"Dad, Mom..." "I'm scared to sleep alone." "Dad, Mom?" "I woke up." "Read me another book." "We have to kill him..." "And I'll go along with him..." "Not you." "B-But..." "It's my fault." "It's because a commoner like me dared to love a man of your noble blood." " It must be some punishment..." " Please, don't say such things." "As long as I have you two at my side, I don't need anything." "Come, hand it over." "We'll get killed anyway, won't we?" "I know we will, if they find out he's an Alpha Stigma bearer." "And one day, he'll go out of control." "If it has to be that way, I would far sooner..." "Sorry, I guess we woke you." "Come here." "This child won't be killed." "You won't be killed, either." "I'll protect you both, whatever it takes." "It'll be all right." "Surely... surely... surely..." "Dad?" "Mom?" "Contract." "Destroy." "Destroy." " Destroy." " Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Anyone!" "Destroy." "I'm scared!" "I'm scared..." "Dad, Mom!" "Dad!" "Mom!" "Dad..." "Mo..." " Ryner." " Ryner." "Sion." "Ferris!" "No..." "Why?" "I hate it..." "All of this..." "The hell was that?" "Ugh." "That made it seem like I was wanted when I was born." "Having real parents who cared about me..." "What manner of unfulfillable dreams has such a hideous monster seen?" "You should know as much already." "You can't grasp anything with those blood-stained monster's hands of yours." "You can't reach anywhere." ""If the Alpha Stigma bearer, Ryner Lute, goes out of control outside the country, or behaves in a manner implying treason against Roland, eliminate him immediately."" "I didn't have to be told to know it." "That I can't be at Sion or Ferris's side..." "Or anyone's, for that matter." "I knew it from the start." "Tsuioku no tobira o miagete" "Kiiteita tool sasayaki" "Michibiite tamashii no labyrinth" "Hitohira no hikari no michi e" "Tsuranuku itami wa innocent trick" "Shinjitai yo, kodoku ja nai koto" "Koko wa samayoi no paradise" "Shiroku kokoro someru tsubasa de" "Moshi kimi no hitomi ni tadoritsuketara" "Waratte dakishimete" "Umaretekita imi o shiru" "Mitsumeatte hajimaru yo, destiny legend" "Reporting!" "Field Marshal Klom has been defeated by the Alpha Stigma bearer!" "Claugh has?" "Don't tell me he's..." "He barely made it out alive, and he sustained very serious injuries, I'm told." "Field Marshal Klom..." "We set out immediately." "Sir!" "Your Majesty!" "Was it you who sent the message, Major General Calne Kaiwel?" "Yes." "You're Corporal Lear Rinkal?" "Yes, sir." "I'm Eslina Folkal, Mister Calne's private secretary." "I was also hoping for a chance to ask you about something." "Then please, by all means." "Sergeant Luke Stokkart of the Taboo Breaker Pursuit Squadron and Lieutenant Junior Grade Milk Callaud have not been seen since the day before yesterday." "It seems as though higher-ups are involved." "We can't find any traces of them." "Perhaps you might know something about it?" "No, nothing concerning that." "But..." "Disappearing acts sure seem to be all the rage these days." "Huh?" "Actually, the one you all were pursuing, Ryner Lute, has disappeared." "I was hoping you all might have had some information related to it." "He's been confirmed to be headed towards Estabul territory by himself." "I see." "That should give us a good idea of his general location." "That's a big help." "Eslina, go let Miss Ferris know immediately." "Right!" "Still, Ryner Lute and two members of the Taboo Breaker Pursuit Squadron..." "Why are there so many disappearances?" "Sister!" "I bought you a bunch of dango!" "It's the Wynnit dango shop economy set!" "Isn't Iris great?" "Yeah." "We've searched every place where the wild beast might go!" "All we have to do now is let the underlings handle the rest, and it'll be fine!" "Guess you're right." "I'll make some tea and wait for you, okay?" "Why?" "Why does my chest hurt?" "What do you need, Brother?" "How long have you been watching?" "Always." "Ever since you were a child," "I've always been watching you." " Brother." " What is it?" "What did you do to Ryner?" "I merely warned him that I wouldn't want him to make any passes at my younger sister." "There's an expression I haven't seen before." "You've gained yet another new emotion, haven't you?" "Watching my beloved sister gradually grow gladdens me, yet makes me feel lonely." "Wondering if one day, she'll go off to a place far beyond reach." "Brother..." "A visitor." "Miss Ferris!" "We've learned where Ryner Lute is!" "Where did that fool go?" "Estabul territory." "Ryner, I'll make you regret breaking your promise to me so badly it'll kill you!" "How could Field Marshal Claugh have fallen?" "How are we supposed to fight a monster like that?" "Aw, c'mon, don't cry, Noa." "It's not like I'm dead or anything." "Of course you're not!" "I would never forgive you if you died!" "I'm truly glad you're alive." "It was him." "The guy who wiped out my old squad defeated me yet again." "The Alpha Stigma bearer?" "Yeah... that monster." "Next time we meet, mark my words, I'll kill him!" "Field Marshal Klom!" "Your Majesty..." "Let us go." "How do you intend to handle that monster?" "Even Field Marshal Klom couldn't..." "The soldiers are restless, too." "It'll be all right." "I have a plan." "I'll take up the vanguard." "As long as Roland has me, Sion Astal, no monsters shall have their way!" "Everyone, after me!" "Lord Astal!" "As long as Lord Sion Astal is at our side!" "Yeah!" "What do I do now?" "Are you on a trip?" "Yeah, I guess." "This area has lots of hot springs and delicious foods, you know!" " Yeah?" " There are lots of new stores opening up, too!" "It's all thanks to Lord Sion Astal!" "And with how peaceful it's become, there are more and more travelers like you." "Truly, our gracious Lord Astal gives us much!" "Hey, you haven't touched your meal!" "You're young." "You have to eat more!" "I'll heat that soup back up for you." "Hold on just a minute." "Thanks to Lord Astal, huh?" "Ferris?" "I've finally found you, Ryner." "You'd better be ready!" "Hey, hold on, this isn't the place!" " Let's talk this out!" " Enough talk!" "Wait, hold on, you're wrecking the place!" "I had fourteen backpacks full of dango ready to go that day!" "There's no way one person could carry that many!" "If you knew that, why didn't you come?" "!" "This isn't funny, you know!" "You're soft!" "Your reactions are sluggish!" "Die, Ryner!" "Oh, I get it." "You must be another elite meant to kill me." "What do you mean by that?" "What's the big idea, wrecking the whole place like this?" "Do you have the money to pay for this?" "I hardly came here to discuss such things." "I'm an elite meant to kill you?" "What do you mean by that?" "What do you mean, I'm an elite meant to kill you?" "!" "Sorry, I was mistaken." "Forget about it." "You think that answer would satisfy me?" "I know better than anyone that you wouldn't kill me." "What did Lucile tell you?" "Nothing." "What did he tell you?" "Geez, you're pushy." "He didn't tell me anything." "Lucile told me he warned you not to make a pass at his younger sister." "He's quite the caring brother, huh?" "Did you run away because my brother warned you?" "No, it was nothing like that." "Attacking women and children night after night, faced with desperate pleas from hundreds of billions of parents," ""P-Please, enough!" "Not my daughter..."" "You callously respond," ""Mwahahaha, who could stop me?" "!" "I am the terrifying, perverted overlord Ryner Lute!" "All women and children should prostrate themselves before me!"" "You push the limits of human decency." "Then suddenly, you turn tail and flee in disgrace, just because of one little warning from my brother?" "Have you no pride as an overlord?" "!" "Who are you calling overlord?" "!" "Found you!" "I've finally found you!" "So this is where we meet." "He's..." "Everything Lafra said was right." "It's one of you two." "I'll figure out which one." "You two have sharp eyes." "It's hard to believe you're human." "You're the one moving in a way that's inhuman." "Oh?" "Do I look human to you?" "Huh?" "What I seek is thunder." "Izuchi!" "How delicious this looks!" "I think I'll dig right in." "Oh, this is fantastic!" "An Alpha Stigma, is it?" "Who?" "I am Tiir Rumibul." "I am a bearer of the Divine Eyes, lino Doue." "I've come for you." "Come for me?" "My friend learned of you in a dream." "Of your heart, wounded by humans, crying." "My body has been pierced by an arrow?" " How dare those lowly humans?" " Come!" "Hold your fire!" "Sion?" "Get back, Ryner!" "Ryner." "He came?" "We're going in to confirm whether the monster is dead or not!" "Don't." "Stick to arrows when fighting him." "You won't escape." "Fire!" "Damn you!" "H-Help me!" "They're not imbued with magic." "They're just regular arrows, aren't they?" "Amazing." "A correct move." "Without any food, I might have died." "He doesn't just absorb magic." "He devours people, absorbs them, and can heal his wounds?" "How nice." "Your brain tissue looks dreadfully delicious!" "Ready!" "I'll ask you once." "Do you have any desire to surrender?" "None." "Then you will end up dead." "I can eat you before the arrows reach me." "What clever talk." "If you could, why wouldn't you do that immediately?" "Because, if I killed you, my friend the Alpha Stigma bearer over there would surely go out of control." "Friend?" "He's an Alpha Stigma bearer?" "He's..." "He's also..." "He's another monster!" "It's an Alpha Stigma bearer!" "A monster..." "He's a monster!" "Die, monster!" "Silence!" "Silence!" "Those are humans." "They always act this way." "They can never live in harmony with us." "You know that, don't you?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "Ryner isn't like you." "Not like you, a..." "Like me, a what?" "Did you mean to say, not like me, a monster?" "Ryner, is it?" "All right, Ryner." "Come along with me." "This place doesn't suit you." "Hey, Ryner." "There's no need to listen to what he says." "Being scorned as a monster, despised as taboo." "Is it truly necessary to remain exposed to such things?" "Do you have something to protect?" "Come with me." "I have many friends." "Fire magic at my eyes." "If you do, I could recover completely." "I could take you and escape this place!" "Nonsense!" "Prepare to fire!" "Ryner will fire." "None of you know the darkness of our hearts, we who are constantly betrayed." "Isn't that right, Ryner?" "Neither of you..." "Neither of you are to blame." "I liked you both." "I didn't follow you here to hear such words!" "I won't cause any more trouble for you." "It must be rough, looking after a monster who could go out of control at any moment." "Ryner..." "That must be why you ordered Luke Stokkart to kill me if the need arose." "An elite, meant to kill Ryner?" "Ryner, you've got it wrong!" "That was..." "You're a king, I know." "You have your responsibilities." "You aren't in the wrong, Sion." "Ryner..." "So don't give me such a pained look." "I'm the one to blame." "I make you suffer this badly just by being here." "You're wrong." "You don't!" "But it's over now, Sion." "There's no more need to suffer." "Hey, Ryner!" "What I seek is... thunder." "Don't!" "All troops, fire arrows!" "Kill him!" "Kill that monster!" "Do it!" "Izuchi." "Come, let us be off." "Our friends are waiting." "Ryner..." "Ryner!" "The menace has fled." "Victory is ours!" "Three cheers for Lord Astal!" "Three cheers for the Hero King!" "King, huh?" "Ferris." "I..." "Ryner was right." "You're not to blame." "You merely protected that which you're sworn to protect." " Lord Astal exterminated the monster for us!" " Truly a Hero King!" "Having second thoughts?" "No, not really." "I never liked this country much, anyway." "Wasureteta ano hi no omokage ga" "Sora no mukou, kasuka ni" "Kokoro nara tsunagatteita hazu" "Furueta hitomi wa kotaezu ni" "Donna ni shinjitemo" "Donna ni tsutaetakutemo" "Kono koe wa todokanai" "Hikari no filament" "Subete o kono karada ni kizami" "Arukidasu koko kara" "Kioku no segment" "Ima karamaru unmei no ito hodoki" "Tsuyoku naritai" "Mata deaetara" "Motto mamoreru you ni, kimi o" "Lady Ferris, are you going to go on another journey in search of the ultimate dango?" "No." "This time I'm on a journey to find a fool and teach him a lesson." "Look, I hate kids to start with." "They're loud and annoying to deal with." "And communal living?" "That really sucks." "What's with all of you, anyway?" "I haven't decided to be friends with you guys!" ""Transformation!""