Clevatess (Kurebatesu) (2025) s01e11 Episode Script
Fake Hero
Hey, Klen!
What do you mean, "a headless king?"
He's going to throw Luna into the forge?
What's going on? Hey!
Hero Alicia!
Hero Alicia!
I'm so glad you're safe!
Your Highness!
You came back alone?
I slipped away from my men in the smoke.
I needed to see you.
I thought you were all killed by Clevatess.
Are there others here?
No, it's just me, Your Highness.
The other heroes
were all slain by Clevatess.
I see.
But I'm glad you're here,
even if you're alone.
Hiderat doesn't have the men to do more
than contain Drel's forces within the city.
We cannot stop him and his Regalia
and powerful magic.
But you have a Regalia too,
so maybe you can
Of course!
And my other comrades
That's right!
There's something else
I have to tell you!
Luna er, your son is alive.
What did you say?
He was wrapped into a cloth
with the royal seal on it.
He has pure Hidenean blood.
I'm sure it's your son
My son's alive
He's really alive
Where is he? Where is my son?
Clev--My comrade took him
to the royal forge.
The forge?
I'll explain later.
Drel is on his way there.
I have to go after him.
Wait. I'll go, too.
It's too dangerous, Your Highness!
I promise I'll bring him back,
so get somewhere safe!
There is nowhere safe!
And while I may be a princess,
I'm also a mother!
I'll follow you into any danger
if it means I can see my son!
CLEVATESS
Episode 11:
Fake Hero
I offer this blood and flesh
to the master of the forge.
Stop.
My first point of inquiry: is that how
you're supposed to hold your grandson?
It seems like you're being
rather careless with him.
Perhaps he's not your actual grandson?
He is my grandson,
and bears the royal blood.
I could never mistake him.
Then why kill him, headless former king?
Is it the way of man to kill
their grandchildren like insects?
It is not.
This body does not move under my power.
All is as the forge wills it.
As the forge wills it?
Those who would become king
are burnt to ash here,
and revive from the ash to become king.
That has been our way since ancient times.
Normally, the naming ceremony comes first,
and their true name is carved into the forge.
From that moment,
they are unable to defy the forge.
This child is publicly known as Hidelius VI.
But his true name is Toth.
However, his true name
has not been carved into the forge,
and thus the forge cannot
compel him to leap inside.
Thus, this body is being made
to move instead.
So you too became ash and were remade
from within that thing?
And that's why you don't need
your head attached?
My son this child's father
feared being called by the forge
and ended his own life.
I made a mistake in telling him the truth
before he became king.
I wanted to let him choose,
at least, but that was a mistake.
The fate of all things
is decided at their birth.
That is the way of things
in the land of Edthea.
Death just means the next person
will be chosen.
To free ourselves from these bonds,
it must be brought to an end
The legend of the hero.
From ash to king.
I know.
What I must bring out
is what's inside the forge.
I will destroy the world!
Are you okay?
Yes.
I'll carry you the rest of the way.
Hold on tight so you don't fall.
Okay!
Which way is the forge?
Over there.
I'm not the king, so I haven't
been told the whole truth.
But there's something
my husband said before he died.
Something I've never forgotten.
"The true heroes are gone."
"The heroes we have cannot defeat
the Lords of Dark Beasts."
Why did he say they were "gone"?
Why was he so sure
they could not defeat them?
We have a thousand years
of history in our records,
and nothing that says one was ever defeated.
And the records from before that are vague.
So what is the legend of the heroes?
What evidence is there that defeating
the Four Lords of Dark Beasts
will open up the world?
Who created the legend in the first place?
My husband never answered me.
He just gave me a cold smile
I think the kings of Hiden have known
the truth and kept it hidden.
And if that's true, they sent
the 13 of you out knowing you couldn't win.
That's so irresponsible!
Even if there was a reason
they couldn't stop it,
we need to face the truth
and fix what we can.
Or the tragedy we saw will repeat,
and more innocent lives will be lost.
I don't want my son to be a king like that.
It's all too much for me to understand.
But regardless of the truth of the legends,
I think it was worth making the attempt.
Actually, I would've done it even
without the legends, I'm sure.
To seek the unknown, to seek strength
Mankind's unending desire to improve itself
isn't something that can be stopped, I think.
I still don't know exactly what a hero is.
But I think it means someone
who faces their fate with optimism.
Actually, maybe it doesn't even matter
if you're human or beast
Maybe doing that is what
makes others call you a hero.
Which means Drel is no hero.
He's just despairing of the reality
in front of him and trying to destroy it.
I need to avenge my father,
but more than that,
I need to defeat him, as a hero!
That's how I feel right now!
You truly are strong, Alicia.
I'm weak.
Weaker than Drel. And of course,
weaker than the Lords of Dark Beasts.
But that doesn't mean I can give up
being a hero now!
I was about to, just a little,
but I met someone who wouldn't let me.
Oh my. Who?
Basically
someone I hope you never meet.
Well, you burned the baby to ash.
What happens now, headless king?
Wasn't he supposed
to revive from the ash?
Well?
Or did it have to be
the real one, after all?
Can a shadow not become a king?
In the instant you grabbed
my arm, you swapped them?
You said yourself that your body's being
used since he can't leap in himself.
What happens to your body
now that you've failed?
You should've known
a mere puppet couldn't beat me.
Ash to ash.
He was judged useless and burned, then?
Now, who will come to take the child next?
Did you intend to burn both Luna and me?
I guess you don't know that a brighter
light casts a darker shadow.
Give it up and come out,
"Master of the Forge."
The forge's ceiling exploded!
The forge?
Hurry.
Pound in my wedge.
Drel!
My son! My son!
I need you to get out of here.
I'll go see!
I don't think Klen would ever let Luna die,
but I can't let Drel go there while under the
influence of the northern Lord of Dark Beasts.
Will I not make it in time?
That was
Drel!
This time, I'll stop you!
Ice Javelin!
That's Commander Royes's
His Regalia?
I'm going to watch from a distance.
Best of luck, Royes of Eslinn.
Did that get him?
You're wasting your time.
You saved me!
Are you a hero?
Yes, a survivor of the 13 Heroes.
I'll just say it rather than
waste time explaining.
Indeed. We don't have time for talk.
I'm Rhode.
Alicia.
Can I assume
we're on the same side here?
I think so. Otherwise, we
can't defeat him!
You both face me?
You think that with two Regalia
you can perhaps defeat me?
Yes, you are both powerful fighters,
but you're wasting your time.
You're strong only by the standards
of existing humanity.
Right now, you're no match for me!
Two more eyes?!
Here he comes!
Behind you!
Summon your ice
That big block of ice!
Hurry!
Got it!
Ice
Javelin!
You think such an obvious attack
can hit me?
Ice Prison!
This is everything I've got right now!
Finish it, Hero!
Descending Dragon
Mountain Fall!
How about that, monster?
Yes!
Unexpected. Bold.
The kind of thing a sword master
would think of.
Is that dark ichor?
His whole body's dark ichor?
Hero! Run!
Hero!
Alicia!
Effort, hope
All those things are empty
in the face of the truth.
Just like a fish can never become a man,
no matter how hard we try,
we can never be true heroes.
The reason is simple:
we as a species are incapable of it.
The fact that we need stones
to use magic proves
that the five humanoid races
of Edthea are inferior races.
Inferior races?
True humans!
The race that once ruled
the entire world
disappeared, and left us
with naught but legends!
We're their pawns!
Both humans and dark beasts!
To end this
all traces of the hero legend
must be destroyed!
And no matter how many wars
it takes to do that
or how many have to die
I don't care!
I see.
So that's it.
I think I see what Drel's after.
No, what Vordin's after.
Thinking back, I've never seen
these "true humans."
Does that mean they disappeared
before I took the throne?
That would mean they vanished
over a thousand years ago.
Zavthier knew and didn't tell me, damn it.
But
To think that's one of
the remnants of the hero's legend.
The Book of Toah.
For some reason, I can read that.
I had to use my unending shadow
to block out enough light to do so.
Otherwise the light and heat
would destroy my eyes.
And the second I saw it,
the forge itself disappeared.
It's clear that this is the
"Master of the Forge."
So a mere book killed the Kings of Hiden,
remaking them from ash
and compelling them to serve its needs.
Absurd.
So this is another type of magic?
Is the existence of this thing
why Alicia came to battle me?
Is this why Luna was fated
to burn to ash?
Is it because of this thing
that I destroyed this castle
and plotted the destruction of all mankind?
Meaningless. Completely meaningless.
I did not inherit the memories
of the last Lord of Dark Beasts,
but I would imagine the position of lord,
and the role we have
of guarding our lands,
exists to deal with the absurd
legend of a long-vanished race.
Birth, fate
none of these mattered.
All meaningless.
The world is gray.
If the world was born from chaos
then so was I.
Whose words were those?
Mine?
I'm sure I was just bored
Why am I carrying
this monkey child with me?
I'm done destroying mankind.
I don't care about the Book of Toah.
I'm returning to my mountain.
I was hoping something
would change, you know
Next Time
Episode 12:
Return of the King
What do you mean, "a headless king?"
He's going to throw Luna into the forge?
What's going on? Hey!
Hero Alicia!
Hero Alicia!
I'm so glad you're safe!
Your Highness!
You came back alone?
I slipped away from my men in the smoke.
I needed to see you.
I thought you were all killed by Clevatess.
Are there others here?
No, it's just me, Your Highness.
The other heroes
were all slain by Clevatess.
I see.
But I'm glad you're here,
even if you're alone.
Hiderat doesn't have the men to do more
than contain Drel's forces within the city.
We cannot stop him and his Regalia
and powerful magic.
But you have a Regalia too,
so maybe you can
Of course!
And my other comrades
That's right!
There's something else
I have to tell you!
Luna er, your son is alive.
What did you say?
He was wrapped into a cloth
with the royal seal on it.
He has pure Hidenean blood.
I'm sure it's your son
My son's alive
He's really alive
Where is he? Where is my son?
Clev--My comrade took him
to the royal forge.
The forge?
I'll explain later.
Drel is on his way there.
I have to go after him.
Wait. I'll go, too.
It's too dangerous, Your Highness!
I promise I'll bring him back,
so get somewhere safe!
There is nowhere safe!
And while I may be a princess,
I'm also a mother!
I'll follow you into any danger
if it means I can see my son!
CLEVATESS
Episode 11:
Fake Hero
I offer this blood and flesh
to the master of the forge.
Stop.
My first point of inquiry: is that how
you're supposed to hold your grandson?
It seems like you're being
rather careless with him.
Perhaps he's not your actual grandson?
He is my grandson,
and bears the royal blood.
I could never mistake him.
Then why kill him, headless former king?
Is it the way of man to kill
their grandchildren like insects?
It is not.
This body does not move under my power.
All is as the forge wills it.
As the forge wills it?
Those who would become king
are burnt to ash here,
and revive from the ash to become king.
That has been our way since ancient times.
Normally, the naming ceremony comes first,
and their true name is carved into the forge.
From that moment,
they are unable to defy the forge.
This child is publicly known as Hidelius VI.
But his true name is Toth.
However, his true name
has not been carved into the forge,
and thus the forge cannot
compel him to leap inside.
Thus, this body is being made
to move instead.
So you too became ash and were remade
from within that thing?
And that's why you don't need
your head attached?
My son this child's father
feared being called by the forge
and ended his own life.
I made a mistake in telling him the truth
before he became king.
I wanted to let him choose,
at least, but that was a mistake.
The fate of all things
is decided at their birth.
That is the way of things
in the land of Edthea.
Death just means the next person
will be chosen.
To free ourselves from these bonds,
it must be brought to an end
The legend of the hero.
From ash to king.
I know.
What I must bring out
is what's inside the forge.
I will destroy the world!
Are you okay?
Yes.
I'll carry you the rest of the way.
Hold on tight so you don't fall.
Okay!
Which way is the forge?
Over there.
I'm not the king, so I haven't
been told the whole truth.
But there's something
my husband said before he died.
Something I've never forgotten.
"The true heroes are gone."
"The heroes we have cannot defeat
the Lords of Dark Beasts."
Why did he say they were "gone"?
Why was he so sure
they could not defeat them?
We have a thousand years
of history in our records,
and nothing that says one was ever defeated.
And the records from before that are vague.
So what is the legend of the heroes?
What evidence is there that defeating
the Four Lords of Dark Beasts
will open up the world?
Who created the legend in the first place?
My husband never answered me.
He just gave me a cold smile
I think the kings of Hiden have known
the truth and kept it hidden.
And if that's true, they sent
the 13 of you out knowing you couldn't win.
That's so irresponsible!
Even if there was a reason
they couldn't stop it,
we need to face the truth
and fix what we can.
Or the tragedy we saw will repeat,
and more innocent lives will be lost.
I don't want my son to be a king like that.
It's all too much for me to understand.
But regardless of the truth of the legends,
I think it was worth making the attempt.
Actually, I would've done it even
without the legends, I'm sure.
To seek the unknown, to seek strength
Mankind's unending desire to improve itself
isn't something that can be stopped, I think.
I still don't know exactly what a hero is.
But I think it means someone
who faces their fate with optimism.
Actually, maybe it doesn't even matter
if you're human or beast
Maybe doing that is what
makes others call you a hero.
Which means Drel is no hero.
He's just despairing of the reality
in front of him and trying to destroy it.
I need to avenge my father,
but more than that,
I need to defeat him, as a hero!
That's how I feel right now!
You truly are strong, Alicia.
I'm weak.
Weaker than Drel. And of course,
weaker than the Lords of Dark Beasts.
But that doesn't mean I can give up
being a hero now!
I was about to, just a little,
but I met someone who wouldn't let me.
Oh my. Who?
Basically
someone I hope you never meet.
Well, you burned the baby to ash.
What happens now, headless king?
Wasn't he supposed
to revive from the ash?
Well?
Or did it have to be
the real one, after all?
Can a shadow not become a king?
In the instant you grabbed
my arm, you swapped them?
You said yourself that your body's being
used since he can't leap in himself.
What happens to your body
now that you've failed?
You should've known
a mere puppet couldn't beat me.
Ash to ash.
He was judged useless and burned, then?
Now, who will come to take the child next?
Did you intend to burn both Luna and me?
I guess you don't know that a brighter
light casts a darker shadow.
Give it up and come out,
"Master of the Forge."
The forge's ceiling exploded!
The forge?
Hurry.
Pound in my wedge.
Drel!
My son! My son!
I need you to get out of here.
I'll go see!
I don't think Klen would ever let Luna die,
but I can't let Drel go there while under the
influence of the northern Lord of Dark Beasts.
Will I not make it in time?
That was
Drel!
This time, I'll stop you!
Ice Javelin!
That's Commander Royes's
His Regalia?
I'm going to watch from a distance.
Best of luck, Royes of Eslinn.
Did that get him?
You're wasting your time.
You saved me!
Are you a hero?
Yes, a survivor of the 13 Heroes.
I'll just say it rather than
waste time explaining.
Indeed. We don't have time for talk.
I'm Rhode.
Alicia.
Can I assume
we're on the same side here?
I think so. Otherwise, we
can't defeat him!
You both face me?
You think that with two Regalia
you can perhaps defeat me?
Yes, you are both powerful fighters,
but you're wasting your time.
You're strong only by the standards
of existing humanity.
Right now, you're no match for me!
Two more eyes?!
Here he comes!
Behind you!
Summon your ice
That big block of ice!
Hurry!
Got it!
Ice
Javelin!
You think such an obvious attack
can hit me?
Ice Prison!
This is everything I've got right now!
Finish it, Hero!
Descending Dragon
Mountain Fall!
How about that, monster?
Yes!
Unexpected. Bold.
The kind of thing a sword master
would think of.
Is that dark ichor?
His whole body's dark ichor?
Hero! Run!
Hero!
Alicia!
Effort, hope
All those things are empty
in the face of the truth.
Just like a fish can never become a man,
no matter how hard we try,
we can never be true heroes.
The reason is simple:
we as a species are incapable of it.
The fact that we need stones
to use magic proves
that the five humanoid races
of Edthea are inferior races.
Inferior races?
True humans!
The race that once ruled
the entire world
disappeared, and left us
with naught but legends!
We're their pawns!
Both humans and dark beasts!
To end this
all traces of the hero legend
must be destroyed!
And no matter how many wars
it takes to do that
or how many have to die
I don't care!
I see.
So that's it.
I think I see what Drel's after.
No, what Vordin's after.
Thinking back, I've never seen
these "true humans."
Does that mean they disappeared
before I took the throne?
That would mean they vanished
over a thousand years ago.
Zavthier knew and didn't tell me, damn it.
But
To think that's one of
the remnants of the hero's legend.
The Book of Toah.
For some reason, I can read that.
I had to use my unending shadow
to block out enough light to do so.
Otherwise the light and heat
would destroy my eyes.
And the second I saw it,
the forge itself disappeared.
It's clear that this is the
"Master of the Forge."
So a mere book killed the Kings of Hiden,
remaking them from ash
and compelling them to serve its needs.
Absurd.
So this is another type of magic?
Is the existence of this thing
why Alicia came to battle me?
Is this why Luna was fated
to burn to ash?
Is it because of this thing
that I destroyed this castle
and plotted the destruction of all mankind?
Meaningless. Completely meaningless.
I did not inherit the memories
of the last Lord of Dark Beasts,
but I would imagine the position of lord,
and the role we have
of guarding our lands,
exists to deal with the absurd
legend of a long-vanished race.
Birth, fate
none of these mattered.
All meaningless.
The world is gray.
If the world was born from chaos
then so was I.
Whose words were those?
Mine?
I'm sure I was just bored
Why am I carrying
this monkey child with me?
I'm done destroying mankind.
I don't care about the Book of Toah.
I'm returning to my mountain.
I was hoping something
would change, you know
Next Time
Episode 12:
Return of the King