# 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."