Original subtitles

Wait!

Father!

What's wrong, Alicia?

I haven't even used half my strength yet!

Damn it! Even his voice is the same!

The voice of my gentle father...

Go flying, Alicia!

Episode 11 What's Reflected in the Mirror

You know why I came without telling you, right Vordin?

It's time to end this.

No need for talking, huh?

CLEVATESS

An ancient ruin?

I guess this place is special, after all.

I can use the power of my domain.

The condition for entering is to be in human form, right?

That's why you have that form, isn't it?

This isn't where you belong.

Don't get in my way.

You're the one who got in my way.

My domain had already spread to Hiderat.

I had left it alone because I simply didn't care.

But I won't stand for someone outside my domain interfering.

As I thought, you didn't notice.

Why did the King of Hiden try to slay you?

The king was under the control of the Book of Toah.

After many years, he'd succumbed to the Book's domain,

and its defensive instincts left him no choice.

All according to the will of Toah.

And the will of Toah still exists.

Toah must be destroyed completely, until not even a speck remains.

Your words and actions are incongruent.

If you want to destroy it, why try to revive the hero legend?

That, too, is something that does not concern you.

First, I'll bury you,

then do the same for the "true hero" that lies beyond that gate.

I can figure out who "Toah" is after that.

This space fights against me when I try to return to my full form.

This place is structured like a pyramid.

A pyramid...?

Damn it! Calm down, Alicia!

Is that all you've got, Alicia?

This isn't my real father!

I keep telling you to use your legs!

Your legs!

You, especially, shouldn't try to swing with your arms.

Your mom was incredible with her legs, too.

She got me between them once and I almost passed out.

It was before you were born, I think...

This is a fake...

This is...

a fake!

Damn it!

Why does a fake shed blood?

That was a good strike.

But... you're not watching your legs!

Now you're dead.

Okay, let's go home.

That's all the training for today.

What...?

Stand up!

What is this?

What the hell is that?

I have to defeat my dad to leave this space?

My dad was stronger than Drel when he was at his peak.

What do I do?

I'm so cold.

This cold is real.

Please, Klen.

I'm begging you.

Get me out of here!

Of course you're cold, dressed like that.

Even for training, that's going too far.

Come on.

I'll carry you home.

Hurry.

Okay.

Oomph!

You've grown up, Alicia.

Your back is so big, even now.

Is it?

Yeah.

It's so warm.

We're back!

Home...

I remember it so well...

Come on, Alicia.

Come over by the fire.

It'll warm you up.

Yeah.

Hey, honey! Honey!

Could you warm up

the soup from this morning?

Does he mean...?

Honey!

Shut up. I'm coming.

Ow!

You skipped chores all day to go train...

You and your daughter will never grow up, will you?

Come on, Alicia. Help me.

Stop standing there. Get the pot stand out.

Y-Yeah.

She was freezing out there in the snow.

Let her rest.

It's your fault for dragging her out there.

As punishment, you get no meat for the next three days.

Hey, that's not fair.

Four days, then.

Please, no.

What's wrong, Alicia?

Get something in your eye?

Let me see.

No, I...

Slowly...

But...

Open it up.

Come on.

Don't worry. It's not red.

But... Huh?

What was I worried about, again?

Sit down. Your soup's getting cold.

We're training tomorrow afternoon, too.

We need to get some muscle on you!

Yeah.

Don't go too hard on her.

And don't go out in the cold either.

Got it?

Of course, honey.

Hey, no trying to sneak some meat.

Come on, please?

I won't last till tomorrow on bread alone.

Please?

No.

Please? Please?

Give it up, Dad.

Hey! Okay, fine.

I'll train you even harder tomorrow.

Sure.

Let your warm dreams embrace you...

...as you freeze to death, Alicia Glenfall.

Looks like we lost them.

We're lucky we were able to trick them with something like this.

Which way do we even go?

That woman told us to go up, but...

I'm sure we could get out, but the princess probably couldn't.

Yeah.

I can't leave?

This is the mirror world,

and that other personality of yours locked you in, right?

Two personalities in one body.

I don't think you could separate them if you wanted to.

If the other personality is in control of your body,

you wouldn't be able to leave even if you wanted to.

That's probably why she gave the order to kill the person with her face, right?

She plans to completely take over your body.

I'd kind of realized...

when I was thrown into the mirror, our places switched.

When I was young, she was a being within the mirror.

What happens when you rip off a bee's wings?

It becomes an ant.

It becomes an ant and lives within the soil.

A being that spoke of all the dark things I imagined.

Really?

Really. Let's try it.

One day, I stopped seeing her.

I thought it was because I'd grown up...

But the reality was that she'd been taking control of me...

And I'd had no idea.

It's all my fault.

Don't worry about trying to save me.

Escape without me.

Escape? What are you talking about?

We're talking about which is the right answer.

Do you turn your back to the mirror,

or stare straight at it?

Mirrors only show the truth, for better or for worse.

We're twins.

So if there's a mirror, we'll both show up in it.

That's the truth.

We've been told that we're mirror images since we were little.

But we're not a mirror.

That's how it's always been.

There you are.

You're like a mirror. You creep me out.

There can only be one heir.

We don't need two.

If you keep standing next to each other, I'll expel you from the family.

If you don't like that, you can make sure one of you is better than the other.

We had the chance to pursue different paths.

We didn't, to get back at our shithead of a dad,

and to face the truth that we were twins head-on.

We decided that the two of us would rise up together,

and steal the family name from our asshole dad.

But what about you, Princess?

Do you have the guts to face the truth head-on?

Do you have the guts to face yourself again?

I...

This is hard, Dad.

Looking at your sword and the rocks on the ground at the same time...

Do it, even if it's hard.

You're going to be a hero, right?

Huh? Why did I want to be a hero again?

One more time!

She's going straight down the wrong route.

The ideal form presented by the one you respect most...

It's impossible to reject that.

But rejecting it is the wrong answer, too.

So either way, you're screwed.

The only frustrating thing is that I can't interfere with this until the end.

Die, die.

Die, already.

False hero.

I want to be like this forever.

But...

Sheesh.

I don't understand why you want to be a hero so badly.

It's obvious, isn't it?

Everyone has a hero's soul deep in their heart.

The stories we've been told since we were little...

and...

the amazing tales of those who were actually chosen to becomes heroes.

Everyone wants to be like those people!

Don't be silly.

Okay, how about this?!

Singular Dragonfly!

Why am I trying to be a hero?

Why?

Ow!

Hey, Alicia!

Hey!

Alicia!

I'll become a hero and make the world much, much bigger!

Make the world... bigger?

Why?

The end.

Did you enjoy the story of the hero?

It was great!

What part did you like?

How he was super-strong!

And... and...!

And all the different people he met!

His comrades, and the king!

The people in the town!

All the enemies!

I want to meet lots of people, too!

Lots and lots of people!

I see.

Then you should...

Alicia!

Auntie?

Looks like a landslide...

From all the rain we've been having?

Margo climbed out on his own, but his wife...

Mom! Is she hurt?

No...

Hey! Samantha! Samantha, wake up!

Wake up!

Samantha!

Alicia...

Come here, Alicia.

Mom...

Don't cry, Alicia.

You'll be fine.

All kinds of encounters are waiting for you...

Wonderful encounters...

If you make the world bigger...

you'll meet that many more people.

Follow that path, straight ahead...

Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

Oh... I remember.

You woke up.

You always do the craziest things...

That was so dangerous...

The real reason I became a hero.

You should take it easier.

No, if I went easy on her, it wouldn't be training.

I didn't want to remember.

Looks like you're awake.

How you feeling?

You're the Orggite transfer student?

The name's Sarasa.

You're the second to wake up.

The second?

Prayers make you hungry.

Your souls had almost all been ripped out.

I asked Zavthier to keep them attached.

Zavthier...

Who was the first?

Me.

Merry Merry.

I woke up just a second ago.

You're awake too, Forester?

Professor Chiffonlits!

I'm so glad...

I'm so glad you survived against that monster!

I assume he went easy on him.

Otherwise, he'd be dead.

I survived with only minor injuries.

But my Crest is gone.

I can't sense magic anymore.

Mine are...

still here.

I guess 'cause he went easy on me?

About that...

You're the only one to finish the second trial and get two Crests.

I've heard that keeping your memories of the trial

is a privilege reserved for those who are successful.

Merry Merry told you?

No point in keeping it a secret now, right?

So, what was the trial?

The first trial was a battle against my own weakness.

And the second was...

Hey, keep up, Princess!

Let's move!

Okay!

...a battle to accept every part of yourself as you are,

and go forward!

What's gotten into you all of a sudden?

It's fine. I just wanted to do it.

Did you?

Yup.

Okay, thanks.

It's nice to be able to do something for your parents.

Dad...

Sorry to keep you waiting.

You're ready, huh?

Yeah.

Okay.

I'm not cold anymore.

I warmed up long enough.

Good.

So there's nothing left for you to do, right?

Nothing at all.

The fun things, the hard things, the sad things...

All of them make me who I am.

I can't get rid of any of them.

I see.

That's a little sad.

I understand.

But if I'm going to make the world bigger,

there's someone who needs my help.

I'd love to hear more about that.

But I understand well!

Dad?

There's no need to fight.

You've grown up.

Mom?

Alicia, you're stronger than I am now.

Alicia, I'm glad I got to see you.

Me too.

I'm glad I got to see you too.

Thank you.

Farewell.

By my rights as the true heir to the second chapter,

the Book of the Village of Origin,

I force this trial to come to an end!

I'll leave you nothing at all!