# E9 - Humming Fairy
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**[00:04] Naofumi**
Kizuna, send us back!
**[00:07] Kizuna**
Calm down, Naofumi! That's just
what that Kyo guy wants!
**[00:11] Naofumi**
I don't give a shit!
**[00:12] Naofumi**
I'd rather fall for whatever trap he's
set than leave Raphtalia there alone!
**[00:24] Kizuna**
It's no good. They've shut
it off on their side.
**[00:28] Naofumi**
That piece of shit!
**[00:31] Rishia**
Naofumi-san?
**[00:33] Kizuna**
Naofumi, I know someone here who's
really good at finding people.
**[00:37] Kizuna**
If we ask him for help, I'm sure
he'll find her right away.
**[00:40] Kizuna**
So... calm down okay?
**[00:41] Man A**
Kizuna-sama?
**[00:44] Man B**
It's Kizuna-sama!
**[00:49] Kizuna**
Don't worry. They're from Sikul!
**[00:52] Kizuna**
They're on our side!
**[00:53] Man A**
Welcome home, Kizuna-sama!
**[00:55] Kizuna**
I'm home.
**[01:01] Kizuna**
Sorry, can you go get Ethnobalt for me?
**[01:11] Owner**
Come on!
**[01:13] Filo**
No! Let me go!
**[01:16] Filo**
Let me go!
**[01:22] Owner**
Damn it. The rain's driven
away all my customers.
**[01:35] Owner**
Shut up!
**[01:36] Owner**
I was lucky enough to
find a mutant like you.
**[01:38] Owner**
You're going to make me
a lot of money tomorrow!
***SIGN*** The Rising of the Shield Hero
***SIGN*** Episode 9 Humming Fairy
**[03:15] Noble A**
They locked our nation's Cardinal Hero,
Kizuna-sama, in the Infinite Labyrinth?
**[03:21] Noble B**
This is a serious act of hostility!
**[03:23] Noble A**
We will lodge an official complaint
with Mikakage immediately!
**[03:25] Kizuna**
Yeah, go do that.
**[03:28] Noble C**
But how did you escape from
the Infinite Labyrinth?
**[03:33] Kizuna**
It's thanks to them!
**[03:37] Noble A**
I see!
**[03:39] Noble B**
We can't thank you enough
for saving our hero!
**[03:44] Rishia**
Um, no, it was nothing...
**[03:48] Kizuna**
That's Rishia-san.
**[03:50] Kizuna**
And this is Iwatani Naofumi.
**[03:53] Kizuna**
He's a Cardinal Hero just like me!
**[03:56] Kizuna**
From another world, though.
**[04:06] Kizuna**
What's wrong, everyone?
**[04:07] Noble A**
Kizuna-sama, get away from him.
**[04:11] Noble B**
Call the guards!
**[04:12] Noble C**
He's come to destroy our world.
**[04:15] Kizuna**
Naofumi's here to destroy the world?
**[04:21] Kizuna**
That makes no sense!
**[04:23] Kizuna**
Naofumi saved my life! How can you say that?
**[04:35] Rishia**
Naofumi-san!
**[04:36] Kizuna**
Naofumi!
***SIGN*** Oh, and where might you be going?
**[04:50] Kizuna**
Ethnobalt!
***SIGN*** It's been a long, long time, Kizuna.
***SIGN*** I keep trying to find you, but I was too slow to find where you were.
**[05:01] Naofumi**
Who the hell are you?
***SIGN*** Are you the one who wants me to find someone,
***SIGN*** Cardinal Hero from another world?
***SIGN*** I am Ethnobalt, wielder of the Boat Vassal Weapon.
***SIGN*** Kizuna, first, take this.
***SIGN*** He missed you.
**[05:21] Kizuna**
Thank you! So you held
on to him for me, huh?
***SIGN*** Yes. Glass was keeping him at first, but she's been busy.
**[05:35] Kizuna**
Chris!
**[05:38] Kizuna**
I'm happy to see you again!
**[05:40] Rishia**
K-Kizuna-san, what's that?
**[05:44] Kizuna**
Sorry. This is my shikigami, Chris!
**[05:49] Rishia**
Shikigami?
**[05:52] Kizuna**
Yup.
**[05:53] Kizuna**
Glass and I made him.
***SIGN*** About four days ago, Chris started going crazy.
***SIGN*** Thinking back, that must have been when you escaped the Infinite Labyrinth.
**[06:04] Kizuna**
Yes.
**[06:05] Kizuna**
He'll tell us where Glass is, too.
**[06:08] Rishia**
I see! That's perfect for finding people!
**[06:13] Rishia**
But how do we find Raphtalia-san
and Filo-chan?
**[06:18] Kizuna**
Well, I'll have Naofumi make one, too.
**[06:22] Naofumi**
How?
**[06:24] Kizuna**
You need the blood of the owner and
something to function as a shikigami catalyst.
**[06:30] Kizuna**
For instance, a single strand of her hair.
**[06:36] Naofumi**
Her hair?
**[06:38] Naofumi**
I absorbed some into my shield once.
**[06:41] Naofumi**
Raphtalia's hair. This is it.
**[06:48] Rishia**
That's Raphtalia-san's hair?
**[06:52] Kizuna**
And then your blood, Naofumi.
***SIGN*** Let us begin the ritual to create the shikigami, then.
***SIGN*** I wish for something to protect them, and give them power.
***SIGN*** The creation of that which serves as servant and as fragment of their magic.
***SIGN*** Let a servant that gives protection be born!
***SIGN*** This is...
**[07:22] Rishia**
Wh-What's going on?
***SIGN*** Nothing... It's manifesting faster than I imagined.
***SIGN*** To whom does this catalyst belong?
***SIGN*** Shikigami Shield
**[07:35] Naofumi**
Shikigami Shield?
**[07:47] Naofumi**
This is a shikigami?
**[07:49] Kizuna**
That's right! Nice work, Naofumi!
***SIGN*** I was worried for a moment. I'm glad it worked, though.
**[08:01] Naofumi**
Raphtalia?
**[08:03] Kizuna**
Cheer up a bit!
**[08:05] Kizuna**
If it worked, that means the person the
catalyst belongs to is still alive!
**[08:10] Rishia**
Then...
**[08:12] Kizuna**
Raphtalia-chan is safe!
**[08:13] Rishia**
Whew...
**[08:17] Rishia**
I-It's cute!
**[08:19] Kizuna**
But we don't know how long
she'll stay safe for.
**[08:23] Kizuna**
We need to hurry.
**[08:25] Naofumi**
Yeah, I know.
**[08:27] Naofumi**
But it's not just Raphtalia.
There's Filo, too.
**[08:30] Naofumi**
We'll find them both.
**[08:32] Rishia**
Right!
**[08:32] Naofumi**
Ethnobalt, right?
**[08:34] Naofumi**
Thank you for creating my shikigami.
***SIGN*** Not at all. I hope you find your friend soon.
**[08:41] Naofumi**
Are you human?
**[08:44] Kizuna**
You can tell? You're amazing, Naofumi.
***SIGN*** No, something just felt off.
***SIGN*** A rabbit?
**[08:56] Kizuna**
Ethnobalt is a descendant
of a species of monsters
**[08:59] Kizuna**
that have protected this
world for generations.
**[09:03] Naofumi**
A descendant of monsters
that protect this world?
**[09:06] Naofumi**
So that's it.
**[09:09] Kizuna**
You don't usually show your true form to
people just after meeting them, though.
***SIGN*** Strangely, it felt safe to let him see me this way.
**[09:21] Kizuna**
Maybe animals just like him?
**[09:25] Naofumi**
So, it's not just because
you can make shikigami
**[09:28] Naofumi**
that you're supposedly good
at finding people, right?
**[09:31] Kizuna**
Naofumi...
**[09:33] Rishia**
That's just who Naofumi-san is, though.
***SIGN*** Of course, that's not all.
**[09:38] Kizuna**
Ethnobalt is the Boat Vassal Weapon's wielder.
**[09:42] Kizuna**
His boat will take us to where the
person you're looking for is.
**[09:45] Naofumi**
You can't use the Return Dragon Vein yet?
**[09:48] Kizuna**
No, I can take us anywhere
that's not locked off.
**[09:52] Kizuna**
But his skill is way more amazing than that!
**[09:55] Naofumi**
But it's just a ship, right?
***SIGN*** Let's go someplace else.
**[10:12] Rishia**
I-It's floating!
**[10:15] Naofumi**
The "boat" was the
thing he was standing on?
**[10:22] Naofumi**
Where is Raphtalia?
**[10:25] Kizuna**
Naofumi, you're not going to name it?
**[10:28] Naofumi**
A name? Yeah, eventually.
**[10:31] Naofumi**
Now, tell me where Raphtalia is.
**[10:33] Kizuna**
Hurry up and pick one, okay?
**[10:35] Kizuna**
Chris, do you know where Glass is?
**[10:42] Rishia**
That's...
**[10:44] Naofumi**
They're in the same place?
***SIGN*** That's not good.
**[10:49] Naofumi**
What do you mean?
**[10:51] Kizuna**
Raybul.
**[10:52] Kizuna**
They're allied with Mikakage, the ones
that locked me in the Infinite Labyrinth.
**[10:56] Kizuna**
And Kazuki, that "genius mage,"
is from there, too.
**[11:01] Naofumi**
An enemy country, then?
**[11:03] Naofumi**
You have a lot of those.
**[11:05] Kizuna**
I do!
**[11:06] Kizuna**
The whole world's been on edge for a while.
**[11:09] Kizuna**
A war could start at any time.
**[11:12] Rishia**
If they're still there, that means...
**[11:15] Kizuna**
It's likely they were captured.
**[11:17] Naofumi**
Even if it's a trap, we have to go.
**[11:20] Naofumi**
I hope Filo's there, too.
***SIGN*** I'll warp the ship, then.
**[11:24] Rishia**
You can use portals?
***SIGN*** We can travel fast by riding along the connections between the dragon hourglasses.
**[11:32] Kizuna**
And we don't have to register
with the hourglass first,
**[11:34] Kizuna**
or be transported right in front of it.
**[11:37] Rishia**
If the hourglass was right in their
headquarters, that'd be really dangerous.
**[11:41] Naofumi**
It's a big improvement over
Return Dragon Vein.
***SIGN*** It's all I can do, though.
**[11:48] Naofumi**
No, it's more than enough.
**[11:50] Kizuna**
Yup! I'm really grateful to Ethnobalt!
***SIGN*** It was worth waiting for her return.
***SIGN*** I can finally be of use to her.
**[12:01] Onlooker A**
Wow!
**[12:02] Onlooker B**
Look!
**[12:05] Owner**
Move your wings! Your wings!
**[12:15] Owner**
Now sing! Sing!
**[12:18] Filo**
Master!
**[12:24] Kizuna**
If we showed up right in the sky
above them, they'd find us immediately.
**[12:28] Kizuna**
Let's land outside town and sneak inside.
***SIGN*** I'll wait for word from you!
***SIGN*** Stay safe!
**[12:42] Naofumi**
It looks like Mikakage,
but it's a bit more modern.
**[12:48] Rishia**
The sun's setting.
**[12:50] Kizuna**
What should we do? We can stay at an inn.
**[12:52] Naofumi**
We know what direction she's in.
**[12:54] Naofumi**
We'll walk all night if we have to.
**[12:56] Kizuna**
I agree.
**[12:57] Rishia**
I'll do my best, even if I'm sleepy!
**[12:59] Kizuna**
I almost forgot! What's this about
Naofumi destroying the world?
**[13:04] Rishia**
What the people at the castle said...
**[13:07] Kizuna**
Drat. I was going to ask Ethnobalt.
**[13:11] Kizuna**
He said Glass seemed busy, too.
**[13:16] Kizuna**
What was she doing in your world?
**[13:20] Kizuna**
What's wrong?
**[13:23] Naofumi**
I can hear it.
**[13:28] Kizuna**
Naofumi!
**[13:30] Rishia**
Th-That's the wrong way!
**[13:38] Naofumi**
*It's not Raphtalia. But that voice...*
**[13:43] Naofumi**
*Is it... Is it...?*
**[13:52] Kizuna**
What's gotten into you?
**[13:55] Owner**
It's the celestial maiden who's
come down from the heavens!
**[13:57] Owner**
We're closed for today,
but come see her tomorrow!
**[14:03] Kizuna**
The celestial maiden...
**[14:04] Naofumi**
...who's come down from the heavens?
**[14:07] Rishia**
Is that what he said?
**[14:09] Rishia**
Is that...
**[14:11] Filo**
No! Help me!
**[14:14] Filo**
Rishia-oneechan!
**[14:16] Filo**
Raphtalia-oneechan!
**[14:19] Background A**
It just makes me feel sick.
**[14:21] Filo**
Master!
**[14:21] Background B**
Yeah.
**[14:23] Owner**
Enough! Take her away!
**[14:24] Background A**
Is that "singing"? I don't know what
she's saying, but it sounds like she's crying.
**[14:29] Background B**
I feel bad for her.
**[14:32] Naofumi**
Filo...
**[14:33] Naofumi**
Filo!
**[14:35] Rishia**
No, Naofumi-san!
**[14:37] Kizuna**
That's right!
**[14:38] Kizuna**
You can't cause a fuss right now!
**[14:40] Naofumi**
Let me go. I'm going to go murder
that shithead where he stands.
**[14:42] Rishia**
I want to kill him, too!
**[14:44] Rishia**
But calm down!
**[14:45] Rishia**
Let's sneak in under cover
of night and save her!
**[14:51] Kizuna**
You're too loud!
**[14:53] Kizuna**
I don't think they can understand
what she's saying, at least.
**[14:57] Naofumi**
Yeah. Our priority is to
get Filo back unharmed.
**[15:06] Kizuna**
Is this another trap of Kyo's?
**[15:10] Naofumi**
I don't give a shit. I'm sick of this.
**[15:12] Naofumi**
We can torture that guy until
he tells us the truth.
**[15:15] Kizuna**
At least say you'll question him.
**[15:17] Rishia**
Is there a difference?
**[15:19] Kizuna**
No, um...
**[15:21] Naofumi**
Let's go.
**[15:23] Kizuna**
Those two are kinda scary.
**[15:35] Kizuna**
It feels like breaking and
entering is all I do lately.
**[15:39] Naofumi**
It's not like the laws mean anything here.
**[15:44] Rishia**
Filo-chan, where are you?
**[15:52] Rishia**
Birds?
**[16:04] Kizuna**
That's a humming fairy chick.
**[16:06] Kizuna**
They're bird monsters that
are said to be able to sing.
**[16:09] Rishia**
It doesn't look like a filolial.
Let's look somewhere else—
**[16:12] Naofumi**
No... Filo!
**[16:20] Rishia**
But it's not a filolial...
**[16:21] Naofumi**
It's you, right, Filo? Right, Filo?
**[16:27] Rishia**
It's really Filo-chan?
**[16:28] Naofumi**
What's wrong? You can't transform?
**[16:30] Rishia**
Those look like talismans!
**[16:33] Kizuna**
Servant talismans.
**[16:35] Kizuna**
You usually put one on the monster itself.
**[16:38] Naofumi**
He put them on the cage, too, to keep
her monster crest from working?
**[16:42] Rishia**
How awful!
**[16:45] Naofumi**
Kizuna, can you cut open the cage?
**[16:48] Kizuna**
I can, but I don't know what will
happen if we destroy the talismans.
**[16:52] Naofumi**
If I can use the monster crest...
**[16:57] Naofumi**
Filo, hang in there just a little more!
**[17:06] Naofumi**
Kizuna, now!
**[17:08] Kizuna**
On it!
**[17:13] Filo**
Master!
**[17:19] Rishia**
Filo-chan... I'm so glad... I'm so glad.
**[17:23] Kizuna**
But how did you know that
humming fairy was her?
**[17:27] Naofumi**
She's my dear companion... How could
I mistake her for anything else?
**[17:31] Owner**
What's all this noise?
**[17:34] Owner**
You think you can steal my golden
goose, do you? Criminal!
**[17:38] Kizuna**
Who's the criminal here?
**[17:41] Kizuna**
Now you're in for it!
**[17:50] Voice A**
Sing.
**[17:51] Voice B**
Get moving!
**[17:53] Voice C**
Sing for us!
**[18:04] Kizuna**
That shield's power is amazing.
**[18:09] Kizuna**
After he confessed everything,
it kind of... broke him.
**[18:14] Kizuna**
His mind, I mean.
**[18:15] Naofumi**
So he was just the son of a noble,
making some money off a sideshow?
**[18:20] Kizuna**
He said his dad found Filo-chan unconscious.
**[18:26] Naofumi**
It may have been Kyo who
gave her to his father.
**[18:31] Kizuna**
He really is a piece of shit.
**[18:33] Kizuna**
How could he do that to a cute
little crybaby like her?
**[18:36] Naofumi**
She's normally full of
energy and never cries.
**[18:41] Kizuna**
But she's a... filolial, was it?
**[18:44] Kizuna**
Why did she become a humming
fairy in this world?
**[18:47] Naofumi**
If filolial don't exist in this world,
**[18:50] Naofumi**
she may have been assigned a similar race.
**[18:53] Naofumi**
The reason she was still able
to transform into a human
**[18:56] Naofumi**
might be that she has a unique
power as a future filolial queen.
**[19:10] Filo**
Master?
**[19:12] Naofumi**
What?
**[19:14] Filo**
You won't disappear again, will you?
**[19:25] Naofumi**
I won't. I'm with both of you forever.
**[19:39] Filo**
No!
**[19:40] Filo**
Master is my master!
**[19:43] Kizuna**
She's gotten better, but now,
she's not leaving Naofumi's side.
**[19:47] Rishia**
She must've been really scared.
**[19:50] Filo**
Master, who's this?
**[19:52] Filo**
Smells like Raphtalia-oneechan...
**[19:55] Naofumi**
It's a shikigami made
from Raphtalia's hair.
**[19:58] Naofumi**
It's been here since yesterday.
**[20:01] Filo**
You can be Raph-chan, then!
**[20:04] All**
Raph-chan?
**[20:08] Naofumi**
Well, if it's okay with that.
**[20:11] Kizuna**
Hey. I've been here since yesterday, too.
**[20:14] Kizuna**
I'm Kazayama Kizuna!
**[20:15] Kizuna**
This is Chris, my shikigami!
**[20:18] Filo**
Kizuna-oneechan and Chris!
**[20:20] Kizuna**
Onee-chan...
**[20:21] Kizuna**
Naofumi, Filo-chan's a good girl, isn't she?
**[20:24] Naofumi**
"Kizuna-chan" should be good enough, right?
**[20:26] Kizuna**
Naofumi...
**[20:27] Man D**
You're not safe anywhere these days.
**[20:33] Naofumi**
People might already be talking
about what happened yesterday.
**[20:36] Naofumi**
Filo, hide.
**[20:42] Rishia**
What does it say?
**[20:44] Kizuna**
It's about Filo.
**[20:46] Kizuna**
It was too dark for them to make out
any real description of us, though.
**[20:51] Naofumi**
Lucky she was able to become smaller.
**[20:54] Kizuna**
It also says...
**[20:56] Kizuna**
This one looks worse.
**[20:58] Kizuna**
The Wielder of the Katana Vassal Weapon
was found, but escaped.
**[21:02] Kizuna**
The nation's doing everything
it can to find them.
**[21:04] Naofumi**
Katana Vassal Weapon Wielder?
**[21:06] Naofumi**
What does it matter if—
**[21:09] Naofumi**
What?
**[21:10] Rishia**
What's wrong?
**[21:12] Naofumi**
No...
**[21:14] Naofumi**
Raphtalia's stats disappeared!
**[21:18] Kizuna**
Why?
**[21:19] Naofumi**
I don't know.
**[21:20] Naofumi**
Something suddenly felt "wrong," and then...
**[21:22] Rishia**
No...
**[21:24] Naofumi**
Could Kyo have...
**[21:28] Naofumi**
If this thing's still here, then...
**[21:31] Kizuna**
Raphtalia-chan should still be safe!
**[21:34] Naofumi**
Then why is the slave crest...
**[21:38] Naofumi**
Raphtalia...
**[23:17] Soldier**
Hurry up, and get out.
**[23:22] Raphtalia**
Naofumi-sama...
**[23:29] Soldier**
This way!
***SIGN*** Katana Hero