01x03 - More and More New Roommates

[bunniefuu]

["Flower Ring" by

Shino Shimoji, Aya Suzaki plays]

[door squeaking]

[Hiraku groaning]

[Hiraku sighing]

[Lu groaning]

[whimsical music]

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

Vampires really don't

like mornings, do they?

But still,

having Lu living here

with me has

helped out in

all sorts of ways.

[bright flute music]

- That should do it.

We should be set

for lights now.

- Wow.

That's so amazing!

- But all I did was basic magic.

This dish really has

a mild flavor to it.

Do you prefer not to use salt

when cooking your meals?

- Nope. I just don't have any.

- Huh?

- There's no salt.

I've been looking for awhile,

but I can't find any.

I'm at the point where

I'm about to

That's a pretty intense

look on your face!

- Well, of course it is.

Right here.

This is mostly salt.

We can dissolve some,

then boil it.

Did you not notice

while you were digging?

[Hiraku groaning]

That's a pretty intense

look on your face.

[Lu yawning]

Good morning.

- Hey.

Good morning.

- [Lu] What are we doing today?

- Let me see.

I was planning to

check on the fruit trees.

- Okay.

First, I'm going to

get washed up,

and then I'll head over there.

[bright guitar music]

Look at these.

Did you transplant them here?

- Yeah.

They need more time to grow

than the vegetables.

I tried oranges and

peaches this time.

I might try chestnuts next time.

- Oh?

I can't wait to try those

once they're harvested.

[Lu slurping]

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

By the way,

the herb tea that Lu

makes is pretty good,

but I wanna drink green tea.

If I remember correctly,

oolong tea and black tea are

all made from processing

the same leaves.

[wood clanking]

[Hiraku gasping]

[Lu gasping]

What is it this time?

[suspenseful music]

[Hiraku panting]

[Lu panting]

[Tia yelling]

- Enough!

Please forgive my behavior!

I understand that I was wrong

for attacking you first!

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

I've seen this situation

play out before.

- Help, anyone!

Please rescue me!

Don't let them hurt me!

- Okay!

[Tia sighing]

Are you all right?

- Yes.

I think so.

[Hiraku gasping]

[magical music]

- Wow.

That's amazing.

It's nice to be able

to use magic, huh?

Lu?

- So this is where you

were hiding out, Lulucy!

Stop resisting and come in

quietly or I'll have to

[Tia yelling]

Help me!

- [Hiraku] Hey, hey, hey!

- [Tia] Jeez.

I can't believe you hid

in this forest

of all places.

- Well, a lot of stuff happened.

- That was an awful

experience back thee.

- [Lu] I know.

They did that to me, too.

- To you as well?

- Yeah. They're pretty ruthless.

Magic doesn't affect them much,

plus they dodge spells.

- [Tia] Fighting them

is a death sentence.

- [Lu] Yeah.

- [Hiraku Voiceover] They seem

to have a shared experience.

- [Tia] By the way,

who is this person?

- I'm Hira.

- Oh, this person is

Well

He's my husband.

- Your husband?

You and Lulucy are a couple?

- What? Yeah.

- [Tia] I wasn't expecting that.

- Yeah. I'm Hiraku.

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

Her husband?

That's the first time

she's called me that.

- Let me introduce myself.

My name is Tia.

And as you can see,

I'm an angel.

- An angel?

So, that means

you serve God, right?

[Tia tooting trumpet]

- [Lu] It's nothing

that important.

They're just

a race of warriors

that have more muscles

than brains.

[Tia growling]

- [Tia] How rude!

There was a brief

time period when

we were an object of

worship, you know!

- [Hiraku] So why is an angel

like you chasing down Lu?

- There's a bounty on her for

all of the damage she caused

from one of her rampages.

- There's an actual

bounty on your head?

- Well, yeah.

There was an annoying

noble who kept

forcing me to make medicine

and drugs for them.

They were so incessant

with their demands

that I felt the need

to teach them a little-

- There's nothing

little about it!

She spends all

her time researching

strange medicines

and concoctions,

and then as soon as

something bothers her,

[castle exploding]

she starts blowing

everything up.

[Lu cartoon giggling]

That's the problem.

- Stop making it

sound like I've

done that multiple times!

There was just one accident!

- Regardless, the fact remains

you besmirched the honor

of a noble!

Do you have idea

- [Hiraku Voiceover] They seem

to get along pretty well.

- Well, I do think I may have

gone a little too far with that.

- I'm surprised you're

willing to admit that.

- So anyways,

the reason I ended up here

is because

I was running from Tia.

After all, she is

stronger than I am.

But only by a little bit.

- Wow, Lulucy.

I'm amazed.

You really have changed.

You never used to be

the kind of person

who would freely admit

to having any weaknesses.

- [Lu] Yeah, well,

I felt firsthand just

how weak I really was.

- [Tia] I see.

Fighting that many should

be against the rules.

- Yeah.

Now putting that stuff aside,

do you wanna live here, too?

- What? Live here with you two?

- Yes, with us.

Right?

- I guess.

- I'll show you around

the crop fields and stuff.

I'm sure you'll love it here

as much as I do!

Let's get going, okay?

- Yeah.

- [Lu] Look!

[bright violin music]

These are the crop fields.

We grow lots of vegetables here.

- [Tia] Wow.

- And this is our orchard.

We have a lot of different

kinds of fruit growing.

[Tia gasping]

This is Zabuton!

[Tia fainting]

Yeah. That's about

what I expected.

- [Hiraku] Maybe she

doesn't like spiders.

- Hey!

[Tia gasping]

We're about to go and

harvest some crops.

Come with us.

It's a whole lot of fun.

- Kay.

Did you plant all this

stuff yourself, Hiraku?

- [Hiraku] Yeah.

- [Lu] I helped a little, too.

- We really needed some

more hands, so thank you.

- What? You expect me to do

farm work around here, too?

- Of course.

Come on!

- Why does an angel like me

have to get their hands dirty?

- Okay then, let's get

started with the cabbage!

There, you see?

Give it a try, just like that.

- Sure.

[Tia growling]

These are heavy cabbages, huh?

- Wanna taste it?

Here.

Well, all I did was tear up

some cabbage leaves

and sprinkle salt.

[Tia gasping]

- [Tia] It's delicious! Really!

- I'm glad.

- Wow, I never knew fresh

vegetables tasted so great.

- Yeah.

And the ones you

actually grow yourself

taste even better.

- I think you're right

about that.

[Tia sighing]

I think that's enough for today.

- Yeah, that's a good amount.

- That was pretty exhausting.

- It's nice to have so much,

but harvesting them all

is hard work.

- Aw man, if only

- It's delicious!

This red vegetable you call a

strawberry is so sweet and tart.

- It sure is.

- This farming work

is a lot more

fulfilling than I ever

expected it to be.

- [Lu] You had fun today, right?

- Yes!

- Well, then, that settles it!

You're going to live

here with us, right?

- Well, I

- Right? Come on.

My body won't be able to handle

everything if it's just myself.

- [Tia] Excuse me?

What do you mean by that?

[bright folk music]

- Tia, I have to say,

this farming work really

does suit you well.

- Was that supposed to be

a compliment?

- Of course it was.

- Very well, then.

I guess we'll just have to

leave it at that for now.

More importantly

Hiraku!

Can we make a lot

more strawberries?

- I really wish that we could,

but even if we

expanded the crop fields,

we couldn't keep up

with all the harvesting.

I think we're operating

at maximum capacity.

[Tia sighing]

- Yeah, we really could use

some more help around the farm.

- [Lu] You can just

work extra hard

to make up the difference.

- [Tia] What about you?

Are you sure you haven't

been slacking off?

[Hiraku chuckling]

- I really don't think she is.

Besides, if we grow

too much of everything,

then it's likely

we won't be able

to finish eating everything

that we harvest.

[puppies whining]

Oh, it's the new puppies.

Their horns are

already coming in.

[Tia trembling]

[puppies whining]

Good boy.

Kuro and Yuki's children

had children of their own.

They've become quite a

large family of dogs.

[Tia trembling]

Before long,

the puppies will leave

and find partners

of their own.

- Does that mean we'll have

even more puppies later?

[Tia yelling]

- Now that you mention it,

that hut isn't going to

be big enough.

- [Hiraku Voiceover] And so,

we decided to build a dog

area next to the orchard.

[Hiraku sighing]

It looks kind of like

a horse stable,

but I'd like to think that

it turned out well.

I still haven't

come up with names

for the next generation after

Kuroone and his siblings.

I want to give them names,

but there's just so many of them

that it's hard to come up

with something for everyone.

On the other hand,

Zabuton's children

- [Hiraku] What is it?

[Hiraku gasping]

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

Are riding the wind

and starting a new journey.

I guess they're all leaving.

I was planning on

turning the orchard

into their new home.

Oh well.

It looks like some of them are

still staying behind with us.

- Hey.

I'm going to step out

for awhile, too.

- [Hiraku] You're also going off

somewhere and leaving us?

- No, I won't be gone

for too long, promise.

Now then.

- I wonder where she's going.

- Well, she'll be back

before you know it.

- You think so?

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

"Farming Life."

- [Lu Voiceover]

"In Another."

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

"World."

A few days later,

Tia came back just like

Lu said she would.

And she brought

a bunch of girls with her.

- So you're elves?

- We're high elves,

but you can call us

elves if you like.

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

What's the difference?

- Please introduce

yourselves, everyone!

- I'm Lea.

- I'm Leef.

- I'm Lecott.

- I'm Leezay.

- I'm Leely.

- I'm Leeta.

- I'm Lees.

- [Hiraku] You're all Le.

- Ah, you mean that

our names all have Le?

We have similar names because

we come from the same family.

We came here after Tia suggested

that we all move here.

Please let us all

live here with you!

- Well, um

- The truth is,

they all share

a very sad and

depressing backstory.

They all used to live

in a village

far up into the north.

But most of their people were

wiped out after they got dragged

into the w*r of the humans.

Their race was scattered,

and since then,

they've been wandering the land

looking for a place they could

settle down and call home.

[Lea sighing]

- Until now, we've been

traveling through the woods

trying to do what we can to get

by.

And without a place

to settle down,

it will be impossible

to repopulate our race.

We ask that you help us!

- [Elves] Please help us!

- You can count on them

to be excellent workers.

I implore you to

help them as well.

- I think it's a good idea

for you to accept.

I've heard the high elves

are a very talented race.

I imagine you're all still

pretty young, right?

- I'm the oldest one

within our group.

I'm just over 400.

- I'm the youngest one

in the group,

and I'm about 300.

- [Hiraku Voiceover] I can't

tell they're 100 years apart!

- So, what do you think?

- Fine.

Right, Hiraku?

- Well, we have a lot of

different roommates here,

but if you all promise to

get along, then it's fine.

- [Elves] Thank you

for letting us stay!

- By the way, who are the

other roommates staying here?

- This is Zabuton.

[elves fainting]

And these here

are the dogs.

[elves fainting]

- [Tia] Yeah, that's about

how I expected it to go.

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

The number of people living here

went up suddenly,

so we needed a place

for them to stay.

Lea said the seven of them

all wanted to live together,

so we decided to build them

one big house.

First, we started with the ditch

and the wooden fence.

Then, we made them

their own toilet

and garbage disposal area.

- That was an unbreakable tree

that's harder than steel!

- He cut it like nothing!

- [Hiraku Voiceover] When it

comes to construction,

they know more than I do.

And they're all

really handy, too.

I even got to learn a lot about

how to process lumber and

fit the logs together from them.

I just followed their orders.

I focused on digging holes,

and leveling the ground,

and gathering lumber for them.

It took us 10 days, and then

- It's finally done!

- Yeah!

- That's amazing!

It's so much nicer than

our little hut, isn't it?

- It really is.

- [Hiraku Voiceover] Jealousy.

- [Lu] Is he sulking?

- [Tia] It looks like it.

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

But now I've learned it,

their technique.

[Lu gasping]

It might be a good idea to try

rebuilding the little hut

we've been sleeping in.

[elves chattering]

The house is shaped

like a rectangle

that stretches from

east to west.

Just past the entranceway,

there's a large living room that

doubles as a dining room.

It's a place to work

on things together,

or where they can all eat.

Sitting on both

the left and right

sides of the living room

are storage rooms.

The living room is

an open design

that covers the first

and second floors.

The lighting is done

with magic.

And the second floor room sits

on top of the storage rooms.

The second floor is where

their individual rooms are.

I hope that this can

become a home

where they feel safe

and at peace.

[elves laughing]

- It looks like they've all

gotten used to

settling down here.

- Yeah.

The vegetable harvesting

seems to be going great.

- Yeah.

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

They're eating raw garlic

they just picked?

That's pretty wild.

- Huh?

You use fire and

you eat meat, too?

- Yeah, of course we do.

- Whenever I think of elves,

I think of a race

that lives in the woods

and is one with nature

and hates fire and stuff.

[Lea laughing]

- [Lea] Where'd you get

that silly idea?

[Lea laughing]

- Am I wrong?

- How is anyone supposed to live

without having the use of fire?

- Like I said, one with nature.

- How exactly?

- Uh, well, you see,

you wake up with the sunrise,

you go to sleep when it sets.

You eat fruit from the trees.

And you love the forest trees.

And you refuse to wear

anything made of metal.

- Excuse me, Hiraku.

Don't misjudge

how harsh nature is.

If you tried living

like that in the forest,

you would surely die

right away.

- I see, then.

- Good.

- [Hiraku Voiceover] They really

are hardcore survivalists.

- By the way, if it's okay,

as thanks for letting us

all live here,

we were planning on doing some

mining and blacksmithing

work for you.

- Huh? You can do that?

- [Lea] We can.

I'd like to start by

building a furnace

that can melt iron.

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

I always imagined

that dwarves handled

the blacksmithing.

I guess that's

different in this world.

[dwarf snoring]

Following Lea's instruction,

they put together

a smithing work station.

They put charcoal

and iron sand

taken from the river into the

earthen furnace and heat it up.

Then they hammer the

melted iron to process it.

[metal banging]

[Hiraku chuckling]

- This is amazing!

We're advancing!

- Thank you very much.

- You can really do

everything, can't you?

- Well, yeah.

That tends to happen

when you spend

200 years wandering

without a home.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- The only things

we couldn't do

were settle down

and finally reproduce!

- Well, we already

took care of one of those.

[elves giggling]

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

I thought it would be

for the best if I

didn't say anything

about the second thing

she mentioned.

- I'm really happy you guys

all came to live here.

- Me too.

- I'm happy to hear

that you feel

that way about us, Hiraku.

[leaves rustling]

- [Hiraku] Let's stop

here for today.

- Excuse me.

I'm pretty sure

I saw a wheat field

out over there,

is that right?

- Yeah, we have

a wheat field,

but we already processed and

harvested it into

flour to store.

[Hiraku gasping]

- If it's all right with you,

I would like to bake

some bread for everyone.

- Some bread?

Yes, please, go ahead!

Wait, what's that?

- If you use this stuff in here,

it makes the bread rise up

when it bakes.

[thud]

[bright music]

[Leef gasping]

[magical music]

[Leef gasping]

[bread crunching]

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

That freshly baked bread

tasted amazing!

[bright guitar music]

- This is delicious!

- [Tia] It really is!

- We're all very happy to

hear that you enjoy it.

- [Lu] That's an understatement.

- [Hiraku Voiceover]

That jar must've had

a natural yeast to make the

bread rise inside of it.

Now that we can bake bread,

I'd like to expand

the wheat fields.

- I might be late in asking,

but does this land we're on

belong to anyone?

- You mean like

this forest here?

- Yeah.

- I don't think anyone owns

this plot of land or anything,

but I guess it's under the

control of the demon lord.

- The demon lord?

- Yeah.

- That sounds terrifying.

- Is there some sort of problem?

- Well, it's just do you

think the demon lord

is going to have

a problem with me

building all these crop

fields and stuff here?

- [Lu] Is that what

you're worried about?

Did you receive

any kind of support

when you started

building all this?

- [Hiraku] No, not at all.

- Then there's nothing

to worry about.

If you built this place

all on your own,

then the land belongs to you.

- I guess that's how it works.

- That's how it works!

[bright folk music]

- [Lea] Hiraku is really

full of surprises.

- [Lu] He surprised me

a lot at first, too.

- Not only did he tame all those

inferno wolves by himself

without causing any harm,

but he tamed

a demon spider, too!

He's definitely special.

- And all these crops as well.

Is the soil here

really good enough

to grow vegetables like this?

- Who knows.

I never got to asking him.

- I'm pretty sure he has

a very green thumb.

[Lu sighing]

That said, it's surprising

how lacking he is

in knowledge about the world.

- I know what you mean!

He was saying that he thought

elves were a race that

didn't use fire or eat meat,

that we're one with nature.

- Are you serious?

- Not only that,

but he didn't seem to know

what angels were either.

- That goes a few steps

beyond lacking knowledge.

- You're right.

[bright folk music]

- [Hiraku Voiceover] Oh yeah,

I haven't worked on building

the waterway in awhile.

Maybe I'll ask Lea and

the elves to help me out.

There's lots of work

to do tomorrow.

["Feel the winds"

by Yui Hizuki plays]

[bright folk music]