# Season 1
# E1 - Cast Out
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**[00:00] narrator**
*Heroes.*
**[00:01] narrator**
*Those who lay waste to the unreasonable*
**[00:04] narrator**
*and repaint tragedy in new hues.*
**[00:07] narrator**
*However, an untimely end awaits every hero.*
**[00:11] narrator**
*They are betrayed by someone they trust*
**[00:14] narrator**
*or felled by an enemy's cunning trap.*
**[00:16] narrator**
* They meet such fates*
* possessed of too much power.*
**[00:20] narrator**
* People who fear their great strength*
* avoid and ostracize them,*
**[00:24] narrator**
* while the hero flirts with death*
* over and over.*
**[00:26] narrator**
* And yet, a certain hero*
* continued to save people...*
**[00:30] narrator**
*at the cost of his own heart.*
**[00:34] narrator**
* When at last the world was saved,*
* he prayed to the gods,*
**[00:39] narrator**
*"The next time I am reborn..."*
**[00:50] Bret**
...lan! Alan!
**[00:58] Bret**
You're finally awake, you useless lump.
**[01:00] Bret**
Father is asking for you.
**[01:02] Bret**
Hurry up and get ready.
**[01:06] Bret**
You're no better than garbage,
yet you live so very comfortably.
**[01:09] Bret**
Honestly, Father is far too compassionate.
**[01:13] Bret**
Has he any idea how much I've suffered
having an older brother like you?
**[01:17] Bret**
Either way, it all ends today.
**[01:20] Bret**
The time has finally come!
**[01:27] Craig**
Alan, you were born into the ducal
House of Westfelt fifteen years ago.
**[01:33] Craig**
In all that time, your level has not
increased. You remain level 1.
**[01:37] Craig**
All of your stat values are ordinary.
**[01:39] Craig**
And worst of all, at the blessing
ceremony held the other day,
**[01:43] Craig**
you were granted no gift whatsoever.
**[01:47] Craig**
Every child in this world receives a gift
from the gods as a sign of their favor.
**[01:53] Craig**
To be denied one is utterly unprecedented.
**[01:56] Craig**
Even a fool like you
must understand, do you not?
**[02:01] Alan**
I do.
**[02:03] Craig**
As the heir to the Westfelt family,
you are more than a disappointment.
**[02:08] Craig**
You are a failure who sullies our
family name and brings shame upon it.
**[02:12] Craig**
As such, from today,
starting this very moment,
**[02:16] Craig**
the ducal House of Westfelt...
**[02:20] Craig**
casts you out!
***SIGN*** Episode 1
Cast Out
***SIGN*** Episode 1
Cast Out
**[02:33] Alan**
And with that, I'm officially free.
**[02:35] Alan**
I never dreamed I'd be reincarnated
as the son of such an awful duke.
**[02:41] Alan**
But now I can finally go find my way, can't I?
**[02:46] Alan**
I'll search out the peace I wanted
so badly in my previous life.
**[02:55] Alan**
* I'll head for the borderlands on the*
* eastern edge of the Westfelt territory.*
**[03:01] Alan**
*I have no idea what it's like,*
**[03:04] Alan**
* but I'm sure no one will*
* meddle in my life there.*
**[03:07] Alan**
*I won't get caught up in any trouble.*
**[03:09] Alan**
*I can just live a nice, simple life.*
**[03:14] Alan**
*And unlike my last one...*
**[03:16] Alan**
*no one will be afraid of me.*
**[03:26] Alan**
Welp, I've walked quite a ways.
**[03:28] Alan**
This oughta be a good place to...
**[03:34] Alan**
That looks like a rather dire situation.
**[03:52] Béatrice**
*It's no use.*
**[03:53] Béatrice**
* I keep cutting them down,*
* but they regenerate!*
**[03:55] Béatrice**
*I've never heard of monsters like these.*
**[03:58] Béatrice**
*At this rate, they'll get to Lise-sama!*
**[04:00] Lise**
Béatrice!
**[04:04] Béatrice**
Please flee, Lise-sama!
**[04:07] Béatrice**
I will hold these monsters at bay!
**[04:09] Lise**
I can't run away and leave you behind!
**[04:12] Béatrice**
You must survive and fulfill your duty!
**[04:15] Alan**
The first princess of the
Kingdom of Adoastella,
**[04:19] Alan**
Lise Adoastella...
**[04:23] Alan**
What's she doing in a place like this?
**[04:28] (Flashback) noble A**
Look, it's that failure
everyone is talking about.
**[04:32] (Flashback) noble B**
I see. His face looks just as
cowardly as the rumors say.
**[04:35] (Flashback) noble A**
Imagine *that* being the next heir
to a prominent ducal house of Adoastella.
**[04:40] (Flashback) noble B**
I'm sure Duke Craig must be beside himself.
**[04:43] (Flashback) noble B**
To lose his lady wife and be left with
that failure of a son as a reminder...
**[04:48] (Flashback) young Lise**
Apologize!
**[04:54] (Flashback) young Lise**
Alan-kun is... Alan-kun is
perfectly praiseworthy!
**[04:57] (Flashback) young Lise**
He isn't a failure!
**[05:06] Alan**
* If possible, I wanted to avoid using my powers*
* from my last life in front of anyone.*
**[05:25] Alan**
*But...*
**[05:27] Alan**
If someone who believed in
me is in trouble, then...
**[05:42] Lise**
*Death is closing in right before my eyes,*
**[05:46] Lise**
*so why is* he *the only thing
filling my mind right now?*
**[05:51] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[05:56] Alan**
I must have imagined it.
**[05:58] Alan**
It felt like someone called my name just now.
**[06:10] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[06:14] Lise**
Why are you here?
**[06:19] Alan**
We can discuss the details later!
**[06:25] Alan**
Code Akashic, Divine Eyes!
**[06:30] Alan**
*Sorcerous life-forms. Clay wolves.*
**[06:33] Alan**
*As I thought, they appear to have cores.*
**[06:35] Alan**
*So if I break those, we'll be done here.*
**[06:38] Alan**
World End, A Hundred Flowers Bloom!
***SIGN*** A
***SIGN*** A Hundred
***SIGN*** A Hundred Flowers
***SIGN*** A Hundred Flowers Bloom
**[06:59] Lise**
Incredible.
**[07:02] Lise**
Béatrice! Béatrice, please hold on!
**[07:06] Béatrice**
I'm so sorry, Lise-sama...
**[07:10] Béatrice**
that I should fall in a place like this...
**[07:16] Lise**
Don't say that!
**[07:19] Béatrice**
I am in your debt, Alan-dono.
**[07:23] Alan**
Béatrice-san, right? It's been a while.
**[07:25] Alan**
Wait a moment. I'll heal your wounds for you.
**[07:28] Béatrice**
What are you talking about?
**[07:31] Alan**
Parallel Paradox,
**[07:32] Alan**
Magic: Healing Light.
**[07:40] Béatrice**
I don't believe it!
**[07:41] Béatrice**
Such wounds, gone without a trace?
**[07:44] Lise**
Even your armor has been restored.
**[07:46] Lise**
Alan, what is that power?
**[07:49] Alan**
Er, how should I put this...?
**[07:52] Alan**
* It's not like I can just tell them,*
* "It's a power I inherited from my last life!"*
**[07:57] Béatrice**
Could it be a gift of a rank
the church is unaware of?
**[08:02] Lise**
Yes, in that case,
this would all make sense.
**[08:04] Alan**
Huh? O-Oh, yeah!
**[08:06] Alan**
That's about the size of it.
**[08:09] Alan**
Be that as it may, you're the first princess.
**[08:12] Alan**
What are you doing out in the borderlands?
**[08:17] Lise**
The other day, I received
a divine revelation.
**[08:20] Alan**
A revelation?
**[08:21] Alan**
Oh, like a prophecy from the gods
that uses a person's gift, right?
**[08:26] Lise**
In truth, we weren't imparted
any precise information.
**[08:31] Lise**
But if we heed their words,
we can prevent misfortune.
**[08:35] Béatrice**
We were guided by the revelation
toward Kloom Village in the borderlands,
**[08:40] Béatrice**
but we suddenly found ourselves under attack.
**[08:42] Béatrice**
If not for you, I don't know
what would have become of us.
**[08:46] Alan**
I didn't do anything much.
**[08:47] Lise**
Now, why are *you* here, Alan-kun?
**[08:51] Alan**
Well... we shouldn't sit around
talking in a place like this.
**[08:54] Alan**
Why don't we continue this in the wagon?
**[08:56] Lise**
What? But the wagon is broken.
**[08:59] Alan**
Parallel Paradox, Magic: Healing Light.
**[09:12] Lise**
You were cast out?!
**[09:14] Lise**
How could the Westfelt family
treat you so cruelly?
**[09:18] Alan**
Well, now I'm traveling
to the borderlands like you two.
**[09:23] Alan**
But are you sure?
**[09:25] Lise**
About what?
**[09:26] Alan**
I mean, the power I used just now would be
extremely useful to the kingdom, wouldn't it?
**[09:32] Alan**
Are you sure about letting someone
like me wander free?
**[09:35] Béatrice**
It's true that if we think
of the kingdom's best interests,
**[09:38] Béatrice**
we should probably return you
to the House of Westfelt.
**[09:42] Lise**
No. I will put my friend before the kingdom.
**[09:46] Lise**
Although I'm sure that makes
me unfit as royalty.
**[09:50] Lise**
Even so, a country surviving
at the expense of someone's life...
**[09:54] Lise**
I think that's wrong.
**[09:56] Alan**
Lise...
**[09:59] Alan**
Thank you.
**[10:00] Lise**
You're quite welcome.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[10:09] Béatrice**
This village is awfully quiet.
**[10:12] Béatrice**
Doesn't anyone live here?
**[10:14] Lise**
You don't suppose it's been attacked by
monsters and fallen into ruin, do you?
**[10:17] Alan**
I don't think so.
**[10:19] Lise**
What?
**[10:20] Alan**
I don't sense the presence of monsters
anywhere in the surrounding area.
**[10:25] Béatrice**
Come to think of it,
ever since you joined us on the way here,
**[10:29] Béatrice**
we haven't been attacked by monsters once.
**[10:32] Lise**
Perhaps they've all been
subdued by adventurers?
**[10:35] Alan**
Or they're afraid of something
and avoiding the village.
**[10:40] Lise**
Oh! Alan-kun, there are some
villagers over there.
**[10:46] Béatrice**
I see. So the villagers were
all gathered here.
**[10:50] Lise**
I wonder what's going on.
**[10:52] village chief**
Get out!
**[10:56] village chief**
I have nothing more to say to you!
**[11:00] Akira**
Ow, ow, ow...
**[11:02] Akira**
Come on. What am I supposed to do here?
**[11:08] Lise**
You must be the light that was spoken of...
**[11:11] Lise**
Akira-san!
**[11:15] Akira**
And you're... Who are you, again?
**[11:19] Lise**
Lise! Lise Adoastella!
**[11:23] Lise**
When you came to the royal capital,
**[11:25] Lise**
I showed you around the palace
and shared meals with you!
**[11:28] Akira**
Sorry, sorry. I'm just really bad
at remembering names.
**[11:32] Lise**
It sounded to me like you'd forgotten
my existence along with my name!
**[11:38] Alan**
So, it seems you two know each other.
**[11:40] Alan**
But what's this "light"
you were talking about?
**[11:45] Béatrice**
Alan-dono, have you heard
of a gift called Braver?
**[11:49] Alan**
Braver?
**[11:50] Béatrice**
It's a special gift bestowed upon
but one person in a generation.
**[11:54] Béatrice**
It grants the power of a thousand warriors.
It's the strongest gift.
**[11:57] Béatrice**
The bearer is, in other words, a hero.
**[12:00] Lise**
This is Akira Kazaragi.
She's the current hero.
**[12:04] Béatrice**
And Lise-sama's revelation
this time proclaimed,
**[12:07] Béatrice**
"Become a guide for the light
and clear away the darkness."
**[12:10] Alan**
Which basically means
you need to save the hero, right?
**[12:18] Akira**
I'm starving.
**[12:22] Alan**
Hunting down a dragon?
**[12:24] Akira**
I'm just traveling, wandering
around wherever, you know?
**[12:30] Akira**
But while passing close to this village,
**[12:33] Akira**
I happened to run into a kid.
**[12:36] Akira**
She said she was nearly given to the dragon
who'd settled in the mountains as a sacrifice.
**[12:41] Akira**
Apparently, she'd run away.
**[12:43] Akira**
So I came to get the details
from the village chief.
**[12:46] Akira**
As you saw, he didn't want to talk
and told me to keep out of it.
**[12:53] Lise**
Then the villagers were threatened by the
dragon and forced to offer a sacrifice?
**[12:57] Alan**
No, I don't think that's it.
**[12:59] Lise**
What?
**[13:00] Béatrice**
You can't mean...
**[13:01] Alan**
I think that this village means
to offer a sacrifice to the dragon
**[13:04] Alan**
in order to receive its protection.
**[13:07] Alan**
For a small village like this, monster
attacks are a matter of life and death.
**[13:12] Béatrice**
*That's* why there's an unnatural lack
of monsters in the area!
**[13:17] Alan**
The monsters are scared of the dragon,
so they don't come near.
**[13:20] Akira**
Based on the chief's reaction just now,
that would check out.
**[13:24] Akira**
Well, guardian dragons and sacrifices are
things you hear about a lot, right?
**[13:29] Lise**
Akira-san, where is the child who
was offered up as a sacrifice?
**[13:34] Akira**
I've got her hiding in a cave nearby
until things are sorted out.
**[13:37] Akira**
If I'd brought her here, who knows
what the villagers might have done?
**[13:41] Akira**
Now then...
**[13:43] Akira**
We've filled our bellies,
**[13:45] Akira**
and there's nothing left to do in this town.
**[13:47] Akira**
I guess I'll go defeat the dragon.
**[13:49] Akira**
If you want to tag along, suit yourselves.
**[13:53] Alan**
There's one thing I'd like to ask.
**[13:55] Alan**
The people of this village might not
want to be freed from the dragon.
**[14:00] Alan**
You'd go defeat it in spite of that?
**[14:04] Akira**
That kid wanted me to save her.
**[14:08] Akira**
So I will.
**[14:09] Akira**
That's all.
**[14:12] Lise**
I'll go with her.
**[14:15] Lise**
Since I received a revelation... No.
**[14:18] Lise**
I'm going because I want to.
**[14:20] Lise**
I promise I won't be a hindrance.
**[14:22] Béatrice**
You heard her. We'll be joining
Akira-dono in defeating the dragon.
**[14:28] Béatrice**
Thank you for accompanying us this far.
**[14:30] Alan**
No, I'm going too.
**[14:32] Lise**
But what about your own journey, Alan-kun?
**[14:34] Alan**
Running off to enjoy peace and quiet
while my friends are in danger?
**[14:39] Alan**
I'm not that shameless, you know?
**[14:42] Lise**
Alan-kun...
**[14:47] Lise**
So this is the mountain
where the dragon lives...
**[14:50] Akira**
Okay, let's have a strategy meeting.
**[14:53] Akira**
I'll head for the peak on the
mountain road in the front.
**[14:56] Akira**
The rest of you will use a side road
to circle around the back.
**[14:59] Akira**
We'll pincer the dragon.
**[15:01] Lise**
You'll take the front alone, Akira-san?
**[15:04] Akira**
What? Don't think I can win?
**[15:06] Lise**
No, that isn't what I meant!
**[15:09] Alan**
Wouldn't it be better
for me to take the front?
**[15:12] Akira**
No. I refuse.
**[15:13] Alan**
Huh?
**[15:14] Akira**
I mean, if I leave that to you,
**[15:16] Akira**
I get the feeling you'd
clean house all by yourself.
**[15:19] Alan**
I think you're overestimating me.
**[15:21] Akira**
No. I can tell.
**[15:24] Akira**
You're not ordinary, are you?
**[15:30] Akira**
I'd like to try sparring with you,
but defeating the dragon comes first.
**[15:35] Akira**
Once we've taken care of that,
go a round or two with me.
**[15:38] Alan**
All right.
**[15:39] Akira**
Then I'll go on ahead!
**[15:42] Akira**
Hurry up and get to the top.
**[15:43] Akira**
If you don't, I'll crush
the thing all on my own.
**[15:48] Béatrice**
Given her enthusiasm, she really seems
like she might defeat it on her own.
**[15:52] Alan**
Well, shall we get going too?
**[15:54] Lise**
Yes.
**[16:01] Alan**
Are you all right?
**[16:02] Lise**
Thank you, Alan-kun!
**[16:04] Lise**
But I'm fine!
**[16:05] Lise**
Despite appearances, I have something
of an interest in self-defense.
**[16:09] Alan**
Just don't push yourself.
**[16:10] Lise**
I won't!
**[16:11] Béatrice**
This may be the borderlands, but still,
**[16:14] Béatrice**
for the Westfelts who pride themselves
on their military strength,
**[16:18] Béatrice**
to not have noticed a dragon is just...
**[16:21] Lise**
They've always been aggressive
about getting rid of monsters.
**[16:26] Alan**
I think they probably do know.
**[16:28] Lise; Béatrice**
What?
**[16:30] Alan**
This area may be remote,
**[16:33] Alan**
but for a dragon that
can fly through the skies...
**[16:36] Alan**
the Westfelts are practically
right in front of it.
**[16:39] Alan**
They would never let
such a dangerous situation stand.
**[16:43] Lise**
Then, if they know, why simply let it be?
**[16:46] Alan**
I suspect my former family
and this dragon are connected.
**[16:51] Alan**
Kloom Village was probably built
for the purpose of offering up a sacrifice.
**[16:56] Béatrice**
The House of Westfelt is borrowing
the power of a dragon
**[16:59] Béatrice**
to maintain peace in the borderlands.
**[17:02] Béatrice**
Is that what you're saying?
**[17:03] Alan**
It's just a guess based on the situation.
**[17:06] Alan**
The actual terms of the
agreement are likely...
**[17:18] Akira**
Attacking so suddenly...
**[17:20] Akira**
At least let me introduce myself.
**[17:25] Akira**
Strike, Lightning Sovereign!
**[17:37] Red Dragon King**
What's wrong, little human?
**[17:39] Red Dragon King**
Have you come here to play?
**[17:42] Akira**
That's some arrogant
condescension right there.
**[17:45] Akira**
Fine. If that's how you want to roll,
I won't hold back either.
**[17:49] Akira**
First, I'll drag you down from there!
**[17:52] Red Dragon King**
Are you sure?
**[17:54] Red Dragon King**
That one will get caught in the fight.
**[18:01] Sara**
Hero, please save me...
**[18:05] Akira**
You dirty little...
**[18:07] Akira**
What's the meaning of this?!
**[18:10] Red Dragon King**
You still don't understand?
**[18:12] Red Dragon King**
It's obvious, isn't it?
I let her go on purpose.
**[18:16] Akira**
You what?
**[18:17] Red Dragon King**
For what reason do you
suppose I desire sacrifices?
**[18:21] Red Dragon King**
It isn't that I wish to devour humans.
**[18:24] Red Dragon King**
I simply want to see your
faces steeped in despair.
**[18:28] Red Dragon King**
I am long-lived, and this serves
as the perfect way to kill time.
**[18:34] Red Dragon King**
I watched from here to see what might
happen if I let a sacrifice escape.
**[18:40] Red Dragon King**
I never imagined that it would lead
to such delightful entertainment.
**[18:43] Red Dragon King**
You vowing to defeat me like that...
I nearly split my sides laughing.
**[18:48] Akira**
*This piece of trash...*
**[18:55] Akira**
Braver, Azure Lightning of Destruction...
**[18:58] Akira**
Final Strike!
**[19:05] Akira**
Repent in the world beyond,
you piece of garbage!
**[19:10] Red Dragon King**
Well?
**[19:13] Red Dragon King**
I took the hit. Don't tell me
that was you being serious.
**[19:17] Akira**
Impossible...
**[19:22] Red Dragon King**
You aren't all bluster, are you?
**[19:24] Red Dragon King**
Calling yourself a hero with
those sword skills is laughable.
**[19:28] Akira**
* I knew there was a difference*
* in our strength,*
**[19:30] Akira**
*but not this great.*
**[19:34] Red Dragon King**
You didn't do much to relieve my boredom,
**[19:37] Red Dragon King**
but that's enough now.
**[19:41] Akira**
*I can't even lift a finger.*
**[19:44] Red Dragon King**
Die.
**[19:53] Alan**
I wasn't waiting for the right
moment or anything.
**[19:57] Akira**
You...
**[19:59] Alan**
But I guess it plays out the same either way.
**[20:02] Béatrice**
Akira-dono!
**[20:03] Lise**
Akira!
**[20:05] Lise**
Please, hold on!
**[20:07] Alan**
Now, you were saying some
pretty arrogant things.
**[20:10] Alan**
But of course, you aren't all bluster,
aren't you?
**[20:16] Alan**
Sorry, Lise. Take care of Akira for me.
**[20:19] Alan**
Béatrice-san, you take the girl.
**[20:20] Lise**
I will!
**[20:21] Béatrice**
Understood!
**[20:22] Alan**
World End...
**[20:24] Alan**
Killing Fiend's Longsword!
**[20:32] Red Dragon King**
How?!
**[20:33] Red Dragon King**
How are you able to wound me?
**[20:36] Red Dragon King**
And with a dull blade like that?
**[20:38] Alan**
Now that's just rude.
**[20:40] Alan**
I mean, it isn't a famous named sword,
**[20:42] Alan**
but I'm rather fond of it.
**[20:45] Red Dragon King**
It has been said that I am
the closest thing to a god.
**[20:48] Red Dragon King**
I am the Red Dragon King!
**[20:50] Red Dragon King**
And you, a mere human, have wounded me?
**[20:56] Alan**
* It's true that this dragon is strong,*
* with power that sets it apart.*
**[20:59] Alan**
* But thanks to Akira, I was able to*
* gather solid information on the dragon.*
**[21:04] Alan**
* World End should take it down,*
* no problem.*
**[21:07] Alan**
* Akira risked her life to buy*
* us time. For her sake too...*
**[21:10] Alan**
I won't be beaten here!
**[21:27] Red Dragon King**
Go ahead and try it! If you don't mind
dragging them into the fight, that is!
**[21:31] Alan**
You like to play dirty, don't you?
**[21:35] Red Dragon King**
You should be honored.
**[21:36] Red Dragon King**
I have acknowledged you as my enemy!
**[21:39] Red Dragon King**
I won't hesitate to use any means necessary!
**[21:45] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[21:51] Alan**
* Ever since I became someone*
* people call a failure,*
**[21:54] Alan**
*I haven't been able to face it.*
**[21:57] Alan**
* The way she's looking at me...*
* Things are different this life.*
**[22:04] Red Dragon King**
You'd still come for me?
**[22:06] Red Dragon King**
Then all of you can die together!
**[22:10] Alan**
World End,
**[22:12] Alan**
Ultimate Skill...
**[22:14] Alan**
Flash!
**[22:27] Red Dragon King**
It can't be. This isn't...
**[22:30] Red Dragon King**
They didn't tell me anything about...
**[22:49] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[22:55] Alan**
I think I'm tired after that.
**[23:01] Akira**
Huh?
**[23:03] Akira**
What happened with the dragon?
**[23:10] Alan**
* On the princess's rescue mission,*
* I helped the hero defeat a dragon.*
**[23:14] Alan**
* This is far from the peaceful*
* life I was after,*
**[23:17] Alan**
* but if someone who believes*
* in me is in trouble, then...*
**[23:21] Lise**
Alan-kun.
**[23:31] Alan**
* Then it might be all right*
* to take a little detour.*
**[23:35] Alan**
*That's what I think.*
***SIGN*** The Master Blacksmith of the Sacred Sword
**[23:45] Lise**
Next time: "The Master Blacksmith
of the Sacred Sword."
# E2 - The Master Blacksmith of the Sacred Sword
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**[00:05] Lise**
Good morning.
**[00:07] Alan**
Sorry. I only meant
to rest for a little while.
**[00:11] Lise**
Please, don't let it bother you.
**[00:13] Lise**
That battle with the dragon
must have left you tired, Alan.
**[00:19] Alan**
What about the others?
**[00:21] Lise**
Just over there.
**[00:26] Alan**
They seem full of energy.
**[00:28] Lise**
Alan...
**[00:31] Lise**
Um, it's about, well, you know.
**[00:48] Alan**
Among the homes of the needy, there travels
a woman who can heal any wound or illness,
**[00:53] Alan**
a miraculous saintess.
**[00:56] Alan**
I'd heard rumors, but I never
imagined they were about you, Lise.
**[01:00] Lise**
I'm sorry I never told you.
**[01:04] Alan**
Don't beat yourself up over it.
**[01:06] Lise**
But...
**[01:07] Alan**
Whether you're a princess or a saintess,
**[01:10] Alan**
to me, you'll always be you, Lise.
**[01:13] Lise**
Alan...
**[01:17] Akira**
Hey, Alan!
**[01:19] Akira**
Come spar with me!
**[01:22] Alan**
Well, duty calls.
**[01:24] Akira**
Hurry up and get over here!
**[01:25] Béatrice**
I would also ask for a round of instruction!
**[01:27] Alan**
Yes, I'm coming!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 2
The Master Blacksmith of the Sacred Sword
***SIGN*** Episode 2
The Master Blacksmith of the Sacred Sword
**[03:01] Akira**
Well, I'll see you around sometime.
**[03:04] Alan**
You could ride with us
to the nearest village.
**[03:07] Akira**
I'm not good with wagons and stuff.
**[03:10] Akira**
Walking wherever my mood takes
me suits me much better.
**[03:16] Lise**
Akira, are you certain
you want to look after her?
**[03:20] Akira**
She's gotten so attached to me.
**[03:22] Akira**
I'll take her with me as I
continue on my journey.
**[03:25] Akira**
She says she doesn't have any family,
**[03:28] Akira**
and it's not like I can send
her back to that village.
**[03:32] Lise**
That's true.
**[03:34] Lise**
Isn't that wonderful?
**[03:35] Sara**
Yes!
**[03:38] Akira**
I'm sorry about your sword, Alan.
**[03:41] Alan**
It's not your fault it broke, Akira.
**[03:43] Akira**
No...
**[03:45] Akira**
But that dragon was a foe
*I* was meant to defeat,
**[03:48] Akira**
and all I did was rely on you for everything.
**[03:51] Akira**
I'm really not fit to be a hero, am I?
**[03:55] Akira**
This divine sword, too...
**[03:57] Akira**
Maybe someone like you should be
the one carrying it.
**[04:01] Alan**
I was only able to defeat the dragon
because you fought it first.
**[04:05] Akira**
Alan...
**[04:07] Alan**
Besides, the only hero that exists
for this girl is you, Akira.
**[04:14] Akira**
Come on! We're going!
**[04:19] Akira**
Quit dawdling!
**[04:23] Sara**
Wait for me!
**[04:27] Lise**
Take care of yourselves!
**[04:29] Béatrice**
They seem good for each other.
**[04:31] Lise**
Don't they?
**[04:36] Craig**
I see.
**[04:38] Craig**
So the Red Dragon King was struck down.
**[04:40] Horace**
*Yes.*
**[04:41] Craig**
Lure the hero in...
**[04:43] Craig**
and dispose of her. That was the plan.
**[04:45] Craig**
For her to best him instead...
**[04:48] Craig**
Did we overestimate the dragon? Or...
**[04:53] Horace**
*It appears the saintess lent a hand.*
**[04:59] Craig**
So we mustn't scorn the
saintess's power. Is that it?
**[05:02] Bret**
Blast it!
**[05:04] Bret**
How could this be?
**[05:06] Bret**
If only the clay wolves had killed them!
**[05:10] Bret**
Next time, we'll send a huge pack
**[05:12] Bret**
and ensure their complete obliteration!
**[05:15] Craig**
Calm yourself, Bret.
**[05:18] Craig**
There's the issue of materials.
**[05:20] Craig**
With the Red Dragon King felled,
**[05:23] Craig**
we cannot afford to waste
sorcerous life-forms.
**[05:25] Bret**
But Father, at this rate, we're simply
allowing the hero and saintess to escape!
**[05:30] Craig**
What do you mean?
**[05:32] Craig**
As long as they remain
within the borderlands, we'll have
**[05:35] Craig**
any number of opportunities
to consign them to oblivion.
**[05:37] Craig**
More importantly...
**[05:39] Craig**
Have you discovered
the whereabouts of that elf?
**[05:42] Horace**
*There's no need to rush me.*
**[05:44] Horace**
*I'll send you the elf's head soon enough.*
**[05:47] Horace**
*Now, if you'll excuse me...*
**[05:51] Craig**
We'll entomb those infuriating
puppets of the divine...
**[05:55] Craig**
and have our revenge on both
this kingdom and the gods.
**[06:00] Alan**
You're friends with a smith, Lise?
**[06:02] Lise**
She lives in a village not far
from here called Granholm.
**[06:07] Lise**
I was thinking perhaps she
could make a new sword for you.
**[06:11] Alan**
I didn't know there were towns
out in the borderlands.
**[06:14] Béatrice**
The smith is a peculiar elf,
but her skills are sound.
**[06:18] Lise**
I just... really want
to apologize to you, Alan.
**[06:22] Alan**
Apologize?
**[06:23] Lise**
My revelation is the reason
you got caught up in everything.
**[06:27] Lise**
Of course, we'll only do this
if it's okay with you, Alan.
**[06:32] Alan**
In that case, I'd appreciate it.
**[06:34] Lise**
Leave everything to me!
**[06:35] Alan**
But Lise, don't you need
to go back to the capital?
**[06:39] Alan**
You are the princess, after all.
**[06:42] Lise**
Béatrice is here with me,
**[06:45] Lise**
and I've already contacted Father.
There's no issue whatsoever.
**[06:48] Alan**
That's good, then.
**[06:56] Béatrice**
Lady Lise, I'll start a fire.
Please wait a moment.
**[07:00] Alan**
Parallel Paradox: Create Fire!
**[07:05] Lise**
Wow, incredible!
**[07:09] Béatrice**
Wh-Wh-Wha—?
**[07:21] Lise**
I-I-I'm so sorry!
**[07:23] Alan**
It's all right.
**[07:26] Béatrice**
Since you're engaged to each other,
**[07:28] Béatrice**
surely it's fine to lay your head in his lap.
**[07:34] Lise**
H-He's my *former* fiancé!
**[07:36] Béatrice**
Ah, yes, that's right.
**[07:39] Alan**
You can go ahead and fall asleep
like that. I don't mind at all.
**[07:43] Lise**
Well, I do mind!
**[07:59] Alan**
*Passing the time like this...*
**[08:01] Alan**
* I don't think I've done it*
* since reincarnating into this world.*
**[08:06] Alan**
* We first met on a beautiful*
* moonlit night like this, didn't we?*
**[08:15] (Flashback) 5 year old Lise**
The moon is lovely, isn't it?
**[08:18] (Flashback) 5 year old Alan**
Who are you?
**[08:20] (Flashback) 5 year old Lise**
I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself.
I'm Lise Adoastella.
**[08:26] (Flashback) 5 year old Lise**
Um, I'm looking forward
to getting to know you, Lord Alan.
**[08:30] (Flashback) 5 year old Alan**
Getting to know me?
**[08:31] (Flashback) 5 year old Lise**
W-Well, um...
**[08:33] (Flashback) 5 year old Lise**
Lord Alan, you and I are...
**[08:36] (Flashback) 5 year old Lise**
betrothed.
**[08:39] (Flashback) 5 year old Lise**
That's what I've been told.
**[08:41] (Flashback) 5 year old Alan**
What?
**[08:47] Alan**
*The peaceful life I've so longed for...*
**[08:50] Alan**
*Maybe it's something like this.*
**[08:55] Lise**
Welcome to Granholm.
**[08:58] Alan**
It's so lively here that I'd never
guess it was in the borderlands.
**[09:02] Béatrice**
Adventurers and wanderers
with particular circumstances...
**[09:06] Béatrice**
Such folk gather here precisely
because it's in the borderlands.
**[09:11] Alan**
I see.
**[09:18] Alan**
So, Lise, this is...
**[09:21] Alan**
where your smith friend lives?
**[09:24] Lise**
I'm positive she'll forge
the perfect sword for you, Alan!
**[09:30] Béatrice**
This is strange.
**[09:32] Béatrice**
Normally, you'd hear the ringing of a sword
being struck even out here.
**[09:36] Lise**
Perhaps she's gone somewhere?
**[09:38] Béatrice**
That woman? Whose only interest
is in forging swords?
**[09:43] Alan**
Hey, Lise?
**[09:45] Alan**
The door doesn't seem to be locked.
**[09:52] Lise**
Noelle?
**[09:53] Lise**
Are you here? Noelle?
**[09:59] Alan**
These are all finely crafted pieces.
**[10:02] Alan**
They're far better than my sword.
**[10:07] Alan**
Lise, are you all right?
**[10:09] Lise**
Noelle is...
**[10:11] Lise**
Noelle has...
**[10:14] Lise**
Noelle...
**[10:18] Alan**
Keep your spirits up.
**[10:20] Béatrice**
Lady Lise, have you forgotten?
**[10:22] Béatrice**
This is normal for her.
**[10:28] Alan**
She's sleeping?
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[10:36] Alan**
So every time she collapses
from exhaustion, you heal her, Lise?
**[10:43] Lise**
Yes. It's been a while, so I was taken aback.
**[10:47] Béatrice**
Once Mistress Noelle begins forging a sword,
she doesn't eat, drink, or sleep.
**[10:52] Béatrice**
Most of the time, she doesn't stop at all.
**[10:56] Lise**
I've told her to take care of herself.
**[10:59] Lise**
I've told her so many times, and yet...
**[11:04] Noelle**
I slept great.
**[11:08] Noelle**
What's this?
**[11:09] Noelle**
Lise and Béatrice? It's been a while.
**[11:12] Noelle**
Who is he?
**[11:14] Lise**
Oh, um...
**[11:16] Béatrice**
He's serving as Lady Lise's guard
with me. This is Master Alan.
**[11:21] Alan**
Nice to meet you.
**[11:23] Noelle**
I see.
**[11:25] Noelle**
You want me to forge
a sword for him, right?
**[11:27] Lise**
Yes! You really are quick
to grasp a situation, Noelle.
**[11:30] Noelle**
I can't do it.
**[11:31] Lise**
What? Why not?
**[11:34] Noelle**
I've got orders piled up right now.
I'm insanely busy.
**[11:38] Alan**
She's your friend?
**[11:39] Lise**
H-Honest! At least...
that's how I think of us, anyway.
**[11:46] Noelle**
Lise and I are friends,
but that has nothing to do with this.
**[11:50] Béatrice**
If you haven't got the time, then so be it.
**[11:52] Noelle**
Besides...
**[11:53] Noelle**
he already has a sword.
**[11:55] Alan**
No, this one is broken.
**[11:58] Noelle**
What? You broke it?
**[12:00] Noelle**
Someone with lackluster skills
carrying one of my blades would be...
**[12:11] Noelle**
*This sword was used to its absolute limit.*
**[12:14] Noelle**
*It's completely dead.*
**[12:17] Noelle**
*How could anyone even manage this?*
**[12:20] Noelle**
I've changed my mind.
**[12:21] Noelle**
I'll forge him a sword.
**[12:22] Lise**
Really?
**[12:24] Noelle**
Before that, let me ask one thing.
**[12:27] Noelle**
Do you have any interest in a blade
that surpasses a divine sword?
**[12:30] Alan**
Surpasses a divine sword...?
**[12:35] Béatrice**
A sword only a hero could wield.
**[12:37] Béatrice**
A sword which exists for the hero.
**[12:40] Béatrice**
You mean a sword to transcend even *that*?
**[12:42] Noelle**
That's right.
**[12:44] Noelle**
A piece whose value far exceeds
that of any sword here.
**[12:48] Noelle**
No matter how outstanding a smith may be,
**[12:50] Noelle**
they can't make their best sword without
knowing who will be wielding it.
**[12:55] Noelle**
They require a worthy bearer.
**[12:59] Noelle**
Until now, I haven't been able to find one,
**[13:01] Noelle**
but at long last, you're here.
**[13:03] Lise**
Noelle...
**[13:04] Lise**
The events of that day are truly still...
**[13:07] Noelle**
Lise.
**[13:08] Lise**
I'm sorry.
**[13:10] Noelle**
Now, what do you say?
**[13:13] Alan**
Well, after hearing all that,
I've got no reason to refuse.
**[13:17] Noelle**
All right! With that settled,
I'll get to work right away!
**[13:21] Alan; Lise; Béatrice**
What?
**[13:23] Lise**
What? Wait!
**[13:30] Noelle**
Vanessa...
**[13:44] Noelle**
*No matter what...*
**[13:46] Noelle**
* I have to forge a blade that*
* surpasses a divine sword.*
**[13:54] Lise**
I hope she doesn't do anything reckless.
**[13:57] Alan**
Lise?
**[13:58] Lise**
Oh, it's nothing.
**[14:00] Béatrice**
While working on a sword, she wouldn't
converse with us even if we stayed to visit.
**[14:05] Alan**
Shall we look for somewhere to lodge?
**[14:07] Alan**
We'll probably be staying
in this village for a while.
**[14:13] Mylène**
This must be reported.
**[14:16] Horace**
Really? The fact that the saintess is
here too is quite convenient for us.
**[14:21] Horace**
But something concerns me.
**[14:25] Horace**
According to Westfelt's information,
**[14:27] Horace**
the saintess's personal guard should be
a lone female knight.
**[14:32] Mylène**
Did she hire him in town?
**[14:34] Horace**
Who could he be?
**[14:37] Horace**
I suppose we should investigate a little.
**[14:42] Alan**
Now... what should I be doing?
**[14:45] Béatrice**
Why don't you simply relax
and spend your time as you like?
**[14:48] Béatrice**
That's what you've always
wished for, isn't it?
**[14:51] Alan**
That's true.
**[14:53] Lise**
Since you have the time, what about going
to have a look at the adventurers guild?
**[14:58] Béatrice**
The materials we obtained from that dragon
can likely be traded for a large sum.
**[15:02] Alan**
You're right.
**[15:04] Alan**
Since being cast out of my family,
I've had basically no money.
**[15:09] Alan**
What will you and Lise do?
**[15:12] Lise**
Béatrice and I will wander around
town and do some sightseeing.
**[15:16] Alan**
I see. Well, I'll see you later, then.
**[15:20] Lise**
Come back safely!
**[15:25] Béatrice**
Are you certain about this?
**[15:27] Béatrice**
You and I are unlikely to be
able to handle this on our own.
**[15:31] Lise**
I know.
**[15:32] Lise**
But I don't want to involve Alan
any more than he already has been.
**[15:41] Nadia**
Come right in!
**[15:43] Nadia**
Welcome to the adventurers guild.
**[15:45] Alan**
I'd like to exchange this for money.
**[15:47] Nadia**
I'll appraise it if you'll wait just a...
**[15:50] Nadia**
Th-This is a dragon scale!
**[15:53] Nadia**
What a precious item!
And you've got a whole bag full of them?
**[15:56] Alan**
I'm afraid I have no use for them.
**[15:58] Nadia**
B-Branch Manager!
**[15:59] Nadia**
Th-This is tremendous!
**[16:00] Alan**
Wait!
**[16:01] Nadia**
Take a look at this!
**[16:03] Alan**
Sounds like this is turning into a big deal.
**[16:06] Horace**
Excuse me.
**[16:09] Horace**
Do you have a moment?
**[16:12] Horace**
Regarding that dragon...
**[16:14] Horace**
Could I ask you to tell me
all about it in detail?
**[16:17] Alan**
I wouldn't mind, but...
**[16:19] Horace**
My.
**[16:22] Horace**
Pardon the belated introductions. I'm Horace.
**[16:26] Horace**
And this is Mylène.
**[16:28] Alan**
An Amazoness?
**[16:30] Horace**
They're somewhat unusual in this kingdom.
**[16:34] Horace**
Despite how we may look, we simply
can't get enough of adventure stories.
**[16:40] Horace**
We're traveling around
listening to adventurers.
**[16:44] Alan**
Really?
**[16:46] Horace**
Did you obtain those dragon
scales all on your own?
**[16:50] Horace**
Or did you have allies with you?
**[16:52] Alan**
Well, there's no way I could've
defeated it by myself, is there?
**[16:55] Horace**
By some chance, was the hero with you?
**[16:59] Alan**
Your intuition is very good.
**[17:01] Horace**
It must have been quite incredible to behold.
**[17:05] Nadia**
Sorry to keep you waiting!
**[17:06] Nadia**
We've finished the appraisal,
so we can begin the exchange now.
**[17:10] Horace**
Well, if you'll excuse us...
**[17:13] Horace**
Let's meet again.
**[17:17] Horace**
I came to see the fellow
because I wanted to get his measure,
**[17:21] Horace**
but I never expected him to be
a failure without so much as a gift.
**[17:24] Horace**
It's astounding.
**[17:28] Mylène**
Something about him bothers Mylène a little.
**[17:30] Horace**
Come now. He's a completely trivial opponent.
**[17:40] Alan**
Noelle, is the sword ready?
**[17:46] Alan**
I knew it.
**[17:52] Noelle**
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
**[17:54] Noelle**
It's finished.
**[17:58] Noelle**
It's the very best blade I'm
capable of forging right now.
**[18:08] Alan**
Yeah.
**[18:12] Alan**
You're not kidding.
This is an incredible sword.
**[18:17] Noelle**
Let's go and test it... right now...
**[18:20] Lise**
Noelle.
**[18:24] Lise**
Let's go after you've recovered, shall we?
**[18:30] Alan**
If this is just about ease of use,
**[18:32] Alan**
I could have tested that on my own.
**[18:34] Noelle**
I want to see you using it with my own eyes.
**[18:37] Noelle**
It will probably need some
adjustments to suit you better.
**[18:40] Alan**
You're very particular.
**[18:42] Noelle**
Of course I am.
**[18:43] Alan**
Say, Noelle, why are you a smith?
**[18:46] Noelle**
Is it odd to see an elven smith?
**[18:48] Alan**
Well, considering the special
traits bestowed by their gifts,
**[18:52] Alan**
I'd say that more dwarves
are better cut out for the work.
**[18:58] Alan**
Noelle?
**[19:00] Noelle**
I was raised by a dwarf.
**[19:04] Noelle**
I don't know where I was born
or who my parents are.
**[19:08] Noelle**
I wound up someplace I'd never seen before.
**[19:10] (Flashback) Vanessa**
Hang in there!
**[19:11] Noelle**
I was just wandering with nowhere to go,
and the person who took me in...
**[19:15] Noelle**
was Vanessa.
**[19:18] Noelle**
She was awkward, unyielding, and obstinate.
**[19:21] Noelle**
She didn't teach me a single
thing about forging swords,
**[19:25] Noelle**
but to me, she's still my dear master.
**[19:29] Alan**
I see.
**[19:30] Noelle**
But my personal history hardly
matters here, does it?!
**[19:33] Noelle**
Let's get a move on!
**[19:37] Alan**
You're the one who started talking about it.
**[19:39] Horace**
Well, well. What a coincidence.
**[19:42] Alan**
Hey, we meet again.
**[19:44] Horace**
Are you off to hunt monsters
at the request of the guild?
**[19:47] Alan**
Something like that.
**[19:49] Horace**
Well, when you return,
please tell us all about it.
**[19:55] Noelle**
Hey, Alan!
**[19:57] Noelle**
Hurry up and get over here!
**[19:59] Alan**
I'm coming!
**[20:00] Horace**
Well then, we'll be going.
**[20:06] Noelle**
That person is...
**[20:09] Noelle**
No, it couldn't be.
**[20:12] Horace**
It doesn't appear he was
snooping around about us at all.
**[20:18] Mylène**
What's his objective?
**[20:19] Horace**
Shadow him.
**[20:21] Horace**
If he stumbles upon it,
it will mean trouble for us.
**[20:34] Alan**
I like it!
**[20:35] Noelle**
Let me see it for a moment.
**[20:37] Alan**
By all means.
**[20:42] Alan**
Is that your gift, Noelle?
**[20:44] Noelle**
Yes.
**[20:45] Noelle**
A sword's strength, sharpness,
**[20:47] Noelle**
and conditions imperceptible to the eye...
I can see all of it.
**[20:50] Noelle**
* The speed of the blade, its angle,*
* the positioning...*
**[20:53] Noelle**
*He's wielding the sword flawlessly.*
**[20:55] Noelle**
You've used this perfectly,
leaving not a single scratch on it.
**[21:00] Noelle**
As I thought. My eyes didn't deceive me.
**[21:06] Alan**
I'm glad I didn't disappoint.
**[21:08] Noelle**
Looks like I need to have you fight
some stronger monsters.
**[21:13] Noelle**
Let's try going a little deeper in.
**[21:15] Alan**
Noelle?
**[21:16] Alan**
Hang on just a second!
**[21:22] Noelle**
This is strange.
**[21:24] Noelle**
Monsters normally come in droves here.
**[21:27] Noelle**
Perhaps they all ran scared because of you.
**[21:31] Alan**
No. It isn't me they're scared of.
**[21:33] Noelle**
What?
**[21:34] Alan**
I imagine...
**[21:35] Alan**
it's that.
**[21:40] Noelle**
Amazing.
**[21:49] (Flashback) Noelle; 3 years earlier**
Run!
**[21:50] (Flashback) Noelle; 3 years earlier**
Run!
**[21:53] (Flashback) Vanessa**
Noelle!
**[21:54] (Flashback) Vanessa**
You have to run!
**[21:59] Noelle**
Alan.
**[22:01] Noelle**
Use that sword...
**[22:03] Noelle**
against... against that thing...
**[22:07] Noelle**
and kill it!
***SIGN*** Stubbornness and Determination
**[23:46] Lise**
Next time: "Stubbornness and Determination."
# E3 - Stubbornness and Determination
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**[00:01] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hey.
**[00:04] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hey!
**[00:08] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hey!
**[00:10] (Flashback) young Noelle**
When are you gonna be done?
**[00:12] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I'm hungry, you know?
**[00:14] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I said, "Hey!"
**[00:17] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Honestly.
**[00:25] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I ate what we had in the house.
**[00:31] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Look at all these tools.
**[00:33] (Flashback) young Noelle**
How do you use all of them?
**[00:41] (Flashback) young Noelle**
What's your problem?
**[00:50] (Flashback) young Noelle**
It's so heavy!
**[00:57] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Ow, ow, ow...
**[01:13] (Flashback) young Noelle**
You've been banging on that sword forever.
**[01:15] (Flashback) young Noelle**
What's so fun about that?
**[01:18] (Flashback) young Noelle**
You collapse after going days
without drink or food...
**[01:20] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I'm amazed you're still all right.
**[01:23] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Are you stupid?
**[01:24] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Stupid! Stupid!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 3
Stubbornness and Determination
***SIGN*** Episode 3
Stubbornness and Determination
**[03:32] Noelle**
Alan.
**[03:34] Noelle**
Use that sword...
**[03:35] Noelle**
against... against that thing...
**[03:39] Noelle**
and kill it!
**[03:45] Alan**
I have no reason to kill this monster.
**[03:48] Alan**
It's not like it's attacked us.
**[03:50] Alan**
It's simply sleeping here, in the forest,
away from human settlements.
**[03:54] Noelle**
That's the thing that... my...
**[03:58] Alan**
I don't know what your situation may be,
**[04:00] Alan**
but I have no intention
of abetting your revenge.
**[04:07] Alan**
I wouldn't do that.
**[04:10] Alan**
It seems that this monster, Fenrir,
**[04:13] Alan**
has a barrier up that will nullify
any attacks below a certain level.
**[04:17] Alan**
Only the finest of top-class
weapons could break through it.
**[04:21] Alan**
For example, a sacred sword.
**[04:24] Noelle**
My blade is greater than a sacred sword!
**[04:26] Alan**
No, that blade wouldn't leave
a single scratch on it.
**[04:30] Alan**
You already know, don't you, Noelle?
**[04:33] Alan**
You haven't yet made anything
that surpasses a sacred sword.
**[04:38] Alan**
If you still want to try cutting
the beast down, I won't stop you.
**[04:53] Béatrice**
Such a beast in these woods?
**[04:56] Béatrice**
There truly are treacherous monsters
dwelling in the borderlands...
**[05:00] Lise**
It was Fenrir?
**[05:03] Alan**
I think someone brought it here.
**[05:05] Alan**
It was like it was cloaked
by some kind of power.
**[05:08] Béatrice**
Who would do that? And to what end?
**[05:11] Alan**
I have something of a hunch,
**[05:14] Alan**
but no concrete evidence yet.
**[05:16] Béatrice**
In any case, it would be prudent
to err on the side of caution.
**[05:21] Alan**
Oh, right. Lise, did you two
finish your business?
**[05:24] Alan**
You didn't come here just
to have a sword made for me, did you?
**[05:30] Lise**
I really can't hide anything from you, can I?
**[05:34] Lise**
About three months ago,
**[05:36] Lise**
the renowned General Cyril,
one of our strongest...
**[05:38] Lise**
was assassinated.
**[05:41] Lise**
The culprit's motives are unknown,
**[05:43] Lise**
but they took his head when they escaped.
**[05:47] Lise**
Various gifts were used
to investigate the scene,
**[05:50] Lise**
but not a shred of evidence was left behind.
**[05:55] Alan**
In other words...
**[05:56] Béatrice**
As you've already surmised,
**[05:58] Béatrice**
it's very likely a demon
perpetrated the crime.
**[06:00] Béatrice**
After all, they use powers unknown to us.
**[06:04] Alan**
But a demon assassinating a human?
**[06:07] Alan**
You don't hear about that often.
**[06:08] Alan**
Seems like they'd be completely
indifferent to political conflicts.
**[06:12] Béatrice**
So, someone in the kingdom has
joined forces with demons...
**[06:16] Béatrice**
and is making use of their powers.
**[06:19] Lise**
We came to this town, where all sorts
of people gather, to look for clues.
**[06:26] Alan**
Demons, huh?
**[06:28] Alan**
I don't know who was responsible,
**[06:31] Alan**
but I *did* meet someone suspicious.
**[06:33] Lise; Béatrice**
What?
**[06:39] Mylène**
How was this broken?
**[06:45] Mylène**
What is that power?
**[06:47] Mylène**
He's supposed to be a trivial opponent.
**[06:52] Mylène**
But that...
**[06:55] Mylène**
doesn't matter either.
**[07:02] Horace**
How did it go?
**[07:04] Mylène**
No issues to report.
**[07:05] Horace**
We will make our move soon.
**[07:08] Horace**
After all, no matter how long we stay in a
town like this, we won't find any fun here.
**[07:13] Horace**
Go take the saintess's and elf's heads.
**[07:19] Horace**
My, what's this?
**[07:20] Horace**
Don't tell me that a hearty, battle-loving
Amazoness doesn't care to see blood.
**[07:28] Horace**
All I want to hear right now is your assent.
**[07:35] Horace**
Are we clear?
**[07:37] Mylène**
Understood.
**[07:53] (Flashback) Alan**
This sword isn't quite there.
**[07:55] (Flashback) Alan**
But, depending on how it's refined,
**[07:58] (Flashback) Alan**
I think it could become capable
of landing a blow on Fenrir.
**[08:02] (Flashback) Alan**
After using it, I can sense
how it might improve.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Noelle**
Tell me everything!
**[08:11] (Flashback) Alan**
All right.
**[08:12] (Flashback) Alan**
But make sure you don't do
anything reckless, all right?
**[08:18] Noelle**
Not yet...
**[08:20] Noelle**
I can still keep going!
**[08:25] Noelle**
I have to do this.
**[08:28] Noelle**
Her ideas...
**[08:39] Noelle**
I'm nearly there, but...
**[08:45] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hurry up and run, Vanessa!
**[08:49] (Flashback) Horace**
I understand you're a smith
of exceptional talent.
**[08:54] (Flashback) Horace**
Alas, that's something of a problem for us.
**[08:58] (Flashback) Horace**
We can't have an increase in keen blades
to rival sacred swords, you see.
**[09:13] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Vanessa!
**[09:42] (Flashback) Horace**
The hero, I presume?
**[09:44] (Flashback) Akira**
Strike through, Divine Lightning!
**[09:51] (Flashback) Akira**
Not a scratch, huh?
**[09:52] (Flashback) Akira**
In that case...
**[10:03] (Flashback) Horace**
I think we'll take this opportunity
to withdraw for now.
**[10:09] (Flashback) Akira**
Curses.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Akira**
Hey, we should probably
take care of those wounds.
**[10:21] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Why?
**[10:23] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Why could you strike it so easily?
**[10:27] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Why wasn't her sword good enough?
**[10:32] (Flashback) young Noelle**
That's... That's just...
**[10:37] Noelle**
*It felt irrational and unfair.*
**[10:39] Noelle**
* Like someone had trampled*
* all over something precious.*
**[10:42] Noelle**
*All her hard work...*
**[10:44] Noelle**
* All the heart she'd*
* poured into that sword...*
**[10:47] Noelle**
*That's why...*
**[10:51] Noelle**
Huh?
**[10:52] Noelle**
I feel so light...
**[10:57] Noelle**
Was it Lise?
**[11:02] Alan**
*Honestly. I told her not to be reckless.*
**[11:11] Noelle**
It's done!
**[11:33] Noelle**
I'm sorry, Alan.
**[11:34] Noelle**
I'm going to use your sword for a bit.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[12:09] Noelle**
There's more where that came from.
**[12:11] Horace**
Well, this is a surprise.
**[12:14] Horace**
You've taken a blow from Fenrir
and you're still able to stand?
**[12:20] Horace**
I've been looking for you, Noelle Leonhart.
**[12:24] Horace**
I never imagined you'd be
here in the borderlands.
**[12:28] Noelle**
You're going to kill me, aren't you?
**[12:30] Noelle**
Like you killed Vanessa.
**[12:33] Horace**
Vanessa?
**[12:34] Horace**
I see! I thought you looked familiar.
**[12:38] Horace**
You're the elf who was
with that dwarven smith.
**[12:42] Noelle**
It's your fault that she...
**[12:45] Horace**
For both master and apprentice
to be killed by Fenrir,
**[12:48] Horace**
this must be something like fate.
**[13:02] Noelle**
If I could just... land a single slash...
**[13:07] Horace**
Before Fenrir eats you,
I'd like to ask you one thing.
**[13:13] Noelle**
I have nothing to say to you.
**[13:16] Horace**
Would you consider serving me?
**[13:19] Noelle**
What?
**[13:19] Horace**
I've heard you have a special power.
**[13:23] Horace**
So it's a bit of a waste to let you
simply become a meal for Fenrir.
**[13:27] Noelle**
A special power?
**[13:29] Horace**
The eyes of the fairy sovereign, Grahm Sight.
**[13:32] Horace**
There are only five known inborn gifts
in this world, and that is one of them.
**[13:37] Horace**
Were you aware?
**[13:40] Horace**
Don't worry. You will, of course,
be compensated.
**[13:43] Horace**
I have others in my service.
**[13:46] Horace**
We can bring you in right away.
**[13:49] Noelle**
You mean that Amazoness girl, don't you?
**[13:51] Horace**
Despite appearances,
I am quite tenderhearted.
**[13:55] Horace**
She's lost her homeland and has nowhere
to go, so I keep her close to me.
**[14:00] Horace**
Although, we were the ones
who destroyed the place.
**[14:06] Noelle**
You fiend!
**[14:08] Horace**
What do you say?
**[14:09] Horace**
I don't believe it's such a bad idea.
**[14:12] Noelle**
If the alternative is becoming
your slave, then I choose death!
**[14:17] Horace**
I thought you were someone
who'd make the smarter choice.
**[14:22] Noelle**
I'll pray in the next world
for your suffering and death!
**[14:27] Horace**
What a shame!
**[14:39] Noelle**
Alan!
**[14:40] Alan**
Sorry I'm late.
**[14:42] Horace**
Well! Looks like I misjudged your abilities.
**[14:47] Horace**
Coming to the rescue of an ally
in dire straits... How splendid!
**[14:51] Horace**
However, Sir Knight,
**[14:54] Horace**
should you really have abandoned
your primary post to come here?
**[14:59] Alan**
What are you trying to say?
**[15:00] Horace**
Should anything befall the princess,
**[15:03] Horace**
you'll be too late to stop it.
**[15:22] Béatrice**
That's far enough.
**[15:27] Mylène**
How can you see me?
**[15:29] Alan**
Oh, you mean the Amazoness
who can cloak her presence?
**[15:33] Alan**
That won't be a problem.
**[15:34] Alan**
I had a feeling about that,
**[15:36] Alan**
so I put up a barrier to nullify invisibility
within a certain range of Lise.
**[15:41] Horace**
What?
**[15:42] Alan**
I was subjected to schemes like this so many
times in my last life that I'm sick of them.
**[15:47] Horace**
Your last life? You're talking nonsense.
**[15:51] Horace**
Still, even if you attempt to reveal her...
**[16:04] Lise**
Béatrice, wait!
**[16:23] Lise**
You don't really...
**[16:36] Alan**
Yeah, it doesn't look like they'll
be needing any assistance.
**[16:39] Alan**
Your assassination attempt
fell through after all.
**[16:43] Horace**
That's a transparent lie!
**[16:44] Alan**
You're welcome to keep thinking
I'm just bluffing if you want.
**[16:49] Horace**
Either way, I'm the one in control here!
That much is undeniable fact.
**[16:54] Horace**
Because, without a sacred sword, you can't
inflict so much as a scratch on us!
**[16:58] Horace**
Go, Fenrir!
**[17:00] Horace**
Go and sink your teeth
into that insolent man!
**[17:12] Noelle**
Alan!
**[17:28] Horace**
Th-This can't be!
**[17:42] Alan**
The instant I healed her, she fell asleep.
**[17:46] Alan**
Well, she did stay up all night
forging that sword.
**[17:48] Alan**
Guess that's how it goes.
**[17:50] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[17:53] Lise**
You aren't hurt, are you?
**[17:54] Alan**
No, I'm fine.
**[17:56] Lise**
What about Noelle?
**[17:57] Alan**
She's just asleep.
**[17:59] Lise**
I'm so glad.
**[18:02] Alan**
Did we wake you?
**[18:05] Noelle**
Hey! Why are you carrying
me without my permission?
**[18:08] Noelle**
Put me down!
**[18:13] Alan**
She's already been released from the effects
of that man's subordination gift.
**[18:18] Alan**
She should be able to speak freely.
**[18:21] Lise**
If she insists on staying silent,
we'll never understand her situation.
**[18:25] Béatrice**
Perhaps we should send her
to the capital and have her stand trial.
**[18:29] Lise**
But I just don't believe she's a bad person.
**[18:33] Béatrice**
Then we should just leave her here?
**[18:36] Béatrice**
Lise-sama, she nearly killed you!
**[18:39] Lise**
She didn't attempt the assassination
of her own free will.
**[18:43] Lise**
Besides, she must have someone
waiting for her to return back—
**[18:46] Mylène**
They burned it all.
**[18:48] Mylène**
I have nowhere to return to.
**[18:59] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Who are you?
**[19:00] (Flashback) Vanessa**
Vanessa.
**[19:05] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Where are we going?
**[19:08] (Flashback) Vanessa**
To our home.
**[19:17] Noelle**
In that case...
**[19:20] Lise**
Noelle?
**[19:25] Noelle**
Why don't you come with me?
**[19:27] Noelle**
To our home.
**[19:31] Béatrice**
Noelle-dono!
**[19:33] Noelle**
I'll look after this girl.
**[19:35] Noelle**
That takes care of everything, doesn't it?
**[19:37] Béatrice**
Th-There's still a possibility
she'll come after Lise-sama's life again!
**[19:42] Noelle**
If that happens, I'll catch her...
**[19:45] Noelle**
and I'll scold her very sternly.
**[19:47] Noelle**
Okay?
**[19:53] Lise**
Are you all right?
**[19:56] Béatrice**
I-I'm sorry! Did I speak too harshly?
**[20:05] Alan**
I guess that's one problem solved.
**[20:13] Alan**
Now, then...
**[20:14] Alan**
Let's see. It was around here, wasn't it?
**[20:29] Horace**
I've gotten far enough away now.
**[20:31] Horace**
Still...
**[20:32] Horace**
That power exceeds our understanding.
**[20:37] Horace**
Just who is he?
**[20:58] Horace**
Don't tell me that's also...
**[21:14] Alan**
Oh dear.
**[21:16] Alan**
I was going to ask him all sorts of things,
**[21:19] Alan**
but someone else got here first.
**[21:27] Damien**
I dealt with him before he
could leak any information.
**[21:32] Craig**
As you should. This blunder falls
squarely on all of you, after all.
**[21:36] Bret**
After all that big talk, you couldn't
finish off the saintess or the elf.
**[21:40] Bret**
At this point, all you've done
is take the head of one general.
**[21:44] Bret**
Demons aren't so impressive after all.
**[21:49] Damien**
We will deal with the saintess
and the elf next.
**[21:53] Craig**
Then we'll handle the hero
and the archbishop.
**[21:56] Bret**
Father, leave the archbishop to me.
**[22:00] Craig**
Oh? You seem quite confident about this.
**[22:04] Bret**
Of course.
**[22:05] Bret**
After all, I'm not like that failure.
***SIGN*** Returning Spirits Festival
**[23:46] Lise**
Next time: "Returning Spirits Festival."
# E4 - Returning Spirits Festival
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**[00:21] (Flashback) knight**
Monsters!
**[00:23] (Flashback) Alfred**
Stay right here.
**[00:27] (Flashback) young Lise**
Uncle!
**[00:53] (Flashback) young Lise**
Uncle!
**[00:56] (Flashback) Alfred**
Li...
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 4
Returning Spirits Festival
***SIGN*** Episode 4
Returning Spirits Festival
**[02:44] Béatrice**
What a peaceful village.
**[02:49] villager A**
What's this? I haven't seen you before.
**[02:52] Alan**
Are you getting ready for a festival?
**[02:54] villager A**
Yes. It's called the
Returning Spirits Festival.
**[02:57] villager A**
We welcome the spirits of
our departed ancestors.
**[02:59] villager A**
It takes place every year.
**[03:02] Béatrice**
You welcome... spirits?
**[03:06] villager C**
I don't blame you for being surprised.
**[03:07] villager C**
It's a custom unique to our village.
**[03:10] villager C**
But, basically, we just dress up as
ghosts and dance. It's a great time.
**[03:15] Béatrice**
I see.
**[03:17] Lise**
E-Excuse me.
**[03:18] Lise**
Do you know someone who wears silver armor?
**[03:21] Lise**
I heard someone of that description
had been seen in this village.
**[03:24] villager A**
Silver armor?
**[03:26] villager A**
Well?
**[03:29] Lise**
I see.
**[03:31] villager A**
I'm sorry we couldn't be of any help.
**[03:33] Lise**
It's all right.
**[03:35] Béatrice**
So it was no more than a rumor, then.
**[03:45] (Flashback) Lise**
No leads today either.
**[03:47] (Flashback) Alan**
And the guild apparently hasn't
picked up any information.
**[03:51] (Flashback) Béatrice**
If only we had some kind of hint,
**[03:54] (Flashback) Béatrice**
like a suspicious incident.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Noelle**
A general was assassinated, huh?
**[03:59] (Flashback) Noelle**
Come to think of it...
**[04:01] (Flashback) Noelle**
I heard from a regular
client of mine, an adventurer,
**[04:04] (Flashback) Noelle**
about a ghost that appears
in a certain village.
**[04:08] (Flashback) Noelle**
Supposedly from the royal family.
**[04:12] (Flashback) Noelle**
Bearing a grudge born
of the royal family's oppression
**[04:15] (Flashback) Noelle**
and wearing silver armor
splattered with blood,
**[04:18] (Flashback) Noelle**
it walks through the graveyard
night after night...
**[04:23] (Flashback) Béatrice**
A ghost? How preposterous!
**[04:34] (Flashback) Noelle**
So you're scared of ghosts?
**[04:35] (Flashback) Mylène**
You're terrified.
**[04:36] (Flashback) Béatrice**
N-No, I'm not! Certainly not!
**[04:39] Béatrice**
What do I possibly have to fear from spirits?
**[04:41] Béatrice**
To begin with, they aren't even real!
**[04:43] (Flashback) Lise**
This village...
**[04:44] (Flashback) Lise**
Let's go and investigate.
**[04:46] (Flashback) Alan**
If we're dealing with demons,
**[04:47] (Flashback) Alan**
it's not out of the question they might
know how to raise the dead, right?
**[04:52] (Flashback) Béatrice**
Y-Yes, I suppose you're right.
**[04:53] (Flashback) Noelle**
But you're not afraid.
**[04:55] (Flashback) Mylène**
You're not scared.
**[04:56] (Flashback) Béatrice**
What? Of course I'm afr—
**[04:58] (Flashback) Béatrice**
I'm not afraid!
**[04:59] (Flashback) Béatrice**
I am not scared!
**[05:01] (Flashback) Béatrice**
I would never fear such a thing!
**[05:03] (Flashback) Béatrice**
Stop saying that! It's rude to
even suggest that I'd be scared!
**[05:08] Alan**
Thinking back on it, Noelle
mentioned a graveyard, didn't she?
**[05:12] Alan**
Let's check out the village
cemetery, shall we?
**[05:18] Alan**
It doesn't seem like anything
of the sort is going to appear.
**[05:25] Béatrice**
Wh-Who goes there?!
**[05:31] Alan**
He's the man from earlier.
**[05:34] Béatrice**
Thank you for going to the trouble
of escorting us to the village headman.
**[05:39] villager B**
When it comes to this village,
**[05:41] villager B**
no one is more knowledgeable.
**[05:45] Alan**
What were you doing in the cemetery?
**[05:48] villager B**
I happened to be passing by...
and saw you were there.
**[05:54] villager B**
I'll be going now.
**[06:00] village head**
Well, things are quiet here.
**[06:02] village head**
We haven't heard any rumors like that.
**[06:06] Lise**
I see.
**[06:07] village head**
It's not much consolation,
but would you care to stay the night?
**[06:11] village head**
We have the festival tomorrow.
Stay and see it if you'd like.
**[06:20] Alan**
We'll take you up on that kind offer.
**[06:22] village head**
Please do! By all means!
I'll make the preparations right away.
**[06:31] Lise**
*Uncle...*
**[06:39] (Flashback) Alfred**
Lise!
**[06:45] (Flashback) young Lise**
Father!
**[06:49] (Flashback) Alfred**
Lise, you know I'm not your father.
**[06:52] (Flashback) young Lise**
You're like a father to me too, Uncle!
**[06:54] (Flashback) young Lise**
Having two fathers makes me so happy!
**[06:59] (Flashback) Alfred**
I only stopped by to say hello today.
**[07:01] (Flashback) Alfred**
I'll be away on a campaign
for a while, you see...
**[07:04] (Flashback) young Lise**
What?
**[07:06] (Flashback) young Lise**
When will I be able to see you next?
**[07:10] (Flashback) Alfred**
I'll come visit again very soon.
**[07:12] (Flashback) young Lise**
Really?
**[07:14] (Flashback) Alfred**
Lise.
**[07:15] (Flashback) Alfred**
In every situation, believing in people
is the most important thing.
**[07:20] (Flashback) Alfred**
That belief becomes a connection
that links us together.
**[07:27] Lise**
Uncle...
**[07:50] Lise**
Uncle!
**[07:56] Lise**
Wait! Uncle!
**[08:00] Lise**
Uncle, where are you?
**[08:17] Alan**
Lise! Lise!
**[08:23] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[08:25] Alan**
Are you all right?
**[08:27] Lise**
It was a dream?
**[08:35] Alan**
L-Lise?
**[08:38] Lise**
Just for a moment...
**[08:40] Lise**
please let me stay like this.
**[09:00] Béatrice**
What a strange festival.
**[09:14] Béatrice**
They're celebrating, but treating the
dead this way is taboo in our kingdom.
**[09:19] Alan**
Then, as a knight of the realm,
why don't you put a stop to it?
**[09:23] Béatrice**
It isn't as if the festival
is causing problems for anyone.
**[09:42] Alan**
*I don't see anything unnatural,*
**[09:45] Alan**
*but this village is...*
**[09:54] villager B**
Um, if you'd like...
**[09:56] villager B**
since you're here,
why don't all of you dance, too?
**[10:01] Béatrice**
Oh, no, we couldn't.
**[10:04] Lise**
I would like to rest here awhile.
**[10:08] Lise**
You two should go
enjoy yourselves. Please.
**[10:22] Alan**
Yeah, all right.
**[10:24] Béatrice**
You're going?
**[10:26] Béatrice**
If you'll excuse me.
**[10:38] Alfred**
Lise!
**[10:46] Lise**
Uncle?
**[10:55] Lise**
Wait!
**[11:15] Alfred**
Coming somewhere like this on
your own is dangerous, you know?
**[11:20] Lise**
But... But...
**[11:24] Lise**
You're here with me, Father!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[11:46] Alfred**
I told you. I'm your uncle.
**[11:48] Lise**
You're like a father to me too, Uncle.
**[11:53] Lise**
I've wondered...
**[11:55] Lise**
all this time...
**[11:56] Lise**
What have you been doing all this time?
**[11:59] Lise**
Back then, search as we might,
**[12:02] Lise**
we could never find you, Uncle.
**[12:05] Lise**
That's why... I believed
you must be alive somewhere.
**[12:10] Lise**
Where were you? What have you been doing?
**[12:12] Alfred**
I've been resenting the royal family.
**[12:18] Alfred**
I hid myself away
so that I could take revenge.
**[12:22] Alfred**
My older brother, your father...
**[12:26] Alfred**
is trying to kill you!
**[12:28] Lise**
What do you mean? I don't
understand what you're saying!
**[12:31] Alfred**
Listen closely, Lise.
**[12:33] Alfred**
The king is targeting the lives of
those who possess inborn gifts...
**[12:39] Alfred**
The naturally gifted!
**[12:42] Alfred**
The power to vanquish a dragon.
**[12:45] Alfred**
The power to create unparalleled weapons.
**[12:49] Alfred**
The power to double the strength of the
soldiers and bring glory to the nation.
**[12:54] Alfred**
The power to read any gift.
**[12:58] Alfred**
And finally, Lise, your power as a saintess.
**[13:03] Alfred**
Any of these powers has the
potential to destroy the kingdom.
**[13:06] Alfred**
You're all known as the puppets of the gods.
**[13:10] Lise**
That's unthinkable!
**[13:12] Alfred**
Yes, I feel the same way.
**[13:14] Alfred**
But the king thinks differently.
**[13:17] Alfred**
You're rebels who will wreak havoc
at the behest of the gods...
**[13:22] Alfred**
That's how he feels.
**[13:25] Alfred**
And that's why he's decided
to kill all of you!
**[13:28] Lise**
That can't be.
**[13:30] Alfred**
I want to save you.
**[13:34] Alfred**
Come and defeat him with us!
**[13:42] Lise**
I'm sorry, Uncle.
**[13:45] Lise**
Even if all you say is true,
**[13:48] Lise**
I believe that if we can just talk,
we can come to an understanding.
**[13:53] Lise**
Uncle, you once told me something.
**[13:55] Lise**
You said, "In every situation, believing
in people is the most important thing."
**[14:00] Alfred**
I see. Come to think of it...
**[14:04] Alfred**
I did say that.
**[14:07] Lise**
Uncle?
**[14:08] Alfred**
Don't worry. Your corpse won't go to waste.
**[14:12] Lise**
Uncle, you can't be...
**[14:14] Alfred**
Rest easy...
**[14:17] Alfred**
and die!
**[14:28] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[14:30] Alfred**
You.
**[14:31] Alfred**
Don't interfere.
**[14:32] Alan**
You're the one interfering
with my peace and quiet.
**[14:36] Lise**
Alan-kun, why are you...
**[14:39] Alan**
I've been watching the whole time.
**[14:41] Alfred**
Alan, you say?
**[14:43] Alfred**
If it isn't Lise's former fiancé, the failure!
**[14:47] Alan**
I'm not here to make small talk.
**[14:49] Alan**
You will return Alfred-san to us.
**[14:54] Alan**
Parallel Paradox: Spell Break!
**[15:02] Lise**
Alan-kun, what have you done to my uncle?
**[15:04] Alfred**
Wait, Lise.
**[15:08] Alfred**
I...
**[15:11] Alfred**
am already dead.
**[15:14] Alfred**
Alan-kun, is this your doing?
**[15:18] Alan**
I broke the spell that had been cast on you.
**[15:21] Alfred**
Thank you.
**[15:23] Alfred**
Lise, to think that I would
turn my sword on you.
**[15:27] Alfred**
The things I said to you...
**[15:29] Alfred**
and the fact that I tried to kill you...
None of that was of my own will.
**[15:33] Alfred**
It isn't the king who's
responsible. It's demons.
**[15:38] Alfred**
However, my grudge against
the royal bloodline is very real.
**[15:43] Lise**
Why?
**[15:44] Alfred**
I am the younger brother of the king.
**[15:48] Alfred**
As second in line to the throne,
I've had many try to ingratiate themselves.
**[15:54] Alfred**
Some even tried to drive a wedge
between me and my brother.
**[15:58] Alfred**
I hated the fetters that
came with being a royal.
**[16:02] Alfred**
That's why I chose to abandon my position
and start over again from scratch.
**[16:07] Alfred**
That's how I became vice-captain
of our premier knight squadron.
**[16:12] Alfred**
But, Lise, you were the only thing
in my life that brought me peace.
**[16:18] Lise**
Uncle...
**[16:21] Alfred**
I don't have much time.
**[16:24] Alfred**
Alan-kun, there are two
things I want to ask of you.
**[16:28] Alan**
Sir.
**[16:30] Alfred**
Take care of Lise for me.
**[16:33] Alfred**
She's a good girl, but she's reckless,
so I worry a little about her.
**[16:38] Alan**
Even if you hadn't asked,
that was always my plan.
**[16:41] Alfred**
Thank you.
**[16:43] Alfred**
Now, the second thing...
**[16:48] Alfred**
Will you spar with me once?
**[16:53] Alan**
All right.
**[16:55] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[16:57] Alan**
He's entrusting his little girl to me.
**[17:01] Alan**
It's only natural that he wants
to see if I'm worthy.
**[17:04] Alfred**
How very wise you are.
**[17:06] Alfred**
Right now, it is not as a corpse,
but as a man, as a knight, as a father...
**[17:12] Alfred**
that I charge into battle!
**[17:23] Alfred**
Come! Tonight is the
Returning Spirits Festival!
**[17:28] Alfred**
The living and the dead mingle!
**[17:30] Alfred**
It is the dream of but a single night!
**[17:33] Alfred**
A chance to dance with those
who shall never return!
**[17:44] (Flashback) young Lise**
Father!
**[17:46] (Flashback) young Lise**
Father, you're really strong, aren't you?
**[17:49] (Flashback) young Lise**
Will you protect me from scary monsters?
**[17:52] (Flashback) Alfred**
Yes. Until the day that someone
stronger than me appears,
**[17:57] (Flashback) Alfred**
I will protect you.
**[18:16] Alfred**
Lise...
**[18:18] Alfred**
I'm sorry to put such a look on your face.
**[18:22] Alfred**
But I feel at ease now.
**[18:26] Alfred**
You were truly like a daughter to me.
**[18:31] Alfred**
When you called me "Father,"
**[18:33] Alfred**
I tried not to let my joy show on my face.
**[18:36] Alfred**
You have no idea how difficult that was.
**[18:41] Lise**
I've been so blessed.
**[18:44] Lise**
I love you...
**[18:47] Lise**
Father.
**[18:50] Alfred**
Lise...
**[18:54] Alfred**
Find happiness.
**[19:28] village head**
May I ask when you noticed?
**[19:35] Alan**
Right from the start.
**[19:38] Alan**
Both that the town was full of the dead,
**[19:40] Alan**
and that you, the village head,
were the one controlling them.
**[19:44] village head**
If you knew, then why...
**[19:47] Alan**
I didn't want to get involved.
**[19:50] Alan**
The dead may live amongst the living here,
**[19:53] Alan**
but this place is the
very definition of peaceful.
**[19:55] village head**
Even if this old fool... is a demon?
**[19:59] Alan**
Assuming that every demon is evil
just because they're demons...
**[20:02] Alan**
That's too simplistic, don't you think?
**[20:09] Alan**
Though, right now, that consideration
seems rather fruitless.
**[20:13] village head**
You seem like you'd be
an excellent pawn to have.
**[20:17] village head**
Now, bow to my power!
**[20:34] Alan**
World End: Two with One Stroke!
**[21:01] Bret**
You're saying you failed again?
**[21:03] Bret**
Even though I lent you my help?
**[21:05] Craig**
Enough, Bret.
**[21:08] Craig**
Letting one girl escape will no longer
pose any obstacle to the plan.
**[21:13] Bret**
Yes.
**[21:14] Bret**
Because, unlike them, *I* was successful.
**[21:19] Craig**
Indeed. The archbishop's head
is already in our hands.
**[21:26] Béatrice**
Lise-sama.
**[21:29] Béatrice**
Lise-sama?
**[21:31] Béatrice**
Are you all right?
**[21:33] Lise**
Yes.
**[21:34] Béatrice**
As a knight, I will always
be by your side, Lise-sama.
**[21:41] Lise**
Thank you.
**[21:46] Alan**
*The power in this...*
**[21:49] Alan**
Bret, huh?
**[21:51] Alan**
* The only part of Alfred that*
* was truly his was his head.*
**[21:55] Alan**
* And then there's the general,*
* who lost his head.*
**[21:59] Alan**
*I see.*
**[22:05] chamberlain**
*Lise-sama!*
**[22:06] chamberlain**
*General Cyril... He's returned!*
***SIGN*** The Beginning of Madness
**[23:46] Lise**
Next time: "The Beginning of Madness."
# E5 - The Beginning of Madness
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**[00:17] Bret**
* Ever since the day the kindest*
* woman in the world left us...*
**[00:28] Bret**
*I've been terrified.*
**[00:34] (Flashback) young Bret**
Father!
**[00:35] (Flashback) young Bret**
Look! This rock is really pretty.
**[00:39] Bret**
*He beheld me with disdain and pity.*
**[00:46] (Flashback) maid A**
Lord Bret is always playing, isn't he?
**[00:50] (Flashback) maid B**
In contrast, Lord Alan
is incredible, isn't he?
**[00:54] Bret**
*This world...*
**[00:58] (Flashback) young Alan**
Bret, what's wrong?
What are you doing out here?
**[01:03] Bret**
*At least* he *isn't here anymore.*
**[01:10] (Flashback) Bret**
You're mocking me too, aren't you?!
**[01:12] (Flashback) Alan**
I wouldn't do that.
**[01:14] (Flashback) Bret**
You're just like Father!
**[01:17] Bret**
*Now I'll never be compared to him again.*
**[01:21] (Flashback) Craig**
You failure...
**[01:24] Bret**
*I'm not a failure!*
**[01:34] Bret**
How infuriating!
**[01:44] Bret**
Good morning, Father.
**[01:54] Bret**
Father?
**[01:55] Craig**
Now then, shall we begin our revenge?
**[02:00] Craig**
Upon this kingdom. Upon the gods!
**[02:07] Bret**
*I am the one, the only one...*
**[02:13] Bret**
*worthy of ruling this kingdom!*
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 5
The Beginning of Madness
***SIGN*** Episode 5
The Beginning of Madness
**[03:48] citizen 1**
Have you heard?
**[03:50] citizen 2**
Yeah. The kingdom couldn't
possibly intend for us to...
**[03:54] citizen 3**
But word came from the general.
**[03:57] citizen 4**
He's served the king faithfully
for many long years, you know?
**[04:03] Clark**
As usual, the town is abuzz with gossip.
**[04:06] Edward**
Do you mean with rumors that General Cyril,
supposedly dead, has reappeared?
**[04:12] Clark**
Yes. It's gotten the people on edge.
**[04:16] Clark**
It was unavoidable to some extent,
**[04:19] Clark**
but this is something else entirely.
**[04:21] Clark**
I believe it's spreading far too quickly.
**[04:26] Edward**
It's possible it's being spread as a deliberate
and systematic form of incitement.
**[04:31] Clark**
Captain Edward, what do you make of things?
**[04:34] Clark**
Is the general an impostor, or...
**[04:38] Edward**
Clark, don't get lost in the details.
**[04:42] Edward**
Even if he's an impostor or a ghost,
**[04:45] Edward**
it doesn't change what the
premier knight squadron must do.
**[04:49] Edward**
If anyone wishes harm upon the kingdom,
we will stop them. It's that simple.
**[04:54] Clark**
Sir!
**[04:55] Edward**
If he were here, I'm sure
that's what he would do.
**[05:03] Edward**
Cyril protected this kingdom for so long,
**[05:06] Edward**
and we will uphold his will.
**[05:19] Clark**
Who goes there?!
**[05:20] archbishop**
Oh, how frightening.
**[05:25] Edward**
Archbishop?
**[05:28] Edward**
What brings you to such a place
without an escort?
**[05:31] archbishop**
There is something
I wish only you to know.
**[05:34] archbishop**
Please come with me.
**[05:38] Edward**
Very well.
**[05:40] Clark**
Captain!
**[05:41] Clark**
You're going alone?
**[05:42] Edward**
It isn't as though I'm going into battle.
**[05:45] Edward**
Right now, gathering information
is our top priority.
**[05:48] Clark**
Even so!
**[05:49] Edward**
Don't worry. I'll be back soon.
**[05:52] Edward**
Look after everyone for me.
**[06:05] Archibishop**
We've arrived.
**[06:07] Edward**
These are the training grounds.
**[06:09] Edward**
Why bring me to this place?
**[06:11] Archbishop**
My role ends here.
**[06:42] Edward**
Not bad.
**[06:45] Edward**
However, when you're so full of bloodlust...
**[06:49] Edward**
Craig.
**[06:53] Craig**
I see you haven't changed.
**[06:55] Edward**
Sparring without even a word of greeting?
You're the only one who'd do that.
**[07:00] Edward**
Still, it's been a while, hasn't it?
**[07:04] Edward**
I haven't seen you since that day.
**[07:08] Edward**
Now, what are your intentions here?
**[07:15] Craig**
You're such a fool.
**[07:16] Edward**
What?
**[07:18] Craig**
The archbishop already belongs to us.
**[07:23] Edward**
What do you mean?
**[07:26] Edward**
What have you done?
**[07:30] Craig**
This brings back memories.
**[07:32] Craig**
I crossed swords with you
so many times here.
**[07:35] Craig**
However...
**[07:40] Craig**
I no longer...
**[07:43] Craig**
have any need of this world!
**[08:00] (Flashback) young Bret**
Brother, why is our mother sleeping?
**[08:04] (Flashback) young Alan**
Because she died.
**[08:08] (Flashback) young Bret**
Why?
**[08:09] (Flashback) young Alan**
Because everyone dies one day.
**[08:26] (Flashback) young Alan**
Can't sleep?
**[08:29] (Flashback) young Bret**
Brother, what is a "failure"?
**[08:32] (Flashback) young Alan**
Why are you asking?
**[08:34] (Flashback) young Bret**
Am I a failure?
**[08:37] (Flashback) young Alan**
Of course not.
**[08:39] (Flashback) young Alan**
There's no value in the arbitrary
judgments other people pass.
**[08:45] (Flashback) young Bret**
You're lying.
**[08:46] (Flashback) young Alan**
I'm not.
**[08:49] (Flashback) young Bret**
But...
**[08:50] (Flashback) young Bret**
Father says... that I'm a failure.
**[08:58] (Flashback) young Bret**
You're a liar!
**[09:01] (Flashback) young Alan**
Bret?
**[09:07] (Flashback) Craig**
I never imagined that your level
would increase first, Bret.
**[09:12] (Flashback) Craig**
Exactly what I'd expect of my son.
**[09:18] (Flashback) Craig**
And why are *you* just standing there staring?
**[09:21] (Flashback) Craig**
Hurry up and get out of here, you failure.
**[09:34] (Flashback) Bret**
Doesn't it make you angry?!
**[09:36] (Flashback) Bret**
They're calling you a failure!
**[09:39] (Flashback) Alan**
Your hard work has paid off.
**[09:42] (Flashback) Bret**
You're always like this.
**[09:44] (Flashback) Bret**
No matter what people say about you,
you act like nothing's wrong.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Bret**
The one most worthy to inherit
House Westfelt isn't you...
**[09:53] (Flashback) Bret**
It's me!
**[09:55] (Flashback) Alan**
Bret!
**[09:58] (Flashback) Alan**
I know you, so I'm sure you'll be fine.
**[10:02] (Flashback) Alan**
But still...
**[10:03] (Flashback) Alan**
Even so, if the worst comes to pass
and you choose the wrong path...
**[10:14] Bret**
Why am I remembering that now?
**[10:18] Damien**
Our dealings are proceeding without issue.
**[10:21] Damien**
How is your side faring?
**[10:23] Bret**
You know what my power is, don't you?
**[10:26] Bret**
We used the archbishop to lure in Edward.
**[10:29] Damien**
But his gift is problematic.
**[10:32] Damien**
He can nullify any other gift
within a radius of one meter.
**[10:37] Damien**
As his nickname, Disaster, implies,
he's nigh invincible on the battlefield.
**[10:42] Damien**
He is bound to interfere in our plans.
**[10:44] Bret**
My father is handling him.
**[10:47] Bret**
You needn't concern yourself.
**[10:49] Bret**
Even in a worst-case scenario...
**[10:52] Bret**
with my special ability,
**[10:54] Bret**
I can put our plan in motion without
being affected by Edward's gift.
**[10:59] Bret**
What about on your end?
**[11:01] Bret**
Will things really work out this time?
**[11:03] Bret**
You've done nothing but fail before now.
**[11:10] demon B**
The hero has appeared.
**[11:12] Damien**
Then shall we begin?
**[11:14] Damien**
Let's go play with the
premier knight squadron.
**[11:20] Damien**
We are lending you our strength.
**[11:23] Damien**
Mistakes on *your* end will not be tolerated.
**[11:28] Bret**
I won't screw this up.
**[11:31] Bret**
I'm not like that failure.
**[11:39] Akira**
Sara, don't get caught in
the crowd and end up lost.
**[11:45] Akira**
I never said I'd leave you behind, did I?
**[11:52] Akira**
Here.
**[11:56] Akira**
Once things calm down,
**[11:57] Akira**
I'll look for somewhere
to live where you'll feel safe.
**[12:09] Akira**
Let's go.
**[12:22] Akira**
Let's see. This should be a good place.
**[12:25] Akira**
How long are you planning
on playing hide-and-seek?
**[12:32] Akira**
Radiating bloodlust like that...
Did you think I wouldn't notice?
**[12:36] demon B**
That just makes things quicker.
**[12:38] demon B**
You will die here.
**[12:40] Akira**
You think the likes of you can kill me?
**[12:44] demon B**
You're right. We'd be unlikely to succeed...
**[12:47] demon B**
If you were alone, that is.
**[12:51] Akira**
You'd attack her?
**[12:54] demon B**
You seem to have the wrong idea.
**[13:02] Sara**
Hero!
**[13:05] Akira**
Sara, what's wrong?
**[13:07] demon B**
Everyone from that village
**[13:08] demon B**
had our magic sigil inscribed into their body.
**[13:11] demon B**
It uses their life as fuel for an explosion.
**[13:15] demon B**
I only need to launch a fireball,
and she detonates.
**[13:19] Akira**
You...
**[13:21] demon B**
Will you die in the blast too?
**[13:24] demon B**
Or will you abandon the child and run?
**[13:29] demon B**
What will you do, Hero?
**[13:32] Sara**
Run!
**[13:45] Akira**
A hero... would never run!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[13:57] knight A**
Vice Captain Clark?
**[13:59] knight A**
You look pale.
**[14:00] Clark**
I'm worried about the captain.
**[14:02] knight A**
I understand how you feel.
**[14:04] knight A**
But it's the captain. I'm sure he's fine.
**[14:07] Clark**
You're right.
**[14:08] Clark**
He'll probably scold me again
for worrying too—
**[14:13] knight A**
Who goes there?!
**[14:15] Clark**
Wait! Don't make any false moves.
**[14:18] Clark**
*I can tell at a glance.*
**[14:20] Clark**
* We don't stand a chance*
* against them on our own.*
**[14:23] Clark**
*What should I do?*
**[14:25] Damien**
We bear you no animosity. Hear me.
**[14:28] Damien**
I will tell you the truth of this world.
**[14:33] citizen 5**
Hey, that's the archbishop and...
**[14:35] citizen 6**
That's General Cyril!
**[14:37] Cyril**
Everyone! First, I apologize for startling
you with recent sudden events.
**[14:43] Cyril**
The reason we stand before you now...
**[14:46] Cyril**
is to tell all of you the truth.
**[14:50] archbishop**
This kingdom—no, the gods—are lying to you!
**[14:56] archbishop**
Gifts are not blessings for us!
**[14:58] citizen 7**
What does that mean?
**[15:00] citizen 8**
What's he saying?
**[15:01] Cyril**
Think about it for a moment.
**[15:02] Cyril**
What if the gift bestowed
upon you had been different?
**[15:06] Cyril**
Many of you were disappointed at your
blessing ceremony, were you not?
**[15:10] Cyril**
"I wanted to become a bread artisan."
**[15:12] Cyril**
"I wanted to become a traveling merchant
and visit many different lands."
**[15:17] Cyril**
The thing that fetters your freedom
and decides your life for you is your gift.
**[15:22] Cyril**
And not one of you chose yours
of your own free will.
**[15:27] archbishop**
Everyone, we are slaves of the gods!
**[15:30] archbishop**
They are using these gifts
to control us like puppets!
**[15:34] archbishop**
But there's one way for us
to escape their grasp.
**[15:39] archbishop**
And that's to give up our gifts!
**[15:42] archbishop**
Now is the time to liberate
ourselves from the gods
**[15:45] archbishop**
and grasp our future with our own hands!
**[15:49] citizen 9**
But gifts grant us powerful abilities.
**[15:51] citizen 11**
Gifts are being used to protect the kingdom,
aren't they? What will happen there?
**[15:53] citizen 10**
To give them up all of a sudden...
**[15:55] Cyril**
We have prepared an answer
to all of your doubts.
**[16:00] Cyril**
Come.
**[16:03] woman 1**
That's Lord Bret.
**[16:05] man 1**
Lord Bret? You mean from the
ducal house of Westfelt?
**[16:12] Bret**
Everyone! First, please look over there.
**[16:18] crowd**
What is that?
**[16:20] Bret**
Please, don't worry.
That is a sorcerous life-form.
**[16:24] Bret**
It will become a major asset for us.
**[16:27] Cyril**
It's as strong as ten thousand soldiers.
**[16:31] Cyril**
And there are no weaknesses in its defenses.
**[16:34] Cyril**
That much, we have tested
and verified for ourselves.
**[16:38] man 2**
If the general says so, then it must be true.
**[16:41] man 3**
But that one thing can't replace
all of our gifts, can it?
**[16:44] Bret**
With my ability, Marionette, it's possible!
**[16:50] archbishop**
Marionette draws forth latent abilities!
**[16:55] archbishop**
Using this ability, even without your gifts,
**[16:59] archbishop**
you can harness powers far stronger
than what you have now!
**[17:03] archbishop**
And whatever abilities it may bring forth,
**[17:06] archbishop**
they will be powers that already
existed inside you!
**[17:09] archbishop**
As they differ from gifts,
they will usher us into a new age!
**[17:15] woman 2**
That would be good if it's true.
**[17:18] man 4**
So our lives won't be determined
by gifts anymore?
**[17:21] woman 3**
But what happens after Lord Bret passes away?
**[17:24] Bret**
You're right.
**[17:26] Bret**
There is much we will not
be able to do without gifts.
**[17:30] Bret**
Which is why *they* will be here for us!
**[17:33] citizen 13**
What?
**[17:34] citizen 14**
Who is that?
**[17:36] Bret**
His appearance will be familiar to you all.
**[17:38] Bret**
Allow us to show you.
**[17:44] citizen 16**
That isn't human!
**[17:45] Bret**
Your surprise is only natural.
**[17:47] Bret**
This man is one whom the
world should despise.
**[17:51] Bret**
He is a demon. But please, rest assured.
**[17:54] Bret**
We have succeeded in forming a cooperative
relationship with the demons!
**[17:59] archbishop**
We were only able to learn the truth
we just revealed to you with their help!
**[18:06] archbishop**
The truth which the kingdom hid from us...
**[18:08] Archbishop**
It was the demons who revealed it!
**[18:11] archbishop**
And they are the ones who will lend us
the power that will replace our gifts.
**[18:16] Bret**
We don't need gifts!
**[18:18] Bret**
Let us join hands with another people
and think of the lives we wish to lead!
**[18:23] Bret**
Now is the time for us to become free!
**[18:30] Bret**
*That's right. Sing my praises!*
**[18:34] Bret**
*You need me!*
**[18:36] Bret**
* I am worth more than*
* anyone else in the world!*
**[18:52] Craig**
It has long been clear
who will win this fight,
**[18:55] Craig**
but your eyes haven't
clouded in the slightest.
**[19:00] Edward**
It's because I know.
**[19:02] Edward**
*His gift should be nullified.*
**[19:05] Edward**
*But this strength...*
**[19:09] Edward**
I see. It's your level.
**[19:11] Craig**
So you've finally realized it.
**[19:14] Craig**
All of you have always
regarded gifts so highly,
**[19:16] Craig**
but level holds the most meaning.
**[19:19] Craig**
To raise your level is to raise
the status of your spirit.
**[19:24] Craig**
In other words,
you become a superior existence,
**[19:26] Craig**
approaching the gods.
**[19:29] Craig**
That's right.
**[19:30] Craig**
Your level can give you
the strength to kill a god!
**[19:36] Clark**
Gifts are used to manipulate us, is that it?
**[19:39] Clark**
And what of it?
**[19:42] Damien**
What?
**[19:44] Clark**
Even if that's true, we are knights!
**[19:48] Clark**
If anyone wishes harm upon our kingdom,
we shall stop them!
**[19:52] Clark**
We remain the shield
of the people and this nation!
**[19:56] Damien**
You fools.
**[19:58] Clark**
He disappeared!
**[20:04] Clark**
*This is a one-sided slaughter!*
**[20:06] Clark**
*At this rate...*
**[20:09] knight A**
Vice Captain!
**[20:10] Clark**
Don't lose focus!
**[20:12] Damien**
Oh dear. With that wound,
you won't be able to do anything.
**[20:16] Clark**
Don't make me laugh!
**[20:17] Damien**
You're about to fall in battle
and you'd still defy us?
**[20:20] Clark**
That's what it means to be a knight!
**[20:23] Damien**
How utterly foolish.
**[20:26] Béatrice**
Well, I can't deny that.
**[20:31] Béatrice**
Knights, myself included,
tend to be fools, you see.
**[20:47] Craig**
You've already seen the
difference in our strength.
**[20:50] Craig**
You should just quietly comply.
**[20:54] Craig**
This is unsightly.
**[20:58] Craig**
Have you ended the hero?
**[21:04] Akira**
Ended?
**[21:08] Akira**
Too bad for you.
**[21:10] Craig**
H-How are you...
**[21:20] (Flashback) demon B**
Why isn't she exploding?
**[21:24] (Flashback) Akira**
It looks like this battle is over.
**[21:30] Alan**
* Oh, and before I forget,*
* I overwrote the sigil on her.*
**[21:37] Akira**
*Man, that guy is just...*
**[21:40] Akira**
*Just how much did he know?*
**[21:43] Bret**
With our powers, we can bring
forth all of your abilities!
**[21:48] Bret**
This world held prisoner
by gifts will face its end!
**[21:53] Bret**
* Very good! This world will*
* be redrawn by my hand!*
**[22:00] Alan**
You look like you're enjoying yourself.
**[22:07] Bret**
What are you doing here?
**[22:11] Bret**
You failure!
***SIGN*** The Utmost Limit of Hate
**[23:46] Lise**
Next time: "The Utmost Limit of Hate."
# E6 - The Utmost Limit of Hate
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**[00:03] Alan**
You look like you're enjoying yourself.
**[00:09] Bret**
What are you doing here?
**[00:14] Bret**
You failure!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 6
The Utmost Limit of Hate
***SIGN*** Episode 6
The Utmost Limit of Hate
**[01:53] Béatrice**
The general's assassination
**[01:56] Béatrice**
and the monsters sent
in an attempt to kill Lise-sama...
**[01:59] Béatrice**
Both were the doing of you demons
**[02:01] Béatrice**
working together with the ducal
house of Westfelt, weren't they?
**[02:05] Damien**
And how did you get wind of that?
**[02:08] Béatrice**
What is your objective?
**[02:10] Damien**
Well, as you're destined to die here,
**[02:15] Damien**
I'll tell you so you can take
the truth to the underworld.
**[02:22] Damien**
* Those who possess powerful gifts,*
* like the general and princess,*
**[02:29] Damien**
*will only get in the way of our plans.*
**[02:32] Bret**
Stop!
**[02:34] Damien**
* We mean to incite the humans into giving up*
* their gifts of their own free will.*
**[02:40] Bret**
You...
**[02:41] Bret**
You always, *always* only ever do
things to provoke me!
**[02:47] Bret**
Don't interfere with our scheme!
**[02:49] crowd 4**
He said "scheme"!
**[02:51] crowd 5**
So it's true?
**[02:55] Lise**
Please, stop this!
**[03:00] crowd 6**
Princess Lise!
**[03:01] crowd 7**
Is it true they tried to kill you?!
**[03:04] Lise**
Everyone, please listen!
**[03:06] Lise**
The assassination attempt was real.
**[03:08] Lise**
As for what attacked me...
**[03:10] Lise**
They were sorcerous life-forms like that one!
**[03:13] crowd 8**
So it is true!
**[03:14] crowd 9**
How terrifying!
**[03:14] crowd 10**
How could they?
**[03:31] Bret**
Look at what your meddling has done.
**[03:37] Bret**
Marionette!
**[03:52] Bret**
What?
**[03:57] Bret**
That failure...
**[04:00] Bret**
Don't get in my way!
**[04:08] Lise**
Everyone, take shelter!
**[04:12] Alan**
* I wasn't able to look after him much,*
* so maybe this is partly my fault.*
**[04:16] Alan**
*Still...*
**[04:19] young Alan**
*The sun is going to set soon. Let's go home.*
**[04:23] Alan**
* Even so, if the worst comes to pass*
* and you choose the wrong path...*
**[04:28] Alan**
*I will stop you.*
**[04:31] Alan**
Bret!
**[04:33] Bret**
Alan!
**[04:35] Bret**
Who do you think you are, you failure?
**[04:40] Bret**
What?
**[05:00] Lise**
Calm yourself.
**[05:02] Lise**
Everything's fine now.
**[05:05] Alan**
Lise, can I leave the rest to you?
**[05:08] Lise**
Yes.
**[05:10] Alan**
You don't need to look so worried.
**[05:14] Alan**
I'm going to stop him.
**[05:16] Lise**
Won't it be painful for you?
**[05:21] Craig**
* As the heir to the Westfelt family,*
* you are more than a disappointment.*
**[05:25] Craig**
* You are a failure who sullies our*
* family name and brings shame upon it.*
**[05:30] Alan**
*I may be a failure, but I have...*
**[05:35] Alan**
I'll be all right.
**[05:50] Damien**
So it's that girl Horace
reared from infancy...
**[05:54] Béatrice**
She's now our ally,
and a heartening one at that!
**[05:58] Mylène**
We're allies!
**[06:00] Damien**
*If their abilities are roughly equivalent,*
**[06:04] Damien**
*then she must be formidable.*
**[06:06] Damien**
*For now, we should probably...*
**[06:09] Mylène**
Not so fast!
**[06:24] Béatrice**
Is everyone unharmed?
**[06:26] Clark**
Yes, though there's much I'd like to ask you.
**[06:32] Clark**
Thank you.
**[06:34] Béatrice**
It's been a while, hasn't it,
Vice Captain Clark?
**[06:38] Béatrice**
However...
**[06:39] Béatrice**
we have no time for reminiscing now.
**[06:43] Béatrice**
This isn't the only place
the demons are attacking.
**[06:47] Béatrice**
To sow chaos in the capital,
they're hitting several spots at once.
**[06:51] Béatrice**
Anyone who can still move,
lend me your strength!
**[06:54] Clark**
It is our duty to act as the shield
of this kingdom and its people.
**[06:58] Clark**
We will happily lend you our aid.
**[07:01] Béatrice**
You have my thanks.
**[07:02] Noelle**
You there! Are you planning to go fight
in such a battered state?
**[07:08] Noelle**
I had a feeling this might happen,
so I brought every weapon I could.
**[07:14] Clark**
You've all thought of everything.
**[07:17] Clark**
We're most grateful.
**[07:18] Noelle**
* That Alan... He really*
* works people to the bone.*
**[07:30] Akira**
This is bad.
**[07:32] Akira**
The way he's moving isn't normal, is it?
**[07:35] Akira**
It's like he knows what we're going to do.
**[07:39] Edward**
His gift is called...
**[07:42] Edward**
Undertaker.
**[07:45] Edward**
It allows him to see the future.
**[07:49] Edward**
But it requires a lot of concentration,
**[07:53] Edward**
so it isn't something that
can be used in battle.
**[07:55] Edward**
Craig, you crave power that badly?
**[07:59] Edward**
Mariel wouldn't have wanted this.
**[08:02] Craig**
I kept foreseeing her death!
**[08:06] Craig**
I saw it again and again!
**[08:09] Craig**
When I tried to avoid that future,
there were things I was able to change.
**[08:14] Craig**
But no matter what I did...
**[08:16] Craig**
her death was the one thing I couldn't stop!
**[08:22] Mariel**
*Craig, you've done enough for me.*
**[08:28] Craig**
I was utterly powerless.
**[08:32] Craig**
I lost hope so many times.
**[08:36] Craig**
Her life was a mere plaything
before gifts... No, before the gods!
**[08:44] Craig**
Mariel's gift, Holy Grail,
or "Sacred Mother" as it's known,
**[08:48] Craig**
consigned her to the fate
of giving birth to a hero.
**[08:54] Craig**
But the son she birthed...
**[08:56] Craig**
wasn't granted so much as a gift!
**[08:58] Craig**
He was a failure!
**[09:01] Craig**
What did Mariel die for?
**[09:05] Craig**
If her fate was devised by the gods,
**[09:08] Craig**
then all gifts, this whole world...
**[09:12] Craig**
should just disappear!
**[09:16] Akira**
Quit griping about all that!
**[09:20] Akira**
Basically, you can't get over the fact
you lost someone dear to you, right?
**[09:25] Craig**
You're right. Perhaps I've dwelled
too much on things that weren't important.
**[09:34] Craig**
In exchange for the light of my life force,
**[09:37] Craig**
grant me power!
**[09:42] Akira**
Take this...
**[09:43] Akira**
and wake up!
**[09:45] Craig**
You will burn!
**[09:48] Akira**
Azure Lightning!
**[09:51] Akira**
Blast it! Our powers are evenly matched!
**[09:54] Craig**
Blot her out!
**[10:05] Edward**
Craig!
**[10:07] Edward**
Your power...
**[10:11] Edward**
Is it coming from demons?
**[10:13] Edward**
Stop! If you use that power any
more than you already have...
**[10:17] Edward**
you won't be yourself anymore!
**[10:20] Craig**
What of it?
**[10:25] Akira**
Mister!
**[10:35] Edward**
*The darkness is swallowing me.*
**[10:39] Edward**
*Rage. Grief. Sorrow.*
**[10:43] Edward**
*Craig, these are your...*
**[10:58] Edward**
My friend, I'm so sorry.
**[11:08] Edward**
Crai—
**[11:32] Craig**
I won't allow anyone to claim
they understand what's in my heart!
**[11:37] Akira**
Cut the crap!
**[11:39] Akira**
Right up until the end,
he was thinking of you!
**[11:44] Craig**
So?
**[11:46] Craig**
So what if he was?
**[11:49] Craig**
It's your turn to die next, Hero!
**[11:57] Akira**
Blast it!
**[12:05] Alan**
Hey there.
**[12:09] Alan**
Sorry I took so long.
**[12:12] Craig**
Of all the people to come interfere...
**[12:17] Craig**
To think it would be you!
**[12:21] Craig**
You failure!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[12:29] Alan**
You're right.
**[12:31] Alan**
If possible, I wish it could have
been someone else.
**[12:36] Craig**
If that's how you feel,
then you should just leave.
**[12:42] Craig**
You are offensive in my
sight no matter what you do.
**[12:44] Craig**
On your knees!
**[12:51] Craig**
It can't be!
**[12:53] Craig**
My hate isn't so feeble...
**[12:59] Craig**
Just who are you?!
**[13:05] Alan**
You already know. After all, you're
the one who said it, aren't you?
**[13:09] Alan**
I'm a failure, right?
**[13:12] Craig**
So you understand, then.
**[13:15] Alan**
Even if I'm a failure, there are
people I simply won't abandon.
**[13:20] Alan**
And I'm certain that Mother
never would have wanted this.
**[13:26] Craig**
Don't you ever speak of Mariel!
**[13:35] Akira**
Hey, that guy is...
**[13:43] Akira**
Alan!
**[14:03] Alan**
*It's like being frozen in ice.*
**[14:09] Alan**
*Bottomless despair.*
**[14:26] Alan**
*These memories...*
**[14:37] Alan**
*I had no idea.*
**[14:39] Alan**
*He...*
**[14:41] Alan**
*showered her with so much love.*
**[14:44] Alan**
* No, maybe it was that*
* I tried to keep myself from seeing it.*
**[14:56] Alan**
* A person's weakness*
* can change them in an instant.*
**[15:01] Alan**
*I know that pain all too well.*
**[15:06] Alan**
*I looked away.*
**[15:07] Alan**
*I avoided getting involved.*
**[15:10] Alan**
*But...*
**[15:12] Alan**
*there are people who have believed in me.*
**[15:15] Alan**
*They still exist in this world.*
**[15:19] Alan**
*And if that's the case, then I...*
**[15:30] Alan**
World End!
**[15:31] Alan**
Killing Fiend's Longsword!
**[15:33] Alan**
A Hundred Flowers Bloom!
**[15:53] Craig**
You failure!
**[16:16] Noelle**
What is that?
**[16:18] crowd 11**
Is that the demons' work?!
**[16:20] crowd 12**
It's the end of the world!
**[16:21] Lise**
Everyone, please stay calm!
**[16:22] crowd 13**
We're doomed!
**[16:25] Lise**
It's all right!
**[16:28] Lise**
I'm sure that Alan-kun will...
**[16:40] Akira**
This is beyond any human's capabilities now.
**[16:42] Alan**
In that case, I think...
**[16:44] Alan**
I'm gonna have to go stop him, aren't I?
**[16:51] Akira**
Alan?
**[16:52] Alan**
World End...
**[16:57] Alan**
Ultimate Skill: Flash!
**[17:31] Alan**
Held prisoner by rage...
**[17:33] Alan**
You must have been suffering.
**[17:37] Alan**
I was wrong, too.
**[17:39] Alan**
I'm certain it was because of my weakness.
**[17:42] Alan**
Running from the pain of being betrayed...
**[17:45] Alan**
It's no different from being trapped in anger.
**[17:47] Alan**
There's nothing on the
other side of it, is there?
**[17:51] Alan**
Father, thank you for teaching me that.
**[18:38] Craig**
You blasted failure...
**[18:42] Craig**
It seems you've fulfilled your destiny.
**[18:49] Craig**
Mariel...
**[19:07] king**
You have rendered us a great
service, and in recognition...
**[19:12] king**
you are hereby granted the
title of Duke of Westfelt.
**[19:21] Alan**
I respectfully decline.
**[19:29] retainer**
Are you sure of this, sire?
**[19:32] king**
It makes no matter.
I anticipated that response.
**[19:35] king**
I've heard plenty about him, you see.
**[19:39] (Flashback) young Lise**
Father!
**[19:42] (Flashback) young Lise**
Alan-kun and I talked lots!
**[19:44] (Flashback) young Lise**
May I tell you about it?
**[19:46] (Flashback) king**
Yes, please tell me everything.
**[19:50] king**
* He protected this kingdom and*
* my most precious treasure.*
**[19:58] king**
*This is the greatest honor I can bestow.*
**[20:03] Noelle**
You're coming to Granholm?
**[20:05] Alan**
Whatever anyone might say,
that place is pretty convenient.
**[20:09] Lise**
Everyone!
**[20:11] Lise**
I've finally found you!
**[20:14] Lise**
I was hoping that you would
take me with you, too.
**[20:18] Alan**
What?
**[20:21] Lise**
For the good of my domain, too.
**[20:24] Lise**
I have a slightly different
name now, you know?
**[20:28] Lise**
I'm Lise Westfelt.
**[20:32] Noelle**
What? What?! Lise, you...
**[20:34] Mylène**
Does this mean you've taken
responsibility for Westfelt?
**[20:38] Alan**
If it's already been decided,
I guess there's nothing I can do.
**[20:41] Lise**
Indeed! There's nothing to be done about it.
**[20:44] Noelle**
Wait, where's Béatrice?
**[20:46] Lise**
She was originally a guard
to the immediate royal family.
**[20:52] Lise**
And since I'm no longer in that family,
she's no longer in service to me.
**[20:56] Lise**
It seems she's trying everything she can.
**[20:56] Béatrice; background**
Please! Isn't there any way?
Please! Please! Please! Please!
**[20:59] Alan**
Huh? Are you sure you shouldn't wait for her?
**[21:02] Lise**
It's all right! We're talking
about Béatrice, after all.
**[21:06] (Flashback) Béatrice**
Lise-sama!
**[21:08] Alan**
Then you're really on your own, Lise?
**[21:10] Lise**
Yes. I'll feel much safer
if you're with me, Alan-kun.
**[21:18] Alan**
*In this world...*
**[21:20] Alan**
*there are still people who need me.*
**[21:24] Alan**
*Even if I'm not a hero...*
**[21:25] Alan**
*Even if I am a failure...*
**[21:28] Alan**
*Even if I'm no one important...*
**[21:32] Mylène**
What's wrong?
**[21:33] Noelle**
We're leaving now.
**[21:35] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[21:37] Alan**
Yeah. Let's go!
**[21:41] Noelle**
Man, this kingdom is impressive!
**[21:44] Noelle**
Giving out such a huge reward like that...
**[21:46] Alan**
Even after buying a nice mansion,
you'd still probably be set for life.
**[21:50] Noelle**
In that case, I'm going to be a layabout!
**[21:51] Mylène**
Layabout!
**[21:53] Lise**
That's not fair!
**[21:56] Henriette**
Honestly, I take one little peek
and what do I find?
**[22:00] Henriette**
He's not all right at all.
**[22:08] Henriette**
I don't know why he bothered
to reincarnate at this point.
**[22:12] Henriette**
He just can't help himself.
***SIGN*** The Imperial Marquis's Daughter
**[23:45] Lise**
Next time: "The Imperial Marquis's Daughter."
# E7 - The Imperial Marquis's Daughter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G50UZ0K32/the-imperial-marquiss-daughter)
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**[00:00] (Flashback) Disciple Henriette**
I'm sorry.
**[00:03] (Flashback) Disciple Henriette**
We... I didn't make you a hero with the
intention of making you feel this way.
**[00:09] (Flashback) Hero Alan**
Why are you apologizing?
**[00:12] (Flashback) Hero Alan**
It was my own obstinacy that landed me here.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Disciple Henriette**
You are the reason we were able to hold on
to that which could have been lost
**[00:20] (Flashback) Disciple Henriette**
and countless people were spared bitter tears.
**[00:24] (Flashback) Disciple Henriette**
You were exactly the sort
of hero I wished for.
**[00:29] (Flashback) Disciple Henriette**
Now, tell me your wish...
**[00:32] (Flashback) Disciple Henriette**
our hero.
**[00:40] Alan**
What a nostalgic dream.
**[00:47] Lise**
Alan-kun! Good morning.
**[00:50] Alan**
Morning.
**[00:52] Lise**
Breakfast is ready.
Why don't we eat together?
**[00:55] Alan**
Where are the other two?
**[00:57] Lise**
They haven't woken yet.
**[00:59] Lise**
I was thinking of going to get them soon.
**[01:02] Lise**
Good morning!
**[01:09] Alan**
Could you at least get dressed
before coming out?
**[01:12] Noelle**
What does it matter?
**[01:14] Noelle**
You've seen me in an
even more compromising state.
**[01:17] Lise**
A-A compromising state?!
**[01:19] Lise**
Wh-Wh-Wh-What does she mean, Alan-kun?!
**[01:24] Lise**
What compromising state?!
**[01:25] Alan**
*When will I find the sort of peace I seek?*
**[01:25] Lise**
Do you like that sort of thing?
**[01:27] Lise**
Alan-kun, answer me!
**[01:31] Lise**
So, basically...
**[01:32] Lise**
she got hot working at the forge,
so she took off some clothes, and that's all?
**[01:36] Alan**
I didn't count myself lucky
for seeing it, either.
**[01:39] Noelle**
What's that supposed to mean? It's not like
I do that in front of just anyone.
**[01:44] Alan**
Yes, of course. I consider myself honored.
**[01:46] Noelle**
Alan, hurry up and eat.
**[01:49] Noelle**
You're testing out my new
sword today, aren't you?
**[01:52] Lise**
What?
**[01:53] Lise**
But what about your promise to help
me with ducal house paperwork?
**[01:56] Mylène**
You're supposed to take
a nap with Mylène today.
**[01:59] Alan**
Huh? Did I make all those promises?
**[02:03] Alan**
It's just, um...
**[02:05] Nadia**
Alan-dono!
**[02:07] Nadia**
Alan-dono, why do you never
show your face at the guild?
**[02:12] Nadia**
Just look at how the requests
for you have piled up, Alan-dono!
**[02:17] Alan**
Even so, I...
**[02:19] Nadia**
Come with me this instant!
**[02:21] Alan**
Wait!
**[02:21] Noelle**
Hold it right there!
**[02:23] Noelle**
Alan is supposed to test my sword!
**[02:26] Lise**
And there's the paperwork!
**[02:27] Mylène**
Our nap, too.
**[02:29] Lise**
Now, Alan-kun, come with me!
**[02:32] Nadia**
There's a swarm of powerful monsters
that only Alan-dono can defeat!
**[02:36] Nadia**
The place is in chaos!
**[02:38] Noelle**
How is that my problem?
**[02:41] Lise**
Alan-kun, I've been so
looking forward to this!
**[02:43] Alan**
Ow, ow, ow!
**[02:46] Mylène**
Alan is going to take a nap with Mylène.
**[02:50] Alan**
Um, what about how I feel about all this?
**[02:57] Alan**
I somehow managed to do it all.
I'm exhausted.
**[03:02] Alan**
But I guess this is one way
to live in peace...
**[03:10] (Flashback) Lise**
What? You're going to travel to the empire?
**[03:13] (Flashback) Alan**
I thought it'd be a good change of pace.
**[03:16] (Flashback) Alan**
And if I find somewhere that seems
nice to live, I might settle there.
**[03:20] (Flashback) Lise**
I see...
**[03:23] (Flashback) Mylène**
The empire?
**[03:24] (Flashback) Noelle**
The Victour Empire.
**[03:26] (Flashback) Noelle**
We have a truce right now,
**[03:28] (Flashback) Noelle**
but they're a major power
neighboring this kingdom.
**[03:31] (Flashback) Noelle**
I've heard they've got lots
of skilled dwarven smiths.
**[03:34] (Flashback) Noelle**
I should learn a lot there!
**[03:37] (Flashback) Alan**
Why are you talking
like you're coming with me?
**[03:40] (Flashback) Mylène**
Mylène is going too.
**[03:43] (Flashback) Noelle**
What's another one
or two people on the journey?
**[03:47] (Flashback) Noelle**
With you of all people, it's not like
we'd be much of a burden.
**[03:50] (Flashback) Alan**
Well, I can't deny that.
**[03:53] (Flashback) Noelle**
Then it's decided!
**[03:56] (Flashback) Alan**
Lise, what will you do?
**[03:58] (Flashback) Lise**
I have work to do for the duchy, so...
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 7
The Imperial Marquis's Daughter
***SIGN*** Episode 7
The Imperial Marquis's Daughter
**[05:36] Lise; Mylène; Noelle**
And we're off!
**[05:40] Lise**
Take care of the duchy for me!
**[05:44] Béatrice**
Lise-sama...
**[05:47] Béatrice**
Lise-sama, take care of yourself!
**[05:53] Noelle**
Are you sure it's okay for you to come?
**[05:55] Noelle**
You may not be a princess anymore,
but you're in charge of the duchy.
**[06:00] Lise**
That's precisely my motivation.
**[06:03] Lise**
The empire continues to harbor
ambitions of uniting the continent.
**[06:06] Lise**
Half a year ago, the chaos within our kingdom
provided them the perfect chance to act,
**[06:09] Lise**
and yet they showed no sign of movement.
**[06:12] Lise**
The House of Westfelt is charged with
protecting the kingdom's borders.
**[06:16] Lise**
As its head, I must gain a true understanding
of the empire's internal state of affairs!
**[06:20] Noelle**
You could have at least had Béatrice
accompany you as a guard.
**[06:20] Béatrice**
Lise-sama! Lise-sama!
**[06:25] Lise**
She said that if Alan-kun was with me,
she'd rest easier
**[06:27] Lise**
than if she accompanied me herself.
**[06:30] Noelle**
Well, that's fair enough.
**[06:32] Alan**
That's a lot of responsibility.
**[06:35] Lise**
I'll be counting on you, Alan-kun.
**[06:54] Noelle**
Honestly! I can't get any rest at all!
**[06:58] Noelle**
There really isn't a smoother road somewhere?
**[07:01] Lise**
The empire is surrounded by
mountain ranges and deserts.
**[07:04] Lise**
The paths in are very limited.
**[07:19] Lise**
Alan-kun, is something wrong?
**[07:22] Alan**
Yeah. This might be a little tricky.
**[07:27] Lise**
Those are...
**[07:29] Lise**
sand wolves!
**[07:30] Noelle**
I've heard of those.
**[07:32] Noelle**
Cross them, and you're as good as dead.
**[07:35] Noelle**
They're also known as Desert Reapers.
**[07:38] Mylène**
No escape.
**[07:49] Alan**
Now, shall we get going?
**[07:51] Noelle**
Well, it *is* Alan we're talking about.
**[07:53] Lise**
It *is* Alan-kun, after all.
**[07:54] Mylène**
Of course Alan can handle them.
**[07:56] Alan**
I'd like a little bit of gratitude
every now and then.
**[08:00] Alan**
Still...
**[08:02] Alan**
that was the perfect terrain
to engage any intruders,
**[08:05] Alan**
and we find Desert Reapers there?
**[08:06] Alan**
Who could be manipulating things this time?
**[08:23] Lise**
Incredible! This town is so far from the
imperial capital, yet it's still so lively!
**[08:28] Mylène**
That's the empire for you.
**[08:29] Noelle**
A smithy! Where is there a smithy?
**[08:32] Lise**
Alan-kun, is something wrong?
**[08:34] Alan**
No. I was just thinking that the
atmosphere is a little intimidating.
**[08:40] Alan**
I know that this is a border town,
but I feel like there are too many guards.
**[08:45] Noelle**
You're overthinking things.
**[08:47] Alan**
I hope that's all it is.
**[08:51] Alan**
I'm sorry. I wasn't looking where—
**[08:54] Alan**
Henriette.
**[08:56] Henriette**
Alan?
**[08:58] Alan**
It's been a while.
**[09:00] Henriette**
What are you doing in a place like this?
**[09:03] Alan**
I'd like to ask you the same thing.
**[09:06] Alan**
For the daughter of a marquis to wander
around town without a single attendant...
**[09:10] Alan**
What circumstances could
have led to this, I wonder?
**[09:14] Henriette**
None of your business!
**[09:16] Henriette**
And let go of me already!
**[09:19] Alan**
Sorry.
**[09:20] Noelle**
What? Is this cute girl
an acquaintance of yours?
**[09:24] Mylène**
Take that.
**[09:26] Lise**
You're Lady Henriette from
Marquis Lindqvist's family, aren't you?
**[09:30] Henriette**
Princess Lise Adoastella...
**[09:33] Henriette**
No, now you're the head of the
duchy of Westfelt, aren't you?
**[09:37] Henriette**
What brings such an esteemed
personage here to the empire?
**[09:41] Lise**
Well...
**[09:43] Lise**
We're sightseeing!
**[09:45] Henriette**
You're majorly bad at lying.
**[09:48] Henriette**
It doesn't really matter.
**[09:50] Henriette**
No further questions
about why you've come here,
**[09:54] Henriette**
but a warning for you...
**[09:56] Alan**
A warning?
**[09:58] Henriette**
The empire is smoldering with embers that
could ignite and turn the country on its head.
**[10:04] Henriette**
You should head home to your kingdom
before you get caught up in it.
**[10:08] Noelle**
What? We only just got here!
**[10:11] Alan**
You say to head home, but I'm pretty
much a rootless wanderer right now.
**[10:14] Henriette**
What if you were told that the
Black Wolf Knights are on the move?
**[10:17] Henriette**
Would that tell you how dire things are?
**[10:20] Alan**
The Black Wolf Knights?
**[10:22] Noelle**
Who are they?
**[10:23] Henriette**
The empire has authorized them
to mobilize at their own discretion.
**[10:27] Henriette**
They are the most feared unit
in all the empire.
**[10:31] Henriette**
It's best to have nothing
to do with their lot.
**[10:36] Henriette**
And so...
**[10:38] Henriette**
Henriette will now take her leave.
**[10:40] Henriette**
Please go home as soon as you can!
**[10:43] Alan**
Thanks for the warning!
**[10:45] Noelle**
Sounds like we came at a terrible time.
**[10:48] Lise**
Bad enough the empire could
be turned on its head...
**[10:51] Lise**
What in the world is happening here?
**[10:57] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[10:58] Alan**
I'll be right back!
Go ahead and see the sights!
**[11:10] Lise**
Shall we go sightseeing?
**[11:18] Alan**
Henriette!
**[11:20] Henriette**
Have you some other business here?
**[11:21] Alan**
Yes, but not with you, Henriette.
**[11:25] Henriette**
Huh?
**[11:25] Alan**
I know you're you, but it's the disciple
of the gods that I want to speak with.
**[11:31] Alan**
Your warning earlier...
Was that as the daughter of the marquis?
**[11:35] Alan**
Or was it as a disciple of the gods?
**[11:38] Henriette**
In our last life, you had a disciple
always telling you what to do,
**[11:42] Henriette**
but in this world,
all you have is a girl named Henriette.
**[11:47] Alan**
But you still have your powers
as a disciple, don't you?
**[11:50] Henriette**
With certain limitations.
**[11:54] Henriette**
What is it?
**[11:55] Alan**
I was just wondering how you also ended up
in this world in the first place.
**[12:03] Henriette**
It's almost like your destiny
is to be drawn into trouble,
**[12:07] Henriette**
so consider this a bonus!
**[12:10] Alan**
So, basically, you were worried about me and—
**[12:12] Henriette**
In any case!
**[12:14] Henriette**
If you want to live peacefully,
**[12:16] Henriette**
then hurry up and go home!
**[12:20] Alan**
All right.
**[12:22] Alan**
Henriette...
**[12:25] Alan**
Thanks.
**[12:27] Henriette**
A-As long as you understand.
**[12:33] Alan**
I need to rejoin the others as soon as I can.
**[12:38] crowd 1**
What was that?
**[12:39] crowd 2**
Oh man...
**[12:40] crowd 3**
An explosion?
**[12:41] crowd 4**
What happened?
**[12:42] Alan**
She was right. Looks like things
are about to flare up.
**[12:51] knights**
There! Don't let him get away!
**[12:55] man**
Outta the way!
**[12:57] Alan**
Destined to be drawn into trouble, huh?
**[13:00] Alan**
Guess she's not really wrong about that.
**[13:06] Alan**
Now, if I hand him over
to the guards like this,
**[13:08] Alan**
they're bound to ask lots of questions.
**[13:11] Alan**
What should I do?
**[13:25] Alan**
*That was the work of demons!*
**[13:26] Lizette**
That man was the suspected culprit
in that explosion earlier.
**[13:34] Lizette**
Now, what sort of situation do we have here?
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[13:50] Lizette**
Mind telling me what happened here?
**[13:53] Alan**
First, in my defense,
**[13:55] Alan**
he attacked me. I merely counterattacked.
**[13:58] Alan**
I didn't kill him.
**[14:00] Lizette**
Your story doesn't seem
to line up very well with the evidence.
**[14:04] Lizette**
How did you kill him so gruesomely
without using a weapon or your gift?
**[14:09] Alan**
How can you tell I didn't use a gift?
**[14:12] Lizette**
Mine is a little unusual, you see.
**[14:14] Lizette**
I can see what gifts others have used.
**[14:18] Alan**
Really?
**[14:19] Lizette**
By the way, do you know
about the existence of demons?
**[14:22] Alan**
Of course.
**[14:23] Lizette**
The powers they use resemble gifts,
but they're altogether different.
**[14:27] Lizette**
Meaning that I can't see them when used.
**[14:32] Alan**
I'm not a demon.
**[14:34] Alan**
Though I don't suppose you'll
believe me even if I say that.
**[14:37] Lizette**
Not a chance, unless you can prove it.
**[14:40] Alan**
So, a real-life devil's proof issue, then?
**[14:43] Lizette**
If you're not a demon, then I'm very sorry.
**[14:46] Lizette**
But as a knight who protects this realm,
I can't simply look the other way.
**[14:51] Alan**
*This is a problem.*
**[14:53] Alan**
* If I fight and defeat her,*
* that'd be like provoking the empire.*
**[14:57] Alan**
* If I try to run, she seems like*
* she'd really make that hard for me.*
**[15:02] Lizette**
Now then, you'll be coming with us.
**[15:09] Lizette**
That was a mistake!
**[15:11] black wolf A**
Captain!
**[15:13] Lizette**
Close the borders immediately!
**[15:15] black wolf A**
Yes, right away!
**[15:19] Lizette**
If the kingdom learns of this incident,
it would be a disaster.
**[15:28] Alan**
You really saved me, Mylène.
**[15:31] Alan**
But how did you know I was in trouble?
**[15:34] Henriette**
Alan!
**[15:37] Henriette**
I swear, you're so...
**[15:38] Alan**
Henriette?
**[15:40] Henriette**
Right after you were warned,
you went and got yourself in trouble!
**[15:44] Alan**
What do you mean?
**[15:46] Lise**
Just as we started to worry because you
were gone too long, Henriette came by.
**[15:56] (Flashback) Lise**
Alan-kun is taking a while, isn't he?
**[15:58] (Flashback) Mylène**
That's the twentieth cow, isn't it?
**[16:00] (Flashback) Noelle**
Should we really go sightseeing?
Or should we go looking—
**[16:03] (Flashback) Henriette**
No need for that.
**[16:06] (Flashback) Lise**
Lady Henriette?
**[16:07] (Flashback) Henriette**
However, you're gonna be
lending us your power.
**[16:12] (Flashback) Mylène**
Mylène?
**[16:15] Alan**
I see.
**[16:17] Alan**
Mylène's gift is Copycat.
**[16:19] Alan**
Her power is demonic in nature,
**[16:21] Alan**
so she was able to evade that knight's gaze.
**[16:24] Alan**
Very impressive, Henriette.
**[16:26] Mylène**
Did Mylène do well, too?
**[16:28] Alan**
You did very, very well.
**[16:31] Alan**
Now, we should hurry up
and leave this country.
**[16:34] Henriette**
You don't appreciate your situation, do you?
**[16:36] Alan**
What?
**[16:37] Henriette**
All of the roads leading to your
kingdom have already been closed.
**[16:42] Lise**
That can't be!
**[16:43] Alan**
Which means that we won't be
able to go back for a while.
**[16:47] Noelle**
Can't we slip through
using Mylène's invisibility?
**[16:50] Alan**
The knights aren't stupid. I don't think
they'll fall for the same trick twice.
**[16:55] Lise**
And with this many people,
the strain on Mylène would be significant.
**[17:04] Henriette**
Why are you looking at Henriette?
**[17:07] Alan**
I was thinking *you* might
be able to do something.
**[17:10] Henriette**
Y-You're pretty presumptuous, aren't you?
**[17:13] Henriette**
Although it's not as if
there isn't a potential plan...
**[17:20] Henriette**
This is Henriette's home.
**[17:25] Silas**
Welcome home, my lady.
**[17:28] Silas**
Who are your guests?
**[17:29] Henriette**
They aren't guests, but please
treat them as though they are.
**[17:33] Silas**
As you wish.
**[17:36] Silas**
Lord Alan?
**[17:37] Alan**
Wait, Silas?
**[17:38] Lise**
Do you know him?
**[17:41] Alan**
Before I was kicked out of House Westfelt,
Silas was the head butler there.
**[17:46] Silas**
I am happy to see you again, Lord Alan.
**[17:49] Alan**
I'm glad to see you're looking well!
**[17:51] Alan**
I was worried where you might've ended up.
**[17:54] Silas**
When we servants quit
House Westfelt in protest,
**[17:58] Silas**
this kindhearted young lady welcomed us here.
**[18:03] Henriette**
Enough about that! That's enough!
**[18:05] Henriette**
Hurry up and show these guys around!
**[18:08] Silas**
As you wish.
**[18:13] Noelle**
It's so fluffy!
**[18:14] Mylène**
Fluffy, fluffy!
**[18:16] Lise**
Stop that, you two!
**[18:17] Henriette**
Please, make yourselves at home.
**[18:20] Henriette**
Only Henriette lives here, after all.
**[18:22] Alan**
You live in this huge mansion all alone?
**[18:25] Henriette**
Henriette is an only child,
and her parents are long gone.
**[18:29] Henriette**
Apparently, there was
an accident some time ago.
**[18:32] Lise**
I'm so sorry.
**[18:34] Noelle**
You make it sound so impersonal.
**[18:36] Alan**
Well, getting straight to business,
what's going on in this country?
**[18:41] Alan**
All those guards, the closed border,
the Black Wolf Knights...
**[18:47] Henriette**
The emperor has been assassinated.
**[18:51] Henriette**
It happened over a year ago.
**[18:54] Lise**
So that's why the empire didn't make
a move when the kingdom was in trouble.
**[19:00] Henriette**
We're too busy dealing with our own problems.
**[19:03] Noelle**
Hang on, hang on!
**[19:04] Noelle**
Should you be blabbing such vital
information to outsiders like this?
**[19:09] Noelle**
You're the daughter
of an imperial marquis, aren't you?
**[19:12] Mylène**
Should we pretend we didn't hear?
**[19:15] Henriette**
Henriette knows that you aren't people
who'd carelessly speak someone's secrets.
**[19:21] Lise**
You know that?
**[19:22] Henriette**
In any case, you should stay here
and relax until the commotion dies down.
**[19:32] Alan**
I wish you'd at least
come in through the door.
**[19:36] Henriette**
What's the harm? We've been stuck with
each other since our last life, after all.
**[19:41] Alan**
This is all the doing of the demons, isn't it?
**[19:44] Henriette**
Most likely.
**[19:46] Henriette**
The emperor was under
the strictest of guards.
**[19:49] Henriette**
The only ones who could assassinate
him without leaving a single trace...
**[19:52] Henriette**
would be them or you.
**[19:54] Alan**
In that case, you could too,
right, Henriette?
**[19:57] Henriette**
Snuffing out the emperor wouldn't
be of any benefit to Henriette.
**[20:02] Alan**
So, how long have you been watching?
**[20:04] Henriette**
What do you mean?
**[20:06] Alan**
You don't have to play dumb.
**[20:08] Alan**
You've been watching me all this time, right?
**[20:12] Alan**
If not, you wouldn't have been there
to hire Silas and the others.
**[20:16] Alan**
Also, bumping into me right after
I entered the empire...
**[20:19] Alan**
That's too coincidental to be a coincidence.
**[20:22] Henriette**
C-Coincidences *are* coincidental!
**[20:26] Alan**
That's true.
**[20:32] Alan**
Henriette?
**[20:33] Henriette**
Henriette is returning to her room.
**[20:36] Alan**
Right.
**[20:37] Alan**
Good night.
**[20:47] Henriette**
So, you really can smile now.
**[20:52] Henriette**
* Alan, you were worthy*
* of a hero's power and mission.*
**[20:56] Henriette**
* I knew you had that sort*
* of strong, unyielding heart.*
**[21:00] Henriette**
*However...*
**[21:02] Henriette**
*The looks of fear the people turned on you,*
**[21:04] Henriette**
*their ostracizing words...*
**[21:06] Henriette**
*They hurt you so deeply.*
**[21:09] Henriette**
*They broke your heart.*
**[21:13] Henriette**
*That's right.*
**[21:15] Henriette**
*I couldn't help wondering about you.*
**[21:17] Henriette**
*I was worried about you.*
**[21:20] Henriette**
*That's why I reincarnated into this world.*
**[21:24] Henriette**
*At the very least...*
**[21:26] Henriette**
*I wanted you to be happy in your next life...*
**[21:30] Henriette**
*I never wanted you to feel that way again,*
**[21:34] Henriette**
*so I've been watching over you.*
**[21:37] Henriette**
*Always.*
**[21:52] Henriette**
* So when you met someone who*
* could make you smile, I...*
**[21:58] Henriette**
*was so happy.*
**[22:03] Henriette**
Even if...
**[22:05] Henriette**
the fact that it wasn't me
upsets me a little.
***SIGN*** The Fairy Sovereign
**[23:46] Lise**
Next time: "The Fairy Sovereign."
# E8 - The Fairy Sovereign
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GWDU82VZP/the-fairy-sovereign)
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**[00:02] Noelle**
I'm bored!
**[00:03] Noelle**
Bored! Bored! Bored! Bored!
Bored! Bored! Bored!
**[00:06] Noelle**
I'm so bored!
**[00:09] Noelle**
Where are the empire's best blades?
**[00:11] Noelle**
Where are the dwarven workshops?
**[00:13] Noelle**
I want to see a smithy.
I want to forge a sword.
**[00:17] Henriette**
You can give up on that. The town is under
the strictest of guards right now.
**[00:23] Noelle**
Say it isn't so...
**[00:25] Henriette**
That aside, there's somewhere you—
**[00:29] Lise**
Noelle has begun forging an invisible sword!
**[00:32] Noelle**
The best blades. Dwarven workshops.
The best blades.
**[00:35] Lise**
This is dire!
**[00:39] Alan**
But, you know...
**[00:41] Alan**
I'm the one the Black Wolf Knights
are after, right?
**[00:44] Alan**
If Noelle goes into town alone, it shouldn't
be too dangerous, should it?
**[00:49] Henriette**
That's true enough, but...
**[00:51] Alan**
Or do you have some sort of plan for us?
**[00:54] Henriette**
N-Nothing in particular.
**[00:56] Noelle**
What? It's all right for me to go into town?
**[00:59] Henriette**
You might as well.
**[01:02] Noelle**
All right!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 8
The Fairy Sovereign
***SIGN*** Episode 8
The Fairy Sovereign
**[02:36] Noelle**
An outing! An outing!
**[02:45] Noelle**
Myléne, thank you for coming with me.
**[02:47] Myléne**
I'm your bodyguard, Noelle.
**[02:49] Noelle**
How reassuring!
**[03:00] Noelle**
We've still got tons to go see!
**[03:02] Myléne**
Yeah!
**[03:04] Noelle**
Although...
**[03:05] Noelle**
I can't help noticing
there are a lot of elves here.
**[03:08] Noelle**
And does it feel like they're staring at us?
**[03:11] Noelle**
Oh, could it be...
**[03:13] Noelle**
that I'm just too cute?
**[03:16] Noelle**
Oh, what should I do? What if someone
suddenly comes up to talk to me?
**[03:19] Noelle**
What if they ask me to forge
a sword with them?
**[03:22] Noelle**
Am I a popular elf?
**[03:24] elf A**
Um...
**[03:27] elf A**
Never mind!
**[03:31] elf B**
Excuse me.
**[03:33] elf C**
May I have a moment?
**[03:37] Myléne**
Noelle, this place is dangerous!
**[03:39] Noelle**
Wait, Myléne! Let go!
**[03:42] Noelle**
I'm exhausted...
**[03:45] Myléne**
Did Myléne do a good job?
**[03:47] Noelle**
Yes, you did great.
**[03:51] Alan**
Sounds like quite an ordeal.
**[03:53] Noelle**
It didn't exactly make me feel bad, though.
**[03:57] Lise**
Well, you are cute, Noelle.
**[03:59] Lise**
It's no wonder the other
elves wouldn't leave you alone.
**[04:02] Noelle**
It's criminal to have so little
self-awareness, isn't it?
**[04:05] Noelle**
From now on, I'll appreciate that
I'm so highly admired—
**[04:07] Henriette**
That's not it at all.
**[04:08] Noelle**
That's blunt!
**[04:11] Henriette**
Though you're not wrong about them
taking an interest in you specifically.
**[04:15] Noelle**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[04:18] Henriette**
Do you want to know more about yourself?
**[04:21] Noelle**
Huh? Well...
**[04:24] Noelle**
I do want to know, but I
remember nothing of my past.
**[04:29] Henriette**
Then come along.
**[04:31] Henriette**
Henriette will show you the way.
**[04:33] Noelle**
The way to where?
**[04:38] Noelle**
To the Elven Forest.
**[04:41] Henriette**
This place looks good.
**[04:43] Noelle**
Does it? Where's the forest?
**[04:46] Henriette**
Just watch.
**[05:07] Henriette**
This is the Elven Forest.
**[05:12] Lise**
But we were just at the mansion...
**[05:15] Henriette**
We still are.
**[05:17] Lise**
What?
**[05:18] Henriette**
Just in a slightly different dimension.
**[05:20] Lise**
I-I see.
**[05:22] Alan**
The Elven Forest was hidden with barrier magic
because they were wary of outside enemies, right?
**[05:28] Henriette**
Exactly.
**[05:30] Henriette**
And to keep people from finding out about it,
**[05:33] Henriette**
they wipe the memory of anyone who
leaves the forest, without exception.
**[05:36] Henriette**
But Henriette has been granted
the right to enter the forest.
**[05:41] Noelle**
So is that why I don't have
any of my old memories?
**[05:45] Henriette**
It's possible, don't you think?
**[05:48] Alan**
I'm surprised, though.
**[05:50] Alan**
To think that the elves could construct a
barrier so powerful that I couldn't sense it...
**[05:54] Alan**
Were you involved by any chance, Henriette?
**[05:57] Henriette**
W-Well, you know.
Perhaps a bit here and there.
**[06:02] Alan**
I see.
**[06:04] Henriette**
Let's hurry along now.
**[06:07] Henriette**
The settlement is this way.
**[06:19] Lise**
Noelle, is something wrong?
**[06:21] Noelle**
Yes, but I don't know how to explain it.
**[06:24] Noelle**
I have this sense that this is where I belong.
**[06:28] Noelle**
It feels nostalgic somehow.
**[06:32] Lise**
I'm sure that the forest where you
were born was as lovely as this one.
**[06:47] Noelle**
Wh-Who are all of you?
**[06:49] Alan**
It's all right. They don't seem
to have any hostile intent.
**[06:52] Henriette**
Of course not. After all...
**[06:57] Henriette**
their sovereign has returned.
**[06:59] Noelle**
S-Sovereign?
**[07:01] Percival**
Welcome home, my liege.
**[07:05] elves**
Welcome home.
**[07:07] Noelle**
Wh-What? Me? You mean me?
**[07:11] Percival**
We have awaited your return
with all our hearts.
**[07:16] Alan**
Oh, I get it.
The eyes of the fairy sovereign.
**[07:19] Noelle**
The eyes of the fairy sovereign?
**[07:22] Noelle**
That demonic man who
attacked us mentioned that.
**[07:25] Henriette**
The eyes of the fairy sovereign, Grahm Sight,
are only possessed by the elven royal family.
**[07:30] Henriette**
It's a special gift.
**[07:32] Noelle**
You're saying... I'm descended from royalty?
**[07:37] Henriette**
And the royal bloodline has all but ended.
**[07:41] Henriette**
So, to these people, their sovereign is...
**[07:43] Noelle**
Me?
**[07:46] Percival**
I serve as the sovereign's regent.
My name is Percival.
**[07:49] Percival**
My liege and your honored friends,
welcome to the Elven Forest.
**[07:54] Noelle**
W-W-Wait!
**[07:55] Noelle**
You're really putting me on the spot,
just suddenly treating me like your ruler.
**[07:59] Percival**
Indeed. We have no intention
of rushing your decision.
**[08:02] Percival**
Let's begin by having you
get to know us better.
**[08:06] Percival**
Please, right this way.
**[08:08] Percival**
I shall show you around the forest.
**[08:21] Percival**
This is our settlement.
**[08:23] Alan**
Elves are as free and uninhibited
as I've heard.
**[08:27] Myléne**
A nap would be nice.
**[08:28] Lise**
Still, I didn't expect
**[08:30] Lise**
to see human tools
and furniture in the Elven Forest.
**[08:35] Percival**
Oh, it was Henriette-dono
who brought those for us and—
**[08:38] Henriette**
Percival!
**[08:40] Percival**
N-Never mind.
**[08:44] Percival**
My liege, what do you think
of our way of life?
**[08:48] Noelle**
I'm not your liege yet.
**[08:51] Percival**
My apologies, my liege.
**[08:56] demon child A**
My liege!
**[08:59] Noelle**
Yes? What is it?
**[09:01] demon child A**
Here! A present for you, my liege!
**[09:04] demon child B**
We gathered lots of them!
**[09:06] Noelle**
Oh, how delightful!
**[09:08] Noelle**
I'll take this one and this one.
**[09:11] demon child A**
Tomorrow, we'll bring you
something even more amazing!
**[09:14] Noelle**
Okay! I'm looking forward to it.
**[09:20] Percival**
Now then, our liege is in
the middle of an inspection.
**[09:23] Percival**
Run along.
**[09:24] demon child A; B**
Yes, sir!
**[09:28] Percival**
Phillip, that means you, too.
**[09:32] Percival**
Honestly. You've been following us this whole
time trying to get a closer look at our liege.
**[09:37] Phillip**
That's because...
**[09:38] Percival**
Now, go and play with the other children.
**[09:40] Percival**
Our liege is busy.
**[09:42] Noelle**
If you'd like to chat a little, I don't mind.
**[09:46] Percival**
No. There will be no end to it.
**[09:48] Phillip**
But the other kids got to talk to her!
**[09:51] Percival**
Phillip.
**[09:52] Phillip**
It's no fair! I can't, but they can?
**[09:55] Phillip**
They're bad guys!
**[09:58] Phillip**
After all, they're—
**[10:00] Percival**
Phillip!
**[10:07] Percival**
My apologies.
**[10:08] Noelle**
What was that just now?
What did he mean by "bad guys"?
**[10:11] Percival**
It's nothing.
**[10:12] Percival**
Now, let's proceed.
**[10:14] Percival**
Up ahead, there is a beautiful water source.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[10:30] Oswald**
Hey, Lizette.
**[10:36] Lizette**
That's "Captain" to you, Oswald.
**[10:38] Oswald**
I didn't take you for the formal type.
**[10:41] Lizette**
Have you found the entrance
to the Elven Forest?
**[10:44] Oswald**
Those elves sure are cagey.
**[10:47] Lizette**
When someone like you approaches,
radiating bloodlust, anyone would run.
**[10:54] Oswald**
I don't want to hear that from you,
**[10:55] Oswald**
the heinous criminal who broke the worst
possible taboo in the history of the empire!
**[11:00] Lizette**
I suggest refraining from jokes
no one would find funny.
**[11:04] Oswald**
For which one of us?
**[11:07] Lizette**
Don't mess this up.
**[11:09] Oswald**
I won't. Don't get so hotheaded.
**[11:14] Lizette**
And don't complicate the situation.
**[11:17] Oswald**
Complicate it?
**[11:18] Lizette**
Don't go on a rampage.
**[11:20] Oswald**
Yeah, yeah.
**[11:38] Percival**
May I have a moment?
**[11:39] Alan**
Of course.
**[11:42] Percival**
To long-lived folk like us,
**[11:44] Percival**
the past decade without a monarch
has been both short and long.
**[11:47] Percival**
Everyone's been so anxious.
**[11:48] Alan**
No wonder you all welcomed
Noelle with open arms.
**[11:52] Percival**
We elves cannot be without our ruler.
**[11:56] Alan**
You can't?
**[11:58] Percival**
We elves serve our monarch, and it is through
years of such service that we grow.
**[12:03] Alan**
So without a sovereign, you stop growing?
**[12:07] Percival**
It's not just that.
We can't even bear children.
**[12:11] Percival**
Thus our people face a slow death.
**[12:17] Percival**
The one who kindled hope for us...
**[12:20] Percival**
was Henriette-dono.
**[12:24] (Flashback) Henriette**
There is a lost one whose
only interest is smithing.
**[12:28] (Flashback) Percival**
Really? It's unusual for our kind
become so taken with smithing.
**[12:32] (Flashback) Percival**
How did you meet her?
**[12:33] (Flashback) Henriette**
Huh? I haven't m-met her exactly.
**[12:37] (Flashback) Henriette**
I just sort of saw her...
I guess you say I was spying on her.
**[12:42] (Flashback) Henriette**
Anyway, she has the eyes
of the fairy sovereign!
**[12:49] Alan**
And that was Noelle?
**[12:51] Percival**
Yes.
**[12:52] Percival**
And that's not all Henriette-dono
has provided us with.
**[12:57] Percival**
We always avoided contact with other peoples,
**[13:00] Percival**
so we'd never enter
the villages where they dwelt.
**[13:03] Percival**
But Henriette-dono brought us goods
from other cultures as often as she could.
**[13:09] Percival**
Thus we who have only known
life in the forest
**[13:12] Percival**
slowly came to understand the outside world.
**[13:16] Percival**
Thanks to that, many of us have
now experienced other cultures
**[13:20] Percival**
and freely enter towns outside the forest.
**[13:25] Percival**
She never scorns hard work and is
always laboring for the sake of others.
**[13:33] Alan; internal**
*So she hasn't changed a bit in this world.*
**[13:37] Alan**
Was it also Henriette who brought in
those children we saw earlier?
**[13:41] Percival**
Children?
**[13:42] Alan**
Yeah, the demon children.
**[13:46] Percival**
So you knew.
**[13:48] Percival**
I've heard those who are very skilled
or sensitive can see a demon's aura.
**[13:54] Alan**
You don't need to worry.
**[13:56] Alan**
I don't hold any particular
animosity toward demons.
**[14:01] Percival**
Really? That's unusual.
**[14:04] Alan**
But this has got me curious.
**[14:06] Alan**
Why would demons, who are
so loathed in this world,
**[14:09] Alan**
be living together with elves,
who are so insular?
**[14:13] Percival**
About three years ago, Henriette-dono
suddenly asked it of us.
**[14:18] Percival**
She said that she wanted us to shelter
these kids who had no relatives.
**[14:22] Percival**
Of course, most were opposed to it.
**[14:25] Percival**
For elves, who do not mingle with other races,
**[14:27] Percival**
they said harboring demons was
completely out of the question.
**[14:31] Percival**
But Henriette-dono introduced us to an idea.
**[14:35] Percival**
She said that if elves lived
alongside other races,
**[14:37] Percival**
we might be able to grow
even without a monarch.
**[14:41] Percival**
Of course, deep in their hearts,
many still don't approve of this.
**[14:45] Percival**
Even so, little by little, we're trying to change.
**[14:58] Lise**
Are you all right?
**[15:00] Noelle**
If I look all right to you, Lise, then
there's something wrong with your eyes.
**[15:05] Lise**
Don't say that!
**[15:07] Alan**
Well, she has been subject to the
elves' excessive hospitality all day.
**[15:11] Alan**
Good job hanging in there.
**[15:12] Noelle**
Seriously! Even if they think of me
as their ruler, let's be reasonable here!
**[15:19] Myléne**
Noelle, are you going
to become their sovereign?
**[15:23] Myléne**
If you do, will you still be able to play?
**[15:26] Noelle**
Nothing's been decided yet.
**[15:29] Noelle**
I really don't know.
**[15:34] Alan**
Well, why don't we go and
get some rest for today?
**[15:37] Lise**
Y-Yes. The elves have prepared this
comfortable place for us to stay, after all.
**[15:42] Alan**
Well then, good night.
**[15:45] Lise**
Myléne-san, we should go too.
**[15:48] Alan**
You too, Henriette. Good night.
**[16:03] Noelle**
What should I do?
**[16:07] Noelle**
Vanessa's unfulfilled wish to forge
**[16:10] Noelle**
a blade that surpasses a divine sword...
**[16:13] Noelle**
I've accomplished that goal.
**[16:16] Noelle**
Wait a minute!
**[16:19] Noelle**
Then what is my goal right now?
**[16:21] Noelle**
What do I want to do?
What to I want to become?
**[16:24] Noelle**
Why am I traveling with Alan and the others?
**[16:37] Noelle; internal**
*I see.*
**[16:39] Noelle; internal**
* I've come all this way without*
* really understanding myself.*
**[16:56] Henriette**
Alan.
**[17:00] Henriette**
That look you gave me earlier...
**[17:02] Henriette**
Was that meant to call me to your room?
**[17:05] Alan**
That's right.
**[17:06] Alan**
I really wanted the two of us to be alone.
**[17:08] Henriette**
I-I'm not really familiar
with this sort of thing.
**[17:15] Henriette**
So, um, I hope you'll be
gentle as you teach me.
**[17:25] Alan**
Sure. You can go now.
**[17:27] Henriette**
Hey! You don't know how
to take a hint, do you?!
**[17:30] Henriette**
Not jumping on a beautiful girl like me?!
**[17:32] Henriette**
There's something wrong
with you, isn't there?!
**[17:35] Alan**
You're not beautiful on the inside, though.
**[17:37] Henriette**
Huh?! What'd you just say?!
**[17:39] Alan**
Oh, nothing.
**[17:43] Henriette**
So, what is it you want to discuss?
**[17:47] Alan**
I heard that you asked the elves
to give the demon children refuge.
**[17:51] Henriette**
That blasted Percival.
**[17:53] Henriette**
He's supposed to be tight-lipped.
**[17:57] Henriette**
All right, fine. There are a few things
about demons that I haven't told you.
**[18:02] Alan**
I'm sure there are.
**[18:04] Henriette**
First, demons aren't a
distinct race or anything.
**[18:09] Henriette**
When someone resents other people
and wishes them all dead,
**[18:13] Henriette**
the Will of the World
recognizes that person as a demon.
**[18:18] Henriette**
But there are exceptions.
**[18:20] Henriette**
Demon children are born to demon parents.
**[18:24] Henriette**
From the moment they enter this world,
**[18:27] Henriette**
they are branded and despised as demons.
**[18:31] Henriette**
They're made demons through
no fault of their own.
**[18:35] Henriette**
And demons cast their children
into the poorest conditions.
**[18:39] Henriette**
They're forced into a harsh
struggle for existence.
**[18:43] Henriette**
Because those who survive become
the strongest demons, you see?
**[18:47] Alan**
What a horribly vicious cycle.
**[18:50] Henriette**
It's nearly impossible for
children to escape on their own.
**[18:53] Alan**
Then what about the kids in the woods?
**[18:55] Henriette**
I happened to find them when
they were about to be killed.
**[18:59] Henriette**
I couldn't just leave them, could I?
**[19:01] Alan**
I see.
**[19:03] Henriette**
What's with that expression?
**[19:06] Alan**
I was just thinking how like you that is.
**[19:09] Henriette**
I-I didn't ask for your opinion!
**[19:23] Lise**
Incredible! There are places like this here?
**[19:26] Percival**
The Elven Forest is very vast.
**[19:31] Henriette**
Didn't get much sleep?
**[19:32] Noelle**
Huh?
**[19:34] Henriette**
You shouldn't fret about turning them down.
**[19:36] Henriette**
In their own way, they're trying to figure out
how to live without a monarch.
**[19:41] Henriette**
The decision you make should be for you.
**[19:45] Noelle**
Yeah. Thanks.
**[19:47] demon child A**
My liege!
**[19:49] demon child B**
Here! This is for you!
**[19:52] demon child A**
It's our treasure! A sparkly stone!
**[19:55] Noelle**
It's beautiful! Thank you.
**[19:58] Henriette**
Oh, a spirit stone!
**[20:00] Noelle**
A spirit stone?
**[20:02] Henriette**
It's a crystallization of elven power,
a precious stone that's used in alchemy.
**[20:09] Phillip**
This stupid thing!
**[20:10] Phillip**
Stay away from our sovereign!
You're just demons!
**[20:16] Percival**
Phillip! You stand before our liege!
**[20:20] Percival**
Phillip!
**[20:22] Percival**
My deepest apologies
you had to witness such an ugly scene.
**[20:24] Noelle**
Not at all.
**[20:28] Alan**
It seems the elves' loathing
of demons runs deep.
**[20:32] Henriette**
It isn't just the elves.
**[20:39] Henriette**
The other races are the same.
**[20:42] Alan**
Henriette?
**[20:43] Henriette**
Some minor business calls.
**[20:55] Henriette**
So this is where you are.
**[20:57] Phillip**
Lady Henriette?
**[21:00] Henriette**
That was pretty mean earlier,
don't you think?
**[21:02] Phillip**
But those demons were getting
so cozy with our sovereign!
**[21:07] Phillip**
I can't stand it!
**[21:08] Henriette**
So what if they're demons?
**[21:10] Henriette**
Have they done anything to you?
**[21:14] Phillip**
They haven't.
**[21:18] Henriette**
Wanting to speak with the monarch.
**[21:20] Henriette**
Wanting to give her gifts.
**[21:22] Henriette**
Wanting to be friends with her.
**[21:24] Henriette**
Phillip, they feel the same way about
your sovereign that you do, don't you think?
**[21:31] Phillip**
Yeah.
**[21:32] Henriette**
In that case, Henriette believes
you could all be friends.
**[21:38] Henriette**
They're littler than you are,
so you should treat them kindly.
**[21:42] Henriette**
Everyone will be worried,
so come back soon, all right?
**[21:51] Phillip**
I have to go apologize.
**[22:01] Oswald**
Hang on, kid.
**[22:03] Phillip**
Let go!
**[22:06] Oswald**
You really think I'd do that?
**[22:08] Oswald**
I need you to show me the way, you see?
**[22:11] Oswald**
The way to the Elven Forest.
***SIGN*** The Mark of a Demon
**[23:46] Lise**
Next time: "The Mark of a Demon."
# E9 - The Mark of a Demon
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**[00:05] Mylène**
Wow!
**[00:06] Henriette**
It all looks delicious.
**[00:08] Percival**
Please, no need to refrain.
Eat as much as you'd like.
**[00:13] demon child A**
Miss, have some of this!
**[00:15] demon child B**
It's yummy!
**[00:16] Lise**
Thank you.
**[00:21] Henriette**
She looks like she's really
fretting over this, doesn't she?
**[00:25] Alan**
Well, she was suddenly asked
to become the elves' sovereign.
**[00:29] Alan**
I bet she's not interested in food right now.
**[00:31] Henriette**
It'd be nice if we could help her somehow.
**[00:34] Alan**
It's something she has to decide for herself.
**[00:38] Alan**
This is so refreshing and tasty.
**[00:45] Noelle**
*I want some meat...*
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 9
The Mark of a Demon
***SIGN*** Episode 9
The Mark of a Demon
**[02:20] Henriette**
Well, Henriette will take her leave here.
**[02:23] Henriette**
Percival, you're in charge
of showing everyone around.
**[02:26] Percival**
Henriette-dono, there's no
need for you to go looking.
**[02:29] Henriette**
It's fine, it's fine! Henriette has
to return to the mansion anyway.
**[02:34] Henriette**
She'll look on the way.
**[02:36] Percival**
Sorry for the trouble.
**[02:37] Henriette**
Farewell!
**[02:39] Alan**
Did something happen?
**[02:40] Percival**
One of us left the forest and hasn't returned.
**[02:43] Noelle**
Could it be that boy named Phillip?
**[02:49] Percival**
I hope he hasn't gotten
caught up in any trouble.
**[02:56] Henriette**
Phillip! Where are you?
**[03:00] Henriette**
Honestly, where has he wandered off to?
**[03:06] Alan**
Elves really are carefree, aren't they?
**[03:09] Mylène**
Not carefree so much as...
**[03:12] Mylène**
Lazy?
**[03:14] Lise**
Do elves not have the concept of work?
**[03:17] Percival**
Hardworking... is not
something you could call us.
**[03:21] Percival**
In our defense, we elves have no need of work.
**[03:27] Percival**
Actually, it might be more correct
to say that we shouldn't work.
**[03:31] Lise**
What do you mean?
**[03:33] Percival**
We grow at an incredibly slow rate
compared to other races,
**[03:37] Percival**
and we're long-lived!
**[03:39] Percival**
The way we experience time
and perceive most things is different.
**[03:42] Percival**
That includes, of course,
the value of hard work.
**[03:47] Mylène**
So to work is to be defeated?
**[03:49] Noelle**
That's pretty deep.
**[03:50] Lise**
I-Is it?
**[03:52] Alan**
So, does being obsessed with smithing even
though she's an elf make Noelle eccentric?
**[03:57] Noelle**
Don't act like I'm some weirdo!
**[04:00] Mylène**
Who makes your food?
**[04:03] Percival**
Food isn't a problem. Because, you see...
**[04:09] Lise**
Incredible!
**[04:10] Noelle**
What was that? Magic? Sleight of hand?
**[04:13] Percival**
When we wish for it, the forest
shares its bounty with us.
**[04:22] Lise**
How is that?
**[04:24] Percival**
The forest is part of us,
and we are part of the forest.
**[04:30] Lise**
So... what does that mean?
**[04:33] Noelle**
B-Basically, it means...
the Elven Forest is amazing!
**[04:42] Alan**
The forest and the elves blend together?
**[04:46] Percival**
You can tell? Very impressive.
**[04:49] Alan**
Just a sense of it, though.
**[04:51] Percival**
It's not complicated.
**[04:54] Percival**
We are born here. We live here. We die here.
**[04:58] Percival**
After death, we return to the forest,
**[05:00] Percival**
and we look after our descendants
together with the forest.
**[05:03] Alan**
I see. This seems like a nice place to live.
**[05:06] Alan**
And you don't have any trouble finding food.
**[05:08] Percival**
My liege.
**[05:10] Noelle**
I haven't decided to become
your sovereign yet.
**[05:13] Percival**
What do you think of life in the forest?
**[05:15] Percival**
Do you like it?
**[05:17] Noelle**
Well, I do think it's a nice place, but...
**[05:21] Alan**
Would it be possible for me to live here, too?
**[05:23] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[05:24] Alan**
I came all the way to the empire
to find a peaceful place to live.
**[05:29] Alan**
It feels like life here would be ideal for me.
**[05:33] Percival**
You seem to have your reasons,
**[05:35] Percival**
but in order for you to live here,
we'd have to acknowledge you as our kin.
**[05:40] Alan**
What could I do to make that happen?
**[05:43] Percival**
We wouldn't know.
**[05:45] Alan**
What?
**[05:46] Percival**
The forest decides everything.
**[05:49] Alan**
I see.
**[05:50] Alan**
Of all the places I've seen so far,
this one seems the best.
**[05:54] Percival**
I'm happy to hear you say that,
but this is a rule of ours.
**[05:59] Noelle**
But what about the demon children?
**[06:02] Percival**
Henriette-dono introduced them to us.
**[06:05] Percival**
We're looking after them for a short time.
**[06:07] Percival**
It's not as if they'll
be here all their lives.
**[06:11] Alan**
Then what if I said I wanted
to live here for a short time?
**[06:15] Percival**
If that's the case,
there should be no problem.
**[06:17] Alan**
By the way, how long would
you consider "a short time"?
**[06:20] Percival**
Well, I'd say about a hundred years or so.
**[06:23] Lise**
A-A hundred years is a short time?
**[06:26] Mylène**
That's elves for you.
**[06:27] Noelle**
Yeah, it really is.
**[06:29] Alan**
Noelle, are you one to talk?
**[06:35] Percival**
I see. We will take care of it.
**[06:38] Alan**
Who are you talking to?
**[06:40] Percival**
The forest.
**[06:41] Percival**
It seems someone has come to visit.
**[06:44] Lise**
Could it be Lady Henriette?
**[06:45] Percival**
It is apparently someone
the forest doesn't recognize.
**[06:48] Mylène**
Someone suspicious?
**[06:51] Percival**
No need to worry.
**[06:53] Percival**
There are several people in the empire who've
been granted the right to enter our forest.
**[06:59] Percival**
My apologies, my liege.
**[07:02] Percival**
As I must go and receive our visitor,
**[07:04] Percival**
would it be all right to
pause the tour for a time?
**[07:07] Noelle**
I don't mind. We'll see you later.
**[07:10] Percival**
Until then, my liege.
**[07:14] Alan**
Well, we should be good and head back.
**[07:18] Lise**
Yes, we should.
**[07:19] Noelle**
What? We're not going to explore?
**[07:22] Alan**
If the worst case happens and someone from
the empire finds us, it'd be trouble, right?
**[07:28] Noelle**
Oh, that's right.
**[07:29] Noelle**
They're still after you, aren't they?
**[07:40] Noelle**
Hey! That's cheating!
**[07:43] Noelle**
What's with that attitude?
**[07:44] Lise**
Alan-kun, do you really intend
on staying here?
**[07:49] Alan**
Yes, I'm seriously considering it.
**[07:51] Alan**
It seems like a comfortable place to live,
and the elves seem like good people.
**[07:56] Alan**
Henriette's nearby too, so I can
go to her if anything comes up.
**[08:01] Alan**
Is something wrong?
**[08:02] Lise**
Yes, of course. Of course you want to stay.
**[08:04] Lise**
After all, you and Lady Henriette are
on *such* good terms with each other.
**[08:09] Alan**
Huh? Oh.
**[08:11] Alan**
Henriette and I don't have the kind
of relationship you're imagining.
**[08:15] Alan**
Although it's true she's more
than just an acquaintance.
**[08:17] Lise**
Then what exactly is she to you?!
**[08:20] Alan**
U-Uh, let me think...
**[08:24] Alan**
I-It's hard to explain.
**[08:27] Alan**
You could say we're stuck together...
Like it's fate or something.
**[08:31] Lise**
Fate?
**[08:32] Lise**
What do you mean by that?!
**[08:35] Alan**
No, n-not like that!
**[08:40] Noelle**
Like a husband who's been caught cheating.
**[08:43] Mylène**
By his monster wife.
**[08:45] Lise**
N-No! I didn't mean to...
**[08:48] Noelle**
Don't you worry.
**[08:50] Noelle**
I'll keep an eye on Alan to make
sure he doesn't get up to anything.
**[08:54] Lise**
What? Noelle, you're going to stay here, too?
**[08:57] Noelle**
Yeah, I am.
**[08:58] Lise**
But that's also a bit, um...
**[09:02] Alan**
Have you decided to become their sovereign?
**[09:04] Noelle**
No. I'm going to live here so
I can make up my mind about that.
**[09:07] Noelle**
It's a really important decision.
**[09:09] Noelle**
So all the better to take my time, right?
**[09:11] Alan**
What will you do about smithing?
**[09:13] Noelle**
I'll just build a forge here.
**[09:15] Noelle**
There are a lot of dwarves in the empire,
so it'll be a good chance to learn things.
**[09:19] Mylène**
Then Mylène will live with you, too.
**[09:22] Lise**
And so will I.
**[09:23] Alan**
Lise, you can't do that, can you?
**[09:26] Lise**
Why not?
**[09:28] Alan**
Because you're not like us wanderers.
**[09:30] Noelle**
You're in charge of a duchy.
**[09:32] Mylène**
Not to mention a former princess.
**[09:37] Henriette**
Henriette is back!
**[09:38] Silas**
My lady, you have a visitor.
**[09:40] Henriette**
A visitor?
**[09:41] Silas**
It's...
**[09:45] Lizette**
Hey there. Thanks for having me.
**[09:47] Henriette**
Lizette Berwald.
**[09:50] Henriette**
What business brings the captain
of the Black Wolf Knights here?
**[09:55] Lizette**
Lady Henriette, you know that the emperor
was assassinated a year ago, don't you?
**[10:02] Lizette**
We've received information that you're
harboring a suspect in that incident here.
**[10:08] Henriette**
Dear, dear. Whatever are you talking about?
**[10:10] Henriette**
Who told you such a preposterous thing?
**[10:13] Lizette**
That was all a lie.
**[10:15] Henriette**
Huh?
**[10:16] Lizette**
To be honest, I came here on a hunch.
**[10:19] Lizette**
The suspect was seen several
days ago in Laurus,
**[10:23] Lizette**
after which they suddenly went into hiding.
**[10:26] Lizette**
There's no sign they've crossed the border.
**[10:28] Lizette**
It's almost as if they were never
in the empire to begin with.
**[10:31] Lizette**
All traces of them have vanished.
**[10:35] Lizette**
The only one who could perform
such wizardry, as far as I know,
**[10:39] Lizette**
is you, Lady Henriette.
**[10:48] Henriette**
Even if Henriette is harboring a fugitive,
**[10:52] Henriette**
do you really think her foolish enough
to leave evidence in her own home?
**[10:55] Lizette**
We might not find anything here.
**[10:58] Lizette**
But...
**[11:00] Lizette**
what about in the Elven Forest?
**[11:04] Lizette**
I hear that you often go there.
**[11:18] Oswald**
Now then...
**[11:20] Oswald**
It's time to get a little rough.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[11:32] Percival**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[11:36] Phillip**
Percival-sama, I'm sorry.
**[11:39] Oswald**
Yuck! No one should eat this stuff!
**[11:43] Percival**
*He used Phillip to make his way in here?*
**[11:48] Oswald**
Are you the boss of the elves here?
**[11:51] Percival**
The Black Wolf Knights!
**[11:56] (Flashback) Henriette**
The Black Wolf Knights have been granted
extrajudicial rights to mete out punishment.
**[12:01] (Flashback) Percival**
Extrajudicial rights to mete out punishment?
**[12:04] (Flashback) Henriette**
If you so much as bump
into them, you're done for!
**[12:07] (Flashback) Henriette**
They have that kind of authority.
**[12:10] (Flashback) Percival**
That is problematic.
**[12:13] (Flashback) Henriette**
Just don't engage with them.
**[12:15] (Flashback) Henriette**
If you wind up on their bad side,
**[12:17] (Flashback) Henriette**
they'll find something to pin on you
and crush you in the blink of an eye.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Henriette**
Be as careful as you possibly can.
**[12:25] Percival**
I am Percival, regent to the elven sovereign.
**[12:28] Percival**
Now please state your business here.
**[12:31] Oswald**
Yeah, we heard that you're
harboring a criminal here.
**[12:36] Oswald**
Where is he?
**[12:37] Percival**
A-A criminal? Could this
be some sort of mistake?
**[12:41] Oswald**
What was that? I'm the one
asking the questions here!
**[12:44] Percival**
My apologies.
**[12:46] Percival**
However, we have no idea
to whom you might be referring.
**[12:49] Oswald**
I don't care! If I say he's here,
then he's here!
**[12:53] Oswald**
Now go and drag him out here!
**[12:55] Percival**
But...
**[12:56] Oswald**
I said go and get him right now!
**[12:59] demon child A**
Percival-sama!
**[13:01] demon child B**
Do we have a visitor?
**[13:05] Percival**
Stay away, you two!
**[13:07] demon child B**
We gathered these.
You can have some, mister!
**[13:09] demon child A**
They're really good!
**[13:11] Oswald**
Hey, these kids are—
**[13:12] Percival**
My, they really are a handful.
**[13:15] Percival**
These children are much
too friendly with people.
**[13:18] Oswald**
Move!
**[13:20] Oswald**
Forget criminals! Who'd have
guessed you're hiding demons here?
**[13:27] Percival**
Please, just let them go.
**[13:30] Percival**
They haven't done anything wrong!
**[13:35] Oswald**
Burst.
**[13:42] Lise**
Noelle?
**[13:45] Lise**
Are those the spirit stones
the children gave you?
**[13:49] Noelle**
Those children...
and the forest are in danger.
**[13:52] Alan**
Did you see something?
**[13:54] Noelle**
I didn't see it, exactly. It just
suddenly flashed through my mind.
**[13:58] Noelle**
The children being attacked
by a Black Wolf Knight.
**[14:02] Lise**
Could it be that they're asking
for help through the spirit stones?
**[14:06] Noelle**
Attacking children is unforgivable!
**[14:09] Noelle**
I have to go save them!
**[14:10] Mylène**
Mylène will go, too!
**[14:15] Alan**
Attacking children is unforgivable?
**[14:19] Alan**
*But what if the attacker has just cause?*
**[14:23] Alan**
*In that case, should I stop them?*
**[14:28] Alan**
* In my previous life, I might have gone*
* to the rescue without a second thought.*
**[14:32] Alan**
*But I'm not a hero anymore.*
**[14:36] Alan**
* Saving anyone and everyone*
* only led to emptiness.*
**[14:40] Alan**
*Which means...*
**[14:42] Lise**
Alan-kun.
**[14:45] Lise**
Alan-kun, are you all right?
**[14:49] Alan**
Well, we should go too.
**[14:52] Alan**
We can't just leave Noelle and
the others on their own, can we?
**[14:58] Alan**
* I didn't want to have*
* to think about these things.*
**[15:01] Alan**
*That's why I wanted to live peacefully.*
**[15:13] Oswald**
Huh. You're pretty good.
**[15:15] Percival**
Please, begone from here.
**[15:16] Percival**
These children are innocent!
**[15:18] Oswald**
No one asked you. The brats'
executions are a done deal.
**[15:23] Percival**
You two, stay back.
**[15:25] demon children**
R-Right.
**[15:27] Oswald**
C'mon, now. You really wanna go with me?
**[15:30] Percival**
I will not allow the likes of you to slay me!
**[15:36] Oswald**
Sounds like fun!
**[15:38] Oswald**
*Let's see. Maybe I'll try that tree.*
**[15:43] Oswald**
Burst!
**[15:54] Percival**
Th-That can't be...
He came at me from behind?
**[15:57] Oswald**
You're just aren't on my level.
**[16:02] demon child A**
S-Someone save us!
**[16:05] Oswald**
Now then...
**[16:08] Oswald**
Which one should I execute first?
**[16:13] Oswald**
Hey, kid! What're you playing at?
**[16:17] Oswald**
If you want to die that badly,
I'll grant your wish and slaughter you!
**[16:21] Oswald**
Ow!
**[16:29] Phillip**
The sovereign!
**[16:31] Percival**
My liege!
**[16:32] Noelle**
I've told you, I'm not your sovereign!
**[16:35] Noelle**
What's this? Are you their leader?
**[16:39] Noelle**
I'm just a smith.
**[16:41] Mylène**
And her shop clerk.
**[16:43] Oswald**
What?
**[16:44] Noelle**
Leave this forest immediately,
you saw-toothed jerk!
**[16:49] Oswald**
Got crazies crawling out of the woodwork.
**[16:51] Oswald**
You'll also...
**[16:54] Mylène**
Noelle, this way!
**[16:55] Noelle**
Huh?
**[16:56] Oswald**
Burst!
**[17:06] Noelle**
What is all this?!
**[17:08] Oswald**
Tch, scurrying around like that...
**[17:10] Oswald**
Burst!
**[17:12] Noelle**
And what's Alan doing?!
**[17:16] Percival**
If this continues, our liege will also...
**[17:27] Oswald**
Too slow!
**[17:33] Noelle**
Percival!
**[17:48] Oswald**
What?!
**[17:49] Alan**
Honestly, just when I thought
I'd found a peaceful place to live...
**[17:56] Oswald**
Wh-Who are you?
**[17:58] Alan**
Do I need to give you my name?
**[18:00] Alan**
This is going to be over in an instant.
**[18:02] Oswald**
What?! Don't go getting cocky,
you blasted brat!
**[18:07] Oswald**
Burst!
**[18:11] Oswald**
Don't tell me he... There's no way.
But in that case...
**[18:16] Oswald**
I'll target that woman!
**[18:19] Oswald**
Burst!
**[18:27] Oswald**
You can see my fuse?
**[18:29] Alan**
Yeah. I have pretty good eyes.
**[18:32] Oswald**
You... Don't you dare mock me!
**[18:37] Alan**
Do I have to tell you it's pointless
for you to understand?
**[18:41] Oswald**
Don't act like you've won just because
you've seen through how my Explode works!
**[18:46] Alan**
You know, I really don't like bloody fights.
**[18:49] Oswald**
Blasted brat!
**[18:54] Alan**
One last thing.
**[18:57] Alan**
I'd like for you to tell me...
**[18:59] Alan**
Why did you try to kill those children?
**[19:01] Oswald**
Enough of your yapping!
**[19:04] Oswald**
Who needs a reason to kill demons?
**[19:22] Lise**
You'll be all right now.
**[19:24] Phillip**
Thank you!
**[19:29] children**
Yay! Over here!
**[19:29] Lise**
Alan-kun, when you saved those
children, it made me happy.
**[19:34] Alan**
Huh?
**[19:35] Lise**
They've committed no crime.
**[19:37] Lise**
They're still too young to clearly
differentiate right from wrong.
**[19:43] Lise**
I don't want to see them suffer.
**[19:45] Lise**
That's true, even if they do
happen to be demons.
**[19:47] Lise**
I'm really glad.
**[19:49] Alan**
I see. Thank you, Lise.
**[19:53] Mylène**
Poke, poke.
**[19:54] Mylène**
He's unconscious.
**[19:57] Percival**
How are we going to handle this?
**[19:59] Noelle**
What's done is done, but we definitely just
challenged the empire to a fight, didn't we?
**[20:04] Alan**
If Henriette saw this,
I'm sure she'd be fuming.
**[20:09] Henriette**
What was that about Henriette?
**[20:13] Alan**
Henriette! There were some complicated
circumstances that led to this...
**[20:17] Percival**
A-Alan-dono saved us!
**[20:20] Henriette**
Seriously, you...
**[20:24] Henriette**
You've made a mess again, haven't you?
**[20:26] Alan**
Sorry.
**[20:28] Henriette**
Henriette will make sure
to handle it artfully.
**[20:33] Alan**
That'd be a huge help.
**[20:36] Henriette**
More importantly,
there's good news for all of you.
**[20:39] Henriette**
The blockades on the roads were just lifted.
**[20:42] Alan**
What?
**[20:43] Lise**
Now we can return to our kingdom.
**[20:46] Henriette**
That's right! Leave all of this
to Henriette and hurry home!
**[20:55] Percival**
Take care of yourself, my liege.
**[20:58] Noelle**
I told you, I'm not your sovereign.
**[21:00] Percival**
Yes, you did, Noelle-dono.
**[21:03] Percival**
Are you really going?
**[21:06] Percival**
Even if you don't become our monarch,
you can still live in the forest.
**[21:10] Noelle**
There's still too much I don't know
for me to become your sovereign.
**[21:15] Percival**
Too much you don't know?
**[21:17] Noelle**
About elves, humans,
demons, and this world...
**[21:21] Noelle**
There's still so much more I need to learn.
**[21:26] Noelle**
If I continue traveling with them,
**[21:28] Noelle**
I think I might become a
little more like a monarch.
**[21:33] Percival**
We will always be here waiting for you.
**[21:37] Noelle**
Bye, everyone!
**[21:41] demon children**
Bye!
**[21:42] Phillip**
Come back and play sometime!
**[21:45] Noelle**
I will! I promise I'll be back!
**[23:24] Lizette**
Daughter of Marquis Lindqvist,
**[23:26] Lizette**
you are being taken into custody on
suspicion of assassinating the emperor.
**[23:34] Lizette**
That completes our deal.
**[23:39] Lizette**
On your way!
***SIGN*** A Cry for Help
**[23:45] Henriette**
Next time: "A Cry for Help."
# E10 - A Cry for Help
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**[00:00] Alan**
There. That should do it for supplies.
**[00:04] Noelle**
I wanted to go around and see more forges!
**[00:07] Myléne**
Will you come back?
**[00:09] Noelle**
Yes, I guess I will.
**[00:10] Noelle**
And next time, I'll spend a
whole day—no, a whole month
**[00:15] Noelle**
observing dwarven artisans and their skills!
**[00:19] Alan**
Lise? What's wrong?
**[00:21] Lise**
It's nothing.
**[00:23] Lise**
I was just thinking that we didn't
properly get to say farewell to Henriette.
**[00:27] Alan**
We were in a rush to leave her house too,
so we didn't even get to see her.
**[00:31] Lise**
She did so much for us.
**[00:33] Lise**
I wanted to thank her.
**[00:36] Alan**
I don't think Henriette's worried about that.
**[00:39] Alan**
She's not good at accepting gratitude.
**[00:39] Henriette; background**
No! No! Stop it!
**[00:42] Lise**
Really?
**[00:44] Alan**
You can tell her the next time you see her.
**[00:47] Lise**
I will.
**[00:49] Alan**
Well, shall we set out?
**[00:51] Noelle; Myléne**
Yeah!
**[00:52] Curtis**
Please wait!
**[01:01] Noelle**
Who're you?
**[01:04] Lise**
Has something happened?
**[01:05] Curtis**
My sister...
**[01:07] Curtis**
My older sister...
**[01:10] Curtis**
I want you to save her!
**[01:13] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[01:15] Alan**
We were leaving the empire because we didn't
want to get caught up in any more trouble.
**[01:20] Noelle**
Why don't you at least hear him out?
**[01:23] Noelle**
It might be something you
can take care of quickly.
**[01:26] Myléne**
It'll be child's play for Alan!
**[01:30] Curtis**
I haven't introduced myself yet.
**[01:33] Curtis**
My name is Curtis Lindqvist.
**[01:36] Lise**
Lindqvist?
**[01:38] Alan**
Then, is your older sister...
**[01:41] Curtis**
I'm begging you!
**[01:43] Curtis**
Please save Henriette-neesan!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 10
A Cry for Help
***SIGN*** Episode 10
A Cry for Help
**[03:18] Alan**
So, what did you mean when you said
that you wanted us to save Henriette?
**[03:23] Curtis**
My sister was detained
by the Black Wolf Knights
**[03:28] Curtis**
on the charge of assassinating the emperor.
**[03:30] Lise**
That can't be!
**[03:32] Curtis**
They'll take her to the imperial
capital for sentencing.
**[03:36] Curtis**
And then...
**[03:38] Noelle**
Henriette-sama wouldn't assassinate anyone!
**[03:41] Curtis**
I agree. The accusation has to be false!
**[03:44] Noelle**
Then we'll go prove she's innocent!
**[03:47] Curtis**
I'm afraid that isn't really possible.
**[03:51] Noelle**
Now listen here, you...
**[03:53] Curtis**
Even if you could prove it,
any evidence would just get suppressed.
**[03:58] Noelle**
What do you mean?
**[04:00] Curtis**
My sister is shunned
by certain royal and noble factions.
**[04:04] Lise**
But she's so kind and intelligent.
**[04:08] Curtis**
That's exactly why!
**[04:11] Curtis**
My sister is *too* brilliant.
**[04:13] Curtis**
It's earned her people's envy and resentment.
**[04:17] Alan**
I see.
**[04:19] Noelle**
So they're just being mean out of jealousy!
**[04:21] Curtis**
And because she's what
some might call fearless,
**[04:24] Curtis**
my sister has bucked
the ideas and principles
**[04:28] Curtis**
of the empire without batting an eye.
**[04:31] Alan**
There's the way she talks, too.
**[04:34] Alan**
I imagine she's crossed a lot of people.
**[04:37] Curtis**
This must be a plot designed
by someone who sees her as an enemy!
**[04:41] Curtis**
But there isn't anything I can
do with my power alone.
**[04:46] Alan**
Any friends or relatives you could call on?
**[04:50] Curtis**
My sister and I are isolated even
within the Lindqvist family.
**[04:55] Noelle**
The two of you really are something.
**[04:59] Henriette**
* Henriette is an only child,*
* and her parents are long gone.*
**[05:06] Alan**
This is a pretty big request.
**[05:09] Alan**
May we have a little time to think it over?
**[05:12] Curtis**
Yes.
**[05:13] Curtis**
I'm very sorry to involve you in any of this.
**[05:19] Curtis**
But...
**[05:21] Curtis**
More than anything, I want you to save her!
**[05:24] Curtis**
My sister means so much to me!
**[05:38] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[05:39] Lise**
Can we talk for a moment?
**[05:42] Lise**
It's... about Curtis-san.
**[05:45] Alan**
Just when we're about to leave town,
he shows up with a request we can't ignore.
**[05:52] Alan**
I don't know what he might be after,
but it's suspicious nonetheless.
**[05:56] Lise**
So you thought so, too?
**[05:59] Alan**
To start, Henriette
doesn't have a little brother.
**[06:02] Noelle**
I believed him without a second thought,
**[06:04] Noelle**
but now that you mention it,
this *is* strange.
**[06:07] Noelle**
We've never met him before,
**[06:10] Noelle**
so how did he know that we're
friends of Henriette's?
**[06:14] Myléne**
It's suspicious.
**[06:15] Alan**
Still, it does appear Henriette was
indeed taken by the Black Wolf Knights.
**[06:21] Lise; Noelle**
What?
**[06:22] Alan**
I just took a look using Divine Eyes.
**[06:25] Alan**
She's en route to the imperial
capital under heavy guard.
**[06:28] Lise**
Then Curtis-san really is Lady Henriette's...
**[06:32] Noelle**
So we're being overly cautious?
**[06:33] Alan**
At times like this, it's best to dive into the
heart of the matter and decide from there.
**[06:38] Lise**
But what if this is a trap?
**[06:42] Alan**
If it is, then I'll figure something out.
**[06:50] Henriette**
I wasn't expecting a comfortable journey,
**[06:54] Henriette**
but you could treat me a
little better, couldn't you?
**[06:58] Henriette**
Despite appearances, I *am* the
daughter of a marquis, after all.
**[07:02] Lizette**
This is protocol. I hope you
don't think worse of me for it.
**[07:06] Henriette**
You're as inflexible as ever, I see.
**[07:10] Henriette**
You know I couldn't escape.
**[07:12] Lizette**
I am fully aware of that fact.
**[07:15] Lizette**
However, there is an element of the
unknowable to you, Lady Henriette.
**[07:20] Lizette**
And if I allowed a prisoner to escape,
my head would roll.
**[07:25] Lizette**
I'd prefer not to die if I can help it.
**[07:28] Henriette**
Yes, yes. I understand.
**[07:32] Henriette**
You did keep your promise, didn't you?
**[07:35] Lizette**
Of course.
**[07:37] Lizette**
Now that the emperor's assassin
has been apprehended,
**[07:40] Lizette**
who they are and what they're
doing in the empire
**[07:44] Lizette**
doesn't concern us in the least.
**[07:48] Lizette**
By now, they've probably left Laurus
and are headed for the border.
**[07:54] Henriette**
Should anything happen to befall them...
**[07:58] Henriette**
then no matter what it takes,
I will kill you.
**[08:10] Curtis**
Alan-san!
**[08:12] Alan**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[08:14] Curtis**
I trusted that you would come!
**[08:16] Alan**
Who's this?
**[08:18] Curtis**
My guard and coachman.
**[08:21] Curtis**
He's trustworthy. No need to worry.
**[08:25] Noelle**
Alan, no matter what happens,
you'd better protect us.
**[08:29] Curtis**
We'll travel to the capital in my coach.
**[08:32] Curtis**
This way, please.
**[08:39] Noelle**
*I can't tell what kind of trap this might be.*
**[08:42] Noelle**
* Being overly cautious is probably*
* fitting for a situation like this.*
**[08:46] Curtis**
Um...
**[08:48] Curtis**
Is something wrong?
**[08:50] Noelle; Lise**
What?
**[08:51] Curtis**
You seem unsettled.
**[08:53] Noelle**
Um, well, it's...
**[08:58] Noelle**
I-I was just thinking what
a nice coach this is!
**[09:02] Lise**
Yes, it's charming! Just lovely!
**[09:05] Curtis**
Is it?
**[09:08] Alan**
Are you really Henriette's younger brother?
**[09:11] Noelle**
Hey! You're just going
to ask out of nowhere?
**[09:15] Alan**
How did you know that
we're Henriette's friends?
**[09:18] Noelle**
Th-That's right! Fess up!
**[09:23] Curtis**
I understand.
**[09:25] Curtis**
I can't blame you for being suspicious.
**[09:28] Lise**
Could you please just tell
us everything honestly?
**[09:32] Curtis**
To be precise...
**[09:33] Curtis**
I'm from a lesser branch
of the Lindqvist family.
**[09:37] Curtis**
Henriette-neesan, who hails from
the main house, is my cousin.
**[09:40] Lise**
You're...
**[09:41] Noelle**
Cousins?
**[09:42] Curtis**
Even since we were little,
she's been like a sister to me.
**[09:46] Curtis**
I think I've always looked up to her.
**[09:53] Curtis**
I have no special talents or abilities,
**[09:56] Curtis**
so I was ridiculed and scorned
for falling behind everyone else.
**[10:00] Curtis**
The only one who extended
a hand to me then...
**[10:04] Curtis**
was Nee-san.
**[10:08] (Flashback) young Henriette**
Do something about that messy face of yours.
**[10:12] (Flashback) young Curtis**
I don't need that!
**[10:13] (Flashback) young Henriette**
You really are an idiot.
**[10:16] (Flashback) young Henriette**
Showing up at a gathering
of lowlifes like them...
**[10:19] (Flashback) young Henriette**
They're bound to see you
as prey, aren't they?
**[10:22] (Flashback) young Curtis**
It's because I...
**[10:25] (Flashback) young Henriette**
There we go.
**[10:28] (Flashback) young Curtis**
Go away! I don't need comforting!
**[10:31] (Flashback) young Henriette**
Idiot. Who's comforting you?
**[10:35] (Flashback) young Henriette**
A pathetic loser like you?
**[10:43] (Flashback) young Henriette**
But if you just need to vent,
that could be arranged.
**[10:54] Curtis**
However, my parents...
**[10:57] Curtis**
They hated her.
**[10:59] young Curtis**
*I don't want to go!*
**[10:59] Curtis**
They hardly ever let me see her.
**[11:05] Curtis**
So I've only ever been able
to watch her from afar.
**[11:12] Curtis**
As for how I knew you
were her friends, well...
**[11:15] Curtis**
I happened to be watching when you all met.
**[11:25] Curtis**
And when she was taken away
by the Black Wolf Knights...
**[11:28] Curtis**
all I could do was watch then, too!
**[11:32] Curtis**
She's so important to me! But I...
**[11:35] Curtis**
I was so concerned for myself
that I did nothing!
**[11:37] Curtis**
I'm a coward!
**[11:42] Lise**
That isn't true.
**[11:48] Lise**
You worked up the courage
to tell us the whole truth,
**[11:51] Lise**
and you came to us for help, didn't you?
**[11:55] Noelle**
You know, I'm sorry for being
weirdly suspicious of you.
**[12:01] Curtis**
No, I'm the one who's sorry for
making you suspect me at all.
**[12:06] Curtis**
By the way, Alan-san,
what is your relationship with Nee-san?
**[12:10] Alan**
Huh? We're just friends.
**[12:13] Curtis**
It's just that you two
seem to get along so well.
**[12:16] Alan**
Do we?
**[12:19] Lise**
Indeed. You're perfectly
in sync with each other.
**[12:22] Noelle**
It's like watching two people
who've known each other for decades.
**[12:27] Mylène**
Are you actually married?
**[12:29] Alan**
What?
**[12:30] Lise**
I-Is that what it is?!
**[12:34] Alan**
Could you not go into shock
without verifying things first?
**[12:39] Curtis**
I didn't know that Nee-san
had such good friends.
**[12:41] Lise; background**
Is that what it is? Is that what it is?
Is that what it is, Alan-kun?
**[12:51] Henriette**
Why don't you go and take
a little break, too?
**[12:54] Henriette**
Henriette will just sleep here.
**[12:56] Lizette**
I appreciate the concern,
**[12:59] Lizette**
but my orders are not to take my
eyes off you for a moment.
**[13:02] Henriette**
You just aren't flexible at all.
**[13:04] Lizette**
Orders are orders.
**[13:07] Henriette**
Well, keep up the good work.
**[13:12] Henriette**
Speaking of which,
**[13:13] Henriette**
what happened to the man who went
on a rampage in the Elven Forest?
**[13:17] Lizette**
I'm not going to spill internal
information on my unit to you.
**[13:21] Henriette**
This is just sleep talk.
Henriette can't hear a thing.
**[13:30] Lizette**
Oswald was granted a pardon.
**[13:33] Henriette**
A pardon?
**[13:35] Lizette**
In the end, we achieved
our primary objective, after all.
**[13:39] Henriette**
So basically, since Henriette was
captured, he was off the hook.
**[13:43] Lizette**
That's right.
**[13:45] Henriette**
Meanwhile, whoever benefits from Henriette
being made into the emperor's assassin...
**[13:51] Henriette**
The empire's full of such
people right now, isn't it?
**[13:55] Lizette**
You made too many enemies, Lady Henriette.
**[13:58] Lizette**
I think you'd have ended up like
this sooner or later anyway.
**[14:02] Henriette**
We'll chalk it up as a case
of reaping what you sow.
**[14:06] Henriette**
*But I guess if* he's *fine,
then everything's all right.*
**[14:11] Henriette**
*Alan, seeing you after all this time...*
**[14:14] Henriette**
*I had a lot of fun.*
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[14:26] crowd A**
Hey, what's goin' on here?
**[14:29] crowd B**
Suddenly locking things down like this is...
**[14:31] crowd C**
How long do you suppose this will last?
**[14:34] Lise**
This is a problem.
**[14:35] Lise**
The imperial capital is beyond this point.
**[14:38] Curtis**
I'm sorry.
**[14:41] Curtis**
I'm the one who said we
should stop in this town.
**[14:44] Noelle**
It isn't your fault.
**[14:46] Alan**
We'd have had to resupply
somewhere, in any case.
**[14:49] Curtis**
But at this rate, Neesan will...
**[14:53] Lise**
Let's try not to think negatively.
**[14:56] Noelle**
Still, why would they suddenly
lock down the town?
**[15:00] Alan**
Could it be...
**[15:02] Lise**
Was it us?
**[15:05] Curtis**
I hope that isn't the case.
**[15:08] Alan**
First things first, let's gather information.
**[15:10] Curtis**
Right.
**[15:12] Alan**
We'll try inquiring at the adventurers guild.
**[15:15] Curtis**
That'd be a huge help.
**[15:16] Curtis**
But I think those two
should probably wait here.
**[15:20] Noelle**
What? Why?
**[15:23] Mylène**
Why?
**[15:24] Curtis**
Elves and Amazonesses are
something of a rarity in the empire.
**[15:31] Noelle**
So we'd stand out too much?
**[15:33] Curtis**
Yes.
**[15:34] Noelle**
Ugh! This is no fun!
**[15:37] Mylène**
Mylène will stay while others go.
**[15:40] Curtis**
I'll show you to our lodgings.
**[15:42] Lise**
In that case, it will just be...
**[15:44] Lise**
me and Alan-kun going to the guild.
**[15:49] Lise**
Just the two of us...
**[15:58] Alan**
What's going on? You look really happy.
**[16:02] Lise**
What?
**[16:03] Lise**
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
**[16:07] Lise**
I mean, it's the first time I've
been alone with you in a while.
**[16:11] Lise**
Not that I'm excited about it or anything!
**[16:13] Lise**
Not in the least!
**[16:15] Alan**
I see.
**[16:16] Lise**
Now, let's hurry to the adventurers guild!
**[16:20] Lise**
Valuable information awaits us!
**[16:23] Alan**
Lise.
**[16:25] Alan**
The guild's this way.
**[16:27] Lise**
Sorry.
**[16:34] Lise**
It's a tense place, isn't it?
**[16:37] Alan**
With the town locked down,
they can't ply their trade.
**[16:41] Lise**
Should we come back later?
**[16:43] Alan**
It's all right. Things will work out somehow.
**[16:47] Curtis**
Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[16:49] Curtis**
They said your room is on the upper floor.
**[16:51] Noelle**
Hey, is this really all right?
**[16:54] Curtis**
Is what all right?
**[16:56] Noelle**
Well, if the Black Wolf Knights
really are looking for us,
**[17:00] Noelle**
then this inn isn't really safe, is it?
**[17:03] Curtis**
There's no need to worry.
**[17:05] Curtis**
This place is trustworthy.
**[17:08] Curtis**
They'd never sell out their guests.
**[17:10] Noelle**
I hope not, but...
**[17:13] Curtis**
Even if the Black Wolf Knights
set foot in here,
**[17:15] Curtis**
we have him with us.
**[17:17] Curtis**
He's one of the most accomplished
knights in the empire.
**[17:20] Curtis**
Please, set your mind at ease.
**[17:23] Mylène**
Have we met somewhere before?
**[17:28] Mylène**
Hey!
**[17:29] Noelle**
Hey! Don't bother him by saying weird stuff!
**[17:34] Noelle**
But you...
**[17:36] Noelle**
Don't you get tired wearing
armor all hours of the day?
**[17:40] Noelle**
Why don't you take off your helmet at least?
**[17:42] Curtis**
He's very shy. He never takes his
helmet off in front of others.
**[17:53] Lise**
How did it go?
Did you find a way out of town?
**[17:56] Alan**
They said they'd like to ask
me the same thing.
**[17:59] Alan**
What about you?
**[18:01] Lise**
I tried eavesdropping on the
conversations around me.
**[18:05] Lise**
It seems the Black Wolf Knights are
looking for a party of six that left Laurus.
**[18:10] Alan**
There's no question that's us, then.
**[18:13] Lise**
Let's get back to the others
before we're discovered.
**[18:16] Alan**
Yeah.
**[18:21] Alan**
The Black Wolf Knights?
**[18:23] Celia**
Adventurers! Apologies, but we ask that
you remain where you are.
**[18:28] adventurer A**
Huh? What gives you the right
to boss us around like that?
**[18:32] Celia**
This is an order from the Black Wolf Knights.
**[18:34] Celia**
Any who defy it will be cut down
with no room for argument!
**[18:40] Celia**
Now, I have a question.
**[18:43] Celia**
We are in search of a group of six
that recently departed Laurus.
**[18:48] Celia**
Might anyone here know of their whereabouts?
**[18:51] adventurer B**
A group of six, huh?
**[18:53] adventurer C**
What about their races or traits?
**[18:55] Celia**
My apologies. No further information
on them has been passed down to me.
**[19:00] adventurer C**
Seriously?
**[19:01] Alan**
Either they don't know
our identities yet, or...
**[19:05] adventurer B**
So, who are they anyway?
**[19:09] Celia**
Rebels who seek to plunge
the empire into chaos.
**[19:13] Celia**
We ask for your assistance.
**[19:16] adventurer D**
Wanderers like us don't much care
what happens to your empire.
**[19:20] adventurer E**
Helping you with something like
that... What's it get us?
**[19:25] Celia**
Of course, we are not asking
your help for free.
**[19:29] Celia**
Anyone with information
will be paid a hundred gold coins.
**[19:33] adventurer A**
A hundred?
**[19:35] Celia**
It matters not how trivial
the information may be.
**[19:37] adventurer F**
Actually, there were some strangers
sniffing around about the locked gates!
**[19:43] adventurer E**
Yeah. I'd never seen them before.
**[19:46] adventurer F**
They should still be nearby!
**[19:48] Celia**
Really?
**[19:49] Celia**
Who were they?
**[19:50] adventurer F**
See? Over there!
**[19:54] adventurer F**
When did they...
**[20:04] Celia**
They're quick on their feet!
**[20:06] Celia**
You there! Halt!
**[20:08] Lise**
Is it really all right for us to do this?
**[20:10] Alan**
Well, we aren't adventurers.
**[20:13] Alan**
There's no need for us
to follow her orders, is there?
**[20:16] Lise**
You're really splitting hairs!
**[20:18] Celia**
You two! Halt!
**[20:21] Lise**
How is this still okay?!
**[20:23] Alan**
She just said "you two."
How do we know who she's talking to?
**[20:26] Lise**
Honestly!
**[20:28] Alan**
Shall we hurry a little?
**[20:29] Lise**
What?
**[20:37] Celia**
Apologies!
**[20:39] boy**
It hurts!
**[20:41] boy**
It hurts!
**[20:48] Celia**
Are you all right?
**[20:49] Celia**
I'll tend to you right away.
**[20:55] Alan**
Her kindness to others saved us.
**[20:58] Alan**
Lise?
**[20:59] Lise**
Huh? Oh, I'm fine.
**[21:02] Alan**
It's only a matter of time before
someone else comes looking for us.
**[21:06] Lise**
It'd be best to avoid joining up
with the others right now.
**[21:11] Alan**
Well, what should we do?
**[21:20] Lise**
That noise... Was that an explosion?
**[21:23] Alan**
That's the direction of the inn!
**[21:27] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[21:28] Alan**
The others are in danger!
**[21:51] Osawld**
Hey there! Took you long enough.
**[22:03] Oswald**
I'm gonna pay you back what you're owed
for what happened at the Elven Forest,
**[22:08] Oswald**
you blasted brat!
***SIGN*** A Former Hero at a Loss
**[23:46] Henriette**
Next time, "A Former Hero at a Loss."
# E11 - A Former Hero at a Loss
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**[00:14] (Flashback) child A**
Someone... Someone save me!
**[00:48] (Flashback) Hero Alan**
Everything's all right now.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 11
A Former Hero at a Loss
***SIGN*** Episode 11
A Former Hero at a Loss
**[02:31] Lise**
This is awful.
**[02:33] Lise**
Curtis-san!
**[02:35] Curtis**
Lise-san, there was
an explosion out of nowhere...
**[02:40] Lise**
I'll help you right—
**[02:41] Oswald**
Hold it.
**[02:42] Oswald**
Don't go getting any big ideas now.
**[02:45] Oswald**
This stage is set for me
and that blasted brat.
**[02:52] Oswald**
You look pretty calm.
**[02:53] Oswald**
Is that all these people mean to you?
**[02:59] Oswald**
Then you won't mind if I kill 'em, right?
**[03:04] Lise**
Please don't do this!
**[03:05] Oswald**
Do you get it now?
**[03:08] Oswald**
Do you see who's superior here?
**[03:10] Oswald**
Do you see who's calling the shots?
**[03:14] Alan**
Say, let me ask you just one thing.
**[03:17] Oswald**
What?
**[03:18] Alan**
You strangling them to death
or your head going flying...
**[03:24] Alan**
which do you think would happen faster?
**[03:26] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[03:27] Oswald**
You...
**[03:29] Oswald**
Sounds like you still don't
understand your place!
**[03:39] Lise**
Noelle!
**[03:40] Lise**
Myléne-san!
**[03:41] Alan**
Now then, I've got lots of questions for you,
**[03:45] Alan**
so could you be quiet for a second?
**[03:55] Oswald**
You moron.
**[03:56] Oswald**
I knew from the start there
was no way for me to beat you.
**[04:03] Oswald**
Yeah, that's right.
**[04:05] Oswald**
Those friends of yours...
**[04:07] Oswald**
All those people lying on death's door...
**[04:09] Oswald**
I've cast Explode on every single one of 'em.
**[04:13] Oswald**
If I feel like it, they all go boom.
**[04:16] Lise**
Oh no!
**[04:17] Oswald**
Seeing your sorry face in tears
will be enough for me.
**[04:23] Oswald**
Do it. Cut the fuses like you did back in the
Elven Forest to save your precious friends.
**[04:31] child B; background**
Onee-chan!
**[04:31] Oswald**
But in the time that takes,
everyone else is headed for the next life!
**[04:33] man**
Someone! We need help over here!
**[04:38] Oswald**
So what'll it be, you blasted brat?
**[04:41] Oswald**
Choose who you're gonna save!
**[04:48] (Flashback) Hero Alan**
Everything's all right now.
**[04:51] (Flashback) child A**
Don't come near me.
**[04:52] (Flashback) child A**
Stay away...
**[04:54] (Flashback) child A**
Stay away! Don't come near me!
**[04:56] (Flashback) child A**
I don't need your help!
**[04:58] (Flashback) child A**
Monster!
**[05:05] Alan**
*That's right. I'm not a hero anymore.*
**[05:09] Alan**
* I have no obligation*
* to save people I don't know.*
**[05:12] Alan**
*What I should prioritize right now is...*
**[05:59] child B**
Onee-chan...
**[06:05] Lise**
What just happened?
**[06:07] Oswald**
Why? Why isn't anyone exploding?
**[06:12] Alan**
I'll ask for formality's sake.
**[06:13] Alan**
Do you have any last words?
**[06:17] Oswald**
You monster.
**[06:20] Celia**
Wait!
**[06:22] Alan**
Sorry, but would you mind not interfering?
**[06:24] Celia**
I can't agree to that!
**[06:26] Celia**
Not as long as he's a member
of the Black Wolf Knights.
**[06:30] Celia**
Your rage is justified.
**[06:32] Celia**
He destroyed this town and injured its people.
**[06:35] Celia**
It's only natural that he be punished.
**[06:38] Celia**
However, that duty belongs to us!
**[06:41] Alan**
If it needs to be done,
it doesn't really matter who does it, right?
**[06:44] Celia**
I ask that you please stay your hand.
**[06:46] Celia**
I do not wish to aggravate
the situation any further.
**[06:50] Alan**
You expect me to take
a Black Wolf Knight at their word?
**[06:54] Celia**
I don't blame you for being dubious.
**[06:56] Celia**
I will take personal responsibility
and see that man is dealt with properly.
**[07:00] Celia**
As vice captain of the Black Wolf Knights...
No, on my honor as a knight,
**[07:05] Celia**
I, Celia Bartolus, swear this unto you.
**[07:18] Celia**
My thanks.
**[07:23] Alan**
How is everyone?
**[07:25] Lise**
Their wounds have been treated,
and they're sleeping soundly.
**[07:28] Alan**
I'm glad.
**[07:29] Lise**
The town's no longer locked down, either,
**[07:31] Lise**
so we can set out for the
imperial capital tomorrow.
**[07:36] Lise**
Something's worrying you, isn't it?
**[07:38] Alan**
Sort of.
**[07:40] Alan**
We were supposedly
the Black Wolf Knights' target.
**[07:43] Alan**
For them to pull out with so little
fuss just doesn't feel right.
**[07:47] Lise**
Is it possible that they were actually
looking for someone else?
**[07:50] Alan**
If so, that would be fantastic.
**[07:53] Alan**
I have no idea what they were after.
**[07:55] Lise**
Come to think of it,
whose orders are they acting under?
**[08:00] Lise**
The emperor has been assassinated.
**[08:04] Alan**
Must be someone who wants to see
the emperor's power maintained.
**[08:08] Lise**
But who could it be?
**[08:19] Lizette**
*How are things over there?*
**[08:21] Celia**
Ma'am!
**[08:22] Celia**
We've successfully withdrawn
the unit in Feenis.
**[08:25] Lizette**
*Good work.*
**[08:27] Celia**
However, Captain Lizette,
why did you lift the blockade?
**[08:31] Celia**
We haven't yet located our target.
**[08:33] Lizette**
*It was the brass's idea.*
**[08:35] Lizette**
*Nothing you need to know.*
**[08:37] Celia**
My apologies.
**[08:42] Celia**
Also, I request authorization
to punish a corps member.
**[08:45] Lizette**
*Is it Oswald?*
**[08:47] Celia**
What? Yes.
**[08:48] Celia**
He's likely to die even if I leave him.
**[08:51] Celia**
The least I can do is finish him.
**[08:52] Lizette**
*There's no need for that.*
**[08:54] Celia**
Why not?
**[08:55] Lizette**
*Our leader will handle it personally.*
**[08:57] Celia**
Personally?
**[08:59] Lizette**
* That dumb dog biting its master has*
* put the master in a very bad mood.*
**[09:07] Oswald**
So you've come, have you?
**[09:10] Oswald**
I only set this all up because
you kept draggin' your feet.
**[09:13] Oswald**
What do I care about some grand plan?
**[09:16] Oswald**
I'm not your lapdog.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[09:32] Lizette**
You'll be staying here for a while.
**[09:35] Henriette**
A rather dreary chamber, wouldn't you say?
**[09:37] Lizette**
I think it's better than a dungeon cell.
**[09:42] Lizette**
Now then, I'll take my leave.
**[09:45] Henriette**
What? You could at least stay and chat
to help stave off imminent boredom.
**[09:51] Lizette**
I have my duties, though I can't
say I'm thrilled about them.
**[09:57] Lizette**
If there's anything you need,
I can get it for you.
**[10:01] Henriette**
How about the key to this room?
**[10:02] Lizette**
Not happening.
**[10:03] Henriette**
It was a joke.
**[10:05] Henriette**
A few books would be welcome.
**[10:08] Lizette**
Books? What kind of books?
**[10:10] Henriette**
Well...
**[10:16] solider A**
Peddlers, huh?
**[10:18] solider A**
You may pass. Next!
**[10:20] soldier B**
You don't have a travel permit?
**[10:21] solider B**
Hey, take this guy in!
**[10:23] soldier C**
Sir!
**[10:24] solider C**
Come on. You come this way.
**[10:26] solider C**
Hurry up!
**[10:29] Alan**
Looks like you need a
travel permit to get in.
**[10:33] Lise**
It only makes sense that security in the
capital would be particularly stringent.
**[10:37] Curtis**
The assassination has something
to do with it, I imagine.
**[10:40] Curtis**
They can't let something
like that happen again.
**[10:43] Alan**
Curtis is one thing, but it'll be hard
for the rest of us to get in through the gate.
**[10:48] Noelle**
Why? We just need to get
a travel permit, right?
**[10:51] Alan**
Huh? I mean...
**[10:53] Alan**
An elf and Amazoness,
both of which are rare in the Empire...
**[10:56] Alan**
The former first princess of
the Kingdom of Adoastella...
**[10:59] Alan**
And an unidentified, rootless wanderer.
**[11:02] Alan**
There's no way anyone would simply
give us a travel permit, is there?
**[11:07] Curtis**
Isn't there anything we can try?
**[11:09] Mylène**
Charge straight through!
**[11:10] Curtis**
What?
**[11:11] Lise**
Alan could do it.
**[11:13] Alan**
Don't ask me to do anything that crazy.
**[11:16] Noelle**
Have a stroke of genius?
**[11:18] Lise**
Yes! We'll dig a hole!
**[11:20] Lise**
We'll dig a really long tunnel
and bypass the walls!
**[11:24] Lise**
That's how we'll sneak into the capital!
**[11:29] Alan**
If we come out somewhere
full of enemy soldiers,
**[11:31] Alan**
that'd be the end of us then and there.
**[11:34] Noelle**
Besides, how many days
would it take to dig that?
**[11:37] Lise**
I'm sorry.
**[11:39] Curtis**
No, Lise-san! That's a really brilliant idea!
**[11:43] Curtis**
The imperial capital has secret tunnels!
**[11:46] Curtis**
Oh! Forgive me.
**[11:48] Alan**
What do you mean?
**[11:50] Curtis**
Only certain people affiliated
with the imperial family know,
**[11:53] Curtis**
but the city has secret underground catacombs.
**[11:55] Noelle**
Why would it have something like that?
**[11:57] Curtis**
I've heard they're for escape
in cases of emergency.
**[12:00] Curtis**
Apparently, they've hardly ever been used.
**[12:02] Alan**
So we can evade the guards' notice
if we come in through those.
**[12:06] Curtis**
Yes.
**[12:07] Curtis**
It will be risky for a large
group to sneak in,
**[12:11] Curtis**
so the two of us will go through the gate.
**[12:13] Noelle**
Then we'll meet up later.
**[12:16] Curtis**
It pains me to suggest a route that
carries danger, however minor.
**[12:21] Alan**
This is for Henriette. Solving big problems
often means small sacrifices.
**[12:25] Curtis**
Thank you.
**[12:58] Noelle**
This place is creepy.
**[13:00] Mylène**
It's all rundown.
**[13:02] Lise**
It truly must not see much use.
**[13:04] Alan**
I'm sure it's rare that
the imperial capital is attacked.
**[13:11] Alan**
Wait.
**[13:12] Noelle**
What is it?
**[13:14] Noelle**
Someone's coming!
**[13:16] Alan**
This is bad.
**[13:18] Lise**
Is there anywhere we can hide?
**[13:30] Lise**
That was close, wasn't it?
**[13:33] Alan**
You saved us, Mylène.
**[13:37] Noelle**
Are you all right?
**[13:38] Mylène**
Just a little tired.
**[13:41] Noelle**
Don't push yourself, all right?
**[13:44] Mylène**
Understood.
**[13:46] Lise**
Those soldiers just now...
**[13:48] Alan**
Yeah, they were Black Wolf Knights.
**[13:50] Lise**
Are they here looking for us?
**[13:52] Alan**
Probably.
**[13:54] Noelle**
Don't tell me Curtis got caught
and now they know where we are!
**[13:58] Alan**
*Or it could be...*
**[14:00] Lizette**
Well, well. I was getting tired of waiting.
**[14:03] Lizette**
Suppressing my presence and waiting quietly
is really hard labor, you know?
**[14:09] Lizette**
Come, now. If you go invisible like that,
**[14:12] Lizette**
you make me look like some weirdo
just talking to myself.
**[14:15] Lizette**
I'd prefer you knock it off!
**[14:18] Lizette**
Well, we meet again, mysterious young man.
**[14:22] Alan**
You saw me?
**[14:24] Lizette**
I can't see you.
**[14:25] Lizette**
But I do know where you are.
**[14:28] Lizette**
The Amazoness's strange power doesn't
erase things from existence.
**[14:33] Lizette**
It just makes them invisible.
**[14:36] Alan**
Huh.
**[14:36] Lizette**
Even if you hold your breath
and halt your footsteps,
**[14:42] Lizette**
with my hearing, I can tell
exactly where you are!
**[14:46] Lise; overlapping**
Mylène-san!
**[14:46] Noelle; overlapping**
Mylène!
**[14:48] Lizette**
I have no intention of taking
the ladies' lives.
**[14:51] Lizette**
I only have business with the young man.
**[14:54] Lizette**
But the same tricks won't work on me twice.
**[14:57] Alan**
Go on without me.
**[14:58] Lise**
Alan-kun, we can't leave you here!
**[15:00] Mylène**
No!
**[15:01] Noelle**
We'll stay, too!
**[15:03] Alan**
Sorry, but I'm not confident that I could
beat her while shielding all of you.
**[15:10] Lise**
Let's go.
**[15:15] Noelle**
Make sure you catch up to us.
**[15:23] Lizette**
Now, shall we begin?
**[15:26] Lizette**
For a duel like this,
would you prefer a starting signal?
**[15:31] Alan**
I don't care. Do as you like.
**[15:33] Lizette**
Then I'll take you up on that!
**[15:47] Lise**
You're safe, aren't you, Curtis-san?!
**[15:50] Curtis**
What about all of you?
**[15:52] Curtis**
Where is Alan-san?
**[15:53] Lise**
We were attacked by a
Black Wolf Knight underground.
**[15:56] Noelle**
They were waiting for us!
**[15:58] Mylène**
It was a trap! A trap!
**[15:59] Curtis**
What?
**[16:07] Alan**
You've had a number of chances
**[16:09] Alan**
but haven't sent my head flying.
Is this your true strength?
**[16:11] Alan**
Or is something holding you back?
**[16:15] Lizette**
Would you cease your strange accusations?
**[16:23] Henriette**
* Should anything happen to befall Alan*
* and the others, I will kill you.*
**[16:31] Alan**
See what I mean?
**[16:33] Lizette**
I suppose I'll just have to get
a little more serious about this.
**[16:39] Alan**
Is this your doing, too?
**[16:41] Lizette**
That wasn't me.
**[16:43] Alan**
At this rate, we'll both be buried alive.
**[16:46] Lizette**
Looks like it.
**[16:49] Lizette**
Is that what's going on?
**[16:55] Lise**
That's the direction
of the underground tunnels!
**[16:58] Mylène**
Don't tell me...
**[16:59] Noelle**
Did they get buried alive?
**[17:03] Lise**
Oh no!
**[17:05] Lise**
Alan-kun...
**[17:07] Alan**
You called?
**[17:14] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[17:18] Lise**
I was really, truly worried!
**[17:22] Alan**
Sorry.
**[17:23] Noelle**
Hey, could you save it for
when you're alone together?
**[17:27] Lise**
I-I-I-I-I'm so sorry!
**[17:30] Noelle**
Honestly! You showed up
like you'd planned that.
**[17:32] Mylène**
That's Alan for you!
**[17:37] Alan**
What's wrong?
**[17:38] Alan**
You look like you've just seen
a man you thought was dead.
**[17:41] Curtis**
N-Not at all! I'm glad you're all right.
**[17:44] Alan**
Now then, how do we rescue Henriette?
**[17:47] Alan**
Do you have some kind of plan?
**[17:50] Curtis**
Actually, I don't have a plan yet.
**[17:52] Curtis**
You should get some rest tonight.
**[17:54] Curtis**
We'll think about it tomorrow.
**[17:56] Curtis**
You must all be tired.
**[17:58] Noelle**
That's true.
**[18:00] Mylène**
Mylène is sleepy.
**[18:02] Curtis**
There's a bedroom next to this one.
You can rest there.
**[18:09] Alan**
That should do it.
**[18:10] Curtis**
Alan-san, where are you going?
**[18:12] Alan**
Just a little errand.
**[18:22] Alan**
Wow. Tales of heroes, huh?
**[18:25] Alan**
You've liked those for ages... Ages?
**[18:28] Alan**
I guess it would be better
to say "lives" at this point.
**[18:31] Henriette**
Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-What in the world
are you doing here?!
**[18:35] Alan**
What am I doing?
**[18:36] Alan**
I heard you're being framed
for assassinating the emperor.
**[18:41] Henriette**
I swear... You teleported, didn't you?
**[18:44] Alan**
Yeah. It's just me, after all.
**[18:47] Henriette**
Well, what do you want?
**[18:49] Henriette**
You're not going to say that
you've come to save me, are you?
**[18:52] Alan**
That was the plan.
**[18:54] Henriette**
Oh, please. Do you think I'm
going to be hanged or something?
**[18:58] Alan**
You aren't?
**[19:00] Henriette**
You're less keen than you seem.
**[19:03] Henriette**
In the end, false charges are false charges.
**[19:06] Alan**
So you're saying...
**[19:07] Henriette**
In spite of everything,
I'm the head of the Lindqvist family.
**[19:10] Henriette**
Realistically, they can't execute me.
**[19:14] Henriette**
Right about now, I'm sure the powers that be
are discussing how to settle this quietly.
**[19:20] Henriette**
At worst, I'll be stripped of my rank
and exiled, wouldn't you say?
**[19:24] Alan**
In that case, I guess I jumped
to the wrong conclusions.
**[19:28] Henriette**
Yes, you did. This is most unusual for you.
**[19:32] Henriette**
Were you just that worried about me?
**[19:36] Alan**
Yes, I was.
**[19:42] Henriette**
Go away.
**[19:44] Henriette**
Alan, I don't need you to save me,
**[19:47] Henriette**
and there's no need to worry.
**[19:51] Alan**
Is that true?
**[19:53] Henriette**
Don't make me repeat myself.
**[19:57] Henriette**
Hurry up and go back to your kingdom!
**[20:00] Alan**
All right.
**[20:03] Alan**
Henriette.
**[20:06] Alan**
I'll see you later.
**[20:09] Henriette**
Yes.
**[20:11] Henriette**
Farewell.
**[20:21] Henriette**
What am I doing?
**[20:28] Curtis**
Alan-san?
**[20:29] Curtis**
Alan-san!
**[20:31] Alan**
Sorry! What were you saying?
**[20:33] Curtis**
Nee-san is suspected of colluding
with your kingdom to betray the empire.
**[20:39] Alan**
Oh, really?
**[20:41] Noelle**
Is that all you have to say?
**[20:43] Noelle**
Do you understand what's going on here?
**[20:45] Curtis**
If you saved Nee-san and it became public,
**[20:49] Curtis**
your kingdom would be seen
as abetting the assassination.
**[20:52] Curtis**
It may plunge us into war.
**[20:55] Curtis**
That is the one thing we must avoid!
**[20:57] Alan**
So we should quietly leave the empire
without doing anything?
**[21:04] Alan**
That's what you mean, right?
**[21:06] Curtis**
Exactly. As frustrating as I'm sure that is.
**[21:09] Noelle**
How could we possibly agree to that?
**[21:12] Lise**
We can't simply abandon Lady Henriette!
**[21:14] Mylène**
Objection! Objection!
**[21:15] Curtis**
That's precisely how I feel!
**[21:18] Curtis**
No, I have Nee-san in my
thoughts more than any of you!
**[21:21] Curtis**
Which is why I'll figure
something out myself.
**[21:25] Curtis**
I will save Nee-san! Please, trust me!
**[21:31] Lise**
Alan-kun?
**[21:34] Alan**
Let's go.
**[23:18] Curtis**
It's been a while, hasn't it, Nee-san?
**[23:21] Curtis**
What's this? Do you not know who I am?
**[23:24] Curtis**
Well, I have changed quite a lot
since the last time we met.
**[23:31] Henriette**
Curtis? Is that you?
**[23:35] Henriette**
Why are you here in a place like this...
**[23:38] Henriette**
Curtis Harnes Victour?
***SIGN*** The Former Hero Lives as He Pleases
**[23:45] Henriette**
Next time: "The Former Hero
Lives as He Pleases."
# E12 - The Former Hero Lives as He Pleases
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**[00:00] Henriette**
There's a veritable mountain of questions,
**[00:03] Henriette**
but let's start with who you're working for.
**[00:06] Curtis**
My, how upsetting.
**[00:08] Curtis**
I set all of this up on my own.
**[00:11] Henriette**
A lazy incompetent like you?
Don't be ridiculous.
**[00:15] Curtis**
I've changed.
**[00:19] Henriette**
That's...
**[00:21] Curtis**
This power turned the tables for me.
**[00:25] Henriette**
But the authority to command
the Black Wolf Knights
**[00:28] Henriette**
is passed through the imperial family.
**[00:32] Henriette**
You killed them all, didn't you?!
**[00:34] Curtis**
Of course not.
I just threatened them a little.
**[00:37] Curtis**
They're pathetic, always here in the castle,
so arrogantly relaxed about everything.
**[00:42] Curtis**
Yet every last one of them ran away!
**[00:44] Henriette**
So, what is it that you're trying to do?
**[00:48] Henriette**
Why'd you try to pin
the assassination on Henriette?
**[00:52] Curtis**
There was no other way.
In order to make my wish come true,
**[00:56] Curtis**
I need your help, Nee-san!
**[00:58] Henriette**
Your wish?
**[01:00] Henriette**
You can't possibly mean...
**[01:02] Curtis**
That's right! I want to become
the rightful emperor!
**[01:06] Curtis**
But as things stand,
no one will acknowledge me.
**[01:09] Curtis**
You understand, don't you?
**[01:11] Curtis**
My mother was a peasant.
**[01:14] Henriette**
As the son of a branch family,
you mean to marry into House Lindqvist
**[01:17] Henriette**
and gain legitimacy that way.
**[01:20] Curtis**
You're so quick on the uptake!
That's my Nee-san.
**[01:24] Curtis**
Now, let us hurry out of here...
**[01:27] Curtis**
and rule over this empire together!
**[01:32] Curtis**
Nee-san?
**[01:33] Henriette**
That's so stupid! Really, truly stupid!
**[01:38] Henriette**
Curtis! I didn't think you were the kind of
guy to have such a cliche, inane ambition!
**[01:43] Curtis**
Inane ambition? This is for you, too, Nee-san.
**[01:48] Henriette**
What?
**[01:49] Curtis**
If you rule this land with me,
**[01:52] Curtis**
you can take revenge on
everyone who persecuted you!
**[01:55] Henriette**
Sorry, but Henriette only looks to the future.
**[01:58] Henriette**
She has no interest in revenge.
**[02:01] Henriette**
If you're gonna do this, do it alone.
**[02:05] Henriette**
Henriette is suddenly exhausted
and will be going to sleep.
**[02:10] Curtis**
Y-Yes, of course. You must be confused
having this sprung on you.
**[02:15] Curtis**
We're talking about marriage, after all.
**[02:20] Curtis**
Nee-san, you have such a cute side to you.
**[02:25] Curtis**
I'll give you time to think things over.
**[02:28] Curtis**
Though I shouldn't have to ask
what your answer is.
**[02:37] Curtis**
She's being pointlessly stubborn.
**[02:40] Curtis**
That was quite the disaster,
wasn't it, Lizette?
**[02:44] Curtis**
I heard that a blunder nearly
got you buried alive.
**[02:47] Curtis**
You're not hurt, are you?
**[02:49] Lizette**
There's no need for concern.
**[02:51] Lizette**
More importantly, I'm sorry I wasn't
able to put an end to that young man.
**[02:55] Curtis**
Don't worry about it. He's left the empire.
**[02:59] Curtis**
And he's not likely to return.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 12
The Former Hero Lives as He Pleases
***SIGN*** Episode 12
The Former Hero Lives as He Pleases
**[04:44] Noelle**
I feel like I can't breathe!
**[04:46] Noelle**
Is this atmosphere gonna last
all the way back to the kingdom?
**[04:52] Lise**
I'm sorry.
**[04:53] Alan**
But there isn't really anything
to talk about, is there?
**[04:56] Noelle**
Then I'm gonna say something!
**[04:58] Noelle**
I won't complain about a decision
you've already made, Alan.
**[05:02] Noelle**
If you say you're going back to the
kingdom, then I'm going with you.
**[05:06] Noelle**
After all, Alan...
**[05:08] Mylène**
You love him?
**[05:09] Noelle**
No! I trust him!
I meant that I believe in him!
**[05:13] Noelle**
So, um, what I'm trying to say here is...
**[05:16] Alan**
I understand. It's about Henriette, right?
**[05:19] Noelle**
Yes.
**[05:20] Noelle**
I don't know that the choice
you made was the right one...
**[05:24] Noelle**
but it wasn't wrong, either.
**[05:27] Lise**
That's true. Lady Henriette can likely
cope with the situation herself.
**[05:33] Alan**
She told me she didn't need my help
when she sent me away.
**[05:38] Noelle**
I swear. When did you even see her?
**[05:40] Mylène**
That's Alan for you.
**[05:42] Alan**
Well, you know...
**[05:44] Noelle**
In any case, don't beat yourself up over it.
**[05:47] Noelle**
It just wasn't something
we could solve ourselves this time.
**[05:51] Alan**
Thank you, Noelle.
**[05:52] Alan**
Now then, to lighten the mood,
why don't we take an afternoon break?
**[05:56] Alan**
Say, could you stop when you
find somewhere that looks good?
**[06:00] Lise; internal**
*Yes, this was for the best.*
**[06:07] Henriette**
If that's food, Henriette doesn't want it.
**[06:10] Lizette**
I've come to deliver something you forgot.
**[06:12] Lizette**
I'm sorry you got thrown
into a place like this.
**[06:17] Henriette**
It isn't your fault.
**[06:21] Henriette**
If you would, just leave it over there.
**[06:25] Lizette**
Understood.
**[06:31] (Flashback) Alan**
Wow. Tales of heroes, huh?
**[06:34] (Flashback) Alan**
You've liked those for ages... Ages?
**[06:37] (Flashback) Alan**
I guess it would be better
to say "lives" at this point.
**[06:39] Henriette**
You're right.
**[06:41] Henriette**
I've loved heroic tales...
**[06:44] Henriette**
ever since my last life.
**[06:47] (Flashback) disciple A**
She's reading books again?
**[06:49] (Flashback) disciple B**
Imitating humans... What a strange girl.
**[06:52] (Flashback) disciple Henriette**
No one asked your opinion.
**[06:55] (Flashback) disciple Henriette**
Heroes...
**[07:01] Henriette; narration**
*They never ask for a reward.*
**[07:04] Henriette; narration**
* They always fight for others*
* and save the world.*
**[07:08] Henriette; narration**
*They crush every incomprehensible hardship.*
**[07:10] Henriette; narration**
* And the moment they stopped*
* tragedy in its tracks,*
**[07:13] Henriette; narration**
*my heart would always feel lighter.*
**[07:15] Henriette; narration**
*But there was one thing that bothered me...*
**[07:19] Henriette; narration**
*The hero's ultimate untimely death.*
**[07:22] Henriette; narration**
* Even though that is*
* the natural way of the world,*
**[07:25] Henriette; narration**
*I just can't stand it.*
**[07:28] Henriette; narration**
*In order to prevent such a tragic ending,*
**[07:32] Henriette; narration**
*I worked my hardest to guide Alan.*
**[07:35] (Flashback) Henriette**
Not that way! Go right!
**[07:39] (Flashback) Henriette**
His weakness is the spot between his eyes!
**[07:42] Henriette; narration**
But... it didn't change his ending.
**[07:57] Henriette**
That's why I'm fine with this.
**[07:59] Henriette**
Alan, I'll be taking my leave
of this place a bit ahead of you.
**[08:07] Curtis**
Hey, Nee-san. Sorry to keep you waiting.
**[08:10] Henriette**
No one was waiting for you.
**[08:13] Curtis**
As scathing as ever, I see.
**[08:15] Curtis**
So, what do you say?
**[08:17] Curtis**
Are you of a mind to work with me now?
**[08:19] Henriette**
The answer is obvious.
**[08:21] Henriette**
Cooperating with you is
utterly out of the question.
**[08:25] Curtis**
But why? At this rate, they'll execute you.
**[08:28] Henriette**
Is that something the person
who set this all up should be saying?
**[08:32] Henriette**
Not that it matters.
Hurry up and bring the noose.
**[08:37] Curtis**
Nee-san, stop being stubborn.
**[08:40] Henreitte**
Did you honestly think that Henriette
would agree to work with you?
**[08:45] Henriette**
If so, you're a rather simple-minded fool.
**[08:50] Curtis**
That's enough!
**[08:51] Henriette**
Same to you!
**[08:53] Curtis**
If you refuse to go along with it, then fine.
**[08:58] Curtis**
I'll dispatch an assassin immediately
**[09:00] Curtis**
and have Alan killed!
**[09:02] Henriette**
Only if you have an assassin that
can hold their own against him.
**[09:08] Curtis**
I'll burn the Elven Forest down!
**[09:10] Henriette**
Henriette will swallow her tongue
and die before you could!
**[09:17] Curtis**
This is just...
**[09:20] Curtis**
Why? Why?! Why are you like this?
**[09:23] Curtis**
Nee-san! Nee-san, I...
**[09:30] Henriette**
Do you feel better now?
**[09:32] Curtis**
I-I didn't mean...
**[09:34] Curtis**
Nee-san!
**[09:35] Curtis**
I didn't mean for this to happen!
**[09:45] Curtis**
Curses! Curses! Why isn't anything
working out like it should?
**[09:54] Curtis**
That's right. That's it.
If she won't be mine, then...
**[10:06] Noelle**
Errands done!
**[10:08] Mylène**
All done!
**[10:09] Noelle**
This should see us all
the way back to the kingdom.
**[10:12] Alan**
Sorry, you two.
**[10:14] Alan**
There's something I forgot to ask for.
**[10:16] Alan**
Can I send you on another errand?
**[10:18] Noelle**
Ugh. Yeah, I guess.
**[10:21] Noelle**
Get everything packed
by the time we're back, okay?
**[10:24] Alan**
Sure. Leave it to me.
**[10:27] Alan**
You wanted to talk to me
about something, right?
**[10:31] Alan**
I just got that feeling from you.
**[10:34] Lise**
Let's go back and rescue Lady Henriette.
**[10:39] Lise**
I understand that taking action
might worsen the situation.
**[10:44] Lise**
So I can see why we'd leave
without doing anything.
**[10:48] Lise**
I understand it, but I don't want to accept it!
**[10:51] Alan**
Even if Henriette
doesn't want to be rescued?
**[10:56] Lise**
Even so. Even if it's just
my own selfish desire,
**[10:59] Lise**
I want to go and save her!
**[11:04] Celia as guard**
If you want to, then you
should go and save her.
**[11:07] Celia as guard**
You needn't be rational
when you want to save someone.
**[11:10] Celia as guard**
That principle is what led you to save
the people of this town, isn't it?
**[11:16] Lise**
Might you possibly be...
**[11:23] Henriette**
You again?
**[11:25] Curtis**
Nee-san, come and rule the empire with me.
**[11:29] Henriette**
Do it yourself.
**[11:31] Curtis**
Please rethink this.
**[11:33] Henriette**
You're being annoying.
**[11:34] Curtis**
I need you, Nee-san!
**[11:36] Henriette**
Stop it!
**[11:40] Curtis**
All right. Fine then.
**[11:50] Curtis**
I'll kill you and make you mine alone!
**[11:59] Henriette**
You really are just...
**[12:05] Curtis**
You should've just quietly disappeared.
**[12:09] Curtis**
You're...
**[12:12] Curtis**
C-Celia!
**[12:14] Curtis**
You've betrayed me!
**[12:17] Celia**
Betrayed *you*? I serve the Victour Empire.
**[12:21] Celia**
Harming citizens for your own selfish ends...
**[12:24] Celia**
A tyrant who'd frame the innocent...
**[12:26] Celia**
I have no recollection
of serving the likes of you!
**[12:28] Alan**
Well, we're keeping everyone waiting.
**[12:31] Alan**
Let's finish this quickly.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[12:41] (Flashback) demon**
What is your wish?
**[12:43] (Flashback) Curtis**
Nee-san. I want Henriette-neesan.
**[12:48] (Flashback) Curtis**
I want to make her mine.
**[12:58] (Flashback) Curtis**
What have you done?
**[12:59] (Flashback) Curtis**
H-Harming His Imperial Majesty is...
**[13:02] (Flashback) demon**
A necessary sacrifice
for granting your wish.
**[13:06] (Flashback) Curtis**
Th-Then if *I* become emperor,
Nee-san will be mine?
**[13:13] (Flashback) Curtis**
But that's impossible.
**[13:14] (Flashback) Curtis**
I'm an outsider who'd never
be allowed in the royal family.
**[13:18] (Flashback) Curtis**
I could never become emperor!
**[13:21] (Flashback) demon**
And what if you had the power
to overturn everything?
**[13:26] (Flashback) Curtis**
Wh-Where would power like that come from?
**[14:03] Curtis**
Are you mocking me?
**[14:05] Curtis**
You are helpless before my power!
You're nothing!
**[14:10] Alan**
You're talking like that
power belongs to you,
**[14:12] Alan**
but it isn't yours, is it?
**[14:15] Curtis**
S-S-Silence!
**[14:36] Curtis**
Tch! Stop moving around!
**[14:38] Henriette**
Stop this already, Curtis!
**[14:41] Henriette**
Alan isn't someone you can beat!
**[14:44] Curtis**
I'll overpower him!
**[14:52] Henriette**
Are you all right?
**[14:53] Celia**
Y-Yes, somehow.
**[14:55] Henriette**
You went and accepted the power of a demon.
**[14:58] Henriette**
Do you really want to be
emperor that badly?
**[15:01] Alan**
Huh? You still haven't realized?
**[15:04] Alan**
Henriette, you're pretty dense.
**[15:06] Henriette**
Dense?
**[15:08] Alan**
Not that I should talk.
**[15:10] Curtis**
Don't speak to Nee-san!
**[15:27] Curtis**
Blast it! It was all going so well!
**[15:31] Curtis**
Why did you come and interfere?
**[15:33] Alan**
It was going well?
**[15:35] Alan**
You really thought no one had
caught on to such a sloppy plan?
**[15:39] Alan**
Your naivete is almost commendable.
**[15:43] Alan**
But there was one thing I didn't understand.
**[15:46] Alan**
And that's your objective.
**[15:48] Curtis**
It's obvious, isn't it?
I want to be the rightful emperor.
**[15:52] Curtis**
No, I must become the emperor.
**[15:54] Alan**
Then why did you approach us?
**[15:57] Alan**
Why did you try to take my life?
**[15:59] Alan**
As far as the empire's concerned,
I'm just an outsider.
**[16:03] Curtis**
That's because... you're in the way.
**[16:06] Alan**
Well, I finally figured it out.
**[16:08] Alan**
The emperor's throne means nothing to you...
**[16:12] Alan**
because what you really want is Henriette.
**[16:16] Curtis**
No! No, you're wrong! You're wrong!
**[16:18] Alan**
Then let me ask you this.
Why do you want to be emperor?
**[16:21] Alan**
Once you have the crown, what will you do?
**[16:24] Curtis**
When I become emperor, I'll rule this land...
**[16:29] Curtis**
I'll rule the land a-and... I...
**[16:32] Curtis**
Wh-What did I want to do?!
**[16:35] Alan**
I thought so. That power has consumed you.
**[16:39] Curtis**
No, it hasn't!
**[16:40] Alan**
You can't seem to think straight
and your morals are wavering.
**[16:44] Alan**
Don't you sense it?
**[16:45] Alan**
You're hurting the person
most precious to you... and for what?
**[16:55] Curtis**
I... I...
**[17:04] Celia**
Come, let us go.
**[17:15] Celia**
Lady Henriette?
**[17:20] Henriette**
Curtis, I can't return your feelings,
**[17:24] Henriette**
but if there's anything I can do to help...
**[17:28] Henriette**
Curtis?
**[17:29] Curtis**
I knew it.
**[17:31] Curtis**
I knew it was his fault that you
were acting strangely, Nee-san!
**[17:34] Curtis**
You won't look at me because of him!
**[17:39] Curtis**
Wait for me, Nee-san!
**[17:40] Curtis**
I'm going to kill him now!
**[17:42] Alan**
Curtis! You have to let go of that power!
**[17:45] Alan**
There's still time!
**[17:46] Curtis**
No! I will have everything!
**[17:49] Curtis**
Nee-san! The emperor's throne!
**[17:52] Curtis**
The empire! The world!
**[17:54] Curtis**
Everything!
**[17:56] Alan**
You leave me no choice.
**[17:57] Alan**
Whether you become emperor or rule
the whole world makes no difference to me.
**[18:02] Alan**
But you're giving Henriette back.
**[18:05] Curtis**
Nee-san belongs to me!
**[18:07] Curtis**
I'm not letting the likes of you have her!
**[18:12] Celia**
What terrifying power!
**[18:18] Curtis**
Die!
**[18:27] Celia**
Captain?
**[18:29] Henriette**
Lizette?
**[18:30] Henriette**
What do you think you're doing?
**[18:33] Lizette**
I owe that young man there a favor.
**[18:36] Henriette**
You mean Alan?
**[18:37] Curtis**
Lizette, do you understand what you've done?
**[18:42] Lizette**
An act of rebellion, I believe.
**[18:44] Curtis**
What?
**[18:45] Lizette**
You're going to lose anyway.
**[18:47] Lizette**
So I decided to intrude and get
a hit in before that happened.
**[18:53] Curtis**
Very well.
**[18:54] Curtis**
I'll slaughter all of you with my own hands!
**[19:00] Curtis**
This is the end!
**[19:02] Alan**
Yes, let's finish this.
**[19:04] Curtis**
Cease your false show of strength!
**[19:07] Alan**
I'm going to go all out now
without reservation.
**[19:10] Alan**
Henriette isn't near you anymore, you see?
**[19:13] Curtis**
Sh-Shut up!
**[19:16] Curtis**
You can just...
**[19:26] Curtis**
Th-This can't be!
**[19:28] Curtis**
You dare...
**[19:31] Alan**
World End, Ultimate Skill: Flash!
**[19:44] Alan**
Curtis.
**[19:46] Curtis**
It's like the power of a god.
**[19:50] Curtis**
Who are you, really?
**[19:52] Alan**
I'm just Alan.
**[19:54] Alan**
A failure who was expelled from a duchy
in the neighboring kingdom.
**[19:58] Curtis**
With power like yours, you could
have whatever you wanted.
**[20:02] Curtis**
You could be the absolute ruler
of our entire world.
**[20:06] Curtis**
You could have anything you wished for.
**[20:08] Curtis**
So why haven't you tried
to become something?
**[20:12] Alan**
Even if I had control over the whole world,
**[20:15] Alan**
someone would appear to break that control.
**[20:18] Alan**
That's just the way the world works.
**[20:21] Curtis**
I wonder about that.
**[20:23] Alan**
Besides, things like political power and
world domination have never interested me.
**[20:30] Alan**
All I want is to live peacefully.
**[20:34] Curtis**
How unfair.
**[20:36] Curtis**
If I'd had your power, everyone
would have acknowledged me.
**[20:39] Curtis**
I wouldn't have been ridiculed or neglected.
**[20:42] Curtis**
And Nee-san would have...
**[20:45] Alan**
It's not as nice as you think it is...
**[20:49] Alan**
All of this.
**[20:52] Curtis**
Even so, I wish...
**[21:00] Henriette**
Alan!
**[21:01] Alan**
Henriette. Are you hurt?
**[21:03] Henriette**
I'm fine, but...
**[21:05] Alan**
But what?
**[21:06] Henriette**
Just... good work coming to save me.
**[21:10] Henriette**
No, that's not it.
**[21:12] Henriette**
It's, um... Th-Thank...
**[21:16] Alan**
Huh?
**[21:17] Henriette**
Oh, why did you come back?!
**[21:19] Henriette**
How many times did I tell you
I didn't need saving?
**[21:22] Alan**
Who knows? Why *did* I come back?
**[21:25] Henriette**
Honestly! Why do you always go sticking your
nose in wherever you feel like?!
**[21:31] Lizette**
I'm sorry to interrupt when you two
are having such a touching moment.
**[21:35] Henriette**
This is not a touching moment!
**[21:37] Lizette**
You should escape
before things get complicated.
**[21:40] Alan**
That's true.
**[21:42] Henriette**
Things seem pretty complicated already.
**[21:46] Alan**
Well, let's go!
**[21:48] Henriette**
Alan.
**[21:49] Alan**
Huh?
**[21:53] Henriette**
It's nothing.
**[21:56] Henriette; narration**
* Curtis Harnes Victour had joined forces*
* with a demon to assassinate the emperor.*
**[22:01] Henriette; narration**
*The truth was buried in darkness...*
**[22:04] Henriette; narration**
*and Henriette Lindqvist was executed.*
**[22:08] Henriette; narration**
*Thus, the Lindqvist family came to an end.*
**[22:16] Henriette**
What a tragic ending.
The tears just won't stop.
**[22:20] Alan**
So, why is the supposedly dead
Henriette sitting in front of me?
**[22:24] Alan**
Are you a ghost?
**[22:27] Henriette**
Want to touch me and find out?
**[22:29] Lise**
Lady Henriette!
**[22:31] Alan**
I decline with every fiber of my being.
**[22:34] Noelle**
Then we will...
**[22:36] Mylène**
...touch and see.
**[22:38] Henriette**
Wait! Stop!
**[22:42] Noelle**
Wow, that's amazing!
**[22:44] Mylène**
It looks delicious.
**[22:47] Henriette**
Why did you come to save me?
**[22:50] Alan**
When I was banished from my parents' home,
**[22:52] Alan**
I thought that I'd live peacefully,
this time for sure, doing whatever I want.
**[23:00] Alan**
I saved you because I wanted to.
**[23:01] Alan**
Even if that wasn't what you wanted.
**[23:08] Henriette**
That's not...
**[23:10] Lise**
Alan-kun! Lady Henriette!
**[23:13] Lise**
Let's have breakfast!
**[23:15] Alan**
Okay! I'm coming!
**[23:27] Henriette**
Alan, you really are my...
**[23:31] Henriette**
No, you're everyone's...
**[23:33] Henriette**
hero.
***SIGN*** Thank you for watching to the end!
***SIGN*** Illustration by: Tamura Kazuhiko