# 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."