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Wow, this looks great!

It really does look delicious!

All of you, please help yourselves, too.

Let's eat!

These Halmburg steaks are so tender and tasty!

Yeah. It's better than the restaurants in town.

You're getting better and better at this, Lady Rys.

Aw, that makes me so happy!

It's all thanks to Ms. Mileno.

You're still going to cooking classes?

The teacher I was seeing before is in Houghtow now,

so I went to see her and say hello.

And then...

Ms. Mileno!

Well!

It's good to see you again, Rys.

I wanted to see you and give you my thanks.

For what?

For this!

Thanks to your cooking lessons,

I was finally able to win my husband's heart!

Oh, my! Congratulations, Rys!

Now that you're married, today I'll teach you a dish that's perfect for families.

Ms. Mileno got a bit ahead of herself...

So she taught me how to make this dish that children love.

Children, huh?

Well, they're married, so there's always a chance.

That's true!

Yes?

You're...

First Princess Elizabeth? What brings you here?

I already declined your request to be the hero.

Please forgive me for visiting unannounced.

I've come to apologize to you, Sir Flio.

Rather...

Summoned hero candidate, Sir Banaza.

Wolf and Adventurer

I-I don't know if this is appropriate to serve to a princess,

b-but please help yourself, if you'd like.

Thank you. I shall.

I do apologize, but I have important business to discuss with Sir Flio.

Might I ask the rest of you to leave us?

O-Of course.

I refuse to leave.

I've seen how the kingdom has previously treated my husband.

I cannot, in good conscience, leave you alone with him!

Rys...

All right. We'll do as you ask.

Darling...

Except for my wife, Rys. She stays here.

If this is something you can't bring up in my wife's presence,

I'll ask you to leave.

Understood.

Come on, let's go.

Once again, Sir Banaza,

I apologize from the bottom of my heart for the many injustices

this kingdom has committed against you.

Above all,

for the many spells cast upon the Bottomless Bag you were given as a token of gratitude,

and for your banishment to Delaveza Forest,

I lack the words to sufficiently apologize.

Please raise your head, Your Highness.

I'm not Banaza right now. I'm Flio.

I'm a humble merchant, nothing more.

I suppose too much has happened for you to accept my apology?

No matter how many times you apologize, there's nothing I can do.

Anyway, can we get to the point now?

There's no way you, a princess, came all this way just to apologize to me.

You've seen through me, then.

This is for you.

What is it?

A magic tool that shows where Klyrode's army is deployed.

The lights you see on the map

represent the locations of the magic stones that each unit leader carries.

That's top-secret information!

Why give this to me?

The effects of the Purification magic that was cast around the castle town will soon wear off.

Once they do, the stalled Dark Army will surely resume its advance.

But our mages exhausted their magic to cast that spell,

and they have yet to fully recover.

Although we have made use of

our geographical advantage to place our available troops in strategic locations,

there are certain towns that we must leave unguarded.

So...

We would like to request your assistance in protecting these towns.

I would not ask you to fight as the hero for humanity's sake now. But—

Hang on!

That's just too selfish!

After all you've put him through already,

you want to involve my husband, a man who hates fighting, in a war?!

The king, who has been bedridden since the Purification casting, will soon awaken.

Because Sir Flio has connections with demons,

I suspect the king will send troops after him.

Is that meant to be a threat?

No.

There are things I can only do now, while I have the authority to act in the king's stead.

Such as?

To hold him accountable for his defamation of the true hero,

and for his appointment of a false hero...

I will have the current king of Klyrode abdicate the throne.

I would appreciate your assistance, Sir Flio, in doing so.

Our king has protected this kingdom from many dangers,

but he has failed to offer aid to the weak, abandoning them.

I want to succeed the throne and save all of our citizens.

To do that, I need to demonstrate the same level of authority the king has.

You just want to use my husband to install yourself as ruler!

Calm down, Rys.

You only want a guarantee that I won't join the Dark One's forces, right?

Yet again, you've seen through me.

What does that mean?

Why would she share sensitive information with me,

someone connected with the demons,

just to get me to protect a region that isn't involved in the war?

Um... To get you to stay there and lay low?

Exactly.

The princess never counted me as a part of the kingdom's fighting forces in this war.

Isn't that right?

I genuinely do not wish to let any lands be abandoned.

It never occurred to you that I might share this information with the demons?

Please consider that the greatest possible proof of the trust I'm placing in you.

Sir Flio, I beg you to lend me your aid during this time.

Damn it! We lost them!

They were definitely the duo from the wanted posters, right?

Where did they get off to? We only looked away for a second!

They're gone.

We finally got out of that hole,

but we just have to keep running around again.

I'm exhausted.

Stop crying! I will not allow them to capture me here!

In order to make my comeback as a hero,

I must shake off these pursuers!

I'm also hungry.

I told you to stop crying!

Tsk... I think I had...

Here.

Are you sure?

But we have so few rations left already.

Just eat it.

Thank you!

Anyway, I'm surprised you decided to follow me, Tsuya.

I could say the same to you, Hero.

Wouldn't it have been easier to escape without me slowing you down?

W-Well, yes, perhaps...

I don't want to live as a refugee forever, either.

And...

The moment when you opened the door to our cell...

You were kind of dashing, you know.

Though I do think you went about some things the wrong way...

Oh, be quiet!

You keep calling me a hero, but we're still done for if I die!

I had no choice!

Now, let's go.

H-Hero!

Tsuya!

Wh-What is this?!

I went looking for a sacrifice and nabbed quite a fine-looking man.

Darling, may I join you?

Huh? Yeah, of course.

Were you thinking about what the princess asked of you?

Yeah.

I really hate the idea of fighting, but...

I can't just sit around doing nothing when I know there are towns that might suffer.

Darling...

And I've been thinking for a long time

about what it is I should do in this world,

and what I want to do.

If we have a child together one day,

I want that child to live happily together with both human and demon children.

I have to create that world for them.

I know it won't be easy.

But if there's anything I can do to accomplish that, I'll do it.

I know you are capable of doing things others would think impossible.

There may not be much I can do, but I'll help in any way I can.

Thanks, Rys.

To the northeast! Near the forest entrance!

Large army headed this way!

The Dark Army is coming!

Get as far away as you can!

Come on, hurry!

Run away while you can! Go!

I did say that I'd help you,

but accepting a tedious job like this with no reward?

You are much too kind, Darling.

If I accepted a reward,

it would mean I sided with the humans for money.

I lost this the moment I heard out her request.

L-Lost? Does that mean you're going to marry the princess?!

Of course not!

There are several demon races whose members take multiple wives...

Wh-What am I to do?

I told you, I'm not going to marry her!

A lupine is associating with a human?!

Just who are you?!

We're this town's guards.

If you guys agree to withdraw, we'll let you go.

But if you intend to inflict more harm upon the people here,

we'll show no mercy.

No mercy, you say?! Don't underestimate us!

You're just a puny human!

I'm not underestimating you.

I'm just saying it'd be a waste of energy for both of us.

You guys can't break through this barrier spell anyway, can you?

Move.

I will break it.

That's a cyclops.

There's no other race in the Dark Army with more superhuman strength.

This one serves Yuigarde, Ghozal's younger brother.

A lupine, eh?

A cowardly race with a foolish leader who got himself killed,

despite calling himself one of the Dark Army's Infernal Four.

You are no match for me.

Darling, would you allow me to handle this one?

Rys...

It is true that my brother, Fengaryl, was defeated.

As one of the Dark Army's highest officers,

perhaps it is only right that we be held accountable.

However...

If my brother's defeat leads you to belittle the lupines,

a race that values military might above all else,

as his younger sister, I cannot sit quietly and overlook such an insult.

I will show this arrogant fool just how vastly we differ in strength.

I can't say I'm okay with that,

but if it's that important to you,

I guess I don't have any business interfering.

Don't kill him, though.

Understood.

All you know how to do is bark, you mutt!

Just keep quiet and let that magic wall protect you!

You'll never hit me with such wide swings!

Why, you...

And you really think you can defeat me with such weak attacks?

Indeed, when you have such tough flesh armor,

it takes a bit of effort to stop myself from killing you.

Long ago, I might have tried to just finish you off quickly,

but I have since learned a little thing called restraint.

What?

You should be grateful to my husband!

Meteoric Leap!

Positional Exchange!

You swapped my position with yours?!

Don't think that will be enough to stop me!

Positional Exchange!

No matter how thick those muscles you pride yourself on may be,

once a wound's open, it's an easy target.

Gravity!

And now you're pinned down.

I'm quite sure it's impossible, but would you like to keep going?

You fight with the same insolent methods as the humans!

That insolence is the only reason you're still alive.

Damn you!

Hey! Why are all of you just gawking?!

Crush her! Do not spare the one who betrayed the Dark Army!

That's enough.

I can't move!

I'm more than capable of fighting all of them, Darling.

We already have a winner.

There's no need to keep fighting.

I already know perfectly well how strong you are.

Oh, Darling!

Heal.

What are you playing at?!

I told you. I want all of you to withdraw.

I could use Teleportation to send you all to Delaveza Forest,

but you'd just come right back, wouldn't you?

So I want you to leave on your own.

Y-You make no sense! Just who are you, anyway?

I'm just a human who happened to make friends with this demon here.

I'd like it if I could be friends with all of you, too,

but if you absolutely refuse...

I'll face you as many times as I need to.

Until you all fold.

We finally managed to get them to leave.

You were absolutely wonderful, Darling!

All that time spent practicing your posturing at home paid off!

What's most important in a battle is intimidation.

You have to spook your opponent.

Huh?!

Put your hands on your hips, raise your chin 45 degrees,

and send them running with your gaze alone!

That made me more nervous than any business discussion ever did.

Still, are you sure that was the right thing to do?

They will attack again the moment they're ordered to.

Shouldn't we have tortured them much more brutally

and chipped away at their will to fight back?

Rys...

Yeah, that might be a better way to ensure they don't come back,

but wouldn't it just make the hatred between humans and demons grow even greater?

The... hatred?

Hello, kind sir.

Thank you so much for saving our town.

B-But... why is this wolf here?

You don't need to worry.

This is my partner.

U-Um...

Thank you... for helping me earlier.

It's a relief to see that you're unhurt.

We came here per the orders of the first princess.

She's the one you should thank.

The first princess?!

Oh, I'm so grateful!

I bring news.

We have received numerous reports of an unknown adventurer

appearing in multiple regions and chasing Dark Army forces away.

An unknown adventurer? Who?

Well, he was accompanied by a silver wolf,

and hid his face behind a wolf-like mask.

Reports say he disperses the Dark Army's forces, then simply leaves,

without giving his name.

He just leaves? Without even demanding any money?

Correct.

However, he has said that the first princess sent him.

Letters of thanks to the princess are now arriving from all over.

Don't tell me this adventurer is...

Yes. There's no doubt that it's him.

Sir Flio accepted my request.

Inform all Klyrode forces throughout the kingdom.

Tell them that if they see this adventurer with the silver wolf,

they are to give him their full cooperation.

Yes, sir.

Sir Flio has done all this for me.

I must return the favor to him sometime.

Yuigarde...

How dare he act without receiving orders from me?

Lord Gholl.

Pardon my intrusion.

Lady Uliminas has reported an emergency.

What is it?

Sir Yuigarde is staging an insurrection.

She says he has occupied the throne room along with his closest aides.

Phufun, all is in place, yes?

Yes.

Most auspiciously, we've picked up some humans with rather high stats.

When you face Lord Gholl, we should perform the secret art borrowed from the evil god

by deploying a magic circle for the Rite of Superhybridization.

These two can serve as sacrifices to the evil god.

Hrmlp mwee!

Hrf! Ywm wrll pfwy frr zhss!

Even in the face of Lord Gholl,

I believe this ritual will assure your victory.

All right...

Hurry up and get here, Gholl!

I will defeat you, and this throne will be mine!

This is the first princess.

The next episode previews are always so lively,

yet I'm doing it alone. Why is this?

And my credit is still "Princess," even though I have a name...

I hear you, Princess!

Golden-Haired Hero!

I have experienced the very same feeling!

I'm being treated the same as you?

M-Me?!

Next Time

A New Housemate