One morning, I woke up
and there was a lizard in my room.
The silence was initially broken by...
I am Sir Neu Crescent,
a knight that has come to protect the princess from an evil mage
plotting to destroy this planet, and save this world from ruin.
I would like to request your assistance.
Episode 1: Amamiya Yuuhi and the Lizard Knight
What was that for, you brat?!
The Earth is at risk of destruction!
I understand you might be confused,
but running away from reality won't resolve anything!
You have to start by accepting this situation.
This situation?
A lizard knight here to save the Earth from destruction
has started lecturing me in Japanese.
Wh-What are you doing?!
Stop it!
Stop! Don't hold me like that!
Put me down!
I've heard that hanging an animal upside down like this
is the best way to establish dominance.
How humiliating!
I am a knight!
I won't allow you to treat me like some pup!
Hah.
Hey, Sir Crescent.
This is my home.
And I don't recall inviting you into my castle.
So hurry back home to your forest.
The fate of the world now rests on our shoulders, though!
If you're a knight,
then you have a natural obligation to fulfill your duty!
If you're a man, then risking your life in battle is an honor!
Fight alongside me
and serve as the foundation for this planet's future!
Christ, what was all that about?
Where are you going?
This is bad.
Is the deadline for my report driving me to hallucinate?
Talking to yourself and seeing things are classic signs of mental distress.
You shouldn't be stressing yourself out so much.
Yeah, that's true.
Especially when I start seeing lizards.
We can never be more than a set distance apart.
Hey, Amamiya.
What happened to your face?
You look more manly.
She can't see the lizard?
Does that mean only I can see him?
I was hurrying along so I wouldn't be late to your lecture,
when a lizard suddenly jumped out in front of me and caused me to tumble,
leaving me with the scratch.
The lizard died.
Well, that's a disaster.
Did you hold a service for the lizard?
No, it's become a ghost and started haunted me.
Hisame-chan, I finished my report!
Oh, good work.
Let's see. Uh-huh.
Now do you get it?
Others can't see me.
I didn't want to think about it,
but I guess I'll need to visit a psychologist or a neurologist.
So you're questioning your sanity now?
Then look at your right hand.
What is this? When did it...
Focus on that ring and will your power to activate.
Oh, something popped out.
What?!
Huh? Did I do it wrong?
No, no, you did it right, but I was still explaining.
Hmm, this is kind of fun.
I wonder how much I could get if I sold this?
Don't try to immediately turn a knight's soul into cash!
Ow, ow, ow, ow!
That's your Holding Field!
You can apply telekinesis to anything within that field.
Oh? Now we're getting into fantasy.
Hey, now!
Don't use it for crazy things while you're unfamiliar with it!
Amamiya!
What are you doing by yourself there?
Did your delusions double after hurting yourself in your accident?
Sensei, you hit me where it hurts.
Are you really okay after falling?
Let me see.
What was that move for?
Stop spacing out so much.
Just remember, you've already missed the deadline for your report.
Give the lizard ghost my regards.
What an awfully young teacher.
I heard she's some genius who skipped grades at some university.
By the way, Sir Crescent.
What?
Does this output enough power to move the human body?
Of course.
With enough practice you'll be able to get around without ever touching the ground.
Could it be used to kill someone?
Why you... What are you planning?!
Did you see?
Not sure?
I didn't see anything particularly worth mentioning.
There were a bunch of moles and so forth.
Moles?
A-ma-mi-ya!
Excuse me!
You'll regret this!
What do you think you're doing with this sacred power meant to defeat evil?!
Why you! You!
Now, do you accept that our duty is real?
I'm not sure?
Then let's get to the point.
We Beast Knights have two duties we must fulfill!
First, we must find our princess before the enemy mage does and protect her!
Second, we must defeat our foe in combat!
To that end, you must familiarize yourself with the Holding Field—
Sorry to interrupt your backstory, but I'm not helping.
I see.
Wait, what?!
It sounds like you're trying to send me off to the battlefield
without even getting my consent,
but who would voluntarily run off to die?
Do you not want to protect the planet you live on?!
I think it's crazy to try and force such a big responsibility onto a student.
Besides, this whole planetary scale is too big.
Are you some devil, trying to get someone else to fight a battle you can't win?
You wouldn't be fighting alone.
You would work together with the other knights to fight—
People are all scumbags!
Don't make enemies! They'll stab you in your gut!
Don't make friends! They'll stab you in your back!
Grandpa...
O-Oh, so there are others?
Then all the more reason you don't need me to help.
You can just have everyone else work together and fight.
Wh-Why you...
You can suck on your thumb and watch from the sidelines
as the fate of the planet gets decided.
Are you a devil?!
That's what I just asked you.
The Earth is in danger!
Ahh, I guess humanity is gonna end on such a nice day.
Oh, my stomach's about to give out, too.
Time to hit the convenience store.
You're still following me?
It's strange.
What is?
It shouldn't be possible for me to be entrusted to such a coward.
Give it up already.
You can still fill the role of a pet.
I should have mentioned it sooner, but I'm Amamiya Yuuhi.
Make sure to remember your owner's name.
Who are you calling a pet?!
What's the matter?
The enemy's here.
Enemy?
Wh-What was that just now?
The enemy's bloodlust! Run!
You'll die if you're caught!
Where am I supposed to run, and from what?!
It's your fault for not listening when people speak.
You're a lizard, not a person!
Just so you know, I'm not fighting!
Of course not.
You couldn't win in a one-on-one!
Even among the knights, the only ones who can fight them alone
are Invincible, Hresvelgr, and Unicorn.
You're not one of those?
As you can see, I'm just a lizard.
And yet you still
went and tried to force someone else to save the Earth?
They're close. Move faster.
Don't ask the impossible, you carefree lizard.
Up! Go up!
Don't stop, Amamiya Yuuhi!
Keep running!
Don't ask the impossible.
It's here.
That's a golem. Our enemy.
He used the Holding Field to move himself?!
Ow...
Stand up! Then run!
I'm dead.
That ring!
Princess!
Oh, if it ain't a lizard.
Princess? That girl's the princess?
Princess!
Thank you so much! You saved us!
Whoa, a talking lizard.
Please hear me out, Princess!
That guy...
Hm?
Oh, it's the neighbor.
Hello.
I'm Amamiya Yuuhi.
That man is awful!
He doesn't even care about the fate of the world, despite being a knight!
Well, it ain't gonna feel real
if someone suddenly blurts out stuff about Earth being in danger.
You don't feel like a princess either.
Yeah. I'm Asahina Samidare.
Hey, can I ask something?
Why the Kansai accent?
That's the part that bugs you?
One, two, three, four...
Five seconds of your own weight, huh?
A bit weak.
I feel incredibly exhausted after just floating for a bit.
That's because the power generating the field draws on your own stamina.
Making yourself float takes just as much energy as lifting your entire weight.
What the hell?
That's not worth much, then.
Is there any use to this?
Just as converting fire to electricity expands its breadth of use,
your Holding Field has as many possibilities as you can imagine.
Besides, the fact that it uses your own stamina
means you can greatly increase its power through training.
Still doesn't feel all that useful.
I just can't get into this.
What's in it for me if I protect the world?
Actually, there's quite the reward offered to the knights
who risk their lives to defend the world.
Your attitude has just been so awful I never had the chance to bring it up.
Oh? What kind of reward?
We'll grant you one wish, knight chosen by the ring.
Are you for real? Then I can say it now?
Yes.
Get lost, you shitty lizard!
I want my boring, peaceful life back.
That's my wish!
I refuse!
Huh? So you lied, then?!
Hmph.
Don't throw me!
Huh?!
Where are you going?
Dinner.
Quit following me everywhere.
Damn, what do I have to do to get this cockroach-like lizard out of my sight?
I can hear everything you're saying.
I'm not getting involved with those monsters again.
The only way to conquer your fear is to face it yourself.
I told you, I'm not doing it.
The Spirit, Anima, sleeps within you!
I thought I hadn't seen her in a while, and that's why.
She's inside me.
Are you the boss? Of these knights?
How rude!
This woman is the vessel of the great Anima,
the princess who symbolizes the spirit of us knights!
Says them, though I don't get it.
You were just dragged into this as well, right?
You don't have to go along with them.
Still, I felt like something was calling for me.
And it seems like Lizard-kun's in trouble, too.
Princess!
Have you not heard anything from Lady Anima?!
Our awakening is proof that the enemy is taking action!
We must uncover the whereabouts of the remaining knights at once!
Still, feels like something's missing with just me.
That's why we must gather the knights!
C'mon, let's go home.
Huh?
Oh, I guess we'd both go the same way since we're neighbors.
Hm...
Hey, have we met somewhere before?
This morning, on the veranda.
Earlier than that.
I recognize you from somewhere.
Beats me. Maybe we passed each other at the station?
Hmm...
I guess so?
A-ma-mi-ya!
Oh, Onee-chan!
O-Onee?!
Sami, are you safe?!
Why you! What have you done to Samidare?!
He didn't do anything.
Onee-chan, do you know him?
He's one of my students.
I won't let this gloomy, perverted, weak four-eyes get close to you!
Looks like he and I are inseparable, though.
I'm the princess, and he's the knight.
Why you! What nonsense have you put in Sami's head?!
I haven't! I haven't said anything!
I haven't done anything!
I won't do anything to her!
Is Sami not good enough for you?!
Which is it?!
I'll postpone your punishment for today,
but next time you try doing anything to Samidare,
I'll drown you in the river!
Yuuhi, you knew the princess already?
I swear I just met her this morning.
But I feel like I recognize her, too.
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Hm?
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Oh, my.
Care to challenge it?
No!
Hey, Yuu-kun.
Princess!
Yuu-kun?
What are you doing here?
Would you mind coming with me for a bit?
Princess! It's too early!
We can't show it to this four-eyed coward!
It's fine.
I trust him.
I hate people that use the word "trust" lightly.
I know.
Can you see it?
Huh? See what?
The thing that'll destroy this planet.
It can't be seen unless you know it's there.
Its name is
the Biscuit Hammer!
It hangs there in space,
and if it falls, it will crack the planet like a baked sweet.
That's the mage's most powerful golem.
Do you understand now, Yuuhi?
We need your power.
We need your power as a knight to defeat the mage
and stop the biscuit hammer.
Don't be ridiculous!
What are you telling me to do about that?!
There's nothing I can do about it!
I know.
I will stop that thing.
And you'll be the one at my side when I do, Yuu-kun.
Hey, what are you doing?
Be mine, Lizard Knight.
Wh-What?!
What the hell?!
What is she thinking?!
Hey!
Princess!
Yuuhi!
Deploy the field at your feet!
Push upward!
Already doing it!
See? I knew you would be there to save me, Yuu-kun.
Thank you. I trusted you.
What do you mean you trusted me?!
Did you want to die?!
I'm not gonna die yet.
You're here to protect me.
And until I die, I won't let you die, either.
I'll protect you.
Next time, it's your turn to trust.
Trust in me.
I'm gonna smash that thing!
I ain't gonna let that thing destroy Earth!
Because!
My fist'll be the one to smash this planet!
Wha?!
Amamiya Yuuhi.
Swear your fealty to me.
As you wish.
In that moment,
my heart was already consumed
by the little Lucifer before me
and the tale of this planet's destruction.
Next Episode: Amamiya Yuuhi and Asahina Samidare