01x06 - A Drake Horse Appears

[bunniefuu]

[MUSUDAN]

The widespread rumors

regarding these magical devices

have reached our lands

of Sidonia.

Apparently,

they purify your sewage.

After hearing this,

the Church of Divine Light,

has issued an

appeal to the Pope

of the Empire of Sidonia.

The Pope stated that

light magic's a gift from God

bestowed upon

the Church of Divine Light.

And, as such,

purification magic,

it falls under the purview

of the church as well.

-Meaning?

-Hm.

The purification magic circle

and its patent

are to be turned over

to the church at once!

Hm. You said the power

is a gift from their God, yes?

So why does the church not make

the magical devices themselves?

Well, the Pope

also stated the following

"It is absolutely inexcusable

to cast such sacred magic

on a toilet."

Therefore,

you're to find the one

who created this device

and turn them

over to the Holy Empire

of Sidonia immediately

or else

I must refuse.

[gasps]

I warn you.

The Pope

is considering recalling

all of the church's priests

from your land.

No priest will reside

in the Kingdom of Barcula!

Very well, by all means,

recall away.

Ah.

You have my word.

We shall not interfere.

EPISODE 6

A DRAKE HORSE APPEARS

[TAKUMI]

But was that really okay?

I realize you're protecting me

but he's still a messenger

of Sidonia.

It's certainly not a problem.

Wait a second, but that means

we're turning

the church against us, right?

Mr. Takumi,

you're from a rural town

so I'm sure you haven't

been made aware of this.

In this kingdom

there's another religion aside

from the Church

of Divine Light.

Oh, the Church of Creation,

is that right?

[PAPEK]

So, you do know about it.

Yes, the Church of Creation

that worships

the Goddess Nolyn.

[TAKUMI]

Butif the Church of Creation

worships Lady Nolyn,

then what God does the Church

of Divine Light worship?

Ah, yes, I believe that would

be the God named Anat.

Who's Anat?

[PAPEK]

Oh, never mind that.

This kingdom upholds

freedom of religion,

so there are many citizens

who are committed

to the long-standing

Church of Creation.

For good reason, the church's

priests administer

recovery magic and ask

little more in return

than a simple show

of appreciation.

In that case,

the Church of Divine Light

I take it they charge people?

-For the same service?

-Indeed.

So, let me guess,

the Church of Divine Light's

being propped up

by the Holy Empire of Sidonia,

-is that about the size of it?

-[PAPEK] As a matter of fact

[TAKUMI] I should avoid

getting involved with them.

[PAPEK]why I'm here

today, Mr. Takumi!

Our lord has a request for you.

Oh? A request?

Well, um

The thing is,

I may have made

a little arrangement

with Marquis Godwin

to provide His Royal Majesty

with samples of your toilet

and refrigerator

with their magical devices.

-[whimpering]

-And now,

His Royal Majesty is

most interested in meeting you,

so he's ordered the Marquis

and I to bring you to him

at once!

What, hold on a minute!

Of course, you are free

to decline the request,

and I assure you

His Royal Majesty

will not be angry.

The decision's entirely

up to you, Mr. Takumi.

[SOFIA] You're going

to the royal capital,

Bakilatos, really?

That's right. His Royal Majesty

did protect me

from Sidonia's interference,

so I can't very well

turn him down.

I would like to ask the two

of you to come with me.

But if you'd rather

remain here, that's okay too.

-Yes, I'll go.

-Me too!

I finally get to see

the royal capital!

Hey, Sofia,

have you been there before?

No, it's my first time.

It'll be a first for me, too!

All right, then we'll be

heading out in a week.

In the meantime, there are

a whole lot of preparations

that need to be made.

How long do you think it'll

take us to get to the capital?

With a monster horse carriage,

I think seven days.

A whole week?

In that case, I'll make sure

we've got plenty of food

for the trip.

Maria, you're amazing.

Master, please.

You can leave this to me!

And while you're doing that,

I was thinking I'd start

working on new cloaks

for you two.

Oh, new cloaks? For us?

Yep, that's right.

Papek got me some

dark element magical stones.

With those

I can enchant the cloaks

with Block Perception.

Block Perception, huh?

That could come in handy

in the middle of combat.

Mm-hmm. Also, I would

suggest you keep them on

whenever we head into town.

I think it'll help us avoid

being approached by bad people.

Hey, I've been thinking.

The master sees value

in everyone else

but isn't valuing himself

enough.

Yes, I agree.

He's a very attractive man

and his talent

as a producer is unmatched.

He's one of a kind.

Add onto that his disposition.

-Hmm?

-What's wrong?

Oh-h*.

What? Why are you staring

at me that way?

I was simply outlining

why he's such a good master!

Oh, good master,

that's all huh?

Uh, hey, look!

We should check out that

black buffalo meat over there!

Sofia's in love! Adorable!

[church bell tolling]

I see you

but where's your offering?

[gasps]

Lady Nolyn.

Hey, it's been a while,

dear Takumi!

You're going

to the royal capital?

I take it that you're praying

for safe travels then.

I need to see

an offering first though.

I know we'll get there.

But first, the Goddess

of the Church of Divine Light

is called Anat, right?

Correct.

Oh, that was easy.

Okay, uh, so to be clear,

she's a totally distinct

Goddess from you, right?

Ugh, the one

and only Goddess is me!

Huh, then who exactly is Anat?

Well,

you'll learn that in due time.

In due time, huh?

-What's this? You're curious?

-[gasps]

-[growling]

-[TAKUMI] Sort of.

The thing is

it's starting to feel like

the Empire of Sidonia

has been drawing closer to me.

And so I was thinking

about your blessing.

Didn't you say it might come

undone depending on my actions?

-Yeah.

-Which means the interference

from Sidonia is tied

in to that somehow?

No, it's not.

I must point out

that Sidonia happens to be

the reason you're here

in Mildgard in the first place.

That goes beyond the level

of a blessing's power.

That makes sense.

Oh, so about the heroes

that were summoned by Sidonia.

what happened to them?

I'd have thought their arrival

would have caused

quite the commotion.

Too many questions.

But okay, the truth of it is

I may have messed with time

a little when you left.

I sent you to one year before

the summoning of the heroes.

What? A whole freaking year,

so that means they

haven't been summoned yet!

Yep, and they won't be

for another few months.

Wait, hold on!

What's the point of sending me

off before the summoning?

All right, time's up.

What are you, a prison guard

during visiting hours now?

Until next time.

And don't forget

my offering again.

Hint, I love to eat sweets!

Wait, you haven't answered

my question--

[thwacks]

[thuds]

Oh!

Great,

that wasn't helpful at all.

Well, I'm not planning

on meeting the heroes,

so guess it doesn't matter.

[both grunting]

You've come a long way,

Sir Akira!

[groaning]

You almost had me.

I surely would've

lost this fight and my life.

If I were one second slower.

Why, you're quite

the flatterer, sir.

No, no.

The growth you've achieved

in these few weeks

is astonishing.

-You really have improved.

-[spits]

Wow!

[laughs]

[gasping]

They match Master's clothes!

But, Master, I fear

this is a bit too brazen.

You think? So, does that mean

you don't like it?

No, I absolutely love it.

That goes for me too!

Well, that's a relief.

But I'll say this, you both

look good in anything.

Okay, Master.

Now you're going too far!

[groans]

Did I say something

inappropriate again?

[MARIA]

Huh?

No way!

You're gonna make a carriage?

I gotta start thinking

long-term from now on.

It'll be better to have our own

instead of borrowing one

every time

we're about to travel.

I can make the carriage,

but we'll still

need a monster horse.

Guess I can always borrow one

from the guild.

[laughs]

My dear Master.

The city of Bolton

is commonly known as

the "Town of Adventurers?"

So, do you know

why we call it that?

Nope, sure don't

and I've also never heard it

called that before this moment.

[gasping]

Shame on me

for assuming you knew that.

When in fact you didn't

have any idea!

What's wrong with me!

I'm just a chilly toilet

pretending to be

a refrigerator!

Another toilet metaphor?

So, you wanna tell me

why it's called that?

Remember the Forest of Death.

Just outside of Bolton?

Well, there's many other areas

just like that.

With different creatures.

There's unicorns

and drake horses,

which are far better

than monster horses.

I even heard

there's griffons, too!

[whimpering]

[insects chirping]

[birds chirping]

Sofia, are drake horses

better than monster ones?

They are. Better speed,

stamina, tougher.

Monster horses pale

in comparison.

Interesting. Is that because

they're dragon monsters?

No,

they're not dragon monsters.

They actually look

a lot like ordinary horses.

Although there are

some distinct differences,

there's a rhino-like horn

and their bodies

are entirely covered in scales

like a dragon.

I see now. That's where

the name comes from.

Hey, Master, Sofia, Maria!

What are you doing?

Come on!

Maple's excited, isn't she?

I guess so. Maybe she's happy

to meet someone like her.

Huh? Maple, no!

You don't need anyone

but us, but mainly me!

Hmph!

A Bush Wolf!

That's weird.

It ran right past us.

That's because our cloaks

have Block Perception!

If they can deceive

a Bush Wolf's nose,

then these cloaks

are really good.

That may be true, however

Ah

I'd rather remove them.

Seeing as

we still need to train,

it would be better

if we fought our enemies.

Ah, once again, her weird

switch has been flipped.

-[grunts]

-[thuds]

Oh, wow.

k*lled with one blow.

Good job, now we have

some extra meat!

I can dry it and add it

with the rest of our supplies!

Hey, let's go already!

Right. Oh?

That's a treant. But it's dead.

Then it's okay to take this,

right?

I mean, we will be needing

treant wood for the carriage.

And there just so happens to

be some right in front of us.

I was going

to buy some from Papek

but this should be enough

to make the whole carriage!

I'd be happy to help.

Master!

Cutting meat, cutting meat!

Cutting wood, cutting wood,

cutting wood, cutting wood!

Fine, I'm leaving without you!

That's really strange.

There's lots of tree monsters

here.

Uh. Something here.

Uh. Wow!

♪

[growling]

It's okay. You're hurt, huh?

-[electricity crackling]

-[screaming]

♪

My name is Maple.

I have an amazing master

who can help.

He can heal your wounds.

[gasps]

[growling]

Did these things hurt you?

[electricity crackling]

Wait right here,

I'll call my master.

[gasps]

Stay away!

[panting]

[MAPLE]

Master! Master!

Why isn't he responding to me?

I know, he's focused

on those stupid trees.

No way.

What ifthey went home.

They took the wood and left

and forgot all about me.

[growling]

♪

Help me.

[MAPLE]

Master, you dummy.

Stupid master!

I, I can't!

♪

[gasps]

[chuckles]

-Master, you're

-Hey, Maple.

Oh! Master!

[crying]

Don't worry, you're safe now.

[crying]

Master!

We got here just in time.

Yeah, thank goodness.

I called! Where were you?

I was calling out for you,

Master!

I'm sorry.

This was in the way.

Good idea weaving

your threads into layers.

It created a sturdy defense.

But they seem to

have blocked mana as well.

I could feel

our mana link drop so,

I figured something was wrong.

Then I followed

the trail it left.

Sorry I'm late,

you must've been scared.

Master!

[MARIA]

I can't believe it!

Isn't she Yeah, this is

a drake horse, Master!

She must have passed out

from her wounds.

She needs help.

Master, she's hurt.

You have to save her!

I see.

So, you were just trying

to protect her, huh?

All right, then.

♪

Ugh! She repelled me?

She's unconscious but maybe,

she's still cautious

when it comes to humans.

No way! She's going to die!

We must hurry,

other monsters are approaching.

Staying here is dangerous.

Master,

please don't leave her behind!

-Help her!

-I will. Don't you worry.

Wait, you're putting her away?

Maple, get inside

and stay with her

until I call you, okay?

Right!

That's reckless!

It's not a good idea

to put her in there

without a familiar pact!

If you do that you will put

an intense strain

on your body, Master!

Yeah, but that's okay.

I'm fine.

I'll just drink a potion.

And then I'll be fine.

[grunts]

[bottle shatters]

[SOFIA]

No, Master!

♪

[MARIA]

Why isn't he awake yet,

it's been over 12 hours.

[SOFIA]

It's expected.

He's resting now,

but he's still maintaining

that pocket dimension

despite its high strain.

What about Maple,

she hasn't come out yet.

I know. Maybe because

he hasn't summoned her

and the horse

is still frightened.

[SOFIA]

Unless Maple opens it

the pocket dimension will keep

holding that drake horse

and Master

will slowly wither away.

We have to do something.

What can we do though?

Before he withers away

♪

Sofia?

[SOFIA] I'll follow

Master's mana and find her.

Maple, can you hear me?

Maple!

That's Sofia!

[SOFIA]

How is she?

[MAPLE] Not good

and she's still frightened.

Do you think

you can get her out?

But if we appear

somewhere unfamiliar,

she might become aggressive.

[SOFIA]

I know but keeping her there

isn't going to do any good.

We can't heal her, and Master

will remain unconscious.

[MAPLE]

You're right.

[SOFIA] Maple, can you

replicate the same barrier

you made before?

Perhaps

it will help her stay calm

if she can't see where she is.

Oh, of course. Good idea!

I'll do it.

I'll bring her to the garden!

[chuckles]

[MARIA] Um, Sofia?

Where are you going?

[SOFIA]

The Papek Company.

I need to buy

some medicinal herbs.

Then, let me go.

I can do this for him.

Please, Sofia.

You should be here with Master

when he wakes up.

He'll be happy

to see your face.

I'm off!

[TAKUMI]

Ah, that feels warm.

[SOFIA]

Come on, Master.

Please wake up already.

[MARIA] I've prepared

a delicious soup just for you!

[MAPLE] Wake up, Master,

you sleepyhead!

[TAKUMI] That's right.

I need to wake up.

♪

[TAKUMI]

Huh? It was Sofia.

♪

[gasps]

You're awake! Master!

Good morning.

I'm sure you're exhausted

from taking care of me.

I'm glad to have you.

I'm really lucky.

[chuckles]

[TAKUMI] Now, let's go see

to that drake horse.

Master, come in!

[crickets chirping]

He's the one

I've been telling you about.

I promise you're in good hands.

[TAKUMI]

She's recovered quite a bit.

That's good. Maple did her best

to treat her.

My turn.

It looks like you and Maple

are good friends now.

Would you like to be mine,

as well?

It's okay.

TAME DRAKE HORSE?

Uh

Master?

There!

♪

[TAKUMI]

High Heal!

♪

[both gasp]

It looks like

we have a new companion

and it's thanks to all of you.

Hey, Master, what are

we going to name her?

Lemme think.

So, you got your name

from the distinct pattern

that's on your abdomen

which resembles a maple leaf.

[MAPLE] Then, we should

name her after a leaf, too!

♪

-Camellia.

-Camellia?

Yep, a tree that retains

its leaves all year round

and it blooms

with red and white flowers.

Master, that's a lovely name!

-Yeah.

-Camellia, so cool!

Hey, ya know.

Once, I was badly injured

and all alone

in the forest and so scared.

But then Master rescued me.

Then I was really,

really, really happy!

So, I'm glad he was able

to help you too.

Hey, how about we celebrate?

I just finished

making something delicious!

[TAKUMI] [chuckles]

Good, I'm really starving!

[SOFIA] That's because you

haven't eaten for a full day.

[MAPLE] I'm hungry, too!

My stomach's rumbling!