01x11 - The Goddess Reincarnated

[bunniefuu]

[MALE CLASSMATE 1]

She doesn't have any talent.

How'd she even get admitted?

[MALE CLASSMATE 2] On

the principal's recommendation,

-I hear.

-[FEMALE CLASSMATE 1] So

nepotism is what you're saying.

Hey, Miss Reynard-Yamada!

Yoo-hoo!

[HIZUKI]

Who are you?

I introduced myself

the other day!

[HIZUKI]

Nothing personal,

but you shouldn't

try to talk to me.

If any of the other students

think we're friends,

then they'll start ignoring you

or worse.

[FEMALE FRIEND 1]

Then we'll be good pals!

Huh?

It's fine. I'm happier

with just a few friends!

[MELDIA]

I'm sorry.

[FEMALE CLASSMATE 1] Hold up.

That girl just

transferred here, and she

attacked her only friend?

Is she stupid?

[MALE CLASSMATE 1]

She didn't even get in trouble.

Normally, they'd expel you.

[HIZUKI]

Forgive me.

[MALE DOCTOR 1]

I've heard the Reynard Clan

has a familial aptitude for

serving as spirit mediums.

But I see no traces

of spirit channeling here,

I'm afraid.

So that's it.

Your periodic lapses in memory

must be caused

by a different medical issue.

[gasps]

[MELDIA]

I'm sorry.

[Hizuki crying]

[HIZUKI]

Forgive me!

[HIZUKI'S DAD AND MOM (SONG)]

Happy birthday, dear Hizuki ♪

Happy birthday to you! ♪

[MELDIA]

I'm sorry.

♪

[HIZUKI]

Forgive me.

[door creaks open]

[light switch clicks]

[VELTOL]

Hijiki house, ahoy!

-[MACHINA] Oh, it's so fancy.

-[TAKAHASHI] Dang Hizuki,

nice crib!

Uh, please allow me

to propose a toast

to commemorate our invitation

to these hallowed grounds

and stuff.

There's a lot happening

so moments like these

spent with your friends are--

[VELTOL] Too long!

Let's drink!

-Yeah, cheers!

-Rude much?

-Cheers -I was just

getting in the groove, too!

[sighs]

[gulps]

[exhales]

Didn't think you would be

working at a part-time job,

maid cafe or not!

Like, I'm surprised the school

lets students work at all.

-[HIZUKI] It doesn't.

-Huh?

I've been doing it in secret.

[Takahashi bites]

Don't rat me out.

Not my style, don't worry.

-[MACHINA] Go ahead.

-Hm?

This looks great.

Not to be rude,

but I didn't think

you'd be quite this good

at cooking, Machina.

[MACHINA]

Well, I have been

living on my own

for decades now.

[HIZUKI]

I see!

-Hm?

-[gasps]

-"Decades?"

-Hey, Velly!

I'd like to make

a humble suggestion

-for tonight, if I may!

[VELTOL] Go on.

Since there's enough

of us here,

why don't we have a little

fighting game tournament?

[MACHINA]

Oh, that sounds splendid!

[Veltol scoffs]

I'd be remiss

to decline your challenge.

I am a streamer.

[HIZUKI]

Hey, question.

Why are you guys running

the show at my house?

Are you a noob, perchance?

[HIZUKI] Huh?

No, it's

I understand.

Your boots quake.

You dare not face my might.

Huh?

[clacking]

[GAME ANNOUNCER]

KO!

Player Two wins!

♪

[HIZUKI] [giggles]

You ate every cross-up,

every overhead and didn't know

a single frame trap.

-GGs.

-[TAKAHASHI] That was sick.

-[Hizuki gasps]

-You're like a pro!

Not one match.

He lost them all.

And you were stylin' on him

with that old-school

controller, too!

[Hizuki chuckles nervously]

Gotta see how I stack up!

Let's play!

I'd like to request

a match as well.

Oh, fine!

I'll just have

to school you all!

[VELTOL]

Do not submit, Takahashi!

Show her your might!

[all chuckle]

[light switch clicks]

[gasps]

[VELTOL]

Hm?

Hello there, Hijiki.

That's still not my name.

It's, uh

I understand your desire

to behold my royal figure,

-of course.

-No.

-But trying to peep on me

-It's

-Hizuki, I said.

-in the bath is rather bold.

Also, you weren't

very subtle about it.

[water splashes]

Fine.

I shall permit it.

What were you doing, though?

I mean. All the lights

were off in here!

I'm a being

who's born from darkness!

-Huh?

-So it is only natural

that I should bathe in it.

Well, whatever.

I guess it was my fault

for not checking first.

Just tell me

when you're out, okay?

[water splashes]

[VELTOL]

I understand your feelings.

[gasps]

You are faced with

perfection made flesh.

It's natural to be intimidated.

[HIZUKI] What? Are you saying

I'm s-s-s-scared?

[VELTOL] Imagine, if your body

were soaking in the water

next to mine,

then you would be

forced to compare them!

You'd be unable to look away

and as you basked

in my naked glory,

you would

find your beauty lacking.

I admit

your body is certainly

nothing to scoff at,

but mine is better!

[gasps]

Would you stop

making fun of me?

[HIZUKI]

You're the one obsessed

with your body, not me!

This isn't even a big deal!

Korneah, what did he tell you

after I left.

Well, in short,

I heard that you received

your regalia

from your predecessor.

Oh, I see.

You've paid

so much attention to me

ever since you came here,

but why?

At the cafeteria.

In Electric Town.

Admit it.

It's just 'cause I'm the head

of the Reynard Clan.

You really are quite

self-conscious, aren't you?

-Hm?

-I sought to avenge my udon.

Everything else

has been a bonus.

I am a man who always

follows his heart.

We met by chance

[toy duck quacks]

but now we have formed

a meaningful bond.

We're friends

and I say that with pride.

You have cherished

your parents' memory,

worked hard to earn a living,

and protected your clan.

Your cooking is also adequate.

That carbonara was

a Hijiki special, yes?

[HIZUKI]

It was Bolognese, actually

And hey, it's Hizuki!

[VELTOL]

You're also skilled at games.

[HIZUKI]

I'm really not.

You're just bad.

[VELTOL]

Yeah, I like to think of myself

as "constantly improving."

[HIZUKI] Besides, Machina's

the one with the real talent.

[VELTOL]

She is amazing.

[HIZUKI] [chuckles]

I haven't gotten

that fired up in a while.

Did you have fun?

Yes.

And you?

[Hizuki inhales deeply]

[water splashes]

[exhales]

I was happy.

To my core.

[VELTOL] I couldn't help

but notice that photo you hid.

[HIZUKI]

Oh, yeah.

[VELTOL] Was it something

from your childhood

you didn't want to share?

[HIZUKI]

Yes.

[VELTOL] I'd like to know

more about you,

but I don't want to force it.

[sighs]

[HIZUKI]

Fine.

I'll tell you.

All my secrets.

[glass shatters]

[groans softly]

Hm.

Huh.

[gasps]

[panting]

Saya!

Gilnore!

Morning!

[BOTH]

Good morning, Lady Hizuki!

Guess what day it is today!

[SAYA] Why,

it's your birthday, I believe!

[inhales]

Yep!

That's right!

[chuckles]

-[GILNORE] Happy birthday.

-[SAYA] Happy birthday.

[laughs]

Thank you!

It's my birthday,

it's my birthday!

Seeing her like this,

it warms my heart.

They call her the cursed child

of Magic Town

but you wouldn't believe it

when she smiles.

[SAYA] I hope she can keep

having days like this,

at least until she's ready

to stand on her own.

Hm.

[HIZUKI'S DAD]

Have you decided on one?

You should know better

than to rush a lady

-when she's out shopping!

-[both chuckle]

Seems you still have

a lot to learn

-about a woman's heart, Dad!

-[PASSERBY 1] Tsk.

What the hell

are they doing here?

Whole family of traitors.

Get lost already.

They're all so good!

What shall we do?

She can't choose!

[HIZUKI'S DAD] Well,

there's only one solution!

[Hizuki chuckles]

[HIZUKI'S MOM] Wasn't that

nice of Daddy, Hizuki?

Uh-huh!

[HIZUKI'S DAD] Do you see me

in a new light now?

[HIZUKI]

Keep at it.

[HIZUKI's DAD] [chuckles]

Harsh.

[HIZUKI]

You've got a long way to go!

[HIZUKI'S DAD AND MOM (SONG)]

Happy birthday to you! ♪

Happy birthday to you! ♪

Happy birthday

dear Hizuki! ♪

Happy birthday to you! ♪

[blows air]

[blood splatters]

Forgive me,

please.

[MELDIA]

I'm sorry.

[DOCTOR] We found you

and your mother collapsed

in front of the hospital.

Sadly, her injuries were

far more severe than yours.

I promise,

we did everything we could.

[HIZUKI]

Forgive me.

[KORNEAH]

So, here's my concern,

the records state

that the girl's

already inherited the regalia.

[TRATTE]

If that is indeed the case,

it seems

she isn't aware of it yet.

[KORNEAH]

Doesn't really matter.

Whether she knows or not,

they're already targeting her,

just like her parents.

[TRATTE]

Any guesses on the culprit?

[KORNEAH]

If I had a lead,

I would have already

k*lled them, myself.

[whimpering]

[TRATTE] She's too young

to deal with this.

It's terrible.

[KORNEAH] That's why we gotta

look out for her, right?

The both of us.

I'd say

we owe the girl

that much at least.

You're right.

We owe it to the ones

who died protecting her, too.

♪

[HIZUKI]

Forgive me.

[water drips]

♪

My mother and father

wanted me to live

as a noble of Akihabara,

so I've stayed here like this.

Even though it's been

nothing but suffering.

I don't have

any fondness for this city.

Can't form

any relationships, either.

Anyone involved with me

either leaves or gets hurt.

I learned my lesson.

So, I stay away from everyone.

I've given up.

[water trickles]

I know that

I can never be happy.

[water trickling]

I'm sure it was difficult

to relive

so many painful memories.

[water trickles]

Thank you, my friend.

Now you know

all my tragic secrets!

-[water trickles]

-So if things go wrong,

you have to promise

that you'll still forgive me.

I swear it, on my name

as Veltol Velvet Velsvalt.

I could never blame you.

[water trickles]

-Stop acting so cool!

-[water splashes]

Uh!

[chuckles]

-[Veltol chuckles]

-Thank you.

[VELTOL] Have you soaked in

my handsomeness?

[groans]

[Veltol sighs]

Bathing with me

is a rare pleasure!

Cherish this moment

for the rest of your life!

-Yeah, no.

-Careful.

Huh?

What a pity.

Seems that my leisure

has come to an end.

Who might you be?

[MAG]

You may call me Faceless.

For convenience,

let's say

I'm a Hero with the Guild.

[gasps]

I'm afraid I must make

a request of you.

My associates would like

you to withdraw

from this city immediately.

Marcus was a powerful member

of our organization.

Since you defeated him,

you have been classified

as a high-level threat.

-[scoffs] -If you

comply with our request,

then we promise

no harm will come to you

or the companions

you brought along.

As for the school treasury,

we will settle

the matter for you.

[VELTOL] That is simply

out of the question.

What a fool.

You spew blasphemy!

[light flickering]

Let it be known

there is only one man

I respect as a Hero

and he would never

sink to such acts.

Any others who dare

to claim that title

shall face execution!

Very well. Seems

the negotiations have failed.

I'll excuse myself for tonight.

[gasps]

Ah,

but one last thing.

Akihabara City will change.

[static]

♪

[fire crackling]

[Hizuki gasps]

Uh.

[breathes steadily]

[whimpering]

[beeping]

[TRATTE] Quite the stringent

security check.

[KORNEAH]

Of course. And I'm sure

you're doing

the exact same thing.

[footsteps approaching]

[Korneah sighs]

If you're here

to ask me about Mag,

we weren't involved.

I assure you.

[TRATTE]

That's no concern.

This is about

another matter entirely.

[exhales]

Yeah?

What then?

[gasps]

[clatters]

[TRATTE] Why?

I've come to seize the Crown,

you poor little fool!

♪

[FEMALE STUDENT 1]

You hear about the accident?

They found Professor Mag's body

at the scene.

[FEMALE STUDENT 2] And

that's gotta be a joke, right?

[MALE STUDENT 1]

Apparently it's true.

I heard a whole ton of people

talking about it.

[MALE STUDENT 2] She was

caught in that expl*si*n?

Brutal.

[FEMALE STUDENT 3]

Blown to pieces, huh?

-[ANNOUNCER 1] Breaking news.

-Hm?

Korneah Seburd is dead.

The Trading Company leader

was found m*rder*d.

According to

Electric Town City Guard,

their key suspect in

the crime is Tratte Gotel,

the acting principal of

the Lu Xel School of Magic.

A search has begun.

[FEMALE STUDENT 4]

Whoa, this is bad.

[ANNOUNCER 1]development,

we anticipate that the tensions

between Magic Town

and Electric Town may escalate.

We ask all citizens

to remain calm

as they respond to this news.

If you're just tuning in,

Korneah Seburd, head of

the Korneah Trading Company,

has been m*rder*d.

The Electric Town City Guard

has designated

[ANNOUNCER 2]

Attention, students.

The entire Akihabara region

is under a stage two

state of emergency.

We are now conducting

a mandatory assembly.

-[indistinct chatter]

-All students, please report

to the practical

training hall immediately.

[MALE STUDENT 3]

You think the principal's

-really a m*rder*r?

-[MALE STUDENT 4] Electric Town

probably set her up.

[ALL]

Huh?

♪

[HIZUKI]

Miss Tratte!

Is Mr. Korneah really dead?

[TRATTE]

Everything will be all right.

-Don't panic.

-[HIZUKI] Not again!

It's all my fault.

[TRATTE]

You have to calm down.

Please, Ms. Reynard.

I want you to listen carefully

to what I'm about to say.

Huh?

-Who are you?

-Huh?

-[TRATTE] Ms. Reynard.

-[HIZUKI] No!

[gasps]

When we're alone

she always calls me Hizuki,

not "Ms. Reynard."

This is wrong.

What happened?

Who are you?

Apolfos.

[groaning]

[students clamoring]

[MAY, MALE STUDENT 11H]

Everyone, stay still.

I'm warning you.

You are all my hostages.

Resistance is futile.

If you disobey,

you will be k*lled immediately.

[Tratte sighs]

I thought I had observed

you two for long enough,

but I didn't account for that.

What an oversight.

I never saw you alone with her.

Ha.

Ha.

Ha.

Ha.

You recognize me now, right?

You're Mag,

aren't you?

Correct!

[HIZUKI] They said

Ms. Tratte k*lled you?

Now you're her?

-What is this?

-[sighs]

[MAG] Fine.

I'll explain.

The quest

I received from the Guild

was to collect

all three regalia.

The hardest part was

retrieving the crown from,

Korneah Seburd.

Well, I say "retrieve,"

but any way around,

I would have to k*ll him first.

Unfortunately for me,

he was an extremely

cautious man.

Though I came to learn

that he loosened his guard

when he was with someone

from the Three Great Houses.

Quite tricky!

But then I came up

with the idea

to steal Tratte Gotel's body!

First, I tricked her into going

to a mechanical surgery clinic.

Once there,

I extracted her unit

and then had my own unit

installed in its place!

[HIZUKI]

Where is she now?

[MAG]

Who knows!

Blown to smithereens,

I'd guess!

Seems she was caught

in that expl*si*n!

[breathing rapidly]

[whimpering]

Anyway,

I'm going to

need your cooperation

to finish my quest.

[HIZUKI]

As if I'd ever help you!

[MAG]

If you don't

there will be consequences.

[female student screams]

[MAG]

Whom should die next?

Eenie, meenie,

miney

[HIZUKI] Aren't you going

to k*ll me anyway?

To take the Orb?

-[door slides open]

-Of course not.

My objective is to

manifest the Goddess Meldia.

The three regalia are

simply offerings

needed for the ritual.

What's that?

"The orb's missing," you say?

On the contrary,

it's been here all along!

And as for Meldia,

she already descended to

this world quite some time ago!

After the Fantasion,

a higher order spiritual being

like Meldia

should have faded away,

unable to maintain

her existence.

However,

she avoided elimination

by downgrading her soul

and transferring it

into a newborn child.

Would you like me to tell you

how I found that out?

Well! Ten years ago,

when I attacked you,

Meldia temporarily manifested

and held me at bay.

You might say

she went on a rampage!

[MELDIA]

I'm sorry.

Then that voice I hear.

She's using your body

as her vessel.

In fact, the Goddess has been

hiding inside you

from the start.

-[whimpering]

-Albert.

-Huh?

-Look away.

I shall grant you the honor

of serving as my assistant

in this operation.

Hm?

[VELTOL] Do you see

those swords of light?

If you destroy them,

her control will be broken.

Can you do it?

[ALBERT]

They can k*ll us in an instant

and you expect me

to fight them?

That's

[groans]

Okay.

I'll do it, I'll do it!

[MAY]

Soon w*r will break out

and Akihabara City will change.

No place in this city

will be safe.

[MAG] While I was busy

searching in vain

for the Orb's whereabouts,

I hired assassins

to deal with you.

Our attempts indicated that

Meldia would react

in self-defense,

but showed no further signs

of manifesting.

-[MELDIA] I'm sorry.

-[MAG] So I had a thought.

We knew that the Orb possesses

the power to control divinity,

so what if you were using it

to command Meldia to attack?

Perhaps you were the one

preventing her

from manifesting, as well.

That would explain

why your mana reserves

were so unusually low

all the time.

It's not that

you had a lack of potential,

it's that all your mana

was being sucked dry

just to keep

Meldia sealed away.

But if that were the case,

then where was the Orb

that was being used

to control her?

According to the records,

you needed surgery to

remove your right eye

and replace it

with a prosthesis

after you were injured

in my attack on you

ten years ago.

However,

that right eye of yours

is no prosthesis, is it?

[rumbling]

During the surgery,

your mother asked the doctor

to implant

something else instead.

That's right.

Your eye is the missing Orb!

[MELDIA]

I'm sorry.

[groans loudly]

[TAKAHASHI]

Velly!

The enemy is after Hizuki!

They're probably on the roof!

Well done, Takahashi.

[MACHINA] I'll take care

of the enemies down here.

Very well!

-And, Albert?

-Yes?

I'm placing you in command

of this location!

-Understand?

-Hmm.

All right.

[MAG] This must be

quite the revelation for you,

-I imagine!

-[screams]

[MELDIA]

I'm sorry.

I k*lled that doctor.

I k*lled your parents.

I k*lled anyone

you ever dared to love.

Except that friend of yours.

You hurt her all on your own.

She was an assassin I sent

to k*ll you, by the way.

[Hizuki screams]

-[shatters]

-Remember how you came to me

for advice after that?

It was so hard for me

not to laugh in your face!

[MELDIA] I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[rumbling]

[HIZUKI]

I see.

I keep asking for forgiveness.

But I don't really

deserve it, do I?

[MELDIA] I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

And here comes

an ugly dark cloud

raining on my parade.

I'll be taking back Hizuki.

[MAG]

Well, that's that, I suppose!

I work on this plan

for ten years

and you just stomp all over it!

What are you, chaos incarnate?

Fine!

I lose!

On the upside,

you may have lost

even more than me.

You can't stop

the flames of w*r

from burning in this city.

[thuds]

-Hizuki!

-You're mistaken.

[blood drips]

♪

♪

[wind gusting]

I am Meldia now.

[MACHINA]

"The Lord's Return."