E9 - The Mark of a Demon

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[00:05] Mylène
    Wow!
[00:06] Henriette
    It all looks delicious.
[00:08] Percival
    Please, no need to refrain.
    Eat as much as you'd like.
[00:13] demon child A
    Miss, have some of this!
[00:15] demon child B
    It's yummy!
[00:16] Lise
    Thank you.
[00:21] Henriette
    She looks like she's really
    fretting over this, doesn't she?
[00:25] Alan
    Well, she was suddenly asked
    to become the elves' sovereign.
[00:29] Alan
    I bet she's not interested in food right now.
[00:31] Henriette
    It'd be nice if we could help her somehow.
[00:34] Alan
    It's something she has to decide for herself.
[00:38] Alan
    This is so refreshing and tasty.
[00:45] Noelle
    I want some meat...
SIGN    THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
SIGN    THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
    LIVES AS HE PLEASES
SIGN    Episode 9
    The Mark of a Demon
SIGN    Episode 9
    The Mark of a Demon
[02:20] Henriette
    Well, Henriette will take her leave here.
[02:23] Henriette
    Percival, you're in charge
    of showing everyone around.
[02:26] Percival
    Henriette-dono, there's no
    need for you to go looking.
[02:29] Henriette
    It's fine, it's fine! Henriette has
    to return to the mansion anyway.
[02:34] Henriette
    She'll look on the way.
[02:36] Percival
    Sorry for the trouble.
[02:37] Henriette
    Farewell!
[02:39] Alan
    Did something happen?
[02:40] Percival
    One of us left the forest and hasn't returned.
[02:43] Noelle
    Could it be that boy named Phillip?
[02:49] Percival
    I hope he hasn't gotten
    caught up in any trouble.
[02:56] Henriette
    Phillip! Where are you?
[03:00] Henriette
    Honestly, where has he wandered off to?
[03:06] Alan
    Elves really are carefree, aren't they?
[03:09] Mylène
    Not carefree so much as...
[03:12] Mylène
    Lazy?
[03:14] Lise
    Do elves not have the concept of work?
[03:17] Percival
    Hardworking... is not
    something you could call us.
[03:21] Percival
    In our defense, we elves have no need of work.
[03:27] Percival
    Actually, it might be more correct
    to say that we shouldn't work.
[03:31] Lise
    What do you mean?
[03:33] Percival
    We grow at an incredibly slow rate
    compared to other races,
[03:37] Percival
    and we're long-lived!
[03:39] Percival
    The way we experience time
    and perceive most things is different.
[03:42] Percival
    That includes, of course,
    the value of hard work.
[03:47] Mylène
    So to work is to be defeated?
[03:49] Noelle
    That's pretty deep.
[03:50] Lise
    I-Is it?
[03:52] Alan
    So, does being obsessed with smithing even
    though she's an elf make Noelle eccentric?
[03:57] Noelle
    Don't act like I'm some weirdo!
[04:00] Mylène
    Who makes your food?
[04:03] Percival
    Food isn't a problem. Because, you see...
[04:09] Lise
    Incredible!
[04:10] Noelle
    What was that? Magic? Sleight of hand?
[04:13] Percival
    When we wish for it, the forest
    shares its bounty with us.
[04:22] Lise
    How is that?
[04:24] Percival
    The forest is part of us,
    and we are part of the forest.
[04:30] Lise
    So... what does that mean?
[04:33] Noelle
    B-Basically, it means...
    the Elven Forest is amazing!
[04:42] Alan
    The forest and the elves blend together?
[04:46] Percival
    You can tell? Very impressive.
[04:49] Alan
    Just a sense of it, though.
[04:51] Percival
    It's not complicated.
[04:54] Percival
    We are born here. We live here. We die here.
[04:58] Percival
    After death, we return to the forest,
[05:00] Percival
    and we look after our descendants
    together with the forest.
[05:03] Alan
    I see. This seems like a nice place to live.
[05:06] Alan
    And you don't have any trouble finding food.
[05:08] Percival
    My liege.
[05:10] Noelle
    I haven't decided to become
    your sovereign yet.
[05:13] Percival
    What do you think of life in the forest?
[05:15] Percival
    Do you like it?
[05:17] Noelle
    Well, I do think it's a nice place, but...
[05:21] Alan
    Would it be possible for me to live here, too?
[05:23] Lise
    Alan-kun?
[05:24] Alan
    I came all the way to the empire
    to find a peaceful place to live.
[05:29] Alan
    It feels like life here would be ideal for me.
[05:33] Percival
    You seem to have your reasons,
[05:35] Percival
    but in order for you to live here,
    we'd have to acknowledge you as our kin.
[05:40] Alan
    What could I do to make that happen?
[05:43] Percival
    We wouldn't know.
[05:45] Alan
    What?
[05:46] Percival
    The forest decides everything.
[05:49] Alan
    I see.
[05:50] Alan
    Of all the places I've seen so far,
     this one seems the best.
[05:54] Percival
    I'm happy to hear you say that,
    but this is a rule of ours.
[05:59] Noelle
    But what about the demon children?
[06:02] Percival
    Henriette-dono introduced them to us.
[06:05] Percival
    We're looking after them for a short time.
[06:07] Percival
    It's not as if they'll
     be here all their lives.
[06:11] Alan
    Then what if I said I wanted
    to live here for a short time?
[06:15] Percival
    If that's the case,
    there should be no problem.
[06:17] Alan
    By the way, how long would
    you consider "a short time"?
[06:20] Percival
    Well, I'd say about a hundred years or so.
[06:23] Lise
    A-A hundred years is a short time?
[06:26] Mylène
    That's elves for you.
[06:27] Noelle
    Yeah, it really is.
[06:29] Alan
    Noelle, are you one to talk?
[06:35] Percival
    I see. We will take care of it.
[06:38] Alan
    Who are you talking to?
[06:40] Percival
    The forest.
[06:41] Percival
    It seems someone has come to visit.
[06:44] Lise
    Could it be Lady Henriette?
[06:45] Percival
    It is apparently someone
    the forest doesn't recognize.
[06:48] Mylène
    Someone suspicious?
[06:51] Percival
    No need to worry.
[06:53] Percival
    There are several people in the empire who've
    been granted the right to enter our forest.
[06:59] Percival
    My apologies, my liege.
[07:02] Percival
    As I must go and receive our visitor,
[07:04] Percival
    would it be all right to
    pause the tour for a time?
[07:07] Noelle
    I don't mind. We'll see you later.
[07:10] Percival
    Until then, my liege.
[07:14] Alan
    Well, we should be good and head back.
[07:18] Lise
    Yes, we should.
[07:19] Noelle
    What? We're not going to explore?
[07:22] Alan
    If the worst case happens and someone from
    the empire finds us, it'd be trouble, right?
[07:28] Noelle
    Oh, that's right.
[07:29] Noelle
    They're still after you, aren't they?
[07:40] Noelle
    Hey! That's cheating!
[07:43] Noelle
    What's with that attitude?
[07:44] Lise
    Alan-kun, do you really intend
     on staying here?
[07:49] Alan
    Yes, I'm seriously considering it.
[07:51] Alan
    It seems like a comfortable place to live,
    and the elves seem like good people.
[07:56] Alan
    Henriette's nearby too, so I can
    go to her if anything comes up.
[08:01] Alan
    Is something wrong?
[08:02] Lise
    Yes, of course. Of course you want to stay.
[08:04] Lise
    After all, you and Lady Henriette are
    on such good terms with each other.
[08:09] Alan
    Huh? Oh.
[08:11] Alan
    Henriette and I don't have the kind
    of relationship you're imagining.
[08:15] Alan
    Although it's true she's more
     than just an acquaintance.
[08:17] Lise
    Then what exactly is she to you?!
[08:20] Alan
    U-Uh, let me think...
[08:24] Alan
    I-It's hard to explain.
[08:27] Alan
    You could say we're stuck together...
    Like it's fate or something.
[08:31] Lise
    Fate?
[08:32] Lise
    What do you mean by that?!
[08:35] Alan
    No, n-not like that!
[08:40] Noelle
    Like a husband who's been caught cheating.
[08:43] Mylène
    By his monster wife.
[08:45] Lise
    N-No! I didn't mean to...
[08:48] Noelle
    Don't you worry.
[08:50] Noelle
    I'll keep an eye on Alan to make
    sure he doesn't get up to anything.
[08:54] Lise
    What? Noelle, you're going to stay here, too?
[08:57] Noelle
    Yeah, I am.
[08:58] Lise
    But that's also a bit, um...
[09:02] Alan
    Have you decided to become their sovereign?
[09:04] Noelle
    No. I'm going to live here so
    I can make up my mind about that.
[09:07] Noelle
    It's a really important decision.
[09:09] Noelle
    So all the better to take my time, right?
[09:11] Alan
    What will you do about smithing?
[09:13] Noelle
    I'll just build a forge here.
[09:15] Noelle
    There are a lot of dwarves in the empire,
    so it'll be a good chance to learn things.
[09:19] Mylène
    Then Mylène will live with you, too.
[09:22] Lise
    And so will I.
[09:23] Alan
    Lise, you can't do that, can you?
[09:26] Lise
    Why not?
[09:28] Alan
    Because you're not like us wanderers.
[09:30] Noelle
    You're in charge of a duchy.
[09:32] Mylène
    Not to mention a former princess.
[09:37] Henriette
    Henriette is back!
[09:38] Silas
    My lady, you have a visitor.
[09:40] Henriette
    A visitor?
[09:41] Silas
    It's...
[09:45] Lizette
    Hey there. Thanks for having me.
[09:47] Henriette
    Lizette Berwald.
[09:50] Henriette
    What business brings the captain
    of the Black Wolf Knights here?
[09:55] Lizette
    Lady Henriette, you know that the emperor
    was assassinated a year ago, don't you?
[10:02] Lizette
    We've received information that you're
    harboring a suspect in that incident here.
[10:08] Henriette
    Dear, dear. Whatever are you talking about?
[10:10] Henriette
    Who told you such a preposterous thing?
[10:13] Lizette
    That was all a lie.
[10:15] Henriette
    Huh?
[10:16] Lizette
    To be honest, I came here on a hunch.
[10:19] Lizette
    The suspect was seen several
    days ago in Laurus,
[10:23] Lizette
    after which they suddenly went into hiding.
[10:26] Lizette
    There's no sign they've crossed the border.
[10:28] Lizette
    It's almost as if they were never
    in the empire to begin with.
[10:31] Lizette
    All traces of them have vanished.
[10:35] Lizette
    The only one who could perform
    such wizardry, as far as I know,
[10:39] Lizette
    is you, Lady Henriette.
[10:48] Henriette
    Even if Henriette is harboring a fugitive,
[10:52] Henriette
    do you really think her foolish enough
    to leave evidence in her own home?
[10:55] Lizette
    We might not find anything here.
[10:58] Lizette
    But...
[11:00] Lizette
    what about in the Elven Forest?
[11:04] Lizette
    I hear that you often go there.
[11:18] Oswald
    Now then...
[11:20] Oswald
    It's time to get a little rough.
SIGN    THE BANISHED FORMER HERO
    LIVES AS HE PLEASES
[11:32] Percival
    Sorry to keep you waiting.
[11:36] Phillip
    Percival-sama, I'm sorry.
[11:39] Oswald
    Yuck! No one should eat this stuff!
[11:43] Percival
    He used Phillip to make his way in here?
[11:48] Oswald
    Are you the boss of the elves here?
[11:51] Percival
    The Black Wolf Knights!
[11:56] (Flashback) Henriette
    The Black Wolf Knights have been granted
    extrajudicial rights to mete out punishment.
[12:01] (Flashback) Percival
    Extrajudicial rights to mete out punishment?
[12:04] (Flashback) Henriette
    If you so much as bump
     into them, you're done for!
[12:07] (Flashback) Henriette
    They have that kind of authority.
[12:10] (Flashback) Percival
    That is problematic.
[12:13] (Flashback) Henriette
    Just don't engage with them.
[12:15] (Flashback) Henriette
    If you wind up on their bad side,
[12:17] (Flashback) Henriette
    they'll find something to pin on you
    and crush you in the blink of an eye.
[12:22] (Flashback) Henriette
    Be as careful as you possibly can.
[12:25] Percival
    I am Percival, regent to the elven sovereign.
[12:28] Percival
    Now please state your business here.
[12:31] Oswald
    Yeah, we heard that you're
    harboring a criminal here.
[12:36] Oswald
    Where is he?
[12:37] Percival
    A-A criminal? Could this
    be some sort of mistake?
[12:41] Oswald
    What was that? I'm the one
    asking the questions here!
[12:44] Percival
    My apologies.
[12:46] Percival
    However, we have no idea
    to whom you might be referring.
[12:49] Oswald
    I don't care! If I say he's here,
     then he's here!
[12:53] Oswald
    Now go and drag him out here!
[12:55] Percival
    But...
[12:56] Oswald
    I said go and get him right now!
[12:59] demon child A
    Percival-sama!
[13:01] demon child B
    Do we have a visitor?
[13:05] Percival
    Stay away, you two!
[13:07] demon child B
    We gathered these.
    You can have some, mister!
[13:09] demon child A
    They're really good!
[13:11] Oswald
    Hey, these kids are—
[13:12] Percival
    My, they really are a handful.
[13:15] Percival
    These children are much
    too friendly with people.
[13:18] Oswald
    Move!
[13:20] Oswald
    Forget criminals! Who'd have
    guessed you're hiding demons here?
[13:27] Percival
    Please, just let them go.
[13:30] Percival
    They haven't done anything wrong!
[13:35] Oswald
    Burst.
[13:42] Lise
    Noelle?
[13:45] Lise
    Are those the spirit stones
    the children gave you?
[13:49] Noelle
    Those children...
    and the forest are in danger.
[13:52] Alan
    Did you see something?
[13:54] Noelle
    I didn't see it, exactly. It just
    suddenly flashed through my mind.
[13:58] Noelle
    The children being attacked
    by a Black Wolf Knight.
[14:02] Lise
    Could it be that they're asking
    for help through the spirit stones?
[14:06] Noelle
    Attacking children is unforgivable!
[14:09] Noelle
    I have to go save them!
[14:10] Mylène
    Mylène will go, too!
[14:15] Alan
    Attacking children is unforgivable?
[14:19] Alan
    But what if the attacker has just cause?
[14:23] Alan
    In that case, should I stop them?
[14:28] Alan
    In my previous life, I might have gone
    to the rescue without a second thought.
[14:32] Alan
    But I'm not a hero anymore.
[14:36] Alan
    Saving anyone and everyone
    only led to emptiness.
[14:40] Alan
    Which means...
[14:42] Lise
    Alan-kun.
[14:45] Lise
    Alan-kun, are you all right?
[14:49] Alan
    Well, we should go too.
[14:52] Alan
    We can't just leave Noelle and
    the others on their own, can we?
[14:58] Alan
    I didn't want to have
    to think about these things.
[15:01] Alan
    That's why I wanted to live peacefully.
[15:13] Oswald
    Huh. You're pretty good.
[15:15] Percival
    Please, begone from here.
[15:16] Percival
    These children are innocent!
[15:18] Oswald
    No one asked you. The brats'
    executions are a done deal.
[15:23] Percival
    You two, stay back.
[15:25] demon children
    R-Right.
[15:27] Oswald
    C'mon, now. You really wanna go with me?
[15:30] Percival
    I will not allow the likes of you to slay me!
[15:36] Oswald
    Sounds like fun!
[15:38] Oswald
    Let's see. Maybe I'll try that tree.
[15:43] Oswald
    Burst!
[15:54] Percival
    Th-That can't be...
    He came at me from behind?
[15:57] Oswald
    You're just aren't on my level.
[16:02] demon child A
    S-Someone save us!
[16:05] Oswald
    Now then...
[16:08] Oswald
    Which one should I execute first?
[16:13] Oswald
    Hey, kid! What're you playing at?
[16:17] Oswald
    If you want to die that badly,
    I'll grant your wish and slaughter you!
[16:21] Oswald
    Ow!
[16:29] Phillip
    The sovereign!
[16:31] Percival
    My liege!
[16:32] Noelle
    I've told you, I'm not your sovereign!
[16:35] Noelle
    What's this? Are you their leader?
[16:39] Noelle
    I'm just a smith.
[16:41] Mylène
    And her shop clerk.
[16:43] Oswald
    What?
[16:44] Noelle
    Leave this forest immediately,
    you saw-toothed jerk!
[16:49] Oswald
    Got crazies crawling out of the woodwork.
[16:51] Oswald
    You'll also...
[16:54] Mylène
    Noelle, this way!
[16:55] Noelle
    Huh?
[16:56] Oswald
    Burst!
[17:06] Noelle
    What is all this?!
[17:08] Oswald
    Tch, scurrying around like that...
[17:10] Oswald
    Burst!
[17:12] Noelle
    And what's Alan doing?!
[17:16] Percival
    If this continues, our liege will also...
[17:27] Oswald
    Too slow!
[17:33] Noelle
    Percival!
[17:48] Oswald
    What?!
[17:49] Alan
    Honestly, just when I thought
    I'd found a peaceful place to live...
[17:56] Oswald
    Wh-Who are you?
[17:58] Alan
    Do I need to give you my name?
[18:00] Alan
    This is going to be over in an instant.
[18:02] Oswald
    What?! Don't go getting cocky,
     you blasted brat!
[18:07] Oswald
    Burst!
[18:11] Oswald
    Don't tell me he... There's no way.
    But in that case...
[18:16] Oswald
    I'll target that woman!
[18:19] Oswald
    Burst!
[18:27] Oswald
    You can see my fuse?
[18:29] Alan
    Yeah. I have pretty good eyes.
[18:32] Oswald
    You... Don't you dare mock me!
[18:37] Alan
    Do I have to tell you it's pointless
    for you to understand?
[18:41] Oswald
    Don't act like you've won just because
    you've seen through how my Explode works!
[18:46] Alan
    You know, I really don't like bloody fights.
[18:49] Oswald
    Blasted brat!
[18:54] Alan
    One last thing.
[18:57] Alan
    I'd like for you to tell me...
[18:59] Alan
    Why did you try to kill those children?
[19:01] Oswald
    Enough of your yapping!
[19:04] Oswald
    Who needs a reason to kill demons?
[19:22] Lise
    You'll be all right now.
[19:24] Phillip
    Thank you!
[19:29] children
    Yay! Over here!
[19:29] Lise
    Alan-kun, when you saved those
    children, it made me happy.
[19:34] Alan
    Huh?
[19:35] Lise
    They've committed no crime.
[19:37] Lise
    They're still too young to clearly
    differentiate right from wrong.
[19:43] Lise
    I don't want to see them suffer.
[19:45] Lise
    That's true, even if they do
     happen to be demons.
[19:47] Lise
    I'm really glad.
[19:49] Alan
    I see. Thank you, Lise.
[19:53] Mylène
    Poke, poke.
[19:54] Mylène
    He's unconscious.
[19:57] Percival
    How are we going to handle this?
[19:59] Noelle
    What's done is done, but we definitely just
    challenged the empire to a fight, didn't we?
[20:04] Alan
    If Henriette saw this,
    I'm sure she'd be fuming.
[20:09] Henriette
    What was that about Henriette?
[20:13] Alan
    Henriette! There were some complicated
    circumstances that led to this...
[20:17] Percival
    A-Alan-dono saved us!
[20:20] Henriette
    Seriously, you...
[20:24] Henriette
    You've made a mess again, haven't you?
[20:26] Alan
    Sorry.
[20:28] Henriette
    Henriette will make sure
    to handle it artfully.
[20:33] Alan
    That'd be a huge help.
[20:36] Henriette
    More importantly,
    there's good news for all of you.
[20:39] Henriette
    The blockades on the roads were just lifted.
[20:42] Alan
    What?
[20:43] Lise
    Now we can return to our kingdom.
[20:46] Henriette
    That's right! Leave all of this
    to Henriette and hurry home!
[20:55] Percival
    Take care of yourself, my liege.
[20:58] Noelle
    I told you, I'm not your sovereign.
[21:00] Percival
    Yes, you did, Noelle-dono.
[21:03] Percival
    Are you really going?
[21:06] Percival
    Even if you don't become our monarch,
    you can still live in the forest.
[21:10] Noelle
    There's still too much I don't know
    for me to become your sovereign.
[21:15] Percival
    Too much you don't know?
[21:17] Noelle
    About elves, humans,
    demons, and this world...
[21:21] Noelle
    There's still so much more I need to learn.
[21:26] Noelle
    If I continue traveling with them,
[21:28] Noelle
    I think I might become a
    little more like a monarch.
[21:33] Percival
    We will always be here waiting for you.
[21:37] Noelle
    Bye, everyone!
[21:41] demon children
    Bye!
[21:42] Phillip
    Come back and play sometime!
[21:45] Noelle
    I will! I promise I'll be back!
[23:24] Lizette
    Daughter of Marquis Lindqvist,
[23:26] Lizette
    you are being taken into custody on
    suspicion of assassinating the emperor.
[23:34] Lizette
    That completes our deal.
[23:39] Lizette
    On your way!
SIGN    A Cry for Help
[23:45] Henriette
    Next time: "A Cry for Help."