May I Ask for One Final Thing? (最後にひとつだけお願いしてもよろしいでしょうか)

So, how are we going to get into the forest?

It shouldn't take much. We just follow the path.

The dragoons are acting as decoys for the monsters to make it easy on us.

Can we really trust them?

They don't seem like the type to stick to a plan.

Well, it seems like they're doing the job.

Besides, that Jinn guy seems like he's got a good head on his shoulders.

So they ditched the plan and turned it into this huge melee,

and now we can't get into the forest, let alone negotiate with Falconia!

I understand entirely.

Give me a moment to deal with this.

What a nice, cool breeze!

Very pleasant and soothing!

My beloved bride!

Did you enjoy your main dish?

It was quite delicious.

I had an unexpected dessert on the way here as well.

I am the inquisitor, Baroque the Hidde—

More pertinently, could you remind your dragoons

to play their part in the diversion plan?

Plan? We had a plan?

Hey, don't glare at me like that!

I, Alflame, will handle the diversion.

You can't handle it alone!

Now...

Into the fray!

I don't believe he heard a word I said.

Ho!

Rage, my pecs!

Burst, my biceps!

Hideous monsters...

Burn to the marrow of your bones!

Volcanic Drive!

I am grateful.

Now, Nanaka, Dios.

Give it your best.

As These Appear Undercooked, May I Turn Them Into Mince Meat?

Looks like we made it in.

If we can make contact with the Falconian Army...

Hey, did you really come here to negotiate?

What did you bring to bargain with?

I've got royal elf blood. I can probably work something out.

Still deflecting...

If you're that suspicious of me, why didn't you grill me while we were in the castle?

I didn't want Scarlet to be sad.

Scarlet genuinely trusts the Holy Order.

She seems cold,

but she's the kindest person in the world to people she gives her trust to.

You broke that trust in the worst way possible.

But Scarlet has decided to trust you again,

so I'll wait and see.

Honestly.

Why are you people like this?

You're supposed to hate the people who betray you.

And who do you hate?

All the members of my clan who saw me as a burden

and drove me out of the village, and...

I thought I hated them, anyway.

I told you that being too trusting could get you hurt.

These people...

They smell like Terenezza!

You think they're under her control?

Yeah.

If we don't handle this carefully, we could ruin our hopes for a ceasefire.

All for my beloved Terenezza!

Illusions, lure them into the deep forest.

An entrancing spell?

Well, well.

I didn't expect the elves' chieftain to come see me himself.

What brings you to the Great Forest, Dios?

We're messengers from the Kingdom of Pallistan.

We want to negotiate a ceasefire with the Falconian Army.

I'm afraid we are not here as part of the army.

We're merely monitoring the monsters' activities.

Oh, please.

You wouldn't save us without a reason, would you?

I merely wished to stop my manipulated brethren.

The declaration of war against Pallistan came from the beastkin clans.

If you wish to negotiate peace, you should speak to them.

Hey, wai—

Stay back, beast.

Let's make a trade, Uncle.

My mother, whom you loved so dearly...

She gave me the power of the wind spirits.

I will give it to you.

So use your authority as chieftain to make the Falconian Army stand down.

They've defeated at least two-thirds of the monsters, I'd say.

These seem insufficiently cooked.

Perhaps I should turn them into mince meat.

What do you think?

You were worried about me?

You did risk your life for us.

It is natural that I should save you.

Blow, gentle wind. Heal his wounds.

How are the dragoons?

Nearly half are out with injuries.

Some are in very poor condition.

But the healers are working hard to treat them.

There's no need to worry.

I see.

Don't gaze at me with such passion, now.

Do you want to bake me with your flames of love?

Perhaps I should burn you into charcoal?

I've got an announcement!

The hunt's winner this time is...

Inferno Bride Scar-po!

Wow!

She took out 2,000!

That's crazy!

She is our...

Hunt Queen!

What is it?

Nothing. I overheard another conversation that would sadden my brother.

Prince Julius.

We've received word that the Falconian Army is withdrawing from the border.

I see. Well done.

It seems those two did their job.

Though we can't rest easy yet.

Things are settled for now.

It's important to relax when we can.

In that case...

Could I ask for your aid?

Prince Julius?

Scarlet! My bride!

My dragoons will now return to Vankish!

I'd heard you'd passed out with terrible burns.

Thanks to her diligent treatment, I'm all better.

You came all this way to say goodbye?

The opposite.

Scarlet.

Come to Vankish with me.

Pallistan will soon go to war with Eldrand.

Once the fighting starts, it will be difficult for me to save you.

Therefore, you should come with me now.

I am grateful that you are worried about me, a member of an enemy nation.

I fear I belong to a ducal family of the Kingdom of Pallistan.

I must carry out my duties to the best of my ability.

You are not a flower meant to be housed and admired in worthless noble gatherings.

You are a battlefield blossom,

blooming radiantly amid blood and chaos.

My warrior's sensibility recoils at the idea

of you dying among those who fail to appreciate you.

You're the one has failed to appreciate her, Alflame.

The lady Scarlet can bloom anywhere. That is her nature.

I won't give her up to a man who only fell in love with her recently.

I have ten years' worth of feelings.