# E9 - Showdown
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G7PU4MXJK/showdown)
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
**[00:13] AZEST**
I don't understand.
**[00:15] AZEST**
Mana, magic speed, combat skills...
**[00:19] AZEST**
I'm better than you in all of them
**[00:22] AZEST**
and yet I'm struggling. Why?
**[00:27] DESIR**
You've got to have more fun.
**[00:31] AZEST**
If I'm lacking anything...
**[00:36] AZEST**
It would be actual battle experience.
**[00:40] DESIR**
I knew you'd do that.
**[00:43] DESIR**
Fireball!
**[00:47] AZEST**
It's pointless.
**[00:57] DESIR**
Strength!
**[01:15] [SONG] SIGN**
Fate is always more heroic than any story
**[01:25] [SONG] SIGN**
The one and only despair flaunts
a completely different sky
**[01:32] [SONG] SIGN**
A stolen smile
**[01:34] [SONG] SIGN**
Put a period on the nights
of lament and depression
**[01:44] [SONG] SIGN**
When the season comes around
for the second time, gear yourself up
**[01:48] [SONG] SIGN**
For the final challenge
**[01:53] [SONG] SIGN**
Why don't we struggle, cry, and bloom away?
**[01:56] [SONG] SIGN**
I have a future, a future I want to
go back to no matter what it takes
**[02:02] [SONG] SIGN**
Here we go and embrace
the next life, nice to meet you
**[02:06] [SONG] SIGN**
There's a world, a world
I want to repaint with you
**[02:13] [SONG] SIGN**
Let's go see the end together
**[02:15] [SONG] SIGN**
The ending credits signal the beginning
**[02:18] [SONG] SIGN**
A special story drawn by light and shadow
**[02:22] [SONG] SIGN**
Ge ge ge ge ge get back
**[02:25] [SONG] SIGN**
To my own story
***SIGN*** Episode 9
***SIGN*** Showdown
**[02:41] AZEST**
You can block this, too?
**[02:45] DESIR**
Did you assume I couldn't use swords?
**[02:55] DESIR**
That was amazing power.
**[03:07] AZEST/I**
*Why...*
**[03:11] AZEST/I**
*Why?!*
**[03:16] AZEST**
I'm much stronger than you are,
so why can't I beat you?
**[03:30] DESIR**
Isn't this fun, Azest?
**[03:34] AZEST**
Fun?
**[03:36] DESIR**
As strong as you are,
**[03:38] DESIR**
you've never had a battle against
a worthy opponent, have you?
**[03:43] DESIR/I**
*Back then, you looked bored all the time*
**[03:48] DESIR/I**
*because battles didn't challenge you..*
**[03:56] DESIR**
Someone you can't reach
with your magic or your sword.
**[03:59] DESIR**
What do you say?
**[04:00] DESIR**
Do you want to beat someone like
that with everything you've got?
**[04:09] AZEST**
I don't know about having fun,
but I'll admit...
**[04:15] AZEST**
I want to beat you.
**[04:19] DESIR**
Give me everything you've got!
**[04:21] AZEST**
I will.
**[04:32] AZEST**
Frozen Throne!
**[05:00] DESIR**
Vision Magic, huh?
**[05:02] DESIR**
I can't inverse that.
**[05:09] AZEST**
Are you ready?
**[05:36] DESIR/I**
* Inside the frozen palace of Vision Magic,*
* she can wield her magic without limitation.*
**[05:43] DESIR/I**
* It's the trump card Azest*
* used before I returned.*
**[05:47] DESIR/I**
*It's incredible that she can use it already.*
**[05:52] DESIR/I**
*But...*
**[06:03] DESIR**
Are you finished?
**[06:10] DESIR**
It doesn't matter how many you make.
**[06:16] DESIR**
Your magic will not reach me.
**[06:26] AZEST/I**
*Every spell is immediately inversed.*
**[06:30] AZEST/I**
*What about my sword?*
**[06:32] AZEST/I**
*No, not enough...*
**[06:35] AZEST/I**
*Not my sword alone... nor my magic alone.*
**[07:19] DESIR**
Brilliant, Azest.
**[07:40] ROMANTICA**
Are you okay?
**[07:41] PRAM**
Yes.
**[07:42] PRAM**
He is very strong.
**[07:47] ROMANTICA**
We have to beat Doneta before
spiky hair joins the fray.
**[07:52] PRAM**
I agree.
**[07:59] DONETA**
Percival, give me a hand.
**[08:05] PERCIVAL**
I thought you were going to
take care of the commoners.
**[08:10] DONETA**
I don't want to waste any more
of my time on the stupid commoners.
**[08:16] PERCIVAL**
Talk about selfish...
**[08:19] PERCIVAL**
All right, then, let's get ready to rumble!
**[08:23] ROMANTICA**
Pram.
**[08:24] PRAM**
I'll handle this.
**[08:28] PERCIVAL**
Take this!
**[08:38] PRAM**
Romantica!
**[08:41] PERCIVAL**
You're dead!
**[08:43] PRAM**
Crap!
**[08:57] ROMANTICA**
I can do this!
**[08:59] ROMANTICA**
Pram, get down.
**[09:03] ROMANTICA**
Checkmate!
**[09:26] DESIR/**
Magic sword...
**[09:28] DESIR/**
The ultimate attack method that can
only be used by magic knights.
**[09:32] DESIR/**
Usually, it takes about
ten years to master it, but...
**[09:37] DESIR/**
She fit ten years into the blink of an eye.
**[09:41] AZEST**
Here I go.
**[09:45] DESIR**
Stone Break!
**[09:56] DESIR**
Fire Road!
**[10:10] AZEST**
It seems that you can't inverse this one.
**[10:32] AZEST**
It's my victory, Desi—
**[10:39] AZEST**
Inversing... but what?
**[10:54] AZEST**
It can't be...
**[11:04] FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT/I**
*The quest is cleared.*
**[11:06] FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT/I**
* The magical power of the Privius*
* Clock Tower has been severed,*
**[11:09] FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT/I**
*and it has stopped functioning.*
**[11:12] FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT/I**
* This marks the end of the*
* ranking tournament's final round.*
**[11:25] FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT/I**
* The darkness of the Privius*
* Clock Tower has been dispelled.*
**[11:29] FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT/I**
* The clock tower will never*
* again summon demons.*
**[11:35] FEMALE ANNOUNCEMENT/I**
* The person who cleared*
* the quest is... Desir Herrman.*
**[11:50] FERGMAN**
Damn it!
**[11:55] FERGMAN**
It's not possible!
**[11:58] FERGMAN**
I will not acknowledge it!
**[12:10] FERGMAN**
Professor Brigitte must have used
some sort of illegal means!
**[12:16] FERGMAN**
It's impossible for a commoner to outdo
a magic knight and clear a Shadow World!
**[12:22] PROFESSOR E**
Exactly!
**[12:24] PROFESSOR E**
It's a fraud!
**[12:26] PROFESSOR A**
By fraud, do you mean Professor Brigitte
leaked the content of the exam
**[12:31] PROFESSOR A**
to certain students?
**[12:33] FERGMAN**
That's right!
**[12:36] PROFESSOR A**
Where's your proof?
**[12:37] FERGMAN**
It's obvious!
**[12:40] PROFESSOR A**
Everyone here watched them fight.
**[12:44] PROFESSOR A**
It's hard to believe anything
illegal took place.
**[12:47] FERGMAN**
Something will turn up if we investigate!
**[12:52] AIDE A**
Please stop this, Professor Fergman.
**[12:56] AIDE B**
We're in the presence of the headmaster.
**[13:04] HEADMASTER**
Bring it to me.
**[13:05] AIDE B**
Yes, sir.
**[13:14] AIDE B**
These are the names of the single rankers
determined by the headmaster.
**[13:23] PROFESSOR A**
If you'd already determined them,
why did you hold this meeting?
**[13:29] HEADMASTER**
I wanted to hear your opinions.
**[13:33] HEADMASTER**
Even if they are rubbish
that isn't worth listening to.
**[13:38] FERGMAN**
R-Rubbish?!
**[13:42] AIDE B**
I will read the names
of the nine single rankers.
**[13:57] DESIR**
The objective of our party
**[14:00] DESIR**
was to reduce the number
of alphas down to nine
**[14:03] DESIR**
by pitting other parties against each other.
**[14:08] DESIR**
But you saw right through it.
**[14:12] AZEST**
Yes. You couldn't have become single
rankers unless you defeated us...
**[14:19] AZEST**
or so we thought.
**[14:22] DESIR**
It wasn't just you, Azest.
**[14:24] DESIR**
The other three from Blue Moon
were focused on fighting us.
**[14:29] DESIR**
That's why we were able to distract you
from our other objective.
**[14:34] AZEST**
Clearing the Shadow World?
**[14:37] DESIR**
Bingo.
**[14:40] DESIR**
I got to the clock tower
slightly before you,
**[14:43] DESIR**
so I tried to analyze the spell,
but I didn't have enough time.
**[14:47] DESIR**
As expected of such
a historical magical device.
**[14:54] DESIR**
I barely managed to analyze it
because I was one-on-one with you.
**[14:58] DESIR**
If all the alphas had come at me together,
I'd have been in over my head.
**[15:05] AZEST**
You weren't focused on the battle against me.
You were looking at the bigger picture.
**[15:12] DESIR**
Like I was during the entrance exam.
**[15:19] AZEST**
I see.
**[15:26] AZEST**
Perhaps I've been playing into
your hands ever since.
**[15:37] AZEST**
You defeated me utterly.
**[15:41] DESIR**
Just by a hair.
**[15:43] DESIR**
If your sword had come slightly faster...
**[15:46] PRAM**
If it had,
**[15:50] PRAM**
we would have fought in your place.
**[15:53] ROMANTICA**
We had already beaten Doneta
and spiky hair.
**[15:58] PRAM**
Desir!
**[15:59] DESIR**
Hey.
**[16:00] ROMANTICA**
Come on, make some space.
**[16:05] ROMANTICA**
You got a problem?
**[16:07] PRAM**
Grrr...
**[16:16] DESIR**
We survived and won
thanks to your magic, Romantica.
**[16:20] DESIR**
Thank you.
**[16:21] ROMANTICA**
What?!
**[16:23] ROMANTICA**
Y-You don't have to thank me
for something like that.
**[16:27] PRAM**
Desir, what about me? Me?!
**[16:32] DESIR**
You did really well, too, Pram.
**[16:34] DESIR**
There, there, there, there!
**[16:38] DESIR**
There, there, there, there!
**[16:39] ROMANTICA**
Hey! That's not fair!
**[16:41] PRAM**
Thank you so much.
**[16:42] DESIR**
You, too, Romantica.
**[16:43] DESIR**
There, there, there, there...
**[16:47] ROMANTICA**
I mean, I didn't ask you to do that!
**[16:51] PRAM**
Then you can pet my head more instead!
**[16:54] ROMANTICA**
Huh?! Why?!
**[17:06] DESIR**
You're going?
**[17:08] AZEST**
Professor Fergman wants to see me.
**[17:10] AZEST**
Because we lost to you.
**[17:26] AZEST**
Desir.
**[17:29] AZEST**
I... have a favor to ask,
although I know I'm asking a lot.
**[17:34] DESIR**
What is it?
**[17:36] AZEST**
Could I... join your training?
**[17:42] DESIR**
What?
**[17:43] ROMANTICA**
Of course you can't!
**[17:46] ROMANTICA**
Right, Desir?
**[17:50] DESIR**
Meet us at the main gate of the training area
at six in the morning and after school.
**[17:55] ROMANTICA**
Come on, Desir!
**[17:59] ROMANTICA**
Don't nod in agreement!
**[18:14] DESIR**
Well, we should get going, too.
**[18:18] DESIR**
Professor Brigitte is waiting for us.
**[18:22] BRIGITTE**
Great job, everyone!
**[18:25] DESIR**
Thank you.
**[18:27] PRAM**
Ma'am.
**[18:28] ROMANTICA**
And... what's the verdict?
**[18:35] BRIGITTE**
First...
**[18:42] ROMANTICA**
Is that... a special cake
from Beswald Bakery?!
**[18:48] DESIR**
Is it famous?
**[18:51] ROMANTICA**
A super popular store where
people line up for half the day
**[18:54] ROMANTICA**
just to buy a loaf of bread!
**[18:56] ROMANTICA**
Their cakes are reserved
for the next three years!
**[19:00] PRAM**
It looks yummy!
**[19:03] ROMANTICA**
If you're serving us such a
special cake, does it mean...?
**[19:10] BRIGITTE**
No, you didn't pass.
**[19:12] ROMANTICA**
Are you kidding?!
**[19:14] BRIGITTE**
Yes, I'm kidding!
**[19:16] DESIR/ROMANTICA/PRAM**
What...?
**[19:18] ROMANTICA**
Jeez...
**[19:20] BRIGITTE**
I'm sorry. I wanted to surprise you.
**[19:25] BRIGITTE**
Desir Herrman.
**[19:27] DESIR**
Yes.
**[19:29] BRIGITTE**
Romantica Eru.
**[19:30] ROMANTICA**
Y-Yes!
**[19:32] BRIGITTE**
Pram Schnaizer.
**[19:34] PRAM**
Yes!
**[19:35] BRIGITTE**
Congratulations.
**[19:36] BRIGITTE**
As of today, all three of you are
officially registered as single rankers.
**[19:42] BRIGITTE**
You are promoted to the alpha class.
**[19:47] ROMANTIC/PRAM**
Yes!
**[19:50] BRIGITTE**
Come on, let's celebrate.
**[19:53] BRIGITTE**
Have as much as you'd like.
**[19:56] ROMANTIC**
With extra chocolate, please!
**[19:57] PRAM**
With extra cream, please!
**[19:59] DESIR**
Thank you so much for everything.
**[20:03] BRIGITTE**
Don't mention it.
**[20:04] BRIGITTE**
You outsmarted that dumpy scum,
so this is the least I can do.
**[20:11] DESIR**
"Dumpy scum"?
**[20:12] FERGMAN**
Achoo!
**[20:19] BRIGITTE**
Here, enjoy!
**[20:36] (Flashback) CHILDREN**
Goodbye, Ms. Brigitte!
**[20:49] (Flashback) BRIGITTE**
Oh, what's wrong?
**[20:52] (Flashback) DESIR**
Teach me...
**[20:54] (Flashback) DESIR**
Please teach me magic!
**[21:29] BRIGITTE/I**
*You've grown so strong, Desir.*
**[21:35] [SONG] SIGN**
I thought you were the only one for me
**[21:38] [SONG] SIGN**
I thought you were the only one for me
**[21:41] [SONG] SIGN**
Even though that couldn't be
**[21:49] [SONG] SIGN**
All emotions will fade away sooner or later
**[21:54] [SONG] SIGN**
So we can pretend it's all a fairytale
**[22:00] [SONG] SIGN**
Even love is just a fleeting dream
**[22:05] [SONG] SIGN**
So let's throw the dice
and see what's in store
**[22:10] [SONG] SIGN**
I rolled a six today, eight times in a row
**[22:16] [SONG] SIGN**
But who knows what
tomorrow's play will bring?
**[22:21] [SONG] SIGN**
I hope one day we'll be able to say
**[22:26] [SONG] SIGN**
That not knowing was the best part
**[22:32] [SONG] SIGN**
I thought you were the only one for me
**[22:35] [SONG] SIGN**
I thought you were the only one for me
**[22:37] [SONG] SIGN**
Even though that couldn't be
**[22:43] [SONG] SIGN**
If we happen to meet again in the next life
**[22:46] [SONG] SIGN**
I'll take any help I can get,
even my own cat's
**[22:48] [SONG] SIGN**
Because this time
**[22:51] [SONG] SIGN**
I'll roll a three
**[23:29] KRAIKEN**
Now, to the magical tower!
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** Respite
**[23:36] DESIR**
Next episode, "Respite."