I'm sorry! So, please-
Such fragile, fleeting creatures humans are.
At the same time, so deceitful, so wretched...
...as well as foolish and violent.
Yet, my friends had gone off with these humans,
and my brother, who went to bring them back, has yet to return.
He threw away his important role as the Fairy King who protects the forest
and I protected the forest in his stead all on by myself within those seven hundred years.
Side Story: Bandit Ban
Even so, the sky is ominous. Could this be an omen of some sort?
A lick lets you live ten years longer...
A swallow lets you live a hundred years longer...
Drink it all and you'll live forever...
How long has it been?
A hundred years since, perhaps?
And finally it ends here!
He's alone. How unusual.
So that's the treasure guarded by the holy saint, the Fountain of Youth.
It seems everyone's aim is the same.
Even as hundreds of years go by, humans haven't progressed.
Looks like the story's exaggerated.
There's no holy saint protecting the treasure at all...
I am right here, though.
Did you get lost in a place like this, missy?
I'm protecting the fountain.
From thieves like you, that is.
I'm gonna die!
It's alright. Even if you die, you can continue living as part of this forest.
A swallow lets you live a hundred years longer...
Drink it all and you'll live forever...
Why is he still alive?
Though, as expected, this would be...
A lick lets you live ten years longer...
A swallow lets-
you live forever...
Knock it off already!
That should be my line!
Why are you alive?
No human should be alright after falling from such a height!
Well, I'd get myself caught in a tree branch,
fall where there was a cluster of trees by mere chance,
or get lucky and fall on top of a huge King Trumpet mushroom.
Impossible! There is no way this forest would save a human...
Like hell I'd know.
Still, to think the one guarding the treasure would be you, missy...
I'll be getting serious with you.
A weapon imbued with magic...
Kill and steal...
It seems all humans think alike.
It's not... alcohol, huh?
No way! How?!
Then, without delay...
Y-you can't!
Cheers to my life!
The hell is this!?
H-hey! Let me go!
I won't ask you humans to understand.
But if the Fountain of Youth were to no longer exist,
the whole of this forest will perish!
Give up and leave this forest!
Got it.
You got it? You dare tell such a lie!
Nah, I'm serious!
Foolish human.
Not knowing I can read a person's mind.
Well, I've got no choice.
Guess I'll give up.
The ale made from this forest's berries kicks ass!
Like I thought, it'd be a shame if I can't drink it anymore.
This person...
Man, what a waste.
He... isn't lying.
What a strange human.
You just thought that I was a weird human, didn't you?
It can't be... you can read people's minds?
There's no way I could!
But I went through a lot of things.
You can learn a thing or two about reading someone else's mind and facial expressions!
Who in the world are you?
Can't you tell by looking? I'm a thief.
I go by Bandit Ban.
What about you, missy?
I am not a child.
I'm Elaine.
Elaine...
Hey! Why are you sleeping?
Like, I'm seriously tired.
No "seriously's"! Don't sleep!
Go home! Hey, listen to me!
Listen!
Why are you sleeping?!
Stop sleeping! Go home!
Hey, your face looks worn out this morning.
Whose fault do you think it is?
You no longer have any business here, right?
Hurry up and leave this-
Elaine! Water.
What?
My throat's all dried up.
The hell is this leaf?! Water's coming out of it!
The almoca leaf is feather-like and holds water really well.
I wonder what happened.
To have let a human like you through...
Until now, this forest has never let in a human with malice...
An aging king who dreamt of ruling for all eternity
and sent an army to invade...
A merchant who tried deceiving and stealing from me
to receive an enormous fortune...
There was also a savage tribe who tried to burn this forest down with me.
Is your purpose... for seeking the Fountain of Youth?
Well, I thought that something good would happen someday
if I could live my worthless life long enough.
That's all.
I see.
But what if you were to obtain immortality,
and even then, nothing good happened?
In place of my absent brother, the King of this forest,
I have continued protecting this forest and its thickets.
And for seven hundred years.
Not a single good thing has happened in that time.
Se-seven hundred years?!
Are you surprised?
That's gotta be boring!
I-I was wondering what you would say, but that's your point?
Yes, it was boring! Boring! Boring! Boring!
In the seven hundred years that I've lived,
I have no idea what the world outside the forest is like nor what happens there!
Doesn't look like I can handle her.
I would've liked talking for a little longer...
Tadaa!
This is the label of the Aberdeen ale I was talking about yesterday.
This sweet and sour smell of the wildberries at the bottom of this forest is seriously amazing!
You won't get wasted no matter how much you drink!
Ban!
Wha-what?
This?
This is the treasure I dropped when you blew me off.
My ale label collection!
Not that...
Why did you come back here again?
I thought I'd show it to you people of the boredom clan.
No one understands how amazing this thing is...
Then, will you show me some of it?
Alright! Now that's what I'm talkin' about!
He's a really strange human.
Is doing this really fun?
It's the best!
It's my turn to show you something fun!
Huh? What did you just do?
Elaine, you're not wearing anything under there?
Eh? What do you mean by 'wear'?
Nah, it's fine. Just forget it.
Wai-! What is it? Tell me!
And this ale is something else!
Just remembering it is...
Geez! Only talking when you want to talk!
I wonder if we've gotten to only the fifth page...
What's up? Is a person's face really that unusual?
You can't sleep?
I-it's not that I can't sleep...
Or is it something else?
Like fairies don't sleep or whatever?
We do sleep...
But it isn't necessary for us to sleep as frequently as humans...
So that's how it is.
Welp, a spirit's a spirit after all.
It's because... sleeping for only a little while is a waste.
Ban! Um...
Don't say childish things.
Wha-what was?!
You've gotta properly sleep or else you won't grow up.
Like I said, I'm not a child.
Ban.
Ban!
My, good afternoon!
You've come to these parts, is something the matter?
You ask what I'm doing here myself?
Tha-that's right! I'm making my rounds!
It's been hundreds of years?!
I-is that really so, I wonder...
Who's this "Ban?"
I'm not really looking for him.
I can hear you...
There's no way he would leave behind his treasured ale label collection.
He'll surely return.
To think that each day is this long...
What's up? You still sleepy?
Ban!
It would have been better if you didn't return.
Tada! How 'bout a drink?
M-me?
Yeah! After telling you about it, I wanted you to have a taste!
Cheers!
Like I thought, drinking Aberdeen here is out of this world!
It's bitter! {sounds like she's saying "nigga."}
What's so funny?
Making people wait so long after leaving them behind...
Wherever you're going... At least tell me that much!
That's fine, isn't it?
You've been waiting for seven hundred years after all.
It's not something to laugh about!
It's bitter! {there she goes saying "nigga" again, she's such a racist.}
Just like this, these ridiculous days passed us by.
Let's take a dip together!
Wha-
Your older brother's the Fairy King,
So you're something like a princess, right?
Yep, something like a princess.
He was the sort of brother who acted tough
instead of being honest and a crybaby.
He's totally different from you.
What do you mean?
Just like this, seven days passed.
Hey, hey!
Are you already bored after only seven days?
Tha-that's not it!
I was thinking that even though I don't drink, I feel like I'm learning this in vain.
That's true!
But it's really fun.
When I listen to your stories,
it's as if I'm on a journey with you, Ban.
Ban?
I'll go look for food.
Alright.
There's only half left.
I wish Ban came to steal not the Fountain of Youth, but me...
Then let's do that. {looks like A-1 is so cheap, they have to re-use a flashback used in Episode 8 to fill up time...}
Y-you said you were going to get food?!
I found some cowberries just right over there.
Alright then, let's make haste.
Don't make a fool of me!
Nah, I'm serious.
I don't get along with other humans that well.
And besides, you really listen to what I have to say.
W-we can't. I am happy, though.
If I'm not here to protect the Fountain of Youth, this forest will-
Then just leave it to me.
I'll go find your brother and bring him back!
You said this before, right?
That your brother's still out there ever since he left hundreds of years ago.
If I do that, then you'll be free!
Ban! Hang in there!
Ouch! What was-
What is that?!
It's from the Demon Clan.
A Demon?!
Yes.
However, they should have been sealed away after the Goddess Clan defeated them in the Ancient War.
The Fountain of Youth!
Don't worry, I have it...
Good. Take that with you and run!
You have to come with me! The demon has yet to notice us!
Shh...
That's why I'm gonna take down it in one blow.
Now!
See? One blow.
No, Ban!
A demon doesn't have just one hea-
Ban...
This... water... please...
Drink it...
Drink all... of the water... in this cup!
You need... to live!
I'm fine...
Besides... I don't have the strength to drink it anymore...
It's fine this way...
Elai-! Stop!
You idiot.
Wait here.
I'll end this soon.
Let's have a contest...
Who'll become... ground beef first!
Ban...
This... this is the last seed... of this forest...
Plant it... some... where...
That you can do yourself!
The Forest must have known... that you would protect it...
I don't give a damn about the forest!
Hang in there, Elaine!
I was... really happy...
when you said... let's do that...
Hey, Ban? Can you... say it... agai...
Yeah, Elaine!
One day, I'll definitely make you-
At least let me finish.
It's here alright.
If there aren't any towns or villages around here, very few people will go through here.
This is the last seed... of this forest...
Plant it... some... where...
You were on the verge of death...
Weren't there any other wishes you had?
Damn it! I forgot the water!
Either way, water's so damn annoyin-
The blood inside of me's mostly the Fountain of Youth anyway.
Let me off with this, will you?
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Criminal alias: Bandit Ban
For your own greed, you destroyed the Forest of the Fairy King,
of which was affiliated with the kingdom,
and claimed the Fountain of Youth for yourself.
In addition, you killed the holy saint.
For these sins, you are worthy of certain death.
Therefore, you are hereby sentenced to death!
Have you any last words?
If I have to say something...
It's that you shouldn't get the name of the criminal wrong.
Undead Ban. That's my name.