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.