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."