# E14 - Conclusions
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**[00:00] Main**
**[00:01] Ferdinand**
* The staff at the cathedral learn*
* that Main has the Devouring.*
**(Flashback) [00:05] Ferdinand**
Main, we would like to
speak to your parents.
**[00:10] Ferdinand**
* Benno suggests using contract magic*
* to protect her from the nobles,*
**[00:15] Ferdinand**
* and Main makes up her mind*
* to join the church.*
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**[02:01] Main**
I'm home.
**[02:02] Gunther**
Main!
**[02:04] Gunther**
So, what happened at the cathedral?
**[02:07] Main**
Well, I asked the high priest to
forget about my apprenticeship,
**[02:12] Main**
but once they found out I had the Devouring,
**[02:15] Main**
they said they wanted to talk to you
**[02:18] Main**
and gave me this invitation for you.
**[02:23] Main**
They want to meet at the third
bell two days from now.
**[02:25] Gunther**
What the hell did you do, Main?
**[02:28] Main**
They made me touch a grail.
**[02:31] Main**
And when it shone,
they asked to see you.
**[02:34] Main**
After that, I went to see Benno,
**[02:37] Main**
and he told me a bunch of things
about nobles and the Devouring.
**[02:40] Main**
Apparently, the Devouring's
fever is actually just mana.
**[02:43] Gunther**
Mana?
**[02:45] Main**
He said that since the shining grail
proved that I possessed mana,
**[02:49] Main**
I can no longer run from the
church or the nobility.
**[02:54] Eva**
No!
**[02:56] Main**
But the church has magical items,
so I can live on if I join.
**[03:04] Gunther**
Is that true?
**[03:05] Tuuli**
But you won't be able to
see us if you join, right?
**[03:10] Main**
If things stay the same, yes.
**[03:13] Gunther**
I don't want to give you up to the church.
**[03:16] Gunther**
If I sent you there alone...
**[03:21] Main**
Hey, Dad. Do you know what's
been going on in the capital?
**[03:26] Main**
Have you heard that there was a purge that
drastically changed the situation with nobles?
**[03:31] Gunther**
What does that have to do with anything?
**[03:34] Main**
Actually, since the nobles
have dwindled in number,
**[03:37] Main**
it seems the church is in
desperate need of mana.
**[03:40] Main**
That's why they want me.
**[03:43] Gunther**
From what I've seen and heard at the gate,
**[03:46] Gunther**
the nobles certainly are
scattering in all directions.
**[03:50] Main**
What Benno said was true.
**[03:53] Main**
Then this may work out.
**[03:56] Eva**
What do you mean, Main?
**[03:58] Main**
He said I was in luck.
**[04:01] Main**
That with careful negotiating,
**[04:03] Main**
I could secure treatment
close to that of a noble.
**[04:08] Gunther**
Tell me more.
**(Flashback) [04:11] Benno**
First, envision the ideal
result for yourself.
**(Flashback) [04:15] Benno**
What concessions do you need
from them to achieve it?
**(Flashback) [04:19] Benno**
What can you offer them?
**(Flashback) [04:22] Benno**
What do they want?
**(Flashback) [04:24] Benno**
Figure all that out.
**(Flashback) [04:26] Main**
What I want...
**(Flashback) [04:29] Main**
is permission to enter the library
and read the books there.
**(Flashback) [04:35] Benno**
It's almost impressive that you
can be so single-minded now.
**(Flashback) [04:38] Main**
I-It's just the ideal result!
**(Flashback) [04:41] Main**
If I'm being greedy, you know?
**(Flashback) [04:47] Main**
What I can offer them is mana and money.
**(Flashback) [04:50] Benno**
That's right.
**(Flashback) [04:52] Benno**
As long as you don't sell those short,
you can secure better conditions.
**(Flashback) [04:56] Benno**
If things go well, you could get accepted
as a blue-robed apprentice priestess.
**(Flashback) [05:01] Benno**
To ensure this, register the Main Studio
and secure a revenue stream.
**(Flashback) [05:08] Main**
By the way,
**(Flashback) [05:09] Main**
I've heard that you can't join the church
if you're registered with the Guild.
**(Flashback) [05:15] Main**
Can I actually register
myself as studio head?
**(Flashback) [05:18] Main**
The high priest said he'd negotiate
with the guild master...
**(Flashback) [05:27] Benno**
Don't leave your fate in
someone else's hands!
**(Flashback) [05:30] Benno**
If you can't get them to accept
that you're already registered,
**(Flashback) [05:33] Benno**
throw some money around and get them
to allow your studio business!
**(Flashback) [05:36] Benno**
You will be the only one in the
church who can deal with the Guild!
**(Flashback) [05:42] Main**
Right!
**(Flashback) [05:43] Benno**
If needed, say you want to use the Main
Studio to provide work for the orphans,
**(Flashback) [05:48] Benno**
provide them a better environment,
or some bull crap like that,
**(Flashback) [05:52] Benno**
and get them to accept your ownership!
**(Flashback) [05:54] Benno**
Also, sell the fact that
you're physically frail,
**(Flashback) [05:57] Benno**
and try to secure the
best treatment possible.
**(Flashback) [06:00] Benno**
Don't care about how it looks!
Fight to live!
**(Flashback) [06:03] Main**
I understand. I'll try.
**[06:07] Main**
There you have it.
**[06:09] Gunther**
So there's room to negotiate.
**[06:12] Main**
I think so.
**[06:14] Main**
That's why Benno told me to fight to live.
**[06:18] Gunther**
"Fight to live," huh?
**[06:21] Gunther**
You could say there's hope for us, right?
**[06:26] Main**
Right.
**[06:27] Main**
What we can offer is mana and money.
**[06:30] Main**
And then we have to emphasize my frailty
**[06:33] Main**
and get me treated almost like a noble.
**[06:36] Main**
We also have to get them to
allow me to run my studio,
**[06:39] Main**
and continue to live at home.
**[06:44] Main**
If they agree to these three demands,
I think it's safe to say we have won.
**[06:49] Gunther**
I'll give it a shot.
**[06:53] Gunther**
I became a soldier to protect my family!
**[07:14] Eva**
What's wrong, Tuuli? Can't sleep?
**[07:22] Eva**
What's the matter?
**[07:25] Tuuli**
Can you really negotiate with nobility?
**[07:30] Tuuli**
Don't they kill people just
for talking back to them?
**[07:34] Tuuli**
If anything happened to you, I'd...
**[07:41] Eva**
Tuuli!
**[07:45] Tuuli**
Mom!
**[07:47] Tuuli**
Please come back home with Dad!
**[07:57] Main**
* Two days later, it was time for the*
* negotiations at the cathedral.*
**[08:12] Main**
Dad, fight for me, okay?
**[08:15] Gunther**
You got it.
**[08:22] High Priest**
This must be the will of the gods.
**[08:25] Gunther**
Main and her parents are here.
**[08:29] Main**
Hello, High Priest.
**[08:32] High Priest**
Oh, Main. Welcome.
**[08:40] High Priest**
Who are these two, Main?
**[08:42] Main**
My parents.
**[08:45] High Priest**
What? Your parents?
**[08:48] High Priest**
What work do they do?
**[08:51] Main**
My father's a soldier, and my
mother's at a textile workshop.
**[08:56] High Priest**
A soldier?
**[09:02] High Priest**
Ah... I never thought they'd be poor.
**[09:06] High Priest**
What a waste of time.
**[09:09] Gunther**
Please take your seats.
**[09:10] High Priest**
No need! They can stand!
**[09:14] Main**
*What's with his sudden change in attitude?*
**[09:19] High Priest**
Let's just get this over with.
**[09:24] High Priest**
I believe you're aware that Main
wants to be an apprentice priestess,
**[09:28] High Priest**
and that you're against it?
**[09:30] Gunther**
That's right.
**[09:31] Gunther**
I don't feel like giving my daughter
up to live like an orphan.
**[09:36] High Priest**
But she has the Devouring.
**[09:39] High Priest**
She can't live on without
access to magical items.
**[09:42] High Priest**
The church is graciously taking
her in to save her life.
**[09:46] Gunther**
Main's body is too frail to survive if
she's forced to live like an orphan.
**[09:50] Gunther**
I would like you not to put her to
work as a gray-robed priestess.
**[09:55] Eva**
That's right!
**[09:56] Eva**
She's a very frail girl even
without the Devouring!
**[09:59] Eva**
She can't survive at the cathedral!
**[10:01] Eva**
Please... Please let her live at home.
**[10:06] High Priest**
Insolent knaves!
**[10:07] High Priest**
You dare complain about
our compassionate offer?!
**[10:11] High Priest**
Shut up and hand over your daughter!
**[10:14] Main**
*What?* This *is a noble?*
**[10:18] Gunther**
I must refuse.
**[10:20] Gunther**
I will never throw my
child into an orphanage.
**[10:26] Eva**
That's right! Please, have a heart!
**[10:33] High Priest**
How dare you!
**[10:34] High Priest**
Hold these insolent parents
down and lock Main up!
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Bookworm
**[10:56] High Priest**
Hold these insolent parents
down and lock Main up!
**[11:01] Gunther**
Stand back.
**[11:03] High Priest**
Oh? You want to resist?
**[11:06] High Priest**
If you dare raise a hand against a priest,
**[11:08] High Priest**
I'll have you executed in the name of the gods!
**[11:11] Gunther**
I was ready to die the moment
I decided to fight for Main!
**[11:16] High Priest**
Curses! Get Main!
**[11:19] Gunther**
Let's hold the man down first.
**[11:38] High Priest**
Why, you!
**[11:45] High Priest**
You could take down a couple,
**[11:47] High Priest**
but how long will you last against so many?
**[11:52] High Priest**
A mere commoner thinks
he can defy the church?
**[11:56] High Priest**
To the guillotine with you!
**[12:00] High Priest**
You will die a dog's death.
**[12:04] High Priest**
Get him!
**[12:20] Main**
Enough.
**[12:23] Eva**
Main?
**[12:28] Main**
Don't you dare lay a hand on my mom and dad.
**[12:40] Main**
You invited us here to have a discussion.
**[12:44] Main**
Is this what you call a discussion?
**[12:47] High Priest**
H-Help!
**[12:50] Ferdinand**
Main! Your mana's leaking out!
**[12:53] Ferdinand**
Control your emotions!
**[13:00] Main**
How am I supposed to?
**[13:03] Ferdinand**
Like... I'm sure... you always do.
**[13:07] Main**
How am I supposed to quell my rage toward
a man who wants to execute my father?
**[13:20] High Priest**
S-Stay away!
**[13:22] Ferdinand**
Hold it! If you keep going,
you'll crush his heart!
**[13:26] Main**
He was ready to kill a person.
**[13:30] Main**
I'm sure he was ready to
risk his own life, too.
**[13:48] Ferdinand**
Main!
**[13:50] Main**
Move.
**[13:52] Ferdinand**
Calm down! Let's talk things out!
**[13:55] Main**
"Talk things out"?
**[13:57] Main**
Using force? Or...
**[14:01] Main**
Using mana?
**[14:11] Ferdinand**
You mustn't kill him.
**[14:15] Ferdinand**
If you kill the high priest,
**[14:18] Ferdinand**
your parents will be accessories
to the murder of a noble.
**[14:23] Ferdinand**
I know you wouldn't want that.
**[14:27] Main**
Even my family will get hurt because of me?
**[14:39] Ferdinand**
I see you've returned to your senses.
**[14:42] Ferdinand**
Let's have the exact
discussion you came to have.
**[14:47] Main**
You mean you'll accept all our demands?
**[14:51] Ferdinand**
Yes.
**[14:53] Ferdinand**
But before that, you must get
your raging mana under control.
**[14:58] Ferdinand**
Can you do that?
**[15:03] Main**
*I have to trap it inside, like I always do.*
**[15:15] Eva**
Main!
**[15:17] Gunther**
Are you okay?
**[15:25] Main**
I'm fine.
**[15:26] Main**
I'm used to it, and I'm
in control of myself now.
**[15:31] Gunther**
You're used to it?
You mean it's happened before?
**[15:34] Main**
Not to that extent, no,
**[15:37] Main**
but it used to happen pretty often.
**[15:40] Gunther**
I didn't know.
**[15:42] Main**
Um, are you okay, Head Priest?
**[15:48] Ferdinand**
This is my punishment.
**[15:52] Ferdinand**
I had this coming for not stopping the
high priest from antagonizing you.
**[15:59] Ferdinand**
I didn't expect your commoner
parents to defy a noble's orders.
**[16:04] Gunther**
Main's my daughter.
I've said so countless times.
**[16:16] Ferdinand**
Main.
**[16:17] Ferdinand**
I envy you for having such loving parents.
**[16:23] Ferdinand**
Be they orphans or nobles,
**[16:27] Ferdinand**
everyone in the church was
cast aside by their parents.
**[16:34] Main**
* After that, we moved to the head*
* priest's room to talk things out.*
**[16:40] Gunther**
What was that thing Main did earlier?
**[16:44] Ferdinand**
Do you mean the Crushing?
**[16:46] Gunther**
It's called the Crushing?
**[16:49] Gunther**
Main's eyes turned rainbowy,
**[16:51] Gunther**
and her body was emanating some kind of aura.
**[16:57] Main**
What the heck? I didn't know I'd
turned into some kind of oddity!
**[17:01] Ferdinand**
It happens when one with the Devouring
lets their emotions go out of control.
**[17:06] Ferdinand**
Their mana activates,
courses through their body,
**[17:09] Ferdinand**
and "crushes" their enemy.
**[17:12] Ferdinand**
It happens often to kids since
they can't control their emotions.
**[17:16] Ferdinand**
Haven't you seen it before?
**[17:18] Eva**
I did notice her eye color
change a bunch of times.
**[17:22] Eva**
It always happened during
tantrums, but it'd go away soon.
**[17:26] Gunther**
Oh yeah, now that you mention it...
**[17:28] Main**
Really?!
**[17:30] Main**
* I'm amazed they raised such a*
* bizarre girl with so much love.*
**[17:42] Ferdinand**
I'd heard that those with the
Devouring have lots of mana,
**[17:45] Ferdinand**
but I never foresaw that you could push
the high priest to the brink of death.
**[17:50] Ferdinand**
This might be a strange question,
**[17:52] Ferdinand**
but how are you even still alive?
**[17:56] Ferdinand**
The stronger your mana, the stronger
your will needs to be to control it.
**[18:01] Ferdinand**
It makes no sense that you're still
alive given how much mana you possess.
**[18:06] Main**
I should already be dead, actually.
**[18:09] Main**
But some kind people let me
use a dying magical item.
**[18:15] Ferdinand**
Didn't you try to form an agreement
with a noble through them?
**[18:20] Main**
Living life chained to a
noble would be pointless.
**[18:27] Main**
I wanted to stay with my family.
**[18:31] Main**
I wanted to make my books.
**[18:33] Main**
If I can't live my life the way I want,
then there's no point to living.
**[18:48] Ferdinand**
I fail to comprehend that mindset.
**[18:54] Ferdinand**
Main, I want you to join the church.
**[18:57] Ferdinand**
This is a request, not an order.
**[19:01] Ferdinand**
I'm the one in charge of the
daily affairs around here.
**[19:04] Ferdinand**
I'll provide you the best
environment possible.
**[19:06] Ferdinand**
Of course, the events of today
will be forgotten as well.
**[19:13] Main**
* The head priest kept his word and*
* accepted all of our demands,*
**[19:19] Main**
* and I was to become a blue-robed*
* apprentice priestess.*
**[19:30] Gunther**
It's over.
**[19:32] Main**
Yeah.
**[19:33] Main**
Dad, Mom. Thanks for fighting for me.
**[19:37] Gunther**
Hey, you're the one who saved our
lives with that Crushing thing.
**[19:42] Main**
My fever just went out of
control because I was so angry.
**[19:44] Main**
Honestly, I don't remember
much of what happened.
**[19:51] Gunther**
But the real battle has yet to come.
**[19:54] Main**
Yeah.
**[19:56] Eva**
Still, I'm a little relieved now.
**[20:00] Eva**
So long as the head priest is there,
I think you'll be just fine at the cathedral.
**[20:04] Main**
The head priest? Why?
**[20:06] Eva**
I mean, he stopped you, remember?
**[20:09] Eva**
It's important that you have someone to
stop and scold you when you lose control.
**[20:13] Main**
Yikes! I get the feeling
he'll be scolding me a lot!
**[20:31] Lutz**
Main will definitely be fine.
**[20:34] Lutz**
She's got your dad and mom with her.
**[20:36] Tuuli**
Yeah...
**[20:40] Main**
Tuuli!
**[20:45] Main**
Tuuli!
**[20:50] Tuuli**
You guys!
**[20:53] Lutz**
Main!
**[21:06] Tuuli**
Main... Welcome back.
**[21:11] Main**
I'm home...
**[21:14] Main**
Tuuli!
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**[22:58] Main**
Woohoo!
***SIGN*** Part One Complete
**[23:00] Main**
We've hit the grand finale of Part One!
**[23:03] Main**
The negotiations were a great success,
and I can keep living with my family!
**[23:06] Main**
Head Priest, you'll be seeing me
at the cathedral soon!
**[23:10] Main**
I can finally read some books! Yahoo!
**[23:14] Main**
The way you're celebrating
only makes me worry.
**[23:18] Ferdinand**
You seem to be thinking of nothing but books.
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**[23:20] Ferdinand**
Do you realize you're joining the church
as an apprentice priestess?
**[23:23] Ferdinand**
You'll have so much to do and learn.
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**[23:27] Ferdinand**
Also, you've been made a blue robe
despitebeingacommoner...
**[23:30] Main**
No! It's too soon for all this!
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