# E12 - Dahlia in Bloom
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***SIGN*** Dahlia in Bloom:
Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools
***SIGN*** Episode 12: Dahlia in Bloom
**[01:47] Wolf**
It feels like it's been ages
since I last came here.
**[01:51] Dahlia**
For me, too. We've both been so busy.
**[01:56] Dahlia**
How did your campaign go?
**[01:58] Wolf**
It was a flock of harpies.
**[02:00] Wolf**
They were after the sheep in a nearby village.
**[02:03] Wolf**
They took some children while
we were there hunting them.
**[02:05] Wolf**
I'm glad it all ended well.
**[02:07] Dahlia**
Were the children all right?
**[02:10] Wolf**
Yes. The injuries they sustained from
the harpies were all healed with magic.
**[02:16] Dahlia**
I'm glad both you and the children are safe.
**[02:19] Wolf**
This was a huge help.
**[02:22] Wolf**
When the abducted children
fell from the sky,
**[02:25] Wolf**
I couldn't have reached
them in time without it.
**[02:28] Dahlia**
Really?
**[02:31] Dahlia**
I'm so glad.
**[02:36] Dahlia**
Well, let's get to prototyping a magic sword.
**[02:39] Wolf**
All right.
**[02:40] Dahlia**
Last time, thanks to the black slime,
**[02:43] Dahlia**
we ended up with a short sword
we couldn't hold barehanded.
**[02:47] Dahlia**
This time, we'll try a yellow slime,
which uses earth magic.
**[02:51] Wolf**
Earth magic, huh?
**[02:53] Wolf**
But given enough time,
a yellow slime can melt metal.
**[02:58] Dahlia**
Yes, but unlike black slimes,
when rendered into powder,
**[03:02] Dahlia**
they lose their solvent property.
**[03:05] Dahlia**
The particles are very fine,
so please wear a mask.
**[03:08] Dahlia**
And gloves, too.
**[03:11] Wolf**
All right.
**[03:20] Dahlia**
Please stir this very slowly.
**[03:23] Wolf**
Got it.
**[03:25] Dahlia**
While you're doing that, I'll imbue the sword.
**[03:28] Dahlia**
So... I was thinking of using
the same magics as last time,
**[03:33] Dahlia**
but is there anything you'd like to change?
**[03:35] Wolf**
No, that's good. I'd like to be able
to compare it to the last one.
**[03:39] Dahlia**
Then I'll use the same magics.
**[03:49] Wolf**
It's all right. There's no resistance.
**[03:52] Wolf**
I can put it back together like this.
**[03:54] Wolf**
Oh, so close, yet so far.
**[03:56] Dahlia**
What's wrong?
**[03:58] Wolf**
The guard isn't emitting water,
and the sheath isn't lighter.
**[04:02] Wolf**
Probably because of the earth magic.
**[04:04] Wolf**
It's shut down everything
imbued into the sword.
**[04:08] Dahlia**
So this one's a flop.
**[04:10] Wolf**
I suppose we'll just have
to test different materials.
**[04:13] Dahlia**
Which means... maybe the unicorn horn?
**[04:17] Dahlia**
I'll try powdering a bit of it for next time.
**[04:21] Wolf**
Looking back on it, maybe our first attempt
**[04:23] Wolf**
with the Short Sword of a Demon King's
Subordinate went a little too well.
**[04:28] Wolf**
It was our first try, but we were
able to assemble and activate it.
**[04:32] Dahlia**
Yes, you're right.
**[04:37] Dahlia**
If we could just touch that
sword with our bare hands,
**[04:41] Dahlia**
that would mean the process we used
to make it wasn't wrong, wouldn't it?
**[04:45] Wolf**
Even if the process wasn't wrong, I still have
to say it's wrong from a safety perspective.
**[04:51] Dahlia**
Earth magic works on black slimes, right?
**[04:55] Dahlia**
So if we use this yellow slime solution
**[04:58] Dahlia**
on the Short Sword of a
Demon King's Subordinate...
**[05:01] Dahlia**
What do you think would happen?
**[05:04] Wolf**
Well...
**[05:06] Dahlia**
Let's try it!
**[05:18] Dahlia**
I'll start by placing some meat on it.
**[05:23] Dahlia**
It seems to be safe!
**[05:27] Wolf**
I'll do it!
**[05:29] Wolf**
I won't let you take this responsibility,
so just give up that idea.
**[05:38] Wolf**
This is...
**[05:39] Dahlia**
Are you all right?
**[05:41] Wolf**
Yes. No problems at all.
**[05:43] Wolf**
It emits water, and the sheath is lighter!
**[05:46] Wolf**
It's a success!
**[05:48] Dahlia**
If this method works,
**[05:50] Dahlia**
we should have no issue
applying it with a longer sword.
**[05:53] Wolf**
All right! That makes this
our magic sword, version 1!
**[06:05] Dahlia**
If my eyes aren't deceiving me...
that's moving, isn't it?
**[06:11] Wolf**
It's definitely moving. As if it's alive.
**[06:16] Dahlia**
No, it can't be alive... surely...
**[06:20] Wolf**
But it really looks that way.
It's like it's crawling around.
**[06:26] Dahlia**
It's just a conflict between
the types of magic.
**[06:28] Wolf**
I have an odd question.
**[06:30] Wolf**
Is it possible for magic
devices to gain something
**[06:33] Wolf**
like a living spirit of their own,
by some chance?
**[06:37] Dahlia**
I've never heard of that happening...
**[06:40] Dahlia**
but ghosts and spirits of the fallen can
reside in weapons and armor, right?
**[06:45] Wolf**
Yes, that's what people say.
**[06:47] Dahlia**
You don't think something has
come to dwell in this, do you?
**[06:51] Wolf**
I don't think so. We're here in the tower.
**[06:56] Wolf**
If anything inhabited this,
it would be your fam—
**[06:58] Wolf**
No, never mind!
**[07:00] Dahlia**
My father and ancestors would
never come to haunt anything!
**[07:13] Wolf**
What is that?
**[07:16] Dahlia**
The scale of a mirror snake.
**[07:19] Dahlia**
It's effective in deceiving the eye.
**[07:21] Wolf**
Really? I didn't know mirror
snakes were this beautiful.
**[07:26] Dahlia**
A client was kind enough to send it
to me specially because it's so unusual.
**[07:32] Dahlia**
It was the first time I'd seen one, too.
The shine was so beautiful
**[07:36] Dahlia**
that I thought it was from a rainbow serpent.
**[07:38] Wolf**
A rainbow serpent?
**[07:39] Dahlia**
Yes, it's a very rare monster,
**[07:42] Dahlia**
and people say a lantern imbued with one
of its scales allows you to see the future.
**[07:48] Dahlia**
It might just be a coincidence, though.
**[07:51] Wolf**
I see. But a mirror snake scale is
impressive enough in itself, isn't it?
**[07:57] Wolf**
If it can deceive the eye, it might
be useful in escaping monsters.
**[08:02] Dahlia**
In that case, shall we try
imbuing something with it?
**[08:05] Wolf**
But it's a rare material, isn't it?
**[08:08] Dahlia**
It so happens that I've been
wanting to test it out.
**[08:15] Dahlia**
Huh?
**[08:20] Wolf**
Dahlia!
**[08:34] Wolf**
Lady Chair of the Rossetti Company...
**[08:37] Wolf**
May I have the honor of escorting you?
**[08:40] Dahlia**
Huh?
**[08:41] Dahlia**
Y-Yes!
**[08:44] Dahlia**
Thank you for the kind offer.
**[08:49] Dahlia**
I'm sorry. My shoes have narrow heels,
so it will probably hurt if I step on you.
**[08:55] Wolf**
Please, go right ahead.
**[08:57] Wolf**
After all, I'm certain
you're as light as a feather.
**[09:24] Wolf**
Are you all right?
**[09:26] Dahlia**
Yes... Was that...
**[09:30] Wolf**
An illusion?
**[09:32] Wolf**
Ysou don't think it was...
**[09:35] Dahlia**
Oh, um... I'm not sure.
**[09:39] Dahlia**
If that was from a rainbow serpent
and not a mirror snake,
**[09:42] Dahlia**
then was that... a glimpse of the future?
**[09:46] Wolf**
Dahlia?
**[09:47] Dahlia**
Y-Yes?
**[09:49] Wolf**
Do you want to dance?
**[09:51] Dahlia**
N-No. Not in the least.
**[09:55] Wolf**
Then it must have been just a hallucination.
**[09:58] Dahlia**
That's right! Definitely just a hallucination.
**[10:02] Wolf**
Does that mean you saw the same thing I did?
**[10:05] Dahlia**
I think I might have.
**[10:07] Wolf**
I see. If, by chance, that was the future...
**[10:12] Dahlia**
If it was?
**[10:14] Wolf**
Then I'll need to practice my dancing.
**[10:25] Wolf**
Well, goodbye.
**[10:28] Dahlia**
Goodnight.
**[10:30] Dahlia**
Sweet dreams.
**[10:32] Wolf**
Sweet dreams.
**[10:43] Wolf**
If that was the future...
**[10:47] Wolf**
Just forget it!
**[10:52] Ivano**
That's everything.
**[10:54] Ivano**
Do you have any questions?
**[10:56] Gabriella**
I don't see any issues.
**[10:58] Dahlia**
I'm fine.
**[11:02] Gabriella**
Dahlia, how have things been
with Lord Wolfred since then?
**[11:07] Dahlia**
Pardon?
**[11:09] Dahlia**
Nothing in particular has changed.
**[11:12] Gabriella**
Once the production of the five-toed
socks finds its proper course,
**[11:17] Gabriella**
you may begin to receive
various offers of marriage.
**[11:21] Dahlia**
While I appreciate the thought,
**[11:22] Dahlia**
I'm not considering romance
or marriage right now.
**[11:25] Gabriella**
So if we do receive any such offers,
**[11:28] Gabriella**
you're comfortable declining all of them?
**[11:30] Dahlia**
Yes. Please do that.
**[11:35] Ivano**
Madam Gabriella,
this is just a bit of small talk.
**[11:40] Ivano**
If the son of an earl went to live in town,
**[11:43] Ivano**
would it even be possible for him
to marry into a merchant's family?
**[11:47] Gabriella**
That would be difficult
for the son of an earl.
**[11:50] Gabriella**
Especially if his family was due to become
the family of a marquis in the near future.
**[11:55] Gabriella**
It would attract trouble in droves.
**[11:58] Gabriella**
Jealousy and harassment...
**[12:00] Gabriella**
And it would all be directed at the woman.
**[12:03] Ivano**
What if the merchant were to grow her company
**[12:06] Ivano**
and become an official supplier to the palace,
**[12:09] Ivano**
or she gained a high-ranked noble as
a guardian and became a baroness?
**[12:13] Ivano**
Would he be able to marry her then?
**[12:16] Gabriella**
In that case, I suppose it would be possible.
**[12:20] Ivano**
Then I'll consider that the minimum
goal in my plan for the company.
**[12:27] Gabriella**
How ambitious of you.
**[12:29] Gabriella**
It will be a rather thorny path.
**[12:32] Ivano**
Knowing our chairwoman, she'll invent a
magic device to cut through those thorns.
**[12:43] Dahlia**
Sorry. Did I keep you waiting?
**[12:45] Lucia**
No, not at all!
**[12:47] Irma**
Dahlia, you've gotten so pretty!
You look great.
**[12:52] Dahlia**
Thank you. And that dress
suits you very well, Irma.
**[12:58] Irma**
You think so? Marcella bought it for me.
**[13:03] Irma**
Come on, Marcella. Say something.
**[13:08] Marcella**
Dahlia, you've really blossomed.
**[13:13] Marcella**
You're so beautiful.
**[13:14] Dahlia**
Hey, Irma, Marcella is really forcing
himself. Please stop him.
**[13:20] Irma**
Marcella, I won't get jealous, so you just
keep showering Dahlia with compliments!
**[13:25] Lucia**
Mister Marcella, while you're at it,
I'd like some compliments, too, please!
**[13:31] Marcella**
Sure thing! You look lovely, too, Lucia!
**[13:34] Marcella**
I'm a lucky guy, getting to drink
with so many beauties tonight!
**[13:39] Lucia**
Where does this go?
**[13:40] Dahlia**
Oh, on the desk, please.
**[13:43] Marcella**
All right. Let's get started.
**[13:52] Dahlia**
Irma, Lucia, Mister Marcella...
**[13:56] Dahlia**
From being there for me when my betrothal
was broken to becoming my guarantors,
**[13:59] Dahlia**
and even selling our new socks...
Thank you so much for everything.
**[14:04] Irma**
Oh, stop that. I haven't done anything.
**[14:07] Marcella**
And as for being a guarantor, well,
that's something I'd have asked for myself.
**[14:12] Lucia**
That's right.
**[14:14] Lucia**
And thanks to you, I'll be able to save
up funds for the workshop quickly.
**[14:19] Dahlia**
I couldn't have done anything on my own.
**[14:22] Dahlia**
So today, eat and drink
to your hearts' content.
**[14:26] Irma**
All right.
**[14:28] Marcella**
I'll enjoy the feast without reservation!
**[14:30] Lucia**
I didn't eat lunch today
so I'd be ready for this!
**[14:33] Marcella**
To the founding of the Rossetti Company,
**[14:35] Marcella**
to Irma's beauty salon,
and to the prosperity of Lucia's workshop...
**[14:39] Marcella**
With hope that we all find
good fortune tomorrow!
**[14:42] Marcella**
Cheers!
**[14:43] Dahlia; Irma; Lucia**
Cheers!
**[15:19] (Flashback) young Dahlia**
Dad! Dad!
**[15:22] (Flashback) Dahlia; while engaged**
You stayed up late again, didn't you?
**[15:25] (Flashback) Carlo**
An idea struck me.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Carlo**
I think of things, then create them.
Think. Create. Over and over again.
**[15:31] (Flashback) Carlo**
I've never been able to see an end to it.
**[15:34] (Flashback) Carlo**
But Dahlia...
**[15:37] (Flashback) Carlo**
I know you'll be able to do it.
**[15:40] (Flashback) young Dahlia**
Dad!
**[15:42] Dahlia**
What magic device should we make next?
**[16:05] Wolf**
Is the color of your bouquet all right?
**[16:10] Dahlia**
Yes, thank you.
**[16:13] Wolf**
I'm glad the weather is nice today.
**[16:16] Dahlia**
Yeah. It's been raining a lot lately.
**[16:24] Dahlia**
Wolf, a friend of mine said the other day...
**[16:39] Dahlia**
Well, this is where we part ways.
Our grave is over there.
**[16:44] Wolf**
All right. Then let's meet back here later.
**[17:02] Wolf**
Mother, it's been quite some time.
**[17:06] Wolf**
The other day, I spoke with
my older brother, Guido.
**[17:10] Wolf**
I also learned that Father
has been coming here.
**[17:14] Wolf**
I've been such a child.
**[17:17] Wolf**
If I had been able to speak with you,
I'm certain you would have scolded me.
**[17:28] Wolf**
I've made a friend that I want to protect.
**[17:31] Wolf**
She rescued me from my aimless wandering.
**[17:36] Wolf**
She's made magic devices to protect me.
**[17:40] Wolf**
And one day, we might create
an incredible magic sword.
**[17:45] Wolf**
Right now, all I ever do is cause her trouble,
**[17:48] Wolf**
but I hope that one day,
I'll be able to protect her.
**[17:53] Wolf**
To do that, I'll have to be
able to beat you, Mother.
**[18:06] Dahlia**
Dad, things are over between me and Tobias.
**[18:11] Dahlia**
But if you saw how it came to this,
I know you wouldn't be angry with me.
**[18:18] Dahlia**
I've founded the Rossetti Company.
**[18:20] Dahlia**
Mister Ivano has joined the company,
and he's helping me so much.
**[18:25] Dahlia**
Also, I've even visited the palace.
**[18:28] Dahlia**
My first products ended up being
five-toed socks and drying insoles,
**[18:33] Dahlia**
but people are pleased with them.
**[18:37] Dahlia**
I'd made them for you.
It's a strange feeling.
**[18:42] Dahlia**
I didn't know you'd made it a hobby
to have people owe you favors.
**[18:48] Dahlia**
The head of the Trade Guild,
Gabriella, Mister Oswald...
**[18:52] Dahlia**
There may yet be others I don't know about.
**[18:56] Dahlia**
You were always so slipshod
and casual about everything.
**[18:59] Dahlia**
Playing gallant out of my sight wasn't fair.
**[19:03] Dahlia**
But... thank you, Dad.
**[19:12] Wolf**
You asked me something when I was little.
**[19:16] Wolf**
You asked what kind of
knight I wanted to be.
**[19:19] Wolf**
I'd always thought you were asking about
strength or speed. My style in battle.
**[19:30] Wolf**
My answer is late,
but the kind of knight I want to be...
**[19:36] Wolf**
is one who can protect that
which he desires to protect.
**[19:41] Wolf**
That may be the wrong answer
as a knight, but it is my wish.
**[19:51] Wolf**
This is your sword, Mother.
**[19:53] Wolf**
They say that when someone
dies protecting someone else,
**[19:57] Wolf**
they continue to protect
their beloved beyond death.
**[20:01] Wolf**
I am choosing to believe that.
**[20:05] Wolf**
I can fight on my own.
**[20:08] Wolf**
If possible, I'd ask that you grant your
protection not to me, but to my friend, Dahlia.
**[20:16] Dahlia**
I'm glad you were looking out for me,
**[20:19] Dahlia**
but I don't think I can keep going this way.
**[20:22] Dahlia**
If I do, I'll always be the daughter you
worried for and not a full-fledged artisan.
**[20:33] Dahlia**
I lack magical power and technical skills,
**[20:36] Dahlia**
and I don't know how many
decades it will take,
**[20:40] Dahlia**
but even so... I want to become a
magical artificer who surpasses you.
**[20:47] Dahlia**
I've made dear friends who support me.
**[20:52] Dahlia**
I'm not alone anymore,
so I know I'll be all right.
**[21:11] Dahlia**
One day, I'll be an even more
amazing magic artificer than you were.
**[21:16] Dahlia**
You can look forward to it!
**[21:27] Wolf**
What are you doing next?
**[21:28] Dahlia**
I'm going to the Trade Guild.
**[21:30] Wolf**
About the magic sword from the other day?
**[21:32] Dahlia**
I can't take something that could be
mistaken for a monster to the Guild.
**[21:37] Wolf**
You're right. If it started moving on its own,
**[21:41] Wolf**
people might start calling it
the Crawling Magic Sword.
**[21:43] Dahlia**
It's unlikely, but if it did attack someone,
it'd be no laughing matter.
**[21:47] Wolf**
If that happened, they'd likely brand one
of us the Demon Lord for birthing a monster.
**[21:53] Dahlia**
I'll let you have that distinction, Wolf.
**[21:55] Wolf**
Then you would be the
witch at my side, Dahlia.
**[22:03] Dahlia**
Oh! The carriage is already here.
**[22:06] Wolf**
Let's hurry!
**[22:06] Dahlia**
Yes.