# 24 - Proclaimed Omens
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**[00:00] ---**
This show contains scenes that some viewers may
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**[00:02] S**
You are doing better,
**[00:05] S**
but you shouldn't push yourself.
**[00:07] G**
Yeah. I'm feeling a lot better.
**[00:08] G**
That looks good. What is it?
**[00:10] Gi**
Be grateful!
**[00:11] Gi**
Bouillabaisse-style hot pot.
**[00:13] Gu**
It'll shrivel up if you do it daily.
**[00:20] Gi**
This is pretty good, these crab
and shellfish corpses.
**[00:24] Gi**
It's "crabinalism"!
**[00:25] Gi**
So, where is your homeland
and what's it like?
**[00:29] Gi**
I will tell you! Elfhelm!
**[00:32] Gi**
A utopia that lies on the Western Sea.
**[00:35] Gi**
Flowers are always blooming, et cetera.
**[00:38] Gi**
El... Elf Hell?
**[00:42] Gi**
Not "hell"!
**[00:43] Gi**
Elfhelm.
**[00:44] Gi**
It's filled with beings like you, right?
**[00:47] Gi**
I have heard of it from my teacher.
**[00:51] Gi**
It is a legendary island to the
west, known as Skellig.
**[00:55] Gi**
Like the forest of the spirit tree,
it belongs to the interstice,
**[01:00] Gi**
so it isn't on any sea charts,
and normal people cannot reach it.
**[01:04] Gi**
In addition to the elves,
many mages are said to live there.
**[01:09] Gi**
I have always wanted to see it!
**[01:14] Gi**
Um, Schierke?
**[01:16] Gi**
I have a request.
**[01:20] Gi**
Would you teach me magic?
**[01:24] G**
How about that?
**[01:25] P**
Farnese, you want to be a witch?
**[01:28] Gu**
W-Wait a second...
**[01:31] Fa**
Ever since the trolls, I have
been thinking about it.
**[01:35] P**
But you're an adult. You can't be
an apprentice to this wimpy kid.
**[01:40] Fa**
To be honest, I was astonished then.
**[01:44] Fa**
The miracles, the divine power
called "magic" that you used...
**[01:48] Fa**
When the time came that even one
such as I had to protect someone,
**[01:51] Fa**
what lent me courage to do so were Casca
**[01:55] ---**
and the magic dagger you gave me.
**[01:59] S**
But that's just a silver knife.
**[02:02] Fa**
To me, it was undoubtedly
a magic dagger!
**[02:08] Fa**
Flora told me to accept
the great mysteries
**[02:12] Fa**
and seek the truth about
everything from my world.
**[02:15] Fa**
That that was the way of magic.
**[02:17] Fa**
If the light of a greater law can
illuminate the darkness,
**[02:21] Fa**
then please impart it to me!
**[02:26] Gi**
Come on, this ain't a show.
**[02:29] Gu**
Usually, they say that you cannot
learn magic unless you start
**[02:33] Gu**
at a very young age.
**[02:37] Gu**
More than anything,
**[02:38] Gu**
that is because, as people age,
they become trapped
**[02:41] Gu**
by their knowledge of
the physical world,
**[02:43] Gu**
so breaking free of their
preconceptions is harder.
**[02:47] Gu**
But after all the terrifying things
you've seen, Farnese,
**[02:51] Gu**
that isn't a concern, is it?
**[02:54] Gu**
I am still training myself,
**[02:57] Gu**
but I think I can teach you the basics.
**[03:00] F**
Thank you, Teacher!
**[03:02] Gu**
T-Teacher?
**[03:05] Gu**
Lady Farnese... A w-witch?
**[03:08] Gu**
Teacher?
**[03:09] F**
Can we start with spells?
**[03:11] S**
We'll start with the basics.
***SIGN*** Proclaimed Omens
**[04:46] Gi**
Hey, Schierke, let's go back...
**[04:48] Gi**
The sea's creepy at night!
**[04:52] G**
Taking a walk?
**[04:56] G**
It's true that this moonlight
**[05:00] G**
makes it hard to sleep.
**[05:02] S**
Guts...
**[05:11] S**
I have never seen the ocean before.
**[05:15] S**
My mistress told me that the sea is
the gate to the spiritual world.
**[05:21] S**
It's beautiful and kind,
**[05:24] S**
eerie and terrifying,
**[05:26] S**
a sight that touches the hearts
of all who see it.
**[05:30] S**
And that places like that are always
connected to the spiritual world.
**[05:35] S**
Back then, all I could
do was imagine it.
**[05:38] S**
But standing on the beach,
**[05:40] S**
I understand her words
for the first time.
**[05:46] S**
I've departed on a journey from
which there is no return.
**[05:52] G**
You're too good a student.
**[05:56] G**
It may be easier for you
to keep it all inside
**[06:00] G**
and spend your time
worrying about others.
**[06:04] S**
Th-That isn't...
**[06:06] G**
But if you keep it inside
all the time as a kid,
**[06:09] G**
you'll end up a mess of an adult.
**[06:13] S**
Don't worry about me!
**[06:15] S**
To mages,
**[06:17] S**
being parted by death from
those closest to us
**[06:20] S**
has a different meaning than to you
who live in the physical world.
**[06:25] S**
A mage places herself in both the
physical and spiritual worlds.
**[06:28] S**
And so to us,
**[06:30] S**
it isn't an ending, but hatching
into a great existence.
**[06:34] S**
It isn't...
**[06:35] ---**
It isn't...
**[06:37] S**
a sad thing...
**[06:54] S**
I feel a little better.
**[06:56] S**
The salt air is stinging
my eyes and nose.
**[06:59] G**
Same here, actually...
**[07:02] G**
My whole body.
**[07:03] S**
I knew you were pushing
yourself too hard!
**[07:16] Gi**
I see!
**[07:17] Gi**
I guess you're that age, huh?
**[07:20] Gi**
But I can't believe your first
time, it's an old guy...
**[07:23] Gi**
I mean, older person...
**[07:26] Gi**
But I guess he is a lot better
than the other two.
**[07:29] s**
What are you talking about?
**[07:30] Gi**
A young girl's first love is
for a wild older man!
**[07:34] Gi**
It tickles!
**[07:36] ---**
Lovely!
**[07:39] S**
Wh-What's wrong?
**[07:41] Gi**
We have company.
**[07:43] Gi**
I guess you survived.
**[07:46] Gu**
I might return those words to you.
**[07:50] S**
Lately, I've been creating one
debt to you after another.
**[07:53] S**
Well, that's nothing new.
**[07:56] S**
But thank you, I guess.
**[07:58] S**
So what do you want today?
**[08:03] Gu**
The eyes will lose color,
**[08:06] Gu**
the tongue its sense of taste,
**[08:09] Gu**
and fingertips will tire from shaking.
**[08:13] Gu**
These are omens.
**[08:15] Gu**
If you continue to fight in that armor,
**[08:19] Gu**
then light, voice, warmth...
**[08:22] Gu**
You will lose many things.
**[08:26] S**
No...
**[08:29] G**
I don't like it...
**[08:32] G**
As always, you act like
you know everything.
**[08:36] G**
Thanks for the warning,
**[08:38] G**
but I ain't ever letting
that happen again.
**[08:41] G**
Next time, I'll master this thing
and stay in control.
**[08:44] S**
That's right.
**[08:46] S**
I shall not let that happen.
**[08:49] S**
Thank you for what you have done for us.
**[08:53] S**
I'm sorry to ask,
**[08:54] S**
but what was your relationship
to my mistress?
**[09:02] S**
Did this armor originally
belong to you, perhaps?
**[09:08] Gu**
We were friends.
**[09:11] Gu**
Just as you two are now.
**[09:16] Gu**
The od in that armor is like a flame
that will never be extinguished.
**[09:22] Gu**
Even if you master it once,
**[09:25] Gu**
the embers will continue to smolder.
**[09:27] Gu**
Given the chance, they will
become raging flames.
**[09:31] Gu**
Even with the talisman protecting you,
**[09:34] Gu**
you must never lower your guard.
**[09:36] Gu**
Not if you wish to remain human.
**[09:40] G**
Thanks for the kind tip.
**[09:42] G**
While you're being kind, can you
tell me something else?
**[09:47] G**
Why did they...
**[09:49] ---**
Why did the Apostles attack
the old lady's mansion?
**[09:54] Gu**
The hawk now places himself
**[09:56] Gu**
beyond the laws that govern
the physical world.
**[10:00] Gu**
Where nothing in the human
world can threaten him.
**[10:06] Gu**
It would be as if the
character in a story
**[10:10] Gu**
challenged the story's author.
**[10:15] Gu**
If any can challenge the hawk
and stand a chance,
**[10:19] ---**
it is another who is placed
outside the story, as well.
**[10:24] S**
That's why they went after my mistress?
**[10:27] Gu**
They saw a single mage as a greater
threat than an army, 10,000 strong.
**[10:34] S**
No...
**[10:35] S**
I can't accept it!
**[10:36] Gu**
If you would continue your journey,
**[10:41] Gu**
you will see the Apostles again, soon.
**[10:45] G**
What?
**[10:46] Gu**
And when that happens,
their leader will most likely be
**[10:51] ---**
the hawk.
**[10:54] S**
Guts...
**[10:56] Gu**
He's... coming.
**[11:03] S**
Guts!
**[11:07] Gu**
To protect or to challenge?
**[11:10] Gu**
You will continually ask
your soul this question.
**[11:14] Gu**
That is your destiny, as a human
who stands within the interstice.
**[11:21] Gu**
Lastly, I give you one hope.
**[11:25] Gu**
The fairyland to which you travel,
**[11:28] Gu**
and the fairy king who waits there...
**[11:32] Gu**
Their name is Hanafubuku.
**[11:36] S**
I've heard of him.
**[11:38] S**
He is a very strong fairy king,
sung of in legend.
**[11:42] S**
His name appears not only in grimoires,
**[11:46] S**
but also in poems and stories.
**[11:48] gu**
That bastard didn't say a word.
**[11:52] S**
That was my mistake.
**[11:54] S**
That the king of Puck's home
would be so powerful...
**[11:58] Gu**
With their power, it is possible.
**[12:03] Gu**
Your comrade, the girl of the brand,
**[12:08] ---**
may yet regain her mind.
**[12:11] S**
Is that true?
**[12:14] Gu**
I shall not repeat myself.
**[12:16] S**
She can
**[12:18] ---**
come back?
**[12:22] S**
Seriously?
**[12:26] Gu**
But do not forget.
**[12:30] Gu**
Your hope may not
**[12:33] Gu**
always be her hope.
**[12:45] Gu**
Casca will...
**[12:47] Gu**
Seriously?
**[12:48] S**
Yes.
**[12:49] S**
Hanafubuku is a great fairy king,
so strong he features in legends.
**[12:54] S**
I think we can be certain.
**[12:56] Gu**
Wow, your king is amazing.
**[12:59] Gi**
Why didn't you say anything?!
**[13:02] Gu**
Don't tell me...
**[13:03] Gi**
He didn't know?
**[13:06] F**
That's great news, Guts.
**[13:09] Gu**
*Your hope may not*
**[13:12] Gu**
*always be her hope.*
**[13:28] G**
*Fog...*
**[13:36] S**
Guts?
**[13:37] P**
What's wrong?
**[13:41] S**
Something's coming, hiding in the fog.
**[13:47] Gu**
Is it the usual ghouls?
**[13:49] Gu**
Sounds fun!
**[13:50] Gu**
Been a while since a good fight!
**[13:52] S**
This od is closer to
**[13:54] ---**
that of the monsters that attacked
the mansion than of ghouls.
**[13:57] S**
They're coming!
**[14:15] P**
What is this thing?
**[14:17] Gu**
A magical life form created by
putting a spirit into an animal,
**[14:22] Gu**
a type of familiar.
**[14:25] Gu**
Who made these?
**[14:26] Gu**
This isn't good!
**[14:29] S**
Ivalera!
**[14:30] I**
On it!
**[14:31] I**
Yep.
**[14:32] I**
Okay!
**[14:34] S**
It's the full moon tonight,
**[14:36] S**
when the power of magic is strongest.
**[14:38] S**
Even if this isn't holy ground,
**[14:40] S**
I can post talismans for the kings
of the four cardinal points.
**[14:43] S**
Buy me a little time
to finish the spell.
**[14:46] Gu**
Right.
**[14:47] S**
Farnese, please take care of Casca.
**[14:50] Gu**
Yes!
**[14:54] S**
Guts, you can't fight like that...
**[14:58] G**
It's the perfect chance to get my
body back into fighting shape.
**[15:04] G**
But we can't exit with those
things outside the door.
**[15:09] P**
Then let's give them a snack!
**[15:22] P**
Taste my power!
**[15:26] P**
It knew what I was going to do!
**[15:28] Gu**
You just rolled right into its mouth.
**[15:31] P**
Fine!
**[15:39] P**
Okay, let's just keep it out!
**[15:47] P**
Holy shit... You're back in business.
**[15:53] G**
*I can feel it.*
**[15:56] G**
*He smells blood,*
**[15:59] G**
*waiting for a chance to be unleashed.*
**[16:02] G**
*Stay focused.*
**[16:04] G**
*Freeze the core of your mind.*
**[16:07] G**
* Draw only a minimum of*
* power from the armor.*
**[16:10] G**
* Just limit the pain enough*
* so your body can move.*
**[16:14] G**
*I'm the one who holds the reins!*
**[16:19] Gi**
It's here! It's here!
**[16:20] Gi**
Do something!
**[16:32] Gu**
Flashy, as always!
**[16:34] Gu**
When you see it at night,
it looks like an aurora.
**[16:37] S**
*You're all safe, aren't you?*
**[16:40] S**
* For now, the area around*
* this shack is safe.*
**[16:44] S**
*But they have physical bodies,*
**[16:47] S**
* which means there's a limit to*
* the shield's effectiveness.*
**[16:51] S**
* There must be someone nearby*
* who is controlling this horde.*
**[16:54] S**
*If you can defeat them...*
**[16:55] G**
*Where is he?*
**[16:57] S**
*I'm looking now.*
**[17:00] P**
Figure it out fast, Miss Witch!
**[17:06] P**
Wait! Wait!
**[17:09] G**
*Are you done yet?*
**[17:11] S**
*Follow the flow of od.*
**[17:16] S**
*I found them!*
**[17:17] S**
*Behind the rocks on the beach.*
**[17:31] P**
Okay!
**[17:31] P**
Now it's time to bail!
**[17:33] S**
Wait!
**[17:34] S**
Not yet...
**[17:38] S**
These are Kushans?
**[17:46] S**
Fog?
**[17:54] S**
Everyone, get out of there now!
**[18:01] S**
What the hell is that?
**[18:05] S**
It's bigger than an ogre!
**[18:09] S**
Oh, shit!
**[18:10] S**
My shield cannot stop something so big!
**[18:16] Gu**
If I aim for the eye...
**[18:26] Gu**
Serpico!
**[18:27] Gu**
I lowered my guard...
**[18:29] S**
*The caster commanding it...*
**[18:32] ---**
*is at sea?*
**[18:34] S**
*No, it's too far away!*
**[18:40] P**
He's so strong.
**[18:48] S**
Guts!
**[18:49] S**
No, you can't fight more now!
**[19:02] S**
He really is amazing.
**[19:04] S**
I bet he can do it, right?
**[19:07] S**
No.
**[19:16] P**
Watch out!
**[19:40] P**
Wait.
**[19:41] P**
This time, I'll go get him!
**[19:43] P**
Come on, damn it!
**[20:07] P**
He used it...
**[20:18] P**
He's so strong...
**[20:20] S**
But his wounds will reopen!
**[20:27] S**
I will bring him back!
**[20:32] G**
*The roar of the sea.*
**[20:42] G**
* It's drawing me to the*
* bottom of a deep sea.*
**[20:46] G**
*A rumbling like an animal's roar.*
**[21:32] P**
Wow...
**[21:34] Gu**
According to legends,
**[21:36] Gu**
Berserkers were objects of
fear not only to enemies,
**[21:41] Gu**
but to their allies, as well.
**[21:42] P**
Yeah, the way he's fighting...
**[21:47] Gu**
That isn't all.
**[21:48] Gu**
It's also because they slew
all around them,
**[21:52] ---**
whether friend or foe.
**[22:02] S**
*Stay away!*
**[22:02] Background**
Murder. Destroy. Shatter.
**[22:04] S**
*Stay away!*
**[22:06] S**
*Stay away!*
**[22:10] ---**
*Stay...*
**[22:30] P**
Y-You're kidding me...
**[22:32] P**
Hey, are you done yet?
**[22:38] Gu**
Everyone, get back!
**[22:47] Gu**
What do we do?
**[22:48] Gu**
I don't know.
**[22:51] S**
Look.
**[22:56] S**
Listen.
**[22:58] G**
*Light.*
**[23:01] G**
*The water's surface.*
**[23:03] S**
Reach out your hand,
**[23:04] S**
Guts!
**[23:16] F**
Teacher!
**[23:19] Gu**
Are you yourself again?
**[23:21] Gu**
Are you all right?
**[23:23] Gu**
Damn it!
**[23:28] Gu**
In the end, it's just like he said.
**[23:34] S**
If you keep it inside all the time,
**[23:39] S**
you'll end up a mess of an adult.
**[23:43] S**
Right?
**[23:46] G**
You're right...
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***SIGN*** It seems you're helping my comrade. I shall join you!
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