Hello, there!
Henrietta-chan, you're in a good mood, aren't you?
Am I?
Vivia-kun!
Hello, Henrietta-san!
That's a huge bag you're carrying.
I'm so excited about the feast today that I brought a bunch of stuff!
What did you—
Oh, it's the two regulars!
Not being at Dennis-san's restaurant at lunchtime is rare for the two of you.
The Adventurer's Restaurant is temporarily closed.
Today is a special day!
A special day?
Hey! Are the two of you ready?
'Course we are!
Atelier, do you understand where we're going?
You won't need your apron, right?
It's fine.
Sorry to keep you waiting!
Right, then let's go!
First, let's conduct a check!
Do you have a towel?
Soap?
A bucket?
A-okay!
Then before we feast...
let's cleanse our bodies!
Yeah!
Whoa! Incredible!
Any full-grown man's gonna look like this.
See? See?
What's with those lats? What do you do to grow them that big?
They're so hard! Almost like steel!
Right? Right?
But Vivia...
Why are you so scrawny?
I'm a wizard, so I'm fine like this.
Actually, how you got all those muscles is more of a mystery to me.
If you do two thousand handstand push-ups every day, you'll look like this too.
As I thought. He definitely isn't human.
And you! This is supposed to be naked bonding time! Why are you wearing a towel?
I'm just the towel-wearing type!
Quit whining! Take it off!
P-Please stop that!
You can blame me later.
This is sexual harassment! Full-blown sexual harassment!
They sure sound like they're havin' fun over there, don't they?
Oh, wow! Your hair is so silky!
Atelier-chan, this doesn't hurt, does it?
It's fine.
Still, Miss Henrietta...
How long have you been like that?
Like what?
It's just, you've got such a stylish figure. I couldn't help admirin'.
Is it really that different from yours?
Completely different in terms of impact.
I-Impact?
This is giving me life!
It sure is.
And now, it's finally time for the main event.
Come on, Henrietta.
What?
You've gotta start things off.
What? Me?
Who else is there?
U-Um... Today, on this auspicious day,
I am honored and delighted that you have all gathered and prepared this venue...
It's so long.
You're too stiff.
U-Um, up until now, you've all taken such good care of me, Henrietta...
but now, at last...
I've found a job!
So you've escaped your NEET status!
Tell 'em where you're gonna be working!
R-Right! Well...
Actually, I won't be with an adventuring party...
I have a position with the knights. Yes.
Really?
Yes.
I did a lot of thinking about it,
but in the end, I decided that I really want a job where I help people!
You have something to say too, don't you?
Right. Yes, I do.
I've found my next party.
It isn't a very big one.
But, well, it's my first step on the way to becoming a powerful wizard.
Work hard, Vivia-kun!
You're graduating out of NEET status, too!
Please don't act like we're the same.
Unlike you, Henrietta-san, I've been paying for my meals.
Wh-What?
Plus, she started getting cocky somewhere along the way.
Oh, don't say that!
And lastly, Bachel, it's your turn.
Y-Yes, sir!
I'm gonna be headin' back home.
Huh?
You are?
After spendin' some time at my parents' place,
I'm gonna head to the capital to be a magic school instructor.
She said she was invited to teach even before she graduated.
That's right! Bachel-san, you graduated from a magic school in the royal capital.
You're brilliant!
I don't know if I'm all that brilliant really.
Well, in any case...
In celebration of each of your fresh starts...
Today, we feast!
Cheers!
You can eat this now.
It's still really red!
Atelier thinks you can eat it now.
Why you gotta be so reckless?
Atelier-chan and Bachel-san have become good friends, haven't they?
Yeah, they have.
Everyone's leaving.
It's going to feel sort of lonely.
You're right. Maybe I should ask them to delay my assignment.
Sounds good.
Idiot.
Each of you is gonna get to do the thing you've been wanting to do, right?
If it's important to you, then don't let go of it.
You're right.
Dennis-san, it's just as you say.
Right then! Tomorrow, I'll leave this town!
Your job isn't starting yet.
Oh, right!
This is really...
It looks delicious!
Thank you for this!
It smelled so delicious, I found myself wandering over.
This really is quite good, isn't it?
I've never eaten fried rice this delicious in my entire life!
You're that pervy general store owner!
And you... You look like you're better now, right?
What's your name again?
Polvo.
Oh, Atelier-chan! You remembered my name! That makes me so happy.
How about you come and work for me—
Don't solicit our poster girl for another job!
Still, you really helped me out the other day.
Thanks to you, I got to eat some good egg okayu.
And I'm thinking up some new menu items that'll use that device.
Let me take this chance to say thanks.
I'm the one who should express gratitude. Thank you for your business.
So, what does the pervy general store guy want now?
I wish you wouldn't keep calling me "pervy" in front of Atelier-chan.
I heard you were having a barbecue, so I came to treat you to a feast!
Treat us to a feast?
Because I am me, I've gotten my hands on grade A5 haagen meat!
Since he's gone to the trouble, let's accept his well wishes and feast!
I'm ready!
Up we go!
It's so good!
This meat is the best!
Atelier-chan was the only one I wanted to treat, though.
Open wide.
This really is good meat.
I'm so jealous.
I want Atelier-chan to feed me, too.
You heard him, but what do you want to do?
Nom, nom, nom.
That... was good.
Atelier-chan...
There's something I've been wanting to ask for a while. May I?
Why are you being so formal about it?
In the courtroom, they called you Dennis Blacks.
Does that mean you're connected with the Blacks' Restaurant somehow?
The Blacks family name.
The head chef who raised me is letting me use that name.
But I left after an argument, so I don't really want to use it.
An argument?
It was when I was getting close to level 90.
We got into a huge argument.
Thinking back on it, she was probably just trying to warn me against getting cocky.
Dennis-san, you had a phase like that, too?
Yeah.
But I can understand why you'd be vain about that.
Being level 99 at your age... That's basically as high as you can get.
I thought I'd be able to get to level 100 in no time.
That's why I left Blacks' Restaurant.
I traveled all over the place.
I wanted to show the chef that I was right.
And you ended up in the Silver Wing Battalion?
That's right. Silver Wing is where I stayed the longest.
Even with everything that has happened, they did take care of me over there.
But in the end, I never did reach level 100.
I'm hungry.
What should I eat today?
I've already decided.
On what?
I'm in the mood for cockatrice oyakodon!
I totally understand.
But I think I'll...
Looks like... the restaurant's noren isn't out.
"Today, we are closed for business reasons."
So says the sign!
My cockatrice oyakodon!
Move.
What are you doing?
Let go, or you'll get hurt!
If that's how you want to do this...
Down Flèche!
Ow!
Leave it to me!
Moat Laman!
L-Let go!
Crap!
How dare you do this to us!
That's our line.
Imagine pushing someone out of the way without a word of apology.
Right?
Hey! Look over there!
We sure drank a lot.
I'd like to make up some reasons to have feasts like that a few more times. Right?
Miss Henrietta, just how many times are you plannin' to find yourself a new job?
That's not what I meant.
Is something wrong, Atelier-chan?
What's that? It looks bright in the direction of the restaurant.
Is someone having a bonfire or something?
It wouldn't be that bright.
Dennis-san?
It can't be.
It can't be!
Watch out! Are you all right?
Get water! Water!
Is there anyone here who can use water magic?
The fire's gonna spread! Someone do something fast!
Boss, shouldn't we do something?
Y-Yes, you're right. We have to put out the fire.
It was these guys!
They're the ones who set the fire!
These guys are from the Night Mist Troop!
You guys are too full of yourselves! This is what you get for it!
What we get?
And it's not just us in the Night Mist Troop!
The Silver Wing Battalion!
House Workstatt!
All of us want to destroy you!
This is the end for you!
This is awful. This is just...
It's my fault.
Because Dennis-san saved me, those guys resent him.
I'm the one who got him involved!
If you're gonna say that, then it's my fault the Night Mist Troop has their eye on him.
You guys didn't do anything wrong.
I never imagined that Silver Wing would get involved too.
It's likely that Joseph Workstatt told Vigo...
to pass orders through the Silver Wing Battalion.
The Night Mist Troop committed arson under their orders, that's all.
I'm the one who poked my nose in your business without asking.
I got too cocky.
That's not true! Dennis-san, you didn't do anything wrong!
I know! Let's take them all down together!
Right? That's how we've taken care of things up until now! So, this time—
It's fine.
I'll open up a little restaurant in some other town.
I'm kinda tired, you know? So this is fine.
And, luckily... no one got hurt.
What are you talkin' about, Boss?
Let's stand and face them, Boss!
That's easy enough to say, but...
I think I'm on the stronger side as an individual, you know?
But the greatest noble house in the kingdom
and the strongest adventuring party have joined forces.
And they've even got some decent henchmen under them.
We're not strong enough to cross swords with them on our own.
We're done for today.
Thanks.
What happened to you? Where did the usual Dennis-san go?
Where's the Dennis-san who was willing to make the kingdom his enemy for Atelier-chan's sake?
He just came to his senses a little.
Dennis-san! Wait!
I said, wait!
There now. Looks like the safe is all right.
Are you sure?
Sure about what?
Leaving things like this.
It's fine.
If I stood up to them, those guys would follow me.
And someone might get killed if we challenged them.
We wouldn't all come out of it safely.
So I'm gonna leave before that happens.
Can Atelier go with you, Dennis-sama?
Why would you hesitate about that now?
Oh.
The reason Joseph picked a fight is because I went too far in court.
Actually, I should apologize to you.
All your books went up in flames.
Doesn't matter.
Atelier just wanted the customers to be happy.
But...
Atelier doesn't want to see Dennis-sama looking sad.
Stuff like this happens in life.
This was a nice town, right?
Atelier likes it better than the capital.
I see.
Once things cool down, let's take a trip and come back here.
We'll come here. No matter what.
Today, We Are Closed for Business Reasons
I-It can't be! The Adventurer's Restaurant is...
This really is awful, isn't it?
Episode 9 If It's Important to You, Then Please Don't Let Go of It!
The boss and Atelier-chan are both sayin' they're leavin' town!
But it won't end like this. It can't end like this!