E1 - Ike, Commander of the Undying Brigade

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[00:22] Narr
    The magician's name was Ike.
[00:25] Narr
    He served in the Demon Lord's army, and was
    the grandson of Romberg, the master magician.
[01:05] Jiron
    Ike-sama, I think we can break
    through the castle gates.
[01:08] Ike
    That was faster than I thought.
[01:10] Jiron
    Indeed! I gave the orcs a
    battering ram, as you ordered.
SIGN    Ike, Commander of the Undying Brigade
[03:20] Kristoff
    I guess I don't need to
    ask who you are, do I?
[03:24] Kristoff
    I assume you're the
    Demon Lord's army commander.
[03:26] Ike
    I am Ike, commander of the Demon Lord's
    army's seventh corps undying brigade.
[03:31] Ike
    You have three options left to you.
[03:35] Ike
    First, surrender and turn
    your territories over to us.
[03:39] Ike
    Second, die by your own hand,
    like a man of honor.
[03:43] Ike
    Third, flee while I take a moment to
    admire the scenery outside the window.
[03:50] Kristoff
    Oh? You're a demon,
    but you're showing mercy?
[03:54] Kristoff
    But none of those options work for me.
[04:01] Ike
    Well, I knew that was coming.
[04:16] Jiron
    Ike-sama, you're safe...
[04:18] Ike
    See to his wounds.
[04:21] Jiron
    Huh?
[04:23] Ike
    To the soldiers who surrendered, as well.
[04:31] Cefiro
    A single brigade was all it
    took to capture Arsenam.
[04:35] Cefiro
    And in a single week, too.
[04:38] Cefiro
    I knew he had potential.
[04:46] Ike
    Barrier magic.
[04:58] Ike
    The battle's over.
[05:00] Ike
    I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel guilty
    about hurting so many people.
[05:07] Ike
    And I'll never get used to
    the blood and gore of war.
[05:11] Ike
    Because...
[05:14] Ike
    I'm a human. Not a demon.
[05:19] Ike
    My teacher, Romberg, was a great mage.
[05:23] Ike
    He also knew all there was to know about
[05:26] Ike
    the advanced civilization
    that once lived in this world.
[05:30] Ike
    Romberg took me in and raised me
    on a whim, even though I was human.
[05:36] Ike
    Romberg taught me all
    his knowledge and magic.
[05:40] Ike
    But in his last moments,
    he told me never to speak of
[05:43] Ike
    the lost civilization, as it
    would someday bring disaster.
[05:50] Ike
    There was one more thing he said...
[05:56] (Flashback) Romberg
    Listen well, Ike.
[05:58] (Flashback) Romberg
    You must never take off that robe and mask.
[06:02] (Flashback) Romberg
    If your identity is revealed,
    the Demon Lord will never forgive you.
[06:07] (Flashback) Ike
    Yes, sir.
[06:11] Ike
    This room is surrounded
    by a powerful barrier.
[06:16] Ike
    Without my permission, no one can enter.
[06:21] Ike
    Right?
[06:26] Ike
    What?
[06:27] Ike
    How long have you been there?
[06:28] Satie
    Don't kill me!
[06:29] Satie
    I saw nothing!
[06:31] Satie
    Please don't kill me!
[06:38] Ike
    Hey...
[06:39] Satie
    Fuhnyan...
[06:42] Ike
    I'm the one who wants to cry.
[06:44] Ike
    I kept my identity a secret for 20 years,
    and this is how it gets found out?
[06:49] Jiron
    Ike-sama!
[06:53] Jiron
    We managed to take the castle, fortunately,
[06:56] Jiron
    but don't you think you're
    letting too many humans live?
[07:00] Ike
    Don't worry.
[07:01] Ike
    The new Demon Lord isn't like the
    last one and cares only about results.
[07:07] Jiron
    The other leaders are saying we could
    slaughter all the people and burn the town.
[07:14] Ike
    And if we kill them all,
    who is going to pay taxes?
[07:18] Ike
    Arsenam is a trading city.
[07:22] Ike
    If nobody lives in the town,
    who's going to do the trading?
[07:26] Jiron
    That's true, but...
[07:30] Dirk
    A word if I may, Ike-sama.
[07:33] Jiron
    Hey! No mere human may speak to Ike-sama!
[07:37] Ike
    Speak.
[07:38] Dirk
    How much are we supposed to pay
    the Demon Lord's army in taxes?
[07:44] Ike
    The same amount you've always been paying!
[07:49] Ike
    However...
[07:51] Ike
    anyone who resists the Demon Lord's army,
    no matter who they are, will be punished.
[07:56] Ike
    Understand?
[08:04] Jiron
    Ike-sama?
[08:17] Ike
    Not again...
[08:26] Ike
    You promised not to just summon
    me out of nowhere, Commander!
[08:43] Ike
    Come forth! Slash!
[08:52] Cefiro
    The little boy who used to hide behind
    his grandfather, master magician Romberg,
[08:59] Cefiro
    has grown up to be so strong.
[09:03] Cefiro
    I was pretty confident in the golem I made.
[09:07] Ike
    This is the Demon Lord's army
    seventh corps commander, Cefiro.
[09:11] Ike
    She's my direct superior, and the
    only demon who knows my secret.
[09:17] Ike
    Commander, please just send
    a messenger or something.
[09:19] Cefiro
    That wouldn't be any fun at all.
[09:21] Cefiro
    So, it's been a while.
[09:23] Ike
    Is this about Arsenam?
[09:25] Ike
    I was just thinking I had to make my report.
[09:28] Cefiro
    My familiars have already told me everything.
[09:32] Cefiro
    How you took the city,
     and what you did after.
[09:36] Cefiro
    It's all fine.
[09:37] Ike
    Then why did you summon me?
[09:42] Cefiro
    Dairokuten-sama wishes to
    see you in person, it seems.
[09:47] Cefiro
    You may be the first brigade commander
     to receive such an honor.
[09:52] Ike
    Why me?
[09:54] Cefiro
    You probably impressed them by
    taking Arsenam in a single week.
[10:01] Cefiro
    So I'm taking you to the Demon Lord's castle.
[10:06] Ike
    Now?
[10:07] Cefiro
    Put your hand on my shoulder.
[10:13] Cefiro
    Aw, I thought you might try to
    put a hand on my breasts, instead.
[10:18] Ike
    I would never.
[10:57] Ike
    Eat this and stay put.
[10:58] Satie
    I wonder what it says...
[11:10] Satie
    D-Delicious!
[11:23] Cefiro
    Oh? Is the miasma around
    the castle affecting you?
[11:27] Cefiro
    That doesn't surprise me.
    You are human, after all.
[11:44] Ike
    Commander, does that magician check
    everyone who enters the castle?
[11:50] Cefiro
    Of course.
[11:52] Cefiro
    Did you think you could meet the
    Demon Lord without going through any checks?
[11:57] Ike
    This is bad, Commander.
[11:59] Ike
    Won't they find me out?
[12:02] Ike
    They look like they'll remove
    my mask and robe.
[12:05] Cefiro
    Don't worry. I'll take care of it.
[12:15] Gate Guard
    Such splendid magic.
[12:17] Gate Guard
    Just what I'd expect from
    Romberg's grandson.
[12:20] Ike
    You knew my grandfather?
[12:22] Gate Guard
    Every demon knows the name
    of the master magician.
[12:28] Ike
    I guess even after his death,
    he's still famous.
[12:33] Cefiro
    What are you talking about?
[12:35] Cefiro
    The Demon Lord awaits.
[12:38] Ike
    The Demon Lord's castle,
    Doberberg, is extremely large.
[12:43] Ike
    It was built to display the Demon Lord's
    vast power and magical might.
[12:47] Ike
    So the hallways are extremely long.
[12:50] Ike
    And now I'm walking down one of them.
[12:54] Ike
    Commander, how long until we
    reach the audience chamber?
[12:57] Cefiro
    We're almost there.
[12:59] Cefiro
    You're thinking that it's not
    fair I can float, aren't you?
[13:04] Ike
    I am not.
[13:06] Ike
    I was, actually.
[13:08] Ike
    That magic of hers, flight,
    is one I've always wanted.
[13:11] Ike
    I can use the spell itself,
    but I can't control it as well as her.
[13:16] Ike
    The most I can do is jump very high.
[13:30] Ike
    Ike, wait here.
[13:32] Ike
    I'll talk to them first.
[13:42] Ike
    The current Demon Lord, Dairokuten,
    turned around the war against humanity
[13:47] Ike
    and gave the demons the
    upper hand in a single battle.
[13:50] Ike
    The leader of the demons
    and the strongest man.
[13:54] Ike
    The rumors speak of him as cruel and cold.
[13:56] Ike
    He'll kill anyone he deems
    incompetent, friend or foe.
[14:00] Ike
    But if he finds something of value in them,
[14:04] Ike
    he'll put them to good use, even if
    they lack magic or physical strength.
[14:07] Ike
    He judges based only on ability,
[14:09] Ike
    and so he revolutionized
    the Demon Lord's army.
[14:14] Ike
    Demons are born unwilling
    to work with others.
[14:18] Ike
    They were constantly
    fighting among themselves.
[14:21] Ike
    It was Dairokuten-sama, the current
    Demon Lord, who changed all that.
[14:27] Ike
    So it's time for me to meet the highest
    commander of the Demon Lord's army.
[14:31] Cefiro
    It's fine, Ike.
[14:34] Cefiro
    Enter.
[14:50] Dairokuten
    So you're Ike, who serves under Cefiro.
[14:54] Ike
    Yes, sir.
[14:55] Dairokuten
    Raise your head.
[14:57] Ike
    Yes, sir.
[15:00] Dairokuten
    Welcome to the Demon Lord's castle.
[15:03] Ike
    This girl is the Demon Lord?
[15:07] Dairokuten
    I've heard you brought down the impregnable
    fortress city of Arsenam in a mere week.
[15:13] Ike
    Yes. But I simply did as I was ordered.
[15:17] Ike
    Cefiro-sama deserves full credit.
[15:21] Dairokuten
    How humble. You seem almost human.
[15:24] Ike
    Crap! My own humility hurt me!
[15:28] Cefiro
    This is the grandson of Romberg,
    the man they called the Guardian of Hell.
[15:34] Dairokuten
    I see. So he's Romberg's grandson.
[15:38] Dairokuten
    That explains his humility.
[15:40] Dairokuten
    He's likely a man of deep thoughts.
[15:43] Dairokuten
    And thus he didn't kill the people,
    or execute the leader.
[15:47] Dairokuten
    He was able to bring down Arsenam
    with almost no loss of life.
[15:52] Ike
    Maybe I should've listened to Jiron
[15:54] Ike
    and acted like a demon would and
    executed the leader in public.
[16:01] Ike
    No, I'm a human. I can't do that.
[16:03] Ike
    If I screw this up...
[16:06] Ike
    If I may speak, Demon Lord...
[16:11] Dairokuten
    Go ahead.
[16:12] Ike
    Thank you. Humans may fear terror,
    but they will not obey it.
[16:18] Ike
    Past history proves that.
[16:22] Ike
    When you compare the productivity of towns
    where the leaders were executed by demons
[16:26] Ike
    with that of those where the
    leaders were left in power,
[16:31] Ike
    it becomes clear which of the
    two is better for our army.
[16:35] Dairokuten
    Was that Romberg's opinion?
[16:38] Ike
    Yes.
[16:40] Ike
    Demon Lord Dairokuten.
[16:42] Ike
    I've only talked to her for a few minutes,
[16:45] Ike
    but I'm almost certain about something...
[16:49] Ike
    She knows about the ancient
    civilization, just like Romberg.
[16:55] Ike
    She used that knowledge to
    revolutionize the Demon Lord's army.
[17:05] Dairokuten
    You really are different
    from the other demons.
[17:09] Dairokuten
    Next time, I want to see your
    real face, behind the mask.
[17:16] Dairokuten
    I expect to see more of
    the same results from you.
[17:19] Dairokuten
    Work hard.
[17:27] Ike
    I thought I was done for.
[17:30] Cefiro
    What, Ike, you got nervous for once?
[17:34] Ike
    I might wear a scary mask, but I'm a wimp!
[17:38] Ike
    And more importantly,
    she knew this was a mask!
[17:42] Cefiro
    Shouldn't you be grateful she
    didn't realize you were human?
[17:48] Cefiro
    Anyway, she gave you a reward.
[17:51] Ike
    A reward?
[17:52] Cefiro
    If you can call it a reward, of course.
[17:56] Cefiro
    It seems closer to a punishment, in my view.
[18:13] Ike
    Hey.
[18:15] Satie
    I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[18:17] Satie
    Please don't hurt me!
[18:18] Satie
    I'll do anything! Please just don't kill me!
[18:21] Satie
    I don't want to die!
[18:25] Ike
    Calm down. I'm not going to kill you.
[18:29] Ike
    What's your name?
[18:30] Satie
    T-Thirteen.
[18:32] Ike
    Thirteen?
[18:33] Ike
    That's a strange name.
[18:34] Satie
    Slaves are always referred to by number.
[18:37] Satie
    My mother called me Satie.
[18:40] Ike
    But I can't just let you go
    now that you know I'm human.
[18:46] Satie
    Don't worry! I've seen nothing!
[18:49] Satie
    I'll keep it a secret forever!
[18:52] Ike
    Fine.
[18:53] Ike
    I'll believe you.
[18:54] Ike
    But in exchange...
[18:57] Ike
    From now on, you're my maid.
[19:00] Ike
    You have no right to refuse.
    If you don't like it—
[19:03] Satie
    Thanks for having me!
[19:06] Ike
    Then it's a deal...
[19:15] Jiron
    Ike-sama! Congratulations on
    becoming ruler of Ivalias.
[19:20] (Flashback) Ike
    Ruler? Me?
[19:23] (Flashback) Cefiro
    It shouldn't be that much of a surprise.
[19:25] (Flashback) Ike
    But why Ivalias?
[19:28] (Flashback) Cefiro
    It's further to the south than Arsenam.
[19:31] (Flashback) Cefiro
    It will be on the front lines
    of the war from now on.
[19:34] (Flashback) Ike
    B-But...
[19:36] (Flashback) Cefiro
    It's a small town,
    but one critical to our army.
[19:39] (Flashback) Cefiro
    Your mission will be to protect it and
     bring in double its tax revenue.
[19:44] (Flashback) Ike
    Double?!
[19:45] (Flashback) Ike
    In the middle of a war?
[19:47] (Flashback) Cefiro
    I can increase that to
    three times, if you like...
[19:49] (Flashback) Ike
    C-Commander!
[19:52] Ike
    This will be the front lines
    of the battle against humanity.
[19:56] Ike
    They could attack at any time.
[20:06] Ike
    Hmph! She doesn't think about what
    comes after the battle at all!
[20:11] Ike
    First, we'll repair the walls.
[20:13] Jiron
    I'll find laborers and engineers
    from among the populace.
[20:18] Ike
    How long will it take to repair the walls?
[20:20] Jiron
    Six months, given the shape they're in.
[20:24] Ike
    That's too long.
[20:26] Ike
    Should I give up on them?
[20:27] Ike
    No, if we're attacked, we won't last a minute.
[20:31] Ike
    We need to repair the walls.
[20:33] Ike
    There must be a way.
[20:37] Ike
    One month!
[20:39] Ike
    We'll do it in a month.
[20:42] Jiron
    That's impossible!
[20:44] Jiron
    Can we really do it in a month?
[20:46] Ike
    Of course. We won't use only human power.
[21:00] Jiron
    Humans and demons working together.
[21:03] Jiron
    I've never seen such a thing!
[21:06] Jiron
    Ike-sama is always full of surprises!
[21:10] Jiron
    He's split them into eight-hour shifts
    so they can work 24 hours a day.
[21:14] Jiron
    And he's even paying them
    to increase their morale!
[21:18] Jiron
    I can tell... this man's a genius!
[21:21] Jiron
    Now I see why they say he's the
    Demon Lord's Army's most brilliant leader!
[21:29] Ike
    Step away from there.
[21:46] Jiron
    I just need to follow him and
    everything will work out!
[21:48] Jiron
    It'd be a mistake to leave him!
[21:50] Jiron
    Ike-sama will surely...
[21:53] Jiron
    ...become the next Demon Lord!