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3 YEARS EARLIER

[GIRL 1] So this is rainfall!

-Lady Elfaria's amazing! -[girl 2 squeals]

Isn't she? It's the first time I've ever seen it!

[BOY] Even the sky is under the Magia Vander's control!

[WILL] It's so far.

Can I reach it?

How can I ever hope to stand by your side

if I can't control even a single drop of water?

Elfie, is it impossible to catch up to you?

♪

[ROSTY] Careful, you'll catch a cold.

[Will gasps]

I made this myself, you know.

It's called an umbrella.

You're looking at an artificer in training.

Who are you?

I'm Rosty Nowman.

Very nice to meet you.

The two of us are sharing a dorm room from here on out.

And a friendship, if you'd like that,

Will Serfort.

Don't leave me.

The Mage Queen's legacy

appears seamless under your wand, Caldron.

The boy wouldn't have remained in this institution

if not for my actions.

And therefore, I shall guide and support him.

The memory reconfiguration is under way.

His former self will be restored before long.

In exchange, his beloved Sleeping Beauty

remains rocking in a cradle of memories.

Rest.

Let me ponder your dreams a while longer.

[♪ opening theme song playing]

EPISODE 17 THE DAY OF DEPARTURE

[Workner grunts]

[CLAIRIE] Finally! Took you long enough.

What are you two doing here?

[EDWARD] Reckless disregard for your own wounds.

You haven't changed a bit since our school days,

you colossal idiot.

[CLAIRIE] Sure, they won't kill you

but at least try to value your life a little more.

Where am I?

[ELIZA] The school infirmary.

[WORKNER] Eliza.

I found you collapsed on the academy roof last night

and brought you here.

You certainly gave me a scare. I'm glad you're awake.

Careful now, my dear vampire underclassman.

You sound like the worried wife.

My poor clueless witch senior.

Isn't it your brazen two-timing that's the problem here?

You mustn't invite painful misunderstandings.

Excuse you, Workner and Ed are bound to me

through passionate friendship!

Stop trying to weasel your way between classmates,

you thieving hussy!

[Workner sighs, gasps]

Hang on! Where is Will right now?

Under the care of headmistress.

He's safe and sound,

so stop your thrashing, you fool.

[WORKNER] Headmistress?

What could turn into a headache tends to get straightened out

-when that witch is involved. -[Workner sighs, gasps]

[EDWARD] Now save us a headache and go to sleep.

[bell tolling]

-[door opens] -[LYRIL] Good news!

Professor Workner's already on the mend!

So's the other guy!

[GORDON] Are you serious?

Yeah! Got the news from Professor Eliza herself.

Will is... [clears throat]

"If he can handle it,

the book learner oughta be back for our graduation."

-That's good news. -[Mike sighs]

[MIKE] He worked his butt off!

[RENAISSE] Things wouldn't have felt right if he missed out.

[JORUA] He gives dwarves a run for their coin!

Imagine being as naive as you.

What do you mean?

Don't you know he wields an incomprehensible power?

Worrying over him is pointless.

What would make you say something so spiteful?

You used to be so...

I don't need you to preach to me

about the past, Emma!

Allow me to remind you...

Until recently, you all scorned the laggard as well.

If only he could witness this awfully convenient about-face.

The corruption runs deep.

From the bottom of the barrel to my lord elf.

I believe it's time to accept reality

and let go of your obstinance.

Resorting to peer pressure, eh?

As if I would ever give in to such tactics.

If you won't acknowledge him,

at the very least, you might show him

some gratitude for rescuing you.

Reasonable, no?

Or have you forgotten a mage's noblesse oblige,

good sir?

-[Julius grunts] -[shatters]

[JULIUS] Pointless.

Whatever the case, he can't ascend to the tower.

I say, good riddance!

[door closes]

Do you have anything to add?

Sion?

[IRIS] The total number killed or wounded at Terminalia

is roughly 3,000.

The whereabouts of the leaders behind the attack are unknown.

Repairs surrounding the capital remain our priority.

All else will be investigated among the factions.

Of course, Lord Aaron. It will be so.

And furthermore,

regarding the boy, Will Serfort...

He has been a student at the academy.

Why were we unable to ascertain his presence

these past six years?

[IRIS] Likely Headmistress Caldron's work.

I believe she was concealing him until he fully matured.

Logwell, I can manage, but...

the Caldron witch makes too many decisions

without consultation.

From this point forward,

supervision of the sword will be entrusted to Finn.

Will Serfort, a boy who wields a sword...

What do you make of it?

[AARON] It cannot be helped.

If this is the wand and sword of the Mage Queen's vow,

then all paths are guaranteed to intersect one day.

Pardon my lateness, good Lord Aaron.

These back-to-back meetings are a bit much, gramps.

This another one of your boring "evaluations?"

Be silent, barbarian.

Every word you speak is torture to the ear.

We will share any intelligence concerning the attackers.

Continue to investigate the all-student praxis incident.

The capital, the dungeon, the inside of the tower.

Leave no stone unturned.

And what of the recovered mage slayers?

What did we learn from them?

Nothing.

Anything on those monsters?

What did the Upper Institute find

rummaging through those carcasses?

Nothing.

So what you have to share is nothing?

You incompetent king!

Have you truly not so much as an inkling?

[AARON] This event called to mind

the great battle of ten years ago.

This felt the same as those destroyers

who once shook the magical world

and nearly brought it to its knees.

[all gasp]

The Day of Near Doom.

You suggest there were survivors?

Now we're talking!

If any crawl back, I say we give 'em a round two.

Is it possible you're mistaken?

Lefiya and my people strove to wipe them out at great cost.

[scoffs] You scared or something?

Your folks might've helped,

but you did squat in that fight, if I recall.

You gonna go runnin' scared back to your forest, little ladybug?

♪

[Iris grunts]

Yet another reason why I do not like

getting involved in these meetings.

I assume you have a death wish, you wretched lout.

[ZEO] Not the best line after you try to kill someone.

How about I use you as practice

and beat you to a pulp first? [grunts]

[AARON] Enough of this.

Each faction will continue the investigation,

pruning new buds as they grow.

The Bloom is nearly upon us.

Do not neglect your preparations for that.

-[CARIOT] Now then, Sarissa. -Yes?

[CARIOT] What are you doing over there?

Greetings, everyone.

Why isn't that woman with you?

All of Magia Vander was summoned,

without exception.

[SARISSA] Unfortunately, due to her feeling ill,

she will not be attending today.

[bird cooing]

-[Kiki meows] -Huh?

[LIHANNA] Colette.

-[Kiki meows] -[COLETTE] Hi.

[LIHANNA] Who are those for?

They're flowers for Rosty.

Even if he doesn't have a grave yet,

I figured this is the least I can do.

[LIHANNA] What kind of person was Rosty Nowman,

besides brave?

[COLETTE] We weren't that close, so I can't say.

I didn't see much of him on campus

since he was an artificer studies major.

I do know he was a transfer student

from the western capital of Terralis, though.

He appeared out of nowhere and just as suddenly

was glued to Will at the hip, like he'd known him for ages.

Truth be told, I envied that.

[COLETTE] Will couldn't believe it.

He actually made a real friend.

You should've seen his smile.

NIGHTSBLOOD WAND

ELIZA NOSFERAT RACE: RHIZANTH

AGE: 25 BIRTHDAY: 11TH OF AHZOMOON

CRIMSONBLUE WAND BAJA BROOM

CLAIRIE SERAH RACE: RHIZANTH

AGE: 26 BIRTHDAY: 20TH OF ROEMOON

[indistinct chatter]

[MALE DWARF] Hey! Put it down here!

[MALE MAGE] Oh, sorry!

[FINN] That's Rigarden for you.

Nothing like a group of dwarves

to speed up repairs in a ravaged city.

At this rate,

everything'll be good as new in no time.

[IRIS] Invess.

Look who's still alive.

I'm pretty sure I said to quit calling me that.

It's not really a name I like.

Makes it perfectly fitting, then.

I mean, I hate you as much as you hate that name.

You're always good for a laugh, Iris.

So, why call out to stop someone you'd much rather avoid?

I wanted to ask you to leave Will alone for now.

Because if you step in,

the clock will advance all at once.

He'll break.

Then there won't be any stopping him.

What do you know?

I'm surprised such a sentiment came from a watcher.

Got a thing for him, huh?

Of course not!

Well, Iris. I'm sorry to say,

I will be taking him.

[FINN] Caldron's had her fun,

but it's graduation day.

Playtime's over.

1 YEAR EARLIER

[ROSTY] Hey, Will, hypothetically,

what if I wasn't around anymore?

You think you'd be sad about it?

[gasps] What? Where did this come from?

[ROSTY] After meeting you here

and making so many precious memories,

I've started wondering.

If I'm forced to say goodbye,

causing grief you didn't have before,

perhaps I should've spared you that hurt

by never approaching you at all.

[WILL] No! Don't say that!

Regardless of what might happen to us down the road,

I won't ever regret meeting you! All right?

I'm glad we met and that we're friends.

I'm glad, too.

But you'll ascend to the tower eventually.

And there's a good chance I won't get to stay with you.

You're saying you won't have the points?

-Mm. Yeah, close enough. -Huh?

[ROSTY] The day may come when I make Will Serfort,

tower ascendant, inconsolably sad.

But either way...

[Will gasps]

I'll always watch over you.

[birds chirping]

[Will exhales]

My hair's back.

Dark and short again.

But why'd that power change it?

-[Kiki meows] -[WILL] Uh?

[Will gasps]

♪

[Kiki grunts softly]

[Kiki meows]

If Rosty were here right now,

he'd have a theory about my hair.

No doubt.

♪

I'm off.

[birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

RIGARDEN MAGICAL ACADEMY AUDITORIUM

[ELIZA] Magical Doctrine Number One.

The great Mage Queen looked out at her people and declared,

"You may laugh. You may rejoice,

for whether they bloom or not,

when the buds turn toward the sky,

flowers shall surely dwell in the heavens."

[CALDRON] The horrific events of the Terminalia tragedy

claimed many innocent souls.

Academy professors,

and no small number of our students.

To those who risked their lives that day,

we offer our deepest respect and sympathies to you.

From the common man,

to the high mages of the great tower.

But it's no time to hang our heads and fall silent.

We cannot wallow in our grief.

With Mercedes Caulis now under threat,

this tragedy was not a finale,

but a warning bell to signal the beginning of a calamity.

It is the duty of this school

to propel the hope we've nurtured here into the future.

So, let us commence

the Rigarden Magical Academy graduation

and do just that.

Class 401, please rise.

Line up in front of the stage.

All graduates stand ready to receive your diploma

when your name is called.

Agnes Fouques.

Ardens Rich.

Austin Lott.

Will Serfort.

Valerie Rice.

[WILL] Huh?

[EDWARD] Zara Albrand.

Zera Albrand.

Zoe Garniga.

I hereby certify these 250 students,

having completed the full curriculum,

as official graduates of our academy.

[applause continues]

[CALDRON] And now, to conclude,

I will announce those ascending to the tower.

Please come forward as your names are read.

You'll be granted a Hat of Mercedes.

And the right to finally enter the tower's doors.

First, our valedictorian.

Lihanna Owenzaus.

TOTAL CREDITS: 12,000

[all applauding]

[CALDRON] Next, by rank.

Wignall Lindor.

TOTAL CREDITS: 11,989

Julius Reinberg.

TOTAL CREDITS: 11,802

Sion Ulster.

TOTAL CREDITS: 11,801

Emma Klever.

TOTAL CREDITS: 10,000

Renaisse Arette.

TOTAL CREDITS: 9,655

Colette Loire.

TOTAL CREDITS: 9,024

Rose Prehnite.

Jorua Moraine.

Gordon Vally.

Lyril Marze.

All 49 of these students earned the necessary credits

to advance to the tower and begin their arduous climb.

[all applauding]

[WILL] I'm sorry, Elfie.

But there's a 50th student who'll join them.

One who met the ascension requirements

at the very last moment.

[indistinct chatter]

Our school has two ways to qualify for advancement.

The first is to attain at least 7,200 credits.

And the second way, of course,

is to make a spell the world has never seen.

The spell in question

not only cleansed us all of unbearable anguish

but also saved countless lives and the very capital itself.

It is a splendid accomplishment.

A great feat worthy of praise.

And the name of that spell...

is "Courage!"

[Will gasps]

You may step forward now, Will Serfort.

Headmistress!

I'm sure some people will disapprove.

Nonetheless, if you feel the same,

if you deem his courage magical,

give him a round of applause!

[indistinct chatter]

[Will gasps]

[all gasp]

♪

[all cheering]

Ed, just let it go.

Absolutely not!

She would taunt him with that dream

to shove him into despair's cold grip!

It's not right.

He shouldn't have to suffer the same fate that I did.

[WORKNER] I think he'll overcome it.

Thanks to a very scary, yet very kind teacher,

he's prepared for the worst.

[Edward grunts]

♪

You're a greedy one, Caldron.

Suppose I'll spur the sword on in his daring chase

for new horizons.

[CALDRON] Let everyone bear witness

that all 50 of these students upon this stage

are hereby granted approval to ascend Mercedes Caulis.

I dub you the Grim Generation,

for no doubt a turbulent future lies ahead of you,

filled with trials even more severe

than those you've faced.

But you will conquer them!

Find your place in the heavens

and drive off the evil of this world!

[crowd cheering]

♪

See that? You did it, Will.

[SARISSA] The graduation ceremony

has concluded.

Now all the recruits should arrive soon.

Lady Elfaria?

I've been waiting so long.

[FINN] Year 506 of the Magical Era.

What would come to be called the Age of Hope and Loss.

But it began with hope.

[♪ closing theme song playing]

WISTORIA: WAND AND SWORD

♪

[WILL] Next time on Wistoria: Wand and Sword,

episode eighteen, "The First Bloom."

EPISODE 18 THE FIRST BLOOM