# E4 - An Apology Won't Cut It
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**[00:10] Alma**
So many sweet buns...
**[00:14] Noel**
I hope you die buried in them!
**[00:17] Alma**
Ow!
**[01:56] Mayor**
Well, hello there, Blue Beyond!
I'm so glad to see... you?
**[02:02] Noel**
It's been a year, Mr. Mayor.
**[02:04] Mayor**
Um, if you don't mind me asking,
where are the others?
**[02:08] Noel**
The other three quit.
**[02:10] Noel**
Alma here and I are the only members now.
**[02:12] Mayor**
Huh?
**[02:13] Noel**
Relax. We'll get rid
of those thieves for you today.
**[02:21] Mayorwife**
Here you are.
**[02:22] Mayorwife**
Some tea for you.
**[02:25] Noel**
Been a while, huh?
**[02:28] Mayor**
Sorry. She's at a difficult age.
**[02:32] Mayor**
She was really looking forward
to seeing you all again.
**[02:36] Noel**
Too bad our handsome leader isn't here.
She must be disappointed.
**[02:42] Mayor**
Oh, I wouldn't say that, actually.
**[02:44] Mayor**
The one she's always talking about is...
**[02:45] Chelsea**
Noel...
**[02:47] Noel**
Let's go over the job.
**[02:50] Noel**
Your letter said this band of thieves
numbers about twenty.
**[02:53] Noel**
And they've already hit a neighboring town,
with quite a few casualties?
**[02:57] Mayor**
Not only did they rob the town,
they also took their women. Awful stuff.
**[03:02] Noel**
You said they were roving.
Have you been able to locate their hideout?
**[03:07] Mayor**
Yes. It's a rocky clearing
in the forest to the east.
**[03:10] Noel**
That's plenty of information.
**[03:13] Noel**
Let's talk compensation next.
**[03:15] Noel**
As I mentioned, we need 200,000 up front
and 300,000 upon completion,
**[03:20] Noel**
for a total of 500,000 fil.
**[03:22] Mayor**
Here's the initial 200,000.
**[03:25] Mayor**
You're welcome to take a look.
**[03:27] Noel**
* He paid up awfully fast.*
* I was expecting him to haggle some more.*
**[03:32] Noel**
* Looks like he barely managed to scrape this*
* together. Must be really struggling.*
**[03:36] Noel**
Yep, that looks right.
We'll be back when the job's done.
**[03:39] Mayor**
W-We'll have the rest waiting, of course.
**[03:41] Noel**
We're setting out at once.
**[03:43] Noel**
Just sit tight and relax.
**[03:49] Alma**
That balding pervert kept staring at my chest.
**[03:53] Noel**
Huh? Really?
**[03:55] Alma**
Right in front of his wife and daughter!
What a creep.
**[03:58] Chelsea**
Noel!
**[04:01] Chelsea**
U-Um, you're headed off
to defeat them, right?
**[04:05] Noel**
Yeah. We'll make quick work of this,
so don't you worry.
**[04:10] Chelsea**
W-Well... G-Good luck!
**[04:13] Chelsea**
I'm rooting for you!
**[04:14] Noel**
Huh? Oh, thanks.
**[04:20] Chelsea**
Um, remember this?
**[04:21] Noel**
A bamboo dragonfly?
**[04:23] Noel**
Say, that's right. I taught you how to make
those when I was here last, didn't I?
**[04:27] Chelsea**
Yeah! The ones I make now fly higher
than all of the other kids'!
**[04:33] Chelsea**
Like *zoom*!
**[04:35] Chelsea**
But this...
**[04:37] Chelsea**
This is the one you gave me.
I've held on to it ever since.
**[04:43] Chelsea**
It's, um, my most prized possession!
**[04:46] Noel**
That's real sweet.
**[04:49] Chelsea**
So, um...
**[04:52] Chelsea**
I'll be waiting! My mom and I will
make something good to eat
**[04:55] Chelsea**
while we wait for you to come back!
**[05:00] Noel**
What's with that look?
**[05:03] Alma**
Noel, you're one nasty dude
for how cute you are.
**[05:06] Alma**
You've got that innocent little girl
wrapped around your finger.
**[05:09] Alma**
Your big sis is shocked.
**[05:11] Noel**
Shut up, you big-boobed bimbo.
**[05:13] Alma**
"Big-boobed bimbo"? Are you talking about me?!
**[05:17] Noel**
Let's go find those thieves.
**[05:18] Alma**
Hey, wait!
**[05:20] Alma**
I'm not gonna let that slide!
**[05:30] Noel**
What made that balding pervert
think there were only twenty?
**[05:35] Noel**
There's at least twice that.
**[05:37] Noel**
A group this big isn't just
a band of roving nobodies.
**[05:42] Noel**
That must be their boss.
**[05:45] Noel**
Hmm? He looks familiar...
**[05:48] Noel**
Right. That's Gordo the Razor Blade.
**[05:51] Alma**
Who?
**[05:53] Noel**
A wanted man with a bounty of 2 mill.
**[05:55] Noel**
I didn't realize he was still alive.
What a cockroach.
**[05:58] Noel**
Gordo is a B-ranked Bandit, of the Scout line.
**[06:01] Noel**
Can you beat him?
**[06:02] Alma**
One-on-one, easily. But not if I also
have to take all his henchmen.
**[06:08] Noel**
I know. I'll handle those guys.
**[06:11] Alma**
You're gonna fight with me?
**[06:13] Alma**
But if you get any closer,
the Bandit will detect you.
**[06:17] Alma**
I have a skill to hide my presence, but you...
**[06:20] Noel**
Less talking, more listening.
**[06:23] Noel**
I have a plan.
**[06:27] Alma**
Stealth!
**[06:30] Noel**
*Are you ready?*
**[06:31] Alma**
*I'm getting into position.*
**[06:33] Alma**
*Anyway, this sure is handy.*
**[06:36] Sign**
LINK
**[06:36] Noel**
* The Talker skill Link allows allies*
* to share their thoughts at range.*
**[06:42] Alma**
*I'm here.*
**[06:45] Alma**
*Distance is ten meters.*
**[06:46] Alma**
*Ready to attack on your orders.*
**[06:49] Noel**
*Roger.*
**[06:51] Noel**
*I'm using Stun Howl.*
**[06:54] Sign**
STUN HOWL
**[06:54] Noel**
Don't move!
**[06:57] Gordo**
Hey! What's gotten into you guys?
**[06:59] Noel**
This is an order! Kill Gordo!
**[07:02] Alma**
Accel: Quintuple.
**[07:05] Alma**
Quick Attack!
**[07:15] Noel**
*Kill confirmed. Here's your next order.*
**[07:18] Noel**
*Keep the enemy busy until I arrive.*
**[07:21] Alma**
Roger that.
**[07:23] Alma**
Three.
**[07:24] Alma**
Four.
**[07:25] Alma**
Five.
**[07:29] Noel**
*That idiot's enjoying the slaughter.*
**[07:33] Noel**
*She's going to be trouble.*
**[07:35] Alma**
Ten! Eleven!
**[07:38] Noel**
*Alma!*
**[07:39] Noel**
* I'm joining the fray*
* and using a flash grenade!*
**[07:43] Alma**
Got it!
**[07:46] Noel**
Flame Bullet!
**[08:03] Mayor**
Boy, am I glad to see you two safe!
**[08:08] Mayor**
Well? What of the thieves?
**[08:12] Noel**
We killed them all.
This is their boss's head.
**[08:16] Noel**
Want to see for yourself?
**[08:17] Mayor**
Er, n-no, that's okay...
**[08:19] Noel**
Then pay us the rest of our money.
**[08:22] Mayor**
Y-Yes, of course.
But first things first, let's have dinner.
**[08:27] Mayor**
My wife and daughter
cooked up a real feast for you two!
**[08:36] Mayor**
That's right!
**[08:38] Mayor**
She was assessed as a Swordsman!
**[08:42] Chelsea**
N-Noel, I wanna be an awesome Seeker like you.
**[08:47] Chelsea**
Do you think I can do it?
**[08:49] Noel**
Any adult can become a Seeker. All you have
to do is register with the government.
**[08:55] Noel**
Typically, you sign up for
training school in Etrai after that.
**[09:00] Noel**
It's run by the empire, so it's free.
**[09:02] Noel**
The course is two years for frontline
fighters and one year for backline.
**[09:06] Chelsea**
That'd be two years for me, then.
**[09:08] Noel**
Listen, they don't cover your living expenses.
You'll have to manage that yourself.
**[09:14] Noel**
Save up enough money before you join.
**[09:17] Chelsea**
Oh, I see...
**[09:20] Noel**
While it's not common,
you could build experience as a supporter.
**[09:25] Chelsea**
Really?!
**[09:26] Noel**
Yeah. Supporters are basically
gofers for Seekers.
**[09:32] Noel**
Register with the supporters guild
and you'll get paid,
**[09:35] Noel**
plus, most importantly, you'll get
to see how the pros fight firsthand.
**[09:44] Chelsea**
Hey, if I become a strong Seeker,
will you let me join Blue Beyond?
**[09:51] Noel**
If you really do become a strong Seeker
**[09:54] Noel**
and if I'm still the kind of Seeker
you admire by then,
**[09:59] Noel**
let's fight side by side.
**[10:01] Chelsea**
You mean it?!
That's a promise for sure, okay?!
**[10:06] Mayor**
Hey, good for you, Chelsea!
**[10:09] Mayor**
A toast to my daughter!
I've brought some wine for you.
**[10:15] Mayor**
This vintage here set me back 100,000 fil.
**[10:18] Mayor**
I've been saving it for a special occasion.
**[10:24] Mayor**
Please, drink up!
**[10:25] Mayor**
Think of it as celebrating
my daughter's new path.
**[10:32] Noel**
Indeed, this is some fine wine.
**[10:34] Noel**
I can tell it's top-shelf
from the color and aroma.
**[10:36] Mayor**
Right?! It's hard to get
your hands on, even in Etrai!
**[10:40] Noel**
We may be guests, but we couldn't possibly
steal the first sip of such a fancy wine.
**[10:44] Noel**
As our host, won't you
do the honors, Mr. Mayor?
**[10:48] Mayor**
What? M-M-Me?
**[10:51] Noel**
Is something the matter?
**[10:53] Mayor**
Oh, no, no, no! I... I just don't drink.
**[10:57] Noel**
That's funny. You spent 100,000
on this bottle when you don't drink?
**[11:02] Mayor**
W-W-Well...
**[11:04] Noel**
Don't be shy now.
**[11:07] Noel**
Take a nice sip...
**[11:09] Noel**
of the wine you poisoned.
**[11:12] Sign**
An Apology Won't Cut It
**[11:18] Mayor**
Y-Y-You think I poisoned it?
Why would I do that?!
**[11:24] Noel**
You don't have to pay us if we're dead.
**[11:28] Noel**
You could take our money and gear, too.
**[11:30] Noel**
Make a killing by killing, as it were.
**[11:33] Mayor**
Preposterous! Such an outrageous
accusation! And based on what?!
**[11:36] Noel**
Three things. First...
**[11:40] Noel**
a man who lied about the number
of thieves to cheap out on the reward
**[11:44] Noel**
would never generously
pop open a bottle worth 100,000.
**[11:49] Noel**
Second, this is cheap wine.
**[11:52] Noel**
And I can tell by the smell
that it's starting to spoil.
**[11:57] Noel**
Which means it's already been opened
and it's been some time since,
**[12:00] Noel**
contrary to your story
about saving it for a special occasion.
**[12:04] Mayor**
W-Well...
**[12:06] Noel**
Third, your lust for blood has been palpable
since you brought up the wine.
**[12:13] Alma**
Exactly. Did you really think you could
fool us with your terrible acting?
**[12:18] Alma**
You must have shit for brains.
**[12:19] Alma**
Besides, Scouts build up a tolerance
to poison. It wouldn't have worked anyway.
**[12:23] Mayor**
Enough! You don't have any evidence!
**[12:27] Noel**
Then...
**[12:28] Noel**
Go ahead and drink this wine.
**[12:33] Mayor**
Shut up, shut up, shut up!
**[12:36] Mayor**
Why should I have to listen to you?!
**[12:38] Mayor**
Get out! Leave this village at once!
**[12:42] Noel**
Confess.
**[12:43] Sign**
CONFESS
**[12:45] Noel**
You poisoned this wine, didn't you? Spill it.
**[12:49] Mayor**
Yes, I poisoned it.
**[12:52] Mayor**
I wanted you dumb Seekers to kill the thieves,
**[12:55] Mayor**
and then kill you and steal
your money and valuables.
**[13:00] Chelsea**
D-Dad?
**[13:02] Chelsea**
You really meant to kill Noel and his friend?
**[13:15] Mayor**
I-It hurts! My eye!
**[13:17] Mayor**
My eye!
**[13:20] Noel**
Don't think I'm stopping
with just your right eye.
**[13:23] Noel**
I'm taking the left next.
**[13:25] Noel**
Then I'll cut off your nose and ears,
then pull out all your teeth and tongue.
**[13:32] Mayor**
P-Please forgive me...
**[13:34] Noel**
Forgive you?
**[13:35] Noel**
You really think an apology's
gonna cut it after you tried to kill us?
**[13:40] Mayor**
I-I'll p-pay you right now!
You'll have your 300,000 fil!
**[13:44] Noel**
Don't make me laugh. Just 300,000?
You really think that's enough?
**[13:49] Noel**
If you want to live,
bring me every last coin in this house.
**[13:52] Mayor**
Wh-What? I can't! I have debts to repay!
**[13:57] Noel**
No deal, then.
**[14:02] Noel**
This is the last sight you'll ever see.
**[14:06] Noel**
Burn it into your brain—
**[14:09] Mayor**
It's the Gambino family!
**[14:12] Mayor**
I-I borrowed money from the Gambino family!
**[14:15] Mayor**
They're mafia! They'll kill me
if I miss my payment!
**[14:21] Noel**
What makes you think I care?
Don't look down on Seekers.
**[14:29] Chelsea**
Please wait!
**[14:30] Chelsea**
This is all we have! It's 820,000 fil in total!
**[14:34] Chelsea**
We don't have a copper more!
**[14:36] Chelsea**
You can have it, so please spare my father!
**[14:40] Mayor**
You idiot! If you give him that,
who knows what the Gambinos will do to us?!
**[14:46] Chelsea**
But if I don't, you'll be...
**[14:48] Mayor**
I-I know, but...
**[14:55] Chelsea**
I'm telling the truth.
**[14:57] Chelsea**
Please let us off with this.
**[15:05] Noel**
Alma, we're leaving.
**[15:06] Alma**
Roger.
**[15:08] Mayor**
It's all over!
**[15:10] Mayor**
We're done for!
**[15:15] Chelsea**
Damn you Seekers...
**[15:18] Chelsea**
Damn you!
**[15:20] Chelsea**
I hate all of you Seekers!
**[15:31] Alma**
Life is tough for Seekers.
**[15:34] Noel**
What, sick of it already?
**[15:36] Alma**
Of course not.
**[15:38] Noel**
Glad to hear it.
**[15:41] Alma**
But are you okay, Noel?
**[15:43] Noel**
I'm fine.
**[15:44] Alma**
Yeah? But...
**[15:46] Alma**
You dashed a girl who looked up to you.
Whatever the reasons, that's gotta hurt...
**[15:52] Alma**
Or so I figure.
**[15:53] Noel**
If I was scared of disappointing folks,
I'd hole up on a deserted island.
**[15:57] Alma**
When you're having a hard time,
you can come to your big sis!
**[16:01] Alma**
I'll give you a big ol' hug!
**[16:02] Noel**
Go hug a cactus, you big-boobed bimbo.
**[16:06] Alma**
Hey, not again! Stop it!
**[16:09] Noel**
When you stop treating me like a child.
**[16:13] Alma**
Not happening.
**[16:15] Alma**
It's your fault for having
such a cute little face!
**[16:17] Noel**
I fail to see your logic.
**[16:23] Alma**
Wow, an airship! It's huge!
**[16:28] Noel**
Looks like it belongs to the
Goat Dinner clan, three-star regalia.
**[16:32] Alma**
Regalia? What's that mean?
**[16:36] Noel**
It means the clan's been
recognized by the empire.
**[16:40] Sign**
Seven Stars
**[16:41] Noel**
There are seven regalia clans.
**[16:44] Noel**
And they aren't all equal.
**[16:47] Noel**
The pecking order is determined
by their strength and achievements.
**[16:50] Noel**
From the bottom up,
there are four three-star regalia,
**[16:53] Noel**
a pair of two-star regalia,
**[16:55] Noel**
and a single one-star regalia.
**[16:57] Noel**
The right to own an airship is one of
the privileges afforded to the regalia.
**[17:01] Alma**
Sounds impressive! So that airship's
got lots of powerful Seekers aboard?
**[17:06] Noel**
Not *just* powerful.
**[17:08] Noel**
They're also top-class in terms of
intellect, experience, wealth, and courage.
**[17:16] Noel**
I've made up my mind...
**[17:18] Alma**
Huh?
**[17:20] Noel**
In a year's time,
**[17:23] Noel**
we're going to be part of the regalia.
**[17:28] (Flashback) Alma**
Well? Do I pass?
**[17:31] (Flashback) Simon**
You pass... in terms of combat prowess.
**[17:35] (Flashback) Alma**
What else is there?
**[17:37] (Flashback) Simon**
Let me ask you a simple question.
All you need to do is answer it.
**[17:42] (Flashback) Simon**
Were you the one who killed Alcor Judikhali,
the previous head of the Society?
**[17:48] (Flashback) Alma**
That's right. Even the god of assassins
was a sitting duck when senile.
**[17:54] (Flashback) Simon**
Why did you do it?
**[17:56] (Flashback) Alma**
Is there a point to that question?
**[17:59] (Flashback) Simon**
No. Just an idle curiosity.
**[18:03] (Flashback) Simon**
Alcor was a truly terrifying man.
**[18:06] (Flashback) Simon**
He sought power and power alone
to be a giver of death and naught else.
**[18:12] (Flashback) Simon**
A reaper in the form of a human...
That's what Alcor was.
**[18:16] (Flashback) Alma**
And yet he lost to Overdeath.
**[18:19] (Flashback) Simon**
Indeed, he did.
**[18:21] (Flashback) Simon**
For all his power,
there was a wall he could not overcome.
**[18:27] (Flashback) Simon**
That fact began to wear away at his mind.
**[18:33] (Flashback) Simon**
Alma, you're not his grandkid, but rather...
**[18:37] (Flashback) Simon**
his daughter, aren't you?
**[18:38] (Flashback) Alma**
Correct.
**[18:41] (Flashback) Alma**
I'm but one child born of the women
he kidnapped from some village.
**[18:48] (Flashback) Alma**
But that man didn't want children.
**[18:51] (Flashback) Alma**
He wanted an equal...
**[18:53] (Flashback) Alma**
No, he wanted to be reborn.
**[18:57] (Flashback) Alma**
He couldn't escape his fear of defeat
until he breathed his last.
**[19:02] (Flashback) Alma**
So he decided to create
an invincible version of himself.
**[19:06] (Flashback) Alma**
He truly believed he could erase the blemish
of losing to Overdeath that way.
**[19:14] (Flashback) Alma**
My siblings were all sacrificed
to his delusion.
**[19:19] (Flashback) Alma**
Only I, his greatest success, survived.
**[19:27] (Flashback) Simon**
Alma, I'll be honest.
**[19:30] (Flashback) Simon**
There's no place for you
in the Society's future.
**[19:33] (Flashback) Alma**
Why not? I proved my strength!
**[19:36] (Flashback) Simon**
I'll admit you're certainly strong.
**[19:39] (Flashback) Simon**
But that doesn't mean
you're cut out for the Society.
**[19:42] (Flashback) Alma**
That makes no sense!
**[19:44] (Flashback) Alma**
Explain yourself!
**[19:47] (Flashback) Simon**
What I'm about to say stays between us.
**[19:50] (Flashback) Simon**
Of course we'll still need to kill,
even as a government agency.
**[19:55] (Flashback) Simon**
But in the past, killing was our end goal.
**[19:58] (Flashback) Simon**
From now on, it's a means to an end.
**[20:01] (Flashback) Simon**
It's a nuanced difference but a big one.
**[20:05] (Flashback) Simon**
At the very least,
the latter will ensure our future.
**[20:09] (Flashback) Alma**
A future?
**[20:17] (Flashback) Alma**
I was forced to train as a killer
for 21 years, and *this* is what I get?
**[20:22] (Flashback) Simon**
There is carnage slumbering in your heart.
**[20:25] (Flashback) Simon**
You're too dangerous for the Society.
**[20:27] (Flashback) Alma**
I never ever got to do anything fun.
**[20:32] (Flashback) Alma**
No friends, no love.
**[20:36] (Flashback) Alma**
I had to spend every single moment
focusing on survival.
**[20:41] (Flashback) Alma**
And now you don't need me?
I'm not cut out for this?
**[20:44] (Flashback) Alma**
Then what did I endure it all for?
**[20:47] (Flashback) Alma**
What were the past 21 years even for?
**[20:53] (Flashback) Alma**
Give it back...
**[20:55] (Flashback) Alma**
Give it back!
**[20:57] (Flashback) Alma**
Give me back my life!
**[21:02] (Flashback) Alma**
Wait! What am I supposed to do now?!
**[21:05] (Flashback) Simon**
Your life is your own.
**[21:11] (Flashback) Simon**
By the way, I heard something interesting.
**[21:14] (Flashback) Simon**
Apparently, Overdeath's grandkid
is a Seeker in Etrai.
**[21:21] (Flashback) Alma**
Overdeath's grandkid? Are they strong?
**[21:24] (Flashback) Simon**
Yes, considerably so.
**[21:26] (Flashback) Simon**
But his class is Talker.
**[21:30] (Flashback) Alma**
Talker?
**[21:32] (Flashback) Simon**
The class everyone considers
the weakest of them all.
**[21:36] (Flashback) Simon**
Go see him if that intrigues you.
**[21:39] (Flashback) Simon**
His name is...
**[21:42] Alma**
Noel Stollen.
**[21:53] Noel**
Alma?
**[21:57] Alma**
Always... I'll always fight by your side!
**[23:34] Sign**
The Swordsman
from the Far East