Yuusha, Yamemasu (I'm Quitting Heroing)

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?

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!