# E13 - The Devil of the Shield
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR247D8J6/the-devil-of-the-shield)
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**[00:05] Melty**
So return to the capital—
**[00:11] Naofumi**
What the hell are you playing at?!
**[00:13] Soldier A**
Curse you! How dare you take
Princess Melty hostage!
**[00:16] Naofumi**
Hostage?
**[00:18] Soldier A**
Fellow knights! Justice is on our side!
**[00:21] Soldier A**
Destroy the Devil of the Shield!
**[00:24] Naofumi**
Resorting to calling me a devil now, huh?
**[00:27] Naofumi**
Raphtalia! Filo!
**[00:58] Captain**
R-Retreat!
**[01:01] All**
Oh no! Run away!
**[01:05] Filo**
Wanna chase them down?
**[01:06] Naofumi**
Nah.
**[01:08] Raphtalia**
Are you okay, Mel-san?
***SIGN*** The Rising of the Shield Hero
***SIGN*** The Devil of the Shield
**[04:04] Filo**
Mel-chan...
**[04:07] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama...
**[04:09] Naofumi**
How'd it go?
**[04:11] Raphtalia**
The altered footage has made its way
to the nearby towns and villages.
**[04:15] Raphtalia**
Entering them would be too risky.
**[04:18] Naofumi**
I see.
**[04:20] Raphtalia**
Isn't that...
**[04:24] (Flashback) Naofumi**
Why'd you try to kill the second
princess in front of us?
**[04:31] (Flashback) Naofumi**
Answer me!
**[04:33] (Flashback) Soldier A**
I have nothing to say to the devil!
**[04:41] (Flashback) Raphtalia**
That's a rosary from the
Three Heroes Church.
**[04:43] (Flashback) Naofumi**
The Three Heroes Church?
**[04:45] (Flashback) Raphtalia**
Melromarc's state religion, which worships
the Sword, Spear, and Bow Heroes.
**[04:50] (Flashback) Naofumi**
That reminds me... I saw it at the
church in the capital, too.
**[04:53] (Flashback) Naofumi**
The three heroes other than the Shield, huh?
**[04:56] (Flashback) Soldier A**
You'll learn just how grave the sin of
disturbing our country's order is!
**[05:02] Raphtalia**
What was that about?
**[05:04] Naofumi**
Dunno, but it's probably another
one of the king's schemes.
**[05:09] Naofumi**
Thanks to her stupid dad,
we're stuck here with nowhere to go.
**[05:14] Melty**
My father can't be behind this.
**[05:16] Naofumi**
Who else could've ordered it?
**[05:20] Melty**
My sister, probably.
**[05:22] Naofumi**
So she's trying to kill you and
take your place as crown princess?
**[05:28] Naofumi**
But the knights who attacked you are
under the king's direct control, right?
**[05:33] Naofumi**
It'd be natural to assume he's in on this.
**[05:38] Naofumi**
Knowing them,
**[05:40] Naofumi**
they want to frame "The Devil of the Shield"
for this whole plot, huh?
**[05:44] Melty**
Father would never!
**[05:47] Naofumi**
What makes you so sure?
**[05:50] Melty**
Because Father is...
**[05:53] Naofumi**
Why stick up for a scumbag like him?
**[05:58] Melty**
You're wrong.
**[06:00] Filo**
Mel-chan...
**[06:02] Melty**
You're wrong!
**[06:04] Melty**
Why won't either of you understand?
**[06:06] Melty**
This is no time to be
fighting among yourselves!
**[06:11] Melty**
Talk to Father one more time!
**[06:15] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama...
**[06:19] Melty**
I... I can't face Mother like this!
**[06:25] Filo**
Don't cry, Mel-chan.
**[06:27] Filo**
I'm here for you.
**[06:41] Naofumi**
I've decided.
**[06:45] Filo**
Oh, Master.
**[06:47] Filo**
Welcome back.
**[06:51] Naofumi**
Listen.
**[06:52] Naofumi**
We're going to leave the country.
**[06:55] Naofumi**
What will you do?
**[06:57] Melty**
I'll return to the capital
and talk to Father—
**[07:01] Naofumi**
Bad idea.
**[07:02] Naofumi**
If you went back now,
you'd only get yourself killed.
**[07:05] Naofumi**
But if you decide to stay
with us, I'll keep you safe.
**[07:10] Naofumi**
I can promise you that, if nothing else.
**[07:15] Filo**
Come with us, Mel-chan.
**[07:17] Melty**
Okay.
**[07:19] Naofumi**
We leave before dawn.
**[07:21] Naofumi**
Make sure you're ready.
**[07:22] Raphtalia**
Where are we headed, Naofumi-sama?
**[07:26] Naofumi**
I've already got a place in mind.
**[07:43] Filo**
Master!
**[07:45] Naofumi**
You knew it had to be done.
**[07:47] Naofumi**
We can't cross these mountains on a wagon.
**[07:49] Naofumi**
We'll come back to get it
once this all settles down.
**[07:53] Filo**
You promise to come back for it?
**[07:56] Naofumi**
I promise.
**[08:30] Naofumi**
Let's take a break here.
**[08:33] Filo**
'Kay!
**[08:35] Naofumi**
You all right, Second Princess?
**[08:37] Melty**
Yes.
**[08:41] Raphtalia**
She must be tired.
**[08:43] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama, what made you choose Siltvelt?
**[08:49] Naofumi**
The extra security.
**[08:51] Naofumi**
There must be a reason they're trying
so hard to prevent us from going there.
**[08:57] Naofumi**
It might be the perfect place to flee to.
**[08:59] Raphtalia**
Ah!
**[09:00] Raphtalia**
Right!
**[09:12] Melty**
Father...
**[09:15] Melty**
Tell me something.
**[09:18] Melty**
What happened between you and Father?
**[09:25] Melty**
What?
**[09:26] Melty**
But Mother said to treat
the Shield Hero well.
**[09:32] Naofumi**
Come to think of it,
I've heard nothing about your mom.
**[09:37] Melty**
She's the queen of this country.
**[09:40] Naofumi**
The queen?
**[09:41] Melty**
That means she's higher than
Father in the pecking order.
**[09:44] Naofumi**
The queen's more powerful?
**[09:47] Melty**
Melromarc is a matrilineal monarchy.
**[09:52] Naofumi**
You mean that king married
into the royal family?
**[09:55] Melty**
What's so funny?
**[09:56] Naofumi**
He acts like he owns the world.
**[09:59] Melty**
So what if he married into the family?!
**[10:01] Naofumi**
But he's adopted royalty?
**[10:06] Naofumi**
Let's get going.
**[10:24] Knight**
They're not over here.
**[10:26] Knight**
They can't have gone far.
**[10:28] Knight**
Find them!
**[10:44] Knight**
Look for them!
**[10:46] Knight**
Where are they?
**[10:48] Naofumi**
They've blocked this route off, too?
**[10:50] Naofumi**
Let's backtrack a bit.
**[11:04] Knight**
There they are!
**[11:05] Knight**
Over there!
**[11:07] Naofumi**
They found us?
**[11:08] Naofumi**
Can you run?
**[11:10] Melty**
Yes.
**[11:11] Naofumi**
We're making a break for it
past that big rock!
**[11:32] Itsuki**
There's nowhere left to run.
**[11:34] Itsuki**
You're surrounded.
**[11:37] Itsuki**
Cease your resistance and release
Princess Melty at once.
**[11:41] Naofumi**
"Release"? It's not like I have her tied up.
**[11:45] Motoyasu**
Quit lying. We have all the proof we need.
**[11:48] Melty**
Heroes, I'm perfectly fine, as you can see.
**[11:52] Melty**
The Shield Hero kept me safe.
**[11:56] Ren**
Hang on. Didn't Naofumi abduct you?
**[12:01] Melty**
A dastardly plot was behind all this.
**[12:05] Melty**
I asked him to take me and protect my life.
**[12:09] Ren**
"Protect"?
**[12:11] Melty**
What could the Shield Hero possibly
stand to gain by abducting me?
**[12:16] Melty**
The queen told me...
**[12:19] Melty**
This is the time for all of us to work
together to thwart the catastrophes.
**[12:26] Melty**
Our world cannot withstand any
further pointless conflict!
**[12:31] Melty**
Please put your weapons away.
**[12:34] Naofumi**
As she says, this is a setup.
**[12:37] Naofumi**
I'll tell you everything I know.
**[12:40] Naofumi**
So—
**[12:41] Myne**
You mustn't listen to him!
**[12:44] Myne**
That devil possesses a brainwashing shield.
**[12:47] Myne**
That accursed shield lets him take over
one's mind just by talking to them.
**[12:53] Raphtalia**
Wha... Who would believe such a lie?
**[12:56] Myne**
The Three Heroes Church has found that
**[13:00] Myne**
heretics who worship the Shield have
started popping up in the past month.
**[13:04] Naofumi**
The Three Heroes Church again?
**[13:07] Myne**
The Devil of the Shield called himself
"the Savior of the Heavenly Fowl"
**[13:10] Myne**
and went around brainwashing
innocent people!
**[13:13] Melty**
Sister?
**[13:14] Myne**
Melty, you poor thing!
**[13:18] Myne**
I see the Devil of the Shield
has already brainwashed you.
**[13:22] Motoyasu**
I see!
**[13:23] Motoyasu**
Then Raphtalia-chan and Filo-chan were
really brainwashed by Naofumi, too.
**[13:26] Raphtalia**
You're wrong!
**[13:28] Raphtalia**
We've not been brainwashed!
**[13:30] Naofumi**
If my shield had an ability like that,
**[13:34] Naofumi**
we wouldn't be in this
situation to begin with!
**[13:36] Ren**
But there's no guarantee that it doesn't.
**[13:38] Ren**
Do you have any proof to convince us?
**[13:43] Ren**
Naofumi, hand over the second princess.
**[13:48] Ren**
I promise you she won't
be harmed in any way.
**[13:53] Naofumi**
Well, if we can avoid fighting,
**[13:57] Naofumi**
that might be for the best.
**[14:01] Myne**
You're absolutely right, Ren-sama!
**[14:04] Myne**
Melty's safety comes first!
**[14:14] Myne**
Come, now.
**[14:16] Myne**
Let's go home together.
**[14:19] Melty**
No...
**[14:20] Melty**
If I go back, I'll be killed!
**[14:30] Myne**
Come to me, now.
**[14:34] Melty**
Please!
**[14:37] Melty**
Help me!
**[14:45] Naofumi**
Ren, I appreciate your offer,
**[14:48] Naofumi**
but I don't trust that woman
with the second princess.
**[14:52] Ren**
What do you mean?
**[14:57] Myne**
What are you talking about?
**[15:00] Myne**
Melty is my dear sister.
**[15:02] Myne**
I—
**[15:03] Naofumi**
You want to be crown princess so badly
that you're willing to kill your sister?
**[15:09] Naofumi**
You'll say you're undoing the "brainwashing"
and kill her when nobody's looking.
**[15:13] Naofumi**
I bet that's what you're planning!
**[15:18] Naofumi**
I did promise to keep you safe.
**[15:21] Naofumi**
Filo!
**[15:22] Filo**
'Kay!
**[15:29] Naofumi**
Go!
**[15:33] Naofumi**
Air Strike Shield!
**[15:47] Motoyasu**
Not so fast!
**[16:21] Myne**
I've called for backup.
There's no escape for you now.
**[16:28] Filo**
I can't get this off.
**[16:30] Motoyasu**
Filo-chan!
**[16:33] Filo**
L-Let go of me!
**[16:35] Filo**
Huh? I-I've lost all my strength!
**[16:37] Motoyasu**
I had the royal alchemists make this
so you could stay an angel forever.
**[16:43] Melty**
As source of thy power, I order thee.
**[16:45] Melty**
Decipher the laws of nature and slice
through my target like a blade of water.
**[16:51] Melty**
Zweit Aqua Slash!
**[16:56] Melty**
I won't miss next time.
**[16:57] Melty**
Unhand Filo-chan!
**[17:06] Itsuki**
Myne-san?
**[17:07] Itsuki**
Are you trying to kill Princess Melty?!
**[17:09] Myne**
She's the one who attacked first.
**[17:12] Myne**
Zweit Hellfire!
**[17:14] Myne**
Zweit Fire Arrow!
**[17:17] Ren**
What the hell is wrong with you? Stop!
**[17:21] Ren**
If we can't undo her brainwashing,
she'll have to die!
**[17:28] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama...
**[17:30] Raphtalia**
Can I leave Mel-san to you for a bit?
**[17:33] Naofumi**
Sure.
**[17:34] Naofumi**
Step back a little.
**[17:37] Naofumi**
Come forth, Rage Shield!
**[17:41] Motoyasu**
Filo-chan...
**[17:50] Ren**
That shield!
**[17:54] Myne**
Bring down the hammer of justice
on the Devil of the Shield!
**[17:59] Captain**
Fire!
**[18:13] Raphtalia**
Not on my watch.
**[18:20] Filo**
My turn now!
**[18:25] Captain**
Annihilate the Devil of the Shield
and his party!
**[18:32] Ren**
Wait, don't!
**[18:42] Ren**
What's that light?
**[18:53] Ren**
What the hell's going on?
**[18:56] Naofumi**
Ren...
**[18:58] Naofumi**
I know you'll be able to figure out
what's really going on here.
**[19:04] Ren**
Wait, Naofumi!
***SIGN*** Disarming Successful
**[19:22] Filo**
Yay!
**[19:29] Melty**
Wait!
**[19:30] Melty**
She's on our side.
**[19:33] Melty**
That's one of the Shadows, an espionage
squad under the queen's direct control.
**[19:38] Shadow**
Shield Hero...
**[19:40] Shadow**
This is the first time I meet
you in this form, I daresay.
**[19:43] Naofumi**
Wait, "daresay"?
**[19:47] Shadow**
Allow me to get straight to the point.
**[19:51] Shadow**
Shield Hero, you are requested to meet with
Her Majesty the Queen, I daresay.
**[19:56] Naofumi**
With the queen?
**[19:58] Shadow**
This commotion has a
deep-rooted cause, I daresay.
**[20:01] Shadow**
We would like your help, I daresay.
**[20:04] Shadow**
This abduction is a setup by those who
find your accomplishments alarming.
**[20:10] Naofumi**
Oh, great. More pains in
the ass to deal with.
**[20:13] Naofumi**
And? What would I gain by meeting her?
**[20:16] Shadow**
You'll understand once you do, I daresay.
**[20:26] Naofumi**
The queen's in the opposite
direction from Siltvelt.
**[20:31] Naofumi**
Hey, Second Princess,
do you know this country?
**[20:36] Naofumi**
Oh yeah, Second Princess,
**[20:38] Naofumi**
you can use magic, huh?
**[20:42] Melty**
...me that.
**[20:43] Naofumi**
What was that, Second Princess?
**[20:45] Melty**
Stop calling me that!
**[20:47] Naofumi**
What's gotten into you?
**[20:52] Melty**
I have a name! It's Melty!
**[20:55] Melty**
So why do you keep calling me
"Second Princess," Shield Hero?
**[20:59] Melty**
Don't treat me like some outsider!
**[21:02] Naofumi**
Hey, you call me "Shield Hero," too.
**[21:06] Melty**
If you don't like that,
I'll call you Naofumi.
**[21:08] Melty**
So you call me Melty, too.
**[21:12] Melty**
Come on, Naofumi!
**[21:15] Raphtalia**
Straight to first names?
**[21:16] Naofumi**
Gotcha, Second Princess...
**[21:19] Melty**
Hey!
**[21:20] Naofumi**
Melty.
**[21:21] Naofumi**
Happy now?
**[21:23] Melty**
One more time.
**[21:25] Naofumi**
Huh?
**[21:26] Melty**
Say my name one more time.
**[21:29] Naofumi**
Melty.
**[21:31] Melty**
And don't you forget it.
**[21:34] Melty**
Also, thank you.
**[21:38] Naofumi**
What's up?
**[21:40] Raphtalia**
It's nothing!
**[21:46] Raphtalia**
What's that smell?
***SIGN*** Everlasting Memory