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