02x08 - A Parting in the Snow
Posted: 01/12/24 09:17
Kizuna: Come on!
Rishia: Okay!
Raphtalia: Thank you, Naofumi-sama.
Naofumi: Don't worry about it.
Naofumi: We need to get out of here before somebody comes after us.
Kizuna: So this is the countdown to the waves?
Kizuna: It says more days?
Naofumi: There's no time.
Naofumi: And we've finally made it to the other world, too.
Naofumi: Filo's nowhere close to us.
Naofumi: We've got even more ground to cover, then.
Raphtalia: Filo…
Kizuna: Okay, why don't you start by heading to Sikul, the country that summoned me?
Kizuna: It's safer than this place.
Naofumi: How far away is "Sikul"?
Kizuna: A week on foot?
Raphtalia: That far?
Kizuna: And we'd have to go through a bunch of checkpoints, too.
Kizuna: And cross several borders.
Naofumi: Then that's out of the question.
Naofumi: Got any portal skills?
Kizuna: I do. It's called "Return Codex."
Kizuna: But I don't have the tool I need for it, so I can't use it now.
Naofumi: So what do we do, then?
Naofumi: You didn't just suggest this without a plan, right?
Kizuna: Right!
Kizuna: We'll head for the capital of Mikakage, the country we're in now.
Naofumi: The capital of the country that locked you up?
Kizuna: Hear me out!
Kizuna: We can use the dragon hourglass there to warp to Sikul.
Naofumi: Dragon hourglass?
Kizuna: Your world has them, too?
Naofumi: Yes.
Naofumi: You can't use them for warping, though.
Kizuna: I see. There are some differences, then.
Kizuna: We call it Return Dragon Vein,
Kizuna: and the Cardinal Heroes and Vassal w*apon Heroes are the only ones who can use it.
Naofumi: I see.
Naofumi: So we get to the hourglass and use your power to warp us such that we can't be followed.
Kizuna: Yup.
Raphtalia: Um, how far to the capital?
Kizuna: It's still two or three days away.
Naofumi: We'll spend three days on the road,
Naofumi: leveling and buying weapons, and then go into the enemy's HQ.
Kizuna: Oh, there are checkpoints on the road leading to the capital, too.
Kizuna: So we'll need to buy a pass.
Naofumi: So even in another world, I'm back to being a traveling merchant, huh?
Sign: The Rising of the Shield Hero
Title: Episode A Parting in the Snow
top,Naofumi: This country's really Asian-looking.
top,Kizuna: Yeah, but some of the others are more European.
Raphtalia: Asian? European?
Naofumi: The clothes are all Japanese, but there are lots of different races?
Kizuna: Those are the grass people, or just Grass.
Kizuna: Demi-humans, like Raphtalia-chan.
Naofumi: More like elves than demi-humans, I think.
Raphtalia: Elves?
Kizuna: Those are the jewel people, or just Jewels.
Kizuna: Just like Therese-neesan!
Naofumi: Therese was a different race, too?
Naofumi: And them? They're not ghosts, right?
Kizuna: Those are the spirit people, like Glass.
Rishia: Spirit people?
Kizuna: Some countries call them Spirits.
Naofumi: Like Glass?
Kizuna: Where other races have life power, magic power,
Kizuna: and, if you're a vassal w*apon wielder, soul power,
Kizuna: Spirits only have their energy level.
Naofumi: Explains why my Soul Eater Shield hit her so hard.
Kizuna: Since they're dependent on that energy, they don't have levels, though.
Rishia: They don't?
Kizuna: But that also means Spirits with lots of energy are very powerful.
Kizuna: And they're almost entirely incorporeal, so normal att*cks don't hurt them.
Rishia: So that's why she was so strong.
Kizuna: Their one weakness is that their energy can only recover naturally.
Naofumi: Healing magic and items don't work?
Kizuna: Nope.
Kizuna: They receive less benefit from magic than humans and other races.
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama?
Kizuna: What's this?
Kizuna: "We suspect that neighboring countries are developing new weapons.
Kizuna: They are breeding powerful monsters."
Rishia: The monsters are a new w*apon?
Kizuna: They're also trying to research teleportation technology,
Kizuna: as well as the teleportation skills of the Cardinal and vassal weapons.
Rishia: They're trying to artificially recreate the abilities only heroes have?
Kizuna: Whether that's true or not, they don't seem to know about us, yet.
Naofumi: Well, we just broke out.
Naofumi: There's a lot of concerning stuff here, though.
Kizuna: A lot of it's just gossip, but...
Naofumi: We need to make enough money to pay for food and shelter tonight, huh?
Raphtalia: Yeah.
Kizuna: Oh, I can just sell some drop items I don't need.
Naofumi: It looks like old Japanese currency.
Kizuna: Oh, these copper doumon? You're right, now that you mention it.
Kizuna: One hundred of these is worth one silver gyokugin.
Kizuna: And gyokugin is gold kinban.
Naofumi: If doumon are the same as the coppers in my world,
Naofumi: we don't have nearly enough.
Kizuna: Yeah.
Kizuna: I'd like to make some money fast.
Naofumi: I've been thinking...
Naofumi: And this might work.
Kizuna: What's that?
Naofumi: A soul soothing potion.
Naofumi: It recovers SP.
Kizuna: SP? As in "soul power," maybe?
Naofumi: When I fought Glass, L'Arc gave her one of these,
Naofumi: and she got much stronger, like she was coming back to life.
Kizuna: What?
Kizuna: Spirits would pay any price for something like that.
Naofumi: I thought so.
Naofumi: Let's sell it, then.
Kizuna: B-But that item's totally unknown in this world.
Kizuna: Would we find a buyer so soon?
Naofumi: Who do you think I am?
Naofumi: Tomorrow we're gonna be busy leveling and selling.
Naofumi: Right, Raphtali...a?
Naofumi: Ra—
Naofumi: You...
Raphtalia: N-No!
Raphtalia: I was thinking Rishia-san's looked good too, that's all.
Rishia: Here.
Rishia: Young demi-humans need to eat a lot, after all!
Raphtalia: That's not true—
Raphtalia: Well, it is true, but...
Naofumi: Come one, come all!
Naofumi: See the wares I've brought from all around the land!
Naofumi: First, this rare soul soothing potion.
Naofumi: Soul soothing potion, a rare medicine from a distant land.
Naofumi: You Spirits there! This is just the thing for you!
Raphtalia: Right this way!
Raphtalia: It doesn't cost a thing! So try it out!
Kizuna: They're acting differently than usual, aren't they?
Rishia: I was surprised the first time I saw it, too.
Spirit: Amazing! I've never seen anything like this!
Spirit: I can't believe it! My power's back!
Spirit: Sell it to me! I'll pay any price, just give it all to me!
Spirit: Wait! Me, too!
Spirit: Me, too!
Naofumi: I'll be back to sell more, so please, relax!
Naofumi: But it's a rare item, hard to find and produce.
Naofumi: I don't have much left.
Naofumi: So tomorrow, I'll be putting it up for auction!
Spirit: Auction?
Spirit: And it's tomorrow, too?
Kizuna: You're one hell of a salesman.
Kizuna: See? I can take down monsters easily.
Naofumi: But I'm not getting any XP. Maybe because we're both heroes?
Kizuna: I see.
Kizuna: If only we could make up for it with items.
Naofumi: Want to try a different item than the soul soothing potion?
Naofumi: Our items might have different effects on each other.
Kizuna: This is an earth crystal.
Kizuna: Holding it restores your magic.
Naofumi: I just got , XP!
Naofumi: Try this. It's magic water.
Kizuna: It didn't restore my magic, but I got w*apon enhancement XP.
Naofumi: There might be other items that give us both different effects!
Kizuna: Let's try a bunch of things.
Naofumi: Yeah.
Spirit: Two gyokugin!
Spirit: Three gyokugin, doumon!
Spirit: Thirty gyokugin!
Naofumi: We have gyokugin! Thirty gyokugin!
Naofumi: Anyone else want to bid?
Naofumi: Nobody?
Naofumi: Then the first one sells for gyokugin!
Naofumi: Now, the next soul soothing potion...
Spirits: What did she just do?
Spirits: Does she know how valuable those were?
Raphtalia: One of them is safe!
Naofumi: What luck!
Naofumi: But this is the very last bottle!
Naofumi: Bidding starts at one gyokugin!
Kizuna: Wow, that was so much fun!
Kizuna: I never thought you could sell things like that!
Rishia: It wasn't fun for me.
Kizuna: Sorry, Rishia-san.
Kizuna: Naofumi told me to do it.
Naofumi: Yeah. Good job.
Naofumi: You did good too, Raphtalia.
Raphtalia: Thank you!
Kizuna: We've got more than enough for a pass,
Kizuna: so let's buy weapons and armor, too!
Kizuna: Nice! You all look great!
Naofumi: You don't need any new items?
Kizuna: I'm fine as I am.
Naofumi: That haori's a mess.
Kizuna: Glass gave it to me, though.
Naofumi: I see... Sorry.
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, do you think this looks good on me?
Naofumi: Yeah, seems fine.
Naofumi: And you look like a ninja girl, Rishia.
Rishia: Ninja girl?
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, wh-who do you think's the best out of all of us?
Naofumi: Hmm... mine has the highest defense stat.
Naofumi: Okay. Let's buy that pass and leave first thing in the morning.
Background: Come see what we've got for sale!
Naofumi: I guess things are pretty lively in the capital.
Kizuna: Yeah. It hasn't changed over the past few years.
Naofumi: You okay, Raphtalia?
Raphtalia: Y-Yes.
Raphtalia: Just a little cold.
Kizuna: It might snow.
Rishia: Snow?
Naofumi: Security's tight.
Kizuna: They might have found out I escaped from the Infinite Labyrinth.
Raphtalia: Something seems wrong, though.
Naofumi: What's going on?
Man: You haven't heard?
Man: A genius mage from another country developed a way to use the Return Dragon Vein,
Man: which only Cardinal Heroes and Vassal w*apon Heroes can use.
Man: And they're here for an experiment.
Kizuna: Looks like it wasn't just gossip.
Naofumi: Yeah, but what worries me is...
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, is this genius mage...
Rishia: Could it be...
Naofumi: What's wrong?
Background: Wow!
Background: It's him!
Background: It's really him?!
Naofumi: Who the hell is he?
Kizuna: He's not the genius mage?
Rishia: He doesn't look like Kyo.
Kizuna: Kyo?
Flunkies: Splendid work, Kazuki-sama!
Flunkies: We believed you could do it!
Kazuki: Of course I could.
Man: When it's ready for mass adoption, please bring it to us first.
Kazuki: Hmm... perhaps I'll think about it while I drink sake and watch the snow fall.
Man: Of course. We have a room prepared.
Kizuna: Looks like that's why security was tight.
Rishia: I guess it's not him, but...
Naofumi: He's nasty in the same way Kyo is.
Kizuna: Hey, who's Kyo?
Naofumi: Let's start by finding an inn.
Kizuna: It's piling up!
Naofumi: You're too old to play around like that.
Kizuna: Eighteen's not too old to play in the snow.
Kizuna: Gotcha!
Rishia: Gotcha!
Rishia: Just you wait!
Naofumi: You too, Rishia?
Naofumi: Raphtalia, say something to them.
Naofumi: Too old, huh?
Kizuna: Anyway, from what you say about this Kyo guy,
Kizuna: he's a total shithead!
Rishia: Yes, he really is.
Kizuna: As one of this world's Cardinal Heroes, I'd like to pop him right in the face.
Kizuna: But my w*apon can't hurt humans.
Kizuna: And you use a shield.
Rishia: And Raphtalia and Rishia can't do much at their level.
Rishia: Kizuna, how much time until the Wave?
Kizuna: About six days.
Rishia: We need to find Filo and take down Kyo.
Rishia: We can't waste time here.
Raphtalia: Let's go, Naofumi-sama.
Raphtalia: It's probably not well guarded at this hour.
Raphtalia: Especially with this blizzard.
Raphtalia: This is our one chance.
Naofumi: But you and Rishia don't have your levels back yet.
Naofumi: You're not ready to fight humans.
Raphtalia: I'm your sword.
Raphtalia: I may be small right now,
Raphtalia: but no matter how low my level is...
Raphtalia: I'll protect you no matter what!
Naofumi: Raphtalia...
Naofumi: Your dumplings are burning.
Raphtalia: Oh no!
Raphtalia: Ow!
Kizuna: Aw, you guys are so silly.
Naofumi: Raphtalia, if you're my sword,
Naofumi: then as the Shield Hero, it's my job to protect you.
Naofumi: Don't worry about a thing when you fight.
Naofumi: I'll protect you both.
Raphtalia: Okay!
Rishia: I'll d-do my best!
Kizuna: We go tonight, then.
Kizuna: Listen. Once we're inside, prioritize getting to the hourglass over everything else.
Kizuna: Once I touch it, Return Dragon Vein will activate.
Kizuna: You're set as part of my party, so you can warp with me.
Kizuna: But I don't know what'll happen if you're too far away.
Rishia: Which way next, Kizuna-san?
Kizuna: Here.
Kizuna: The hourglass is on the other side.
Kizuna: What is this?
Men: There they are! Intruders!
Men: Get them!
Naofumi: Looks like...
Kizuna: They set a trap for us.
Rishia: N-No!
Raphtalia: I'll cut a path through!
Naofumi: Raphtalia!
Naofumi: Let's go!
Kizuna: Aw... I guess we don't have a choice!
Rishia: We don't have a choice!
Rishia: H-Here, too?
Naofumi: Kizuna! Come here and tell us where to go!
Kizuna: Can't you see I'm busy?
Naofumi: Take them down! Or is that sword just for show?!
Kizuna: Yeah, when I'm fighting humans, it is.
Kizuna: I showed you, didn't I?
Naofumi: See, you can do it.
Men: Damn it!
Men: Where are they?
Men: Wait! Damn it!
Kizuna: Naofumi, let's split up.
Kizuna: We're just dragging the enemy around with us!
Naofumi: But we don't know where the hourglass is.
Kizuna: It has to be at the center of this mansion.
Kizuna: Head there, and...
Naofumi: With all these dead ends?
Kizuna: If that happens, just do what I did back there.
Naofumi: Fine!
Naofumi: Let's go, Raphtalia!
Raphtalia: Right!
Kizuna: Rishia-san, stay with me.
Rishia: O-Okay!
Naofumi: Damn it! Another one?
Naofumi: Air Strike Shield!
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama!
Naofumi: Right!
Man: That kid's so strong...
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, look!
Kazuki: Well done, well done.
Kazuki: You're the fools who fell for my trap?
Kazuki: I deliberately stationed fewer guards, and you came rushing right in.
Kazuki: Kyo-san was right.
Naofumi: You work for Kyo?
Kazuki: Say what you like.
Kazuki: I prefer "business partner."
Naofumi: Let me guess. He became your sponsor for the teleporter in exchange for having you catch us?
Kazuki: Something like that.
Kazuki: Looks like you pissed him off.
Kazuki: He was really mad.
Naofumi: That makes me feel a little better.
Naofumi: Just a little, though.
Kazuki: Now I see why he's pissed off.
Kazuki: Wipe that smirk off your face, assh*le.
Naofumi: Don't worry. I don't like you, either.
Naofumi: You fake-ass wannabe Kyo!
Kazuki: Let me correct you on one thing.
Kazuki: I wasn't told to catch you.
Kazuki: I was told "alive or dead."
Naofumi: Meteor Shield!
Kizuna: Naofumi!
Rishia: Raphtalia-san!
Naofumi: Kizuna! Make a run for the Hourglass!
Kizuna: Okay!
Kazuki: Stop the little girl!
Kazuki: k*ll her!
Kizuna: Don't call me little!
Rishia: You did it, Kizuna-san!
Kazuki: sh*t!
Kizuna: Get as close to the hourglass as you can, everyone!
Kizuna: Here I go! Return Dragon Vein!
Kizuna: What?
Naofumi: Raphtalia?
Naofumi: That voice? Kyo!
Kyo: Yup!
Kyo: How you doin', Shield Dumbass?
Kyo: I've been waiting for this moment!
Kyo: This awesome, awesome moment!
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama!
Naofumi: Kizuna, call off the warp!
Kizuna: I can't! Once it starts I can't stop it!
Kyo: Yup.
Kyo: Why do you think I sent you into the Infinite Labyrinth?
Kyo: Why do you think I let you keep the raccoon demi-human?
Kyo: Why?
Naofumi: Don't tell me...
Kyo: Yup!
Kyo: To see that look on your face!
Kyo: That face, twisted with rage and despair!
Naofumi: You bastard!
Kyo: Yup! Just what I wanted to see!
Kazuki: Not fair, Kyo-san.
Kazuki: He insulted me. I need to see him dead.
Kazuki: Move, or I'll cut your head off.
Kyo: Nope!
Kyo: I'm taking the little one back to my lab for experiments.
Naofumi: No! Raphtalia!
Raphtalia: Go, Naofumi-sama!
Naofumi: Raphtalia, what are you—
Raphtalia: I thought that after I became small, I couldn't help you anymore.
Raphtalia: But I was kind of happy...
Raphtalia: Since I got to have you pat me on the head and carry me, like when we first met.
Raphtalia: I'll be your sword until the end.
Naofumi: Raphtalia!
Kyo: I'm dying! I'm dying of laughter!
Naofumi: Raphtalia!
Sign: Humming Fairy
Rishia: Okay!
Raphtalia: Thank you, Naofumi-sama.
Naofumi: Don't worry about it.
Naofumi: We need to get out of here before somebody comes after us.
Kizuna: So this is the countdown to the waves?
Kizuna: It says more days?
Naofumi: There's no time.
Naofumi: And we've finally made it to the other world, too.
Naofumi: Filo's nowhere close to us.
Naofumi: We've got even more ground to cover, then.
Raphtalia: Filo…
Kizuna: Okay, why don't you start by heading to Sikul, the country that summoned me?
Kizuna: It's safer than this place.
Naofumi: How far away is "Sikul"?
Kizuna: A week on foot?
Raphtalia: That far?
Kizuna: And we'd have to go through a bunch of checkpoints, too.
Kizuna: And cross several borders.
Naofumi: Then that's out of the question.
Naofumi: Got any portal skills?
Kizuna: I do. It's called "Return Codex."
Kizuna: But I don't have the tool I need for it, so I can't use it now.
Naofumi: So what do we do, then?
Naofumi: You didn't just suggest this without a plan, right?
Kizuna: Right!
Kizuna: We'll head for the capital of Mikakage, the country we're in now.
Naofumi: The capital of the country that locked you up?
Kizuna: Hear me out!
Kizuna: We can use the dragon hourglass there to warp to Sikul.
Naofumi: Dragon hourglass?
Kizuna: Your world has them, too?
Naofumi: Yes.
Naofumi: You can't use them for warping, though.
Kizuna: I see. There are some differences, then.
Kizuna: We call it Return Dragon Vein,
Kizuna: and the Cardinal Heroes and Vassal w*apon Heroes are the only ones who can use it.
Naofumi: I see.
Naofumi: So we get to the hourglass and use your power to warp us such that we can't be followed.
Kizuna: Yup.
Raphtalia: Um, how far to the capital?
Kizuna: It's still two or three days away.
Naofumi: We'll spend three days on the road,
Naofumi: leveling and buying weapons, and then go into the enemy's HQ.
Kizuna: Oh, there are checkpoints on the road leading to the capital, too.
Kizuna: So we'll need to buy a pass.
Naofumi: So even in another world, I'm back to being a traveling merchant, huh?
Sign: The Rising of the Shield Hero
Title: Episode A Parting in the Snow
top,Naofumi: This country's really Asian-looking.
top,Kizuna: Yeah, but some of the others are more European.
Raphtalia: Asian? European?
Naofumi: The clothes are all Japanese, but there are lots of different races?
Kizuna: Those are the grass people, or just Grass.
Kizuna: Demi-humans, like Raphtalia-chan.
Naofumi: More like elves than demi-humans, I think.
Raphtalia: Elves?
Kizuna: Those are the jewel people, or just Jewels.
Kizuna: Just like Therese-neesan!
Naofumi: Therese was a different race, too?
Naofumi: And them? They're not ghosts, right?
Kizuna: Those are the spirit people, like Glass.
Rishia: Spirit people?
Kizuna: Some countries call them Spirits.
Naofumi: Like Glass?
Kizuna: Where other races have life power, magic power,
Kizuna: and, if you're a vassal w*apon wielder, soul power,
Kizuna: Spirits only have their energy level.
Naofumi: Explains why my Soul Eater Shield hit her so hard.
Kizuna: Since they're dependent on that energy, they don't have levels, though.
Rishia: They don't?
Kizuna: But that also means Spirits with lots of energy are very powerful.
Kizuna: And they're almost entirely incorporeal, so normal att*cks don't hurt them.
Rishia: So that's why she was so strong.
Kizuna: Their one weakness is that their energy can only recover naturally.
Naofumi: Healing magic and items don't work?
Kizuna: Nope.
Kizuna: They receive less benefit from magic than humans and other races.
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama?
Kizuna: What's this?
Kizuna: "We suspect that neighboring countries are developing new weapons.
Kizuna: They are breeding powerful monsters."
Rishia: The monsters are a new w*apon?
Kizuna: They're also trying to research teleportation technology,
Kizuna: as well as the teleportation skills of the Cardinal and vassal weapons.
Rishia: They're trying to artificially recreate the abilities only heroes have?
Kizuna: Whether that's true or not, they don't seem to know about us, yet.
Naofumi: Well, we just broke out.
Naofumi: There's a lot of concerning stuff here, though.
Kizuna: A lot of it's just gossip, but...
Naofumi: We need to make enough money to pay for food and shelter tonight, huh?
Raphtalia: Yeah.
Kizuna: Oh, I can just sell some drop items I don't need.
Naofumi: It looks like old Japanese currency.
Kizuna: Oh, these copper doumon? You're right, now that you mention it.
Kizuna: One hundred of these is worth one silver gyokugin.
Kizuna: And gyokugin is gold kinban.
Naofumi: If doumon are the same as the coppers in my world,
Naofumi: we don't have nearly enough.
Kizuna: Yeah.
Kizuna: I'd like to make some money fast.
Naofumi: I've been thinking...
Naofumi: And this might work.
Kizuna: What's that?
Naofumi: A soul soothing potion.
Naofumi: It recovers SP.
Kizuna: SP? As in "soul power," maybe?
Naofumi: When I fought Glass, L'Arc gave her one of these,
Naofumi: and she got much stronger, like she was coming back to life.
Kizuna: What?
Kizuna: Spirits would pay any price for something like that.
Naofumi: I thought so.
Naofumi: Let's sell it, then.
Kizuna: B-But that item's totally unknown in this world.
Kizuna: Would we find a buyer so soon?
Naofumi: Who do you think I am?
Naofumi: Tomorrow we're gonna be busy leveling and selling.
Naofumi: Right, Raphtali...a?
Naofumi: Ra—
Naofumi: You...
Raphtalia: N-No!
Raphtalia: I was thinking Rishia-san's looked good too, that's all.
Rishia: Here.
Rishia: Young demi-humans need to eat a lot, after all!
Raphtalia: That's not true—
Raphtalia: Well, it is true, but...
Naofumi: Come one, come all!
Naofumi: See the wares I've brought from all around the land!
Naofumi: First, this rare soul soothing potion.
Naofumi: Soul soothing potion, a rare medicine from a distant land.
Naofumi: You Spirits there! This is just the thing for you!
Raphtalia: Right this way!
Raphtalia: It doesn't cost a thing! So try it out!
Kizuna: They're acting differently than usual, aren't they?
Rishia: I was surprised the first time I saw it, too.
Spirit: Amazing! I've never seen anything like this!
Spirit: I can't believe it! My power's back!
Spirit: Sell it to me! I'll pay any price, just give it all to me!
Spirit: Wait! Me, too!
Spirit: Me, too!
Naofumi: I'll be back to sell more, so please, relax!
Naofumi: But it's a rare item, hard to find and produce.
Naofumi: I don't have much left.
Naofumi: So tomorrow, I'll be putting it up for auction!
Spirit: Auction?
Spirit: And it's tomorrow, too?
Kizuna: You're one hell of a salesman.
Kizuna: See? I can take down monsters easily.
Naofumi: But I'm not getting any XP. Maybe because we're both heroes?
Kizuna: I see.
Kizuna: If only we could make up for it with items.
Naofumi: Want to try a different item than the soul soothing potion?
Naofumi: Our items might have different effects on each other.
Kizuna: This is an earth crystal.
Kizuna: Holding it restores your magic.
Naofumi: I just got , XP!
Naofumi: Try this. It's magic water.
Kizuna: It didn't restore my magic, but I got w*apon enhancement XP.
Naofumi: There might be other items that give us both different effects!
Kizuna: Let's try a bunch of things.
Naofumi: Yeah.
Spirit: Two gyokugin!
Spirit: Three gyokugin, doumon!
Spirit: Thirty gyokugin!
Naofumi: We have gyokugin! Thirty gyokugin!
Naofumi: Anyone else want to bid?
Naofumi: Nobody?
Naofumi: Then the first one sells for gyokugin!
Naofumi: Now, the next soul soothing potion...
Spirits: What did she just do?
Spirits: Does she know how valuable those were?
Raphtalia: One of them is safe!
Naofumi: What luck!
Naofumi: But this is the very last bottle!
Naofumi: Bidding starts at one gyokugin!
Kizuna: Wow, that was so much fun!
Kizuna: I never thought you could sell things like that!
Rishia: It wasn't fun for me.
Kizuna: Sorry, Rishia-san.
Kizuna: Naofumi told me to do it.
Naofumi: Yeah. Good job.
Naofumi: You did good too, Raphtalia.
Raphtalia: Thank you!
Kizuna: We've got more than enough for a pass,
Kizuna: so let's buy weapons and armor, too!
Kizuna: Nice! You all look great!
Naofumi: You don't need any new items?
Kizuna: I'm fine as I am.
Naofumi: That haori's a mess.
Kizuna: Glass gave it to me, though.
Naofumi: I see... Sorry.
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, do you think this looks good on me?
Naofumi: Yeah, seems fine.
Naofumi: And you look like a ninja girl, Rishia.
Rishia: Ninja girl?
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, wh-who do you think's the best out of all of us?
Naofumi: Hmm... mine has the highest defense stat.
Naofumi: Okay. Let's buy that pass and leave first thing in the morning.
Background: Come see what we've got for sale!
Naofumi: I guess things are pretty lively in the capital.
Kizuna: Yeah. It hasn't changed over the past few years.
Naofumi: You okay, Raphtalia?
Raphtalia: Y-Yes.
Raphtalia: Just a little cold.
Kizuna: It might snow.
Rishia: Snow?
Naofumi: Security's tight.
Kizuna: They might have found out I escaped from the Infinite Labyrinth.
Raphtalia: Something seems wrong, though.
Naofumi: What's going on?
Man: You haven't heard?
Man: A genius mage from another country developed a way to use the Return Dragon Vein,
Man: which only Cardinal Heroes and Vassal w*apon Heroes can use.
Man: And they're here for an experiment.
Kizuna: Looks like it wasn't just gossip.
Naofumi: Yeah, but what worries me is...
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, is this genius mage...
Rishia: Could it be...
Naofumi: What's wrong?
Background: Wow!
Background: It's him!
Background: It's really him?!
Naofumi: Who the hell is he?
Kizuna: He's not the genius mage?
Rishia: He doesn't look like Kyo.
Kizuna: Kyo?
Flunkies: Splendid work, Kazuki-sama!
Flunkies: We believed you could do it!
Kazuki: Of course I could.
Man: When it's ready for mass adoption, please bring it to us first.
Kazuki: Hmm... perhaps I'll think about it while I drink sake and watch the snow fall.
Man: Of course. We have a room prepared.
Kizuna: Looks like that's why security was tight.
Rishia: I guess it's not him, but...
Naofumi: He's nasty in the same way Kyo is.
Kizuna: Hey, who's Kyo?
Naofumi: Let's start by finding an inn.
Kizuna: It's piling up!
Naofumi: You're too old to play around like that.
Kizuna: Eighteen's not too old to play in the snow.
Kizuna: Gotcha!
Rishia: Gotcha!
Rishia: Just you wait!
Naofumi: You too, Rishia?
Naofumi: Raphtalia, say something to them.
Naofumi: Too old, huh?
Kizuna: Anyway, from what you say about this Kyo guy,
Kizuna: he's a total shithead!
Rishia: Yes, he really is.
Kizuna: As one of this world's Cardinal Heroes, I'd like to pop him right in the face.
Kizuna: But my w*apon can't hurt humans.
Kizuna: And you use a shield.
Rishia: And Raphtalia and Rishia can't do much at their level.
Rishia: Kizuna, how much time until the Wave?
Kizuna: About six days.
Rishia: We need to find Filo and take down Kyo.
Rishia: We can't waste time here.
Raphtalia: Let's go, Naofumi-sama.
Raphtalia: It's probably not well guarded at this hour.
Raphtalia: Especially with this blizzard.
Raphtalia: This is our one chance.
Naofumi: But you and Rishia don't have your levels back yet.
Naofumi: You're not ready to fight humans.
Raphtalia: I'm your sword.
Raphtalia: I may be small right now,
Raphtalia: but no matter how low my level is...
Raphtalia: I'll protect you no matter what!
Naofumi: Raphtalia...
Naofumi: Your dumplings are burning.
Raphtalia: Oh no!
Raphtalia: Ow!
Kizuna: Aw, you guys are so silly.
Naofumi: Raphtalia, if you're my sword,
Naofumi: then as the Shield Hero, it's my job to protect you.
Naofumi: Don't worry about a thing when you fight.
Naofumi: I'll protect you both.
Raphtalia: Okay!
Rishia: I'll d-do my best!
Kizuna: We go tonight, then.
Kizuna: Listen. Once we're inside, prioritize getting to the hourglass over everything else.
Kizuna: Once I touch it, Return Dragon Vein will activate.
Kizuna: You're set as part of my party, so you can warp with me.
Kizuna: But I don't know what'll happen if you're too far away.
Rishia: Which way next, Kizuna-san?
Kizuna: Here.
Kizuna: The hourglass is on the other side.
Kizuna: What is this?
Men: There they are! Intruders!
Men: Get them!
Naofumi: Looks like...
Kizuna: They set a trap for us.
Rishia: N-No!
Raphtalia: I'll cut a path through!
Naofumi: Raphtalia!
Naofumi: Let's go!
Kizuna: Aw... I guess we don't have a choice!
Rishia: We don't have a choice!
Rishia: H-Here, too?
Naofumi: Kizuna! Come here and tell us where to go!
Kizuna: Can't you see I'm busy?
Naofumi: Take them down! Or is that sword just for show?!
Kizuna: Yeah, when I'm fighting humans, it is.
Kizuna: I showed you, didn't I?
Naofumi: See, you can do it.
Men: Damn it!
Men: Where are they?
Men: Wait! Damn it!
Kizuna: Naofumi, let's split up.
Kizuna: We're just dragging the enemy around with us!
Naofumi: But we don't know where the hourglass is.
Kizuna: It has to be at the center of this mansion.
Kizuna: Head there, and...
Naofumi: With all these dead ends?
Kizuna: If that happens, just do what I did back there.
Naofumi: Fine!
Naofumi: Let's go, Raphtalia!
Raphtalia: Right!
Kizuna: Rishia-san, stay with me.
Rishia: O-Okay!
Naofumi: Damn it! Another one?
Naofumi: Air Strike Shield!
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama!
Naofumi: Right!
Man: That kid's so strong...
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama, look!
Kazuki: Well done, well done.
Kazuki: You're the fools who fell for my trap?
Kazuki: I deliberately stationed fewer guards, and you came rushing right in.
Kazuki: Kyo-san was right.
Naofumi: You work for Kyo?
Kazuki: Say what you like.
Kazuki: I prefer "business partner."
Naofumi: Let me guess. He became your sponsor for the teleporter in exchange for having you catch us?
Kazuki: Something like that.
Kazuki: Looks like you pissed him off.
Kazuki: He was really mad.
Naofumi: That makes me feel a little better.
Naofumi: Just a little, though.
Kazuki: Now I see why he's pissed off.
Kazuki: Wipe that smirk off your face, assh*le.
Naofumi: Don't worry. I don't like you, either.
Naofumi: You fake-ass wannabe Kyo!
Kazuki: Let me correct you on one thing.
Kazuki: I wasn't told to catch you.
Kazuki: I was told "alive or dead."
Naofumi: Meteor Shield!
Kizuna: Naofumi!
Rishia: Raphtalia-san!
Naofumi: Kizuna! Make a run for the Hourglass!
Kizuna: Okay!
Kazuki: Stop the little girl!
Kazuki: k*ll her!
Kizuna: Don't call me little!
Rishia: You did it, Kizuna-san!
Kazuki: sh*t!
Kizuna: Get as close to the hourglass as you can, everyone!
Kizuna: Here I go! Return Dragon Vein!
Kizuna: What?
Naofumi: Raphtalia?
Naofumi: That voice? Kyo!
Kyo: Yup!
Kyo: How you doin', Shield Dumbass?
Kyo: I've been waiting for this moment!
Kyo: This awesome, awesome moment!
Raphtalia: Naofumi-sama!
Naofumi: Kizuna, call off the warp!
Kizuna: I can't! Once it starts I can't stop it!
Kyo: Yup.
Kyo: Why do you think I sent you into the Infinite Labyrinth?
Kyo: Why do you think I let you keep the raccoon demi-human?
Kyo: Why?
Naofumi: Don't tell me...
Kyo: Yup!
Kyo: To see that look on your face!
Kyo: That face, twisted with rage and despair!
Naofumi: You bastard!
Kyo: Yup! Just what I wanted to see!
Kazuki: Not fair, Kyo-san.
Kazuki: He insulted me. I need to see him dead.
Kazuki: Move, or I'll cut your head off.
Kyo: Nope!
Kyo: I'm taking the little one back to my lab for experiments.
Naofumi: No! Raphtalia!
Raphtalia: Go, Naofumi-sama!
Naofumi: Raphtalia, what are you—
Raphtalia: I thought that after I became small, I couldn't help you anymore.
Raphtalia: But I was kind of happy...
Raphtalia: Since I got to have you pat me on the head and carry me, like when we first met.
Raphtalia: I'll be your sword until the end.
Naofumi: Raphtalia!
Kyo: I'm dying! I'm dying of laughter!
Naofumi: Raphtalia!
Sign: Humming Fairy