- Oh, it's the captain...
- Yeah, handle it any way you want. This should be an
[cdb]easy job for you.
- I'll report back when it's done.
- I'll report back when it's done.
- Sounds good. We're gonna take care of some other
[cdb]matters in the meantime.
- Ughhh...
- Why are you making that noise, Leonie? You got an
[cdb]upset stomach or something?
- No, I don't. You know how the captain and his
[cdb]mercenaries joined forces with us?
- Yeah, I'm so glad you get to fight with him again.
Oh wait. This is the first time you two are actually
[cdb]fighting together, right?
- Yep. I haven't seen him since we parted ways when I
[cdb]was a kid. I've never been in a battle with him or
[cdb]anything.
- So yeah, I'm happy, but... Argh! I can't take it!
- Is this about [BYLETH_MF]?
- Is this about Alois?
- Wait a minute, is this about his kid?
- Yeah.
- Are you jealous of Alois? He and Jeralt are practically
[cdb]glued together.
- Come on, you know who I'm talking about. The kid.
- Though we're practically the same age!
- But only one of us has the captain's full confidence
[cdb]and a cool nickname!
- We're both mercenaries, for crying out loud! And I
[cdb]was the captain's first apprentice!
- But you're not family.
- You can bet that Jeralt would've trained any child
[cdb]of his from birth. A whole lot longer than you.
- Ugh, you have a point there.
- And if you wanna talk about age, Alois has been with
[cdb]him since their knight days.
- Which means it's likely that he was actually Jeralt's
[cdb]first apprentice, right?
- Hey, you're right. I didn't even think about that.
- In any case, it's kind of a given you wouldn't be on
[cdb]the same level.
- I mean, they haven't just studied under Jeralt,
[cdb]they've had years of on-the-job training with him.
- Plus, you don't have any weird powers.
- You mean like you do?
- Yeah, but our powers are completely different.
- To be honest, I want to best the Ashen Demon too.
I've been striving to do that this whole time, but still
[cdb]haven't managed to pull it off.
- Is that right? You know, even if we teamed up,
I'm not so sure we'd win.
- I dunno about that. With the two of us together,
I think we might actually have a shot at it.
- In fact, I think my money would be on us!
Wanna set up a challenge sometime and see
[cdb]what happens?
- I'm all for it! After all, the captain has a saying—
[cdb]better to fight dirty and win, than play fair and lose.
- Haha, yeah, that sounds like Jeralt. For a mercenary,
[cdb]all that matters is the outcome.
- Exactly! You know, I'm really glad you're here.
- Same goes for you, Leonie. Now let's stay sharp,
[cdb]and show the Ashen Demon up our own way!