# Season 1
# 0 - PV 2
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WJ9G/the-brilliant-healers-new-life-in-the-shadows)
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**[00:00] SIGN**
Original Novel by Sakaku Hishikawa
(GA Novel/SB Creative Corp.)
Original Character Design by Daburyu
**[00:00] ZENOS**
When you're from the slums,
you can't get a license,
**[00:04] ZENOS**
and it's difficult to register officially.
**[00:06] ZENOS**
That being the base, I guess I'll work in
the shadows as an underground healer.
**[00:12] ZENOS**
I actually just got kicked out
of my adventuring party.
**[00:13] SIGN**
The Healer Kicked Out of His Party
Zenos (played by Shogo Sakata)
**[00:15] LILY**
I want to be a healer, too!
**[00:16] SIGN**
The Elven Maiden
Lily (played by Miharu Hanai)
**[00:17] ZENOS**
Scalpel.
**[00:19] ZENOS**
While stopping their pain,
**[00:20] ZENOS**
I'll heal them thousands
of times faster than normal.
**[00:23] ZOPHIA**
I've never heard of a healer
who can regenerate an arm.
**[00:24] SIGN**
One of the Slums' Big Three
Zophia (played by Anna Nagase)
**[00:26] ZENOS**
Others healers can't do that?
**[00:27] CARMILLA**
It's most boring for me
when not a single person dies.
**[00:27] SIGN**
Of a Race Ruling Over Undead
Carmilla (played by Yoko Hikasa)
**[00:30] LYNGA**
You seem to be a rather skilled healer!
**[00:31] SIGN**
One of the Slums' Big Three
Lynga (played by Mashiro Hitaka)
**[00:33] LOEWE**
I like you, Zenos the underground healer!
**[00:34] SIGN**
One of the Slums' Big Three
Loewe (played by Sayaka Kikuchi)
**[00:36] ZENOS**
What are they doing here
when they're not even injured?
**[00:39] CARMILLA**
They're probably in love with you.
**[00:41] ZENOS**
Don't be ridiculous. That can't be the case.
**[00:42] SIGN**
The isekai fantasy about a brilliant healer
who doesn't know his own skill begins
**[00:45] ZOPHIA**
Today I'll make it clear
which of us stands at the top.
**[00:49] LYNGA**
That's not funny.
**[00:50] LOEWE**
Today is the day you die.
**[00:52] ZENOS**
I wanted to work as an underground healer
without drawing attention to myself.
**[00:56] ZENOS**
Even if you're a big name in the slums,
**[00:58] ZENOS**
I expect appropriate compensation for my labor.
**[01:00] ZENOS**
*The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows*.
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows
**[01:07] SIGN**
Begins Airing April 2025
# 1 - An Equal Price
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WJ9G/the-brilliant-healers-new-life-in-the-shadows)
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**[00:15] Lily**
Good morning, Zenos.
**[00:18] Lily**
Time to get up.
**[00:38] Zenos**
Good morning, Lily.
**[00:40] Lily**
I made some black tea.
**[00:42] Zenos**
Thanks.
**[00:48] Lily**
* "A healer is third-rate if*
* they just heal injuries,*
**[00:51] Lily**
* second-rate if they can*
* wholly heal a person,*
**[00:53] Lily**
* and first-rate if they can*
* make the world a better place."*
**[00:57] Lily**
* This is the Kingdom of Herzeth, a nation*
* whose history is intertwined with healers.*
**[01:03] Lily**
* The contributions of*
* healers helped it expand*
**[01:06] Lily**
*and gained it a position of real importance.*
**[01:10] Lily**
* The royal hospital is*
* where many healers gather*
**[01:14] Lily**
*to learn more sophisticated healing magic*
**[01:17] Lily**
* and earn their license before*
* beginning their journeys as healers.*
**[01:22] Lily**
* But in a corner of the kingdom, there's*
* someone who didn't receive a formal education*
**[01:26] Lily**
* and doesn't have a license*
* to practice healing.*
**[01:30] Zonde**
Thanks again, man.
**[01:35] Zonde**
Here's some cash.
**[01:37] Zenos**
Don't worry about it.
**[01:39] Zenos**
I'm always willing to heal if
you're willing to pay the price.
**[01:43] Zonde**
Thanks again!
**[01:45] Lily**
That was great, Zenos.
**[01:48] Lily**
You've got a house call today, right?
**[01:50] Zenos**
Yeah. I'll be back before nightfall.
**[01:53] Lily**
Okay! I'll be ready and
waiting with dinner by then.
**[01:56] Lily**
Have a safe trip!
**[01:59] Zenos**
I'm heading out.
**[02:16] Liily**
Oh, Carmilla! Dinner isn't ready yet.
**[02:20] Carmilla**
Let's have a look...
**[02:22] Carmilla**
Stew, eh? I always look forward
to your cooking, Lily!
**[02:28] Lily**
Leave it to me! 'Cuz I'm gonna
be Zenos's wife someday!
**[02:32] Lily**
I can always cook something tasty!
**[02:37] Carmilla**
Such a hard worker.
**[02:39] Carmilla**
I believe I'll rest in my room for now, though.
**[02:45] Zophia**
Doc?
**[02:48] Zophia**
I'm here to visit.
**[02:49] Zophia**
Huh? Is he not in?
**[02:52] Lily**
Zophia, Zenos is off on a house call.
**[02:56] Zophia**
Seriously?
**[02:57] Zophia**
I guess I'll wait until he gets back, then.
**[03:04] Zophia**
I was hoping to have him to
myself by showing up early...
**[03:09] Zophia**
I figured you'd show.
**[03:11] Lynga**
Sir Zenos! Lynga has come to see you.
**[03:16] Lynga**
No one's around...
**[03:18] Lily**
Zenos is on a house call.
**[03:21] Zophia**
Hey.
**[03:23] Lynga**
Lynga was going to lick Sir Zenos
all over while he fluffed my tail...
**[03:29] Zophia**
I'm already waiting for Doc to get
back, so how about you run on home?
**[03:33] Lynga**
Lynga will be the one waiting.
**[03:38] Lily**
I actually live here!
**[03:42] Zophia**
Guess you're right!
**[03:45] Lynga**
She's here, too.
**[03:49] Loewe**
Zenos! I've come for amusement.
**[03:52] Loewe**
Where are you?
**[03:54] Lily**
Loewe, Zenos is on a house call.
**[03:57] Lily**
The others are inside.
**[03:59] Lily**
You can join us, but only after fixing the door.
**[04:02] Loewe**
The whole gang's here, I see.
**[04:05] Lynga**
You all copy Lynga.
**[04:07] Loewe**
Let me guess: you both found the promise
of Lily's cooking irresistible?
**[04:10] Zophie**
No, that's just you.
**[04:17] Lily**
And now the secret ingredient...
**[04:22] Lily**
We'll be eating when Zenos gets back.
Are you all going to join us?
**[04:26] Loewe**
That was my intention.
**[04:28] Zophia**
Since I'm here, I might as well.
**[04:31] Lynga**
Of course, Lynga will eat, too!
**[04:37] Lily**
I'm looking forward to a group meal.
**[04:40] Lily**
But I'd better put the laundry away.
**[04:43] Lily**
Watch the pot, okay?
**[04:49] Zophia**
Whatever it is, it smells good.
**[04:52] Lynga**
I can't wait until dinner!
**[04:54] Loewe**
I was thinking the same thing.
**[04:57] Loewe**
Let's have a quick taste while it's still hot.
**[05:03] Loewe**
This is amazing!
**[05:05] Lynga**
Lynga, too!
**[05:06] Lynga**
This isn't sneaking a bite. Just a taste test!
**[05:12] Loewe**
I can't stop.
**[05:13] Zophia**
Unbelievable... Lily is gonna
be pissed at you two.
**[05:19] Lynga**
That was Lynga's!
**[05:24] Zophia**
Maybe just a sample, so I can learn
how the doc likes his food seasoned...
**[05:44] Lily**
I hope Zenos gets back early.
**[05:53] Zophia**
Well, this is a real mess
we've gotten ourselves into.
**[05:57] Lynga**
Lynga agrees.
**[05:59] Loewe**
My stomach can attest to that.
**[06:02] Lynga**
You two ate it all!
**[06:05] Loewe**
Exactly! You two are unbelievable.
**[06:08] Zophia**
Do you girls have amnesia or something?
**[06:11] Lynga**
Oh, good idea! Lynga remembers nothing!
**[06:15] Loewe**
I get it! We can just make more!
**[06:18] Zophia**
So that's your plan, eh?
**[06:21] Zophia**
I guess I'm in, then.
**[06:23] Zophia**
Let's fill this pot up with ingredients.
**[06:33] Lily**
Would any of you care to
explain what happened?
**[06:36] Lily**
Zophia. Lynga. Loewe.
**[06:42] Zophia**
It's actually a complicated story...
**[06:45] Lynga**
Lynga doesn't know.
**[06:47] Loewe**
I'm not sure myself.
**[06:50] Lily**
I'm not sure I heard that right.
**[06:53] Lily**
One more time: please explain what happened.
**[06:59] Zophia**
It smelled so good, I wanted to taste it...
**[07:02] Lynga**
Lynga's hands moved on their own.
**[07:06] Loewe**
It was very good!
**[07:10] Zophia**
Great, now she's upset because of you two.
**[07:13] Lynga**
Loewe eats too much!
**[07:15] Loewe**
It was so good, I couldn't stop!
**[07:17] Zophia**
Don't blame the food.
**[07:19] Loewe**
I nearly ate the whole pot...
**[07:21] Lynga**
That can't be good for digestion.
**[07:23] Loewe**
I could always have Zenos
check me out after.
**[07:26] Zophia**
Don't waste Doc's time with
that kind of nonsense.
**[07:29] Lynga**
The fur on Lynga's tail is feeling rough,
**[07:32] Lynga**
so I need Zenos to rub it like usual.
**[07:35] Zophia**
Quit sharing your delusions with us.
**[07:38] Lynga**
Zophia, jealousy is not becoming.
**[07:40] Loewe**
Maybe instead of Lynga, you should be
envious of this honed body of steel?
**[07:46] Lynga**
Sir Zenos wouldn't like a bulgy mess!
**[07:50] Lynga**
He likes Lynga's double serving of
athletic slenderness and fluffy goodness!
**[07:54] Zophia**
You two are getting way off track.
**[07:57] Lynga**
Loser lizard is chirping again.
**[07:59] Zophia**
You got something to say, pup?
**[08:01] Loewe**
Don't leave me out.
**[08:03] Zophia**
Stay out of it.
**[08:04] Lily**
Everyone...
**[08:06] Lily**
If you start fighting, Zenos will be mad.
**[08:11] Lily**
I was really hoping we
could all eat together.
**[08:16] Zophia**
I'm sorry, Lily.
**[08:18] Lynga**
Sorry! Lynga will help make dinner!
**[08:22] Loewe**
You'll have my aid, too.
**[08:23] Loewe**
I can handle heavier tasks!
**[08:26] Lily**
We only had enough ingredients
to make that one batch...
**[08:31] Lily**
Nothing else.
**[08:32] Carmilla**
Excuse me?
**[08:36] Lynga**
So sorry!
**[08:39] Carmilla**
I was so looking forward to eating the
stew Lily made... and you ate it all?
**[08:47] Carmilla**
Whatever should I do about that?
**[08:50] Carmilla**
Maybe I'll see what a soul that's
been flavored with stew tastes like?
**[08:55] Lynga**
You two, apologize!
**[08:56] Three**
We're so sorry!
**[08:59] Lily**
Ingredients...
**[09:01] Lily**
I need you all to bring me more ingredients.
**[09:06] Lynga**
Lynga will get what you need!
**[09:08] Zophia**
Consider it done!
**[09:10] Zophia**
I'll get you the real good stuff!
**[09:14] Loewe**
I can get as much as you need!
**[09:23] Lily**
That was the last of the herbs, too...
**[09:26] Carmilla**
Shouldn't you have been angrier with them?
**[09:29] Lily**
I'm not that mad.
**[09:33] Carmilla**
You're certainly forgiving, Lily.
**[09:36] Carmilla**
If they had gotten into my
liquor as well as the food,
**[09:39] Carmilla**
they'd have all been cursed.
**[09:42] Lily**
It's because I'm a grown-up!
**[09:46] Lily**
Plus, I like it when we're all together.
**[09:51] Lily**
I wonder if I'll be able to finish
dinner by the time Zenos gets back...
**[10:10] Forbes?**
Unbelievable. Just what are you doing?
**[10:15] Forbes?**
What am I going to do with you?
**[10:18] Forbes?**
Where have you been?
**[10:21] Til**
M-My stomach hurt, so I went to a hospital,
**[10:26] Til**
but I didn't have any money,
so they wouldn't see me...
**[10:30] Forbes**
Do you really think a stomachache is enough
to get you a reprieve? You, a slave?
**[10:35] Forbes**
Ridiculous. Back to work with you.
**[10:39] Til**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[10:56] Forbes**
A grimy grave like this is perfectly
suited to a grimy demihuman.
**[11:05] Forbes**
This is pathetic. On your feet already!
**[11:09] Forbes**
For you to give me all this trouble...
**[11:12] Forbes**
Do you *want* to be in one of these graves?!
**[11:20] Forbes**
That's enough loafing around.
**[11:23] Forbes**
Hurry and find anything of value.
**[11:28] Forbes**
You can't even talk anymore?
**[11:31] Forbes**
Absolutely worthless.
**[11:34] Forbes**
I'll be heading back now.
**[11:37] Forbes**
You will be fed today... *if* you earn it.
**[11:50] Forbes**
Blood?
**[11:53] Forbes**
What are you doing?!
**[11:59] Forbes**
Damn it. What is going on here?
**[12:07] Forbes**
You there!
**[12:14] Forbes**
My slave has gone mad and
started attacking me!
**[12:17] Forbes**
Can you do something?!
**[12:19] Zenos**
What are you talking about?
**[12:21] Zenos**
Kind of self-absorbed, aren't you?
**[12:24] Forbes**
She's caught up with me! That's her!
**[12:32] Zenos**
What were you doing?
**[12:34] Forbes**
Just our usual work.
**[12:38] Zenos**
What work is that?
**[12:40] Forbes**
A bit of farming, that's all.
**[12:43] Forbes**
Now, look at these wounds!
**[12:46] Forbes**
I need to get to a hospital
as soon as possible!
**[12:49] Forbes**
If you can do something
about her, I'll pay you!
**[12:56] Zenos**
What's wrong?
**[12:58] Zenos**
That was rather violent.
**[12:59] Zenos**
You feeling all right?
**[13:04] Forbes**
Quite impressive...
**[13:07] Forbes**
Now do away with her!
**[13:09] Zenos**
That's not happening.
**[13:10] Forbes**
Why?
**[13:12] Zenos**
My job isn't killing people.
**[13:15] Forbes**
If you insist on that kind of nonsense,
**[13:18] Forbes**
you could get me—an aristocrat—killed!
**[13:21] Forbes**
She's just a slave! I can
always buy a new one!
**[13:28] Zenos**
Sorry, but I try to save any lives I can.
**[13:35] Forbes**
And who do you think you are?
**[13:38] Zenos**
A healer.
**[13:50] Forbes**
What kind of healer can do that?!
**[13:55] Zenos**
* She's fast. Faster than your*
* average demihuman should be.*
**[14:22] Zenos**
I'll get you up in a second.
Just calm down for me.
**[14:26] Til**
No, no, no...
**[14:30] Til**
It hurts...
**[14:33] Til**
I can't... anymore...
**[14:37] Zenos**
That explains it.
**[14:43] Zenos**
I've heard of dinner and conversation,
**[14:46] Zenos**
but dinner and possession is new.
**[14:48] Zenos**
I'll take care of you now. Heal.
**[14:58] Zenos**
I wonder what kind of "farming"
gets you possessed by ghosts.
**[15:02] Zenos**
This takes care of today's work, though.
**[15:10] Forbes**
Her broken leg was healed in an instant.
**[15:14] Forbes**
He's incredibly powerful!
**[15:20] Forbes**
Y-You there... You're actually a healer.
**[15:26] Zenos**
Yeah, I am.
**[15:28] Forbes**
Th-Then save me!
**[15:31] Zenos**
I'm off the clock for today, actually.
**[15:33] Zenos**
Can you hold out until tomorrow?
**[15:35] Forbes**
Tomorrow? I'll die by then!
**[15:39] Forbes**
Heal me right now!
**[15:41] Zenos**
Right now, huh?
**[15:43] Zenos**
It'll cost you a bit extra. Is that all right?
**[15:49] Forbes**
That should more than suffice.
**[15:52] Zenos**
Whoa.
**[15:53] Zenos**
That's nowhere near enough.
**[15:55] Forbes**
Th-That's not enough?!
**[15:58] Forbes**
But it's already more than the market price!
**[16:01] Forbes**
Do you really think a healer can fleece
someone with such extravagant costs?!
**[16:08] Zenos**
Well, I'm an underground healer
without a license, so...
**[16:13] Forbes**
Underground healer? Such a thing exists?
**[16:18] Zenos**
It's an underworld gig.
Kind of like grave-robbing.
**[16:21] Forbes**
Grave-robbing? Whatever do you mean?
**[16:25] Zenos**
Oh, right, "farming."
**[16:29] Zenos**
In that case...
**[16:31] Zenos**
I'll take her to make up the difference.
**[16:35] Forbes**
Her? The slave?
**[16:40] Forbes**
Do what you will with her!
**[16:43] Zenos**
All right, you've got a deal.
**[16:49] Zenos**
That's your payment taken care of.
**[16:53] Forbes**
Bloody job's not worth the trouble...
**[17:06] Zenos**
You awake?
**[17:08] Til**
Ow...
**[17:10] Til**
Who are you?
**[17:12] Zenos**
I'm Zenos.
**[17:13] Zenos**
I bought you.
**[17:16] Zenos**
How's your name pronounced?
**[17:18] Til**
I'm Til.
**[17:21] Til**
You... bought me?
**[17:24] Zenos**
Yeah. Now strip, Til.
**[17:29] Zenos**
You cost a lot.
**[17:31] Zenos**
I've gotta make sure
you're in good condition.
**[17:42] Til**
Right...
**[17:59] Zenos**
I knew it.
**[18:01] Zenos**
There's a gallstone blocking your
bile duct, causing inflammation.
**[18:04] Zenos**
You were hunched over as
if you had abdominal pain.
**[18:06] Zenos**
That and the jaundice caught
my interest, so I followed you.
**[18:09] Zenos**
I'll fix you right up.
**[18:17] Til**
What just happened?
**[18:19] Zenos**
What do you mean?
**[18:21] Zenos**
I opened you up, took the stone
out, and closed you back up.
**[18:24] Til**
No incantation, no magic circle...
**[18:28] Til**
No trace of an opening, either!
**[18:31] Zenos**
Any healer could pull that off.
**[18:34] Til**
You can do all that, Master?!
**[18:37] Zenos**
It's just normal.
**[18:39] Til**
No, it's not!
**[18:44] Til**
Thank you for curing me.
**[18:47] Til**
I don't know how to thank you...
**[18:49] Zenos**
You really think thanks are enough?
**[18:52] Zenos**
What I want is an equal price.
**[18:54] Zenos**
That means it's time for you to get to work.
**[18:57] Til**
Wh-Whatever you want!
**[18:59] Til**
I'll pay you back as your slave!
**[19:05] Til**
Ask... whatever you want.
**[19:10] Zenos**
Could you show me where to find this?
**[19:13] Zenos**
Or not?
**[19:15] Til**
I-I can.
**[19:19] Til**
Right this way, please.
**[19:28] Til**
Is this right?
**[19:32] Zenos**
It sure is.
**[19:34] Zenos**
Thanks, Til.
**[19:37] Til**
Thanks aren't necessary.
**[19:39] Til**
But is this really all you need?
**[19:42] Til**
I was anticipating... a lot more.
**[19:47] Til**
And I'm willing to...
**[19:49] Zenos**
Nah, you did your job.
**[19:52] Til**
What do you mean?
**[19:54] Zenos**
Just what I said.
**[19:56] Til**
But, Master, I'm indebted to you!
**[20:00] Zenos**
And like I said, you paid me back.
**[20:02] Zenos**
I always demand a fair
price for the labor I do,
**[20:05] Zenos**
and I always pay a fair price
for what I expect others to do.
**[20:07] Til**
I haven't done anything yet.
**[20:11] Zenos**
You found the leaves.
**[20:14] Zenos**
Leaves I couldn't have found on my own.
**[20:17] Til**
B-But those are just...
**[20:20] Zenos**
Point is, their value is equal
to what I did for you.
**[20:26] Zenos**
All debts are settled.
**[20:28] Zenos**
Your life's your own now.
**[20:32] Til**
My life is... my own?
**[20:36] Til**
What... I would like to do now is...
**[20:43] Til**
I don't really know.
**[20:46] Til**
But now that I'm not a slave,
I'm going to live to find out!
**[20:50] Til**
And when I do find out,
I'll come and tell you!
**[20:54] Til**
Is that all right, Zenos?
**[20:58] Zenos**
Sure.
**[21:00] Zenos**
See you around, Til.
**[21:02] Zenos**
If you get hurt, come and see me.
**[21:04] Zenos**
I can take care of you
as an underground healer.
**[21:06] Zenos**
But not for free, of course.
**[21:14] Zenos**
I'm back.
**[21:17] Lily**
Welcome back, Zenos.
**[21:19] Lily**
D-Dinner's not ready yet...
**[21:24] Loewe**
Zenos!
**[21:24] Lynga**
Sir Zenos!
**[21:24] Zophia**
Doc!
**[21:25] Zenos**
What are you three doing here?
**[21:27] Zophia**
Maybe don't ask, okay?
**[21:30] Lynga**
Lynga didn't do anything wrong.
**[21:32] Zoewe**
I assure you, I did not sneak any food!
**[21:35] Lily**
Vegetables, fish, and lots of meat!
**[21:39] Lily**
I gotta make the most of all this!
**[21:44] Carmilla**
You seem to have had some fun.
**[21:47] Zenos**
Didn't see you up there.
**[21:51] Carmilla**
Well, well, is that a new
girl I sense you've met?
**[21:56] Zenos**
Quit poking fun.
**[22:01] Lily**
Since everyone brought so much,
**[22:04] Lily**
I can make a whole bunch of food!
**[22:06] Zenos**
Yeah? Sounds good.
**[22:09] Lily**
Just you wait!
**[22:16] Lily**
I'll make some black tea first,
**[22:18] Lily**
and we can drink it together!
**[22:22] Zenos**
Sure.
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***SIGN*** The Underground Healer in
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***SIGN*** "The Underground Healer in the Abandoned Part of Town."
# 2 - The Underground Healer in the Abandoned Part of Town
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**[00:04] Zenos**
What's this?
**[00:05] Aston**
I figured you'd never seen one before.
**[00:09] Aston**
It's a gold coin,
**[00:11] Aston**
the kind of reward a poor joker like you
would normally never see in his whole life.
**[00:16] Zenos**
Aston, what is this all abou—
**[00:18] Aston**
Zenos.
**[00:19] Aston**
You haven't done a damn thing lately.
**[00:22] Aston**
Frankly, we don't need you anymore.
**[00:24] Zenos**
I've been doing plenty,
**[00:26] Zenos**
and I thought you said we were friends.
**[00:33] Aston**
You're as dumb as you
were when you were a kid!
**[00:36] Aston**
Anybody would've been fine,
as long as they were disposable.
**[00:41] Aston**
Saves a whole lot of heartache if they
end up dying as human shields, y'know?
**[00:45] Aston**
And you poor are basically livestock, anyway.
**[00:48] Aston**
Imagine that, a beast of burden thinking
he's part of the gang just because we fed him.
**[00:52] Aston**
Talk about hilarious.
**[00:54] Aston**
We've gotten strong!
**[00:57] Aston**
We're one of the most famous parties around!
**[00:59] Zenos**
Because I was there to—
**[01:01] Aston**
Don't try to take credit for it with
your shady, self-taught healing magic.
**[01:07] Aston**
We've gotta make our party look good to
the aristocracy and royalty from now on.
**[01:12] Aston**
You can guess how they'd react with
some pissant from the slums in our crew.
**[01:20] Aston**
Consider that your severance pay.
**[01:21] Aston**
It should be enough to get
you wherever you wanna go.
**[01:24] Aston**
And you'd better keep your
impoverished mouth shut
**[01:27] Aston**
about ever having been a
member of the Golden Phoenix.
**[01:31] Zenos**
*It's hush money, then.*
**[01:35] Zenos**
Fine.
**[01:45] Lily**
No! Let go!
**[01:47] Lily**
Don't! Stop it!
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[03:21] Lily**
No! Stop it!
**[03:24] Woman**
You know how rare elves are.
Make sure to hold her tight.
**[03:27] Man**
Better not think you can get
away, little elf girlie.
**[03:42] Man**
Damn it!
**[03:55] Man**
Let me go, you little runt!
**[04:02] Zenos**
What am I gonna do now?
**[04:04] Man**
Stupid brat!
**[04:08] Woman**
What are you doing stabbing
our merchandise, you idiot?
**[04:10] Man**
I'm sorry, but she...
**[04:16] Zenos**
Whoa, did you just stab a kid?
**[04:18] Woman**
Excuse me? She belongs to us.
**[04:21] Woman**
This is none of your business.
**[04:24] Zenos**
I'll buy her from you, then.
**[04:28] Woman**
Sounds like a deal. She's yours.
**[04:32] Woman**
Let's get moving.
**[04:35] Woman**
If she's dying anyway, better
that we get paid *something*.
**[04:38] Man**
Oh, yeah! Nice one, boss!
**[04:41] Zenos**
Hey. You still there?
**[04:43] Lily**
Am I... gonna die?
**[04:47] Zenos**
Don't worry. I can fix this kind of damage.
**[04:54] Lily**
It's too late... I can't even
feel the pain anymore...
**[04:57] Zenos**
I already healed you,
so you can talk normally now.
**[05:01] Lily**
Huh? It doesn't hurt, and the wound's gone.
**[05:05] Lily**
I thought for sure I'd die!
**[05:08] Lily**
Why am I back to normal?
**[05:10] Zenos**
Well, I'm a healer.
**[05:12] Zenos**
All I had to do was take the arrow out,
fix the damage, and seal up the wounds.
**[05:17] Lily**
Thank you... Thank you, mister!
**[05:22] Zenos**
Um, so... What's your name?
**[05:25] Lily**
Lily.
**[05:26] Lily**
Um, about your money...
**[05:29] Zenos**
You mean the gold coin I paid them?
**[05:32] Zenos**
Don't worry about it.
**[05:33] Zenos**
* I wasn't thrilled about holding on to*
* my severance pay from Aston, anyway.*
**[05:37] Lily**
So, who are you? A famous healer?
**[05:42] Zenos**
My name's Zenos.
**[05:43] Zenos**
I don't have a healing
license, and I'm self-taught.
**[05:47] Zenos**
Anyway, where do you live?
**[05:49] Lily**
I don't... have a home.
**[05:55] Zenos**
I guess we'll start by getting you some
clothes and something to eat, Lily.
**[05:59] Lily**
O-Okay.
**[06:06] Lily**
So good!
**[06:11] Lily**
Aren't you gonna eat, Zenos?
**[06:13] Zenos**
I'm... full already.
**[06:16] Lily**
Okay!
**[06:19] Zenos**
*The truth is, I'm broke.*
**[06:21] Zenos**
*But I'll deal with that later.*
**[06:24] Zenos**
*What do I do with her?*
**[06:25] Zenos**
*Maybe an orphanage in the slums...*
**[06:27] Zenos**
* No. Just thinking about the way she'd*
* be treated is enough to depress me.*
**[06:32] Lily**
Where do you work out of, Zenos?
**[06:35] Zenos**
I was actually just kicked out
of my old adventuring party.
**[06:39] Zenos**
So I've got nowhere to go.
**[06:40] Lily**
Just like me, then.
**[06:44] Zenos**
For now, I guess I'd better look for a job.
**[06:49] Zonde**
Sorry, but... c-can I get some water?
**[06:54] Zenos**
That arm...
**[06:56] Zenos**
A bullet hole and a large burn.
You were shot with a magic gun.
**[06:59] Zonde**
Yeah, I got careless, and
they made me pay for it.
**[07:04] Zonde**
I just wish it didn't hurt so bad...
**[07:07] Zenos**
You're overreacting.
**[07:08] Zenos**
It's worse than a scratch,
but it should heal in no time.
**[07:11] Zonde**
Buddy, what the hell are you on?
**[07:15] Zenos**
That said, it is pretty deep.
**[07:18] Zenos**
Including an incantation
will probably be safer.
**[07:22] Zenos**
Heal.
**[07:27] Zonde**
What did you just do?
**[07:29] Zonde**
Who the hell are you?
**[07:31] Lily**
Zenos is an amazing healer!
**[07:35] Zonde**
Zenos... I've never heard
of such an awesome healer.
**[07:42] Zonde**
I appreciate it, man.
**[07:45] Zonde**
See ya around! I'm gonna remember you!
**[07:51] Lily**
Why are you so quiet, Zenos?
**[07:54] Zenos**
You pay a restaurant for
the food you get from it...
**[07:58] Zenos**
So does that mean healers can
be paid for their services, too?
**[08:02] Lily**
That sounds normal to me.
**[08:05] Zenos**
Right... Of course.
**[08:08] (Flashback) Lily**
Thank you!
**[08:11] Zenos**
Remember how you said "thank you"
when I healed you, Lily?
**[08:15] Lily**
I think thanking someone when
they help you is normal, too.
**[08:21] Zenos**
That settles it, then. I'm going
to open up a healing clinic.
**[08:25] Lily**
A clinic?
**[08:27] Zenos**
What you said really made me happy.
**[08:29] Zenos**
I'd never been thanked like that before.
**[08:33] Zenos**
But since I'm from the slums,
I can't get a license,
**[08:37] Zenos**
and running a legit business
will probably be tough...
**[08:40] Zenos**
In that case, I'd have to
work in the shadows...
**[08:42] Zenos**
I'd be an underground healer.
**[08:45] Lily**
An underground healer! That's cool!
**[08:47] Lily**
You're so cool, Zenos!
**[08:49] Lily**
I wanna help with your clinic!
**[08:52] Zenos**
* Running a clinic without a*
* license would be illegal.*
**[08:55] Zenos**
* Should I drag an innocent*
* kid into something like that?*
**[08:58] Lily**
You already bought me, Zenos!
**[09:00] Lily**
That makes you my master!
**[09:02] Lily**
So I'm going to follow you!
**[09:04] Zenos**
I was just trying to help you...
**[09:06] Lily**
So you paid for me when you were
gonna just throw me out after?
**[09:10] Lily**
I don't mean anything to you, huh?
**[09:12] Zenos**
Don't say stuff that could be misinterpreted.
**[09:15] Zenos**
Fine, but only until we find somewhere
safe for you to live, okay?
**[09:19] Lily**
Really?! That's great!
**[09:22] Lily**
I'm going to take such
good care of you, Master!
**[09:25] Zenos**
Seriously, mind the phrasing.
**[09:31] Lily**
You really want to run your clinic here?
**[09:34] Lily**
I don't see any sign of people.
**[09:36] Zenos**
That's because this part
of town is abandoned.
**[09:38] Lily**
Why pick it, then?
**[09:40] Zenos**
If I'm running an underground operation,
I can't exactly do it openly, can I?
**[09:44] Lily**
That makes sense! You're smart, Zenos!
**[09:46] Zenos**
And there are a lot of
intact houses around here.
**[09:51] Zenos**
This one seems in decent condition.
**[09:56] Zenos**
Let's take a look inside, then.
**[09:58] Lily**
S-Sure...
**[10:00] Zenos**
What's wrong? You scared?
**[10:02] Lily**
It's just... I know about how monsters
tend to be born in scary places like this.
**[10:08] Lily**
What if we run into a
wraith? We'll be done for!
**[10:11] Zenos**
A wraith?
**[10:12] Lily**
They're the strongest undead monsters!
**[10:15] Lily**
They look just like people, but they
can kill you and turn you into a ghost
**[10:19] Lily**
that has to obey them, just by touching you!
**[10:27] Lily**
Zenos, hang on.
**[10:30] Lily**
Holy lamplight that brightens the night,
**[10:32] Lily**
become a dazzling shine that
chases away the darkness,
**[10:34] Lily**
and show me the way! Illuminate!
**[10:38] Zenos**
You can use magic?
**[10:40] Lily**
Yep. Just simple stuff, though.
**[10:45] Lily**
Wow, this place...
**[10:49] Zenos**
Yeah, it's not bad.
**[10:51] Lily**
You really think so?
**[10:53] Zenos**
Yeah. I mean, it's got a roof.
**[10:55] Lily**
Well, yeah, it does, but...
**[10:57] Zenos**
When I was in a party, I spent
most of my nights outdoors alone.
**[11:02] Zenos**
The support beams are in great shape.
**[11:04] Zenos**
It just needs a bit of work to be livable.
**[11:06] Lily**
You're really optimistic, Zenos.
**[11:08] Zenos**
I've already lost everything I had.
**[11:10] Zenos**
No sense in being negative now.
**[11:23] Carmilla**
The aroma of life.
**[11:25] Carmilla**
Give it to me.
**[11:27] Carmilla**
Give it to me.
**[11:28] Lily**
Zenos, it's a wraith!
We actually ran into one!
**[11:32] Zenos**
I guess this place was occupied.
**[11:34] Zenos**
This is probably the best
property around here, after all.
**[11:37] Lily**
Zenos, how are you so calm?
**[11:44] Zenos**
Heal.
**[11:48] Zenos**
I get it. So these are wraiths.
**[11:51] Zenos**
I've taken down a hundred or so of them.
**[11:54] Aston**
When something was bugging Aston,
**[11:56] Aston**
he'd send me into an underground
labyrinth to cheer himself up,
**[11:59] Aston**
and I ran into a lot of them there.
**[12:02] Aston**
Which is how I know undead monsters
are weak to healing magic.
**[12:06] Lily**
I've heard even encountering
a wraith means you die,
**[12:10] Lily**
yet you fought a hundred?
**[12:11] Zenos**
Sorry, but this building really does
look like the only option around here.
**[12:15] Zenos**
We'll stay out of your way,
so do you mind if we move in?
**[12:18] Carmilla**
What are you saying, you wretch?
**[12:21] Carmilla**
Hurry up and surrender...
**[12:24] Carmilla**
your life!
**[12:25] Zenos**
Heal.
**[12:27] Zenos**
Oh, sorry. You were trying to attack me, so...
**[12:30] Zenos**
I didn't mean anything by it.
**[12:32] Carmilla**
Unacceptable.
**[12:34] Carmilla**
No mortal has ever enraged Carmilla,
queen of the specters, like this before.
**[12:38] Carmilla**
Gather before me, my servants!
**[12:40] Carmilla**
Slaughter these ignorant humans!
**[12:44] Lily**
Zenos!
**[12:47] Zenos**
I was hoping to do this
the peaceful way, but...
**[12:50] Zenos**
High Heal.
**[12:54] Carmilla**
Wh-What is this?!
**[12:56] Carmilla**
What in the world are you?!
**[12:58] Zenos**
Nobody important. Just an underground healer.
**[13:01] Zenos**
And I really am sorry.
**[13:03] Zenos**
We're okay with just a room to
do our healing and one bedroom.
**[13:07] Carmilla**
U-Use the first floor as you'd like!
**[13:09] Carmilla**
But the second floor belongs to me!
**[13:12] Zenos**
You've got it. I really appreciate it.
**[13:14] Zenos**
We've got our clinic, Lily.
**[13:16] Lily**
I really don't know if I should
be happy or sad right now.
**[13:26] Lily**
So bored...
**[13:28] Zenos**
Nothing wrong with that.
**[13:29] Zenos**
It gives us plenty of time to clean.
**[13:32] Zenos**
This place is actually starting
to look like a real clinic now.
**[13:34] Zenos**
Even if we are sharing the
building with a wraith...
**[13:37] Lily**
I know, but...
**[13:39] Lily**
Maybe I should go outside
and advertise a little?
**[13:43] Lily**
We went to the trouble of making
this nurse outfit, after all.
**[13:48] Zenos**
But if we make ourselves *too* visible,
**[13:50] Zenos**
the royal hospital could find out about us.
**[13:53] Lily**
But we won't get any patients at this rate.
**[13:56] Zenos**
Don't worry. They should
be showing up any time now.
**[13:59] Lily**
Really?
**[14:01] Zonde**
Is this Zenos's clinic?
**[14:03] Lily**
Wow, he was right.
**[14:06] Lily**
Good afternoon!
**[14:07] Lily**
Wait... Huh? I've seen him before.
**[14:12] Zenos**
I figured you'd show.
**[14:13] Zonde**
You knew I'd come?
**[14:16] Zenos**
Someone with a magic gunshot
burn isn't your average guy.
**[14:20] Zenos**
And people like that tend to have reasons
for not wanting to visit a normal hospital.
**[14:25] Zonde**
My name's Zonde.
**[14:27] Zonde**
I was hoping you'd take a
look at my sister today.
**[14:30] Zophia**
I hear you're supposed to be
a real impressive healer, Doc.
**[14:33] Zophia**
You up for it?
**[14:35] Zenos**
I don't know about "real impressive,"
**[14:36] Zenos**
but I can examine you, sure.
**[14:39] Zophia**
My arm's been acting funny
ever since I got shot.
**[14:43] Zenos**
It must've been a magic gun
with a special poison effect.
**[14:46] Zenos**
The bullet's still in your arm and
causing the flesh around it to decay.
**[14:49] Zophia**
You got all that just from looking at it?
**[14:51] Zenos**
I was almost made into a
test subject for one once.
**[14:55] Zophia**
There must be some real psychos out there...
**[14:57] Zenos**
Definitely. Now that I think about it, I'm
gonna need to get some payback one day.
**[15:01] Zophia**
So, can you fix me up?
**[15:03] Zenos**
Your arm is almost fully dead.
**[15:05] Zenos**
It'd be better to amputate
before the poison can spread.
**[15:09] Zophia**
It is what it is, I guess.
**[15:11] Zophia**
How much do I owe you?
**[15:12] Zenos**
It'll be a million wen.
**[15:14] Zonde**
Say what?! You want a million
wen for lopping an arm off?!
**[15:17] Zophia**
Easy there, Zonde.
**[15:19] Zophia**
Gotta say, you really play hardball, Doc.
**[15:23] Zophia**
You giving me that price knowing
I'm Zophia the Tornado?
**[15:28] Zenos**
You're Zophia the Tornado?
**[15:30] Zenos**
I had no idea my first
patient was such a big deal.
**[15:33] Zenos**
* One of the three bosses who run the*
* slums, leader of the lizardmen...*
**[15:37] Zenos**
*Hero to the downtrodden,*
**[15:39] Zenos**
* who steals from crooked merchants and*
* returns a portion of it to the poor.*
**[15:43] Zophia**
Asking a million wen for chopping an arm off.
**[15:46] Zophia**
How're you gonna justify that to me?
**[15:49] Zophia**
Because if you can't...
**[15:50] Zenos**
First of all, who said cutting
off your arm was all I'd do?
**[15:54] Zenos**
No point in doing that if
I don't generate a new one.
**[15:56] Zenos**
And regeneration is exhausting.
**[15:58] Zenos**
I'm never working for free again, understand?
**[16:01] Zenos**
I don't care if you're a big
shot in the slums or a king.
**[16:05] Zenos**
I want fair pay for my labor from now on.
**[16:07] Zophia**
What are you saying?
**[16:09] Zophia**
I've never heard of a healer
who can grow an arm back.
**[16:12] Zenos**
Other healers can't do that?
**[16:14] Zenos**
Are you serious?
**[16:15] Zenos**
* I never had proper training,*
* so I don't know what the standards are.*
**[16:19] Zenos**
Do you mind if we get started?
**[16:21] Zophia**
Sure... If you can actually do it.
**[16:25] Zenos**
Scalpel.
**[16:27] Zophia**
Wh-What is that?
**[16:29] Zenos**
It's a blade made from mana. Very sharp.
**[16:32] Zenos**
It's also sterile, and I can
summon it or dispel it at will.
**[16:35] Zophia**
I've never heard of a healer who
uses something like that, either!
**[16:38] Zenos**
Really? Then how do they make incisions?
**[16:42] Zenos**
* Cast a spell that heals over time on the*
* affected area to numb the pain, and then...*
**[16:48] Zenos**
Okay, now comes the hard part.
**[16:52] Zenos**
* Defensive magic to control the bleeding*
* while casting multiple healing spells...*
**[16:56] Zenos**
* Amplify the regeneration of the*
* wounded area many times over.*
**[16:59] Zenos**
*First, the bones.*
**[17:03] Zenos**
*Then the nerves.*
**[17:06] Zenos**
*Blood vessels, muscles, and then skin...*
**[17:11] Zenos**
There, all done.
**[17:12] Zenos**
I'm exhausted.
**[17:15] Zenos**
A rush job would've been easier,
**[17:17] Zenos**
but a perfect restoration
really takes it out of me.
**[17:21] Lily**
Great job, Zenos!
**[17:23] Zophia**
You've blown my mind.
**[17:25] Zophia**
I've never seen a healer like you before!
**[17:28] Zonde**
What's that?
**[17:29] Zenos**
That's our housemate. She's a wraith.
**[17:31] Zonde**
You live with a wraith?!
**[17:34] Carmilla**
I was hoping you'd fail and she'd die.
**[17:37] Carmilla**
I am ever so starved for life.
**[17:38] Zonde**
She seems kinda bloodthirsty, man!
**[17:40] Zenos**
Don't mind her. Deep down, she's a real softie.
**[17:43] Zonde**
Pretty sure she's not!
**[17:47] Zophia**
You're amazing, Doc. And hilarious!
**[17:51] Zophia**
I like you. Hope you don't mind
me sending my people your way.
**[17:55] Zophia**
And, of course, they'll be paying.
**[18:02] Lily**
Zenos, I made some tea!
**[18:04] Zenos**
Thanks. You're pretty considerate, Lily.
**[18:08] Lily**
Praise me more!
**[18:13] Zenos**
I'm curious why you made three, though.
**[18:16] Lily**
For me, you, and Carmilla!
**[18:18] Zenos**
You think she'll drink any?
**[18:20] Carmilla**
Indeed I will.
**[18:21] Zenos**
Okay, guess so.
**[18:22] Lily**
Careful not to burn yourself.
**[18:25] Carmilla**
That is a good idea.
**[18:28] Zenos**
A wraith worried about burning herself
on tea doesn't seem very scary.
**[18:30] Carmilla**
I heard that. Would you
like me to chase you off?
**[18:33] Lily**
Ever since Zophia came by, we've
been getting a lot of patients, huh?
**[18:37] Zenos**
We sure have.
**[18:39] Carmilla**
And none of them have died,
which is quite tiresome for me.
**[18:41] Carmilla**
Hot! Hot, hot, hot!
**[18:45] Lily**
So, Zenos, why are the
lizardmen always injured?
**[18:50] Zenos**
Probably a beef with one
of the other factions.
**[18:53] Zenos**
There's a three-way demihuman
standoff in the slums,
**[18:56] Zenos**
and the fighting is ongoing.
**[18:58] Zenos**
The lizardmen, the orcs, and...
**[19:01] Lily**
What was that sound?!
**[19:02] Zenos**
I think we're about to meet the third group.
**[19:12] Lynga**
You must be Zenos, the underground healer.
**[19:15] Lynga**
I'm Lynga, the boss of the slum's werewolves!
**[19:18] Zenos**
* She's said to run all the illegal*
* gambling in the underground.*
**[19:21] Zenos**
*Lynga the tyrant.*
**[19:23] Zenos**
* I keep running into these*
* underworld big shots...*
**[19:26] Zenos**
We're technically closed,
but if it's bad enough,
**[19:29] Zenos**
I can provide emergency service.
**[19:31] Lynga**
The emergency here is you, Zenos.
**[19:35] Lynga**
No matter how bad we beat Zophia's
lizards, they keep popping back up.
**[19:40] Lynga**
I thought it was weird,
and then I learned about you.
**[19:42] Lynga**
Zenos, you seem to be quite the healer!
**[19:47] Zenos**
I'm just an unremarkable underground healer.
**[19:49] Zenos**
I don't even have a license.
**[19:50] Lynga**
I think I'm gonna kill you!
**[19:53] Zenos**
Are you listening?
**[19:54] Lynga**
Then no one can heal Zophia's men!
**[19:57] Zenos**
Hello?
**[19:59] Lynga**
Then I can beat Zophia!
**[20:04] Lynga**
Why didn't your head come off?!
**[20:06] Zenos**
You're not listening at all.
**[20:09] Zenos**
Lily, this is gonna get rough,
so wait in the back room.
**[20:12] Lily**
R-Right!
**[20:14] Zenos**
* My defense magic is self-taught, too...*
* but seems effective enough.*
**[20:17] Lynga**
Impossible! Not even a scratch from my axe?!
**[20:21] Lynga**
Get 'im!
**[20:22] Werewolves**
Yes, boss!
**[20:27] Zenos**
Hey. Can we stop now?
**[20:29] Lynga**
N-No, we can't!
**[20:30] Lynga**
Fine, then! All of you,
take the building down!
**[20:34] Werewolves**
Yes, boss!
**[20:35] Zenos**
Uh, I really wouldn't if I were you.
**[20:39] Lynga**
If we can't kill you, we'll take your clinic away!
**[20:43] Zenos**
*She seriously doesn't listen at all.*
**[20:46] Zenos**
Whatever. I tried to warn you.
**[20:51] Werewolves**
A wraith!
**[20:52] Werewolves**
It's a wraith!
**[20:53] Werewolves**
A wraith!
**[20:54] Carmilla**
You dare damage my home?
**[20:56] Carmilla**
Now, suffer!
**[20:57] Werewolves**
We're doomed!
**[20:58] Werewolves**
Mommy!
**[21:00] Zenos**
Hang on, Carmilla.
**[21:02] Zenos**
I understand how you feel.
**[21:03] Zenos**
I'm pretty pissed about the clinic being
messed up after I finally had it looking nice.
**[21:08] Carmilla**
I don't see the issue, then!
**[21:09] Carmilla**
Let me take their lives!
**[21:11] Zenos**
The second floor is yours.
**[21:13] Zenos**
If they make their way up there, have at it.
**[21:15] Zenos**
But the first floor is the clinic,
and that's for saving lives,
**[21:18] Zenos**
not taking them.
**[21:20] Carmilla**
I realize that! You are so irritating.
**[21:23] Zenos**
I appreciate you getting mad, though.
**[21:26] Carmilla**
I-It wasn't for your sake!
**[21:28] Carmilla**
This is my house.
**[21:29] Carmilla**
And it's become more
comfortable as of late...
**[21:35] Lynga**
The wraith... listened to him?
**[21:38] Lynga**
Sir Zenos! F-Forgive us!
**[21:41] Lynga**
We didn't know you commanded a wraith!
**[21:45] Zenos**
I don't, actually.
**[21:47] Lynga**
We werewolves are nocturnal by nature!
**[21:50] Lynga**
We're instinctively afraid of higher
existences, like wraiths and vampires!
**[21:55] Lynga**
You command one, and we were so rude to you!
**[21:58] Zenos**
I don't really command her, though.
**[22:00] Lynga**
All of you, bow down!
**[22:02] Lynga**
Show Sir Zenos how sincere we are!
**[22:04] Werewolves**
Yes, boss!
**[22:06] Zenos**
I guess I forgot that she just doesn't listen.
**[22:15] Orc**
You're Zenos the underground healer, right?
**[22:17] Orc**
The head of the orcs,
Lady Loewe, would like a word.
**[22:21] Lily**
Is she a new patient?
***SIGN*** Turf War
**[23:57] Zenos**
"Turf War."
# 3 - Turf War
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**[00:02] Zenos**
I figured this was coming...
**[00:04] Lily**
What do you mean?
**[00:06] Zenos**
* After dealing with the lizardmen and*
* the werewolves, here come the orcs.*
**[00:10] Zenos**
* Their leader is a big deal, and made a*
* fortune on the excavation of mana stones.*
**[00:14] Zenos**
*It's been a month since I opened the clinic,*
**[00:17] Zenos**
* and after this, I'll have dealt with the*
* leaders of all the factions in the slums.*
**[00:22] Zenos**
Out of curiosity, would you say
your boss can be reasoned with?
**[00:26] Orc**
Lady Loewe is as wise as she is dignified.
**[00:31] Zenos**
I sure hope so.
**[00:33] Zenos**
* Zophia's been dropping off*
* extravagant gifts every day...*
**[00:36] Zenos**
* And Lynga's been building a massive "palace"*
* next door to make up for the mess she made.*
**[00:41] Zenos**
*But if the head of the orcs is reasonable,*
**[00:43] Zenos**
* I shouldn't need to worry*
* about that kind of thing.*
**[00:45] Zenos**
So why didn't she come in person?
**[00:48] Orc**
There have been lizardmen and werewolves
coming and going from this place.
**[00:52] Orc**
Do you really think I'd bring Lady
Loewe to a place in enemy territory?
**[00:59] Zenos**
How serious is it?
**[01:00] Orc**
She can't be moved.
**[01:05] Zenos**
You should've led with that.
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[02:41] Orc**
In here.
**[02:47] Orc**
Lady Loewe, I've brought Zenos,
the underground healer.
**[02:51] Loewe**
Good of you to come.
**[02:53] Loewe**
I am Loewe.
**[02:55] Zenos**
So you're Loewe.
**[02:56] Zenos**
How'd you hear about me?
**[02:58] Loewe**
How could I not have?
**[02:59] Loewe**
You're a celebrity to those who dwell
in the underworld of the slums.
**[03:03] Zenos**
Wow, really?
**[03:04] Loewe**
The lizardmen and werewolves were raving,
**[03:06] Loewe**
"There's this awesome healer! But I can't
tell you about him or he'll attract trouble!"
**[03:11] Loewe**
So I looked into you myself.
**[03:14] Zenos**
* Damn it, what part of*
* "underground operation"*
**[03:17] Zenos**
* made them want to spread*
* my name around like that?!*
**[03:19] Loewe**
I'm told that you can provide any kind of
healing as long as the price paid is equal.
**[03:25] Zenos**
I've gotten tired of
working for free, you see.
**[03:27] Loewe**
Well, I find myself unable to move from
here at the moment. Can you tell why?
**[03:32] Zenos**
*Is this a test? I guess I'll have to check.*
**[03:38] Zenos**
Scan.
**[03:40] Loewe**
What are you doing?
**[03:41] Zenos**
I don't see any external injuries,
so I'm looking inside you.
**[03:45] Loewe**
I've never heard of a
healer who can do that.
**[03:48] Zenos**
I'm curious how they heal anyone if they
don't check what's going on inside.
**[03:54] Zenos**
There's a lump in your abdomen.
**[03:56] Zenos**
And I can sense mana...
**[03:58] Zenos**
Is it a mana stone?
**[04:00] Loewe**
Correct you are.
**[04:01] Loewe**
Enchanted for Explosion at a
particularly high potency, at that.
**[04:05] Zenos**
Wait, did someone slip this in your food?
**[04:07] Loewe**
Not at all! I mistook it for a
rice ball and ate it, is all.
**[04:10] Zenos**
So you're an idiot.
**[04:11] Loewe**
Despite appearances,
I have quite the appetite!
**[04:14] Zenos**
I don't care!
**[04:15] Zenos**
This is ridiculous. You'll expel it
sooner or later without any help.
**[04:19] Loewe**
I'm afraid not.
**[04:21] Loewe**
I partially chewed it apart, so there's
not much time until it detonates.
**[04:25] Loewe**
Not to mention, if I move carelessly,
that could also set it off.
**[04:28] Zenos**
So that's why you can't move.
**[04:30] Loewe**
The real problem is that my
men refuse to leave my side.
**[04:34] Orcs**
Chief!
**[04:35] Orcs**
When we die, we die together!
**[04:37] Orcs**
We'll be at your side!
**[04:39] Zenos**
And what do you expect me to do?
**[04:41] Loewe**
I'm looking to donate our wealth to you.
**[04:44] Loewe**
Should this stone detonate, it will spell
the end for the orcs in the slums.
**[04:48] Loewe**
I'd rather give our accumulated
wealth to someone
**[04:51] Loewe**
who'd make good use of it
than let it be plundered.
**[04:53] Loewe**
I've heard that, while you demand
high prices for your healing,
**[04:57] Loewe**
you're willing to see children for free.
**[04:59] Loewe**
I'm fond of children myself.
**[05:06] Zenos**
And you ingested this mana stone recently?
**[05:09] Loewe**
Yes.
**[05:10] Zenos**
Scalpel.
**[05:13] Orcs**
Hey...
**[05:15] Zenos**
Don't move, now.
**[05:16] Orcs**
Bastard!
**[05:16] Orcs**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[05:20] Loewe**
Wh-What did you just do?
**[05:24] Zenos**
I opened your stomach to
extract the mana stone.
**[05:26] Zenos**
And then I healed it shut.
**[05:29] Zenos**
Without a license, this is
about all I can manage.
**[05:32] Loewe**
The fact that you can do
it at all is incredible...
**[05:36] Loewe**
If you're not careful, it could detonate!
**[05:38] Zenos**
Oh, right.
**[05:48] Loewe**
N-Not so much as a scratch?!
**[05:50] Zenos**
I protected my hands with defensive magic.
**[05:52] Zenos**
It still hurt, though, so I had to heal them.
**[05:55] Zenos**
We're done here.
**[05:57] Zenos**
You can have the key back.
**[06:00] Loewe**
Incredible. If you had stayed quiet, our
entire fortune would have been yours.
**[06:06] Zenos**
I only demand a price equal to
the amount of work I need to do.
**[06:08] Zenos**
That would've been too much in this case.
**[06:13] Loewe**
I like you, Zenos the underground healer!
**[06:16] Loewe**
You've earned a great debt
from the orcish race today!
**[06:18] Loewe**
Should you need our help,
just call, and you'll have it!
**[06:22] Zenos**
I'd really prefer you kept your distance.
**[06:24] Loewe**
No need for modesty!
**[06:25] Loewe**
We can provide around-the-clock
security for your clinic, if you'd like!
**[06:30] Zenos**
Seriously, don't!
**[06:33] Loewe**
Anyway, the moment I relaxed,
my appetite came back.
**[06:35] Loewe**
Care to join me for some rice balls, Zenos?
**[06:38] Zenos**
Maybe you could eat something else?
**[06:45] Zenos**
What's got you making that sullen face?
**[06:47] Lily**
Just thinking that Zophia, Lynga,
and Loewe have been visiting a lot lately.
**[06:53] Zenos**
Now that you mention it, I guess they have.
**[06:56] Zenos**
Zophia on the day of the moon.
**[06:58] Zenos**
Lynga on the day of water.
**[07:00] Zenos**
Loewe on the day of gold.
**[07:02] Zenos**
And they're never injured.
Why do they bother?
**[07:05] Lily**
Do you really have no idea at all, Zenos?
**[07:09] Zenos**
They must really be bored.
**[07:10] Lily**
I don't think that's it...
**[07:13] Carmilla**
It sounds like love.
**[07:15] Zenos**
How long have you been there?
**[07:18] Carmilla**
These women are infatuated with you.
**[07:21] Zenos**
What? Don't be ridiculous. There's no way.
**[07:24] Zenos**
I'm a totally unremarkable underground
healer who doesn't even have a license.
**[07:27] Carmilla**
There's no fooling my eyes.
**[07:29] Carmilla**
Whenever I watch from the ceiling,
**[07:32] Carmilla**
their eyes betray their lovesickness.
**[07:34] Carmilla**
You learn how to tell these
things after living 300 years.
**[07:36] Zenos**
Uh, you're not "living," though.
**[07:38] Lily**
I'm kind of worried.
**[07:41] Lily**
They're all so pretty...
**[07:43] Zenos**
And they're all huge weirdos.
**[07:46] Carmilla**
It's only a matter of time before the three
**[07:49] Carmilla**
demihuman factions wage
a war over Zenos, I'd say.
**[07:53] Zenos**
That's absurd.
**[07:54] Carmilla**
Lily, try and do your best
to amuse me, like them.
**[07:59] Lily**
B-But I'm only a kid.
**[08:02] Lily**
I'm not sexy like them...
**[08:07] Carmilla**
All maidens in love are beautiful.
**[08:10] Lily**
Th-Thank you, Carmilla!
**[08:13] Zenos**
* The three demihuman leaders*
* fighting over me?*
**[08:16] Zenos**
That's so ridiculous I can't even laugh.
**[08:21] Zophia**
Doc, I'm thinking of declaring
war on the others.
**[08:24] Zophia**
Would you be willing to
side with the lizardmen?
**[08:27] Zenos**
Say what?
**[08:28] Lily**
A war over Zenos...
**[08:33] Lynga**
Sir Zenos! The time has come to
settle things with the others.
**[08:37] Lynga**
I want you to side with the werewolves!
**[08:39] Zenos**
Uh, hang on...
**[08:40] Loewe**
Zenos, the time has come to wipe out the—
**[08:43] Zenos**
Okay, hold up!
**[08:47] Zenos**
The fighting's supposed to begin at
noon on the next day of ground...
**[08:52] Carmilla**
All-out war between all three factions.
**[08:55] Carmilla**
So many will die because
of your womanizing ways.
**[08:59] Zenos**
I really don't appreciate
the way you put that.
**[09:03] Zenos**
And what are you pouting about, Lily?
**[09:15] Zophia**
You actually had the guts
to show up only to die.
**[09:18] Zophia**
Today we're gonna settle who
deserves to be on top around here.
**[09:22] Lynga**
That's so funny!
**[09:23] Lynga**
Because you're about to find out how much
Lynga has been taking it easy on you two.
**[09:28] Loewe**
Such foolishness.
**[09:30] Loewe**
Do you really think you'll be able to
stand against orcs in mortal combat?
**[09:32] Loewe**
You will both be dying today.
**[09:36] Zeons**
Hold it right there!
**[09:39] Loewe**
Zenos?
**[09:39] Zophia**
Doc?
**[09:39] Lynga**
Sir Zenos?
**[09:41] Zenos**
Now, I'm not here to stop this fight.
**[09:45] Zenos**
I know you three have long-standing
grudges after years of conflict.
**[09:49] Zenos**
So I want you to have it out
until you're all satisfied.
**[09:52] Zenos**
That's all I wanted to say.
**[09:56] Zophia**
Looks like we've got Doc's approval.
**[09:59] Zophia**
So let's go all-out.
**[10:02] Zophia**
And whoever survives can
claim him. What do you say?
**[10:05] Lynga**
You're on! He's already
Lynga's, in that case.
**[10:08] Loewe**
Zenos's chastity will be mine!
**[10:11] Lily**
Is that true, Zenos?
**[10:14] Zenos**
That wasn't part of the deal, no.
**[11:08] Lizardman**
What is it? They just won't stay down!
**[11:11] Orc**
Doesn't matter how bad we beat
them, they just keep getting up!
**[11:15] Werewolf**
Pretty sure we've cut at
least 30 of them down...
**[11:19] Zophia**
What the...
**[11:21] Zophia**
My wounds just healed.
**[11:23] Zenos**
Like I said, I'm not here to stop your fight.
**[11:27] Zenos**
You're free to keep going.
**[11:28] Zenos**
But you're also my patients.
**[11:32] Zenos**
So when you're hurt, I'm gonna heal you.
**[11:34] Zenos**
I am an underground healer, after all.
**[11:37] Zophia**
That explains it.
**[11:39] Zophia**
Well, I sure feel like a fool after all that.
**[11:43] Zophia**
I guess you've been working this
entire time, haven't you, Doc?
**[11:48] Lynga**
But I've never heard of a healer who
could heal so many people instantly
**[11:52] Lynga**
over such a long time!
**[11:53] Loewe**
He told us to have at it, but I never
thought he could heal us all...
**[11:58] Loewe**
But at this rate, the fighting will never end.
**[12:00] Zenos**
Exactly. There'll be no end to it.
**[12:03] Zenos**
"He hit me, so I'll get revenge."
**[12:06] Zenos**
"He kicked me, so I'll get revenge."
**[12:09] Zenos**
It never ends.
**[12:11] Zenos**
So do you want to keep going?
**[12:13] Zenos**
Because if you do, I'm going to be right here.
**[12:15] Zenos**
And rest assured, I will be
getting paid for all this.
**[12:23] Zophia**
He's got a point.
**[12:24] Zophia**
There'll be no end to this.
**[12:26] Zophia**
What are we even doing?
**[12:29] Lynga**
It seems silly now.
**[12:31] Lynga**
All we're doing is making ourselves tired.
**[12:34] Loewe**
I honestly feel satisfied
after all that fighting.
**[12:41] Zophia**
It is what it is.
**[12:42] Zophia**
And given what Doc just said,
we might as well wrap this up for today.
**[12:45] Lynga**
No objections from the werewolves!
**[12:47] Loewe**
"Forgiveness is strength."
**[12:49] Loewe**
An old orcish proverb.
**[12:51] Zophia**
Sounds like we've only got one
reason to fight going forward.
**[12:55] Lynga**
Lynga has the advantage with that one!
**[12:57] Loewe**
And that's the one battle I won't yield on.
**[13:00] Zenos**
What do you think they're talking about?
**[13:04] Lily**
You really are popular, Zenos...
**[13:07] Lily**
Why'd you do this, though?
**[13:11] Zenos**
There's something my mentor told me once.
**[13:14] Zenos**
"A healer is third-rate if
they just heal injuries,
**[13:16] Zenos**
second-rate if they can
wholly heal a person,
**[13:18] Zenos**
and first-rate if they can
make the world a better place."
**[13:21] Lily**
What was your mentor like?
**[13:24] Zenos**
A weirdo. But really impressive.
**[13:28] Zenos**
Which is why, third-rate as I might be,
**[13:30] Zenos**
I want to try to improve things in the slums.
**[13:34] Lily**
That's so cool, Zenos!
**[13:36] Zenos**
Or at least, that's what I'll say.
**[13:38] Lily**
It's just talk?
**[13:40] Zenos**
Think about it. They're all regular
patients at our run-down clinic.
**[13:44] Zenos**
We can't risk losing them over this nonsense.
**[13:48] Lily**
You liar.
**[13:49] Lily**
*He knows that if everyone gets along,*
**[13:52] Lily**
* there'll be fewer injuries,*
* and fewer patients.*
**[13:59] Lily**
Hey, Zenos.
**[14:00] Zenos**
What's up?
**[14:02] Lily**
I like you, Zenos.
**[14:05] Zenos**
I like you, too, Lily.
**[14:09] Lily**
That's not what I mean when I say, "I like you"!
**[14:11] Zenos**
Then what exactly do you mean?
**[14:13] Lily**
N-Never mind!
**[14:19] Zenos**
Well, time to get paid and go home.
**[14:22] Lily**
You're still gonna charge them?
**[14:24] Zenos**
Of course. Do you know how much work
it is to heal this many people?
**[14:29] Zenos**
That means I need to collect my fee.
**[14:32] Lily**
You think Carmilla will be sad nobody died?
**[14:35] Zenos**
Maybe. It'd serve her right, though.
**[14:39] Lily**
I think... she'll actually be happy, though.
**[14:50] Krishna**
You called for me, Division Commander?
**[14:53] Commander**
I was waiting, Vice Commander Krishna.
**[14:56] Krishna**
I wasn't expecting the summons.
Has something happened?
**[14:58] Krishna**
Yes. I've heard some
concerning rumors lately.
**[15:03] Krishna**
What rumors?
**[15:04] Commander**
Apparently, the turf war between the
demihumans of the slums has calmed down.
**[15:09] Krishna**
But the lizardmen, werewolves, and orcs have
been feuding over territory for years now.
**[15:17] Krishna**
I have a hard time believing
that it'd suddenly cool off.
**[15:22] Commander**
But on the off-chance that it
might be true, we can't ignore it.
**[15:26] Commander**
The Kingdom of Herzeth has prospered
**[15:29] Commander**
under its strict hierarchical system,
with the royals at the top.
**[15:33] Commander**
The citizens take out their
frustrations on the poor.
**[15:35] Commander**
And the poor take out their frustrations by
**[15:37] Commander**
squabbling among themselves,
specifically among different races.
**[15:40] Commander**
That's how we maintain equilibrium.
**[15:42] Commander**
But suppose the poor
presented a united front...
**[15:47] Krishna**
You believe they'd pose a threat to
the citizens, the aristocracy...
**[15:50] Krishna**
maybe even the ruling class?
**[15:52] Commander**
Exactly.
**[15:53] Commander**
The king is like the sun to our people,
**[15:55] Commander**
and it is the duty of the royal order of knights
to defend the capital where our ruler dwells.
**[15:59] Krishna**
But Commander, the three demihuman
races have been feuding for so long.
**[16:05] Krishna**
There's no way such deep-seated
grudges could be forgiven so easily.
**[16:08] Commander**
The rumors say that a third
party mediated between them.
**[16:12] Krishna**
That seems even more implausible.
**[16:15] Krishna**
Zophia the Tornado, Lynga the
Tyrant, and Loewe the Mighty...
**[16:19] Krishna**
They're dangerous, major
figures in the underworld.
**[16:22] Krishna**
I can't imagine an individual
capable of corralling them.
**[16:26] Commander**
I feel the same way.
**[16:28] Commander**
But we can't ignore even the possibility
that the rumors might be true.
**[16:33] Krishna**
And that's why you called for me?
**[16:36] Commander**
This is an issue that could
threaten the state of our nation.
**[16:40] Commander**
I can't leave that to the rank and file.
**[16:42] Commander**
I want you, my vice commander, to handle this.
**[16:45] Krishna**
I'll see to it, sir.
**[16:47] Commander**
I'm counting on you, Iron Rose.
**[16:50] Krishna**
If such an individual does exist,
I will apprehend him.
**[16:58] Lily**
Zenos—
**[16:58] Lynga**
Sir Zenos! Is it a cold?
**[17:00] Lynga**
Lynga can warm you up with her tail!
**[17:02] Loewe**
That should be my job.
**[17:05] Loewe**
My muscles are warmer than you'd think,
plus there's my bosom to consider.
**[17:09] Lily**
I... don't have a tail.
**[17:14] Lily**
Or muscles...
**[17:16] Lily**
Or... bosom.
**[17:20] Lily**
I'm gonna put some tea on!
**[17:22] Zenos**
You're all way too protective!
**[17:24] Zenos**
It was just a sneeze.
**[17:26] Zenos**
I'm trying to heal someone, so quiet down.
**[17:31] Zophia**
Your healing will never
cease to amaze me, Doc.
**[17:35] Lily**
Come to think of it, you haven't needed
healing in a while, huh, Zophia?
**[17:39] Zophia**
Oh, come on, Lily!
**[17:41] Zophia**
That makes it sounds like I'm always
here when I'm not a patient!
**[17:45] Zenos**
That is literally the case.
**[17:47] Zophia**
Just so you know, I got this
injury while I was working.
**[17:52] Zenos**
Oh, right. You're a thief, aren't you?
**[17:56] Zophia**
I'm pretty selective about
my targets, but yeah...
**[17:58] Zophia**
And the royal order of knights
has their eye on us now.
**[18:01] Zophia**
Had a bit of a scrap with them
yesterday, which is how I got hurt.
**[18:05] Zenos**
Come to think of it, you had
both injured your arms before.
**[18:09] Zenos**
Did the royal knights do that?
**[18:11] Zophia**
Yeah, they did.
**[18:13] Zophia**
One of 'em got me when we were
sneaking into an aristocrat's manor.
**[18:16] Zonde**
They got my arm, too, Sis.
**[18:18] Zonde**
The crazy woman blasted me with
that flame magic gun out of nowhere.
**[18:22] Zenos**
A crazy woman?
**[18:22] Zophia**
I think she's their vice commander?
**[18:25] Zophia**
Some crazy chick they call the Iron Rose.
**[18:29] Zophia**
She unleashes real hell, all with
a blank expression on her face.
**[18:32] Zenos**
The Iron Rose...
**[18:36] Carmilla**
Imagine the trouble that getting
her attention would cause,
**[18:39] Carmilla**
especially with the surplus of
dangerous women we already have.
**[18:43] Lily**
I'm... the normal one, right?
**[18:47] Zenos**
I doubt I have to worry.
**[18:49] Zenos**
Why would the high and mighty royal knights
care about some nobody underground healer?
**[18:55] Carmilla**
My wraith's instinct is
usually pretty accurate...
**[18:58] Zenos**
No point in worrying about it.
**[19:00] Zenos**
Lily, are you ready for lunch?
**[19:03] Lily**
Yeah!
**[19:04] Lily**
What do you want to eat, Zenos?
**[19:06] Zophia**
I'd be down for a salad!
**[19:08] Lynga**
Lynga wants fish!
**[19:10] Loewe**
Are the two of you insane?
**[19:11] Loewe**
Clearly, we're going to be having meat.
**[19:15] Zenos**
For the record, I wasn't asking you three.
**[19:17] Zenos**
And are you serious about eating here?
**[19:35] Carmilla**
Well, I suppose I'll go upstairs and rest.
**[19:39] Carmilla**
But keep in mind that you're likely
the only one in all of the royal capital
**[19:44] Carmilla**
capable of getting the slum's leaders in line.
**[19:47] Zenos**
I feel like some kind of
dangerous animal wrangler.
**[19:50] Zenos**
I really hope we don't end up
with any more troublesome guests.
**[19:53] Carmilla**
"And with those words, Zenos the underground
healer had sealed his own fate."
**[19:58] Zenos**
Don't just drop ominous lines
like that before floating off!
**[20:11] Krishna**
Am I really in the slums?
**[20:16] Krishna**
You there. Can I ask you something?
**[20:18] Lizardman A**
Sure. What's up?
**[20:20] Krishna**
I haven't been in the slums in a while,
**[20:24] Krishna**
and things seem to have changed quite a bit.
**[20:26] Krishna**
You're getting along awfully well
with the werewolves and orcs.
**[20:30] Lizardman A**
Well, it turns out they're not
so bad once you get to know 'em.
**[20:34] Krishna**
But there was so much bad
blood before. What happened?
**[20:38] Lizardman A**
Well, y'know...
**[20:40] Lizardman A**
Look, I don't know who you are,
**[20:43] Lizardman A**
so I can't really tell you about it.
**[20:45] Lizardman A**
He's trying to keep a low profile, after all.
**[20:48] Krishna**
A low profile?
**[20:49] Lizardman A**
See ya.
**[20:51] Krishna**
Hold it. You're going to talk.
**[20:54] Krishna**
And no nonsense. Only answer
the questions I ask you.
**[20:57] Krishna**
Who's the mediator?
**[20:59] Lizardman A**
I'm not telling you.
**[21:01] Lizardman A**
We all owe him a lot.
**[21:04] Lizardman A**
You can shoot me, but—
**[21:05] Krishna**
This mediator has earned
quite a bit of loyalty, then.
**[21:08] Krishna**
So, who is he?
**[21:08] Zonde**
Talk about amazing.
**[21:11] Zophia**
Yeah, seriously.
**[21:11] Lizardman A**
Boss!
**[21:14] Krishna**
* Starting trouble in enemy*
* territory would be a bad idea.*
**[21:17] Krishna**
* Their arms should've been injured*
* beyond any hope of healing,*
**[21:21] Krishna**
* but from that glimpse I got,*
* they've fully recovered.*
**[21:26] Krishna**
*How is that possible?*
**[21:29] Krishna**
And now, what do I do next?
**[21:32] Krishna**
There are too many things I don't know.
**[21:35] Krishna**
Like where I am.
**[21:39] Zenos**
I'm getting chills for some reason.
**[21:42] Krishna**
Pardon me. I could use some directions.
**[21:45] Krishna**
I was in the slums, but before I knew it,
I was in an abandoned part of the city.
**[21:50] Zenos**
Yeah? That's rough.
**[21:52] Krishna**
Yes, I'm afraid a bad sense of
direction is my only real fault.
**[21:56] Zenos**
Is that right?
**[21:58] Krishna**
I noticed someone was in this house,
so I decided to ask for help.
**[22:01] Krishna**
Can you show me how to get back into town?
**[22:04] Zenos**
Okay, in that case—
**[22:05] Lily**
Zenos, do we have a patient?
**[22:07] Zenos**
No, just someone who got lost.
**[22:12] Krishna**
It seems I owe you thanks,
albeit coincidentally.
**[22:17] Lily**
The tea! Wait, no, Zenos!
**[22:20] Lily**
Zenos!
***SIGN*** A Righteous Hero
**[23:57] Zenos**
"A Righteous Hero."
# 4 - A Righteous Hero
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WJ9G/the-brilliant-healers-new-life-in-the-shadows)
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**[00:02] Krishna**
I never would've expected to run into
another target in a place like this.
**[00:06] Lily**
Zenos! Zenos?!
**[00:10] Krishna**
While I'm working on a
different, bigger case,
**[00:13] Krishna**
I've also been investigating a string
of children who've been kidnapped.
**[00:17] Lily**
Zenos didn't...
**[00:19] Krishna**
You're an elf child.
**[00:21] Krishna**
But he is a human.
**[00:23] Krishna**
That means you're not family.
**[00:25] Krishna**
So I've finally found him.
**[00:27] Krishna**
Clever trick, setting up shop in a desolate
place like this where no one is around.
**[00:31] Lily**
Y-You've got it all wrong!
**[00:32] Lily**
Zenos took me in!
**[00:34] Krishna**
Humanoid trafficking is illegal unless
conducted through proper channels.
**[00:37] Lily**
That's not what I meant!
**[00:39] Lily**
Zenos saved me!
**[00:42] Krishna**
What? Did I jump to conclusions?
**[00:44] Lily**
You really did!
**[00:46] Krishna**
Forgive me, then. That was a
round for apprehending suspects.
**[00:50] Krishna**
It shouldn't be lethal, but he
won't be waking up for a while.
**[00:53] Krishna**
I'm a perfectionist with my work,
**[00:55] Krishna**
but my short temper is my only real fault.
**[00:58] Zenos**
I thought you said your only real fault
was having a bad sense of direction?
**[01:03] Krishna**
What in the world?
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[02:38] Krishna**
What in the world?
**[02:41] Krishna**
My sincere apologies.
**[02:42] Krishna**
I seem to have jumped to conclusions.
**[02:45] Krishna**
I'm relieved you're all right, but... how?
**[02:47] Zenos**
I just used some defensive magic.
**[02:49] Krishna**
You must be kidding.
**[02:50] Krishna**
Defensive magic isn't capable
of stopping my magic guns.
**[02:54] Zenos**
I mean, as far as I know,
it was ordinary defensive magic.
**[02:57] Krishna**
Are you being serious?
**[03:04] Krishna**
You're definitely unhurt.
**[03:06] Krishna**
How is this possible?
**[03:08] Krishna**
So many things today have
been utterly inexplicable...
**[03:10] Zenos**
Getting shot by someone I've never met
before falls in that category for me.
**[03:16] Krishna**
Are you some sort of
renowned grand sorcerer?
**[03:18] Krishna**
Devoting your heart and soul to
defensive magic from an early age,
**[03:22] Krishna**
mastering your field of study,
earning you the name...
**[03:24] Krishna**
"He Who Worked Hard at Defensive Magic."
**[03:26] Zenos**
First, wrong. Second, your
naming sense is terrible.
**[03:29] Krishna**
My lack of naming talent is my only fault.
**[03:33] Zenos**
That's another one, isn't it?
**[03:34] Krishna**
That's the only explanation
that makes sense, though.
**[03:37] Krishna**
Though others may not be able to tell,
**[03:39] Krishna**
there's no deceiving the eyes of Vice Commander
Krishna of the Royal Order of Knights.
**[03:44] Lily/Zenos**
Vice Commander... of the
Royal Order of Knights?
**[03:47] Krishna**
Indeed. I believe you are Mr. Zenos, yes?
**[03:50] Krishna**
I'd appreciate it if you would
cooperate with my investigation.
**[03:55] Zenos**
* I put up a signal for everyone to stay*
* away, given the nature of the situation,*
**[03:59] Zenos**
* so I don't think they'll*
* waltz in here, but...*
**[04:02] Krishna**
I've actually come to the
slums on a secret mission.
**[04:06] Zenos**
Is that the kind of thing
you should be sharing?
**[04:09] Krishna**
My secret mission is to locate a certain
individual and take them into custody.
**[04:13] Zenos**
You're just laying it all out there, huh?
**[04:15] Krishna**
I doubt I can gain your cooperation
without sharing some degree of specifics.
**[04:19] Zenos**
I never said anything about cooperating...
**[04:22] Krishna**
It's the duty of every citizen to
cooperate with the Order of Knights!
**[04:25] Zenos**
*I guess she doesn't listen, either.*
**[04:28] Zenos**
So, who are you looking for?
**[04:31] Krishna**
The mediator.
**[04:33] Krishna**
Whoever ended the feud between
the factions in the slums.
**[04:37] Krishna**
What's wrong?
**[04:38] Zenos**
Oh, uh, it's nothing.
**[04:41] Zenos**
*You little...*
**[04:43] Krishna**
As a defender of order,
**[04:44] Krishna**
I can't ignore the appearance of
someone who wields that kind of power.
**[04:49] Krishna**
But I was unable to get anything out of the
demihumans, even after shaking them down.
**[04:53] Krishna**
Whoever this person is, they're
well-versed in how to control people...
**[04:56] Krishna**
Such deeds no doubt mark him
as a servant of the devil!
**[04:59] Zenos**
*A servant of the devil?*
**[05:01] Zenos**
The guy might just want
to avoid the spotlight.
**[05:05] Zenos**
Y'know, maybe he doesn't want attention?
**[05:07] Zenos**
Maybe leaving him be and not looking
too hard for him would be best.
**[05:10] Krishna**
Do you know the mediator?!
**[05:12] Zenos**
Nah, that's just my instinct talking!
**[05:18] Krishna**
Someone with the power to unify
the rival factions in the slums
**[05:21] Krishna**
could pose a threat to the
nation itself in time.
**[05:26] Lily**
I don't think they're thinking
of anything that big.
**[05:31] Lily**
They might be kind of a stickler
about money, but deep down,
**[05:34] Lily**
I bet they just don't like
seeing people get hurt.
**[05:39] Zenos**
Lily...
**[05:41] Krishna**
Do you know who the mediator is, elf girl?
**[05:43] Lily**
N-N-Nope! I don't know a thing!
**[05:49] Krishna**
No matter.
**[05:51] Krishna**
I anticipated having trouble
even finding his trail.
**[05:54] Zenos**
Maybe it's time for you to go.
I'll show you the way back to town.
**[05:58] Krishna**
You seem to want me gone.
**[06:00] Zenos**
W-Well, it's just... you've got
an important mission, right?
**[06:04] Krishna**
You have a point.
**[06:06] Krishna**
I should be on my way.
**[06:13] Krishna**
Why is there a bed down here?
**[06:16] Zenos**
It's, uh, an extra bed. I brought
it out here to throw it away.
**[06:20] Krishna**
In that case... I'd appreciate
you letting me use it.
**[06:26] Krishna**
I've actually had trouble
finding a base of operations.
**[06:28] Krishna**
Here, I'll be close to the slums
without attracting attention.
**[06:31] Krishna**
It's ideal for my investigation.
**[06:33] Krishna**
Of course, I will pay for my stay.
**[06:35] Krishna**
I need to find the root of this new evil,
the mediator, and capture him myself.
**[06:40] Zenos**
From servant of the devil
to the root of evil...
**[06:43] Carmilla**
"And so, as had become
so common at this point,
**[06:46] Carmilla**
the clinic welcomed a new, dangerous woman."
**[06:52] Lily**
It's nothing fancy, but...
**[06:53] Krishna**
I appreciate it.
**[06:56] Krishna**
Hot!
**[06:58] Krishna**
Pardon me.
**[06:59] Krishna**
My sensitivity to hot foods
and drinks is my one fault.
**[07:03] Zenos**
You have a lot of faults, huh?
**[07:04] Krishna**
What are you saying?
I only have one fault.
**[07:08] Zenos**
I see...
**[07:11] Zenos**
What's wrong, Lily?
**[07:13] Lily**
Zenos, lap.
**[07:20] Lily**
Zenos, my usual.
**[07:22] Zenos**
Your usual?
**[07:23] Lily**
My! Usual!
**[07:35] Carmilla**
It's jealousy.
**[07:36] Zenos**
Don't scare me like that!
**[07:37] Krishna**
Something wrong?
**[07:39] Zenos**
Uh, n-no, nothing.
**[07:41] Krishna**
I see.
**[07:42] Carmilla**
I've gone invisible and
am whispering in your ear.
**[07:46] Zenos**
Well, I wish you wouldn't.
It's bad for my heart.
**[07:48] Zenos**
So, why would Lily be jealous?
**[07:51] Carmilla**
She's trying to demonstrate her advantage
to this random new challenger!
**[07:54] Carmilla**
"I'm much closer to Zenos than you are!"
**[07:59] Carmilla**
She has no intention of accepting
this oddly haughty woman
**[08:02] Carmilla**
who blasted you at random with a magic gun!
**[08:04] Carmilla**
To say nothing of the contrast between
the dour attitude and the sensitive tongue!
**[08:09] Carmilla**
But what can she do? What's her next move?
**[08:12] Carmilla**
The bell is rung for this
battle between women!
**[08:14] Zenos**
Pipe down.
**[08:16] Lily**
Zenos, your tea's still hot,
**[08:19] Lily**
so I'll blow on it for you.
**[08:21] Lily**
Zenos, your hair's sticking up.
**[08:23] Lily**
I'll fix it for you.
**[08:26] Lily**
Zenos, here's an apple.
**[08:27] Lily**
I'll feed it to you!
**[08:34] Lily**
I'll just have to use the secret
weapon Carmilla taught me!
**[08:40] Lily**
Zenos... T-Tonight,
**[08:43] Lily**
I'm not going to let you sleep...
**[08:49] Krishna**
She's sound asleep.
**[08:51] Zenos**
Yeah.
**[08:54] Lily**
I win...
**[08:59] Zenos**
What is it?
**[09:00] Krishna**
You said that elf girl had
been caught by slave traders.
**[09:04] Krishna**
Do you know who they are?
**[09:06] Zenos**
No, I don't.
**[09:08] Krishna**
I see.
**[09:09] Krishna**
It seems like there's a hotbed for
child trafficking around here.
**[09:13] Zenos**
And that's why you shot me?
**[09:16] Krishna**
I'm sorry about that.
**[09:18] Krishna**
Having a short temper is my one fault.
**[09:21] Zenos**
It really does sound like you have a
lot of faults. Not that it matters.
**[09:25] Krishna**
I am meant to be a perfect member of the
royal guard, as well as a hero to the people.
**[09:29] Krishna**
I am allowed to have, at most, one fault.
**[09:33] Krishna**
I have a question.
**[09:35] Krishna**
You're a master mage who has
perfected defense magic, yes?
**[09:38] Zenos**
Not at all.
**[09:40] Krishna**
If someone was able to master healing
magic the way you've mastered defense,
**[09:44] Krishna**
would they be able to
fully regenerate an arm?
**[09:48] Zenos**
Uh, do other healers—
**[09:48] Krishna**
No, it can't be possible.
**[09:50] Krishna**
Not for anyone other than a Saint or a
handful of the highest-level top-secret healers.
**[09:55] Zenos**
What's it matter?
**[09:56] Krishna**
In a fight with Zophia the Tornado,
**[09:59] Krishna**
I did a fair amount of damage to her arm.
**[10:02] Krishna**
Yet when I saw her and
her minion in the slums,
**[10:04] Krishna**
their arms were completely back to normal.
**[10:06] Krishna**
If there's someone who can
heal those kinds of wounds,
**[10:10] Krishna**
their words might have real gravity.
**[10:14] Krishna**
Well, I can begin my investigation
in earnest tomorrow.
**[10:18] Krishna**
I will arrest this agitator of the slums,
and the original evil, the mediator.
**[10:24] Zenos**
The original evil?
These allegations keep leveling up...
**[10:28] Zenos**
What makes you feel so
threatened by the slums, anyway?
**[10:31] Krishna**
It's not much of a story.
**[10:34] Krishna**
My mother was killed by
someone who lived there.
**[10:39] Krishna**
She was a profoundly kind woman.
**[10:42] Krishna**
She visited the slums
daily to feed the hungry.
**[10:48] Krishna**
And one day, she returned as a corpse.
**[10:52] Krishna**
I was told it was a crime done
to steal her wedding ring.
**[10:56] Krishna**
She had saved so many from hunger,
**[11:00] Krishna**
but no one was there to save her.
**[11:03] Krishna**
That is why I decided that I would become
**[11:05] Krishna**
an invincible hero
capable of delivering justice
**[11:09] Krishna**
to the criminals of the slums,
**[11:11] Krishna**
so what happened to her would
never happen to anyone else.
**[11:13] Krishna**
I achieved distinction early on
**[11:15] Krishna**
and became the youngest vice commander
in the history of the Royal Knights.
**[11:19] Krishna**
My unbendable will regarding my duties
eventually earned me the nickname "Iron Rose."
**[11:26] Krishna**
Some people seem to use it to suggest
I'm unreasonable and don't listen,
**[11:30] Krishna**
but I know the other thing
attributed to that name.
**[11:35] Krishna**
My face is like an iron
mask, wouldn't you say?
**[11:40] Krishna**
Ever since that day,
I've had trouble smiling.
**[11:50] Krishna**
I'll be back tonight, then.
**[11:54] Carmilla**
Don't pay it any mind, Zenos.
**[11:56] Carmilla**
Her story isn't that unusual.
**[11:58] Carmilla**
When you live 300 years,
**[12:00] Carmilla**
you witness all the ways a
person's life can turn out.
**[12:04] Zenos**
You came down just to say that?
**[12:07] Zenos**
I appreciate it, Carmilla.
**[12:10] Carmilla**
I'm just not fond of all
this sentimental morbidity!
**[12:13] Carmilla**
What about the flag?
**[12:15] Zenos**
Well, I guess I'll take it down for now.
**[12:19] Zenos**
Try to be more careful, okay?
**[12:21] Zophia**
Sorry, Doc.
**[12:23] Zophia**
By the way, one of my boys mentioned
that the knight I told you about—
**[12:26] Krishna**
Mr. Zenos, I'm sorry, but I got lost and...
**[12:31] Zophia**
Iron Rose! What are you doing here?!
**[12:31] Zophia**
Zophia the Tornado, what are you doing here?!
**[12:35] Zenos**
I-It's not what you think!
**[12:37] Carmilla**
You sound like a husband caught cheating.
**[12:39] Lily**
This lady says... sh-she got lost, too!
**[12:43] Krishna**
She got lost and ended up here?
**[12:45] Krishna**
She must be quite directionless.
**[12:46] Zenos**
Yeah, *you* are.
**[12:48] Zophia**
You heard the girl. There a problem?
**[12:49] Zophia**
I just got lost and was
asking for directions.
**[12:53] Krishna**
What happened to your
arm, Zophia the Tornado?
**[12:57] Krishna**
I believe that it was the
mediator who healed it.
**[13:01] Krishna**
The person gathering up
the criminal elements
**[13:03] Krishna**
of the slums to threaten
its innocent residents.
**[13:07] Zophia**
Threaten the residents of the slums?
**[13:10] Zophia**
I'm a two-bit rogue, so I probably
don't have a leg to stand on here,
**[13:13] Zophia**
but you can find crooks
on all rungs of society.
**[13:16] Krishna**
What are you getting at?
**[13:17] Zophia**
I hear the Royal Knights are investigating
the child trafficking ring,
**[13:22] Zophia**
but did you know that their
boss was an aristocrat?
**[13:25] Krishna**
The child trafficking ring
is centered in the slums.
**[13:28] Zophia**
That's just where the rank and file
operate to throw off the scent.
**[13:31] Krishna**
I find that hard to believe.
**[13:33] Zophia**
I bet.
**[13:34] Zophia**
It's not like you'd ever
listen to us, anyway.
**[13:37] Krishna**
Who do you claim it is, then?
**[13:39] Zophia**
Calendor.
**[13:41] Krishna**
Even more ridiculous.
**[13:43] Krishna**
He's a philanthropist who's
passionate about educating orphans.
**[13:46] Zophia**
The way you only look at the surface
is what makes you easy to trick.
**[13:50] Zophia**
Not the mediator, though.
**[13:52] Zophia**
They never judged any of
us because of our status
**[13:55] Zophia**
or the way we look.
**[13:56] Zophia**
All they ever did was save
the people who needed it.
**[14:00] Zophia**
Hell, as much as I hate to admit it,
**[14:03] Zophia**
he'd probably save your life,
too, if you were hurt.
**[14:05] Zophia**
Just not for free.
**[14:07] Zophia**
Nothing like you, who's convinced
that all evil comes from the slums.
**[14:11] Zophia**
Your idea of justice is a joke.
**[14:14] Krishna**
How dare you?
**[14:18] Krishna**
Mr. Zenos, stand aside.
**[14:20] Zenos**
Sorry, but that's not happening.
**[14:22] Zenos**
Zophia is one of my patients.
**[14:24] Krishna**
Patients?
**[14:26] Krishna**
I'm sorry for not telling
you sooner, Krishna.
**[14:29] Krishna**
I'm the mediator.
**[14:30] Krishna**
You're the mediator?
**[14:33] Zenos**
Yeah.
**[14:34] Krishna**
Inconceivable. The mediator
is a master of healing magic.
**[14:38] Krishna**
But your specialty is defensive magic.
**[14:41] Krishna**
It'd be impossible to wield two
schools of magic at such a high level.
**[14:44] Zenos**
I'm not exactly a master, and both
defense and healing are about
**[14:47] Zenos**
amplifying the body's natural functions,
so they're basically the same.
**[14:51] Krishna**
I've never heard that kind of
logic in any of my magic lessons.
**[14:55] Krishna**
But one thing that's clear is that you've
sided with the demihumans and the mediator.
**[15:02] Krishna**
I'll find a different place to work from.
**[15:04] Zenos**
Krishna...
**[15:06] Krishna**
The people need a perfect hero.
**[15:09] Krishna**
And I am no joke.
**[15:16] Lily**
She's headed in the opposite
direction from the slums...
**[15:20] Zenos**
She could get lost on a one-way street.
**[15:24] Zenos**
Wait, is she...
**[15:29] Calendor**
A sudden visit from the Vice Commander of the
Royal Order of the Knights is quite a surprise.
**[15:35] Krishna**
Lord Calendor, are you aware that there have
been thieves operating in this area as of late?
**[15:40] Calendor**
I did hear something about
a band of lizardman thieves.
**[15:44] Krishna**
Yes. It is our intention to
increase local security.
**[15:48] Krishna**
We'd appreciate it if you and your
fellow nobles would be more careful.
**[15:55] Krishna**
As part of that, I'd like to do a
security assessment of your manor.
**[15:59] Calendor**
A splendid idea!
**[16:02] Calendor**
That said, if you had told me beforehand,
I could've been better prepared.
**[16:06] Krishna**
Our intent is to get the best
grasp of the usual level of security.
**[16:09] Krishna**
I beg your pardon, but a surprise
inspection would be more effective.
**[16:14] Calendor**
Very well, then!
**[16:17] Krishna**
* Zophia the Tornado claimed Lord*
* Calendor was the ringleader,*
**[16:21] Krishna**
*but I'm wasting my time here.*
**[16:24] Calendor**
What do you say, Lady Krishna?
**[16:26] Krishna**
Your security is quite thorough.
**[16:28] Krishna**
If I had to point anything
out, it'd be the distri—
**[16:32] Calendor**
Is something wrong?
**[16:34] Krishna**
No, not a thing.
**[16:36] Krishna**
Would it be all right if I used your
washroom before I take my leave?
**[16:39] Calendor**
By all means.
**[16:41] Krishna**
* Lord Calendor sits somewhere in the*
* upper-mid echelon of the aristocracy.*
**[16:45] Krishna**
*GIven that, it's odd how much security he has.*
**[16:47] Krishna**
*And then there's the distribution of it.*
**[16:49] Krishna**
* The rear entrance seems to have*
* a lot more guards than the front.*
**[16:54] Krishna**
*It couldn't be...*
**[17:08] Krishna**
Oh, no.
**[17:14] Girl**
Who's there? S-Someone scary?
**[17:16] Krishna**
It's all right. I'm not here to hurt you.
**[17:20] Girl**
Who are you?
**[17:22] Krishna**
Me? I'm a hero, here to save you.
**[17:31] Calendor**
The magic guns you royal knights
use are quite powerful!
**[17:36] Calendor**
This will be perfect for
threatening the children, too.
**[17:42] Calendor**
I can't say I appreciate a mere knight like
you sniffing about the business of a noble.
**[17:47] Calendor**
Your job is to stay quiet
and keep the rabble in line!
**[17:53] Calendor**
The flawless Iron Rose,
reduced to a wounded heap!
**[17:57] Krishna**
*I'm sorry, children.*
**[18:01] Krishna**
*Mother...*
**[18:02] Krishna**
*I... wasn't able to be a real hero.*
**[18:07] Zophia**
Aw, damn, she's still alive?
**[18:09] Zophia**
We should've taken a bit longer to get here.
**[18:12] Krishna**
Zophia the Tornado?
**[18:15] Krishna**
W-Why?
**[18:16] Zenos**
This was a crazy move.
**[18:18] Zenos**
You don't disappoint, and that's
not meant as a compliment.
**[18:22] Zenos**
I went out of my way for this house call.
**[18:24] Zenos**
It's going to cost a lot, so brace yourself.
**[18:27] Calendor**
Who are you people?!
**[18:29] Zenos**
Don't worry about me.
**[18:30] Zenos**
I'm just an unremarkable healer.
**[18:31] Zophia**
And I just showed him the way.
**[18:34] Calendor**
E-Enough comedy!
**[18:35] Calendor**
You're a lizardman, right?
**[18:38] Calendor**
No one will complain if I kill
some thief from the slums.
**[18:42] Calendor**
Now, stand down!
**[18:51] Calendor**
Fool!
**[18:52] Zenos**
That actually kinda hurt.
**[18:54] Calendor**
What?!
**[18:56] Calendor**
You... Wh-Why?! Why isn't it working?!
**[19:00] Calendor**
Why?! Why?! Why?!
**[19:11] Calendor**
What is this? What in the world are you?!
**[19:17] Calendor**
A low-born dog like you dares to
point that gun at an aristocrat?!
**[19:21] Zenos**
I hear you shouldn't shoot at people
unless you're prepared to be shot.
**[19:24] Calendor**
W-Wait! I-I'll do whatever you
want! Just lower the gun!
**[19:29] Zenos**
Well, to be honest, we've just met,
**[19:32] Zenos**
and it's not like I have some
old grudge against you.
**[19:35] Zenos**
The only thing I have against you is that
you were blasting at me a second ago.
**[19:38] Calendor**
F-Forgive me!
**[19:41] Calendor**
And that's an apology from someone of
my standing! Now, please, show mercy.
**[19:45] Zenos**
Nope.
**[19:46] Calendor**
Wh-Why?!
**[19:48] Calendor**
I-I know! I just need to apologize
to the woman, too, right?
**[19:53] Calendor**
I was wrong.
**[19:55] Calendor**
I got carried away when I fired
on you. Please, forgive me.
**[20:01] Zenos**
That was a pretty poor
excuse for an apology,
**[20:03] Zenos**
but I see someone else that you
really ought to be apologizing to.
**[20:07] Calendor**
A-And who would that be?!
**[20:10] Zenos**
Since you can't seem to figure
it out, you get punished.
**[20:13] Zenos**
What did you think you were
doing with my future patients?!
**[20:21] Krishna**
Did you... kill him?
**[20:24] Zenos**
The limiter was on, so he shouldn't be dead.
**[20:26] Zenos**
It's not my duty to judge him anyway, right?
**[20:30] Krishna**
It's... too late for me...
**[20:34] Krishna**
Report what's happened...
to the Royal Knights...
**[20:36] Zenos**
Nah, that sounds like a lot of work.
**[20:39] Zenos**
I'll let you take care of it.
**[20:41] Zenos**
Your left arm, along with a chunk of
your torso, and the organs to match.
**[20:46] Zenos**
Such a defeated look after
a little hit like this?
**[20:49] Zenos**
So much for the Iron Rose.
**[20:52] Zenos**
Don't be shocked when
you get my invoice, okay?
**[20:54] Krishna**
Mr. Zenos... Just who are you?
**[20:58] Zenos**
Quiet. I'm trying to concentrate.
**[21:01] Krishna**
You're a hero...
**[21:02] Zenos**
Nothing that extravagant.
**[21:04] Zenos**
I'm just an underground healer
working out of a run-down clinic.
**[21:10] Krishna**
Unbelievable.
**[21:11] Krishna**
This kind of incredible healing...
**[21:14] Krishna**
You really must be the mediator, Mr. Zenos.
**[21:16] Zenos**
I literally told you that.
**[21:18] Krishna**
I was no hero at all.
**[21:21] Krishna**
I know now that a perfect
hero is someone like you.
**[21:25] Zenos**
There's no such thing as
a perfect hero, anyway.
**[21:28] Zenos**
People who fight for the sake of something
are gonna get hurt, one way or another.
**[21:32] Zenos**
That's why they need healers like me.
**[21:34] Zenos**
Or so I was taught, anyway.
**[21:37] Zenos**
I think, to them, you're the hero here.
**[21:40] Krishna**
Them?
**[21:42] Girl**
Wh-What happened?
Is the hero lady still there?
**[21:47] Zenos**
You were the first one to take action.
**[21:49] Zenos**
That makes you the hero in this case.
**[21:51] Krishna**
I'm... I...
**[21:56] Krishna**
K-Kids! It's all right! I'm still okay!
I'll get you out of there soon!
**[22:02] Kids**
Thank you, hero!
**[22:05] Krishna**
All this time, I thought my
mother was a pitiable victim.
**[22:08] Krishna**
But... her eyes were always shining.
**[22:12] Krishna**
She would feed the children of the slums
with food that she made herself.
**[22:16] Zenos**
Yeah. Just like you're a hero to these kids,
**[22:20] Zenos**
I bet she was someone's hero, too.
**[22:23] Krishna**
My mother was... awkward, panicky,
short-tempered, forgetful,
**[22:30] Krishna**
and full of faults, really...
**[22:33] Krishna**
But still... in spite of it all,
I know for a fact that she was my hero.
**[22:48] Zophia**
Doc, the royal knights are gonna
catch on to the fuss any time now.
**[22:52] Zenos**
Yeah. It's time for us to
slink back into the shadows.
**[22:55] Krishna**
Mr. Zenos!
**[23:00] Krishna**
Mr. Zenos, why did you save me?
**[23:04] Zenos**
Unpaid bills.
**[23:07] Zenos**
You said you were gonna pay for
using the clinic's bed, remember?
**[23:10] Zenos**
If you got yourself killed,
I wouldn't be able to collect.
**[23:13] Zenos**
I'm adding the fee for healing you to the
cost. Make sure you pay it all back at once.
**[23:17] Krishna**
The money I owed you...
**[23:28] Zenos**
Looks like you can smile after all.
**[23:31] Krishna**
I see. I'm smiling now, huh?
**[23:36] Zenos**
Still looks pretty awkward, though.
**[23:38] Zophia**
Hell, I think it makes
you look even creepier.
**[23:42] Krishna**
Wh-What do you want?
**[23:43] Krishna**
It's been a long time since I've smiled.
**[23:46] Krishna**
Not being good at it is my only...
**[23:49] Krishna**
No...
**[23:51] Krishna**
Just one of my many faults!
***SIGN*** A Place To Belong
**[23:57] ---**
"A Place To Belong."
# 5 - A Place To Belong
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WJ9G/the-brilliant-healers-new-life-in-the-shadows)
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**[00:03] Lily**
Zenos, I'm looking forward
to buying some new tea!
**[00:06] Zenos**
Yeah? Well, I'm looking
forward to you making it.
**[00:32] (Flashback) Aston**
Hey. What are you doing?
**[00:35] (Flashback) Zenos**
Nothing.
**[00:37] (Flashback) Aston**
Well, if you're not doing anything,
how about adventuring with us?
**[00:42] (Flashback) Aston**
It's not like you've got
anywhere else to be, right?
**[00:45] (Flashback) Zenos**
I heard people from the slums
couldn't become adventurers.
**[00:48] (Flashback) Aston**
Normally, yeah.
**[00:50] (Flashback) Aston**
But I think that if you're
motivated and have the skills,
**[00:53] (Flashback) Aston**
then your status doesn't matter.
**[00:55] (Flashback) Aston**
Is there anything you can do?
**[00:58] (Flashback) Zenos**
I know a bit of healing magic.
**[01:01] (Flashback) Aston**
Healing magic?
**[01:04] (Flashback) Aston**
Poor folks can't afford
that kind of education.
**[01:06] (Flashback) Aston**
There's no way.
**[01:08] (Flashback) Aston**
Well, you can join our party.
**[01:11] (Flashback) Aston**
I don't expect you to contribute much.
**[01:14] (Flashback) Aston**
I just really want a slave.
**[01:38] Aston**
*These kinds of creatures are nothing to me.*
**[01:42] Aston**
*But, man...*
**[01:44] Aston**
* He really is useless. Like lugging*
* a bunch of baggage around.*
**[01:50] Aston**
*It's about time...*
**[01:54] (Flashback) Aston**
We don't need you anymore.
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[03:29] Aston**
Why's this damn place so far out of the way?
**[03:32] Aston**
I know this is our chance to
earn points with one of
**[03:35] Aston**
the seven great nobles,
but it feels like a waste of energy.
**[03:39] Guile**
I'm still feeling the wine from last night...
**[03:41] Yuma**
The sooner we wrap this up, the
sooner we can get back to drinking.
**[03:45] Andres**
Sounds good.
**[03:46] Andres**
Did you see the way the bar maid's eyes lit up
when we said we were the Golden Phoenix?
**[03:51] Aston**
Looks like slaying multiple magic beasts
without taking so much as a scratch
**[03:55] Aston**
has made us big news,
even all the way out in the sticks.
**[04:00] Aston**
There they are.
**[04:07] Aston**
Let's kill these things and get
their hides to Lord Fennel!
**[04:13] Aston**
Guile, just to be safe,
whip up some defensive magic!
**[04:16] Guile**
You got it!
**[04:18] Guile**
Come forth, force!
**[04:19] Guile**
Become an unyielding shield to repel all that
would do harm, as the spirit of lofty aspiration!
**[04:25] Guile**
Encase!
**[04:29] Aston**
Your pitiful attacks aren't gonna...
**[04:33] Aston**
It burns!
**[04:35] Aston**
What the hell?!
**[04:39] Aston**
Andres, hurry up with the attack magic!
**[04:42] Andres**
I-I am! I hereby defy the laws of
creation and shake the foundation of—
**[04:46] Aston**
*Useless fool! Maybe I oughta fire him, too!*
**[04:51] Aston**
Guile! Where's the damn defense magic?!
**[04:54] Guile**
I-I'm casting it! But it doesn't
seem to be working well...
**[04:57] Aston**
Because you're hungover?!
Are you kidding me?!
**[05:01] Aston**
*Damn it, they're all worthless!*
**[05:04] Aston**
No other choice. We're pulling out for now!
**[05:11] Aston**
How the hell were you struggling
against magic beasts rated only B+?!
**[05:15] Andres**
You weren't doing much, either!
**[05:19] Guile**
Look, I'm just throwing it out there,
**[05:21] Guile**
but Zenos couldn't have actually been
using healing magic on us, right?
**[05:25] Aston**
There's no way in hell.
**[05:27] Aston**
Still, maybe we should hire a healer...
**[05:31] Aston**
The real deal, and not some
worthless peasant like Zenos.
**[05:41] Aston**
It took us ten days to get here.
**[05:43] Aston**
You said your name was Umin, right?
You'd better make yourself useful.
**[05:47] Umin**
I wouldn't expect too much.
**[05:49] Umin**
I normally heal in the capital.
**[05:52] Umin**
I just happen to have an adventuring license.
**[05:55] Umin**
I'm curious as to why the Golden Phoenix, who
are famous for coming out of battle unscathed,
**[06:00] Umin**
would need the support of a
mid-ranked healer like myself.
**[06:04] Aston**
A lot's happened, all right?
**[06:07] Guile**
Hey, is Yuma gonna be okay?
**[06:10] Umin**
Your archer friend?
**[06:12] Umin**
He should survive, but I don't think
he'll be adventuring ever again.
**[06:17] Aston**
That just proves he wasn't
Golden Phoenix material.
**[06:22] Aston**
The loss of an archer
won't make a difference.
**[06:24] Aston**
Guile defends, I attack,
**[06:27] Aston**
and Andres uses attack magic for the kill.
**[06:30] Aston**
Lord Fennel wants a scarf made of firefox
fur for his daughter's birthday present.
**[06:37] Aston**
And I am not missing my chance to
get in good with the upper crust!
**[06:45] Aston**
I'll cut 'em in two with my
treasured sword, Hunber!
**[06:49] Aston**
What?!
**[06:50] Aston**
An ambush?
**[06:54] Aston**
Guile! Defenses!
**[07:07] Umin**
Mr. Andres!
**[07:09] Aston**
* Defensive magic is no reason*
* to get careless, damn it!*
**[07:13] Aston**
*Why can't I hit them?! Why?!*
**[07:18] Aston**
*My body feels sluggish. But why—*
**[07:20] Umin**
Hey!
**[07:21] Umin**
Mr. Andres is going to be in real
trouble without proper healing!
**[07:25] Aston**
*Why? Why?!*
**[07:25] Guile**
What's the call, Aston?!
**[07:27] Umin**
You can't be serious about continuing this!
**[07:28] Aston**
*Why?! Why isn't it working?!*
**[07:33] Aston**
Are you even trying?!
**[07:34] Umin**
The defensive magic was in effect!
**[07:37] Umin**
If it wasn't, he would've died on impact.
**[07:40] Aston**
Well, a fat lot of good it does
if he still gets hurt so bad!
**[07:42] Aston**
You're a healer, so heal him already!
**[07:45] Umin**
I have to cast and enchant the spell
based on the condition of injury!
**[07:49] Umin**
I've done what I can for now,
**[07:51] Umin**
but he needs to be taken to a hospital with
specially prepared magic circles, and soon!
**[07:55] Aston**
We don't have time for that.
Fix him right now.
**[07:58] Umin**
Do you even realize what you're asking?
**[08:01] Umin**
Even the upper echelon of healers couldn't
restore him in this environment.
**[08:04] Umin**
The only ones capable of that are a select
few elite healers, or maybe a Saint.
**[08:11] Aston**
* We've been taking damage*
* ever since I kicked him out.*
**[08:15] Aston**
*But it can't be that...*
**[08:16] Aston**
Hey, could there be someone
capable of this elite healing magic,
**[08:21] Aston**
but without a healing license?
**[08:23] Umin**
It's hard to imagine, but... do you
have reason to believe there is?
**[08:27] Aston**
*What am I even saying?*
**[08:29] Aston**
* There's no way that peasant*
* could've done all that.*
**[08:32] Aston**
*I'm overthinking it.*
**[08:33] Aston**
*He was just the party's slave.*
**[08:40] Fennel**
* It seems I was a fool for*
* placing my hopes in your group.*
**[08:43] Fennel**
* Begone, and don't darken*
* my doorstep ever again.*
**[08:47] Aston**
P-Please, just hang on!
**[08:49] Aston**
Let me speak to Lord Fennel directly!
**[08:51] Messenger**
I'm afraid milady's birthday
has already passed.
**[08:55] Messenger**
What could you possibly say at this point?
**[08:58] Aston**
But—
**[08:58] Messenger**
Sir Aston.
**[09:00] Messenger**
Lord Fennel's disappointment is not rooted
entirely in your failed hunting attempts.
**[09:06] Messenger**
If you had judged the task impossible
and reported it as such,
**[09:09] Messenger**
he could've avoided the
embarrassment of having nothing
**[09:13] Messenger**
prepared for his daughter's birthday.
**[09:15] Aston**
* How am I supposed to say "no" when it's a*
* chance to get in with a big-shot aristocrat?!*
**[09:20] Aston**
I-It's not like that! We had a traitor!
**[09:23] Aston**
That bastard Zenos got in our way!
**[09:24] Messenger**
Zenos?
**[09:26] Aston**
* That's right. I never gave Zenos's name*
* to make sure no one found out*
**[09:31] Aston**
* that someone from the*
* slums was in the party!*
**[09:34] Aston**
I-It's nothing, sir.
**[09:36] Aston**
Please, just give us another chance!
**[09:40] Aston**
* I can't believe I'm having to bow*
* my head to a damned servant!*
**[09:44] Messenger**
And what, pray tell, can a party with only
half its members intact do to make amends?
**[09:49] Aston**
You don't have to worry about that!
**[09:51] Aston**
We'll be recruiting members
to make up for the losses soon.
**[09:54] Aston**
Next time, we'll be sure to get the job done!
**[10:01] Guile**
Hey, are you sure you
should've said all that?
**[10:04] Guile**
We don't have any leads yet.
**[10:06] Aston**
Don't worry about it.
**[10:07] Aston**
There was one other member
of the party, remember?
**[10:10] Aston**
Our slave.
**[10:12] Guile**
You mean Zenos?
**[10:13] Aston**
He'll be desperate to get back with us.
**[10:15] Aston**
He'll be weeping with gratitude
the moment I offer.
**[10:18] Guile**
That's a great idea, Aston!
**[10:20] Aston**
* I don't believe Zenos was*
* keeping this party going.*
**[10:23] Aston**
*I refuse to believe it.*
**[10:25] Aston**
* But the fact is, everything was*
* going smoothly with him around.*
**[10:29] Aston**
I'll use him like I did when we started out
and regain all the fame that we've lost.
**[10:34] Aston**
The phoenix will rise again!
**[10:38] Aston**
I'm coming to get you personally.
**[10:41] Aston**
Be grateful, Zenos.
**[10:46] BG Characters{unmarked ad}**
You doing anything?
**[10:46] BG Characters{unmarked ad}**
Not a thing.
**[10:47] BG Characters{unmarked ad}**
Come on, I'm not asking that much.
**[10:53] Guile**
Hey, I'm starting to think Zenos might've
already died in a ditch somewhere.
**[10:57] Aston**
Nah, he might still be alive.
**[10:59] Aston**
I did give him that gold
coin as severance pay.
**[11:03] Aston**
I could almost cry at the thought
of how generous I was.
**[11:06] Guile**
The slums aren't exactly small, though.
**[11:09] Guile**
How do we find him?
**[11:10] Aston**
I've got the perfect idea for that.
**[11:12] Aston**
We hire the three demihuman
bosses to help find him.
**[11:17] Aston**
Crooks like that are always
**[11:19] Aston**
on top of everything that
goes on in the slums.
**[11:21] Guile**
That makes sense! Good idea, Aston.
**[11:26] Lizardman**
Boss, this human wants to hire us.
**[11:30] Zophia**
A job?
**[11:32] Zophia**
I'm kinda busy, y'know.
I was about to go see the doc.
**[11:37] Aston**
*Damn, she's fine.*
**[11:39] Aston**
* Wouldn't mind having her in my*
* harem once I become an aristocrat.*
**[11:43] Aston**
I'm Aston, the leader of the Golden
Phoenix, a gold-class adventuring party.
**[11:49] Zophia**
That's an awful lot of qualifications.
**[11:52] Zophia**
Sun's gonna set before you're
done introducing yourself.
**[11:54] Zophia**
Let's get down to business already.
**[11:57] Aston**
I want you to find someone for me.
**[11:59] Aston**
A man named Zenos.
**[12:01] Aston**
He would've made his way into
the slums about two months ago.
**[12:08] Zophia**
Oh, I see what this is!
**[12:10] Zophia**
You're the idiots who kicked
the doc out of your party!
**[12:14] Zophia**
You certainly look dumb enough.
**[12:17] Aston**
Say what?!
**[12:20] Zophia**
Run on home.
**[12:22] Zophia**
The person you're looking for has better
things to do than put up with your nonsense.
**[12:27] Zophia**
And frankly, so do I.
**[12:29] Aston**
Who do you think you're talking to?!
**[12:33] Zophia**
And do you realize who *you're* talking to?
**[12:37] Aston**
This is a waste of time!
**[12:40] Guile**
What was that, Aston?!
**[12:42] Aston**
How should I know?!
**[12:45] Lynga**
Oh, so you're the party that was
stupid enough to kick Sir Zenos out!
**[12:50] Lynga**
Lynga thinks you'd be better off dying
and reincarnating as toilet roaches.
**[12:55] Aston**
You know Zenos, too?
**[12:58] Lynga**
Sir Zenos has no business
with toilet roaches.
**[13:00] Lynga**
If you know what's good for
you, you'll run on home.
**[13:02] Aston**
Say what?!
**[13:04] Lynga**
You wanna go?
**[13:06] Lynga**
Lynga has no time for toilet roaches, either.
**[13:08] Aston**
Damn it!
**[13:10] Guile**
What is going on?!
**[13:15] Loewe**
Oh? So you're the trash that kicked Zenos out?
**[13:20] Loewe**
What business do you have
with him after all this time?
**[13:25] Guile**
Wh-Who do you think—
**[13:26] Aston**
Stop talking, Guile.
**[13:29] Loewe**
Hey. If I find out you've
been harassing Zenos...
**[13:32] Loewe**
We orcs won't take too kindly
to that sort of thing.
**[13:36] Guile**
Aston...
**[13:37] Aston**
Not a word!
**[13:38] Aston**
* The three leaders of the demihuman*
* gangs all love Zenos?*
**[13:42] Aston**
*That can't be right! It must be someone else!*
**[13:46] Aston**
*Some other guy named Zenos!*
**[13:48] Aston**
* There's no way that peasant*
* has this kind of sway!*
**[13:53] Guile**
H-Hey, Aston...
**[13:58] Aston**
Zenos!
**[14:00] Zenos**
This way, Lily.
**[14:02] Lily**
Wait up, Zenos! I'm still having
trouble learning the streets.
**[14:07] Zenos**
The slums can be kind of
complicated in terms of layout.
**[14:09] Lily**
I'm surprised you know them so well.
**[14:12] Lily**
Is it because you used to live here?
**[14:14] Aston**
Hey! Zenos!
**[14:18] Zenos**
Is that you, Aston? And Guile?
**[14:21] Aston**
You're damn right it is.
**[14:23] Aston**
Looks like you managed to
survive somehow, Zenos.
**[14:27] Zenos**
What brings you to the slums?
**[14:29] Aston**
Good question. Care to guess?
**[14:32] Zenos**
Not really, no.
**[14:34] Zenos**
Well, I'm kind of busy, so...
**[14:36] Aston**
G-Get back here!
**[14:39] Aston**
I came for *you*, damn it!
**[14:41] Zenos**
What?
**[14:42] Aston**
I was looking for you!
**[14:44] Zenos**
Why?
**[14:45] Aston**
Congratulations! I'm going to let
you rejoin the Golden Phoenix!
**[14:49] Zenos**
No, thanks.
**[14:49] Aston**
Don't go bawling in gratitude—
**[14:52] Aston**
Wait, what?!
**[14:53] Aston**
Did I hear that right?!
Did you turn me down?!
**[14:57] Zenos**
Yeah, I did.
**[14:58] Aston**
Why?!
**[14:59] Zenos**
You even have to ask?
**[15:00] Zenos**
Unreasonable treatment and next to no pay.
There's basically nothing in it for me.
**[15:05] Zenos**
Wouldn't most people say "no"?
**[15:06] Aston**
That's not what I mean! I'm offering
you a chance to come back! Me!
**[15:10] Zenos**
Look, if you're that desperate,
**[15:12] Zenos**
I don't mind accompanying you on a
quest when I have some free time.
**[15:17] Zenos**
But you'll actually pay me this time, right?
**[15:18] Aston**
Huh? What are you even—
**[15:20] Zenos**
50,000 wen for every healing.
**[15:23] Zenos**
A million for critical injuries.
**[15:25] Zenos**
Triple that cost if you need
defensive and buff magic.
**[15:28] Zenos**
Don't expect a discount.
**[15:30] Aston**
Who do you think you are?!
**[15:31] Aston**
It's not like you have a
place around here, either!
**[15:35] Lizardman**
Dr. Zenos! How ya doing?
**[15:38] Zenos**
Hey. How's your leg feeling?
**[15:40] Lizardman**
Pretty great, thanks to you!
**[15:42] Zenos**
Glad to hear it.
**[15:44] Kid A**
Zenos, come play with us!
**[15:46] Kid B**
Who are those strangers?
**[15:49] Adult A**
Hey, Doc!
**[15:50] Adult A**
Appreciate you always patching me up.
**[15:53] Aston**
Hey!
**[15:53] Lily**
Zenos, these old guys are pretty noisy, huh?
**[15:57] Aston**
I am not old!
**[15:59] Zenos**
Well, let's head on back.
**[16:01] Aston**
Are you serious about not coming back?!
**[16:04] Aston**
When it's *me* making the offer?!
**[16:07] Aston**
I was the one who took you in!
Gave you a place to belong!
**[16:11] Aston**
It was all me!
**[16:12] Zenos**
Sorry, Aston,
**[16:14] Zenos**
but it's too late.
**[16:20] Aston**
Don't you ignore me.
**[16:22] Aston**
Get back here, Zeno—
**[16:26] Krishna**
Bold of you to attack someone
right in front of me.
**[16:30] Krishna**
The royal knights can't overlook that.
**[16:33] Zenos**
Huh? What brings you around, Krishna?
**[16:36] Krishna**
I came to see you.
**[16:38] Zenos**
But... I don't live around here.
**[16:41] Krishna**
I got lost.
**[16:42] Krishna**
That said, I managed to run into you, so my
lack of direction has paid off this time.
**[16:46] Zenos**
That's one way of looking at it.
**[16:50] Aston**
* She's supposed to be the youngest vice*
* commander in the history of the royal knights...*
**[16:54] Aston**
*So why is she so friendly with Zenos?*
**[16:57] Aston**
*Just what are you?!*
**[17:01] Krishna**
Now, I'm taking you to the nearest
station for attempted assault.
**[17:06] Aston**
It's not like that! I didn't
want to, but he forced me!
**[17:12] Aston**
*Don't you... Don't you ignore me,*
**[17:15] Aston**
*Zenos!*
**[17:19] Zophia**
Come to think of it, the crew that kicked
Doc out came calling on me the other day.
**[17:24] Lynga**
They came to see Lynga, too.
**[17:26] Lynga**
And they really did look stupid.
**[17:28] Loewe**
I had an encounter with
this trash party, as well.
**[17:32] Zenos**
You three don't hold back, huh?
**[17:35] Zophia**
I had a bad feeling, so I asked
some of my boys to watch them,
**[17:40] Zophia**
but they lost the trail.
**[17:42] Lynga**
Same for Lynga. Even werewolves'
noses have lost their scent.
**[17:46] Loewe**
They've managed to stay out of
the net cast by my orcs, as well.
**[17:50] Lily**
Maybe they just went home?
**[17:52] Zophia**
That'd be great, but if they went digging
even deeper, we might be in for trouble.
**[17:57] Lily**
Deeper?
**[17:59] Carmilla**
She means the underground guild.
**[18:00] Lily**
The underground guild?
**[18:02] Zophia**
It's a guild that handles illegal tasks.
**[18:05] Loewe**
The true bottom of the depths, which even
our demihuman gangs don't trifle with.
**[18:08] Lynga**
They'll do anything for the right price,
**[18:12] Lynga**
which is why Lynga hates them.
**[18:13] Zophia**
Drug deals, assassination,
revenge by proxy...
**[18:19] Lily**
Then if those loud old men go to the
underground guild and ask for something bad...
**[18:24] Zenos**
You need a lot of money to hire people
through the underground guild.
**[18:27] Carmilla**
Indeed. And if he bothered
to seek you out, Zenos,
**[18:31] Carmilla**
I'd wager this fellow's
finances are rather depleted.
**[18:35] Carmilla**
Which would mean he can't
afford that kind of trouble.
**[18:38] Lily**
Th-That's a relief.
**[18:40] Lily**
Then we don't have to worry...
**[18:43] Lily**
Zophia?
**[18:44] Zophia**
Well, I was remembering how
I've been hearing about someone
**[18:48] Zophia**
who will take jobs under certain
conditions, even without pay.
**[18:52] Zophia**
I think they called themselves... the Guide.
**[18:59] Lily**
Can't sleep?
**[19:01] Zenos**
Lily? You're still awake?
**[19:04] Lily**
I was asleep. But when I woke up,
I saw the lights were on...
**[19:09] Lily**
Want some tea? Or would that
make it even harder to sleep?
**[19:14] Zenos**
Actually, I would like some.
**[19:25] Lily**
How is it?
**[19:26] Zenos**
As good as always. I appreciate it.
**[19:36] Zenos**
What?
**[19:37] Lily**
When I can't sleep, you stroke my head.
I'm returning the favor.
**[19:42] Zenos**
Then I think I'll get a good
night's sleep after all.
**[20:01] Carmilla**
Unable to sleep, Zenos?
**[20:04] Zenos**
You're up, too?
**[20:05] Carmilla**
Well, there were three cups of tea prepared.
**[20:08] Carmilla**
How could I refuse?
**[20:10] Carmilla**
Has this run-in with your old
party kept you from sleeping?
**[20:15] Zenos**
What, you're worried about me?
**[20:17] Zenos**
At the end of the day, you're
actually pretty nice, Carmilla.
**[20:20] Carmilla**
Enough mockery!
**[20:21] Carmilla**
That's not the case, anyway!
**[20:23] Carmilla**
There's little to do at night, so I figured
I could go for a bit of conversation, that's all!
**[20:28] Zenos**
Okay, sorry.
**[20:29] Zenos**
This is too much tea for just me,
so I'd appreciate you joining in.
**[20:32] Carmilla**
In that case, I see no
reason to turn you down.
**[20:38] Zenos**
I'd honestly forgotten
about Aston and the others.
**[20:42] Zenos**
But after being reminded like that,
I kind of regret not slugging them.
**[20:47] Zenos**
That said, I was actually
thinking a bit further back.
**[20:51] Carmilla**
Zenos, you've said you learned healing
magic while living in the slums.
**[20:57] Carmilla**
How is that possible?
**[20:59] Zenos**
I was trying to revive a corpse,
and it came with the territory.
**[21:04] Carmilla**
That's forbidden sorcery.
**[21:05] Zenos**
Yeah. But when I was a kid, I didn't know
anything about resurrection or the like.
**[21:09] Zenos**
My teacher popped me on the head for it.
**[21:13] Carmilla**
You know, it's not exactly the same thing,
**[21:17] Carmilla**
but when I was among the living,
there was such a thing as artificial life...
**[21:20] Carmilla**
The sorcery to create golems.
**[21:22] Zenos**
Three hundred years ago, huh?
**[21:24] Zenos**
That would've been during the Man-Fiend War,
back when the Demon Lord was still around.
**[21:28] Carmilla**
It's a form of lost demon sorcery.
**[21:32] Carmilla**
They use a special kind
of magic stone as a core,
**[21:33] Carmilla**
then add carbon and sulfur, among other
ingredients, to create the golem.
**[21:38] Zenos**
Huh.
**[21:38] Carmilla**
The way they felt no pain or fear
**[21:42] Carmilla**
and worked tirelessly on their
tasks made them quite dreadful.
**[21:47] Zenos**
What were you up to three
hundred years ago, anyway?
**[21:52] Carmila**
It was so long ago, I've forgotten.
**[21:55] Zenos**
You really don't like to
talk about yourself, huh?
**[21:58] Zenos**
Well, I guess we should clean up...
**[22:02] Zenos**
What was that?
**[22:04] Carmilla**
It came from the slums.
**[22:06] Carmilla**
Wait just a moment.
**[22:17] Carmilla**
Unbelievable...
**[22:19] Carmilla**
We were just talking about it,
**[22:22] Carmilla**
and now a golem is rampaging in the slums?
***SIGN*** The End of Adventure
**[23:57] Zenos**
"The End of Adventure."
# 6 - The End of Adventure
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**[00:03] Guide**
They told you about me because you
couldn't afford their fees, right?
**[00:07] Guide**
Sure, it's fine. I'm not
doing this just for money.
**[00:13] Guide**
Oh, me?
**[00:14] Guide**
You can just call me the Guide.
**[00:18] Guide**
I see. So, simply put, you're looking
to hire someone to get revenge for you.
**[00:23] Guide**
And not just on one person,
but also on his associates.
**[00:27] Guide**
Could you tell me why?
**[00:30] Guide**
Yes, I do need to know.
**[00:33] Guide**
The folks at the Underground Guild aren't
particular as long as they get paid,
**[00:38] Guide**
but I put a lot of value on motivation.
**[00:42] Guide**
If you don't want to discuss it,
we'll just say the deal fell through.
**[00:48] Guide**
You changed your mind, then?
**[00:52] Guide**
Well, that's certainly selfish!
**[00:55] Guide**
It's not even revenge. You're just
taking your frustrations out on him!
**[00:58] Guide**
You probably don't have any friends, do you?
**[01:00] Guide**
But you know, I like that.
**[01:04] Guide**
Very well. I'm willing to help.
**[01:07] Guide**
I've been working on this lately, and you've
provided the perfect chance to test it.
**[01:12] Guide**
And I'll be able to fulfill
your request at the same time.
**[01:16] Guide**
Now, would you mind telling me your name?
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[03:11] Zenos**
That's a golem?
**[03:13] Carmilla**
It's inexplicable.
**[03:14] Zenos**
You scared me! I guess you came out, too?
**[03:17] Carmilla**
My curiosity got the better of me.
**[03:19] Carmilla**
How could an ancient relic
have possibly ended up here?
**[03:23] Zenos**
And Lily?
**[03:24] Carmilla**
Still asleep.
**[03:25] Carmilla**
If she saw that monstrosity,
it'd give her nightmares.
**[03:28] Carmilla**
It's for the best.
**[03:30] Zophia**
Doc!
**[03:31] Zenos**
Good to see you guys are all right.
**[03:34] Zophia**
What a relief. We were on our way to get you.
**[03:37] Zophia**
We're fine, but...
**[03:40] Lynga**
Many of Lynga's werewolves are
hurt so bad, they can't move.
**[03:46] Loewe**
About half of the orcs are
seriously injured, as well.
**[03:49] Loewe**
What in the world is that creature?
**[03:52] Loewe**
Even I can't eat all of that.
**[03:55] Zenos**
Just calm down, you three.
**[03:57] Zenos**
It seems to be some kind of artificial
lifeform from a long time ago.
**[04:00] Carmilla**
Sorcery that was thought to be lost.
**[04:03] Zenos**
Do you know where it came from?
**[04:05] Loewe**
I do not. One of my orcs said they saw
it coming from deeper in the slums.
**[04:10] Zenos**
*Deeper in the slums?*
**[04:13] Zenos**
*Could it be the Underground Guild?*
**[04:15] Zenos**
*No, now's not the time to speculate.*
**[04:18] Zenos**
Zophia, Lynga, Loewe.
**[04:21] Zenos**
I need you all to work together
and gather the injured in one spot.
**[04:26] Zenos**
Whoever's responsible for this is
gonna pay a hefty price. Count on it.
**[04:33] Guide**
As destructive as I had anticipated,
but not quite as mobile.
**[04:39] Guide**
Looks like there's room for improvement.
**[04:42] Guide**
Still, it should be able
to handle this request.
**[04:46] Guide**
I wonder how Zenos will react when the
people who admire him start dying one by one.
**[04:53] Guide**
The curtain is rising on the first act.
**[04:55] Guide**
Put on a good show for me.
**[04:58] Zophia**
Carry them over here!
**[05:00] Lynga**
Follow the scent of blood
to track down the injured!
**[05:03] Loewe**
It's only five people!
You can carry that many at once!
**[05:05] Loewe**
Show them what orc strength looks like!
**[05:07] Zenos**
You'll want to get clear, Carmilla.
**[05:13] Zenos**
High Heal!
**[05:17] Zenos**
Once you're healed, evacuate immediately!
**[05:23] Zenos**
Damn it all...
**[05:24] Carmilla**
What are you so upset about?
**[05:26] Zenos**
Imagine being dragged
out in the dead of night
**[05:28] Zenos**
and having to heal hundreds of people.
**[05:31] Zenos**
There's no guarantee I'll get paid, and I'm
worried about Lily. She's still at the house.
**[05:35] Zenos**
I'm pissed at whoever's behind this!
**[05:37] Carmilla**
There's no telling what the
golem's master was after,
**[05:40] Carmilla**
but I doubt they expected to have their
aims thwarted under a cloud of griping.
**[05:45] Guide**
Well, this was unexpected.
**[05:48] Guide**
He's elite-class... maybe
even better than that.
**[05:51] Guide**
Very good, Zenos. I love it when
people exceed my expectations.
**[05:56] Guide**
That said, even if you heal the wounded,
**[05:59] Guide**
until you stop the golem,
it's not a real solution.
**[06:03] Guide**
So what will you do?
**[06:06] Guide**
I'll concede the first round to you.
**[06:09] Guide**
But how will the second go?
**[06:12] Zophia**
There are no more injured to be found.
**[06:15] Lynga**
Lynga's men said the same thing.
**[06:18] Loewe**
Likewise from the orcs.
**[06:20] Zenos**
I see. Good work, everyone.
**[06:23] Zophia**
Looks like no one died, thanks to you, Doc.
**[06:27] Zenos**
That's a relief.
**[06:29] Zenos**
But that thing is still making a mess...
**[06:31] Zenos**
You don't suppose it'll get bored
eventually and go home, do you?
**[06:35] Carmilla**
Impossible.
**[06:37] Carmilla**
Golems don't stop until they've
fulfilled their orders.
**[06:41] Carmilla**
And I'd wager its orders were
something like "destroy the slums."
**[06:46] Zenos**
Aw, man, isn't this enough already?
**[06:50] Carmilla**
But it doesn't make sense.
**[06:53] Carmilla**
The high-purity magic stone
that forms the core of golems
**[06:56] Carmilla**
is only found on the southernmost continent,
where the Demon Lord's castle was.
**[06:59] Carmilla**
And it should have been mostly
used up during the Man-Fiend War...
**[07:04] Carmilla**
The systems for black magic
were thought lost for ages.
**[07:07] Carmilla**
Even the other ingredients for
that hulk would be hard to acquire.
**[07:10] Carmilla**
Who could have done this?
**[07:12] Zenos**
Well, we're looking right at the result,
so what choice is there?
**[07:15] Zenos**
This is a massive pain in the ass,
but I guess I'd better go.
**[07:18] Carmilla**
Go? Go where?
**[07:21] Zenos**
Isn't it obvious?
**[07:23] Zenos**
I need to take down that monster.
**[07:26] Zophia**
We're with you, Doc.
**[07:29] Zenos**
You sure? I can't guarantee emergency care.
**[07:32] Zophia**
I'm not about to stand around
after this thing wrecked my home.
**[07:36] Lynga**
This is our town!
**[07:38] Loewe**
I say we teach this creature
how fearsome we can be.
**[07:43] Zenos**
Carmilla, how do we take down the golem?
**[07:46] Carmilla**
You must destroy the magic
stone that makes up its core.
**[07:50] Carmilla**
Until you do, it'll simply
regenerate, time and time again.
**[07:53] Zenos**
*Destroy it, huh?*
**[07:55] Zenos**
* If we destroy that magic stone,*
* I doubt I'll be able to resell it.*
**[07:58] Zenos**
All right, guys, start by hitting
it with everything you've got.
**[08:02] Zenos**
Don't worry. I'll back you up.
**[08:06] Zenos**
Agility Boost.
**[08:10] Zophia**
What the...
**[08:11] Zophia**
I'm suddenly feeling light on my feet!
**[08:13] Lynga**
Sir Zenos must've done something!
**[08:15] Loewe**
Good. Now we can put up a real fight.
**[08:18] Zenos**
Strength Boost. Impact Increase.
**[08:37] Zophia**
Lynga! You alive?
**[08:39] Lynga**
Surprisingly, yes.
**[08:42] Lynga**
I think I have Sir Zenos to thank.
**[08:44] Zenos**
I haven't done battle in a while, but
I'm starting to remember how it works.
**[08:48] Zenos**
*There are two things to watch out for.*
**[08:50] Zenos**
* First, the farther away I am,*
* the weaker the effects of magic become,*
**[08:53] Zenos**
*so I need to maintain a certain distance.*
**[08:56] Zenos**
* And the other... Healing,*
* defense, and ability boosts*
**[08:59] Zenos**
* might be similar,*
* but their activation is distinct,*
**[09:02] Zenos**
* so I can't functionally*
* cast them all at once.*
**[09:05] Zenos**
* I have to protect them until they go*
* on the attack, then enhance that,*
**[09:09] Zenos**
*and immediately heal any injuries they get.*
**[09:15] Zenos**
Okay. I think I know what to do.
**[09:17] Zenos**
It takes a certain amount
of time to regenerate.
**[09:21] Zenos**
I need you all to shatter both its legs!
**[09:24] Zophia**
Never saw the day I'd be
fighting alongside you girls!
**[09:29] Lynga**
And it's all thanks to Sir Zenos!
**[09:31] Loewe**
Can't say I've ever fought
with two more reliable allies!
**[09:38] Zophia**
Trouble, Doc! There's a kid over there!
**[09:39] Zenos**
What?!
**[09:41] Zenos**
*Did they not evacuate in time?*
**[09:43] Zenos**
* Defense magic requires too much precision*
* to cast on someone I can't see!*
**[09:46] Zenos**
*Will I make it?!*
**[10:06] Guide**
My, my. You really are full of surprises, Zenos.
**[10:11] Guide**
You've claimed victory in the second act, too.
**[10:15] Guide**
And now it's time for the climax.
**[10:18] Guide**
One last decision awaits you.
**[10:21] Carmilla**
Inconceivable!
**[10:22] Carmilla**
Golems only follow simple orders.
They shouldn't be capable of this!
**[10:26] Carmilla**
It's strange enough that it became
fiercer once it started fighting you!
**[10:32] Zenos**
Suppose someone was trying to create
life from an imperfect magic stone.
**[10:36] Zenos**
What options would they have?
**[10:40] Carmilla**
Are you saying...
**[10:41] Zenos**
I've finished scanning the golem.
**[10:44] Zenos**
The magic stone is in its left breast.
**[10:46] Zenos**
Is that you in there, Aston?
**[10:52] (Flashback) Guide**
Would you mind telling me your name?
**[10:57] (Flashback) Guide**
I see. Aston, then.
**[11:03] Guide**
It looks like he's caught on.
**[11:06] Guide**
I thought the best way to create life
**[11:09] Guide**
from an imperfect magic stone would
be to combine it with a living human.
**[11:12] Guide**
The fusion of magic stone and
man creates a new kind of core.
**[11:17] Guide**
And humans are hard to control,
with their complex emotions,
**[11:20] Guide**
so a simpleton with intense negative
feelings made the perfect choice.
**[11:24] Guide**
Beyond that, I just made it clear that the
magic stone was necessary for his revenge,
**[11:29] Guide**
and once it was implanted,
I created the golem.
**[11:32] Guide**
He and the magic stone are one now.
**[11:34] Guide**
So, how will you lower the
curtain on this fight, Zenos?
**[11:40] Guide**
After all the lives you've healed and saved,
**[11:43] Guide**
you'll be killing the party member
**[11:46] Guide**
who lifted you out of the slums in order to destroy the magic stone!
**[11:51] Guide**
Could there be a more thrilling screenplay?!
**[11:54] Guide**
And all it cost me was one worthless life.
**[12:01] Zenos**
All right, sorry, but I need the
three of you to get clear.
**[12:04] Zophia**
Doc? If we leave now, the thing's
just gonna regenerate again.
**[12:07] Lynga**
Lynga can still fight!
**[12:09] Loewe**
We can handle the front line.
**[12:11] Zenos**
That'd probably be the smarter idea, but...
**[12:15] Zenos**
*"Healers shouldn't fight on the front lines."*
**[12:18] Zenos**
* That was probably my teacher's*
* seventh most repeated line.*
**[12:21] Zenos**
*If you're focused on your own fight,*
**[12:23] Zenos**
*you can't focus on supporting your allies.*
**[12:27] Zenos**
*But...*
**[12:29] Zenos**
Given what I know now, I'm the only
one who can settle this with him.
**[12:39] Carmilla**
It's nearly dawn, and as I'm no fan
of the sun, I'll be heading home.
**[12:44] Zenos**
Okay. I should be home soon.
**[12:46] Carmilla**
I wasn't concerned in the first place,
**[12:48] Carmilla**
but I'll have some tea waiting for you.
**[12:51] Zenos**
You make it sound like I'm gonna owe you,
**[12:53] Zenos**
but I'm pretty sure it'll be Lily who makes it.
**[13:00] Zenos**
Aston. It's just the two of us here now.
**[13:04] Zenos**
When you called out to
me here in the slums...
**[13:07] Zenos**
That was where it all began, wasn't it?
**[13:10] Zenos**
Someone as obnoxious and selfish as you,
saving a kid? That's definitely odd.
**[13:16] Zenos**
I heard Guile mention once that the reason
you're obsessed with money and power is
**[13:20] Zenos**
because your younger sister died when you
couldn't afford the medicine she needed.
**[13:25] Zenos**
Did that kid remind you of her?
**[13:28] Zenos**
Is there still some part of
your humanity in there?
**[13:33] Zenos**
I guess the rage is still there, too.
**[13:35] Zenos**
Angry because the pup you took in
found a new home after you dumped him?
**[13:38] Zenos**
Back then, I always thought it was strange
how you knew I had no place to belong.
**[13:44] Zenos**
But now I understand.
**[13:46] Zenos**
It's because you didn't, either.
**[13:54] Zenos**
Not that I really care at this point!
**[14:16] Zenos**
Well, we meet again.
**[14:19] Zenos**
Not that I'm thrilled about that...
**[14:21] Zenos**
But today will be the last time
I ever have to see your face.
**[14:28] Zenos**
Now, it's time for our adventure
to come to an end, Aston.
**[14:34] Guide**
Well. So that's his move?
**[14:37] Guide**
He kills with less hesitation
than I expected.
**[14:40] Guide**
Then again, given the abuse
he's apparently suffered,
**[14:43] Guide**
I suppose it's only natural.
**[14:46] Guide**
I guess that's a wrap, then.
**[14:49] Guide**
Kind of a disappointment,
but it is what it is.
**[14:55] Guide**
Wait, no...
**[14:56] Guide**
Is he...
**[15:10] Zenos**
This is exhausting enough.
Settle down already!
**[15:14] Guide**
Healing and destroying in tandem?
**[15:16] Guide**
He cuts the parts that are
fused with magic stone away,
**[15:19] Guide**
then gradually heals the bits
of physiology that are left.
**[15:24] Guide**
Cut away too much and Aston dies.
**[15:26] Guide**
Hesitate too much and the magic stone
will fuse with the regenerated body.
**[15:32] Guide**
And this is after healing hundreds,
**[15:34] Guide**
and having supported the
demihumans in combat...
**[15:36] Guide**
Despite all that, he's maintaining all of his
caution and focus to excise the magic stone?
**[15:43] Guide**
There's someone capable of doing all that?
**[15:47] Guide**
I can't believe what I'm seeing.
**[15:50] Zenos**
To be honest, the world would
probably be better off without you.
**[15:55] Zenos**
I know I would be.
**[15:57] Aston**
Why?
**[16:01] Zenos**
Do you realize how much all
this damage is gonna cost you?
**[16:04] Zenos**
And you're too broke to pay it off, so it'll
be collected from your collaborator, too.
**[16:08] Zenos**
You don't get to die until you
confess who put you up to this.
**[16:12] Zenos**
That's the first reason.
**[16:14] Zenos**
As for the second... You might
be a worthless piece of crap,
**[16:18] Zenos**
but you did do two good things for me.
**[16:22] Zenos**
You took me out of the slums, and you gave
me that bit of severance pay on a whim.
**[16:28] Zenos**
That single gold coin let me save Lily,
which led to me starting the clinic,
**[16:33] Zenos**
and that changed my life.
**[16:36] Zenos**
There's one other thing...
**[16:37] Zenos**
And it's the biggest reason I'm not going
to just kill you to get this over with.
**[16:41] Zenos**
It's because I'm a healer.
**[16:45] Zenos**
You get it now, you stupid idiot?!
**[17:09] Aston**
It's now so clear to me how amazing
you are that it makes me sick.
**[17:14] Aston**
I've lost everything, but you
still expect me to go on living.
**[17:19] Aston**
Is this your revenge?
**[17:23] Zenos**
Don't exaggerate. I didn't
think it through that far.
**[17:29] Aston**
Through my haze, I could see you
backing up the demihumans.
**[17:33] Aston**
You did the same thing with us, didn't you?
**[17:36] Zenos**
You're creeping me out.
**[17:38] Zenos**
What are you after now?
**[17:40] Aston**
That's harsh... but I guess I can't
blame you for feeling that way.
**[17:45] Aston**
I spent my whole life using others,
only to be used in the end.
**[17:50] Aston**
What a joke.
**[17:53] Aston**
I know nothing I say will make a
difference, but I still need to say it.
**[17:59] Aston**
I'm sorry.
**[18:00] Aston**
I'm sorry, Zenos!
**[18:04] Zenos**
That's enough. Chin up, Aston.
**[18:07] Zenos**
How am I supposed to hit you otherwise?
**[18:07] Aston**
No! I can't accept that—
**[18:11] Zenos**
Now that you're back to normal, I don't
need to hold back anymore, y'know?
**[18:16] Zenos**
Ability Boost. Ten times arm strength.
**[18:19] Zenos**
I left just enough mana to pull this off.
**[18:20] Aston**
Whoa, hold on...
**[18:23] Zenos**
The biggest reason I left you alive
**[18:25] Zenos**
is because I wouldn't feel any better
slugging you if you weren't conscious.
**[18:25] Aston**
Now, let's not be hasty... Hang on!
**[18:31] Zenos**
Do you realize how much trouble
you caused, you piece of crap?!
**[18:34] Zenos**
I'm not letting you get off with an apology!
**[18:49] Krishna**
Wake up already.
**[18:54] Krishna**
I came because there were
reports of a monster attack,
**[18:57] Krishna**
and this is the second
time I've encountered you.
**[19:00] Krishna**
It took some gall to flee
the way you did last time.
**[19:02] Aston**
Where's Zenos?
**[19:04] Krishna**
I ran into him on the way
here, and he filled me in.
**[19:07] Krishna**
It's a miracle that a disaster of this
scale happened without a single fatality.
**[19:12] Krishna**
You'll owe Mr. Zenos for the rest of your life.
**[19:15] Aston**
I guess you're right.
**[19:19] Krishna**
Aston Boehringal.
**[19:21] Krishna**
You're under arrest for attempted assault,
fleeing arrest, false testimony,
**[19:24] Krishna**
revenge-by-proxy,
indiscriminate rampaging,
**[19:27] Krishna**
damage of personal property,
and many more charges.
**[19:31] Krishna**
Brace yourself for a suitable punishment.
**[19:36] Krishna**
I think I'll add public
indecency to the list, too.
**[19:43] Krishna**
Mr. Zenos had a message for you, as well.
**[19:46] Krishna**
"I took your sword while
you were unconscious."
**[19:49] Krishna**
"It's a top-class item from an underground
labyrinth, so it should sell for a decent price."
**[19:54] Krishna**
"If nothing else, it should cover the
cost of the damaged housewares."
**[19:57] Krishna**
"And considering I was the one who found it,
**[20:00] Krishna**
it's about time you gave it back,
you thief," he concluded.
**[20:05] Aston**
Now I...
**[20:07] Aston**
I really have lost everything.
**[20:10] Aston**
I don't have a single thing left.
**[20:14] Krishna**
He mentioned one other thing.
**[20:18] Krishna**
"That's your severance pay. I never want
anything to do with you again," he said.
**[20:24] Aston**
Zenos!
**[20:39] Zenos**
I feel like I'm gonna
collapse from exhaustion.
**[20:41] Zophia**
Doc, are you all right?
**[20:43] Lynga**
Sir Zenos, you don't look so good!
**[20:46] Loewe**
You're walking less and less steadily...
**[20:49] Loewe**
Let me help you.
**[20:50] Zenos**
It's fine. You're all probably just as tired.
**[20:57] Zenos**
H-Hey!
**[20:58] Zophia**
Don't sweat it, Doc.
**[21:00] Zophia**
You look after me all the time,
so it's only fair that I pay you back.
**[21:05] Lynga**
It's only natural! Lynga would
honestly prefer to get even closer.
**[21:10] Loewe**
I won't let you two get ahead of me!
I'll be the one doing any clinging.
**[21:15] Zophia**
I was carrying him first!
**[21:16] Zenos**
*Just this once, I'll indulge them.*
**[21:17] Loewe**
She who gets in, gets the win!
**[21:18] Zophia**
Say what?!
**[21:20] Guide**
I should go into hiding for a while.
**[21:24] Guide**
I'm sure you'll get in my
way again someday, Zenos.
**[21:28] Guide**
When that happens, we'll play some more.
**[21:31] Guide**
I'm not going to forget you.
**[21:38] Carmilla**
Looks like you're alive. Resilient, aren't you?
**[21:41] Zenos**
Sorry to disappoint you.
**[21:43] Carmilla**
You ought to be.
**[21:45] Carmilla**
I was looking forward to having
peace and quiet again.
**[21:49] Lily**
She says that, but Carmilla was so
worried about you being out late,
**[21:53] Lily**
she was floating all over the house!
**[21:56] Carmilla**
Foolish Lily!
**[21:57] Carmilla**
She's lying!
**[21:59] Zenos**
Oh, yeah?
**[22:00] Carmilla**
Wh-What is that face supposed to mean?!
**[22:02] Lily**
I was worried when she
told me what was going on,
**[22:06] Lily**
but I knew you'd make it back.
**[22:10] Lily**
Welcome home, Zenos!
**[22:17] Zenos**
I'm back, everyone.
**[22:21] Lily**
Let's drink tea together!
***SIGN*** Special Service
**[23:57] Zenos**
"Special Service."
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**[00:04] Zenos**
This feels amazing...
**[00:07] Zenos**
* The plan was to work quietly and*
* inconspicuously as an underground healer,*
**[00:10] Zenos**
*but things sure got noisier than I expected.*
**[00:15] Zenos**
* It's been a long time since I've*
* had a chance to relax by myself.*
**[00:19] Zenos**
I'm glad I came here.
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[01:53] Krishna**
The investigation into the mastermind behind
the golem attack hasn't revealed much.
**[01:59] Krishna**
All I've been able to confirm is that it's an
individual who calls himself "The Guide."
**[02:05] Zenos**
I see.
**[02:07] Zenos**
"The Guide"...
**[02:08] Zenos**
I'm going to remember that name.
**[02:11] Zenos**
And one day, I'm going to collect from him.
**[02:14] Krishna**
There wasn't much of a
trail to follow, either.
**[02:17] Krishna**
The location where they met with that
man, Aston, was already abandoned,
**[02:21] Krishna**
with no trace left behind.
**[02:24] Zophia**
I did some digging myself.
**[02:26] Zophia**
The guy only started visiting
the Underground Guild recently,
**[02:29] Zophia**
and he tended to be alone.
**[02:32] Lynga**
Lynga heard the same kind of story.
**[02:36] Loewe**
In the underworld, the standard is to avoid
prying into each other's backgrounds.
**[02:40] Loewe**
I think there's a limit to what can
be learned from questioning people.
**[02:43] Krishna**
The Royal Knights will be pursuing
him as a dangerous individual,
**[02:47] Krishna**
but considering how thoroughly
he erased his trail,
**[02:50] Krishna**
it's likely he won't resurface for a while.
**[02:53] Zenos**
I see.
**[02:55] Zophia**
But he'll come back sooner or later.
**[02:57] Zophia**
That's the impression I get.
**[02:59] Lynga**
Yeah. I think this Guide
still has some scheme going.
**[03:04] Loewe**
He won't be simple to deal
with, that's for sure.
**[03:07] Loewe**
He may have ties even
deeper in the underworld.
**[03:10] Krishna**
I'd appreciate it if you demihumans
didn't randomly speculate.
**[03:14] Zophia**
Haven't you been mostly guessing yourself?
**[03:17] Krishna**
I appreciate your help from
the other day, but no.
**[03:22] Krishna**
My guesses are not simply guesses,
**[03:25] Krishna**
but speculation informed by my
investigation and experience.
**[03:28] Zenos**
Hang on a second.
**[03:29] Zenos**
Could you all stop talking at each
other from across the room?
**[03:33] Zenos**
It's kind of awkward.
**[03:34] Krishna**
Th-There's nothing that can be done.
**[03:37] Krishna**
Given my position as a Royal Knight,
**[03:39] Krishna**
I can hardly be seen sipping tea at the
same table as a group of demihumans.
**[03:42] Zophia**
Like we'd even want you at our table.
**[03:45] Zenos**
Okay, settle down.
**[03:46] Zenos**
No fighting in the clinic!
**[03:49] Zenos**
Besides, I'm taking today
off because I'm tired!
**[03:51] Zenos**
So if you're not an
emergency patient, get out!
**[03:58] Lily**
Hey, Zenos...
**[04:03] Lily**
I had an idea.
**[04:06] Zenos**
You did?
**[04:08] Lily**
Yeah. You've seemed really
tired since the golem attack,
**[04:12] Lily**
so I thought about what
might make you feel better.
**[04:15] Lily**
So maybe... for a change of pace...
the two of us could... go...
**[04:20] Zenos**
Go... where?
**[04:24] Lily**
You and I could go to a hot—
**[04:25] Zophia**
Doc!
**[04:28] Zenos**
What's up? Forget something?
**[04:30] Zophia**
Actually, I have a proposal.
**[04:32] Zenos**
A proposal?
**[04:34] Zophia**
Well, that golem mess was
a real nightmare, right?
**[04:37] Zophia**
How about we head to a hot spring?
**[04:39] Zenos**
A hot spring?
**[04:41] Zophia**
I was thinking it could
help you recover a bit!
**[04:44] Zenos**
I see...
**[04:45] Zenos**
That might make for a nice change of pace.
**[04:47] Zophia**
Awesome!
**[04:49] Zophia**
It's a promise, Doc.
**[04:54] Zenos**
What? You forget something?
**[04:58] Lynga**
Nope!
**[04:59] Lynga**
Lynga has a brilliant idea!
**[05:02] Zenos**
Oh, you do?
**[05:05] Lynga**
The golem attack was tough for all of us...
**[05:08] Lynga**
So let's go to a hot spring!
**[05:10] Zenos**
A hot spring?
**[05:11] Zenos**
It doesn't sound bad, but—
**[05:12] Lynga**
Great!
**[05:13] Lynga**
It's a promise, Sir Zenos!
**[05:19] Loewe**
Zenos! I think—
**[05:20] Zenos**
A hot spring, right?! You didn't forget
anything! You just wanna go to a hot spring!
**[05:23] Zenos**
That's it, isn't it?!
**[05:24] Loewe**
H-How did you know?
**[05:26] Loewe**
We must truly be of one heart!
**[05:28] Zenos**
You and the other girls, maybe!
**[05:30] Zenos**
No wonder you get along!
**[05:35] Krishna**
M-Mr. Zenos, I wanted to ask you...
**[05:38] Zenos**
Hot springs, right?! You wanna
go to a hot spring, too, don't you?!
**[05:42] Zenos**
Sounds like fun!
**[05:45] Zenos**
Why are they all so
obsessed with hot springs?
**[05:49] Zenos**
Anyway, what did you want to talk about, Lily?
**[05:52] Lily**
Never mind! Just... never mind!
**[05:57] Carmilla**
How amusing to see your effort to outdo your
rivals undercut by all of them in the same fashion.
**[06:04] Carmilla**
I never tire of watching the unseemly
struggles of women in love.
**[06:08] Zenos**
It's occurred to me
**[06:10] Zenos**
that for the highest class of undead,
your tastes are kind of vulgar.
**[06:14] Carmilla**
And I certainly haven't been to
a hot spring in a long time!
**[06:17] Zenos**
Wait, you're coming, too?
**[06:24] Zenos**
This is the men's bath.
**[06:26] Zophia**
I know.
**[06:27] Zophia**
It'll be fine. I put a sign up
that says it's being cleaned.
**[06:31] Zenos**
Wh-Whoa!
**[06:34] Zophia**
My inclination is to get
a little more aggressive,
**[06:37] Zophia**
but I don't want to turn you against me.
**[06:39] Zenos**
I see...
**[06:41] Zophia**
Y'know, my brother and underlings
have said I seem different lately.
**[06:46] Zenos**
You do seem calmer.
**[06:49] Zophia**
I never dreamed I'd get along
with werewolves and orcs,
**[06:53] Zophia**
much less chat with a Royal Knight.
**[06:57] Zophia**
I think you might just change the world, Doc.
**[07:02] Zenos**
You're exaggerating.
**[07:03] Zenos**
I'm just an underground healer
at a run-down clinic.
**[07:07] Zenos**
Hey...
**[07:08] Zophia**
What is it?
**[07:09] Zenos**
Why are you getting closer and closer?
**[07:12] Zophia**
You noticed, huh?
**[07:13] Zophia**
I was hoping the conversation would
get you to lower your guard.
**[07:16] Zenos**
I was stupid for expecting
this to go normally!
**[07:20] Lynga**
Hold it right there!
**[07:22] Lynga**
Zophia! No fair getting a head start!
**[07:25] Zophia**
This is the men's bath!
**[07:26] Zophia**
What's wrong with you?
**[07:28] Zenos**
What's wrong with *you*?
**[07:29] Lynga**
Lynga is simply dizzy from the heat!
**[07:33] Zenos**
That's clearly a lie.
**[07:35] Lynga**
All of the dizziness has Lynga falling over!
**[07:40] Lynga**
Let go, Zophia! Lynga is on the
verge of fainting into Zenos's arms!
**[07:46] Zophia**
If you're about to faint,
why are you still so strong?!
**[07:49] Zenos**
Quit fussing, you two!
**[07:51] Zenos**
Settle down, and more importantly, get out!
**[07:53] Loewe**
Hold it!
**[07:54] Loewe**
I won't have you forget about me!
**[07:56] Zenos**
What were you even doing in there?!
**[08:00] Loewe**
I was waiting in the water for you, Zenos!
**[08:03] Loewe**
What do you think?
**[08:04] Loewe**
Is my body not, as they say, bodacious?
**[08:06] Zenos**
It's kinda too dark to tell.
**[08:08] Zenos**
That wasn't an invitation
to come closer, okay?
**[08:11] Zophia**
You're not going anywhere!
**[08:13] Lynga**
Lynga is even more bodacious!
**[08:18] Krishna**
Enough!
**[08:20] Krishna**
What do you demihumans think you're doing?!
**[08:23] Krishna**
This is the men's bath!
**[08:25] Krishna**
Have you no shame at all?!
**[08:27] Zophia**
Then what are *you* doing in here?
**[08:29] Loewe**
You're here to see Zenos, too, aren't you?
**[08:33] Krishna**
N-No! I just got lost and mistook
the men's bath for the women's!
**[08:39] Zophia**
Great, more competition.
**[08:41] Lynga**
Lynga will not lose!
**[08:43] Loewe**
I will etch my sublime nudity into your eyes!
**[08:46] Zenos**
All of you...
**[08:49] Zenos**
Go to the women's bath!
**[08:52] Umin**
What was that?
**[08:54] Umin**
It'd be a shame if there was some
weirdo who ruined my hot spring trip.
**[09:00] Umin**
To be sent on a house call to
Flamme, the city of hot springs...
**[09:03] Umin**
I wonder if he noticed how tired I was.
**[09:07] Krishna**
Unbelievable. The three
of you are just shameless!
**[09:10] Zophia**
I don't buy that, coming from you.
**[09:13] Zophia**
Not that I didn't know it already,
but the doc's no fun.
**[09:16] Lynga**
Lynga thinks he's just embarrassed.
**[09:18] Loewe**
I was hoping to display
more of my grand nude form!
**[09:22] Umin**
* Kind of surprising to see a mixed group*
* like that bathing together socially.*
**[09:28] Zophia**
You need something?
**[09:31] Umin**
Oh, excuse me! It's nothing, sorry.
**[09:34] Zophia**
If you say so.
**[09:36] Loewe**
She was likely entranced by my proportions!
**[09:39] Loewe**
To enchant even other women...
How wicked must my body be?
**[09:42] Lynga**
Lynga sometimes wonders where
your confidence comes from.
**[09:47] Lily**
I'm jealous.
**[09:50] Umin**
*She's adorable!*
**[09:53] Lily**
Maybe if I had a nicer body, I could've
charged into the men's bath more confidently.
**[10:00] Umin**
"Charged"?
**[10:01] Lily**
Everyone else's chests are so big.
**[10:04] Lily**
And mine... isn't!
**[10:23] Carmilla**
There's no need to be pessimistic.
**[10:25] Carmilla**
You're still growing, after all.
**[10:28] Carmilla**
And there's no guarantee that
bigger is the preferred size.
**[10:32] Lily**
Is that true?! Even if they're
small, he might still like them?
**[10:38] Carmilla**
Indeed! There are depths to this world
that children have trouble imagining.
**[10:44] Lily**
The world of depths...
**[10:47] Lily**
The world of small chests!
**[10:50] Lily**
Huh? Carmilla, you seem more
transparent than usual.
**[10:54] Carmilla**
It's so pleasant, I may be
on the verge of ascending.
**[10:58] Carmilla**
Oh, I'm vanishing! I'm vanishing!
**[11:00] Lily**
Oh, no! Don't go!
**[11:02] Carmilla**
A joke, of course.
**[11:04] Lily**
Don't scare me like that!
**[11:06] Umin**
*Is that... a wraith?!*
**[11:10] Umin**
Root of all life, by your blessing...
**[11:12] Carmilla**
Oh, dear! It seems there are other guests here!
**[11:17] Zenos**
Whoa, you scared me!
**[11:19] Zenos**
You're in on this now, too, Carmilla?!
**[11:21] Carmilla**
You seem upset. Shall I rinse you off?
**[11:24] Zenos**
You want me to exorcise you?!
**[11:26] Umin**
Did I... imagine that?
**[11:29] Umin**
I must really be exhausted.
**[11:34] Zophia**
Doc, here's to more than one job done well!
**[11:37] Zophia**
Cheers!
**[11:38] All**
Cheers!
**[11:42] Lily**
It looks so good!
**[11:46] Zenos**
Krishna, if you're gonna make
that face, why not just join us?
**[11:51] Lily**
That's right! Come join us!
**[11:54] Krishna**
For a guardian of order to be
put in this kind of situation...
**[11:57] Krishna**
I only took a single day of leave and
find myself here with all of you!
**[12:04] Krishna**
The idea of toasting
around the same table...
**[12:07] Zenos**
Sounds like your whole thing is complicated.
**[12:09] Zenos**
By the way, where's Carmilla?
**[12:11] Lily**
"I will take my drink in my room,
where I can relax," she said.
**[12:21] Zenos**
I'm back.
**[12:23] Zenos**
And I'm tired...
**[12:25] Carmilla**
Was the meal not an enjoyable one?
**[12:27] Zenos**
It was, at first.
**[12:29] Zenos**
But then they started a drinking game where
the winner was supposed to sit on my lap...
**[12:40] Zenos**
Wasn't the whole point of all
this to help with my exhaustion?
**[12:44] Carmilla**
Oh, it's fine.
**[12:46] Carmilla**
Enjoy the lively times while they last.
**[12:50] Carmilla**
I'm sure you're going to be drawn into
more complicated matters soon enough.
**[12:54] Zenos**
Could you please stop jinxing me?
**[12:57] Carmilla**
A wraith's intuition tends to be accurate.
**[13:00] Zenos**
How did you get here, anyway?
**[13:03] Zenos**
I thought you couldn't be
out in the sun for long.
**[13:06] Carmilla**
With that.
**[13:08] Carmilla**
Since my body is ethereal, I can
possess objects I'm attached to.
**[13:13] Carmilla**
I inhabited that staff, which
Lily carried during the day.
**[13:17] Zenos**
If you're attached to it, did it
belong to you when you were alive?
**[13:21] Zenos**
What were you up to back then, anyway?
**[13:24] Carmilla**
It was so long ago that I've forgotten.
**[13:28] Carmilla**
Now, given your troubles,
let me pour you a drink.
**[13:33] Zenos**
You really don't like to talk
about your past, do you?
**[13:47] Umin**
What happened?!
**[13:48] Innkeeper**
My husband said he was going
to prepare breakfast,
**[13:51] Innkeeper**
then he went to the kitchen,
and there was this loud noise...
**[13:54] Umin**
The fire magic stones may have exploded.
**[13:57] Umin**
I'm a healer. I'll do what I can.
**[14:01] Umin**
Root of all life, by your blessing,
**[14:04] Umin**
grant your amelioration.
**[14:06] Umin**
Heal!
**[14:09] Umin**
First aid is the best I can do here.
**[14:11] Umin**
This will take a while to properly heal.
**[14:13] Umin**
And in the condition his arm is in, he
may never be able to hold a knife again.
**[14:17] Zenos**
What happened?
**[14:19] Umin**
Who are you?
**[14:20] Zenos**
A guest.
**[14:22] Zenos**
I was wondering what that explosion was.
**[14:25] Zenos**
He's burnt?
**[14:26] Umin**
There's a Royal Hospital branch
in the center of the city.
**[14:30] Umin**
They would have more
advanced healing magic circles.
**[14:33] Umin**
Can you help me carry him?
**[14:35] Zenos**
Never heard of that stuff
before. Sounds interesting.
**[14:38] Umin**
Interesting?
**[14:40] Zenos**
But with these injuries, I doubt he'll need it.
**[14:44] Lily**
Zenos! What happened?
**[14:46] Zenos**
A bit of a kitchen fire.
**[14:48] Zenos**
Our ride is leaving soon. Let's go.
**[14:50] Umin**
W-Wait!
**[14:52] Zenos**
The food here was good.
I wouldn't mind eating it again.
**[14:55] Zenos**
So this one's on the house.
**[14:58] Umin**
Unbelievable. Abandoning
someone who's injured...
**[15:03] Man**
Huh? What happened to me?
**[15:05] Hostess**
Honey!
**[15:07] Umin**
How?
**[15:07] Hostess**
Thank goodness! I'm so relieved!
**[15:08] Umin**
*Did my spell do that?*
**[15:12] Umin**
* No, he was hurt too badly*
* for that to be possible.*
**[15:15] Umin**
* To treat that kind of burn instantly with*
* no magical circle for reinforcement,*
**[15:19] Umin**
*he must be highly ranked...*
**[15:20] Umin**
* No, only a Saint or an*
* elite healer could do that!*
**[15:28] Umin**
And that's the story.
**[15:31] Becker**
An elite healer capable of restoring
severe burns in an instant...
**[15:36] Becker**
Those are valuable. There are less
than ten of them in the country.
**[15:40] Becker**
I'm sure the government would
want him as a national asset.
**[15:43] Umin**
He left while I was still in shock.
**[15:47] Becker**
Do you remember what he was like?
**[15:50] Umin**
He had black hair, but other than that...
**[15:54] Umin**
I think I remember someone
calling him "Zenos," though.
**[15:59] Becker**
That could be an alias,
so it's not much to go on.
**[16:03] Becker**
Still, if he healed someone and then
went on his way, he can't be a bad guy.
**[16:07] Becker**
I'm sure there's no harm in letting him go.
**[16:09] Becker**
If anything, running into him again
would mean we'd have to dig deeper.
**[16:13] Umin**
I see.
**[16:16] Umin**
Actually, one other thing I remember
is that he had a black overcoat.
**[16:21] Becker**
An elite-grade healer
with a black overcoat...
**[16:26] Becker**
I've changed my mind.
**[16:28] Becker**
Let's search for him after all.
**[16:30] Umin**
Oh... Okay.
**[16:32] Umin**
But how?
**[16:34] Becker**
If he doesn't have official registration,
**[16:37] Becker**
he may not be a legal citizen.
**[16:40] Umin**
You think he's from the slums?
**[16:41] Umin**
That doesn't narrow it down much, though.
**[16:44] Becker**
Oh, I'm sure we'll manage...
**[16:48] Umin**
I'm not sure why you're laughing.
**[16:50] Umin**
Or why you suddenly changed your mind.
**[16:53] Becker**
I'd just like to meet him.
**[16:55] Becker**
As a fellow elite healer.
**[17:00] Zonde**
Sorry about this, Doc!
**[17:04] Zenos**
Is he sick?
**[17:05] Zonde**
Don't know him, but he coughed up
a ton of blood and then collapsed.
**[17:09] Zenos**
It might be contagious,
so you made the right call.
**[17:13] Zenos**
Lay him down on the bed.
**[17:21] Zenos**
His lungs are a mess...
**[17:25] Zenos**
This is Red Lung!
**[17:27] Lily**
Red Lung?
**[17:29] Zenos**
Lily, Zonde, back away.
**[17:32] Zenos**
There was a pandemic that killed
a lot of people a while back.
**[17:34] Zenos**
His case is similar.
**[17:37] Zenos**
But Red Lung was supposed to have
been wiped out thanks to a cure...
**[17:41] Zenos**
So why would there be a new infection?
**[17:42] Zenos**
Then again, maybe there's
only a resemblance...
**[17:46] Becker**
I must say, that was quite the diagnosis.
**[17:52] Becker**
It's nice to meet you, underground
healer from the abandoned district.
**[17:56] Becker**
I'm an elite healer from the
Royal Hospital, Ernardo Becker.
**[18:01] Zenos**
You're an elite healer
with the Royal Hospital?
**[18:04] Becker**
Correct, although my case
is a bit unique in that
**[18:07] Becker**
I'm not particularly good with healing magic.
**[18:10] Zenos**
Wait, then do you actually have Red Lung?
**[18:13] Zenos**
It seemed a little different.
**[18:14] Becker**
Oh, that...
**[18:16] Umin**
Dr. Becker!
**[18:20] Umin**
Oh, the healer from before!
**[18:20] Zenos**
Hey, it's the girl from the inn.
**[18:22] Becker**
Hello there, Umin!
**[18:24] Umin**
Don't you "Hello there, Umin" me!
**[18:26] Umin**
Do you realize how crazy it is
to make yourself seriously sick
**[18:29] Umin**
and then ask me to follow you
when you're taken to this clinic?!
**[18:31] Becker**
Well, how else were we supposed to find him?
**[18:36] Becker**
You know, I thought I had
weakened it enough,
**[18:39] Becker**
but it's still quite painful.
**[18:42] Zenos**
What's causing your symptoms?
**[18:46] Becker**
I took a drug that would cause
symptoms similar to Red Lung.
**[18:51] Becker**
The locals are quite cautious,
**[18:54] Becker**
but I thought they'd be willing
to help someone seriously ill.
**[18:58] Becker**
The effects wear off quickly, so I won't die.
**[19:02] Becker**
I also took a dose of the antidote to
be on the safe side, so I'll be fine.
**[19:05] Zenos**
Where in the world did you
find a drug like that?
**[19:08] Becker**
I made it myself.
**[19:11] Becker**
It became a necessity in my efforts
to come up with a cure for Red Lung.
**[19:15] Zenos**
The cure for Red Lung? Then you're—
**[19:19] Umin**
That's right!
**[19:21] Umin**
Red Lung, the Thousand-Day
Cough, Crimson Poison!
**[19:23] Umin**
Dr. Becker has come up with treatments
for a number of diseases,
**[19:26] Umin**
and was awarded the special rank of
elite healer for his efforts! He's amazing!
**[19:33] Becker**
It was really nothing special.
**[19:36] Becker**
When I heard about an elite-class
healer in a black overcoat,
**[19:40] Becker**
I thought it might've been
someone I used to know...
**[19:43] Becker**
But it seems I was wrong.
**[19:45] Becker**
That coat is yours, I assume?
**[19:48] Zenos**
Yeah. But it originally
belonged to my teacher.
**[19:51] Becker**
What was your teacher's name?
**[19:52] Zenos**
Don't know. Never actually told me.
**[19:58] Becker**
Umin, why don't we bring him
in on this case after all?
**[20:03] Umin**
Are you sure?
**[20:05] Zenos**
What case?
**[20:07] Becker**
I know this is sudden, Zenos,
**[20:10] Becker**
but would you like to work
at the Royal Hospital?
**[20:14] Becker**
We're dealing with a bit of a problem, you see.
**[20:17] Zenos**
Why would you ask a total
stranger like me for help?
**[20:19] Becker**
It's a rather delicate issue,
**[20:21] Becker**
the kind where an outsider would
have an easier time taking action.
**[20:25] Lily**
You guys!
**[20:26] Zenos**
What are you all doing here?
**[20:29] Zophia**
The red flag was up, so we rushed down here.
**[20:32] Zenos**
The flag?
**[20:34] Zenos**
Oh, red is for emergencies.
**[20:36] Zenos**
Carmilla must've noticed something was up.
**[20:39] Zophia**
I'd like to see you try and take Doc away!
**[20:42] Lynga**
Sir Zenos forbids fighting in the clinic,
**[20:45] Lynga**
so we won't hurt you in here.
**[20:47] Loewe**
But take one step outside the building,
**[20:50] Loewe**
and our men might take
offense with your actions.
**[20:55] Becker**
This display of unity as
you all try to protect him!
**[20:59] Becker**
I wonder if any healer has ever
accomplished anything like it!
**[21:02] Becker**
I think we might need to
reconsider our approach.
**[21:07] Becker**
Let's make this an official deal...
or rather, a commission.
**[21:13] Zenos**
Yeah, all right.
**[21:15] Zophia**
Doc? You sure about this?
**[21:17] Zenos**
Now that they know about my underground
operation, I need them on my side.
**[21:21] Zenos**
And I still remember how the central hospital
**[21:24] Zenos**
distributed the cure for
Red Lung freely in the slums
**[21:27] Zenos**
back when it was spreading,
saving a lot of lives.
**[21:30] Umin**
That's right!
**[21:31] Umin**
There was a lot of opposition, but Dr. Becker
insisted that, to eradicate the disease,
**[21:35] Umin**
the cure had to be distributed to everyone,
**[21:37] Umin**
and he went as far as to pay for it himself!
**[21:40] Becker**
I was only taking the appropriate
scientific approach.
**[21:46] Zophia**
That was a big help, yeah.
**[21:49] Zenos**
More importantly, you seem to know my teacher.
**[21:52] Becker**
If you agree to come to the Royal Hospital,
I'll give you more details in time.
**[21:58] Zenos**
You called it a commission,
but now you're bargaining again.
**[22:02] Zenos**
You're a crafty one, aren't you?
**[22:04] Becker**
I've been called that.
**[22:06] Becker**
I'm sure the same can be said of you.
**[22:09] Zenos**
I'm just trying to live life the
way I like it, which is quietly.
**[22:13] Becker**
Once this matter is taken care of,
**[22:15] Becker**
you'll have my assistance in that regard.
**[22:17] Becker**
To make it official:
**[22:19] Becker**
Welcome to the Royal Hospital,
Zenos the underground healer.
***SIGN*** The Royal Hospital
**[23:57] Zenos**
"The Royal Hospital."
# 8 - The Royal Hospital
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**[00:02] Zenos**
Well, that sure is impressive...
**[00:13] Becker**
I still get lost occasionally.
It's just so vast.
**[00:17] Becker**
Let's head to my study for now.
**[00:20] Zenos**
The sheer scale of this place
is making me dizzy.
**[00:23] Zenos**
Are there no darker, danker rooms in here?
**[00:26] Umin**
You're making yourself sound awfully shady.
**[00:29] Zenos**
That'd be because I am legitimately shady.
**[00:32] Umin**
Saying it with such confidence doesn't help.
**[00:41] Zenos**
Now this is more my speed.
**[00:44] Becker**
I'm not sure I appreciate my office
being treated like some shady hideout.
**[00:49] Becker**
Now, regarding what I hired you for, Zenos...
**[00:53] Zenos**
Something about people
who've been going missing?
**[00:55] Becker**
Correct.
**[00:56] Zenos**
Tracking isn't really my thing, y'know.
**[00:58] Becker**
Don't worry. All I'm asking you to do is go
around and collect what information you can.
**[01:02] Becker**
Besides, unlike regular students,
special research students are able to attend
**[01:07] Becker**
all manner of programs in the
Royal Hospital via recommendation.
**[01:11] Becker**
I imagine being able to look in on a variety
of programs will make it easier to gather intel.
**[01:15] Zenos**
You're not worried about anyone
finding out my identity?
**[01:18] Becker**
You'll be operating as Zeno,
who has recently returned from abroad.
**[01:23] Zenos**
And you think that'll be enough?
**[01:25] Becker**
When you have an elite
healer vouching for you,
**[01:28] Becker**
security suddenly becomes less of a concern.
**[01:31] Zenos**
Which means if I do screw up somehow,
**[01:33] Zenos**
it'll be your responsibility as
the person who recommended me.
**[01:36] Becker**
Our fates are tied together, aren't they?
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[03:15] Lily**
Welcome back, Zenos!
**[03:17] Zenos**
What're you doing here, Lily?
**[03:19] Umin**
Dr. Becker signed off on her presence.
**[03:22] Umin**
Dorm regulations say that significant others
and family are allowed to cohabitate.
**[03:27] Lily**
And I'm your wife, Zenos!
**[03:29] Umin**
No, on paper, you're his little sister.
**[03:33] Umin**
I'm sure you'll feel more at
ease with someone you know.
**[03:36] Umin**
We tried to make this as
comfortable as possible.
**[03:39] Zenos**
I was worried about leaving her behind,
so I'm actually pretty grateful.
**[03:43] Umin**
I'm glad.
**[03:46] Umin**
Well, I'll see you tomorrow.
**[03:50] Lily**
Honey!
**[03:52] Zenos**
"Honey"?
**[03:54] Lily**
Do you want to have something
to eat? Or have a bath?
**[03:57] Lily**
Or...
**[03:58] Lily**
have me?
**[04:00] Zenos**
You heard about the "sister" thing, right?
**[04:03] Zenos**
And who even taught you that?
**[04:05] Carmilla**
That would be me.
**[04:06] Zenos**
You're here, too, huh?
**[04:08] Zenos**
Why, exactly?
**[04:09] Carmilla**
To be a nuisance.
**[04:11] Zenos**
Yeah, I figured!
**[04:13] Zenos**
Did it even occur to you that,
with all these healers around,
**[04:16] Zenos**
you'll be exorcised if anyone finds you?
**[04:20] Carmilla**
How can I make myself a nuisance
if I fear that kind of thing?
**[04:22] Zenos**
That's just who you are, huh?
**[04:24] Carmilla**
It's not as if there are many capable of
the kind of healing magic you possess.
**[04:29] Zenos**
Did you say something?
**[04:30] Carmilla**
Not a thing.
**[04:32] Carmilla**
"And thus,
**[04:33] Carmilla**
a minor request from the Royal Hospital
**[04:36] Carmilla**
ultimately ended up turning
into a major incident!"
**[04:40] Zenos**
Do you have to make a scary-sounding
prophecy the second you show up?
**[04:47] Umin**
So, Zenos... or rather, Zeno.
**[04:51] Umin**
How did orientation go?
**[04:53] Zenos**
Looks like I'm going to be
running all over the place,
**[04:56] Zenos**
but I don't even know how to
get a normal healer's license.
**[05:02] Umin**
Well, let's see...
**[05:03] Umin**
First, one applies to take the exam
to attend a healer preparatory school,
**[05:07] Umin**
and if you pass, you spend
a few years learning there.
**[05:10] Umin**
Afterward, if you pass the healer
exam, you earn your license.
**[05:15] Zenos**
That sounds like a ton of investment.
**[05:17] Zenos**
Man, healers are kind of impressive.
**[05:19] Umin**
Coming from you, that is...
certainly a statement.
**[05:25] Umin**
After that, you may be assigned
to a branch of the Royal Hospital,
**[05:28] Umin**
or earn an adventuring license
to work in the field.
**[05:31] Umin**
Some people also work directly for
the aristocracy or join the military.
**[05:35] Umin**
Of course, once you're working and
have made a name for yourself,
**[05:37] Umin**
you have the option of getting
examined and going up in rank.
**[05:41] Zenos**
An exam to go up in rank?
**[05:44] Zenos**
And this place is where
that stuff is handled, huh?
**[05:47] Umin**
Correct. Most of the students
are people here to either
**[05:50] Umin**
do research or advance their education,
**[05:52] Umin**
people interested in more advanced healing,
**[05:54] Umin**
or staff and administration.
**[05:58] Zenos**
I'm starting to get a headache.
**[06:00] Zenos**
For now, why don't you tell me
more about our missing people?
**[06:04] Umin**
Sure.
**[06:05] Umin**
His name is Afread, and he's
an upperclassman of mine.
**[06:08] Umin**
He's an advanced healer and the
deputy head of the laboratory.
**[06:13] Umin**
He's incredibly talented and kind,
as well as considerate.
**[06:17] Umin**
Dr. Becker even said that Afread was a major
contributor in creating the cure for Red Lung.
**[06:25] Zenos**
Sounds like someone
who's worth finding, then.
**[06:28] Zenos**
Do you have any leads?
**[06:30] Umin**
There is one thing, but...
**[06:35] Zenos**
Who's that?
**[06:36] Umin**
Professor Goldran.
**[06:38] Umin**
He's the vice director
of the Royal Hospital,
**[06:40] Umin**
and a class seven advanced healer.
**[06:43] Zenos**
Class seven?
**[06:45] Umin**
Yes.
**[06:46] Umin**
Each healing level—beginner,
intermediate, and advanced—
**[06:49] Umin**
is further split into seven classes.
**[06:52] Umin**
A class seven advanced healer is as high as
one gets without becoming an elite healer.
**[06:57] Zenos**
Huh...
**[06:59] Zenos**
Well, he's got a huge entourage.
Must be a big deal.
**[07:02] Umin**
He's in the running to be the
next director, after all.
**[07:06] Umin**
The current director takes a lot of
time off due to his advanced age,
**[07:09] Umin**
so it's fair to say that the vice director
has the most authority at the moment.
**[07:13] Umin**
And the Royal Hospital has changed
a bit since he became vice director.
**[07:19] Umin**
While the wealthy receive enthusiastic care,
**[07:22] Umin**
there's been increasingly less attention
paid to the other patients.
**[07:26] Umin**
Professor Goldran seems more interested
in advancing his political agenda
**[07:29] Umin**
than improving his healing abilities.
**[07:32] Umin**
There are even rumors that
his class seven promotion
**[07:35] Umin**
came from making good use of support
he's received from some major nobles.
**[07:40] Zenos**
Better to stay clear of him, then.
**[07:42] Umin**
I'm afraid that's not an
option for you, Zeno.
**[07:48] Umin**
There's a chance he might be
involved in Afread's disappearance.
**[07:53] Umin**
Being so ambitious, Professor
Goldran seems to want to
**[07:55] Umin**
gather as many talented individuals
beneath him as possible.
**[07:59] Umin**
He had called on Afread, on the
pretext of a loan from our lab.
**[08:02] Zenos**
And Becker was fine with that?
**[08:04] Umin**
The professor had contributed financially
to the manufacturing of the Red Lung cure,
**[08:09] Umin**
so the doctor felt indebted.
**[08:12] Umin**
Plus, Afread himself thought it wouldn't
be bad to expand his horizons.
**[08:17] Umin**
But a month later, he went missing.
**[08:22] Zenos**
What did Goldran have to say?
**[08:23] Umin**
He insists that he has no idea what happened
and is actually inconvenienced by it.
**[08:27] Zenos**
I get what you're trying to tell me.
**[08:30] Zenos**
But how do I approach him?
**[08:32] Umin**
That won't be a problem.
**[08:33] Umin**
As you distinguish yourself in the assorted
programs, he'll probably contact you.
**[08:37] Zenos**
You make that sound so easy.
**[08:39] Zenos**
I have a hard time imagining a
healer from a run-down clinic
**[08:42] Zenos**
distinguishing himself in the Royal Hospital.
**[08:44] Umin**
Wait... Zeno, do you not realize—
**[08:47] Cresson**
Hey, Umin!
**[08:49] Cresson**
What're you doing, sitting
off to the side like this?
**[08:52] Umin**
Cresson...
**[08:53] Umin**
I'm allowed to eat wherever I want, aren't I?
**[08:56] Cresson**
Whoa, simmer down, now.
**[08:58] Cresson**
We of the Goldran faction appreciate
you making plenty of room for us.
**[09:08] Cresson**
You're the special research student, right?
**[09:11] Cresson**
Do your best not to embarrass
your sponsor, you hear?
**[09:17] Zenos**
What's his deal?
**[09:18] Umin**
Don't worry about him.
**[09:20] Umin**
We're classmates, but ever since he was scouted
by Goldran's group, he's gotten a big head.
**[09:25] Zenos**
Uh-huh...
**[09:26] Zenos**
Well, for now, I'm heading to class.
**[09:32] Zenos**
*The structure of the epidermis...*
**[09:33] Zenos**
*The distribution of muscle...*
**[09:35] Zenos**
*The layout of blood vessels and nerves...*
**[09:37] Zenos**
*The positioning of organs...*
**[09:40] Zenos**
*Today's the day I pull this off.*
**[09:45] (Flashback) Zenos**
What's the big deal, old timer?!
**[09:47] (Flashback) Master**
Don't use that power on the dead.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Master**
It should be saved for the living.
**[10:01] (Flashback) Master**
You've both improved a
lot over this past year.
**[10:03] (Flashback) Master**
Looks like I was right about you.
**[10:06] (Flashback) Zenos**
I'm the one who brought Veritra in, though.
**[10:09] (Flashback) Master**
And I don't want you two getting cocky
just because you can fix a few wounds.
**[10:14] (Flashback) Master**
Being able to heal wounds only
makes a healer third-rate.
**[10:17] (Flashback) Veritra**
Right, Master.
**[10:19] (Flashback) Veritra**
A healer is second-rate if they
can wholly heal a person...
**[10:21] (Flashback) Veritra**
And only first-rate if they can
make the world a better place.
**[10:24] (Flashback) Veritra**
Trust me, I remember. I've heard it so many
times, people have said it to me in my dreams.
**[10:28] (Flashback) Master**
Really?
**[10:30] (Flashback) Master**
Well, as long as you get it.
**[10:35] Teacher A**
We'll now begin the lecture.
**[10:38] Teacher A**
I specialize in adventurer-adjacent healing.
**[10:41] Teacher A**
Today's topic is the undead.
**[10:43] Teacher A**
I'll introduce you to the latest findings on
these monsters that roam the world after death.
**[10:48] Zenos**
*Huh...*
**[10:50] Zenos**
*Pretty interesting.*
**[10:52] Zenos**
* A lot of it I know from*
* when I was adventuring,*
**[10:55] Zenos**
* but the systematic way it's*
* organized makes it easy to absorb.*
**[10:59] Teacher A**
Does anyone have any questions?
**[11:02] Extra**
Are we going to discuss wraiths at all?
**[11:04] Teacher A**
A good question,
**[11:06] Teacher A**
but we don't know that much about the
highest-ranked among undead monsters.
**[11:11] Teacher A**
And that's for two reasons.
**[11:13] Teacher A**
One is that there aren't
many eyewitness reports.
**[11:16] Teacher A**
The other is that most parties who
have challenged them were wiped out.
**[11:20] Teacher A**
The most pertinent thing is that if you
encounter a wraith, the best thing to do is run.
**[11:25] Teacher A**
The ones that can speak are
particularly dangerous.
**[11:28] Teacher A**
In general, if a monster is verbal,
you know it's incredibly powerful.
**[11:32] Teacher A**
And when a wraith is verbal,
it's more than just about anyone can handle.
**[11:35] Zenos**
Wait, seriously?
**[11:37] Zenos**
* I've got a talking wraith kicking*
* back in my room right now...*
**[11:40] Zenos**
*I probably shouldn't mention that.*
**[11:44] Teacher A**
As we wrap up, have any among
you fought the undead before?
**[11:48] Teacher A**
If you have, I'd like you to share
your experience with the others.
**[11:54] Cresson**
My name is Cresson Wembley, and I'm
a member of the Goldran Laboratory.
**[11:58] Cresson**
I was an adventurer for a few years,
and have taken down around 30 ghosts.
**[12:08] Cresson**
How about you, special research student?
**[12:12] Zenos**
Huh?
**[12:15] Zenos**
*I need to make a name for myself,*
**[12:18] Zenos**
*but standing out too much is a bad idea.*
**[12:20] Zenos**
*I can probably take out 50 at once, but...*
**[12:22] Zenos**
*Might be smarter to just match his story.*
**[12:25] Zenos**
Uh, I'm at around 30, too.
**[12:29] Cresson**
Don't lie, man.
**[12:30] Zenos**
I'm not. Really, 30 is about
the most I can beat at once.
**[12:34] Cresson**
Seriously, you don't need to... Wait, "at once"?
**[12:39] Zenos**
Wait, you didn't mean 30 at once?
**[12:42] Teacher A**
You're Zeno, the special
research student, correct?
**[12:45] Teacher A**
Could you explain what you mean?
**[12:48] Zenos**
There's not much to explain.
**[12:50] Zenos**
If you go to the underground labyrinth,
that place is crawling with ghosts,
**[12:53] Zenos**
and the best way to deal with them is to
cast Heal on as many as you can at once.
**[12:57] Teacher A**
The underground labyrinth...
of Garminton, you mean?!
**[13:01] Zenos**
I think that's what the name was, yeah.
**[13:04] Teacher A**
Zeno. Even gold-class parties
hesitate to set foot in that place.
**[13:13] Cresson**
*What the hell is his deal?*
**[13:15] Cresson**
*There's no way that was true.*
**[13:17] Cresson**
*I don't like him.*
**[13:25] Cresson**
You said your name was Zeno, right?
**[13:27] Cresson**
Don't just spout nonsense
because you want to stand out.
**[13:30] Zenos**
I'm actually trying to avoid
standing out, to be honest.
**[13:33] Fasso**
We'll now begin our lecture
on healing magic circles.
**[13:37] Zenos**
* If I'm being honest, I don't*
* understand magic circles.*
**[13:41] Zenos**
* If I have time to spend*
* drawing that kind of thing,*
**[13:43] Zenos**
*I figure it's faster to just heal my patient.*
**[13:48] Fasso**
Now, if one of you would come up here
and draw your best magic circle.
**[13:54] Cresson**
Allow me, sir.
**[14:01] Fasso**
It looks pretty good.
**[14:02] Fasso**
I don't suppose you'd like
to join my laboratory?
**[14:06] Cresson**
Oh, no, I already work for Professor Goldran.
**[14:11] Cresson**
Professor, I believe the special research
student would like to show what he can do.
**[14:18] Zenos**
* My teacher showed me one*
* magic circle a long time ago.*
**[14:22] Zenos**
* That's the only one I know,*
* so I guess that's what I'm drawing.*
**[14:27] Cresson**
I've never seen a magic
circle that looks like that.
**[14:30] Cresson**
Looks like the gold plating's come off the
big-talking special research student already!
**[14:34] Fasso**
Th-This magic circle...
**[14:36] Fasso**
This goes beyond simple healing magic.
**[14:38] Fasso**
The cardinal directions are
marked by infinite spirals...
**[14:42] Fasso**
Is this for regeneration?
**[14:44] Fasso**
But something's still different...
**[14:46] Zenos**
Oh, that's actually it,
but it's a real weird one.
**[14:50] Zenos**
Like, if the patient's lost multiple fingers,
it'll randomly grow one back.
**[14:55] Fasso**
S-Say what?!
**[14:56] Fasso**
Conditional branching and random sampling?
**[14:59] Fasso**
I had no idea you could cram that
much into a single magic circle!
**[15:02] Fasso**
But this would require a
massive amount of mana.
**[15:04] Fasso**
Surely no human could activate it.
**[15:06] Zenos**
I can, though.
**[15:10] Zenos**
It's honestly not that useful.
**[15:12] Zenos**
Regenerating a finger
with magic is way faster.
**[15:15] Fasso**
I have no idea what you're
saying, and I don't care.
**[15:18] Fasso**
More than anything, I want
you to join my laboratory!
**[15:22] Zenos**
Uh, no, I kinda have stuff to take care of...
**[15:25] Cresson**
*What is this? What the hell is he?!*
**[15:31] 2nd Secretary**
There's something I think
you should know, Professor.
**[15:34] Goldran**
What is it?
**[15:36] 2nd Secretary**
There are rumors of an interesting
individual in the school.
**[15:39] 2nd Secretary**
A healer capable of defeating
30 ghosts at once.
**[15:43] 2nd Secretary**
His name is Zeno, and he's this
year's special research student.
**[15:46] Goldran**
A special research student?
**[15:49] Goldran**
Do you believe our faction is so
insignificant that some random
**[15:53] Goldran**
special research student
should be allowed to join?
**[15:55] 2nd Secretary**
My apologies, sir!
**[15:57] 3rd Secretary**
Pardon me, Professor.
**[15:58] 3rd Secretary**
I have a report. There are multiple
reports of undead at the Suula graveyard.
**[16:03] Goldran**
Assign someone to deal with the matter.
**[16:06] Goldran**
In fact, send the special research student
who can take out 30 ghosts in one blow.
**[16:11] Goldran**
If he proves to live up to his claims,
**[16:13] Goldran**
we may just have a spot for him.
**[16:16] 3rd Secretary**
Very good, sir.
**[16:20] Lily**
You're going to fight some undead, Zenos?
**[16:22] Zenos**
Yeah.
**[16:24] Carmilla**
Exorcising the undead, eh?
**[16:26] Carmilla**
That certainly means trouble.
**[16:27] Zenos**
Tell me about it.
**[16:28] Carmilla**
I meant for the undead.
**[16:31] Lily**
If a bunch have shown up... Undead really
do tend to gather at graveyards, huh?
**[16:36] Zenos**
Since the church oversees this one,
this kind of thing is rare, apparently.
**[16:41] Zenos**
They're not sure what caused it.
**[16:44] Carmilla**
Go on, enjoy your meal.
**[16:46] Zenos**
You weren't the one who made it. It was Lily.
**[16:48] Lily**
Are you going to eat, Carmilla?
**[16:50] Carmilla**
I'll take extra chicken, if you don't mind.
**[16:52] Carmilla**
And if you give me any carrots,
I'll curse you and your descendants.
**[16:55] Zenos**
You have no trouble eating solid matter?
**[16:58] Carmilla**
All things are possible with enough spirit!
**[17:01] Zenos**
I get the feeling if I just wrote
down my observations on you,
**[17:04] Zenos**
it'd be enough to earn me a degree.
**[17:12] Cresson**
Ch-Charge!
**[17:14] Cresson**
Follow me!
**[17:16] Extras**
Root of all life, by your
blessing, grant amelioration.
**[17:19] Extras**
Heal!
**[17:23] Zenos**
They're being pretty thorough,
only taking out one or two at a time.
**[17:26] Zenos**
It seems kinda inefficient, though.
**[17:28] Umin**
I can only imagine it'd
seem that way to you.
**[17:31] Cresson**
Damn it! We can't keep up with these numbers!
**[17:34] Cresson**
It's no good!
**[17:37] Zenos**
High Heal.
**[17:43] Zenos**
That was great.
**[17:44] Zenos**
They were all gathered in one spot.
That made it easier to deal with them.
**[17:47] Umin**
*I didn't quite expect... this.*
**[17:51] Cresson**
Did you see that?! This is what Cresson
of the Goldran faction is capable of!
**[17:56] Extras**
Was that you, Cresson?
**[17:57] Extras**
That was some amazing healing magic.
**[17:59] Umin**
No, Zeno was the one who...
**[18:01] Cresson**
Huh? As if a special research student
could be capable of something like that!
**[18:06] Cresson**
Go on, report our success and my
contribution to your teachers!
**[18:10] Cresson**
You're dismissed!
**[18:11] Umin**
Cresson, wait!
**[18:14] Cresson**
Listen up! There's no way I accept you!
**[18:17] Zenos**
Okay.
**[18:19] Cresson**
What the hell is your deal?!
**[18:21] Cresson**
Why'd they make me observe this special research
student freak who showed up out of nowhere?
**[18:26] Zenos**
Observe?
**[18:27] Cresson**
Forget it! I'm done!
**[18:33] Zenos**
The undead aren't dealt with yet, though.
**[18:36] Umin**
What do you mean?
**[18:40] Zenos**
It's coming.
**[18:50] Extra A**
A zombie... king?
**[18:52] Extra B**
Why is such a dangerous
monster suddenly popping up?!
**[18:55] Extra A**
Cresson! You're our only hope!
**[18:58] Extra A**
Use some incredible healing
magic to slow it down!
**[19:00] Cresson**
S-Sure...
**[19:02] Umin**
They seem to have high expectations for you,
**[19:05] Umin**
Cresson of the Goldran faction.
**[19:08] Cresson**
Umin, you jerk! We're classmates,
and you're not gonna help?!
**[19:11] Umin**
What? You need help from the likes of me?
**[19:14] Umin**
You, Cresson of the Goldran faction?
**[19:18] Zenos**
Yeah, I know.
**[19:20] Zenos**
You don't want me interfering, right?
**[19:23] Cresson**
Oh... well... glad you get it.
**[19:26] Cresson**
Hurry up and call for reinforcements!
**[19:28] Cresson**
I'll hold it off until then...
**[19:33] Cresson**
H-Here I come! Say your prayers!
**[19:37] Zenos**
Pretty bold of him,
but why's his voice cracking?
**[19:40] Umin**
It's almost a textbook example
of getting what you deserve.
**[19:43] Cresson**
Light of life that dwells deep within, hear my
prayers, and let your blessing shine forth here!
**[19:51] Cresson**
High Heal!
**[19:58] Cresson**
That was my best magic, and it...
**[20:09] Cresson**
You see that, peanut gallery?!
**[20:11] Cresson**
We're evenly matched...
**[20:12] Cresson**
No, I managed to strike
first, so I have the edge!
**[20:15] Cresson**
It didn't lay a finger on me!
**[20:19] Umin**
I suppose this explains why
so many have been appearing.
**[20:22] Umin**
Undead are drawn to more powerful undead.
**[20:25] Umin**
This zombie king must be the root of all this.
**[20:28] Zenos**
The zombie king...
**[20:30] Zenos**
Something seems off about that.
**[20:32] Zenos**
I also wonder why he's not
using healing magic anymore.
**[20:37] Umin**
Well, he was lying before.
**[20:39] Zenos**
Wait, he was?
**[20:40] Umin**
Yes.
**[20:41] Umin**
But I'd rather you didn't help him.
**[20:44] Umin**
He's earned a bit of pain
for his shenanigans.
**[20:47] Zenos**
You say that, but I can tell
you're worried about him.
**[20:50] Umin**
Wh-What makes you say that?!
**[20:53] Zenos**
The fact that you stuck
around kinda suggests it.
**[20:56] Umin**
W-Well, someone should collect his remains...
**[21:00] Umin**
W-We are classmates, after all.
**[21:04] Umin**
But he's just been rolling around
instead of fighting, hasn't he?
**[21:11] Cresson**
Root of all life, by your
blessing, grant amelioration...
**[21:16] Cresson**
Heal.
**[21:24] Cresson**
L-Let me go!
**[21:26] Umin**
Cresson!
**[21:29] Cresson**
H-Help!
**[21:39] Zenos**
Mega Heal!
**[21:54] Cresson**
Wh-Who asked you to help me?
**[21:56] Umin**
Well, you did. Quite loudly.
**[21:58] Umin**
You were bawling, going, "Help!"
**[22:01] Cresson**
Kn-Knock it off! I was not!
**[22:02] Umin**
No, I heard it quite clearly.
**[22:04] Zenos**
*Drawn to more powerful undead...*
**[22:06] Cresson**
I would've done just fine without your help!
**[22:08] Zenos**
Look, uh... Sorry.
**[22:08] Umin**
If you hadn't gotten so full of yourself—
**[22:13] Lily**
Are you okay, Carmilla? Are you sick?
**[22:18] Carmilla**
Quite the jest, suggesting that the greatest
of the undead such as myself could get sick.
***SIGN*** Faction Infiltration
**[23:57] Zenos**
"Faction Infiltration."
# 9 - Faction Infiltration
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**[00:02] Lily**
Are you okay, Carmilla? Are you sick?
**[00:07] Carmilla**
Very humorous, suggesting that
the greatest of the undead
**[00:10] Carmilla**
could get sick.
**[00:13] Lily**
Well, if you're sure.
**[00:15] Carmilla**
Someone might have me on their mind.
**[00:20] Lily**
You must be popular!
**[00:24] Carmilla**
You little flatterer!
**[00:26] Carmilla**
Your stew was quite flavorful, Lily.
**[00:30] Lily**
You're good at flattery yourself!
**[00:35] Lily**
Zenos! Welcome back.
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[02:09] Carmilla**
I see.
**[02:10] Carmilla**
Undead being drawn to stronger undead, eh?
**[02:16] Zenos**
You knew about that?
**[02:17] Carmilla**
I did not, but it's no surprise.
**[02:19] Carmilla**
I suppose my overwhelmingly charismatic
aura must have also overflowed!
**[02:24] Carmilla**
Kneel down, human fools!
**[02:30] Carmilla**
What now? Will you kick me out?
**[02:33] Zenos**
Nah.
**[02:34] Zenos**
Given how you affect your surroundings,
it's probably safer to keep you by my side.
**[02:40] Lily**
I... I want him to say that about me, too!
**[02:45] Lily**
"Lily. Stay by my side."
**[02:52] Zenos**
Carmilla? Something wrong?
**[02:52] Lily**
It's 'cuz I'm Zenos's ideal wife!
**[02:54] Carmilla**
It's nothing.
**[02:57] Carmilla**
Asking a wraith, an entity despised
by all, to stay by your side...
**[03:00] Carmilla**
You are as odd as they come.
**[03:04] Carmilla**
Very well. I will dedicate all my
energy to being a nuisance, then.
**[03:07] Zenos**
Did you actually think that sounded cool?
**[03:13] 2nd Secretary**
Cresson, you seem to have performed quite
wonderfully during the undead extermination.
**[03:18] Cresson**
W-Well, sure!
**[03:20] 2nd Secretary**
The other students who joined you
have been singing your praises.
**[03:24] 2nd Secretary**
It's impressive.
**[03:28] 2nd Secretary**
That said, the fact that
you did such an amazing job
**[03:31] 2nd Secretary**
means that the special research student,
Zeno, failed to live up to expectations.
**[03:36] 2nd Secretary**
Continue to dedicate yourself
to the professor's cause.
**[03:39] 2nd Secretary**
You're free to go, Cresson.
**[03:42] Cresson**
Right...
**[03:45] Cresson**
Actually...
**[03:46] Cresson**
I was awesome,
**[03:48] Cresson**
but he—the special research student—
was actually really impressive.
**[03:52] Cresson**
The hordes of undead and zombie king...
He's the one who defeated them.
**[03:57] 2nd Secretary**
What are you saying?
**[04:00] Cresson**
The truth, sir. I saw it happen.
**[04:05] Cresson**
If you'll excuse me.
**[04:10] Cresson**
Damn it!
**[04:12] Cresson**
We're even now, special research student.
**[04:18] Becker**
Zenos! The Goldran Research
Lab is calling for you.
**[04:22] Becker**
Looks like you'll be invited to his faction.
**[04:24] Umi**
That's amazing!
**[04:25] Zenos**
Really?
**[04:27] Becker**
I have to say, I'm impressed.
**[04:29] Becker**
I guess your undead extermination
must've caught their eye.
**[04:32] Zenos**
Huh...
**[04:34] Becker**
Are you surprised?
**[04:36] Zenos**
I kinda thought the story was
that Cresson took care of that.
**[04:40] Becker**
I'm not clear on the specifics, but...
**[04:43] Zenos**
Guess this means we've cleared
the first big obstacle.
**[04:45] Becker**
I'd think of it more as
reaching the starting line.
**[04:48] Becker**
You still have to be
interviewed by the professor.
**[04:51] Zenos**
What? There's still more?
**[04:54] Zenos**
I was hoping this'd be more casual.
**[04:56] Becker**
Professor Goldran is a major mover
**[04:59] Becker**
who commands the majority of
support in the Royal Hospital.
**[05:02] Becker**
He doesn't meet with just anyone.
**[05:04] Zenos**
The more organized they are,
the more of a pain they are, huh?
**[05:07] Zenos**
I don't think I'm cut out for this stuff.
**[05:09] Becker**
And Professor Goldran is exceptionally
particular when it comes to authority and honors.
**[05:14] Zenos**
But isn't he an advanced healer?
**[05:17] Zenos**
Doesn't that make you, an
elite healer, more important?
**[05:20] Becker**
Unfortunately, political power
and titles don't equate.
**[05:24] Becker**
Especially in my case, given that
I earned my title via developing drugs.
**[05:30] Zenos**
Well, for now, I should probably
go answer their call.
**[05:34] Becker**
I'll be praying for your success.
**[05:36] Umin**
You've got this, Zenos!
**[05:42] 2nd Secertary**
Welcome, Zeno.
**[05:43] 2nd Secertary**
I am the professor's second secretary.
**[05:47] Goldran**
You're the special research student?
**[05:50] Goldran**
What can you do?
**[05:52] Zenos**
Healing's about the only thing I can do.
**[05:54] Goldran**
How small...
**[05:56] Goldran**
Any healer can do that.
**[06:00] Goldran**
If you have power, then
you should aim higher.
**[06:03] Goldran**
You should know that healers hold
special sway in our country.
**[06:08] Zenos**
*Wait, they do?*
**[06:10] Goldran**
You could even say this country's
history is the history of healers...
**[06:14] Goldran**
Yet, at the moment, the ruling class
reaps the majority of the benefits.
**[06:17] Goldran**
I intend to join them in the near future.
**[06:21] Goldran**
This will ensure that our faction
earns proportionate gains.
**[06:25] Goldran**
Everyone deserves treatment equal
to what they are capable of.
**[06:29] Goldran**
That includes healers.
**[06:31] Goldran**
Not all life is equal in value.
**[06:33] Goldran**
It stands to reason that the wealthy
**[06:35] Goldran**
and the impoverished would
receive differing quality of care.
**[06:39] Goldran**
Could you reproduce the magic circle
you drew in your class right now?
**[06:43] Goldran**
I'd like to see for myself whether
or not you'll be of any use.
**[06:48] Goldran**
And if you prove valuable,
**[06:50] Goldran**
I'm prepared to welcome you.
**[07:01] Zenos**
What exactly does this prove, though?
**[07:03] Goldran**
The depth of your healing magic knowledge.
**[07:06] Goldran**
And whether or not said knowledge
has questionable roots.
**[07:13] Goldran**
There are several different schools
of magic circle conception,
**[07:16] Goldran**
and with healing magic, there are certain
principles that need to be minded.
**[07:20] Goldran**
Any signs that they are not is an indicator
that you did not receive an official education.
**[07:26] Goldran**
Those who work for me must prove to
be as legitimate as they are capable.
**[07:33] 2nd Sec**
What do you think, Professor?
**[07:35] Goldran**
A fascinating magic circle.
**[07:38] Goldran**
I've never seen these
particular applications.
**[07:41] Goldran**
And it does a fine job of minding
the fundamentals, as well.
**[07:47] Goldran**
You may join the lab starting tomorrow.
**[08:04] Zenos**
What is all this?
**[08:06] Cresson**
Look sharp, man!
**[08:07] Cresson**
Hurry and line up!
**[08:10] Zenos**
It's you...
**[08:11] Cresson**
I'm Cresson, your senior in this group!
**[08:13] Cresson**
Looks like you're a member of
the Goldran Lab starting today.
**[08:17] Cresson**
Which means you're gonna
have to follow the rules!
**[08:19] Zenos**
Sure, all right.
**[08:21] Cresson**
I hope you realize the only reason you're a
part of this is because I recommended you!
**[08:27] Cresson**
You basically owe me your life!
**[08:29] Zenos**
Really?
**[08:30] Zenos**
Well, I am grateful. Why'd you do it, though?
**[08:35] Cresson**
Isn't it obvious?
**[08:36] Cresson**
I can use you to make my
way up in the faction!
**[08:40] Zenos**
You're an honest guy, huh?
**[08:42] Zenos**
What's with the procession, anyway?
**[08:45] Cresson**
It's for Professor Goldran's general rounds.
**[08:47] Cresson**
He goes around visiting the patients
**[08:50] Cresson**
with an entourage that he's at the head of.
**[08:54] Zenos**
So... until I showed up, you
were at the back of the line?
**[08:57] Cresson**
Sh-Shut up!
**[08:59] Cresson**
Just watch! I'm going to claw my way up!
**[09:03] Zenos**
Okay. Good luck with that.
**[09:05] Cresson**
Don't give me that pitying look!
**[09:12] Zenos**
Does he really need all these people?
**[09:14] Cresson**
It's all about creating an impression.
**[09:16] Cresson**
Besides, the professor only visits
people from the upper-upper crust.
**[09:21] Zenos**
I wanna get a better look.
**[09:22] Cresson**
Whoa! Where are you going?!
**[09:25] Zenos**
*I need to know more about Goldran*
**[09:27] Zenos**
* if I intend to find anything*
* out about the disappearances.*
**[09:31] Patient**
Dr. Goldran, the pain has been so bad since
I twisted my ankle on the side of the bed...
**[09:38] Goldran**
It's a sprain.
**[09:41] Goldran**
Three should be sufficient for this.
**[09:44] Zenos**
*What is that?*
**[09:46] Goldran**
Woven into a single ray of light,
**[09:49] Goldran**
let the lost embers of life be your guidance,
**[09:52] Goldran**
so that they may find their way home.
**[09:55] Goldran**
Give Heal.
**[10:01] Patient**
The pain's gone!
**[10:03] Patient**
Thank you so much!
**[10:06] Cresson**
Dude, don't just wander off!
**[10:10] Zenos**
Sorry. But what was that magic
where he used multiple healers?
**[10:15] Cresson**
You don't even know that?
**[10:17] Cresson**
The professor's specialty
is health transfer magic.
**[10:20] Zenos**
Health transfer magic?
**[10:23] Cresson**
It's basically magic that transfers
life force between people to heal.
**[10:26] Cresson**
Pretty revolutionary, right?
**[10:28] Cresson**
It can provide major results even if
the caster isn't particularly powerful.
**[10:33] Cresson**
Say you've got someone who's injured.
**[10:35] Cresson**
You transfer someone else's
life force into them
**[10:38] Cresson**
in order to boost their recovery.
That's health transfer magic.
**[10:42] Cresson**
The worse the injury, the
more life force it requires,
**[10:45] Cresson**
so you need to prepare a larger number of
**[10:47] Cresson**
healthy people to transfer the necessary
bit of health to the patient.
**[10:50] Cresson**
That way the patient is healed,
**[10:52] Cresson**
and the burden on the donors is minimal.
**[10:55] Cresson**
They only have to deal
with a bit of exhaustion.
**[10:58] Zenos**
That is interesting.
**[11:01] Zenos**
It explains why he wants so
many people for his faction.
**[11:04] Cresson**
That's a part of it, yeah, but the biggest
reason is probably the election for director.
**[11:07] Cresson**
There are rumors that the current director,
Shalbard, is going to retire soon.
**[11:11] Cresson**
So he's trying to secure votes in
preparation for the next election.
**[11:16] Cresson**
At this rate, Professor Goldran's
basically guaranteed to win.
**[11:20] Cresson**
And if I ride the coattails of a winner,
it'll mean a path straight to the top.
**[11:24] Zenos**
I appreciate you filling me in like this.
**[11:26] Zenos**
You're nicer than I figured.
**[11:28] Cresson**
D-Don't be stupid!
I'm just trying to use you!
**[11:32] Zenos**
Since you're feeling so generous with info,
**[11:34] Zenos**
I don't suppose you know
someone named Afread, do you?
**[11:36] Cresson**
Afread?
**[11:38] Cresson**
The idiot who went missing despite the
professor's hopes for him. Not a fan.
**[11:43] Zenos**
Did anything seem off before he went missing?
**[11:45] Cresson**
Hell if I know.
**[11:46] Cresson**
He was invited to dinner and
vanished right afterward.
**[11:50] Zenos**
Dinner?
**[11:51] Cresson**
The professor occasionally has dinner parties, and he invites all his favorites to them.
**[11:55] Cresson**
Getting the invite basically guarantees
you're one of his people in the future.
**[11:59] Cresson**
Damn it! So jealous!
**[12:04] Becker**
This has all been very enlightening.
**[12:06] Zenos**
Well, that about does it for me, right?
**[12:09] Becker**
Oh, hardly!
**[12:11] Becker**
This is a good hint, but still
far from the evidence we need.
**[12:15] Becker**
The best thing to do would be to have you
become one of Professor Goldran's favorites
**[12:19] Becker**
so that you could infiltrate
one of these dinner parties.
**[12:22] Becker**
Pull that off and I'll pay you extra.
**[12:25] Becker**
In addition to making sure,
**[12:27] Becker**
as we originally agreed, that your
underground operations aren't interrupted.
**[12:31] Zenos**
I was kind of hoping to go home soon...
**[12:34] Zenos**
However this plays out, once I'm done,
**[12:36] Zenos**
I want you to tell me about my teacher.
**[12:39] Becker**
Of course. Everything I know.
**[12:46] Becker**
Zenos, I have a question for you.
**[12:48] Becker**
You see these coins scattered
on the floor, yes?
**[12:53] Becker**
Now, I'd like to pick them up,
**[12:56] Becker**
but unfortunately, between
research and meetings,
**[12:58] Becker**
I don't have the necessary time.
**[13:00] Becker**
So, if it was you, which
would you pick up first?
**[13:06] Becker**
Do you believe that lives
should be valued equally?
**[13:11] Umin**
Are you in, Dr. Becker?
**[13:13] Umin**
Oh, Zenos is here, too.
**[13:16] Umin**
Am I interrupting?
**[13:18] Becker**
Not at all. Just chatting a bit.
**[13:21] Becker**
I've got a meeting, right?
**[13:23] Becker**
Where was it again?
**[13:24] Umin**
Ugh... I'll show you the way.
**[13:27] Becker**
I'm always in your debt.
**[13:30] Becker**
I'm counting on you.
**[13:36] Zenos**
I'll do what I can.
**[13:47] Lynga**
Lynga might be a genius!
**[13:52] Lynga**
Now I can sneak into Sir Zenos's bed on
my own and sniff it as much as I want!
**[13:59] Lynga**
Zophia?!
**[13:59] Zophia**
Lynga?!
**[14:01] Lynga**
What are you doing here?!
**[14:03] Zophia**
I was gonna ask you the same thing.
**[14:06] Zophia**
Oh, I see.
**[14:07] Zophia**
You came to clean up, too?
**[14:09] Lynga**
You, too?
**[14:12] Loewe**
I'm a genius! Who else would think of
cleaning the clinic while Zenos was out?!
**[14:18] Zophia**
I kinda saw this coming, y'know.
**[14:21] Lynga**
And a broken door means even more work...
**[14:25] Loewe**
I guess the two of you showed up ahead of me.
**[14:39] Zophia**
This is looking good! I did a fine job!
**[14:42] Lynga**
Lynga did over half the work!
**[14:45] Loewe**
And I have perfectly repaired the door!
**[14:47] Both**
You're the one who broke it!
**[14:58] Cresson**
I'm providing you the opportunity
to help my glorious self!
**[15:02] Cresson**
That means looking after the
professor's beloved pup!
**[15:05] Cresson**
You just have to watch her.
**[15:09] Zenos**
Uh... you do more stuff for
the lab than this, right?
**[15:13] Cresson**
Of course I do!
**[15:15] Cresson**
Other than walks, I also provide
Madam Milk with her meals!
**[15:18] Cresson**
In addition to washing
and grooming... and more!
**[15:22] Zenos**
Not exactly the answer I was expecting.
**[15:24] Cresson**
The professor's meeting with the seven
major nobles that he's currying favor with.
**[15:29] Cresson**
Man, that's so cool!
**[15:31] Cresson**
Then again, if I climb my way
up the faction's ladder,
**[15:34] Cresson**
I could be in the same position soon enough!
**[15:38] Zenos**
You're hoping for a promotion, then?
**[15:41] Cresson**
Of course I am!
**[15:42] Cresson**
Once I become a big deal
and join the upper crust,
**[15:45] Cresson**
I'll have good food, good women,
and peons to push around!
**[15:50] Cresson**
That's why I'm working hard to be a healer!
**[15:53] Zenos**
I thought being a healer was
about, y'know, healing people.
**[15:57] Cresson**
Ideally, maybe.
**[15:59] Cresson**
I mean, sure, even I had a time when
**[16:01] Cresson**
I dreamed about saving a bunch of
lives or curing a terrible disease,
**[16:05] Cresson**
but healing magic isn't all-powerful.
**[16:08] Cresson**
There are things it just can't do.
**[16:10] Cresson**
Y'know what's more reliable? Money and power!
**[16:15] Cresson**
What?
**[16:16] Bons**
Hey, Cresson!
**[16:18] Bons**
Looking after Goldran's
high and mighty mutt again?
**[16:21] Cresson**
Mr. Bons!
**[16:23] Cresson**
I'm doing what I can, yes.
**[16:25] Bons**
Damn it all...
**[16:27] Bons**
That is one smug-looking mutt.
**[16:30] Bons**
Ticks me off.
**[16:31] Cresson**
Don't let the professor
hear you say that, sir!
**[16:35] Bons**
Takes more than sucking up
to get anywhere in life, boy.
**[16:39] Zenos**
Who was that?
**[16:40] Cresson**
Professor Goldran's first secretary.
**[16:43] Zenos**
That guy?
**[16:44] Cresson**
Unbelievable, right?
**[16:45] Cresson**
They're apparently old friends,
but he barely does any work,
**[16:49] Cresson**
and he's usually drunk all day long.
**[16:51] Cresson**
Can't believe he gets the spot of first
secretary, even if they do go way back.
**[16:57] Bons**
Hey, Cresson!
**[16:58] Cresson**
Y-Yes?! You called for me?
**[17:01] Bons**
You can have this booze!
**[17:06] Cresson**
Oh, no! Madam Milk!
**[17:14] Cresson**
Milk! Milk!
**[17:30] Cresson**
Light of life that dwells deep within,
**[17:32] Cresson**
hear my prayers, and let your
blessing shine forth here!
**[17:35] Cresson**
High Heal!
**[17:38] Cresson**
It... It's not enough.
**[17:41] Zenos**
She should be fine once the
bleeding's stopped, right?
**[17:44] Cresson**
That's not enough!
**[17:46] Cresson**
There'll be scars!
**[17:49] Cresson**
The professor loves Madam
Milk's beautiful fur!
**[17:53] Cresson**
I'm done for...
**[17:55] Cresson**
I'm sorry for making a mess
of you, too, Madam Milk...
**[18:00] Zenos**
Heal.
**[18:01] Cresson**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[18:03] Zenos**
What's it look like? Casting healing magic.
**[18:06] Cresson**
It's pointless! Maybe you have enough
magic output to take out a zombie king,
**[18:10] Cresson**
but the kind of finesse needed
to regenerate skin is...
**[18:14] Cresson**
She's fixed?!
**[18:15] Cresson**
There's no trace of a scar!
**[18:18] Zenos**
Isn't that the kind of magic Heal is?
**[18:20] Zenos**
I fixed the ribs that had been cracked,
too, so you can continue the walk,
**[18:24] Zenos**
but I'd recommend letting
her rest for today.
**[18:29] Cresson**
That's not the kind of magic Heal is, man.
**[18:32] Cresson**
Making yourself sound like an elite-grade...
**[18:37] Cresson**
Stop right there, special research student!
Looking after Madam Milk is my job!
**[18:50] Umin**
Hello, Zenos... er, Zeno.
**[18:53] Zenos**
What's up?
**[18:55] Umin**
Well... if you don't mind,
would you join me for a walk?
**[19:01] Zenos**
A walk?
**[19:12] Zenos**
Is there something you need to tell me?
**[19:14] Umin**
Well... it's...
**[19:18] Umin**
I... wanted to apologize.
**[19:21] Umin**
It's just...
**[19:24] Umin**
If I were more capable,
**[19:26] Umin**
I would've been able to get
Professor Goldran's attention.
**[19:30] Umin**
Then you wouldn't have
been dragged into this...
**[19:34] Umin**
I feel guilty.
**[19:37] Zenos**
And you asked me out for
a walk to tell me that?
**[19:39] Umin**
Yes. I'm sure an apology from me
doesn't amount to much, but...
**[19:45] Zenos**
I'll be taking payment for my efforts
from Becker, so it's all good.
**[19:49] Zenos**
Don't let it bother you.
**[19:50] Umin**
Be that as it may...
**[19:52] Zenos**
Besides, without opportunities like these,
**[19:55] Zenos**
I never would've set foot
inside the Royal Hospital.
**[19:58] Zenos**
I never would've had a chance
to learn more about my teacher.
**[20:01] Zenos**
There's plenty for me to gain.
**[20:03] Zenos**
So you honestly don't need to worry.
**[20:06] Umin**
Still, if there's anything
I can do, just ask.
**[20:10] Umin**
Come to think of it, what kind
of person was your teacher?
**[20:15] Zenos**
I honestly don't have much of a clue.
**[20:17] Zenos**
He seemed kinda shady, but he taught me how to
read and write, and about the outside world,
**[20:22] Zenos**
to say nothing about diseases, injuries,
and magic. Taught me a whole bunch.
**[20:27] Zenos**
I basically owe him my life.
**[20:29] Umin**
That sounds a bit like Dr. Becker and myself.
**[20:33] Zenos**
You owe him your life?
**[20:35] Umin**
Certainly!
**[20:36] Umin**
When I decided to become a
healer, he mentored me closely.
**[20:42] Umin**
Granted, his dedication to research
caused his girlfriend to leave him,
**[20:45] Umin**
so I'm basically looking after him...
**[20:48] Zenos**
How do you even know him?
**[20:50] Umin**
Did I not mention it?
**[20:51] Umin**
He's my mother's little brother.
**[20:54] Umin**
My uncle, in other words.
**[20:56] Umin**
But I didn't amount to much,
either in magic or in research.
**[21:00] Zenos**
What kind of research are you doing, anyway?
**[21:03] Umin**
To put it simply, the storage of medication.
**[21:07] Umin**
At what temperature, what humidity, and
other factors for how they should be stored.
**[21:12] Umin**
It's pretty boring.
**[21:14] Zenos**
It is.
**[21:17] Zenos**
But the most important things in
life tend to be the boring ones.
**[21:21] Umin**
Zenos...
**[21:23] Zenos**
That's just something my teacher told me.
**[21:26] Umin**
I was trying to apologize, and
you ended up cheering me up.
**[21:31] Zenos**
Sometimes it's best to rely on other people.
**[21:35] Zenos**
I get plenty of help in my daily life, too.
**[21:38] Zenos**
I can barely even get out of
bed on my own in the morning.
**[21:41] Umin**
You're an interesting person, Zenos.
**[21:45] Carmilla**
Another prospective wife, eh?
**[21:47] Umin**
What was that?
**[21:49] Zenos**
Don't worry about it.
I think we were followed.
**[21:51] Umin**
By who?
**[21:53] Carmilla**
And yet, not as exciting
as I had hoped. One star.
**[21:57] Zenos**
Quit scoring people.
**[22:10] Cresson**
Please! You've gotta help me!
**[22:13] Zenos**
Uh...
**[22:15] Cresson**
I'm in a real bind here!
**[22:16] Cresson**
Please help me!
**[22:18] Carmilla**
Now, this looks interesting! Three stars.
**[22:22] Zenos**
Seriously, no more scores, okay?
***SIGN*** A Request from a Noble Lady
**[23:57] Zenos**
"A Request from a Noble Lady."
# 10 - A Request from a Noble Lady
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**[00:06] 2nd Sec**
Welcome back, Professor.
**[00:09] 2nd Sec**
How did your lunch meeting
with Lord Fennel go?
**[00:16] 2nd Sec**
You look upset. Was there a problem?
**[00:19] Goldran**
Do you really think I'd cause a problem
during a lunch with Lord Fennel?
**[00:25] 2nd Sec**
No, sir. I apologize.
**[00:31] (Flashback) Fennel**
I'd like you to examine
my daughter, Professor.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Fennel**
A week ago, she developed
a rash on her face.
**[00:37] (Flashback) Fennel**
I assumed it would get better on its own,
**[00:39] (Flashback) Fennel**
but it seems to be getting bigger over time.
**[00:43] (Flashback) Goldran**
That may be a case of Odd Face.
**[00:47] (Flashback) Fennel**
Odd Face?
**[00:49] (Flashback) Fennel**
Professor, is there
anything that can be done?
**[00:52] (Flashback) Fennel**
I owe you so much already!
**[00:54] (Flashback) Fennel**
I'm sure you can manage this.
**[00:57] Goldran**
*It's not life-threatening,*
**[00:59] Goldran**
* but if the growth is at*
* the point that it's visible,*
**[01:02] Goldran**
*that means it's taken root deep already.*
**[01:04] Goldran**
* Considering the amount of cutting that will*
* be necessary, it's likely to leave a scar.*
**[01:11] Goldran**
* With enough donors and*
* health transfer magic,*
**[01:14] Goldran**
* the skin can be regenerated*
* without trouble...*
**[01:18] Goldran**
* but Lord Fennel said his daughter*
* would absolutely refuse*
**[01:21] Goldran**
*to let too many people see her face.*
**[01:24] Goldran**
* I can count on one assistant,*
* maybe two at most.*
**[01:32] Goldran**
*At times like this,*
**[01:33] Goldran**
* it's best to soothe my nerves*
* by gazing at my dear Milk.*
**[01:43] Bons**
I heard your darling pup
got run over by a carriage.
**[01:46] Goldran**
What?!
**[01:48] Goldran**
Are you behind this?!
**[01:51] Goldran**
It's about time you learned your place!
**[01:53] Bons**
It wasn't me. And I don't
appreciate the insinuation.
**[01:56] Bons**
Besides, I heard the dog-sitter healed
her and she's all better, anyway.
**[02:08] Goldran**
*I confirmed with my secretary on the way,*
**[02:10] Goldran**
*and it seems she really was in an accident.*
**[02:17] Goldran**
* Someone capable of healing an injury*
* completely, with no trace of scarring...*
**[02:26] Goldran**
Good girl, good girl!
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[04:02] Cresson**
I'm in a real bind here!
**[04:04] Cresson**
Please help me!
**[04:10] Cresson**
I was asked to heal the daughter
of one of the seven major nobles.
**[04:13] Cresson**
You know about Odd Face, right?
**[04:15] Cresson**
She's come down with that.
**[04:17] Cresson**
Don't tell anyone!
**[04:18] Zenos**
You just told us...
**[04:19] Zenos**
Why the panic? If it's a benign growth,
she could leave it and be perfectly fine.
**[04:23] Cresson**
Even I know that!
**[04:25] Cresson**
But she won't attend any of her social
functions with that thing on her face!
**[04:28] Zenos**
Then why not cut it out?
**[04:30] Cresson**
It's rooted too deep.
The excision would cover a huge area!
**[04:33] Cresson**
Even textbooks say the scarring is so bad
**[04:36] Cresson**
that Odd Face is better left untreated!
**[04:38] Cresson**
If I mess up the face of one of
the seven nobles, I'm done for!
**[04:43] Zenos**
Why don't you just make
sure there's no scar, then?
**[04:47] Cresson**
Talking to you always makes
me question my sanity...
**[04:50] Cresson**
It's not that easy for
normal people, you know!
**[04:53] Umin**
I'm curious as to why such a lofty
request was made of *you*, Cresson.
**[04:59] Cresson**
Because Professor Goldran has finally
realized how brilliant I am!
**[05:06] Cresson**
That's a lie! Don't give
me that frosty look!
**[05:09] Cresson**
Aren't we classmates?!
**[05:11] Cresson**
The professor asked for me after
what happened with Madam Milk!
**[05:15] Umin**
So, just like with the zombie king,
**[05:16] Umin**
you stole the credit for something?
**[05:19] Cresson**
It's not like that.
**[05:20] Cresson**
I told the second secretary that the
special research student handled it.
**[05:25] Umin**
You could always just tell him
that was the case again,
**[05:27] Umin**
and admit that you were totally useless.
**[05:29] Cresson**
You're weirdly harsh on me,
considering we're classmates!
**[05:32] Cresson**
Besides, if I tell them it wasn't me again,
**[05:35] Cresson**
the second secretary is gonna
notice and write me off.
**[05:38] Cresson**
So, that being the case,
I need your help, bro!
**[05:42] Zenos**
I'm not your bro.
**[05:47] Lily**
I made some tea.
**[05:48] Cresson**
Who's this?
**[05:50] Umin**
Zeno's little sister.
**[05:52] Lily**
Thank you for always
looking after my brother.
**[05:55] Cresson**
Wouldn't have expected you
to have such a cute sister...
**[05:58] Lily**
Cute?
**[06:01] Lily**
I'm so sorry,
**[06:03] Lily**
but I belong to my big brother.
**[06:05] Lily**
So no matter how much you compliment
me, I'll never be yours, Cresson.
**[06:08] Cresson**
Not even a "Mister" Cresson?!
**[06:10] Cresson**
And you two are *that* kind of siblings, huh?
**[06:13] Zenos**
No, we're not.
**[06:15] Cresson**
Still, if you're my bro's sister,
you're basically mine, too.
**[06:19] Cresson**
Nice to meet you, little sis!
**[06:21] Zenos**
That's also wrong.
**[06:24] Lily**
I don't want a big brother like him!
**[06:34] Fennel**
Professor, we've been waiting for you.
**[06:37] Goldran**
Lord Fennel, why the sudden summons?
**[06:41] Fennel**
Well... the situation's
become a bit complicated.
**[06:48] Fennel**
It seems that Charlotte
is refusing the surgery.
**[06:52] Fennel**
She's locked herself in
her room, saying that
**[06:54] Fennel**
any kind of scar on her
face is unacceptable.
**[06:57] Goldran**
I see.
**[06:59] Fennel**
But I have faith that you can treat
her without leaving a scar, Professor!
**[07:04] Goldran**
Yes, of course.
**[07:06] Fennel**
So would you please convince my daughter?
**[07:11] Goldran**
Understood.
**[07:21] Fennel**
Charlotte, the professor is here.
**[07:26] Fennel**
It's me, Papa.
**[07:28] Fennel**
You should let the professor
handle your treatment.
**[07:30] Fennel**
It'll be fine. Have I ever lied to you?
**[07:40] Charlotte**
Papa, you promised me that that
fire fox pelt scarf for my birthday,
**[07:45] Charlotte**
but you didn't get it for me!
**[07:50] Goldran**
Miss, my name is Goldran.
I'm with the royal hospital.
**[07:54] Goldran**
Would you be willing to trust
me to treat your condition?
**[07:57] Charlotte**
No!
**[07:58] Goldran**
But without surgery,
your condition can't be fixed.
**[08:02] Charlotte**
I absolutely refuse to allow
a blade near my face!
**[08:05] Charlotte**
I bet you were ordered by someone to
mutilate my beautiful face, weren't you?!
**[08:09] Goldran**
Of course not!
**[08:10] Goldran**
I bet it's the Geese family's girl.
**[08:12] Goldran**
She's always been jealous of me.
She probably arranged this whole thing.
**[08:17] Goldran**
I guess being too pretty
brings its own problems.
**[08:20] Cresson**
Hey, bro.
**[08:21] Zenos**
I'm not your bro, but what?
**[08:23] Cresson**
I just had an awesome idea.
**[08:26] Cresson**
Something even simpler
than getting promoted.
**[08:29] Cresson**
Say I convince her to go under the knife,
we heal her perfectly, and she falls for me...
**[08:33] Cresson**
Then we get married.
**[08:36] Cresson**
All of a sudden, I'm a member of
the aristocracy! It's a perfect plan.
**[08:40] Zenos**
Yeah? Hope that works for you.
**[08:43] Cresson**
Let me speak to her, please!
**[08:47] Cresson**
Excuse me, Miss Charlotte?
**[08:50] Charlotte**
And who are you?
**[08:51] Cresson**
My name is Cresson.
I'm the professor's assistant.
**[08:55] Charlotte**
What?
**[08:56] Charlotte**
Where does some assistant
get off talking to me?
**[08:59] Charlotte**
You're noise pollution!
**[09:01] Cresson**
S-Sorry!
**[09:03] Cresson**
Bro! I'm gonna work my
way to the top after all!
**[09:07] Cresson**
You can't trust chicks.
**[09:09] Zenos**
You sure know how to adapt, huh?
**[09:14] Zenos**
*Guess it's my turn.*
**[09:19] Zenos**
Uh, can you hear me?
**[09:22] Charlotte**
Another one?
**[09:24] Charlotte**
Who are you?
**[09:25] Charlotte**
You certainly seem to be lacking in manners.
**[09:28] Zenos**
I'm the other assistant.
**[09:29] Charlotte**
Again?! Where does some assistant get off—
**[09:31] Zenos**
About the surgery. If you don't
want to do it, that's fine.
**[09:37] Zenos**
Anyone would be scared to have
their face cut open with a knife.
**[09:40] Zenos**
And that growth won't kill you,
**[09:42] Zenos**
so there's no need to force
it if you don't want to.
**[09:44] Zenos**
It's your call to make.
**[09:46] Zenos**
Left alone, the worst you'll have is a
mark that looks like an old lady's face.
**[09:50] Zenos**
Some people even get
attached to how they look.
**[09:52] Zenos**
They even give the growths
names and everything.
**[09:56] Zenos**
Well, that does it for me.
**[09:58] Goldran**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[10:04] Charlotte**
W-Wait.
**[10:07] Charlotte**
Just wait...
**[10:13] Cresson**
Oh, wow! Pictures that were
produced with a magic projector!
**[10:17] Cresson**
Do you know how expensive
it is to get these in color?!
**[10:19] Cresson**
These folks really are rich!
**[10:22] Charlotte**
So, is that true?
**[10:24] Charlotte**
If nothing is done, the growth will
look like an old woman's face?
**[10:28] Cresson**
Yes, that's right! It's—
**[10:30] Charlotte**
Keep your mouth shut.
**[10:32] Charlotte**
I don't want your breath
stinking up my lovely room.
**[10:39] Goldran**
Yes, it is true, milady.
**[10:42] Goldran**
It's called Odd Face, and after about a month,
**[10:46] Goldran**
the growth takes the shape
of an old woman's face.
**[10:49] Charlotte**
So, what do I do?!
**[10:51] Goldran**
The only way to remove it is via surgery.
**[10:54] Charlotte**
I refuse to be cut!
**[10:55] Goldran**
But—
**[10:56] Charlotte**
I won't be cut! I don't want pain!
**[10:59] Charlotte**
And I don't want the growth to stay!
**[11:01] Charlotte**
I don't want any of this!
**[11:03] Cresson**
This chick is spoiled like crazy.
**[11:05] Fennel**
Charlotte, if we don't do something,
the growth will only get bigger.
**[11:10] Fennel**
Why not trust the professor
to take care of it?
**[11:12] Charlotte**
You don't care if my face
is all scarred up, Papa?
**[11:15] Fennel**
It won't be! The professor
can heal the scars.
**[11:19] Charlotte**
Can you guarantee that?!
**[11:20] Fennel**
Guarantee...
**[11:24] Charlotte**
I refuse unless you can guarantee
me there will be no scars!
**[11:29] Fennel**
Charlotte...
**[11:45] Zenos**
You like birds, huh?
**[11:47] Charlotte**
Why is another assistant talking to me?
**[11:51] Charlotte**
You're fouling the air of
my room with your breath.
**[11:54] Zenos**
We're on the veranda,
so I'm pretty sure I'm not.
**[11:58] Charlotte**
You think you're so clever.
**[12:00] Zenos**
One of them is hurt.
**[12:07] Charlotte**
I found it in the garden yesterday.
**[12:09] Charlotte**
It won't be able to fly again...
**[12:12] Charlotte**
just like me.
**[12:15] Charlotte**
No more dresses for me. Or dancing at balls.
**[12:19] Charlotte**
It won't be long before people
ignore me altogether.
**[12:22] Zenos**
Do you want to get better?
**[12:25] Charlotte**
Just stop talking to me.
**[12:28] Zenos**
I'll ask again. Do you want
your illness to get better?
**[12:31] Charlotte**
Of course I do! But I don't want any scars!
**[12:35] Charlotte**
So stop talking to me!
**[12:37] Charlotte**
Who do you think I am?!
**[12:39] Zenos**
A patient.
**[12:43] Zenos**
If you're in trouble and request
treatment, you're a patient.
**[12:48] Zenos**
I don't care if you're royalty,
nobility, a civilian, or a peasant.
**[12:53] Zenos**
Healing patients is my job.
**[13:01] Zenos**
You want to dance again, right?
**[13:05] Zenos**
Well, he flew.
**[13:08] Charlotte**
I...
**[13:10] Charlotte**
Can I fly again?
**[13:13] Zenos**
If you want to, yeah.
**[13:23] Fennel**
Please, take good care of her, Professor.
**[13:29] Zenos**
*Did Becker make this sleeping drug, too?*
**[13:33] Goldran**
All right, time for you two to go to work.
**[13:36] Goldran**
This absolutely has to be a success.
**[13:39] Goldran**
I'm sure you realize what'll
happen if you fail.
**[13:43] Cresson**
R-Right! Leave it to me!
**[13:48] Zenos**
I'll handle the surgery.
**[13:50] Cresson**
Bro, have you done this before?
**[13:52] Zenos**
When I was a kid, yeah.
**[13:53] Cresson**
Huh?
**[13:54] Zenos**
Don't worry about it.
**[13:56] Zenos**
Point is, I have some experience,
so I should be able to manage.
**[13:59] Cresson**
I really picked the right guy for my big bro!
**[14:02] Zenos**
I never agreed to that, you know.
**[14:05] Goldran**
What are you doing?
**[14:07] Goldran**
Dog-sitter, you were the one
who treated Milk, right?
**[14:11] Goldran**
You'll be the surgeon.
**[14:13] Cresson**
Uh, but...
**[14:16] Goldran**
What is it?
**[14:18] Cresson**
Nothing, sir.
**[14:20] Goldran**
Then get started already!
**[14:22] Cresson**
Yes, sir.
**[14:27] Zenos**
So that's what most people
use for the incisions?
**[14:30] Cresson**
What else would you use?
**[14:32] Zenos**
Come on, if you keep shaking like that,
it's only gonna leave a bigger scar.
**[14:36] Zenos**
Don't worry. It's not a
complicated procedure.
**[14:39] Cresson**
The textbook says it's A+ difficulty!
**[14:42] Goldran**
Hey!
**[14:44] Goldran**
What are you babbling about?
**[14:45] Cresson**
R-Right.
**[14:48] Cresson**
* The roots of Odd Face growths are said*
* to take hold at 3, 7, and 10 o'clock...*
**[14:53] Zenos**
One sec.
**[14:54] Zenos**
Scan.
**[14:57] Cresson**
What was that?
**[14:58] Zenos**
I ran an internal check.
**[15:00] Zenos**
The directions of the roots can vary,
**[15:02] Zenos**
so you shouldn't assume
common knowledge is correct.
**[15:04] Zenos**
In this case, 2, 6, 9, and 10 o'clock.
**[15:09] Cresson**
You can tell all that?
**[15:11] Zenos**
Can't operate unless you can.
**[15:13] Zenos**
I'll whisper the specifics
to you, so just do as I say.
**[15:16] Cresson**
Bro!
**[15:35] Goldran**
I'm impressed, dog-sitter.
**[15:38] Cresson**
Oh, no...
**[15:39] Goldran**
What is it?
**[15:41] Cresson**
Well... the roots... are
tangled with her nerves.
**[15:44] Cresson**
To cut them, I'd have to cut the nerves, too—
**[15:46] Goldran**
Hold on!
**[15:47] Goldran**
Doing that will alter her appearance.
**[15:50] Goldran**
Nerves are a lot harder
to repair than epidermis.
**[15:53] Cresson**
B-But if we leave any roots uncut,
the growth will come back!
**[15:56] Cresson**
Maybe we should close her up and try to
**[15:58] Cresson**
convince her to undergo a second
surgery at the royal hospital?
**[16:01] Goldran**
It's too late for that!
**[16:03] Goldran**
If we don't deal with the growth now, it'll
likely grow back even stronger than before!
**[16:11] Goldran**
We've no choice.
**[16:13] Goldran**
Cut it out.
**[16:14] Cresson**
Y-You're sure?
**[16:16] Goldran**
Leaving a root behind and the resulting
recurrence will reflect badly on my reputation.
**[16:21] Goldran**
Our priority is completely
removing the growth.
**[16:24] Cresson**
But it'll change her appearance!
**[16:27] Goldran**
This is bound to affect
the director's election,
**[16:29] Goldran**
but leaving the root will
end up disfiguring her.
**[16:32] Goldran**
The best choice here is
to minimize the damage.
**[16:37] Goldran**
* Damn it! I can't believe*
* I got stuck with this mess.*
**[16:46] Goldran**
You imbecile!
**[16:50] Goldran**
How could you do this?!
**[16:52] Fennel**
Is something wrong, Professor?
**[16:54] Goldran**
My idiot assistant ignored
my orders and cut her nerves!
**[16:59] Goldran**
I said that was the one thing not to do!
**[17:05] Fennel**
Is that a problem?
**[17:07] Goldran**
A major one!
**[17:09] Goldran**
And it's your fault, dog-sitter!
**[17:11] Goldran**
Since we have no other choice, we'll
take her to the royal hospital tomorrow,
**[17:15] Goldran**
and I'll reconnect the nerves
with my health transfer magic.
**[17:19] Goldran**
It won't restore her completely,
**[17:22] Goldran**
but it should be better
than her current state.
**[17:25] Zenos**
Don't worry about it.
**[17:28] Zenos**
The nerves just had to be cut because the
roots of the growth were running too deep.
**[17:32] Zenos**
You just need to reconnect what was cut.
**[17:35] Fennel**
I don't need to worry?
**[17:37] Fennel**
My daughter will be fine, then?
**[17:39] Zenos**
Yeah, she will be.
**[17:41] Zenos**
An injury like this is
nothing to worry about.
**[17:44] Zenos**
And definitely nothing worth
going to the royal hospital for.
**[17:48] Zenos**
Wouldn't you agree, Professor?
**[17:50] Goldran**
What?
**[17:52] Zenos**
This girl said she wanted to dance again.
**[17:54] Zenos**
She was scared, but willing to trust us.
**[17:57] Zenos**
As a healer, I need to answer that.
**[18:02] Zenos**
All right, I'm getting a little
tired of standing around.
**[18:05] Zenos**
It's time to wrap this up.
**[18:18] Zenos**
*You did great.*
**[18:20] Zenos**
*The surgery was a success.*
**[18:30] Fennel**
Charlotte!
**[18:31] Charlotte**
Wait, Papa.
**[18:33] Charlotte**
A mirror...
**[18:36] Charlotte**
Papa... The growth is gone?
**[18:40] Fennel**
Yes. They were able to completely remove it!
**[18:44] Charlotte**
Thank goodness...
**[18:47] Charlotte**
I'm so glad.
**[18:49] Fennel**
It really is a relief!
**[18:51] Fennel**
Professor Goldran did a perfect job.
**[18:54] Charlotte**
Yes...
**[18:56] Charlotte**
Where is he?
**[18:57] Fennel**
He seems to be busy with the upcoming
election for hospital director,
**[19:02] Fennel**
and I didn't want to keep
him, so I let him go.
**[19:06] Charlotte**
I see...
**[19:07] Fennel**
I do, of course, intend to offer him
my full support in the election.
**[19:11] Fennel**
After all, he saved me once,
**[19:13] Fennel**
and now he's saved you, as well.
**[19:15] Charlotte**
R-Right.
**[19:18] Zenos**
*You did great.*
**[19:21] Charlotte**
Say, Papa... What was his name?
**[19:25] Fennel**
Whose?
**[19:26] Charlotte**
The one with bad manners!
**[19:28] Fennel**
Oh, the professor's second
assistant? What of him?
**[19:34] Charlotte**
Wh-What difference does it make?
**[19:37] Butler**
Miss, I believe his name was Zeno.
**[19:50] Charlotte**
Zeno...
**[19:58] Umin**
I appreciate you helping me out.
**[20:01] Zenos**
It's fine, but this is a lot of bottles.
**[20:03] Zenos**
What's in them?
**[20:05] Umin**
These are experimental
concoctions of Dr. Becker's.
**[20:07] Umin**
We're moving them into storage.
**[20:11] Zenos**
What kind of drug is it?
**[20:12] Umin**
That's a good question.
**[20:14] Zenos**
You don't know?
**[20:17] Umin**
I'm not sure Dr. Becker knows, either.
**[20:20] Zenos**
Shouldn't he, though?
**[20:23] Umin**
Well, he always says
repeated experimentation
**[20:25] Umin**
holds the promise of new breakthroughs.
**[20:29] Umin**
I just wish he'd consider I feel as the one
who has to find a way to store the results.
**[20:34] Becker**
I am grateful, though.
**[20:36] Umin**
Dr. Becker.
**[20:38] Becker**
You didn't have to carry them all at once.
**[20:41] Umin**
I wanted to make sure they were stored
in the best condition possible.
**[20:46] Becker**
I appreciate that.
**[20:47] Becker**
These concoctions are going to be
particularly valuable this time.
**[20:51] Umin**
You say that every time.
**[20:54] Becker**
Do I?
**[20:56] Becker**
How did your noble surgery go?
**[20:59] Zenos**
Well enough.
**[21:00] Becker**
I suppose I didn't need to ask.
**[21:02] Becker**
Maybe now Professor Goldran
will think highly of you.
**[21:06] Cresson**
Bro!
**[21:08] Cresson**
You and I were invited to one of
Professor Goldran's dinner parties!
**[21:15] Umin**
Zeno, that's amazing!
**[21:17] Becker**
Congratulations, Zeno.
**[21:21] Umin**
Normally, you'd get a big head
and make snide remarks.
**[21:25] Umin**
What's going on?
**[21:26] Umin**
Aren't you glad?
**[21:28] Cresson**
I mean, I am, but...
**[21:31] Umin**
You could be selected to be an officer!
**[21:33] Umin**
This is the opportunity for a promotion
that you've been waiting for!
**[21:36] Cresson**
Yeah... That's right!
**[21:41] Cresson**
Once I become a big shot,
I'll push you around!
**[21:46] Umin**
Now there's the friendless
Cresson I remember!
**[21:49] Cresson**
Don't call me friendless!
**[21:51] Cresson**
I'm pretty self-conscious about that!
**[21:54] Cresson**
Let's get a move on, bro!
**[21:56] Cresson**
The dinner party is this evening,
**[21:58] Cresson**
so I'll see you in the lobby tonight!
**[22:01] Umin**
He's taken a real liking to you.
**[22:04] Zenos**
I'm not thrilled about it.
**[22:07] Becker**
Whatever the case, congratulations.
**[22:10] Becker**
I don't think anyone has
ever been invited to one of
**[22:13] Becker**
Professor Goldran's dinner
parties in such a short time.
**[22:16] Becker**
The risk I took in bringing you into
this matter is really paying off.
**[22:20] Becker**
Your job is almost done.
***SIGN*** Just a Normal Healer
**[23:57] Zenos**
"Just a Normal Healer."
# 11 - Just a Normal Healer
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G4PH0WJ9G/the-brilliant-healers-new-life-in-the-shadows)
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**[00:00] 2nd Sec**
Does everyone have their glasses?
**[00:03] 2nd Sec**
Professor, if you would please begin.
**[00:07] Goldran**
First, as the rumors have suggested,
**[00:10] Goldran**
the hospital's current
director, Lord Shalbard,
**[00:12] Goldran**
will be retiring at the end of next month.
**[00:15] Goldran**
The election for the vacant
position will be held soon.
**[00:19] Goldran**
Our faction is the largest in the hospital.
**[00:23] Goldran**
We have more than enough votes.
**[00:25] Goldran**
In addition, one of the seven
great aristocrats, Lord Fennel,
**[00:28] Goldran**
has promised to spare no
expense in his support.
**[00:32] Cresson**
Bro, this is crazy!
**[00:34] Cresson**
Things are getting totally crazy!
**[00:37] Zenos**
I'm not your brother, though.
**[00:39] Cresson**
Aw, don't be like that! Right, little sis?
**[00:42] Lily**
I wouldn't want a big
brother like you, Cresson.
**[00:45] Cresson**
Ice cold...
**[00:47] Lily**
I'm my brother's guest, but you
don't have one, huh, Cresson?
**[00:53] Cresson**
I just have too many potential
girlfriends to narrow it down, is all.
**[00:56] Lily**
They all said no, huh?
**[00:58] Lily**
Poor Cresson.
**[01:00] Cresson**
Don't just throw it in my face!
**[01:02] Lily**
Did you ask Umin?
**[01:04] Cresson**
Huh?
**[01:05] Cresson**
Why would I invite her of all people?
**[01:09] Lily**
Because you bug her all the time.
**[01:12] Lily**
And Carmilla told me that boys always
bug the girls they like the most!
**[01:17] Cresson**
Who the heck is Carmilla?
**[01:21] Cresson**
It's fine! I've got my bro, Zeno.
**[01:24] Cresson**
I'm gonna stick to him like glue!
**[01:27] Zenos**
No, I'd rather you didn't.
**[01:30] Goldran**
Those of you gathered here today
**[01:33] Goldran**
are the chosen amongst
all those in our group.
**[01:36] Goldran**
Take pride in that!
**[01:38] Goldran**
Cheers!
**[01:39] Crowd**
Cheers!
**[01:41] Cresson**
All right! Time to go suck up to the big shots!
**[01:47] Zenos**
We'd better get to work, too.
**[01:49] Lily**
Yeah!
**[01:52] Zenos**
* Afread went missing after being invited*
* to a dinner party like this one.*
**[01:56] Zenos**
* There was one thing I heard*
* that caught my attention...*
**[02:00] Zenos**
* At the time, Afread had been looking*
* after Bons, who was drunk at that party.*
**[02:06] Zenos**
You're Mr. Bons, right?
**[02:09] Bons**
Who the hell are you?
**[02:11] Zenos**
I wanted to talk to you about something.
**[02:15] Zenos**
At the last dinner party, there
was a guy named Afread, right?
**[02:18] Bons**
Oh, the kid from the other research lab.
**[02:22] Bons**
I remember he brought me some
water after I got hammered...
**[02:27] Zenos**
Did you notice anything strange?
**[02:28] Bons**
Not that I remember!
**[02:30] Bons**
Next thing I knew, the sun was up.
**[02:33] Zenos**
I see.
**[02:35] Bons**
He was a good kid, though.
**[02:38] Bons**
Most of these uppity types
don't pay me any mind at all.
**[02:42] Bons**
Goldran tells 'em I'm a liar
and to steer clear of me.
**[02:50] Zenos**
* Why would he do that to the person he*
* gave the position of first secretary to?*
**[02:53] Bons**
Not that I care.
**[02:55] Bons**
I owe the man my carefree
lifestyle, after all.
**[02:59] Bons**
Let's hear it for our next hospital director!
**[03:03] Lily**
Why'd you become his secretary?
**[03:05] Bons**
We just go way back.
**[03:07] Lily**
How'd you meet?
**[03:08] Bons**
Well...
**[03:11] Bons**
What's it matter? Leave me alone.
**[03:15] Zenos**
He's totally hammered.
**[03:17] Zenos**
He doesn't seem to remember anything.
**[03:20] Lily**
But I think he does know something.
**[03:29] Lily**
Let's see if we can get him
a little bit more drunk.
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[05:05] Lily**
Uh-huh, uh-huh. Go on.
**[05:07] Bons**
It's like I said!
**[05:08] Bons**
When I was younger, I wanted
to be a photographer!
**[05:12] Lily**
Wow.
**[05:13] Bons**
I know, ain't I amazing?!
**[05:16] Lily**
You really are.
**[05:18] Bons**
Y'know, back when I was younger...
**[05:19] Zenos**
Lily, what is this?
**[05:22] Lily**
If a man is drinking, and a girl
tells him how impressive he is,
**[05:26] Lily**
he'll get full of himself
and just keep talking!
**[05:29] Zenos**
And who taught you this?
**[05:32] Lily**
Carmilla.
**[05:33] Zenos**
That stupid specter...
**[05:35] Zenos**
Say, Mr. Bons, what happened that
time Afread brought you water?
**[05:41] Bons**
If I remember right, we went
outside to get some fresh air.
**[05:45] Zenos**
Great idea. Let's see if
that'll sober you up some.
**[05:53] Lily**
What're you gonna do, Zenos?
**[05:55] Zenos**
I had an idea.
**[05:57] Zenos**
What if we re-create the same
situation as with Afread?
**[06:10] Bons**
Hey, Goldran, look!
Just like back in the day.
**[06:14] Zenos**
*Does he think I'm Goldran?*
**[06:18] Bons**
You're gonna be nobility once you're
director of the Royal Hospital, right?
**[06:23] Bons**
Looks like you've got an in
with Lord Fennel again, huh?
**[06:27] Zenos**
*"Again"?*
**[06:28] Bons**
Come on, don't play dumb!
**[06:31] Bons**
That day thirteen years ago is
why you are who you are now!
**[06:37] Zenos**
What day thirteen years ago?
**[06:39] Bons**
Come on, don't tell me you forgot!
**[06:41] Zenos**
Uh... no, I haven't.
**[06:44] Zenos**
Man, it's been thirteen years already, huh?
**[06:47] Bons**
The day your life changed, after getting
nowhere with your research for so long!
**[06:53] Bons**
The day of the explosion!
**[06:56] Zenos**
Right...
**[06:58] Bons**
Lord Fennel's backing got you a spot
as a professor at the Royal Hospital!
**[07:02] Bons**
And this time, you're gonna be director!
**[07:05] Bons**
You are a slick one!
**[07:14] Lily**
What now, Zenos?
**[07:16] Zenos**
I feel like we're on the verge
of something important,
**[07:20] Zenos**
but he's not waking up,
so I guess we're done.
**[07:22] Zenos**
We'll leave him with one of
the staff and take a break.
**[07:30] Lily**
Are you done gathering info?
**[07:34] Zenos**
I feel like I missed something...
**[07:36] Carmilla**
I see!
**[07:38] Zenos**
You scared me...
**[07:38] Carmilla**
Allow me to reveal this mystery to you.
**[07:42] Zenos**
What are you doing here?
**[07:43] Zenos**
This mansion is crawling with healers.
**[07:45] Carmilla**
Being a nuisance.
**[07:46] Carmilla**
And being a nuisance is the most
entertaining when it's the most dangerous!
**[07:50] Zenos**
That doesn't even make sense.
Why look so smug about it?
**[07:53] Lily**
Can you figure out what happened, Carmilla?
**[07:56] Carmilla**
Indeed.
**[07:57] Carmilla**
That drunk's rambling gave me
the gist of what's going on.
**[08:01] Carmilla**
I'll have you know, despite appearances,
I was a world-famous sage.
**[08:05] Carmilla**
No mystery remains concealed
from my unparalleled intellect!
**[08:10] Zenos**
Wow, really?
**[08:11] Carmilla**
Not at all.
**[08:12] Zenos**
Why would you lie about that?
**[08:19] Zophia**
Is Doc gonna be back anytime soon?
**[08:22] Lynga**
Lynga thinks he will.
**[08:24] Loewe**
I feel like I'm going to
turn to stone from waiting.
**[08:27] Zophia**
What are you two even doing here every day?
**[08:31] Zophia**
Don't you have people to look
after instead of loafing around?
**[08:35] Lynga**
Lynga knows you're only saying that
**[08:37] Lynga**
so you can sniff Sir Zenos's pillow in
secret once you're the only one here.
**[08:42] Loewe**
What?! You've been doing
that, Zophia?! I'm jealous!
**[08:46] Zophia**
I am not like the two of you!
**[08:48] Zophia**
All right, enough of that.
**[08:51] Zophia**
No point in facing off with you
two when he's not even here.
**[08:54] Lynga**
Agreed.
**[08:55] Loewe**
He'd be upset with us if we got
injured in the process, anyway.
**[09:01] Lizardman**
Boss! Zonde got hurt real bad in an accident!
**[09:04] Zophia**
What happened?
**[09:05] Lizardman**
While we were working, a pillar
broke, and it went through his gut!
**[09:08] Zophia**
When will Doc be back?
**[09:11] Lynga**
Lynga thinks if we wait for
Sir Zenos, it'll be too late.
**[09:14] Loewe**
I agree. We need to take him
to Zenos as soon as we can.
**[09:18] Zophia**
We can't.
**[09:20] Zophia**
The doc's undercover with a fake identity.
**[09:23] Zophia**
We'd ruin the whole thing.
**[09:25] Lynga**
Lynga understands how you feel,
**[09:27] Lynga**
but this is an emergency.
**[09:29] Loewe**
Can you picture Zenos getting upset about it?
**[09:35] Zophia**
Let's get ready to go!
**[09:36] Zophia**
And we're going to pay him
double his usual rate!
**[09:40] Carmilla**
The day of an explosion, thirteen years ago...
**[09:43] Carmilla**
It was the day a man, who had been an
unremarkable researcher before then,
**[09:47] Carmilla**
found his life had changed
after saving a noble's life.
**[09:50] Carmilla**
When you hear of someone owing
a healer, what do you picture?
**[09:53] Zenos**
The normal thing is to assume
the healer healed them.
**[09:57] Zenos**
So some kind of explosion happened
where Lord Fennel got hurt...
**[10:01] Zenos**
And Goldran healed him, I assume?
**[10:04] Carmilla**
If it were that simple, it'd be a sweet story.
**[10:06] Carmilla**
But consider how this story is kept secret.
**[10:10] Zenos**
Why isn't it better known?
**[10:12] Carmilla**
Circumstances best kept secret, I'd wager.
**[10:14] Lily**
What circumstances?
**[10:15] Carmilla**
If there was an explosion,
**[10:17] Carmilla**
we can assume the noble
had been hurt fairly badly.
**[10:20] Carmilla**
Yet, Zenos, the person you met
seemed to be right as rain.
**[10:25] Carmilla**
Is that kind of complete healing possible?
**[10:29] Zenos**
I mean, as long as the heart's intact,
you could probably manage.
**[10:32] Carmilla**
I wasn't asking about
your extraordinary case.
**[10:34] Carmilla**
Could this Goldran have managed it?
**[10:39] Lily**
I think I get it!
**[10:41] Lily**
Thirteen years ago, there was an explosion,
**[10:44] Lily**
and the aristocrat got hurt...
**[10:46] Lily**
But the person who healed him
didn't take credit for it,
**[10:50] Lily**
and when that person wandered off,
Mr. Goldran happened to show up.
**[10:55] Lily**
He made it seem to the aristocrat that
he was the one who did the healing.
**[10:58] Lily**
Mr. Bons saw it all happen
**[11:00] Lily**
and used it to blackmail Mr. Goldran!
**[11:03] Zenos**
But how does that tie into
Afread's disappearance?
**[11:08] Lily**
Maybe Mr. Bons got drunk at that
dinner party, like this time,
**[11:13] Lily**
and he told Afread the truth.
**[11:16] Lily**
Then he went into hiding because
he was scared that Mr. Bons
**[11:22] Lily**
would remember he told him... maybe?
**[11:26] Carmilla**
Very impressive, Lily!
**[11:28] Lily**
Maybe I could be a detective!
**[11:31] Lily**
Zenos's clinic and Lily's detective agency!
**[11:35] Lily**
The mystery is unraveled!
**[11:38] Cresson**
There you guys are!
**[11:40] Cresson**
Since I got a few ins with the bigwigs,
**[11:43] Cresson**
I figured I'd introduce you two to them!
**[11:45] Lily**
I don't want a big brother
who's a brown-noser.
**[11:48] Cresson**
I will demonstrate how to be a success
in the world to you, little sis.
**[11:51] Cresson**
Come along!
**[11:55] Carmilla**
What are you going to do, Zenos?
**[11:58] Zenos**
About what?
**[11:59] Carmilla**
You know what I mean.
**[12:01] Zenos**
You mean the other possibility...
**[12:04] Carmilla**
Then you did notice it.
**[12:06] Zenos**
Hearing you describe it made me catch on.
**[12:08] Zenos**
From the sound of this explosion,
**[12:10] Zenos**
I doubted that Lord Fennel
would be the only victim.
**[12:14] Zenos**
A crowd of injured people, one of them
looking more put-together than the rest.
**[12:18] Zenos**
Goldran sought out a noble in
order to get them in his debt.
**[12:21] Zenos**
That's where his life
transfer magic comes in.
**[12:25] Zenos**
If he transferred the remaining life
force from all those injured...
**[12:29] Zenos**
Goldran would've chosen who survived.
**[12:31] Carmilla**
And that's a crime?
**[12:34] Zenos**
Triage wouldn't be a crime.
**[12:36] Zenos**
But to sacrifice other people to save one...
**[12:41] Zenos**
That's just...
**[12:43] Zenos**
But if anyone survived what happened,
**[12:46] Zenos**
and it was Afread... he probably
wouldn't accept what Goldran did.
**[12:50] Carmilla**
Vengeance, then?
**[12:51] Zenos**
It's a possibility.
**[12:54] Zenos**
Afread... Where in the world are you?
**[12:58] Carmilla**
So, what will you do?
**[13:01] Zenos**
Just tell Becker what I've learned.
**[13:03] Zenos**
Judgment isn't my job.
**[13:05] Zenos**
I'm just an underground healer.
**[13:07] Carmilla**
I suppose that's true.
**[13:11] Zenos**
Thanks, Carmilla.
**[13:12] Carmilla**
Huh?
**[13:13] Zenos**
You came to check up on me
because you were worried, right?
**[13:16] Zenos**
And thanks to you, I've figured some stuff out.
**[13:18] Carmilla**
Fool! I only came to be a
nuisance, to entertain myself.
**[13:22] Carmilla**
Consider my debt to you for
the zombie king matter repaid.
**[13:29] Zenos**
What the...
**[13:31] Zenos**
What's up?
**[13:32] Cresson**
Bro. There seems to be some
kinda commotion outside.
**[13:39] Lily**
Wait, isn't that Umin?
**[13:43] Umin**
I'm trying to tell you...
**[13:44] Umin**
I just need to speak with someone named Zeno!
**[13:47] Guards**
No one enters without an invitation!
**[13:49] Umin**
Then could you please call him over?
It's a bit of an emergency.
**[13:52] Guards**
The professor is hosting this party!
**[13:54] Guards**
You don't get to interrupt it.
**[13:55] Loewe**
Excuse me!
**[13:58] Lily**
Loewe?!
**[14:00] Zenos**
What is she doing here?
**[14:02] Zophia**
Idiot! Why would you holler like
that where everyone can hear?!
**[14:06] Loewe**
What other choice is there?
**[14:08] Zophia**
Plenty! We can't get the doc in trouble.
**[14:12] Lynga**
No, Lynga thinks Loewe is right.
**[14:15] Lynga**
We don't have enough time
to take things slow.
**[14:18] Lily**
The others are here, too.
**[14:21] Zenos**
Yeah...
**[14:23] Goldran**
Are those demihumans?
**[14:25] Goldran**
What are those lesser creatures
doing at my mansion?
**[14:29] Goldran**
Throw them out at once!
**[14:39] Loewe**
There you are, Zenos.
**[14:42] Loewe**
Sorry, but it's an emergency!
**[14:44] Guest A**
Zeno...s? Wait, the special research student?
**[14:47] Guest B**
Does he know these demihumans?
**[14:50] Zenos**
What happened?
**[14:52] Loewe**
Zonde is hurt badly.
**[14:54] Loewe**
We were headed to the Royal Hospital dorms,
**[14:56] Loewe**
but we ran into the glasses girl,
and she told us where you were.
**[15:00] Umin**
Uh... Yes, that's right.
**[15:02] Goldran**
Hey! What exactly is your relationship
with these demihumans?
**[15:06] Cresson**
B-Bro... Say it ain't so...
**[15:09] Zenos**
Loewe, what's Zonde's condition?
**[15:11] Loewe**
His breathing is pretty shallow.
**[15:13] Zophia**
Doc!
**[15:14] Zophia**
I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
**[15:18] Zophia**
I didn't wanna mess with your plans...
**[15:21] Zophia**
But Zonde... It looks like he's gonna die...
**[15:25] Zophia**
I'm begging you... Save him.
**[15:29] Zenos**
All right. I'm on my way.
**[15:31] Goldran**
Hold it! Are you insane?!
**[15:34] Zenos**
No, I'm definitely sane.
**[15:36] Goldran**
Impossible! After securing your
path to glory among my faction,
**[15:40] Goldran**
you'd lower yourself to save
these demihuman peasants?!
**[15:43] Goldran**
If you go, there's no coming back!
**[15:44] Zenos**
Suit yourself.
**[15:46] Goldran**
You don't realize what you're throwing
away! A path to becoming elite!
**[15:52] Zenos**
I'm not interested in being
part of an elite faction.
**[15:56] Zenos**
I'm just a healer.
**[15:58] Zenos**
That's all I've ever been.
**[16:01] Zenos**
Look after yourself, Cresson.
**[16:05] Zenos**
Lily, come on.
**[16:06] Lily**
Okay. Up I go!
**[16:15] Cresson**
Bro... How could you?
**[16:18] Goldran**
You're not as big a fool as he is, I take it?
**[16:22] Goldran**
His future is done for.
**[16:24] Goldran**
I'll make sure he never
works as a healer again.
**[16:28] Cresson**
You're right. He's a fool.
**[16:31] Cresson**
I want to get promoted... get a
nice house... have a hot woman...
**[16:35] Cresson**
That's what I've been working for all along.
**[16:40] Cresson**
But whether it was a dog or the
daughter of a major aristocrat, he...
**[16:46] Cresson**
No one likes me anyway, and I'm
greedy, and people think I'm stupid,
**[16:51] Cresson**
but even so...
**[16:53] Cresson**
I'm a healer, too, damn it!
**[16:56] Goldran**
What?!
**[17:01] Cresson**
I, Cresson Wembley, have to withdraw
from the faction due to circumstances!
**[17:08] Cresson**
Bro! Wait up! I'll help with the healing!
**[17:16] Zonde**
I'm so... sorry...
**[17:18] Zenos**
It's fine.
**[17:20] Zophia**
I'm sorry about this, Doc.
**[17:22] Zenos**
It's okay. I'm sorry I was missing for so long.
**[17:26] Lynga**
See? Just like I said, Sir Zenos doesn't mind.
**[17:30] Loewe**
Indeed.
**[17:32] Zenos**
We're almost done.
**[17:34] Cresson**
Here's Cresson! Let me help with the...
**[17:39] Cresson**
Aw, come on! Why'd I even quit?!
**[17:43] Umin**
You're as stupid as ever.
**[17:45] Cresson**
Sh-Shut up!
**[17:47] Umin**
But I heard what you said.
**[17:49] Umin**
You may be stupid, but that was also the
most impressed I've ever been with you.
**[17:54] Cresson**
Sh-Shut up! It's thanks to
you guys I'm in this situation!
**[17:58] Cresson**
So you'd better take responsibility.
**[18:00] Umin**
Maybe you really are just unpleasant.
**[18:04] Cresson**
That's right! I'm as bad as they come!
**[18:07] Zophia**
Who's the kid, Doc?
**[18:11] Zenos**
How do I put this?
**[18:15] Zenos**
He's like a pesky little brother, I guess.
**[18:23] Becker**
I see.
**[18:25] Becker**
Afread had mentioned being caught
in a major accident as a child.
**[18:30] Becker**
This may have been what he was referring to.
**[18:32] Umin**
I had no idea...
**[18:35] Becker**
When is the party to celebrate Professor
Goldran's election to the director's office?
**[18:40] Zenos**
Tomorrow.
**[18:42] Becker**
Afread may take some action to get revenge.
**[18:46] Becker**
I should attend that party.
**[18:49] Becker**
Now, putting that aside...
**[18:52] Becker**
I appreciate you bringing me
this valuable information.
**[18:55] Becker**
You've done your job, Zenos.
**[18:57] Becker**
Thank you for that.
**[18:59] Zenos**
You sure?
**[19:00] Becker**
That was our arrangement, after all.
**[19:02] Becker**
You'll need to stay another
day for the paperwork
**[19:05] Becker**
allowing your special research
student period to end,
**[19:09] Becker**
so I'll provide your other payment—
regarding your teacher—tomorrow.
**[19:14] Zenos**
All right. I understand.
**[19:16] Umin**
I'll come by your room this evening, then.
**[19:19] Zenos**
Was there something else we needed to do?
**[19:22] Umin**
Why, your going-away party, of course!
**[19:31] Cresson**
So Bro was hired by Professor Becker
to investigate a disappearance,
**[19:35] Cresson**
and normally runs a clinic in
an abandoned part of the city,
**[19:37] Cresson**
which is how he knows demihumans? For real?
**[19:41] Zenos**
Yep. All true.
**[19:43] Cresson**
What am I supposed to do when you're gone?!
**[19:47] Umin**
This is just pitiful.
**[19:49] Cresson**
That's harsh, classmate!
**[19:50] Cresson**
Don't you agree, little sis?
**[19:53] Lily**
I don't want a pitiful big brother.
**[19:55] Cresson**
Even my little sister is harsh!
**[19:57] Cresson**
Come on, Bro!
**[19:59] Zenos**
You're adaptable enough to
survive wherever you end up.
**[20:03] Cresson**
That doesn't feel like a full compliment...
What do you think, little sis?
**[20:07] Zenos**
Lily isn't actually my little sister.
**[20:10] Cresson**
Seriously?!
**[20:11] Lily**
I'm sorry for lying, Cresson.
**[20:13] Lily**
I'm actually Zenos's wife!
**[20:16] Cresson**
F-For real?!
**[20:18] Zenos**
No, not for real.
**[20:20] Cresson**
I must be losing it...
**[20:21] Cresson**
I'm even seeing something that looks
like a wraith behind that pillar.
**[20:27] Zenos**
Why did you come out, Carmilla?
**[20:29] Carmilla**
How could I not?
**[20:31] Carmilla**
That boy is drowning in my liquor!
**[20:34] Zenos**
It's just some stuff you
snuck out of Goldran's house.
**[20:36] Carmilla**
That wine desires to be drunk by me.
**[20:39] Umin**
Zenos?
**[20:42] Zenos**
Don't worry, it's fine.
**[20:43] Zenos**
She's got a good heart.
**[20:45] Umin**
A good-hearted... wraith? What?
**[20:49] Carmilla**
You're the only one I'd allow to
speak about me in such a way.
**[20:53] Carmilla**
Do not drink all of it.
**[20:55] Carmilla**
If you do, I'll curse you and your descendants.
**[21:08] Carmilla**
What has you spacing out?
**[21:11] Zenos**
I'm from the slums, and was treated
terribly by the party I worked with,
**[21:14] Zenos**
but the two of them don't
treat me any different.
**[21:17] Zenos**
Finding out people like that
exist is a bit of a relief.
**[21:20] Carmilla**
Sad to part with them?
**[21:23] Zenos**
Could be. But I'm used to saying goodbye.
**[21:27] Carmilla**
Meeting people, parting with them,
and meeting again, should it be fated.
**[21:32] Carmilla**
That cycle, repeated, is human life itself.
**[21:35] Carmilla**
It's how we learn the width
and depth of the world.
**[21:39] Zenos**
You actually make sense occasionally.
**[21:42] Carmilla**
You learn a thing or two
after living for 300 years.
**[21:44] Zenos**
Except you're dead.
**[21:49] Zenos**
Well, I appreciate everything.
**[21:52] Umin**
You're the one who's helped us.
**[21:55] Cresson**
Bro!
**[21:57] Umin**
Oh, right!
**[21:58] Umin**
Dr. Becker asked me to give you a letter
containing the details about your teacher.
**[22:07] Umin**
This... was inside his desk...
**[22:12] Zenos**
What the...
***SIGN*** Choosing Who Lives
**[23:57] Zenos**
"Choosing Who Lives."
# 12 - Choosing Who Lives
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**[00:04] Goldran**
*With all these votes secured,*
**[00:06] Goldran**
*I'm guaranteed to become hospital director.*
**[00:09] Fennel**
Hello there, Professor Goldran.
**[00:11] Goldran**
Lord Fennel.
**[00:13] Fennel**
As my savior, it's appropriate that you'll
finally have standing to reflect that.
**[00:18] Goldran**
Thank you for such generous praise.
**[00:22] Goldran**
*I've finally made it here...*
**[00:25] Goldran**
* It all began with that explosion in the*
* magic tool factory thirteen years ago.*
**[00:30] Goldran**
* That day, I was heading back to my hometown*
* after my research yielded no results.*
**[00:35] Goldran**
* I thought that if I saved an aristocrat's life,*
* their gratitude could get me somewhere.*
**[00:40] Goldran**
*It was the first time*
**[00:41] Goldran**
* I had successfully used my health transfer*
* magic with a donor other than myself.*
**[00:46] Goldran**
* Lord Fennel being one of the seven great*
* nobles was an unexpected windfall.*
**[00:51] Goldran**
* The only downside was that Bons*
* captured the moment on camera,*
**[00:55] Goldran**
* which led me to give him the*
* position of first secretary,*
**[00:57] Goldran**
* and the lifestyle that came*
* with it, to keep him quiet.*
**[01:01] Fennel**
I'll see you later, then.
**[01:04] Becker**
Well, this is impressive!
**[01:07] Becker**
You've really made something
of yourself, Professor Goldran.
**[01:11] Goldran**
Ah, Becker.
**[01:13] Goldran**
Here to ingratiate yourself with
the next director already?
**[01:17] Becker**
I don't have a problem with
you seeing it that way.
**[01:21] Goldran**
That special research student was
here on your recommendation, yes?
**[01:26] Goldran**
I had taken a shine to him,
thinking he'd be useful,
**[01:28] Goldran**
but he turned out to be a waste of time.
**[01:30] Becker**
Did he offend you somehow?
**[01:32] Goldran**
He was invited to one of my dinner parties,
**[01:35] Goldran**
yet chose to leave to heal some
demihumans who barged in.
**[01:38] Goldran**
An act of inconceivable idiocy.
**[01:41] Goldran**
A member of my faction cannot
prioritize peasants for healing.
**[01:46] Goldran**
He needs to consider our position as healers.
**[01:49] Goldran**
Not all lives have equal value.
***SIGN*** The Brilliant Healer's
New Life in the Shadows
**[03:25] Fennel**
Looking back now, my relationship with
Professor Goldran began thirteen years ago,
**[03:29] Fennel**
when, after I had been seriously wounded—
**[03:32] Goldran**
Lord Fennel.
**[03:33] Goldran**
I'm sure there's no need
to share such a sad story.
**[03:35] Fennel**
Oh? It seems our star would rather
not discuss his past glories.
**[03:39] Fennel**
How humble is that, for someone on the
verge of becoming the next director?
**[03:46] Fennel**
Well, let's hear from the man himself, then.
**[03:49] Goldran**
It's an honor, sir.
**[03:52] Goldran**
*At this moment, my life has reached its apex.*
**[03:57] Goldran**
I propose a toast to our bright future!
**[04:03] Zenos**
Is this from thirteen years ago?
**[04:06] Umin**
Dr. Becker mentioned meeting
Mr. Bons yesterday,
**[04:10] Umin**
but I wasn't expecting this.
**[04:12] Umin**
He looks pretty young in the picture,
but I'm pretty sure this is Afread!
**[04:16] Umin**
Then the theory of him surviving
this accident is true.
**[04:22] Umin**
Why?!
**[04:24] Umin**
This woman is...
**[04:29] Goldran**
What's happened?
**[04:35] Goldran**
Becker?
**[04:36] Becker**
It's poison, Professor.
**[04:38] Goldran**
Poison?!
**[04:39] Becker**
Mixed in with the wine
that we all toasted with.
**[04:43] Becker**
Poison and medicine are two
sides of the same coin.
**[04:45] Becker**
And preparing medicine is my specialty.
**[04:49] Goldran**
What is this?!
**[04:52] Becker**
It's a toxin that causes loss of consciousness
before gradually ending one's life.
**[04:56] Becker**
Which should occur in roughly
one hour, without intervention.
**[04:59] Becker**
The dose in your glass was slightly weaker,
**[05:04] Becker**
but still, I'd wager you won't last two hours.
**[05:07] Goldran**
What do you think you're doing?!
**[05:09] Becker**
Isn't it obvious?
**[05:11] Becker**
Recreating that moment
from thirteen years ago.
**[05:13] Goldran**
You... How do you know about that?!
**[05:17] Becker**
I've had my suspicions for a while now,
**[05:20] Becker**
but it was our talented special research
student who made it clear to me.
**[05:25] Goldran**
What did he do now?
**[05:28] Becker**
He found a lead for me to follow.
**[05:30] Becker**
And Mr. Bons was reluctant to talk,
**[05:33] Becker**
so I used a combination of alcohol
and medicine to loosen his lips.
**[05:36] Becker**
Finding the picture was pure luck, though.
**[05:38] Goldran**
I thought I had gotten rid of that...
**[05:40] Becker**
He had another copy, apparently.
**[05:43] Becker**
Looks like you're a poor judge of character.
**[05:45] Goldran**
Shut up!
**[05:47] Becker**
"Not all lives have equal value."
**[05:50] Becker**
Professor Goldran, thirteen years ago,
**[05:53] Becker**
that belief led you to
choose whose life to save...
**[05:57] Becker**
and to sacrifice the lives of others.
**[06:00] Goldran**
They would have died anyway!
**[06:02] Becker**
In your estimation, at least.
**[06:04] Becker**
But Afread was among their number.
**[06:09] Becker**
As was my fiancée.
**[06:13] Becker**
I've ensured you have enough strength
left to use health transfer magic.
**[06:17] Becker**
Preventing the poison's progression
will require a fair bit of life force,
**[06:22] Becker**
but there are plenty of lives here to use.
**[06:25] Becker**
So, who will you sacrifice this time?
**[06:28] Becker**
Who will you save?
**[06:30] Becker**
Your own life?
**[06:31] Becker**
Lord Fennel? Or the members of the
faction who've given their votes to you?
**[06:37] Becker**
Go on. It's time to choose who lives.
**[06:42] Goldran**
I know! An antidote!
There must be one, right?!
**[06:46] Goldran**
Give it to me now!
**[06:47] Goldran**
And I'll see that your
punishment isn't too harsh.
**[06:52] Goldran**
What are you doing?
**[06:55] Becker**
I took a small enough dose
to retain consciousness...
**[06:58] Becker**
But it really does have
quite a kick, doesn't it?
**[07:01] Becker**
And now I'm poisoned myself.
**[07:05] Becker**
You have one more option now.
**[07:08] Becker**
You can believe that I have an antidote
and save my life, if you like.
**[07:12] Goldran**
You can't think you'll get away with this.
**[07:16] Becker**
I'd stay focused if I were you,
or you'll run out of lives to exploit.
**[07:21] Goldran**
Damn you!
**[07:25] Goldran**
*Who do I save?*
**[07:26] Goldran**
*Myself first.*
**[07:28] Goldran**
*Then Lord Fennel.*
**[07:30] Goldran**
* If there's no guarantee*
* that he has an antidote,*
**[07:33] Goldran**
*then the sacrifice should be...*
**[07:36] Goldran**
Woven into a single ray of light,
**[07:39] Goldran**
let the lost embers of life be your guide,
**[07:42] Goldran**
so that they may find their way home.
**[07:45] Goldran**
Give Heal!
**[07:47] Becker**
That is your choice, then?
**[07:50] Goldran**
They have a duty to serve me.
**[07:55] Becker**
That's a shame.
**[07:56] Becker**
I already told you, your dose
was weaker than the others'.
**[08:01] Goldran**
What difference does that make?
**[08:03] Becker**
That means you have the most
life force among everyone here.
**[08:09] Becker**
If you had used that life force, you could
have saved the largest number of people.
**[08:13] Goldran**
I am worth more than other healers!
**[08:17] Becker**
Then you insist that not
all life is of equal value?
**[08:21] Goldran**
Obviously!
**[08:22] Goldran**
Even among coins, you have
gold, silver, and bronze!
**[08:27] Goldran**
Life is the same way!
**[08:28] Goldran**
What sense does it make to
not save the most worthy?!
**[08:36] Becker**
Well, now...
**[08:38] Umin**
Dr. Becker!
**[08:40] Becker**
Umin? What are you doing here?
**[08:44] Umin**
We found a picture in your room,
**[08:46] Umin**
and your former fiancée was in it.
**[08:50] Umin**
I got a bad feeling.
**[08:52] Zenos**
You poisoned them?
**[08:54] Becker**
Zenos...
**[08:56] Umin**
Dr. Becker, why would you do this?!
**[09:01] Becker**
Are all lives equally valuable?
**[09:03] Becker**
I've considered the question for a long time.
**[09:06] Becker**
Thirteen years ago, my fiancée
and I were rookie healers.
**[09:12] Becker**
Her eyes would shine as she talked about
all the lives she wanted to save.
**[09:17] Becker**
When I heard she was caught
in an explosion and died,
**[09:22] Becker**
the ruthlessness of death,
**[09:24] Becker**
and God's lack of mercy,
**[09:26] Becker**
drove me into the depths of grief.
**[09:30] Becker**
If it had just been a random accident,
**[09:32] Becker**
I would've carried on in her place,
trying to save other people.
**[09:37] Becker**
But after attending that dinner party,
Afread told me that it wasn't an accident,
**[09:43] Becker**
and that Goldran was involved.
**[09:46] Umin**
That's what happened?
**[09:48] Becker**
It was the last thing he
said to me before vanishing.
**[09:52] Becker**
And the thought of my fiancée having been
murdered rather than dying in an accident...
**[09:56] Becker**
I couldn't maintain my composure.
**[09:59] Becker**
But without any evidence,
and with Afread missing,
**[10:03] Becker**
I couldn't pursue the truth, either.
**[10:07] Zenos**
Which is why you hired me.
**[10:09] Becker**
Ideally, you'd find Afread.
**[10:11] Becker**
But, if nothing else, you could get into the
dinner party and get some kind of information.
**[10:16] Umin**
But... This is just...
**[10:18] Becker**
Umin, I'm so sorry.
**[10:21] Becker**
But I—
**[10:22] Cresson**
Shut up!
**[10:24] Becker**
Cresson?
**[10:26] Cresson**
Look, I get it.
**[10:27] Cresson**
If something that messed up
had happened to my lover,
**[10:31] Cresson**
I wouldn't be able to take it.
**[10:32] Cresson**
Even though I don't have one!
**[10:34] Cresson**
And you're right about one thing: Goldran over
there is a huge piece of crap. No doubt about it.
**[10:39] Goldran**
You wretch!
**[10:40] Cresson**
But this isn't it!
**[10:43] Cresson**
It's not right!
**[10:45] Cresson**
Wanting revenge so badly, you poison
people who have nothing to do with it?!
**[10:48] Cresson**
That's not how it should be!
**[10:51] Cresson**
Aren't you a healer?!
**[10:53] Cresson**
I thought we were supposed to save people!
**[10:57] Zenos**
Well said, Cresson.
**[11:00] Zenos**
Hey, Becker, remember when you asked me
**[11:03] Zenos**
which coins I would pick up when a
bunch were scattered on the ground?
**[11:08] Zenos**
It was a stupid question.
**[11:10] Zenos**
I'd pick them all up.
**[11:12] Becker**
All of them?
**[11:14] Zenos**
I grew up poor, you know.
**[11:18] Becker**
You seriously intend to save everyone?
**[11:21] Becker**
Why? How does it benefit you?
**[11:24] Zenos**
It's true that I've already
finished the job you hired me for,
**[11:29] Zenos**
but if I don't do anything, you're
gonna end up guilty of mass murder.
**[11:33] Zenos**
And there's someone who'd
be worse off if that happened.
**[11:35] Umin**
Zenos...
**[11:37] Umin**
Will you save them?
**[11:40] Zenos**
It's payback for the going-away party.
**[11:42] Zenos**
Never had someone say they were
sad to see me leave before.
**[11:46] Zenos**
Normally, people get sick
of me, and I get kicked out.
**[11:49] Becker**
Zenos, you intend to save these people,
**[11:54] Becker**
but it's difficult to provide accurate antidote
magic without knowing the specifics of the toxin.
**[11:59] Zenos**
You gonna tell me the details, then?
**[12:02] Zenos**
Do you even know them yourself?
**[12:05] Becker**
What are you—
**[12:06] Zenos**
Never mind. Don't have a lot of time, anyway.
**[12:12] Zenos**
Heal!
**[12:15] Becker**
Heal? A normal Heal spell?!
**[12:19] Becker**
That might repair the damage it does,
**[12:21] Becker**
but it won't purge the poison
from their systems!
**[12:24] Zenos**
I can encourage the body's
natural healing, though.
**[12:27] Becker**
Those effects are temporary!
**[12:29] Becker**
The poison has already spread to—
**[12:32] Becker**
Don't tell me...
**[12:34] Zenos**
I'm no toxicologist,
**[12:36] Zenos**
but the effects must wear off sooner or later.
**[12:39] Becker**
You seriously intend to heal all these
people until the poison has run its course?!
**[12:44] Zenos**
It's an endurance test between
the poison and my healing magic.
**[12:48] Zenos**
You'd be surprised
how competitive I can be.
**[12:58] Becker**
You are just...
**[13:00] Cresson**
I got your back, Bro!
**[13:02] Umin**
Likewise!
**[13:03] Zenos**
Focus your healing on
whoever looks the weakest!
**[13:06] Umin**
Right!
**[13:06] Cressonm**
Got it!
**[13:11] Zenos**
You have a subordinate and an
underclassman cleaning up your mess.
**[13:14] Zenos**
You'd better be grateful.
**[13:16] Becker**
I can't believe you're capable of casting
Heal over this length of time.
**[13:20] Becker**
That's not how this spell works.
**[13:23] Zenos**
It's not?
**[13:25] Becker**
I already thought you were remarkable,
but this is just absurd.
**[13:29] Zenos**
I didn't get a proper education, after all.
**[13:33] Becker**
My fiancée became a healer to save lives.
**[13:38] Becker**
She was an admirable woman
who had high-minded goals.
**[13:41] Zenos**
Yeah.
**[13:43] Becker**
Goldran killed her... And the thought
of him becoming the next director...
**[13:48] Becker**
I couldn't let that happen!
**[13:50] Becker**
I couldn't allow someone who was her
opposite in every way to rise to the top!
**[13:54] Zenos**
I know.
**[13:57] Becker**
The longer I've spent here,
the more I've realized...
**[14:01] Becker**
There's so much disparity in the world.
**[14:03] Becker**
There are people who can afford
the most advanced healing,
**[14:06] Becker**
and people who can barely afford
the most meager medication.
**[14:09] Zenos**
Yeah.
**[14:11] Becker**
"Are all lives equal in value?"
**[14:14] Becker**
That question may have consumed
me more than I realized.
**[14:20] Becker**
Seeing them so desperate to save lives...
**[14:23] Becker**
Maybe they're the ones who have
inherited my fiancée's spirit.
**[14:28] Becker**
Zenos, thank you.
**[14:31] Zenos**
No thanks necessary.
**[14:33] Zenos**
But I am tired as hell,
so I'm gonna need bonus pay.
**[14:38] Goldran**
W-Wait a moment!
**[14:40] Goldran**
I haven't been healed!
**[14:44] Zenos**
Oh. I forgot.
**[14:46] Goldran**
Don't you mock me!
**[14:48] Goldran**
I command you... to save me!
**[14:51] Zenos**
I was kicked out of your faction,
**[14:53] Zenos**
so I don't take orders from you.
**[14:55] Goldran**
You people! Save me, damn it!
**[15:00] Faction Member A**
It's only in fragments, but
I remember what happened...
**[15:03] Faction Member B**
After I lost consciousness, it felt
like my life was being drained.
**[15:07] Faction Member C**
Professor, were you going to sacrifice us?
**[15:13] Zenos**
And that's what they think of your demands.
**[15:16] Zenos**
But as long as I get my money,
I don't play favorites.
**[15:20] Zenos**
I'm an underground healer, after all.
**[15:22] Zenos**
So if you want my help, it's gonna cost you.
**[15:26] Goldran**
Cost me?
**[15:27] Zenos**
Considering how tired I am,
another round of healing is gonna take...
**[15:32] Zenos**
about this much.
**[15:34] Goldran**
Ridiculous! I'm not paying that amount!
**[15:38] Zenos**
Yeah? Never mind, then.
**[15:40] Goldran**
Wait, wait wait wait!
**[15:42] Goldran**
I'll pay! You'll get your money. Just save me!
**[15:45] Fennel**
Goldran.
**[15:47] Fennel**
We're going to discuss this
matter in detail later.
**[15:52] Goldran**
Damn it... Damn it!
**[16:02] Becker**
I've never been interrogated before.
**[16:04] Becker**
Quite the experience!
**[16:07] Umin**
Dr. Becker...
**[16:08] Becker**
I have to say, considering the incident was
yesterday and the investigation is ongoing,
**[16:13] Becker**
I'm impressed you got permission to see me.
**[16:16] Zenos**
I actually have an acquaintance
in the royal guard.
**[16:19] Becker**
You do?
**[16:21] Krishna**
Good to see you again, Mr. Zenos.
**[16:24] Krishna**
I'm touched that you'd use a meeting with
a suspect as an excuse to come and see me.
**[16:29] Zenos**
I'm, uh, not here to see you, actually.
**[16:33] Zenos**
But I do appreciate you arranging this.
**[16:36] Zenos**
Thank you.
**[16:38] Krishna**
Please! It's nothing,
considering what I owe you.
**[16:42] Becker**
Um... how do you two know each other?
**[16:46] Zenos**
Don't worry about it.
**[16:48] Zenos**
I came to ask you some questions today.
**[16:51] Becker**
Questions?
**[16:53] Umin**
Dr. Becker, you didn't actually
poison anyone, did you?
**[16:58] Becker**
In a sense, yes. You're correct.
**[17:00] Umin**
In a sense?
**[17:02] Becker**
I would use a poison to create a situation
like the one from thirteen years ago,
**[17:07] Becker**
and, under the pressure,
Goldran would confess his crimes.
**[17:13] Becker**
That was my original plan.
**[17:16] Umin**
B-But you said you didn't poison anyone...
**[17:19] Becker**
I had prepared a drug that would
only temporarily paralyze the body.
**[17:24] Becker**
My intention was to lie to Goldran
about it being a lethal toxin.
**[17:30] Becker**
At first, I thought I had made a
mistake in preparing the drug,
**[17:34] Becker**
but that wasn't it.
**[17:35] Becker**
The natural conclusion is
that someone other than me
**[17:38] Becker**
tampered with the wine,
using a different chemical.
**[17:42] Zenos**
And you think that was Afread?
**[17:44] Becker**
Most likely.
**[17:46] Becker**
He may have been there that night.
**[17:49] Becker**
Pretending to take a dose of the poison,
**[17:51] Becker**
blending in among the collapsed healers,
and watching how events unfolded.
**[17:55] Umin**
Then Afread would be the one who—
**[17:58] Becker**
No. I'm still guilty.
**[18:01] Becker**
I realized there was an
actual poison in the wine,
**[18:04] Becker**
but I was desperate.
**[18:06] Becker**
At that point, I didn't care if
everyone died, including myself.
**[18:11] Umin**
Dr. Becker...
**[18:13] Krishna**
You don't need to worry about him.
**[18:16] Krishna**
Considering he didn't intend to poison
anyone and he's an acquaintance of yours,
**[18:20] Krishna**
I can use my authority as vice captain
of the order to see him released.
**[18:24] Zenos**
Maybe go through due process instead?
**[18:27] Krishna**
If it's a request of yours, Mr. Zenos,
I'm prepared to bare it all,
**[18:32] Krishna**
embarrassing though it might be.
**[18:33] Zenos**
What are you even talking about?
**[18:36] Umin**
I don't care what authority you
have to use! Please, do it!
**[18:43] Becker**
Zenos.
**[18:45] Zenos**
What's up?
**[18:46] Becker**
I'm sure you've realized, but...
**[18:49] Zenos**
You're talking about the
Afread in the picture, right?
**[18:51] Zenos**
It's hard to believe he survived
having his life drained by Goldran,
**[18:54] Zenos**
considering the situation.
**[18:56] Becker**
Right. Which raises the question:
who was the Afread I encountered?
**[19:01] Becker**
Or maybe... *What* was he?
**[19:04] Becker**
This may not be as simple as
revenge for thirteen years ago.
**[19:08] Becker**
And you were the one who foiled his plans.
**[19:13] Becker**
He may turn his ire toward you next, Zenos.
**[19:17] Zenos**
I'd rather avoid any trouble,
**[19:20] Zenos**
but if this guy really does show up,
**[19:22] Zenos**
I'll hit him with a bill for
all the trouble he's caused.
**[19:27] Becker**
It's reassuring to know he's out there.
**[19:29] Krishna**
Yeah.
**[19:31] Krishna**
And if I'm being honest,
I'm a bit jealous that Mr. Zenos
**[19:35] Krishna**
went out of his way to come and visit you.
**[19:38] Becker**
Being honest with me, eh?
**[19:40] Becker**
But it was likely for Umin's sake.
**[19:43] Krishna**
I like that even less.
**[19:45] Becker**
She was a part of my minor laboratory,
**[19:48] Becker**
on top of being my niece.
**[19:50] Becker**
My being under suspicion of murder
puts her in a precarious position,
**[19:55] Becker**
which is why he wanted my
innocence on the record.
**[19:59] Krishna**
He'd go so far for that girl?
**[20:01] Becker**
"I'd pick up all the coins."
**[20:04] Becker**
Something Zenos said.
**[20:06] Becker**
All the coins...
**[20:09] Becker**
The lives he intended to save didn't just
include the poisoned healers, but Umin, as well.
**[20:15] Becker**
Even Goldran.
**[20:16] Becker**
He could've ignored him and let him die,
**[20:18] Becker**
so he was saved in a sense, as well.
**[20:21] Krishna**
In that case, I'd say you were
one of those coins, as well.
**[20:30] Becker**
He really is a remarkable fellow.
**[20:36] Guide**
I was looking forward
to this experiment, too.
**[20:39] Guide**
Zenos, you and I just keep
running into each other.
**[20:44] Guide**
How do people think and react
in extreme circumstances?
**[20:49] Guide**
I could've gained even more valuable
data if he hadn't gotten in the way.
**[20:56] Guide**
Afread, this vessel of yours isn't bad at all.
**[21:01] Guide**
You'll be staying with me a bit longer.
**[21:09] Zenos**
Well, I'm off.
**[21:11] Umin**
You're the one who prevented
the group poisoning.
**[21:14] Umin**
I hate that everyone being half-conscious
means you won't get the credit for it.
**[21:20] Cresson**
Ditto.
**[21:22] Zenos**
Nah. This is all the reward I need.
**[21:25] Lily**
Let's go, Zenos.
**[21:27] Lily**
Everyone's waiting.
**[21:29] Zenos**
Time to take off, then.
**[21:31] Lily**
See you around, Umin!
**[21:34] Lily**
And you, too, my weird big brother!
**[21:36] Umin**
Right. Thank you both for so much!
**[21:39] Cresson**
Little sis! I'm psyched you finally
called me "big brother" in the end!
**[21:44] Cresson**
I love ya!
**[21:57] Zenos**
Goodbye, Royal Hospital.
**[22:01] Carmilla**
"And so, having resolved the incident,
Zenos the underground healer
**[22:05] Carmilla**
went on to get caught in another mess."
**[22:08] Zenos**
Seriously, stop making ominous declarations!
**[23:45] Lily**
Coming!
**[23:48] Lily**
Hello.
**[23:50] Lily**
Come right in.
**[23:51] Lily**
Are you a new patient?