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Projection Magecraft...

is a spell with which you rouse imagery within your heart as pseudo-matter.

In order to project the world within to the outside world...

you need a precise understanding of yourself and of others.

Professor Kayneth, I have a question!

What is it, Waver Velvet?

So, if you have the proper understanding, you can project anything at your will?

Oh brother.

That's not a bad viewpoint.

But only your viewpoint.

Even if you have the right logic, it's impossible to put into practice with a pedigree of your caliber.

You are so correct, professor!

That's impossible for a newcomer!

I don't think pedigree is everything for a Mage!

I thought I told you that a precise understanding was necessary, Waver Velvet.

Magical Circuits, pedigrees, talent.

Those are the hard facts.

Trying to overthrow facts with perception is nothing more than a delusion.

If so, I will prove that pedigrees don't determine everything!

Amazing.

Then, give me your spiel after you're done proving it.

A thought that hasn't been demonstrated is as valuable as dust!

Fine.

Why are you wasting away Professor Kayneth's time, which is more valuable than gold?

I'm going to be blunt. You're out of place here.

Don't you get it, newbie, that you're just here to fill the Clock Tower's quota?

You don't have to put it that way!

That's right, Amleth. Waver is making efforts in his own way.

Effort without the pedigree is meaningless!

Just because you can't prove that...

you guys are going to crowd around and threaten me?

You...

Hah, fine!

Then you can go ahead and prove it!

Let's go!

There's no way you can do it!

I will do it!

Camus!

Yes?

You'd better not trouble yourself with delinquents like him.

Okay.

Camus, are you almost ready?

Yeah.

I'll be right over.

All these books are too damn serious!

Add!

These are Sir's old books, so I need to do this carefully.

Tattered books are tattered, no matter what you do!

Add!

This is...

Mail for you!

Okay! Be right over!

I need the cloak color to be more...

Sir...

No, I need to start out with the muscle bulk.

Sir!

He needs to be a bit thinner.

Sir!

Oh, it's you, Gray.

What exactly are you doing?

An online game. I got engrossed in creating my avatar.

So this is you, sir?

Don't stare at it so much.

It embarrasses me.

Oh, I'm sorry! I just thought he looked awesome.

Thanks.

Anyway, what did you need?

Right!

A letter. Via the Clock Tower.

The postmark date is last month!

When will the Clock Tower actually improve their mail system?

A reunion...

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huh?

You helped me out today. That was a bit too much, even for me.

Sir Marisbury is a true genius.

I simply gave you ideas for analysis.

Modesty becomes sarcasm when you take it that far.

Pardon me.

Speaking of a genius, there's word that Touko Aozaki has returned.

The puppet master?

I especially want nothing to do with geniuses like that who do nothing but cause trouble.

I can't tell you how much trouble she caused me at Izelma.

I thought you would say that.

Why bring up such a topic?

I thought you'd be keeping up with what she's been doing, as you seem to have a grudge.

Unfortunately, my hands are full with my own matters.

U-U-Um...

Ms. Olga Marie, what are you doing for Christmas?

Huh? Nothing, really. I'll be studying by myself like always.

You don't go out with friends?

I don't have such things.

If you don't mind, would you like to join us?

Huh?

We're planning on watching a movie with Ms. Reines and company.

B-But...

as the next Lord, I don't need such things, right?

You should come.

Friends you make when you are young can sometimes become your greatest assets.

R-Really?

Trisha was also telling me that I needed memories I make with others, too.

So...

I guess it would be okay for me to go.

Waver!

If it isn't Waver Velvet!

It's me. Camus Peligor!

I didn't think I'd be reunited with you guys in a place like this, Camus, Amleth.

I had requested some work from them.

I invited you here today on their recommendation, too.

Oh, I see.

Projection was something you two specialized in.

You remembered?

It was your research topic when you were promoted to Pride.

Though you took the title of "Most Successful Classmate."

What is "Projection"?

Something like this.

So, you use a projection as your familiar.

I've named this "Shell Projection."

So it's like a video game character.

It's connected to you. Your other self that is not you.

It's not just an illusion.

It is quite autonomous

and can operate accurately for far longer than an ordinary projection.

What this means is...

We believe that this technology will let us copy an entire world.

Copy the world?

Yeah.

I think we'll be able to have a lot of fun.

Excuse me.

It's me.

No problems here.

I'll call you back.

I don't intend to disappoint a friend.

Excuse me. I have to make an early exit.

Thank you for your hard work.

I'm sorry, but I'll have to catch you again later.

I'm counting on you.

Au revoir.

But this was a surprise!

I didn't know Camus was in your graduating class, Lord.

By the time I was done with the Holy Grail War, she had already left the Clock Tower.

It's because you decided to go on a trip around the globe!

You didn't even remember my face.

You've changed quite a bit.

Thank you.

It's quite enough that you remembered my name.

She is currently helping us out as the CEO of Peligor Corp.

Huh? Peligor? That computer company?

After I left the Clock Tower, I found my place in high tech.

I've been funding Amleth for various things this year.

I enjoy games from Peligor, but I didn't think you were the one running the company.

But in any case, it really feels strange.

That camera is the one thing that hasn't changed.

It's a memento of my father,

so I can't quite get myself to toss it out.

I know! Can you let me take a picture of you just like old times?

Huh, you're still like how you always have been. I don't mind.

I'll pass. It's just not like me.

What a shame.

Then, can I ask you to take the picture?

W-Well, I guess I could do that much.

Can I keep my hood on?

I'll take the picture now.

She said she'll send us the photograph once it's developed.

This is enjoyment you feel only from photographs on film.

Sir, I didn't know you had such lovely friends.

They're not all guys like Melvin.

The reunion is something to look forward to!

Yeah.

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Huh?

Huh?

Huh?

I came all the way over here to listen in on the lecture, and he's late?

Does he finally have a girlfriend?

No, that's just not possible.

Maybe he finally reached the Root!

How can you end up with such a conclusion?

I mean, I can't think of any other reason!

Oh! Maybe an ending of his game was a lot longer than he expected?

Shush! I think he's here.

I was quite delayed by having to explain my situation to the guards.

We're starting class now.

What?

Shut up!

What exactly is going on here?

Is it the red candy? Or the black synd—

I would like an explanation that I can be satisfied with!

This is how I looked when I woke up this morning!

How in the world...

With what reason...

There's no way I can figure it out if you guys can't!

Huh?

What do you think, Le Chien?

He does smell like the professor for sure.

Aura perception is also him, so there's no doubt about it.

If both of you say so, there's no doubt about it.

What in the world happened here, Gray?

I don't know.

When I woke up in the morning, he already looked like that.

I suggested to him to take the day off,

but he said he couldn't afford to cause a disruption in the curriculum.

Well! A true workaholic!

We wouldn't mind if a lecture was canceled.

Just sit down and listen to my lecture!

Do you remember a guy like that?

Isn't he a little cute?

What? Isn't he a bit too young?

Dammit!

I need to figure out the cause of all this,

or I can't even hold my class!

This is making me laugh more than expected!

It's hard to believe you're my gloomy elder brother!

Shut up! I'm getting pretty worried about all this, too!

I mean, you can call me "Elder Sister" now if you want!

How do things end up like that?

Because you're stimulating my sadistic side.

Want some candy, little boy?

Candy?

Apparently it's a custom in Osaka, one of Japan's big cities.

What in the hell is Flat teaching her?

Well, you really are cute.

Hot!

Be careful! This is some sort of a powerful illusion!

It's invading our perception!

Oh?

You can tell from my clothes, right?

In the beginning, the clothes didn't match,

but now they're adjusting themselves to become my old clothes.

Not only am I made to think I've gotten young again, everyone around me is made to think so, too.

Oh, so that's why you don't smell like cigars.

To be honest, my body is rejecting both tobacco and alcohol.

At this rate,

this might completely erase my own character.

That sounds a bit like a horror story.

You left my instructor's materials untouched, right?

Yeah. It's left untouched.

I'm going to go take a look!

That part of my elder brother is still the same as usual.

Photograph...

Cut out that exact moment.

Projection...

Past information...

Imagery and perception...

So if this was merely an avatar...

Which means...

you'd need developing?

Do you need something from Sir?

I thought of exchanging some old tales, but I can't get a hold of him.

Then, would you like to wait for him inside?

You don't mind?

I'm sure Sir would be happy, too!

Thank you.

You really are lovely. Why don't you just stay like this?

Shut up!

So, what's going on, Adashino?

Are you satisfied?

Give me a break!

Policies was responsible for doing that!

Oh, you really do get angry like a teenager.

How cute.

Wha...

My thoughts are being affected by my physical body!

Would you like to hear the rest?

Let's hear it.

He's still bad at tidying places up, I see.

He's always been like this?

Yeah, he always has been!

I'm home.

Sir!

Waver!

Welcome back.

Camus...

Um, what kind of student was Sir in the past?

"Waver the Failure"!

That's what he was called.

I could talk the talk, but I couldn't walk the walk.

That's exactly how I was back then.

I remember your paper,

"Questioning The Path of Magecraft to the New Century."

Stop it!

It was such a horrible piece, too.

You think so?

My family was an upstart, too.

So, I was so happy to see that paper.

Now that I think about it,

our instructor was a sincere man.

He took the time to read papers from people like me and gave rebuttals.

Though he had a terrible personality.

No doubt.

It was really fun back then.

Though I might exist in everyone's memories.

Oh, well, that's...

because you were always the one taking the pictures.

I guess so. I don't have any photographs of myself.

So I have no idea what my face looked like back then.

I see.

So...

I'm glad that you remembered me.

That's right. Grey, tell me.

What kind of instructor is Waver?

Sir is...

Sir is...

a very good instructor!

That's right. Just in case,

you'll be attending the reunion tomorrow, right?

Looking like this?

I'm sure everyone will be rejoiced.

That's the photo from the other day.

See you!

Oh brother...

More like, you're okay just letting her go back home, you chicken!

Because you're always like that is the reason why you're still single and a vir—

Add...

Gray...

Yes?

Call together Flat's group for me.

Is that all right?

I don't mean to rope my students into this, but it's better than having someone die.

Waver!

It's me.

Are you really going to do it?

Yeah.

I'm doing it.

I'm glad, then.

My ten years...

all existed for this!

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We got about 70% in attendance.

Wouldn't you call that a success? After all, this is a reunion of Mages.

The host has arrived.

Tonight, I truly appreciate you for coming all the way out here to London,

land of our adolescence!

I had been anticipating the day I'm reunited with all of you more than anyone else.

Now, I'm sure you may have noticed,

but this location is a bit commonplace to meet classmates for the first time in a long while.

Rest assured, this is more like a guest room.

After inviting our most worthy guests here to the El-Melloi classroom,

I will use my Magecraft to guide all of you to the main venue!

Now, let's call him over!

The arrival of Lord El-Melloi II!

Huh? Waver?

Seriously? He hasn't changed one bit?

Dammit. I shouldn't have come, after all.

Hey, Elder Brother! Can you hurry up and move along?

Why are you here with me?

Give me a break!

I should at least make an appearance at a class reunion of the class my late elder brother taught.

Sheesh.

Waver!

It's your best friend, who came all the way here from Japan!

What are you doing?

How many years are you doing the same thing?

I've gotten used to it already!

It just doesn't feel like the El-Melloi Class without this.

If it isn't Winner! You've gotten so fat!

My wife's cooking is just so tasty.

It has been a while, Lord El-Melloi II.

I-It's been a while.

I've often heard of your activities.

Thus, I give my best regards anew.

I'm a bit busy right now, so I'll talk to you again later.

Yes! Of course!

Hey, who was that?

That was Caimir Empyrian.

Huh?

That guy?

The model student?

He lost the fight to take over Spiritual Evocation and stuck with an unimportant job.

Man...

It's not just Caimir.

Richard Autumn got divorced and is looking for a new spouse.

Horus Orth is an assassin serving an oil king.

Everyone has changed.

If they could, everyone probably wants to go back to the past.

Though I want nothing of that.

He's probably the only one who straight up succeeded in life.

Yeah.

He's a lot more decent to call "most successful."

Though I'd like him to return his debt soon.

You lent him money?

About 100 million dollars.

100 million dollars, huh?

And he still doesn't have results befitting the investment?

He said he'll show research results that are worthy of the investment today, though.

Oh? Where are you off to?

I don't like him, but I'm going to go greet him.

That's one duty I have as a Lord.

I'll go with you!

You're drinking too much!

I just couldn't bear to watch you being diplomatic!

Is that so?

Nobody has really changed other than Waver.

Don't you mean the opposite?

No. Nobody has changed.

Either that...

or they've all gone rotten.

How Waver will change...

is always the one thing...

even I will never comprehend.

Thank you for the invitation, Sir Amleth Vortan.

Welcome, Lord! How does it feel to regain your youth?

I know you're behind making me young again with a Shell Projection.

So you figured it out!

I became young again after Camus took my picture in such a forced manner.

You even took the effort to call me over to Animusphere.

The cause and effect are way too obvious!

I'd thought you would gladly assist me with my presentation.

But this is where the real deal begins, right?

You're going to use my Shell Projection as the core

and make the entire class look young again, right?

You figured out that much?

You needed time before the reunion

because you needed my perception to get accustomed to this body.

Similar to developing a photograph.

Oh brother. I was going to expose my trick a lot later than this.

Nothing less from you, rumored to be a great detective.

My classmates! Sorry to have made you wait this long!

All the actors are here now!

Take a careful look at the scheme I have devised!

Not done yet!

Oh, this is interesting!

This is amazing!

You really are a genius, Amleth!

Yes! It's a great success, all thanks to you, Camus!

This means I can do it! Shell Projection can be developed even further!

That's not all, is it?

What do you mean?

This cheap imitation of a trick can't carry out your plans for revenge...

Camus.

Revenge?

What do you mean by that, Elder Brother?

It means that Amleth didn't get promoted to Pride with his powers alone!

In the first place...

Shell Projection in itself was the secret spell of the Peligor family.

Camus, who supposedly supplied the spell,

suffered irreparable injury to her Magical Circuit.

Amleth, we didn't hear anything about this!

And you took all the credit by yourself? I'm sure the professor wouldn't have overlooked that—

That was right around when Kayneth died.

So it was all because a certain someone jumped the gun?

Amleth, the fact that you're in a financial bind isn't something recent, is it?

Hasn't it been the case the whole time since you became Pride?

I mean, you even borrowed money from Melvin.

This has nothing to do with you! These results, for sure, will—

Isn't that what Camus instigated?

Peligor Corp. had put tight reins on your revenue sources.

Policies has looked into it, so there's no doubt.

Impossible!

What's the meaning of this, Camus?

"The experiment failed because of my inadequacy.

Please let me help you so I can return to the Clock Tower"!

So you really believed it, didn't you?

Did you think I'd reach out to you out of goodwill?

There is enough motive for revenge.

She lost her Magical Circuit, was kicked out of the Clock Tower

and was robbed of the credits due to her.

But I don't get it.

The only mess you created was to just make everyone younger?

Isn't this a bit too grandiose for seeking revenge?

Everyone else's transformations are based on my perception at the core.

You could say that a dream world is spilling out into reality through a hole named "myself."

Wait, that means...

A dream spreading infinitely won't simply end by changing forms.

Right! This isn't just a parlor trick!

A curse!

Camus, you...

S-Stop it, Camus! That one case is supposed to be long over!

It's far from over!

But Camus, don't rope others in

or...

get involved just for someone like this!

You're so kind,

Waver.

You're...

Touko Aozaki?

I actually...

don't care...

about revenge at all anymore.

Reines!

So...

this...

is not a curse.

I have to write my paper.

Hey, Elder Brother! Just how long are you going to sleep in?

Oh, it's you, Reines!

Don't "oh, it's you" me! I would like an explanation!

This is the Clock Tower from ten years ago, created by Camus and Touko Aozaki.

Oh? In other words, this is an illusion?

It's a Shell Projection. It's simply showing memories.

Memories? Whose?

Mine, of course!

Unappealing, getting nowhere...

My memories from when I was called "Waver the Failure"...

So it's something like virtual reality.

I see.

This is an extension of the parlor trick.

Our bodies should be in a deep slumber by now.

However...

if you knew that far, you could have just detained Camus before she went through with it.

We had to have Amleth activate the spell to gain a chance for her to confess.

Her objective not being revenge was beyond my expectations, though.

I didn't think it through far enough.

So what now? Are you going to stay here and continue your unappealing adolescence?

Of course not!

I have to stop her!

Help me out! I'm going to call in my trump card!

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Are you ready?

Please go ahead.

It's a rare chance for us to hack into Ms. Touko's spell!

Let's give it all we've got, Flat!

Of course, Le Chien!

Beyond the fog, to the ideal waters off in the distance,

we will ascertain with the names of lead and thunder.

That is the will of flame and light which dispels illusions.

The great hand of guidance is right here!

O Emerald sword! Slice apart the curtains together with the glimmer of opals!

O great abyss!

O water's surface mirroring the moon!

May we be together with our momentary waking!

Begin intervention!

Game Select!

Gray!

Ms. Reines! Sir!

Thank you for coming.

I need your powers as a Spiritual Medium.

Mine?

This photograph is the core for the Shell Projection.

Something that corresponds to this should exist within this space.

Is it going to be that convenient?

A corresponding item needs to exist for this spell to be properly formed.

Something that connects Sir to Ms. Camus...

I linked my consciousness to your Magical Circuit.

I don't care if it's a hunch. Trace any signs.

Okay!

How's that? Are you satisfied?

It's morning now?

Time is irrelevant within memories.

Waver, what are you doing?

The lecture is about to begin!

I'll head over later!

Later?

Let's go. Don't mess with idiots.

He's surrounded by cute girls! It looks so fun!

Is that your memory, too?

Those are actual people just like us.

Without these that we prepared beforehand...

we'll quickly become just like them.

I don't want to become incorporated into your sentimentalism, Elder Brother.

Same here!

I feel it!

There's a presence up ahead!

That's...

me.

Oh, that person!

That's Camus!

Let's go, Gray.

Guide me to the next spot.

Okay!

I heard she's the daughter of the Spiritual Evocation director.

She's absolutely wonderful!

I'm not interested.

Oh, Camus...

What's wrong?

It looked like you were putting in a lot of effort.

So, a midnight snack!

Thanks.

You have something else?

Um...

Uh...

This!

I'll look at it later.

Work hard on that paper!

See you!

Over there! I sense the same presence as your photograph from that envelope!

Then, let's go grab it.

Hey, what are you doing?

I don't know what will happen if we create an inconsistency in my memories.

This way.

So, this is your room.

It looks pretty terrible without Gray.

Shut up!

Dammit! I know I put that envelope away somewhere!

You don't know what you did with it after you accepted it?

Back then, after I completed my paper,

I immediately headed over to participate in the Holy Grail War.

So not only did I forget to reply, I didn't even open the envelope.

What a terrible story.

Yeah, that's right!

It's a terrible story!

I will assist.

Sorry.

Sir!

It's this book, right?

That's it, Gray!

We can do it with this!

Gray, imagine myself and Camus in the present based on the photograph you have in your hand.

Understood, sir.

Reines, support her.

Got it.

Omens of lightless yonder, a distant guidepost.

A voiceless voice echoes in the void shadows.

The helix snake rises unseen.

Tying together heaven and earth, shadows become words.

Words become light.

Now the glimmering sun rises from the seas!

On your way, Elder Brother!

At the least, go apologize for your past self's incompetence!

Sir, what's that?

Oh, that's...

the center of this world!

An egg?

In alchemy, an egg is the hidden meaning of the world as well as the soul.

How perceptive.

Touko Aozaki!

Why did you lend a hand to Camus?

We were both driven out of the Clock Tower at some point.

And we're actually photography buddies.

So, you granted her wish. Is that what you want to say?

Wish?

If you're talking about creating this slide projection, you're correct.

Camus!

This space comes into effect because she is watching.

Watching the photograph that she really wanted to look at.

And in order to continue observing us, Camus will waste herself away.

The same goes for our physical bodies!

But leave that to me.

I will hold myself responsible and perform maintenance.

Maintenance?

If the physical bodies can be replaced by dolls,

this dream can be shown eternally.

Are you dissatisfied with that?

I'm full of discontent!

Seeking revenge is one thing,

but this is simply assisted suicide!

Camus! We're going back!

What she wants to see isn't the current Lord El-Melloi II.

Sir...

I can understand how she feels.

That feeling of wanting to regain the memories you have lost.

Gray...

That's why...

I want to deliver it to her!

Your feelings, sir!

Her true memories!

Add!

I've been waiting for this!

First restraint rescinded!

Lost memories, huh?

Can you do this, Gray?

Yes!

Add, eat it!

Sure thing!

Gray.

Rave.

Crave.

Deprave.

Grave me...

The Shell Projection is affecting Rhongomyniad, as well!

Grave...

for...

you!

All this time, I had been thinking, "Why me?"

Anyone would suffice if it was simply a projection of memories.

A whydunit!

The reason why you chose me.

All the answers were there!

It was because you...

had been thinking fondly of me!

That's why you wanted to eternalize memories about me.

A simple tale, really.

I didn't know how you felt back then,

and was getting excited over nothing but self-affirmation.

And this is the result of all that.

A confession most suitable for adolescence, but don't you think it's a bit too late?

Yeah. It's too late.

That's why there's something I must tell you.

I don't want to hear it!

No! I will have you hear it!

I have decided how to live my life.

I have decided to live as one of his subjects!

I cannot live up to your feelings!

However...

there's something I must properly return to you!

You don't have to return it! I don't want to know what the answer is!

We did it!

All right!

Oh?

Don't say such sad things...

like you don't exist within our memories.

My dreams and memories were all trampled upon!

Don't you want to go back to those times, as well?

It would be a good thing to rescue your other self

that you left behind in the past!

You're right.

I keep wishing I hadn't made that foolish choice I made back then.

Then...

But no matter how pathetic,

we must keep living in our current world.

We must keep striving because it's out of reach.

That is how I am going to rescue my past self.

You should be the one who holds onto this photograph.

Even if I can't go back,

my memories are here.

That's why...

You...

You always are...

When I first heard the verdict, I was definitely surprised.

I didn't think I would be acquitted, of all things.

You were a civilian who got roped into Amleth's ritual.

That's how they settled it.

My Magical Circuit became completely worthless after this incident...

so I guess that's not a lie.

And now that you are no longer a Mage...

we will have nothing to do with you, as we aim to...

conceal the Mystics!

This is farewell.

Indeed.

Adieu, Lord El-Melloi II.

You have always been my hero.

Camus!

Your egg sandwich...

was delicious!

Have a happy Christmas!

Jeez.

This really was a trouble-ridden reunion.

It looks like your goodbye to your old friend is over.

Do you still have regrets?

No. If I were to preserve all of you,

I would've had maintenance costs of providing all of you entertainment.

That is so like you.

I was one of those people who couldn't become the adults they wanted to become.

And I may look like this, but cherishing my friends is my doctrine.

If she is satisfied by all of this, it wasn't a bad thing.

Excuse me!

It may be true that Sir was not able to become the adult he wanted to be.

But Sir still can become the person he wants to become, starting now!

He is currently struggling to become that person!

Gray...

That is the type of man he is! The man I've been observing!

I'll look forward to it.

Let's go home.

Yes, sir!

Then...

shall we watch a movie?

Okay!

Special Episode: "Waver, Reunion, and the Magic Lantern"