Episode 11

"Between a Rock and a Hard Place? Are You Kidding Me?!"is the eleventh episode of the Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou Anime'' anime. It premiered on June 11, 2020. You can watch the full English version episode on Crunchyroll for free.

Summary
Brantack explains the King wants to develop the surrounding land but is unable due to the current land owning and low ranking lords, like Sir Artur. Instead, the royal court has been secretly driving Kurt mad with jealousy over Wendelin, so that when he snaps he will be removed as heir. Wendelin refuses to participate as it would also mean disinheriting his nephews.

Klaus warns Brantack to be wary of Amalie, Kurt’s wife, who will try to protect her sons at all costs. Wendelin learns Kurt will be assassinated after Wendelin becomes lord to prevent him causing trouble in the future. Wendelin tries to offer Kurt a proposal that would allow Kurt to become lord while allowing Wendelin to develop the land but Kurt is blinded by jealousy and refuses. With no other option Wendelin decides to become lord, though warns his friends he is planning to resist the royal court by making sure that no one dies as a result.

Wendelin opens a bazaar to provide the villagers with better resources and then bribes Kurt’s shop owning allies with advanced training in their various crafts to improve their businesses, breaking their reliance on Kurt. He also buys a house in the capital for Amalie and his nephews to keep them safe and hopes to have Kurt banished to a monastery by Cardinal Hohenheim so the court will have no reason to assassinate him. With no allies left Kurt finally goes mad and plans to kill Wendelin. One of High Auditor Ruckner’s men provides Kurt a magical weapon called the Dragon’s Flute.