# E7 - Traumatic Memory
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**[00:03] Menel**
This way.
**[00:05] Will**
Can we get through here?
**[00:15] Menel**
We'll camp here tonight.
**[00:17] Menel**
Green ones, grant me shelter for the night:
**[00:20] Menel**
a bed of grass, a roof of trees,
and tolerance for an unannounced guest.
**[00:28] Will**
Wow!
**[00:30] Menel**
It's no big deal.
**[00:41] Will**
Um, did I do something wrong?
**[00:44] Menel**
I wasn't raised in the best circumstances.
**[00:46] Menel**
I don't deal well with people who
were brought up as well as you.
**[00:49] Menel**
But I'll repay my debt to
you, and I'll do my job.
**[00:52] Will**
I wasn't brought up *that* well.
**[00:56] Menel**
We'll reach the village by morning.
**[00:59] Menel**
Remember, I'm only leading you there.
**[01:02] Menel**
I won't be fighting demons
by your side or anything.
**[01:04] Will**
I know. That's fine.
**[01:10] Will**
Shouldn't we keep watch?
**[01:11] Menel**
The fairies will do it.
**[01:13] Menel**
They'll make noise to wake
us if anything happens.
**[01:17] Will**
Hey, why don't we chat for a bit?
**[01:19] Menel**
I'm tired.
**[01:21] Menel**
If you wanna be awake, be awake on your own.
**[01:26] Will**
* How long has it been since*
* I began my travels?*
**[01:29] Will**
* This was my first night spent with*
* someone else since my departure.*
***SIGN*** The Faraway Paladin
**[03:08] Will**
Ruins?
**[03:09] Menel**
Used to be.
**[03:11] Menel**
The stones and stuff are
pretty useful for building.
**[03:15] Menel**
The village is ahead.
**[03:24] Menel**
They're there.
**[03:25] Will**
Yeah.
**[03:26] Menel**
I'll scout it out. Wait here.
**[03:35] Will**
A ritual?
**[03:36] Menel**
Yeah, at the ruins of the village temple.
**[03:40] Menel**
Damn demons...
**[03:42] Will**
How's the temple laid out,
and how are the demons organized?
**[03:47] Menel**
About like this.
**[03:48] Menel**
There's no ceiling, and some
of the walls have collapsed.
**[03:52] Menel**
They've formed a ring in the
center to perform their ritual.
**[03:55] Menel**
There are two commanders.
**[03:56] Menel**
They have faces like lizards.
I forget what they're called...
**[03:59] Will**
Vraskus?
**[04:00] Menel**
Yeah, something like that.
**[04:02] Will**
What else?
**[04:03] Menel**
They have several soldiers
patrolling outside the temple.
**[04:06] Menel**
I know there's, at least,
one demon beast inside.
**[04:09] Will**
What's the demon beast like?
**[04:10] Menel**
It has a human-like head
and a lion-like body,
**[04:14] Menel**
and wings like a bat's.
**[04:16] Will**
A manticore.
**[04:17] Menel**
You know a lot about these guys, huh?
**[04:18] Will**
I've studied them a fair bit.
**[04:21] Will**
Still...
**[04:22] Will**
I'm glad it's no more than that.
**[04:24] Menel**
No more than that?
**[04:25] Will**
Let's just go in head-on and crush them.
**[04:51] Will**
Cadere Araneum!
***SIGN*** Falling Spiderweb
**[05:02] Will**
Currere!
***SIGN*** Run
**[05:03] Will**
Oleum!
***SIGN*** Oil
**[05:09] Will**
Acceleratio!
***SIGN*** Accelerate
**[05:13] Will**
Vastare!
***SIGN*** Devastate
**[05:21] Will**
I thought you weren't going to fight.
**[05:24] Menel**
I just jumped in because I
could tell you were winning.
**[05:27] Menel**
There aren't many people who could
tackle those guys alone and win.
**[05:30] Will**
The conditions were in my favor.
**[05:32] Menel**
Regardless, your strength is abnormal.
**[05:34] Menel**
Do you do some special
training or something?
**[05:36] Will**
Uh... I eat a lot of bread, I guess.
**[05:39] Menel**
Humans don't get stronger just from that.
**[05:43] Menel**
Well, anyway, I think we took care
of the bulk of their forces.
**[05:46] Will**
I guess all that's left is to
clean up any surviving demons.
**[05:49] Menel**
I hope some of the villagers survived.
**[05:52] Will**
Yeah.
**[05:53] Will**
Oh, hang on a second.
**[06:24] Dead Boy**
Bro...ther...
**[06:33] Dead Boy**
Brother Menel...
**[06:37] Dead Boy**
The demons... attacked the village.
**[06:41] Dead Boy**
It was so hot...
**[06:43] Dead Boy**
But I stayed strong and
didn't make any noise.
**[06:46] Dead Boy**
Because... I had faith...
**[06:51] Dead Boy**
that you would come...
**[06:54] Dead Boy**
And you really did.
**[06:58] Dead Boy**
Thank you.
**[07:04] Dead Boy**
What... Why?
**[07:09] Dead Boy**
Huh? I...
**[07:13] Menel**
H-Hey!
**[07:14] Will**
You did very well.
**[07:16] Will**
Good job.
**[07:17] Dead Boy**
Who are you?
**[07:20] Will**
I'm a friend of Brother Menel's.
**[07:22] Will**
I'm sorry.
**[07:24] Will**
He's a bit unsteady on his
feet because he's very tired.
**[07:27] Dead Boy**
Oh, okay.
**[07:29] Will**
That's it. Good boy.
**[07:30] Will**
Here...
**[07:32] Will**
Menel.
**[07:37] Menel**
Sorry I showed up a little late.
**[07:41] Dead Boy**
No, it's okay.
**[07:43] Menel**
You must be tired. Go to sleep.
**[07:46] Dead Boy**
You're... right.
**[07:49] Dead Boy**
I feel... kind of sleepy...
**[07:53] Menel**
Dream happy dreams.
**[07:55] Dead Boy**
Okay.
**[07:58] Will**
Gracefeel, Goddess of Light,
**[08:01] Will**
grant him peace and guidance.
**[08:11] Menel**
Hey...
**[08:12] Will**
What?
**[08:14] Menel**
Sorry.
**[08:16] Will**
For what?
**[08:17] Menel**
I didn't take you seriously.
**[08:20] Menel**
I thought you were some rich
boy with money and muscles
**[08:22] Menel**
who happened to earn a god's
divine protection and got cocky,
**[08:25] Menel**
spouting nothing but useless platitudes.
**[08:29] Menel**
So... I'm sorry.
**[08:32] Will**
I don't mind.
**[08:35] Will**
* There was still a markedly*
* pained look on his face,*
**[08:38] Will**
*but still, Menel smiled just a little bit.*
**[08:41] Will**
*He didn't hesitate any more after that.*
**[08:44] Will**
*He held the hands of the undead*
**[08:47] Will**
*and exchanged farewells with them.*
**[09:00] Will**
I think we've checked all
of the major locations.
**[09:03] Will**
I don't sense any demons.
**[09:06] Menel**
One more place...
**[09:17] Menel**
Hey, Old Marple! You in there?
**[09:21] Marple**
Oh?
**[09:22] Marple**
That voice... It's you, Menel!
**[09:26] Will**
This ghost appears to be
close to the highest rank!
**[09:30] Will**
*Her soul must be extremely tough.*
**[09:33] Will**
* If she resists, my power*
* might not be enough...*
**[09:39] Will**
* If it comes to that, I'll have to use*
* a magic weapon that works on spirits.*
**[09:44] Marple**
You don't need to worry so much, young man.
**[09:48] Marple**
I haven't gone senile yet.
**[09:51] Menel**
Really? Well, that's good to hear.
**[09:54] Menel**
It seems like you stayed behind because
of some lingering attachment,
**[09:58] Menel**
but this kid here is a genuinely
virtuous high priest.
**[10:03] Menel**
Returning lost souls like you to
the cycle of death and rebirth,
**[10:06] Menel**
as well as treating wounded
people, are what he does best.
**[10:09] Marple**
Oh?
**[10:09] Menel**
We'll take care of the village.
**[10:12] Menel**
You can just move on already.
**[10:16] Menel**
Or is there something you
still want to say to someone?
**[10:20] Menel**
I'll deliver the message for—
**[10:21] Marple**
Menel!
**[10:22] Marple**
You've been bad again!
**[10:24] Menel**
No, I haven't...
**[10:26] Menel**
Where'd that come from, anyway?
**[10:27] Menel**
Maybe you really are senile?
**[10:29] Marple**
I can read you like a book!
**[10:32] Menel**
What do you mean?
**[10:33] Marple**
You're lying, that's what!
**[10:35] Marple**
I can always tell when you're lying!
**[10:38] Marple**
You're twisted, but at your core,
you're upright and fastidious.
**[10:43] Marple**
All this killing and stealing isn't for you.
**[10:48] Marple**
You see that now, don't you?
**[10:49] Menel**
Shut up.
**[10:50] Marple**
Excuse me?
**[10:51] Menel**
Shut up! What makes you
think you know anything?!
**[10:55] Menel**
What was I supposed to do, then?!
**[10:59] Menel**
You died, everyone else was starving...
**[11:01] Menel**
What else could I have done?!
**[11:03] Menel**
You think I should've prayed
to the gods or something?!
**[11:06] Menel**
The gods... The gods have
never once helped me out!
**[11:15] Menel**
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
**[11:18] Menel**
Damn it! Damn it!
**[11:28] Menel**
Damn it all...
**[11:30] Menel**
I've had enough!
**[11:32] Menel**
Just let me die with you!
**[11:36] Menel**
The life of a half-elf is too long for me.
**[11:42] Will**
* Those with elven blood live*
* for hundreds of years.*
***SIGN*** Episode 7
Traumatic Memory
**[11:46] Will**
* Even after they lose the*
* people and places they love,*
**[11:52] Will**
*it still doesn't end.*
**[11:54] Marple**
Listen to me, Menel.
**[11:56] Marple**
Meneldor!
**[11:58] Marple**
Despite all that, the gods have
given you a second chance.
**[12:02] Marple**
It is your *last* chance.
**[12:04] Marple**
Stop living like some useless bum.
**[12:07] Marple**
You may hate the gods,
**[12:09] Marple**
but the gods will never stop loving you.
**[12:13] Marple**
Even if you don't notice it,
**[12:15] Marple**
they will always shine down on you,
**[12:17] Marple**
never growing bored or tired of you.
**[12:20] Marple**
So all you need to do now is
realize that light is there.
**[12:28] Marple**
Now, priest, if you don't mind...
**[12:31] Will**
Yes?
**[12:32] Marple**
Would you mind looking after this poor fool?
**[12:35] Marple**
He's not a bad boy at heart.
**[12:38] Marple**
So... please treat him well, won't you?
**[12:44] Will**
I will.
**[12:45] Marple**
And as for the demons and demon
beasts that attacked the village...
**[12:49] Marple**
I'm certain they weren't just strays.
**[12:52] Marple**
The stronghold where their boss
dwells is deep in the forest,
**[12:55] Marple**
and he sends his demon minions
all over the place from there.
**[12:59] Marple**
They command demon beasts, attack people...
**[13:01] Marple**
It looks like they're routing all
their effort into some evil plot.
**[13:06] Will**
Um, if I may, is your
lingering attachment...
**[13:09] Marple**
Well, I couldn't go and pass on without
making sure someone knew this!
**[13:14] Marple**
Anyway, I appreciate the offer,
but I don't need your guidance.
**[13:19] Marple**
You see, someone's already waiting for me.
**[13:22] Will**
*Oh... She has someone.*
**[13:25] Marple**
So I'll be on my way now.
**[13:29] Marple**
Menel, take care.
**[13:33] Marple**
So many things happen in this world
that can never be taken back.
**[13:38] Marple**
So stand up and face forward.
There are things you need to do.
**[13:42] Menel**
Damn it, old woman, you're too selfish!
**[13:48] Marple**
Well, so are you.
**[13:51] Marple**
My goodness. What are we
going to do with you?
**[14:01] Marple**
Well, I leave the rest in your hands.
**[14:06] Will**
Of course. You can count on me.
**[14:19] Will**
*The present state of this world is dark.*
**[14:21] Will**
* At the very least, in this*
* area known as Beast Woods,*
**[14:25] Will**
* demons and demon beasts still run*
* rampant, never fully exterminated.*
**[14:30] Will**
*No nation's laws reach here,*
**[14:32] Will**
* so even among humans,*
* robbing and mugging are widespread.*
**[14:36] Will**
* Of course, as an outsider*
* just passing through,*
**[14:39] Will**
*I'm not obligated to do anything.*
**[14:41] Will**
*I could just walk right by it.*
**[14:44] Will**
*But...*
**[14:48] (Flashback) Gracefeel**
As you travel, I pray:
**[14:51] (Flashback) Gracefeel**
bring light to the faraway darkness.
**[15:05] Will**
*A few days later, the villagers returned.*
**[15:09] Will**
* Though they were shocked to see*
* the state the village was in,*
**[15:13] Will**
* they eventually gathered up*
* their remaining farm tools*
**[15:16] Will**
*and started digging holes to bury the dead,*
**[15:18] Will**
*and we all laid them to rest together.*
**[15:24] Will**
So...
**[15:25] Will**
What will you do now?
**[15:28] VillagerB**
Well, just look at this.
**[15:37] VillagerA**
Just for tonight,
we're throwing a bit of a party
**[15:40] VillagerA**
to mark our return to the village
and to honor our fallen.
**[15:43] VillagerB**
You're the savior who got
our village back for us,
**[15:47] VillagerB**
so we'd really like you to join us.
**[15:49] Will**
I'd be glad to.
**[16:04] Will**
Menel...
**[16:22] Menel**
Hey.
**[16:25] Will**
It's a nice view.
**[16:27] Menel**
*Looks* nice, anyway.
**[16:30] Menel**
Those ruins are an undead nest.
**[16:34] Menel**
Countless adventurers have gone in,
**[16:36] Menel**
but none ever came back.
**[16:39] Will**
I see.
**[16:40] Will**
Okay, then, tomorrow I'll go there.
**[16:42] Menel**
Huh? Were you even listening to me?
**[16:45] Will**
Yeah. It's an undead nest, right?
**[16:48] Will**
If it is, I need to go and
return them all to the cycle.
**[16:53] Menel**
I guess that's the kind of guy you are.
**[16:55] Menel**
Being around you throws me off my pace.
**[16:58] Menel**
I thought I was a colder person than that.
**[17:02] Will**
Little late to say that after the
way you were wailing earlier.
**[17:05] Menel**
You—
**[17:07] Menel**
You're saying that to someone
who's already depressed?
**[17:10] Will**
Menel, what was Marple like?
**[17:14] Menel**
She was a weird old woman,
like you just saw.
**[17:18] Menel**
I was born up north in Grassland,
**[17:20] Menel**
in the Great Forest of Erin,
where elves live.
**[17:24] Menel**
My mother was a woman of
insatiable curiosity.
**[17:27] Menel**
She took off somewhere outside the forest,
**[17:29] Menel**
came back pregnant with
some stranger's child,
**[17:33] Menel**
gave birth to me,
and died immediately after.
**[17:36] Menel**
I grew up at a different pace
than everyone around me,
**[17:39] Menel**
and the thing with my mother didn't help.
**[17:41] Menel**
They said I was a disgrace,
and I didn't fit in anyway,
**[17:45] Menel**
so I ended up fleeing the forest.
**[17:48] Menel**
Of course, the world outside
was no paradise, either.
**[17:52] Menel**
But luckily for me, I could use a
bow and arrow as well as knives.
**[17:55] Menel**
And above all, I could see fairies.
**[17:57] Menel**
When I ran into enemies
that wanted to eat me,
**[18:00] Menel**
I had the strength to kill them instead.
**[18:03] Menel**
If I didn't, I'd probably be whoring
myself out in some back alley.
**[18:08] Will**
You do have a pretty face.
**[18:10] Menel**
Huh?!
**[18:10] Will**
Uh, nothing... Please go on.
**[18:13] Menel**
Anyway, I became an adventurer
**[18:16] Menel**
and made my way to Southmark,
where there were still a lot of old ruins...
**[18:20] Menel**
but a member of my party betrayed me
**[18:23] Menel**
in a fight over the loot
we found in some ruins.
**[18:27] Menel**
He poisoned my food, and I nearly died.
**[18:30] Menel**
I killed him with my own hands,
**[18:32] Menel**
but all of them except me died anyway.
**[18:35] Menel**
I didn't even know where I was wandering.
**[18:38] Menel**
It was near that village
that I finally passed out.
**[18:46] Menel**
Marple was the one who
found me and took me in.
**[18:49] Menel**
At the time, she wasn't that old yet,
**[18:52] Menel**
but she was such a weird old woman.
**[18:55] Menel**
She lent her bed to the antisocial
kid she'd found lying on the ground,
**[18:59] Menel**
let me eat her food,
**[19:01] Menel**
and even lectured me about
living a decent life.
**[19:05] Menel**
A lot of people ended up at that
village after being found by her.
**[19:09] Will**
What was she, exactly?
**[19:11] Menel**
I have no idea.
**[19:14] Menel**
Of course, she's dead now,
so we'll never know.
**[19:18] Menel**
That happens a lot on this continent.
**[19:22] Menel**
She did take me in and look after me.
**[19:24] Menel**
That's when I started
pretending to be a hunter.
**[19:27] Menel**
There are a lot of nasty creatures
and demon beasts in this area.
**[19:31] Menel**
I was relatively useful,
I had a place to belong...
**[19:35] Menel**
and I lost it all without any warning.
**[19:38] Menel**
I got all the survivors together so we
could be the ones doing the stealing,
**[19:43] Menel**
but thanks to you, we failed miserably.
**[19:46] Menel**
It sucks having a longer life than
anyone else in a place like that.
**[19:51] Menel**
It sucks so much,
**[19:53] Menel**
I just want to die sometimes.
**[20:02] Menel**
Right then.
**[20:03] Menel**
I gotta get back on my feet soon, though.
**[20:06] Will**
Huh?
**[20:06] Menel**
What? Done making all those faces at me?
**[20:09] Will**
Uh... wha... huh?!
**[20:11] Menel**
There's a huge difference between your
priest self and your normal self, huh?
**[20:16] Will**
Wh-What?!
**[20:18] Menel**
Will... Priest of the goddess of light...
**[20:22] Menel**
I'm grateful to you.
**[20:24] Menel**
You stopped me before I could
do something irreversible,
**[20:27] Menel**
and you saved the people of the village.
**[20:31] Menel**
So...
**[20:32] Menel**
I ask to receive the goddess of light's
divine protection through you.
**[20:40] Menel**
Do you accept?
**[20:43] Will**
I will act as the medium
**[20:45] Will**
for you to establish a bond with my goddess.
**[20:48] Will**
I will pray for you.
**[20:50] Will**
May the goddess of light, Gracefeel,
**[20:53] Will**
hereby love you, shine her light upon you,
**[20:56] Will**
and walk by your side in your travels.
**[20:59] Menel**
I swear to my guardian deity
**[21:01] Menel**
that I will atone for my sins and
live my life facing forward.
**[21:05] Menel**
Please shine your light upon my path.
**[21:13] Menel**
There'll be a lot of tough times,
and I might want to die now and then,
**[21:17] Menel**
but I'm not gonna just stay down.
**[21:19] Menel**
I'll get up and face forward,
like the old woman said.
**[21:23] Will**
Menel... You are strong.
**[21:26] Will**
It's amazing. I admire that.
**[21:28] Menel**
C'mon, don't be gross.
**[21:30] Menel**
You're the strong one.
**[21:32] Menel**
Where the hell does your power come from?
**[21:34] Will**
W-Well... It's not that I'm strong.
**[21:37] Will**
I just had amazing teachers.
**[21:40] Menel**
Well, I'm not gonna pry.
**[21:42] Menel**
Anyway, ready to head back?
**[21:44] Will**
Yeah.
**[21:51] Will**
*Blood, Mary...*
**[21:54] Will**
*So, um... I think, maybe...*
**[21:57] Will**
* I just might have found the first*
* person I could ever call a friend.*
***SIGN*** Recap Episode
The Path Taken