E1 - Typical Nobody

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[00:02] Varvatos
    I want to know defeat.
[00:05] Varvatos
    The people call me the Demon Lord,
[00:08] Varvatos
    and even my former friend
    no longer views me as human.
[00:13] Varvatos
    That's why I've begun to long for defeat.
[00:19] Varvatos
    Because they should
    recognize me as a fellow human
[00:21] Varvatos
    once they see me miserably defeated.
[00:25] Varvatos
    However, the enemies capable
    of besting me are all gone now,
[00:29] Varvatos
    so, apparently, my life has reached its peak.
[00:50] Varvatos
    However, perhaps I may be granted
    a different fate in my next life.
[01:02] Varvatos
    So, I shall reincarnate.
SIGN    The Greatest Demon Lord
    Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody
[01:15] Jack
    As we celebrate the birthday
    of my son, Ard Meteor...
[01:20] Carla
    We are grateful for the blessing
[01:22] Carla
    of the Ancestral Demon Lord Varvatos
    and Her Majesty the Queen.
[01:26] Jack&Carla
    Happy birthday, Ard!
[01:29] Jack
    I know you're ten now,
[01:31] Jack
    but it feels like you
    were just born yesterday.
[01:33] Carla
    Time sure flies by.
[01:36] Carla
    We're so happy to have you as our son, Ard.
[01:40] Ard
    Thank you so much, Father, Mother.
[01:43] Jack
    You may be my son, but you've
    got your mother's good looks.
[01:47] Carla
    My!
[01:48] Carla
    He has your talent for both literary
    and martial arts, though, Jack.
[01:52] Jack
    No, no, I'm not that talented.
[01:53] Ard
    That was how I, the man
    formerly known as the Demon Lord,
[01:56] Ard
    came to live in a completely
    ordinary country town.
[01:56] Jack
    Though he is cute like his mother.
[01:59] Ard
    I was reborn as Ard Meteor, the only son
[02:01] Ard
    of a completely average couple
    that was known to get along well.
[02:03] Carla
    Oh, Jack!
[02:08] Ard
    Fortunately or not, the level
    of education and magic in this world
[02:12] Ard
    had declined quite a bit since my time.
[02:17] Ard
    I was once again blessed
[02:19] Ard
    with decent health, stamina, and athleticism,
[02:22] Ard
    so it didn't take much effort
    to become skilled in martial arts.
[02:26] Jack
    So, Ard,
[02:28] Carla
    what do you plan to do now?
[02:30] Jack
    You're ten now, which is about the time
    most kids rebel against their parents.
[02:33] Carla
    And it's also about time you start thinking
    about your dreams and your future.
[02:38] Ard
    Dreams, huh?
[02:42] Ard
    That's right.
[02:42] Ard
    I have a dream, an ambition!
[02:45] Ard
    It's safe to say that in the ten years
    since I've reincarnated,
[02:47] Ard
    I've matured into a man both
    intellectually and physically
[02:51] Ard
    worth forging bonds of friendship with!
[02:54] Ard
    So I want to find a person
    who does not look at me with fear
[02:58] Ard
    and forge a friendship of equals!
[03:00] KidA
    Yay! I win!
[03:02] KidB
    Wha? Enough already.
[03:03] KidA
    That was a close one, though, huh?
[03:06] KidC
    How are you so good at this?
[03:07] KidB
    I'm done playing this.
[03:08] Ard
    Come talk to me!
[03:09] KidA
    Come one, we're just getting started!
[03:10] Ard
    In my past life,
    it was impossible for others
[03:12] KidB
    You'll just win again.
[03:13] Ard
    to speak directly to the Demon Lord.
[03:15] Ard
    Yet my circumstances
    and the times have changed,
[03:15] KidA
    Don't be a spoilsport. Just play!
[03:18] Ard
    so now I'm just a typical villager.
[03:20] Ard
    You don't need to hold back.
    Now, come!
[03:21] KidC
    Then who should start?
[03:23] Ard
    Come talk to me as much you like!
[03:25] KidC
    I want to do it, too.
[03:27] KidA
    Hey, look.
[03:30] KidB
    What's with him?
[03:33] KidA
    He's kind of scary.
[03:35] KidB
    Let's go.
[03:36] Kids
    Yeah.
[03:39] Ard
    I waited without turning
    anyone away, so why?!
[03:42] Ard
    Why do they leave?!
[03:44] Ard
    Perhaps even after reincarnating,
    there's still some unconcealable majesty
[03:48] Ard
    interfering with their subconscious
    and blocking their approach?
[03:53] Ard
    In that case, I must move forward!
[03:55] Ard
    I should take action instead of waiting!
[04:04] Ard
    Wh-What is this pressure I'm feeling?
[04:06] Ard
    Impossible!
[04:07] Ard
    I never bore even a shred of fear
    during my final battle with the gods!
[04:11] Ard
    Yet now I...
[04:13] Ard
    have stomach pain from anxiety?!
[04:26] Ard
    They're impressive,
    driving me into such a corner!
[04:29] Ard
    Yet I am still the man once
    renowned as the Demon Lord!
[04:33] Ard
    I cannot run away from such a meager threat!
[04:38] Ard
    Y-You there!
[04:40] Ard
    Face me!
[04:43] Ard
    Y-You have responded to my call!
[04:46] Ard
    Y-You have my praise!
[04:49] Ard
    Y-Y-You all shall, um... Uh...
[04:54] GirlA
    Yes?
[04:55] Ard
    Um, well... Right.
[05:00] Ard
    B-Be my friend, and I shall
    grant you half of the world!
[05:05] Ard
    I said it! I said it!
[05:09] Ard
    Wha? Huh, hold on...
[05:18] Ard
    I am Demon Lord Varvatos.
[05:21] Ard
    I have usurped countless nations,
[05:23] Ard
    buried numerous heroes,
    and annihilated the gods.
[05:27] Ard
    Yet now I cannot even get human
    children to do what I want.
[05:34] Ard
    Why?! Why will they not obey my commands?!
[05:38] Ard
    I made the effort to speak to them,
[05:40] Ard
    and I even offered them a deal!
[05:44] Ard
    What more could they possibly want?!
[05:47] Ard
    I don't understand it at all!
[05:56] Ard
    I guess I should stop for now,
    before I alter the local ecosystem.
[06:02] Ard
    But still... What else can I possibly do?
[06:13] Weiss
    What's the matter, Ardy?
[06:16] Weiss
    You seem kind of down, you know?
[06:20] Weiss
    Don't tell me you've forgotten
    the face of the mayor.
[06:25] Ard
    Sir Olhyde.
[06:30] Weiss
    Friends, huh?
[06:32] Ard
    What am I supposed to do
    to build up friendships?
[06:37] Ard
    I've tested every stratagem I could devise,
[06:40] Ard
    and I feel like I'm out of options.
[06:43] Weiss
    Ardy, let me teach you a very simple method.
[06:46] Ard
    Huh?! What kind of spell is it?!
[06:49] Ard
    Or is it some advanced political strategy?!
[06:51] Weiss
    It's neither.
[06:53] Weiss
    No matter when or who you interact with,
[06:56] Weiss
    just remember to be kind and respectful.
[07:01] Weiss
    Do that, and you'll make
    plenty of friends naturally.
[07:06] Ard
    Kind and respectful...
[07:09] Ard
    I see.
[07:11] Ard
    Sir Olhyde, you're amazing!
[07:13] Weiss
    So, Ardy, speaking of friends, my daughter—
[07:17] Ard
    I'll follow your advice
    and go implement it at once!
[07:26] Jack
    Our boy...
[07:28] Carla
    He does have an odd
    strangeness to him sometimes.
[07:32] Jack
    By the way, Weiss, about what you said...
[07:36] Weiss
    Yes, handling national
    politics is one thing,
[07:40] Weiss
    but when it comes to these sorts
    of matters, I'm terribly useless.
[07:45] Carla
    I understand your concern.
    It's the same for us.
[07:50] Ard
    If I may humbly confess, I am Ard Meteor,
[07:52] Ard
    and would you perhaps be
    so kind as to play with me?
[08:01] Ard
    Though it may be terribly rude of me,
[08:03] Ard
    I would find it most fortunate
    to make the acquaintance
[08:06] Ard
    of such fair ladies as yourselves.
[08:14] Ard
    Perhaps I should just destroy
    this entire world.
[08:26] Ard
    No, calm down.
[08:27] Ard
    Calm down, Ard Meteor.
[08:30] Ard
    You already learned in your past life
[08:33] Ard
    that destruction and chaos
    will give rise to nothing.
[08:38] Ard
    Shoot, I was venting my anger again.
[08:41] Ireena
    Curse you!
[08:43] Ireena
    I hate, hate, hate you!
[08:44] Ireena
    I hate you!
[08:46] Ard
    That is the voice of a tender young girl!
[08:55] Ard
    What in the world?
[09:04] Ireena
    Incandescence, answer my call!
[09:05] Ireena
    Use my fierce rage to scorch all to ash!
[09:15] Ard
    What's going on here?
[09:17] Ard
    Her opponent is a mere Ancient Wolf.
[09:19] Ard
    That's not the kind of monster
    to give one trouble.
[09:25] Ard
    Is she just venting frustration?
[09:28] Weiss
    My daughter's completely closed herself off,
[09:30] Weiss
    thanks to the bullying
    and gossip from back then.
[09:34] Weiss
    She won't even talk to me, her father.
[09:38] Carla
    I can understand why she would
    want to shut herself away, though.
[09:41] Carla
    There's nothing she can do about her lineage.
[09:45] Jack
    There are far fewer eyes out here
    than in the royal capital.
[09:48] Jack
    It was the right decision to return here.
[09:51] Weiss
    I certainly hope so.
[09:55] Ireena
    O Thunder come to my hand!
[09:57] Ireena
    O Lightning! Rain down on those before me!
[10:16] Ard
    Lydia?
[10:20] Ard
    S-Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.
[10:26] Ireena
    What do you want?
[10:29] Ard
    Uh, well...
[10:31] Ard
    I-I witnessed the way you fought earlier!
[10:34] Ard
    It was truly magnificent!
[10:36] Ard
    There are very few
    who are capable of that at your age!
[10:41] Ard
    Shoot!
[10:41] Ard
    Is she the type who doesn't
    like showing off her power?
[10:45] Ard
    My blatant compliments
    are having the opposite effect!
[10:48] Ard
    In that case...
[10:50] Ard
    I-If I may be so bold as to say,
[10:53] Ard
    I believe you still have much room
    to grow and hone your might.
[11:00] Ard
    Shoot, I went too far!
[11:02] Ard
    Praising her is no good!
[11:04] Ard
    Critiquing her is no good either!
[11:05] Ard
    What am I supposed to do?!
[11:09] Ard
    If you would be so inclined,
[11:11] Ard
    perhaps, you might become my friend?
[11:16] Ard
    Shoot! I was planning to slowly
    close the distance between us,
[11:19] Ard
    but I jumped right into it!
[11:21] Ard
    I'm done for.
[11:25] Ireena
    Friend?
[11:27] Ard
    Wait...
[11:29] Ard
    I got my first response from someone!
[11:31] Ard
    Maybe there's actually a chance here?!
[11:34] Ard
    Did being direct prove fortuitous?!
[11:37] Ard
    Yes! Friends!
[11:39] Ard
    I think the two of us are very similar.
[11:42] Ard
    I'm sure we can forge
    a wonderful relationship
[11:44] Ard
    where we understand each other
    and drive each other to new heights.
[11:47] Ard
    So...
[11:48] Ireena
    Don't be ridiculous.
[11:52] Ireena
    Understand each other?
[11:54] Ireena
    That's impossible.
[11:56] Ireena
    You don't know the first thing about me!
[12:03] Ard
    Tears? Why?
[12:08] Weiss
    I hope you'll continue
    to give me your support.
[12:11] Carla
    Yes.
[12:12] Jack
    Of course.
[12:13] Ireena
    Papa!
[12:18] Ireena
    I hate this dumb countryside!
[12:20] Weiss
    Ireena? Why do you hate it?
[12:23] Ard
    Sir Olhyde!
[12:25] Ard
    I followed your advice...
[12:34] Ard
    Is this fate?!
[12:39] Ireena
    No!
[12:40] Ard
    Hello, Miss Ireena!
[12:42] Ard
    How are you faring this fine day?
[12:45] Ireena
    I don't recall ever telling you my name!
[12:47] Ard
    I learned your name from your father.
[12:50] Ard
    Still, what a small world this is!
[12:52] Ard
    To think you might be the daughter of
    Sir Olhyde, my own parents' best friend!
[12:57] Ard
    What do you say?
[12:58] Ard
    Why don't we follow our
    parents' example and be friends?
[13:01] Ireena
    Creep!
[13:03] Ard
    I was diligent about
    acting kind and respectful.
[13:07] Ard
    That was supposed to make
    friendship blossom one day.
[13:11] Ard
    Happy birthday, Miss Ireena.
[13:14] Ard
    I got you a bouquet
    of the roses you love, Miss Ireena.
[13:18] Ireena
    How do you even know what I like?
[13:20] Ard
    Why, I know everything about you.
[13:23] Ard
    Even how many moles you have.
[13:29] Ireena
    Creep!
[13:31] Ard
    This is my chance for us to be friends!
[13:34] Ard
    I'm not letting this opportunity escape!
[13:50] Ireena
    What are you doing out here?!
[13:53] Ard
    I know that you come out here
    to vent on monsters, Miss Ireena.
[13:57] Ard
    So I came to pick you up.
[14:08] Ard
    The moon is beautiful, Miss Ireena!
[14:10] Ireena
    You're fast!
[14:12] Ard
    Its clear glow is like a silver lake,
[14:16] Ard
    and like the moon, you, too, are—
[14:18] Ard
    no, you are even more
    beautiful than any moon.
[14:20] Ireena
    Creep!
[14:24] Ard
    I will never give up.
[14:29] Ard
    My current cheerful greeting strategy
    isn't producing satisfactory results.
[14:34] Ard
    It looks like using bribes and presents
    will be challenging, too.
[14:38] Ard
    I've tried using poems and music
    to generate a nice mood, too,
[14:41] Ard
    but she quickly runs away, so
    results are slim there, too.
[14:45] Ard
    What strategies do I have left?
[14:47] Ard
    I feel like this happened
    before in my past life, too.
[14:50] Ard
    I tried all manner of things to please them,
[14:52] Ard
    and yet they still remained brusque...
[15:10] Ard
    What's going on?
[15:25] Ard
    Father!
[15:26] Jack
    Ard! Take shelter inside our home!
[15:28] Ard
    What has led to all of this?
[15:31] Jack
    The mountain's dungeon core is acting up!
[15:34] Weiss
    Jack! Please help me!
[15:36] Weiss
    Ireena's...
[15:37] Weiss
    Ireena's in the mountains!
[15:39] Jack
    What?!
[15:39] Ard
    What did you say?
[15:40] Weiss
    She went out this afternoon
    and she hasn't come back!
[15:44] Ard
    It's my fault.
[15:46] Ard
    Miss Ireena ran into the mountains
    because I was chasing her!
[15:50] Ard
    Leave her to me, Sir Olhyde.
[15:52] Ard
    I promise I'll bring
    Miss Ireena back to you!
[15:55] Weiss
    Ardy?!
[15:56] Jack
    What are you saying?
[15:58] Ard
    Farewell!
[16:03] Weiss
    That's...!
[16:07] BossGoblin
    Well, well, what a lovely lady we have here.
[16:13] BossGoblin
    Are you surprised to find yourself
    in unexpected danger?
[16:17] BossGoblin
    You thought you could torment us,
    but the tables have turned.
[16:20] Ireena
    Wh-What do you mean the tables have turned?!
[16:22] Ireena
    You're just some mere goblins!
[16:24] BossGoblin
    Then, at least, put up a fight
    and make this fun for us!
[16:31] BossGoblin
    What's the matter,
    not going to call for help?
[16:34] BossGoblin
    You should call for your family or friends.
[16:37] Ireena
    I have none.
[16:40] (Flashback) Friend1
    Ireeny's a monster.
[16:42] (Flashback) Friend2
    Ireeny's scary.
[16:45] (Flashback) Friends
    Scary. Scary. Scary.
[16:53] Ireena
    Go ahead and do as you please.
[16:56] Ireena
    Life is no fun anyways.
[16:58] BossGoblin
    What? How boring.
[17:00] BossGoblin
    Have at her, men!
[17:10] Ireena
    No. No.
[17:15] Ireena
    Somebody save me!
[17:30] Ireena
    A-Ard?!
[17:32] Ard
    You finally said my name
    for the first time, Miss Ireena.
[17:36] Ireena
    Wh-Why?
[17:39] Ard
    To save you, of course.
[17:42] Ard
    However, I must say,
    bullying the weak isn't nice.
[17:45] Ard
    You should vent your feelings in moderation.
[17:48] BossGoblin
    Bullying the weak?
[17:50] Ireena
    No! Run away! They'll get you, too!
[17:53] Ard
    Absolutely not.
[18:03] BossGoblin
    Wh-What's this?!
[18:05] Ard
    You will not lay a finger
    on Miss Ireena, or me, either.
[18:10] BossGoblin
    What do you think a mere
    two humans can accomplish?!
[18:15] Ard
    You should stop your futile efforts.
[18:17] Ard
    If you run away now,
    I'm willing to let you escape.
[18:20] BossGoblin
    Get him!
[18:38] Ard
    Now regret the decision you've made.
[18:50] Jack
    That Ard still isn't back yet.
[18:53] Weiss
    He'll be fine, I'm sure.
[18:55] Carla
    Huh?
[18:56] Weiss
    Ardy promised he would return with Ireena.
[19:00] Weiss
    So Ireena will be safe.
[19:04] Jack
    That reminds me, his flight magic...
[19:07] Jack
    That wasn't a Lost Skill, was it?
[19:14] Ard
    Miss Ireena, are you okay?
[19:19] Ireena
    Wh-Why?
[19:23] Ireena
    Why did you save me?
[19:26] Ireena
    I wanted to die!
[19:28] Ard
    Please don't say such sad things.
[19:31] Ard
    I'm willing to listen—
[19:32] Ireena
    No! There's no way you'd
    understand how I feel!
[19:36] Ireena
    I'm lonely and isolated...
[19:38] Ireena
    It hurts, and it's so sad...
[19:41] Ard
    Please stop there.
[19:42] Ard
    I have no idea what circumstances
    led you to feel that way, Miss Ireena,
[19:48] Ard
    yet I do understand better than anyone else
[19:51] Ard
    the suffering that isolation brings.
[19:54] Ard
    That's why... I want to be your friend.
[19:58] Ireena
    You're lying!
[19:59] Ireena
    You'll just betray me one day, as well!
[20:02] Ireena
    Just like my old friends did!
[20:04] Ard
    I won't betray you.
[20:06] Ard
    I'll never betray a friend ever again.
[20:10] Ard
    Because long ago I did...
[20:12] Ard
    end up betraying my very best friend.
[20:16] Ard
    Which is why I would like
    to forge an eternal friendship,
[20:19] Ard
    without hurting you this time.
[20:21] Ireena
    But... I'm sure I'm a meaner
    person than they were.
[20:26] Ard
    I don't mind.
[20:27] Ireena
    I-I'm selfish, too, and not smart.
[20:31] Ireena
    I'm boring to be around.
[20:33] Ard
    That's not true.
[20:35] Ard
    I actually find it quite enjoyable
    to talk to you, Miss Ireena.
[20:40] Ireena
    One day...
[20:42] Ireena
    One day you'll come to hate me.
[20:45] Ard
    Never.
[20:47] Ireena
    B-But I actually—
[20:55] Ireena
    Will you truly be my friend?
[20:58] Ireena
    No matter what happens?
[21:00] Ireena
    You won't ever betray me or come to hate me?
[21:03] Ard
    I swear it on the name
    of the Demon Lord Varvatos.
[21:11] Ireena
    On the name of Varvatos...
[21:13] Ard
    I hope we can be good friends
    from now on, Miss Ireena.
[21:16] Ireena
    S-Same, Ard.
[21:20] Ard
    And so it was that history's
    greatest Demon Lord, Varvatos,
[21:23] Ard
    reincarnated into a typical villager,
[21:26] Ard
    gained a friend for life
    and lived happily ever after.
[21:31] Ard
    The end.
SIGN    Several Years Later
[21:39] Ireena
    Ard! Good morning!
[21:43] Ard
    Ah, how adorable.
[21:45] Ard
    My friend, you truly are an angel.
[21:52] Ard
    Miss Ireena?!
[21:54] Ard
    Wh-Wh-What are you doing, barging into
    a man's room as a woman in her prime?!
[21:59] Ard
    And snuggling up in
    his bedding, too, no less!
[22:02] Ireena
    Hey, Ard,
[22:04] Ireena
    let's enroll in the Academy of Magic!
[22:08] Ard
    Huh?