# E4 - Ruins in the Fog
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUK1X75/ruins-in-the-fog)
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**[00:02] Rishia**
* I was born to a family*
* of impoverished nobles.*
**[00:12] Rishia**
* We were poor, but the villagers*
* were always kind to us.*
**[00:15] Girl**
Onee-chan!
**[00:19] Rishia**
*My parents and I lived happily.*
**[00:27] Rishia**
*But one day...*
**[00:33] (Flashback) Dad**
Who are you people?
**[00:37] (Flashback) Man**
Come with us!
**[00:39] (Flashback) Mom**
Stop it! What are you doing?
**[00:41] Rishia**
* I found out later that a wicked noble*
* in the next town over had it out for us.*
**[00:48] Rishia**
*Dad! Mom!*
**[00:52] Rishia**
* My family couldn't pay back the debts*
* that were illegally levied on us,*
**[00:57] Rishia**
*and so the noble took me instead.*
**[01:02] Rishia**
*I thought it was all over, when...*
**[01:14] (Flashback) Itsuki**
You're safe now.
**[01:21] Rishia**
* Itsuki-san revealed his*
* evil deeds to the world.*
**[01:24] Rishia**
*The Bow Hero came to save me.*
**[01:33] Rishia**
Itsuki-sama saved my life
and the lives of my parents.
**[01:39] Raphtalia**
I see.
**[01:41] Rishia**
So I want to repay him...
I want to help him.
**[01:50] Ost**
I may not have the right to say this, but...
**[01:56] Ost**
I'm sure he's safe.
**[02:00] Rishia**
Thank you!
**[02:06] Elrasla**
It seems the decision's
been made then, Saint.
**[02:10] Naofumi**
Yes.
**[02:11] Naofumi**
We leave at dawn.
**[02:15] Naofumi**
For the back of the Spirit Tortoise.
**[02:18] Rishia**
* I'm sure... I'm sure*
* Itsuki-sama is there, too.*
***SIGN*** The Rising of the Shield Hero
***SIGN*** Episode 4 Ruins in the Fog
**[03:56] Naofumi**
We cut off the Spirit Tortoise's head,
but its familiar, Ost, is still alive.
**[04:01] Naofumi**
Which means the Tortoise itself could
revive and go on a rampage at any moment.
**[04:07] Naofumi**
But the allied forces need
time to resupply and reorganize.
**[04:13] Naofumi**
It's risky, but our party is going to climb
onto its back and look for its weak point.
**[04:19] Elrasla**
It's the only way.
**[04:21] Elrasla**
We need to finish the Spirit Tortoise
before it comes back to life.
**[04:25] Naofumi**
And if Ost is going to remember
something by getting close to it,
**[04:30] Naofumi**
its back is the most likely spot.
**[04:33] Ost**
Yes.
**[04:34] Rishia**
Oh, Filo-chan! How was the meeting?
**[04:39] Filo**
Everybody was just frowning
all the time. It was dull.
**[04:43] Filo**
There was no food either.
**[04:45] Rishia**
Hey, Filo! I let you take my
place because you wanted to go.
**[04:52] Eclair**
With all those grumpy old men around,
having Filo-dono there made me feel much better.
**[04:57] Naofumi**
Yeah. Raphtalia would just
complain about everything.
**[05:01] Rishia**
Naofumi-sama!
**[05:03] Filo**
Oh, they all had nice things
to say about the turtle lady!
**[05:10] Filo**
Um... They said she saved the
lives of a lot of soldiers.
**[05:15] Ost**
No... I don't deserve your praise.
**[05:19] Ost**
Because my real job is...
**[05:24] Rishia**
Um, uh...
**[05:25] Naofumi**
There it is.
**[05:34] Naofumi**
Those sappers know how to do their jobs.
**[05:38] Naofumi**
Can you get us across this, Filo?
**[05:40] Filo**
Yeah, I'll be fine!
**[05:42] Soldier**
Take care!
**[05:43] Soldier**
Best of luck, Shield Hero!
**[05:48] Soldier**
And you too, Ost-sama.
**[05:54] Ost**
Thanks!
**[05:57] Filo**
Here we go!
**[06:09] Naofumi**
So this is the tortoise's back, huh?
**[06:16] Naofumi**
This is gonna be a tough climb.
**[06:24] Ost**
Do they know who I am?
**[06:28] Eclair**
Those soldiers earlier?
**[06:31] Eclair**
Yeah. The generals sent
out a message to everyone.
**[06:34] Ost**
I see.
**[06:36] Raphtalia**
What is it?
**[06:38] Ost**
I just don't understand.
**[06:40] Ost**
I'm a servant of the Spirit Tortoise.
**[06:43] Ost**
My job is to steal souls.
**[06:46] Ost**
So why would they treat me so kindly?
**[06:54] Raphtalia**
Because you fought alongside us.
**[06:59] Ost**
But...
**[07:00] Eclair**
Sure, maybe when the Spirit
Tortoise goes back to normal,
**[07:03] Eclair**
you may go back to fulfilling your role.
**[07:06] Eclair**
But...
**[07:08] Raphtalia**
It's also true that you saved our lives.
**[07:11] Rishia**
Yeah!
**[07:12] Rishia**
They were grateful to you, I think!
**[07:16] Rishia**
As someone who fought by their side!
**[07:18] Rishia**
Um... as a comrade-in-arms.
**[07:21] Ost**
A comrade-in-arms...
**[07:25] Ost**
If that's how you all feel,
that makes me very happy.
**[07:31] Naofumi**
Well? Think you can remember anything?
**[07:34] Ost**
Oh, right.
**[07:39] Ost**
No. It's like there's a fog inside my mind.
**[07:48] Rishia**
And just like Ost-san...
**[07:56] Filo**
Master...
**[07:58] Filo**
Is it food time yet?
**[08:00] Naofumi**
Hmm... I guess we can set up camp here.
**[08:05] Eclair**
Are you insane, Iwatani-dono?
**[08:07] Ost**
You heard what Ost said.
**[08:09] Ost**
If we just wander around all night,
we won't do anything but exhaust ourselves.
**[08:14] Elrasla**
Sleeping on a monster's back?
How brave you are!
**[08:18] Ost**
Um, well... Sorry.
**[08:27] Ost**
They're cute, aren't they?
**[08:31] Ost**
Like real sisters.
**[08:36] Rishia**
Yeah.
**[08:37] Rishia**
I'm an only child, so I'm jealous.
**[08:41] Rishia**
Of course, that meant I got
all my parents' attention.
**[08:45] Ost**
Are you lonely? Being away
from your parents, I mean.
**[08:50] Rishia**
It was my choice.
**[08:52] Rishia**
And they both supported me when I left.
**[08:58] Rishia**
But...
**[08:59] Rishia**
When I was banished from the party,
**[09:02] Rishia**
and I couldn't be with Itsuki-sama
when I wanted to help him most,
**[09:08] Rishia**
I wondered what it was I was even doing.
**[09:14] Ost**
Even if you had stayed with him,
**[09:16] Ost**
do you think you could've
accomplished anything?
**[09:22] Ost**
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.
**[09:28] Ost**
I just thought that now, maybe you
could accomplish something.
**[09:33] Ost**
You, who fought the Spirit Tortoise
not as a comrade of the Bow Hero,
**[09:39] Ost**
but of the Shield Hero...
**[09:43] Ost**
I think that now, you could help the Bow Hero.
**[09:51] Rishia**
I-I'm sorry!
**[09:54] Ost**
H-Huh? Did I end up making you cry after all?
**[09:58] Rishia**
I know you're suffering much more than I am,
**[10:00] Rishia**
but you're trying to make me feel better.
**[10:06] Ost**
Thank you. Those words alone are enough.
**[10:10] Rishia**
But...
**[10:11] Ost**
Don't worry. I'm just fine.
**[10:18] Rishia**
Ost-san!
**[10:19] Ost**
Something just...
**[10:24] Rishia**
Naofumi-san!
**[10:25] Rishia**
Ost-san is...
**[10:27] Naofumi**
Something's wrong.
**[10:29] Naofumi**
The fog lifted.
**[10:35] Naofumi**
Well, Ost?
**[10:42] Ost**
There.
**[11:17] Mirelia**
Begin the rescue immediately!
**[11:28] Elrasla**
I expected this to be hard for you,
**[11:29] Elrasla**
but it seems hard for Raphtalia as well.
**[11:33] Naofumi**
You okay, Raphtalia?
**[11:36] Raphtalia**
I'm...
**[11:38] Eclair**
She must've remembered what happened
in that basement prison.
**[11:41] Eclair**
And the bodies of her friends.
**[11:58] Rishia**
Thank you, Filo-chan.
**[12:11] Ost**
Rishia-san.
**[12:24] Mirelia**
They lived their whole lives here while
the Spirit Tortoise was sealed.
**[12:27] Mirelia**
I'm sure they knew this would happen, but...
**[12:29] Mirelia**
If the Tortoise did not
revive of its own will,
**[12:34] Mirelia**
that only makes it worse for those who died.
**[12:37] Naofumi**
Did you learn anything?
**[12:39] Mirelia**
The shadows found a temple up ahead.
**[12:43] Mirelia**
Please, come with me.
**[12:51] Shadow**
Your Majesty.
**[12:52] Mirelia**
Good work. What's the situation?
**[12:55] Shadow**
Like the others. No survivors.
**[12:58] Shadow**
But there's something I want
you to see inside, I daresay.
**[13:02] Shadow**
The damage is extensive and the structure
could collapse at any time, I daresay.
**[13:06] Shadow**
Be careful.
**[13:08] Mirelia**
The texts say this was a shrine
to the Spirit Tortoise.
**[13:15] Naofumi**
Is this where the seal was broken?
**[13:17] Mirelia**
I don't know.
**[13:19] Mirelia**
But it's likely.
**[13:24] Raphtalia**
Are you okay?
**[13:25] Rishia**
Yes! Thank you!
**[13:30] Rishia**
Are you okay, Raphtalia-san?
**[13:34] Raphtalia**
Yes, I'm fine.
**[13:36] Raphtalia**
I know I need to get used to this stuff.
**[13:40] Rishia**
That's not true.
**[13:43] Rishia**
You can't get used to it!
**[13:45] Rishia**
You don't have to get used to it!
**[13:57] Raphtalia**
Thank you, Rishia-san.
And you too, Eclair-san!
**[14:00] Rishia**
No, I...
**[14:03] Rishia**
I don't have the right to tell you anything.
**[14:05] Eclair**
Thanks.
**[14:11] Mirelia**
This is...
**[14:12] Filo**
Tortoise-san!
**[14:15] Rishia**
Ancient writing.
**[14:18] Rishia**
"Spirit Tortoise."
"Guardian Beast of the World"?
**[14:24] Naofumi**
You can read it?
**[14:26] Rishia**
Yes.
**[14:27] Rishia**
It's not that hard.
**[14:28] Mirelia**
The writing is simple, for this field.
**[14:33] Naofumi**
Yet it takes everything I have
to read a spell book!
**[14:38] Rishia**
This seems to describe what
the Spirit Tortoise is.
**[14:43] Rishia**
It doesn't say anything about the seal.
**[14:47] Eclair**
You look more alive now than
you do during sword practice.
**[14:52] Rishia**
Sorry!
**[14:54] Eclair**
No, it's good to have
something you're good at.
**[14:57] Rishia**
Maybe we should make you focus
on that instead of fighting.
**[15:02] Elrasla**
Perhaps.
**[15:04] Elrasla**
But her ability to manipulate
ki is exceptional.
**[15:10] Elrasla**
I meant it when I said she
could master Hengen Muso soon.
**[15:22] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama...
**[15:24] Naofumi**
I pray you're right.
**[15:28] Naofumi**
What is it?
**[15:29] Rishia**
This looks like the writing from
another world that's used by the heroes.
**[15:33] Naofumi**
By us?
**[15:35] Rishia**
Yes. I can't read it easily.
**[15:39] Naofumi**
Don't tell me...
**[15:42] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama?
***SIGN*** If a _____ summoned from Japan is reading these words, r_me__er t__s. No __tter how powerful a se_l you place on this monster, the ______ seventh___ shatter__ I've learned that its goal is to ____________ the world's_____
**[15:44] Naofumi**
It's Japanese!
**[15:47] Raphtalia**
"Japanese"?
**[15:49] Naofumi**
From my world.
**[15:52] Naofumi**
The language of a country called Japan.
***SIGN*** If a _____ summoned from Japan is reading these words,
r_me__er t__s.
No __tter how powerful a se_l you place on this monster,
the ______ seventh___ shatter__
I've learned that its goal is to ____________ the world's_____
**[15:55] Raphtalia**
This is from Naofumi-sama's world.
**[15:59] Mirelia**
It's known as the Hero's Alphabet.
**[16:02] Mirelia**
It must've been left by one of
the ancient Four Cardinal Heroes.
**[16:06] Naofumi**
It's faded and hard to read in spots,
**[16:09] Naofumi**
but I can make out the words
"seal," "seventh," and, "shatter."
**[16:13] Naofumi**
*Seventh?*
**[16:16] Naofumi**
*Does it have something to do with this?*
***SIGN*** ___ defeat this monster,
you must_____
Keiichi
**[16:24] Ost**
This place contains information
about the Spirit Tortoise's seal,
**[16:26] Ost**
as well as information on how to break it.
**[16:29] Naofumi**
You can read it too, Ost?
**[16:32] Ost**
No, but...
**[16:34] Ost**
I'm starting to remember.
**[16:37] Ost**
The Spirit Tortoise...
to defeat it, you have to...
**[16:41] Elrasla**
Oh no! It's collapsing!
**[16:43] Naofumi**
Crap! Get us out of here, Filo!
**[16:45] Filo**
Okay!
**[16:48] Mirelia**
No! This writing is priceless!
**[16:51] Eclair**
Your Majesty, we have
more important priorities!
**[16:53] Shadow**
I'm sorry, I daresay.
**[16:54] Mirelia**
Let me go!
**[16:56] Mirelia**
I'm begging you, as a knight!
**[17:07] Eclair**
That was close.
**[17:11] Shadow**
Another Shadow is reporting that the Spirit
Tortoise is likely to revive soon, I daresay.
**[17:16] Raphtalia**
No! Already?
**[17:18] Elrasla**
I'm afraid we're out of time.
**[17:20] Elrasla**
We must hurry and climb off!
**[17:22] Naofumi**
Damn it! We're so close!
**[17:24] Ost**
It's okay. I remember how to defeat it.
**[17:29] Rishia**
Really, Ost-san?
**[17:32] Ost**
Go inside its body and destroy its heart.
**[17:37] Raphtalia**
Inside its body?
**[17:39] Naofumi**
But how?
**[17:41] Ost**
There's an entrance into its
body deep within the shrine.
**[17:47] Ost**
Follow it, and you'll reach its heart.
**[17:52] Naofumi**
I see.
**[17:54] Naofumi**
We're heading inside the
Spirit Tortoise's body!
**[17:56] Raphtalia**
Okay!
**[17:57] Filo**
Roger!
**[17:58] Rishia**
*Oh, no...*
**[18:01] Naofumi**
Queen, Eclair, and old lady, you head off.
**[18:04] Eclair**
Wait, Iwatani-dono! We'll go with you!
**[18:07] Elrasla**
That's right! Don't underestimate
what I can do!
**[18:11] Rishia**
*I have to speak up.*
**[18:13] Naofumi**
I know what you can do. That's why
I want you to command the army.
**[18:17] Naofumi**
If the Spirit Tortoise starts moving again
while we're not here, they'll fall apart.
**[18:22] Elrasla**
I see.
**[18:23] Elrasla**
Then I accept, Saint.
**[18:27] Rishia**
*I'll be left behind, too.*
**[18:37] Naofumi**
Okay, and Rishia?
**[18:39] Naofumi**
You head down and wait at the rear.
**[18:41] Rishia**
No!
**[18:43] Rishia**
I'll go with you!
**[18:45] Naofumi**
Is this about Itsuki?
**[18:47] Rishia**
Of course, I'm worried about him.
**[18:50] Rishia**
But right now, I'm a member of your party.
**[18:54] Rishia**
If you're going, I'm going, too!
**[19:00] Naofumi**
Yeah, that's right.
**[19:03] Naofumi**
Sorry.
**[19:05] Naofumi**
Let's go.
**[19:06] Naofumi**
Raphtalia, Filo, Ost, and Rishia.
**[19:12] Rishia**
Right!
**[19:19] Naofumi**
This place is eerie.
**[19:20] Filo**
We're inside the turtle, huh?
**[19:23] Naofumi**
Yeah.
**[19:24] Naofumi**
Probably in its large intestine.
**[19:27] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama, that's disgusting.
**[19:30] Naofumi**
If souls are what it eats, what does it poop?
**[19:35] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama!
**[19:36] Naofumi**
I'm just asking.
**[19:39] Raphtalia**
Well, don't.
**[19:40] Filo**
It doesn't smell weird or anything!
**[19:42] Naofumi**
Yeah.
**[19:42] Raphtalia**
Filo, stop.
**[19:43] Filo**
Why?
**[19:48] Ost**
Thank you.
**[19:51] Ost**
For coming with us.
**[19:53] Rishia**
No, it's not something
worth thanking me for.
**[19:58] Ost**
I hope the Bow Hero and the
other Heroes are here, and safe.
**[20:05] Rishia**
I said this a moment ago,
**[20:07] Rishia**
but right now, I'm part
of Naofumi-san's party.
**[20:13] Rishia**
I'm just working towards
what they, and you, want,
**[20:16] Rishia**
which is stopping the Spirit Tortoise.
**[20:23] Naofumi**
You don't change, huh?
**[20:24] Raphtalia**
But that's more like Rishia-san!
**[20:28] Filo**
That's the Rishia-oneechan I'm used to!
**[20:44] Naofumi**
Get back!
**[20:48] Adventurer**
Oh, you're human?
**[20:51] Raphtalia**
Fast Light!
**[20:55] Naofumi**
Adventurers? What are you doing here?
**[20:59] Adventurer**
Oh, you know...
**[21:00] Adventurer**
The queen told us to come here, too.
**[21:04] Naofumi**
The queen?
**[21:05] Ost**
Would Queen Mirelia have given such an order to
people she didn't know in these circumstances?
**[21:11] Adventurer**
Well, you know, the more people, the better.
**[21:16] Adventurer**
Anyway, we'll be going.
**[21:19] Adventurer**
See you around, lad.
**[21:24] Naofumi**
Hold it.
**[21:25] Naofumi**
Raphtalia!
**[21:27] Raphtalia**
As source of thy power, I order thee.
**[21:29] Raphtalia**
Decipher the laws of nature,
and reveal them for who they are!
**[21:33] Raphtalia**
Anti-Mirage!
**[21:36] Rishia**
You're...
**[21:41] L'Arc**
Well, guess you found us out!
**[21:43] L'Arc**
It's been a while, lad!
**[21:45] Naofumi**
L'Arc! Therese!
**[21:48] Naofumi**
And...
**[21:49] Therese**
Why did we even bother with those disguises?
**[21:52] Therese**
You had no intention
of hiding, did you, L'Arc?
**[21:56] Naofumi**
No...
**[21:58] Naofumi**
Is that you? Glass?
***SIGN*** Ost Hourai