# E3 - Stubbornness and Determination
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**[00:01] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hey.
**[00:04] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hey!
**[00:08] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hey!
**[00:10] (Flashback) young Noelle**
When are you gonna be done?
**[00:12] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I'm hungry, you know?
**[00:14] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I said, "Hey!"
**[00:17] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Honestly.
**[00:25] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I ate what we had in the house.
**[00:31] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Look at all these tools.
**[00:33] (Flashback) young Noelle**
How do you use all of them?
**[00:41] (Flashback) young Noelle**
What's your problem?
**[00:50] (Flashback) young Noelle**
It's so heavy!
**[00:57] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Ow, ow, ow...
**[01:13] (Flashback) young Noelle**
You've been banging on that sword forever.
**[01:15] (Flashback) young Noelle**
What's so fun about that?
**[01:18] (Flashback) young Noelle**
You collapse after going days
without drink or food...
**[01:20] (Flashback) young Noelle**
I'm amazed you're still all right.
**[01:23] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Are you stupid?
**[01:24] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Stupid! Stupid!
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
***SIGN*** Episode 3
Stubbornness and Determination
***SIGN*** Episode 3
Stubbornness and Determination
**[03:32] Noelle**
Alan.
**[03:34] Noelle**
Use that sword...
**[03:35] Noelle**
against... against that thing...
**[03:39] Noelle**
and kill it!
**[03:45] Alan**
I have no reason to kill this monster.
**[03:48] Alan**
It's not like it's attacked us.
**[03:50] Alan**
It's simply sleeping here, in the forest,
away from human settlements.
**[03:54] Noelle**
That's the thing that... my...
**[03:58] Alan**
I don't know what your situation may be,
**[04:00] Alan**
but I have no intention
of abetting your revenge.
**[04:07] Alan**
I wouldn't do that.
**[04:10] Alan**
It seems that this monster, Fenrir,
**[04:13] Alan**
has a barrier up that will nullify
any attacks below a certain level.
**[04:17] Alan**
Only the finest of top-class
weapons could break through it.
**[04:21] Alan**
For example, a sacred sword.
**[04:24] Noelle**
My blade is greater than a sacred sword!
**[04:26] Alan**
No, that blade wouldn't leave
a single scratch on it.
**[04:30] Alan**
You already know, don't you, Noelle?
**[04:33] Alan**
You haven't yet made anything
that surpasses a sacred sword.
**[04:38] Alan**
If you still want to try cutting
the beast down, I won't stop you.
**[04:53] Béatrice**
Such a beast in these woods?
**[04:56] Béatrice**
There truly are treacherous monsters
dwelling in the borderlands...
**[05:00] Lise**
It was Fenrir?
**[05:03] Alan**
I think someone brought it here.
**[05:05] Alan**
It was like it was cloaked
by some kind of power.
**[05:08] Béatrice**
Who would do that? And to what end?
**[05:11] Alan**
I have something of a hunch,
**[05:14] Alan**
but no concrete evidence yet.
**[05:16] Béatrice**
In any case, it would be prudent
to err on the side of caution.
**[05:21] Alan**
Oh, right. Lise, did you two
finish your business?
**[05:24] Alan**
You didn't come here just
to have a sword made for me, did you?
**[05:30] Lise**
I really can't hide anything from you, can I?
**[05:34] Lise**
About three months ago,
**[05:36] Lise**
the renowned General Cyril,
one of our strongest...
**[05:38] Lise**
was assassinated.
**[05:41] Lise**
The culprit's motives are unknown,
**[05:43] Lise**
but they took his head when they escaped.
**[05:47] Lise**
Various gifts were used
to investigate the scene,
**[05:50] Lise**
but not a shred of evidence was left behind.
**[05:55] Alan**
In other words...
**[05:56] Béatrice**
As you've already surmised,
**[05:58] Béatrice**
it's very likely a demon
perpetrated the crime.
**[06:00] Béatrice**
After all, they use powers unknown to us.
**[06:04] Alan**
But a demon assassinating a human?
**[06:07] Alan**
You don't hear about that often.
**[06:08] Alan**
Seems like they'd be completely
indifferent to political conflicts.
**[06:12] Béatrice**
So, someone in the kingdom has
joined forces with demons...
**[06:16] Béatrice**
and is making use of their powers.
**[06:19] Lise**
We came to this town, where all sorts
of people gather, to look for clues.
**[06:26] Alan**
Demons, huh?
**[06:28] Alan**
I don't know who was responsible,
**[06:31] Alan**
but I *did* meet someone suspicious.
**[06:33] Lise; Béatrice**
What?
**[06:39] Mylène**
How was this broken?
**[06:45] Mylène**
What is that power?
**[06:47] Mylène**
He's supposed to be a trivial opponent.
**[06:52] Mylène**
But that...
**[06:55] Mylène**
doesn't matter either.
**[07:02] Horace**
How did it go?
**[07:04] Mylène**
No issues to report.
**[07:05] Horace**
We will make our move soon.
**[07:08] Horace**
After all, no matter how long we stay in a
town like this, we won't find any fun here.
**[07:13] Horace**
Go take the saintess's and elf's heads.
**[07:19] Horace**
My, what's this?
**[07:20] Horace**
Don't tell me that a hearty, battle-loving
Amazoness doesn't care to see blood.
**[07:28] Horace**
All I want to hear right now is your assent.
**[07:35] Horace**
Are we clear?
**[07:37] Mylène**
Understood.
**[07:53] (Flashback) Alan**
This sword isn't quite there.
**[07:55] (Flashback) Alan**
But, depending on how it's refined,
**[07:58] (Flashback) Alan**
I think it could become capable
of landing a blow on Fenrir.
**[08:02] (Flashback) Alan**
After using it, I can sense
how it might improve.
**[08:06] (Flashback) Noelle**
Tell me everything!
**[08:11] (Flashback) Alan**
All right.
**[08:12] (Flashback) Alan**
But make sure you don't do
anything reckless, all right?
**[08:18] Noelle**
Not yet...
**[08:20] Noelle**
I can still keep going!
**[08:25] Noelle**
I have to do this.
**[08:28] Noelle**
Her ideas...
**[08:39] Noelle**
I'm nearly there, but...
**[08:45] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Hurry up and run, Vanessa!
**[08:49] (Flashback) Horace**
I understand you're a smith
of exceptional talent.
**[08:54] (Flashback) Horace**
Alas, that's something of a problem for us.
**[08:58] (Flashback) Horace**
We can't have an increase in keen blades
to rival sacred swords, you see.
**[09:13] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Vanessa!
**[09:42] (Flashback) Horace**
The hero, I presume?
**[09:44] (Flashback) Akira**
Strike through, Divine Lightning!
**[09:51] (Flashback) Akira**
Not a scratch, huh?
**[09:52] (Flashback) Akira**
In that case...
**[10:03] (Flashback) Horace**
I think we'll take this opportunity
to withdraw for now.
**[10:09] (Flashback) Akira**
Curses.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Akira**
Hey, we should probably
take care of those wounds.
**[10:21] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Why?
**[10:23] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Why could you strike it so easily?
**[10:27] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Why wasn't her sword good enough?
**[10:32] (Flashback) young Noelle**
That's... That's just...
**[10:37] Noelle**
*It felt irrational and unfair.*
**[10:39] Noelle**
* Like someone had trampled*
* all over something precious.*
**[10:42] Noelle**
*All her hard work...*
**[10:44] Noelle**
* All the heart she'd*
* poured into that sword...*
**[10:47] Noelle**
*That's why...*
**[10:51] Noelle**
Huh?
**[10:52] Noelle**
I feel so light...
**[10:57] Noelle**
Was it Lise?
**[11:02] Alan**
*Honestly. I told her not to be reckless.*
**[11:11] Noelle**
It's done!
**[11:33] Noelle**
I'm sorry, Alan.
**[11:34] Noelle**
I'm going to use your sword for a bit.
***SIGN*** THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
LIVES AS HE PLEASES
**[12:09] Noelle**
There's more where that came from.
**[12:11] Horace**
Well, this is a surprise.
**[12:14] Horace**
You've taken a blow from Fenrir
and you're still able to stand?
**[12:20] Horace**
I've been looking for you, Noelle Leonhart.
**[12:24] Horace**
I never imagined you'd be
here in the borderlands.
**[12:28] Noelle**
You're going to kill me, aren't you?
**[12:30] Noelle**
Like you killed Vanessa.
**[12:33] Horace**
Vanessa?
**[12:34] Horace**
I see! I thought you looked familiar.
**[12:38] Horace**
You're the elf who was
with that dwarven smith.
**[12:42] Noelle**
It's your fault that she...
**[12:45] Horace**
For both master and apprentice
to be killed by Fenrir,
**[12:48] Horace**
this must be something like fate.
**[13:02] Noelle**
If I could just... land a single slash...
**[13:07] Horace**
Before Fenrir eats you,
I'd like to ask you one thing.
**[13:13] Noelle**
I have nothing to say to you.
**[13:16] Horace**
Would you consider serving me?
**[13:19] Noelle**
What?
**[13:19] Horace**
I've heard you have a special power.
**[13:23] Horace**
So it's a bit of a waste to let you
simply become a meal for Fenrir.
**[13:27] Noelle**
A special power?
**[13:29] Horace**
The eyes of the fairy sovereign, Grahm Sight.
**[13:32] Horace**
There are only five known inborn gifts
in this world, and that is one of them.
**[13:37] Horace**
Were you aware?
**[13:40] Horace**
Don't worry. You will, of course,
be compensated.
**[13:43] Horace**
I have others in my service.
**[13:46] Horace**
We can bring you in right away.
**[13:49] Noelle**
You mean that Amazoness girl, don't you?
**[13:51] Horace**
Despite appearances,
I am quite tenderhearted.
**[13:55] Horace**
She's lost her homeland and has nowhere
to go, so I keep her close to me.
**[14:00] Horace**
Although, we were the ones
who destroyed the place.
**[14:06] Noelle**
You fiend!
**[14:08] Horace**
What do you say?
**[14:09] Horace**
I don't believe it's such a bad idea.
**[14:12] Noelle**
If the alternative is becoming
your slave, then I choose death!
**[14:17] Horace**
I thought you were someone
who'd make the smarter choice.
**[14:22] Noelle**
I'll pray in the next world
for your suffering and death!
**[14:27] Horace**
What a shame!
**[14:39] Noelle**
Alan!
**[14:40] Alan**
Sorry I'm late.
**[14:42] Horace**
Well! Looks like I misjudged your abilities.
**[14:47] Horace**
Coming to the rescue of an ally
in dire straits... How splendid!
**[14:51] Horace**
However, Sir Knight,
**[14:54] Horace**
should you really have abandoned
your primary post to come here?
**[14:59] Alan**
What are you trying to say?
**[15:00] Horace**
Should anything befall the princess,
**[15:03] Horace**
you'll be too late to stop it.
**[15:22] Béatrice**
That's far enough.
**[15:27] Mylène**
How can you see me?
**[15:29] Alan**
Oh, you mean the Amazoness
who can cloak her presence?
**[15:33] Alan**
That won't be a problem.
**[15:34] Alan**
I had a feeling about that,
**[15:36] Alan**
so I put up a barrier to nullify invisibility
within a certain range of Lise.
**[15:41] Horace**
What?
**[15:42] Alan**
I was subjected to schemes like this so many
times in my last life that I'm sick of them.
**[15:47] Horace**
Your last life? You're talking nonsense.
**[15:51] Horace**
Still, even if you attempt to reveal her...
**[16:04] Lise**
Béatrice, wait!
**[16:23] Lise**
You don't really...
**[16:36] Alan**
Yeah, it doesn't look like they'll
be needing any assistance.
**[16:39] Alan**
Your assassination attempt
fell through after all.
**[16:43] Horace**
That's a transparent lie!
**[16:44] Alan**
You're welcome to keep thinking
I'm just bluffing if you want.
**[16:49] Horace**
Either way, I'm the one in control here!
That much is undeniable fact.
**[16:54] Horace**
Because, without a sacred sword, you can't
inflict so much as a scratch on us!
**[16:58] Horace**
Go, Fenrir!
**[17:00] Horace**
Go and sink your teeth
into that insolent man!
**[17:12] Noelle**
Alan!
**[17:28] Horace**
Th-This can't be!
**[17:42] Alan**
The instant I healed her, she fell asleep.
**[17:46] Alan**
Well, she did stay up all night
forging that sword.
**[17:48] Alan**
Guess that's how it goes.
**[17:50] Lise**
Alan-kun!
**[17:53] Lise**
You aren't hurt, are you?
**[17:54] Alan**
No, I'm fine.
**[17:56] Lise**
What about Noelle?
**[17:57] Alan**
She's just asleep.
**[17:59] Lise**
I'm so glad.
**[18:02] Alan**
Did we wake you?
**[18:05] Noelle**
Hey! Why are you carrying
me without my permission?
**[18:08] Noelle**
Put me down!
**[18:13] Alan**
She's already been released from the effects
of that man's subordination gift.
**[18:18] Alan**
She should be able to speak freely.
**[18:21] Lise**
If she insists on staying silent,
we'll never understand her situation.
**[18:25] Béatrice**
Perhaps we should send her
to the capital and have her stand trial.
**[18:29] Lise**
But I just don't believe she's a bad person.
**[18:33] Béatrice**
Then we should just leave her here?
**[18:36] Béatrice**
Lise-sama, she nearly killed you!
**[18:39] Lise**
She didn't attempt the assassination
of her own free will.
**[18:43] Lise**
Besides, she must have someone
waiting for her to return back—
**[18:46] Mylène**
They burned it all.
**[18:48] Mylène**
I have nowhere to return to.
**[18:59] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Who are you?
**[19:00] (Flashback) Vanessa**
Vanessa.
**[19:05] (Flashback) young Noelle**
Where are we going?
**[19:08] (Flashback) Vanessa**
To our home.
**[19:17] Noelle**
In that case...
**[19:20] Lise**
Noelle?
**[19:25] Noelle**
Why don't you come with me?
**[19:27] Noelle**
To our home.
**[19:31] Béatrice**
Noelle-dono!
**[19:33] Noelle**
I'll look after this girl.
**[19:35] Noelle**
That takes care of everything, doesn't it?
**[19:37] Béatrice**
Th-There's still a possibility
she'll come after Lise-sama's life again!
**[19:42] Noelle**
If that happens, I'll catch her...
**[19:45] Noelle**
and I'll scold her very sternly.
**[19:47] Noelle**
Okay?
**[19:53] Lise**
Are you all right?
**[19:56] Béatrice**
I-I'm sorry! Did I speak too harshly?
**[20:05] Alan**
I guess that's one problem solved.
**[20:13] Alan**
Now, then...
**[20:14] Alan**
Let's see. It was around here, wasn't it?
**[20:29] Horace**
I've gotten far enough away now.
**[20:31] Horace**
Still...
**[20:32] Horace**
That power exceeds our understanding.
**[20:37] Horace**
Just who is he?
**[20:58] Horace**
Don't tell me that's also...
**[21:14] Alan**
Oh dear.
**[21:16] Alan**
I was going to ask him all sorts of things,
**[21:19] Alan**
but someone else got here first.
**[21:27] Damien**
I dealt with him before he
could leak any information.
**[21:32] Craig**
As you should. This blunder falls
squarely on all of you, after all.
**[21:36] Bret**
After all that big talk, you couldn't
finish off the saintess or the elf.
**[21:40] Bret**
At this point, all you've done
is take the head of one general.
**[21:44] Bret**
Demons aren't so impressive after all.
**[21:49] Damien**
We will deal with the saintess
and the elf next.
**[21:53] Craig**
Then we'll handle the hero
and the archbishop.
**[21:56] Bret**
Father, leave the archbishop to me.
**[22:00] Craig**
Oh? You seem quite confident about this.
**[22:04] Bret**
Of course.
**[22:05] Bret**
After all, I'm not like that failure.
***SIGN*** Returning Spirits Festival
**[23:46] Lise**
Next time: "Returning Spirits Festival."