WEBVTT 00:05.000 --> 00:07.400 Boss, what do you think? 00:07.400 --> 00:08.500 About what? 00:08.500 --> 00:10.800 Why weren't you listening? 00:10.800 --> 00:13.260 I didn't think you were talking to me. 00:13.260 --> 00:14.470 What I said was— 00:14.470 --> 00:15.340 What are you ordering? 00:15.340 --> 00:19.260 Oh, um... Sorcery ramen! 00:19.260 --> 00:20.190 Coming up. 00:22.220 --> 00:26.190 You were asking if you should hide your gender if you want to keep adventuring, right? 00:26.190 --> 00:28.290 So you were listening! 00:28.290 --> 00:29.880 Why are you worried about that? 00:29.880 --> 00:31.980 Well, because... 00:33.890 --> 00:37.440 I think you should do things the way you want to do them. 00:38.570 --> 00:41.390 The way I want to? 00:41.830 --> 00:45.330 Because, whatever the case, you're you. 00:46.070 --> 00:47.830 Order up! Thanks for waiting! 00:49.290 --> 00:51.420 I'm me. 00:55.630 --> 00:58.320 I'm sorry! I'm going to borrow the back for a minute! 00:59.840 --> 01:01.600 Hey! Is something wrong? 01:03.720 --> 01:05.350 What's all that noise? 01:10.730 --> 01:14.380 When people make mistakes, they start being afraid of making more mistakes, 01:14.380 --> 01:17.450 and sometimes they lose sight of who they really are. 01:18.230 --> 01:20.160 But instead of doing that... 01:22.470 --> 01:24.690 I'm certain that just being your true self... 01:24.690 --> 01:26.250 is far better! 01:28.280 --> 01:29.500 I think that's good. 01:29.500 --> 01:31.250 Atelier-chan! 03:10.650 --> 03:12.570 It's so good! 03:13.190 --> 03:17.230 Boss, when you said, "You're you," that really resonated with me! 03:17.580 --> 03:22.480 A skilled chef's words just carry a different weight, don't they? 03:24.190 --> 03:25.620 By the way... 03:25.620 --> 03:28.370 you're coming here to eat meal... 03:29.040 --> 03:32.410 but you are looking to join another party, aren't you? 03:35.500 --> 03:38.450 Well, you know, not everything can go smoothly. 03:38.450 --> 03:42.850 Once you finish eating that, go out and find a job, then pay off your tab! 03:42.850 --> 03:44.690 What? You're keeping a tab? 03:44.690 --> 03:45.590 Of course I am! 03:45.590 --> 03:46.140 What? 03:46.140 --> 03:49.180 The first one was on me, remember? You need to try harder! 03:49.180 --> 03:50.140 Welcome. 03:49.180 --> 03:51.140 Boss, you're being so mean! 03:55.240 --> 03:57.020 Welcome. 04:03.490 --> 04:06.280 A man? No. A woman? 04:06.610 --> 04:08.370 What a beautiful child! 04:09.080 --> 04:11.120 Let me know when you're ready to order. 04:15.370 --> 04:17.530 What's good here? 04:17.530 --> 04:19.380 Everything's good here! 04:19.600 --> 04:22.510 That sort of answer is the most unhelpful. 04:23.750 --> 04:27.160 Oh, then how about a vritra katsudon? 04:27.160 --> 04:29.640 I'm not in the mood for a rice bowl. 04:30.480 --> 04:32.940 In that case, the pasta here is delicious, too! 04:32.940 --> 04:34.520 You could have a hearty spa-katsu! 04:34.840 --> 04:37.020 That sounds a little heavy. 04:37.270 --> 04:38.770 What about kelpie udon? 04:39.080 --> 04:41.040 Udon is sort of... 04:41.040 --> 04:43.830 Then what do you want, you little jerk? 04:43.830 --> 04:45.340 Boss, calm down! 04:45.340 --> 04:49.030 Everyone's clueless sometimes when they're young. 04:52.940 --> 04:56.290 In times like this... order fried rice. 04:56.290 --> 04:57.760 Um... 04:58.640 --> 05:00.520 Then I'll have the fried rice. 05:00.520 --> 05:02.050 Coming up! 05:28.990 --> 05:30.320 Thanks for waiting! 05:31.040 --> 05:33.580 Ankake fried rice should be pretty easy to eat. 05:43.400 --> 05:45.670 So, did something bad happen? 05:47.660 --> 05:49.570 I'm not sure what you're referring to. 05:49.570 --> 05:53.040 You were sighing, and you seemed like you wanted someone to listen. 05:53.040 --> 05:55.680 There's nothing in particular I want to talk about. 05:55.680 --> 05:57.490 If not, that's fine. 05:57.490 --> 05:59.810 Well, if you insist. 06:00.230 --> 06:01.560 So you are gonna talk. 06:01.560 --> 06:06.320 I suppose the issue is that the level of those around me is too low. 06:08.820 --> 06:11.360 I see. Well, that's... rough. 06:11.360 --> 06:13.740 Do you want to know exactly what I'm referring to? 06:13.740 --> 06:15.330 No, not especially. 06:15.710 --> 06:17.830 Their mindsets are lacking. 06:17.830 --> 06:19.710 And you're telling us anyway. 06:20.090 --> 06:22.940 All they can think about is completing 06:22.940 --> 06:25.760 the quest in front of them and earning paltry amounts. 06:25.760 --> 06:30.840 They have no thought of growing into a top-tier party at all! 06:31.750 --> 06:32.480 You hear that? 06:32.480 --> 06:33.180 What? 06:33.900 --> 06:37.190 You're not even earning money, so maybe you should be six feet under. 06:37.500 --> 06:40.990 Boss, sometimes you're just naturally rude. 06:40.990 --> 06:44.320 Whatever the case, I refuse to stand for it! 06:44.320 --> 06:46.430 For a group of unmotivated louts 06:46.430 --> 06:49.450 to carelessly go and play at being adventurers... It's unforgivable! 06:50.320 --> 06:51.360 And I'm right, right? 06:51.360 --> 06:52.910 We're talking about adventurers! 06:53.420 --> 06:56.570 We're not talking about fully developed, safe lands. 06:56.570 --> 07:02.420 Exploring unknown lands... That's what a true adventurer does, don't you think? 07:02.420 --> 07:04.580 Don't you think? 07:04.580 --> 07:06.170 Y-Yeah. 07:06.170 --> 07:10.300 And, well, when I told them this, my party kicked me out. 07:10.300 --> 07:12.430 You got kicked out? 07:12.430 --> 07:17.360 Hey, is our restaurant sending out outcast-attracting pheromones or something? 07:17.360 --> 07:20.180 How am I supposed to know, Boss? 07:20.180 --> 07:25.110 Well, a party with such a poor mindset is one I'd like to withdraw from anyway! 07:25.110 --> 07:27.670 After all, one day, I will reach that pinnacle of adventurers... 07:28.030 --> 07:32.040 the Silver Wing Battalion, and I am the man who will become their greatest wizard! 07:34.280 --> 07:39.290 Well, you know, just be careful not to get too worked up and end up alone. 07:39.790 --> 07:43.790 When all is said and done, adventurers are adventurers because of their parties. 07:44.510 --> 07:49.100 Well, if there is ever a party that can keep up with me, I'll consider it. 07:49.100 --> 07:51.300 Right. 07:51.530 --> 07:54.310 Thank you. It was delicious. No need for change. 07:54.310 --> 07:55.950 Yes, you paid the exact amount. 07:57.590 --> 08:01.810 My name is Vivia, Vivia Strange. 08:01.810 --> 08:04.770 R-Right. Come again! 08:04.770 --> 08:05.940 Come again. 08:06.490 --> 08:09.710 Next time, I'll come for the shrimp fried rice. 08:10.760 --> 08:13.270 So... he liked the fried rice, then? 08:17.610 --> 08:18.950 Oh, that's right! 08:19.170 --> 08:24.270 I've decided to join the strongest party around here, the Night Mist Troop. 08:24.270 --> 08:26.210 Oh. Congrats. 08:26.210 --> 08:29.710 When you're as great as I am, you find yourself very populous, you see? 08:29.710 --> 08:32.160 I think you probably mean "popular." 08:32.160 --> 08:33.970 They say that, too. 08:34.330 --> 08:37.000 But do your levels match? 08:37.880 --> 08:40.490 The levels will come later. 08:40.930 --> 08:44.080 I have many advanced skills, you see. 08:44.080 --> 08:46.580 All that's left is to put them into practice. 08:46.580 --> 08:49.020 You're young, but you're full of spirit, aren't you? 08:49.020 --> 08:53.860 Apparently, that party chose me because of my future potential. 08:54.250 --> 08:55.140 Really? 08:55.140 --> 08:58.120 Well, if you think it'll work out, there's nothing more to consider. 08:58.120 --> 09:02.020 So I'm joining the Night Mist Troop at last. 09:02.020 --> 09:04.910 Joining the Silver Wing Battalion may not be too far off. 09:05.360 --> 09:07.420 Order up! Thanks for waiting! 09:14.620 --> 09:16.710 Once I join Silver Wing, 09:16.710 --> 09:19.820 do you think I'll get a cool epithet? 09:19.820 --> 09:21.970 Maybe something like... the Stygian Conjurer. 09:22.080 --> 09:24.730 Nickname: Legendary Fried Rice 09:25.310 --> 09:30.250 He's a little too self-involved, but wanting to improve yourself isn't a bad thing. 09:30.590 --> 09:33.520 If he finds a stable party that'll train him up right, 09:33.520 --> 09:36.030 one day, he'll be a dependable adventurer. 09:37.230 --> 09:38.920 When's your first job? 09:38.920 --> 09:41.240 Huh? Oh. Tomorrow. 09:41.240 --> 09:43.870 Really? What kind of request is it? 09:43.870 --> 09:48.330 Gathering rare synthesis materials, so we'll probably head down to the fifth floor. 09:48.930 --> 09:50.570 The fifth floor? 09:50.570 --> 09:52.030 Pardon the intrusion. 09:52.030 --> 09:53.250 Search. 09:54.320 --> 09:56.190 Level 17, huh? 09:56.540 --> 09:59.030 I suppose that's on the high side for his age, 09:59.030 --> 10:02.390 but a level in the high thirties is recommended for the fifth floor. 10:02.950 --> 10:06.890 It's not an area you want to take an adventurer at his level. 10:07.120 --> 10:09.230 Isn't that a little too deep? 10:09.230 --> 10:11.690 What's this? Boss, you can tell? 10:11.690 --> 10:13.770 Well, you know, I can tell that much. 10:13.770 --> 10:15.500 It'll be fine. 10:15.500 --> 10:20.230 Apparently, the most elite of their elite members will provide me with full support. 10:20.760 --> 10:23.930 He said he had a lot of advanced skills, 10:23.930 --> 10:28.290 but he probably just read about them in books and feels like he knows them. 10:28.720 --> 10:30.180 A person's level 10:30.180 --> 10:33.950 is a quantification of the number and quality of the skills they've acquired. 10:34.490 --> 10:38.300 The reason a person's base stats increase with each level 10:38.300 --> 10:44.190 is because the skills they've acquired become more accurate and are almost always active. 10:44.970 --> 10:48.800 If he really has acquired multiple advanced skills, 10:49.120 --> 10:52.270 then it's odd that his level hasn't increased a similar amount. 10:53.650 --> 10:57.330 I suppose it just shows how much they expect from me. 10:57.330 --> 10:59.340 But everyone has limits, right? 10:59.340 --> 11:03.530 What is this? You've never gone into a dungeon, have you? 11:03.530 --> 11:07.060 It's a world that only adventurers can understand, you see. 11:07.060 --> 11:08.730 That's true. 11:09.320 --> 11:14.170 The last time I went in, it was to the thirty-seventh floor. 11:14.170 --> 11:18.420 I'm certain it'll be fine. It's a top-tier party, after all. 11:18.420 --> 11:19.920 Yeah, but... 11:20.460 --> 11:23.680 Next time, I'll come for the crab fried rice. 11:32.190 --> 11:36.190 Eggs and meat. Eggs and meat. 11:36.590 --> 11:39.190 Eggs and meat. 11:37.030 --> 11:41.030 He's probably arrived at the fifth floor by now. 11:41.030 --> 11:44.000 Should I have stopped him, whatever it took? 11:44.000 --> 11:47.680 No. In the world of adventurers, taking personal responsibility is the general rule. 11:48.190 --> 11:49.950 But, that said... 11:54.700 --> 11:56.920 I hope he's safe. 11:58.800 --> 12:00.570 Yes, me too. 12:00.570 --> 12:04.680 But d'you think that kid, Vivia or whatever, will be all right? 12:05.680 --> 12:09.390 That's just the way we do things. Too late to worry now. 12:09.390 --> 12:14.430 But making him go down to the fifth floor just to see if he can make it back alive... 12:14.430 --> 12:17.360 Captain Hopper does some terrifying stuff, you know? 12:17.360 --> 12:19.230 It's like a rite of passage. 12:19.230 --> 12:21.400 Pretty much everyone has died, though. 12:26.730 --> 12:28.240 What'd you do that for? 12:28.240 --> 12:29.890 I wanted to talk to you. 12:29.890 --> 12:32.580 We're members of the Night Mist Troop! 12:32.580 --> 12:34.330 Get 'em! 12:39.210 --> 12:42.590 Atelier! Sorry, but we're gonna close for the day. 12:42.870 --> 12:43.720 For dinner, you'll... 12:47.160 --> 12:48.630 Be careful. 12:52.410 --> 12:53.980 Don't worry. 13:12.770 --> 13:15.110 Stay away! Stay away from me! 13:15.580 --> 13:17.830 Just me, by myself? 13:18.170 --> 13:20.040 It's a test to join the troop. 13:20.040 --> 13:22.370 The captain's got high hopes for you! 13:24.090 --> 13:28.930 I have to at least make it back to the fourth, no, the third floor! 13:33.510 --> 13:34.890 What's that? 13:37.650 --> 13:38.860 What is this? 13:39.350 --> 13:41.900 There's magic running through it! I can't get it off! 13:42.410 --> 13:45.070 If I'm right, then spell-breaking magic... 13:45.560 --> 13:47.700 It's, um... Um... 13:48.680 --> 13:51.870 Huh? My mind's completely blank. 13:53.250 --> 13:55.120 I read all those books so thoroughly. 13:55.440 --> 13:57.470 I wrote it all out on paper over and over. 13:57.470 --> 13:59.110 I thought I had it all memorized, but... 14:01.520 --> 14:03.460 At this rate, they'll find me. 14:03.740 --> 14:07.690 I'll be stabbed over and over with those broken-bladed knives... 14:07.690 --> 14:09.470 and cut to shreds... 14:09.910 --> 14:11.200 And in the end... 14:13.000 --> 14:14.310 No! 14:14.770 --> 14:16.560 No! I don't want this! No! 14:16.560 --> 14:18.230 No! No! 14:42.060 --> 14:44.650 You saved me. Thank you. 14:44.650 --> 14:47.570 This is all thanks to you teaching me the steps for breaking a spell. 14:50.070 --> 14:52.650 It's impressive that you know magic that old. 14:52.650 --> 14:53.760 Yes... 14:54.170 --> 14:57.850 I didn't know about this place. If you hadn't been here... 14:57.850 --> 15:00.530 It's too soon to feel safe yet. 15:00.530 --> 15:03.230 We still need to find a way to escape this place. 15:03.560 --> 15:04.440 Yeah. 15:04.830 --> 15:07.760 I'm Vivia. What's your name? 15:07.760 --> 15:09.240 Cynthia. 15:09.240 --> 15:12.720 Did you get lost and end up down here, too? 15:13.410 --> 15:16.910 My party left me behind. 15:18.490 --> 15:23.240 When we were running from monsters, I got caught in that trap, too. 15:23.640 --> 15:26.540 But no one came to save me. 15:26.540 --> 15:29.250 Everyone left me and ran away. 15:29.250 --> 15:31.010 What a horrible bunch. 15:31.360 --> 15:32.560 It's all right. 15:32.560 --> 15:37.940 No matter what I did, I was never any good at the basics. I caused them a lot of trouble. 15:37.940 --> 15:40.650 I'm so sorry! This has nothing to do with you! 15:40.650 --> 15:43.140 For now, we'll just wait for your party to rescue you. 15:43.480 --> 15:45.100 I'm the same as you. 15:45.100 --> 15:45.820 What? 15:46.200 --> 15:50.850 There's no one who will come and rescue me. 15:51.640 --> 15:54.020 Maybe I've been too pretentious. 15:54.020 --> 15:56.920 No matter what party I join, I get into arguments. 15:57.510 --> 16:00.150 I've just got a terrible personality. 16:00.150 --> 16:02.290 I don't think that's true! 16:02.290 --> 16:05.330 You don't know anything about me, though. 16:05.710 --> 16:08.380 And you don't know anything about me, either. 16:11.260 --> 16:14.260 Well, that tips me off. 16:15.010 --> 16:18.190 I've never talked to a stranger like this before. 16:18.620 --> 16:22.140 How can I put it? It's made me feel a little better. 16:22.690 --> 16:24.390 Then I'm glad. 16:37.370 --> 16:39.910 Hey, I have a plan. 16:39.910 --> 16:40.830 A plan? 16:41.440 --> 16:45.210 I'll act as a decoy and draw off all those goblins. 16:45.210 --> 16:47.580 While I do that, you escape, even if it's without me. 16:47.580 --> 16:51.990 We can't do that! If you don't survive, there's no point! 16:51.990 --> 16:55.920 If you hadn't saved me, I'd be dead right now. 16:56.620 --> 16:58.880 This is the first time I've felt this way. 17:01.520 --> 17:05.150 Now that I think back, I've always lived selfishly. 17:05.560 --> 17:07.700 I looked down on everyone around me. 17:07.700 --> 17:10.480 I kept thinking that I was different from them. 17:11.430 --> 17:15.590 But, Cynthia, you saved my life. 17:15.590 --> 17:17.070 You comforted me. 17:17.450 --> 17:22.740 I want you, at least, to make it out of this. I wish it from the bottom of my heart. 17:23.390 --> 17:25.860 Listen, I'll jump out first. 17:25.860 --> 17:27.960 While I'm distracting them, you run. 17:27.960 --> 17:29.970 No! We'll wait for rescue together. 17:29.970 --> 17:30.750 It's all right. 17:33.080 --> 17:35.550 I want you to be the one who lives! 17:41.600 --> 17:42.650 Wait! 17:44.110 --> 17:45.430 Please, don't go! 17:49.060 --> 17:50.440 All right. Come on! 17:50.680 --> 17:52.440 I'm not supposed to be alive right now anyway! 17:53.060 --> 17:56.950 If it means that Cynthia will survive, then I'm fine with it! 17:56.950 --> 17:58.700 That's an adventurer! 17:59.780 --> 18:01.600 Come on, goblins! 18:01.600 --> 18:04.240 I, Vivia Strange, will fight you! 18:04.240 --> 18:05.870 Palm! 18:17.970 --> 18:18.800 Alchemy! 18:18.800 --> 18:19.430 Steel! 18:24.680 --> 18:26.410 A pot grew out of the rocks? 18:30.050 --> 18:31.980 It's a monster! 18:32.840 --> 18:35.120 Palm! Palm! Palm! Palm! Palm! 18:34.650 --> 18:36.620 Calm down, Vivia! 18:35.120 --> 18:39.610 Palm! Palm! Palm! Palm! Palm! 18:36.620 --> 18:39.610 I said, calm down! It's me! It's me! 18:39.840 --> 18:43.260 That voice... The boss from the restaurant? 18:45.450 --> 18:48.250 What was the point in my hiding my face? 18:49.250 --> 18:52.500 You dolt! Why did you jump out in front of those goblins? 18:49.580 --> 18:51.240 Ow! 18:53.030 --> 18:55.080 Stop making me worry about you. 18:55.080 --> 18:57.010 Let's hurry up and get out of here while we can! 18:57.010 --> 19:00.350 Please, wait! There's one more! 19:00.350 --> 19:01.390 One more? 19:01.390 --> 19:04.260 Yes, the girl who saved me. 19:04.570 --> 19:06.700 She might have run already. 19:06.700 --> 19:08.770 I didn't pass anyone. 19:08.770 --> 19:10.680 Then she's in that hollow! 19:10.680 --> 19:11.710 Hollow? 19:14.890 --> 19:17.960 Cynthia, we've been rescued! 19:18.400 --> 19:19.630 Let's go back together— 19:20.570 --> 19:22.780 Are you talking about... 19:24.060 --> 19:26.410 these skeletal remains? 19:29.430 --> 19:30.910 Cynthia... 19:31.570 --> 19:34.120 Cynthia Dread. 19:34.470 --> 19:36.170 Oh, this is it. 19:37.230 --> 19:39.680 Sixteen years old. Wizard. 19:39.680 --> 19:43.500 Thirteen years ago, she got separated from her party on the fifth floor. 19:43.500 --> 19:44.930 Whereabouts unknown. 19:45.630 --> 19:48.990 She must have died there on that floor. 19:49.430 --> 19:51.760 Are the two of you relatives of hers? 20:03.130 --> 20:04.570 I've heard of this. 20:05.330 --> 20:12.550 The spirits of adventurers who die in dungeons sometimes rescue living adventurers. 20:15.880 --> 20:17.280 Thank you. 20:17.280 --> 20:18.670 I'll come back again. 20:19.760 --> 20:22.920 I'll keep coming back to visit your grave. 20:23.590 --> 20:27.680 I'm going to become the number one wizard in the world, no matter what. 20:28.480 --> 20:34.920 No matter what... I'll become a powerful wizard, and I'll save girls like you. 20:36.190 --> 20:38.240 I will, no matter what! 20:44.930 --> 20:47.690 Man, I'm starving. 20:47.690 --> 20:49.200 You must be hungry, too. 20:49.620 --> 20:52.060 I'll make you some fried rice or something. Come and eat. 20:52.840 --> 20:53.960 I will have some. 20:53.960 --> 20:56.550 Don't be so downhearted! 20:56.550 --> 21:00.160 If you're like that, then Cynthia-chan won't be able to rest in peace! 21:00.160 --> 21:05.590 All right, fine! I understand! But let me be sad for a little while! 21:11.870 --> 21:14.930 In ancient times, any time people experienced something mysterious 21:15.340 --> 21:17.670 that they weren't able to explain 21:18.110 --> 21:21.980 or stirred their hearts, they would call it "magic." 21:23.750 --> 21:26.860 If that's true, then she truly was... 21:27.370 --> 21:29.150 a magic-user, a wizard. 21:45.670 --> 21:46.860 Why... 21:49.680 --> 21:54.930 That's an Adventurer! 21:50.190 --> 21:52.280 did things turn out like this? 23:25.970 --> 23:30.030 Right before we closed up, a customer arrived. 23:31.030 --> 23:33.530 For some reason, I keep thinking about her. 23:33.590 --> 23:37.490 Episode 4 Then, I'll Have the Daily Special 23:34.440 --> 23:39.450 Dennis-sama, I want you to make delicious food for this person.