E3 - 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...