E4 - Returning Spirits Festival

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[00:21] (Flashback) knight
    Monsters!
[00:23] (Flashback) Alfred
    Stay right here.
[00:27] (Flashback) young Lise
    Uncle!
[00:53] (Flashback) young Lise
    Uncle!
[00:56] (Flashback) Alfred
    Li...
SIGN    THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
SIGN    THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
    LIVES AS HE PLEASES
SIGN    Episode 4
    Returning Spirits Festival
SIGN    Episode 4
    Returning Spirits Festival
[02:44] Béatrice
    What a peaceful village.
[02:49] villager A
    What's this? I haven't seen you before.
[02:52] Alan
    Are you getting ready for a festival?
[02:54] villager A
    Yes. It's called the
    Returning Spirits Festival.
[02:57] villager A
    We welcome the spirits of
    our departed ancestors.
[02:59] villager A
    It takes place every year.
[03:02] Béatrice
    You welcome... spirits?
[03:06] villager C
    I don't blame you for being surprised.
[03:07] villager C
    It's a custom unique to our village.
[03:10] villager C
    But, basically, we just dress up as
    ghosts and dance. It's a great time.
[03:15] Béatrice
    I see.
[03:17] Lise
    E-Excuse me.
[03:18] Lise
    Do you know someone who wears silver armor?
[03:21] Lise
    I heard someone of that description
    had been seen in this village.
[03:24] villager A
    Silver armor?
[03:26] villager A
    Well?
[03:29] Lise
    I see.
[03:31] villager A
    I'm sorry we couldn't be of any help.
[03:33] Lise
    It's all right.
[03:35] Béatrice
    So it was no more than a rumor, then.
[03:45] (Flashback) Lise
    No leads today either.
[03:47] (Flashback) Alan
    And the guild apparently hasn't
    picked up any information.
[03:51] (Flashback) Béatrice
    If only we had some kind of hint,
[03:54] (Flashback) Béatrice
    like a suspicious incident.
[03:57] (Flashback) Noelle
    A general was assassinated, huh?
[03:59] (Flashback) Noelle
    Come to think of it...
[04:01] (Flashback) Noelle
    I heard from a regular
    client of mine, an adventurer,
[04:04] (Flashback) Noelle
    about a ghost that appears
     in a certain village.
[04:08] (Flashback) Noelle
    Supposedly from the royal family.
[04:12] (Flashback) Noelle
    Bearing a grudge born
    of the royal family's oppression
[04:15] (Flashback) Noelle
    and wearing silver armor
    splattered with blood,
[04:18] (Flashback) Noelle
    it walks through the graveyard
    night after night...
[04:23] (Flashback) Béatrice
    A ghost? How preposterous!
[04:34] (Flashback) Noelle
    So you're scared of ghosts?
[04:35] (Flashback) Mylène
    You're terrified.
[04:36] (Flashback) Béatrice
    N-No, I'm not! Certainly not!
[04:39] Béatrice
    What do I possibly have to fear from spirits?
[04:41] Béatrice
    To begin with, they aren't even real!
[04:43] (Flashback) Lise
    This village...
[04:44] (Flashback) Lise
    Let's go and investigate.
[04:46] (Flashback) Alan
    If we're dealing with demons,
[04:47] (Flashback) Alan
    it's not out of the question they might
    know how to raise the dead, right?
[04:52] (Flashback) Béatrice
    Y-Yes, I suppose you're right.
[04:53] (Flashback) Noelle
    But you're not afraid.
[04:55] (Flashback) Mylène
    You're not scared.
[04:56] (Flashback) Béatrice
    What? Of course I'm afr—
[04:58] (Flashback) Béatrice
    I'm not afraid!
[04:59] (Flashback) Béatrice
    I am not scared!
[05:01] (Flashback) Béatrice
    I would never fear such a thing!
[05:03] (Flashback) Béatrice
    Stop saying that! It's rude to
    even suggest that I'd be scared!
[05:08] Alan
    Thinking back on it, Noelle
    mentioned a graveyard, didn't she?
[05:12] Alan
    Let's check out the village
    cemetery, shall we?
[05:18] Alan
    It doesn't seem like anything
    of the sort is going to appear.
[05:25] Béatrice
    Wh-Who goes there?!
[05:31] Alan
    He's the man from earlier.
[05:34] Béatrice
    Thank you for going to the trouble
    of escorting us to the village headman.
[05:39] villager B
    When it comes to this village,
[05:41] villager B
    no one is more knowledgeable.
[05:45] Alan
    What were you doing in the cemetery?
[05:48] villager B
    I happened to be passing by...
    and saw you were there.
[05:54] villager B
    I'll be going now.
[06:00] village head
    Well, things are quiet here.
[06:02] village head
    We haven't heard any rumors like that.
[06:06] Lise
    I see.
[06:07] village head
    It's not much consolation,
    but would you care to stay the night?
[06:11] village head
    We have the festival tomorrow.
    Stay and see it if you'd like.
[06:20] Alan
    We'll take you up on that kind offer.
[06:22] village head
    Please do! By all means!
    I'll make the preparations right away.
[06:31] Lise
    Uncle...
[06:39] (Flashback) Alfred
    Lise!
[06:45] (Flashback) young Lise
    Father!
[06:49] (Flashback) Alfred
    Lise, you know I'm not your father.
[06:52] (Flashback) young Lise
    You're like a father to me too, Uncle!
[06:54] (Flashback) young Lise
    Having two fathers makes me so happy!
[06:59] (Flashback) Alfred
    I only stopped by to say hello today.
[07:01] (Flashback) Alfred
    I'll be away on a campaign
    for a while, you see...
[07:04] (Flashback) young Lise
    What?
[07:06] (Flashback) young Lise
    When will I be able to see you next?
[07:10] (Flashback) Alfred
    I'll come visit again very soon.
[07:12] (Flashback) young Lise
    Really?
[07:14] (Flashback) Alfred
    Lise.
[07:15] (Flashback) Alfred
    In every situation, believing in people
     is the most important thing.
[07:20] (Flashback) Alfred
    That belief becomes a connection
     that links us together.
[07:27] Lise
    Uncle...
[07:50] Lise
    Uncle!
[07:56] Lise
    Wait! Uncle!
[08:00] Lise
    Uncle, where are you?
[08:17] Alan
    Lise! Lise!
[08:23] Lise
    Alan-kun?
[08:25] Alan
    Are you all right?
[08:27] Lise
    It was a dream?
[08:35] Alan
    L-Lise?
[08:38] Lise
    Just for a moment...
[08:40] Lise
    please let me stay like this.
[09:00] Béatrice
    What a strange festival.
[09:14] Béatrice
    They're celebrating, but treating the
    dead this way is taboo in our kingdom.
[09:19] Alan
    Then, as a knight of the realm,
    why don't you put a stop to it?
[09:23] Béatrice
    It isn't as if the festival
    is causing problems for anyone.
[09:42] Alan
    I don't see anything unnatural,
[09:45] Alan
    but this village is...
[09:54] villager B
    Um, if you'd like...
[09:56] villager B
    since you're here,
    why don't all of you dance, too?
[10:01] Béatrice
    Oh, no, we couldn't.
[10:04] Lise
    I would like to rest here awhile.
[10:08] Lise
    You two should go
    enjoy yourselves. Please.
[10:22] Alan
    Yeah, all right.
[10:24] Béatrice
    You're going?
[10:26] Béatrice
    If you'll excuse me.
[10:38] Alfred
    Lise!
[10:46] Lise
    Uncle?
[10:55] Lise
    Wait!
[11:15] Alfred
    Coming somewhere like this on
    your own is dangerous, you know?
[11:20] Lise
    But... But...
[11:24] Lise
    You're here with me, Father!
SIGN    THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
    LIVES AS HE PLEASES
[11:46] Alfred
    I told you. I'm your uncle.
[11:48] Lise
    You're like a father to me too, Uncle.
[11:53] Lise
    I've wondered...
[11:55] Lise
    all this time...
[11:56] Lise
    What have you been doing all this time?
[11:59] Lise
    Back then, search as we might,
[12:02] Lise
    we could never find you, Uncle.
[12:05] Lise
    That's why... I believed
    you must be alive somewhere.
[12:10] Lise
    Where were you? What have you been doing?
[12:12] Alfred
    I've been resenting the royal family.
[12:18] Alfred
    I hid myself away
    so that I could take revenge.
[12:22] Alfred
    My older brother, your father...
[12:26] Alfred
    is trying to kill you!
[12:28] Lise
    What do you mean? I don't
    understand what you're saying!
[12:31] Alfred
    Listen closely, Lise.
[12:33] Alfred
    The king is targeting the lives of
    those who possess inborn gifts...
[12:39] Alfred
    The naturally gifted!
[12:42] Alfred
    The power to vanquish a dragon.
[12:45] Alfred
    The power to create unparalleled weapons.
[12:49] Alfred
    The power to double the strength of the
    soldiers and bring glory to the nation.
[12:54] Alfred
    The power to read any gift.
[12:58] Alfred
    And finally, Lise, your power as a saintess.
[13:03] Alfred
    Any of these powers has the
    potential to destroy the kingdom.
[13:06] Alfred
    You're all known as the puppets of the gods.
[13:10] Lise
    That's unthinkable!
[13:12] Alfred
    Yes, I feel the same way.
[13:14] Alfred
    But the king thinks differently.
[13:17] Alfred
    You're rebels who will wreak havoc
    at the behest of the gods...
[13:22] Alfred
    That's how he feels.
[13:25] Alfred
    And that's why he's decided
     to kill all of you!
[13:28] Lise
    That can't be.
[13:30] Alfred
    I want to save you.
[13:34] Alfred
    Come and defeat him with us!
[13:42] Lise
    I'm sorry, Uncle.
[13:45] Lise
    Even if all you say is true,
[13:48] Lise
    I believe that if we can just talk,
    we can come to an understanding.
[13:53] Lise
    Uncle, you once told me something.
[13:55] Lise
    You said, "In every situation, believing
    in people is the most important thing."
[14:00] Alfred
    I see. Come to think of it...
[14:04] Alfred
    I did say that.
[14:07] Lise
    Uncle?
[14:08] Alfred
    Don't worry. Your corpse won't go to waste.
[14:12] Lise
    Uncle, you can't be...
[14:14] Alfred
    Rest easy...
[14:17] Alfred
    and die!
[14:28] Lise
    Alan-kun!
[14:30] Alfred
    You.
[14:31] Alfred
    Don't interfere.
[14:32] Alan
    You're the one interfering
    with my peace and quiet.
[14:36] Lise
    Alan-kun, why are you...
[14:39] Alan
    I've been watching the whole time.
[14:41] Alfred
    Alan, you say?
[14:43] Alfred
    If it isn't Lise's former fiancé, the failure!
[14:47] Alan
    I'm not here to make small talk.
[14:49] Alan
    You will return Alfred-san to us.
[14:54] Alan
    Parallel Paradox: Spell Break!
[15:02] Lise
    Alan-kun, what have you done to my uncle?
[15:04] Alfred
    Wait, Lise.
[15:08] Alfred
    I...
[15:11] Alfred
    am already dead.
[15:14] Alfred
    Alan-kun, is this your doing?
[15:18] Alan
    I broke the spell that had been cast on you.
[15:21] Alfred
    Thank you.
[15:23] Alfred
    Lise, to think that I would
    turn my sword on you.
[15:27] Alfred
    The things I said to you...
[15:29] Alfred
    and the fact that I tried to kill you...
    None of that was of my own will.
[15:33] Alfred
    It isn't the king who's
    responsible. It's demons.
[15:38] Alfred
    However, my grudge against
    the royal bloodline is very real.
[15:43] Lise
    Why?
[15:44] Alfred
    I am the younger brother of the king.
[15:48] Alfred
    As second in line to the throne,
    I've had many try to ingratiate themselves.
[15:54] Alfred
    Some even tried to drive a wedge
    between me and my brother.
[15:58] Alfred
    I hated the fetters that
    came with being a royal.
[16:02] Alfred
    That's why I chose to abandon my position
    and start over again from scratch.
[16:07] Alfred
    That's how I became vice-captain
    of our premier knight squadron.
[16:12] Alfred
    But, Lise, you were the only thing
    in my life that brought me peace.
[16:18] Lise
    Uncle...
[16:21] Alfred
    I don't have much time.
[16:24] Alfred
    Alan-kun, there are two
    things I want to ask of you.
[16:28] Alan
    Sir.
[16:30] Alfred
    Take care of Lise for me.
[16:33] Alfred
    She's a good girl, but she's reckless,
    so I worry a little about her.
[16:38] Alan
    Even if you hadn't asked,
    that was always my plan.
[16:41] Alfred
    Thank you.
[16:43] Alfred
    Now, the second thing...
[16:48] Alfred
    Will you spar with me once?
[16:53] Alan
    All right.
[16:55] Lise
    Alan-kun?
[16:57] Alan
    He's entrusting his little girl to me.
[17:01] Alan
    It's only natural that he wants
     to see if I'm worthy.
[17:04] Alfred
    How very wise you are.
[17:06] Alfred
    Right now, it is not as a corpse,
    but as a man, as a knight, as a father...
[17:12] Alfred
    that I charge into battle!
[17:23] Alfred
    Come! Tonight is the
    Returning Spirits Festival!
[17:28] Alfred
    The living and the dead mingle!
[17:30] Alfred
    It is the dream of but a single night!
[17:33] Alfred
    A chance to dance with those
    who shall never return!
[17:44] (Flashback) young Lise
    Father!
[17:46] (Flashback) young Lise
    Father, you're really strong, aren't you?
[17:49] (Flashback) young Lise
    Will you protect me from scary monsters?
[17:52] (Flashback) Alfred
    Yes. Until the day that someone
    stronger than me appears,
[17:57] (Flashback) Alfred
    I will protect you.
[18:16] Alfred
    Lise...
[18:18] Alfred
    I'm sorry to put such a look on your face.
[18:22] Alfred
    But I feel at ease now.
[18:26] Alfred
    You were truly like a daughter to me.
[18:31] Alfred
    When you called me "Father,"
[18:33] Alfred
    I tried not to let my joy show on my face.
[18:36] Alfred
    You have no idea how difficult that was.
[18:41] Lise
    I've been so blessed.
[18:44] Lise
    I love you...
[18:47] Lise
    Father.
[18:50] Alfred
    Lise...
[18:54] Alfred
    Find happiness.
[19:28] village head
    May I ask when you noticed?
[19:35] Alan
    Right from the start.
[19:38] Alan
    Both that the town was full of the dead,
[19:40] Alan
    and that you, the village head,
    were the one controlling them.
[19:44] village head
    If you knew, then why...
[19:47] Alan
    I didn't want to get involved.
[19:50] Alan
    The dead may live amongst the living here,
[19:53] Alan
    but this place is the
    very definition of peaceful.
[19:55] village head
    Even if this old fool... is a demon?
[19:59] Alan
    Assuming that every demon is evil
    just because they're demons...
[20:02] Alan
    That's too simplistic, don't you think?
[20:09] Alan
    Though, right now, that consideration
    seems rather fruitless.
[20:13] village head
    You seem like you'd be
    an excellent pawn to have.
[20:17] village head
    Now, bow to my power!
[20:34] Alan
    World End: Two with One Stroke!
[21:01] Bret
    You're saying you failed again?
[21:03] Bret
    Even though I lent you my help?
[21:05] Craig
    Enough, Bret.
[21:08] Craig
    Letting one girl escape will no longer
    pose any obstacle to the plan.
[21:13] Bret
    Yes.
[21:14] Bret
    Because, unlike them, I was successful.
[21:19] Craig
    Indeed. The archbishop's head
    is already in our hands.
[21:26] Béatrice
    Lise-sama.
[21:29] Béatrice
    Lise-sama?
[21:31] Béatrice
    Are you all right?
[21:33] Lise
    Yes.
[21:34] Béatrice
    As a knight, I will always
    be by your side, Lise-sama.
[21:41] Lise
    Thank you.
[21:46] Alan
    The power in this...
[21:49] Alan
    Bret, huh?
[21:51] Alan
    The only part of Alfred that
    was truly his was his head.
[21:55] Alan
    And then there's the general,
    who lost his head.
[21:59] Alan
    I see.
[22:05] chamberlain
    Lise-sama!
[22:06] chamberlain
    General Cyril... He's returned!
SIGN    The Beginning of Madness
[23:46] Lise
    Next time: "The Beginning of Madness."