E2 - Don't Call Me a Traitor

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[00:10] Nobleman
    Time to move out already.
[00:12] Soldier
    Yes, sir!
[00:18] Hort
    Do you think Kudo died?
[00:21] Saybil
    I would guess that Kudo can regrow his tail.
[00:27] Hort
    We should take it with us, right?
[00:30] Hort
    His tail...
[00:33] Hort
    It's cold and slippery...
[00:36] Hort
    I don't hate it.
[00:40] Saybil
    Hort, look.
[00:41] Saybil
    On the ground.
[00:44] ---
    These are...
[00:46] Saybil
    Three sets of footprints.
[00:48] Saybil
    One is Kudo, and one is Professor Los.
[00:52] Saybil
    The last one is the witch hunter.
[00:54] Saybil
    I think.
[00:56] Hort
    But that means... there's only one enemy.
[01:01] Hort
    And yet, even with the advantage of magic,
     Kudo chose to flee rather than fight.
[01:07] Hort
    It might be best to turn back.
[01:10] Hort
    This is probably a professional.
[01:12] Saybil
    A professional?
[01:14] Hort
    Remember from class?
[01:17] Hort
    The former death-row inmates,
     recruited by the Church to hunt witches.
[01:22] Hort
    It's an Arbiter from Dia Ignis!
[02:59] Hort
    They'll stop at nothing to kill a witch.
SIGN    Episode 2
    Don't Call Me a Traitor
[03:04] Hort
    They don't care how many
    innocent people may die.
[03:07] Hort
    That's how they've been trained.
[03:10] Saybil
    But Dia Ignis was dismantled.
[03:13] Hort
    Just because the organization is gone
    doesn't mean the people in it went away, too!
[03:19] Saybil
    Hort...
[03:24] Underling 1
    Damn! Where'd he go?
[03:26] Underling 2
    We need to find him, fast!
[03:28] Underling 1
    Hey!
[03:28] Underling 2
    Oh, right. That was close.
[03:31] Underling 1
    Let's go!
[03:34] Kudo
    I hope those two got away safely.
[03:40] The Tyrant
    Now, where are they hiding?
[03:46] Student 2
    Kudo.
[03:47] Student 1
    They're gonna find us...
[03:50] (Flashback) Kudo
    Small fry who can't cast
    aren't even worth protecting.
[03:54] (Flashback) Student 1
    H-Hey!
[03:57] (Flashback) Kudo
    Don't follow me. You're dead weight!
[04:03] Kudo
    What is that rope?
[04:11] Kudo
    A freaking trap?!
[04:22] Hort
    I've met one before.
[04:26] Hort
    Just once, when I was little.
[04:29] Hort
    I went to a nearby village to see a friend.
[04:33] Hort
    That's when...
[04:36] (Flashback) The Tyrant
    Whad'ya want? Ya got a friend in this heap?
[04:40] (Flashback) The Tyrant
    If ya can't prove they're not a witch,
     I'll have to burn you, too.
[04:48] (Flashback) Hort
    I-I have no...
[04:53] (Flashback) Hort
    friends here!
[04:55] Hort
    I ran away.
[04:57] Hort
    Even though my friend was killed,
    I was scared...
[05:01] Hort
    I lied to protect myself...
[05:05] Hort
    If it was an Arbiter that attacked Kudo,
[05:08] Hort
    we'll be no help whatsoever!
[05:11] Hort
    So let's go back!
[05:14] Hort
    Sayb, was that...?
[05:16] Saybil
    Yeah.
[05:19] Saybil
    I think it'd be best to run.
[05:21] Hort
    Yeah.
[05:23] Saybil
    Professor Los might get mad if we show up.
[05:26] Hort
    Th-That's true. So let's—
[05:29] Saybil
    But...
[05:30] Saybil
    we have to help.
[05:32] Hort
    What?
[05:33] Saybil
    Hort, if your friend had still been alive,
     I don't think you would've run.
[05:38] Saybil
    I'm sure you would've tried to
    help while holding back tears,
[05:41] Saybil
    just like now.
[05:44] Hort
    Sayb...
[05:55] Kudo
    Damn it!
[05:56] Kudo
    I gotta get out of here.
[06:05] Kudo
    Hell, it was just a rope.
[06:08] The Tyrant
    So we meet again, lizard boy.
[06:13] Kudo
    The Dia Ignis Arbiter!
[06:16] The Tyrant
    The Church calls me the Tyrant.
[06:20] The Tyrant
    Ya fell right into 'em, huh?
[06:22] The Tyrant
    These simple traps.
[06:24] The Tyrant
    Are ya scared?
[06:26] The Tyrant
    Ya gotta be.
[06:27] The Tyrant
    Any step could set off a trap.
[06:31] The Tyrant
    Not knowing stops you in your tracks.
[06:34] Kudo
    My attack magic didn't work
    on this guy yesterday,
[06:38] Kudo
    so I won't go on the offensive.
[06:40] The Tyrant
    You entered my hunting grounds.
[06:46] Kudo
    Solm!
[06:56] The Tyrant
    So you can run, eh, Mr. Lizard Mage?
[07:00] Kudo
    Impossible!
[07:02] The Tyrant
    Ya know,
[07:04] The Tyrant
    you're awfully slow!
[07:13] The Tyrant
    Huh.
[07:15] The Tyrant
    I guess being a beastfallen and a mage
    don't necessarily mean you're strong.
[07:21] The Tyrant
    What's this?
[07:22] The Tyrant
    The wound is closed?
[07:26] The Tyrant
    I bet the Church's researchers
    would love to have ya as a lab rat.
[07:31] The Tyrant
    Hey! One of you out there!
[07:33] The Tyrant
    Fetch me a cage!
[07:39] Kudo
    Why me?
[07:41] Kudo
    Why is it always me?
[07:43] Kudo
    After I managed to escape that place...
[07:46] Kudo
    After I've come so far...
[07:50] Kudo
    No.
[07:50] (Flashback) Kudo
    No.
[07:51] Kudo
    No! No! No!
[07:51] (Flashback) Kudo
    No! No! No!
[07:57] (Flashback) Man
    Now, witness as I return his arms to normal!
[08:02] Kudo
    I refuse to go back to living in a cage!
[08:06] Kudo
    I thought I'd become strong.
[08:09] Kudo
    I thought I could protect others.
[08:11] Kudo
    I can't even protect myself!
[08:14] (Flashback) Kudo
    I don't need an escort.
[08:17] (Flashback) Albus
    Listen, Kudo. The world can be harsh.
[08:20] (Flashback) Albus
    But you don't have to bear
    the burden all on your own.
[08:25] (Flashback) Kudo
    Oh? Who's gonna shoulder it for me, then?
[08:29] (Flashback) Albus
    Remember this:
[08:31] (Flashback) Albus
    As long as you are a student
    of my academy, I will not forsake you.
[08:37] (Flashback) Albus
    Loux Krystas is a little odd,
[08:40] (Flashback) Albus
    but she's a good witch.
[08:43] Kudo
    If I'd gone with them, would I—
[08:47] Kudo
    Would someone have chosen...
[08:49] ---
    to protect a guy like me?
[08:55] The Tyrant
    Hey. Ain't ya heard of futile resistance?
[08:59] The Tyrant
    Don't waste my time.
[09:02] The Tyrant
    Ya hear me?
[09:09] The Tyrant
    Well? Now do you underst—
[09:12] The Tyrant
    Hey, now.
[09:14] The Tyrant
    Oh, screw it!
[09:16] The Tyrant
    I'll crush your skull and
    offer 'em your corpse!
[09:20] Los
    Hold thy horses!
[09:27] The Tyrant
    What was that?!
[09:28] Los
    I swear.
[09:31] Los
    Attacking a stray duckling.
    Thou hast no shame.
[09:37] Los
    My dear Ludens, say hello!
[09:48] Los
    Let me guess.
[09:49] Los
    Thy capital crimes were pardoned
    when Dia Ignis was disbanded,
[09:53] Los
    but with no skills but
    killing, thou wast destitute,
[09:56] Los
    and now servest the anti-witch faction?
[09:59] Kudo
    H-How come y-you're here?
[10:02] Los
    'Tis a teacher's duty.
[10:04] Kudo
    But...
[10:06] Los
    Silence! Just stand back!
[10:08] The Tyrant
    You...
[10:10] The Tyrant
    That staff... Is that the Staff of Ludens?!
[10:13] Los
    Indeed!
[10:15] Los
    For I am the pact-holder
    of the Staff of Ludens,
[10:19] Los
    the Dawn Witch, Loux Krystas.
[10:22] Los
    And at the moment, I am a teacher
    to the Magic Academy's ducklings!
[10:35] Los
    Back, murderous mad dog loosed
    from the Church's chains!
[10:43] The Tyrant
    Damn it!
[10:51] Kudo
    I-Incredible!
[10:54] Los
    I harbor no fondness for conflict.
[10:56] Los
    Shouldst thou retreat now,
    I shan't take thy life.
[11:00] Saybil
    Professor Los!
[11:02] Los
    That's not good.
[11:04] Hort
    Kudo! Where are you?
[11:09] Hort
    Professor Los!
[11:11] Los
    Why did you come? Flee!
[11:18] Saybil
    Look out.
[11:23] The Tyrant
    Let me thank you.
[11:24] The Tyrant
    So nice of you to show up.
[11:27] Hort
    S-Sayb!
[11:29] The Tyrant
    Don't move!
[11:42] The Tyrant
    I'll snap this twerp's neck!
[11:44] The Tyrant
    Got that, escorting professor?
[11:49] Hort
    P-Professor Los.
[11:51] Los
    What would that gain thee, Arbiter?
[11:55] Los
    The moment you end these children's lives,
[11:58] Los
    thy life shall end as well.
[12:01] The Tyrant
    This can end without all that killing.
    Throw down your staff.
[12:06] The Tyrant
    If I can get the Staff of Ludens and
[12:09] The Tyrant
    its pact-holder in exchange
    for letting the twerp go,
[12:12] The Tyrant
    then that's a bargain.
[12:15] Los
    I'm afraid I cannot afford that bargain.
[12:19] The Tyrant
    Then we all die together!
[12:32] Los
    Stop!
[12:39] Los
    There. Now unhand Sayb.
[12:48] The Tyrant
    Are you kidding?
[12:50] The Tyrant
    The pact-holder of the Staff of
    Ludens is playing teacher for real?
[12:56] Hort
    Professor Los! Don't worry
    about us. Just get him!
[12:59] The Tyrant
    Shut up!
[13:01] The Tyrant
    Listen good, Teach. Step away from the staff.
[13:05] The Tyrant
    Hey, stop lying there.
[13:08] The Tyrant
    Bring me that staff!
[13:11] The Tyrant
    Wrap it with this.
[13:14] Saybil
    B-But...
[13:15] The Tyrant
    It's special consecrated cloth.
[13:18] The Tyrant
    When wrapped in it, the Staff of
    Ludens ain't nothin' but a stick.
[13:29] The Tyrant
    What'd I tell ya?
[13:31] The Tyrant
    Hey, tie up Teach over there,
[13:34] The Tyrant
    Hort.
[13:38] The Tyrant
    C'mon, missy. No need to resist.
[13:42] The Tyrant
    You can cut the act now.
[13:45] The Tyrant
    Go on. Tell 'em...
[13:47] The Tyrant
    that the Church sent
    you to the Magic Academy
[13:51] The Tyrant
    as a spy for the anti-witch faction!
[13:54] Hort
    S-Stop!
[13:58] Hort
    I was called the child of a demon.
[14:01] Hort
    At a young age, I suddenly
    started growing horns.
[14:06] Hort
    My mother told me...
[14:08] (Flashback) Hort's Mother
    Always keep a smile on your face.
[14:11] (Flashback) Hort's Mother
    Then you'll be saved.
[14:14] (Flashback) Young Hort
    Okay.
[14:15] (Flashback) Young Hort
    Stop it!
[14:17] (Flashback) Young Hort
    I'm scared!
[14:19] (Flashback) Young Hort
    Help! Mommy!
[14:22] (Flashback) Church Staff
    Those horns are proof your
    soul is tainted. Hide them.
[14:27] (Flashback) Church Staff
    It's for your own good.
[14:30] (Flashback) Young Hort
    Please let my soul be cleansed.
[14:36] (Flashback) Young Hort
    I promise to never stop smiling,
[14:38] (Flashback) Young Hort
    so let no one hate me.
[14:41] (Flashback) Hort
    A magic academy?
[14:43] (Flashback) Church Staff
    Yes. I want you to enroll there
    and provide us information.
[14:48] (Flashback) Hort
    Um, what about after graduation?
[14:51] (Flashback) Church Staff
    You will maintain your cover as a mage.
[14:53] (Flashback) Church Staff
    Work for the Church's benefit,
    striving to never be discovered.
[14:58] (Flashback) Church Staff
    I have great expectations.
[14:59] (Flashback) Hort
    Yes, sir!
[15:01] (Flashback) School Friend 1 (female)
    Wow, Hort! You got the highest grades again!
[15:04] (Flashback) School Friend 2 (female)
    You could be the top mage
    in the kingdom one day.
[15:07] (Flashback) Hort
    You're too nice.
[15:09] (Flashback) School Friend 3 (male)
    What kind of job do you
    want after you graduate?
[15:11] (Flashback) Hort
    What? Um...
[15:15] (Flashback) Hort
    Me?
[15:16] (Flashback) Albus
    The Magic Division of the Church & Mage
    Army wants to recruit you after graduation.
[15:21] (Flashback) Albus
    Defending the kingdom is an important job.
[15:26] (Flashback) Hort
    Maybe I should reveal everything.
[15:30] (Flashback) Hort
    I want to become a mage.
[15:33] (Flashback) Hort
    But what do I do?
[15:36] (Flashback) Hort
    I really don't want to graduate.
[15:39] (Flashback) Hort
    A three-year special field program?
[15:42] (Flashback) Albus
    What do you think?
[15:45] (Flashback) Hort
    I-I'll do it!
[15:49] (Flashback) Hort
    Please let me participate!
[15:53] Hort
    I was so happy.
[15:54] Hort
    I could still study magic!
[15:57] Hort
    I'd feel like I belonged!
[15:59] Hort
    But in that moment, I had a bad feeling.
[16:05] Hort
    I didn't know a witch hunter
    from the Church would show up.
[16:09] Hort
    If something happened,
     I would have to betray everyone...
[16:15] Hort
    That's why I poisoned that skewer,
[16:18] Hort
    so I could eat it and throw
    off our travel schedule.
[16:24] (Flashback) Hort
    Sayb, that's my skewer!
[16:27] Hort
    I hoped Kudo's group would get attacked.
[16:32] Hort
    I thought they'd be fine with Kudo there.
[16:36] Hort
    I never imagined an Arbiter would come...
     that the Tyrant would come.
[16:41] Hort
    Kudo was attacked, and even Professor
    Los and Sayb are in danger.
[16:46] Hort
    In the end, I'm a traitor.
[16:50] Hort
    I've been betraying
    everyone this whole time.
[16:53] Hort
    It's all my fault.
[16:58] Saybil
    It's okay, Hort.
[17:03] Saybil
    It's not your fault.
[17:07] Hort
    How can he smile?
[17:10] Hort
    He's not even that good at it.
[17:16] Hort
    Now that he knows I'm a traitor...
[17:20] (Flashback) Saybil
    Hort, if your friend had still been alive,
    I don't think you would've run.
[17:25] Hort
    ...he should be furious that I deceived him.
[17:33] Hort
    He ought...
[17:36] Hort
    to hate me.
[17:37] The Tyrant
    Hey. What're ya doin'?
[17:42] Hort
    I won't run anymore.
[17:45] Hort
    Bag Do Glaht!
[17:48] Hort
    Kalpa fire, come forth!
[17:49] Hort
    Flare and blaze!
[17:51] The Tyrant
    What?!
[17:53] The Tyrant
    Shit. Gimme that!
[18:00] Hort
    Chapter of Hunting,
[18:01] Hort
    final verse!
[18:03] Hort
    Flagis!
[18:04] Hort
    My name is Hort!
[18:15] The Tyrant
    Hey, now, missy.
[18:17] The Tyrant
    What was that?
[18:19] Hort
    N-No way!
[18:21] The Tyrant
    A betrayal?
[18:23] The Tyrant
    That's the child of a demon for ya.
[18:31] Saybil
    The Staff of Ludens...
[18:35] The Tyrant
    If ya ain't gonna be useful,
[18:38] The Tyrant
    then die!
[18:43] Staff of Ludens
    Use me.
[18:49] Los
    No, Sayb! Don't touch it!
[18:52] Saybil
    I'm sorry, Professor Los.
[18:55] Saybil
    For being dead weight.
[19:05] The Tyrant
    What the hell is this?
[19:08] Los
    Ludens, no!
[19:10] Los
    Release that boy!
[19:14] Kudo
    What's going on?
[19:18] Hort
    S-Sayb!
[19:21] Hort
    Sayb!
[19:46] Hort
    Sayb!
[19:48] Hort
    You're alive!
[19:50] Hort
    Thank goodness! You're alive!
[19:54] Saybil
    Huh? We're all alive...
[19:57] Los
    And what is that supposed to mean, pray tell?
[20:00] Los
    Thou fool!
[20:02] Los
    Using the witch-eating staff is suicide!
[20:05] Los
    If thou needest someone to be dead to
    learn thy lesson, I can kill someone now.
[20:11] Los
    Will that bring thee to thy senses?
[20:14] Los
    Each and every one of you,
    foolhardy! Foolhardy! Foolhardy!
[20:19] Kudo
    I wasn't that reckless, though.
[20:21] Los
    Excuse me?
[20:23] Los
    Thy overweening refusal of mine escort
[20:26] Los
    is what got us into this
    mess in the first place!
[20:29] Kudo
    F-Face too close!
[20:31] Hort
    Professor, calm dow—
[20:32] Los
    To be honest, Hort, I never
    imagined thou couldst track me.
[20:37] Los
    The greater the talent,
    the greater the burden of its misuse!
[20:41] Hort
    Professor, you're too close!
[20:44] Los
    I did not forget about thee, Ludens!
[20:47] Los
    How darest thou make eyes at Sayb
    despite having me as your pact-holder!
SIGN    I'm sorry
[20:53] Los
    I sentence thee to a day of being sealed.
[21:01] Saybil
    Professor Los,
[21:02] Saybil
    how can it be that I am alive?
[21:06] Los
    Thy magic exceeded what my
    dear Ludens could siphon away.
[21:15] Hort
    His magic was...
[21:16] Kudo
    ...too great for the staff?!
[21:18] Los
    Sayb's magic is evidently infinite.
[21:22] Los
    No wonder thou struggle
    to control thy spells.
[21:25] Los
    Honestly.
[21:26] Los
    My dear Ludens had solely expended
    magic these past 300 years.
[21:31] ---
    Now his belly is full again.
[21:35] Los
    When will my life come to an end now?
[21:40] Los
    Anyway. Kudo, thou wilt come with us.
[21:44] Kudo
    Huh? No, I'll be fine on my own.
[21:47] Los
    What was that?
[21:49] Kudo
    Ah! Your face is too close!
[21:51] Kudo
    Fine! I'll come with you!
[21:55] Los
    Much better.
[21:57] Kudo
    Damn it.
[21:58] Kudo
    Guess I better go grab
    my tail and reattach it.
[22:03] Kudo
    What is it?
[22:05] Hort
    Um, well...
[22:07] Hort
    Sorry. I used your tail as a spell offering.
[22:16] Kudo
    You what?!
[22:19] Hort
    My bad.
[22:20] Kudo
    Y-You got some nerve...!
[22:22] Los
    Oh, come on! Get along, you two!
[23:56] Los
    'Tis good that everyone is unharmed.
SIGN    Next Episode "Beyond the Steam"
[23:59] Kudo
    Unharmed?! Look at my hands and my tail!
[24:01] Los
    Who shall lose parts next time?
    And which ones?
[24:04] Saybil
    Next Episode: "Beyond the Steam."
[24:07] Los
    A hot spring episode?!