E9 - The Hidden Boss Is Solicited by an Enemy Nation

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[00:01] Linus
    Thank you for your time.
[00:04] Linus
    My name is Linus. I'm from
    the Kingdom of Remlest.
[00:07] Yumiella
    The Kingdom of Remlest is a neighbor
    of the Kingdom of Valschein.
[00:11] Yumiella
    It's close to the domain of Margrave
    Ashbatten, where Patrick's family lives.
[00:17] Yumiella
    I've heard that the two kingdoms
    don't get along very well.
[00:21] Yumiella
    What could a spy from there want with me?
[00:25] Linus
    Please, order whatever you'd like.
[00:31] Yumiella
    I'll have the offal stew, then.
[00:34] Linus
    Offal stew?
[00:35] Yumiella
    It's pre-made, so it should
    be brought out quickly.
[00:39] Yumiella
    I can't be out too late
    or I'll break curfew.
[00:42] Linus
    F-Fair enough...
SIGN    Villainess Level 99
SIGN    I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord
SIGN    The Hidden Boss Is Solicited by an Enemy Nation
[02:22] Linus
    I've been stationed in this
    kingdom for a long time now,
[02:25] Linus
    so I've known about you since
    you enrolled at the academy.
[02:29] Linus
    After gathering intel about
    you and doing some research...
[02:32] Yumiella
    Research? I'm not a newly discovered species.
[02:36] Linus
    I've concluded that bringing you
    into my kingdom would be difficult.
[02:41] Linus
    You don't seem interested in
    things like status or wealth,
[02:44] Linus
    and even if, for some reason, you
    decided to leave this kingdom,
[02:48] Linus
    you'd have no reason to relocate to mine.
[02:52] Yumiella
    Then why reach out to me now?
[02:55] Linus
    Because my country doesn't agree with me.
[02:58] Linus
    After the incident that resulted
    in you acquiring a dragon,
[03:00] Linus
    they just won't stay quiet any longer.
[03:05] Linus
    All they ever do is order me around.
[03:08] Linus
    They don't understand how
    tough my job is at all.
[03:11] Yumiella
    Um... Allow me to commend your efforts.
[03:14] Linus
    Let me ask you this, just for the record:
[03:16] Linus
    Would you come to Remlest?
[03:18] Linus
    If there's anything you want,
    I'll see that you get it.
[03:21] Yumiella
    And what do they want from me in return?
[03:23] Linus
    For you to become a civilian
    soldier, most likely.
[03:25] Yumiella
    That would make me an enemy of this kingdom.
[03:29] Yumiella
    And if war breaks out,
[03:31] Yumiella
    it'll take place in Margrave
    Ashbatten's domain.
[03:34] Yumiella
    I will not.
[03:36] Linus
    That's what I thought.
[03:38] Linus
    There's one thing I'd like to
    know, purely out of curiosity.
[03:42] Yumiella
    What's that?
[03:43] Linus
    Your reason for staying in this kingdom.
[03:47] Linus
    I know discrimination against those
    with black hair runs deep here.
[03:53] Yumiella
    So I can defeat the Demon Lord.
    He threatens the entire world.
[03:57] Linus
    What? If the Demon Lord attacks,
    wouldn't it just be this kingdom?
[04:01] Yumiella
    What do you...
[04:03] Yumiella
    Looks like our time is up.
[04:05] Linus
    Huh?
[04:07] Yumiella
    Someone is about to barge
    into this establishment.
[04:10] Yumiella
    Probably this kingdom's soldiers.
[04:13] Yumiella
    I think they had someone watching me.
[04:16] Yumiella
    There's still time for you to escape.
[04:18] Linus
    Understood. I owe you one for this.
[04:29] Soldier1
    This is the room!
[04:33] Soldier1
    Damn it!
[04:38] Yumiella
    I didn't get to do the shopping
    I wanted to do for Ryu,
[04:41] Yumiella
    but I did learn some things.
[04:46] Yumiella
    Like how our neighboring kingdom sees me,
[04:49] Yumiella
    and that the Demon Lord will only attack
    this kingdom, which is new information.
[04:54] Yumiella
    And that, until some time ago,
[04:57] Yumiella
    I might have fled this kingdom if
    things got to be such a hassle,
[05:00] Yumiella
    but now I don't want to leave.
[05:04] Yumiella
    And I want to become his enemy even less.
[05:07] Yumiella
    What happened today made me realize
    how I feel about Patrick...
[05:13] Yumiella
    Or so I thought, but...
[05:15] Yumiella
    Maybe I was mistaken after all.
[05:18] Patrick
    Mistaken about what?
[05:20] Yumiella
    Let's say there's a girl
[05:22] Yumiella
    attending a school somewhere
    that doesn't have many students,
[05:26] Yumiella
    and she has no friends in her own grade.
[05:30] Yumiella
    But around the start of her second year,
[05:32] Yumiella
    she met a kind boy who would help her
    study and listen when she needed to talk.
[05:37] Patrick
    Huh?
[05:39] Yumiella
    I think she'd be likely to mistake
    friendly love for romantic love.
[05:43] Yumiella
    That's what I'm going through right now.
[05:45] Patrick
    What in the world are you talking about?
[05:47] Yumiella
    Well... how should I put it?
[05:51] Yumiella
    I'm talking about wanting
    to be friends with you.
[05:56] Patrick
    Haven't we been friends all this time?
[06:00] Patrick
    I thought of you as my friend.
[06:03] Yumiella
    Wh-What was with that
    "I'm a dreamboat on the inside" line?!
[06:06] Yumiella
    That paired with his looks is making
    him seem like the perfect hottie!
[06:10] Yumiella
    Wait, no!
[06:11] Yumiella
    There's no way anyone like
    that can really exist!
[06:13] Yumiella
    Oh, I know!
[06:15] Yumiella
    Maybe he thinks of me as a valuable combat
    asset if we go to war with Remlest!
[06:20] Yumiella
    I-I'm not going to invade
    Remlest or anything!
[06:25] Yumiella
    Right, Ryu?
[06:27] Patrick
    Huh?
[06:27] Yumiella
    If we go to war, I wouldn't mind
    helping our defensive line, but...
[06:32] Patrick
    You've got some serious trust issues, huh?
[06:35] Patrick
    I'm sure the people around you
    haven't helped that, though...
[06:38] Patrick
    It's embarrassing to come
    out and say it like this,
[06:41] Patrick
    but I would never try to use
    your strength like that.
[06:44] Patrick
    You'd probably run away from me if I did,
[06:47] Patrick
    and I don't want to do that, anyway.
[06:51] Patrick
    Even if you were level 1,
    I'd still stand by your side.
[06:58] Yumiella
    Thank you...
[07:00] Yumiella
    But one person alone can level
    up more efficiently than two.
[07:04] Patrick
    I never said anything about
    leveling up together...
[07:12] Yumiella
    They posted the results of our midterms.
[07:14] Yumiella
    You're near the top again, I see.
[07:17] Patrick
    So are you. You can study, I guess.
[07:21] Yumiella
    I wish he wouldn't say that as
    if studying is all I can do.
[07:26] Yumiella
    I guess it's nice of them to not
    post every student's results.
[07:29] Patrick
    There's be trouble if everyone thought the
    heir to some powerful noble was an idiot.
[07:34] Eleonora
    Miss Yumiella!
[07:36] Yumiella
    Yikes. It's her.
[07:39] Eleonora
    I'd like to talk to you!
    It's extremely important!
[07:44] Yumiella
    Make-up exam?
[07:45] Eleonora
    Yes. Could you help me study
    so I can pass the make-up exam?
[07:51] Eleonora
    Oh, I said that wrong!
[07:54] Eleonora
    I meant I wouldn't mind
    letting you help me study.
[07:57] Yumiella
    Did you do poorly on the midterms?
[08:00] Yumiella
    Why don't you ask your
    friends there for help?
[08:04] Eleonora
    That just won't do.
[08:06] Eleonora
    I got the highest score of us all.
[08:09] Yumiella
    That's totally a lie.
[08:10] Yumiella
    They're just trying to
    make Eleonora feel better.
[08:15] Yumiella
    Fine, I'll do it. You just want
    me to help you study, right?
[08:18] Eleonora
    Yes!
[08:19] Eleonora
    There aren't many people
    who can teach me, you know!
[08:24] Yumiella
    Again, the third king was Silas.
[08:27] Eleonora
    What? Then what about the one named Douglas?
[08:31] Yumiella
    He was the second king.
[08:32] Yumiella
    This girl is devastatingly
    unfit for studying.
[08:36] Yumiella
    All of these points could be memorized,
    but she's even terrible at memorization.
[08:41] Eleonora
    Oh, that's right.
[08:42] Eleonora
    The current king has a cousin
    whose name is Douglas,
[08:48] Eleonora
    so I got them mixed up.
[08:50] Yumiella
    So you can handle recent
    history, then, Miss Eleonora?
[08:54] Eleonora
    Of course!
[08:56] Eleonora
    It involves Prince Edwin's father
    and his relatives, after all!
[08:59] Yumiella
    So she can memorize things she's
    interested in with no trouble.
[09:03] Yumiella
    Come to think of it, her knowledge of
    teas and perfumes is pretty impressive.
[09:09] Yumiella
    Oh, in that case, why not memorize these
    things by connecting them to Prince Edwin?
[09:14] Yumiella
    King Silas was Prince Edwin's
    grandfather's grandfather.
[09:19] Eleonora
    He was?!
[09:20] Yumiella
    I mean, that's how royal families work.
[09:23] Yumiella
    Her perception of things is
    off is all kinds of ways.
[09:27] Yumiella
    Who successfully implemented large-scale
    irrigation in the town of Matlock?
[09:31] Eleonora
    That was Prince Edwin's great-grandfather's
    younger brother, so...
[09:35] Eleonora
    Cliff!
[09:36] Yumiella
    Who opened up the Giem region
    and brought agriculture there?
[09:41] Eleonora
    That was Prince Edwin's
    grandmother's uncle, so...
[09:44] Eleonora
    Andrew!
[09:47] Yumiella
    Perfect.
[09:48] Eleonora
    Thank you!
[09:49] Eleonora
    I couldn't have done it without you!
[09:52] Eleonora
    Let's study together for the next exam, too!
[09:58] Patrick
    Oh, so Miss Eleonora passed
    the make-up exam, then?
[10:02] Patrick
    Good for her.
[10:03] Yumiella
    Yes,
[10:04] Yumiella
    but it's depressing that I might have to
    give her private lessons until we graduate.
[10:10] Yumiella
    Patrick, are you free after this?
[10:13] Yumiella
    I'd like to try flying with
    Ryu again. Would you join me?
[10:17] Patrick
    Sorry. I have something to do.
[10:19] Yumiella
    Listen...
[10:20] Yumiella
    Can't you tell me what it is you're
    doing after school and on days off?
[10:24] Eleonora
    Miss Yumiella!
[10:26] Yumiella
    Ugh. Her again.
[10:30] Eleonora
    To thank you for helping me study,
[10:32] Eleonora
    I brought you a present!
[10:35] Eleonora
    I'm sure it'll look lovely on you!
[10:39] Yumiella
    Wait, Patrick!
[10:41] Patrick
    Have a good time with Miss Eleonora. See ya.
[10:48] Soldier
    You're back again?
[10:50] Patrick
    Don't overdo it, you hear?
[10:52] Patrick
    I need to get stronger.
[10:54] Soldier
    So you can battle a romantic
    rival or something?
[10:57] Patrick
    No...
[10:58] Patrick
    Not a rival.
[11:00] Patrick
    She's the one who's strong.
[11:02] Soldier
    Huh?
[11:08] (Flashback) Yumiella
    I'm only into people who
    are stronger than me.
[11:13] Patrick
    I might never make it to level 99,
[11:16] Patrick
    but to get as close as
    I can to where she is...
[11:20] Patrick
    I have to do everything I can!
[11:24] Patrick
    Seriously... Why did I have to fall for her?
[11:28] Patrick
    No matter how powerful she is,
    Yumiella's just a regular person.
[11:32] Patrick
    She needs someone to be there for her.
[11:35] Patrick
    She's just a normal
    sixteen-year-old, like me.
[11:38] Patrick
    Normal...
[11:40] Patrick
    Wait... Is she?
[11:45] Patrick
    It's no use. I just don't know.
[11:50] Yumiella
    Patrick!
[11:57] Yumiella
    Welcome back.
[11:59] Yumiella
    You're injured again.
[12:02] Patrick
    No need to worry about me.
[12:04] Patrick
    More importantly, take Ryu home
    before he causes a commotion.
[12:09] Yumiella
    Patrick, I found out where
    you've been going all the time.
[12:15] Patrick
    You figured me out, huh?
[12:16] Patrick
    Yeah, it's true... I've...
[12:18] Yumiella
    What's she like?
[12:20] Patrick
    "She"?
[12:21] Yumiella
    Your girlfriend. The person you're dating.
[12:24] Yumiella
    You've been going out every day
    on dates with her, haven't you?
[12:28] Yumiella
    I guess she gets violent when she's angry.
[12:30] Yumiella
    That's why you're always so injured.
[12:32] Patrick
    You're completely wrong!
[12:34] Patrick
    I don't have a girlfriend outside the school!
[12:36] Yumiella
    Then she's a student here?
[12:38] Yumiella
    You come back at different times on purpose?
[12:41] Yumiella
    Wow... People actually do that?
[12:44] Patrick
    What even gave you that idea?
[12:47] Patrick
    I don't have a girlfriend!
[12:49] Patrick
    Do these really look like the kind of
    injuries a girlfriend would give me?
[12:52] Yumiella
    You don't? So... what, then?
[12:56] Patrick
    Well...
[12:58] Yumiella
    Oh, sorry for ignoring you, Ryu.
[13:01] Yumiella
    I'm going to take Ryu home now.
[13:05] Yumiella
    Bye.
[13:09] Patrick
    She hasn't even considered
    me at all, has she?
[13:12] Edwin
    Ashbatten.
[13:14] Patrick
    Prince Edwin!
[13:16] Edwin
    I'm here a bit ahead of
    the time we agreed on,
[13:18] Edwin
    but I saw her riding on that dragon.
[13:21] Edwin
    I heard everything.
[13:24] Edwin
    She is a bit strange, for sure,
[13:27] Edwin
    but you might be right.
[13:36] Yumiella
    Hey, Ryu...
[13:37] Yumiella
    Where do you think Patrick goes every day?
[13:42] Yumiella
    You're right. I'd be out trying to level up,
[13:46] Yumiella
    but I shouldn't assume he's like me.
[13:50] Yumiella
    Yes. While I was listening to Eleonora talk
    about how much she loves Prince Edwin,
[13:55] Yumiella
    it made me think that this
    might really be love.
[13:59] Yumiella
    This is the world of an
    otome game, after all.
[14:03] Yumiella
    There'd be nothing strange
    about him having a girlfriend.
[14:07] Yumiella
    Thank you for trying to cheer me up.
[14:09] Yumiella
    But when I worked up the
    courage to ask him...
[14:12] (Flashback) Patrick
    I don't have a girlfriend!
[14:19] Yumiella
    I was a bit... no, I was
    really happy to hear that.
[14:27] Patrick
    There's someone I want you to meet with.
[14:29] Yumiella
    What? Who?
[14:31] Patrick
    Prince Edwin.
[14:35] Patrick
    He's waiting to see you
    in the principal's office.
[14:39] Edwin
    Thank you for coming, Miss Yumiella.
[14:42] Edwin
    Good work, Ashbatten.
[14:51] Edwin
    Sit down.
[14:55] Yumiella
    Um... What did you want to talk about?
[15:00] Edwin
    I'm sorry.
[15:01] Yumiella
    Huh?
[15:03] Edwin
    I've been rude to you ever
    since the entrance ceremony.
[15:06] Edwin
    My assumptions were wrong and improper.
[15:08] Edwin
    I let my senseless
    pride get the better of me.
[15:11] Edwin
    My father told me there's no way
    you could be the Demon Lord...
[15:17] Edwin
    But I just couldn't admit my
    own mistake before my peers.
[15:23] Edwin
    My own immaturity caused so
    much unpleasantness for you,
[15:28] Edwin
    and I am sorry for that.
[15:30] Yumiella
    Well, he is still a child.
[15:33] Yumiella
    Not just him. All the other students
    here are still teenagers, too.
[15:37] Yumiella
    Mentally, they all have a childish side.
[15:40] Yumiella
    They all have their senseless
    vanity and pride.
[15:43] Yumiella
    Those disliked by the central figures
    in a class are snubbed by everyone.
[15:47] Yumiella
    What I'm going through now
[15:49] Yumiella
    is something I could just as easily
    have experienced in my previous life.
[15:54] Yumiella
    I'm happy to hear you say that, but
    why the sudden change of heart?
[15:59] Edwin
    Ashbatten talked to me.
[16:01] Yumiella
    Patrick?
[16:02] Edwin
    He offered a new perspective.
[16:05] Edwin
    He's told me several
    stories about you of late.
[16:10] Edwin
    He said that your strength is the result
[16:12] Edwin
    of an amount of effort that none
    of us could ever hope to match.
[16:16] Edwin
    He also told me what you've
    been like most recently,
[16:18] Edwin
    and I understood that you're
    really just a regular person.
[16:23] Edwin
    I baselessly believed that no one
    had put in more effort than me,
[16:28] Edwin
    and somewhere inside, I was afraid of you,
[16:31] Edwin
    because I thought you were
    something that wasn't normal.
[16:34] Edwin
    This has turned into nothing but excuses...
[16:36] Edwin
    I realize it's selfish to ask,
    but could you forgive me?
[16:40] Yumiella
    I understand.
[16:43] Yumiella
    I was already well aware that
    my existence defies all logic,
[16:47] Yumiella
    so I accept your apology.
[16:49] Edwin
    Oh, good.
[16:51] Edwin
    I'd like to make it up to you somehow.
[16:53] Edwin
    Is there anything I can do?
[16:56] Yumiella
    If you'll allow me to join you
    in slaying the Demon Lord,
[16:59] Yumiella
    that's more than enough.
[17:02] Edwin
    Ashbatten was right.
[17:04] Yumiella
    Oh, actually, I do have one request.
[17:07] Yumiella
    Could you tell me what Patrick said about me?
[17:12] Edwin
    He said you have no interest in
    things like power and wealth,
[17:16] Edwin
    and that you're too strong to let
    a bad reputation bring you down.
[17:20] Edwin
    Also, that you're basically a good person.
[17:23] Yumiella
    "Basically"? What does that mean?
[17:25] Edwin
    That you're crazy, you act like a nutcase,
[17:28] Edwin
    and everything you do is questionable,
[17:30] Edwin
    but you're good-natured
    and simple-minded...
[17:34] Edwin
    I didn't say all this! He did!
[17:37] Edwin
    I thought I should answer
    your question honestly...
[17:40] Edwin
    You know, tell the truth!
[17:42] Yumiella
    He gets all conscientious
    about the strangest things.
[17:44] Yumiella
    Then again, I guess I sort of
    knew Patrick saw me that way.
[17:51] Ronald
    How did your talk with him go?
[17:54] Yumiella
    He seemed like a different person.
[17:56] Yumiella
    That wasn't a double of
    him or something, was it?
[17:58] Ronald
    He's just been a little off
    since the entrance ceremony.
[18:01] Ronald
    Prince Edwin is actually a
    very understanding young man.
[18:05] Ronald
    I'm relieved that he's finally
    come to his senses, too.
[18:08] Ronald
    All thanks to Patrick, eh?
[18:10] Yumiella
    Yes, it truly is.
[18:12] Ronald
    His Highness wouldn't
    listen to me or the king,
[18:16] Ronald
    but he was so receptive to him.
[18:19] Ronald
    Because they're the same age, perhaps?
[18:20] Yumiella
    I think it's more than that.
[18:23] Yumiella
    Patrick's sincerity must have
    gotten through to Edwin.
[18:28] Ronald
    I think this has finally set the
    stage for you to help them level up.
[18:34] Yumiella
    If it's necessary.
[18:36] Yumiella
    His Highness and his friends
    haven't raised their levels, then?
[18:39] Ronald
    Well, about that...
[18:42] Ronald
    Ever since you trounced them at last
    year's martial arts competition,
[18:46] Ronald
    both William and Oswald have grown even
    more enthusiastic about leveling up.
[18:51] Ronald
    So has Prince Edwin, of course.
[18:54] Ronald
    The problem is Miss Alicia.
[18:57] Ronald
    The three of them always
    end up protecting her,
[19:00] Ronald
    so she can't raise her own level.
[19:03] Ronald
    It's troubling her, as well.
[19:05] Ronald
    She's training on her own
    as we speak, I believe.
[19:11] Yumiella
    It's great that Edwin had
    a change of attitude,
[19:15] Yumiella
    but I'd still prefer to avoid getting
    involved with them too much.
[19:25] Yumiella
    Alicia's level remaining so
    low is a problem, though.
[19:29] Yumiella
    I'll give her some support,
[19:31] Yumiella
    but I want her to be the one
    who kills the Demon Lord.
[19:35] Yumiella
    Otherwise, I might be forced to marry Edwin.
[19:40] Yumiella
    Miss Alicia?
[19:43] Yumiella
    It seems I still look like
    a monster in her eyes.
[19:49] Alicia
    I-It's you, Miss Yumiella? Can I help you?
[19:53] Yumiella
    You seem to be going to
    great pains to level up.
[19:56] Yumiella
    Would you like to go to a dungeon
    in the town of Varias with me?
[20:00] Alicia
    A d-dungeon?
[20:02] Yumiella
    Yes.
[20:03] Yumiella
    The one in Varias is a
    dark-attribute dungeon,
[20:06] Yumiella
    so with your light magic, you should be
    able to level up even more efficiently.
[20:11] Alicia
    A dark-attribute dungeon...
[20:14] Alicia
    with just me and Miss Yumiella?
[20:17] Alicia
    I-I'm sorry! I appreciate the invitation,
[20:21] Alicia
    but I don't think I'm ready for that!
[20:23] Alicia
    I have to go now!
[20:26] Yumiella
    She ran away from me.
[20:28] Yumiella
    But if she'd actually try it,
[20:30] Yumiella
    I think she'd realize how
    much fun leveling up is, too.
[20:36] Alice
    She hasn't been seen since yesterday evening.
[20:38] Becky
    She didn't come to breakfast, so
    the dorm head went to check on her,
[20:43] Becky
    and she was nowhere to be found.
[20:45] Silk
    Maybe she felt homesick and went home?
[20:48] Diva
    But she left all of her clothes
    and other things behind.
[20:51] Yumiella
    Patrick, what's going on?
[20:53] Patrick
    Apparently, Miss Alicia's gone missing.
[20:56] Yumiella
    What?
[20:56] Patrick
    Prince Edwin and the teachers
    are all out searching for her.
[21:00] Edwin
    Miss Yumiella!
[21:02] Edwin
    Alicia is gone! Do you know anything?
[21:05] Yumiella
    I have no idea.
[21:07] William
    Is that true? You're not lying, are you?
[21:09] Yumiella
    It's true.
[21:10] Yumiella
    I heard she was troubled because she wasn't
    gaining any levels, but that's all.
[21:14] Oswald
    Could it be that she was so
    troubled that she ran away?
[21:18] William
    Alicia isn't that weak!
    You know that as well as we do!
[21:23] Edwin
    Even if she had a reason,
    I'd think she would have left a note.
[21:27] Edwin
    So we wouldn't worry about her.
[21:30] Oswald
    You're right. She's considerate
    enough to do that.
[21:34] William
    That's why I keep telling you
[21:36] William
    that someone must have kidnapped her!
[21:38] Yumiella
    Kidnapped?
[21:39] Oswald
    She's our trump card for
    defeating the Demon Lord.
[21:42] Oswald
    If there's some force out there
    that supports the Demon Lord,
[21:46] Oswald
    it makes sense that they'd want to get
    rid of her before she can grow powerful.
[21:50] Edwin
    Let's split up and look for her again!
[21:52] William
    Right!
[21:55] Patrick
    This has gotten pretty big.