E11 - The Hidden Boss Is Confessed To
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[00:00] Alicia
Grandma, how are you doing?
[00:03] Alicia
I'm doing great!
[00:07] Alicia
It's the second half of our second year,
[00:10] Alicia
and I've made a lot of
progress with my magic.
[00:12] Alicia
I even exchanged the magic stones I got
in a dungeon for a new magic tool.
[00:19] Alicia
Thanks to the help of those around
me, I'm actually getting by.
[00:34] Alicia
I can't talk about it in detail yet,
[00:37] Alicia
but my friends and I plan to work together
[00:38] Alicia
and do our best to help
a whole lot of people.
[00:42] Yumiella
Looks like Alicia and her
friends are leveling up nicely.
SIGN Villainess Level 99
SIGN I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord
[02:20] Alastor
Pardon me. Are you Miss Yumiella Dolkness?
[02:23] Yumiella
Yes, I am.
[02:25] Alastor
I'm from the kingdom's magic
tool development team.
[02:28] Alastor
I'd like you to assist with an experiment.
[02:32] Alastor
I've gotten the principal's
permission to do this.
[02:35] Alastor
We're free to use this room as we please.
[02:40] Alastor
This is our latest model
of magic-sealing shackles.
[02:44] Alastor
I'd like to see if they
can hold up to your magic.
[02:48] Yumiella
So now I just need to use my magic?
[02:50] Alastor
Yes. Raise the output gradually, please.
[02:55] Yumiella
All right.
[03:09] Yumiella
That was my full strength.
[03:11] Yumiella
This is an impressive magic tool.
[03:14] Alastor
All right, now!
[03:17] Alastor
Let's kill her quick and get out of here!
[03:20] Alastor
That stuff about a magic tool
experiment was all a lie!
[03:22] Alastor
I never thought you'd
fall for it that easily!
[03:29] Alastor
Huh?
[03:31] Yumiella
My physical strength is also level 99.
[03:35] Alastor
I-It was just a joke!
[03:37] Alastor
I appreciate your assistance
with our experiment.
[03:40] Yumiella
Do you really think that's going to fly?
[03:46] Ronald
Pretty dumb idea they had,
going after you like that.
[03:50] Ronald
Who do you think they were?
[03:52] Yumiella
I don't know.
[03:53] Yumiella
Maybe it's a scheme by Remlest
or some other country?
[03:57] Ronald
In any case, someone in the
school must have led them here.
[04:01] Ronald
It wouldn't hurt to be extra careful.
[04:05] Yumiella
All right.
[04:07] Yumiella
Two days later, overnight...
[04:17] Assassin
Huh?
[04:18] Yumiella
Um... You're some sort
of assassin, aren't you?
[04:24] Yumiella
I've been nearly assassinated twice now.
You should probably stay away from me.
[04:31] Yumiella
What's wrong, Patrick?
[04:33] Patrick
You're really okay with that?
[04:36] Yumiella
Huh? I'm just fine, as you can see.
[04:39] Patrick
I'm not worried about you dying,
[04:42] Patrick
but how can you be okay knowing
someone wants to kill you?
[04:47] Yumiella
He's right. Somewhere deep inside,
I might be a little hurt.
[04:51] Yumiella
But the way it felt when they attacked...
[04:54] Yumiella
I feel like I've experienced
it many times before...
[04:57] Patrick
You should stay with me for a while.
[04:59] Patrick
There's nothing you need to worry—
[05:02] Yumiella
It's the feeling I get
when fighting monsters.
[05:05] Patrick
Monsters?
[05:06] Yumiella
It's kill or be killed when
fighting monsters too, right?
[05:09] Yumiella
I guess I'm used to that sort of thing.
[05:12] Patrick
Uh, monsters and people aren't the—
[05:15] Yumiella
Watch out!
[05:20] Yumiella
I'll go catch who did this. You hide!
[05:24] Patrick
Yumiella!
[05:29] Yumiella
You'll pay for that. Targeting
me alone is one thing,
[05:32] Yumiella
but what if you had hit Patrick?
[05:40] Yumiella
If I stay at school, I'll put Patrick
and the other students in danger.
[05:47] KidA
Let's go, Demon Lord!
[05:50] KidB
Bring it on, hero!
[05:51] KidC
We're gonna turn the tables!
[05:52] KidA
Yah!
[05:54] KidB
I will not lose!
[05:58] Yumiella
In this kingdom, people are detested
just for having dark hair.
[06:02] Yumiella
It happened to me when I
started at the academy, too.
[06:05] Yumiella
Then I had people doubting my level,
[06:08] Yumiella
and rumors that I was the Demon Lord.
[06:10] Yumiella
At that point, I don't think it
was about my hair color anymore.
[06:14] Yumiella
You're not going to play with the others?
[06:16] Phil
Huh? Who are you?
[06:18] Yumiella
Just a passerby.
[06:20] Yumiella
What's wrong? Are they leaving you out?
[06:23] Phil
It's not that... It's just...
[06:25] Phil
You know, since my hair looks like this...
[06:29] Yumiella
Look.
[06:31] Yumiella
As you can see, my hair is black as night.
[06:34] Yumiella
But I have friends,
[06:36] Yumiella
and recently, I've been finding
more people I can talk to.
[06:40] Yumiella
Everyone avoided me at first,
[06:43] Yumiella
but little but little,
the distance has been closing.
[06:47] Phil
That's really cool.
[06:49] Phil
I don't have the guts to try
to make friends, though.
[06:52] Yumiella
I'm the same way. Mine spoke to me first.
[06:56] Yumiella
I had half given up on
getting close to anyone.
[07:01] Yumiella
But if I had tried to approach people myself,
[07:06] Yumiella
maybe it wouldn't have taken so long.
[07:09] Phil
Yeah, maybe... but...
[07:13] Leader
Hey there, miss.
[07:14] Leader
Yumiella Dolkness, right?
[07:18] Phil
Huh? What is it?
[07:19] Leader
Hey!
[07:23] Yumiella
Get away, all of you. It's dangerous.
[07:25] Leader
Enough of this! We'll all go for her at once!
[07:32] Yumiella
Dark Bind.
[07:36] KidC
Wow, cool!
[07:37] KidA
What was that?
[07:38] KidC
Are you a mage?
[07:40] Yumiella
So you're the leader of this group?
[07:41] Yumiella
Who sent you after me?
[07:44] Leader
H-Hell if I know!
[07:45] Yumiella
Understood.
[07:47] Yumiella
A show of cruelty here would set
a bad example for the kids...
[07:51] Yumiella
so why don't we take our
time talking over there?
[07:54] Leader
I seriously don't know! Some guy
hiding his face paid me to do this!
[07:58] Leader
I'm not lying! Please believe me!
[08:01] KidA
She's a real mage!
[08:03] KidC
I've never seen one before!
[08:05] KidB
Who was that lady?
[08:06] Phil
I don't know, but... she's so cool!
[08:09] KidB
Yeah, she is!
[08:12] Rita
And what happened after that?
[08:14] Yumiella
I tried threatening him a little, but
he really didn't seem to know anything.
[08:19] Yumiella
So I handed him over to the nearest
soldiers, as usual, and that was it.
[08:25] Yumiella
Hey, Rita... Are these the same
tea leaves you always use?
[08:29] Rita
Yes. They're the same ones as always.
[08:32] Yumiella
I see. Maybe I imagined it.
[08:35] Yumiella
Why don't you have a drink?
[08:37] Rita
Huh?
[08:38] Rita
U-Um...
[08:42] Rita
Please forgive me!
[08:43] Yumiella
So I was right. It's poisoned.
[08:46] Rita
My sister...
[08:48] Rita
They took my younger sister
hostage... I had to...
[08:51] Yumiella
What kind of poison did you use?
[08:53] Rita
I was told that one drop
would be a lethal dose...
[08:56] Rita
and I put in five drops every time.
[08:58] Yumiella
I really should have picked up on that.
[09:01] Yumiella
No matter how bottomless my HP is...
[09:04] Yumiella
And you were also the one who led
the assassins to the academy?
[09:07] Rita
Y-Yes.
[09:09] Yumiella
Who ordered you to?
[09:11] Rita
The master. Your father, Count Dolkness.
[09:16] Yumiella
Well, it did occur to me
that it might have been him.
[09:21] Yumiella
What's this about your
sister being a hostage?
[09:23] Rita
She works at your father's
mansion in the capital.
[09:28] Rita
Please, just spare my sister...
[09:30] Yumiella
All right. I'm going to go get your sister.
[09:33] Yumiella
Come with me.
[09:36] Yumiella
Where is the Dolkness mansion,
anyway? I've never been there.
[09:40] Rita
Over there, on the right side of that street.
[09:47] Yumiella
Do you know where your sister is?
[09:49] Rita
Normally, she'd be finished with
her work and back in her room.
[09:53] Yumiella
All right. Let's go.
[09:59] Rita
Sara!
[10:00] Sara
Sister?
[10:03] Rita
Thank goodness you're all right!
[10:05] Sara
Huh? What are you talking about?
[10:07] Sara
Oh... Is that Miss Yumiella?
[10:11] Yumiella
Yes. You were being held
hostage by my parents.
[10:15] Yumiella
Rita said that if she didn't
kill me, they'd kill you.
[10:19] Rita
I'm sorry, Sara. I have to say
goodbye. Thank you for everything.
[10:23] Sara
Huh?
[10:24] Rita
My lady, I will assume full
responsibility for this.
[10:28] Rita
Please just spare my sister.
[10:30] Yumiella
When did the story get to that point?
[10:33] Rita
Do it quickly, in a place where
she can't see it, if possible.
[10:36] Yumiella
Wait, wait, wait. I'm not a demon.
[10:39] Rita
Huh?
[10:40] Yumiella
I have no intention of punishing you.
[10:43] Yumiella
You were being threatened.
[10:45] Yumiella
If I suffered any harm, it was
that the tea wasn't very good.
[10:49] Rita
My lady... no, Miss Yumiella, I will
be loyal to you until the day I die.
[10:54] Yumiella
Uh... Okay. Thanks.
[10:57] Yumiella
There's something I need to do. Wait here.
[11:00] Rita
Okay...
[11:09] Yumiella
Good evening.
[11:11] Dad
Who are you?
[11:12] Yumiella
Oh, should I have said "I'm home" instead?
[11:16] Mom
"Home"?
[11:17] Dad
You... It can't be...
[11:19] Yumiella
It's a pleasure to finally
meet you, Father, Mother.
[11:23] Yumiella
I'm your only daughter, Yumiella.
[11:26] Yumiella
The same Yumiella Dolkness you tried to use
for a political marriage and then kill.
[11:33] Yumiella
Now that I've met them, I realize that
[11:36] Yumiella
I don't actually detest my parents that much.
[11:38] Yumiella
Of course, I'd say they're
not the greatest parents,
[11:41] Yumiella
but if they'd spoiled me throughout
my childhood, I wouldn't be who I am.
[11:45] Dad
Damn those losers! I paid
them a lot of money, too!
[11:49] Yumiella
So you admit that you tried to kill me?
[11:52] Dad
This all started because you betrayed us!
[11:55] Yumiella
What do you mean, I "betrayed" you?
[11:58] Dad
I know you've been working with the
king's faction to prepare for war!
[12:03] Yumiella
Prepare for war?
[12:04] Dad
Yes! I know you're in on it!
[12:07] Dad
You stole the plan that we of the
anti-king faction came up with!
[12:12] Mom
We've been deeply shamed because
you took our enemy's side!
[12:18] Yumiella
Ah... I'm starting to see what's going on.
[12:21] Yumiella
The kingdom is preparing its military
for the Demon Lord's invasion.
[12:26] Yumiella
The extremists must have mistaken that as
preparation for war with another country.
[12:31] Yumiella
They fear that this dispatch of troops
will empower the king's faction.
[12:37] Yumiella
The king has taken a liking to me,
[12:39] Yumiella
and I've refused all proposals
from the anti-king faction.
[12:43] Yumiella
So my parents thought assassinating
me would be better
[12:46] Yumiella
than handing me over to the enemy.
[12:49] Yumiella
That must be it.
[12:51] Yumiella
There is no war with any other nation.
[12:53] Yumiella
I have no intention of taking part
in any strategic war, either.
[12:56] Dad
Why?!
[12:57] Dad
If you earned fame in battle, the Dolkness
family would earn a central position!
[13:01] Mom
We wouldn't be ridiculed as
"wannabe central nobles" anymore!
[13:05] Yumiella
Father, why don't you return to our domain?
[13:08] Yumiella
It may be a good idea to start
some sort of undertaking there.
[13:11] Dad
Don't be ridiculous. I've left my
administrator in charge of the domain.
[13:15] Dad
All we need to do there is collect taxes.
[13:17] Yumiella
What about you, Mother?
[13:18] Mom
You expect me to live in the countryside?
[13:21] Mom
It's bad enough that you have black hair!
[13:23] Mom
Why did I have to have a child like you?!
[13:25] Yumiella
These two are hopeless.
[13:27] Yumiella
I never had any hope in them
as parents to begin with,
[13:30] Yumiella
but they're hopeless both
as nobles and as humans.
[13:35] Yumiella
Father, yield your title to me.
[13:38] Dad
What are you—
[13:39] Yumiella
You're free to refuse.
I'm your only heir, after all.
[13:43] Yumiella
When you die, I will
automatically become a countess.
[13:48] Dad
S-Someone call the guards!
[13:51] Yumiella
You think there are any
guards who can best me?
[13:53] Dad
Are you threatening your father?!
[13:55] Yumiella
I don't need that from someone who
sent assassins after his own child.
[13:59] Mom
Y-Yumiella...
[14:01] Mom
You have received many
wonderful marriage offers.
[14:04] Mom
You'll be happy if you marry
into an important family.
[14:06] Yumiella
I'm plenty happy already.
[14:09] Mom
But you have black hair.
[14:11] Mom
There's no way you can be happy!
[14:14] Yumiella
There are people who say
they like my black hair.
[14:18] Yumiella
You don't get to decide whether
I can or can't be happy.
[14:23] Yumiella
Black Hole.
[14:26] Yumiella
Choose. House arrest, or an
honorable death here and now?
[14:32] Yumiella
Not that I actually intend to kill them.
[14:37] Yumiella
Well? What will it be?
[14:41] Dad
Okay! We'll do as you say!
[14:44] Dad
Just don't kill us, please!
[14:48] King
I understand what's going on.
[14:50] King
This must have been hard on you.
[14:53] King
But what change of heart persuaded you
to suggest taking over your domain?
[14:57] Yumiella
I want to do away with discrimination
against those with black hair.
[15:01] Yumiella
I felt the best way to do that would
be to act from a very visible position.
[15:06] King
I see. Your path will be
lined with thorns, though.
[15:10] Yumiella
The discrimination might not end right away,
[15:12] Yumiella
but I'd be satisfied just to lessen it a bit.
[15:15] Yumiella
In the same way that Prince
Edwin overcame his prejudice.
[15:21] Yumiella
There's one thing I learned from all this.
[15:24] Yumiella
I don't think I have it
in me to kill someone.
[15:27] Patrick
I'd say not.
[15:29] Patrick
You spared your parents,
[15:31] Patrick
and you even captured those
assassins instead of killing them.
[15:34] Yumiella
I've achieved the greatest
strength a human can attain,
[15:36] Yumiella
but I guess I still have a human heart.
[15:39] Yumiella
I worried about that at
times, so this was a relief.
[15:42] Patrick
I always thought you were
more human than anyone else.
[15:47] Patrick
Still, I'm impressed by your
resolve to become a countess.
[15:50] Yumiella
Yes, all thanks to a certain boy.
[15:53] Patrick
A boy?! What boy?!
[15:55] Yumiella
A kid around ten years old.
[15:58] Yumiella
He felt inferior because of his dark hair,
[16:00] Yumiella
and he was all alone.
[16:02] Patrick
Ten years old... I get it.
[16:05] Yumiella
That made me think I had to
change society as we know it.
[16:08] Yumiella
I know there are many
people who are struggling.
[16:11] Patrick
In that case, I'll do whatever I can to help.
[16:14] Yumiella
Thank you. There's something I
wanted to ask you regarding that...
[16:18] Patrick
Wh-What?
[16:19] Yumiella
My level may be high,
[16:22] Yumiella
but I don't know much about the world,
so I need someone at my side to help me.
[16:26] Yumiella
Now that I'm a countess, I need to
think about my successor, too.
[16:31] Patrick
S-Successor... Yeah, I guess so.
[16:35] Yumiella
So... Would you be my...
[16:39] Patrick
Yeah?
[16:40] Yumiella
Would you be...
[16:42] Yumiella
my adopted son?
[16:43] Patrick
Flump!
[16:44] Yumiella
You're a second son, so you don't need
to inherit your household, right?
[16:47] Patrick
You are not adopting me!
[16:49] Yumiella
Oh...
[16:50] Yumiella
I thought it'd be nice if
you and I became family...
[16:54] Yumiella
But I guess you don't want to, huh?
[16:56] Patrick
That's not what I'm saying!
[16:58] Yumiella
Well, then, why...
[17:00] Yumiella
Oh, I see!
[17:01] Yumiella
Don't worry. I'll retire really early.
[17:04] Yumiella
I won't pick on your wife or anything.
[17:11] Yumiella
The seasons changed, and the
time of the harvest came.
[17:14] Yumiella
The Kingdom of Valschein's
Foundation Day Festival was held,
[17:17] Yumiella
and the king took the opportunity to
announce the Demon Lord's impending return.
[17:21] King
The Demon Lord of the past will soon return.
[17:25] King
When he does, he will surely direct his
army of monsters to invade our kingdom.
[17:31] King
But there is no cause for concern.
[17:33] King
We have already made all the preparations
necessary for his return.
[17:37] King
My knight captain, Adolf,
[17:39] King
will serve as our army's supreme
commander against the monsters.
[17:43] King
And the second prince, Edwin,
will lead a small, elite force
[17:48] King
to fight and defeat the Demon Lord.
[17:55] Yumiella
The time has finally come
for me to take center stage.
[17:59] Yumiella
But if this lessens the discrimination
against black-haired people at all,
[18:03] Yumiella
it might not be so bad.
[18:06] Patrick
There you are.
[18:08] Yumiella
Patrick? What are you doing here?
[18:10] Patrick
I saw you from the window, so I came down.
[18:13] Yumiella
I'm impressed you spotted
me from that far away.
[18:17] Patrick
You noticed, huh?
[18:18] Patrick
The truth is, I made it to level 60.
[18:20] Patrick
I can see things farther away now.
[18:22] Yumiella
Level 60? That's the same as Captain Adolf!
[18:27] Patrick
Exactly. I was going to keep it
secret for a while longer, but...
[18:31] Yumiella
Oh... So the reason you've been
away from the academy so much...
[18:34] Patrick
I've been going into dungeons
whenever I had time.
[18:38] Patrick
The Amulet of Growth did the rest.
[18:40] Yumiella
Hang on! That's dangerous without
an Amulet of Protection!
[18:44] Patrick
Nope. You're the one who
told me I should use this.
[18:48] Yumiella
I know, but you still shouldn't!
[18:51] Yumiella
If anything happened to you, I'd...
[18:53] Patrick
That's exactly how I felt every
time you did something reckless.
[18:58] Yumiella
I'm... sorry.
[19:02] Yumiella
I'll try to be less reckless from now on.
[19:05] Patrick
I'm glad you understand.
[19:08] Yumiella
What have I done that was reckless, though?
[19:13] Patrick
Yumiella...
[19:14] Patrick
I have a favor to ask.
[19:16] Patrick
Would you let me join you
in fighting the Demon Lord?
[19:18] Yumiella
I can't.
[19:20] Patrick
So I'm still not strong enough?
[19:22] Yumiella
It's not that.
[19:23] Yumiella
I think your strengths would be best
utilized in large group combat.
[19:27] Yumiella
So I'd like you to fight
against the army of monsters.
[19:31] Yumiella
I won't be able to help there.
[19:34] Patrick
I see... Okay.
[19:37] Yumiella
Also...
[19:38] Yumiella
Do you know what they call the man
and woman who defeat the Demon Lord?
[19:42] Patrick
Yeah. The hero and the saint.
[19:45] Yumiella
If you want to start a new nation with me,
[19:48] Yumiella
then sure, we could fight together.
[19:51] Patrick
Nah, I definitely don't want that.
[19:53] Patrick
If you want to become queen, though,
I don't mind helping you out.
[19:57] Yumiella
You know I don't want that.
[19:59] Patrick
I sure do.
[20:01] Yumiella
Why were you in such a
hurry to raise your level?
[20:04] Yumiella
To be ready for the Demon Lord's return?
[20:07] Patrick
Because you...
[20:08] Yumiella
I what?
[20:10] Patrick
I... wanted to be even stronger than you.
[20:13] Yumiella
But why?
[20:14] Yumiella
Oh, because losing to me in class
all the time was upsetting you?
[20:18] Yumiella
But you know, a person's strength
isn't all that gives them value.
[20:22] Patrick
Remember what you said to that
guy who asked you to dance?
[20:26] Patrick
That you're only into men
who are stronger than you.
[20:29] Yumiella
Huh?
[20:34] Yumiella
Um... I just made that up as
an excuse to turn him down.
SIGN The Hidden Boss Is Confessed To
[20:38] Yumiella
I don't actually feel that way.
[20:42] Patrick
I figured that was probably the case.
[20:44] Patrick
I just thought... if I
wanted to be by your side,
[20:48] Patrick
I'd need to be strong enough.
[20:52] Patrick
It's almost time for the fireworks.
[20:55] Yumiella
Hey, Patrick... Let's
play rock-paper-scissors.
[20:58] Patrick
Huh?
[20:59] Yumiella
Here. Rock, paper, scissors...
[21:02] Yumiella/Patrick
Shoot.
[21:03] Patrick
Where'd this come from? It's so
dark, I can't even tell who won.
[21:07] Yumiella
You did. Looks like you're better
than me at rock-paper-scissors.
[21:12] Yumiella
I guess I really do only like
people who are stronger than me.
[21:27] Yumiella
Patrick... the thing about it being
too dark to see was a lie, wasn't it?
[21:35] Yumiella
As the new school year began,
[21:37] Yumiella
the invasion by the Demon Lord's
monster army was confirmed.
[21:41] Yumiella
At last, the Demon Lord was back.
[21:43] Yumiella
High-level students from the Royal Academy
were chosen to join the military.
[21:49] Yumiella
There were more than anyone expected,
[21:51] Yumiella
most likely because they had
been leveling up so efficiently.
[21:54] Yumiella
Of course, this one had dismal scores
in magic, so she's staying behind.
[21:59] Yumiella
And we of the punitive force headed
for the Demon Lord's stronghold.
[22:05] Yumiella
The final battle is at hand.