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I hate the Magia Vander.

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Because of the spell Albis Vina cast,

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Will is always chasing after her.

4
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Yet she doesn't do a thing. She's merely 
waiting in the tower, and that's just...

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I feel so sorry for Will.

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<i>I know.</i>

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>I know I put a spell on him.</i></font>

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<i>And because of that magic...</i>

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<i>Because of the curse I cast, 
Will's been wounded and suffered so much.</i>

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<i>Ever since those tears that started it all...</i>

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<i>Just how much have I made you cry?</i>

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>Should I have gone on a rampage instead?</i></font>

13
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<i>Should I have run away?</i>

14
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<i>Should I have pretended 
not to know anything</i>

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<i>and gone to hold you in my arms?</i>

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You've got it all wrong.

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I don't hate you, Elfie.

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">In fact, it's my fault you're all alone.</font>

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If I were to hate anyone...

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it would be me, 
the no-talent Will Serfort.

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Which is why I must be quick

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and hurry to where you are, Elfie.

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I want to stand beside you, Elfie...
and fulfill our precious promise.</font>

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<i>It's because you say things like that,</i>

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<i>because you smile at me 
even when we're apart,</i>

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<i>that I decided to hold 
myself back and endure this.</i>

27
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<i>So that I wouldn't break our promise
and I could say I've waited for you.</i>

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Please, Cerri! No, magnificent 
Professor Cerridwen!

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Please guide Will!

30
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My, my!

31
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<i>Although there have been times
 I secretly pulled some strings.</i>

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<i>You've been faithfully chasing after me.</i>

33
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>What is there that I can do for you?</i></font>

34
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<i>I want to be of help to you.</i>

35
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I'm sure <i>that's</i> what that Magia Vander
 with a head full of flowers is thinking!

36
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I want to help Will too,
 Professor Workner!

37
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{\an8}In this state, I'm impressed you'd say
someone <i>else</i> has a head full of flowers.</font>

38
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As for the rest of you,

39
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you were accepted by factions, but now 
you've gone and snuck out of the tower.

40
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I don't want to leave Will yet.

41
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My own position is 
of secondary importance.

42
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Hey, what's going on with you?
You're acting strangely.</font>

43
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W-Worry not.

44
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I merely fled the faction 
as though my life depended on it.

45
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Hold on! What's wrong, Lihanna?

46
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The cook-pot... I mean, 
the Witch of the Hammer is on the move.

47
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If we leave things to her, 
Will and Julius will be just fine.

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">The Witch of the Hammer?</font>

49
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You can't mean the one from 
the seven legends of the academy.

50
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We can't just leave this to someone else!

51
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You know I'm onto you, don't you?

52
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Professor Workner, 
you're worried about Will.

53
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You keep visiting the tower
like a long-distance wife!</font>

54
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Even if you get turned away at the gate.

55
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Don't say it in a way
that invites misunderstanding!

56
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How do you even know about that?

57
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Miss Clairie told me!

58
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That blabbermouth classmate of mine!

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">We want to help Will as well.</font>

60
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There's no need to take action.

61
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Sion?

62
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What are you saying?

63
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Didn't you come here so that 
you could help rescue Will, too?

64
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I came to ensure that you lot
didn't do anything unnecessary.

65
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">To keep an eye on you.</font>

66
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He was told over and over it couldn't 
be done, but look how far he's come.

67
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Even when I wasn't watching, 
he clumsily clawed his way through

68
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and overcame every hurdle.

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All we need to do is wait.

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">He will overcome this, too. Besides...</font>

71
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if someone swoops in now, he won't be
 able to show off what he can do, right?

72
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Do you mean as a mage?

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As a man.

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Episode 22
Hoping, Blooming, Thundering

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Emma Klever,</font>

76
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I grant you the blessing of wind.

77
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<b>Emma Klever
Accepted into the Wind Faction</b>

78
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{\an8}I did it!

79
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Mike Maius,

80
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come join the Dark Faction.

81
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="20">Mike Maius
Accepted into the Dark Faction</b>

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{\an8}All right! Here we go!

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Lyril Mars! Gordon Vally!

84
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Both of you, proceed to the fire faction!

85
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{\an8}Yeah! We did it!

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="20">Lyril Mars and Gordon Vally
Accepted in the Fire Faction</b>

87
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So you finally made it, huh?

88
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Okay, congratulations!

89
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{\an8}We did it! Finally!

90
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Everyone who has received a blessing,
please report to your respective factions.</font>

91
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While increasing our numbers is necessary,

92
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each faction's standards 
for acceptance are far too lax.

93
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These so-called mages 
are fresh out of the academy.

94
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Dullard. You know that's not 
the name of the game here.

95
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">After the Terminalia incident,</font>

96
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those overlooked by our scouts 
have become more adaptable.

97
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Though from my perspective,

98
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they are still of an inferior race.

99
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Each of them has transformed 
the unknown into the known.

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">I knew pushing them to the brink was good.</font>

101
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Even immature fledglings can become 
migratory birds, soaring through the sky.

102
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And so the Second Bloom is about 
to come to an end too, but...

103
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Will and Julius haven't arrived yet!

104
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At this rate, they'll end up disqualified!

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Any more of this would be 
a simple waste of time.

106
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It's likely they failed to form a plan,
fell into despair, and ran away.

107
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How can you say that when you're 
the one standing in their way?

108
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Those who'd flee this hell of diligence
have no right to ascend the tower.

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We of the Upper Institute
will take guardianship of them.</font>

110
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I trust you have no objections, 
Lady Elfaria?

111
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We're sorry we're late!

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Julius Reinberg!

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Will Serfort!

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Present!

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Will!

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And Julius!

117
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">How dare a mere lab rat cause 
such unnecessary trouble.

118
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The selection requirements 
are the same as last time!

119
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Your qualification
as a wand is in question!

120
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Will Serfort, honored Magia Vander...
 I trust this is acceptable.

121
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Fine by me.

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Yes, sir!</font>

123
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<i>Will he really be all right?</i>

124
00:09:00,010 --> 00:09:05,020
<i>After all of that, I still haven't 
the faintest idea if he can control Wis.</i>

125
00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,530
<i>Would it be better if I lent him 
my magic without getting caught?</i>

126
00:09:13,290 --> 00:09:16,260
Julius, I grant you a blessing.

127
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Don't try anything. Just come here.</font>

128
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Lady Elfaria! But that's...

129
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Thank you for lending Will your power.

130
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You should believe in him, too. Trust Will.

131
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If you waste all the hard work I put in, 
I'll never forgive you. Understand?

132
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Thank you, Julius!</font>

133
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<i>Wait for me, Elfie!</i>

134
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Begin.

135
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Through my magic, the path 
to Wis should already be open.

136
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You should understand the process now.

137
00:10:02,150 --> 00:10:04,220
So show me, won't you?

138
00:10:04,220 --> 00:10:06,230
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Show me a brand new world for a sword.</font>

139
00:10:07,430 --> 00:10:08,670
<i>Picture it.</i>

140
00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:11,030
<i>A single book.</i>

141
00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,320
<i>Remember.</i>

142
00:10:19,370 --> 00:10:20,670
<i>Find it.</i>

143
00:10:20,980 --> 00:10:22,230
<i>Carve it deep!</i>

144
00:10:22,970 --> 00:10:25,230
<i>Retracing the path you've traveled 
to reach today...</i>

145
00:10:27,730 --> 00:10:30,110
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>recall the fragments you need now!</i></font>

146
00:10:30,790 --> 00:10:32,620
Memory charge complete!

147
00:10:33,110 --> 00:10:36,330
Tearis Wis: Reload!

148
00:10:39,490 --> 00:10:40,400
What?

149
00:10:41,170 --> 00:10:42,500
A blade of light?

150
00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:45,490
No, a sword of ice magic?

151
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Impossible.

152
00:10:46,790 --> 00:10:49,250
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">He was able to produce Wis on his own?</font>

153
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<b>Glauss Wis</b>

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{\an3}<b><u>Mageblade</u>

 You want to know about mageblades? They're just as you see them. 
They lap up magic and make its power their own.
A skill meant to slaughter mages? Ha ha! You have it all wrong! 
They're a last resort for doing something about this lost cause of a world. 

-With a smile from a certain member of the little people</b>

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00:11:01,260 --> 00:11:02,520
<b>Tearis Wis</b>

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00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:06,020
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">{\an1}<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="10"><b><u><font color="

The power of emotion is a wonderful thing, isn't it? It can transform the magic you were struck by
on some long ago day into power that is your own, even if it the event was sad or painful.
Or something like that! I don't really understand it well myself!
The one thing that's for certain is that every memory, even your story about to be written...
 If you don't make full use of all of it, there will be no way to protect this world. 
-A certain giddy Witch of the Hammer</b>

157
00:11:06,980 --> 00:11:09,680
<i>You cast a spell on me.</i>

158
00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,670
<i>But it wasn't a curse.</i>

159
00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,110
<i>We initiated it together...</i>

160
00:11:16,670 --> 00:11:18,640
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>The spell known as a promise.</i></font>

161
00:11:19,580 --> 00:11:22,240
<i>Right now, you feel like you haven't
been able to do anything,</i>

162
00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,120
<i>so you might have come to hate yourself.</i>

163
00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:27,340
<i>But that's not right.</i>

164
00:11:27,340 --> 00:11:29,130
<i>It's not right at all, Elfie!</i>

165
00:11:29,770 --> 00:11:32,130
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>You've given me so much.</i></font>

166
00:11:32,690 --> 00:11:35,630
<i>You've given me infinite courage.</i>

167
00:11:36,310 --> 00:11:38,460
<i>So, here at the end, 
I want you to hold out.</i>

168
00:11:39,460 --> 00:11:42,120
<i>Here at the end, 
I want to try to look good.</i>

169
00:11:43,340 --> 00:11:46,050
<i>Up to today, you've given me so much...</i>

170
00:11:48,830 --> 00:11:50,270
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>And now I want to come to you.</i></font>

171
00:12:02,470 --> 00:12:03,540
He's strong!

172
00:12:03,620 --> 00:12:07,710
<b>Lightning Faction Aide-de-Camp
Guilford Zurgas</b>

173
00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:07,790
{\an8}It seems weaker than when he charges it
 from an external source, but...

174
00:12:08,190 --> 00:12:11,360
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Even so, its destructive power exceeds 
that of intermediate-level magic.

175
00:12:11,870 --> 00:12:13,550
This is a surprise.

176
00:12:20,530 --> 00:12:22,350
<i>Put your feelings into it!</i>

177
00:12:23,950 --> 00:12:25,810
<i>Pour them into your sword!</i>

178
00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:29,600
Will!

179
00:12:30,190 --> 00:12:32,110
I like it!

180
00:12:32,410 --> 00:12:35,610
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Full marks. You've earned 
a smiley face, Will.

181
00:12:37,030 --> 00:12:39,120
Since it was you who sent him
 up to the tower,

182
00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,520
I've respected your wishes 
and merely observed.

183
00:12:41,890 --> 00:12:44,700
But you've done very well, Cerridwen.

184
00:12:45,830 --> 00:12:49,540
Or should I say... Magical Academy 
Headmistress Caldron?

185
00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,010
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">When I'm in this form, 
could you please call me Cerridwen?

186
00:12:54,010 --> 00:12:56,900
Casting aging magic on myself 
is exhausting, you know?

187
00:12:56,900 --> 00:12:59,070
The truth is I'm still young 
and perky, after all.

188
00:13:00,300 --> 00:13:04,570
Also, this place is forbidden to anyone 
other than mages, you realize?

189
00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,520
A little late to point that out,
no, Ageless Witch?</font>

190
00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,770
Besides, you've been working
 behind the scenes, too.

191
00:13:13,410 --> 00:13:18,280
It was you who gave the dwarves
that rare Wist gem, wasn't it?

192
00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:21,050
He's a new user of the fifth element.

193
00:13:21,470 --> 00:13:25,280
You could look the other way
over such a small present, couldn't you?

194
00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,540
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">His capacity is still developing.</font>

195
00:13:28,540 --> 00:13:30,160
As reloading with his own power goes,

196
00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,970
his energy amplification is still sloppy.

197
00:13:32,870 --> 00:13:36,960
But with Wist-set silver reinforcement,
it works more than well enough.

198
00:13:38,010 --> 00:13:40,900
His hair turning white and 
his loss of memory...

199
00:13:40,900 --> 00:13:44,210
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">When it comes to using a mageblade,
Will's been too green thus far.

200
00:13:44,210 --> 00:13:46,180
He paid a heavy price.

201
00:13:46,450 --> 00:13:49,770
But now, after six years 
of growing at the academy,

202
00:13:50,180 --> 00:13:53,070
I can finally teach him 
all sorts of things.

203
00:13:58,540 --> 00:14:03,610
<i>Will you be the one to show us the 
unknown that Cerridwen seeks?</i>

204
00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:11,120
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>I can't wait to see.</i></font>

205
00:14:12,790 --> 00:14:13,910
...can't be.

206
00:14:14,510 --> 00:14:15,130
What?

207
00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:16,380
This can't be.

208
00:14:16,850 --> 00:14:23,380
This can't be, this can't be, this can't be,
 this can't be, this can't be...

209
00:14:23,380 --> 00:14:25,640
This can't be!

210
00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:29,640
Lord Kreutz?

211
00:14:30,510 --> 00:14:32,140
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">He defeated the creatures.</font>

212
00:14:32,870 --> 00:14:34,500
That output...

213
00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:37,900
isn't something
 the dwarves could produce.

214
00:14:38,490 --> 00:14:42,150
So you get it at last, do you? 
His absolute foolishness.

215
00:14:53,930 --> 00:14:56,070
<i>It reverted to its original form.</i>

216
00:14:56,850 --> 00:15:01,600
<i>When I fuel it myself, the energy
depletes far faster than a regular charge.</i></font>

217
00:15:02,090 --> 00:15:03,730
<i>I need to use it carefully.</i>

218
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Not yet...

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00:15:05,870 --> 00:15:08,300
We mustn't acknowledge him yet!

220
00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:10,180
We cannot call something like that magic!

221
00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,680
Kreutz, you're just 
nit-picking now, aren't you?

222
00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,940
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">In what way? If this unknown 
cannot be explained,

223
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should he be allowed
to call himself a mage?!

224
00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,150
And what of the possibility 
that the sword is a magic item?

225
00:15:23,150 --> 00:15:27,070
During a Bloom, equipment
other than wands is strictly forbidden!

226
00:15:27,070 --> 00:15:30,480
Even if we establish that 
he hasn't violated the rules,

227
00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:33,830
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">there is still a need
 to carefully examine Will Serfort!

228
00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:36,580
That's true enough.

229
00:15:37,050 --> 00:15:39,830
But if one thinks of his sword
 as his wand...

230
00:15:40,110 --> 00:15:43,130
Either way, it's true that 
there is no precedent for this.

231
00:15:43,130 --> 00:15:45,590
We must be cautious 
as we get to the bottom of it.

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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">He's come this far, 
and they're still arguing?

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It shows just how much of an 
outlier they find Will Serfort to be.

234
00:15:52,860 --> 00:15:57,040
Even the high mages of each faction 
cannot decide how to handle him.

235
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<i>The only ones who can bring 
this place under control</i>

236
00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,050
<i>are those who stand at the pinnacle
of the tower, the Magia Vander.</i></font>

237
00:16:04,050 --> 00:16:09,020
<i>However, with Will Serfort and 
Lady Elfaria as good as family,</i>

238
00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:12,180
<i>it's certain that anything she does 
would be seen as favoritism.</i>

239
00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,980
<i>Before Lady Elfaria explodes,</i>

240
00:16:16,980 --> 00:16:20,480
<i>is there any way to make an ally 
of another Magia Vander?</i>

241
00:16:22,580 --> 00:16:24,510
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Talking is pointless.</font>

242
00:16:27,470 --> 00:16:31,840
If we want to see the truth of this guy, 
there's a simple way to do it, right?

243
00:16:35,770 --> 00:16:37,020
Zeo?

244
00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:40,270
Hey, you rotten brat. One hit.

245
00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,880
Show me you can take one hit.

246
00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,290
If you can make it through this, 
I'll serve as your proof.

247
00:16:47,950 --> 00:16:50,490
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Roar, Lightning Crash.</font>

248
00:16:50,490 --> 00:16:52,420
<i>A super abbreviated chant?</i>

249
00:16:52,420 --> 00:16:54,240
<i>A low-level lightning spell?</i>

250
00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:55,990
Run, Will!

251
00:16:56,260 --> 00:16:58,280
Zalgia Saga.

252
00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:05,550
<i>There's no blocking that. No evading it.</i>

253
00:17:05,550 --> 00:17:07,530
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24"><i>Which means I'll be obliterated.</i></font>

254
00:17:07,530 --> 00:17:09,090
<i>In order to survive...</i>

255
00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,510
Will!

256
00:17:25,020 --> 00:17:27,560
Fully charged...

257
00:17:29,830 --> 00:17:31,850
Zalgia Wis!

258
00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,550
A-A lightning mageblade?

259
00:17:34,550 --> 00:17:37,290
What's going on? What did he do?

260
00:17:37,630 --> 00:17:39,450
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">He ate the magic!</font>

261
00:17:39,860 --> 00:17:44,220
The moment it struck, he charged 
his sword with it to halve the impact.

262
00:17:45,030 --> 00:17:47,550
Of course, he couldn't absorb all of it,

263
00:17:47,550 --> 00:17:51,360
so some of Zeo's colossal lightning
 scorched Will's insides,

264
00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:54,970
but he's shown he can withstand a kill shot
he could neither block nor evade.

265
00:18:01,660 --> 00:18:03,480
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">You went and survived, you rotten brat!</font>

266
00:18:04,260 --> 00:18:05,980
You survived a hit from <i>me!</i>

267
00:18:06,380 --> 00:18:08,230
You all saw that, didn't you?!

268
00:18:08,230 --> 00:18:11,730
He took a shot from a Magia Vander 
and he's still standing!

269
00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:14,290
There's no better proof than that!

270
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I acknowledge you.

271
00:18:16,850 --> 00:18:19,240
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">You do not belong at the bottom.</font>

272
00:18:19,710 --> 00:18:22,250
Make your way to the top, Will Serfort!

273
00:18:22,780 --> 00:18:25,260
Please wait, Lord Zeo!

274
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The Bloom is a solemn event 
where factions are decided.

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To advance via a method like this—

276
00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:34,510
Then you can take a shot
 from me too, right?

277
00:18:36,210 --> 00:18:39,760
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">There's no way he can do it 
and you can't, is there?

278
00:18:40,210 --> 00:18:42,180
If you don't survive this,

279
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there goes all your "proven worth,"
you glasses-wearing turd.

280
00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:53,650
I-I acknowledge 
Will Serfort's right to be here.

281
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Th-Then that means...

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Will Serfort!

283
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<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">You are officially eligible to
be recruited into a faction!

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00:19:12,540 --> 00:19:13,840
Lady Elfaria?!

285
00:19:19,030 --> 00:19:20,850
E-Elfie?!

286
00:19:20,850 --> 00:19:25,100
I'm so glad... I'm so glad!

287
00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:34,110
I'm sorry I couldn't do anything.

288
00:19:34,870 --> 00:19:36,970
Please don't apologize, Elfie.

289
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:38,870
Smile instead.

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00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:42,970
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">I'm here.</font>

291
00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:45,800
I'm here where you've 
waited for me all this time.

292
00:19:56,940 --> 00:20:00,850
Elfie! I promise I'll make it 
to the tower, too!

293
00:20:00,850 --> 00:20:03,500
Let's go see the sunset together!

294
00:20:03,930 --> 00:20:05,080
I'll be waiting!

295
00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,230
As long as it takes!

296
00:20:10,850 --> 00:20:15,120
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">I've been waiting for you for so, so long.</font>

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{\an8}<b>Wistoria: Wand and Sword</b>

298
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There's really no need to ask, but what 
faction will you join, Will Serfort?

299
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I'll go to Elfie's—

300
00:21:53,420 --> 00:21:54,130
No.

301
00:21:56,110 --> 00:21:57,890
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">I'm taking this guy.</font>

302
00:22:00,910 --> 00:22:04,900
What are you saying? Can't you read 
the room? Are you a fool? Are you stupid?

303
00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:08,770
Are you a thief? Are you a paramour? 
Are you a heretic? Are you a criminal?

304
00:22:08,130 --> 00:22:10,150
{\an8}Elfie, calm down!

305
00:22:08,770 --> 00:22:11,030
Do you want to be frozen and destroyed?

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00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:12,600
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">E-Elfie's faction—</font>

307
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,100
F-Faction...

308
00:22:17,650 --> 00:22:18,480
Will!

309
00:22:20,110 --> 00:22:21,820
Is that right?

310
00:22:21,820 --> 00:22:24,120
You want to join my faction?

311
00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:25,950
Then it's decided!

312
00:22:25,950 --> 00:22:27,700
You can't be serious!

313
00:22:28,030 --> 00:22:29,830
Release Will!

314
00:22:30,210 --> 00:22:33,040
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Wh-What does this mean? What's going on?</font>

315
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,210
I guess it's a headhunting thing.

316
00:22:36,980 --> 00:22:39,340
Rose, i-if that's true...

317
00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:41,920
shouldn't the earth faction 
get in on this, too?!

318
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,510
Will is really, really amazing!

319
00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:46,310
It's totally not because I want to be
with him in the tower, too!</font>

320
00:22:46,310 --> 00:22:47,920
Calm down, calm down.

321
00:22:48,650 --> 00:22:50,860
Just what are you trying to do, Zeo?

322
00:22:50,860 --> 00:22:54,270
You were never one 
to try to scout him, were you?

323
00:22:54,270 --> 00:22:56,410
I decided I want him.

324
00:22:56,410 --> 00:22:58,770
That's all. Isn't it obvious?

325
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,980
You cannot shackle desire.
That's my personal code.</font>

326
00:23:04,980 --> 00:23:08,960
Whether it's riches, alcohol, women, 
or guys... If I want 'em, I take 'em.

327
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,740
If I don't, then I'm not being me.

328
00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:13,110
<i>Barbarian.</i>

329
00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:17,250
Oh, what beautiful, logical thinking!

330
00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,000
What a coincidence.

331
00:23:21,940 --> 00:23:25,880
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="24">Will is the one thing I don't 
intend to cede to anyone.

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00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:30,250
And if anyone gets in my way,
 I'll pulverize them!

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Next time on <i>Wistoria: Wand and Sword</i>,

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episode 23, "A Roar of Ice and Lightning."

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{\an8}Episode 23
A Roar of Ice and Lightning</font></font></font>