CLEVATESS
This is why I didn't want us going any further!
That was close! That was really close!
It's still coming!
I'm really glad it was a barn he threw at me!
I can use my powers to control any iron around me,
by pulling it towards me and pushing it away.
So I can make it spin by pulling and pushing until it goes faster and faster...
If it's just the one of them...
I guess it's not, huh?
If there are nine of them here...
That means everyone was defeated, right?
My luck ran out the moment they decided to go
after Merryweather, the strongest of them, first.
Saving her gave me an excuse to run away, but...
so much for that.
No matter how many times I defeat them, they just keep coming back.
And my stamina and magic are finite.
Why did these idiots ever think about trying to fight them, I wonder?
I guess I can't blame them.
No one would ever suspect that little kid of being a Lord of Dark Beasts.
I don't think I can expect any mercy from it.
In this situation... with all that's going on...
Why am I even trying to fight, you think?
I really hate the noise.
I always have.
I had someone I cared about.
Want to sit next to me, Mary?
Yes, Great-Aunt!
She was the woman I admired. The one who taught me to be a good person.
My great-aunt from the main family.
That's why it hurt...
when the horrible fight broke out over my great-uncle's vast inheritance.
They were all so noisy...
Even my own parents.
My great-aunt never stopped smiling.
But she grew more frail by the day.
Mary...
My beloved Mary...
I'll be causing trouble for you, too, won't I?
Those were her last words before she died the next day...
Leaving behind a will that granted me 70% of her fortune,
including her mansion and lands.
And so I became the center of the ugly struggle for inheritance.
They were all so noisy...
None of them knew the reason I was chosen as heir!
They thought I was chosen because I sucked up to her!
What my great-aunt wanted to leave behind was...
this scenery, the thing she'd built together with my great-uncle.
The gently passing seasons... the scent of the wind...
No one but me could understand that.
That's all.
I wanted to protect it, too.
I love the quiet.
And I hate anything that isn't quiet.
If I'm to silence the noise...
I need a power that none can defy!
I want power!
I'll use air resistance to make them even hotter!
You want a fight? Then bring it, damn it!
I can fight if I have to, you know!
You don't have to make growing a new limb look so easy...
I figured you'd come from above.
But that means the sides are open now.
There's enough of an opening for me to escape, if I go alone.
Nah... I can't do that.
Why am I thinking this way?
'Cause it makes me like the hero?
I think it's 'cause of that.
When I read the stories of the hero when I was a kid...
The hero was always the kind of person a child would want to be.
I'm sure it's the same for them...
Even Meynard!
It's the same for everybody, I know!
We always forget it,
but we all wanted to be the hero, once!
The hero at the bottom of our hearts...
gives us a reason to fight!
That's all I've got.
There're five them of left.
I'm sorry, Merryweather.
I couldn't save you.
If you want to hate someone, hate that Lord of Dark Beasts—
Flaresis Reioloth.
Binding Thread!
These threads bind those who are out of control,
and force absolute silence upon them.
Die in silence!
W-Wow!
We're not done yet.
They regenerate.
Before the spell breaks...
Menas, Ganddaroa!
Earth Burial.
You did it! You did it, Merryweather!
That's incredible!
Merryweather!
What you just said...
I think I understand it...
Inside us, I know there's...
Merryweather! Wake up!
Merryweather! Merryweather!
They just keep coming back, no matter how many times we kill them.
They'll stand up again in just a few minutes.
The fog means we're lost, too.
I can't keep going.
It's up to you now, Ray.
It's better for you if I'm not there to slow you down...
Merryweather! Wake up!
You can't sleep here!
Merry—
Something's coming out of your mouth!
That's probably something you don't want to lose, right?
Don't go... Don't!
Is it now...?
Are you starting it now...?
Dean?
What is that?
Where is it going?
Towards the school building?
He's coming?
Ray Forester. Was that your name?
Klen Vatiss!
Do you recognize my face?
If you mean from before I came to Solsein, then no.
I see.
State Acceleration!
Summon Lightning!
Lightning Rush!
Two Crests?
Impressive power.
That's the power that slew my familiars?
I've got a lot more in store!
You're going to explain to me...!
Explain?
Acceleration!
Summon Lightning!
So you can summon lightning without an incantation?
Who are you?
How did you get that face?
You need a mold to make a death mask!
When and where did you get that mold?
Answer me!
From the way you speak, you know this person.
I've never met anyone who knew him before.
Is that why you had your eyes on me the whole time?
His name was Shiro.
He was braver and more noble than anyone...
Stand up! Quickly!
I can't, Brother!
And he had a heart more suited to being a hero than anyone!
Run! Into the narrow alleyway!
Let the littler ones go first!
It's a dead end!
He's following us!
Don't worry.
What?!
Stabbing an eye isn't enough to kill a dark beast, usually.
But this sword is coated with a poison that's fatal to him.
A poison?
Just a little trick.
Don't tell anybody.
See?
Well everyone, what do you think of the power of this sword?
This is a true Hiden magical sword.
I see. So that's it.
Why not buy one to protect yourself?
They're on sale!
I'll take one!
Sold!
Let me see one too!
Sure thing!
Sorry to get you involved in our family business.
I'll walk you home.
We can talk on the way.
You're sure it's okay to leave?
Well, I also need you to keep silent.
Somehow, I feel like something's drawing us together.
Even though we're both guys?
That's not what I mean.
People's fates have times when they mesh together like gears, right?
Like two gears coming together and starting to move.
Like a watch!
And all the other gears start to move as well.
Like that!
I think some encounters are like that.
A gear's spinning one way,
and then a new encounter makes it spin the other way.
That's what I'm feeling now.
I'm sure our meeting will change the world.
The world you and I live in!
It's all so abstract.
People tell you you're weird, don't they?
They do not.
They do say I'm in La-La Land sometimes, though.
La-La Land?!
I want to go! Take me there, Brother!
Okay?
Next time.
Anyway, what I was trying to say was...
Gears won't start moving until you make them mesh.
We're here.
This is the place.
We're back!
An orphanage?
We're back!
That's right.
Mostly war orphans and abandoned children.
The nation's princess runs it.
Sometimes she comes by.
If your grades are good enough to catch her eye,
you can go to a famous school called Solsein.
That's my goal.
You can do it.
I guarantee it.
That doesn't mean much coming from a guy I've just met,
whose name I don't even know.
My name is Shiro.
Shiro Kleitos.
And yours?
Ray... Forester.
Come on.
Did you hear the sound of the gears meshing?
I think I did.
Me and my dad will be in town for a while.
See you around, Ray.
We became best friends!
In him, I saw a hero!
A true hero, who'd risen above his birth and upbringing!
He was the one person in this world who was most fit to be a hero!
But...
Trouble! Trouble!
Hiden...
Hiderat... on the other side of the border...
was attacked by dark beasts!
Hiderat was attacked?
Yes...
Those who escaped are fleeing into Boelate.
Let me through! Please! Let me through!
I just came back into town for the first time in a while...
What's going on?
They say it's the Lord of Dark Beasts.
Hiderat was wiped out?
Shiro said he was going to Hiderat!
My dad is going to the Shaft of Elbe to get more swords.
I'll be staying in Hiderat, as always.
And so I've decided, Ray...
That I'll be the 14th hero this year!
You'll support me, right?
My son is dead!
Shiro is dead!
Why did he go to Hiden Castle?
Why?
Why, Shiro?
Why do you look so satisfied even in death?
Explain to me, Klen Vatiss!
Who are you?
Why do you have that face?
What did you do to Shiro?!
A fascinating story.
I see. His name was Shiro.
He died with a satisfied look on his face?
Klen!
Indeed.
I killed him.
Not deliberately, though.
He was just caught up in the fight.
I don't know how he died.
The only reason I took his face is
that it happened to be the only one I remembered.
That's all.
There was no reason. It means nothing to me!
Recovery speed... Accelerate!
Reflex speed! Physical enhancement!
Accelerate!
Lightning Blade!
Lightning Rush!
His eyes are still following me.
Then I'll just... accelerate faster!
He can still keep up with that?
Monster!
Then...
Ultra Acceleration!
This is it!
I got him!
Too bad.
That was a shadow.
You were his friend,
so I'll show you my true identity.
I am Clevatess, Lord of Dark Beasts.
I destroyed Hiderat Castle. I buried your friend alive.
Clevatess?
Why...
Why is a Lord of Dark Beasts wearing Shiro's face?
It's a long story.
I'll avenge Shiro!
Give it up.
You've pushed yourself too far. You can't even move.
What is your dream, Ray?
My dream's to be a hero!
Between my job and my training, I'm pretty good with a sword.
Before too long,
I'll be a real hero, like the ones in the fairy tales!
I'm sure you can do it. I mean that.
Then I'll be a Great Sage.
Great Sage?
The Great Sage that guides the hero.
I'll be the #1 student at Solsein.
'Cause...
the sage sounds much more important than the hero, doesn't it?
That's just like you.
You've finally shown yourself, Vordin?
You underestimate the humans too much, Clevatess.
And the power that sleeps within them.
State Acceleration!
I'll accelerate everything in range except what's touching my body!
Before I steal the book, let me tell you one thing, Clevatess.
The most important part of being a true hero...
is a heart that cares for a friend.
Episode 8: Memories of a Friend