02x08 - Hope

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Myulan: The Demon Lord Clayman lives up to his alias, "Marionette Master,"

Myulan: by controlling his subordinates' actions.

Myulan: I am one of them.

Myulan: The task he gave me was to investigate Tempest as a spy,

Myulan: so I used Youm to infiltrate this city.

Myulan: Then, according to his orders, I used the great magic spell Anti-Magic Area.

Myulan: Clayman took my heart from me with his secret art, Marionette Heart.

Myulan: Ever since then, my only means of survival has been to obey him.

Rimuru: I see.

Rimuru: So he literally holds the key that determines whether you live or die.

Rimuru: And what made Clayman want to mess with me?

Myulan: He said this to me:

Myulan: "Things are about to get interesting.

Myulan: Though unexpected events led to unforeseen developments,

Myulan: a great w*r is going to break out."

Myulan: I thought he was referring to the Demon Lords Milim and Carrion, at first,

Myulan: but what he meant was that he's starting a w*r between Tempest

Myulan: and the Kingdom of Falmuth.

Rimuru: Clayman...

Rimuru: He controls his pawns as he wishes to avoid getting his own hands dirty.

Rimuru: He's gonna be trouble.

Rimuru: She appears to be a wizard.

Rimuru: In the Anti-Magic Area, she's just an ordinary human.

Rimuru: Is she a sacrificial pawn?

Youm: Master!

Youm: Please forgive Myulan!

Grucius: I'm begging you, too!

Grucius: She couldn't defy the Demon Lord Clayman, that's all!

Rimuru: I'll put Myulan's punishment on hold for now.

Rimuru: She'll be confined in the reception hall until then.

Rigurd: Understood. I will assign guards.

Youm: Master...

Rimuru: Sorry, Youm. My head's all over the place right now, too.

Rimuru: If you're worried, you're free to stay with her.

Rimuru: Is that it for your report?

Benimaru: Yes.

Rimuru: Then I'd like to go visit the wounded.

Rimuru: Take me to them.

Benimaru: Of course.

Show_Title,Title: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Title: Episode : Hope

Rimuru: How's he doing?

Shuna: Great Rimuru!

Shuna: The potions aren't working.

Shuna: Since their wounds were caused by skills of a spatial nature,

Shuna: my treatments don't work directly on them.

Rimuru: I see...

Hakurou: Great Rimuru... Do not worry.

Hakurou: Neither I nor this fool pupil of mine

Hakurou: are so weak as to die from wounds such as these.

Rimuru: Hey, I'm not worried.

Rimuru: Let me take a look at your wound.

Rimuru: Great Sage.

Great Sage: Effect of spatial technique confirmed.

Great Sage: Would you like to Predate this effect using Gluttony?

Rimuru: Obviously, yes.

Gobta: H-Huh?

Gobta: I'm saved?!

Hakurou: Great Rimuru has done it again.

Shuna: Thank goodness!

Gobta: Great Rimuru! Welcome back!

Rigurd: T-Take it easy, Gobta!

Gobta: You're okay, too, old man?!

Hakurou: Would you like to go back to sleep?

Gobta: M-Master! I'm so glad you're all right!

Rimuru: By the way, where's Shion?

Rimuru: She didn't go off to get revenge by herself, did she?

Rimuru: Knowing her, I wouldn't be surprised...

Shuna: U-Um... Great Rimuru...

Rimuru: Benimaru said only one thing:

Rimuru: "Please follow me."

Rimuru: Then he started walking toward the plaza, where the deceased monsters were laid to rest.

Gobta: Gobzo?

Gobta: Gobzo!

Benimaru: Shion tried to protect a child our attackers came after.

Benimaru: Weakened by the barrier,

Benimaru: she couldn't move as well as usual...

Shuna: Gobzo was protecting me.

Shuna: The attackers were laughing as they...

Rigurd: Great Rimuru!

Rimuru: Sorry.

Rimuru: I need to be alone for a while.

Rigurd: Very well.

Hakurou: Come, now.

Shuna: Please call me at any time.

Shuna: I will be here at once.

Great Sage: Notice.

Great Sage: A very strong aura exerts pressure on a weakened monster.

Rimuru: Yeah.

Rimuru: That's right...

Rimuru: I gave the magic-suppressing mask to Chloe...

Rimuru: Is the Analysis done?

Great Sage: It is complete.

Great Sage: Replicate the item?

Rimuru: Please.

Rimuru: Why did this happen?

Great Sage: Notice. Cannot calculate.

Rimuru: What should I have done?

Great Sage: Notice. Cannot comprehend.

Rimuru: Was it a mistake to get involved with humans?

Great Sage: Notice. Cannot answer.

Rimuru: Tell me... Was I wrong?

Great Sage: Notice. Cannot calculate.

Great Sage: Cannot comprehend. Cannot answer.

Rimuru: All these intense emotions are raging in my head,

Rimuru: but at the same time, I'm painfully calm.

Rimuru: I can't even shed a single tear.

Rimuru: Oh, I get it.

Rimuru: I've become a monster at heart, too.

Great Sage: Notice.

Great Sage: Search results unavailable.

Great Sage: Could not locate magic with the ability to fully revive the dead.

Rimuru: I see.

Rimuru: What about the barrier?

Great Sage: Notice.

Great Sage: Completed analysis of the two-layer barrier surrounding the city.

Great Sage: Removal of a multi-layer barrier is difficult,

Great Sage: but the great magic, Anti-Magic Area, can be undone.

Great Sage: Undo this magic?

Rimuru: No, not yet.

Rimuru: I wanted to get rid of the multi-layer barrier that's weakening everyone,

Rimuru: but I guess it won't go down that easily.

Rimuru: I can't stay here like this forever.

Rimuru: In time, the bodies will decay, return to magicules,

Rimuru: and finally disappear.

Rimuru: You can, at least, sleep peacefully within me...

Eren: Rimuru!

Rimuru: Thanks for coming.

Rimuru: Give me a moment.

Rimuru: I need to lay them all to rest.

Eren: L-Listen...

Eren: The odds are pretty low... in fact, they might be basically zero...

Eren: But there is a fairy tale about bringing the dead back to life!

Rimuru: A fairy tale?

Rimuru: What's that supposed to mean?

Rimuru: Why are you telling me this?

Rimuru: Stop it.

Rimuru: You'll get my hopes up.

Rimuru: Are you saying there's still something I can do for them?

Rimuru: For them?

Rimuru: No, that's wrong.

Rimuru: I just don't want to lose them.

Eren: You might think it's just a fairy tale,

Eren: but it's based on facts!

Eren: Rimuru?

Rimuru: Sorry about that. I was just so happy.

Rimuru: Reviving the dead, huh?

Rimuru: It sounds like a dream.

Rimuru: As long as the chance isn't zero, that's enough.

Rimuru: Tell me more, Eren.

Souei: The Western Holy Church's forces are camped around the city on all sides.

Souei: Each camp is protecting what appears to be a magic device.

Souei: I believe these devices are the source of the weakening barrier.

Rimuru: Can they be disabled?

Souei: One of them, perhaps, if we surprise them.

Rimuru: Okay.

Rimuru: Don't push your luck too far.

Rimuru: Continue to keep an eye on things.

Souei: Understood.

Rimuru: Sorry about that, Eren.

Rimuru: Now, tell me this fairy tale about reviving the dead.

Eren: Sure.

Eren: It's okay.

Eren: This is a fairy tale handed down in the Sorcerous Dynasty Sarion...

Eren: The story of a girl and a dragon.

Eren: The girl was the daughter of a human and a dragon,

Eren: and she was raised as the Dragon Princess.

Eren: One day, her father, a dragon,

Eren: made a double of himself in the form of a baby dragon

Eren: and gave it to her as a companion.

Eren: But then...

Eren: In an effort to take control over the Dragon Princess,

Eren: the king k*lled the baby dragon.

Eren: The girl went mad with pain, grief, and rage.

Eren: With the power she had inherited from her father,

Eren: she destroyed the king along with his entire nation,

Eren: including tens of thousands of people.

Eren: Then the girl transformed into a Demon Lord,

Eren: and when she did, the baby dragon miraculously came back to life.

Eren: But since it had lost its soul when it died,

Eren: it came back as an evil monster with no will of its own

Eren: that destroyed everything in its path:

Eren: the Chaos Dragon.

Eren: Though it hurt her deeply,

Eren: the girl sealed away her once-beloved companion.

Eren: This was the first thing she accomplished upon becoming a Demon Lord.

Eren: That's the end of the story.

Rimuru: She destroyed an entire nation to become a Demon Lord...

Rimuru: And when she did, the dragon she was bonded with came back to life.

Rimuru: It's true that monsters evolve for unknown reasons.

Rimuru: All I did was name them, and they went crazy.

Rimuru: But there's no point if they come back without a will of their own...

Eren: This city is surrounded by a barrier right now, isn't it?

Rimuru: So if the souls of the dead are being held here by that barrier...

Great Sage: Notice.

Great Sage: Normally, the souls of the deceased scatter and then disappear,

Great Sage: but it is possible that the double-layer barrier is preventing this.

Text: Souls of the deceased remain

Great Sage: The probability that they remain is .%.

Text: Probability

Rimuru: The same as pi...

Rimuru: No, that's not right. It's the opposite.

Rimuru: The probability that I could revive them is a whole %.

Rimuru: If I can just become a Demon Lord...

Rimuru: Eren, thanks for telling me this.

Eren: It's okay.

Rimuru: But are you sure that was wise?

Rimuru: You basically told me to become a Demon Lord.

Rimuru: And, well...

Eren: Yeah.

Eren: To tell you the truth, my real name is Eryune Grimwald.

Eren: My blood connects me to the royal family of the Sorcerous Dynasty Sarion.

Rimuru: You're... a princess?

Kaval: We left our country with Princess Eren as her guards.

Rimuru: You did?

Gido: Sorry we didn't tell you.

Eren: I always wanted the freedom of adventuring,

Eren: so I left my home country.

Eren: But the truth is, only a few people in Sarion know that fairy tale.

Eren: If you become a Demon Lord,

Eren: they might realize that I had something to do with it.

Eren: But that's fine. I want to save the people of this city, too.

Eren: And I just can't condone what Falmuth and the Western Holy Church are doing!

Kaval: If that's how you feel, Princess,

Kaval: we have no objections as your guards.

Gido: Of course.

Rimuru: You have such good friends. I envy you.

Eren: Yes!

Eren: If there's anything we can do, just let us know!

Kaval: You're always doing so much for us.

Gido: It'll be our turn to do all we can for you!

Rimuru: Thanks.

Rimuru: To stop the souls of Shion and the others from dispersing,

Rimuru: I erected a third barrier.

Rimuru: Just to be on the safe side.

Rimuru: A Demon Lord...

Great Sage: Notice.

Great Sage: The individual named Rimuru Tempest has already acquired the Demon Lord seed.

Rimuru: I've acquired... the seed? What does that mean?

Great Sage: Answer.

Great Sage: Existence of the Demon Lord seed is an indicator

Great Sage: of whether one has the magicule volume, skills,

Great Sage: and other requirements to awaken as a True Demon Lord.

Great Sage: You acquired the seed when you Predated the Orc Disaster.

Great Sage: If you meet the conditions, you can potentially evolve into a True Demon Lord.

Rimuru: Really?!

Rimuru: And what are the conditions?

Great Sage: The fairy tale suggests that

Great Sage: nourishment is needed to make the seed sprout.

Text: To Sprout Seed

Text: Nourishment

Great Sage: That nourishment comes from the souls of humans.

Great Sage: The minimum requirement is ten thousand.

Text: Minimum Ten Thousand

Rimuru: I see...

Souei: Great Rimuru.

Rimuru: What is it?

Souei: I have a report from one of our men some distance from here.

Souei: The combined forces of Falmuth

Souei: and the Western Holy Church are marching in this direction.

Souei: They number about twenty thousand.

Rimuru: That's perfect.

Souei: It's... perfect?

Rimuru: Never mind, it's nothing important.

Rimuru: Thanks for the report.

Souei: Not at all. Until next time.

Rimuru: In that case...

Rimuru: Myulan.

Rimuru: I've decided what to do with you.

Rimuru: You need to die.

Youm: Master!

Youm: Wait a second! Myulan really didn't—

Youm: Grucius!

Grucius: What's the holdup, Youm?!

Grucius: Take Myulan and get out of here!

Youm: Myulan, we have to hur—

Myulan: I loved you, Youm.

Myulan: You were the first man I ever fell in love with.

Myulan: Try not to be deceived by any more evil women, okay?

Myulan: Goodbye.

Youm: Myulan!

Youm: Myulan!

Youm: Master, please! Don't do this!

Youm: I'll take her punishment with her! I'll do whatever you want!

Rimuru: I admire your resolve.

Youm: I'll spend my life atoning! Please!

Youm: No...

Youm: Myulan!

Rimuru: Great. Looks like it worked.

Myulan: Huh? Why am I alive?

Rimuru: You were dead for about three seconds.

Rimuru: I did say you needed to die, but I never intended to k*ll you.

Great Sage: Notice.

Text: Notice

Great Sage: The individual Myulan's artificial heart is operating normally.

Text: Normal

Rimuru: All right!

Rimuru: I realized when I put up the third barrier earlier

Rimuru: that this temporary heart Clayman put in Myulan

Rimuru: was being used as a bug.

Myulan: A bug?

Rimuru: It was emitting encrypted electrical signals

Rimuru: and delivering them to Clayman.

Rimuru: I had to make him think you were dead to trick him.

Rimuru: Sorry for scaring you like that.

Myulan: It's all right...

Myulan: Um, then... this pulse I feel...

Rimuru: It's an artificial heart I made based on this temporary one.

Rimuru: It won't work as a bug, of course.

Rimuru: You're free now.

Rimuru: Clayman can't do anything to you.

Youm: That's awesome, Myulan!

Youm: There's nothing tying you down anymore!

Myulan: Yes...

Myulan: Rimuru... no, Great Rimuru...

Myulan: There aren't enough words to express my gratitude.

Myulan: If you desire my allegiance, I freely give it to you.

Rimuru: Nah, no need for that.

Rimuru: I just want your help with something.

Myulan: What is it?

Rimuru: In the same way you just came back from the dead,

Rimuru: there's a chance I can bring Shion and the others back.

Myulan: You can... do that?

Rimuru: I'm just saying it's possible.

Rimuru: I'm going to do everything I can to increase my chances.

Rimuru: Will you help me?

Myulan: Very well. I will help in any way I can.

Rimuru: Thank you.

Rimuru: So what are you going to do after that's done?

Myulan: I... finally just gained my freedom...

Myulan: but if it's only for the short lifespan of a human,

Myulan: I don't think I'd mind being tied down.

Youm: Huh? You mean...

Grucius: Huh?!

Grucius: I don't need you comforting me!

Grucius: Besides, Youm's a human.

Grucius: He'll only live a hundred years or so.

Grucius: After that, it'll be my turn.

Youm: What the hell?!

Youm: That's what you've been thinking, you scumbag wolf?!

Grucius: What'd you just say, you scumbag human?!

Rimuru: By the way, Youm, I have a favor to ask of you, too.

Youm: Sure! Anything for you, man!

Rimuru: I want you to become the new king of Falmuth.

Youm: All right! Leave it to me!

Youm: Wait... what?

Youm: The king?

Rimuru: What I'm saying is, I'm going to wipe out the entire force that's headed here from Falmuth,

Rimuru: including their king and his top officers.

Rimuru: Won't that make things tough for the citizens of the kingdom?

Rimuru: That's where you come in.

Rimuru: You'll rule the Kingdom of Falmuth as its new king

Rimuru: and establish diplomatic relations with us.

Youm: You make it sound so simple...

Youm: You want me to be a king?

Rimuru: Why not?

Rimuru: I'm gonna be a Demon King myself. You can join me.

Myulan: Great Rimuru wouldn't ask this of anyone but you.

Myulan: You have my support, as well.

Myulan: Why not live the most life you can?

Grucius: I'll stick with you. I wanna be there waiting when you croak.

Youm: Excuse me?!

Youm: Okay, I'll do it. You can count on me.

Rimuru: All right!

Rimuru: Sorry for the wait, everyone.

Rimuru: We're going to begin our meeting now.

Rimuru: The topics are how we'll deal with humans from now on...

Rimuru: and the resurrection of Shion and the others.

Great Sage: Next time, "Putting Everything on the Line."

Next Title: Putting Everything on the Line