# 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?
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