01x06 - A New Comrade

[bunniefuu]

[ERHARDT humming]

--[door opens] --Huh?

Welcome.

Come on, don't come here to show off

every time you get a new sl*ve.

Guess again.

[ERHARDT] Another young girl?

You really are a lolicon, huh?

[NAOFUMI] Don't be ridiculous!

Master, couldn't I have just a little snack?

Want a bite? Knock yourself out.

Thanks!

Filo, don't overdo it.

Hey, relax. It's fine, miss.

How big a bite could she take, anyway?

Time to dig in!

[FILO] That wasn't too bad actually.

[RAPHTALIA sighs]

[NAOFUMI grunts]

So what's the story here?

[RAPHTALIA] According to the sl*ve merchant,

filolials have a king or queen leading each flock.

That's what he told us, anyway.

[ERHARDT] I thought that was just a myth.

[RAPHTALIA] Those kings and queens are highly skilled

at transforming, and they blend into the flocks

by disguising themselves as normal filolials.

[ERHARDT] And they can transform themselves into humans, too?

That's nuts.

[NAOFUMI] What's more, it turns out they need a special crest

to be tamed.

I hadn't budgeted for that.

[RAPHTALIA] Things got crazy

while trying to give her that crest.

Filo started resisting with all her might.

[NAOFUMI] And that was at Level .

Who knows how strong she'll be at or somethin'?

[ERHARDT] So, you didn't come here

just to show off this filolial queen, I assume?

We came to buy some clothing.

Clothing?

If she shreds them each time she transforms,

I'll go broke in no time.

Please tell us that there's some kind of outfit

made for transforming species.

Nah, those are special order items.

I haven't got any of them.

Try going to see a dressmaker.

But I guess you can't have her walking around in public

looking like that.

Take this. Another customer left it.

[DRESSMAKER] Oh, my god, she's cute!

Isn't she just the cutest little angel?

Wait a second, she has wings on her back,

so maybe she really is an angel?

[RAPHTALIA chuckles]

Master, am I really cute? I wanna know!

I don't know.

Fathers shouldn't talk like that!

Father?!

Compliments are very important to little girls,

helping them become even cuter when they get older.

[NAOFUMI groans]

Then are you my father or something else?

[NAOFUMI] No, I'm your owner.

[FILO] I see. Then what about Raphtalia?

[NAOFUMI] She's kinda like my daughter.

I am not!

[NAOFUMI] Anyway, that doesn't matter.

Why doesn't it matter?

We're just looking for clothes that don't rip to shreds

when you transform and then can go back to normal.

[DRESSMAKER] Ohh, that's what you're looking for?

Did you bring any magic thread?

[NAOFUMI] Magic thread?

[DRESSMAKER] Of course! Transforming clothes always use

thread made out of the wearer's own mana.

[RAPHTALIA] So transforming clothes are always custom made?

[DRESSMAKER] Of course!

If you will give me the magic thread...

...I promise I'll make you the cutest outfit

you'll ever see in your entire life!

[NAOFUMI groans]

[FILO] Huh?

[MAGIC SHOPKEEPER A] Magic thread, huh?

You certainly could weave them here,

but unfortunately right now's not a good time.

I'm afraid the magic gemstone in my spinning wheel broke.

[NAOFUMI] Is it expensive?

It is, but the bigger problem is that it's hard to find.

What can we do about it?

I'll talk to some people and see if I can procure a new gemstone

as soon as possible.

It might take a little bit longer.

--[FILO] Hey. --[ALL] Huh?

Whoa, what does this thing do?

This crystal ball measures one's magical affinity.

Why don't we measure your affinity?

[NAOFUMI] Oh, well. No outfit for a while.

[FILO] ♪ Filo has wind affinity!

♪ I blow away all the enemies!

Well, she's definitely in a good mood.

[FILO] ♪ ...draw the carriage

♪ to where my Master says!

♪ If I find that nasty spear guy, ♪

♪ I'll send him flying with a full-power kick! ♪

[NAOFUMI] It'll be a while before we can

get her some clothes.

In the meantime, let's make some money.

[RAPHTALIA] This trade pass we got from the village lord--

I hope it comes in handy soon.

Master, look, there's someone up ahead.

--[MAN A panting]

--Is something wrong, sir? --[MAN A panting]

[MAN A gasps] Please, I beg you.

Give me a lift in your carriage.

Huh?

I need to get this medicine to the village!

it's the one just past the mountain.

It's urgent. I pray you!

Filo, how long to get there at full speed?

Not too long.

But you know, we can get there even sooner

without the carriage.

All right then, I'll take you there for one silver.

Huh? I already... spent my money on this medicine...

It doesn't matter how you do it.

Pay me now or you can pay me later.

But just don't try to worm out of it.

That would be fine, sir.

Right, give me those reins, Raphtalia.

Here ya go.

[MAN A gasps]

[NAOFUMI grunts]

[MAN A gasps] Thank you.

You can save your thanks. Just make sure you pay up.

Filo, let's go!

Righty-o!

[MAN A screams]

[GATEKEEPER A] Halt! Stop!

You have to pay the toll!

--[NAOFUMI grunts] --[GATEKEEPER A gasps]

I'll pick it up on the way back!

[MAN A] Mother, I got you the medicine.

[coughs]

Listen, you go boil water.

I'll give the medicine to your mother.

But I...

Relax, it's free.

[MAN A grunts]

[OLD WOMAN A coughs]

[sighs]

[OLD WOMAN A] Thank you so much!

Mother!

The medicine-- it's helping already?

Yes, the pain went away in an instant.

Thank you, good sir.

[MAN A] Um... exactly... what kind of magic spell

did you use?

Trust me, it's better you don't ask.

Now that that's done...

Oh, uh, here.

This should be worth at least one silver.

[NAOFUMI grunts]

Yeah, that'll do. See ya later.

Thank you very much. Safe travels to you!

[NAOFUMI] Besides selling, I could even transport people.

This travel trade might be more profitable than I thought.

I really can't believe I'm riding with

Our Savior of the Heavenly Fowl!

"Our Savior of the Heavenly Fowl"?

Ah, yes. You have quite the reputation.

"In a carriage drawn by the god of domesticated birds,

Our Savior travels and treats the sick!"

Did he just say I'm a god?

I'm surprised at you!

Didn't Master Naofumi tell you

not to talk when there are strangers?

[FILO whines] Sorry.

Well I'll be! It talks!

That really is a god!

No, she's not a god.

There's a large g*ng that's blocking our path up ahead.

[NAOFUMI] Mm?

Whoa, now! You can stop right there!

Well that's an odd bird you got there, stranger.

We heard an accessory seller was hitchin' a ride with you.

Come on! We know you're in there!

[gasps]

[NAOFUMI] I'll have to be more careful choosing my clients.

Just hand him over quietly

and you'll get away with at least your lives intact.

[NAOFUMI] Meaning you'll take everything but our lives, right?

Ha, ha. This one's sharp as tack, ain't he?

[BANDIT A] That one's pretty hot, for a demi-human.

[laughs] Looks like we're gonna have some fun tonight!

[RAPHTALIA] Master Naofumi,

may I have permission to end his lineage?

Not that you'd listen to me if I said no to you.

Me neither!

Don't even think about it.

We've got a class-upgraded bodyguard who'll make

hamburger out of you.

It's all up to you now, Sensei!

[BODYGUARD A] Hmph.

[NAOFUMI] Class-upgraded?

There's another one I haven't heard of.

Well, one thing's for sure: he's not going to be easy pickings.

It'd sure be helpful if I could come up with

some support magic now.

As source of thy power, I order thee.

[NAOFUMI gasps]

Decipher the laws of nature

and conceal me utterly in a magic haze.

Hide Mirage!

[BANDITS gasp]

Fast Tornado!

[BANDITS scream]

[BANDITS grumbling]

Some other trader told us to mug the guy riding with you

because he was supposed to be carrying a bunch of

really nice stuff!

I swear that's what happened!

So one of my own sold me out, hmm?

Well, what do we do with these guys now?

We usually hand them over to the local guards,

but I'll leave it up to you.

Hey, you! You aren't the Shield Hero, are ya?

Kinda obvious since ya have no weapons and only that shield.

"We're just some unlucky adventurers

who were att*cked by the cruel Shield Hero

and he treated all of us like dirt!"

That what you're gonna tell the guards?

You are the perceptive one.

Then you can bet they'll take our word

over the Shield Hero's any day.

[BANDITS chuckle]

[sighs] I guess I have no choice.

You have to die.

[BANDITS gasp]

[NAOFUMI] Filo. You feel like a snack?

Yes, I do! I want food!

[BANDITS gasp]

[NAOFUMI] See, she's an omnivore.

She'll gulp down anything in one bite.

Hey, but you're Our Savior of the Heavenly Fowl!

You can't commit m*rder!

[NAOFUMI] I'm nobody's savior,

and I have to act with my best interests in mind.

You guys must've k*lled plenty of people so far.

Just consider this your turn and give in to it.

No, wait, please!

Take anything you want, just let us get out with our lives!

[NAOFUMI] Got it.

I'll spare your lives, at least.

[BANDITS sigh]

[NAOFUMI] However...

[BANDITS gasp]

[BANDITS grumbling]

[RAPHTALIA sighs] Are we actually looting these bandits?

But doesn't this make us just as evil as they are?

I'm afraid I don't agree.

They're offering up everything they have

to purchase safe passage from Our Savior.

He's simply treating their lives as merchandise.

If I may say, Sir Hero's a shining example

of the true trader's spirit--

something lacking in our youth of today!

Looks like intimidation.

Hey, how 'bout the two of you do a little less chatting

and a little more working?

And while we're on the subject, pal,

how do you figure you're going to compensate me

for the pack of trouble you caused me on this trip?

[ACCESSORY DEALER A] I can offer you all the knowledge

and connections I possess. It is at your command.

Knowledge and connections?

Yes. I've taken a real liking to you, Sir Hero.

[NAOFUMI] Hmph.

[NAOFUMI] The first things the accessory seller taught me

were how to process precious metals,

use the tools required, craft gems, and imbue them with mana.

[NAOFUMI] I even managed to pick up some spells,

thanks to getting a feel for this mana stuff.

And so, I started a new business venture: crafting gemstones.

[NAOFUMI] Then I got an in with the traders' grapevine,

where I heard rumors of the other heroes.

Apparently, Motoyasu saved a famine-stricken village

to the southwest by introducing a legendary crop.

I bet that royal pain in the butt came up with the idea.

Ren's apparently moving southeast,

looking for monsters to slay.

I even heard a rumor that he took down a dragon.

But the information regarding Itsuki, the Bow Hero,

was all over the place.

Some said he's training up in the mountains,

and some say he went into a dungeon

on a quest for treasure.

There were even some tall tales,

like him joining another country's resistance,

but in the end,

none of these wild stories ended up being true.

That seller sure wasn't kidding when he said he'd give us

knowledge and connections.

But one thing he offered helped me more than anything else.

[clanking]

I can't believe it, but this deed must be the real thing.

I'm amazed that grumpy money-grubber

actually gave this to you.

Anyway, if there's a gemstone you want,

I can arrange for you to get it--

at a discount, of course, which obviously goes without saying.

What are you looking for, Sir Hero?

For the gemstone you used to make threads that are magic.

[gasps]

What surprises me is how you managed to

find that gemstone so quickly.

Well, it's not all that simple, actually.

It's in a rather unsavory location.

Master Naofumi.

Look.

[MAGIC SHOPKEEPER A] A long time ago,

this temple was once a notoriously evil alchemist's

base of operations.

Strange, though...

I'd never heard anything about a tunnel being here.

[NAOFUMI] According to the mining chief,

nobody's dared approach this place

ever since monsters started nesting here.

Keep your eyes peeled.

[RAPHTALIA] It's empty.

[MAGIC SHOPKEEPER A] Ancient writing.

"We fervently pray that this seed

never makes it out of this tunnel.

It is a horribly twisted manifestation of our wish

that nobody feel the pangs of hunger

ever again in this world."

[NAOFUMI] Well, it looks like some bandits

may have already released it.

Master, look down there.

There's a path over that way.

[NAOFUMI] Let's go.

Uhh--

[NAOFUMI] Hey, Filo! What are you doing? Hurry up!

Um, Master, I think you should really, um...

--[NAOFUMI] For cryin' out loud. --[FILO gasps]

If you won't listen to me, then I don't need you anymore.

[gasps]

Stop here.

What is it?

A monster footprint.

And my goodness, but it's a large one.

Anyway.

We're gonna have to keep going until we get what we came for.

Just remember to be c--

--[FILO gasps] --Master Naofumi?!

[NAOFUMI] Just stay calm!

Hey, witch. What's going on?

[RAPHTALIA] I'm sick and tired of being Master Naofumi's sl*ve.

[gasps]

[RAPHTALIA] I only pretended to become his sl*ve again

to k*ll him with my own hands.

I can s*ab him clean through from behind now.

[NAOFUMI gasps]

[MAGIC SHOPKEEPER A] Don't let the voices mislead you!

[NAOFUMI] What are they?

The monsters provoke you.

They do it by saying the last things you want to hear,

in the last voices you want saying them!

[NAOFUMI] How nasty is that?

[FILO] Master is my lunch!

[groans]

Hey, something cut me!

Do something about this!

As source of thy power, I order thee.

Decipher the laws of nature and restore our sight!

Fast Anti-Bind right now!

If we can see them... Filo!

I'm on it!

I'm gonna blow you away!

Well then, are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine, thank you.

[NAOFUMI] I don't see how that's going to come in handy.

Let's keep going now.

Excuse me, Master?

You won't abandon Filo, will you?

I've got money riding on you.

I'm not gonna get rid of you that easily.

Master Naofumi...

Stop worrying, Filo.

Master Naofumi would never say any mean things

like those hallucinations you heard. Count on it!

[FILO] Mm. All right.

Huh?

Uh, forget it. It's nothing.

Something's there.

[MAGIC SHOPKEEPER A] Hmm?

That's it.

Yeah... But, uh...

[hisses]

That's a nue.

A little on the smaller side, but still dangerous.

This might be rough.

The gemstone is right there in front of us

and we can't get at it.

Let's go!

[NAOFUMI gasps]

Oh, those two. Cover us, please!

[yells]

[RAPHTALIA gasps, groans]

Zweit Fire Blast!

--[NUE roars] --[NAOFUMI grunts]

Master Naofumi!

[NAOFUMI] Can I hold it off?

[FILO] Don't!

[NAOFUMI gasps] Hey!

[roars]

[NAOFUMI gasps]

That was close...

We need to avoid that lightning at all costs.

But then... how can we att*ck it?

[gasps]

--[footsteps] --[NUE growls]

Raphtalia! Look out!

How could it see her from behind?

Well it didn't see her, it heard her.

It's really sensitive to sound.

To sound...

[roars]

Filo! Yell into this thing as loudly as you can!

Okay!

[NAOFUMI] Cover your ears--quick!

[yells]

k*ll it, now!

Zweit Fire Blast!

[yells]

[FILO grunts]

[roars]

[FILO grunts]

[FILO] We won!

[NAOFUMI] Are you okay?

[FILO] Mm-hmm.

And how about you?

[NAOFUMI] Yeah, I'm fine.

Don't be so reckless next time.

[RAPHTALIA] But, uh...

[NAOFUMI] What if you were seriously hurt?

You could have been scarred for life.

You mean you're worried I could've--

Got it?

Uh, yes.

[FILO] Wow, so pretty!

They're so beautiful!

[thud]

[FILO groans, whines]

Doing this is making me feel so tired.

Don't worry, my dear,

it's only because your mana is turning into thread.

Endure it for just a while longer.

What?

[RAPHTALIA] I'll give you some nice snacks once you finish.

[FILO] Yummy ones?

Then I'll keep going!

Oh!

[RAPHTALIA groans]

Well, how do I look? All right?

You look terrific.

[FILO] Yay! Thank you, Master!

I mean, sure, she looks cute and everything--

--She's darling! --[NAOFUMI] Huh?

I did my very best to bring out every last bit

of Filo's angelic charm and I think I did a hell of a job!

I used white as the base color, to go with her wings,

and I added plenty of frills as a nod to her feathers, too.

And since it would contrast best with her lovely blonde hair,

I went with blue for the ribbon, as you can see.

Sure, right.

Well now, that magic outfit and the monster crest

add up to, um... silvers, I guess.

You're gonna have to work hard to pay it off.

Yay! I'll do my best!

[RAPHTALIA gasps] Don't suddenly transform indoors!

Huh?

[DRESSMAKER squeals] Even on a monster, it's cute!

--[NAOFUMI gasps] --I'm sure you agree, don't you?

Isn't your daughter cute as a button?!

[NAOFUMI] She's not my daughter!