# E23 - The Hero Dances on the Battlefield
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**[00:01] Albert**
Did you already know that Heavensky
had these underground passages?
**[00:06] Suzuno**
In the Grand Hoshin Church,
**[00:09] Suzuno**
information gathering is
part of a missionary's job.
**[00:12] Albert**
How much time and manpower would it
even take to build something like this?
**[00:17] Albert**
The scale is crazy for something whose
only purpose is as an escape route
**[00:21] Albert**
for one Emperor-Unifier.
**[00:25] Suzuno**
Whatever the case, right now,
we're lucky this corridor is here.
**[00:32] Albert**
What the heck? Is this a dead end?
**[00:34] Suzuno**
No.
**[00:36] Suzuno**
Look up.
**[00:38] Suzuno**
Good Albert, I need a shoulder to lean on.
**[00:41] Albert**
H-Hey!
**[00:43] Albert**
The shoulder thing wasn't a metaphor?!
**[00:46] Suzuno**
Keep standing firm.
**[00:56] Albert**
So this is the exit?
**[00:57] Suzuno**
Yes. Boost me up first.
**[01:05] Albert**
Okay!
**[01:13] Albert**
What is this room?
**[01:15] Suzuno**
A powder room.
**[01:17] Albert**
A pow—this is a toilet?!
**[01:19] Suzuno**
I assume it's the emperor's private one.
**[01:21] Suzuno**
This is the type of place where
secret passages are typically built.
**[01:27] Suzuno**
There's a celestial force field over there.
**[01:31] Albert**
Let's check it out.
**[01:37] Suzuno**
Something's wrong.
There ought to be far more guards.
**[01:40] Albert**
Shall we stay out of sight
and watch for a bit?
**[01:43] Suzuno**
No, let's keep going.
**[01:48] Albert**
What's this?
**[01:49] Suzuno**
Probably the emperor's bedchamber.
**[01:54] Albert**
It's not even locked?!
**[01:56] Suzuno**
Shh!
**[02:02] Suzuno**
Your Majesty, we humbly seek an audience.
**[02:06] Suzuno**
Please forgive our rudeness
in disturbing your bedchamber.
**[02:13] Albert**
Wait—there's no celestial force field here.
**[02:15] Albert**
That's not the Emperor-Unifier.
**[02:17] Suzuno**
What?
***SIGN*** The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2
***SIGN*** m 370 218 l 609 218 609 245 370 245
**[03:53] Volunteer Army Officer**
Why would this place be so deserted?
***SIGN*** The Hero Dances on the Battlefield
***SIGN*** The Hero Dances on the Battlefield
**[03:59] Emi**
If you're confident in your skill, follow me.
**[04:01] Volunteer Army Officer**
Lady Emilia?
**[04:03] Emi**
I assume you don't mind
if I spearhead the attack.
**[04:07] Olba**
I'll ask again: Is what you said
about hiyayakko and ginger bud true?
**[04:12] Emi**
Manifest now, my power! So that we may
vanquish those with evil in their hearts!
***SIGN*** It's the second coming of the Hero!
***SIGN*** She's like a saint!
**[04:23] Emi**
Some "hero" I am.
**[04:25] Olba**
Emilia, if you step out of line...
**[04:28] Emi**
Yes, I know.
**[04:30] Emi**
I'll fight Alciel at full power.
That's what you want, right?
**[04:36] Emi**
Our target is Demon General Alciel
in the castle keep!
**[04:41] Emi**
Follow me!
**[04:43] Emi**
Divine Boots of Light!
**[04:50] Suzuno**
If it's not the emperor, then who—
**[04:52] Gabriel**
Let me stop you right there.
**[04:56] Suzuno**
Gabriel!
**[04:58] Gabriel**
Sneaking into the emperor's bedchamber
is cheeky even for you, isn't it?
**[05:08] Albert**
I can't move!
**[05:10] Suzuno**
A Gate?
**[05:11] Gabriel**
You got pretty close!
**[05:14] Gabriel**
But he's a valuable hostage,
so we took some precautions.
**[05:18] Gabriel**
Oh! Have a fun fact as a consolation prize:
**[05:22] Gabriel**
This is Emilia's father.
**[05:24] Gabriel**
The Emperor-Unifier is someplace else.
**[05:36] Albert**
Where are we?
**[05:38] Suzuno**
The western continent.
**[05:40] Suzuno**
As far as I know, it's the only place
these flowers grow.
**[05:43] Albert**
He blew us that far away?
**[05:46] Albert**
It'll take days to get back to Efzahan!
**[05:51] Suzuno**
So we're out of options?
**[06:15] Alciel (Ashiya)**
How good of you to come, Emilia!
And with your bedraggled band of soldiers!
**[06:22] Alciel**
Emilia the Hero,
**[06:24] Alciel**
you come to challenge me despite knowing
the power of my hiyayakko and ginger bud?
**[06:28] Alciel**
How foolish!
**[06:31] Emi**
You're the foolish one, Alciel.
**[06:34] Emi**
My sword and I don't need any
ginger bud with our hiyayakko!
***SIGN*** "Ginger bud"?
***SIGN*** "Hiyayakko"?
**[06:42] Alciel**
I suppose I'll just have to
force you to see reality.
**[06:47] Alciel**
Hero, our last battle ended in a draw.
**[06:51] Alciel**
Let us settle that score now, one on one!
**[06:54] Emi**
Sounds good to me.
**[06:57] Olba**
Wait, Emilia! Don't let him provoke you!
**[07:01] Farfarello**
Olba Mayer!
**[07:04] Farfarello**
Surely you don't intend to
interfere with their battle.
**[07:08] Barbariccia**
We have questions for you.
**[07:10] Barbariccia**
If you insist on interfering,
you'll have to go through us.
**[07:18] Emi**
Will he really come?
**[07:21] Alciel**
Without fail.
**[07:22] Alciel**
Based on his MgRonald's shifts,
**[07:25] Alciel**
he should be able to make his
move on Thursday afternoon.
**[07:28] Alciel**
Still, I don't know
precisely when he'll arrive...
**[07:33] Alciel**
or what the result will be.
**[07:36] Alciel**
I trust you know our current task.
**[07:40] Emi**
Since our hands are tied,
we'll dance until our strength runs out!
**[07:47] Emi**
Isn't that right?
**[07:56] Maou**
Oh, you're awake. How do you feel?
**[08:00] Acieth Alla**
My head kinda hurts. My neck, too.
**[08:05] Maou**
Not surprising, considering how you flew.
**[08:07] Maou**
What was that about?
**[08:10] Acieth Alla**
I'm not sure, but my chest filled with
something warm, and then... yeah.
**[08:17] Maou**
Well, whatever. If you're feeling better,
we'll leave this inn ASAP.
**[08:23] Maou**
I haven't been able to contact
Suzuno or Albert for eight hours.
**[08:27] Maou**
Since our hands are tied, I want to
at least try to get some intel.
**[08:34] Maou**
H-Hey, does that mean Alas
Ramus is fighting right now?
**[08:39] Acieth Alla**
That way. Yesod is fighting super
hard against some dark black force.
**[08:43] Maou**
That way is Heavensky.
**[08:47] Maou**
Shit, how come I can't sense it?!
**[08:49] Acieth Alla**
Maou, let's go! Big Sis is right nearby!
**[08:53] Acieth Alla**
Even if you're useless, I can
try to do something by myself!
**[08:57] Maou**
Hold up. By yourself?
**[09:00] Maou**
You left your fusion with Nord
to fuse with me, right?
**[09:06] Acieth Alla**
Yep.
**[09:07] Maou**
So can you leave your fusion with me, too?
**[09:10] Acieth Alla**
You mean re-fuse with Dad or something?
**[09:14] Acieth Alla**
I'm not sure.
**[09:17] Maou**
But you didn't hesitate to
fuse with me at Chi's school.
**[09:22] Acieth Alla**
Yeah, cuz you seemed like
you'd be easy to fuse with.
**[09:25] Acieth Alla**
But there've been lots of side effects,
so I guess we're a bad match.
**[09:31] Acieth Alla**
Looking back, Chiho or Lucifer
might've been better choices.
**[09:36] Maou**
Chi? Urushihara?
**[09:38] Maou**
Say, Acieth, I thought you and
Alas Ramus were the "mistletoe,"
**[09:45] Maou**
but is it actually us?
**[09:46] Acieth Alla**
Yep! Everyone with knowledge of this
world is mistletoe for the sephiroth.
**[09:55] Acieth Alla**
Forget that! Let's go find Big Sis!
**[09:58] Acieth Alla**
If you don't move, I can't move either!
**[10:01] Maou**
Okay, I'll go! Just calm down!
**[10:08] Acieth Alla**
Maou, are we really going on scooters?
**[10:11] Acieth Alla**
Flying is faster, and then I can
beat the bad guys with Big Sis.
**[10:15] Maou**
They'll find us if we fly.
You can drive, right?
**[10:19] Acieth Alla**
Sure. I studied with Dad.
**[10:22] Acieth Alla**
But...
**[10:24] Maou**
Don't do anything to tip off Gabriel and
the others about us until the last moment.
**[10:28] Maou**
We're vulnerable—if they
come at us through a Gate,
**[10:31] Maou**
there's no guarantee we'll able to
join forces with Alas Ramus.
***SIGN*** Joint birthday party!
Happy birthday to Miss Yusa, too
**[10:45] Maou**
Let's go, Acieth!
**[10:46] Acieth Alla**
I'm ready to do it to it!
**[10:59] Emi**
Holy Flame Slice!
**[11:03] Alciel**
That's nothing!
**[11:09] Emi**
Piercing Aerial Flash!
***SIGN*** Hiyayakko! Ginger bud!
**[11:16] Emi**
Looks like this'll be a war of attrition.
**[11:19] Alciel**
Still, that's all we can do.
**[11:23] Emi**
I owe you an apology for something.
**[11:27] Emi**
We killed a lot of your...
of the demon realm's citizens
**[11:32] Emi**
because I was too weak to stop it.
**[11:35] Emi**
I'm sorry.
**[11:36] Alciel**
Neither you nor I had the power
to crush all the obstacles in our path.
**[11:41] Alciel**
That's all.
**[11:44] Alciel**
In any case, I hope Alas Ramus
hasn't caught a cold or taken ill.
**[11:49] Emi**
She's healthy. She's a lot
tougher than we are, you know.
**[11:54] Alciel**
I'm glad to hear it!
**[12:02] Emi**
Heavenly Fang of Storms!
**[12:10] Emi**
What?
**[12:11] Alciel**
What do you think of this?
**[12:15] Emi**
Hey!
**[12:16] Alas Ramus**
Whee! Spin faster! Spin, spin!
**[12:19] Emi**
This is no time for fun, Alas Ramus!
**[12:26] Alciel**
Stand up, Emilia. I know you
can't be defeated so easily.
**[12:31] Emi**
You know, I realize we have to
fight all-out right now.
**[12:36] Emi**
I really do, but...
**[12:38] Emi**
that hurt! I hit the roof nose-first!
**[12:41] Emi**
Shockwave of Light!
**[12:49] Alciel**
Don't damage the place too much.
**[12:52] Alciel**
Nord Justina is being held
in the Cloud Retreat.
**[12:57] Alciel**
If we damage the castle keep greatly
enough to affect the Cloud Retreat,
**[13:02] Alciel**
the worst may happen.
**[13:04] Alciel**
Your father survived this long.
**[13:07] Alciel**
I'm sure you don't want to
lose him in a farce like this.
**[13:10] Emi**
Really?
**[13:14] Emi**
Dad is really that close by?
**[13:19] Alciel**
You won't get him back the way
things stand now, of course.
**[13:24] Alciel**
If you make any suspicious moves,
he'll be beyond your reach in no time.
**[13:31] Emi**
I see...
**[13:34] Alciel**
Have you lost your will to fight?
**[13:36] Emi**
Thank you. Now I'm prepared to keep dancing.
**[13:40] Emi**
And to rampage a little
after we're done dancing, too.
**[13:44] Alciel**
Excellent.
**[13:50] Raguel**
They've been fighting for seven
hours now. Talk about energy!
**[13:55] Raguel**
I don't remember the guy
being that strong, though.
**[13:58] Raguel**
Didn't he get beaten up by you, Gab?
**[14:02] Gabriel**
Eh, maybe that was because we were in Japan.
**[14:06] Chamuel**
Emilia had better not be holding back.
**[14:10] Gabriel**
Hmm?
**[14:11] Chamuel**
She has Yesod's power.
**[14:14] Chamuel**
She should be more than a match
for a demon like that. Why isn't she?!
**[14:18] Gabriel**
Chamuel, your tone is kinda scary.
**[14:21] Chamuel**
Imperfect or not, she's still
the mistletoe of a sephirah.
**[14:26] Chamuel**
You know very well how
formidable that power is.
**[14:29] Gabriel**
Yeah, good point—it did let Satan
wipe the floor with you, after all.
**[14:36] Chamuel**
How dare you!
**[14:38] Gabriel**
Well, Emilia won't lose.
**[14:42] Gabriel**
And on the off chance she flags,
**[14:44] Gabriel**
it may be a little ahead of schedule,
but we can step in and help!
**[14:47] Gabriel**
Right?
**[14:49] Gabriel**
Once she's nice and exhausted, of course.
**[14:53] Raguel**
What're those?
**[14:56] Raguel**
Weren't they called "scooters"?
**[15:00] Gabriel**
Finally.
**[15:06] Acieth Alla**
Maou! Big Sis is over there!
**[15:08] Maou**
I know, I know!
**[15:16] Maou**
Man, what the hell? This is like
the worst possible scenario!
**[15:22] Soldier 3**
What're those?
**[15:23] Soldier 4**
A new kind of demon?
***SIGN*** Stop them!
***SIGN*** Just shoot!
***SIGN*** Fire!
**[15:30] Acieth Alla**
Uh-oh! What now?
**[15:32] Maou**
Full speed ahead! Believe in the
power of Japanese automakers!
**[15:37] Acieth Alla**
Seriously?!
**[15:38] Acieth Alla**
Argh, I don't even care anymore!
**[15:41] Maou**
Move or we'll hit you!
**[15:43] Maou**
Out of the way!
**[15:44] Maou**
Insurance won't cover you
if you get hit in Ente Isla!
**[15:47] Maou**
Move it!
**[15:50] Maou**
Alas Ramus, Ashiya, Emi—I'm here!
**[16:06] Emi**
Satan!
**[16:06] Alciel**
King Satan!
**[16:08] Alciel/Emi**
Why pizza delivery scooters?!
**[16:17] Acieth Alla**
They're catching up, Maou!
**[16:22] Maou**
All right, follow the plan!
**[16:25] Acieth Alla**
I'm on it!
**[16:43] Maou**
You okay, Acieth?
**[16:45] Acieth Alla**
Too smoky...
**[16:47] Acieth Alla**
Face forward!
**[16:55] Maou**
Those turned out pretty well for DIY bombs!
**[17:02] Maou**
Here, take a wooden sword
to threaten people with.
**[17:05] Acieth Alla**
You're really enjoying this.
**[17:07] Maou**
Threatening only, though.
**[17:09] Maou**
If push comes to shove,
throw it at the enemy.
**[17:11] Maou**
Just do your best to avoid hurting anyone.
**[17:14] Maou**
Don't forget that!
**[17:18] Acieth Alla**
Suzuno, please come back and stop Maou!
**[17:23] Albert**
Are you sure we shouldn't
send an idea link to the Devil?
**[17:28] Suzuno**
An intercepted message could
endanger him and Acieth Alla.
**[17:42] Albert**
Hey, look.
**[17:50] Suzuno**
That's the Cathedral of Oreus!
**[17:52] Suzuno**
We're right next to Saint Aire?
**[17:56] Albert**
We lost hope too soon.
**[17:59] Albert**
Know what's happening
in that cathedral right now?
**[18:04] Maou**
Out of the way!
**[18:12] Acieth Alla**
Maou! Demons and a bald guy!
**[18:14] Olba**
D-Demon King Satan?!
**[18:16] Farfarello**
H-His Majesty!
**[18:17] Barbariccia**
That's His Majesty?!
**[18:19] Maou**
I don't care about Baldy or the demons!
**[18:21] Maou**
We're goin' straight into the castle!
**[18:23] Maou**
Sound the horn!
**[18:36] Maou**
I so didn't want to see that...
**[18:39] Maou**
but whatever! Give it all you've got!
**[18:41] Acieth Alla**
Do what you want! I take no responsibility!
**[18:47] Emi**
Satan?!
**[18:47] Alciel**
Sire!
**[18:55] Emi**
Dad!
**[18:56] Alciel**
Oh, no! At this rate, the Cloud Retreat will—
**[19:22] Alciel**
Sire.
**[19:24] Maou**
Sheesh! I didn't get my license,
I owe Suzuno a fortune,
**[19:29] Maou**
and I skipped a week of shifts,
**[19:32] Maou**
so I'll have to make the rounds
thanking everyone who covered for me.
**[19:36] Maou**
I can't catch a break.
**[19:39] Maou**
I'm giving you two
an earful when we get home.
**[19:41] Alciel**
Yes, Your Majesty.
**[19:45] Emi**
I'm sorry I caused you trouble.
**[19:48] Maou**
What's with you? Did you eat something weird?
**[19:52] Emi**
E-Everyone has moments like these. Even me.
**[19:57] Maou**
Is someone controlling you?
**[20:00] Emi**
I told you, it's just me.
**[20:03] Emi**
If I ever return to Japan,
**[20:05] Emi**
I'll make all those apologies I owe you.
**[20:08] Maou**
O-Okay...
**[20:11] Maou**
Ashiya, don't you think Emi's acting weird?
**[20:14] Acieth Alla**
Maou!
**[20:27] Emi**
D-Dad...
**[20:31] Maou**
Emi, I don't expect forgiveness
for what I did back then, either.
**[20:37] Maou**
But I found a lost treasure of yours,
**[20:39] Maou**
so I'm giving it back to you
as a token of my apology.
**[20:47] Emi**
Dad's really alive...
**[20:51] Emi**
This isn't a dream, right?
**[20:54] Alas Ramus**
Papa! Papa came!
**[20:56] Alas Ramus**
Mama, I'm going to Papa!
**[20:58] Emi**
Huh? O-Oh, okay.
**[21:02] Alas Ramus**
Papa!
**[21:04] Maou**
Hiya, Alas Ramus!
**[21:06] Maou**
There's someone I wanted you to see,
so I brought her with me.
**[21:09] Alas Ramus**
Yeah!
**[21:11] Alas Ramus**
Acieth, long time no see!
**[21:15] Emi**
Is she...?
**[21:17] Alas Ramus**
Acieth, you grew up!
**[21:24] Acieth Alla**
Big Sis, you surprised me—
you're still a baby!
**[21:30] Acieth Alla**
Big Sis!
**[21:33] Acieth Alla**
I missed you so much!
**[21:37] Alas Ramus**
Don't cry, Acieth. Good girl!
**[21:44] Acieth Alla**
I was so lonely!
**[21:45] Emi**
U-Um, so...
**[21:47] Maou**
Listen, the way I figure it,
**[21:49] Maou**
we'll just have to hold a big family
meeting when we get home.
**[21:54] Maou**
But first...
**[22:03] Alas Ramus**
Ga'riel.