"Oh, you survived?" "Quite a greeting, out of the blue." "Haven't you heard the rumors?" "I'm being treated as something of a hero right now." "I haven't heard." "Why are you here?" "I received a summons from House Eris." "I called him here." "Brother." "This is the first time we've seen one another, isn't it, Sion Astal?" "I am Lucile Eris, the head of House Eris." "I called you here today for one simple reason." "I wish to hear your feelings." "My feelings?" "I will ask you many questions." "Many questions, to determine whether or not you are suitable." "I would like you to answer them." "However, I do have one condition before you undergo questioning." "If I don't like one of your answers, I'll kill you." "Relax." "You won't feel a thing." "You wouldn't even notice your head being detached from your body." "Your expression tells me you don't understand." "But this is House Eris, Sion Astal." "I get it." "The master of the house who has served generations of kings wishes to test me?" "All the descendants of this kingdom's founder, Aslude Roland, have that right." "Even the child of a low-born dog." "Very well." "I'll play along." "Ask what you will, Lucile Eris." "I thought you would." "Come with me." "What a waste." "You would throw away your hard-earned battlefield survival here?" "My hard-earned survival gives me more reason for this." "Nemuri toki agunete" "Kimi o miushinai" "Kowashitaku naru ima subete" "Nozomu kotoba ga nidoto kikenai nara" "Inochi sae mui ni sashidasu deshou" "Kiesou na kagayaki e to" "Yorisou omoi" "Kodoku da yo" "Watashi no moto ni mo asahi ga kuru no?" "Kotaete, futari o" "Tsunagu ai ga aru to" "Manekareta zetsubou no hate ni tachimukau" "Umarete horobiru" "Hito no ishiki koso ga" "Mirai o erabi, kagi o akeru" "Get out of the way!" "The Duke is coming through!" "Can you come home early today?" "No, a new prisoner came in." "It'll take a while to get settled." "Oh, I see." "I don't know what he did, but what a pity..." "Yeah, once you go in here, you never see the sun again." "The next time he goes outside, it'll probably be for..." "Is he still young?" "Yeah, not even twenty." "Buddy!" "Hey, prison guard buddy!" "What is it today?" "Sorry, but no matter how many times you ask, you're not getting a high-class futon or a feather futon, okay?" "So, what do you want today?" "Paper and a pencil." "Oh!" "Also, you know the Royal Special Military Academy?" "There are some books at their library I'd like to borrow." "Books, huh?" "That sounds reasonable enough." "Really?" "I want thirty in total, though." "Th-Thirty?" "!" "Making a web here?" "You sure about that?" "This cell doesn't even let flies in." "Tough as always..." "C'mon!" "Here, I'll share it." "I brought them." "Thanks, buddy!" "What are you doing, gathering so many books day after day?" "Sorry, but could I ask you to add another ten books?" "You still don't have enough?" "!" "Huh, you're still awake?" "Hm?" "Yeah." "You're an odd one." "Normally, being stuck in this dark atmosphere would really get to you." "Even the noisiest guys would go quiet after a week or so." "Most can't handle a month..." "You're a real odd one." " Here's today's delivery." " Oh, thank you." "After the Royal Special Academy comes the Aslude Memorial Library, huh?" "You sure you're not trying to gather every book in the country's libraries here?" "Is your daughter over her cold?" "Yeah, she's doing great!" "Oh, listen to this." "She finally stood up and walked by herself!" "Really?" "Good for her!" "Seeing my own child grow this much is so moving!" "These kids grow up before you even know it!" "Come on, she just started walking." "If you get like this now, what'll you be like when she grows up and gets married?" "I won't allow that!" "Don't tell me you're after my daughter?" "Is that it?" "!" "What made you jump to that conclusion?" "Calm down!" "You've got to hang in there." "Well, when your daughter grows up, you'd hate to see her go to war or something, wouldn't you?" "Of course!" "What world has parents that would want to send their children to war?" "Yeah, I guess so." "War really does suck." "Hey, buddy." "Something smells really nice today, huh?" "You noticed?" "I went for a little luxury today." "A hot garlic chicken and cheese sandwich!" "And here I have to live with sour soup every day!" "My wife's business has been doing great lately." "You have to have your meat!" "So your wife has a job, too?" "Yeah, she helps sell vegetables at the morning market." "There's the baby to consider." "I don't like her working so hard, though." "Still, I'd take that any day over being a soldier." "There was a huge war seven years ago." "I was in the army back then." "We were deployed to the battlefield, and everyone died, even my friends." "I thought all the time about how much I hated war." "Yeah, huh?" "That's why I turned down an officer position and came here." "It's a tough life, but I have no regrets." "Is that right?" "Whee!" "Look how tall you are!" "I see." "So this is the path you've chosen." "If you think you can keep taking afternoon naps here forever, you're dead wrong." "You're really curious, huh?" "There are plenty of places that are brighter and easier to live in, with better food." "Why so fixated on this place?" "My goodness, I thought I was going to suffocate." "If I don't clean this place up, I'll die." "Well, I'll just have breakfast for now." "After another nap, I'll take my time..." "Buddy, I've been waiting." "What's for breakfast?" "What's wrong, buddy?" "Did something happen?" "Or did you have another fight with your wife?" "Or did you get depressed when your daughter introduced a boyfriend?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "My daughter is still three years old!" "Three-year-olds these days are something else." "Buddy, haven't you heard?" "Something else?" "What else?" "My daughter is not like that!" " That's what every parent says." " You're wrong!" "You're wrong." "That's not it..." "What's really the matter?" "Hey, where's my breakfast?" "I see." "It's okay, you don't have to tell me." "That's what it is, right?" "My execution's been decided." "This country's finally grown too scared to keep locking away a monster." "Well, I guess I should be grateful they let me live close to two years." "Oh, right, buddy." "Could you help me carry the research report I've been writing here?" "My orders said not to allow you to take anything with you..." "Oh, I see." "Well, I guess someone scheduled to die doesn't need this stuff." "Buddy, don't make such a long face." "Let's go." "See you." "Take care." "Ryner, where are you going?" "Ryner, bye-bye!" "That's Ryner Lute?" "Well then, I'm off." "Thanks for everything." "Hey, hottie." "What is it, sex fiend?" "Well, um..." "What's with that?" "Would you mind if I asked why you're calling me a sex fiend?" "Your face." "And your personal history." "I've heard all about you." "Oh, well." "Sorry, but I'm making a break for it." "Oh, you think you can take me?" "I once made a promise." "I can't afford to die yet." "What I seek is thunder..." "Izuchi!" "Are..." "Are you kidding?" "Aw, man..." "I might get killed if I don't treat this seriously." "Oh?" "You weren't serious just now?" "I'd say about 70% serious." "I see why he wants you now." " Let's go!" " Hold on, time out!" "I offer up this contract to bear the wicked spirit beast which sleeps in the earth!" "You're kidding!" "What magic are you using to keep up with mine?" "None?" "!" "Nothing?" "!" "She's doing all this without even using magic?" "That's ridiculous!" "What I seek is the water cloud." "Mizui!" "You were holding back just now." "What makes you say that?" "If you had used flame magic with a wide area of attack just now instead of water magic, it should have been possible for you to catch me." "But if I did that, you could have died, right?" "I'd hate to burn such a beautiful face." "I get it." "My beauty, great enough to destroy the world, filled your sex-crazed head with wild fantasies on the battlefield and prevented you from making rational decisions." "So that's how it went." "Destroy the world?" "Come, let's go." "The king awaits." "Hey." "Where would you find a guy that'd walk willingly to his execution?" "Stay behind if you'd rather." "But you'll severely regret it later." "Oh, for crying out loud!" "What's happened to this country?" "Welcome, Ryner, to my royal court." "Hi." "I'm beat today." "I'm taking a nap." " Goodnight." " Hey, you're still in the king's presence!" "Who cares?" "I'm tired!" "So, how was he?" "A sex fiend, just as I expected." "If you leave him as he is, he'll likely commit a horrifying crime within a few years." "And?" "He's the first person to go easy on me aside from my brother." "Is that right?" "Knock it off, Ryner." "I won't tell you about Kiefer." " I don't care." " She's dead." "Just kidding." "You little..." "Kiefer left the country, and asked me to look after you." "She said she wanted to go out and see more of the world." "But I didn't have you brought here today to tell you that." "My report?" ""How to Build a Kingdom of Afternoon Naps."" "A silly title, but the contents are rather fascinating." "Relics of the legendary heroes." "Using their incredible power as a deterrent to eliminate wars across the world..." "Amazing." "You've really thought this through." "Don't read people's reports without asking." "I've taken a shine to this report." "As such, Ryner, I would like you to travel all over the world and gather these hero relics or whatnot, starting now." "Why me?" "!" "But I'm worried that you'd slack off by yourself." "Ferris, I would like for you to accompany him as an assistant." "For the sake of world peace, let me ask this one thing of you." "Who would?" "!" "I just wrote that report as a way to pass the time!" "If you don't obey my orders, you'll get the death penalty." " What's peaceful about this?" "!" " What are you thinking?" "I am merely assisting you on my brother's orders." "I am not your henchman." "I've received Lucile's permission." "In his words..." ""If Ferris disobeys, the Wynnit dango shop will be crushed on the spot," it seems." "You have two minutes to start your journey." "Who was that voice just now?" "He's serious." "We have no time." "Let's get going, sex fiend." "I said we have no time." "Choose." "One:" "Lose your head." "Two:" "Lose your torso." "Three:" "Do as I say." "Which is it?" "Damn you, Sion!" "You'll rue this day!" " You finally feel like going?" " Who would?" "!" "One minute left." "Will someone tell me who that voice is?" "!" "Well then, I'm off, King." "Take care of Ryner." "Don't proceed with anything without having permission!" "Let's go, partner." "Who are you calling partner?" "!" "Lucile, is this the place I'm headed?" "It's one future possibility." "This place isn't your ultimate goal." "That's why I haven't killed you yet." "A king is an object." "One cog in a kingdom." "I won't break it when it's new." "You're still new." "I'll walk my own path." "Ryner, is this the path you chose?" "It's a good one, though it's different from mine." "I hate people dying." "I hate killing, too." "I don't like to see people cry or to cry myself." "How must it feel to not be able to choose one's life?" "What about when a family member dies?" "Or when a loved one dies?" "Nobody wants those things." "Yet, the world laughs and hungers for such suffering." "I've never had any burning desire to change something." "But it would be sad without change." "I don't want to lose anything else..." "It sucks, but I think it's about time I move forward." "I've averted my eyes until now, but..." "If I have to, I'll take a hard look at my own past." "To achieve a world where nobody ever loses anything." "One that doesn't make that child or Kiefer cry." "One where Tahile, Tony, and Fahle don't die." "One where Sion doesn't have to brood." "A world where everyone can laugh and just take afternoon naps all the time." "Semaru yami no kaori ni" "Kokoro tozasu toki" "Yomigaeru tool hi no refrain" "Hibiku itami o koete mezasu yo" "Kimi to mita sukitooru ano mirai e" "Oshiyoseru kyomu no kanata" "Kimi ga soba ni itekureru nara..." "Habataku chikai no sora e" "Kono te, nobasu yo" "Hakanai yume o, kimi no namida o" "Mamoru kagayaki ni naritai" "Zankoku ni somerareta sadame o tokihanate" "Shinjiteru" "Mou hitotsu no truth of my destiny" "To another world" "Trips!" "Missions!" "Exploration!" "Adventure!" "Ugh, this seriously sucks!" "This sucks more than I thought possible!" "And what's with this troublesome woman being my partner?" "Hey, wait, no violence!" ""The legend still continues...""