# E9 - Yifa’s Resolve
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**[00:03] Lize**
You must've noticed.
**[00:05] Lize**
That boy is a monster.
**[00:09] Yifa**
A monster?
**[00:10] Lize**
You can see it. I know you can.
**[00:14] Lize**
The elementals all refuse to get near him.
**[00:17] Lize**
It's not that they don't get close to him
because he has no magical power.
**[00:20] Lize**
They're avoiding him.
**[00:22] Lize**
In the same way they avoid a demon's miasma.
**[00:26] Yifa**
T-True, Seika's a little odd, but he's human!
**[00:32] Lize**
How can you be sure?
**[00:34] Yifa**
I grew up with Seika in the same mansion.
**[00:37] Yifa**
I've known him since he was little.
**[00:40] Lize**
Are his parents really
Count Lamprogue and his wife?
**[00:46] Yifa**
No...
**[00:47] Yifa**
His father is the count,
**[00:49] Yifa**
but I don't know who his mother is.
**[00:51] Lize**
Then how can you be sure she isn't a demon?
**[00:55] Yifa**
But I...
**[00:56] Yifa**
I believe Seika's human!
**[00:59] Lize**
Believing means refusing to think.
**[01:03] Lize**
Yifa, you should get away
from your dangerous master.
**[01:10] Lize**
For now, why don't you
start by touring the harem?
***SIGN*** The Reincarnation of
the Strongest Exorcist in Another World
**[02:49] Seika**
Thanks for the ride.
**[02:51] Seika**
You can go back.
**[02:57] Seika**
Hey there.
**[03:19] Seika**
Very scary.
**[03:24] Seika**
Summoning. Konaki-Jijii.
**[03:35] Seika**
Heavy, isn't he?
**[03:37] Seika**
No, no. Stay put.
**[03:40] Seika**
Phase of earth.
**[03:41] Seika**
Spell of Asbestos Net.
**[03:49] Yuki**
Couldn't you have just caught it with
this instead of using an ayakashi?
**[03:54] Seika**
It would be dangerous for it if it
lost the use of its wings in mid-air.
**[03:57] Yuki**
It's rare for you to show any
mercy to such a creature...
**[04:02] Seika**
Yeah?
**[04:03] Yuki**
Seika, is that...
**[04:06] Seika**
Yup.
**[04:10] Yuki**
This creature is male, right?
**[04:13] Yuki**
Does that mean it has a partner, then?
**[04:16] Seika**
No, it doesn't.
**[04:18] Seika**
This dragon changed from male to female.
**[04:21] Seika**
Many fish can change their sex
in response to their environment.
**[04:25] Seika**
The dragon probably did the same
at some point after its partner died.
**[04:31] Seika**
And it's not at all rare for creatures to
be able to reproduce with just females.
**[04:35] Seika**
Snakes and lizards do it.
**[04:36] Yuki**
They do?
**[04:38] Seika**
Now, what to do with this?
**[04:41] Seika**
I know!
**[04:43] Seika**
Once in a while you need to change which
end of the egg points up, like this...
**[04:48] Seika**
That story about an Astirian princess
hatching the dragon from an egg
**[04:52] Seika**
is starting to seem more plausible.
**[05:02] Lize**
Astiria's harem is more than a place
for the king's wives and mistresses
**[05:07] Lize**
to spend their time in complicated
power struggles against each other.
**[05:10] Lize**
There are many instructors here.
In a way, it's like an academy.
**[05:17] Lize**
Many of the girls here will be involved
in the politics of this nation,
**[05:20] Lize**
so it's also a way to train
female government officials.
**[05:23] Lize**
But most of the country's queens
have also come from here.
**[05:27] Lize**
In that sense, this place
is without doubt, a harem.
**[05:30] Lize**
It's clear that the prince
is in love with you.
**[05:34] Lize**
Well? Interesting place, isn't it?
**[05:36] Lize**
If nothing else, I'm sure it's very
different than what you imagined.
**[05:40] Yifa**
Yeah.
**[05:41] Lize**
The current Queen of Astiria,
the prince's mother, is a superlative ruler.
**[05:47] Lize**
Wise, decisive, and loved by the people.
**[05:51] Lize**
The prince is worried that he won't live up
to the legacy she'll leave behind.
**[05:58] Lize**
That's why he's in such a hurry to win
glory for himself with the dragon matter.
**[06:01] Lize**
And why he's in such a hurry to find a wife.
**[06:03] Lize**
He's a young boy. Very inexperienced
in the ways of the world.
**[06:07] Lize**
But he's not a bad person.
**[06:10] Lize**
I've known him since he was a baby at
his mother's breast, and I guarantee it.
**[06:13] Lize**
Would you stay by his side, and support him?
**[06:22] Seika**
I'm tired...
**[06:24] Yuki**
Sheesh. This creature's got some nerve,
making you take care of its egg!
**[06:32] Seika**
It's hard to heat up these rocks by myself.
**[06:35] Yuki**
What will you do next?
**[06:38] Seika**
It's time I head back.
**[06:39] Seika**
I need to tell the prince there's no danger.
**[06:42] Seika**
Hey, I'm leaving.
**[06:47] Seika**
Don't growl at me.
**[06:50] Seika**
Hey, hey!
**[06:52] Seika**
When is it going to let me go?
**[06:55] Yuki**
It's going to be a while,
from the look of it.
**[06:58] Seika**
Oh, dear.
**[07:05] Gould**
That's true.
**[07:08] Cecilio**
Hey, what did you think of the harem?
**[07:11] Cecilio**
Did you like it?
**[07:13] Yifa**
Well...
**[07:14] Cecilio**
I was just waiting for you.
**[07:17] Cecilio**
Gould, this is her.
**[07:20] Gould**
Oh, my, she's quite pretty.
**[07:24] Gould**
You said she's done some studies, right?
**[07:27] Gould**
And can use magic?
**[07:29] Cecilio**
Yes.
**[07:30] Gould**
It's hard to put a price on her,
**[07:35] Gould**
but this seems reasonable.
**[07:37] Cecilio**
Good.
**[07:38] Cecilio**
Curtis, this counts as an
official appraisal, right?
**[07:42] Curtis**
Yes, my prince.
**[07:44] Curtis**
The liberation tax is 1/20th the price.
**[07:48] Cecilio**
All right.
**[07:49] Cecilio**
Come here!
**[07:50] Yifa**
U-Um, what is this?
**[07:55] Cecilio**
The paperwork to liberate you!
**[07:58] Cecilio**
From today on, you're free!
**[08:00] Cecilio**
Normally you have to do this at
an official government office,
**[08:04] ---**
but it's okay because I'm recognizing it.
**[08:07] Cecilio**
And I'll pay all the money to liberate you.
**[08:10] Yifa**
Y-You can't do that!
**[08:13] Yifa**
You need Seika's approval to free me!
**[08:16] Cecilio**
He'll approve it.
**[08:18] Cecilio**
He's not going to say no
if he's paid enough, is he?
**[08:21] Cecilio**
And if he refuses to free you,
**[08:25] Cecilio**
I'll issue an order to conscript
all slaves in Protoaster,
**[08:29] Cecilio**
and force him to sell you to me!
**[08:32] Yifa**
I—
**[08:33] Cecilio**
I heard what Lize said.
**[08:36] Cecilio**
I don't understand what
makes Seika dangerous,
**[08:40] Cecilio**
but I can't let you stay
with a dangerous master.
**[08:44] Cecilio**
And Seika said he'd respect your opinion.
**[08:48] Yifa**
N-No! I don't want to be freed!
**[08:52] Cecilio**
Why not?
**[08:53] Cecilio**
Being a slave means someone else
has power over your entire life!
**[08:57] Yifa**
I-I'll decide for myself what I want to do.
**[09:00] Yifa**
I may not be free in status...
**[09:02] Yifa**
but I'm free to decide what I want!
**[09:07] Curtis**
The paperwork is ready.
**[09:09] Curtis**
Have the slave put her thumbprint here.
**[09:11] Cecilio**
But she says she doesn't want to...
**[09:14] Curtis**
She'll realize she was wrong someday.
**[09:17] Curtis**
For now, I believe you should force her
to accept it, even if she doesn't want to.
**[09:24] Cecilio**
Oh...
**[09:26] Cecilio**
I'm sorry, Yifa. Guards!
**[09:30] Yifa**
N-No! Stop!
**[09:32] Yifa**
Or...
**[09:32] Lize**
Don't.
**[09:35] Lize**
If you use your power here, this will
cease to be simply your own problem.
**[09:40] Lize**
Not that you could do anything
inside my sacred grounds.
**[09:44] Yifa**
Why...?
**[09:46] Lize**
Forgive me.
**[09:47] Lize**
This is what's best for
my country, and you, too.
**[09:55] Lize**
Blood will serve as ink for
the thumbprint, correct?
**[09:58] Curtis**
You know the laws well, Lize.
**[10:02] Yifa**
*Seika!*
**[10:13] Seika**
Sorry for interrupting!
**[10:15] Seika**
I'm back, everyone!
**[10:18] Seika**
Sorry I've returned in such
a fashion, but I was in a hurry!
**[10:23] Seika**
Put simply, I've made
friends with the dragon!
**[10:27] Seika**
Now it lets me ride on its back!
**[10:31] Seika**
Oh, right!
**[10:33] Seika**
Can someone come with me?
**[10:36] Seika**
I want to keep its egg warm, so I could
really use somebody who can use fire magic!
**[10:42] Seika**
Yifa,
**[10:44] Seika**
come with me!
**[10:49] Yifa**
Okay!
**[10:51] Lize**
Don't go!
**[10:54] Yifa**
I'm sorry.
**[10:55] Yifa**
I'm going with Seika after all.
**[10:59] Yifa**
I really like him!
**[11:04] Cecilio**
Yifa!
**[11:12] Yifa**
Wow, we're flying!
**[11:14] Seika**
Like a dragon knight, huh?
**[11:16] Yifa**
You're amazing, Seika!
**[11:18] Yifa**
I never thought I'd get to
ride on the back of a dragon!
**[11:20] Seika**
I didn't think it was possible, either,
until just a little while ago.
**[11:24] Yifa**
Um, thanks for what you did earlier.
**[11:27] Seika**
For what?
**[11:29] Yifa**
Never mind.
**[11:32] Seika**
Hang on tight!
**[11:40] Yifa**
Is this its nest?
**[11:43] Seika**
Yup.
**[11:44] Seika**
The rocks over there are where it sleeps.
**[11:46] Seika**
The egg's there, too.
**[11:47] Seika**
Egg?
**[11:49] Seika**
You see...
**[11:55] Seika**
*Phase of earth.*
**[11:57] Seika**
*Spell of Transparent Fortress.*
**[11:59] Yifa**
Isn't that monster...
**[12:01] Seika**
Stop hiding and come out.
**[12:06] Seika**
You wanted the dragon.
**[12:07] Seika**
No... it was the egg from the start?
**[12:12] Seika**
Zekt.
**[12:13] Zekt**
I was planning on getting the heck
out of here the second I was done.
**[12:17] Zekt**
I didn't expect to see you here, though.
**[12:21] Zekt**
I'm afraid you'll have to die.
**[12:24] Zekt**
That dumbass prince believed
the lies I told him!
**[12:28] Zekt**
What a fool.
**[12:30] Zekt**
Oh, you think your pathetic
magic can help you, do you?
**[12:36] Zekt**
He'll burn you to a crisp
and swallow you whole!
**[12:54] Zekt**
Damn it! What was that spell?
**[12:57] Zekt**
Are you with that elf?
**[13:00] Yifa**
I'm not going to just stand
there helpless anymore.
**[13:04] Seika**
*Yifa...*
**[13:06] Zekt**
I'm not done yet!
**[13:09] Zekt**
Lava tiger!
**[13:11] Zekt**
Go earn the money I paid you assholes!
**[13:17] Seika**
Phase of sun and fire.
**[13:19] Seika**
Spell of White Flames.
**[13:30] Seika**
I did say I'd blast it to ash.
**[13:33] Seika**
But I guess there isn't any ash left.
**[13:34] Zekt**
Who are you?
**[13:37] Seika**
The world's strongest sorcerer.
**[13:41] Zekt**
What are you talking about?!
**[13:43] Zekt**
D-Don't just stand there!
**[13:46] Zekt**
Go get them!
**[13:55] Zekt**
Don't run away, damn it!
**[13:57] Seika**
Yeah. Nobody's running away.
**[14:01] Zekt**
You think you can mess with me?
**[14:02] Zekt**
I'll blow up this whole mountain!
**[14:09] Zekt**
My spellbook!
**[14:14] Seika**
Well done, Yifa.
**[14:16] Yifa**
Well, you did tell me to take action.
**[14:19] Seika**
I knew I was right to bring you here.
**[14:23] Seika**
I didn't know you'd learned
to use water magic like that!
**[14:26] Seika**
You're amazing!
**[14:33] Cecilio**
They were lying to me?
**[14:36] Seika**
Yes.
**[14:39] Cecilio**
I'll deal with this later.
**[14:41] Cecilio**
Keep them in prison until then.
**[14:45] Zekt**
What about my spellbook?
**[14:50] Cecilio**
Seika, tell me what you've learned.
**[14:53] Seika**
The dragon was acting oddly
because it had laid an egg.
**[14:57] Seika**
The dragon accepted me because
I helped it raise its egg.
**[15:03] Seika**
That makes me believe
the story about the queen
**[15:07] Seika**
who hatched the dragon from an egg was true.
**[15:09] Seika**
To the dragon, humans were its parents.
**[15:13] Seika**
And that was true for its children, as well.
**[15:16] Seika**
That's why they kept the capital
safe for so many centuries.
**[15:21] Seika**
Please repay the favor, my prince.
**[15:25] Seika**
Help it hatch its egg and the dragon and the
people of Protoaster can be a family once more.
**[15:32] Cecilio**
No.
**[15:34] Seika**
Why not?
**[15:35] Cecilio**
I can't persuade the
Imperial Diet without anything concrete.
**[15:40] Cecilio**
So, Seika...
would you please kill the dragon?
**[15:44] Cecilio**
I know! If you can go into
its nest, you can poison it!
**[15:50] Seika**
What are you talking about?
**[15:52] Cecilio**
You don't understand!
**[15:54] Cecilio**
I'm the crown prince!
I need to achieve something here!
**[15:58] Cecilio**
If I can't solve this myself,
I can't be the next king!
**[16:03] Cecilio**
So please!
**[16:05] Seika**
I refuse.
**[16:08] Cecilio**
You do, then?
**[16:09] Cecilio**
Men!
**[16:12] Seika**
On suspicion of using magic to cause
the Astirian dragon to behave erratically,
**[16:17] Seika**
I'm placing you under arrest.
**[16:20] Seika**
*I guess I should play along here.*
**[16:23] Cecilio**
Yifa, come here.
**[16:26] Cecilio**
You're free.
**[16:28] Cecilio**
You don't need to stay with
your suspicious master.
**[16:31] Cecilio**
I'll give you the right to
be a citizen in Astiria!
**[16:35] Seika**
*You're kidding me!*
**[16:37] Cecilio**
Now, come here.
**[16:39] Cecilio**
It's dangerous there...
**[16:43] Seika**
Enough!
**[16:45] Seika**
I've put up with all this nonsense because
these politics have nothing to do with my country.
**[16:49] Seika**
But you were just after Yifa?
**[16:51] Seika**
How can you face your men
and your people like that?
**[16:54] Seika**
You're not even trying
to solve this properly!
**[16:56] Seika**
Don't try to make others
do it all for you!
**[16:58] Seika**
Before you start thinking about glory
and women, think about doing your job,
**[17:02] Seika**
you little child!
**[17:04] Cecilio**
Little child?
**[17:06] Seika**
I can't...
**[17:07] Seika**
I can't give Yifa to someone like you!
**[17:15] Seika**
*Crap. I overdid it.*
**[17:21] Lize**
My apologies.
**[17:23] Lize**
Put away your swords.
**[17:25] Lize**
This farce has gone on long enough.
**[17:28] Cecilio**
Lize!
**[17:29] Lize**
Let's hear how Yifa feels.
**[17:35] Yifa**
My prince, I'm honored,
but I refuse your offer.
**[17:40] Yifa**
I'm going back to the academy with Seika.
**[17:43] Cecilio**
But...
**[17:44] Yifa**
Even if I was free,
I'm not joining your harem.
**[17:47] Cecilio**
But...
**[17:49] Lize**
Prince, it's time to give it up.
**[17:52] Lize**
She's clearly rejected you.
**[17:59] Lize**
I apologize for the impudence, Seika.
**[18:01] Lize**
Thank you for your aid in the dragon matter.
**[18:04] Lize**
I'm happy to have learned the truth.
**[18:07] Lize**
And while I know it's a lot to ask,
**[18:09] Lize**
would you please forget
what the prince just said?
**[18:12] Seika**
Of course.
**[18:13] Seika**
I got a little heated, too...
**[18:17] Lize**
By the way, I'd like to
talk to Yifa in private...
**[18:24] Lize**
You love the boy, don't you?
**[18:27] Yifa**
L-Love him?
**[18:28] Lize**
Then, there's nothing more to discuss.
**[18:32] Lize**
Put out your hand.
**[18:35] Lize**
I'll give you a few of my elementals.
**[18:39] Lize**
The light ones are especially rare.
**[18:42] Lize**
They can heal.
**[18:47] Lize**
Looking at you reminds me of the
elf princess in the fairy tales.
**[18:51] Lize**
A girl of such great compassion who,
despite being in the hero's party,
**[18:55] Lize**
took pity on the demon king.
**[18:57] Lize**
I'm sure he will recognize your feelings.
**[19:01] Lize**
May you find happiness, my comrade.
***SIGN*** Episode 9: Yifa's Resolve
**[19:56] Seika**
So you could use elemental magic because
you're a descendant of the elves.
**[20:01] Yifa**
Yeah. I had no idea.
**[20:03] Yifa**
Maybe my mom knew.
**[20:08] (Flashback) Lize**
That boy is a monster.
**[20:11] Yifa**
Um, Seika...
**[20:15] Yifa**
No, nothing.
**[20:18] Seika**
I'm glad you rejected that loser prince.
**[20:23] Seika**
Oh, hey, if you were to get married,
who would you like to get married to?
**[20:28] Yifa**
Um... It wouldn't matter
who their parents were,
**[20:32] Yifa**
but I'd want them to be smarter
than me, and strong, and kind,
**[20:35] Yifa**
and maybe somebody who gets a little
lonely without someone around.
**[20:41] Seika**
That's a lot.
**[20:43] Seika**
This is going to sound arrogant,
but it's important to compromise.
**[20:46] Seika**
Or else you'll never find the
person you're looking for.
**[20:51] Yifa**
That's not true.
**[21:05] Muderev**
Weak! So weak!
***SIGN*** Muderev
***SIGN*** Pyrslaria
**[21:19] Lo Ni**
You're going to hurt me?
**[21:21] Lo Ni**
I want to be friends!
**[21:26] Lo Ni**
Good!
**[21:28] Lo Ni**
Now feed him.
***SIGN*** Lo Ni
**[21:39] Gull Ganis**
I missed!
***SIGN*** Gull Ganis
**[21:44] Gull Ganis**
Damn it! Hit!
**[21:51] Man**
My monster trap was defeated so easily...?
**[21:54] Man**
Wh-Who are you people?
**[21:57] Zormnem**
I told you I'd spare your life
if you showed us the way.
**[22:00] Man**
How can I believe you after you
killed everyone in the village?!
**[22:06] Man**
Yes!
**[22:07] Man**
I managed to summon that huge thing!
***SIGN*** Elder Cyclops
**[22:16] Zormnem**
I'll deal with him.
**[22:29] Zormnem**
Dispel Circle.
**[22:39] Muderev**
As unflappable as ever!
**[22:42] Muderev**
And beautiful swordplay, too!
**[22:43] Lo Ni**
Of course! The captain's a divine being!
**[22:47] Gull Ganis**
And his eyes see all.
**[22:50] Man**
No... no, impossible!
**[22:54] Muderev**
If you're just going to
kill him, let me eat him.
**[22:58] Lo Ni**
No fair!
**[23:00] Lo Ni**
I want to feed him to Meede!
**[23:02] Gull Ganis**
I don't need him.
**[23:04] Pyrslaria**
I'm so full...
**[23:06] Zormnem**
Then, it's settled.
**[23:08] Zormnem**
Those who want him, divide him up evenly.
**[23:14] Zormnem**
* A problem occurred,*
* but it was nothing unexpected.*
**[23:18] Zormnem**
* I must fulfill this great task,*
* no matter what!*
**[23:22] Zormnem**
* I must defeat the hero,*
* even if it costs me my life!*
**[23:29] Amyu**
What is it, Seika?
**[23:32] Seika**
No, it's nothing.
**[23:36] Seika**
There's no problem. None at all.