] Saphir**
Why do I have to go along with you all, too?
**[18:40] Alabaster**
You understand, don't you?
**[18:42] Alabaster**
The Ring King can't fight without the magic
power provided by the Ring Maidens.
**[18:46] Saphir**
So having those three
still isn't enough for him?
**[18:49] Saphir**
Oh, how terrifying.
**[18:51] Saphir**
What a bottomless pit of lust.
**[18:55] Granart**
Are you afraid of leaving your homeland?
**[18:58] Granart**
You're more cowardly than I expected.
**[19:00] Granart**
Just look at Nefritis, the one
known as the shut-in princess.
**[19:04] Granart**
She's accompanying us like she should.
**[19:07] Saphir**
Well, sure.
**[19:08] Saphir**
Compared to her age, I'm practically a baby.
**[19:13] Saphir**
I know!
**[19:15] Saphir**
Why don't I have you take
Saphira with you instead?
**[19:17] Satou**
There wouldn't be any point in that.
**[19:23] Saphir**
I'm kidding.
**[19:28] Saphir**
I'm sorry things have turned out like this.
**[19:32] Saphir**
I thought Marse would stay here with you.
**[19:36] Saphira**
No, it's fine, Sister.
**[19:39] Saphira**
Marse-sama has found his own duty now.
**[19:43] Saphira**
Besides, that man's dedication is
one of the things I love about him.
**[19:50] Saphir**
Umm... will you be all right without me?
**[19:55] Saphira**
Please don't fret.
**[19:57] Saphira**
I'll protect Father and Maasa
while you're gone, Sister.
**[20:03] Saphira**
Sister, you be careful, too.
**[20:07] Saphira**
Also... please use the ring's power
to protect Marse-sama.
**[20:13] Saphir**
Yeah. You can count on me.
**[20:20] Satou**
Next is the Land of Earth, apparently.
**[20:23] Satou**
What kind of place is that?
**[20:25] Nefritis**
The Land of Earth, Idanokan,
lies far north of Maasa.
**[20:30] Nefritis**
The capital of the dwarves rests
within a steep mountain range...
**[20:34] Nefritis**
according to my books!
**[20:36] Satou**
Dwarves?!
**[20:38] Satou**
The kind that are stout and known for beards?
**[20:41] Alabaster**
Who knows?
**[20:42] Hime**
So, some three-head-tall princess?
**[20:45] Alabaster**
Who knows?
**[20:47] Satou**
Grandpa, you don't know?!
**[20:50] Saphir**
The dwarves were already wiped out
in the battle between
**[20:54] Saphir**
the Ring King and the Abyss King.
**[20:56] Saphir**
Ruins are all that remains of Idanokan.
**[21:00] Saphir**
According to legends,
**[21:02] Saphir**
they were a race of master craftsmen
who disdained other races.
**[21:06] Saphir**
Yet they followed the Ring King
and fought bravely against the Abyss King.
**[21:10] Saphir**
There were never many of them to begin with,
and their numbers were greatly reduced.
**[21:14] Saphir**
After the war, they isolated themselves
away from others underground
**[21:18] Saphir**
and eventually they died out.
**[21:20] Satou**
You mean we don't even know if
the Ring will be there, let alone a princess?!
**[21:26] Alabaster**
Yes.
**[21:27] Granart**
However, we're still heading there.
**[21:30] Granart**
You must have some kind of lead,
right, Great Sage?
**[21:36] Alabaster**
None at all.
**[21:37] Both**
None at all?!
**[21:39] Alabaster**
Well, we'll just have to figure out
what to do after we get there.
**[21:42] Alabaster**
If there's truly nothing to be done,
then we'll think about our next step.
**[21:48] Marse**
It's coming into view.
**[21:52] Alabaster**
That's the Great Mountain Wall, Kaogamika.
**[21:55] Alabaster**
The Land of Earth, Idanokan,
lies in its lofty heights.
**[21:59] All**
Wow.
**[22:01] Alabaster**
Now, we go the rest of the way on foot.
**[22:03] Alabaster**
Let's get going.
**[22:05] All**
Huh?!
# E10 - Episode 10
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**[00:03] Satou**
Well, this certainly feels like an adventure!
**[00:09] Satou**
Or so I thought at first,
**[00:12] Satou**
but just how far away is it?!
**[00:14] Satou**
We've been in these mountains
for three days now!
**[00:17] Alabaster**
Oh, we're almost there.
**[00:19] Satou**
You mean it?
**[00:21] Alabaster**
Don't let your guard down, though.
**[00:23] Alabaster**
If you slip, you'll end up like that.
**[00:26] Nef**
Wow! Such big bones!
**[00:29] Nef**
Great Sage, what is that?
**[00:31] Alabaster**
Well, that's likely a monster
from the age of the Abyss King.
**[00:36] Alabaster**
The Great Mountain Wall, Kaogamika,
was a fierce battlefield, after all.
**[00:40] Nef**
There were monsters this large? Amazing!
**[00:44] Saphir**
How does this woman have so much energy?
**[00:49] Alabaster**
Thank you for scouting.
**[00:51] Alabaster**
How was it? What's the road ahead like?
**[00:53] Granart**
No people or monsters.
**[00:55] Satou**
Well, even if a monster did attack us,
**[00:58] Satou**
we can just take them down
with that dragon transformation.
**[01:01] Saphir**
That's, well, frankly it's exhausting.
**[01:05] Saphir**
The backlash from using such tremendous
magic power always hits my legs the next day.
**[01:10] Saphir**
You all understand, right?
**[01:11] Hime**
I-It does?
**[01:13] Nefritis**
Using magic sounds tough.
**[01:17] Saphir**
Are you telling me these women...?
**[01:20] Saphir**
Muscle-brain!
**[01:21] Saphir**
Incompetent!
**[01:22] Saphir**
Just a shut-in?!
**[01:24] Saphir**
I think I want to go home now.
**[01:27] Satou**
Now, now.
**[01:29] Marse**
There's a place we can rest
just a little further up.
**[01:33] Alabaster**
I think we'll call it there for today.
**[01:35] Alabaster**
Come on, keep it up, modern children!
**[01:38] Alabaster**
We'll be able to rest soon!
**[01:40] Hime**
Okay.
**[01:51] Satou**
Hey, Grandpa, you're the Great Sage, right?
**[01:55] Satou**
I was hoping you could tell me
**[01:57] Satou**
if there really is any point
to gathering the rings?
**[02:01] Alabaster**
Where's this coming from?
**[02:03] Satou**
The people of the Empire
**[02:05] Satou**
are planning to fight the Abyss King without
relying on the power of the rings, right?
**[02:09] Satou**
I heard they were able to defeat
most of the monsters attacking Maasa, too.
**[02:15] Satou**
It just...
**[02:17] Satou**
seems different from what I expected.
**[02:20] Satou**
"The hero who will save the world."
**[02:22] Satou**
"The legendary Ring King
who will defeat the Abyss King."
**[02:26] Satou**
That's what people call me,
**[02:28] Satou**
but it doesn't feel like anyone
is really expecting that from me.
**[02:32] Alabaster**
Well, the world is vast...
**[02:36] Alabaster**
Various people live their lives
with their own various ideas.
**[02:40] Alabaster**
Not everyone is going to cling
to the same hope.
**[02:45] Alabaster**
It's only natural that some
would think that if it's possible
**[02:48] Alabaster**
to defeat monsters with mankind's power,
**[02:50] Alabaster**
then it should be possible
to defeat the Abyss King, too.
**[02:53] Satou**
I see.
**[02:56] Satou**
There's a lot less faith in
these rings than I thought there was.
**[03:00] Alabaster**
However, I've learned many things
during my long life of traveling.
**[03:06] Alabaster**
I've also heard many terrifying legends about
the Abyss King, fragmented though they were.
**[03:12] Alabaster**
I've also seen the deep scars
that still remain from the age of myth.
**[03:17] Alabaster**
The power of the Abyss King is immeasurable.
**[03:20] Alabaster**
We've already seen him controlling monsters
**[03:22] Alabaster**
and his knights with terrifying power
that we can't begin to comprehend
**[03:26] Alabaster**
with our understanding of magic.
**[03:28] Alabaster**
Yet even that power only amounts to
the scant portion leaking out from his seal.
**[03:34] Alabaster**
I find it very hard to imagine he can be
dealt with using the power of mankind alone.
**[03:38] Alabaster**
Every record in this world
leads me to that same conclusion.
**[03:49] Alabaster**
Well, if the Abyss King's resurrection
goes according to legend,
**[03:54] Alabaster**
then the resurrection of the
Ring King is destined, as well.
**[03:57] Alabaster**
You've already gathered
four of the rings, Satou-kun,
**[04:00] Alabaster**
so maybe the last one
will surprise us and come to us.
**[04:05] Satou**
Hmm...
**[04:07] Alabaster**
Now, it's time for the shift change,
so get some sleep already.
**[04:10] Satou**
Yeah.
**[04:18] Alabaster**
Some Great Sage I am.
**[04:21] Alabaster**
I'm useless.
**[06:00] Alabaster**
This is the Land of Earth, Idanokan.
**[06:03] Alabaster**
The lost capital of the dwarves.
**[06:09] Satou**
It's awfully devastated.
**[06:12] Alabaster**
They drove off countless attacks
from the Abyss King,
**[06:18] Alabaster**
but their final battle is said
to have been especially fierce.
**[06:24] Nef**
And then the dwarves all vanished,
**[06:27] Nef**
without rebuilding their ruined city.
**[06:32] Hime**
Seems like there really is no one here.
**[06:36] Hime**
It's too quiet, and I don't like it.
**[06:39] Nef**
Really? I love it.
**[06:43] Nef**
It's so wonderful that no one is here.
**[06:45] Nef**
I want to live here.
**[06:46] Hime**
Huh?
**[06:47] Nef**
If only it were warmer.
**[06:50] Saphir**
I'll wait here.
**[06:53] Saphir**
You all can search for the Ring of Earth.
**[06:56] Granart**
What, are you already
worn out, Princess Saphir?
**[07:00] Saphir**
I'm not a fan of wandering about aimlessly.
**[07:03] Granart**
This city is right next to
the domain of the Abyss.
**[07:07] Granart**
You never know what may happen.
**[07:09] Saphir**
Then you can just stay and guard me.
**[07:12] Saphir**
It's quite an honor.
**[07:14] Saphir**
Live up to it.
**[07:15] Granart**
My goodness, you're hopeless.
**[07:19] Granart**
I'll carry you, then.
**[07:21] Granart**
Come on, climb on.
**[07:23] Saphir**
Huh?
**[07:25] Saphir**
I don't need that!
**[07:26] Saphir**
I can walk on my own!
**[07:28] Granart**
There's no need to refrain, you bashful girl.
**[07:32] Saphir**
I'm not refraining from anything!
**[07:34] Granart**
That so, that so?
**[07:40] Marse**
What's the matter?
**[07:43] Hime**
It felt like someone was there.
**[07:47] Marse**
Maybe it's just the quiet of the ruins
making you feel that way?
**[07:52] Hime**
I guess...
**[08:09] Satou**
This room... is still relatively nice.
**[08:14] Granart**
That looks like a throne.
**[08:17] Granart**
This was probably the palace.
**[08:22] Satou**
This is...!
**[08:24] Satou**
Grandpa!
**[08:25] Satou**
Th-There's a corpse!
**[08:26] Alabaster**
Calm down, Satou-kun.
**[08:29] Alabaster**
That's not the remains of a dwarf.
**[08:31] Alabaster**
It's a Sorcerer's Unit.
**[08:33] Alabaster**
A relic mentioned in myths.
**[08:35] Satou**
Sorcerer's Unit?
**[08:37] Satou**
Some kind of robot?
**[08:39] Alabaster**
Worry not.
**[08:41] Alabaster**
It can't function without magic power.
**[08:43] Alabaster**
It's just a puppet.
**[08:45] Nef**
Dwarven civilization was centered
around sorcerous machines,
**[08:48] Nef**
devices that ran on magic power.
**[08:52] Nef**
I've heard that they dug
into the earth, refined metals,
**[08:55] Nef**
and devoted everything
to honing their mastery of smithing.
**[09:00] Marse**
So these are the proof that they lived,
the crystallization of their technology.
**[09:05] Alabaster**
In the battles of myth, the dwarves
used their sorcerous machines as weapons.
**[09:12] Alabaster**
The sorcerous vehicles of Needakitta are
some of their few relics still in operation.
**[09:17] Granart**
I did hear that our ancestors received those
from the earth people long, long ago.
**[09:22] Granart**
I have no idea how those things work!
**[09:26] Satou**
So, even though they left
all kinds of things behind,
**[09:29] Satou**
no one knows what happened
to the dwarves themselves?
**[09:32] Nef**
I suppose that just shows
how chaotic that era was.
**[09:38] Alabaster**
Looks like there aren't any clues about
the ring, even after coming all this way.
**[09:43] Alabaster**
I guess that only leaves the underground roads.
**[09:46] Satou**
Underground?
**[09:47] Satou**
We're going even further in?
**[09:55] Unit**
Vanished...
**[09:57] Unit**
We vanished...
**[10:00] Unit**
All of the earth people...
**[10:20] Satou**
Hey! Grandpa, what's going on here?!
**[10:22] Alabaster**
There were still ones
that could move left here?!
**[10:25] Alabaster**
That's impossible!
**[10:27] Alabaster**
No, wait—
**[10:35] Alabaster**
A knight of the Abyss King?!
**[10:37] Alabaster**
I can't believe he can control
machines, as well!
**[10:39] Satou**
I guess anything goes for him!
**[10:42] AbyssKnight**
Why...
**[10:44] AbyssKnight**
We fought together...
**[10:47] AbyssKnight**
So why were we the only ones who disappeared?
**[10:51] AbyssKnight**
Why were we the only ones...
**[10:54] AbyssKnight**
who had to perish?!
**[10:57] Satou**
What is it saying?
**[10:59] AbyssKnight**
Wind, Fire, Water, Light...
**[11:04] AbyssKnight**
Perish with us.
**[11:06] AbyssKnight**
Join our lord...
**[11:09] AbyssKnight**
Join us in the same place...
**[11:11] AbyssKnight**
Be swallowed by the Abyss...
**[11:16] Alabaster**
Oh, no!
**[11:21] Alabaster**
It trapped Satou-kun behind that wall!
**[11:30] Satou**
What?
**[11:35] AbyssKing**
Do not interfere, outsider.
**[11:40] AbyssKing**
You have no ties to this world.
**[11:43] AbyssKing**
You should have no reason to fight.
**[11:46] Satou**
No, I do.
**[11:48] Satou**
You're right that I'm not a part of this world.
**[11:51] Satou**
However,
**[11:52] Satou**
there are people living
peaceful lives in this world.
**[11:56] Satou**
People who Hime loves.
**[11:59] AbyssKing**
Is that worth risking your life over?
**[12:03] Satou**
Yeah.
**[12:04] Satou**
I want to protect Hime's world.
**[12:08] Satou**
I have to protect it!
**[12:17] Hime**
Satou!
**[12:27] Satou**
Thank you, Hime!
**[12:30] AbyssKing**
You fool...
**[12:33] AbyssKing**
You're just being used by this world!
**[12:55] Nef**
Do you think the dwarves hate us?
**[13:00] Alabaster**
Who knows?
**[13:01] Alabaster**
Those were words tainted with
the darkness of the Abyss King.
**[13:14] AbyssKnight**
The time is ripe.
**[13:17] AbyssKnight**
The time of rebirth...
**[13:20] AbyssKnight**
The time of the ancient king's resurrection!
**[13:27] Satou**
What?
**[13:29] Satou**
The black ring disappeared?
**[13:32] Alabaster**
What?
**[13:35] Alabaster**
The black rings...
**[13:37] Alabaster**
are disappearing?
**[13:46] Emperor**
So, it's finally started?
**[14:07] Hime**
What is happening?!
**[14:15] Granart**
Look out! They're coming!
**[14:22] Satou**
Abyssal monsters?!
**[14:23] Alabaster**
It's too dangerous to fight without
understanding what's happening.
**[14:27] Alabaster**
Let's retreat outside for now!
**[14:35] Satou**
There are so many!
**[14:37] Satou**
Where are they all springing up from?!
**[14:39] Alabaster**
They must have been summoned by someone.
**[14:42] Alabaster**
There are too many of them!
**[14:43] Satou**
In that case...
**[14:45] Satou**
Sensei! Please do it!
**[14:47] Saphir**
Huh? Me?!
**[14:49] Satou**
Do that thing and become a dragon.
**[14:51] Saphir**
No, I can't...
**[14:54] Saphir**
I can't use great power like that in
this land with so little water magic.
**[14:58] Satou**
For real?!
**[15:03] Alabaster**
Satou-kun!
**[15:05] Alabaster**
We fight back!
**[15:16] Hime**
Satou! Behind you!
**[15:20] Marse**
Allow me to at least back you up.
**[15:23] Satou**
Thanks.
**[15:33] Satou**
Hey, Grandpa, what's going on?
**[15:37] Satou**
There's no end to them.
**[15:39] Alabaster**
We can't defeat them all? No other choice...
**[15:44] Alabaster**
Run! This way!
**[15:46] Alabaster**
We'll buy some distance while we can!
**[15:53] Alabaster**
Hmph!
**[16:01] Hime**
Are you okay?
**[16:03] Satou**
I'm fine. This is nothing.
**[16:06] Satou**
I just need a little rest.
**[16:09] Alabaster**
*This is bad.*
**[16:11] Alabaster**
*He's exerted himself too much.*
**[16:13] Alabaster**
*At this rate...*
**[16:18] Alabaster**
I didn't want... to believe it.
**[16:22] Alabaster**
I thought we still had time.
**[16:25] Alabaster**
No, I hoped that was true.
**[16:29] Alabaster**
I was wrong.
**[16:32] Satou**
What is this...?
**[16:43] Alabaster**
The Abyss King... has been fully resurrected!
**[16:56] Satou**
That mass of monsters...
**[17:01] Alabaster**
You can't harness the true power
of the Ring King without all five rings.
**[17:06] Alabaster**
You won't stand a chance
of winning if you fight.
**[17:09] Alabaster**
Would we gather the five rings first,
**[17:12] Alabaster**
or would the Abyss King return first?
**[17:15] Alabaster**
It was a gamble we lost.
**[17:18] Alabaster**
Both me and this world.
**[17:30] Marse**
Satou-kun?!
**[17:33] Satou**
Anyway...
**[17:34] Satou**
we need to run for now,
**[17:35] Satou**
and search for the Ring of Earth.
**[17:37] Satou**
There's still a chance it's not too late!
**[17:42] Alabaster**
He won't let us escape that easily now.
**[17:46] Alabaster**
No, there's nowhere to run to in this world.
**[17:51] Alabaster**
The Abyss King will find us for certain.
**[17:55] Nef**
No way! Then what are we supposed to do?
**[17:58] Alabaster**
Worry not.
**[18:00] Alabaster**
I won't let us go down so easily!
**[18:08] Satou**
Grandpa, what are you doing?
**[18:10] Alabaster**
I'm opening the gate!
**[18:12] Alabaster**
We can't let the Rings fall into
the Abyss King's hands, no matter what!
**[18:17] Satou**
Grandpa!
**[18:18] Alabaster**
Stay back!
**[18:23] Marse**
Please, leave this to me.
**[18:27] Alabaster**
Once the gate closes, even the Abyss
King won't be able to follow you.
**[18:32] Alabaster**
Though, to do that, I'll have to stay
behind and close the gate quickly.
**[18:37] Alabaster**
If we leave it open,
our whole plan will be ruined.
**[18:42] Alabaster**
Satou-kun, you were my hope.
**[18:47] Alabaster**
I'm sorry things have turned out this way,
**[18:50] Alabaster**
but please free the Princesses
from the Rings' fate.
**[18:55] Alabaster**
Please take care of Himeno.
**[19:01] Hime**
No!
**[19:02] Hime**
Grandpa!
**[19:08] Alabaster**
Are you sure about staying here, Marse-dono?
**[19:12] Marse**
I've made my decision to fight
for this world until the end.
**[19:16] Alabaster**
Sorry for making you join me in this.
**[19:20] Marse**
No, fighting alongside
the Great Sage is an honor.
**[21:18] Satou**
Oh, yeah.
**[21:22] Satou**
That's right.
**[21:28] Satou**
It has to be even harder on the others.
**[21:39] (Flashback) Hime**
Grandpa...
**[21:43] (Flashback) Satou**
Have we really come home?
**[22:05] Granart**
Th-This is too tight.
**[22:07] Hime**
Figures it wouldn't fit.
**[22:10] Nef**
What is this thing called?
**[22:13] Hime**
It's a brassiere.
**[22:14] Hime**
Want to try wearing one?
**[22:15] Nef**
Can I?
**[22:18] Nef**
It's a bit tight...
**[22:21] Nef**
It really is strange.
**[22:23] Nef**
It makes me feel a little tense and determined!
**[22:25] Granart**
What's the point of wearing
something so flashy under clothing?
**[22:30] Hime**
Underwear isn't actually meant to be shown off.
**[22:33] Granart**
But you're always
showing off yours, aren't you?
**[22:36] Hime**
Letting a little peak show is actually fine.
**[22:41] Saphir**
Don't go asking her such a crude question.
**[22:44] Granart**
Oh, right! She's seducing our man!
**[22:47] Hime**
Wha?!
**[22:59] Satou**
Hime?
**[23:06] Satou**
Huh?
**[23:07] Satou**
A bra?
**[23:17] Saphir**
Hey, hurry up and produce one that fits me.
**[23:20] Hime**
I don't have any!
**[23:22] Granart**
These clothes have an odd smell.
**[23:25] Hime**
Those are Grandpa's!
**[23:27] Nef**
Krystal-sama! What is "Free Shipping"?!
**[23:35] Hime**
Satou...
**[23:36] Hime**
G-Good morning.
# E11 - Episode 11
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GMKUXP0XW/episode-11)
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***SIGN*** Fashion Center Yoshimura
**[00:01] Nef**
I've finished changing.
**[00:03] Granart**
I'm done, too.
**[00:05] Saphir**
Me, too.
**[00:06] Hime**
Okay, come on out.
**[00:11] Nef**
What do you think?
**[00:12] Hime**
You look really cute!
**[00:15] Granart**
Does this work?
**[00:17] Saphir**
I don't really know, either.
**[00:19] Hime**
You both look good in your outfits!
**[00:21] Hime**
Right, Satou?
**[00:23] Satou**
I think they're good?
**[00:24] Customer**
Huh? Cat-ears? Horns?
**[00:27] Customer**
You think there's some event going on?
**[00:30] Satou**
Unfortunately, their heads
are the biggest problem here.
**[00:33] Hime**
For now, let's just make sure
they don't stand out too much.
**[00:36] Hime**
Hey, look!
**[00:38] Hime**
I think something like this will look good, too!
**[00:40] Hime**
All four of us could wear
different colors of it?
**[00:43] Hime**
So cute!
**[00:44] Satou**
*Hime's having fun.*
**[02:21] Saphir**
Now, what we need to think about is...
**[02:25] Saphir**
what we're going to do from here.
**[02:27] Satou**
So you say,
**[02:28] Satou**
but there was nothing at
the location of the door of light.
**[02:32] Saphir**
It's probably going to be difficult.
**[02:34] Saphir**
I suppose he was known as the Great Sage
because he could wield magic that powerful.
**[02:38] Granart**
We could wait for someone
to come for us from our world,
**[02:42] Granart**
or we can try and uncover
another means to return ourselves.
**[02:45] Granart**
Either way, we currently have no leads.
**[02:48] Granart**
It's looking hopeless.
**[02:50] Saphir**
And we need to fix that.
**[02:52] Saphir**
Aren't you worried about your nation?
**[02:56] Staff**
Would you like to order something?
**[02:57] Nef**
Huh?!
**[02:58] Granart**
Needakitta's destination is chosen
by the Merchant Guild.
**[03:02] Granart**
I'm not worried about my nation.
**[03:04] Nef**
Oh, Romca...
**[03:07] Nef**
still has my brother and the Elder, so...
**[03:10] Hime**
I've been in this world for
the past ten years anyway.
**[03:14] Saphir**
How can you all be so carefree?
**[03:16] Granart**
I haven't given up yet.
**[03:19] Granart**
But now that it's come to this,
**[03:20] Granart**
we have to consider the worst-case scenario.
**[03:26] Granart**
Speaking of which,
**[03:27] Granart**
I'm surprised you can eat
so much while complaining.
**[03:32] Saphir**
But the food here is good!
**[03:34] Saphir**
I'm a sucker for sweets!
**[03:37] Satou**
Do we have enough money?
**[03:40] Hime**
Don't worry. Leave it to me.
**[03:43] Satou**
Huh?
**[03:45] Saphir**
Still, I'm so frustrated.
**[03:48] Saphir**
Even if I know there's nothing
we can do about it,
**[03:50] Saphir**
I still want to keep searching for a way home.
**[03:54] Satou**
But how are we supposed to do that?
**[03:57] Saphir**
If there's a spot dense with magic,
**[03:59] Saphir**
then it should be easy
to connect it to our world.
**[04:01] Saphir**
We'll start by looking for such places!
**[04:07] Saphir**
Even though I got myself super motivated...
**[04:11] Saphir**
we couldn't find any leads.
**[04:15] Granart**
You know, there are only humans in this land,
**[04:19] Granart**
not any of the other races.
**[04:21] Granart**
Okay!
**[04:22] Granart**
Let's start by bringing more
cat-people to this land!
**[04:24] Granart**
Time to make babies!
**[04:26] Hime**
Stop it!
**[04:27] Nef**
I'll do my best to conquer this
ultimate form of outdoors, too.
**[04:31] Nef**
So you should keep giving it
your all, too, Saphir-sama!
**[04:34] Granart**
Now that I think about it, Krystal,
**[04:36] Granart**
what happened to that talk about advancing
your relationship with the Ring King
**[04:40] Granart**
once you came back here?
**[04:41] Hime**
W-Well, that's up to Satou...
**[04:46] Nef**
You promised, right?!
**[04:47] Hime**
Grk!
**[04:51] Hime**
Okay, good night.
**[04:53] Nef**
Good night.
**[04:56] Hime**
It's a bit cramped with four people.
**[04:59] Hime**
So I'm the one sleeping here.
**[05:01] Satou**
Will those three be all right by themselves?
**[05:04] Hime**
They're right next door. They'll be fine.
**[05:14] Satou**
Hey...
**[05:15] Hime**
Yes?!
**[05:16] Satou**
About the money for today's clothes and food...
**[05:20] Hime**
Oh, that.
**[05:22] Hime**
In my room...
**[05:24] Hime**
there was a letter left by Grandpa.
**[05:28] Alabaster**
*If you're reading this,*
**[05:31] Alabaster**
*then things didn't work out.*
**[05:33] Alabaster**
*I'm sorry I couldn't be by your side.*
**[05:36] Alabaster**
*But I'm glad you're safe, Himeno.*
**[05:40] Alabaster**
*You don't need to worry about a thing.*
**[05:42] Alabaster**
*I've left you a home and money.*
**[05:45] Alabaster**
* I laid all the groundwork*
* for you to be able to live here.*
**[05:52] Alabaster**
*I want you to forget about Arnulus,*
**[05:54] Alabaster**
*and live a normal life.*
**[06:01] Hime**
Grandpa...
**[06:03] Hime**
was planning for if this happened.
**[06:06] Hime**
So... he said I don't need to
worry about a thing.
**[06:17] Friend**
I thought you had moved abroad.
**[06:20] Hime**
Well, we ran into a bit of trouble.
**[06:23] Tanaka**
What were you doing all summer break?
**[06:26] Satou**
Just some things.
**[06:29] Satou**
*I thought I'd never have to go to school again.*
**[06:36] Satou**
*Several days passed after that.*
**[06:39] Satou**
* Nefritis began commuting to the library*
* to learn more about this world.*
**[06:45] Satou**
* Granart apparently made friends*
* in the neighborhood.*
**[06:49] Satou**
*Saphir has constantly been lost in thought.*
**[07:07] Hime**
Satou.
**[07:10] Hime**
You've been sneaking out here every night, huh?
**[07:14] Satou**
I don't mind being back,
**[07:17] Satou**
but are the princesses okay
with things being like this?
**[07:20] Hime**
Do you remember what Grandpa said at the end?
**[07:24] Hime**
He wanted you to free the princesses
from the rings' fate.
**[07:31] Hime**
We all have to find our own
happiness in this world.
**[07:36] Hime**
Including you, Satou.
**[07:40] Hime**
Forget about the other world,
**[07:42] Hime**
and find happiness with me here.
**[07:48] Hime**
Please?
**[07:51] Satou**
Find happiness?
**[08:00] Hime**
Satou.
**[08:02] Satou**
Hime.
**[08:06] Hime**
What?!
**[08:08] Satou**
The shrine?!
**[08:15] Satou**
Something's coming from the shrine?
**[08:17] Satou**
A woman?!
**[08:23] Amber**
I've waited a long time.
**[08:28] Amber**
We meet at last,
**[08:33] Amber**
Ring King.
**[08:39] Amber**
Oh, am I interrupting?
**[08:42] Amber**
I'll leave.
**[08:42] Both**
Huh?!
**[08:43] Satou**
Hold on a minute! Did you just say "Ring King"?
**[08:48] Hime**
You wouldn't happen to be...?
**[08:57] Amber**
I'm the one protecting the Ring of Earth,
**[08:59] Amber**
Amber Idanokan.
**[09:01] Satou**
The Ring Princess... was in this world?!
**[09:06] Amber**
It started in the distant past.
**[09:08] Amber**
Once the war with the Abyss King was over,
**[09:11] Amber**
there were only a handful
of dwarves who survived.
**[09:16] Amber**
Eventually the dwarves would die out and
the Land of Earth, Idanokan, would perish.
**[09:21] Amber**
The dwarves accepted their pending ruin,
**[09:23] Amber**
so in order to protect and pass on the ring,
**[09:26] Amber**
they created a vessel that would
withstand the test of time—
**[09:30] Amber**
Amber.
**[09:32] Satou**
Created?
**[09:34] Amber**
I'm a manufactured object.
**[09:37] Amber**
A replica of the dwarf princess.
**[09:41] Amber**
I was transported to this world
along with the ring.
**[09:47] Amber**
In order to prevent anyone
from stealing the ring.
**[09:51] Amber**
In order to deliver it to the Ring King.
**[09:55] Amber**
I've waited for centuries and centuries.
**[09:59] Amber**
And now...
**[10:01] Amber**
the Ring King is here.
**[10:05] Amber**
Now,
**[10:07] Amber**
let us be bound,
**[10:09] Amber**
and then we'll defeat the Abyss King,
**[10:10] Amber**
and bring peace to Arnulus.
**[10:12] Hime**
No!
**[10:14] Hime**
Arnulus is already done for.
**[10:16] Hime**
The Abyss King has returned,
**[10:18] Hime**
and we fled here!
**[10:21] Hime**
We've lost. So...!
**[10:25] Hime**
Satou definitely isn't going back!
**[10:31] Satou**
Hime...
**[10:34] Amber**
I see.
**[10:36] Amber**
So my destiny will go unfulfilled.
**[10:43] Amber**
Tell me if you have a change of heart.
**[10:46] Amber**
I'm accustomed to waiting
for that which never comes.
**[11:00] Granart**
Hey, Satou.
**[11:02] Granart**
Will you be coming home early tomorrow?
**[11:04] Granart**
I'm absolutely bored day after day.
**[11:07] Satou**
I didn't do any of my summer homework,
**[11:10] Satou**
so I'll be stuck with
make-up classes for a while.
**[11:13] Granart**
You're our husband, so we need you to
spend more time with us!
**[11:17] Satou**
R-Right!
**[11:19] Granart**
Even Nefritis has been feeling bored, too.
**[11:22] Satou**
What about the library?
**[11:24] Nef**
Well, you see...
**[11:26] Nef**
After going there every day,
they started recognizing me,
**[11:30] Nef**
and that made it hard to go there anymore...
**[11:32] Granart**
Saphir's been cooped up in
the house this whole time too.
**[11:35] Granart**
Aren't you bored?
**[11:36] Saphir**
Hmm?
**[11:38] Saphir**
Not particularly...
**[11:44] Saphir**
By the way, Ring King.
**[11:46] Saphir**
It looked like you were out late
with Krystal last night.
**[11:49] Saphir**
What were you two doing?
**[11:52] Satou**
Speaking of that, actually...
**[11:55] Hime**
We were just going to
the convenience store for a bit!
**[11:57] Hime**
Right, Satou?!
**[11:58] Satou**
Y-Yeah.
**[12:07] Satou**
Hime,
**[12:08] Satou**
are you sure we should
keep quiet about Amber?
**[12:11] Hime**
What can we do if we go back?
**[12:13] Hime**
Can you really defeat the Abyss King
if we collect all five rings?
**[12:18] Hime**
Can you really defeat
something like that, Satou?
**[12:24] Hime**
We need to find happiness in this world now.
**[12:34] Hime**
Sorry I was late leaving!
**[12:36] Satou**
It's fine.
**[12:39] Hime**
Whoa, let's hurry!
**[12:47] Satou**
Amber? What are you doing?
**[12:49] Amber**
I'm doing what I should be doing.
**[12:52] Satou**
Huh?
**[12:54] Amber**
It's my duty to watch over the Ring King.
**[12:58] Amber**
And it's my destiny
for the Ring King to find me.
**[13:03] Amber**
Yesterday, I heard the voice
of someone searching for me.
**[13:07] Amber**
I thought you had finally come.
**[13:09] Amber**
But...
**[13:10] Amber**
You weren't searching for me.
**[13:15] Amber**
You were searching for the happiness
the Maiden of the Ring of Light spoke of.
**[13:25] Staff**
Come on, come on over, they're cheap!
**[13:29] Satou**
They even have carrots.
**[13:31] Amber**
Apples.
**[13:33] Satou**
Amber?
**[13:35] Amber**
The apples here are exquisite.
**[13:37] Amber**
The people working this shop
**[13:39] Amber**
are the family that have protected
the mountain shrine for generations.
**[13:42] Amber**
Their offerings were always exquisite apples.
**[13:45] Satou**
Wow. I never knew that.
***SIGN*** Exquisite Apples
178 yen apiece
**[13:50] Satou**
Apples, huh?
**[13:54] Satou**
Huh?
**[14:12] Amber**
I can return you to Arnulus.
**[14:16] Amber**
I was granted the power to do that.
**[14:20] Amber**
Once we forge the contract of the rings,
**[14:22] Amber**
I will regain my power,
**[14:24] Amber**
and I can open a door to Arnulus.
**[14:34] Boy**
It's finally over!
**[14:48] Amber**
Where's the Maiden of the Ring of Light?
**[14:50] Satou**
She finished her homework early and went home.
**[14:53] Satou**
Said she had the housework.
**[14:56] Amber**
Ring King, did you intend to return
to Arnulus as soon as possible?
**[15:01] Satou**
That was my intention.
**[15:03] Satou**
But after seeing the look on Hime's face...
**[15:07] Satou**
She might be right that we
won't be able to do anything,
**[15:11] Satou**
even now that we've gathered all the rings.
**[15:13] Amber**
Don't worry.
**[15:16] Amber**
The power of the rings is absolute.
**[15:18] Amber**
You'll definitely be capable
of sealing the Abyss King.
**[15:22] Amber**
That's what I've been taught.
**[15:25] Satou**
Just like the legends claim, huh?
**[15:28] Amber**
I won't force you.
**[15:30] Amber**
The Ring King is the reason I was created,
**[15:34] Amber**
so I'll watch over you until you die.
**[15:37] Satou**
"'Til death do us part," huh?
**[15:39] Amber**
I want to know the reason I was created.
**[15:44] Amber**
I want to learn the value
of the time I spent waiting.
**[15:47] Satou**
That's heavy.
**[15:48] Amber**
I'm not heavy.
**[15:50] Amber**
I was created to weigh
approximately the same as a person.
**[15:53] Satou**
Huh?
**[15:54] Amber**
That was a joke.
**[15:58] Amber**
The Ring Princesses are all the same.
**[16:01] Amber**
We live our lives for the Ring King
and dedicate ourselves to the world.
**[16:05] Amber**
That's the reason we were born.
**[16:07] Amber**
And that duty is never a light one.
**[16:10] Satou**
Their reason for living?
**[16:14] Satou**
*That's... right.*
**[16:20] Satou**
Would you give me your ring?
**[16:23] Amber**
Have you changed your mind?
**[16:25] Satou**
No, I found my answer.
**[16:28] Satou**
I'll do what I need to do.
**[16:32] Amber**
I see.
**[16:35] Amber**
I'm happy.
**[16:38] Satou**
You won't ask me why?
**[16:40] Amber**
Your will is my will.
**[16:44] Amber**
I need no reason.
**[16:46] Satou**
I see.
**[17:11] Satou**
Hime?
**[17:20] Hime**
I'm sorry for startling you.
**[17:23] Hime**
I was remembering Grandpa again.
**[17:27] Hime**
But I'm okay.
**[17:29] Hime**
The tears are just coming
on their own right now.
**[17:32] Hime**
I'm sure... I'll get used to it eventually.
**[17:37] Hime**
That ring...
**[17:40] Satou**
It's the Ring of Earth.
**[17:42] Satou**
Now I've gathered all five rings.
**[17:44] Hime**
You accepted the ring from Amber? Why?
**[17:48] Satou**
We're returning to Arnulus.
**[17:51] Hime**
No! You can't!
**[17:54] Satou**
We're all here right now because
we couldn't collect all five rings.
**[17:59] Satou**
If we have all the rings, then we have to go.
**[18:02] Hime**
I know that!
**[18:04] Hime**
But we were finally able to be together again!
**[18:07] Hime**
If I were to lose you
in that dangerous world...
**[18:12] Satou**
Is that all the duty of the ring
meant to you, Hime?
**[18:18] Satou**
You were my childhood friend
for ten whole years.
**[18:20] Satou**
Those ten years were everything
I ever knew about you, Hime.
**[18:23] Satou**
Yet the duty of the ring was so important
to you that you threw away that decade, right?
**[18:29] Satou**
Your Grandpa asked me to free you
from the duty of the rings,
**[18:33] Satou**
but that doesn't mean running away
from it or forgetting about it.
**[18:37] Satou**
It means truly ending things for good.
**[18:42] Satou**
Let's face this together, Hime.
**[18:45] Satou**
This time, I'll be with you.
**[18:49] Satou**
This duty is no longer yours to bear alone.
**[18:54] Satou**
Your grandpa said it, too.
**[18:56] Satou**
The power of the rings
is the power of our bonds.
**[19:00] Satou**
I love you more than anyone else
in both worlds, Hime.
**[19:05] Satou**
We'll be all right.
**[19:06] Satou**
We won't lose.
**[19:13] Hime**
What is this? You sound like a fool.
**[19:16] Hime**
But I'm relieved.
**[19:18] Hime**
I can't see you losing when you're like that.
**[19:22] Satou**
Hime...
**[19:24] Hime**
Then...
**[19:25] Hime**
I should respond to your love, as well, Satou.
**[19:31] Hime**
Hey, Satou?
**[19:33] Hime**
Shall we fulfill our promise now?
**[19:37] Satou**
Huh? You mean...?
**[19:40] Hime**
Don't make me say it.
**[19:46] Hime**
This is like a dream.
**[19:48] Hime**
Doing this in your room.
**[19:55] Satou**
Hime...
**[20:06] Hime**
I feel like I'm stealing a lead.
**[20:11] Hime**
Makes me feel kind of guilty about the others.
**[20:16] Satou**
I told you you're the only one for me, right?
**[20:20] Hime**
Yeah.
**[20:28] Amber**
I finished preparing the teleportation spell.
**[20:31] Amber**
Now we can return to Arnulus—
**[20:32] Amber**
Ah.
**[20:35] Amber**
Worst timing possible?
**[20:38] Both**
Mhmm. Mhmm!
**[20:40] Amber**
But I can only use
the teleportation spell once.
**[20:44] Amber**
What do we do?
**[20:44] Satou**
We're coming! We'll use it right away!
**[20:47] Satou**
You good with that, Hime?!
**[20:49] Hime**
Y-Yeah!
**[20:53] Granart**
What's the matter, Satou?!
**[20:57] Hime**
It's not—! No, it is what you think, but...!
**[21:01] Granart**
It seems the time has arrived.
**[21:03] Satou**
You noticed?
**[21:05] Granart**
You shouldn't underestimate
the insight of cat people.
**[21:09] Hime**
Granart, um, I'm sorry.
**[21:13] Granart**
No, I understand
what you were thinking, Krystal.
**[21:16] Granart**
We have absolutely no idea
what's happening in our world right now.
**[21:21] Granart**
So I figured I would respect Satou's wishes.
**[21:25] Granart**
Though I was hoping it would go this way.
**[21:28] Saphir**
Hold on a minute.
**[21:29] Saphir**
I don't understand what's going on.
**[21:32] Satou**
We don't really have time
to go into detail right now...
**[21:35] Saphir**
What? So this woman is...
**[21:38] Saphir**
Amber Idanokan, Princess of the Ring of Earth?
**[21:43] Saphir**
We can go home?!
**[21:45] Satou**
Yeah.
**[21:46] Satou**
We can return to Arnulus.
**[21:49] Saphir**
I see.
**[21:51] Saphir**
I see!
**[21:52] Saphir**
We can go home.
**[21:55] Hime**
All right! Preparations all set!
**[21:58] Satou**
Let's go!
**[21:59] Nef**
Huh? Where are we going?
**[22:03] Granart**
Just stay put.
# E12 - Episode 12
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**[00:12] Saphir**
Is this the palace of Idanokan?
**[00:15] Hime**
Were we able to make it back?
**[00:18] Hime**
It's so dark, I can hardly see.
**[00:24] Satou**
Amber?
**[00:30] Amber**
There are no monsters nearby.
**[00:32] Amber**
There's nothing living, either.
**[00:35] Satou**
Are you feeling sad?
**[00:39] Granart**
Be careful.
**[00:41] Granart**
I smell blood.
**[00:44] Group**
Huh?
**[00:47] Granart**
I'm blinded!
**[00:52] Amber**
Is this better?
**[00:53] Satou**
Yeah.
**[01:09] Saphir**
This armor... belongs to imperial soldiers.
**[01:12] Saphir**
They must have fought the monsters here.
**[01:15] Granart**
They couldn't even bury their dead?
**[01:18] Granart**
Just how intense was the fighting?
**[01:21] Nef**
It's possible this world is already...
**[01:29] Satou**
What's wrong?
**[01:39] Soldier**
Go!
**[01:41] Granart**
The Imperial Army!
**[01:42] Granart**
There are some still engaged in combat?!
**[01:45] Hime**
Satou, over there!
**[01:48] Hime**
Satou?
**[01:51] Satou**
Yeah.
**[01:52] Satou**
I know.
**[01:56] Satou**
The Abyss King.
**[03:45] Amber**
If you go down through here, you'll come out
on the flank of the monster horde.
**[03:50] Amber**
You'll be able to catch
the Abyss King by surprise.
**[03:52] Satou**
Yeah.
**[03:53] Hime**
Satou.
**[03:54] Satou**
Don't worry.
**[03:56] Satou**
We have all the rings.
**[03:58] Satou**
I have everyone's power.
**[04:00] Satou**
This is sooner than we expected,
**[04:03] Satou**
but this is what we returned home for.
**[04:09] Saphir**
Please, Ring King.
**[04:11] Saphir**
I'm betting everything on you.
**[04:14] Nef**
I'm sure you'll be fine, Satou-sama.
**[04:18] Satou**
Yeah.
**[04:21] Granart**
We're counting on you, Ring King.
**[04:31] Hime**
Satou.
**[04:42] Hime**
I'll be waiting, okay?
**[04:47] Satou**
All right.
**[04:49] Satou**
I'll be going.
**[05:16] AbyssKing**
You're here,
**[05:19] AbyssKing**
Inheritor of the Rings?
**[05:35] Ring**
You've done well to make it this far.
**[05:38] Ring**
Boy, new King,
**[05:41] Ring**
I'll unite your power.
**[05:53] Satou**
Wow...
**[06:05] Ring**
This time, hold nothing back.
**[06:55] Hime**
He did it!
**[06:58] Granart**
No.
**[07:04] Satou**
No way...
**[07:07] Ring**
How?!
**[07:09] Ring**
The Rings are the manifestation
of the world's order.
**[07:13] Ring**
The Abyss is supposed to perish,
**[07:15] Ring**
and the world is supposed to be saved...
**[07:21] Satou**
Does this mean... I'm not good enough?!
**[07:26] Hime**
Satou!
**[07:30] AbyssKing**
Inheritor of the Rings.
**[07:33] AbyssKing**
So, you are another ignorant puppet?
**[07:37] Saphir**
Oh, no!
**[07:39] Saphir**
No, this can't be!
**[07:41] Saphir**
What about our duty?!
**[07:44] Saphir**
What happened to the legends?!
**[07:47] Granart**
I'm going!
**[07:48] Granart**
We can't afford to lose Satou here!
**[07:58] Amber**
Don't worry.
**[08:00] Amber**
I won't let him die.
**[08:07] Satou**
So, it really is possible to be unable
to move a single finger...
**[08:16] AbyssKing**
Return to the Abyss.
**[08:43] AbyssKing**
Women of the Rings...
**[08:47] Satou**
Everyone? Why are you here?
**[08:51] Granart**
You think we'd just abandon you?!
**[09:26] Satou**
Granart!
**[09:29] Granart**
Damn it! Let me go!
**[09:45] Granart**
Tsk! There are too many.
**[10:02] Hime**
Satou!
**[10:02] Nef**
Satou-sama!
**[10:04] Satou**
Everyone...
**[10:06] Satou**
I'm sorry.
**[10:07] Hime**
Satou!
**[10:12] Satou**
Hime!
**[10:35] Hime**
Good morning, Satou.
**[10:40] Satou**
Hime...
**[10:42] Satou**
Good morning.
**[10:51] Priest**
Do you promise to love and to cherish
one another, in sickness and in health?
**[11:00] Satou**
I do.
**[12:02] Satou**
Grandpa?
**[12:04] Alabaster**
You're awake, Satou-kun?
**[12:07] Satou**
Oh... I guess I died?
**[12:11] Alabaster**
What are you saying?
**[12:14] Alabaster**
We haven't died yet.
**[12:18] Satou**
What's this?
**[12:20] Granart**
Alabaster-dono saved us.
**[12:23] Granart**
That's the Great Sage for you.
**[12:25] Alabaster**
What are you saying?
**[12:27] Alabaster**
I'm not that great.
**[12:28] Alabaster**
Creating an opening and getting
you all away from the Abyss King
**[12:32] Alabaster**
was the best I could manage.
**[12:36] Alabaster**
We really do need the
Ring King's power, after all.
**[12:41] Satou**
Oh, yeah! If you're safe,
then that means Marse-san is...!
**[12:45] Alabaster**
Prince Marse is safe, too, yes.
**[12:50] Alabaster**
It's all thanks to this one.
**[12:55] Satou**
You're...
**[12:57] Smaragdi**
It's been a while, Ring King.
**[13:00] Smaragdi**
I'm from Wind's royal family of Romca,
**[13:02] Smaragdi**
Smaragdi Romca.
**[13:05] Alabaster**
Thanks to Smaragdi,
**[13:08] Alabaster**
we managed to escape from
the Abyss Monsters that surrounded us.
**[13:15] Smaragdi**
I've been watching over
Alabaster-sama for a while.
**[13:20] Smaragdi**
However, once he was faced with danger...
**[13:22] Smaragdi**
I couldn't sit still.
**[13:25] Smaragdi**
Because of that,
I was able to aid Alabaster-sama.
**[13:30] Smaragdi**
Alabaster-sama gave my life
such wonderful meaning.
**[13:36] Smaragdi**
To me, he truly is my one...
**[13:43] Alabaster**
The monsters have withdrawn.
**[13:46] Alabaster**
I believe the Abyss King
has suffered a serious wound, too.
**[13:50] Satou**
I guess I at least had some effect.
**[13:53] Alabaster**
What are you saying?
**[13:55] Alabaster**
It was wonderfully effective.
**[13:57] Alabaster**
We couldn't even get
a single arrow to pierce him.
**[14:03] Alabaster**
You've done well, Satou-kun.
**[14:07] Granart**
Great Sage, what is the overall situation like?
**[14:13] Alabaster**
Shortly after you left,
**[14:14] Alabaster**
the Abyss King's forces
commenced their invasion,
**[14:19] Alabaster**
and the Imperial Army halted their advance
at the Great Mountain Wall.
**[14:23] Alabaster**
I assisted, but...
**[14:25] Alabaster**
there was little we could do
other than run away.
**[14:29] Saphir**
And Maasa?!
**[14:30] Saphir**
What happened to Maasa?!
**[14:32] Alabaster**
Each nation is fighting in different locations.
**[14:37] Alabaster**
Maasa is safe.
**[14:39] Alabaster**
Prince Marse is there, as well.
**[14:42] Alabaster**
Though the number of monsters
just keeps going up, not down.
**[14:48] Alabaster**
The situation is steadily worsening.
**[14:51] Alabaster**
I'm really glad we didn't give up hope.
**[14:55] Alabaster**
I'm glad you all made it back!
**[14:59] Smaragdi**
Alabaster-sama, it's almost dawn.
**[15:02] Alabaster**
The Ring King has returned.
**[15:05] Alabaster**
All the princesses are together, too.
**[15:08] Alabaster**
The morning sun is full of hope.
**[15:18] Citizen**
The Ring King has returned!
**[15:21] Citizen**
All five princesses are with him!
**[15:26] Girl**
I was told I couldn't go outside
because there's lots of monsters.
**[15:29] Girl**
But it'll be okay now that
you're back, right, Ring King?
**[15:34] Satou**
Yeah, leave it to me.
**[15:38] Satou**
I'll save this world!
**[15:44] Alabaster**
Now, we need to talk about what's to come.
**[15:48] Saphir**
Before that, I'd like to hear your excuse.
**[15:52] Saphir**
I thought we were supposed
to be able to defeat the Abyss King
**[15:55] Saphir**
once the Rings were collected?
***SIGN*** STARE...
**[16:00] Satou**
Grandpa, be honest with me.
**[16:03] Satou**
Was my power not enough?
**[16:05] Alabaster**
I have one idea as to why you
weren't able to defeat the Abyss King.
**[16:12] Alabaster**
There was not one mention of
the Black Rings that the Abyss King wore.
**[16:19] Amber**
Black Rings?
**[16:21] Satou**
They looked just like this, only black.
**[16:25] Amber**
That's not in my records.
**[16:27] Amber**
The dwarves didn't know about that, either.
**[16:30] Alabaster**
Still, even in multiple sources,
**[16:34] Alabaster**
it's certain that the Ring King
sealed away the Abyss King.
**[16:38] Alabaster**
However, we don't know how much
power was required to do so.
**[16:43] Saphir**
Then what are you saying we should do?
**[16:46] Alabaster**
There's only one thing we can do.
**[16:49] Alabaster**
We have to draw out even more of
the Rings' power before our next battle!
**[16:53] Alabaster**
Which means Satou-kun needs to strengthen his
bonds with the Ring Princesses even further.
**[16:59] Hime**
Even stronger bonds... Does that mean...?
**[17:02] Granart**
Baby making!
**[17:04] Alabaster**
Well, that's one option.
**[17:06] Hime**
It is?!
**[17:08] Marse**
Satou-kun!
**[17:09] Satou**
Marse-san!
**[17:11] Satou**
What are you doing here?!
**[17:12] Marse**
I received word that you
had returned, and came at once.
**[17:17] Marse**
I wanted to see you as soon as possible.
**[17:21] Alabaster**
Now, moving on to the main topic.
**[17:26] Alabaster**
It's said that the Ring Princesses stood
alongside the Ring King in battle long ago.
**[17:33] Alabaster**
In order to draw out the Rings' power,
**[17:36] Alabaster**
both the will to fight alongside him
**[17:38] Alabaster**
and the strength to carry out
that will may be required.
**[17:43] Granart**
Strength, huh?
**[17:45] Granart**
Saphir, Amber, and I may be fine there...
**[17:48] Nef**
But we're not very helpful.
**[17:50] Alabaster**
So, on that note,
**[17:52] Alabaster**
we'll have everyone acquire the strength
that befits a wife of the Ring King!
**[17:57] Alabaster**
That's right, this training...
**[18:02] Alabaster**
is wife training!
**[18:11] Maid**
This will be your room, Ring King.
**[18:15] Maid**
The Princesses are already waiting for you.
**[18:29] Granart**
Satou, once again, you made up your mind
to fight to save this world for our sakes.
**[18:34] Nef**
So I believe we should
steel our resolve, as well.
**[18:39] Amber**
Ring King, replenish your energy
as much as you need.
**[18:43] Granart**
Now, choose the woman you'd like!
**[18:45] Granart**
Of course, you're welcome
to choose all of us at once!
**[18:48] Satou**
Huh?
**[18:50] Granart**
What's the matter?
Isn't a harem every man's dream?!
**[18:53] Saphir**
Look at what you're doing.
You're troubling the Ring King.
**[18:59] Saphir**
This is the problem with beastmen
who can't read the mood.
**[19:02] Granart**
What?!
***SIGN*** SNAP
**[19:03] Granart**
What did you say?!
**[19:05] Granart**
That's big talk from the shorty
who fell behind her little sister!
**[19:07] Saphir**
Huh?! Saphira has nothing to do with this!
**[19:09] Granart**
What? Did I hit the mark?
You're raising your voice so much.
**[19:13] Saphir**
I am not!
**[19:20] Hime**
Bridal training, huh?
**[19:22] Satou**
You sound happy.
**[19:24] Hime**
Huh? Not particularly.
**[19:26] Hime**
You've been working
so hard for us this whole time,
**[19:29] Hime**
so it's my turn to work hard, too.
**[19:37] Satou**
Is that...?
**[19:39] Hime**
Yeah.
**[19:43] Hime**
In my real family, I had a father,
a mother, and a little sister.
**[19:49] Hime**
My little sister remained in this world,
**[19:52] Hime**
so I haven't seen her in ten years now.
**[19:56] Hime**
My parents are here.
**[19:59] Hime**
Father, Mother, I'm home.
**[20:05] Hime**
It happened when I was little.
**[20:07] Hime**
So I only vaguely remember
what they looked like,
**[20:10] Hime**
but they both risked their lives to protect me.
**[20:20] Hime**
This man...
**[20:22] Hime**
is my husband.
**[20:26] Hime**
Thank you, Satou.
**[20:28] Hime**
I was able to return here, thanks to you.
**[20:36] Alabaster**
Krystal.
**[20:38] Hime**
Grandpa?! How long have you been there?!
**[20:41] Amber**
Since, "Father, Mother, I'm home."
**[20:45] Hime**
That's basically the whole time!
**[20:47] Nef**
I don't think it's anything
to be embarrassed about.
**[20:50] Nef**
I think it was a lovely story.
**[20:53] Alabaster**
By the way, about your magic training.
**[20:56] Hime**
Yeah, I'll do my best!
**[20:58] Hime**
I'm counting on you!
**[20:59] Alabaster**
No, it won't be me.
**[21:02] Alabaster**
I've summoned a teacher
more appropriate for you, Krystal.
**[21:06] Alabaster**
I wanted to let you know,
since they should be arriving soon.
**[21:13] Granart**
What?!
**[21:28] Morion**
Hmm, so you're...
**[21:31] Morion**
You're not too bad.
**[21:38] Morion**
I'm Morion Ravri Nokanatika.
**[21:43] Morion**
Glad to see you,
**[21:45] Morion**
Sister.
**[21:47] Morion**
And...
**[21:49] Morion**
Brother.
**[21:52] Nef**
Brother?
**[21:54] Satou**
Morion Ravri Nokanatika?
**[22:01] Satou**
You're Hime's little sister?!