# Tales of Wedding Rings
Sato is a high school boy in love with his best friend Hime, an unearthly beauty from another realm. So when she moves back to her home world to get married, Sato doesn’t think twice—he follows her and crashes the wedding. Then, after a kiss from Hime, he suddenly becomes the new groom! But here, Hime is a Ring Princess and her husband is destined to be the Ring King: a hero of immense power.
# Season 1
# E1 - Episode 1
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G0DUNKZNX/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
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GVWU0710Q/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?!