# E7 - Magical Contract
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**[00:03] Ryze**
You wanted to show us what a
boss fight looks like, first?
**[00:07] Rentt**
That's part of it. But not all.
**[00:12] Adventurer**
My leg!
**[00:17] Rentt**
Even if you lose, you won't die.
**[00:20] Rentt**
Like I said.
**[00:22] Rentt**
There's no shame for an adventurer
in avoiding a fight you can't win.
**[00:27] Ryze**
Maybe you're right.
**[00:29] Ryze**
But no, that's not what I meant!
**[00:32] Ryze**
If I run away here, I don't
think I'll ever come back.
**[00:38] Ryze**
I'll never be a real adventurer.
**[00:41] Laura**
Ryze...
**[00:43] Rentt**
You've made your decision, then.
***SIGN*** Magical
Contract
**[02:44] Laura**
A Grand Slime...
**[02:49] Ryze**
We won't mess up like those guys did.
**[02:51] Laura**
Let's be the ones to tell
the guild we beat it!
**[02:55] Rentt**
*This didn't go like I was hoping.*
**[02:57] Rentt**
* There's no actual need to*
* beat the boss for this exam.*
**[03:02] Rentt**
* Honestly, I was hoping those other*
* examinees would beat it for us.*
**[03:07] Rentt**
* But, well, it's important to*
* encounter some challenges in life.*
**[03:16] Ryze**
I can see through your attacks!
**[03:18] Rentt**
Aim for its core!
**[03:30] Rentt**
Focus on empowering your magic.
**[03:34] Rentt**
* These two are capable of*
* defeating a Grand Slime.*
**[03:40] (Flashback) Rentt**
Listen to me. Physical attacks
will barely work at all.
**[03:44] (Flashback) Rentt**
Magic's what you'll need to win.
**[03:47] (Flashback) Rentt**
Can you use powerful fire magic?
**[03:50] (Flashback) Laura**
Yes, a little...
**[03:52] (Flashback) Laura**
But it'll take time to activate.
**[03:55] (Flashback) Rentt**
Don't worry.
**[03:57] (Flashback) Rentt**
I'll block its attacks while you're casting.
**[03:59] (Flashback) Ryze**
Wait. Can you let me be the one to do that?
**[04:08] Laura**
Rentt, help Ryze! I'm fine on my own!
**[04:25] Laura**
Here I go!
**[04:29] Laura**
Grand Pyrox!
**[04:49] Laura**
We got it!
**[04:50] Rentt**
Finish it before it regenerates!
**[04:52] Ryze**
Right!
**[05:00] Laura**
We did it!
**[05:02] Ryze**
Yeah. We beat the boss!
**[05:07] Ryze**
Rentt?
**[05:09] Rentt**
Slime fluids are worth a lot.
**[05:12] Rentt**
Let's gather them up.
**[05:14] Rentt**
Even if we split the money among the three
of us, we'll get at least one silver each.
**[05:24] Adventurers**
See you there!
**[05:26] Laura**
Well, I don't think it matters.
**[05:28] Rentt**
I knew you'd figure it out.
**[05:37] Rentt**
Just like I thought.
**[05:38] Laura**
A sleeping gas trap?
**[05:41] Rentt**
Right before the goal is one of the
places people let their guard down most.
**[05:45] Rentt**
Not that it really matters if
they get there ahead of us.
**[05:49] Ryze**
What do you mean?
**[05:51] Laura**
Getting there first doesn't
mean passing, does it?
**[05:57] Laura**
Think back really carefully.
**[05:59] Laura**
The guild didn't say a word about that.
**[06:03] Man**
Your job is to reach the
point written on your map.
**[06:07] (Flashback) Man**
The first party to arrive will receive
a reward befitting their efforts.
**[06:14] Laura**
They set it up so we'd think
it was a race, but...
**[06:19] Laura**
That's why Rentt didn't mind
letting the other party go ahead,
**[06:23] Laura**
even when we were in front of the boss room.
**[06:25] Ryze**
That's a mean trap.
**[06:27] Ryze**
I feel stupid for worrying.
**[06:30] Rentt**
An adventurer's only job is to complete
the task before the deadline.
**[06:36] Ryze**
It wouldn't have killed
them to tell us that.
**[06:40] Rentt**
You can't be a real adventurer
unless you can think for yourself.
**[06:49] Man**
Congratulations.
**[06:50] Man**
You're the first here.
**[06:53] Ryze**
Are you real?
**[06:54] Laura**
Show us proof you're with the guild.
**[06:58] Man**
Is this enough for you?
**[07:00] Laura**
Yes. Thank you.
**[07:04] Man**
Take these, then.
**[07:07] Man**
Show these to the guild's front desk and
you'll become Bronze-class adventurers.
**[07:16] Ryze**
Hey, what's that bonus that
you guys talked about?
**[07:19] Man**
Oh, the first three teams
get a little bonus.
**[07:24] Man**
Here. Potions and a case for them.
**[07:28] Ryze**
I've been wanting one of these!
**[07:31] Laura**
So that's what that was about.
**[07:34] Rentt**
Hey, you two.
**[07:36] Rentt**
Can we make a side trip before we go home?
**[07:45] Ryze**
This is the 2nd floor, right?
**[07:48] Rentt**
Do you know what it's like?
**[07:50] Ryze**
No.
**[07:52] Rentt**
The labyrinths are beyond
human understanding.
**[07:56] Rentt**
You'll realize that up ahead.
**[08:09] Ryze**
Why is there a sun underground?
**[08:11] Laura**
I'd heard that each floor was
totally different, but...
**[08:16] Ryze**
Wow.
**[08:18] Rentt**
This is the world you're about to enter.
**[08:22] Ryze**
We're...
**[08:29] Ryze**
Hey, hey.
**[08:30] Ryze**
Let's take a little look around.
**[08:32] Rentt**
That's a bad idea.
**[08:33] Rentt**
The exam's not over until we're back.
**[08:42] Laura**
It feels like it's been so long
since I've seen this building.
**[08:46] Ryze**
There were traps on the way home
too, just like we thought.
**[08:51] Rentt**
Remember what I said? The guild...
**[08:53] Both**
...can be mean!
**[08:55] Sheila**
Okay, good work!
**[08:58] Sheila**
With this, the Bronze-class examination
comes to an end for real.
**[09:03] Ryze**
Does this mean we're Bronze-class now?
**[09:07] Sheila**
Well...
**[09:09] Brother**
Sister, they'll be fine.
**[09:12] Brother**
Here's the report.
**[09:15] Sheila**
I see.
**[09:17] Sheila**
In that case...
**[09:18] Ryze**
What's going on?
**[09:19] Rentt**
He was watching us the whole
time during the exam.
**[09:25] Laura**
I had no idea!
**[09:27] Brother**
The exam also tests what
kind of person you are.
**[09:31] Brother**
We can't raise your rank if we decide you're
not the right kind of person for it.
**[09:36] Laura**
And so we...
**[09:39] Sheila**
You pass without problems.
**[09:42] Sheila**
Now you're real Bronze-class adventurers!
**[09:46] Ryze**
We passed...
**[09:49] Ryze**
Did you hear that, Laura?
She says we passed!
**[09:51] Laura**
We did it, Ryze!
**[09:53] Ryze**
I'm so glad we left the village!
**[09:55] Laura**
Yeah! It was worth coming even when
Mom and Dad didn't want me to!
**[09:59] Sheila**
What they're saying kind of scares me...
**[10:01] Laura**
Thanks for coming with me!
**[10:02] Brother**
Well, it happens a lot.
**[10:04] Ryze**
We need to go tell them.
**[10:05] Rentt**
*So I'm Bronze-class again now...*
**[10:11] Rentt**
Ryze, Laura. Thanks for
coming with me today.
**[10:14] Ryze**
No, that's our line.
**[10:16] Ryze**
We won't forget what you taught us today.
**[10:20] Ryze**
Rentt, thanks to you, I think we've
finally become real adventurers.
**[10:26] Rentt**
Ryze...
**[10:27] Laura**
I'd like to ask you to keep
adventuring with us...
**[10:31] Laura**
but that's impossible, isn't it?
**[10:35] Laura**
It feels like your goal is
somehow different than ours.
**[10:42] Laura**
That's why you told us all that
stuff during the exam, right?
**[10:45] Laura**
So we could make it on our own.
**[10:48] Ryze**
Yeah.
**[10:49] Laura**
You may have only been a part
of our party for one day,
**[10:52] Laura**
but you're still a treasured comrade.
**[10:54] Ryze**
Yeah. Let's adventure again sometime!
**[11:03] Sheila**
They're good kids, huh?
**[11:05] Rentt**
Yeah. I felt like a parent
more than anything.
**[11:08] Rentt**
But they might've been working hard
to make me feel welcome, too.
**[11:15] Sheila**
Rentt.
**[11:19] Sheila**
I have a question for you.
**[11:21] Sheila**
I apologize for asking when you're
tired, but will you come with me?
**[11:26] Sheila**
You're sharp enough to know
what I want to ask, aren't you?
**[11:32] Rentt**
*Sheila knows who I really am.*
**[11:38] Rentt**
Does the Guild intend to punish
me for what I've done?
**[11:42] Sheila**
I'm asking the questions here.
**[11:45] Rentt**
If that's the case, I'll never
come back to this guild.
**[11:51] Rentt**
That's all.
**[11:53] Sheila**
Wait!
**[11:56] Sheila**
I just want to know...
**[12:00] Sheila**
What exactly happened to you?
**[12:08] Rentt**
*I thought about running away.*
**[12:10] Rentt**
*But I couldn't.*
**[12:13] Rentt**
* Her voice was the voice of a woman who was*
* genuinely worried about an old friend.*
**[12:22] Rentt**
Sheila, I've got a big problem
I'm dealing with right now.
**[12:29] Rentt**
I don't want anyone getting
involved. Not even the guild.
**[12:34] Sheila**
Rentt, I actually haven't told
the guild about you, yet.
**[12:42] Rentt**
Sheila... Why?
**[12:46] Sheila**
Part of it was that I wasn't sure.
**[12:49] Sheila**
But more than anything, I wanted
to see the truth for myself.
**[12:56] Sheila**
I've told the man who was watching
you during the exam a little, but...
**[13:01] Sheila**
He's my brother.
**[13:04] Sheila**
He can keep a secret.
**[13:08] Sheila**
Would you please tell me
what's happening to you?
**[13:14] Sheila**
It's hard to trust me, isn't it?
**[13:17] Sheila**
So I've prepared this.
**[13:20] Rentt**
A magical contract?
**[13:23] Sheila**
Yes.
**[13:24] Sheila**
If the contract detailed here is broken,
**[13:27] Sheila**
in this case, if I share your secret,
**[13:30] Sheila**
I'll suffer a penalty
backed by magical force.
**[13:34] Sheila**
If she does not carry out
her end of the contract,
**[13:37] Sheila**
Sheila Ibarss will leave the guild, travel
to a country where slavery is legal,
**[13:43] Sheila**
and perform the necessary paperwork to
transfer ownership of herself to another party.
**[13:47] Rentt**
*No, no, no. That's way too heavy!*
**[13:55] Rentt**
Why go that far?
**[14:00] Sheila**
I want to help you, and not
because I'm part of the guild.
**[14:05] Rentt**
Why?
**[14:07] Sheila**
Because it's thanks to you that I grew up.
**[14:13] Rentt**
Sheila...
**[14:15] Sheila**
You don't realize it, but there are a
lot of people who are grateful to you.
**[14:23] Rentt**
All right. I'll sign.
**[14:26] Rentt**
And then I'll tell you.
**[14:28] Sheila**
Right.
**[14:32] Rentt**
Now, where to begin...
**[14:36] Rentt**
It would be faster to show you, I think.
**[14:47] Rentt**
Terrifying, isn't it?
**[14:49] Rentt**
I bet you regret asking.
**[14:53] Sheila**
No! That's not true...
**[14:55] Sheila**
It's not...
**[14:58] Sheila**
If you're suffering that much...
I'd much rather know.
**[15:06] Sheila**
But how did this happen?
**[15:09] Rentt**
I've turned into a monster.
**[15:14] Rentt**
I'm an undead right now.
**[15:19] Sheila**
Is that possible?
**[15:23] Rentt**
I can see why you'd feel
distressed hearing this.
**[15:30] Rentt**
So I want you to think about
it again before you answer...
**[15:33] Rentt**
Can you really help me?
**[15:40] Rentt**
Of course, I have no intention
of harming anyone.
**[15:44] Rentt**
But that's a different question from
whether you can believe me or not.
**[15:49] Sheila**
Wait!
**[15:50] Sheila**
I believe you!
**[15:53] Sheila**
I believe you're a monster now,
and that you won't attack anyone!
**[15:59] Sheila**
Because... Because... you
were always such a good guy!
**[16:06] Sheila**
Those kids... and me, too...
**[16:09] Sheila**
We all owe you so much.
**[16:12] Sheila**
So I'll help you.
**[16:17] Sheila**
Rentt, if something happens between
you and the guild, tell me.
**[16:22] Sheila**
I promise... I promise I'll help you.
**[16:32] Lorraine**
Oh!
**[16:34] Sheila**
I'm sorry for coming at this hour.
**[16:36] Sheila**
I insisted on coming to speak with you.
**[16:42] Lorraine**
Well, you're certainly a rare guest.
**[16:45] Lorraine**
Rentt, don't tell me you've
been messing around with her.
**[16:48] Sheila**
He hasn't.
**[16:50] Sheila**
But I've learned a lot about him.
**[16:53] Lorraine**
I see.
**[16:54] Lorraine**
Well, that's fine.
**[16:55] Lorraine**
Come inside.
**[16:58] Lorraine**
It's not very clean, though, I'm afraid.
**[17:00] Rentt**
*I cleaned it up before I left...*
**[17:07] Lorraine**
All right. I suppose I should
just come out and ask.
**[17:12] Lorraine**
How much did you hear?
**[17:13] Sheila**
Rentt told me he's a monster.
**[17:16] Sheila**
And that he's not going to attack anyone.
**[17:19] Lorraine**
Oh, that's everything!
**[17:23] Lorraine**
And yet you came all the way out here?
**[17:25] Lorraine**
That's awfully naïve of you.
**[17:27] Sheila**
What do you mean by that?
**[17:29] Lorraine**
Think about it.
**[17:31] Lorraine**
Rentt is an undead.
And I'm a sketchy-looking academic.
**[17:36] Lorraine**
What do you think happens to a young
girl who wanders into the home
**[17:39] Lorraine**
of a witch and a monster?
**[17:43] Lorraine**
Normally, you could expect to be thrown
into a boiling pot and end up in my stomach.
**[17:51] Sheila**
Aw, you're no witch.
**[17:54] Sheila**
Everyone knows you're a
wonderful researcher.
**[17:58] Lorraine**
Oh no, that's just what
I've made everyone think!
**[18:02] Lorraine**
Actually, my hobby is going out at night
to hunt the blood of young maidens!
**[18:08] Lorraine**
It makes my skin so beautiful.
**[18:14] Lorraine**
That's what Rentt's become.
**[18:27] Rentt**
* Lorraine doesn't see Sheila as a person,*
* even as she's sitting in front of her.*
**[18:33] Rentt**
* Depending on her answer, she'll*
* eliminate her without hesitation.*
**[18:45] Sheila**
I... know that.
**[18:49] Sheila**
I know that.
**[18:55] Lorraine**
I see. Good, then.
**[18:58] Lorraine**
I'm not saying it to be mean.
**[19:02] Lorraine**
And it's late.
**[19:05] Lorraine**
Let's have dinner together.
**[19:07] Sheila**
O-Okay!
**[19:14] Sheila**
Thank you for the meal.
**[19:16] Sheila**
I heard you were a good cook, Rentt. I
guess everyone who said that was right.
**[19:20] Rentt**
I learned in my home village.
**[19:23] Lorraine**
It's handy, having him around.
**[19:26] Lorraine**
He'll do all the chores for you.
**[19:29] Lorraine**
And the price, if I were to
call it that... is that, for now.
**[19:38] Sheila**
I see.
**[19:40] Sheila**
Ghasts are a type of
low-ranking vampire, aren't they?
**[19:43] Lorraine**
That's right.
**[19:45] Lorraine**
Now, you two made a magical contract?
**[19:50] Rentt**
Yes. She won't share who I am.
**[19:54] Sheila**
Yes. But you've been standing out lately...
**[20:01] Rentt**
I have?
**[20:02] Sheila**
There are lots of rookie adventurers going
missing right now, all over the kingdom.
**[20:09] Lorraine**
They haven't just been killed by monsters?
**[20:12] Sheila**
If that happened, their
stuff should be left behind.
**[20:15] Sheila**
The guild is assuming it's
a series of kidnappings.
**[20:19] Lorraine**
I see. And they have a suspect
who looks extremely suspicious,
**[20:23] Lorraine**
and is also highly skilled.
**[20:25] Lorraine**
Specifically, Rentt, correct?
**[20:28] Sheila**
He's certainly not acting like a rookie...
**[20:31] Sheila**
Some are spreading rumors
about him out of jealousy.
**[20:35] Rentt**
Wow, people are jealous of me now?
**[20:38] Lorraine**
Hey! It's not a good thing!
**[20:41] Sheila**
That's right.
**[20:42] Sheila**
You're in a delicate position right now.
**[20:45] Rentt**
If it's that bad, I can stop going
into the labyrinth for a while.
**[20:50] Sheila**
How many days is "a while," exactly?
**[20:55] Rentt**
Three days or so.
**[20:57] Lorraine**
What?
**[21:00] Rentt**
Okay... four.
**[21:09] Laura**
I hope we get someone good.
**[21:11] Ryze**
Yeah.
**[21:13] Ryze**
Once we've got a party, we're going
down to the second floor again.
**[21:17] Laura**
Yeah.
**[21:18] Laura**
We didn't get to go anywhere last time,
so let's fight a whole lot of monsters!
**[21:23] Guildmaster**
Work hard, rookies.
**[21:26] Guildmaster**
Hey, I heard Rentt Vivie
passed his exam, too.
**[21:30] Sheila**
His skills and personality were just fine.
**[21:35] Guildmaster**
I see.
**[21:36] Sheila**
Yes.
**[21:38] Guildmaster**
Speaking of Rentts...
**[21:41] Guildmaster**
What happened to Rentt Faina?
**[21:44] Guildmaster**
I was planning on recruiting him
to the guild once he retired.
**[21:47] Rookie**
"Forgot"?
**[21:49] Rookie**
What am I supposed to do?
**[21:50] Guildmaster**
Look. One of the new kids is in trouble.
**[21:53] Sheila**
I-I'll go right away!
**[21:58] Sheila**
But Guildmaster, the other Rentt
is a wonderful adventurer, too!
***SIGN*** A New Weapon and Power