# E15 - A Fierce Tournament
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**[00:02] Makoto/N**
*The combat tournament has begun.*
**[00:04] Makoto/N**
*In the first round, Daena faces Yuno.*
**[00:07] Makoto/N**
* Due to a noble's dastardly scheme,*
* my students will be fighting one another.*
**[00:17] Makoto/N**
*And yet, they cannot go easy on each other.*
**[00:20] Makoto/N**
*Competition is always without mercy.*
**[00:26] Ref**
The winner is Daena Severus.
**[00:48] [SONG] Sign**
Season Two
**[02:01] [SONG] Eptitle**
Night Fifteen A Fierce Tournament
**[02:01] [SONG] Eptitle**
Night Fifteen A Fierce Tournament
**[02:01] Ref**
The next match will be the
tournament's highest-level fight.
**[02:04] Ref**
Both combatants are level 97.
**[02:08] Ref**
First, Jin Rohan.
**[02:11] Ref**
His opponent, Mithra Casper.
**[02:14] Ref**
In this tournament, a handful of
participants are over level 90.
**[02:19] Ref**
In order to keep the playing field even,
they will be using wooden swords.
**[02:25] Makoto/Id**
* Yeah, right. They're just*
* doing it to spite my students.*
**[02:30] Ref**
The match will last ten minutes.
**[02:32] Ref**
For safety reasons, those dolls will
incur any damage taken by the students.
**[02:37] Tomoe**
Those are the dolls?
**[02:39] Makoto**
Yeah.
**[02:40] Makoto**
The students don't take damage, but if
even a single doll falls, the match is over.
**[02:46] Makoto**
Each student is given three
dolls in case of overkills.
**[02:51] Mio**
Three wouldn't be enough.
**[02:56] Ref**
Only self-supporting spells can
be used in the warrior category.
**[03:01] Ref**
Attack and healing spells are prohibited.
**[03:05] Ref**
Now, then...
**[03:08] Ref**
Begin!
**[03:11] Jin**
Let's make this quick.
**[03:12] Jin**
No hard feelings.
**[03:14] Mithra**
Sure. Don't hold back.
**[03:18] Mob**
What's wrong with you, big guy?
**[03:19] Mob**
You're just defending!
**[03:20] Mob**
Attack him!
**[03:22] Tomoe**
Mithra's defensive movements
and positioning are better.
**[03:26] Tomoe**
He's effectively dampening
his opponent's spirit.
**[03:29] Makoto**
Yeah. The only reason his opponent hasn't
stopped attacking is because he's Jin.
**[03:35] Makoto**
If this match were determined by
judgment, Jin would be the winner.
**[03:44] Ref**
The winner is Jin Rohan.
**[03:48] Tomoe**
Your students didn't disappoint.
**[03:50] Tomoe**
That was a rather high-level match.
**[03:53] Mio**
Personally, I believe Mithra won that fight.
**[03:56] Makoto**
You mean he won the fight
but lost the match?
**[04:00] Makoto**
I know exactly what Jin is thinking.
**[04:05] Ref**
Begin!
**[04:07] Student B**
O spirits, hear my prayer.
**[04:07] Student A**
O goddess, grant me your strength.
**[04:10] Student B**
Grant me swift arrows of ice, so that I may...
**[04:10] Student A**
Grant me the red miracle of destruction.
**[04:12] Student A**
Form your flames into a spear...
**[04:16] Makoto**
The mage category is a mess.
**[04:19] Tomoe**
All the students except yours
are doing a sloppy job.
**[04:22] Mio**
Even orc children are better than this.
**[04:27] Makoto**
They seem to be taking it seriously, though.
**[04:30] Mob**
Go!
**[04:30] Makoto**
The audience around us seems delighted, too.
**[04:31] Mob**
That's it!
**[04:32] Mob**
Amazing!
**[04:33] Mob**
More!
**[04:34] Makoto**
Yeah...
**[04:36] Makoto/Id**
*Next is Abelia and Shifu's match.*
**[04:39] Makoto/Id**
* Before summer break,*
* their levels were even, but...*
**[04:45] Shifu**
Az kafra swen!
**[04:47] Mob**
She's charging in?
**[04:47] Mob**
Isn't she a mage?
**[04:49] Abelia**
Flaga ankasha mavis staja!
**[04:52] Makoto/Id**
* She's quick. She completed the*
* incantation while evading her attack.*
**[04:58] Mio**
She moved like she was expecting
that arrow to follow her.
**[05:03] Abelia**
Crap—
**[05:05] Tomoe**
But her opponent expected her to evade it.
**[05:10] Shifu**
Spirits of the earth, seize my enemy.
**[05:17] Mob**
What is that?
**[05:18] Mob**
I've never seen that spell before!
**[05:20] Makoto**
An earth spirit spell, huh?
**[05:29] Abelia**
I surrender.
**[05:31] Ref**
The winner is Shifu Rembrandt.
**[05:34] Tomoe**
I wonder, how would they fare in a real fight?
**[05:38] Makoto/Id**
* The way this is going, Shifu will*
* probably win the mage category.*
**[05:42] Noble A**
How utterly distasteful.
**[05:45] Noble B**
The winner is one of the
notorious Rembrandt sisters.
**[05:49] Noble B**
She probably used her wealth to
acquire expensive magical equipment.
**[05:54] Lily**
Enough. You disgrace yourselves.
**[05:56] Noble A**
Y-Your Highness...
**[05:59] Lily**
Their fight was marvelous.
**[06:03] Lily**
Their desire to try new things
**[06:05] Lily**
instead of being satisfied with current
combat techniques is admirable.
**[06:08] Noble B**
But such underhanded fighting is hardly
suitable for a soldier or knight.
**[06:13] Lily**
Then what about our nation's hero?
**[06:16] Lily**
Is it underhanded when he uses his mobility
to dispatch demons from the skies?
**[06:22] Augus**
I agree.
**[06:25] Augus**
Tradition and ceremony don't reduce
casualties on the battlefield.
**[06:28] Augus**
They won't protect our lands.
**[06:31] Augus**
Your words could be taken as
insults against the hero.
**[06:35] Augus**
It's distasteful.
**[06:38] Luto**
I was surprised by their fighting, too.
**[06:42] Luto**
They would surely fight marvelously
with the goddess's blessing.
**[06:48] Luto**
I'm rather looking forward to the next match.
**[06:52] Makoto/Id**
* In the second round of the mage category,*
* the winner, Shifu, will fight Izumo.*
**[07:00] Izumo**
More spirit magic.
**[07:05] Izumo**
Garzloa!
**[07:12] Shifu**
Flamswen.
**[07:20] Makoto/Id**
*This is probably over.*
***SIGN*** Round Two Winner: Shifu
**[07:27] Makoto/Id**
* In the second round of the warrior*
* category, Jin will fight Daena.*
**[07:36] Ref**
The winner is Jin Rohan.
**[07:40] Makoto/Id**
* He's only casting enhancing*
* spells between attacks.*
**[07:44] Makoto/Id**
*His instincts are insane.*
***SIGN*** Mage Category Final
**[07:48] Makoto/Id**
*Shifu's opponent is an older student.*
**[07:51] Makoto/Id**
* He's apparently good enough to receive*
* an offer from the court of Limia.*
**[07:55] Student A**
O goddess, grant me an azure
yet invisible blade of wind.
**[08:03] Shifu**
Ref?
**[08:10] Shifu**
Az flaga swenia.
**[08:11] Student A**
Damn it!
**[08:15] Ref**
The winner is Shifu Rembrandt.
**[08:19] Jin**
Impressive.
**[08:21] Shifu**
I decided to scare him a little since
he'll be on Hopleys' team tomorrow.
**[08:26] Jin**
That was more than a little.
**[08:28] Jin**
Does this mean you're upset
about this tournament, too?
**[08:31] Shifu**
I'll leave that up to your imagination.
**[08:34] Shifu**
Jin, I'm sure you know already, but...
**[08:37] Jin**
Yeah, of course.
**[08:42] Jin**
Watch me, Kuzunoha-sensei.
**[08:54] Ilumgand**
It's tradition to wear this to formal events.
**[08:59] Jin**
I have no complaints.
**[09:01] Jin**
Let's have a good match.
**[09:04] Ilumgand**
Your luck ran out when you decided
to take Kuzunoha's class.
**[09:09] Ref**
The warrior category final between Ilumgand
Hopleys and Jin Rohan will now begin!
**[09:27] Ilumgand**
Noble blood that flows through my body,
**[09:29] Ilumgand**
awaken to become my blue strength!
**[09:40] Ilumgand**
R-Ref!
**[09:44] Ref**
Jin Rohan, you seem to be fighting passively.
**[09:48] Ref**
Please participate more actively.
**[09:50] Jin**
Understood.
**[09:53] Ilumgand**
You bastard! Do you really think
you'll get away with—
**[10:18] Ref**
Th-The winner is Jin Rohan.
**[10:29] Makoto/Id**
*Yup. Nice work, Jin.*
**[10:31] Makoto/Id**
* His equipment may be inferior, but his*
* level and instincts are way ahead.*
**[10:39] Ilumgand**
This isn't over. There's still the team battle.
**[10:44] Ilumgand**
I swear... I swear...
**[10:47] Ilumgand**
I'll kill him.
**[10:52] Makoto**
It's time for the winners of both
categories to fight each other.
**[10:56] Makoto**
The champion of the whole
tournament will be decided.
**[10:59] Tomoe**
Shifu has a great advantage.
I'm not sure Jin stands a chance.
**[11:04] Mio**
None at all.
**[11:05] Makoto**
Jin might have some tricks up his...
**[11:08] Makoto**
Huh?
**[11:09] Shifu**
Forgive me...
**[11:13] Shifu**
but let us end this.
**[11:23] Ref**
The winner is Shifu Rembrandt.
**[11:26] Makoto**
I am not surprised.
**[11:27] Makoto**
It's the expected outcome
**[11:29] Makoto**
of this tournament.
**[11:30] Both**
It's only natural.
**[11:32] Makoto/N**
* The individual event was won*
* by the spellcasting beauty,*
**[11:37] Makoto/N**
* but the team event would*
* take place the following day.*
**[11:40] Makoto/N**
*The students' tournament continued.*
**[11:44] Makoto/N**
* Meanwhile, Misumi Makoto received*
* troubling news from the merchant's guild.*
**[11:53] Rembrandt**
Anyway, they ask that you
visit the guild tomorrow.
**[11:58] Rembrandt**
I'm sorry I couldn't do more for you.
**[12:01] Makoto**
*Not at all. Don't worry about it.*
**[12:04] Rembrandt**
The dignitaries of every nation have taken
an interest in the Kuzunoha Trading Company.
**[12:11] Rembrandt**
Perhaps your day of reckoning has come.
***SIGN*** Tournament Team Event Round One
**[12:20] Yuno**
What?
**[12:21] Yuno**
Kuzunoha-sensei can't come?
**[12:23] Jin**
No. Apparently the merchant's
guild asked to see him.
**[12:26] Abelia**
Wh-What about Shiki-san?
**[12:28] Jin**
Shiki-san and his two attendants
will watch the matches.
**[12:31] Abelia**
Oh, good.
**[12:32] Daena**
It is?
**[12:33] Izumo**
All you care about is Shiki-san.
**[12:35] Abelia**
M-More importantly,
**[12:36] Abelia**
what changes were made
to the team event rules?
**[12:40] Jin**
The party's total level
must be less than 365.
**[12:45] Jin**
We'll have to adjust our
numbers for the match.
**[12:48] Izumo**
So only three of us can fight.
**[12:51] Shifu**
It's ridiculous.
**[12:53] Shifu**
It's not as though that will change anything.
**[12:56] Yuno**
Right?
**[13:00] Lily/Id**
* It's like they're fighting*
* scarecrows or wooden dolls.*
**[13:04] Lily/Id**
*This Kuzunoha is an incredible teacher.*
**[13:09] Lily/Id**
* It would be a shame to allow*
* another nation to claim him.*
**[13:12] Lily/Id**
*Dangerous, too.*
**[13:16] Augus**
I'm impressed there are students this skilled.
**[13:19] Joshua**
Their teacher's name is Kuzunoha.
**[13:21] Joshua**
He also represents the
Kuzunoha Trading Company.
**[13:26] Augus**
There are still great men yet
to be discovered in this world.
**[13:30] Zara**
I am Zara Hardis, leader of the
Rotsgard merchant's guild branch.
**[13:35] Makoto**
* My name is Kuzunoha.*
* It's an honor to meet you.*
**[13:39] Zara**
An honor? Then why haven't
you asked to see me until now?
**[13:44] Makoto**
* I had to wait a whole month*
* for an appointment with you.*
**[13:48] Makoto**
* Forgive me for not introducing*
* myself sooner.*
**[13:52] Zara**
That's a rather delayed apology.
**[13:54] Zara**
The truth is, I've been asked to investigate
**[13:57] Zara**
the Kuzunoha Trading Company's
merchandise and distribution.
**[14:01] Zara**
Some grave opinions have been
expressed about your company.
**[14:04] Makoto**
*Grave opinions?*
**[14:06] Zara**
That the Kuzunoha Trading Company
receives help from demons.
**[14:11] Makoto**
*I'm offended. We're an honest business.*
**[14:15] Zara**
I'm sure you are.
**[14:17] Zara**
The temple guaranteed the quality and
production methods of your products, as well.
**[14:21] Makoto/Id**
*The temple?*
**[14:23] Makoto/Id**
*Oh, that thing the other day.*
**[14:26] Zara**
The issue is with your distribution.
**[14:28] Zara**
We've confirmed that you purchase
**[14:30] Zara**
raw materials through markets
operated directly by the guild.
**[14:34] Zara**
But we've been unable to confirm any road
travel records of your carts and wagons.
**[14:39] Zara**
How are you transporting your materials?
**[14:42] Makoto/Id**
*I can't tell him about the demiplane.*
**[14:44] Makoto/Id**
*I'll have to trick him somehow.*
**[14:47] Makoto**
* We use the same roads as*
* other trading companies,*
**[14:50] Makoto**
* but because we borrow carts and wagons*
* from the Rembrandt Trading Company,*
**[14:53] Makoto**
* there are no travel records under the*
* Kuzunoha Trading Company's name.*
**[14:57] Zara**
I see... But what about this?
**[15:00] Zara**
These documents compare the materials
**[15:02] Zara**
you purchased from the market with
materials used in the products you sell.
**[15:06] Zara**
It's clear that you're acquiring materials from
somewhere other than the markets, too.
**[15:11] Makoto**
* This is the first I've heard*
* of that investigation.*
**[15:14] Makoto**
* If you'd told me about it,*
* I could've offered my cooperation.*
**[15:17] Zara**
Your cooperation?
**[15:18] Zara**
It's for the guild to decide if your
trading company is innocent or not.
**[15:22] Makoto**
* Is it not natural for me to cooperate with*
* your investigation and clear my name?*
**[15:27] Zara**
You are naïve.
**[15:29] Zara**
I'm amazed you can operate
a trading company like that.
**[15:32] Zara**
Why can't you behave appropriately
for your status and circumstances?
**[15:36] Makoto/Id**
*Why?*
**[15:38] Makoto/Id**
*What did I do to deserve this?*
**[15:41] Makoto**
*Allow me to be direct.*
**[15:43] Makoto**
*What is it that you want me to do?*
**[15:47] Zara**
We want you to submit your distribution
methods to the guild and share them with us.
**[15:54] Makoto/Id**
* Is he trying to extort me by offering*
* conditions I can't accept?*
**[15:59] Makoto**
*I can't agree to those terms.*
**[16:01] Makoto**
* Is this something we can*
* resolve with money?*
**[16:03] Zara**
You're really not cut out
to be a merchant, are you?
**[16:08] Zara**
You just admitted to the existence of a
transportation method you're hiding from us.
**[16:13] Zara**
That lie has damaged our trust in you.
**[16:17] Zara**
A decent merchant would never
do anything like that.
**[16:22] Zara**
Then you asked if this matter
could be resolved with money.
**[16:25] Zara**
That was an unbelievably bad move, as well.
**[16:27] Zara**
Do you have any idea of the scale
**[16:29] Zara**
of the trading companies that have
submitted complaints against you?
**[16:32] Makoto/Id**
*I-I...*
**[16:34] Zara**
Since Rembrandt got involved,
I expected more from you.
**[16:40] Zara**
But your judgment and comprehension
are utterly lacking.
**[16:43] Zara**
You're an incompetent child
who's made it on luck alone.
**[16:48] Zara**
For now, you will pay us 90%
of your monthly profits.
**[16:52] Zara**
Then no one will have
anything to complain about.
**[16:55] Makoto**
*Ninety percent of my profits?*
**[16:56] Zara**
These companies earn dozens, if not hundreds
of times as much as yours annually.
**[17:02] Zara**
They're not going to ask
for just a few gold coins.
**[17:05] Makoto**
*Th-That's a clearly unreasonable demand.*
**[17:08] Makoto**
*Are you going to allow this extortion?*
**[17:10] Zara**
You said you would pay.
**[17:13] Zara**
It's not the guild's concern.
**[17:15] Makoto**
* The nail that sticks out gets*
* hammered down, does it?*
**[17:18] Makoto**
* I see it doesn't pay to be*
* an honest businessman.*
**[17:21] Zara**
There's no end to your naïveté.
**[17:23] Zara**
Your stores employ mostly
demihumans, don't they?
**[17:26] Zara**
Then why not sell to only demihumans, too?
**[17:30] Zara**
If you set up stalls outside cities,
you'd be unrestricted.
**[17:34] Makoto/Id**
*This asshole...*
**[17:35] Zara**
Those who wish to become merchants must
knock on the doors built by their predecessors,
**[17:41] Zara**
learn the basics of business,
and build relationships.
**[17:43] Zara**
Only then can they open their own shops!
**[17:45] Zara**
No one's allowed to conduct business
just because they have the funds.
**[17:52] Zara**
Oh, and it doesn't matter how
strong your followers are.
**[17:55] Zara**
If you attempt to resolve this with violence,
**[17:58] Zara**
the Kuzunoha Trading Company will instantly
be branded allies of the demons.
**[18:01] Zara**
You'll be traitors to hyumankind.
**[18:03] Makoto**
*This is ridiculous.*
**[18:04] Zara**
No. You're just naïve.
**[18:08] Zara**
Regarding the money,
the guild will intervene,
**[18:11] Zara**
so close down your shop
and go back to Tsige.
**[18:15] Zara**
This is what you get for not doing what
you were supposed to do, Kuzunoha.
**[18:19] Zara**
Is your idea of being an honest
businessman bumming around?
**[18:22] Zara**
By my values, I'd call that being lazy.
**[18:27] Makoto**
* You're being rather kind*
* for someone mocking me.*
**[18:31] Zara**
Because then Rembrandt will owe me a favor.
**[18:36] Zara**
He must be getting old to
show this kind of weakness.
**[18:40] Makoto/Id**
* Am I causing problems*
* for Rembrandt-san, too?*
**[18:48] Zara**
But you will tell us about
your distribution methods.
**[18:52] Zara**
Now talk.
**[18:56] Makoto/Id**
*I didn't know what to do anymore,*
**[19:01] Makoto/Id**
* so I explained that I used my magically*
* powerful follower's teleportation spell.*
**[19:08] Makoto/Id**
*Naturally, I didn't mention the demiplane.*
**[19:11] Makoto/Id**
*I thought my business had been going well.*
**[19:17] Mio**
Very well. I'll deal with that
representative this very instant.
**[19:21] Tomoe**
Mio, calm down.
**[19:22] Shiki**
We should've gone with you.
**[19:25] Tomoe**
If we'd gone with him,
it might've turned into a bloodbath.
**[19:30] Tomoe**
Don't let it bother you, Young Master.
**[19:33] Mio**
The master became a merchant so he
could provide everyone with medicine.
**[19:38] Mio**
Why does he need to know how to get along
with merchants who only care about profits?
**[19:42] Tomoe**
You're being naïve.
**[19:44] Tomoe**
I won't say he did the wrong thing,
but this is part of doing business.
**[19:49] Shiki**
Especially if you're
conducting honest business.
**[19:53] Mio**
There's something wrong with both of you!
**[19:55] Tomoe**
Young Master, this could be an
opportunity to abandon hyumankind.
**[19:59] Tomoe**
Don't you intend to establish a
relationship with demons eventually anyway?
**[20:03] Shiki**
Demons are more tolerant of other
species than hyumans, too.
**[20:08] Mio**
This is all too complicated for me,
**[20:12] Mio**
but I don't think he needs to serve anyone
who would exploit his pure benevolence!
**[20:19] Makoto**
Yeah. Tomoe is right.
**[20:22] Makoto**
I intend to establish a
relationship with demons.
**[20:25] Makoto**
Once the academy festival is over, I plan
to borrow or acquire the land Tomoe found.
**[20:31] Makoto**
I may end up owing the demons a lot.
**[20:35] Makoto**
Ideally, I'd like to continue
doing business with hyumans
**[20:39] Makoto**
while maintaining a connection
with demons, but...
**[20:53] Makoto**
Kaleneon, once part of Elysion.
**[20:56] Makoto**
This was my parents' home country.
**[21:01] Makoto**
My parents met here, became adventurers,
and traveled around the world.
**[21:07] Makoto**
In other words, it's like my home country, too.
**[21:10] Shiki**
Aren't Eva the librarian and
Luria of Gotetsu from there?
**[21:14] Makoto**
Yes. It's their homeland, too.
**[21:16] Makoto**
That's why I'm going to ask
them to make a decision.
**[21:21] Makoto**
If they agree...
**[21:29] Tomoe**
That sounds interesting!
**[21:30] Shiki**
Indeed. It could be the trump card
that solves your current problems.
**[21:36] Mio**
I have no complaints with your decision.
**[21:41] Makoto/Id**
*They all accepted my choice,*
**[21:44] Makoto/Id**
*so I won't hesitate anymore.*
**[21:49] Makoto/Id**
*The two heroes sided with the hyumans,*
**[21:52] Makoto/Id**
* so there should be no problem with*
* the third man from another world*
**[21:56] Makoto/Id**
*overlooking some of the demons' actions.*
**[21:59] Makoto/Id**
*Right, shitty goddess?*
**[23:34] Makoto/N**
*Night Sixteen: "A Certain Student's Secret."*
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** A Certain Student's Secret