# 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."