I'm Quitting Heroing (2022) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Morning starts early at the Demon Queen's castle.
What a beautiful day.
Perfect weather for a hard day's work.
As a temp who's gotta prove himself,
I've gotta get to work before anyone else
and take care of what I can to show them
I'm more than motivated!
Hey, wake up.
Five more minutes
The sun's up. Wakey-wakey!
I get that you're tired, but you've got work to do!
I'm here to help, so up and at 'em!
I don't wanna I'm just gonna stay in bed.
Oh, boy.
Voice Change: Queen Echidna.
Perfect.
Sorcerer General! Status report
on the new job applicants!
Surely you don't intend to make your Queen wait!
I am so terribly sorry, Your Highness!
We received more applications than expected,
and haven't been able to process them!
But it's only slightly delayed, I swear!
So now they're overdue? That's not good.
Oh, no! I'll step in to ensure
they won't be delayed any further!
I'll have the list of interview candidates
by tomorrow--no, by the end of today!
You realize this is why you're not sleeping enough, right?
No, it's all because I've been lacking in my duties!
Look, you can't do everything by yourself, you know.
Yes, ma'am!
You should be delegating tasks to people
who work for you, people you trust.
Yes, ma'am!
That's part of being a good boss.
Yes, ma'am! You are absolutely correct about all--
Morning, Shutina.
I know it's early, but do you have any work for me?
Are we under attack?!
Poor Shutina She must have had a nightmare.
She must be under so much stress
Ikite ikite ikitsukuse
Hikari o mirai e
Uragirareta kodoku na sekai ni torinokosare
Miushinatta ashita o osorete ima mo
Ibasho o sagasu
Hitsuyou to saretai kokoro no sakebi
Karamiau IDENTITY tashikametainda shinjite iikana
Ikite ikite ikitsukuse
Hikari o mirai e
Tatoe subete ushinattemo
Kibou o tsunaide
Boku ga koko ni iru imi
Ima wa wakaranakute mo ii
Kimi to waraiaeru you ni
Jibun de tachikitte susumudake
Strive to Ease the Burden on Your Future Self!
I can't believe you. Honestly
I can NOT believe you! Totally unbelievable!
Hey, why're you mumbling and
grumbling to yourself over there?
I can NOT believe you! Totally unbelievable!
Hey, why're you mumbling and
grumbling to yourself over there?
What's got you so worked up?
You! Who else?!
Every! Infinitesimal! Speck!
Of your existence!
The Demon Army was suffering
from a dire lack of personnel.
After my highly-destructive assault on their army,
most of the top brass had returned to
the Demon World to recover from their injuries.
The work they'd left behind had to be handled
by those who remained: the Four Generals.
And nobody knew how to do that work--
no one, save for Shutina.
It's the sort of thing that plagues big companies:
work veterans can handle easily,
but those veterans don't have time to write
a manual or train other people to do those tasks.
Then you have Queen Echidna, who wants
to refortify her army as soon as possible.
And someone just can't help
but overwork themselves to do it.
Even if it means overworking herself to death.
That explains why her Icicle Lance barely packs a punch.
I came here to help with your workload, y'know.
You could be a little nicer to me.
Are you insane?!
Why in the world would I be nice to a man
who barges into my room while I'm sleeping?!
I mean, you're a succubus, aren't you?
Don't say that!
This is your current task list?
Yes, with the highest-priority tasks at the top.
Evaluate applications, reorganize sorcerer corps,
regular maintenance on Queen Echidna's
retainer homunculi, operating cost reduction
There's like, fifty tasks on here.
Why don't you delegate some of them?
To whom?! I don't have any colleagues or subordinates!
All right, all right.
The last task on this list is
Replenishing the mana reactors.
What're you looking at?
Let me think here.
A number of castle facilities and instruments
tapped into mana from the reactors.
Only the person who created them
can replenish them with mana.
So any reactors that Shutina created could
only be replenished by Shutina herself.
If anyone with a different mana wavelength tried
to help, the reactor would be destroyed.
But that's where I come in.
What's that smirk for?
From today on, I'm gonna handle
replenishing your mana reactors.
Thank you, that's wonderful.
That task is quite the headache to handle.
You're not going to ask how I'll do it?
You're going to mimic my wavelength
with Harmonize, right? It's common sense.
It's only common sense to sorcerers
as powerful as we are.
So, how many reactors are yours?
Just four.
Not many, considering there are over
a hundred throughout the castle.
They only have to be replenished once every few days.
Got it.
Give me thirty minutes and two hours.
Thirty minutes and two hours and I'll have it done.
I could get it done in less than an hour.
Don't be like that.
I'll promise you this, and stake my honor as a Hero on it.
Promise me what?
I promise to never, ever disappoint you.
In two and a half hours, you'll be all like,
"Oh yay, my workload is gonna be sooo light!
You're amazing, Leo! I love you so much!"
Then you'll jump up and give me a huge kiss!
Fine, go get it done.
That's all you have to say?
It's been fourteen seconds.
All right, I'm going
Metamorphose!
Wait, I gotta think up a name. Something super cool.
Thirty seconds now.
Oh, one favor, actually!
Could you give me the title "Assistant to the Generals"?
That'll get people to trust me.
Very well.
Thanks.
How's the name Godhart sound to you?
Get a move on already!
and that's why I've come to you all.
If you notice Shutina acting off at all,
let me know immediately.
Understood.
I wish I could be of help to her
You shouldn't. Shutina would stress out more if you did.
You're right. Thank you, everyone.
Of course.
I'll help!
Yeah! I got this!
I can do this!
I've returned, milady.
Why are you talking like that?
Milady.
I figured I'd change up my speaking
style to blend in better.
It's only been thirty minutes.
Have a little faith. I took care of it.
I suppose I should give you another task, then
No, not yet. I'm kinda tired.
What?
It's been a while since I've adjusted
my mana wavelength.
Mirage Eye?
I want to watch you work while I take a little break.
I won't get in your way. I'll sit here quietly.
I've got another task for you when
you're done resting, all right?
Leo, you must be rested by now. I need you to--
Not yet. I need to rest just a little longer.
It's been a while since I've used Metamorphose.
This stuff's pretty bland.
I should see about improving the food around here, too
It's been an hour! Surely you're more than rested!
No, I need a little more. My mana's still recovering.
You lazy bastard!
Get up this instant!
How are you this heavy?!
Most sorcerers don't realize you can
use Gravity Root to do this!
You've got enough mana to waste on silly spells,
but you still need to 'recover'?!
Decisions, decisions Do I go with
Lord Godhart or Lord Bloodsword?
Wait, I could go with something totally different:
Black Knight Onyx.
What do you think of that, Shutina?
What's up?
I understand full well now, Hero Leo.
You're a worthless, lazy leech of time and resources!
Whoa, whoa, calm down!
I'm calm.
And after calmly and coolly thinking this over,
I've come to the calm conclusion that
you will not be of use to our army in the slightest!
Dio Neel Zod, spiral of radiant light
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Fill my hands with your piercing rays of the gods!
Stop! You're going to destroy all your paperwork!
Gae Assail!
Yes!
I'm going to join the Demon Queen's legion.
I have to, for good reason.
And if I want to join, I'll need to show results
and get the Generals on my side.
This, right here, is step one!
Dianette, yes? Good work.
By the look of you, all must have gone well.
Yes, Lord Godhart.
Please, call me Black Knight Onyx.
From now on-- no, FORSOOTH? Henceforth?
Anyway, Black Knight Onyx, understood?
Y-yes, Lord Onyx
Right then, proceed with your report
on the reactor maintenance.
Yes, milord.
The talisman you granted me
worked without incident, Lord Onyx.
It appears to be durable enough to--
Wait, wait, hold on!
What talisman? What are you talking about?
Le-- Lord Onyx, was it not you
who replenished the reactors?
Oh, uh
Please, let her finish her report, Sorcerer General.
Go on, then.
Y-yes, milady.
The talisman appears to be
durable enough for continued use,
so with your permission, I would like us to continue
replenishing the reactors in your stead.
Would that be allowed, General Shutina?
But those are reactors that I created.
You'll be able to replenish them?
I'll take it from here.
First, let me explain what exactly I was doing
in those thirty minutes I was gone.
I went to the castle workshop and procured
an amethyst from the goblin goldsmith.
I filled the amethyst with mana tuned to your wavelength.
Amethysts are sturdy stones.
They'll stay attuned to a wavelength indefinitely.
Anyone who holds it on their person
will be attuned to your wavelength as well.
So I created a talisman with the stone,
which only took fifteen minutes.
I left the workshop, then lost five minutes
to an unexpected distraction.
Hey, it's Leo!
Then I took five minutes to find Dianette here.
With my last five minutes, I showed her how
to use the talisman to replenish the reactors.
He told me as long as I'm wearing this talisman,
I can replenish all of your reactors.
After that, I said:
Find a few other people with the
appropriate ability and split the job up.
Yes, milord.
I found three other sorcerers of similar capacity.
We passed the talisman around to refill the reactors.
Excellent.
I trust, then, that all four of you
understand the procedure?
The Sorcerer General is a busy woman.
Form a team of four and assume responsibility
for replenishing her reactors henceforth.
I'll have enough talismans for all of
you within the next three days.
Yes, milord!
You took a bit longer than I'd like for this task,
but it IS your first time.
I expect you to perform it more quickly come tomorrow.
Of course, milord!
That will be all.
Wait, uh, I
As you can see, the mana reactors
have been replenished.
It is our duty to lessen the burden on your shoulders.
Dianette, here, was worried for your health as well.
She was?
Oh, m-my apologies, but yes.
I know you've been grappling with a mountain
of tasks in recent days, General Shutina.
M-might I be of some assistance, General Shutina?
I'm fine. You focus on your own tasks.
I had neither the courage nor ability to press the matter
But thanks to Lord Onyx, we'll be able
to assist with the mana reactors!
If there's anything else we can help with,
please don't hesitate to ask!
I-I see. Very well.
I will be sure to reach out to you if there
are tasks you can help with, Dianette.
Yes, milady!
Good work. You are dismissed.
Yes, milady!
Thank you, milady!
T'would seem you finally understand
my true labors, Sorcerer General.
All you need to do now is let them handle it
and hear their reports.
You'll only have to help out if something goes wrong.
I told you, I only needed two and a half hours,
and now your workload is permanently decreased.
Work isn't something that should be done alone.
Especially not in a large organization where
there are plenty of people who can help.
Instead of having one extremely-skilled
person work extremely hard,
it's best to delegate many
small tasks out to less skilled people.
That's how you should get most of the work done.
In an ideal world, of course.
Why didn't you explain that earlier?
You could have told me you asked Dianette to help.
Because you worry too much.
If I'd told you, you would've rushed off
to "go check on her".
Most of the people in the army are people you
interviewed, people you trust to perform well.
So trust in your judgment,
and in the people working beneath you!
Run the organization so it could still function
if you dropped dead tomorrow.
That's a lot of talk for someone
who insisted on working alone.
I've got a lot of life experience under my belt.
Wait! Wait just a second!
You make a big show of 'teaching'
and 'delegating' to a subordinate,
and while they were hard at work,
you did nothing but loaf about in my office!
You slacker! What's your excuse for that?
You wound me. I was loafing, yes,
but I was also working.
What?
Here.
I learned a lot about from watching you
and your cleavage work.
I spotted some inefficiencies here and there.
I took the liberty of rearranging
your priorities. Take a look.
Let me see.
Wait, did you say CLEAVAGE?
See those seven tasks I circled in red?
You can delegate those.
But can they handle it?
Teach them HOW to handle it.
That's your job as their boss.
Is this a map of the Largo Sea?
The fish from that area are fantastic.
We could make some scrumptious meals
if we got some delivered,
but considering how dangerous
the shipping route would be
Leo.
Yes, Sorcerer General Shutina?
I apologize. I've gravely misjudged you.
C'mon, now. I just did my job is all.
That only makes it worse.
Despite how harshly I acted
towards you during the interview,
you still pressed on and did an excellent job.
I couldn't well call myself one of the Four Generals
if I didn't thank you for that.
Don't mention it.
If you go down, the whole army goes down with you.
And then I REALLY won't have a place to go anymore.
I was just looking out for myself.
No need to thank me for that.
And here I was giving you a heartfelt apology!
How is anyone supposed to like you?!
Why do you think I was traveling alone for so long?
All right, better start on my next task.
Call me if you need me.
Before you go
I'm looking forward to working with you, Leo.
Oh, I forgot!
What is it?
Remember what I said after you gave me this task?
I promised I wouldn't disappoint you,
then I said something after that.
Huh?
In two and a half hours, you'll be all like,
"Oh yay, my workload is gonna be sooo light!
You're amazing, Leo! I love you so much!"
Then you'll jump up and give me a huge kiss!
Fine, go get it done.
I'll take one on the lips, or on the cheek.
We could even climb into the bed and-
Get the hell out of here!
That hurt WAY more than this morning!
What is it?
You told me to call you if I needed you, yes?
I didn't think you'd be calling me so soon.
You see
Lily is headed to Largo on a logistics mission.
The castle's food and equipment stores are running low,
so we need to make sure this shipment comes in safe.
Yeah, that could be a serious issue.
And that's not the only problem.
Here's the mission plan Lily submitted to me
Everyone's gonna have a big happy time!
For real?
Bokura no kokoro wa itsudatte moroi
Sore demo mae o muite nagai michi o susumu
Shiranakatta koto wa kore kara shireba ii
Tsuzukeru koto no saki ni aru mono ima wa mada wakaranai kedo
Hitori de kakaekomi suginaide tama ni wa senaka o azuketemiyou
Yowasa ni yorisoeru no mo tsuyosanara
Madamada saki wa nagai kui no nai you ni
Hashiridase riyuu wa tanjun
Tokihanate risou no yume o
Fumidashita saki no mirai wa jibun shidai de dou ni demo naru
Kawaru koto ga kowakunattemo sukoshizutsu de iinda
Taisetsu na mono o mamoru tame ni
Megurimegutte tsunagatta
Kimi ni arigatou todoiteimasu you ni
Next Time:
A Little Bit of
Thought Goes
A Long Way
for Efficiency!