01x12 - The Fruits of Their Labor

[bunniefuu]

- All righty now, Max.

Sorry for the wait.

I made your favorite,

Hamburg steak!

- Is all of this necessary?

- Hey, big dummy.

Don't get started without me.

We're supposed to

raise a toast together.

- What?

With non-alcoholic cider?

- Just shut up and open it.

[cork popping]

Whoa. Look at it go.

It's like a waterfall.

That's crazy. [laughs]

- [Max] Get a towel.

Get a towel.

[Max groaning]

- What's the matter, Max?

You're not eating.

Want me to make something else?

- No, you just made

way too much.

And I ate a fricking ton.

Food coma.

I don't even know

how you managed

to make all this

in my tiny kitchen.

Even the pizza and the cake

are made from scratch.

- Yeah, but you've barely

even made a dent in it.

It's not every day

we get to celebrate

a Hero and his victory.

[Max groans]

This squishy little

pot belly of yours

doesn't even fit

your pants anymore.

[Demon Lord giggling]

- Knock it off.

- But it looks like it can

wobble around just fine.

You jiggle like jelly.

- Jiggle?!

I do not jiggle, okay?

Or do I?

Oh, come on, I,

I don't, right?

- Well, hmm, I don't know.

- I mean, like-

[Demon Lord giggling]

- [Ghost] [growling]

I could strangle him.

- Jiggle.

- You were amazing, Max.

Not only did you defeat

Leo and Fred,

you saved them too.

Plus you ensured a future for

the Kingdom and the Republic.

- It's not like I did it

all on my own, you know?

If it weren't for Yuria,

I would've died.

She's the one to thank.

Oh, and you. You too.

[sweet music]

- Oh, but I didn't do anything.

- That ain't true at all.

- Yeah, it really is.

- Hmm.

Thanks.

- You're right.

I made a little too much.

We'll just have to eat

the leftovers tomorrow.

- Yeah, I guess so.

I'm stuffed,

so I'm getting sleepy.

- I'm sure we can finish

it off if I invite Zenia.

- [Max] Then why not not

have her come over now?

- Well, not yet.

I mean, it can wait, right?

[Ghost growling]

[doorbell ringing frantically]

- Please, Your Grace!

You must forgive me!

I beg of you! Please!

- What's happening?

What's going on?

- Well, sire, I was using

my personal laptop

to analyze the data on

the computer I grabbed

from the Magical Bureau.

[trickling music]

Hmm, there's all sorts

of data on here,

but I'm not sure what it means.

[notification chiming]

Hmm. What's this?

Click here for a fun surprise?

Click!

[computer giggling]

[Zenia shouting]

- Okay. It was a computer virus.

Oh, well, what's done is done?

Honestly, I forgot.

- Thank you for forgiving me,

gracious lord.

Hmm? What's going on?

Oh, is it Max's birthday?

- Huh?

- Oh, that's right.

You have no idea, do you?

You should see it.

- That's not necessary.

- [Newscaster] Coming up next,

the story behind

this viral video.

- [Max] There has to be

a way to settle this!

I just wanna be with

my friends again! Please!

- [Newscaster] The video was

streamed live online

a few days ago.

Since then, relations

between the Kingdom

and the Republic have

changed drastically.

In response to public opinion,

the royal government has opted

to soften its stance

on the Republic,

choosing now to

recognize its status

as an autonomous territory

- Came as a surprise to me,

but I'm really glad

that they worked it out

and they ended it peacefully.

- Who knew the Hero

was so insanely strong?

He was so awesome.

- It was so amazing,

even the whole groveling part.

- Wow, that is just fantastic.

Look who's totally

super popular.

Can I get an autograph?

[Demon Lord giggling]

[Leo exclaiming in effort]

[Leo grunting rapidly]

- Dude's fast.

Now I see how just

a handful of people

managed to build a city

and fortress so quickly.

- Here have some tea.

- Oh? Thanks.

- So, Leo is quite

impressive, isn't he?

- We Kingdom folk really

appreciate your hospitality.

- Oh, don't mention it.

There's no "Territory" or

"Republic" anymore, right?

We're out here doing our thing

in our own autonomous

region of the Kingdom.

- Yeah, but are you

really okay with that?

I thought you guys

wanted independence.

- Nah, nothing like that.

Our goal was never

something as grand

or complicated as

having our own country.

I mean, all we wanted

was to protect the land

we worked so hard to develop.

The whole debacle only started

because a handful of selfish

pricks tried to kick us out

and seize that land from us.

But luckily, the plot was foiled

and we can go about our lives.

Plus, just think

how great this is.

We're all working together

to build a road

that connects us

directly to the Kingdom.

- I bet you'll get a lot

of tourists here as well.

Foreign and domestic.

- Our hot springs are

second to none.

Through the power of magic ore,

it leaves your skin

feeling silky smooth.

You should stop by after work.

- [Soldier] Whoa, this rocks!

[gentle music]

- Ugh. It's coming along

nicely now.

Just a bit more

until I reach the town.

- Hey, dude!

- Huh?

- Oh, am I supposed to call you

Mr. Mayor from now on?

- Oh, please, spare me.

A title like that

doesn't suit me.

- You're working awful fast

for someone who's

suffered so many injuries.

I mean, you had a gaping

hole in your chest.

- Ah, that was just a scratch,

buddy. [guffawing]

- Whatever.

For a while there

you couldn't even use

the toilet by yourself.

- It's like you're

indestructible.

But you know,

the battle reminded me

of just how incredible the Hero

and his pals really are.

I must say, the Kingdom's super

lucky Max showed up when he did.

- Hmm?

- Uh, if you and Fred

fought one-on-one,

you definitely would've

won though, right?

- Who knows?

And, well, who really

cares anyway, man?

Those two are the reason

we were able to

mend our relationship

with the Kingdom.

That's not something

I could have done.

He really is a badass,

that Max the Hero.

Come on.

Out with the Gamma Republic,

in with the Gamma Province.

We've still got tons of

stuff to get done.

Get cracking.

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

- [Max] There has to be

a way to settle this!

I just wanna be with my

friends again! Please!

- Another new story about Max?

How many times are they

going to play this video?

- I assure you the

public's aware, sir.

They know you were

the only one

who put his life

on the line that day

fighting for the

good of the Kingdom.

That said, I'm sure you'll

be needing some rest.

If you intend to take some time

off, then I have something.

It's just I came across some

rare valuable data

the other day.

- Oh yeah. What kind of

"valuable data"?

- What?!

[mysterious music]

- If you'll excuse me,

I'll be going.

- Okay.

[door closing]

- [Max] Hello, my name's Macky!

[Fred exclaiming]

Please be sure to like,

comment, and subscribe.

So today I'm gonna drop

this candy in the soda.

- [Fred] Both the video quality

and the sound quality suck a*s.

The content is stale,

unoriginal, and disorganized.

Plus, he rambles on forever.

- [Max] [blubbering]

Subscribe to the channel,

please and thank you. [laughs]

- [Fred] And why is he

filming from so far away?

- Oh man, I do love me

some sweets from

the convenience store.

Remember, I'm always open

to your suggestions.

- [Fred] You have no business

asking anyone for anything.

- Hey, um, is the

camera rolling?

- [Fred] He even roped that

woman into helping him?

God, what a creep.

[static crackling]

[Leo exclaiming in fear]

- Your face is so stupid.

- That's not very nice.

- Take a tip and

learn from me, Buster.

I mean, even today

I went out of my way

to brighten Chief Fred's life

after he got

all jealous about Max.

He must be seriously over

the moon right about now.

Thanks to that, you can bet

I'm gonna be in his good graces.

Maybe in more ways

than one, yeah?

I dunno what I'm saying.

[laughs]

[Fred shuddering]

- [Ghost] What do you think

you're doing?

Turn off the camera.

[Ghost grating wretchedly]

[Fred screaming]

- Damn it, I don't like it.

To hell with this whole

"Gamma Province."

It's a bunch of bullshit.

- What else can we do?

It's the will of the people.

- Their will, my a*s!

All it took was one

lousy livestream,

and now suddenly everyone hopped

on the damn sympathy train

for the Hero and his flunkies.

They have no idea how much

financial stability

the Kingdom has lost

with all these ridiculous

new trade agreements.

- Oh, come on. You shouldn't be

such a greedy gus about it.

- Excuse me?

- [chuckling]

It was an unfortunate

turn of events for you.

But I must say I never imagined

that rascal Maxwell had the guts

to put his life on the line.

I'm seeing him in a new light.

- The people of the Kingdom

also knew the time

to end the w*r was near.

And thankfully, Sir Max

created the perfect chance

for that to happen.

- Just be careful.

If we give them special

treatment, it could go wrong.

It might go to their heads

and they start defying us.

- That shouldn't be a problem.

Leo always returns

courtesy with courtesy.

He's been that way ever

since he was in the military.

- He returns insolence

with insolence.

That's how he got into

this mess, right?

- Enough. You need to

shut your mouth.

- Everyone, calm down.

Let's get back to

the matter at hand.

No need to keep

stirring the pot.

Wouldn't you agree,

Chief Secretary?

That was a hell of a fight

you put up out there.

I was watching.

- All right, here's a question

I have for you.

You were aware that your

actions were being recorded

by a drone

the whole time, right?

- [Fred] We were.

- [Trigorin] Then why didn't

you destroy the drone

the second you saw

the damn thing?

- Oh yeah, well that's

because I thought

it was some kind of bird

or something.

- Oh, you're so full of it.

- Even if we put all that aside,

you still used your magic

to attack Colonel Gelmof,

which left him severely injured.

You know I cannot let you

off the hook for that.

- Okay, sure.

But considering he went on

to fight both Max and Leo,

his efforts directly contributed

to the peaceful resolution-

- Oh, please.

The Hero could have easily

done all that by himself.

- You dumb big oaf.

Max never would've shown up

if Leo and Fred hadn't

started fighting one another.

Everyone in the Hero's party

deserves credit for the result.

Isn't that the truth, Fred?

- Before I ever

attacked the Colonel,

I was well prepared to face

punishment for my actions.

And just as the honorable

Second Minister said,

I don't believe

I deserve any credit

for how things turned out.

- Then you must resign

from your position

as Chief Secretary.

- Yes, that's fine with me.

- However, that doesn't put

everything to rest now, does it?

We still need to sort out

the expl*sive accident

that occurred at

the Magic Bureau.

- Oh boy, oh boy.

Gosh, that's right.

I was totally convinced it was

a t*rror1st attack

by the Gamma Republic.

Who would've guessed it was a

magical experiment gone wrong?

- This is nothing to laugh

about Minister Grimms,

because I firmly came down

against the t*rrorists

when I spoke to the media

right after the event happened.

- From the

Republic's perspective,

it must seem like we're trying

to pin all the blame on them.

- Leo was kind enough to

overlook the whole thing.

So as far as we are concerned,

he actually saved us

from quite a mess.

We might as well hear

what you have to say, Fred.

How did this accident happen?

Surely you must

have some idea, yes?

- I'm afraid I have no idea

what you're referring to.

- It's simple, really.

I had previously

heard from Grimms

that you've been in an

absolutely foul mood as of late.

And since a confrontation with

your former allies was brewing,

it stands to reason

that you would want

something to act as

a catalyst,

ending it quickly.

[Fred growling]

- What? Huh?

- I see, then.

Since I'm already on

the chopping block,

you want me as the scapegoat.

How clever of you.

Then go right ahead.

- You can be in

such a rush sometimes.

[hinges creaking]

[footsteps tapping]

- What? What's up?

Is something wrong?

- Excuse us

Third Minister Grimms,

we have a warrant

for your arrest.

[Grimms shouting]

[Menehild shouting]

- Whoa. Take it easy.

What's going on here? Not me.

I mean, Fred was the one

responsible for the expl*si*n.

You know? Seriously, I was

sitting in my car at the time.

You have no proof

and you know it.

You're not pinning this

catastrophe on me.

- I'm not sure why you

would bring that up.

You're wanted for the crime

of embezzling public funds.

- What was that?

- There is an unknown source

that has been randomly

sending out data

to email addresses

across the world

and included among it

was detailed financial data

for the Kingdom's Magic Bureau.

Examination of that information

revealed that part of the

Bureau's budget was being passed

through a dummy account.

Later it was deposited into

a bank belonging to you, sir.

We've already run the numbers

against what's in

the Bureau's database

and made sure that there

were no clerical errors.

You need to come with us. Now.

- Dear me, that is

utterly depressing.

It pains me to think that

such a dimwitted thug

was serving among the Kingdom's

nine cabinet ministers.

- You have the nerve

to call me greedy.

You're the last person

who should talk about

that, Jesus Christ.

- Hope you are ready to suffer.

Be thankful embezzlement

is all you're facing.

- Ha.

[Grimms grunting]

- So tell me, Freddie-boy.

- Are you the one behind this?

No, this is above my pay grade.

[Grimms sighing]

- Well, hell, they got me good.

Never expected such an

unceremonious exit.

But you know what, Freddie-boy,

I'm happy for you.

Since neither you nor any of

your pals died in the end

and everybody's

celebrating the fact

that we avoided

a full-scale w*r.

And why shouldn't they?

I mean, w*r is just yucky.

- That's true.

But I'm pretty sure

the only people who want w*r

are selfish scumbags like you,

who prey on others by taking

advantage of their misfortune.

- What can I say?

There'll always be those

who stand to gain from w*r.

But if you wish to get

specific about it,

that would apply to both

humans and demons, right?

[Fred growling]

Anyways, all this gossip

isn't really what's important.

What truly bums

me out, Freddie-boy,

was that I never got the chance

to make you a real man.

Because as it stands, you're

simply a sad wishy-washy loser,

tied down by petty nonsense

like friendship and family.

Farewell, ladies and gents.

Do take care now.

[doors latching]

- [Zeeman] Well, that's

the end of all that.

- Dark rumors about Grimms have

been surrounding him forever.

It's time he paid the piper.

- Well, I wasn't told

anything about this.

- You are such an honest person

that we figured it would

show if you knew.

My sincere apologies for

leaving you out of it.

- I would like an explanation.

Why even put on this farce?

Do you believe that Minister

Grimms had something to do

with the expl*si*n

at the Bureau?

- What are you talking about?

I clearly stated

it was an accident.

Unless you're saying that

you know of something

that can definitively

tie Grimms to it, hmm.

- No, let's just drop it.

I actually owe him a lot

for helping me out.

It's a real shame.

- But aren't you the very person

responsible for leaking the data

proving Grimms was embezzling

the Kingdom's funds?

It was a brilliant move.

- No, I had nothing

to do with it.

[Fred guffawing]

- What's so funny?

- Sorry. It's nothing.

I just remembered

something funny.

- He laughs totally creepy.

- Shh.

- So, I played along with

your farces as you asked.

Now you shall return the favor

by granting my request.

- Of course, with honor.

It has always been

my intention to do so.

Fred, my friend,

we are in a bit of a pickle

with an open spot on the board.

- After helping to end the w*r

with the demons ten years ago,

you've saved

the Kingdom once again.

You are a perfect fit to take

over the position of minister.

Hmm, although Gelmof might

blow a fuse once he finds out.

[hopeful music]

- [Fred] Well then,

if that's the case

- The Hero's groveling video

has over 10 million views.

That's, like, hysterical.

- Geez. Knew I shouldn't

have done that.

Totally ruins the vibe for

my booze in the park time.

It was the only thing

I had to look forward to.

Mm?

- Max the Hero,

I'm here with Free Day Magazine.

- I'm with myself.

- I'm with Equinox.

- I gotta say you really

knocked it out of the park

the other day.

Practically the entire Kingdom

has been lauding your actions.

[reporters shouting chaotically]

- Shut up!

I'm a busy guy!

Don't shove those frigging

cameras in my face!

- [Reporter] He just flew away!

- Film him!

- Look at that!

- [Reporter] Come on, let's go!

- Oh geez. What an awful ruckus.

But looks like

somebody doesn't care.

- [Satoru] Hey Yuria,

want a break?

I'll look after the baby

if you want.

- Okay, then I'll

take you up on that.

- Full Ultimate Max Serve!

- [Yuria] Too easy.

[Yuria and Sara

grunting with effort]

- I'm back.

Frigging hell,

those nosy chunks of crap

made me use up all my energy.

- Welcome back home, Max.

Looks like you escaped

from the paparazzi.

- [Max] Huh, how'd you know?

- We were watching

the whole thing on TV?

- [Max] You gotta be kidding me.

- Well, since Max is

all pooped out,

tonight's dinner should be my

stamina-boosting stir fry bowl.

He's a big fan.

- That sounds like perfection.

- Cool. I'll take mine

with extra garlic.

No wait. How long are

you two staying here?

It makes absolutely

no sense whatsoever

for you to live here

when we're mortal enemies!

So go on and get out!

All the problems with the

Republic have been resolved!

And I'm back in my hero groove!

- That's a load of crap!

You fought for, like,

all of five minutes!

That doesn't count as you

making a big comeback!

You're a long ways from getting

back to the glory days, buddy!

Which means that I still have

to take good care of you!

- How does that make

any g*dd*mn sense?!

- If that's what

the Demon Lord desires,

I shall be staying as well.

As is my duty. I am here

for safety concerns.

- [Max] I'm not gonna

lay a finger on her!

Just get outta here right now!

This is my place!

- Oh, are you sure that's

what you really want?

You'll never be able to eat

my cooking again.

Not my sweet crumble pie

or my bacon surprise.

And that's not all.

There's Hamburg steak pizza,

my chocolate jelly cake.

[food twinkling]

- You can make it one last time.

Guess owe you that much.

Just make enough so I have

some leftovers tomorrow.

- [guffawing]

I don't know about that with

Zenia here and everything.

- [Ghost] Get out of here.

- Okay. A toast to

renewed friendships.

- Hell no.

I ain't doing that again.

- Oh, don't worry.

I won't be getting trashed

and try to k*ll you again.

- [Max] Nope. No freaking way.

- Come on.

Cut her some slack, Hero.

Everybody makes mistakes.

Am I right?

Let me see here.

Max the Hero and-

- [Max] Stop it.

Gimme back my computer!

- [Photographer]

Okay, here we go.

[camera shutter clicking]

- Can we take one more?

I had my eyes closed again.

- Oh, come on.

How hard can it be?

- Sorry there, Yuria.

- Oh well, fine.

Just gives me another chance

to look adorable.

- I'm all ready to go.

- Whoa. Hold on.

I'm gonna do

one like this. Yeah?

Badass, right?

Or actually, mm,

like this or this.

- Whatever.

Just get on with it.

- Okay. Take it now.

Ready?

- [Heroes] Cheesy. Cheesy.

[camera shutter clicks]

[soulful jazz music]

- Hmm. I suppose that's the end

of our heroic adventure.

- You know, there was a lot of

bull crap we had to overcome.

- But everything

worked out in the end.

- Hmm.

I guess this is it.

Our time is done.

- [Heroes] Huh?

- I just mean the world's

gonna be at peace.

- [Heroes] Hmm.

- Well, see you around.

- Be careful.

Don't start another w*r.

- All right, see you

on the flip side.

[soulful jazz music continues]

[cape flapping]

["Mirai=Teleport"

by Nenne plays]