# 16 - The Key to the World
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**[00:39] Hajime**
Let's go.
**[00:59] Shizuku**
What?! What's going on?!
**[01:04] Shea**
Hajime-san?! Yue-san?!
**[01:05] Tio**
Calm down! Kaori, focus.
**[01:08] Kaori**
Huh? Oh, right!
I'll check on them right away.
***SIGN*** Episode 16: The Key to the World
**[03:02] Hajime**
What are you doing, Yue?
**[03:04] Yue**
Hmm? A good morning kiss.
**[03:07] Hajime**
I guess we got carried
into some room after we collapsed.
**[03:11] Hajime**
What happened to the others?
**[03:13] Yue**
Sorry, I just got up too, so I don't know.
**[03:17] Hajime**
How long have you been awake?
**[03:21] Yue**
About ten minutes?
**[03:23] Hajime**
Are you telling me you've
been like this that whole time?
**[03:26] Hajime**
Well, you were in front
of me when I woke up.
**[03:30] Hajime**
Yue, I believe it might take us
a while longer to wake up.
**[03:35] Yue**
Yes. Shea and the others
will know after we wake up.
**[03:42] Shea**
You're already awake!
**[03:44] Kaori**
Hajime-kun, Yue. What are you doing? Hmm?
**[03:50] Hajime & Yue**
We're going to need two hours.
**[03:52] Shea**
Idiots!
**[03:53] Kaori**
No way we'll allow that!
**[03:56] Shizuku**
Both of you, control yourselves.
**[04:01] Ryutarou**
Hey, what happened back there?
**[04:06] Suzu**
I think I figured it out.
**[04:13] Hajime**
That's for looking at Yue for an instant.
**[04:15] Ryutarou**
How is that at all fair?!
**[04:17] Yue**
Hmm? Feeling possessive?
**[04:20] Yue**
How cute, Hajime.
**[04:23] Shea**
Do you two really not feel bad at all?!
**[04:26] Shea**
How worried do you think we were?!
**[04:29] Kaori**
Shea's right!
**[04:32] Kaori**
I was really worried.
**[04:34] Shizuku**
Yes.
**[04:35] Shizuku**
If you're all right, it would've great
if you'd showed up as soon as possible.
**[04:38] Hajime**
Yeah, I feel really bad.
**[04:42] Hajime**
When I woke up, Yue was kissing me.
**[04:44] Hajime**
That made me lose all control.
**[04:46] Hajime**
Yes. It's all Yue's fault for being so cute.
**[04:50] Yue**
Yes, I should have let you
know as soon as possible.
**[04:54] Yue**
I couldn't control myself,
seeing a defenseless Hajime next to me.
**[04:59] Yue**
It's all Hajime's fault
for being so handsome.
**[05:03] Shea**
You don't feel bad at all, do you?
**[05:07] Kaori**
Enough already. This can
only get more tiresome.
**[05:11] Shizuku**
After admitting to myself
my feeling for him,
**[05:14] Shizuku**
seeing this does a new type of damage to me.
**[05:16] Tio**
Oh, Master and Yue are safe.
**[05:20] Tio**
Good, good.
**[05:22] Shea**
Sorry, Tio-san. I forgot to let you know.
**[05:26] Tio**
That's fine.
**[05:27] Tio**
I'm sure there was some banter about
the two of them doing you-know-what in bed,
**[05:31] Tio**
or something along those lines.
**[05:33] Shea**
Your insight is astounding.
**[05:35] Tio**
Yes, of course.
**[05:37] Tio**
If I was in Yue's place, I would
have done the exact same thing.
**[05:41] Tio**
As I lose control, the master,
looking down on me,
**[05:44] Tio**
will do this and that and the other thing.
**[05:46] Kaori**
So, what happened to you two anyway?
**[05:47] Tio**
Oh, Master!
**[05:50] Shizuku**
It must have been something
serious, for you two both
**[05:53] Shizuku**
to scream in pain like
that and lose consciousness.
**[05:55] Hajime**
Yeah, well...
**[05:57] Hajime**
To put in simple terms, our brains
and minds overheated, so to speak.
**[06:03] Tio**
Hmm. A load so heavy
that not even you could withstand it.
**[06:07] Tio**
You must have learned
the details of concept magic, correct?
**[06:10] Yue**
Yes, I knew you'd figure it out first, Tio.
**[06:13] Yue**
Not bad for a pervert.
**[06:15] Kaori**
A magic that would realize any
concept imagined by the user.
**[06:18] Kaori**
With that, we can go back to Japan, right?
**[06:20] Hajime**
No, not quite yet.
**[06:22] Hajime**
What we learned was,
kind of like, the prerequisite.
**[06:27] Kaori**
Prerequisite?
**[06:29] Hajime**
Yeah.
**[06:30] Hajime**
In order to learn concept magic,
it's absolutely necessary
**[06:33] Hajime**
for us to have a complete
understanding of all the ancient magics.
**[06:39] Hajime**
For example, creation magic.
**[06:41] Hajime**
This isn't a magic that allows the user
to imbue magic into inorganic matter.
**[06:44] Hajime**
It's a magic that interferes
with inorganic matter.
**[06:48] Hajime**
Gravity magic interferes
with the energy of the stars.
**[06:53] Hajime**
Spatial magic interferes with boundaries.
**[06:57] Hajime**
Restoration magic interferes with time.
**[07:02] Hajime**
Spiritual magic interferes with
the immaterial elements within organisms.
**[07:07] Hajime**
Evolution magic interferes with information.
**[07:12] Hajime**
And finally, metamorphosis magic can be
defined as interfering with organic matter.
**[07:18] Yue**
Yes. In order to truly
understand all of that,
**[07:20] Yue**
one would need to be strong enough to be
able to conquer all of he labyrinths' tests.
**[07:24] Yue**
Otherwise, our minds
would simply break down.
**[07:28] Shizuku**
That sounds super difficult.
**[07:32] Hajime**
It is hard, for sure.
**[07:35] Hajime**
On top of that, the main
ingredient for turning
**[07:38] Hajime**
a concept into magic is extreme willpower.
**[07:41] Yue**
Yes.
**[07:42] Yue**
We would need Hajime's creation magic to
imbue it into an object, like with the compass.
**[07:47] Hajime**
Yeah.
**[07:48] Hajime**
Yue's control of magic
plus my transmutation.
**[07:52] Hajime**
We kind of have to combine our powers
to create an artifact with the desired power.
**[07:58] Shea**
So, it's not impossible?
**[07:59] Hajime**
Of course.
**[08:01] Hajime**
I'll succeed no matter what.
**[08:04] Hajime**
That's what everything has been about.
**[08:08] Tio**
Are you going to give it a go?
**[08:10] Hajime**
Yeah.
**[08:11] Hajime**
Talking about it let me sort out
the information in my head.
**[08:13] Hajime**
I have to try it out.
**[08:15] Suzu**
Hey, Nagumo-kun.
**[08:17] Suzu**
If this is going to take some time,
**[08:19] Suzu**
I think I should set out
to achieve my other goal.
**[08:24] Hajime**
No, this shouldn't take long.
**[08:27] Suzu**
I see. In that case, I'll rest now.
**[08:31] Suzu**
I want to practice using
metamorphosis magic.
**[08:33] Suzu**
I'll head out to
the demons' realm after that.
**[08:36] Suzu**
Um, what are you guys going to do?
**[08:39] Shizuku**
I'm going with you, of course.
**[08:42] Ryutarou**
Me too.
**[08:45] Suzu**
Thanks, guys...
**[08:47] Suzu**
Oh, and about Kouki-kun.
**[08:51] Hajime**
Hmm? Oh yeah, where is he?
**[08:55] Shizuku**
You've finally noticed.
**[08:58] Shizuku**
Kouki is asleep in another room.
**[09:00] Shizuku**
It might take him a while longer to get up.
**[09:03] Hajime**
Yeah, I don't care about him.
**[09:05] Hajime**
We're going to stay in the room
with the magic circle.
**[09:08] Hajime**
If Amanogawa wakes up while we're working,
make sure he doesn't interrupt us.
**[09:12] Ryutarou**
If you're trying to make us
a way to get home,
**[09:15] Ryutarou**
he wouldn't mess with you, would he?
**[09:17] Hajime**
I hope so. Just trying to be safe.
**[09:20] Shea**
Don't worry, Hajime-san!
**[09:23] Shea**
Nobody will bother you, ever!
**[09:27] Hajime**
Yes. Counting on you, Shea.
**[09:29] Yue**
I feel safe with Shea on the job.
**[09:32] Suzu**
Is everything all right?
**[09:34] Kaori**
Suzu-chan, what do you mean by everything?
**[09:38] Suzu**
Well, everything, really.
**[09:41] Suzu**
Will Nagumo-kun collapse again?
**[09:45] Suzu**
Will we really make it back to Japan?
**[09:48] Suzu**
Is Kouki-kun going to be okay?
**[09:51] Suzu**
And about the demons' realm
that we're going to soon.
**[09:54] Kaori**
Don't worry.
**[09:56] Kaori**
Hajime-kun has always
overcome all obstacles.
**[10:01] Kaori**
He can make the impossible
possible for sure.
**[10:04] Suzu**
Kaorin...
**[10:05] Kaori**
As for Kouki-kun, he's the only
one who can solve his own problems.
**[10:10] Shizuku**
About Eri-chan...
**[10:14] Shizuku**
Well, all we can do
for now is charge forward!
**[10:17] Shizuku**
It's not like we have any other choice.
Overthinking it would just tire us out.
**[10:21] Suzu**
Kaorin, you're so awesomely macho.
**[10:24] Suzu**
You must be under
the influence of Nagumo-kun!
**[10:27] Shizuku**
Actually, Suzu...
**[10:29] Shizuku**
Kaori has always been the type to charge
like a bull once she makes a decision.
**[10:33] Shizuku**
Nine times out of ten,
Kaori's decisions end in a bull rush.
**[10:37] Kaori**
Suzu-chan, Shizuku-chan, that's not nice!
**[10:40] Kaori**
What does that make me,
another Ryutarou-kun?
**[10:44] Ryutarou**
Hey Kaori, why is it not nice
for you to be the same as me?
**[10:48] Ryutarou**
Do you realize you're
stepping on my toes here?
**[10:51] Kaori**
Anyway, I'm coming
with you to deal with Eri-chan.
**[10:55] Kaori**
If all else fails,
**[10:56] Kaori**
I'll just disintegrate everything around me
so that we can escape in the confusion.
**[11:01] Suzu**
Um... Kaorin, you can come too?
**[11:05] Kaori**
Of course. I can't leave you hanging.
**[11:09] Kaori**
Since we came this far,
I want us all to go home together.
**[11:11] Suzu**
Thank you!
**[11:14] Tio**
If Kaori is with you, you should be fine.
**[11:18] Tio**
I should go home once before I travel
to the master's home world.
**[11:24] Tio**
I am on a mission after all.
**[11:26] Shea**
Oh yeah, you're on a secret mission
from your clan, right?
**[11:32] Tio**
Shea, you want to see
your father too, don't you?
**[11:36] Shea**
You're right.
**[11:39] Shizuku**
Oh, you're awake. How are you?
**[11:43] Kouki**
I'm fine. I'm sorry I worried you.
**[11:47] Shizuku**
That's all in the past.
I'm fine as long as you're all right.
**[11:52] Ryutarou**
It's good that you seem to have recovered.
**[11:54] Suzu**
I'm so glad!
**[12:02] Kaori**
If you're looking for Hajime-kun,
he's holed up in a different room right now.
**[12:07] Kouki**
I see...
**[12:09] Kouki**
After all the trouble I caused,
I wanted to apologize to him, but...
**[12:13] Shizuku**
Sounds like you've regained your sanity.
**[12:17] Shizuku**
Or do you still think
Nagumo-kun brainwashed us?
**[12:23] Shizuku**
Kouki, don't look away.
**[12:28] Kouki**
Right... I don't think that anymore.
**[12:31] Kouki**
I had really lost my mind back there.
**[12:36] Kouki**
I see.
**[12:38] Kouki**
So, everyone but me got the ancient magic.
**[12:42] Shizuku**
Kouki...
**[12:43] Shizuku**
I fell in love with Nagumo-kun.
**[12:48] Shizuku**
I want him to see me as a woman.
**[12:52] Kouki**
So...
**[12:53] Kouki**
Does that mean you'll
follow Nagumo from now on?
**[12:56] Kouki**
Nagumo already has a woman, and Kaori too.
**[13:00] Kouki**
Maybe you should re-think this.
**[13:02] Kouki**
Honestly, I think—
**[13:03] Shizuku**
I wasn't asking for your opinion.
**[13:07] Shizuku**
That was just to let you know
as a childhood friend.
**[13:15] Kouki**
Hah. Everyone's on his side.
**[13:18] Kouki**
Someone who can easily take lives
and give up on others.
**[13:22] Shizuku**
Kouki!
**[13:25] Kouki**
If I knew this would happen,
it would have been great
**[13:28] Kouki**
if I was the one that fell off that bridge—
**[13:35] Kaori**
Kouki-kun, I see you
as a precious childhood friend.
**[13:39] Kaori**
So...
**[13:41] Kaori**
Please.
**[13:44] Kouki**
Kaori...
**[13:48] Shea**
Hajime-san?! Yue-san?!
**[14:08] Kaori**
Sh-Shea?! What's going on?
**[14:11] Shea**
I don't know.
**[14:12] Shea**
But it doesn't seem like
anything bad happened to them.
**[14:16] Shizuku**
If they're all right,
we should probably leave.
**[14:19] Tio**
Indeed. If they fail because of us...
**[14:23] Tio**
Oh dear! I'd get punished!
**[14:26] Suzu**
Tio-san, you shouldn't say
that in such a happy tone.
**[14:27] Tio**
Oh, how terrible that
would be, to be punished...
**[14:40] Shizuku**
Kouki?
**[14:52] Suzu**
"This looks like Orcus."
**[14:55] Tio**
Yes.
**[14:56] Tio**
A great cave lit up
with green lightstones.
**[15:00] Tio**
Yes, that would be
the Great Orcus Labyrinth.
**[15:02] Shea**
This emotion... Is it anxiety?
And impatience.
**[15:07] Shizuku**
I also sense fear.
**[15:09] Shizuku**
This footage must be a memory.
**[15:27] Kaori**
Hajime-kun!
**[15:28] Shea**
Oh no...
**[15:32] Hajime**
Someone... Help...
**[15:37] Hajime**
Why is this happening to me?
**[15:42] Hajime**
Why... Why... Why...
**[15:47] Hajime**
What do I desire?
**[15:50] Hajime**
Anything that gets
in the way of that, I will...
**[15:55] Hajime**
I will...!
**[15:59] Hajime**
I want to go home.
**[16:05] Hajime**
I want to go home.
**[16:09] Hajime**
I want to go home...!
**[16:15] Hajime**
I will go home.
**[16:17] Hajime**
No matter what, I'm going home alive...!
**[16:29] Kouki**
Going home...
**[16:34] Kaori**
Is that...
**[16:36] Kaori**
a key?
**[16:40] Hajime & Yue**
Open a door to the place we desire.
**[16:59] Shea**
Hajime-san! Yue-san! Are you all right?!
**[17:04] Shea**
Kaori-san, how are they?
**[17:10] Kaori**
Yes, they're fine. Just unconscious.
**[17:15] Kaori**
They just used up their magic power.
**[17:31] Hajime**
How did it go?
**[17:34] Yue**
Where's the artifact?
**[17:36] Kaori**
I shared my magic power with you,
so you should be fine.
**[17:39] Kaori**
I don't know anything
about the artifact, though.
**[17:43] Hajime**
I see. Thanks, Kaori.
**[17:46] Hajime**
I didn't know how much power
I needed, so I just gave it my all.
**[17:53] Hajime**
Do you think you can make
adjustments next time?
**[17:55] Yue**
Yes, I think so.
I got the hang of it, I think.
**[17:59] Yue**
I don't know if I can muster the willpower
to manifest a concept, though.
**[18:05] Hajime**
This is perfect. I feel a tremendous force.
**[18:09] Hajime**
It's similar to
the Compass of Eternal Paths.
**[18:13] Hajime**
Thanks, Yue.
**[18:15] Yue**
Yep!
**[18:20] Hajime**
Let's give it a try.
**[18:42] Hajime**
Success!
**[18:44] Hajime**
We now have a way to get home!
**[18:47] Suzu**
Yay!
**[18:48] Ryutarou**
Oh yeah!
**[19:01] Hajime**
Now what we need is an artifact
to prevent getting re-summoned.
**[19:06] Hajime**
Hopefully we can make that while we go get
Myu and Tio does her homecoming.
**[19:11] Hajime**
But I can't say for sure.
**[19:14] Hajime**
For the time being,
**[19:15] Hajime**
we'll start working on the artifact
to prevent getting re-summoned
**[19:19] Hajime**
while we go pick up Myu.
**[19:22] Suzu**
In that case, we'll go to the demons' realm.
**[19:25] Suzu**
Since we got this new ancient magic,
**[19:28] Suzu**
I'd like to take some powerful
monsters with me, but...
**[19:33] Hajime**
Taniguchi.
**[19:36] Hajime**
That gate key is connected
to the gate hole in Verbergen.
**[19:41] Hajime**
Why don't you go tame some
monsters from the forest?
**[19:43] Suzu**
I see.
**[19:45] Hajime**
The monsters there are good
at controlling their presence.
**[19:49] Hajime**
If you can tame them and train them,
they should be pretty useful.
**[19:52] Suzu**
Right, I'll try. Thanks, Nagumo-kun.
**[19:56] Kaori**
Suzu-chan, I'll go with you.
**[19:59] Hajime**
Yue and I will rest until we get
our magic power back. Right, Yue?
**[20:05] Yue**
Yes.
**[20:15] Hajime**
So, why are you guys still here?
**[20:18] Hajime**
Especially you, Shea.
**[20:20] Yue**
Yes.
**[20:20] Yue**
I thought you would go back to Verbergen
with Kaori and the others.
**[20:24] Tio**
I wanted to see if I could master my
dragon form using metamorphosis magic.
**[20:30] Shea**
I, uh... I'm not comfortable around
that elder's granddaughter.
**[20:37] Hajime**
Oh yeah, that princess.
**[20:45] Hajime**
Well, let's get going, then.
**[20:53] Shea**
Oh, right.
**[20:55] Shea**
Hajime-san, take this.
**[20:57] Hajime**
The proof of conquest!
I totally forgot about it.
**[21:33] Hajime**
What a fancy shortcut.
**[21:36] Yue**
Yes. A reward?
**[21:49] Hajime**
How nice of them to take us all the way
to the edge of the Schnee Snow Fields.
**[21:54] Hajime**
Judging from the position of the sun,
we're going north-west, it seems.
**[21:58] Suzu**
The demons' realm is near.
**[22:01] Suzu**
I won't run away anymore.
**[22:02] Suzu**
I will talk to Eri, properly!
**[22:05] Shizuku**
We have to get her back.
**[22:07] Ryutarou**
We have to go pick up
our other classmates too.
**[22:11] Kaori**
Yes. We'll all go home together!
**[22:14] Kaori**
Right.
**[22:16] Tio**
I can't wait to get home.
**[22:19] Tio**
I'm sure everyone will be surprised.
**[22:21] Shea**
Yes, to see their comrade
return as a pervert.
**[22:27] Yue**
Hajime.
**[22:30] Yue**
I want to meet your family.
**[22:37] Hajime**
Yeah. It won't be long!
**[24:36] Freid**
Come, irregular.
**[24:38] ---**