E2 - Footprints of the Spirit Tortoise

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[00:12] Raphtalia
    Naofumi-sama!
[00:13] File
    Master!
[00:15] Rishia
    Naofumi-san!
[00:18] Naofumi
    Sorry...
[00:24] Naofumi
    I'm just fine.
[00:26] Raphtalia
    Don't lie to me.
[00:28] Naofumi
    You can tell, huh?
[00:33] Ost
    You are the Shield Hero, I presume?
[00:38] Naofumi
    Yeah. Why?
[00:40] Ost
    I thought so.
[00:42] Ost
    Please, kill me.
[00:46] Naofumi
    What?
[00:54] Naofumi
    She disappeared?
[00:55] Raphtalia
    I don't see her anywhere, yeah.
SIGN    The Rising of the Shield Hero
SIGN    Episode 2 Footprints of the Spirit Tortoise
[02:31] Mirelia
    Tell me what we're looking at.
[02:34] Haikazuya Officer
    After the Spirit Tortoise
    destroyed the capital,
[02:37] Haikazuya Officer
    it headed toward this border
    town before shutting down.
[02:41] Haikazuya Officer
    If the legends are correct, it will remain
    in that state for two or three days.
[02:46] Mideus Officer
    It destroyed this nation's capital,
[02:48] Mideus Officer
    took the lives of the royal family and many
    of its people, and now it's taking a nap?
[02:53] Mideus Officer
    Accursed creature!
[02:55] Mirelia
    Legends say that the Spirit Tortoise
    mostly attacks densely populated areas.
[03:01] Mirelia
    Its next target would be Lowhirot,
[03:05] Mirelia
    and this was merely a stop along its way.
[03:08] Lowhirot Officer
    The Spirit Tortoise can't afford to ignore
    a force as large as the one we've amassed.
[03:13] Naofumi
    So, how are we going to
    destroy something that size?
[03:18] Mideus Officer
    The Shield Hero?
[03:20] Mirelia
    If the Queen's right, we've got
    two or three days at most.
[03:24] Mirelia
    We have to come up with a plan and
    get ready before it wakes up.
[03:27] Mirelia
    There's not much time.
[03:29] Haikazuya Officer
    Get ready? That won't take long at all!
[03:32] Haikazuya Officer
    We have brave knights and soldiers
    from every kingdom in the land!
[03:36] Haikazuya Officer
    If we charge at it with banners
    raised high, it won't stand a chance!
[03:40] Mideus Officer
    Indeed.
[03:42] Lowhirot Officer
    We don't need the help of the Four Heroes!
[03:44] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    You will fail!
[03:46] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    We threw thousands, tens of thousands of our
    most loyal troops at that walking fortress,
[03:51] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    and they couldn't stop it!
[03:55] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    Defeating the Spirit Tortoise by
    conventional means is impossible!
[04:00] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    We need the help of the Four Heroes.
[04:08] Raphtalia
    Naofumi-sama...
[04:11] Naofumi
    I know.
[04:12] Naofumi
    But don't get any dumb ideas about
    dying gloriously in battle.
[04:16] Naofumi
    I want to minimize casualties.
[04:18] Naofumi
    Otherwise it'll interfere with our
    real job, which is to fight the Waves.
[04:22] Raphtalia
    Naofumi-sama, you didn't need to say that.
[04:27] Mirelia
    Then let us come up with a plan for the
    allied armies to defeat the Spirit Tortoise.
[04:39] Grandma
    Oh, if it isn't my student Rishia!
[04:42] Grandma
    There you are.
[04:44] Filo
    Eclair-oneechan!
[04:46] Rishia
    Instructor!
[04:47] Rishia
    What are you doing here?
[04:49] Grandma
    I heard that the Saint is going to
    fight one of the legendary monsters.
[04:53] Grandma
    So I came to help him as soon as we could.
[04:57] Eclair
    Likewise.
[04:58] Eclair
    This is a threat to my nation
    that rivals the Waves.
[05:02] Eclair
    I'm sorry for not doing my
    duty for Iwatani-dono,
[05:04] Eclair
    but I stopped training the
    soldiers and hurried here.
[05:07] Rishia
    I see.
[05:09] Eclair
    So, where is he?
[05:12] Rishia
    Um... in that building?
[05:15] Rishia
    Something about coming up with a
    plan to defeat the Spirit Tortoise?
[05:17] Filo
    It's not fair that Raphtalia-oneechan is
    the only one that gets to go with him!
[05:21] Filo
    I'm hungry!
[05:24] Eclair
    So the Queen's with him, then?
[05:29] Rishia
    We saw her before...
[05:31] Eclair
    Isn't that...
[05:36] Mideus Officer
    I'd like to hear what the
    Shield Hero thinks, but...
[05:41] Mideus Officer
    What of the Seven Star Heroes?
[05:45] Lowhirot Officer
    They've left their countries and are
    on their way, but some are far off.
[05:50] Lowhirot Officer
    They may not make it in time.
[05:52] Naofumi
    Seven Star Heroes?
[05:54] Mirelia
    Seven heroes who use vassal weapons,
    different than the Four Cardinal Heroes.
[06:00] Mirelia
    Some of them were, like you,
    summoned from another world.
[06:05] Mirelia
    And some of them were
    chosen from this world.
[06:07] Naofumi
    Vassal weapons...
[06:12] Naofumi
    So there are other heroes besides us?
[06:15] Naofumi
    Are they strong?
[06:18] Mirelia
    To be perfectly honest,
[06:19] Mirelia
    they are likely weaker than you
    and the other heroes are now.
[06:23] Naofumi
    So better than nothing, I guess.
[06:27] Naofumi
    So? Where are these Seven Star Heroes?
[06:31] Mirelia
    Well...
[06:32] Ost
    Excuse me.
[06:34] Mirelia
    You're...
[06:36] Ost
    It's been many years since
    we've met, Queen of Melromarc.
[06:39] Raphtalia
    Naofumi-sama, that's...
[06:42] Naofumi
    Yeah.
[06:43] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    My lady! I'm so glad you're safe...
[06:46] Naofumi
    "My lady"?
[06:47] Mirelia
    She is the concubine of the now-deceased
    King of the Spirit Tortoise Kingdom,
[06:51] Mirelia
    and the nation's regent!
[06:54] Ost
    I didn't give you my name when
    we met the other day, did I,
[06:57] Ost
    Shield Hero?
[06:59] Ost
    Allow me to introduce myself properly.
[07:01] Ost
    I am Ost Hourai.
[07:05] Naofumi
    Ost Hourai?
[07:08] Ost
    Yes.
[07:09] Ost
    The king's concubine, and regent.
[07:12] Ost
    But that's just what the world thinks I am.
[07:17] Ost
    In fact, I am a familiar
    of the Spirit Tortoise.
[07:22] Naofumi
    What?
[07:25] Ost
    You've met other familiars of
    the Spirit Tortoise, I believe.
[07:32] Naofumi
    Don't tell me...
[07:34] Naofumi
    You're the same as those bats and yetis? You?
[07:39] Ost
    Yes. I take the form of a human. That's all.
[07:44] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    What are you saying, my lady?
[07:47] Ost
    Sorry.
[07:48] Ost
    Everything you knew was a lie.
[07:51] Ost
    My job as a human-type familiar was
    to get close to the center of power
[07:58] Ost
    and use subterfuge to gather
    a minimum number of souls.
[08:03] Naofumi
    Wait.
[08:03] Naofumi
    What the hell are you talking about?
[08:06] Naofumi
    Gather souls? What do you mean?
[08:09] Ost
    The task of my lord and creator,
     the Spirit Tortoise,
[08:13] Ost
    is to block the Waves of
    Calamity from appearing,
[08:16] Ost
    using souls as a resource.
[08:20] Naofumi
    Block the Waves from appearing?
[08:23] Ost
    Yes.
[08:26] Ost
    Human-type familiars such as myself were
    tasked with deceiving the powerful,
[08:30] Ost
    forcing countries to fight
    so we could gather souls.
[08:35] Ost
    And if that failed,
[08:37] Ost
    monster familiars would be used to gather
    the souls gradually from all over the world.
[08:42] Ost
    And if that failed, as a last resort,
[08:47] Ost
    the seal on the Spirit Tortoise
    itself would be broken,
[08:50] Ost
    and it would stalk the world itself,
    gathering countless souls at once.
[08:58] Ost
    But this time, someone broke
    the seal without any warning,
[09:02] Ost
    and the Spirit Tortoise is committing
    destruction not of its own volition.
[09:06] Ost
    Even if it can stop the Waves, there'll be
     no world left when it's through.
[09:13] Ost
    And I will not be able to fulfill my duty.
[09:16] Ost
    Shield Hero, please destroy
    my creator, the Spirit Tortoise.
[09:23] Naofumi
    You said someone broke the seal.
[09:27] Naofumi
    Can anybody break it?
[09:29] Ost
    Only I know the method, or should know.
[09:32] Ost
    The duty of a human-type familiar was to tell
    the Four Heroes how to break the seal,
[09:38] Ost
    should they ever discover
    our plans and defeat us.
[09:42] Naofumi
    What? Why would you tell us that?
[09:47] Ost
    When protecting the world from the
    Waves is no longer possible,
[09:50] Ost
    it is the task of the Four Cardinal
    Heroes to revive the Spirit Tortoise
[09:56] Ost
    and gather souls to stop
    them from appearing.
[10:04] Naofumi
    "The world demands
    sacrifices from all life."
[10:09] Naofumi
    Is that what you meant, Fitoria?
[10:12] Mirelia
    If that's true, then...
[10:15] Mirelia
    What a terrible trial fate has
    set out for us and the heroes.
[10:21] Ost
    Um... I'm sorry.
[10:24] Mirelia
    Ost Hourai, it's more unbelievable
    to me that you're not human.
[10:33] Ost
    I'm sorry.
[10:34] Ost
    It was my duty.
[10:35] Ost
    I wanted to look the part, so I played
    the role of an, uh... evil consort?
[10:43] Naofumi
    Right now, the Spirit Tortoise is out there
    even though its real self doesn't want to be.
[10:47] Naofumi
    Right?
[10:48] Ost
    Yes.
[10:49] Ost
    I believe the one who broke
    the seal is controlling it.
[10:53] Naofumi
    You're just a familiar.
    As such, what can you do?
[10:57] Naofumi
    You didn't just come here to
    ask us to defeat it, did you?
[11:01] Ost
    Of course, I'll provide what advice I can to
    help you find the one behind this and stop it.
[11:09] Ost
    The Spirit Tortoise's role is to gather souls,
     so it heads to densely populated areas.
[11:16] Ost
    So this would be its next target.
[11:20] Mirelia
    That was in the legends, so... um...
[11:25] Naofumi
    Anything else?
[11:26] Ost
    Um...
[11:29] Ost
    The head! Yes, the head!
[11:32] Ost
    If you cut off its head, you can stop it!
[11:36] Naofumi
    Yeah, most monsters die if
    you cut off their heads.
[11:39] Haikazuya Officer
    This is ridiculous!
[11:42] Haikazuya Officer
    This war council is a sacred place!
     Are you mocking it?
[11:45] Haikazuya Officer
    If you are, then I'll take
    off your head first!
[11:48] Haikazuya Officer
    If we're lucky, that will get
    rid of the Spirit Tortoise, too!
[11:51] Ost
    That... That's impossible.
[11:54] Ost
    If you don't defeat the
    Spirit Tortoise itself,
[11:56] Ost
    no matter how many times you
    kill me, I'll just come back.
[12:02] Mideus Officer
    Calm down.
[12:03] Mideus Officer
    We know how to defeat it.
[12:06] Mideus Officer
    Now we just need a plan to do it.
[12:09] Mideus Officer
    What's more important now is...
[12:11] Lowhirot Officer
    That's right.
[12:12] Lowhirot Officer
    Who takes command?
[12:15] Naofumi
    What?
[12:16] Haikazuya Officer
    Of course, we're providing the bulk
    of the corps, so we'll take command.
[12:21] Lowhirot Officer
    What?
[12:22] Lowhirot Officer
    You'll need siege weapons
    to take the Tortoise's head.
[12:26] Lowhirot Officer
    And my nation has the most!
[12:29] Mideus Officer
    But Melromarc is providing
    the majority of the funding.
[12:34] Mideus Officer
    And they sent the Shield Hero, too.
[12:38] Mirelia
    That's not the issue right now.
[12:40] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    That's right!
[12:41] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    It doesn't matter who takes command!
[12:44] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    But I want our battalion to take
    the vanguard of the charge!
[12:50] Haikazuya Officer
    What can one battalion do in a charge?
[12:53] Lowhirot Officer
    That's right! You stay in the rear!
[12:56] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    But we need to avenge our dead!
[12:59] Haikazuya Officer
    By dying for nothing?
[13:00] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    If that brings victory,
    then we'll die gladly!
[13:02] Naofumi
    Enough!
[13:04] Naofumi
    I could not give less of a shit.
[13:06] Naofumi
    You can talk about crap when
    you're fighting other humans.
[13:14] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    You may be the Shield Hero,
    but that doesn't give you the right.
[13:17] Naofumi
    If you've got a plan that will take down the
    Spirit Tortoise with minimal casualties,
[13:20] Naofumi
    I'll take anybody's orders, or if you
    need me to, I'll give the orders myself.
[13:24] Naofumi
    But if you're going to sit here thinking
    about who gets the credit instead, I'm out.
[13:31] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    Wha—
[13:32] Naofumi
    But I'll defeat the Spirit Tortoise.
    Me and my comrades,
[13:35] Naofumi
    to protect my territory.
[13:38] Naofumi
    You guys can sit here and talk.
[14:02] Eclair
    It ended without an agreement?
[14:05] Eclair
    What the hell is Iwatani-dono doing?
[14:08] Grandma
    We fight alone, then?
[14:10] Grandma
    That sounds like the Saint.
[14:12] Eclair
    It's not a good thing!
[14:14] Eclair
    How can we defeat something
    that size all by ourselves?
[14:19] Ost
    I'm sorry...
[14:21] Ost
    If only I'd tried to be more mysterious.
[14:28] Ost
    Um, may I ask you to introduce yourselves?
[14:33] Raphtalia
    Oh, of course!
[14:35] Raphtalia
    I never did give my name, did I?
[14:38] Raphtalia
    I'm Raphtalia.
[14:40] Raphtalia
    And this...
[14:41] Filo
    My name's Filo!
[14:44] Rishia
    R-Rishia Ivyred.
[14:47] Grandma
    Elrasla Grilaroc, heir to Hengen Muso.
[14:52] Eclair
    Eclair Seyaette, present lord
    of the territories of Seyaette.
[14:56] Raphtalia
    Naofumi-sama is ruler of a demi-human
    area in Seyaette.
[15:03] Raphtalia
    Eclair-san volunteered to train the
    demi-humans in how to use a sword.
[15:10] Raphtalia
    She's been training Rishia-san
    and myself, too.
[15:15] Ost
    Oh my. That's wonderful.
[15:18] Eclair
    My father died in the first Wave,
[15:20] Eclair
    and I wanted to atone for his
    failure to protect their village.
[15:26] Eclair
    Of course, I don't think
    it'll forgive anything.
[15:30] Raphtalia
    No... You've done your best.
[15:34] Raphtalia
    I'm much better with my sword now!
[15:38] Raphtalia
    I'm really grateful!
[15:40] Rishia
    Me, too!
[15:42] Eclair
    It makes me happy to hear you say that.
[15:45] Ost
    Oh, sorry.
[15:47] Ost
    I need to give my name, too.
[15:50] Eclair
    Regent of Spirit Tortoise Kingdom, Ost Hourai.
[15:52] Eclair
    I've heard of you.
[15:54] Ost
    Oh, that's a lie.
[15:56] Grandma
    A lie?
[15:58] Ost
    It's a long story, actually.
[16:07] Raphtalia
    You're not cold?
[16:11] Raphtalia
    It gets chilly at night in this area.
[16:14] Naofumi
    Yeah, I'm fine.
[16:17] Raphtalia
    It's a pretty town, isn't it?
[16:19] Naofumi
    Yeah.
[16:21] Raphtalia
    If it weren't for what happened, the lights
    in the houses would make it even prettier.
[16:26] Naofumi
    Yeah.
[16:29] Raphtalia
    Will this town be destroyed, too?
[16:32] Raphtalia
    By a disaster besides one of the Waves.
[16:35] Naofumi
    At this rate, yes.
[16:38] Raphtalia
    Is there any way to protect it?
[16:40] Naofumi
    Well...
[16:42] Raphtalia
    I'm really happy that our village
    is so important to you.
[16:47] Raphtalia
    But I don't want you thinking
    it's all that matters.
[16:52] Raphtalia
    You'll probably disagree,
[16:55] Raphtalia
    but I don't think those
    generals are bad people.
[16:59] Raphtalia
    At the bottom of their hearts,
    they just want to protect their homes.
[17:04] Raphtalia
    You feel the same, right?
[17:09] Raphtalia
    You said you'd be willing to take command
    if there was a good plan, right?
[17:15] Raphtalia
    Let's think of one!
[17:17] Raphtalia
    With Filo and Rishia-san and the Queen.
[17:21] Raphtalia
    Let's show them a plan they won't be
    able to complain about in the least!
[17:26] Raphtalia
    And then everyone will listen to you!
[17:29] Raphtalia
    Because you're the Shield Hero!
[17:37] Naofumi
    Sheesh...
[17:40] Naofumi
    If the Spirit Tortoise goes to
    where there are lots of souls,
[17:44] Naofumi
    we don't need to stay in town and wait.
[17:47] Naofumi
    Use numbers to lure it out,
[17:49] Naofumi
    and then find some way to pin it down.
[17:52] Naofumi
    You don't need to defeat it.
[17:54] Naofumi
    We'll take care of the rest.
[17:56] Haikazuya Officer
    My nation of Haikazuya will provide a
    dragon rider battalion to serve as a decoy.
[18:00] Haikazuya Officer
    Cavalry, heavy troops, archers...
[18:03] Haikazuya Officer
    We are the strongest nation in the land.
[18:07] Naofumi
    As for pinning it down...
[18:08] Lowhirot Officer
    Lowhirot has stationed every
    siege weapon it has in the area.
[18:14] Lowhirot Officer
    No matter how big it is, we can
    knock out at least one leg.
[18:18] Naofumi
    Good.
[18:19] Naofumi
    But that's less than I'd like.
[18:23] Naofumi
    Is that still in use?
[18:25] Mideus Officer
    A fortress from the last great war.
[18:29] Mideus Officer
    It's been abandoned for decades.
[18:32] Naofumi
    Can we bring it down?
[18:34] Naofumi
    With ritual magic or something?
[18:36] Mideus Officer
    Mideus can provide mages that will
    do it, but it will only work once.
[18:42] Mideus Officer
    Though we'll do it as many times as you want,
[18:45] Mideus Officer
    if you don't care how many mages die.
[18:47] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    We have enough bombs to blow up a mountain.
[18:52] Spirit Tortoise Kingdom Officer
    We never got the chance to use them.
[18:54] Naofumi
    We'll use them, then.
[18:55] Naofumi
    We'll keep the multi-caster
    magic for if we need it.
[18:58] Haikazuya Officer
    We'll get to it immediately, then.
[19:02] Naofumi
    Now, when it's done,
    how do we cut off its head?
[19:07] Raphtalia
    It would be hard to do it with this.
[19:10] Filo
    Should I eat it?
[19:11] Naofumi
    No.
[19:14] Naofumi
    We'll head back and come
    up with a plan ourselves.
[19:18] Grandma
    With my and my student's Hengen Muso
    and Raphtalia's swordsmanship,
[19:22] Grandma
    we may find a way.
[19:25] Rishia
    Um, Naofumi-san...
[19:27] Rishia
    What do I do?
[19:31] Naofumi
    Go with Ost to the town library and learn
    what you can about the Spirit Tortoise.
[19:36] Naofumi
    That's an important job, too. Probably.
[19:39] Ost
    Let's do our best!
[19:41] Rishia
    Right...
[20:23] Eclair
    Oh, right. I stopped at the
    capital before coming here.
[20:27] Eclair
    Elhart-dono gave me something for you.
[20:30] Eclair
    I'll go get it.
SIGN    Usauni Sword
[20:34] Raphtalia
    It's beautiful.
SIGN    Inult Claw
SIGN    Filo Kigurumi
[20:39] Rishia
    How do I look?
[20:40] Rishia
    Kweh! Kweh!
[20:42] Raphtalia
    Just like the real thing!
[20:43] Filo
    I do not say, "Kweh!"
[20:45] Rishia
    Kweh! Kweh!
[20:50] Ost
    So you're journeying with the Shield Hero
     for the sake of the Bow Hero, huh?
[20:56] Rishia
    Yes.
[20:58] Rishia
    But when you say it like that,
    it makes me sound like an awful person.
[21:03] Naofumi
    I was the one who brought you with me.
[21:05] Naofumi
    Don't be so hard on yourself.
[21:07] Rishia
    Okay...
[21:09] Ost
    You're in love with the
    Bow Hero, aren't you?
[21:13] Ost
    I think I can give you advice, then!
[21:16] Ost
    I don't have much confidence I can help with
    the Spirit Tortoise, but this, I can help with!
[21:20] Rishia
    What, exactly?
[21:23] Ost
    The key is to get intimate
    as fast as possible!
[21:27] Ost
    Do it and then think later!
[21:30] Ost
    I seduced a ton of royals that way!
[21:34] Rishia
    "D-D-D-D-Do it"? I can't...
[21:37] Rishia
    It's not like that!
[21:41] Naofumi
    You know what she meant, huh, Rishia?
[21:44] Naofumi
    Well, you're old enough, I think.
[21:46] Naofumi
    Even if you don't look it.
[21:47] Rishia
    Naofumi-san!
[21:49] Grandma
    It's nice to be young.
[21:52] Raphtalia
    Naofumi-sama, what does she mean?
[22:00] Ost
    The Spirit Tortoise...
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