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I'm Orphen, a black sorcerer f rom the Tower of Fangs.

Five y ears ago, the magician I looked up to, Azalie,

activated the Heavenly Being's Sword of Baltanders

and became the magical beast Bloody August.

After leaving the Tower of Fangs in search of Azalie,

l, with my apprentice, Majic, and Cleao

began a quest to restore Azalie to her normal human state.

Let's go Majic! Cleao! To our next adventure! To the next town!

May be we shouldn't after all.

What are y ou so af raid of, Dortin?

With a ruin this big, it's not bad karma if we take a treasure or two!

I think it is.

See? It is.

Ouch!

We hit it! It's a hit! It's a huge treasure!

My glorious ey es make no mistake!

You did it, big brother!

What is this?

Is it a broken doll?

You two.

Sorcerers?

Are y ou two sorcerers?

That is a sorcerous runes sword.

Then I shall grant y ou death.

I exist solely to ex ecute my programming.

Your wrong! This sword is. . .

Orphen! It's Orphen!

Orphen?

Orphen?

A black sorcerer named Orphen f orced this sword upon us! Yes!

A black sorcerer? Orphen, y ou say?

PARTNER IN THE CITY OF CANALS

A city of water and people, of rich history,

the beautif ul capitol Alenhatan?

The great capitol of the continent Kielsalhima,

but half of its ruins are of the Heavenly Beings,

so hordes of tourists with too much time on their hands f lock here.

So many gargoy les! It just looks like a city of ruins.

Right? J ust like I said it'd be. Isn't it good that we came here?

Orphen, y ou are tired,

so y ou have to relax and breathe a little every once in a while.

You're alway s relaxing!

You just want to play tourist, right?

What? You know, Orphen, I was just thinking of y ou.

This is so cute!

If y ou like things like that, get it at the store on the corner.

It should be the cheapest one around here.

If y ou're persistent, they'll give y ou a deal.

What?! If y ou knew, then y ou should have said something sooner!

I see! You say this and that, but y ou're checking out the prices.

It's not like that!

I've been to this town bef ore.

To Alenhatan?

It was just f or a little while though.

This place hasn't changed at all. It's still the same as it was then.

You should say stuff like that sooner, okay? Now, show me around!

I want to go to this shop. See? This one.

Here! Here. . .

Orphen?

Save the touring f or later.

I have to f ind someone I knew bef ore f irst.

Someone y ou knew? Wait, Orphen!

"Finding lodging is part of y our apprenticeship."

Master sure makes everything go his way .

Hey, Stephanie, hello there!

Hello!

Hello!

Sure a lot prettier today!

Thank y ou f or praising these f lowers.

Get out of the way!

That I call. . . That I . . . Tha. . .

Thank y ou so much!

It's all right now.

Ex cuse me. Here. . .

Thank y ou.

Are y ou all right?

I'm all right.

But. . .

But. . .

I'm f ine.

I'm f ine.

I'm sorry . All I could do was stand around.

You're a sorcerer?

Yes, well. . .

But my master say s I'm quite a way s f rom being a sorcerer.

Master? You mean there are other sorcerers in this town?

Hey! I said hey!

You could at least show me around! Orphen!

I've been telling y ou that I don't have the time!

What? Your partner is begging and y ou still can't?

A partnership is where people cooperate to accomplish a goal.

That kind of responsible person is a partner.

So, let's cooperate on having a f un tour!

That's not cooperation! That's being self ish.

Who's self ish?! Who?!

Go look in a mirror and y ou'll meet her.

What did y ou say?!

What is that?

A golem!

A golem!

What? A golem?

A weapon made of stone by the Heavenly Beings.

You see them often scattered around ruins.

This is the f irst time I've seen a moving one.

You're noisy!

You're noisy!

What do y ou mean noisy?!

J ust when I made a cool entrance f or y ou!

Don't y ou have enough manners to greet someone at the right moment,

y ou black-bellied sorcerer?!

I don't think that it was such a cool entrance though.

Geez, where'd they f ind something like that?

Sorcerous runes?

This isn't something they could handle. Then who?

For all the numerous insults y ou've paid to me, the stupendous Volcan,

I will cudgel y ou with the hand of justice!

Go, Golem Number 1! Polkano Punch!

Cleao!

Sword of Light, whom I do release!

Big brother!

Here. . .

Master!

Majic!

Orphen. . .

Stephanie. . .

It's been a while.

You haven't changed, Orphen.

Now that's good, back to y our cute f ace.

Thanks.

Miss Stephanie was y our partner, Master?

Yeah, that was two y ears ago.

We worked together f or a while.

We crossed some pretty dangerous bridges too. Right, Stephanie?

You act like such a stranger! Call me Steph, just like bef ore.

Are y ou hurt?

That healeth. . .

That healeth. . .

It's all right. It's all right the way it is.

Back then y ou could have healed it y ourself.

Miss Stephanie is. . .

A f ormer sorcerer.

A long time ago during an experiment I was seriously injured,

and since then my magically powers have completely disappeared.

Is that so? I'm sorry .

That's okay . Don't worry about it.

Hop! Step! Skip!

Oh! Welcome home, Stephanie!

Guests? So many!

That's right, precious f riends and a tear-f illed reunion.

I'll introduce y ou later, okay?

Hey there, Steph! Guests? That's good timing.

My home country just sent me a heap of apples. Take some with y ou later.

Thank y ou as alway s, Auntie!

This place doesn't change.

Yes.

Well, let's go.

Survey of the Heavenly Beings' ruins?

Yeah, Stephanie's an ancient magic research specialist.

She undertook the deciphering of sorcerous runes.

I see. If y ou study these ruins,

then y ou might learn something about the Sword of Baltanders.

Sorry, Orphen. I still haven't been able to decipher them.

I'd like more time to study the ruins.

That's f ine. I'm the one who returned earlier than we agreed on.

So then, why don't we go and investigate?

Us? I nvestigate?

You just want to play tourist, right?

It's f aster that way, right? Then, let's do it. It's decided!

Let's go to the ruins of the Heavenly Beings right now!

Wouldn't tomorrow be okay too?

You don't have to hurry . Tomorrow I'll show y ou around.

That's okay, isn't it, Miss Partner?

Whatever y ou say .

Whatever y ou say .

Who's her partner?

These guy s are just baggage! Baggage!

That's true. After all, I'm an apprentice.

Orphen, y ou!

We have so much to catch up on.

I won't let y ou sleep tonight, Orphen.

Hey, hey! Be gentle! I'm tired f rom a long journey .

Well, how about this?

We haven't taken a bath together f or a long time.

Quit it! We're not kids any more.

You're embarrassed! Speaking of baths, do y ou remember?

The hot springs of Haneko, y ou mean? You really got me that time.

Master, there's been a lot going on while y ou were looking f or Azalie.

I f eel misled.

Orphen, y ou f ilthy, slovenly, promiscuous sorcerer!

Thank y ou f or the meal!

Wow, Miss Stephanie, it's so good! It like brings back memories!

What? My cooking is pretty good too!

This is good though.

I'll give y ou the recipe later, Cleao.

That's okay .

It was a little bland f or y ou, right?

Thank y ou.

Stupid. . .

Magnif icent! Magnif icent!

With this many megalithic armaments,

there's nothing f or wonderf ul me to f ear!

But y ou just lost.

Dortin, when have I ever lost?

Your megalithic armament was blown to bits by one of Orphen's attacks!

Ignorant one! That was a plan to make the enemy underestimate me.

Is that so?

Is that so?

You evil, black-bellied sorcerer, y ou!

This time I'll f ix y ou so that y our seeds won't sprout!

Was that the sorcerer y ou were talking about?

Yes, it was! We took a loss when he hit us with a disguised strike,

but he is, after all, a loser sorcerer. Yes.

It seems that he has more power than y ou think.

That's f ine.

I shall verify his sorcerous power by using y ou.

Verify his sorcerous power? You mean. . .

Hey, Dortin, don't y ou know y our manners?

You're in f ront of the treasured guardian

who lent us these wondrous weapons.

Orphen is a sorcerer bey ond my expectations.

I have only to wait until he sets f oot on this earth.

He's late.

It couldn't be that they've f orgotten their contract with me?

She went out of her way just to buy us dessert!

What a truly wonderf ul person Miss Stephanie is.

What is written in here?

What is written in here?

She's kind, smart and pretty .

[Skipped item nr. 782]

I'm envious of y ou, Master, that y ou had a person like her f or a part. . .

He has a cute partner now too! Right here!

It's not nice to say,

but she's been study ing the ruins all this time, right?

And she can't f ind anything. Can y ou call that a good partner?

Well, there's no helping that!

There are too many ruins f or her to study caref ully,

so it's only logical that it takes time. . .

Then, I'll study them f or him.

Because cooperating is what partners do, right?

Right, Orphen?

Partner, y ou say? When y ou're alway s causing me trouble.

Trouble, y ou say?

What? You have a complaint?

Master!

Master!

J ust when did I cause y ou trouble? You can't do anything without me!

What?

The two of us are over, aren't we?

Don't say it like there was something!

It'll be too late when y ou come cry ing, begging f or me to be y our partner!

Hey, Cleao!

Goodby e!

Master!

Master!

Let it be. She'll come home when she cools off.

No, not that, but. . .

Are we supposed to clean this up?

We?

J ust me.

What should I do?

Orphen. . .

Cleao. . .

Master, Cleao's stuff isn't here.

What? That idiot.

Okay, f irst here.

So these are the ruins of the Heavenly Beings?

I see. There does seem to be some kind of secret.

J ust watch, Orphen! I'll make y ou realize that I'm a helpf ul partner!

Don't!

This isn't the kind of place y ou should come to.

Stephanie, why?

You came all this way f or Orphen? How admirable.

No, it's not like that!

But y ou aren't suited to be Orphen's partner.

What?! Are y ou say ing that y ou would suit him as a partner?!

I . . . It's too late f or me,

because I can't return to what I was then.

Stephanie?

What? What is this?!

You're mistaken! This child isn't a sorcerer!

Puppets?

Puppets?

Please, listen to me! This child is. . .

Ex ecute the contract expeditiously .

Ex ecute it expeditiously .

We're going to run.

We're going to run.

But. . .

Don't underestimate me any more!

Wall of earth, that I sharpen!

Orphen! Majic!

Come here, both of y ou!

How did y ou?

A tour guide, don't leave home without it.

They're f ast!

They're f ast!

Master!

Master!

Steady, Orphen!

Steady, Orphen!

On the right, Orphen!

On the right, Orphen!

Sword of Light, whom I do release!

Now, right behind y ou!

Now, right behind y ou!

Sword of Light!

Sword of Light!

Right! Left diagonally, f ront and back!

Right, two of them!

Right, two of them!

Wow! I can tell she was his partner!

Sorcerous runes? These belong to the Heavenly Beings?

Orphen,

y ou had to come, didn't y ou?

Steph, there's something I want to ask y ou.

Orphen!

What are y ou?

Are y ou Orphen?

I see.

One tough sorcerer.

So, y ou know me?

My name is Killing Doll.

I exist solely to ex ecute my programming.

What?

NEXT EPISODE

Stephanie, who are y ou?

What's y our connection to that mechanical puppet?

What in the world are y ou scheming?

Okay, then I'll save Orphen!

I'll show y ou who Orphen's partner is, Stephanie!

Next Orphen:

"Obey My Command, Puppet"

Sword of Light, whom I do release!