8 - The Fool and The Star

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[00:11] Sisti
    Are we still not at the research lab?
[00:14] Sisti
    Are you all right, Rumia?
[00:16] Rumia
    This might be a little tough for me.
[00:18] Sisti
    And Re=L...
[00:23] Rumia
    She seems fine.
[00:24] Sisti
    Yeah.
[00:26] Sisti
    Anyway, we really freaked out when we
    woke up and you weren't in the room.
[00:30] Sisti
    You shouldn't go off on
    your own so much, okay?
[00:33] Sisti
    Besides, if you keep doing things
    like that, you'll end up like him.
[00:38] Sisti
    Like Glenn-sensei.
[00:43] Both
    Re=L?!
[00:44] Rumia
    Are you all right?
[00:50] Re=L
    Don't touch me.
[00:52] Sisti
    Hey, Re=L!
[00:54] Sisti
    Rumia's showing concern for you.
[00:55] Re=L
    Shut up.
[00:57] Re=L
    Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!
[00:59] Re=L
    Shut up!
[01:03] Re=L
    Don't bother me anymore!
[01:06] Sisti
    Re=L?
[01:07] Re=L
    I hate you all!
[01:15] Sisti
    Why?
[01:16] Rumia
    Do you think she really hated being with us?
[01:22] Glenn
    That's not true.
[01:25] Sisti
    Sensei?
[01:26] Glenn
    She's a little unstable right now.
[01:29] Glenn
    I said something I shouldn't have said
    last night, and it made her mad.
[01:34] Glenn
    Sorry.
SIGN    Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
SIGN    The Fool and The Star
[03:18] Burks
    Welcome, everyone from the
    Alzano Imperial Magic Academy.
[03:23] Burks
    I'm the director of this
    white alchemy research lab,
[03:26] ---
    Burks Blaumohn.
[03:28] Glenn
    Hello.
[03:30] Glenn
    Thank you for your cooperation
    with our field research.
[03:41] Rumia
    Let's just give her some space for now.
[03:44] Sisti
    Yeah.
[03:47] Burks
    White alchemy is a field that
    combines alchemy and white magic.
[03:53] Burks
    In this field, we deal
    primarily with life itself.
[03:56] Burks
    That's why it's necessary for us
    to be located in a place like this,
[04:01] ---
    one constantly refilled with fresh mana.
[04:08] Sisti
    Rumia, what's wrong?
[04:10] Rumia
    Huh?
[04:10] Rumia
    Oh, it's nothing.
[04:15] Burks
    Here, we research the combining
    of multiple plants and animals
[04:19] ---
    to create chimeras.
[04:22] Kash
    That's awesome!
[04:23] Cecil
    Yeah!
[04:25] Wendy
    It's ingenious!
[04:26] Sisti
    I was planning to major in magic
    archaeology in the future,
[04:30] ---
    but this is making me reconsider a bit.
[04:33] Sisti
    How about you, Rumia?
[04:34] Rumia
    I'm aiming for the mage bureaucracy, so...
[04:37] Rumia
    Besides, looking at this place
    makes me feel kind of...
[04:41] Rumia
    Well, it makes me wonder if it's really
    okay for people to manipulate life
[04:46] ---
    as they please like this.
[04:51] Sisti
    True...
[04:52] Sisti
    If you delve too deep into this,
[04:55] ---
    you could fall down the path
    to becoming an evil mage.
[05:02] Sisti
    But it looks like they aren't
    doing that research here, either.
[05:06] Rumia
    Huh?
[05:06] Sisti
    I guess it's probably obvious, though.
[05:09] ---
    I'm talking about research into
    reviving or resuscitating the dead.
[05:12] Sisti
    In the past, the empire launched a grand
    project called "Project Revive Li—
[05:16] Burks
    You know your history well.
[05:21] Burks
    I'm surprised to hear that
    phrase from a student.
[05:24] Sisti
    Oh, it's no big deal...
[05:25] Sisti
    But in our classes, we're taught
    that reviving or resuscitating
[05:29] ---
    a dead person is theoretically impossible.
[05:31] Burks
    Precisely.
[05:32] Burks
    At present, there is no magic
    that can overturn that theory.
[05:36] Burks
    That's why we have what's known
    as Project Revive Life, which—
[05:39] Glenn
    Project Revive Life involves
[05:42] Glenn
    a body created through
    alchemy using a Gene Code,
[05:44] ---
    the genetic code of the person to be revived;
[05:47] Glenn
    an Astral Code, memories
    transformed into data;
[05:50] Glenn
    and Alter Ether, which initializes
    or resets someone's spirit.
[05:54] Glenn
    Those three elements are
    combined to revive someone.
[05:58] Glenn
    At least, that's the technique.
[05:59] Sisti
    Hey, Sensei!
[06:00] Sisti
    I'm grateful for the explanation,
    but why are you butting in?
[06:04] Glenn
    Oh, sorry about that!
[06:05] Glenn
    I was just so intrigued by your discussion.
[06:07] Burks
    In short, it's the idea of combining
    copies to create a copied person.
[06:13] Rumia
    But can you really call that revival?
[06:17] Burks
    Indeed, it's hard to call that revival.
[06:19] Burks
    It's no more than creating a duplicate
    of who they were shortly prior.
[06:25] Glenn
    Relax.
[06:27] Glenn
    This research was abandoned long ago.
[06:30] Glenn
    Multiple people had to die
    in order to revive one person.
[06:35] Glenn
    That kind of thing would never be allowed.
[06:40] Burks
    Indeed.
[06:42] Burks
    We humans are not gods.
[06:43] ---
    We don't have the right to
    decide who should live or die.
[06:47] Burks
    Project Revive Life is research
    that should remain sealed away.
[06:52] Burks
    However, I've heard rumors that
    the Researchers of Divine Wisdom
[06:57] ---
    have stolen and successfully
    completed that research.
[07:02] Glen
    That's only an urban legend.
[07:05] Sisti
    Um, this is purely out of curiosity,
[07:09] ---
    but aside from the three elements you
    mentioned, what else would be needed
[07:15] ---
    to make Project Revive Life succeed?
[07:18] Burks
    All I can think of is original magic.
[07:22] Burks
    If someone possessed original magic
[07:25] Burks
    necessary to Project Revive
    Life, then just maybe...
[07:30] Sisti
    B-But the chances of someone like that
    showing up are astronomically small, right?
[07:37] Burks
    Indeed.
[07:39] Burks
    Either way, making that research successful
[07:42] ---
    would require something that
    makes the impossible possible.
[07:58] Sisti
    Rumia, Kash and the others
    invited us to go eat lunch.
[08:02] Sisti
    They're heading to a local
    restaurant on this island.
[08:06] Sisti
    Rumia?
[08:17] Sisti
    Hey, Re=L?
[08:18] Sisti
    Everyone's going into town for lunch.
    Would you like to come with us?
[08:22] Re=L
    No.
[08:27] Glenn
    Hey, cut it out already, Re=L.
[08:30] Glenn
    You can't keep sulking alone forever.
[08:32] Re=L
    Shut up!
[08:42] Glenn
    That idiot.
[08:44] Re=L
    It's their fault!
[08:48] Re=L
    They're the ones...
[08:50] Re=L
    They took Glenn.
[08:53] Re=L
    I hate them!
[09:17] Re=L
    Why?
[09:20] Re=L
    Why?
[09:29] Glenn
    Re=L is just a child.
[09:32] Glenn
    She may look like she's the
    same age as all of you,
[09:35] Glenn
    but mentally, she's still a little child.
[09:39] Glenn
    She didn't have a choice.
    It's how she was born.
[09:43] Glenn
    Anyway, I hope you two
    won't lose patience with her.
[09:47] Glenn
    I know that might be hard.
[09:50] Rumia
    We'll be fine!
[09:52] Rumia
    We wouldn't hate Re=L over this.
[09:56] Sisit
    Yeah.
[09:59] Sisti
    I'm going to look for Re=L!
[10:05] Glenn
    No, you two should wait for her to come back.
[10:09] Sisti
    But...
[10:13] Glenn
    I'll go look for Re=L.
[10:16] Glenn
    I am her teacher, after all.
[10:26] Rainer
    Are you crying, Re=L?
[10:28] Re=L
    Who's there?
[10:31] Rainer
    You forgot your big brother? How mean.
[10:36] Re=L
    Nii-san... How?
[10:39] Rainer
    I've wanted to see you all this time.
[10:51] Albert
    Tsk. That's the play?
[10:59] Albert
    Hmph.
[11:00] ---
    A barrier to repel others?
[11:02] Albert
    You act quickly.
[11:03] Albert
    No, perhaps I was careless.
[11:08] Eleanor
    Are you all alone tonight, Albert-sama?
[11:13] Albert
    I didn't expect you to show up, Eleanor Chalet.
[11:18] Eleanor
    If you wouldn't mind, perhaps you
    could entertain me tonight?
[11:23] Eleanor
    I promise to provide a dreamy night
[11:26] ---
    of fiery passion and
    shameless, decadent ecstasy.
[11:31] Albert
    Unfortunately, I'm not interested
    in cheap women like you.
[11:36] Albert
    Get lost.
[11:40] Eleanor
    What a cold man you are.
[11:42] Albert
    I'm sure you're still plotting some
    vile scheme related to the princess,
[11:47] Albert
    but it ends here.
[11:48] Albert
    I'm removing you from the board at once.
[11:50] Eleanor
    My, my, what an impatient man you are.
[11:53] Eleanor
    No need for such haste.
[11:54] Albert
    Roar, flame lion!
[11:55] Eleanor
    Come forth, red king of beasts!
[12:08] Eleanor
    Come out,
[12:10] Eleanor
    ah, come out,
[12:12] Eleanor
    come out...
[12:15] Eleanor
    Spirits of the night, answer my call,
[12:18] Eleanor
    answer,
[12:19] Eleanor
    answer.
[12:20] Eleanor
    Console and moisten thyselves
    with his flesh and blood!
[12:26] Eleanor
    Now, now,
[12:28] Eleanor
    feast!
[12:39] Albert
    A necromancer!
[12:44] Albert
    Golden lightning beast, pay heed,
    race across the earth,
[12:48] ---
    and dance to the heavens.
[13:02] Albert
    Did you think it would be easy to
    overtake me in close magic combat,
[13:07] ---
    just because I'm a sniper?
[13:09] Eleanor
    You jest.
[13:11] ---
    You're simply far stronger
    than I had imagined,
[13:17] Eleanor
    and so intense...
[13:18] Eleanor
    I think I'm going to go crazy!
[13:21] Albert
    That super regeneration ability
    isn't a conditional healing spell
[13:25] ---
    or the result of drugs that
    accelerate your own healing factor.
[13:28] Albert
    It's something more repulsive.
[13:33] Albert
    This woman is on a different level than
    the evil mages I've eliminated before.
[13:38] Albert
    If I manage to capture her,
[13:40] ---
    the Empire will gain an advantage
    over her organization.
[13:44] Eleanor
    Shall I continue the entertainment?
[13:47] Albert
    Yet this woman is dangerous.
[13:50] Albert
    I must finish her here and now, for good!
[13:58] Rumia
    What do you think is wrong with Re=L?
[14:02] Sisti
    I couldn't say why,
[14:04] Sisti
    but when we went to see the ocean together...
[14:09] (Flashback) Re=L
    Friends...
[14:11] (Flashback) Re=L
    I don't get it, but I kind of like it.
[14:15] Sisti
    I don't think Re=L was
    lying when she said that.
[14:21] Rumia
    I agree.
[14:22] Sisti
    All right!
[14:24] Sisti
    I'm going to go buy something!
[14:26] Sisti
    I'm sure they're both going
    to come back starving.
[14:31] Rumia
    Could you please, then?
[14:33] Sisti
    Sure!
[14:39] Re=L
    No way...
[14:41] Re=L
    Nii-san...
[14:42] Re=L
    You died...
[14:44] Re=L
    How?
[14:45] Rainer
    It's true that the organization
    killed me that day.
[14:49] Rainer
    But at the time, you were
    probably too upset to notice...
[14:53] Rainer
    that I was still breathing.
[14:57] Rainer
    Re=L, please save me.
[15:01] Rainer
    Two years ago, you managed to
    defect and earn your freedom.
[15:06] Rainer
    But I'm still their slave.
[15:09] Re=L
    B-But what can I do to save you?
[15:13] Rainer
    Rumia Tingel...
[15:15] Rainer
    The organization needs her for the
    plans they have in motion now.
[15:20] Rainer
    So that mage, Glenn, is an
    obstacle to their plans.
[15:24] Rainer
    The organization has given me a chance.
[15:27] ---
    If I can make this plan succeed,
[15:29] Rainer
    I'll be free, Re=L.
[15:40] Re=L
    I-I...
[15:43] Rainer
    Re=L, weren't you going to protect me?
[15:47] Re=L
    I-I...
[15:49] Rainer
    Or are you planning to abandon me again?
[15:53] Glenn
    Re=L!
[15:55] Glenn
    Get away from that man!
[15:59] Rainer
    Glenn Radars?
[16:01] Glenn
    Oh, so you've heard of me.
[16:03] Glenn
    Just what I'd expect from the
    Researchers of Divine Wisdom.
[16:05] Rainer
    N-No, I...
[16:09] Rainer
    R-Re=L...
[16:12] Glenn
    I don't know what lies you've told Re=L,
[16:15] ---
    but giving me time to get
    here was a big mistake,
[16:18] Glenn
    you evil mage!
[16:21] Glenn
    It doesn't matter what secret
    arts you may possess.
[16:25] Glenn
    Re=L, let's capture this man.
[16:31] Glenn
    Huh?
[16:37] Glenn
    Re=L?
[16:41] Re=L
    Thank you for everything.
[16:43] Re=L
    Farewell.
[16:52] Re=L
    I'll live for my brother's sake.
[17:09] Albert
    Pathetic!
[17:10] Eleanor
    What a shame!
[17:12] Eleanor
    Time to depart.
[17:14] Eleanor
    Explode!
[17:23] Albert
    She got me good, didn't she?
[17:28] Albert
    Oh, well...
[17:33] Sisti
    Maybe I bought too much...
[17:35] Sisti
    But Sensei does eat a lot.
[17:43] Sisti
    Rumia?
[17:57] Sisti
    Re=L?
[18:00] Sisti
    What are you doing?!
[18:02] Sisti
    Rumia!
[18:03] Re=L
    It's all right.
[18:05] Re=L
    I didn't kill Rumia.
[18:07] Re=L
    She's just unconscious.
[18:09] Sisti
    Only Rumia?
[18:11] Sisti
    Wh-Where's Sensei?
[18:12] Sisti
    Glenn-sensei went after you!
[18:16] Re=L
    Glenn?
[18:18] Re=L
    I killed him.
[18:31] Sisti
    No way.
[18:32] Sisti
    No way...
[18:34] Sisti
    It can't be.
[18:35] Sisti
    What?
[18:36] Sisti
    What do you...
[18:37] Sisti
    Why would you do this?!
[18:38] Re=L
    I'm actually with the Researchers of...
[18:43] ---
    Er, what was it?
[18:44] Re=L
    Anyway, I'm your enemy.
[18:48] Re=L
    I'm taking Rumia with me.
[18:53] Sisti
    Hold it right there!
[18:56] Sisti
    Get away from Rumia.
[18:59] Sisti
    If you move, I'll shoot.
[19:03] Sisti
    Don't move!
[19:06] Re=L
    Will you?
[19:07] Sisti
    Huh?
[19:08] Re=L
    Will you really do it?
[19:16] Re=L
    Go ahead and shoot.
[19:19] Re=L
    I won't do anything.
[19:23] Re=L
    Shoot.
[19:24] (Flashback) Flashback
    Bang.
[19:25] (Flashback) Flashback
    You might be acting tough,
[19:26] (Flashback) ---
    but you're just a kid hiding her
    own weakness with a mask.
[19:28] Re=L
    Shoot.
[19:29] (Flashback) Flashback
    Stop it!
[19:31] Re=L
    Shoot.
[19:35] (Flashback) Flashback
    I want to make magic beneficial
    to mankind in a real sense.
[19:38] Re=L
    Shoot.
[19:40] (Flashback) Flashback
    But if you really want to protect Rumia
    when it comes to that, you'll need power.
[19:43] (Flashback) Flashback
    If military magic scares you, I can
    have faith that you'll use it correctly,
[19:47] (Flashback) ---
    without being swayed by magic's dark side.
[20:00] Re=L
    Time's up.
[20:09] Sisti
    But how could I?
[20:14] Sisti
    If I fired here,
[20:16] Sisti
    I might have hit Rumia, too.
[20:19] Sisti
    And Re=L, too. She could've died...
[20:26] Sisti
    I'm a liar.
[20:27] Sisti
    I was just so scared, I couldn't do a thing.
[20:34] Sisti
    Sensei...
[20:40] Albert
    Pardon me, Fibel.
[20:41] Sisti
    Albert-san?
[20:50] Sisti
    Glenn-sensei?!
[20:51] Albert
    Don't panic. He's still breathing.
[20:53] Sisti
    He needs healing magic quick!
[20:55] Albert
    It won't work.
[20:56] Albert
    He's already on the reaper's scythe.
[20:59] Sisti
    No...
[21:00] Sisti
    Sensei!
[21:02] Sisti
    Sensei!
[21:03] Albert
    Anyway, lend me your strength.
[21:06] Sisti
    What do you expect me to do?!
[21:08] Sisti
    If healing magic won't work,
    there's nothing I can do!
[21:11] Sisti
    No! No, no!
[21:14] Sisti
    Why did this have to happen?!
[21:17] Albert
    Calm down, Fibel.
[21:19] Albert
    Is crying and screaming really what
    you should be doing right now?
[21:25] Albert
    If you want to kill this man,
    then cry and scream away.
[21:29] Albert
    The rest will be the undertaker's job.
[21:37] Sisti
    Please wait.
[21:40] Sisti
    What do I need to do?
[21:46] Sisti
    The white magic ritual, Reviver?
[21:48] Sisti
    But doesn't that require
    a huge amount of mana?
[21:51] Albert
    Exactly.
[21:52] Albert
    Fibel, I'll be using your mana, too.
[21:56] Sistine
    Understood.
[21:59] Albert
    I'll handle the detailed setup of the ritual.
[22:01] Albert
    You work on the shortened,
    temporary servant pact.
[22:06] Albert
    Tsk. His breathing stopped completely.
[22:09] Albert
    Wuss.
[22:09] Sisti
    S-Sensei?!
[22:11] Albert
    Calm down. He only stopped breathing.
[22:15] Albert
    He still has a faint pulse.
[22:17] Albert
    Fibel, use CPR to keep him
    going until the ritual begins.
[22:20] Sisti
    Huh? CPR?!
[22:22] Albert
    If you're an academy student,
    you should know it.
[22:23] Albert
    Do it.
[22:26] Sisti
    B-But I've never actually...
[22:30] Albert
    Hurry, Fibel!
[22:31] Albert
    There's no time to be scared!
[23:02] Rainer
    Looks like you're awake now.
[23:05] Rainer
    Sorry for the rough treatment.
[23:07] Rainer
    But we need you, no matter what.
[23:10] Rainer
    For our sake, as siblings. Right?
[23:16] Rumia
    Re=L?
[23:17] Rumia
    Why are you doing this?
[23:18] Rumia
    Where's Sensei?!
[23:20] Rainer
    He won't be coming for you anymore.
[23:22] Rainer
    Re=L killed him.
[23:26] Rumia
    He's lying, right?
[23:29] Rumia
    Re=L, you'd never do that, right?
[23:38] Re=L
    Sorry.
SIGN    illustration: Sakura Koharu (QP:flapper)
[23:46] Sisti
    Sensei...
[23:47] Re=L
    Ha, ha, ha! I'm taking Rumia away!
[23:48] Rumia
    What?!
[23:50] Sisti
    Rumia?!
[23:52] Sisti
    Rumia's been captured by Re=L,
    Glenn-sensei isn't regaining consciousness,
[23:55] Sisti
    and my only hope, Albert-san,
    is playing with kittens!
[23:57] Albert
    Sorry. Pull something off on your own.
[23:59] Sisti
    If only Professor Arfonia were here right now.
[24:02] Celica
    You called?
[24:03] Sisti
    Professor Arfonia!
[24:04] Glenn
    Huh? But you're not in next week's episode!
[24:06] Celica
    I'm not?
[24:07] Sisti
    Sensei!
[24:07] Sisti
    Thank goodness!
[24:08] Sisti
    I don't know what I'd have done if you'd died!
[24:10] Glenn
    Oh!
SIGN    Oh!
[24:11] Glenn
    Whoops.
[24:12] Sisti
    Huh? Sensei?!
[24:13] Celica
    I'm not in the next episode?
SIGN    Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
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