# 4 - A Righteous Hero
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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."