# 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