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3 - The Fool and Death

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[00:06] Glen
    You were scared, right?
[00:08] Glen
    Are you hurt?
[00:08] Sistine
    I'm all right. But...
[00:11] Glenn
    Don't ask, please!
[00:13] Glenn
    I already knew.
[00:15] Glenn
    I don't have any right to teach others.
[00:19] Glenn
    My hands are too dirty.
[00:22] Sistine
    No, that's not it.
[00:24] ---
    Um...
[00:27] Sistine
    Your pants are down.
SIGN    The Fool and Death
[00:34] Glenn
    So the other man took Rumia?
SIGN    Incompetent
[00:37] Sistine
    Yes.
[00:38] Glenn
    Why would he?
[00:40] Sistine
    I don't know.
[00:41] Glenn
    Guess we'll have to make this one talk.
[00:50] Glenn
    Hey, Celica!
[00:51] Glenn
    What are you doing?!
[00:52] Glenn
    I've been trying to reach you!
[00:54] Celica
    Sorry. I was in the middle of an address.
[00:57] Celica
    Did something happen?
[01:00] Celica
    Are you serious?
[01:02] Glenn
    You think I'd joke about this?!
[01:04] Glenn
    The intruders seized our barrier and
    have completely sealed off the academy.
[01:08] Glenn
    They've taken students hostage, too.
[01:10] Celica
    Did you figure out who they are?
[01:12] Glenn
    Yeah.
[01:14] Glenn
    The Researchers of Divine Wisdom.
[01:16] Celica
    I see. That secret society of evil mages...
[01:20] Celica
    To think the most infamous terrorists in the
    Empire's history would show themselves there.
[01:24] Glenn
    But they shouldn't be able to break through
    this academy's magic security that easily.
[01:30] ---
    Which means...
[01:31] Celica
    They have an accomplice inside the academy?
[01:34] Glenn
    Yes.
[01:35] Glenn
    So could you start investigating to see if
    there are any suspicious professors?
[01:39] Glenn
    Also ask the Court Mage Corps for backup.
[01:41] Celica
    That will be difficult.
[01:43] Glenn
    Don't be dumb!
[01:44] Glenn
    The students' lives are at stake here!
[01:46] Sistine
    Sensei...
[01:48] Celica
    Right now, I'm just an instructor.
    I don't have that authority.
[01:52] Glenn
    Then hurry back here yourself!
[01:54] Glenn
    There's a teleportation circle
    at the academy, right?
[01:56] Celica
    Calm down.
[01:57] Celica
    If they were so thorough
    in seizing our barrier,
[02:01] ---
    they probably destroyed
    the teleportation circle first.
[02:05] Glenn
    Sorry, I wasn't thinking straight.
[02:07] Celica
    Anyway, I will make haste on my end, too.
[02:10] Glenn
    Please do.
[02:11] Celica
    Glenn...
[02:12] Glenn
    Huh?
[02:14] Celica
    Don't die.
[02:15] Glenn
    Like I'd die in a place like this.
[02:23] Glenn
    What is it?
[02:24] Sistine
    Does it seem like we'll get help?
[02:26] Glenn
    Did it sound that way to you?
[02:31] Glenn
    Where are you going?!
[02:32] Sistine
    I'm going to rescue Rumia!
[02:34] Glenn
    Stop it. Do you want to throw your life away?
[02:36] Sistine
    But...
[02:41] Sistine
    I'm so frustrated.
[02:44] Glenn
    H-Hey, white cat?
[02:46] Sistine
    You were right.
[02:49] Sistine
    Magic isn't good for anything!
[02:51] Sistine
    Because it exists, Rumia is...
[02:54] Sistine
    Rumia is...
[02:59] Glenn
    Don't cry, idiot.
[03:05] Sistine
    Sensei?
[03:07] Glenn
    Rumia said she wants to
    understand magic better
[03:10] ---
    so she can make it truly useful to others.
[03:16] Sistine
    She said that?
[03:19] Glenn
    I can't let her die.
[03:21] Glenn
    I'll take action.
[03:23] Glenn
    I'll quickly kill the two
    remaining enemies myself.
[03:38] Jin
    Kill, huh?
[03:40] Jin
    Imagine that. You're just like us, aren't you?
[03:44] Sistine
    M-My teacher is nothing like you people!
[03:47] Jin
    No, I can tell.
[03:49] Jin
    He's definitely a bastard.
[03:52] Jin
    He's an evil murderer, just like us!
[03:56] Sistine
    S-Sensei...
[04:05] Sistine
    S-Sensei!
[04:08] Glenn
    Bone golems?
[04:10] Jin
    It's finally here!
[04:12] Jin
    Our boss Reik's summoning magic!
[04:14] Jin
    Get them!
[04:21] Jin
    H-Hey!
[04:22] Jin
    They're the enemy!
[04:24] Jin
    Stop!
[04:25] Jin
    Stop it!
[04:32] Glenn
    Stay back!
[04:42] Glenn
    So hard!
[04:43] Glenn
    You've been drinking too much milk, damn it!
[04:47] Sistine
    Upon thy sword, light!
[04:51] Glenn
    Sorry! And thanks!
[04:57] Glenn
    Run!
[04:58] Sistine
    Y-Yes!
[05:04] Glenn
    I'll hold them here.
[05:06] ---
    You alter your specialty, Gale Blow,
    to spread wide and last long!
[05:11] Sistine
    Huh?! You want something that advanced?!
[05:13] Glenn
    You're impertinent, but good,
    so you'll be fine!
[05:16] Glenn
    Though you are impertinent!
[05:18] Sistine
    Don't emphasize that part!
[05:20] Glenn
    If you understand what I've been teaching
    lately, you should be able to do it!
[05:25] Glenn
    If you can't, I'll dock your credits.
[05:27] Sistine
    Th-That's not fair!
[05:30] Sistine
    All right! I'll try!
[05:32] Glenn
    I'm counting on you, white cat.
[05:35] Glenn
    Come on, you calcium freaks!
[05:43] Sistine
    Wind, be still—
[05:45] Sistine
    But then, the force...
[05:48] Sistine
    Tempest, run rampant—
[05:50] Sistine
    But in order to make it last longer...
[05:53] Sistine
    It only needs to work right now.
[05:54] Sistine
    It needs the strength Rumia showed when she
    refused to budge an inch before her enemy.
[05:59] Sistine
    The strength Sensei is showing by
    trusting me as he keeps fighting.
[06:05] Sistine
    Now, it's my turn to save him!
[06:08] Sistine
    Sensei, it's done!
[06:11] Glenn
    Nice work!
[06:12] Glenn
    Let it loose!
[06:13] Sistine
    Keep them at bay, wall of tempest,
[06:18] ---
    and grant peace to those below!
[06:27] Sistine
    N-No!
[06:28] Sistine
    It can't stop them completely.
[06:30] Sistine
    I'm sorry, Sensei.
[06:32] Sistine
    No, you did great.
[06:35] Sistine
    Keep it up.
[06:39] Glenn
    I am the one who slays and captures gods.
[06:42] Glenn
    I am the one who knows the end
    and the founder of genesis.
[06:45] Glenn
    Return thyself to the cycle of providence,
    the five elements to elements,
[06:51] Glenn
    and sever the links woven
    between images and truths.
[06:55] Glenn
    Now all of creation shall perish here,
[06:59] Glenn
    at the distant ends of the void.
[07:01] Glenn
    Prepare to be blown away, you rabble!
[07:03] ---
    Black magic, modified:
[07:06] ---
    Extinction Ray!
[07:22] Sistine
    Incredible.
[07:23] Sistine
    Using such an high-level spell...
[07:28] Sistine
    Sensei!
[07:33] Sistine
    You're so cold! Is it mana deficiency?
[07:36] Glenn
    Yeah, since I forced myself to
    use a spell beyond my means.
[07:44] Glenn
    We're getting away from here right now.
[07:45] Glenn
    We have to get somewhere else, fast.
[07:52] Glenn
    Well, I guess you're not
    that soft an opponent.
[07:55] Reik
    To think you could use Extinction Ray.
[08:00] Reik
    I heard you were a third-rate mage,
[08:03] ---
    but it seems I underestimated you.
[08:08] Glenn
    Jeez, floating swords give me
    bad enough vibes as it is.
[08:13] Reik
    I wasn't expecting both
    of them to be defeated.
[08:15] Glenn
    Screw you.
[08:16] Glenn
    You killed one of them yourself.
    Don't go blaming others.
[08:20] Glenn
    Hey, white cat, do you have power left
    to disable those swords with Dispel Force?
[08:26] Sistine
    I think I would fall a bit short, even
    if I used up all my remaining power.
[08:30] Sistine
    Besides, he leaves no opening for it.
[08:33] Glenn
    I see.
[08:35] Glenn
    Then...
[08:36] Glenn
    There.
[08:38] Sistine
    Huh?
[08:41] Sistine
    Huh?!
[08:44] Glenn
    Now, then.
[08:46] Reik
    You're not going to run?
[08:49] Reik
    I know you can use your "The Fool's World"
    to prevent magic from activating.
[08:55] Reik
    But that doesn't stop spells
    that are already active, right?
[09:06] Reik
    Those magic weapons are trouble!
[09:08] Reik
    But no matter how skilled they are,
[09:10] ---
    their mana fluctuates in the moment
    right before and after activating magic.
[09:13] Reik
    If I use The Fool's World in that instant...
[09:18] Reik
    Crimson Lion, pay heed, and roar with rage!
[09:21] Reik
    Disperse.
[09:23] Reik
    Too slow, magic instructor.
    Let me show you how it's done.
[09:27] Reik
    Flame lion!
[09:28] Glenn
    Got you!
[09:29] Glenn
    Ferocious thunder emperor, pay heed,
[09:31] Reik
    What?!
[09:31] Glenn
    and pierce with your
    brilliant lance of light!
[09:43] Glenn
    I thought I'd land at least one on you.
[09:47] Reik
    Forcing me to choose between two
    deaths in such a short time...
[09:51] Reik
    If I'd chosen to proceed with my magical
    attack, you would have sealed it
[09:55] ---
    and brought me into close quarters combat.
[09:57] Reik
    If I'd chosen to attack with my sword,
[10:00] ---
    I'd have faced a point-blank
    Lightning Pierce.
[10:04] Reik
    Who on earth are you?
[10:06] Glenn
    I'm just a magic instructor.
    Only a substitute, though.
[10:10] Reik
    I'm not so sure about that...
[10:12] Reik
    But I'll show you respect.
[10:15] Reik
    Now die!
[10:16] Glenn
    Power of creation, pay heed...
[10:17] Reik
    Dispel Force, huh?
[10:23] Glenn
    ...and maintain the balance of the scales.
[10:26] Reik
    You struggle in vain.
[10:27] Glenn
    Return them to zero.
[10:29] Reik
    You don't have the power left for that.
[10:32] Reik
    This ends now!
[10:32] Sistine
    Power, return them to nothing!
[10:34] Reik
    What?!
[10:37] Sistine
    Glenn-sensei!
[10:47] Reik
    Awaken, blade!
[10:48] Glenn
    Too slow!
[10:59] Reik
    I-I remember now.
[11:02] Reik
    Until recently, there was
    a skilled mage killer
[11:06] ---
    in the Imperial Court Mages
    Corps, codenamed—
[11:15] Glenn
    Making me do something
    so damned loathsome...
[11:17] Sistine
    Sensei!
[11:18] Glenn
    It's all right.
[11:20] Glenn
    I'm surprised you understood my intent.
[11:23] Sistine
    Huh?
[11:24] (Flashback) Sistine
    Huh?!
[11:27] (Flashback) Sistine
    Jeez! What is that man doing?!
[11:35] (Flashback) Sistine
    I guess I'm just a burden, after all.
[11:40] (Flashback) Glenn
    Do you have power left to disable
    those swords with Dispel Force?
[11:44] Sistine
    If you were just trying to help me escape,
    you wouldn't have asked that.
[11:51] Glenn
    I figured there was about a
    70% chance you wouldn't get it.
[11:54] Glenn
    Well, let's get moving.
[11:58] Sistine
    You can't fight in that condition!
[12:00] Glenn
    Like I have the luxury to worry about that!
[12:06] Sistine
    Sensei!
[12:07] Glenn
    Damn it!
[12:13] Sistine
    Merciful angels, pay heed, and grant
    this one your peace, your saving grace.
[12:23] Glenn
    I guess it's just not possible.
[12:26] Sistine
    Huh?
[12:28] Glenn
    I wanted to be a mage of justice.
[12:53] Celica
    Glenn, are you all right?!
[12:54] Glenn
    Yeah, somehow.
[12:56] Glenn
    How's your end?
[12:57] Celica
    Yeah, as we thought, the teleportation
    circles had been shut down.
[13:02] Celica
    I'm still searching for the collaborator.
[13:05] Celica
    Glenn, there's one thing bugging me.
[13:07] Glenn
    Huh?
[13:08] Celica
    It looks like the barrier around the academy
[13:10] ---
    has been set to keep anyone from leaving.
[13:13] Glenn
    Then how are they planning to get away?
[13:17] Glenn
    There haven't been any further
    attacks since I defeated Reik.
[13:20] Glenn
    Where are the rest of them,
    and what are they doing?
[13:25] Glenn
    Hey, Celica!
[13:26] Glenn
    Where's the teleportation circle here?
[13:29] Celica
    In that ridiculously tall tower.
    What about it?
[13:32] Glenn
    The teleportation circle wasn't shut down.
[13:35] Glenn
    Its destination is being
    rewritten for their escape!
[13:38] Celica
    No way! That would take half a day!
[13:41] Glenn
    Yeah, and it's been about half a day now.
[13:48] Glenn
    Ow.
[13:50] Glenn
    Still, I can move.
[13:53] Glenn
    Thanks, Sistine.
[13:57] Glenn
    I'm really glad you were with me.
[14:00] Glenn
    Now, I'm going to go see Rumia.
[14:08] Rumia
    Why are you doing this?
[14:10] Rumia
    You weren't the kind of
    person who'd do this.
[14:16] Glenn
    Hey there!
[14:18] Rumia
    Sensei!
[14:19] Glenn
    Rumia!
[14:20] Rumia
    You're all right?
[14:22] Glenn
    Listen, if I look all right to you,
    you need to visit the hospital.
[14:29] Glenn
    So you're the one behind this?
[14:32] Huey
    Yes, I am.
[14:37] Glenn
    Jeez, you're already guilty
    of being good-looking,
[14:40] ---
    and now you're adding
    more crimes to your list.
[14:42] Glenn
    The kind teacher Glenn's patience
    is already running out!
[14:47] Glenn
    The first strike wins!
[14:49] Glenn
    And I nailed it.
[14:50] Glenn
    So too bad for you. I wi—
[14:53] Huey
    No, I win.
[14:55] Glenn
    What do you mean?
[14:57] Huey
    In ten minutes, the rewrite of the
    teleportation circle will be complete,
[15:01] ---
    and Rumia-san will be transported
    to our organization.
[15:04] Huey
    At the same time, the white
    magic ritual I already finished,
[15:08] ---
    Sacrifice, will activate, devouring
    my soul to generate mana,
[15:14] ---
    and blowing up the entire academy.
[15:17] Rumia
    Stop this already, Huey-sensei!
[15:20] Glenn
    Huey?
[15:21] Glenn
    That's the one who went
    missing before I came here.
[15:25] Glenn
    So that's it!
[15:27] Huey
    A human bomb planted years ago,
    in preparation for the appropriate time.
[15:32] Huey
    That's me.
[15:34] Glenn
    Yeah, that's right.
[15:36] Glenn
    You Researchers of Divine Wisdom are
    all a bunch of idiots like that.
[15:40] Huey
    This is a game.
[15:41] Glenn
    Huh?
[15:43] Huey
    If you can undo the teleportation
    circle binding Rumia-san,
[15:46] ---
    then Sacrifice won't activate.
[15:48] Huey
    But if you wait for The
    Fool's World to run out,
[15:52] ---
    you won't be able to dispel
    it with the time lost.
[15:54] Huey
    So what'll you do, Glenn-sensei?
[15:56] Rumia
    Sensei, please run!
[15:58] Rumia
    At least save yourself!
[16:00] Huey
    I forgot to mention this,
    but you can't kill me, either.
[16:04] Huey
    If I die, then it all activates immediately.
[16:24] Glenn
    Power of creation, pay heed, and pass
    through my blood and form your path.
[16:29] Huey
    Using your own blood as
    a catalyst? Impressive.
[16:33] Glenn
    Let the divine cycle end, let the foundation
    of calm, the yoke of principles,
[16:37] Glenn
    be unleashed here!
[16:43] Huey
    You're quick.
[16:44] Huey
    However, that was only
    the first of five layers.
[16:49] Glenn
    Damn it!
[16:52] Rumia
    Sensei! Forget about me and run!
[16:55] Glenn
    Be quiet a moment!
[16:56] Rumia
    If you keep using magic, Sensei, you'll die!
[17:01] Glenn
    Yeah, I bet the white cat would love that!
[17:05] Rumia
    No way...
[17:06] Rumia
    Why are you going to such lengths?!
[17:08] Rumia
    Why are you risking your own life?!
[17:10] Glenn
    I always wanted to be a mage of justice.
[17:16] Rumia
    Huh?
[17:17] Glenn
    But in reality, the world of magic
    was a filthy, bloodstained world.
[17:23] Glenn
    I really wasted my whole life.
[17:27] Glenn
    Still...
[17:31] Glenn
    I just can't give up on it!
[17:36] Glenn
    If I run away, then what was
    the purpose of my life?!
[17:40] Glenn
    The life I spent trying
    to be a mage of justice...
[17:43] Glenn
    I know it was pointless,
[17:45] Glenn
    but I refuse to let it be worthless!
[17:48] Glenn
    Got a problem with that, damn it?!
[17:55] Glenn
    This is the last layer!
[18:04] Rumia
    Sensei!
[18:08] Glenn
    Damn it!
[18:11] Glenn
    This is isn't funny!
[18:13] Glenn
    To think I'd run out of mana first...
[18:22] Glenn
    Sorry...
[18:29] Rumia
    Sensei!
[18:49] Rumia
    I made it!
[18:50] Rumia
    Since you refused to give up, I made it!
[18:55] Rumia
    Sensei, please take this.
[19:17] Glenn
    I feel power welling up...
[19:21] Glenn
    I've heard of this before.
[19:23] Glenn
    People with the special ability to exponentially
    increase the power of those they touch...
[19:28] Glenn
    Amplifiers!
[19:34] Glenn
    Let the divine cycle end, let the foundation
    of calm, the yoke of principles,
[19:39] Glenn
    be unleashed here!
[20:10] Huey
    I've lost, huh?
[20:14] Huey
    Should I have died following
    the organization's orders?
[20:17] Huey
    Should I have died disobeying them?
[20:19] Huey
    I wonder which I should've done.
[20:22] Glenn
    Like I know.
[20:24] Glenn
    You have my sympathies, but it's your own
    fault for not choosing a path on your own.
[20:29] Glenn
    You'll pay for your misdeeds yourself!
[20:36] Glenn
    Now, grit those teeth!
[20:50] Sistine
    Sensei?
[20:58] Rumia
    Thank you, Glenn-sensei.
[21:07] Glenn
    I can't believe Rumia
    was the Princess Ermiana,
[21:10] ---
    said to have died of illness three years ago.
[21:12] Celica
    Yeah. The persecution of those with
    special abilities is still deep-seated.
[21:16] Celica
    The whole nation would be
    upset if a royal was one.
[21:19] Celica
    The only ones in the academy who
    know are me and the headmaster.
[21:23] Glenn
    Well, not that I care.
[21:26] Celica
    Still, what made you decide
    to stay on as a teacher?
[21:29] Glenn
    Huh?
[21:30] Sistine
    Oh, there you are!
[21:32] Rumia
    Glenn-sensei!
[21:34] Sistine
    I have some things to say to
    you about that last lecture!
[21:40] Glenn
    I decided I want to see what
    they'll go on to achieve.
[21:45] Glenn
    Perfect for killing time, right?
SIGN    Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor
[23:45] Glenn
    Uh, next time on Akashic Records
    of Bastard Magical Instructor
...
[23:49] Sistine
    Sensei, what are the Akashic Records?
SIGN    Uh, next time on Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor...
[23:51] Rumia
    I'm curious about that, too!
[23:53] Glenn
    The Akashic Records, huh?
[23:54] Celica
    Allow me to explain!
[23:55] Both
    Professor Arfonia!
[23:56] Celica
    The Akashic Records are...
[23:58] Both
    Are?!
[23:59] Celica
    Are... hahaha!
SIGN    Uh, next time on Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor...
[24:03] Both
    Still, maybe Glenn-sensei...
[24:05] Glenn
    The Akashic Records are...
[24:07] Both
    Are?!
[24:07] Glenn
    The Akashi Records are...
[24:09] Both
    Are?!
SIGN    Uh, next time on Akashic Records
    of Bastard Magical Instructor...
[24:09] Glenn
    Are... hahaha!
SIGN    Next Episode The Magic Competition
SIGN    Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor
[24:13] ---
    Stop running away and answer us!