French girl.
The first projectile was a fake.
This is my real weapon...
Ash to ash!
No! That arrow is...
Ashes to ashes.
Those who should die should head to realm of the dead.
Die, Jeanne.
Don't!
She lost her heart,
and her wound from the Holy Lance isn't healing.
But her head was not destroyed.
If she's not dead, then there must be a way to save her.
Isn't that right, Astaroth?
Yes.
We will retrieve the Escalibor.
The mystic sword Escalibor.
It is a Philosopher's Stone with outstanding healing properties.
Perhaps if we use it...
Um...
I thought the mystic sword Escalibor
belonged to the legendary knight, Roi Arthur?
Yes, he is known as King Arthur in England.
Legend has it the king returned Escalibor to Fairy of the Lake prior to his death.
How did it end up in France? In a forest like this?
To be more accurate, we're not searching for the sword itself.
We're looking for its scabbard.
Its scabbard?
It's too dangerous to keep the powerful sword and scabbard together.
That's why I hid the scabbard in this forest.
Wait a minute! Does that mean the Fairy of the Lake is...
You've been alive for a thousand years?!
Even longer.
Are you going to tell me that you saw the great flood in the Book of Genesis,
with your own eyes, too?
What? Really?
You've seen it?!
What about Noah's Ark?
Enough idle talk!
It's too distracting.
It's not really idle talk...
I don't...
think it is...
Lord, please protect Orléans.
#08 Return of the Female Saint
Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight
Just wait, Jeanne.
We'll revive you real soon.
Although, we'll be lying next to her if we screw up.
Men! It's showtime!
Regroup!
We can take down the fortress if we get through this!
Where are the Escalibor and the reinforcements?
I didn't think it would take so long to get here!
This is not what you told us!
Don't tell me...
What do you expect? It was a thousand years ago!
And you call yourself the queen of fairies?
You, a mere human, dares to question me?
Um... Can I say something?
You stay out of this!
Okay!
Humans have such large bodies, but your brains are so small and dumb!
Does a fairy who forgot the location of the mystic sword
have any right to insult our brains?
As I thought! Look!
What? You're so annoying!
Those rocks moved to a different position!
No, they don't seem any different to me...
What is happening?
It's one of the traps I set up to prevent knights
from finding the scabbard.
You forgot about this, too?
Shut up!
Alençon, hold up the Philosopher's Stone.
H-Huh?
Idiot! Hurry and hold it up!
You fools! Can't you see the Philosopher's Stone?
They stopped.
What happened?
That's a Philosopher's Stone.
But there's only half of it.
What happened?
Fairies?
The Korrigan Tribe.
A thousand years ago, I ordered them to protect this forest.
Wow!
Gatekeepers, take us to the scabbard.
A witch!
She's a witch!
A witch is here!
You've all got the wrong idea!
You'd better not have forgotten me!
Who are you again?
I don't remember.
Is she talking about our ancestors?
Keep memos for important things! You want to die?
Are you the one to talk? Huh?
This way? That way? This way?
Huh?
Huh? What? Hmm?
That's strange.
What's wrong?
It's gone!
Huh?
Look, over there!
Oh, you've found me!
That was faster than I expected.
Who are you?!
I am Sir Thomas Malory.
I'm the captain of Duke of Bedford's Philosopher's Stone Search Party.
The English army's?!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. I'm a princess knight of Wales, to be accurate.
Do you know where Wales is?
It's a country at the edge of the Britain Island.
It's been assimilated by England, though.
Now I get it.
What?
Wales is King Arthur's domain.
It wouldn't be surprising if they had an ancient document or two
that showed the location of the scabbard.
Correct!
So Escalibor...
No, Excalibur's scabbard will be returned to where it belongs.
No hard feelings.
I'll have to let the queen know!
Did you know?
The longbow was originally developed by the Wales army
to defeat the English cavalry units.
Enough with the futile resistance, and get down here!
We'll spare you if you hand over the scabbard.
Do you think you can stay up there forever?
My queen!
Knights are heading this way!
There's at least a hundred of them!
What?!
That's how it is.
You will be terminated by my Philosopher's Stone Search Party,
and then I will get down from this tree with dignity,
and take back the scabbard.
Oh, there's still the option of running with tails between your legs.
What are you going to do?
There's no way we can defeat a hundred knights.
But...
without the scabbard,
we can't revive Jeanne.
If that were to happen, Montmorency would...
Batard, distract her.
Huh?
O-Okay.
Hey, if you don't get down soon, I'll light the tree on fire!
No! You'll burn down the whole forest!
I'm gonna get rid of the evil princess knight!
Are you serious?!
I'm serious!
Hey!
My Search Party will arrive before this tree burns down.
I doubt you're stupid enough not to know that.
Yet you tre to draw my attention, for...
Distraction!
That's the answer!
Astaroth!
It's really unfortunate that we've lost
a thousand years of vault information!
I wanted to catch you, and keep you forever in an iron cage!
What's so funny?
The fairy queen can't die.
Not even if she wanted to.
The protector of the Philosopher's Stone is destined to be revived,
no matter how many thousands of times she dies.
Over there!
I'm not pleased about taking a woman hostage,
but it will buy us time.
You two go ahead.
We can't do that!
The revival of the maiden will greatly boost the soldiers' morale.
That scabbard must be delivered to Orléans,
no matter the cost.
What are you gonna do?
What will you do?
Let's go.
That way!
Hurry!
Alençon!
Alençon died a glorious death as a knight in battle.
Spread the word if you're a true friend.
This... is the way it should be.
Wonderful swordsmanship, as expected of Lady Richemont's brother.
Lady Richemont wouldn't have made a mistake like that.
And you call yourself Arthur de Richemont's little brother?
I was born with a destiny...
to surpass my older sister.
I can finally surpass her.
Everyone will finally approve of me.
Montmorency!
Astaroth!
Batard carried Escalibor to Orléans.
Great!
Where's Alençon?
Are you serious?
Commander Gilles, enemy troops ahead!
I put all my fortune into forming this troop.
If Orléans were to be liberated,
the Princess would head to Reims.
I would never again have an opportunity for a truce with England.
You're such a nuisance, defeatist!
This is the official army of the royal family.
You're nothing more than a rebel for trying to get in our way!
This isn't the time to be fighting La Tremoille.
We have to get to Orléans as soon as possible...
I won't let you become the heroic savior.
I'm the one who will save France.
I hear that fake savior named Jeanne is dead...
By having her heart squeezed in the most gruesome manner.
A fitting death for a wretched witch!
Don't let him provoke you.
You punk.
You're not worthy of saying Jeanne's name.
I'll kill you!
Yeah, that's the look.
You're not a hero.
That's your true face.
Montmorency!
Alençon!
You're safe!
I'm not alone.
Th-That military force...
It's my sister's private army.
All troops, pull back!
We're making a tactical withdrawal!
I came here after hearing reports of English troops secretly traveling in our territory.
I didn't expect to find you here.
I'm back to being the laughing stock again.
I made the grand gesture of sacrificing myself to let my friends live,
and in the end, I was saved by my older sister.
I'm...
I'm such a...
I won't laugh.
You've done well, Alençon.
I'm so proud of you.
I see...
I didn't want to be acknowledged by everyone.
I wanted to be acknowledged by you.
Facing a traitor's troops after fighting enemy troops.
There isn't a moment of boredom for us, is there?
Montmorency.
You must not get distracted by a loser like him and forget who you are.
Arthur de Richemont hereby declares battle on the basis
of personal grudge with La Tremoille!
Our enemy is La Tremoille!
Ignore Montmorency's troops and let them through.
I repeat, this is a fight to the death!
Wait, Richemont!
We can handle this as the official army of the royal family!
Fight to the death or not, this will put you in a difficult positionー
Go, Montmorency.
If you're a true knight, you must not let Jeanne die.
Don't look at me like that.
I'm a bit too strong to be a princess protected by a knight in shining armor.
Montmorency, you must become a true knight.
Hey, Astaroth...
I was forgiven by Catherine, and saved by Richemont.
Will I become a man who can protect them one day?
Will you become?
You must.
Montmorency...
Where are you?
Montmorency!
Hey, Batard!
Alençon!
You're alive!
I'm so gladー
We can talk later.
How's the battle going?
It's only getting worse.
They're managing to hold for now, but it's just a matter of time.
We'll have a chance to win, if Montmorency can reach Jeanne.
Open a path for him!
I don't like girls, but if we're facing male knights...
Montmorency.
Yeah, let's go!
I'm scared...
I'm lonely.
I'm all alone.
Montmorency...
Montmorency!
Jeanne!
Montmorency is coming.
Not to me, but to the white Ulysses.
What's going on?
The elixir is drying up inside her, so the scabbard is not reacting.
Montmorency, hurry and let her drink elixir.
The cursed princess will wake up with the prince's baiser.
It's working!
Montmorency...
It took me a little too much time, but I'm here to wake you.
I can tell by the smell that it's you, Montmorency.
Sorry, I didn't have time to take a bath.
It's all right.
Let me be like this for a while longer.
Enemy reinforcements are 2,000 men strong!
They're taking one point of strategic importance after another!
Commander Campbell died in battle!
We've received a report that the black alchemist already entered the fortress!
Glasdale?
How's your wound?
It's fine.
As long as I have the Holy Grail,
I can never be blessed with death.
To Be Continued
#09 Dance Music of White and Black
The white and the black are to meet once again.
Finally, a conclusion to the battle between the two Ulysses.
Will the small or the big win?
I mean, the white or the black?
Episode 9: 'Dance Music of White and Black."
This time around, I can only cheer for the small!
Surprisingly useful French lesson
"Are you serious?!"
Use it to someone who is going insane!