WEBVTT 00:06.940 --> 00:09.860 Ah, that much-talked-about... 00:10.540 --> 00:12.150 You're telling me to disgrace myself? 00:13.130 --> 00:15.210 You best just give up. 00:17.130 --> 00:18.740 "Incompetent talented girl." 00:43.290 --> 00:46.540 Perhaps they've gotten lost. 00:59.710 --> 01:01.330 Where am I...? 01:02.630 --> 01:04.630 My outfit has changed yet again. 01:05.750 --> 01:08.420 Welcome to "Walter's Illusory Tale." 01:08.420 --> 01:09.540 Mule! 01:09.540 --> 01:11.790 Can you keep quiet and behave yourself? 01:12.250 --> 01:13.420 It's about to begin. 01:14.790 --> 01:16.170 "Begin"? 01:18.630 --> 01:19.550 Lita... 01:20.460 --> 01:21.540 Elli! 01:24.540 --> 01:25.920 Quiet, please. 01:33.580 --> 01:34.820 What is all this? 01:35.170 --> 01:38.280 Welcome to the Queen of Hearts' court. 01:38.880 --> 01:41.240 I presume you're Melida Angel, the girl in question. 01:43.250 --> 01:44.960 Yes, "Big Brother." 01:45.420 --> 01:49.870 That is without question the daughter of the head House of Angel. 01:49.870 --> 01:51.040 Very good! 01:51.460 --> 01:54.830 Then, let the trial now begin. 01:56.330 --> 01:59.080 Pride of an Assassin-Instructor 02:03.210 --> 02:04.790 "Trial"? 02:07.040 --> 02:11.940 That man is the judge as well as the ringleader behind this conspiracy. 02:12.580 --> 02:17.740 It was under his instruction that I lead you and the others here, Melida. 02:19.380 --> 02:20.500 I see... 02:21.080 --> 02:24.540 I don't know who you are or where you come from, 02:24.540 --> 02:26.800 but I won't bow my head to a king 02:26.800 --> 02:30.710 who hides his face with a mask and is unwilling to reveal his lineage. 02:31.170 --> 02:35.380 We're still in the middle of our certification exam, so I'll be going now. 02:36.080 --> 02:40.000 You cannot flee, imposter daughter of the House of Angel. 02:41.080 --> 02:42.750 Clerk, please prepare to start recording. 02:45.000 --> 02:47.040 Once Upon a Time. 02:48.420 --> 02:52.120 "Anders' Codex" here is a magical text that will 02:52.120 --> 02:54.690 accurately chronicle all the events as they unfold. 02:54.690 --> 02:58.690 So you best be careful about your choice of words of here. 02:59.250 --> 03:03.960 Otherwise you'll end up delighting the public with a Knight-Duke House-related scandal. 03:06.880 --> 03:09.360 There is a single charge against you. 03:09.360 --> 03:14.920 The defendant, Melida Angel, in spite of having no qualification to be in a Knight-Duke House, 03:15.290 --> 03:17.250 is suspected of laying claim to the Angel family name 03:17.250 --> 03:22.840 and deceiving the people of Flandore over the course of 13 years. 03:22.840 --> 03:24.540 You damn "incompetent talented girl"! 03:24.540 --> 03:26.930 Such a thing is unforgivable! 03:26.930 --> 03:28.540 Precisely! 03:28.880 --> 03:33.210 However, the time to shed light on her crimes has finally come. 03:33.670 --> 03:38.980 The man who says he is her true father has appeared and taken center stage. 03:39.790 --> 03:40.900 And furthermore... 03:42.000 --> 03:45.200 We have here proof that the defendant's lineage is improper. 03:45.500 --> 03:46.830 That's my... 03:47.750 --> 03:50.050 "Name: Melida Angel." 03:50.050 --> 03:51.880 Her Class is... 03:52.920 --> 03:54.540 Oh my... 03:55.000 --> 03:56.170 "Samurai." 03:57.290 --> 03:58.460 I knew it! 03:58.460 --> 04:00.330 So, that girl really is... 04:00.630 --> 04:03.120 While it may be true my Class is Samurai, 04:03.120 --> 04:05.680 that's not evidence that I'm not my father's daughter. 04:07.210 --> 04:09.420 My instructor taught me that. 04:10.420 --> 04:12.330 Even when one is born into a Knight-Duke House, 04:12.330 --> 04:15.210 there are cases in which they don't inherit a higher-ranked Class! 04:15.920 --> 04:18.040 You are indeed correct. 04:18.040 --> 04:21.780 However, there is something I just can't wrap my head around. 04:21.780 --> 04:25.420 Why is it that you were an "incompetent talented girl" who didn't have any mana? 04:26.080 --> 04:31.330 And why only now at the age of 13 did your mana suddenly awaken? 04:31.330 --> 04:33.130 Th-that's because... 04:34.460 --> 04:35.920 That's because what?! 04:35.920 --> 04:37.790 Why did your mana manifest all of a sudden?! 04:38.380 --> 04:41.080 If anyone finds out about what happened... 04:41.080 --> 04:42.920 See! She can't offer a reply! 04:42.920 --> 04:45.630 She has a guilty conscience, after all! 04:45.630 --> 04:47.000 Th-that's not true! 04:47.000 --> 04:48.510 Sure about that?! 04:48.510 --> 04:51.000 Deep down even you know, don't you? 04:51.000 --> 04:53.330 That, having been labeled an "incompetent talented girl," 04:53.330 --> 04:56.020 you're unworthy of being part of a Knight-Duke House! 04:56.020 --> 04:57.630 It's clear as day now! 04:57.630 --> 05:00.730 Melida Angel's father is not Duke Felgus! 05:01.000 --> 05:03.130 This is absolutely unbearable! 05:03.130 --> 05:05.740 When the two of them married, 05:05.740 --> 05:08.780 Duke Felgus had people from all quarters running him ragged. 05:08.780 --> 05:12.000 What a little hussy she was to betray that devotion! 05:12.330 --> 05:15.070 Sure enough, shouldn't the vulgar commoners be expelled to 05:15.070 --> 05:17.340 the lower-social-stratum living quarters 05:17.340 --> 05:21.210 and Flandore kept as the domain of us nobles alone?! 05:21.210 --> 05:22.090 Shut up... 05:23.800 --> 05:26.380 SHUT UP! 05:26.380 --> 05:29.000 Don't you speak ill of my mother and father! 05:29.000 --> 05:31.350 I remember it all. 05:31.580 --> 05:35.850 My mother sincerely loved me and my father! 05:35.850 --> 05:38.280 I refuse to believe I'm the product of an affair! 05:38.280 --> 05:39.670 Then, why is your mana- 05:39.670 --> 05:41.710 I will prove that to you! 05:42.250 --> 05:46.000 I'll get more and more powerful, join Crest Legion, 05:46.000 --> 05:48.050 become the kind of child of the House of Angel who's acknowledged 05:48.050 --> 05:49.660 by people all over the country, 05:50.080 --> 05:53.880 and attest to the love that my mother and father shared! 05:54.460 --> 05:55.540 Lita... 05:56.290 --> 05:58.960 I will absolutely not give in! 06:00.830 --> 06:04.460 I'll be damned if I lose to you all! 06:10.630 --> 06:12.630 Then you should prove it to us. 06:13.880 --> 06:17.790 Let's see whether you're truly a match for someone from a Knight-Duke House. 06:21.580 --> 06:22.960 Salacha...? 06:23.330 --> 06:26.210 Go now, my loyal knight Jack! 06:26.790 --> 06:29.750 Expose the deception that has grown rampant in the House of Angel! 06:30.170 --> 06:33.250 If possible, I wanted to put a stop to this before it went this far... 06:36.290 --> 06:36.960 Wait! 06:37.540 --> 06:39.080 Cut it out, Salacha! 06:39.580 --> 06:40.170 Lita! 06:42.580 --> 06:43.290 Thanks! 06:46.460 --> 06:49.220 Now that it's come to this, I'm left with no choice. 06:49.220 --> 06:52.630 At best I can end this quickly by my own hand. 06:53.130 --> 06:55.580 I can at least take pride in that! 06:59.080 --> 06:59.770 Lita! 07:01.790 --> 07:03.960 Please don't put up a struggle. 07:03.960 --> 07:06.110 I have no desire to see your blood. 07:06.380 --> 07:08.080 How very kind of you. 07:08.080 --> 07:12.160 But you best not underestimate the Samurai Class! 07:21.250 --> 07:23.130 The Dragoon ability of flight... 07:25.080 --> 07:26.590 Springily Rain! 07:28.880 --> 07:30.130 Lita! 07:31.040 --> 07:33.960 She seems to be trying her best, at least. 07:33.960 --> 07:37.180 Too bad Melida doesn't have a chance in a million of winning. 07:37.670 --> 07:42.380 I mean, right from the beginning she's getting pinned down by Sala, a Dragoon Class. 07:44.540 --> 07:49.040 She's not a Paladin Class, and if moreover she suffers an overwhelming defeat 07:49.040 --> 07:51.630 to a fellow daughter of a Knight-Duke House who's her same age, 07:51.630 --> 07:56.800 there will be no one left who believes she's descended from the House of Angel. 07:56.800 --> 07:59.500 You reek of lies. 08:00.500 --> 08:02.710 Lita boasted about you to me. 08:02.710 --> 08:05.750 She said she had gotten to know a really pretty girl. 08:06.250 --> 08:08.790 She said she felt like you might become a special kind of friend. 08:09.960 --> 08:11.000 Oh, I see. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.460 But, I bet she hates me now. 08:13.970 --> 08:15.470 That's your real intention. 08:17.680 --> 08:22.750 So long as she has a friend like you by her side, I'm sure Melida will be fine. 08:22.750 --> 08:25.600 You really like Lita, don't you? 08:26.080 --> 08:28.920 If you think of Lita and look down on her, 08:29.330 --> 08:32.610 I will stand behind her and support her. 08:32.610 --> 08:35.170 I take pride in that! 08:37.380 --> 08:39.000 She's dominating. 08:39.000 --> 08:40.920 Take a look at that! 08:40.920 --> 08:43.960 How unsightly it is to be unable to do anything more than run away! 08:44.460 --> 08:47.290 Those with addled eyes see that and think she's dominating? 08:49.670 --> 08:51.080 Just who the hell is he? 08:51.670 --> 08:53.800 That man who trains her... 08:57.130 --> 08:58.080 No, Salacha! 09:04.210 --> 09:06.100 No more taking refuge in the sky! 09:09.020 --> 09:10.020 Sala! 09:11.330 --> 09:13.740 Lady Salacha lost?! 09:15.330 --> 09:16.860 Now, you all listen to me! 09:20.630 --> 09:24.630 I take pride in being Samurai Class! 09:24.960 --> 09:27.790 It is because I'm a Samurai that I was able to pick myself up, 09:27.790 --> 09:29.810 and it's because there's someone I want to catch up 09:29.810 --> 09:31.750 with that I can find the courage to push forward. 09:32.630 --> 09:34.210 Staying true to myself, 09:34.540 --> 09:38.090 I'll get everyone to accept me just as I am. 09:39.350 --> 09:42.670 I am a Paladin of the House of Angel! 09:48.880 --> 09:52.330 U-uh, If... by any chance at all... 09:52.330 --> 09:55.500 Lady Melida truly is the daughter of Duke Felgus 09:55.500 --> 09:59.880 and the late awakening of her mana and difference in Class was simply bad luck... 10:00.460 --> 10:04.580 Wouldn't it mean we've done something extremely treasonous? 10:06.330 --> 10:09.170 Once she's backed into a corner, she's of no use at all. 10:10.210 --> 10:12.790 I suppose I'll make it as if this never happened. 10:23.830 --> 10:25.000 Is that...?! 10:37.400 --> 10:38.500 Melida! 10:42.710 --> 10:44.210 What's that?! 10:44.210 --> 10:46.380 An "Alternate Fountain Pen"! 10:46.380 --> 10:50.460 It's a super-rare non-standard item that can rewrite the effects of magical texts! 10:50.790 --> 10:52.750 What's Sala doing with something like that?! 11:04.290 --> 11:06.040 What should we be doing now?! 11:06.040 --> 11:08.210 We're mana users, you know! 11:12.630 --> 11:14.330 Melida is absolutely right. 11:15.540 --> 11:17.420 Playtime is over now. 11:18.380 --> 11:19.330 Okay! 11:22.670 --> 11:25.630 Everyone in the gallery, this is the way out! 11:25.630 --> 11:26.830 Hurry, everybody! 11:26.830 --> 11:27.830 Get on the other side of the door! 11:32.330 --> 11:33.610 Mrs. Othello? 11:33.610 --> 11:35.290 Uh, I-I... 11:37.830 --> 11:39.710 Please quickly take refuge. 11:39.710 --> 11:43.500 Elli will be troubled if you don't return home to the mansion. 11:53.920 --> 11:55.790 Quickly, now! We need to go, too! 11:58.880 --> 12:00.080 Come, come... 12:00.790 --> 12:03.030 beautiful princesses! 12:10.080 --> 12:13.830 Isn't it about time for the finale of this fairy tale? 12:14.250 --> 12:15.380 You're...! 12:17.040 --> 12:21.510 My current role is not as "Melida Angel's imposter father." 12:22.000 --> 12:24.750 It is as "complete unadulterated evil." 12:25.180 --> 12:26.710 Sure enough, you are an imposter! 12:26.710 --> 12:28.710 How dare you torment Lita like you did! 12:35.540 --> 12:36.750 It's eroding it? 12:37.250 --> 12:39.210 It's time to put an end to this! 12:39.210 --> 12:40.280 Elli! 12:45.780 --> 12:46.830 Lita... 12:47.580 --> 12:49.380 Elli, I'll protect you. 12:50.710 --> 12:52.250 Now let me hear... 12:52.580 --> 12:55.250 the despair-filled shriek of a young lady! 13:05.500 --> 13:06.750 Instructor... 13:08.380 --> 13:10.880 Sorry I took so long, Lady Melida. 13:11.830 --> 13:13.600 Leave the rest to me. 13:17.040 --> 13:18.540 No, Instructor. 13:19.710 --> 13:21.440 I am also going to protect everyone! 13:24.330 --> 13:27.040 That's the kind of thing that makes you my pupil. 13:32.710 --> 13:34.500 Let's do this, milady! 13:34.500 --> 13:35.670 Okay! 13:36.290 --> 13:39.000 I suspected that you would come, 13:39.000 --> 13:41.830 private tutor of Melida Angel. 13:43.670 --> 13:44.920 As if I care. 13:45.250 --> 13:46.460 Now, scram. 13:56.920 --> 13:57.850 When did you...?! 14:08.030 --> 14:09.080 Too slow. 14:09.080 --> 14:11.380 It's taking you three seconds to unleash your mana. 14:11.380 --> 14:12.330 Understood. 14:15.210 --> 14:17.130 What's a bastard like you gonna- 14:17.750 --> 14:20.080 Don't make light of the Samurai Class. 14:44.790 --> 14:47.960 Thousand Blade: Brilliant Severing-Petal! 15:09.460 --> 15:10.500 Instructor! 15:45.750 --> 15:47.170 Miu... 15:47.670 --> 15:50.000 Oh my, how careless of me. 15:53.500 --> 15:57.040 Those two are so passionate they couldn't resist. 16:05.210 --> 16:08.880 Damn it! Ouch! It hurts! 16:08.880 --> 16:11.130 Stop making a fuss and being so unseemly. 16:11.130 --> 16:12.510 Duke! 16:12.510 --> 16:18.040 Though it happened within a tale, you suffered death, so you bet it hurts. 16:19.460 --> 16:21.040 Save me, Duke! 16:23.080 --> 16:24.710 I get it. 16:26.500 --> 16:27.630 Thank you for your service. 16:31.380 --> 16:32.830 Why...? 16:33.210 --> 16:36.630 I thought I'd give you one last role to play, you see. 16:42.210 --> 16:45.490 The unforeseen ability and determination of the "incompetent talented girl"... 16:45.490 --> 16:49.540 The skill of her private tutor and his hidden background... 16:50.380 --> 16:54.150 It would seem there is still much that I have to do. 16:56.920 --> 16:59.420 Lady Elise! 16:59.420 --> 17:00.580 Instructor Rose! 17:00.580 --> 17:02.490 I was so worried! 17:02.490 --> 17:04.540 Any injuries? You okay? 17:05.210 --> 17:06.250 I'm alright. 17:06.630 --> 17:09.750 Welcome back, Instructor Kufa, Melida. 17:10.130 --> 17:11.710 I'm so very glad you're safe. 17:12.080 --> 17:14.110 I'm sorry to have worried you. 17:14.110 --> 17:15.960 Melida, you did a great job, too. 17:16.330 --> 17:17.080 Thanks! 17:17.670 --> 17:18.750 Truly. 17:32.330 --> 17:37.450 In the following days, a number of people claiming to be Lady Melida's true father 17:37.450 --> 17:40.250 wrote in to the various newspapers. 17:40.630 --> 17:44.250 Regarding the incident that had secretly shaken the Cardinals' Scholarship District... 17:45.000 --> 17:49.880 The matter was resolved by Knight-Duke Serge Shicksal, 17:49.880 --> 17:52.080 who had moved forward with an independent investigation. 17:53.710 --> 17:59.130 The culprit behind the incident was a member of Crest Legion named Bijou Niese. 17:59.830 --> 18:03.920 The young elite knight is considered to have perpetrated the act of violence 18:03.920 --> 18:06.810 due to harboring doubts about the current state of the nation. 18:07.710 --> 18:11.770 But he has gone into hiding and the truth of the matter remains in the dark. 18:12.790 --> 18:16.420 To deal with the aftermath of this crime unprecedented in the history of Crest Legion, 18:16.830 --> 18:23.040 the commander of the unit, Duke Felgus Angel, is briefly staying with Lady Melida. 18:27.460 --> 18:29.000 Come on, get back up. 18:29.670 --> 18:30.830 Thanks. 18:31.500 --> 18:32.790 Lita? 18:35.500 --> 18:36.710 Now, now... 18:47.630 --> 18:48.830 Father! 18:57.920 --> 19:02.540 Regarding your Class that was shown on your certificate for passing the labyrinth-librarian exam... 19:03.580 --> 19:08.460 In your great-grandmother's generation, there was a relative who was Samurai Class... 19:08.460 --> 19:10.580 If I'm remembering correctly. 19:13.710 --> 19:15.960 You very much resemble Melinoa. 19:18.290 --> 19:19.830 Father... 19:34.540 --> 19:35.990 I leave the rest to you. 19:35.990 --> 19:37.080 Understood. 19:49.960 --> 19:52.920 I'm happy for you, Lady Melida. 21:27.290 --> 21:29.080 Ah, look at the time! 21:29.080 --> 21:30.330 We have to hurry! 21:30.330 --> 21:32.630 It's the opening ceremony, so we must get ready, too! 21:32.630 --> 21:34.710 Milady, it's time to go. 21:35.330 --> 21:36.380 Alright. 22:00.380 --> 22:03.250 You're the same color as my instructor, you know. 22:11.960 --> 22:13.670 You're always together, aren't you? 22:23.790 --> 22:24.750 Milady. 22:25.330 --> 22:26.330 Instructor! 22:37.630 --> 22:44.040 For my reward for passing the certification exam, will you hear out my selfish request? 22:44.540 --> 22:46.000 Go right ahead. 22:50.750 --> 22:52.880 I'd like you to see it... 22:53.380 --> 22:59.170 The moment this world, which could be said to be cruel, acknowledges me someday. 23:01.580 --> 23:07.920 Then, rather than entrusting my life to you, I'd like to risk my life for you. 23:09.630 --> 23:12.130 Ah, sure enough... 23:16.130 --> 23:18.380 She is my little lady. 23:24.420 --> 23:27.080 Oh, dear! If we don't hurry we'll be late! 23:29.580 --> 23:31.470 Let's go, Instructor. 23:31.470 --> 23:35.040 You are, after all, my one and only... 23:35.460 --> 23:37.380 pride as an assassin.