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Episode 3

Lloyd Sets Out.

All right, now to celebrate Lloyd joining our party!

Cheers!

Oh, uh, um...

It's our treat, so eat and drink your fill.

O-Okay.

Don't mind if I do, then.

You must have been quite hungry.

The food in this city is just so good.

Huh?

I-It is?

Not to be a downer, but this place is pretty average.

Yeah.

Really?

But the food in town has such depth of flavor.

It makes me question what I've been eating since I was a kid.

What exactly have you been eating?

Back when I lived with my master...

Your master?

Yeah, the woman who taught me magic.

She would cook with whatever grew wild in the garden,

or mushrooms from the forest,

or simple roast meat from beasts.

I don't think you can really call that cooking...

That's why I started making our meals.

But I never managed to get flavor like this.

What's your master like?

Huh?

If she's the one who taught you such incredible magic, I want to know.

Lloyd's master, huh?

I admit I am curious.

Is she a white mage as well?

No, if I had to say,

I think she was more combat oriented.

There were often explosions when she was experimenting with magic.

She's not a white mage but she taught you support magic?

Yeah.

She's far more incredible than I am.

Wow.

I'd love to learn from her if I ever get the chance.

Don't do it!

Huh?

Studying under her is the one thing you should avoid.

U-Understood.

Sounds like she was a harsh teacher.

Huh?

No.

She could be kind too.

Thank you.

Have you gotten better with Heal, Lloyd?

All right, we need to get to our strategy meeting soon.

Strategy meeting?

We need to explain the quest to Lloyd first.

Huh?

That's right.

Indeed. He'll be lost in the meeting if he doesn't know what the job is.

Huh? But...

I suck at explaining things.

Daggas, if you will!

Come on, now. Get your act together.

You're technically our leader, you know?

What do you mean, "technically"?

But so be it.

I'll explain things.

Leader, the quest notice.

Ah, sure.

This time, our mission is to defeat a pack of monsters tearing up farms.

For a while now, they've appeared out of nowhere and trampled the crops.

You said "monsters," plural.

Is it not a single species?

Right. Apparently, it's several kinds.

I've never heard of different monster species forming a pack.

It's certainly an odd story,

but posted as a quest like this, we'd best heed it.

That's right!

If people are in trouble,

it's an adventurer's job to come to their aid!

I see.

You're right.

If we're up against a pack, that's not great for me and Yui.

Well, it's Silica's time to shine when we're facing a mob.

That's true.

Although wide-area attacks consume a lot of mana.

This may prove difficult, depending on their numbers.

Huh. Can you cast offensive magic, Lloyd?

I'm not incapable of using it,

but I can't produce the firepower a specialized mage can.

I see.

Hmm...

For now, let's decide the major roles of our plan.

We'll open with me and Yui drawing the enemy's attention

and gathering them in one spot.

Then Silica can strike.

How's that sound?

What about me?

Protect Silica and Lloyd from the monsters.

As for Lloyd...

I'm on support and healing magic.

That's a white mage's job.

Yeah.

The rest, we'll figure out on the scene.

We can't know all the details from the quest info alone.

Yeah.

That all sounds good.

Lloyd's on support magic, huh?

I'm a little excited.

Please don't get your hopes up too high.

Erm...

I think you could be a little more confident, Lloyd.

But I got kicked out of the hero's party for my lack of power.

I honestly prefer people like you

over those who act bossy because they're strong.

I feel the same way. Right?

Yeah.

Well, you heard them.

Man, I ate and drank a ton!

What a great way to restore our strength.

All right, we'll meet in front of the inn tomorrow morning.

Don't sleep in, Yui.

Don't treat me like a child.

I'm already seventeen.

A delicate age between adulthood and childhood.

What gives?!

I'm still the leader of this party, I'll have you know!

Not very mature to emphasize that at a time like this.

What'd you say?! How rude!

Jeez!

You two...

Hey, where are you going?

The inn's this way.

Um...

I can't stay at the inn.

You see, well...

I can't afford it.

Here.

Huh?

Use this.

Huh?!

No, I can't accept this!

Don't worry.

I'm not just giving it you.

I'll be subtracting it from your reward for this quest.

Hey, what's the matter?

Come on, let's go.

Yui and the others are waiting.

Yeah.

I'll be sure to work hard and repay this.

I look forward to it, white mage.

Come on, hurry it up!

Sorry, sorry.

Thank you.

I'm getting hungry.

This party is full of kind people.

I need to work hard and prove useful to them.

Morning.

You didn't oversleep.

Good job.

I told you not to treat me like a kid.

Huh?

Where are everyone's packs?

Yeah, about that. Lloyd's using his storage magic for us.

Huh?

He'd said he'd handle carrying everything.

Really?!

It's nothing at all.

Then I'll take you up on that too!

I can't believe we don't have to lug those heavy bags!

It's a big help since our quest is several days away!

If you'd like, I could teach it to you.

Huh?

You mean, even we could use it too?

Yeah.

Everyone is born with at least a little mana,

so it's not that rare.

No, I've never seen anyone else who could do that.

Well, it doesn't take very long to learn,

but increasing your storage capacity does take some training.

Seriously?

I could carry tons of arrows that way!

Please teach me!

I'd be happy to be of assistance.

I feel so light!

Now then, let's set out for the farms of our quest!

Beyond those steep mountains lies the magocracy.

The nation of demons...

Yeah.

They're lying low for now,

but who knows when they'll make another play at conquering the continent?

That's their goal...

Don't shake it.

This is making me freeze up.

Let's be careful.

Go slowly.

All right!

Let's distract ourselves this way!

Question!

When you make something up to get through a moment, you do what with the waters?

Boil them!

Spill them!

Uh... Freeze them!

Throw them!

Drink them!

Pour them over your head!

Huh?

Come on, Lloyd, crack your own dumb joke too!

Huh? Crack a dumb joke?

You telling me you don't know how?

Sorry. That's not a skill I learned from my master.

A skill?

Well, you see...

The idea is to intentionally give a silly answer and get a laugh out of being wrong.

So I just have to say something silly?

I'll give it a try.

Taking it so seriously defeats the point.

We made this game up to help ease our minds on long journeys.

Why would you do that?

Even if the quest is a challenging one,

staying on edge the whole time just wears you out.

Now, another question! When you divvy up a catch, you draw up even shares.

But what do you call someone who draws a whole new path?

A trail grazer!

A trail shaver!

A trail sharer!

A, uh, t-trail... fail. I still can't do this.

I'm sorry.

That was a sorry excuse.

Hey!

Huh?

Yeah, you're getting it.

You can wisecrack if you try.

We arrived at our camp point early.

Because we're traveling so light.

There. That should do it.

Walking, pitching tents, fetching water...

I'm all sweaty now.

Me too.

Hey, is it okay if I go wash off?

We still have more to do.

Collecting firewood, gathering food, and so on.

But still...

I'll go get the firewood.

Really?!

Yeah.

Yay!

Come on! Let's go, let's go!

This should be enough.

Those are...

It's that fruit.

Yeah, that's good.

I'll pick some.

That's...

a basilisk!

Silica!

We're backed into a corner now.

This is bad.

What do I do?

Over here, you damn snake!

Hurry and get to shore!

Lloyd!

That's it.

Over here.

Silica!

Yui!

Here we go!

Right!

Both of you, take cover!

Fireball!

Huh?

That was incredible!

You incinerated it with one spell!

How did I manage such firepower?

That was close.

Thank you.

I couldn't fight barehanded.

Here. If you'd store this again, please.

Sure.

Oh, the sheath's on the opposite shore.

Huh?!

Storage magic isn't that difficult.

Just create an opening with your palms and place something inside.

A-An opening?

Simple, right?

Hang on, I don't follow!

I can't do it.

Huh? Why not?

Why not...?

Let's keep trying for now.

Why can't we do it?

I'm just a bad teacher.

I'm sorry I'm not being helpful.

Don't be so hard on yourself.

We're all beginners anyway.

It's for storing items, so I just want to chant "Storage!"

Oh!

Of course!

We're not like Lloyd, so...

We should use incantations!

Storage!

I did it!

I really did it!

Way to go!

Mhmm!

I'm glad.

All right, I'm gonna give it a try too.

Storage!

It only half vanished...

There are no monsters.

Yeah.

Is something the matter?

Hey, listen...

Thank you.

For, um, joining our party.

No, I was also in a bind without work myself.

Still, I did kind of force you to join us.

But...

What happens to our client if we don't help?

Why are you so focused on this quest, Yui?

Does it seem like I am?

Well, yeah.

Well...

It reminds me of my hometown.

How so?

When I was a child,

our village was attacked by monsters.

I was the sole survivor.

So I couldn't just stand by when I heard about this pack of monsters.

Plus, the smaller settlements are in big trouble

if they lose the food from their farms.

Lloyd?

Shh!

Huh?

Go wake everyone.

Got it!

It's a large herd of powlurks.

That matches the quest description.

I wonder where they're headed.

Storage!

What do we do?!

I'll hold them in place.

How?

Just like that.

Yui!

Catch!

Next one!

One to go!

Silica! Cross!

Are you ready?!

Yes!

I thought you were going to leave it all to Yui!

Now!

Fireball!

Cross!

On it!

Phew.

We did it.

I'm sorry for giving orders.

What are you talking about?

You were a big help.

Huh?

You're really cut out for it.

And knowledgeable to boot.

We'll be counting on you from now on.

Right, everyone?

Now you're sounding like our leader.

What?!

We're in your hands, Lloyd.

Yeah, all right.

Okay, that just leaves our luggage.

Everyone, here we go.

One, two...

Storage!

All righty!

Let's head out!

Why were the powlarks here?

And where were they going?

Lloyd! What are you doing?!

Oh, I'm coming now.

Jeez, you sure take your time.

You're just too impatient.

Huh?! That's mean!