2 - Just the Slightest Bit of Motivation
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[00:04] Student
No, you've got it wrong.
[00:09] Glenn
So today's class amounts to this again.
[00:12] Glenn
Take care of the rest.
[00:16] Sistine
What's his problem?
[00:18] Sistine
He's been doing nothing but this,
even after losing the duel.
[00:21] Sistine
I can't believe he'd just abandon
an agreement made between mages.
[00:26] Lynn
E-Excuse me.
[00:28] Glenn
What is it?
[00:29] Lynn
U-Um... There's something I don't understand
on the subject of translating runic...
[00:34] Sistine
You're wasting your time, Lynn.
[00:35] Lynn
Sisti?
[00:36] Sistine
You shouldn't be asking that man.
[00:39] Sistine
He doesn't understand a thing about
the greatness or value of magic.
[00:44] Lynn
B-But...
[00:45] Sistine
It's all right.
[00:47] Sistine
I'll teach you.
[00:48] Glenn
Is magic really that great or valuable?
[00:53] Sistine
I wondered what you might say.
[00:56] Sistine
Magic is the study of this world's principles.
[01:01] Sistine
The origin and structure of this world,
the rules that govern this world...
[01:06] Sistine
Magic reveals those to us
[01:08] ---
and answers the eternal question
of why we and this world exist.
[01:13] Sistine
It's the means by which humanity can discover
the path to a greater plane of existence.
[01:18] Sistine
That's why magic is great and valuable.
[01:22] Glenn
What use is it?
[01:24] Sistine
Huh?
[01:25] Glenn
Exactly what use is there in studying
the principles of this world?
[01:30] Sistine
Like I just said, it brings us
closer to a higher plane of—
[01:33] Glenn
And what's on a higher plane of existence?
[01:36] Glenn
Gods?
[01:38] Sistine
Well...
[01:39] Glenn
What kind of benefit does magic
provide humanity, anyway?
[01:44] Glenn
Just look at the medical field.
It saves people from sickness.
[01:47] Glenn
There are many fields that benefit humanity,
[01:50] ---
like agricultural sciences and
architectural engineering.
[01:52] Glenn
But is it just my imagination, or does
magic provide no benefit at all?
[01:59] Sistine
Magic isn't about something
so lowly as benefiting humanity.
[02:06] Sistine
It's about searching for the truth
behind this world and humanity itself.
[02:08] Glenn
Sorry about that.
[02:10] Glenn
I was lying.
[02:12] Glenn
Magic is incredibly useful...
[02:15] Glenn
for killing people.
SIGN Just the Slightest Bit of Motivation
[02:21] Glenn
Listen up. In the same time
sword arts can kill one person,
[02:24] ---
magical arts can kill ten people.
[02:27] Glenn
There's no other field that excels
so much at killing people.
[02:30] Sistine
Quit joking!
[02:31] Glenn
Both now and in the past, magic has
had an inseverable link with murder.
[02:35] Sistine
No!
[02:36] Glenn
Magic is a good-for-nothing field
that advanced through killing people.
[02:40] Sistine
Magic is not about that!
[02:42] Glenn
I honestly can't understand
what all of you are thinking.
[02:45] Glenn
Studying this field that's only
good for killing other people...
[02:50] Glenn
Instead of devoting your life to
something so foolish, you should—
[03:02] Glenn
Why, you...
[03:09] Sistine
I hate you!
[03:10] Rumia
Sisti!
[03:19] Glenn
What's this crap about magic being great?
[03:22] Glenn
That brat.
[03:26] Glenn
No...
[03:29] ---
I was the one being a brat.
[03:32] Glenn
Okay, I'm through with this job.
[03:35] Glenn
Better practice groveling when I get home.
[03:37] Glenn
If I apologize hard enough,
Celica should forgive me.
[03:44] Glenn
What's she doing?
[03:48] Glenn
A magic circle?
[03:52] Rumia
That's odd...
[03:55] Glenn
Personal use of this lab
is prohibited, you know.
[03:58] Rumia
Glenn-sensei!
[03:59] Rumia
I'm sorry. I just wanted to review
how to construct magic circles.
[04:03] Rumia
I'll clean up right away.
[04:05] Glenn
It's fine.
[04:06] Glenn
See it all the way through.
[04:08] Rumia
It's not working right, though.
[04:10] Glenn
Idiot.
[04:11] Glenn
You're just short on mercury.
[04:13] Rumia
Huh?
[04:13] Glenn
You all get sensitive so easily
about things you can't see,
[04:18] ---
but for whatever reason,
you neglect what's in front of you.
[04:22] Glenn
That proves you consider magic
more sacred than it really is.
[04:27] Glenn
There. Try activating it again.
[04:30] Glenn
Use five phrases, just like the textbook says.
[04:31] Glenn
Don't shorten it.
[04:32] ---
Okay.
[04:35] Rumia
Cycle, cycle, oh origin of life.
[04:38] ---
Form your path within the circle of truth.
[04:55] Rumia
I've never seen such a beautiful circle before.
[04:58] Glenn
Don't be stupid. Anyone can do this much.
[05:01] Glenn
Besides, most of it was your doing.
[05:10] (Flashback) Celica
See? Incredible, right?
[05:20] Rumia
Glenn-sensei, you actually
love magic, don't you?
[05:24] Glenn
What makes you say that?
[05:26] Rumia
Well, you looked like you
were having fun back there.
[05:29] Glenn
No way. I hate magic.
[05:33] Rumia
Is that so?
[05:36] Rumia
What were you doing before
you became a teacher here?
[05:40] Glenn
I was a freeloading shut-in!
[05:42] Rumia
Huh? Shut-in? Freeloading?
[05:45] Glenn
There's a haughty woman named
Celica at the academy, right?
[05:49] Glenn
I've been sponging off
of her for the past year.
[05:53] Rumia
A year?
[05:54] Rumia
What about before then?
[05:58] Glenn
Okay, enough, enough.
[06:00] Glenn
That's enough digging into my past.
[06:02] Glenn
Now it's my turn to ask questions.
[06:05] Glenn
Why are you all so frantic
when it comes to magic?
[06:08] Glenn
You take a dumb thing like
magic way too seriously.
[06:12] Rumia
I want to make magic beneficial
to mankind in a real sense.
[06:19] Rumia
To that end, right now,
I want to understand magic more.
[06:25] Rumia
There's someone I'd like to repay a debt to.
[06:28] Glenn
What do you mean?
[06:31] Rumia
Three years ago, when I
was banished from my home,
[06:35] Rumia
right around the time I
started living with Sisti,
[06:38] Rumia
I was captured by evil
mages and nearly killed.
[06:43] Rumia
That was when a mage of
justice came to my rescue.
[06:50] Rumia
He took care of the evil
mages one after another.
[06:57] Rumia
It was terrifying.
[07:01] ---
But after that man saved my life, I realized...
[07:04] ---
I want to be in a position to lead humanity
so it doesn't lose its way with magic.
[07:12] ---
To do that, I'll need to
understand magic better.
[07:16] ---
And if I follow that path,
[07:21] ---
perhaps one day, I'll be able to thank
him for what he did back then.
[07:26] ---
The man who gave me light when
I was crying alone in darkness...
[07:34] Glenn
Are you...
[07:36] Rumia
What is it?
[07:40] Glenn
No, forget it.
[07:48] Rumia
Also, Sensei? Please apologize to Sisti later.
[07:54] Rumia
She feels a bond with her late
grandfather through magic.
[08:01] Rumia
So it's important to her.
[08:05] (Flashback) Grandfather
One step.
[08:06] (Flashback) Grandfather
I wish I could've taken...
[08:09] (Flashback) Grandfather
just one step into Melgalius's Sky Castle.
[08:16] (Flashback) Grandfather
That was the sole reason I became a mage.
[08:22] (Flashback) Sistine
I'll do it!
[08:24] (Flashback) Sistine
I'll become an even better mage than you,
[08:28] (Flashback) Sistine
and unravel the mysteries
of Melgalius's Sky Castle!
[08:46] Glenn
I'm sorry about yesterday.
[08:47] Sistine
Huh?
[08:49] Glenn
Well, you know, I may hate magic,
but still... I went too far.
[08:55] Glenn
Anyway, um... I'm sorry.
[08:59] Glenn
Okay, time to start class.
[09:03] Glenn
Though, before that, I have one thing to say.
[09:06] Glenn
You guys really are idiots.
[09:09] Class
Huh?!
[09:11] Glenn
I realized it while watching
how you approach class.
[09:14] Glenn
You don't understand a
single thing about magic.
[09:17] Guy
You're one to talk!
[09:17] Girls
What?!
[09:17] Student
I don't want to hear that
from a third-rate mage
[09:18] Girls
That's your fault!
[09:19] Girls
Screw you!
[09:20] Girls
This is cruel!
[09:20] Student
who can't even one-line a chant
as simple as Shock Bolt.
[09:22] Glenn
Well, frankly, you're making
my ears burn with that one.
[09:26] Glenn
I don't have any sense for mana
manipulation and chant reduction.
[09:31] Glenn
But "as simple as Shock Bolt," you say?
[09:34] Glenn
You really are idiots.
[09:36] Class
Wha?!
[09:37] Glenn
So today, I'm going to teach
you about that Shock Bolt.
[09:41] ---
The basic chant is:
[09:43] ---
"Thunder sprites, pay heed,
and strike with your electric shock."
[09:48] Student
Figures he's using a three-line chant.
[09:51] Student
We already mastered Shock Bolt a long time ago.
[09:53] Glenn
As you all know, for those with an
excellent sense for mana manipulation,
[09:57] ---
you can shorten it to
"Thunder sprites, shock."
[10:01] ---
But here's your question:
[10:03] ---
"Thunder sprites, pay heed,
and strike with your electric shock."
SIGN Thunder sprites, pay heed, and strike with your electric shock
[10:07] Glenn
What happens if you make this
three-line chant into four lines?
SIGN Thunder sprites, pay heed, and strike with your electric shock.
SIGN Thunder sprites, / pay heed, / and strike / with your electric shock.
[10:12] Student
That chant wouldn't function properly.
[10:15] Student
It'll fail somehow or other.
[10:17] Glenn
I know that, idiot.
[10:20] Glenn
I'm asking you what shape
that failure will take.
[10:24] Student
Obviously, that's just random!
[10:26] Glenn
Random? Didn't you say you've mastered this?
[10:30] Glenn
What? You're all done?
[10:33] ---
Fine, then. The answer is...
[10:36] ---
It'll curve right.
[10:39] ---
Thunder sprites, pay heed, and strike,
with your electric shock.
[10:50] Student
No way!
[10:51] Student
That's impossible!
[10:52] Glenn
By the way, if you make it five lines, like this,
SIGN Thunder / sprites, / pay heed, / and strike / with your electric shock
SIGN Thunder / sprites, / pay heed, / and strike / with your electric shock
SIGN the firing range shortens.
SIGN Thunder / sprites, / pay heed, / and strike / with your electric shock
[10:57] ---
If you erase one part,
SIGN Thunder / sprites, / pay heed, / strike / with your electric shock
SIGN then its output plummets.
SIGN Well, if you're claiming you've mastered it, then you should be capable of this.
SIGN Listen, in short, magic is just an advanced form of autosuggestion.
SIGN The runic language we use when chanting spells
SIGN is the language most efficient for achieving that.
[11:16] ---
It reforms the human subconscious so we can
intervene upon the principles of this world.
SIGN You guys might say that magic is about studying the principles of this world,
SIGN but you're wrong.
SIGN Magic is about probing the heart of mankind.
SIGN You all look like you refuse to believe that mere words could have such power.
SIGN In that case...
SIGN Hey, white cat.
[11:40] Sistine
Wh-White cat?!
[11:41] Sistine
Are you calling me a white cat?
[11:43] Sistine
I have a proper name, Sistine—
[11:45] Glenn
I love you.
[11:46] Glenn
I fell for you the moment
I first laid eyes on you.
[11:50] Glenn
Okay, pay attention!
[11:51] Glenn
The white cat's face is now beet red!
[11:53] Glenn
That's a splendid show of how
mere words influenced her mind.
[11:58] Glenn
Influencing the world through
the use of language...
[12:00] Glenn
That is the foundation of ma—
[12:02] Glenn
Hey, idiot! Don't throw your textbook!
[12:04] Sistine
You're the idiot!
[12:05] Sistine
You idiot, idiot, idiot!
[12:07] Glenn
A-Anyway...
[12:09] Glenn
Magic has something similar
to grammar and syntax,
[12:13] Glenn
which helps it reform your subconscious
in the way you want.
[12:17] ---
Once you know that, then, for example...
[12:20] ---
Well, anyway, paralyze.
[12:26] ---
Huh? That was weaker than I expected.
[12:29] ---
Well, then you'll be able
to modify it like that.
[12:32] Student
No way!
[12:33] Student
He can activate it with
such a half-hearted chant?
[12:35] Student
"Keywords to activate the spell
embedded in your subconscious."
[12:39] Student
That's what a chant is.
[12:41] Student
In short, it's just an association game.
[12:43] Student
For example, what associations come to mind
when you hear this white cat's nickname?
[12:48] Students
A cat.
[12:48] Students
A cat, yeah.
[12:49] Glenn
Chants and spells work the same.
[12:51] Glenn
Once you know that, modifying
chants like these isn't hard.
[12:55] Glenn
But skipping over those basics
[12:58] ---
and writing down or translating chants because
this dumb textbook just says to memorize them...
[13:03] Glenn
That's the kind of "for dummies"
classes you've been taking thus far.
[13:10] Glenn
Talk about dumb.
[13:13] Glenn
Right now, all of you are no more
than magic users who can use spells.
[13:18] Glenn
If you want to call yourselves mages,
then think hard about what you're lacking.
[13:23] Glenn
Now, I'm going to teach you
the most basic of basics.
[13:27] Glenn
If you're not interested, then just sleep.
[13:33] Celica
I knew it all along!
[13:35] Celica
He can do it when he puts his mind to it!
[13:37] Rick
His class has been so popular, even other
students are stopping in to watch.
[13:37] Celica
I always thought his talent
lay in teaching others.
[13:41] Celica
Well, that's because he's my best
apprentice, who I taught from scratch!
[13:45] Rick
What?
[13:45] Celica
He's the one I chose when I wouldn't
take any other apprentices.
[13:46] Halley
Damn you, Glenn Radars! One day,
you'll be gone from this academy!
[13:51] Glenn
In contrast with general magic,
[13:53] ---
you all tend to view unique,
original magic as sacred,
[13:58] ---
but creating it isn't that big a deal.
[14:02] Glenn
So what makes it challenging?
[14:04] Glenn
The single fact that you
have to somehow surpass
[14:07] ---
general magic that's already
been minutely perfected.
[14:12] Glenn
Otherwise, there's no point in using it.
[14:21] Glenn
You know...
[14:32] Glenn
This isn't so bad.
[14:34] Celica
Oh, look at you, getting
all pensive in the twilight.
[14:38] Celica
Enjoying your youth, I see.
[14:39] Glenn
What do you want?
[14:41] Celica
Well, you know, I just thought
you've perked up a bit lately.
[14:46] Celica
Before, you looked like a fish
that had been dead for a month,
[14:50] Celica
but now, you look like one
that's only been dead for a day.
[14:53] Glenn
Hey.
[14:57] Glenn
Sorry for worrying you.
[15:04] Celica
Well, I'll be away for a magic
conference starting tomorrow,
[15:07] Celica
but your class is behind after Huey left,
so you're having supplementary lessons, right?
[15:14] Celica
Don't play any weird pranks on your female
students just because we'll all be away.
[15:17] Glenn
As if!
[15:19] Glenn
Besides, after getting used
to seeing a woman like you,
[15:21] ---
how could I be interested in average women?
[15:24] Celica
Oh? You've been looking at
me that way, you pervert?
[15:27] Glenn
Of course not!
[15:29] Glenn
Get away!
[15:29] Glenn
Don't shove your breasts against me!
[15:31] Celica
You're no fun.
[15:33] Rumia
Sensei!
[15:35] Rumia
Oh, Professor Arfonia.
[15:36] Celica
What's wrong? Need Glenn for something?
[15:38] Rumia
Yes! There's something I wanted to ask you.
[15:41] Glenn
Oh? All right, then.
[15:43] Glenn
I guess the great teacher Glenn Radars
can give his poor students advice.
[15:48] Sistine
This is why you were the
last person I wanted to ask!
[15:54] Rumia
His explanation was really
easy to understand.
[15:57] Sistine
He's incredible as a magic instructor,
but he's still a scumbag.
[16:03] Rumia
Hey, Sisti,
[16:04] ---
do you remember when I
first came to this house?
[16:08] Sistine
Where's this coming from?
[16:10] Rumia
We didn't get along very well at first, right?
[16:15] Sistine
Well...
[16:18] Rumia
But now we're good friends.
[16:22] Rumia
So I'm sure even you and Glenn-sensei can...
[16:25] Sistine
That's not happening!
[16:27] Rumia
You're so bashful.
[16:31] Voice
Is the plan proceeding smoothly?
[16:33] Man
Yes.
[16:35] Man
But there is Glenn, the man
Celica Arfonia brought on board...
[16:39] Voice
He's just a third-rate mage.
[16:41] Voice
He's no threat to us.
[16:43] Voice
Proceed as planned, when the
magic conference commences.
[16:47] Man
Then I will pray for the plan's success.
[16:50] Man
Glory to the Divine Wisdom.
[16:58] Glenn
Late! I'm late!
[17:09] Glenn
Come on out.
[17:10] Glenn
It's obvious you're there.
[17:13] Man
It was a quick barrier to ward people off,
[17:16] ---
but you're still pretty sharp
for a third-rate mage.
[17:20] Glenn
And who on earth might you be?
[17:23] Glenn
I'm in a hurry.
[17:24] Man
There's no need for that.
[17:26] Man
Because your new destination
is the afterlife!
[17:29] Man
Corruption, fester!
[17:35] Sistine
He's really been popular lately.
[17:38] Sistine
What?
[17:40] Rumia
You're feeling lonely now that Sensei's
getting more popular, huh?
[17:43] Sistine
Wh-What are you saying? That's not—
[17:47] Man
Hey!
[17:49] Man
Pardon us!
[17:51] Sistine
Hey! Who are you people?!
[17:54] Man
Your teacher's occupied,
so we've come in his stead.
[17:57] Sistine
Stop playing around!
[17:59] ---
Outsiders are prohibited here!
[18:01] Sistine
If you don't leave at once, I'll call secur—
[18:03] Man
Bang.
[18:10] Sistine
M-Military-grade magic?
[18:12] Man
If you defy us again, you're dead.
[18:17] Man
We're looking for a girl called Rumia-chan.
[18:21] Man
Could you raise your hand if you're here?
[18:24] Man
Huh? She's supposed to be in this class.
[18:28] Man
Maybe you're Rumia-chan?
[18:30] Lynn
I-I'm not.
[18:31] Man
Then do you know who Rumia-chan is?
[18:34] Lynn
I don't.
[18:35] Man
Really? I hate liars, you know.
[18:39] Sistine
What are you planning to do with Rumia?
[18:43] Man
Do you know Rumia-chan?
[18:44] Sistine
Answer my question.
[18:48] Man
You're mouthy.
[18:49] Man
Ba—
[18:50] Rumia
I'm Rumia.
[19:01] Man
So you're Rumia-chan?
[19:03] Man
Yeah, actually, we knew.
[19:05] Man
I was just playing a game where we kill
uninvolved people until you reveal yourself.
[19:11] Man
That's enough playing around.
[19:14] Man
Yeah, yeah.
[19:15] Man
Come.
[19:16] Sistine
You can't, Rumia.
[19:17] Rumia
It's all right. I'm sure Glenn-sensei
will come rescue everyone.
[19:22] Man
That teacher? We already killed him.
[19:24] Sistine
Lies.
[19:25] Rumia
No way...
[19:28] Man
Now come.
[19:35] Rumia
What is it you're after?
[19:36] Rumia
Why do you want me?
[19:37] Man
You should know quite well, Rumia Tingel...
[19:41] Man
I mean, Princess Ermiana.
[19:44] Man
You are not supposed to be alive.
[19:47] Man
Yet you remain when you should be gone,
[19:50] Man
and that makes you worth using.
[19:55] Man
Since you are a pretty woman,
[19:57] Man
it'd be a waste not to enjoy you.
[19:59] Sistine
I'm the daughter of the proud Fibel family!
[20:02] Man
What's that mean? You a big shot?
[20:04] Man
To be honest, having my way with girls
like Rumia-chan isn't any fun for me.
[20:08] Man
She may look weak, but she's the
type whose spirit won't break.
[20:13] Man
But you, on the other hand...
[20:15] Man
You might be acting tough,
[20:16] ---
but you're just a kid hiding her
own weakness with a mask.
[20:20] Man
I enjoy breaking weak
women like you the most!
[20:25] Sistine
Screw you! You think I'll submit to you?!
[20:33] Man
Huh?
[20:46] Man
What pretty skin you have!
[20:48] Sistine
...op... this...
[20:51] Man
What?
[20:53] Sistine
Please stop.
[20:56] Sistine
Please.
[20:58] Man
You fell so fast!
[21:00] Man
You're the best!
[21:02] Sistine
No. Someone, save me!
[21:04] Man
Time to dig in!
[21:04] Man
No!
[21:13] Man
Who the hell are you?
[21:15] Glenn
Sorry to interrupt.
[21:16] Sistine
Help me out here!
[21:18] Glenn
Hey, you.
[21:20] Glenn
No matter how unpopular you are,
what you're doing is a crime.
[21:23] Sistine
No! Sensei, run!
[21:25] Glenn
Help me, run, which is it?
[21:28] Sistine
Forget it, just hurry! You're no match—
[21:30] Man
Too late!
[21:33] Man
Bang!
[21:38] Man
Huh?
[21:39] Man
Bang! Bang!
[21:40] Glenn
Magic won't activate anymore.
[21:44] Man
The Fool arcana?
[21:48] Glenn
By reading the magic spell that's
been converted into this card,
[21:52] ---
I can completely seal the
activation of all magic
[21:56] ---
within a set range centered around me.
[22:00] Glenn
That's my original spell, The Fool's World.
[22:05] Man
Original spell?!
[22:07] Man
Are you saying you're at that level?!
[22:10] Sistine
He can seal magic?
That'd make him invincible!
[22:13] Glenn
Of course, it means I can't
activate magic, either.
[22:16] Both
Huh?!
[22:17] Glenn
Well, you know, I'm in the
effective range too, so...
[22:22] Man
How is a mage going to fight
if he seals his own magic?!
[22:25] Man
You're an idiot!
[22:27] Sistine
We're done for!
[22:28] Man
Why don't you hurry up and—
[22:35] Man
Wh-Why, you!
[22:50] Man
Th-The imperial military's
hand-to-hand combat style?
[22:53] Man
Who the hell are you?!
[22:56] Glenn
Glenn Radars, substitute teacher.
[22:59] Man
Then you defeated Carrel?!
[23:03] Man
Impossible!
[23:04] Man
Some mage who challenges
people to fist fights can't...
[23:07] Glenn
Good grief.
[23:09] Glenn
If you hate being defeated
by non-magic that badly,
[23:12] Glenn
then I'll finish you off with
the legendary super magic,
[23:15] ---
the magic iron fist, Magical Punch!
[23:18] Glenn
Here I go!
[23:18] Glenn
Magical Punch!
[23:32] Man
That's a kick!
[23:35] Glenn
That's the part that makes it magical!
SIGN illustration: Nishimata Aoi
[23:45] Sistine
Suddenly, a terrorist organization
appears in the school,
[23:47] ---
and their target is none other than Rumia!
[23:49] Rumia
Sisti, you can do it!
[23:50] Sistine
To save the students,
their bastard instructor—
[23:52] Glenn
Ah! It's Melgalius's Sky Castle!
SIGN The white cat's
a Melgalian
[23:53] Sistine
T-To save the students,
th-their bastard instructor...
[23:55] Glenn
Incredible! How is a castle flying?!
[23:58] Rumia
Sisti, are you okay?
SIGN The white cat's a Melgalian
[24:00] Glenn
Man, I'm curious!
[24:01] Rumia
Sisti!
[24:02] Sistine
Meow! Melgalius's Sky Castle is
[24:04] ---
a mysterious city where the ancients are
said to have lived since ancient times,
[24:08] Sistine
and its flight is a mystery
no one understands!
SIGN Next Episode The Fool and Death
[24:10] ---
Look forward to next time!
SIGN Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor
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