03x05 - Cunning Demons

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The Dorodoro Brothers!

We overheard what you were talking about.

Asmodeus Alice. Sabnock Sabro.

How about a little competition?

The students of the Misfit Class
were given a task.

If they do not all advance to the
Dalet rank before their second year,

they will be kicked out of the Royal One,
which they worked so hard to acquire.

Iruma and his friends must attempt
the rank-advancement exams.

First up... The Harvest Festival!

Cunning Demons

"Cunning Demons."

Competition?

More specifically, a race.

Let's see who hunts down the boss-class
magical beast in the cave first.

If you two win,

D
o
r
o

we'll give you all of the points we've earned.

I believe there's at least


And?

If we lose, you want us to hand
over all of our points?

Nah!

We don't want anything like that.

Right? Right?!

Right.

The reason we came here from the
b*ttlefield is to take him back.

"Him"?

We've been looking for him everywhere!

Right? Right?!

We finally found him,

and it turned out he was instructing some
sheltered demon babies at Babyls.

Yeah!

It's a total waste that such a
powerful demon's stuck at school!

We're gonna become his
number one disciples!

Once we win, we'll be
taking our master back!

Our master...

...is your master?

What's this?!

Looks like there's an argument
going on in block one!

The Asmodeus and Sabnock duo have
encountered the Dorodoro Brothers!

Huh?

Both pairs are this year's favorites to win!

Oh, my!

I can't... see... my students...

Are they going to join up,
or are they declaring a battle?!

Are we going to see a winner this early?

Wait a moment!

Huh?

Something is going on in block two.

Wh-What the hell?

I've never seen anything like this!

The magical beasts are willingly
giving them food offerings!

Stay in line and present
your offerings in order.

Caim Camui. Bloodline ability:
Translation [Friendship].

Translation [Friendship]

He is able to speak to any species.

This area is already under
Lady Keroli's dominion.

Yup, yup, we know.

Have no fear.

As long as you make an offering,
you will not be harmed.

You there.

It's so cold!

I do not enjoy quarrels.

Violence is the weapon of the weak.

And so...

Do not eat them, my little ones.

A Blizzard Wolf and a Snow-King Fox?!

They're both magical beasts
that shouldn't exist in this region.

Which means a first-year
has them both as familiars?!

Who the heck is that student?!

Queen!

We love you!

You're lovely!

You're dazzling!

I'm standing out...

I can keep the fact I'm a cute dem-dol
a secret, and I'm still standing out.

The days I spent training were pure hell.

It was dirty and smelly, and I had
to summon, summon, summon...

I continued my work as a dem-dol,
but my soul was screaming.

The magical beasts don't
understand just how cute I am,

despite how cute I am!

I slowly started to lose my confidence.

But then I faced the weakness of having
my long-honed cuteness taken from me...

And now, finally, I've found
the weapon I was given.

I've found out... Yes.

Since I sealed away my cuteness,
the only... the only...

thing I have left is my beauty!

She's so beautiful!

Queen!

Beast Queen!

My queen!

I will follow you to the
ends of the netherworld!

I will be the one who wins this performance!

There are three important skills
necessary to ensure survival

over the four days of the Harvest Festival.

Brute Strength

First is brute strength.

Using one's own power to take prey.

There are some exceptions,

but in block one and block two,
the most powerful are standing out.

And the second skill...

The skill one must possess
other than combat...

Knowledge

is knowledge.

First-Year Solas Bobo

Diabotany Battler Member

The ones taking the lead in block three
are the members of the Diabotany Battler.

Not all of the ingredients move.

Among the ones that don't move,
there are some rarities that are hard to find.

Those who have knowledge about the
various plants have a huge advantage

in searching for ingredients
in the Harvest Festival.

Don't touch the plants
if you don't need to!

Your hand might rot off!

Okay.

Don't gather anything
I didn't tell you to gather!

Don't take off your gloves!
Bring the ingredients over here!

Man, gathering ingredients goes super fast
with someone from the Diabotany Battler here.

Yup.

And if that wasn't enough...

It's hardest to see right under your nose.

The King of Wisdom, Allocer Schneider.

Your knowledge is equal to mine.

And because of that, we've been able to
collect ingredients at an outstanding rate.

We've got around 1,500 points.

We're going to the reporting tower.

Don't touch anything but
the things we told you about.

Okay.

They're devi reliable.

I'm glad we decided to work together.

The reporting tower is where

students turn in their ingredients
and get them changed into points,

Reporting Tower

and there's one in each block.

There, the collector will fill out their
name and turn in their ingredients.

The amount of points they've accumulated

will be announced when
half the time has elapsed.

Welcome!

Now, then...

Why don't we strike a deal, Allocer?

I'm sure you've also realized that
I said there's about 1,500 points there,

but it's actually closer to 2,000.

Meaning, even if we split
that 1,500 with everyone,

there'll still be an extra 500 left over.

Let's split that between the two of us.

No objections here.

And this is the third skill you need
in the Harvest Festival...

Scheming.

Scheming

To pull one over others.
To be eloquent and skilled.

To be a smooth talker.
To truly be a devilish strategist.

Yup, I've confirmed your contribution.

Reporting complete.

We'll be fine if we split off from the team
before they announce the results.

Well, I'm gonna head back.

I'm curious about the area over there.

Okay. Hurry back, though.

I think you and I make a great team.

Yes.

Fooling each other is always heartless.

Hey, I'm back.

Huh? Didn't you go turn in
our collection so far?

Yeah. I just finished...

Huh?

But the reporting tower is in the east.

Why'd you just come back from the west?

Huh?

And fooling each other means...

The smell of this flower throws
off one's sense of direction.

If he'd only taken a closer look,
he could've figured out

that the reporting tower, the form,

and the official... were all fake.

...the craftier side wins!

That 2,000 points is ours!

N-No way!

This doesn't count!

There's no way that should be allowed!

After this, he went to HQ to
argue that stealing is wrong...

But nay! It is not wrong
or against the rules.

The only thing against the rules is

using an unreasonable
amount of violence.

Stealing points or ingredients
is not against the rules.

It's always the ones who think they have

the upper hand who are the easiest to fool.

Talk about naïve.

I completely agree.

But compared to our days in hell...

Yes!

We now go back several weeks...

These two were taken
by special tutor Furfur...

Yahoo!

Deeply moved.

...to paradise.

A club in the netherworld, Valballa.

Valballa

A playground for adult demons.

Ah, Sergeant. Are those newbies?

Just look at my adorable students.

Here you go.

Another serving of 100% demon juice.

Uh, thanks.

And you wanted demonically strong
fizzy water over ice, right?

Indeed.

This little one has an amazing talent!

He can take anything
without the other noticing.

Huh?

I see.

That's great! Hey, try that on me.

Jazzy, give it a try.

Okay...

My wallet!

Wow!

And Allocer is super smart.

I'm super proud of him.

Hey, could you calculate the
bar tabs for me, then? Just kidding—

Done.

So fast!

Wow, they're all correct. That's amazing!

Er...

Don't we need to be training?

What are you talking about?

Creating connections with adults.

There's no better way.

This is also training to be sneaky.

I-I see.

Hey, newbie! Over here!

A place for adults.

Experiencing new conversations
and forms of leisure.

There is nothing more
thrilling for students.

They get to play to their hearts' content.

This is Shangri-La.

I need to message everyone.

These two got to enjoy a bit of paradise.

And...

Once they woke up, it was hell.

Sold

Now, now, boys.

We can't have you try to dine and dash.

Dine...

...and dash?!

Wh-What are you talking about?

Wasn't Sergeant paying...

What? I never said I was
going to pay for anything.

You'll get some change for
handing over these boys.

Thanks.

Hey, great to hear.

Wha... What are you saying?

Incomprehensible.

You see, I worked up a tab at this place.

So instead of paying cash,
I'm offering you two up for hard labor.

They're great talents, aren't they?

They're intelligent and
good with their hands.

It was at that moment that they realized...

Being brought here for "training,"

and being asked to show off so they
could be sold for a high price...

It was all a trap.

S
O
L
D

Enjoy being sacrificed, suckers.

This man had been lying all along.

Question.

What happened to these two
who were tricked by a bad adult?

Answer: part-timer hell.

Here we go!

Let us go into battle.

Rock, paper, scissors!

And again! And again! And again!

Good luck with the guests.

What the hell?!
You gonna come at me or not?!

Humans only exist to be our food...

I'mma die.

The amount of time they had to
spend working was three weeks.

Huh?! Huh?!

One chore after another.

One step forward, and they had
patrons trying to fight with them.

Take care of the calculations, thanks.

One step back, and their boss overloaded them.

These two got to experience just
how unfair the adult world is.

But meanwhile...

They were also seeing just
how adults worked.

He just hid a card.

How to greet them,

how they drink their beverages...

Everything is a calculated
negotiation between adults.

Because of that,

they obtained the ability to figure
out what others are thinking.

Man...

The game of impish roulette between the
conman and the fortuneteller was great.

The tables were turned.

I guess you're the most gullible
when you think you're about to win.

Right?

But seriously...

Heya!

Whatever this guy is thinking is...

Incomprehensible.

You have some nerve showing
up when we're here...

Okay, let's do the usual!

Which hand?

Right.

It's left.

It's okay.

I win again! Too bad for you.

A game to guess which hand the coin was in.

If they guessed correctly,
they'd be freed on the spot.

Yay!

Furfur came to the bar
daily to play this game.

That dude is totally messing with us!

He's definitely cheating somehow,
but I can't figure it out.

It's a mystery.

There's this really garbage guy in my family,

and I'm completely helpless against him.

Because of that, I thought I was
really good at identifying trash,

but I couldn't sense how
shady this guy was at all.

Actually, he was shady,

but it's more that he was
really good at tricking us.

I think that's why I'm so frustrated.
Because I couldn't tell.

Actually, that's not the part
I should be frustrated about.

I get it. He's infuriating.

Really?

He's insanely infuriating.

That's surprising. You actually get mad?

I'm also surprised.
I talked about my weaknesses.

You're right. You've never
mentioned them before.

We've been completely off
our game because of him.

Infuriating, for real for real.

That's hilarious.

There are many things you can't
understand with knowledge alone.

That's why I now have a goal.

Whisper, whisper.

Awesome. That's the same goal as me.

Heya!

You're late, you two.

My bad.

For real.

The world of adults. New and unknown games.

In my line of business,
masking your expression is expected.

Thanks.

Everything they learned stimulated them...

My makeup skills.

And then, three weeks later...

You boys sure are working hard.

Shut up. Just do the thing already.

You b*stard.

Ooh, scary.

Man, you both sure got foul-mouthed.

All right, here we go.

The rules are the same as usual.

Guess which hand the coin's in...

Hell yeah! It's the right!

Of course!

Furfur never said it had to be in
his hand, so this is also correct!

Disaster

It took us a while,
but the two of us figured it out.

Rather than finding out
how you were tricking us,

we just needed to trick you right back.

We flipped the idea around.

But this is just our first step.

One day, eventually...

We'll pull one over on you
hard enough to make you wail.

Disaster

That's amazing! I'm so surprised!

You two worked so hard! I'm so moved!

But...

Too bad.

The correct answer is the left.

Wha?!

Trying to trick me is a great idea,

but that's even more reason
to figure out my trick.

The moment you think you
have the upper hand

is the moment you need to be
the most careful, remember?

Morons!

But if you just happen to win
at the next Harvest Festival...

I'll take you up on that challenge.

We're gonna win, damn it!

No objections!

We're going to win, no matter what.

Don't stop believin'.

My goodness!

The kids in the Misfit
Class sure are capable.

They're all doing great in
blocks one, two, and three.

It's probably due to all their experiences.

All that remains is block four...

And that block has Iruma-kun, of course!

Yis!

Ooh, will he be able to keep up
with the rest of his classmates?

So, how are things going in block four?

Oh, what's this?!

The students have surrounded something.

Perhaps there's some giant prey.

Camera demon, could we get a closer look?

Hm?

There seems to be a lone student over there.

Ah, so they're hunting a student.

They're free to steal another student's
stash as long as they don't hurt them.

Yis!

Now, who's the poor
student they're targeting?

It's Iruma-kun!

They're targeting Iruma-kun!

Are they trying to crush any
formidable adversaries first?

He's in trouble!
What's Iruma-kun going to do?!

Su

Ki

Su-ki-ma.

Ma

The day's finally here.

Tomorrow, we're going to use
the plan we thought up

and battle Sergeant Furfur.

To be honest,

if I were alone in this,
I would've given up a long time ago.

I couldn't defeat him.

But your dumb words lit
something up inside me.

I'm only gonna say this once...

I'm super happy I got to do this with you.

Let's win this thing tomorrow, all right?

...all right... all right...
all right... all right...

Wait, were you asleep this whole time?!

Schneider is the type to
sleep with his eyes open.

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Hey, everyone! It's Dali-sensei!

You all enjoying the Harvest Festival?!

Man, youth sure is great...

Though I'm still plenty young myself!

Now, then... How are things going?

The kids from the Misfit Class
sure are working hard.

Oh?

I wonder how Kalego-sensei's
favorite, Iruma-kun, is doing.

Next time on Welcome to
Demon School! Iruma-kun,

"Devilishly Pure."

Wait, Iruma-kun?! What are you doing?!