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E14 - Goddess of Selection

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    My lord, there's something I'd like to convey to you.
[00:06] ---
    Is that you, Igareth?
    What's going on?
[00:09] ---
    A dragon has been sighted in Azeshion.
[00:12] ---
    Several people have gone missing.
[00:14] ---
    They were devoured?
[00:15] ---
    Most likely. At this time, there's no one
    who knows how to subdue dragons.
[00:21] ---
    I suppose it would be best to send in
    my subordinates from 2,000 years ago.
[00:25] ---
    But it doesn't look like they're going
    to request any help.
[00:29] ---
    If you were to send them in without permission...
[00:32] ---
    Then I'll request a collaboration between
    the Demon King Academy and the Hero Academy.
[00:37] ---
    I believe they'll say that they're not prepared
    to receive them.
[00:41] ---
    Not a problem. As there happens
    to be a flexible instructor there.
[02:28] ---
    Excellent!
[02:30] ---
    14 - GODDESS OF SELECTION
[02:30] ---
    How does it feel to have
    wielded Gatom successfully?
[02:33] ---
    Um... but it was thanks to your assistance.
[02:38] ---
    It doesn't change the fact that I'm
    the most inept magic user in the class.
[02:43] ---
    A good attitude to have... Bookworm Naya.
[02:47] ---
    Bookworm?
[02:50] ---
    Every day, you stay after class
    to study in the library.
[02:54] ---
    Therefore, I've bestowed this nickname on you.
[02:58] ---
    Compared to the Demon King, all of us,
    including myself, are equally inept at magic.
[03:03] ---
    So doesn't that make you,
    the least arrogant of anyone in the class,
[03:06] ---
    the one with the greatest potential? Hmm?
[03:09] ---
    D-Do you really think so?
[03:12] ---
    Just look at Mr. Erdomaid... such an oddball,
    but so serious about his job!
[03:17] ---
    Right.
[03:20] ---
    Class is about to start.
[03:25] ---
    Do you hear me?
    Why are you always—
[03:27] ---
    Please be quiet!
[03:29] ---
    What do you mean, always?
    You only just came here the other day, Emilia!
[03:34] ---
    Will she be okay?
[03:36] ---
    I don't see him here today.
[03:38] ---
    Not like there's any point in
    the Demon King attending this academy, right?
[03:43] ---
    I am well aware that you have no interest
    in an inter-academy exchange.
[03:47] ---
    Come forward, Anoshu Polticoal.
[03:52] ---
    What's this? A kid?
[03:54] ---
    Listen, you humans!
[03:56] ---
    The representatives of each school
    will compete against each other.
[04:01] ---
    Should the Hero Academy win,
    I will cancel all classes during the exchange.
[04:06] ---
    What? Hey, what gives you the right to—
[04:09] ---
    You're planning on giving your side
    the edge anyway, aren't you?
[04:12] ---
    By that you mean that you'd be willing to do it
    if you were given the edge, right, human?
[04:18] ---
    In that case,
    choose how you'd like to compete.
[04:21] ---
    Then let's go with dice.
    Whoever rolls the bigger number wins.
[04:25] ---
    Fine by me.
[04:27] ---
    Here. Use these.
[04:31] ---
    Hmm, these have been tampered with.
[04:35] ---
    Okay, I'll go first.
[04:39] ---
    All right!
[04:41] ---
    It doesn't matter how I throw it?
[04:44] ---
    Do whatever you want.
[04:47] ---
    Huh?
[04:48] ---
    What?
[04:54] ---
    Looks like I win.
[04:55] ---
    Huh? But you broke the rules!
[04:57] ---
    You did say, "Do whatever you want."
[04:59] ---
    Well, not that it would make any difference,
    no matter how many times it's rolled.
[05:03] ---
    Huh? Only a one should've come up...
[05:07] ---
    No matter what kind of dice it is,
    I'd never miss with it.
[05:15] ---
    Did you see that, class?
[05:16] ---
    That's Anoshu Polticoal.
[05:19] ---
    The pride of the Demon King Academy—
    he's a child prodigy!
[05:24] ---
    Humph!
[05:27] ---
    The Almighty can create
    a sword that no one can pull out.
[05:31] ---
    If the Almighty cannot create
    a sword that no one can pull out,
[05:35] ---
    then he's not the Almighty.
[05:38] ---
    If the Almighty creates
    a sword that no one can pull out,
[05:41] ---
    then that sword cannot be pulled out
    by the Almighty, either.
[05:44] ---
    If you're unable to pull out the sword,
    you can't be called the Almighty.
[05:48] ---
    Therefore, he is not the Almighty.
[05:50] ---
    So is there no Almighty in this world?
[05:54] ---
    When you find the answer, tell me.
[06:04] ---
    All right, let's get back to—
[06:07] ---
    Headmaster Zamira?
    Is something the matter?
[06:10] ---
    I've received orders from the palace
    for the members of the selected classes.
[06:15] ---
    There have been multiple sightings
    of a monster known as a dragon.
[06:19] ---
    And so we are sending you
    to subdue this dragon.
[06:23] ---
    What does he mean?
[06:25] ---
    They want us to go?
[06:26] ---
    Just a moment!
    What about the military?
[06:30] ---
    As the office for more details.
    As I'm a busy man.
[06:38] ---
    I am honored to make your acquaintance
    for the first time, Hero Kanon.
[06:43] ---
    We have been preparing
    a grand ceremony for you at the palace.
[06:47] ---
    The civilians and the soldiers are all ready
    to welcome you home, Hero Kanon!
[06:52] ---
    Well, but I'm a demon now.
[06:54] ---
    No, no! You are without question
    a genuine hero!
[06:58] ---
    I implore you to come.
[07:01] ---
    Lay, want to go play in the water after school?
[07:05] ---
    Oh, but little fellow,
    Lord Kanon will be busy, unfortunately—
[07:09] ---
    - That sounds fun!
    - Huh?
[07:11] ---
    Sorry, but no thanks.
    Since I'm going to be busy after school.
[07:15] ---
    Th-Then why don't you come right now?
[07:18] ---
    There's nothing that you could learn in
    the presence of these fake heroes...
[07:23] ---
    That's inexcusable.
[07:25] ---
    How can a headmaster call
    his own students fakes?
[07:30] ---
    I mean, it's all well and good for you to spare tons
    of troops for your fancy ceremony,
[07:34] ---
    but sending us to take on a monster?
    Who does that?
[07:37] ---
    So why don't you send
    your genuine hero to do it?
[07:41] ---
    Know your place,
    you little scumbags!
[07:43] ---
    For impersonating the Hero Kanon,
    you wretches should be put to death!
[07:48] ---
    That's the Hero Academy's ruling.
[07:51] ---
    In the first place, subjugating an unknown monster
    is the same as going to our deaths.
[07:55] ---
    A hero, making excuses?
[07:58] ---
    We're offering a chance to you scumbags
    who failed to stop that recent war.
[08:03] ---
    If you're heroes, you shouldn't
    think twice about risking your lives!
[08:07] ---
    What is your problem?
    Going, "hero this, hero that"?
[08:10] ---
    Why should they have
    to risk their lives for something like that?
[08:14] ---
    If they lack the courage to risk their cheap lives,
    we humans can't call them heroes!
[08:20] ---
    Then they don't have to be heroes at all!
[08:23] ---
    What?
[08:24] ---
    If they die,
    it's all over!
[08:26] ---
    Dying for the sake of such an irresponsible order...
    I want no part of that!
[08:30] ---
    You watch yourself, you incompetent teacher
    who can't even control her own students!
[08:34] ---
    If you're going to be so arrogant,
    I'll send you back to Dilhade immediately!
[08:44] ---
    Please forgive me.
[08:45] ---
    Get down on your knees right there!
[08:47] ---
    I'll make sure you don't forget who you are—
[08:52] ---
    Oh, sorry.
    My legs are just too long.
[08:56] ---
    You bastard—
[09:01] ---
    You've been disrupting class
    all this time, you know.
[09:05] ---
    Just you wait!
[09:10] ---
    That was so unnecessary!
[09:13] ---
    After I put up with all that...
    you had to go and ruin it!
[09:17] ---
    As your teacher, I'm responsible
    for all that you do, understand?
[09:21] ---
    Do you have something against me?
[09:24] ---
    Please excuse me.
[09:29] ---
    Hey, where are you—
[09:30] ---
    Your troublemaker students are under suspension.
[09:34] ---
    Just as you wish.
[09:36] ---
    Huh! Like who can deal with this crap?
[09:39] ---
    You really are scum, Emilia.
[09:41] ---
    Come back here!
[09:42] ---
    Well, not that we're ones to talk.
[09:54] ---
    This is it!
    Gairadite's famous Grilled Heroes!
[09:57] ---
    They roast the meat of a fierce beast
    called the Ferocious Horned Bull.
[10:00] ---
    Okay, let's go!
[10:02] ---
    Come on,
    why won't they open?
[10:10] ---
    You're just cans!
    How impudent of you!
[10:15] ---
    Give them to me.
[10:18] ---
    Those magical canned foods
    are unresponsive towards demons.
[10:21] ---
    But if you camouflage your spell
    as more human...
[10:32] ---
    Thank you very much.
[10:34] ---
    Why are you eating canned food outside?
[10:36] ---
    When there are so many restaurants here?
[10:38] ---
    I can't be bothered to talk to others.
[10:41] ---
    That's why I bought a whole year's worth.
[10:44] ---
    But you can't open them.
[10:45] ---
    You be quiet!
[10:53] ---
    I can see that you're skilled with magic, Anoshu.
[10:57] ---
    To be a true genius at your age...
[11:01] ---
    I envy you.
[11:07] ---
    Looks tasty.
[11:09] ---
    What?
[11:10] ---
    The salt-cured meat.
[11:12] ---
    Would you like some?
[11:13] ---
    I'll take it.
[11:15] ---
    What are you doing?
    You mustn't eat with your bare hands.
[11:18] ---
    Unfortunately, I don't have any forks
    or anything on me.
[11:22] ---
    Well, you're not a beast, after all.
    Come sit over here.
[11:27] ---
    Anoshu, you need to fix the way you speak.
[11:31] ---
    Why is that?
[11:32] ---
    Because you sound just like
    the most sarcastic man in the world.
[11:38] ---
    You're a Royal, aren't you?
[11:40] ---
    Seems that way.
[11:41] ---
    I was once a Royal myself,
    way back when.
[11:45] ---
    But thanks to an evil magician,
    I was turned into a hybrid demon.
[11:49] ---
    Ah.
[11:50] ---
    I was proud of the fact that I was a Royal.
[11:54] ---
    I was leading such a blissful life.
[11:56] ---
    But I was robbed of that,
    and robbed of my job as well.
[12:00] ---
    And everyone started
    to look down on me.
[12:02] ---
    But now you've become a teacher, right?
[12:06] ---
    That's true.
[12:09] ---
    But it's not as if I'll ever be happy again.
[12:11] ---
    Why not?
[12:12] ---
    Coming here made me realize something.
[12:15] ---
    That ordinary humans without magical power
    believe me to be a human.
[12:20] ---
    I'm not treated any differently
    than I was back in Dilhade.
[12:25] ---
    The one who was looking down
    on me as a hybrid...
[12:28] ---
    ...was me.
[12:29] ---
    I was just trembling with fear for no reason.
[12:32] ---
    Even though nobody
    was looking down on me at all...
[12:36] ---
    Even so, what am I supposed to do?
[12:39] ---
    I just came face-to-face with the fact that I'm
    a horrible, ugly, scumbag, hopeless person...
[12:42] ---
    That's all.
[12:44] ---
    Nothing's changed at all.
[12:48] ---
    Come to think of it, this must be
    that evil magician's curse.
[12:53] ---
    I was merely a Royal in name...
    I was nobody at all.
[12:58] ---
    But it's not as if I can become
    someone great now.
[13:03] ---
    Complex things are beyond my understanding.
[13:06] ---
    Of course they are.
[13:08] ---
    Anyway, this is a bit too salty.
[13:11] ---
    You little fool. You're supposed
    to eat it with the bread.
[13:15] ---
    That bread is too hard.
[13:17] ---
    That's what you use this oil for.
[13:23] ---
    How is it?
[13:24] ---
    It's tasty. The bread is softer,
    and the meat is just salty enough.
[13:29] ---
    Isn't it?
[13:31] ---
    I learned something today.
[13:33] ---
    This is something that everybody knows.
[13:35] ---
    But I didn't know about it.
[13:37] ---
    If you have a year's worth of canned goods...
[13:40] ---
    There must be all kinds
    of ways to eat them.
[13:42] ---
    If you don't mind it being so mundane,
    I'll be happy to teach you some more.
[13:47] ---
    All right,
    time to play in the water!
[13:49] ---
    We're going to play in the sand, too.
[13:52] ---
    I wish we'd brought our swimsuits with us, then!
[13:55] ---
    Then I'll produce some.
[14:02] ---
    Oh!
[14:04] ---
    Thanks, Anos!
[14:05] ---
    Thank you... so much.
[14:08] ---
    Do I look good in this?
[14:10] ---
    You do look good...
[14:12] ---
    But isn't it too daring?
[14:14] ---
    Hmm... you don't get it,
    do you, Sasha?
[14:17] ---
    A swimsuit isn't just any article of clothing.
[14:20] ---
    It's a type of magic that enhances
    your physical abilities in the water to the maximum.
[14:24] ---
    Don't forget. This is the...
[14:26] ---
    ULTIMATE SWIMSUIT
[14:27] ---
    Ultimate Swimsuit!
[14:39] ---
    Now, then, come on in.
    Enjoy your time in the water!
[14:43] ---
    If I go in there, I'll die!
[14:46] ---
    Anos!
[14:48] ---
    Ah, is that the Delsgade throne?
[14:51] ---
    I am... the Demon King Zeshia.
[14:55] ---
    Right. So why don't you issue
    an order of some kind?
[14:59] ---
    Anos, you will... sit here with me.
[15:03] ---
    You sit with me, too, Mommy.
[15:06] ---
    Oh, but I think it would be too crowded.
[15:10] ---
    Huh? Um...
[15:12] ---
    Anos! Would you mind turning into Anoshu?
[15:15] ---
    Fine by me.
[15:20] ---
    Did you think that because it was a tight fit,
    we three couldn't sit together?
[15:26] ---
    Right! That's our Demon King Zeshia!
[15:29] ---
    Anos, always be Anoshu.
[15:32] ---
    I'll always be your big sister.
[15:35] ---
    Seems like when you're Anoshu, she feels like she
    has a kid brother, and it makes her happy.
[15:39] ---
    I will protect you, Anoshu.
[15:43] ---
    I'm working hard on my Mirror Magic.
[15:47] ---
    Hmm... Is that what Migelonov taught you?
[15:52] ---
    I'm studying Support Magic with her, too.
[15:55] ---
    That sounds promising.
[15:57] ---
    I'm your big sister, after all.
[16:00] ---
    Hey, Anos, thanks.
[16:04] ---
    The 10,000 Zeshias got to play a lot,
[16:07] ---
    and Enyunien says that they'll learn to talk.
[16:10] ---
    Well, this is just the beginning.
[16:12] ---
    Didn't I tell you that I'd make
    you all happy together?
[16:15] ---
    That's the Anoshu that I adore!
[16:18] ---
    You're just a little kid,
    but you sound so cool!
[16:22] ---
    Glad we came, huh?
[16:24] ---
    This swimsuit is a little too embarrassing,
    don't you think?
[16:28] ---
    It looks good on you.
[16:29] ---
    Oh, you—take that!
[16:33] ---
    Never let down your guard!
[16:35] ---
    Someone's asking for punishment, huh?
[16:37] ---
    And what do you mean by punishment?
[16:41] ---
    Father?
[16:42] ---
    By the way, Lay Glanzudlii...
[16:45] ---
    Why don't we go
    for a long-distance swim, round-trip?
[16:47] ---
    If you can return here before I do,
[16:50] ---
    I'll look the other way regarding my daughter
    for as long as the time lag between us.
[16:55] ---
    Wh-What are you talking about, Father?
[16:57] ---
    I happen to be pretty sure
    of myself as a swimmer.
[17:00] ---
    Lay?
[17:01] ---
    I look forward to it.
[17:08] ---
    Um...
[17:10] ---
    Maybe they bonded over
    swimming 2,000 years ago?
[17:14] ---
    Misa!
[17:16] ---
    Want to join us?
[17:17] ---
    Oh! Okay!
[17:22] ---
    I am the Demon King's right-hand man.
[17:23] ---
    My swimming style cannot possibly be defeated!
[17:26] ---
    2,000 years ago,
    this was our stronghold.
[17:30] ---
    In order to protect the people,
    I honed my swimming skills like there was no tomorrow!
[17:36] ---
    There!
[17:38] ---
    Got it!
[17:39] ---
    I cannot leave my daughter in the hands
    of a man who's an inferior swimmer.
[17:44] ---
    Not a man who couldn't even rescue her
    from the sea if it came to that!
[17:47] ---
    Yes, you're a fast swimmer.
[17:49] ---
    But if Misa ever starts to drown,
    I'm going to be the one who saves her!
[17:53] ---
    I'll show you right now!
    How we Heroes swim!
[18:03] ---
    - Wh-Which one of us got here first?
    - Misa?
[18:07] ---
    Huh?
[18:15] ---
    I wasn't watching!
[18:23] ---
    We swam so much,
    I'm starving now.
[18:33] ---
    No one will notice you here.
    Why don't you show yourself?
[18:39] ---
    Who are you?
[18:42] ---
    The cardinal of Giordal, the Kingdom
    of the Dragon God, Ahide Alobo Agatze.
[18:47] ---
    One of the Selected Eight,
    I am the Oracle.
[18:50] ---
    Giordial... never heard of it.
[18:53] ---
    I am aware that you're the Demon King who
    was invited to take part in this sacred Judgment Selection.
[19:00] ---
    In accordance with the pact,
    come forth, Selected Gods.
[19:04] ---
    Bring judgment upon the two of us.
[19:08] ---
    Guala Nateh Forteos.
[19:19] ---
    Hmm. I didn't know there
    was a spell for summoning gods.
[19:23] ---
    As of now, this place
    is a venue for judgment.
[19:26] ---
    Anos Voldigoad, why don't you show me your god?
[19:31] ---
    What do you mean?
[19:33] ---
    You know what I mean. As one
    of the Selected Eight, and a misfit.
[19:39] ---
    I don't know. And I don't recall
    ever becoming such an entity.
[19:42] ---
    Then I'll have to bring judgment upon you
    for tainting the Judgment Selection.
[19:47] ---
    My goddess, Arcana.
[19:59] ---
    Is that the Moon of Creation, Artieltnoah?
[20:02] ---
    Let me ask you something.
    Are you Militia?
[20:05] ---
    I am Arcana,
    the Goddess of Selection.
[20:08] ---
    The moonlight is frozen...
[20:18] ---
    Summoning gods, Judgment Selection...
    I have no idea what you're talking about.
[20:24] ---
    But did you really think that the power
    of a mere god could surpass that of the Demon King?
[20:28] ---
    A mere god?
[20:30] ---
    A god is the hand of salvation extended
    by the radiant, Almighty Equis,
[20:34] ---
    and all living creatures
    are known to worship gods.
[20:38] ---
    You can believe that all you want,
    but don't force it onto those who have no desire for it.
[20:44] ---
    I was wondering what someone called a misfit
    at the Judgment Selection would be like...
[20:58] ---
    ...but surely, Equis wouldn't tolerate
    a heretic like you!
[21:10] ---
    You pathetic, sinful lamb...
    Let us save you...
[21:23] ---
    Ahide, run.
[21:25] ---
    You're not yet capable
    of defeating the misfit.
[21:29] ---
    As you wish,
    my Goddess of Selection, Arcana.
[21:34] ---
    You think that you can win now
    that you're rid of your baggage?
[21:37] ---
    I don't know.
[21:39] ---
    Throughout the entire Judgment Selection,
    I've never seen anyone as strong as you.
[21:44] ---
    You mentioned that before.
    What is the Judgment Selection, exactly?
[21:48] ---
    If you truly don't know, then it's my duty
    as the Goddess of Selection to explain it to you.
[22:04] ---
    Let's hear it.
[22:06] ---
    The Judgment Selection.
[22:07] ---
    That's how a human becomes a god.
[22:10] ---
    The Selected Eight, chosen from among
    all living creatures, are each judged.
[22:16] ---
    And a representative is selected,
    who becomes a divine proxy, gaining powers.
[22:21] ---
    For a judgment,
    it doesn't sound exactly pleasant.
[22:25] ---
    Whoever gets chosen as the proxy has
    to have been deemed worthy by every Selection God.
[22:32] ---
    But Selection Gods rarely choose someone other than
    the Selected with whom they've drawn up a pact.
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    Meaning that there's no way to select
    only one unless you eliminate the others,
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    or you destroy the Selection Gods.
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    That's one way of settling it.
[22:47] ---
    A Judgment can be validated in various ways.
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    Why was I chosen?
[22:52] ---
    Of the eight Selection Gods,
    one of them chose you.
[22:56] ---
    You're to receive a more detailed explanation
    at Everastanzetta.
[23:01] ---
    Are you going to show me the way?
[23:04] ---
    It's in the Underground World.
    Come on your own.
[23:07] ---
    That's it for my explanation.
    Will you continue the battle?
[23:10] ---
    No.
[23:11] ---
    I see.
[23:12] ---
    I have a question for you.
[23:15] ---
    That question you asked this afternoon—
    what did it mean?
[23:17] ---
    Was that also under Ahide's orders?
[23:21] ---
    I'm searching for the answer.
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    INSTITUTE OF THE GODS
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    Institute of the Gods.