S-Say, you two. I'm...
You're going to find your brother, right?
Then it'd be better if all three of us go.
Let's hurry.
How did you know?
You looked so distressed.
It's only natural that we'd realize.
I can't believe you even considered leaving us out of this.
Of course we'd go with you!
But there's an important exam going on!
I can't drag you into this!
You're doing this for someone who's more important than a measly exam, right?
It's the same for us.
Because we're a team?
No.
Because we're friends.
Still, your brother sure is a lucky guy, having so many girls worrying about him...
I'd say it's more like "we can't take our eyes off him" than "we can't leave him alone".
But, yeah, I think I see why other girls are so into him.
Huh? They are?
Oh, you haven't noticed?
He fought the student council on even terms and he stopped that Cockatrice that went berserk.
Just as he is popular with the guys,
there are also lots of girls who find him charming.
Charming?
Him?
He is a bit of a pervert, but he's also impossible to hate.
I guess that's an innate virtue of his.
Could it be that you're so worried about him because you love him too?
L-Love?
Me, love him...?
O-Oh, you! It's not like that!
That's not how I—
Ousawa-kun...?
No.
Wonderful.
I've already found you.
Who are you?
A Disdia Paladin?!
I am Phil Burnett,
chosen by the Tripartite Alliance of Alayzard to retrieve the lost daughter of the Dark Lord Garius.
I have searched everywhere for you, Miu-san.
I will change the world
Hagure Yuusha no Estetica
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
Your tears change real my soul
nagareru taiki kara sekai wo yurasu
I will shake the world to the core, from the firmament
nagareru taiki kara sekai wo yurasu
I will shake the world to the core, from the firmament
taimurimitto wa mou chikai yo
We are running out of time
taimurimitto wa mou chikai yo
We are running out of time
dou suru
What shall we do?
dou suru
What shall we do?
Shout! fukai shikkoku no me
Shout into the deep black eyes you see
Shout! fukai shikkoku no me
Shout into the deep black eyes you see
Ah kienai ikon wo seou yo
Yes, the anger I bear will never vanish
Ah kienai ikon wo seou yo
Yes, the anger I bear will never vanish
habataku yami no yuusha kakitateru
Here comes the dark hero on his wings
habataku yami no yuusha kakitateru
I'll change the world
My heart is strong
shihai saretemo tsukisasu
Nobody will control me
shihai saretemo tsukisasu
Nobody will control me
shousan wa houshuu de
The rewards that praise offers
shousan wa houshuu de
The rewards that praise offers
hoteru bigaku narasu
bring my motivation to the surface
hoteru bigaku narasu
bring my motivation to the surface
namida wa misenaide ima wa mada mamoru to chikau yo
Nobody will see me cry, and still I vow to protect you
namida wa misenaide ima wa mada mamoru to chikau yo
Nobody will see me cry, and still I vow to protect you
tokihanate
Fear me!
tokihanate
Fear me!
REALIZE
On Such a Beautiful Moonlit Night
No good! I can't access anything!
What the hell's going on?!
Damn it!
Any luck?!
Professor Kubota!
Status report.
The barrier field system went offline approximately thirty minutes ago.
The main program suffered a system failure and cannot be restored!
What about other networks and systems?
U-Unaffected.
All right.
Set up parallel-execution bypasses on each functioning system's network.
We'll use those to reconstruct and restore the remaining systems.
We're fighting two battles now—
one out there and another one in here.
Our lives are resting on this too!
Understood!
I can't believe this...
Minami.
Contact operations base camp.
Have them locate Ousawa's sister and her friends using their A.D.s' signals.
Base camp. Respond.
This is terrible...
Found 'em.
Izumi! Prez!
Doumoto-san and Izumi-san...
You're alive?!
Yes...
Somehow...
Izumi shielded me at the last second...
Ousawa-kun...
I'm... sorry...
Doumoto-san! What on earth happened?!
Who was it?
A man I've never seen before...
We didn't stand a chance...
We couldn't move...
So your sister went off by herself... to lure him away from us...
I think he was... from the same world you were in...
Your sister called him a Disdia Paladin.
Just where do you think you're going?
Sheesh.
You keep putting up a pointless struggle.
I need to put some distance between us.
Please be all right! Prez! Chikage-san!
What are you doing?
First aid.
I stabilized their internal energy flows.
Haruka!
Y-Yes?!
Wh-What's the big idea, Ousawa Akatsuki?!
Who do you think you are, yelling at me like that?
Take these two to the ICU.
I think you're our fastest option.
So first you yell at me, then you call me an 'option'?
I agree, though.
That is the best course of action.
They were monitoring the A.D.s from the base camp to keep tabs on the ranking matches, right?
Check the data just before the system went offline
and try to figure out where all the remaining students are on the battlefield.
Aihara. You use earth magic, right?
Can you make golems that follow orders?
Yeah.
What's the most you can make?
About 300, I'd say.
Good, that's plenty.
Order the golems to help the other students on the battlefield
and take them to the base camp.
Uesaki. You can help out.
Whenever someone injured is found,
launch a flare into the air to let Haruka know.
Wait, Ousawa.
Don't tell me you're going alone.
You guys stick to doing what student council members are supposed to do.
I'll take care of the rest.
You're a student of JPN BABEL.
Even if you are a troublemaker,
do you honestly think we'll just let you walk headlong into danger?!
Oh, is this concern I'm hearing from you, V.P.?
I-It's not like I'm worried or anything...
This is my duty as vice president and head of the Disciplinary Committee!
Thanks for your concern, but I'm going.
My sister's in trouble, you know.
Ousawa!
You can't stop me.
You should know that by now.
See you.
Look after the Prez and Izumi.
We'll go for now.
But we'll catch up with you once we've evacuated everyone!
We will come for you!
Let's go, Minami! Uesaki!
I'll carry you two to the base camp on my way to the ICU.
If we're going to aid and evacuate everyone his way,
then it would be easier to do so from there.
Oh?
I'm sorry, but could you please step aside?
I have no business or problem with you.
Nor even the slightest interest.
I am only following the girl.
So would you be so kind as to step aside?
Nope. I don't give a damn about you, either!
Unfortunately, though, I have business with you.
You're not going anywhere!
How troubling.
Seeing as you so kindly and conveniently deactivated the field that prevents physical damage,
you could end up more than just injured in a fight now.
Personally, I'd prefer not to involve innocent bystanders, but—
That was rude.
You appear to be aware of the gulf in difference between our abilities.
And yet you insist on standing in my way.
Very well.
If you insist on protecting her, then I'll show no mercy.
A mirage, huh?
This energy...
That idiot!
He has no idea what he's getting himself into!
Adjusting the air density to make the heat of the flame create mirages of yourself...
I never imagined you could use such delicate magic!
Do you have some sort of special feelings for her or something?
No way!
I'm here for personal reasons!
Until recently, I could never accept my own weaknesses.
I preyed on other people's weakness while avoiding my own.
I held grudges against people stronger than me and even thought up ways to make them pay.
If people hear later on of how my pathetic actions wound up helping a terrorist...
would they really give me the benefit of the doubt?!
Thanks to Ousawa, the damage has been minimized...
Damage caused because a terrorist took advantage of my vengefulness!
Well, to hell with that!
I've had enough of running away!
I won't run from my own weakness anymore!
No more!
Yeesh.
I had you pegged as a stray mutt, but you're actually just a lowly underdog.
You should save your miserable whining for someone who would actually listen.
That said, you wish to continue?
The difference in our skill is obvious.
Or do you honestly think you can defeat someone with smoke and mirrors?
I do not!
But I do have pride,
believe it or not!
For all your huffing and puffing, that's the best you can do?
I'm sure it's extremely painful, but I doubt you'll die.
If your pitiful pride is all you want to protect and not the girl, then I have no reason to kill you.
I only kill members of the Dark Clan and those who serve them.
After all,
I am a hero.
D-Don't touch me...
Your sister's that-a-way...
Th-That bastard, too...!
I know.
Just stop talking.
What the hell...
are you doing?
Your sister or me...
You don't even have to think about it!
You're right.
Come on out, Kaidou.
Huh?
I'd fully concealed my energy... yet you saw right through it?
When did you first notice?
From the very start, obviously.
You've been tailing me this whole time.
Even before I took on the student council...
Hey, Akki.
I gotta say, you really have a bad personality, you know that?
You're one to talk about personalities.
Anyway, take him to the ICU.
As fast as you can.
Man, that was quick.
I was hoping to see more of what he can do, too.
Guess I've got no choice but to take you there.
You...
follow him...
The enemy's a complete mystery...
We don't know for sure that Ousawa can beat him...
Yeah, yeah.
Just quit talking.
I'll be in a real pickle if you die on me here.
Besides, it'd be a real disappointment if I couldn't even handle a simple situation like this by myself.
Right, Akki?
Attention, all JPN BABEL students and faculty members.
This facility's main system has suffered serious damage.
A Level 5 state of emergency has been declared.
Ahem!
This is Uesaki Ryohei, secretary of the High School Student Council!
Due to the current state of emergency,
all high school ranking matches presently underway are hereby suspended!
Do you understand?! The fighting is called off!
Cease all combat activities immediately and return to Field #1, where the base of operations is!
I can't provide details just yet, but we have a serious, complex situation at hand.
Hurry back!
The secretary sure is fast with his work.
Oh, and Ousawa!
I'm sure you gave us this extra workload to drag us down so you could take care of everything,
but don't rush too far on your own!
We'll catch up with you!
That obvious, huh?
Sorry, but no can do!
This should be far away enough from everyone else...
Norm... Check?
Yes.
They use spirit magic when students enter BABEL to roughly tell their fortunes.
You had your happiness taken away at the end of a spiral of sorrow in a world named Alayzard.
You lost everything.
All that's left is an endless struggle in the dark.
Isolation always follows you.
You may end up isolating yourself.
Or you may let others isolate you from them.
That is all.
Honestly, it doesn't sound like a pleasant prophecy.
Just to be safe, you should be wary of putting yourself in danger.
I've had plenty of attempts on my life before.
So why am I so afraid now?!
What am I feeling?!
It's because he was there for me...
That's why I...
Have you resigned yourself to your fate?
Allow me to introduce myself again.
I am Phil Burnett,
chosen by the Tripartite Alliance of Alayzard to retrieve the lost daughter of the Dark Lord Garius.
I am the new hero.
That's the emblem of the Disdia Empire, isn't it?
Yes.
It became my new home after I was summoned to Alayzard.
Yes, that's right.
I'm originally from this world.
You're retrieving me?
That makes it sound like you're going to take me back to Alayzard!
That's precisely what I mean.
What of it?
That's impossible!
I've never once heard of someone who's returned to their world and then come back to Alayzard!
The common perception among everyone in Alayzard, including you,
was that no one from Alayzard can pass through the Gate.
And yet you're here.
Perhaps it's because the "Rogue Hero" made it possible?
In which case, it's hardly surprising for there to be another one like him as well.
A hero who can go back to Alayzard even after returning to his home world...
That can't be.
Did you honestly think you would be safe by escaping into this world?
A dark lord's daughter, abandoning her own world and living so carefree in another...
Did you honestly think that would be allowed?
I've never once thought that way!
Once you're back in Alayzard, you will be given a public execution.
Despite the dark lord's death, some in the Dark Clan continue to resist.
But if his bloodline were completely eliminated,
they would surely stop fighting and surrender peacefully.
So, for the sake of peace in Alayzard, won't you please return to face your death?
What an obvious lie!
If you really want to pacify the Dark Clan, why would you need to hold a public execution?!
It'd be much more effective to just kill me now, parade my corpse around, and crush their will to fight!
You need to capture me alive because you want to use me as bait to lure the Dark Clan out!
You're trying to stamp out the Dark Clan entirely!
Looks like you're not just some dumb girl after all.
So you know our goal.
What difference does it make?
You're helpless to do anything.
All you can do now is die for the people of Alayzard.
As bait for the rest of the Dark Clan, of course.
I refuse to be used that way! I'd rather—
Oh, and please don't even think of suicide.
Try it, and I'll go back and kill your friends right now.
Coward!
You claim to be a hero, yet you go and do this!
You curried favor with your father's killer, the Rogue Hero, simply to save your own neck.
I'd say you're in no position to call me a coward.
Take that back!
That was an absolutely unforgivable thing to say!
Take it back! Take it back!
Oh, did I hit the mark?
Well, that was embarrassing.
More importantly...
What are you—
I was hoping you could tell me how you cajoled the Rogue Hero into saving you...
I know he loves girls, but it's hard to believe that he'd actually save the daughter of a dark lord.
I'm curious to find out how you managed to seduce him so...
Oh, what's the matter?
Who knows? Maybe if you can seduce me now, you'll get to live a little longer.
N-No!
You still think you can defeat me, do you?
It seems you don't fully grasp the situation you're in.
You're the daughter of a dark lord.
As long you're alive, many more will come to hunt you.
Do you really want to involve your innocent friends in this world every single time?
If you ever want to cry, but cannot cry on your own,
I'll give you something to cry about.
Because I'm the only one who can do that now.
As long as you stay here, people will continue to die.
Both here and in Alayzard.
No... that's...
She's crying?
That's unforgivable.
A guy other than me, making a girl cry on such a beautiful moonlit night...
Her tears...
are gonna cost you!
ai no sei de nemurenai yo
Love keeps me awake at night
ai no sei de nemurenai yo
Love keeps me awake at night
soppo muite nemurenai yo
I have to turn away, and still can't sleep
soppo muite nemurenai yo
I have to turn away, and still can't sleep
How does it start?
donna fuu ni hajimarun darou
Why is my voice so coarse?
nande koe ga kasureru no sa
Why is my voice so coarse?
tomaranai
It won't stop
tomaranai
It won't stop
munasawagi no dream
My heart is in turmoil
munasawagi no dream
My heart is in turmoil
kajitta yubi ga atsui
My fingers hurt somewhat because I bit at them nervously
kajitta yubi ga atsui
My fingers hurt somewhat because I bit at them nervously
I'm lost, I'm scared, this isn't good
mayou yo kowai yo dame da yo
I'm lost, I'm scared, this isn't good
suki da yo
I love you
suki da yo
I love you
my story aru story
This is my story
my story aru story
This is my story
otogibanashi de nekashitsukeru hodo
Little fairy tales can't put me to sleep anymore
otogibanashi de nekashitsukeru hodo
Little fairy tales can't put me to sleep anymore
kodomo ja nai
I'm not a little kid
kodomo ja nai
I'm not a little kid
my story aru story
This is my story
my story aru story
This is my story
kimi no koto dake kangaeru hibi ja
All I think about these days is you,
kimi no koto dake kangaeru hibi ja
All I think about these days is you,
kurushiku narisou
and it's making it really difficult
kurushiku narisou
and it's making it really difficult
If Akatsuki and Phil Burnett were to run into each other,
I somehow doubt it would end with just a simple conversation.
Akatsuki never shows mercy to those who target him.
If Phil Burnett were to drag those close to Akatsuki into the fight...
In fact, Akatsuki never forgives anyone who makes a girl cry.
His aesthetic sense won't allow it.
Next episode: "Where I Belong".
Where I Belong
That's the enemy.