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
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    Stubbornness and Determination
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    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.
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    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.
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[23:46] Lise
    Next time: "Returning Spirits Festival."