E8 - Respective Costs

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[00:01] Holdem
    And that's why,
[00:02] Holdem
    on a temporary basis,
[00:03] Holdem
    I have been entrusted with
    protecting this village.
[00:08] Hort
    Who is he?
[00:09] Kudo
    The Headmaster's servant.
[00:12] Hort
    Um, Mr. Headmaster's Servant?
[00:16] Holdem
    Holdem. Chief of Security. Super capable.
[00:20] Hort
    Mr. Super-Capable Chief of Security Holdem,
[00:24] Hort
    in the last test I got pretty darn hurt.
[00:27] Hort
    Are you here to do awful
    stuff again this time?
[00:31] Holdem
    My purpose here is to inspect the village.
[00:34] ---
    I just happened to have this foisted on me
[00:37] Holdem
    because I'm capable.
[00:39] Saybil
    He's awfully insistent about that.
[00:40] Hort
    Is he actually capable?
[00:42] Kudo
    He's known for his nasty personality.
[00:46] Holdem
    You're an unendearing bunch!
[00:48] Holdem
    Okay, announcement over.
    Now scram. Scram! Go!
[00:52] Holdem
    Ugh, kids.
[00:54] Los
    So,
[00:55] Los
    why art thou really here?
[00:59] Los
    Just as a Remnant of Disaster appears,
    thou showest up to inspect.
[01:05] Los
    It hardly seems unrelated.
[01:07] Holdem
    It is unrelated.
[01:09] ---
    If I used a Remnant of Disaster,
    the village would fall.
[01:13] Los
    I shall believe thee.
[01:15] Holdem
    About that Remnant problem...
[01:18] Holdem
    Can you take care of it?
[01:20] Los
    "Take care of it?"
[01:22] Holdem
    The one thing I appreciate
    about you is your skills.
[01:25] ---
    You're the sole witch my master relied on.
[01:30] Los
    Well, Sorena was my friend, after all...
[01:41] Los
    Sorena died protecting people.
     She would ask me to protect the village.
[01:51] Los
    As for compensation?
[01:53] Holdem
    Access to The Grimoire of Zero.
[01:55] Los
    What?!
[01:56] Holdem
    Please, Loux. I swear, I'll persuade my lady.
[01:59] Holdem
    This village is her dream.
[02:02] Holdem
    We'll do anything to protect it.
[02:07] Los
    Even trust me? I see!
[03:42] Hort
    Huh? You want to get stronger?
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[03:44] Saybil
    Yeah. Today I decided I want to
    be a proper mage like you two.
[03:50] Hort
    Of course! Let's graduate together
    and become mages together!
[03:54] Saybil
    But... I don't think I'll be able
    to keep doing the chores like I was.
[03:59] Saybil
    Like the laundry...
[04:02] Hort
    Like I said before! You don't
    have to wash... my clothes!
[04:08] Los
    Hurry home, you three.
[04:11] Los
    O-Oh...
[04:12] Hort
    Professor Los?
[04:14] Los
    No need for concern.
[04:16] Holdem
    You better be okay...
[04:19] Holdem
    I'd still lose some sleep if you died.
[04:34] Saybil
    So... what I wanted to ask... is...
[04:38] Saybil
    I want you two to teach me to cast.
[04:42] ---
    In exchange, I'll restore your magic.
[04:46] Kudo
    Sounds fine to me.
[04:47] ---
    Actually, I thought it was nuts that
    you didn't ask for anything before.
[04:51] Hort
    To be honest, I felt like we
    leaned on you a little too much.
[04:56] Hort
    Wh-While we're on the subject,
[04:58] Hort
    I was curious about something...
[05:01] Hort
    Sayb, sometimes you... supply
    magic through your l-lips, right?
[05:08] Hort
    So, um, like! Does that mean
    you might do that with me?
[05:14] Saybil
    Huh? No, I don't think so.
[05:18] Hort
    Y-You won't, huh? I see!
[05:23] Kudo
    I'm surprised you're unfazed by it, dude.
[05:27] Saybil
    By what?
[05:28] Kudo
    Think about it with the genders swapped.
[05:30] Saybil
    Gender... swap?
[05:36] "Male Zero"
    I want to devour you.
[05:40] "Male Los"
    This is the difference experience makes.
[05:46] Saybil
    I don't really see an issue.
[05:48] Hort
    You can't do that!
[05:50] Hort
    It's against morality!
[05:51] Hort
    A mortal sin!
[05:53] Hort
    I won't let that happen to my Saybina!
[05:56] Saybil
    "Saybina"?
[05:57] Kudo
    "My"?
[05:58] Holdem
    Hey.
[06:00] Holdem
    Can you show me to an empty
    house where I can rest?
[06:04] Hort
    Sure. I'll take you.
[06:06] Holdem
    That won't do.
[06:08] Holdem
    I can't go to an empty house
    alone with a young maiden.
[06:12] Holdem
    The village's population will increase.
[06:17] Hort
    What a creep!
[06:18] Kudo
    We should file a complaint
    with the Headmaster.
[06:21] Holdem
    I-I'm sorry!
[06:23] Holdem
    Please! Just don't tell my lady!
[06:24] Uls
    Saybil.
[06:27] Saybil
    Mr. Uls...
[06:29] Uls
    We need to talk.
[06:31] Hort
    I-In that case, we'll take Mr. Holdem.
[06:39] Uls
    I know it's not your fault.
[06:41] Uls
    Laios cried and defended you.
[06:45] Saybil
    Sir, I...
[06:46] Uls
    Still, I'm sorry,
[06:48] ---
    but I need you to stay away from our son.
[06:59] Saybil
    Yes, sir.
[07:04] (Flashback) Saybil
    Do you want to go out with
    me while I practice magic?
[07:07] (Flashback) Laios
    So, you'll practice magic with me every day?
[07:14] Saybil
    Once I'm strong enough to protect him,
    may I take him out again?
[07:20] Saybil
    I promised him we'd play adventurers again.
[07:25] Uls
    It's just a promise to a kid.
[07:28] Saybil
    But we're friends.
[07:35] Uls
    I'll teach Laios a little more about
    staying safe in the forest by then.
[07:43] the Tyrant
    Careless of ya.
[07:47] the Tyrant
    To be alone at night like this.
[08:03] (Flashback) Young Saybil
    Yet another person you love
    is gonna die because of you.
[08:08] (Flashback) Young Saybil
    How long are you gonna repress it?
[08:14] (Flashback) Saybil's Mom
    Listen closely, dear.
[08:16] (Flashback) Saybil's Mom
    You must never approach a
    witch who has eyes like yours.
[08:22] (Flashback) Young Saybil
    Mom...
[08:24] (Flashback) Saybil's Mom
    She'll take everything from you.
[08:50] (Flashback) Witch
    Hid him in a barrier, eh?
[08:52] (Flashback) Witch
    Come out, child.
[08:55] (Flashback) Witch
    If you don't want to let your mom die.
[08:58] (Flashback) Witch
    Come on.
[09:06] (Flashback) Young Saybil
    Mom!
[09:23] (Flashback) Witch
    Now, come along.
[09:28] (Flashback) Witch
    Show me.
[09:37] (Flashback) Witch
    Ah, the power! Just the
    slightest touch and I feel it.
[09:42] (Flashback) Witch
    Yes!
[09:43] (Flashback) Witch
    This is...
[09:52] (Flashback) Witch
    Stop!
[09:53] (Flashback) Witch
    Let go of me!
[10:22] the Tyrant
    Hey!
[10:27] the Tyrant
    Spare me all that.
[10:29] Zero
    My orders were to take
     you alive this time.
[10:34] Saybil
    Um, am I being abducted?
[10:37] the Tyrant
    What does it look like?
[10:40] Saybil
    Um, I think I'll probably be a
    disappointment to your employer.
[10:45] the Tyrant
    Not my problem.
[10:47] the Tyrant
    I'm a tool. I just get used for my purpose.
[10:52] Zero
    Damn. Someone's caught up to us.
[10:55] Kudo
    Hey! You said you could drive the horses!
[10:58] Hort
    I am driving them! They're flying
    forward, aren't they? See?
[11:02] Kudo
    Hey! Stop them!
[11:04] Hort
    Th-They aren't stopping!
[11:11] Saybil
    Hort! Kudo!
[11:16] Kudo
    Are you okay, Saybil?
[11:20] the Tyrant
    Oh. Look here.
[11:23] the Tyrant
    No escort today!
[11:29] Los
    My dear Ludens!
[11:32] ---
    Clean up!
[11:43] Los
    If such an easy task gets me a
    peek at The Grimoire of Zero,
[11:46] Los
    then it's not even a question.
[11:48] Los
    Right, my dear Ludens?
[11:55] Los
    What's this?
[11:57] Los
    H-Help me.
[12:01] Los
    My goodness. This is an unexpected find.
[12:07] Hort
    How is the Tyrant here?
[12:09] Kudo
    Hell if I know! But we're rescuing
    Saybil no matter who we have to fight.
[12:14] Hort
    It's moving!
[12:15] Kudo
    Quiet! Just do it already!
[12:18] Kudo
    Full power!
[12:19] Hort
    Okay.
[12:28] the Tyrant
    No incantation?
[12:36] the Tyrant
    I see you've improved since last time.
[12:41] Saybil
    Please don't move. I can probably
    kill you in an instant.
[12:50] Los
    What's this?
[12:52] Los
    The third-rate servant.
[12:54] Los
    Why art thou sleeping out here?
[12:59] Holdem
    Why was I sleeping out here?
[13:01] Los
    Art thou drunk?
[13:03] Holdem
    No. I was about to have the kids
    take me to an empty house,
[13:08] ---
    when that Uls fellow there showed up...
[13:12] Holdem
    He said something about
    Saybil being abducted...
[13:16] Holdem
    I tried to stop the kids
    from going after him.
[13:19] Holdem
    But then I...
[13:22] Los
    Thou wert put to sleep, with magic.
[13:25] Holdem
    So then...
[13:28] Holdem
    Oh crap! No!
[13:30] Los
    What hast thou so flustered?
    'Tis thy trap, is it not?
[13:34] Los
    Thou camest all the way out to this village.
[13:37] Los
    Thy plan was to cause an incident and
    observe whether we could resolve it.
[13:42] Los
    As a sort of test, yes?
[13:45] Los
    My ducklings assuredly felt wary of you.
[13:52] Holdem
    You don't think I might be trying
    to actually do something to Saybil?
[13:58] Los
    Sorena wouldn't approve.
[14:01] Los
    So, what is the issue?
[14:04] Holdem
    I used the Tyrant.
[14:06] Los
    Thou didst what?!
[14:08] the Tyrant
    Then ya shoulda
[14:13] the Tyrant
    killed me just now.
[14:15] the Tyrant
    In combat...
[14:19] Hort
    Sayb!
[14:19] Kudo
    Saybil!
[14:21] the Tyrant
    whoever hesitates loses!
[14:28] the Tyrant
    If ya ain't prepared to kill
    when ya have the chance,
[14:31] the Tyrant
    it don't matter how strong
    your weapon is. It's useless.
[14:35] the Tyrant
    I'd say this is within acceptable limits.
[14:38] the Tyrant
    Seein' as how ya can fix it all with magic.
[14:49] the Tyrant
    The Mask?
[14:51] the Tyrant
    Bastard!
[14:53] the Tyrant
    Didn't you leave the village?
[14:56] Priest
    I'm impressed you knew.
[14:58] Priest
    I came back.
[15:05] Priest
    My mouse made a big fuss about
    a pest entering the village.
[15:12] Priest
    Now I can finally see.
[15:16] Priest
    Don't worry. I'll take you alive.
[15:19] Priest
    There is so much information
[15:21] Priest
    to glean from you.
[15:30] Priest
    This is within acceptable limits, yes?
[15:32] Priest
    Since it can be fixed with magic.
[15:35] the Tyrant
    Fighting the Mask in the forest at
    night is too big of a disadvantage.
[15:40] the Tyrant
    Plus you have reinforcements
    coming. I give up.
[15:47] Mercenary
    See. I knew the priest would be here.
[15:50] Zero
    Quit grumbling, Mercenary.
[15:53] Zero
    If we hadn't raced here,
[15:55] ---
    our blood-starved priest might
    have julienned our assailant.
[16:01] Mercenary
    Looks like he's already
    been given a rough chop.
[16:04] Priest
    That is quite a way to speak
    when you two arrived late.
[16:09] Los
    Hold it, hold it hold it!
[16:11] Los
    You barbarians!
[16:13] Los
    'Tis shameful to gang up
    on and bully the weak!
[16:17] Holdem
    He took out all the students.
[16:20] Holdem
    The Tyrant is tougher than I thought.
[16:24] Mercenary
    Oh? So you two know him?
[16:30] Zero
    Depending on your answer,
[16:31] Zero
    we may be send your head back to the
    Mooncaller Witch at the Academy.
[16:41] Holdem
    Look, the deal with the Tyrant was
    he would be spared the death penalty
[16:46] Holdem
    if he could bring at least one
    student back to the Academy.
[16:50] Los
    In other words, this wasn't
    a test for the students.
[16:55] Los
    It was an inspection of the
    village's ability to protect them.
[17:00] Los
    That's why he set the Tyrant loose,
[17:03] Los
    but the students were wary of Holdem,
    who was obviously suspicious.
[17:08] Los
    They removed him from the
    fight as soon as it started,
[17:12] Los
    thus he was unable to restrain
    the Tyrant's excessive violence,
[17:17] Los
    and he was late to arrive.
[17:21] Priest
    Are you incompetent?
[17:22] Mercenary
    What are ya, incompetent?
[17:24] Holdem
    Yes. I'm incompetent
    and a third-rate servant.
[17:28] Zero
    It does no good to blame the dog.
[17:31] Zero
    If the Tyrant's aim had been murder,
[17:33] Zero
    the students would all have been killed.
[17:37] Zero
    We have no choice but to recognize
[17:40] Zero
    that this inspection fully exposed the
    weakness of the village's defenses.
[17:46] Mercenary
    We were just short on hands this time
    because of the Remnant of Disaster.
[17:52] Priest
    More accurate to say we lack fighting power.
[17:55] Priest
    If it were just this village,
    it would be one thing,
[17:57] Priest
    but if we try to protect the surrounding
    ones as well, we cannot attend to it all.
[18:01] Mercenary
    The towns around us are just
    getting dragged into our mess.
[18:06] Mercenary
    We can't just leave 'em in the lurch.
[18:09] Zero
    If witches bring extra danger and
    then do nothing to protect people,
[18:14] Zero
    the village may only worsen
    the reputation of witches.
[18:18] Holdem
    Um, might I be permitted to say somethin—
[18:21] Priest
    Keep quiet.
[18:21] Holdem
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[18:22] Mercenary
    Incompetence is contagious.
[18:24] Zero
    Don't bully him so. Well, let's hear it.
[18:28] Holdem
    If you need more fighting power,
    please feel free to make use of him.
[18:34] the Tyrant
    H-Hold up! That wasn't the deal!
[18:39] the Tyrant
    Once I succeeded, my death sentence
    was supposed to be commuted—
[18:44] Holdem
    You didn't succeed!
[18:46] Holdem
    If you want to live, zip it!
[18:56] Hort
    No way!
[18:58] Hort
    No way! Nuh-uh! Absolutely opposed!
[19:02] Hort
    He betrayed the Church, right?
[19:04] Hort
    Someone like that will betray us next!
[19:07] Kudo
    You betrayed the Church, too.
[19:10] Hort
    Kudo, why do you always say the
    thing someone least wants to hear?
[19:15] Hort
    The Tyrant tried to kill us!
[19:18] Hort
    You're telling me to forgive him?
[19:20] Hort
    It's better to execute him!
[19:23] Zero
    You need not forgive him, antlered girl.
[19:27] Zero
    If you desire revenge, I won't condemn you.
[19:31] Zero
    However, there is one
    thing you must remember.
[19:35] Zero
    Witch hunts are revenge for
    witches' past wrongdoings.
[19:40] Zero
    Those very wrongdoings are why witches
    continue to be regarded with suspicion.
[19:46] Zero
    The peace between the Church and witches...
[19:48] Zero
    Those whose loved ones were killed by
    witches find it difficult to accept.
[19:52] Zero
    I'm sure you understand their feelings.
[19:55] Zero
    That is the very reason the anti-witch
    faction hires people like the Tyrant.
[20:00] Zero
    The Tyrant has been ordered to serve
    this village to atone for his sins.
[20:05] Zero
    You must consider the purpose and
    significance of executing him now.
[20:14] Hort
    But the Tyrant has killed
    lots of innocent people, too.
[20:19] Priest
    The same is true of me.
[20:22] Priest
    I killed anybody the Church ordered me to.
[20:26] Priest
    Will you execute me as well?
[20:28] Hort
    B-But tha—
[20:29] Lilly
    You can't!
[20:31] Lilly
    You can't execute the father!
[20:34] Hort
    He's not the same as the Tyrant.
[20:37] Los
    Well, my dear Ludens is known as the witch
    eater and has taken the lives of many witches.
[20:44] Los
    If one of their relatives comes for me,
    I have no right to complain.
[20:49] Hort
    No way! It's obviously not right
    for you to be killed, Professor!
[20:54] Kudo
    What, so anyone you like is a good person
    no matter how many people they've killed?
[21:00] Hort
    So you're fine with this?
[21:02] Kudo
    As long as he's on our side.
[21:06] Hort
    He can't be trusted to be on our side!
[21:08] Hort
    He might attack us!
[21:10] Kudo
    If he does, we can just kill him then.
[21:13] Kudo
    You'll be able to take him
    out for sure next time.
[21:16] Hort
    But what if he attacks
    Sayb while I'm not around?
[21:20] Hort
    Sayb will be killed!
[21:22] Saybil
    Sorry for not being reliable.
[21:24] Hort
    That's not what I was saying.
[21:27] Kudo
    Fine. This is a pain in the butt,
     so let's just execute him.
[21:31] Saybil
    You love to take arguments to extremes.
[21:34] Hort
    Argh!
[21:35] Hort
    Ugh!
[21:36] Hort
    Fine! I'll monitor him, then!
[21:41] Hort
    We'll have him live in this bar,
    so Mr. Mercenary can monitor him.
[21:46] Hort
    And when I monitor him,
    I'll work his butt off.
[21:50] Mercenary
    Excuse me? He's gonna live in my bar?!
[21:57] Los
    Hort, you made a painful decision.
[22:00] Hort
    I mean, after what everyone said...
[22:04] Los
    You determined that letting the
    Tyrant live would be best,
[22:08] ---
    and you put your own feelings aside.
[22:12] Los
    'Tis a feat even adults
    struggle to accomplish.
[22:20] Hort
    Professor Los!
SIGN    Next Episode "A Stone Cast Into the Pond"
[23:55] Los
    Now this is exciting!
[23:57] Los
    If his memories return, then will
    his romance with Hort progress?
[24:01] Saybil
    Next episode: "A Stone Cast Into the Pond."
[24:04] Saybil
    I think I might like Professor Los.
[24:09] Los
    Excuse me?