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Kazuki, come back here!

Shikimori!

Kazuki!

Ow...

Save me...

What? Save... you?

That's strange.

I'm sure that I heard a girl's voice, but...

The number of disappearing incidents due to magical accidents has increased dramatically.

The number of disappearing incidents due to magical accidents has increased dramatically.

Since this month began, thirteen people have already turned into ash and disappeared.

As always, the government is slow in taking steps,

and in a situation where it's said to be too late to do anything,

voices criticizing them for wasting the budget have been raised...

We can't just sit here and take things easy.

If we don't work out a plan as quickly as possible, then...

Kazuki is going to end up turning into ash!

So, what are you planning on doing, Kuriko?

I can't think of anything right now.

That's why I've gathered together the rivals that I've been battling fiercely every day

over Kazuki's genes like this to discuss it, right?

Right, that's true.

So far, there have not been any cases of people increasing their spell count in the nation.

Rin, I'd like it if you didn't just say such hopeless things so readily.

I'm sorry.

Jeez, we're this worried about him, but Kazuki is just happy-go-lucky.

If this is how it's going to be, all we can do is

forcefully hold Kazuki down and take his genes before he turns into ash!

Yeah, why not?

Kuriko, please don't get all fired up.

These are compelling feelings!

How about this?

We all gather data on methods of restoring magic one more time,

and try them out on Kazuki?

I'm for it!

I as well!

Then it's decided, everyone.

Let's do our best, for Kazuki's sake!

Fight!

Yeah!

Please try and drink this.

What is this?

It might just increase your spell count.

Please drink it quickly!

For some reason...

It doesn't look appetizing.

Quickly!

Okay...

It's bitter! What is this?

It's the bitter portion of a grated daikon.

Isn't that what's supposed to be good for a hangover?

I tried putting powdered pit viper into the blood of a Chinese soft shell turtle,

and as a topping, also put in powdered red earthworm.

It will make your blood flow smoothly,

and they say that it will affect you down there too.

In any case, the worst thing to do is to not put in any effort and just give up,

so please try your best!

It's horrible.

How do you feel?

There's no way it would affect me so fast.

I see.

It looks like it's taken affect!

Oh my...

Twenty-eight! Twenty-nine! Thirty!

One hundred more!

Shikimori! Look at yourself!

In order to increase your spell count, before anything else, first you need stamina!

Why do I have to face something like this first thing Sunday morning?

When you finish your push ups, do five thousand Hindu squats.

It's all right if my spell count doesn't increase.

Ten thousand Hindu squats!

What good is it to increase the number of Hindu squats?

Do your best! I'll do them along with you!

Kuriko, I want to sleep in my room, you know.

No need to worry, because we're going to get your muscle pain treated at the same time.

After all, this is the best clinic in Japan.

Really?

Appointment for Mr. Kazuki Shikimori at the greatest clinic

that the Kazetsubaki family devoted all of its effort to find!

Now then, let me to show you the ultimate technique!

Okay, then, take off all of your clothes.

Are you going to give me a moxa treatment?

That's right.

Where?

On the tip there.

What?!

Okay, lie down.

Oh my.

Look, I'm going to be putting a moxa on it, so don't move.

Right...

Can't you make it easier for me to put the moxa on it?

No way...

I can't do that at a time like this.

I see...

Okay, then, here you go!

All right, that's the spirit!

All right, that's the spirit!

Heh, there we go.

Come on, come on...

A little more...

It's going to start

kicking in.

Hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot!

Boys and girls, you mustn't copy this, no matter what!

Grin.

I wonder what that voice was...

Unfortunately, there are no changes in Shikimori's remaining spell count being three.

I see...

I understand well how you girls feel, but you mustn't get impatient.

Right...

Ow!

It's happening again!

Save me...

Who's there?

That's strange, it's the same voice as before.

For some reason, this kaede tree doesn't seem very healthy,

but there's no way a kaede tree could talk, right?

Kazuki, what's going on?

What about you and those books, Yuna?

I borrowed them from the town library.

"Magic: Theory and Practice"...

They're all books on magic?

I'm going to check all of these and find a way to increase spell count.

Please help too, Kazuki.

We're going to library, okay?

Right...

We're starting, Kazuki.

Right.

Shikimori, it looks like Kuriko will be coming later, as well.

Just hurry up and look through your own share.

This feels like a useless struggle, though.

What a thing to say!

God is sure to give presents to those who put in the effort.

That's right.

What is to be done if you yourself do not want to do anything?

Right.

Here, this is your share, Rin.

There are not any that are worth noting, are there?

Rin, don't give up, let's do our best!

The item and secret art for increasing magical power have finally been found?!

Huh? I've seen this magatama before.

Really?

Yes, I'm certain.

Here it is, it's this book.

I read this at the head house.

We also own a similar magatama.

Look, it is the same as this.

The magatama from the latter part of the Nara era.

Is this that magatama?

Yes, I believe that the name of the owner should be written down.

City of Tokyo... Oto...

How do you read this?

Keyaki Otomura, I believe.

Keyaki Otomura?

I'm surprised you could read that, Rin.

She might have been one of our seniors here at Aoi Campus,

and a member of the Biology Club at that.

Rin, do you know her?

I saw her in the Biology Club roster that was in the club room.

Her name is unusual, right? That is why it made an impression.

Her name is unusual, right? That is why it made an impression.

I see! Which means if we look her up, we'll know her address too!

Kazuki!

Right...

But...

unfortunately, I've heard that Miss Otomura has already passed away.

What?

What do you mean Keyaki Otomura passed away?

She was sick her entire time at the school,

and it appears that she passed away right before the graduation ceremony.

Does she have any relatives?

She shouldn't.

It appears that even her funeral was conducted by people connected to Aoi Campus.

I see...

I know about Miss Otomura too.

Kuriko, really?

Yes. The funeral was when I was a first year student.

I helped with the funeral, so there's no mistaking it.

Miss Otomura was always wearing that blue magatama as a pendant.

She said that her father, whose hobby it was to collect any and all antiques, bought it for her.

I wonder where that is right now.

Wouldn't her younger sister, Kaede, have it?

Kaede?

It seems like her younger sister was ill,

and I heard Miss Otomura came to Aoi Campus

because she wanted to study magical medicine.

Have you ever met her younger sister?

No, because she didn't even come to the funeral.

Maybe she was hospitalized or something?

Who knows?

Kaede, huh? I'd like to meet her.

Let's meet her!

Kuriko, do you know where Miss Otomura's home is?

Of course.

It feels like someone's in there, but...

Back away, Shikimori!

Kazuki!

Ow...

Are you all right?

Yeah, but just now, for some reason, I felt a person's presence or perhaps a feeling.

There was, although it is already gone.

Is there something there?

It was there until just now.

I cannot call it a phantom, but it is something close to that.

I felt it coming from this room, but if you're going to go inside, be careful.

Rin, don't scare us.

Then I will.

What?

A magatama?

Shikimori, wait!

What?

What are you trying to say?

Kazuki!

Shikimori!

Kazuki!

Kazuki, are you all right?

This is...

Dr. Akai?

Normally, I wouldn't do anything to reveal private things about a student, you see.

But if you know that much already, then I suppose it's all right.

She came to consult with me many times.

Sir, I want to become a doctor, just like you.

I see, with your grades, I think that it's more than possible.

You just have to try your best.

But it costs money to become a doctor, doesn't it?

It's true that it will cost more than a normal university.

We don't have any spare money.

My father's hobby of collecting antiques has gone too far, we even have loans.

If your grades are high enough,

then it will be possible for you to go to a national school and even get a scholarship.

Really?

Yes.

I'll try my best!

Her misfortune started when her mother passed on early on.

It was an unusual illness, wasn't it?

It's an illness where one's magical power suddenly declines.

There aren't very many people who contract it,

but for that reason, no one has found a way to treat it yet.

The poor girl.

Her misfortune continued.

When she was still alive, her mother was able to keep her father's antique mania in check,

but when she died, it ended up growing rapidly at the same time.

And that's why they had loans...

They grew even larger.

Even still, she threw herself into her studies, saying that she was going to become a doctor.

She was earnest.

She cut back on their living expenses and somehow managed to save some money.

But even that money was taken by her father, who ended up buying antiques.

That's horrible.

That is unforgivable.

Even that bad father ended up dying unexpectedly in a traffic accident

one week before she did.

It's just like they were cursed.

Really...

She is an unforgettable student to me.

Doctor, is it safe to say that she wore a blue magatama?

She always wore it close to her heart.

That's what you're all looking for, right?

She said that her father bought it for her when she was little

and they were still happy and healthy.

I wonder if her younger sister, Kaede, has it right now?

Probably.

But she probably wouldn't part with such a precious memento.

How about we go and find Kaede?

But...

It's not like I'm thinking of getting her to part with the magatama or anything.

I just want to meet Kaede.

I want to hear more about her older sister.

If you say so, Kazuki, then...

Thank you, Yuna.

I'll search for her too.

I as well...

Thanks, everyone.

You're all mistaken.

Her younger sister, Kaede, is no longer alive.

She died several years ago.

What do you mean?

After all, you said that Keyaki entered Aoi Campus so she could become a doctor.

Wasn't that so she could cure Kaede's illness?

No, you're not mistaken.

Her younger sister had the same serious illness as her mother.

But she said she wanted to cure her younger sister's illness.

She certainly did say that.

Although her younger sister should have passed away a long time ago.

Even if I asked, she would just smile.

Even I wanted to know what that meant.

Weren't there any clues or anything?

Not really...

Now that you mention it, she did spend a lot of time in the courtyard, beneath the kaede tree.

It seems like she liked that place.

That's also where she told me about her dream of becoming a doctor.

Beneath the kaede tree...

Save me...

Could it be?

Kazuki?

Kazuki, what in the world is going on?

I've heard that this kaede tree isn't doing very well.

It's possible that Keyaki felt the same way for this tree

as she did for her younger sister.

They're both called 'Kaede'.

She came here often, right?

That's right.

In that case, if she heard that this tree was sick,

then she might have tried to heal it somehow.

It wouldn't be strange if she meant this tree

when she said that she was going to heal 'Kaede'.

She tried to heal this kaede tree...

It's true that this tree has been said to be sick.

At one point, it was decided that it was going to be cut down,

but it suddenly became healthy, so it was called off.

Perhaps Keyaki healed it with magic?

It couldn't be.

She shouldn't have had that power.

Doctor?

This is something that is known only to those few people who are involved,

but Keyaki's corpse wasn't at her funeral.

Doctor. She used the simplest, most effective method. I'm sure of it.

I see and thus...

I think that Keyaki used it here, buried it beneath the soil.

There it is! The magatama!

She used the magical power of the magatama, in order to heal the kaede tree.

Thanks to you, Shikimori,

I finally know why Keyaki turned into ash.

On top of Keyaki using too much magic trying to heal her younger sister and her mother,

in addition, after she tried to save the kaede tree

by placing her magic into the magatama and burying it at the roots.

This means that she used the last of her magic and turned into ash.

Keyaki tried to protect this tree in exchange for her own life.

It was practically a part of her.

But this tree is sick, isn't it?

I suspect that the magical power in the magatama isn't affecting it anymore.

The surface is full of cracks.

This is proof that this magatama's magical power has weakened.

This is because on top of it already being old, it had emitting magical power for many years.

It may end up breaking soon.

Then can Kazuki not take it with him?

If he does that, then it will definitely break.

And the tree will end up dying.

Save me...

So that was Keyaki's voice, was it?

Everyone, stand back.

Kazuki, you mustn't use your magic!

Oww oww ow ow ow ow!

There's no way we'll let you use your magic any further, Kazuki!

I will help!

Me too!

Yuna...

Kuriko...

Rin...

thank you.

The kaede tree has become healthy.

I can hear a healthy heartbeat.

And the sense of illness has completely disappeared.

On top of that, thanks to the three of you cooperating brilliantly,

you were able to safeguard Shikimori's spell count.

You certainly are a lucky guy.

Why is a lucky guy meeting with a fate like this?

I was going to try to help Keyaki and this ends up happening.

It looks like Keyaki is happy.

It looks like Kaede is happy too.

Keyaki, from here on, please continue to watch over us along with Kaede.

And so, it was spent.

Somehow, Shikimori was able to get through this without using his magic.

Of course! If the three of us combine our powers, then something like that is nothing.

All's well that ends well, right?

And so, the next episode of Maburaho is "I Opened It"