# E11 - Taming Magic Training, with the Slimes
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This place will do.
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Let's begin.
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Yes!
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I await your instruction!
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First, can you describe
the nature of taming magic?
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Yes!
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Elia.
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In taming magic, the user enters a contract
with a monster to gain its help.
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A link is formed between
the user and the monster,
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which allows them to
communicate with each other.
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Exactly.
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Today, you will learn the "Shared Sensation"
magic based on that link.
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Shared Sensation...
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Through sharing sensations,
you can gain information through the familiar,
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let the familiar know you are
in danger, and so on.
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This is a magic that is specific to
taming magic, not shared with summoning magic.
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Why is this not possible with summoning magic?
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Summoning magic contracts are forced on
the monster using magical force.
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There is a link, but it's one-way only.
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I see.
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To fully utilize Shared Sensation,
you need lots of experience.
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It is said that its effectiveness
improves with familiars
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that you spend a long time with,
and develop a shared understanding with.
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However, today you will be training
with these crew birds.
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Not our slimes?
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With slimes, it's hard to tell
how effective the magic is.
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Even if you shared your sensation with a slime,
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there wouldn't be any vision,
hearing, smell, or taste to share.
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I see.
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That makes sense.
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All right, both of you,
get in a contract with the crew birds!
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Yes!
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I've succeeded.
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Me, too.
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Okay, let's try sharing sensations.
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You don't have to recite a spell,
just focus on your link with the familiar.
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Focus on...
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...the link...
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Create a mental image of being able to
see what your familiar is seeing.
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I guess it's like a video camera,
or a VR system...
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Ah, I'm starting to see it...
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But...
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This is a bit nauseating...
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You've succeeded already?!
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Impressive as always.
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I think I'm doing it, since I can see myself...
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It's supposed to be a difficult magic to learn.
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The nausea you are feeling is what
every taming magic user goes through.
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For now, try closing your eyes and
concentrating on just the familiar's vision.
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Yes.
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Right, this is a lot better.
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This is... quite strange.
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I had experience with Earth technology,
like cameras, that helped me grasp this,
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but the lady started from scratch
and succeeded right away.
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That's impressive.
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"Episode 11"
"Taming Training, with the Slimes"
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Here you are, Mr. Ryoma.
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Thank you.
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That was extremely fast, both of you.
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I thought this would be the single instance
where Ryoma would have difficulty.
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There's nothing wrong with being a quick study.
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Now we just train.
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I doubt that I'd get used to that
any time soon, but I will try.
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VR made me sick at first, too.
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Good luck, my lady...
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Ryoma, this is your first time contracting
a non-slime monster, right?
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Oh, yes, it is.
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Does anything feel wrong?
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No, not in particular.
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I guess you have aptitude for
bird-type monsters, too.
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Aptitude?
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Every taming magician has aptitudes.
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We are all good or bad at taming
certain types or numbers of monsters.
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I guess I have a good compatibility with slimes.
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There's no doubt about that.
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Without that, you wouldn't have
been able to tame so many of them.
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"Just a small sample"
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Finding out the right familiar for you
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is one of the key skills for
becoming a good tamer.
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And the only way to do this
is through experience.
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Sir, what kind of aptitude do you have?
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I do well with scaled monsters.
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I can't maintain too many familiars at once,
but each one is very strong.
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I see.
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I can tame almost all four-legged monsters.
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I can't even enter a contract
with bird-type monsters, though.
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In my case...
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Don't worry.
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I'm sorry I startled you.
This is Lwarg, my little fenrir familiar.
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Isn't that the legendary...?
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That's the Fenrir.
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They're not the same?
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The Fenrir is a divine beast.
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The little fenrirs are wolf-like monsters
that can use a little ice magic.
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I won't deny that they're powerful, though.
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That's impressive, that they can use magic...
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And also how the madam
completely domesticated it...
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This one is the boss of the pack.
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I have tamed 20 more
little fenrirs just like this one.
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Twenty?!
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In addition, I have about 100 more
various wolf-type familiars.
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One hundred?!
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I do well with wolf-type monsters.
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Huh...
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The slimes win in quantity,
but the quality is so vastly different...
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Elise is one of the most skilled tamers.
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Little fenrirs aren't easy to tame,
especially in such huge numbers.
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I can see that.
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I used to suffer such an inferiority complex
watching Elise and her skills.
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Oh, is that so?
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I remember you saying, "But I have my sword!"
and focusing on your swordsmanship.
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I also don't think you were particularly
lacking in taming magic talent either.
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Compared to Father and you, being just
an adequate tamer is completely useless...
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But you didn't mind that much, did you?
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You kept setting aside your taming magic
training to go practice with the sword.
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Stop blaming that on us.
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The madam has 20 little fenrirs
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and 100 more wolf-type monster familiars...
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And Sir Reinbach is just as impressive...?
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Mr. Ryoma, what's on your mind?
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Oh, it's just finally dawning on me
that I'm surrounded by incredible people...
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Ryoma.
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Yes?
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You said "incredible people,"
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but Lord Reinbach is
several steps higher than us.
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Several steps?
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He only has less than 20 familiars,
but half of them are dragon-types.
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Dragons?!
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That sounds like he's cheating
even harder than me!
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In my case, I was just lucky.
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Not only did I happen to have the aptitude,
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the first monster I contracted
was extremely powerful.
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The other dragons under
its command all joined in.
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That said, I can't call on them
unless it's very important.
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Imagine the chaos they would cause.
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I... can see that.
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What do the familiars do normally?
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They live in the mountains in the land we own.
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Those mountains are full of
powerful, dangerous monsters.
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My dragons prevent those monsters
from leaving the mountains.
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My wolves live on a different mountain.
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That mountain is home to
some precious medicinal herbs,
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so my wolves guard them against poachers.
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I see.
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The more powerful a tamer's familiars get,
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the more trouble they have
when looking for a place to live.
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Okay, let's end our break and
practice Shared Sensation a little more.
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Yes!
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Pochi, Mike, Tama, Kuro...
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If you come any closer, you'll hurt yourself!
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A few days passed.
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I practiced taming magic with the lady...
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...and made waterproof fabric in the mines.
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The grell frog outbreak?
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Yes, it's starting soon!
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Ah, so it's finally here...
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The peak is probably in three or four days.
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Time for us adventurers to make some cash!
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They sell very well as medicinal ingredients.
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It's also good training.
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So Ryoma, we're here because
we wanted to ask you a question.
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A question? For me?
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Remember that work outfit you wore that time?
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Can you tell us where you got that?
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We'd like to get some good clothes
for the frog hunt that don't soil easily.
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Ah, I see.
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You can get them at Morgan Trading Company.
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You can speak to Mr. Serge,
the owner, and tell him I sent you.
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I'm sure he can help.
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Really?! Thank you!
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Please, it's the least I can do.
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You have my thanks. We will visit
Morgan Trading Company immediately.
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Excuse us.
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So you heard the news, too, Ryoma?
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Yes.
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Lots of limour birds are flying in
to hunt the grell frogs.
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I will tame them!
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So Ryoma, we've decided to go to
the lake the day after tomorrow.
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The day after tomorrow... Understood.
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If they like the music, it makes it easier
for them to accept the taming contract.
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Not bad, but not good.
I guess I'm out of practice...
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I hope this is good enough for the contract...
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Oh well, it is what it is.
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Day after tomorrow... Day after tomorrow, huh.
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In other words, my separation
with the lady and the others is nearing.
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The day to attempt to tame
the limour birds arrived.
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Are you all right, Mr. Ryoma?
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I'm fine.
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You have excellent stamina, Mr. Ryoma.
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Don't worry, my lady. Compared to children
your age, your stamina is quite impressive.
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That's right, lady, even when
compared with Ryoma.
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This one is just not standard.
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Normal kids would be exhausted by now.
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That's...
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You're...
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Mr. Shin.
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You know them?
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Yes, they're an adventuring party
called Pier of Sikum.
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Please go on without me.
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Ryoma, right? Thanks for the other day.
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No, I have to thank you for the rare slime.
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You bought the slime?
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Yes, I did.
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I see. I'm Thane.
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I'm so sorry for my drunken behavior that day.
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You paid handsomely for that slime,
and told us about the grell frog outbreak...
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We can't thank you enough for the tip.
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Please, don't mention it.
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We're going to go sell these frogs
at the Adventurer's Guild,
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then visit Bamboo Forest.
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It's cheap, fast, and the results are
better than hand cleaning. Incredible!
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Oh, thank you for your patronage!
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I didn't know slimes can be so helpful!
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When we go back to our hometown,
we're going to hate doing our own laundry.
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Yeah, that's a serious issue...
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See you around, Ryoma.
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Later.
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Yes, excuse me!
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Everyone...?
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So these are the limour birds?
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They're so pretty...
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Over there!
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Catch it quick!
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It's getting away!
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Hurry! Before the limour bird eats it!
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I will chase them down!
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Catch them all in one go!
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Got it!
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Ryoma, Elia, look. That person
is trying to tame a limour bird.
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How much effect does musical skill
have on the contract process?
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I heard a story once that a person was
confident with his music, but failed.
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But when he smashed his instrument
in anger, the birds liked that noise.
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That's quite a, um...
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When they don't accept your performance,
they make an uncomfortable warning sound.
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A warning sound?
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Uncomfortable? More like straight-up mocking...
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Hmm, that's not good. Stay on guard.
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Yes!
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You!
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Wind Cutter? Limour birds use wind magic?
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Limour birds are normally mild-mannered,
but they're not weak monsters at all.
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If you underestimate them and try to
subdue them with force, they will resist.
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Um, is that man coming towards us?
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Earth Wall!
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Thanks, I...
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Everyone! Stand strong!
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My lady...
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What is this?
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This voice...
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Is there an advanced species?!
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Strong magic power affecting such a wide area...
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Which bird is doing this?!
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It's that one!
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Silent!
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I guess it's over...?
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Camil, go tend to that man!
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Jill, Zeph, Hughes,
go help the other adventurers!
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Sebas, how is Elia?
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She is fine.
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I'm fine.
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Are you feeling nausea?
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No. I just got scared suddenly, but that's it.
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Good, I'm glad. Thank you, Ryoma.
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You're welcome. But... what did they do?
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Mr. Ryoma, you weren't affected at all?
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N-No.
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I think Ryoma stopped the song of
the advanced species, nightmare limour bird.
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Nightmare... That's fitting,
it was a nightmarish sound.
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It's a rare species, spotted maybe
once every ten years or so.
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It can use dark magic in addition to wind magic.
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Its most prominent feature is the attack
on the mind through song and dark magic.
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It creates fear, confusion, hallucinations,
and can knock a person out.
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I see...
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This is quite a scene, now that I look at it.
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Even seasoned adventurers
sometimes lose consciousness.
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Since those adventurers seem to be
mostly rookies, it's not a surprise.
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Even with training, though, it doesn't
change the fact that it feels terrible.
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I remember, I do have a skill
called mental pain resistance.
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That might be why I wasn't affected.
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But I should watch out,
I didn't even notice I was under attack.
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Mr. Ryoma.
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Yes?
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How were you fine through that?
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Oh, I think I have a resistance
against mental pain.
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I see.
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What kind of damage was there?
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Just one injury--the man who
caused the commotion.
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I see.
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What should we do now?
The ruckus scared all the birds off.
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Should we try to find the limour birds' nest?
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Little sir, that could be tough.
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Limour birds fly much farther
than other monsters.
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The area we'd need to cover
would be much too broad.
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I see.
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That's why those who want to
tame them stake out here.
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Who knows if they'll be back today, but...
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Lady, do you want to wait?
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Yes, I will wait here. We've come this far.
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I'm sure they'll be back...