My name is Erecpyle Dukakis.
For the great cause of defeating the St. Piria Empire,
I was tasked with preventing
the political marriage to Jugglaburk.
However, right before we captured Princess Ecarlate,
a warrior who calls himself DT appeared from the sky.
As a result of two fierce battles, I was wounded.
At the place where I went to recuperate
I had my third battle with DT,
who used dirty tricks to escape once again.
I am going to bring him to justice personally!
For the future of this world!
You don't have to be on your guard.
It's you.
Only an Ixion could catch me off guard like that.
It's been a long time, Erecpyle Dukakis.
It has, Alma Flora.
It's an emergency!
An enemy attack?
Or have you discovered the whereabouts of DT?
No!
Then what is it?
Erec-sama is coming back.
What?
Are you serious?
Would I lie about something like this?
We got an Alma message from the headquarters not long ago.
It's confirmed.
He will be joining us at this camp in the next few days.
Our patience has paid off.
I can finally let loose as his right-hand man again.
Just a moment, KT.
Huh?
What? What's going on?
I can't let that slide.
Who decided that you're his right-hand man?
What do you mean?
I'm Erec-sama's right-hand man!
I'm so sorry, I lied about my age...
Nyomi! Nyomi! Don't worry!
I'll save you!
As the 36th queen of St. Piria, I pronounce your sentence,
a crew cut for the rest of your life!
Gah!
Cheers!
First, let us toast to Erec-sama's return.
Well, just make sure that you're not
staggering around drunk when he returns, Leon.
Unlike some children, I know how to limit myself.
It's so sad that
old people must always be so envious of the young.
That's the elderly for you.
Experience is valuable, you know.
Let's not even talk about
how many times I've carried you home
on my back when you were too drunk to even see straight.
And just how many girls did
I have to give up on because of that?
Beating the dead horse is another
bad habit old people seem to have.
Hey, watch it!
Don't you put me together with Leon.
Gustave, I feel exactly the same way about you.
You two should cut it out.
Fighting over something that petty won't get you
the honor of being Erec-sama's right-hand man.
Then let me ask you.
What do I have to say
to show you that I am Erec-sama's right-hand man?
Well, I can't really say, but...
I can.
We should each talk about our heroic deeds
to find out who the strongest is.
This sounds interesting.
So, who's gonna start?
What is the most important quality
in Erec-sama's right-hand man?
It is fortitude in the face of any pain and any danger.
While you three have been idly
waiting for our master's return,
I took a vacation with the goal
of strengthening my fortitude in solitude.
With mind over matter, fire feels cool,
and a bed of nails like a luxurious sofa.
But that's not all.
I pushed my soul and body to the very limit
and kept punishing them.
Um, you did that because you're a masochist.
You're nothing but a regular old masochist.
I can see it.
Leon being stepped on with heels, being whipped,
being tied up with rough ropes and writhing in ecstasy...
I don't have any interest in those things.
You did just spend an awfully long time
telling us about those things.
What good does it do that you've confessed to
being a total masochist?
I am definitely not a masochist,
but I want you to know this.
Don't think that I only took
my vacation to push my body to the limit.
Then what else for?
I learned a new lethal move from my training!
Something dirty again?
That's not what I mean!
Then what?
I'm talking about moves that kill.
The ladies?
They don't have to be, they work on everyone.
You've got a one track mind!
Calm down.
I keep telling you
that what I learned out there
are honest-to-goodness moves that kill.
The ladies?
I'm telling you, they work on everyone.
Shut up, KT.
I learned a very special move that could decide
any confrontation and it goes by the name of...
Super Golden High Speed and High Jump Shrimp
Big Spinning Doppelganger Miracle Attack!
Hey, Leon.
What?
I dare you to say it again.
Where are we going?
I believe I know what you want.
Oh yeah?
You know everything.
Here we are.
It's you.
It's one of the Takumi.
Who's this?
It's fine.
He's with me.
But are you done with the task I gave to you?
Of course.
It was a bit of a hassle.
Follow me.
Th-That's...
My greatest work.
This is the sacred sword Calibre!
What?
You can be the best by just learning a special move?
It's child's play, then.
Oh?
What are you saying? You've learned a deadly move, too?
That's exactly right.
Is this another move for the night?
Shut up already.
It's my opinion that the most important thing
for Erec-sama's right-hand man is to never give up.
Never giving up requires an iron resolve,
no matter what despairing situation
one might find oneself in.
This happened one night when I was on a recon mission.
The circumstances couldn't have been worse.
We seemed to invade the enemy's territory without a problem,
but the targets saw through our plans
and even the most minute maneuvers.
Yes, they knew everything.
I had but a select few subordinates,
but since our enemy had us surrounded,
one fell, then another, until I was finally alone.
It was truly desperate.
I didn't even know if I would be able to make it out alive.
But I didn't give up.
I used an opening the target left and closed the distance.
My enemy was getting more and more confused.
The result was
that I managed a rare feat,
successfully completing such a difficult mission.
That's when I mastered a deadly move called...
You're talking about your night at the hostess bar.
N-No, I wasn't!
Your stutter says it all.
So it's literally a move for the night.
Hearing that from you is really irritating.
No wonder your wife left you.
Shut up!
This has nothing to do with that.
It has everything to do with it.
That reminds me. She used to say...
Don't talk about her!
Looks like we cleared this up.
I myself am the one most qualified to be Erec-sama's...
Hold on there.
Neither Variation nor I have had a chance to speak yet.
I doubt that will do you an—
I'm not going to be bragging
about my perverted exploits.
We're supposed to be discussing who is
the most appropriate right-hand man for Erec-sama.
Sheesh.
What do you plan on doing with this
monstrous thing you made me make?
I'm here to finish it.
Listen.
Don't lose it again.
Alma Gear is not easy to make.
I swear.
I swear on my life!
With this... All that ancient hatred...
I can make right the horrible wrongs of the past!
Hyperion, I will be watching the path you walk.
Wait.
I have something else for you.
You know, you guys have got it fundamentally wrong.
What Erec-sama needs in his right-hand man
isn't brute strength, you know?
Here we go.
KT's talking overly feminine shtick when drunk.
This never ends well.
And I don't have a clue as to what you're babbling about.
You say something?
No, nothing at all.
Then shut up and listen to me!
The most important quality
in Erec-sama's right-hand man is...
Like, love.
Like, what?
That morning, I woke up alone in bed.
My room looked as it always had.
When I stretched out my hand,
I noticed that my bed was empty.
He was gone.
I wondered, had all the passion of
last night been nothing but an illusion?
Anxiety and sorrow and something else.
My body became consumed by
these complex emotions.
I imagined that he had
set out for the place where he now must be.
It's better this way.
Yet when I tried to tell this to myself,
I heard a faint sound from the back of the room.
And that is when I
mastered the deadly move that they call love.
This is nothing but your fantasy!
Hey!
I'm allowed to fantasize!
It's disgusting!
You insult Erec-sama with this talk!
Watch yourself!
It's not insulting.
This is a deadly move.
Explain to me what part of that is a deadly move?
What's your problem?
You jelly, bro?
Excuse me, could we get some water over here?!
Can you please dump a pail of water over this idiot?
Ooh, looks like I hit the nail on the head!
That's it, huh? That's exactly it.
Why you...
Cool down.
You know you can't really fight KT
once he gets into his maiden mode.
But Erec-sama is engaged.
So what?
Don't you know that the more obstacles you place in its path,
the harder, stronger and more passionate love becomes?
Little boy?
I am not a kid!
What did you say?
I will not let that one slide.
G-Gustave?
It's idiots like you who make the world
the crap it is right now.
It's people like you
wrecking homes in the entire country!
Because of people like you!
What?
You're trying to blame me for your wife running away?
Oh, I didn't know that.
So you're the one that made my wife
run away from me.
That's the one topic you can't bring up
with Gustave when he's drunk.
I've got to step in here
and steer the conversation somewhere else.
So, Leon!
About that rough rope you used in your training...
How can you be sleeping now?!
And if that is really true, I can't just leave you alone.
You can't leave me alone? So you mean...
What? Are you saying that you want a piece of me?
Yes, I do, but in a totally different sense.
Well, if you're that desperate,
I can let you have a round out of pity.
But then don't come crying to me.
Fine!
Hold it!
You two just need to calm down first.
Don't worry. I'm always calm.
That's fine, but you guys are
forgetting what's important here.
There are things that
you can't forget even if you want to!
Trying to stop me is useless.
Please understand, Variation.
I'm not talking about that!
Can you just try to
remember why we're drinking here in the first place?
Because Erec-sama is coming back.
And something about his right hand.
That's the ticket.
You said it, right there.
We got all worked up because we were
talking about who would become his right-hand man.
Then everything is as it should be.
Let's all face off, right here, right now,
and the last man standing shall be his right-hand man.
Things got pretty interesting while I was gone.
By gone do you mean asleep?
Count me in.
I will fight with all my strength!
This is complicated enough, so can you just stay out of it?
So, what are the rules?
You decide.
You'll need at least that as a handicap.
Take your handicap and...
Okay, all right!
Let's do this.
We'll find out who the strongest is.
But I will set up the rules.
What is this?
Can't you tell?
It's a hunt. A hunt.
What you're saying is that we will now engage in a hunt.
That's the idea, but it won't make sense
if we're all buddies for the hunt.
I see.
So that's how it'll be.
It doesn't matter who does better in the battle.
The one who delivers the finishing blow
will be Erec-sama's right-hand man.
Does everyone accept that?
Yes.
This is when regular training really pays off.
I'm sorry, but I'll decide this with a single blow!
Here I go!
Super Golden High Speed... And so on!
Damn...
Looks like you failed, Leon!
Take this! Hostess Club!
Here I go!
Love!
No special name.
It's running away!
The one who delivers the killing blow
will be Erec-sama's right-hand man!
Huh?
What is this?
It's big.
More like too big!
This isn't happening.
If I die here, I'll never be able to face Erec-sama again.
Erec-sama?!
I was wondering where you four had gone off to.
I wasn't expecting you to be facing such large game.
Still, I'm pleasantly surprised to see that you did not
neglect your daily training while I was gone.
You did well. Now I will take over.
I will give this sword a try.
Let's see how this Calibre slices!
Erec-sama!
We celebrate your homecoming.
We have been waiting for you, Erec-sama!
Thank you.
Is anybody hurt?
Nothing we can't handle.
Good. Then let's go.
Go where?
We have confirmed DT's location.
But first, I must apologize to you all.
Until now, I was obsessed with the notion
of defeating him with my own hands.
But I have decided to let this idea go.
Will you lend me your strength?
We've always been ready for that.
Then let's go, Erec-sama!
Erec-sama, what are your orders?
We are off to defeat DT!
Yes, sir!
I'm coming for you, DT.
Ri—
I'd like a large portion of rice, please.
Next Time
What?
Kon is homesick?
Looks like my servant is still just a child.
He wants video games and comics and cola and hamburgers?
What is he talking about?!
It matters not, make those things available to him here!
"Calibre" is another name for the sacred sword Excalibur,
and as such, has no phallic connotations at all.
By the way, Kon's hammer was supposed to have the Sanskrit word
for the wish-fulfilling jewel "Cintamani" but that was rejected. (LOL)