E7 - Like a Single Stroke of a Sword

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    Divine legend has it...
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    ...that once upon a time,
    the ancient demons forged a magic sword...
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    ...to annihilate the gods.
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    Come, Zenetero.
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    Those divine beasts...
    I wonder how they got in here?
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    It’s not as if they came in.
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    To the gods,
    that wall is a powerful curse.
[00:36] ---
    Um... meaning...?
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    They must’ve snuck in before the wall was built.
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    Makes sense. The wall had just
    been built around this time, right?
[00:48] ---
    Could it be...
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    ...that that god named NousGalia...
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    ...is still here inside this forest?
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    Rest assured.
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    My master has ordered me to protect you.
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    I shall remain by your side until
    the threat is gone.
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    Thanks. You’re stubborn, Shin,
    but you can be sweet sometimes, too!
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    If you feel that way towards me,
    then it’s due to my master’s mercy.
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    Leno!
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    It’s Grandma.
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    Grandma’s going to vanish soon!
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    She’s about to expire.
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    Let’s all see her off.
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    LIKE A SINGLE STROKE OF A SWORD
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    Grandma...
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    So glad to see you back, Leno.
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    Well, well.
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    I can see that we have a sweet little guest today!
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    What’s your name?
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    Anoshu Polticoal.
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    I’m the Great Tree Spirit Migelonov.
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    A spirit who bestows the wisdom
    to survive great wars upon humans.
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    Take a leaf for yourselves.
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    I’m granting you all the wisdom to fight.
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    Ah... looks like you have no need for it.
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    I hear that you’ll soon cease to exist.
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    Have your rumors and lore expired?
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    Apparently, there’s something that I
    can teach you, other than battle.
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    There’s another situation that calls
    for a spirit to expire.
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    And that is when the spirit
    has betrayed her rumors and lore.
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    My lore is about me granting humans
    the wisdom to battle demons.
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    But I focused on the wisdom
    for humans and demons to coexist.
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    The leaves!
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    Grandma! I’m so sorry!
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    It’s all because I was so selfish!
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    The Great Tree from a great war
    is bound to be forgotten after it’s all over.
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    Either way, I was always destined to expire.
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    Leno, the day will come when you’ll have
    to make that choice yourself.
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    What?
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    Either protect your rumors and lore...
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    Or else betray them,
    and protect what’s precious to you.
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    That’s every Spirit’s fate.
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    When you’re feeling lost,
    you should listen to your heart.
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    It’s not as if Spirits
    are ruled over by their lore.
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    Your heart will always belong to you.
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    Grandma...
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    You must protect whomever
    it is that you wish to protect.
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    I myself am satisfied.
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    Because it won’t be long
    before we know peace.
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    I’m sure of it.
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    I am at a loss.
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    I wanted to stop your tears,
    but I don’t know what I should say.
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    Hey, Shin. Did the Demon King
    order you to comfort me?
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    Don’t worry. I don’t cry when I’m sad.
    Because my tears become Spirits!
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    When your children are being born,
    it’s better to cry tears of joy!
[04:35] ---
    Whoa!
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    That is... huge.
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    Is this...
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    I found a lovely rumor, you know.
    About a school for peaceful times.
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    Where an old grandpa of an instructor
    teaches you all sorts of things!
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    A new member of our family...
    this is the Great Tree Teacher, Enyunien!
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    Violence is forbidden inside this tree,
    so no worries if the divine beasts attack.
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    So you’re able to give birth
    to Spirits at will, Leno.
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    I may be the Great Spirit Mother,
    but I can’t do it at will.
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    It’s more like my emotions spill out, I guess?
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    Some Spirits are born without
    having anything to do with me.
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    I bet it’s the same for you, Lena.
[05:23] ---
    Uh-huh.
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    Will you be staying here
    in Aharthern for a while, Anoshu?
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    We’re hoping to impose on you,
    if you don’t mind.
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    Fine by me! We don’t get
    many traveling entertainers here,
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    so I think everyone will be thrilled!
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    I owe you one.
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    Shin, come with me!
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    Lay, Misha. I want you
    to keep an eye on those two.
[05:48] ---
    There’s something I need to check out.
[05:50] ---
    - Okay.
    - Gotcha.
[05:53] ---
    Hmm, around 100 books?
    That’s still not a lot.
[05:57] ---
    Sorry about that.
    I’m still not quite ready to start teaching.
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    Well, let’s search for it, anyway.
    Zeshia?
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    Try to find a green book.
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    It contains a passage about Fran,
    the Love Fairy.
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    Just leave it to me... all right?
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    Fran... she’s the Spirit who gives shape
    to unrequited love, and brings people together, right?
[06:23] ---
    That’s right. There was a book
    with a missing page in this forest.
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    I figured that in this era, we could see
    the book before the page was torn out.
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    I’ll watch over Zeshia.
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    If anything comes up,
    I’ll let you know.
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    I’m counting on you.
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    Shin, what were you doing to do
    when you were done protecting me?
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    There’s no point in living in an era
    where I have no master to serve.
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    I will follow my lord,
    and be reincarnated 2,000 years from now.
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    I see. Then I guess that some good
    has come out of having gods hiding in this forest.
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    Why would that be?
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    Because I can play
    with you a little longer!
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    Okay, Shin. Guess what this is!
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    I have no idea.
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    They’re called tear-flowers.
    They’re flowers that have absorbed my tears.
[07:28] ---
    Are these the ones that bore
    the Great Tree just now?
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    Yes. If tear-flowers bear fruit without withering,
    they can transform rumors and lore into Spirits.
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    That’s why you need to suffuse them with love,
    so they don’t dry up.
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    Like this, see?
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    All right! And now...
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    Let’s see you try it, Shin!
[07:55] ---
    Here!
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    Why must I do it?
[07:57] ---
    Well, I just think that you should interact more
    with living creatures, and with life.
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    I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
[08:06] ---
    I’ve interacted with lives
    more times than I can count.
[08:09] ---
    That’s not what I’m talking about!
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    Never mind that... go on!
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    I see that I have no other choice.
[08:23] ---
    Hold on a second!
    That’s no good, Shin!
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    Love is an important part
    of raising tear-flowers, okay?
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    Love.
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    Smile. Start by giving me a smile!
[08:36] ---
    Come on, I said love, all right?
[08:39] ---
    Love! Can you take this
    a little more seriously?
[08:42] ---
    I know nothing about love.
[08:44] ---
    Now, now, that kind of stubborn attitude
    isn’t going to cut it!
[08:47] ---
    After all, Shin, you do like
    the Demon King, Anos, don’t you?
[08:51] ---
    So all you have to do is feel that love
    for the Demon King as you water the flowers!
[08:55] ---
    The Demon King is the one
    who saved my life.
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    I served him not out of love,
    but out of gratitude.
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    This body of mine has always been,
    and always will be, a sword and nothing more.
[09:07] ---
    Does that mean—
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    Oh, there he is!
[09:10] ---
    - There’s the old man!
    - Play with us!
[09:13] ---
    - Old Man Sword!
    - Let’s all play together!
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    You saved them just now,
    so they’ve grown attached to you. See?
[09:23] ---
    Hey, let’s play!
    Let’s play tag with all of the Spirits!
[09:27] ---
    You guys! If you can stay out
    of Shin’s clutches for one minute,
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    he says he’ll do anything you say!
[09:34] ---
    Ready, set... go!
[09:39] ---
    I shall sit this one out.
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    Oh? So the Demon King Anos’s right-hand man
    doesn’t think he can catch fairies.
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    I didn’t know that!
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    That I cannot ignore.
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    You’re like a Spirit, aren’t you, Shin?
[10:16] ---
    What do you mean by that?
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    You’re the Sword Spirit
    who’s forgotten what love is.
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    Seems like one would exist.
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    All right, one minute!
[10:27] ---
    Did I not capture them all?
[10:29] ---
    No, not all of them.
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    Because there’s still one Spirit left.
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    That’s me!
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    I shall refrain from making any excuses.
[10:40] ---
    Okay, what should I have you do, Shin?
[10:44] ---
    Lady Leno? Shin? You have a guest.
[10:48] ---
    Who is it?
[10:49] ---
    He calls himself the Blaze Death King Erdomaid.
[10:53] ---
    He says he has something
    to tell you about the gods.
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    What do you want?
[11:07] ---
    Hey, don’t give me that scowl.
[11:10] ---
    I did bring you some good news, you know.
[11:13] ---
    I know where the Heavenly Father
    God NousGalia is.
[11:18] ---
    He came to me with a proposal the other day.
[11:22] ---
    What he’s after...
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    ...is you! Great Mother Spirit!
[11:28] ---
    NousGalia is determined to use your womb
    to give birth to the Child of God!
[11:34] ---
    In order to kill the Demon King Anos
    2,000 years from now.
[11:38] ---
    How did you answer?
[11:40] ---
    Needless to say,
    I expressed my interest.
[11:50] ---
    No wonder you’re
    the Demon King’s right-hand man!
[11:52] ---
    To think that he has someone
    of your caliber serving him.
[11:55] ---
    The Demon King Anos is one popular man!
[12:00] ---
    That said, you should know
    as well as anyone!
[12:03] ---
    That the Demon King has a fatal flaw.
[12:06] ---
    My lord has not a single flaw.
[12:09] ---
    Right. That’s right!
[12:12] ---
    That itself is his flaw!
[12:15] ---
    The Demon King of Tyranny has no flaws.
[12:17] ---
    He’s so bereft of flaws that
    the Demon King Anos has no enemies.
[12:22] ---
    But enemies are what he needs.
[12:25] ---
    If he hopes to become stronger than he is now,
    and to become the true Demon King!
[12:30] ---
    That’s what I want to see!
[12:33] ---
    What is that guy talking about?
[12:35] ---
    Erdomaid’s never grown up, see.
[12:38] ---
    I stroked him just once, and ever since then,
    he’s always provoking me.
[12:43] ---
    Since he has some inexplicable hopes for me.
[12:45] ---
    What do you think?
[12:47] ---
    He’s creepy.
[12:48] ---
    Isn’t he?
[12:50] ---
    Not to mention, even after defeat,
    he keeps whooping it up,
[12:54] ---
    so you can’t snuff him out.
[12:57] ---
    Which is why I am always
    the Demon King’s enemy, no matter what.
[13:02] ---
    But that doesn’t make me
    an ally of the gods, either!
[13:05] ---
    Will the Child of God really become
    a worthy opponent of the Demon King?
[13:09] ---
    No, I have my doubts.
    I can’t shake off my doubts.
[13:14] ---
    That’s why I’m informing you
    about NousGalia’s scheme!
[13:18] ---
    You people need to go all out
    and stop the Child of God from being born!
[13:23] ---
    If its birth can’t be stopped by
    the Demon King’s right-hand man and a Great Spirit...
[13:28] ---
    ...then the Child of God must be
    an opponent worthy of taking on the Demon King!
[13:34] ---
    Until that moment arrives,
    the Blaze Death King will be your ally!
[13:41] ---
    Shin, this man is crazy.
[13:44] ---
    Please pay him no mind.
    This is par for the course.
[13:48] ---
    In short, if we can prevent
    the birth of the Child of God,
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    he will be disappointed and lose interest.
[13:53] ---
    What? I knew that you’d understand!
[13:59] ---
    Take me to where NousGalia is.
[14:04] ---
    Here?
[14:05] ---
    Yes.
[14:06] ---
    I can’t even sense his presence.
[14:08] ---
    That’s because the gods conform
    to the rules of order.
[14:11] ---
    For him to appear,
    conditions must be met.
[14:18] ---
    Now, then... come to the center of the spring.
[14:31] ---
    The Heavenly Father God NousGalia
    is the order that produces gods.
[14:34] ---
    In other words,
    the condition is...
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    This.
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    It’s the Blaze Death Hourglass.
[14:48] ---
    When every grain of sand has fallen,
    the life of the cursed one ends.
[14:55] ---
    Just what are you trying to do?
[14:57] ---
    The Great Spirit Mother Leno is the womb
    that will give birth to the Child of God.
[15:00] ---
    If I try to kill her,
    he will show up.
[15:04] ---
    I doubt that you can trick him into appearing.
[15:10] ---
    But of course I’m going
    to try my best to kill her!
[15:13] ---
    If she ends up perishing for real,
    then so be it!
[15:23] ---
    You’re the Demon King’s right-hand man!
[15:26] ---
    Since she’s the womb of the Child of God,
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    there should be no reason to risk so much
    to protect this threat to your master!
[15:35] ---
    The rationale of the weak.
[15:42] ---
    My lord isn’t so weak that he must expose her life
    to danger to protect himself.
[16:05] ---
    Potent... powerful...
[16:08] ---
    A juggernaut!
[16:09] ---
    I can see why you’re
    the Demon King’s right-hand man!
[16:12] ---
    Otherwise, this would be no fun at all!
[16:20] ---
    The power of the gods?
[16:22] ---
    That’s right!
[16:23] ---
    I lent my body to the wounded NousGalia!
[16:28] ---
    I thought that he’d be forced
    to emerge once his host died.
[16:31] ---
    Looks like I was spot on!
[16:34] ---
    You mean you planned all this?
[16:36] ---
    Yes. Whether it was Leno who nearly died,
    or me being killed by you...
[16:40] ---
    Either way, the god would emerge!
[16:42] ---
    There was always the risk
    that I’d perish myself,
[16:45] ---
    but isn’t gambling big what makes
    it all so beautiful?
[16:48] ---
    Now, then, if you please, come out...
[16:50] ---
    Heavenly Father God, NousGalia!
[16:52] ---
    Show us what divine power looks like!
[16:54] ---
    Otherwise, the Blaze Death King
    will take over your power, lock, stock, and—
[17:15] ---
    A god’s word is absolute.
[17:18] ---
    You foolish demons,
    bow down before—
[17:22] ---
    The only person I’ll ever bow down to
    is my lord, and no one else.
[17:26] ---
    You thought you were joining hands
    with the Blaze Death King,
[17:28] ---
    but were you off the mark?
[17:35] ---
    All is proceeding according
    to the gods’ orders.
[17:39] ---
    Show respect to the gods...
    and fear them.
[17:43] ---
    Shin!
[17:48] ---
    What do you expect to accomplish
    with that wounded body of yours?
[17:53] ---
    How arrogant of you,
    you evil god-killing sword.
[17:57] ---
    So after being taken in by the Demon King,
    you’ve gained a human-like soul, eh?
[18:02] ---
    But the void that’s filled your heart
    will never be filled.
[18:07] ---
    I understand you wish
    to be reincarnated, but...
[18:10] ---
    No matter how many times you’re reborn,
    no matter how fervently you wish it,
[18:14] ---
    your struggle will only be futile.
[18:16] ---
    Because the emotion known as love doesn’t exist
    in your heart, in your source.
[18:24] ---
    How dare you speak like that!
[18:26] ---
    Yes, Shin may be surly and stubborn,
    but he’s way more kind-hearted than you!
[18:34] ---
    I see that you have no clue,
    Great Spirit Leno.
[18:38] ---
    So let me enlighten your ignorant soul
    with divine wisdom.
[18:42] ---
    His source actually isn’t that of a demon’s.
[18:46] ---
    He’s a magic sword.
[18:50] ---
    Shin Reglia, the evil god-killing sword.
[18:53] ---
    Eons ago, the demons’ forebears created him
    in order to battle the gods.
[18:58] ---
    Its wielder was granted magic powers,
    and the sword assumed a demon’s body.
[19:03] ---
    But even if he acquired a body!
    Even if he gained his own will!
[19:06] ---
    Love is the one thing he can never possess!
[19:08] ---
    And of course not.
[19:10] ---
    How can a magic sword created
    to fight even harbor love?
[19:14] ---
    No matter how much he seeks
    or longs for another’s heart,
[19:17] ---
    that half-completed heard will always
    be consumed by emptiness for all eternity.
[19:22] ---
    At the end of the day,
    a magic sword is a magic sword.
[19:26] ---
    My body has always been, and always will be...
    nothing but a sword.
[19:34] ---
    But you should be thankful,
    evil god-killing sword.
[19:38] ---
    What you’ve sought eternally
    but can never acquire...
[19:43] ---
    Those of us who manipulate order
    can grant it to you.
[19:51] ---
    Raise the Child of God who will be borne
    from the womb of the Great Spirit Leno.
[19:56] ---
    The order of the world will destroy the Demon King.
[19:59] ---
    Unfortunately...
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    I have no need for love.
[20:06] ---
    Like a single stroke of a sword,
    this body...
[20:14] ---
    A god’s word is absolute.
[20:17] ---
    You people will never escape order—
[20:21] ---
    I will serve my lord for all eternity.
[20:25] ---
    Along with the emptiness in my heart.
[20:32] ---
    Did he get away?
[20:36] ---
    Let’s go.
[20:40] ---
    Shin. Thank you for protecting me yet again!
[20:45] ---
    Also...
[20:47] ---
    I’m sorry.
[20:49] ---
    What are you talking about?
[20:51] ---
    For telling you to be more serious
    about watering the tear-flowers.
[20:55] ---
    I’m so sorry.
[20:57] ---
    Rest assured.
    As I would never be hurt by that.
[21:01] ---
    But he said you were empty, Shin.
[21:04] ---
    That’s not a big deal.
[21:05] ---
    He said you were empty!
    I think that’s a pretty big deal!
[21:14] ---
    I’ll teach you what love is.
[21:18] ---
    I’m not sure what your purpose is.
[21:20] ---
    Because if you hadn’t protected me,
    you could’ve gained love, Shin!
[21:25] ---
    No need for you to brood over this.
[21:28] ---
    Just as that god said,
    there’s no love in my source.
[21:33] ---
    No, no... I’m sure that you have
    a soul, too, Shin.
[21:37] ---
    It’s just a little hard to find.
[21:40] ---
    I’m going to give it my all,
    so stay with me, okay?
[21:45] ---
    Is that...
[21:46] ---
    An order to protect you?
[21:49] ---
    That would be all right, too.
    If it means that you’ll do as I say.
[21:53] ---
    Understood.
[23:35] ---
    THE LAND OF DEMONS WITHOUT A DEMON KING
[23:36] ---
    The Land of Demons Without a Demon King.